Shloka 10

Devanagari script

दिवा षडेदनेत्राद्रिपञ्चत्रिमानुषांशकैः / पादाङ्गुष्ठे पादपृष्ठे पादपृष्ठे गुल्फे जानुनि लिङ्गके

Transliteration

divā ṣaḍedanetrādripañcatrimānuṣāṃśakaiḥ / pādāṅguṣṭhe pādapṛṣṭhe pādapṛṣṭhe gulphe jānuni liṅgake

Translation

In the daytime, (the pain/affliction) is measured in units amounting to six, and again in portions of thirty-five; it is felt in the big toe, on the top of the foot, (again) on the top of the foot, at the ankle, at the knee, and in the genital organ.

Word by Word

• दिवा: by day, in daytime
• दिवा: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time adjunct/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दिव् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण/adverb of time)

• षट्: six
• षट्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षष् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक विशेषण; प्रथमा/द्वितीया बहुवचन (indeclinable numeral stem used adjectivally)

• एद: (unclear term: possibly a technical body-part/measure)
• एद: Viśeṣya/Upapada (Head/associated term)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (stem used in compound-like sequence)

• नेत्र: eye
• नेत्र: Viśeṣya/Upapada
• Type: Noun
• Root: नेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (as member in sequence)

• अद्रि: mountain
• अद्रि: Viśeṣya/Upapada
• Type: Noun
• Root: अद्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (as member in sequence)

• पञ्चत्रिंशत्: thirty-five
• पञ्चत्रिंशत्: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चत्रिंशत् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक (पञ्च + त्रिंशत् = 35); अव्ययवत् प्रयोग/indeclinable-like numeral used adjectivally

• मानुष: human
• मानुष: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मानुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषण; पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (as member in sequence)

• अंशकैः: by parts/portions
• अंशकैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अंशक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया बहुवचन (instrumental plural)

• पादाङ्गुष्ठे: in the big toe (of the foot)
• पादाङ्गुष्ठे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद + अङ्गुष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी एकवचन (locative singular); समास: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पादस्य अङ्गुष्ठः)

• पादपृष्ठे: on the top/back of the foot
• पादपृष्ठे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद + पृष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी एकवचन; समास: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पादस्य पृष्ठम्)

• पादपृष्ठे: on the top/back of the foot
• पादपृष्ठे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद + पृष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति (repetition)

• गुल्फे: at the ankle
• गुल्फे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुल्फ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी एकवचन

• जानुनि: at the knee
• जानुनि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: जानु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी एकवचन

• लिङ्गके: at the genital organ
• लिङ्गके: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्गक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी एकवचन

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (narrating to Garuda/Vinata-putra)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Somatic loci of suffering/affliction and its temporal measurement (daytime units) as part of subtle-body instruction.

Vedantic Theme: Deha-anātma-viveka (body as object of experience, not the Self).

Application: Use as a diagnostic/meditative map: observe sensations as transient; apply disciplined breath/attention to reduce identification with pain.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bhayanaka

Secondary Rasa: bibhatsa

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.19.11 (progression of awareness/prāṇa through bodily stations); Garuda Purana 1.19.12 (gendered lateralization of lunar/prāṇic abiding)

Characters & Entities

• Garuda

FAQs

What is the importance of bodily pain descriptions in the Garuda Purana?

This verse maps karmic suffering to specific bodily locations and quantified measures, reinforcing that actions have precise consequences experienced by the being in transitional states.

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

It implies that the post-death journey involves experiential consequences (felt as pain in distinct points), consistent with the Purana’s teaching that the subtle being undergoes karmic results before reaching Yama’s domain or further destinations.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Live with restraint and ethical discipline, and perform appropriate dharmic duties and rites, remembering that karma is taught as producing tangible, specific consequences.