Shloka 47

Mukti-tattva Upadeśa: Knowledge as the Direct Cause of Liberation

Devanagari script

प्रभवं सर्वदुः खानामालयं सकलापदाम् / आश्रयं सर्वपापानां संसारं वर्जयेत्क्षणात्

Transliteration

prabhavaṃ sarvaduḥ khānāmālayaṃ sakalāpadām / āśrayaṃ sarvapāpānāṃ saṃsāraṃ varjayetkṣaṇāt

Translation

സംസാരം എല്ലാ ദുഃഖങ്ങളുടെയും ഉദ്ഭവം, എല്ലാ ആപത്തുകളുടെയും ആലയം, എല്ലാ പാപങ്ങളുടെയും ആശ്രയം എന്നു തിരിച്ചറിഞ്ഞ്, താമസമില്ലാതെ ക്ഷണത്തിൽ തന്നെ അതിനെ ഉപേക്ഷിക്കണം.

Word by Word

• प्रभवम्: source, origin
• प्रभवम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; accusative singular neuter

• सर्व-दुःखानाम्: of all sorrows
• सर्व-दुःखानाम्: Sambandha/Genitive (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + दुःख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; genitive plural neuter

• आलयम्: abode, dwelling
• आलयम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आलय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; accusative singular masculine

• सकल-आपदाम्: of all calamities
• सकल-आपदाम्: Sambandha/Genitive (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सकल (प्रातिपदिक) + आपद्/आपद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; genitive plural feminine

• आश्रयम्: refuge, support
• आश्रयम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; accusative singular masculine

• सर्व-पापानाम्: of all sins
• सर्व-पापानाम्: Sambandha/Genitive (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; genitive plural neuter

• संसारम्: worldly existence, saṃsāra
• संसारम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संसार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; accusative singular masculine

• वर्जयेत्: should avoid, should shun
• वर्जयेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृज्/वर्ज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; should avoid

• क्षणात्: immediately, from a moment
• क्षणात्: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान), एकवचन; ablative singular masculine; adverbial sense

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (in discourse to Garuda)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Saṃsāra functions as the breeding-ground of duḥkha and pāpa; delay strengthens bondage, so renunciation must be immediate.

Vedantic Theme: Avidyā-driven pravṛtti leads to pāpa and duḥkha; kṣaṇika urgency aligns with vairāgya and mumukṣutva.

Application: Make a decisive break from known harmful habits and environments; adopt daily disciplines (japa, sat-saṅga, ethical vows) without postponement.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: raudra

Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana: admonitions to abandon pāpa and seek śreyas (theme-level parallel)

Characters & Entities

• Garuda

FAQs

What is the importance of renouncing saṃsāra in the Garuda Purana?

This verse frames saṃsāra as the root-cause of sorrow, calamity, and sin; therefore, turning away from worldly entanglement is presented as an urgent spiritual necessity.

How does this verse explain the path of the soul?

By identifying saṃsāra as the support of sin and suffering, it implies that liberation for the soul comes through detachment and abandoning the causes that bind it to repeated birth and post-death consequences.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Practice restraint and detachment: reduce harmful desires, avoid sinful actions, and cultivate disciplines (dharma, charity, remembrance of the divine) that weaken attachment to the cycle of suffering.