[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) › 3.16 # Garudapurana 3.16 Garuḍapurāṇa 3.16 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [3.16.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.102) — 1 part ### [3.16.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.1) śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 16 śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / mahālakṣmyāḥ svarūpaṃ ca avatārānkhageśvara / śṛṇu samyaṅ mahābhāga tajjñānasya vinirṇayam // > The glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa—16. / The glorious Kṛṣṇa said: / Hear properly, O most fortunate King of Birds, the true nature and incarnations of Mahālakṣmī, / and the ascertainment of knowledge of her. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.2) īśādanyasya jagato hyātmo locana eva tu / viṣayīkurute tatsyājjñānaṃ lakṣmyāḥ prakīrtitam // > Of the world other than the Lord, she is indeed the soul and the very eye; / that which she takes as its object is declared to be the knowledge of Lakṣmī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.3) nityāviyoginī devī haripādaikasaṃśrayā / nityamuktā nityabuddhā mahālakṣmīḥ prakīrtitā // > The goddess who is never separated, taking refuge solely at Hari's feet, / ever-liberated, ever-enlightened, is declared to be Mahālakṣmī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.4) mūlasya ca harerbhāryā lakṣmīḥ saṃprakīrtitā / puṃso hibhāryā prakṛtiḥ prakṛteścā bhimāninī // > Lakṣmī is proclaimed to be the wife of Hari the primal source; / for she is the wife of the Puruṣa, Prakṛti, and the presiding deity over Prakṛti. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.5) sṛṣṭiṃ kartuṃ guṇānvīndra puruṣeṇa saha prabho / tamaḥ pānaṃ tathā kartuṃ prakṛtyākhyā tadābhavat // > To produce creation with the qualities, O King of Birds, together with the Puruṣa, O lord, / and likewise to drink darkness, she was then named Prakṛti. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.6) vāsudevasya bhāryā tu māyā nāmnī prakīrtitā / saṃkarṣaṇasya bhāryā tu jayeti parikīrtitā // > The wife of Vāsudeva is declared by the name Māyā; / the wife of Saṃkarṣaṇa is proclaimed as Jayā; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.7) aniruddhasya bhāryā tu śāntā nāmnīti kīrtitā / kṛtiḥ pradyumnabhāryāpiṃ sṛṣṭiṃ kartuṃ babhūvaha // > the wife of Aniruddha is proclaimed by the name Śāntā; / and Kṛti was the wife of Pradyumna, in order to effect creation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.8) viṣṇupatnī kīrtitā ca śrīdevī sattvamāninī / tamobhimāninī durgā kanyaketi prakīrtitā // > The wife of Viṣṇu is proclaimed to be Śrīdevī, presiding over sattva; / Durgā, presiding over tamas, is proclaimed as the Maiden. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.9) kṛṣṇāvatāre kanyeva nandaputrānujā hi sā / rajobhimānibhūdevī bhāryā sā sūkarasya ca // > In the Kṛṣṇa incarnation, she is indeed the maiden, the younger sister of Nanda's son; / and Bhūdevī, presiding over rajas, is the wife of the Boar. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.10) vedābhimāninī vīndra annapūrṇā prakīrtitā / nārāyaṇasya bhāryā tu lakṣmīrūpā tvajā smṛtā // > She who presides over the Vedas, O King of Birds, is proclaimed to be Annapūrṇā; / and the unborn wife of Nārāyaṇa is remembered as taking the form of Lakṣmī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.11) yajñākhyasya harerbhāryā dakṣiṇā saṃprakīrtitā // > Dakṣiṇā is declared to be the wife of Hari named Yajña; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.12) jayantī vṛṣabhasyaiva patnī saṃparikīrtitā / videhaputrī sītā tu rāmabhāryā prakīrtitā // > Jayantī is proclaimed to be the wife of Vṛṣabha; / while Sītā, the daughter of Videha, is proclaimed to be the wife of Rāma; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.13) rukmiṇīsatyabhāmā ca bhārye kṛṣṇasya kīrtite / ityādikā hyanantāścāpyāvatārāḥ pṛthagvidhāḥ // > Rukmiṇī and Satyabhāmā are proclaimed to be the wives of Kṛṣṇa. / Thus and so forth are the distinct incarnations, endless in number, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.14) ramāyāḥ saṃti viprendra bhedahīnāḥ parasparam / anantānantaguṇakādviṣṇornyūnāḥ prakīrtitāḥ // > belonging to Ramā, O best of the twice-born, devoid of difference from one another; / they are declared to be lesser than Viṣṇu, who possesses infinite upon infinite qualities. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.15) atha brahmā ca vāyuśca śriyaḥ koṭiguṇādhamau / vakṣye ca brahmaṇo rūpaṃ śṛṇu pakṣīndrasattama // > Now, Brahmā and Vāyu are ten million times inferior to Śrī; / and I shall declare the form of Brahmā; listen, O best of the kings of birds: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.16) vāsudevātsamutpanno māyāyāṃ ca khageśvara / sa eva puruṣonāma viriñca iti kīrtitaḥ // > born from Vāsudeva upon Māyā, O King of Birds, / he is called the Puruṣa, known as Viriñca. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.17) aniruddhāttu śāntāyāṃ mahattattvatanustvabhūt / tadā mahānviriñceti saṃjñāmāpa khageśvara // > From Aniruddha upon Śāntā he came to have the body of the mahat principle; / then, O King of Birds, he obtained the appellation 'Mahān Viriñca'. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.18) rajasātra samutpanno māyāyāṃ vāsudevataḥ / vidhisaṃjño viriñcaḥ sa jñātavyaḥ pakṣisattama // > Born here by means of rajas upon Māyā from Vāsudeva, / that Viriñca, named Vidhi, is to be understood, O best of birds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.19) brahmāṇḍāntaḥ padmanābho yo jātaḥ kamalāsanaḥ / sa cartumukhasaṃjñāṃ cāpyavāpa khagasattama // > The lotus-seated \[Brahmā\] born within the cosmic egg from Padmanābha / also attained the name Caturmukha ('Four-Faced'), O best of birds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.20) evaṃ catvārirūpāṇi brahmaṇaḥ kīrtitāni ca / vāyornāmāni vakṣyehaṃ śṛṇu pakṣīndrasattama // > Thus the four forms of Brahmā have been declared. / I shall tell the names of Vāyu; listen, O best of the lords of birds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.21) saṃkarṣaṇācca garuḍa jayāyāṃ yo vabhūva ha / sa vāyuḥ prathamo jñeyo pradhāna iti kīrtitaḥ // > The one who was born from Saṃkarṣaṇa in Jayā, O Garuḍa, / is to be known as the first Vāyu, celebrated as Pradhāna. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.22) lokaceṣṭāpradatvātsa sūtranāmnāpi kīrtitaḥ / badarīsthasya viṣṇośca dhairyeṇa stavanāya saḥ // > Because he bestows movement on the worlds, he is also celebrated by the name Sūtra. / And in order to praise with steadfastness Viṣṇu residing at Badarī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.23) dhṛtirūpaṃ yayau vāyustasmāddhṛtiriti smṛtaḥ / yogyānāṃ haribhaktānāṃ dhṛtirūpeṇa saṃsthitaḥ // > Vāyu assumed the form of Dhṛti ('steadfastness'); therefore he is called Dhṛti. / He abides in the form of steadfastness within eligible devotees of Hari. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.24) yato hṛdi sthito vāyustato vai dhṛtisaṃjñakaḥ / sarveṣāṃ ca dṛdi sthitvā smarate sarvadā harim // > Because Vāyu resides in the heart, he is named Dhṛti. / Having taken his seat in the heart of all, he always remembers Hari; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.25) ato vāyuḥsthitirnāma babhūva khagasattama / athavā vāyurevaikaḥ śvetadvīpagataṃ harim // > therefore, O best of birds, Vāyu received the name Sthiti ('abiding'). / Or rather, Vāyu alone constantly remembers Hari who is in Śvetadvīpa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.26) sadā smarati vai vīndra atosau smṛtisaṃjñakaḥ / sarveṣāṃ ca hṛdisthitvā jñāto viṣṇorudīraṇāt // > O lord of birds, and therefore he is called Smṛti ('memory'). / Having taken his seat in the heart of all, he is known through the prompting of Viṣṇu; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.27) ato me muktināmābhūdvāyureva na saṃśayaḥ / jñānadvāreṇa bhaktānāṃ muktido madanujñayā // > therefore he received my name Mukti ('liberation')—it is Vāyu alone, no doubt. / By my command, he bestows liberation on devotees by means of knowledge. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.28) yato sau vāyurevaiko muktināmā bhūvaha / viṣṇau bhaktiṃ vardhyati bhaktānāṃ hṛdi saṃsthitaḥ // > Because this Vāyu alone came to bear the name Mukti, / he, dwelling in the heart of devotees, increases their devotion to Viṣṇu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.29) atosau viṣṇubhaktaśca kīrtito nātra saṃśayaḥ / eṣosau sarvajīvānāṃ cittasaṃjñānameva ca // > Therefore he is celebrated as a devotee of Viṣṇu; there is no doubt about this. / He is indeed the consciousness itself of all living beings; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.30) cittarūpo yato vāyurataścittamiti smṛtaḥ / prabhuḥ prabhūṇāṃ garuḍa sodarāṇāṃ ca sarvaśaḥ // > because Vāyu is in the form of mind, he is called Citta ('mind'). / He is the master of masters, O Garuḍa, and of his brothers in every respect; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.31) atastu vāyurevaiko mahāprabhuriti smṛtaḥ / sarveṣāṃ ca hṛhi sthitvā balaṃ paśyati sattama // > therefore Vāyu alone is known as Mahāprabhu ('Great Master'). / And dwelling in the heart of all, he watches over strength, O best of beings; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.32) ato balamiti hyākhyāmavāpa vinatāsuta / sarveṣāṃ ca hṛdi sthitvā putrapautrādikairjanaiḥ // > hence he attained the designation Bala ('strength'), O son of Vinatā. / And dwelling in the heart of all, through people along with their sons, grandsons, and the like, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.33) yājanaṃ kurute nityamatosau yaṣṭṛsaṃjñakaḥ / anantakalpamārabhya vāyuparyantameva ca // > he continually performs sacrifices; therefore he is named Yaṣṭṛ ('sacrificer'). / Beginning from endless cosmic ages, right up to Vāyu, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.34) vakratvaṃ nāsti yogasya ṛjuryogya iti smṛtaḥ / yogasya vakratā nāma kāmyatā haripūjane / īśarudrādikānāṃ ca kāmyena haripūjanam // > there is no crookedness in yoga; he is known as Ṛju ('straight' or 'upright') and Yogya ('worthy'). / Crookedness in yoga means interested motive in the worship of Hari; / and the worship of Hari by Īśa, Rudra, and others is performed with interested motive. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.35) kasyacittvatha pakṣīndra hyatastvanṛjavaḥ smṛtāḥ // > Yet in the case of some, O lord of birds, because of that, they are called crooked. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.36) ṛṣyādīnāṃ ca madhyepi kāmyena haripūjanam / ato na ṛjavo jñeyā manuṣyāṇāṃ ca kā kathā // > Even among the sages and the rest, the worship of Hari is done with interested motive; / therefore they are not to be known as upright—what then to say of human beings? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.37) yāvatkāmyasaparyāṃ vai na jahāti narottamaḥ / tathā ṛṣyādayaścaiva mokṣasya paripanthinīm // > As long as the best of men, as well as the sages and others, / do not abandon interested worship, which is an obstacle to liberation, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.38) anādikālamārabhya karmajanyā ca vāsanā / mokṣādhikāriṇaḥ sarve kurvate kasya pūjanam // > and the latent impression produced by action since beginningless time, / all those who are eligible for liberation perform worship of whom? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.39) naṣṭaprāyaṃ ca tatsarvaṃ guroḥ saṃjñānabodhakāt / prāpyayogaṃ samācarya ante mokṣamavāpnuyāt // > All that is almost destroyed through the guru, who imparts correct knowledge; / having attained yoga and practiced it, one would attain liberation in the end. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.40) kāmyena pūjanaṃ viṣṇoraiśvaryaṃ pradadāti ca / jñānaṃ ca viparītaṃ syāttena yātyadharaṃ tamaḥ // > Worship of Viṣṇu with interested motive grants sovereignty, / but knowledge becomes perverse, and by that one goes to the deepest darkness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.41) tadeva viparītaṃ cejjñānāya parikīrtitam / śilāyāṃ viṣṇubuddhistu viṣṇubuddhirdvije tathā // > If that is perverse, it is proclaimed to be contrary to true knowledge: / viewing stone as Viṣṇu, and likewise viewing a twice-born as Viṣṇu; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.42) salile tīrthabuddhistu roṇukāyāṃ tathaiva ca / śive sūrye paṇmukhe ca viṣṇubuddhiḥ khageśvara // > viewing water as a sacred bath, and likewise dust; / viewing Śiva, Sūrya, and the Six-Faced One as Viṣṇu, O lord of birds— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.43) ityādyamakhilaṃ jñānaṃ viparītamiti smṛtam / śilādyeṣu ca sarveṣu aikyenava vicintanam // > all such knowledge is recorded as perverse. / Contemplating with identity in stone and all the rest, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.44) viṣṇubuddhiriti proktaṃ na tu tatrasthavedanam / anādyanantakālepi kāmyena haripūjanam // > is called 'viewing \[them\] as Viṣṇu', and not knowing Him as residing therein. / Even throughout beginningless and endless time, worship of Hari with interested motive > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.45) yato nāsti tato vāyurṛjuryogyaḥ prakīrtitaḥ / anyeṣāṃ sarvadā nāsti ato na ṛjavaḥ smṛtāḥ // > does not exist \[in Vāyu\]; therefore Vāyu is proclaimed to be upright and worthy. / In others, it is never absent; therefore they are not called upright. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.46) hariṃ darśayate vāpi aparokṣeṇa sarvadā / mokṣādhikāriṇāṃ kāle ataḥ prajñeti kathyate // > He also always reveals Hari by direct perception / to those who are eligible for liberation in due time; therefore he is called Prajñā ('wisdom'). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.47) parokṣeṇāpi sarveṣāṃ hariṃ darśayate sadā / ato vāyuḥ sadā vīndra jñānamityeva kīrtitaḥ // > He also constantly reveals Hari mediately to all; / therefore, O lord of birds, Vāyu is always celebrated as Jñāna ('knowledge'). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.48) hitāhitopadeṣṭṛtvādbhaktānāṃ hṛdaye sthitaḥ / tataśca gurusaṃjñāṃ cāpyavāpa sa ca mārutaḥ // > Because he teaches what is beneficial and what is harmful, abiding in the hearts of devotees, / that wind-god also attained the designation Guru. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.49) yogināṃ hṛdaye sthitvā sadhyāyati hariṃ param / pārthakyenāpi taṃ dhyāyanmahādhyāteti sa smṛtaḥ // > Abiding in the heart of yogins, he meditates well on the supreme Hari; / meditating on Him distinct \[from all\], he is known as Mahādhyātṛ ('Great Meditator'). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.50) yadyogyatānusāreṇa vijānāti paraṃ harim / rudrādau vidyamānāṃśca guṇāñjānāti sarvadā // > According to his eligibility, he knows the supreme Hari, / and he always knows the attributes present in Rudra and the others; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.51) ato vai vijñanāmāsau prokto hi khagasattama / kāmyānāṃ karmaṇāṃ tyāgādvirāga iti sa smṛtaḥ // > therefore he is indeed proclaimed as Vijña ('the Discerning One'), O best of birds. / From the abandonment of acts with interested motive, he is called Virāga ('dispassionate'). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.52) athavāyogināṃ nityaṃ hṛdi sthitvā sa mārutaḥ / vairāgyaṃ saṃjanayati virāga iti sa smṛtaḥ // > Or rather, that wind-god, always dwelling in the heart of yogins, / produces detachment; therefore he is called Virāga. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.53) devānāṃ puṇyapāpābhyāṃ sukhamevottarottaram / tatsukhaṃ tūttareṣāṃ ca vāyuparyantameva ca // > For the gods, through merit and demerit, there is only increasingly higher happiness; / and that happiness of the superior ones extends right up to Vāyu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.54) devānāṃ ca ṛṣīṇāṃ ca uttamānāṃ nṛṇāṃ tathā / sukhāṃśaṃ janayedvāyuryatotaḥ sukhasaṃjñakaḥ // > Because Vāyu produces a portion of happiness for gods, sages, / and the best of men, he is named Sukha ('happiness'). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.55) bhunakti sarvadā vīdraṃ tatra mukhyastu mārutaḥ / duḥ khaśokādikaṃ kiñciddevānāṃ bhavati prabho // > He always enjoys it, O lord of birds; there the wind-god is principal. / A little suffering, sorrow, and the like occurs to the gods, O lord; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.56) taccāsurāveśavaśādityavehi na saṃśayaḥ / tajjīvasya bhavetkiñciddaityānāṃ kramaśo bhavet // > know without doubt that this is due to possession by asuras. / That happens slightly to the individual soul, and to the daityas it happens gradually. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.57) yataḥ kaliścādhikaḥ syādato duḥ khīti sa smṛtaḥ / daityānāṃ puṇyapāpābhyāṃ duḥ kha mevottarottaram // > Because Kali has it in excess, he is called Duḥkhin ('the suffering one'). / For the daityas, through merit and demerit, there is only increasingly higher suffering; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.58) tadduḥ khamuttareṣāṃ ca kaliparyantameva ca / bhunakti sarvadā vīndra tataḥ kaliriti smṛtaḥ // > and that suffering of the subsequent ones extends right up to Kali. / He always experiences it, O lord of birds; therefore he is known as Kali. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.59) sukhaharṣādikaṃ kiṃ ciddaityānāṃ bhavati prabho / devāveśo bhavettasya nātra kāryā vicāraṇā // > A little happiness, joy, and the like occurs to the daityas, O lord; / that is due to possession by the gods; no hesitation should be entertained here. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.60) devānāṃ nirayo nāsti daityānāṃ vinatāsuta / sukhasvarūpaṃ tannāsti viṣayotthamapi dvija // > There is no hell for the gods; for the daityas, O son of Vinatā, / that essential nature of happiness does not exist, nor even that arising from sense objects, O twice-born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.61) viṣayotthaṃ kiñcidapi devāveśādudīritam / tamo nāstyeva devānāṃ duḥ khaṃ nāsti svarūpataḥ // > Whatever \[pleasure\] arises from sense objects is declared to be due to possession by the gods; / for the gods there is no darkness at all, nor is there sorrow in their essential nature. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.62) viṣayotthaṃ mahāduḥ khaṃ devānāṃ nāsti sarvadā / duḥ khaśokādikaṃ kiṃ cidasurāveśato bhavet // > The great sorrow that arises from sense objects never exists for the gods; / whatever sorrow, grief, and the like occur, arise from possession by the asuras. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.63) ataḥ kaliḥ sadā duḥ khī sukhī vāyustu sarvadā / manuṣyāṇā mṛṣīṇāṃ ca sukhaṃ duḥ khaṃ khageśvara // > Therefore Kali is ever sorrowful, while Vāyu is ever joyful; / but for humans and ṛṣis, O Lord of Birds, there is both joy and sorrow. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.64) bhavettatpuṇyipāpābhyāṃ puṇyabhogī ca mārutaḥ / kaṣṭabhaṅgaḥ kalilayo nātra kāryā vicāraṇā // > That \[pair\] arises through merit and demerit, and Māruta enjoys merit; / Kali's dissolution is the destruction of suffering; about this no deliberation should be made. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.65) prāṇādisukhaparyantā aṃśā ekonaviṃśatiḥ / praviṣṭāḥ saṃti lokeṣu pṛthaksaṃti khageśvara // > The nineteen portions, beginning with breath and ending with happiness, / have entered into the worlds and exist distinctly, O Lord of Birds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.66) mārutarevatārāṃśca śṛṇu pakṣīndrasattama / caturdaśasu candreṣu dvitīyauyo virocanaḥ // > Listen to the incarnations of Māruta, O best of bird monarchs: / among the fourteen indras, the second one, who is Virocana, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.67) sa vāyuriti saṃprokta indrādīnāṃ khageśvara / haritattveṣu sarveṣu sa viṣvagyāvyatekṣaṇaḥ // > is declared to be that Vāyu among Indra and the rest, O Lord of Birds; / in all the truths concerning Hari, his sight is pervasive. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.68) ato rocananāmāsau marudaṃśaḥ prakīrtitaḥ rāmāvatāre hanumānrāmakāryārthasādhakaḥ / sa eva bhīmasenastu jāto bhūmyāṃ mahābalaḥ // > Therefore, he is celebrated by the name Rocana as a portion of the Wind god. In the incarnation of Rāma, \[he was\] Hanumān, the accomplisher of Rāma's mission; / and he himself was born on earth as the mighty Bhīmasena. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.69) kṛṣṇāvatāre vijñeyo marudaṃśaḥ prakīrtitaḥ // > In the incarnation of Kṛṣṇa, he is known and proclaimed as a portion of the Wind god. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.70) maṇimānnāma daityastu saṃrākhyo bhaviṣyati / sarveṣāṃ saṃkaraṃ yastu kariṣyati na saṃśayaḥ // > Then there will be an asura named Maṇimat, known as Saṃkara, / who will undoubtedly cause confusion among all. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.71) tena saṃkaranāmāsau bhaviṣyati khageśvara / dharmānbhāgavatānsarvānvināśayati sarvathā // > Because of that, he will be named Saṃkara, O Lord of Birds; / he destroys completely all the Bhāgavata dharmas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.72) tadā bhūmau vāsudevo bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ / yajñārthaiḥ sadṛśo yasya nāsti loke caturdaśe // > Then on earth Vāsudeva will appear, without a doubt, / equal to whom in matters of sacrifice there is none in the fourteen worlds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.73) ataḥ sa prajñayā pūrṇo bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ / avatārāstrayo vāyormataṃ bhāgavatābhidham // > Therefore he will be full of wisdom, without a doubt. / The three incarnations of Vāyu have the purpose of \[establishing\] the doctrine called Bhāgavata. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.74) sthāpanaṃ duṣṭadamanaṃ dvayameva prayojanam / nānyatprayojanaṃ vāyostathā vairocanātmake // > Establishment \[of dharma\] and subduing the wicked—only these two are the purposes; / there is no other purpose for Vāyu, nor likewise for him whose nature is Virocana. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.75) avatāratraye vīndra duḥ khaṃ garbhādisaṃbhavam / nāsti nāstyeva vāyostu tathā vairocanādike // > In the triad of incarnations, O lord of birds, the suffering arising from the womb and so forth / does not exist at all for Vāyu, nor likewise for Virocana and the rest. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.76) śukraśoṇitasaṃbandho hyavatāracatuṣṭaye / nāsti nāstyeva pakṣīndra yato nāstyaśubhaṃ tataḥ // > Indeed, in the four incarnations there is no connection with semen and blood; / it does not exist at all, O king of birds, because no inauspiciousness exists there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.77) pūrvaṃ garbhaṃ samāśoṣya samaye prabhavasya ca / prādurbhavati deveśī hyavatāracatuṣṭaye // > Having previously dried up the womb, at the time of birth, / the goddess of the gods manifests in the four incarnations. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.78) trayoviṃśatirūpāṇāṃ vāyoścaiva khageśvara / rūpairṛjusvarūpaiśca brahmaṇaḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ // > Of the twenty-three forms of Vāyu, O Lord of Birds, / and with the straight forms of Brahmā Parameṣṭhin, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.79) satyameva na saṃdeho nityānandasukhādiṣu / evameva vijānīyānnānyathā tu kathañcana // > it is indeed true, there is no doubt, regarding eternal bliss, happiness, and so on; / thus alone should one understand it, never otherwise in any way. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.80) etasya śravaṇādeva mokṣaṃ yānti na saṃśayaḥ / tadanantarajānvakṣye śṛṇu pakṣīndrasattama // > Merely from hearing this, they attain liberation, without a doubt. / Next I shall speak of those born after him; listen, O best of bird monarchs. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.81) kṛtau pradyumnataścaiva samutpanne khageśvara / striyau dve yamale caiva tayormadhye tu yadyikā // > In the Kṛta age, when \[the two\] were born from Pradyumna, O Lord of Birds, / there were two twin women; of the two, the one who > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.82) vāṇītisaṃjñakāṃ vīndra brahmāṇīsaṃjñakāṃ viduḥ / puruṣākhyaviriñcasya bhāryā sāvitrikā matā / caturmukhasya bhāryā tu kīrtitā sā sarasvatī // > is designated Vāṇī, O lord of birds, they know as Brahmāṇī; / she is considered the wife named Sāvitrī of Viriñca named Puruṣa, / and the wife of the Four-Faced \[Brahma\] is celebrated as Sarasvatī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.83) evaṃ trirūpaṃ vijñeyaṃ vāṇyāśca khagasattama / vakṣye 'vatārān bhāratyāḥ samāhitamanāḥ śṛṇu // > Thus the threefold form of Vāṇī should be known, O best of birds; / I will declare the incarnations of Bhāratī; listen with concentrated mind. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.84) sarvavedābhimānitvātsarvavedātmikā smṛtā / mahādhyātuśca vāyostu bhāryāsā parikīrtitā // > Because she presides over all Vedas, she is remembered as consisting of all Vedas; / she is celebrated as the wife of Vāyu, the great meditator. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.85) jñānarūpasya vāyostu bhāryā sā parikīrtitā / sadā sukhasvarūpatvādbhāratī tu sukhātmikā // > She is celebrated as the wife of Vāyu, whose form is knowledge; / because her essential nature is ever joy, Bhāratī consists of joy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.86) sukhasvarūpa vāyostu bhāryā sā parikīrtitā / gurustu vāyurevoktastasmin bhaktiyutā satī // > She is celebrated as the wife of Vāyu, whose essential nature is joy; / Vāyu indeed is declared to be the guru, and she is the virtuous wife devoted to him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.87) tatastu bhāratī nityā gurubhaktiriti smṛtā / mahāgurorhi vāyośca bhāryā vai parikīrtitā // > Therefore eternal Bhāratī is remembered as devotion to the guru; / she is indeed celebrated as the wife of Vāyu, the great guru. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.88) harau snehayutatvācca hariprītiriti smṛtā / dhṛtirūpasya vāyośca bhāryā sā parikīrtitā // > And because of being endowed with affection for Hari, she is remembered as love for Hari; / she is celebrated as the wife of Vāyu, whose form is fortitude. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.89) sarvamantrābhimānitvātsarvamantrātmikā smṛtā / mahāprabhośca vāyośca bhāryā vai sā prakīrtitā // > Because she presides over all mantras, she is remembered as consisting of all mantras; / she is indeed celebrated as the wife of Vāyu, the great lord. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.90) bhujyante sarvabhogāstu viṣṇuprītyarthamevaca / atastu bhāratī jñeyā bhujināmnā prakīrtitā // > All enjoyments are enjoyed only for the sake of pleasing Viṣṇu; / therefore Bhāratī is known and proclaimed by the name Bhujī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.91) citrarūpasya vāyostu bhāryā sā parikīrtitā / rocanendrasya bhāryā ca śraddhākhyā parikīrtitā // > She is celebrated as the wife of Vāyu, whose form is manifold; / and the wife of Rocanendra is celebrated as Śraddhā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.92) hanumāṃśca tadā jajñe tretāyāṃ pakṣisattama / tadā śivākhyaviprācca jajñe sā bhāratī smṛtā // > Then Hanumān was born in the Tretā age, O best of birds; / then she, remembered as Bhāratī, was born from a brāhmaṇa named Śiva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.93) na kevalaṃ bhāratī sāśacyādyaiścaiva saṃyutā / tasminsaṃjanitāḥ sarvāḥ prāpuryogaṃ svabhartṛbhiḥ // > She was not Bhāratī alone, but united with Śacī and others; / all of them, born in her, attained union with their respective husbands. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.94) anyageti ca vijñeyā kanyā tanmatisaṃjñikā / tretānte saiva pakṣīndra śacyādyaiścaiva saṃyutā // > She is to be known as going to another, a maiden named Tanmati; / at the end of the Tretā age, that same one, O king of birds, united with Śacī and others, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.95) damayantyanalājjātā indraseneti cocyate / nalaṃ nandayate yasmāttasmācca nalanandinī // > was born to Damayantī from Nala, and is called Indrasenā; / because she brought joy to Nala, she is called Nalanandinī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.96) tatra svabhartṛsaṃyogaṃ naiva cāpa khageśvara / tatrānyagātvaṃ vijñeyaṃ puruṣasthena vāyunā // > There she did not obtain union with her own husband, O Lord of Birds; / there, going to another should be understood \[as occurring\] through Vāyu residing in the man. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.97) kiñcitkālaṃ tathā sthitvā kanyaiva mṛti māpa sā / śacyādisaṃyutā saiva drupadasya mahātmanaḥ // > Remaining thus for a short time, as a maiden she met her death; / that same one, united with Śacī and others, \[born\] of high-souled Drupada, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.98) vedimadhyātsamudbhūtā bhīmasenārthameva ca / tatrānyagātvaṃ nāstyeva yogaśca saha bhartṛbhiḥ // > arose from the middle of the altar for the sake of Bhīmasena alone; / there, there is no going to another at all, and union is with the husbands. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.99) kevalā bhāratī jñeyā kāśirājasya kanyakā / kālī nāmnā tu sā jñeyā bhīmasenapriyā sadā // > Bhāratī alone should be known as the daughter of the king of Kāśi; / she should be known by the name Kālī, ever dear to Bhīmasena. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.100) vācyādibhiḥ saṃyutaivadraupadī drupadātmajā / dehaṃ tyaktvāviśiṣṭaiva kāraṭīgrāmasaṃjñakai // > Draupadī, the daughter of Drupada, united with Vāc and others, / having discarded her body, distinguished, in the village named Kāraṭī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.101) saṃkarasya gṛhe vīndra bhaviṣyati kalau yuge / vāyostṛtīyarūpārthaṃ sā kanyaiva mṛtiṃ gatā // > will be born in the house of Saṃkara in the Kali age, O lord of birds; / for the sake of the third form of Vāyu, she passed away while still a maiden. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.102) ityādyā vāyubhāryāśca brahmabhāryāśca satama / svabhartṛbhyāṃ ca pakṣīndra guṇaiścaiva śatādhamāḥ // > These and others are the wives of Vāyu and the wives of Brahmā, O best one; / in qualities, O king of birds, they are a hundredfold inferior to their own husbands. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.16.102.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16.102.p1) iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe uttarakhaṇḍe tṛtīyāṃśe brahmakāṇḍe mahālakṣmyavatārādinirūpaṇaṃ nāma ṣoḍaśo 'dhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the sixteenth chapter, entitled 'Determination of the Incarnations of Mahālakṣmī and Others', in the Brahmakāṇḍa, the third section of the latter section in the glorious and great Garuḍa Purāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.3.16.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.16) · Pramāṇa