[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) › 3.15 # Garudapurana 3.15 Garuḍapurāṇa 3.15 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [3.15.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.15.30) — 1 part ### [3.15.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.15.1) śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 15 śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / athāvatā rānpuruṣākhyo hariśca gato dhyānaṃ kartumīśo mahātmā / prādurbabhūvākhilasadguṇārṇavaḥ sa eva viṣṇuḥ sa ca bījabhūtaḥ // > The glorious Garuḍa Purāṇa — 15 > Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: / Then, to make incarnations, the great-souled lord Hari, named Puruṣa, entered into meditation. / He who is an ocean of all good qualities appeared; he alone is Viṣṇu, and he is the primal seed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.15.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.15.2) yo bījabhūtaḥ puruṣākhya viṣṇuḥ sa evābhūdvāsudevo mahātmā / sṛṣṭiṃ kartuṃ puruṣākhyasya vāyormāyākhyāyāṃ mūlarūpo yathā'sa // > He who is the primal seed, Viṣṇu named Puruṣa, became the great-souled Vāsudeva / in order to perform the creation of Vāyu named Puruṣa in \[the śakti\] called Māyā, as he is the root form. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.15.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.15.3) yo vāsudevastu sa eva jātaḥ saṃkarṣaṇākhyo khilasadguṇātmā / sṛṣṭiṃ kartuṃ sūtrabhūtasya vāyorjayākhyāyaṃ pūrṇasaṃvitparātmā // > He who was Vāsudeva was born as Saṃkarṣaṇa, the embodiment of all noble qualities, / the supreme Self of complete consciousness, in order to perform the creation of Vāyu, the thread-soul, in \[the śakti\] called Jayā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.15.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.15.4) sa evaṃ saṃkarṣaṇanāmadheyaḥ pradyumnanāmā ca sa eva viśrutaḥ / sarasvatībhāratīsarjanārthaṃ sa eva devyā mūlarūpo babhūva // > He whose name was Saṃkarṣaṇa was also famed under the name Pradyumna; / for the sake of creating Sarasvatī and Bhāratī, he became the root form of the goddess. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.15.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.15.5) sṛṣṭvā yuktaṃ ṣoḍaśabhiḥ kalābhirmahattattvaṃ sūkṣmarūpaṃ sa eva / sāhaṅkāraṃ krīḍayāmāsa devaḥ śṛṇu tvaṃ vai ṣoḍaśākhyāḥ kalāśca // > Having created the principle of Mahat in subtle form, endowed with sixteen parts, / the Lord sported together with Ahaṅkāra. Hear from me the sixteen parts: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.15.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.15.6) bhūtāni karmendriyapañcakāni jñānendriyāṇīha tathā manaśca / tato babhūva hyaniruddhasaṃjñako jīvāṃśca saṃgṛhya supūrṇaśaktiḥ // > the elements, the five organs of action, the organs of perception here, and the mind. / Thence appeared he named Aniruddha, having gathered the individual souls, endowed with fully complete power. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.15.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.15.7) soyaṃ viriñcyādisamastadevān sthūlena dehena sasarja nāthaḥ / tathā sa viṣṇuḥ puruṣābhidhastu sanatkumāratvamavāpa vīndra // > This lord created all the gods, beginning with Brahmā, with gross bodies. / Likewise that Viṣṇu, called Puruṣa, attained the state of Sanatkumāra, O best of birds, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.15.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.15.8) ananyasādhyaṃ brahmacaryaṃ ca kartuṃ daśendriyāṇāṃ śoṣaṇārthaṃ sadaiva / sanandanādau paṭhitaḥ kumārastasmānnānyo nātra vicāryamasti // > in order to practice lifelong studenthood, impossible for anyone else to achieve, and always to dry up the ten senses. / The Kumāra enumerated first with Sanandana and the others is none other than he; there is no doubt in this matter. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.15.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.15.9) sa eva viṣṇuḥ sūkaratvaṃ hyavāpa kṣopaṇīmuddhartuṃ daityavapurnihantum / hiraṇyākṣaṃ sajjanānāṃ khagendra tathā bhūmeḥ sthāpanārthaṃ ca devaḥ // > That very Viṣṇu attained the form of a boar to lift up the earth, to slay the asura body / of Hiraṇyākṣa for the sake of the good, O King of Birds, and to establish the earth, being God. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.15.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.15.10) tato harirmadvidāsatvamāpānṛṣerbhāryāyāṃ yāminyāṃ yo mahātmā / tatrāvatāre pañcarātraṃ samagramupādeṣṭuṃ nāpa dānaṃ svatantraḥ // > Then Hari, being the great-souled one, attained the state of being Madvidāsa upon the wife of the sage, Yāminī; / in that incarnation, he, being independent, did not receive gifts, in order to teach the entire Pañcarātra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.15.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.15.11) sa eva viṣṇuḥ samabhūdbradaryāṃ nārāyaṇākhyaḥ śamalāpahaśca / tapastaptuṃ śikṣayituṃ tvṛṣīṇāṃ tiraskartuṃ hyapsarasāṃ sahasram // > That very Viṣṇu became \[manifest\] at Badarī under the name of Nārāyaṇa, destroying impurity, / in order to perform penance, to instruct the sages, and to humiliate a thousand apsarases. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.15.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.15.12) tato hariḥ kapilatvaṃ hyavāpya tirohitānkālabalena tattvān / caturviśatiṃ saṃśayaṃ coddhariṣyannupādiśaccāsuraye mahātmā // > Then Hari, having attained the state of Kapila, desiring to lift up the doubt regarding the twenty-four / principles obscured by the power of time, being the great-souled one, taught Āsuri. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.15.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.15.13) sa eva dataḥ samabhūdrameśonasūyāyāmatrirūpaḥ parātmā / ānvīkṣikiṃ nāma sutarkavidyāmalarkanāmne pradadāttāṃ mahātmā // > That very lord of Ramā became Datta upon Anasūyā, the supreme Self in the form of Atri's \[son\]; / that great-souled one bestowed the science of good dialectics, named rational inquiry, upon the one named Alarka. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.15.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.15.14) sa eva vaṃśepyabhavadraveśca ākūtyāṃ yaḥ saccidānandarūpaḥ / svāyaṃbhuvaṃ yattu manvantaraṃ ca devaiḥ sākaṃ pālayāmāsa vīndra // > He also appeared in the lineage of the Sun, he who was the form of being, consciousness, and bliss, upon Ākūti; / and together with the gods, O King of Birds, he protected the Svāyambhuva manvantara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.15.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.15.15) sa eva viṣṇuḥ sa urukramobhūdāgnīdhraputryāṃ merudevyāṃ ca nābheḥ / vidyāratānāṃ mānināṃ sarvadaivamatyāścaryaṃ darśayituṃ ca vīndra // > That very Viṣṇu of wide strides was born to Nābhi upon Merudevī, the daughter of Āgnīdhra, / in order to show what is exceedingly wonderful to the proud who take delight in learning, O King of Birds, always. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.15.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.15.16) tato harirjagṛhe kūrmarūpaṃ surāsurāṇāmudadhiṃ vimathnatām / pṛṣṭhe dhartuṃ mandaraṃ parvataṃ ca brahmāṇḍaṃ vā dhartumīśo mahātmā // > Then Hari assumed the form of a tortoise as the gods and asuras churned the ocean, / in order to support Mount Mandara upon his back; or rather, the great-souled Lord was able to support the universe. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.15.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.15.17) tato hariḥ prādurabhūnmahātmā dhanvantarirnāma harinmaṇidyutiḥ / apathyadoṣānparihartumeva haste gṛhītvā pūrṇakubhaṃ sudhābhiḥ // > Then Hari, the great-souled one, appeared, Dhanvantari by name, having the radiance of an emerald, / holding a full pot of nectar in his hand, precisely to dispel disorders caused by improper diet. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.15.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.15.18) tato harirjagṛhe śrīvapuśca yanmohinīti pravadanti loke / udvṛttānāṃ ditijānāṃ mahātmā samyakteṣāṃ vañcayituṃ harirbalam // > Then Hari assumed a splendid female form, whom people in the world call Mohinī, / being the great-souled one, Hari, in order to thoroughly deceive the power of the unruly sons of Diti. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.15.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.15.19) tato hariḥ prādurabhūnmahātmā nṛsiṃhanāmā bhagavānanantaḥ / daityo hiraṇyakaśipuśca tathorudeśe saṃsthāpitaḥ karajairdāritaśca // > Then Hari appeared, the great-souled one, the Lord named Nṛsiṃha, infinite; / and the daitya Hiraṇyakaśipu was placed upon the region of his thighs and torn apart with claws. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.15.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.15.20) tato harirbhagavānvāmanobhūdadityāṃ vai kaśyapāddavadevaḥ / indrāyedaṃ dātukāmaḥ khagendra tadarthaṃ vai pāvituṃ sovituṃ ca // > Then Hari, the divine Lord, became Vāmana, the god of gods, born of Aditi through Kaśyapa, / wishing to grant this \[world\] to Indra, O King of Birds, and for that purpose to purify and protect it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.15.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.15.21) tato harirjamadagneḥ sutobhūlloke sarve parśurāmaṃ vadanti / brahmadviṣāṃ kṣatriyāṇāṃ ca vīndra bhūmiṃ niḥ kṣatrāṃ kartukāmo maheśaḥ // > Then Hari became the son of Jamadagni; all in the world call him Rāma Jāmadagnya; / wishing to rid the earth of kṣatriyas, those who hate Brahmā, O King of Birds, he was the great lord. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.15.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.15.22) tatobhavadvyāsarūpī sa viṣṇuścaturvāraṃ rāghavāsyāpi pūrṇaḥ / parāśarātsatyavatyāṃ babhūva pailādibhirvedabhāgāṃśca kartum // > Then that Viṣṇu, having the form of Vyāsa, was complete four times for the descendant of Raghu; / he was born from Parāśara upon Satyavatī in order to make divisions of the Veda along with Paila and the others. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.15.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.15.23) tato harī raghuvaṃśevatīrṇaḥ kausalyāyāṃ rāghavaḥ sūryavaṃśe / samudrādorvigrahaṃ kartumīśo haṃ tuṃ bhūmyāṃ rāvaṇādīṃśca vīndra // > Then Hari descended in the line of Raghu, born of Kausalyā, a descendant of Raghu in the Solar dynasty, / being the Lord capable of making war across the ocean and slaying Rāvaṇa and others on earth, O King of Birds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.15.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.15.24) tato harirvyāsarūpī babhūva aṣṭāviṃśe dvapare jñānarūpī / parāśarātsatyavatyāṃ mahātmā svayaṃ vedān saṃvibhaktuṃ ca devaḥ // > Then Hari took the form of Vyāsa in the twenty-eighth Dvāpara, the embodiment of wisdom, / born from Parāśara upon Satyavatī, the god himself who divided the Vedas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.15.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.15.25) tato hariḥ kṛṣṇarūpī babhūva devakyāṃ vai vasudevātsa viṣṇuḥ / kaṃsādīnvai nitarāṃ hantukāmaḥ samyakpātuṃ pāṇḍavāṃścāpi vīndra // > Then Hari took the form of Kṛṣṇa, that Viṣṇu born of Devakī through Vasudeva, / desiring utterly to slay Kaṃsa and others, and thoroughly to protect the Pāṇḍavas, O King of Birds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.15.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.15.26) tataḥ kalau saṃpravṛtte haristu saṃmohanārthaṃ cāsurāṇāṃ khagendra / nāmnā buddho kīkaṭeṣu prajāto vedapramāṇaṃ nirākartumeva // > Then, when the Kali \[age\] has commenced, Hari, in order to thoroughly delude the asuras, O King of Birds, / was born in the Kīkaṭa lands under the name of Buddha, precisely to reject the authority of the Vedas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.15.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.15.27) tato hariḥ kalkisaṃjñaśca vīndra utpatsyate yugayormadhyasaṃdhau / dasyuprāyānbhūmipānvai nihantuṃ nāmnā harirviṣṇuguptasya gehe // > Then Hari, named Kalkin, O King of Birds, will be born at the junction between the two yugas, / to slay the earthly rulers who have become like thieves, Hari \[born\] in the house of Viṣṇugupta. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.15.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.15.28) keśavādyāścaturviṃśatirvai saṃkarṣaṇādayaḥ / viśvādaya sahasraṃ ca parādyā amitāḥ smṛtāḥ // > There are the twenty-four beginning with Keśava, Saṃkarṣaṇa and the others, / the thousand beginning with Viśva, and those beginning with Para are remembered as limitless. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.15.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.15.29) avatārā hyasaṃkhyātā viṣṇornārāyaṇasya ca / svayaṃ nārāyaṇāste te nāṇumātraṃ vibhidyate // > Innumerable indeed are the incarnations of Viṣṇu, of Nārāyaṇa; / they are themselves Nārāyaṇa, not differing even by an atom, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.15.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.15.30) balatorūpataścāpi guṇataśca kathañcana / anantonantaguṇataḥ pūrṇo viṣṇurna cānyathā // > neither in strength, nor in form, nor in attributes whatsoever; / infinite in infinite qualities, Viṣṇu is complete, not otherwise. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.15.30.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.15.30.p1) iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe uttarakhaṇḍe tṛtīyāṃśe brahmakāṇḍe viṣṇoravatāranirūpaṇaṃ nāma pañcadaśo 'dhyāyaḥ > Thus in the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, in the uttarakhaṇḍa, in the third section, in the theological section, the fifteenth chapter, named 'The Exposition of the Incarnations of Viṣṇu.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.3.15.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.15) · Pramāṇa