Shloka 3

Brahmāṇḍa-Āvaraṇa Nirūpaṇa, Virajā-Setu, and Prākṛta–Vaikṛta Sṛṣṭi

Devanagari script

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच / तेषु तत्त्वेषु भगवान्स विवेश महाप्रभुः / क्षोभयामास भगवान् संबन्धविधुरो हरिः

Transliteration

śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / teṣu tattveṣu bhagavānsa viveśa mahāprabhuḥ / kṣobhayāmāsa bhagavān saṃbandhavidhuro hariḥ

Translation

พระศรีกฤษณะตรัสว่า—พระภควานผู้เป็นมหาประภุเสด็จเข้าสู่ตัตตวะเหล่านั้นเอง และพระหริผู้ปราศจากความผูกพันทั้งปวงได้ก่อให้เกิดความสั่นไหว ปลุกให้ตัตตวะทั้งหลายเริ่มทำการงาน.

Word by Word

• श्रीकृष्णः: Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• श्रीकृष्णः: Karta (कर्ता/speaker)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री + कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (श्रीमान् कृष्णः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• तेषु: in those
• तेषु: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन

• तत्त्वेषु: in the principles/elements
• तत्त्वेषु: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत्त्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन

• भगवान्: the Lord
• भगवान्: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Samanadhikarana (समानाधिकरण/apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• विवेश: entered
• विवेश: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विश् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• महाप्रभुः: the great Lord
• महाप्रभुः: Samanadhikarana (समानाधिकरण/apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (महान् प्रभुः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• क्षोभयामास: agitated; stirred up
• क्षोभयामास: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षुभ् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Periphrastic Perfect/परस्मैपद), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; causative sense (णिच्) ‘caused to be agitated’

• भगवान्: the Lord
• भगवान्: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• संबन्धविधुरः: devoid of attachment/connection
• संबन्धविधुरः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संबन्ध + विधुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (संबन्धेन विधुरः/संबन्धविधुरः = relation-less); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifies ‘हरिः/भगवान्’)

• हरिः: Hari (Viṣṇu)
• हरिः: Karta (कर्ता/subject apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Śrī Kṛṣṇa (Hari/Viṣṇu)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Īśvara is immanent in principles yet remains relationless; creation begins by His activating impulse (kṣobha) without personal attachment.

Vedantic Theme: Acintya-śakti / māyā-kṣobha with asaṅgatva; the Lord as both upādāna-nimitta in a theistic cosmology while untouched by guṇas.

Application: Contemplate agency without attachment: act in the world while remaining inwardly non-clinging; meditate on Hari as the inner mover (antaryāmin).

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana (cosmogony sections describing tattva-sṛṣṭi and brahmāṇḍa formation)

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• Bhagavān
• Hari

FAQs

What is the importance of tattvas in the Garuda Purana?

This verse frames tattvas as the fundamental principles of manifestation, showing that the Lord both pervades them and activates them, making cosmology a theistic yet philosophically precise teaching.

How does this verse explain the path of the soul?

By stating that Hari enters and governs the tattvas while remaining unattached, it implies the soul’s journey through subtle and gross principles occurs within a divinely ordered system, not random fate.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Cultivate responsibility within the world of causes (guṇas/tattvas) while practicing inner non-attachment—acting without clinging, as the Lord is described as ‘saṃbandha-vidhura’.