Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 121

GaP 1 121.1

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- १२१ ब्रह्मोवाच । चातुर्मास्यव्रतान्यूचे एकादश्यां समाचरेत् । आषाढ्यां पौर्णमास्यां वा सर्वेणहरिमर्च्यच

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 121 brahmovāca / cāturmāsyavratānyūce ekādaśyāṃ samācaret / āṣāḍhyāṃ paurṇamāsyāṃ vā sarveṇaharimarcyaca

The Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, 121. Brahmā said: I have declared the observances of the four months; one should perform (them) on the eleventh day, or on the full-moon day of Āṣāḍha, worshipping Hari with everything.

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GaP 1 121.2

इदं व्रतं मया देव गृहीतं पुरतस्तव । निर्विघ्नं सिद्धिमाप्नोतु प्रसन्ने त्वयि केशव

idaṃ vrataṃ mayā deva gṛhītaṃ puratastava / nirvighnaṃ siddhimāpnotu prasanne tvayi keśava

"This observance has been undertaken by me, O God, in your presence; may it reach fulfilment without obstacle, since you are pleased, O Keśava.

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GaP 1 121.3

गृहीते ऽस्मिन्व्रते देव यद्यपूर्णे म्रियाम्यहम् । तन्मे भवतु सम्पूर्णं त्वत्प्रसादाज्जनार्दन

gṛhīte 'sminvrate deva yadyapūrṇe mriyāmyaham / tanme bhavatu sampūrṇaṃ tvatprasādājjanārdana

If, O God, I should die while this undertaken observance is unfulfilled, may it become complete for me by your grace, O Janārdana."

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GaP 1 121.4

एवमभ्यर्च्य गृह्णीयाद्व्रतार्चनजपादिकम् । सर्वाघं च क्षयं याति चिकीर्षेद्यो हरेर्व्रतम्

evamabhyarcya gṛhṇīyādvratārcanajapādikam / sarvāghaṃ ca kṣayaṃ yāti cikīrṣedyo harervratam

Having worshipped (him) thus, one should undertake the observance's worship, recitation and the rest; and all sin goes to destruction for him who wishes to perform Hari's observance.

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GaP 1 121.5

स्नात्वायोभ्यच्य गृह्णीयाद्व्रतार्चनजपादिकम् । स्नात्वा यच्चतुरो मासानेकभक्तेन पूजयेत् । विष्णुं स याति विष्णोर्व लोकं मलविवर्जितम्

snātvāyobhyacya gṛhṇīyādvratārcanajapādikam / snātvā yaccaturo māsānekabhaktena pūjayet / viṣṇuṃ sa yāti viṣṇorva lokaṃ malavivarjitam

Having bathed and worshipped, he should undertake the observance's worship, recitation and the rest; and he who, having bathed, worships Viṣṇu for four months with a single meal a day, goes to Viṣṇu, or to Viṣṇu's world, free of impurity.

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GaP 1 121.6

मद्यमांससुरात्यगी वेदविद्धरिपूजनात् । तैलवर्जि विष्णुलोकं विष्णुभाक्कृच्छ्रपादकृत्

madyamāṃsasurātyagī vedaviddharipūjanāt / tailavarji viṣṇulokaṃ viṣṇubhākkṛcchrapādakṛt

He who gives up wine, meat and liquor, who knows the Veda, by worshipping Hari and avoiding oil (goes) to Viṣṇu's world; he who performs the kṛcchra fast becomes a partaker of Viṣṇu.

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GaP 1 121.7

एकरात्रोपवासाच्च देवो वैमानिको भवेत् । श्वेतद्वीपं त्रिरात्रात्तु व्रजेत्षष्ठान्नकृन्नरः

ekarātropavāsācca devo vaimāniko bhavet / śvetadvīpaṃ trirātrāttu vrajetṣaṣṭhānnakṛnnaraḥ

And by fasting one night he becomes a god travelling in a celestial car; but by a three-night (fast) the man who eats only at the sixth mealtime goes to Śvetadvīpa.

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GaP 1 121.8

चान्द्रायणाद्धरेर्धाम लभेन्मुक्तिमयाचिताम् । प्राजापत्यं विष्णुलोकं पराकव्रतकृद्धरिम्

cāndrāyaṇāddharerdhāma labhenmuktimayācitām / prājāpatyaṃ viṣṇulokaṃ parākavratakṛddharim

By the cāndrāyaṇa (fast) one gains Hari's abode; by (eating only) unbegged food, liberation; by the prājāpatya, Viṣṇu's world; and one who performs the parāka vow (gains) Hari.

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GaP 1 121.9

सक्तुयावकभिक्षाशी पयोदधिघृताशनः । गोमूत्रयावकाहारः पञ्चगव्यकृताशनः । शाकमलफलाद्याशी रसवर्जो च विष्णुभाक्

saktuyāvakabhikṣāśī payodadhighṛtāśanaḥ / gomūtrayāvakāhāraḥ pañcagavyakṛtāśanaḥ / śākamalaphalādyāśī rasavarjo ca viṣṇubhāk

He who eats barley-meal, barley-gruel, or alms; who feeds on milk, curds and ghee; whose food is cow's urine and barley-gruel; who eats pañcagavya; who eats greens, roots, fruits and the like, and who abstains from savoury juices — he belongs to Viṣṇu.

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