[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) › 1.178 # Garudapurana 1.178 English (machine translation) 1.178 - **Language:** English ## Contents - [1.178.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.178.28) — 1 part ### [1.178.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.178.1) Hari said: / Brahmadaṇḍī, vacā, kuṣṭha, priyaṅgu, and nāgakeśara— / one should offer them combined with betel to women with the mantra for their subjugation: / "Om to Nārāyaṇī svāhā!" ### [1.178.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.178.2) To whomever betel is given with the proper mantra, that person becomes subdued: / "Om Hari, Hari, svāhā!" ### [1.178.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.178.3) Cow's tooth and yellow orpiment combined with a crow's tongue, / powdered and placed upon someone's head—that person becomes subdued. / White mustard floral offerings placed in whosever house cause ruin to it. ### [1.178.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.178.4) The root of vibhītaka and śākhoṭaka, combined with leaves, / placed at someone's house-door—strife indeed occurs there. ### [1.178.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.178.5) One should grind the flesh of a wagtail with honey; / from smearing the vagina during the fertile period, a man becomes a slave. ### [1.178.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.178.6) Agarwood and guggulu, combined with blue water lily, / fumigated with jaggery: one becomes beloved at the king's gate. ### [1.178.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.178.7) White aparājitā root ground and mixed with rocanā— / whomever one looks upon with a forehead mark of it, one can subjugate in the king's palace. ### [1.178.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.178.8) Kākajaṅghā, vacā, kuṣṭha, nimba leaf, and fine saffron, / combined with one's own blood: a person becomes subdued. ### [1.178.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.178.9) Having taken auspicious blood of a wild cat, / it should be steeped in karañja oil; then lampblack over a Rudra-fire / one should collect on a lotus leaf; from using that collyrium, one becomes invisible. ### [1.178.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.178.10) "Om, salutation to the bearer of the sword and thunderbolt, the great Yakṣa commander-in-chief, svāhā! / Om to Rudra hrāṃ hrīṃ, the Tvaritā knowledge possessing excellent power! / Om Mothers, immobilize, svāhā!" / Having muttered this spell a thousand times, it wards off thieves. / The root of mahāsugandhikā held at the waist restrains semen. ### [1.178.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.178.11) "Om, salutation to all beings, salutation, grant success, grant success, svāhā!" / Having consecrated a karavīra flower seven times / and waved it before women, in an instant she falls under one's control. ### [1.178.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.178.12) One should grind brahmadaṇḍī, vacā, and patra with honey; / and from anointing her body \[with it\], a woman desires no other husband. ### [1.178.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.178.13) The crest of brahmadaṇḍī put in the mouth arrests the flow of semen; / the root of jayantī kept in the mouth grants victory in lawsuits. ### [1.178.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.178.14) The root of bhṛṅgarāja ground up and mixed with semen, / and applied as collyrium to the two eyes, will indeed bring a man under control. ### [1.178.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.178.15) Giving the crest of aparājitā combined with a blue lotus / together with betel is an excellent means of subjugation. ### [1.178.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.178.16) In the big toe, in the foot, in the ankle, in the knee, and likewise in the hips; / in the navel, in the chest, and in the abdomen, in the armpit, in the throat, on the cheek, ### [1.178.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.178.17) on the lip, in the eye, and on the forehead, and on the crown of the head the digits of the moon are situated; / for women in the bright fortnight \[they move\] upwards, and in the dark fortnight downwards for men. ### [1.178.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.178.18) On the left side and on the right side in succession, O Rudra, producing excitement and the like. / Sixty-four arts are taught in the Kāmaśāstra that cause subjugation; / beginning with embracing, they subjugate women who are lovers. ### [1.178.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.178.19) Gorocanā, fragrant flowers, neem blossom, priyaṅgu, / saffron, and sandalwood: with a forehead-mark \[made from these\], one subjugates the world. ### [1.178.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.178.20) “Oṃ hrīṃ, O Goddess Gaurī, give me good fortune, subjugation of children, and the like! / Oṃ hrīṃ, O Goddess Lakṣmī, \[give me\] all good fortune that enchants the three worlds!” ### [1.178.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.178.21) From the anointing of fragrant turmeric and saffrons, / and by the incense of fragrant flowers and the like, one will subjugate \[others\], O Rudra. ### [1.178.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.178.22) Durālabhā, vacā, kuṣṭha, saffron, and śatāvarī / mixed with sesame oil: from anointing the vulva \[with this\], a man is subjugated. ### [1.178.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.178.23) A woman having fumigated her vulva with the smoke of neem wood / will become fortunate, O Rudra, and her husband will become her slave. ### [1.178.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.178.24) Buffalo butter, kuṣṭha, and madhuyaṣṭikā: / good fortune arises from anointing the vulva \[with these\], and her husband will likewise become her slave. ### [1.178.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.178.25) Madhuyaṣṭi, cow's milk, and likewise kaṇṭakārikā: / one should drink equal parts of these with hot water / reduced to one-fourth; an excellent conception results. ### [1.178.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.178.26) One should steep citron seeds together with milk; / having drunk that, she obtains conception; here no doubt should be entertained. ### [1.178.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.178.27) Citron seeds and roots of the castor-oil plant, / having combined \[them\] with ghee, a woman desiring a son should drink. ### [1.178.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.178.28) Aśvagandhā boiled with nectar-like milk causes urination. / But one should grind seeds of palāśa with honey; / a menstruating woman, having drunk \[it\], becomes free from the conception of flowers \[i.e., menses\]. ### [1.178.28.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.178.28.p1) Thus ends the one hundred and seventy-eighth chapter in the Ācārakāṇḍa, designated as the first section of the Pūrvakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa. ## Linked texts (1) - [Garuḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.178.1) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.178) · Pramāṇa