Shloka 19
परमार्थ-निर्णयः—श्रेयस्-भेदः, कर्म-ध्यान-सीमा, एकात्मदर्शनम्
एवं न परमार्थो ऽस्ति जगत्य् अस्मिंश् चराचरे परमार्थो हि कार्याणि कारणानाम् अशेषतः
evaṃ na paramārtho 'sti jagaty asmiṃś carācare paramārtho hi kāryāṇi kāraṇānām aśeṣataḥ
Kaya sa mundong ito ng gumagalaw at di-gumagalaw, walang paramārtha na hiwalay at nagsasarili; ang tinatawag na Kataas-taasang Katotohanan ay na ang lahat ng bunga, walang natitira, ay nananahan sa kanilang mga sanhi.
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: the nature of paramārtha in the moving and unmoving world; cause-effect dependence
Teaching: Cosmological
Quality: revealing
Creation Stage: Primary
Cosmic Hierarchy: Brahmanda (universe)
Concept: No independent ‘ultimate’ is found among effects in the world; the highest truth is the causal ground in which all effects inhere without remainder.
Vedantic Theme: Brahman
Application: Train discernment to see dependencies behind experiences; seek the ultimate cause (the Lord) rather than clinging to transient effects.
Vishishtadvaita: Affirms the real dependence of all effects on their cause—supporting the doctrine that the universe and souls are modes (prakāra) of the Supreme, who is the inner ground and ultimate cause.
Vishnu Form: Para-Brahman
Bhakti Type: Shanta
Jagat Karana: Yes
FAQs
This verse frames the world as dependent reality: all manifested things (effects) have no standalone ultimacy, because they are contained within and grounded in their causes.
He defines the ‘highest truth’ not as any isolated object in the cosmos, but as the causal ground in which all effects are comprehensively included—pointing to a deeper, sustaining principle behind appearances.
Although not named in this line, the Vishnu Purana’s consistent teaching is that Vishnu is the supreme causal basis; the verse supports a theistic Vedāntic view where the universe is real as dependent upon the Supreme Cause.