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# Garudapurana 1.178

Garuḍapurāṇa 1.178

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [1.178.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.178.28) — 1 part

### [1.178.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.178.1)

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 178  
hariruvāca /  
brahmadaṇḍīvacākuṣṭhaṃ priyaṅgarnāgakeśaram /  
dadyāttāmbūlasaṃyuktaṃ strīṇāṃ mantreṇa tadvaśam /  
oṃ nārāyaṇyai svāhā //

> Hari said: / Brahmadaṇḍī, vacā, kuṣṭha, priyaṅgu, and nāgakeśara— / one should offer them combined with betel to women with the mantra for their subjugation: / "Om to Nārāyaṇī svāhā!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.178.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.178.2)

tāmbūlaṃ yasya dīyeta sa vaśī syātsumantrataḥ /  
oṃ hariḥ hariḥ svāhā //

> To whomever betel is given with the proper mantra, that person becomes subdued: / "Om Hari, Hari, svāhā!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.178.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.178.3)

godantaṃ haritālañca saṃyuktaṃ kākajihvayā /  
cūrṇokṛtya yasya śire dīyate sa vaśī bhavet /  
śvetasarṣapanirmālyaṃ yadgṛhe tadvināśakṛt //

> Cow's tooth and yellow orpiment combined with a crow's tongue, / powdered and placed upon someone's head—that person becomes subdued. / White mustard floral offerings placed in whosever house cause ruin to it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.178.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.178.4)

vaibhī takaṃ śākhoṭakaṃ mūlaṃ patreṇa saṃyutam /  
sthāpyate yadgṛhadvāre tatra vai kalaho bhavet //

> The root of vibhītaka and śākhoṭaka, combined with leaves, / placed at someone's house-door—strife indeed occurs there.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.178.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.178.5)

khañjarīṭasya māṃsaṃ tu madhunā saha peṣayet /  
ṛtukāleyonilepātpuruṣo dāsatāmiyāt //

> One should grind the flesh of a wagtail with honey; / from smearing the vagina during the fertile period, a man becomes a slave.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.178.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.178.6)

aguruṃ gugguluṃ caiva nīlotpalasamanvitam /  
guḍena dhūpayitvā tu rājadvāre priyo bhavet //

> Agarwood and guggulu, combined with blue water lily, / fumigated with jaggery: one becomes beloved at the king's gate.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.178.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.178.7)

śvetāpa rājitāmūlaṃ piṣṭaṃ rocanayā yutam /  
yaṃ paśyettilakenaiva vaśī karyānnṛpālaye //

> White aparājitā root ground and mixed with rocanā— / whomever one looks upon with a forehead mark of it, one can subjugate in the king's palace.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.178.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.178.8)

kākajaṅghā vacā kuṣṭhaṃ nimbapatraṃ sukuṅkumam /  
ātmaraktasamāyuktaṃ vaśī bhavati mānavaḥ //

> Kākajaṅghā, vacā, kuṣṭha, nimba leaf, and fine saffron, / combined with one's own blood: a person becomes subdued.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.178.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.178.9)

āraṇyasya biḍālasya gṛhitvā rudhiraṃ śubham /  
karañjataile tadbhāvyaṃ rudrāgnau kajjalaṃ tataḥ /  
pātayetpadmapatreṇa hādṛśyaḥ syāttadañjanāt //

> Having taken auspicious blood of a wild cat, / it should be steeped in karañja oil; then lampblack over a Rudra-fire / one should collect on a lotus leaf; from using that collyrium, one becomes invisible.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.178.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.178.10)

oṃ namaḥ khaḍgavajrapāṇaye mahāyakṣasenāpataye svāhā /  
oṃ rudraṃ hrāṃ hrīṃ varaśaktā tvaritāvidyā /  
oṃ mātaraḥ stambhayasvāhā /  
sahasraṃ parijapyāttu vidyeyaṃ cauravāriṇī /  
mahāsugandhikāmūlaṃ śukraṃ stambhetkaṭau sthitam //

> "Om, salutation to the bearer of the sword and thunderbolt, the great Yakṣa commander-in-chief, svāhā! / Om to Rudra hrāṃ hrīṃ, the Tvaritā knowledge possessing excellent power! / Om Mothers, immobilize, svāhā!" / Having muttered this spell a thousand times, it wards off thieves. / The root of mahāsugandhikā held at the waist restrains semen.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.178.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.178.11)

oṃ namaḥ sarvasattvebhyo namaḥ siddhiṃ kuru kuru svāhā /  
saptābhimantritaṃ kṛtvā karavīrasya puṣpakam /  
strīṇāmagre bhrāmayacca kṣaṇādvai sā vaśe bhavet //

> "Om, salutation to all beings, salutation, grant success, grant success, svāhā!" / Having consecrated a karavīra flower seven times / and waved it before women, in an instant she falls under one's control.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.178.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.178.12)

brahmadaṇḍīṃ vacāṃ patraṃ madhunā saha peṣayet /  
aṅgalepācca vanitā nānyaṃ bhartāramicchati //

> One should grind brahmadaṇḍī, vacā, and patra with honey; / and from anointing her body \[with it\], a woman desires no other husband.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.178.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.178.13)

brahmadaṇḍīśikhā vaktre kṣiptā śukrasya stambhanam /  
mūlaṃ jayantyā vaktrasthaṃ vyavahāre jayapradam //

> The crest of brahmadaṇḍī put in the mouth arrests the flow of semen; / the root of jayantī kept in the mouth grants victory in lawsuits.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.178.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.178.14)

bhṛṅgarājasya mūlaṃ tu piṣṭaṃ śukreṇa saṃyutam /  
akṣiṇī cāñjayitvā tu vaśī karyānnaraṃ kila //

> The root of bhṛṅgarāja ground up and mixed with semen, / and applied as collyrium to the two eyes, will indeed bring a man under control.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.178.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.178.15)

aparājitāśikhāntu nīlotpalasamanvitām /  
tāmbūlena pra (dānā) dadyācca vaśīkaraṇamuttamam //

> Giving the crest of aparājitā combined with a blue lotus / together with betel is an excellent means of subjugation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.178.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.178.16)

aṅguṣṭhe ca pade gulphe jānau ca jaghane tathā /  
nābhau vakṣasi kukṣau ca kakṣe kaṇṭhe kapolake //

> In the big toe, in the foot, in the ankle, in the knee, and likewise in the hips; / in the navel, in the chest, and in the abdomen, in the armpit, in the throat, on the cheek,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.178.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.178.17)

oṣṭhe netre lalāṭe ca mūrdhni candrakalāḥ sthitāḥ /  
strīṇāṃ pakṣe site kṛṣṇe ūrdhvādhaḥ saṃsthitā nṛṇām //

> on the lip, in the eye, and on the forehead, and on the crown of the head the digits of the moon are situated; / for women in the bright fortnight \[they move\] upwards, and in the dark fortnight downwards for men.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.178.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.178.18)

vāmāṅge dakṣiṇāṅge ca kramādrudra dravādikṛt /  
catuḥ ṣaṣṭi kalāḥ proktāḥ kāmaśāstre vaśīkarāḥ /  
āliṅganādyā nārīṇāṃ kamārīṇāṃ vaśīkarāḥ //

> On the left side and on the right side in succession, O Rudra, producing excitement and the like. / Sixty-four arts are taught in the Kāmaśāstra that cause subjugation; / beginning with embracing, they subjugate women who are lovers.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.178.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.178.19)

rocanāgandhupuṣpāṇi nimbapuṣpaṃ priyaṅgavaḥ /  
kuṅkamaṃ candanañcaiva tilakena jagadvaśet //

> Gorocanā, fragrant flowers, neem blossom, priyaṅgu, / saffron, and sandalwood: with a forehead-mark \[made from these\], one subjugates the world.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.178.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.178.20)

oṃ hrīṃ gauri devi saubhāgyaṃ putravaśādi dehi me /  
oṃ hrīṃ lakṣmi ! devi saubhāgyaṃ sarvaṃ trailokyamohanam //

> “Oṃ hrīṃ, O Goddess Gaurī, give me good fortune, subjugation of children, and the like! / Oṃ hrīṃ, O Goddess Lakṣmī, \[give me\] all good fortune that enchants the three worlds!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.178.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.178.21)

sagandhasya haridrāyāḥ kuṅkamānāṃ ca lepataḥ /  
vaśayedrudra dhūpaśca tathāpuṣpasugandhayoḥ //

> From the anointing of fragrant turmeric and saffrons, / and by the incense of fragrant flowers and the like, one will subjugate \[others\], O Rudra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.178.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.178.22)

durālabhā vacā kuṣṭhaṃ kuṅkumañca śatāvarī /  
tilatailena saṃyuktaṃ yonilepādvaśī naraḥ //

> Durālabhā, vacā, kuṣṭha, saffron, and śatāvarī / mixed with sesame oil: from anointing the vulva \[with this\], a man is subjugated.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.178.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.178.23)

nimbakāṣṭhasya dhūmena dhūpayitvā bhagaṃ vadhūḥ /  
subhagāsyātsāti rudra patirdāso bhaviṣyati //

> A woman having fumigated her vulva with the smoke of neem wood / will become fortunate, O Rudra, and her husband will become her slave.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.178.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.178.24)

māhiṣaṃ navanītañca kaṣṭañca madhuyaṣṭikā /  
saubhāgyaṃ bhagalepātsyāt patirdāso bhavettathā //

> Buffalo butter, kuṣṭha, and madhuyaṣṭikā: / good fortune arises from anointing the vulva \[with these\], and her husband will likewise become her slave.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.178.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.178.25)

madhuyaṣṭiśca gokṣīraṃ tathā ca kaṇṭakārikā /  
etāni samabhāgāni pibeduṣṇena vāriṇā /  
caturbhāgāvaśeṣeṇa garbhasambhavamuttamam //

> Madhuyaṣṭi, cow's milk, and likewise kaṇṭakārikā: / one should drink equal parts of these with hot water / reduced to one-fourth; an excellent conception results.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.178.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.178.26)

mātuluṅgasya bījāni kṣīreṇa saha bhāvayet /  
tatpītvā labhate garbhaṃ nātra kāryā vicāraṇā //

> One should steep citron seeds together with milk; / having drunk that, she obtains conception; here no doubt should be entertained.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.178.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.178.27)

mātuluṅgasya bījāni mūlānyeraṇḍakasya ca /  
ghṛtena saha saṃyojya pāyayetputrakākṣiṇī //

> Citron seeds and roots of the castor-oil plant, / having combined \[them\] with ghee, a woman desiring a son should drink.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.178.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.178.28)

paśvagandhā mṛta dugdha kvathitaṃ mutrakārakam /  
palāśasya tu bījāni kṣaudreṇa saha peṣayet /  
rajasvalā tu pītvā syātmuṣpagarbhavivarjitā //

> Aśvagandhā boiled with nectar-like milk causes urination. / But one should grind seeds of palāśa with honey; / a menstruating woman, having drunk \[it\], becomes free from the conception of flowers \[i.e., menses\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.178.28.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.178.28.p1)

iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe hyaṣṭasaptatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

> Thus ends the one hundred and seventy-eighth chapter in the Ācārakāṇḍa, designated as the first section of the 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.1.178.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Siddhisāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.siddhisara.5.193) — Sanskrit
- [Siddhasāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.siddhasara.p79) — Ravigupta, Sanskrit

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