[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) › 1.121 # Garudapurana 1.121 Garuḍapurāṇa 1.121 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [1.121.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.121.9) — 1 part ### [1.121.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.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: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.121.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.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! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.121.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.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!’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.121.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.121.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.121.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.121.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.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 \[reaches the same\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.121.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.121.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.121.9.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.121.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Kālaviveka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.kalaviveka.77.p1.19) — Jīmūtavāhana, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.121) · Pramāṇa