Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 1
GaP 1 1.1
ॐ अजमजरमनन्तं ज्ञानरूपं महान्तं शिवममलमनादिं भूतदेहादिहीनम् । सकलकरणहीनं सर्वभूतस्थितं तं हरिममलममायं सर्वगं वन्द एकम्
oṃ ajamajaramanantaṃ jñānarūpaṃ mahāntaṃ śivamamalamanādiṃ bhūtadehādihīnam / sakalakaraṇahīnaṃ sarvabhūtasthitaṃ taṃ harimamalamamāyaṃ sarvagaṃ vanda ekam
Om. Unborn, unaging, endless, of the form of knowledge, great, benign, spotless, without beginning, free of an elemental body and the like, devoid of all the instruments (of sense and action), abiding in all beings — that Hari, spotless, free of illusion, all-pervading, the One, I salute.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 1.2
नमस्यामि हरिं रुद्रं ब्रह्माणं च गणाधिपम् । देवीं सरस्वतीं चैव मनोवाक्कर्मभिः सदा
namasyāmi hariṃ rudraṃ brahmāṇaṃ ca gaṇādhipam / devīṃ sarasvatīṃ caiva manovākkarmabhiḥ sadā
I bow always, with mind, speech and acts, to Hari, to Rudra, to Brahmā, and to the lord of the hosts (Gaṇeśa), and to the goddess Sarasvatī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 1.3
सूतं पौराणिकं शान्तं सर्वशास्त्रविशारदम् । विष्णुभक्तं महात्मानं नैमिशारण्यमागतम्
sūtaṃ paurāṇikaṃ śāntaṃ sarvaśāstraviśāradam / viṣṇubhaktaṃ mahātmānaṃ naimiśāraṇyamāgatam
(There was) Sūta, the reciter of the Purāṇas, tranquil, skilled in all the sciences, a devotee of Viṣṇu, great-souled, who had come to the Naimiśa forest,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 1.4
तीर्थयात्राप्रसङ्गेन उपविष्टं शुभासने । ध्यायन्तं विष्णुमनघं तमभ्यर्च्यास्तुवन्कविम्
tīrthayātrāprasaṅgena upaviṣṭaṃ śubhāsane / dhyāyantaṃ viṣṇumanaghaṃ tamabhyarcyāstuvankavim
seated on an auspicious seat in connection with a pilgrimage, meditating on the sinless Viṣṇu; having worshipped that sage, they praised (him).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 1.5
शौनकाद्या महाभागा नैमिषीयास्तपोधनाः । मुनयो रविसङ्काशाः शान्ता यज्ञ परायणाः
śaunakādyā mahābhāgā naimiṣīyāstapodhanāḥ / munayo ravisaṅkāśāḥ śāntā yajña parāyaṇāḥ
Śaunaka and the others, greatly blessed, dwellers of Naimiṣa, rich in austerity, sages resembling the sun, tranquil, devoted to sacrifice —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 1.6
ऋषय ऊचुः । सूत ! जानासि सर्वं त्वं पृच्छामस्त्वामतो वयम् । देवतानां हि को देव ईश्वरः पूज्य एव कः
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ / sūta ! jānāsi sarvaṃ tvaṃ pṛcchāmastvāmato vayam / devatānāṃ hi ko deva īśvaraḥ pūjya eva kaḥ
The seers said: Sūta! You know everything, therefore we ask you: which god among the gods is the Lord, and who alone is to be worshipped?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 1.7
को ध्येयः को जगत्स्रष्टा जगत्पात्ति च हन्ति कः । कस्मात्प्रवर्तते धर्मो दुष्टहन्ता च कः स्मृतः
ko dhyeyaḥ ko jagatsraṣṭā jagatpātti ca hanti kaḥ / kasmātpravartate dharmo duṣṭahantā ca kaḥ smṛtaḥ
Who is to be meditated on? Who is the creator of the world? Who protects the world, and who destroys it? From whom does dharma proceed, and who is recorded as the slayer of the wicked?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 1.8
तस्य देवस्य किं रूपं जगत्सर्गः कथं मतः । कैर्व्रतैः स तु तुष्टः स्यात्केन योगेन वाप्यते
tasya devasya kiṃ rūpaṃ jagatsargaḥ kathaṃ mataḥ / kairvrataiḥ sa tu tuṣṭaḥ syātkena yogena vāpyate
What is the form of that god? How is the creation of the world held (to occur)? By what observances would he be pleased? By what yoga is he attained?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 1.9
अवताराश्च के तस्य कथं वंशादिसम्भवः । वर्णाश्रमादिधर्माणां कः पाता कः प्रवर्तकः
avatārāśca ke tasya kathaṃ vaṃśādisambhavaḥ / varṇāśramādidharmāṇāṃ kaḥ pātā kaḥ pravartakaḥ
And what are his descents (avatāras)? How did the (royal) lineages and the rest arise? Who is the protector, who the instituter, of the duties of the classes, life-stages and so forth?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 1.10
एतत्सर्वं तथान्यच्च ब्रूहि सूत ! महामते ! । नारायणकथाः सर्वाः कथयास्माकमुत्तमाः
etatsarvaṃ tathānyacca brūhi sūta ! mahāmate ! / nārāyaṇakathāḥ sarvāḥ kathayāsmākamuttamāḥ
All this, and other matters too, tell us, O Sūta of great mind! Relate to us all the excellent narratives of Nārāyaṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 1.11
सूत उवाच । पुराणं गारुडं वक्ष्ये सारं विष्णुकथा श्रयम् । गरुडोक्तं कश्यपाय पुरा व्यासाच्छ्रुतं मया
sūta uvāca / purāṇaṃ gāruḍaṃ vakṣye sāraṃ viṣṇukathā śrayam / garuḍoktaṃ kaśyapāya purā vyāsācchrutaṃ mayā
Sūta said: I shall declare the Garuḍa Purāṇa, the essence, the resort of the stories of Viṣṇu, spoken of old by Garuḍa to Kaśyapa, heard by me from Vyāsa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 1.12
एको नारायणो देवो देवानामीश्वरेश्वरः । परमात्मा परं ब्रह्म जन्माद्यस्य यतो भवेत्
eko nārāyaṇo devo devānāmīśvareśvaraḥ / paramātmā paraṃ brahma janmādyasya yato bhavet
Nārāyaṇa is the one god, the lord of lords among the gods, the supreme Self, the supreme Brahman, from whom would come the birth (of this world) and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 1.13
जगतो रक्षणार्थाय वासुदेवो ऽजरो ऽमरः । स कुमारादिरूपेण अवतारान्करोत्यजः
jagato rakṣaṇārthāya vāsudevo 'jaro 'maraḥ / sa kumārādirūpeṇa avatārānkarotyajaḥ
For the sake of protecting the world, Vāsudeva, unaging and undying, unborn, makes his descents in the form of Kumāra and the others.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 1.14
हरिः स प्रथमं देवः कौमारं सर्गमास्थितः । चचार दुश्चरं ब्रह्मन् ब्रह्मचर्यमखण्डितम्
hariḥ sa prathamaṃ devaḥ kaumāraṃ sargamāsthitaḥ / cacāra duścaraṃ brahman brahmacaryamakhaṇḍitam
That god Hari, first taking up the Kumāra creation, practised, O brahmin, hard-to-practise, unbroken chastity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 1.15
द्वितीयं तु भवायास्य रसातलगतां महीम् । उद्धरिष्यन्नुपादत्ते यज्ञेशः सौकरं वपुः
dvitīyaṃ tu bhavāyāsya rasātalagatāṃ mahīm / uddhariṣyannupādatte yajñeśaḥ saukaraṃ vapuḥ
But as the second, for the welfare of this (world), the lord of sacrifice, intending to lift up the earth that had gone down to Rasātala, assumes the body of a boar.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 1.16
तृतीयमृषिसर्गं तु देवर्षित्वमुपेत्य सः । तन्त्रं सात्वतमाचष्टे नैष्कर्म्यं कर्मणां यतः
tṛtīyamṛṣisargaṃ tu devarṣitvamupetya saḥ / tantraṃ sātvatamācaṣṭe naiṣkarmyaṃ karmaṇāṃ yataḥ
As the third, in the creation of the seers, having attained the state of a divine seer, he taught the Sātvata Tantra, from which comes freedom from action in (the midst of) actions.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 1.17
नरनारायणो भूत्वा तुर्ये तेपे तपो हरिः । धर्मसं रक्षणार्थाय पूजितः स सुरासुरैः
naranārāyaṇo bhūtvā turye tepe tapo hariḥ / dharmasaṃ rakṣaṇārthāya pūjitaḥ sa surāsuraiḥ
In the fourth, having become Nara and Nārāyaṇa, Hari performed austerity for the sake of protecting dharma, and he was worshipped by gods and demons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 1.18
पञ्चमः कपिलो नाम सिद्धेशः कालविप्लुतम् । प्रोवाच सूरये साङ्ख्यं तत्त्वग्रामवि निर्णयम्
pañcamaḥ kapilo nāma siddheśaḥ kālaviplutam / provāca sūraye sāṅkhyaṃ tattvagrāmavi nirṇayam
The fifth was named Kapila, lord of the perfected ones; he declared to the wise (Āsuri) the Sāṅkhya that had been lost through time, which determines the whole array of the principles.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 1.19
षष्ठमत्रेरपत्यत्वं दत्तः प्राप्तो ऽनसूयया । आन्वीक्षिकीमलर्काय प्रह्लादादिभ्य ऊचिवान्
ṣaṣṭhamatrerapatyatvaṃ dattaḥ prāpto 'nasūyayā / ānvīkṣikīmalarkāya prahlādādibhya ūcivān
The sixth: as Datta he obtained sonship of Atri through Anasūyā, and he expounded the science of reasoning to Alarka and to Prahlāda and the others.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 1.20
ततः सप्त आकूत्यां रुचेर्यज्ञो ऽभ्यजायत । सुत्रामाद्यैः सुरगणैर्यष्ट्वा स्वायम्भुवान्तरे
tataḥ sapta ākūtyāṃ ruceryajño 'bhyajāyata / sutrāmādyaiḥ suragaṇairyaṣṭvā svāyambhuvāntare
Then the seventh: Yajña was born of Ākūti by Ruci, having performed sacrifice together with the hosts of gods headed by Sutrāman in the Svāyambhuva interval.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 1.21
अष्टमे मेरुदेव्यां तु नाभेर्जात उरुक्रमः । दर्शयन्वर्त्म नारीणां सर्वाश्रमनमस्कृतम्
aṣṭame merudevyāṃ tu nābherjāta urukramaḥ / darśayanvartma nārīṇāṃ sarvāśramanamaskṛtam
But in the eighth, Urukrama was born of Merudevī from Nābhi, showing the path of the ... which is saluted in all the stages of life.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 1.22
ऋषिभिर्याचितो भेजे नवमं पार्थिवं वपुः । दुग्धैर्महौषधैर्विप्रास्तेन संजीविताः प्रजाः
ṛṣibhiryācito bheje navamaṃ pārthivaṃ vapuḥ / dugdhairmahauṣadhairviprāstena saṃjīvitāḥ prajāḥ
Entreated by the seers, as the ninth he took on an earthly body; by him, O brahmins, the creatures were revived with milk and great herbs.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 1.23
रूपं स जगृहे मात्स्यं चाक्षुषान्तरसंप्लवे । नाव्यारोप्य महीमय्यामपाद्वैवस्वतं मनुम्
rūpaṃ sa jagṛhe mātsyaṃ cākṣuṣāntarasaṃplave / nāvyāropya mahīmayyāmapādvaivasvataṃ manum
He assumed the form of a fish at the deluge at the end of the Cākṣuṣa interval, and setting Manu Vaivasvata upon a boat, he protected him along with the earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 1.24
सुरासुराणामुदधिं मथ्नतां मन्दराचलम् । दध्रे कमठरूपेण पृष्ठ एकादशे विभुः
surāsurāṇāmudadhiṃ mathnatāṃ mandarācalam / dadhre kamaṭharūpeṇa pṛṣṭha ekādaśe vibhuḥ
When gods and demons were churning the ocean, the almighty one in the eleventh (descent), in the form of a tortoise, bore the Mandara mountain on his back.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 1.25
धान्वन्तरं द्वादशमं त्रयोदशममेव च । आप्यायत्सुरानन्यान्मोहिन्या मोहयंस्त्रिया
dhānvantaraṃ dvādaśamaṃ trayodaśamameva ca / āpyāyatsurānanyānmohinyā mohayaṃstriyā
The twelfth was that of Dhanvantari, and likewise the thirteenth: he refreshed the gods, while deluding the others with the woman Mohinī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 1.26
चतुर्दशं नारसिंहं चैत्य (वैर) दैत्येन्द्रमूर्जितम् । ददार करजैरुग्रैरेरकां कटकुद्यथा
caturdaśaṃ nārasiṃhaṃ caitya (vaira) daityendramūrjitam / dadāra karajairugrairerakāṃ kaṭakudyathā
The fourteenth was the Man-Lion: he tore apart the mighty lord of the daityas with his fierce nails, as a mat-maker splits reed-grass.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 1.27
पञ्चदशं वामनको भूत्वागादध्वरं बलेः । पाद त्रयं याचमानः प्रत्यादित्सुस्त्रिविष्टपम्
pañcadaśaṃ vāmanako bhūtvāgādadhvaraṃ baleḥ / pāda trayaṃ yācamānaḥ pratyāditsustriviṣṭapam
As the fifteenth, having become the dwarf, he went to Bali's sacrifice, asking for three paces, wishing to give back heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 1.28
अवतारे षोडशमे पश्यन्ब्रह्मद्रुहो नृपान् । त्रिः सप्तकृत्वः कुपितो निः क्षत्त्रामकरोन्महीम्
avatāre ṣoḍaśame paśyanbrahmadruho nṛpān / triḥ saptakṛtvaḥ kupito niḥ kṣattrāmakaronmahīm
In the sixteenth descent, seeing kings hostile to brahmins, in anger he made the earth free of kṣatriyas three times seven times over.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 1.29
ततः सप्तदशे जातः सत्यवत्यां पराशरात् । चक्रे वेदतरोः शाखां दृष्ट्वा पुंसो ऽल्पमेधसः
tataḥ saptadaśe jātaḥ satyavatyāṃ parāśarāt / cakre vedataroḥ śākhāṃ dṛṣṭvā puṃso 'lpamedhasaḥ
Then in the seventeenth he was born of Satyavatī from Parāśara; seeing that men were of little understanding, he made branches of the Veda-tree.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 1.30
नरदेवत्वमापन्नः सुरकार्यचिकीर्षया । समुद्रनिग्रहादीनि चक्रे कार्याण्यतः परम्
naradevatvamāpannaḥ surakāryacikīrṣayā / samudranigrahādīni cakre kāryāṇyataḥ param
Having attained the state of a god among men, wishing to accomplish the work of the gods, thereafter he performed the deeds of curbing the ocean and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 1.31
एकोनविंशे विंशतिमे वृष्णिषु प्राप्य जन्मनी । रामकृष्णाविति भुवो भगवानहरद्भरम्
ekonaviṃśe viṃśatime vṛṣṇiṣu prāpya janmanī / rāmakṛṣṇāviti bhuvo bhagavānaharadbharam
In the nineteenth and the twentieth (incarnations), taking two births among the Vṛṣṇis as Rāma and Kṛṣṇa, the Lord removed the burden of the earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 1.32
ततः कलेस्तु सन्ध्यान्ते संमोहाय सुरद्विषाम् । बुद्धो नाम्रा जिनसुतः कीकटेषु भविष्यति
tataḥ kalestu sandhyānte saṃmohāya suradviṣām / buddho nāmrā jinasutaḥ kīkaṭeṣu bhaviṣyati
Then, at the close of the juncture of the Kali (age), in order to bewilder the enemies of the gods, he will become the Buddha by name, son of Jina, among the Kīkaṭas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 1.33
अथ सो ऽष्टमसन्ध्यायां नष्टप्रायेषु राञ्जसु । भविता विष्णुयशसो नाम्ना कल्की जगत्पतिः
atha so 'ṣṭamasandhyāyāṃ naṣṭaprāyeṣu rāñjasu / bhavitā viṣṇuyaśaso nāmnā kalkī jagatpatiḥ
Then, in the eighth juncture, when kings have become all but destroyed, the Lord of the world will be born as the son of Viṣṇuyaśas, Kalki by name.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 1.34
अवतारा ह्यसंख्येया हरेः सत्त्वनिधेर्द्विजाः । मनुवेदविदो ह्याद्याः सर्वे विष्णुकलाः स्मृताः
avatārā hyasaṃkhyeyā hareḥ sattvanidherdvijāḥ / manuvedavido hyādyāḥ sarve viṣṇukalāḥ smṛtāḥ
Indeed, O twice-born ones, the incarnations of Hari, the treasury of goodness, are innumerable; the Manus, the knowers of the Vedas, and the primeval ones are all held to be portions of Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 1.35
तस्मात्सर्गादयो जाताः संपूज्याश्च व्रतादिना । पुराणं गारुडं व्यासः पुरासौ मे ऽब्रवीदिदम्
tasmātsargādayo jātāḥ saṃpūjyāśca vratādinā / purāṇaṃ gāruḍaṃ vyāsaḥ purāsau me 'bravīdidam
From him arose creation and the rest, and (they) are to be worshipped with vows and other (observances). Formerly Vyāsa told me this Garuḍa Purāṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition