Shloka 31
वेदव्यास-परम्परा तथा प्रणव-ब्रह्म-स्तुति
स भिद्यते वेदमयः स वेदं करोति भेदैर् बहुभिः सशाखम् शाखाप्रणेता स समस्तशाखा ज्ञानस्वरूपो भगवान् अनन्तः
sa bhidyate vedamayaḥ sa vedaṃ karoti bhedair bahubhiḥ saśākham śākhāpraṇetā sa samastaśākhā jñānasvarūpo bhagavān anantaḥ
祂以吠陀为体，显现为吠陀的分化；以无数差别，将一部吠陀化为具诸支派与传承的多种学派。祂是吠陀诸派之宣示者，而祂自身亦是诸派之总和。薄伽梵阿难多即是活生生的知识本身。
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: Why one Veda appears as many śākhās and how the Lord is both the divider and the totality of Vedic schools
Teaching: Philosophical
Quality: authoritative
Concept: The one Veda, whose essence is the Lord, manifests as many branches; the same Bhagavān Ananta is the author, the plurality, and the totality—knowledge itself.
Vedantic Theme: Brahman
Application: Hold sectarian/scriptural differences as complementary śākhās while seeking their unified intent—devotion to and knowledge of the same Lord.
Vishishtadvaita: Presents Bhagavān as jñāna-svarūpa and as the organizing source of śāstra plurality, supporting a harmonizing, theistic Vedānta rather than reduction to impersonal abstraction.
Vishnu Form: Hari (name)
Bhakti Type: Shanta
Jagat Karana: Yes
FAQs
This verse states that Vishnu is not merely the revealer of scripture but its very essence—He is the one Veda and also the power by which it appears as many Vedic branches.
Parāśara presents the diversity of Vedic schools as a deliberate differentiation performed by the Lord Himself—one Veda expressed through many divisions for transmission and practice.
Vishnu is affirmed as the infinite Bhagavān who is knowledge itself and the sovereign source of all revelation—supporting a Vaishnava view where scripture and its meanings ultimately rest in Him.