[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) › 1.142 # Garudapurana 1.142 Garuḍapurāṇa 1.142 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [1.142.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.142.28) — 1 part ### [1.142.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.142.1) śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 142 brahmovāca / viṃśādīnpālayāmāsa hyavatīrṇo hariḥ prabhuḥ / daityadharmasya nāśārthaṃ vedadharmādiguptaye // > Brahmā said: / Hari, the Lord, descended \[to earth\] and protected the world and all else, / in order to destroy the ways of the Daityas and to preserve the ways of the Vedas and so forth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.142.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.142.2) matsyādikasvarūpeṇa tvavatāraṃ karotyajaḥ / matsyo bhūtvā hayagrīvaṃ daityaṃ hatvājikaṇṭakam // > The Unborn takes incarnation in the form of the Fish and other \[manifestations\]. / Becoming a fish, he slew the Daitya Hayagrīva, the thorn in the side of the gods; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.142.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.142.3) vedānānīya manvādīnpālayāmāsa keśavaḥ / mandaraṃ dhārayāmāsa kūrmo bhūtvā hitāya ca // > bringing back the Vedas, Keśava protected Manu and others. / Becoming a tortoise, he supported Mount Mandara for the welfare \[of all\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.142.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.142.4) kṣīrodamathane vai dyo devo dhanvantarirhyarbhūt / bibhratkamaṇḍaluṃ pūrṇamamṛtena samutthitaḥ // > At the churning of the Milk Ocean, the divine physician Dhanvantari arose; / bearing a water-pot full of ambrosia, he stood forth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.142.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.142.5) āyurvedamathāṣṭāṅgaṃ suśrutāya sa uktavān / amṛtaṃ pāyayāmāsa strīrūpī ca surānhariḥ // > He then taught the eight-limbed Āyurveda to Suśruta. / Assuming a female form, Hari gave the ambrosia to the gods to drink. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.142.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.142.6) avatīrṇo varāho 'tha hiraṇyākṣaṃ jaghāna ha / pṛthivīṃ dhārayāmāsa pālayāmāsa devatāḥ // > Having descended as a boar, he slew Hiraṇyākṣa; / he lifted up the earth and protected the deities. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.142.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.142.7) narasiṃho 'vartorṇo 'tha hiraṇyakaśipuṃripum / daityānnihatavānvedadharmādīnabhyapālayat // > Having descended as Narasiṃha, he slew the enemy Hiraṇyakaśipu / and the Daityas, and protected the Vedic dharma and the rest. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.142.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.142.8) tataḥ paraśurāmo 'bhūjjamadagnerjagatprabhuḥ / triḥ saptakṛtvaḥ pṛthivīṃ cakre niḥ kṣattriyāṃ hariḥ // > Then, as Rāma Jāmadagnya, the Lord of the world, Hari, / rid the earth of Kṣatriyas twenty-one times. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.142.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.142.9) kārtavīryaṃ jaghānājau kaśyapāya mahīṃ dadau / yāgaṃ kṛtvā mahābāhurmahendre parvate sthitaḥ // > He slew Kārtavīrya in battle and gave the earth to Kaśyapa; / performing a sacrifice, the mighty-armed one dwelt on Mount Mahendra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.142.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.142.10) tato rāmo bhaviṣṇuśca caturdhā duṣṭarmadanaḥ / putro daśarathājjajñe rāmaśca bharato 'nujaḥ // > Then Rāma, the destroyer of the wicked, manifested fourfold: / Rāma was born as the son of Daśaratha, along with his younger brother Bharata, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.142.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.142.11) lakṣmaṇaścātha śatrughno rāmabhāryā ca jānakī / rāmaśca pitṛsatyārthaṃ mātṛbhyo hitamācaran // > and Lakṣmaṇa and Śatrughna; and Jānakī was Rāma’s wife. / And Rāma, for the sake of his father's truth and doing what was beneficial for his mothers, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.142.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.142.12) śṛṅgaveraṃ citrakūṭaṃ daṇḍakāraṇyamāgataḥ / nāsāṃ śūrpaṇakhāyāśca cchittvātha kharadūṣaṇam // > went to Śṛṅgaverapura, Citrakūṭa, and the Daṇḍaka forest. / Having cut off the nose of Śūrpaṇakhā, and having killed Khara and Dūṣaṇa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.142.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.142.13) hatvā sa rākṣasaṃ sītāpahārirajanīcaram / rāvaṇaṃ cānujaṃ tasya laṅkāpuryāṃ vibhīṣaṇam // > and having slain the rākṣasa Rāvaṇa, the night-roamer who stole Sītā, / and having installed his younger brother Vibhīṣaṇa in the city of Laṅkā > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.142.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.142.14) rakṣorājye ca saṃsthāpya sugrīvanumanmukhaiḥ / āruhya puṣpakaṃ sārdhaṃ sītayā patibhaktayā // > over the kingdom of the Rākṣasas, \[accompanied\] by Sugrīva, Hanumān, and the rest, / boarding the Puṣpaka \[chariot\] together with Sītā, devoted to her husband, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.142.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.142.15) lakṣmaṇenānukūlena hyayodhyāṃ svapurīṃ gataḥ / rājyaṃ cakāra devādīnpālayāmāsa sa prajāḥ // > and with the devoted Lakṣmaṇa, he went to his own city, Ayodhyā. / He ruled the kingdom, and protected the gods and his subjects. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.142.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.142.16) dharmasaṃrakṣaṇaṃ cakre hyaśvamedhādikānkratūn / sā mahīpatinā reme rāmeṇaiva yathāsukham // > He protected dharma and performed horse sacrifices and other rites; / she took delight in Rāma, the king, according to her pleasure. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.142.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.142.17) rāvaṇasya gṛhe sītā sthitā bheje na rāvaṇam / karmaṇā manasā vācā sā gatā rāghavaṃ sadā // > Though staying in the house of Rāvaṇa, Sītā did not yield to Rāvaṇa; / in deed, mind, and speech, she was always devoted to Raghava. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.142.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.142.18) pativratā tu sā sītā hyanasūyā yathaiva tu / pativratāyā māhātmyaṃ śṛṇu tvaṃ kathayāmyaham // > Devoted to her husband was that Sītā, just like Anasūyā. / Hear from me of the glory of a devoted wife; I shall tell it to you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.142.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.142.19) kauśiko brāhmaṇaḥ kuṣṭhī pratiṣṭhāne 'bhavatpurā / taṃ tathā vyādhitaṃ bhāryā patiṃ devamivārcayat // > Formerly, in Pratiṣṭhāna, there lived a brāhmaṇa named Kauśika, who had leprosy. / His wife worshipped that diseased husband just like a god. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.142.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.142.20) nirbhartsitāpi bhartāraṃ tamamanyata daivatam / bhartroktā sānayadveśyāṃ śulkamādāya cādhikam // > Even when rebuked, she regarded that husband as a deity. / Commanded by her husband, taking a large fee, she brought him to a courtesan. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.142.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.142.21) pathi sūle tadā protamacauraṃ cauraśaṅkayā / māṇḍavyamatiduḥ khārtamandhakāre 'tha sa dvijaḥ // > On the way, the sage Māṇḍavya, impaled on a stake though not a thief under suspicion of theft, / was in terrible pain in the darkness. Then that twice-born Kauśika, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.142.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.142.22) patnīskandhasamārūḍhaścālayāmāsa kauśikaḥ / pādāvamarśaṇatkruddho māṇḍavyastamuvāca ha // > carried on the shoulders of his wife, jolted him. / Angered by the touch of his foot, Māṇḍavya said to him: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.142.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.142.23) sūryodaye mṛtistasya yenāhaṃ cālitaḥ padā / tacchrutvā prāha tadbhāryā sūryo nodayameṣyati // > “At sunrise, he who jolted me with his foot shall die!” / Hearing that, his wife declared: “The sun shall not rise!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.142.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.142.24) tataḥ sūryodayābhāvāda bhavatsatataṃ niśā / bahūnyabdapramāṇāni tato devā bhayaṃ yayuḥ // > Then, because the sun did not rise, it remained constant night / for the measure of many years; thereupon the gods were filled with fear. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.142.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.142.25) brahmāṇaṃ śaraṇaṃ jagmustāmūce padmasambhavaḥ / praśāmyate tejasaiva tapastejastvanena vai // > They sought refuge with Brahmā; the lotus-born \[god\] said to them: / “By spiritual splendor alone is the heat of spiritual austerity subdued; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.142.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.142.26) pativratāyā māhātmyānnodgacchati divākaraḥ / tasya cānudayāddhānirmartyānāṃ bhavatāṃ tathā // > through the majesty of the devoted wife, the sun does not rise; / and because of its failure to rise, there is ruin for mortals and for you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.142.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.142.27) tasmātpativratāmatreranasūyāṃ tapasvinīm / prasādayata vai patnīṃ bhānorudayakāmyayā // > Therefore, propitiate Anasūyā, the ascetic wife of Atri and devoted woman, / with the desire for the sun to rise.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.142.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.142.28) taiḥ sā prasāditā gatvā hyanasūyā pativratā / kṛtvādityodayaṃ sā ca taṃ bhartāramajīvayat / pativratānasūyāyāḥ sītābhūdadhikā kila // > Propitiated by them, that devoted wife Anasūyā went, / caused the sun to rise, and revived that husband. / Yet Sītā was indeed even greater than the devoted wife Anasūyā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.142.28.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.142.28.p1) iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe daśāvatāradṛ nāma dvicatvāriṃśaduttaraśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the one hundred and forty-second chapter, named “The Vision of the Ten Incarnations,” in the section on conduct, known as the first part in the first section of the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.142.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Āryacarita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.aryacarita.51.2) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.142) · Pramāṇa