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# Garudapurana 1.145

Garuḍapurāṇa 1.145

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [1.145.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.145.43) — 1 part

### [1.145.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.145.1)

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 145  
brahmovāca /  
bhārataṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi bhārāvataraṇaṃ bhuvaḥ /  
cakre kṛṣṇo yudhyamānaḥ pāṇḍavādinimittataḥ //

> Śrī Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa — \[Chapter\] 145  
> Brahmā said:  
> I shall relate the Bhārata, the relieving of the burden of the earth,  
> which Kṛṣṇa accomplished by fighting on account of the Pāṇḍavas and others.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.145.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.145.2)

viṣṇunābhyabjato brahmā brahmaputro 'triratritaḥ /  
somastato budhastasmādilāyāṃ ca purūravāḥ //

> From the navel-lotus of Viṣṇu arose Brahmā; Brahmā's son was Atri; from Atri  
> arose Soma; from him Budha; and from him, upon Ilā, Purūravas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.145.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.145.3)

tasyāyustatra vaṃśe 'bhūdyayātirbharataḥ kuruḥ /  
śantanustasya vaṃśe 'bhūdgaṅgāyāṃ śantanoḥ sutaḥ //

> His \[son\] was Āyus; in that lineage arose Yayāti, Bharata, and Kuru.  
> In his lineage arose Śantanu; and the son of Śantanu upon Gaṅgā was  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.145.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.145.4)

bhīṣmaḥ sarvaguṇaiyukto brahmavaivartapāragaḥ //

> Bhīṣma, endowed with all virtues, who had mastered the Brahmavaivarta.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.145.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.145.5)

śantanoḥ satyavatyāṃ ca dvau putrau saṃbabhūvatuḥ /  
citrāṅgadantu gandharvaḥ putraṃ citrāṅgado 'vadhīt //

> And from Śantanu upon Satyavatī two sons were born.  
> The gandharva Citrāṅgada killed the son Citrāṅgada.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.145.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.145.6)

anyo vicitravīryo 'bhūtkāśīrājasutāpatiḥ /  
vicitravīrye svaryāte vyāsāttatkṣetrato 'bhavat //

> The other was Vicitravīrya, the husband of the daughters of the king of Kāśī.  
> When Vicitravīrya had gone to heaven, there were born from his field through Vyāsa:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.145.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.145.7)

dhṛtarāṣṭo 'mbikāputraḥ pāṇḍurāmbālikāsutaḥ /  
bhujiṣyāyāntu viduro gāndhāryāṃ dhṛtarāṣṭrataḥ //

> Dhṛtarāṣṭra, the son of Ambikā, and Pāṇḍu, the son of Ambālikā,  
> and Vidura upon a maidservant; and from Dhṛtarāṣṭra upon Gāndhārī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.145.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.145.8)

duryodhanapradhānāstu śatasaṃkhyā mahābalāḥ /  
pāṇḍoḥ kuntyāñca mādyāṃ ca pañca putrāḥ prajajñire //

> a hundred of great strength, foremost among whom was Duryodhana.  
> From Pāṇḍu, upon Kuntī and Mādrī, five sons were born:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.145.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.145.9)

yudhiṣṭhiro bhīmaseno hyarjuno nakulastathā /  
sahadevaśca pañcaite mahābalaparākramāḥ //

> Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīmasena, Arjuna, Nakula,  
> and Sahadeva — these five endowed with great strength and valor.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.145.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.145.10)

kurupāṇḍavayorvairaṃ daivayo gādbabhūva ha /  
duryodhanenādhīreṇa pāṇḍavāḥ samupadrutāḥ //

> Enmity arose between the Kurus and the Pāṇḍavas through the workings of fate.  
> The Pāṇḍavas were harassed by the restless Duryodhana.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.145.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.145.11)

dagdhā jatugṛhe vīrāste muktāḥ svadhiyāmalāḥ //

> The heroes, \[plotted\] to be burned in the house of lac, escaped unharmed through their own intelligence.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.145.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.145.12)

tatastadekacakrāyāṃ brāhmaṇasya niveśane /  
viviśuste mahātmāno nihatya bakarākṣasam //

> Then, having slain the rākṣasa Baka, those great-souled ones  
> entered the dwelling of a brāhmaṇa in Ekacakrā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.145.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.145.13)

tataḥ pāñcālaviṣayedraupadyāste svayaṃvaram /  
vijñāya vīryaśulkāntāṃ pāṇḍavā upayemire //

> Then, having learned of the svayaṃvara of Draupadī in the land of the Pañcālas,  
> the Pāṇḍavas married her whose bride-price was valor.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.145.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.145.14)

droṇabhīṣmānumatyā tu dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ samānayat /  
ardvarājyaṃ tataḥ prāptā indraprasthe purottame //

> With the approval of Droṇa and Bhīṣma, Dhṛtarāṣṭra brought them back.  
> They then obtained half the kingdom in the supreme city of Indraprastha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.145.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.145.15)

rājasūyantataścakruḥ sabhāṃ kṛtvā yatavratāḥ /  
arjuno dvāravatyāntu subhadrāṃ prāptavānpriyām /  
vāsudevasya bhaginīmanumatyā muradviṣaḥ //

> Having constructed an assembly hall, those of steadfast vows performed the Rājasūya sacrifice.  
> In Dvāravatī, Arjuna obtained his beloved Subhadrā,  
> the sister of Vāsudeva, with the consent of the foe of Mura;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.145.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.145.16)

nandighoṣaṃ rathaṃ divyamagnerghanuranuttamam /  
gāṇḍīvaṃ nāma taddivyaṃ triṣu lokeṣu viśrutam /  
akṣayānsāyakāṃścaiva tathābhedyañca daṃśanam //

> and \[he received\] the divine chariot Nandighoṣa, the unsurpassed bow of Agni  
> called Gāṇḍīva, famed throughout the three worlds,  
> inexhaustible arrows, and impenetrable armor.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.145.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.145.17)

sa tena dhanuṣā vīraḥ pāṇḍavo jātavedasam /  
kṛṣṇadvitīyo bībhatsuratarpayata vīryavān //

> With that bow, that heroic Pāṇḍava, the valorous Bībhatsu,  
> accompanied by Kṛṣṇa as his second, gratified Agni.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.145.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.145.18)

nṛpāndigvijaye jitvā ratnānyādāya vai dadau /  
yudhiṣṭhirāya mahate bhrātre nītivide mudā //

> Having conquered kings during his world conquest and gathered jewels, he joyfully gave them  
> to his eldest brother Yudhiṣṭhira, who was learned in statecraft.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.145.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.145.19)

yudhiṣṭhiro 'pi dharmātmā bhrātṛbhiḥ parivāritaḥ /  
jito duryodhanenaiva māyādyūtena pāpinā /  
karṇaduḥ śāsanamate sthitena śakunermate //

> Yet the righteous Yudhiṣṭhira, surrounded by his brothers,  
> was defeated at deceitful dice by the sinful Duryodhana,  
> who followed the counsel of Karṇa and Duḥśāsana and stood by the counsel of Śakuni.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.145.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.145.20)

atha dvādaśa varṣāṇi vane tepurmahattapaḥ /  
sadhaumyā draupadīṣaṣṭhā munivṛndābhisaṃvṛtāḥ //

> Then for twelve years they performed severe austerities in the forest,  
> accompanied by Dhaumya, with Draupadī as the sixth, and surrounded by hosts of sages.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.145.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.145.21)

yayurvirāṭanagaraṃ guptarūpeṇa saṃśritāḥ /  
varṣamekaṃ mahāprājñā gograhāttamapālayan //

> Taking refuge in the city of Virāṭa in disguise,  
> those exceedingly wise ones protected it from the seizure of cattle for one year.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.145.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.145.22)

tate yātāḥ svakaṃ rāṣṭraṃ prārthayāmāsurādṛtāḥ /  
pañcagrāmānardharājyādvīrā duryodhanaṃ nṛpam //

> Having returned from there, the heroes respectfully requested their own territory,  
> five villages out of half the kingdom, from King Duryodhana.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.145.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.145.23)

nāptavantaḥ kurukṣetre yuddhañcakrurbalānvitāḥ /  
akṣauhiṇībhirdivyābhiḥ saptabhiḥ parivāritāḥ //

> Not receiving them, they joined battle at Kurukṣetra, endowed with might  
> and surrounded by seven splendid akṣauhiṇīs.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.145.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.145.24)

ekādaśabhirudyuktā yuktā duryodhanādayaḥ /  
āsīdyuddhaṃ saṃkulaṃ ca devāsuraraṇopamam //

> Duryodhana and his allies were arrayed with eleven \[akṣauhiṇīs\].  
> There took place a tumultuous battle resembling the war between the gods and asuras.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.145.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.145.25)

bhīṣmaḥ senāpatirabhūdādau dauryodhane bale /  
pāṇḍavānāṃ śikhaṇḍī ca tayoryuddhaṃ babhūva ha /  
śastrāśastri mahāghoraṃ dhasarātraṃ śarāśari //

> Bhīṣma was the general at first in the army of Duryodhana,  
> and Śikhaṇḍin among the Pāṇḍavas; and between the two there was combat,  
> a hand-to-hand fight with weapons, exceedingly terrible, an exchange of arrows for ten days and nights.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.145.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.145.26)

śikhaṇḍyarjunabāṇaiśca bhīṣmaḥ śaraśataiścitaḥ /  
uttarāyaṇamāvīkṣya dhyātvā devaṃ gadādharam //

> Pierced by hundreds of arrows from Śikhaṇḍin and Arjuna, Bhīṣma,  
> awaiting the northern solstice of the sun and meditating on the mace-bearing God,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.145.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.145.27)

uktvā dharmānbahuvidhāṃstarpayitvā pitṝnbahūn /  
ānande tu pade līno vimale muktakilbiṣe //

> expounding dharmas of many kinds and propitiating many ancestors,  
> became absorbed in the spotless, blissful state, freed from sin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.145.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.145.28)

tato droṇo yayau yoddhuṃ dhṛṣṭadyumnena bīryavān /  
dināni pañca tadyuddhamāsītparamadāruṇam //

> Then the valorous Droṇa went forth to fight with Dhṛṣṭadyumna;  
> that battle was exceedingly terrible for five days.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.145.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.145.29)

yatra te pṛthivīpālā hatāḥ pārthena saṃgare /  
śokasāgaramāsādya droṇo 'pi svargamāptavān //

> When those rulers of the earth were slain in battle by Arjuna,  
> Droṇa too, overcome by an ocean of sorrow, attained heaven.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.145.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.145.30)

tataḥ karṇā yayau yoddhumarjunena mihātmanā /  
dinadvayaṃ mahāyuddhaṃ kṛtvā pārthāstrasāgare /  
nimagnaḥ sūryalokantu tataḥ prāpa sa vīryavān //

> Then Karṇa went forth to fight with the great-souled Arjuna.  
> Having fought a great battle for two days, submerged in the ocean of Pārtha's weapons,  
> that valorous one then attained the realm of the Sun.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.145.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.145.31)

tataḥ śalyo yayau yoddhuṃ dharmarājena dhīmatā /  
dinārdhena hataḥ śalyo bāṇairjvalanasannibhaiḥ //

> Then Śalya went forth to fight with the wise King of Dharma;  
> in half a day Śalya was slain by arrows resembling blazing fire.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.145.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.145.32)

duryodhano 'tha vegena gadāmādāya vīryavān /  
abhyadhāvata vai bhībhaṃ kālāntakayamopamaḥ //

> Then the valorous Duryodhana, taking up his mace with speed,  
> rushed against Bhīma like Yama, the Antaka at the end of time.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.145.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.145.33)

atha bhīmena vīreṇa gadayā vinipātitaḥ /  
aśvatthāmā gato drauṇiḥ suptasainyaṃ tato niśi //

> Then he was struck down with the mace by the heroic Bhīma.  
> Thereupon Aśvatthāman, the son of Droṇa, approached the sleeping army by night.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.145.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.145.34)

jaghāna bāhuvīryeṇa piturvadhamanusmaran /  
dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ jaghānātha draupadeyāṃśca vīryavān //

> he killed with the strength of his arms, remembering the slaying of his father. / Then the valiant \[Aśvatthāman\] killed Dhṛṣṭadyumna and the sons of Draupadī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.145.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.145.35)

draupadyāṃ rudyamānāyāmaśvatthāmnaḥ śiromaṇim /  
aiṣikāstreṇa taṃ jitvā jagrāhārjuna uttamam //

> While Draupadī was weeping, Arjuna, having defeated Aśvatthāman / with the reed weapon, took his excellent crest jewel.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.145.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.145.36)

yudhiṣṭhiraḥ samāśvāsya strījanaṃ śokasaṃkulam /  
snātvā santarpya devāṃśca pitṝnatha pitāmahān //

> Yudhiṣṭhira, having consoled the women afflicted with grief, / having bathed and offered libations to the gods, the fathers, and the grandfathers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.145.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.145.37)

āśvāsito 'tha bhīṣmeṇa rājyañcaivākaronmahat /  
viṣṇumīje 'śvamedhena vidhivaddakṣiṇāvatā //

> and having been consoled by Bhīṣma, ruled the great kingdom. / He worshipped Viṣṇu with an Aśvamedha sacrifice according to rule, provided with generous sacrificial fees.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.145.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.145.38)

rājye parīkṣitaṃ sthāpya yādavānāṃ vināśanam /  
śrutvā tu mausale rājā japtvā nāmasahasrakam //

> Having established Parīkṣit on the throne, and having heard / of the destruction of the Yādavas in the club battle, the king, having recited the Thousand Names \[of Viṣṇu\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.145.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.145.39)

viṣṇoḥ svargaṃ jagāmātha bhīmādyairbhrātṛbhiryutaḥ /  
vāsudevaḥ punarbuddha-saṃmohāya suradviṣām //

> went to heaven accompanied by Bhīma and his other brothers. / Again, Vāsudeva became the Buddha to delude the enemies of the gods;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.145.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.145.40)

kalkirviṣṇuśca bhavitā śaṃbhalagrāmake punaḥ /  
aśvārūḍho 'khilāṃllokāṃstadā bhasmīkariṣyati //

> and Viṣṇu will also become Kalkin in the village of Śambhala; / mounted on a horse, he will then reduce all the worlds to ashes.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.145.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.145.41)

devādīnāṃ rakṣaṇāya hyadharmahāraṇāya ca /  
duṣṭānāñca vadhārthāya hyavatāraṃ karoti ca //

> For the protection of the gods and others, for the removal of unrighteousness, / and for the destruction of the wicked, he takes incarnation;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.145.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.145.42)

yathā dhanvantarirvaṃśe jātaḥ kṣīrodamanthane /  
devādīnāṃ jīvanāya hyāyurvedamuvāca ha //

> just as he was born in the lineage as Dhanvantari at the churning of the milk ocean, / and spoke the Āyurveda for the survival of the gods and others,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.145.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.145.43)

viśvāmitrasutāyaiva śuśrutāya mahātmane /  
bhāratāṃścāvatārāṃśca śrutvā svargaṃ vrajennaraḥ //

> to the son of Viśvāmitra, the great-souled Suśruta. / Having heard the Bhārata and the incarnations, a man goes to heaven.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.145.43.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.145.43.p1)

iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe bhāratādivarṇanaṃ nāma pañcacatvāriṃśaduttaraśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

> Thus ends the one hundred and forty-fifth chapter, entitled 'Description of the Bhārata and other events', in the Ācārakāṇḍa, which is called the first part in the First Section of the glorious and great Garuḍapurāṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.145.1) — English, machine translation

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