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hear that first, O Śaṅkara: ### [1.34.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.34.4) ‘Oṃ saiṃ kṣaiṃ śirase namaḥ’—thus accompanied by the praṇava; / this nine-syllable mantra is the bestower of all sciences. ### [1.34.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.34.5) Hear its limb-\[mantras\], O Mahādeva, O you whose banner bears a bull: / ‘Oṃ kṣāṃ to the heart, namaḥ’; / ‘Oṃ kṣīṃ to the head, svāhā’—the head is proclaimed; and likewise ‘kṣūṃ vaṣaṭ’; ### [1.34.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.34.6) Endowed with the syllable Oṃ, it is known as the tuft of hair of the god, O you whose banner bears a bull; / ‘Oṃ kṣaiṃ to the armor, huṃ’—the armor is proclaimed; ### [1.34.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.34.7) ‘Oṃ kṣaiṃ to the three eyes, vauṣaṭ’ is proclaimed as the eye of the god; / ‘Oṃ haḥ to the weapon, phaṭ’ is proclaimed as the weapon of the god. ### [1.34.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.34.8) I shall declare the ritual of worship; listen to me as I speak it: / first having bathed and likewise sipped water, one should then go to the sacrificial chamber. ### [1.34.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.34.9) Then, having entered according to rule, one should perform the desiccation and so forth, / with the seed-syllables ‘yaṃ’, ‘kṣaiṃ’, and ‘raṃ’, and having made it firm with ‘laṃ’, ### [1.34.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.34.10) And having produced the cosmic egg, one should then pierce it with the syllable Oṃ; / inside the cosmic egg one should contemplate oneself as Hayagrīva, ### [1.34.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.34.11) White like a conch, jasmine, or the moon, with the radiance of lotus fibers or silver, / like cow’s milk, likewise having the radiance of ten million suns, / four-armed, holding conch, discus, mace, and lotus, ### [1.34.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.34.12) Wearing a diadem, wearing earrings, adorned with a forest garland, / with a fine discus, lovely cheeks, the all-pervading lord clad in yellow garments. ### [1.34.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.34.13) Having meditated upon the Great Self accompanied by all the gods, / \[one should perform\] the placement with the limb-mantras and likewise with the root-mantra. ### [1.34.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.34.14) And then one should show the auspicious hand-gestures such as the conch and the lotus. / Having meditated, one should worship Viṣṇu with the root-mantra, O Śaṅkara. ### [1.34.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.34.15) And then, O Rudra, one should invoke the deities that belong to the seat: / ‘Oṃ deities of Hayagrīva's seat, come!’ ### [1.34.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.34.16) Having invoked them into the mandala, one should worship them on a svastika or similar diagram. / At the doorway, O bull-bannered god, the worship of Dhātṛ and Vidhātṛ should be performed: ### [1.34.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.34.17) ‘To Acyuta, who has the whole retinue, namaḥ!’ / Worship should be performed in the centre of this; and at the doorway one should worship Gaṅgā, ### [1.34.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.34.18) and the great goddess Yamunā, as well as the treasures Śaṅkha and Padma. / In front, one should worship Garuḍa, and in the centre one should worship the Śakti ### [1.34.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.34.19) named Ādhāra, O Mahādeva; after that one should worship Kūrma; / then Ananta and the Earth; next one should worship dharma and knowledge, ### [1.34.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.34.20) and then dispassion and divine sovereignty in the directions starting with the south-east; / and adharma, ignorance, lack of dispassion, and lack of sovereignty starting in the east. ### [1.34.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.34.21) Then, in the central region, one should worship sattva, rajas, and tamas; / and in the centre one should also worship the root-bulb, the stalk, and the lotus. ### [1.34.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.34.22) The worship of the mandalas known as sun, moon, and fire / must indeed be performed in the central region: thus it is proclaimed, O Rudra. ### [1.34.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.34.23) Vimalā, Utkarṣiṇī, Jñānā, and Kriyā, O bull-bannered god, in the practice of yoga, / Prahvī, Satyā, and likewise Īśānā and Anugrahā: these are indeed the Śaktis. ### [1.34.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.34.24) Vimalā and the rest are to be worshipped on the petals beginning in the east, / and Anugrahā is to be worshipped on the pericarp by men desiring the highest good. ### [1.34.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.34.25) With these names preceded by Praṇava and ending in namaḥ, ending with the fourth case-ending, / with these mantras, O Mahādeva, one should fully worship the seat. ### [1.34.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.34.26) By offering a bath and fragrant paste, by offering flowers and incense, / by presenting a lamp and food-offerings, the auspicious worship of the seat ### [1.34.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.34.27) is to be performed according to this rule: thus it has been proclaimed to you, O Hara. / And then one should invoke the god Hayagrīva, lord of the gods. ### [1.34.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.34.28) One should visualize him coming through the left nostril itself. / With the formula ‘\[Come\] of him who comes’, with the root-mantra, O Śaṅkara, ### [1.34.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.34.29) the invocation of the conch-bearing god of gods is to be performed. / Having invoked him into the mandala, one should unweariedly perform nyāsa for him. ### [1.34.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.34.30) And having performed nyāsa, one should visualize the supreme lord residing there: / Hayagrīva, the great god, bowed to by gods and asuras, ### [1.34.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.34.31) accompanied by the guardians of the world beginning with Indra, Viṣṇu the imperishable. / Having meditated, one should show the auspicious hand-gestures such as the conch and discus. ### [1.34.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.34.32) Then one should offer water for the feet, respectful water, and water for sipping to Viṣṇu; / and then one should bathe the flawless, lotus-navelled god. ### [1.34.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.34.33) Having installed the god according to rule, one should offer clothing, O bull-bannered god; / then indeed one should offer water for sipping, and then an auspicious sacred thread. ### [1.34.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.34.34) And then, O Rudra, one should meditate in the mandala on the god, the supreme lord. / Having meditated, one should again offer water for the feet and the rest to the god, O Śaṅkara. ### [1.34.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.34.35) One should offer to the awe-inspiring god with the root-mantra, O Śaṅkara: / ‘Oṃ kṣāṃ, to the heart, namaḥ’—with this one should worship the heart. ### [1.34.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.34.36) ‘Oṃ kṣīṃ, to the head, namaḥ’—there should be the worship of the head. / ‘Oṃ kṣūṃ, to the crown lock, namaḥ’—with this one should worship the crown lock. ### [1.34.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.34.37) ‘Oṃ kṣaiṃ, to the armour, namaḥ’—one should worship the armour. / ‘Oṃ kṣaiṃ, to the eye, namaḥ’—and with this one should worship the eye. ### [1.34.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.34.38) ‘Oṃ kṣaḥ, to the weapon, namaḥ’—and with this one should worship the weapon. / The heart, the head, the crown lock, and the armour— ### [1.34.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.34.39) these indeed one should worship in the directions beginning in the east. / In the intermediate corners one should worship the weapon, O Rudra; in the centre one should worship the eye. ### [1.34.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.34.40) One should worship the supreme, auspicious goddess Lakṣmī, the bestower of fortune. / One should worship the conch, the lotus, the discus, and the mace starting in the east. ### [1.34.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.34.41) The sword, the pestle, the noose, the goad, and the bow with arrow— / one should worship \[these\] beginning in the east, O Rudra, with these mantras of their own names. ### [1.34.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.34.42) The Śrīvatsa, the Kaustubha, the garland, and the auspicious yellow garments, / \[and\] the bearer of the conch, discus, and mace, one should worship beginning in the east, O Rudra. ### [1.34.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.34.43) Brahmā, Nārada, the Siddha, the guru, and the supreme guru, / and likewise the sandals of the guru and of the supreme guru; ### [1.34.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.34.44) and Indra with his mount and surrounded by his retinue; / Agni, Yama, Nirṛti, Varuṇa, and Vāyu; ### [1.34.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.34.45) Soma, Īśāna, and likewise Brahmā one should fully worship; / from the east up to the zenith one should worship \[them\], O bull-bannered god. ### [1.34.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.34.46) The thunderbolt, lance, staff, sword, noose, banner, and mace, / the trident, discus, and lotus: then one should worship the weapons. ### [1.34.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.34.47) Then one should worship the god Viṣvaksena in the north-east direction. / With these mantras, ending with namaḥ and preceded by Praṇava, O bull-bannered god, ### [1.34.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.34.48) the worship of the infinite lord should be performed, O Mahādeva, O bull-bannered god. / The worship should be performed with the god's root-mantra, O bull-bannered god. ### [1.34.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.34.49) Fragrant paste, flowers, incense, a lamp, and food-offerings, / circumambulation, prostration, and recitation—one should offer these to him. ### [1.34.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.34.50) And one should praise him with another eulogy, \[with mantras\] beginning with Praṇava, O bull-bannered god: / ‘Oṃ, obeisance to Hayaśiras, who is the presiding lord of learning, obeisance! ### [1.34.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.34.51) Obeisance to the one whose form is learning, to the giver of learning, obeisance, obeisance! / Obeisance to the peaceful god, obeisance to the soul of the three guṇas! ### [1.34.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.34.52) To the slayer of gods and asuras, to the destroyer of all wicked ones, / to the ruler of all the worlds, to the one whose form is Brahman, obeisance! ### [1.34.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.34.53) Obeisance to the one worthy of being worshipped by Īśvara, and to the bearer of conch and discus! / Obeisance to the primordial, the self-controlled, and the one devoted to the welfare of all beings! ### [1.34.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.34.54) To the one who has the three guṇas and is devoid of guṇas, having the form of Brahmā and Viṣṇu, / the creator, the destroyer, the lord of gods, the all-pervading: obeisance, obeisance!’ ### [1.34.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.34.55) Having thus performed praise, one should meditate on the god of gods / in the stainless lotus of the heart, O Rudra, the bearer of conch, discus, and mace, ### [1.34.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.34.56) resplendent like ten million suns, beautiful in every limb, / Hayagrīva, the lord of the ruler of the earth, the supreme imperishable Self. ### [1.34.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.34.57) Thus has the worship of Hayagrīva been recounted to you, O Śaṅkara. / Whoever recites it with supreme devotion attains the highest abode. ### [1.34.57.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.34.57.p1) Thus ends the thirty-fourth chapter, entitled ‘The Rule for the Worship of Hayagrīva’, in the Ācārakāṇḍa, which is the first part in the first section of the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa. ## Linked texts (1) - [Garuḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.34.1) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.34) · Pramāṇa