Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 14

GaP 1 14.1

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- १४ हरिरुवाच । अथ योगं प्रवक्ष्यामि भुक्तिमुक्तिकरं परम् । ध्यायिभिः प्रोच्यते ध्येयो ध्यानेन हरिरीश्वरः

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 14 hariruvāca / atha yogaṃ pravakṣyāmi bhuktimuktikaraṃ param / dhyāyibhiḥ procyate dhyeyo dhyānena harirīśvaraḥ

The Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, chapter 14. Hari said: Now I shall declare yoga, the supreme (means) that brings enjoyment and liberation. By those who meditate, Hari the Lord is called the object of meditation through meditation.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 14.2

तच्छृणुष्व महेशान सर्वपापविनाशनम् । विष्णुः सर्वेश्वरो ऽनन्तः षड्भिर्भूपरिवर्जितः

tacchṛṇuṣva maheśāna sarvapāpavināśanam / viṣṇuḥ sarveśvaro 'nantaḥ ṣaḍbhirbhūparivarjitaḥ

Hear that, O great Lord—the destroyer of all sins. Viṣṇu, the lord of all, is endless, free of "being" in the six (categories?).

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

GaP 1 14.3

वासुदेवो जगन्नाथो ब्रह्मात्मास्म्यहमेव हि । देहिदेहस्थितो नित्यः सर्वदेहविवर्जितः

vāsudevo jagannātho brahmātmāsmyahameva hi / dehidehasthito nityaḥ sarvadehavivarjitaḥ

Vāsudeva, lord of the world—I myself am indeed the Brahman-Self: eternal, dwelling in the body of the embodied, (yet) free of all bodies,

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GaP 1 14.4

देहधर्ंमविहीनश्च क्षराक्षरविवर्जितः । षड्विधेषु स्थितो द्रष्टा श्रोता घ्राता ह्यतीन्द्रियः

dehadharṃmavihīnaśca kṣarākṣaravivarjitaḥ / ṣaḍvidheṣu sthito draṣṭā śrotā ghrātā hyatīndriyaḥ

and devoid of the properties of a body, free of the perishable and the imperishable; abiding in the six kinds (of things?) he is the seer, the hearer, the smeller, (yet) beyond the senses,

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

GaP 1 14.5

तद्धर्ंमरहितः स्रष्टा नामगोत्रविवर्जितः । मन्ता मनः स्थितो देवो मनसा परिवर्जितः

taddharṃmarahitaḥ sraṣṭā nāmagotravivarjitaḥ / mantā manaḥ sthito devo manasā parivarjitaḥ

free of their properties, the creator, devoid of name and lineage; the thinker, the god abiding in the mind, (yet) free of mind,

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GaP 1 14.6

मनोधर्ंमविहीनश्च विज्ञानं ज्ञानमेव च । बोद्धा बुद्धिस्थितः साक्षी सर्वज्ञो बुद्धिवर्जितः

manodharṃmavihīnaśca vijñānaṃ jñānameva ca / boddhā buddhisthitaḥ sākṣī sarvajño buddhivarjitaḥ

and devoid of the properties of mind; he is discernment and knowledge itself; the knower, abiding in the intellect, the witness, all-knowing, (yet) free of intellect,

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GaP 1 14.7

बुद्धिधर्ंमविहीनश्च सर्वः सर्वगतो मनः । सर्वप्राणिविनिर्मुक्तः प्राणधर्ंमविवर्जितः

buddhidharṃmavihīnaśca sarvaḥ sarvagato manaḥ / sarvaprāṇivinirmuktaḥ prāṇadharṃmavivarjitaḥ

And (he is) devoid of the properties of the intellect; (he is) all, all-pervading, (he is) mind; freed from all living beings, devoid of the properties of the breath.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 14.8

प्राणप्राणो महाशान्तो भयेन परिवर्जितः । अहङ्कारादिहीनश्च तद्धर्ंमपरिवर्जितः

prāṇaprāṇo mahāśānto bhayena parivarjitaḥ / ahaṅkārādihīnaśca taddharṃmaparivarjitaḥ

(He is) the breath of the breath, greatly at peace, free from fear; devoid of egoism and the rest, and free from their properties.

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GaP 1 14.9

तत्साक्षी तन्नियन्ता च परमानन्दरूपकः । जाग्रत्स्वप्नसुषुप्तिस्थस्तत्साक्षी तद्विवर्जितः

tatsākṣī tanniyantā ca paramānandarūpakaḥ / jāgratsvapnasuṣuptisthastatsākṣī tadvivarjitaḥ

(He is) the witness of that and the controller of that, having the form of supreme bliss; abiding in waking, dream, and deep sleep, the witness of that, (yet) apart from that.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 14.10

तुरीयः परमो धाता दृग्रूपो गुणवर्जितः । मुक्तो बुद्धो ऽजरो व्यापी सत्य आत्मास्म्यहं शिवः

turīyaḥ paramo dhātā dṛgrūpo guṇavarjitaḥ / mukto buddho 'jaro vyāpī satya ātmāsmyahaṃ śivaḥ

The fourth (state), the supreme, the sustainer, of the nature of seeing, free from the qualities; released, awakened, ageless, all-pervading, real — I am the Self, I am Śiva.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 14.11

एवं ये मानवा विज्ञा ध्यायन्तीशं परं पदम् । प्राप्नुयुस्ते च तद्रूपं नात्र कार्या विचारणा

evaṃ ye mānavā vijñā dhyāyantīśaṃ paraṃ padam / prāpnuyuste ca tadrūpaṃ nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

Those discerning men who thus meditate on the Lord, the supreme station, they attain that very form (of his) — no doubt is to be entertained here.

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GaP 1 14.12

इति ध्यानं समाख्यातं तव शङ्कर सुव्रत । पठेद्य एतत्सततं विष्णुलोकं स गच्छति

iti dhyānaṃ samākhyātaṃ tava śaṅkara suvrata / paṭhedya etatsatataṃ viṣṇulokaṃ sa gacchati

Thus the meditation has been declared to you, O Śaṅkara of good vows; whoever recites this constantly goes to the world of Viṣṇu.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition