Garuda Purana — Moksha Sadhana Prakarana, Shloka 1
Hari-stuti by Śrī, Brahmā, Vāyu, Sarasvatī, Śeṣa, Garuḍa, Rudra, Vāruṇī and Pārvatī
Humility, Surrender, and the Power of the Name
नाम पञ्चमो ऽध्यायः श्रीकृष्ण उवाच / तत्रतत्र स्थितास्तत्त्वे तत्तत्तत्त्वाभिमानिनः / स्वेस्वे ह्यायतने स्वाङ्गे तदर्थं च खगेश्वर
nāma pañcamo 'dhyāyaḥ śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / tatratatra sthitāstattve tattattattvābhimāninaḥ / svesve hyāyatane svāṅge tadarthaṃ ca khageśvara
Śrī Kṛṣṇa phán: Trong từng nơi chốn của các tattva, các quyền năng chủ trì đều an trụ, mỗi vị đồng nhất với nguyên lý riêng của mình. Quả thật, mỗi vị ở nơi ngự của mình trong chính chi thể của thân, để thực hiện chức năng ấy, hỡi Chúa Tể loài chim (Garuda).
Śrī Kṛṣṇa
Concept: Each tattva has its presiding power abiding in its own seat/limb for a specific function; the embodied field is an ordered system of principles.
Vedantic Theme: Kshetra–kshetrajna discernment and tattva-sankhya as preparatory viveka; functional differentiation within prakriti while implying an overarching controller.
Application: Use contemplative body-scan as tattva-viveka: observe functions (speech, breath, senses) as governed processes rather than ‘I’, reducing ego-identification.
Primary Rasa: shanta
Type: body-microcosm (adhyatma)
Related Themes: Garuda Purana (Brahma-khanda/other sections): adhyatma mapping of deities to limbs and tattvas (general parallel)
FAQs
This verse frames tattvas as functional principles with presiding identities, each operating from a specific locus in the embodied being—linking cosmology to inner physiology.
By showing that embodied experience is governed by tattvas seated in organs, it implies that the soul’s journey involves disengaging from these principle-bound identifications as the subtle body transitions.
Cultivate awareness that sensations and functions arise from conditioned principles (tattvas); practice detachment and disciplined living so identity is not trapped in bodily functions alone.