Garuda Purana — Moksha Sadhana Prakarana, Shloka 1
Vīrya, Māyā/Prakṛti, Śrī’s Inseparability, Paramāṇu, and Hari’s Infinitude
नाम द्वितीयो ऽध्यायः श्रीकृष्ण उवाच / बभूवेच्छा मम देवस्य विष्णोः स्रष्टुं सृज्यान्मोक्षयोग्यांश्च मोक्तुम् / इच्छाशक्तिः सर्वदैवास्ति विष्णोस्तथापि तद्व्याहरणं च लौकिकम्
nāma dvitīyo 'dhyāyaḥ śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / babhūvecchā mama devasya viṣṇoḥ sraṣṭuṃ sṛjyānmokṣayogyāṃśca moktum / icchāśaktiḥ sarvadaivāsti viṣṇostathāpi tadvyāharaṇaṃ ca laukikam
圣克里希纳说道：“在我——在神圣的主毗湿奴之中——显现了意愿：创造当被创造的众生，并解脱堪受解脱（mokṣa）者。意志之力恒住于毗湿奴；所谓‘生起’，不过是世间的说法。”
Śrī Kṛṣṇa (as the voice of Lord Viṣṇu’s teaching)
Concept: Ishvara’s iccha-shakti is eternal; temporal language (‘arose’) is a pedagogical convention (laukika-vyavahara).
Vedantic Theme: Paramarthika vs vyavaharika distinction; timeless Brahman/Ishvara described through provisional language (adhyaropa-apavada).
Application: When reading scripture, distinguish literal narrative from teaching intent; contemplate the timeless ground behind changing descriptions.
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Related Themes: Garuda Purana: cosmology/creation and liberation eligibility discussions in didactic chapters
FAQs
This verse states that Viṣṇu’s will-power is eternal, and through that will He both creates beings and grants liberation to those qualified for mokṣa.
It presents Viṣṇu as the source of both processes: creation for embodied existence and liberation for those who become fit—showing that mokṣa is also under divine governance, not merely cosmic mechanics.
Treat spiritual progress as aligning oneself with dharma and fitness for mokṣa (discipline, purity, devotion, knowledge), while remembering that scriptural descriptions of God’s “arising intentions” are often conventional ways to communicate timeless truths.