[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) › 1.114 # Garudapurana 1.114 Garuḍapurāṇa 1.114 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [1.114.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.114.75) — 1 part ### [1.114.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.114.1) śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 114 sūta uvāca / na kaścitkasyacinmitraṃ na kaścitkasyacidripuḥ / kāraṇādeva jāyante mitrāṇi ripavastathā // > The glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa — 114 > Sūta said: / No one is anyone's friend; no one is anyone's enemy; / friends as well as enemies arise only from a cause. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.114.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.114.2) śokatrāṇaṃ bhayatrāṇaṃ prītiviśvāsabhājanam / kena ratnāṃmadaṃ sṛṣṭaṃ mitramityakṣaradvayam // > A protection from grief, a protection from fear, a vessel of love and trust: / by whom was this jewel created, the two syllables 'mi-tra' (friend)? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.114.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.114.3) sakṛduccaritaṃ yena harirityakṣaradvayam / baddhaḥ parikarastena mokṣāya gamanaṃ prati // > He by whom the two syllables 'ha-ri' (Hari) have been uttered even once / has girded his loins for the journey toward liberation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.114.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.114.4) na mātari na dāreṣu na sodarye na cātmaje / viśvāsastādṛśaḥ puṃsāṃ yādṛṅmitre svabhāvaje // > Not in a mother, nor in a wife, nor in a uterine brother, nor in a son / do men have such trust as in a natural-born friend. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.114.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.114.5) yadicchecchāśvatīṃ prītiṃ trīndoṣānparivarjayet / dyutamarthaprayogañca parokṣe dāradarśanam // > If one desires lasting affection, one should avoid three faults: / gambling, transactions involving wealth, and looking at another's wife in secret. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.114.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.114.6) mātrā svastrā duhitrā vā na viviktāsano vaset / balavānindriyagrāmo vidvāṃsamapi karṣati // > One should not sit in a secluded seat with one's mother, sister, or daughter; / powerful is the assembly of the senses; it drags away even a learned man. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.114.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.114.7) viparītaratiḥ kāmaḥ svāyateṣu na vidyate / yathopāyo vadho daṇḍastathaiva hyanu vartate // > Desire for perverse sexual pleasure is not found among one's own people; / just as the expedient means \[require\], punishment and execution follow accordingly. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.114.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.114.8) api kalpānilasyaiva turagasya mahodadheḥ / śakyate prasaro boddhuṃ na hyaraktasye catasaḥ // > The motion even of the wind at the end of an aeon, of a horse, or of the great ocean / can be understood, but never that of a heart devoid of affection. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.114.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.114.9) kṣaṇo nāsti raho nāsti na sti prārthayitā janaḥ / tena śaunaka nārīṇāṃ satītvamupajāyate // > There is no opportunity, there is no private place, and there is no suitor; / by that, O Śaunaka, chastity arises in women. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.114.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.114.10) eka vai sevate nityamanyaścetapi rocate / puruṣāṇāmalābhena nārī caiva pativratā // > She attends constantly on one, but another is pleasing to her heart; / it is only from the lack of men that a woman is devoted to her husband. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.114.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.114.11) jananī yāni kurute rahasyaṃ madanāturā / sutaistāni na cintyāni śīlavipratipattibhiḥ // > Those secret things that a mother does when stricken by desire / should not be thought about by sons, lest their good character be corrupted. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.114.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.114.12) parādhīnā nidrā paradṛdayakṛtyānusaraṇaṃ sadā helā hāsyaṃ niyatamapi śokena rahitam / paṇe nyastaḥ kāyo viṭajanakhurairdāritagalo bahūtkaṇṭhavṛtirjagati gaṇikrāyā bahumataḥ // > Sleep subject to another's will; following the whim of another's heart; always feigned laughter, yet certainly devoid of grief; / a body put up for hire; a throat torn by the fingernails of rakes—such conduct full of deep longing is honored by a courtesan in this world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.114.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.114.13) agnirāpaḥ striyo mūrkhāḥ sarpā rājakulāni ca / nityaṃ paropasevyāni sadyaḥ prāṇaharāṇi ṣaṭ // > Fire, water, women, fools, snakes, and royal families— / these six, constantly courted by others, can instantly take one's life. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.114.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.114.14) kiṃ citraṃ yadi veda (śabda) śāstrakuśalo vipro bhavetpaṇḍitaḥ kiṃ citraṃ yadi daṇḍanītikuśalo rājā bhaveddhārmikaḥ / kiṃ citraṃ yadi rūpayauvanavatī sādhvī bhavetkāminī taccitraṃ yadi nirdhano 'pi puruṣaḥ pāpaṃ na kuryātkracit // > What wonder if a brāhmaṇa skilled in grammar and treatises becomes learned? What wonder if a king skilled in statecraft becomes righteous? / What wonder if a passionate woman endowed with beauty and youth is faithful? The wonder is if a poor man never commits a sin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.114.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.114.15) nātmacchidraṃ pare dadyādvidyācchidraṃ parasya ca / gūhetkūrma ivāṅgāni parabhāvañca lakṣayet // > One should not expose one's own vulnerability to another, but should know another's vulnerability; / one should conceal one's limbs like a tortoise and observe the disposition of others. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.114.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.114.16) pātālatalavā sinya uccaprākārasaṃsthitāḥ / yadi no cikurodbhedāllabhyante kaiḥ striyo na hi // > Even women who dwell in the depths of Rasātala, or are kept behind high walls, / if not for the sprout of love, by whom could they not be obtained? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.114.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.114.17) samadharmā hi marmajñastīkṣṇaḥ svajanakaṇṭakaḥ / na tathā bādhate śatruḥ kṛtavairo bahiḥ sthitaḥ // > A thorn among one's kin is of equal standing, knows one's weak points, and is sharp; / an enemy residing outside, who has declared hostility, does not harass one in such a manner. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.114.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.114.18) sa paṇḍito yo hyanuñjayedvai miṣṭena bālaṃ viniyena śiṣṭam / arthena nārīṃ tapasā hi devānsarvāṃśca lokāṃśca susaṃgraheṇa // > He is wise who wins over a child with sweets, an educated person with humility, / a woman with wealth, the gods through austerity, and all the worlds by good conciliation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.114.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.114.19) chalena mitraṃ kaluṣeṇa dharmaṃ paropatāpena samṛddhibhāvanam / sukhena vidyāṃ puruṣeṇa nārīṃ vāñchanti vai ye na ca paṇḍitāste // > Those who desire a friend by deceit, dharma by foulness, the attainment of prosperity by tormenting others, / learning through ease, and a woman through another man—they are not wise. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.114.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.114.20) phalārtho phalinaṃ vṛkṣaṃ yaśchindyāddurmatirnaraḥ / niṣphalaṃ tasya vai kāryāṃ mahādoṣamavāpnuyāt // > The foolish man who, desiring fruit, cuts down a fruit-bearing tree— / his endeavor is fruitless, and he incurs great fault. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.114.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.114.21) sadhano hi tapasvī ca dūrato vai kṛtaśramaḥ / madyapa strī satītyevaṃ vipra na śraddadhāmyaham // > An ascetic endowed with wealth, toil accomplished from afar, / and a wine-drinking woman who is chaste—O brāhmaṇa, I do not believe in these. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.114.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.114.22) na viśvasedaviśvaste mitrasyāpi na viśvaset / kadācitkupitaṃ mitraṃ sarvaṃ guhyaṃ prakāśayet // > One should not trust the untrustworthy, nor should one trust even a friend; / at some time an angered friend might reveal every secret. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.114.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.114.23) sarvabhūteṣu viśvāsaḥ sarvabhūteṣu sāttvikaḥ / svabāvamātmanā gūhedetatsādhorhi lakṣaṇam // > Trust toward all beings, purity toward all beings, / and concealing one's own nature within oneself—this is indeed the mark of a virtuous person. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.114.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.114.24) yasminkasminkṛte kārye kartāramanuvartate / sarvathā vartamāno 'pi dhairyabuddhintu kārayet // > Whatever deed is done, it follows the doer; / even when living in every circumstance, one should keep a mind of steadfastness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.114.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.114.25) vṛddhāḥ striyo navaṃ madyaṃ śuṣkaṃ māṃsaṃ trimūlakam / rātrau dadhi divā svapnaṃ vidvānṣaṭ parivarjayet // > Old women, new wine, dried meat, trimūlaka, / curd at night, and sleep during the day—a wise person should avoid these six. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.114.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.114.26) viṣaṃ goṣṭhī daridrasya vṛddhasya taruṇī viṣam / viṣaṃ kuśikṣitā vidyā ajīrṇe bhojanaṃ viṣam // > An assembly is poison to a poor man; a young woman is poison to an old man; / ill-learned knowledge is poison; eating when suffering from indigestion is poison. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.114.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.114.27) priyaṃ gānamakuṇṭhasya nīcasyoccāsanaṃ priyam / priyaṃ dānaṃ daridrasya bhūnaścataruṇī priyā // > Singing is pleasing to an uninhibited person; a high seat is pleasing to a base person; / giving is pleasing to a poor man; and a young woman is pleasing to an old man. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.114.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.114.28) atyambupānaṃ kaṭhināśanañca dhātukṣayovegavidhāraṇañca / divāśayo jāgaraṇañca rātrau ṣaḍbhirnarāṇāṃ nivasanti rogāḥ // > Drinking too much water, eating hard food, loss of semen, suppressing natural urges, / sleeping by day, and staying awake at night—through these six, diseases dwell in men. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.114.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.114.29) bālātapaścāpyatimaithunañca śmaśānadhūmaḥ karatāpanañca / rajasvalāvatkranirīkṣaṇañca sudīrghamāyurnanu karṣayecca // > The morning sun, excessive sexual intercourse, smoke from a cremation ground, warming the hands over fire, / and gazing upon the face of a menstruating woman—surely these wear away even a very long lifespan. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.114.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.114.30) śuṣkaṃ māṃsaṃ striyo vṛddhā bālārkastaruṇaṃ dadhi / prabhāte maithunaṃ nidrā sadyaḥ prāṇaharāṇi ṣaṭ // > Dried meat, old women, the morning sun, fresh curd, / sexual intercourse at dawn, and sleep \[by day\]—these six take away life immediately. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.114.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.114.31) sadyaḥ pakraghṛtaṃ drākṣā bālā strī kṣīrabhojanam / uṣṇodakaṃ tarucchāyā sadyaḥ prāṇaharāṇi ṣaṭ // > Freshly clarified butter, grapes, a young woman, a meal of milk, / warm water, and the shade of a tree—these six sustain life immediately. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.114.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.114.32) kūpādakaṃ vaṭacchāyā nārīṇāñca payodharaḥ / śītakāle bhaveduṣṇamuṣṇakāle ca śītalam // > Water from a well, the shade of a banyan tree, and the breasts of women / become warm in the cold season and cool in the hot season. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.114.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.114.33) trayo balakarāḥ sadyo bālābhyaṅgasubhojanam / trayo balaharāḥ sadyo hyadhvā ve maithunaṃ jvaraḥ // > Three immediately produce strength: a young woman, oil massage, and good food; / three immediately destroy strength: travel on a road, sexual intercourse, and fever. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.114.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.114.34) śuṣkaṃ māṃsaṃ payo nityaṃ bhāryāmitraiḥ sahaiva tu / na bhāktavyaṃ nṛpaiḥ sārdhaṃ viyogaṃ kurute kṣaṇāt // > Dried meat and milk should always be eaten only with one's wife and friends; / it must not be consumed together with kings, for it causes estrangement in an instant. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.114.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.114.35) kucelina dantamalopadhāriṇaṃ bahvāśinaṃ niṣṭhuravākyabhāṣiṇam / sūryodaye hyastamaye 'pi śāyinaṃ vimuñcati śrīrapi cakrapāṇinam // > One who wears dirty clothes, whose teeth are stained with grime, who eats gluttonously, who speaks harsh words, / and who sleeps at sunrise or at sunset—even if he were Cakrapāṇi, Fortune abandons him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.114.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.114.36) nityaṃ chedastṛṇānaṃ dharaṇivilakhanaṃ pādayoścāpamārṣṭiḥ dantānāmapyaśaucaṃ malinavasanatā rūkṣatā mūrdhajānām / dve sadhye cāpi nidrā vivasanaśayanaṃ grāsahāsātirekaḥ svāṅge pīṭhe ca vādyaṃ nidhanamupanayetkeśavasyāpi lakṣmīm // > Constantly cutting grass, scratching the ground, rubbing one's feet together, uncleanness of the teeth, wearing dirty clothes, dryness of the hair, / sleeping during the two twilights, lying down naked, excessive mouthfuls or laughter, and tapping rhythms on one's own body or on a seat—these bring destruction even to Keśava's Fortune. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.114.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.114.37) śiraḥ sudhautaṃ caraṇau sumārjitau varāṅganāsevanamalpabhojanam / anagnaśāyitvamaparvamaithunaṃ cirapranaṣṭāṃ śriyamānayanti ṣaṭ // > A well-washed head, well-cleaned feet, resort to an excellent woman, eating little, / not sleeping naked, and sexual intercourse at proper times—these six restore prosperity that was long lost. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.114.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.114.38) yasya kasya tu puṣpasya pāṇāḍarasya viśeṣataḥ / śirasā dhāryamāṇasya hyalakṣmīḥ pratihanyate // > Of whatever flower it may be, but especially a white one, / when worn upon the head, misfortune is indeed repelled. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.114.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.114.39) dīpasya paścimā chāyā chāyā śayyāsanasya ca / rajakasya tu yattīrthalakṣmīstatra tiṣṭhati // > The shadow behind a lamp, the shadow of a bed or a seat, / and the watering place of a washerman—misfortune abides there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.114.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.114.40) bālātapaḥ pretadhūmaḥ strī vṛddhā taruṇaṃ dadhi / āyuṣkāmo na seveta tathā saṃmārjanīrajaḥ // > The morning sun, smoke from a corpse, an old woman, fresh curd, / and the dust from a broom—one desiring long life should not resort to these. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.114.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.114.41) gajāśvarathadhānyānāṃ gavāñcaiva rajaḥ śubham / aśubhaṃ ca vijānīyātkharoṣṭrajāvikeṣu ca // > The dust from elephants, horses, chariots, grain, and cows is auspicious; / and one should know that dust from donkeys, camels, goats, and sheep is inauspicious. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.114.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.114.42) gavāṃ rajo dhānyarajaḥ putrasyāṅgabhavaṃ rajaḥ / etadrajo mahāśastaṃ mahāpātakanāśanam // > The dust of cows, the dust of grain, and the dust from a son's limbs— / this dust is highly praised and destroys grave sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.114.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.114.43) ajārajaḥ khararajo yattu saṃmārjanīrajaḥ / etadrajo mahāpāpaṃ mahākilbiṣakārakam // > The dust of goats, the dust of donkeys, and that which is the dust of a broom— / this dust causes great demerit and brings about great sin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.114.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.114.44) śūrpavāto nakhāgrāmbu snānavastramṛjodakam / keśāmbu mārjanīreṇurhanti puṇyaṃ purā kṛtam // > The wind from a winnowing fan, water dripping from fingernails, water from wiping oneself with bath clothes, / water from the hair, and dust from a broom destroy merit accumulated in the past. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.114.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.114.45) viprayorvipravahnyośca dampatyoḥ svāminostathā / antareṇa na gantavyaṃ hayasya vṛṣabhasya ca // > Between two brāhmaṇas, between a brāhmaṇa and a sacred fire, between a husband and wife, between two masters, / and between a horse and a bull, one should not walk. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.114.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.114.46) strīṣu rājāgnisarpeṣu svādhyāye śatrusevane / bhogāsvādeṣu viśvāsaṃ kaḥ prājñaḥ kartumarhati // > Toward women, kings, fire, snakes, private Vedic recitation, serving an enemy, / and the taste of pleasures—what wise person would place trust? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.114.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.114.47) na viśvasedaviśvastaṃ viśvastaṃ viśvastaṃ nātiviśvaset / viśvāsādbhayamutpannaṃ mūlādapi nikṛntati // > One should not trust the untrustworthy, nor should one place excessive trust even in the trusted; / fear that arises from trust cuts one down even from the roots. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.114.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.114.48) vairiṇā saha sandhāya viśvasto yadi tiṣṭhati / sa vṛkṣāgre prasupto hi patitaḥ pratibudhyate // > If someone, having made peace with an enemy, rests with confidence, / he is indeed like one who fell asleep at the treetop and wakes up only when he has fallen. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.114.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.114.49) nātyantaṃ mṛdunā bhāvyaṃ nātyantaṃ kūrakarmaṇā / mṛdunaiva mṛduṃ hanti dāruṇenaiva dāruṇam // > One should not be excessively mild, nor excessively cruel in action; / one destroys the mild with mildness alone, and the harsh with harshness alone. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.114.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.114.50) nātyantaṃ saralairbhāvyaṃ nātyantaṃ mṛdunā tathā / saralāstatra chidyante kubjāstiṣṭhanti pādapāḥ // > One should not be overly straight, nor should one be excessively soft; / for straight trees are cut down there, while the crooked ones remain standing. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.114.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.114.51) namanti phalino vṛkṣā namanti guṇino janāḥ / śuṣkavṛkṣāśca mūrkhāśca bhidyante na namanti ca // > Fruit-bearing trees bow down, virtuous people bow down; / dry trees and fools break, but never bow down. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.114.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.114.52) aprārthitāni duḥ khāni yathaivāyānti yānti ca / mārjāra iva lumpeta tathā prārthayitāra naraḥ // > Just as unsought sorrows come and go, / so a person should seize those who make requests, like a cat \[pouncing on prey\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.114.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.114.53) pūrvaṃ paścāccarantyārye sadaiva bahusampadaḥ / viparītamanārye ca yathecchasi tathā cara // > Abundant fortunes always follow before and after a noble person; / with an ignoble person it is the reverse; act as you wish. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.114.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.114.54) ṣaṭkarṇo bhidyate mantraścatuḥ karṇaścadhāryate / dvikarṇasya tu mantrasya brahmāpyanta na budhyate // > A counsel known to six ears is broken, and one known to four ears is preserved; / but of a counsel known to two ears, even Brahmā does not know the end. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.114.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.114.55) tayā gavā kiṃ kriyate yā na dogdhrī na garbhiṇī / kor'tha putreṇa jātena yo na vidvānna dhārmikaḥ // > What is to be done with that cow who yields no milk and is not pregnant? / What is the use of a son being born who is neither learned nor virtuous? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.114.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.114.56) ekenāpi suputreṇa vidyāyuktena dhīmatā / kulaṃ puruṣasiṃhena candreṇa gaganaṃ yathā // > By even a single good son, possessed of learning and intelligent, / a family \[is adorned\]—by that lion among men, as the sky is by the moon. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.114.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.114.57) ekenāpi suvṛkṣeṇa puṣpitena sugandhinā / vanaṃ suvāsitaṃ sarvaṃ suputreṇa kulaṃ yathā // > By even a single fine tree, blossoming and fragrant, / the entire forest is made sweet-scented, just as a family is by a good son. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.114.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.114.58) eko hi guṇavānputro nirguṇena śatena kim / candro hanti tamāṃsyeko na ca jyotiḥ sahasrakam // > Indeed, one virtuous son is enough; what is the use of a hundred devoid of virtues? / A single moon destroys the darkness, and not a thousand stars. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.114.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.114.59) lālayetpañca varṣāṇi daśa varṣāṇi tāḍayet / prāpte tu ṣoḍaśe varṣe putraṃ mitravadācaret // > One should pamper \[a son\] for five years, and discipline him for ten years; / but when he has reached the sixteenth year, one should treat one's son like a friend. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.114.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.114.60) jāyamāno hareddārān vardhamāno hareddhanam / mriyamāṇo haretprāṇānnāsti putrasamo ripuḥ // > Being born, he may take away the wife; growing up, he may take away wealth; / dying, he may take away life: there is no enemy equal to a son. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.114.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.114.61) kecinmṛgamukhā vyāghrāḥ kecidvyāghramukhā mṛgāḥ / tatsvarūpapahijñāne hyaviśvāsaḥ padepade // > Some are tigers with deer-faces, some are deer with tiger-faces; / since their true nature is unknown, there is suspicion at every step. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.114.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.114.62) ekaḥ kṣamāvatāṃ doṣo dvitīyo nopapadyate / yadenaṃ kṣamayā yuktamaśaktaṃ manyate janaḥ // > There is only one fault of the forgiving, and a second does not exist: / that people consider one endowed with forgiveness to be powerless. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.114.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.114.63) etadevānumanyeta bhogā hi kṣaṇabhaṅginaḥ / snigdheṣu ca vidagdhasya matayo vai hyanākulāḥ // > One should acknowledge just this: sensual pleasures are momentary and fleeting; / and the thoughts of a clever person toward dear ones are truly undisturbed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.114.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.114.64) jyeṣṭhaḥ pitṛsamo bhrātā mṛte pitari śaunaka / sarveṣāṃ sa pitā hi syātsarveṣāmanupālakaḥ // > The eldest brother is equal to a father when the father is dead, O Śaunaka; / indeed, he should be the father to all, the protector of all. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.114.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.114.65) kaniṣṭheṣu ca sarveṣu samatvenānuvartate / samāpabhogajīveṣu yathaivaṃ tanayeṣu ca // > And he should conduct himself with impartiality toward all his younger \[brothers\], / who live sharing common enjoyments, just as toward his own sons. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.114.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.114.66) bahūnāmalpasārāṇāṃ samavāyo hi dāruṇaḥ / tṛṇairāveṣṭitā rajjustayā nāgo 'pi badhyate // > A combination even of many things of little substance is indeed formidable: / a rope is woven of grass-blades, and by it even an elephant is tied. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.114.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.114.67) apahṛtya parasvaṃ hi yastu dānaṃ prayacchati / sa dātā narakaṃ yāti yasyārthāstasya tatphalam // > The person who gives gifts after seizing another's property— / that giver goes to hell, while the fruit \[of the gift\] belongs to the one whose wealth it was. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.114.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.114.68) devadravyavināśena brahmasvaharaṇena ca / kulānyakulatāṃ yānti brāhmaṇātikrameṇa ca // > By destroying the property of the gods, by taking the property of a brāhmaṇa, / and by transgressing against a brāhmaṇa, families decline into non-family status. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.114.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.114.69) brahmaghne ca surāpe ca core bhagnavrate tathā / niṣkṛtirvihitā sadbhiḥ kṛtaghne nāsti niṣkṛtiḥ // > For a killer of a brāhmaṇa, a drinker of liquor, a thief, and one who has broken a religious observance, / an expiation has been prescribed by the virtuous; but there is no expiation for an ungrateful person. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.114.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.114.70) nāśranti pitaro devāḥ kṣudrasya vṛṣalīpateḥ / bhāryājitasya nāśranti yasyāścopapatirgṛhe // > The ancestors and gods do not eat \[the offerings\] of a base man, of the husband of a śūdra woman, / of one subdued by his wife, and of him in whose house there is a paramour. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.114.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.114.71) akṛjajñamanāryañca dīrdharoṣamanārjavam / caturo viddhi cāṇḍālāñjātyā jāyeta pañcamaḥ // > Know these four to be outcasts: the ungrateful, the ignoble, / the long-resentful, and the crooked; the fifth is one born so by birth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.114.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.114.72) nopekṣitavyo durbaddhi śatruralpo 'pyavajñayā / vahniralpo 'pyasaṃhāryaḥ kurute bhasmasājjagat // > An enemy, though small, must not be ignored with contempt, O evil-minded one; / a fire, though small, if unrestrained, reduces the whole world to ashes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.114.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.114.73) nave vayasi yaḥ śāntaḥ sa śānta iti me matiḥ / dhātuṣu kṣīyamāṇeṣu śamaḥ kasya na jāyate // > He who is tranquil in his youth is truly tranquil, so I think; / when the bodily elements are decaying, in whom does tranquility not arise? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.114.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.114.74) panthāna iva viprendra sarvasādhāraṇāḥ śriyaḥ / madīyā iti matvā vai na hi harṣayuto bhavet // > Like public roads, O best of brāhmaṇas, riches are common to all; / thinking 'they are mine,' one should indeed not become filled with pride. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.114.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.114.75) cittāyattaṃ dhātuvaśyaṃ śarīraṃ citte naṣṭe dhātavo yānti nāśam / tasmāccittaṃ sarvadā rakṣaṇīyaṃ svasthe citte dhātavaḥ sambhavanti // > The body depends on the mind and is subject to the bodily elements; when the mind is destroyed, the elements perish; / therefore the mind must always be protected; when the mind is healthy, the elements thrive. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.114.75.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.114.75.p1) iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe bṛhadṛ nītisāre caturdaśottaraśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the one hundred and fourteenth chapter, in the Bṛhannītisāra of the Ācārakāṇḍa, belonging to the first part of the first section in the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.114.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (12) - [Vṛddhacāṇakya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.gnomic.canakyaniti*vrddha.3-14) — Sanskrit - [Varāhapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.varaha.176.35) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Hitopadeśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.hitopadesa.1.195) — Nārāyaṇa, Sanskrit - [Textus simplicior](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.sukasaptati*simplicior.21.7) — Sanskrit - [Rājanītiśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.gnomic.niti.rajanitisastra.7.7) — Cāṇakya, Sanskrit - [Subhāṣitasudhānidhi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.daksina.subhasitasudhanidhi.102.12) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit - [Śārṅgadharapaddhati](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.sarngadharapaddhati.35.60) — Śārṅgadhara, Sanskrit - [Āryacarita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.aryacarita.5.104) — Sanskrit - [Rasakalpadruma (Jagannātha Miśra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.rasa.rasakalpadruma-jagannathamisra.38.146) — Jagannātha Miśra 1600, Sanskrit - [Ṭoḍarānanda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.todarananda.11.1025) — Ṭoḍaramalla 1564, Sanskrit - [Pañcākhyānaka (textus ornatior)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.pancatantra*purnabhadra.5.190) — Pūrṇabhadra, Sanskrit - [Śukasaptati (ed. Richard Schmidt)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.sukasaptati*schmidt1899.1.25) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.114) · Pramāṇa