Shloka 13

Devanagari script

अधोक्षजं जगद्वीजं सर्गस्थित्यन्तकारणम् / अनादिनिधनं विष्णुं त्रिलोकेशं त्रिविक्रमम्

Transliteration

adhokṣajaṃ jagadvījaṃ sargasthityantakāraṇam / anādinidhanaṃ viṣṇuṃ trilokeśaṃ trivikramam

Translation

ข้าพเจ้าขอนอบน้อมแด่พระวิษณุ—อธกฺษชะ ผู้เป็นเมล็ดแห่งจักรวาล; เป็นเหตุแห่งการสร้าง การทรงไว้ และการล่มสลาย; ไร้ต้นกำเนิดไร้ที่สุด; เจ้าแห่งสามโลก ผู้แผ่ไพศาล ตริวิกรมะ.

Word by Word

• अधोक्षजम्: Adhokṣaja (the transcendent Lord)
• अधोक्षजम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अधः + अक्ष + ज (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; विशेष्य-रूपेण विष्णोः नाम

• जगद्वीजम्: seed of the universe
• जगद्वीजम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् + बीज (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; जगतः बीजम् इति

• सर्गस्थित्यन्तकारणम्: cause of creation, maintenance, and dissolution
• सर्गस्थित्यन्तकारणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्ग + स्थिति + अन्त + कारण (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्गस्य स्थितेः अन्तस्य च कारणम्

• अनादिनिधनम्: beginningless and endless
• अनादिनिधनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनादि + निधन (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; न आदिः यस्य न च निधनम्—अनादिनिधनः (विशेषण)

• विष्णुम्: Viṣṇu
• विष्णुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• त्रिलोकेशम्: Lord of the three worlds
• त्रिलोकेशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि + लोक + ईश (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; त्रिलोकस्य ईशः

• त्रिविक्रमम्: Trivikrama (of three strides)
• त्रिविक्रमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि + विक्रम (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; त्रिषु विक्रमः (त्रीणि पदानि विक्रमणम्) इति नाम

Speaker

Narrator/reciter within the Garuda Purana (Vishnu-stuti section; not direct dialogue)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Contemplation of the Supreme (Adhokṣaja) as the beginningless, endless cause of creation-preservation-dissolution.

Vedantic Theme: Brahman/Īśvara as jagat-kāraṇa; transcendence of sense-objects (adhokṣaja) and immanence as jagad-bīja.

Application: Use these epithets in japa/dhyāna to steady the mind in impermanence and orient life toward liberation.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana: Vishnu-nāma stuti sections; mokṣa-oriented invocations preceding guidance on right passage (gati)

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Trivikrama
• Trilokesha

FAQs

What is the importance of praising Adhokshaja in the Garuda Purana?

This verse frames Vishnu as beyond sensory grasp and as the ultimate cause of the cosmos, establishing devotion and remembrance of the Supreme as a foundational spiritual practice in the text.

How does this verse relate to the Garuda Purana’s teachings on the soul and afterlife?

By declaring Vishnu as the beginningless, endless Lord and cosmic cause, it anchors afterlife teachings in a higher metaphysical reality—ultimate refuge and liberation are tied to the Supreme, not merely to rituals or punishments.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Use the verse as a daily remembrance (japa/reading) to cultivate steadiness and ethical living, keeping one’s focus on the transcendent source behind life’s changes—creation, maintenance, and endings.