Garudapurana 1.87
Garuḍapurāṇa 1.87
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1.87.1
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 87
hariruvāca /
caturdaśa manūnvakṣye tatsutāśca sukādikān /
manuḥ svāyambhuvaḥ pūrvamagnighrādyāśca tatsutāḥ //
The glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa: [Chapter] 87
Hari said: / I shall describe the fourteen Manus and their sons, Śuka and the rest. / In the beginning was Manu Svāyambhuva, and his sons were Āgnīdhra and the rest.
1.87.2
marīciratryaṅgirasau pulastyaḥ pulahaḥ kratuḥ /
vasiṣṭhaśca mahātejā ṛṣayaḥ saptakīrtitāḥ //
Marīci, Atri, Aṅgiras, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu, / and Vasiṣṭha of great splendour are proclaimed as the seven sages.
1.87.3
jayākhyāśācamitākhyāśca śukrā yāmāstathaiva ca /
gaṇā dvādaśakāścaiti catvāraḥ somapāyinaḥ //
Those named Jayas, Amitābhas, Śukras, and Yāmas— / these four groups of twelve drink soma.
1.87.4
viśvabhugvāmadevendro bāṣkalistadarirhyabhūt /
sa hato viṣṇunā daityaścakreṇa sumahātmanā //
Viśvabhuj was the Indra of the gods; his enemy was Bāṣkali. / That great-souled daitya was slain by Viṣṇu with his discus.
1.87.5
manuḥ svārociṣaścātha tatputro maṇḍaleśvaraḥ /
citrako vinataścaiva karṇānto vidyuto raviḥ //
Then there was Manu Svārociṣa, and his son Maṇḍaleśvara, / Citraka, Vinata, Karṇānta, Vidyuta, Ravi,
1.87.6
bṛhadguṇo nabhaścaiva mahābalaparākramaḥ /
ūrja stambastathā prāṇa ṛṣabho niścala (ra) stathā //
Bṛhadguṇa, and Nabha of great strength and prowess. / Ūrja, Stamba, Prāṇa, Ṛṣabha, Niścara,
1.87.7
datto (mbho) liścāvarīvāṃśca ṛṣyaḥ saptakīrtitāḥ /
tuṣitā dvādaśa proktāstathā pārāvatāśca ye //
Dambholi, and Arvatīvat are proclaimed as the seven sages. / The Tuṣitas are declared to be twelve, and also those who are Pārāvatas.
1.87.8
indro vipaściddevānāṃ tadripuḥ purukṛtsaraḥ /
jaghāna hastirūpeṇa bhagavānmadhusūdanaḥ //
Vipaścit was the Indra of the gods; his enemy was Purukṛtsara. / The blessed Lord Madhusūdana killed him in the form of an elephant.
1.87.9
auttamasya manoḥ putrā ājaśca paraśustathā /
vinītaśca suketuśca sumitraḥ subalaḥ śuciḥ //
The sons of Manu Auttama were Aja, Paraśu, / Vinīta, Suketu, Sumitra, Subala, Śuci,
1.87.10
devo devāvṛdho rudra ! mahotsāhojitastathā /
rathaujā ūrdhvabāhuśca śaraṇaścānagho muniḥ //
Deva, Devāvṛdha, Rudra, Mahotsāha, and Ajita. / Rathaujā, Ūrdhvabāhu, Śaraṇa, the sage Anagha,
1.87.11
sutapāḥ śaṅkurityete ṛṣayaḥ sapta kīrtitāḥ /
vaśavartisvadhāmānaḥ śivāḥ satyāḥ pratardanāḥ //
Sutapas, and Śaṅku—these are proclaimed as the seven sages. / The Vaśavartins, the Svadhāmāns, the Śivas, the Satyas, and the Pratardanas—
1.87.12
pañca devagaṇāḥ proktā sarve dvādaśakāstu te /
indraḥ svaśāntistacchukraḥ pralambo nāma dānavaḥ //
these are declared as five classes of gods, and they all consist of twelve each. / The Indra was Śānti; his enemy was the dānava named Pralamba.
1.87.13
matsyarūpī harirviṣṇustaṃ jaghāna ca dānavam /
tāmasasya manoḥ putrā jānujaṅgho 'tha nirbhayaḥ //
Hari Viṣṇu in the form of a fish killed that dānava. / The sons of Manu Tāmasa were Jānujaṅgha, Nirbhaya,
1.87.14
navakhyātirnayaścaiva priyabhṛtyo vivikṣipaḥ /
dṛḍheṣudhiḥ prastalākṣaḥ kṛbandhuḥ kṛtastathā //
Navakhyāti, Naya, Priyabhṛtya, Vivikṣipa, / Dṛḍheṣudhi, Prastalākṣa, Kṛtabandhu, and Kṛta.
1.87.15
jyotirdhāmā pṛthuḥ (dhṛṣṭa) kāvyaścaitraścetāgnihemakāḥ (kau) /
munayaḥ kīrtitāḥ sapta surāgāḥ sudhiyastathā //
Jyotirdhāman, Pṛthu, Dhṛṣṭa, Kāvya, Caitra, Agni, and Hemaka
are proclaimed as the seven sages; likewise the Surāgas and Sudhīs,
1.87.16
harayo devatāmāṃ ca catvāraḥ pañca (sapta) viṃśakāḥ /
gaṇā indraḥ śivistasya śatrurbhomarathāḥ smṛtāḥ //
and the Haris are the gods, [constituting] four classes of twenty-five [or seven] each.
Śibi was the Indra of that [manvantara], and the Bhīmarathas are remembered as his enemies.
1.87.17
hariṇā kūrmarūpeṇa hato bhīmaratho 'suraḥ /
raivatasya manoḥ putro mahā prāṇaśca sādhakaḥ //
The asura Bhīmaratha was slain by Hari in the form of a tortoise.
The sons of Raivata Manu were Mahāprāṇa, Sādhaka,
1.87.18
vana (la) bandhurniramitraḥ pratyaṅgaḥ parahā śuciḥ /
dṛḍhavrataḥ ketuśṛgaṃ ṛṣayastasya varṇyate //
Vanabandhu (or Balabandhu), Niramitra, Pratyaṅga, Parahā, Śuci,
Dṛḍhavrata, and Ketuśṛṅga. His sages are described [thus]:
1.87.19
vedaśrīrvedabāhuśca ūrdhvabāhustathaiva ca /
hiraṇyaromā parjanyaḥ satyanetraḥ (nāmā) svadhāma ca //
Vedaśrī, Vedabāhu, and likewise Ūrdhvabāhu,
Hiraṇyaroman, Parjanya, Satyanetra (or Satyanāman), and Svadhāman.
1.87.20
abhūtarajasaścaiva tathā devāśvamedhasaḥ /
vaikuṇṭha (ṇṭhāḥ ścāmṛta (tā) ścaiva catvāro devatāgaṇāḥ //
The Abhūtarajasas, the gods Aśvamedhas,
the Vaikuṇṭhas, and the Amṛtas are the four classes of gods;
1.87.21
gaṇe caturdaśa surā vibhuridraḥ pratāpavān /
śāntaḥ śatrurhato daityo haṃsarūpeṇa viṣṇunā //
in each class are fourteen gods. The powerful Vibhu was the Indra.
Śānta was his enemy, a daitya slain by Viṣṇu in the form of a swan.
1.87.22
cākṣuṣasya manoḥ putrā uruḥ pururmahābalaḥ /
śatadyumnastapasvī ca satyabāhuḥ(kyo) kṛtistathā //
The sons of Cākṣuṣa Manu were Uru, Puru of great strength,
Śatadyumna, Tapasvin, Satyabāhu, Kṛti,
1.87.23
agniṣṇuratirātraśca sudyumnaśca tathā naraḥ /
haviṣmānuttamaḥ śrīmānsva (su) dhāmā virajastathā //
Agniṣṭu, Atirātra, Sudyumna, and Nara.
Haviṣmat, the glorious Uttama, Sudhāman, Virajas,
1.87.24
abhimānaḥ sahiṣṇuśca madhuśrīrṛṣayaḥ smṛtāḥ /
āryāḥ prabhūtā bhāvyāśca lekhāśca pṛthukāstathā //
Abhimāna, Sahiṣṇu, and Madhuśrī are remembered as the sages.
The Āryas, Prabhūtas, Bhāvyas, Lekhas, and Pṛthukas
1.87.25
aṣṭakasya gaṇāḥ pañca tathā proktā divaukasām /
indro manojavaḥ śatrurmahākālo mahābhajaḥ //
are stated to be the five groups of eight celestials.
Manojava was Indra; the enemy was Mahākāla of great arms.
1.87.26
aśvarūpeṇa sa hato hariṇā lokadhāriṇā /
manorvaivasvatasyete putrā viṣṇuparāyaṇāḥ //
He was slain by Hari, the sustainer of the worlds, in the form of a horse.
These sons of Vaivasvata Manu are devoted to Viṣṇu:
1.87.27
ikṣvākuratha nābhāgo dhṛṣṭaḥ śaryātireva ca /
nariṣyantastathā pāṃsurnabho nediṣṭha eva ca //
Ikṣvāku, then Nābhāga, Dhṛṣṭa, and Śaryāti,
Nariṣyanta, Pāṃsu, Nabha, and Nediṣṭha,
1.87.28
karūṣaśca pṛṣadhraśca sudyumnaśca manoḥ sutāḥ /
atrirvasiṣṭho bhagavāñjamadagniśca kaśyapaḥ //
Karūṣa, Pṛṣadhra, and Sudyumna are the sons of the Manu.
Atri, the blessed Vasiṣṭha, Jamadagni, Kaśyapa,
1.87.29
gautamaśca bharadvājo viśāmitro 'tha saptamaḥ /
tathā hyekonapañcāśanmarutaḥ parikīrtitāḥ //
Gautama, Bharadvāja, and Viśvāmitra as the seventh [are the sages].
Likewise, the Maruts are celebrated as forty-nine;
1.87.30
ādityā vasavaḥ sādhyāgaṇā dvādaśakāstrayaḥ /
ekādaśā tathā rudrā vasavo 'ṣṭau prakīrtitāḥ //
the Ādityas, Vasus, and Sādhyas are three groups of twelve;
the Rudras are declared as eleven, and the Vasus as eight;
1.87.31
dvāvaśvinau vinirdiṣṭau viśvedevāstathā daśā /
daśauvāṅgiraso devā nava devagaṇāstathā //
the two Aśvins are specified, and the Viśvedevas as ten;
the Āṅgirasa gods are ten; and there are nine classes of deities.
1.87.32
tejasvī nāma vai śakro hiraṇyākṣo ripuḥ smṛtaḥ /
hato varāharūpeṇa hariṇyākhyo 'tha viṣṇunā //
Śakra is named Tejasvin, and Hiraṇyākṣa is remembered as the foe;
he named Hariṇyā [Hiraṇyākṣa] was slain by Viṣṇu in the form of a boar.
1.87.33
vakṣye manorbhaviṣyasya sāvarṇyākhyasya vai sutān /
vijayaścārvavīraśca nirmohaḥ satyavākrṛtī //
I shall tell of the sons of the future Manu named Sāvarṇi:
Vijaya, Arvavīra, Nirmoha, Satyavāc, Kṛti,
1.87.34
variṣṭhaśca gariṣṭhaśca vācaḥ saṃgatireva ca /
aśvatthāmā kṛpo vyāso gālavo dīptimānatha //
Variṣṭha, Gariṣṭha, and Vācassamgati.
Aśvatthāman, Kṛpa, Vyāsa, Gālava, Dīptimat,
1.87.35
ṛṣyaśṛṅgastathā rāma ṛṣayaḥ sapta kīrtitāḥ /
sutapā amṛtābhāśca mukhyāścāpi tathā surāḥ //
Ṛṣyaśṛṅga, and Rāma are celebrated as the seven sages.
The Sutapas, the Amṛtābhas, and the Mukhyas are the gods;
1.87.36
teṣāṃ gaṇastu devānā mekaiko viṃśakaḥ smṛtaḥ /
virocanasutasteṣāṃ balirindro bhaviṣyati //
each group among those gods is remembered as having twenty [members].
Bali, the son of Virocana, will be their Indra.
1.87.37
dattvemāṃ yācamānāya viṣṇave yaḥ padatrayam /
ṛddhimindrapadaṃ hitvā tataḥ siddhimavāpsyati //
Having given these three strides to Viṣṇu who begged [for them],
and having relinquished the prosperity of Indra's station, he will then attain perfection.
1.87.38
vāruṇerdakṣasāvarṇernavamasya sutāñchṛṇu /
dhṛtiketurdeptiketuḥ pañcahasto nirāmayaḥ /
pṛtuśravā bṛhadūdyumna ṛcīko bṛhato guṇaḥ //
Hear the sons of the ninth [Manu], Dakṣasāvarṇi, son of Varuṇa:
Dhṛtiketu, Dīptiketu, Pañcahasta, Nirāmaya,
Pṛthuśravas, Bṛhaddyumna, Ṛcīka, and Bṛhadguṇa.
1.87.39
medhātithirdyutiścaiva savaso vasureva ca /
jyotiṣmānhavyakavyau ca ṛṣayo vibhurīśvaraḥ //
Medhātithi, Dyuti, Savasa, Vasu,
Jyotiṣmat, Havya, and Kavya are the sages; the lord is Vibhu.
1.87.40
paro marīcirgarbhaśca sva (su) dharmāṇaśca te trayaḥ /
deśaśatru) kālakākṣastaddhantā padmanābhakaḥ //
bhaviṣyanti tadā devā ekaiko dvādaśo gaṇaḥ /
teṣāmindro mahāvīryo bhaviṣyatyadbhuto hara //
The Paras, Marīcis, Garbhas, and Sudharmans are the three [classes of gods];
Kālakākṣa is the enemy of the gods, and Padmanābha is his slayer.
The gods then will be [in classes], each class of twelve;
their Indra, O Hara, will be the wondrous and heroic [Adbhuta].
1.87.41
dhamaputrasya putrāṃstu daśa masya manoḥ śṛṇu /
sukṣetraścottamaujāśca bhūriśreṇyaśca vīryavān //
Hear the sons of the tenth Manu, the son of Dharma:
Sukṣetra, Uttamaujas, and the heroic Bhūriśreṇya,
1.87.42
śatānīko niramitro vṛṣaseno jayadrathaḥ /
bhūridyumnaḥ suvarcāśca śāntirindraḥ pratāpavān //
Śatānīka, Niramitra, Vṛṣasena, Jayadratha,
Bhūridyumna, and Suvarcas; the mighty Śānti will be Indra.
1.87.43
ayo (po) mūrtirhaviṣmāṃśca sukṛtiścāvyayastathā /
nābhāgo 'pratimaujāśca saurabha ṛṣayastathā //
Apomūrti, Haviṣmat, Sukṛti, Avyaya,
Nābhāga, Apratimaujas, and Saurabha are the sages.
1.87.44
prāṇākhyāḥ śatasaṃkhyāstu devatānāṃ gaṇastadā /
teṣāmindraśca bhavitā śāntirnāma mahābalaḥ /
baliḥ śatrustaṃ hariśca gadayā ghātayiṣyati //
At that time the group of deities, called Prāṇas, will number one hundred;
their Indra will be Śānti of great strength.
Bali is the enemy; Hari will strike him down with a mace.
1.87.45
rudra putrasya te putrānvakṣyāmyekādaśasya tu /
sarvatragaḥ suśarmā ca devānīkaḥ pururguruḥ //
I shall declare to you the sons of the eleventh [Manu], the son of Rudra:
Sarvatraga, Suśarman, Devānīka, Puru, Guru,
1.87.46
kṣetravarṇo dṛḍheṣuśca ārdrakaḥ putrakastathā /
haviṣmāṃśca haviṣyaśca varuṇo viśvavistarau //
Kṣetravarṇa, Dṛḍheṣu, Ārdraka, and Putraka.
Haviṣmat, Haviṣya, Varuṇa, Viśvavistara,
1.87.47
viṣṇuścaivāgnitejāśca ṛṣayaḥ sapta kīrtitāḥ /
vihaṅgamāḥ kāmagam nirmāṇarucayastathā //
Viṣṇu, and Agnitejas are proclaimed as the seven sages.
The Vihaṅgamas, Kāmagamas, and Nirmāṇarucis,
1.87.48
ekaikastriṃśakasteṣāṃ gaṇaścaindraśca vai vṛṣaḥ /
dhasagrīvo ripustasya śrīrūpī ghātayiṣyati //
each group of them consists of thirty, and Vṛṣa is their Indra.
Daśagrīva is his enemy; Hari, assuming a glorious form, will slay him.
1.87.49
manostu dakṣaputrasya dvādaśasyātmajāñchṛṇu /
devavānu padevaśca devaśreṣṭho vidūrathaḥ //
Hear the sons of the twelfth Manu, the son of Dakṣa:
Devavat, Upadeva, Devaśreṣṭha, Vidūratha,
1.87.50
mitravānmitradevaśca mitrabinduśca vīryavān /
mitravāhaḥ pravāhaśca dakṣaputramanoḥ sutāḥ //
Mitravat, Mitradeva, the valorous Mitrabindu,
Mitravāha, and Pravāha are the sons of the Dakṣaputra Manu.
1.87.51
tapasvī sutapāścaiva tapomūrtistaporatiḥ /
tapodhṛtirdyutiścānyaḥ saptamaśca tapodhanāḥ //
Tapasvin, Sutapas, Tapomūrti, Taporati,
Tapodhṛti, Dyuti, and another, Tapodhana, is the seventh.
1.87.52
svadharmāṇaḥ sutapaso harito hohitāstathā /
surārayo gaṇāścaite pratyekaṃ daśako gaṇaḥ //
The Svadharmans, Sutapases, Haritas, and Rohitāśvas
are the groups of deities; each group consists of ten.
1.87.53
ṛtadhāmā ca bhadre (tatre) ndrastārako nāma tadripuḥ /
harirnapuṃsakaṃ bhūtvā ghātayiṣyati śaṅkara //
Ṛtadhāman is Indra there, and Tāraka is named his foe;
Hari, becoming a eunuch, will slay him, O Śaṅkara.
1.87.54
trayodaśasya raucyasya manoḥ putrānnibodha me /
citraseno vicitraśca tapodharmarato dhṛtiḥ //
Learn from me the sons of the thirteenth Manu, Raucya:
Citrasena, Vicitra, Tapodharmarata, Dhṛti,
1.87.55
sunetraḥ kṣetravṛttiśca sunayo dharmapo dṛḍhaḥ /
dhṛtimānavyayaścaiva niśārūpo nirutsukaḥ //
Sunetra, Kṣetravṛtti, Sunaya, Dharmapa, and Dṛḍha.
Dhṛtimat, Avyaya, Niśārūpa, Nirutsuka,
1.87.56
nirmohastattvadarśo ca ṛṣayaḥ sapta kīrtitāḥ /
sva (su) romāṇaḥ sva (su) dharmāṇaḥ sva (su) karmāṇastathāmarāḥ //
Nirmoha, and Tattvadarśin are celebrated as the seven sages.
The Suromans, Sudharmans, and Sukarmans are the gods;
1.87.57
trayastriṃśadvibhedāste devānāṃ tatra vai gaṇāḥ /
indro divaspatiḥ śatrustviṣṭibho nāma dānavaḥ //
there are thirty-three divisions of the gods in that [manvantara].
Divaspati is Indra; the enemy is a dānava named Iṣṭibha.
1.87.58
māyūreṇa ca rūpeṇa ghātayiṣyati mādhavaḥ /
caturdaśasya bhautyasya śṛṇu putrānmanormama //
And Mādhava will slay him in the form of a peacock.
Hear from me the sons of the fourteenth Manu, Bhautya:
1.87.59
ururgabhīro dhṛṣṭaśca tarasvīgrā (gra) ha eva ca /
abhimāni pravīraśca jiṣṇuḥ saṃkrandanastathā /
tejasvī durlabhaścaiva bhautyasyaite manoḥ sutāḥ //
Uru, Gabhīra, Dhṛṣṭa, Tarasvin, Graha,
Abhimānin, Pravīra, Jiṣṇu, Saṃkrandana,
Tejasvin, and Durlabha are these sons of Bhautya Manu.
1.87.60
agnīdhraścāgnibāhuśca māgadhaśca tathā śuciḥ /
ajito muktaśukrau ca ṛṣayaḥ sapta kīrtitāḥ //
Agnīdhra, Agnibāhu, Māgadha, Śuci,
Ajita, Mukta, and Śukra are proclaimed the seven sages.
1.87.61
cākṣuṣāḥ karmaniṣṭhāśca pavitrā bhrājinastathā /
vacovṛddhā devagaṇāḥ pañca proktāstu saptakāḥ //
The Cākṣuṣas, the Karmaniṣṭhas, the Pavitras, the Bhrājins,
and the Vacovṛddhas are declared the five classes of gods, each with seven [deities].
1.87.62
śucirindro mahādaityo ripuhantā hariḥ svayam /
eko devaścaturdhā tu vyāsarūpeṇa viṣṇunā //
Śuci is Indra; the great Daitya slayer of enemies is Hari himself.
The one God was divided into four forms by Viṣṇu in the form of Vyāsa,
1.87.63
kṛtastataḥ purāṇāni vidyāścāṣṭādaśaiva tu /
aṅgāni caturo vedā mīmāṃsā nyāyavistaraḥ //
and then the Purāṇas and the eighteen branches of learning [were produced]:
the auxiliary limbs [of the Veda], the four Vedas, Mīmāṃsā, the detailed Nyāya,
1.87.64
purāṇaṃ dharmaśāstraṃ ca āyurvedārthaśāstrakam /
dhanurvedaśca gāndharvo vidyā hyaṣṭādaśaiva tāḥ //
Purāṇa, Dharmaśāstra, Āyurveda, and Arthaśāstra,
Dhanurveda, and Gāndharva—these are indeed the eighteen branches of learning.
1.87.64.p1
iti śrāgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe manutadvaṃśanirūpaṇaṃ nāma spatāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Thus ends the eighty-seventh chapter, entitled “Description of the Manus and Their Lineages,” in the section on conduct of life, being the first part of the first section in the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa.
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