[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) › 1.200 # Garudapurana 1.200 English (machine translation) 1.200 - **Language:** English ## Contents - [1.200.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.200.9) — 1 part ### [1.200.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.200.1) The glorious Garuḍa Purāṇa, Chapter 200. / Bhairava said: / I shall explain, O goddess, victory through the breath, victory, defeat, and travels abroad, / and the four auspicious \[elements\] named Wind, Fire, Water, and Indra. ### [1.200.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.200.2) Wind resides in the left and the right, and is abundant; / Fire flows upward, and Varuṇa flows downward. ### [1.200.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.200.3) Mahendra resides in the middle; during the bright fortnight it goes on the left, / and in the dark fortnight it goes on the right, flowing for three days each from sunrise. ### [1.200.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.200.4) It should flow on the first lunar day and so forth; if it is reversed, there is misfortune. / If sunrise occurs by the solar path and sunset by the lunar \[path\], ### [1.200.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.200.5) the multitudes of good qualities increase; otherwise, obstacles properly follow. / Sixteen transitions of breath are proclaimed in the day and night, O fair-faced lady. ### [1.200.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.200.6) When the wind shifts after remaining for half of half a watch (forty-five minutes), / a loss of health is then to be recognized, as the wind wanders in embodied beings. ### [1.200.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.200.7) The breath in the right nostril is beneficial for eating and sexual intercourse; / sword in hand, filled with desire, one would conquer enemies in battle. ### [1.200.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.200.8) On the left side, departure is best and adorned with success in all undertakings; / when the breath flows abiding there, an inquiry about what has occurred is auspicious. ### [1.200.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.200.9) When the wind belongs to Mahendra or Varuṇa, no fault whatsoever arises; / when it flows on the right, there is drought; when it flows on the left, there is rain. ### [1.200.9.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.200.9.p1) Thus ends the two hundredth chapter in the Ācārakāṇḍa, designated as the first section, in the Pūrvakhaṇḍa of the glorious Garuḍa Purāṇa. ## Linked texts (1) - [Garuḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.200.1) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.200](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.200) · Pramāṇa