Shloka 7

Trailokya-mohinī-vidyā: Śrīdhara-Mantras, Ritual Arrangement, and Viṣvaksena Dhyāna

Devanagari script

शरं पाशं चाङ्कुशं च लक्ष्मीगरुडसंयुतम् / विष्वक्सेनं विस्तराद्वानरः सर्वमवाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

śaraṃ pāśaṃ cāṅkuśaṃ ca lakṣmīgaruḍasaṃyutam / viṣvaksenaṃ vistarādvānaraḥ sarvamavāpnuyāt

Translation

శరం, పాశం, అంకుశం ధరించినవాడై లక్ష్మీ-గరుడులతో సంయుతుడైన విష్వక్సేనుని విస్తారంగా ధ్యానించవలెను; అలా ధ్యానించిన నరుడు సమస్తమును పొందును।

Word by Word

• शरम्: arrow
• शरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• पाशम्: noose
• पाशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• अङ्कुशम्: goad; hook
• अङ्कुशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्कुश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• लक्ष्मीगरुडसंयुतम्: joined with Lakṣmī and Garuḍa
• लक्ष्मीगरुडसंयुतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लक्ष्मी (प्रातिपदिक) + गरुड (प्रातिपदिक) + संयुत (कृदन्त; सम्+युज् धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त), ‘सम्+युज्’—संयुत = joined/associated; समासः—लक्ष्म्या गरुडेण च संयुतम्

• विष्वक्सेनम्: Viṣvaksena
• विष्वक्सेनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्वक्सेन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन (नाम)

• विस्तरात्: in detail; from elaboration
• विस्तरात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विस्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; अपादानार्थ (from/in detail)

• वानरः: a monkey; (one named Vānara)
• वानरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वानर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; सर्व-शब्द

• अवाप्नुयात्: may obtain; would attain
• अवाप्नुयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव+आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (in instruction to Garuda)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Dhyāna on Viṣṇu’s parivāra (especially Viṣvaksena as guardian/commander) grants siddhi-like ‘attainment of all’ through grace and removal of obstacles.

Vedantic Theme: Grace (anugraha) operating through saguṇa-upāsanā; obstacles dissolve when mind aligns with īśvara’s order.

Application: In pūjā/dhyāna, visualize Viṣvaksena with his attributes (śara, pāśa, aṅkuśa) and with Lakṣmī-Garuḍa; use it as an obstacle-removal and protection practice before main worship.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Geographic Context

Type: inner shrine/meditation space

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.30 (pūjā procedure and nyāsa support this visualization practice)

Characters & Entities

• Viṣvaksena
• Lakṣmī
• Garuḍa

FAQs

What is the importance of Viṣvaksena in the Garuda Purana?

This verse presents Viṣvaksena as a powerful Vaishnava protective presence; detailed meditation on him—together with Lakṣmī and Garuḍa—is said to grant comprehensive attainment (sarvam).

How does this verse explain the path of the soul?

Rather than describing post-death travel directly, it emphasizes upāsanā (devotional visualization) as a means to remove obstacles and secure divine protection—supporting the soul’s auspicious course through life and beyond.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Adopt a disciplined practice of focused remembrance/meditation on Viṣṇu’s protective entourage (Viṣvaksena with Lakṣmī and Garuḍa) to cultivate steadiness, remove impediments, and align actions with dharma.