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Shloka 71

Vamsha of Dhruva and Prithu; Daksha’s Progeny; Enumerations of Devas, Asuras, Nagas, and Birds

Devanagari script

नादिरुग्रो ध्वनिर्भासो बिमुक्तो विक्षिपः सहः / द्युतिर्वसुरनाधृष्यो लाभ कामो जयी विराट्

Transliteration

nādirugro dhvanirbhāso bimukto vikṣipaḥ sahaḥ / dyutirvasuranādhṛṣyo lābha kāmo jayī virāṭ

Translation

祂是声音，亦是威烈者；是回响，亦是光辉；是解脱者，亦是遍散诸方而能忍持者。祂是灿然之辉，是珍宝，是不可战胜者；是所得，是欲，是胜利者，亦是毗罗吒（Virāṭ）——遍满一切的宇宙大形。

Word by Word
नादिःNādi (name)
नादिः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनादि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
उग्रःfierce
उग्रः:
Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootउग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण
ध्वनिःsound
ध्वनिः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootध्वनि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
र्भासःsplendour, shining
र्भासः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootभास (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; (पाठे ‘र्भासो’ इति संधि-रूप)
बिमुक्तःreleased, freed
बिमुक्तः:
Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootवि + मुच् (धातु) → विमुक्त (कृदन्त, क्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, विशेषण
विक्षिपःVikṣipa (name)
विक्षिपः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootवि + क्षिप् (धातु) → विक्षिप (प्रातिपदिक/नाम)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नामपद
सहःstrength; Saha (name)
सहः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
द्युतिःradiance
द्युतिः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootद्युति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
वसुःVasu; wealth
वसुः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootवसु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
अनाधृष्यःinvincible, unassailable
अनाधृष्यः:
Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअन् (नञ्-प्रत्यय) + आधृष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नञ्-समास/नकार-प्रत्यय, विशेषण
लाभःgain
लाभः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootलाभ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
कामःdesire; Kāma
कामः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकाम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
जयीvictorious
जयी:
Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootजि (धातु) → जयिन्/जयी (प्रातिपदिक, णिनि/इन्-प्रत्यय)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कृदन्त-विशेषण ‘विजयी’
विराट्Virāṭ (the cosmic being/name)
विराट्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootविराज् (धातु) → विराट् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; हलन्त-प्रातिपदिक
Speaker

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

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Hari as nāda (sound), dhvani (resonance), bhāsa/dyuti (radiance), and as the victorious all-pervading Virāṭ—implying all energies and aims are encompassed by the Divine.

Vedantic Theme: Virāṭ/Īśvara as the manifest totality; liberation (vimukta) and worldly aims (lābha, kāma) both subsumed in Brahman’s governance.

Application: Transform sensory experience (sound/light) into remembrance; redirect desire and gain toward dharmic ends, seeing them as energies to be mastered, not worshiped.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: vira

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.6 (Virāṭ/nāma sequence)

FAQs

This verse presents a cluster of names describing the Supreme as sound, radiance, victory, and the Virāṭ (Cosmic Form), guiding devotees to contemplate God as both immanent power and transcendent liberation.

By highlighting ‘bimukta’ (liberated) and ‘virāṭ’ (all-pervading), it points the seeker toward aligning the mind with the Supreme Reality—devotion and remembrance that support detachment and movement toward moksha.

Use these names as a daily remembrance (japa/recitation) to cultivate steadiness (sahaḥ), ethical victory over impulses (jayī), and a wider vision of life as pervaded by the Divine (virāṭ).

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