[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) › 1.33 # Garudapurana 1.33 English (machine translation) 1.33 - **Language:** English ## Contents - [1.33.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.33.16) — 1 part ### [1.33.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.33.1) The glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, Chapter 33. / Rudra said: / Speak to me of the worship of Sudarśana, O wielder of the conch and mace, / by performing which planetary afflictions, diseases, and all else are surely destroyed. ### [1.33.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.33.2) Hari said: / Hear, O you whose banner bears a bull, the worship of the discus Sudarśana: / one should first take a bath, and then worship Hari. ### [1.33.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.33.3) The placement is performed with the root-mantra; hear the root-mantra: / preceded by the praṇava, the mantra is ‘Sahasrāra huṃ phaṭ namaḥ’. ### [1.33.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.33.4) It is proclaimed as the destroyer of all wicked ones, the breaker of mantras; / one should meditate upon the god Sudarśana in the pure, auspicious lotus of the heart, ### [1.33.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.33.5) Bearing conch, discus, mace, and lotus, gentle, wearing a crown; / having invoked the god in the maṇḍala by the previously stated procedure, O Hara, ### [1.33.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.33.6) One should worship him, O Maheśvara, with articles of worship beginning with perfume and flowers; / having worshipped, a man should recite the mantra one hundred and eight times. ### [1.33.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.33.7) Whoever performs this excellent worship of the discus in this way, O Rudra, / freed from all diseases, shall attain the world of Viṣṇu. ### [1.33.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.33.8) Afterwards one should recite this hymn, which destroys all illnesses: / ‘Obeisance to Sudarśana, who has the brilliance of a thousand suns; ### [1.33.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.33.9) To the one blazing with a garland of flames, the thousand-spoked one, the eye, / to the destroyer of all wicked beings, the crusher of all sins; ### [1.33.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.33.10) To the auspicious discus, the great discus, the breaker of all mantras, / to the progenitor, the upholder of the world, obeisance to the destroyer of the world; ### [1.33.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.33.11) To the protector of the worlds, the destroyer of wicked asuras, / to the fierce, and gentle, and obeisance, obeisance to the wrathful one; ### [1.33.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.33.12) Obeisance to the one whose form is the eye, the shatterer of the fear of worldly existence, / the breaker of the cage of delusion, and obeisance, obeisance to the auspicious one; ### [1.33.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.33.13) To the one whose form is planets and super-planets, obeisance to the lord of the planets; / to Time, to Death, and obeisance, obeisance to the terrible one; ### [1.33.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.33.14) To the giver of grace to devotees, and obeisance, obeisance to the protector of devotees; / to the one whose form is Viṣṇu, the tranquil one, and the bearer of weapons; ### [1.33.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.33.15) To the weapon of Viṣṇu, to the discus, obeisance, again and again obeisance!’ / Thus the greatly meritorious hymn of the discus has been proclaimed to you. ### [1.33.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.33.16) He who recites it with supreme devotion goes to the world of Viṣṇu; / and the restrained person who recites the rite of worshipping the discus, O Rudra, / having reduced sin to ashes, becomes fit for the world of Viṣṇu. ### [1.33.16.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.33.16.p1) Thus in the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, in the first section called the first part, in the section on conduct, the thirty-third chapter entitled ‘The Rule for the Worship of Sudarśana’. ## Linked texts (1) - [Garuḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.33.1) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.33) · Pramāṇa