Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 185

GaP 1 185.1

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- १८५ । हरिरुवाच । आं गणपतये इति अयं गणपतेर्न्मन्त्रो धनविद्याप्रदायकः

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 185 / hariruvāca / āṃ gaṇapataye iti ayaṃ gaṇapaternmantro dhanavidyāpradāyakaḥ

The Glorious Great Garuḍa Purāṇa, 185. Hari said: "āṃ gaṇapataye" — this is the mantra of Gaṇapati, which bestows wealth and knowledge.

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GaP 1 185.2

इममष्टसहस्रञ्च जप्त्वा बद्ध्वा शिखां ततः । व्यवहारे जयः स्याच्च शतं जापान्नृणां प्रियः

imamaṣṭasahasrañca japtvā baddhvā śikhāṃ tataḥ / vyavahāre jayaḥ syācca śataṃ jāpānnṛṇāṃ priyaḥ

And having recited this eight thousand times and then bound up the topknot, there will be victory in litigation; from a hundred recitations one becomes dear to men.

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GaP 1 185.3

तिलानां तु घृताक्तानां कृष्णानां रुद्र होमयेत् । अष्टोत्तरसहस्रन्तु राजा वश्यस्त्रिभिर्दिनैः

tilānāṃ tu ghṛtāktānāṃ kṛṣṇānāṃ rudra homayet / aṣṭottarasahasrantu rājā vaśyastribhirdinaiḥ

But one should offer, O Rudra, black sesame seeds smeared with ghee — a thousand and eight — (and) the king is brought under control within three days.

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GaP 1 185.4

अष्टम्याञ्च चतुर्दश्यामुपोष्याभ्यर्च्य विघ्नराट् । तिलाक्षतानां जुहुयादष्टोत्तरसहस्रकम् । अपाजितः स्याद्युद्धे च सर्वे तञ्च सिषेविरे

aṣṭamyāñca caturdaśyāmupoṣyābhyarcya vighnarāṭ / tilākṣatānāṃ juhuyādaṣṭottarasahasrakam / apājitaḥ syādyuddhe ca sarve tañca siṣevire

On the eighth and on the fourteenth (day), having fasted and worshipped the Lord of Obstacles, one should offer as oblation a thousand and eight sesame seeds and unbroken rice grains: he becomes unconquered in battle, and all have worshipped him.

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GaP 1 185.5

जप्त्वा चाष्टसहस्रन्तु ततश्चाष्टशतेन हि । शिखां बद्ध्वा राजकुले व्यवहारे जयो भवेत्

japtvā cāṣṭasahasrantu tataścāṣṭaśatena hi / śikhāṃ baddhvā rājakule vyavahāre jayo bhavet

And having recited eight thousand, and then with a hundred and eight, having bound the topknot, there will be victory in litigation at the royal court.

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GaP 1 185.6

ह्रीङ्कारं सविसर्गञ्च प्रातः काले नरस्तु यः । स्त्रीणां ललाटे विन्यस्य वशतां नयति ध्रुवम्

hrīṅkāraṃ savisargañca prātaḥ kāle narastu yaḥ / strīṇāṃ lalāṭe vinyasya vaśatāṃ nayati dhruvam

The man who in the morning places the syllable hrīṃ, together with the visarga, upon women's foreheads surely brings (them) under his control.

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GaP 1 185.7

सुसमाहितचित्तेन विन्यस्य प्रमदालये । सोत्कामां कामिनीं कुर्यान्नात्र कार्या विचारणा

susamāhitacittena vinyasya pramadālaye / sotkāmāṃ kāminīṃ kuryānnātra kāryā vicāraṇā

With a well-concentrated mind, placing (it) in the woman's dwelling, he may make the beloved woman full of longing — no doubt need be entertained here.

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GaP 1 185.8

जुहुयादयुतं यस्तु शुचिः प्रयतमानसः । दृष्टिमात्रे सदा तस्य वश्यमायान्ति योषितः

juhuyādayutaṃ yastu śuciḥ prayatamānasaḥ / dṛṣṭimātre sadā tasya vaśyamāyānti yoṣitaḥ

He who, pure and with a controlled mind, makes ten thousand oblations — for him women always come under his control at a mere glance.

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GaP 1 185.9

मनः शिलापत्रकञ्च सगोरोचनकुङ्कुमम् । कृत एभिश्च तिलके वश्यमायान्ति योषितः

manaḥ śilāpatrakañca sagorocanakuṅkumam / kṛta ebhiśca tilake vaśyamāyānti yoṣitaḥ

Realgar (manaḥśilā) and leaf, together with gorocanā and saffron: when a forehead-mark is made with these, women come under (his) control.

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GaP 1 185.10

भृङ्गराट् सहदेवा च वचा श्वेतापराजिता । तेनैव तिलकं कृत्वा त्रैलोक्यं वशतां नयेत्

bhṛṅgarāṭ sahadevā ca vacā śvetāparājitā / tenaiva tilakaṃ kṛtvā trailokyaṃ vaśatāṃ nayet

Bhṛṅgarāja, sahadevā, vacā (sweet flag), and white aparājitā: having made a forehead-mark with just that, he would bring the three worlds under his control.

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GaP 1 185.11

गोरोचना मीनपित्तमाभ्याञ्च कृतवर्तिकः । यः पुमांस्तिलकं कुर्याद्वामहस्तकनिष्ठया । स करोति वशे सर्वं त्रैलोक्यं नात्र संशयः

gorocanā mīnapittamābhyāñca kṛtavartikaḥ / yaḥ pumāṃstilakaṃ kuryādvāmahastakaniṣṭhayā / sa karoti vaśe sarvaṃ trailokyaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ

Gorocanā and fish-bile: a paste made from these two — the man who makes a forehead-mark (with it) using the little finger of his left hand, he brings the whole triple world under his control; there is no doubt here.

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GaP 1 185.12

गोरोचना महादेव ! धातुशोणितभाविता । एतैर्वैतिलकं कृत्वा सा नरं यं निरीक्षते । तत्क्षणात्तं वशे कुर्या न्नात्र कार्या विचारणा

gorocanā mahādeva ! dhātuśoṇitabhāvitā / etairvaitilakaṃ kṛtvā sā naraṃ yaṃ nirīkṣate / tatkṣaṇāttaṃ vaśe kuryā nnātra kāryā vicāraṇā

Gorocanā, O Mahādeva, steeped in menstrual blood: whichever man she looks at, having made a forehead-mark with these, she brings him under her control that very instant — no deliberation is needed here.

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GaP 1 185.13

नागेश्वरञ्च शैलेयं त्वक्पत्रञ्च हरीतकी । चन्दनं कुष्ठसूक्ष्मैलारक्तशालिसमन्विता

nāgeśvarañca śaileyaṃ tvakpatrañca harītakī / candanaṃ kuṣṭhasūkṣmailāraktaśālisamanvitā

Nāgeśvara, śaileya (rock-lichen), cinnamon-bark and leaf, and harītakī; sandalwood, along with kuṣṭha, fine cardamom, and red rice.

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GaP 1 185.14

एतैर्धूपो वशकरः स्मरबाणैः स्मारार्दनः । रतिकाले महादेव पार्वतीप्रिय शङ्कर

etairdhūpo vaśakaraḥ smarabāṇaiḥ smārārdanaḥ / ratikāle mahādeva pārvatīpriya śaṅkara

An incense (made) of these is subjugating, tormenting (with) the arrows of Love — at the time of love-making, O Mahādeva, O Śaṅkara dear to Pārvatī.

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GaP 1 185.15

निजशुक्रं गृही त्वा तु वामहस्तेन यः पुमान् । कामिनीचरणं वामं लिंपेत्स स्यात्स्त्रियाः प्रियः

nijaśukraṃ gṛhī tvā tu vāmahastena yaḥ pumān / kāminīcaraṇaṃ vāmaṃ liṃpetsa syātstriyāḥ priyaḥ

The man who, taking his own semen in his left hand, smears the left foot of his beloved — he will be dear to the woman.

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GaP 1 185.16

सैन्धवञ्च महादेव पारावतमलं मधु । एभिर्लिप्ते तु लिङ्गे वै कामिनीवशकृद्भवेत्

saindhavañca mahādeva pārāvatamalaṃ madhu / ebhirlipte tu liṅge vai kāminīvaśakṛdbhavet

Rock salt, O Mahādeva, pigeon droppings, and honey: when the penis is smeared with these, it becomes a means of subjugating the beloved woman.

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GaP 1 185.17

पुष्पाणि पञ्चरक्तानि गृहीत्वा यानि कानि च । तत्तुल्यञ्च प्रियङ्गुञ्च पेषयेदेकयोगतः । अनेन लिप्तलिङ्गस्य कामिनीवशतामियात्

puṣpāṇi pañcaraktāni gṛhītvā yāni kāni ca / tattulyañca priyaṅguñca peṣayedekayogataḥ / anena liptaliṅgasya kāminīvaśatāmiyāt

Taking any five red flowers whatever, and an equal amount of priyaṅgu, one should grind them together into a single preparation; by this, one whose penis is smeared attains the woman's submission.

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GaP 1 185.18

हयगन्धा च मञ्जिष्ठा मालतीकुसुमानि च । श्वेतसषर्प एतैश्च लिप्तलिङ्गः स्त्रियाः प्रियः

hayagandhā ca mañjiṣṭhā mālatīkusumāni ca / śvetasaṣarpa etaiśca liptaliṅgaḥ striyāḥ priyaḥ

Hayagandhā, mañjiṣṭhā, and mālatī flowers, and white mustard: one whose penis is smeared with these is dear to a woman.

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GaP 1 185.19

मूलन्तु काकजङ्घाया दुग्धपीतन्तु शोषनुत् । अश्वगन्धानागबलागुडमाषनिषेविणः । रूपं भवेद्यथा तद्वन्नवयौवनचारिणाम्

mūlantu kākajaṅghāyā dugdhapītantu śoṣanut / aśvagandhānāgabalāguḍamāṣaniṣeviṇaḥ / rūpaṃ bhavedyathā tadvannavayauvanacāriṇām

The root of kākajaṅghā, drunk with milk, removes wasting; and for those who take aśvagandhā, nāgabalā, molasses, and black gram, the (fine) form of those in fresh youth comes about, just so.

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GaP 1 185.20

लौहचूर्णसमायुक्तं त्रिफलाचूर्णमेव वा । मधुना सेवितं रुद्र परिणामाख्यशूलनुत्

lauhacūrṇasamāyuktaṃ triphalācūrṇameva vā / madhunā sevitaṃ rudra pariṇāmākhyaśūlanut

Iron powder combined (with it), or else triphalā powder, taken with honey, O Rudra, removes the colic called pariṇāma.

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GaP 1 185.21

क्वथितोदकपानन्तु शम्बूकक्षारकं तथा । मृगशृङ्गं ह्यग्निदग्धं गव्याज्येन समन्वितम् । पीत हृत्पृष्ठशूलानां भवेन्नाशकरं शिव

kvathitodakapānantu śambūkakṣārakaṃ tathā / mṛgaśṛṅgaṃ hyagnidagdhaṃ gavyājyena samanvitam / pīta hṛtpṛṣṭhaśūlānāṃ bhavennāśakaraṃ śiva

Drinking boiled water, and likewise the alkali of the śambūka shell; and deer's horn burnt in fire, mixed with cow's ghee — drunk, it destroys pains of the heart and back, O Śiva.

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GaP 1 185.22

हिङ्गु सौवर्चलं शुण्ठी वृषध्वज महौषधम्? । एभिस्तु क्वथितं वारि पीतं वै सर्वशूलनुत्

hiṅgu sauvarcalaṃ śuṇṭhī vṛṣadhvaja mahauṣadham? / ebhistu kvathitaṃ vāri pītaṃ vai sarvaśūlanut

Asafoetida, sauvarcala salt, dry ginger — a great medicine, O Bull-bannered One: water boiled with these, when drunk, removes all colic.

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GaP 1 185.23

अपामार्गस्य वै मूलं सामुद्रलवणान्वितम् । आस्वादि तमजीर्णस्य शूलस्य स्याद्विमर्दनम्

apāmārgasya vai mūlaṃ sāmudralavaṇānvitam / āsvādi tamajīrṇasya śūlasya syādvimardanam

The root of apāmārga together with sea salt: tasted, it crushes the colic of indigestion.

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GaP 1 185.24

वटरोहाङ्कुरो रुद्र तण्डुलोदकघर्षितः । पीतः सतक्रो ऽतीसारं क्षयं नयति शङ्कर

vaṭarohāṅkuro rudra taṇḍulodakagharṣitaḥ / pītaḥ satakro 'tīsāraṃ kṣayaṃ nayati śaṅkara

The sprout of a banyan's aerial root, O Rudra, ground in rice-water and drunk with buttermilk, brings diarrhoea to an end, O Śaṅkara.

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GaP 1 185.25

अङ्कोटमूलं कर्षार्धं पिष्टं तण्डुलवारिणा । सर्वातीसारग्रहणीं पीतं हरति भूतप

aṅkoṭamūlaṃ karṣārdhaṃ piṣṭaṃ taṇḍulavāriṇā / sarvātīsāragrahaṇīṃ pītaṃ harati bhūtapa

Aṅkoṭa root, half a karṣa, ground with rice-water and drunk, removes all diarrhoea and dysentery, O Lord of beings.

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GaP 1 185.26

मरीचशुण्ठिकुटजत्वक्चूर्णञ्च गुडान्वितम् । क्रमात्तद्द्विगुणं पीतं ग्रहणीव्याधिनाशनम्

marīcaśuṇṭhikuṭajatvakcūrṇañca guḍānvitam / kramāttaddviguṇaṃ pītaṃ grahaṇīvyādhināśanam

Powdered pepper, dried ginger and kuṭaja bark, together with jaggery — taken in successively doubled measure, it destroys the disease of the grahaṇī (chronic diarrhoea).

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GaP 1 185.27

श्वेतापराजितामूलं हरिद्रासिक्थतण्डुलाः । अपामार्गत्रिकटुकमेषाञ्च वटिका शिव । विषूचिकामहाव्याधिं हरत्येव न संशयः

śvetāparājitāmūlaṃ haridrāsikthataṇḍulāḥ / apāmārgatrikaṭukameṣāñca vaṭikā śiva / viṣūcikāmahāvyādhiṃ haratyeva na saṃśayaḥ

Root of white aparājitā, turmeric, beeswax, rice-grains, apāmārga and the three pungents (pepper, long pepper, ginger) — a pill of these, O Śiva, surely removes the great disease of cholera; there is no doubt of it.

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GaP 1 185.28

त्रिफलागुरु भूतेश शिलाजतु हरीतकी । एकैकमेषां चूर्णन्तु मधुना च विमिश्रितम् । पीतं सर्वञ्च मेहन्तु क्षयं नयति शङ्कर

triphalāguru bhūteśa śilājatu harītakī / ekaikameṣāṃ cūrṇantu madhunā ca vimiśritam / pītaṃ sarvañca mehantu kṣayaṃ nayati śaṅkara

Triphalā, aguru, O lord of beings, śilājatu, harītakī — the powder of each one of these, mixed with honey and drunk, brings every kind of urinary disorder to an end, O Śaṅkara.

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GaP 1 185.29

अर्कक्षीरप्रस्थमेकं तिलतैलं तथैव च । मनः शिलामरीचानां सिन्दूरस्य पलं पलम्

arkakṣīraprasthamekaṃ tilatailaṃ tathaiva ca / manaḥ śilāmarīcānāṃ sindūrasya palaṃ palam

One prastha of arka (milkweed) juice, and likewise of sesame oil; of realgar, of pepper, and of vermilion, a pala each.

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GaP 1 185.30

चूर्णं कृत्वा ताम्रपात्रे त्वातपैः शोषयेत्ततः । पीतं स्नुहीगतं दुग्धं सैन्धवं शूलनुद्भवेत्

cūrṇaṃ kṛtvā tāmrapātre tvātapaiḥ śoṣayettataḥ / pītaṃ snuhīgataṃ dugdhaṃ saindhavaṃ śūlanudbhavet

Having made a powder, one should then dry it in a copper vessel in the sun's rays. Milk of the snuhī plant with rock salt, when drunk, becomes a remover of colic.

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GaP 1 185.31

त्रिकटुत्रिफलानक्तं तिलतैलं तथैव च । मनः शिला निम्बपत्रं जातीपुष्पमजापयः

trikaṭutriphalānaktaṃ tilatailaṃ tathaiva ca / manaḥ śilā nimbapatraṃ jātīpuṣpamajāpayaḥ

The three pungents, triphalā, nakta(māla), and likewise sesame oil, realgar, neem leaf, jasmine flower, goat's milk;

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GaP 1 185.32

तन्मूत्रं सङ्खनाभिश्च चन्दनं घर्षयेत्ततः । एभिश्च वर्तिकां कृत्वा त्वक्षिणी चाञ्जयेत्ततः

tanmūtraṃ saṅkhanābhiśca candanaṃ gharṣayettataḥ / ebhiśca vartikāṃ kṛtvā tvakṣiṇī cāñjayettataḥ

its urine, and conch-navel, and sandalwood — these one should then grind; and having made a wick of these, one should then anoint the eyes.

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GaP 1 185.33

नश्यते पटलं काचं पुष्पञ्च तिमिरादिकम् । विभीतकस्य वै चूर्णं समधु श्वासनाशनम्

naśyate paṭalaṃ kācaṃ puṣpañca timirādikam / vibhītakasya vai cūrṇaṃ samadhu śvāsanāśanam

The film (over the eye), cataract, the white spot, and darkening of vision and the rest are destroyed. And the powder of vibhītaka with honey destroys asthma.

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GaP 1 185.34

पिप्पलीत्रिफलाचूर्णं मधुसैन्धवसंयुतम् । सर्वरोगज्वरश्वासशोषपीनसहृद्भवेत्

pippalītriphalācūrṇaṃ madhusaindhavasaṃyutam / sarvarogajvaraśvāsaśoṣapīnasahṛdbhavet

Powder of long pepper and triphalā, combined with honey and rock salt, is good for all diseases, fever, asthma, wasting and catarrh.

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GaP 1 185.35

देवदारोश्च वै चूर्णं अजामत्रेण भावयेत् । एकविंशतिवारंवैत्वक्षिणी तेन चाञ्जयेत् । रात्र्यन्धता पटलता नश्येन्निर्लोमता तथा

devadārośca vai cūrṇaṃ ajāmatreṇa bhāvayet / ekaviṃśativāraṃvaitvakṣiṇī tena cāñjayet / rātryandhatā paṭalatā naśyennirlomatā tathā

And the powder of devadāru one should steep in goat's urine; with that one should anoint the eyes twenty-one times; night-blindness, the eye-film, and likewise loss of the lashes will be destroyed.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 185.36

पिप्पलीकेतकं रुद्र हरिद्रामलकं वचा । सर्वाक्षिरोगा नश्येयुः सक्षीरादञ्जनात्ततः

pippalīketakaṃ rudra haridrāmalakaṃ vacā / sarvākṣirogā naśyeyuḥ sakṣīrādañjanāttataḥ

Long pepper, ketaka, O Rudra, turmeric, āmalaka, sweet flag — all eye diseases would be destroyed by anointing with these together with milk.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 185.37

काकजङ्घाशिग्रुमूले मुखेन विधृते शिव । चर्वित्वा दन्तकीटानां विनाशो हि भवेद्धर

kākajaṅghāśigrumūle mukhena vidhṛte śiva / carvitvā dantakīṭānāṃ vināśo hi bhaveddhara

When the roots of kākajaṅghā and śigru are held in the mouth, O Śiva, and chewed, there comes about the destruction of the worms of the teeth, O Hara.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition