[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) › 3.1.1 # Garudapurana 3.1.1 Garuḍapurāṇa 3.1.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.1) śrīgaṇeśāyanamaḥ / śrīlakṣmīnṛsiṃhāya namaḥ / śrīdattātreyāya namaḥ / śrīvedavyāsāya namaḥ / śrīhayagrīvāya namaḥ / atha gāruḍe brahmakāṇḍastṛtīya ārabhyate / oṃ mallānāmaśanirnṛṇāṃ naravaraḥ strīṇāṃ smaro mūrtimān gopānāṃ svajano 'satāṃ kṣitibhṛtāṃ śāstā svapitroḥ śiśuḥ / mṛtyurbhojapatervidhātṛvihita stattvaṃ paraṃ yogināṃ vṛṣṇīnāṃ ca patiḥ sadaiva śuśubhe raṅge 'cyutaḥ sāgrajaḥ // > Homage to holy Gaṇeśa. / Homage to holy Lakṣmī-Nṛsiṃha. / Homage to holy Dattātreya. / Homage to holy Vedavyāsa. / Homage to holy Hayagrīva. / Now begins the third section, the Brahmakāṇḍa, in the Garuḍa Purāṇa: / Om. Lightning to the wrestlers, the foremost of men to humanity, love personified to women, / a kinsman to the cowherds, a punisher to the wicked rulers of earth, a child to his parents, / death to the lord of Bhojas, ordained by the creator, the supreme reality to the yogins, / and always the lord of the Vṛṣṇis, Acyuta shone forever in the arena together with his elder brother. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.49.136.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.49.136.p3) - [Next: 3.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.2) - [Up: 3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.3.1.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.1) · Pramāṇa