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# Garudapurana 1.89

Garuḍapurāṇa 1.89

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [1.89.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.83) — 1 part

### [1.89.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.1)

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 89  
sūta uvāca /  
pṛṣṭaḥ kraiñcukinovāca mārkaṇḍeyaḥ punaśca tam /  
sa tena pitṛvākyane bhṛśamudvagnamānasaḥ //

> The glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa—89  
> Sūta said:  
> Being questioned, Mārkaṇḍeya spoke again to Krauñcuki:  
> With his mind greatly agitated by those words of his ancestors,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.2)

kanyābhilāṣī viprarṣiḥ paribabhrāma medinīm /  
kanyāmalabhamāno 'sau pitṛvākyena dīpitaḥ /  
cintāmavāpa mahītamatīvodvagnamānasaḥ //

> the brahmin sage, desiring a maiden, wandered over the earth.  
> Not finding a maiden, spurred on by the words of his ancestors,  
> he experienced deep anxiety, his mind exceedingly distressed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.3)

kiṃ karomi kra gacchāmi kathaṃ me dārasaṃgrahaḥ /  
kṣipraṃ bhavenmatpitṝṇāṃ mamābhyudayakārakaḥ //

> “What shall I do? Where shall I go? How can marriage  
> quickly happen for me, bringing about prosperity for my ancestors and for me?”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.4)

iti cintayatastasyamatirjātā mahātmanaḥ /  
tapasārādhayāmyenaṃ brahmāṇaṃ kamalodbhavam //

> As he was pondering thus, the thought occurred to the great-souled one:  
> “Through austerity, I shall propitiate Brahmā, the lotus-born.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.5)

tato varṣaśataṃ divyaṃ tapastepe mahāmanāḥ /  
tatra sthitaściraṃ kālaṃ vaneṣu niyamasthitaḥ /  
ārādhanāya sa tadā paraṃ niyamamāsthitaḥ //

> Then the magnanimous one performed austerity for a hundred celestial years;  
> remaining there for a long time in the forests, steadfast in vows,  
> he then undertook supreme restraint to propitiate \[him\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.6)

tataḥ pradarśayāmāsa brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ /  
uvācātha prasanno 'smītyucyatāmabhivāñchitam //

> Then Brahmā, the grandfather of the worlds, revealed himself,  
> and spoke: “I am pleased; let your desire be stated!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.7)

tato 'sau praṇipatyāha brahmāṇaṃ jagato gatim /  
pitṝṇāṃ vacanāttena yatkartumabhivāñchitam //

> Then, having bowed, he spoke to Brahmā, the refuge of the universe,  
> about what he wished to do in accordance with the command of his ancestors.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.8)

brahmovāca /  
prajāpatistvaṃ bhavitā sraṣṭavyā bhavatā prajāḥ /  
sṛṣṭvā prajāḥ sutānvipra samutpādya kriyāstathā //

> Brahmā said:  
> You shall become a Prajāpati; offspring must be created by you.  
> Having created offspring, producing sons, O brahmin, and likewise rituals,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.9)

kṛtvā kṛtādhikārastvaṃ tataḥ siddhimavāpyasi /  
satvaṃ yathoktaṃ pitṛbhiḥ kuru dāraparigraham //

> having carried out your role, you will then attain perfection.  
> Therefore, take a wife as instructed by your ancestors.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.10)

kāmaṃ cemamabhidhyāya kriyatāṃ pitṛpūjanam /  
ta eva tuṣṭāḥ pitaraḥ pradāsyanti tavepsitam /  
patnīṃ sutāṃśca santuṣṭāḥ kiṃ na dadyuḥ pitāmahāḥ //

> With this desire in mind, let worship of the ancestors be performed. / Satisfied, those very ancestors will grant what you desire. / When pleased, what would the ancestors not give—a wife and sons?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.11)

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca /  
ityṛṣirvacanaṃ śrutvā brahmaṇo 'vyaktajanmanaḥ /  
nadyā vivikte puline cakāra pitṛtarpaṇam //

> Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Hearing this speech of Brahmā, whose birth is unmanifest, / the sage performed libations to the ancestors on the secluded bank of a river.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.12)

tuṣṭāva ca pitṝnvipraḥ stavairebhirathādṛtaḥ /  
ekāgraprayato bhūtvā bhaktinamrātmakandharaḥ //

> Then, focused and restrained, his neck bowed in devotion, / the attentive brāhmaṇa praised the ancestors with these hymns:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.13)

ruciruvāca /  
namasye 'haṃ pitṝn bhaktyā ye vasantyadhidevatam /  
devairapi hi tarpyante ye śrāddheṣu svadhottaraiḥ //

> Ruci said: / I bow with devotion to the ancestors who dwell as presiding deities, / who are gratified even by the gods at śrāddhas ending with svadhā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.14)

namasye 'haṃ pitṝn svarge ye tarpyante maharṣibhiḥ /  
śrāddhairmanomayairbhaktyā bhuktimuktimabhīpsubhiḥ //

> I bow to the ancestors in heaven, who are gratified by the great sages / through mental śrāddhas, with devotion, by those desiring enjoyment and liberation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.15)

namasye 'haṃ pitṝnsvarge siddhāḥ santarpayanti yān /  
śrāddheṣu divyaiḥ sakalairupahārairanuttamaiḥ //

> I bow to the ancestors in heaven, whom the siddhas gratify / at śrāddhas with all kinds of celestial, unsurpassed offerings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.16)

namasye 'haṃ pitṝn bhaktyā yer'cyante guhyakairdivi /  
tanmayatvena vādhadbhiḥ ṛddhimātyantikīṃ parām //

> I bow with devotion to the ancestors who are worshipped in heaven by the guhyakas / desiring supreme, absolute prosperity through absorption in them.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.17)

namasye 'haṃ pitṝnmartyairarcyante bhuvi ye sadā /  
śrāddheṣu śraddhayābhīṣṭalokapuṣṭipradāyinaḥ //

> I bow to the ancestors who are always worshipped on earth by mortals / with faith at śrāddhas, bestowing their desired realms and nourishment.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.18)

namasye 'haṃ pitṝnviprairarcyante bhuvi ye sadā /  
vāñchitābhīṣṭalābhāya prājāpatyapradāyinaḥ //

> I bow to the ancestors who are always worshipped on earth by brāhmaṇas / for obtaining what is desired and longed for, granting the status of Prajāpati.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.19)

namasye 'haṃ pitṝnye vai tarpyante 'raṇyavāsibhiḥ /  
vanyaiḥ śrāddhairyatāhāraistaponirdhūtakalmaṣaiḥ //

> I bow to the ancestors who are indeed gratified by forest dwellers / whose food is restrained, whose impurities are removed by asceticism, through forest śrāddha offerings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.20)

namasye 'haṃ pitṝnviprairnaiṣṭhikairdharmacāribhiḥ /  
ye saṃyatātmabhirnityaṃ santarpyante samādhibhiḥ //

> I bow to the ancestors who are perpetually gratified / through meditations by self-controlled, lifelong celibate brāhmaṇas practicing dharma.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.21)

namasye 'haṃ pitṝñchrāddhai rājanyāstarpayanti yān /  
kavyairaśeṣaividhivallokadvayaphalapradān //

> I bow to the ancestors whom kṣatriyas gratify at śrāddhas / according to rule with all ancestral offerings, who bestow the fruits of both worlds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.22)

namasye 'haṃ pitṝnvaiśyairarcyante bhuvi ye sadā /  
svakarmābhiratairnnityaṃ puṣpadhūpānnavāribhiḥ //

> I bow to the ancestors who are always worshipped on earth by vaiśyas / devoted to their own duties, continually with flowers, incense, food, and water.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.23)

namasye 'haṃ pitṝñchrāddhe śūdrairapi ca bhaktitaḥ /  
santarpyate jagatkṛtsnaṃ nāmnā khyātāḥ sukālinaḥ //

> I bow to the ancestors who at the śrāddha are gratified with devotion even by śūdras; / famous by the name Sukālins, they encompass the entire universe.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.24)

namasye 'haṃ pitṝñchrāddhe pātāle ye mahāsuraiḥ /  
santarpyante sudhāhārāstyaktadambhamadaiḥ sadā //

> I bow to the ancestors who at the śrāddha in the netherworld are gratified / constantly by the great asuras, who eat nectar and have cast off pride and arrogance.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.25)

namasye 'haṃ pitṝñchrāddhairarcyante ye rasātale /  
bhogairaśeṣairvidhivannāgaiḥ kāmānabhīpsubhiḥ //

> I bow to the ancestors who at śrāddhas are worshipped in Rasātala / according to rule with all enjoyments by nāgas desiring their wished-for pleasures.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.26)

namasye 'haṃ pitṝñchrāddhaiḥ sarpaiḥ santarpitānsadā /  
tatraiva vidhivanmantrabhogasampatsamanvitaiḥ //

> I bow to the ancestors who are constantly gratified at śrāddhas right there / by serpents, according to rule, endowed with abundant mantras and offerings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.27)

pitṝnnamasye nivasanti sākṣādye devaloke 'tha mahītale vā /  
tathāntarikṣe ca surāripūjyāste vai pratīcchantu mayopanītam //

> I bow to the ancestors who dwell visibly in the world of the gods, on the earth's surface, / or likewise in the atmosphere, worshipped even by the enemies of the gods; may they accept what I present.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.28)

pitṝnnamasye paramārthabhūtā ye vai vimāne nivasantyamūrtāḥ /  
yajanti yānastamalairmanobhiryogīśvarāḥ kleśavimuktihetūn //

> I bow to the ancestors who are the ultimate reality, who dwell formless in celestial chariots, / whom masters of yoga worship with minds free of impurity, as the causes of liberation from afflictions.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.29)

pitṝnnamasye divi ye ca mūrtāḥ svadhābhujaḥ kāmyaphalābhisandhau /  
pradānaśaktāḥ sakalepsitānāṃ vimuktidā ye 'nabhisaṃhiteṣu //

> I bow to the ancestors possessing form in heaven, who consume the svadhā, capable of granting / all desired things when motivated by a wish for fruits, and who bestow liberation to those without desire.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.30)

tṛpyantu te 'sminpitaraḥ samastā icchāvatāṃ ye pradiśanti kāmān /  
suratvamindratvamito 'dhikaṃ vā gajāśvaratnāni mahāgṛhāṇi //

> May all those ancestors be gratified herein, who grant desires to those who wish for them: / godhood, Indra's status, or even higher, elephants, horses, gems, and great mansions.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.31)

somasya ye raśmiṣu yer'kabimbe śukle vimāne ca sadā vasanti /  
tṛpyantu te 'sminpitaro 'nnatoyairgandhādinā puṣṭimito vrajantu //

> Those who dwell in the rays of the moon, in the orb of the sun, and always in bright celestial chariots— / may those ancestors be gratified herein with food and water, and attain nourishment from perfume and the like.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.32)

yeṣāṃ hute 'gnau haviṣā ca tṛptirye bhuñjate vipraśarīrasaṃsthāḥ /  
ye piṇḍadānena mudaṃ prayānti tṛpyantu te 'sminpitaro 'nnatoyaiḥ //

> Those who are gratified by oblations when offerings are made in fire, who eat while abiding in the bodies of brāhmaṇas, / and who attain joy through the offering of rice-balls—may those ancestors be gratified herein with food and water.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.33)

ye khaḍgamāṃsena surairabhīṣṭaiḥ kṛṣṇaistilairdivya manoharaiśca /  
kālena śākena maharṣivaryaiḥ saṃprīṇitāste mudamatra yāntu //

> Those who are gladdened by rhinoceros meat, by black sesame seeds pleasing to the gods and celestially charming, / and with kālaśāka by the best of great sages—may they attain joy here.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.34)

kavyānyaśeṣāṇi ca yānyabhīṣṭānyatīva teṣāṃ mama pūjitānām /  
teṣāñca sānnidhyamihāstu puṣpagandhāmbubhojyeṣu mayā kṛteṣu //

> And whatever offerings to the ancestors are especially beloved to those worshipped by me, / may they be present here among the flowers, scents, water, and food prepared by me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.35)

dinedine ye pratigṛhṇater'cāṃ māsāntapūjyā bhuvi ye 'ṣṭakāsu /  
ye vatsarānte 'bhyudaye ca pūjyāḥ prayāntu te me pitaro 'tra tuṣṭim //

> Those who accept worship day by day, who are worshipped at the end of the month, on earth on the aṣṭakā days, / and who are worshipped at the end of the year and at auspicious ceremonies—may those ancestors of mine find satisfaction here.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.36)

pūjyā dvijānāṃ kumudendubhāso ye kṣattriyāṇāṃ jvalanārkavarṇāḥ /  
tathā viśāṃ ye kanakāvadātā nīlīprabhāḥ śūdrajanasya ye ca //

> Those worshipped by the twice-born, shining like the white water-lily and moon; those of kṣatriyas, colored like fire and the sun; / likewise those of vaiśyas, radiant like gold; and those of the śūdras, with the lustre of indigo—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.37)

te 'sminsamastā mama puṣpagandhadhūpāmbubhojyādinivedanena /  
tathāgnihomena ca yānti tṛptiṃ sadā pitṛbhyaḥ praṇato 'smi tebhyaḥ //

> may all of them be satisfied herein by my presentation of flowers, perfume, incense, water, food, and the like, / and likewise through fire-oblations; I bow down always to those ancestors.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.38)

ye devapūrvāṇyabhitṛptihetora śranti kavyāni śubhāhṛtāni /  
tṛptāśca ye bhūtisṛjo bhavanti tṛpyantu te 'sminpraṇato 'smi tebhyaḥ //

> Those who eat pure ancestral offerings preceded by offerings to the gods for complete satisfaction, / and who, when satisfied, bestow prosperity—may they be gratified herein; I bow down to them.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.39)

rakṣāṃsi bhūtānyasurāṃstathogrātrirṇāśayantu tvaśivaṃ prajānām /  
ādyāḥ surāṇāmamareśapūjyāstṛpyantu te 'sminpraṇato 'smitebhyaḥ //

> May they destroy rākṣasas, spirits, and fierce asuras, and remove misfortune from creatures; / the primordial ones among the gods, worshipped by the lord of the immortals—may they be gratified herein; I bow down to them.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.40)

agniṣvāttā barhiṣada ājyapāḥ somapāstathā /  
vrajantu tṛptiṃ śrāddhe 'sminpitarastarpitā mayā //

> May the Agniṣvāttas, the Barhiṣads, the Ājyapas, and likewise the Somapas, / reach satisfaction in this śrāddha, the ancestors gratified by me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.41)

agniṣvāttāḥ pitṛgaṇāḥ prācīṃ rakṣantu me diśam /  
tathā barhiṣadaḥ pāntu yāmyāṃ me pitaraḥ sadā /  
pratīcīmājyapāstadvadudīcīmapi somapāḥ //

> May the Agniṣvātta groups of ancestors protect my eastern quarter; / likewise, may the Barhiṣad ancestors always guard my southern quarter; / similarly the Ājyapas the west, and the Somapas the north.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.42)

rakṣobhūtapiśācebhyastathaivāsuradoṣataḥ /  
sarvataḥ pitaro rakṣāṃ kurvantu mama nityaśaḥ //

> From rākṣasas, bhūtas, and piśācas, and likewise from the harm of asuras, / may the ancestors constantly provide protection on all sides for me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.43)

viśvo viśvabhugārādhyo dharmo dhanyaḥ śubhānanaḥ /  
bhūtido bhūtikṛd bhūtiḥ pitṝṇāṃ ye gaṇā nava //

> Viśva, Viśvabhuj, Ārādhya, Dharma, Dhanya, Śubhānana, / Bhūtida, Bhūtikṛt, and Bhūti: these are the nine groups of ancestors.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.44)

kalyāṇaḥ kalyadaḥ kartā kalyaḥ kalyatarāśrayaḥ /  
kalyatāheturanghaḥ ṣaḍime te gaṇāḥ smṛtāḥ //

> Kalyāṇa, Kalyada, Kartṛ, Kalya, Kalyatarāśraya, / and Kalyatāhetu-anagha: these are remembered as six groups.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.45)

varo vareṇyo varadastuṣṭidaḥ puṣṭidastathā /  
viśvapātā tathā dhātā saptaite ca gaṇāḥ smṛtāḥ //

> Vara, Vareṇya, Varada, Tuṣṭida, and likewise Puṣṭida, / Viśvapātṛ, and Dhātṛ: these are remembered as seven groups.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.46)

mahānmahātmā mahito mahimāvānmahābalaḥ /  
gaṇāḥ pañca tathaivaite pitṝṇāṃ pāpanāśanāḥ //

> Mahat, Mahātman, Mahita, Mahimāvat, and Mahābala: / these are the five groups of ancestors that destroy sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.47)

sukhado dhanadaścānyo dharmado 'nyaśca bhūtidaḥ /  
pitṝṇāṃ kathyate caiva tathā gaṇacatuṣṭayam //

> Sukhada, Dhanada, another being Dharmada, and another Bhūtida: / thus is recounted a set of four groups of ancestors.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.48)

ekatriṃśatpitṛgaṇā yairvyāptamakhilaṃ jagat /  
ta evātra pitṛgaṇāstuṣyantu ca madāhitāt //

> The thirty-one groups of ancestors by whom the entire universe is pervaded— / may those very groups of ancestors be satisfied here by what is offered by me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.49)

mākraṇḍeya uvāca /  
evaṃ tu stuvatastasya tejasorāśirucchritaḥ /  
prādurbabhūva sahasā gaganavyāptikārakaḥ //

> Mārkaṇḍeya said: / While he was thus praising them, an exalted mass of splendor / suddenly appeared, pervading the sky.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.50)

taddṛṣṭvā sumahattejaḥ samācchādya sthitaṃ jagat /  
jānubhyāmavanīṃ gatvā ruciḥ stotramidañjagau //

> Having seen that exceedingly great splendour standing encompassing the world, / Ruci, falling to the earth on his knees, sang this hymn of praise:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.51)

ruciruvāca /  
arcitānāmamūrtānāṃ pitṝṇāṃ dīptatejasām /  
namasyāmi sadā teṣāṃ dhyānināṃ divyacakṣuṣām //

> Ruci said: / ‘To the fathers, worshipped, bodiless, of radiant splendour, / meditators with divine eyes, to them I always bow.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.52)

indrādīnāṃ ca netāro dakṣamārīcayostathā /  
saptarṣoṇāṃ tathānyeṣāṃ tānnamasyāmi kāmadān //

> And who are the leaders of Indra and the others, and of Dakṣa and Marīci's son \[Kaśyapa\], / as well as of the seven sages and others, to those granters of desires I bow.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.53)

manvādīnāṃ ca netāraḥ sūryācandramasostathā /  
tānnamasyāmyahaṃ sarvānpitṝnapyudadhāvapi //

> And who are the leaders of Manu and the rest, and of the sun and the moon, / to all those fathers, even those in the ocean, I bow.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.54)

nakṣatrāṇāṃ grahāṇāṃ ca vāyvagnyornabhasastathā /  
dyāvāpṛthivyośca tathā namasyāmi kṛtāñjaliḥ //

> And of the constellations, planets, wind, fire, and sky, / as well as of heaven and earth, with joined palms I bow.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.55)

prajāpateḥ kaśyapāya somāya varuṇāya ca /  
yogeśvarebhyaśca sadā namasyāmi kṛtāñjaliḥ //

> To Prajāpati Kaśyapa, to Soma, and to Varuṇa, / and to the lords of yoga, with joined palms I always bow.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.56)

namo gaṇebhyaḥ saptabhyastathā lokeṣu saptasu /  
svāyambhuve namasyāmi brahmaṇe yogacakṣuṣe //

> Homage to the seven groups \[of fathers\] in the seven worlds; / I bow to the self-born Brahman whose eye is yoga.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.57)

somādhārānpitṛgaṇānyogamūrtidharāṃstathā /  
namasyāmi tathā somaṃ pitaraṃ jagatāmaham //

> To the groups of fathers whose support is Soma, who bear the form of yoga, / I bow, and likewise to Soma, the father of the worlds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.58)

agnirūpāṃstathaivānyānnamasyāmi pitṝnaham /  
agnisomamayaṃ viśvaṃ yata etadaśeṣataḥ //

> And to the other fathers who have the nature of fire, I bow, / since this entire universe consists of fire and Soma.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.59)

ye ca tejasi ye caite somasūryāgnimūrtayaḥ /  
jagatsvarūpiṇaścaiva tathā brahmasvarūpiṇaḥ //

> Those who are in splendour, and those who have the forms of Soma, the sun, and fire, / whose nature is the universe, and likewise whose nature is Brahman,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.60)

tebhyo 'khilebhyo yogibhyaḥ pitṛbhyo yatamānasaḥ /  
namonamo namaste 'stu prasīdantu svadhābhujaḥ //

> to all those yogic fathers, with restrained mind: / Homage, homage, homage be to you! May the consumers of the svadhā offering be pleased!’  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.61)

mākraṇḍeya uvāca /  
evaṃ stutāstatastena tajaso munisattamāḥ /  
niścakramuste pitaro bhāsayanto diśādaśa //

> Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Praised thus by him, O best of sages, / those fathers emerged from that splendour, illuminating the ten directions.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.62)

nivedanañca yattena puṣpagandhānulepanam /  
tadbhūṣitānatha sa tāndadṛśe purataḥ sthitān //

> And with the offering of flowers and fragrant unguents that had been made by him, / adorned with that, he then saw them standing before him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.63)

praṇipatya rucirbhaktyā punareva kṛtāñjaliḥ /  
namastubhyaṃ namastubhyamityāha pṛthagādṛtaḥ //

> Prostrating himself with devotion, once again with joined palms, / Ruci respectfully said to them individually: ‘Homage to you, homage to you!’  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.64)

tataḥ prasannāḥ pitarastamūcurmunisattamam /  
varaṃ vṛṇīṣveti sa tānuvācānatakandharaḥ //

> Then the pleased fathers said to that best of sages: / ‘Choose a boon!’ Bowing his head, he said to them:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.65)

ruciruvāca /  
prajānāṃ sargakartṛtvamādiṣṭaṃ brahmaṇā mama /  
so 'haṃ patnīmabhīpsāmi dhanyāṃ divyāṃ prajāvatīm //

> Ruci said: / ‘The role of creator of offspring was commanded to me by Brahmā; / therefore, I desire a blessed, divine wife who will bear offspring.’  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.66)

pitara ūcuḥ /  
atraiva sadyaḥ patnī te bhavatvatimanoramā /  
tasyāñca putro bhavitā bhavato munisattama ! //

> The fathers said: / ‘Right here, immediately, let there be an exceedingly delightful wife for you, / and in her, a son shall be born to you, O best of sages!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.67)

manvantarādhipo dhīmāṃstvannāmnaivopalakṣitaḥ /  
ruce ! raucya iti khyātiṃ prayāsyati jagattraye //

> A wise ruler of a Manvantara, designated by your very name, / O Ruci, he will attain renown in the three worlds as Raucya.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.68)

tasyāpi bahavaḥ putrā mahābalaparākramāḥ /  
bhaviṣyanti mahātmānaḥ pṛthivīparipālakāḥ //

> And he shall have many great-souled sons of great strength and valour, / protectors of the earth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.69)

tvaṃ ca prijāpatirbhūtvā prajāḥ sṛṣṭvā caturvidhāḥ /  
kṣīṇādhikāro dharmajñastataḥ siddhimavāpsyasi //

> And you, having become a prajāpati and created the fourfold offspring, / your duty fulfilled, knowing dharma, will then attain perfection.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.70)

stotreṇānena ca naro yo 'smāṃstoṣyati bhaktitaḥ /  
tasya tuṣṭā vayaṃ bhogānātmajaṃ dhyānamuttamam //

> And whichever man pleases us with this hymn out of devotion, / pleased with him, we \[grant\] enjoyments, a son, and supreme meditation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.71)

āyurārogyamarthaṃ ca putrapautrādikaṃ tathā /  
vāñchadbhiḥ satataṃ stavyāḥ stotreṇānena vai yataḥ //

> Longevity, health, wealth, as well as sons, grandsons, and the like, / by those desiring these, we should indeed be praised constantly with this hymn, because:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.72)

śrāddheṣu ya imaṃ bhaktyā tvasmatprītikaraṃ stavam /  
paṭhiṣyati dvijāgryāṇāṃ bhuñjatāṃ purataḥ sthitaḥ //

> Whoever will recite this praise that pleases us with devotion at ancestral rites, / standing before the foremost twice-born while they eat,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.73)

stotraśravaṇasaṃprītyā sannidhāne pare kṛte /  
asmābhirakṣayaṃ śrāddhaṃ tadbhaviṣyatyasaṃśayam //

> delighted by hearing the hymn, our supreme presence being made, / that ancestral rite shall without doubt become imperishable through us.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.74)

yadyapyaśrotriyaṃ śrāddhaṃ yadyapyupahataṃ bhavet /  
anyāyopāttavittena yadi vā kṛtamanyathā //

> Even if an ancestral rite lacks learned priests, even if it is impaired, / or if it is performed with wealth obtained unjustly, or otherwise \[flawed\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.75)

aśrāddhārhairupatairupahāraistathā kṛtaiḥ /  
akāle 'pyatha vā deśe vidhihīnamathāpi vā //

> or performed with spoiled offerings unworthy of an ancestral rite, / or at an improper time or place, or even devoid of proper rules,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.76)

aśraddhayā vā puruṣairdambhamāśritya yatkṛtam /  
asmākaṃ tṛptaye śrāddhantathāpyetadudīraṇāt //

> or what is performed without faith by men resorting to hypocrisy, / even so, for our satisfaction, by the recitation of this ancestral rite \[hymn\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.77)

yatraitatpaṭhyate śrāddhe stotramastatsukhāvaham /  
asmākaṃ jāyate tṛptistatra dvādaśāvarṣikī //

> in whichever ancestral rite this hymn bringing us pleasure is recited, / our satisfaction produced there lasts for twelve years.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.78)

hemante dvādaśābdāni tṛptimetatprayacchati /  
śiśire dviguṇābdāni tṛptiṃ stotramidaṃ śubham //

> In the cold season, it grants twelve years of satisfaction; / in the winter, this auspicious hymn \[grants\] satisfaction for double that number of years.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.79)

vasante ṣoḍaśa samāstṛptaye śrāddhakarmaṇi /  
grīṣme ca ṣoḍaśaivaitatpaṭhitaṃ tṛptikārakam //

> In the spring, it brings sixteen years of satisfaction in the ancestral rite; / and in the summer, recited, it causes sixteen \[years of\] satisfaction.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.80)

vikale 'pi kṛte śrāddhe stotreṇānena sādhite /  
varṣāsu tṛptirasmākamakṣayyā jāyate ruce //

> Even when an ancestral rite is performed defectively, if accomplished with this hymn / in the rainy season, our satisfaction becomes imperishable, O Ruci!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.81)

śaratkāle 'pi paṭhitaṃ śrāddhakāle prayacchati /  
asmākametatpuruṣaistṛptiṃ pañcadaśābdikīm //

> Even when recited in the autumn at the time of the ancestral rite, / by men, it grants us satisfaction for fifteen years.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.82)

yasmin gehe ca likhitametattiṣṭhati nityadā /  
sannidhānaṃ kṛte śrāddhe tatrāsmākaṃ bhaviṣyati //

> And in whatever house this \[hymn\] remains written constantly, / our presence will be there when an ancestral rite is performed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.83)

tasmādetattvayā śrāddhe viprāṇāṃ bhuñjatāṃ puraḥ /  
śrāvaṇīyaṃ mahābhāga asmākaṃ puṣṭikārakam //

> Therefore, this must be recited by you at an ancestral rite before the Brahmins while they eat, / O highly fortunate one; it causes our nourishment.’  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.89.83.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.89.83.p1)

iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe rucikṛtapitṛstotraṃ nāmaikonanavatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

> Thus ends the eighty-ninth chapter, titled ‘The Praise of the Fathers Composed by Ruci,’ in the section on conduct, in the first part called the first section of the glorious Garuḍa Purāṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.89.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (4)

- [Vallālacarita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.vallalacarita.2.9.13) — Ānandabhaṭṭa 1510, Sanskrit
- [Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.11.23) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Puruṣārthasudhānidhi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.daksinatya.purusarthasudhanidhi.5.40) — Sāyaṇācārya, Sanskrit
- [Kālasarvasva](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.utkala.kalasarvasva.7.409.p1.1) — Kṛṣṇanātha 1750, Sanskrit

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