[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) › 1.200 # Garudapurana 1.200 Garuḍapurāṇa 1.200 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [1.200.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.200.9) — 1 part ### [1.200.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.200.1) śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 200 bhairava uvāca / vakṣye vāyujayaṃ devi jayā jayavideśakam / vāyvagnijalaśakrākhyaṃ maṅgalānāñcatuṣṭayam // > The glorious Garuḍa Purāṇa, Chapter 200. / Bhairava said: / I shall explain, O goddess, victory through the breath, victory, defeat, and travels abroad, / and the four auspicious \[elements\] named Wind, Fire, Water, and Indra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.200.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.200.2) vāmadakṣiṇasaṃsthaśca vāyuśca bahulo bhavet / ūrdhvavāhī bhavedagniradhastu varuṇo bhavet // > Wind resides in the left and the right, and is abundant; / Fire flows upward, and Varuṇa flows downward. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.200.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.200.3) mahendro madhyasaṃsthastu śuklapakṣe tu vāmagaḥ / kṛṣṇapakṣe dakṣiṇaga udayasya tryahantryaham // > Mahendra resides in the middle; during the bright fortnight it goes on the left, / and in the dark fortnight it goes on the right, flowing for three days each from sunrise. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.200.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.200.4) vahetpratipadādye ca viparīte bhavennatiḥ / udayaḥ sūryamārgeṇa candreṇāstamayo yadi // > It should flow on the first lunar day and so forth; if it is reversed, there is misfortune. / If sunrise occurs by the solar path and sunset by the lunar \[path\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.200.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.200.5) vardhante guṇasaṃghātā anyathā vighnamaucitam / saṃkrāntyaḥ ṣoḍaśaproktā divā rātrau varānane // > the multitudes of good qualities increase; otherwise, obstacles properly follow. / Sixteen transitions of breath are proclaimed in the day and night, O fair-faced lady. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.200.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.200.6) yadā ca saṃkramedvāyurardhārdhaprahare sthitaḥ / svāsthyāhānistadā jñeyā vāyurbhramati dehiṣu // > When the wind shifts after remaining for half of half a watch (forty-five minutes), / a loss of health is then to be recognized, as the wind wanders in embodied beings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.200.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.200.7) dakṣiṇe ca puṭe vāyurhito bhojanamaithune / khaḍgahasto jayedyuddhe ripūnkāmasamanvitaḥ // > The breath in the right nostril is beneficial for eating and sexual intercourse; / sword in hand, filled with desire, one would conquer enemies in battle. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.200.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.200.8) vāmeva gamanaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ sarvakāryeṣu bhūṣitam / vāyurvahati tatrasthaḥ praśro bhūtasya śobhanaḥ // > On the left side, departure is best and adorned with success in all undertakings; / when the breath flows abiding there, an inquiry about what has occurred is auspicious. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.200.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.200.9) māhendre vāruṇe vāte ko 'pi doṣo na jāyate / anāvṛṣṭirdakṣavāhe vṛṣṭiḥ syādvāmavāhake // > When the wind belongs to Mahendra or Varuṇa, no fault whatsoever arises; / when it flows on the right, there is drought; when it flows on the left, there is rain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.200.9.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.200.9.p1) iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the two hundredth chapter in the Ācārakāṇḍa, designated as the first section, in the Pūrvakhaṇḍa of the glorious Garuḍa Purāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.200.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.200](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.200) · Pramāṇa