Shloka 20
वेन-पृथु-प्रादुर्भावः, राजधर्मः, पृथिवीदोहनम्
Vena–Pṛthu Episode and the Milking of Earth
मत्तः को ऽभ्यधिको ऽन्यो ऽस्ति कश् चाराध्यो ममापरः को ऽयं हरिर् इति ख्यातो यो वै यज्ञेश्वरो मतः
mattaḥ ko 'bhyadhiko 'nyo 'sti kaś cārādhyo mamāparaḥ ko 'yaṃ harir iti khyāto yo vai yajñeśvaro mataḥ
谁能高于我？除我之外，谁才真正值得礼敬？而这位被称颂为“诃利（Hari）”、被智者认定为一切祭祀（yajña）之主的“祭祀之王”，究竟是谁？
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya, presenting the supremacy of Vishnu/Hari)
FAQs
This verse identifies Hari/Vishnu as Yajñeśvara, implying that all yajñas ultimately belong to and culminate in him—he is both the receiver and the inner ruler of sacrificial order.
By framing a rhetorical challenge—“who is greater, who else is to be worshiped?”—Parāśara directs Maitreya to the conclusion that Vishnu alone is the unsurpassed, final object of devotion and reverence.
Hari is presented as the supreme, widely renowned divine reality; the title underscores Vishnu’s sovereignty and his role as the ultimate ground of dharma, worship, and cosmic governance.