Shloka 53

Brahmāṇḍa-Āvaraṇa Nirūpaṇa, Virajā-Setu, and Prākṛta–Vaikṛta Sṛṣṭi

Devanagari script

अनाद्यनन्तकालीनाः सर्वदैकप्रकारकाः / जगत्प्रवाहः सत्यो ऽयं नैव मिथ्या कथञ्चन

Transliteration

anādyanantakālīnāḥ sarvadaikaprakārakāḥ / jagatpravāhaḥ satyo 'yaṃ naiva mithyā kathañcana

Translation

हा जगत्प्रवाह अनादी व अनंत आहे, सदैव एकाच स्वरूपाचा; तो निश्चयाने सत्य आहे, कधीही कोणत्याही प्रकारे मिथ्या नाही.

Word by Word

• अनादि-अनन्त-कालीनाः: beginningless and endless in time
• अनादि-अनन्त-कालीनाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनादि + अनन्त + कालीन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; समासः—अनादिश्च अनन्तश्च (विशेषणद्वय) कालीनाः (कर्मधारय-बहुपद)

• सर्वदा-एक-प्रकारकाः: always of one uniform kind
• सर्वदा-एक-प्रकारकाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वदा + एक + प्रकारक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; समासः—सर्वदा एकः प्रकारः येषाम् (कर्मधारय/बहुव्रीह्यर्थे)

• जगत्-प्रवाहः: the flow/continuity of the world
• जगत्-प्रवाहः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् + प्रवाह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; समासः—जगतः प्रवाहः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः)

• सत्यः: true/real
• सत्यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (प्रवाहस्य)

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; निर्देश (demonstrative)

• न: not
• न: Avyaya (अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)

• एव: at all/indeed
• एव: Avyaya (अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अवधारणार्थक

• मिथ्या: falsely/untrue
• मिथ्या: Avyaya (अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मिथ्या (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• कथञ्चन: in any way (whatsoever)
• कथञ्चन: Avyaya (अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथञ्चन (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, सर्वथा/कदाचनार्थक (in any way/ever)

Speaker

Lord Vishnu

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: The world-stream is beginningless, endless, uniform in law, and truly real (satya), not illusory.

Vedantic Theme: Satya-vāda; affirmation of ordered causality and continuity (pravāha) as a basis for dharma and sādhanā.

Application: Cultivate clear discernment about the stability of moral causation; live responsibly within the real consequences of action.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 3.10.54-56 (Hari-sevā as conclusion; critique of contrary views); Garuda Purana 3.10.57 (knowledge leading to paramam padam)

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Jagat (the world-process)

FAQs

What is the importance of the 'jagatpravāha' (world-flow) in the Garuda Purana?

This verse frames the cosmos as an orderly, continuous process—beginningless and endless—supporting the Purana’s ethical and ritual teachings by grounding them in a real, dependable moral universe.

How does this verse relate to the soul’s journey and karmic results described in the Garuda Purana?

If the world-process is real and consistent, then causes and results (karma and its fruits) are dependable; this underwrites the text’s descriptions of post-death consequences and the efficacy of dharma and rites.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Treat actions as consequential: live with responsibility, truthfulness, and discipline, since the moral order is presented as stable and not merely illusory.