[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) › 1.50 # Garudapurana 1.50 Garuḍapurāṇa 1.50 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [1.50.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.86) — 1 part ### [1.50.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.1) śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 50 brahmovāca / ahanyahani yaḥ kuryātkriyāṃ sa jñānamāpnuyāt / brāhme muhūrte cotthāya dharmamarthaṃ ca cintayet // > The glorious Garuḍa Purāṇa — \[Chapter\] 50 > Brahmā said: / He who performs the daily rite day by day will attain knowledge. / Rising at the brāhma muhūrta, he should contemplate dharma and wealth; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.2) cintayeddhṛdi padmasthamānandamajaraṃ harim / uṣaḥ kāle tu saṃprāpte kṛtvā cāvaśyakaṃ budhaḥ // > He should contemplate in his heart Hari, who is bliss, unaging, seated in the lotus. / And when dawn has arrived, having performed the necessary \[bodily duties\], the wise man, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.3) strāyānnadīṣu śuddhāsu śaucaṃ kṛtvā yathāvidhi / prataḥ snānena pūyante ye 'pi pāpakṛto janāḥ // > Having performed purification according to rule, should bathe in pure rivers. / By the morning bath even people who commit sins are purified. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.4) tasmātsarvaprayatnena prātaḥ snānaṃ samācaret / prātaḥ snānaṃ praśaṃsanti dṛṣṭādṛṣṭaṣṭakaraṃ hi tat // > Therefore, with every effort, one should perform the morning bath. / They praise the morning bath, for it produces visible and invisible results. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.5) sukhātsuptasya satataṃ lālādyāḥ saṃstravanti hi / ato naivācaretkarmāṇyakṛtvā snānamāditaḥ // > Saliva and other impurities continually flow from one who has slept peacefully; / Therefore, without first bathing, one must not perform rituals at all. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.6) alakṣmīḥ kālakarṇo ca duḥ svapnaṃ durvicintitam / prataḥ snānena pāpāni dhūyante nātra saṃśayaḥ // > Misfortune, ill-omen, bad dreams, and ill thoughts— / Sins are washed away by the morning bath; of this there is no doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.7) na ca snānaṃ vinā puṃsāṃ prāśastyaṃ karma saṃsmṛtam / home japye viśeṣeṇa tasmātsnānaṃ samācaret // > And no rite is declared efficacious for men without a bath, / Especially in fire offering (homa) and recitation (japa); therefore one should perform the bath. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.8) aśaktāvaśiraskaṃ tu snānamasya vidhīyate / ārdreṇa vāsasā vāpi mārjanaṃ kāyikaṃ smṛtam // > In case of incapacity, however, a bath without wetting the head is prescribed for him, / Or wiping the body with a damp cloth is declared to be a bodily \[cleansing\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.9) brāhmamāgneyamuddiṣṭaṃ vāyavyaṃ divyameva ca / vāruṇaṃ yaugikaṃ tadvatṣaḍaṅgaṃ snānamācaret // > A sixfold bath should be observed: / The brāhma, āgneya, vāyavya, divya, / Vāruṇa, and likewise the yaugika \[bath\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.10) brāhmaṃ tu mārjanaṃ mantraiḥ kuśaiḥ sodakabindubhiḥ / āgreyaṃ bhasmanā'pādamastakāddehadhūnanam // > The brāhma bath is sprinkling with mantras using kuśa grass with drops of water; / The āgneya bath is dusting the body with ash from foot to head; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.11) gavāṃ hi rajasā proktaṃ vāyavyaṃ snānamuttamam / yattu sātapavarṣeṇa snānaṃ taddivyamucyate // > The vāyavya bath is declared to be the best, performed with dust \[raised by\] cows; / And the bath that is taken in rain accompanied by sunshine is called divya; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.12) vāruṇaṃ cāvagāhaṃ ca mānarsa tvātmavedanam / yaugikaṃ snānamākhyātaṃ yogena haricintanam // > The vāruṇa bath is immersion \[in water\]; the mental bath is knowledge of the self; / The yaugika bath is described as meditation on Hari through yoga. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.13) ātmatīrthamiti khyātaṃ sevitaṃ brahmavādibhiḥ / kṣīravṛkṣasamudbhūtaṃ mālatīsambhavaṃ śubham // > It is known as the sacred ford of the self (ātmatīrtha), frequented by knowers of Brahman. / Auspicious \[tooth-twigs\] are derived from milky trees, produced from the mālatī plant, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.14) apāmārgaṃ ca vilvaṃ ca karavīraṃ ca dhāvane / udaṅmukhaḥ prāṅmukho vā bhakṣayeddantadhāvanam // > Apāmārga, vilva, and karavīra for cleaning \[the teeth\]; / Facing north or facing east, one should chew the tooth-cleansing twig. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.15) prakṣālya bhuktvā tajjahyācchucau deśe samāhitaḥ / snātvā santarpayeddevānṛṣīnpitṛgaṇāṃstathā // > Having washed it and chewed it, one should discard it in a clean place, composed in mind. / Having bathed, one should make libations to the gods, the ṛṣis, and the host of ancestors. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.16) ācamya vidhivannityaṃ punarācamya vāgyataḥ / saṃmārjya mantrai rātmānaṃ kuśaiḥ sodakabindubhaiḥ // > Having performed sipping according to rule, and constantly sipping again, restraining speech, / Cleansing oneself with mantras using kuśa grass with drops of water, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.17) āpohiṣṭhāvyāhṛtibhiḥ sāvitryā vāruṇaiḥ śubhaiḥ / oṅkāravyāhṛtiyutāṃ gāyattrīṃ vedamātaram // > With the Āpo hiṣṭhā hymn, the vyāhṛtis, the Sāvitrī, and auspicious Vāruṇa hymns, / \[And\] the Gāyatrī, the mother of the Vedas, accompanied by the syllable Om and the vyāhṛtis, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.18) japtvā jalāñjaliṃ dadyādbhāraskaraṃ prati tanmanāḥ / prākkūleṣu tataḥ sthitvā darbheṣu susamāhitaḥ // > Having recited \[it\], he should offer a handful of water to the sun with focused mind. / Then, standing upon darbha grass with tips pointed eastward, deeply concentrated, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.19) prāṇāyāmaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā dhyāyetsandhyāmiti śrutiḥ / yā sandhyā sā jagatsūtirmāyātītā hi niṣkalā // > Having then performed breath control, he should meditate on the twilight (sandhyā)—so says the Veda. / The twilight is the mother of the universe, beyond māyā, parts-less, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.20) aiśvarī kevalā śaktistattvatrayasamudbhavā / dhyātvā raktāṃ sitāṃ kṛṣṇāṃ gāyattrīṃ vai japedvudhaḥ // > The sovereign, absolute power, originating from the three principles (tattva); / Having meditated on the red, white, and black Gāyatrī, the wise man should recite it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.21) prāṅmukhaḥ satataṃ vipraḥ sandhyopāsanamācaret / sandhyāhīno 'śucirnityamanarhaḥ sarvakarmasu // > Facing east, the brāhmaṇa should always perform twilight worship (sandhyopāsana); / One devoid of twilight worship is permanently impure, unfit for any ritual. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.22) yadanyatkurute kiñcinna tasya phalabhāgbhavet / ananyacetasaḥ santo brāhmaṇā vedapāragāḥ // > Whatever else he does, he does not partake in its fruit. / Good brāhmaṇas who have mastered the Vedas, with single-pointed minds, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.23) upāsya vidhivatsandhyāṃ prāptāḥ pūrvaparāṃ gatim / yo 'nyatra kurute yatnaṃ dharma kārye dvijottamaḥ // > Having worshipped the twilight according to rule, have reached the supreme goal of old. / The excellent twice-born who makes effort elsewhere in religious duties, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.24) vihāya sandhyāpraṇatiṃ sa yāti narakāyutam / tasmātsarvaprayatnena sandhyopāsanamācaret // > Abandoning salutation to the twilight, goes to ten thousand hells; / Therefore, with every effort, one should perform twilight worship. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.25) upāsito bhavettena devo yogatanuḥ paraḥ / sahasraparamāṃ nityāṃ śatamadhyāṃ daśāvarām // > Thereby the supreme deity, whose body is yoga, will be worshipped. / The wise man, facing east, self-controlled and pure, should recite the Gāyatrī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.26) gāyattrīṃ vai japedvidvānprāṅmukhaḥ prayataḥ śuciḥ / athopatiṣṭhedādityamudayasthaṃ samāhitaḥ // > A thousand times as the highest, a hundred times as the intermediate, and ten times as the minimum. / Then, composed in mind, he should attend upon the rising sun > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.27) mantraistu vividhaiḥ sauraiḥ ṛgyajuḥsāmasaṃjñitaiḥ / upasthāya mahāyogaṃ devadevaṃ divākaram // > With various solar mantras designated as ṛc, yajus, and sāman. / Having attended upon the Sun, the god of gods of great yoga, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.28) kurvīta praṇatiṃ bhūmau mūrdhānamabhimantritaḥ / oṃ khakholkāya śāntāya kāraṇatrayahetave // > He should make a prostration on the ground with his head consecrated by mantras: / 'Om, to Khakholka, the peaceful one, the cause of the three origins, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.29) nivedayāmi cātmānaṃ namaste jñānarūpiṇe / tvameva brahma paramamāpo jyotī raso 'mṛtam // > I offer myself; salutations to you whose form is knowledge! / You alone are the supreme Brahman, water, light, essence, nectar, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.30) bhūrbhuvaḥ svastvamoṅkāraḥ sarvo rudraḥ sanātanaḥ / etadvai sūryahṛdayaṃ japtvā stavanamuttamam // > Bhūḥ, bhuvaḥ, svaḥ; you are the syllable Om, Sarva, Rudra, eternal.' / Having recited this Sūryahṛdaya, the supreme hymn of praise, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.31) prātaḥ kāle ca madhyāhne namaskuryāddivākaram / athāgamya gṛhaṃ vipraḥ (paścāt) samācamya yathāvidhi // > In the morning and at midday, he should bow to the Sun. / Then, returning home, the brāhmaṇa, having properly performed sipping according to rule, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.32) prajvālya vahniṃ vidhivajjuhuyājjātavedasam / ṛtvik putro 'tha patnī vā śiṣyo vāpi sahodaraḥ // > Kindling the fire according to rule, should make offerings to Jātavedas. / An officiating priest, a son, or a wife, or a pupil, or a brother, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.33) prāpyānujñāṃ viśeṣeṇa juhuyādvā yathāvidhi / vinā ma (ta) ntreṇa yatkarma nāmutreha phalapradam // > Having specifically obtained permission, may make the offering according to rule. / A rite done without a mantra bears no fruit here or hereafter. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.34) daivatāni namaskuryādupahārānnivedayet / guruṃ caivāpyupāsīta hitaṃ cāsya samācaret // > He should bow down to the deities and present offerings; / He should also serve the guru and perform what is beneficial to him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.35) vedābhyāsaṃ tataḥ kuryātprayatnācchaktito dvijaḥ / japedvādhyāpayecchiṣyāndhārayedvai vicārayet // > Then the twice-born should diligently engage in the study of the Veda according to his capacity; / He should recite, or teach students, or memorize, or deliberate. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.36) avekṣeta ca śāstrāṇi dharmādīni dvijottamaḥ / vaidikāṃścaiva nigamānvedāṅgāni ca sarvaśaḥ // > The excellent twice-born should also examine the treatises on dharma and the rest, / And the Vedic scriptures and auxiliary sciences (vedāṅgas) completely. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.37) upayādīśvaraṃ caiva yogakṣemaprāsiddhaye / sādhayedvividhānarthānkuṭumbārthaṃ tato dvijaḥ // > He should approach God for the attainment of acquisition and preservation (yogakṣema); / Then the twice-born should pursue various means of livelihood for the sake of his household. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.38) tato madhyāhnasamaye snānārthaṃ mṛdamāharet / puṣpākṣatāṃstilakuśān gomayaṃ śuddhameva ca // > Then, at midday, he should fetch earth for the sake of bathing, / Flowers, unbroken grain, sesame, kuśa grass, and pure cow dung. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.39) nadīṣu devakhāteṣu taḍāgeṣu saraḥ su ca / snānaṃ samācarennaiva parakīye kadācana // > He should bathe in rivers, artificial ponds made for deities, tanks, and natural lakes; / He should never bathe in \[a water reservoir\] belonging to another. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.40) pañca piṇḍānanuddhṛtya snānaṃ duṣyanti nityaśaḥ / mṛdaikayā śiraḥ kṣālyaṃ dvābhyāṃ nābhestathopari // > Without lifting up five lumps of earth, bathing is always considered tainted. / One should wash the head with one lump of earth, and above the navel with two. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.41) adhaśca tisṛbhiḥ kṣālyaṃ pādau ṣaṭbhistathaiva ca / mṛttikā ca samuddiṣṭā vṛddhāmalakamātnikā // > Below \[the navel\] one should wash with three, and likewise both feet with six. / The clay is prescribed to be the size of a large myrobalan fruit. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.42) gomayasya pramāṇaṃ tu tenāṅgaṃ lepayettataḥ / prakṣālyācamya vidhivattataḥ snāyātsamāhitaḥ // > The same measure is prescribed for cow dung, with which one should then smear the body. / Having rinsed and properly sipped water according to the rule, one should then bathe with a collected mind. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.43) lepayitvā tu tīrasthastalliṅgaireva mantrataḥ / abhimantrya jalaṃ mantrairāliṅgairvāruṇaiḥ śubhaiḥ // > Having smeared \[oneself\] while standing on the bank, with mantras containing the appropriate marks, / and having consecrated the water with auspicious mantras addressed to Varuṇa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.44) tnānakāle smaredviṣṇamāpo nārāyaṇo yataḥ / prekṣya oṅkāramādityaṃ trirnimajjejjalāśaye // > at the time of bathing one should remember Viṣṇu, because water is Nārāyaṇa. / Looking upon the sun with the syllable Oṃ, one should immerse oneself three times in the body of water. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.45) ācāntaḥ punarācāmenmantreṇānena mantravit / antaścarasi bhūteṣu guhāyāṃ viśvatomukhaḥ // > Having sipped water, the knower of mantras should sip water again with this mantra: / 'You move within beings, inside the cave of the heart, facing in all directions; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.46) tvaṃ yajñastvaṃ vaṣaṭkāra āpo jyotī raso 'mṛtam / drupadāṃ vā trirabhyasyevdyāhṛtipraṇavānvitām // > you are the sacrifice, you are the vaṣaṭ-call, you are the waters, light, essence, and nectar.' / Or one should repeat the drupadā verse three times, accompanied by the vyāhṛtis and the praṇava, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.47) sāvitrīṃ vā jape dvidvāṃstathā caivāghamarṣaṇam / tataḥ saṃmārjanaṃ kuryādāpohiṣṭhāmayobhuvaḥ // > or the wise person should recite the sāvitrī and also the aghamarṣaṇa mantra. / Then one should perform sprinkling with the hymn 'āpo hi ṣṭhā mayobhuvaḥ…' \[RV 10.9.1\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.48) idamāpaḥ pravahatavyāhṛtibhistathaiva ca / tato 'bhimantritaṃ topamāpo hiṣṭhādimantrakaiḥ // > and likewise with 'idam āpaḥ pravahata…' \[RV 1.23.22\] and the vyāhṛtis. / Then the water, consecrated with the mantras beginning with 'āpo hi ṣṭhā…', > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.49) antarjalamavāṅmagno japettriraghamarṣaṇam / drupadāṃ vātha sāvitrariṃ tadviṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam // > submerged under water facing downward, one should recite the aghamarṣaṇa three times, / or the drupadā, or the sāvitrī, or 'tad viṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam…' \[RV 1.22.20\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.50) āvartayedvā praṇavaṃ devadevaṃ ramareddharim / apaḥ pāṇau samādāya japtvā vai mārjane kṛte // > Or one may repeat the praṇava, and remember Hari, the God of gods. / Taking up water in the hand and reciting \[mantras\] when the sprinkling has been done, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.51) vinyasya mūrdhni tattoyaṃ mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ / sandhyāmupāsya cācamya saṃsmarennityamīśvaram // > and placing that water on the head, one is freed from all sins. / Having performed the twilight worship and sipped water, one should constantly contemplate the Lord. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.52) athopatiṣṭhedādityamūrdhvapuṣpānvitāñjalim / prakṣipyālokayeddevamudayantaṃ na śakyate // > Then one should stand facing the sun with hollowed hands raised filled with flowers. / Offering it, one may gaze at the rising deity if possible. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.53) udutyaṃ citramityevaṃ taccakṣuriti mantrataḥ / haṃsaḥ śuciṣadetena sāvitryā ca viśeṣataḥ // > With the mantras 'ud u tyaṃ…' \[RV 1.50.1\], 'citraṃ…' \[RV 1.115.1\], 'tac cakṣur…' \[RV 7.66.16\], / with 'haṃsaḥ śuciṣat…' \[RV 4.40.5\], and especially with the sāvitrī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.54) anyaiḥ saurairvaidikaiśca gāyattrīṃ ca tato japet / mantrāṃśca vividhānpaścātprākkūle ca kaśāsane // > and with other Vedic solar hymns; and thereafter one should recite the Gāyatrī / and various mantras, seated on a kuśa grass seat whose tips point eastward. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.55) tiṣṭhaṃśca vīkṣyamāṇor'kaṃ japaṃ kuryātsamāhitaḥ / sphaṭikābjākṣarudrākṣaiḥ putrajīvasamudbhavaiḥ // > Standing and looking at the sun, one should recite with a collected mind. / With \[rosaries of\] crystal, lotus seeds, rudrākṣa, or those made of putrajīva, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.56) kartavyā tvakṣālā syādantarā tatra sā smṛtā / yadi syātklinnavāsā vai vārimadhyagataścaret // > a rosary should be made, which is stated to be used inwardly. / If wearing wet clothes, one should perform \[the recitation\] standing in the midst of water; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.57) anyathā ca śucau bhūmyāṃ darbheṣu ca samāhitaḥ / pradakṣiṇaṃ samāvṛtya namaskṛtya tataḥ kṣitau // > otherwise, \[one should perform it\] on pure ground, seated on darbha grass with a collected mind. / Having turned in circumambulation and then bowed down upon the ground, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.58) ācamya ca yathāśāstraṃ śaktyā svādhyāyamācaret / tataḥ santarpayeddevānṛṣīnpitṛgaṇāṃstathā // > and having sipped water according to the scriptures, one should perform personal Vedic study to the best of one's ability. / Then one should offer libations to the gods, the sages, and the ancestral spirits. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.59) ādāvoṅkāramuccārya namo 'nte tarpayāmi ca / devānbrahmaṛṣīṃścaiva tarpayedakṣatodakaiḥ // > Uttering the syllable Oṃ at the beginning, followed by 'namaḥ' and 'tarpayāmi' at the end, / one should offer libations to the gods and the brahmanical sages with water mixed with unbroken grains; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.60) pitṝndevānmunīn bhaktyā svasūtroktavidhānataḥ // > to the ancestors, the gods, and the sages with devotion, according to the rule declared in one's own sūtra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.61) devarṣoṃstarpayeddhīmānudakāñjalibhiḥ pitṝt / yajñopavītī devānāṃ nivītī ṛṣitarpaṇe // > The wise person should satisfy the gods and sages, and the ancestors with hollowed hands of water; / wearing the sacred thread over the left shoulder for the gods, suspended around the neck for libations to sages, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.62) prācīnāvītī pitrye tu tena tīrthena bhārata / niṣpīḍya snānavastraṃ vai samācamya ca vāgyataḥ // > and over the right shoulder for the ancestral rites, using that sacred part of the hand, O Bhārata. / Wringing out the bathing garment and sipping water with restrained speech, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.63) svairmantrairarcayeddevānpuṣpaiḥ patraistathāmbubhiḥ / brahmāṇaṃ śaṅkaraṃ sūryaṃ tathaiva madhusūdanam // > one should worship the gods with their respective mantras, using flowers, leaves, and water: / Brahmā, Śaṅkara, Sūrya, and likewise Madhusūdana, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.64) anyāṃścābhimatāndevān bhaktyā cākrodhano hara ! / pradadyādvātha puṣpādi sūktena puruṣeṇa tu // > and other chosen deities with devotion, free from anger, O Hara! / Or one may offer flowers and the like with the Puruṣa Sūkta. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.65) āpo vā devatāḥ sarvāstena samyak samarcitāḥ / dhyātvā praṇavapūrvaṃ vai devaṃ vārisamāhitaḥ // > All deities are indeed present in the waters; they are thus fully worshipped by this. / Having meditated on the deity with the praṇava, composed in mind in the water, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.66) namaskāreṇa puṣāpāṇi vinyasedvai pṛthakpṛthak / narte hyārādhanātpuṇyaṃ vidyate karma vaidikam // > one should offer flowers individually with obeisance. / For without worship, no Vedic rite produces merit. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.67) tasmāttatrādimadhyānte cetasā dhārayeddharim / tadviṣṇoriti mantreṇa sūktena puruṣeṇa tu // > Therefore, at the beginning, middle, and end thereof, one should hold Hari in mind / with the mantra 'tad viṣṇoḥ…' and with the Puruṣa Sūkta, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.68) nivedayecca ātmānaṃ viṣṇave 'malatejase / tadādhyātmamanāḥ śāntastadviṣṇoriti mantrataḥ // > and one should dedicate oneself to Viṣṇu of spotless splendor. / With mind intent on the Supreme Self, peaceful, through the mantra 'tad viṣṇoḥ…', > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.69) aprete saśirā vetiyajetvā puṣpake harim / devayajñaṃ pitṛyajñaṃ tathaiva ca / mānuṣaṃ brahmayajñaṃ ca pañca yajñānsamācaret // > \[…\] one should worship Hari with flowers. / One should perform the five sacrifices: the sacrifice to the gods, the sacrifice to the ancestors, / likewise the human sacrifice, and the sacrifice to Brahman. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.70) yadi syāttarpaṇādarvāgbrayajñaṃ kuto bhavet / kṛtvā manuṣyayajñaṃ vai tataḥ svādhyāyamācaret // > If \[it is performed\] prior to the libation, how could the sacrifice to Brahman take place? / Having performed the sacrifice to humans, one should then perform personal Vedic study. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.71) vaiśvadevastu kartavyo devayajñaḥ sa tu smṛtaḥ / bhūtayajñaḥṛ sa vai jñeyo bhūtebhyo yastvayaṃ baliḥ // > The Vaiśvadeva rite must be performed; that is remembered as the sacrifice to the gods. / That which is an offering of food to living beings should be known as the sacrifice to beings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.72) śvabhyaśca śvapacebhyaśca patitādibhya eva ca / dadyādbhūmau bahistvannaṃ pakṣibhyaśca dvijottamaḥ // > To dogs, outcastes, the fallen, and the like, / and to birds, the best of the twice-born should give food outside on the ground. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.73) ekaṃ tu bhojayedvipraṃ pitṝnuddiśya sattamāḥ / nityaśrāddhaṃ taduddiśya pitṛyajño gatipradaḥ // > One should feed a single brāhmaṇa on behalf of the ancestors, O best of men; / that daily śrāddha offered on their behalf is the sacrifice to the ancestors, granting a good destination. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.74) uddhṛtya vā yathāśakti kiñcidannaṃ samāhitaḥ / vedatattvārthaviduṣe dvijāyaivopapādayet // > Or having set aside some food to the best of one's ability with a collected mind, / one should offer it to a twice-born person who knows the true meaning of the Veda. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.75) pūjayedatithiṃ nityaṃ namasyedarcayoddvijam / manovākkarmabhiḥ śāntaṃ svāgataiḥ svagṛhaṃ tataḥ // > One should always revere a guest; one should bow to and worship a twice-born person / who is peaceful, with mind, speech, and deed, welcoming them into one's home. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.76) bhikṣāmāhurgrāsamātramannaṃ tatsyāccaturguṇam / puṣkalaṃ hantakāraṃ tu taccaturguṇamucyate // > They say an alms-portion consists of a single mouthful of food, and four times that is a measure of food; / four times that is called a hantakāra, a bountiful offering. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.77) godohamātrakālaṃ vai pratīkṣyo hyatithiḥ svayam / abhyāgatānyathāśakti pūjayedatithiṃ tathā // > One should oneself wait for a guest for the time it takes to milk a cow. / Likewise, one should honour guests who have arrived according to one's capacity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.78) bhikṣāṃ vai bhikṣave dadyādvidhivadbrahyacāriṇe / dadyādannaṃ yathāśakti arthibhyo lobhavarjitaḥ // > One should give alms to a renunciant according to the rule, and to a celibate student; / free from greed, one should give food to supplicants according to one's ability. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.79) bhuñjati bandhubhiḥ sārdhaṃ vāgyato 'nnamakutsayan / akṛtvā tu dvijaḥ pañca mahāyajñān dvijottamaḥ // > One should eat together with kinsmen with restrained speech, not finding fault with the food. / But if a twice-born, the best of the twice-born, without having performed the five great sacrifices, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.80) bhuñjate cetsa mūḍhātmā tiryagyoniṃ ca gacchati / vedābhyāso 'nvahaṃ śaktyā mahāyajñakriyākṣamāḥ // > eats, that foolish person goes to the womb of an animal. / Daily study of the Veda according to ability, forgiveness, and performance of the great sacrifices, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.81) nāśayantyāśu pāpāni devānāmarcanaṃ tathā / yo mohādatha vālasyādakṛtvā devatārcanam // > as well as the worship of the gods, quickly destroy sins. / One who, out of delusion or laziness, eats without having performed worship of the deities, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.82) bhuṅkte sa yāti narakāntsūṃkareṣveva jāyate / aśaucaṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi aśuciḥ pātakī sadā // > goes to the hells and is born among swine. / I shall now declare ritual impurity: an impure person is always a sinner. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.83) aśaucaṃ caiva saṃsargācchuddhiḥ saṃsargavarjanāt / daśāhaṃ prāhurāśaucaṃ sarveviprā vipaścitaḥ // > Ritual impurity arises from contact, and purification from avoiding contact. / All wise brāhmaṇas declare ritual impurity to last ten days > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.84) mṛteṣu vātha jāteṣu brāhmaṇānāṃ dvijottama / ādantajananāt sadya ācūḍādekarātrakam // > upon deaths or births among brāhmaṇas, O best of the twice-born. / Before the eruption of teeth \[purification is\] immediate; up to the tonsure rite, \[impurity lasts\] one night; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.85) trirātramaupanayanāddaśarātramataḥ param / kṣattriyo dvādaśahena daśabhiḥ pañcabhirviśaḥ // > three nights up to the sacred thread investiture, and ten nights thereafter. / A kṣatriya becomes pure in twelve days, a vaiśya in fifteen, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.86) śudhyenmāsena vai śūdro yatīnāṃ nāsti pātakam / rātribhirmāsatulyābhirgarbhastrāveṣu śaucakam // > and a śūdra is purified in a month; ascetics incur no taint. / In miscarriages, purification is attained in as many nights as the months \[of gestation\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.50.86.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50.86.p1) iti gāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe nityakarmāśaucayornirūpaṇaṃ nāma pañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the fiftieth chapter, named 'Determination of Daily Rites and Impurity', in the Ācārakāṇḍa of the first part in the first section of the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.50.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (9) - [Kūrmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.18.4) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Haribhaktivilāsa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.gaudiya.acara.haribhaktivilasa.3.311) — Gopāla Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmin & Sanātana Gosvāmin 1535, Sanskrit - [Smṛtiratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.smrtiratnakara.2.p64.8) — Veṅkaṭanātha, Sanskrit - [Smṛtiratnākara (Viṭṭhalanātha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.smrtiratnakara-vitthala.2.p64.8) — Viṭṭhalanātha, Sanskrit - [Ācārabhūṣaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.acarabhusana.16.p1.5) — Tryambaka rāma oka 1794, Sanskrit - [Saṃskāraratnamālā (Gopīnātha Dīkṣita Oka)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.samskara.samskararatnamala.13.p1.1) — Gopīnātha Dīkṣita Oka, Sanskrit - [Ācārasāra (Gadādhara)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.acarasara-gadadhara.3.p6) — Gadādhara (Pāraskara commentator), Sanskrit - [Nityācārapaddhati (Vidyākara vājapeyin)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.ahnika.nityacarapaddhati-vidyakara-vajapeyin.2.p66) — Vidyākara vājapeyin, Sanskrit - [Śrāddhacandrikā (Divākarabhaṭṭa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.sraddha.sraddhacandrika.2.p98) — Divākarabhaṭṭa 1655, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.50) · Pramāṇa