[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) › 1.93 # Garudapurana 1.93 Garuḍapurāṇa 1.93 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [1.93.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.93.13) — 1 part ### [1.93.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.93.1) śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 93 maheśvara uvāca / yājñavalkyena yatpūrvaṃ dharmaṃ proktaṃ kayaṃ hare ! / tanme kāthaya keśighna ! yathā tattvena mādhava ! // > The glorious Garuḍa Purāṇa — 93 > Maheśvara said: / How was dharma proclaimed formerly by Yājñavalkya, O Hari? / Tell me that in truth, O slayer of Keśin, O Mādhava! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.93.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.93.2) hariruvāca / yājñavalkyaṃ namaskṛtya mithilāyāṃ samāsthitam / apṛcchannṝṣayo gatvā varṇadharmādyaśeṣataḥ / tebhyaḥ sa kathayāmāsa viṣṇuṃ dhyātvā jitendriyaḥ // > Hari said: / Having bowed to Yājñavalkya residing in Mithilā, / the sages went and questioned him about the duties of castes and the rest in full; / to them he spoke, having meditated on Viṣṇu with subdued senses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.93.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.93.3) yājñavalkya uvāca / yasmindeśe mṛgaḥ kṛṣṇastasmindharmānnibodhata / purāṇanyāyamīmāṃsādharmaśāstrāṅgamiśritāḥ // > Yājñavalkya said: / Learn dharmas in the land where the black antelope roams, / comprising the Purāṇas, Nyāya, Mīmāṃsā, and the limbs of the Dharmaśāstras; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.93.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.93.4) vedāḥ sthānāni vidyānāṃ dharmasya ca caturdaśa / vaktāro dharmaśāstrāṇāṃ manurviṣṇuryamo 'ṅgirāḥ // > the Vedas are the fourteen sources of knowledge and of dharma. / The proclaimers of the Dharmaśāstras are Manu, Viṣṇu, Yama, Aṅgiras, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.93.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.93.5) vasiṣṭhadakṣasaṃvartaśātātapaparāśarāḥ / āpastambośanovyāsāḥ kātyāyanabṛhaspatī // > Vasiṣṭha, Dakṣa, Saṃvarta, Śātātapa, Parāśara, / Āpastamba, Uśanas, Vyāsa, Kātyāyana, Bṛhaspati, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.93.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.93.6) gautamaḥ śaṅkhalikhito hārīto 'trirahaṃ tathā / ete viṣṇuṃ samārādhya jātā dharmopadeśakāḥ // > Gautama, Śaṅkha-Likhita, Hārīta, Atri, and myself: / these, having worshipped Viṣṇu, became teachers of dharma. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.93.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.93.7) deśakāla upāyena dravyaṃ śraddhāsamanvitam / pātre pradīyate yattatsakalaṃ dharmalakṣaṇam // > Whatever material thing is given with faith according to place and time, by proper means / unto a worthy recipient—that is the comprehensive definition of dharma. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.93.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.93.8) ijyācāro damo 'hiṃsā dānaṃ svādhyāyakarma ca / ayaṃ ca paramo dharmo yadyogenātmadarśanam // > Sacrifice, right conduct, self-restraint, non-injury, charity, study of the Veda, and rite: / this is the supreme dharma, namely, the vision of the Self through yoga. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.93.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.93.9) catvāro vedadharmajñāḥ parṣattraividyameva vā / sā brūte yatsvadharmaḥ syādeko vādhyātmavittamaḥ // > An assembly of four knowledgeable in the dharma of the Vedas, or one learned in the three Vedas, / whatever that assembly proclaims is one's duty, or \[whatever is proclaimed by\] a single person foremost in knowledge of the Self. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.93.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.93.10) brahmakṣāttriyaviṭśūdrā varṇāstvādyāstrayo dvijāḥ / niṣekādyāḥ śmaśānāntāsteṣāṃ vai mantrataḥ kriyāḥ // > The castes are Brāhmaṇa, Kṣatriya, Vaiśya, and Śūdra; the first three are the twice-born. / Their rites, beginning with insemination and ending at the cremation ground, are performed with sacred mantras: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.93.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.93.11) garbhādhānamṛtau puṃsaḥ savanaṃ spandanātpurā / ṣaṣṭhe 'ṣṭame vā sīmantaḥ prasave jātakarma ca // > insemination during the season; the rite for conceiving a male before the quickening; / the parting of hair in the sixth or eighth month; and the birth rite upon delivery; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.93.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.93.12) ahanyekādaśe nāma caturthe māsi niṣkramaḥ / ṣaṣṭhe 'nnaprāśanaṃ māsi cūḍāṃ kuryādyathākulam // > naming on the eleventh day; taking the child out in the fourth month; / the first feeding of solid food in the sixth month; and one should perform tonsure according to the custom of the family. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.93.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.93.13) evamenaḥ śamaṃ yāti bījagarbhasamudbhavam / tūṣṇa īmetāḥ kriyāḥ strīṇāṃ vivāhaśca samantrakaḥ // > In this way the sin arising from seed and womb is quieted. / These rites are performed silently for women, but marriage is accompanied by mantras. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.93.13.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.93.13.p1) iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe yājñavalkyoktavarṇadharṃmanirūpaṇaṃ nāma trinavatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the ninety-third chapter, entitled “The Determination of the Duties of Castes Taught by Yājñavalkya,” in the section on conduct, in the first part called the first section of the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.93.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (10) - [Yājñavalkyasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya.1.6) — Yājñavalkya, Sanskrit - [Vallālacarita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.vallalacarita.2.13.36) — Ānandabhaṭṭa 1510, Sanskrit - [Bhagavantabhāskara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.bhagavantabhaskara.1.p110) — Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita 1625, Sanskrit - [Caturvargacintāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.caturvargacintamani.1.p195) — Hemādri, Sanskrit - [Ṣoḍaśamahādānavidhi (Hemādri)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.dana.mahadana.sodasamahadanavidhi-hemadri.1.p195) — Hemādri, Sanskrit - [Dānakhaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.hemadri.danakhanda.1.p195) — Hemādri, Sanskrit - [Gadādharapaddhati](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.gadadharapaddhati.6.p16) — Gadādhara Rājaguru 1725, Sanskrit - [Kālasāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.muhurta.kala.kalasara.6.p61) — Nārāyaṇa Jyotirvit, Sanskrit - [Kālasāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.kalasara.6.p61) — Gadādhara (Pāraskara commentator), Sanskrit - [Kālaviveka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.kalaviveka.77.p1.13) — Jīmūtavāhana, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.93) · Pramāṇa