Garudapurana 1.121
Garuḍapurāṇa 1.121
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- 1.121.9 — 1 part
1.121.1
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 121
brahmovāca /
cāturmāsyavratānyūce ekādaśyāṃ samācaret /
āṣāḍhyāṃ paurṇamāsyāṃ vā sarveṇaharimarcyaca //
The glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa — 121 / Brahmā said: / I declare the four-month observances; one should undertake them on the eleventh day, / or on the full-moon day of Āṣāḍha, having worshipped Hari with everything:
1.121.2
idaṃ vrataṃ mayā deva gṛhītaṃ puratastava /
nirvighnaṃ siddhimāpnotu prasanne tvayi keśava //
‘This religious observance, O God, has been undertaken by me in your presence; / let it reach completion without obstacles, with you being pleased, O Keśava!
1.121.3
gṛhīte 'sminvrate deva yadyapūrṇe mriyāmyaham /
tanme bhavatu sampūrṇaṃ tvatprasādājjanārdana //
If I should die while this religious observance is undertaken and incomplete, O God, / then let it become complete for me by your grace, O Janārdana!’
1.121.4
evamabhyarcya gṛhṇīyādvratārcanajapādikam /
sarvāghaṃ ca kṣayaṃ yāti cikīrṣedyo harervratam //
Having worshipped thus, one should undertake the observance's worship, recitation, and the like; / and all sin goes to destruction for one who wishes to perform Hari's religious observance.
1.121.5
snātvāyobhyacya gṛhṇīyādvratārcanajapādikam /
snātvā yaccaturo māsānekabhaktena pūjayet /
viṣṇuṃ sa yāti viṣṇorva lokaṃ malavivarjitam //
Whoever, having bathed and worshipped, undertakes the observance's worship, recitation, and the like, / and, having bathed, worships Viṣṇu for the four months eating once a day, / he goes to Viṣṇu's world, which is free of all stain.
1.121.6
madyamāṃsasurātyagī vedaviddharipūjanāt /
tailavarji viṣṇulokaṃ viṣṇubhākkṛcchrapādakṛt //
One who abstains from intoxicating drink, meat, and liquor becomes knowledgeable in the Vedas from worshipping Hari; / one who abstains from oil attains Viṣṇu's world; one who performs a quarter-kṛcchra shares in Viṣṇu.
1.121.7
ekarātropavāsācca devo vaimāniko bhavet /
śvetadvīpaṃ trirātrāttu vrajetṣaṣṭhānnakṛnnaraḥ //
From fasting for one single night, one becomes a celestial traveling in an aerial chariot; / from three nights, a man goes to Śvetadvīpa; one who eats only at the sixth mealtime [reaches the same].
1.121.8
cāndrāyaṇāddharerdhāma labhenmuktimayācitām /
prājāpatyaṃ viṣṇulokaṃ parākavratakṛddharim //
From the cāndrāyaṇa penance, one attains Hari's abode and unasked liberation; / the prājāpatya penance brings Viṣṇu's world; the performer of the parāka observance attains Hari.
1.121.9
saktuyāvakabhikṣāśī payodadhighṛtāśanaḥ /
gomūtrayāvakāhāraḥ pañcagavyakṛtāśanaḥ /
śākamalaphalādyāśī rasavarjo ca viṣṇubhāk //
Eating barley meal, barley gruel, or alms; consuming milk, curds, and ghee; / taking cow urine and barley as food; eating the five products of the cow; / eating vegetables, roots, fruits, and the like, and abstaining from spiced juices, one shares in Viṣṇu.
1.121.9.p1
iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe cāturmāsyavratanirūpaṇaṃ nāmakāvaśatyuttaraśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Thus ends the one hundred and twenty-first chapter, entitled “Explanation of the Four-Month Religious Observance,” in the section on conduct, within the first portion of the first section in the glorious and great Garuḍa Purāṇa.
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