[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) › 3.28 # Garudapurana 3.28 Garuḍapurāṇa 3.28 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [3.28.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.149) — 1 part ### [3.28.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.1) śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 28 yā pūrvasarge dakṣaputrī satī tu rudrasya patnī dakṣayajñe svadeham / visṛjya sā menakāyāṃ ca jajñe dharādharāddhemavato vai sakāśāt // > The Glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa — \[Chapter\] 28. / She who in the previous creation was Satī, daughter of Dakṣa and wife of Rudra, having discarded her body at Dakṣa's sacrifice, / was born unto Menakā from the mountain Himavat. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.2) sā pārvatā rudrapatnī khagendra yā śeṣapatnī vāruṇī nāma pūrvā / saivāgatā balabhadreṇa rantuṃ dvirūpamāsthāya mahāpativratā // > She is Pārvatī, the wife of Rudra, O King of Birds; she who formerly was the wife of Śeṣa named Vāruṇī, / that very woman of great marital fidelity, assuming a double form, came to take delight with Balabhadra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.3) śrīrityākhyā indirāveśayuktā tasyā dvitīyā pratimā megharūpā / śeṣaṇa rūpeṇa yadā hi vīndra tapaścacāra viṣṇunā sārdhameva // > Possessed of the name Śrī, endowed with the presence of Indirā, her second form was like a cloud. / When indeed \[Śeṣa\] in the form of Śeṣa performed asceticism along with Viṣṇu, O best of birds, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.4) tadaiva devī vāruṇī śeṣapatnī tapaśca kre indirāprītaye ca / tadā prītā indirā suprasannā uvāca tāṃ vāruṇīṃ śeṣapatnīm // > At that time the goddess Vāruṇī, wife of Śeṣa, performed asceticism to please Indirā. / Then Indirā, well-pleased and gracious, spoke to Vāruṇī, the wife of Śeṣa: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.5) yadā rāmo vaiṣṇavāṃśena yuktaḥ saṃpatsyate bhūtale rauhiṇeyaḥ / mayyāveśātsaṃyutā tvaṃ tu bhadre śrīrityākhyā valabhadrasya rantum // > 'When Rāma, the son of Rohiṇī, endowed with a portion of Viṣṇu, shall appear on earth, / then, O blessed lady, united by my entrance, bearing the name Śrī, to take delight with Balabhadra, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.6) saṃpatsyase nātra vicāryamastītyuktvā sā vai prayayau viṣṇuloke / śrīlakṣmyaṃśācchrīritīḍyāṃ samākhyāṃ labdhvā loke śeṣapatnī babhūva // > You shall be born; there is no doubt about this.' Having spoken, she indeed went to the world of Viṣṇu. / Having obtained the praiseworthy name 'Śrī' from a portion of Śrī Lakṣmī, she became the wife of Śeṣa in the world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.7) yadāhīśo vipulāmuddharecca tadā rāmaḥ śrībhidāsaṃgame ca / karoti toṣatsarvadā vai ramāyāstasyāpyāveśo vyaṃstritamonasaṃgam // > When the Lord of serpents lifts the wide earth, then Rāma, in union with the one called Śrī, / brings delight to Ramā always; her entrance also \[was present\]... > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.8) yā revatī raivatasyaiva putrī sā vāruṇī balabhadrasya patnī / sauparṇanāmnī balapatnī khagendra yāstāstisraḥ ṣaḍviṣṇośca strībhyaḥ / dviguṇādhamā rudraśeṣādikebhyo daśādhamā tvaṃ vijānīhi pautra // > Revatī, who is the daughter of Raivata, is Vāruṇī, the wife of Balabhadra. / The wife of Bala named Sauparṇā, O King of Birds, and those three who are the six wives of Viṣṇu: / they are twice as low, and ten times lower than Rudra, Śeṣa, and the others; know this, O grandson.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.9) garuḍa uvāca / rāmeṇa rantuṃ sarvadā vāruṇī tu putrītvamāpe revatasyaiva subhrūḥ / evaṃ trirūpā vāruṇī śeṣapatnī dvirūpabhūtā pārvatī rudrapatnī // > Garuḍa said: / 'To take delight with Rāma always, Vāruṇī of fair brows attained daughterhood to Revata. / Thus the wife of Śeṣa, Vāruṇī, has three forms, and Pārvatī, the wife of Rudra, has two forms. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.10) nīcāyā jāṃbavatyāśca śeṣasāmyaṃ ca kutracit / śrūyate ca mayā kṛṣṇa nimittaṃ brūhi me prabho // > And the equality of the inferior Jāmbavatī with Śeṣa is heard by me somewhere, / O Kṛṣṇa; tell me the reason, O Lord. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.11) umāyāśca tathā rudraḥ sadā bahuguṇādhikaḥ / evaṃ tvayoktaṃ bhagavanniścayārthaṃ mama prabho // > Likewise Rudra is always superior by many virtues to Umā. / Thus it has been stated by you, O Lord, for my certainty, O Master. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.12) revatī śrīyutā śrīśca śeṣarūpā ca vāruṇī / sauparṇi pārvatī caiva tisraḥ śeṣāśato varāḥ // > Revatī endowed with fortune, and Śrī, and Vāruṇī who has the form of Śeṣa, / Sauparṇī, and Pārvatī—these three are superior to a hundred \[forms of\] Śeṣa.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.13) ityapi śrūyate kṛṣṇa kutracinmadhusūdana / nimittaṃ brūhi me kṛṣṇa tavaśiṣyāya suvrata // > “Thus it is also heard somewhere, O Kṛṣṇa, O slayer of Madhu! > Explain to me the reason, O Kṛṣṇa, O one of noble vows, to me who am your disciple.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.14) śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / vijñāya jāṃbavatyāśca tadanyeṣāṃ khagādhipa / uttamānāṃ ca sāmyaṃ tu uttamāveśato bhavet // > The blessed Kṛṣṇa said: > “Recognizing \[the station\] of Jāmbavatī and of the others, O King of Birds, > equality among superior beings exists only because of possession by a superior. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.15) avarāṇāṃ guṇasyāpi hyuttamānāmadhīnatā / astīti dyotanāyaiva śatāṃśādhikamucyate // > Even with regard to the quality of inferior beings, there is indeed subordination to the superior; > it is only to indicate that \[subordination\] that \[one\] is said to possess one-hundredth part more. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.16) yathā mayocyate vīndra tathā jānīhi nānyathā / tadanantarajānvakṣye śṛṇu kāśyapajottama // > Just as it is spoken by me, O king of birds, understand it thus and not otherwise. > I shall tell of those born next after them; listen, O best of Kaśyapa's sons! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.17) caturdaśasu cendreṣu saptamo yaḥ purandaraḥ / vṛtrādīnāṃ śarīraṃ tu puramityucyate budhaiḥ // > Among the fourteen Indras, he who is seventh is Purandara. > The body of Vṛtra and the others is called a ‘fortress’ (pura) by the wise. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.18) taṃ dārayati vajreṇa yasmāttasmātpurandaraḥ / caturdaśasu cendreṣu mantradyumnastu ṣaṣṭhakaḥ // > Because he tears it open (dārayati) with the thunderbolt, therefore he is Purandara. > And among the fourteen Indras, Mantradyumna is the sixth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.19) mantrānaṣṭa mahāvīndra devo dyotayate yataḥ / mantradyumnastato loke ubhāvapyeka eva tu // > Because the god illuminates (dyotayate) the eight mantras, O great king of birds, > therefore he is called Mantradyumna in the world; yet both are indeed one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.20) mantradyumnāvatārobhūtkuntīputrorjuno bhuvi / viṣṇorvāyoranantasya cendrasya khagasattama // > Mantradyumna's incarnation on earth was Kuntī's son Arjuna, > \[endowed with the portions\] of Viṣṇu, Vāyu, Ananta, and Indra, O best of birds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.21) pārthaścaturbhiḥ saṃyukta indra eva prakīrtitaḥ / caturthepi ca vāyośca viśeṣosti sadārjuna // > Arjuna, endowed with these four, is proclaimed to be Indra himself; > even in a fourth portion, there is always a special presence of Vāyu in Arjuna. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.22) vālirnāmā vānarastu purandara iti smṛtaḥ / candravaṃśe samutpanno gādhirājo vicakṣaṇaḥ // > The monkey named Vālin is remembered as Purandara. > The wise king Gādhi, born in the lunar dynasty, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.23) mantradyumnāvatāraḥ sa viśvāmitrapitā smṛtaḥ / vedoktamantrā gāḥ proktā dhiyā saṃdhārayedyataḥ // > who is remembered as the father of Viśvāmitra, was an incarnation of Mantradyumna. > Because he held fast with his intellect to the cows (gāḥ), which are the mantras proclaimed in the Veda, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.24) ato gādhiriti proktastadarthaṃ bhūtale hyabhūt / ikṣvākuputro vīndra vikukṣiriti viśrutaḥ // > therefore he was called Gādhi; he was born on earth for that purpose. > The son of Ikṣvāku, celebrated as Vikukṣi, O king of birds, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.25) sa evendrāvatārobhūddharisevārthameva ca / viśeṣeṇa hariṃ kukṣau vijñānācca hariḥ sadā // > was indeed an incarnation of Indra, precisely for the sake of serving Hari. > Because of his knowledge that Hari is always especially within the belly (kukṣau), > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.26) ato vikukṣināmāsau bhūloke viśrutaḥ sadā / rāmaputraḥ kuśaḥ prokta indra eva prakīrtitaḥ // > therefore he was always renowned on the mortal plane by the name Vikukṣi. > Kuśa, the son of Rāma, is proclaimed to be Indra himself. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.27) vālmīkiṛṣiṇā yasmātkuśenaiva vinirmitaḥ / ataḥ kuśa iti prokto jānakīnandanaḥ prabhuḥ // > Because he was fashioned by the sage Vālmīki with kuśa grass alone, > therefore the son of Janaka’s daughter, the lord, was called Kuśa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.28) indradyumnaḥ puredrastu gādhī vālī tathārjunaḥ / vikukṣiḥ kuśa evaite sapta cendrāḥ prakīrtitāḥ // > Indradyumna, Purandara, Gādhi, Vālin, and likewise Arjuna, > Vikukṣi, and Kuśa—these seven are proclaimed as Indras. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.29) yaḥ kṛṣṇaputtraḥ pradyumnaḥ kāma eva prakīrtitaḥ / prakṛṣṭaprakāśarūpatvātpradyumna iti nāmavān // > Kṛṣṇa’s son who is Pradyumna is proclaimed to be Kāma himself; > because his nature is eminent brilliance (prakṛṣṭaprakāśa), he possesses the name Pradyumna. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.30) yā rāmabhrātā bharataḥ kāma evābhavadbhuvi / rāmājñāṃ bharate yasmāttasmādbharatanāmakaḥ // > Rāma’s brother Bharata was Kāma himself on earth; > because he bears (bharate) the command of Rāma, therefore he is named Bharata. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.31) cakrābhimāni kāmastu sudarśana iti smṛtaḥ / brahmaiva kṛṣṇaputrastu sāṃbo jāmbavatīsutaḥ // > The presiding deity of the discus is Kāma, remembered as Sudarśana. > Kṛṣṇa’s son Sāmba, born of Jāmbavatī, was Brahmā himself. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.32) kāmāvatāro vijñeyaḥ saṃdeho nātra vidyate / yo rudraputraḥ skandastu kāma eva prakīrtitaḥ // > He is to be known as an incarnation of Kāma; no doubt exists on this point. > Rudra’s son Skanda is proclaimed to be Kāma himself. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.33) ripūnāskaṃ date nityamataḥ skanda iti smṛtaḥ / yo vā sanatkumārastu brahmaputraḥ khagādhipa / kāmāvatāro vijñeyo nātra kāryā vicāraṇā // > Because he constantly leaps upon (āskandate) his enemies, therefore he is remembered as Skanda. > He who is Sanatkumāra, the son of Brahmā, O lord of birds, > is to be known as an incarnation of Kāma; no doubt should be entertained on this point. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.34) sudarśanaśca paramaḥ pradyumnaḥ sāṃba eva ca / sanatkumāraḥ sāṃbaścaṣaḍete kāmarūpakāḥ // > Supreme Sudarśana, Pradyumna, Sāmba, > Sanatkumāra, and Skanda—these six are forms of Kāma. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.35) tataśca indrakāmāvapyumādibhyo daśāvarau / tayormadhye tu garuḍa kāma indrādhamaḥ smṛtaḥ // > And further, both Indra and Kāma are ten \[degrees\] lower than Umā and the others; > between the two, O Garuḍa, Kāma is remembered as lower than Indra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.36) prāṇastvahaṅkāra eva ahaṅkārakasaṃjñakaḥ / garutmadaṃśo vijñeyaḥ kāmendrābhyāṃ daśādhamaḥ // > Prāṇa is indeed Ahaṅkāra, designated as the maker of ‘I’ (ahaṅkāraka); > he is to be known as a portion of Garutmān, ten degrees lower than Kāma and Indra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.37) tadanantarajānvakṣye śṛṇu vīndra samāhitaḥ / śravaṇānmokṣamāpnoti mahāpāpādvimucyate // > I shall describe those born next after them; listen attentively, O king of birds! > From hearing this, one attains liberation and is freed from great sin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.38) kāmaputroniruddho 'pi hareranyaḥ prakīrtitaḥ / sa evābhūddhareḥ sevāṃ kartuṃ rāmānujo bhuvi // > Kāma's son Aniruddha is also proclaimed to be other than Hari; > he himself was born on earth as Rāma’s younger brother to serve Hari, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.39) śatrughna iti vikhyātaḥ śatrūnsūdayate yataḥ / aniruddhaḥ kṛṣṇaputro pradyumnādyo 'janiṣṭa ha // > celebrated as Śatrughna because he slays (sūdayate) enemies (śatrūn). > Aniruddha, who was born as Kṛṣṇa's grandson from Pradyumna, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.40) saṃkarṣaṇādirūpaistu tribhirāviṣṭa eva saḥ / evaṃ dvirūpo vijñeyo hyaniruddho mahāmatiḥ // > was indeed possessed by the three forms beginning with Saṃkarṣaṇa; > thus Aniruddha of great intellect is to be understood as having two forms. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.41) kāmabhāryā ratiryā tu dvirūpā saṃprakīrtitā / rugmaputrī rugmavatī kāmabhāryā prakīrtitā // > Rati, the wife of Kāma, is proclaimed to have two forms: > Rukmin's daughter Rukmavatī is proclaimed to be the wife of Kāma; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.42) atiprakāśayuktatvāttasmādrugmavatī smṛtā / duryodhanasya yā putrī lakṣaṇā sā ratiḥ smṛtā // > because she was endowed with extraordinary brilliance, she is remembered as Rukmavatī. > Duryodhana's daughter Lakṣaṇā is remembered as Rati; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.43) kāṣṭhā sāṃbasya bhāryā sā lakṣaṇaṃ saṃyunaktyataḥ / lakṣaṇābhidhayābhūmau duṣṭa vīryodbhavā hyapi // > she is Kāṣṭhā, the wife of Sāmba; because she unites with excellence (lakṣaṇa), > she was on earth under the name Lakṣaṇā, although born from corrupt seed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.44) evaṃ dvirūpā vijñeyā kāmabhāryā ratiḥ smṛtā / svāyaṃbhuvo brahmaputro manustvādyo gurau samaḥ / rājadharmeṇa viṣṇośca jātaḥ prīṇayituṃ hareḥ // > Thus Rati, the wife of Kāma, is remembered as having two forms. > Svāyambhuva Manu, the first son of Brahmā, equal to the preceptor \[Bṛhaspati\], > was born to please Hari through the duties of a king for Viṣṇu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.45) bṛhaspatirdevāgururmahātmā tasyāvatārāstraya āsan khagendra / rāmāvatāre bharatākhyo babhūva hyaṃbhojajāveśayuto bṛhaspatiḥ // > Bṛhaspati, the noble preceptor of the gods, had three incarnations, O King of Birds: > in the Rāma incarnation, Bṛhaspati became the one named Bharata, endowed with the possession by the lotus-born \[Brahmā\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.46) devāvatārānvānarāṃstārayitvā śrīrāmadivyā'caritānyavādīt / ato hyasau nāranāmā babhūva hyaṅgatvamāptuṃ rāmadevasya bhūmyām // > Having delivered the monkeys, who were incarnations of the gods, he recounted the divine deeds of Śrī Rāma; > therefore on earth he was named Nara, in order to become a limb of the divine Rāma. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.47) kṛṣṇāvatāre droṇanāmā babhūva aṃbhojajāveśayuto bṛhasyapatiḥ / yasmāddoṇātsaṃbhabhūva guruśca tasmādasau droṇasaṃjño babhūva // > In the Kṛṣṇa incarnation, Bṛhaspati became the one named Droṇa, endowed with the possession by the lotus-born \[Brahmā\]; > because the preceptor was born from a wooden trough (droṇa), therefore he had the name Droṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.48) bhūbhārabhūtādyuddhṛtau hyaṅgabhūto viṣṇoḥ sevāṃ kartumevāsa bhūmau / bṛhaspatiḥ pavanāveśapuktā sa uddhavaścetyamidhānamāpa // > Having become an instrument in removing the burden of the earth, he was on earth only to perform service to Viṣṇu; > Bṛhaspati, endowed with possession by Vāyu, obtained the name Uddhava. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.49) yasmādutkṛṣṭo hariratra samyagato hyasau budhavannāma cāpa / sakhā hyabhūtkṛṣṇadevasya nityaṃ mahāmatiḥ sarvalokeṣu pujvaḥ // > Because Hari is completely superior here, he obtained the name like a wise man; > he was always the friend of the divine Kṛṣṇa, of great intellect, worshipful in all the worlds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.50) dakṣiṇāṅguṣṭhajo dakṣo brahmaputro mahāmatiḥ / kanyāṃ sṛṣṭvā hareḥ prīṇannāsa bhūmā prajāpatiḥ / putrānudapādayaddakṣastvato dakṣa iti smṛtaḥ // > Dakṣa, born from the right thumb, was the high-minded son of Brahmā; > creating daughters, pleasing Hari, he was a Prajāpati on earth; > Dakṣa brought forth sons, so he is remembered as Dakṣa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.51) śacīṃ bharyāṃ devarājasya viddhi tasyā hyavatāraṃ śṛṇu samyak khagendra / rāmāvatāre nāma tārā babhūva sā vālipatnī śacīsajakā ca // > Know Śacī to be the wife of the king of gods; hear duly of her incarnations, O King of Birds: > in the Rāma incarnation she had the name Tārā; she was the wife of Vālin, designated as Śacī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.52) rāmānmṛte vālisaṃjñe patau hi sugrīvasaṃgaṃ sā cakārātha tārā / ato nāgātsvargalokaṃ ca tārā kva vā yāyādantarikṣe na pāpā // > When her husband named Vālin died at Rāma’s hands, Tārā united with Sugrīva; > therefore Tārā did not go to the heavenly world; where else could that sinner go but into intermediate space? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.53) kṛṣṇāvatāre saiva tārā ca vīndra babhūva bhūmau vijayasya patnī / piśaṅgadeti hyabhidhā syācca tasyāḥ sāmīpyamasyāstvajuṃnaveva cāsīt // > In the Kṛṣṇa incarnation, O king of birds, that same Tārā became on earth the wife of Vijaya \[Arjuna\]; > her name was Piśaṅgadā, and she was always close to Arjuna. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.54) utpādayitvā babhruvāhaṃ ca putraṃ tasyāṃ tyaktvā hyarjuno vai mahātmā / ataścobhe vāracitrāṅgade ca śacīrūpe nātra vivāryamasti // > Having begotten a son, Babhruvāhana, upon her, the great-souled Arjuna left her; > therefore both Vārā and Citrāṅgadā are forms of Śacī; there is no dispute here. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.55) pulomajā mantradyumnasya bhāryā yā kāśikā gādhirājasya bhāryā / vikukṣibhāryā sumatiśceti saṃjñā kuśasya patnī kāntimatīti saṃjñā // > Pulomajā was the wife of Mantradyumna; she was Kāśikā, the wife of King Gādhi; > Vikukṣi's wife was named Sumati, and the wife of Kuśa was named Kāntimatī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.56) etā hi sapta hyavarāśca śacyā jānīhi vai nāsti vicāraṇātra / śacī ratiścāniruddho manurdakṣo bṛhaspatiḥ / ṣaḍanyonyasamāḥ proktā ahaṅkārāddaśādhamāḥ // > Know indeed that these seven are inferior to Śacī; there is no deliberation here. / Śacī, Rati, Aniruddha, Manu, Dakṣa, and Bṛhaspati— / these six are declared mutually equal, and ten times lower than Ahaṅkāra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.57) atha yaḥ pravaho vāyurmukhyavāyoḥ suto balī / sa vāyuṣu mahānadya sa vai koṇādhipastathā // > Now, the wind who is Pravaha, the mighty son of the chief wind-god (Mukhya Vāyu), / is the greatest among winds today, and he is the lord of the corner. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.58) nāsikāsu sa evokto bhautikastulya eva ca / ativāhaḥ sa evoktaḥ yato gamyo mumukṣubhiḥ // > He alone is spoken of in the nostrils, and equal to the elemental \[wind\]; / he alone is said to be the conveyance (ativāha) through which seekers of liberation must go. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.59) dakṣādibhyaḥ pañcaguṇādadhamaḥ saṃprakīrtitaḥ / garuḍa uvāca / pravahaśceti saṃjñāṃ sa kimarthaṃ prāpa tadvada // > He is proclaimed to be five times lower than Dakṣa and the others. / Garuḍa said: / For what reason did he obtain the name Pravaha? Speak of that. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.60) arthaḥ kaścāsti tannāmnaḥ pratītastaṃ vadasva me / garuḍenaivamuktastu bhagavāndevakīsutaḥ / uvāca paramaprītaḥ saṃstūya garuḍaṃ hariḥ // > What meaning of that name is known? Tell that to me. / Thus addressed by Garuḍa, the Blessed One, the son of Devakī, / Hari, supremely pleased, praised Garuḍa and spoke: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.61) kṛṣṇa uvāca / praharṣeṇa harestulyānsarvadā vahate yataḥ / ataḥ pravahanāmāsau kīrtitaḥ pakṣisattama // > Kṛṣṇa said: / "Because he carries those equal to Hari with great joy (praharṣeṇa) always, / therefore he is named Pravaha, O best of birds!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.62) sarvottamo viṣṇurevāsti nāmnā brahmādayastadadhīnāḥ sadāpi / mayoktametattu satyaṃ na mithyā gṛhṇāmi hastenoragaṃ kopayuktam // > Viṣṇu alone is the supreme of all, and Brahmā and the others are always dependent on him. / What I have spoken is the truth, not a falsehood; with my hand I grasp an enraged serpent. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.63) sarvaṃ nu satyaṃ yadi mithyā bhavettu tadā tvasau māṃ daśatuhyahīndraḥ / evaṃ bruvannuragaṃ kopayuktaṃ samagrahīnnādaśatsopyuraṅgaḥ // > All \[this\] is indeed true; if it should be false, then let this king of serpents bite me! / Speaking thus, he took hold of the enraged serpent, and that serpent did not bite \[him\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.64) etasya saṃdhāraṇādeva vīndra sa vāyuputraḥ pravahetyāpa saṃjñām / yo vā loke viṣṇumūrtiṃ vihāya daityasvarūpā reṇukādyāḥ kudevāḥ // > Only from holding it, O best of birds, did that son of Vāyu obtain the name Pravaha. / Whosoever in this world, abandoning the form of Viṣṇu, \[worships\] the bad deities like Reṇukā, who have the form of daityas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.65) teṣāṃ tathā matpitṝṇāṃ ca pūjā vyarthā satyaṃ satyametadbravīmi / etatsarvaṃ yadi mithyā bhavettu tadā tvasau māṃ daśatu hyahīndraḥ // > worship of them as well as of my ancestors is in vain; I speak the truth, the truth! / If all this should be false, then let this king of serpents bite me! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.66) pitryaṃ nayāmi pravihāyaiva ye tu pitruddeśātkevalaṃ yaḥ karoti / sa pāpātmā narakānvai prayātītyetadvākyaṃ satyametadbravīmi // > I do not accept \[offerings to\] ancestral fathers if someone, having abandoned \[them\], performs \[them\] solely for the purpose of the ancestors. / That sinful soul goes indeed to hells; I speak this statement as the truth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.67) na śrīḥ svatantrā nāpi vidhiḥ svatantro na vāyudevo nāpi śivaḥ svatantraḥ / tadanye no gauripuloma jādyāḥ kiṃ vaktavyaṃ nātra loke svatantraḥ // > Śrī is not independent, nor is Vidhi independent; neither is the god Vāyu nor Śiva independent. / The others—Gaurī, the daughter of Puloman, and so forth—are not; what more is there to say? In this world none is independent. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.68) bravīmi satyaṃ puruṣo viṣṇureva satyaṃ satya bhujamuddhṛtya satyam / etatsarvaṃ yadi mithyā bhavettu tadā tvasau māṃ daśatu hyahīndra // > I speak the truth: the Puruṣa is Viṣṇu alone; raising my arm, \[I swear\] the truth, the truth! / If all this should be false, then let this king of serpents bite me! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.69) jīvaśca satyaḥ paramātmā ca satyastayorbhedaḥ satye e tatsadāpi / jaḍaścasatyo jīvajaḍayośca bhedo bhedaḥ satyaḥ kiṃ ca jaḍaiśayorbhidā // > The individual soul is real, and the Supreme Self is real, and the distinction between the two is always real. / The insentient is real, and the distinction between the soul and the insentient is real; moreover, the distinction between the insentient and the Lord is real. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.70) bhedaḥ satyaḥ sarvajīveṣu nityaṃ satyā jaḍānāṃ ca bhedā sadāpi / etatsarvaṃ yadi mithyā bhavettu tadā tvasau daśatu māṃ hyahīndraḥ // > The distinction among all individual souls is eternal and real, and the distinctions among insentient entities are always real. / If all this should be false, then let this king of serpents bite me! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.71) evaṃ bruvannuragaṃ kopayuktaṃ samagrahīnnādaśatsopyuraṅgaḥ / etasya saṃdhāraṇādevavīdre sā vāyuputraḥ pravahetyāpa saṃjñām // > Speaking thus, he seized the enraged serpent, and that serpent did not bite \[him\]. / Only from holding it, O best of birds, did that son of Vāyu obtain the name Pravaha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.72) dvayaṃ svarūpaṃ praviditvaiva pūrvaṃ tvaṃ svīkuruṣva dvayameva nityam / snānādikaṃ ca prakaroti nityaṃ pāpī sa ātmā naiva mokṣaṃ prayāti // > Having known the two forms beforehand, do you always accept both. / If a sinful soul regularly performs bathing and other rites \[without understanding\], he does not attain liberation at all. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.73) tasmāddvayaṃ pravicāryaiva nityaṃ sukhī bhavennātra vicāryamasti / etatsarvaṃ yadi mithyā bhavettu tadā tvasau māṃ daśatu hyahīndraḥ // > Therefore, having always reflected on the duality, one becomes happy; there is no doubt about this. / If all this should be false, then let this king of serpents bite me! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.74) garuḍa uvāca / kiṃ taddvayaṃ devadeveśa kiṃ vā tatkāraṇaṃ kīdṛśaṃ me vadasva / dvayostyāgaṃ kīdṛśaṃ me vadasva tyāgātsukhaṃ kīdṛśaṃ me vadasva // > Garuḍa said: / What is that duality, O Lord of the gods of gods, or what is its cause? Tell me what it is like! / Tell me what renunciation of the two is like, and tell me what the happiness from renunciation is like! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.75) śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / dvayaṃ cāhustvindriye dve baliṣṭhe dehe hyasmiñ śrotranetre susṛṣṭe / avāntare śrotranetre khagendra dvayaṃ cāhustatsvarūpaṃ ca vakṣye // > The blessed Kṛṣṇa said: / They say the duality consists of two powerful senses well-fashioned in this body: the ear and the eye. / In the intermediate \[state\], O King of Birds, they speak of the ear and the eye as a duality; and I shall explain their true nature. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.76) śrotrasvabhāvo loka vārtāśrutau ca hyatīva modastvādarāsvādanena / harervārtāśravaṇe duḥ khajālaṃ śrotrasvabhāvo jaḍatā damaśca // > The nature of the ear is immense delight in hearing worldly talk, relished with respect; / \[yet\] in hearing accounts of Hari it brings a web of misery—sluggishness and forced restraint are the nature of the ear. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.77) netrasvabhāvo darśane strīnarāṇāṃ hyatyādarānnāsti nidrādikaṃ ca / harerbhaktānāṃ darśane duḥ kharūpo viṣṇoḥ pūjādarśane duḥ khajālam // > The nature of the eye, in seeing women and men, is freedom from sleep and the like through intense attraction; / \[yet\] in seeing the devotees of Hari it is full of distress, and in watching the worship of Viṣṇu it finds a web of pain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.78) tayoḥ svarūpaṃ praviditvaiva pūrvaṃ punaḥ punaḥ svīkarotyeva mūḍhaḥ / śiśraṃ maurkhyāccaiva kutrāpi yonau praveśayetsarvadā hyādareṇa // > Even knowing well the nature of the two beforehand, the fool accepts them again and again. / Out of sheer stupidity, he would constantly insert his male organ into any female organ with eager desire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.79) bhayaṃ ca lajjā naiva cāste vadhūnāṃ tathā nṛṇāṃ vanitānāṃ yatīnām / svasāraṃ te hyaviditvā dinepi suvāma yajñena svābhāvaśca vīndra // > There is neither fear nor shame in brides, nor in men, women, or ascetics; / not knowing their own essence even by day, by distorted ritual they follow their natural impulse, O best of birds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.80) rasāsvabhāvo bhakṣaṇe sarvadāpi hyanarpitasyānnabhakṣyasya viṣṇoḥ / tatho pahārasya ca tatsvabhāvaḥ abhakṣyāṇāṃ bhakṣaṇe tatsvabhāvaḥ // > The nature of the tongue is constantly to consume food and eatables not offered to Viṣṇu; / such is its nature also regarding refreshments, such is its nature in eating forbidden things; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.81) alehyalehasya ca tatsvabhāvaḥ pātuṃ tvapeyasya ca tatsvabhāvaḥ / dvayoḥ svarūpaṃ ca vihāya mūḍhaḥ punaḥ punaḥ svīkarotyeva nityam // > such is its nature in licking what should not be licked, and such is its nature in drinking what should not be drunk. / Having abandoned the true nature of both, the fool continuously accepts them again and again. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.82) tasya snānaṃ vyarthamāhuśca yasmāttasmāttyājyaṃ na dvayoḥ kāryameva / abhiprāyaṃ hyetamevaṃ khagendra jānīhi tvaṃ prahasyaiva nityam // > They say that his bathing is in vain; therefore, the pursuit of the two must not be practiced. / Grasping this intention thus, O King of Birds, understand it always with a smile. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.83) bhāryādvayaṃ hyaviditvā svarūpaṃ svīkṛtya caikāṃ pravihāyaiva caikām / snānādikaṃ kurute mūḍhabūddhiḥ vyarthaṃ cāhurmokṣabhogau ca naiva / etatsarvaṃ yadi mithyā bhavettu tadā tvasau māṃ daśatu hyahīndraḥ // > Not knowing the nature of the two wives, having accepted one and abandoned the other, / a foolish-minded person performs bathing and other rites; they declare it in vain, and he attains neither liberation nor enjoyment. / If all this should be false, then let this king of serpents bite me! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.84) garuḍa uvāca / bhāryādvayaṃ kiṃ vada tvaṃ mamāpi tayoḥ svarūpaṃ kiṃ vada tvaṃ murāre / tayormadhye grāhyabhāryāṃ vada tvamagrāhyabhāryāṃ cāpi samyagvada tvam // > Garuḍa said: / What are the two wives? Tell me that too, O Murāri, and what is the nature of the two? / Between the two, tell me which wife is to be accepted, and also describe properly which wife is not to be accepted! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.85) śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / buddhiḥ patnī sā dvirūpā khagendra duṣṭā caikā tvaparā suṣṭhurūpā / tayormadhye duṣṭarūpā kaniṣṭhā jyeṣṭhā tu yā suṣṭhubuddhisvarūpā // > The blessed Kṛṣṇa said: / The wife is the intellect, and she has two forms, O King of Birds: one is wicked, and the other is virtuous. / Between the two, the younger is wicked in form, whereas the elder has the nature of a virtuous intellect. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.86) kaniṣṭhayā naṣṭatāṃ yāti jīvaḥ sutiṣṭhantyā yāti yogyāṃ pratiṣṭhām / kaniṣṭhāyāḥ śṛṇu vakṣye svarūpaṃ śrutvā tasyāstyāgabuddhiṃ kuruṣva // > Through the younger \[wife\] the soul goes to ruin; through the one who stands well it attains proper standing. / Hear the nature of the younger one; I shall explain it, and having heard it, cultivate an intellect to abandon her: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.87) jīvaṃ yaṃ vai prerayantī kaniṣṭhā kāmyaṃ dharmaṃ kurute sarvadāpi / kva brāhmaṇāḥ kva ca viṣṇurmahātmā kva vai kathā kva ca yajñāḥ kvagāvaḥ // > The younger one impels the soul, so that he always performs selfish rites driven by desire: / 'Where are the brāhmaṇas? Where is the great-souled Viṣṇu? Where is the sacred story? Where are the sacrifices, and where the cows? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.88) kva cāśvatthaḥ kva ca snānaṃ kva śaucametatsarvaṃ nāma nāśaṃ karoti / mūḍhaṃ patiṃ reṇukāṃ pūjayasva māyādevyā dīpadānaṃ kuruṣva // > Where is the holy fig tree? Where is bathing? Where is ritual purification?' She completely destroys all this. / \[She says to her\] foolish husband: 'Worship Reṇukā! Offer lamps to the goddess Māyā! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.89) subhairavādīn bhaja mūḍha tvamandha hāridracūrṇandhārayeḥ sarvadāpi / jyeṣṭhāṣṭamyāṃ jyeṣṭhadevīṃ bhajasva bhaktyā sūtraṃ galabandhaṃ kuruṣva // > O blind fool, worship the auspicious Bhairava and others! Always wear turmeric powder! / On the Jyeṣṭhāṣṭamī day, worship the goddess Jyeṣṭhā, and with devotion tie a thread around your neck! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.90) marigandhāṣṭamyāṃ marigandhaṃ bhajasva tathā sūtraṃ svagale dhārayasva / dīpastaṃbhaṃ sudine pūjayasva tatsūtrameva svagale dhārayasva // > On Marigandhāṣṭamī, worship Marigandha, and likewise wear a thread on your neck! / On an auspicious day, worship the lamp-pillar, and tie its very thread around your neck! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.91) mahālakṣmīṃ cādyalakṣmīṃ ca samyak pūjāṃ kuru tvaṃ hi bhaktyātha jīva / lakṣmīsūtraṃ svāgale dhārayasva mahālakṣmīvān bhavasītyuttaratra // > O soul, properly worship Mahālakṣmī and Ādyā Lakṣmī with devotion! / Fasten the Lakṣmī thread on your neck; hereafter you will become endowed with great fortune!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.92) vihāya mauñjīdivase bhāgyakāmaḥ suguggulāndhārayasvātibhaktyā / suvāsinīḥ pūjayasvāśu bhaktyā gandhaiḥ puṣpairdhūpadīpaiḥ pratoṣya // > Having abandoned \[rites\] on the day of the sacred-grass investiture, desiring good fortune, wear aromatic bdellium with great devotion! / Swiftly worship auspicious married women with devotion, pleasing them with scents, flowers, incense, and lamps! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.93) varārtikyaṃ kāṃsyapātre nidhāya kurvārtikyaṃ devatādevatānām / picumandapatrāṇi vitatya bhūmau namasva tvaṃ kṣamyatāṃ ceti coktvā // > Placing an excellent waving-lamp in a bronze bowl, perform the waving-lamp ritual for deity after deity! / Spreading leaves of the neem tree upon the ground, bow down, saying: "May you forgive me!"' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.94) mahādevīṃ pūjayasvādya bhaktyā sadvaiṣṇavānāṃ mā dadasvāpyathānnam / sadvaiṣṇavānāṃ yadi vānnaṃ dadāsi bhāgyaṃ ca te paśyato nāśameti // > "Worship the Great Goddess today with devotion; do not give food to true Vaiṣṇavas. / If you do give food to true Vaiṣṇavas, your good fortune will be destroyed before your very eyes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.95) svavāmahaste veṇupātre nidhāya dīpaṃ dhṛtvā savyahaste pate tvam / uttiṣṭha bhoḥ pañcagṛheṣu bhikṣāṃ kuruṣva samyak pravihāyaiva lajjām // > Placing a bamboo vessel in your left hand and holding a lamp in your right hand, O husband, / arise, sir! Beg for alms properly in five houses, completely casting off shame. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.96) ādau gṛhe ṣaḍrasānnaṃ ca kutvā jagadgopyaṃ bhojanaṃ tvaṃ kuruṣva / taccheṣānnaṃ bhojayitvā pate tvaṃ tāsāṃ ca re śaraṇaṃ tvaṃ kuruṣva // > First having prepared six-flavored food at home, eat in secret from the world. / Having fed \[them\] that leftover food, O husband, take refuge in those \[women\]!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.97) tāsaṃ hastaṃ pustake stāpayitvā trāhityevaṃ tanmukhairvācayasva / tvaṃ khaḍgadevaṃ pūjayasvādyabhartastatsevakānpūjayasvādya samyak // > Placing their hands upon the book, make them recite through their mouths, "Save \[us\]!" / Worship Khaḍgadeva today, O husband, and worship his servants thoroughly today. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.98) taiḥ sārdhaṃ tvaṃ śvānaśabdaṃ kuruṣva haridrācūrṇaṃsarvadā tvaṃ dadhasva / kuruṣva tvaṃ bhīmasenasya pūjāṃ pañcāmṛtaiḥ ṣoḍaśabhiścopacāraiḥ // > Together with them, make the sound of a dog, and always apply turmeric powder. / Perform worship of Bhīmasena with the five nectars and the sixteen offerings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.99) tatkaupīnaṃ raupyajaṃ kārayitvā samarpayitvā dīpamālāṃ kuruṣva / taddāsavaryān bhojayasvādya bhaktyā garjasva tvaṃ bhīmabhīmeti suṣṭhu // > Having made his loincloth of silver and offered it, present a row of lamps. / Feed his best servants today with devotion, and roar loudly: "Bhīma! Bhīma!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.100) taddāsavaryānmodayasva svavastrairmadyairmāṃsadravyajālena nityam / mahādevaṃ pūjayasvādya samyag mahārudrairatirudraiśca samyak // > Always delight his best servants with your garments, with liquors, and with an array of meat substances. / Worship Mahādeva today properly with the Mahārudras and the Atirudras. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.101) haretyuktvā jaṅgamānpūjayasvaśaivāgame nipuṇāñchūdrajātān / śākaṃbharīṃ vivisaḥ sarvaśākānsupācayitvā ca gṛhe gṛhe ca // > Saying 'Hara', worship the Jaṅgamas of Śūdra caste who are proficient in Śaiva scripture. / Having cooked Śākaṃbharī, various vegetables, and all kinds of greens properly from house to house, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.102) dadasva bhaktyā paramādareṇa svalaṅkṛtya prāstuvaṃstadguṇāṃśca / kulādevaṃ pūjayasvādya bhaktyā tvaṃ dṛgbhyāṃ vai taddine śaṃbhubuddhyā // > Give \[them\] with devotion and supreme reverence, having adorned yourself and praising their virtues. / Today with devotion worship the family deity with your eyes, viewing \[him\] on that day as Śambhu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.103) tadbhaktavaryānpūjayasvādya samyak tatpādamūle vandanaṃ tvaṃ kuruṣva / supañcamyāṃ mṛnmayīṃ śeṣamūrtiṃ pūjāṃ kuruṣva kṣīralājādikaiśca // > Worship his best devotees properly today, and bow down at his feet. / On the auspicious fifth \[lunar day\], worship a clay image of Śeṣa with milk, parched grain, and the like. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.104) sunāgapāśaṃ hi gale ca baddhvā taccheṣānnaṃ bhojayerbhoḥ punastvam / dine caturthe bhoja yasvādya bhaktyā naivedyānnaṃ bhojayasvādya suṣṭhu // > Having bound an auspicious snake-noose around your neck, you should again eat that leftover food, sir. / On the fourth day feed \[them\] today with devotion, and distribute the food offerings properly today." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.105) ityādikaṃ prerayitvā patiṃ sā jīvena naṣṭaṃ prikarotyeva nityam / tasyāḥ saṃgājjīvarūpaḥ patistvāṃ samyagdaṣṭāmihaloke paratra // > Instigating her husband with these and similar \[instructions\], she continually ruins him of life. / Because of association with her, the husband, an embodied soul, is thoroughly bitten in this world and the next. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.106) tasyāḥ saṃgaṃ suvidūraṃ visṛjyaceṣṭvā samagraṃ kuru sarvadā tvam / subuddhirūpā tvīrayantī jagāda bhajasva viṣṇuṃ paramādareṇa // > Abandoning association with her far away, you should always perform all rites \[properly\]. / Prompting him, she who was of good intellect spoke: "Worship Viṣṇu with supreme reverence! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.107) hariṃ vinānyaṃ na bhajasva nityaṃ sā reṇukā tvāṃ tu na pālayiṣyati / adṛṣṭanāmā haririve hi nityaṃ phalaprado yadi na syātkhagendra // > Always worship none other than Hari; that Reṇukā will not protect you. / If Hari, whose name is unseen, were not always the giver of fruits here, O King of Birds, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.108) jugupsitāṃ śrutyanuktāṃ ca devīṃ patidruhāṃ sarvadā sevayitvā / tasyāḥ prasādātkuṣṭhabhagandarādyairbhuktvā duḥ khaṃ saṃyaminīṃ prayāhi // > Having continually served that loathsome goddess, unmentioned in the Vedas, who is hostile to husbands, / through her grace, having experienced suffering from leprosy, anal fistula, and the like, go to Saṃyaminī! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.109) tadā kudavī kutra gatā vadasvame hyataḥ pate tvaṃ na bhajasva devīm / pate bhaja tvaṃ brāhmaṇānvaiṣṇavāṃśca saṃsāraduḥ khāttāransuṣṭhurūpān // > Tell me, where has the wretched goddess gone then? Therefore, O husband, do not worship that goddess! / O husband, worship the Brāhmaṇas and Vaiṣṇavas, who are truly good beings that cross over the sorrow of saṃsāra! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.110) sevādikaṃ pravīhāyaiva svacchaṃ māyādevyā bhajanātkiṃ vadasva / jyeṣṭhāṣṭamyāṃ jyeṣṭhadevīṃ hyalakṣmīṃ lakṣmīti buddhyā pūjayitvā ca samyak // > Having abandoned pure service and the like, tell me, what comes from worshipping the illusory goddess? / Having worshipped Jyeṣṭhādevī, who is indeed Alakṣmī, on Jyeṣṭhāṣṭamī with the thought, 'She is Lakṣmī,' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.111) tasyāḥ sūtraṃ galabaddhaṃ ca kṛtvā nānāduḥ khaṃ hyanubhūyāḥ pate tvam / yadā pate yamādūtaiśca pāśairbaddhvā ca samyak tāḍyamānaiḥ kaśābhiḥ // > and having tied her thread around your neck, you will experience manifold sorrow, O husband. / When, O husband, bound fast by the messengers of Yama with nooses and beaten with whips, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.112) tadā hyalakṣmīḥ kutra palāyate 'sāvato mūlaṃ viṣṇupādaṃ bhajasva / pate bhaja tvaṃ sarvadā vāyutattvaṃ na cāśrayestvaṃ sūkṣmaskandaṃ ca mūḍha // > where does this Alakṣmī flee then? Therefore, worship the root, the feet of Viṣṇu! / O husband, always worship the principle of Vāyu; do not take refuge in the subtle Skanda, O fool! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.113) tadvattaṃ tvaṃ navanītaṃ ca bhaktyā taducchiṣṭaṃ bhakṣayitvā pate hi / tasyāśca sūtraṃ galabaddhaṃ ca kṛtvā ihaiva duḥ khānyanubhūyāḥ pate tvam // > Having eaten the butter given by her with devotion and her food remnants, O husband, / and having tied her thread around your neck, you will experience sorrows right in this world, O husband. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.114) yadā pate yamadūtaiśca pāśairbaddhvā ca samyak tāḍyamānaḥ kaśābhiḥ / tadā skandaḥ kutra palāyate 'sāvato mūlaṃ viṣṇupādaṃ bhajasva // > When, O husband, bound fast by the messengers of Yama with nooses and beaten with whips, / where does this Skanda flee then? Therefore, worship the root, the feet of Viṣṇu! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.115) dīpastaṃbhaṃ dāpayitvā pate tvaṃ sūtraṃ ca baddhvā svagale ca bhaktyā / tadā baddhvā yamadūtaiśca pāśairdīpastaṃbhaistāḍyamānastu samyak // > Having caused a lamp-pillar to be offered, O husband, and tied a cord around your neck with devotion, / when, bound fast with nooses by the messengers of Yama, you are beaten thoroughly with lamp-pillars, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.116) dīpastaṃbhaḥ kutra palāyitobhūdato mūlaṃ viṣṇupādaṃ bhajasva / lakṣmīdine pūjayitvā ca lakṣmīṃ sūtraṃ tasyāḥ svagale dhāraya tvam // > where has the lamp-pillar fled? Therefore, worship the root, the feet of Viṣṇu! / Having worshipped Lakṣmī on Lakṣmī's day, wear her cord around your neck. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.117) yadā pate yamadūtaiśca pāśairbadhvā samyak tāḍyamānaḥ kaśābhiḥ / tadā lakṣmīḥ kutra palāyate 'sāvato mūlaṃ viṣṇupādaṃ bhajasva // > When, O husband, bound fast by the messengers of Yama with nooses and beaten with whips, / where does this Lakṣmī flee then? Therefore, worship the root, the feet of Viṣṇu! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.118) vivāhamaiñjīdivase mūḍhabuddhe jugusitāndhārayitvā subhaktyā / varārārtikaṃ kāṃsyapātre nidhāya kṛtvārtikyaṃ udaudaiti śabdam // > On the day of wedding or investiture with the sacred thread, O fool, having worn contemptible things with great devotion, / and placing the ceremonial waving-light in a bronze vessel, having performed the waving-light, shouting the sound 'Udaudai,' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.119) tathaiva daṣṭvā picumandasya patraṃ sunartayitvā paramādareṇa / yadā tadā yamadūtaiśca pāśairbaddhvābaddhvā tāḍyamānaśca samyak // > and likewise having bitten the leaf of the margosa tree, having danced about with supreme reverence, / when, bound again and again by the messengers of Yama with nooses and beaten thoroughly, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.120) tava svāminkuladevo mahātmanpalāyitaḥ kutra me tadvadasva / svadehānāṃ pūjayitvā ca samyakkaṇṭhābharaṇairvidhurāṇāṃ ca keśaiḥ // > where has your family deity fled, O master, O great soul? Tell me that! / Having worshipped your bodies properly with neck ornaments and the hair of widowers, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.121) saṃtiṣṭhamāne yamadūtā baliṣṭhā saṃtāḍyamāne musalairbhindipālaiḥ / yadā tadā kutra palāyitā sā keśairvihīnā laṃbakarṇaṃ ca kṛtvā // > while you stand, being struck by the mighty messengers of Yama with clubs and javelins, / when that happens, where has that woman fled, devoid of hair, having made \[your\] ears long? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.122) svavāmahaste veṇupātraṃ nidhāya dīpaṃ dhṛtvā savyahaste ca mūḍhaḥ / gṛhegṛhe bhaikṣacaryāṃ ca kṛtvā saṃtiṣṭhamāne svagṛhaṃ caiva devī // > Placing a bamboo vessel in his left hand and holding a lamp in his right hand, the fool, / having gone begging from house to house, while he remains, the goddess is in his own home. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.123) yadā tadā yamadūtaiśca mūḍha dīpaiḥ sahasrairdahyamānaśca samyak / nirnāsikā reṇukā mūḍhabuddhe palāyitā kutra sā me vadasva // > When that happens, O fool, being burned completely by the messengers of Yama with thousands of lamps, / where has that noseless Reṇukā fled, O dull-witted one? Tell me that! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.124) sadā mūḍhaṃ khaḍgadevaṃ ca bhaktyā taṃ bhaktavatpūjayitvā ca samyak / taiḥ sārdhaṃ tvaṃ śvānavadgarjayitvā saṃtiṣṭhamāne svagṛhe caiva nityam // > Always worshipping that foolish Khaḍgadeva with devotion like a devotee, / roaring like a dog along with them, while he remains constantly in his own home, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.125) yadā tadā yamadūtaiśca samyak saṃtāḍyamānastatra śabdaṃ prakurvan / saṃtiṣṭhamāne bhaktavaryaṃ vihāya tadā devaḥ kutra palāyitobhūt // > when that happens, being beaten thoroughly by the messengers of Yama, making an outcry there / while he remains, having abandoned his best devotee, where did the god flee then? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.126) sa pārthakyādbhīmasenapratīkaṃ pañcāmṛtaiḥ pūjayitvā ca samyak / suvyañjane cānnakaupīnameva dattvā mūḍhastiṣṭhamāne svagehe // > Separately having worshipped the image of Bhīmasena properly with the five nectars, / and having offered a loincloth of food along with good curry, while the fool remains in his house, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.127) yadā tadā yamadūtaiśca samyak saṃtāḍyamāne yamamārge ca mūḍhaḥ / bhīmaḥ sa vai kutra palāyitobhūto mūlaṃ viṣṇupādaṃ bhajasva // > When at that time the fool is severely beaten by the messengers of Yama on Yama's path, / where did that Bhīma run off to? Worship the primordial foot of Viṣṇu! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.128) mahādevaṃ pūjayitvā ca samyak haretyuktvā svagṛhe vidyamāne / yadā gṛhaṃ dahyate vahninā tu tadā haraḥ kutra palāyitobhūt // > Having properly worshipped Mahādeva, saying 'Hara', while remaining in his own house, / when the house is burnt by fire, where did Hara run off to? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.129) śākaṃ bharīdivase sarvameva śākaṃbharī sā ca devī mahātman / palāyitā kutra me tvaṃ vadasva kulāladevaṃ pūjayitvā ca bhaktyā // > On the day of Śākambharī, tell me, O noble one, where did that goddess Śākambharī run away to, / \[after one\] worshipped with devotion the god of the potters? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.1130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.1130) kārpāsaṃ vai tena dattaṃ gṛhītvā saṃtiṣṭhamāne yamadūtaiśca samyak / saṃhanyamānastīkṣaṇadhāraiḥ kuṭhāraiḥ kulāladevaṃ ca sudaṃṣṭranetram / vihāya vai kutra palāyitobhūnna jñāyate 'nveṣaṇāccāpi kena // > Taking the cotton offered by him while he stayed, and \[the man\] being thoroughly struck by Yama's messengers / with sharp-edged axes, abandoning \[the worshipper\], where did that potter-god with sharp fangs and eyes run away to? / Even by searching, it is not known by anyone. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.131) yadā pañcamyāṃ mṛnmayīṃ śeṣamūrtiṃ saṃpūjya bhaktyā vidyamāne svagehe / tadā baddhvā yamadūtāśca samyak saṃnahyamāne nāgapāśaiścabaddhvā // > When, on the fifth lunar day, having worshipped an earthen image of Śeṣa with devotion while staying in his own house, / then the messengers of Yama, having bound \[him\], severely tie \[him\] up with serpent-nooses, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.132) svabhaktavaryaṃ pravihāya nāgaḥ palāyitaḥ kutra vai saṃvada tvam / dūrvāṅkurairmodakaiḥ pūjayitvā vināyakaṃ pañcakhādyaistathaiva // > Tell me, abandoning his best devotee, where did the serpent run away to? / Having worshipped Vināyaka with dūrvā sprouts, sweetmeats, and five types of edible foods, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.133) saṃtiṣṭhaṃmāne yamadūtaiśca samyak saṃtāḍyamāne taptadaṇḍaiśca mūḍha / dantaṃ vihāyaiva ca vighnarājaḥ palāyitaḥ kutra me taṃ vadatvam // > while he remains, being severely beaten by Yama's messengers with heated rods, O fool, / leaving behind his tusk, where did the Lord of Obstacles run away to? Tell me that! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.134) vivāhakāle piṣṭadevīṃ subhaktyā saṃpūjayitvā vidyamāno gṛhe sve / yadā tadā yamadūtaiśca baddhvā saṃpīḍyamāno yamamārge sa mūḍhaḥ // > At the time of marriage, having worshipped the dough-goddess with great devotion while staying in his own house, / when that fool is bound and tormented on Yama's path by the messengers of Yama, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.135) viṣṭhādevī pīḍyamānaṃ ca bhaktaṃ vihāya sā kutra palāyitābhūt / vivāhakāle rajakasya gehaṃ gatvā samyak prārthayitvā ca mūḍhaḥ // > abandoning that tormented devotee, where did the dough-goddess run away to? / At the time of marriage, the fool went to a washerman's house and duly prayed, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.136) yastaṃbhasūtraṃ kalaśe parītya pūjāṃ kṛtvā vidyamāno gṛhe sve / yadā tadā yamadūtaśca samyak taṃ staṃbhasūtraṃ tasya mukhe nidhāya // > and wrapping the post-thread around a jar, having performed worship while remaining in his own house, / when at that time Yama's messenger placed that very post-thread into his mouth > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.137) saṃtāḍyamāne saṃtabhasūtrasthadevī palāyitā kutra me saṃvadasva / vivāhakāle pūjayitvā ca samyak caṇḍāladevīṃ bhaktavaśyāṃ ca tasyāḥ // > and beat \[him\], where did the goddess residing in the post-thread run away to? Tell me! / At the time of marriage, having properly worshipped the Caṇḍāla goddess who is obedient to her devotees, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.138) tadbhaktavaryaiḥ śūrpamadhye ca tīre saṃsevayitvā vidyamāno gṛhesve / yadā tadā yamadūtaiśca baddhvā saṃtāḍyamāno yamamārge mahadbhiḥ // > and having caused \[her\] to be worshipped inside a winnowing basket on the bank by those best devotees while remaining in his own house, / when at that time, bound by the terrible messengers of Yama, he is beaten on Yama's path, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.139) cūledavī kva palāyitābhūtsumūḍhabuddhe viṣṇupādaṃ bhajasva / jvarādibhiḥ pīḍyamāne svaputre gṛhe sthitaṃ brahmadevaṃ ca samyak // > where did the Cūle goddess run away to, O one of utter foolish intellect? Worship the foot of Viṣṇu! / When one's son is afflicted with fevers and other ailments, having properly \[worshipped\] the god Brahmā residing in the house, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.140) dhūrpairdīpairbhakṣyabhojyaiśca puṣpaiḥ pūjāṃ kṛtvā vidyamānaśca gehe / yadā tadā yamadūtaiśca baddhvā saṃtāḍyamāne veṇupāśādibhiśca // > having performed worship with incenses, lamps, edible and drinkable foods, and flowers while staying in the house, / when at that time, bound by Yama's messengers, \[he\] is beaten with bamboo cords and the like, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.141) sa brahmadevaḥ kva palāyitobhūtsumūḍhabuddhe viṣṇupādaṃ bhajasva / santānārthaṃ bṛhatīṃ pūjayitvā galena baddhvā bṛhatīṃ vai phalaṃ ca // > where did that god Brahmā run away to, O one of utter foolish intellect? Worship the foot of Viṣṇu! / Having worshipped the bṛhatī plant for the sake of offspring, having tied a bṛhatī fruit around one's neck, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.142) saṃtiṣṭhamāne yamadūtaiśca baddhvā saṃtāḍyamāne bṛhatīkaṇṭakaiśca / tadā devī bṛhatī mūḍhabuddhe palāyitā kutra me tadvada tvam // > while he remains, bound by Yama's messengers and struck with bṛhatī thorns, / where did that goddess Bṛhatī run away to then, O foolish-minded one? Tell me that! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.143) bhajasva mūḍha paradaivataṃ ca nārāyaṇaṃ tārakaṃ sarvaduḥ khāt / sukṣudradeveṣu matiṃ ca mā kuru na ca śṛṇu tvaṃ phalguvākyaṃ tathaiva // > Worship the supreme deity, O fool, Nārāyaṇa, the deliverer from all suffering! / Do not fix your mind on petty deities, nor listen to trivial speech! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.144) sukṣudradevān bhindipāle nidhāya visarjayitvā dūradeśe mahātman / saṃdhārya tvaṃ svakulācāradharmaṃ saṃpātane narakaṃ hetubhūtam // > Placing the petty deities upon a sling, cast them away to a distant place, O noble one! / Sustaining the dharma of your own family tradition, which becomes a cause for falling into hell, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.145) punīhi gātraṃ sarvadā mūḍhabuddhe mantrāṣṭakairjanmatīrthe pavitre / hṛdi sthitāṃmārairvyamudrāṃ vihāya kṛtvābhūṣāṃ viṣṇumudrābhiragryām // > purify your body always, O foolish-minded one, with the eight mantras at the sacred birthplace; / abandoning the stamp residing in the heart, adorn yourself with the foremost stamps of Viṣṇu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.146) sadā mūḍho harivārtāṃ bhajasva hyāyurgataṃ vyarthamevaṃ kubuddhyā / sadvaiṣṇavānāṃ saṃgamo durlabhaśca kṣubdhaṃ jñānaṃ tāratamyasvarūpam // > Always attend to the talk of Hari, O fool; indeed, your lifespan has passed in vain through bad intellect! / Companionship with true Vaiṣṇavas is difficult to obtain, as is the unagitated knowledge regarding the nature of hierarchy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.147) hariṃ guruṃ hyanusṛtyaiva satyaṃ gatiṃ svakīyāṃ tena jānīhi mūḍha / dagdhvā duṣṭāṃ buddhimevaṃ ca mūḍha subuddhirūpaṃ mā bhajasvaiva nityam // > Following Hari and the guru truly, know your own destination through him, O fool! / Having thus burnt away your wicked intellect, O fool, do not worship that \[folly\], but embody good intellect always! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.148) mayā sārdhaṃ sadguruṃ prāpya samyagvairāgyapūrvaṃ tattvamātraṃ viditvā / tenaiva mokṣaṃ prāpnumo nārjavairyattāryā viṣṇoḥ saṃprasādācca lakṣmyāḥ // > Having approached a true guru together with me, having understood the truth alone preceded by detachment, / through that alone we attain liberation, not through deceit, as those who are to be saved by the grace of Viṣṇu and Lakṣmī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.149) ityāśayaṃ manasā sannidhāya tathā coktaṃ bhaktavaryo madīyaḥ / ato bhaktaḥ pravahetyeva saṃjñāmavāpa vīndra prakṛtaṃ taṃ śṛṇu tvam // > Fixing such intention in his mind, my foremost devotee spoke thus; / therefore, that devotee obtained the name Pravaha, O King of Birds. Hear about him as relevant to the topic! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.28.149.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28.149.p1) iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe uttarakhaṇḍe tṛtīyāṃśe brahmakāṇḍe tāratamyanirūpaṇadvārā viṣṇorevopāsyatvamityarthanirūpaṇaṃ nāmāṣṭāviṃśatamodhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the twenty-eighth chapter, entitled 'Determination of the Meaning that Viṣṇu Alone is the Object of Worship through the Exposition of Hierarchy', in the Brahmakāṇḍa, the third portion 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.3.28.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.28) · Pramāṇa