[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) › 3.8 # Garudapurana 3.8 Garuḍapurāṇa 3.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [3.8.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.8.17) — 1 part ### [3.8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.8.1) śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 8 kratoranantaraṃ jāto mitro (śro) nāma khageśvara / nārāyaṇaṃ jagadyoniṃ stotuṃ samupacakrame // > The glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa: \[Chapter\] 8. / Born after Kratu, \[the one\] named Mitra, O Lord of Birds, / began to praise Nārāyaṇa, the source of the world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.8.2) mitra uvāca / natosmyajñastvaccaraṇāravindaṃ bhavacchidaṃ svastyayanaṃ bhavacchide / veda svayaṃ bhagavānvāsudevo nāhaṃ nāgnirna tridevā munīndrāḥ // > Mitra said: / 'Ignorant, I bow to your lotus feet, which cut through worldly existence, an auspicious path for cutting through worldly existence. / The Blessed Lord Vāsudeva himself knows; not I, nor Fire, nor the three gods, nor the lords of sages. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.8.3) athāpare bhāgavatapradhānā yadā na jānīyurathāpare kutaḥ / māṃ pāhi nityaṃ paratopyadhīśa viśvāmitrānnyūna eveti nityam / ahaṃ parjanyārdviguṇa eva nityamato mama stavane nāsti śaktiḥ // > Now, when the foremost among other devotees of the Lord do not know, then whence could others? / Protect me always, O Supreme Master, \[remembering\] that I am always lower than Viśvāmitra; / I have always twice \[the qualities\] of Parjanya; therefore I have no capacity to praise.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.8.4) evaṃ stutvā hariṃ mitrastūṣṇīmāsa tadā khaga / tadanantarajā tārā stotuṃ samupacakrame // > Having thus praised Hari, Mitra then sat silent, O bird; / after him, the younger Tārā undertook to praise. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.8.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.8.5) tārovāca ananyena tu bhāvena bhaktiṃ kurvanti ye dṛḍhām / tvatkṛte tyaktakarmāṇastyaktasvajanabāndhavāḥ // > Tārā said: / 'Those who practice firm devotion with undivided heart, / having abandoned their rites for your sake, having abandoned their own people and kinsmen, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.8.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.8.6) tvadāśrayāṃ kathāṃ śrutvā (dṛṣṭvā) śṛṇvanti kathayanti ca / tathaite sādhavo viṣṇo sarvasaṃgavivarjitāḥ // > and having heard of your sanctuary, hear and recount the narrative— / thus are these virtuous ones, O Viṣṇu, free from all attachment. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.8.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.8.7) tanmadhye patitāṃ pāhi sadā mitrasamāṃ prabho / tārānantarajaḥ prāha nirṛtiśca khageśvara // > Protect \[me\] who have fallen among them, who am always equal to Mitra, O Lord!' / After Tārā, Nirṛti spoke, O Lord of Birds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.8.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.8.8) nirṛtiruvāca / yogena tvayyarpitayā ca bhaktyā saṃyānti lokāḥ paramāṃ gatiṃ ca / āsevayā sarvaguṇādhikānāṃ jñānena vairāgyayutenadave // > Nirṛti said: / 'Through yoga and through devotion offered to you, people go to the supreme state, / and through attendance on those who excel in all virtues, through knowledge accompanied by detachment, O unassailable one, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.8.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.8.9) cittasya nigraheṇaiva viṣṇoryānti paraṃ padam / ato māṃ pāhi dayayā sadā tārāsamaṃ prabho / tadanantarajā stotuṃ prāvahī taṃ pracakrame // > and through control of the mind alone they attain the supreme abode of Viṣṇu. / Therefore protect me with compassion, \[I who am\] always equal to Tārā, O Lord!' / After him, his younger \[sister\] Prāvahī undertook to praise him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.8.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.8.10) pravāhyuvāca / sutāḥ prasaṃgena bhavanti vīryāttava prasādātparamāḥ sampadaśca / yā hyuttamaślokarasāyanāḥ kathāstatsevanādāstvapavargavartmani // > Prāvahī said: / 'Sons are born from virility through association; and by your grace, supreme prosperities arise. / Let there be devotion on the path of liberation through attending to those stories that are an elixir of \[the Lord of\] excellent fame, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.8.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.8.11) bhaktirbhavetsarvadā devadeva sadāpyahaṃ nirṛteḥ sāmyameva / saharbhāṣyakomitraḥ tkayītāraḥ prakīrtitāḥ // > at all times, O God of gods! I am always equal to Nirṛti. / Mitra, \[...\], and Tārā are proclaimed \[together\]; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.8.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.8.12) koṇādhipo nirṛtiśca prāvahī pravahapriyā / catvāra ete parjanyāttriguṇāḥ parikīrtitāḥ // > and Nirṛti, the lord of the corner, and Prāvahī, beloved of Pravaha— / these four are declared to have three times \[the qualities\] of Parjanya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.8.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.8.13) tadanantarajānvakṣye tāñchṛṇu tvaṃ khageśvara / pravāhabhāryānantarajo viṣvaksenothapārṣadaḥ / vāyuputro mahābhāgaḥ hariṃ stotuṃ pracakrame // > I shall speak of those born after them; listen to them, O Lord of Birds! / Born after the wife of Pravaha, the attendant Viṣvaksena, / the fortunate son of Vāyu, undertook to praise Hari. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.8.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.8.14) viṣvaksena uvāca / bhagavānmokṣadaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ pūrṇānando sadāyadi / yadi syātparamā bhaktirhya parokṣatvasādhanā // > Viṣvaksena said: / 'The Blessed One, Kṛṣṇa, is the giver of liberation and full of bliss, if always / there is supreme devotion that accomplishes direct perception; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.8.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.8.15) tathā svagurumārabhya brahmānteṣu ca sādhuṣu / tadyogyatānusāreṇa bhaktirniṣkapaṭā yadi // > and likewise, if there is guileless devotion toward the virtuous, / beginning with one’s own guru up to Brahmā, according to their eligibility; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.8.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.8.16) tulasyādiṣu jīveṣu yadi syātprītiraṇḍaja / saṃsmṛtiśca tadā nāśī bhūyādeva na saṃśayaḥ // > and if there is love toward living beings such as tulasī, O bird, / then worldly transmigration will surely be destroyed; of this there is no doubt.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.8.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.8.17) evaṃ stuttvā mahābhāgo viṣvakse no mahāprabho / tūṣṇīṃ babhūva garuḍa prāñjalirnamrakandharaḥ / mitrādahaṃ nyūna eva nātra kāryā vicāraṇā // > Having thus praised, O great Lord, the fortunate Viṣvaksena / fell silent, O Garuḍa, with folded hands and bent neck: / "I am certainly lower than Mitra; no consideration is needed on this matter." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.8.17.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.8.17.p1) iti śrīgā- ma- u- tṛ- dha- viṣṇustutirdevatāramyādi- aṣṭamo 'dhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the eighth chapter \[...\] in the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.3.8.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.8) · Pramāṇa