Shloka 9

Measurements of the Sun’s Chariot, the Wheel of Time, and the Retinues of the Solar Months; Chariots of Soma and the Grahas

Devanagari script

अर्यमा पुलहश्चैव रथोजाः पुञ्जिकस्थला / प्रहेतिः कच्छनीरश्च नारदश्चैव माधवे

Transliteration

aryamā pulahaścaiva rathojāḥ puñjikasthalā / prahetiḥ kacchanīraśca nāradaścaiva mādhave

Translation

ในเดือนมาธวะ (ไวศาขะ) พึงระลึกบูชา อรยมะ ปุลหะ รโถชา ปุญชิกัสถลา ประเหติ กัจฉนีระ และนารท.

Word by Word

• अर्यमा: Aryamā
• अर्यमा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्यमन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• पुलहः: Pulaha
• पुलहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुलह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: also/indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अव्यय; अवधारणार्थ

• रथोजाः: Rathojā
• रथोजाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ + ओजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (रथस्य ओजः/ओजाः)

• पुञ्जिकस्थला: Puñjikasthalā
• पुञ्जिकस्थला: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुञ्जिक + स्थला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (पुञ्जिक-नाम्नः स्थला)

• प्रहेतिः: Praheti
• प्रहेतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्र + हेति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• कच्छनीरः: Kacchanīra
• कच्छनीरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कच्छनीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• नारदः: Nārada
• नारदः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: also/indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अव्यय; अवधारणार्थ

• माधवे: in Mādhava (month)
• माधवे: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माधव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (narrating to Garuda, typical Garuda Purana dialogue context)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Dharma includes honoring time’s sacred structure; remembrance of presiding beings supports right living in seasonal cycles.

Vedantic Theme: Kāla-niyati under Īśvara; multiplicity of devatā as expressions of one cosmic order.

Application: In Vaiśākha, intensify sattvic disciplines—bathing, charity, restraint, sunrise worship—using these names as a monthly saṅkalpa or stotra framework.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Geographic Context

Type: solar chariot retinue (temporal mapping)

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.58 (monthly presiders list continues)

Characters & Entities

• Aryamā
• Pulaha
• Rathojā
• Puñjikasthalā
• Praheti
• Kacchanīra
• Nārada
• Mādhava (month/Vishnu-epithet)

FAQs

What is the importance of Mādhava (Vaiśākha) in the Garuda Purana?

This verse associates Mādhava/Vaiśākha with specific divine and sage figures to be remembered or propitiated as part of time-based dharmic observances.

How does this verse connect to ancestral (Pitṛ) rites?

Aryamā is a well-known deity linked with Pitṛ functions; listing such figures by month supports structured remembrance/ritual timing used in śrāddha and related observances.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

If you observe śrāddha or monthly dharmic vows, use Vaiśākha as a time to include remembrance (japa/pujā) of these names alongside one’s regular ancestral offerings and ethical disciplines.