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Garudapurana 1.64

Garuḍapurāṇa 1.64

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1.64.1

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 64
hariruvāca /
yasyāstu kuñcitāḥ keśā mukhaṃ ca parimaṇḍalam /
nābhiśca dakṣiṇāvartā sā kanyā kulavardhinī //

The holy Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa — 64 / Hari said: / She whose hair is curled, whose face is round, / and whose navel turns clockwise, that maiden makes her family prosper.

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1.64.2

yā ca kāñcanavarṇābhā raktahastasaroruhā /
sahasrāṇāṃ tu nārīṇāṃ bhavetsāpi pativratā //

She who has the luster of gold and red lotus hands, / among thousands of women, she will be devoted to her husband.

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1.64.3

vakrakeśā ca yā kanyā maṇḍalākṣī ca yā bhavet /
bhartā ca mriyate tasyā niyataṃ duḥ khabhāginī //

The maiden who has crooked hair and round eyes, / her husband dies; she is certainly an heir to sorrow.

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1.64.4

pūrṇacandramukhī kanyā bālasūryasamaprabhā /
viśālanetrā bimboṣṭhī sā kanyā labhate sukham //

A maiden with a full-moon face, shining like the morning sun, / large-eyed, with bimba-fruit lips, that maiden attains happiness.

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1.64.5

rekhābhirbahubhiḥ kleśaṃ svalpābhirdhanahīnatā /
raktābhiḥ sukhamāpnoti kṛṣṇābhiḥ preṣyatāṃvrajet //

By many lines [on the palm] comes trouble; by few, lack of wealth; / by red ones she attains happiness; by black ones she will become a servant.

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1.64.6

kārye ca mantrī satstrī syātsatī (khī) syātkaraṇeṣu ca /
streheṣu bhāryā mātā syādveśyā ca śayane śubhā //

In affairs a virtuous wife should be an advisor; she should be a friend in actions; / in affections she should be a mother; and in bed, charming like a courtesan.

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1.64.7

aṅkuśaṃ kuṇḍalaṃ cakraṃ yasyāḥ pāṇitale bhavet /
putraṃ prasūyate nārī narendraṃ labhate patim //

On whose palm there is an elephant-goad, an earring, or a discus, / that woman bears a son and obtains a king for a husband.

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1.64.8

yasyāstu romaśau pārśvau romaśau ca payodharau /
annatau cādharoṣṭhau ca kṣipraṃ mārayate patim //

She whose flanks are hairy and whose breasts are hairy, / and whose lower lip is protruding, quickly brings about her husband's death.

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1.64.9

yasyāḥ pāṇitale rekhā prākārastoraṇaṃ bhavet /
api dāsakule jātā rājñītvamupagacchati //

She on whose palm the line forms an rampart or an archway, / even if born in a servant family, attains the status of a queen.

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1.64.10

udvṛttā kapilā yasya romarājī nirantaram /
api rājakule jātā dāsītvamupagacchati //

She whose line of abdominal hair is curved upward, tawny, and unbroken, / even if born in a royal family, attains the status of a maidservant.

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1.64.11

yasyā anāmikāṅguṣṭhau pṛthivyāṃ naiva tiṣṭhataḥ /
patiṃ mārayate kṣipraṃ svecchācāreṇa vartate //

She whose ring finger and big toe do not touch the ground / quickly brings about her husband's death and behaves willfully.

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1.64.12

yasyā gamanamātreṇa bhūmikampaḥ prajāyate /
patiṃ mārayate kṣipraṃ svecchācāreṇa vartate //

She by whose mere step an earthquake is produced / quickly brings about her husband's death and behaves willfully.

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1.64.13

cakṣuḥ snehena saubhāgyaṃ dantasnehena bhojanam /
tvacaḥ snehena śāyyāṃ ca pādasnehena vāhanam //

From glossiness of the eyes comes good fortune; from glossiness of the teeth comes food; / from glossiness of the skin comes a [fine] bed; and from glossiness of the feet comes a conveyance.

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1.64.14

snigdhonnatau tāmranakhau nāryāśca caraṇau śubhau /
matsyāṅkuśābjacihnau ca cakralāṅgalalakṣitau //

Glossy, high, with copper-red nails are the auspicious feet of a woman, / marked with the signs of a fish, a goad, a lotus, a discus, and a plow.

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1.64.15

asvedinau mūdutalau praśastau caraṇau striyāḥ /
śubhe jaṅghe virome ca ūrū hastikaropamau //

Sweatless and soft-soled feet are praised for a woman; / her shins should be auspicious and hairless, and her thighs like elephant trunks.

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1.64.16

aśvatthapatrasadṛśaṃ vipulaṃ guhyamuttamam /
nābhiḥ praśastā gambhīrā dakṣiṇāvartikā śubhā /
aromā trivalī nāryā hṛtstanau romavarjitau //

Resembling a peepal leaf and broad, the vulva is excellent; / the navel is praised as deep, clockwise-turning, and auspicious; / hairless are a woman's three abdominal folds, and her heart and breasts are devoid of hair.

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1.64.16.p1

iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe jyotiḥ śāstre sāmudrike strīlakṣaṇanirūpaṇaṃ nāma catuḥ ṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Thus ends the sixty-fourth chapter, named “Determination of the Auspicious Marks of Women in Bodily Science”, in the Treatise on Astral Science, in the section on Conduct, in the first part called the first section, of the holy Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa.

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