Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 103

GaP 1 103.1

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- १०३ याज्ञवल्क्य उवाच । भिक्षोर्धर्मं प्रवक्ष्यामितं निबोधत सत्तमाः । वनाद्गृहाद्वा कृत्वेष्टिं सर्ववेदसदक्षिणाम्

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 103 yājñavalkya uvāca / bhikṣordharmaṃ pravakṣyāmitaṃ nibodhata sattamāḥ / vanādgṛhādvā kṛtveṣṭiṃ sarvavedasadakṣiṇām

The Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, 103. Yājñavalkya said: I shall proclaim the duty of the mendicant; understand it, O best of men. From the forest or from the household, having performed the sacrifice with all his property as the fee,

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GaP 1 103.2

प्राजापत्यन्तदन्ते ऽपि अग्निमारोप्य चात्मनि । सर्वभूतहितः शान्तस्त्रिदण्डी सकमण्डलुः

prājāpatyantadante 'pi agnimāropya cātmani / sarvabhūtahitaḥ śāntastridaṇḍī sakamaṇḍaluḥ

the Prājāpatya (offering) — even at the very end — and having taken the fire up into himself, (he becomes) intent on the good of all beings, tranquil, bearing the triple staff, with a water-pot;

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GaP 1 103.3

सर्वारामं परिव्रज्य भिक्षार्थो ग्राममाश्रयेत् । अप्रमत्तश्चरेद्भैक्ष्यं सायाह्ने नाभिलक्षितः

sarvārāmaṃ parivrajya bhikṣārtho grāmamāśrayet / apramattaścaredbhaikṣyaṃ sāyāhne nābhilakṣitaḥ

having wandered forth from every dwelling-grove, he should resort to a village for the sake of alms; heedful, he should go for alms in the late afternoon, unnoticed,

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GaP 1 103.4

रोहिते भिक्षुकैर्ग्रामे यात्रामात्र मलोलुपः । भवेत्परमहंसो वा एकदण्डी यमादितः

rohite bhikṣukairgrāme yātrāmātra malolupaḥ / bhavetparamahaṃso vā ekadaṇḍī yamāditaḥ

in a village not (already) crowded with mendicants, (taking) only what suffices for subsistence, not greedy; or else he should become a Paramahaṃsa, bearing a single staff, (beginning) with the restraints (yamas).

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GaP 1 103.5

सिद्धयोगस्त्यजन्देहममृतत्वमिहाप्नुयात् । दातातिथिप्रियो ज्ञानी गृही श्राद्धे ऽपिमुच्यते

siddhayogastyajandehamamṛtatvamihāpnuyāt / dātātithipriyo jñānī gṛhī śrāddhe 'pimucyate

He whose yoga is perfected, abandoning the body, attains immortality here; and the householder who gives, who is fond of guests, and who has knowledge, is released even by (performing) the śrāddha.

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