Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 194
GaP 1 194.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- १९४ हरिरुवाच । सर्वव्याधिहरं वक्ष्ये वैष्णवं कवचं शुभम् । येन रक्षा कृता शम्भोर्दैत्यान्क्षपयतः पुरा
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 194 hariruvāca / sarvavyādhiharaṃ vakṣye vaiṣṇavaṃ kavacaṃ śubham / yena rakṣā kṛtā śambhordaityānkṣapayataḥ purā
The Glorious Great Garuḍa Purāṇa, 194. Hari said: I shall declare the auspicious Vaiṣṇava armour that removes all diseases, by which protection was once made for Śambhu as he was destroying the Daityas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 194.2
प्रणम्य देवमीशानमजं नित्यमनामयम् । देवं सर्वेश्वरं विष्णुं सर्वव्यापिनमव्ययम्
praṇamya devamīśānamajaṃ nityamanāmayam / devaṃ sarveśvaraṃ viṣṇuṃ sarvavyāpinamavyayam
Having bowed to the god, the ruler, the unborn, the eternal, the free from ailment, the god Viṣṇu, lord of all, all-pervading, imperishable —
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GaP 1 194.3
बध्नाम्यहं प्रतिसरं नमस्कृत्य जनार्दनम् । अमोघाप्रतिमं सर्वं सर्वदुः खनिवारणम्
badhnāmyahaṃ pratisaraṃ namaskṛtya janārdanam / amoghāpratimaṃ sarvaṃ sarvaduḥ khanivāraṇam
having paid homage to Janārdana, I bind on the amulet-thread, unfailing, without likeness, entire, warding off all sorrow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 194.4
विष्णुर्मामग्रतः पातु कृष्णो रक्षतु पृष्ठतः । हरिर्मे रक्षतु शिरो हृदयञ्च जनार्दनः
viṣṇurmāmagrataḥ pātu kṛṣṇo rakṣatu pṛṣṭhataḥ / harirme rakṣatu śiro hṛdayañca janārdanaḥ
May Viṣṇu guard me in front, may Kṛṣṇa protect me from behind; may Hari protect my head, and Janārdana my heart.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 194.5
मनो मम हृषीकेशो जिह्वां रक्षतु केशवः । प्रातु नेत्रे वासुदेवः श्रोत्रे सङ्कर्षणो विभुः
mano mama hṛṣīkeśo jihvāṃ rakṣatu keśavaḥ / prātu netre vāsudevaḥ śrotre saṅkarṣaṇo vibhuḥ
May Hṛṣīkeśa (protect) my mind, may Keśava guard my tongue; may Vāsudeva protect my eyes, the mighty Saṅkarṣaṇa my ears.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 194.6
प्रद्युम्नः पातु मे घ्राणमनिरुद्धस्तु चर्म च । वनमाली गलस्यान्तं श्रीवत्सो रक्षतामधः
pradyumnaḥ pātu me ghrāṇamaniruddhastu carma ca / vanamālī galasyāntaṃ śrīvatso rakṣatāmadhaḥ
May Pradyumna protect my nose, and Aniruddha my skin; may Vanamālī (protect) the base of my throat, may Śrīvatsa protect below (that).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 194.7
पार्श्वं रक्षतु मे चक्रं वामं दैत्यनिवारणम् । दक्षिणन्तु गदा देवी सर्वासुरनिवारिणी
pārśvaṃ rakṣatu me cakraṃ vāmaṃ daityanivāraṇam / dakṣiṇantu gadā devī sarvāsuranivāriṇī
May the discus, which repels the Daityas, protect my left side; and the goddess-mace, which repels all Asuras, my right.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 194.8
उदरं मुसलं पातु पृष्ठं मे पातु लाङ्गलम् । ऊर्ध्वं रक्षतु मे शार्ङ्गं जङ्घे रक्षतु नन्दकः
udaraṃ musalaṃ pātu pṛṣṭhaṃ me pātu lāṅgalam / ūrdhvaṃ rakṣatu me śārṅgaṃ jaṅghe rakṣatu nandakaḥ
May the pestle protect my belly, may the plough protect my back; may the Śārṅga bow protect my upper part, may Nandaka (the sword) protect my shanks.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 194.9
पार्ष्णो रक्षतु शङ्खश्च पद्मं मे चरणावुभौ । सर्वकार्यार्थसिद्ध्यर्थं पातु मां गरुडः सदा
pārṣṇo rakṣatu śaṅkhaśca padmaṃ me caraṇāvubhau / sarvakāryārthasiddhyarthaṃ pātu māṃ garuḍaḥ sadā
May the conch protect my heels, and the lotus both my feet; for the accomplishment of all my aims and undertakings, may Garuḍa always protect me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 194.10
वराहो रक्षतु जले विषमेषु च वामनः । अटव्यां नरसिंहश्च सर्वतः पातु केशवः
varāho rakṣatu jale viṣameṣu ca vāmanaḥ / aṭavyāṃ narasiṃhaśca sarvataḥ pātu keśavaḥ
May Varāha protect (me) in water, and Vāmana in difficult places; and Narasiṃha in the forest — may Keśava protect (me) on every side.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 194.11
हिरण्यगर्भो भगवान्हिरण्यं मे प्रयच्छतु । सांख्याचार्यस्तु कपिलो धातुसाम्यं करोतु मे
hiraṇyagarbho bhagavānhiraṇyaṃ me prayacchatu / sāṃkhyācāryastu kapilo dhātusāmyaṃ karotu me
May the Lord Hiraṇyagarbha bestow gold upon me; and may Kapila, the teacher of Sāṃkhya, make the balance of my bodily elements.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 194.12
श्वेतद्वीपनिवासी च श्वेतद्वीपं नयत्वजः । सर्वान्सूदयतां शत्रून्मधुकैटभमर्दनः
śvetadvīpanivāsī ca śvetadvīpaṃ nayatvajaḥ / sarvānsūdayatāṃ śatrūnmadhukaiṭabhamardanaḥ
And may the unborn one who dwells on the White Island lead (me) to the White Island; may the crusher of Madhu and Kaiṭabha destroy all (my) enemies.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 194.13
सदाकर्षतु विष्णुश्च किल्बिषं मम विग्रहात् । हंसो मत्स्यस्तथा कूर्मः पातु मां सर्वतोदिशम्
sadākarṣatu viṣṇuśca kilbiṣaṃ mama vigrahāt / haṃso matsyastathā kūrmaḥ pātu māṃ sarvatodiśam
And may Viṣṇu always draw away the stain from my body; may the Swan, the Fish and likewise the Tortoise protect me on every side.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 194.14
त्रिविक्रमस्तु मे देवः सर्वपापानि कृन्ततु । तथा नारायणो देवो बुद्धिं पालयतां मम
trivikramastu me devaḥ sarvapāpāni kṛntatu / tathā nārāyaṇo devo buddhiṃ pālayatāṃ mama
May the god Trivikrama cut away all my sins; and likewise may the god Nārāyaṇa guard my intellect.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 194.15
शेषो मे निर्मलं ज्ञानं करोत्वज्ञाननाशनम् । वडवामुखो नाशयतां कल्मषं यत्कृतं मया
śeṣo me nirmalaṃ jñānaṃ karotvajñānanāśanam / vaḍavāmukho nāśayatāṃ kalmaṣaṃ yatkṛtaṃ mayā
May Śeṣa make my knowledge spotless, destroying ignorance; may Vaḍavāmukha destroy whatever defilement has been done by me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 194.16
पद्भ्यां ददातु परमं सुखं मूर्ध्नि मम प्रभुः । दत्तात्रेयः प्रकुरुतां सपुत्रपशुबान्धवम्
padbhyāṃ dadātu paramaṃ sukhaṃ mūrdhni mama prabhuḥ / dattātreyaḥ prakurutāṃ saputrapaśubāndhavam
May the Lord with his two feet upon my head grant the highest happiness; may Dattātreya make (me) possessed of sons, cattle and kinsmen.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 194.17
सर्वानरीन्नाशयतु रामः परशुना मम । रक्षोघ्नस्तु दशरथिः पातु नित्यं महाभुजः
sarvānarīnnāśayatu rāmaḥ paraśunā mama / rakṣoghnastu daśarathiḥ pātu nityaṃ mahābhujaḥ
May Rāma destroy all my foes with his axe; and may the slayer of demons, the son of Daśaratha, the great-armed one, protect (me) always.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 194.18
शत्रीन्हलेन मे हन्याद्रामो यादवनन्दनः । प्रलम्बकेशिचाणूरपूतनाकंसनाशनः । कृष्णस्य यो बालभावः स मे कामान्प्रयच्छतु
śatrīnhalena me hanyādrāmo yādavanandanaḥ / pralambakeśicāṇūrapūtanākaṃsanāśanaḥ / kṛṣṇasya yo bālabhāvaḥ sa me kāmānprayacchatu
May Rāma, the delight of the Yādavas, slay my enemies with his plough; and that childhood of Kṛṣṇa, destroyer of Pralamba, Keśin, Cāṇūra, Pūtanā and Kaṃsa—may it grant me my desires.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 194.19
अन्धकारतमोघोरं पुरुषं कृष्णषिङ्गलम् । पश्यामि भयसन्त्रस्तः पाशहस्तमिवान्तकम्
andhakāratamoghoraṃ puruṣaṃ kṛṣṇaṣiṅgalam / paśyāmi bhayasantrastaḥ pāśahastamivāntakam
Terrified with fear, I see a man dark and tawny, dreadful with the darkness of gloom, like Death with a noose in his hand.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 194.20
ततो ऽहं पुण्डरीकाक्षमच्युतं शरणं गतः । धन्यो ऽहं निर्भयो नित्यं यस्य मे भगवान्हरिः
tato 'haṃ puṇḍarīkākṣamacyutaṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ / dhanyo 'haṃ nirbhayo nityaṃ yasya me bhagavānhariḥ
Then I have gone for refuge to the lotus-eyed, unfallen one: I am blessed, forever free of fear, I whose Lord is Hari.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 194.21
ध्यात्वा नारायणं देवं सर्वोपद्रवनाशनम् । वैष्णवं कवचं बद्ध्वा विचरामि महीतले
dhyātvā nārāyaṇaṃ devaṃ sarvopadravanāśanam / vaiṣṇavaṃ kavacaṃ baddhvā vicarāmi mahītale
Having meditated on the god Nārāyaṇa, destroyer of all calamities, and having bound on the Vaiṣṇava armour, I roam upon the earth's surface.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 194.22
अप्रधृष्यो ऽस्मि भूतानां सर्वदेवमयो ह्यहम् । स्मरणाद्देवदेवस्य विष्णोरमिततेजसः
apradhṛṣyo 'smi bhūtānāṃ sarvadevamayo hyaham / smaraṇāddevadevasya viṣṇoramitatejasaḥ
I am unassailable by beings, for I am made up of all the gods, through the remembrance of the god of gods, Viṣṇu of measureless splendour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 194.23
सिद्धिर्भवतु मे नित्यं यथामन्त्रमुदाहृतम् । यो मां पश्यति चक्षुर्भ्यां यञ्चः पश्यामि चक्षुषा । सर्वेषां पापदुष्टानां विष्णुर्बध्नातु चक्षुषी
siddhirbhavatu me nityaṃ yathāmantramudāhṛtam / yo māṃ paśyati cakṣurbhyāṃ yañcaḥ paśyāmi cakṣuṣā / sarveṣāṃ pāpaduṣṭānāṃ viṣṇurbadhnātu cakṣuṣī
May success be mine always, as the mantra has been declared. Whoever looks at me with his eyes, and whomever I look at with my eye—may Viṣṇu bind the eyes of all those who are wicked with sin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 194.24
वासुदेवस्य यच्चक्रं तस्य चक्रस्य ये त्वराः । ते हि च्छिन्दन्तु पापान्मे मम हिंसन्तु हिंसकान्
vāsudevasya yaccakraṃ tasya cakrasya ye tvarāḥ / te hi cchindantu pāpānme mama hiṃsantu hiṃsakān
The discus that is Vāsudeva's, and the spokes of that discus—let them cut away my sins and slay those who would harm me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 194.25
राक्षसेषु पिशाचेषु कान्तारेष्वटवीषु च । विवादे राजमार्गेषु द्यूतेषु कलहेषु च
rākṣaseṣu piśāceṣu kāntāreṣvaṭavīṣu ca / vivāde rājamārgeṣu dyūteṣu kalaheṣu ca
Among rākṣasas, among piśācas, in wildernesses and forests, in disputes, on the king's highways, in gambling and in quarrels;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 194.26
नदीसन्तारणे घोरे संप्राप्ते प्राणसंशये । अग्निचौरनिपातेषु सर्वग्रहनिवारणे
nadīsantāraṇe ghore saṃprāpte prāṇasaṃśaye / agnicauranipāteṣu sarvagrahanivāraṇe
in the dreadful crossing of a river, when danger to life has come, in the onslaughts of fire and thieves, in the warding off of all seizing spirits;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 194.27
विद्युत्सर्पविषोद्वेगे रोगे वै विघ्नसङ्कटे । जप्यमेतज्जपेन्नित्यं शरीरे भयमागते
vidyutsarpaviṣodvege roge vai vighnasaṅkaṭe / japyametajjapennityaṃ śarīre bhayamāgate
in the terror of lightning, snakes and poison, in disease, in the straits of obstruction—one should always recite this recitation, when fear has come upon the body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 194.28
अयं भगवतो मन्त्रो मन्त्राणां परमो महान् । विख्यातं कवचं गुह्यं सर्पपापप्रणाशनम् । स्वमायाकृतिनिर्माणं कल्पान्तगहनं महत्
ayaṃ bhagavato mantro mantrāṇāṃ paramo mahān / vikhyātaṃ kavacaṃ guhyaṃ sarpapāpapraṇāśanam / svamāyākṛtinirmāṇaṃ kalpāntagahanaṃ mahat
This is the mantra of the Lord, the supreme and great one among mantras, the renowned and secret armour that destroys all sin, fashioned in the form of his own māyā, great and unfathomable to the end of the aeon.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 194.29
अनाद्यन्त ! जगद्बीज ! पद्मनाभ ! नमो ऽस्तु ते । ॐ कालाय स्वाहा । ॐ कालपुरुषाय स्वाहा । ॐ कृष्णाय स्वाहा । ॐ कृष्णरूपाय स्वाहा । ॐ चण्डाय स्वाहा । ॐ चण्डरूपाय स्वाहा । ॐ प्रचण्डाय स्वाहा । ॐ प्रचणरूपाय स्वाहा । ॐ सर्वाय स्वाहा । ॐ सर्वरूपाय स्वाहा । ॐ नमो भुवनेशाय त्रिलोकधात्रे इह विटि सिविटि सिविटि स्वाहा। ॐ नमः अयोखेतये ये ये संज्ञापय दैत्यदानवयक्षराक्षसभूतपिशाचकूष्माण्डान्तापस्मारकच्छर्दनदुद्धर्राणामेकाहिकद्व्याहिकत्र्याहिकचातुर्थिकमौहूर्तिकदिनज्वररात्रिज्वरसन्ध्याज्वरसर्वज्वरादीनां लूताकीटकण्टकपूतनाभुजङ्गस्थावरजङ्गमविषादी नामिदं शरीरं मम पथ्यं त्वं कुरु स्फुट स्फुट स्फुट प्रकोट लफट विकटदंष्ट्र पूर्वतो रक्षतु ॐ है है है है दिनकरसहस्रकालसमाहतो जय पश्चिमतो रक्ष ॐ निवि निवि प्रदीप्तज्वलनज्वालाकार महाकपिल उत्तरतो रक्ष ॐ विलि विलि मिलि मिलि गरुडि गरुडि गौरीगान्धारीविषमोहविषमविषमां महोहयतु स्वाहा दक्षिणतो रक्ष मां पश्य सर्वभूतभयोपद्रवेभ्यो रक्ष रक्ष जय जय विजय तेन हीयते रिपुत्रासाहङ्कृतवाद्यतो भयनुदभयतो ऽभयं दिशतुच्युतं । तदुदरमखिलं विशन्तु युगपरिवर्तसहस्रसंख्येयो ऽस्तंहंसमिव प्रविशन्ति रश्मयः । वासुदेवसङ्कर्षणप्रद्युम्नाश्चानिरुद्धकः । सर्वज्वरान्ममघ्नन्तु विष्णुर्नारायणो हरिः
anādyanta ! jagadbīja ! padmanābha ! namo 'stu te / oṃ kālāya svāhā / oṃ kālapuruṣāya svāhā / oṃ kṛṣṇāya svāhā / oṃ kṛṣṇarūpāya svāhā / oṃ caṇḍāya svāhā / oṃ caṇḍarūpāya svāhā / oṃ pracaṇḍāya svāhā / oṃ pracaṇarūpāya svāhā / oṃ sarvāya svāhā / oṃ sarvarūpāya svāhā / oṃ namo bhuvaneśāya trilokadhātre iha viṭi siviṭi siviṭi svāhā/ oṃ namaḥ ayokhetaye ye ye saṃjñāpaya daityadānavayakṣarākṣasabhūtapiśācakūṣmāṇḍāntāpasmārakacchardanaduddharrāṇāmekāhikadvyāhikatryāhikacāturthikamauhūrtikadinajvararātrijvarasandhyājvarasarvajvarādīnāṃ lūtākīṭakaṇṭakapūtanābhujaṅgasthāvarajaṅgamaviṣādī nāmidaṃ śarīraṃ mama pathyaṃ tvaṃ kuru sphuṭa sphuṭa sphuṭa prakoṭa laphaṭa vikaṭadaṃṣṭra pūrvato rakṣatu oṃ hai hai hai hai dinakarasahasrakālasamāhato jaya paścimato rakṣa oṃ nivi nivi pradīptajvalanajvālākāra mahākapila uttarato rakṣa oṃ vili vili mili mili garuḍi garuḍi gaurīgāndhārīviṣamohaviṣamaviṣamāṃ mahohayatu svāhā dakṣiṇato rakṣa māṃ paśya sarvabhūtabhayopadravebhyo rakṣa rakṣa jaya jaya vijaya tena hīyate riputrāsāhaṅkṛtavādyato bhayanudabhayato 'bhayaṃ diśatucyutaṃ / tadudaramakhilaṃ viśantu yugaparivartasahasrasaṃkhyeyo 'staṃhaṃsamiva praviśanti raśmayaḥ / vāsudevasaṅkarṣaṇapradyumnāścāniruddhakaḥ / sarvajvarānmamaghnantu viṣṇurnārāyaṇo hariḥ
O you without beginning or end! O seed of the world! O lotus-navelled one! Homage be to you. Oṃ, to Kāla, svāhā. Oṃ, to Kālapuruṣa, svāhā. Oṃ, to Kṛṣṇa, svāhā. Oṃ, to him whose form is Kṛṣṇa, svāhā. Oṃ, to the Fierce one, svāhā. Oṃ, to him whose form is fierce, svāhā. Oṃ, to the Exceedingly Fierce one, svāhā. Oṃ, to him whose form is exceedingly fierce, svāhā. Oṃ, to the All, svāhā. Oṃ, to him whose form is all, svāhā. Oṃ, homage to the lord of the world, the sustainer of the three worlds—here viṭi siviṭi siviṭi svāhā. Oṃ homage—ayokhetaye ye ye—give the command! Of the daityas, dānavas, yakṣas, rākṣasas, bhūtas, piśācas, kūṣmāṇḍas, epilepsies, vomitings (and the rest), of the one-day, two-day, three-day, fourth-day, hour-long, day-fever, night-fever, twilight-fever, all fevers and the rest, of spiders, insects, stinging creatures, pūtanās, serpents, and the poisons of things fixed and moving—make this body of mine free of them! Burst, burst, burst! prakoṭa laphaṭa, O you of hideous fangs, protect (me) from the east. Oṃ hai hai hai hai, O you struck through by the time of a thousand suns, be victorious, protect from the west. Oṃ nivi nivi, O you in the form of a blazing kindled flame, great tawny one, protect from the north. Oṃ vili vili mili mili garuḍi garuḍi, may Gaurī, Gāndhārī (drive off) poison, delusion and every kind of venom, svāhā—protect from the south, look upon me, from the fears and afflictions of all beings protect, protect! Be victorious, victorious, conquer! By that the terror of enemies is diminished... may he who dispels fear grant fearlessness from fear, the unfallen one. Let (all) enter that belly of his entirely—as many as the thousand turnings of the ages—as the sun's rays enter the setting sun. Vāsudeva, Saṅkarṣaṇa, Pradyumna and Aniruddha—may Viṣṇu, Nārāyaṇa, Hari destroy all my fevers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain