Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 142

GaP 1 142.1

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- १४२ ब्रह्मोवाच । विंशादीन्पालयामास ह्यवतीर्णो हरिः प्रभुः । दैत्यधर्मस्य नाशार्थं वेदधर्मादिगुप्तये

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 142 brahmovāca / viṃśādīnpālayāmāsa hyavatīrṇo hariḥ prabhuḥ / daityadharmasya nāśārthaṃ vedadharmādiguptaye

The Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, 142. Brahmā said: Having descended, the Lord Hari protected the twenty and the rest, for the destruction of the dharma of the demons and for the guarding of the Vedic dharma and the rest.

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GaP 1 142.2

मत्स्यादिकस्वरूपेण त्ववतारं करोत्यजः । मत्स्यो भूत्वा हयग्रीवं दैत्यं हत्वाजिकण्टकम्

matsyādikasvarūpeṇa tvavatāraṃ karotyajaḥ / matsyo bhūtvā hayagrīvaṃ daityaṃ hatvājikaṇṭakam

In the form of a fish and so on, the Unborn makes his descent. Becoming a fish, having slain the demon Hayagrīva, the thorn of battle—

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GaP 1 142.3

वेदानानीय मन्वादीन्पालयामास केशवः । मन्दरं धारयामास कूर्मो भूत्वा हिताय च

vedānānīya manvādīnpālayāmāsa keśavaḥ / mandaraṃ dhārayāmāsa kūrmo bhūtvā hitāya ca

—Keśava brought back the Vedas and protected Manu and the others. And becoming a tortoise he upheld Mount Mandara for (the world's) benefit.

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GaP 1 142.4

क्षीरोदमथने वै द्यो देवो धन्वन्तरिर्ह्यर्भूत् । बिभ्रत्कमण्डलुं पूर्णममृतेन समुत्थितः

kṣīrodamathane vai dyo devo dhanvantarirhyarbhūt / bibhratkamaṇḍaluṃ pūrṇamamṛtena samutthitaḥ

At the churning of the ocean of milk the shining god became Dhanvantari, rising up bearing a water-pot filled with the nectar of immortality.

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GaP 1 142.5

आयुर्वेदमथाष्टाङ्गं सुश्रुताय स उक्तवान् । अमृतं पाययामास स्त्रीरूपी च सुरान्हरिः

āyurvedamathāṣṭāṅgaṃ suśrutāya sa uktavān / amṛtaṃ pāyayāmāsa strīrūpī ca surānhariḥ

Then he declared the eightfold Āyurveda to Suśruta; and Hari, taking the form of a woman, made the gods drink the nectar.

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GaP 1 142.6

अवतीर्णो वराहो ऽथ हिरण्याक्षं जघान ह । पृथिवीं धारयामास पालयामास देवताः

avatīrṇo varāho 'tha hiraṇyākṣaṃ jaghāna ha / pṛthivīṃ dhārayāmāsa pālayāmāsa devatāḥ

Then, descended as the Boar, he slew Hiraṇyākṣa; he upheld the earth and protected the gods.

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GaP 1 142.7

नरसिंहो ऽवर्तोर्णो ऽथ हिरण्यकशिपुंरिपुम् । दैत्यान्निहतवान्वेदधर्मादीनभ्यपालयत्

narasiṃho 'vartorṇo 'tha hiraṇyakaśipuṃripum / daityānnihatavānvedadharmādīnabhyapālayat

Then, descended as the Man-Lion, he slew the enemy Hiraṇyakaśipu and the demons, and protected the Vedic dharma and the rest.

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GaP 1 142.8

ततः परशुरामो ऽभूज्जमदग्नेर्जगत्प्रभुः । त्रिः सप्तकृत्वः पृथिवीं चक्रे निः क्षत्त्रियां हरिः

tataḥ paraśurāmo 'bhūjjamadagnerjagatprabhuḥ / triḥ saptakṛtvaḥ pṛthivīṃ cakre niḥ kṣattriyāṃ hariḥ

Then Hari, the lord of the world, became Paraśurāma, son of Jamadagni, and thrice seven times made the earth free of kṣatriyas.

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GaP 1 142.9

कार्तवीर्यं जघानाजौ कश्यपाय महीं ददौ । यागं कृत्वा महाबाहुर्महेन्द्रे पर्वते स्थितः

kārtavīryaṃ jaghānājau kaśyapāya mahīṃ dadau / yāgaṃ kṛtvā mahābāhurmahendre parvate sthitaḥ

He slew Kārtavīrya in battle and gave the earth to Kaśyapa; and having performed a sacrifice, the mighty-armed one abode on Mount Mahendra.

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GaP 1 142.10

ततो रामो भविष्णुश्च चतुर्धा दुष्टर्मदनः । पुत्रो दशरथाज्जज्ञे रामश्च भरतो ऽनुजः

tato rāmo bhaviṣṇuśca caturdhā duṣṭarmadanaḥ / putro daśarathājjajñe rāmaśca bharato 'nujaḥ

Then Rāma, and Viṣṇu came to be in fourfold form, the crusher of the wicked: as son of Daśaratha was born Rāma, and his younger brother Bharata,

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GaP 1 142.11

लक्ष्मणश्चाथ शत्रुघ्नो रामभार्या च जानकी । रामश्च पितृसत्यार्थं मातृभ्यो हितमाचरन्

lakṣmaṇaścātha śatrughno rāmabhāryā ca jānakī / rāmaśca pitṛsatyārthaṃ mātṛbhyo hitamācaran

and Lakṣmaṇa, and then Śatrughna, and Jānakī, Rāma's wife. And Rāma, for the sake of his father's truthfulness, doing what was good for his mothers,

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GaP 1 142.12

शृङ्गवेरं चित्रकूटं दण्डकारण्यमागतः । नासां शूर्पणखायाश्च च्छित्त्वाथ खरदूषणम्

śṛṅgaveraṃ citrakūṭaṃ daṇḍakāraṇyamāgataḥ / nāsāṃ śūrpaṇakhāyāśca cchittvātha kharadūṣaṇam

came to Śṛṅgavera, to Citrakūṭa, to the Daṇḍaka forest; and having cut off Śūrpaṇakhā's nose, and then (having slain) Khara and Dūṣaṇa,

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GaP 1 142.13

हत्वा स राक्षसं सीतापहारिरजनीचरम् । रावणं चानुजं तस्य लङ्कापुर्यां विभीषणम्

hatvā sa rākṣasaṃ sītāpahārirajanīcaram / rāvaṇaṃ cānujaṃ tasya laṅkāpuryāṃ vibhīṣaṇam

having slain that demon, the night-roamer who carried off Sītā—Rāvaṇa—and (having installed) his younger brother Vibhīṣaṇa in the city of Laṅkā,

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GaP 1 142.14

रक्षोराज्ये च संस्थाप्य सुग्रीवनुमन्मुखैः । आरुह्य पुष्पकं सार्धं सीतया पतिभक्तया

rakṣorājye ca saṃsthāpya sugrīvanumanmukhaiḥ / āruhya puṣpakaṃ sārdhaṃ sītayā patibhaktayā

and having established (him) in the kingship of the demons, together with Sugrīva, Hanumān and the others at the fore, mounting the Puṣpaka along with Sītā devoted to her husband,

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GaP 1 142.15

लक्ष्मणेनानुकूलेन ह्ययोध्यां स्वपुरीं गतः । राज्यं चकार देवादीन्पालयामास स प्रजाः

lakṣmaṇenānukūlena hyayodhyāṃ svapurīṃ gataḥ / rājyaṃ cakāra devādīnpālayāmāsa sa prajāḥ

and with the compliant Lakṣmaṇa, he went to Ayodhyā, his own city; he ruled the kingdom, and he protected the gods and the rest, and his subjects.

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GaP 1 142.16

धर्मसंरक्षणं चक्रे ह्यश्वमेधादिकान्क्रतून् । सा महीपतिना रेमे रामेणैव यथासुखम्

dharmasaṃrakṣaṇaṃ cakre hyaśvamedhādikānkratūn / sā mahīpatinā reme rāmeṇaiva yathāsukham

He carried out the protection of dharma and (performed) sacrifices such as the horse-sacrifice; and she took her pleasure at will with the lord of the earth, with Rāma himself.

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GaP 1 142.17

रावणस्य गृहे सीता स्थिता भेजे न रावणम् । कर्मणा मनसा वाचा सा गता राघवं सदा

rāvaṇasya gṛhe sītā sthitā bheje na rāvaṇam / karmaṇā manasā vācā sā gatā rāghavaṃ sadā

Though Sītā stayed in Rāvaṇa's house, she did not serve Rāvaṇa; in act, in mind, in speech she went always to the Rāghava.

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GaP 1 142.18

पतिव्रता तु सा सीता ह्यनसूया यथैव तु । पतिव्रताया माहात्म्यं शृणु त्वं कथयाम्यहम्

pativratā tu sā sītā hyanasūyā yathaiva tu / pativratāyā māhātmyaṃ śṛṇu tvaṃ kathayāmyaham

That Sītā was devoted to her husband, just as Anasūyā was. Hear the greatness of a wife devoted to her husband; I shall tell it.

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GaP 1 142.19

कौशिको ब्राह्मणः कुष्ठी प्रतिष्ठाने ऽभवत्पुरा । तं तथा व्याधितं भार्या पतिं देवमिवार्चयत्

kauśiko brāhmaṇaḥ kuṣṭhī pratiṣṭhāne 'bhavatpurā / taṃ tathā vyādhitaṃ bhāryā patiṃ devamivārcayat

Formerly there was in Pratiṣṭhāna a brahmin named Kauśika, a leper; though he was thus diseased, his wife honoured her husband as if he were a god.

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GaP 1 142.20

निर्भर्त्सितापि भर्तारं तममन्यत दैवतम् । भर्त्रोक्ता सानयद्वेश्यां शुल्कमादाय चाधिकम्

nirbhartsitāpi bhartāraṃ tamamanyata daivatam / bhartroktā sānayadveśyāṃ śulkamādāya cādhikam

Even when abused (by him), she considered that husband a deity; and told by her husband, she brought a courtesan to him, having taken (i.e. paying) a very high fee.

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GaP 1 142.21

पथि सूले तदा प्रोतमचौरं चौरशङ्कया । माण्डव्यमतिदुः खार्तमन्धकारे ऽथ स द्विजः

pathi sūle tadā protamacauraṃ cauraśaṅkayā / māṇḍavyamatiduḥ khārtamandhakāre 'tha sa dvijaḥ

Then on the road (there was) Māṇḍavya, no thief, impaled on a stake through suspicion of theft, afflicted with extreme pain; and in the darkness that twice-born one (Kauśika)—

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GaP 1 142.22

पत्नीस्कन्धसमारूढश्चालयामास कौशिकः । पादावमर्शणत्क्रुद्धो माण्डव्यस्तमुवाच ह

patnīskandhasamārūḍhaścālayāmāsa kauśikaḥ / pādāvamarśaṇatkruddho māṇḍavyastamuvāca ha

Kauśika, mounted on his wife's shoulder, jostled him; and Māṇḍavya, angered by the touch of the foot, said to him:

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GaP 1 142.23

सूर्योदये मृतिस्तस्य येनाहं चालितः पदा । तच्छ्रुत्वा प्राह तद्भार्या सूर्यो नोदयमेष्यति

sūryodaye mṛtistasya yenāhaṃ cālitaḥ padā / tacchrutvā prāha tadbhāryā sūryo nodayameṣyati

"At sunrise (there shall be) death for him by whom I have been jostled with a foot." Hearing that, his wife said: "The sun shall not rise."

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GaP 1 142.24

ततः सूर्योदयाभावाद भवत्सततं निशा । बहून्यब्दप्रमाणानि ततो देवा भयं ययुः

tataḥ sūryodayābhāvāda bhavatsatataṃ niśā / bahūnyabdapramāṇāni tato devā bhayaṃ yayuḥ

Then, from the absence of sunrise, night continued unbroken for the measure of many years; thereupon the gods fell into fear.

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GaP 1 142.25

ब्रह्माणं शरणं जग्मुस्तामूचे पद्मसम्भवः । प्रशाम्यते तेजसैव तपस्तेजस्त्वनेन वै

brahmāṇaṃ śaraṇaṃ jagmustāmūce padmasambhavaḥ / praśāmyate tejasaiva tapastejastvanena vai

They went to Brahmā for refuge; the lotus-born one said to them: "Ascetic power is quelled only by (greater) power—by this indeed."

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GaP 1 142.26

पतिव्रताया माहात्म्यान्नोद्गच्छति दिवाकरः । तस्य चानुदयाद्धानिर्मर्त्यानां भवतां तथा

pativratāyā māhātmyānnodgacchati divākaraḥ / tasya cānudayāddhānirmartyānāṃ bhavatāṃ tathā

"By the greatness of a wife devoted to her husband the sun does not rise; and from his not rising there is loss for mortals and likewise for you."

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GaP 1 142.27

तस्मात्पतिव्रतामत्रेरनसूयां तपस्विनीम् । प्रसादयत वै पत्नीं भानोरुदयकाम्यया

tasmātpativratāmatreranasūyāṃ tapasvinīm / prasādayata vai patnīṃ bhānorudayakāmyayā

"Therefore propitiate the husband-devoted ascetic woman Anasūyā, Atri's wife, out of the desire for the sun's rising."

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GaP 1 142.28

तैः सा प्रसादिता गत्वा ह्यनसूया पतिव्रता । कृत्वादित्योदयं सा च तं भर्तारमजीवयत् । पतिव्रतानसूयायाः सीताभूदधिका किल

taiḥ sā prasāditā gatvā hyanasūyā pativratā / kṛtvādityodayaṃ sā ca taṃ bhartāramajīvayat / pativratānasūyāyāḥ sītābhūdadhikā kila

Propitiated by them, that husband-devoted Anasūyā went and, having brought about the sun's rising, she also restored that (woman's) husband to life. Than Anasūyā, devoted to her husband, Sītā was indeed greater.

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