Shloka 37

नैमित्तिक-प्राकृत-प्रलयवर्णनम्

Periodic and Elemental Dissolution; Reabsorption into Paramātman

Devanagari script

न सन्ति यत्र सर्वेशे नामजात्यादिकल्पनाः सत्तामात्रात्मके ज्ञेये ज्ञानात्मन्य् आत्मनः परे

Transliteration

na santi yatra sarveśe nāmajātyādikalpanāḥ sattāmātrātmake jñeye jñānātmany ātmanaḥ pare

Translation

ในพระผู้เป็นเจ้าสูงสุด ผู้เป็นเจ้าแห่งสรรพสิ่งนั้น ไม่มีการปรุงแต่งเรื่องนาม วรรณะ และสิ่งทำนองนั้นเลย. พึงรู้พระองค์ว่าเป็นเพียง “ภาวะมีอยู่” อันบริสุทธิ์ เป็นแก่นแท้แห่งญาณ—สูงกว่าตัวตนปัจเจก เป็นอาตมันเหนือโลกทั้งปวง.

Word by Word

नnot

सन्तिare, exist

यत्रwhere

सर्वेशेin the Lord of all

नामजात्यादिकल्पनाःconceptions of name, class, etc.

सत्तामात्रात्मकेin (that which is) of the nature of mere existence

ज्ञेयेin the knowable (reality)

ज्ञानात्मनिin the self whose nature is knowledge

आत्मनःof the Self

परेin the supreme (transcendent)

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)

Characters & Entities

Vishnu

FAQs

What is the significance of being beyond “name and class” in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse asserts that the Supreme Lord is not limited by human conceptual categories (nāma, jāti, etc.); such labels apply to conditioned beings, not to Vishnu as the transcendent ground of reality.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the knowable nature of the Supreme?

Parāśara describes the Lord as “sattā-mātra” (pure existence) and “jñānātmā” (essence of consciousness), indicating that the highest knowledge is realization of Vishnu as Being-Consciousness beyond the individual self.

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

Vishnu is presented as Sarveśa and Para—supreme over the jīva and untouched by limiting attributes—supporting a strong Vaishnava metaphysics where Vishnu is the ultimate reality to be known.