Shloka 51
Hari-stuti by Śrī, Brahmā, Vāyu, Sarasvatī, Śeṣa, Garuḍa, Rudra, Vāruṇī and Pārvatī
Humility, Surrender, and the Power of the Name
वारुण्युवाच / लक्ष्मीपते ब्रह्मपते मनोः पतेगिरः पते रुद्रपते नृणां पते / गुणांस्तव स्तोतुमहं समर्था न पार्वती नापि सुपर्णपत्नी
vāruṇyuvāca / lakṣmīpate brahmapate manoḥ pategiraḥ pate rudrapate nṛṇāṃ pate / guṇāṃstava stotumahaṃ samarthā na pārvatī nāpi suparṇapatnī
वारुणी म्हणाली—हे लक्ष्मीपते, हे ब्रह्मपते, हे मनोः पते, हे वाणीपते, हे रुद्रपते, हे नराधिपते! तुझे गुण पूर्णपणे स्तविण्यास मी समर्थ नाही; पार्वतीही नाही, आणि सुपर्ण (गरुड)ाची पत्नीही नाही।
Vāruṇī
Concept: Stuti culminates in recognizing the Lord’s guṇas as ultimately inexhaustible and beyond complete articulation.
Vedantic Theme: Anirvacanīyatā (inexpressibility) of the Supreme; īśvaratva as the ground of all deities and cosmic functions.
Application: Cultivate humility in devotion: praise sincerely while remembering that language cannot exhaust the Divine; let this deepen surrender rather than discourage worship.
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Related Themes: Garuda Purana (general): recurring motif of Vishnu-stuti as superior to all other supports; Garuda Purana: praise sections where speakers admit incapacity to describe Hari’s guṇas
FAQs
This verse frames Viṣṇu’s qualities as immeasurable, teaching humility in devotion and emphasizing His supremacy over all cosmic functions (wealth, creation, law, speech, and dissolution).
Although the Garuḍa Purāṇa is famous for afterlife and ritual teachings, it repeatedly anchors them in bhakti: ultimate refuge and authority belong to Viṣṇu, beyond the capacities of even exalted beings to fully describe.
Use the verse as a brief daily stuti: approach learning, ritual, and ethics with humility, remembering that spiritual progress is supported by devotion and reverence for the divine source of dharma and right speech.