[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) › 1.92 # Garudapurana 1.92 English (machine translation) 1.92 - **Language:** English ## Contents - [1.92.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.92.19) — 1 part ### [1.92.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.92.1) The glorious Garuḍa Purāṇa — 92 Rudra said: / Tell again of the meditation on Viṣṇu, O wielder of the conch, discus, and mace, / by merely knowing which a man attains the fulfilment of all deeds. ### [1.92.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.92.2) Hari said: / I will proclaim the meditation on Hari which crushes the snare of illusion. / That meditation is of two kinds through the division of formed and formless, O Hara. ### [1.92.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.92.3) The formless has been spoken of, O Rudra; lo, I shall declare the formed. / Resplendent like ten million suns, victorious, shining on one side, ### [1.92.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.92.4) white as the kunda flower or cow's milk, Hari should be meditated upon by seekers of liberation, / accompanied by a broad and very gentle conch, ### [1.92.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.92.5) and endowed with a discus resembling a thousand suns, fierce in its garlands of flames, / peaceful, with a mace in hand, having an auspicious face, ### [1.92.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.92.6) with a costly diadem blazing with jewels, / armed, all-pervading, the god holding a lotus, ### [1.92.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.92.7) wearing a garland of forest flowers, bright, well-built, adorned with gold, / finely clad, pure-bodied, with handsome ears, seated on a lotus, ### [1.92.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.92.8) having a golden body, wearing a lovely necklace, adorned with auspicious armlets, / endowed with bracelets, accompanied by a garland of forest flowers, ### [1.92.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.92.9) endowed with the Śrīvatsa mark and the Kaustubha gem, his gaze praised by Lakṣmī, / endowed with qualities such as atomicity, the agent of creation and destruction, ### [1.92.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.92.10) meditated upon by sages, meditated upon by asuras, meditated upon by gods, exceedingly handsome, / dwelling in the hearts of all created beings from Brahmā down to a clump of grass, ### [1.92.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.92.11) eternal, imperishable, pure, the lord who bestows grace upon all, / Nārāyaṇa, the great god, with glittering crocodile-shaped earrings, ### [1.92.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.92.12) dispelling torment, worthy of worship, auspicious, destroying the wicked, / the Self of all, of all forms, all-pervading, dispelling evil astrological influences, ### [1.92.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.92.13) endowed with lovely rings, having brightly shining nails, / the refuge, conferring happiness, gentle-formed, the Great Lord, ### [1.92.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.92.14) adorned with all ornaments, smeared with lovely sandalwood paste, / accompanied by all the gods, acting dearly toward all the gods, ### [1.92.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.92.15) wishing well to all the worlds, lord of all, producer of all, / seated in the orb of the sun, dwelling in fire, abiding in water, ### [1.92.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.92.16) Vāsudeva, the sustainer of the universe, Viṣṇu should be meditated upon by seekers of liberation. / Thinking 'I am Vāsudeva', Hari, the Self, should be meditated upon. ### [1.92.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.92.17) Those who meditate thus on Viṣṇu attain the supreme goal. / Formerly, indeed, Yājñavalkya, having thus meditated on Viṣṇu, lord of the gods, ### [1.92.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.92.18) attained the role of a teacher of dharma and went to the supreme abode. / Therefore, O lord of gods, you too meditate on Viṣṇu, O Śaṅkara! ### [1.92.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.92.19) Whoever recites this meditation on Viṣṇu attains the supreme goal. ### [1.92.19.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.92.19.p1) Thus ends the ninety-second chapter, entitled 'Meditation on Viṣṇu', in the Ācārakāṇḍa of the first section in the first part of the glorious Garuḍa Purāṇa. ## Linked texts (1) - [Garuḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.92.1) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.92) · Pramāṇa