[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) › 1.1 # Garudapurana 1.1 Garuḍapurāṇa 1.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [1.1.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.1.35) — 1 part ### [1.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.1.1) oṃ ajamajaramanantaṃ jñānarūpaṃ mahāntaṃ śivamamalamanādiṃ bhūtadehādihīnam / sakalakaraṇahīnaṃ sarvabhūtasthitaṃ taṃ harimamalamamāyaṃ sarvagaṃ vanda ekam // > Om. Unborn, unaging, endless, whose nature is consciousness, great, benevolent, stainless, beginningless, devoid of material body and the like, > devoid of all sense organs, abiding in all beings—that one, stainless, illusion-free, omnipresent Hari, I praise. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.1.2) namasyāmi hariṃ rudraṃ brahmāṇaṃ ca gaṇādhipam / devīṃ sarasvatīṃ caiva manovākkarmabhiḥ sadā // > I always bow to Hari, Rudra, Brahmā, and Gaṇādhipa, > and also to the goddess Sarasvatī, in mind, speech, and action. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.1.3) sūtaṃ paurāṇikaṃ śāntaṃ sarvaśāstraviśāradam / viṣṇubhaktaṃ mahātmānaṃ naimiśāraṇyamāgatam // > To the Sūta, versed in the Purāṇas, calm, skilled in all scriptures, > a devotee of Viṣṇu, high-souled, who had arrived at the Naimiṣa Forest, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.1.4) tīrthayātrāprasaṅgena upaviṣṭaṃ śubhāsane / dhyāyantaṃ viṣṇumanaghaṃ tamabhyarcyāstuvankavim // > seated on an auspicious seat in the course of a pilgrimage, > meditating on sinless Viṣṇu—having worshipped him, the wise sage, they praised him: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.1.5) śaunakādyā mahābhāgā naimiṣīyāstapodhanāḥ / munayo ravisaṅkāśāḥ śāntā yajña parāyaṇāḥ // > Śaunaka and the other exalted \[sages\] of the Naimiṣa Forest, whose wealth was asceticism, > sages resplendent like the sun, tranquil, devoted to sacrifice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.1.6) ṛṣaya ūcuḥ / sūta ! jānāsi sarvaṃ tvaṃ pṛcchāmastvāmato vayam / devatānāṃ hi ko deva īśvaraḥ pūjya eva kaḥ // > The sages said: > O Sūta! You know everything; therefore we ask you: > who indeed is the God of gods, the Lord, and who alone is to be worshipped? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.1.7) ko dhyeyaḥ ko jagatsraṣṭā jagatpātti ca hanti kaḥ / kasmātpravartate dharmo duṣṭahantā ca kaḥ smṛtaḥ // > Who is to be meditated upon? Who created the universe? And who protects and destroys the universe? > From whom does dharma proceed, and who is known as the slayer of the wicked? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.1.8) tasya devasya kiṃ rūpaṃ jagatsargaḥ kathaṃ mataḥ / kairvrataiḥ sa tu tuṣṭaḥ syātkena yogena vāpyate // > What is the form of that God? How is the creation of the universe conceived? > By which religious observances is he pleased, or by what yoga is he attained? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.1.9) avatārāśca ke tasya kathaṃ vaṃśādisambhavaḥ / varṇāśramādidharmāṇāṃ kaḥ pātā kaḥ pravartakaḥ // > And what are his incarnations? How did lineages and the like originate? > Who is the protector and who is the proclaimer of the duties of castes and life-stages? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.1.10) etatsarvaṃ tathānyacca brūhi sūta ! mahāmate ! / nārāyaṇakathāḥ sarvāḥ kathayāsmākamuttamāḥ // > Tell us all this and other matters as well, O Sūta of great intellect! > Tell us all the supreme stories of Nārāyaṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.1.11) sūta uvāca / purāṇaṃ gāruḍaṃ vakṣye sāraṃ viṣṇukathā śrayam / garuḍoktaṃ kaśyapāya purā vyāsācchrutaṃ mayā // > Sūta said: > I shall proclaim the Garuḍa Purāṇa, the essence centered on tales of Viṣṇu, > spoken by Garuḍa to Kaśyapa, which was heard by me formerly from Vyāsa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.1.12) eko nārāyaṇo devo devānāmīśvareśvaraḥ / paramātmā paraṃ brahma janmādyasya yato bhavet // > One is the God Nārāyaṇa, the Lord of lords among the gods, > the Supreme Self, the supreme Brahman, from whom the origin and so forth of this \[universe\] proceed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.1.13) jagato rakṣaṇārthāya vāsudevo 'jaro 'maraḥ / sa kumārādirūpeṇa avatārānkarotyajaḥ // > For the protection of the universe, Vāsudeva, unaging and immortal, > unborn, takes incarnations in the form of the Kumāras and others. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.1.14) hariḥ sa prathamaṃ devaḥ kaumāraṃ sargamāsthitaḥ / cacāra duścaraṃ brahman brahmacaryamakhaṇḍitam // > First, that divine Hari, adopting the creation of the Kumāras, > practised unbroken celibate studenthood, difficult to perform, O brāhmaṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.1.15) dvitīyaṃ tu bhavāyāsya rasātalagatāṃ mahīm / uddhariṣyannupādatte yajñeśaḥ saukaraṃ vapuḥ // > Second, for the welfare of this \[world\], desiring to raise up the earth > that had sunk into Rasātala, the Lord of sacrifice assumed the Boar incarnation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.1.16) tṛtīyamṛṣisargaṃ tu devarṣitvamupetya saḥ / tantraṃ sātvatamācaṣṭe naiṣkarmyaṃ karmaṇāṃ yataḥ // > Third, in the creation of sages, having attained the status of a divine sage, > he proclaimed the Sātvata scripture, whence arises actionlessness from actions. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.1.17) naranārāyaṇo bhūtvā turye tepe tapo hariḥ / dharmasaṃ rakṣaṇārthāya pūjitaḥ sa surāsuraiḥ // > In the fourth \[incarnation\], Hari, having become Nara-Nārāyaṇa, performed penance > for the protection of dharma, worshipped by gods and asuras. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.1.18) pañcamaḥ kapilo nāma siddheśaḥ kālaviplutam / provāca sūraye sāṅkhyaṃ tattvagrāmavi nirṇayam // > The fifth, named Kapila, lord of the perfected ones, proclaimed to Āsuri the Sāṅkhya, > which had been lost over time, determining the aggregate of principles. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.1.19) ṣaṣṭhamatrerapatyatvaṃ dattaḥ prāpto 'nasūyayā / ānvīkṣikīmalarkāya prahlādādibhya ūcivān // > Sixth, having attained sonship to Atri through Anasūyā as Datta, > he taught rational inquiry to Alarka, Prahlāda, and others. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.1.20) tataḥ sapta ākūtyāṃ ruceryajño 'bhyajāyata / sutrāmādyaiḥ suragaṇairyaṣṭvā svāyambhuvāntare // > Then, seventh, Yajña was born to Ruci by Ākūti, > having sacrificed along with the host of gods headed by Sutrāman in the Svāyambhuva period. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.1.21) aṣṭame merudevyāṃ tu nābherjāta urukramaḥ / darśayanvartma nārīṇāṃ sarvāśramanamaskṛtam // > In the eighth, Uruskrama was born to Nābhi by Merudevī, > showing the path honoured by all stages of life to men. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.1.22) ṛṣibhiryācito bheje navamaṃ pārthivaṃ vapuḥ / dugdhairmahauṣadhairviprāstena saṃjīvitāḥ prajāḥ // > Entreated by the sages, he took his ninth, royal body; > by him the subjects were revived through potent medicinal herbs that were milked \[from the earth\], O brāhmaṇas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.1.23) rūpaṃ sa jagṛhe mātsyaṃ cākṣuṣāntarasaṃplave / nāvyāropya mahīmayyāmapādvaivasvataṃ manum // > He assumed the Fish incarnation at the inundation of the Cākṣuṣa period, > and having placed Vaivasvata Manu on a boat made of earth, he protected him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.1.24) surāsurāṇāmudadhiṃ mathnatāṃ mandarācalam / dadhre kamaṭharūpeṇa pṛṣṭha ekādaśe vibhuḥ // > As gods and asuras churned the ocean with Mount Mandara, > the omnipresent Lord bore it upon his back in the eleventh, the Tortoise incarnation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.1.25) dhānvantaraṃ dvādaśamaṃ trayodaśamameva ca / āpyāyatsurānanyānmohinyā mohayaṃstriyā // > The twelfth was the Dhanvantari incarnation, and the thirteenth likewise; > he nourished the gods while bewitching the others with Mohinī, a woman's form. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.1.26) caturdaśaṃ nārasiṃhaṃ caitya (vaira) daityendramūrjitam / dadāra karajairugrairerakāṃ kaṭakudyathā // > In the fourteenth, the Nārasiṃha \[incarnation\], he tore apart the powerful king of the Daityas > with his fierce claws, as a mat-weaver tears a reed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.1.27) pañcadaśaṃ vāmanako bhūtvāgādadhvaraṃ baleḥ / pāda trayaṃ yācamānaḥ pratyāditsustriviṣṭapam // > In the fifteenth, having become a dwarf (Vāmana), he went to the sacrifice of Bali, > begging for three paces of land, wishing to recover heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.1.28) avatāre ṣoḍaśame paśyanbrahmadruho nṛpān / triḥ saptakṛtvaḥ kupito niḥ kṣattrāmakaronmahīm // > In the sixteenth incarnation, seeing kings who were enemies of brāhmaṇas, > enraged, he cleared the earth of kṣatriyas thrice seven times. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.1.29) tataḥ saptadaśe jātaḥ satyavatyāṃ parāśarāt / cakre vedataroḥ śākhāṃ dṛṣṭvā puṃso 'lpamedhasaḥ // > Then, in the seventeenth, born to Satyavatī from Parāśara, > he made branches of the tree of the Veda, seeing that men were of small intellect. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.1.30) naradevatvamāpannaḥ surakāryacikīrṣayā / samudranigrahādīni cakre kāryāṇyataḥ param // > Having attained human kingship with the desire to accomplish the work of the gods, > he performed deeds such as subduing the ocean thereafter. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.1.31) ekonaviṃśe viṃśatime vṛṣṇiṣu prāpya janmanī / rāmakṛṣṇāviti bhuvo bhagavānaharadbharam // > In the nineteenth and twentieth, having taken birth among the Vṛṣṇis > as Rāma and Kṛṣṇa, the Lord removed the burden of the earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.1.32) tataḥ kalestu sandhyānte saṃmohāya suradviṣām / buddho nāmrā jinasutaḥ kīkaṭeṣu bhaviṣyati // > Then, at the close of the twilight of the Kali age, to delude the enemies of the gods, > he will be born among the Kīkaṭas under the name of Buddha, son of Jina. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.1.33) atha so 'ṣṭamasandhyāyāṃ naṣṭaprāyeṣu rāñjasu / bhavitā viṣṇuyaśaso nāmnā kalkī jagatpatiḥ // > Thereafter, in the eighth twilight, when kings have practically perished, > the Lord of the universe will be born from Viṣṇuyaśas under the name of Kalkin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.1.34) avatārā hyasaṃkhyeyā hareḥ sattvanidherdvijāḥ / manuvedavido hyādyāḥ sarve viṣṇukalāḥ smṛtāḥ // > Countless indeed are the incarnations of Hari, the storehouse of sattva, O twice-born ones; > the Manus, knowers of the Veda, and others are all considered portions of Viṣṇu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.1.35) tasmātsargādayo jātāḥ saṃpūjyāśca vratādinā / purāṇaṃ gāruḍaṃ vyāsaḥ purāsau me 'bravīdidam // > From him the creation and other processes arose, and he is to be worshipped by religious observances and the like. > This Garuḍa Purāṇa Vyāsa told me formerly. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.1.35.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.1.35.p1) iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye karmakāṇḍe etatpurāṇapravṛttihetunirūpaṇaṃ nāma prathamo 'dhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the first chapter, named 'The Exposition of the Reason for the Origin of this Purāṇa', in the ritual section called the first division of the first section in the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.1.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (6) - [Bhāgavatapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.1.3.6) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Ṣaṭsandarbha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.gaudiya.siddhanta.satsandarbha.1.10.44) — Jīva Gosvāmin 1555, Sanskrit - [Laghubhāgavatāmṛta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.gaudiya.siddhanta.laghubhagavatamrta.1.3.2) — Rūpa Gosvāmin 1530, Sanskrit - [Prāṇatoṣiṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.sakta.pranatosini.2.19.107) — Rāmatoṣaṇa Śarman 1796, Sanskrit - [Bhāgavatāmṛta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.gaudiya.bhagavatamrta.5.2) — A learned Goswami, Sanskrit - [Rasakalpadruma (Jagannātha Miśra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.rasa.rasakalpadruma-jagannathamisra.30.624) — Jagannātha Miśra 1600, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.1) · Pramāṇa