Shloka 48
वासुदेवस्वरूपनिरूपणं—सर्गक्रमश्च
Vāsudeva’s Nature and the Ordered Process of Creation
पायूपस्थौ करौ पादौ वाक् च मैत्रेय पञ्चमी विसर्गशिल्पगत्युक्ति कर्म तेषां च कथ्यते
pāyūpasthau karau pādau vāk ca maitreya pañcamī visargaśilpagatyukti karma teṣāṃ ca kathyate
Hỡi Maitreya, hậu môn và cơ quan sinh dục, tay và chân, cùng lời nói—đó là năm cơ quan hành động. Công năng của chúng lần lượt là bài tiết, sinh sản, nghề khéo/việc làm, đi lại, và phát ngôn.
Sage Parāśara (speaking to Maitreya)
FAQs
This verse lists key organs of action—speech, hands, feet, and the excretory and generative organs—and assigns their functions, showing how embodied life performs karma within the ordered structure of creation.
Parāśara maps each organ to its specific activity—utterance, movement, craft/work, excretion, and procreation—presenting action as structured and purposeful rather than random, fitting into the wider cosmological account he is teaching Maitreya.
Even when Vishnu is not named in the line, the Purana’s framework treats these faculties and their orderly functions as part of the governed cosmos—creation operating under the Supreme Reality’s sovereignty through the principles of prakṛti and embodied karma.