Shloka 47

देवकी-विवाहः, आकाशवाणी, भूरभारावतरण-याचना, क्षीराब्धि-स्तुति, केशावतार-नियोजनम्

Devanagari script

व्यक्ताव्यक्तस्वरूपस् त्वं समष्टिव्यष्टिरूपवान् सर्वज्ञः सर्वदृक् सर्वशक्तिज्ञानबलर्द्धिमान्

Transliteration

vyaktāvyaktasvarūpas tvaṃ samaṣṭivyaṣṭirūpavān sarvajñaḥ sarvadṛk sarvaśaktijñānabalarddhimān

Translation

Ngài mang bản tính vừa hiển lộ vừa vô hiển; là Đấng Một hiện ra như toàn thể và như từng cá thể. Toàn tri, toàn kiến, Ngài đầy đủ mọi năng lực—viên mãn tri thức, sức mạnh và uy quyền sung mãn.

Word by Word

• vyakta-avyakta-svarūpaḥ: having manifest-and-unmanifest nature
• vyakta-avyakta-svarūpaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vyakta (प्रातिपदिक) + avyakta (प्रातिपदिक) + svarūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; द्वन्द्व (vyakta-avyakta) + तत्पुरुष (svarūpaḥ) = whose nature is manifest and unmanifest

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• samaṣṭi-vyaṣṭi-rūpavān: having collective and individual forms
• samaṣṭi-vyaṣṭi-rūpavān: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: samaṣṭi (प्रातिपदिक) + vyaṣṭi (प्रातिपदिक) + rūpavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; द्वन्द्व (samaṣṭi-vyaṣṭi) + बहुव्रीहि/तत्पुरुष-प्रायः with rūpavān (possessing form)

• sarvajñaḥ: omniscient
• sarvajñaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + jña (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष (sarvaṃ jānāti)

• sarvadṛk: all-seeing
• sarvadṛk: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + dṛś (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कृदन्त (दृश् धातोः क्विप्/क्-प्रत्ययान्त ‘दृक्’ = seer) + तत्पुरुष (sarvaṃ paśyati)

• sarva-śakti-jñāna-bala-ṛddhimān: possessing all power, knowledge, strength, and prosperity
• sarva-śakti-jñāna-bala-ṛddhimān: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + śakti (प्रातिपदिक) + jñāna (प्रातिपदिक) + bala (प्रातिपदिक) + ṛddhi-mat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (sarvāḥ śaktayaḥ, jñānaṃ, balaṃ, ṛddhiś ca yasya)

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya; verse functions as a praise/definition of Vishnu as Supreme Reality)

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu

FAQs

What is the significance of the manifest and unmanifest (vyakta–avyakta) in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse presents Vishnu as the ground of both realms—the perceptible universe and the subtle, unmanifest source—showing that creation and its cause are encompassed in the Supreme Lord.

How does Sage Parāśara explain samaṣṭi and vyaṣṭi in this context?

Parāśara describes Vishnu as appearing as the cosmic whole (samaṣṭi) and also as the individual particulars (vyaṣṭi), expressing divine immanence without denying transcendence.

What is the theological importance of Lord Vishnu here?

Vishnu is affirmed as Para Brahman: omniscient, all-seeing, and the possessor of all powers—making him the ultimate sovereign principle behind cosmology and spiritual knowledge in the Purana.