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Garudapurana 1.196

Garuḍapurāṇa 1.196

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1.196.1

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 196
hariruvāca /
avāpa japtvā cendratvaṃ viṣṇudharmākhyavidyayā /
sarvāñchatrūnvinirjitya tāñca vakṣye maheśvara //

The glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa: 196 / Hari said: / Having recited it, he attained Indra's state through the lore named Viṣṇudharma, / having conquered all enemies; and I shall proclaim it, O Maheśvara.

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1.196.2

pādayorjānunorūrvorudare hṛdyathorasi /
mukhe śirasyānupūrvamoṅkā rādīni vinyaset //

Upon the feet, knees, thighs, belly, heart, and chest, / on the mouth, and on the head, one should successively deposit the syllables beginning with Oṃ;

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1.196.3

namo nārāyaṇāyeti viparyāsamathāpi ca /
karanyāsaṃ tataḥ kuryāddvādakṣaravidyayā //

with [the mantra] 'Homage to Nārāyaṇa', and in reverse order as well. / Then one should perform the placement on the hands with the twelve-syllable lore.

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1.196.4

praṇavādiyakārāntamaṅgulyaṃ guṣṭhaparvasu /
nyaseddhṛdaya oṅkāraṃ manuṃ mūrdhni samastakam //

From the praṇava to the syllable 'ya' on the joints of the fingers and thumb, / one should deposit the syllable Oṃ on the heart, and the entire mantra on the crown of the head.

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1.196.5

oṅkārantu bhruvormadhye śikānetrādimūrdhataḥ /
oṃ viṣṇave iti imaṃ mantranyāsamudīrayet //

The syllable Oṃ between the eyebrows, from the crown of the head, crest, eyes, and so forth, / reciting this mantra-placement: 'Oṃ, to Viṣṇu'.

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1.196.6

ātmānaṃ paramaṃ dhyāyeccheṣaṃ yacchaktibhiryutam /
mama rakṣāṃ hariḥ kuryānmatsyamūrtirjale 'vatu //

One should meditate upon the supreme Self, and on the rest endowed with its energies: / 'May Hari protect me; may the Fish incarnation protect me in the water;

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1.196.7

trivikramastathākāśe sthale rakṣatu vāmanaḥ /
aṭavyāṃ narasiṃhastu rāmo rakṣatu parvate //

likewise Trivikrama in the sky, and may Vāmana protect on dry land; / Nārasiṃha in the forest, and may Rāma protect on the mountain;

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1.196.8

bhūmau rakṣatu vārāhau vyomni nārāyaṇo 'vatu /
karmabandhācca kapilo datto rogācca rakṣatu //

may the Boar protect on the earth; may Nārāyaṇa protect in the sky; / and may Kapila protect from bondage of action, and Datta from disease;

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1.196.9

hayagrīvo devatābhyaḥ kumāro makaradhvajāt /
nārado 'nyārcanāddevaḥ kūrmo vai nairṛte sadā //

Hayagrīva from deities, Kumāra from Kāmadeva, / the god Nārada from worshipping another, and the Tortoise incarnation always in the southwest;

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1.196.10

dhanvantīraścāpathyācca nāgaḥ krodhavaśātkila /
yajño rogātsamastācca vyāso 'jñānācca rakṣatu //

and Dhanvantari from unwholesome diet, the Serpent indeed from falling under the sway of wrath, / Yajña from all disease, and may Vyāsa protect from ignorance;

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1.196.11

buddhaḥ pāṣaṇḍasaṃghātātkalkī rakṣatu kalmaṣāt /
pāyānmadhyandine viṣṇuḥ prātarnārāyaṇo 'vatu //

may the Buddha protect from the assembly of heretics, and Kalkin from sin; / may Viṣṇu guard at midday, and may Nārāyaṇa protect at dawn;

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1.196.12

madhuhā cāparāhne ca sāyaṃ rakṣatu mādhavaḥ /
hṛṣīkeśaḥ pradoṣe 'vyātpratyūṣe 'vyājjanārdanaḥ //

the slayer of Madhu in the afternoon, and may Mādhava protect at dusk; / may Hṛṣīkeśa protect at nightfall, and may Janārdana protect at daybreak;

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1.196.13

śrīdharo 'vyādardharātre padmanābho niśīthake /
cakrakaumodakībāṇā ghnantu śatrūṃśca rākṣasān //

may Śrīdhara protect at midnight, and Padmanābha in the dead of night; / may the discus, the Kaumodakī mace, and arrows destroy enemies and rākṣasas;

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1.196.14

śaṅkhaḥ padmaṃ ca śatrubhyaḥ śārṅgaṃ vai garuḍastathā /
buddhīndriyamanaḥ prāṇānpāntu pārśvavibhūṣaṇaḥ //

and may the conch and lotus against enemies, the Śārṅga bow, and Garuḍa, / and the ornament at his flank protect intellect, senses, mind, and vital breaths;

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1.196.15

śeṣaḥ sarpasvarūpaśca sadā sarvatra pātu mām /
vidikṣu dikṣu ca sadā nārasiṃhaśca rakṣatu //

may Śeṣa in the form of a serpent always protect me everywhere, / and in intermediate directions and cardinal directions may Nārasiṃha always protect.

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1.196.16

etaddhārayamāṇaśca yaṃ yaṃ paśyati cakṣuṣā /
sa vaśī syādvipāpmā ca rogamukto divaṃ vrajet //

And bearing this, whomever he sees with his eye, / that person will become subdued; he will be free from sin, released from disease, and go to heaven.

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1.196.16.p1

iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe ṣaṇṇavatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Thus ends the one hundred and ninety-sixth chapter in the Ācārakāṇḍa of the first section in the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa.

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