Shloka 69

वासुदेवस्वरूपनिरूपणं—सर्गक्रमश्च

Vāsudeva’s Nature and the Ordered Process of Creation

Devanagari script

स एव सृज्यः स च सर्गकर्ता स एव पात्य् अत्ति च पाल्यते च ब्रह्माद्यवस्थाभिर् अशेषमूर्तिर् विष्णुर् वरिष्ठो वरदो वरेण्यः

Transliteration

sa eva sṛjyaḥ sa ca sargakartā sa eva pāty atti ca pālyate ca brahmādyavasthābhir aśeṣamūrtir viṣṇur variṣṭho varado vareṇyaḥ

Translation

พระองค์เท่านั้นคือสิ่งที่ถูกบังเกิด และพระองค์เท่านั้นคือผู้ก่อกำเนิดการสร้าง พระองค์เท่านั้นทรงคุ้มครอง พระองค์เท่านั้นทรงกลืนกิน และพระองค์เท่านั้นทรงหล่อเลี้ยงสิ่งที่ถูกคุ้มครอง เมื่อทรงรับสภาพทั้งปวงเริ่มแต่ภาวะแห่งพรหมา พระวิษณุทรงเป็นผู้สูงสุด ผู้ประทานพร และผู้ควรบูชาที่สุด

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• एव: indeed
• एव: Emphasis
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात

• सृज्यः: to be created/emanated
• सृज्यः: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सृज्य (प्रातिपदिक; √सृज् धातोः यत्-प्रत्यय, ‘to be created/emanated’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कृदन्त-विशेषण (gerundive/यत्)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक

• सर्ग-कर्ता: the maker of creation
• सर्ग-कर्ता: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + कर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक; √कृ धातोः)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (सर्गस्य कर्ता)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• एव: indeed
• एव: Emphasis
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात

• पाति: protects
• पाति: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• अत्ति: consumes/destroys
• अत्ति: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अद् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक

• पाल्यते: is protected
• पाल्यते: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पाल् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive), आत्मनेपदम्

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक

• ब्रह्म-आदि-अवस्थाभिः: by the states beginning with Brahmā (etc.)
• ब्रह्म-आदि-अवस्थाभिः: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक) + अवस्था (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (ब्रह्मादयः अवस्थाः)

• अशेष-मूर्तिः: he whose forms are all (without remainder)
• अशेष-मूर्तिः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अशेष (प्रातिपदिक) + मूर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—बहुव्रीहिः (अशेषाः मूर्तयः यस्य सः)

• विष्णुः: Viṣṇu
• विष्णुः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वरिष्ठः: the best/supreme
• वरिष्ठः: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वरिष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक; ‘श्रेष्ठ’ superlative)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• वरदः: giver of boons
• वरदः: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वरद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• वरेण्यः: worthy of choice/veneration
• वरेण्यः: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वरेण्य (प्रातिपदिक; √वृ ‘to choose’ से)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: Supremacy of Viṣṇu as both effect and cause, assuming all states (including Brahmā) and being the supreme boon-giver worthy of worship

Teaching: Devotional

Quality: authoritative

Cosmological Context

Creation Stage: Kalpa

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Viṣṇu alone is both the produced world and its producer—protector, consumer, and sustainer—assuming all forms and thus being the highest, boon-giving, most worship-worthy Lord.

Vedantic Theme: Moksha

Application: Direct worship toward the supreme source behind all powers; seek boons as inner transformation (virtue, clarity, devotion) rather than mere externals.

Vishishtadvaita: Unites causal ultimacy with personal lordship (varada, vareṇya), grounding liberation in grace of the supreme Person rather than impersonal abstraction.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Hari

Bhakti Type: Shanta

Lakshmi Presence: Sri

Jagat Karana: Yes

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Brahma

FAQs

What is the significance of Vishnu being both the created and the creator in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse presents Vishnu as encompassing both effect and cause—what appears as the world and the power that brings it forth—establishing Him as the supreme reality behind creation.

How does Sage Parāśara explain creation, preservation, and dissolution here?

Parāśara attributes all three cosmic functions to Vishnu alone: He creates (sargakartā), protects and sustains (pāti/pālyate), and withdraws or dissolves the cosmos (atti).

What is the theological importance of Lord Vishnu in this context?

Vishnu is affirmed as the highest Lord with limitless forms, even assuming roles like Brahmā; thus He is the ultimate object of worship and the sovereign ground of cosmic order.