[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) › 1.4 # Garudapurana 1.4 Garuḍapurāṇa 1.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [1.4.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.4.38) — 1 part ### [1.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.4.1) śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 4 rudra uvāca / sargaśca pratisargaśca vaṃśo manvantarāṇi ca / vaṃśānucaritaṃ caiva etad brūhi janārdana // > The glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa — 4 > Rudra said: > Creation, secondary creation, genealogy, the eras of Manus, > and the deeds of dynastic lines—declare this, O Janārdana. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.4.2) hariruvāca / śṛṇu rudra pravakṣyāmi sargādīnpāpanāśanām / sargasthitilayāntāṃ tāṃ viṣṇoḥ krīḍāṃ purātanīm // > Hari said: > Hear, O Rudra: I shall proclaim creation and the rest, which destroy sins— > that ancient sport of Viṣṇu, ending with creation, maintenance, and dissolution. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.4.3) naranārāyaṇo devo vāsudevo nirañjanaḥ / paramātmā paraṃ brahma jagajjanilayādikṛt // > Nara-Nārāyaṇa is the god, Vāsudeva, taintless, > the Supreme Self, the supreme Brahman, who brings about the origin, dissolution, and maintenance of the universe. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.4.4) tadetatsarvamevaitavdyaktāvyaktasvarūpavat / tathā puruṣarūpeṇa kālarūpeṇa ca sthitam // > All this indeed possesses the nature of the manifest and the unmanifest; > likewise, it abides in the form of the Puruṣa and in the form of Time. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.4.5) vyaktaṃ viṣṇustathāvyaktaṃ puruṣaḥ kāla eva ca / krīḍato bālakasyeva ceṣṭāstasya niśāmaya // > Viṣṇu is the manifest, as well as the unmanifest, the Puruṣa, and Time itself. > Listen to his activities, like those of a playing child. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.4.6) anādinidhano dhātā tvanantaḥ puruṣottamaḥ / tasmādbhavati cāvyaktaṃ tasmādātmāpi jāyate // > Beginningless and endless is the Creator, boundless, the Supreme Person. > From him comes the unmanifest, and from him also the self is born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.4.7) tasmāhuddhirmanastasmāttataḥ khaṃ pavana stataḥ / tasmāttejastatastvāpastato bhūmistato 'bhavat // > From him comes intellect, from him the mind; from that, space; from that, wind; > from that, fire; from that, water; and from that, the earth arose. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.4.8) aṇḍo hiraṇmayo rudra tasyāntaḥ svayameva hi / śarīragrahaṇaṃ pūrvaṃ sṛṣṭyarthaṃ kurute prabhuḥ // > Within the golden egg, O Rudra, the Lord himself > first assumes a body for the sake of creation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.4.9) brahmā caturmukho bhūtvā rajomātrādhikaḥ sadā / śarīragrahaṇaṃ kṛtvāsṛjadetaccarācaram // > Having become four-faced Brahmā, always with an excess of the quality of rajas, > he assumed a body and created this world of moving and unmoving beings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.4.10) aṇḍasyāntarjagatsarvaṃ sadevāsuramānuṣam / sraṣṭā sṛjati cātmānaṃ viṣṇuḥ pālyaṃ ca pāti ca // > Within the egg is the entire world, along with gods, asuras, and humans. > Viṣṇu, the creator, creates himself and protects what is to be protected. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.4.11) apasaṃhriyate cānte saṃhartā ca svayaṃ hara / brahmā bhūtvāsṛjadviṣṇurjagatpāti hariḥ svayam // > And at the end he is withdrawn, the destroyer himself, O Hara. > Having become Brahmā, Viṣṇu created; Hari himself protects the world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.4.12) rudrarūpī ca kalpānte jagatsaṃharate 'khilam / brahmā tu sṛṣṭikāle 'smiñjamadhyagatāṃ mahīm // > And taking the form of Rudra, he dissolves the entire world at the end of the kalpa. > Brahmā, however, at this time of creation, knowing the earth was immersed in the waters, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.4.13) daṃṣṭūyoddharati jñātvā vārahīmāsthitastanūm / devādisargānvakṣye 'haṃ saṃkṣepācchṛṇu śaṅkara ! // > having assumed the body of a boar, lifted it up with his tusk. > I shall speak of the creations of gods and the rest in brief; hear, O Śaṅkara! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.4.14) (1)prathamo mahataḥ sargo virūpo brahmaṇastu saḥ / (2) nanmātrāṇāṃ dvitīyastu bhūtasargo hi sa smṛtaḥ // > The first creation of Brahmā is that of the Mahat, which is formless; > the second is that of the subtle elements, which is known as the elemental creation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.4.15) (3)vaikārikastṛtīyastu sargastvaindriyakaḥ smṛtaḥ / ityeṣa prākṛtaḥ sargaḥ sambhūto buddhipūrvakaḥ // > The third is the transformational creation, known as the sensory creation. > Such is the primary creation, produced preceded by intellect. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.4.16) (4)mukhyasargaścaturthastu mukhyā vai sthāvarāḥ smṛtāḥ / (5)tiryaksrotāstu yaḥ proktastiryagyonyaḥ sa ucyate // > The fourth is the primary creation, and the primary are known to be immovable beings. > That which is called the horizontal current is declared to be that of animals. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.4.17) (6) tadūrdhvastotasāṃ ṣaṣṭho devasargastu sa smṛtaḥ / (7) tator'vāksrotasāṃ sargaḥ saptamaḥ sa tu mā nuṣaḥ // > The sixth is that of the upward currents, which is known as the divine creation. > Then the creation of the downward currents, the seventh, is the human creation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.4.18) (8)aṣṭamo 'nugrahaḥ sargaḥ sāttvikastāmasastu saḥ / pañcaite vaikṛtāḥ sargāḥ prākṛtāstu trayaḥ smṛtāḥ // > The eighth creation is the graceful creation, which is endowed with sattva and tamas. > These five are secondary creations, whereas three are known as primary creations. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.4.19) prākṛto vaikṛtaścāpi (9) kaumāro navamaḥ smṛtaḥ / sthāvarāntāḥ surādyāstu prajā rudra ! caturvidhāḥ // > The ninth is known as the Kaumāra creation, which is both primary and secondary. > Creatures, ending with the immovable and beginning with the gods, are of four kinds, O Rudra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.4.20) brahmaṇaḥ kurvataḥ sṛṣṭiṃ jajñire mānasāḥ sutāḥ / tato devāsurapitṝnmānuṣāṃśca catuṣṭayam // > As Brahmā was performing creation, mind-born sons were born. > Then, desiring to create the fourfold \[classes of beings\]—gods, asuras, ancestors, and humans— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.4.21) sisṛkṣurambhāṃsyetāni svamātmānamayūyujat / vyaktātmanastamomātrādudriktāstatprajāpateḥ // > in these waters, he applied his own self. > From that Prajāpati of manifest nature, when the measure of tamas became excessive, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.4.22) sisṛkṣerjaghanātpūrvamasurā jajñire tataḥ / utsasarja tatastāṃ tu tamomātrātmikāṃ tanūm // > as he desired to create, the asuras were born first from his loins. > Then he cast off that body consisting of the measure of tamas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.4.23) tamomātrā tanustyaktā śaṅkarābhūdvibhāvarī / yakṣopakṣāṃsi taddehe prītimāpustataḥ surāḥ // > That discarded body consisting of tamas became the night, O Śaṅkara. > Then the yakṣas and rākṣasas took delight in that body, and after that the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.4.24) sattvodriktāstu mukhataḥ saṃbhūtā brahmaṇo hara ! / sattvaprāyā tanustena santyaktā sāpyabhūddinam // > Abounding in sattva, they were born from the mouth of Brahmā, O Hara! > That body consisting mostly of sattva, when cast off by him, became the day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.4.25) tato hi balino rātrāvasurā devatā divā / sattvamātrāṃ tanuṃ gṛhya pitaraśca tato 'bhavan // > Therefore, indeed, the asuras are strong by night and the gods by day. > Then, taking a body consisting of sattva alone, the ancestors came to be. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.4.26) sā cotsṛṣṭābhavatsandhyā dinanaktāntarasthitiḥ / rajomātrāṃ tanuṃ gṛhya manuṣyāstvabhavaṃstataḥ // > And when cast off, it became twilight, standing between day and night. > Then, taking a body consisting of rajas alone, humans came to be. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.4.27) sā tyaktā cābhavajjyotsnā prāksandhyā yābhidhīyate / jyotsnā rātryahanī sandhyā śarīrāṇi tu tasya vai // > And when that \[body\] was cast off, it became moonlight, which is called dawn twilight. / Moonlight, night, day, and twilight are indeed his bodies. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.4.28) rajomātrāṃ tanu gṛhya kṣudabhūtkopa eva ca / kṣuttṛṭkṣāmā amṛgbhakṣā rākṣasā rakṣaṇācca ye // > Assuming a body consisting solely of passion, hunger and anger arose. / Emaciated by hunger and thirst, feeding on blood, the rākṣasas \[arose\] because of protecting (rakṣaṇa); > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.4.29) yakṣākhyā jakṣaṇājjñeyāḥ sarpā vai keśasarpaṇāt / jātāḥ kopena bhūtāste gandharvā jajñire tataḥ // > those named yakṣas are to be known from eating (jakṣaṇa), and snakes indeed from creeping (sarpaṇa) of the hair. / The bhūtas were born from anger; then the gandharvas were born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.4.30) gāyanto jajñire vācaṃ gandharvāpsarasaśca ye / svargaṃ dyaurvakṣasaścakre sukhato 'jāḥ sa muṣṭavān // > Singing speech, the gandharvas and the apsarases were born. / From his chest he made heaven, the sky; from his mouth he created goats. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.4.31) sṛṣṭavānudarādrāśca pārśvābhyāṃ ca prajāpatiḥ / padybhāṃ caivāntyamātaṅgānmahiṣoṣṭrāvikāṃstathā // > The Lord of Creatures created sheep from his belly and flanks, / and from his feet outcastes, elephants, buffaloes, camels, and ewes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.4.32) opadhyaḥ phalamūlinyo romabhyastasya jajñire / gaurajaḥ puruṣo medhyo hyaśvāśvataragardabhāḥ // > Herbs bearing fruit and roots were born from his hair. / The cow, goat, man, sheep, horses, mules, and donkeys— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.4.33) etān grāmyānpaśūnprāhurāraṇyāṃśca nibodha me / śvāpadaṃ dvikhuraṃ hastivānarāḥ pakṣipañcamāḥ // > these they call the domestic animals; and learn from me the wild ones: / beasts of prey, two-hoofed animals, elephants, monkeys, with birds as the fifth, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.4.34) audakāḥ paśavaḥ ṣaṣṭhāḥ saptamāśca sarīsṛpāḥ / pūrvādibhyo mukhebhyastu ṛgvedādyāḥ prajajñire // > aquatic animals as the sixth, and reptiles as the seventh. / From his eastern and other mouths, the Ṛgveda and the other \[Vedas\] were born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.4.35) āsyādvai brāhmaṇā jātā bāhubhyāṃ kṣattriyāḥ smṛtāḥ / ūrubhyāṃ tu viśaḥ sṛṣṭāḥ śūdraḥ padybhāma jāyata // > From his mouth the brāhmaṇas were born, from his arms the kṣatriyas are recorded, / from his thighs the vaiśyas were created, and the śūdra was born from his feet. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.4.36) brahmaloko brāhmaṇānāṃ śākraḥ kṣattriyajanmanām / mārutaṃ ca viśāṃ sthānaṃ gāndharvaṃ śūdrajanmanām // > The world of Brahmā is for brāhmaṇas, Indra's realm for those born as kṣatriyas, / the abode of the Maruts is for vaiśyas, and that of the gandharvas for those born as śūdras. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.4.37) brahmacārivratasthānāṃ brahmalokaḥ prajāyate / prājāpatyaṃ gṛhasthānāṃ yathāvihitakāriṇām // > The world of Brahmā arises for those who abide by the vow of celibate students; / that of the Lord of Creatures is for householders who act according to what is prescribed; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.4.38) sthānaṃ saptaṛṣīṇāṃ ca tathaiva vanavāsinām / yatīnāmakṣayaṃ sthānaṃ yadṛcchāgāmināṃ sadā // > and the abode of the Seven Sages is likewise for forest-dwellers; / an imperishable abode belongs to ascetics who always wander at will. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.38.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.4.38.p1) iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe sṛṣṭivarṇanaṃ nāma caturtho 'dhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the fourth chapter, named "Description of Creation," in the Ācārakāṇḍa of the first section of the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - 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