Shloka 130
An exposition on the fruits of charity and on entry into a body
Garbhotpatti, Piṇḍa-śarīra, and Antya-kāla-kriyā
दरिद्रो व्याधितो मूर्खः पापकृद्दुः खभाजनम् / अतः परं किमर्थं ते कथयामि खगेश्वर
daridro vyādhito mūrkhaḥ pāpakṛdduḥ khabhājanam / ataḥ paraṃ kimarthaṃ te kathayāmi khageśvara
Orang demikian menjadi miskin, berpenyakit, bodoh, pelaku dosa, dan wadah penderitaan. Selain itu, untuk tujuan apa lagi harus aku katakan kepadamu, wahai Raja segala burung?
Lord Vishnu (speaking to Garuda/Vinata-putra)
Concept: Sinful conduct ripens into poverty, illness, ignorance, and pervasive suffering; the speaker implies the point is already sufficiently clear.
Vedantic Theme: Duḥkha as a marker of saṃsāra; karma’s bitter fruits (pāpa-phala) reinforcing dispassion (vairāgya) and ethical correction.
Application: Treat suffering as a prompt for ethical change and remedial action (prāyaścitta, charity, discipline); avoid actions that create cycles of harm and further ignorance.
Primary Rasa: karuna
Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka
Related Themes: Garuda Purana sections enumerating pāpa-phala and their manifestations as disease, poverty, and misery (general thematic parallel)
FAQs
This verse condenses the Purana’s warning that sinful and deluded conduct ripens into tangible suffering—poverty, illness, and repeated distress—showing karma as a moral law with lived outcomes.
In the Preta Kanda’s instruction to Garuda, Vishnu highlights that harmful actions and ignorance lead to misery that can begin in embodied life and continue into post-death states, reinforcing the need for dharma and purification.
Use it as an ethical checkpoint: avoid knowingly harmful acts, cultivate clarity (non-delusion), and adopt dharmic habits—truthfulness, restraint, charity, and responsibility—to reduce suffering-causing tendencies.