Shloka 36
Kāraṇa-vyākhyā: Cosmic Agents, Rudra-Forms, Sense-Purity, and Ānanda-Tāratamya
मद्दर्शनं सर्वदा पापुयुक्तं तथा मद्वाक् सर्वदा पापयुक्ता / मद्दर्शनं सर्वदा स्त्रीषु सक्तमभूच्च ते दर्शनं मे ह्यसक्तम्
maddarśanaṃ sarvadā pāpuyuktaṃ tathā madvāk sarvadā pāpayuktā / maddarśanaṃ sarvadā strīṣu saktamabhūcca te darśanaṃ me hyasaktam
আমার দর্শন সর্বদা পাপে যুক্ত ছিল, আর আমার বাক্যও নিত্য পাপমলিন। আমার দৃষ্টি নারীদের প্রতি আসক্ত ছিল; কিন্তু তুমি যে দৃষ্টিতে আমাকে দেখেছ, তা ছিল নিঃসঙ্গ, কামনাহীন।
A sinful departed soul (preta) speaking in self-confession (narrative voice within Vishnu–Garuda dialogue context)
Concept: Recognition of one’s own pāpa and kāma, contrasted with the Lord’s asakti (non-attachment); divine darśana as a purifying, grace-filled encounter.
Vedantic Theme: Vairāgya versus viṣaya-āsakti; the Lord as asaṅga/akartā whose presence reveals the soul’s bondage.
Application: Practice sense-restraint and cultivate non-possessive seeing; use self-audit (anveṣaṇa) of speech and gaze, then redirect attention to Hari through japa and mindful darśana.
Primary Rasa: karuna
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Related Themes: Garuda Purana Pretakalpa themes: pāpa-śuddhi through Viṣṇu-smaraṇa and darśana (general motif)
FAQs
This verse links a desire-driven gaze and sinful speech with ongoing pāpa (demerit), implying that unchecked craving becomes a karmic bond affecting one’s post-death condition.
It presents the preta’s self-assessment: habitual sins of perception (darśana) and speech (vāk) are remembered as causes of bondage, a recurring theme in the Preta Kanda’s after-death moral accounting.
Train the senses and speech: avoid objectifying attention, speak truthfully and kindly, and cultivate non-attachment—reducing harmful habits that the text frames as karmically consequential.