Shloka 64

Kāraṇa-vyākhyā: Cosmic Agents, Rudra-Forms, Sense-Purity, and Ānanda-Tāratamya

Devanagari script

गृहं मदीयं शतवर्षं च जीवेत्पुत्रा मदीया शवतवर्षं तथैव / अहं च जीवे शतवर्षं सुखेन मदीयभार्यापि सुलक्षणाऽस्ते

Transliteration

gṛhaṃ madīyaṃ śatavarṣaṃ ca jīvetputrā madīyā śavatavarṣaṃ tathaiva / ahaṃ ca jīve śatavarṣaṃ sukhena madīyabhāryāpi sulakṣaṇā'ste

Translation

“May my house endure for a hundred years; may my sons likewise live for a hundred years. May I too live happily for a hundred years, and may my wife also remain—endowed with auspicious marks and good fortune.”

Word by Word

• गृहम्: house
• गृहम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (contextually: विषय/उद्देश्य)

• मदीयम्: my
• मदीयम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मदीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (possessive)

• शतवर्षम्: for a hundred years
• शतवर्षम्: Kāla-adhvana (काल-अध्वन्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक) + वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; द्विगु (शतं वर्षाणि) — duration

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• जीवेत्: may live
• जीवेत्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जीव् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पुत्राः: sons
• पुत्राः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• मदीयाः: my
• मदीयाः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मदीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• शतवर्षम्: for a hundred years
• शतवर्षम्: Kāla-adhvana (काल-अध्वन्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक) + वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; द्विगु — duration

• तथा: so
• तथा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक (so/thus)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Avadhāraṇa (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारण

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• जीवे: may live
• जीवे: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जीव् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• शतवर्षम्: for a hundred years
• शतवर्षम्: Kāla-adhvana (काल-अध्वन्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक) + वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; द्विगु — duration

• सुखेन: with happiness/comfortably
• सुखेन: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• मदीयभार्या: my wife
• मदीयभार्या: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मदीय (प्रातिपदिक) + भार्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (मदीया भार्या)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय/अपि-कार (also)

• सुलक्षणा: well-endowed with good marks
• सुलक्षणा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु- (उपसर्ग) + लक्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• अस्ते: remains/is
• अस्ते: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (in instruction to Garuda, describing worldly benedictions/aspirations in contrast to after-death realities)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Worldly prayers for longevity and family continuity reveal attachment; dharma requires remembering uncertainty and aligning wishes with righteousness.

Vedantic Theme: Gṛha-moha vs viveka; saṃsāra as hope for permanence in the impermanent.

Application: Hold family prosperity with humility; pair longevity wishes with dharmic living, charity, and remembrance of mortality.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shringara

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Geographic Context

Type: home

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana: critique of gṛha-āśā (household hopes) when divorced from dharma and bhakti

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Garuda

FAQs

What is the importance of praying for a hundred-year life (śatāyu) in the Garuda Purana?

This verse reflects common Vedic benedictions for stability—home, children, spouse, and a long, happy life—yet in the Preta Kanda it also implicitly frames such desires as worldly aims that must be balanced with dharma and preparedness for death.

How does this verse relate to the soul’s journey described in the Garuda Purana?

By listing ideal worldly continuities (home, lineage, spouse, longevity), it highlights what people naturally cling to—setting up the Purana’s broader teaching that at death one departs alone, and only dharma, karma, and rites (like śrāddha and piṇḍa-dāna) support the departed.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Pursue family welfare and longevity through ethical living, but also cultivate detachment and spiritual discipline—regular remembrance of mortality, charitable acts, and honoring ancestors—so worldly prosperity is aligned with dharma.