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# Garudapurana 3.22

Garuḍapurāṇa 3.22

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [3.22.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.85) — 1 part

### [3.22.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.1)

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 22  
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca /  
yā lakṣmaṇā pūrvasarge khagendra putrī hyabhūdvahnivedasya vettuḥ /  
sulakṣaṇaiḥ saṃyutatvādyataḥ sā sulakṣmaṇeti prathitā khagendra //

> The glorious Kṛṣṇa said: / That Lakṣmaṇā, O King of Birds, who in a previous creation was the daughter of a knower of the fire-Veda, / because of being endowed with auspicious bodily marks (sulakṣaṇa), was known as Sulakṣmaṇā, O King of Birds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.2)

yathā lakṣmīrlakṣaṇaiḥ sā supūrṇā yathā harirlakṣaṇairvai supūrṇaḥ /  
yathā vāyurlakṣaṇaiḥ pūrṇa eva yathā gāyatrī lakṣaṇaiḥ sā supūrṇā //

> Just as Lakṣmī is fully complete in bodily marks, just as Hari is indeed fully complete in bodily marks, / just as Vāyu is complete in bodily marks, just as Gāyatrī is fully complete in bodily marks,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.3)

yathā rudrādyā lakṣaṇairvai prapūrṇā rudrādillakṣmaṇā caiva pūrṇā /  
guṇenaivaṃ dharmataḥ kiñcideva tathānusaṃdhānādvriyate nāma cāpi //

> and just as Rudra and the others are complete in bodily marks, \[yet\] Lakṣmaṇā is more complete than Rudra and others / in virtue \[though\] slightly less in dharma; so, too, her name is chosen according to that meditation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.4)

tasmā dāhurlakṣmaṇetyeva sarve tallakṣaṇaṃ śṛṇu cādau khagendra /  
nārāyaṇe pūrṇaguṇe rameśe dvātriṃśatsaṃkhyāni sulakṣaṇāni //

> Therefore, all called her Lakṣmaṇā. Hear first her marks, O King of Birds. / In Nārāyaṇa, the Lord of Ramā, full of virtues, there are thirty-two auspicious marks.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.5)

saṃtyeva pakṣīndra vadāmyanu kramānmattaḥ śrutvā mokṣamāpnoti nityam /  
yaḥ saptapādaḥ ṣaṇṇavatyaṅguloṅgaścaturhastaḥ puruṣastīkṣṇadantaḥ //

> They are indeed present, O king of birds; I speak of them in order. Hearing of them from me, one attains liberation forever: / a man who is seven feet \[tall\], his body ninety-six aṅgulas, four cubits, with sharp teeth—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.6)

ya etatsarvaṃ militaṃ caikameva harerviṣṇorlakṣaṇaṃ cāhurāryāḥ /  
mukhaṃ strigdhaṃ vartulaṃ puṣṭirūpaṃ dvitīyaṃ tallakṣaṇaṃ cāhurāryāḥ //

> The noble declare all this taken together as a single mark of Hari Viṣṇu. / A face that is smooth, round, and full-bodied: the noble declare that as the second mark.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.7)

hanuryasyānunnataṃ cāsti vīndra tallakṣaṇaṃ prāhurāryāstṛtīyam /  
yaddantā vai tīkṣṇasūkṣmāśca saṃti tallakṣaṇaṃ cāhurāryāścaturtham //

> His chin is not excessively raised, O king of birds; the noble call that the third mark. / His teeth are sharp and small; the noble call that the fourth mark.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.8)

yasyādhare raktimā tvasti vīndra tallakṣaṇaṃ pañcamaṃ cāhurāryāḥ /  
yasya hastā atiraktāḥ khagendra tallakṣaṇaṃ prāhurāryāśca paṣṭham //

> Redness upon his lower lip, O king of birds, the noble call the fifth mark. / His hands are deeply red, O King of Birds; the noble declare that as the sixth mark.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.9)

yasminnakhāḥ saṃti raktāḥ suśobhāstallakṣaṇaṃ saptamaṃ cāhurāryāḥ /  
yasminkapole raktimā tvasti vīndra tallakṣaṇaṃ hyaṣṭamaṃ prāhurāryā //

> Nails that are red and very radiant: the noble call that the seventh mark. / Redness upon his cheeks, O king of birds, the noble declare as the eighth mark.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.10)

yasminkare śaṅkhacakrādirekhā vartante tannavamaṃ prāhurāryāḥ /  
yasyo daraṃ tanturūpaṃ supuṣṭaṃ valitrayairaṅkitaṃ suṃdaraṃ ca //

> Lines such as the conch and discus upon his hand: the noble call that the ninth mark. / A belly resembling a cord, well-nourished, marked with three folds, and handsome:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.11)

tallakṣaṇaṃ daśamaṃ prāhurāryā ekādaśaṃ nimnanābhiṃ tadāhuḥ /  
ūrudvayaṃ yasya ca māṃsalaṃ vai tallakṣaṇaṃ dvādaśaṃ prāhurāryāḥ //

> The noble call that the tenth mark; an indrawn navel they declare as the eleventh. / Both thighs being fleshy: the noble declare that as the twelfth mark.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.12)

kaṭirhi dīrghā pṛthulāsti yasya trayodaśaṃ lakṣma tadāhurāryāḥ /  
yasyāsti muṣko supariṣṭhito vai caturdaśaṃ lakṣma tadāhurāryāḥ //

> A waist that is long and broad: the noble declare that as the thirteenth mark. / Well-placed testicles: the noble declare that as the fourteenth mark.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.13)

samunnataṃ śiśramatho hi lakṣma yasyāsti tat pañcadaśaṃ vadanti /  
sutāmrakaṃ pādatalaṃ khagendra tallakṣaṇaṃ ṣoḍaśaṃ prāhurāryāḥ //

> An elevated penis: they state that to be the fifteenth mark. / The soles of the feet deeply coppery, O King of Birds: the noble declare that as the sixteenth mark.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.14)

nimnau ca gulphau saptadaśaṃ tadāhurgrī vārūpaṃ prāhuraṣṭādaśaṃ ca /  
ekonaviṃśaṃ tvakṣipadmaṃ suraktaṃ prāhurbāhuṃ jānu viṃśaṃ tathaiva //

> Indrawn ankles they call the seventeenth; the shape of the neck they call the eighteenth. / The nineteenth is an eye\[-like\] lotus of bright red; likewise, the arm and knee they declare as the twentieth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.15)

vistīrṇoraścaikaviṃśaṃ tadāhuḥ siṃhāskandhaṃ dvyuttaraṃ viṃśamāhuḥ /  
trayoviṃśaṃ sūkṣmamāsyaṃ tadāhuścaturviśaṃ suprasanne ca dṛṣṭī //

> A broad chest they declare as the twenty-first; shoulders like a lion's they call the twenty-second. / A delicate mouth they call the twenty-third; very serene glances the twenty-fourth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.16)

hrasvaṃ liṅgaṃ mārdavaṃ cāpi vīndra tallakṣaṇaṃ pañcaviṃśaṃ vadanti /  
samau ca pādau kaṭijānu corū ṣaḍviṃśamāhuśca same ca jaṅghe //

> A short, soft organ, O king of birds, they declare as the twenty-fifth mark. / Symmetrical feet, waist, knees, and thighs, and symmetrical shanks they call the twenty-sixth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.17)

samānahastau samakarṇau militvā dvātriṃśatkaṃ lakṣaṇaṃ prāhurāryāḥ /  
dvātriṃśatkaṃ lakṣaṇaṃ vai mukunde dvātriṃśatkaṃ lakṣaṇaṃ vai ramāyām //

> Equal hands and equal ears taken together: the noble declare these \[up to\] thirty-two marks. / There are thirty-two marks on Mukunda, and thirty-two marks on Ramā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.18)

dvātriṃśatkaṃ lakṣaṇaṃ brahmaṇopi tadbhāratyāḥ pravadantyeva satyam /  
tathā ca śaṅkā samameva cakriṇetyevaṃ sadāmā kuru nirṇayaṃ bruve //

> They declare truly that there are thirty-two marks of Brahmā, and likewise of Bhāratī. / But do not constantly doubt, thinking: ‘It is just equal to the Wielder of the Discus.’ I shall state the determination:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.19)

ekasya vai lakṣaṇasyāpi viṣṇorlakṣmīrantaṃ naiva samyak prapede /  
atonantairlakṣaṇaiḥ saṃyutaṃ ca hariṃ cāhurlakṣaṇajñāḥ sadaiva //

> Even of a single mark of Viṣṇu, Lakṣmī does not comprehend the full limit. / Therefore, those who know marks always declare Hari to be endowed with endless marks.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.20)

jānāti lakṣmīrlakṣaṇaṃ vāyurūpe svāpekṣayā hyatiriktaṃ khagendra /  
svalakṣaṇāpekṣayā bhāratī tu śatairguṇairadhikā vedhasopi //

> Lakṣmī knows the marks in the form of Vāyu as surpassing her own, O King of Birds; / while Bhāratī is a hundred times superior in relation to her own marks, even in comparison to Vedhas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.21)

khagendra tasmāllakṣaṇe sāmyacittaṃ viśvādīnāṃ sarvadā mā kuruṣva /  
aṣṭāviṃśatiṃ prāhū rudrādikānāṃ bhrūnetrayorlakṣaṇenaiva hīnāḥ //

> Therefore, O King of Birds, do not ever keep a mind that views the marks of Viśva and the others as equal. / They declare twenty-eight \[marks\] for Rudra and the others, who are lacking in the marks of the eyebrows and eyes.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.22)

alakṣaṇaṃ manyate yaddhi tasya durlakṣaṇaṃ naiva taccintanīyam /  
aṣṭāviṃśatiṃ lakṣaṇaṃ vai harasya na bhāratīvaccintanīyaṃ khagendra //

> What is regarded as an absence of a mark on him must not be considered an inauspicious mark. / The twenty-eight marks of Hara, O King of Birds, are not to be considered equal to those of Bhāratī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.23)

ato haraḥ krodharūpī sadaiva tayorabhāvātsatyamuktaṃ tathaitat /  
ato dvayaṃ nāsti rudre khagendra śiśrodare kiñcidādhikyamasti //

> Therefore Hara has the nature of anger always, due to the absence of these two; thus this has been truly spoken. / Therefore these two are not in Rudra, O King of Birds; in the penis and belly there is a slight excess.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.24)

saptādhikairviśatilakṣaṇaistu samāyutāḥ svastriyo lakṣmaṇādyāḥ /  
ṣaḍvaviṃśatyā lakṣaṇaiścāpi yuktā vāruṇyādyā pañcaviṃśaiśca candraḥ //

> His own women, Lakṣmaṇā and the others, are endowed with twenty-seven marks; / Vāruṇī and others are endowed with twenty-six marks; and the Moon has twenty-five.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.25)

arthaścaturviṃśatibhiścaiva yukto nāsāvāyordvyadhikā viṃśatiśca lakṣaṇaiścaikaviṃśatyā śacī yuktā na saṃśayaḥ //

> Artha is endowed with twenty-four; Nāsāvāyu has twenty-two; and Śacī is endowed with twenty-one marks, without a doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.26)

pravāhā viṃśakairyuktā yama ekonaviṃśakaiḥ /  
pāśyaṣṭādaśabhiryukto daśasaptayuto 'nalaḥ //

> Pravāhā is endowed with twenty; Yama with nineteen; / the Bearer of the Noose (Varuṇa) is endowed with eighteen; and Fire is endowed with seventeen.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.27)

vaivasvataḥ ṣoḍaśabhimitraḥ pañcadaśairyutaḥ /  
catrurviṃśaistu dhanapaḥ pāvakastu trayodaśaiḥ //

> Vaivasvata has sixteen, Mitra has fifteen, / the lord of wealth has fourteen, and fire has thirteen.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.28)

gaṅgā dvādaśabhiryuktā budha ekādaśairyutaḥ /  
śanistu daśasaṃkhyākaiḥ puṣkaro navabhiryutaḥ //

> Gaṅgā has twelve, Mercury has eleven, / Saturn has ten, and Puṣkara has nine.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.29)

atha ṣoḍaśasāhasraṃ bhāryāratu mama vallabhāḥ /  
aṣṭabhiścaiva saṃyuktāḥ saptabhiḥ pitarastathā //

> Now, the sixteen thousand wives who are dear to me / are endowed with eight, and the ancestors likewise with seven.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.30)

ṣaḍbhiśca devagandharvāḥ pañcabhistadanantarāḥ /  
caturbhaiḥ kṣitipāḥ proktāstribhiranye ca saṃyutāḥ //

> The celestial Gandharvas have six, and those next to them have five; / kings are declared to have four, and others have three.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.31)

udare kiñcidādhikye hrasve pāde ca karṇayoḥ /  
śikhādhikyaṃ vinā vipra bhāryāyāṃ ca śivasya ca //

> Except for a slight excess in the belly, shortness in the feet, / and an excess in ears and crest, O brahmin, in the wife of Śiva,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.32)

lakṣmaṇāyāṃ pañca doṣāḥ śirogulphādikaṃ vinā /  
nābhyādhikye sahaivāṣṭau doṣāḥ saṃtyativāhike //

> and in Lakṣmaṇā, there are five defects, leaving aside the head, ankles, and so forth. / Along with an excess in the navel, there are eight defects in Ativāhika.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.33)

jaṅghādhikye sahaivāṣṭau doṣāḥ śacyāḥ sadā smṛtāḥ /  
evameva hi doṣāścāpyūhanīyāḥ khageśvara //

> Along with an excess in the shanks, eight defects are traditionally taught for Śacī. / In this very way, defects are to be inferred, O King of Birds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.34)

durlakṣaṇaiḥ sadā vīndra saṃśrutaistattvavidbhavet /  
mahodaro laṃbanābhirīṣāmātrogradaṃṣṭrakaḥ //

> By hearing about inauspicious marks, O king of birds, one becomes a knower of truth: / he has a great belly, a hanging navel, and fierce tusks the size of poles;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.35)

andhakūpagabhīrākṣo laṃbakarṇauṣṭhanāsikaḥ /  
laṃbagulpho vakrapādaḥ kunakhī śyāvadantakaḥ //

> his eyes are sunken like a blind well; he has drooping ears, lips, and nose; / his ankles are sagging, his feet are crooked; he has diseased nails and blackish teeth;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.36)

dīrghajaṅgho dīrghaśiśrastvekāṇḍaścaikanāsikaḥ /  
raktaśmaśrū raktaromā vakrāsyaḥ saṃprakīrtitaḥ //

> he has long shanks and a long penis, a single testicle and a single nostril; / he is proclaimed to have a red beard, red body hair, and a crooked face;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.37)

dagdhaparva tasaṃkāśo raktapṛṣṭhaḥ kaliḥ smṛtaḥ /  
alomāṃso 'lomaśirā raktagaṇḍakapolakaḥ //

> resembling a burnt mountain, Kali is traditionally remembered as having a red back, / hairless flesh, a hairless head, and red cheeks and temples.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.38)

lalāṭe pāṇḍutā nityaṃ vāmaskandhe kare khaga /  
krūradṛṣṭirdṛṣṭipādastathā vai ghargharasvaraḥ //

> He has constant paleness on his forehead, left shoulder, and hands, O bird; / he has a cruel gaze, squinting eyes, and a gurgling voice;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.39)

atyāśī cātipānaśca stanau śuṣkaphalopamau /  
ūrau navāñjikāromaḥ tathā pṛṣṭhe ca mastake //

> he is an excessive eater and heavy drinker, with breasts like dried fruits; / on his thighs, back, and head there is sparse, thin hair;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.40)

lalāṭe trīṇi dīrghe tu same dvau saṃprakīrtitau /  
sarpākārastu yo matsyastasya śiśre prakīrtitaḥ //

> on the forehead three \[lines\] are declared to be long, and two equal. / A fish that is serpent-shaped is proclaimed to be on his penis;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.41)

pādatrāṇopamo matsyo rasanāgre prakīrtitaḥ /  
śiśrākāraśca yo matsyo gude tasya praśasyate //

> a fish resembling a shoe is proclaimed on the tip of his tongue; / and a fish shaped like a penis is noticed on his anus;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.42)

vṛścikākāramatsyastu padostasya praśasyate /  
śvākāraścāpi matsyo vai mukhe tasya prakīrtitaḥ //

> a scorpion-shaped fish is noticed on his feet; / and a dog-shaped fish is proclaimed in his mouth;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.43)

haste tu bahurekhāḥ syurloma nāsāpuṭe smṛtam /  
atidīrghaṃ tu cāṅguṣṭhaṃ kaniṣṭhaṃ cātidīrghakam //

> there are many lines on the hand, hair is recorded in the nostril; / the thumb is extremely long, and the little finger is extremely long.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.44)

durlakṣaṇaṃ tve vamādi kalāvasti hyanekaśaḥ /  
sulakṣaṇānyanekāni mayi saṃti khageśvara //

> Such and similar inauspicious marks exist in Kali in many ways; / many auspicious marks exist in me, O King of Birds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.45)

dvātriṃśallakṣaṇaṃ viṣṇorbrahmādyāpekṣayaiva tat /  
sahābhiprāya garbheṇa brahmaṇoktaṃ tava prabho //

> The thirty-two marks of Viṣṇu are spoken of in relation to Brahmā and the others; / this was stated to you by Brahmā along with its implicit meaning, O lord.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.46)

brahmoktasya mayoktasya virodho nāsti sattama /  
mayoktasyaiva sa vyāsaḥ kaṃbugrīvaḥ pradarśyate //

> There is no contradiction between what Brahmā said and what I said, O best of beings. / That which was spoken by me is demonstrated in detail by \[the mark of\] a conch-like neck;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.47)

raktādharaṃ rakta tālu caikīkṛtya mayoditam /  
ato virodho nāstyeva tathā jñānātpratīyate //

> I spoke uniting red lips and a red palate into one. / Therefore there is no contradiction at all; so it is understood through knowledge.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.48)

saptādhikairviṃśatilakṣaṇaistu samāyutā yāḥ striyo lakṣmaṇādyāḥ //

> The women headed by Lakṣmaṇā who are endowed with twenty-seven marks:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.49)

bhage netre ca haste ca stane kukṣau tathaiva ca /  
bhāratyapekṣayā pañcabhirnyūnā tvasti lakṣaṇaiḥ //

> in the vulva, eyes, hands, breasts, and belly, / \[such a woman\] is deficient by five marks in comparison to Bhāratī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.50)

na rudravanna cānyāni lakṣaṇāni khageśvara /  
ṣaḍviṃśatyā lakṣaṇaiścāpi yuktā vāruṇyāḥ ṣaḍlakṣaṇaiścaiva hīnā //

> She does not have \[the marks\] like Rudra, nor other marks, O King of Birds. / The wife of Varuṇa has twenty-six marks and is deficient by six marks.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.51)

karṇe kukṣau nāsikākeśapāśe gulphe bhage kiñcidādhikyamasti /  
indro yuktaḥ pañcaviṃśatyā khagendra sadā hīno lakṣaṇaiḥ saptasaṃkhyaiḥ //

> In the ears, belly, nose, mass of hair, ankles, and vulva there is slight excess. / Indra is endowed with twenty-five, O King of Birds, and is always deficient by seven marks.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.52)

haste pāde udare karṇayośca śiśre gulphe tvadharoṣṭhedhikaṃ ca /  
caturviṃśatyā lakṣaṇaiścāpi yukto nāstikyavāyustadvadevāṣṭabhiśca //

> In the hands, feet, belly, ears, penis, ankles, and lower lip there is excess. / Endowed with twenty-four marks is Nāstikya-Vāyu, and in the same way with eight \[defects\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.53)

nābhyāṃ gulphe hanurarṅghyośca skandhe dvije netre tvadharoṣṭhedhikaṃ ca /  
trayoviṃśatyā lakṣaṇaiścāpi yuktā śacī tathā navadoṣaiśca yuktā //

> In the navel, ankles, jaw, feet, shoulders, teeth, eyes, and lower lip there is excess. / Śacī is endowed with twenty-three marks and also with nine defects.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.54)

bhage keśe hyadharoṣṭhe ca karṇe jaṅghe gaṇḍe vakṣasi gulphayośca /  
tathottaroṣṭhe kiñcidādhikyamasti evaṃ vijānīhi khagendrasattama //

> In the vulva, hair, lower lip, ears, shanks, cheeks, chest, and ankles, / as well as in the upper lip, there is slight excess; know it thus, O best of the kings of birds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.55)

dvāviṃśatyā lakṣaṇaiḥ saṃyutastu daśabhirdeṣaiḥ pravaho nāma vāyuḥ /  
tathāṅguṣṭhe kiñcidādhikyamasti viṃśatyekādaśabhirdeṣatorkaḥ //

> Endowed with twenty-two marks and ten defects is the wind named Pravaha; / likewise in the thumb there is slight excess. The Sun has twenty-one, with eleven defects.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.56)

tadviṃśatyā lakṣaṇaiḥ saṃyutastu tadā doṣerdvādaśabhiśca yuktaḥ /  
ekonaviṃśatyā lakṣaṇaiścāpi yuktastrayodaśabhistadabhāvairyutogniḥ //

> One who is endowed with twenty marks is then endowed with twelve defects. / Fire is endowed with nineteen marks and with thirteen absences of them.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.57)

aṣṭādaśabhirlakṣaṇaiḥ saṃyutastu vaivasvatastadabhāvaiścaturdaśabhiḥ /  
mitrastu saptadaśabhirlakṣaṇaiḥ saṃyutaḥ khaga //

> Vaivasvata is endowed with eighteen marks and fourteen absences of them; / Mitra is endowed with seventeen marks, O bird,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.58)

sadoṣaiḥ pañcadaśabhiḥ saṃyukto nātra saṃśayaḥ /  
taiśca ṣoḍaśabhiryukto dhanapo nātra saṃśayaḥ //

> and is endowed with fifteen defects, of this there is no doubt. / The lord of wealth is endowed with sixteen of them, of this there is no doubt,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.59)

tadabhāvaiḥ ṣoḍaśabhiḥ saṃyuktaḥ saṃprakīrtitaḥ /  
taiḥ pañcadaśabhiścaiva yuktogrejyaṣṭhaputrakaḥ //

> and is proclaimed to be endowed with sixteen absences of them. / The eldest son of Agreji is endowed with fifteen of them,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.60)

taiḥ saptadaśabhirdeṣaiḥ saṃyukto nātra saṃśayaḥ /  
taiścaturdaśabhiścaiva gaṅgā saṃparikīrtitā //

> and is endowed with seventeen defects, of this there is no doubt. / Gaṅgā is proclaimed to have fourteen of them,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.61)

tathāṣṭādaśabhirdeṣaiḥ saṃyutā nātra saṃśayaḥ /  
taistrayodaśabhiścaiva saṃyuto budha eva tu //

> and is endowed with eighteen defects, of this there is no doubt. / Mercury is endowed with thirteen of them,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.62)

doṣairekonaviṃśatyā saṃyuto nātra saṃśayaḥ /  
śanirviṃśatidoṣeṇa yuto dvādaśalakṣaṇaiḥ //

> and is endowed with nineteen defects, of this there is no doubt. / Saturn has twelve marks and is endowed with twenty defects.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.63)

lakṣaṇaiścaikādaśabhiḥ puṣkaraḥ parikīrtitaḥ /  
ekaviṃśatisaṃkhyākairasadbhāvaiḥ prakīrtitaḥ //

> Puṣkara is proclaimed to have eleven marks, / and is declared to have non-existences \[of marks\] numbering twenty-one.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.64)

daśabhirlakṣaṇairyuktāḥ pitaro ye cirāḥ khaga /  
trayoviṃśatidoṣaiśca saṃyutā nātra saṃśayaḥ //

> The ancient ancestors, O bird, are endowed with ten marks, / and are endowed with twenty-three defects, of this there is no doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.65)

aṣṭabhirlakṣaṇairyuktā devagandharvasattamāḥ /  
doṣaiścaturviṃśatibhiḥ saṃyuktāḥ parikīrtitāḥ //

> The best among celestial Gandharvas are endowed with eight marks, / and are proclaimed to be endowed with twenty-four defects.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.66)

saptalakṣaṇasaṃyuktā gandharvā mānuṣātamakāḥ /  
yaistu pañcaviṃśatibhirdeṣaiḥ saṃyuktāḥ prakīrtitāḥ //

> The human Gandharvas are endowed with seven marks, / and they are proclaimed to be endowed with twenty-five defects.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.67)

ṣadguṇaiḥ kṣitipā yuktā ṣaḍviṃśatyā ca doṣataḥ /  
tadanye pañcabhiryuktāścaturbhiḥ kecideva ca //

> Kings are endowed with six qualities, and with twenty-six defects. / Others are endowed with five, and some with only four.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.68)

tribhiḥ keccittato hīnā na saṃti khagasattama /  
yasminnare kṣitipe vā khagendra ādhikyaṃ yaddṛśyate lakṣaṇasya //

> Some are deficient by three; there are none \[lower\] than that, O best of birds. / In whatever man or king, O King of Birds, an excess of a mark is seen,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.69)

na te narā naiva te vai kṣitīśāḥ sarve naiva hyuttamāḥ sarvadaiva /  
ye devā ye ca daityāśca sarvepyevaṃ khagādhipa //

> they are not \[mere\] men, nor are they \[mere\] rulers of the earth; nor are all of them always foremost. / Whatever gods and whatever Daityas there are, all of them are like this, O lord of birds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.70)

lakṣaṇālakṣaṇaiścaiva krameṇoktā na saṃśayaḥ /  
lakṣaṇaiḥ saptaviṃśatyālakṣaṇaiḥ saṃyutāḥ khaga //

> They are spoken of in order by their marks and absence of marks, of this there is no doubt. / They are endowed with twenty-seven marks, O bird.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.71)

ataḥ salakṣaṇā jñeyā dvātriṃśallakṣaṇairna hi /  
piturgṛhe vardhamānā sadāpi svakuṭuṃbaṃ śreṣṭhayituṃ khagendra //

> Therefore, O King of Birds, she is known to possess auspicious marks, though not with all thirty-two marks, / growing in her father's house, ever intent on exalting her family.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.72)

uvāca sā pitaraṃ dīyamānamannādikaṃ tramitrādikeṣu /  
sadāpi ye tvanusaṃdhānena yuktā antargate tatratatra sthite ca //

> She said to her father when food and the like was being given to friends and others: / 'Those who are always intent on meditation upon \[the Lord\] seated within each of them,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.73)

ajñātatve cānnapānādikaṃ ca dattaṃ saṃto vyarthamevaṃ vadanti /  
hariṃ vakṣye tatratatra sthitaṃ caṃ taṃ vai śṛṇu tvādareṇādya nityam //

> if \[such things\] are given without knowledge, the virtuous say that food, drink, and the like are in vain. / I shall speak of Hari as he resides in each of them; listen to it today with constant devotion.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.74)

bālo harirbālarūpeṇa kṛṣṇaḥ kṣīrādikaṃ navanītaṃ ghṛtaṃ ca /  
gṛhṇāti nityaṃ bhūṣaṇaṃ vastrajātamevaṃ dadyātsarvadā viṣṇutuṣṭyai //

> The child Hari, Kṛṣṇa in the form of a child, receives milk and the like, fresh butter, and ghee, / as well as garments and ornaments; one should always give them thus for the satisfaction of Viṣṇu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.75)

mitrairhariḥ keśavākhyo mukundo bhuṅkte dattaṃ tvannaprānādikaṃ ca /  
pūrvaṃ dadyātsarvadā vai gṛhastho dhanyo bhavedanyathā vyarthameva //

> Hari, named Keśava and Mukunda, eats food, drink, and the like offered by friends. / A householder should always offer first \[to him\]; he becomes blessed, otherwise it is entirely in vain.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.76)

gṛhṇāti nityaṃ mādhavākhyo hariścetyevaṃ jñātvā deyamannādikaṃ ca /  
evaṃ jñātvā dīyamānena nityaṃ prīṇāti viṣṇurnānyathā vyarthameva //

> Knowing that Hari named Mādhava constantly receives \[it\], food and the like should be given. / Offered with such knowledge, Viṣṇu is constantly pleased; otherwise it is entirely in vain.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.77)

gṛhe nityaṃ vāsudevo haristu prīṇāti nityaṃ tatra tiṣṭhansuparṇa /  
evaṃ jñātvā svagṛhaṃ sarvadaiva alaṅkuryāddhāturūpaiḥ sadaiva //

> O Garuḍa, Hari as Vāsudeva constantly dwells in the house and is pleased there. / Knowing this, one should always decorate one's house with metallic images.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.78)

govindākhyastiṣṭhati vaṣṇavānāṃ putrairyutastiṣṭhati vāsudevaḥ /  
mitre mukundaḥ śālake cānirūddho nārāyaṇo dvijavarye sadāsti //

> He named Govinda dwells among the sons of the Vaiṣṇavas; Vāsudeva dwells \[in the self\]; / Mukunda dwells in a friend, Aniruddha in a brother-in-law, and Nārāyaṇa is ever in an excellent twice-born.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.79)

goṣṭhe ca nityaṃ viṣṇurūpī haristu aśve sadā tiṣṭhati vāmanākhyaḥ /  
saṃkarṣaṇaḥ śūdravarṇe sadāsti vaiśye pradyumnastiṣṭhati sarvadaiva //

> Hari in the form of Viṣṇu is always in the cowshed; he named Vāmana is always in a horse; / Saṃkarṣaṇa is always in the Śūdra class; Pradyumna always dwells in a Vaiśya.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.80)

janārdanaḥ kṣattrajātau sadāsti dāśeṣu nityaṃ mahidāso haristu /  
mahyāṃ nityaṃ tiṣṭhati sarvadaiva hyupendrākhyo harirekaḥ suparṇa //

> Janārdana is always in the Kṣatriya class; Hari as Mahīdāsa is always among servants; / O Garuḍa, Hari alone, named Upendra, constantly dwells upon the earth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.81)

gaje sadā tiṣṭhati cakrapāṇiḥ sadāntare tiṣṭhati viśvarūpaḥ /  
nityaṃ śuni tiṣṭhati bhūtabhāvanaḥ pipīlakāyāmapi sarvadaiva //

> He who holds the discus in his hand is always in an elephant; Viśvarūpa is always in the inner space; / the Author of Beings always dwells in a dog, and likewise constantly in an ant.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.82)

trivikramo harirūpyantarikṣe sarvajātāvanantarūpī hariśca /  
harerna varṇosti na gotramasti na jātirīśe sarvarūpe vicitre //

> Hari in the form of Trivikrama is in the intermediate space; Hari of infinite forms is in all creatures. / In the Lord who has all diverse forms, Hari has neither caste, nor lineage, nor birth.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.83)

evaṃ jñātvā sarvadā lakṣmaṇā tu hariṃ sadā prīṇayāmāsa devī /  
saparyayā vai kriyamāṇayā hariḥ patirmamasya diti cintayānā //

> Knowing this, the goddess Lakṣmaṇā constantly pleased Hari, / thinking through the worship she performed, 'May Hari be my husband.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.84)

tatyāja dehaṃ viṣṇupatitvakāmā madreṣu vai vīndra putrī prajātā /  
svayaṃvare lakṣmaṇāyā ahaṃ ca bhittvā lakṣyaṃ bhūpatīndrāvayitvā //

> Desiring to become Viṣṇu's wife, she abandoned her body, O King of Birds, and was born as a princess among the Madras. / At Lakṣmaṇā's svayaṃvara, after striking the target and subduing the kings,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.85)

pāṇigrahaṃ lakṣmaṇāyāśca kṛtvā gatvā purīṃ ramayāmāsa devī /  
tathaivāhaṃ jāṃbavatyā vivāhaṃ matpatnītve kāraṇaṃ tvāṃ bravīmi //

> I took Lakṣmaṇā's hand in marriage, went to my city, and took delight in the goddess. / In the very same way, I tell you the reason for my marriage to Jāmbavatī and her becoming my wife.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.85.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.22.85.p1)

iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe uttarakhaṇḍe tṛtīyāṃśe brahmakāṇḍe lakṣmaṇāvivāhahetunirūpaṇaṃ nāma dvāviṃśodhyāyaḥ

> Thus ends the twenty-second chapter, entitled 'Determination of the Cause of the Marriage to Lakṣmaṇā,' in the theological section, the third part of the Uttarakhaṇḍa of the glorious and great Garuḍapurāṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.3.22.1) — English, machine translation

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