Shloka 87
प्रह्लादचरितम् (हिरण्यकशिपोः स्वर्गापहरणं, प्रह्लादस्य विष्णुभक्तिः, उपदेशः)
न यक्षैर् न च दैत्येन्द्रैर् नोरगैर् न च किंनरैः न मनुष्यैर् न पशुभिर् दोषैर् नैवात्मसंभवैः
na yakṣair na ca daityendrair noragair na ca kiṃnaraiḥ na manuṣyair na paśubhir doṣair naivātmasaṃbhavaiḥ
非夜叉所能，非代提耶之王所能，非那伽所能，非紧那罗所能；非人类所能，非禽兽所能——甚至自性所生之过失亦不能——玷污或制伏彼至上实在。
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: Immunity of the Supreme from all beings and even innate defects
Teaching: Philosophical
Quality: authoritative
Concept: No order of beings—Yakṣas, Daityas, Nāgas, Kiṃnaras, humans, animals—nor even self-born defects can stain the Supreme Reality.
Vedantic Theme: Brahman
Application: Reduce fear of external agents and inner compulsions by grounding identity in the stainless Lord rather than in mutable nature.
Vishishtadvaita: Affirms the Lord’s nitya-śuddhatva (eternal purity) as the ground for refuge (śaraṇāgati) despite jīva’s doṣas.
Vishnu Form: Para-Brahman
Bhakti Type: Shanta
FAQs
The verse uses a sweeping catalogue of powerful non-human orders to emphasize that no cosmic class—however mighty—can affect the Supreme; sovereignty is not merely political or celestial, but metaphysical.
By stating that even defects ‘arising from oneself’ cannot apply, Parāśara teaches that the Supreme is not conditioned by intrinsic limitation or nature-born impurity, unlike finite beings.
Vishnu is presented as the unassailable Supreme Reality—beyond harm, beyond contamination, and beyond the reach of all beings—supporting a Vaishnava view of ultimate transcendence and lordship.