[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) › 1.221 # Garudapurana 1.221 Garuḍapurāṇa 1.221 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [1.221.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.221.24) — 1 part ### [1.221.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.221.1) śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 221 brahāmovāca / dharmasāramahaṃ vakṣye saṃkṣepācchuṇu śaṅkara / bhuktimuktipradaṃ sūkṣmaṃ sarvapāpavināśanam // > The glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa — 221 / Brahmā said: / I shall speak the essence of dharma in brief; listen, O Śaṅkara! / It bestows worldly enjoyment and liberation, is subtle, and destroys all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.221.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.221.2) śrutaṃ dharmaṃ balaṃ dhairyaṃ sukhamutsāhameva ca / śoko harati vai nṝṇāṃ tasmācchokaṃ parityajet // > Learning, dharma, strength, firmness, happiness, and zeal— / grief surely takes these away from men; therefore, one should abandon grief. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.221.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.221.3) karmadārāḥ karmalokāḥ karmasambandhibāndhavāḥ / karmāṇi prerayantīha puruṣaṃ sukhaduḥ khayoḥ // > Wives are from karma, worlds are from karma, relations and kinsmen are from karma; / in this world actions impel a person toward happiness and sorrow. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.221.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.221.4) dāname paro dharmo dānātsarvamavāpyate / dānāḥtsvargaśca rājyañca dadyāddanaṃ tato naraḥ // > Giving is the supreme dharma; through giving everything is attained. / Through giving come both heaven and kingship; therefore a man should make gifts. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.221.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.221.5) ekato dānamevāhuḥ samagravaradakṣiṇam / ekato bhayabhītasya prāṇinaḥ prāṇarakṣaṇam // > On the one side, they say, is giving accompanied by complete and excellent gifts; / on the other side is the protection of the life of a creature terrified by fear. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.221.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.221.6) tapasā brahmacaryeṇa yajñaiḥ snānena vā punaḥ / dharmasya nāśakā ye ca te vai nirayagāminaḥ // > Through ascetic heat, celibate studenthood, sacrifices, or again bathing— / those who destroy dharma surely go to hell. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.221.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.221.7) ye ca homajapasnānadevatārcanatatparāḥ / satyakṣamādayāyuktāste narāḥ svargagāminaḥ // > And those who are devoted to fire-offerings, silent recitation, bathing, and worshipping the deities, / endowed with truth, forbearance, and compassion—those men go to heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.221.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.221.8) na dātā sukhaduḥ khānāṃ na ca hartāsti kaścana / bhuñjate svakṛtānyeva duḥ khāni ca sukhāni ca // > There is no giver of happiness and sorrow, nor is there any taker-away; / they experience only their own deeds, both sorrows and joys. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.221.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.221.9) dharmārthaṃ jīvitaṃ yeṣāṃ durgāṇyatitaranti te / santuṣṭaḥ ko na śaknoti phalamūlaiśca vartitum // > Those whose life is for the sake of dharma cross over difficulties. / Who that is contented cannot subsist on fruits and roots? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.221.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.221.10) sarva eva hi saukhyena saṅkaṭānyavagāhate / idameva hi lobhasya kāryaṃ syā datiduṣkaram // > Everyone indeed plunges into difficulties for the sake of pleasure; / this indeed must be the extremely arduous work of greed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.221.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.221.11) lobhātkrodhaḥ prabhavati lobhāddrohaḥ pravartate / lobhānmohaśca māyā ca māno matsara eva ca // > From greed arises anger; from greed hostility proceeds; / from greed come delusion, deceit, arrogance, and envy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.221.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.221.12) rāgadveṣānṛtakrodhalomamohamadojjhitaḥ / yaḥ sa śāntaḥ paraṃ lokaṃ yāti pāpavivarjitaḥ // > Free from passion, hatred, falsehood, anger, greed, delusion, and pride, / he who is peaceful, rid of sin, goes to the supreme world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.221.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.221.13) devatā munayo nāgā gandharvā guhyakā hara / dhārmikaṃ pūjayantīha na dhanāḍhyaṃ na kāminam // > Deities, sages, nāgas, gandharvas, and guhyakas, O Hara, / honor the righteous person in this world, not one who is rich in wealth nor one who is lustful. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.221.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.221.14) anantabalavīryeṇa prajñayā pauruṣeṇa vā / alabhyaṃ labhate martyastatra kā parivedanā // > Whether through infinite strength and valor, through intellect, or through human effort, / a mortal receives what cannot be obtained—what lamentation can there be in that? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.221.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.221.15) sarvasattvadayālutvaṃ sarvendriyavinigrahaḥ / sarvatrānityabuddhitvaṃ śreyaḥ paramidaṃ smṛtam // > Compassion toward all living beings, restraint of all the senses, / and constant awareness of the impermanence of all things—this is considered the highest good. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.221.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.221.16) paśyannivāgrato mṛtyuṃ yo dharmaṃ nācarennaraḥ / ajāgalastanasyeva tasya janma nirarthakam // > A man who does not practice dharma even while seeing death before him— / his birth is useless, like the fleshy teat on the neck of a goat. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.221.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.221.17) bhrūṇahā brahmahā goghnaḥ pitṛhā gurutalpagaḥ / bhūmiṃ sarvaguṇopetāṃ dattvā pāpaiḥ pramucyate // > The killer of an embryo, the killer of a brāhmaṇa, the killer of a cow, the killer of a father, and he who defiles the guru's bed / are released from sins by donating land endowed with all good qualities. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.221.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.221.18) na godānātparaṃ dānaṃ kiñcidastīti me matiḥ / yā gaurnyāyārjitā dattā kṛtsnaṃ tārayate kulam // > There is no gift higher than the gift of a cow: this is my conviction. / A cow that is given having been acquired by righteous means redeems an entire family. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.221.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.221.19) nānnadānātparaṃ dānaṃ kiñcidasti vṛṣadhvaja ! / annena dhāryate sarvaṃ carācaramidaṃ jagat // > There is no gift higher than the gift of food, O Bull-bannered \[Śiva\]! / By food is maintained all this moving and unmoving world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.221.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.221.20) kanyādānaṃ vṛṣotsargastīrthasevā śrutaṃ tathā / hastyaśvarathadānāni maṇiratnavasundharāḥ // > The giving of a maiden in marriage, the release of a bull, pilgrimage to sacred places, and likewise Vedic learning, / gifts of elephants, horses, and chariots, jewels, gems, and tracts of land— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.221.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.221.21) annadānasya sarvāṇi kalāṃ nārhanti ṣoḍaśīm / annātprāṇā balaṃ tejaścānnādvīryaṃ dhṛtiḥ smṛtiḥ // > all these are not worth a sixteenth part of the gift of food. / From food come the life-breaths, strength, and vitality; and from food come vigor, fortitude, and memory. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.221.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.221.22) kūpavāpītaḍāgādīnārāmāṃścaiva kārayet / trisaptakulamuddhṛtya viṣṇuloke mahīyate // > One should cause wells, stepwells, tanks, and the like to be made, and also pleasure-gardens; / having uplifted three times seven generations of one's family, one is honored in the world of Viṣṇu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.221.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.221.23) sādhūnāṃ darśanaṃ puṇyaṃ tīrthādapi viśiṣyate / kālena tīrthaṃ phalati sadyaḥ sādhusamāgamaḥ // > The sight of virtuous men is meritorious, surpassing even a sacred ford; / a sacred ford bears fruit in time, \[but\] association with virtuous men bears fruit immediately. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.221.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.221.24) satyaṃ damastapaḥ śaucaṃ santoṣaśca kṣamārjavam / jñānaṃ śamo dayā dānameṣa dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ // > Truthfulness, self-restraint, ascetic heat, purification, contentment, patience, straightforwardness, / spiritual knowledge, tranquility, compassion, and charity: this is the eternal dharma. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.221.24.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.221.24.p1) iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe dharmasārakathanaṃ nāmaikaviṃśādhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the two hundred and twenty-first chapter, named 'The Discourse on the Essence of Dharma', in the Ācārakāṇḍa of the first section entitled Pūrvakhaṇḍa of the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.221.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [Critical edition (BORI)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*crit.12.219.20) — Sanskrit - [Vṛddhacāṇakya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.gnomic.canakyaniti*vrddha.13-10) — Sanskrit - [Itihāsasamuccaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.itihasasamuccaya.8.47) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.221](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.221) · Pramāṇa