Shloka 36
Kāraṇa-vyākhyā: Cosmic Agents, Rudra-Forms, Sense-Purity, and Ānanda-Tāratamya
मद्दर्शनं सर्वदा पापुयुक्तं तथा मद्वाक् सर्वदा पापयुक्ता / मद्दर्शनं सर्वदा स्त्रीषु सक्तमभूच्च ते दर्शनं मे ह्यसक्तम्
maddarśanaṃ sarvadā pāpuyuktaṃ tathā madvāk sarvadā pāpayuktā / maddarśanaṃ sarvadā strīṣu saktamabhūcca te darśanaṃ me hyasaktam
“Cái nhìn của ta xưa nay luôn bị ràng buộc bởi tội lỗi, và lời nói của ta cũng thường bị tội lỗi vấy bẩn. Ánh mắt ta luôn dính mắc nơi nữ sắc; nhưng ánh nhìn của ngài hướng về ta, quả thật là vô nhiễm, không tham cầu (asakta).”
A sinful departed soul (preta) speaking in self-confession (narrative voice within Vishnu–Garuda dialogue context)
Concept: Recognition of one’s own pāpa and kāma, contrasted with the Lord’s asakti (non-attachment); divine darśana as a purifying, grace-filled encounter.
Vedantic Theme: Vairāgya versus viṣaya-āsakti; the Lord as asaṅga/akartā whose presence reveals the soul’s bondage.
Application: Practice sense-restraint and cultivate non-possessive seeing; use self-audit (anveṣaṇa) of speech and gaze, then redirect attention to Hari through japa and mindful darśana.
Primary Rasa: karuna
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Related Themes: Garuda Purana Pretakalpa themes: pāpa-śuddhi through Viṣṇu-smaraṇa and darśana (general motif)
FAQs
This verse links a desire-driven gaze and sinful speech with ongoing pāpa (demerit), implying that unchecked craving becomes a karmic bond affecting one’s post-death condition.
It presents the preta’s self-assessment: habitual sins of perception (darśana) and speech (vāk) are remembered as causes of bondage, a recurring theme in the Preta Kanda’s after-death moral accounting.
Train the senses and speech: avoid objectifying attention, speak truthfully and kindly, and cultivate non-attachment—reducing harmful habits that the text frames as karmically consequential.