Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 108
GaP 1 108.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- १०८ सूत उवाच । नीतिसारं प्रवक्ष्यामि अर्थशास्त्रादिसंश्रितम् । राजादिभ्यो हितं पुण्यमायुः स्वर्गादिदायकम्
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 108 sūta uvāca / nītisāraṃ pravakṣyāmi arthaśāstrādisaṃśritam / rājādibhyo hitaṃ puṇyamāyuḥ svargādidāyakam
The Glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, 108. Sūta said: I shall proclaim the essence of statecraft, drawn from the arthaśāstra and other (treatises), beneficial for kings and others, meritorious, granting long life, heaven and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 108.2
सद्भिः सङ्गं प्रकुर्वीत सिद्धिकामः सदा नरः । नासद्भिरिहलोकाय परलोकाय वा हितम्
sadbhiḥ saṅgaṃ prakurvīta siddhikāmaḥ sadā naraḥ / nāsadbhirihalokāya paralokāya vā hitam
A man who desires success should always keep company with the good, not with the wicked — (for such company is) beneficial neither for this world nor for the next.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 108.3
वर्जयेत्क्षुद्रसंवादमदुष्टस्य तु दर्शनम् । विरोधं सह मित्रेण संप्रीतिं शत्रुसेविना
varjayetkṣudrasaṃvādamaduṣṭasya tu darśanam / virodhaṃ saha mitreṇa saṃprītiṃ śatrusevinā
(One) should avoid petty disputes, and (also) the sight of a man who is not wicked—(as well as) conflict with a friend, and friendship with one who serves an enemy.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 108.4
मूर्खशिष्योपदेशेन दुष्टस्त्रीभरणेन च । दुष्टानां संप्रयोगेण पण्डितो ऽप्यवसीदति
mūrkhaśiṣyopadeśena duṣṭastrībharaṇena ca / duṣṭānāṃ saṃprayogeṇa paṇḍito 'pyavasīdati
By instructing a foolish pupil, by maintaining a wicked wife, and by association with the wicked, even a learned man sinks down.
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GaP 1 108.5
ब्राह्मणं बालिशं क्षत्त्रमयोद्धारं विशं जडम् । शूद्रमक्षरसंयुक्तं दूरतः परिवर्जयेत्
brāhmaṇaṃ bāliśaṃ kṣattramayoddhāraṃ viśaṃ jaḍam / śūdramakṣarasaṃyuktaṃ dūrataḥ parivarjayet
A brahmin who is childish, a kshatriya who does not fight, a vaishya who is dull, and a shudra given to letters—(these) one should shun from afar.
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GaP 1 108.6
कालेन रिपुणासन्धिः काले मित्रेण विग्रहः । कार्यकारणमाश्रित्य कालं क्षिपति पण्डितः
kālena ripuṇāsandhiḥ kāle mitreṇa vigrahaḥ / kāryakāraṇamāśritya kālaṃ kṣipati paṇḍitaḥ
At the (right) time, alliance with an enemy; at the (right) time, quarrel with a friend—the wise man, relying on cause and effect, lets the time pass.
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GaP 1 108.7
कालः पचति भूतानि कालः संहरते प्रजाः । कालः सुप्तेषु जागर्ति कालो हि दुरतिक्रमः
kālaḥ pacati bhūtāni kālaḥ saṃharate prajāḥ / kālaḥ supteṣu jāgarti kālo hi duratikramaḥ
Time ripens beings, Time gathers in creatures; Time is awake among those who sleep—Time indeed is hard to overcome.
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GaP 1 108.8
कालेषु हरते वीर्यं काले गर्भे च वर्तते । कालो जनयते सृष्टिं पुनः कालो ऽपि संहरेत्
kāleṣu harate vīryaṃ kāle garbhe ca vartate / kālo janayate sṛṣṭiṃ punaḥ kālo 'pi saṃharet
In (due) times (Time) takes away vigor, and in (due) time it abides in the womb; Time brings forth creation, and again Time destroys (it).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 108.9
कालः सूक्ष्मगतिर्नित्यं द्विविधश्चेह भाव्यते । स्थूलसंग्रहचारेण सूक्ष्मचारान्तरेण च
kālaḥ sūkṣmagatirnityaṃ dvividhaśceha bhāvyate / sthūlasaṃgrahacāreṇa sūkṣmacārāntareṇa ca
Time moves ever with subtle course, and here it is conceived as twofold: by the gross reckoning of its course, and by the difference of its subtle course.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 108.10
नीतिसारं सुरेन्द्राय इममूच बृहस्पतिः । सर्वज्ञो येन चेन्द्रो ऽभूद्दैत्यान्हत्वाप्नुयाद्दिवम्
nītisāraṃ surendrāya imamūca bṛhaspatiḥ / sarvajño yena cendro 'bhūddaityānhatvāpnuyāddivam
This essence of statecraft Bṛhaspati declared to the lord of the gods, by which Indra became all-knowing and, having slain the demons, gained heaven.
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GaP 1 108.11
राजर्षिब्राह्मणैः कार्यं देवविप्रादिपूजनम् । अश्वमेधेन यष्टब्यं महापातकनाशनम्
rājarṣibrāhmaṇaiḥ kāryaṃ devaviprādipūjanam / aśvamedhena yaṣṭabyaṃ mahāpātakanāśanam
By royal sages and brahmins the worship of gods, brahmins and the rest is to be performed; sacrifice is to be made with the horse-sacrifice, which destroys great sins.
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GaP 1 108.12
उत्तमैः सह साङ्गत्यं पण्डितैः सह सत्कथाम् । अलुब्धैः सह मित्रत्वं कुर्वाणो नावसीदति
uttamaiḥ saha sāṅgatyaṃ paṇḍitaiḥ saha satkathām / alubdhaiḥ saha mitratvaṃ kurvāṇo nāvasīdati
Company with the best, good conversation with the learned, friendship with the ungreedy—one who does these does not sink down.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 108.13
परीवादं परार्थं च परिहासं परस्त्रियम् । परवेश्मनि वासं च न कुर्वीत कदाचन
parīvādaṃ parārthaṃ ca parihāsaṃ parastriyam / paraveśmani vāsaṃ ca na kurvīta kadācana
Slander, another's property, mockery, another's wife, and dwelling in another's house—(one) should never engage in (these).
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GaP 1 108.14
परो ऽपि हितवाबन्धुर्बन्धुरप्यहितः परः । अहितो देहजो व्याधिर्हितमारण्यमौषधम्
paro 'pi hitavābandhurbandhurapyahitaḥ paraḥ / ahito dehajo vyādhirhitamāraṇyamauṣadham
Even a stranger, if he is beneficial, is a kinsman; a kinsman too, if unhelpful, is a stranger: the disease born in one's own body is harmful, while medicine from the forest is beneficial.
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GaP 1 108.15
स बन्धुर्यो हिते युक्तः स पिता यस्तु पोषकः । तन्मित्रं यत्र विश्वासः स देशो यत्र जीव्यते
sa bandhuryo hite yuktaḥ sa pitā yastu poṣakaḥ / tanmitraṃ yatra viśvāsaḥ sa deśo yatra jīvyate
He is a kinsman who is intent on (one's) welfare; he is a father who supports (one); that is friendship in which there is trust; that is the (right) country where one can make a living.
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GaP 1 108.16
स भृत्यो यो विधेयस्तु तद्बीजं यत्प्ररोहति । सा भार्या या प्रियं ब्रूते स पुत्रो यस्तु जीवति
sa bhṛtyo yo vidheyastu tadbījaṃ yatprarohati / sā bhāryā yā priyaṃ brūte sa putro yastu jīvati
He is a servant who is obedient; that is seed which sprouts; she is a wife who speaks kindly; he is a son who lives on.
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GaP 1 108.17
स जीवति गुणा यस्य धर्मो यस्य स जीवति । गुणधर्मविहीनो यो निष्फल तस्य जीवनम्
sa jīvati guṇā yasya dharmo yasya sa jīvati / guṇadharmavihīno yo niṣphala tasya jīvanam
He lives who has virtues; he lives who has dharma; but for one devoid of virtue and dharma, his living is fruitless.
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GaP 1 108.18
सा भार्या या गृहे दक्षा सा भार्याया प्रियंवदा । सा भार्या या पतिप्राणा सा भार्या या पतिव्रता
sā bhāryā yā gṛhe dakṣā sā bhāryāyā priyaṃvadā / sā bhāryā yā patiprāṇā sā bhāryā yā pativratā
She is a wife who is capable in the house; she is a wife who speaks pleasantly; she is a wife to whom the husband is (her very) breath; she is a wife who is devoted to her husband.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 108.19
नित्य स्नाता सुगन्धा च नित्यं च प्रियवादिनी । अल्पभुक्ताल्पभाषी च सततं मङ्गलैर्युता
nitya snātā sugandhā ca nityaṃ ca priyavādinī / alpabhuktālpabhāṣī ca satataṃ maṅgalairyutā
Always bathed and fragrant, and always speaking kindly, eating little and speaking little, ever endowed with auspicious things—
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GaP 1 108.20
सततं धर्मबहुला सततं च पतिप्रिया । सततं प्रियवक्री च सततं त्वृतुकामिनी
satataṃ dharmabahulā satataṃ ca patipriyā / satataṃ priyavakrī ca satataṃ tvṛtukāminī
always abounding in dharma, and always dear to her husband, always kindly of speech, and desirous (of union) only in her fertile season—
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GaP 1 108.21
एतदादिक्रियायुक्ता सर्वसौ भाग्यवर्धिनी । यस्येदृशी भवेद्भाय्या स देवेन्द्रोन मानुषः
etadādikriyāyuktā sarvasau bhāgyavardhinī / yasyedṛśī bhavedbhāyyā sa devendrona mānuṣaḥ
she who is engaged in these and like duties is in every way an increaser of good fortune; he whose wife is such is a lord of the gods, not a man.
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GaP 1 108.22
यस्य भार्या विरूपाक्षी कश्मला कलहप्रिया । उत्तरोत्तरवादा स्या सा जरा न जरा जरा
yasya bhāryā virūpākṣī kaśmalā kalahapriyā / uttarottaravādā syā sā jarā na jarā jarā
He whose wife is ugly-eyed, filthy, fond of quarrels, and given to answering back again and again—she is old age; old age is no old age (compared to her).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 108.23
यस्य भार्या श्रितान्यञ्च परवेश्माभिकाङ्क्षिणी । कुक्रिया त्यक्तलज्जा च सा जरा न जरा जरा
yasya bhāryā śritānyañca paraveśmābhikāṅkṣiṇī / kukriyā tyaktalajjā ca sā jarā na jarā jarā
He whose wife has taken refuge with others and hankers after another's house, who acts wickedly and has cast off shame — she is old age, (and beside her) old age is no old age.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 108.24
यस्य भार्या गुणज्ञा च भर्तारमनुगामिनी । अल्पाल्पेन तु सन्तुष्टा सा प्रिया न प्रिया प्रिया
yasya bhāryā guṇajñā ca bhartāramanugāminī / alpālpena tu santuṣṭā sā priyā na priyā priyā
He whose wife knows (his) virtues and follows her husband, and is content with however little — she is the beloved one; (beside her) no beloved is beloved.
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GaP 1 108.25
दुष्टा भार्या शठं मित्रं भृत्यश्चोत्तरदायकः । ससर्पे च गृहे वासोमृत्युरेव न संशयः
duṣṭā bhāryā śaṭhaṃ mitraṃ bhṛtyaścottaradāyakaḥ / sasarpe ca gṛhe vāsomṛtyureva na saṃśayaḥ
A wicked wife, a deceitful friend, a servant who answers back, and dwelling in a house with a snake in it: (this is) death itself, no doubt of it.
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GaP 1 108.26
त्यज दुर्जनसंसर्गं भज साधुसमागमम् । कुरु पुण्यमहोरात्र स्मर नित्यमनित्यताम्
tyaja durjanasaṃsargaṃ bhaja sādhusamāgamam / kuru puṇyamahorātra smara nityamanityatām
Abandon the company of the wicked, cultivate the society of the good; do meritorious deeds day and night, always remember impermanence.
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GaP 1 108.27
व्यालीकण्ठप्रदेशाह्यपि च फणभृद्भाषणा या च रौद्री या कृष्णा व्याकुलागी रुधिरनयनसंव्याकुला व्याघ्रकल्पा । क्रोधे यैवोग्रवक्त्रा स्फुरदनलशिखा काकजिह्वा कराला सेव्या न स्त्री विदग्धा परपुरगमना भ्रान्तचित्ता विराक्त
vyālīkaṇṭhapradeśāhyapi ca phaṇabhṛdbhāṣaṇā yā ca raudrī yā kṛṣṇā vyākulāgī rudhiranayanasaṃvyākulā vyāghrakalpā / krodhe yaivogravaktrā sphuradanalaśikhā kākajihvā karālā sevyā na strī vidagdhā parapuragamanā bhrāntacittā virākta
She who is (deadly) as a serpent's throat, whose speech is a hooded snake's, who is fierce, who is dark, whose limbs are disordered, whose bloodshot eyes are agitated, who is like a tigress; she whose face in anger is terrible, a flickering tongue of flame, with a crow's tongue, gaping-fanged — such a woman is not to be resorted to, (nor) the cunning one who goes to other men's towns, whose mind wanders, who is estranged.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 108.28
सक्तिः सुतोके सुकृतं कृतघ्ने शतिं च वह्नौ (सीतापहौ ह्यतपयैव)?हैमे । उत्पद्यते दैववशात्कदाचिद्वेश्यासु रागो न भवेत्कदाचित्
saktiḥ sutoke sukṛtaṃ kṛtaghne śatiṃ ca vahnau (sītāpahau hyatapayaiva)?haime / utpadyate daivavaśātkadācidveśyāsu rāgo na bhavetkadācit
Attachment to a good son, kindness done to an ingrate, (patience?) toward fire... by fate's power such things arise now and then; but love for courtesans never arises.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 108.29
भुजङ्गमे वेश्मनि दृष्टिदृष्टे व्याधौ चिकित्साविनिवर्तिते च । देहे च बाल्यादिवयो ऽन्विते च काला वृतो ऽसौ लभते धृतिं कः
bhujaṅgame veśmani dṛṣṭidṛṣṭe vyādhau cikitsāvinivartite ca / dehe ca bālyādivayo 'nvite ca kālā vṛto 'sau labhate dhṛtiṃ kaḥ
When a snake is in the house and has been seen with one's own eyes, when a disease has turned back from treatment, and when the body is possessed of the stages beginning with childhood — who, encompassed by Time, can find composure?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain