Shloka 14

Manvantara Catalog: Fourteen Manus, Their Sons, Saptarishis, Indras, Deva-Hosts, and the 18 Vidyās

Devanagari script

नवख्यातिर्नयश्चैव प्रियभृत्यो विविक्षिपः / दृढेषुधिः प्रस्तलाक्षः कृबन्धुः कृतस्तथा

Transliteration

navakhyātirnayaścaiva priyabhṛtyo vivikṣipaḥ / dṛḍheṣudhiḥ prastalākṣaḥ kṛbandhuḥ kṛtastathā

Translation

നവഖ്യാതി, നയ; പ്രിയഭൃത്യ, വിവിക്ഷിപ; ദൃഢേഷുധി, പ്രസ്ഥലാക്ഷ; കൂടാതെ കൃബന്ധു, കൃത—ഇവരും അങ്ങനെ തന്നെ പ്രസ്താവിക്കപ്പെട്ടിരിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• नवख्यातिः: Navakhyāti (name)
• नवख्यातिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नव (प्रातिपदिक) + ख्याति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचनम् (Nominative singular) — नाम

• नयः: Naya (name)
• नयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचनम् (Nominative singular) — नाम

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

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

• प्रियभृत्यः: Priyabhṛtya (name; ‘dear servant’)
• प्रियभृत्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक) + भृत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचनम् (Nominative singular) — नाम

• विविक्षिपः: Vivikṣipa (name)
• विविक्षिपः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वि+विक्षिप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचनम् (Nominative singular) — नाम (पाठभेदसम्भवः)

• दृढेषुधिः: Dṛḍheṣudhi (name; ‘firm quiver’)
• दृढेषुधिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दृढ (प्रातिपदिक) + इषुधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचनम् (Nominative singular) — नाम

• प्रस्तलाक्षः: Prastalākṣa (name)
• प्रस्तलाक्षः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रस्तल (प्रातिपदिक) + अक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचनम् (Nominative singular) — नाम

• कृबन्धुः: Kṛbandhu (name)
• कृबन्धुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृ (प्रातिपदिक) + बन्धु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचनम् (Nominative singular) — नाम (पाठभेदे ‘कृबन्धु/कृबन्धुः’)

• कृतः: made/done (as stated)
• कृतः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कृत (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः (past passive participle); पुल्लिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम् (Nominative singular) — ‘कृतः/निर्मितः/कथितः’ (पाठसन्दिग्धः)

• तथा: thus
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारार्थक (thus/so)

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (in dialogue with Garuda/Vinatā-putra)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Smṛti-knowledge: preserving names of beings/hosts as part of Purāṇic cosmography and sacred memory.

Vedantic Theme: The mind’s ordering tendency (nāma-rūpa) can be used as sādhana for steadiness, while remembering the ultimate is beyond enumeration.

Application: Chanting/reciting as a memory discipline; use the list as a contemplative exercise in attention and pronunciation (śabda-sādhana).

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.87 (continuation of gaṇa/lineage enumerations before and after this verse)

FAQs

What is the importance of enumerated names in the Garuda Purana?

This verse functions as part of a catalogue-style passage, preserving a traditional list of named beings; such enumerations aid memorization, lineage/cosmology mapping, and ritual-recitation contexts.

How does this verse explain the path of the soul?

This specific verse does not describe the soul’s journey or post-death rites; it primarily records a sequence of proper names within a larger chapter context.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Use it for accurate textual study and recitation: keep the names, sandhi, and IAST diacritics correct when building archives, chanting lists, or cross-referencing commentaries.