Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 178

GaP 1 178.1

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- १७८ हरिरुवाच । ब्रह्मदण्डीवचाकुष्ठं प्रियङ्गर्नागकेशरम् । दद्यात्ताम्बूलसंयुक्तं स्त्रीणां मन्त्रेण तद्वशम् । ॐ नारायण्यै स्वाहा

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 178 hariruvāca / brahmadaṇḍīvacākuṣṭhaṃ priyaṅgarnāgakeśaram / dadyāttāmbūlasaṃyuktaṃ strīṇāṃ mantreṇa tadvaśam / oṃ nārāyaṇyai svāhā

Śrī Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, chapter 178. Hari said: Brahmadaṇḍī, vacā, kuṣṭha, priyaṅgu, nāgakeśara — one should give (this) together with betel; by the mantra, women come under one's control. Oṃ to Nārāyaṇī svāhā.

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GaP 1 178.2

ताम्बूलं यस्य दीयेत स वशी स्यात्सुमन्त्रतः । ॐ हरिः हरिः स्वाहा

tāmbūlaṃ yasya dīyeta sa vaśī syātsumantrataḥ / oṃ hariḥ hariḥ svāhā

To whomever the betel is given, he becomes subdued by the good mantra: oṃ hariḥ hariḥ svāhā.

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GaP 1 178.3

गोदन्तं हरितालञ्च संयुक्तं काकजिह्वया । चूर्णोकृत्य यस्य शिरे दीयते स वशी भवेत् । श्वेतसर्षपनिर्माल्यं यद्गृहे तद्विनाशकृत्

godantaṃ haritālañca saṃyuktaṃ kākajihvayā / cūrṇokṛtya yasya śire dīyate sa vaśī bhavet / śvetasarṣapanirmālyaṃ yadgṛhe tadvināśakṛt

Cow's tooth and orpiment, combined with kākajihvā — having made it a powder, on whose head it is placed, he becomes subdued. White mustard and used offering-flowers: in whatever house (they are placed), that brings destruction.

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GaP 1 178.4

वैभी तकं शाखोटकं मूलं पत्रेण संयुतम् । स्थाप्यते यद्गृहद्वारे तत्र वै कलहो भवेत्

vaibhī takaṃ śākhoṭakaṃ mūlaṃ patreṇa saṃyutam / sthāpyate yadgṛhadvāre tatra vai kalaho bhavet

The root of vibhītaka and of śākhoṭaka together with a leaf — in whatever house's door it is placed, there indeed quarrel arises.

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GaP 1 178.5

खञ्जरीटस्य मांसं तु मधुना सह पेषयेत् । ऋतुकालेयोनिलेपात्पुरुषो दासतामियात्

khañjarīṭasya māṃsaṃ tu madhunā saha peṣayet / ṛtukāleyonilepātpuruṣo dāsatāmiyāt

One should grind the flesh of the wagtail together with honey; from smearing it on the vagina at the time of menstruation, the man becomes a slave.

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GaP 1 178.6

अगुरुं गुग्गुलुं चैव नीलोत्पलसमन्वितम् । गुडेन धूपयित्वा तु राजद्वारे प्रियो भवेत्

aguruṃ gugguluṃ caiva nīlotpalasamanvitam / guḍena dhūpayitvā tu rājadvāre priyo bhavet

Aguru and guggulu, together with blue lotus — having fumigated (them) with jaggery, one becomes dear at the king's gate.

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GaP 1 178.7

श्वेताप राजितामूलं पिष्टं रोचनया युतम् । यं पश्येत्तिलकेनैव वशी कर्यान्नृपालये

śvetāpa rājitāmūlaṃ piṣṭaṃ rocanayā yutam / yaṃ paśyettilakenaiva vaśī karyānnṛpālaye

The root of white aparājitā, ground and mixed with gorocanā — whomever one sees, wearing it as a forehead-mark, one makes subdued in the king's palace.

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GaP 1 178.8

काकजङ्घा वचा कुष्ठं निम्बपत्रं सुकुङ्कुमम् । आत्मरक्तसमायुक्तं वशी भवति मानवः

kākajaṅghā vacā kuṣṭhaṃ nimbapatraṃ sukuṅkumam / ātmaraktasamāyuktaṃ vaśī bhavati mānavaḥ

Kākajaṅghā, vacā, kuṣṭha, nimba leaf, fine saffron, combined with one's own blood: the man becomes subdued.

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GaP 1 178.9

आरण्यस्य बिडालस्य गृहित्वा रुधिरं शुभम् । करञ्जतैले तद्भाव्यं रुद्राग्नौ कज्जलं ततः । पातयेत्पद्मपत्रेण हादृश्यः स्यात्तदञ्जनात्

āraṇyasya biḍālasya gṛhitvā rudhiraṃ śubham / karañjataile tadbhāvyaṃ rudrāgnau kajjalaṃ tataḥ / pātayetpadmapatreṇa hādṛśyaḥ syāttadañjanāt

Having taken the fine blood of a forest cat, it is to be steeped in karañja oil; then the lamp-black (is made) in a fierce fire; one should collect it with a lotus leaf — by that eye-salve one becomes invisible.

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GaP 1 178.10

ॐ नमः खड्गवज्रपाणये महायक्षसेनापतये स्वाहा । ॐ रुद्रं ह्रां ह्रीं वरशक्ता त्वरिताविद्या । ॐ मातरः स्तम्भयस्वाहा । सहस्रं परिजप्यात्तु विद्येयं चौरवारिणी । महासुगन्धिकामूलं शुक्रं स्तम्भेत्कटौ स्थितम्

oṃ namaḥ khaḍgavajrapāṇaye mahāyakṣasenāpataye svāhā / oṃ rudraṃ hrāṃ hrīṃ varaśaktā tvaritāvidyā / oṃ mātaraḥ stambhayasvāhā / sahasraṃ parijapyāttu vidyeyaṃ cauravāriṇī / mahāsugandhikāmūlaṃ śukraṃ stambhetkaṭau sthitam

Oṃ homage to the bearer of sword and thunderbolt in hand, to the great general of the yakṣas, svāhā. Oṃ rudraṃ hrāṃ hrīṃ, with excellent power, the Tvaritā spell. Oṃ mothers, paralyse, svāhā. One should recite (it) a thousand times: this spell wards off thieves. The root of the mahāsugandhikā, kept at the waist, arrests the semen.

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GaP 1 178.11

ॐ नमः सर्वसत्त्वेभ्यो नमः सिद्धिं कुरु कुरु स्वाहा । सप्ताभिमन्त्रितं कृत्वा करवीरस्य पुष्पकम् । स्त्रीणामग्रे भ्रामयच्च क्षणाद्वै सा वशे भवेत्

oṃ namaḥ sarvasattvebhyo namaḥ siddhiṃ kuru kuru svāhā / saptābhimantritaṃ kṛtvā karavīrasya puṣpakam / strīṇāmagre bhrāmayacca kṣaṇādvai sā vaśe bhavet

Oṃ homage to all beings, homage; grant success, grant, svāhā. Having charged a karavīra flower with the mantra seven times, one should wave it before women, and in an instant she comes under control.

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GaP 1 178.12

ब्रह्मदण्डीं वचां पत्रं मधुना सह पेषयेत् । अङ्गलेपाच्च वनिता नान्यं भर्तारमिच्छति

brahmadaṇḍīṃ vacāṃ patraṃ madhunā saha peṣayet / aṅgalepācca vanitā nānyaṃ bhartāramicchati

(One) should grind brahmadaṇḍī, sweet flag (vacā), and (its) leaf together with honey; by smearing (it) on the body a woman desires no other husband.

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GaP 1 178.13

ब्रह्मदण्डीशिखा वक्त्रे क्षिप्ता शुक्रस्य स्तम्भनम् । मूलं जयन्त्या वक्त्रस्थं व्यवहारे जयप्रदम्

brahmadaṇḍīśikhā vaktre kṣiptā śukrasya stambhanam / mūlaṃ jayantyā vaktrasthaṃ vyavahāre jayapradam

A brahmadaṇḍī shoot placed in the mouth is a means of arresting semen; the root of jayantī held in the mouth grants victory in litigation.

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GaP 1 178.14

भृङ्गराजस्य मूलं तु पिष्टं शुक्रेण संयुतम् । अक्षिणी चाञ्जयित्वा तु वशी कर्यान्नरं किल

bhṛṅgarājasya mūlaṃ tu piṣṭaṃ śukreṇa saṃyutam / akṣiṇī cāñjayitvā tu vaśī karyānnaraṃ kila

But the root of bhṛṅgarāja, ground and mixed with semen — having anointed both eyes (with it), one can surely bring a man under (one's) power.

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GaP 1 178.15

अपराजिताशिखान्तु नीलोत्पलसमन्विताम् । ताम्बूलेन प्र (दाना) दद्याच्च वशीकरणमुत्तमम्

aparājitāśikhāntu nīlotpalasamanvitām / tāmbūlena pra (dānā) dadyācca vaśīkaraṇamuttamam

But a shoot of aparājitā, combined with blue lotus, one should give with betel — (that is) the best means of subjugation.

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GaP 1 178.16

अङ्गुष्ठे च पदे गुल्फे जानौ च जघने तथा । नाभौ वक्षसि कुक्षौ च कक्षे कण्ठे कपोलके

aṅguṣṭhe ca pade gulphe jānau ca jaghane tathā / nābhau vakṣasi kukṣau ca kakṣe kaṇṭhe kapolake

On the thumb (or big toe), on the foot, on the ankle, on the knee and likewise on the hip, on the navel, on the chest, on the belly, on the armpit, on the throat, on the cheek,

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GaP 1 178.17

ओष्ठे नेत्रे ललाटे च मूर्ध्नि चन्द्रकलाः स्थिताः । स्त्रीणां पक्षे सिते कृष्णे ऊर्ध्वाधः संस्थिता नृणाम्

oṣṭhe netre lalāṭe ca mūrdhni candrakalāḥ sthitāḥ / strīṇāṃ pakṣe site kṛṣṇe ūrdhvādhaḥ saṃsthitā nṛṇām

on the lip, on the eye, on the forehead and on the head — (there) the phases of the moon are located; for women in the bright fortnight, and for men they are situated (in the) reverse (order), upward and downward.

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GaP 1 178.18

वामाङ्गे दक्षिणाङ्गे च क्रमाद्रुद्र द्रवादिकृत् । चतुः षष्टि कलाः प्रोक्ताः कामशास्त्रे वशीकराः । आलिङ्गनाद्या नारीणां कमारीणां वशीकराः

vāmāṅge dakṣiṇāṅge ca kramādrudra dravādikṛt / catuḥ ṣaṣṭi kalāḥ proktāḥ kāmaśāstre vaśīkarāḥ / āliṅganādyā nārīṇāṃ kamārīṇāṃ vaśīkarāḥ

On the left limb and on the right limb in order, O Rudra, (it) produces melting (of the heart) and so forth. Sixty-four arts are declared in the treatise on love as subjugating; embracing and the rest are subjugators of women and of maidens.

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GaP 1 178.19

रोचनागन्धुपुष्पाणि निम्बपुष्पं प्रियङ्गवः । कुङ्कमं चन्दनञ्चैव तिलकेन जगद्वशेत्

rocanāgandhupuṣpāṇi nimbapuṣpaṃ priyaṅgavaḥ / kuṅkamaṃ candanañcaiva tilakena jagadvaśet

Yellow orpiment (rocanā), fragrant flowers, nīm blossom, priyaṅgu, saffron and sandal — with (such) a forehead-mark one may subdue the world.

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GaP 1 178.20

ॐ ह्रीं गौरि देवि सौभाग्यं पुत्रवशादि देहि मे । ॐ ह्रीं लक्ष्मि ! देवि सौभाग्यं सर्वं त्रैलोक्यमोहनम्

oṃ hrīṃ gauri devi saubhāgyaṃ putravaśādi dehi me / oṃ hrīṃ lakṣmi ! devi saubhāgyaṃ sarvaṃ trailokyamohanam

Oṃ hrīṃ, O goddess Gaurī, grant me good fortune, sons, subjugation and the rest. Oṃ hrīṃ, O goddess Lakṣmī, (grant) all good fortune, (which is) the bewitching of the three worlds.

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GaP 1 178.21

सगन्धस्य हरिद्रायाः कुङ्कमानां च लेपतः । वशयेद्रुद्र धूपश्च तथापुष्पसुगन्धयोः

sagandhasya haridrāyāḥ kuṅkamānāṃ ca lepataḥ / vaśayedrudra dhūpaśca tathāpuṣpasugandhayoḥ

By smearing on scented turmeric and saffron one may subjugate (them), O Rudra, and also by incense and by flowers and perfumes.

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GaP 1 178.22

दुरालभा वचा कुष्ठं कुङ्कुमञ्च शतावरी । तिलतैलेन संयुक्तं योनिलेपाद्वशी नरः

durālabhā vacā kuṣṭhaṃ kuṅkumañca śatāvarī / tilatailena saṃyuktaṃ yonilepādvaśī naraḥ

Durālabhā, sweet flag, kuṣṭha, saffron and śatāvarī, combined with sesame oil — by smearing (it) on the vulva a man is brought under (her) power.

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GaP 1 178.23

निम्बकाष्ठस्य धूमेन धूपयित्वा भगं वधूः । सुभगास्यात्साति रुद्र पतिर्दासो भविष्यति

nimbakāṣṭhasya dhūmena dhūpayitvā bhagaṃ vadhūḥ / subhagāsyātsāti rudra patirdāso bhaviṣyati

When the bride has fumigated her vulva with the smoke of nīm wood, she becomes fortunate, O Rudra, and (her) husband will become (her) slave.

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GaP 1 178.24

माहिषं नवनीतञ्च कष्टञ्च मधुयष्टिका । सौभाग्यं भगलेपात्स्यात् पतिर्दासो भवेत्तथा

māhiṣaṃ navanītañca kaṣṭañca madhuyaṣṭikā / saubhāgyaṃ bhagalepātsyāt patirdāso bhavettathā

Buffalo butter, kuṣṭha, and liquorice — from smearing (this) on the vulva there will be good fortune, and thus the husband becomes (her) slave.

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GaP 1 178.25

मधुयष्टिश्च गोक्षीरं तथा च कण्टकारिका । एतानि समभागानि पिबेदुष्णेन वारिणा । चतुर्भागावशेषेण गर्भसम्भवमुत्तमम्

madhuyaṣṭiśca gokṣīraṃ tathā ca kaṇṭakārikā / etāni samabhāgāni pibeduṣṇena vāriṇā / caturbhāgāvaśeṣeṇa garbhasambhavamuttamam

Liquorice, cow's milk, and likewise kaṇṭakārikā — these in equal parts one should drink with hot water; when a fourth part remains (after boiling), (it is) excellent for conception.

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GaP 1 178.26

मातुलुङ्गस्य बीजानि क्षीरेण सह भावयेत् । तत्पीत्वा लभते गर्भं नात्र कार्या विचारणा

mātuluṅgasya bījāni kṣīreṇa saha bhāvayet / tatpītvā labhate garbhaṃ nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

One should macerate citron seeds together with milk; drinking that, (a woman) obtains conception — no doubt need be entertained about this.

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GaP 1 178.27

मातुलुङ्गस्य बीजानि मूलान्येरण्डकस्य च । घृतेन सह संयोज्य पाययेत्पुत्रकाक्षिणी

mātuluṅgasya bījāni mūlānyeraṇḍakasya ca / ghṛtena saha saṃyojya pāyayetputrakākṣiṇī

Citron seeds and the roots of the castor plant, joined together with ghee — one should have a woman desiring a son drink (it).

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GaP 1 178.28

पश्वगन्धा मृत दुग्ध क्वथितं मुत्रकारकम् । पलाशस्य तु बीजानि क्षौद्रेण सह पेषयेत् । रजस्वला तु पीत्वा स्यात्मुष्पगर्भविवर्जिता

paśvagandhā mṛta dugdha kvathitaṃ mutrakārakam / palāśasya tu bījāni kṣaudreṇa saha peṣayet / rajasvalā tu pītvā syātmuṣpagarbhavivarjitā

(...) boiled, is a diuretic. But one should grind the seeds of palāśa together with honey; a menstruating woman, having drunk (it), becomes free of menstrual flow and of pregnancy.

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