Shloka 12

Dharma-sāra: Dāna-mahātmyam, Karma-vāda, and the Conquest of Grief and Greed

Devanagari script

रागद्वेषानृतक्रोधलोममोहमदोज्झितः / यः स शान्तः परं लोकं याति पापविवर्जितः

Transliteration

rāgadveṣānṛtakrodhalomamohamadojjhitaḥ / yaḥ sa śāntaḥ paraṃ lokaṃ yāti pāpavivarjitaḥ

Translation

جو شخص رغبت و نفرت، جھوٹ، غصہ، لالچ، فریب اور غرور کو چھوڑ دے، وہی حقیقی طور پر پُرسکون ہے؛ وہ گناہ سے پاک ہو کر پرم لوک کو پاتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• रागद्वेषानृतक्रोधलोममोहमदोज्झितः: one who has abandoned passion, hatred, falsehood, anger, greed, delusion, and pride
• रागद्वेषानृतक्रोधलोममोहमदोज्झितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: राग (प्रातिपदिक) + द्वेष (प्रातिपदिक) + अनृत (प्रातिपदिक) + क्रोध (प्रातिपदिक) + लोम (प्रातिपदिक) + मोह (प्रातिपदिक) + मद (प्रातिपदिक) + उज्झित (कृदन्त; √हā/जह् त्यागे, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषसमासः (रागादिभिः उज्झितः = रागादि-त्यक्तः)

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

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; निर्देशार्थकः (correlative pronoun)

• शान्तः: peaceful, calm
• शान्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शान्त (कृदन्त; √शम् उपशमे, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• परम्: supreme, highest
• परम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (लोकम्)

• लोकम्: world, realm
• लोकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• याति: goes, attains
• याति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (धातु; गतौ)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• पापविवर्जितः: free from sin
• पापविवर्जितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + विवर्जित (कृदन्त; √वृज्/वर्ज् त्यागे, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (पापेन विवर्जितः = पाप-रहितः)

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (in discourse to Garuda/Vinata-putra)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Klesha-tyaga (abandoning attachment, aversion, falsehood, anger, greed, delusion, pride) as the mark of the truly peaceful and the cause of reaching the highest state.

Vedantic Theme: Antahkarana-shuddhi leading to shanti; reduction of raga-dvesha as a prerequisite for jnana/bhakti maturity.

Application: Daily self-audit of raga/dvesha and speech-truthfulness; cultivate kshama and humility; reduce greed and pride through dana and seva; meditation on impermanence to weaken moha.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: karuna

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana (Dharma/Moksha sections): recurring lists of arishadvarga and inner enemies as obstacles to higher gati

Characters & Entities

• Lord Vishnu
• Garuda

FAQs

What is the importance of abandoning rāga and dveṣa in the Garuda Purana?

This verse presents rāga (attachment) and dveṣa (aversion) as root disturbances that keep one bound to sin and unrest; abandoning them is a key marker of śānti and eligibility for the supreme realm.

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

It links one’s inner qualities—truthfulness and freedom from anger, greed, delusion, and pride—to a sinless state (pāpa-vivarjita), indicating that moral-psychological purification determines the soul’s higher destination (paraṃ loka).

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Practice truthfulness, reduce reactive anger, watch cravings and ego, and cultivate equanimity toward likes/dislikes; the verse frames these as direct causes of peace and a higher spiritual outcome.