Shloka 59

Kāraṇa-vyākhyā: Cosmic Agents, Rudra-Forms, Sense-Purity, and Ānanda-Tāratamya

Devanagari script

कदिन्द्रियार्थं हि धनादिकं च त्यजन्ति च सर्वे विषयेषु निष्ठाः / त्वन्मायया मोहितान्नष्टबुद्धीन्कदा चैतान्मुञ्चसे विश्वमूर्ते

Transliteration

kadindriyārthaṃ hi dhanādikaṃ ca tyajanti ca sarve viṣayeṣu niṣṭhāḥ / tvanmāyayā mohitānnaṣṭabuddhīnkadā caitānmuñcase viśvamūrte

Translation

ਵਿਸ਼ਿਆਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਨਿਸ਼ਠ ਲੋਕ ਇੰਦ੍ਰੀਆਂ ਲਈ ਧਨ ਆਦਿ ਸਭ ਕੁਝ ਤਿਆਗ ਦੇਂਦੇ ਹਨ—ਇਹ ਕਦੋਂ ਰੁਕੇਗਾ? ਤੇਰੀ ਮਾਇਆ ਨਾਲ ਮੋਹਿਤ ਹੋ ਕੇ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੀ ਬੁੱਧੀ ਨਸ਼ਟ ਹੋ ਗਈ ਹੈ; ਹੇ ਵਿਸ਼ਵ-ਰੂਪ, ਤੂੰ ਇਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਉਸ ਬੰਧਨ ਤੋਂ ਕਦੋਂ ਛਡਾਵੇਂਗਾ?

Word by Word

• कद्-इन्द्रिय-अर्थम्: for the sake of wretched senses
• कद्-इन्द्रिय-अर्थम्: कर्म/हेतु (object/purpose)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कद् (अव्यय/उपसर्गार्थ) + इन्द्रिय (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (determinative: 'wretched-sense purpose'); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे

• हि: indeed
• हि: निपात
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (emphasis/causal)

• धन-आदिकम्: wealth and the like
• धन-आदिकम्: कर्म (object of त्यजन्ति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (etcetera-compound: 'wealth and the like'); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction)

• त्यजन्ति: abandon
• त्यजन्ति: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction)

• सर्वे: all (people)
• सर्वे: कर्ता
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• विषयेषु: in sense-objects
• विषयेषु: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: विषय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन

• निष्ठाः: attachments, fixations
• निष्ठाः: कर्ता (predicate/subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निष्ठा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• त्वत्-मायया: by your māyā
• त्वत्-मायया: करण (instrument/cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + माया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative: 'your māyā'); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• मोहितान्: deluded
• मोहितान्: कर्म (object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मोहित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, मुह् धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle) पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; एतान्-विशेषण

• नष्ट-बुद्धीन्: those with ruined intellect
• नष्ट-बुद्धीन्: कर्म (object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, नश् धातु) + बुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि (possessive: 'whose intellect is lost'); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; एतान्-विशेषण

• कदा: when?
• कदा: क्रियाविशेषण (time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (interrogative time)

• च: and
• च: निपात/समुच्चय
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle)

• एतान्: these
• एतान्: कर्म (object of मुञ्चसे)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• मुञ्चसे: do you release
• मुञ्चसे: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• विश्व-मूर्ते: O universal-formed one
• विश्व-मूर्ते: सम्बोधन (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक) + मूर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि (vocative epithet: 'whose form is the universe'); पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Garuda (Vinata-putra) addressing Lord Vishnu

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Beings abandon even wealth for sense-gratification; under māyā their buddhi collapses; release (mokṣa) is sought through the Lord’s saving intervention.

Vedantic Theme: Īśvara-māyā as the binding power; jīva’s buddhi-nāśa under avidyā; grace (anugraha) as the turning point toward freedom.

Application: Convert moral outrage into prayer and practice: daily surrender (śaraṇāgati), coupled with disciplined reduction of sensory compulsions and cultivation of sattvic habits.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: karuna

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana: māyā as bondage; Viṣṇu as liberator (common doctrinal thread); Immediate continuation: fear-trembling and weeping on remembering Vāsudeva’s māyā (3.18.60)

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Maya

FAQs

What is the importance of detachment from wealth and sense pleasures in the Garuda Purana?

This verse frames attachment to wealth and sense-objects as a māyā-born delusion that destroys discernment; detachment is presented as the prerequisite for being “released” from bondage and moving toward liberation.

How does this verse explain bondage and release in spiritual life?

Bondage is shown as fixation (niṣṭhā) on viṣayas, intensified by māyā and resulting in naṣṭa-buddhi (lost discrimination). Release (muñcase) is invoked as divine freeing from that delusive grip.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Cultivate daily restraint of the senses, simplify wants around money and possessions, and strengthen buddhi through prayer, study, and ethical discipline so that desire does not govern decisions.