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# Garudapurana 1.230

Garuḍapurāṇa 1.230

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [1.230.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.230.54) — 1 part

### [1.230.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.230.1)

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 230  
sūta uvāca /  
ālokya sarvaśāstrāṇi vicārya ca punaḥ punaḥ /  
idamekaṃ suniṣpannaṃ dhyeyo nārāyaṇaḥ sadā //

> Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa — \[Chapter\] 230.  
> Sūta said:  
> Having examined all scriptures and reflected again and again,  
> this one conclusion has emerged: Nārāyaṇa is always to be meditated upon.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.230.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.230.2)

kiṃ tasya dānaiḥ kintīrthaiḥ kiṃ tapobhiḥ kimadhvaraiḥ /  
yo nityaṃ dhyāyate devaṃ nārāyaṇamananyadhīḥ //

> What use are gifts to him, what use are sacred fords, what use austerities, what use sacrifices,  
> to one who constantly meditates on the god Nārāyaṇa with undistracted mind?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.230.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.230.3)

ṣaṣṭistīrthasahasrāṇi ṣaṣṭistīrthaśatāni ca /  
nārāyaṇapraṇāmasya kalāṃ nārhanti ṣoḍaśīm //

> Sixty thousand sacred fords and six hundred sacred fords  
> do not equal a sixteenth part of a prostration to Nārāyaṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.230.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.230.4)

prayaścittānyaśeṣāṇi tapaḥ karmāṇi yāni vai /  
viddhi teṣāmaśeṣāṇāṃ kṛṣṇānusmaraṇaṃ param //

> Whatever all the expiations and acts of austerity may be,  
> know that remembrance of Kṛṣṇa is supreme among all of them.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.230.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.230.5)

kṛtapāpe 'nuraktiśca yasya puṃsaḥ prajāyate /  
prāyaścittantu tasyaikaṃ hareḥ saṃsmaraṇaṃ param //

> When an inclination towards committed sin arises in a person,  
> constant remembrance of Hari is his single supreme expiation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.230.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.230.6)

muhūrtamapi yo dhyāyennārāyaṇamatandritaḥ /  
so 'pi svargatimāpnoti kiṃ punastatparāyaṇaḥ //

> Whoever meditates on Nārāyaṇa unwearied even for a moment,  
> he too attains the celestial realm; how much more so one devoted to him?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.230.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.230.7)

jāgratsvapnasuṣupteṣu yogasthasya ca yoginaḥ /  
yā kācinmanaso vṛttiḥ sā bhavatyacyutāśrayāt //

> In waking, dreaming, and deep sleep, and for a yogin established in yoga,  
> whatever movement of the mind arises, it occurs from taking refuge in Acyuta.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.230.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.230.8)

uttiṣṭhannipatanviṣṇuṃ pralapanviviśaṃstathā /  
bhuñjañjāgracca govindaṃ mādhavaṃ yaśca saṃsmaret //

> Rising, falling, talking nonsense, entering, likewise  
> eating, and waking—he who remembers Govinda, Mādhava,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.230.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.230.9)

svesve karmaṇyabhirataḥ kuryāccittaṃ janārdane /  
eṣā śāstrānusāroktiḥ kimanyairbahubhāṣitaiḥ //

> engaged in his own respective duty, should set his mind on Janārdana.  
> This is the teaching following the scriptures; what is the use of other extensive discourses?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.230.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.230.10)

dhyānameva paro dharmo dhyānameva paraṃ tapaḥ /  
dhyānameva paraṃ śaucaṃ tasmāddhyānaparo bhavet //

> Meditation alone is supreme dharma, meditation alone is supreme austerity,  
> meditation alone is supreme purity; therefore one should be devoted to meditation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.230.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.230.11)

nāsti viṣṇoḥ paraṃ dhtheyaṃ tapo nānaśanātparam /  
tasmātpradhānamatroktaṃ vāsudevasya cintanam //

> There is nothing to be meditated upon beyond Viṣṇu; there is no austerity beyond fasting;  
> therefore, the contemplation of Vāsudeva is declared here to be principal.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.230.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.230.12)

yaddurlabhaṃ paraṃ prāpyaṃ manaso yanna gocaram /  
tadapyaprārthitaṃ dhyāto dadāti madhusūdanaḥ //

> What is difficult to obtain, the highest object to be attained, what is beyond the range of the mind—  
> even that, unasked, Madhusūdana gives when meditated upon.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.230.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.230.13)

pramādātkurvatāṃ karma pracyavetādhvareṣu yat /  
smaraṇādeva tadviṣṇoḥ saṃpūrṇaṃ syāditi śrutiḥ //

> Whatever rite falls short in sacrifices through negligence of those performing it,  
> by the very remembrance of Viṣṇu that becomes complete: such is the Vedic text.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.230.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.230.14)

dhyānena sadṛśo nāsti śodhanaṃ pāpakarmaṇām /  
āgāmidehahetūnāṃ dāhako yogapāvakaḥ //

> There is no purifier of sinful deeds equal to meditation;  
> the fire of yoga is the burner of the causes of future bodies.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.230.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.230.15)

viniṣpannasamādhistu muktimatraiva janmani /  
prāpnoti yogī yogāgnidagdhakarmā ca yo 'cirāt //

> A yogin who has perfected samādhi and whose karma is burned by the fire of yoga,  
> swiftly attains liberation in this very birth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.230.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.230.16)

yathāgnirudyataśikhaḥ kakṣaṃ dahati vānilaḥ /  
tathā cittasthite viṣṇau yoginā sarvakilbiṣam //

> Just as a fire with flared flames, or the wind, burns dry grass,  
> so all sin is burned for a yogin when Viṣṇu resides in his mind.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.230.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.230.17)

yathāgniyogātkanakamamalaṃ saṃprajāyate /  
saṃpluṣṭo vāsudevena manuṣyāṇāṃ sadā malaḥ //

> Just as gold becomes spotless from contact with fire,  
> so the impurity of human beings is always burned away by Vāsudeva.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.230.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.230.18)

gaṅgāsnānasahasreṣu puṣkarasnānakoṭiṣu /  
yatpāpaṃ nilayayāti smṛte naśyati taddharau //

> Whatever sin is dissolved in thousands of baths in the Gaṅgā and in crores of baths at Puṣkara,  
> that is destroyed when Hari is remembered.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.230.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.230.19)

prāṇāyāmasahasnaistu yatpāpaṃ naśyati dhruvam /  
kṣaṇamātreṇa tatpāpaṃ harerdhyānātpraṇaśyati //

> Whatever sin is surely destroyed by thousands of breath-controls,  
> that sin is destroyed in merely an instant by meditation on Hari.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.230.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.230.20)

kaliprabhāvādduṣṭoktiḥ pāṣaṇḍānāṃ tathoktayaḥ /  
na krāmenmānasaṃ tasya yasya cetasi keśavaḥ //

> Wicked speech through the influence of the Kali age, and likewise the utterances of heretics,  
> will not penetrate the mind of him who has Keśava in his heart.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.230.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.230.21)

sā tithistadahorātraṃ sa yogaḥ sa ca candramāḥ /  
lagnaṃ tadeva vikhyātaṃ yatra saṃsmaryate hariḥ //

> That is the lunar day, that is the day and night, that is the astrological yoga, that is the moon,  
> that alone is celebrated as the auspicious moment, wherein Hari is remembered.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.230.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.230.22)

sā hānistanmahacchidraṃ sā cārthajaḍamūkatā /  
canmuhūrtaṃ kṣaṇo vāpi vāsudevo na cintyate //

> That is the loss, that is the great flaw, that is dumbness and stupefaction of purpose,  
> which moment or instant Vāsudeva is not contemplated.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.230.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.230.23)

kalau kṛta yugaṃ tasya kalistasya kṛte yuge /  
hṛdi no yasya govindo yasya cetasi nācyutaḥ //

> In the Kali age it is the Kṛta age for him, \[and\] the Kali age is in the Kṛta age for him  
> in whose heart Govinda is not, in whose mind Acyuta is absent.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.230.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.230.24)

yasyāgratastathā pṛṣṭhe gacchatastiṣṭhato 'pi vā /  
govinde niyataṃ cetaḥ kṛtakṛtyaḥ sadaiva saḥ //

> Whether in front or behind, whether walking or standing,  
> he whose mind is constant upon Govinda has always accomplished all duties.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.230.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.230.25)

vāsudeve mano yasya japahomārcanādiṣu /  
tasyāntarāyo maitreya vevendratvādikaṃ phalam //

> He whose mind is on Vāsudeva in recitation, oblations, worship, and the like—  
> for him, O Maitreya, a result such as the position of the lord of gods is an obstacle.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.230.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.230.26)

asaṃtyajya ca gārhasthayaṃ sa taptvā ca mahattapaḥ /  
chinatti pauruṣīṃ māyāṃ keśavārpitamānasaḥ //

> Without abandoning householdership, having performed great austerity,  
> he severs human illusion, his mind surrendered to Keśava.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.230.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.230.27)

kṣamāṃ kurvanti kruddheṣu dayāṃ mūrkheṣu mānavāḥ /  
mudañca dharmaśīleṣu govinde hṛdayasthite //

> People show forgiveness to the angry, compassion to fools,  
> and joy to those devoted to dharma, when Govinda resides in their heart.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.230.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.230.28)

dhyāyennārāyaṇaṃ devaṃ snānadānādikarmasu /  
prāyaściteteṣu sarveṣu duṣkṛteṣu viśeṣataḥ //

> One should meditate on the god Nārāyaṇa during rites such as bathing and giving,  
> in all expiations, and especially in sinful deeds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.230.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.230.29)

lābhasteṣāṃ jayasteṣāṃ kutasteṣāṃ parābhavaḥ /  
yeṣāmindīvaraśyāmo hṛdayastho janārdanaḥ //

> Theirs is the gain, theirs is the victory; whence could defeat come to those  
> in whose heart Janārdana, dark as a blue lotus, resides?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.230.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.230.30)

kīṭapakṣigaṇānāñca harau saṃnyastacetasām /  
ūrdhvā hyeva gatiścāsti kiṃ punarjñānināṃ nṛṇām //

> Even for worms and flocks of birds whose minds are surrendered to Hari  
> there is an upward path; how much more so for wise human beings?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.230.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.230.31)

vāsudevatarucchāyā nātiśītātitāpadā /  
narakadvāraśamanī sā kimarthaṃ na sevyate //

> The shade of the tree of Vāsudeva is neither too cold nor too hot,  
> calming the entrance to hell; why is it not resorted to?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.230.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.230.32)

na ca durvāsasaḥ śāpo rājyañcāpi śacīpateḥ /  
hantuṃ samarthaṃ hi sakhe hṛtkṛte madhusūdane //

> Neither the curse of Durvāsas nor even the kingdom of the lord of Śacī  
> is capable of destroying him, O friend, when Madhusūdana is held in the heart.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.230.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.230.33)

vadatastiṣṭhato 'nyadvā svecchayā karma kurvataḥ /  
nāpayāti yadā cintā siddhāṃ manyeta dhāraṇām //

> When speaking, standing, or doing other work according to one's own will,  
> if contemplation does not depart, one should consider concentration perfected.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.230.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.230.34)

dhyeyaḥ sadā savitṛmaṇḍalamadhyavarto nārāyaṇaḥ sarasijāsanasanniviṣṭaḥ /  
keyūravānmakarakuṇḍalavānkirīṭī hārī hiraṇmayavapurdhṛtaśaṅkhacakraḥ //

> Nārāyaṇa should always be meditated upon as seated in the center of the orb of the sun, seated upon a lotus seat,  
> wearing armlets, wearing crocodile-shaped earrings, crowned, garlanded, with a golden body, holding the conch and the discus.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.230.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.230.35)

na hi dhyānena sadṛśaṃ pavitramiha vidyate /  
śvapacānnāni bhuñjāno pāpī naivātra lipyate //

> There is indeed nothing purifying in this world equal to meditation;  
> even a sinner eating the food of outcastes is not smeared here.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.230.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.230.36)

sadā cittaṃ samāsaktaṃ jantorviṣayagocare /  
yadi nārāyaṇe 'pyevaṃ ko na mucyeta bandhanāt //

> A creature's mind is always deeply attached to sense objects. / If it were likewise directed to Nārāyaṇa, who would not be released from bondage?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.230.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.230.37)

sūta uvāca /  
viṣṇubhaktiryasya citte kaṃ vā jīvo nametsadā /  
sa tārayati cātmānaṃ tadaiva duritārṇavāt //

> Sūta said: / To whom should a living being ever bow when devotion to Viṣṇu is in his mind? / At that very moment, he delivers himself from the ocean of sin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.230.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.230.38)

tañjñānaṃ yatra govindaḥ sā kathā yatra kāśavaḥ /  
tatkarma yattadarthāya kimanyairbahubhāṣitaiḥ //

> That is knowledge wherein Govinda is; that is discourse wherein Keśava is; / that is action which is done for his sake. What is the use of other long speeches?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.230.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.230.39)

sā jihvā yā hariṃ stauti taccittaṃ yattadarpitam /  
tāveva kevalau ślāghyau yau tatpūjākarau karau //

> That tongue is truly a tongue which praises Hari; that mind is truly a mind which is offered to him; / those hands alone are praiseworthy which perform worship of him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.230.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.230.40)

praṇāmamīśasya śiraḥ phalaṃ vidustadarcanaṃ pāṇiphalaṃ divaukasaḥ /  
manaḥ phalaṃ tadguṇakarmacintanaṃ vacastu govindaguṇastutiḥ phalam //

> The gods know that the fruit of the head is bowing to the Lord, the fruit of the hand is his worship, / the fruit of the mind is contemplation of his qualities and deeds, and the fruit of speech is praise of Govinda's qualities.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.230.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.230.41)

merumandaramātro 'pi rāśiḥ pāpasya karmaṇaḥ /  
keśavasmaraṇādeva tasya sarvaṃ vinaśyati //

> Even a heap of sinful deeds as large as Mount Meru or Mandara / is entirely destroyed merely by the remembrance of Keśava.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.230.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.230.42)

yatkiñcitkurute karma puruṣaḥ sādhvasādhu vā /  
sarvaṃ nārāyaṇe nyasya kurvannapi na limpati //

> Whatever action a person performs, good or bad, / having entrusted all of it to Nārāyaṇa, he is not tainted even while acting.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.230.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.230.43)

tṛṇādicaturāsyāntaṃ bhūtagrāmaṃ caturvidham /  
carācaraṃ jagatsarvaṃ prasuptaṃ māyayā tava //

> The fourfold collection of beings from a blade of grass up to the four-faced Brahmā, / the entire world of moving and unmoving beings, is asleep through your Māyā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.230.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.230.44)

yasminnyastamatirna yāti narakaṃ svargo 'pi yaccintane vighno yatra navā viśetkathamapi brāhmo 'piloko 'lpakaḥ /  
muktiñcetasi saṃsthito jaḍadhiyāṃ puṃsāṃ dadātyavyayaḥ kiñcitraṃ yadayaṃ prayāti vilayaṃ tatrācyute kīrtite //

> One whose intellect is fixed on him does not go to hell; even heaven is an obstacle in contemplating him, so how could even the world of Brahmā, being petty, enter? / Standing in the heart, the imperishable one grants liberation even to dull-witted men. What wonder is it that when that Acyuta is praised, this \[sin\] dissolves away?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.230.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.230.45)

agnikāryaṃ japaḥ snānaṃ viṣṇordhyānañca pūjanam /  
gantuṃ duḥ khodadheḥ kuryurye ca tatra naranti te //

> Those who perform the fire-sacrifice, recitation, bathing, meditation on Viṣṇu, and worship / to cross the ocean of suffering—they indeed cross over it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.230.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.230.46)

rāṣṭrasya śaraṇaṃ rājā pitaro bālakasya ca /  
dharmaśca sarvamartyānāṃ sarvasya śaraṇaṃ hariḥ //

> The king is the refuge of the kingdom, and parents of a child; / dharma is the refuge of all mortals, and Hari is the refuge of everything.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.230.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.230.47)

ye namanti jagadyoniṃ vāsudevaṃ sanātanam /  
na yebhyo vidyate tīrthamadhikaṃ munisattam //

> For those who bow down to the eternal Vāsudeva, the origin of the universe, / no sacred place is greater, O best of sages.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.230.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.230.48)

anargharatnapūjāñca kuryātsvādhyāyameva ca /  
tamevoddiśya govindaṃ dhyāyannityamatandritaḥ //

> One should perform worship with priceless jewels and scriptural recitation, / continually vigilant, meditating only upon that Govinda for his sake.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.230.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.230.49)

śūdraṃ vā bhagavadbhaktaṃ niṣādaṃ śvapacaṃ tathā /  
dvijajāti samaṃmanyo na yāti narakaṃ naraḥ //

> A man who considers a Śūdra, a Niṣāda, or an outcaste who is devoted to the Lord / as equal to the twice-born does not go to hell.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.230.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.230.50)

ādareṇa sadā stauti dhanavantaṃ dhanecchayā /  
tathā viśvasya kartāraṃ ko na mucyeta bandhanāt //

> One continually praises a wealthy person with respect out of desire for wealth; / if one were to do likewise for the Creator of the universe, who would not be released from bondage?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.230.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.230.51)

yathā prāptavano vahnirdahatyārdramapīndhanam /  
tathāvidhaḥ sthito viṣṇuryogināṃ sarvakilviṣam //

> Just as a fire that has reached a forest burns even damp fuel, / likewise Viṣṇu, abiding \[in the heart\], burns away all the sins of yogins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.230.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.230.52)

ādīptaṃ parvataṃ yadvannāśrayanti mṛgādayaḥ /  
tadvatpāpani sarvāṇi yogābhyāsarataṃ naram //

> Just as wild animals and birds do not approach a flaming mountain, / likewise all sins do not approach a man devoted to the practice of yoga.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.230.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.230.53)

yasya yāvāṃśca viśvāsastasya siddhistu tāvatī /  
etavāneva kṛṣṇasya prabhāvaḥ parimīyate //

> Whatever faith one has, such is one's attainment of perfection; / to this extent only is the power of Kṛṣṇa measured.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.230.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.230.54)

vidveṣādapi govindaṃ damaghoṣātmajaḥ smaran /  
śiśupālo gatastattvaṃ kiṃ punastatparāyaṇaḥ //

> Remembering Govinda even out of hatred, Śiśupāla, the son of Damaghoṣa, / attained reality; how much more so one dedicated to him?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.230.54.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.230.54.p1)

iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe viṣṇumahātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma triṃśaduttaradviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

> Thus ends the two hundred and thirtieth chapter, entitled 'Description of the Greatness of Viṣṇu', in the ritual section called the first portion of the first section in the glorious and great Garuḍa Purāṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.230.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (3)

- [Viṣṇudharma](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.vaisnava.visnudharma.1.105.59) — Sanskrit
- [Vāmanapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vamana.67.32) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Yogacintāmaṇi (Śivānanda Sarasvatī)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.yoga.yogacintamani-sivananda-sarasvati.3.1889) — Śivānanda Sarasvatī 1650, Sanskrit

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.230](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.230) · Pramāṇa