Shloka 17

Hari-stuti by Śrī, Brahmā, Vāyu, Sarasvatī, Śeṣa, Garuḍa, Rudra, Vāruṇī and Pārvatī

Humility, Surrender, and the Power of the Name

Devanagari script

अहं च तत्रास्मि तव प्रसादाद्यत्रास्म्यहं तत्र भवान्महाप्रभो / व्यंसिर्ममेयं च शरीरमध्ये चतुर्मुखश्चैव न चैततदन्यैः

Transliteration

ahaṃ ca tatrāsmi tava prasādādyatrāsmyahaṃ tatra bhavānmahāprabho / vyaṃsirmameyaṃ ca śarīramadhye caturmukhaścaiva na caitatadanyaiḥ

Translation

Pela Tua graça eu estou ali; onde quer que eu esteja, ó Grande Senhor, ali Tu também estás. Esta minha medida/expansão interior está dentro do corpo; e o de quatro faces (Brahmā) também está de fato presente—isto não é conhecido por outros.

Word by Word

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (there)

• अस्मि: am
• अस्मि: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु √अस्)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी, एकवचन

• प्रसादात्: from (your) grace
• प्रसादात्: Hetu/Apādāna (हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prasāda (प्रसाद-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (Ablative), एकवचन

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (where)

• अस्मि: am
• अस्मि: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु √अस्)
• Form: लट्, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (there)

• भवान्: you (honored one)
• भवान्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhavat (भवत्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भवत्-शब्दः (honorific pronoun/noun); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• महा-प्रभो: O great Lord
• महा-प्रभो: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (महा-प्रातिपदिक) + prabhu (प्रभु-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (great lord); पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• व्यंसिः: expanse/extension (rare)
• व्यंसिः: Karta (कर्ता/Predicate nominal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vyaṃsi (व्यंसि-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (rare/poetic form; ‘विस्तार/अवयवसमूह’ sense)

• मम: my/of me
• मम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी, एकवचन

• इयम्: this
• इयम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (इदम्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• शरीर-मध्ये: in the middle of the body
• शरीर-मध्ये: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śarīra (शरीर-प्रातिपदिक) + madhya (मध्य-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (in the middle of the body); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• चतुर्-मुखः: the four-faced (Brahmā)
• चतुर्-मुखः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: catur (चतुर्-प्रातिपदिक) + mukha (मुख-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास (numerical): ‘चारि मुखानि यस्य’ (four-faced); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• एव: indeed
• एव: Avadhāraṇa (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (indeed/only)

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (एतद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अन्यैः: by others
• अन्यैः: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (अन्य-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), बहुवचन

Speaker

Garuda (Vinata-putra), addressing Lord Vishnu

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Īśvara’s vyāpti (pervasion) and the devotee’s experience of divine co-presence; knowledge granted by prasāda.

Vedantic Theme: Antaryāmin (inner ruler) motif; the Lord present within beings; grace as the enabler of realization.

Application: Practice seeing the divine presence in one’s own awareness and circumstances; cultivate humility—this insight is ‘not known by others’ without inner ripening.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Geographic Context

Type: subtle inner locus

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 3.6.19 (sarva-vastuṣu harirūpa-darśana)

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Garuda
• Brahma (Caturmukha)

FAQs

What is the importance of divine grace (prasāda) in the Garuda Purana?

This verse frames spiritual access and protection as arising from the Lord’s prasāda—by that grace, the devotee experiences the Lord’s presence wherever he is, even amid embodied existence.

How does this verse explain the path of the soul?

It hints that the soul’s journey is not merely external (routes after death) but also inward: the Lord’s presence is realized within the body and accompanies the devotee, indicating guidance beyond ordinary perception.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Cultivate remembrance of the Divine in daily life—seeing one’s body and actions as lived in God’s presence—supporting ethical conduct, steadiness in grief, and sincerity in rites and prayers.