[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) › 1.11 # Garudapurana 1.11 Garuḍapurāṇa 1.11 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [1.11.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.11.44) — 1 part ### [1.11.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.11.1) śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 11 hariruvācaṃ / navavyūhārcanaṃ vakṣye yaduktaṃ kaśyapāya hi / jīvamutkṣipya mūrdhanyaṃ nābhyāṃ vyomniniveśayet // > The glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa — 11 / Hari said: / I shall describe the worship of the nine emanations, which was indeed spoken to Kaśyapa. / Having drawn the vital breath upwards to the crown of the head, one should fix it from the navel into the ethereal space. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.11.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.11.2) tatoramiti bījena dahedbhūtātmakaṃ vapuḥ / yamityanena bījena tacca sarva vināśayet // > Then, with the seed-syllable "ram", one should burn the elemental body. / With this seed-syllable "yam", one should completely dissolve that \[body\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.11.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.11.3) lamityanena bījena plāvayetsacarācaram / vamityanena bījena cintayedamṛtaṃ tataḥ // > With this seed-syllable "lam", one should flood the moving and the unmoving. / Then, with the seed-syllable "vam", one should contemplate nectar. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.11.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.11.4) tato budvudamadhye tu pītavāsāścaturbhujaḥ / ahaṃ matastathātmānaṃ dhyānena paricintayet // > Then, in the center of the bubble, wearing yellow garments, having four arms, / one should contemplate the self through meditation, thinking: “I am He.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.11.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.11.5) mantranyāsaṃ tataḥ kuryāttrividhaṃ karadehayoḥ / dvādaśākṣarabījena uktabījairanantaram // > Then one should perform the threefold ritual placement of mantras on the hands and body, / with the twelve-syllable seed-mantra, and immediately after, with the stated seed-syllables. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.11.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.11.6) ṣaḍaṅgena tataḥ kuryātsākṣādyena harirbhavet / dakṣiṇāṅguṣṭhamārabhya madhyāṅguṣṭhandale nyaset // > Then one should perform it with the six limbs, by which one directly becomes Hari, / beginning with the right thumb, one should place it in the center of the petal of the thumb. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.11.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.11.7) madhye bījadvayaṃ nyasya nyasedaṅge tataḥ punaḥ / hṛcchirasi śikhāvarṃmavakkrākṣyudahapṛṣṭhataḥ // > Having placed a pair of seed-syllables in the center, one should then place \[them\] again on the body: / on the heart, head, tuft of hair, armor, face, eyes, stomach, and back, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.11.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.11.8) bāhvośca karayorjānvoḥ pādayoścāpi vinyaset / padmākārau karau kṛtvā madhye 'ṅguṣṭhaṃ niveśayet // > and on the two arms, two hands, two knees, and also on the two feet, one should place \[them\]. / Having made both hands into the shape of a lotus, one should place the thumb in the middle. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.11.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.11.9) cintayettatra sarveśaṃ paraṃ tattvamanāmayam / kramāccaitāni bījāni tarjanyādiṣu vinya set // > There one should contemplate the Lord of all, the supreme, taintless reality. / And in due order, one should place these seed-syllables on the forefingers and the rest. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.11.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.11.10) tato mūrdhākṣivakkreṣu kaṇṭhe ca hṛdaye tathā / nābhau guhye tathā jānvoḥ pādayorvinyasetkramāt // > Then, in proper sequence, one should place \[them\] on the crown, eyes, mouth, neck, and heart, / on the navel, secret parts, knees, and feet. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.11.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.11.11) pāṇyoḥ ṣaḍaṅgabījāni nyasya kāye tato nyaset / aṅguṣṭhādikaniṣṭhāntaṃ vinyasedvījapañcakam // > Having placed the seed-syllables of the six limbs on both hands, one should then place them on the body. / Beginning with the thumb and ending with the little finger, one should place the five seed-syllables. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.11.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.11.12) karamadhye netrabījamaṅganyāsa'pyayaṃ kramaḥ / hṛdaye hṛdayaṃ nyasya śiraḥ śirasi vinyaset // > In the center of the hand is the seed-syllable of the eye; this is also the sequence for the placement on the limbs: / having placed the heart on the heart, one should place the head on the head; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.11.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.11.13) śikhāyāṃ tu śikhāṃ nyasya kavacaṃ sarvatastanau / netraṃ netre vidhātavyamastrañca karayordvayoḥ // > the tuft of hair on the tuft of hair, the armor everywhere on the body, / the eye must be placed on the eye, and the weapon on both hands. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.11.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.11.14) tenaiva ca diśo baddhā pūjā vidhimathācaret / hṛdaye cintayetpūrvaṃ yogapīṭhaṃ samāhitaḥ // > Having bound the directions with that very \[formula\], one should then perform the rite of worship. / With a concentrated mind, one should first contemplate the seat of yoga in the heart: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.11.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.11.15) dharma jñanaṃ ca vairāgyamaiśvaryaṃ ca yathākramam / āgneyādau ca pūrvādāvadharmādīṃśca vinyaset // > dharma, knowledge, detachment, and sovereignty, in due order; / and one should place unrighteousness and the others in the southeast and so forth, as well as the east and so forth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.11.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.11.16) ebhiḥ paricchannatanuṃ pīṭhabhūtaṃ tadātmakam / anantaṃ vinsetpaścātpūrvakāyonnataṃ sthitam // > One should then place Ananta, whose body is demarcated by these, who constitutes the pedestal and is of that nature, / standing with the front of his body raised up. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.11.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.11.17) tato vidyātsarojātaṃ dalāṣṭasamadigdalam / sitābjaṃ śatapatrāḍhyaṃ viprakīrṇordhakarṇikam // > Then one should know the lotus born there, having eight petals corresponding to the directions, / a white lotus rich with a hundred petals, with its pericarp scattered upright. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.11.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.11.18) dhyātvā vedādinā paścātsūryasomānalātmanām / maṇḍalāni kramādevamuparyupari cintayet // > Having meditated with the beginning of the Veda, one should then contemplate one above the other, in this order, / the spheres of the nature of the sun, moon, and fire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.11.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.11.19) tataḥ pūrvādidiksaṃsthāḥ śaktīḥ keśavagocarāḥ / vimalādyā nyasedaṣṭau navamīṃ karṇikāgatām // > Then one should place the eight energies situated in the directions beginning with the east, which belong to Keśava's realm, / namely Vimalā and the rest, and the ninth situated on the pericarp. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.11.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.11.20) evaṃ dhyātvā samabhyarcya yogapīṭhamanantaram / manasāvāhya tatreśaṃ hariṃ śārṅgaṃ nyasetpunaḥ // > Having thus meditated upon and worshipped the seat of yoga immediately thereafter, / mentally invoking the Lord Hari with the bow there, one should again place \[the mantras\]: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.11.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.11.21) hṛdayādīni pūrvādicaturdigdalayogataḥ / madhye netraṃ tu koṇeṣu astramantraṃ nyasettataḥ // > the heart and other \[limbs\] by connection with the petals of the four directions beginning with the east; / then one should place the eye in the middle, and the weapon-mantra in the corners; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.11.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.11.22) saṅkarṣaṇādibījāni pūrvādikramayogataḥ / dvāri pūrve pare caiva vainateyaṃ tu vinyaset // > the seed-syllables of Saṅkarṣaṇa and the others in the sequence beginning with the east. / At the eastern gate and at the western one, one should place Vainateya; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.11.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.11.23) sudarśanaṃ sahasrāraṃ dakṣiṇe dvāri vinyaset / śriyaṃ dakṣiṇato nyasya lakṣmīmuttaratastathā // > at the southern gate, one should place thousand-spoked Sudarśana. / Having placed Śrī on the south, and likewise Lakṣmī on the north, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.11.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.11.24) dvāryattare gadāṃ nyasya śaṅkhaṃ koṇeṣu vinyaset / devadakṣiṇataḥ śārṅgaṃ vāme caiva sudhīrnyaset // > and having placed the mace at the northern gate, one should place the conch in the corners. / The wise man should place the bow on the right of the deity and on the left. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.11.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.11.25) tadvatkhaṅgaṃ tathā cakraṃ nyasetpārśvadvayordvayam / tato 'ntarlokapālāṃśca svadigbhedena vinyaset // > Likewise, on both sides, one should place two things: the sword and the discus. / Then one should place the inner guardians of the world according to their distinct directions. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.11.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.11.26) vajrādīnyāyudhānyeva tathaiva viniveśayet / ūrghvaṃ brihma tathānantamadhaśca paricintayet // > In the very same way, one should position the weapons, namely the thunderbolt and the rest. / Above, one should contemplate Brahmā, and below, likewise Ananta. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.11.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.11.27) sarvaṃ dhyātveti saṃpūjya mudrāḥ sandarśayettataḥ / añjaliḥ prathamā mudrā kṣipraṃ devaprasādhanī // > Having meditated on and completely worshipped everything in this way, one should then display the mudrās. / The añjali is the first mudrā, swiftly pleasing the deity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.11.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.11.28) vandanī hṛdayāsaktātsārdhaṃ dakṣiṇatonnatā / ūrdhāṅguṇṭho vāmamuṣṭirdakṣiṇāṅguṣṭhabandhanaḥ // > The vandanī is attached to the heart and raised halfway to the right. / The left fist has its thumb upright, holding the right thumb; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.11.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.11.29) savyasya tasya cāṅguṣṭho yaḥ sa uddhaḥ prakīrtitaḥ / tisraḥ sādhāraṇā hyetā mūrtibhedena kalpitāḥ // > and that thumb of the right \[hand\] which is raised is celebrated \[as the mudrā\]. / These three are indeed common \[mudrās\], devised according to the distinction of the forms. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.11.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.11.30) kaniṣṭhādipramokeṇa aṣṭau mudrā yathākramam / aṣṭānāṃ pūrvabījānāṃ kramaśastvavadhārayet // > One should ascertain in due order the eight mudrās, through the progressive release of the little finger and the rest, / corresponding to the eight previous seed-syllables in sequence. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.11.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.11.31) aṅguṣṭhena kaniṣṭhāntaṃ nāmayitvāṅgulitrayam / mudreyaṃ narasiṃhasya nyubjaṃ kṛtvā karadvayam // > Having bent down the three fingers ending with the little finger by means of the thumb, / and having turned both hands face downwards, this is the mudrā of Narasiṃha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.11.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.11.32) savyahastaṃ tathottānaṃ kṛtvordhaṃ bhrāmayecchanaiḥ / navamīyaṃ smṛtā mudrā varāhābhimatā sadā // > Having made the right hand face upwards in the same way, one should rotate it slowly upwards. / This is recalled as the ninth mudrā, always beloved of Varāha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.11.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.11.33) muṣṭidvayamathottānamṛjvaikaikena mocayet / utkuñcayetsarvamuktā aṅgamudreyamucyate // > Then, having turned the two fists upward, one should release them straight one by one, / and should contract all of them: this is called the limb-gesture (aṅgamudrā). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.11.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.11.34) muṣṭidvayamatho baddhā evamevānupūrvaśaḥ / daśānāṃ lokapālānāṃ mudrāśca kramayogataḥ // > Then, having formed two fists in this very order, / the hand gestures of the ten world-protectors are \[performed\] in regular sequence. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.11.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.11.35) suramādyaṃ dvitīyaṃ ca upāntyañcāntyameva ca / vāsudevo balaḥ kāmo hyaniruddho yathākramam // > The first, second, penultimate, and ultimate \[deities\] among the gods / are Vāsudeva, Bala, Kāma, and Aniruddha respectively. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.11.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.11.36) praṇavastatsadityetad huṃ kṣaiṃ bhūriti mantrakāḥ / nārāyaṇastathā brahmā viṣṇuḥ siṃho varāharāṭ // > The praṇava (Oṃ), tat sat, huṃ, kṣaiṃ, and bhūḥ are the seed-syllables. / Nārāyaṇa, Brahmā, Viṣṇu, the Lion, and the King of Boars, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.11.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.11.37) sitāruṇaharidrābhā nīlaśyāmallohitāḥ / meghāgnimadupiṅgābhā varṇato navanāmakāḥ // > are white, reddish, turmeric-hued, dark blue, and red, / cloud-colored, fire-colored, and reddish-brown respectively in hue—these nine names. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.11.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.11.38) kaṃ ṭaṃ paṃ śaṃ garutmānsyājjaṃ khaṃ vaṃ ca sudarśanam / ṣaṃ caṃ phaṃ ṣaṃ gadādevī vaṃ laṃ maṃ kṣaṃ ca śaṅkhakam // > Kaṃ ṭaṃ paṃ śaṃ is Garutmān; jaṃ khaṃ vaṃ is Sudarśana; / ṣaṃ caṃ phaṃ ṣaṃ is goddess Gadā; vaṃ laṃ maṃ kṣaṃ is Śaṅkha; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.11.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.11.39) ghaṃ ḍhaṃ bhaṃ haṃ bhavecchrīśca gaṃ jaṃ vaṃ śaṃ ca puṣṭikā / ghaṃ vaṃ ca vanamālā syācchrī vatsaṃ daṃ saṃ bhavet // > ghaṃ ḍhaṃ bhaṃ haṃ is Śrī; gaṃ jaṃ vaṃ śaṃ is Puṣṭi; / ghaṃ vaṃ is Vanamālā; daṃ saṃ is Śrīvatsa; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.11.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.11.40) chaṃ ḍaṃ paṃ yaṃ kaustubhaḥ proktaścānanto hyahameva ca / ityaṅgāniyathāyogaṃ devadevasya vai daśā // > chaṃ ḍaṃ paṃ yaṃ is declared to be Kaustubha; and Ananta is myself. / Thus, according to rule, are the ten limbs of the God of gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.11.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.11.41) garuḍo 'mbujasaṃkāśo gadā caivāsitākṛtiḥ / puṣṭiḥ śirīṣapuṣpābhā lakṣmīḥ kāñcanasannibhā // > Garuḍa resembles a lotus, and the mace has a dark form; / Puṣṭi has the hue of a śirīṣa flower, and Lakṣmī resembles gold. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.11.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.11.42) pūrṇacandranibhaḥ śaṅkhaḥ kaustubhastvaruṇadyutiḥ / cakraṃ sūryasahasrābhaṃ śrīvatsaḥ kundasannibhaḥ // > The conch resembles the full moon, while the Kaustubha has a reddish luster; / the discus possesses the radiance of a thousand suns, and the Śrīvatsa resembles the kunda flower. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.11.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.11.43) pañcavarṇanibhā mālā hyananto meghasannibhaḥ / vidyudrūpāṇi cāstrāṇi yāni noktāni varṇataḥ // > The garland possesses the appearance of five colors, and Ananta resembles a rain-cloud. / The weapons whose colors have not been mentioned have the form of lightning. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.11.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.11.44) arghyapādyādi vai dadyātpuṇḍarīkākṣavidyayā // > One should offer the guest-water, foot-washing water, and the rest with the Puṇḍarīkākṣa-vidyā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.11.44.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.11.44.p1) iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe navavyūhārcanaṃ nāmaikādaśo 'dhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the eleventh chapter, named 'Worship of the Ninefold Emanation', in the section on conduct (Ācārakāṇḍa), the first part of the first section (Pūrvakhaṇḍa), in the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.11.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Agnipurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.23.14) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Liṅgapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.27.21) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.11) · Pramāṇa