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Garudapurana 1.20

Garuḍapurāṇa 1.20

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1.20.1

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 20
sūta uvāca /
vakṣye tatparamaṃ guhyaṃ śivoktaṃ mantrabṛndakam /
pāśaṃ dhanuśca cakraṃ ca mudraraṃ śūlapaṭṭiśam //

The glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa — 20
Sūta said:
I shall proclaim that supreme secret, the group of mantras spoken by Śiva:
the noose, bow, discus, club, trident, and paṭṭiśa.

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1.20.2

etairevāyudhairyuddhe mantraiḥ śatrūñjayennṛpaḥ /
mantroddhāraḥ padmapātre ādi pūrvādike likhet //

With these very weapons, through the mantras, a king conquers his enemies in battle.
The extraction of the mantras: on a lotus petal, one should write the beginning starting from the east.

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1.20.3

aṣṭavargaṃ cāṣṭamaṃ ca khyātamīśānapatrake /
oṃ kāro brahma bījaṃ syāddhrīṅkāro viṣṇureva ca //

The eight classes [of letters], and the eighth is proclaimed on the petal of the northeast;
the syllable "oṃ" is the seed of Brahmā, and the syllable "dhrīṃ" is Viṣṇu.

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1.20.4

hrīṅkā raśca śivaḥ śūle triśākhe tu kramānnyaset /
oṃ hrīṃ hrīṃ //

And the syllable "hrīṃ" is Śiva; one should place them in order on the three-pronged trident:
"oṃ hrīṃ hrīṃ".

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1.20.5

śūlaṃ gṛhītvā hastenābhrāmya cākāśasaṃmukham /
taddarśanāndrahā nāgā dṛṣṭvā vā nāśamāpnu yuḥ //

Holding the trident in the hand and brandishing it toward the sky,
at the sight of it, or seeing it, malignant spirits and snakes meet destruction.

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1.20.6

dhūmārakte karaṃ madhye dhyātvā khe cintayennaraḥ /
duṣṭā nāgā grahā meghā vinaśyanti ca rākṣasāḥ //

A man, meditating on his hand amidst smoky-red [radiance], should contemplate [it] in the sky;
wicked snakes, spirits, clouds, and rākṣasas are destroyed.

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1.20.7

trilokānrakṣayenmantro martyalokasya kā kathā /
oṃ jūṃ sūṃ hūṃ phaṭ //

The mantra protects the three worlds; what need to speak of the mortal world?
"oṃ jūṃ sūṃ hūṃ phaṭ".

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1.20.8

khādirānkīlakānaṣṭau kṣetre saṃmantrya vinyaset /
na tatra vajrapātasya sphūrjathvāderupadravaḥ //

Having consecrated eight khadira pegs with mantras, he should plant them in the field;
there is no affliction there from lightning strikes, thunderclaps, and the like.

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1.20.9

garuḍoktairmahāmantraiḥ kīlakānaṣṭa mantrayet /
ekaviṃśativārāṇi kṣetre tu nikhanenniśi //

He should consecrate the eight pegs with the great mantras spoken by Garuḍa
twenty-one times, and bury them in the field at night.

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1.20.10

vidyunmūṣakavajrādisamupadrava eva ca /
harakṣamalavarayū binduyuktaḥ sadāśivaḥ //

Afflictions from lightning, mice, thunderbolts, and the like [are averted];
Sadāśiva is composed of "ha", "ra", "kṣa", "ma", "la", "va", "ra", "yū", endowed with the bindu.

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1.20.11

oṃ hrāṃ sadāśivāya namaḥ /
tarjanyā vinyasetpiṇḍaṃ (ṇḍe) dāḍimīkusumaprabham //

"oṃ hrāṃ sadāśivāya namaḥ".
With the index finger, he should place the lump shining like a pomegranate flower.

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1.20.12

tasyaiva darśanādduṣṭā meghavidyuddipādayaḥ /
rākṣasā bhūtaḍākinyaḥ pradravanti diśo daśa //

At its very sight, evil clouds, lightning strikes, and the like,
rākṣasas, bhūtas, and ḍākinīs flee to the ten directions.

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1.20.13

oṃ hrīṃ gaṇeśāya namaḥ /
(oṃ hrīṃ) stambhanādicakrāya namaḥ /
oṃ aiṃ brahayaintrai lokyaḍāmarāya namaḥ //

"oṃ hrīṃ gaṇeśāya namaḥ".
"[oṃ hrīṃ] stambhanādicakrāya namaḥ".
"oṃ aiṃ brahayaintrai lokyaḍāmarāya namaḥ".

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1.20.14

bhairavaṃ piṇḍamākhyātaṃ viṣapāpagrahāpaham /
kṣetrasya rakṣaṇaṃ bhūtarākṣasādeḥ pramardanam //

The Bhairava lump is declared to remove poison, sin, and malignant spirits,
to protect the field, and to crush bhūtas, rākṣasas, and the like.

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1.20.15

oṃ namaḥ /
indravajraṃ kare dhyātvā duṣṭameghādivāraṇam /
viṣa śatrugaṇā bhūtā naśyante vajramudrayā //

"oṃ namaḥ".
Meditating on the thunderbolt of Indra in the hand, which wards off evil clouds and the like,
poison, hordes of enemies, and bhūtas are destroyed by the thunderbolt mudrā.

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1.20.16

oṃ kṣuṃ(kṣa) namaḥ /
smaretpāśaṃ vāmahaste viṣabhūtādi naśyati /
oṃ hrāṃ (hro) namaḥ /
hareduccāraṇānmantro viṣameghagrahādikān //

"oṃ kṣuṃ [kṣa] namaḥ".
He should meditate on the noose in the left hand; poison, bhūtas, and the like perish.
"oṃ hrāṃ [hro] namaḥ".
By its recitation, the mantra removes poison, clouds, malignant spirits, and the like.

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1.20.17

dhyātvā kṛtāntaṃ ca dahecchedakāstreṇa vai jagat /
oṃ kṣṇaṃ (kṣma) namaḥ /
dhyātvā tu bhairavaṃ kuryāndrahabhūtaviṣāpaham //

Having meditated on Death, he burns up the world with the cutting missile.
"oṃ kṣṇaṃ [kṣma] namaḥ".
Having meditated on Bhairava, he makes [an amulet] that dispels malignant spirits, bhūtas, and poison.

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1.20.18

oṃ lasaddijihvākṣa svāhā /
kṣetrādau grahabhūtādiviṣapakṣinivāraṇam //

"oṃ lasaddvijihvākṣa svāhā".
[This is] the warding off of malignant spirits, bhūtas, poison, birds, and the like from fields and other places.

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1.20.19

oṃ kṣva (kṣṇaṃ) namaḥ /
raktena paṭahe likhya śabdātresurgrahādayaḥ /
oṃ mara mara mārayamāraya svāhā /
oṃ huṃ phaṭ svāhā //

"oṃ kṣva [kṣṇaṃ] namaḥ".
Having inscribed it with blood on a drum, at its sound, malignant spirits and the like tremble with fear:
"oṃ mara mara māraya māraya svāhā".
"oṃ huṃ phaṭ svāhā".

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1.20.20

śūlaṃ cāṣṭaśatairmantrya bhrāmaṇācchatruvṛndahṛt /
ūrdhaśaktinipātena adhaḥ śaktiṃ nikuñceyet //

Consecrating the trident one hundred and eight times, through brandishing it, it destroys hosts of enemies;
by the descent of the upper energy, he should contract the lower energy.

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1.20.21

pūrake pūritā mantrāḥ kumbhakena sumantritāḥ /
praṇavenāpyāyitāste manavastadudīritāḥ /
evamāpyāyitā mantrā bhṛtyavatphaladāyakāḥ //

Filled during inhalation, properly empowered during retention,
energised with the Praṇava, those mantras are thus uttered;
mantras energised in this way grant results like servants.

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1.20.21.p1

iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe viṣādiharamantrabṛndanirūpaṇaṃ nāma viṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

Thus ends the twentieth chapter, entitled "Exposition of the Group of Mantras that Remove Poison and Other Afflictions", in the Section on Conduct, called the First Part of the First Section, in the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa.

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