Shloka 13

Hari-stuti by Śrī, Brahmā, Vāyu, Sarasvatī, Śeṣa, Garuḍa, Rudra, Vāruṇī and Pārvatī

Humility, Surrender, and the Power of the Name

Devanagari script

अतो नाहं प्रदयोपि भूमन् भवत्पदांभोजनिषवणोत्सुकः / लोकस्य कृष्णाद्विमुखस्य कर्मणा अपुण्यशीलस्य सुदुः खितस्य

Transliteration

ato nāhaṃ pradayopi bhūman bhavatpadāṃbhojaniṣavaṇotsukaḥ / lokasya kṛṣṇādvimukhasya karmaṇā apuṇyaśīlasya suduḥ khitasya

Translation

เพราะฉะนั้น โอ้พระผู้ยิ่งใหญ่ ข้าพเจ้าไม่ปรารถนาจะประทานพรใดๆ; ข้าพเจ้าปรารถนาเพียงรับใช้ดอกบัวแห่งพระบาทของพระองค์—มิใช่เพื่อผู้ที่หันหลังให้พระกฤษณะ ประพฤติอกุศล และทุกข์ระทมด้วยกรรมของตนเอง

Word by Word

• अतः: therefore
• अतः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (Avyaya), हेत्वर्थ/तस्मात्-अर्थे (therefore)

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), उत्तमपुरुषार्थे; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्रदायः: having given
• प्रदायः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pradāya (प्रदा-धातु √दा + ल्यप्/क्त्वा-प्रत्यय; कृदन्त)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोगे कृदन्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), ‘प्रदाय’ = दत्त्वा (having given)

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक-अव्यय (also/even)

• भूमन्: O great one
• भूमन्: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūman (भूमन्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• भवत्-पद-अम्भोज-निषेवण-उत्सुकः: eager to serve/attend your lotus-feet
• भवत्-पद-अम्भोज-निषेवण-उत्सुकः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhavat (भवत्-प्रातिपदिक) + pada (पद-प्रातिपदिक) + ambhoja (अम्भोज-प्रातिपदिक) + niṣevaṇa (निषेवण-प्रातिपदिक) + utsuka (उत्सुक-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (compound): षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/उपपद-तत्पुरुष (determinative); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifier of अहम्)

• लोकस्य: of the world/people
• लोकस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (लोक-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• कृष्णात्: from Kṛṣṇa
• कृष्णात्: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇa (कृष्ण-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• विमुखस्य: of one turned away
• विमुखस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vimukha (विमुख-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifier of लोकस्य)

• कर्मणा: by (their) action/deed
• कर्मणा: Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karman (कर्मन्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• अपुण्य-शीलस्य: of one whose nature is impious
• अपुण्य-शीलस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-puṇya (अपुण्य-प्रातिपदिक) + śīla (शील-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (descriptive); पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifier of लोकस्य/विमुखस्य)

• सुदुःखितस्य: of one greatly afflicted
• सुदुःखितस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su-duḥkhita (सुदुःखित-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उपसर्ग-युक्त विशेषण; (सु + दुःखित) कर्मधारयभावः; पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

Speaker

Garuda (Vinata-putra), addressing Lord Vishnu

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Krishna-vimukhatā (turning away from the Lord) aligns with apuṇya conduct and yields duḥkha through one’s own karma; boons should not reinforce adharma.

Vedantic Theme: Karma-bandha through avidyā and bhagavad-vimukhatā; bhakti as the corrective orientation; ethical discernment in dispensing grace.

Application: Do not enable harmful patterns; prioritize spiritual alignment over appeasing demands; encourage reorientation toward devotion and ethical living as the remedy for suffering.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: raudra

Secondary Rasa: karuna

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana: repeated warnings that adharma leads to suffering; bhagavad-bhakti as purifier (general internal thematic link)

Characters & Entities

• Krishna
• Lord Vishnu
• Garuda

FAQs

What is the importance of devotion to Krishna/Vishnu in the Garuda Purana?

This verse frames devotion as the highest priority—service to the Lord’s lotus feet—implying that turning away from Krishna leads to karmically produced misery and spiritual decline.

How does this verse explain the cause of suffering?

It explicitly links suffering to one’s own karma: a person averse to Krishna and given to impious conduct becomes “greatly afflicted” as a direct result of actions performed.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Cultivate daily devotion and ethical conduct (puṇya) and avoid harmful actions; the verse advises that inner orientation to Krishna and righteous living reduce self-created suffering.