Shloka 12

Devanagari script

प्रातर्देव ! चतुर्दश्यां जागरिष्याम्यहं निशि / पूजां दानं तपो होमं करिष्याम्यात्मशक्तितः

Transliteration

prātardeva ! caturdaśyāṃ jāgariṣyāmyahaṃ niśi / pūjāṃ dānaṃ tapo homaṃ kariṣyāmyātmaśaktitaḥ

Translation

ข้าแต่พระผู้เป็นเจ้า! ในคืนวันขึ้น ๑๔ ค่ำ ข้าพเจ้าจะอยู่ตื่นเฝ้าตลอดคืน; และตามกำลังของตนจะกระทำบูชา ทาน ตบะ และโหมะ

Word by Word

• प्रातर्: in the morning
• प्रातर्: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रातर् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb: "in the morning")

• देव: O god
• देव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• चतुर्दश्याम्: on Caturdaśī
• चतुर्दश्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्दशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन (locative: "on the 14th lunar day")

• जागरिष्यामि: I will keep vigil / stay awake
• जागरिष्यामि: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जागृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (simple future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• निशि: at night
• निशि: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निशा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन (locative)

• पूजाम्: worship
• पूजाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• दानम्: gift / charity
• दानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• तपः: austerity
• तपः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन (form: तपः)

• होमम्: fire-offering
• होमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: होम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• करिष्यामि: I will do / perform
• करिष्यामि: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (simple future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• आत्मशक्तितः: according to my own strength
• आत्मशक्तितः: Hetu (Means/प्रकार-हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (आत्मनः शक्तिः); तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb): "according to/from one's own power"

Speaker

Garuda (Vinātā-putra) addressing Lord Vishnu

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Devotion expressed through disciplined vigil and integrated practices, calibrated to one’s capacity (ātmaśakti).

Vedantic Theme: Sādhana as purification of mind (citta-śuddhi) through worship, giving, austerity, and fire-offering—harmonizing karma and bhakti.

Application: Adopt sustainable discipline: keep periodic vigils/fasts if appropriate, combine worship with charity and self-restraint, and scale practices to capacity to avoid hypocrisy or harm.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: vira

Secondary Rasa: bhakti

Geographic Context

Type: temple/home altar

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana: vrata/jāgaraṇa and dāna as purifying disciplines; emphasis on capacity-based observance

Characters & Entities

• Deva

FAQs

What is the importance of Chaturdashi (the 14th tithi) in Garuda Purana?

This verse highlights Chaturdashi as a disciplined observance marked by night-long vigil and meritorious acts—worship, charity, austerity, and homa—performed to cultivate puṇya and purification.

How does this verse explain the path of the soul?

By emphasizing puṇya-generating disciplines (pūjā, dāna, tapaḥ, homa), the verse points to how ethical and ritual action supports spiritual uplift and favorable outcomes in the post-death journey described elsewhere in the Garuda Purana.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Observe a disciplined day (especially on Chaturdashi) with mindful worship, some form of giving, self-restraint, and a simple offering/prayer—done within one’s means (ātmaśaktitaḥ).