Shloka 14

Devanagari script

दातव्यं विषपापघ्नं बीजं तस्य चतुर्विधम् / विन्दुपञ्चस्वरयुतमाद्यमुक्तं द्वितीयकम् / षष्ठारूढं तृतीयं स्यात्सविसर्गं चतुर्थकम् / ॐ कुरु कुले स्वाहा

Transliteration

dātavyaṃ viṣapāpaghnaṃ bījaṃ tasya caturvidham / vindupañcasvarayutamādyamuktaṃ dvitīyakam / ṣaṣṭhārūḍhaṃ tṛtīyaṃ syātsavisargaṃ caturthakam / oṃ kuru kule svāhā

Translation

One should bestow (or employ) the seed-mantra that destroys the sin of poison. That bīja is fourfold: the first is said to be joined with bindu and the five vowels; the second is declared; the third is to be mounted on the sixth vowel; and the fourth is with visarga. (Thus the mantra is:) “Oṁ kuru kule svāhā.”

Word by Word

• दातव्यम्: to be given
• दातव्यम्: Vidhi (Obligation predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दा (धातु) → दातव्य (कृदन्त)
• Form: तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerundive); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन

• विषपापघ्नम्: destroying poison and sin
• विषपापघ्नम्: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विष + पाप + घ्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; समास: तत्पुरुष (विषं च पापं च हन्ति इति)

• बीजम्: seed (mantra-seed)
• बीजम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बीज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन

• तस्य: of that
• तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी एकवचन

• चतुर्विधम्: fourfold
• चतुर्विधम्: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर् + विध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; समास: तत्पुरुष (चतुर्भिः विधैः युक्तम्)

• विन्दु: dot (bindu)
• विन्दु: Upapada
• Type: Noun
• Root: विन्दु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (as member in compound)

• पञ्चस्वर: five vowels
• पञ्चस्वर: Upapada
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च + स्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (as member in compound); समास: तत्पुरुष (पञ्च स्वराः)

• युतम्: joined with, endowed with
• युतम्: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युज् (धातु) → युत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन

• आद्यम्: the first
• आद्यम्: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन

• उक्तम्: is said
• उक्तम्: Kriyā (Predicative/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वच् (धातु) → उक्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन

• द्वितीयकम्: the second (one)
• द्वितीयकम्: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वितीयक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन

• षष्ठ: sixth
• षष्ठ: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षष्ठ (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रमवाचक विशेषण; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (as member in compound)

• आरूढम्: mounted on, placed on
• आरूढम्: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ + रुह् (धातु) → आरूढ (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन

• तृतीयम्: the third
• तृतीयम्: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तृतीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन

• स्यात्: should be
• स्यात्: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन

• सविसर्गम्: with visarga (ḥ)
• सविसर्गम्: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + विसर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; समास: तत्पुरुष (विसर्गेण सह)

• चतुर्थकम्: the fourth (one)
• चतुर्थकम्: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्थक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन

• ॐ: Oṃ
• ॐ: Mantra (Liturgical utterance)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ॐ (अव्यय/प्रणव)
• Form: प्रणव-रूप अव्यय (sacred syllable)

• कुरु: do, perform
• कुरु: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative); मध्यमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• कुले: in the family/lineage
• कुले: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी एकवचन

• स्वाहा: svāhā
• स्वाहा: Mantra (Ritual exclamation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वाहा (अव्यय)
• Form: हविर्दानान्ते प्रयुज्यमानम् अव्यय (exclamation in oblation)

Speaker

Lord Viṣṇu (in instruction to Garuḍa/Vinatā-putra)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Mantric bīja employed as a remedial act to destroy viṣa-related pāpa; sound-structure (bindu, vowels, visarga) is itself efficacious when properly applied.

Vedantic Theme: Śabda as upāya within vyavahāra; purification of antaḥkaraṇa enabling clearer knowledge/bhakti.

Application: Use only under competent guidance: correct pronunciation, nyāsa, and intention; treat as protective prayer and ethical commitment to avoid harm/poisoning.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: vira

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.19.13 (Haṃsa-bīja purity; transition from inner seed to applied bīja)

FAQs

What is the importance of a bīja-mantra for removing viṣa-pāpa in the Garuḍa Purāṇa?

This verse frames a specific bīja as a ritual-spiritual remedy meant to neutralize the karmic fault associated with poison, emphasizing mantra-structure (bindu, vowels, visarga) as part of its efficacy.

How does this verse explain the path of the soul?

Indirectly: it highlights prāyaścitta (atonement) through mantra and ritual correctness, implying that reducing pāpa supports a safer post-death trajectory by lightening karmic burdens.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Use the verse as a reminder that harmful actions (like poisoning or causing harm through substances) require ethical restraint and, in traditional practice, corrective rites under qualified guidance rather than casual mantra experimentation.