Shloka 139

Ācāra-Nirṇaya: Varṇa-Āśrama Dharma, Śauca, Snāna, Sandhyā, Japa, Tarpaṇa, and Gṛhastha-Dinacaryā

Devanagari script

दद्यात्पुरुषसूक्तेन यः पुष्पाण्यप एव वा / अर्चितं स्याज्जगादिदं तेन सर्वं चराचरम्

Transliteration

dadyātpuruṣasūktena yaḥ puṣpāṇyapa eva vā / arcitaṃ syājjagādidaṃ tena sarvaṃ carācaram

Translation

Wer Blumen — oder auch nur Wasser — darbringt, während er das Puruṣa-Sūkta rezitiert, verehrt dadurch dieses ganze Universum; denn von jenem höchsten Puruṣa ist alles Bewegte und Unbewegte durchdrungen und getragen.

Word by Word

• दद्यात्: should offer
• दद्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — ‘should give/offer’

• पुरुष-सूक्तेन: with the Puruṣa-sūkta
• पुरुष-सूक्तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक) + सूक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन — Instrumental singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पुरुषस्य सूक्तेन)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Relative pronoun, nominative singular

• पुष्पाणि: flowers
• पुष्पाणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन — Accusative plural

• अपः: waters
• अपः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (बहुवचन-प्रातिपदिक), द्वितीया, बहुवचन — Accusative plural

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक-निपात (particle: ‘only/indeed’)

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Alternative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-निपात (disjunctive particle: ‘or’)

• अर्चितम्: worshipped
• अर्चितम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्च् (धातु) + क्त (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Past passive participle used predicatively

• स्यात्: would be
• स्यात्: Kriya (Auxiliary/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — ‘would be/should be’

• जगत्: the world
• जगत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Nominative singular

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Apposition (समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Pronoun, nominative singular

• तेन: by that
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन — Instrumental singular (‘by that/thereby’)

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Nominative singular

• चर-अचरम्: moving and unmoving (beings)
• चर-अचरम्: Apposition (समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चर (प्रातिपदिक) + अचर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Nominative singular; द्वन्द्व (चरं च अचरं च)

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (in dialogue with Garuda/Vinata-putra)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Puruṣa-pervasion: by offering with Puruṣa Sūkta, one worships the whole jagat because all carācara is sustained and pervaded by that Supreme Person.

Vedantic Theme: Sarvaṃ khalvidaṃ brahma / viśvarūpatva (the universe as the form of the Supreme).

Application: When resources are minimal, offer water with sincere recitation; cultivate the contemplative insight that devotion to the Supreme includes all beings and the whole cosmos.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Geographic Context

Type: altar/inner-mental-cosmos

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.213.138 (Viṣṇu as sarvadevamaya)

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Garuda
• Purusha (Supreme Person)

FAQs

What is the importance of the Puruṣa Sūkta in the Garuda Purana?

This verse states that offerings made with the Puruṣa Sūkta become universal worship, because the Supreme Person pervades all beings—moving and unmoving.

Does the Garuda Purana consider simple offerings like water spiritually effective?

Yes. The verse explicitly says that even water, when offered with the Puruṣa Sūkta, counts as worship with vast spiritual scope, not limited by the material size of the offering.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Even with limited resources, one may perform daily Vishnu-oriented worship by offering water or flowers with sincere mantra-recitation, cultivating devotion and reverence for all life.