Shloka 49

Sṛṣṭi-krama, Pratibimba-Upādhi, and Viṣṇu as Primary Brahman

with Pralaya and Nāma-Stuti

Devanagari script

वायोरनन्तरं वाणी ह्यभूत्संवत्सरात्परम् / यावत्पश्चाज्जनिस्तावत्पूर्वदेहक्षयो भवेत्

Transliteration

vāyoranantaraṃ vāṇī hyabhūtsaṃvatsarātparam / yāvatpaścājjanistāvatpūrvadehakṣayo bhavet

Translation

വായുവിന് അനന്തരം വാണി ഉദിച്ചു; സംവത്സരചക്രത്തിന് ശേഷം. പിന്നീടുള്ള ജനനം സംഭവിക്കുന്നതുവരെ മുൻദേഹത്തിന്റെ ക്ഷയം നടക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• वायोः: of Vāyu
• वायोः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāyu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• अनन्तरम्: after
• अनन्तरम्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: anantara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः (adverb: after)

• वाणी: speech (Vāṇī)
• वाणी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

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

• अभूत्: became/arose
• अभूत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लुङ्-लकार (Aorist), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• संवत्सरात्: after/from a year
• संवत्सरात्: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃvatsara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन

• परम्: afterwards/beyond
• परम्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः (adverb: beyond/after)

• यावत्: as long as
• यावत्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाण/अवधि-वाचक अव्यय (as long as/until)

• पश्चात्: afterwards
• पश्चात्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: paścāt (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (afterwards)

• जनिः: birth/origin
• जनिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jani (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तावत्: so long
• तावत्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाण/अवधि-वाचक अव्यय (so long/that long)

• पूर्व-देह-क्षयः: destruction of the former body
• पूर्व-देह-क्षयः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūrva + deha + kṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (पूर्वस्य देहस्य क्षयः)

• भवेत्: would be/should occur
• भवेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (speaking to Garuda/Vinata-putra)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Sequential manifestation of principles (vāyu then vāk) and the inter-birth interval in which the former body perishes.

Vedantic Theme: Nāma-rūpa emergence; continuity of the jīva across bodies while gross embodiment is transient.

Application: Contemplate impermanence of the body and cultivate discrimination (viveka) during life; reduce attachment by remembering the inevitability of bodily dissolution between births.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana (Brahma-khanda/Adi-khanda cosmology passages on sṛṣṭi-krama and tattva-utpatti); Garuda Purana Pretakalpa general doctrine of deha-tyāga and punarjanma (conceptual link, not a direct naraka passage)

Characters & Entities

• Vayu

FAQs

What is the importance of the sequence 'after wind, speech arose' in the Garuda Purana?

It frames a cosmological order of manifestation, indicating that vāk (speech/principle of expression) emerges after vāyu, tying creation and embodied experience to subtle elemental processes.

How does this verse explain the path of the soul between death and the next birth?

It states that until a subsequent birth occurs, the prior body continues toward kṣaya (dissolution), implying an interim phase where the old embodiment is left behind while the next embodiment has not yet begun.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

It encourages detachment from the perishable body and supports timely śrāddha/ancestral rites and ethical living, remembering that embodied forms change while the journey continues.