Shloka 22

Acyuta/Vāsudeva Stotra: Avatāra-Salutations, Ritual Totality, Forgiveness Prayer, and Phalaśruti

Devanagari script

जयस्ते ऽस्तु निरालम्ब जय शान्त सनातन / जय नाथ जगत्पुष्ट (त्पूज्य) जय विष्णो नमो ऽस्तूते

Transliteration

jayaste 'stu nirālamba jaya śānta sanātana / jaya nātha jagatpuṣṭa (tpūjya) jaya viṣṇo namo 'stūte

Translation

ജയം നിനക്കേ, ഹേ നിരാലംബാധാരാ; ജയം നിനക്കേ, ഹേ ശാന്ത സനാതനാ. ജയം നിനക്കേ, ഹേ നാഥാ, ജഗത്പോഷകാ, പൂജ്യാ; ജയം നിനക്കേ, ഹേ വിഷ്ണോ—നമസ്കാരം॥

Word by Word

• जयः: victory
• जयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

• ते: of you / to you (your)
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अस्तु: may it be
• अस्तु: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/आज्ञार्थ), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• निरालम्ब: O supportless one
• निरालम्ब: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निरालम्ब (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; संबोधन-प्रथमा, एकवचन

• जय: Hail!
• जय: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जि (धातु)
• Form: अव्यय; संबोधनार्थे

• शान्त: O peaceful one
• शान्त: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्त (प्रातिपदिक; √शम् शान्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; संबोधन-प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सनातन: O eternal one
• सनातन: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सनातन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; संबोधन-प्रथमा, एकवचन

• जय: Hail!
• जय: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जि (धातु)
• Form: अव्यय; संबोधनार्थे

• नाथ: O Lord
• नाथ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; संबोधन-प्रथमा, एकवचन

• जगत्-पुष्ट: O nourisher of the world
• जगत्-पुष्ट: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक) + पुष्ट (प्रातिपदिक; √पुष्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; संबोधन-प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (जगतः पुष्टः/पोषकः)

• जय: Hail!
• जय: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जि (धातु)
• Form: अव्यय; संबोधनार्थे

• विष्णो: O Viṣṇu
• विष्णो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; संबोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; नमस्कारार्थक निपात (particle of salutation)

• अस्तु: may it be
• अस्तु: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (Dative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

Speaker

Garuda (Vinata-putra), offering praise to Lord Vishnu

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: The Lord as the ultimate ground (nirālamba yet ādhāra), śānta and sanātana; surrender (namas) to the world-nourishing Viṣṇu.

Vedantic Theme: Āśraya-āśrita relation resolved in Brahman: the Absolute needs no support yet supports all; śānti as the nature of the eternal.

Application: Practice śaraṇāgati: offer anxieties about ‘support’ to the Lord; cultivate inner peace by remembering the eternal ground beneath changing conditions.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana (general): Viṣṇu-stutis concluding with namaskāra; themes of Viṣṇu as sustainer recur across chapters.

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu

FAQs

What is the importance of praising Vishnu (Vishnu-stuti) in the Garuda Purana?

This verse frames the teaching with devotion and surrender, acknowledging Viṣṇu as the eternal sustainer—setting a dharmic and spiritually protective context for the discourse.

How does this verse explain the role of Vishnu as “nirālamba”?

By calling Viṣṇu “nirālamba,” it emphasizes that He depends on nothing, yet is the ultimate support of all beings and worlds—an affirmation of divine sovereignty central to Purāṇic theology.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Begin study, rites, or daily duties with a short salutation that cultivates humility, steadiness, and ethical intention—remembering the world is sustained by a higher order (dharma).