Shloka 13

पौण्ड्रक-वधः, कृत्या-प्रशमनम्, वाराणसी-दाहः

Devanagari script

इत्य् उक्ते ऽपगते दूते संस्मृत्याभ्यागतं हरिः गरुत्मन्तम् अथारुह्य त्वरितं तत्पुरं ययौ

Transliteration

ity ukte 'pagate dūte saṃsmṛtyābhyāgataṃ hariḥ garutmantam athāruhya tvaritaṃ tatpuraṃ yayau

Translation

When this was spoken and the messenger had departed, Hari, recalling what had come to pass, mounted Garuḍa and swiftly set out for that city.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक अव्यय

• उक्ते: when (this) was said
• उक्ते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उक्त (वच् धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: सप्तमी (7th, Locative) एकवचन; क्तान्त कृदन्त; सति-सप्तमी प्रयोगः (when it was said)

• अपगते: when (he) had departed
• अपगते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अप + गम् (धातु) क्त-प्रत्यय (अपगत)
• Form: सप्तमी (7th, Locative) एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (when ... had departed)

• दूते: the messenger
• दूते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (in/with the messenger)

• संस्मृत्य: having remembered
• संस्मृत्य: Sambandha (Prior action/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् + स्मृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव (gerund); (having remembered)

• अभ्यागतम्: (what had) come/arrived
• अभ्यागतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभि + आ + गम् (धातु) क्त-प्रत्यय (अभ्यागत)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; क्तान्त कृदन्त; (that which had come/arrived)

• हरिः: Hari (Vishnu)
• हरिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• गरुत्मन्तम्: Garutmān (Garuda)
• गरुत्मन्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गरुत्मन्त् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक अव्यय (then/now)

• आरुह्य: having mounted
• आरुह्य: Sambandha (Prior action/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ + रुह् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव (gerund); (having mounted)

• त्वरितम्: quickly
• त्वरितम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: त्वरित (त्वर् धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण); शीघ्रम् (quickly)

• तत्पुरम्: that city (his city)
• तत्पुरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + पुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (तस्य पुरम्)

• ययौ: went
• ययौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Teaching: Historical

Quality: authoritative

Avatara Context

Avatara: Krishna

Purpose: Kṛṣṇa swiftly intervenes to protect his people by taking divine conveyance (Garuḍa) and moving toward the threatened city.

Leela: Loka-rakshana

Dharma Restored: Swift protection and rightful intervention against adharma

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Hari

Characters & Entities

• Hari (Vishnu)
• Garuḍa
• Messenger (Dūta)

FAQs

What is the significance of Garuḍa in this verse of the Vishnu Purana?

Garuḍa functions as Hari’s divine vehicle, emphasizing the immediacy and supremacy of Viṣṇu’s intervention—his will translates into swift action to restore order.

How does Sage Parāśara explain divine response to worldly events here?

Through a concise narrative turn: once the messenger leaves, Hari remembers the urgent circumstance and acts at once, showing divine governance operating within history (līlā) to protect dharma.

What is the theological importance of Lord Vishnu (Hari) in this context?

Hari is portrayed as the sovereign Supreme Reality who is not distant from creation; he actively directs events, revealing providence and protection as expressions of his supreme lordship.