Shloka 31
Kālayavana’s Rise, Dvārakā’s Founding, and Muchukunda’s Awakening (Śaraṇāgati & Brahman-Stuti)
त्वं पयोनिधयः शैलाः सरितस् त्वं वनानि च मेदिनी गगनं वायुर् आपो ऽग्निस् त्वं तथा मनः
tvaṃ payonidhayaḥ śailāḥ saritas tvaṃ vanāni ca medinī gaganaṃ vāyur āpo 'gnis tvaṃ tathā manaḥ
நீயே கடல்கள், மலைத்தொடர்கள்; நீயே நதிகள், காடுகள். நீயே பூமி, வானம், காற்று; நீயே நீர், தீ—அதுபோல மனமும் நீயே।
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya; the verse is part of a stuti describing Vishnu’s all-pervasiveness)
FAQs
This verse asserts Vishnu’s immanence: the cosmos is not separate from him, and all natural orders—land, waters, fire, air, and space—subsist as expressions of his sovereignty.
Through a litany of identifications (“you are…”), Parāśara teaches that Vishnu pervades and supports the entire manifest world, including the inner faculty of mind, making him both cosmic ground and indwelling presence.
Vishnu is presented as the Supreme Reality who is present as the universe itself while remaining the ultimate object of devotion—supporting a Vaishnava vision in which the world is real and sustained by the Lord.