Shloka 53
अहरहर्नीयमानो गामश्वं पुरुषं वृषम् / वैवस्वतो न तृप्येत सुरया त्विव दुर्मतिः
aharaharnīyamāno gāmaśvaṃ puruṣaṃ vṛṣam / vaivasvato na tṛpyeta surayā tviva durmatiḥ
ദിവസംതോറും പശു, കുതിര, മനുഷ്യൻ, വൃഷഭൻ എന്നിവ കൊണ്ടുപോകപ്പെടുമ്പോഴും വൈവസ്വതൻ (യമൻ) തൃപ്തനാകുന്നില്ല—ദുർമതി മദ്യത്താലും തൃപ്തിയാകാത്തതുപോലെ।
Lord Vishnu (in dialogue with Garuda)
Afterlife Stage: Yamaloka Journey
Concept: Death is inexorable and continuous; Yama’s function is unceasing—serving as a warning against heedlessness and adharma.
Vedantic Theme: Saṁsāra-cakra and mṛtyu-satya (truth of death) prompting vairāgya (dispassion).
Application: Cultivate urgency in dharma and remembrance of death; avoid intoxication-like delusion (pramāda) that makes one ignore consequences.
Primary Rasa: bhayanaka
Secondary Rasa: karuna
Related Themes: Garuda Purana Pretakalpa themes: Yama’s governance and the steady arrival of jīvas
FAQs
This verse highlights Yama as the cosmic regulator of death: beings are taken daily without exception, emphasizing the inevitability of mortality under dharma.
By stressing the constant “taking away” of living beings, it frames death as a universal transition overseen by Yama, setting the narrative ground for the preta’s onward journey and karmic accounting.
Live with urgency and ethics: remembering death’s certainty encourages restraint, charity, truthfulness, and timely performance of duty and ancestral rites.