[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Garudapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda) › 1.108 # Garudapurana 1.108 Garuḍapurāṇa 1.108 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [1.108.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.108.29) — 1 part ### [1.108.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.108.1) śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 108 sūta uvāca / nītisāraṃ pravakṣyāmi arthaśāstrādisaṃśritam / rājādibhyo hitaṃ puṇyamāyuḥ svargādidāyakam // > The venerable Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa — 108 > Sūta said: > I shall speak the essence of statecraft, founded on the treatises on wealth and the like, > beneficial to kings and others, meritorious, bestowing longevity, heaven, and the rest. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.108.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.108.2) sadbhiḥ saṅgaṃ prakurvīta siddhikāmaḥ sadā naraḥ / nāsadbhirihalokāya paralokāya vā hitam // > A man desiring success should always keep company with the virtuous; > not with the unvirtuous, \[which is\] beneficial neither for this world nor the other world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.108.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.108.3) varjayetkṣudrasaṃvādamaduṣṭasya tu darśanam / virodhaṃ saha mitreṇa saṃprītiṃ śatrusevinā // > One should avoid conversation with the base, and sight of the wicked; > enmity with a friend, \[and\] friendship with one who serves an enemy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.108.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.108.4) mūrkhaśiṣyopadeśena duṣṭastrībharaṇena ca / duṣṭānāṃ saṃprayogeṇa paṇḍito 'pyavasīdati // > By instructing a foolish pupil, and by supporting a wicked woman, > \[and\] by association with the wicked, even a learned person sinks down. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.108.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.108.5) brāhmaṇaṃ bāliśaṃ kṣattramayoddhāraṃ viśaṃ jaḍam / śūdramakṣarasaṃyuktaṃ dūrataḥ parivarjayet // > A childish brāhmaṇa, a non-warrior kṣatriya, a stupid vaiśya, > \[and\] a śūdra possessed of literacy—one should avoid from afar. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.108.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.108.6) kālena ripuṇāsandhiḥ kāle mitreṇa vigrahaḥ / kāryakāraṇamāśritya kālaṃ kṣipati paṇḍitaḥ // > Peace with an enemy at the proper time, war with a friend at the proper time; > relying upon cause and effect, the wise person bides his time. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.108.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.108.7) kālaḥ pacati bhūtāni kālaḥ saṃharate prajāḥ / kālaḥ supteṣu jāgarti kālo hi duratikramaḥ // > Time ripens all beings; Time destroys creatures; > Time keeps watch when they are asleep; Time is indeed insurmountable. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.108.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.108.8) kāleṣu harate vīryaṃ kāle garbhe ca vartate / kālo janayate sṛṣṭiṃ punaḥ kālo 'pi saṃharet // > In time it takes away virility; in time it exists in the womb; > Time produces creation, and again Time destroys it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.108.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.108.9) kālaḥ sūkṣmagatirnityaṃ dvividhaśceha bhāvyate / sthūlasaṃgrahacāreṇa sūkṣmacārāntareṇa ca // > Time is always of subtle movement, and is conceived here as twofold: > by gross movement through the signs \[of the zodiac\], and by the inner subtle course. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.108.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.108.10) nītisāraṃ surendrāya imamūca bṛhaspatiḥ / sarvajño yena cendro 'bhūddaityānhatvāpnuyāddivam // > Bṛhaspati spoke this essence of statecraft to the lord of the gods, > by which Indra became omniscient, and, having slain the daityas, attained heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.108.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.108.11) rājarṣibrāhmaṇaiḥ kāryaṃ devaviprādipūjanam / aśvamedhena yaṣṭabyaṃ mahāpātakanāśanam // > Worship of the gods, brāhmaṇas, and others should be performed by royal sages and brāhmaṇas; > one should sacrifice with the horse-sacrifice, which destroys major sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.108.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.108.12) uttamaiḥ saha sāṅgatyaṃ paṇḍitaiḥ saha satkathām / alubdhaiḥ saha mitratvaṃ kurvāṇo nāvasīdati // > Association with the excellent, virtuous discourse with the learned, > \[and\] friendship with the ungreedy—making these, one does not sink down. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.108.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.108.13) parīvādaṃ parārthaṃ ca parihāsaṃ parastriyam / paraveśmani vāsaṃ ca na kurvīta kadācana // > Defamation, another's property, mockery, another's woman, > and living in another's house—one should never do these. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.108.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.108.14) paro 'pi hitavābandhurbandhurapyahitaḥ paraḥ / ahito dehajo vyādhirhitamāraṇyamauṣadham // > A stranger who speaks what is beneficial is a kinsman; a kinsman who is unbeneficial is a stranger. > A disease born in the body is unbeneficial; medicine from the forest is beneficial. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.108.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.108.15) sa bandhuryo hite yuktaḥ sa pitā yastu poṣakaḥ / tanmitraṃ yatra viśvāsaḥ sa deśo yatra jīvyate // > He is a kinsman who is engaged in one's welfare; he is a father who provides nurture; > that is a friend in whom there is trust; that is a land where a livelihood is made. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.108.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.108.16) sa bhṛtyo yo vidheyastu tadbījaṃ yatprarohati / sā bhāryā yā priyaṃ brūte sa putro yastu jīvati // > He is a servant who is obedient; that is a seed which sprouts; > she is a wife who speaks pleasantly; he is a son who lives \[worthily\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.108.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.108.17) sa jīvati guṇā yasya dharmo yasya sa jīvati / guṇadharmavihīno yo niṣphala tasya jīvanam // > He lives who has virtues; he lives who has dharma; > he who is devoid of virtues and dharma—his life is fruitless. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.108.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.108.18) sā bhāryā yā gṛhe dakṣā sā bhāryāyā priyaṃvadā / sā bhāryā yā patiprāṇā sā bhāryā yā pativratā // > She is a wife who is clever in the home; she is a wife who speaks pleasantly; > she is a wife whose breath is her husband; she is a wife who is devoted to her husband. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.108.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.108.19) nitya snātā sugandhā ca nityaṃ ca priyavādinī / alpabhuktālpabhāṣī ca satataṃ maṅgalairyutā // > Constantly bathed, fragrant, and always speaking pleasantly, > eating little, speaking little, and ever endowed with auspicious qualities, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.108.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.108.20) satataṃ dharmabahulā satataṃ ca patipriyā / satataṃ priyavakrī ca satataṃ tvṛtukāminī // > always abundant in dharma, and always dear to her husband, > always of pleasant face, and always desiring \[him\] in the fertile period, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.108.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.108.21) etadādikriyāyuktā sarvasau bhāgyavardhinī / yasyedṛśī bhavedbhāyyā sa devendrona mānuṣaḥ // > endowed with actions such as these, increasing all good fortune— > he whose wife is of such a kind is the lord of the gods, not a mortal. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.108.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.108.22) yasya bhāryā virūpākṣī kaśmalā kalahapriyā / uttarottaravādā syā sā jarā na jarā jarā // > He whose wife has deformed eyes, is filthy, fond of quarreling, > \[and\] would answer back—that is old age; old age is not old age. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.108.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.108.23) yasya bhāryā śritānyañca paraveśmābhikāṅkṣiṇī / kukriyā tyaktalajjā ca sā jarā na jarā jarā // > He whose wife has turned to another, desires another's house, > is ill-behaved, and has abandoned shame—that is old age; old age is not old age. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.108.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.108.24) yasya bhāryā guṇajñā ca bhartāramanugāminī / alpālpena tu santuṣṭā sā priyā na priyā priyā // > He whose wife knows virtues, follows her husband, > and is satisfied with very little—she is a beloved, not \[just any\] beloved \[is\] a beloved. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.108.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.108.25) duṣṭā bhāryā śaṭhaṃ mitraṃ bhṛtyaścottaradāyakaḥ / sasarpe ca gṛhe vāsomṛtyureva na saṃśayaḥ // > A wicked wife, a deceitful friend, a servant who answers back, > and dwelling in a house with a snake—\[these are\] death itself, without a doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.108.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.108.26) tyaja durjanasaṃsargaṃ bhaja sādhusamāgamam / kuru puṇyamahorātra smara nityamanityatām // > Abandon association with wicked people; cultivate the company of the virtuous; > perform merit day and night; remember always the impermanence \[of things\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.108.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.108.27) vyālīkaṇṭhapradeśāhyapi ca phaṇabhṛdbhāṣaṇā yā ca raudrī yā kṛṣṇā vyākulāgī rudhiranayanasaṃvyākulā vyāghrakalpā / krodhe yaivogravaktrā sphuradanalaśikhā kākajihvā karālā sevyā na strī vidagdhā parapuragamanā bhrāntacittā virākta // > She whose throat is like a serpent, who speaks like a hooded snake, who is terrible, dark, agitated in limb, with eyes agitated by blood, resembling a tigress, > who in anger has a ferocious face, like a flashing flame of fire, raven-tongued, frightful—a woman who is cunning, who goes to other cities, whose mind is wandering, \[and who is\] alienated, should not be consorted with. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.108.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.108.28) saktiḥ sutoke sukṛtaṃ kṛtaghne śatiṃ ca vahnau (sītāpahau hyatapayaiva)?haime / utpadyate daivavaśātkadācidveśyāsu rāgo na bhavetkadācit // > Attachment to a child, merit in the ungrateful, and coldness in fire \[…\] in gold, > may arise through fate at some time; but affection in prostitutes can never be. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.108.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.108.29) bhujaṅgame veśmani dṛṣṭidṛṣṭe vyādhau cikitsāvinivartite ca / dehe ca bālyādivayo 'nvite ca kālā vṛto 'sau labhate dhṛtiṃ kaḥ // > When a snake is seen in the house, when a disease has defied treatment, > and in a body overtaken by old age following childhood and youth—enveloped by Time, who can find steadfastness? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.108.29.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.108.29.p1) iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe bṛhaspatiproktanītisāranirūpaṇaṃ nāmāṣṭottaraśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the one hundred and eighth chapter, entitled "Exposition of the Essence of Statecraft Spoken by Bṛhaspati", in the section on conduct, in the first part called the first section, in the venerable and great Garuḍa Purāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.108.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Vṛddhacāṇakya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.gnomic.canakyaniti*vrddha.1-5) — Sanskrit - [Rājanītiśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.gnomic.niti.rajanitisastra.1.10) — Cāṇakya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.108) · Pramāṇa