Shloka 53

Brahmāṇḍa-Āvaraṇa Nirūpaṇa, Virajā-Setu, and Prākṛta–Vaikṛta Sṛṣṭi

Devanagari script

अनाद्यनन्तकालीनाः सर्वदैकप्रकारकाः / जगत्प्रवाहः सत्यो ऽयं नैव मिथ्या कथञ्चन

Transliteration

anādyanantakālīnāḥ sarvadaikaprakārakāḥ / jagatpravāhaḥ satyo 'yaṃ naiva mithyā kathañcana

Translation

إنَّ جريانَ العالمِ المتصلَ لا بدايةَ له ولا نهاية، وهو على طبيعةٍ واحدةٍ ثابتةٍ أبدًا؛ إنه حقٌّ واقعٌ، وليس بباطلٍ على أيِّ وجهٍ كان.

Word by Word

• अनादि-अनन्त-कालीनाः: beginningless and endless in time
• अनादि-अनन्त-कालीनाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनादि + अनन्त + कालीन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; समासः—अनादिश्च अनन्तश्च (विशेषणद्वय) कालीनाः (कर्मधारय-बहुपद)

• सर्वदा-एक-प्रकारकाः: always of one uniform kind
• सर्वदा-एक-प्रकारकाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वदा + एक + प्रकारक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; समासः—सर्वदा एकः प्रकारः येषाम् (कर्मधारय/बहुव्रीह्यर्थे)

• जगत्-प्रवाहः: the flow/continuity of the world
• जगत्-प्रवाहः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् + प्रवाह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; समासः—जगतः प्रवाहः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः)

• सत्यः: true/real
• सत्यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (प्रवाहस्य)

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; निर्देश (demonstrative)

• न: not
• न: Avyaya (अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)

• एव: at all/indeed
• एव: Avyaya (अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अवधारणार्थक

• मिथ्या: falsely/untrue
• मिथ्या: Avyaya (अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मिथ्या (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• कथञ्चन: in any way (whatsoever)
• कथञ्चन: Avyaya (अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथञ्चन (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, सर्वथा/कदाचनार्थक (in any way/ever)

Speaker

Lord Vishnu

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: The world-stream is beginningless, endless, uniform in law, and truly real (satya), not illusory.

Vedantic Theme: Satya-vāda; affirmation of ordered causality and continuity (pravāha) as a basis for dharma and sādhanā.

Application: Cultivate clear discernment about the stability of moral causation; live responsibly within the real consequences of action.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 3.10.54-56 (Hari-sevā as conclusion; critique of contrary views); Garuda Purana 3.10.57 (knowledge leading to paramam padam)

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Jagat (the world-process)

FAQs

What is the importance of the 'jagatpravāha' (world-flow) in the Garuda Purana?

This verse frames the cosmos as an orderly, continuous process—beginningless and endless—supporting the Purana’s ethical and ritual teachings by grounding them in a real, dependable moral universe.

How does this verse relate to the soul’s journey and karmic results described in the Garuda Purana?

If the world-process is real and consistent, then causes and results (karma and its fruits) are dependable; this underwrites the text’s descriptions of post-death consequences and the efficacy of dharma and rites.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Treat actions as consequential: live with responsibility, truthfulness, and discipline, since the moral order is presented as stable and not merely illusory.