[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) › 1.143 # Garudapurana 1.143 Garuḍapurāṇa 1.143 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [1.143.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.143.51) — 1 part ### [1.143.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.143.1) śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 143 brahmovāca / rāmāyaṇamato vakṣye śrutaṃ pāpavināśanam / viṣṇunābhyabjato brahmā marīcistatsuto 'bhavat // > Brahmā said: / I shall now tell the Rāmāyaṇa, which destroys sin when heard. / From the lotus of Viṣṇu’s navel came Brahmā; Marīci was his son. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.143.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.143.2) marīceḥ kaśyapastasmādravistasmānmanuḥ smṛtaḥ / manorikṣvākurasyābhūdvaṃśe rājā raghuḥ smṛtaḥ // > From Marīci came Kaśyapa, from him the Sun, and from him Manu is known; / from Manu came Ikṣvāku, and in his lineage King Raghu is remembered. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.143.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.143.3) raghorajastato jāto rājā daśaratho balī / tasya putrāstu catvāro mahābalaparākramāḥ // > From Raghu came Aja; from him the powerful King Daśaratha was born. / His sons were four, endowed with great strength and prowess. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.143.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.143.4) kausalyāyāma bhūdrāmo bharataḥ kaikayīsutaḥ / sutau lakṣmaṇaśakṣughnau sumitrāyāṃ babhūvatuḥ // > Rāma was born of Kausalyā; Bharata was the son of Kaikeyī; / the two sons Lakṣmaṇa and Śatrughna were born of Sumitrā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.143.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.143.5) rāmo bhaktaḥ piturmāturviśvāmitrādavāptavān / astragrāmaṃ tato yakṣīṃ tāṭakāṃ prajaghāna ha // > Rāma, devoted to his father and mother, obtained the collection of divine weapons / from Viśvāmitra; thereafter he slew the yakṣī Tāṭakā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.143.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.143.6) viśāvamitrasya yajñe vai subāhuṃ nyavadhīdbalī / janakasya kratuṃ gatvā upayeme 'tha jānakīm // > At Viśvāmitra's sacrifice, the mighty one slew Subāhu. / Having gone to Janaka's sacrifice, he then married Jānakī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.143.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.143.7) ūrmilāṃ lakṣmaṇo vīro bharato māṇḍavīṃ sutām / śatrughno vai kīrtimatīṃ kuśadhvajasute ubhe // > The heroic Lakṣmaṇa \[married\] Urmilā, Bharata the daughter Māṇḍavī, / and Śatrughna indeed Kīrtimatī—both daughters of Kuśadhvaja. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.143.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.143.8) pitrādibhirayodhyāyāṃ gatvā rāmādayaḥ sthitāḥ / yudhājitaṃ mātulañca śatrughnabharatau gatau // > Rāma and the others went to Ayodhyā with their father and relatives and settled there. / Śatrughna and Bharata went to their maternal uncle Yudhājit. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.143.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.143.9) gatayornṛpavaryo 'sau rājyaṃ dātuṃ samudyataḥ / sa rāmāya tatputrāya kaikeyyā prārthitastadā // > When the two had gone, that best of kings prepared to bestow the kingdom / upon Rāma, his son; he was then petitioned by Kaikeyī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.143.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.143.10) caturdaśasamāvāso vanerāmasya vāñchitaḥ / rāmaḥ pitṛhitārthañca lakṣmaṇena ca sītayā // > A dwelling in the forest for fourteen years was desired for Rāma. / For the welfare of his father, Rāma, along with Lakṣmaṇa and Sītā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.143.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.143.11) rājyañca tṛṇavattyaktvā śṛṅgaverapuraṃ gataḥ / rathaṃ tyaktvā prayāgañca citrakūṭagiriṃ gataḥ // > renounced the kingdom like a blade of grass and went to Śṛṅgaverapura. / Leaving his chariot, he went to Prayāga and then to Mount Citrakūṭa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.143.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.143.12) rāmasya tu viyogena rājā svargaṃ samāśritaḥ / saṃskṛtya bharataścāgādrāmamāha balānvitaḥ // > Due to separation from Rāma, the king attained heaven. / Having performed the funeral rites, Bharata, accompanied by an army, came and said to Rāma: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.143.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.143.13) ayodhyāntu samāgatya rājyaṃ kuru mahāmate / sa naicchatpāduke dattvā rājyāya bharatāya tu // > "Come to Ayodhyā and rule the kingdom, O high-minded one!" / He did not desire \[to do so\]; but giving his sandals to Bharata for the kingdom, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.143.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.143.14) visarjito 'tha bharato rāmarājyamapālayat / nandigrāme sthito bhakto hyayodhyāṃ nāviśadvratī // > Bharata, dismissed, protected the kingdom of Rāma. / Residing in Nandigrāma, the devoted observer of vows did not enter Ayodhyā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.143.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.143.15) rāmo 'pi citrakūṭācca hyatrerāśramamāyayau / natvā sutīkṣṇaṃ cāgastyaṃ daṇḍakāraṇyamāgataḥ // > Rāma also went from Citrakūṭa to the hermitage of Atri. / Having bowed to Sutīkṣṇa and Agastya, he came to the Daṇḍaka Forest. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.143.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.143.16) tatra śūrpaṇakhā nāma rākṣasī cāttumāgatā / nikṛtya karṇo nāse ca rāmeṇāthāpavāritā // > There a rākṣasa woman named Śūrpaṇakhā came to devour \[them\]. / Having her ears and nose cut off, she was then repulsed by Rāma. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.143.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.143.17) tatpreritaḥ kharaścāgāddūṣaṇastriśirāstathā / caturdaśasahasreṇa rakṣasāntu balena ca // > Incited by her, Khara came, and likewise Dūṣaṇa and Triśiras, / with an army of fourteen thousand rākṣasas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.143.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.143.18) rāmo 'pi preṣayāmāsa bāṇairyamapurañca tān / rākṣasyā prerito 'bhyāgādrāvaṇo haraṇāya hi // > Rāma sent them with his arrows to the city of Yama. / Incited by the rākṣasa woman, Rāvaṇa came to abduct \[her\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.143.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.143.19) mṛgarūpaṃ sa mārīcaṃ kṛtvāgre 'tha tridaṇḍadhṛk / sītayā prerito rāmo mārīcaṃ nijaghāna ha // > Having placed Mārīca in the form of a deer in front of him, he bore the triple staff \[of an ascetic\]. / Urged by Sītā, Rāma struck down Mārīca. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.143.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.143.20) mriyamāṇaḥ sa ca prāha hā sīte ! lakṣmaṇoti ca / sītokto lakṣmaṇo 'thāgādrāmaścānudadarśa tam // > Dying, he cried out: "Ah Sītā! Lakṣmaṇa!" / Addressed by Sītā, Lakṣmaṇa then came, and Rāma caught sight of him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.143.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.143.21) uvāca rākṣasī māyā nūnaṃ sītā hṛteti saḥ / rāvaṇo 'ntaramāsādya hyaṅkenādāya jānakīm // > He said: "This is rākṣasa illusion; Sītā is surely taken." / Rāvaṇa, seizing the opportunity, took Jānakī in his lap, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.143.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.143.22) jaṭāyuṣaṃ vinirbhidya yayau laṅkāṃ tato balī / aśokavṛkṣacchāyāyāṃ rakṣitāṃ tāmadhārayat // > and having struck down Jaṭāyus, the mighty one then went to Laṅkā. / He kept her guarded in the shade of an aśoka tree. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.143.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.143.23) āgatya rāmaḥ sūnyāñca parṇaśālāṃ dadarśa ha / śokaṃ kṛtvātha jānakyā mārgaṇaṃ kṛtavānprabhuḥ // > Having returned, Rāma saw the leaf-hut empty. / Having grieved, the lord then undertook a search for Jānakī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.143.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.143.24) jaṭāyuṣañca saṃskṛtya tadukto dakṣiṇāṃ diśam / gatvā sakhyaṃ tataścakre sugrīveṇa ca rāghavaḥ // > Having performed the funeral rites for Jaṭāyus and instructed by him, / the descendant of Raghu went toward the southern quarter and formed an alliance with Sugrīva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.143.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.143.25) sapta tālānvinirbhidya śareṇānataparvaṇā / vālinañca vinirbhidya kiṣkindhāyāṃ harīśvaram // > Having pierced seven palm trees with an arrow of straight joints, / and having struck down Vālin, the lord of monkeys in Kiṣkindhā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.143.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.143.26) sugrīvaṃ kṛtavānrāma ṛśyamūke svayaṃ sthitaḥ / sugrīvaḥ preṣayāmāsa vānarānparvatopamān // > Rāma made Sugrīva \[king\] while himself remaining on Mount Ṛśyamūka. / Sugrīva dispatched monkeys resembling mountains, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.143.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.143.27) sītāyā mārgaṇaṃ kartuṃ pūrvādyāśāsu sotsavān / pratīcīmuttarāṃ prācīṃ diśaṃ gatvā samāgatāḥ // > jubilant, in the eastern and other directions to conduct the search for Sītā. / Those who went to the western, northern, and eastern directions returned. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.143.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.143.28) dakṣiṇāntu diśaṃ ye ca mārgayanto 'tha jānakīm / vanāni parvatāndvīpānnadīnāṃ pulināni ca // > Those searching for Jānakī in the southern direction / \[searched\] forests, mountains, islands, and river sandbanks. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.143.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.143.29) jānakīnte hyapaśyanto maraṇe kṛtaniścayāḥ / sampātivacanājjñātvā hanūmānkapikuñjaraḥ // > Not seeing Jānakī, they resolved upon death. / Learning \[her whereabouts\] from the words of Sampāti, Hanūmat, an elephant among monkeys, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.143.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.143.30) śatayojanavistīrṇaṃ pupluve makarālayam / apaśyajjānakīṃ tatra hyaśokavanikāsthitām // > leapt across the ocean, which was a hundred yojanas wide. / There he saw Jānakī situated in an aśoka grove, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.143.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.143.31) bhartsitāṃ rākṣasībhiśca rāvaṇena ca rakṣasā / bhava bhāryeti vadatā cintayantīñca rāghavam // > threatened by rākṣasa women and by the rākṣasa Rāvaṇa, / who was saying, "Become my wife!", while she contemplated the descendant of Raghu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.143.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.143.32) aṅgulīyaṃ kapirdattvā sītāṃ kauśalyamabravīt / rāmasya tasya dūto 'haṃ śokaṃ mā kuru maithili // > The monkey, giving the ring, spoke words of well-being to Sītā: / "I am the messenger of that Rāma; do not grieve, O Maithilī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.143.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.143.33) svābhijñānañca me dehi yena rāmaḥ smariṣyati / tacchrutvā pradadau sītā veṇīratnaṃ hanūmate // > Give me a token of your own, by which Rāma will remember \[you\]." / Hearing that, Sītā gave a crest-jewel to Hanūmat. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.143.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.143.34) yathā rāmo nayecchīghraṃ tathā vācyaṃ tvayā kape / tathetyuktvā tu hanumānvanaṃ divyaṃ babhañja ha // > "You must speak, O monkey, in such a way that Rāma may bring me quickly." / Saying "So be it," Hanūmat destroyed the divine grove. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.143.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.143.35) hatvākṣaṃ rākṣasāṃścānyānbandhanaṃ svayamāgataḥ / sarvairindrajito bāṇairdṛṣṭvā rāvaṇamabravīt // > Having slain Akṣa and other rākṣasas, he willingly submitted to bondage / from Indrajit's arrows; and having seen Rāvaṇa, he said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.143.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.143.36) rāmadūto 'smi hanumāndehi rāmāya maithilīm / etacchrutvā prakupito dīpayāmāsa pucchakam // > "I am Hanūmat, the messenger of Rāma; give Maithilī to Rāma." / Hearing this, enraged, \[Rāvaṇa\] set his tail on fire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.143.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.143.37) kapirjvalitalāṅgūlo laṅkāṃ dehe' mahābalaḥ / dagdhvā laṅkāṃ samāyāto rāmapārśvaṃ sa vānaraḥ // > With his tail ablaze, the monkey of great strength burned Laṅkā. / Having burned Laṅkā, the monkey returned to Rāma's side. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.143.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.143.38) jagdhvā phalaṃ madhuvane dṛṣṭā sītatyavedayat / veṇīratnañca rāmāya rāmo laṅkāpurrī yayau // > Having eaten fruit in the Madhuvana, he reported: "Sītā has been seen," / and \[gave\] the crest-jewel to Rāma; Rāma set out for the city of Laṅkā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.143.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.143.39) sasugrīvaḥ sa hanumānsāṃgadaśca salakṣmaṇaḥ / vibhīṣaṇo 'pi samprāptaḥ śaraṇaṃ rāghavaṃ prati // > accompanied by Sugrīva, Hanūmat, Aṅgada, and Lakṣmaṇa. / Vibhīṣaṇa also came seeking refuge with the descendant of Raghu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.143.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.143.40) laṅkaiśvaryeṣvabhyaṣiñcadrāmastaṃ rāvaṇānujam / rāmo nalena setuñca kṛtvābdhau cottatāra tam // > Rāma consecrated him, the younger brother of Rāvaṇa, to the sovereignty of Laṅkā. / Rāma, having constructed a bridge across the ocean through Nala, crossed it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.143.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.143.41) suvelāvasthitaścaiva purīṃ laṅkāṃ dadarśaha / atha te vānarā vīrā nīlāṅgadanalādayaḥ // > Stationed on Mount Suvela, he saw the city of Laṅkā. / Then those heroic monkeys—Nīla, Aṅgada, Nala, and the others, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.143.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.143.42) dhūmradhūmrākṣavīrendrā jāmbavatpramukhāstadā / maindadvividamukhyāste purīṃ laṅkāṃ babhañjire // > Dhūmra, chiefs of heroes like Dhūmrākṣa, led by Jāmbavat, / and the foremost such as Mainda and Dvivida—battered the city of Laṅkā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.143.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.143.43) rākṣasāṃśca mahākāyānkālāñjanacayopamān / rāmaḥ salakṣmaṇo hatvā sakapiḥ sarvarākṣasān // > And the rākṣasas of huge bodies, resembling heaps of black collyrium— / Rāma along with Lakṣmaṇa and the monkeys slew all the rākṣasas: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.143.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.143.44) vidyujjihvañca dhūmrākṣaṃ devāntakanarānta kau / mahodaramahāpārśvāvatikāyaṃ mahābalam // > Vidyujjihva, Dhūmrākṣa, Devāntaka, Narāntaka, / Mahodara, Mahāpārśva, the exceedingly mighty Atikāya, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.143.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.143.45) kumbhaṃ nikumbhaṃ mattañca makarākṣaṃ hyakampanam / prahastaṃ vīramunmattaṃ kumbhakarṇaṃ mahābalam // > Kumbha, Nikumbha, Matta, Makarākṣa, and Akampana, / Prahasta, the heroic Unmatta, and the immensely strong Kumbhakarṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.143.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.143.46) rāvaṇiṃ lakṣmaṇo 'cchinta hyastrādyai rāghavo balī / nikṛtya bāhucakrāṇi rāvaṇantu nyapātayan // > Lakṣmaṇa cut down the son of Rāvaṇa; and the mighty descendant of Raghu, with divine weapons, / having severed the circle of arms, struck down Rāvaṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.143.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.143.47) sītāṃ śuddhāṃ gṛhītvātha vimāne puṣpake sthitaḥ / savānaraḥ samāyāto hyayodhyāṃ pravarāṃ purīm // > Then, having received the purified Sītā, seated in the Puṣpaka aerial car / along with the monkeys, he returned to the excellent city of Ayodhyā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.143.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.143.48) tatra rājyaṃ cakārātha puttravatpālayanprajāḥ / daśāśvamedhānāhṛtya gayāśirasi pātanam // > There he ruled the kingdom, protecting the subjects like sons. / Having performed ten horse sacrifices, and having duly offered > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.143.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.143.49) piṇḍānāṃ vidhivatkṛtvā dattvā dānāni rāghavaḥ / putrau kuśalavau dṛṣṭvā tau ca rājye 'bhyaṣecayat // > the balls of rice at Gayāśiras and distributed gifts, the descendant of Raghu, / having beheld his two sons Kuśa and Lava, consecrated them in the kingdom. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.143.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.143.50) ekādaśasahasrāṇi rāmo rājyamakārayat / śatrughno lavaṇaṃ jaghne śailūṣaṃ bhatastataḥ // > Rāma ruled the kingdom for eleven thousand \[years\]. / Śatrughna slew Lavaṇa, and Bharata then \[slew\] Śailūṣa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.143.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.143.51) agastyādīnmunīnnatvā śrutvotpattiñca rakṣasām / svargaṃ gato janaiḥ sārdhamayodhyāsthaiḥ kṛtārthakaḥ // > Having bowed to sages such as Agastya and having heard the origin of the rakṣases, / he, having accomplished his purpose, went to heaven together with the people dwelling in Ayodhyā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.143.51.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.143.51.p1) iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe rāmāyaṇavarṇanaṃ nāma tricatvāriṃśaduttaraśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the one hundred and forty-third chapter, entitled "The Description of the Rāmāyaṇa," in the section on Conduct, designated 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.1.143.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.143) · Pramāṇa