Shloka 79

Means to Liberation: Supremacy of Hari, Proper Salutations, and Purāṇic Authority

Devanagari script

अन्ते च वन्दने तस्य कारणं ब्रूहि सुव्रत / सूत उवाच / विष्णोरनन्तरं व्यासनमनं मुख्यमेव हि

Transliteration

ante ca vandane tasya kāraṇaṃ brūhi suvrata / sūta uvāca / viṣṇoranantaraṃ vyāsanamanaṃ mukhyameva hi

Translation

ແລະໃນຕອນຈົບ ໃນຂະນະທີ່ຖວາຍວັນທະນາແດ່ທ່ານ ຂໍໃຫ້ບອກເຫດຜົນນັ້ນ ໂອ ຜູ້ມີວັດຕະປະພຶດດີ. ສູຕະກ່າວວ່າ: “ຫຼັງຈາກນົບນ້ອມພຣະວິດສະນຸ (Viṣṇu) ທັນທີ ການນົບນ້ອມພຣະວະຍາສະ ແມ່ນພິທີທີ່ສຳຄັນທີ່ສຸດ.”

Word by Word

• अन्ते: at the end
• अन्ते: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी-एकवचनरूपेण अव्ययवत्; कालवाचक (at the end)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (and)

• वन्दने: in the act of salutation
• वन्दने: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Context)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन्दन (प्रातिपदिक; √वन्द् (धातु) + ल्युट्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; क्रियानाम

• तस्य: of that (person)
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• कारणम्: reason
• कारणम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• ब्रूहि: tell (me)
• ब्रूहि: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• सुव्रत: O one of good vows
• सुव्रत: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुव्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (सु + व्रत); पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• सूतः: Sūta
• सूतः: Karta (कर्ता/Speaker)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• विष्णोः: of Viṣṇu
• विष्णोः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Reference)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• अनन्तरम्: immediately after
• अनन्तरम्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Sequence-time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत्; क्रियाविशेषण (immediately after)

• व्यासनमनम्: salutation to Vyāsa
• व्यासनमनम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject as topic)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यास + नमन (प्रातिपदिकानि)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: व्यासस्य नमनम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• मुख्यम्: principal/primary
• मुख्यम्: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुख्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक (only/indeed)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक (indeed)

Speaker

Sūta (narrator)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: In salutations, Viṣṇu is primary; immediately after Him, honoring Vyāsa is the chief practice—affirming both God as source and guru/ṛṣi as conduit.

Vedantic Theme: Paramparā and pramāṇa: devotion to Īśvara aligned with reverence to the revealer/arranger of śāstra; īśvara-kṛpā mediated through guru.

Application: Conclude recitation with Viṣṇu-namaskāra and then Vyāsa-namaskāra; maintain gratitude to teachers alongside devotion to the divine.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Geographic Context

Type: forest āśrama/sacrificial grove

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 3.1.78 (question on concluding Vyāsa-namana); Garuda Purana 3.1.75-76 (sequence of salutations at beginning)

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Vyasa
• Suta

FAQs

What is the importance of bowing to Vyāsa after Viṣṇu in the Garuḍa Purāṇa?

This verse states that after saluting Viṣṇu, salutation to Vyāsa is considered foremost because Vyāsa is the principal transmitter/arranger of the Purāṇic and Vedic knowledge through which the teaching is accessed.

How does this verse fit the dialogue flow of the Garuḍa Purāṇa?

A question is raised about the reason for a concluding salutation; Sūta answers by affirming the traditional order of reverence—first to Viṣṇu (the divine source), then to Vyāsa (the authoritative sage who systematized the revelation for human learning).

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Begin and end scripture reading with gratitude to the divine source and the teaching lineage—honoring both devotion (to Viṣṇu) and disciplined learning (through Vyāsa and gurus).