Garuda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 9

Mṛtyuñjaya/Amṛteśvara Upāsanā: Three-Syllable Mantra, Kavaca, Japa-Phala, and Pūjā-Aṅgas

Devanagari script

दीपांबरं भूषणं च नैवद्यं पानवीजनम् / मात्रामुद्राजपध्यानं दक्षिणा चाहुतिः स्तुतिः

Transliteration

dīpāṃbaraṃ bhūṣaṇaṃ ca naivadyaṃ pānavījanam / mātrāmudrājapadhyānaṃ dakṣiṇā cāhutiḥ stutiḥ

Translation

ဒီပ (မီးအလင်း)၊ အမ္ဗရ (အဝတ်အစား)၊ ဘူရှဏ (အလှဆင်)၊ နৈဝေဒျ (အစာပူဇော်)၊ ပန် (သောက်စရာ) နှင့် ဝီဇန (ပန်ကာဖြင့် လေခတ်ခြင်း) တို့ကို ပူဇော်ရသည်။ ထို့ပြင် မာတြာမုဒြာ (အတိုင်းအတာရှိသော မုဒြာ)၊ ဂျပနှင့် ဓျာန၊ ဒက္ခိဏာ၊ အာဟုတိ (ဟောမပူဇော်) နှင့် စတုတိ (ချီးမွမ်းသီချင်း) တို့လည်း ပါဝင်သည်။

Word by Word

• दीपाम्बरम्: lamp and cloth/covering (dīpa-ambara)
• दीपाम्बरम्: Karma (Item in list/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीप (प्रातिपदिक) + अम्बर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; समासः: दीपस्य अम्बरम् इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (दीप-प्रदीप-सम्बद्धं वस्त्रम्/आवरणम्)

• भूषणम्: ornamentation
• भूषणम्: Karma (Item in list/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूषण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• नैवद्यम्: food offering
• नैवद्यम्: Karma (Item in list/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नैवेद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम्

• पानवीजनम्: drink and fanning
• पानवीजनम्: Karma (Item in list/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पान (प्रातिपदिक) + वीजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (पानं च वीजनं च)

• मात्रामुद्राजपध्यानम्: meter/measure, hand-gestures, recitation, and meditation
• मात्रामुद्राजपध्यानम्: Karma (Item in list/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मात्रा (प्रातिपदिक) + मुद्रा (प्रातिपदिक) + जप (प्रातिपदिक) + ध्यान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; समाहार-द्वन्द्वः (मात्रा, मुद्रा, जप, ध्यान—एतेषां समाहारः)

• दक्षिणा: fee/gift (dakṣiṇā)
• दक्षिणा: Karma (Item in list/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्षिणा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा, एकवचनम् (सूच्यते पूजोपचार-रूपेण)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• आहुतिः: oblation
• आहुतिः: Karma (Item in list/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आहुति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्

• स्तुतिः: praise/hymn
• स्तुतिः: Karma (Item in list/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तुति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (speaking to Garuda/Vinata-putra)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Integrated worship: external offerings support internal mantra, meditation, and praise; dakṣiṇā and āhuti seal the rite ethically and ritually.

Vedantic Theme: Karma offered to Īśvara (īśvara-arpita) purifies; stuti and dhyāna refine devotion toward steadiness and peace.

Application: Balance outer ritual (lamp/naivedya) with inner practice (mudrā-japa-dhyāna); include gratitude and giving (dakṣiṇā/charity) as part of completion.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Geographic Context

Type: ritual_space

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.18.8 (earlier upacāras); Garuda Purana 1.18.7 (japa regimen)

FAQs

What is the importance of these offerings in the Garuda Purana?

This verse enumerates key upacāras (services/offerings) that complete a worship act—external offerings (lamp, cloth, food) and inner disciplines (japa, dhyāna), together with dakṣiṇā, āhuti, and stuti.

How does this verse explain the path of the soul?

Indirectly: by emphasizing dharmic ritual completeness—measured conduct, devotion, and right offerings—which the Garuda Purana treats as supportive causes for merit (puṇya) and orderly post-death outcomes.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Keep worship balanced: offer what you can (light/food/service), add daily mantra-japa and meditation, and practice ethical giving (dakṣiṇā/charity) with sincere praise and gratitude.