Shloka 105

Post-cremation Ripening of Karma and the Principal Narakas

Devanagari script

उद्भिज्जाः स्वेदजाश्चैव अण्डजाश्च जरायुजाः / एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं निरयस्य प्रपञ्चतः

Transliteration

udbhijjāḥ svedajāścaiva aṇḍajāśca jarāyujāḥ / etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ nirayasya prapañcataḥ

Translation

Aus Sprossen Geborene, aus Schweiß Geborene, aus Eiern Geborene und aus dem Mutterleib Geborene — diese ganze Einteilung habe ich dir ausführlich dargelegt im Zusammenhang mit Niraya (der Hölle) und ihrem ganzen Umfang.

Word by Word

• उद्भिज्जाः: sprout-born (plants)
• उद्भिज्जाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद्-√भिद् (धातु) + ज (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक ‘उद्भिज्ज’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; जातिवाचक-नाम (sprouting-born beings/plants)

• स्वेदजाः: sweat-born
• स्वेदजाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वेद (प्रातिपदिक) + ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास ‘स्वेदात् जाताः’ (born of sweat)

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

• एव: indeed
• एव: Emphasis (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphasis)

• अण्डजाः: egg-born
• अण्डजाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अण्ड (प्रातिपदिक) + ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास ‘अण्डात् जाताः’ (egg-born)

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

• जरायुजाः: womb-born (placental)
• जरायुजाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जरायु (प्रातिपदिक) + ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास ‘जरायोः जाताः’ (born from placenta/womb)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (this)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन (to you)

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-विशेषण (all/entire)

• आख्यातम्: has been told
• आख्यातम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√ख्या (धातु) + त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; ‘(इदं) आख्यातम्’ (has been told)

• निरयस्य: of hell
• निरयस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निरय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• प्रपञ्चतः: in detail
• प्रपञ्चतः: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रपञ्च (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb) ‘प्रपञ्चतः’ = विस्तारतः (in detail)

Speaker

Lord Vishnu

Pretakalpa Layer

Afterlife Stage: Naraka

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Modes of birth (yoni-bheda) are tied to karmic consequence; the discourse is situated within the broader exposition of hell and retribution.

Vedantic Theme: Karma binds the jīva to repeated embodiment and suffering; knowledge and right action are the exit from niraya-oriented trajectories.

Application: Use fear of consequence as initial restraint (bhaya-hetu), then cultivate positive dharma and devotion to transcend punitive cycles.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bhayanaka

Secondary Rasa: bibhatsa

Geographic Context

Type: otherworldly region

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana Pretakalpa: naraka descriptions and the linkage of specific sins to specific punishments; Sections on yoni-bheda and rebirth after naraka experience

Characters & Entities

• Niraya

FAQs

What is the importance of classifying beings (udbhijja, svedaja, andaja, jarayuja) in the Garuda Purana?

This verse signals a comprehensive scope: the teaching on Niraya and karmic consequence applies across all categories of embodied life, not only to humans.

How does this verse explain the path of the soul in the Garuda Purana narrative?

It serves as a concluding-type statement that the infernal outcomes (Niraya) and their elaboration have been fully taught, framing the soul’s post-death journey within karmic law across embodied births.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Recognize accountability and compassion across all life-forms; practice dharma and reduce harm, since karmic causality is taught as universally operative.