Shloka 5

Devanagari script

वेदमात्रे च सांकृत्यै ब्रह्माणी कौशिकी क्रमात् / साध्व्यै सर्वार्थसाधिन्यै सहस्राक्ष्यै च भूर्भुवः

Transliteration

vedamātre ca sāṃkṛtyai brahmāṇī kauśikī kramāt / sādhvyai sarvārthasādhinyai sahasrākṣyai ca bhūrbhuvaḥ

Translation

وبالترتيب اللائق تُقدَّم التحيات إلى: فيداماتري، وسامكريتيَا، وبراهْمَانِي، وكوشيكي؛ وإلى العفيفة الصالحة، وإلى مُحقِّقة كل المقاصد، وإلى ذات الألف عين—حامية «بْهُور» و«بْهُوَڤَهْ».

Word by Word

• वेदमात्रे: to Vedamātrā
• वेदमात्रे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद (प्रातिपदिक) + मात्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (वेदस्य मात्रा)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• सांकृत्यै: to Sāṃkṛtī
• सांकृत्यै: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सांस्कृति/सांकृति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ब्रह्माणी: Brahmāṇī
• ब्रह्माणी: Sambodhana/Mantra-part (Name in invocation/नाम)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्माणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (नामरूप)

• कौशिकी: Kauśikī
• कौशिकी: Sambodhana/Mantra-part (Name in invocation/नाम)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौशिकी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (नामरूप)

• क्रमात्: in order, successively
• क्रमात्: Adverbial (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोगः ‘क्रमेण’ (adverbial ablative)

• साध्व्यै: to the virtuous one (Sādhvī)
• साध्व्यै: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साध्वी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सर्वार्थसाधिन्यै: to the accomplisher of all aims
• सर्वार्थसाधिन्यै: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + साधिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सर्वेषाम् अर्थानां साधिनी)

• सहस्राक्ष्यै: to the thousand-eyed (goddess)
• सहस्राक्ष्यै: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक) + अक्षि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (सहस्रम् अक्षीणि यस्याः)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• भूः: bhūḥ
• भूः: Sambodhana/Mantra-part (Mantra element/मन्त्राङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; व्याहृतिः

• भुवः: bhuvaḥ
• भुवः: Sambodhana/Mantra-part (Mantra element/मन्त्राङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुवस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; व्याहृतिः

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (teaching Garuda/Vinata-putra in the Garuda Purana dialogue frame)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Nāma-stuti (ordered salutations) as a method of invoking śakti’s facets—knowledge (Veda), purity (sādhvī), accomplishment (sarvārtha-sādhikā), and protection (sahasrākṣī).

Vedantic Theme: Īśvara-śakti as the functional power of Brahman; devotion organizes the mind into one-pointed reverence.

Application: Use a short, consistent devī-nāma litany before study, rites, or travel as a protective and focusing practice.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Geographic Context

Type: mantra-stuti space

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana: devī-nāma and sandhyā-related stutis in the same chapter sequence

Characters & Entities

• Vedamātṛ
• Brahmāṇī
• Kauśikī
• Devī (Śakti forms)
• Bhūr
• Bhuvaḥ

FAQs

What is the importance of invoking Vedamātṛ, Brahmāṇī, and Kauśikī in the Garuda Purana?

This verse presents an ordered salutation to specific Devī-forms, emphasizing Śakti as the power that grants protection and the fulfillment of aims (sarvārtha-sādhana) across the worlds.

How does this verse explain the path of the soul in the Garuda Purana narrative?

Indirectly, it supports the broader Garuda Purana theme that spiritual safety and right conduct are strengthened through mantra and devotional remembrance—here, by invoking protective divine powers over the realms (Bhūr and Bhuvaḥ) where embodied life and subtle transitions occur.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Use the verse as a short daily invocation (with clarity of intention and ethical living) to cultivate steadiness, protection, and success in righteous goals—especially before rituals, study, or important undertakings.