[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) › 1.223 # Garudapurana 1.223 Garuḍapurāṇa 1.223 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [1.223.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.223.37) — 1 part ### [1.223.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.223.1) śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 223 brahmovāca munibhiścaritā dharmā bhaktyā vyāsa mayoditāḥ / yairviṣṇustuṣyate caiva sūryādiparicāraṇāt // > The glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa: chapter 223. > Brahmā said: > The dharmas practiced by the sages have been declared by me out of devotion, O Vyāsa, / by which Viṣṇu is pleased through the worship of the sun and other \[deities\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.223.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.223.2) tarpaṇena ca homena sandhyāyā vandanena ca / prāpyate bhagavān viṣṇurdharmakāmārthamokṣadaḥ // > Through water-libations, through oblation into fire, and through worship at the junctures of day, / the Blessed Viṣṇu is attained, who grants dharma, desire, wealth, and liberation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.223.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.223.3) dharmo hi bhagavānviṣṇuḥ pūjī viṣṇostu tarpaṇam / homaḥ sandhyā tathā dhyānaṃ dhāraṇā sakalaṃ hariḥ // > For dharma is the Blessed Viṣṇu; the worship of Viṣṇu is indeed libation, / oblation, worship at twilight, meditation, and concentration; Hari is all. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.223.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.223.4) sūca uvāca / pralayaṃ jagato vakṣye tatsarvaṃ śṛṇu śaunaka / caturyugasahasrantu kalpaikābjadinaṃ smṛtam // > Sūta said: > I shall describe the dissolution of the world; hear all of that, O Śaunaka. / A thousand sets of four yugas are considered one day of the lotus-born \[Brahmā\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.223.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.223.5) kṛtatretādvāparādiyugāvasthā nibodhame / kṛte dharmaścatuṣpācca satyaṃ dānaṃ tapo dayā // > Learn from me the state of the yugas: Kṛta, Tretā, Dvāpara, and so forth. / In the Kṛta \[yuga\], dharma is four-footed: truth, giving, austerity, and compassion. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.223.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.223.6) dharmapātā hariśceti santuṣṭā jñānino narāḥ / caturvaṃṣarsahasrāṇi narā jīvanti vai tadā // > Hari is the protector of dharma; men are contented and wise. / Indeed, men live then for four thousand \[years\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.223.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.223.7) kṛtānte kṣattriyairviprā viṭśūdrāśca jitā dvijaiḥ / śūraścātibalo viṣṇū rakṣāṃsi ca jaghāna ha // > At the end of Kṛta, the twice-born were subdued by Kṣatriyas, and the Vaiśyas and Śūdras by the twice-born. / Viṣṇu, heroic and exceedingly mighty, slew the rakṣases. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.223.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.223.8) tretāyuge tripāddharmaḥ satyadānadayātmakaḥ / narā yajñaparāstasmiṃstathā kṣatrodbhavaṃ jagat // > In the Tretā yuga, dharma has three feet, consisting of truth, giving, and compassion. / Men in it are devoted to sacrifice, and the world has its origin from the Kṣatriyas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.223.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.223.9) rakto harirnaraiḥ pūjyo narā daśaśatāyuṣaḥ / tatra viṣṇurbhomarathaḥ kṣatriyā rākṣasānahan // > Hari is red, to be worshipped by men; men have a lifespan of a thousand \[years\]. / There, Viṣṇu had an earthly chariot, and Kṣatriyas killed the rākṣasas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.223.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.223.10) dvipādavigro dharmaḥ pītāñcācyute gate / catuḥ śatāyuṣo lokā dvijakṣatrodbhavāḥ prajāḥ // > Dharma is two-footed in form, and when the Infallible One was yellow, / people had a lifespan of four hundred \[years\], and the populace originated from twice-born and Kṣatriyas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.223.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.223.11) tatra dṛṣṭvālpabuddhīṃśca viṣṇurvyāsasvarūpadhṛk / tadekantu yajurvedaṃ? caturdhā vyabhajatpunaḥ // > Seeing those of small intellect there, Viṣṇu, assuming the form of Vyāsa, / again divided that single Yajurveda into four. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.223.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.223.12) śiṣyānadhyāpayāmāsa samastāṃstānnibodha me / ṛgvedamatha pailant sāmavedañca jaiminim // > He instructed disciples; learn about all of them from me: / the Ṛgveda to Paila, and the Sāmaveda to Jaimini, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.223.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.223.13) atharvāṇaṃ sumantuntu yajurvedaṃ mahāmunim / vaiśampāyanamaṅgantu purāṇaṃ sūtameva ca / aṣṭādaśapurāṇāni yair vedyo harireva hi // > and the Atharvaveda to Sumantu, the Yajurveda to the great sage / Vaiśampāyana, the auxiliary texts and the Purāṇa to Sūta— / the eighteen Purāṇas through which Hari alone is known. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.223.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.223.14) sargaśca pratisargaśca vaṃśo manvantarāṇi ca / vaṃśānucaritaccaiva purāṇaṃ pañcalakṣaṇam // > Creation, secondary creation, genealogy, the Manvantaras, / and the history of dynasties—such is the fivefold characteristic of a Purāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.223.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.223.15) brāhmaṃ pādmaṃ vaiṣṇavañca śaivaṃ bhāgavatantathā / bhaviṣyannāradīyañcaskāndaṃ liṅgaṃ varāhakam // > The Brāhma, Pādma, and Vaiṣṇava, Śaiva and likewise Bhāgavata, / Bhaviṣyat, Nāradīya, Skānda, Liṅga, and Vārāha, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.223.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.223.16) mārkaṇḍeyaṃ tathāgneyaṃ brahmavaivartameva ca / kaurmaṃ mātsyaṃ gāruḍañca vāyavīyamanantaram / aṣṭādaśasamuddiṣṭaṃ brahmāṇḍamiti saṃjñitam // > Mārkaṇḍeya, Āgneya, and Brahmavaivarta, / Kaurma, Mātsya, Gāruḍa, and immediately following, Vāyavīya; / the eighteenth declared is known as the Brahmāṇḍa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.223.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.223.17) anyānyupapurāṇāni munibhiḥ kathitāni tu / ādyaṃ sanatkumāroktaṃ nārasiṃhamathāparam // > Other Upapurāṇas were spoken by the sages: / the first was spoken by Sanatkumāra, and the next is the Nārasiṃha; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.223.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.223.18) tṛtīyaṃ skāndamuddiṣṭaṃ kumāreṇa tu bhāṣitam / caturthaṃ śivadharmākhyaṃ syānnandīśvarabhāṣitam // > the third is declared to be the Skānda, spoken by Kumāra, / and the fourth is known as the Śivadharma, spoken by Nandīśvara; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.223.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.223.19) durvāsasoktamāścaryaṃ nāradoktamataḥ param / kāpilaṃ vāmanañcaiva tathaivośanaseritam // > the Āścarya spoken by Durvāsas; next, the one spoken by Nārada; / the Kāpila and the Vāmana, and likewise that uttered by Uśanas; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.223.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.223.20) brahmāṇḍaṃ vāruṇañcātha kālikāhvayameva ca / māheśvaraṃ tathā sāmbamevaṃ sarvārthasañcayam / parāśaroktamaparaṃ mārīcaṃ bhārgavāhvayam // > the Brahmāṇḍa, Vāruṇa, and the one named Kālikā, / the Māheśvara and the Sāmba, which contains all goals; / another spoken by Parāśara, the Mārīca, and the one called Bhārgava. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.223.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.223.21) purāṇaṃ dharmaśāstrañca vedāstvaṅgāni yanmune / nyāyaḥ śaunaka mīmāṃsā āyurvedārthaśāstrakam / gāndharvaśca dhanurvedo vidyā hyaṣṭādaśasmṛtāḥ // > Purāṇa, Dharmaśāstra, the Vedas and their limbs, O sage, / Nyāya, O Śaunaka, Mīmāṃsā, Āyurveda, Arthaśāstra, / Gāndharva, and Dhanurveda: these are remembered as the eighteen branches of learning. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.223.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.223.22) dvāparāntena ca harirgurubhāramapāharat / ekapādasthite dharme kṛṣṇatvañcācyute gate // > At the close of Dvāpara, Hari removed the heavy burden; / when dharma stood on a single leg, and Acyuta departed, the Kali age set in. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.223.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.223.23) janāstadā durācārā bhaviṣyanti ca nirdayāḥ / sattvaṃ rajastama iti dṛśyante puruṣe guṇāḥ / kālasañcoditāste 'pi parivartanta ātmani // > Then people will become wicked in conduct and pitiless. / Sattva, rajas, and tamas are the qualities seen in man; / impelled by time, they too revolve within oneself. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.223.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.223.24) prabhūtañca yadā sattvaṃ mano burdhondriyāṇi ca / tadā kṛtayugaṃ vidyājjñāne tapasi yadratiḥ // > When sattva is predominant in mind, intellect, and senses, / one should know that to be the Kṛtayuga, wherein delight is in knowledge and asceticism. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.223.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.223.25) yadā karmasu kāmyeṣu śaktiryaśasi dehinām / tadā tretā rajobhūtiriti jānīhiśaunaka // > When embodied beings are devoted to desire-prompted rites and attached to renown, / know that to be Tretā, the arising of rajas, O Śaunaka. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.223.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.223.26) yadā lobhastvasantoṣo māno dambhaśca matsaraḥ / karmaṇāñcāpi kāmyānāṃ dvāparaṃ tadrajastamaḥ // > When greed, discontent, arrogance, deceit, and jealousy prevail, / as well as desire-prompted rites, that is Dvāpara, characterized by rajas and tamas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.223.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.223.27) yadā sadānṛtaṃ nandrā nidrā hiṃsādisādhanam / śokamohau bhayaṃ dainyaṃ sa kalistamasi smṛtaḥ // > When untruth, indolence, sleep, violence, and other harmful means \[prevail\], / along with grief, delusion, fear, and misery, that is known as Kali, grounded in tamas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.223.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.223.28) yasmiñjanāḥ kāminaḥ syuḥ śaśvatkaṭukabhāṣiṇaḥ / dasyūtkṛṣṭā janapadāvedāḥ pāṣaṇḍadūṣitāḥ // > in which people will be lustful, constantly speaking harsh words, / provinces will be overrun by thieves, and the Vedas corrupted by heretics. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.223.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.223.29) rājānaśca prajābhikṣāḥ śiśrodaraparājitāḥ / avratā vaṭacavo 'śaucā bhikṣavaśca kuṭumbinaḥ // > Kings will beg from their subjects, overcome by genitals and belly; / student novices will lack vows and purity, and mendicants will maintain households. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.223.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.223.30) tapasvinogrāmavāsāḥ nyāsino hyarthalolupāḥ / hrasvakāyā mahāhārāścaurāste sādhavaḥ smṛtāḥ // > Ascetics will dwell in villages, and renunciants will be greedy for wealth; / people will be short in stature, voracious eaters, and thieves will be regarded as holy men. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.223.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.223.31) tyakṣyanti bhṛtyāśca patiṃ tāpasastyakṣyati vratam / śūdrāḥ pratigrahiṣyanti vaiśyā vrataparāyaṇaḥ // > Servants will abandon their master, and the ascetic will abandon his vow; / Śūdras will accept gifts, and Vaiśyas will be devoted to ascetic vows. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.223.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.223.32) udvignāḥ santi ca janāḥ piśācasadṛśāḥ prajāḥ / anyāyabhojanenāgnidevatātithipūjanam // > People will live in anxiety, subjects will resemble Piśācas; / with unlawfully gained food they will perform worship of fire, gods, and guests. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.223.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.223.33) kariṣyenti kalau prāpte na ca pitryodakakriyām / strīparāśca janāḥ sarve śūdraprāyāśca śaunaka // > When Kali arrives, they will not perform the water-rites for the ancestors; / all people will be devoted only to women, and almost all will be Śūdras, O Śaunaka. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.223.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.223.34) bahuprajālpabhāgyāśca bhaviṣyanti kalau striyaḥ / śiraḥ kaṇḍūyanaparā ājñāṃ bhetsyanti bhartsitāḥ // > In Kali, women will have many offspring but little good fortune; / scratching their heads, they will break commands when rebuked. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.223.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.223.35) viṣṇuṃ na pūjayiṣyanti pāṣaṇḍopahatā janāḥ / kalerdeṣanidherviprā asti hyeko mahāguṇaḥ // > Afflicted by heretics, people will not worship Viṣṇu. / Yet in Kali, a treasure-house of faults, O brāhmaṇas, there is one supreme virtue: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.223.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.223.36) kīrtanādeva kṛṣṇasya mahābandhaṃ parityajet / kṛte yadyyāyato viṣṇuṃ tretāyāṃ japataḥ phalam // > merely by chanting the praise of Kṛṣṇa, one may cast off great bondage. / The fruit one attains by meditating on Viṣṇu in Kṛta, or by murmuring prayers in Tretā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.223.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.223.37) dvāpare paricaryāyāṃ kalau taddharikīrtanāt / tasmāddhyeyo harirnityaṃ geyaḥ pūjyaśca śaunaka // > or by ritual service in Dvāpara, is obtained in Kali through chanting Hari's praise. / Therefore, Hari should constantly be meditated upon, sung of, and worshipped, O Śaunaka. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.223.37.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.223.37.p1) iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe yugadharmakathanaṃ nāma trayoviṃśatyadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the two hundred and twenty-third chapter, entitled 'Discourse on the Duties of the World Ages', in the Ācārakāṇḍa of the first section of the first part in the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.223.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (4) - [Brahmavaivartapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmavaivarta.3.81.117.1) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Caturvargacintāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.caturvargacintamani.84.p13) — Hemādri, Sanskrit - [Ṣoḍaśamahādānavidhi (Hemādri)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.dana.mahadana.sodasamahadanavidhi-hemadri.84.p13) — Hemādri, Sanskrit - [Dānakhaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.hemadri.danakhanda.92.p8) — Hemādri, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.223](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.223) · Pramāṇa