[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) › 1.240 # Garudapurana 1.240 Garuḍapurāṇa 1.240 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [1.240.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.240.43) — 7 parts ### [1.240.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.240.1) śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 240 hariruvāca / purāṇaṃ gāruḍaṃ rudra proktaṃ sāraṃ mayātava / brahmādīnāṃ śṛṇvatāṃ ca bhuktimuktipradāyakam // > The Glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa — \[Chapter\] 240 > Hari said: > O Rudra, this Garuḍapurāṇa, its essence, has been proclaimed by me to you / and to Brahmā and the others who were listening, bestowing enjoyment and liberation, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.240.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.240.2) vidyākīrtiprabhālakṣmījayārogyādikārakam / yaḥ paṭhecchṛṇuyādrudra sarvavitsa divaṃ vrajet // > granting learning, fame, splendour, fortune, victory, health, and more. / Whoever reads it or hears it, O Rudra, becoming all-knowing, shall go to heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.240.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.240.3) brahmovāca / iti vyāsa mayā viṣṇoḥ purāṇaṃ muktidaṃ śrutam / vyāsa uvāca / śrutvaitadgāruḍaṃ puṇyaṃ brahmāsmānityuvāca ha // > Brahmā said: > "Thus, O Vyāsa, was this Purāṇa bestowing liberation heard by me from Viṣṇu." > Vyāsa said: > Having heard this auspicious Gāruḍa \[Purāṇa\], Brahmā indeed spoke thus to us: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.240.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.240.4) dakṣanārada mukhyādin brahma dhyānhariṃ gataḥ / mayāpi tubhyaṃ sūtena purāṇaṃ kathitaṃ param // > to Dakṣa, Nārada, and the other foremost sages; meditating on Brahman and Hari, he departed. > I too, as Sūta, have narrated this supreme Purāṇa to you, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.240.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.240.5) yacchrutvā sarvavitprāptakāmo brahma phalaṃ bhavet / viṣṇuḥ sāratamaṃprāha garuḍaṃ gāruḍaṃ tataḥ // > hearing which one becomes omniscient, attains one's desires, and obtains Brahman as the fruit. > Viṣṇu declared the essence of all to Garuḍa; then Garuḍa \[proclaimed\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.240.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.240.6) mahāsāraṃ dharmakāmadhanamokṣādidāyakam / sūta uvāca / śaunaka pravaraṃ proktaṃ purāṇaṃ gāruḍaṃ tava // > this great essence, bestowing dharma, desire, wealth, liberation, and the rest. > Sūta said: > O Śaunaka, this supreme Gāruḍa Purāṇa has been related to you, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.240.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.240.7) yadabravītpurā vyāsaḥ sāraṃ māṃ gāruḍeritam / vyāsaḥ śrutvā brahmaṇaśca purāṇaṃ gāruḍaṃ śubham / devaṃ dhyāyanvedamekaṃ caturdhā vyabhajaddhariḥ // > the essence that Vyāsa spoke of old to me, as uttered by Garuḍa. > Having heard the auspicious Gāruḍa Purāṇa from Brahmā, > Vyāsa, meditating on God Hari, divided the single Veda into four. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.240.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.240.8) aṣṭādaśapurāṇāni tāni māṃ prāha vai śukaḥ / idaṃ tu gāruḍaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ mayā te śaunakeritam // > Śuka indeed declared those eighteen Purāṇas to me; > and this foremost Gāruḍa \[Purāṇa\] has been spoken by me to you, O Śaunaka, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.240.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.240.9) munīnāṃ śṛṇvatāṃ madhye pṛcchataḥ sarvavācakam / yaḥ paṭhecchaṇuyādvāpi śrāvayedvā samāhitaḥ // > among the sages listening as you asked, expressing everything. > Whoever reads it, listens to it, or recites it with a concentrated mind, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.240.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.240.10) saṃlikhellekhayedvāpi dhārayetpustake nanu / dharmārtho prāpnuyāddharmarthārtho cārthamāpnuyāt // > or transcribes it, causes it to be transcribed, or keeps it in a book— > one seeking dharma will attain dharma; one seeking wealth will attain wealth; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.240.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.240.11) kāmā navāpnuyātkāmī mokṣārtho mokṣamāpnuyāt / yadyadicchati tatsarvaṃ gāruḍaśravaṇāllabhet // > the desiring person will attain desires; one seeking liberation will attain liberation. > Whatever one desires, all that one obtains from listening to the Gāruḍa \[Purāṇa\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.240.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.240.12) brāhmaṇo vedapārasya gantā syānnātra saṃśayaḥ / kṣattriyo kṣattriyasyāpi rakṣitā bhavatīha ca // > A brāhmaṇa shall reach the further shore of the Veda, of this there is no doubt; > and here a kṣatriya also becomes a protector of kṣatriyas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.240.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.240.13) nānyasya śravaṇaṃ hi syātpurāṇaṃ vedasaṃmitam / vadedyadi sa mūḍhātmā kīrtihānimavāpnuyāt // > No other should hear this Purāṇa equal to the Veda; > if he recites it \[to the unworthy\], that foolish person suffers loss of renown. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.240.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.240.14) anyasmai ca vadedvidvān brāhmaṇontarito ya di / brāhmaṇāntaritai sarvaiḥ śrotavyaṃ gāruḍaṃ tvidama // > A learned person should tell it to another \[only\] with a brāhmaṇa intervening; > this Gāruḍa \[Purāṇa\] must be heard by everyone through the mediation of a brāhmaṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.240.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.240.15) yathā viṣṇustathā tārkṣyastārkṣyastotrāddhariḥ stutaḥ / gāruḍaṃ vasurājaśca śrutvā sarvamavāpa ha // > As is Viṣṇu, so is Tārkṣya; through a hymn of praise to Tārkṣya, Hari is praised. > And King Vasu, having heard the Gāruḍa \[Purāṇa\], attained everything. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.240.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.240.16) varuruvāca / namasyāmi mahābāhuṃ khagedra harivāhanam / viṣṇordhvasaṃsthānaṃ vitrāsitamahāsuram // > Vasu said: > "I bow to the mighty-armed one, the King of Birds, the mount of Hari, > who abides on Viṣṇu's banner, who terrifies the great asuras; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.240.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.240.17) namaste nāgadarpaghna vinatānandavardhana / supakṣapāta niddabha dīnadaityanirīkṣita // > Homage to you, crusher of the serpents' pride, increaser of Vinatā's joy, > possessor of splendid wings, free of deceit, gazed upon by afflicted Daityas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.240.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.240.18) parasparasya śāpena supratīkavibhāvasū / gajakacchapatāṃ prāptau bhrātaraucaiva saṃyutau // > By mutual curse, Supratīka and Vibhāvasu, > the two brothers, together took the forms of an elephant and a tortoise. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.240.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.240.19) yaducchritau yojanāni jastaddviguṇāyataḥ / kūrmastriyojanotsodhā śatayojanavamaḍalaḥ // > Their height was \[many\] yojanas, the elephant twice as long; > the tortoise was three yojanas high, with a circumference of a hundred yojanas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.240.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.240.20) na khādyau tau tvayānīcau caturbhujau ca pakṣipa? / parasparakṛtācchāpadoṣācca parimocitau // > Those two noble ones, four-armed, were not to be eaten by you, O King of Birds; > and they were freed from the defect of the curse inflicted on each other. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.240.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.240.21) niṣādadeśasvādena devaṃ brūsmāniditam? / viṣādīśastato muktastatrāpi brāhmaṇastvayā // > By eating in the land of the Niṣādas, \[…\] spoken to the god \[…\]; > from there, you released the distressed leader and the brāhmaṇa there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.240.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.240.22) vaṭārohiṇavṛkṣasya yojanānāṃ śatāyutā / śākhā bhinnā tvayā yatra vālakhilyāḥ samāsthitāḥ // > A banyan tree branch stretching tens of thousands of yojanas > was broken by you, where the Vālakhilyas were settled. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.240.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.240.23) tvayā yatnakṛtā kṛtvānakhasthau gajakacchapau / nabhaspapinirālaṃbe sarvataḥ parivāritau // > With effort, having seized the elephant and tortoise in your talons, > \[you carried them\] through the supportless sky, surrounded on all sides. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.240.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.240.24) tvayā jitā raṇe devāḥ sarve śakrapurogamāḥ / āhṛtaṃ tatpurā somaṃ vāhniṃ nirvāpya kāśyape // > All the gods headed by Śakra were defeated by you in battle; > having extinguished the fire, that soma was brought by you of old, O son of Kaśyapa! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.240.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.240.25) nāgau dṛṣṭiviṣau kṛtvā rajasā tu vicakṣuṣau / tīkṣṇāgreṇa na sā bhaṅktvāvikravetau manohataḥ? // > Having blinded with dust the two serpents whose venom was in their eyes, > shattering them with the sharp tip of your beak, their resolve was broken. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.240.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.240.26) āhṛtyāpi tvayā somaṃ nītameva na bhaktitaḥ / tena viṣṇordhvajasthānaṃ vāhanatvaṃ gato hyasi // > Even having fetched the soma, it was just carried away by you, not tasted; > therefore, you attained a place on Viṣṇu's banner and became his vehicle. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.240.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.240.27) tvayā niḥ kṣipya darbheṣu somaṃ nāgāśca vañcitāḥ / jahāra cāmṛtaṃ pātraṃ śīghraṃ vai brahmasūdana // > Placing the soma upon darbha grass, the serpents were deceived by you; > and you quickly took away the vessel of nectar, O destroyer of Brahmā's foes! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.240.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.240.28) yatra jihvādvidhābhūtāḥ pannagānāṃ dvijottama / vinatā mocitā dāsyātkadvā pūrvajitā raṇe // > Where the tongues of the serpents were split in two, O best of birds, > Vinatā was freed from slavery to Kadrū, who was conquered earlier in the contest. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.240.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.240.29) uccaiḥ śravāḥ sa kiṃvarṇaḥ śukla ityeva bhāṣate / kṛṣṇavarṇamahaṃ manye pūrvadṛṣṭamuvāca ha // > \[When asked,\] 'Of what color is Uccaiḥśravas?', \[one\] said, 'White indeed'; > \[the other\] spoke, 'I think it is black,' having seen it before. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.240.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.240.30) tvayā vajrapahāreṇa pakṣamuktaṃ purā svataḥ? / dadhīcavajraśakrāṇāṃ māturarthāya nānyathā // > By you, when struck by the thunderbolt, a feather was formerly cast off of your own accord, > for the sake of Dadhīca, the thunderbolt, and Indra, and for your mother's sake, not otherwise. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.240.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.240.31) tasya pakṣasya devendro yadānītaṃ hi dṛṣṭavān / tadā tava suparṇoti nāma sthānaṃ jagattraye // > When Indra, lord of gods, saw the feather that was dropped, > then your name became Suparṇa, celebrated throughout the three worlds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.240.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.240.32) dhyānamātrādvinaśyettu viṣaṃ sthāvarajaṅgamam / paṭhedvā śṛṇuyādyaśca bhuktiṃ muktimavāpnuyāt // > By mere meditation on you, immobile and mobile poison is destroyed; > and whoever reads or listens to this attains worldly enjoyment and liberation." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.240.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.240.33) sūta uvāca / vasurājo gāruḍaṃ vai śrutvā sarvamavāptavān / garuḍo bhagavānviṣṇudhyāṃyansarvavāptavān // > Sūta said: > King Vasu, having heard the Gāruḍa \[Purāṇa\], attained everything; > and the blessed Garuḍa, meditating on Viṣṇu, attained everything. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.240.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.240.34) taduktaṃ gāruḍaṃ puṇyaṃ purāṇaṃ yaḥ paṭhennaraḥ / sarvakāmamavāpyātha prāpnoti paramāṃ gatim // > Whatever man reads that holy Gāruḍa Purāṇa spoken by him, > having attained every desire, then attains the supreme destination. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.240.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.240.35) ślokapādaṃ paṭhitvā ca sarvapāpakṣayo bhavet / yasyedaṃ vartate geha tasya sarvaṃ bhavediha // > Even by reading a quarter of a verse, all sins are destroyed; > in whose house this \[text\] remains, to him comes everything in this world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.240.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.240.36) gāruḍaṃ yasya haste tu tasya hastagato nayaḥ / yaḥ paṭhecchṛṇuyādetadbhuktiṃ muktiṃ samāpnuyāt // > In whose hand the Gāruḍa \[Purāṇa\] is, in his hand is all prudent conduct; > whoever reads or hears this shall attain enjoyment and liberation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.240.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.240.37) dharmārthakāmamokṣāṃśca prāpnuyācchravaṇāditaḥ / putrārtho labhate putrān kāmārtho kāmamāpnuyāt // > From listening to it and the rest, one attains dharma, wealth, desire, and liberation; > one seeking sons obtains sons; one seeking desire attains desire; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.240.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.240.38) vidyārtho labhate vidyāṃ jayārtho labhate jayam / brahmahatyādinā pāpī pāpaśuddhimavāpnuyāt // > one seeking knowledge obtains knowledge; one seeking victory obtains victory; > a sinner through the murder of a brāhmaṇa or similar \[crimes\] attains purification from sin; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.240.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.240.39) vandhyāpi labhate puttraṃ kanyā vindati satpatim / kṣemārtho labhate kṣemaṃ bogārtho bogamāpnuyāt // > even a barren woman obtains a son; a maiden finds a good husband; > one seeking safety obtains safety; one seeking enjoyment attains enjoyment; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.240.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.240.40) maṅgalārtho maṅgalāni guṇārtho guṇamāpnuyāt / kāvyārtho ca kavitvaṃ ca sārārtho sāramāpnuyāt // > one seeking auspiciousness attains blessings; one seeking virtues attains virtue; > one seeking poetry attains poetic power; one seeking the essence attains the essence; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.240.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.240.41) jñānārtho labhate jñānaṃ sarvasaṃsāramardanam / idaṃ svastyayanaṃ dhanyaṃ gāruḍaṃ garuḍeritam // > one seeking spiritual knowledge obtains knowledge that destroys all worldly existence. > This Gāruḍa \[Purāṇa\] spoken by Garuḍa is an auspicious, blessed blessing. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.240.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.240.42) nākāle maraṇaṃ tasya ślokamekaṃ tu yaḥ paṭhet / ślokārdhapaṭhanādasya duṣṭaśatrukṣayo dhruvam // > Untimely death does not befall him who reads even a single verse; > by reading half a verse of this, destruction of wicked enemies is certain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.240.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.240.43) sūtācchrutvā śaunakastunaumiṣe munibhiḥ kratau / ahaṃ braheti saṃdhyāyanmuktobhūdgaruḍadhvajāt // > Śaunaka, having heard it from Sūta at the sacrifice in Naimiṣa with the sages, > meditating 'I am Brahman', was liberated through the one whose banner is Garuḍa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.240.43.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.240.43.p1) oṃ ### [1.240.43.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.240.43.p2) iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśe ācārakāṇḍe garuḍapurāṇamāhātmyaṃ nāma catvāriṃśaduttaradviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the two hundred and fortieth chapter, entitled "The Greatness of the Garuḍa Purāṇa", in the Ācārakāṇḍa of the first section of the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.240.43.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.240.43.p3) śubhaṃ bhūyāt / > May there be auspiciousness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.240.43.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.240.43.p4) iti śrīgāruḍe prathamāṃśa ācārakāṇḍaḥ samāptaḥ / > Thus ends the Ācārakāṇḍa, the first part of the glorious Gāruḍa \[Purāṇa\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.240.43.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.240.43.p5) śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam > The Glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.240.43.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.240.43.p6) śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ / > Homage to the glorious Gaṇeśa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.240.43.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.240.43.p7) tatrādime dvitīyāṃśe pretakāṇḍo dharmakāṇḍanāmārabhyate / oṃ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya / > Here, in the beginning of the second part, begins the Pretakāṇḍa named Dharmakāṇḍa. > Oṃ, homage to the Blessed Vāsudeva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.240.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.vaisnava.visnudharmottara.3.346.10) — Sanskrit - [Yoginītantra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.sakta.yoginitantra.26.395) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.240](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.240) · Pramāṇa