Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 128

GaP 1 128.1

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- १२८ ब्रह्मोवाच । व्रतानि व्यास वक्ष्यामि यैस्तुष्टः सर्वदो हरिः । शास्त्रोदितो हि नियमो व्रतं तच्च तपो मतम्

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 128 brahmovāca / vratāni vyāsa vakṣyāmi yaistuṣṭaḥ sarvado hariḥ / śāstrodito hi niyamo vrataṃ tacca tapo matam

The Glorious Great Garuḍa Purāṇa, 128. Brahmā said: O Vyāsa, I shall declare the vows, by which Hari, the all-giver, is pleased. The restraint enjoined in scripture is a vow, and that is held to be austerity.

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GaP 1 128.2

नियमास्तु विशेषाः स्युः व्रतस्यास्य दमादयः । नित्यं त्रिषवणं स्नायादधः शयी जितेन्द्रियः

niyamāstu viśeṣāḥ syuḥ vratasyāsya damādayaḥ / nityaṃ triṣavaṇaṃ snāyādadhaḥ śayī jitendriyaḥ

The restraints—self-control and the rest—are the particular observances of this vow: one should bathe regularly at the three junctures of the day, sleep on the ground, and keep the senses subdued.

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GaP 1 128.3

स्त्रीशूद्रपतितानां तु वर्जयेदभिभाषणम् । पवित्राणि च पञ्चैव जुहुयाच्चैव शक्तितः

strīśūdrapatitānāṃ tu varjayedabhibhāṣaṇam / pavitrāṇi ca pañcaiva juhuyāccaiva śaktitaḥ

He should avoid speaking with women, śūdras, and the fallen; and (he should use) the five purifiers, and offer oblations according to his ability.

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GaP 1 128.4

कृच्छ्राण्येतानि सर्वाणि चरेत्सुकृतवान्नरः । केशानां रक्षणार्थं तु द्विगुणं व्रतमाचरेत्

kṛcchrāṇyetāni sarvāṇi caretsukṛtavānnaraḥ / keśānāṃ rakṣaṇārthaṃ tu dviguṇaṃ vratamācaret

A man of good deeds should perform all these kṛcchra penances; but for the sake of preserving his hair he should perform the vow twofold.

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GaP 1 128.5

कांस्यं माषं मसूरं चचणकं कोरदूषकम् । शाकं मधु परान्नं च वर्जयेदुपवासवान्

kāṃsyaṃ māṣaṃ masūraṃ cacaṇakaṃ koradūṣakam / śākaṃ madhu parānnaṃ ca varjayedupavāsavān

One who is fasting should avoid bell-metal (vessels), black gram, lentils, chickpeas, kodrava grain, greens, honey, and food belonging to another.

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GaP 1 128.6

पुष्पालङ्कारवस्त्राणि धूपगन्धानुलेपनम् । उपवासेन दुष्येत्तु दन्तधावनमञ्जनम्

puṣpālaṅkāravastrāṇi dhūpagandhānulepanam / upavāsena duṣyettu dantadhāvanamañjanam

Flowers, ornaments and garments, incense, perfume and unguent—(these are allowed); but tooth-cleaning and collyrium are spoiled by (i.e. incompatible with) the fast.

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GaP 1 128.7

दन्तकाष्ठं पञ्चगव्यं कृत्वा प्रातर्व्रतं चरेत् । असकृज्जलपानाच्च ताम्बूलस्य च भक्षणात्

dantakāṣṭhaṃ pañcagavyaṃ kṛtvā prātarvrataṃ caret / asakṛjjalapānācca tāmbūlasya ca bhakṣaṇāt

Having used the tooth-stick and (taken) the five products of the cow, he should undertake the vow in the morning; and by drinking water repeatedly and by chewing betel,

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GaP 1 128.8

उपवासः प्रदुष्येत दिवास्वप्ना क्षमैथुनात् । क्षमा सत्यं दया दानं शौचमिन्द्रियनिग्रहः

upavāsaḥ praduṣyeta divāsvapnā kṣamaithunāt / kṣamā satyaṃ dayā dānaṃ śaucamindriyanigrahaḥ

the fast is spoiled, (as also) by sleeping in the daytime and by sexual intercourse. Patience, truth, compassion, giving, purity, restraint of the senses,

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GaP 1 128.9

देवपूजाग्निहवने सन्तोषोस्तेयमेव च । सर्वव्रतेष्वयं धर्मः सामान्यो दशधास्मृतः

devapūjāgnihavane santoṣosteyameva ca / sarvavrateṣvayaṃ dharmaḥ sāmānyo daśadhāsmṛtaḥ

worship of the gods, offering into the fire, contentment, and non-stealing: this dharma, common to all vows, is handed down as tenfold.

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GaP 1 128.10

नक्षत्रदर्शनान्नक्तमनक्तं निशि भोजनम् । गोमूत्रं च पल दद्यादर्धाङ्गुष्ठं तु गोमयम्

nakṣatradarśanānnaktamanaktaṃ niśi bhojanam / gomūtraṃ ca pala dadyādardhāṅguṣṭhaṃ tu gomayam

'Nakta' means eating at night upon the sighting of the stars. One should offer a pala of cow's urine and half a thumb's measure of cow-dung.

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GaP 1 128.11

क्षीरं सप्तपलं दद्याद्दध्नश्चैव पलत्रयम् । घृतमेकफलं दद्यात्पलमेकं कुशोदकम्

kṣīraṃ saptapalaṃ dadyāddadhnaścaiva palatrayam / ghṛtamekaphalaṃ dadyātpalamekaṃ kuśodakam

He should offer seven palas of milk and three palas of curd; he should offer one pala of ghee and one pala of kuśa-water.

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GaP 1 128.12

गायत्त्र्या चैव गन्धेति आप्यायस्व दृ दधिग्रहः । तेजो ऽसीति च देवस्य ब्रह्मकूर्चव्रतं चरेत्

gāyattryā caiva gandheti āpyāyasva dṛ dadhigrahaḥ / tejo 'sīti ca devasya brahmakūrcavrataṃ caret

With the Gāyatrī, and with 'gandhadvārā...', and with 'āpyāyasva' for the taking of the curd, and with 'tejo 'si' — thus he should perform the brahmakūrca vow of the god.

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GaP 1 128.13

अग्न्याधानं प्रतिष्ठां तु यज्ञदानव्रतानि च । वेदव्रतवृषोत्सर्गचूडाकरणमेखलाः

agnyādhānaṃ pratiṣṭhāṃ tu yajñadānavratāni ca / vedavratavṛṣotsargacūḍākaraṇamekhalāḥ

The establishing of the sacred fire, the installation (of images), sacrifices, gifts and vows, the veda-vows, the release of a bull, the tonsure ceremony, the girdling (investiture),

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GaP 1 128.14

माङ्गल्यमभिषेकं च मलमासे विवर्जयत् । दर्शाद्दर्शस्य चान्द्रः स्यात्त्रिंशाहोभिस्तु सावनः

māṅgalyamabhiṣekaṃ ca malamāse vivarjayat / darśāddarśasya cāndraḥ syāttriṃśāhobhistu sāvanaḥ

auspicious rites and consecratory bathing—these he should avoid in the intercalary month. The lunar (month) runs from new moon to new moon, the sāvana consists of thirty days.

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GaP 1 128.15

रविसंक्रमणात्सौरो नाक्षत्रः सप्तविंशतिः । सौरो मासो विवाहाय यज्ञादौ सावनस्थितिः

ravisaṃkramaṇātsauro nākṣatraḥ saptaviṃśatiḥ / sauro māso vivāhāya yajñādau sāvanasthitiḥ

The solar (month runs) from the sun's transit (of a sign), the nakṣatra (month) has twenty-seven (days). The solar month is for marriage; for sacrifices and the like the sāvana reckoning holds.

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GaP 1 128.16

युग्माग्नियुगभूतानि षण्मुन्योर्वसुरन्ध्रयोः । रुद्रेण द्वादशी युक्ता चतुर्दश्याथ पूर्णिमा

yugmāgniyugabhūtāni ṣaṇmunyorvasurandhrayoḥ / rudreṇa dvādaśī yuktā caturdaśyātha pūrṇimā

Pairs: (the first with) the second, the third with the fourth, the fifth with the sixth, the seventh with the eighth, the ninth (with the tenth); the twelfth joined with the eleventh, and the fourteenth with the full-moon day,

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GaP 1 128.17

प्रतिपद्यप्यमावास्या तिथ्योर्मस्यं महाफलम् । एतद्व्यस्तं महाघोरं हन्ति पुण्यं पुरा कृतम्

pratipadyapyamāvāsyā tithyormasyaṃ mahāphalam / etadvyastaṃ mahāghoraṃ hanti puṇyaṃ purā kṛtam

and the first day with the new-moon day: the conjoining of these two tithis (in each pair) yields great fruit. Reversed, this is most terrible and destroys the merit earned before.

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GaP 1 128.18

प्रारब्धतपसा स्त्रीणां रजो हन्याद्व्रतं न हि । अन्यैर्दानादिकं कुर्यात्कायिकं स्वयमेव च

prārabdhatapasā strīṇāṃ rajo hanyādvrataṃ na hi / anyairdānādikaṃ kuryātkāyikaṃ svayameva ca

For women who have begun the penance, the menstrual flow does not destroy the vow; the giving and so forth she may have done by others, but what is bodily she should do herself.

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GaP 1 128.19

क्रोधात्प्रमादाल्लोभाद्वा व्रतभङ्गो भवेद्यदि । दिनत्रयं न भुञ्जीत शिरसो मुण्डनं भवेत्

krodhātpramādāllobhādvā vratabhaṅgo bhavedyadi / dinatrayaṃ na bhuñjīta śiraso muṇḍanaṃ bhavet

If a breaking of the vow should occur through anger, heedlessness or greed, one should not eat for three days, and there should be a shaving of the head.

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GaP 1 128.20

असामर्थ्ये शरीरस्य पुत्रादीन्कारयेद्व्रतम् । व्रतस्थं मूर्छितं विप्रं जलादीन्यनुपाययेत्

asāmarthye śarīrasya putrādīnkārayedvratam / vratasthaṃ mūrchitaṃ vipraṃ jalādīnyanupāyayet

When the body is unable, one should have one's sons and others perform the vow; a brahmin engaged in a vow who has fainted should be made to drink water and the like.

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