Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 11
GaP 1 11.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- ११ हरिरुवाचं । नवव्यूहार्चनं वक्ष्ये यदुक्तं कश्यपाय हि । जीवमुत्क्षिप्य मूर्धन्यं नाभ्यां व्योम्निनिवेशयेत्
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 11 hariruvācaṃ / navavyūhārcanaṃ vakṣye yaduktaṃ kaśyapāya hi / jīvamutkṣipya mūrdhanyaṃ nābhyāṃ vyomniniveśayet
The Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, (chapter) 11. Hari said: I shall declare the worship of the nine-fold group (navavyūha), which was indeed told to Kaśyapa. Having drawn the life-breath up to the head, he should install it in the void at the navel.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 11.2
ततोरमिति बीजेन दहेद्भूतात्मकं वपुः । यमित्यनेन बीजेन तच्च सर्व विनाशयेत्
tatoramiti bījena dahedbhūtātmakaṃ vapuḥ / yamityanena bījena tacca sarva vināśayet
Then with the seed-syllable 'raṃ' he should burn the body made of the elements; and with this seed-syllable 'yaṃ' he should destroy all that.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 11.3
लमित्यनेन बीजेन प्लावयेत्सचराचरम् । वमित्यनेन बीजेन चिन्तयेदमृतं ततः
lamityanena bījena plāvayetsacarācaram / vamityanena bījena cintayedamṛtaṃ tataḥ
With this seed-syllable 'laṃ' he should flood (it) together with all that moves and does not move; with this seed-syllable 'vaṃ' he should then meditate on the nectar.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 11.4
ततो बुद्वुदमध्ये तु पीतवासाश्चतुर्भुजः । अहं मतस्तथात्मानं ध्यानेन परिचिन्तयेत्
tato budvudamadhye tu pītavāsāścaturbhujaḥ / ahaṃ matastathātmānaṃ dhyānena paricintayet
Then, in the midst of the bubble, (there is) one clothed in yellow, four-armed: 'I am he' — thus he should contemplate the self by meditation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 11.5
मन्त्रन्यासं ततः कुर्यात्त्रिविधं करदेहयोः । द्वादशाक्षरबीजेन उक्तबीजैरनन्तरम्
mantranyāsaṃ tataḥ kuryāttrividhaṃ karadehayoḥ / dvādaśākṣarabījena uktabījairanantaram
Then he should perform the threefold placing of the mantra on the hands and the body, with the twelve-syllable (mantra's) seed and immediately after with the seeds already stated.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 11.6
षडङ्गेन ततः कुर्यात्साक्षाद्येन हरिर्भवेत् । दक्षिणाङ्गुष्ठमारभ्य मध्याङ्गुष्ठन्दले न्यसेत्
ṣaḍaṅgena tataḥ kuryātsākṣādyena harirbhavet / dakṣiṇāṅguṣṭhamārabhya madhyāṅguṣṭhandale nyaset
Then he should do (the rite) with the six limbs, by which he becomes Hari himself. Beginning from the right thumb, he should place (the seeds) on the middle of the thumb, on the (finger-)segments.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 11.7
मध्ये बीजद्वयं न्यस्य न्यसेदङ्गे ततः पुनः । हृच्छिरसि शिखावर्ंमवक्क्राक्ष्युदहपृष्ठतः
madhye bījadvayaṃ nyasya nyasedaṅge tataḥ punaḥ / hṛcchirasi śikhāvarṃmavakkrākṣyudahapṛṣṭhataḥ
Having placed the pair of seeds in the middle, he should then again place (them) on the limbs: on the heart, the head, the crest, the armour, the mouth, the eyes, the belly and the back,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 11.8
बाह्वोश्च करयोर्जान्वोः पादयोश्चापि विन्यसेत् । पद्माकारौ करौ कृत्वा मध्ये ऽङ्गुष्ठं निवेशयेत्
bāhvośca karayorjānvoḥ pādayoścāpi vinyaset / padmākārau karau kṛtvā madhye 'ṅguṣṭhaṃ niveśayet
and he should also place (them) on the two arms, the two hands, the two knees and the two feet. Making the hands into the shape of a lotus, he should set the thumb in the middle.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 11.9
चिन्तयेत्तत्र सर्वेशं परं तत्त्वमनामयम् । क्रमाच्चैतानि बीजानि तर्जन्यादिषु विन्य सेत्
cintayettatra sarveśaṃ paraṃ tattvamanāmayam / kramāccaitāni bījāni tarjanyādiṣu vinya set
There he should contemplate the Lord of all, the highest reality, free of affliction; and he should place these seeds in order on the index finger and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 11.10
ततो मूर्धाक्षिवक्क्रेषु कण्ठे च हृदये तथा । नाभौ गुह्ये तथा जान्वोः पादयोर्विन्यसेत्क्रमात्
tato mūrdhākṣivakkreṣu kaṇṭhe ca hṛdaye tathā / nābhau guhye tathā jānvoḥ pādayorvinyasetkramāt
Then he should place (them) in order on the head, the eyes, the mouth, and on the throat and likewise the heart, on the navel, the private parts, and likewise the two knees and the two feet.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 11.11
पाण्योः षडङ्गबीजानि न्यस्य काये ततो न्यसेत् । अङ्गुष्ठादिकनिष्ठान्तं विन्यसेद्वीजपञ्चकम्
pāṇyoḥ ṣaḍaṅgabījāni nyasya kāye tato nyaset / aṅguṣṭhādikaniṣṭhāntaṃ vinyasedvījapañcakam
Having placed the six-limb seeds on the two hands, he should then place (them) on the body; he should set down the five seeds from the thumb to the little finger.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 11.12
करमध्ये नेत्रबीजमङ्गन्यासऽप्ययं क्रमः । हृदये हृदयं न्यस्य शिरः शिरसि विन्यसेत्
karamadhye netrabījamaṅganyāsa'pyayaṃ kramaḥ / hṛdaye hṛdayaṃ nyasya śiraḥ śirasi vinyaset
The eye-seed (goes) in the palm of the hand; this is the sequence for the placing on the limbs too. Having placed the heart (mantra) on the heart, he should place the head (mantra) on the head,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 11.13
शिखायां तु शिखां न्यस्य कवचं सर्वतस्तनौ । नेत्रं नेत्रे विधातव्यमस्त्रञ्च करयोर्द्वयोः
śikhāyāṃ tu śikhāṃ nyasya kavacaṃ sarvatastanau / netraṃ netre vidhātavyamastrañca karayordvayoḥ
and having placed the crest (mantra) on the crest, the armour (mantra) on the body all over; the eye (mantra) is to be applied to the eyes, and the weapon (mantra) to the two hands.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 11.14
तेनैव च दिशो बद्धा पूजा विधिमथाचरेत् । हृदये चिन्तयेत्पूर्वं योगपीठं समाहितः
tenaiva ca diśo baddhā pūjā vidhimathācaret / hṛdaye cintayetpūrvaṃ yogapīṭhaṃ samāhitaḥ
And with that very same (weapon mantra) the directions are bound; then he should carry out the procedure of worship. Concentrated, he should first contemplate the yoga-seat in his heart.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 11.15
धर्म ज्ञनं च वैराग्यमैश्वर्यं च यथाक्रमम् । आग्नेयादौ च पूर्वादावधर्मादींश्च विन्यसेत्
dharma jñanaṃ ca vairāgyamaiśvaryaṃ ca yathākramam / āgneyādau ca pūrvādāvadharmādīṃśca vinyaset
(He should place) dharma, knowledge, dispassion and lordship in due order in the south-east and the rest, and unrighteousness and the rest in the east and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 11.16
एभिः परिच्छन्नतनुं पीठभूतं तदात्मकम् । अनन्तं विन्सेत्पश्चात्पूर्वकायोन्नतं स्थितम्
ebhiḥ paricchannatanuṃ pīṭhabhūtaṃ tadātmakam / anantaṃ vinsetpaścātpūrvakāyonnataṃ sthitam
(He should conceive) the body enclosed by these as constituted of the seat, of that same nature; afterwards he should place Ananta, standing with the forepart of his body raised.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 11.17
ततो विद्यात्सरोजातं दलाष्टसमदिग्दलम् । सिताब्जं शतपत्राढ्यं विप्रकीर्णोर्धकर्णिकम्
tato vidyātsarojātaṃ dalāṣṭasamadigdalam / sitābjaṃ śatapatrāḍhyaṃ viprakīrṇordhakarṇikam
Then he should know (there to be) a lotus grown (there), with eight petals evenly in the (eight) directions, a white lotus rich with a hundred petals, its pericarp spread out above.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 11.18
ध्यात्वा वेदादिना पश्चात्सूर्यसोमानलात्मनाम् । मण्डलानि क्रमादेवमुपर्युपरि चिन्तयेत्
dhyātvā vedādinā paścātsūryasomānalātmanām / maṇḍalāni kramādevamuparyupari cintayet
Having meditated (thus), then with the Veda-beginning (mantra) one should think of the discs whose natures are sun, moon and fire, in order, thus, one above the other.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 11.19
ततः पूर्वादिदिक्संस्थाः शक्तीः केशवगोचराः । विमलाद्या न्यसेदष्टौ नवमीं कर्णिकागताम्
tataḥ pūrvādidiksaṃsthāḥ śaktīḥ keśavagocarāḥ / vimalādyā nyasedaṣṭau navamīṃ karṇikāgatām
Then one should place the eight powers (śaktis) belonging to Keśava, beginning with Vimalā, stationed in the directions beginning with the east, and the ninth one situated in the pericarp.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 11.20
एवं ध्यात्वा समभ्यर्च्य योगपीठमनन्तरम् । मनसावाह्य तत्रेशं हरिं शार्ङ्गं न्यसेत्पुनः
evaṃ dhyātvā samabhyarcya yogapīṭhamanantaram / manasāvāhya tatreśaṃ hariṃ śārṅgaṃ nyasetpunaḥ
Having meditated thus and duly worshipped the yoga-seat, thereafter, having mentally invoked the Lord Hari there, one should again place the bow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 11.21
हृदयादीनि पूर्वादिचतुर्दिग्दलयोगतः । मध्ये नेत्रं तु कोणेषु अस्त्रमन्त्रं न्यसेत्ततः
hṛdayādīni pūrvādicaturdigdalayogataḥ / madhye netraṃ tu koṇeṣu astramantraṃ nyasettataḥ
(One should place) the heart-mantra and the rest by assigning them to the four directional petals beginning with the east; in the middle the eye-mantra, and then in the corners one should place the weapon-mantra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 11.22
सङ्कर्षणादिबीजानि पूर्वादिक्रमयोगतः । द्वारि पूर्वे परे चैव वैनतेयं तु विन्यसेत्
saṅkarṣaṇādibījāni pūrvādikramayogataḥ / dvāri pūrve pare caiva vainateyaṃ tu vinyaset
(One should place) the seed-syllables beginning with Saṅkarṣaṇa according to the order beginning with the east; and at the eastern door and at the western he should set down Vainateya (Garuḍa).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 11.23
सुदर्शनं सहस्रारं दक्षिणे द्वारि विन्यसेत् । श्रियं दक्षिणतो न्यस्य लक्ष्मीमुत्तरतस्तथा
sudarśanaṃ sahasrāraṃ dakṣiṇe dvāri vinyaset / śriyaṃ dakṣiṇato nyasya lakṣmīmuttaratastathā
He should place thousand-spoked Sudarśana at the southern door; having set Śrī on the right, and Lakṣmī likewise on the north,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 11.24
द्वार्यत्तरे गदां न्यस्य शङ्खं कोणेषु विन्यसेत् । देवदक्षिणतः शार्ङ्गं वामे चैव सुधीर्न्यसेत्
dvāryattare gadāṃ nyasya śaṅkhaṃ koṇeṣu vinyaset / devadakṣiṇataḥ śārṅgaṃ vāme caiva sudhīrnyaset
having placed the mace at the northern door, he should set the conch in the corners; and the wise man should place the bow on the god's right and (the other weapon) on the left.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 11.25
तद्वत्खङ्गं तथा चक्रं न्यसेत्पार्श्वद्वयोर्द्वयम् । ततो ऽन्तर्लोकपालांश्च स्वदिग्भेदेन विन्यसेत्
tadvatkhaṅgaṃ tathā cakraṃ nyasetpārśvadvayordvayam / tato 'ntarlokapālāṃśca svadigbhedena vinyaset
Likewise he should place the sword and the discus, two on each of the two sides; then he should set down the inner world-guardians, distributing them by their own directions.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 11.26
वज्रादीन्यायुधान्येव तथैव विनिवेशयेत् । ऊर्घ्वं ब्रिह्म तथानन्तमधश्च परिचिन्तयेत्
vajrādīnyāyudhānyeva tathaiva viniveśayet / ūrghvaṃ brihma tathānantamadhaśca paricintayet
Just so he should install the weapons, the thunderbolt and the rest; and he should meditate on Brahmā above and on Ananta below.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 11.27
सर्वं ध्यात्वेति संपूज्य मुद्राः सन्दर्शयेत्ततः । अञ्जलिः प्रथमा मुद्रा क्षिप्रं देवप्रसाधनी
sarvaṃ dhyātveti saṃpūjya mudrāḥ sandarśayettataḥ / añjaliḥ prathamā mudrā kṣipraṃ devaprasādhanī
Having meditated on all this thus and worshipped, he should then display the mudrās. The añjali is the first mudrā, which quickly wins the god's favour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 11.28
वन्दनी हृदयासक्तात्सार्धं दक्षिणतोन्नता । ऊर्धाङ्गुण्ठो वाममुष्टिर्दक्षिणाङ्गुष्ठबन्धनः
vandanī hṛdayāsaktātsārdhaṃ dakṣiṇatonnatā / ūrdhāṅguṇṭho vāmamuṣṭirdakṣiṇāṅguṣṭhabandhanaḥ
The vandanī (mudrā) is raised on the right, together with (the hand) pressed to the heart; the thumb is upward, the left fist grips the right thumb.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 11.29
सव्यस्य तस्य चाङ्गुष्ठो यः स उद्धः प्रकीर्तितः । तिस्रः साधारणा ह्येता मूर्तिभेदेन कल्पिताः
savyasya tasya cāṅguṣṭho yaḥ sa uddhaḥ prakīrtitaḥ / tisraḥ sādhāraṇā hyetā mūrtibhedena kalpitāḥ
And that thumb which is of the right (hand) is declared to be the 'raised' one. These three are general mudrās, devised according to the distinction of the forms (of the deity).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 11.30
कनिष्ठादिप्रमोकेण अष्टौ मुद्रा यथाक्रमम् । अष्टानां पूर्वबीजानां क्रमशस्त्ववधारयेत्
kaniṣṭhādipramokeṇa aṣṭau mudrā yathākramam / aṣṭānāṃ pūrvabījānāṃ kramaśastvavadhārayet
By releasing (the fingers) beginning with the little finger, there are eight mudrās in due order; one should understand them as corresponding, in sequence, to the eight seed-syllables mentioned before.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 11.31
अङ्गुष्ठेन कनिष्ठान्तं नामयित्वाङ्गुलित्रयम् । मुद्रेयं नरसिंहस्य न्युब्जं कृत्वा करद्वयम्
aṅguṣṭhena kaniṣṭhāntaṃ nāmayitvāṅgulitrayam / mudreyaṃ narasiṃhasya nyubjaṃ kṛtvā karadvayam
Having bent three fingers with the thumb, up to the little finger — this is the mudrā of Narasiṃha. Making both hands turned downward,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 11.32
सव्यहस्तं तथोत्तानं कृत्वोर्धं भ्रामयेच्छनैः । नवमीयं स्मृता मुद्रा वराहाभिमता सदा
savyahastaṃ tathottānaṃ kṛtvordhaṃ bhrāmayecchanaiḥ / navamīyaṃ smṛtā mudrā varāhābhimatā sadā
and making the right hand turned upward, one should slowly rotate it upward: this is remembered as the ninth mudrā, ever approved for Varāha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 11.33
मुष्टिद्वयमथोत्तानमृज्वैकैकेन मोचयेत् । उत्कुञ्चयेत्सर्वमुक्ता अङ्गमुद्रेयमुच्यते
muṣṭidvayamathottānamṛjvaikaikena mocayet / utkuñcayetsarvamuktā aṅgamudreyamucyate
Then, the two fists being turned upward, one should release them straight, one finger at a time; when all are released he should curl them up — this is called the limb-mudrā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 11.34
मुष्टिद्वयमथो बद्धा एवमेवानुपूर्वशः । दशानां लोकपालानां मुद्राश्च क्रमयोगतः
muṣṭidvayamatho baddhā evamevānupūrvaśaḥ / daśānāṃ lokapālānāṃ mudrāśca kramayogataḥ
Then the two fists being closed, in just this way and in succession, (there are) also the mudrās of the ten world-guardians, in due sequence.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 11.35
सुरमाद्यं द्वितीयं च उपान्त्यञ्चान्त्यमेव च । वासुदेवो बलः कामो ह्यनिरुद्धो यथाक्रमम्
suramādyaṃ dvitīyaṃ ca upāntyañcāntyameva ca / vāsudevo balaḥ kāmo hyaniruddho yathākramam
The first, the second, the penultimate, and the very last (are) Vāsudeva, Bala, Kāma and Aniruddha respectively.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 11.36
प्रणवस्तत्सदित्येतद् हुं क्षैं भूरिति मन्त्रकाः । नारायणस्तथा ब्रह्मा विष्णुः सिंहो वराहराट्
praṇavastatsadityetad huṃ kṣaiṃ bhūriti mantrakāḥ / nārāyaṇastathā brahmā viṣṇuḥ siṃho varāharāṭ
The praṇava (oṃ), 'tat sat', huṃ, kṣaiṃ, bhūḥ — these are the mantras; and (the deities are) Nārāyaṇa, Brahmā, Viṣṇu, the Lion, and King Boar.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 11.37
सितारुणहरिद्राभा नीलश्यामल्लोहिताः । मेघाग्निमदुपिङ्गाभा वर्णतो नवनामकाः
sitāruṇaharidrābhā nīlaśyāmallohitāḥ / meghāgnimadupiṅgābhā varṇato navanāmakāḥ
White, ruddy, yellow-gleaming, dark blue, black, red, cloud-hued, fire-hued, and honey-tawny — the nine named ones according to colour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 11.38
कं टं पं शं गरुत्मान्स्याज्जं खं वं च सुदर्शनम् । षं चं फं षं गदादेवी वं लं मं क्षं च शङ्खकम्
kaṃ ṭaṃ paṃ śaṃ garutmānsyājjaṃ khaṃ vaṃ ca sudarśanam / ṣaṃ caṃ phaṃ ṣaṃ gadādevī vaṃ laṃ maṃ kṣaṃ ca śaṅkhakam
kaṃ ṭaṃ paṃ śaṃ — that is Garuḍa; jaṃ khaṃ vaṃ — Sudarśana (the discus); ṣaṃ caṃ phaṃ ṣaṃ — the goddess Gadā (the club); vaṃ laṃ maṃ kṣaṃ — the conch.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 11.39
घं ढं भं हं भवेच्छ्रीश्च गं जं वं शं च पुष्टिका । घं वं च वनमाला स्याच्छ्री वत्सं दं सं भवेत्
ghaṃ ḍhaṃ bhaṃ haṃ bhavecchrīśca gaṃ jaṃ vaṃ śaṃ ca puṣṭikā / ghaṃ vaṃ ca vanamālā syācchrī vatsaṃ daṃ saṃ bhavet
ghaṃ ḍhaṃ bhaṃ haṃ — that is Śrī; gaṃ jaṃ vaṃ śaṃ — Puṣṭi (Prosperity); ghaṃ vaṃ — that is the forest-garland; daṃ saṃ — that is the Śrīvatsa mark.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 11.40
छं डं पं यं कौस्तुभः प्रोक्तश्चानन्तो ह्यहमेव च । इत्यङ्गानियथायोगं देवदेवस्य वै दशा
chaṃ ḍaṃ paṃ yaṃ kaustubhaḥ proktaścānanto hyahameva ca / ityaṅgāniyathāyogaṃ devadevasya vai daśā
chaṃ ḍaṃ paṃ yaṃ is declared to be the Kaustubha, and Ananta is indeed myself. Thus are the limbs (i.e. attributes) of the God of gods, each according to its fitting connection — ten in all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 11.41
गरुडो ऽम्बुजसंकाशो गदा चैवासिताकृतिः । पुष्टिः शिरीषपुष्पाभा लक्ष्मीः काञ्चनसन्निभा
garuḍo 'mbujasaṃkāśo gadā caivāsitākṛtiḥ / puṣṭiḥ śirīṣapuṣpābhā lakṣmīḥ kāñcanasannibhā
Garuḍa is like a lotus (in hue), and the club is dark in form; Puṣṭi has the sheen of the śirīṣa blossom, Lakṣmī resembles gold.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 11.42
पूर्णचन्द्रनिभः शङ्खः कौस्तुभस्त्वरुणद्युतिः । चक्रं सूर्यसहस्राभं श्रीवत्सः कुन्दसन्निभः
pūrṇacandranibhaḥ śaṅkhaḥ kaustubhastvaruṇadyutiḥ / cakraṃ sūryasahasrābhaṃ śrīvatsaḥ kundasannibhaḥ
The conch is like the full moon, while the Kaustubha has the radiance of dawn; the discus has the brilliance of a thousand suns, the Śrīvatsa resembles the kunda flower.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition