Shloka 43
दुर्वासाशापः, क्षीरसागरमन्थनम्, श्रीः (लक्ष्मी) उद्भवः तथा श्रीस्तुतिः
सत्त्वादयो न सन्तीशे यत्र च प्राकृता गुणाः स शुद्धः सर्वशुद्धेभ्यः पुमान् आद्यः प्रसीदतु
sattvādayo na santīśe yatra ca prākṛtā guṇāḥ sa śuddhaḥ sarvaśuddhebhyaḥ pumān ādyaḥ prasīdatu
ในพระผู้เป็นเจ้านั้น ไม่มีสัตตวะและคุณอื่นใด และคุณแห่งปรกฤติก็มิอาจตั้งอยู่ได้ ขอปุรุษดั้งเดิมผู้บริสุทธิ์ยิ่งกว่าสิ่งบริสุทธิ์ทั้งปวงทรงเมตตาแก่เรา
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya; verse voiced as a devotional-stotra statement within the narration)
Creation Stage: Primary
Concept: Īśvara is untouched by prakṛti’s guṇas; He is the primordial Person, supremely pure, approached through surrender for His grace.
Vedantic Theme: Brahman
Application: When disturbed by mental ‘guṇas’ (restlessness, inertia), recall the Lord as guṇa-atīta and seek steadiness through prayer and discipline.
Vishishtadvaita: Maintains Bhagavān’s transcendence from prakṛti while allowing real relation to the world—key to qualified non-dualism’s purity-with-immanence balance.
Vishnu Form: Para-Brahman (philosophical)
Bhakti Type: Shanta (peaceful)
FAQs
This verse states that the Supreme Lord is untouched by Prakṛti’s sattva, rajas, and tamas, establishing Vishnu as transcendent sovereignty rather than a product of material nature.
Parāśara distinguishes the Supreme Puruṣa from Prakṛti: the guṇas belong to material nature, while the Lord is intrinsically pure and not conditioned by those qualities.
Vishnu is affirmed as the primordial, supremely pure Person who grants grace—supporting a Vaishnava view of ultimate reality as personal, sovereign, and beyond material conditioning.