Shloka 29

Manasa Progenitors, Pitṛ Orders, Dakṣa’s Alliances, and the Dakṣa-Yajña Rupture

Devanagari script

सन्नतिश्चानसूया च ऊर्जा स्वाहा स्वधा तथा / भृघुर्भवो मरीचिश्च तथा चैवाङ्गिरा मुनिः

Transliteration

sannatiścānasūyā ca ūrjā svāhā svadhā tathā / bhṛghurbhavo marīciśca tathā caivāṅgirā muniḥ

Translation

สันนติและอนสูยา อีกทั้งอูรชา สวาหา และสวธา; เช่นเดียวกัน ภฤคุ ภวะ มรีจิ และฤๅษีอังคิรส (ก็ปรากฏนาม)

Word by Word

• सन्नतिः: Sannati (name)
• सन्नतिः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सन्नति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (अत्र पत्नी-रूपेण)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• अनसूया: Anasūyā (name)
• अनसूया: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनसूया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (अत्र पत्नी-रूपेण)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• ऊर्जा: Ūrjā (name/energy)
• ऊर्जा: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊर्जा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (अत्र पत्नी-रूपेण)

• स्वाहा: Svāhā (name)
• स्वाहा: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वाहा (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (अत्र पत्नी-रूपेण)

• स्वधा: Svadhā (name)
• स्वधा: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वधा (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (अत्र पत्नी-रूपेण)

• तथा: also
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (also/likewise)

• भृघुः: Bhṛgu
• भृघुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृघु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन

• भवः: Bhava (Śiva)
• भवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन

• मरीचिः: Marīci
• मरीचिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मरीचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• तथा: also
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (also/likewise)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• अङ्गिराः: Aṅgiras
• अङ्गिराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्गिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन (ऋषिनाम; प्रथमा एकवचने ‘अङ्गिराः’ इति रूपम्)

• मुनिः: sage
• मुनिः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (in dialogue with Garuda/Vinatā-putra)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Ritual efficacy is personified (Svāhā/Svadhā) and anchored in rishi transmission; karma operates through mantra, offering, and lineage.

Vedantic Theme: Karma-kāṇḍa as a preparatory limb: ordered action and reverence to rishis/pitrs supports inner purification.

Application: In any offering (ritual or daily gratitude), maintain correctness and intention; honor teachers/ancestors as channels of knowledge and culture.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.5 (continuing marriages/associations of Daksha’s daughters and sages)

Characters & Entities

• Sannati
• Anasūyā
• Ūrjā
• Svāhā
• Svadhā
• Bhṛgu
• Bhava
• Marīci
• Aṅgiras

FAQs

What is the importance of Svāhā and Svadhā in the Garuda Purana?

This verse names Svāhā and Svadhā as key sacred personifications: Svāhā is linked to fire oblations (homa), while Svadhā is linked to offerings made to the Pitṛs, grounding ritual efficacy in mantra and intention.

How does this verse explain the path of the soul?

Indirectly: by invoking Svadhā (Pitṛ-offerings) and listing revered seers and divine powers, it situates after-death welfare within dharmic rites and the sanctifying authority of ṛṣis and mantra.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Maintain sincerity in ritual acts—especially śrāddha and homa—remembering that offerings (svāhā/svadhā) and ethical virtues (like anasūyā, non-envy) are both upheld as spiritually potent.