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# Garudapurana 1.67

Garuḍapurāṇa 1.67

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [1.67.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.67.43) — 1 part

### [1.67.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.67.1)

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 67  
(iti jyotiḥ śāstraṃ samāptam) /  
sūta uvāca /  
hareḥ śrutvā haro gaurīṃ dehasthaṃ jñānamabravīt //

> Śrī Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa — 67 / (Thus ends the science of astrology.) / Sūta said: / Having heard \[it\] from Hari, Hara explained to Gaurī the knowledge residing in the body:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.67.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.67.2)

kujo vahnī raviḥ pṛthvī saurirāpaḥ prakīrtitaḥ /  
vāyusaṃsthāsthito rāhurdakṣarandhrāvabhāsakaḥ //

> Mars is said to be fire, the Sun earth, and Saturn water. / Rāhu, residing in the state of wind, illuminates the right aperture.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.67.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.67.3)

guruḥ śukrastathā saumyaścandraścaiva caturthakaḥ /  
vāmanāḍīṃ tu madhyasthāṃ kārayedātmanastathā //

> Jupiter, Venus, Mercury, and the Moon as the fourth— / one should likewise establish them in the left channel, and \[the others\] in the central one for oneself.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.67.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.67.4)

yadācara ilāyuktastadā karmasamācaret /  
sthānasevāṃ tathā dhyānaṃ vāṇijyaṃ rājadarśanam //

> When the breath moves in conjunction with the iḍā, one should undertake actions \[such as\] / serving at a holy place, meditation, trade, and visiting the king.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.67.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.67.5)

anyāni śubhakarmāṇi kārayeta prayatnataḥ /  
dakṣanāḍīpravāhe tu śanirbhaumaśca saihikaḥ //

> One should diligently perform other auspicious actions. / But when the flow is in the right channel, Saturn, Mars, Rāhu,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.67.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.67.6)

inaścaiva tathāpye pāpānāmudayo bhavet /  
śubhāśubhaviveko hi jñāyate tu svarodayāt //

> and the Sun \[rule\], and then the rise of malefics occurs. / Indeed, discernment between auspicious and inauspicious is known through svarodaya.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.67.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.67.7)

dehamadhye sthitā nāḍyo bahurūpāḥ suvistarāḥ /  
nābheradhastādyaḥ kandastvaṅkurāstatra nirgatāḥ //

> Within the body abide the channels, multiform and very extensive. / From the bulb situated below the navel, sprouts have emerged there;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.67.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.67.8)

dvisaptatisahasrāṇi nābhimadhye vyavasthite /  
cakravacca sthitāstāstu sarvāḥ prāṇaharāḥ smṛtāḥ //

> seventy-two thousand \[channels\] are situated in the center of the navel. / Residing like a wheel, they are all remembered as carriers of breath.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.67.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.67.9)

tāsāṃ madhye trayaḥ śreṣṭhā vāmadakṣaiṇamadhyamāḥ /  
vāmā somātmikā proktā dakṣiṇā ravisannibhā //

> Among them, three are foremost: the left, the right, and the middle. / The left is declared to have the nature of the Moon; the right resembles the Sun;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.67.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.67.10)

madhyamā ca bhavedagniḥ phalantī kālapūriṇī /  
vāmā hyamṛtarūpā ca jagadāpyāyane sthitā //

> and the middle is fire, bearing fruit and fulfilling time. / For the left has the nature of nectar, abiding to nourish the universe;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.67.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.67.11)

dakṣiṇā raudrabhāgena jagacchoṣayate sadā /  
dvayorvāhe tu mṛtyuḥ syātsarvakāryavināśinī //

> the right, with its fierce portion, always dries up the world. / When there is flow in both, death occurs, destroying all undertakings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.67.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.67.12)

nirgame tu bhavedvāmā praveśe dakṣaiṇā smṛtā /  
iḍācāre tathā saumyaṃ candrasūryagatastathā //

> The left is considered \[active\] in departure, and the right in entry. / When the movement is in the iḍā, it is gentle, moving \[respectively\] in Moon and Sun.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.67.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.67.13)

kārayetkrūra karmāṇi prāṇe piṅgalasaṃsthite /  
yātrāyāṃ sarvakāryeṣu viṣāpahāraṇe iḍā //

> One should perform fierce deeds when the breath resides in the piṅgalā. / In travel, in all undertakings, and in the removal of poison, the iḍā \[is beneficial\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.67.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.67.14)

bhojane maithune yuddhe piṅgalā siddhidāyikā /  
uccāṭamāraṇādyeṣu karmasveteṣu piṅgalā //

> In eating, sexual union, and battle, the piṅgalā grants success. / In these acts—eradication, killing, and the like—the piṅgalā \[is used\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.67.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.67.15)

maithune caiva saṃgrāme bhojane siddhidāyikā /  
śobhaneṣu ca kāryeṣu yātrāyāṃ viṣakarmaṇi //

> And in sexual union, combat, and eating, it grants success. / In auspicious actions, in travel, and in works concerning poison,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.67.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.67.16)

śāntimuktyarthasiddhyai ca iḍā yojyā narādhipaiḥ /  
dvābhyāṃ caiva pravāhe ca krūrasaumyavivarjane //

> for peace, liberation, and the attainment of wealth, kings should employ the iḍā. / When the flow is in both, avoiding both fierce and gentle \[actions\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.67.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.67.17)

viṣavattaṃ tu jānīyātsaṃsmarettu vicakṣaṇaḥ /  
saumyādiśubhakāryeṣu lābhādijayajīvite //

> the wise person should know it to be like poison and remember \[the divine\]. / In gentle and other auspicious deeds, in gain, victory, and life,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.67.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.67.18)

gamanāgamane caiva vāmā sarvatra pūjitā /  
yuddhādibhojane ghāte strīṇāṃ caiva tu saṃgame //

> and in going and coming, the left is praised everywhere. / In battle and the like, eating, slaying, and union with women,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.67.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.67.19)

praśastā dakṣiṇā nāḍī praveśe kṣudrakarmaṇi /  
śubhāśubhāni kāryāṇi lābhālābhau jayājayau //

> the right channel is commended; \[so too\] in entry and in lesser rituals. / Regarding actions auspicious and inauspicious, gain and loss, victory and defeat,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.67.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.67.20)

jīvājīvāya yatpṛcchenna sidhyati ca madhyamā /  
vāmācāre 'thavā dakṣe pratyaye yatra nāyakaḥ //

> or life and death, whatever is asked does not succeed \[if the flow is in\] the middle \[channel\]. / When the inquirer is confident \[whether breath is\] in the left or right course,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.67.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.67.21)

tanusthaḥ pṛcchate yastu tatra siddhirna saṃśayaḥ /  
vaicchando vāmadevastu yadā vahati cātmani //

> and asks while stationed in his body, there is success, no doubt. / When Vāmadeva flows freely according to will in oneself,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.67.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.67.22)

tatra bhāge sthitaḥ pṛcchetsiddhirbhavati niṣphalā /  
vāme vā dakṣiṇe vāpi yatra saṃkramate śivā //

> if one standing in that part makes an inquiry, the success proves fruitless. / In the left or in the right, wherever the auspicious \[breath\] moves,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.67.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.67.23)

ghore ghorāṇi kāryāṇi saumye vai madhyamāni ca /  
prasthite bhāgato haṃse dvābhyāṃ vai sarvavāhinī //

> in the terrible \[channel\] terrible actions \[are done\], and in the gentle \[channel\] moderate ones. / When the breath-swan has set out from a portion, or when it flows entirely through both,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.67.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.67.24)

tadā mṛtyuṃ vijānīyādyogī yogaviśāradaḥ /  
yatrayatra sthitaḥ pṛcchedvāmadakṣiṇasaṃmukhaḥ //

> then the yogin skilled in yoga should recognize death. / Wherever stationed the inquirer asks, facing the left or the right,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.67.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.67.25)

tatratatra samaṃ diśyādvātasyodayanaṃ sadā /  
agrato vāmikā śreṣṭhā pṛṣṭhato dakṣiṇā śubhā //

> in that very place one should always indicate equally the rising of the wind. / In front, the left is best; from behind, the right is auspicious;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.67.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.67.26)

vāmena vāmikā proktā dakṣiṇe dakṣiṇā śubhā /  
vāme vāmā śubhe caiva dakṣiṇe dakṣiṇā śubhā //

> by the left the left is declared \[best\], and on the right the right is auspicious. / On the left the left is auspicious, and on the right the right is auspicious.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.67.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.67.27)

jīvo jīvati jīvena yacchūnyaṃ tastvaro bhavet /  
yatkiñcitkāryamuddiṣṭaṃ jayādiśubhalakṣaṇam //

> The living thrives through the living \[channel\]; that which is empty brings haste. / Whatever undertaking is indicated, marked by victory and other auspicious signs,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.67.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.67.28)

tatsarvaṃ pūrṇanāḍyāṃ tu jāyate nirvikalpataḥ /  
anyanāḍyādiparyantaṃ pakṣatrayamudāhṛtam //

> all that occurs without doubt in the full channel. / From another channel up to the end, three fortnights are spoken of.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.67.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.67.29)

yāvatṣaṣṭhī tu pṛcchāyāṃ pūrṇāyāṃ prathamo jayet /  
riktāyāṃ tu dvitīyastu kathayettadaśaṅkitaḥ //

> As far as the sixth \[tithi\] in the query: if it is full, the first wins; / but if empty, the second \[wins\]—thus one should declare without hesitation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.67.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.67.30)

vāmācārasamo vāyurjāyate karmasiddhidaḥ /  
pravṛtte dakṣiṇe mārge viṣame viṣamākṣaram //

> Breath equal to the movement of the left arises granting the success of actions. / When the right path is active, an odd-syllabled \[name succeeds\] on an odd \[condition\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.67.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.67.31)

anyatra vāmavāhe tu nāma vai viṣamākṣaram /  
tadāsau jayamāpnoti yodhaḥ saṃgrāmamadhyataḥ //

> In other cases, when the left flows, if the name has an odd number of syllables, / then that warrior attains victory in the midst of battle.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.67.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.67.32)

dakṣavātapravāhe tu yadi nāma samākṣaram /  
jā(ja) yate nātra sandeho nāḍīmaghye tu lakṣayet //

> When the right breath flows, if the name has an even number of syllables, / he wins, there is no doubt here; one should observe \[this\] in the channels.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.67.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.67.33)

piṅgalāntargate prāṇe śamanīyāhavaṃ jayet /  
yāvannāḍyudayaṃ cārastāṃ diśaṃ yāvadāpayet //

> When the breath is within the piṅgalā, he will conquer in the battle to be pacified. / As long as the channel is rising in movement, so long should one take that direction;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.67.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.67.34)

na dātuṃ jāyate so 'pi nātra kāryā vicāraṇā /  
atha saṃgrāmamadhye tu yatra nāḍī sadā vahet //

> even he will not yield—no doubt should be entertained here. / Now, in the midst of battle, whichever channel always flows,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.67.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.67.35)

sā diśā jayamāpnoti śūnye bhaṅgaṃ vinirdiśet /  
jātacāre jayaṃ vidyānmṛtake mṛtamādiśet //

> that direction attains victory; in the empty \[direction\] one should predict defeat. / In the active movement one should know victory; in the dead \[channel\] one should declare death.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.67.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.67.36)

jayaṃ parājayaṃ caiva yo jānāti sa paṇḍitaḥ /  
vāme vā dakṣiṇe vāpi yatra sañcarate śivam //

> He who knows victory and defeat is truly learned. / In the left or in the right, wherever the auspicious \[breath\] moves,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.67.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.67.37)

kṛtvā tatpadamāpnoti yātrā santataśobhanā /  
śaśisūryapravāhe tu sati yuddhaṃ samācaret //

> having stepped \[with\] that foot, one attains \[success\]; the journey is continuously prosperous. / Only when the flow of the Moon and the Sun is \[favorable\] should one engage in battle.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.67.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.67.38)

yastu pṛcchati tatrasthaḥ sa sādhurjayatidhruvam /  
yāṃ diśaṃ vahate vāyustāṃ diśaṃ yāvadājayaḥ //

> The good person who stands there and asks certainly wins. / Toward whichever direction the wind blows, in that direction victory extends;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.67.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.67.39)

jāyate nātra sandeha handro yadyagrataḥ sthitaḥ /  
meṣyādyā daśa yā nāḍyo dakṣiṇā vāma saṃsthitāḥ //

> there is no doubt here, if the Moon is stationed in front. / The ten channels beginning with Meṣī, stationed on the right and left,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.67.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.67.40)

caresthire tadvimārge tādṛśetādṛśe kramāt /  
nirgame nirgamaṃ yāti saṃgrahe saṃgrahaṃ viduḥ //

> in movable, fixed, and divergent courses, in such and such an order, / in departure go to departure; in retention they know retention.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.67.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.67.41)

pṛcchakasya vacaḥ śrutvā ghaṇṭākāreṇa lakṣayet /  
vāme vā dakṣiṇe vāpi pañcatattvasthitaḥ śive //

> Having heard the words of the inquirer, one should examine them like the sound of a bell. / Stationed in the five elements in the auspicious \[breath\], whether in the left or the right:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.67.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.67.42)

ūrdhve 'gniradha āpaśca tiryaksaṃsthaḥ prabhañjanaḥ /  
madhye tu pṛthivī jñeyā nabhaḥ sarvatra sarvadā //

> fire is above, water below, and wind resides crosswise; / earth is to be known in the center, and ether is everywhere and always.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.67.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.67.43)

ūrdhve mṛtyuradhaḥ śāntistiryak coccāṭayetsudhīḥ /  
madhye stambhaṃ vijānīyānmokṣaḥ sarvatra sarvage //

> Above brings death, below brings peace, and the wise person should cause eradication crosswise; / in the center one should recognize immobilization, and liberation is everywhere in that which goes everywhere.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.67.43.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.67.43.p1)

iti śrīgāruḍemahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe svarodaye śubhāśubhanirūpaṇaṃ nāma saptaṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

> Thus ends the sixty-seventh chapter, entitled 'Ascertaining the Auspicious and Inauspicious in Svarodaya', in the Section on Conduct, called the First Part, in the First Section of the venerable Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.67.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Sārdhatriśatikālottara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.agama.rudra.vatula.kalottara.10.2) — Sanskrit

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