[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) › 1.111 # Garudapurana 1.111 Garuḍapurāṇa 1.111 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [1.111.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.111.33) — 1 part ### [1.111.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.111.1) śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 111 sūta uvāca / pārthivasya tu vakṣyāmi bhṛtyānāñcaiva lakṣaṇam / sarvāṇi hi mahīpālaḥ samyaṅnityaṃ parīkṣayet // > The glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa — 111 / Sūta said: / I shall declare the characteristics of a ruler and also of his servants; / for a king should always thoroughly examine everything. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.111.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.111.2) rājyaṃ pālayate nityaṃ satyadharmaparāyaṇaḥ / nirjitya parasainyāni kṣitaṃ dharmeṇa pālayet // > Dedicated to truth and dharma, he should constantly protect the realm; / having conquered the armies of his enemies, he should protect the earth according to dharma. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.111.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.111.3) puṣpātpuṣpaṃ vicinvīta mūlacchedaṃ na kārayet / mālākāra ivāraṇye na yathāṅgārakārakaḥ // > He should gather \[taxes\] flower by flower, and not cut down the root, / like a garland-maker in a forest, not like a charcoal-burner. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.111.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.111.4) dogdhāraḥ kṣīrabhuñjānā vikṛtaṃ tanna bhuñjate / pararāṣṭraṃ mahīpālairbhoktavyaṃ na ca dūṣayet // > Milkers enjoying the milk do not ruin it; / a foreign kingdom should be enjoyed by earth-protectors, not devastated. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.111.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.111.5) nodhaśchindyāttu yo dhenvāḥ kṣārārtho labhate payaḥ / evaṃ rāṣṭraṃ prayogeṇa pīḍyamānaṃ na vardhate // > One who does not cut off the udder of a cow obtains milk for the sake of nourishment; / likewise a kingdom oppressed by \[harsh\] application does not prosper. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.111.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.111.6) tasmātsarvaprayatnena pṛthivīmanupālayen / pālakasya bhavedbhūmiḥ kīrtirāyuryaśo balam // > Therefore he should protect the earth with every effort; / to the protector belong the earth, renown, lifespan, glory, and strength. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.111.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.111.7) ābhyarcya viṣṇuṃ dharmātmā gobrāhmaṇahite rataḥ / prajāḥ pālayituṃ śaktaḥ pārthivo vijitendriyaḥ // > Having worshipped Viṣṇu, righteous, devoted to the welfare of cows and brāhmaṇas, / with senses conquered, the ruler is able to protect the subjects. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.111.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.111.8) aiśvaryamadhruvaṃ prāpya rājā dharme matiñcaret / kṣaṇena vibhavo naśyennātmāyattaṃ dhanādikam // > Having obtained impermanent sovereignty, a king should turn his mind to dharma; / in an instant wealth may perish; riches and the like are not under one's control. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.111.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.111.9) satyaṃ manoramāḥ kāmāḥ satyaṃ ramyā vibhūtayaḥ / kintu vai vanitāpāṅgabhaṅgilolaṃ hi jīvitam // > Sensual pleasures are truly delightful; fortunes are truly charming; / yet life is indeed unstable, fleeting as the glance of a woman's eye. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.111.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.111.10) vyāghrīva tiṣṭhati jarā paritarjayantī rogāśca śatrava iva prabhavanti gātre / āyuḥ paristravati bhinnaghaṭādivāmbho loko na cātmahitamācaratīha kaścit // > Old age stands threatening like a tigress; diseases strike the body like enemies; / life drains away like water from a broken vessel; yet no one in this world acts for their own true good. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.111.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.111.11) niḥ śaṅkaṃ kiṃ manuṣyāḥ kuruta parahitaṃ yuktamagre hitaṃ yanmodadhvaṃ kāminībhirmadanaśarahatā mandamandātidṛṣṭyā / mā pāpaṃ saṃkurudhvaṃ dvijahariparamāḥ saṃbhajadhvaṃ sadaiva āyurniḥ śeṣameti skhalati jalaghaṭībhūtamṛtyucchalena // > Why \[hesitate\] fearlessly, O humans? Do good to others, which is fitting and beneficial hereafter; / or rejoice with women, struck by Love’s arrows with gentle, sidelong glances; / do not commit sin; devoted to the twice-born and Hari, worship \[Him\] constantly; / life reaches its end, slipping away under the guise of death shaped like a water-clock. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.111.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.111.12) mātṛvatparadāreṣu paradravyeṣu loṣṭavat / ātmavat sarvabhūteṣu yaḥ paśyati sa paṇḍitaḥ // > He who regards another’s wife as a mother, another’s property as a lump of earth, / and all living beings as himself, is a wise man. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.111.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.111.13) etadarthaṃ hi viprendrā rājyamicchanti bhūbhṛtaḥ / yadeṣāṃ sarvakāryeṣu vaco na pratihanyate // > For this purpose indeed, O foremost brāhmaṇas, do rulers desire kingship: / so that their word is not obstructed in any matters. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.111.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.111.14) etadarthaṃ hi kurvanti rājāno dhanasañcayam / rakṣayitvā tu cātmānaṃ yaddhanaṃ taddvijātaye // > For this purpose indeed kings amass wealth: / having preserved themselves, whatever wealth remains belongs to the twice-born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.111.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.111.15) oṅkāraśabdo viprāṇāṃ yena rāṣṭraṃ pravardhate / sa rājā vardhate yogādvyādhibhiśca na badhyate // > By the sound of 'Oṃ' from brāhmaṇas the kingdom prospers; / that king prospers through spiritual discipline and is not afflicted by diseases. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.111.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.111.16) asamarthāśca kurvanti munayo dravyasañcayam / kiṃ punastu mahīpālaḥ putravatpālayanprajāḥ // > Even incompetent sages amass wealth; / how much more then a ruler protecting his subjects like sons? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.111.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.111.17) yasyārthāstasya mitrāṇi yasyārthāstasya bāndhavāḥ / yasyārthāḥ sa mumāṃllāke yasyārthāḥ sa ca paṇḍitaḥ // > He who has wealth has friends; he who has wealth has relatives; / he who has wealth is a real man in this world; he who has wealth is wise. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.111.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.111.18) tyajanti mitrāṇi dhanairvihīnaṃ putrāśca dārāśca suhṛjjanāśca / te cārthavantaṃ punarāśrayanti hyartho hi loke puruṣasya bandhuḥ // > Friends, sons, wives, and well-wishers abandon one bereft of wealth; / and they resort again to one possessing wealth; for in this world, wealth is a man’s true kin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.111.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.111.19) andhā hi rājā bhavati yastu sāstravivarjitaḥ / andhaḥ paśyati cāreṇa śāstrahīno na paśyati // > A king who is destitute of the scriptures is indeed blind; / a blind man sees through a spy, but one devoid of scriptures does not see. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.111.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.111.20) yasya putrāśca bhṛtyāśca mantriṇaśca purohitāḥ / indriyāṇi prasuptāni tasya rājyaṃ ciraṃ na hi // > He whose sons, servants, ministers, and household priests / have their senses asleep—his kingdom does not last long. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.111.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.111.21) yenārjitāstrayo 'pyo 'pyete putrā bhṛtyāśca bāndhavāḥ / jitā tena samaṃ bhūpaiścaturabdhirvasundharā // > By whom these three—sons, servants, and relatives—have been won over, / by him, together with \[other\] kings, the earth bounded by the four oceans is conquered. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.111.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.111.22) laṅghayecchāstrayuktāni hetuyuktāni yāni ca / sahi naśyati vai rājā iha loke paratra ca // > A king who transgresses what is enjoined by scripture and what is grounded in reason / surely perishes in this world and in the next. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.111.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.111.23) manastāpaṃ na kurvīta āpadaṃ prāpya pārthivaḥ / samabuddhiḥ prasannātmā prasannātmā sukhaduḥkhe samo bhavet // > Having encountered misfortune, a king should not indulge in mental distress; / balanced in intellect, serene in spirit, he should remain equal in pleasure and pain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.111.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.111.24) dhīrāḥ kaṣṭamanuprāpya na bhavanti viṣādinaḥ / praviśya vadanaṃ rāhoḥ kiṃ nodati punaḥ śaśī // > The steadfast, when facing hardship, do not despond; / having entered the mouth of Rāhu, does the moon not rise again? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.111.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.111.25) dhigdhik śarīrasukhalālitamānaveṣu mā khedayeddhanakṛśaṃ hi śarīrameva / saddārakā hyadhanapāṇḍusutāḥ śrutā hi duḥkhaṃ vihāya punareva sukhaṃ prapannāḥ // > Fie, fie on men pampered by bodily pleasures! Let one not grieve the body wasted by lack of wealth; / for the sons of Pāṇḍu, possessing a noble wife though bereft of wealth, having cast off suffering, attained happiness once more. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.111.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.111.26) gandharvavidyāmālokya vādyaṃ ca gaṇikāgaṇān / dhanurvedārthaśāstrāṇi loke rakṣecca bhūpatiḥ // > Having examined the art of the gandharvas, musical instruments, and the courtesan classes, / the king should protect the science of archery and the sciences of polity in the world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.111.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.111.27) kāraṇena vinā bhṛtye yastu kupyati pārthivaḥ / sa gṛhṇāti viṣonmādaṃ kṛṣṇasarpavisarjitam // > A ruler who becomes angry at a servant without cause / imbibes the maddening poison discharged by a black cobra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.111.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.111.28) cāpalādvārayeddṛṣṭiṃ mithyāvākyañca vārayet / mānave śrotriye caiva bhṛtyavarge sadaiva hi // > He should restrain his glance from fickleness and restrain false speech, / always indeed toward a common person, a learned brāhmaṇa, and his retinue of servants. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.111.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.111.29) līlāṃ karoti yo rājā bhṛtyasvajanagarvitaḥ / śāsane sarvadā kṣipraṃ ripubhiḥ paribhūyate // > A king who acts playfully, prideful of his servants and kinsmen, / is always swiftly overcome by enemies in \[matters of\] rule. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.111.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.111.30) huṅkāre bhṛkuṭīṃ naiva sadā kurvīta pārthivaḥ / vinā doṣeṇa yo bhṛtyānrājādhamaṇa śāsti ca / līlāsukhāni bhogyāni tyajediha mahīpatiḥ // > A ruler should never knit his brow with an aggressive shout; / a king who punishes servants without fault is the lowest of kings; / a lord of the earth should abandon playful pleasures to be enjoyed here. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.111.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.111.31) sukhapravṛttaiḥ sādhyantai śatravo vigrahe sthitaiḥ // > Enemies engaged in conflict are subdued by those acting with ease. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.111.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.111.32) udyogaḥ sāhasaṃdhairyaṃ buddhiḥ śaktiḥ parākramaḥ / ṣaḍvidho yasya utsāhastasya devo 'pi śaṅkate // > Effort, daring, fortitude, intellect, strength, and valor— / one who has this sixfold drive, even a god fears him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.111.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.111.33) udyogena kṛte kārye siddharyasya na vidyate / daivaṃ tasya pramāṇaṃ hi kartavyaṃ pauruṣaṃ sadā // > When an undertaking carried out with effort meets with no success, / fate is indeed the determining factor; human effort must always be made. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.111.33.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.111.33.p1) iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe bṛhadṛ nītisāre ekādaśottaraśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the one hundred and eleventh chapter, in the Great Purāṇa of Garuḍa, in the first section called Ācārakāṇḍa, on the Essence of Polity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.111.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (6) - [Yogavāsiṣṭha (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.upajivya.yogavasistha*vulgate.7.93.79) — Sanskrit - [Hitopadeśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.hitopadesa.1.14) — Nārāyaṇa, Sanskrit - [Nītiśāstram](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.vidya.nitisastra.120) — Sanskrit - [Rājanītiśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.gnomic.niti.rajanitisastra.4.2) — Cāṇakya, Sanskrit - [Rasakalpadruma (Jagannātha Miśra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.rasa.rasakalpadruma-jagannathamisra.38.26) — Jagannātha Miśra 1600, Sanskrit - [Rājanītiprakāśa (Mitramiśra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.rajadharma.rajanitiprakasa.2.p144) — Mitramiśra, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.111) · Pramāṇa