Shloka 86

Means to Liberation: Supremacy of Hari, Proper Salutations, and Purāṇic Authority

Devanagari script

ईशकोटिप्रविष्टत्वाच्छ्रियः स्वामित्वमीरितम् / त्रयाणामुपजीव्यत्वात्सेव्यत्वात्स्वामिता स्मृताः

Transliteration

īśakoṭipraviṣṭatvācchriyaḥ svāmitvamīritam / trayāṇāmupajīvyatvātsevyatvātsvāmitā smṛtāḥ

Translation

Parce que Śrī (Lakṣmī) pénètre jusqu’au cœur même du Seigneur, sa seigneurie est proclamée. Et parce que ces trois sont ceux par qui les autres vivent et ceux qu’il convient de servir et de vénérer, ils sont aussi rappelés comme détenteurs de souveraineté.

Word by Word

• ईशकोटिप्रविष्टत्वात्: because of (her) entering the category of the Lord
• ईशकोटिप्रविष्टत्वात्: Hetu/Apādāna (हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश + कोटि + प्रविष्टत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (Ablative), एकवचन; समासः—(ईश-कोटौ) प्रविष्टस्य भावः इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

• श्रियः: of Śrī (Lakṣmī)
• श्रियः: Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन

• स्वामित्वम्: lordship/ownership
• स्वामित्वम्: Karma/Viśeṣya (विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वामित्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ईरितम्: is declared
• ईरितम्: Kriyā (implicit passive predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √ईर्/ईरय् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘stated/declared’

• त्रयाणाम्: of the three
• त्रयाणाम्: Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive), बहुवचन; ‘of the three’

• उपजीव्यत्वात्: because of being depended upon
• उपजीव्यत्वात्: Hetu/Apādāna (हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपजीव्यत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (Ablative), एकवचन; भाववाचक (abstract noun)

• सेव्यत्वात्: because of being to-be-served
• सेव्यत्वात्: Hetu/Apādāna (हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेव्यत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (Ablative), एकवचन; भाववाचक

• स्वामिताः: (their) lordships/sovereignties
• स्वामिताः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वामिता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन

• स्मृताः: are regarded
• स्मृताः: Predicate adjective (विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √स्मृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘are remembered/considered’

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (speaking to Garuda/Vinata-putra)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Śrī’s lordship derives from inseparable indwelling in the Lord; sovereignty is remembered for the three who sustain others and are served.

Vedantic Theme: Śakti–Śaktimān abheda (inseparability of power and possessor); dependence of beings on sustaining principles.

Application: Cultivate devotion with proper tattva-krama: honor Lakshmi as inseparable from Narayana; recognize sustaining deities/realities as service-worthy without collapsing them into the Supreme.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Geographic Context

Type: divine abode

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 3.1.85 (Hari–Vyasa identity); Garuda Purana 3.1.87-89 (service-worthiness and hierarchy of namaskāra)

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu (Īśa/Īśvara)
• Śrī (Lakṣmī)

FAQs

What is the importance of svāmitva (lordship) in this Garuda Purana verse?

This verse grounds lordship in two markers: intimate inseparability with Īśvara (as said of Śrī/Lakṣmī) and being worthy of service because one sustains others (upajīvyatva) and is rightly served (sevyatva).

How does this verse explain the devotional hierarchy of whom to serve?

It indicates that those who truly sustain life and are intrinsically connected to the Supreme are proper objects of service and reverence, framing devotion as aligned with cosmic order rather than mere power.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Direct service and reverence toward the divine and toward dharmic sustainers (teachers, caregivers, protectors of wellbeing), and avoid giving authority to what does not support ethical and spiritual life.