Shloka 39

Acyuta/Vāsudeva Stotra: Avatāra-Salutations, Ritual Totality, Forgiveness Prayer, and Phalaśruti

Devanagari script

अक्षयं पुरुषं नित्यमव्यक्तमजमव्ययम् / प्रलयोत्पत्तिरहितं सर्वव्यापिनमीश्वरम्

Transliteration

akṣayaṃ puruṣaṃ nityamavyaktamajamavyayam / pralayotpattirahitaṃ sarvavyāpinamīśvaram

Translation

నేను ఆ అక్షయ పురుషుని ఆరాధిస్తాను—ఆయన నిత్యుడు, అవ్యక్తుడు, అజుడు, అవ్యయుడు; ప్రళయ-ఉత్పత్తులకు అతీతుడు, సర్వవ్యాపి, సర్వేశ్వరుడు.

Word by Word

• अक्षयम्: imperishable
• अक्षयम्: Qualifier (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अक्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; पुरुषम्-विशेषण

• पुरुषम्: the Person (Supreme Being)
• पुरुषम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• नित्यम्: eternal
• नित्यम्: Qualifier (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; पुरुषम्-विशेषण

• अव्यक्तम्: unmanifest
• अव्यक्तम्: Qualifier (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव्यक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; पुरुषम्-विशेषण

• अजम्: unborn
• अजम्: Qualifier (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; पुरुषम्-विशेषण

• अव्ययम्: unchanging
• अव्ययम्: Qualifier (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव्यय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; पुरुषम्-विशेषण

• प्रलयोत्पत्तिरहितम्: free from dissolution and creation
• प्रलयोत्पत्तिरहितम्: Qualifier (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रलय + उत्पत्ति + रहित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (प्रलयश्च उत्पत्तिश्च तयोः रहितम् = free from dissolution and origination) पुरुषम्-विशेषण

• सर्वव्यापिनम्: all-pervading
• सर्वव्यापिनम्: Qualifier (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + व्यापिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (सर्वत्र व्यापी = all-pervading) पुरुषम्-विशेषण

• ईश्वरम्: the Lord
• ईश्वरम्: Apposition to object (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; पुरुषम्-समानााधिकरण

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (as the teaching voice in the Vishnu–Garuda dialogue context)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Worship of the akṣaya, nitya, avyakta, aja, avyaya, sarva-vyāpin Īśvara—beyond origination and dissolution.

Vedantic Theme: Nitya-nirvikāra Brahman/Īśvara; transcendence of time and causation; stability of the Absolute amid cosmic cycles.

Application: Anchor life in remembrance of the imperishable: daily japa, contemplation on the changeless Self/Lord, and detachment from transient gains and losses.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana (general): stotras and mokṣa-oriented passages praising the imperishable Lord

Characters & Entities

• Ishvara
• Purusha

FAQs

What is the importance of describing God as 'avyakta, aja, avyaya' in the Garuda Purana?

This verse stresses that the Supreme is beyond material change—unmanifest, unborn, and undecaying—so devotion is placed in the eternal reality rather than perishable forms.

How does this verse explain the path of the soul?

By pointing to the all-pervading Lord beyond creation and dissolution, it implies liberation comes from turning the mind toward the imperishable Ishvara rather than remaining bound to cyclic becoming.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Use this as a daily remembrance/mantra: contemplate the Lord as unchanging and all-pervading, which steadies the mind, reduces fear of loss, and supports dharmic living.