Shloka 12

Vināyaka-pīḍā: Omens, Purification, Crossroads Offerings, and Ambikā Svastyayana

Devanagari script

कृताकृतांस्तण्डुलांश्च पललौदनमेव च / पुष्पं चित्रं सुगन्धं च सुरां च त्रिविधामपि

Transliteration

kṛtākṛtāṃstaṇḍulāṃśca palalaudanameva ca / puṣpaṃ citraṃ sugandhaṃ ca surāṃ ca trividhāmapi

Translation

ข้าวทั้งสุกและดิบ อาหารข้าวกับเนื้อ ดอกไม้ เครื่องบูชาสีสัน เครื่องหอม และสุราสามชนิด ก็พึงถวายเป็นเครื่องสักการะด้วย

Word by Word

• कृताकृतान्: cooked and uncooked
• कृताकृतान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (कृ धातु, कृदन्त) + अकृत (कृ धातु, कृदन्त) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), बहुवचन; विशेषण (taṇḍulān इत्यस्य)

• तण्डुलान्: rice grains
• तण्डुलान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तण्डुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• पललौदनम्: rice cooked with meat (palala-odana)
• पललौदनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पलल (प्रातिपदिक) + ओदन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पललस्य ओदनः)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha/Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• पुष्पम्: flower
• पुष्पम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• चित्रम्: variegated/beautiful
• चित्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (puṣpam इत्यस्य)

• सुगन्धम्: fragrant
• सुगन्धम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + गन्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (puṣpam इत्यस्य)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• सुराम्: liquor
• सुराम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुरा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• त्रिविधाम्: threefold/of three kinds
• त्रिविधाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि (संख्या) + विध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (surām इत्यस्य)

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha/Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक अव्यय (also/even)

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (speaking to Garuda/Vinata-putra)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Upacāra/naivedya as a disciplined act of devotion and auspicious observance.

Vedantic Theme: Īśvara-arpana (offering as consecration of worldly goods), cultivating sattva through ordered worship.

Application: Prepare offerings with cleanliness and intention; treat food, fragrance, and drink as consecrated items rather than mere consumption.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Geographic Context

Type: household/ritual space

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.100.13-16 (continuation of offering-list and Ambikā worship)

FAQs

What is the importance of listing offerings in the Garuda Purana?

This verse enumerates standard ritual substances used in funerary or ancestral offerings, emphasizing the prescribed material supports (food, fragrance, flowers) that accompany rite-based dharma.

How does this verse explain the path of the soul after death?

Indirectly: it points to the role of post-death rites and offerings as part of the traditional framework that supports the departed and maintains dharmic continuity between the living and the deceased.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Perform remembrance rites with purity and sincerity—offer simple food, flowers, and fragrance according to one’s tradition and capacity, keeping the intent of honoring the departed central.