[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) › 3.24 # Garudapurana 3.24 Garuḍapurāṇa 3.24 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [3.24.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.126) — 1 part ### [3.24.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.1) śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 24 jaigīṣavya uvāca / kanye śṛṇu tvaṃ veṅkaṭākhyācalasya smerānanāṃ puṇyamāṃrohaṇe 'sya / śrīgītāyāḥ paṭhanaṃ caiva kurvannārohaṇaṃ kurute sarvalokaḥ // > Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa 24. / Jaigīṣavya said: / "Listen, smiling maiden, to the merit of ascending this mountain named Veṅkaṭa; / reciting the glorious Gītā, all people ascend it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.2) padepade śrīnivāsaśca devastvalaṃ hyalaṃ prīyate bhaktavargaḥ / taṃ prīṇayanmokṣamāyānti sarve harau tuṣṭe kimalabhyaṃ ca kanye // > At every step, God Śrīnivāsa is thoroughly pleased, and the host of devotees likewise; / pleasing him, all attain liberation; when Hari is pleased, what is unobtainable, O maiden? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.3) sopānadeśe yaḥ purāṇaṃ śṛṇoti tadā kṛtā sarvatīrthādiyātrā / tadā divā prastuvantīha mārge sadā hariṃ śrīnivāsaṃ guruṃ ca // > Whoever hears a Purāṇa on the steps has performed a pilgrimage to all sacred places. / Then, during the day, she walked along the path constantly praising Hari, Śrīnivāsa, and the guru. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.4) sopānānāṃ mahimānaṃ ca śrutvā śālagrāmaṃ sthāpayitvā ca tatra / namaskṛtvā punarevāpi sā tu sopānāni tvārurohātha sādhvī // > Having heard the greatness of the steps, placing the Śālagrāma there / and bowing down, the virtuous maiden once again ascended the steps. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.5) sopānānāṃ vīndra cārohaṇena tvavaiṣṇavānāṃ haritoṣo na caiva / tenaiva teṣāṃ sādhanaṃ bhūya eva tamasyandhe pātayituṃ khagendra // > By climbing the steps, O lord of birds, there is no pleasing of Hari for non-Vaiṣṇavas; / by that very act their practice is only to cast them into blinding darkness, O King of Birds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.6) sthalesthale evamevāpi kāryaṃ jaigīṣavyaṃ punarevāha devī / kanyovāca / jaigīṣavyaḥ śrīnivāso haristu brahmādīnāṃ dṛśyate śrīnivāsaḥ // > “The same should be done at every step.” Again the goddess addressed Jaigīṣavya: > The maiden said: > “Jaigīṣavya, Śrīnivāsa is Hari himself. Śrīnivāsa is beheld by Brahmā and the others; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.7) jaigīṣavya kṛpayā tvaṃ vadasva jaigīṣavyo hyevamukto hariṃ tu / uvāca kanyāṃ somaputrīṃ satīṃ ca brahmādīnāṃ dṛśyate śrīnivāsaḥ // > O Jaigīṣavya, please speak with compassion.” Addressed thus, Jaigīṣavya spoke of Hari / to the virtuous maiden, the daughter of Soma: “Śrīnivāsa is beheld by Brahmā and the others; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.8) anantarūpodhikakāntakāntimānrūdrādīnāṃ dṛśyate veṅkaṭeśaḥ / sasūryalakṣādhikakāntakāntito rudrādīnāṃ dṛśyate śrīnivāsaḥ // > possessing infinite forms and exceedingly brilliant radiance, Veṅkaṭeśa is beheld by Rudra and the rest. / With a radiance surpassing a hundred thousand suns, Śrīnivāsa is beheld by Rudra and the others; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.9) sahasrasūryādhikakāntikāntaḥ savidyuttvānmānuṣāṇāṃ rameśaḥ / ṛṣyādīnāṃ dṛśyate candravacca sanmānuṣāṇāmaparokṣo haristu // > having a radiance surpassing a thousand suns, accompanied by lightning, the Lord of Ramā is beheld by human beings. / To the ṛṣis and others he appears like the moon; but Hari is directly perceived by virtuous humans; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.10) nakṣatravaddṛśyate śrīnivāsaḥ sadā ṛṣīṇāmaparokṣo haristu / sa sūryavaddṛśyate śrīnivāsaḥ saṃsāriṇāṃ veṅkaṭeśaḥ khagendra // > Śrīnivāsa is seen like a star. Hari is constantly perceived directly by the ṛṣis; / Śrīnivāsa is seen like the sun; Veṅkaṭeśa appears to worldly people, O King of Birds, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.11) saṃdohavaddṛśyate vai prakāśo mithyāvatāṃ dṛśyate śrīnivāsaḥ / pāṣāṇavannailyarūpaprakāśaḥ śilāmātre dṛṣyate vai kalau ca // > as an aggregation of light. Śrīnivāsa appears to the deceitful / like a stone, radiating a dark-blue form; he is seen in Kaliyuga as mere rock. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.12) nṛṇāṃ sarveṣāṃ śrīnivāso haristu kalau svarūpaṃ śrīnivāsasya devī / na mānuṣāḥ pravijānanti sarve yataḥ kalau tāmasā rājasāstu // > To all men, Śrīnivāsa is Hari; but, O goddess, in Kaliyuga the true form of Śrīnivāsa / is not recognized by all mortals, since in Kaliyuga they are dominated by tamas and rajas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.13) tatsaṃginaḥ sāttvikāḥ kecideva hyato bhaktā durlabhā vai kalau ca / ye dṛśyante bhaktavatte na bhaktāḥ śiśrodarayorbharaṇe caiva saktāḥ // > Only a few of those associated with them possess sattva; therefore, true devotees are very rare in Kaliyuga. / Those who appear to be devotees are not devotees; they are merely intent on filling their genitals and bellies. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.14) kurvanti yātrāṃ ca tadarthameva bhaktijñānaṃ durlabhaṃ vai kalau ca / bhaktā ye vai na viraktāḥ sadaiva teṣāṃ harerdarśanaṃ durlabhaṃ ca // > They undertake pilgrimage solely for that purpose. Devotion and knowledge are rare indeed in Kaliyuga. / Those so-called devotees who are never free from attachment find the sight of Hari hard to attain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.15) bhaktasvarūpaṃ tava vakṣye khagendra yo jñānapūrṇaḥ parame snigdha eva / na ca dveṣairbandhuro bhaktiyuktastava dveṣāñchṛṇu vakṣye ca samyak // > I shall describe the nature of a devotee to you, O King of Birds: one who is filled with knowledge and affectionate toward the Supreme One, / who is not bound by hatreds, and endowed with devotion. Hear of hatreds, which I shall explain properly to you: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.16) jīvābhidā hariṇāprākṛtena svatantreṇa hyasvatantrasya nityam / jñānānandaiḥ paripūrṇe harau ca guṇairapūrṇo harirityeva cintā // > the belief that the individual self is non-different from Hari, who is beyond material nature, independent, while \[the soul\] is eternally dependent; / and in Hari, who is replete with knowledge and bliss, the thought that Hari is deficient in qualities; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.17) śrībrahmarudrādidivaukasāṃ sadā tathā dvijānāṃ saṃmānāyāśca cintā / viṣṇoḥ sakāśādbrahmarudrādikānāṃ sadādhikyālocanaṃ dveṣa eva // > and the continuous concern for honoring Śrī, Brahmā, Rudra, and other celestials, as well as twice-borns, \[above Hari\]; / or the continuous consideration of Brahmā, Rudra, and others as superior to Viṣṇu—that is indeed hatred. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.18) viṣṇorbhadre hastapādādikānāṃ bhedajñānaṃ dveṣamāhurmahāntaḥ / avatārāṇā chedabhedādikaṃ ca tathocyate maraṇasyāpi cintā // > The great ones say that the idea of difference among the hands, feet, and limbs of Viṣṇu is hatred, O auspicious one. / Likewise, \[the idea of\] severance or division among his incarnations, and even the thought of his death, is called \[hatred\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.19) tadbhaktānāṃ dveṣaṇaṃ cāhurāryāstadvākyānāṃ dūṣaṇaṃ dveṣa eva / naca dveṣaiḥ saṃyutā ye ca loke kanye dṛśyante na tu bhaktāḥ kadācit // > The noble say that hating his devotees, or slandering his words, is hatred indeed. / Those in the world who are possessed of these hatreds, O maiden, are never seen as devotees. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.20) kanyovāca / jaigīṣavya brūhi me ke ca bhaktā bhaktiṃ kathaṃ darśayāmāsurete / teṣāṃ hariḥ śrīnivāso mahātmā trātā sadā bhaktavarge dayāluḥ // > The maiden said: > “Tell me, Jaigīṣavya, who are the devotees, and how did they demonstrate devotion? / To them Hari, the magnanimous Śrīnivāsa, is an eternal protector and compassionate to the assembly of his devotees.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.21) jaigīṣavyastvevamukto mahātmā uvāca kanyāṃ saṃsmaran bhaktavaryaḥ / jaigīṣavya uvāca / prahādādyā śrīnivāsasya bhaktāḥ kṛtvā nṛsiṃhe cottamāṃ bhaktimeva // > Thus addressed, the magnanimous Jaigīṣavya, the best of devotees, recollecting, spoke to the maiden: > Jaigīṣavya said: > “Prahlāda and others are devotees of Śrīnivāsa: having directed the highest devotion to Nṛsiṃha, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.22) avāpa sāmrājyamanuttamaṃ ca jñānaṃ nṛsiṃhātsamavāpa paścāt / parāśaraḥ śrīnibāsasya bhakto bhaktiṃ kṛtvā vyāsarūpaṃ hariṃ ca // > he attained an unsurpassed empire, and thereafter received knowledge from Nṛsiṃha. / Parāśara was a devotee of Śrīnivāsa: offering devotion to Hari in the form of Vyāsa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.23) stutvā tena jñānatattvaṃ hyavāpya jagāma mokṣaṃ bhaktisaṃvardhitātmā / yo nāradaḥ śrīnivāsasya bhakto bhaktiṃ kṛtvā garbhavāse harau ca // > and having praised him, he attained the truth of knowledge, and, his soul enriched by devotion, went to liberation. / Nārada, who was a devotee of Śrīnivāsa, offered devotion to Hari even while residing in the womb; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.24) tayā bhaktyā brahmaputratvamāpa jñānaprāptyā tena muktiṃ jagāma / yo hyaṃbarīṣaḥ śrīnivāsasya bhaktaḥ kṛtvā bhaktiṃ paradeva harau ca // > through that devotion he attained sonship to Brahmā, and through the attainment of knowledge went to liberation. / Ambarīṣa, who was a devotee of Śrīnivāsa, offered devotion to Hari, the Supreme Deity; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.25) japtvā jñānaṃ prāpya durvāsakaścāpyavāpa mokṣaṃ tena saṃvardhitātmā / mucukundo vai śrīnivāsasya bhakto vairāgyato bhaktidārḍhyaṃ ca kṛtvā // > having repeated his name and attained knowledge, his soul was enriched by it, and Durvāsas also attained liberation. / Mucukunda, indeed, was a devotee of Śrīnivāsa: having made firm his devotion through dispassion, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.26) tattvajñānaṃ prāpya viṣṇormahātmā hyavāpa mokṣaṃ tena saṃvardhitātmā / sa puṇḍarīkaḥ śrīnivāsasya bhaktaḥ pitrādiṣṭo viṣṇubhaktiṃ ca kṛtvā // > that great soul attained the knowledge of the reality of Viṣṇu, and, his soul enriched by it, attained liberation. / Puṇḍarīka was a devotee of Śrīnivāsa: instructed by his father, he practiced devotion to Viṣṇu, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.27) hariprāsādājjñānamanuttamaṃ cāpyavāpa mokṣaṃ bhaktisaṃvardhitātmā / brahmā ca vāyuśca sarasvatī ca jñātavyāḥ sarve ṛjuyoginaśca // > and by Hari’s grace he attained unsurpassed knowledge and liberation, his soul enriched by devotion. / Brahmā, Vāyu, and Sarasvatī, and all the straightforward yogins, are to be known > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.28) acchinnabhaktāśca sadā murārerna kāmyaraktāḥ śuddharūpā hi te ca / girīśanāgeśakhageśasaṃjñā devāḥ śukrārau gurucandrendusūryāḥ // > as having uninterrupted devotion to Murāri, never clinging to desire, being of pure nature. / The deities named Giriśa, the Lord of Serpents, and the Lord of Birds; Śukra, Mars, Jupiter, the Moon, Indra, and the Sun; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.29) jaleśognirmanudharmau kuberaḥ vighneśanāsatyamarudgaṇāśca / parjanyamitrādaya eva sarve sadā hyete śrīnivāsasya bhaktāḥ // > the Lord of the Waters, Fire, Manu, Dharma, Kubera, the Lord of Obstacles, the Nāsatya twins, and the host of Maruts; / Parjanya, Mitra, and all the rest—all these are eternally devotees of Śrīnivāsa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.30) viśvāmitro bhṛguraurvaśca kutso marīciratriḥ pulahaḥ kratuśca / śaktirvasiṣṭho sautamīyo pulastyo bhāradvājaḥ śrīnivāsasya bhaktāḥ // > Viśvāmitra, Bhṛgu, Aurva, Kutsa, Marīci, Atri, Pulaha, Kratu, / Śakti, Vasiṣṭha, Gautama, Pulastya, and Bharadvāja are devotees of Śrīnivāsa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.31) māndhātā nahuṣoṃbarīṣasagarau rājā pṛthurhaihayo ikṣvākurbharato yayātisutalau dharmo vikukṣistathā / uttānaśca bibhīṣaṇo daśaratho hyete mahājñāninaḥ śrīmadveṅkaṭanāyakasya ca gurorbhaktāḥ sadā saṃsmṛtāḥ // > Māndhātṛ, Nahuṣa, Ambarīṣa, Sagara, King Pṛthu, the Haihaya, Ikṣvāku, Bharata, Yayāti, Sutala, Dharma, Vikukṣi, / Uttāna, Vibhīṣaṇa, and Daśaratha—all these great knowers are remembered as eternal devotees of the guru, the glorious Lord of Veṅkaṭa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.32) bhāgīrathī samudraśca yamunā ca sarasvatī / godāvarī narmadā ca kṛṣṇā bhīmarathī tathā // > The Bhāgīrathī, the Ocean, the Yamunā, Sarasvatī, / the Godāvarī, the Narmadā, the Kṛṣṇā, and the Bhīmarathī; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.33) sarayūphalgukāverīgaṇḍakī kapilā stathā / ityetāśca harerbhaktāḥ saṃti cātraiva bhāmini // > the Sarayū, Phalgu, Kāverī, Gaṇḍakī, and Kapilā— / all these are devotees of Hari and are present right here, O beautiful lady. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.34) abhiprāyaṃ tatra vakṣye śṛṇu kanye mayā sati / yatra pravartate mārge kathā viṣṇormahātmanaḥ // > I shall explain the underlying purport here; listen to me, O virtuous maiden: / wherever the discourse on the great soul Viṣṇu proceeds along the path, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.35) vartante vaiṣṇavā yatra haritattvārthabodhakāḥ / tatraiva bhaktāḥ sarvepi saṃti viṣṇostathaiva ca // > and wherever Vaiṣṇavas who teach the essential truth of Hari reside, / right there are all the devotees of Viṣṇu likewise present. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.36) ye devayātrāṃ paramātmacintayā kurvanti te haribhaktāśca nānye / yato harau parame vaiṣṇavānāṃ sarvaṃ niṣṭhāmeti kṛtyaṃ khagendra // > Those who undertake a divine pilgrimage with their thoughts fixed on the Supreme Soul are Hari’s devotees, and none else; / for in Hari, the Supreme, all actions of the Vaiṣṇavas reach completion, O King of Birds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.37) śeṣācalaṃ samāsādya hyannavastrādibhūṣaṇam / yo na dadyādabhaktaḥ sa tataḥ ko nu paraḥ paśuḥ // > Having reached Śeṣācala, whoever does not offer food, clothing, ornaments, and the like is a non-devotee; who could be a greater beast than him? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.38) bhaktā hareḥ śrīnivāsācale ca gaṅgādirūpeṇa ca tatratatra / tiṣṭhanti sevārthamurukramasya teṣāṃ pūjā naiva kāryā ca devi // > The devotees of Hari abide on the mountain of Śrīnivāsa here and there in the form of the Gaṅgā and other \[rivers\] / for the purpose of serving Urukrama; but worship of them is not to be done \[identically to Hari\], O goddess. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.39) abhiprāyaṃ tatra vakṣye śṛṇu tvaṃ tatra sthale vastragandhādidhūpaiḥ / purāṇoktā api bhedena pūjyā dṛṣṭvā ca tānvandayetprājña eva // > I shall state the purport in this regard; listen: in that place, with garments, fragrant scents, and incense, / they are to be worshipped with distinction as declared in the Purāṇas, and having seen them, the wise man should simply bow down.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.40) sadbrāhmaṇānvandayetpādamūle hastau ca dvau saṃpuṭīkṛtya devi / sāṣṭāṅgarupaṃ vandanaṃ caiva viṣṇoḥ kuryāttathā gurave viṣṇubuddhyā // > One should bow at the feet of good brahmins, joining both hands, O goddess; / and one should make a full prostration to Viṣṇu, and likewise to the guru, regarding him as Viṣṇu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.41) gaṅgādīnāṃ vandanaṃ kāryameva sāṣṭāṅgaṃ vai tulasīnāṃ tathaiva / aśvatthānāṃ namanaṃ kāryameva gavādīnāṃ namanaṃ mānasena // > Prostration must indeed be made to the Gaṅgā and others; a full prostration likewise to the tulasīs; / bowing must be made to aśvattha trees; and bowing to cows and others in the mind. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.42) pūjā sadā devadevasya viṣṇoḥ kāryā bhaktyā vaiṣṇavaireva nānyaiḥ / ye nāmakā jñānavantaḥ subhaktāḥ sadaiva kāryā viṣṇupūjā ca kanye // > Worship of Viṣṇu, the god of gods, is always to be performed with devotion only by Vaiṣṇavas, not by others. / Those who have the name, are endowed with knowledge, and are fine devotees—worship of Viṣṇu must always be performed by them, O maiden. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.43) ye nāmakā jñānavantaḥ subhaktāḥ sadaivaṃ kāryā viṣṇupūjā ca kanye / yenāmakā viṣṇubhaktāḥ sadaiva pūjā viṣṇornaiva kāryātra devi // > Those who have the name, are endowed with knowledge, and are fine devotees—in this way worship of Viṣṇu must always be performed, O maiden. / Those who are nominal devotees of Viṣṇu—worship of Viṣṇu is never to be performed by them here, O goddess. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.44) mohādyo vai pūjayeddevadevaṃ mahādharmādyāti cāndhaṃ tamo vai / brahmādināmāni harerhi devīṃ viṣṇoḥ svanāmāni dadau divaukasām // > Whoever worships the god of gods out of delusion, even having great dharma, goes to blind darkness indeed. / Hari gave names such as Brahmā to the gods, O goddess, \[and\] his own names to Viṣṇu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.45) nādāddhīraḥ keśavādīni kanye svakaṃ puraṃ pravihāyaiva rājā / evaṃ mayoktaṃ kanyake sarvametadetatparaṃ samyagārohaṇīyam // > The wise king did not abandon his own city because of Keśava and others, O maiden. / All this has been told by me, O maiden; beyond this, one should ascend properly. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.46) govinda nārāyaṇa mādhaveti yūyaṃ mayā sarvamārādhitavyam / sarve militvā punarevaṃ khagendra samāruhanvaiṅkaṭādriṃ gṛṇantaḥ // > "Govinda, Nārāyaṇa, Mādhava!"—all is to be worshipped by you along with me. / All gathering together again thus, O King of Birds, ascended the Venkaṭa mountain, chanting: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.47) harernāmānyatra pūrvaṃ gṛṇantastvāsvādayantaḥ śrīnivāsasya nāma / draṣṭuṃ sarve śrīnivāsaṃ tathaiva kurvantaste talaśabdaṃ nadantaḥ // > Chanting the names of Hari beforehand here, and tasting the name of Śrīnivāsa, / in order to see Śrīnivāsa, they likewise went on, clapping their hands and shouting. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.48) iti kṛṣṇavacaḥ śrutvā tārkṣyaḥ kṛṣṇamuvācaha kathamāsvādanaṃ cakruretadvistīryame vada / śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / bho śrīnivāsa tava nāmaiva caitannāma svāmī nanu nāmaiva svāmī / yāṃ brahmādyā āśrayantītti yasmāttasmādramā śrīriti nāma cāpa // > Hearing these words of Kṛṣṇa, Tārkṣya spoke to Kṛṣṇa: "How did they taste this? Tell me in detail." / The blessed Kṛṣṇa said: / "O Śrīnivāsa, this is your very name; the Master is indeed the name, the name is the Master! / Because Brahmā and others take refuge in her, Ramā obtained the name 'Śrī'. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.49) ramāśrayatvānnitarāṃ sarvadā cetyato hariḥ śrīnivāsābhidhānaḥ / bho śrīnivāseti tu nartayanto romāñcamātrāstalaśabdakāriṇaḥ // > And because he is always the ultimate refuge of Ramā, Hari is named Śrīnivāsa. / Causing \[themselves\] to dance, crying: 'O Śrīnivāsa!', their hair standing on end, they were clapping their hands: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.50) adyaiva paśyāma harestavāsyaṃ kadā vayaṃ kṛta kṛtyā bhavāmaḥ / bhoḥ keśavādyaiva padāravindaṃ saṃdarśayitvā sudayāṃ kuruṣva // > 'This very day let us see your face, O Hari! When will we become fulfilled? / O Keśava, this very day show your lotus-feet and show great compassion!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.51) brahmāṇamāhuśca purāṇamāhuḥ kaśabdavācyaṃ sarvalokeśamāhuḥ / īśaṃ cārhaṃ rudramityeva cāhustatprerakaṃ sṛṣṭisaṃhārakārye // > They call Brahmā, they call the ancient one, signified by the word 'Ka', the Lord of all worlds; / and they call the worthy Rudra 'Īśa'; \[and Hari\] is their instigator in the work of creation and destruction. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.52) ato hariḥ keśavanāmadheyo bhoḥ keśaveti ca nartayantaḥ / ānandavāpīṃ saṃstravantobhi jagmurnārāyaṇeti pravadanto hi jagmuḥ // > Therefore Hari has the name Keśava. And dancing, crying: 'O Keśava!', / they went praising the Pool of Bliss; chanting 'Nārāyaṇa', they indeed went on. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.53) ato doṣāstadviruddhā guṇāśca nārāśca teṣāmāśrayatvānmurāriḥ / nārāyaṇeti pravadantīha loke nārānubandhātsarvamuktāḥ khagendra // > Therefore faults, the virtues opposite to them, and waters—because he is the refuge of them, the Enemy of Mura / is called Nārāyaṇa here in the world; through connection with the waters, all the liberated, O King of Birds— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.54) nārāḥ proktā āśrayatvācca teṣāmatopi nārāyaṇa eva vīndra / muktāśca ye tu prapadaṃnu jagmuraṇḍodakaṃ yasya kaṭākṣamātrāt // > —they are called waters; and because he is the refuge of them, on that account too he is Nārāyaṇa, O king of birds. / And the liberated who indeed attained the highest abode, by whose mere sidelong glance the cosmic water— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.55) yadutpannaṃ tena nārāḥ khagendra teṣāṃ sadāpyāśrayatvācca vīndra / nārāyaṇeti pravadantīha loke hyanantabrahmāṇḍavisarjakatvāt // > —arose, by that they are called waters, O King of Birds; and because he is ever the refuge of them, O king of birds, / they call him Nārāyaṇa here in the world, and because he creates endless cosmic eggs. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.56) evaṃ nanṛtuḥ pariśaṃsayanto govinda nānyo hi na caiva darśanam / gośabdavācyāstu samastavāco gobhiśca sarvaiḥ pratipādyate yataḥ // > Thus they danced, praising: "Govinda! There is none other, nor any other vision! / For all words are signified by the word 'go', and since he is expounded by all words— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.57) ato hi govinda iti smṛtaḥ sadā bho vedavedyeti tathā na nanṛtuḥ / ānandabāṣpaiśca samanvitā hi hare murāre tava darśanaṃ hi // > —therefore he is always remembered as Govinda. O knowable by the Vedas!" Thus they danced, / filled with tears of joy: "O Hari, Enemy of Mura, grant your vision! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.58) dehi prabho vai tavadāsadāsāścaturdaśe bhuvane sarvadāpi / yatastvamevaṃ vasatīti vāsuścātraiva nityaṃ krīḍate sarvadaiva // > Grant it, O Lord! We are servants of your servants throughout the fourteen worlds, forever. / Since you dwell thus, you are Vāsu; and he always sports right here constantly; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.59) yato devetyevamāhurmahāntastvato hariṃ vāsudeveti cāhuḥ / bho vāsudeveti nanṛtuḥ sarvadaiva bho mādhaveti nanṛtuścaiva sarve // > since the great call \[him\] 'Deva', therefore they call Hari 'Vāsudeva'. / 'O Vāsudeva!' they danced continuously; 'O Mādhava!' all of them danced. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.60) lakṣmīpate ceti vadanti sarve dhanīti śabdaḥ svābhivācī yato hi / atopyāryā mādhaveti bruvanti lakṣmīpate pāhi tathaiva bhaktān // > And all said: 'O Lord of Lakṣmī!', since the word 'dhana' signifies wealth of one's own; / hence the noble call him Mādhava: 'O Lord of Lakṣmī, protect your devotees!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.61) te vai bruvanto nanṛtuśca jagmurviṣṇo sadāsmānparipāhi nityam / sarvatra yasmādvitatosi tasmādityādināmāni gṛṇanta eva / jagmuśca sarve dadṛśuśca tīrthaṃ bhaktyopetāḥ śrīnivāsaṃ smarantaḥ // > Saying that, they danced and went: 'O Viṣṇu, always protect us constantly! / Because you are spread everywhere, therefore...' Chanting these and other names, / they all went and saw the sacred bathing-place, endowed with devotion and remembering Śrīnivāsa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.62) kanyovāca / kiṃ nāmakaṃ tīrthamidaṃ munīndra kiṃ kāryamatra pravadāsmānkṛtīśa / kasmai prasanno bhagavāñchrīnivāsastvasminsutīrthaṃ vada vistareṇa // > The maiden said: / "What is the name of this sacred bathing-place, O chief of sages? What should be done here? Tell us, O lord of accomplished ones! / To whom was the blessed Śrīnivāsa pleased at this fine bathing-place? Tell in detail." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.63) jaigīṣavya uvāca / kanye śṛṇu tvaṃ hyabhavatsubuddhimānprahrādasaṃjño haribhaktavaryaḥ / niṣkāmabuddhyā tu yadā jagāma śeṣācalasthaṃ śrīnivāsaṃ ca draṣṭum // > Jaigīṣavya said: / "Listen, O maiden! There was a very wise man named Prahrāda, best of the devotees of Hari. / When, with a desireless mind, he went to see Śrīnivāsa residing on Mount Śeṣa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.64) asmiṃsthale daityakumārakānprati hareśca tattvaṃ paripṛṣṭavānprabhuḥ / nṛsiṃharūpaṃ śrīnivāsaṃ bhajasva sudurlabhaṃ mānuṣaṃ janma kanye // > at this place the lord asked the sons of the daityas about the truth of Hari: / 'Worship Śrīnivāsa in the form of Nṛsiṃha! Human birth is very difficult to attain, O maiden; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.65) tatrāpi viṣṇornṛhare sutattvaṃ sudurlabhaṃ suṣṭhu yātrā tathaiva / yasyāṃ yātrāyāṃ yatra kutrāpi deśe hareḥ kathā vartate daityavaryāḥ // > even then, the true nature of Viṣṇu as Nṛhari is very difficult to attain, and so is a pilgrimage properly performed, / in which pilgrimage, in whatever region, there is discourse on Hari, O best of daityas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.66) tatra sthale harirāste sadaiva yato vyāptaḥ sarvato vai nṛsiṃhaḥ / etacchrutvā daityakumārakāste prahlādamūcurbhaktavaryaṃ hareśca // > In that place Hari always resides, since Nṛsiṃha pervades everywhere.' / Hearing this, those sons of the daityas said to Prahlāda, the best devotee of Hari: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.67) vyāpto hariścetkathamatra vai sakhe na dṛśyate jalarūpī nṛsiṃhaḥ / sa evamukto dānavānāṃ sutaiśca tuṣṭāva viṣṇuṃ paramādareṇa // > 'If Hari is all-pervading, why then, friend, is Nṛsiṃha in the form of water not seen here?' / Addressed thus by the sons of the dānavas, he praised Viṣṇu with supreme reverence: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.68) tava svarūpaṃ mama darśayasva svayogyarūpaṃ dānavānāṃ sutānām / iti stutaḥ śrīnivāso haristu tasminnantarjalarūpaṃ samāyāt // > 'Show me your own form, a form suited to the sons of the dānavas.' / Praised thus, Hari, Śrīnivāsa, assumed the form of water within that \[pool\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.69) asminsnānaṃ ye prakurvanti tīrthe teṣāṃ jñānaṃ paramaṃ dṛḍhaṃ syāt / atra snāne mānuṣāṇāṃ ca tāta buddhirna hi syātkalikāle viśeṣāt // > Those who bathe in this sacred pool will have firm, supreme knowledge. / But people's minds are not inclined to bathe here, my dear, especially in the Kali age. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.70) dattvāṃ varaṃ daityavarāya viṣṇurantardadhe jalapūrṇe sukuṇḍe / adyāpyāste jalamadhye nṛsiṃhaḥ prahlādopi daityakumārakaiḥ saha // > Having granted the boon to the best of daityas, Viṣṇu disappeared into the fine pond filled with water. / Even today Nṛsiṃha resides within the water, and Prahlāda along with the sons of the daityas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.71) tasmin sutīrthe paritastatratatra jayeti śabdaḥ śrūyate cāparāhne / idaṃ tīrthaṃ nārasiṃhābhidhaṃ ca kanyesnānaṃ hyatra kāryaṃ manuṣyaiḥ // > Around that fine bathing-place, here and there the cry 'Jaya!' is heard in the afternoon. / This sacred bathing-place is named Nārasiṃha, O maiden; bathing here must be performed by human beings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.72) snānaṃ kṛtvā tatra tīrthe ca samyagdīpaṃ dattvā dvijavaryāya mukhyam / draṣṭuṃ punaḥ śrīnivāsaṃ prajagmurgovindagovinda iti bruvantaḥ // > Having bathed properly in that sacred pool, and having given a principal lamp to an eminent twice-born, / they went forward to see Śrīnivāsa again, crying: 'Govinda, Govinda!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.73) mukhyaprāṇādhiṣṭhitaṃ sthānamāpya apāviśattatra devī hyuvāca / jaigīṣavyaḥ śrīnivāsasya viṣṇoḥ kathaṃ kāryaṃ darśanaṃ tadvadasva // > Reaching the place presided over by Mukhyaprāṇa, she sat down there, and the goddess spoke: / "O Jaigīṣavya, explain how the vision of Śrīnivāsa Viṣṇu is to be performed." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.74) jaigīṣavyaḥ prāha saṃhṛṣṭacitto bravīmi tantraṃ śṛṇu kanyake tvam / śrutvā mattaḥ kuru sarvaṃ mayoktamādyaṃ dvāraṃ śrīnivāsasya dṛṣṭvā // > Jaigīṣavya, delighted in heart, said: "I shall explain the rite; listen, O maiden! / Having heard it from me, do all that has been spoken by me, upon beholding the first gate of Śrīnivāsa: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.75) aparādhasahasrāṇi kriyante 'harniśaṃ mayā / tāni sarvāṇi me deva kṣamasva puruṣottama // > 'Thousands of offenses are committed by me day and night; / forgive all of them, O God, O Puruṣottama! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.76) mānasānvācikāndoṣānkāyi kānapi sarvaśaḥ / vaiṣṇavadveṣahetūnme bhasmasātkuru mādhava // > Mental, vocal, and also bodily faults of every kind / that cause hatred toward Vaiṣṇavas—reduce them to ashes, O Mādhava!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.77) ādyadvāraṃ śrīnivāsasya devi samyak smaredvijayaṃ vai jayaṃ ca / dakṣādhvare śrīnivāsasya devi caṇḍaṃ pracaṇḍaṃ saṃsmaretsamyageva // > At the first gate of Śrīnivāsa, O goddess, one should properly remember Vijaya and Jaya; / at the right gate of Śrīnivāsa, O goddess, one should properly remember Caṇḍa and Pracaṇḍa; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.78) pāścātyabhāge śrīnivāsasya devi nandaṃ sunandaṃ saṃsmaredeva bhaktyā / savyadvāre śrīnivāsasya kanye smaretkumudākṣaṃ kumudantameva // > at the western part of Śrīnivāsa, O goddess, one should remember Nanda and Sunanda with devotion; / at the left gate of Śrīnivāsa, O maiden, one should remember Kumudākṣa and Kumudānta. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.79) yaścaiva dehaṃ praviśedbhaktipūrvaṃ kadā drakṣye sādareṇaiva devi / pradakṣiṇadvādaśakaṃ ca kṛtvā pade pade saṃsmarecchrīnivāsam // > And he who enters the enclosure with devotion, \[thinking:\] 'When shall I see \[him\] with reverence, O goddess?', / having performed twelve circumambulations, should remember Śrīnivāsa at every step. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.80) śrīsvāmitīrthe samyagācamya natvā snātvā natvā bhūvarāhaṃ ca devi / ayudvāraṃ privaśedbhaktipṛrvaṃ govindagovinda itibruvanvai // > Having properly sipped water at the sacred bath of Śrīsvāmitīrtha, bowed, bathed, and bowed to Bhūvarāha, O goddess, / one should enter the first gate with devotion, saying, 'Govinda! Govinda!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.81) paścāddharernamanaṃ kāryameva sāṣṭāṅgarūpaṃ praviśeddevageham / punarviśedvārataḥ saṃsthitaḥ sa pīṭhasthadevānmānasā cintayīta // > Then obeisance to Hari must certainly be made with the eight-limbed prostration; one should enter the house of the God. / Having entered, standing at the door, he should mentally meditate upon the deities abiding on the pedestal. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.82) madhye pīṭhaṃ śrīnivāsaṃ ca devī nārāyaṇaṃ praṇametpūrṇameva / devasya savye pīṭhabhāgādvahiśca namaskāryaṃ gurudevāya caiva // > Upon the pedestal in the center, O goddess, one should bow completely to Śrīnivāsa Nārāyaṇa; / and on the left of the God, outside the region of the pedestal, obeisance should be made to the revered guru. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.83) pīṭhasyāgrāccāpyadhastātpradeśe āgneyakoṇe praṇamedvai khagendra / nairṛtyabhāge vyāsadevāya devi namaskāryo vaiṣṇavaḥ sarvadāpi // > In front of the pedestal and below it, in the southeast corner, one should bow to the King of Birds; / in the southwest part, O goddess, a Vaiṣṇava should always make obeisance to Lord Vyāsa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.84) vāyavyakoṇe bhaktipūrvaṃ sudurgāṃ namaskuryādbhaktisaṃvardhitātmā / pīṭhasyordhvaṃ hyagnikoṇeṣu devī dharmādhibhūtāya namo yamāya // > In the northwest corner, with devotion, one whose self is heightened by devotion should make obeisance to auspicious Durgā; / above the pedestal in the southeast directions, O goddess: 'Obeisance to Yama, the presiding deity of dharma.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.85) pīṭhasyordhvaṃ nairṛtasyordhvakoṇe jñānādhipaṃ praṇamedvāyudevam / pīṭhasyordhvaṃ vāyukoṇe ca subhrūrvairāgyānāmadhipaṃ caiva rudram // > Above the pedestal, in the upper southwest corner, one should bow to the god Vāyu, the lord of knowledge; / above the pedestal, in the northwest corner, O fair-browed one, \[to\] Rudra, the lord of dispassion; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.86) pīṭhasyordhvaṃ tvīśakoṇe ca devi aiśvaryāṇāmadhipaṃ cendradevam / pīṭhasya pūrve praṇamennairṛtiṃ ca aryāmṇānāmadhipaṃ cātra devi // > above the pedestal, in the northeast corner, O goddess, \[to\] the god Indra, the lord of sovereign powers; / to the east of the pedestal, one should bow to Nairṛti, and here, O goddess, to the lord of the Aryamans; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.87) devasya pīṭhasya ca dakṣiṇe ca durgāṃ namedugrarūpābhidhāṃ ca / pīṭhasya kanye praṇametpaścime vai ārogyāṇā madhipaṃ kāmadevam // > and to the south of the pedestal of the God, one should bow to Durgā named Ugrarūpā; / to the west of the pedestal, O maiden, one should bow to Kāmadeva, the lord of health; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.88) devasya pīṭhasyottare rudradevamanaiśvaryāṇāmadhipaṃ saṃsmarecca / pīṭhasya madhye praṇamedvai varāhaṃ sadā kanye paramaṃ pūruṣākhyam // > to the north of the pedestal of the God, one should remember the god Rudra, the lord of non-sovereignties; / and in the middle of the pedestal, O maiden, one should always bow to Varāha, designated as the Supreme Person. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.89) tasyopariṣṭācchaktisaṃjñāṃ ca lakṣmīmādhārarūpāṃ praṇameccaiva nityam / tasyopariṣṭādvāyukūrmau namecca tasyopariṣṭāccheṣakūrmau namecca // > Above that, one should constantly bow to Lakṣmī named Śakti, who has the form of the foundation; / above that, one should bow to Vāyu and the Tortoise, and above that, one should bow to Śeṣa and the Tortoise; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.90) tasyopariṣṭādabhimāninīṃ bhuvo bhūdevatāṃ praṇameccaiva subhrūḥ / tasyopariṣṭādvaruṇaṃ saṃsmarecca kṣīrodadheradhipaṃ caiva devam // > above that, O fair-browed one, one should bow to the earth-deity who presides over the earth; / above that, one should remember Varuṇa, the god who is the lord of the Ocean of Milk; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.91) tasyopariṣṭātpraṇameccaiva lakṣmīṃ śvetadvīpākhyaṃ kanyake pūjayecca / tasyopariṣṭātpraṇameccaiva lakṣmīṃ mahādivyāṃ maṇḍapasaṃjñakāṃ ca // > above that, O maiden, one should bow to Lakṣmī and worship what is called Śvetadvīpa; / above that, one should bow to Lakṣmī, exceedingly celestial, named the Pavilion. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.92) pīṭhasya madhye yamasaṃjñāṃ ca lakṣmīṃ samarcayedyamamadhye ca devīm / yamasya devasya ca dakṣiṇe ca sūryaṃ nameddīparūpaṃ ca bhadre // > In the center of the pedestal, one should worship Lakṣmī named Yama, and in the middle of Yama, the goddess; / to the right of the god Yama, O auspicious one, one should bow to Sūrya in the form of a lamp; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.93) yamasya devasya ca vāmabhāge śriyaṃ nameddīparūpāṃ ca devīm / yamasya devasya tu cāgrabhāge hutāśanaṃ dīparūpaṃ namecca // > on the left side of the god Yama, one should bow to the goddess Śrī in the form of a lamp; / and in front of the god Yama, one should bow to Hutāśana in the form of a lamp. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.94) devasyāgre bhūmināmnīṃ namecca tattvābhimānāṃ saṃsmareccaiva nityam / paryaṅkarūpaṃ śrīnivāsasya viṣṇostamobhimānāṃ sannameccaiva durgām // > In front of the God, one should bow to the goddess named Bhūmi and constantly remember the presiding deities of the principles; / one should deeply bow to Durgā, presiding over tamas, who takes the form of the couch of Śrīnivāsa Viṣṇu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.95) pūrvādigaṃ pīṭhasopānarūpamātmānamekaṃ praṇamecca devi / dakṣasthadikpīṭhasopānarūpaṃ jñānātmakaṃ praṇameccaiva kanye // > To the one Self constituting the step of the pedestal in the east and other directions, one should bow, O goddess; / to the step of the pedestal situated in the southern quarter, which consists of knowledge, one should bow, O maiden. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.96) padmasya pūrvasthadale ca devi strīrūpākhyaṃ vimalākhyāmimāṃ ca / brahmādidevānpraṇamecca devi āgneyakoṇasthadale śṛṇutvam // > On the eastern petal of the lotus, O goddess, \[to\] this goddess called female and named Vimalā; / and one should bow to Brahmā and the other gods, O goddess; listen \[concerning\] the petal in the southeast corner: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.97) utkarṣanāmnīṃ paramāṃ ca devīṃ namedramāṃ brahmavāyū ca śeṣam / dakṣasthapadmasya dalāṣṭake ca nārāyaṇākāraśeṣādikānām // > one should bow to the supreme goddess named Utkarṣā, to Ramā, to Brahmā, Vāyu, and Śeṣa; / and on the eight petals of the lotus situated in the south, \[to those who have\] the form of Nārāyaṇa, Śeṣa, and the others, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.98) strīrūpebhyo namanaṃ kāryameva kanye mayā paścimasthe dale ca / gopākhyanārāyaṇabrahmavāyuviprādikānāṃ śeṣarūdrādikānām // > obeisance should certainly be made to their female forms, O maiden; and on the petal situated in the west, by me: / to Nārāyaṇa named Go, Brahmā, Vāyu, the brāhmaṇas, and the others, to Śeṣa, Rudra, and the others, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.99) strīrūpebhyo namanaṃ kāryameva īśāna koṇasthadaleṣu caiva / īśānanārāyaṇamāviriñcavāyurviyaccheṣasurādikānām // > obeisance must be made to their female forms; and on the petals in the northeast corner: / to Nārāyaṇa of the northeast, Brahmā, Vāyu, ether, Śeṣa, the gods, and the others, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.100) strīrūpebhyo namanaṃ kāryameva tathaiva padmasya ca madhyabhāge / anugrahākhyā viṣṇulakṣmīśca devī vāyurviyaccheṣarudrādikānām // > obeisance must be made to their female forms; likewise in the middle region of the lotus / \[to\] Viṣṇu's Lakṣmī named Anugrahā, and of Vāyu, ether, Śeṣa, Rudra, and the others, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.101) strīrūpāṇāṃ namanaṃ kāryameva suyogapīṭhasya svarūpa bhūtam / sadā namecchrīmadanantasaṃjñamevaṃ na mecchrīnivāsaṃ ca devam // > obeisance must be made to their female forms; one should always bow to the celebrated blessed one named Ananta, / who is the real nature of the auspicious seat of union, and thus one should bow to the God Śrīnivāsa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.102) śrīnivāsasya vāme tu lakṣmīṃ ca praṇamedvudhaḥ / śrīnivāsasya savye tu dharāyai praṇamecchubhe // > A wise man should bow to Lakṣmī on the left of Śrīnivāsa, / and to Dharā on the right of Śrīnivāsa, O auspicious one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.103) pīṭhādvahiḥ pūrvabhāge kṛpolkaṃ praṇamecchubham / maholkaṃ dakṣiṇe caiva vīrolkaṃ paścime namet // > Outside the pedestal, in the eastern part, one should bow to auspicious Kṛpolka; / to Maholka in the south, and to Vīrolka in the west one should bow. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.104) uttare ca namaḥ kuryādyulkāya ca mahātmane / caturṣvapi ca koṇeṣu sahasrolkaṃ nametsudhīḥ // > And in the north, an intelligent person should pay homage to the great Dyulka; / and in all four corners, he should bow to Sahasrolka. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.105) pūrve tu vāsudevāya namaskuryācca dakṣiṇe / saṃkarṣaṇāya devāya pradyumnāya ca paścime // > In the east, one should make obeisance to Vāsudeva, and in the south / to the god Saṃkarṣaṇa, and to Pradyumna in the west; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.106) uttare hyaniruddhyā namaskuryādatandritaḥ / āgneye ca namaskuryātkanye māyāṃ sadā śubhe // > in the north, one should make obeisance unwearied to Aniruddha; / and in the southeast, O maiden, O auspicious one, one should always make obeisance to Māyā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.107) jayāyai ca namaskuryānnairṛtye cāpi vāyave / kṛtye caiva namaskuryādīśānye śāntisaṃjñakām // > And in the southwest, one should make obeisance to Jayā, and in the northwest / to Kṛti, and in the northeast to the goddess named Śānti. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.108) keśavāya namaḥ pūrve tathā nārāyaṇāya ca / mādhavāya namaskuryānnairṛtye cāpi vāyave // > Obeisance to Keśava in the east, and likewise to Nārāyaṇa; / one should make obeisance to Mādhava in the southwest, and in the northwest \[to Govinda\]; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.109) āgneye kanyake nityaṃ bhaktyā tu prayataḥ śubhe / govindāya namaskuryāddakṣiṇe viṣṇave tathā // > in the southeast, O maiden, constantly with devotion, restrained, O auspicious one, / one should make obeisance to Govinda, and likewise to Viṣṇu in the south. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.110) madhusūdanāya bhoḥ kanye namaskuryāttu nairṛtau / paścime trivikramāya vāmanāya tathaiva ca // > O maiden, one should bow to Madhusūdana in the southwest, / and in the west to Trivikrama, and likewise to Vāmana. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.111) viṣṇave śrīdharāyātha namaskuryācca bhāmiti / uttare tu mahākanye hṛṣīkeśāya vai namaḥ // > One should bow to Viṣṇu and to Śrīdhara, O fair lady; / and in the north, O great maiden, salutation indeed to Hṛṣīkeśa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.112) tathā vai padmanābhāya namaskuryādatandritaḥ / dāmodarāya caiśānye namaskuryācca bhāmini // > Likewise, unwearied, one should bow indeed to Padmanābha, / and one should bow to Dāmodara in the northeast, O fair lady. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.113) caturthāvaraṇe pūrve mahākūrmāya vai namaḥ / varāhāya namaskuryādāgneye kanyake śubhe // > In the fourth enclosure, salutation indeed to Mahākūrma in the east; / one should bow to Varāha in the southeast, O auspicious maiden. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.114) dakṣiṇe nārasiṃhāya vāmanāya namonamaḥ / bhārgavāya namaskuryānnairṛtye śuddhacetasā // > In the south, salutations again and again to Nārasiṃha and to Vāmana; / with a pure mind one should bow to Bhārgava in the southwest. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.115) paścime mādhavāyātha tathā kṛṣṇāya vai namaḥ / buddhāya ca namaskuryādvāyavye kanyake śubhe // > In the west, salutation indeed to Mādhava and likewise to Kṛṣṇa; / and one should bow to Buddha in the northwest, O auspicious maiden. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.116) uttare hyulkarūpāya anantāya namostu te / īśānye viśvarūpāya namaskuryādatandritaḥ // > In the north, salutation to You, the meteor-formed, the infinite! / Unwearied, one should bow to the universal form in the northeast. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.117) āgneye vāruṇīṃ caiva gāyatrīṃ caiva nairṛte / vāyavye bhāratīṃ caiva īśānye girijāṃ namet // > In the southeast one should bow to Vāruṇī, and in the southwest to Gāyatrī, / in the northwest to Bhāratī, and in the northeast to Girijā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.118) girijāṃ vāmabhāge tu sauparṇai caiva saṃnamet / prāgindrāya namaskuryātsāyudhāya tathaiva ca // > On the left side one should bow to Girijā and to Sauparṇī; / one should bow to Indra with his weapon in the east, and likewise, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.119) sa parigrahāya śrīviṣṇoḥ pārṣadāya namonamaḥ / āgneyetyagnaye tubhyaṃ sāyudhāyeti pūrvavat // > salutations again and again to the attendant of glorious Viṣṇu, along with his retinue; / in the southeast, to Agni with his weapon, as before. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.120) dakṣiṇe tu yamāyaiva nairṛtyāṃ nirṛtiṃ yajet / paścime varuṇāyaiva vāyavye vāyave namaḥ // > In the south to Yama, and in the southwest one should worship Nirṛti; / in the west to Varuṇa, and in the northwest salutation to Vāyu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.121) uttare ca kuberāya īśānye ca śivāya ca / īśānaśakrayormadhye brahmaṇe sāyudhāya ca // > In the north to Kubera, and in the northeast to Śiva; / and between Īśāna and Śakra, to Brahmā with his weapon. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.122) nirṛtyapyatimadhye tu śeṣāya ca namonamaḥ / evaṃ kṛtvā namaskāraṃ praṇamecca punaḥ punaḥ // > And right in the middle towards the southwest, salutations again and again to Śeṣa. / Having made salutation in this manner, one should bow again and again. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.123) ityetatsarvamākhyātaṃ vidhipūrvaṃ tu darśanam / itaḥ parantu gantavyaṃ darśanārthaṃ ramāpate // > Thus all this has been declared: the vision in accordance with the proper rules. / Beyond this, one must go to behold the Lord of Ramā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.124) evamuktvā tu sā devī taiḥ sārdhaṃ tu yayau mudā / yaduktaḥ śrīnivāsasya darśanasya vidhiḥ khaga / kasyacinnaiva vaktavyo gopyatvācca kadācana // > Having spoken thus, that lady went joyfully with them. / The rule for the vision of Śrīnivāsa that has been stated, O bird, / must never be told to anyone, on account of its secret nature. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.125) samāgamo durghaṭa eva vīndra satāṃ ca sattattvavibodhakānām / anekajanmārjitapuṇyasaṃcayādabhūdguroḥ saṃgama eva tasya // > Difficult to attain indeed, O King of Birds, is the meeting with the virtuous who awaken one to the real truth. / It was from the accumulation of merit earned across many births that her meeting with the guru took place. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.126) payo vikāraṃ ca nijaṃ jahāti śeṣasya śeṣaṃ nalinasya ṣaṅkajam / bhāvaṃ calaṃ paṅkajanābhayogātsatsaṃgayogādaśubhāni na syuḥ // > Milk abandons its transformation, the remainder \[dissolves\] into Śeṣa, \[the dirt\] of the lotus into mud, / and the fickle mind \[becomes steady\] through union with the Lotus-naveled One; through connection with the company of the good, evils cease to be. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.24.126.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24.126.p1) iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe uttarakhaṇḍe tṛtīyāṃśe brahmakāṇḍe śrīveṅkaṭeśagiryārohaṇakramatadbhaktatatparvatanāmādinirūpaṇaṃ nāma caturviśo 'dhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the twenty-fourth chapter in the Brahmakāṇḍa of the third part, the Uttarakhaṇḍa, of the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, entitled 'The Explanation of the Order of Ascending the Mountain of Śrī Veṅkaṭeśa, His Devotee, the Names of That Mountain, and So Forth.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.3.24.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Vidhānapārijāta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.vidhanaparijata.6.p24) — Ananta Bhaṭṭa 1600, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.24) · Pramāṇa