Śrī Viṣṇu Sahasranāma PHALASRUTI VERSE 18
ऋषयः पितरो देवा महाभूतानि धातवः
जङ्गमाजङ्गमं चेदं जगन् नारायणोद्भवम्
ṛṣayaḥ pitaro devā mahābhūtāni dhātavaḥ
jaṅgamājaṅgamaṃ cedaṃ jagan nārāyaṇodbhavam
SYNONYMS
ṛṣayaḥ: the sages | pitaraḥ: the forefathers | devāḥ: the gods | mahā-bhūtāni: the great elements | dhātavaḥ: the constituent elements (metals/minerals) | jaṅgama-ajaṅgamam: the moving and the non-moving | ca idam: and this | jagat: universe | nārāyaṇa-udbhavam: originating from Nārāyaṇa |
TRANSLATION
The sages, the forefathers, the gods, the great beings, the metals, the movable and the immovable, this universe is born of Narayana.
