Shloka 88

Brahmin Conduct, Purificatory Baths, and the Garuḍa–Nectar Episode

Illustrative Narrative

Devanagari script

अनेकयोजनान्यूर्ध्वं दृष्ट्वा जंबूमहीरुहम् । अपतंतस्य शाखायां सहेमौ परिभक्षितुं

Transliteration

anekayojanānyūrdhvaṃ dṛṣṭvā jaṃbūmahīruham | apataṃtasya śākhāyāṃ sahemau paribhakṣituṃ

Translation

Als sie den Jambu-Baum sahen, der viele Yojanas hoch emporragte, machten sich beide gemeinsam daran, von einem seiner Äste zu essen, während er herabstürzte.

Word by Word

• अनेक-योजनानि: many yojanas
• अनेक-योजनानि: अत्यन्तसंयोग/परिमाण (Measure/extent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनेक (प्रातिपदिक) + योजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (‘अनेकानि योजनानि’)

• ऊर्ध्वम्: upwards
• ऊर्ध्वम्: दिशा/देश (Direction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ऊर्ध्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण अव्यय (adverb)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: पूर्वक्रिया (Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa/पूर्वकर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), ‘having seen’

• जम्बू-मही-रुहम्: the jambu tree (earth-growing tree)
• जम्बू-मही-रुहम्: कर्म (Karma/Object; of दृष्ट्वा)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जम्बू (प्रातिपदिक) + मही (प्रातिपदिक) + रुह (रुह् धातु-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (‘महीरुहः’ = वृक्षः; ‘जम्बू’ इति विशेषणपूर्वपद)

• अपततः: of (him) who was falling
• अपततः: सम्बन्ध (Sambandha/Genitive relation)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अ-पत् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; ‘of (one) falling’

• शाखायाम्: on the branch
• शाखायाम्: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाखा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: सहकारक (Sahakāraka/Accompaniment)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सहार्थक अव्यय/उपसर्गवत् (with, together with)

• एमौ: these two
• एमौ: कर्म (Karma/Object; of implied action)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), द्विवचन; सर्वनाम

• परि-भक्षितुम्: to devour
• परि-भक्षितुम्: प्रयोजन (Prayojana/Purpose)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-भक्ष् (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (Infinitive), उपसर्गः परि-; ‘to eat up/consume’

Speaker

Narrator (contextual voice within Sṛṣṭikhaṇḍa narrative; specific dialogue-speaker not explicit in this single verse)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka

Geographic Context

Type: celestial_realm

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: अनेकयोजनान्यूर्ध्वं = अनेक-योजनानि ऊर्ध्वम्; जंबूमहीरुहम् = जम्बू-मही-रुहम्; अपतंतस्य = अपततः (शतृ) ; सहेमौ = सह एमौ.

Characters & Entities

• Jambū (jambu tree)

FAQs

What does this verse reveal about the cosmological scale described in the Padma Purana?

It uses vast measurements (many yojanas) and an enormous jambu tree to convey a mythic-cosmological scale typical of Purāṇic geography, where natural features are described as superhuman in size.

Is this verse directly teaching Bhakti or Vaishnava doctrine?

Not explicitly. This line functions more as narrative description within creation/cosmology material; any devotional teaching would come from the surrounding context rather than this verse alone.

What ethical or thematic lesson can be drawn from the action described?

The verse can be read as highlighting desire-driven action—rushing to consume what is seen as valuable—often a setup in Purāṇic storytelling for consequences that illustrate restraint, discernment, or the limits of greed.