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# Garudapurana 1.132

Garuḍapurāṇa 1.132

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [1.132.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.132.21) — 1 part

### [1.132.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.132.1)

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 132  
brahmovāca /  
naktāśī tvaṣṭamīṃ yāvadvarṣānte caiva dhenudaḥ /  
paurandarapadaṃ yāti sadgativratamucyate ! //

> The glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, chapter 132.  
> Brahmā said:  
> Eating only at night until the eighth day, and giving a cow at the end of the year,  
> one goes to the realm of Indra; this is declared as the observance of good destination!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.132.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.132.2)

śuklāṣṭabhyāṃ pauṣamāse mahārudreti sādhu vai /  
matprītaye kṛtaṃ devi śathasāhasrikaṃ phalam //

> On the bright eighth day in the month of Pauṣa, \[saying\] "O Mahārudra!"—truly well-done!  
> Done for my pleasure, O goddess, the fruit is a hundred-thousandfold.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.132.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.132.3)

aṣṭamī budhavāreṇa pakṣayorubhayoryadā /  
bhaviṣyati tadā tasyāṃ vratametatkathā parā //

> When an eighth day falls on a Wednesday in either of the two fortnights,  
> then the narrative of this observance \[to be performed\] on it is supreme.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.132.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.132.4)

tasyāṃ niyamakartāro na syuḥ khaṇḍitasampadaḥ /  
taṇḍulasyāṣṭamuṣṭīnāṃ varjayitvāṅgulidvayam //

> Those who observe vows on that day shall not have their prosperity diminished.  
> Taking eight handfuls of rice, leaving two fingers \[of space\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.132.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.132.5)

bhaktaṃ sadbhaktiśraddhābhyāṃ muktikāmī hi mānavaḥ /  
āmra patrapuṭe kṛtvā yo bhuḍkte kuśavoṣṭite //

> a man desiring liberation, who eats that cooked rice with true devotion and faith,  
> placing it in a bowl made of mango leaves wrapped with kuśa grass,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.132.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.132.6)

kalambikāmlikopetaṃ kāmyaṃ tasya phalaṃ bhave (labhe) t /  
budhaṃ pañcopacāreṇa pūjayitvā jalāśaye //

> accompanied by kalambikā and tamarind, obtains his desired fruit.  
> Having worshipped Mercury with fivefold offerings at a body of water,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.132.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.132.7)

śaktito dakṣiṇaṃ dadyātkarkarīṃ taṇḍulānvitām /  
buṃ budhāyeti bījaṃ syātsvāhāntaḥ kamalādikaḥ //

> According to one's capacity, one should give a priestly gift of a small pitcher filled with rice grains. / The seed-syllable should be 'buṃ budhāya', ending with 'svāhā', \[accompanied by offering\] a lotus and other items.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.132.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.132.8)

bāṇacāpadharaṃśyāmaṃ dale cāṅgani madhyataḥ /  
budhāṣṭamīkathā puṇyā śrotavyā kṛtibhirdhruvam //

> On the petals and in the center of the limbs, \[one should worship Budha who is\] dark-complexioned, holding an arrow and a bow. / The holy narrative of Budhāṣṭamī must definitely be heard by the virtuous.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.132.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.132.9)

pure pāṭaliputrākhye vīro nāma dvijottamaḥ /  
rambhā bhāryā tasya cāsītkauśikaḥ putra uttamaḥ //

> In the city named Pāṭaliputra, there was an excellent twice-born named Vīra. / He had a wife named Rambhā, and an excellent son, Kauśika.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.132.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.132.10)

duhitā vijayānāmnī va (dha) napālo vṛṣo 'bhavat /  
gṛhītvā kauśikastaṃ ca grīṣme gaṅgāṃ gato 'ramat //

> There was a daughter named Vijayā, and an ox named Dhanapāla. / Taking him in the summer, Kauśika went to the Gaṅgā and disported himself.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.132.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.132.11)

gopālakairvṛṣaścauraiḥ krīḍāsthopahṛto balāt /  
gaṅgātaḥ sa ca utthāya vanaṃ babhrāma duḥ khitaḥ //

> While he was engaged in play, the ox was carried off by force by cowherds who were thieves. / Rising from the Gaṅgā, he wandered into the forest, grief-stricken.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.132.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.132.12)

jalārthaṃ vijayā cāgādbhrā(nmā) trā sārdhaṃ ca sāpyagāt /  
pipāsito mṛṇālārtho āgato 'tha sarovaram //

> Vijayā went for water, and she also went together with her mother. / Thirsty and seeking lotus fibers, he then came to a lake.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.132.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.132.13)

divyastrīṇāṃ ca pūjādīndṛṣṭvā cāpyatha vismitaḥ /  
sa tā gatvā yayāce 'nnaṃ sānujo 'haṃ bubhukṣitaḥ //

> Seeing celestial women engaged in worship and the like, he was amazed. / Going to them, he begged for food: "Together with my younger sister, I am hungry."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.132.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.132.14)

striyo 'bruvanvrataṃ kartuṃ dāsyāmaśca kuru vratam /  
patnyarthaṃ dhanapānā (lār) thaṃ pūjayāmāsaturbudham //

> The women said: "Perform the religious observance! We will give \[it\], so perform the observance." / For the sake of a wife and for Dhanapāla, they both worshipped Budha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.132.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.132.15)

puṭadvayaṃ gṛhītvānnaṃ bubhujāte pradattakam /  
striyo gatāstau dhanadau dhanapānamapaśyatām //

> Taking two leaf-bowls of food, they ate what was given. / When the women departed, those two givers of wealth saw Dhanapāla.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.132.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.132.16)

caurairdattaṃ gṛhītvātha pradoṣe prāptavān gṛham /  
vīraṃ ca duḥ khitaṃ natvā rātrau supto yathāsukham //

> Taking what was returned by the thieves, he reached home in the evening. / Having bowed to the grieving Vīra, he slept happily at night.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.132.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.132.17)

kanyāṃ ca yuvatīṃ dṛṣṭvā kasmai deyā sutā mayā /  
yamāyetyabravīdduḥ khātsācārādvratasatphalāt //

> Seeing that the maiden had grown into a young woman, \[the father thought,\] "To whom should my daughter be given?" / Out of sorrow, he said, "To Yama!" Through her righteous conduct and the good fruit of the religious observance,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.132.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.132.18)

svargaṃ gatau ca pitarau vrataṃ rājyāya kau śikaḥ /  
cakre 'yodhyāmahārājyaṃ dattvā ca bhaginīṃ yame //

> the two parents went to heaven. Kauśika performed the religious observance for kingship / and ruled the great kingdom of Ayodhyā, having given his sister to Yama.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.132.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.132.19)

yamo 'pi vijayāmāha gṛhasthā bhava me pure /  
noddhāṭayānyatragate yame sā na tathākarot /  
apaśyanmātaraṃ svāṃ sā pāśayātanayā sthitām //

> Yama also said to Vijayā: "Be the mistress of the house in my city. / Do not open \[this door\]." When Yama went elsewhere, she did not act thus. / She saw her own mother standing, suffering torture in nooses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.132.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.132.20)

athodvignā kośikoktaṃ jñātvā muktipradaṃ vratam /  
cakre ca sā tato muktā mātā tasmāccaredvratam //

> Then, agitated, knowing the religious observance that bestows liberation as taught by Kauśika, / she performed it, and thereupon her mother was liberated; therefore, one should practice the religious observance.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.132.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.132.21)

vtapuṇyaprabhāveṇa svargaṃ gatvāvasatsukham //

> By the power of the merit of the religious observance, having gone to heaven, she dwelled happily.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.132.21.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.132.21.p1)

iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe budhāṣṭamīvratanirūpaṇaṃ nāma dvātriṃśaduttaraśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

> Thus ends the one hundred and thirty-second chapter, titled "Description of the Budhāṣṭamī Observance," in the Ācārakāṇḍa of the first section called 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.1.132.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Agnipurāṇa (Nag Publishers edition, Delhi)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.184.9) — Sanskrit
- [Kālaviveka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.kalaviveka.77.p1.72) — Jīmūtavāhana, Sanskrit

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