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Garudapurana 1.67

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Śrī Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa — 67 / (Thus ends the science of astrology.) / Sūta said: / Having heard [it] from Hari, Hara explained to Gaurī the knowledge residing in the body:

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Mars is said to be fire, the Sun earth, and Saturn water. / Rāhu, residing in the state of wind, illuminates the right aperture.

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Jupiter, Venus, Mercury, and the Moon as the fourth— / one should likewise establish them in the left channel, and [the others] in the central one for oneself.

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When the breath moves in conjunction with the iḍā, one should undertake actions [such as] / serving at a holy place, meditation, trade, and visiting the king.

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One should diligently perform other auspicious actions. / But when the flow is in the right channel, Saturn, Mars, Rāhu,

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and the Sun [rule], and then the rise of malefics occurs. / Indeed, discernment between auspicious and inauspicious is known through svarodaya.

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Within the body abide the channels, multiform and very extensive. / From the bulb situated below the navel, sprouts have emerged there;

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seventy-two thousand [channels] are situated in the center of the navel. / Residing like a wheel, they are all remembered as carriers of breath.

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Among them, three are foremost: the left, the right, and the middle. / The left is declared to have the nature of the Moon; the right resembles the Sun;

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and the middle is fire, bearing fruit and fulfilling time. / For the left has the nature of nectar, abiding to nourish the universe;

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the right, with its fierce portion, always dries up the world. / When there is flow in both, death occurs, destroying all undertakings.

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The left is considered [active] in departure, and the right in entry. / When the movement is in the iḍā, it is gentle, moving [respectively] in Moon and Sun.

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One should perform fierce deeds when the breath resides in the piṅgalā. / In travel, in all undertakings, and in the removal of poison, the iḍā [is beneficial].

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In eating, sexual union, and battle, the piṅgalā grants success. / In these acts—eradication, killing, and the like—the piṅgalā [is used].

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And in sexual union, combat, and eating, it grants success. / In auspicious actions, in travel, and in works concerning poison,

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for peace, liberation, and the attainment of wealth, kings should employ the iḍā. / When the flow is in both, avoiding both fierce and gentle [actions],

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the wise person should know it to be like poison and remember [the divine]. / In gentle and other auspicious deeds, in gain, victory, and life,

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and in going and coming, the left is praised everywhere. / In battle and the like, eating, slaying, and union with women,

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the right channel is commended; [so too] in entry and in lesser rituals. / Regarding actions auspicious and inauspicious, gain and loss, victory and defeat,

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or life and death, whatever is asked does not succeed [if the flow is in] the middle [channel]. / When the inquirer is confident [whether breath is] in the left or right course,

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and asks while stationed in his body, there is success, no doubt. / When Vāmadeva flows freely according to will in oneself,

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if one standing in that part makes an inquiry, the success proves fruitless. / In the left or in the right, wherever the auspicious [breath] moves,

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in the terrible [channel] terrible actions [are done], and in the gentle [channel] moderate ones. / When the breath-swan has set out from a portion, or when it flows entirely through both,

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then the yogin skilled in yoga should recognize death. / Wherever stationed the inquirer asks, facing the left or the right,

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in that very place one should always indicate equally the rising of the wind. / In front, the left is best; from behind, the right is auspicious;

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by the left the left is declared [best], and on the right the right is auspicious. / On the left the left is auspicious, and on the right the right is auspicious.

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The living thrives through the living [channel]; that which is empty brings haste. / Whatever undertaking is indicated, marked by victory and other auspicious signs,

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all that occurs without doubt in the full channel. / From another channel up to the end, three fortnights are spoken of.

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As far as the sixth [tithi] in the query: if it is full, the first wins; / but if empty, the second [wins]—thus one should declare without hesitation.

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Breath equal to the movement of the left arises granting the success of actions. / When the right path is active, an odd-syllabled [name succeeds] on an odd [condition].

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In other cases, when the left flows, if the name has an odd number of syllables, / then that warrior attains victory in the midst of battle.

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When the right breath flows, if the name has an even number of syllables, / he wins, there is no doubt here; one should observe [this] in the channels.

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When the breath is within the piṅgalā, he will conquer in the battle to be pacified. / As long as the channel is rising in movement, so long should one take that direction;

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even he will not yield—no doubt should be entertained here. / Now, in the midst of battle, whichever channel always flows,

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that direction attains victory; in the empty [direction] one should predict defeat. / In the active movement one should know victory; in the dead [channel] one should declare death.

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He who knows victory and defeat is truly learned. / In the left or in the right, wherever the auspicious [breath] moves,

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having stepped [with] that foot, one attains [success]; the journey is continuously prosperous. / Only when the flow of the Moon and the Sun is [favorable] should one engage in battle.

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The good person who stands there and asks certainly wins. / Toward whichever direction the wind blows, in that direction victory extends;

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there is no doubt here, if the Moon is stationed in front. / The ten channels beginning with Meṣī, stationed on the right and left,

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in movable, fixed, and divergent courses, in such and such an order, / in departure go to departure; in retention they know retention.

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Having heard the words of the inquirer, one should examine them like the sound of a bell. / Stationed in the five elements in the auspicious [breath], whether in the left or the right:

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fire is above, water below, and wind resides crosswise; / earth is to be known in the center, and ether is everywhere and always.

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Above brings death, below brings peace, and the wise person should cause eradication crosswise; / in the center one should recognize immobilization, and liberation is everywhere in that which goes everywhere.

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Thus ends the sixty-seventh chapter, entitled 'Ascertaining the Auspicious and Inauspicious in Svarodaya', in the Section on Conduct, called the First Part, in the First Section of the venerable Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa.

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