Shloka 70

Purusha-Strī-Lakṣaṇa (Samudrika-śāstra): Marks of Kingship, Wealth, Longevity, and Conduct

Devanagari script

स्यात्कृष्णतारकाक्षाणामक्ष्णामुत्पाटनं किल / मण्डलाक्षाश्च पापाः स्युर्निः स्वाः स्युर्देनलोचनाः

Transliteration

syātkṛṣṇatārakākṣāṇāmakṣṇāmutpāṭanaṃ kila / maṇḍalākṣāśca pāpāḥ syurniḥ svāḥ syurdenalocanāḥ

Translation

کہا جاتا ہے کہ جن کی آنکھوں کی پتلیاں سیاہ ہوں، ان کی آنکھیں ضائع ہونے کا اندیشہ ہوتا ہے۔ گول آنکھوں والے گنہگار سمجھے جاتے ہیں اور مینڈک جیسی آنکھوں والے غریب ہوتے ہیں۔

Word by Word

• स्यात्: would be / is said to be
• स्यात्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• कृष्णतारकाक्षाणाम्: of those whose pupils are black
• कृष्णतारकाक्षाणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक) + तारका (प्रातिपदिक) + अक्षि/अक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; समास—‘कृष्णा तारका यस्य अक्ष्णोः’ (having black pupils)

• अक्ष्णाम्: of the eyes
• अक्ष्णाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अक्षि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (अक्षि), षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; ‘of the eyes’

• उत्पाटनम्: tearing out, plucking out
• उत्पाटनम्: Karma/Phala (Object/Result)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत् + पट् (धातु) → उत्पाटन (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त-भाव)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd: Nom/Acc), एकवचन; क्तिन्/घञ्-भाववाचकं—‘uprooting/tearing out’

• किल: indeed, it is said
• किल: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किल (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle) — श्रुत्यर्थे/प्रसिद्ध्यर्थे ‘indeed, it is said’

• मण्डलाक्षाः: round-eyed
• मण्डलाक्षाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मण्डल (प्रातिपदिक) + अक्षि/अक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण—‘मण्डलाकाराणि अक्षीणि यस्य’ (round-eyed)

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

• पापाः: sinful, wicked
• पापाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण—‘sinful/evil’

• स्युः: would be
• स्युः: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन

• निःस्वाः: destitute, poor
• निःस्वाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निः + स्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; उपसर्गपूर्वक-समासः—‘स्वं नास्ति येषाम्’ (destitute)

• स्युः: would be
• स्युः: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन

• देनलोचनाः: dena-eyed (as per reading)
• देनलोचनाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देन (प्रातिपदिक; दुर्लभ/अस्पष्ट) + लोचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; समास—‘देन-लोचन’ (textual reading; dena- as qualifier)

Speaker

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

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Certain bodily signs are read as indicators of impending suffering and poverty, implying prior papa and future duhkha-phala.

Vedantic Theme: Karma-phala operating in empirical life; warns against identifying the Self with bodily fate while acknowledging karmic causality in vyavahara.

Application: Treat as a cautionary frame: respond to signs of vulnerability with protective care, ethical living, and remedial disciplines rather than superstition or stigma.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bhayanaka

Secondary Rasa: bibhatsa

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.65 (continued eye-sign taxonomy; neighboring verses on pleasure, longevity, poverty markers)

Characters & Entities

• Garuda
• Vishnu

FAQs

What is the importance of bodily signs (like eyes) in the Garuda Purana?

This verse reflects a traditional physiognomic idea: certain physical features are presented as indicators of prior karma and as signs of likely suffering or hardship.

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

By linking visible traits with future suffering, it reinforces the Garuda Purana’s broader theme that karmic imprints follow the being and mature as pain or deprivation in appropriate realms and circumstances.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Use it as a reminder of moral causality: focus on ethical conduct and compassion rather than judging others by appearance, since the text’s larger intent is to emphasize karma and restraint.