Shloka 37

Gāruḍa-Māhātmya and Tārkṣya-Stotra: Fruits of Hearing/Reciting and the Power of Garuḍa’s Praise

Devanagari script

धर्मार्थकाममोक्षांश्च प्राप्नुयाच्छ्रवणादितः / पुत्रार्थो लभते पुत्रान् कामार्थो काममाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

dharmārthakāmamokṣāṃśca prāpnuyācchravaṇāditaḥ / putrārtho labhate putrān kāmārtho kāmamāpnuyāt

Translation

Durch das Hören (und Ähnliches) erlangt man Dharma, Artha, Kāma und sogar Mokṣa. Wer Söhne begehrt, erhält Söhne; wer ein Verlangen hegt, erreicht das Begehrte.

Word by Word

• धर्मार्थकाममोक्षान्: dharma, artha, kāma, and mokṣa
• धर्मार्थकाममोक्षान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + काम (प्रातिपदिक) + मोक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (धर्मश्च अर्थश्च कामश्च मोक्षश्च)

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

• प्राप्नुयात्: should attain
• प्राप्नुयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• श्रवणात्: from hearing
• श्रवणात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रवण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• इतः: hereby/from this
• इतः: Adverbial
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इतस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb/particle: 'hereby/from this')

• पुत्रार्थः: one desiring a son
• पुत्रार्थः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः चतुर्थी-तत्पुरुष (पुत्राय अर्थः/पुत्रार्थी)

• लभते: obtains
• लभते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• पुत्रान्: sons
• पुत्रान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• कामार्थः: one desiring (some) desire/object
• कामार्थः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः चतुर्थी-तत्पुरुष (कामाय अर्थः/कामार्थी)

• कामम्: desire
• कामम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• आप्नुयात्: should obtain
• आप्नुयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (teaching Garuda/Vinatā-putra)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Śravaṇa (and allied practices) of the teaching grants dharma-artha-kāma-mokṣa; aligns personal aims with a dharmic, ultimately liberative horizon.

Vedantic Theme: Puruṣārtha-samanvaya: legitimate desires are integrated under dharma and culminate in mokṣa; śāstra as harmonizer of life aims.

Application: Approach desires through dharma: set intentions (saṅkalpa) with ethical constraints; pair goal-seeking with devotion and generosity; keep mokṣa as the highest orientation.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana: phalaśruti and puruṣārtha framing in concluding sections

FAQs

What is the importance of śravaṇa (hearing) in the Garuda Purana?

This verse states that attentive hearing (and related practices like recitation and contemplation) is itself a potent spiritual act that yields the four aims of life—dharma, artha, kāma, and mokṣa.

Does the Garuda Purana promise specific results like progeny or wish fulfillment?

Yes. The verse presents a phala-śruti: one seeking children gains children, and one seeking fulfillment of desires attains the desired end—framing the text as both spiritually elevating and materially supportive.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Regularly listen to or recite sacred teachings with sincerity, and align daily actions with dharma; the text links such disciplined engagement to inner growth (mokṣa-oriented) and orderly fulfillment of worldly responsibilities.