Shloka 2

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

Humility, Surrender, and the Power of the Name

Devanagari script

हरिं नारायणं सम्यक् स्तोतुं समुपचक्रिरे / चिन्त्याचिन्त्यगुणे विष्णौ विरुद्धाः संति सद्गुणाः

Transliteration

hariṃ nārāyaṇaṃ samyak stotuṃ samupacakrire / cintyācintyaguṇe viṣṇau viruddhāḥ saṃti sadguṇāḥ

Translation

随后他们开始如法赞颂哈利——那罗延那。于毗湿奴之中，其德性既可思议亦不可思议，甚至诸般高贵善德也会显现为彼此相违。

Word by Word

• हरिम्: Hari
• हरिम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• नारायणम्: Nārāyaṇa
• नारायणम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारायण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• सम्यक्: properly
• सम्यक्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: रीतिवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: properly)

• स्तोतुम्: to praise
• स्तोतुम्: Prayojana (प्रयोजन/Purpose)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्तु (धातु) + तुमुन् (कृत्)
• Form: तुमुनन्त (infinitive), प्रयोजन (to praise)

• समुपचक्रिरे: they began/undertook
• समुपचक्रिरे: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + उप + √चक्र्/√कृ (धातु; चक्रि-आदेश)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद; आरम्भार्थक (they undertook/began)

• चिन्त्याचिन्त्यगुणे: in (him) whose qualities are thinkable and unthinkable
• चिन्त्याचिन्त्यगुणे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चिन्त्य + अचिन्त्य + गुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; द्वन्द्व-समासः (चिन्त्याश्च अचिन्त्याश्च गुणाः यस्य/यत्र)

• विष्णौ: in Viṣṇu
• विष्णौ: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• विरुद्धाः: opposed/contradictory
• विरुद्धाः: Karta (कर्ता/Predicate complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + √रुध् (धातु) + क्त (कृत्)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• सन्ति: are
• सन्ति: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• सद्गुणाः: good virtues
• सद्गुणाः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत् + गुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (सन्तः गुणाः)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narration within the Vishnu–Garuda dialogue frame)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Vishnu’s qualities are simultaneously knowable and beyond mind; apparent contradictions among virtues resolve in the Infinite.

Vedantic Theme: Acintya-bhedabheda/parama-tattva beyond logical oppositions; nirguna as beyond gunas while saguna as accessible through attributes.

Application: Hold theological paradox without forcing reduction: practice stuti with humility, allowing ‘both/and’ (justice–mercy, immanence–transcendence) to deepen devotion rather than create doubt.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Geographic Context

Type: devotional-assembly (stuti context)

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana: stotra passages praising Narayana with acintya-mahima (general parallel)

Characters & Entities

• Hari
• Narayana
• Vishnu

FAQs

What is the importance of praising Hari (Narayana) in the Garuda Purana?

This verse presents proper praise (stuti) of Hari as a deliberate spiritual act, implying that devotion and right understanding are foundational for comprehending Purāṇic teachings.

How can virtues be “contradictory” in Vishnu according to this verse?

Because Viṣṇu’s qualities are both within thought (cintya) and beyond thought (acintya), human categories can make divine perfections seem opposed—yet they coexist harmoniously in the Supreme.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Approach spiritual practice with humility: praise and contemplate the Divine without forcing rigid either-or judgments, and accept that higher reality can transcend ordinary conceptual limits.