Shloka 150

Vishnu-sahasranāma-style Japa: Vishnu as Cosmic Cause and Inner Self

Antaryāmin

Devanagari script

जाग्रत्स्वप्नसुषुप्तैश्च विहीनो वै चतुर्थकः / विज्ञानं वेद्यरूपं च जीवो जीवयिता तथा (९५०)

Transliteration

jāgratsvapnasuṣuptaiśca vihīno vai caturthakaḥ / vijñānaṃ vedyarūpaṃ ca jīvo jīvayitā tathā (950)

Translation

وفوق اليقظة والحلم والنوم العميق توجد «الحالة الرابعة». إنها الوعي الخالص—وهي أيضًا صورة ما يُعرَف؛ إنها الجيفا (jīva)، وهي كذلك مُحيي جميع الكائنات.

Word by Word

• जाग्रत्स्वप्नसुषुप्तैः: by/with waking, dream, and deep sleep (states)
• जाग्रत्स्वप्नसुषुप्तैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जाग्रत् + स्वप्न + सुषुप्ति (प्रातिपदिक; समाहार/द्वन्द्व)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (समाहारद्वन्द्व), तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• विहीनः: devoid (of)
• विहीनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विहीन (प्रातिपदिक; वि+हीन)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक/खल्वर्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• चतुर्थकः: the fourth (state/principle)
• चतुर्थकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्थक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• विज्ञानम्: consciousness; discriminative knowledge
• विज्ञानम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विज्ञान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• वेद्यरूपम्: having the form of the knowable
• वेद्यरूपम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वेद्य-रूप (प्रातिपदिक; वेद्य + रूप)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• जीवः: the individual soul
• जीवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जीव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• जीवयिता: the enlivener; one who makes live
• जीवयिता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जीव् (धातु) + णिच् (causative) + तृ (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (तृ-प्रत्यय, causative agent), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (adverb)

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (speaking to Garuda/Vinata-putra)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Turīya is beyond the three states; it is pure vijñāna (consciousness) and the basis of the knowable; the jīva and the enlivening principle are rooted in that consciousness.

Vedantic Theme: Mandukya’s turīya; sākṣin and Brahman identity; consciousness as self-revealing and substratum of objects (vedya).

Application: Meditate on the witnessing awareness that remains through state-changes; use ‘neti-neti’ for waking/dream/sleep contents; rest attention in bare knowing (vijñāna-mātra) during pranava/japa.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Geographic Context

Type: metaphysical locus

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.15.148-149 (three states); Garuda Purana 1.15.152 (prāṇāyāma as support)

FAQs

What is the importance of the ‘fourth state’ (turiya) in the Garuda Purana?

This verse presents turiya as the reality beyond waking, dream, and deep sleep—pure consciousness—pointing to the spiritual ground associated with liberation-oriented knowledge.

How does this verse explain the nature of the soul (jīva)?

It identifies the jīva with consciousness (vijñāna) and calls it the enlivening principle, emphasizing that life and knowing arise from this inner reality.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Cultivate steady self-inquiry and mindfulness: observe waking, dream, and sleep as changing states, and orient practice toward the witnessing awareness that underlies them.