[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) › 1.233 # Garudapurana 1.233 English (machine translation) 1.233 - **Language:** English ## Contents - [1.233.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.233.11) — 1 part ### [1.233.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.233.1) Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa — 233 Sūta said: / I shall declare that praise spoken by Mārkaṇḍeya: / 'I have surrendered to Dāmodara; what will Death do to me? ### [1.233.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.233.2) The god bearing the conch and discus, of manifest form, imperishable, / to Adhokṣaja I have surrendered; what will Death do to me? ### [1.233.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.233.3) The Boar, the Dwarf, Viṣṇu, the Man-Lion, Janārdana, / and Mādhava I have surrendered to; what will Death do to me? ### [1.233.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.233.4) To the Puruṣa, the seed of the field of Puṣkara, the holy lord of the universe, / the protector of the world I have surrendered; what will Death do to me? ### [1.233.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.233.5) To the thousand-headed god, manifest and unmanifest, eternal, / the great yoga I have surrendered; what will Death do to me? ### [1.233.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.233.6) To the Self of beings, the Great Self, the source of sacrifice, not born of a womb, / the universal form I have surrendered; what will Death do to me?' ### [1.233.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.233.7) Hearing this praise uttered by that great-souled one, / Death then fled away, tormented by the messengers of Viṣṇu. ### [1.233.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.233.8) Thus was Death conquered by that wise Mārkaṇḍeya. / When the Lotus-eyed One, Nṛsiṃha, is pleased, nothing is difficult to obtain. ### [1.233.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.233.9) This holy eight-verse hymn on Death, auspicious and quelling death, / was spoken by Viṣṇu himself for the welfare of Mārkaṇḍeya. ### [1.233.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.233.10) He who, restrained and pure, recites this with devotion at the three junctures of the day, / for that man whose mind is fixed on Acyuta there will be no untimely death. ### [1.233.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.233.11) Contemplating the ancient Puruṣa in the middle of the heart-lotus, Nārāyaṇa, eternal, immeasurable, / shining brighter than the sun, that yogin conquered death in that very manner. ### [1.233.11.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.233.11.p1) Thus ends the two hundred and thirty-third chapter in the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, called the Hymn of the Eight Verses on Death composed by Mārkaṇḍeya. ## Linked texts (1) - [Garuḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.233.1) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.233](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.233) · Pramāṇa