[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) › 3.21 # Garudapurana 3.21 Garuḍapurāṇa 3.21 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [3.21.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.21.33) — 1 part ### [3.21.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.21.1) śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 21 śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / kālindyā api cotpattiṃ pravakṣyāmi khageśvara / vivasvānnāma sūryobhattasya putrī vyajāyata // > Glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa — \[Chapter\] 21 / The blessed Kṛṣṇa said: / I shall also speak of Kālindī’s birth, O King of Birds. / There was the sun named Vivasvat; to him a daughter was born, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.21.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.21.2) kālindīsaṃjñakā vīndra yamunā yānujā smṛtā / kṛṣṇapatnītvakāmena cacāra tapa uttamam // > Named Kālindī, O chief of birds, who is known as Yamunā's younger sister. / With the desire to become Kṛṣṇa’s wife, she practiced supreme austerity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.21.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.21.3) tapa ālocanaṃ proktaṃ tattvānāṃ ca vinirṇayaḥ / pūrvārjitānāṃ pāpānāmanutāpastapaḥ smṛtam // > Austerity is declared to be reflection and ascertainment of the principles; / repentance for sins accumulated in the past is considered austerity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.21.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.21.4) prāyo nāma tapaḥ proktaṃ cittanigraha ucyate / prāyaścittamiti proktaṃ na tu kṣauraṃ khageśvara // > Austerity is designated by the name prāya; citta is said to be control of the mind. / This is called 'prāyaścitta' (expiation), not tonsure of the head, O King of Birds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.21.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.21.5) anutāpayutaṃ bhūtaṃ tacchaṇu tvaṃ khageśvara / pūrvaṃ na japtaṃ divyamantraṃ mukunda taptaṃ sadā kleśadāvānalena // > Hear that, filled with repentance, which took place, O King of Birds: / "Formerly, the divine mantra was not muttered, O Mukunda; \[I was\] ever tormented by the forest fire of afflictions. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.21.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.21.6) na vai smṛtaṃ harināmāmṛtaṃ ca sadā smṛtaṃ haridoṣādikaṃ ca / na tu smṛtaṃ haritattvāmṛtaṃ ca samyak śrutaṃ lolavārtādikaṃ ca // > The nectar of Hari's name was not remembered at all, while the faults and such of Hari were constantly remembered; / the nectar of Hari’s truth was not remembered, while fickle gossip and the like was eagerly listened to. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.21.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.21.7) na pūjitaṃ haripādāravindaṃ supūjitāḥ putramitrādikāśca / na vanditaṃ haripādāravindaṃ suvandito mitrapādaḥ sughoraḥ // > Hari’s lotus feet were not worshipped, whereas sons, friends, and others were well worshipped; / Hari’s lotus feet were not saluted, whereas the terrible feet of friends were thoroughly saluted. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.21.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.21.8) na dṛṣṭaṃ vai dhūpadhūmrairupetaṃ harervakraṃ kuntalaiḥ saṃvṛtaṃ ca / putrādikaṃ lālitaṃ vai mukunda na lālitaṃ tava vakraṃ murāre // > Hari’s face, encircled by fragrant incense-smoke and covered with locks of hair, was not beheld; / sons and others were pampered indeed, O Mukunda, but your face was not cherished, O Murāri! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.21.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.21.9) sulālitaṃ bhūṣaṇaiḥ putramitraṃ na lālitaṃ sarvapāpāpahāri / na bhuktaṃ vai harinairavedyaśeṣaṃ mitrālaye ṣaḍrasānnaṃ ca bhuktam // > Sons and friends were well adorned with ornaments, but the remover of all sins was not cherished; / the remnants of food offered to Hari were not consumed, while food of six tastes was eaten in the house of friends. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.21.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.21.10) supuṣpagandhā nārpitā te murāre samarpitāḥ putramitrādikebhyaḥ / santaptohaṃ putramitrādikeṣu kadā drakṣye tava vaktraṃ mukunda // > Fragrant flowers and scents were not offered to you, O Murāri, but were offered to sons, friends, and the like; / I have suffered greatly on account of sons, friends, and the like; when shall I behold your face, O Mukunda? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.21.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.21.11) avaiṣṇavānnaiḥ śigruśākādikaiśca hyanarpitānnaiśca tathāpyasaṃskṛtaiḥ / tathāpyabhakṣyai rasanā ca dagdhā kadā drakṣye tava vaktraṃ mukunda // > My tongue has been burned by food of non-Vaiṣṇavas, by drumstick leaves and the like, by unoffered foods, and also by unpurified / and inedible foods; when shall I behold your face, O Mukunda? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.21.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.21.12) aṣṭākṣarīpūjayā divyatīrthairviṣṇoḥ purā bhrāmitaiḥ śaṅkhatīrthaiḥ / na pāvitaṃ maccharīraṃ murāre kadā drakṣye tava va ktraṃ mukunda // > My body has not been purified, O Murāri, through the worship with the eight-syllabled mantra and divine holy waters, the conch-waters previously circumambulated around Viṣṇu; / when shall I behold your face, O Mukunda? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.21.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.21.13) anarpitairgandhapuṣpādikaiśca anarpitairbhūṣaṇairvastrajātaiḥ / avaiṣṇavānāṃ digdhagandhādidoṣairgātraṃ dagdhaṃ kadā hyuddhariṣye mukunda // > My body has been burned by unoffered perfumes, flowers, and the like, by unoffered ornaments and garments, / and by the pollution of scents and such smeared by non-Vaiṣṇavas; when, O Mukunda, shall I deliver it? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.21.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.21.14) dagdhau ca pādau mama vāsudeva na gacchantau kṣetrapathaṃ hareśca / netre ca dagdhe mama sarvadāpi nālokitaṃ tava deva pratīkam // > Both my feet are burned, O Vāsudeva, not walking on the path to Hari's sacred place; / and both my eyes are burned for all time, not having gazed upon your form, O God! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.21.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.21.15) dagdhau ca hastau mama vāsudeva na pūjitaṃ tava viṣṇoḥ pratīkam / mayā kṛtaṃ pāpajātaṃ murāre kadā drakṣye tava vakraṃ mukunda // > Both my hands are burned, O Vāsudeva, not having worshipped your form, O Viṣṇu! / An array of sins has been committed by me, O Murāri; when shall I behold your face, O Mukunda? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.21.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.21.16) madīyadoṣāngaṇayanna pūrṇa dayāṃ kuru tvaṃ suddhadāsyānmukunda / yāvanti lomāni madīyagātre saṃti prabho sarvadorṣarvidūra // > O Perfect One, not counting my faults, grant compassion out of pure servitorship, O Mukunda! / As many hairs as there are upon my body, O Lord far removed from all defects, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.21.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.21.17) tāvanti pāpāni madīyagātre kadā drakṣye tava vaktraṃ mukunda / anantadehe patiputrairgṛhaiśca mitrairdhanaiḥ paśubhṛtyādikaiśca // > So many sins are on my body; when shall I behold your face, O Mukunda? / Across endless bodies, with husbands, sons, and homes, with friends, wealth, cattle, and servants, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.21.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.21.18) sukhaṃ nāptaṃ hyapumātraṃ mukunda sevā muktā tava devasya viṣṇoḥ / itaḥ paraṃ putramitrādikaṃ ca yāsye nāhaṃ tava dāsī bhavāmi // > Not even a fraction of happiness was obtained, O Mukunda, while the service of you, God Viṣṇu, was abandoned! / Henceforth I shall not go after sons, friends, and the like; I shall become your servant. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.21.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.21.19) yeye brūyuḥ putramitrādikaiśca samyak sukhaṃ jāyate martyaloke / teṣāmāsye mūtraviṣṭhādikaṃ ca samyak sadā patitaṃ ceti jāne // > Whoever might say that complete happiness arises in the mortal world through sons, friends, and the like, / urine, feces, and the like have fallen completely into their mouths at all times—so I consider. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.21.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.21.20) mitrādīnāṃ yatkṛtaṃ dravyajātaṃ vṛthā gataṃ malarūpaṃ ca jātam / sadvaiṣṇavānāṃ yatkṛtaṃ dravyajātaṃ hariprāpteḥ kāraṇaṃ syātsadaiva // > Whatever wealth was spent on friends and others went in vain and became of the nature of filth; / whatever wealth was spent on true Vaiṣṇavas ever becomes the cause of attaining Hari. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.21.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.21.21) etādṛśaṃ tattu jātaṃ mukunda alaṃ hyalaṃ tena duḥkhaṃ ca bhuktam / saṃgaṃ dattātsajjanānāṃ sadā tvaṃ vinā ca tvaṃ durjanānāṃ ca saṃgāt // > Such as it was, that has occurred, O Mukunda; enough, indeed enough of the sorrow that was endured through it! / Do grant always the company of good people, away from the company of wicked people! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.21.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.21.22) saṃgaiḥ sadā durjanānāṃ murāre gātraṃ dagdhaṃ na virāgeṇa yuktam / etādṛśāhaṃ kāṃ gātiṃ vā mukunda yāsye na jāne dayayā māṃ ca pāhi // > Through association always with the wicked, O Murāri, my body has been burned, not endowed with detachment; / being such, to what state shall I go, O Mukunda? I do not know; protect me with compassion!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.21.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.21.23) etādṛśo hyanutāpaḥ khagendra prāyaścittaṃ na ca kṣaurādikaṃ ca / bhānoḥ kanyā hyanutāpaṃ ca kṛtvā vicārayāmāsa hareḥ sutattvam // > Such indeed is repentance, O King of Birds, \[which is true\] expiation, and not tonsure and the like. / Having made repentance, the Sun’s daughter reflected upon the true nature of Hari: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.21.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.21.24) sarvottamo harirekaḥ sadaiva yataḥ pūrṇaḥ sarvaguṇaistataśca / sṛṣṭau yasmājjayate viśvajātamato hariḥ sarvaguṇaiśca pūrṇaḥ // > Hari alone is ever the supreme, because he is complete with all attributes; / and because the entire universe is born from him in creation, therefore Hari is complete with all attributes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.21.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.21.25) yo devānāmādya akāra eva yato brahmādyā naiva pūrṇāḥ samastāḥ / lakṣmīprasādāccirapuṇyena jāto yathāyogyaṃ pūrṇaguṇo viriñcaḥ // > He who is the foremost among the gods is the syllable 'A' itself, because Brahmā and the others are not all complete; / by the grace of Lakṣmī and through long-standing merit, Viriñca was born possessed of complete attributes as is fitting. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.21.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.21.26) na lakṣmīvadguṇapūrṇo viriñco na viṣṇuvadguṇapūrṇā ramāpi / na vāyuvadbhāratī cāpi pūrṇā na śeṣavadvāruṇī cāpi pūrṇā // > Viriñca is not full of attributes like Lakṣmī, nor is even Ramā full of attributes like Viṣṇu; / nor is Bhāratī complete like Vāyu, nor is even Vāruṇī complete like Śeṣa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.21.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.21.27) na vai rudravatpārvatī pūrṇarūpā hyanyepyevaṃ naiva pūrṇāḥ sadaiva / ālocanāmevameṣā hi kṛtvā tapaścakre yamunāyāśca tīre // > Pārvatī indeed is not complete in form like Rudra, and others also are never thus complete at all. / Having thus reflected, she performed austerities on the bank of the Yamunā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.21.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.21.28) tadācāhaṃ yamunāyāśca tīraṃ pārthena sākaṃ mṛgayāṃ gataḥ khaga / dṛṣṭvā ca tāṃ tatra tapaścarantīṃ tadābruvaṃ matsakhāyaṃ ca pārtham // > At that time, O bird, I went to the bank of the Yamunā with Pārtha for hunting. / Seeing her performing austerities there, I spoke then to my friend Pārtha: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.21.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.21.29) he pārtha śīghraṃ vraja kanyāsamīpaṃ tvaṃ pṛccha kasmādatra tapaḥ karoṣi / evaṃ proktastatsamīpaṃ sa gatvā pṛṣṭvā caitatkāraṇaṃ śīghrameva // > “O Pārtha, go quickly near the maiden, and ask: ‘Why are you performing austerities here?’” / Thus addressed, he went near her and promptly asked this reason. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.21.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.21.30) āgatya māmavadatphālgunoyaṃ sarvaṃ vṛttāṃntaṃ tvasau matsamīpe / tatastvahaṃ sumuhūrte ca tasyāḥ pāṇigrahaṃ kṛtavāṃstatra samyak // > Having returned, Phālguna related the whole account to me beside him. / Then, at an auspicious moment, I properly took her hand in marriage there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.21.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.21.31) tasyāśca tāpātsaṃtataṃ madvicārātprasannohaṃ satataṃ suprasannaḥ / pūrṇānande ramamāṇāsya nityaṃ tayā ca me kiṃ sukhaṃsyātkhagendra // > By her austerities and by constantly thinking of me, I—ever most pleased—became pleased. / What pleasure could there be for me from her, O King of Birds, when I ever delight in absolute bliss? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.21.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.21.32) mayā vivāhonugrahārthaṃ hi tasyā aṅgīkṛto na tu saukhyāya vīndra / tathā vakṣye lakṣmaṇāyāśca rūpaṃ pāṇigrāhe kāraṇaṃ cāpi vīndrā // > The marriage was accepted by me only for the purpose of bestowing grace upon her, not for pleasure, O king of birds. / Likewise, I shall describe the beauty of Lakṣmaṇā and the reason for taking her hand, O king of birds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.21.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.21.33) śṛṇuṣva tattava vakṣyāmi gopyaṃ sacchiṣyake nāsti gopyaṃ gurośca // > Listen; I will tell you this secret. For a good disciple, there is no secret kept by a guru. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.21.33.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.21.33.p1) iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe uttarakhaṇḍe tṛtīyāṃśe brahmakāṇḍe bhagavataḥ kālindyā vivāhe hetunirūpaṇaṃ nāmaikaviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the twenty-first chapter, named “Ascertainment of the Cause of the Lord’s Marriage to Kālindī,” in the Brahmakāṇḍa, the third section of the Uttarakhaṇḍa in the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.3.21.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.21) · Pramāṇa