Shloka 71

Vamsha of Dhruva and Prithu; Daksha’s Progeny; Enumerations of Devas, Asuras, Nagas, and Birds

Devanagari script

नादिरुग्रो ध्वनिर्भासो बिमुक्तो विक्षिपः सहः / द्युतिर्वसुरनाधृष्यो लाभ कामो जयी विराट्

Transliteration

nādirugro dhvanirbhāso bimukto vikṣipaḥ sahaḥ / dyutirvasuranādhṛṣyo lābha kāmo jayī virāṭ

Translation

ఆయన నాదమూ ఉగ్రుడూ; ధ్వనియూ భాసమూ (ప్రకాశమూ). ఆయన విముక్తుడు, సర్వత్ర విక్షేపకుడు, అయినా సహనశీలుడు. ఆయన ద్యుతి, వసు, అనాధృష్యుడు; లాభము, కామము, జయి, విరాట్.

Word by Word

• नादिः: Nādi (name)
• नादिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नादि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• उग्रः: fierce
• उग्रः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• ध्वनिः: sound
• ध्वनिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ध्वनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• र्भासः: splendour, shining
• र्भासः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; (पाठे ‘र्भासो’ इति संधि-रूप)

• बिमुक्तः: released, freed
• बिमुक्तः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + मुच् (धातु) → विमुक्त (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, विशेषण

• विक्षिपः: Vikṣipa (name)
• विक्षिपः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वि + क्षिप् (धातु) → विक्षिप (प्रातिपदिक/नाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नामपद

• सहः: strength; Saha (name)
• सहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• द्युतिः: radiance
• द्युतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्युति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• वसुः: Vasu; wealth
• वसुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अनाधृष्यः: invincible, unassailable
• अनाधृष्यः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन् (नञ्-प्रत्यय) + आधृष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नञ्-समास/नकार-प्रत्यय, विशेषण

• लाभः: gain
• लाभः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लाभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• कामः: desire; Kāma
• कामः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• जयी: victorious
• जयी: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जि (धातु) → जयिन्/जयी (प्रातिपदिक, णिनि/इन्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कृदन्त-विशेषण ‘विजयी’

• विराट्: Virāṭ (the cosmic being/name)
• विराट्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विराज् (धातु) → विराट् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; हलन्त-प्रातिपदिक

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (in dialogue instruction to Garuda/Vinata-putra)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Hari as nāda (sound), dhvani (resonance), bhāsa/dyuti (radiance), and as the victorious all-pervading Virāṭ—implying all energies and aims are encompassed by the Divine.

Vedantic Theme: Virāṭ/Īśvara as the manifest totality; liberation (vimukta) and worldly aims (lābha, kāma) both subsumed in Brahman’s governance.

Application: Transform sensory experience (sound/light) into remembrance; redirect desire and gain toward dharmic ends, seeing them as energies to be mastered, not worshiped.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: vira

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.6 (Virāṭ/nāma sequence)

FAQs

What is the importance of these divine epithets in the Garuda Purana?

This verse presents a cluster of names describing the Supreme as sound, radiance, victory, and the Virāṭ (Cosmic Form), guiding devotees to contemplate God as both immanent power and transcendent liberation.

How does this verse explain the path of the soul?

By highlighting ‘bimukta’ (liberated) and ‘virāṭ’ (all-pervading), it points the seeker toward aligning the mind with the Supreme Reality—devotion and remembrance that support detachment and movement toward moksha.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Use these names as a daily remembrance (japa/recitation) to cultivate steadiness (sahaḥ), ethical victory over impulses (jayī), and a wider vision of life as pervaded by the Divine (virāṭ).