[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 # Garudapurana 3.1 Garuḍapurāṇa 3.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [3.1.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.50) — 1 part - [3.1.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.73) — 1 part - [3.1.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.91) — 1 part ### [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) ### [3.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.2) namo nārāyaṇāyeti tasmai vai mūlarūpiṇe / namaskṛtya pravakṣyāmi nārāyaṇakathāmimām // > "Homage to Nārāyaṇa"—having bowed down indeed to him, whose form is the primal source, / I will proclaim this narrative of Nārāyaṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.3) śaunakādyā mahātmāno hyṛṣayo brahmavādinaḥ / naimiṣākhye mahāpuṇye tapastepurmahattaram // > The great-souled sages, Śaunaka and others, speakers of the Veda, / performed exceedingly great ascetic penance in the most holy place named Naimiṣa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.4) jitendriyā jitāhārāḥ saṃtaḥ satyaparāyaṇāḥ / yajantaḥ parayā bhaktyā viṣṇumādyaṃ jagadgurum // > Subduing their senses, subduing their food, being virtuous, devoted to truth, / they were worshipping with supreme devotion the primal Viṣṇu, teacher of the world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.5) gṛṇantaḥ paramaṃ brahma jagaccakṣurmahaujasaḥ / sarvaśāstrārthatattvajñāstepurnaimiṣa kānane // > Praising supreme Brahman, the eye of the universe, endowed with great energy, / knowing the reality of the meaning of all scriptures, they practised penance in the Naimiṣa Forest. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.6) yajñairyajñapatiṃ kecijjñānairjñānātmakaṃ param / kecitparamayā bhaktyā nārāyaṇamapūjayan // > Some worshipped the Lord of Sacrifice with sacrifices, some the supreme \[Lord\] consisting of knowledge through spiritual insights, / and others worshipped Nārāyaṇa with supreme devotion. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.7) ekadā tu mahātmānaḥ samājaṃ cakruruttamāḥ / dharmārthakāmamokṣāṇāmupāyaṃ jñātumicchavaḥ // > Once, however, the noble, great-souled \[sages\] gathered together in assembly, / desiring to know the means to dharma, wealth, pleasure, and liberation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.8) ṣadviṃśatisahasrāṇi munīnāmūrdhvaretasām / teṣāṃ śiṣyapraśiṣyāṇāṃ saṃkhyā vaktuṃ na śaṅkyate // > Twenty-six thousand were the sages of restrained seed, / and the number of their disciples and grand-disciples cannot be stated. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.9) munayo bhāvitātmāno militāste mahojasaḥ / lokānugrahakartāro vītarāgā vimatsarāḥ // > Those assembled sages, purified in soul, of great energy, / were benefactors of the world, free from passion and free from envy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.10) kathaṃ harau manuṣyāṇāṃ bhaktiravyabhicāriṇī / kena sidhyettu sakalaṃ karma trividhamātmanaḥ // > "How can men have unfaltering devotion to Hari? / By what means may all of a person’s three kinds of action succeed?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.11) ityevaṃ praṣṭumātmānamudyatānprekṣya śaunakaḥ / sāṃja lirvākyamāha sma vinayāvanataḥ sudhīḥ // > Seeing them thus intent on questioning himself, Śaunaka, / folding his hands, bowed down with humility, that wise one spoke these words: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.12) śaunaka uvāca / āste siddhāśrame puṇye sūtaḥ paurāṇikottamaḥ / sa etadakhilaṃ vetti vyāsaśiṣyo yatīśvaraḥ // > Śaunaka said: / "In the holy Siddhāśrama resides Sūta, the foremost of purāṇic reciters; / he knows all this, that disciple of Vyāsa and lord of ascetics. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.13) tasmāttameva pṛcchāma ityevaṃ śaunako muniḥ / atha te ṛṣayo jagmuḥ puṇyaṃ siddhāśramaṃ tataḥ // > Therefore, let us ask him!"—thus \[said\] the sage Śaunaka. / Then those sages went from there to the holy Siddhāśrama. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.14) papracchuste sukhāsīnaṃ naimiṣāraṇyavāsinaḥ / ṛṣaya ūcuḥ / vayaṃ tvatithayaḥ prāptāstvātitheyosi suvrata // > Those dwellers of the Naimiṣa Forest questioned him as he sat comfortably. / The sages said: / "We have arrived as guests, and you, O \[sage\] of good vows, are the host. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.15) snānadānopacāreṇa pūjayitvā yathāvidhi / kena viṣṇuḥ prasannaḥ syātsa kathaṃ pūjyate naraiḥ // > Having worshipped \[him\] properly with the rites of bathing and gifting: / by what means may Viṣṇu become pleased? How is he worshipped by men? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.16) muktisādhanabhūtaṃ ca brūhi tattvavinirṇayam / sūta uvāca / śṛṇudhvamṛṣyaḥ sarve hariṃ tattvavinirṇayam // > And proclaim the ascertainment of the truth that serves as the means to liberation." / Sūta said: / "Listen, all you sages, to Hari, the ascertainment of the truth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.17) natvā viṣṇuṃ śriyaṃ vāyuṃ bhāratīṃ śeṣasaṃjñakam / dvaipāyanaṃ guruṃ kṛṣṇaṃ pravakṣyāmi yathāmati // > Having bowed to Viṣṇu, Śrī, Vāyu, Bhāratī, the one named Śeṣa, / and the guru Dvaipāyana Kṛṣṇa, I will speak according to my understanding. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.18) nāsti nārāyaṇasamaṃ na bhūtaṃ na bhaviṣyati / etena satyavākyena sarvārthānsādhayāmyaham // > There is none equal to Nārāyaṇa; there has been none, nor will there be. / By this truthful statement I accomplish all objectives." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.19) śaunaka uvāca / kimarthaṃ namanaṃ viṣṇorgranthādau munisattama / kartavyaṃ brūhi me brahmankṛpayā mama suvrata // > Śaunaka said: / "For what purpose should the bowing to Viṣṇu at the beginning of a text, O best of sages, / be performed? Tell me, O Brahman, out of your compassion, O \[sage\] of good vows. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.20) tataḥ śriyaṃ tato vāyuṃ bhāratīṃ ca tataḥ param / ante vyāsaṃ kimarthaṃ ca tvaṃ namaskṛtavānasi / sūtasūta mahābhāga brūhi kāraṇamatra ca // > Then \[why\] to Śrī, then to Vāyu, and then after that to Bhāratī, / and at the end, why have you bowed to Vyāsa? / O Sūta, Sūta, highly fortunate one, state the reason in this matter." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.21) sūta uvāca / ādau vandyaḥ sarvavedaikavedyo vede śāstre setihāse purāṇe / sattāṃ prāyo viṣṇurevaika eva prakāśate 'to namya eko harirhi // > Sūta said: / "First to be praised is the one to be known solely by all Vedas—in Veda, treatise, Itihāsa, and Purāṇa; / Viṣṇu alone predominantly shines as existence itself, therefore Hari alone is to be bowed to. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.22) sarvatra mukhyastvadhikonyatopi sa eva namyo na ca śaṅkarādyāḥ / namanti ye 'vinayācchaṅkaraṃ tu vināyakaṃ caṇḍikāṃ reṇukāṃ ca // > He is foremost everywhere, superior even to anyone else; he alone is to be bowed to, and not Śaṅkara and the others. / Those who out of insolence bow down indeed to Śaṅkara, Vināyaka, Caṇḍikā, and Reṇukā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.23) tathā sūryaṃ bhairavaṃ mātāraśva tathā vāṇīṃ girijāṃ vai śriyaṃ ca / sarvepi te vaiṣṇavā naiva loke na tadbhaktā veti cāryā vadanti // > and likewise to the Sun, Bhairava, the Mothers, and likewise to Vāṇī, Girijā, and Śrī— / none of them at all in this world are Vaiṣṇavas, nor are they his devotees, so the noble ones say. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.24) na pārthikyānnamanaṃ kāryameva prīṇanti naitā devatāḥ pūjanena / pūjāṃ gṛhītvā devatāścaiva sarvāḥ kiñciddatvā phaladānena tāṃśca // > Bowing should never be performed separately; these deities are not pleased by worship. / All the deities, having received worship, and having granted something by giving a reward to them, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.25) saṃtarpya tuṣṭaiḥ svamanonu sārāttaiḥ kāritāṃ kāmyapūjāṃ tathaiva / nivedayitvā paradevatāyāṃ viṣṇau harau śrīpuruṣādivandye // > and having satisfied them according to their own desire, being pleased, and likewise having offered / that desire-prompted worship caused to be done by them to the supreme deity, Viṣṇu, Hari, praised by Śrī, Puruṣa, and others, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.26) ihāparatrāpi sukhetarāṇi dāsyanti paścādadharaṃ vai tamaśca / ato hyete naiva pūjyā na namyā mokṣecchubhirbrāhmaṇādyairdvijendra // > they will later grant things other than happiness in this world and the next, and indeed the lower darkness. / Therefore these are certainly not to be worshipped nor bowed to by Brahmins and others seeking liberation, O foremost of the twice-born, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.27) tathaiva sarvāśramibhiśca nityaṃ mahāvipattāvapi vipravaryāḥ / śrīkāmya yā ye tu bhajanti nityaṃ śrībrahmarudredrayamādidevān // > and likewise at all times by members of all life-stages, even in great misfortune, O best of the vipras! / Those, however, who out of desire for prosperity constantly worship the deities beginning with Śrī, Brahmā, Rudra, Indra, and Yama, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.28) iheva bhuñjanti mahacca duḥ khaṃ mahāpadaḥ kuṣṭhabhagandarādīn / namanti ye 'vaiṣṇavānbrahmarudravāyu pratīkānnaiva te viṣṇubhaktāḥ // > experience great suffering even in this very world, and great calamities such as leprosy and fistula. / Those who bow to non-Vaiṣṇavas, to the representations of Brahmā, Rudra, and Vāyu, are not Viṣṇu's devotees at all. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.29) abhiprāyaṃ tvatra vakṣye munīndrāḥ paraṃ gopyaṃ hṛdi dhāryaṃ hi taddhi / vāyoḥ pratīkaṃ pūjyameveha viprā na brahmarudrādipratīkameva // > I will tell the intention here, O kings of sages; it is supreme secret and must indeed be held in the heart: / the representation of Vāyu alone is to be worshipped here, O vipras, not the representation of Brahmā, Rudra, and the others. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.30) pūjākāle devadevasya viṣṇorvāyoḥ pratīkaṃ yogyabhāge nidhāya / antargataṃ tasya vāyorhariṃ ca lakṣmīpatiṃ pūjayitvā hi samyak // > At the time of worship of Viṣṇu, the god of gods, having placed the representation of Vāyu in a suitable location, / and having properly worshipped Hari, the husband of Lakṣmī, dwelling inside that Vāyu, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.31) paścādvāyoḥ supratīkaṃ ca samyaṅ nirmālyaśeṣeṇa hareḥ samarcayet / pṛthakca sragdhūpavilepanādipūjāṃ prakurvanti ca ye vimūḍhaḥ // > afterwards, one should properly worship the auspicious representation of Vāyu with the remnants of the offerings to Hari. / And those fools who perform separate worship with garlands, incense, unguents, and the like, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.32) teṣāṃ duḥ khamiha loke paratra bhaviṣyate nātra vicāryamasti / prāyaścittaṃ svasti viprāḥ kathañcittatkurvantu smaraṇaṃ nāma viṣṇoḥ // > theirs will be suffering in this world and in the next world; there is no doubt in this matter. / The expiation is for welfare, O vipras; let them somehow perform that remembrance of the name of Viṣṇu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.33) pāṣaṇḍarudrādikasaṃ pratiṣṭhitānharervāyoḥ śaṅkarasya pratīkān / namanti ye phalabuddhyā vibhūḍhāsteṣāṃ phalaṃ śāśvataṃ duḥ khameva // > Those fools who, with the expectation of a reward, bow to the representations of Hari, Vāyu, and Śaṅkara / established by heretics, Rudra, and others—their fruit is perpetual suffering alone. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.34) vāyoḥ pratīkaṃ yadi vipravaryaiḥ pratiṣṭhitaṃ cennamanaṃ hi kāryam / naivedyaśeṣeṇa hareśca viṣṇoḥ pūjā kṛtā cenna hi doṣaleśaḥ // > If the representation of Vāyu is consecrated by the best of vipras, then indeed bowing should be done. / If worship is performed with the remnant of the food offered to Hari and Viṣṇu, then there is not the slightest fault." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.35) gururhi mukhyo hanumajjanirmahānrāmāṅghribhakto hanumānsadaiva / evaṃ viditvā paramaṃ hariṃ ca putraṃ punarmukhyadevasya vāyoḥ // > The supreme guru indeed was born as Hanumān, the great devotee of Rāma's feet, eternally Hanumān. / Having known this, and \[knowing\] Hari to be supreme, and the son of the chief deity Vāyu— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.36) namaskāro nānyathā vipravaryā ādhīyatāṃ hṛdi sarvai rahasyamam / ye vaiṣṇavā vaiṣṇa vadāsabhṛtyāḥ sarvepi te sarvadā viṣṇumeva // > O best of brahmins, homage \[should be offered\], not otherwise! Let this secret be held in the heart by all. / Those who are Vaiṣṇavas, or servants of the servants of Vaiṣṇavas, all of them always \[revere\] only Viṣṇu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.37) / namanti ye vai pratipādayanti tathaiva puṇyāni ca sāttvikāni / namanti ye vāsudevaṃ hariṃ ca samyak svaśaktyā pratipādayanti // > They indeed bow down, and likewise teach virtues that are pure (sāttvika); / they bow down to Vāsudeva and Hari, and explain \[Him\] fully according to their own capacity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.38) pravṛttimārgeṇa na pūjayanti hyāpatkāle paradaivaṃ tadanyam / te vaiṣṇavā vaiṣṇavadāsabhṛtyā anye ca sarve 'vaiṣṇavamātrakāḥ smṛtāḥ // > Even in times of distress, they do not worship another, foreign god through the path of outward ritual action. / They are Vaiṣṇavas, servants of Vaiṣṇava servants; and all others are regarded as mere pseudo-Vaiṣṇavas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.39) upakramairupasaṃhārasya liṅgairhariṃ guruṃ hyantareṇaiva yānti / tānevāhuḥ satpurāṇāni viprāḥ kalau yuge nābhyasūyanti sarve // > By the interpretive marks such as commencement and conclusion, they proceed straight to Hari and the guru. / The genuine Purāṇas speak of only them, O brahmins; in the Kali age, not all are free from malice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.40) yato hitānye pratipādayanti pravṛttidharmānsvasvavarṇānurūpān / ato hyasūyanti sadā vimūḍhāḥ kalau hi viprāḥ pracurā hi tepi // > Because they expound other, beneficial outward religious duties appropriate to their respective castes, / the deluded ones are always envious here; for such \[pseudo-\]brahmins are indeed numerous in the Kali age. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.41) na cāsti viṣṇoḥ sadṛśaṃ ca daivataṃ na cāsti vāyoḥ sadṛśo guruśca / na cāsti tīrthaṃ sadṛśaṃ viṣṇupadyāḥ na viṣṇubhaktena samosti bhaktaḥ // > There is no deity equal to Viṣṇu, and there is no guru equal to Vāyu; / there is no holy bath equal to Viṣṇupadī (the Gaṅgā), and no devotee equal to a devotee of Viṣṇu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.42) anyāni viṣṇoḥ pratipādakāni sarvāṇi te sāttvikānīti cāhuḥ / śrāvyāṇi tānyeva manuṣyaloke śrāvyāṇi nānyāni ca duḥ khadāni // > All other texts that expound Viṣṇu, they declare to be sāttvika. / Only those are to be heard in the mortal world; others, which give suffering, must not be heard. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.43) kalau yuge sarva purāṇamadhye trīṇyeva mukhyāni haripriyāṇi / mukhyaṃ purāṇaṃ hi kalau nṛṇāṃ ca śreyaskaraṃ bhāgavataṃ purāṇam // > In the Kali age, among all the Purāṇas, only three are primary and dear to Hari. / For men in the Kali age, the chief Purāṇa that brings welfare is the Bhāgavata Purāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.44) pūrvaṃ hi sṛṣṭiḥ pratipādyate tra yato hyato bhāgavataṃ paraṃ smṛtam / yasminpurāṇe kathayanti sṛṣṭiṃ hyādau viṣṇorbrahmarudrādikānām // > Because the primordial creation is expounded here, the Bhāgavata is held to be supreme; / in which Purāṇa they describe the creation of Brahmā, Rudra, and the rest from Viṣṇu at the beginning. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.45) nānārthamevaṃ kathayanti vipra nīcoccarūpaṃ jñānamāhurmahāntaḥ / tenaiva siddhaṃ pravadanti sarvaṃ hyataḥ paraṃ bhāgavataṃ purāṇam // > Thus they explain various subjects, O brahmin; the great ones speak of knowledge having higher and lower forms. / By that alone they declare everything to be established; hence the Bhāgavata Purāṇa is supreme. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.46) tataḥ paraṃ viṣṇupurāṇamāhustataḥ paraṃ gāruḍasaṃjñakaṃ ca / trīṇyeva mukhyā ni kalau nṛṇāṃ tu tathā viśeṣo gāruḍe kiñcidasti // > Next to that, they mention the Viṣṇu Purāṇa, and after that, the one named Garuḍa. / Only these three are chief for men in the Kali age; yet there is a certain distinction in the Garuḍa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.47) śṛṇudhvaṃ vai taṃ viśeṣaṃ ca viprāstryaṃśairyuktaṃ gāruḍākhyaṃ purāṇam / ādyāṃśaṃ vai karmakāṇḍaṃ vadanti dvitīyāṃśaṃ dharmakāṇḍaṃ tamāhuḥ // > Hear that distinction, O brahmins! The Purāṇa named Garuḍa consists of three sections. / They call the first section the ritual section (karmakāṇḍa), and the second section they call the section on dharma (dharmakāṇḍa). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.48) tṛtīyāṃśaṃ brahmakāṇḍaṃ vadanti teṣāṃ madhye tvantimoyaṃ variṣṭhaḥ / tṛtīyāṃśaśravaṇātpuṇyamāhustulyaṃ puṇyaṃ bhāgavatasya viprāḥ // > They call the third section the theological section (brahmakāṇḍa); among them, this final one is the highest. / From listening to the third section, O brahmins, they declare the merit to be equal to the merit of the Bhāgavata. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.49) tṛtīyāṃśe paṭhite vedatulyaṃ phalaṃ bhavennātra vicāryamasti / tṛtīyāṃśaśravaṇādeva viprāḥ phalaṃ proktaṃ paṭhatopyarthamevam // > When the third section is recited, the reward is equal to the Veda; there is no doubt about this. / From the mere hearing of the third section, O brahmins, the \[same\] fruit is proclaimed as from reciting and understanding the meaning. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.50) tṛtīyāṃśaśravaṇādarthataśca puṇyaṃ cāhuḥ paṭhato vai daśāṃśam / tato varaṃ matsyapurāṇamāhustato varaṃ kūrmapūrāṇamāhuḥ // > From hearing the third section and comprehending its meaning, they say the merit of the reciter is one-tenth. / After that, they declare the Matsya Purāṇa to be best; after that, the Kūrma Purāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.50.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.50.p1) tathaiva vai vāyupurāṇamāhustrīṇyeva cāhuḥ sāttvikānīti loke / > Likewise, they name the Vāyu Purāṇa; and these three alone are declared to be sāttvika in the world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.51) tatrāpi kiñcidveditavyaṃ bhavecca purāṇaṣaṭke sattvarūpe munīndrāḥ // > Even among these, O lords of sages, something must be understood within the six Purāṇas consisting of sattva: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.52) sattvādhame mātsyakaurme tathāhurvāyu cāhuḥ sāttvikaṃ madhyamaṃ ca / viṣṇoḥ purāṇaṃ bhāgavataṃ purāṇaṃ sattvottamaṃ gāruḍaṃ cāhurāryāḥ // > The Matsya and the Kūrma are called the lowest grade of sattva, and the Vāyu is said to be intermediate sattva; / the Viṣṇu Purāṇa, the Bhāgavata Purāṇa, and the Garuḍa are called the highest sattva by the noble. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.53) skāndaṃ pādmaṃ vāmanaṃ vai varāhaṃ tathāgreyaṃ bhaviṣyaṃ parvasṛṣṭau / etānyāhū rājasānīti viprāstatraikadeśaḥ sāttvikastāmasaśca // > The Skanda, the Padma, the Vāmana, the Varāha, and the Āgneya, \[and\] the Bhaviṣya regarding subsequent creation— / these, O brahmins, they describe as rājasika, though a portion of them is sāttvika and tāmasika. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.54) rajaḥ prācuryādrājasānīti ca huḥ śrāvyāṇi naitāni mumukṣubhiḥ sadā / teṣāṃ madhye sāttvikāṃśāśca saṃti teṣāṃ śrutergāruḍīyaṃ phalaṃ ca // > Because of the abundance of rajas, they are called rājasika; they should never be heard by seekers of liberation. / Yet within them are sāttvika portions; from hearing them, the reward is \[equal to a part of\] the Garuḍa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.55) brahmāṇḍalaiṅgye brahmavaivartakaṃ vai mārkaṃṇḍeyaṃ brāhmamādityakaṃ ca / etānyā hustāmasānīti viprāstatraikadeśaḥ sāttviko rājasaśca // > The Brahmāṇḍa, the Liṅga, the Brahmavaivarta, the Mārkaṇḍeya, the Brāhma, and the Āditya— / these, O brahmins, they describe as tāmasika, though a portion of them is sāttvika and rājasika. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.56) śrāvyāṇi naitāni manuṣyaloke tattvecchubhistāmasānītyato hi / teṣu sthitāḥ sāttvikāṃśā munīndrāsteṣāṃ śrutirgāruḍaikāṅghritulyā // > These are not to be heard in the mortal world by those desiring truth, because they are tāmasika. / The sāttvika portions situated in them, O lords of sages—hearing them equals one-fourth of the Garuḍa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.57) alpānyupapurāṇāni vadantyaṣṭādaśāni ca / viṣṇudharmotaraṃ caiva tantraṃ bhāgavataṃ tathā // > They speak of eighteen minor Purāṇas (upapurāṇas): / the Viṣṇudharmottara, the Sātvata Tantra, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.58) tattvasāraṃ nārasiṃhaṃ vāyuproktaṃ tathaiva ca / tathā haṃsapurāṇaṃ ca ṣaḍetāni munīśvarāḥ // > the Tattvasāra, the Nārasiṃha, the one proclaimed by Vāyu, / and the Haṃsa Purāṇa; these six, O lords of sages, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.59) sāttvikānyeva jānīdhvaṃ prāyaśo nātra saṃśayaḥ / eteṣāṃ śravaṇādeva gāruḍārdhaphalaṃ śrutam // > you should know as truly sāttvika for the most part; there is no doubt here. / From merely hearing these, half the fruit of the Garuḍa is taught in tradition. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.60) bhaviṣyottaranāmānaṃ bṛhannāradameva ca / yamanāradasaṃvādaṃ laghunāradameva ca // > The one named Bhaviṣyottara, the Bṛhannārada, / the Dialogue of Yama and Nārada, and the Laghunārada, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.61) vināyakapurāṇaṃ ca bṛhadbrahmāṇḍameva ca / etāni rājasānyāhuḥ śravaṇādbhuktaruttamā // > the Vināyaka Purāṇa, and the Bṛhadbrahmāṇḍa— / these they declare to be rājasika; from hearing them, excellent enjoyment \[arises\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.62) gāruḍātpādatulyaṃ ca phalaṃ cāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ / purāṇaṃ bhāgavataṃ śaivaṃ nandiproktaṃ tathaiva ca // > The wise declare the fruit to be equal to one-fourth of the Garuḍa. / The Bhāgavata, the Śaiva, that spoken by Nandin, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.63) pāśupatyaṃ raiṇukaṃ ca bhairavaṃ ca tathaiva ca / etāni tāmasānyāhurharitattvārthavedinaḥ // > the Pāśupata, the Raiṇuka, and likewise the Bhairava— / these are called tāmasika by those who know the truth of Hari's nature. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.64) eteṣāṃ śravaṇādviprāgāruḍāṅghyardhmeva ca / sarveṣvapi purāṇeṣu śreṣṭhaṃ bhāgavataṃ smṛtam // > From hearing these, O brahmins, \[the fruit is\] half of one-fourth of the Garuḍa. / Yet among all the Purāṇas, the Bhāgavata is held to be the best. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.65) vedaistulya sama pāṭhe śravaṇe ca tadardhakam / arthataḥ śravaṇe cāsya puṇyaṃ daśaguṇaṃ smṛtam // > Its recitation is fully equal to the Vedas, and its hearing yields half of that. / And from hearing it with understanding of the meaning, the merit is remembered to be tenfold. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.66) vaktuḥ syāddviguṇaṃ puṇyaṃ vyākhyātuśca tathādhikam / anantavedaiḥsāmyamāhurmahāntaḥ bhārānmahattvādbhāratasyāpi viprāḥ // > The speaker obtains twice the merit, and the commentator even more. / Great ones speak of equality with the infinite Vedas, and on account of weightiness and greatness, O brahmins, so also of the Mahābhārata. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.67) vedobhyosya tvarthataścādhikatvaṃ vadanti bai viṣṇurahasyavedinaḥ // > Those who know the mystery of Viṣṇu declare that in meaning it even surpasses the Vedas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.68) tatra śreṣṭhāṃ gītikāmāhurāryāstathaiva viṣṇornāmasāhasraka ca / tayostatra śravaṇādbhāratasya daśādhikaṃ phalamāhurmahāntaḥ // > Among its parts, the noble say the Bhagavad Gītā is supreme, and likewise the Thousand Names of Viṣṇu; / from hearing those two, great ones declare the fruit to be ten times greater than the rest of the Mahābhārata. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.69) daityāḥ sarva viprakuleṣu bhūtvā kṛte yuge bhārate ṣaṭsahasryām / niṣkāsya kāṃścinnavanirmitānāṃ niveśanaṃ tatra kurvanti nityam // > Daityas, taking birth among the families of all brahmins in the Kṛta age, within the \[Mahā\]bhārata of six thousand \[verses\], / always cast out some \[verses\] and insert newly composed ones there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.70) matvā hariṃ bhagavānvyāsarūpī cakre tadā bhāgavataṃ purāṇam / tathā samākhyāya ca vaiṣṇavaṃ tattataḥ paraṃ gāruḍākhyaṃ sa cakre // > Knowing Hari, the Lord in the form of Vyāsa then composed the Bhāgavata Purāṇa; / and having fully proclaimed the Viṣṇu Purāṇa, he composed next to that the work named Garuḍa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.71) ato hi gāruḍaṃ mukhyaṃ purāṇaṃ śāstrasaṃmatam / gāruḍena samaṃ nāsti viṣṇudharmapradarśane // > Therefore the Garuḍa is the chief Purāṇa, approved by scripture; / there is nothing equal to the Garuḍa in revealing the duties sacred to Viṣṇu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.72) yathā surāṇāṃ pravaro janārdano yathāyudhānāṃ pravaraḥ sudarśanam / yathāśvamedhaḥ pravaraḥ kratūnāṃ chinneṣu bhakteṣu tathaiva rudraḥ // > Just as Janārdana is the foremost among the gods, just as Sudarśana is the foremost among weapons, / just as the horse sacrifice is the foremost among rites, even so Rudra is foremost among devotees whose devotion is broken. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.73) nadīṣu gaṅgā jalajeṣu padmamacchinnabhakteṣu tathaiva vāyuḥ / tathā purāṇeṣu ca gāruḍaṃ ca mukhyaṃ tadāhurharitattvadarśane // > Among rivers \[the foremost is\] the Gaṅgā, among water-born flowers the lotus, and even so Vāyu among devotees whose devotion is unbroken; / and among the Purāṇas, the Gāruḍa is the foremost: so they say in revealing the reality of Hari. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.73.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.73.p1) gāruḍākhyapurāṇe tu pratipādyo hariḥ smṛtaḥ / > In the Purāṇa called Gāruḍa, Hari is declared to be the subject to be demonstrated. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.74) ato harirnamaskāryo gamyo yogyo hariḥ smṛtaḥ // > Therefore Hari is to be saluted; Hari is declared to be the goal and the worthy recipient. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.75) bhāgyātmakatvācchrīdevyā namanaṃ nadanu smṛtam / paro narottamo vā sa sādhakeśopi ca smṛtaḥ // > Because the goddess Śrī has the nature of fortune, obeisance \[to her\] is remembered immediately after; / he who is beyond, the supreme person, is also remembered as the lord of practitioners. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.76) ato namyo vāyurapi purāṇādau dvijottamāḥ / bhāratī vākyarūpatvānnamyā vāyoranantaram // > Therefore Vāyu too is to be bowed to at the beginning of the Purāṇa, O best of the twice-born; / Bhāratī, being of the nature of speech, is to be bowed to immediately after Vāyu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.77) upasādhako naraḥ prokto yatotastadanantaram / namya ityacyate sadbhistāratamyena sarvadā // > Nara is called an auxiliary practitioner; because of this, immediately after that, / he is said by the wise to be bowed to, always according to the hierarchy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.78) ato vyāsaṃ namaskuryādgranthakartṛtvahetutaḥ / śaunaka uvāca / vyāsasya namanaṃ hyante kathaṃ kāryaṃ mahātmanaḥ // > Therefore one should bow to Vyāsa because he is the author of the work. > Śaunaka said: > Why indeed is obeisance to the noble Vyāsa to be performed at the end? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.79) ante ca vandane tasya kāraṇaṃ brūhi suvrata / sūta uvāca / viṣṇoranantaraṃ vyāsanamanaṃ mukhyameva hi // > Tell the reason for his praise at the end, O you of noble vows! > Sūta said: > Immediately after Viṣṇu, obeisance to Vyāsa is foremost indeed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.80) harireva yato vyāso vācyacakrasvarūpakaḥ / vyāso naiva samatvena prokto bhagavato hareḥ // > For Hari himself is Vyāsa, possessing the nature of the circle of speech; > Vyāsa is by no means stated to be identical with the blessed Hari. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.81) tatrāpi kāraṇaṃ vakṣye sādareṇa munīśvarāḥ / vyāsastu kaścana ṛṣiḥ purāṇe tāmase smṛtaḥ // > There too I shall explain the reason with reverence, O lords of sages: > Vyāsa is remembered as some \[mere\] sage in the tāmasa Purāṇas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.82) iti jñānā valaṃbena daityā daityānugaiḥ samāḥ / praviśanti hyandhatama iti tvante namaskṛtaḥ // > Relying on such a notion, the daityas, along with the followers of the daityas, / enter into blind darkness; therefore he is saluted at the end. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.83) yadidaṃ paramaṃ gopyaṃ hṛdi dhāryaṃ na saṃśayaḥ / parāṇāṃ namyamevoktaṃ pratipādyaṃ yatotra hi // > This supreme secret is to be retained in the heart, no doubt; > obeisance is stated only for the highest, because the subject to be demonstrated here \[is Hari alone\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.84) samāsavyāsabhāvāddhi parāṇāṃ tatpratīyate / vāstavaṃ taṃ na jānīyurupajīvyo yato hariḥ // > For through the state of conciseness and expansion, that is understood of the highest; > they would not know that reality, because Hari is the \[sole\] foundation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.85) harirvyāsastveka eva vyāsastu harivatsmṛtaḥ / upajīvyatadīśatve tayoreva na saṃśayaḥ // > Hari and Vyāsa are indeed one; yet Vyāsa is remembered as like Hari; > their state of being the foundation and being the lord belongs to the two of them alone, no doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.86) īśakoṭipraviṣṭatvācchriyaḥ svāmitvamīritam / trayāṇāmupajīvyatvātsevyatvātsvāmitā smṛtāḥ // > Because she enters into the category of the Lord, lordship is stated of Śrī; > because the three are foundations and are to be served, their lordship is remembered. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.87) vāyvādīnāṃ trayāṇāṃ ca sevyatvātsevyatā smṛtā / bhūbhāraharaṇe viṣṇoḥ pradhānāṅgaṃ hi mārutiḥ // > Because the three beginning with Vāyu are to be served, service \[to them\] is remembered; > Māruti is indeed the principal limb of Viṣṇu in removing the burden of the earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.88) vākyarūpā bhāratī tu dvitīyāṅgaṃ hi sā smṛtā / tṛtīyāṅga hareḥ śeṣo na namyāḥ sāmyato hareḥ // > Bhāratī, having the nature of speech, is remembered as his second limb; > Śeṣa is the third limb of Hari; they are not to be bowed to as equals of Hari. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.89) pratipādyā mukhyatayā namyā eva samīritāḥ / avāntarāśca vāyvādyā na namyāstena te smṛtāḥ // > Those who are to be demonstrated principally are indeed stated to be bowed to; > and those beginning with Vāyu are intermediate, therefore they are not remembered as bowed to \[in that manner\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.90) bhīṣmadroṇādināmāni bhīmādiṣveva mukhyataḥ / vācakāni yato nityaṃ tannamyāste munīśvarāḥ // > Because names such as Bhīṣma and Droṇa are continually > denotative primarily of \[the deities present in\] Bhīma and others, they are to be bowed to, O lords of sages. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.91) parāṇāmeva namyatvaṃ pratipādyatvameva hi / etatsarvaṃ mayākhyātaṃ kimanyacchrotumicchatha // > Only the highest possess the quality of being bowed to and of being the subject to be demonstrated; > all this has been declared by me; what else do you wish to hear? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.1.91.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.91.p1) iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe sūtaśaunakasaṃvāde uttarakhaṇḍe tṛtīyāṃśe brahmakāṇḍe sāttvikādipurāṇavibhāganamyānamyadevavibhāgādiviṣayanirūpaṇaṃ nāma prathamo 'dhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the first chapter, entitled 'Determination of the division of Purāṇas into sāttvika and others, and the division of deities to be bowed to and not to be bowed to', in the Brahmakāṇḍa, the third section of the Uttarakhaṇḍa, in the conversation between Sūta and Śaunaka in the venerable Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.3.1.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (4) - [Varāhapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.varaha.218.205) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Mahābhāratatātparyanirṇaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.dvaita.sarvamula.mahabharatatatparyanirnaya.1.2.65) — Madhva, Sanskrit - [Bṛhannāradīyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.vaisnava.brhannaradiya.1.5) — Sanskrit - [Hiraṇyakeśiśrautasūtra (ed. Kāśīnāthaśāstrī Āgāśe, Ānandāśrama 1907, with Mahādeva's Vaijayantī)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.hiranyakesi*agase.16.15.22) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1) · Pramāṇa