Shloka 23

Hari-stuti by Śrī, Brahmā, Vāyu, Sarasvatī, Śeṣa, Garuḍa, Rudra, Vāruṇī and Pārvatī

Humility, Surrender, and the Power of the Name

Devanagari script

एतत्स्तोत्रं ह्यर्थयेच्चैव या नः तत्र प्रीतिर्ह्यक्षया मे सदा स्यात् / स्तोत्रं ह्येतत्पाठयन्तीह लोके ते वैष्णवास्ते च हरिप्रियाश्च

Transliteration

etatstotraṃ hyarthayeccaiva yā naḥ tatra prītirhyakṣayā me sadā syāt / stotraṃ hyetatpāṭhayantīha loke te vaiṣṇavāste ca haripriyāśca

Translation

「この讃歌の（果報を）求める者がいるなら、その者への我が慈愛は常に尽きることなかれ。この世でまさにこの讃歌を誦する者たちは、まことのヴィシュヌの帰依者、そしてハリに愛される者である。」

Word by Word

• etat: this
• etat: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular)

• stotram: hymn
• stotram: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: stotra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular)

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/emphasis)

• arthayet: should request/seek
• arthayet: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: arthaya (अर्थय्/अर्थ् धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (3rd sg)

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

• eva: only/indeed
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• yā: which (she/that)
• yā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Feminine, Nom, Singular)

• naḥ: of us / to us
• naḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, बहुवचन (Genitive, Plural) / वैकल्पिकं चतुर्थी (Dative) प्रसङ्गानुसारम्

• tatra: there/in that
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb)

• prītiḥ: devotion/affection
• prītiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prīti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Feminine, Nom, Singular)

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/emphasis)

• akṣayā: imperishable
• akṣayā: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: akṣayā (अक्षय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Feminine, Nom, Singular); ‘prītiḥ’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• me: my
• me: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन (Genitive, Singular)

• sadā: always
• sadā: Kāla (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb of time)

• syāt: may be
• syāt: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (अस् धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (3rd sg)

• stotram: hymn
• stotram: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: stotra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Acc, Singular)

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/emphasis)

• etat: this
• etat: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Acc, Singular); ‘stotram’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• pāṭhayantī: reciting/causing to be read
• pāṭhayantī: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pāṭhaya (पाठय् धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (present active participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Feminine, Nom, Singular)

• iha: here
• iha: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb)

• loke: in the world
• loke: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (Masculine, Locative, Singular)

• te: they
• te: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (Masculine, Nom, Plural)

• vaiṣṇavāḥ: Vaiṣṇavas
• vaiṣṇavāḥ: Pradhāna-nāma (प्रधान/सम्बोधनार्थ-न)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaiṣṇava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (Masculine, Nom, Plural)

• te: they
• te: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (Masculine, Nom, Plural)

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

• hari-priyāḥ: dear to Hari
• hari-priyāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक) + priya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive tatpuruṣa: ‘of Hari’), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (Masculine, Nom, Plural)

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

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (Hari) speaking to Garuda (Vinata-putra)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Stotra-patha as a bhakti-sadhana; the reciter becomes Hari-priya and gains enduring spiritual support (akshaya-priti).

Vedantic Theme: Nama/stotra as upasana; grace mediated through sincere repetition; bhakta-lakshana (marks of a devotee).

Application: Adopt regular hymn-recitation; dedicate intention (artha) toward devotion; build a daily practice that reinforces identity as Hari’s devotee.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Geographic Context

Type: human realm

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 3.6.24 (daily recitation and offering to Hari); Garuda Purana: stotra-phala passages elsewhere (general)

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu (Hari)
• Vaishnavas

FAQs

What is the importance of stotra recitation in the Garuda Purana?

This verse states that reciting the stotra marks one as a true Vaiṣṇava and makes the reciter dear to Hari, indicating devotional practice as a direct means to divine grace.

How does this verse explain the path of the soul?

Though not describing after-death stages directly, it emphasizes bhakti (devotional recitation) as a sustaining spiritual merit that aligns the practitioner with Viṣṇu’s favor—an implied safeguard on one’s spiritual trajectory.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Regularly chant and study the hymn with sincerity and ethical living; treat devotion as daily discipline, aiming for steadiness (akṣayā prīti) rather than occasional ritual performance.