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Garudapurana 1.233

Garuḍapurāṇa 1.233

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1.233.1

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 233
sūta uvāca /
stotraṃ tatsaṃ pravakṣyāmi mārkaṇḍeyana bhāṣitam /
dāmodaraṃ prapanno 'smi kinno mṛtyuḥ kariṣyati //

Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa — 233
Sūta said: / I shall declare that praise spoken by Mārkaṇḍeya: / 'I have surrendered to Dāmodara; what will Death do to me?

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1.233.2

śaṅkhacakradharaṃ devaṃ vyaktarūpiṇamavyayam /
adho 'kṣajaṃ prapannosmi kinno mṛtyuḥ kariṣyati //

The god bearing the conch and discus, of manifest form, imperishable, / to Adhokṣaja I have surrendered; what will Death do to me?

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1.233.3

varāhaṃ vāmanaṃ viṣṇuṃ nārasiṃhaṃ janārdanam /
mādhavaṃ ca prapanno 'smi kinno mṛtyuḥ kariṣyati //

The Boar, the Dwarf, Viṣṇu, the Man-Lion, Janārdana, / and Mādhava I have surrendered to; what will Death do to me?

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1.233.4

puruṣaṃ puṣkarakṣetrabījaṃ puṇyaṃ jagatpatim /
lokanāthaṃ prapanno 'smi kinno mṛtyuḥ kariṣyati //

To the Puruṣa, the seed of the field of Puṣkara, the holy lord of the universe, / the protector of the world I have surrendered; what will Death do to me?

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1.233.5

sahasraśirasaṃ devaṃ vyaktāvyaktaṃ sanātanam /
mahāyogaṃ prapanno 'smi kinno mṛtyuḥ kariṣyati //

To the thousand-headed god, manifest and unmanifest, eternal, / the great yoga I have surrendered; what will Death do to me?

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1.233.6

bhūtātmānaṃ mahātmānaṃ yajñayonimayonijam /
viśvarūpaṃ prapanno 'smi kinno mūtyuḥ kariṣyati //

To the Self of beings, the Great Self, the source of sacrifice, not born of a womb, / the universal form I have surrendered; what will Death do to me?'

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1.233.7

ityudīritamākarṇya stotraṃ tasya mahātmanuḥ /
apayātastato mṛtyurviṣṇudūtaiḥ prapīḍitaḥ //

Hearing this praise uttered by that great-souled one, / Death then fled away, tormented by the messengers of Viṣṇu.

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1.233.8

iti tena jito mṛtyurmārkaṇḍeyena dhīmatā /
prasanne puṇḍarīkākṣe nṛsiṃhe nāstidurlabham //

Thus was Death conquered by that wise Mārkaṇḍeya. / When the Lotus-eyed One, Nṛsiṃha, is pleased, nothing is difficult to obtain.

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1.233.9

mṛtyvaṣṭakamidaṃ puṇyaṃ mṛtyupraśamanaṃ śubham /
mārkaṇḍeyahitārthāya svayaṃ viṣṇuruvāca ha //

This holy eight-verse hymn on Death, auspicious and quelling death, / was spoken by Viṣṇu himself for the welfare of Mārkaṇḍeya.

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1.233.10

idaṃ yaḥ paṭhate bhaktyā trikālaṃ niyataṃ śuciḥ /
nākāle tasya mṛtyuḥ syānnarasyācyutacetasaḥ //

He who, restrained and pure, recites this with devotion at the three junctures of the day, / for that man whose mind is fixed on Acyuta there will be no untimely death.

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1.233.11

hṛtpadmamadhye puruṣaṃ purāṇaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ śāśvatamaprameyam /
vicintya sūryādatirājamānaṃ mṛtyuṃ sa yogi jitavāṃstathaiva //

Contemplating the ancient Puruṣa in the middle of the heart-lotus, Nārāyaṇa, eternal, immeasurable, / shining brighter than the sun, that yogin conquered death in that very manner.

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1.233.11.p1

iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe mārkaṇḍeyakṛtaṃ mṛtyvaṣṭakastotraṃ nāma trayastriṃśaduttaradviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Thus ends the two hundred and thirty-third chapter in the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, called the Hymn of the Eight Verses on Death composed by Mārkaṇḍeya.

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