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Shloka 140

Multi-form Manifestations, Indra–Kāma Incarnations, Pravāha, and the Twofold Buddhi

Sense-Discipline and Exclusive Refuge in Viṣṇu

Devanagari script

धूर्पैर्दीपैर्भक्ष्यभोज्यैश्च पुष्पैः पूजां कृत्वा विद्यमानश्च गेहे / यदा तदा यमदूतैश्च बद्ध्वा संताड्यमाने वेणुपाशादिभिश्च

Transliteration

dhūrpairdīpairbhakṣyabhojyaiśca puṣpaiḥ pūjāṃ kṛtvā vidyamānaśca gehe / yadā tadā yamadūtaiśca baddhvā saṃtāḍyamāne veṇupāśādibhiśca

Translation

家にいるうちであっても、香・灯明・食の供物・花をもって供養を行ったのち、ある時、閻魔の使者に縛られ、竹の縄の投げ縄などで打たれる。

Word by Word
धूपैःwith incense
धूपैः:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootधूप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/Instrumental), बहुवचन
दीपैःwith lamps
दीपैः:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootदीप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
भक्ष्यभोज्यैःwith foods (edibles and meals)
भक्ष्यभोज्यैः:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootभक्ष्य (प्रातिपदिक) + भोज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (समाहार-द्वन्द्व), तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
पुष्पैःwith flowers
पुष्पैः:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootपुष्प (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
पूजाम्worship
पूजाम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (object/Accusative), एकवचन
कृत्वाhaving performed
कृत्वा:
Kriya (क्रिया; पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय-क्रियाविशेषण (gerund/absolutive), ‘having done’
विद्यमानःbeing present
विद्यमानः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootविद्यमान (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √विद्/√अस्)
Formवर्तमान-कृदन्त (present participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय
गेहेin the house
गेहे:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootगृह/गेह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (location/Locative), एकवचन
यदाwhen
यदा:
Kala (काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदा (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)
तदाthen
तदा:
Kala (काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतदा (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक-अव्यय
यमदूतैःby Yama's messengers
यमदूतैः:
Kartr (कर्ता; agent of binding/beating)
TypeNoun
Rootयम (प्रातिपदिक) + दूत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (यमस्य दूताः)
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय
बद्ध्वाhaving bound
बद्ध्वा:
Kriya (क्रिया; पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootबन्ध् (धातु)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund), ‘having bound/tied’
संताड्यमानेwhile being struck
संताड्यमाने:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण; सति-सप्तमी/locative absolute)
TypeVerb
Rootसम् + ताड् (धातु)
Formवर्तमान-कालिक कर्मणि कृदन्त (present passive participle), सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘while being beaten’ (locative absolute sense)
वेणुपाशादिभिःwith bamboo-ropes and the like
वेणुपाशादिभिः:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootवेणु (प्रातिपदिक) + पाश (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘वेणु-पाश-आदि’ इति समाहार/समुच्चयार्थः
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय
Speaker

Lord Vishnu (in instruction to Garuda/Vinata-putra)

Pretakalpa Layer

Afterlife Stage: Yamaloka Journey

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: External pūjā with offerings does not by itself avert karmic retribution; at the destined time, the forces of Yama seize the embodied being.

Vedantic Theme: Karma’s inexorability; necessity of inner purification and higher devotion/knowledge beyond ritual display.

Application: Let worship cultivate virtue, restraint, and remembrance; prepare for death through ethical life, repentance, and devotion rather than mere ceremonial abundance.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bhayanaka

Secondary Rasa: raudra

Geographic Context

Type: domestic worship space

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana Pretakalpa: Yamadūta binding with pāśa and beating (general); Garuda Purana: critique of hollow ritualism (general)

Characters & Entities
Y
Yama
Y
Yamadutas

FAQs

This verse stresses impermanence: even a person engaged in normal household worship can be seized by Yama’s messengers at any time, so one should cultivate steady dharma and preparedness rather than complacency.

It depicts the transition as abrupt—Yamadutas bind and drive the departing being—introducing the Garuda Purana’s broader narrative of the soul’s compelled journey toward Yama’s domain according to karma.

Perform rituals with ethical living: keep vows, avoid harmful actions, and practice daily remembrance of mortality so spiritual practice is not merely external but supported by righteous conduct.

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