Shloka 34
Kardama Muni’s Penance, Viṣṇu’s Darśana, and the Arrangement of Devahūti’s Marriage
निरीक्षतस्तस्य ययावशेष- सिद्धेश्वराभिष्टुतसिद्धमार्ग: । आकर्णयन् पत्ररथेन्द्रपक्षै- रुच्चारितं स्तोममुदीर्णसाम ॥ ३४ ॥
nirīkṣatas tasya yayāv aśeṣa- siddheśvarābhiṣṭuta-siddha-mārgaḥ ākarṇayan patra-rathendra-pakṣair uccāritaṁ stomam udīrṇa-sāma
तस्य निरीक्षतः सिद्धेश्वराभिष्टुतसिद्धमार्गेण वैकुण्ठपथेन भगवान् ययौ; पत्ररथेन्द्रपक्षैः समुच्चारितं स्तोमम्, उदीर्णसाम, स शुश्राव।
In the Vedic literature it is stated that the two wings of the transcendental bird Garuḍa, who carries the Lord everywhere, are two divisions of the Sāma Veda, known as bṛhat and rathāntara. Garuḍa works as the carrier of the Lord; therefore he is considered the transcendental prince of all carriers. With his two wings Garuḍa began to vibrate the Sāma Veda, which is chanted by great sages to pacify the Lord. The Lord is worshiped by Brahmā, by Lord Śiva, by Garuḍa and other demigods with selected poems, and great sages worship Him with the hymns of Vedic literatures, such as the Upaniṣads and Sāma Veda. These Sāma Veda utterances are automatically heard by the devotee when another great devotee of the Lord, Garuḍa, flaps his wings.
FAQs
In this verse, siddha-mārga refers to the perfected route or state attained by a perfected yogī—an exalted departure praised by Siddha beings, indicating spiritual accomplishment and freedom from ordinary death.
Because Kardama Muni is leaving by a perfected spiritual path; the Siddhas, as celestial perfected beings, honor such attainment with glorification and hymns.
It highlights that a life of disciplined spirituality and devotion culminates in an auspicious end; regularly hearing and chanting sacred hymns (stoma, Sāma) supports remembrance of the Divine at life’s final transition.