Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 13

GaP 1 13.1

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- १३ हरिरुवाच । प्रवक्ष्याम्यधुना ह्येतद्वैष्णवं पञ्जरं शुभम् । नमोनमस्ते मोविदं चक्रं गृह्य सुदर्शनम्

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 13 hariruvāca / pravakṣyāmyadhunā hyetadvaiṣṇavaṃ pañjaraṃ śubham / namonamaste movidaṃ cakraṃ gṛhya sudarśanam

The Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, chapter 13. Hari said: Now I shall declare this auspicious Vaiṣṇava "cage" (of protection): Homage, homage to you—taking up the discus Sudarśana, [protect me].

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GaP 1 13.2

प्राच्यां रक्षस्व मां विष्णो ! त्वामहं शरणं गतः । गदां कौमोदकीं गृह्ण पद्मनाभ नमो ऽस्त ते

prācyāṃ rakṣasva māṃ viṣṇo ! tvāmahaṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ / gadāṃ kaumodakīṃ gṛhṇa padmanābha namo 'sta te

Protect me in the east, O Viṣṇu! I have gone to you for refuge. Take up the mace Kaumodakī, O Padmanābha—homage be to you.

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GaP 1 13.3

याम्यां रक्षस्व मां विष्णो ! त्वामहं शरणं गतः । हलमादाय सौनन्दे नमस्ते पुरुषोत्तम

yāmyāṃ rakṣasva māṃ viṣṇo ! tvāmahaṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ / halamādāya saunande namaste puruṣottama

Protect me in the south, O Viṣṇu! I have gone to you for refuge. Taking up the plough, O Saunanda(-wielder), homage to you, O Puruṣottama.

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GaP 1 13.4

प्रतीच्यां रक्ष मां विष्णो ! त्वामह शरणं गतः । मुसलं शातनं गृह्य पुण्डरीकाक्ष रक्ष माम्

pratīcyāṃ rakṣa māṃ viṣṇo ! tvāmaha śaraṇaṃ gataḥ / musalaṃ śātanaṃ gṛhya puṇḍarīkākṣa rakṣa mām

Protect me in the west, O Viṣṇu! I have gone to you for refuge. Taking up the crushing pestle, O lotus-eyed one, protect me.

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GaP 1 13.5

उत्तरस्यां जगन्नाथ ! भवन्तं शरणं गतः । खड्गमादाय चर्ंमाथ अस्त्रशास्त्रादिकं हरे !

uttarasyāṃ jagannātha ! bhavantaṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ / khaḍgamādāya carṃmātha astraśāstrādikaṃ hare !

In the north, O Lord of the world! I have gone to you for refuge. Taking up the sword and then the shield, and the missiles and weapons and the rest, O Hari!

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GaP 1 13.6

नमस्ते रक्ष रक्षोघ्न ! ऐशान्यां शरणं गतः । पाञ्चजन्यं महाशङ्खमनुघोष्यं च पङ्कजम्

namaste rakṣa rakṣoghna ! aiśānyāṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ / pāñcajanyaṃ mahāśaṅkhamanughoṣyaṃ ca paṅkajam

Homage to you—protect (me), O slayer of demons! In the north-east I have gone (to you) for refuge. (Taking up) the great conch Pāñcajanya, resounding, and the lotus,

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GaP 1 13.7

प्रगृह्य रक्ष मां विष्णो आग्न्येय्यां रक्ष सूकर । चन्द्रसूर्यं समागृह्य खड्गं चान्द्रमसं तथा

pragṛhya rakṣa māṃ viṣṇo āgnyeyyāṃ rakṣa sūkara / candrasūryaṃ samāgṛhya khaḍgaṃ cāndramasaṃ tathā

having grasped (them), protect me, O Viṣṇu; protect (me) in the south-east, O Boar. Taking up the moon and the sun, and likewise the moon-sword,

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GaP 1 13.8

नैरृत्यां मां च रक्षस्व दिव्यमूर्ते नृकेसरिन् । वैजयन्तीं स्मप्रगृह्य श्रीवत्सं कण्ठभूषणम्

nairṛtyāṃ māṃ ca rakṣasva divyamūrte nṛkesarin / vaijayantīṃ smapragṛhya śrīvatsaṃ kaṇṭhabhūṣaṇam

protect me too in the south-west, O one of divine form, O man-lion. Having taken the Vaijayantī (garland) and the Śrīvatsa, ornament of the throat,

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GaP 1 13.9

वायव्यां रक्ष मां देव हयग्रीव नमो ऽस्तु ते । वैनतेयं समारुह्य त्वन्तरिक्षे जनार्दन !

vāyavyāṃ rakṣa māṃ deva hayagrīva namo 'stu te / vainateyaṃ samāruhya tvantarikṣe janārdana !

protect me in the north-west, O god Hayagrīva—homage be to you. Mounting Vinatā's son, (protect me) in the mid-air, O Janārdana!

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GaP 1 13.10

मां रक्षस्वाजित सदा नमस्ते ऽस्त्वपराजित । विशालाक्षं समारुह्य रक्ष मां त्वं रसातले

māṃ rakṣasvājita sadā namaste 'stvaparājita / viśālākṣaṃ samāruhya rakṣa māṃ tvaṃ rasātale

Protect me always, O unconquered one; homage be to you, O undefeated one. Mounting the wide-eyed one, protect me in the netherworld.

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GaP 1 13.11

अकूपार नमस्तुभ्यं महामीन नमो ऽस्तु प्ते । करशीर्षाद्यङ्गुलीषु सत्य त्वं बाहुपञ्जरम्

akūpāra namastubhyaṃ mahāmīna namo 'stu pte / karaśīrṣādyaṅgulīṣu satya tvaṃ bāhupañjaram

Homage to you, O Akūpāra (the great tortoise); homage be to you, O great Fish. In the hands, head and the rest, and in the fingers, O True One—you, (making) a cage of your arms,

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GaP 1 13.12

कृत्वा रक्षस्व मां विष्णो नमस्ते पुरुषोत्तम । एतदुक्तं शङ्कराय वैष्णवं पञ्जरं महत्

kṛtvā rakṣasva māṃ viṣṇo namaste puruṣottama / etaduktaṃ śaṅkarāya vaiṣṇavaṃ pañjaraṃ mahat

having made (it), protect me, O Viṣṇu; homage to you, O Puruṣottama. This great Vaiṣṇava cage was declared to Śaṅkara

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GaP 1 13.13

पुरा रक्षार्थमीशान्याः कात्यायन्या वृषध्वज । नाशायामास सा येन चामरान्महिषासुरम्

purā rakṣārthamīśānyāḥ kātyāyanyā vṛṣadhvaja / nāśāyāmāsa sā yena cāmarānmahiṣāsuram

formerly for the protection of Īśānī, of Kātyāyanī, O you whose banner is the bull; by it she destroyed the Mahiṣa demon along with (his) followers,

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GaP 1 13.14

दानवं रक्तबीजं च अन्यांश्च सुरकण्टकान् । एतज्जपन्नरो भक्त्या शत्रून्विजयते सदा

dānavaṃ raktabījaṃ ca anyāṃśca surakaṇṭakān / etajjapannaro bhaktyā śatrūnvijayate sadā

and the Dānava Raktabīja, and other thorns of the gods. A man who recites this with devotion always conquers his enemies.

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