Shloka 12

Pretaśilā at Gayā: Muṇḍapṛṣṭha, Gadādhara’s Manifestation, and the Fruits of Śrāddha & Deity-Worship

Devanagari script

तथा व्यक्तो ऽव्यक्तरूपी आसीदादिर्गदाधरः / आदिरादौ पूजितो ऽत्र देवैर्ब्रह्मादिभिर्यतः

Transliteration

tathā vyakto 'vyaktarūpī āsīdādirgadādharaḥ / ādirādau pūjito 'tra devairbrahmādibhiryataḥ

Translation

అలాగే ఆదిగదాధరుడు వ్యక్తమూ అవ్యక్తమూ అయిన స్వరూపంతో ఆదిలోనే ఉన్నాడు. ఆ ఆదికారణుడే ఇక్కడ మొదట బ్రహ్మాది దేవతలచే పూజింపబడెను.

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb of manner)

• व्यक्तः: manifest
• व्यक्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्यक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (masc. nom. sg.)

• अव्यक्तरूपी: having an unmanifest form
• अव्यक्तरूपी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव्यक्त + रूपिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/निर्धारणार्थ (having an unmanifest form)

• आसीत्: was
• आसीत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• आदिः: the primordial one, the beginning
• आदिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• गदाधरः: the mace-bearer (Vishnu)
• गदाधरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गदा + धर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष (गदां धरति इति)

• आदिः: the primordial one
• आदिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• आदौ: in the beginning
• आदौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे (locative used adverbially: "in the beginning")

• पूजितः: worshipped
• पूजितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूज् (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त), भूतकर्मणि; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (adverb of place)

• देवैः: by the gods
• देवैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• ब्रह्मादिभिः: by Brahmā and others
• ब्रह्मादिभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; समाहार/समुच्चयार्थ ("Brahmā and others")

• यतः: since, because
• यतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यतस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; हेतुवाचक (causal: "because/since")

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (speaking to Garuda/Vinata-putra)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: The Primordial Lord (Gadādhara) is both vyakta and avyakta—immanent and transcendent—yet remains the first worship-worthy cause.

Vedantic Theme: Saguna–nirguna integration; Brahman as both manifest universe and unmanifest ground (upādāna/ nimitta-kāraṇa).

Application: Contemplate Viṣṇu as simultaneously present in forms and beyond form; let worship be grounded in metaphysical understanding, reducing sectarian or purely materialistic views.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.86 (context: Adi-Gadādhara worship and offerings)

Characters & Entities

• Gadadhara (Vishnu)
• Devas
• Brahma

FAQs

What is the importance of the manifest and unmanifest (vyakta-avyakta) teaching in Garuda Purana?

This verse presents Viṣṇu as the primordial reality who is both perceptible (manifest) and beyond perception (unmanifest), grounding devotion and cosmology in one Supreme source.

How does this verse explain the path of the soul?

By identifying the Supreme as the origin worshipped by all gods, it implies that liberation and right understanding ultimately depend on turning the mind toward that primordial Lord beyond changing forms.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Maintain devotion and ethical living with the awareness that the same Divine is present in visible life and beyond it—supporting steadiness in worship, humility, and detachment.