Shloka 6

Sandhyā-Upāsanā Vidhi: Prāṇāyāma, Water Purification, Aghāmarpaṇa, Sūrya Worship, Nyāsa, and Gāyatrī Japa

Devanagari script

रजस्तमः स्वमोहोत्थाञ्जाग्रत्स्वप्नसुषुप्तिजान् / वाङ्मनः कर्मजान्दोषान्नवैतान्नवभिर्दहेत्

Transliteration

rajastamaḥ svamohotthāñjāgratsvapnasuṣuptijān / vāṅmanaḥ karmajāndoṣānnavaitānnavabhirdahet

Translation

โทษเก้าประการอันเกิดจากรชัสและตมัส อันผุดจากความหลงตน และปรากฏในภาวะตื่น ฝัน และหลับลึก คือโทษจากวาจา ใจ และการกระทำ พึงเผาผลาญด้วยวิธีชำระเก้าประการเถิด।

Word by Word

• rajaḥ: passion, activity (rajas)
• rajaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rajas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समाहार-द्वन्द्वस्य अङ्ग (neuter nominative singular; member of collective dvandva)

• tamaḥ: darkness, inertia (tamas)
• tamaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tamas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समाहार-द्वन्द्व (collective dvandva)

• sva-moha-utthān: arisen from one’s own delusion
• sva-moha-utthān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + moha (प्रातिपदिक) + uttha (कृदन्त; उत्-स्था धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; विशेषण (masculine accusative plural; adjective)

• jāgrat-svapna-suṣupti-jān: born of waking, dream, and deep sleep
• jāgrat-svapna-suṣupti-jān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jāgrat (प्रातिपदिक) + svapna (प्रातिपदिक) + suṣupti (प्रातिपदिक) + ja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; विशेषण (masculine accusative plural; adjective)

• vāk-manaḥ-karma-jān: born of speech, mind, and action
• vāk-manaḥ-karma-jān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vāc (प्रातिपदिक) + manas (प्रातिपदिक) + karma (प्रातिपदिक) + ja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; विशेषण (masculine accusative plural; adjective)

• doṣān: faults, defects
• doṣān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: doṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन (masculine accusative plural)

• na: not
• na: Modifier (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negative particle)

• veti: knows
• veti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vid (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (present indicative, 3rd sg)

• etān: these
• etān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम (masculine accusative plural; pronoun)

• nava-bhiḥ: with nine (times/units)
• nava-bhiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nava (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; संख्या-शब्द (instrumental plural; numeral)

• dahet: should burn, destroy
• dahet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dah (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (imperative, 3rd sg; ‘let him burn’)

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (speaking to Garuda/Vinatā-putra)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Nine doṣas arising from rajas-tamas and the three avasthās (jāgrat-svapna-suṣupti) are to be ‘burned’ by nine purifying disciplines—purification of vāk, manas, and karma.

Vedantic Theme: Guṇa-traya and avidyā-moha as causes of bondage; purification (citta-śuddhi) as prerequisite for jñāna and steadiness in sattva.

Application: Daily self-audit of speech, thought, and action; adopt a structured set of purificatory observances (e.g., sandhyā, japa, prāyaścitta, satya/ahiṃsā, restraint) to reduce rajas/tamas and stabilize sattva.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: bibhatsa

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana (Preta/Ācāra sections): repeated emphasis on citta-śuddhi, sandhyā, japa, prāyaścitta as destroyers of pāpa

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Garuda

FAQs

What is the importance of purifying mind, speech, and action in the Garuda Purana?

This verse frames human wrongdoing as arising through vāk (speech), manaḥ (mind), and karma (action), and teaches that spiritual progress requires consciously cleansing all three—especially the rajas-tamas driven faults rooted in moha (delusion).

How does this verse relate to the soul’s condition and karma?

By identifying faults as products of delusion operating across waking, dream, and deep sleep, the verse implies that karmic bondage is sustained by habitual inner tendencies; purification reduces these tendencies and thereby weakens karma-producing impulses.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Monitor and discipline thoughts, words, and deeds daily; reduce rajas/tamas habits (anger, laziness, impulsive speech), and adopt a consistent set of purifying disciplines (e.g., truthfulness, restraint, prayer, charity, self-study) to “burn” these faults.