[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) › 1.94 # Garudapurana 1.94 Garuḍapurāṇa 1.94 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [1.94.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.94.32) — 1 part ### [1.94.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.94.1) śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 94 yājñavalkya uvāca / garbhāṣṭame 'ṣṭame vābde brāhmaṇasyopanāyanam / rajñāmekādaśe saike viśāmeke yathākulam // > The glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa — 94 / Yājñavalkya said: / The initiation of a brāhmaṇa takes place in the eighth year from conception or the eighth \[year of age\]; / of kṣatriyas in the eleventh; of vaiśyas in the eleventh plus one \[twelfth\] according to family custom. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.94.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.94.2) upanīya kuruḥ śiṣyaṃ mahāvyāhṛtipūrvakam / vedamadhyāpayedenaṃ śaucācārāṃśca śikṣayet // > Having initiated the disciple preceded by the great utterances, / \[the preceptor\] should teach him the Veda and instruct him in purification and proper conduct. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.94.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.94.3) divā sandhyāsu karṇasthabrahmasūtra udaḍmukhaḥ / kuryānmūtrapurīṣe tu rātrau ceddakṣiṇāmukhaḥ // > By day and at the twilights, with the sacred thread placed on the ear, facing north, / he should pass urine and feces, but facing south at night. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.94.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.94.4) gṛhītaśiśraścotthāya mṛdbhirabhyuddhṛtairjalaiḥ / gandhalepakṣayakaraṃ śaucaṃ kuryānmahāvrataḥ // > Having held the penis and stood up, with clays and drawn water, / he should perform purification that removes odor and smearing, observant of his great vow. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.94.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.94.5) antarjānuḥ śucau deśa upaviṣṭa udaṅmukhaḥ / prāgvā brāhmeṇa tīrthena dvijo nityamupaspṛśet // > Sitting in a clean place with knees between \[his hands\], facing north / or east, a twice-born should daily sip water with the Brāhma-tīrtha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.94.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.94.6) kaniṣṭhādeśinyaṅguṣṭhamūlānyagraṃ karasya ca / prajāpatipitṛbrahmadevatīrthānyanukramāt // > The roots of the little finger, the forefinger, and the thumb, and the tip of the hand, / are the sacred parts of Prajāpati, the ancestors, Brahman, and the gods, respectively. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.94.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.94.7) triḥ prāśyāpo dvirunmṛjya khānyādbhiḥ samupaspṛśet / adbhistu prakṛtisthābhirhenābhiḥ phenabuhudaiḥ // > Having sipped water three times and wiped \[the lips\] twice, he should touch the apertures with water— / with waters that are in their natural state, devoid of foam and bubbles. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.94.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.94.8) hṛtkaṇṭhatālugābhistu yathāsaṃkhyaṃ dvijātayaḥ / śudhyeraṃstrī ca śūdraśca sakṛtspṛṣṭābhirantataḥ // > Twice-born men are purified by \[water\] reaching the heart, throat, and palate respectively; / a woman and a śūdra \[are purified\] by touching \[it\] once at the edge \[of the mouth\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.94.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.94.9) snānamabdaivatairmantrairmārjanaṃ prāṇasaṃyamaḥ / sūryasya cāpyupasthānaṃ gāyattrayāḥ pratyayaṃ japaḥ // > Bathing with mantras dedicated to the waters, sprinkling, breath control, / attendance upon the sun, and the daily recitation of the Gāyatrī \[are prescribed\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.94.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.94.10) gāyattrīṃ śirasā sārdhaṃ japedvyāhṛtipūrvikām / pratipraṇavasaṃyuktāṃ trirayaṃ prāṇasaṃyamaḥ // > He should recite the Gāyatrī together with its head, preceded by the utterances, / joined with the Praṇava at each, three times: this is breath control. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.94.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.94.11) prāṇānāyamya samprokṣya tryṛcenābdaivatena tu / japannāsīta sāvittrīṃ pratyagātārakodayāt // > Having restrained the breaths and sprinkled \[himself\] with the triplet dedicated to the waters, / he should sit facing west, reciting the Sāvitrī until the stars appear. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.94.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.94.12) sandhyāṃ prāk prātarevaṃ hi tiṣṭhedāsūryadarśanāt / agnikāryaṃ tataḥ kuryātsandhyayorubhayorapi // > At the morning twilight, indeed, he should stand facing east until the sight of the sun. / Then he should perform the fire-rite at both twilights. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.94.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.94.13) tato 'bhivādayedvṛdvānasāvahamiti bruvan / guruṃ caivāpyupāsīta svādhyāyārthaṃ samāhitaḥ // > Then he should salute the elders, saying, “I am such-and-such,” / and he should serve the guru with focused mind for the sake of Vedic study. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.94.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.94.14) sāhūtaścāpyadhīyīta sarvaṃ cāsmai nivedayet / hitaṃ tasyācarennityaṃ manovākrāyakarmabhiḥ // > When summoned, he should study; and he should report everything to him. / He should always act for his welfare with mind, speech, and physical deeds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.94.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.94.15) daṇḍājinopavītāni mekhalāṃ caiva dhārayet / brāhmaṇeṣu caredbhaikṣamanindyeṣvātmavṛttaye // > He should wear a staff, skin, sacred thread, and girdle. / He should wander for alms among blameless brāhmaṇas for his sustenance. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.94.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.94.16) ādimadhyāvasāneṣu bhavecchandopalakṣitā / brāhmaṇakṣattriyaviśāṃ bhaikṣacaryā yathākramam // > Characterized by the word \[bhavat\] at the beginning, middle, and end / should be the begging for alms of brāhmaṇas, kṣatriyas, and vaiśyas, respectively. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.94.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.94.17) kṛtāgnikāryo bhuñjīta vinīto gurvanujñayā / āpośānakriyāpūrvaṃ satkṛtyānnamakutsayan // > Having performed the fire-rite, humble, by permission of the guru he should eat, / preceded by the sipping rite, honoring the food without disparaging it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.94.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.94.18) brahmacāryāsthito naikamannamadyādanāpadi / brāhmaṇaḥ kāmamaśrīyācchrāddhe vratamapaḍiyan // > A student intent on celibacy must not eat a single \[host's\] food except in distress; / a brāhmaṇa may eat at will at a ancestral rite without violating his vow. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.94.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.94.19) madhu māṃsaṃ tathā svinnamityādi parivarjayet / sa gururyaḥ kriyāḥ kṛtvā vedamasmai prayacchati // > He should avoid honey, meat, steamed \[food\], and the like. / He is the guru who, having performed the rites, imparts the Veda to him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.94.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.94.20) upanīya dadātyenāmācāryaḥ sa prakīrtitaḥ / ekadeśamupādhyāya ṛtvigyajñakṛducyate // > He who initiates and imparts it is called the ācārya; / he who teaches a portion is an upādhyāya; the one who performs a sacrifice is called the ṛtvij. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.94.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.94.21) ete mānyā yathāpūrvamebhyo mātā garīyasī / prativedaṃ brahmacaryaṃ dvādaśābdāni pañca vā // > These are to be honored in order of precedence; higher than these is the mother. / The celibate studenthood for each Veda lasts twelve years or five, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.94.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.94.22) grahaṇāntikamityeke keśāntaścaiva ṣoḍaśe / āṣoḍaśā'dvāviṃśāccācaturviṃśācca vatsarāt // > or until its mastery, according to some; and the tonsure of hair takes place in the sixteenth year. / Up to the sixteenth, twenty-second, and twenty-fourth year, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.94.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.94.23) brahmakṣattraviśāṃ kāla aupanāyanikaḥ paraḥ / ata ūrdhvaṃ patantyete sarvadharmavivarjitāḥ // > is the utmost time for the initiation of brāhmaṇas, kṣatriyas, and vaiśyas. / Beyond this, they fall, excluded from all dharmas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.94.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.94.24) sāvitrīpatitā vrātyā vrātyastomādṛte kratoḥ / māturyadagre jāyante dvitīyaṃ mauñjabandhanam // > Fallen from the Sāvitrī, they are outcasts (vrātyas), except through the Vrātyastoma sacrifice. / Because they are born first from the mother, and the second \[birth\] is the tying of the muñja grass, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.94.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.94.25) brāhmaṇakṣattriya viśastasmādete dvijātayaḥ / yajñānāṃ tapasāṃ caiva śubhānāṃ caiva karmaṇām // > therefore brāhmaṇas, kṣatriyas, and vaiśyas are twice-born. / Of sacrifices, austerities, and auspicious actions, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.94.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.94.26) veda eva dvijātīnāṃ niḥ śreyasakaraḥ paraḥ / madhunā payasā caiva sa devāṃstarpayeddvijaḥ // > the Veda alone is the supreme bringer of the highest good for the twice-born. / A twice-born satisfies the gods with honey and milk, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.94.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.94.27) pitṝnmadhughṛtābhyāṃ ca ṛco 'dhīte hi so 'nvaham / yajuḥ sāma paṭhettadvadatharvāṅgirasaṃ dvijaḥ // > and the ancestors with honey and ghee, who recites the Ṛgveda daily. / Likewise, the twice-born who reads the Yajurveda, Sāmaveda, and the Atharvāṅgiras > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.94.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.94.28) santarpayetpitṝndevānso 'nvahaṃ hi ghṛtāmṛtaiḥ / vākovākyaṃ purāṇaṃ ca nārāśaṃsīśca gāthikāḥ // > daily satisfies the ancestors and the gods with ghee and nectar. / The theological dialogues, the Purāṇa, and the verses in praise of men, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.94.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.94.29) itihāsāṃstathā vidyā yo 'dhīte śaktito 'nvaham / santarpayetpitṝndevānmāṃsakṣīrodanādibhiḥ // > and the epics and sciences, whosoever recites according to his capacity daily, / satisfies the ancestors and the gods with meat, milk, boiled rice, and the like. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.94.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.94.30) te tṛptāstarpayantyenaṃ sarvakāmaphalaiḥ śubhaiḥ / yaṃyaṃ kratumadhītesau tasyasyāpnuyātphalam // > Satisfied, they satisfy him with all auspicious fruits of desire. / Whatever sacrifice he recites, he obtains the fruit of that very \[sacrifice\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.94.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.94.31) bhūmidānasya tapasaḥ svādhyāyaphalabhāgdvijaḥ / neṣṭhiko brahmacārī tu vasedācāryasannidhau // > A twice-born partakes of the fruit of Vedic study, austerity, and the gift of land. / A perpetual celibate student, however, should dwell in the presence of the ācārya; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.94.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.94.32) tadabhāve 'sya tanaye patnyāṃ vaiśvānare 'pi vā / anena vidhinā dehe sādhayedvijitendriyaḥ / brahmalokamavāpnoti na ceha jāyate punaḥ // > in his absence, with his son, with his wife, or at the sacred fire. / Through this rule, having conquered his senses, he accomplishes \[his goal\] in this body; / he attains the world of Brahman and is not born here again. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.94.32.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.94.32.p1) ita śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākye ācārakāṇḍe yājñavalkyoktavarṇadharmanirūpaṇaṃ nāma caturnavatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the ninety-fourth 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.1.94.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (10) - [Yājñavalkyasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya.1.23) — Yājñavalkya, Sanskrit - [Bhagavantabhāskara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.bhagavantabhaskara.4.p11) — Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita 1625, Sanskrit - [Smṛticandrikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrticandrika.28.p62) — Devaṇṇabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Vidhānamālā (Nṛsiṃha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.prayoga.sarvaprayoga.vidhanamala.114.1) — Nṛsiṃha, Sanskrit - [Ācāraratna (Maṇirāma)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.bhatta.acararatna.17.6-2) — Maṇirāma 1630, Sanskrit - [Anūpavilāsa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.anupavilasa.17.6-2) — Maṇirāma 1665, Sanskrit - [Gadādharapaddhati](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.gadadharapaddhati.7.p3) — Gadādhara Rājaguru 1725, Sanskrit - [Kālasāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.muhurta.kala.kalasara.6.p83) — Nārāyaṇa Jyotirvit, Sanskrit - [Kālasāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.kalasara.6.p83) — Gadādhara (Pāraskara commentator), Sanskrit - [Nityācārapaddhati (Vidyākara vājapeyin)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.ahnika.nityacarapaddhati-vidyakara-vajapeyin.3.p127) — Vidyākara vājapeyin, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.94) · Pramāṇa