Shloka 12
Hari-stuti by Śrī, Brahmā, Vāyu, Sarasvatī, Śeṣa, Garuḍa, Rudra, Vāruṇī and Pārvatī
Humility, Surrender, and the Power of the Name
चतुर्विधान्पुरुषार्थान्रमेश संप्रार्थये तच्च सदापि देव / दृष्ट्वा हरेः सैव मायैव तावत्सुकारणं किञ्चिदन्यन्न चास्ति
caturvidhānpuruṣārthānrameśa saṃprārthaye tacca sadāpi deva / dṛṣṭvā hareḥ saiva māyaiva tāvatsukāraṇaṃ kiñcidanyanna cāsti
ラクシュミーの主ラメーシャよ、私は常に人の四つの目的をあなたに祈り求めてまいりました。けれどもハリを拝して悟りました――近き因となるのはただ彼のマーヤーのみであり、それ以外には何もないのです。
Garuda (Vinata-putra), addressing Lord Vishnu (Hari/Ramesha)
Concept: After Hari-darśana, one recognizes Māyā as the immediate operative cause; nothing independent stands apart from the Lord’s power.
Vedantic Theme: Māyā/śakti as upādhi for manifestation; dependence of all causality on Bhagavan; movement from puruṣārtha-seeking to tattva-vicāra.
Application: Use spiritual experience to refine causality-beliefs: reduce egoic ‘I control’ narratives; treat goals (dharma/artha/kāma/mokṣa) as fulfilled through alignment with the Divine, not through fragmented causes.
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Related Themes: Garuda Purana: Vishnu as ultimate refuge; teachings on māyā and the Lord’s śakti in devotional-philosophical passages
FAQs
They are the four aims of human life—dharma (righteous duty), artha (means and prosperity), kāma (legitimate desire), and mokṣa (liberation)—which the speaker says he prays for from Lord Hari.
It states that after realizing Hari, one sees that His Māyā alone functions as the proximate cause behind manifested experience, and nothing independent exists apart from that divine power.
Pursue life’s goals ethically, but remember outcomes and experiences are governed by the Divine; this reduces ego and anxiety and supports devotion, discernment, and a mokṣa-oriented life.