Shloka 13

Vow-Fasting (Anaśana), Sannyāsa, Tīrtha-Death, and the Ethics of Dāna

Devanagari script

पुत्त्रद्रव्यादि सन्त्यज्य तीर्थं व्रजति यो नरः / ब्रह्माद्या देवतास्तस्य भवेयुस्तुष्टिपुष्टिदाः

Transliteration

puttradravyādi santyajya tīrthaṃ vrajati yo naraḥ / brahmādyā devatāstasya bhaveyustuṣṭipuṣṭidāḥ

Translation

บุรุษผู้ละความยึดติดในบุตร ทรัพย์ และสิ่งทั้งหลาย แล้วไปสู่ทีรถะ ย่อมทำให้พระพรหมและเทพทั้งปวงพอพระทัย และประทานความอิ่มเอมกับพลังหล่อเลี้ยงทางจิตวิญญาณ।

Word by Word

• पुत्र-द्रव्य-आदि: son, wealth, etc.
• पुत्र-द्रव्य-आदि: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + द्रव्य (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (पुत्रं च द्रव्यं च इत्यादि)

• सन्त्यज्य: having abandoned
• सन्त्यज्य: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभावः; ‘having completely abandoned’

• तीर्थम्: to a sacred ford/pilgrimage place
• तीर्थम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• व्रजति: goes
• व्रजति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• ब्रह्म-आद्याः: Brahmā and others
• ब्रह्म-आद्याः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (‘ब्रह्मा आदिः येषाम्/ब्रह्मादयः’)

• देवताः: deities
• देवताः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन

• भवेयुः: would become / may be
• भवेयुः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन

• तुष्टि-पुष्टि-दाः: givers of satisfaction and nourishment
• तुष्टि-पुष्टि-दाः: Karta-anurūpa-viśeṣaṇa (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष्टि (प्रातिपदिक) + पुष्टि (प्रातिपदिक) + द (प्रातिपदिक; √दा ‘to give’ से)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (‘तुष्टिं पुष्टिं च ददाति’ इति)

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (in discourse to Garuda)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Renouncing attachment to son/wealth and going to tīrtha pleases the deities and yields contentment and spiritual nourishment.

Vedantic Theme: Vairāgya as support for sādhana; shifting identity from possessiveness to sacred orientation.

Application: Practice non-possessiveness; undertake pilgrimage with simplicity, charity, and contemplation rather than tourism; reduce clinging to family/wealth as ultimate security.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: vira

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Geographic Context

Type: sacred ford/pilgrimage site

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana: tīrtha-māhātmya and detachment themes; merit of pilgrimage combined with renunciation

Characters & Entities

• Brahma
• Devas
• Tirtha

FAQs

What is the importance of pilgrimage (tīrtha-yātrā) in the Garuda Purana?

This verse frames pilgrimage as most fruitful when paired with detachment—giving up clinging to family and wealth—so that the journey becomes a spiritual act that pleases the deities and yields inner contentment and upliftment.

How does this verse relate to the soul’s post-death welfare taught in the Garuda Purana?

In the Preta Kanda’s ethical framework, practices that cultivate renunciation and earn divine favor are presented as sources of puṇya (merit), supporting a person’s spiritual condition and beneficial outcomes beyond death.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Undertake pilgrimages or sacred visits with simplicity: reduce possessiveness, give charity, travel with restraint, and treat the journey as self-purification rather than status—aiming for tuṣṭi (contentment) and puṣṭi (inner strength).