[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) › 3.1.1 # Garudapurana 3.1.1 English (machine translation) 3.1.1 - **Language:** English ### [3.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.3.1.1) Homage to holy Gaṇeśa. / Homage to holy Lakṣmī-Nṛsiṃha. / Homage to holy Dattātreya. / Homage to holy Vedavyāsa. / Homage to holy Hayagrīva. / Now begins the third section, the Brahmakāṇḍa, in the Garuḍa Purāṇa: / Om. Lightning to the wrestlers, the foremost of men to humanity, love personified to women, / a kinsman to the cowherds, a punisher to the wicked rulers of earth, a child to his parents, / death to the lord of Bhojas, ordained by the creator, the supreme reality to the yogins, / and always the lord of the Vṛṣṇis, Acyuta shone forever in the arena together with his elder brother. - [Previous: 2.49.136.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.49.136.p3) - [Next: 3.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.3.1.2) - [Up: 3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.3.1) ## Linked texts (1) - [Garuḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.1.1) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.3.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.3.1.1) · Pramāṇa