Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 110

GaP 1 110.1

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- ११० सूत उवाच । योध्रुवाणि परित्यज्य ह्यधुवाणि निषेवते । ध्रुवाणि तस्य नश्यन्ति ह्यध्रुवं नष्टमेव च

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 110 sūta uvāca / yodhruvāṇi parityajya hyadhuvāṇi niṣevate / dhruvāṇi tasya naśyanti hyadhruvaṃ naṣṭameva ca

The Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, 110. Sūta said: He who abandons what is lasting and devotes himself to what is not lasting — his lasting things perish, and the unlasting is destroyed as well.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 110.2

वाग्यन्त्रहीनस्य नरस्य विद्या शस्त्रं यथा कापुरुषस्य हस्ते । न तुष्टिमुत्पादयते शरीरे ह्यन्धस्य दारा इव दर्शनीयाः

vāgyantrahīnasya narasya vidyā śastraṃ yathā kāpuruṣasya haste / na tuṣṭimutpādayate śarīre hyandhasya dārā iva darśanīyāḥ

Learning in a man who lacks control of speech is like a weapon in a coward's hand; it produces no satisfaction in the body, just as a blind man's wives, however fair to look upon.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 110.3

भोज्ये भोजनशक्तिश्च रतिशक्तिर्वरस्त्रियः । विभवे दानशक्तिश्च नाल्पस्य तपसः फलम्

bhojye bhojanaśaktiśca ratiśaktirvarastriyaḥ / vibhave dānaśaktiśca nālpasya tapasaḥ phalam

The capacity to eat when there is food, sexual capacity with excellent women, and the capacity to give when there is wealth — this is not the fruit of a small austerity.

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GaP 1 110.4

अग्निहोत्रफला वेदाः शीलवृत्तिफलं शुभम् । रतिपुत्रफला दारा दत्तभुक्तफलं धनम्

agnihotraphalā vedāḥ śīlavṛttiphalaṃ śubham / ratiputraphalā dārā dattabhuktaphalaṃ dhanam

The Vedas have the fire-oblation as their fruit; the fruit of good conduct and behaviour is auspiciousness; wives have pleasure and sons as their fruit; wealth's fruit is what is given and enjoyed.

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GaP 1 110.5

वरयेत्कुलजां प्राज्ञो विरूपामपि कन्यकाम् । सुरूपां सुनितम्बाञ्च नाकुलीनां कदाचन

varayetkulajāṃ prājño virūpāmapi kanyakām / surūpāṃ sunitambāñca nākulīnāṃ kadācana

A wise man should choose a girl born of good family even if she is ugly, and never one of no family, though beautiful and with fine hips.

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GaP 1 110.6

अर्थेनापि हि किं तेन यस्यानर्थे तु संगतिः । को हि नाम शिखाजातं पन्नगस्य मणिं हरेत्

arthenāpi hi kiṃ tena yasyānarthe tu saṃgatiḥ / ko hi nāma śikhājātaṃ pannagasya maṇiṃ haret

An oblation is to be shunned if it comes from a corrupt family; a good saying is to be taken even from a child; gold is to be taken even from an unclean place; a jewel of a woman even from a bad family.

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

GaP 1 110.7

हविर्दुष्टकुलद्वाह्यं बालादपि सुभाषितम् । अमेध्यात्काञ्चनं ग्राह्यं स्त्रीरत्नं दुष्कुलादपि

havirduṣṭakuladvāhyaṃ bālādapi subhāṣitam / amedhyātkāñcanaṃ grāhyaṃ strīratnaṃ duṣkulādapi

Nectar is to be taken even from poison, gold even from what is unclean, the highest knowledge even from a low man, a jewel of a woman even from a bad family.

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GaP 1 110.8

विषादप्यमृतं ग्राह्यममेध्यादपि काञ्चनम् । नीचादप्युत्तमां विद्यां स्त्रीरत्नं दुष्कुलादपि

viṣādapyamṛtaṃ grāhyamamedhyādapi kāñcanam / nīcādapyuttamāṃ vidyāṃ strīratnaṃ duṣkulādapi

There is no friendship with a king; nowhere is a snake without venom; and no family is unblemished where womenfolk are born.

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GaP 1 110.9

न राज्ञा सह मित्रत्वं न सर्पो निर्विषः क्रचित् । न कुलं निर्मलं तत्र स्त्रीजनो यत्र जायते

na rājñā saha mitratvaṃ na sarpo nirviṣaḥ kracit / na kulaṃ nirmalaṃ tatra strījano yatra jāyate

One should set a devoted man over the household, engage one's son in studies, engage an enemy in vice, and engage a friend in dharma.

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GaP 1 110.10

कुले नियोजयेद्भक्तं पुत्रं विद्यासु योजयेत् । व्यसने योजयेच्छत्रुमिष्टं धर्मे नियोज्येत्

kule niyojayedbhaktaṃ putraṃ vidyāsu yojayet / vyasane yojayecchatrumiṣṭaṃ dharme niyojyet

Servants, like ornaments, are to be employed only in their proper places; for a crest-jewel never looks fine on the foot.

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GaP 1 110.11

स्थानेष्वेव प्रयोक्ताव्या भृत्याश्चाभरणानि च । न हि चूडामणिः पादे शोभते वै कदाचन

sthāneṣveva prayoktāvyā bhṛtyāścābharaṇāni ca / na hi cūḍāmaṇiḥ pāde śobhate vai kadācana

A crest-jewel, the ocean, fire, a bell, and the unbroken sky — or else a protector of the earth: on the head, or on the foot, by carelessness.

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

GaP 1 110.12

चूडामणिः समुद्रो ऽग्निर्घण्टा चाखण्डमम्बरम् । अथवा पृथिवीपालो मूर्ध्नि पादे प्रमादतः

cūḍāmaṇiḥ samudro 'gnirghaṇṭā cākhaṇḍamambaram / athavā pṛthivīpālo mūrdhni pāde pramādataḥ

Like a cluster of blossoms, a proud-spirited man has two courses: either on the heads of all people, or fallen from the top into the forest.

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GaP 1 110.13

कुसुमस्तबकस्येव द्वे गती तु मनस्विनः । मूर्ध्नि वा सर्वलोकानां शीर्षतः पतितो वने

kusumastabakasyeva dve gatī tu manasvinaḥ / mūrdhni vā sarvalokānāṃ śīrṣataḥ patito vane

If a gem fit to be set in a gold ornament is instead fastened in tin, it does not cry out, nor yet does it shine; it becomes the blame of the one who set it.

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GaP 1 110.14

कनकभूषणसंग्रहणोचितो यदि मणिस्त्रपुणि प्रतिबध्यते । न च विरौति न चापि स शोभते भवति योजयितुर्वचनीयता

kanakabhūṣaṇasaṃgrahaṇocito yadi maṇistrapuṇi pratibadhyate / na ca virauti na cāpi sa śobhate bhavati yojayiturvacanīyatā

Between horses, between elephants, between iron, between wood, stone and cloth, between women, men and waters — the difference is a great difference.

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GaP 1 110.15

वाजिवारणलौहानां काष्ठपाषाणवाससाम् । नारीपुरुषतोयानामन्तरं महदन्तरम्

vājivāraṇalauhānāṃ kāṣṭhapāṣāṇavāsasām / nārīpuruṣatoyānāmantaraṃ mahadantaram

Even in one who is humiliated, if his conduct is steadfast, the destruction of all his virtues cannot be brought about; even when a scoundrel turns fire downward, its flame never goes downward.

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GaP 1 110.16

कदर्थितस्यापि हि धैर्यवृत्तेर्न शक्यते सर्वगुणप्रमाथः । अधः खलेनापि कृतस्य वह्नेर्नाधः शिखा याति कदाचिदेव

kadarthitasyāpi hi dhairyavṛtterna śakyate sarvaguṇapramāthaḥ / adhaḥ khalenāpi kṛtasya vahnernādhaḥ śikhā yāti kadācideva

A good horse would not bear the stroke of the whip, nor a lion the trumpeting of an elephant, nor a brave man a terrifying shout directed at him by another.

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GaP 1 110.17

न सदश्वः कशाघातं सिंहो न गजगर्जितम् । वीरो वा परनिर्दिष्टं न सहेद्भीमनिः स्वनम्

na sadaśvaḥ kaśāghātaṃ siṃho na gajagarjitam / vīro vā paranirdiṣṭaṃ na sahedbhīmaniḥ svanam

Even if bereft of wealth, or suddenly cast down by fate, one should not crave the base service of wicked men: a lion, though sorely afflicted by hunger, does not turn to eating grass, but generally drinks the warm blood of elephants.

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GaP 1 110.18

यदि विभवविहीनः प्रच्युतो वाशु दैवान्न तु खलजनसेवां काङ्क्षयेन्नैव नीचाम् । न तृणमदनकार्ये सुक्षुधार्तो ऽत्ति सिंहः पिबति रुधिरमुष्णं प्रायशः कुञ्चराणाम्

yadi vibhavavihīnaḥ pracyuto vāśu daivānna tu khalajanasevāṃ kāṅkṣayennaiva nīcām / na tṛṇamadanakārye sukṣudhārto 'tti siṃhaḥ pibati rudhiramuṣṇaṃ prāyaśaḥ kuñcarāṇām

He who wishes to join himself again to a friend who has once turned bad takes hold of death itself, like a she-mule conceiving.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 110.19

सकृद्दुष्टञ्च यो मित्रं पुनः सन्धातुमिच्छति । स मृत्युमेव गृह्णीयाद्गर्भमश्वतरी यथा

sakṛdduṣṭañca yo mitraṃ punaḥ sandhātumicchati / sa mṛtyumeva gṛhṇīyādgarbhamaśvatarī yathā

And he who wishes to join again with a friend who has once turned bad would be taking hold of death itself, like a she-mule taking on a pregnancy.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 110.20

शत्रोरपत्यानि प्रियंवदानि नोपेक्षितव्यानि बुधैर्मनुष्यैः । तान्येव कालेषु विपत्कराणि विषस्य पात्राण्यपि दारुणानि

śatrorapatyāni priyaṃvadāni nopekṣitavyāni budhairmanuṣyaiḥ / tānyeva kāleṣu vipatkarāṇi viṣasya pātrāṇyapi dāruṇāni

The offspring of an enemy, sweet-spoken though they are, should not be disregarded by wise men; those very ones, in time, bring calamity — even vessels of poison are dreadful.

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GaP 1 110.21

उपकारगृहीतेन शत्रुणा शत्रुमुद्धरेत् । पादलग्नं करस्थेन कण्टकेनैव कण्टकम्

upakāragṛhītena śatruṇā śatrumuddharet / pādalagnaṃ karasthena kaṇṭakenaiva kaṇṭakam

With an enemy won over by a favour done, one should uproot (another) enemy — as a thorn stuck in the foot (is removed) by a thorn held in the hand.

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GaP 1 110.22

अपकारपरान्नित्यं चिन्त येन्न कदाचन । स्वयमेव पतिष्यन्ति कूलजाता इव द्रुमाः

apakāraparānnityaṃ cinta yenna kadācana / svayameva patiṣyanti kūlajātā iva drumāḥ

One should never worry about those bent on doing harm; they will fall of themselves, like trees grown on a riverbank.

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GaP 1 110.23

अनर्था ह्यर्थरूषाश्च अर्थाश्चानर्थरूपिणः । भवन्ति ते विनाशाय दैवायत्तस्य वै सदा

anarthā hyartharūṣāśca arthāścānartharūpiṇaḥ / bhavanti te vināśāya daivāyattasya vai sadā

For misfortunes have the appearance of gains, and gains have the form of misfortunes; they always serve for the ruin of one who is subject to fate.

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

GaP 1 110.24

कार्यकालोचितापापा मतिः सञ्जायते हि वै । सानुकूले तु दैवे शं पुंसः सर्वत्र जायते

kāryakālocitāpāpā matiḥ sañjāyate hi vai / sānukūle tu daive śaṃ puṃsaḥ sarvatra jāyate

A mind fit for the occasion of the task and free of evil does indeed arise (in a man); when fate is favourable, well-being arises for a man everywhere.

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

GaP 1 110.25

धनप्रयोगकार्येषुः तथा विद्या गमेषु च । आहारे व्यवहारे च त्यक्तलज्जः सदा भवेत्

dhanaprayogakāryeṣuḥ tathā vidyā gameṣu ca / āhāre vyavahāre ca tyaktalajjaḥ sadā bhavet

In the employment of wealth for business, and likewise in the pursuits of learning, in eating and in dealings (with others), one should always be free of shame.

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

GaP 1 110.26

धनिनः श्रोत्रियो राजा नदी वैद्यस्तु पञ्चमः । पञ्च यत्र न विद्यन्ते न कुर्यात्तत्रत्र संस्थितिम्

dhaninaḥ śrotriyo rājā nadī vaidyastu pañcamaḥ / pañca yatra na vidyante na kuryāttatratra saṃsthitim

Wealthy men, a Vedic scholar, a king, a river, and fifthly a physician — where these five are not found, there one should not take up residence.

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GaP 1 110.27

लोकयात्रा भयं लज्जा दाक्षिण्यं दानशीलता । पञ्च यत्र न विद्यन्ते न तत्र दिवसं वसेत्

lokayātrā bhayaṃ lajjā dākṣiṇyaṃ dānaśīlatā / pañca yatra na vidyante na tatra divasaṃ vaset

Livelihood among people, fear (of wrongdoing), shame, courtesy, and generosity — where these five are not found, one should not stay there a single day.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 110.28

कालविच्छोत्रियो राजा नदी साधुश्च पञ्चमः । एते यत्र न विद्यन्ते तत्र वासं न कारयेत्

kālavicchotriyo rājā nadī sādhuśca pañcamaḥ / ete yatra na vidyante tatra vāsaṃ na kārayet

One who knows the (proper) times, a Vedic scholar, a king, a river, and fifthly a good man — where these are not found, one should not make one's dwelling there.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 110.29

नैकत्र परिनिष्ठास्ति ज्ञानस्य किल शौनक । सर्वः सर्वं न जानाति सर्वज्ञो नास्ति कुत्रचित्

naikatra pariniṣṭhāsti jñānasya kila śaunaka / sarvaḥ sarvaṃ na jānāti sarvajño nāsti kutracit

Knowledge, O Śaunaka, has no complete limit in any one place; not everyone knows everything, and nowhere is there an omniscient man.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 110.30

न सर्ववित्कश्चिदिहास्ति लोके नात्यन्तमूर्खो भुवि चापि कश्चित् । ज्ञानेन नीचोत्तममध्यमेन यो ऽयं विजानाति स तेन विद्वान्

na sarvavitkaścidihāsti loke nātyantamūrkho bhuvi cāpi kaścit / jñānena nīcottamamadhyamena yo 'yaṃ vijānāti sa tena vidvān

There is no one here in the world who knows all, nor is there anyone on earth utterly a fool; whoever discerns by knowledge what is low, highest, and middling, he is thereby learned.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition