Shloka 113
Multi-form Manifestations, Indra–Kāma Incarnations, Pravāha, and the Twofold Buddhi
Sense-Discipline and Exclusive Refuge in Viṣṇu
तद्वत्तं त्वं नवनीतं च भक्त्या तदुच्छिष्टं भक्षयित्वा पते हि / तस्याश्च सूत्रं गलबद्धं च कृत्वा इहैव दुः खान्यनुभूयाः पते त्वम्
tadvattaṃ tvaṃ navanītaṃ ca bhaktyā taducchiṣṭaṃ bhakṣayitvā pate hi / tasyāśca sūtraṃ galabaddhaṃ ca kṛtvā ihaiva duḥ khānyanubhūyāḥ pate tvam
అదే విధంగా, భక్తితో ఆ ఎంగిలి వెన్నను తిని నీవు పతనమవుతావు. ఆమె దారాన్ని మెడలో కట్టుకుని, నీవు ఇక్కడే ఆ బాధలను అనుభవిస్తావు.
Lord Vishnu (in discourse to Garuda/Vinata-putra)
Concept: Impure/adharmic acts (here framed via ucchiṣṭa-bhakṣaṇa and symbolic ‘cord’ humiliation) bring immediate suffering and degradation.
Vedantic Theme: Karma operates across visible and invisible planes; tamasic choices thicken bondage.
Application: Maintain purity and ethical boundaries; avoid exploitative or taboo actions; recognize that ‘devotion’ cannot sanctify wrongdoing.
Primary Rasa: bibhatsa
Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka
Type: household/social sphere (implied)
Related Themes: Garuda Purana: impurity and consequences motifs (general); Garuda Purana Pretakalpa: suffering both here and hereafter (general)
FAQs
This verse treats eating another’s ucchiṣṭa—here framed as a deliberate, devotion-colored act tied to wrongdoing—as karmically binding, leading to immediate suffering and a fall into painful consequences.
It portrays retribution as precise and symbolic: the same act (consuming leftovers) and a related sign (a cord tied at the neck) become the causes and marks through which the sinner experiences suffering, consistent with Yama-oriented moral causality.
Maintain food and ritual boundaries with clarity—avoid actions that mix devotion with unethical intent, and treat offerings, remnants, and personal conduct as ethically consequential rather than merely external customs.