Shloka 1

Graha-daśā, Rāśi-adhipatya, Śakuna (Omens), and Nakṣatra-Lakṣaṇa on the Solar Diagram

Devanagari script

नामैकोनषष्टितमो ऽध्यायः हरिरुवाच / षडादित्ये दशा ज्ञेया सोमे पञ्चदश स्मृताः / अष्टावङ्गारके चव बुधै स्पतदश स्मृताः

Transliteration

nāmaikonaṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ hariruvāca / ṣaḍāditye daśā jñeyā some pañcadaśa smṛtāḥ / aṣṭāvaṅgārake cava budhai spatadaśa smṛtāḥ

Translation

हरि ने कहा—यह नाम से उनसठवाँ अध्याय है। आदित्य की दशा छह वर्ष की जाननी चाहिए, सोम की दशा पंद्रह वर्ष की स्मरण की गई है; अङ्गारक की दशा आठ वर्ष की और बुध की दशा सत्रह वर्ष की कही गई है।

Word by Word

• nāma: name; titled as
• nāma: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; शीर्षक-शब्द (title marker)

• ekonaṣaṣṭitamaḥ: fifty-ninth (one less than sixty)
• ekonaṣaṣṭitamaḥ: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekona (प्रातिपदिक) + ṣaṣṭi (प्रातिपदिक) + -tama (तद्धित/प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषण (ordinal adjective)

• adhyāyaḥ: chapter
• adhyāyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• hariḥ: Hari
• hariḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ṣaṭ: six
• ṣaṭ: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ṣaṭ (संख्या/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्याशब्द; (समासपूर्वपद)

• āditye: in/for the Sun (Āditya)
• āditye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āditya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• daśā: period (daśā)
• daśā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daśā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• jñeyā: to be known
• jñeyā: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jñā (धातु) + -ya (कृत्)
• Form: कृदन्त (भाव्य/gerundive), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण

• some: in/for the Moon (Soma)
• some: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: soma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• pañcadaśa: fifteen
• pañcadaśa: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pañca (संख्या/प्रातिपदिक) + daśa (संख्या/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक; (प्रथमा बहुवचनार्थे/संख्याप्रमाणे)

• smṛtāḥ: are stated/remembered
• smṛtāḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: smṛ (धातु) + -ta (कृत्)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; ‘(daśāḥ) स्मृताः’ इति लुप्त-विशेष्य

• aṣṭau: eight
• aṣṭau: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aṣṭa (संख्या/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक; (प्रथमा बहुवचनार्थे/संख्याप्रमाणे)

• aṅgārake: in/for Mars (Aṅgāraka)
• aṅgārake: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṅgāraka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• budhe: in/for Mercury (Budha)
• budhe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: budha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• saptadaśa: seventeen
• saptadaśa: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sapta (संख्या/प्रातिपदिक) + daśa (संख्या/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक; (प्रथमा बहुवचनार्थे/संख्याप्रमाणे)

• smṛtāḥ: are stated
• smṛtāḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: smṛ (धातु) + -ta (कृत्)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; ‘(daśāḥ) स्मृताः’ इति लुप्त-विशेष्य

Speaker

Hari (Lord Vishnu)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Graha-daśā durations as a framework for unfolding karmic results over time.

Vedantic Theme: Kāla (time) as an instrument of karma-phala within prakṛti; the Self remains untouched though experiences vary.

Application: Use daśā lengths for life-planning, remedial discipline, and interpreting periods of ease/strain without fatalism.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.60.2-5 (continuation of daśā lengths and results)

Characters & Entities

• Hari (Vishnu)
• Aditya (Sun)
• Soma (Moon)
• Angaraka (Mars)
• Budha (Mercury)

FAQs

What is the importance of daśā (planetary periods) in the Garuda Purana?

This verse frames daśā as a time-measure through which karmic results are experienced, listing specific year-lengths for the Sun, Moon, Mars, and Mercury periods.

How does this verse explain the path of the soul?

Indirectly: by linking life-events to timed karmic fruition under grahas, it implies that embodied experience unfolds in ordered phases rather than randomness.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Use time-period awareness to emphasize disciplined, dharmic choices during changing life phases, treating favorable or difficult periods as prompts for ethical conduct and devotion.