[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) › 1.238 # Garudapurana 1.238 Garuḍapurāṇa 1.238 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.238.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.238.1) śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 238 śrībhagavānuvāca / yamaśca niyama.pārtha āsanaṃ prāṇasaṃyamaḥ / pratyāhārastathā dhyānaṃ dhāraṇārjuna saptamī // > The glorious Garuḍa Purāṇa \[Chapter\] 238. / The Blessed Lord said: / Restraint and observance, O son of Pṛthā, posture, control of breath, / withdrawal of the senses, and meditation, concentration is the seventh, O Arjuna, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.238.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.238.2) samādhiriti cāṣṭāṅgo yoga ukto vimuktaye / karmaṇā manasā vācā sarvabhūteṣu sarvadā // > and absorption: yoga is said to have eight limbs for liberation. / By action, by mind, by speech, towards all beings at all times, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.238.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.238.3) hiṃsāvirāmako dharmo hyāhiṃsā paramaṃ sukham / vidhinā yā bhaveddhiṃsā sā tvahiṃsā prakīrtitā // > the cessation of harm is dharma; indeed non-violence is the supreme bliss. / But that injury which occurs according to rule is declared to be non-injury. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.238.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.238.4) satyaṃ brūyātpriyaṃ brūyānna brūyātsatyamapriyam / priyaṃ ca nānṛtaṃ brūyādeṣa dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ // > One should speak the truth, one should speak what is agreeable; one should not speak truth that is disagreeable; / and one should not speak an agreeable untruth: this is the eternal dharma. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.238.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.238.5) yaccadravyāpaharaṇaṃ cauryādvātha balena vā / steyaṃ tasyānācaraṇamasteyaṃ dharmasādhanam // > The taking of another's property, whether by theft or by force, / is stealing; non-practice of that is non-stealing, an instrument of dharma. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.238.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.238.6) karmaṇā manasā vācā sarvāvasthāsu sarvadā / sarvatra maithunatyāgaṃ brahmacaryaṃ pracakṣate // > In action, in mind, in speech, in all states, at all times, / the renunciation of sexual union everywhere is called celibate studenthood. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.238.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.238.7) dravyāṇāmapyanādānamāpatsvapi tathecchayā / aparigrahamityāhustaṃ prayatnena varjayet // > Not taking possessions, even in times of distress, or doing so without craving, / is called non-grasping; one should avoid it with effort. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.238.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.238.8) dvidhā śaucaṃ mṛjjalābhyāṃ bāhya bhāvādathāntarāt / yadṛcchālābhatastuṣṭiḥ santoṣaḥ sukhalakṣaṇam // > Purification is two-fold: external, through earth and water, and internal, through state of mind. / Contentment is satisfaction with whatever comes unsought; it is the mark of happiness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.238.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.238.9) manasaścaindriyāṇāṃ ca aikāgryaṃ paramaṃ tapaḥ / śarīraśoṣaṇaṃ vāpi kṛcchracāndrāyaṇādibhiḥ // > One-pointedness of the mind and the senses is the supreme austerity, / or else emaciating the body by means of the Kṛcchra, Cāndrāyaṇa, and other penances. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.238.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.238.10) vedāntaśatarudrīyapraṇavādijapa budhāḥ / sattvaśuddhikaraṃ puṃsāṃ svādhyāyaṃ paricakṣate // > The wise declare that recitation of the Upaniṣads, the Śatarudrīya, the Praṇava, and other texts, / which purifies the inner being of men, is study of scripture. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.238.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.238.11) stutismaraṇapūjādivāṅmanaḥ kāyakarmabhiḥ / aniścalā harau bhaktiretadīśvaracintanam / āsanaṃ svastikaṃ proktaṃ padmamardhāsanaṃ tathā // > Unwavering devotion to Hari through actions of speech, mind, and body, / such as praise, remembrance, and worship—this is contemplation of the Lord. / The postures are declared to be the auspicious posture, the lotus posture, and likewise the half-posture. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.238.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.238.12) prāṇaḥ svadehajo vāyurāyāmastannirodhanam / indriyāṇāṃ vicaratāṃ viṣayeṣu tvasatsviva // > The breath is the air produced in one's own body, and breath-control is its restraint / when the senses are wandering among unreal sense-objects. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.238.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Yogasārasaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.yoga.yogasarasangraha.p83) — Vijñānabhikṣu 1550, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.238](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.238) · Pramāṇa