Shloka 72

प्रह्लादस्य अव्यभिचारिणी भक्ति, मायाविनाशः, तथा विष्णोः विश्वरूप-स्तुतिः

Devanagari script

मय्य् अन्यत्र तथाशेषभूतेषु भुवनेषु च तवैव व्याप्तिर् ऐश्वर्यगुणसंसूचिकी प्रभो

Transliteration

mayy anyatra tathāśeṣabhūteṣu bhuvaneṣu ca tavaiva vyāptir aiśvaryaguṇasaṃsūcikī prabho

Translation

اے پروردگار! مجھ میں بھی اور کہیں اور بھی—تمام مخلوقات میں بلا استثنا اور تمام جہانوں میں—صرف تیری ہی ہمہ گیری ہے؛ یہی تیری سلطانی شان اور الٰہی اوصاف کی علامت ہے۔

Word by Word

• मयि: in me
• मयि: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• अन्यत्र: elsewhere
• अन्यत्र: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यत्र (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), स्थानवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• तथा: thus; likewise
• तथा: Avyaya (Modifier/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (manner adverb)

• अशेषभूतेषु: in all beings without remainder
• अशेषभूतेषु: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अशेष + भूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), बहुवचन (Plural); समासः कर्मधारयः (aśeṣāni bhūtāni)

• भुवनेषु: in the worlds
• भुवनेषु: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• च: and
• च: Avyaya (Connector/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• तव: of you; your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• एव: indeed; only
• एव: Avyaya (Emphasis/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• व्याप्तिः: pervasion; all-pervading presence
• व्याप्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याप्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• ऐश्वर्यगुणसंसूचिकी: indicating (your) lordly qualities
• ऐश्वर्यगुणसंसूचिकी: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऐश्वर्य + गुण + संसूचिकी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); समासः तत्पुरुषः (aiśvaryasya guṇānāṃ saṃsūcikī)

• प्रभो: O Lord
• प्रभो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

A devotee/praiser within Parasara’s narration (stotra-voice addressing Vishnu); framed in the Parasara–Maitreya dialogue

Cosmological Context

Cosmic Hierarchy: Lokas (worlds)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: The Lord alone pervades the self, all beings, and all worlds, and this all-pervasion is the sign of His aiśvarya (sovereign divinity).

Vedantic Theme: Brahman

Application: Practice seeing all beings and situations as pervaded by the Lord to reduce egoic separation and cultivate reverent equanimity.

Vishishtadvaita: Affirms divine immanence: all entities are pervaded/indwelt by the Lord while His lordship and attributes remain transcendent.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Para-Brahman

Bhakti Type: Shanta

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu

FAQs

What is the significance of Vishnu’s all-pervasion (vyāpti) in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse states that Vishnu pervades the devotee, all beings, and all worlds; that omnipresence is presented as a direct indicator of His supreme sovereignty and divine qualities.

How does Sage Parasara explain the Lord’s presence in all beings?

In the stotra-style teaching embedded in Parasara’s discourse, the Lord is addressed as present everywhere—within the self and throughout creation—so that the cosmos becomes a field revealing His aiśvarya (lordship).

What is the theological importance of Lord Vishnu here?

Vishnu is affirmed as the all-pervading Supreme: His immanence in all realms does not diminish His supremacy; rather, it manifests His divine attributes and rulership over the universe.