Shloka 30

Yama-mārga (Adhvan) and the Courts of Yama: Vaivasvatī and Chitragupta

Devanagari script

दक्षिणे चापि शूलस्य लताविस्फोटकस्य च / पश्चिमे काल पाशस्य अजीर्णस्यारुचेस्तथा

Transliteration

dakṣiṇe cāpi śūlasya latāvisphoṭakasya ca / paścime kāla pāśasya ajīrṇasyārucestathā

Translation

ทิศใต้มีความทรมานแห่งศูละและลตาวิสโผฏกะ; ทิศตะวันตกมีทุกข์แห่งบ่วงแห่งกาละ อชิรณะ (ย่อยไม่ดี) และอรุจิ (เบื่ออาหาร) ด้วย

Word by Word

• dakṣiṇe: in the south
• dakṣiṇe: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dakṣiṇa (दक्षिण प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; दिशावाचक (in the south)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

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

• śūlasya: of colic/pain (śūla)
• śūlasya: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śūla (शूल प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध

• latā-visphoṭakasya: of latā-visphoṭaka (a blistering eruption)
• latā-visphoṭakasya: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: latā (लता प्रातिपदिक) + visphoṭaka (विस्फोटक प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: तत्पुरुष (लतायाः विस्फोटकः/लताविस्फोटकः); पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• paścime: in the west
• paścime: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paścima (पश्चिम प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; दिशावाचक (in the west)

• kāla-pāśasya: of the noose of Time (kāla-pāśa)
• kāla-pāśasya: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (काल प्रातिपदिक) + pāśa (पाश प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: तत्पुरुष (कालस्य पाशः); पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध

• ajīrṇasya: of indigestion
• ajīrṇasya: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ajīrṇa (अजीर्ण प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध

• aruceḥ: of loss of appetite
• aruceḥ: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aruci (अरुचि प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: रीतिवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: likewise/so)

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (speaking to Garuda/Vinata-putra)

Pretakalpa Layer

Afterlife Stage: Naraka

Medical Ayurveda

Dosha: Vata

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Suffering manifests in structured forms (disease/torment) within Yama’s realm, implying precise karmic correspondence.

Vedantic Theme: Karma-phala as niyata (determinate) and vyavasthita (ordered); the body/suffering as instrument of karmic fruition.

Application: Cultivate restraint and ethical living to avoid causes that ripen into painful consequences; recognize that disorderly living yields ordered suffering.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bhayanaka

Secondary Rasa: bibhatsa

Geographic Context

Type: directional zones (dik-sthāna)

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana Pretakalpa: directional mapping of naraka/afflictions and Yama’s realm topography (2.33.29–32 sequence)

Characters & Entities

• Kala (Death/Time)

FAQs

What is the importance of kāla-pāśa (Death’s noose) in the Garuda Purana?

In this verse, kāla-pāśa symbolizes the binding force of Death/Time that restrains and drags the being into suffering, illustrating how the preta experiences compulsory consequences in the after-death realm.

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

It maps sufferings by direction (south and west), indicating an ordered geography of the post-mortem experience where the subtle body encounters specific torments as part of karmic retribution.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Live with restraint and dharma to reduce harmful karma, and perform prescribed śrāddha/pinda-dāna and remembrance practices to support auspicious transitions and lessen preta-distress described in the Preta Kanda.