Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 101

GaP 1 101.1

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- १०१ याज्ञवल्क्य उवाच । श्रीकामः शान्तिकामो वा ग्रहदृष्ट्यभिचारवान् । ग्रहयञ्ज्ञं समं कुर्याद्गहाश्चैते बुधैः स्मृताः

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 101 yājñavalkya uvāca / śrīkāmaḥ śāntikāmo vā grahadṛṣṭyabhicāravān / grahayañjñaṃ samaṃ kuryādgahāścaite budhaiḥ smṛtāḥ

The Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, 101. Yājñavalkya said: One who desires prosperity, or desires appeasement, or who is afflicted by the aspect of the planets and by (hostile) sorcery, should equally perform the sacrifice to the planets; and these are the planets as declared by the wise:

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 101.2

सूर्यः सोमो मङ्गलश्च बुधश्चैव बृहस्पतिः । शुक्रः शनैश्चरो राहुः केतुर्ग्रहगणाः स्मृताः

sūryaḥ somo maṅgalaśca budhaścaiva bṛhaspatiḥ / śukraḥ śanaiścaro rāhuḥ keturgrahagaṇāḥ smṛtāḥ

the Sun, the Moon, Maṅgala (Mars), Budha (Mercury), and Bṛhaspati (Jupiter), Śukra (Venus), Śanaiścara (Saturn), Rāhu and Ketu—these are declared to be the host of planets.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 101.3

ताम्रकात्स्फाटिकाद्रक्तचन्दनात्स्वर्णकादुभौ । रजतादयसः सीसात्कांस्याद्वर्णान्निबोधत

tāmrakātsphāṭikādraktacandanātsvarṇakādubhau / rajatādayasaḥ sīsātkāṃsyādvarṇānnibodhata

(They are made) from copper, from crystal, from red sandalwood, both (the next two) from gold, from silver, from iron, from lead, from bell-metal; learn now their colours.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 101.4

रक्तः शुक्लस्तथा रक्तः पीतः पीतः सितोसितः । कृष्णः कृष्णः क्रमाद्वर्णा द्रव्याणि मुनयस्ततः

raktaḥ śuklastathā raktaḥ pītaḥ pītaḥ sitositaḥ / kṛṣṇaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ kramādvarṇā dravyāṇi munayastataḥ

Red, white, then red, yellow, yellow, white, dark, black, black—such are the colours in order, and then the materials, O sages.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 1 101.5

स्थापयेद्गहवर्णानि होमार्थं प्रलिखेत्पटे । स्नापयेद्धोमयेच्चैव ग्रहद्रव्यैर्विधानतः । सुवर्णानि प्रदेयानि वासांसि सुसुमानि च

sthāpayedgahavarṇāni homārthaṃ pralikhetpaṭe / snāpayeddhomayeccaiva grahadravyairvidhānataḥ / suvarṇāni pradeyāni vāsāṃsi susumāni ca

He should set up the colours of the planets; for the purpose of the oblation he should draw (them) on a cloth. He should bathe (them) and make the offering with the materials of the planets according to the rule. Gold is to be given, and garments and flowers,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 101.6

गन्धाश्च बलयश्चैव धूपो देयश्चगुग्गुलुः । कर्तव्यास्तत्र मन्त्रैश्च चरवः प्रतिदैवतम्

gandhāśca balayaścaiva dhūpo deyaścagugguluḥ / kartavyāstatra mantraiśca caravaḥ pratidaivatam

and fragrances and offerings, and incense—and guggulu is to be given; and there, with the mantras, boiled oblation-gruel is to be prepared for each deity.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 101.7

आकृष्णेन इमन्देवा अग्निर्मूर्धादिवः ककुत् । उब्दुध्यस्वेति जुहुयादेभिरेव यथाक्रमम्

ākṛṣṇena imandevā agnirmūrdhādivaḥ kakut / ubdudhyasveti juhuyādebhireva yathākramam

With "ā kṛṣṇena," "imaṃ devāḥ," "agnir mūrdhā divaḥ kakut," "ud budhyasva"—with just these he should make the oblations in due order,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 101.8

बृहस्पतेपरिदीयेति सर्वे अन्नात्परिसुतम् । शन्नोदेवी कयानश्च केतुङ्क्रण्वन्निति क्रमात्

bṛhaspateparidīyeti sarve annātparisutam / śannodevī kayānaśca ketuṅkraṇvanniti kramāt

(and with) "bṛhaspate pari dīya," "sarve annāt parisutam," "śaṃ no devī," "kayā naḥ," and "ketuṃ kṛṇvan"—in that order.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 1 101.9

अर्कः पलाशः खदिरस्त्वपामार्गो ऽथ पिप्पलः । औदुम्बरः शमी दूर्वा कुशाश्च समिधः क्रमात्

arkaḥ palāśaḥ khadirastvapāmārgo 'tha pippalaḥ / audumbaraḥ śamī dūrvā kuśāśca samidhaḥ kramāt

Arka, palāśa, khadira, apāmārga, then pippala, udumbara, śamī, dūrvā and kuśa are the firewoods, in order.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 101.10

होतव्या मधुसर्पिर्भ्यां दध्ना चैव समन्वितः । गुडौदनं पायसं च हविष्यं क्षीरषाष्टिकम्

hotavyā madhusarpirbhyāṃ dadhnā caiva samanvitaḥ / guḍaudanaṃ pāyasaṃ ca haviṣyaṃ kṣīraṣāṣṭikam

They are to be offered together with honey and ghee and with curds. (The oblations are) rice with molasses, milk-rice, sacrificial food, and sixty-day rice cooked in milk,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 101.11

दध्योदनं हविः पूपान्मांसं चित्रान्नमेव च । दद्याद्गहक्रमादेतान् ग्रहेभ्यो भाजनं ततः

dadhyodanaṃ haviḥ pūpānmāṃsaṃ citrānnameva ca / dadyādgahakramādetān grahebhyo bhājanaṃ tataḥ

Curd-rice, the oblation, cakes, meat, and mixed (spiced) rice — these he should give to the planets in the order of the planets, and thereafter a vessel.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 1 101.12

धेनुः शङ्खस्तथानड्वान्हेम वासो हयस्तथा । कृष्णा गौरायसं छाग एता वै दक्षिणाः क्रमात् । ग्रहाः पूज्याः सदा यस्माद्रज्यादि प्राप्यते फलम्

dhenuḥ śaṅkhastathānaḍvānhema vāso hayastathā / kṛṣṇā gaurāyasaṃ chāga etā vai dakṣiṇāḥ kramāt / grahāḥ pūjyāḥ sadā yasmādrajyādi prāpyate phalam

A milk-cow, a conch, an ox, gold, a garment, and a horse, a black (cow), a white (cow), iron, a goat — these indeed are the sacrificial fees, in order. The planets are always to be worshipped, since from them one obtains the fruit (of one's acts), kingship and the rest.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition