[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Garuḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt) › 1.125 # Garudapurana 1.125 English (machine translation) 1.125 - **Language:** English ## Contents - [1.125.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.125.7) — 1 part ### [1.125.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.125.1) The glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa — 125 / Pitāmaha said: / King Māndhātā became a universal monarch by fasting on the eleventh lunar day. / One should not eat on the eleventh day in either of the two fortnights. ### [1.125.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.125.2) An eleventh lunar day mixed with the tenth was fasted by Gāndhārī; / her hundred sons were lost, therefore one should avoid it. ### [1.125.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.125.3) Where the eleventh day meets the twelfth, there Hari is present; / where the eleventh day meets the tenth, there an asura is present. / When doubt arises through the conflict of many statements, ### [1.125.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.125.4) Then the twelfth lunar day is to be accepted, and breaking the fast takes place on the thirteenth. / Even if the eleventh day lasts for only a minute fraction, the twelfth day is likewise to be fasted. ### [1.125.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.125.5) The eleventh, the twelfth, and especially the thirteenth: / that lunar day combining the three is to be observed as auspicious and destroying all sins. ### [1.125.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.125.6) O twice-born one, fasting on the eleventh day, or on the twelfth, / one should indeed observe the threefold combination, but never \[a day\] joined with the tenth. ### [1.125.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.125.7) Keeping vigil at night, listening to the Purāṇas, / and worshipping Gadādhara, King Rukmāṅgada attained liberation by fasting on both eleventh days, as did others \[by performing\] the observance of the eleventh lunar day. ### [1.125.7.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.125.7.p1) Thus ends the one hundred and twenty-fifth chapter, named 'The Greatness of the Eleventh Lunar Day', in the Ritual Section called the First Part of the First Section of the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa. ## Linked texts (1) - [Garuḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.125.1) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.125) · Pramāṇa