Shloka 12

The Ninefold Rite (Navavidhi): Worship of Sudarśana-Cakra and the Disease-Destroying Hymn

Devanagari script

नमश्चक्षुः क्वरूपाय संसारभयभेदिने / मायापञ्जरभेत्रे च शिवाय च नमोनमः

Transliteration

namaścakṣuḥ kvarūpāya saṃsārabhayabhedine / māyāpañjarabhetre ca śivāya ca namonamaḥ

Translation

ขอนอบน้อมซ้ำแล้วซ้ำเล่าแด่พระศิวะ ผู้ทรงมีรูปเป็นดวงเนตรอันเห็นทั่ว ผู้ทรงผ่าทำลายความหวาดกลัวแห่งสังสารวัฏ และผู้ทรงทลายกรงแห่งมายา

Word by Word

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: None (Exclamation/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात); विसर्गः परे च-कारे सन्ध्यते

• चक्षुः: O Eye / the Eye (as epithet)
• चक्षुः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्षुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (सम्बोधन/उद्देश्य), एकवचन; अत्र स्तुत्यर्थे नामरूपेण

• क्वरूपाय: to the one of (mysterious) form/where-form
• क्वरूपाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्व (अव्यय/पूर्वपद) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (सम्प्रदान), एकवचन; समासः—अव्ययीभाव (क्व + रूप)

• संसारभयभेदिने: to the dispeller of fear of saṃsāra
• संसारभयभेदिने: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संसार (प्रातिपदिक) + भय (प्रातिपदिक) + भेदिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (सम्प्रदान), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (संसारस्य भयस्य भेदिन्)

• मायापञ्जरभेत्रे: to the breaker of the cage of illusion
• मायापञ्जरभेत्रे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माया (प्रातिपदिक) + पञ्जर (प्रातिपदिक) + भेतृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (सम्प्रदान), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (मायायाः पञ्जरस्य भेतृ)

• च: and
• च: None (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात

• शिवाय: to Śiva / to the auspicious one
• शिवाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (सम्प्रदान), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: None (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: None (Exclamation/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: None (Exclamation/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात); पुनरुक्ति

Speaker

Narrator/recitation within the Garuda Purana (a Śiva-stuti embedded in the discourse of Lord Viṣṇu to Garuḍa)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: The all-seeing reality shatters saṃsāra-bhaya and breaks the māyā-cage; auspiciousness (śiva) is freedom through true seeing.

Vedantic Theme: Avidyā/māyā as bondage; jñāna (right vision) as the breaker of the cage; śiva as auspicious Brahman-consciousness (non-sectarian epithet possible within Purāṇic syncretism).

Application: Meditate on the witnessing awareness (‘cakṣuḥ’ as sākṣin); use the verse as a mantra before contemplation to loosen fear-based identification.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana teachings on saṃsāra-bhaya and the efficacy of nāma/jñāna for release

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Maya
• Samsara

FAQs

What is the importance of breaking the “cage of māyā” in the Garuda Purana?

This verse frames liberation as release from māyā’s confinement—devotional remembrance of Śiva is praised as the power that shatters illusion and enables mokṣa.

How does this verse explain the path of the soul?

By identifying saṃsāra as fear-producing and māyā as binding, it implies the soul’s progress depends on awakening true vision (cakṣuḥ) and seeking divine grace that cuts bondage.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Use this as a daily stuti: cultivate clear discernment, reduce fear-driven actions, and practice devotion/meditation aimed at seeing beyond illusion in ethical decision-making.