Shloka 8

Karma-vipāka: Rebirths and Bodily Marks Resulting from Specific Sins

Devanagari script

जायन्ते लक्षणभ्रष्टा दरिद्राः पुरुषाधमाः / ततो निष्कलुषीभूता कुले महति योगिनः

Transliteration

jāyante lakṣaṇabhraṣṭā daridrāḥ puruṣādhamāḥ / tato niṣkaluṣībhūtā kule mahati yoginaḥ

Translation

وہ نیک علامتوں سے محروم، مفلس اور انسانوں میں کم تر ہو کر پیدا ہوتے ہیں۔ پھر کچھ عرصے بعد آلودگی سے پاک ہو کر بڑے خاندان میں یوگی کے طور پر جنم لیتے ہیں۔

Word by Word

• जायन्ते: are born
• जायन्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद

• लक्षणभ्रष्टाः: devoid of auspicious marks
• लक्षणभ्रष्टाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लक्षण (प्रातिपदिक) + भ्रष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘लक्षणैः भ्रष्टाः’/‘लक्षणस्य भ्रष्टाः’)

• दरिद्राः: poor
• दरिद्राः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दरिद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• पुरुषाधमाः: base men/wretched persons
• पुरुषाधमाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक) + अधम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्रायः (‘अधमाः पुरुषाः’)

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-प्रयोगः (adverb) ‘thereafter/from that’

• निष्कलुषीभूताः: having become purified
• निष्कलुषीभूताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निः (उपसर्ग) + कलुष (प्रातिपदिक) + भू (धातु)
• Form: भूत-कालिक क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle) ‘भूत’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘निष्कलुषी-भूत’ = become free from impurity

• कुले: in a family/lineage
• कुले: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• महति: great/noble
• महति: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘कुले’ इति विशेषणम्

• योगिनः: yogis/ascetics
• योगिनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), बहुवचन

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (speaking to Garuda/Vinata-putra)

Pretakalpa Layer

Afterlife Stage: Pretayoni

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Karmic residues can yield low births, yet through exhaustion/purification of defilement one may later attain higher birth conducive to yoga.

Vedantic Theme: Gradual purification (citta-śuddhi) across lives; saṃsāra as a field for eventual sattva-rise and spiritual aptitude.

Application: Do not despair at adversity; pursue purification through ethical living, self-discipline, satsanga, and contemplative practice to transform tendencies.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: karuna

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.104 (sequence from papa-phala to improved rebirth outcomes)

FAQs

What is the importance of karma and rebirth in Garuda Purana?

This verse highlights karmic sequencing: adverse births (poverty, loss of auspicious qualities) can be followed by purification and a higher spiritual birth, showing karma’s long arc across lives.

How does this verse explain the path of the soul?

It presents a progression where the jīva undergoes difficult embodiments that exhaust impurities, and then—once cleansed—attains a more spiritually conducive birth in an eminent family as a yogic aspirant.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Treat hardship as a call to ethical living, discipline, and inner purification; cultivate yoga, dharma, and self-restraint so future outcomes incline toward clarity and spiritual growth.