Shloka 26

Devanagari script

अभवन्द्वादश सुता यामा नाम महाबलाः / चतुर्वोशतिकन्याश्च सृष्टवान्दक्ष उत्तमाः

Transliteration

abhavandvādaśa sutā yāmā nāma mahābalāḥ / caturvośatikanyāśca sṛṣṭavāndakṣa uttamāḥ

Translation

యామా అనే పేరుగల పన్నెండు మహాబలవంతులైన కుమారులు పుట్టారు; అలాగే ఉత్తముడైన దక్షుడు ఇరవై నాలుగు కుమార్తెలను కూడా సృష్టించాడు.

Word by Word

• अभवन्: were/occurred
• अभवन्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लुङ्-लकार (अorist), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• द्वादश: twelve
• द्वादश: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वादश (संख्याशब्द-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्याविशेषण, अव्ययवत्/अविकारी (numeral used adjectivally)

• सुताः: sons
• सुताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), बहुवचन

• यामाः: Yāmas (name/class)
• यामाः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: याम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), बहुवचन

• नाम: named
• नाम: Sambandha (Naming/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: नाम-शब्दः, संज्ञासूचक-अव्यय (indeclinable indicating name)

• महाबलाः: very strong/mighty
• महाबलाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महā + बल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (महान् बलः यस्य)

• चतुर्विंशति: twenty-four
• चतुर्विंशति: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्विंशति (संख्याशब्द-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्याविशेषण (numeral)

• कन्याः: daughters
• कन्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), बहुवचन

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

• सृष्टवान्: created/produced
• सृष्टवान्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृज् (धातु)
• Form: क्तवतु-प्रत्ययान्त (past active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• दक्षः: Dakṣa
• दक्षः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन

• उत्तमाः: excellent/noble
• उत्तमाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (सुताः/कन्याः इत्येतयोः विशेषणम्)

Speaker

Lord Viṣṇu (narrating to Garuḍa)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Diversity of beings and powers arises through cosmic causality and role-distribution; strength and function are allotted in creation.

Vedantic Theme: Guṇa-vaicitrya within māyā: many forms emerging from one ordered source.

Application: Recognize role-differences as functional, not hierarchical in worth; cultivate one’s svadharma with steadiness.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: vira

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.5 (continuation of Daksha lineage listing)

Characters & Entities

• Dakṣa
• Yāmas

FAQs

What is the importance of Dakṣa’s offspring in the Garuḍa Purāṇa?

This verse situates Dakṣa as a key Prajāpati whose sons (the Yāmas) and daughters become foundational lines for later cosmic and social order described in the Purāṇa.

How does this verse explain the path of the soul?

Indirectly: by outlining cosmic genealogy and administrators of order, it provides background for later teachings on dharma, death, and afterlife governance connected with Yama-related themes.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Use it as a reminder that dharma is presented within a larger moral-cosmic framework—ethical living is portrayed as aligning oneself with an ordered universe rather than acting in isolation.