Shloka 80

Vṛṣotsarga (Bull-Release Gift): Procedure, Merit, and Narratives on Dharma, Karma, and Liberation

Devanagari script

निः स्पृहं ब्रह्मविषये विषयेष्वतिलालसम् / मनागपि न सहते विरहं तिमिरं ब्रुवत्

Transliteration

niḥ spṛhaṃ brahmaviṣaye viṣayeṣvatilālasam / manāgapi na sahate virahaṃ timiraṃ bruvat

Translation

وہ برہمن کے باب میں بےرغبت ہے مگر حسی لذتوں میں نہایت حریص؛ پل بھر کی جدائی بھی نہیں سہتا اور گمراہی کے اندھیرے میں ڈوبے ہوئے کلمات کہتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• निःस्पृहम्: free from desire
• निःस्पृहम्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निः- स्पृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—अव्ययीभाव (निः = बिना; स्पृह = इच्छा)

• ब्रह्मविषये: in the matter of Brahman
• ब्रह्मविषये: Adhikarana (Location/Domain)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्म-विषय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (ब्रह्मणि विषयः/ब्रह्मविषय)

• विषयेषु: in sense-objects
• विषयेषु: Adhikarana (Location/Domain)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विषय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन

• अतिलालसम्: excessively eager/greedy
• अतिलालसम्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अति-लालस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (अत्यन्तं लालसम्)

• मनाक्: even a little
• मनाक्: Discourse/Modifier
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मनाक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; परिमाणार्थक क्रियाविशेषण (a little)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Discourse/Emphasis
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-भाव (even/also)

• न: not
• न: Negation
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation)

• सहते: it/endures, tolerates
• सहते: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सह् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• विरहम्: separation
• विरहम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विरह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• तिमिरम्: darkness
• तिमिरम्: Karma (Object/apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तिमिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• ब्रुवत्: speaking/saying
• ब्रुवत्: Kriya (Participial modifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त (Present active participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषण-भावे (while saying/speaking)

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (speaking to Garuda/Vinata-putra)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Spiritual inconsistency: professed dispassion toward Brahman coexists with intense viṣaya-lālasā; tamas manifests as inability to endure separation and deluded speech.

Vedantic Theme: Antaḥkaraṇa-doṣa and tamoguṇa; the gap between verbal renunciation and actual vairāgya; need for viveka and sattva-śuddhi.

Application: Audit one’s attachments honestly; reduce sensory compulsions; practice mindfulness of speech and cultivate sattva through disciplined routine and study.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bibhatsa

Secondary Rasa: karuna

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana (mind-control and viveka passages in instructional dialogues; critique of hypocrisy/viṣaya-āsakti)

Characters & Entities

• Brahman

FAQs

What is the importance of detachment (vairagya) in Garuda Purana?

This verse highlights that true spiritual life requires consistent detachment; claiming interest in Brahman while remaining intensely attached to sense-pleasures is a mark of delusion.

How does this verse explain the path of the soul?

It implies that a mind dominated by craving and tamasic speech remains bound to worldly tendencies, which obstructs liberation and keeps the jiva oriented toward repeated embodied experience rather than Brahman-realization.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Watch for contradictions between spiritual ideals and daily cravings; cultivate small practices of restraint, truthful speech, and tolerance of separation to reduce delusion and strengthen inner freedom.