Shloka 18

Hari-stuti by Śrī, Brahmā, Vāyu, Sarasvatī, Śeṣa, Garuḍa, Rudra, Vāruṇī and Pārvatī

Humility, Surrender, and the Power of the Name

Devanagari script

मदीयनिद्रा तव वन्दनं प्रभो मदीययामाचरणं प्रदक्षिणम् / मदीयव्याख्याहरणं स्तुतिः स्यादेवं विदित्वा च समर्पयामि

Transliteration

madīyanidrā tava vandanaṃ prabho madīyayāmācaraṇaṃ pradakṣiṇam / madīyavyākhyāharaṇaṃ stutiḥ syādevaṃ viditvā ca samarpayāmi

Translation

噢主啊，愿我之睡眠成为对你的礼敬；愿我醒时的行持成为绕行你的右旋礼。愿我履行职责与诸般作为成为赞颂之歌。既如是了知，我将一切奉献于你。

Word by Word

• मदीया-निद्रा: my sleep
• मदीया-निद्रा: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मदीय (प्रातिपदिक) + निद्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (my sleep)

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• वन्दनम्: salutation
• वन्दनम्: Pradhāna-nāma (प्रधान/Predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• प्रभो: O Lord
• प्रभो: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• मदीय-याम-आचरणम्: my night-vigil practice
• मदीय-याम-आचरणम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मदीय (प्रातिपदिक) + याम (प्रातिपदिक) + आचरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (my night-vigil observance)

• प्रदक्षिणम्: circumambulation
• प्रदक्षिणम्: Pradhāna-nāma (प्रधान/Predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रदक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• मदीय-व्याख्या-आहरणम्: my exposition/recitation
• मदीय-व्याख्या-आहरणम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मदीय (प्रातिपदिक) + व्याख्या (प्रातिपदिक) + आहरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (my recitation/exposition bringing forth)

• स्तुतिः: praise
• स्तुतिः: Pradhāna-nāma (प्रधान/Predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तुति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• स्यात्: may be
• स्यात्: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verbal predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner)

• विदित्वा: having known
• विदित्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया/Anterior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु) + क्त्वा (Kṛdanta)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having known)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• समर्पयामि: I offer/dedicate
• समर्पयामि: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verbal predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+अर्प् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Garuda (Vinata-putra), addressing Lord Vishnu

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Sarva-kriyā-samarpaṇa: sleep, waking, and work reinterpreted as vandana, pradakṣiṇā, and stuti.

Vedantic Theme: Karma-yoga within bhakti: actions purified by īśvara-arpana and īśvara-prasāda-buddhi.

Application: Set a daily sankalpa: sleep with gratitude, begin day with remembrance, treat duties as worship; periodically pause to mentally offer actions to the Lord.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 3.6.20 (viṣṇu-prītyartha-vrata)

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Garuda

FAQs

What is the importance of turning daily life into worship in the Garuda Purana?

This verse frames ordinary states—sleep, waking conduct, and daily work—as continuous devotion, teaching that bhakti is not limited to rituals but can pervade all actions offered to the Lord.

How does this verse explain the path of the soul?

By emphasizing surrender of all actions to the Lord, it points to inner purification through devotion and dharmic conduct—preparing the consciousness for a higher post-death journey rather than bondage through ego-driven karma.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Begin and end the day with remembrance, keep ethical conduct as your “pradakshina,” and mentally dedicate work and responsibilities to the Divine to reduce anxiety and cultivate steady devotion.