[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) › 1.233 # Garudapurana 1.233 Garuḍapurāṇa 1.233 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [1.233.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.233.11) — 1 part ### [1.233.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.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? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.233.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.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? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.233.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.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? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.233.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.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? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.233.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.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? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.233.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.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?' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.233.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.233.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.233.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.233.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.233.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.233.11.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.233.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.233](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.233) · Pramāṇa