Shloka 15

Navavyūha-pūjāvidhi: Bhūta-śuddhi, Nyāsa, Yogapīṭha, Maṇḍala-racanā, Mudrā-prayoga

Devanagari script

धर्म ज्ञनं च वैराग्यमैश्वर्यं च यथाक्रमम् / आग्नेयादौ च पूर्वादावधर्मादींश्च विन्यसेत्

Transliteration

dharma jñanaṃ ca vairāgyamaiśvaryaṃ ca yathākramam / āgneyādau ca pūrvādāvadharmādīṃśca vinyaset

Translation

พึงจัดวาง ธรรมะ ญาณะ ไวรากยะ และไอศวรรยะ ตามลำดับ; และเช่นกัน เริ่มจากทิศอาคเนย์ แล้วจากทิศตะวันออก จงกำหนดอธรรมและหลักฝ่ายตรงข้ามอื่น ๆ ไว้ ณ ตำแหน่งของตน

Word by Word

• dharma: dharma, righteousness
• dharma: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन; here as item in enumeration (नामनिर्देश)

• jñānam: knowledge
• jñānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jñāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन; enumerated item

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• vairāgyam: dispassion, detachment
• vairāgyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vairāgya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; enumerated item

• aiśvaryam: lordship, power
• aiśvaryam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aiśvarya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; enumerated item

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• yathākramam: in due order, sequentially
• yathākramam: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā + krama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्यय (adverb)

• āgneyādau: in the (directional set) beginning with the southeast
• āgneyādau: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āgneya + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; ‘आग्नेय-आदि’ = beginning with the southeast; locative of place

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• pūrvādau: in the (directional set) beginning with the east
• pūrvādau: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūrva + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘पूर्व-आदि’ = beginning with the east; locative

• adharmādīn: adharma and the rest (opposites)
• adharmādīn: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adharma + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), बहुवचन; ‘अधर्म-आदि’ = adharma etc.; object of the verb

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• vinyaset: should place/arrange
• vinyaset: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi + √as (अस्/अस्यति) / causative sense ‘to place’ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आदेश/विधान

Speaker

Lord Viṣṇu (teaching Garuḍa/Vinatā-putra)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Systematic placement of Dharma–Jñāna–Vairāgya–Aiśvarya and the counter-principles (Adharma etc.) to structure the sādhaka’s inner cosmos.

Vedantic Theme: Sādhana-catuṣṭaya orientation (jñāna and vairāgya) framed through ordered dharmic cosmography; cultivation of sattva through deliberate inner arrangement.

Application: Use a directional visualization/nyāsa: affirm virtues in their assigned quarters, recognize opposing tendencies, and consciously re-center conduct and intention before japa/dhyāna.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Geographic Context

Type: ritual-mandala directions (dik)

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.11.17-19 (lotus/mandala visualization continues)

FAQs

What is the importance of arranging Dharma, Jñāna, Vairāgya, and Aiśvarya in the Garuḍa Purāṇa?

This verse presents these four as foundational spiritual principles and instructs that they be set in an ordered scheme, implying a disciplined, structured approach to understanding virtue and spiritual progress.

How does this verse explain the relationship between Dharma and Adharma?

It treats Adharma as a counterpart that must also be ‘placed’ in the overall scheme—suggesting that the tradition maps both virtues and their opposites to specific positions to clarify moral and metaphysical order.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Use it as a checklist for life: cultivate dharma (right action), jñāna (discernment), vairāgya (detachment), and aiśvarya (mastery/self-governance), while consciously identifying and correcting their opposites in your habits.