[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) › 3.3 # Garudapurana 3.3 Garuḍapurāṇa 3.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [3.3.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.3.58) — 1 part ### [3.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.3.1) śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 3 śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / babhūvecchā mama devasya viṣṇoḥ sraṣṭuṃ sṛjyānmokṣayogyāṃśca moktum / icchāśaktiḥ sarvadaivāsti viṣṇostathāpi tadvyāharaṇaṃ ca laukikam // > The glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa—3. > The glorious Kṛṣṇa said: / A desire arose in me, the god Viṣṇu, to create those fit to be created, and to liberate those fit for liberation. / Viṣṇu's power of will exists eternally; nonetheless, its declaration is conventional. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.3.2) tadā harirjagṛhe laukikaṃ ca tamaḥ pānaṃ tena rūpeṇa cakre / tadrūpamāhuḥ prākṛtaṃ vai tadajñā hyandhaṃ tamaḥ praviśantyeva sarve // > Then Hari took up a worldly form, and in that form he drank the darkness. / The ignorant call that form material; indeed, they all enter into blinding darkness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.3.3) avatārā mahāviṣṇoḥ sarve pūrṇāḥ prakīrtitāḥ / pūrṇaṃ ca tatparaṃ rūpaṃ pūrṇātpūrṇāḥ samudgatāḥ // > All incarnations of Mahāviṣṇu are declared to be complete; / and that supreme form is complete; from the complete, complete \[forms\] have emerged. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.3.4) parāvaratvaṃ teṣāṃ tu vyaktimātraviśeṣataḥ / na deśakālasāmarthyātpārāvaryaṃ kathañcana // > Their hierarchy of higher and lower exists solely by the distinction of manifestation; / there is in no way any superiority or inferiority due to space, time, or capacity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.3.5) pūrvarūpaṃ ca pūrṇaṃ ca pūrṇaṃ padavitāragam? / rūpaṃ tadātmanyādāya pūrṇamevāvaśiṣyate // > The prior form is complete, and complete is \[the form\] that has gone into the state of \[…\] ; / taking that form into himself, only the complete remains. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.3.6) laukikavyavahāroyaṃ bhūbhārakṣapaṇādikaḥ / tasya dṛrṣṭi vinā nānyo layaḥ kṛṣṇādinā kvacit // > This worldly activity, such as destroying the burden of the earth, / without his gaze there is no other dissolution by Kṛṣṇa and the rest anywhere. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.3.7) tattve pīḍā na kartavyā tayā duḥ khāni vindati / atyantapīḍanāttasya rogastasya na saṃśayaḥ // > Torment should not be inflicted upon the truth; through that, one experiences sorrows; / from excessive harassment of it, disease comes to him—there is no doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.3.8) jñātavyāṃśe tu pīḍā tu kartavyā guruṇā saha / tamantevāsinaṃ cāhuḥ sa eva cu guruḥ smṛtaḥ // > However, concerning what ought to be known, pressure should indeed be applied together with the guru; / they call him an indwelling pupil, and he alone is traditionally regarded as a guru. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.3.9) ye kurvanti harestattvavicāraṃ tu parasparam / tāveva guruśiṣyau tu vinatānandasaṃyuta // > Those two who together engage in inquiry into the reality of Hari, / they alone are teacher and pupil, O you who bring joy to Vinatā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.3.10) guruṇāpi samaṃ hāsyaṃ kartavyaṃ kuṭilaṃ vinā / harṣāmarṣayutaḥ śiṣyo guruḥ kauṭilyasaṃyutaḥ // > Joking may be done even with a guru, provided it is without malice. / A pupil filled with joy and impatience, \[and\] a guru possessed of deceit— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.3.11) ubhau tau nirayaṃ yāto yāvadācandratārakam / sākṣāddhariḥ puruṣaḥ piṅgalākṣaḥ svamāyāyāṃ guṇamayyāṃ mahātmā / svapauruṣeṇaiva sumaṅgalena adhāttu vīryaṃ bhagavānvīryavāṃśca // > both of them go to hell for as long as the moon and stars endure. / The Supreme Person, Hari himself, tawny-eyed, the Great-Souled One, / by his own most auspicious virility, the Lord, full of vigor, deposited his seed into his own māyā composed of the guṇas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.3.12) garuḍa uvāca / vīryasvarūpaṃ brūhi me vāsudeva vīrye tvadīye saṃśayo me vibhāti / kiṃ vīryamīśasya svarūpabhūtaṃ kiṃ vā vibhinnaṃ vada sādhu vetsi // > Garuḍa said: / Tell me the nature of that seed, O Vāsudeva; doubt arises in me concerning your seed. / Is the seed identical with the Lord's own nature, or is it distinct? Tell me, for you know well. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.3.13) śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / yadvīryamādhatta hariḥ svayaṃ prabhurmāyābhidhāyāṃ vinatātanūja / tadvīryamāhurnṛhareḥ svarūpaṃ vipaścito niścitatattvadarśinaḥ // > The glorious Kṛṣṇa said: / The seed that the Lord Hari himself deposited into that called māyā, O son of Vinatā, / that seed the wise who see determined truth declare to be the very nature of Nṛhari. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.3.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.3.14) bhinnaṃ tadāhuḥ prākṛtameva cāhuḥ svanābhipadmādikavacca bodhyam / naitāvatā jñānarūpasya viṣṇorna vīryahāniriti cintanīyam // > They declare it to be distinct, and declare it to be merely material, to be understood like the lotus from his own navel. / Not on that account should it be thought that there is any loss of virility for Viṣṇu, whose form is knowledge. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.3.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.3.15) vīryasvarūpī bhagavānvā sudevaḥ sarvatra deśepi ca sarvakāle / sarvārthavānyadi na syātkhagendra tarhīśvaraḥ puruṣo naiva sa syāt // > The Blessed One, Vāsudeva, is the embodiment of seed in all places and at all times; / if he were not possessed of all objects, O King of Birds, then he would not be the Supreme Lord, the Person. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.3.16) acintyavīryaiścintyavīryairdvirūpaḥ strīrūpamekaṃ puruṣaṃ tathā param / ubhe rūpe vīryavatī khagendra tayorabhedaścintanīyo hi samyakū // > Possessed of inconceivable and conceivable energies, he has two forms: one female form, and the other male. / Both forms possess virile power, O King of Birds; their non-difference should indeed be properly contemplated. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.3.17) strīrūpavānyadi na syātkhargedrastrīṇāṃ kathaṃ pratibiṃbatvameva // > If he did not possess a female form, O King of Birds, how could women be reflections? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.3.18) strīrūpamasmādbrahmajaṃ (dvāstavaṃ) cintanīyaṃ svarūpametannānyathā cintanīyam / strīrūpavannaiva vicintanīyaṃ napuṃsakaṃ tbasya janyaṃ hi viddhi // > Therefore, the female form born of Brahman is to be contemplated as real; this essential form should not be thought of otherwise. / It should not be contemplated like a female form; know that the neuter is indeed generated from it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.3.19) napuṃsakaṃ navaiva svarūpabhūtamato harau nāsti vicintanīyam / strībiṃbabhūte harirūpe khagendra śrīrūpamastīti vicintanīyam // > The neuter is never his essential nature; therefore it is not to be contemplated in Hari. / In the form of Hari that is the prototype of woman, O King of Birds, one should contemplate that the form of Śrī exists. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.3.20) garuḍa uvāca / striyā striyaśca saṃyogaṃ vyarthamahurmanīṣiṇaḥ / strīrūpabhūte viṃbe tu strīrūpāḥ santi sarvadā // > Garuḍa said: / The wise declare union of a woman with a woman to be futile; / yet in the prototype that has a female form, female forms exist always. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.3.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.3.21) sthitau tatra nimittaṃ ca brūhi kṛṣṇa mama prabho // > Tell me the reason for their presence there, O Kṛṣṇa, my Lord! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.3.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.3.22) śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / strībiṃbabhūtastrīrūpe lakṣmīrna syātkhageśvara / nityāviyoginī devī kathaṃ syātparamātmanaḥ // > The glorious Kṛṣṇa said: / If Lakṣmī were not present in the female form that is the prototype of women, O King of Birds, / how could she be the goddess who is never separated from the Supreme Self? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.3.23) hareranantarūpāṇāṃ strīrūpāṇāṃ khageśvara / anantānantarūpeṇa nityaṃ śuśrūṣaṇe ratā // > Among the infinite forms of Hari that are female forms, O King of Birds, / she is constantly engaged in service through an infinity of infinite forms. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.3.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.3.24) ato lakṣmyā viyogastu śaṅkanīyaḥ kathañcana / nārāyaṇo nāma hariḥ svatantraḥ śriyā vinā nāsti kadāpi tārkṣya / harermukundasya padāravinde śuśrūṣamāṇā paramādareṇa // > Therefore, any separation from Lakṣmī is not to be suspected in any way. / Hari named Nārāyaṇa is independent; he is never without Śrī, O Tārkṣya, / who serves the lotus feet of Hari Mukunda with supreme reverence. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.3.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.3.25) hariṃ vinā śrīrapi deśakāle nāstīti mokṣecchubhireva vedyam / yasyāmadhādvīryamanukṣaṇaṃ ca sā māmikā cendrajālā tmiketi // > Those desiring liberation must understand that even Śrī does not exist in space or time without Hari. / 'That \[māyā\] in which he continually deposited seed belongs to me and is of the nature of magic'— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.3.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.3.26) vadanti ye asurā mūḍharūpā adhaṃmataḥ praviśantyeva sarve / māyā nāma prakṛtistvemāhuḥ susūkṣmarūpā na tu cendrajālikā // > so say the asuras, who are fools, and they all enter into blinding darkness. / But the noble declare that māyā is indeed prakṛti, very subtle in form, and not a magician's trick. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.3.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.3.27) tasyābhimānaḥ śrīriti veditavyo vīryādhānaṃ tatra teṣāṃ ca melaḥ / kāryonmukhaṃ melanaṃ cāhurāryā ito rūpaṃ nāhurāyyāśca viṣṇoḥ // > Her self-identification is to be known as Śrī; the depositing of seed is their union there. / The noble declare their union to be inclined toward effects; beyond this, the noble do not assert another form of Viṣṇu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.3.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.3.28) sānādi nityā satyarūpā ca viṣṇormithyā rūpā sā kathaṃ syātkhagendra / satyā tanuḥ prakṛtestannigūḍhā satyatvamāhurvyavahārārtharūpam // > She is beginningless, eternal, and of the nature of truth belonging to Viṣṇu; how could she be of false nature, O King of Birds? / The body of prakṛti is real, deeply concealed; they speak of truth as being for the sake of practical experience. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.3.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.3.29) vyavahārarūpā satyatā cetprakṛtyāstadā kathaṃ syādyadanādibhūtā / anādinityā yadi na syātkhagendra suśūkṣmarūpeṇa na kāraṇaṃ syāt // > If the reality of prakṛti were merely empirical, then how could it be beginningless? / If it were not beginningless and eternal, O King of Birds, it could not be the cause in a subtle form. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.3.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.3.30) sūkṣmeṇa rūpeṇa ca kāraṇaṃ syāt tarhi prapañcasya ca kāraṇaṃ vada / avidyāyā vaśato viṣṇureva nānārūpairdṛśyate viṣṇureva // > \[Garuḍa said:\] / If it is the cause in a subtle form, then tell \[me\] the cause of the manifold world. / Under the influence of ignorance (avidyā), it is only Viṣṇu that is seen in manifold forms, only Viṣṇu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.3.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.3.31) śāstrajñānānnāśameti hyavidyā na saṃśayo hariṇā caikyameti / evaṃ brūṣe yadi vādatkhagendra vakṣyehaṃ te tatra yuktiṃ śṛṇu tvam // > Through the knowledge of the scriptures, ignorance is indeed destroyed—there is no doubt—and one attains oneness with Hari. / If you speak thus by way of argument, O King of Birds, I shall tell you the reasoning regarding that; listen to it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.3.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.3.32) sarvajñarūpasya hi me murāreḥ kathaṃ harerghaṭate hyajñatā ca / sūrye yathā tamo nāsti tathā nārāyaṇe harau / ajñānaṃ nāsti pakṣīdra kathaṃ tatvaṃ bravīṣyaho // > \[The Blessed Lord said:\] / For how could ignorance ever occur to me, Murāri, to Hari, whose nature is omniscient? / Just as there is no darkness in the sun, so in Nārāyaṇa, in Hari, / there is no ignorance, O King of Birds. Ah, how can you speak of such a principle? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.3.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.3.33) ato nāhaṃ brāhmaṇastvādikālādupādhisaṃbandhavaśādajñatācet / sarvajñosau kutra pakṣīndra viṣṇuralpajñajīvo jñānaśūnyaśca kutra // > Therefore, if \[you argue that\] ignorance arises because of connection with an adjunct (upādhi) from beginningless time, \[such as:\] 'I am not a brāhmaṇa'— / where is that omniscient Viṣṇu, O King of Birds, and where is the individual soul (jīva), of little knowledge and devoid of wisdom? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.3.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.3.34) viruddhayoścānayoḥ sarvadaiva kathaṃ caikyaṃ saṃvādiṣyanti vedāḥ / deśe kāle sarvadā dduḥ khahīno jagatkartā pūrṇaśaktiḥ sadaiva // > And how could the Vedas ever declare oneness of these two, which are mutually contradictory? / \[He is\] always free from suffering in every place and time, the creator of the universe, endowed with full power at all times; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.3.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.3.35) jīvaḥ sadā svalpakartāsti pūrṇaḥ saṃsārarūpe duḥ kharūpe ca nityam / viruddhayoścānayoraikyamāhurīśasya māyāvaśato māyinaśca // > the individual soul always has little agency, filled constantly with the nature of worldly existence (saṃsāra) and of suffering. / And they who hold the illusion doctrine (māyin) declare the oneness of these two contradictory ones through the power of God's illusion (māyā). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.3.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.3.36) ye vaiṣṇavā vaiṣṇavadāsavaśyāsteṣāṃ drohaṃ sarvadā saṃcaredyaḥ / hariprītistena bhavenna nityamānandavṛddhistena bhavenna muktau // > Whoever should constantly commit hostility against those Vaiṣṇavas who are devoted to the servants of Vaiṣṇavas, / by him the favor of Hari is never obtained, nor is there an increase of bliss in liberation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.3.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.3.37) māyī sadā māyibhṛtyastathāpi bhedajñānānnindyate kāryate ca / tenāpi teṣāṃ duḥ khavṛddhirbhavecca hyadhaṃ tamaḥ punarāvṛttihīnam // > The illusionist (māyin) is always a servant of the illusionist; nevertheless, through the knowledge of difference, \[such a one\] is blamed and made to suffer. / By that also their suffering shall increase, and \[they go to\] blinding darkness from which there is no return. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.3.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.3.38) khagendrātaḥ prakṛtiḥ sūkṣmarūpā sā nityā sā satyabhūtā sadaiva / evaṃ svayaṃ kālavāyvādikānāṃ parā (ramā)ṇavaḥ satyarūpāśca santi // > Therefore, O King of Birds, primordial matter (prakṛti) is subtle in form; it is eternal, and it is always real. / In the same way, the ultimate atoms (paramāṇu) of time, wind, and so forth are themselves of real nature. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.3.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.3.39) parā (māṇū)nāṃ lakṣaṇaṃ veditavyaṃ jñānecchubhirnānyathā veditavyam / padārthānāṃ pārthivānāṃ khagendra viśeṣāṇāṃ caramākhyo viśeṣaḥ // > The characteristic of ultimate atoms must be known by those who desire knowledge, and it must not be understood otherwise. / Of earthly substances, O King of Birds, of distinctions, it is the ultimate distinction; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.3.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.3.40) sa evaḥ syātparamāṇurdvijendra yontyovi (va) śeṣovayavaśca sa smṛtaḥ // > that indeed is the ultimate atom, O best of the twice-born, which is the final distinction; and it is remembered as a partless part. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.3.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.3.41) garuḍa uvāca / he kṛṣṇa he mādhava sāttvatāṃ pate padārthānāṃ caramāṃśaḥ parāṇu // > Garuḍa said: / O Kṛṣṇa, O Mādhava, O Lord of the Sāttvatas, it is said that the ultimate part of substances is the ultimate atom; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.3.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.3.42) iti proktaṃ tatra me saṃśayosti yontyo viśeṣaḥ sa tu nāṃśayuktaḥ / yo hyaṃśayukto na tu soṃtyo viśeṣa evaṃ mamābhāti vacastu tathyam // > in that regard I have a doubt: that which is the ultimate distinction has no parts, / while that which has parts is not the ultimate distinction; thus this statement seems true to me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.3.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.3.43) śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / ya eva loke saṃsthitā mānuṣāstu viśeṣāṇāṃ darśane śaktiyuktāḥ / tathāpi te yasya cāṃśitvameva viśeṣaṃ vai naiva draṣṭuṃ samarthāḥ // > Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: / Whatever humans abide in the world, though endowed with the power to perceive distinctions, / still they are entirely unable to see the distinction that constitutes its having parts. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.3.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.3.44) tamevāhuścaramāṃśaṃ viśeṣaṃ ye caivamāhurmunayastena cānye / ye kāṇādā gautamādyāḥ khagendra niraṃśakaṃ paramāṇuṃ vadanti // > That alone they call the ultimate part, the distinction; and sages who speak thus, and other thinkers, / those followers of Kaṇāda, Gautama, and others, O King of Birds, speak of the ultimate atom as partless. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.3.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.3.45) anantāṃśaiḥ saṃyutatvepi tāṃśca niraṃśino bhrāntidṛṣṭyā vadanti / tasmātparā (ramā) ṇoḥ paramāṇutvamasti tadaṃśānāṃ vinatāgarbhajāta // > Even though it is joined with endless parts, they speak of them through confused vision as devoid of parts. / Therefore the ultimate atom-ness belongs to the ultimate atom, and to its parts, O son born of Vinatā's womb. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.3.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.3.46) parā (ramā) ṇūnāmekadeśe khagendra tanno saṃti prāṇināṃ rāśayaśca / pratyekaśa saṃti rūpā hareśca hyataśca tatparamāṇoraṇīyaḥ // > In a single part of the ultimate atoms, O King of Birds, there are multitudes of living beings; / and individually there are forms of Hari, and therefore He is subtler than that ultimate atom. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.3.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.3.47) yo vā tvaṇīyānparamasya viṣṇoḥ sa eva rūpo mahato mahīyān / teṣāmanyonyaṃ na viśeṣosti kaścidacintyarūpe ca vicintanīyaḥ // > And that form of the supreme Viṣṇu which is subtler than the subtlest, that very one is greater than the greatest. / Between them there is no difference whatsoever; He is to be contemplated in His inconceivable form. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.3.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.3.48) kālakoṭivihīnatvaṃ kālānantyaṃ vidurbudhāḥ / deśakoṭivihīnatvaṃ deśānantyaṃ vidurbudhāḥ // > The wise know the absence of temporal limits as temporal infinity; / the wise know the absence of spatial limits as spatial infinity; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.3.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.3.49) guṇānāmaprameyatve guṇānantyaṃ vidurbudhāḥ / ānantyaṃ trividhaṃ nityaṃ harernānyasya kasyacit // > the wise know the immeasurability of attributes as the infinity of attributes. / The threefold infinity belongs eternally to Hari, not to anyone else. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.3.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.3.50) tasya sarvasvarūpeṣu cānantyaṃ tu trilakṣaṇam / tathāpi deśatastasya paricchedopi yujyate // > In all His forms, infinity has three characteristics; / nevertheless, a spatial limitation also is applicable to Him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.3.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.3.51) paricchedastathā vyāpterekarūpepi yujyate / tasyācintyādbhutaiśvaryaṃ vyavahārārthameva ca // > Likewise, limitation is applicable along with omnipresence, even in a single form. / His inconceivable, marvelous sovereignty exists solely for the sake of worldly activity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.3.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.3.52) guṇataḥ kālataścaiva paricchedo na kutracit / vyāptatvaṃ deśato hyasti sarvabhūteṣu yadyāpi // > There is no limitation whatsoever in terms of attributes or time; / although spatial omnipresence indeed exists in all beings, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.3.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.3.53) na ca bhedaḥ kvacittasya hyaṇumātrepi yujyate / tathāpi vidyateṇutvaṃ tasmādaiśvaryayogataḥ // > and no difference is applicable to Him anywhere, even by an atom's measure, / nevertheless, atomic smallness exists in Him due to the application of His divine sovereignty. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.3.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.3.54) tasmādviddhyavatārārthaṃ vyāptatvaṃ cāpi bhaṇyate / yattasya vyāpakaṃ rūpaṃ paraṃ nārāyaṇaṃ viduḥ // > Therefore, know that omnipresence is also spoken of for the purpose of incarnations; / that pervasive form of His, they know as the supreme Nārāyaṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.3.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.3.55) ataśca paramāṇūnāṃ pārthivā'nantyavādinām / bhedaḥ parasparaṃ jñeyastatheśasya mahātmanaḥ // > And therefore, between the ultimate atoms belonging to those who assert the infinity of earthly matter, / a mutual difference is to be known, and likewise \[a difference\] from the great Lord. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.3.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.3.56) jaḍeśayorjaḍānāṃ ca jīvānāṃ ca parasparam / tathaiva jaḍajīvānāṃ nityaṃ bhedo jaḍeśayoḥ // > Between the insentient and the Lord, among insentient things, and among individual souls mutually, / and likewise between the insentient and the soul, and eternally between the insentient and the Lord— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.3.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.3.57) pañca bhedā ime nityaṃ sarvāvasthāsu sarvaśaḥ / etādṛśyāṃ tu māyāyāṃ vīryamādhatta vīryavān // > these five differences are eternal in all states and in every respect. / Into such an illusion (māyā) the potent Lord placed His seed; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.3.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.3.58) puruṣākhyo haristasmāttriguṇānasṛjatprabhuḥ // > from that, the Lord, Hari called Puruṣa, created the three qualities (guṇas). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.3.58.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.3.58.p1) iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe tṛtīyāṃśe brahmakāṇḍe bhagavadvīryasvarūpatadādhānadvārakaguṇatraya sṛṣṭijaḍeśabhedādinirūpaṇaṃ nāma tṛtīyo 'dhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the third chapter in the Brahmakāṇḍa of the third section of the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, entitled 'The Exposition of the Nature of the Lord's Seed, the Creation of the Three Qualities through Its Placement, the Distinction between Insentient and the Lord, and Other Matters.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.3.3.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.3) · Pramāṇa