[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) › 1.235 # Garudapurana 1.235 Garuḍapurāṇa 1.235 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [1.235.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.235.54) — 1 part ### [1.235.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.235.1) śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 235 sūta uvāca vedāntasāṅkhyasiddhāntabrahmajñānaṃ vadāmyaham / ahaṃ brahma paraṃ jyotirviṣṇurityeva cintayan // > The glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa—\[chapter\] 235. > Sūta said: I will tell the knowledge of Brahman, which is the established conclusion of the Vedānta and Sāṅkhya, / contemplating: "I am Brahman, the supreme light, Viṣṇu." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.235.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.235.2) sūrye hṛdvyomni vahnau ca jyotirekaṃ tridhā sthitam / yathā sarpiḥ śīrasthaṃ gavāṃ na kurute balam // > The one light abides in three ways: in the sun, in the space of the heart, and in fire. / Just as the ghee residing in milk does not produce strength for cows, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.235.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.235.3) nirgataṃ karmasaṃyuktaṃ dattaṃ tāsāṃ mahā balam / tathā viṣṇuḥ śarīrastho na karoti hitaṃ naṇām // > but when extracted, prepared by processing, and given to them, gives great strength, / so Viṣṇu, residing in the body, does not effect the welfare of men > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.235.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.235.4) vinārādhanayā devaḥ sarvagaḥ parameśvaraḥ / ārurukṣumatīnāṃ tu karmajñānamudāhṛtam // > without worship, \[though\] the god, the Supreme Lord, is omnipresent. / But the knowledge of action is taught for those minds wishing to ascend; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.235.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.235.5) ārūḍhayogavṛkṣāṇāṃ jñānaṃ tyāgaṃ paraṃ matam / jñātumicchati śabdādīnrāgo dveṣo 'tha jāyate // > for those who have ascended the tree of yoga, knowledge and renunciation are considered supreme. / \[When\] one desires to perceive sound and other \[objects\], passion and hatred arise; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.235.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.235.6) lobho mohaḥ krodha etairyuktaḥ pāpaṃ naraścaret / hastāvupasthamudaraṃ vākcaturtho catuṣṭayam // > greed, delusion, and anger—associated with these, a person commits sin. / The hands, the genitals, the stomach, and fourth, speech: this group of four— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.235.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.235.7) etatsusaṃyataṃ yasya sa vipraḥ kathyate budhaiḥ (dhaḥ) / paravittaṃ na gṛhṇāti na hiṃsāṃ kurute tathā // > he whose \[group of four\] is well restrained is called a wise brāhmaṇa by the wise. / He does not take another's property, and likewise does not commit violence; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.235.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.235.8) nākṣakrīḍārato yastu hastau tasya susaṃyatau / parastrīvarjanaratastasyopasthaṃ susaṃyatam // > and he who does not delight in playing with dice, his hands are well restrained. / He who is intent on avoiding another's wife, his genitals are well restrained; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.235.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.235.9) alolupamidaṃ bhuṅkte jaṭharaṃ tasya saṃyatam / satyaṃ hitaṃ mitaṃ brūte yasmādvāktasya saṃyatā // > he who eats this without greed, his belly is restrained; / because he speaks what is true, beneficial, and measured, his speech is restrained. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.235.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.235.10) yasya saṃyatānyetāni tasya kiṃ tapasādhvaraiḥ / aikyaṃ yadbuddhimanasorindriyāṇāṃ ca sarvadā // > For him who has restrained these, what need is there of austerity and sacrifices? / The unification which belongs always to intellect, mind, and the senses, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.235.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.235.11) sabījaṃ vāpi nirbojaṃ dhyānametatprakīrtitam / bhruvormadhye sthitāṃ buddhiṃ viṣayeṣu yunakti yaḥ // > whether with seed or without seed, is declared to be meditation. / He who fixes the intellect, situated between the eyebrows, on the sense objects, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.235.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.235.12) handriyāṇāmuparame manasi hyavyavasthite // > when the senses have ceased, and the mind indeed is unstable, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.235.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.235.13) svapnānpaśyatyasau jīvo bāhyānābhyantarānatha / jīvo jāgradavasthāyāmevamāhurvipāścitaḥ // > that individual soul sees dreams, both external and internal. / In the waking state, the individual soul \[perceives thus\]—so say the wise. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.235.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.235.14) hṛdi sthitaḥ sa tamasā mohito na smaratyapi / yadā tasya kuto veti suṣuptiriti kathyate // > Abiding in the heart, deluded by darkness, it does not even remember / when, whence, or where it is; this is called deep sleep. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.235.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.235.15) jāgrato yasya no tandrā na moho na bhramastathā / utpadyate na jānāti śabdārthaviṣayānvaśī // > For the waking one who has no drowsiness, delusion, or confusion, / \[and though objects\] arise, the self-controlled one does not perceive the sense objects of sound and the rest; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.235.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.235.16) indriyāṇi samāhṛtya viṣayebhyo manastathā / buddhyāhaṅkāramapi ca prakṛtyā buddhimeva ca // > having withdrawn the senses from the sense objects, and likewise the mind; / and the ego by the intellect, and indeed the intellect by nature; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.235.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.235.17) saṃyamya prakṛtiṃ cāpi cicchaktyā kevale sthitaḥ / paśyatyātmāni cātmānamātmanātmaprakāśakam // > and having restrained nature too through the power of consciousness, abiding in isolation, / he sees the Self in the Self, illuminating the Self by the Self, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.235.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.235.18) cidrūpamamṛtaṃ śuddhaṃ niṣkriyaṃ vyāpakaṃ śivam / turīyāyāmavasthāyāmāsthito 'sau na saṃśayaḥ // > consisting of consciousness, immortal, pure, inactive, pervasive, auspicious. / Established in the fourth state, he is \[liberated\], no doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.235.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.235.19) śabdādayo guṇāḥ pañca sattvādyāśca guṇāstrayaḥ / puryaṣṭakasya padmasya patrāṇyaṣṭau ca tāni hi // > Sound and the rest are the five qualities, and sattva and the rest are the three qualities; / they are indeed the eight petals of the lotus of the city of eight. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.235.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.235.20) sāmyāvasthā guṇakṛtā prakṛtistatra karṇikā / karṇikāyāṃ sthito devo dehī cidrūpa eva hi // > The state of equilibrium produced by the qualities is nature, the pericarp there; / residing in the pericarp is the luminous god, the embodied one, consisting indeed of consciousness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.235.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.235.21) puryaṣṭakaṃ parityajya prakṛtiñca guṇātmikām / yadā yāti tadā jīvo yāti muktiṃ na saṃśayaḥ // > When the individual soul goes, having abandoned the city of eight / and nature composed of the qualities, then it attains liberation; there is no doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.235.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.235.22) prāṇāyāmo japaścaiva pratyāhāro 'tha dhāraṇā / dhyānaṃ samādhirityete ṣaḍ yogasya prasādhakāḥ // > Breath control, recitation, sensory withdrawal, and then concentration, > meditation, and absorption: these six accomplish yoga. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.235.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.235.23) pāpakṣaye devatānāṃ prītirindriyasaṃyamaḥ / japadhyānayuto garbho viparītastvagarbhakaḥ // > Destruction of sin, pleasure of the deities, and restraint of the senses: > accompanied by recitation and meditation, it is 'with seed'; contrary to that, it is 'seedless.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.235.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.235.24) ṣaṭtriṃśanmātrakaḥ śreṣṭhaścaturviṃśatimātrakaḥ / madhyo dvādaśamātrastu oṅkāraṃ satataṃ japet // > Thirty-six mātrās is the best; twenty-four mātrās > is middling, and twelve mātrās \[is least\]. One should constantly recite the syllable Oṃ. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.235.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.235.25) vācake praṇave jñāte vācyaṃ brahma prasīdati / (oṃnamo viṣṇave).ṣaṣṭhākṣaraśca japtavyo gāyattrī dvādaśākṣarī // > When the expressive praṇava is known, the expressed Brahman is pleased. > One should recite the six-syllabled \[mantra\] 'oṃ namo viṣṇave' and the twelve-syllabled Gāyatrī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.235.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.235.26) sarveṣāmindriyāṇāṃ tu pravṛtirviṣayeṣu ca / nivṛttirmanasastasyāḥ pratyāhāraḥ prakīrtitaḥ // > The turning outward of all the senses toward their sense objects— > the withdrawal of the mind from that is proclaimed as pratyāhāra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.235.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.235.27) indriyāṇīndriyārthebhyaḥ samāhṛtya hito hi saḥ / sahasā saha buddhyā ca pratyāhāreṣu saṃsthitaḥ // > Withdrawing the senses from the sense objects, well disposed, > he immediately remains established in pratyāhāras along with the intellect. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.235.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.235.28) prāṇāyāmairdvādaśabhiryāvatkālaḥkṛto bhavet / yastāvatkālaparyantaṃ mano brahmaṇi dhārayet // tasyaiva brahmaṇā proktaṃ dhyānaṃ dvādaśa dhāraṇāḥ / tuṣyeta niyato yuktaḥ samādhiḥ so 'bhīdhīyate // > The measure of time that is made by twelve breath controls— > he who holds the mind on Brahman for that long a period of time, > for him twelve concentrations are declared by Brahmā to be meditation; > restrained and disciplined, he is content: that is called samādhi. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.235.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.235.29) dhyāyanna calate yasya manobhidhyāyato bhṛśam // > Whose mind does not wander while intensely meditating, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.235.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.235.30) prāpyāvadhikṛtaṃ kālaṃ yāvatsā dhāraṇā smṛtā / dhyeye saktaṃ mano yasya dhyeyamevānupaśyati // > having reached the designated time—as long as \[it lasts\], that is considered dhāraṇā. > He whose mind is attached to the object of meditation sees only that object of meditation; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.235.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.235.31) nānyaṃ padārthaṃ jānāti dhyānametatprakīrtitam / dhyeye mano niścalatāṃ yāti dhyeyaṃ vicintayan // > he knows no other object: this is proclaimed as dhyāna. > Contemplating the object of meditation, the mind attains unswerving stillness in the object of meditation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.235.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.235.32) yattaddhyānaṃ paraṃ proktaṃ munibhirdhyānacintakaiḥ / dhyeyameva hi sarvatra dhyātā tanmayatāṃ gataḥ // > That which is proclaimed as supreme dhyāna by sages who contemplate meditation: > the meditator, having become one with it, sees only the object of meditation everywhere, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.235.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.235.33) paśyati dvaitarahitaṃ samādhiḥ so 'bhidhīyate / manaḥ saṅkalparahitamindriyārthānna cintayet // > free from duality—that is called samādhi. > The mind is devoid of conceptual construction; he should not think of sense objects. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.235.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.235.34) yasya brahmaṇi saṃlīnaṃ samādhisthaṃ tadocyate / dhyāyataḥ paramātmānamātmasthaṃ yasya yoginaḥ // > When one's \[mind\] is merged in Brahman, then one is said to be established in samādhi. > For the yogin who meditates on the Supreme Self situated within the self, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.235.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.235.35) manastanmayatāṃ yāti samādhisthaḥ sa kīrtitaḥ / cittasya sthiratā bhrāntirdairmanasyaṃ pramādatā // > the mind becomes identified with that: he is praised as established in samādhi. > \[Lack of\] stability of the mind, delusion, dejection, and negligence: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.235.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.235.36) yogināṃ kathitā doṣā yogavighnapravartakāḥ / sthityarthaṃ manasaḥ sarvaṃ sthūlarūpaṃ vicintayet // > these are stated to be the faults of yogins, producing obstacles to yoga. > For the sake of steadying the mind, one should contemplate the entire gross form. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.235.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.235.37) tadvrataṃ niścalībhūtaṃ sūyyasthaṃ sthiratāṃ vrajet / na vinā paramātmānaṃ kiñcijjagati vidyate // > That practice, having become motionless, situated in the subtle, will attain stability. > Nothing whatsoever exists in the world without the Supreme Self. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.235.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.235.38) viśvarūpaṃ tamevaikamiti jñātvā vimuñcati / oṅkāraṃ paramaṃ brahma dhyāyedabjasthitaṃ vibhum // > Knowing that He alone has all forms, one is liberated. > One should meditate on the syllable Oṃ, the supreme Brahman, the all-pervading Lord residing in a lotus. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.235.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.235.39) kṣetrakṣetrajñarahitaṃ japenmātrātrayānvitam / hṛdi sañcintayetpūrvaṃ pradhānaṃ tasya copari // > Free from field and field-knower, endowed with three mātrās, one should recite it. > One should first contemplate the Pradhāna in the heart, and above it, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.235.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.235.40) tamo rajastathā sattvaṃ maṇḍalatritayaṃ kramāt / kṛṣṇaraktasitaṃ tasminpuruṣaṃ jīvasaṃjñitam // > tamas, rajas, and sattva, the triple circle in succession, > black, red, and white; within that, the Puruṣa termed the individual soul; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.235.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.235.41) tasyopari guṇaiśvaryamaṣṭapatraṃ saroruham / jñānaṃ tu karṇikā tatra vijñānaṃ kesarāḥ smṛtāḥ // > above it, an eight-petaled lotus representing virtue and sovereignty; > knowledge is the pericarp there, and discriminative knowledge is regarded as the filaments; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.235.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.235.42) vairāgyanālaṃ tatkando vaiṣṇavo dharma uttamaḥ / karṇikāyāṃ sthitaṃ tatra jīvavanniścalaṃ vibhu // > dispassion is the stalk, its bulb is supreme Vaiṣṇava dharma. > Situated there on the pericarp, like the soul, is the motionless, all-pervading Lord. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.235.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.235.43) dhyāyedurasi saṃyuktamoṅkāraṃ muktisādhakam / dhyāyanyadi tyajetprāṇānyāti brahma svasannidhim // > One should meditate in the chest on the syllable Oṃ, united \[with the Lord\], the accomplisher of liberation. > If, meditating, one gives up the vital breaths, one goes to Brahman, to its own presence. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.235.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.235.44) hariṃ saṃsthāpya dehābje dhyāyanyo gī ca bhaktibhāk / ātmānamātmanā kecitpaśyanti dhyānacakṣuṣaḥ // > Having established Hari in the lotus of the body, the yogin who meditates is endowed with devotion. > Some, whose eyes are meditation, perceive the Self by the self; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.235.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.235.45) sāṃkhyabuddhyā tathaivānye yogenānye tu yoginaḥ / brahmaprakāśakaṃ jñānaṃ bhavabandhavibhedanam // > others likewise through the intellect of Sāṅkhya; yet other yogins through yoga. > Knowledge that reveals Brahman cuts through the bondage of worldly existence. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.235.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.235.46) tatraikacittatāyogo muktido nātra saṃśayaḥ / jitendriyātmakaraṇo jñānadṛpto hi yo bhavet // > Yoga of one-pointed mind therein grants liberation; of this there is no doubt. > He whose sensory organs are conquered and who is proud of his knowledge, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.235.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.235.47) sa muktaḥ kathyate yogī paramātmanyavasthitaḥ / āsanasthānavidhayo na yogasya prasādhakāḥ // > that yogin, abiding in the Supreme Self, is said to be liberated. > Rules of posture and place are not the accomplishers of yoga; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.235.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.235.48) vilambajanakāḥ sarve vistarāḥ parikīrtitāḥ / śiśupālaḥ siddhimāpa smaraṇābhyāsagauravāt // > all extensive details are declared to produce delay. > Śiśupāla attained perfection through the weight of the practice of remembrance. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.235.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.235.49) yogābhyāsaṃ prakurvantaḥ pasyantyātmānamātmanā / sarvabhūteṣu kāruṇyaṃ vidveṣaṃ viṣayeṣu ca // > Performing the practice of yoga, they see the Self by the self. > Showing compassion toward all beings and aversion toward sense objects, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.235.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.235.50) guptaśiśrodarādiśca kurvanyogī vimucyate / indriyairindriyārthāṃstu na jānāti naro yadā // > and keeping the genitals and stomach concealed, the yogin is liberated. > When a man no longer perceives sense objects through the senses, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.235.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.235.51) kāṣṭhavadbrahmasaṃlīno yogī muktastadā bhavet / sarvavarṇāḥ śriyaḥ sarvāḥ kṛtvā pāpāni bhasmasāt // > merged in Brahman like a piece of wood, then the yogin becomes liberated. > Turning all castes, all splendors, and all sins to ashes > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.235.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.235.52) dhyānāgninā ca medhāvī labhate paramāṃ gatim / manthanāddṛśyate hyagnistadvaddhyānena vai hariḥ // > by the fire of meditation, the wise man attains the supreme goal. > Fire is indeed seen by churning; just so, Hari is truly seen by meditation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.235.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.235.53) brahmātmanoryadaikatvaṃ sa yogaścottamottamaḥ / bāhyarūpairna muktistu cāntasthaiḥ syādyamādibhiḥ // > When there is oneness of Brahman and the Self, that is the most supreme yoga. > Liberation does not occur through external forms, but through internal \[practices\] beginning with the restraints. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.235.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.235.54) sāṅkhyajñānena yogena vedāntaśravaṇena ca / pratyakṣatātmano yā hi sā muktirabhidhīyate / anātmanyātmarūpatvamasataḥ satsvarūpatā // > Through the knowledge of Sāṅkhya, through yoga, and through listening to the Vedānta, > that which is the direct perception of the Self—that is called liberation: > the nature of Self in the non-Self, the nature of Being in the non-being. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.235.54.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.235.54.p1) iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe brahmavijñānasvarūpaṇaṃ nāma pañcatriṃśaduttaradviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ > Thus in the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, in the first section called the Ācārakāṇḍa of the first part, the two hundred and thirty-fifth chapter, entitled 'Determination of the Nature of Knowledge of Brahman.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.235.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Yogasārasaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.yoga.yogasarasangraha.p56) — Vijñānabhikṣu 1550, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.235](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.235) · Pramāṇa