[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) › 1.216 # Garudapurana 1.216 Garuḍapurāṇa 1.216 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [1.216.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.216.2) — 1 part ### [1.216.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.216.1) śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 216 brahmovāca / vaiśvadevaṃ pravakṣyāmi homalakṣaṇamuttamam / prajvālya cāgniṃ paryukṣya-oṃ kraṣyādamagniṃ prahiṇomi dūraṃ yamarājyaṃ gacchatu ripravāhaḥ / ihaivāyamitaro jātavedā devebhyo havyaṃ vahatu prajānat / oṃ pāvaka vaiśvānara idamāsanaṃ araṇīgarbhasaṃskṛtatejorūpa mahābrahman muhūrtāstriṣu vaiśvānaraṃ pratibodhayāmi / oṃ vaiśvānare na ubhayaṃ āprayātu parāvataḥ agnirna svadyutīrūpapṛṣṭho divi pṛṣṭho 'śvi pṛthivyāṃ pṛṣṭhā vivevā oṣadhīcāviveśa vaiśvānaraḥ sahasā pṛṣṭho 'gniḥ namo divya sa ṣaṣṭhāṃ naktam // > Garuḍa Purāṇa 216 / Brahmā said: / I shall explain the vaiśvadeva offering, the supreme characteristic of oblations: / Having kindled the fire and sprinkled it \[with water\]: “Oṃ, I send the flesh-consuming fire far away; let him go to the realm of Yama carrying away our impurities. / May this other knower of beings right here bear the oblation to the gods, knowing \[his duty\]. / Oṃ Pāvaka Vaiśvānara, this is your seat; O you whose form is the splendour prepared in the womb of the fire-sticks, O great Brahman, during the three muhūrtas I awaken Vaiśvānara. / Oṃ, to Vaiśvānara may both come from afar, our fire \[…\], on its back in heaven, on its back \[…\] on earth, entering the plants; Vaiśvānara, fire on its back through power; homage to the heavenly one \[…\] at night.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.216.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.216.2) oṃ prajāpataye svāhā / oṃ somāya svāhā / oṃ bṛhaspataye svāhā / oṃ agniṣomābhyāṃ svāhā / oṃ indrāgnibhyāṃ svāhā / oṃ dyāvāpṛthivībhyāṃ svāhā / oṃ indrāya svāhā / oṃ viśvebhyo devebhyaḥ svāhā / oṃ brahmaṇe svāhā / oṃ adbhyaḥ svāhā / oṃ oṣadhivanaspatibhyaḥ svāhā / oṃ grahyāya svāhā / oṃ devadevatābhyaḥ svāhā / oṃ indrāya svāhā / oṃ indrapuruṣebhyaḥ svāhā / oṃ yamāya svāhā / oṃ yamapuruṣāya svāhā / oṃ sarvebhyo bhūtebhyo divācāribhyaḥ svāhā / oṃ vasudhāpitṛbhyaḥ svāhā / oṃ ye bhūtā pracaranti dīnāca nimihanto bhuvanasya madhye / tebhyo baliṃ puṣṭikāmo dadāmi mayi puṣṭiṃ puṣṭipatirdadātu / oṃ ācāṇḍālapatirdadātu ācāṇḍālapatitavāyasebhyaḥ // > “Oṃ, to Prajāpati, svāhā! / Oṃ, to Soma, svāhā! / Oṃ, to Bṛhaspati, svāhā! / Oṃ, to Agni and Soma, svāhā! / Oṃ, to Indra and Agni, svāhā! / Oṃ, to Heaven and Earth, svāhā! / Oṃ, to Indra, svāhā! / Oṃ, to the Viśvedevas, svāhā! / Oṃ, to Brahman, svāhā! / Oṃ, to the Waters, svāhā! / Oṃ, to the herbs and trees of the forest, svāhā! / Oṃ, to the household deity, svāhā! / Oṃ, to the divine deities, svāhā! / Oṃ, to Indra, svāhā! / Oṃ, to the attendants of Indra, svāhā! / Oṃ, to Yama, svāhā! / Oṃ, to the attendant of Yama, svāhā! / Oṃ, to all beings roaming by day, svāhā! / Oṃ, to the ancestors of the earth, svāhā! / Oṃ, those beings who wander, wretched \[…\], in the midst of the world, / to them, desiring nourishment, I offer this bali-tribute; may the lord of nourishment bestow nourishment upon me. / Oṃ, may the lord give \[even\] down to the outcaste; down to the outcaste, the fallen, and the crows.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.216.2.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.216.2.p1) iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe vaiśvadevanirūpaṇaṃ nāma ṣoḍaśottaradviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the two hundred and sixteenth chapter, named ‘Explanation of the Vaiśvadeva’, in the Section on Proper Conduct, within the first part titled ‘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.1.216.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.216](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.216) · Pramāṇa