Shloka 4

Agastya Arghya Vrata—Timing, Mantra, and Dāna फल

Devanagari script

सप्तधान्ययुतं पात्रं दधिचन्दनचर्चितम् / अगस्त्यः खनमानेति मन्त्रेणार्घ्यं प्रिदापयेत्

Transliteration

saptadhānyayutaṃ pātraṃ dadhicandanacarcitam / agastyaḥ khanamāneti mantreṇārghyaṃ pridāpayet

Translation

ఏడు ధాన్యాలతో నిండిన పాత్రను దధి‑చందనలేపనంతో అలంకరించి, “అగస్త్యః ఖనమానే…” అనే మంత్రంతో అర్ఘ్యాన్ని సమర్పించాలి।

Word by Word

• सप्त: seven
• सप्त: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्याशब्दः; (in compound)

• धान्य: grain
• धान्य: Sambandha (Genitive-like/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धान्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (stem-form in compound)

• युतम्: joined with, containing
• युतम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यु (धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; ‘युक्त/युत’ = joined with

• पात्रम्: vessel
• पात्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• दधि: curd
• दधि: Karaṇa (Instrumental/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (stem-form in compound)

• चन्दन: sandalwood
• चन्दन: Karaṇa (Instrumental/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (stem-form in compound)

• चर्चितम्: smeared/anointed
• चर्चितम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चर्च् (धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; ‘smeared/anointed’

• अगस्त्यः: Agastya (sage)
• अगस्त्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अगस्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन

• खनमान: while digging
• खनमान: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: खन् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकाले कृदन्त (present active participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/इत्यर्थक अव्यय (quotative particle)

• मन्त्रेण: with the mantra
• मन्त्रेण: Karaṇa (Instrumental/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन

• अर्घ्यम्: arghya-offering (water/oblation)
• अर्घ्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्घ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• प्रिदापयेत्: should offer/give
• प्रिदापयेत्: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रि/प्री (धातु; प्रीणने) + दा (धातु) + णिच्
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; causative/denominative sense ‘cause to give/offer’

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (in discourse to Garuda/Vinata-putra)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Mantra and correctly constituted materials (seven grains, curd, sandal) are essential limbs that ‘activate’ ritual efficacy.

Vedantic Theme: Ritual action (karma) gains potency through vidhi (injunction) and shraddha; supports inner purification.

Application: Prepare a vessel with seven grains, anoint with curd and sandalpaste, and offer arghya while reciting the specified Agastya-mantra.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Geographic Context

Type: ritual-space (near water/altar)

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.119.5 (Agastya-stuti identifying the mantra’s deity); Garuda Purana 1.119.3 (prior worship and offerings); Garuda Purana 1.119.6 (dana and feeding as completion)

Characters & Entities

• Agastya

FAQs

What is the importance of offering arghya in the Garuda Purana?

This verse treats arghya as a formal act of reverence performed with mantra and prescribed materials, indicating that correct ritual procedure is part of dharma in post-death and śrāddha-related observances.

How does this verse explain the path of the soul?

Indirectly: it gives a ritual instruction (arghya with specific materials and mantra) within the Preta-kāṇḍa framework, where rites are presented as supports for orderly transition and merit for the departed rather than as a philosophical description of the soul’s route.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

If performing śrāddha or related rites, follow a qualified tradition/priest for mantras and materials; the takeaway is to approach ancestral/death rites with care, cleanliness, and reverence rather than improvisation.