Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 111

GaP 1 111.1

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- १११ सूत उवाच । पार्थिवस्य तु वक्ष्यामि भृत्यानाञ्चैव लक्षणम् । सर्वाणि हि महीपालः सम्यङ्नित्यं परीक्षयेत्

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 111 sūta uvāca / pārthivasya tu vakṣyāmi bhṛtyānāñcaiva lakṣaṇam / sarvāṇi hi mahīpālaḥ samyaṅnityaṃ parīkṣayet

The Sūta said: I shall tell the marks of a king and of servants; for a ruler of the earth should always test them all properly.

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GaP 1 111.2

राज्यं पालयते नित्यं सत्यधर्मपरायणः । निर्जित्य परसैन्यानि क्षितं धर्मेण पालयेत्

rājyaṃ pālayate nityaṃ satyadharmaparāyaṇaḥ / nirjitya parasainyāni kṣitaṃ dharmeṇa pālayet

One devoted to truth and duty protects the kingdom continually; having conquered the armies of others, he should protect the land with righteousness.

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GaP 1 111.3

पुष्पात्पुष्पं विचिन्वीत मूलच्छेदं न कारयेत् । मालाकार इवारण्ये न यथाङ्गारकारकः

puṣpātpuṣpaṃ vicinvīta mūlacchedaṃ na kārayet / mālākāra ivāraṇye na yathāṅgārakārakaḥ

He should gather flower from flower and not cause the cutting of the root — like a garland-maker in the forest, not like a charcoal-burner.

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GaP 1 111.4

दोग्धारः क्षीरभुञ्जाना विकृतं तन्न भुञ्जते । परराष्ट्रं महीपालैर्भोक्तव्यं न च दूषयेत्

dogdhāraḥ kṣīrabhuñjānā vikṛtaṃ tanna bhuñjate / pararāṣṭraṃ mahīpālairbhoktavyaṃ na ca dūṣayet

Milkers who consume the milk do not consume it once spoiled; a foreign realm is to be enjoyed by kings, but he should not ruin it.

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GaP 1 111.5

नोधश्छिन्द्यात्तु यो धेन्वाः क्षारार्थो लभते पयः । एवं राष्ट्रं प्रयोगेण पीड्यमानं न वर्धते

nodhaśchindyāttu yo dhenvāḥ kṣārārtho labhate payaḥ / evaṃ rāṣṭraṃ prayogeṇa pīḍyamānaṃ na vardhate

He who does not cut off the cow's udder obtains milk when he wants it; so too a realm, when oppressed by (harsh) measures, does not prosper.

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GaP 1 111.6

तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन पृथिवीमनुपालयेन् । पालकस्य भवेद्भूमिः कीर्तिरायुर्यशो बलम्

tasmātsarvaprayatnena pṛthivīmanupālayen / pālakasya bhavedbhūmiḥ kīrtirāyuryaśo balam

Therefore with every effort he should protect the earth; for one who protects it there will be land, fame, long life, glory, and strength.

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GaP 1 111.7

आभ्यर्च्य विष्णुं धर्मात्मा गोब्राह्मणहिते रतः । प्रजाः पालयितुं शक्तः पार्थिवो विजितेन्द्रियः

ābhyarcya viṣṇuṃ dharmātmā gobrāhmaṇahite rataḥ / prajāḥ pālayituṃ śaktaḥ pārthivo vijitendriyaḥ

Having worshipped Viṣṇu, righteous in nature, devoted to the welfare of cows and brahmins, with his senses subdued, a king is able to protect his subjects.

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GaP 1 111.8

ऐश्वर्यमध्रुवं प्राप्य राजा धर्मे मतिञ्चरेत् । क्षणेन विभवो नश्येन्नात्मायत्तं धनादिकम्

aiśvaryamadhruvaṃ prāpya rājā dharme matiñcaret / kṣaṇena vibhavo naśyennātmāyattaṃ dhanādikam

Having obtained an unstable sovereignty, a king should set his mind on righteousness; in a moment his power may perish — wealth and the rest are not within one's own control.

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GaP 1 111.9

सत्यं मनोरमाः कामाः सत्यं रम्या विभूतयः । किन्तु वै वनितापाङ्गभङ्गिलोलं हि जीवितम्

satyaṃ manoramāḥ kāmāḥ satyaṃ ramyā vibhūtayaḥ / kintu vai vanitāpāṅgabhaṅgilolaṃ hi jīvitam

True, pleasures delight the mind; true, riches are lovely; but life is as fickle as the play of a woman's sidelong glance.

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GaP 1 111.10

व्याघ्रीव तिष्ठति जरा परितर्जयन्ती रोगाश्च शत्रव इव प्रभवन्ति गात्रे । आयुः परिस्त्रवति भिन्नघटादिवाम्भो लोको न चात्महितमाचरतीह कश्चित्

vyāghrīva tiṣṭhati jarā paritarjayantī rogāśca śatrava iva prabhavanti gātre / āyuḥ paristravati bhinnaghaṭādivāmbho loko na cātmahitamācaratīha kaścit

Old age stands by, threatening like a tigress; diseases break out in the body like enemies; life-span trickles away like water from a cracked pot — and yet no one here in the world does what is good for himself.

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GaP 1 111.11

निः शङ्कं किं मनुष्याः कुरुत परहितं युक्तमग्रे हितं यन्मोदध्वं कामिनीभिर्मदनशरहता मन्दमन्दातिदृष्ट्या । मा पापं संकुरुध्वं द्विजहरिपरमाः संभजध्वं सदैव आयुर्निः शेषमेति स्खलति जलघटीभूतमृत्युच्छलेन

niḥ śaṅkaṃ kiṃ manuṣyāḥ kuruta parahitaṃ yuktamagre hitaṃ yanmodadhvaṃ kāminībhirmadanaśarahatā mandamandātidṛṣṭyā / mā pāpaṃ saṃkurudhvaṃ dvijahariparamāḥ saṃbhajadhvaṃ sadaiva āyurniḥ śeṣameti skhalati jalaghaṭībhūtamṛtyucchalena

Men, do good to others without hesitation, (for) the good done in advance is what is fitting. Why do you take delight in lovely women, struck as you are by love's arrows shot from their slow, languid gazes? Do not heap up sin; hold the twice-born and Hari supreme and worship (them) always. Life goes wholly to its end; it slips away by the leaping trick of death, which is (like) a water-jar (on a well-wheel).

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GaP 1 111.12

मातृवत्परदारेषु परद्रव्येषु लोष्टवत् । आत्मवत् सर्वभूतेषु यः पश्यति स पण्डितः

mātṛvatparadāreṣu paradravyeṣu loṣṭavat / ātmavat sarvabhūteṣu yaḥ paśyati sa paṇḍitaḥ

He who looks upon other men's wives as (upon) a mother, upon other men's goods as (upon) a clod of earth, and upon all beings as (upon) himself — he is a wise man.

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GaP 1 111.13

एतदर्थं हि विप्रेन्द्रा राज्यमिच्छन्ति भूभृतः । यदेषां सर्वकार्येषु वचो न प्रतिहन्यते

etadarthaṃ hi viprendrā rājyamicchanti bhūbhṛtaḥ / yadeṣāṃ sarvakāryeṣu vaco na pratihanyate

For this reason, O best of brahmins, kings who bear (the burden of) the earth desire sovereignty: that in all their undertakings their word is not opposed.

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GaP 1 111.14

एतदर्थं हि कुर्वन्ति राजानो धनसञ्चयम् । रक्षयित्वा तु चात्मानं यद्धनं तद्द्विजातये

etadarthaṃ hi kurvanti rājāno dhanasañcayam / rakṣayitvā tu cātmānaṃ yaddhanaṃ taddvijātaye

For this reason kings amass wealth: that, having (first) preserved themselves, whatever wealth there is goes to the twice-born.

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GaP 1 111.15

ओङ्कारशब्दो विप्राणां येन राष्ट्रं प्रवर्धते । स राजा वर्धते योगाद्व्याधिभिश्च न बध्यते

oṅkāraśabdo viprāṇāṃ yena rāṣṭraṃ pravardhate / sa rājā vardhate yogādvyādhibhiśca na badhyate

(Where there is) the sound of the syllable Oṃ from the brahmins, by which the realm prospers — that king prospers through (this) union, and is not bound by diseases.

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GaP 1 111.16

असमर्थाश्च कुर्वन्ति मुनयो द्रव्यसञ्चयम् । किं पुनस्तु महीपालः पुत्रवत्पालयन्प्रजाः

asamarthāśca kurvanti munayo dravyasañcayam / kiṃ punastu mahīpālaḥ putravatpālayanprajāḥ

Even sages who are without means make a store of goods; how much more a ruler of the earth, protecting his subjects like sons.

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GaP 1 111.17

यस्यार्थास्तस्य मित्राणि यस्यार्थास्तस्य बान्धवाः । यस्यार्थाः स मुमांल्लाके यस्यार्थाः स च पण्डितः

yasyārthāstasya mitrāṇi yasyārthāstasya bāndhavāḥ / yasyārthāḥ sa mumāṃllāke yasyārthāḥ sa ca paṇḍitaḥ

He who has wealth has friends; he who has wealth has kinsmen; he who has wealth is (counted) a man in the world; he who has wealth is also (counted) learned.

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GaP 1 111.18

त्यजन्ति मित्राणि धनैर्विहीनं पुत्राश्च दाराश्च सुहृज्जनाश्च । ते चार्थवन्तं पुनराश्रयन्ति ह्यर्थो हि लोके पुरुषस्य बन्धुः

tyajanti mitrāṇi dhanairvihīnaṃ putrāśca dārāśca suhṛjjanāśca / te cārthavantaṃ punarāśrayanti hyartho hi loke puruṣasya bandhuḥ

Friends abandon a man bereft of riches, and so do sons and wives and well-wishers; and they attach themselves again to the man who has wealth — for in this world wealth is a man's kinsman.

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GaP 1 111.19

अन्धा हि राजा भवति यस्तु सास्त्रविवर्जितः । अन्धः पश्यति चारेण शास्त्रहीनो न पश्यति

andhā hi rājā bhavati yastu sāstravivarjitaḥ / andhaḥ paśyati cāreṇa śāstrahīno na paśyati

A king who is devoid of the treatises is indeed blind; (yet) a blind man sees by means of a spy, while one lacking the treatises does not see.

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GaP 1 111.20

यस्य पुत्राश्च भृत्याश्च मन्त्रिणश्च पुरोहिताः । इन्द्रियाणि प्रसुप्तानि तस्य राज्यं चिरं न हि

yasya putrāśca bhṛtyāśca mantriṇaśca purohitāḥ / indriyāṇi prasuptāni tasya rājyaṃ ciraṃ na hi

He whose sons and servants and counsellors and household priests, and (whose) senses, are fast asleep — his kingdom does not last long.

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GaP 1 111.21

येनार्जितास्त्रयो ऽप्यो ऽप्येते पुत्रा भृत्याश्च बान्धवाः । जिता तेन समं भूपैश्चतुरब्धिर्वसुन्धरा

yenārjitāstrayo 'pyo 'pyete putrā bhṛtyāśca bāndhavāḥ / jitā tena samaṃ bhūpaiścaturabdhirvasundharā

By whom these three too have been won over — sons, servants, and kinsmen — by him the earth bounded by the four oceans, together with its kings, has been conquered.

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GaP 1 111.22

लङ्घयेच्छास्त्रयुक्तानि हेतुयुक्तानि यानि च । सहि नश्यति वै राजा इह लोके परत्र च

laṅghayecchāstrayuktāni hetuyuktāni yāni ca / sahi naśyati vai rājā iha loke paratra ca

(The king) who transgresses what is enjoined by the treatises and what accords with reason — that king indeed perishes, in this world and in the next.

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GaP 1 111.23

मनस्तापं न कुर्वीत आपदं प्राप्य पार्थिवः । समबुद्धिः प्रसन्नात्मा प्रसन्नात्मा सुखदुःखे समो भवेत्

manastāpaṃ na kurvīta āpadaṃ prāpya pārthivaḥ / samabuddhiḥ prasannātmā prasannātmā sukhaduḥkhe samo bhavet

A ruler, when he meets with misfortune, should not make (himself) grieve in mind; even-minded and serene, he should be the same in pleasure and pain.

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GaP 1 111.24

धीराः कष्टमनुप्राप्य न भवन्ति विषादिनः । प्रविश्य वदनं राहोः किं नोदति पुनः शशी

dhīrāḥ kaṣṭamanuprāpya na bhavanti viṣādinaḥ / praviśya vadanaṃ rāhoḥ kiṃ nodati punaḥ śaśī

The steadfast, on encountering hardship, do not become despondent: having entered Rāhu's mouth, does the moon not rise again?

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GaP 1 111.25

धिग्धिक् शरीरसुखलालितमानवेषु मा खेदयेद्धनकृशं हि शरीरमेव । सद्दारका ह्यधनपाण्डुसुताः श्रुता हि दुःखं विहाय पुनरेव सुखं प्रपन्नाः

dhigdhik śarīrasukhalālitamānaveṣu mā khedayeddhanakṛśaṃ hi śarīrameva / saddārakā hyadhanapāṇḍusutāḥ śrutā hi duḥkhaṃ vihāya punareva sukhaṃ prapannāḥ

Shame, shame upon men pampered with bodily comfort! One should not let the body itself be distressed at being made lean by (loss of) wealth. For the sons of Pāṇḍu, who had a good wife, are heard of as penniless, and yet, leaving sorrow behind, attained happiness once more.

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GaP 1 111.26

गन्धर्वविद्यामालोक्य वाद्यं च गणिकागणान् । धनुर्वेदार्थशास्त्राणि लोके रक्षेच्च भूपतिः

gandharvavidyāmālokya vādyaṃ ca gaṇikāgaṇān / dhanurvedārthaśāstrāṇi loke rakṣecca bhūpatiḥ

Having inspected the art of music, and instrumental playing, and the troops of courtesans, (and) the science of archery and the treatises on statecraft, the king should protect (them) in his realm.

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GaP 1 111.27

कारणेन विना भृत्ये यस्तु कुप्यति पार्थिवः । स गृह्णाति विषोन्मादं कृष्णसर्पविसर्जितम्

kāraṇena vinā bhṛtye yastu kupyati pārthivaḥ / sa gṛhṇāti viṣonmādaṃ kṛṣṇasarpavisarjitam

The ruler who grows angry at a servant without cause takes in the madness of poison spat out by a black serpent.

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GaP 1 111.28

चापलाद्वारयेद्दृष्टिं मिथ्यावाक्यञ्च वारयेत् । मानवे श्रोत्रिये चैव भृत्यवर्गे सदैव हि

cāpalādvārayeddṛṣṭiṃ mithyāvākyañca vārayet / mānave śrotriye caiva bhṛtyavarge sadaiva hi

He should keep his glance from fickleness, and should keep back false speech — always, toward a (common) man, toward a learned brahmin, and toward the body of servants.

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GaP 1 111.29

लीलां करोति यो राजा भृत्यस्वजनगर्वितः । शासने सर्वदा क्षिप्रं रिपुभिः परिभूयते

līlāṃ karoti yo rājā bhṛtyasvajanagarvitaḥ / śāsane sarvadā kṣipraṃ ripubhiḥ paribhūyate

The king who, made proud by his servants and his own people, treats governing as a game, is always quickly overpowered by his enemies.

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GaP 1 111.32

हुङ्कारे भृकुटीं नैव सदा कुर्वीत पार्थिवः । विना दोषेण यो भृत्यान्राजाधमण शास्ति च । लीलासुखानि भोग्यानि त्यजेदिह महीपतिः ॥ गर्प्_१,१११।३० ॥ सुखप्रवृत्तैः साध्यन्तै शत्रवो विग्रहे स्थितैः ॥ गर्प्_१,१११।३१ ॥ उद्योगः साहसंधैर्यं बुद्धिः शक्तिः पराक्रमः । षड्विधो यस्य उत्साहस्तस्य देवो ऽपि शङ्कते

huṅkāre bhṛkuṭīṃ naiva sadā kurvīta pārthivaḥ / vinā doṣeṇa yo bhṛtyānrājādhamaṇa śāsti ca / līlāsukhāni bhogyāni tyajediha mahīpatiḥ // garp_1,111.30 // sukhapravṛttaiḥ sādhyantai śatravo vigrahe sthitaiḥ // garp_1,111.31 // udyogaḥ sāhasaṃdhairyaṃ buddhiḥ śaktiḥ parākramaḥ / ṣaḍvidho yasya utsāhastasya devo 'pi śaṅkate

A king should never be always knitting his brows at a mere murmur; and the base king who punishes his servants without any fault — such a lord of the earth should give up here his sportive pleasures and enjoyments. (111.30) Enemies established in war are (to be) overcome by those given over to (their own) pleasures. (111.31) Effort, daring, steadfastness, intelligence, power, prowess — he whose energy is of these six kinds, even a god is wary of him.

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GaP 1 111.33

उद्योगेन कृते कार्ये सिद्धर्यस्य न विद्यते । दैवं तस्य प्रमाणं हि कर्तव्यं पौरुषं सदा

udyogena kṛte kārye siddharyasya na vidyate / daivaṃ tasya pramāṇaṃ hi kartavyaṃ pauruṣaṃ sadā

When a task is accomplished by effort, there is no failure of its success; fate is (only) a secondary authority for him — manly exertion should always be made.

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