[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) › 3.4 # Garudapurana 3.4 Garuḍapurāṇa 3.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [3.4.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4.77) — 1 part ### [3.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4.1) śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 4 śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / yathā sasarja bhagavāṃstrīn guṇānprakṛtestadā / lakṣmīstrirūpā saṃbhūtā śrīrbhūrdurgoti saṃjñitā // > Śrī Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, Chapter 4. / Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: / When the Blessed Lord created the three qualities from primordial matter, / Lakṣmī arose in three forms, designated as Śrī, Bhū, and Durgā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4.2) sattvābhimāninī śrīstu bhūrdevī rajamāninī / tamobhimāninī durgā hyevamāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ // > Śrī is the presiding deity of purity (sattva), Goddess Bhū is the presiding deity of passion (rajas), / and Durgā is the presiding deity of darkness (tamas); so say the wise. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4.3) antaraṃ na vijānīyādrūpāṇāṃ ca parasparam / guṇānāṃ caiva saṃbandhāddurgādīnāṃ khageśvara // > One should not perceive any difference among the forms mutually, / or due to the connection with the qualities of Durgā and the others, O Lord of Birds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4.4) antaraṃ ye vijānanti te yāntyandhantamaḥ param / puruṣastu trirūpobhūdviṣṇurbrahmā bhavetisaḥ // > Those who perceive a difference go to the highest blinding darkness. / The Puruṣa, however, became threefold: Viṣṇu, Brahmā, and Śiva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4.5) sattvena lokānvardhayituṃ viṣṇuḥ sākṣāddhariḥ svayam / sṛṣṭiṃ kartuṃ ca rajasā brahmaṇi prāviśaddhariḥ // > Through sattva, Hari Himself directly became Viṣṇu to sustain the worlds; / and to perform creation through rajas, Hari entered into Brahmā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4.6) ādyo brahmā sa vijñeyo na tu sākṣāddhariḥ svayam / tamasāpi samānhantuṃ rudre ca prāviśaddhariḥ // > He is to be known as the primal Brahmā, but not as Hari directly Himself; / and through tamas, Hari entered into Rudra to destroy the equals. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4.7) rudre sthito rudrasaṃjño na rudrastu hariḥ svayam / viṣṇureva hariḥ sākṣāttāvubhauna harī smṛtau // > Dwelling in Rudra, He is designated as Rudra, but Rudra is not Hari Himself. / Viṣṇu alone is Hari directly; both of those others are not remembered as Hari. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4.8) āviṣṭarūpau vijñeyau brahmarudrābhidhāyakau / evaṃ jñātvā mokṣameti nānyathā tu kathañcana // > Those two who bear the names Brahmā and Rudra are to be known as possessed forms (āviṣṭarūpa). / Knowing thus, one attains liberation, and not in any other way at all. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4.9) viṣṇubrahmādirūpāṇāmaikyaṃ jānanti ye dvijāḥ / te yānti narakaṃ ghoraṃ punarāvṛttivarjitam // > Those twice-born who perceive identity among the forms of Viṣṇu, Brahmā, and the rest / go to a terrible hell from which there is no return. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4.10) guṇatrayaṃ praviṣṭastu puruṣo hariravyayaḥ / kāryonmukhaṃ yathā bhūyātkṣobhayāmāsa vai tathā // > Having entered the triad of qualities, the imperishable Puruṣa, Hari, / agitated \[them\] in such a way that they would become inclined toward cosmic activity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4.11) jātakṣobhādbhagavato mahānāsīdguṇatrayāt / guṇatraye vidyamānādbhāgādeva na saṃśayaḥ // > From the agitation produced by the Blessed Lord, the Mahat arose from the triad of qualities; / it arose from that portion existing within the three qualities, without a doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4.12) mahato brahmavāyū ca jajñāte khābhimāninau / tasya saṃvatsarātpaścādyamalau saṃbabhūvatuḥ // > From the Mahat were born Brahmā and Vāyu, the presiding deities of the ether; / after one year of that, the twins were born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4.13) rajaḥ pradhānaṃ yattatvaṃ mahattattavamitīritam / sargaṃ tvimaṃ vijānīyādguṇavaiṣamyanāmakam // > The principle in which rajas is predominant is declared to be the principle of Mahat; / and one should know this creation by the name 'disequilibrium of the qualities'. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4.14) garuḍa uvāca / mahattattavasvarūpasya jñānārthaṃ devakīsuta / tvayoktā guṇavaiṣamyanāmikā sṛṣṭiruttamā // > Garuḍa said: / For the sake of knowing the nature of the principle of Mahat, O son of Devakī, / you have spoken of the supreme creation named 'disequilibrium of the qualities'. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4.15) guṇavaiṣamyaśabdārthaṃ mama brūhi mahāprabho / śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / guṇavaiṣamyaśabdārthajñāpanāya khageśvara // > Tell me the meaning of the word 'disequilibrium of the qualities', O great lord! / Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: / In order to make known the meaning of the word 'disequilibrium of the qualities', O lord of birds, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4.16) apikṣitaṃ ca tatrādau guṇasāmyaṃ na saṃśayaḥ / samyagjñāpayituṃ tatra khādau tāvatsvageśvara // > equilibrium of the qualities must first be observed there, without doubt. / In order to explain fully there, first of all, O lord of birds, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4.17) rāśibhūtaṃ guṇānāṃ tu darśayiṣye sthitiṃ ca vai / rāśībhūtasya tasamaḥ sakāśādvinatāsuta // > I shall show the state of the qualities in their accumulated mass. / Compared to accumulated tamas, O son of Vinatā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4.18) rāśībhūtaṃ rajo jñeyandviguṇaṃ tattu nānyathā / rāśībhūtasya rajasaḥ sakāśādvinatāsuta // > accumulated rajas is to be known as double; it is not otherwise. / Compared to accumulated rajas, O son of Vinatā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4.19) rāśībhūtaṃ tathā sattvaṃ dviguṇaṃ samudāhṛtam / mūlaprakṛtijā hyete na mūlā prakṛtiḥ smṛtā // > accumulated sattva is likewise declared to be double. / For these are born of original nature; they are not considered the original nature \[itself\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4.20) yataḥ prakṛtirūpāṇāṃ paricchedo na vidyate / ataḥ prakṛtijā jñeyā na mūlāste khageśvara // > because there is no limitation to the forms of nature; / therefore they are to be known as born of nature; they are not the root \[nature\], O lord of birds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4.21) evaṃ tava guṇānāñca parimāṇaṃ khageśvara / uktaṃ svarūpaṃ teṣāṃ tu tava samyak khageśvara // > Thus the measure of the qualities has been spoken to you, O lord of birds, / and their true nature has been told to you fully, O lord of birds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4.22) tatra rāśitraye sattvaṃ kevalaṃ samudāhṛtam / rajastamobhyāṃ garuḍa hyavimiśraṃ hyatastu tat // > Among those three masses, sattva is declared to be pure; / for, O Garuḍa, it is unmixed with rajas and tamas, and therefore > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4.23) kevalaṃ sattvamityuktaṃ na tu śreṣṭhatvataḥ prabho / sṛṣṭikāle kevalaṃ syātpralaye miśritaṃ bhavet // > it is called pure sattva, not merely on account of its excellence, O lord. / At the time of creation it is pure; at the dissolution it becomes mixed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4.24) sarvadāpyavimiśraṃ ca sattvarāśiṃ khageśvara / sarvadāpi vimiśraṃ ca sattvarāśiṃ dvijottama // > Those who understand the mass of sattva as always unmixed, O lord of birds, / or \[as\] always mixed, O best of the twice-born, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4.25) ye vijānanti te sarve viśanti hyadharaṃ tamaḥ / rajastamoguṇau vīndra itarābhyāṃ vimiśritau // > all of them enter the lowest darkness. / The qualities of rajas and tamas, O king of birds, are mixed with the other two; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4.26) sṛṣṭau pralayakālepi miśrāveva khageśvara / rāśibhūtepi rajasi rajobhāgācchatādhikam // > in creation and at the time of dissolution, they are indeed mixed, O lord of birds. / Even in accumulated rajas, more than a hundred parts above the portion of rajas > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4.27) sattvaṃ ca miśritaṃ jñeyaṃ nānyathā pakṣisattama / rajasaḥ śatabhāgānāṃ madhye tu vinatāsuta // > sattva is to be known as mixed; it is not otherwise, O best of birds. / In the midst of a hundred parts of rajas, O son of Vinatā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4.28) ya eko bhāga uddiṣṭastāvatparimitaṃ tamaḥ / rāśibhūtepi rajasi miśritaṃ parikīrtitam // > that which is designated as one part, so much is the measured tamas / that is declared to be mixed even in accumulated rajas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4.29) rajorāśisthitistvevaṃ tāta vyāptaṃ tamoguṇaiḥ / rāśibhūtepi tamasi sattvaṃ ca vinatāsuta // > Such is the state of the mass of rajas, dear one; it is pervaded by the qualities of tamas. / And even in accumulated tamas, O son of Vinatā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4.30) tamaḥ sakāśādgaruḍa daśabhāgādhikena ca / miśritaṃ bhavatītyevaṃ jñātavyaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ // > compared to tamas, O Garuḍa, with ten parts more, / sattva is mixed; thus it is to be known, there is no doubt here. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4.31) tamaso daśabhāgānāṃ madhye tu vinatāsuta / ya eko bhāga uddiṣṭastāvatparimitaṃ rajaḥ // > In the midst of ten parts of tamas, O son of Vinatā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4.32) rāśibhūtepi tamasi miśritaṃ bhavati dhruvam / tamorāśisthitistvevaṃ jñātavyā pakṣisattama // > that which is designated as one part, so much rajas is certainly mixed / even in accumulated tamas; such is the state of the mass of tamas to be known, O best of birds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4.33) garuḍa uvāca / raśibhūtepi rajasi rāśibhūte tamasyapi / sattvāṃśā hyadhikāḥ saṃtītyevamuktaṃ mayānagha // > Garuḍa said: / Even in accumulated rajas and even in accumulated tamas / portions of sattva are in excess; so it has been spoken by me, O sinless one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4.34) tatra me saṃśayo hyasti śṛṇu tvaṃ sāttvatāṃ pate / yadrāśyāṃ yadrā śibhāgā hyadhikāḥ saṃti yāvatā // > Regarding that, I have a doubt; listen to it, O lord of the Sāttvatas! / In whatever mass the parts of whatever mass are in excess by so much, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4.35) tāvatā vyavahāraḥ syātkṣīranīramiva prabho / śrutvā sa garuḍenoktaṃ bhagavānpuruṣottamaḥ // > by so much should its designation be, like milk and water, O lord. / Having heard what was said by Garuḍa, the blessed Supreme Person, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4.36) uvāca para maprītyā saṃstuvan garuḍaṃ hariḥ / śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / rajorāśyā tamorāśyā sattvarāśyadhikā sadā // > Hari spoke with supreme delight, praising Garuḍa. / Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: / The mass of sattva is always greater than the mass of rajas and the mass of tamas; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4.37) miśritaṃ cāpi pakṣīndra na sattavamiti kīrtyate / rajorāśistamorāśirityevaṃ vibudhā viduḥ // > and although mixed, O king of birds, it is not celebrated as sattva. / The wise know it as the 'mass of rajas' and the 'mass of tamas'. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4.38) viṣaṃ tu carudugdhasthaṃ viṣamityucyate yathā / evaṃ mayoktā garuḍa guṇānāṃ nijasaṃsthitiḥ // > Just as poison placed in sweet milk is called poison, / even so has the inherent state of the qualities been spoken by me, O Garuḍa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4.39) sāmyāvasthāṃ guṇānāṃ ca śṛṇvidānīṃ khageśvara / rāśīkṛtācca rajasaḥ janyaṃ yacca kageśvara // > Now hear about the state of equilibrium of the qualities, O lord of birds: / whatever is produced from accumulated rajas, O lord of birds, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4.40) mahattattve praviṣṭaṃ ca yadrajaḥ parikīrtitam / pralaye samanuprāpte mahattattve sthitaṃ rajaḥ // > and the rajas that has entered the principle of Mahat— / when dissolution has arrived, the rajas situated in the principle of Mahat > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4.41) dvādaśāṃśena tu hyaddhā vibhaktaṃ bhavatiṃ prabho / rāśībhūte hi sattve tu daśabhāgena miśritam // > is truly divided into twelve parts, O lord. / Mixed with ten parts in accumulated sattva, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4.42) samyak bhavati pakṣīndra tathaikāṃśena cāṇḍaja / tamorāśyā miśritaṃ ca bhavatyeva na saṃśayaḥ // > it becomes complete, O king of birds; and likewise with one part, O egg-born one, / it is mixed with the mass of tamas; there is no doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4.43) anyenaikena bhāgena rajorāśyā khageśvara / miśritaṃ bhavatītyevaṃ jñātavyaṃ nānyathā kvacit // > With another one part, O lord of birds, / it is mixed with the mass of rajas; thus it is to be known, never otherwise. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4.44) guṇatrayepi bhagavānmahattattvasya cāṇḍaja / evaṃ layastu jñātavyo hṛdi tattvārthavodibhiḥ // > Even in the three qualities, the blessed \[dissolution\] of the principle of Mahat, O egg-born one, / such a dissolution is to be understood in the heart by those who proclaim the true reality. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4.45) evaṃ guṇatrayāṇāṃ ca miśritattvātkhageśvara / guṇasāmyamiti prāhurevaṃ jānīhi vai khaga // > Thus, because the three qualities are mixed, O lord of birds, / they call it 'equilibrium of the qualities'; know it thus, O bird! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4.46) anyathā ye vijānanti te yānti hyadharaṃ tamaḥ / garuḍa uvāca / rāśīkṛtaguṇānāṃ ca trayāṇāṃ parameśvara // > Those who understand otherwise go to the lowest darkness. / Garuḍa said: / Of the three accumulated qualities, O Supreme Lord, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4.47) viśālānāṃ paraṃ brahmanpralaye guṇasāmyatā / kathaṃ brūhi mahābhāga etattattvaṃ samāsataḥ // > which are vast, O Supreme Brahman, how is there equilibrium of the qualities at dissolution? / Tell me this truth concisely, O most fortunate one! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4.48) śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / rāśībhūtaguṇānāṃ tu trayaṇāmapi sattama / tadā vimiśritatvena hyavasthānaṃ vidurbudhāḥ // > Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: / The wise know the state of the three accumulated qualities, / O best of beings, as being mixed at that time. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4.49) idānīṃ guṇavaiṣamyaṃ śṛṇu samyaṅ mama priya / sṛṣṭikāle tu saṃprāpte yatpūrvaṃ pralaye khaga // > Now hear properly about the disequilibrium of the qualities, O my dear one! / When the time of creation has arrived, what was previously in dissolution, O bird— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4.50) daśabhāgaiśca sattve tu miśritaṃ yadra jastathā / tamasyapyekabhāgena praviṣṭaṃ yattu tadrajaḥ // > the rajas that was mixed with sattva by ten parts, / and that rajas which entered tamas by one part, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4.51) rajasyapyekabhāgena praviṣṭaṃ yacca tadrajaḥ / evaṃ dvādaśabhāgaiśca praviṣṭaṃ sarvaśo rajaḥ // > and that rajas which entered rajas by one part— / thus the rajas that had entered completely in twelve parts, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4.52) sattvastairdaśabhāgaiśca tathaikena rajoṃśinā / evamekādaśairbhāgaistamasthāṃśena vai vdija // > with those ten parts of sattva and with one portion of rajas, / thus by eleven parts, with the portion situated in tamas, O twice-born one, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4.53) miśritaṃ bhavati hyaddhā mahattattvaṃ tadā smṛtam / etadanyo viśeṣaśca mantadhyo vinatāsuta // > it becomes truly mixed; it is then remembered as the principle of Mahat. / Another distinction besides this must be considered, O son of Vinatā: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4.54) ekāṃśastāmaso jñeyo mahattattve na saṃśayaḥ / evaṃ trayodaśairbhāgairmiśritaṃ tacca sattama // > one part is to be known as consisting of tamas in the principle of Mahat, no doubt; / thus mixed by thirteen parts, O best of beings, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4.55) evametadvijānīyānnānyathā tu kathañcana / garuḍa uvāca / caturmukhācchrutaṃ pūrvaṃ bhagavansāttvatāṃ pate // > thus one should understand this; never indeed otherwise. / Garuḍa said: / Previously it was heard from the Four-faced One, O Blessed One, O lord of the Sāttvatas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4.56) caturbhāgātsamutpannaṃ mahattattvamiti prabho / tatraikāṃśastamaḥ proktaḥ tribhāgo raja eva ca // > that the principle of Mahat arose from four parts, O lord: / among them, one part is declared as tamas, and three parts as rajas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4.57) tadāhurbrahmaṇo rūpaṃ guṇavaiṣamyanāmakam / caturbhāgātmakaṃ proktaṃ mahattattvaṃ śrutaṃ mayā // > That they call the form of Brahmā, named 'disequilibrium of the qualities'. / The principle of Mahat was declared as consisting of four parts; so it was heard by me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4.58) trayodaśāṃśaiḥ saṃbhūtamiti proktaṃ tvayānagha / tadetatsaṃśayaṃ chindhi kṛpālo bhaktavatsala // > By you, O sinless one, it has been said to be arisen from thirteen parts; / sever this doubt of mine, O merciful one, lover of your devotees! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4.59) śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / brahmoktamya mayoktasya vivādo nāsti sarvathā / mūlasattve miśritaṃ ca daśabhāgena yadrajaḥ // > The Holy Lord said: / There is no contradiction at all between what was stated by Brahmā and what was stated by Me. / In the primal sattva, the rajas that is blended by a tenth part— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4.60) tatsarvaṃ ca militvaiva tveko bhāgastu kīrtitaḥ / mūle rajasi yaccokto rajobhāgaḥ khageśvara // > all that, having combined, is indeed declared to be one part. / And regarding the primal rajas, O Lord of Birds, the part of rajas that was mentioned, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4.61) bhāge dvitīye vijñeyastadrajo nātra saṃśayaḥ / mūle tamasi yaccokto rajobhāgastathaiva ca // > is to be understood as that rajas in the second part; of this there is no doubt. / And regarding the primal tamas, the part of rajas that was likewise mentioned > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4.62) tṛtīyabhāgo vijñeyo nātra kāryā vicāraṇā / tathā mūle ca tamasi hyeko bhāgastamaḥ smṛtaḥ // > is to be understood as the third part; no doubt should be entertained here. / And likewise in the primal tamas, one part is considered to be tamas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4.63) evaṃ tribhāgo rajasaḥ ekāṃśastamasaḥ smṛtaḥ / tadāhurbrahmaṇo dehaṃ guṇavaiṣamyanāmakam // > Thus, three parts are considered to be of rajas, and one part of tamas. / They declare that to be the body of Brahmā, named 'the inequality of the guṇas'. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4.64) garuḍa uvāca / mahattattvasya catvāro bhāgāsteṣu rajastrayaḥ / tamasastveka eveti tvayoktaṃ garuḍadhvaja // > Garuḍa said: / Four parts belong to the principle of mahat, among which three are rajas / and only one is tamas: so it has been spoken by You, O Garuḍadhvaja. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4.65) rajobhāgātmako dehoḥ brahmaṇaḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ / iti pratīyate brahmanvacanāttava mādhava // > The body of Brahmā, the supreme lord, consists of a portion of rajas: / so it is understood, O Brahman, from Your word, O Mādhava. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4.66) śuddhasattvātmako deho brahmaṇaḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ / evaṃ hi śrūyate kṛṣṇa saṃśayo metra bādhate // > Yet the body of Brahmā, the supreme lord, consists of pure sattva: / thus indeed it is heard, O Kṛṣṇa; doubt troubles me regarding this. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4.67) tamevaṃ saṃśayaṃ chindhi yaddhi tacchrotumarhati / śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / tribhāgabhūte rajasi tathā dvādaśadhāpi ca // > Cut away this very doubt, for indeed \[the truth\] deserves to be heard. / The Holy Lord said: / In the rajas that constitutes three parts, and also in twelve ways, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4.68) rajasopekṣayā sattvaṃ daśāṃśādhikameva ca / praviṣṭamastīti khaga jñātavyaṃ tacchaṇu dvija // > sattva, in comparison with rajas, has entered / exceeding it by a tenfold portion, O bird; know this, hear it, O twice-born one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4.69) tamasopekṣayā sattvaṃ daśāṃśādhikameva vai / praviṣṭamastīti khaga vaktavyaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ // > In comparison with tamas, sattva has indeed entered / exceeding it by a tenfold portion, O bird; it is to be so stated, there is no doubt here. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4.70) tamasopekṣayā tatra tama ekādaśaṃ smṛtam / ekāṃśastu rajo jñeyamevamāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ / evaṃ ca militānbhāgānvakṣye śṛṇu mahāmate // > There, in comparison with tamas, tamas is considered an eleventh; / and one part is to be known as rajas: so the wise declare. / And thus I shall speak of the combined parts; listen, O great-minded one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4.71) mahattattvasamutpattā upādānaṃ khageśvara / trayodaśāṃśā vijñeyā dvādaśāśaṃ rajaḥ smṛtam // > In the origination of the principle of mahat, O Lord of Birds, the material causes / are to be known as thirteen parts; twelve parts are considered to be rajas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4.72) ekāṃśastamaso jñeyastatra bhāgāñchṛṇu dvijā / ādau tu dvādaśāṃśeṣu bhāgānvakṣyāmi tacchṛṇu // > One part is to be known of tamas; hear the divisions therein, O twice-born one. / First, among the twelve parts, I shall declare the portions; listen to that. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4.73) ekāṃśastamaso jñeyastaddaśāṃ śādhikaṃ rajaḥ / tacchatāṃśādhikaṃ sattvamevamāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ // > One part is to be known of tamas; rajas exceeds that ten times; / sattva exceeds that a hundred times: so the wise declare. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4.74) ekāṃśatamasi hyevaṃ vibhāgāñchṛṇu sattama / ekāṃśastu rajo jñeyastamo hyekā daśādhikam // > Thus, in the one part of tamas, hear the divisions, O best of beings: / one part is to be known as rajas, and tamas is eleven times greater. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4.75) tamobhāgāstu vijñeyāstaddaśāṃśādhikaḥ smṛtaḥ / sattvabhāga iti jñeyo mahattattve khageśvara // > The parts of tamas are to be known, and exceeding that by ten times is considered / the portion of sattva; thus it is to be understood in the principle of mahat, O Lord of Birds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4.76) sattvāṃśo bahulo yasmācchuddhasattvaṃ caturmukhaḥ / utpattirmahataścoktā evaṃ ca vinatāsuta // > Because the portion of sattva is abundant, the Four-faced One is of pure sattva; / and thus the arising of mahat has been declared, O son of Vinatā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4.77) tajjñānānmokṣamāpnoti nānyathā tu kathañcana // > From the knowledge of that, one attains liberation, and by no other means whatsoever. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.4.77.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4.77.p1) iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe uttarakhaṇḍe kṛṣṇa garuḍasaṃvāde tṛtīyāṃśe brahmakāṇḍe guṇavaiṣamyabhedabrahmadehasvarūpaguṇasāmyanirūpaṇaṃ nāma caturtho 'dhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the fourth chapter, named 'The exposition of the equality of the guṇas, the nature of Brahmā's body, and the division of the inequality of the guṇas', in the Brahmakāṇḍa, the third section of the conversation between Kṛṣṇa and Garuḍa in the Uttarakhaṇḍa of the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.3.4.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.4) · Pramāṇa