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Garudapurana 1.196

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1.196.1

The glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa: 196 / Hari said: / Having recited it, he attained Indra's state through the lore named Viṣṇudharma, / having conquered all enemies; and I shall proclaim it, O Maheśvara.

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Upon the feet, knees, thighs, belly, heart, and chest, / on the mouth, and on the head, one should successively deposit the syllables beginning with Oṃ;

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with [the mantra] 'Homage to Nārāyaṇa', and in reverse order as well. / Then one should perform the placement on the hands with the twelve-syllable lore.

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From the praṇava to the syllable 'ya' on the joints of the fingers and thumb, / one should deposit the syllable Oṃ on the heart, and the entire mantra on the crown of the head.

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The syllable Oṃ between the eyebrows, from the crown of the head, crest, eyes, and so forth, / reciting this mantra-placement: 'Oṃ, to Viṣṇu'.

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One should meditate upon the supreme Self, and on the rest endowed with its energies: / 'May Hari protect me; may the Fish incarnation protect me in the water;

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likewise Trivikrama in the sky, and may Vāmana protect on dry land; / Nārasiṃha in the forest, and may Rāma protect on the mountain;

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may the Boar protect on the earth; may Nārāyaṇa protect in the sky; / and may Kapila protect from bondage of action, and Datta from disease;

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Hayagrīva from deities, Kumāra from Kāmadeva, / the god Nārada from worshipping another, and the Tortoise incarnation always in the southwest;

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and Dhanvantari from unwholesome diet, the Serpent indeed from falling under the sway of wrath, / Yajña from all disease, and may Vyāsa protect from ignorance;

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may the Buddha protect from the assembly of heretics, and Kalkin from sin; / may Viṣṇu guard at midday, and may Nārāyaṇa protect at dawn;

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the slayer of Madhu in the afternoon, and may Mādhava protect at dusk; / may Hṛṣīkeśa protect at nightfall, and may Janārdana protect at daybreak;

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may Śrīdhara protect at midnight, and Padmanābha in the dead of night; / may the discus, the Kaumodakī mace, and arrows destroy enemies and rākṣasas;

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and may the conch and lotus against enemies, the Śārṅga bow, and Garuḍa, / and the ornament at his flank protect intellect, senses, mind, and vital breaths;

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may Śeṣa in the form of a serpent always protect me everywhere, / and in intermediate directions and cardinal directions may Nārasiṃha always protect.

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And bearing this, whomever he sees with his eye, / that person will become subdued; he will be free from sin, released from disease, and go to heaven.

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Thus ends the one hundred and ninety-sixth chapter in the Ācārakāṇḍa of the first section in the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa.

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