Shloka 33

Brahmāṇḍa-Āvaraṇa Nirūpaṇa, Virajā-Setu, and Prākṛta–Vaikṛta Sṛṣṭi

Devanagari script

रुद्रस्याप्यापरोक्ष्यं स्यात्तथा प्रारब्धसंक्षयः / एकचत्वारिंशकल्पे शेषत्वं याति सुव्रत

Transliteration

rudrasyāpyāparokṣyaṃ syāttathā prārabdhasaṃkṣayaḥ / ekacatvāriṃśakalpe śeṣatvaṃ yāti suvrata

Translation

Aun para Rudra puede darse la realización directa (aparokṣa-jñāna), y asimismo se agota el karma ya iniciado (prārabdha). Oh tú de votos nobles, en el cuadragésimo primer kalpa alcanza el estado de «Śeṣa», el Remanente.

Word by Word

• रुद्रस्य: of Rudra
• रुद्रस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अप्यर्थ निपात (particle: also/even)

• अपरोक्ष्यम्: direct realization
• अपरोक्ष्यम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपरोक्ष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; abstract noun ‘direct realization’

• स्यात्: would be; occurs
• स्यात्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक

• प्रारब्ध-संक्षयः: exhaustion of prārabdha (begun karma)
• प्रारब्ध-संक्षयः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रारब्ध (प्र-रभ् धातु, क्त कृदन्त) + संक्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—‘प्रारब्धस्य संक्षयः’

• एक-चत्वारिंश-कल्पे: in forty-one kalpas
• एक-चत्वारिंश-कल्पे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक) + चत्वारिंशत् (संख्याशब्द) + कल्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; संख्या-समास (determinative): ‘one-and-forty kalpas’ (=41 kalpas) locative of time

• शेष-त्वम्: the state of being Śeṣa (Ananta)
• शेष-त्वम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शेष (प्रातिपदिक) + त्व (तद्धित प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; भाववाचक तद्धितान्त

• याति: attains
• याति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• सुव्रत: O one of good vows
• सुव्रत: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुव्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (in dialogue with Garuda/Vinatā-putra)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Aparokṣa-jñāna (direct realization) can arise even for Rudra, accompanied by the exhaustion of prārabdha; spiritual states unfold within kalpa-cycles.

Vedantic Theme: Jñāna as the immediate means to mokṣa; prārabdha persists until exhaustion even after realization (a common Advaita framing), here narrated in Purāṇic cosmological time.

Application: Cultivate śravaṇa–manana–nididhyāsana and steadiness in sādhana, understanding that residual momentum (habits/karma) may continue until it naturally wanes; maintain patience with ‘time-to-fruition’.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 3.10.34-36 (continuation on Brahmā/Indra/Rudra and kalpa markers)

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Shesha

FAQs

What is the importance of prārabdha-kṣaya (exhaustion of begun karma) in the Garuda Purana?

This verse links direct realization (aparokṣa-jñāna) with the wearing away of prārabdha—showing that liberation-teaching includes how already-initiated karmic momentum is brought to completion.

How does this verse explain the path of the soul toward liberation?

It emphasizes inner realization as the decisive factor: when immediate knowledge dawns, karmic bondage is no longer accumulated, and the remaining prārabdha is said to reach exhaustion, enabling a transformed state of being.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Prioritize steady spiritual discipline (suvrata)—study, contemplation, and ethical living—aimed at direct understanding, while patiently bearing inevitable life-results as prārabdha without creating new harmful karma.