Shloka 85

Devanagari script

ज्ञातश्च स हि मे वध्यो भविष्यति न संशयः / अहं तत्सकलं ज्ञात्वा रात्रावसिधरो गृहम्

Transliteration

jñātaśca sa hi me vadhyo bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ / ahaṃ tatsakalaṃ jñātvā rātrāvasidharo gṛham

Translation

บัดนี้เมื่อเขาถูกระบุตัวได้แล้ว เขาจะต้องถูกข้าฆ่าอย่างแน่นอน ไม่ต้องสงสัยเลย เมื่อเข้าใจเรื่องราวทั้งหมดแล้ว ข้าจักถือดาบไปยังบ้านในยามวิกาล

Word by Word

• ज्ञातः: known / identified
• ज्ञातः: Kriya (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु) → ज्ञात (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘known/identified’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis/indeed)

• मे: my / to me
• मे: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th case, Genitive), एकवचन; ‘of me / my’

• वध्यः: to be killed / killable
• वध्यः: Karta (Predicate complement/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (predicate adjective)

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• न: not / no
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Predicate nominal/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तत्सकलम्: all that
• तत्सकलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम) + सकल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (तत् एव सकलम् = all that)

• ज्ञात्वा: having learned
• ज्ञात्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), ‘having known’

• रात्रौ: at night
• रात्रौ: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रात्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case, Locative), एकवचन

• असिधरः: (as) a sword-bearer
• असिधरः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असि (प्रातिपदिक) + धर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (असेः धरः = sword-bearer)

• गृहम्: to the house
• गृहम्: Karma (Goal as object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual speech within the Garuda Purana narrative; not a direct Vishnu–Garuda utterance in this line alone)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Saṅkalpa (intention) toward हिंसा and चोरी is itself karmically potent; premeditation deepens pāpa.

Vedantic Theme: Mind as the seed of action (saṅkalpa → karma); bondage begins in inner resolve before outer deed.

Application: Interrupt harmful intentions early; cultivate restraint and lawful process rather than vigilantism.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: raudra

Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka

Geographic Context

Type: residential house (planned intrusion)

Cross References

Related Themes: Pretakalpa pattern: premeditated violence/theft leading to naraka and preta-state (general motif)

FAQs

What is the importance of dharmic punishment in the Garuda Purana?

This verse highlights certainty and resolve in administering justice once wrongdoing is confirmed, reinforcing the Purana’s moral teaching that actions carry definite consequences.

How does this verse relate to the Garuda Purana’s afterlife teachings?

Although it depicts an immediate worldly act of retribution, the same principle—certainty of results after due knowing—mirrors the text’s broader theme that sins lead to unavoidable outcomes in Yama’s domain.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Verify facts before judgment, act firmly but ethically against proven harm, and remember that deliberate wrongdoing invites consequences—social, legal, and (in the Purana’s view) karmic.