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# Garudapurana 1.3

Garuḍapurāṇa 1.3

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [1.3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.3.9) — 1 part

### [1.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.3.1)

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 3  
sūta uvāca /  
iti rudrābjajo viṣṇoḥ śuśrāva brahmaṇo muniḥ /  
vyāso vyāsādahaṃ vakṣyehaṃ te śaunaka naimiṣe //

> The glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa — 3  
> Sūta said:  
> Thus the sage born from the lotus \[seated upon\] Rudra heard from Viṣṇu, \[and\] Vyāsa \[heard\] from Brahmā.  
> From Vyāsa, I shall speak to you, O Śaunaka, in the Naimiṣa \[Forest\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.3.2)

munīnāṃ śṛṇvatāṃ madhye sargādyaṃ devapūjanam /  
tīrthaṃ bhuvanakośaṃ ca manvantaramihocyate //

> While the sages listen, in their midst, creation and the rest, the worship of the gods,  
> the holy places, the cosmic geography, and the eras of Manus are declared here,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.3.3)

varṇāśramādidharmāśca dānarājādidharmakāḥ /  
vyavahāro vrataṃ vaṃśā vaidyakaṃ sanidānakam //

> along with the duties of castes and life-stages, the duties concerning gifts, kings, and others,  
> legal procedure, religious observances, genealogies, and medicine with diagnostics,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.3.4)

aṅgāni pralayo dharmakāmārthajñānamuttamam /  
saprapañcaṃ niṣprapañcaṃ kṛtaṃ viṣṇornigadyate //

> the auxiliary sciences, dissolution, dharma, desire, wealth, and supreme knowledge.  
> The manifest and the unmanifest act of Viṣṇu is related.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.3.5)

purāṇe gāruḍe sarvaṃ garuḍo bhagavānatha /  
vāsudevaprasādena sāmarthyātiśayairyutaḥ //

> In the Gāruḍa Purāṇa, everything \[is contained\]. Then the blessed Garuḍa,  
> endowed with pre-eminent power through the grace of Vāsudeva,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.3.6)

bhutvā harervāhanaṃ ca sargādīnāṃ ca kāraṇam /  
devānvijitya garuḍo hyamṛtāharaṇaṃ tathā //

> having become the vehicle of Hari and the cause of creation and the rest,  
> having conquered the gods, brought away the nectar, as well,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.3.7)

cakre kṣudhā hṛtaṃ yasya brahmāṇḍamudare hareḥ /  
yaṃ dṛṣṭvā smṛtamātreṇa nāgāndīnāṃ ca saṃkṣayaḥ //

> and performed \[deeds, he\] whose hunger removed \[the distress of\] the egg of the universe within the belly of Hari,  
> \[and\] at the mere sight and remembrance of whom the destruction of serpents and the rest \[occurs\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.3.8)

kaśyapo gāruḍādvṛkṣaṃ dagdhaṃ cājīvayadyataḥ /  
garuḍaḥ sa haristena proktaṃ śrīkaśyapāya ca //

> Since Kaśyapa revived a burnt tree through the Gāruḍa \[lore\],  
> Garuḍa is that Hari; by him it was proclaimed to the illustrious Kaśyapa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.3.9)

tacchrīmadrāruḍaṃ puṇyaṃ sarvadaṃ paṭhatastava /  
vakṣye vyāsaṃ namaskṛtya śṛṇu śaunaka tadyathā //

> Having bowed to Vyāsa, I shall speak to you as you recite  
> that glorious Gāruḍa, holy and all-bestowing. Hear it, O Śaunaka, as follows:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.3.9.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.3.9.p1)

iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe viṣayanirūpaṇaṃ nāma tṛtīyo 'dhyāyaḥ

> Thus ends the third chapter, entitled 'Determination of Topics', 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.1.3.1) — English, machine translation

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