[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) › 1.2 # Garudapurana 1.2 Garuḍapurāṇa 1.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [1.2.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.2.59) — 1 part ### [1.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.2.1) śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 2 ṛṣaya ūcuḥ / kathaṃ vyāsena kathitaṃ purāṇaṃ gāruḍaṃ tava / etatsarvaṃ samākhyāhi paraṃ viṣṇukathāśrayam // > The glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa \[Chapter\] 2. > The sages said: > How was the Garuḍa Purāṇa spoken to you by Vyāsa? > Tell us all this, which is supremely centered on tales of Viṣṇu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.2.2) sūta uvāca / ahaṃ hi munibhiḥ sārdhaṃ gato badarikāśramam / tatra dṛṣṭo mayā vyāso dhyāyamānaḥ pareśvaram // > Sūta said: > I indeed went together with the sages to Badarikāśrama; > there Vyāsa was seen by me meditating upon the Supreme Lord. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.2.3) taṃ praṇamyopaviṣṭo 'haṃ pṛṣṭavānhi munīśvaram / sūta uvāca / vyāsa brūhi hare rūpaṃ jagatsargādikaṃ tataḥ // > Having bowed to him, I sat down and asked that lord of sages. > Sūta said: > O Vyāsa, speak of the form of Hari, and then of the creation of the universe and the like. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.2.4) manye dhyāyasi taṃ yasmāttasmājjānāsi taṃ vibhum / evaṃ pṛṣṭo yathā prāha tathā viprā?nibodhata // > I think that since you meditate upon him, therefore you know that all-pervading Lord. > Being thus asked, as he spoke, so listen, O brāhmaṇas! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.2.5) vyāsa uvāca / śṛṇu sūta ! pravakṣyāmi purāṇaṃ gāruḍaṃ tava / saha nāradadakṣādyairbrahmā māmuktavānyathā // > Vyāsa said: > Listen, O Sūta! I shall tell you the Garuḍa Purāṇa, > just as Brahmā, together with Nārada, Dakṣa, and others, told it to me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.2.6) sūta uvāca / dakṣanāradamukhyaistu yuktaṃ tvāṃ kathamuktavān / brahmā śrīgāruḍaṃ puṇyaṃ purāṇaṃ sāravācakam // > Sūta said: > How did Brahmā speak to you, who were joined by Dakṣa, Nārada, and the foremost sages, > the auspicious Garuḍa Purāṇa, which conveys the essence? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.2.7) vyāsa uvāca / ahaṃ hi nārado dakṣo bhṛgvādyāḥ praṇipatya tam / sāraṃ brūhīti papracchurbrahmāṇaṃ brahmalokagam // > Vyāsa said: / Indeed, I, Nārada, Dakṣa, Bhṛgu and the others, having bowed down to him, / asked Brahmā, who was in the world of Brahman: "Tell \[us\] the essence!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.2.8) brahmovāca / purāṇaṃ gāruḍaṃ sāraṃ rudraṃ ca māṃ yathā / suraiḥ sahābravīdviṣṇustathāhaṃ vyāsa vacmite // > Brahmā said: / Just as Viṣṇu told the essential Garuḍa Purāṇa to me and to Rudra, / together with the gods, so, Vyāsa, I will declare it to you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.2.9) vyāsa uvāca / kathaṃ rudraṃ suraiḥ sārdhamabravīdvai hariḥ purā / purāṇaṃ gāruḍaṃ sāraṃ brūhi brahmanmahārthakam // > Vyāsa said: / How did Hari formerly declare the essential Garuḍa Purāṇa / to Rudra along with the gods? Tell \[it\], O Brahman, \[which is\] of great significance! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.2.10) brahmovāca / ahaṃ gato 'driṃ kailāsamindrādyairdaivataiḥ saha / tatra dṛṣṭo mayā rudro dhyāyamānaḥ paraṃ padam // > Brahmā said: / I went to Mount Kailāsa together with the gods, Indra and others; / there Rudra was seen by me meditating upon the supreme state. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.2.11) pṛṣṭo namaskṛtaḥ kiṃ tvaṃ devaṃ dhyāyasi śaṅkara? / tvatto nānyaṃ paraṃ devaṃ jānāmi brūhi māṃ tataḥ // > Having bowed to him, he was asked: "Upon which deity are you meditating, O Śaṅkara? / I know no other god higher than you; therefore, speak to me! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.2.12) sārātsārataraṃ tattvaṃ śrotukāmaḥ suraiḥ saha / rudrauvāca / ahaṃ dhyāyāmi taṃ viṣṇuṃ paramātmānamīśvaram // > Together with the gods, I wish to hear the reality that is the utmost essence of essences." / Rudra said: / "I meditate upon that Viṣṇu, the supreme Self, the Lord, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.2.13) sarvadaṃ sarvagaṃ sarvaṃ sarvaprāṇihṛdisthitam / bhasmoddhūlitadehastu jaṭāmaṇḍalamaṇḍitaḥ // > the giver of all, all-pervading, the all, residing in the heart of all living beings. / My body is smeared with ashes, adorned with a mass of matted hair; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.2.14) viṣṇorārādhanārthaṃ me vratacaryā pitāmaha / tameva gatvā pṛcchāmaḥ sāraṃ yaṃ cintayāmyaham // > the observance of vows is mine for the worship of Viṣṇu, O Grandfather. / Let us go to him and ask for the essence, upon whom I reflect: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.2.15) viṣṇuṃ jiṣṇuṃ padmanābhaṃ hariṃ dehavivarjitam / śuciṃ śuciṣadaṃ haṃsaṃ tatpadaṃ parameśvaram // > Viṣṇu, the victorious, the lotus-navelled, Hari, devoid of a physical body, / the pure, dwelling in purity, the swan, that supreme state, the supreme Lord. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.2.16) yuktā sarvātmanātmānaṃ taṃ devaṃ cintayāmyaham / yasminviśvāni bhūtāni tiṣṭhanti ca viśanti ca // > Disciplined with my whole self, I meditate upon that divine Self / in whom all beings abide and enter, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.2.17) guṇabhūtāni bhūteśe sūtre maṇigaṇā iva / sahasrākṣaṃ sahasrāṅghriṃ sahasroruṃ varānanam // > resting as attributes in the Lord of beings like rows of jewels on a string; / thousand-eyed, thousand-footed, thousand-thighed, with an auspicious face, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.2.18) aṇīyasāmaṇīyāṃsaṃ sthaviṣṭhaṃ ca sthavīyasām / garīyasāṃ gariṣṭhaṃ ca śreṣṭhaṃ ca śreyasāmapi // > subtler than the subtle and grosser than the gross, / weightier than the weightiest, and best among the best, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.2.19) yaṃ vākyeṣvanuvākyeṣu niṣatsūpaniṣatsu ca / gṛṇanti satyakarmāṇaṃ satyaṃ satyeṣu sāmasu // > whom \[the sages\] praise in sayings, in supplementary sayings, in esoteric treatises and in the Upaniṣads, / him whose deeds are true, the true among the true Sāman chants, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.2.20) purāṇa puruṣaḥ prokto brahmā prokto dvijātiṣu / kṣaye saṅkarṣaṇaḥ proktastamupāsyamupāsmahe // > who is declared as the ancient person, declared as Brahmā among the twice-born, / and declared as Saṅkarṣaṇa at the dissolution—we worship him, the worthy of worship, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.2.21) yasmiṃllokāḥ sphurantīme jale śakunayo yathā / ṛtamekākṣaraṃ brahma yattatsadasataḥ param // > in whom these worlds quiver like birds in the water; / who is the truth, the single syllable, Brahman, that which is beyond being and non-being, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.2.22) arcayanti ca yaṃ devā yakṣarākṣasapannagāḥ / yasyāgnirāsyaṃ dyaurmūrdhā khaṃ nābhiścaraṇau kṣitiḥ // > and whom the gods, yakṣas, rākṣasas, and serpents worship; / whose mouth is fire, whose head is the sky, whose navel is space, whose feet are the earth, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.2.23) candrādityau ca nayane taṃ devaṃ cintayāmyaham / yasya trilokī jaṭhare masya kāṣṭhāśca bāhavaḥ // > and whose eyes are the moon and the sun—upon that deity I meditate; / within whose belly is the triple world, and whose arms are the cardinal points, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.2.24) yasyocchvāsaśca pavanaḥ taṃ devaṃ cintayāmyaham / yasya keśeṣu jīmūtā nadyaḥ sarvāṅgasandhiṣu // > and whose breath is the wind—upon that deity I meditate; / in whose hair are the rainclouds, and the rivers are in all the joints of his limbs, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.2.25) kukṣau samudrāścatvārastaṃ devaṃ cintayāmyaham / paraḥ kālātparo yajñātparaḥ sadasataścayaḥ // > and in whose belly are the four oceans—upon that deity I meditate; / who is beyond time, beyond sacrifice, and beyond being and non-being, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.2.26) anādirādi rviśvasya taṃ devaṃ cintayāmyaham / manasaścandramā yasya cakṣuṣośca divākaraḥ // > beginningless, the origin of the universe—upon that deity I meditate; / from whose mind the moon was born, and from whose eyes the sun, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.2.27) mukhādagniśca saṃjajñe taṃ devaṃ cintayāmyaham / padybhāṃ yasya kṣitirjātā śrotrābhyāṃ ca tathā diśaḥ // > and from whose mouth fire arose—upon that deity I meditate; / from whose feet the earth was born, and likewise the quarters from his ears, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.2.28) mūrdhabhāgāddivaṃ yasya taṃ devaṃ cintayāmyaham / sargaśca pratisargaśca vaṃśo manvantarāṇi ca // > and from whose head the heavens \[arose\]—upon that deity I meditate; / from whom \[proceed\] creation and destruction, lineages, the cosmic eras, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.2.29) vaṃśānucaritaṃ yasmāttaṃ devaṃ cintayāmyaham / yaṃ dhyāyāmyahametasmādūjāmaḥ sāramīkṣitum // > and the history of dynasties—upon that deity I meditate. / Therefore, let us go to behold the essence \[of him\] upon whom I meditate." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.2.30) brahmovāca / ityukto 'haṃ purā rudraḥ śvetadvīpanivāsinam / stutvā praṇamya taṃ viṣṇuṃ śrotukāma sthitaḥ suraiḥ // > Brahmā said: / Having spoken thus formerly, Rudra, wishing to hear, stood with the gods / after praising and bowing down to that Viṣṇu, dweller of Śvetadvīpa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.2.31) asmākaṃ madhyato rudra uvāca parameśvaram / sārāntsārataraṃ viṣṇuṃ pṛṣṭavāṃstaṃ praṇamya vai // > From our midst, Rudra spoke to the supreme Lord; / having bowed down, he questioned Viṣṇu on the utmost essence of essences. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.2.32) brahmovāca / yathā papraccha māṃ vyāsa stathāsau bhagavān bhavaḥ / papraccha viṣṇuṃ devādyaiḥ śṛṇvatāmamaraiḥ saha // > Brahmā said: / Just as you asked me, O Vyāsa, so that Lord Bhava / questioned Viṣṇu, while the gods and others were listening. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.2.33) rudra uvāca / hare kathaya deveśa ! devadevaḥ ka īśvaraḥ / ko dhyeyaḥ kaśca vai pūjyaḥ kairvratai stuṣyate paraḥ // > Rudra said: / O Hari, Lord of gods, tell \[me\]: which Lord is the God of gods? / Who is to be meditated upon, who indeed is to be worshipped, and by what vows is the Supreme pleased? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.2.34) kairdharmaiḥ kaiśca niyamaiḥ kayā vā dharmapūjayā / kenācāreṇa tuṣṭaḥ syātkiṃ tadrūpaṃ ca tasya vai // > By what duties, by what observances, or by what righteous worship, / \[and\] by what conduct would he be pleased, and what indeed is his form? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.2.35) kasmāddevājjagajjātaṃ jagatpālayate cakaḥ / kīdṛśairavatāraiśca kasminyāti layaṃ jagat // > From which god was the universe born, and who protects the universe? / By what kind of incarnations \[does he protect\], and into whom does the universe dissolve? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.2.36) sargaśca pratisargaśca vaṃśo manvantarāṇi ca / kasmāddevātpravartante kasmimannetatpratiṣṭhitam // > Creation and destruction, lineages and the cosmic eras— / from which deity do they proceed, and in whom is this established? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.2.37) etatsarvaṃ hare ! brūhi yaccānyadapi kiñcana / parameśvaramāhātmyaṃ yuktayogādikaṃ tathā // > Tell all this, O Hari, and whatever else there is: / the glory of the supreme Lord, as well as disciplined yoga and so forth, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.2.38) tathāṣṭādaśa vidyāśca harī rudraṃ tato 'bravīt / hariruvāca / śṛṇu rudra ! pravakṣyāmi brahmaṇā ca suraiḥ saha // > and likewise the eighteen branches of knowledge." Then Hari said to Rudra: / Hari said: / "Listen, O Rudra, together with Brahmā and the gods, I shall tell \[you\]! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.2.39) ahaṃ hi devo devānāṃ sarvalokeśvareśvaraḥ / ahaṃ dhyeyaśca pūjyaśca stutyohaṃ statibhiḥ suraiḥ // > I indeed am the God of gods, the Lord of the lords of all worlds. / I am to be meditated upon, worshipped, and praised with hymns by the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.2.40) ahaṃ hi pūjito rudra ! dadāmi paramāṃ gatim / niyamaiśca vrataistuṣṭa ācāreṇa ca mānavaiḥ // > Worshipped indeed, O Rudra, I grant the supreme goal, / pleased by the observances, vows, and right conduct of human beings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.2.41) jagatsthiterahaṃ bījaṃ jagatkartā tvahaṃ śiva ! / duṣṭanigrahakartā hi dharmagoptā tvahaṃ hara ! // > I am the seed of the cosmic maintenance, and I am the creator of the world, O Śiva! / Indeed, I am the chastiser of the wicked, and the protector of dharma, O Hara! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.2.42) avatāraiśca matsyādyaiḥ pālayāmyakhilaṃ jagat / ahaṃ mantrāśca mantrārthaḥ pūjādhyānaparo hyaham // > And through incarnations such as the Fish, I protect the entire world. / I am the mantras and the meaning of mantras, devoted to worship and meditation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.2.43) svargādīnāṃ ca kartāhaṃ svargādīnyahameva ca / yogī yogohamevādyaḥ purāṇānyahamevaca // > I am the creator of heaven and the like, and I myself am heaven and the rest. / I am the yogin, I am yoga itself, the primal one, and I myself am the Purāṇas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.2.44) jñātā śrotā tathā mantā vaktā vaktavyameva ca / sarvaḥ sarvātmako devo bhuktimuktikaraḥ paraḥ // > The knower, the hearer, and the thinker, the speaker, and that which is to be spoken; / the all, the deity whose self is all, the supreme bestower of enjoyment and liberation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.2.45) dhyānaṃ pūjopahāro 'haṃ maṇḍalānyahameva ca / itihāsānyahaṃ rudra ! sarvavedā hyahaṃ śiva ! // > I am meditation, worship, and offerings, and I myself am the mystic circles. / I am the historical epics, O Rudra; I am all the Vedas, O Śiva! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.2.46) sarvajñānānyahaṃ śambho ! brahmātmāhamahaṃ śiva ! / ahaṃ brahmā sarvalokaḥ sarvadevātmako hyaham // > I am all knowledges, O Śambhu; I am the Self that is Brahman, I am Śiva; / I am Brahmā, all worlds, and the self of all deities. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.2.47) ahaṃ sākṣātsadācāro dharmo 'haṃ vaiṣṇavo hyaham / varṇāśramāstathā cāhaṃ taddharmo 'haṃ purātanaḥ // > I am virtuous conduct in person, I am dharma, I am Vaiṣṇava; / I am the castes and life-stages, and I am their ancient duties. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.2.48) yamo 'haṃ niyamo rudra ! vratāni vividhāni ca / ahaṃ sūryastathā candro maṅgalādīnyahaṃ tathā // > I am restraint, I am observance, O Rudra, and diverse religious vows; / I am the sun and the moon, and likewise Mars and the other planets. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.2.49) purā māṃ garuḍaḥ pakṣī tapasārādhayadbhuvi / tuṣṭa ūce varaṃ brūhi matto vavre varaṃ sa tu // > Formerly Garuḍa the bird propitiated me with austerities on earth; / pleased, I said, 'Choose a boon,' and he chose a boon from me:" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.2.50) garuḍa uvāca / mama mātā ca vinatā nāgairdāsīkṛtā hare / yathāhaṃ deva tāñjitvā cāmṛtaṃ hyānayāmi tat // > Garuḍa said: / "O Hari, my mother Vinatā has been enslaved by the serpents; / \[grant\] that I, O Lord, having conquered them, may bring that nectar, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.2.51) dāsyādvimokṣayiṣyāmi yathāhaṃ vāhanastava / mahābalo mahāvīryaḥ sarvajño nāgadāraṇaḥ // > and release \[her\] from servitude; \[and\] that I may become your mount, / of great strength, great valour, all-knowing, and the destroyer of serpents." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.2.52) purāṇasaṃhitākartā yathāhaṃ syāṃ tathā kuruṃ / viṣṇuruvāca / yathā tvayoktaṃ garuḍa tathā sarvaṃ bhaviṣyati // > Make it so that I may become the author of a Purāṇa compendium!" > Viṣṇu said: > "Everything will come to pass just as you have spoken, O Garuḍa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.2.53) nāgadāsyānmātaraṃ tvaṃ vinatāṃ mokṣayiṣyasi / devādīnsakalāñjitvā cāmṛtaṃ hyānayiṣyasi // > You shall deliver your mother Vinatā from enslavement to the snakes; > and having conquered all the gods and others, you shall indeed bring back the nectar. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.2.54) mahābalo vāhanastvaṃ bhaviṣyasi viṣārdanaḥ / purāṇaṃ matprasādācca mama māhātmyavācakam // > You shall become my vehicle, exceedingly mighty, a destroyer of poison; > and by my grace the Purāṇa that proclaims my majesty, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.2.55) yaduktaṃ matsvarūpaṃ ca tava cāvirbhaviṣyati / gāruḍaṃ tava nāmnā talloke khyātiṃ gamiṣyati // > which declares my true nature, shall also be revealed to you. > Bearing your name, the Gāruḍa, it shall attain renown in the world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.2.56) yathāhaṃ devadevānāṃ śrīḥ khyāto vinatāsuta / tathā khyātiṃ purāṇeṣu gāruḍaṃ gāruḍaiṣyati // > Just as I, the fortune of the gods of gods, am renowned, O son of Vinatā, > so shall the Gāruḍa attain renown among the Purāṇas, O Garuḍa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.2.57) yathāhaṃ kīrtanīyo 'tha tathā tvaṃ garuḍātmanā / māṃ dhyātvā pakṣimukhyedaṃ purāṇaṃ gada gāruḍam // > Just as I am to be praised, so are you in the person of Garuḍa. > Having meditated upon me, O chief of birds, recite this Gāruḍa Purāṇa." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.2.58) ityukto garuḍo rudra ! kaśyapāyāha pṛcchate / kaśyapo gāruḍaṃ śrutvā vṛkṣaṃ dagdhamajīvayat // > Addressed thus, O Rudra, Garuḍa spoke to Kaśyapa when questioned. > Having heard the Gāruḍa, Kaśyapa revived a burnt tree. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.2.59) svayaṃ cānyamanā bhūtvā vidyayānyānya jīvayat / yakṣi oṃuṃsvāhājāpī vidyayaṃ gāruḍī parā / garuḍoktaṃ gāruḍaṃ hi śṛṇu rudra ! madātmakam // > Being focused \[and\] using the lore, he revived different \[beings\]. > The lore 'yakṣi oṃ uṃ svāhā' is the supreme lore of Garuḍa. > Hear, O Rudra, the Gāruḍa spoken by Garuḍa, identical with myself. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.2.59.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.2.59.p1) iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇotpattinirūpaṇaṃ nāma dvitīyo 'dhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the second chapter, entitled 'Ascertainment of the Origin of the Glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa', in the Ācārakāṇḍa of the first section, named the Pūrvakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.2.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.2) · Pramāṇa