Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 145
GaP 1 145.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- १४५ ब्रह्मोवाच । भारतं संप्रवक्ष्यामि भारावतरणं भुवः । चक्रे कृष्णो युध्यमानः पाण्डवादिनिमित्ततः
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 145 brahmovāca / bhārataṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi bhārāvataraṇaṃ bhuvaḥ / cakre kṛṣṇo yudhyamānaḥ pāṇḍavādinimittataḥ
The Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, 145. Brahmā said: I shall fully declare the Bhārata. Kṛṣṇa, fighting, brought about the removal of the earth's burden by means of the Pāṇḍavas and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 145.2
विष्णुनाभ्यब्जतो ब्रह्मा ब्रह्मपुत्रो ऽत्रिरत्रितः । सोमस्ततो बुधस्तस्मादिलायां च पुरूरवाः
viṣṇunābhyabjato brahmā brahmaputro 'triratritaḥ / somastato budhastasmādilāyāṃ ca purūravāḥ
From the lotus of Viṣṇu's navel (came) Brahmā; Brahmā's son (was) Atri; from Atri, Soma; from him, Budha; and from him, in Ilā, Purūravas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 145.5
तस्यायुस्तत्र वंशे ऽभूद्ययातिर्भरतः कुरुः । शन्तनुस्तस्य वंशे ऽभूद्गङ्गायां शन्तनोः सुतः ॥ गर्प्_१,१४५।३ ॥ भीष्मः सर्वगुणैयुक्तो ब्रह्मवैवर्तपारगः ॥ गर्प्_१,१४५।४ ॥ शन्तनोः सत्यवत्यां च द्वौ पुत्रौ संबभूवतुः । चित्राङ्गदन्तु गन्धर्वः पुत्रं चित्राङ्गदो ऽवधीत्
tasyāyustatra vaṃśe 'bhūdyayātirbharataḥ kuruḥ / śantanustasya vaṃśe 'bhūdgaṅgāyāṃ śantanoḥ sutaḥ // garp_1,145.3 // bhīṣmaḥ sarvaguṇaiyukto brahmavaivartapāragaḥ // garp_1,145.4 // śantanoḥ satyavatyāṃ ca dvau putrau saṃbabhūvatuḥ / citrāṅgadantu gandharvaḥ putraṃ citrāṅgado 'vadhīt
His (son) was Āyus; in that lineage there were Yayāti, Bharata, Kuru. In his lineage there was Śantanu; and Śantanu's son by Gaṅgā was Bhīṣma, endowed with all virtues, master of the Brahmavaivarta. And by Satyavatī two sons were born to Śantanu; but a gandharva named Citrāṅgada slew the son Citrāṅgada.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 145.6
अन्यो विचित्रवीर्यो ऽभूत्काशीराजसुतापतिः । विचित्रवीर्ये स्वर्याते व्यासात्तत्क्षेत्रतो ऽभवत्
anyo vicitravīryo 'bhūtkāśīrājasutāpatiḥ / vicitravīrye svaryāte vyāsāttatkṣetrato 'bhavat
The other was Vicitravīrya, husband of the daughters of the king of Kāśī. When Vicitravīrya had gone to heaven, by Vyāsa, in his field (i.e. his wives), there was born—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 145.7
धृतराष्टो ऽम्बिकापुत्रः पाण्डुराम्बालिकासुतः । भुजिष्यायान्तु विदुरो गान्धार्यां धृतराष्ट्रतः
dhṛtarāṣṭo 'mbikāputraḥ pāṇḍurāmbālikāsutaḥ / bhujiṣyāyāntu viduro gāndhāryāṃ dhṛtarāṣṭrataḥ
Dhṛtarāṣṭra, the son of Ambikā; Pāṇḍu, the son of Ambālikā; and Vidura in the serving-woman. From Dhṛtarāṣṭra, in Gāndhārī (were born)—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 145.8
दुर्योधनप्रधानास्तु शतसंख्या महाबलाः । पाण्डोः कुन्त्याञ्च माद्यां च पञ्च पुत्राः प्रजज्ञिरे
duryodhanapradhānāstu śatasaṃkhyā mahābalāḥ / pāṇḍoḥ kuntyāñca mādyāṃ ca pañca putrāḥ prajajñire
(sons) headed by Duryodhana, a hundred in number, of great strength. And to Pāṇḍu, in Kuntī and in Mādrī, five sons were born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 145.9
युधिष्ठिरो भीमसेनो ह्यर्जुनो नकुलस्तथा । सहदेवश्च पञ्चैते महाबलपराक्रमाः
yudhiṣṭhiro bhīmaseno hyarjuno nakulastathā / sahadevaśca pañcaite mahābalaparākramāḥ
Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīmasena, Arjuna, and Nakula, and Sahadeva — these five, of great strength and valour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 145.12
कुरुपाण्डवयोर्वैरं दैवयो गाद्बभूव ह । दुर्योधनेनाधीरेण पाण्डवाः समुपद्रुताः ॥ गर्प्_१,१४५।१० ॥ दग्धा जतुगृहे वीरास्ते मुक्ताः स्वधियामलाः ॥ गर्प्_१,१४५।११ ॥ ततस्तदेकचक्रायां ब्राह्मणस्य निवेशने । विविशुस्ते महात्मानो निहत्य बकराक्षसम्
kurupāṇḍavayorvairaṃ daivayo gādbabhūva ha / duryodhanenādhīreṇa pāṇḍavāḥ samupadrutāḥ // garp_1,145.10 // dagdhā jatugṛhe vīrāste muktāḥ svadhiyāmalāḥ // garp_1,145.11 // tatastadekacakrāyāṃ brāhmaṇasya niveśane / viviśuste mahātmāno nihatya bakarākṣasam
Enmity arose between the Kurus and the Pāṇḍavas through the working of fate. By the reckless Duryodhana the Pāṇḍavas were sorely oppressed; those heroes, burnt in the house of lac, were freed spotless by their own wits. Then those great-souled ones entered a brahmin's dwelling in that (city of) Ekacakrā, having slain the rākṣasa Baka.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 145.13
ततः पाञ्चालविषयेद्रौपद्यास्ते स्वयंवरम् । विज्ञाय वीर्यशुल्कान्तां पाण्डवा उपयेमिरे
tataḥ pāñcālaviṣayedraupadyāste svayaṃvaram / vijñāya vīryaśulkāntāṃ pāṇḍavā upayemire
Then, learning of Draupadī's self-choice (svayaṃvara) in the land of the Pāñcālas, whose bride-price was set as (a feat of) valour, the Pāṇḍavas married (her).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 145.14
द्रोणभीष्मानुमत्या तु धृतराष्ट्रः समानयत् । अर्द्वराज्यं ततः प्राप्ता इन्द्रप्रस्थे पुरोत्तमे
droṇabhīṣmānumatyā tu dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ samānayat / ardvarājyaṃ tataḥ prāptā indraprasthe purottame
Then, with the consent of Droṇa and Bhīṣma, Dhṛtarāṣṭra brought (them back); thereupon they obtained half the kingdom in Indraprastha, the finest of cities.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 145.15
राजसूयन्ततश्चक्रुः सभां कृत्वा यतव्रताः । अर्जुनो द्वारवत्यान्तु सुभद्रां प्राप्तवान्प्रियाम् । वासुदेवस्य भगिनीमनुमत्या मुरद्विषः
rājasūyantataścakruḥ sabhāṃ kṛtvā yatavratāḥ / arjuno dvāravatyāntu subhadrāṃ prāptavānpriyām / vāsudevasya bhaginīmanumatyā muradviṣaḥ
Then, having built the assembly hall, those of strict vows performed the Rājasūya; and at Dvāravatī Arjuna obtained his beloved Subhadrā, the sister of Vāsudeva, with the consent of the foe of Mura.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 145.16
नन्दिघोषं रथं दिव्यमग्नेर्घनुरनुत्तमम् । गाण्डीवं नाम तद्दिव्यं त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुतम् । अक्षयान्सायकांश्चैव तथाभेद्यञ्च दंशनम्
nandighoṣaṃ rathaṃ divyamagnerghanuranuttamam / gāṇḍīvaṃ nāma taddivyaṃ triṣu lokeṣu viśrutam / akṣayānsāyakāṃścaiva tathābhedyañca daṃśanam
(He obtained) from Agni the divine chariot Nandighoṣa, and the unsurpassed bow, that divine one named Gāṇḍīva, famed in the three worlds, and inexhaustible arrows and impenetrable armour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 145.17
स तेन धनुषा वीरः पाण्डवो जातवेदसम् । कृष्णद्वितीयो बीभत्सुरतर्पयत वीर्यवान्
sa tena dhanuṣā vīraḥ pāṇḍavo jātavedasam / kṛṣṇadvitīyo bībhatsuratarpayata vīryavān
With that bow the hero, the mighty Pāṇḍava Bībhatsu, with Kṛṣṇa as his second, satisfied the fire (Jātavedas).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 145.18
नृपान्दिग्विजये जित्वा रत्नान्यादाय वै ददौ । युधिष्ठिराय महते भ्रात्रे नीतिविदे मुदा
nṛpāndigvijaye jitvā ratnānyādāya vai dadau / yudhiṣṭhirāya mahate bhrātre nītivide mudā
Having conquered kings in his conquest of the quarters and taken their jewels, he gladly gave (them) to his great brother Yudhiṣṭhira, who knew statecraft.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 145.19
युधिष्ठिरो ऽपि धर्मात्मा भ्रातृभिः परिवारितः । जितो दुर्योधनेनैव मायाद्यूतेन पापिना । कर्णदुः शासनमते स्थितेन शकुनेर्मते
yudhiṣṭhiro 'pi dharmātmā bhrātṛbhiḥ parivāritaḥ / jito duryodhanenaiva māyādyūtena pāpinā / karṇaduḥ śāsanamate sthitena śakunermate
And Yudhiṣṭhira, righteous in soul, surrounded by his brothers, was defeated by the sinful Duryodhana himself with a deceitful game of dice, (Duryodhana) abiding by the counsel of Karṇa and Duḥśāsana, (and) by the plan of Śakuni.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 145.20
अथ द्वादश वर्षाणि वने तेपुर्महत्तपः । सधौम्या द्रौपदीषष्ठा मुनिवृन्दाभिसंवृताः
atha dvādaśa varṣāṇi vane tepurmahattapaḥ / sadhaumyā draupadīṣaṣṭhā munivṛndābhisaṃvṛtāḥ
Then for twelve years they practised great austerity in the forest, together with Dhaumya, with Draupadī as the sixth, surrounded by throngs of sages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 145.21
ययुर्विराटनगरं गुप्तरूपेण संश्रिताः । वर्षमेकं महाप्राज्ञा गोग्रहात्तमपालयन्
yayurvirāṭanagaraṃ guptarūpeṇa saṃśritāḥ / varṣamekaṃ mahāprājñā gograhāttamapālayan
They went to Virāṭa's city and dwelt there in concealed form; for one year those greatly wise ones protected it, from the seizing of the cattle onward.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 145.22
तते याताः स्वकं राष्ट्रं प्रार्थयामासुरादृताः । पञ्चग्रामानर्धराज्याद्वीरा दुर्योधनं नृपम्
tate yātāḥ svakaṃ rāṣṭraṃ prārthayāmāsurādṛtāḥ / pañcagrāmānardharājyādvīrā duryodhanaṃ nṛpam
Then, having gone to their own realm, the heroes, being respectful, asked king Duryodhana for five villages out of the half-kingdom.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 145.23
नाप्तवन्तः कुरुक्षेत्रे युद्धञ्चक्रुर्बलान्विताः । अक्षौहिणीभिर्दिव्याभिः सप्तभिः परिवारिताः
nāptavantaḥ kurukṣetre yuddhañcakrurbalānvitāḥ / akṣauhiṇībhirdivyābhiḥ saptabhiḥ parivāritāḥ
Not obtaining (them), they made war at Kurukṣetra, endowed with force, surrounded by seven splendid armies (akṣauhiṇīs).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 145.24
एकादशभिरुद्युक्ता युक्ता दुर्योधनादयः । आसीद्युद्धं संकुलं च देवासुररणोपमम्
ekādaśabhirudyuktā yuktā duryodhanādayaḥ / āsīdyuddhaṃ saṃkulaṃ ca devāsuraraṇopamam
Duryodhana and the rest were arrayed and ready with eleven; and there was a confused battle, like the war of the gods and the asuras.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 145.25
भीष्मः सेनापतिरभूदादौ दौर्योधने बले । पाण्डवानां शिखण्डी च तयोर्युद्धं बभूव ह । शस्त्राशस्त्रि महाघोरं धसरात्रं शराशरि
bhīṣmaḥ senāpatirabhūdādau dauryodhane bale / pāṇḍavānāṃ śikhaṇḍī ca tayoryuddhaṃ babhūva ha / śastrāśastri mahāghoraṃ dhasarātraṃ śarāśari
At first Bhīṣma was the commander in Duryodhana's force, and Śikhaṇḍin of the Pāṇḍavas; and a battle took place between those two, most terrible, weapon against weapon, arrow against arrow, for ten nights.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 145.26
शिखण्ड्यर्जुनबाणैश्च भीष्मः शरशतैश्चितः । उत्तरायणमावीक्ष्य ध्यात्वा देवं गदाधरम्
śikhaṇḍyarjunabāṇaiśca bhīṣmaḥ śaraśataiścitaḥ / uttarāyaṇamāvīkṣya dhyātvā devaṃ gadādharam
And Bhīṣma, covered with hundreds of arrows by the shafts of Śikhaṇḍin and Arjuna, looking toward the northward course of the sun and meditating on the god who bears the mace,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 145.27
उक्त्वा धर्मान्बहुविधांस्तर्पयित्वा पितॄन्बहून् । आनन्दे तु पदे लीनो विमले मुक्तकिल्बिषे
uktvā dharmānbahuvidhāṃstarpayitvā pitṝnbahūn / ānande tu pade līno vimale muktakilbiṣe
having declared duties of many kinds and having gratified many forefathers, was absorbed in the state of bliss, stainless and free of sin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 145.28
ततो द्रोणो ययौ योद्धुं धृष्टद्युम्नेन बीर्यवान् । दिनानि पञ्च तद्युद्धमासीत्परमदारुणम्
tato droṇo yayau yoddhuṃ dhṛṣṭadyumnena bīryavān / dināni pañca tadyuddhamāsītparamadāruṇam
Then the mighty Droṇa went to fight with Dhṛṣṭadyumna; that battle lasted five days and was exceedingly dreadful.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 145.29
यत्र ते पृथिवीपाला हताः पार्थेन संगरे । शोकसागरमासाद्य द्रोणो ऽपि स्वर्गमाप्तवान्
yatra te pṛthivīpālā hatāḥ pārthena saṃgare / śokasāgaramāsādya droṇo 'pi svargamāptavān
In it those protectors of the earth were slain by Pārtha in the fray; and Droṇa too, sunk in an ocean of grief, attained heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 145.30
ततः कर्णा ययौ योद्धुमर्जुनेन मिहात्मना । दिनद्वयं महायुद्धं कृत्वा पार्थास्त्रसागरे । निमग्नः सूर्यलोकन्तु ततः प्राप स वीर्यवान्
tataḥ karṇā yayau yoddhumarjunena mihātmanā / dinadvayaṃ mahāyuddhaṃ kṛtvā pārthāstrasāgare / nimagnaḥ sūryalokantu tataḥ prāpa sa vīryavān
Then Karṇa went to fight with the great-souled Arjuna; having waged a great battle for two days, sunk in the ocean of Pārtha's weapons, that mighty one then attained the world of the sun.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 145.31
ततः शल्यो ययौ योद्धुं धर्मराजेन धीमता । दिनार्धेन हतः शल्यो बाणैर्ज्वलनसन्निभैः
tataḥ śalyo yayau yoddhuṃ dharmarājena dhīmatā / dinārdhena hataḥ śalyo bāṇairjvalanasannibhaiḥ
Then Śalya went to fight with the wise Dharmarāja; in half a day Śalya was slain by arrows resembling fire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 145.32
दुर्योधनो ऽथ वेगेन गदामादाय वीर्यवान् । अभ्यधावत वै भीभं कालान्तकयमोपमः
duryodhano 'tha vegena gadāmādāya vīryavān / abhyadhāvata vai bhībhaṃ kālāntakayamopamaḥ
Then the mighty Duryodhana, taking up his mace, rushed swiftly at Bhīma, like Yama the ender at the time of destruction.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 145.33
अथ भीमेन वीरेण गदया विनिपातितः । अश्वत्थामा गतो द्रौणिः सुप्तसैन्यं ततो निशि
atha bhīmena vīreṇa gadayā vinipātitaḥ / aśvatthāmā gato drauṇiḥ suptasainyaṃ tato niśi
Then, struck down with the mace by the hero Bhīma, (Duryodhana fell); Aśvatthāman, Droṇa's son, went that night to the sleeping army.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 145.34
जघान बाहुवीर्येण पितुर्वधमनुस्मरन् । धृष्टद्युम्नं जघानाथ द्रौपदेयांश्च वीर्यवान्
jaghāna bāhuvīryeṇa piturvadhamanusmaran / dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ jaghānātha draupadeyāṃśca vīryavān
He slew (them) by the strength of his arms, remembering the killing of his father; and the valiant one then slew Dhṛṣṭadyumna and the sons of Draupadī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 145.35
द्रौपद्यां रुद्यमानायामश्वत्थाम्नः शिरोमणिम् । ऐषिकास्त्रेण तं जित्वा जग्राहार्जुन उत्तमम्
draupadyāṃ rudyamānāyāmaśvatthāmnaḥ śiromaṇim / aiṣikāstreṇa taṃ jitvā jagrāhārjuna uttamam
While Draupadī was weeping, Arjuna, having defeated him with the reed-weapon, took the excellent crest-jewel of Aśvatthāman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 145.36
युधिष्ठिरः समाश्वास्य स्त्रीजनं शोकसंकुलम् । स्नात्वा सन्तर्प्य देवांश्च पितॄनथ पितामहान्
yudhiṣṭhiraḥ samāśvāsya strījanaṃ śokasaṃkulam / snātvā santarpya devāṃśca pitṝnatha pitāmahān
Yudhiṣṭhira, having consoled the women, who were overwhelmed with grief, and having bathed and satisfied the gods, the fathers and the grandfathers (with offerings),
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GaP 1 145.37
आश्वासितो ऽथ भीष्मेण राज्यञ्चैवाकरोन्महत् । विष्णुमीजे ऽश्वमेधेन विधिवद्दक्षिणावता
āśvāsito 'tha bhīṣmeṇa rājyañcaivākaronmahat / viṣṇumīje 'śvamedhena vidhivaddakṣiṇāvatā
then, comforted by Bhīṣma, he exercised great kingship, and worshipped Viṣṇu with a horse sacrifice, duly, with (ample) gifts to the priests.
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GaP 1 145.38
राज्ये परीक्षितं स्थाप्य यादवानां विनाशनम् । श्रुत्वा तु मौसले राजा जप्त्वा नामसहस्रकम्
rājye parīkṣitaṃ sthāpya yādavānāṃ vināśanam / śrutvā tu mausale rājā japtvā nāmasahasrakam
Having established Parīkṣit in the kingdom, and having heard of the destruction of the Yādavas by the pestle, the king recited the thousand names
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GaP 1 145.39
विष्णोः स्वर्गं जगामाथ भीमाद्यैर्भ्रातृभिर्युतः । वासुदेवः पुनर्बुद्ध-संमोहाय सुरद्विषाम्
viṣṇoḥ svargaṃ jagāmātha bhīmādyairbhrātṛbhiryutaḥ / vāsudevaḥ punarbuddha-saṃmohāya suradviṣām
of Viṣṇu and then went to heaven, together with his brothers Bhīma and the rest. Vāsudeva again (became) the Buddha, for the deluding of the enemies of the gods.
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GaP 1 145.40
कल्किर्विष्णुश्च भविता शंभलग्रामके पुनः । अश्वारूढो ऽखिलांल्लोकांस्तदा भस्मीकरिष्यति
kalkirviṣṇuśca bhavitā śaṃbhalagrāmake punaḥ / aśvārūḍho 'khilāṃllokāṃstadā bhasmīkariṣyati
And Viṣṇu will again become Kalki in the village of Śambhala; mounted on a horse he will then reduce all the worlds to ashes.
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GaP 1 145.41
देवादीनां रक्षणाय ह्यधर्महारणाय च । दुष्टानाञ्च वधार्थाय ह्यवतारं करोति च
devādīnāṃ rakṣaṇāya hyadharmahāraṇāya ca / duṣṭānāñca vadhārthāya hyavatāraṃ karoti ca
For the protection of the gods and others, and for the removal of unrighteousness, and for the purpose of slaying the wicked, he makes an incarnation.
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GaP 1 145.42
यथा धन्वन्तरिर्वंशे जातः क्षीरोदमन्थने । देवादीनां जीवनाय ह्यायुर्वेदमुवाच ह
yathā dhanvantarirvaṃśe jātaḥ kṣīrodamanthane / devādīnāṃ jīvanāya hyāyurvedamuvāca ha
As Dhanvantari was born in the lineage at the churning of the milk-ocean, and, for the living of the gods and others, declared the Āyurveda
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GaP 1 145.43
विश्वामित्रसुतायैव शुश्रुताय महात्मने । भारतांश्चावतारांश्च श्रुत्वा स्वर्गं व्रजेन्नरः
viśvāmitrasutāyaiva śuśrutāya mahātmane / bhāratāṃścāvatārāṃśca śrutvā svargaṃ vrajennaraḥ
to the great-souled Suśruta, the very son of Viśvāmitra. A man who hears the Bhārata (episodes) and the incarnations goes to heaven.
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