Shloka 40

Devanagari script

नित्यं शुद्धं बुद्धमुक्तं सत्यमानन्दमद्वयम् / यो ऽसावादित्यपुरुषः सो ऽसावहमखण्डितम् / इति ध्यायन्विमुच्येत् ब्राह्मणो भवबन्धनात्

Transliteration

nityaṃ śuddhaṃ buddhamuktaṃ satyamānandamadvayam / yo 'sāvādityapuruṣaḥ so 'sāvahamakhaṇḍitam / iti dhyāyanvimucyet brāhmaṇo bhavabandhanāt

Translation

ເມື່ອພິຈາລະນາດ້ວຍທຳນອງນີ້ວ່າ: “ນິດຕະ, ບໍລິສຸດ, ຕື່ນຮູ້ ແລະ ເປັນໄທ; ຄວາມຈິງ, ອານັນດະ, ບໍ່ສອງ. ບຸຣຸດສູງສຸດດຸດດັ່ງພຣະອາທິດ ນັ້ນແຫຼະແມ່ນຂ້ອຍ—ອັນບໍ່ແຕກອອກ” ແລ້ວ, ພຣາຫມະນະຜູ້ພິຈາລະນາຢ່າງນີ້ ຈະພົ້ນຈາກພັນທະແຫ່ງສັມສາຣະ.

Word by Word

• nityam: eternal
• nityam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (as predicate epithet)

• śuddham: pure
• śuddham: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śuddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण

• buddha-muktam: awakened and liberated
• buddha-muktam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: buddha (प्रातिपदिक) + mukta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; द्वन्द्वः (awakened and free/liberated) used adjectivally

• satya-ānanda-advayam: truth-bliss, non-dual
• satya-ānanda-advayam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: satya (प्रातिपदिक) + ānanda (प्रातिपदिक) + advaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; समाहार-द्वन्द्वः (truth, bliss, non-duality) as epithet

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative pronoun)

• asau: that (yonder)
• asau: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adas (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; निर्देशार्थक (demonstrative: ‘that yonder’)

• āditya-puruṣaḥ: the solar Person (Āditya-Puruṣa)
• āditya-puruṣaḥ: Pradhāna-vākya-predicative (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āditya (प्रातिपदिक) + puruṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (the Person in/associated with the Sun)

• saḥ: he/that
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• asau: that very (yonder)
• asau: Pradhāna-vākya-predicative (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adas (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• aham: I
• aham: Pradhāna-vākya-predicative (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• akhaṇḍitam: undivided, unbroken
• akhaṇḍitam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-khaṇḍita (प्रातिपदिक; from √khaṇḍ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; नञ्-पूर्वक विशेषण (unbroken/undivided)

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotative marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरणबोधक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• dhyāyan: meditating
• dhyāyan: Karta (Agent of main verb/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dhyai (धातु) → dhyāyat (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमान-कृदन्त (शतृ/Present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘while meditating’

• vimucyet: would be freed
• vimucyet: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-√muc (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद-रूपेण (middle sense) ‘would be released’

• brāhmaṇaḥ: a brāhmaṇa
• brāhmaṇaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• bhava-bandhanāt: from the bondage of becoming (saṃsāra)
• bhava-bandhanāt: Apādāna (Source/Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhava (प्रातिपदिक) + bandhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (bondage of worldly existence)

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (teaching Garuda/Vinata-putra)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Meditation on the Self as nitya, śuddha, buddha, mukta; satya-ānanda-advaya; identification with the Āditya-puruṣa as the indivisible ‘I’ leads to liberation from bhava-bandhana.

Vedantic Theme: Sākṣāt aparokṣa-jñāna through nididhyāsana; Brahman as nondual bliss; jīvanmukti implied by ‘vimucyeta’ through right contemplation.

Application: Structured nididhyāsana: repeat the attributes (nitya/śuddha/buddha/mukta) as pointers, then drop words and abide as the luminous ‘I’; use sunlight as a contemplative support without objectifying the Self.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Geographic Context

Type: deity-form/inner archetype

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.49.36-39 (yogic steps and mahāvākya contemplation)

Characters & Entities

• Aditya (Solar principle)
• Purusha (Supreme Person)
• Brahmana

FAQs

What is the importance of non-dual meditation (advaya-dhyana) in the Garuda Purana?

This verse presents non-dual contemplation—identifying the Self with the eternal, pure, blissful Supreme—as a direct means to cut the bondage of saṃsāra (bhava-bandhana).

How does this verse explain liberation from the cycle of birth and death?

It teaches that sustained meditation on the Self as indivisible, awakened, and identical with the Supreme “Solar Person” results in release (vimukti) from worldly becoming, i.e., freedom from repeated birth and death.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Regularly practice contemplative meditation on inner purity, truth, and non-duality—reducing ego-fragmentation and attachment—so actions become calmer, ethical, and oriented toward liberation rather than compulsive desire.