[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) › 1.196 # Garudapurana 1.196 English (machine translation) 1.196 - **Language:** English ## Contents - [1.196.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.196.16) — 1 part ### [1.196.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.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. ### [1.196.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.196.2) 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; ### [1.196.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.196.3) 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. ### [1.196.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.196.4) 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. ### [1.196.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.196.5) The syllable Oṃ between the eyebrows, from the crown of the head, crest, eyes, and so forth, / reciting this mantra-placement: 'Oṃ, to Viṣṇu'. ### [1.196.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.196.6) 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; ### [1.196.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.196.7) likewise Trivikrama in the sky, and may Vāmana protect on dry land; / Nārasiṃha in the forest, and may Rāma protect on the mountain; ### [1.196.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.196.8) 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; ### [1.196.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.196.9) Hayagrīva from deities, Kumāra from Kāmadeva, / the god Nārada from worshipping another, and the Tortoise incarnation always in the southwest; ### [1.196.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.196.10) 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; ### [1.196.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.196.11) may the Buddha protect from the assembly of heretics, and Kalkin from sin; / may Viṣṇu guard at midday, and may Nārāyaṇa protect at dawn; ### [1.196.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.196.12) the slayer of Madhu in the afternoon, and may Mādhava protect at dusk; / may Hṛṣīkeśa protect at nightfall, and may Janārdana protect at daybreak; ### [1.196.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.196.13) may Śrīdhara protect at midnight, and Padmanābha in the dead of night; / may the discus, the Kaumodakī mace, and arrows destroy enemies and rākṣasas; ### [1.196.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.196.14) 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; ### [1.196.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.196.15) may Śeṣa in the form of a serpent always protect me everywhere, / and in intermediate directions and cardinal directions may Nārasiṃha always protect. ### [1.196.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.196.16) 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. ### [1.196.16.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.196.16.p1) Thus ends the one hundred and ninety-sixth chapter in the Ācārakāṇḍa of the first section in the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa. ## Linked texts (1) - [Garuḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.196.1) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.196) · Pramāṇa