Shloka 50
अक्रूर-सत्कारः, मथुरायात्रा-विरहः, यमुनातटे दिव्यदर्शनम्, चतुर्व्यूह-नमस्कारः
भूतात्मा चेन्द्रियात्मा च प्रधानात्मा तथा भवान् आत्मा च परमात्मा च त्वम् एकः पञ्चधा स्थितः
bhūtātmā cendriyātmā ca pradhānātmā tathā bhavān ātmā ca paramātmā ca tvam ekaḥ pañcadhā sthitaḥ
พระองค์ทรงเป็นหนึ่งเดียว แต่ดำรงอยู่ห้าประการ: เป็นอาตมันในสรรพสัตว์ เป็นอาตมันในอินทรีย์ เป็นอาตมันแห่งปรธานะ (รากแห่งปรกฤติ) เป็นชีวาตมัน และเป็นปรมาตมัน
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)
FAQs
This verse presents Vishnu’s sovereignty as all-pervading: the Lord is described as present as the inner Self of beings, senses, primordial Nature, the individual soul, and as the Supreme Self—showing one Supreme reality governing multiple levels of existence.
By calling the Lord “pradhānātmā,” Parāśara indicates that prakṛti is not independent; it is pervaded, sustained, and directed by Vishnu as its inner ruler, integrating cosmology with theology.
Vishnu is affirmed as Paramātman who also indwells the jīva and the cosmic principles; the verse supports a Vaishnava Vedantic view where the Supreme remains one, yet manifests as the controller and ground of all realities.