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# Garudapurana 3.18

Garuḍapurāṇa 3.18

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [3.18.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.18.78) — 1 part

### [3.18.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.18.1)

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 18  
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca /  
athānantarajānvakṣye śṛṇu pakṣīndrasattama /  
śṛṇu tānsāvadhānena śrutvā tānavadhāraya //

> The glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa — 18  
> The glorious Kṛṣṇa said: / Now I shall speak of those born immediately after; listen, O best of the lords of birds! / Listen to them attentively, and having heard, comprehend them!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.18.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.18.2)

puruṣākhyaviriñcānujātaḥ śeṣo mahābalaḥ /  
hare ramāyāśca yasya svasminnidrāṃ prakurvataḥ //

> Born after Viriñci, who is named Puruṣa, was Śeṣa of great strength, / upon whom, when Hari and Ramā sleep within themselves,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.18.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.18.3)

śayanārthamabhūdeṣa tena kṛtyaṃ harerna tu /  
sarvadā haridāsohaṃ sarvadā haripūjakaḥ //

> he served as a bed; through that, he performed Hari’s work, but not \[otherwise\]. / “I am always Hari’s servant; I am always Hari’s worshiper;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.18.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.18.4)

hare sadā namāmi tvāṃ bahu janmani janmani /  
evaṃ buddhā tu garuḍo hyabhūcca śayanaṃ hareḥ //

> O Hari, I bow to you constantly across many births.” / Having realized this, Garuḍa indeed became the bed of Hari.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.18.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.18.5)

sūtranāmnastathā vāyoḥ sadāyaṃ vinatāsuta /  
kālanāmā ca garuḍo vāhanārthaṃ harerabhūt //

> Likewise, of Vāyu named Sūtra, this Garuḍa, son of Vinatā, / who is named Kāla, became Hari’s vehicle forever.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.18.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.18.6)

tato mahattattvatanorviriñcāttu khageśvara /  
ahaṃ kārātmako rudraḥ samabhūtsovituṃ harim //

> Then from Viriñci, whose body is the principle of cosmic intellect, O lord of birds, / Rudra, whose nature is the ego-principle, arose to protect Hari.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.18.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.18.7)

traya ete mahābhāga parasparasamāḥ smṛtāḥ /  
gāyatrībhāratībhyāṃ te trayaḥ śataguṇā varāḥ //

> These three, O highly fortunate one, are regarded as equal to one another. / Compared to Gāyatrī and Bhāratī, these three are a hundredfold superior.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.18.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.18.8)

śeṣaḥ sa eva vijñeyo bhakto nārāyaṇasya ca /  
viṣṇorvāyoranantasya tribhiraṃśairyutaḥ sadā //

> He indeed is to be known as Śeṣa, the devotee of Nārāyaṇa, / always endowed with three parts: of Viṣṇu, of Vāyu, and of Ananta.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.18.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.18.9)

sumitrāṃśo daśarathājjāto yo lakṣmaṇaḥ khaga /  
sopi śeṣastu vijñeyo vāyvanantāṃśasaṃyutaḥ //

> Lakṣmaṇa, who was born from Daśaratha as a portion of Sumitrā, O bird,  
> he too is to be known as Śeṣa, endowed with portions of Vāyu and Ananta.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.18.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.18.10)

rāmasya sevāṃ kartuṃ sā sītā bhūmyāṃ khagādhipa /  
balabhadrastu rohiṇyāṃ vasudevādabhūtkhaga //

> In order to serve Rāma, she \[became\] Sītā on earth, O king of birds;  
> and Balabhadra was born from Vasudeva through Rohiṇī, O bird.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.18.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.18.11)

soyamepa tu vijñeyastvaṃśadvayasamanvitaḥ /  
āviṣṭaḥ śuklakṛṣṇe hariṇā rohiṇīsutaḥ //

> He indeed is to be known as endowed with two portions;  
> the son of Rohiṇī was entered into by Hari in white and black.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.18.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.18.12)

traya ete māhābhāgāvatārāḥ phaṇinaḥ smṛtāḥ /  
na vīndrāsyāvatārosti bhūmyāṃ cājñā tathā hareḥ //

> These three are remembered as the illustrious incarnations of the serpent;  
> there is no incarnation of the king of birds on earth, and such is Hari's command.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.18.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.18.13)

rudrāvatārānvakṣyehaṃ tāñchṛṇu tvaṃ samāhitaḥ /  
yohaṅkārātmako rudraḥ sa evābhūtkhageśvara //

> I shall speak of the incarnations of Rudra; listen to them attentively:  
> Rudra, whose nature is egoity, he alone became, O lord of birds,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.18.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.18.14)

sadāśiva iti tvākhyāmavāpa sa vināśakaḥ /  
tamobhimānī sa jñeyastvaśivatvātsadāśivaḥ //

> known by the name Sadāśiva, that destroyer.  
> He is to be known as presiding over tamas, and \[called\] Sadāśiva because he is inauspicious.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.18.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.18.15)

kapālamālāmaśivāṃ sadā dhārayate yataḥ /  
ataḥ sadāśaivo jñeyo na ca bhāgavataḥ śivaḥ //

> Because he always wears an inauspicious garland of skulls,  
> he is therefore known as Sadāśiva, and not as the devotional Śiva.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.18.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.18.16)

gajājinaṃ cāpavitraṃ yato dhārayate haraḥ /  
lokānamaṅgalānsarvānharate ca sadā haraḥ //

> And because Hara wears an impure elephant-hide,  
> Hara constantly takes away all inauspicious things of the worlds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.18.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.18.17)

haryājñayā sadā lokānvipayāsaktacetasaḥ /  
vimukhānkurute yasmādviṣṇostasmātsadāśivaḥ //

> Because by Hari's command he continually turns people whose minds are attached to sense-objects  
> away from Viṣṇu, he is therefore \[called\] Sadāśiva.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.18.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.18.18)

kadācidasurāveśādviruddhaṃ kurute haraḥ /  
ataḥ sadāśivo jñeyo na ca bhāgavataḥ śivaḥ //

> Sometimes, through possession by an asura, Hara acts contrarily;  
> therefore he is to be known as Sadāśiva, and not as the devotional Śiva.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.18.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.18.19)

soyaṃ śmaśānavasatiṃ kartumaicchadyato haraḥ /  
ataḥ sadāśivo jñeyo na ca bhāgavataḥ śivaḥ //

> Because Hara desired to dwell in cremation grounds,  
> therefore he is to be known as Sadāśiva, and not as the devotional Śiva.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.18.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.18.20)

daśavarṣaṃ tapaḥ kartuṃ viveśa lavaṇāṃbhasi /  
ato rudrastapaḥ saṃjñāmavāpa ca khagottama //

> He entered the salt ocean to practice austerity for ten years;  
> therefore, O best of birds, Rudra obtained the title 'Tapas'.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.18.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.18.21)

vyāsaputraḥ śukaḥ prokto vāyorāveśasaṃyutaḥ /  
rudrāvatāro vijñeyo jñānārthamabhavadbhuvi //

> Śuka, declared to be the son of Vyāsa, endowed with the entrance of Vāyu,  
> is to be known as an incarnation of Rudra; he appeared on earth for the sake of knowledge.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.18.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.18.22)

atripatnyanusūyāyāṃ jajñe rudro mahātapāḥ /  
durvāsāstu sa vijñeyo mānabhaṅgāya bhūbhṛtām //

> Rudra of great austerities was born in Anasūyā, wife of Atri;  
> he is to be known as Durvāsas, for crushing the pride of kings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.18.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.18.23)

droṇājjāto drauṇisaṃjño rudra eva prakīrtitaḥ /  
prārabdhaṃ bhoktukāmosau parapakṣaprakāśakaḥ //

> He who was born from Droṇa, named Drauṇi, is celebrated as Rudra himself,  
> desiring to experience past karma, bringing to light the opposing faction.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.18.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.18.24)

īśānakoṇe saṃsthito yastu rudro hyavāpa vai vāmadeveti saṃjñām /  
svavāmabhāge saṃsthitaṃ caiva vāyustaṃ yogyabhaktaṃ sevate sarvadaiva //

> Rudra, who is situated in the north-eastern quarter, indeed obtained the name Vāmadeva;  
> and situated on his own left side, Vāyu, that worthy devotee, serves him at all times.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.18.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.18.25)

ato rudro vāmadeveti saṃjñā mavāpa śiṣṭatvamathottamatvam /  
kālātmakatvaṃ ca balātmakatvamavāpa rudro na tu suṃdaratvataḥ //

> Therefore Rudra obtained the name Vāmadeva, as well as excellence and supremacy;  
> and Rudra attained the nature of time and the nature of strength, but not from beauty.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.18.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.18.26)

sadā rudro tripurasthāṃśca daityānviṣṇuduho hantu kāmo mahātmā /  
aghorarūpaṃ dhṛpavānrudra eva tatastvaghoreti sa āpa saṃjñām //

> Always desiring to slay the Daityas who dwelled in Tripura and hated Viṣṇu,  
> that great soul, Rudra himself, assumed a non-terrific form; hence he obtained the name Aghora.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.18.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.18.27)

sevāṃ kartuṃ tvicchato daityasaṃghānkiñcitkālaṃ tapasā kliśyamānān /  
varāndātuṃ sadya evābhijātaḥ sadyojātetyeva saṃjñāmavāpa //

> Desiring to serve the hosts of Daityas who were tormented by austerity for a short time,  
> he was born immediately to grant boons; thus he obtained the name Sadyojāta.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.18.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.18.28)

uroḥ putrastu aurvaśca rudra eva prakīrtitaḥ /  
ityakṛṣṭavācitvādrusturodanavācakaḥ //

> And Aurva, the son of Uru, is celebrated as Rudra himself;  
> because it denotes pulling, 'ru' signifies weeping.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.18.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.18.29)

urū rudro hyataḥ proktastatputraścaurvasaṃjñakaḥ /  
rudramurvaritaṃ kartumaurvobhūdrudra eva saḥ //

> Hence Rudra is called Urū, and his son is named Aurva;  
> he became Aurva, Rudra himself, in order to make crying endure.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.18.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.18.30)

garuḍa uvāca /  
rodanaṃ kurute kasmādurusaṃjño hare haraḥ /  
rudamurvaritaṃ kasmātkurute aurvākārakaḥ //

> Garuḍa said:  
> Why does Hara, named Uru, weep, O Hari?  
> Why does the one taking Aurva's form make weeping endure?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.18.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.18.31)

etadvistārya mebrūhi pautrāya tava suvrata /  
ityuktastena sa hariruvāca karuṇānidhiḥ //

> Explain this in detail to me, your grandson, O you of good vows!  
> Addressed thus by him, Hari, that treasure of compassion, spoke.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.18.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.18.32)

śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca /  
dṛṣṭvā svabiṃbaṃ suguṇaistu pūrṇaṃ saṃkarṣaṇākhyaṃ natapādapadm /  
śrībrahmaśeṣairjiṣṇukāmaistathānyairbhāratyā vai svasti paiścāpi nityam //

> Śrī Kṛṣṇa said:  
> Having seen his own prototype named Saṃkarṣaṇa, full of excellent qualities, whose lotus feet are bowed to  
> constantly by Śrī, Brahmā, Śeṣa, Jiṣṇu, Kāma, and others, as well as by Bhāratī and Svastipā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.18.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.18.33)

dṛṣṭvā hariṃ pulakāṅgastu rudraḥ sabhāṣpacakṣū ruddhakaṇṭhaśca hṛṣṭaḥ /  
anādyanantabrahmakalpeṣu naiva kṛtaṃ yayā smaraṇaṃ sarvadaiva //

> having seen Hari, Rudra's limbs thrilled with horripilation, his eyes filled with tears, and his throat choked, yet rejoiced;  
> \[thinking that\] in beginningless and endless aeons of Brahmā remembrance had not at all been made \[by him\] at all times:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.18.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.18.34)

pādāravinde sunakhairvibhūṣite dṛṣṭe mayā kena puṇyena deva /  
dṛṣṭvādṛṣṭvā pādapadmaṃ murāreḥ punaḥ punā ruddhakaṇṭho babhūva //

> "By what merit, O God, have the two lotus feet adorned with beautiful nails been seen by me?"  
> Beholding again and again the lotus feet of Murāri, his throat choked again and again.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.18.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.18.35)

ruroda rudro bhayakaṃpitāṅgaḥ kathaṃ punardarśanaṃ me prabhoḥ syāt /  
mukunda nārāyaṇa viśvamūrte vāgindriyeṇa stavanaṃ me kathaṃ syāt //

> With limbs trembling from fear, Rudra wept: "How could there be vision of my Lord again?  
> O Mukunda, O Nārāyaṇa, O universal form, how could there be praise \[of you\] by my organ of speech?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.18.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.18.36)

maddarśanaṃ sarvadā pāpuyuktaṃ tathā madvāk sarvadā pāpayuktā /  
maddarśanaṃ sarvadā strīṣu saktamabhūcca te darśanaṃ me hyasaktam //

> My vision has always been joined to sin, and likewise my speech has always been joined to sin;  
> my sight was always attached to women, but my vision of you was unattached.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.18.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.18.37)

āsaktatā putradārādikānāṃ samyak śaktistavane nāsti viṣṇoḥ /  
viṣṇustutau nāvakāśosti vāco dṛṣṭohaṃ tvaṃ kena puṇyena deva //

> There is attachment to sons, wives, and the like; there is no full ability to praise Viṣṇu;  
> there is no occasion for speech in the praise of Viṣṇu; by what merit, O God, were you seen by me?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.18.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.18.38)

anantakarṇeśa sucandrasaṃjña śrotreṇa nityaṃ na kathā śrutā te /  
śrutā mayā bahudhā lokavārtā dṛṣṭo mayā tvaṃ kena puṇyena deva //

> O lord of infinite ears, named Sucandra, your story was not constantly heard by my ear;  
> mundane gossip was heard by me in many ways; by what merit, O God, were you seen by me?"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.18.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.18.39)

dṛṣṭvādṛṣṭvā pādapīṭhaṃ hareśca punaḥ punā ruddhaṅkaṭho babhūva /  
ruroda rudro bhayakaṃpitāṅgaḥ kathaṃ punaḥ śravaṇaṃ syātkathāyāḥ //

> Beholding again and again the footstool of Hari, his throat choked again and again;  
> with limbs trembling from fear, Rudra wept: "How could there be hearing of your story again?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.18.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.18.40)

tvamīśa vaikuṇṭha suvāyusaṃjñastvadarpitaṃ gandhapuṣpādikaṃ ca /  
sadā na liptaṃ ca bhujairviliptaṃ tanmūtraviṣṭhādimakardamāmbubhiḥ //

> You are the lord, Vaikuṇṭha, named Suvāyu; sandalwood paste, flowers, and the like unoffered to you  
> have not continually been smeared \[on you\], but smeared by my arms with muddy water \[mixed with\] bodily urine, feces, and the like,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.18.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.18.41)

strīṇāṃ kucodaiśca kacodakaiścakakṣodakair gātrajalairmukunda /  
anarpitairvastragandhādikaiśca dṛṣṭo mayā kena puṇyena deva //

> with water from the breasts of women, water from their hair, water from their armpits, and body-sweat, O Mukunda,  
> and with unoffered garments, perfumes, and the like; by what merit, O God, were you seen by me?"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.18.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.18.42)

spṛṣṭvāspṛṣṭvā harinirmālyagandhaṃ punaḥ punā ruddhakaṇṭho babhūva /  
ruroda rudro bhayakaṃpitāṅgaḥ kathaṃ punaḥ sparśanaṃ syātsadā me //

> Touching again and again the fragrance of Hari's floral remnants, his throat choked again and again;  
> with limbs trembling from fear, Rudra wept: "How could there always be touching for me again?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.18.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.18.43)

nṛsiṃha nāsāsthita nāsikeśa mannāsayā kvāpi supadmasaurabham /  
nāghrātamitthaṃ punarāghrātameva hyanarpitaṃ gandhapuṣpādikaṃ ca //

> O Nṛsiṃha residing in the nose, lord of the nose, by my nose the fine fragrance of the lotus  
> was never smelled like this, but unoffered perfume, flowers, and the like were indeed smelled again.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.18.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.18.44)

sunāsikaṃ suṣṭhudantaṃ murāre dṛṣṭaṃ mukhaṃ kena puṇyena deva /  
ghrātvā ghrātvā viṣṇunirmālyagandhaṃ punaḥ punā ruddhakaṇṭho babhūva //

> O Murāri, by what merit, O God, has your face with a beautiful nose and fine teeth been seen?"  
> Smelling again and again the fragrance of Viṣṇu's floral remnants, his throat choked again and again.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.18.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.18.45)

ruroda rudro bhayakaṃpitāṅgo jighrāmi nirmālyamidaṃ kathaṃ te /  
jihvāsthito jihva saṃjño murāre jihvendriyeṇāpi tathārpitaṃ ca //

> With limbs trembling from fear, Rudra wept: "How may I smell this floral remnant of yours?  
> O you who dwell in the tongue, named Jihva, O Murāri, also what was offered by the organ of the tongue,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.18.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.18.46)

naivedyaśeṣaṃ tulasīvimiśritaṃ viśeṣataḥ pādajalena siktam /  
yo snāti nityaṃ purato murāreḥ prāpnoti yajñāyutakoṭipuṇyam //

> the remnant of food offerings mixed with tulasī, especially sprinkled with foot-wash water,  
> whoever eats it daily before Murāri attains the merit of a myriad of crores of sacrifices.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.18.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.18.47)

etādṛśaṃ tava naivedyaśeṣaṃ na bhuktaṃ vai sarvadādityarūpam /  
anarpitaṃ tava devasya viṣṇorbhuktaṃ mayā bahuvāraṃ mukunda //

> Such a remnant of food offerings of yours, having the form of the sun, was indeed not eaten at all times;  
> food unoffered to you, God Viṣṇu, was eaten many times by me, O Mukunda.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.18.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.18.48)

pādāravinde nārpitaṃ bhakṣyabhojyaṃ dṛṣṭo mayā kena puṇyena deva /  
bhuktvābhuktvā harinairavedyajātaṃ sukhaṃ tvadīyaṃ ramayā lālitaṃ ca //

> Eatables and foodstuffs were not offered at your lotus feet; by what merit, O God, were you seen by me?"  
> Having eaten again and again what was born of Hari's food offerings, your bliss cherished by Ramā...  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.18.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.18.49)

dyubhvāśrayaṃ tava mūrdhānamāhuḥ kirīṭayuktaṃ kuṭilaiḥ kuntalaiśca /  
anekajanmārjitapuṇyasaṃcayairdṛṣṭaṃ mayā sajjanasaṃgamācca //

> They declare your head to be the support of heaven and earth, adorned with a diadem and curly locks. / By the accumulations of merit acquired in many births and by the company of virtuous men, it has been seen by me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.18.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.18.50)

anekajanmārjitapāpasaṃcayairadarśanaṃ yāsyati devadeva /  
evaṃ subhaktyā ca ruroda rudro dṛṣṭvā hariṃ survaguṇaiḥ saṃpūrṇam //

> By the accumulations of sins acquired in many births, it will disappear from view, O God of gods! / Thus, with deep devotion, Rudra wept upon beholding Hari filled with every quality.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.18.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.18.51)

pādāravindaṃ tava viśvamūrte yogīśvarairhṛdaye saṃgṛhītam /  
dṛṣṭaṃ mayā dayayā vāsudeva drakṣye kathaṃ punaritthaṃ ruroda //

> Your lotus foot, O universal form, held in the heart by the masters of yoga, / has been seen by me through grace, O Vāsudeva; how shall I see it again? Thus he wept.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.18.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.18.52)

dṛṣṭaṃ mayā tvarivale bhavināśiśaṅkhacakrādikaistrijagatāpi ca deva pūrṇam /  
etādṛśaṃ tvadudaraṃ ca kathaṃ rameśa drakṣye punaḥ punarahaṃ tviti saṃruroda //

> Filled with your enemies' destroyers, the conch, discus, and the like, and even the three worlds, O God, / such a belly of yours, O Lord of Ramā, how shall I see again and again? Thus he wept bitterly.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.18.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.18.53)

ānandapūrṇa nakhapūrṇa sukeśapūrṇa lomādipūrṇa guṇapūrṇa sughoṇapūrṇa /  
vakṣaḥ sthalaṃ tava vibhostu viśālabhūtaṃ sadbhūṣaṇaṃ vimalakaustubhaśobhi lakṣmyā //

> O you who are full of bliss, full of nails, full of fine hair, full of body-hair and the like, full of qualities, and full of a fine nose, / your broad chest, O all-pervading Lord, is adorned with true ornaments, shining with the pure Kaustubha jewel through Lakṣmī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.18.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.18.54)

sukomalaṃ śrītulasyāstathaiva supuṣpitaṃ canda naiścarcitaṃ ca /  
etādṛśaṃ tava vakṣaḥ sthalaṃ ca dṛṣṭaṃ mayā tava kāruṇyadṛṣṭyā //

> exceedingly delicate, adorned likewise with sacred tulasī, full of blossoms, and smeared with sandalwood. / Such a chest of yours has been seen by me through your compassionate gaze.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.18.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.18.55)

punaḥ punardarśanaṃ me kathaṃ syādevaṃ rudraḥ sa ca bhaktyā ruroda /  
atastūrurnāma saṃprāpya rudrastatputrobhūddaurvasaṃjñaḥ sa eva //

> How may I obtain sight \[of you\] again and again? Thus Rudra wept with devotion. / Therefore, obtaining the name Uru, Rudra, and he himself became his son named Aurva.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.18.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.18.56)

yasmādrudaṃ corvaritaṃ vai cakāra tasmātsa rudrastvaurvasaṃjño babhūva /  
aurvastu lokānmokṣayogyāṃśca dṛṣṭvā hyatyantaṃ vai viṣayeṣveva niṣṭhān //

> Because he made prolonged weeping, therefore that Rudra was called Aurva. / But Aurva, seeing that the people qualified for liberation were yet intensely devoted solely to sense objects,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.18.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.18.57)

stūddaiva caurvo viṣṇupādāravidaṃ smṛtvāsmṛtvā ruddhakaṇṭho babhūva /  
te pāpiṣṭhāḥ pāparūpānbhajanto dinedine durviṣayānkadindriyaiḥ //

> praising \[him\], Aurva, repeatedly remembering the lotus foot of Viṣṇu, had his throat choked \[with tears\]: / "Those most sinful ones, pursuing evil-natured sense objects day by day through base senses,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.18.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.18.58)

kadā caitānheyabuddhyā vimuñce na jānehaṃ ceti samyag ruroda /  
ete hi mūrkhā viṣayānarthalabdhyai kurvanti yatnaṃ paramādareṇa //

> when will I abandon them with the thought that they are fit to be discarded? I do not know!" Thus he wept bitterly. / "For these fools strive with greatest zeal to obtain the worthless objects of the senses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.18.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.18.59)

kadindriyārthaṃ hi dhanādikaṃ ca tyajanti ca sarve viṣayeṣu niṣṭhāḥ /  
tvanmāyayā mohitānnaṣṭabuddhīnkadā caitānmuñcase viśvamūrte //

> Indeed, devoted to sense objects, all abandon their wealth and the like for the sake of the base senses. / Deluded by your māyā, their intellects ruined, when will you release them, O universal form?"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.18.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.18.60)

smṛtvāsmṛtvā vāsudevasya māyāṃ ruroda caurvo bhayakaṃpitāṅgaḥ /  
atīva kaṣṭena ca lokavṛttyā śritā dainyaṃ svīyakāryaṃ vihāya //

> Remembering again and again the māyā of Vāsudeva, Aurva wept, his limbs trembling with fear: / "With extreme distress, by worldly conduct, having abandoned their own duty, they have resorted to wretchedness.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.18.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.18.61)

atīva dainyena dhanādikaṃ ca saṃpādya sarve 'pi supāpaśīlāḥ /  
kaṣṭārjitaṃ dravyadhanādikaṃ ca tyajanti sarve paśavo vyarthameva //

> Having acquired wealth and the like with extreme wretchedness, all of them of exceedingly sinful character, / these beasts vainly squander all their wealth and property earned through hardship.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.18.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.18.62)

satpātrabhūte viṣṇubuddhyā kadāpi tyajanti naite māyayā vai murāreḥ /  
eṣāmāyurvyarthamāhurmahāntaḥ kathaṃ naṣṭā iti samyagruroda //

> They never give away \[their wealth\] to a worthy recipient with the thought of Viṣṇu, because of the māyā of the Enemy of Mura. / The great say that their life is in vain; how are they ruined?" Thus he wept bitterly.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.18.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.18.63)

eṣāmāyurvyarthamevaṃ gataṃ ca eṣāṃ dṛṣṭvā yauvanaṃ tu dhruvaṃ ca /  
skandhasthamṛtyurhasate kṛṣṇa viṣṇo taṃ vai na jānanti vimūḍhacetasaḥ //

> "Their life has thus passed in vain, and having seen their youth to be certain, / death, seated upon their shoulder, laughs, O Kṛṣṇa, O Viṣṇu! But those of bewildered minds do not know it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.18.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.18.64)

gṛhaṃ madīyaṃ śatavarṣaṃ ca jīvetputrā madīyā śavatavarṣaṃ tathaiva /  
ahaṃ ca jīve śatavarṣaṃ sukhena madīyabhāryāpi sulakṣaṇā'ste //

> 'May my house last a hundred years! May my sons likewise live a hundred years! / And may I live happily for a hundred years, and my wife also possesses auspicious marks.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.18.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.18.65)

gāvaśca me saṃti sadugdhapūrṇā mitrāṇi me saṃti mudā hi yuktāḥ /  
dāsye sutaṃ vāraṇārthaṃ tu vadhvai putrīṃ vivāhārthamahaṃ dadāmi //

> And my cows are full of milk; my friends are filled with joy. / I shall give my son to a bride to maintain \[the lineage\], and I give my daughter for marriage;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.18.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.18.66)

dāsye cāhaṃ satsu putrīṃ dhanaṃ vā dāsye cāhaṃ dhanikeṣveva nityam /  
adṛṣṭaśūnyān bhagavānvāsudevo dṛṣṭvādṛṣṭvā hasate sarvadaiva //

> and I shall give my daughter or wealth among the virtuous, and I shall always give among the wealthy.' / Seeing repeatedly those who are devoid of foresight, the Blessed Lord Vāsudeva laughs at all times.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.18.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.18.67)

nāhaṃ kariṣye śravaṇaṃ kathāyā madbhāgyanā śaśca bhaviṣyatīti /  
nāhaṃ hariṃ pūjayiṣye sadaiva putrādināśaśca bhaviṣyatīti //

> 'I will not listen to the sacred narrative, lest destruction of my fortune occur; / I will not worship Hari always, lest destruction of my sons and the like occur.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.18.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.18.68)

kālekāle diṣṭanāmā haristu phalaprado vāsudevo 'khilasya /  
etādṛśānmūrkhajanāṃśca dṛṣṭvā ruroda caurvo vāsudevaikaniṣṭhaḥ //

> From time to time, Hari named Diṣṭa, Vāsudeva, grants the fruit of everything. / Seeing such foolish people, Aurva, devoted solely to Vāsudeva, wept.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.18.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.18.69)

atastvaurvo rudrarūpī khagendra jānīhi nityaṃ kṛṣṇasuśikṣitārthaḥ /  
yadā satī dakṣaputrī khagendra dakṣādhvare svaśarīraṃ visṛjya //

> Therefore, O King of Birds, know that Aurva, having the form of Rudra, was always well-instructed in the truth by Kṛṣṇa. / When Satī, the daughter of Dakṣa, O King of Birds, having abandoned her body at Dakṣa's sacrifice,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.18.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.18.70)

jajñe punarmenakāyāṃ himādrestadā rudrastvaurvasaṃjñā mavāpa /  
ūrdhvaretā bhavetyuktvā ūrdhvaretā babhūva ha //

> was born again to Menakā from the Himālaya, then Rudra obtained the name Aurva. / Having said, 'Be of upward-drawn seed,' he indeed became of upward-drawn seed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.18.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.18.71)

pāṇigrāhaṃ rudradevo mahātmā yadā himādreḥ kanyakāyāścakāra /  
tasyāṃ paraṃ laṃpaṭaḥ saṃbabhūva ato rudraḥ parasaṃjñāmavāpa //

> When the great-souled god Rudra took the hand \[in marriage\] of the daughter of the Himālaya, / he became exceedingly attached to her; therefore Rudra obtained another name.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.18.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.18.72)

sadāśivādyā daśa rudrabhrātaraḥ saumitreyo hauhiṇeyastrayaśca /  
samā ete mokṣakāle sṛtau ca śatairguṇairnyūnabhūtāśca tābhyām //

> The ten brothers of Rudra headed by Sadāśiva, the son of Sumitrā, and the three sons of Rohiṇī: / these are equal at the time of liberation and in transmigration, and they are inferior by hundreds of qualities to those two.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.18.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.18.73)

garuḍa uvāca /  
ānandanirṇayaṃ brūhi kṛṣṇa pūrṇadayānighe /  
nirṇetuṃ jñānināṃ yadvajjñāpanārthaṃ tathā mama //

> Garuḍa said: / Declare the determination of bliss, O Kṛṣṇa, full of compassion, O sinless one, / just as for the determination of the wise, so also for my instruction.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.18.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.18.74)

brūhi śiṣyāya dayayā uddhartuṃ māṃ ca sarvadā /  
pūrṇakāmasya te kṛṣṇa kā spṛhā vidyate prabho //

> Speak to your disciple out of compassion to uplift me at all times. / For you whose desires are fulfilled, O Kṛṣṇa, what desire can there be, O Lord?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.18.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.18.75)

evamukto hṛṣīkeśaḥ pakṣīśena mahātmanā /  
uvāca kṛpayā kṛṣṇaḥ prasannaḥ kamalekṣaṇaḥ //

> Addressed thus by the great-souled King of Birds, Hṛṣīkeśa, / Kṛṣṇa, the lotus-eyed, pleased, spoke with compassion.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.18.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.18.76)

śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca /  
gāyatryāśca śatānanda ekānandastu vedhasaḥ etādṛśaḥ śatānando brahmaṇaḥ parikīrtitaḥ //

> The Blessed Kṛṣṇa said: / The bliss of Gāyatrī is a hundredfold, while the bliss of the Creator is onefold; such a hundredfold bliss is proclaimed of Brahmā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.18.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.18.77)

śeṣādeśca śatānandaḥ sarasvatyāḥ khagottama /  
ekānandastu vijñeyo bhāratyā vinatāsuta //

> And the bliss of Sarasvatī is a hundredfold \[greater than that\] of Śeṣa and the others, O best of birds. / But the bliss of Bhāratī is to be known as onefold, O son of Vinatā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.18.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.18.78)

evaṃ tu nirṇayo jñeya ānandasya sadā khaga /  
evamuktaṃ mayā sarvaṃ kimanyacchrotumicchasi //

> Thus the determination of bliss is to be known at all times, O bird. / All this has been declared by me; what else do you wish to hear?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.18.78.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.18.78.p1)

iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe uttarakhaṇḍe tṛtīyāṃśe brahmakāṇḍe rudrarodanahetvānanantānandatāratamyanirūpaṇaṃ nāmāṣṭādaśodhyāyaḥ

> Thus ends the eighteenth chapter, entitled "The Reason for Rudra's Weeping and the Exposition of the Gradation of Infinite Bliss," in the Brahmakāṇḍa, the third part of the latter section in the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.3.18.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Hiraṇyakeśiśrautasūtra (ed. Kāśīnāthaśāstrī Āgāśe, Ānandāśrama 1907, with Mahādeva's Vaijayantī)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.hiranyakesi*agase.20.32.24) — Sanskrit

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