Shloka 31
वेदव्यास-परम्परा तथा प्रणव-ब्रह्म-स्तुति
स भिद्यते वेदमयः स वेदं करोति भेदैर् बहुभिः सशाखम् शाखाप्रणेता स समस्तशाखा ज्ञानस्वरूपो भगवान् अनन्तः
sa bhidyate vedamayaḥ sa vedaṃ karoti bhedair bahubhiḥ saśākham śākhāpraṇetā sa samastaśākhā jñānasvarūpo bhagavān anantaḥ
Siya na mismong diwa ng Veda ay lumilitaw bilang pagkakaiba-iba ng Veda; at sa di-mabilang na pagkakaiba, hinuhubog Niya ang iisang Veda tungo sa maraming sangay at mga kaakibat na linya. Siya ang nagtatag ng mga paaralang Vedic, at Siya rin ang kabuuan ng lahat ng sangay. Si Bhagavān Ananta ay ang Kaalaman na nagkatawang-buhay.
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: Why one Veda appears as many śākhās and how the Lord is both the divider and the totality of Vedic schools
Teaching: Philosophical
Quality: authoritative
Concept: The one Veda, whose essence is the Lord, manifests as many branches; the same Bhagavān Ananta is the author, the plurality, and the totality—knowledge itself.
Vedantic Theme: Brahman
Application: Hold sectarian/scriptural differences as complementary śākhās while seeking their unified intent—devotion to and knowledge of the same Lord.
Vishishtadvaita: Presents Bhagavān as jñāna-svarūpa and as the organizing source of śāstra plurality, supporting a harmonizing, theistic Vedānta rather than reduction to impersonal abstraction.
Vishnu Form: Hari (name)
Bhakti Type: Shanta
Jagat Karana: Yes
FAQs
This verse states that Vishnu is not merely the revealer of scripture but its very essence—He is the one Veda and also the power by which it appears as many Vedic branches.
Parāśara presents the diversity of Vedic schools as a deliberate differentiation performed by the Lord Himself—one Veda expressed through many divisions for transmission and practice.
Vishnu is affirmed as the infinite Bhagavān who is knowledge itself and the sovereign source of all revelation—supporting a Vaishnava view where scripture and its meanings ultimately rest in Him.