[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) › 1.88 # Garudapurana 1.88 Garuḍapurāṇa 1.88 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [1.88.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.88.28) — 1 part ### [1.88.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.88.1) śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 88 sūta uvāca / harirmanvantarāṇyāha brahmādibhyo harāya ca / mārkaṇḍeyaḥ pitṛsto traṃ krauñcukiṃ prāha tacchṛṇu // > The glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa—88 > Sūta said: > Hari related the manvantaras to Brahmā and the others, and to Hara. > Mārkaṇḍeya related the hymn of praise to the ancestors to Krauñcuki; listen to that. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.88.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.88.2) mārkaṇḍeya uvāca / ruciḥ prajāpatiḥ pūrvaṃ nirmamo nirahaṅkṛtiḥ / atrasto 'mitamāyī ca cacāra pṛthivīmimām // > Mārkaṇḍeya said: > Formerly the Prajāpati Ruci, free from possessiveness and egotism, > undaunted and of boundless intellect, roamed this earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.88.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.88.3) anagnimaniketaṃ tamekāhāramanāśramam / nimuktasaṃgaṃ taṃ dṛṣṭvā procuḥ svapitaro munim // > Seeing the sage devoid of domestic fire, without a home, eating once \[a day\], outside the \[four\] life-stages, > and freed from attachment, his own ancestors spoke \[to him\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.88.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.88.4) pitara ūcuḥ / vatsa kasmāttvayā puṇyo na kṛto dāra saṃgrahaḥ / svargāpavargahe (se)tutvādvandhastenāniśaṃ (nimiṣaṃ) vinā // > The ancestors said: > Child, why have you not undertaken meritorious marriage? > Because it is a bridge to heaven and liberation, without it bondage \[endures\] perpetually. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.88.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.88.5) gṛhī samastadevānāṃ pitṝṇāṃ ca tathārhaṇam / ṛṣīṇāmarthināṃ caiva kurvallo kānavāpnuyāt // > Performing the worship of all the gods and the ancestors, > as well as of the sages and petitioners, the householder attains the worlds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.88.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.88.6) svāhoccāraṇato devānsvadhoccāraṇataḥ pitan / vibhajatyannadānena bhṛtyādyānatithīnapi // > He satisfies the gods through the utterance of ‘svāhā’, and the ancestors through the utterance of ‘svadhā’; > by giving food, he sustains servants and the like, as well as guests. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.88.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.88.7) sa ttvaṃ daivādṛṇādvandhamimamasmadṛṇādapi / avāpto 'si manuṣyarṣe bhūtebhyaśca dinedine // > Therefore, O human sage, you have incurred this bondage through debt to the gods, > as well as through debt to us and to living beings, day by day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.88.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.88.8) anatpādya sutāndevānasantarpya pitṝstathā / akṛtvā ca kathaṃ māṇḍyaṃ svargatiṃ prāptumicchasi // > Without producing sons, without satisfying the gods and the ancestors, > and without performing \[these duties\], how do you foolishly hope to attain heaven? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.88.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.88.9) kleśabodhaikakaṃ putra anyāyena bhavettava / mṛtasya narakaṃ tyaktvā kleśa evānyajanmani // > O son, through this improper conduct there will be only the experience of suffering for you; > having endured hell when dead, there will be only suffering in another birth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.88.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.88.10) ruciruvāca / parigraho 'tiduḥ khāya pāpāyā dhogatestathā / bhavatyato mayā pūrvaṃna kṛto dārasaṃgrahaḥ // > Ruci said: > Possession of property leads to great sorrow, to sin, and to a low state; > therefore, I have not previously taken a wife. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.88.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.88.11) ātmanaḥ saṃśayopāyaḥ kriyate kṣaṇamantraṇāt / svamuktiheturna bhavatyasāvapi parigrahāt // > The means to purify oneself is performed by momentarily taking counsel; > that does not become a cause of one’s liberation because of attachment. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.88.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.88.12) prakṣālyate 'nudivasaṃ ya ātmā niṣparigrahaḥ / mama tvapaṅkadigdho 'pi vidyāmbhobhirvaraṃ hi tat // > The self that is devoid of possession is cleansed every day; > and though smeared with dirt, my \[self\] is indeed best \[cleansed\] with the waters of knowledge. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.88.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.88.13) anekabhavasaṃbhūtakarmapaṅkāṅkito budhaiḥ / ātmā tattvajñānatoyaiḥ prakṣālyo niyatendriyaiḥ // > The self, stained by the mud of action accumulated across many births, > must be washed by the wise with restrained senses using the waters of knowledge of reality. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.88.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.88.14) pitara ūcuḥ / yuktaṃ prakṣālanaṃ kartumātmano 'pi yatendriyaiḥ / kiṃ tu nopāyamārgo 'yaṃ yatastvaṃ putra vartase // > The ancestors said: > It is fitting for those with restrained senses to cleanse the self; > nevertheless, O son, this path in which you persist is not the means. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.88.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.88.15) pañcayajñaistapodānairaśubhaṃ nudatastava / phalābhisandhirahitaiḥ pūrvakama śubhāśubhaiḥ // > By the five sacrifices, austerities, and gifts, free from longing for fruits, > you dispel inauspicious \[karma\], both auspicious and inauspicious past deeds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.88.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.88.16) evaṃ na bandho bhavati kurvataḥ kāraṇātmakam / na ca bandhāya tatkarma bhavatyanatisannibham // > Thus, bondage does not occur for one who performs \[action\] based on duty; > nor does that action lead to bondage when it is free from intense attachment. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.88.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.88.17) pūrvakarma kṛtaṃ bogaiḥ kṣīyate hyaniśantathā / sukhaduḥ khātmakairvatsa puṇyā puṇyātmakaṃ nṛṇām // > Past karma that was performed is exhausted continually through experiences > consisting of pleasure and pain, O child, which are of the nature of mortals’ merits and demerits. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.88.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.88.18) evaṃ prakṣālyate prājñairātmā bandhācca rakṣyate / rakṣyaśca svavivekairna pāpapaṅkena dahyate // > Thus the self is washed by the wise and protected from bondage; > and being protected by their own discernment, it is not burned by the mud of sin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.88.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.88.19) ruciruvāca / avidyā pacyate vede karmamārgātpitāmahāḥ / tatkathaṃ karmaṇo mārge bhavanto yojayanti mām // > Ruci said: > In the Veda, ignorance is consumed through the path of action, O forefathers; > then why do you bind me to the path of action? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.88.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.88.20) pitara ucuḥ / avidyā sarvamevaitatkarmaṇaitanmṛṣā vacaḥ / kiṃ tu vidyāpariprāptau hetuḥ karma na saṃśayaḥ // > The ancestors said: > That all this is ignorance through action is a false statement; > rather, action is undoubtedly the cause for the attainment of knowledge. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.88.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.88.21) vihitākaraṇānartho na sadbhiḥ kriyate tu yaḥ / saṃyamo muktaye yo 'nyaḥ pratyutādhogatipradaḥ // > The fault arising from not performing what is enjoined is not incurred by the virtuous; > restraint aimed at liberation which is otherwise, on the contrary, bestows a lower state. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.88.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.88.22) prakṣālayāmīti bhavānyadetanmanyate varam / vihitākaraṇodbhūtaiḥ pāpaistvamapi dahyase // > That which you regard as better, thinking, ‘I am cleansing \[myself\]’— > you too are burned by the sins arising from non-performance of what is enjoined. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.88.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.88.23) avidyāpyupakārāya viṣavajjāyate nṛṇām / anuṣṭhānā bhyupāyena bandhayogyāpi no hi sā // > Even ignorance becomes beneficial to mortals, like poison \[used as medicine\]; > through the means of practical observance, it is indeed not fit for bondage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.88.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.88.24) tasmādvatsa kuruṣva tvaṃ vidhivaddārasaṃgraham / ājanma viphalante 'stu asamprāpyānyalaukikam // > Therefore, my child, undertake marriage according to rule; > let your life not be in vain from birth without attaining the other world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.88.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.88.25) ruciruvāca / vṛddho 'haṃ sāmprataṃ ko me pitaraḥ sampridāsyati / bhāryāntathā daridrasya duṣkaro dārasaṃgrahaḥ // > Ruci said: > I am old now, O ancestors; who will give me > a wife? Furthermore, marriage is difficult for a poor man. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.88.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.88.26) pitara ūcuḥ / asmākaṃ patanaṃ vatsa bhavataścāpyadhogatiḥ / nūnaṃ bhāvi bhavitrī ca nābhinandasi no vacaḥ // > The ancestors said: > Our fall, O child, and also your own downward descent, > will surely come to pass if you do not welcome our words. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.88.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.88.27) ityuktvā pitarastasya paśyato munisattama / babhūvuḥ sahasādṛśyā dīpā vātahatā iva // > Having spoken thus, his ancestors, as he watched, O best of sages, > suddenly became invisible, like lamps extinguished by the wind. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.88.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.88.28) muniḥ kraiñcukaye prāha mārkaṇḍeyo mahātapāḥ / rucivṛttāntamakhilaṃ pitṛsaṃvādalakṣaṇam // > The sage Mārkaṇḍeya of great austerities related to Krauñcuki > the entire account of Ruci, characterized by the dialogue with his ancestors. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.88.28.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.88.28.p1) iti śrāgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe karmajñānamā nāmāṣṭāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the eighty-eighth chapter, entitled “The Measure of Action and Knowledge,” in the section on conduct of life, being the first part of the first section in the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.88.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.88) · Pramāṇa