[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) › 1.229 # Garudapurana 1.229 Garuḍapurāṇa 1.229 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [1.229.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.229.9) — 1 part ### [1.229.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.229.1) śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 229 sūta uvāca / aśeṣalokanāthasya sāramārādhanaṃ hareḥ / dadyātu puruṣasūkteṇa yaḥ puṣpāṇyapa eva ca // > Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa — \[Chapter\] 229. > Sūta said: > Serving Hari, the Lord of all the worlds, is the supreme essence. > Whoever offers flowers and water with the Puruṣasūkta, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.229.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.229.2) arcitaṃ syājjagadidaṃ tena sarvaṃ carācaram / yo na pūjayate viṣṇuṃ taṃ vidyādbrahmaghātakam // > by him this entire world, moving and unmoving, would be worshipped. > Whoever does not worship Viṣṇu should be known as a killer of a brāhmaṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.229.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.229.3) yataḥ pravṛttirbhūtānāṃ yena sarvamidaṃ tatam / taṃ yo na dhyāyate viṣṇuṃ sa viṣṭhāyāṃ krimirbhavet // > He from whom is the origin of beings, by whom all this is pervaded— > he who does not meditate on that Viṣṇu becomes a worm in feces. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.229.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.229.4) narake pacyamānastu yamena paribhāṣitaḥ / kintvayā nārcito devaḥ keśavaḥ kleśanāśanaḥ // > Cooked in hell, he is indeed addressed by Yama: > 'Why was the god Keśava, the destroyer of distress, not worshipped by you? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.229.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.229.5) udakenāpyabhāvena dravyāṇāmarcitaḥ prabhuḥ / yo dadāti svakaṃ lokaṃ sa tvayā kiṃ na cārcitaḥ // > When even with water, in the absence of materials, the Lord is worshipped, > he gives his own world; why was he not worshipped by you?' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.229.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.229.6) na tatkaroti sā mātā na pitā nāpi bāndhavaḥ / yatkaroti hṛṣīkeśaḥ santuṣṭaḥ śraddhayārcitaḥ // > That which a mother does not do, nor a father, nor even a relative, > Hṛṣīkeśa does when pleased through worship with faith. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.229.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.229.7) varṇāśramācāravatā puruṣeṇa paraḥ pumān / viṣṇurārādhyate panthā nānyastattoṣakārakaḥ // > Viṣṇu, the Supreme Person, is worshipped > by a person who observes the conduct of caste and life-stages; there is no other path that pleases him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.229.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.229.8) na dānairvividhairdattairna puṣpairnānulepanaiḥ / toṣameti mahātmāsau yathā bhaktyā janārdanaḥ // > Not by various 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) ### [1.229.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.229.9) sampadaiśvaryamāhātmyaiḥ santatyā na ca karmaṇā / vimuktaiścaikatā labhyā mūlamārādhanaṃ hareḥ // > Not by riches, lordly power, greatness, progeny, nor by action > is oneness to be attained with the liberated; worship of Hari is the root. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.229.9.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.229.9.p1) iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe viṣṇupūjānirūpaṇaṃ nāmaikonatriśaduttaradviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the two hundred and twenty-ninth chapter, entitled 'Ascertainment of the Worship of Viṣṇu', in the section on Conduct, in the first part called the first section of the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.229.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.229](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.229) · Pramāṇa