Shloka 40
Śrīnivāsa at Svāmipuṣkariṇī: Darśana, Stotra, the Secret Veṅkaṭeśa Mantra, and the Meaning of “Vyaṅkaṭeśa”
स्वस्मिन्प्रेरयते यस्मात्तस्माद्व्यङ्कटनामकः / विषये प्रेषयेन्नित्यमतो व्यङ्कटनामकः
svasminprerayate yasmāttasmādvyaṅkaṭanāmakaḥ / viṣaye preṣayennityamato vyaṅkaṭanāmakaḥ
तो (जीवांना) स्वतःच्या मार्गाकडे प्रेरित करतो म्हणून त्याला ‘व्यङ्कट’ म्हणतात. तो नित्य विषयांकडेही पाठवितो; म्हणूनही तो ‘व्यङ्कट’ नामाने ओळखला जातो.
Lord Vishnu (narrating to Garuda/Vinata-putra)
Concept: Divine impelling and the movement of beings toward engagements; prompts inquiry into how desire, sense-objects, and divine order interact.
Vedantic Theme: Īśvara as inner regulator/antaryāmin (in a broad sense) while preserving karmic causality; pravṛtti toward viṣaya as part of saṁsāra’s mechanism.
Application: When pulled toward sense-objects, pause and examine the impulse; redirect the same ‘preraṇā’ toward dharmic action and remembrance of Hari.
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Related Themes: Garuda Purana: karma-driven movement of beings and the need for devotion/sense-restraint (general)
FAQs
This verse frames attachment to viṣayas as a driving force that repeatedly pushes beings into worldly involvement, strengthening karmic bondage and obstructing higher discernment.
By describing a constant ‘sending’ toward sense-objects, the verse highlights how desire and compulsion shape one’s tendencies, which in turn condition the soul’s trajectory through karma and its results.
Practice restraint and mindful choice around sensory temptations; reduce compulsive habits and align actions with dharma to weaken the pull of repeated worldly impulses.