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# Garudapurana 3.29

Garuḍapurāṇa 3.29

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [3.29.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.29.70) — 3 parts

### [3.29.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.29.1)

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 29  
pravahānantarānvakṣye śṛṇu pakṣīndrasattama /  
yo dharmo brahmaṇaḥ putro hyādisṛṣṭau tvagudbhavaḥ //

> The glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa: Chapter 29. / I shall declare those following Pravaha; listen, O best of the lords of birds! / Dharma, who was a son of Brahmā, arose from his skin at the beginning of creation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.29.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.29.2)

sajjanānsaumyarūpeṇa dhāraṇāddharmanāmakaḥ /  
sa eva sūryaputrobhūdyamasaṃjñāmavāpa saḥ /  
pāpināṃ śikṣakattvātsa yama ityucyate budhaiḥ //

> Because of sustaining good people in a gentle form, he is named Dharma; / he indeed became the son of Sūrya and acquired the name Yama. / Because he punishes sinners, he is called Yama by the wise.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.29.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.29.3)

śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca /  
prahlādānantaraṃ gaṅgā bhāryā vai varuṇasya ca /  
prahlādādadhamā jñeyā mahimnā varuṇādhikā //

> The holy Kṛṣṇa said: / After Prahlāda comes Gaṅgā, the wife of Varuṇa. / She is to be known as inferior to Prahlāda, but superior to Varuṇa in greatness.  
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### [3.29.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.29.4)

svarūpādadhamā jñeyā nātra kāryā vicāraṇā /  
jñānasvarūpadaṃ viṣṇuṃ yamo jānāti sarvadā //

> She is to be known as inferior by intrinsic nature; no doubt should be made here. / Yama always knows Viṣṇu, who grants the intrinsic nature of knowledge.  
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### [3.29.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.29.5)

ato gaṅgeti sā jñeyā sarvadā lokapāvanī /  
bhaktyā viṣṇupadītyeva kīrtitā nātra saṃśayaḥ //

> Therefore she is to be known as the Gaṅgā, who constantly purifies the worlds. / Out of devotion she is proclaimed as the Viṣṇupadī; of this there is no doubt.  
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### [3.29.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.29.6)

yā pūrvakāle yajñaliṅgasya viṣṇoḥ sākṣāddharervikramataḥ khagendra /  
vāmasya pādasya nakhāgrataśca nirbhidya cordhvāṇḍakaṭāhakhaṇḍam //

> She who, in former times, when the sacrificial embodiment Viṣṇu, Hari himself, bestrode \[the worlds\], O King of Birds, / pierced through the upper part of the cosmic egg from the tip of his left foot's nail,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.29.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.29.7)

tadudaramativegātsampraviśyāvahantīṃ jagadaghatatihantuḥ pādakiñjalkaśuddhām /  
nikhilamalanihantrīṃ darśanātsparśanācca sakṛdavagahanādvā bhaktidāṃ viṣṇupāde /  
śaśikaravaragaurāṃ mīnanetrāṃ supūjyāṃ smarati haripadotthāṃ mokṣameti krameṇa //

> entered its interior with great speed, flowing down, purified by the filament of the foot of the slayer of the world's sins, / destroying all impurity by sight, by touch, or by a single immersion, granting devotion to Viṣṇu's feet, / fair as an excellent ray of the moon, fish-eyed, worthy of great worship—whoever remembers her who arose from Hari's foot gradually attains liberation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.29.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.29.8)

indropi vāyukaramarditavāyukūṭabinduṃ ca prāśya śirasi hyasahiṣṇumānaḥ /  
bhāgīrathī haripadāṅkamiti sma nityaṃ jānanmahāparamabhāgavatapradhānaḥ /  
bhaktyā ca khinnahṛdayaḥ paramādareṇa dhṛtvā svamūrdhni paramo hyaśivaḥ śivo 'bhūt //

> Even Indra, having drunk the drop of the wind-mass struck by the hand of the wind, and having an intolerant mind on his head, / knowing always that the Bhāgīrathī is marked with Hari's foot, as the foremost of the great supreme devotees of the Lord, / with a heart melting with devotion, holding her upon his head with the highest reverence, that supreme inauspicious one became Śiva \[the auspicious one\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.29.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.29.9)

bhāgīrathyāśca catvāri rūpāṇyāsankhageśvara /  
mahābhiṣagjanendrasya bhāryā tu hyabhiṣecanī //

> And there were four forms of the Bhāgīrathī, O lord of birds: / she was the wife who anointed Mahābhiṣaj, the lord of men;  
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### [3.29.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.29.10)

dvitīyenaiva rūpeṇa gaṅgā bhāryā ca śantanoḥ /  
suṣeṇā vai suṣeṇasya bhāryā sā vānarī smṛtā //

> by her second form, Gaṅgā was the wife of Śantanu; / as Suṣeṇā, she is recorded as the monkey wife of Suṣeṇa;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.29.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.29.11)

maṇḍūkabhāryā gaṅgā tu saiva maṇḍūkinī smṛtā /  
evaṃ catvārī rūpāṇi gaṅgāyā iti kirtitamam //

> and as the frog's wife, that same Gaṅgā is remembered as Maṇḍūkinī. / Thus the four forms of the Gaṅgā are proclaimed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.29.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.29.12)

ādityāccaiva gaṅgātaḥ parjanyaḥ samudāhṛtaḥ /  
pravarṣati suvairāgyaṃ hyataḥ parjanyanāmakam //

> And from the sun and the Gaṅgā, Parjanya is said to have arisen; / he rains down supreme dispassion, hence he is named Parjanya.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.29.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.29.13)

śaraṃvarāya pañcajanyācca pañca hitvā jagdhvā garvakaṃ ṣaṭkrameṇa /  
svabāṇasya svahṛdi saṃsthitasya bhajetsadā naiva bhaktiṃ viṣaṃ ca //

> For the best of arrows, having abandoned the five from the Pañcajanya and eaten the arrogance sixfold in succession, / one should worship the arrow situated in one's own heart, and never devotion \[which turns to\] poison.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.29.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.29.14)

liṅgaṃ puṣṭaṃ naiva kāryaṃ sadaiva liṅgaṃ puṣṭaṃ kāryamevaṃ sadāpi /  
yonau saktirnaiva kāryā sadāpi yonau mukte 'saṃgato yāti muktim //

> The subtle body should not always be nourished; the subtle body should always be nourished in this way: / attachment to the womb should never be formed; when freed from the womb, unattached, one attains liberation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.29.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.29.15)

vairāgyamevaṃ prakārotyeva nityamataḥ parjanyastvantakaḥ pakṣivarya /  
etāvatā śarabhākhyo mahātmā sa cāntaro sa tu parjanya eva //

> Thus he constantly produces dispassion; therefore, Parjanya is the ender, O best of birds. / To that extent, that great soul is named Śarabha, and he is internal, but he is indeed Parjanya.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.29.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.29.16)

śaśvatkeśā yasya gātre khagendra prabhāsyante śarabhākhyo payotaḥ /  
yamasya bhāryā śyāmalā yā khagendra yasmātsadā kalibhāryāpiyā ca //

> He on whose body hair constantly shines, O King of Birds, is called Śarabha, and thereafter / the wife of Yama is Śyāmalā, O King of Birds, because she is always the wife of Kali and dear to him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.29.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.29.17)

matvā samyak mānasaṃ yā karoti hyataśca sā śyāmalāsaṃjñakābhūt /  
malaṃ vakṣye haribhaktervirodhī sulohapātre sannidhānaṃ ca tasya //

> She who properly makes up her mind after reflection, hence she was named Śyāmalā. / I shall speak of impurity, which is opposed to devotion to Hari, and its presence in a vessel of good iron.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.29.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.29.18)

tadvaiṣṇavaistyājyamevaṃ sadaiva vastraṃ dagdhaṃ sandhijaṃ caiva janyam //  
cikitsitaṃ paraduḥ khaṃ khagendra darerbhaktaistyājyamevaṃ sadaiva //

> That should always be abandoned by Vaiṣṇavas, as well as burnt cloth, that produced at a junction, and childbirth; / treating another's suffering \[for selfish gain\], O King of Birds, should always be abandoned by Hari's devotees.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.29.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.29.19)

noccāśca te haribhaktervihīnāsteṣāṃ saṃgo naiva kāryaḥ sadāpi /  
purāṇasaṃparkavisarjinaṃ ca purāṇatālaṃ ca purāṇavastram //

> And those who are devoid of devotion to Hari are not noble; association with them should never be made: / an abandoned one through contact with the old, an old palm leaf, an old garment,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.29.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.29.20)

sujīrṇakanthājinamekhalaṃ ca yajñopavītaṃ ca kalipriyaṃ ca /  
priyaṃ gṛhaṃ corṇavitā nakaṃ ca samitkuśaiḥ pūritaṃ kutsitaṃ ca //

> a worn-out patched rag, an antelope skin, a girdle, a sacred thread—these are dear to Kali; / a house with a woolen canopy, and that filled with sacrificial sticks and kuśa grass and censured,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.29.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.29.21)

sarvaṃ cetkalibhāryāpriyaṃ ca naiva priyaṃ śārṅgapāṇeḥ kadācit /  
kāṃsye supakvaṃ yāvanālasya cānnaṃ tuṣaḥ piṇyākaṃ tumbabilve palāṇḍuḥ //

> all this is dear to Kali's wife, and never dear to the wielder of the Śārṅga bow; / barley-porridge well cooked in bell-metal, chaff, oil-cake, bottle-gourd, bael, onion,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.29.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.29.22)

dīrghaṃ takraṃ svāduhīnaṃ kaḍūṣṭaṇamete sarve kalibhāryāpriyāśca /  
sudurmukhaṃ nindanaṃ cāryajānāṃ satovamatyātmajānāṃ prasahya //

> stale buttermilk, food that is tasteless, lukewarm—all these are dear to Kali's wife; / foul-mouthed speech, reviling of noble people, deliberately dishonoring good people and one's own children,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.29.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.29.23)

supīḍanaṃ sarvadā bhartṛvarge gṛhasthitavrīhivastrādicauryāt /  
prakīrṇabhūtānmūrdhajānsaṃdadhānaṃ karairyutaṃ devakalipriyaṃ ca //

> constant oppression in the circle of the husband's kin, theft of grain, cloth, and other goods kept in the house, / keeping disheveled hair, accompanied by clapping hands—these are dear to the deity Kali.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.29.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.29.24)

ityādi sarvaṃ kalibhāryāpriyañca sunirmalaṃ prikarotyeva sarvam /  
ataśca sā śyāmaleti svasaṃjñāmavāpa sā devakī saṃbabhūva //

> All such things, dear to Kali's wife, she makes completely pure. / Therefore, she attained her name Śyāmalā, and she became Devakī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.29.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.29.25)

yudhiṣṭhirasyaiva babhūva patnīsaṃbhāvitā tatra ca devakī sā /  
candrasya bhāryā rohiṇī vai tadeyamaśvinyādibhyo 'hyadhikā sarvadaiva //

> She indeed became Yudhiṣṭhira's respected wife, and she was Devakī there. / Rohiṇī, the wife of the Moon, is constantly superior even to Aśvinī and the others.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.29.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.29.26)

roṇīṃ dhṛtvā rohati yogyasthānaṃ tasmācca sā rohiṇīti prasiddhā /  
ādityabhāryā nāma saṃjñā khagendra jñeyā sā nārāyaṇasya svarūpā //

> Taking hold of the ray, she ascends to the suitable station; therefore she is renowned as Rohiṇī. / The wife of the Sun is named Saṃjñā, O King of Birds; she is to be known as an embodiment of Nārāyaṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.29.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.29.27)

saṃjānātītyeva saṃjñāmavāpa saṃjñeti loke sūrya bhāryā khagendra /  
brahmaṇḍasya hyabhimānī tu devo virāḍiti hyabhidhāmāpa tena //

> Because she fully knows, she attained the name Saṃjñā in the world as the wife of Sūrya, O King of Birds; / and the deity who identifies with the cosmic egg attained the name Virāj thereby.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.29.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.29.28)

gaṅgādiṣaṭkaṃ samameva nityaṃ parasparaṃ nottamaṃ nādhamaṃ ca /  
pradhānāgneḥ pāvikānyaiva gaṅgā sadā śubhā nātra vicāryamasti //

> The group of six beginning with Gaṅgā are always equal to one another, neither superior nor inferior. / Other than the purifier of the principal fire, Gaṅgā is always auspicious; there is no doubt about this.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.29.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.29.29)

āsāṃ jñānatpuṇyamāpnoti nityaṃ sadā hariḥ prīyate keśavolam /  
gaṅgādibhyo hyavarāhyagnijāyā svāhāsaṃjñādhiguṇā naiva hīnā //

> From knowledge of these, one continually attains merit, and Hari Keśava is always pleased. / Lower than the group beginning with Gaṅgā is the wife of Agni, named Svāhā, rich in virtues, not deficient.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.29.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.29.30)

svāhākāro mantrarūpābhimānī svāheti saṃjñāmāpa sadaiva vīndra /  
agnerbhāryāto buddhimān saṃbabhūva brahmābhimānī candraputro budhaśca //

> Identifying with the utterance 'svāhā' in the form of mantras, she always attained the name Svāhā, O best of birds. / From the wife of Agni was born the wise Budha, the son of the Moon, who identifies with Brahmā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.29.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.29.31)

buddhyāharadvai rāṣṭrajātaṃ ca sarvaṃ dhṛtaṃ tvato budhasaṃjñāmavāpa /  
evaṃ cābhūdabhimanyurmahātmā subhadrāyā jaṭhare hyarjunācca //

> By his intellect he understood everything born of the realm and sustained it; therefore he attained the name Budha. / And thus arose the great-souled Abhimanyu from Arjuna in the womb of Subhadrā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.29.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.29.32)

kṛṣṇasya candrasya yamasya cāṃśaiḥ sa saṃyutastvaśvinorvai harasya /  
svāhādhamaścandraputro budhastu pādāravinde viṣṇudevasya bhaktaḥ //

> He was endowed with portions of Kṛṣṇa, the Moon, Yama, the two Aśvins, and Hara. / But Budha, the son of the Moon, is lower than Svāhā, devoted to the lotus feet of Lord Viṣṇu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.29.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.29.33)

nāmātmikā tvaśvibhāryā uṣā nāma prakīrtitā /  
budhādhamā sā vijñeyā svāhā daśaguṇādhamā //

> The wife of the Aśvins, consisting of names, is proclaimed as Uṣā; / she is to be known as lower than Budha, tenfold lower than Svāhā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.29.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.29.34)

nakulasya bhāryā māgadhasyaiva putrī śalyātmajā sahadevasya bhāryā /  
ubhe hyete aśvibhāryā hyuṣāpi upāsate ṣaḍguṇaṃ viṣṇumādyam /  
ato 'pyuṣāsaṃjñakā sā khagendra anantarāñchṛṇu vakṣye mahātman //

> The wife of Nakula, the daughter of the king of Magadha, and the wife of Sahadeva, the daughter of Śalya— / both of these are wives of the Aśvins; and Uṣā worships the primeval Viṣṇu endowed with six virtues. / Therefore she is also named Uṣā, O King of Birds. Hear now of those who follow, O great-souled one.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.29.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.29.35)

tataḥ śaktiḥ pṛthivyātmā śanaiścarati sarvadā /  
ataḥ śanaiścaro nāma uṣāyāśca daśādhamāḥ //

> Thence is Śakti, the soul of the earth; he always moves slowly (śanaiḥ); / therefore his name is Śanaiścara, and he is tenfold lower than Uṣā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.29.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.29.36)

karmātmā puṣkaro jñeyaḥ śanaratha yamo mataḥ /  
nayābhimānī puruṣaḥ kiñcinnamno daśāvaraḥ //

> Puṣkara is to be known as the embodiment of action, then Śani, then Yama is considered; / the person who presides over policy, slightly lower, is tenfold inferior.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.29.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.29.37)

hariprītikaro nityaṃ puṣkare krīḍate yataḥ /  
atastu puṣkalo nāma loke sa parikīrtitaḥ //

> Because he constantly brings pleasure to Hari and sports at Puṣkara, / he is therefore proclaimed in the world as Puṣkala.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.29.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.29.38)

hari prītikarāndharmānvakṣye śṛṇu khagādhipa /  
prātaḥ kāle samutthāya smarennārāyaṇaṃ harim //

> I shall describe the dharmas that bring pleasure to Hari; listen, O King of Birds: / Having risen at daybreak, one should remember Hari Nārāyaṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.29.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.29.39)

tulasīvandanaṃ kuryācchrīviṣṇuṃ saṃsmaretkhaga /  
viṇmūtrotsargakāle ca hyapānātmakakeśavam //

> One should perform salutation to tulasī and meditate on Śrī Viṣṇu, O bird, / and at the time of voiding feces and urine, on Keśava in the form of the apāna wind.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.29.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.29.40)

trivikramaṃ śaucakāle gaṅgāpānakaraṃ harim /  
dantadhāvanakāle tu candrāntaryāmiṇaṃ harim //

> \[He remembers\] Hari as Trivikrama at the time of purification, Hari as making one drink the Gaṅgā, / and at the time of cleaning the teeth, Hari as the inner ruler of the moon.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.29.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.29.41)

mukhaprakṣālane kāle mādhavaṃ saṃsmaretkhaga /  
gavāṃ kaṇḍūyane caiva smaredgovardhanaṃ harim //

> At the time of washing the face, one should remember Mādhava, O bird; / and at the scratching of cows, one should remember Hari as Govardhana.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.29.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.29.42)

sadā godohane kāle smaredgopālavallabham /  
anantapuṇyārjitajanmakarmaṇāṃ supakvakāle ca khagendrasattama //

> Always at the time of milking cows, one should remember the beloved of the cowherdesses. / When the deeds of lives earned through endless merit are fully ripened, O best of the kings of birds,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.29.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.29.43)

sparśe gavāṃ caiva sadā nṛṇāṃ vai bhavatyato nātra vicāryamasti /  
yasmin gṛhe nāsti sadottamā ca gauryaṅgaṇe śrītulasī ca nāsti //

> the touching of cows indeed always happens for men; hence there is no doubt here. / In whichever house there is not an ever-excellent cow, and in whose courtyard there is no holy tulasī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.29.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.29.44)

yasmin gṛhe devamahotsavaśca yasmin gṛhe śravaṇaṃ nāsti viṣṇoḥ /  
tatsaṃsargādyāti duḥ khādikaṃ ca tasya sparśo naiva kāryaḥ kadāpi //

> in whichever house there is no great festival for the gods, in whichever house there is no hearing about Viṣṇu, / from association with that \[house\], suffering and the like comes; one should never touch him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.29.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.29.45)

gosparśanavihīnasya godohanamajānataḥ /  
gopoṣaṇavihīnasya prāhurjanma nirarthakam //

> For one devoid of touching cows, not knowing the milking of cows, / and devoid of maintaining cows, they declare his life to be useless.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.29.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.29.46)

gogrāsamapradātuśca gopuṣṭiṃ cāpyakurvataḥ /  
gatirnāstyeva nāstyeva grāmacāṇḍālavatsmṛtaḥ //

> For one who does not give a mouthful of grass to a cow and does not nourish a cow, / there is no good destination at all; he is considered like a village outcaste.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.29.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.29.47)

vatsyasya stanapāne ca bālakṛṣṇaṃ tu saṃsmaret /  
dadhinirmanthane caiva manthādhāraṃ smareddharim //

> When a calf drinks milk, one should remember child Kṛṣṇa; / and when churning curds, one should remember Hari, the support of the churning stick.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.29.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.29.48)

mṛttikāsnāna kāle tu varāhaṃ saṃsmareddharim /  
puṇḍrāṇāṃ dhāraṇe caiva keśavādīṃśca dvādaśa //

> At the time of taking an earth-bath, one should remember Hari as the Boar; / and when applying the sect-marks, \[one should remember\] the twelve deities beginning with Keśava.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.29.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.29.49)

mudrāṇāṃ dhāraṇe caiva śaṅkhacakragadādharam /  
padmaṃ nārāyaṇīṃ mudrāṃ kruddholkādīṃśca saṃsmaret //

> And when putting on the seals, one should remember \[Hari\] bearing the conch, discus, and mace, / the lotus, the mark of Nārāyaṇa, and \[the forms\] beginning with Kruddholka.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.29.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.29.50)

śrīrāmasaṃsmṛtiṃ caiva saṃdhyākāle khagottama /  
acyutānantagovindāñchrāddhakāle ca saṃsmaret //

> And \[one should engage in\] remembrance of Śrī Rāma at twilight, O best of birds; / and at the time of a śrāddha, one should remember Acyuta, Ananta, and Govinda.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.29.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.29.51)

prāṇādikapañcahomecānirūddhādīṃśca saṃsmaret /  
annādyarpaṇakāle tu vāsudevaṃ ca saṃsmaret //

> During the five oblations beginning with prāṇa, one should remember \[the deities\] beginning with Aniruddha; / and at the time of offering food and the like, one should remember Vāsudeva.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.29.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.29.52)

apośanasya kāle tu vāyorantargataṃ harim /  
bastradhāraṇakākāle tu upendraṃ saṃsmareddharim //

> At the time of sipping water, \[one should remember\] Hari residing within Vāyu; / and at the time of putting on clothes, one should remember Hari as Upendra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.29.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.29.53)

yajñopavītasya ca dhāraṇe tu nārāyaṇaṃ vāmanākhyaṃ smarettu /  
ārtikyakāle ca tathaiva viṣṇoḥ samyak smaretparśurāmākhyaviṣṇum //

> When putting on the sacred thread, one should remember Nārāyaṇa named Vāmana; / and likewise at the time of waving the lamp for Viṣṇu, one should properly remember Viṣṇu named Rāma Jāmadagnya.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.29.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.29.54)

apośanevaiśvadevasya kāle tadanyahomādiṣu bhasmadhāraṇe /  
smarettu bhaktyā paramādareṇa nārāyaṇaṃ jāmadagnyākhyarāmam //

> At the time of sipping water, during the vaiśvadeva rite, during other oblations, and when applying holy ash, / one should remember with devotion and supreme reverence Nārāyaṇa named Rāma Jāmadagnya.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.29.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.29.55)

trivāratīrthagrahaṇasya kāle kṛṣṇaṃ rāmaṃ vyāsadevaṃ krameṇa /  
śaṅkhodakasyoddharaṇe caiva kāle mukundarūpaṃ saṃsmaretsarvadaiva //

> At the time of taking the holy water three times, \[one should remember\] Kṛṣṇa, Rāma, and the divine Vyāsa in sequence; / and when taking water from the conch, one should always remember the form of Mukunda.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.29.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.29.56)

grāsegrāse smaraṇaṃ caiva kāryaṃ govindasaṃjñasya viśuddhamannam /  
ekaikabhakṣyagrahaṇasya kāle samyak smaredacyutaṃ vai khagendra //

> With every morsel of pure food, remembrance should be made of the one named Govinda; / at the time of taking each single piece of food, O King of Birds, one should properly remember Acyuta.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.29.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.29.57)

śākādīnāṃ bhakṣaṇe caiva kāle dhanvantariṃ smareccaiva nityam /  
tathā parānnasya ca bhogakāle smarecca samyak pāṇḍuraṅgaṃ ca viṣṇum //

> At the time of eating vegetables and the like, one should always remember Dhanvantari; / and likewise when enjoying another's food, one should properly remember Viṣṇu as Pāṇḍuraṅga.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.29.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.29.58)

haiyaṅgavīnasya ca bhakṣaṇe vai samyak smarettāṇḍavākhyaṃ ca kṛṣṇam /  
dadhyannabhakṣe paramaṃ purāṇaṃ gopālakṛṣṇaṃ saṃsmareccaiva nityam //

> When eating fresh butter, one should properly remember Kṛṣṇa known as Tāṇḍava; / when eating curd-rice, one should always remember the supreme, primordial Gopālakṛṣṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.29.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.29.59)

dugdhānnabhoge ca tathaiva kāle samyak smarecchrīnivāsaṃ hariṃ ca /  
sutailasarpiḥ ṣu vipakvabhakṣasaṃbhojane saṃsmaredvyaṅkaṭeśam //

> And likewise when consuming milk-rice, one should properly remember Hari as Śrīnivāsa; / when eating fried food cooked in fine oil and clarified butter, one should remember Veṅkaṭeśa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.29.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.29.60)

drākṣāsujambūkadalīrasālanāriṅgadāḍimbaphalāni cāru /  
smarettu rambhottamanārikeladhātrīsubhoge khalu bālakṛṣṇam //

> Grapes, fine rose-apples, bananas, mangoes, oranges, and fine pomegranates— / indeed, when enjoying splendid plantains, coconuts, and emblic myrobalans, one should remember child Kṛṣṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.29.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.29.61)

supānakasyaiva ca pānakāle samyak smarennārasiṃhākhyaviṣṇum /  
gaṅgāmṛtasyaiva ca pānakāle gaṅgātātaṃ saṃsmaredviṣṇumeva //

> At the time of drinking sweet beverages, one should properly remember Viṣṇu named Nārasiṃha; / and at the time of drinking the nectar of the Gaṅgā, one should remember Viṣṇu alone as the father of the Gaṅgā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.29.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.29.62)

prayāṇakāle saṃsmarettārkṣyavāhaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ nirguṇaṃ viśvamūrtim /  
putrādīnāṃ cuṃbane caiva kāle suveṇuhastaṃ saṃsmaretkṛṣṇameva //

> At the time of departure on a journey, one should remember Nārāyaṇa mounted on Garuḍa, qualityless, having the universe as his form; / and at the time of kissing sons and others, one should remember Kṛṣṇa alone with the fine flute in hand.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.29.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.29.63)

sukhaṅgakāle svastriyaścaiva nityaṃ gopi kucadvandvavilāsinaṃ harim /  
tāṃbūlakāle saṃsmaraiccaiva nityaṃ pradyumnākhyaṃ vāsudevaṃ hariṃ ca //

> During pleasant union with one's own wife, \[one should\] always \[remember\] Hari delighting in the pair of breasts of the gopīs; / and at the time of betel, one should always remember Hari, Vāsudeva named Pradyumna.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.29.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.29.64)

śayyākāle saṃsmareccaiva nityaṃ saṃkarṣaṇākhyaṃ viṣṇurūpaṃ hariṃ ca /  
nidrākāle saṃsmaretpadmanāmaṃ kathākāle vyāsarūpaṃ hariṃ ca //

> At bedtime, one should always remember Hari, the form of Viṣṇu named Saṃkarṣaṇa; / at the time of sleep, one should remember the one named Padmanābha; and at the time of holy narration, Hari in the form of Vyāsa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.29.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.29.65)

sugānakāle saṃsmaredveṇugītaṃ hariṃ hariṃ pravadetsarvadaiva /  
śrīmattulasyāśchedane caiva kāle śrīrāmarāmeti ca saṃsmarettu //

> At the time of sweet singing, one should remember the song of the flute and always say, 'Hari, Hari'; / and at the time of cutting the sacred tulasī, one should remember, 'Śrī Rāma, Rāma.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.29.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.29.66)

puṣpādīnāṃ chedane caiva kāle samyaka smaredetkapilākhyaṃ hariṃ ca /  
pradakṣiṇegāruḍāntargataṃ ca hariṃ smaretsarvadā vai khagendra //

> At the time of plucking flowers and the like, one should properly remember Hari named Kapila; / and during circumambulation, O King of Birds, one should always remember Hari residing within Garuḍa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.29.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.29.67)

praṇamakāle devadevasya viṣṇoḥ śeṣāntasthaṃ saṃsmareccaiva viṣṇum /  
sunītikāle saṃsmarennārasiṃhaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ saṃsaṃmaretsarvadāpi //

> At the time of bowing to Viṣṇu, the God of gods, one should remember Viṣṇu seated upon Śeṣa; / at the time of proper conduct, one should always remember Nārasiṃha and Nārāyaṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.29.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.29.68)

pūrtiryadā kriyate karmaṇāṃ ca samyak smaredvāsudevaṃ hariṃ ca /  
evaṃ kṛtāni karmāṇi hariprītikarāṇi ca //

> When the completion of rituals is performed, one should properly remember Hari as Vāsudeva. / Actions performed in this way bring delight to Hari.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.29.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.29.69)

samyak prakurvannetāni puṣkaro harivallabhaḥ //

> Performing these \[remembrances\] properly, Puṣkara became dear to Hari.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.29.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.29.70)

etasmādeva pakṣīśa karma yatsamudāhṛtam puṣkarākhyānamatulaṃ śṛṇoti śraddhayānvitaḥ /  
hariprītikare dharme prītiyukto bhavetsadā //

> For this very reason, O Lord of Birds, if one endowed with faith listens to the ritual that has been described and this matchless narrative of Puṣkara, / he will always be devoted to the dharma that brings delight to Hari.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.29.70.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.29.70.p1)

iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe uttarakhaṇḍe tṛtīyāṃśe brahmakāṇḍe kṛṣṇagaruḍasaṃvāde tattvarahasyaṃ nāmaikonatriṃśodhyāyaḥ

> Thus ends the twenty-ninth chapter, entitled 'The Secret of the Realities,' in the dialogue between Kṛṣṇa and Garuḍa, in the Brahmakāṇḍa, the third part of the Uttarakhaṇḍa in the great Garuḍa Purāṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.29.70.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.29.70.p2)

samāptamidaṃ garuḍamahāpurāṇam /

> The Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa is concluded.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.29.70.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.29.70.p3)

iti śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇaṃ samāptam /

> Thus ends the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.3.29.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.6.8.64.p2) — Sanskrit

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.29) · Pramāṇa
