Shloka 33
Hari-stuti by Śrī, Brahmā, Vāyu, Sarasvatī, Śeṣa, Garuḍa, Rudra, Vāruṇī and Pārvatī
Humility, Surrender, and the Power of the Name
तेनापरोक्षं च भवेच्च तस्य अतो गुणानां स्तवने च मे रतिः / सा तु प्रजाता पुरुषस्य नित्यं संसारदुः खं तु तदाच्छिनत्ति
tenāparokṣaṃ ca bhavecca tasya ato guṇānāṃ stavane ca me ratiḥ / sā tu prajātā puruṣasya nityaṃ saṃsāraduḥ khaṃ tu tadācchinatti
ด้วยสิ่งนั้น พระองค์ย่อมปรากฏแก่เขาโดยตรง ดังนั้นข้าพเจ้าจึงยินดีในการสรรเสริญพระคุณของพระองค์ เมื่อภักตินั้นบังเกิดในบุคคลแล้ว ย่อมตัดขาดความทุกข์แห่งสังสารวัฏอยู่เนืองนิตย์
Lord Vishnu (teaching Garuda/Vinata-putra)
Concept: Steady devotion and praise culminate in aparoksha-anubhava, which cuts the root-sorrow of samsara.
Vedantic Theme: Aparoksha-jñāna/realization supported by bhakti; cessation of samsara-duhkha through direct apprehension of the Divine.
Application: Sustain devotional praise until it becomes spontaneous (rati); combine with contemplation so devotion matures into lived realization and reduced reactivity to suffering.
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: karuna
Related Themes: Garuda Purana: bhakti as a direct means to freedom from samsara-duhkha; praise as purifier and stabilizer
FAQs
This verse states that praising the Lord’s virtues is not mere poetry; it supports direct, immediate spiritual realization and nurtures devotion that removes the root sorrow of saṃsāra.
It points to an inner transformation: when devotion and direct realization arise, the soul’s bondage to repeated birth-and-death suffering is severed, indicating liberation as the true resolution beyond afterlife fears.
Cultivate daily remembrance—recitation, chanting, and sincere praise of divine qualities—so devotion becomes steady; the verse presents this as a practical means to reduce existential distress and attachment-driven suffering.