Shloka 13

Rajayakshma Nidana: Causes, Pathogenesis, Symptoms, and Prognosis

Devanagari script

शून्यानां ग्रामदेशानां दर्शनं शुष्यतो ऽम्भसः / ज्योतिर्दिवि दवाग्नीनां ज्वलतां च महीरुहाम्

Transliteration

śūnyānāṃ grāmadeśānāṃ darśanaṃ śuṣyato 'mbhasaḥ / jyotirdivi davāgnīnāṃ jvalatāṃ ca mahīruhām

Translation

ગામો અને પ્રદેશો ખાલી દેખાવા, પાણી સૂકાઈ ગયેલું લાગવું, અને આકાશમાં દાવાગ્નિ તથા જળતા વૃક્ષોની અગ્નિજ્યોતિ દેખાવા—આ અશુભ અનુભવો માનવામાં આવે છે.

Word by Word

• शून्यानाम्: of deserted (ones)
• शून्यानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शून्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• ग्रामदेशानाम्: of villages and regions
• ग्रामदेशानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्राम + देश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (समाहार-द्वन्द्व-समूह), षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• दर्शनम्: seeing; sight
• दर्शनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दृश् (धातु) + अन (प्रत्यय) → दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; भाववाचक (act of seeing)

• शुष्यतः: of (that which is) drying up
• शुष्यतः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुष् (धातु) + शतृ (प्रत्यय) → शुष्यत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकाले कृदन्त (present participle)

• अम्भसः: of water
• अम्भसः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्भस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• ज्योतिः: light; flame
• ज्योतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्योतिस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• दिवि: in the sky
• दिवि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• दवाग्नीनाम्: of forest-fires
• दवाग्नीनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दव + अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• ज्वलताम्: of (those) blazing
• ज्वलताम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्वल् (धातु) + शतृ (प्रत्यय) → ज्वलत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकाले कृदन्त

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• महीरुहाम्: of trees (earth-growers)
• महीरुहाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही + रुह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (speaking to Garuda/Vainateya)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Perception itself can become ominous; the world’s seeming stability is fragile, urging discernment and detachment.

Vedantic Theme: Māyā-like instability of phenomenal experience; vairāgya born from seeing the world as perishable.

Application: When confronted with pervasive dread/doom-perceptions, ground oneself in dharma, seek wise counsel, intensify prayer/meditation, and act responsibly toward community safety.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bhayanaka

Secondary Rasa: karuna

Geographic Context

Type: settlement

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana: ariṣṭa-lakṣaṇa lists including ominous visions and environmental distortions (general)

Characters & Entities

• Garuda
• Vishnu

FAQs

What is the importance of death omens in Garuda Purana?

This verse lists specific ominous perceptions—deserted surroundings, dried water, and sky-glow like wildfires—used in the Garuda Purana as indicators of a critical transition period approaching death.

How does this verse explain the path of the soul?

By highlighting abnormal perceptions, it implies a shift in ordinary sensory experience as the embodied being nears separation from the physical body—an early marker in the Preta Kanda narrative of the soul’s post-death journey.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Treat such reports as a cue for spiritual preparedness—prayer, remembrance of Vishnu, settling duties, and arranging appropriate end-of-life rites—rather than panic or superstition.