Shloka 134

Vishnu-sahasranāma-style Japa: Vishnu as Cosmic Cause and Inner Self

Antaryāmin

Devanagari script

श्रोत्रा श्रोत्रनियन्ता च श्रोतव्यः श्रवणं तथा / त्वक्स्थितश्च(८४०)स्पर्शयित्वा स्पृश्यं च स्पर्शनं तथा

Transliteration

śrotrā śrotraniyantā ca śrotavyaḥ śravaṇaṃ tathā / tvaksthitaśca(840)sparśayitvā spṛśyaṃ ca sparśanaṃ tathā

Translation

ఆయనే శ్రోత్రం, శ్రోత్ర నియంత కూడా; వినవలసినది, వినికిడి కూడా ఆయనే. అలాగే చర్మంలో స్థితుడై స్పర్శ కలిగించేవాడు, స్పర్శ్యము, స్పర్శక్రియ కూడా ఆయనే.

Word by Word

• śrotrā: (the) ear (faculty)
• śrotrā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrotrā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• śrotra-niyantā: controller of the ear
• śrotra-niyantā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrotra (प्रातिपदिक) + niyantṛ (नि+यम्, तृ/कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

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

• śrotavyaḥ: to be heard; hearable
• śrotavyaḥ: Karma (Object as 'to-be'/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śru (श्रु, धातु) + tavya (तव्यत्, कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive: 'to be heard')

• śravaṇam: hearing; act of hearing
• śravaṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śravaṇa (श्रवण, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• tathā: likewise/so
• tathā: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: 'thus/likewise')

• tvak-sthitaḥ: situated in the skin
• tvak-sthitaḥ: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tvac (त्वच्, प्रातिपदिक) + sthita (स्था, क्त/कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

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

• sparśayitvā: having touched
• sparśayitvā: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial to action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sparś (स्पृश्, धातु) + itvā (क्त्वा/ल्यप्, अव्यय-कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund): 'having touched'

• spṛśyam: touchable; to be touched
• spṛśyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: spṛśya (स्पृश्य, कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; स्पृश् + यत्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (to be touched)

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

• sparśanam: touching; contact
• sparśanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sparśana (स्पर्शन, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

Speaker

Lord Vishnu

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: The Lord is simultaneously the sense organ, its regulator, the sense-object, and the cognitive act—dissolving subject-object duality at the level of experience.

Vedantic Theme: Antaryāmin and sākṣin; analysis of indriya-vyāpāra pointing to one consciousness appearing as knower/known/knowing.

Application: Mindful perception practice: while hearing or touching, note the chain (organ–object–act) and recollect the inner controller to reduce reactivity and attachment.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.15.133 (inner ruler in body); Garuda Purana 1.15.135-136 (eye/tongue/nose/speech expansions)

FAQs

What is the importance of analyzing the senses in the Garuda Purana?

This verse breaks perception into organ, inner regulator, object, and function, helping explain how embodied experience operates and how detachment can be cultivated.

How does this verse explain the path of the soul?

By distinguishing the self from sensory mechanisms (ear/skin and their functions), it supports the teaching that the soul is not identical with sensory experience—key for understanding death and post-death transitions.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Practice mindful restraint: notice hearing and touch as processes (organ–object–action) rather than as ‘I’, strengthening vairāgya (dispassion) and ethical self-control.