Shloka 40

Gayā-yātrā-vidhi: Multi-day Śrāddha Route, Pitṛ-devatās, and Akṣaya Merit at Gayā

Devanagari script

के यूयं तेषु चैवैकः सितः प्रोचे विशालकम् / अहं सितस्ते जनक इन्द्रलोकं गतः शभम्

Transliteration

ke yūyaṃ teṣu caivaikaḥ sitaḥ proce viśālakam / ahaṃ sitaste janaka indralokaṃ gataḥ śabham

Translation

„Wer seid ihr unter ihnen?“ Da sprach einer von ihnen — Sita — ausführlich: „Ich bin Sita, dein Vater; ich bin in die Welt Indras (Indra-loka) gelangt, glückverheißend und strahlend.“

Word by Word

• के: who (pl.)?
• के: Sambandha (Interrogative pronoun)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; प्रश्नवाचक

• यूयम्: you (pl.)
• यूयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• तेषु: among them
• तेषु: Adhikarana (Among/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• एकः: one (person)
• एकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• सितः: Sita (name)
• सितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नामरूपेण

• प्रोचे: spoke / said
• प्रोचे: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• विशालकम्: to Viśālaka (addressing)
• विशालकम्: Karma (Addressee as object/सम्प्रदान-रूपेण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशालक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (नाम), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• सितः: Sita
• सितः: Karta (Subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; अहम्-सम्बन्धे विधेय

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (Possessor/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; enclitic

• जनकः: father
• जनकः: Karta (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• इन्द्र-लोकम्: Indra’s world
• इन्द्र-लोकम्: Karma (Goal as object/गति-कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; इन्द्रस्य लोकः

• गतः: gone
• गतः: Kriya (Predicate participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगः

• शभम्: (unclear; possibly ‘auspiciousness/good’)
• शभम्: Karma (Object/Complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शभ (प्रातिपदिक; पाठे संदिग्धम्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; अर्थ/पाठ अनिश्चितः (संभवतः ‘शुभम्’)

Speaker

Unclear (context-dependent; likely a narrative voice reporting dialogue, with Sita speaking in the second half)

Pretakalpa Layer

Afterlife Stage: Svarga

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Post-death destinations vary by karma; a pitṛ may attain svarga and still remain connected to descendants through śrāddha bonds.

Vedantic Theme: Loka-bheda by karma; continuity of saṃbandha (relation) across death through dharmic rites, under cosmic order (ṛta/dharma).

Application: Cultivate puṇya through dharma and support ancestors through śrāddha; remember that family lines carry mixed karmic outcomes requiring ongoing responsibility.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Geographic Context

Type: celestial realm

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana Pretakalpa: descriptions of svarga-lokas and pitṛ-loka (general); Garuda Purana: śrāddha as link between descendants and departed (general)

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Indraloka (Svarga)

FAQs

What is the importance of Indraloka (Svarga) in the Garuda Purana?

This verse treats Indraloka as an auspicious higher realm attained after death, indicating a favorable post-mortem destination rather than a punitive state.

How does this verse explain the path of the soul after death?

It implies that the departed can reach specific lokas (realms) based on their karmic and dharmic outcomes, here identified as Indra’s world.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Live in alignment with dharma and cultivate merit (puṇya) through ethical conduct and prescribed duties, aiming for uplifted states rather than suffering after death.