Shloka 40

Devanagari script

चरेस्थिरे तद्विमार्गे तादृशेतादृशे क्रमात् / निर्गमे निर्गमं याति संग्रहे संग्रहं विदुः

Transliteration

caresthire tadvimārge tādṛśetādṛśe kramāt / nirgame nirgamaṃ yāti saṃgrahe saṃgrahaṃ viduḥ

Translation

人が動くときも静止するときも、その同じ道筋に従って順次に進む。去るときは去りに至り、集めるときは賢者の言うとおり集積に至る。

Word by Word

• चरे: move, act
• चरे: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपद

• स्थिरे: in the steady (state/place)
• स्थिरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्थिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Sambandha (Reference/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular)

• विमार्गे: in the wrong path
• विमार्गे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वि-मार्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• तादृशे: in such (a manner/state)
• तादृशे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तादृश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Masc./Neut.), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• तादृशे: in such (a manner/state)
• तादृशे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तादृश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Masc./Neut.), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• क्रमात्: in sequence, gradually
• क्रमात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Ablation/हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), पञ्चमी (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular); अव्ययीभावार्थे (in the sense of 'in order/gradually')

• निर्गमे: in (the act of) exit
• निर्गमे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर्गम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• निर्गमम्: exit
• निर्गमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर्गम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• याति: goes, attains
• याति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपद

• संग्रहे: in (the act of) collection/retention
• संग्रहे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• संग्रहम्: collection/retention
• संग्रहम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• विदुः: they know, they consider
• विदुः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural); परस्मैपद

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (speaking to Garuda/Vinata-putra)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: One attains results in strict correspondence with one’s chosen course—movement, withdrawal, departure, or accumulation yields like outcomes.

Vedantic Theme: Karma-phala-niyama under māyā; the jīva experiences patterned results until discernment redirects action toward liberation.

Application: Examine habitual ‘courses’ (vṛtti): if you cultivate grasping, you get more grasping; if you cultivate letting-go, you get release—choose practices that reduce saṅgraha and increase vairāgya.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana Pretakalpa: general karma-phala discussions (contextual parallel, not a direct citation)

FAQs

What is the importance of karma (cause-and-effect) in the Garuda Purana?

This verse states that one reaches results that correspond to one’s mode of conduct—movement, stillness, departure, or accumulation—affirming that outcomes follow one’s chosen course.

How does this verse explain the path of the soul?

It frames the soul’s post-death trajectory as rule-governed and sequential (kramāt): the conditions one cultivates—renunciation/exit or hoarding/attachment—shape the kind of onward movement experienced.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Cultivate deliberate action and reduce harmful accumulation (greed, possessiveness); choose dharmic conduct so that the “path” you build inwardly leads to a lighter, clearer onward journey.