Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 189

GaP 1 189.1

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- १८९ हरिरुवाच । श्वेतापराजितापुष्परसेनाक्ष्णोश्च पूरणे । पटलं नाशमायाति नात्र कार्या विचारणा

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 189 hariruvāca / śvetāparājitāpuṣparasenākṣṇośca pūraṇe / paṭalaṃ nāśamāyāti nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

The Glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, 189. Hari said: By filling the two eyes with the juice of the white aparājitā flower, the (eye-)film goes to destruction; no deliberation is to be made here.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 189.2

मूलं गोक्षुरकस्यैव चर्वित्वा नीललोहित । दन्तकीटव्यथा नश्येत्सुरासुरविमर्दन्

mūlaṃ gokṣurakasyaiva carvitvā nīlalohita / dantakīṭavyathā naśyetsurāsuravimardan

Chewing the root of gokṣuraka, O dark-red one, the pain of tooth-worm perishes, O crusher of gods and demons.

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GaP 1 189.3

नारी पुष्पादिने पीत्वा गोक्षीरेणोपवासतः । श्वेतार्कस्य तु वै मूलं तस्यास्तद्गुल्मशूलनुत्

nārī puṣpādine pītvā gokṣīreṇopavāsataḥ / śvetārkasya tu vai mūlaṃ tasyāstadgulmaśūlanut

When a woman on the day her menses begin drinks, while fasting, with cow's milk the root of white arka, that removes her gulma (abdominal tumour) and colic.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 189.4

श्वेतार्कपुष्पं विधिना गृहीतं पूर्वमन्त्रितम् । ऋतुशुद्धा च ललना कटौ बद्ध्वा प्रसूयते

śvetārkapuṣpaṃ vidhinā gṛhītaṃ pūrvamantritam / ṛtuśuddhā ca lalanā kaṭau baddhvā prasūyate

The flower of white arka, taken according to the rule and first empowered with mantra: a woman purified after her menses, having bound it at her waist, gives birth.

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GaP 1 189.5

हस्तबद्धं पलाशस्य अपामार्गस्य वा हर । मूलं सर्वज्वरहरं भूतप्रेतादिनुद्भवेत्

hastabaddhaṃ palāśasya apāmārgasya vā hara / mūlaṃ sarvajvaraharaṃ bhūtapretādinudbhavet

Bound on the hand, O Hara, the root of palāśa or of apāmārga removes all fevers and drives away bhūtas, pretas and the rest.

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GaP 1 189.6

पीतं वृश्चिकमूलञ्च प्रातः पर्युषिताम्बुना । सार्धं विनाशयेद्दाहज्वरञ्च परमेश्वर

pītaṃ vṛścikamūlañca prātaḥ paryuṣitāmbunā / sārdhaṃ vināśayeddāhajvarañca parameśvara

And the root of vṛścika, drunk in the morning together with water left standing overnight, destroys burning heat and fever, O Supreme Lord.

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GaP 1 189.7

शिखायाञ्चैव तद्बद्धं भवेदैकाहिकाहिनुत् । पीतं पर्युषिताद्भिश्च भवेत्सर्वविषापहृत्

śikhāyāñcaiva tadbaddhaṃ bhavedaikāhikāhinut / pītaṃ paryuṣitādbhiśca bhavetsarvaviṣāpahṛt

And that same (root), bound on the crest of hair, becomes a remover of the one-day (quotidian) fever; and drunk with water left standing overnight it becomes a remover of all poison.

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GaP 1 189.8

यस्य लज्जालुकामूलं दीयते च स्वरेतसा । सार्धं स वैरं संयाति पुमान्स्त्री वा न संशयः

yasya lajjālukāmūlaṃ dīyate ca svaretasā / sārdhaṃ sa vairaṃ saṃyāti pumānstrī vā na saṃśayaḥ

He to whom the root of the lajjālu (sensitive plant) is given together with one's own semen — that person, man or woman, comes into enmity (with the giver); there is no doubt.

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

GaP 1 189.9

पिष्ट्वा गव्यघृतेनैव पाठामूलं पिबेत्तु यः । सर्वं विषं विनश्येच्च नात्र कार्या विचारणा

piṣṭvā gavyaghṛtenaiva pāṭhāmūlaṃ pibettu yaḥ / sarvaṃ viṣaṃ vinaśyecca nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

He who grinds the root of pāṭhā with cow's ghee and drinks it — all poison will perish; no deliberation is needed here.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 189.10

मूलं पर्युषितोदेन शिरीषस्य यथा तथा । रक्तचित्रकमूलस्य रसस्य भरणाद्धर । कर्णयोः कामलाव्याधिनाशः स्यान्नात्र संशयः

mūlaṃ paryuṣitodena śirīṣasya yathā tathā / raktacitrakamūlasya rasasya bharaṇāddhara / karṇayoḥ kāmalāvyādhināśaḥ syānnātra saṃśayaḥ

The root of śirīṣa (steeped) in stale water, and likewise that of red citraka: from pouring (that) juice into the ears, O Hara, there will be destruction of the jaundice disease; no doubt here.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 189.11

श्वेतकोकिलाक्षमूलं छागीक्षीरेण संयुतम् । त्रिसप्ताहेन वै पीतं क्षयरोगं क्षयं नयेत्

śvetakokilākṣamūlaṃ chāgīkṣīreṇa saṃyutam / trisaptāhena vai pītaṃ kṣayarogaṃ kṣayaṃ nayet

The root of white kokilākṣa combined with goat's milk, drunk for three weeks, brings consumption (kṣaya-disease) to destruction.

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GaP 1 189.12

नारिकेलस्य वै पुष्पं छागक्षीरेण संयुतम् । पिबेच्च त्रिविधस्तस्य रक्तवातो विनश्यति

nārikelasya vai puṣpaṃ chāgakṣīreṇa saṃyutam / pibecca trividhastasya raktavāto vinaśyati

And the flower of the coconut combined with goat's milk — should one drink it, his blood-wind (raktavāta) perishes in three ways(?).

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

GaP 1 189.13

कुर्यात्सुदर्शनामूलं माल्येन सुसमाहृतम् । कण्ठबद्ध त्र्याहिकादिग्रहभूतविनाशनम्

kuryātsudarśanāmūlaṃ mālyena susamāhṛtam / kaṇṭhabaddha tryāhikādigrahabhūtavināśanam

One should make the root of sudarśanā, properly gathered, into a garland; bound at the throat it destroys three-day (fevers) and the rest, grahas and bhūtas.

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GaP 1 189.14

पुष्पं धवलगुञ्जाया गृहीतं मूलमेव च । मुखे तु निहितं रुद्र हरेन्नानाविषं बहु

puṣpaṃ dhavalaguñjāyā gṛhītaṃ mūlameva ca / mukhe tu nihitaṃ rudra harennānāviṣaṃ bahu

The flower of the white guñjā, taken together with the root itself, placed in the mouth, O Rudra, removes many poisons of various kinds.

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GaP 1 189.15

हस्ते बद्धं काण्डयुक्तं कण्ठे बद्धं ग्रहादिहृत् । कृष्णायान्तु चतुर्दश्यां कटिबद्धं समाहृतम् । सिंहादिश्वापदाद्भीतिं हरेच्च नीललोहित

haste baddhaṃ kāṇḍayuktaṃ kaṇṭhe baddhaṃ grahādihṛt / kṛṣṇāyāntu caturdaśyāṃ kaṭibaddhaṃ samāhṛtam / siṃhādiśvāpadādbhītiṃ harecca nīlalohita

Bound on the hand along with the stalk, or bound at the throat, it removes grahas and the rest; but gathered on the fourteenth of the dark (fortnight) and bound at the waist it removes the fear of lions and other beasts of prey, O dark-red one.

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GaP 1 189.16

विष्णुक्रान्तामूलमीश कर्णबद्धन्तु धारयेत् । पट्टसूत्रेण भूतेश मकरादिभयं न वै

viṣṇukrāntāmūlamīśa karṇabaddhantu dhārayet / paṭṭasūtreṇa bhūteśa makarādibhayaṃ na vai

The root of viṣṇukrāntā, O Lord, one should wear bound at the ear with a silk thread, O Lord of beings — then there is no fear of crocodiles and the like.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition