Shloka 7

Brahmā’s Curse, Four Births, and the Dharma of Shared Embodiment

Draupadī/Kṛṣṇā

Devanagari script

उद्धताश्च यतो यूयं मानुषीं योनिमाप्स्यथ / तत्र स्वभर्तृसंयोगमवाप्स्यथ खगेश्वर

Transliteration

uddhatāśca yato yūyaṃ mānuṣīṃ yonimāpsyatha / tatra svabhartṛsaṃyogamavāpsyatha khageśvara

Translation

เพราะพวกนางทะนงตน จึงจักได้กำเนิดในครรภ์มนุษย์; และ ณ ที่นั้น โอจ้าวแห่งวิหค จักได้สมสู่กับสวามีของตนเอง

Word by Word

• उद्धताः: arrogant
• उद्धताः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद्धत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• यतः: since/because
• यतः: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; हेत्वर्थक (causal particle: 'since/because')

• यूयम्: you (pl.)
• यूयम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (सामान्य), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• मानुषीम्: human
• मानुषीम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मानुषी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• योनिम्: womb/birth
• योनिम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• आप्स्यथ: you will obtain/attain
• आप्स्यथ: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Desha-adhikarana (देश-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• स्व-भर्तृ-संयोगम्: union with your own husband
• स्व-भर्तृ-संयोगम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + भर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक) + संयोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—स्वस्य भर्तुः संयोगः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष; बहुपदसमास)

• अवाप्स्यथ: you will obtain
• अवाप्स्यथ: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + आप् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• खग-ईश्वर: O lord of birds
• खग-ईश्वर: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: खग (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; समासः—खगानाम् ईश्वरः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (narrating/instructing Garuda)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Pride precipitates descent; karmic consequence can include both suffering (fall) and structured restoration (reunion).

Vedantic Theme: Saṃsāra as karmaphala; the jīva’s embodied condition arises from vāsanā and egoic error.

Application: Treat setbacks as karmic feedback; respond with humility and corrective action rather than resentment.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: karuna

Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka

Geographic Context

Type: transition (from celestial to human realm)

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 3.17.6 (cause: arrogance); Garuda Purana 3.17.8 (subsequent actions at Meru)

Characters & Entities

• Garuda (Khageshvara)

FAQs

What is the importance of karma and rebirth in this Garuda Purana verse?

The verse links a specific fault—arrogance—to a concrete karmic result: taking birth in a human womb, showing that moral qualities shape future embodiment.

How does this verse explain the path of the soul after death?

It implies continuity of consequence across lives: conduct (such as pride) conditions the next birth, indicating the soul’s journey proceeds through rebirth according to karma.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Cultivate humility and self-restraint; reducing pride is presented as a way to prevent painful karmic reversals and to live more dharmically.