[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) › 1.227 # Garudapurana 1.227 Garuḍapurāṇa 1.227 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [1.227.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.227.38) — 1 part ### [1.227.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.227.1) śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 227 sūta uvāca / viṣṇubhaktiṃ pravakṣyāmi yayā sarvamavāpyate / yathā bhaktyā haristuṣyettathā nānyena kenacit // > The glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa: \[Chapter\] 227. / Sūta said: / I shall declare devotion to Viṣṇu, by which everything is attained; / as Hari is pleased by devotion, so he is not by anything else. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.227.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.227.2) mahataḥ śreyaso mūlaṃ prasavaḥ puṇyasantateḥ / jīvitasya phalaṃ svādu niyataṃ smaraṇaṃ hareḥ // > The root of great blessing, the origin of a succession of merits, / the sweet fruit of life is the constant remembrance of Hari. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.227.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.227.3) tasmātsevā budhaiḥ proktā bhaktisādhanabhūyasī / te bhaktā lokanāthasya nāmakarmādikīrtane // > Therefore service has been declared by the wise to be abundant in means of devotion. / Those devotees of the Lord of the World, at the chanting of his name and deeds, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.227.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.227.4) muñcantyaśrūṇi saṃharṣādye prahṛṣṭanūruhāḥ / jagaddhāturmaheśasya divyājñācaraṇā vayam // > shed tears out of immense joy, with their hair standing on end: / 'We are followers of the divine command of the Great Lord, the creator of the world.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.227.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.227.5) iha nityakriyāḥ kuryuḥ snigdhā ye vaiṣṇavāstu te / brahmākṣaraṃ na śṛṇvanvai tayā bhagavateritam // > Those who perform daily duties here with affection are indeed Vaiṣṇavas. / Not hearing the imperishable Brahman uttered by that blessed one, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.227.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.227.6) praṇāmapūrvakaṃ bhaktyā yo vadedvaiṣṇavo hi saḥ / tadbhaktajanavātsalyaṃ pūjanaṃ cānumodanam // > he who speaks with devotion preceded by prostration is indeed a Vaiṣṇava. / Affection for his devotees, worship of them, rejoicing \[in their service\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.227.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.227.7) tatkathāśravaṇe prītiraśrunetrāṅgavikriyāḥ / yena sarvātmanā viṣṇau bhaktyā bhāvo niveśitaḥ // > delight in hearing tales of him, transformation of the body with tearful eyes— / by him who with all his soul has directed his feelings toward Viṣṇu with devotion, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.227.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.227.8) viprebhyaśca kṛtātmatvānmahābhāgavato hi saḥ / viśvopakaraṇaṃ nityaṃ tadarthaṃ saṅgavarjanam / svayamabhyarcanañcaiva yo viṣṇuñcopajīvati // > and by his dedication to the brāhmaṇas, he is indeed a great devotee of the Lord. / Making the universe an instrument \[of worship\] continually, abandoning attachment for his sake, / and personal worship: one who lives devoted to Viṣṇu, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.227.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.227.9) bhaktiraṣṭavidhā hyeṣā yasminmleccho 'pi vartate / sa viprendro muniḥ śrīmānsa yāti paramāṃ gatim // > in whom this eightfold devotion exists, even if he were a barbarian, / he is a prince among brāhmaṇas, a sage, endowed with fortune; he goes to the supreme state. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.227.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.227.10) tasmai deyaṃ tato grāhyaṃ sa ca pūjyo yathā hariḥ / smṛtaḥ saṃbhāṣito vāpi pūjito vā dvijottamaḥ / punāti bhagavadbhaktaścaṇḍālo 'pi yadṛcchayā // > To him gifts should be given, from him things should be received, and he should be worshipped like Hari. / Remembered, spoken to, or worshipped, O best of the twice-born, / a devotee of the Blessed Lord purifies even if he is a caṇḍāla, even by chance. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.227.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.227.11) dayāṃ kuru prapannāya tavāsmīti ca yo vadet / abhayaṃ sarvabhūtebhyo dadyādetad vrataṃ hareḥ // > 'Have mercy on me who have taken refuge; I am yours'—whoever speaks thus, / to him one should give freedom from fear from all beings; this is Hari's vow. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.227.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.227.12) mantrajāpisahasrebhyaḥ sarvavedāntapāragaḥ / sarvavedāntavitkoṭyāṃ viṣṇubhakto viśiṣyate // > Better than thousands of mantra-chanters is one who has crossed to the end of all Vedānta; / among ten million knowers of all Vedānta, a devotee of Viṣṇu is superior. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.227.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.227.13) ekāntinaḥ svavapuṣā gacchanti paramaṃ padam / ekāntena samo viṣṇustasmādeṣāṃ parāyaṇaḥ // > The single-minded go to the supreme state with their very bodies; / Viṣṇu is equal to the single-minded, and therefore he is their supreme goal. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.227.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.227.14) yasmādekāntinaḥ proktāstadbhāgavatacetasaḥ / priyāṇāmapi sarveṣāṃ devadevasya supriyaḥ // > Because they are called single-minded, their minds belong to the Blessed Lord; / even among all dear ones, he is exceedingly dear to the God of gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.227.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.227.15) āpatsvapi sadā bhasya bhaktiravyabhicāriṇā / yā prītiradhikā viṣṇorviṣayeṣvanapāyinī // > Even in distress his devotion is ever unwavering. / That greater affection which is Viṣṇu's, never departing in the midst of worldly objects, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.227.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.227.16) viṣṇuṃ saṃsmarataḥ sā me hṛdayānnopasarpati / dṛḍhabhakto 'pi vedādisarvaśāstrārthapāragaḥ // > does not depart from my heart as I remember Viṣṇu. / Even if one is firmly devoted, and has reached the end of the meaning of all scriptures, the Vedas and the rest, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.227.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.227.17) yo na sarveśvare bhaktastaṃ vidyātpuruṣādhamam / nādhītavedaśāstro 'pi na kṛto 'dhvarasambhavaḥ / yo bhaktiṃ vahate viṣṇau tena sarvaṃ kṛtaṃ bhavet // > he who is not devoted to the Lord of All—one should know him to be the lowest of men. / Even if one has not studied the Vedas and scriptures, nor performed sacrifices, / by him who bears devotion to Viṣṇu, everything has been accomplished. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.227.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.227.18) yajvānaḥ kratumukhyānāṃ vedānāṃ pāragā api / na tāṃ yānti gatiṃ bhaktā yāṃ yānti munisattamāḥ // > Sacrificers of the foremost of rites, and even those who have mastered the Vedas, / do not go to that destination to which the devotees go, O best of sages. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.227.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.227.19) yaḥ kaścidvaiṣṇavo loke mithyācāro 'pyanāśramī / punāti sakalāṃllokānsahasrāṃśurivoditaḥ // > Whatever Vaiṣṇava there is in the world, even if ill-behaved and without an āśrama, / he purifies all the worlds like the thousand-rayed sun arisen. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.227.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.227.20) ye nṛśaṃsā durātmānaḥ pāpācararatāstathā / te 'pi yānti paraṃ sthānaṃ nārāyaṇaparāyaṇāḥ // > Those who are cruel, wicked, and devoted to sinful conduct— / even they attain the supreme abode if devoted entirely to Nārāyaṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.227.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.227.21) dṛḍhā janārdane bhaktiryadaivāvyabhicāriṇī / tadā kiyatsvargasukhaṃ saiva nirvāṇahetukā // > The moment firm, unswerving devotion to Janārdana is present, / of what account is the joy of heaven? That \[devotion\] alone is the cause of liberation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.227.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.227.22) bhrāmyatāṃ tatra saṃsāre narāṇāṃ kurmadurgame / hastāvalambane hyekaṃ yena tuṣyejjanārdanaḥ / na śṛṇoti guṇāndivyāndevadevasya cakriṇaḥ / sa maro badhiro jñeyaḥ sarvadharmabahiṣkṛtaḥ // > For men wandering in this saṃsāra, which is difficult to traverse \[as an ocean\] of crocodiles, / there is indeed one supporting hand by which Janārdana may be pleased. / A mortal who does not listen to the divine virtues of the Discus-bearing god of gods / is to be known as deaf, excluded from all dharma. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.227.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.227.23) nāmni saṃkīrtite viṣṇoryasya puṃso na jāyate / śarīraṃ pulakodbhāsi tadbhavetkuṇapopamam // > The man whose body does not become radiant with bristling hair when Viṣṇu's name is chanted / is like a corpse. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.227.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.227.24) yasminbhaktirdvijaśreṣṭha muktirapyacirādbhavet / niviṣṭamanasāṃ puṃsāṃ sarvathā vṛjinakṣayaḥ // > O best of the twice-born, when devotion to him exists, liberation comes without delay; / for men whose minds are fixed \[on him\], there is the total destruction of sin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.227.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.227.25) svapuruṣamabhivīkṣya pāśahastaṃ vadati yamaḥ kila tasya karṇamūle / parihara madhusūdanaprāpannanprabhurahamanyanṛṇāṃ na vaiṣṇavānām // > Beholding his servant with noose in hand, Yama surely whispers into the root of his ear: / 'Leave alone those who have surrendered to Madhusūdana; I am the lord of other men, not of Vaiṣṇavas.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.227.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.227.26) api cetsudurācāro bhajate māmananyabhāk / sādhureva sa mantavyaḥ samyagavyavasito hi saḥ // > 'Even if a person of very evil conduct worships me with single-minded devotion, / he must be considered righteous, for he has resolved rightly. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.227.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.227.27) kṣipraṃ bhavati dharmātmā śaśvacchāntiṃ sa gacchati / viprendra pratijānīhi viṣṇubhakto na naśyati // > Quickly he becomes a virtuous soul and attains perpetual peace. / O lord of priests, know for certain: a devotee of Viṣṇu never perishes.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.227.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.227.28) dharmārthakāmaḥ kiṃ tasya muktistasya kare sthitā / samastajagatāṃ mūlaṃ yasya bhaktiḥ sthirā harau // > What need has he of dharma, wealth, and desire? Liberation stands in his hand / whose devotion to Hari, the root of all the worlds, is steadfast. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.227.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.227.29) daivī hyeṣā guṇamayī harermāyā duratyayā / tameva ye prapadyante māyāmetāṃ taranti te // > 'For this divine māyā of Hari, made of the guṇas, is hard to overcome; / those who surrender to him alone cross beyond this māyā.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.227.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.227.30) kiṃ yajñārādhane puṃsā śiṣyate harimedhasām / bhaktyaivārādhyate viṣṇurnānyattatropakārakam // > What \[more\] remains for men in worshipping by sacrifice who possess the wisdom of Hari? / Viṣṇu is worshipped by devotion alone; nothing else is helpful in that regard. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.227.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.227.31) na dānairvividhairdattaiḥ puṣpairnaivānulepanaiḥ / toṣameti mahātmāsau yathā bhaktyā janārdanaḥ // > Neither by varied gifts given, nor by flowers, nor by ointments / does that great-souled Janārdana attain satisfaction as he does by devotion. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.227.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.227.32) saṃsāraviṣavṛkṣasya dve phale hyamṛtopame / kadācitkeśave bhaktistadbhaktairvā samāgamaḥ // > Of the poisonous tree of saṃsāra there are indeed two nectar-like fruits: / devotion to Keśava at some time, or association with his devotees. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.227.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.227.33) patreṣu puṣpeṣu phaleṣu toyeṣvakaṣṭalabhyeṣu sadaiva satsu / bhaktyaikalabhye puruṣe purāṇe muktyaikalābhe kriyate prayatnaḥ // > Since leaves, flowers, fruits, and water are always easily obtainable, / an effort should be made toward the ancient Puruṣa who is obtainable through devotion alone, where liberation alone is gained. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.227.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.227.34) āsphoṭayanti pitaraḥ pranṛtyanti pitāmāhaḥ / vaiṣṇavosmatkule jātaḥ sa naḥ santārayiṣyati // > The ancestors clap their hands, the grandfathers dance: / 'A Vaiṣṇava has been born in our family; he will carry us across!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.227.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.227.35) ajñāninaḥ sukhare samadhikṣipanto yatpāpino 'pi śiśupālasuyodhanādyāḥ / muktiṃ gatāḥ smaraṇamātravidhūtapāpāḥ kaḥ saṃśayaḥ paramabhaktimatāṃ janānām // > When even ignorant, reviling sinners like Śiśupāla and Duryodhana in comfort / attained liberation, their sins dispelled by mere remembrance, what doubt can there be regarding people possessing supreme devotion? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.227.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.227.36) śaramaṃ taṃ prapannā ye dhyānayogavivarjitāḥ / te 'pi mṛtyumatikramya yānti tadvaiṣṇavaṃ padam // > Those who have sought him as their refuge, though devoid of meditation and yoga, / they too overcome death and go to that abode of Viṣṇu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.227.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.227.37) bhavodbhavakleśaśatairhatastathā paribhramannindriyarandhrakairhayaiḥ / niyamyatāṃ mādhava ! me manohayastvadaṅghriśaṅkau dṛḍhabhaktibandhane // > Struck by hundreds of afflictions arising from mundane existence, wandering astray by the senses like horses in hollows— / O Mādhava, let the horse of my mind be restrained to the post of your feet with the firm rope of devotion! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.227.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.227.38) viṣṇureva paraṃ brahma tribhedamiha paṭhyate / vedasiddhāntamārgeṣu tanna jānanti mohitāḥ // > Viṣṇu alone is the supreme Brahman, proclaimed here as threefold / in the paths of Vedic doctrine; deluded people do not know that. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.227.38.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.227.38.p1) iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe bhagavadbhaktivivaraṇaṃ nāma saptaviṃśatyadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ > Thus in the great Garuḍa Purāṇa, in the first section called the first part, in the ritual section, the two hundred twenty-seventh chapter, entitled 'Explanation of Devotion to the Blessed Lord'. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.227.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (11) - [Ṣaṭsandarbha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.gaudiya.siddhanta.satsandarbha.1.31.47) — Jīva Gosvāmin 1555, Sanskrit - [Haribhaktivilāsa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.gaudiya.acara.haribhaktivilasa.10.37) — Gopāla Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmin & Sanātana Gosvāmin 1535, Sanskrit - [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.80.53) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Varāhapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.varaha.210.187) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Viṣṇupurāṇa (critical edition)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*crit.3.7.14) — Sanskrit - [Viṣṇudharma](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.vaisnava.visnudharma.1.72.124) — Sanskrit - [Vāmanapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vamana.67.30) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Narasiṃhapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.vaisnava.narasimha.9.1) — Sanskrit - [Kaulārcanadīpikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.trika.kaula.kaularcanadipika.92) — Sanskrit - [Itihāsasamuccaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.itihasasamuccaya.31.55) — Sanskrit - [Ācāracintāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.ahnika.acaracintamani.3.p117) — Vācaspatimiśra, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.227](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.227) · Pramāṇa