[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) › 1.91 # Garudapurana 1.91 Garuḍapurāṇa 1.91 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [1.91.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.91.18) — 1 part ### [1.91.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.91.1) śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 91 sūta uvāca / svāyambhuvādyā munayo hariṃ dhyāyanti karmaṇā / vratācārārcanādhyānastutijapyaparāyaṇāḥ // > The glorious Garuḍa Purāṇa — \[Chapter\] 91 / Sūta said: / The sages, Svāyambhuva and others, meditate upon Hari through action, / devoted to observances, proper conduct, worship, meditation, praise, and silent recitation, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.91.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.91.2) dehendriyamanobuddhiprāṇāhaṅkāravarjitam / ākaśena vihīnaṃ vai tejasā parivarjitam // > devoid of body, sense organs, mind, intellect, vital breath, and egoism, / without space, free from fire, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.91.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.91.3) udakena vihīnaṃ vai taddharmaparivarjitam / pṛthivīrahitaṃ caiva sarvabhatavivarjitam // > without water, free from its attributes, / devoid of earth, and free from all elements, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.91.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.91.4) bhūtādhyakṣaṃ tathā baddhaniyantāraṃ prabhuṃ vibhum / caitanyarūpatārūpaṃ sarvādhyakṣaṃ nirañjanam // > the overseer of the elements, the ruler of the bound, the powerful lord, all-pervading, / whose form is consciousness, the overseer of all, stainless, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.91.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.91.5) muktasaṅgaṃ maheśānaṃ sarvadevaprapūjitam / tejorūpamasattvaṃ ca tapasā parivarjitam // > free from attachment, the great ruler, worshipped by all the gods, / whose form is splendour, without gunas, and beyond asceticism. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.91.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.91.6) rahitaṃ rajasā nityaṃ vyatiriktaṃ guṇaistribhiḥ / sarvarūpavihīnaṃ vai kartṛtvādivivarjitam // > Ever devoid of rajas, beyond the three guṇas, / truly devoid of all forms, devoid of agency and the like, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.91.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.91.7) vāsanārahitaṃ śuddhaṃ sarvadoṣavivarjitam / pipāsāvarjitaṃ tattaccho kamohavivarjitam // > free from latent impressions, pure, devoid of all faults, / devoid of thirst, devoid of sorrow and delusion, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.91.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.91.8) jarāmaraṇahīnaṃ vai kūṭasthaṃ mohavarjitam / utpattirahitaṃ caiva pralayena vivarjitam // > truly free from old age and death, immovable, free from delusion, / devoid of origination and free from dissolution, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.91.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.91.9) satyaṃ sarvācārahīnaṃ niṣkalaṃ parameśvaram / jāgratsvapnasuṣuptyādivarjitaṃ nāmavarjitam // > truth, devoid of all conventional conduct, partless, the Supreme Lord, / devoid of waking, dream, deep sleep, and the like, devoid of name, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.91.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.91.10) adhyakṣaṃ jāgradādīnāṃ śāntarūpaṃ sureśvaram / jāgradādisthitaṃ nityaṃ kāryakāraṇavarjitam // > the witness of waking and the other states, of peaceful form, the lord of gods, / ever abiding in waking and the other states, devoid of cause and effect, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.91.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.91.11) sarvadṛṣṭaṃ tathā mūrtaṃ sūkṣmaṃ sūkṣmataraṃ param / jñānadṛk śrotravijñānaṃ paramānandarūpakam // > seen everywhere, both formed and subtle, subtler than the subtle, supreme, / the eye of knowledge, the cognition of hearing, whose form is supreme bliss, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.91.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.91.12) viśvena rahitaṃ tadvattaijasena vivarjitam / prājñena rahitañcaiva turīyaṃ paramākṣaram // > devoid likewise of the gross soul (viśva), free from the subtle soul (taijasa), / devoid of the causal soul (prājña), the fourth (turīya), the supreme imperishable, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.91.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.91.13) sarvagoptṛ sarvahantṛ sarvabhūtātmarūpi ca / buddhidharmavihīnaṃ vai nirādhāraṃ śivaṃ harim // > the protector of all, the destroyer of all, embodying the Self of all beings, / devoid of the attributes of the intellect, without support, auspicious, Hari, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.91.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.91.14) vikriyārahitaṃ caiva vedāntairvedyameva ca / vedarūpaṃ paraṃ bhūtamindriyebhyaḥ paraṃ śubham // > free from transformation, to be known through the Vedāntas alone, / of the nature of the Veda, the supreme being, beyond the senses, auspicious, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.91.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.91.15) śabdena varjitañcaiva rasena ca vivarjitam / sparśena rahitaṃ devaṃ rūpamātravivarjitam // > free from sound, devoid of taste, / devoid of touch, the god, devoid of mere form, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.91.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.91.16) rūpeṇa rahitaṃ ñcaiva gandhena parivarjitam / anādi brahma randhrāntamahaṃ brahmāsmi kevalam // > and devoid of form, completely free from smell, / the beginningless Brahman up to the aperture of the crown: 'I am purely Brahman.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.91.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.91.17) evaṃ jñātvā mahādevadhyānaṃ kuryājjitendriyaḥ / dhyānaṃ yaḥ kurute hyevaṃ sa bhavedbahma mānavaḥ // > Having known thus, with senses subdued, one should meditate on the great god. / A person who meditates in this way truly becomes Brahman. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.91.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.91.18) iti dhyānaṃ samākhyātamaśvirasya mayā tava / adhunā kathayāmyanyatkintadbrūhi vṛṣadhvaja // > Thus the meditation upon the headless \[formless\] has been related by me to you. / Now I will declare another: what is it that you ask, O bull-bannered one? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.91.18.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.91.18.p1) iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe haridhyānaṃ nāmaikanavatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the ninety-first chapter, entitled 'Meditation on Hari', in the Ācārakāṇḍa of 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.1.91.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Svacchandatantra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.agama.bhairava.svacchanda.12.158) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.91) · Pramāṇa