Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 197
GaP 1 197.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- १९७ धन्वन्तरिरुवाच । गारुडं संप्रवक्ष्यामि गरुडेन ह्युदीरितम् । कश्यपाय सुमित्रेण विषहृद्येन गारुडः
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 197 dhanvantariruvāca / gāruḍaṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi garuḍena hyudīritam / kaśyapāya sumitreṇa viṣahṛdyena gāruḍaḥ
The Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, 197. Dhanvantari said: I shall now expound the Gāruḍa (teaching), which was declared by Garuḍa (himself) to Kaśyapa; the Gāruḍa (science) was (given) by Sumitra, the heart-remedy for poison.
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GaP 1 197.2
पृथिव्यापस्तथा तेजो वायुराकाशमेवच । क्षित्यादिष्वेव वर्गाश्च ह्येते वै मण्डलाधिपाः
pṛthivyāpastathā tejo vāyurākāśamevaca / kṣityādiṣveva vargāśca hyete vai maṇḍalādhipāḥ
Earth, water, fire, wind and space also — the (letter-)groups (of the alphabet) are (assigned) to earth and the rest; these indeed are the lords of the (elemental) circles.
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GaP 1 197.3
पञ्चतत्त्वे स्थिता देवाः प्राप्यन्ते विष्णुसेवकैः । दीर्घस्वरविभिन्नाश्च नपुंसकविवर्जिताः
pañcatattve sthitā devāḥ prāpyante viṣṇusevakaiḥ / dīrghasvaravibhinnāśca napuṃsakavivarjitāḥ
The deities abiding in the five elements are attained by the servants of Viṣṇu; (their mantras are) differentiated by long vowels and exclude the neuter (forms).
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GaP 1 197.4
सषडङ्गः शिवः प्रोक्तो हृच्छिरश्च शिखा क्रमात् । कवचं नेत्रमस्त्रं स्यान्न्यासः स्वस्थलसंस्थितिः
saṣaḍaṅgaḥ śivaḥ prokto hṛcchiraśca śikhā kramāt / kavacaṃ netramastraṃ syānnyāsaḥ svasthalasaṃsthitiḥ
Śiva is said to be with the six limbs: heart, head, and topknot in order, then armour, eye, and weapon; the placing (nyāsa) is the establishing (of each) in its own place.
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GaP 1 197.5
सर्वसिद्धिप्रदस्यान्ते कालवह्निर धो ऽनिलः । षष्ठस्वरसमायुक्तमर्धेन्दुसंयुतं परम्
sarvasiddhipradasyānte kālavahnira dho 'nilaḥ / ṣaṣṭhasvarasamāyuktamardhendusaṃyutaṃ param
At the end of the all-accomplishing (mantra) is the fire of time (ra), below it the wind (ya); the supreme is joined with the sixth vowel and furnished with the half-moon (anusvāra).
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GaP 1 197.6
परापरविभिन्नाश्च शिवस्योर्ध्वाध ईरिताः । रेफेणाङ्गेषु सर्वत्र न्यासं कुर्याद्यथाविधि
parāparavibhinnāśca śivasyordhvādha īritāḥ / repheṇāṅgeṣu sarvatra nyāsaṃ kuryādyathāvidhi
And (these,) distinguished as higher and lower, are declared to be above and below Śiva; with the letter ra one should perform the placing (nyāsa) everywhere upon the limbs according to rule.
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GaP 1 197.7
हृदि पाणितले देहे कर्णे नेत्रे करोति च । जपात्तु सर्वसिद्धिः स्याच्चतुर्वक्त्रसमायुताम्
hṛdi pāṇitale dehe karṇe netre karoti ca / japāttu sarvasiddhiḥ syāccaturvaktrasamāyutām
And one performs (it) on the heart, on the palm of the hand, on the body, on the ear, on the eye; by muttering (it) all attainment comes about — (the mantra) joined with the four-faced (letter?).
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GaP 1 197.8
चतुरश्रां सुविस्तारं पीतवर्णान्तु चिन्तयेत् । पृथिवीं चेन्द्रदेवत्यां मध्ये वरुणमण्डलम्
caturaśrāṃ suvistāraṃ pītavarṇāntu cintayet / pṛthivīṃ cendradevatyāṃ madhye varuṇamaṇḍalam
One should meditate on earth as four-cornered, broad, and yellow in colour, with Indra as its deity; in the middle (of it) the circle of Varuṇa.
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GaP 1 197.9
मध्ये पद्मं तथायुक्तमर्धचन्द्रं सुशीतलम् । इन्द्रनीलद्युतिं सौम्यमथवाग्नेयमण्डलम्
madhye padmaṃ tathāyuktamardhacandraṃ suśītalam / indranīladyutiṃ saumyamathavāgneyamaṇḍalam
In the middle a lotus, and joined with it a very cool half-moon, gentle, with the lustre of sapphire; or else (one should meditate on) the circle of fire.
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GaP 1 197.10
त्रिकोणं स्वस्थिकैर्युक्तं ज्वालामा लानलं स्मरेत् । भिन्नाञ्जननिभाकारं स्ववृत्तं बिन्दुभूषितम्
trikoṇaṃ svasthikairyuktaṃ jvālāmā lānalaṃ smaret / bhinnāñjananibhākāraṃ svavṛttaṃ bindubhūṣitam
One should call to mind fire as triangular, marked with svastikas, garlanded with flames; and (the wind circle) as having the appearance of ground collyrium, well-rounded, adorned with a dot.
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GaP 1 197.11
क्षीरोर्मिसदृशाकारं शुद्धस्फटिकवर्चसम् । प्लावयन्तं जगत्सर्वं व्योमामृतमनुंस्मरेत्
kṣīrormisadṛśākāraṃ śuddhasphaṭikavarcasam / plāvayantaṃ jagatsarvaṃ vyomāmṛtamanuṃsmaret
One should call to mind the sky-nectar mantra as having a form like a wave of milk, with the brilliance of pure crystal, flooding the whole world.
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GaP 1 197.12
वासुकिः शङ्खपालश्च स्थितौ पार्थिवमण्डले । कर्कोटः पद्मनाभश्च वारुणे तौ व्यवस्थितौ
vāsukiḥ śaṅkhapālaśca sthitau pārthivamaṇḍale / karkoṭaḥ padmanābhaśca vāruṇe tau vyavasthitau
Vāsuki and Śaṅkhapāla are stationed in the earth circle; Karkoṭa and Padmanābha, those two, are established in the circle of Varuṇa.
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GaP 1 197.13
आग्नेये चापि कुलिकस्तक्षश्चैव महाब्जकौ । वायुमण्डलसंस्थौ च पञ्च भूतानि विन्यसेत्
āgneye cāpi kulikastakṣaścaiva mahābjakau / vāyumaṇḍalasaṃsthau ca pañca bhūtāni vinyaset
And in the fire (circle) Kulika and Takṣa(ka); the two, Mahā(padma) and Abja(ka), abide in the wind circle. (Thus) one should place the five elements.
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GaP 1 197.14
अङ्गुष्ठादिकनिष्ठान्तमनुलोमविलोमतः । पर्वसन्धिषु च न्यस्या जया च विजया तथा
aṅguṣṭhādikaniṣṭhāntamanulomavilomataḥ / parvasandhiṣu ca nyasyā jayā ca vijayā tathā
From the thumb to the little finger, forward and in reverse, (the placings) are to be made on the finger-joints, and likewise Jayā and Vijayā.
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GaP 1 197.15
आस्यादिस्वपुरस्थाने न्यस्याच्छिवपडङ्गकम् । कनिष्ठादौ हृदादौ च शिखायां करयोर्न्यसेत्
āsyādisvapurasthāne nyasyācchivapaḍaṅgakam / kaniṣṭhādau hṛdādau ca śikhāyāṃ karayornyaset
Beginning with the mouth, one should place the six limbs of Śiva each in its own proper station; beginning with the little finger and beginning with the heart, and on the topknot, one should place (them) on the two hands.
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GaP 1 197.16
व्यापकन्तु तत्वपूर्वं क्रमादङ्गुलिपर्वसु । भूतानाञ्च पुनर्न्यासः शिवाङ्गानि तथैव च
vyāpakantu tatvapūrvaṃ kramādaṅguliparvasu / bhūtānāñca punarnyāsaḥ śivāṅgāni tathaiva ca
But the pervasive (placing) is to be made preceded by the elemental principles, in order upon the finger-joints; and (there is) again a placing of the elements, and likewise of the limbs of Śiva.
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GaP 1 197.17
प्रणवादिनमश्चान्ते नाम्नैव च समन्वितः । सर्वमन्त्रेषु कथितो विधिः स्थापनपूजने
praṇavādinamaścānte nāmnaiva ca samanvitaḥ / sarvamantreṣu kathito vidhiḥ sthāpanapūjane
(The mantra) begins with om and has 'namaḥ' at the end, joined with the name itself: this procedure is declared for the installing and worship in (the case of) all mantras.
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GaP 1 197.18
आद्याक्षरं तन्नाम्नश्च मन्त्रो ऽयं परिकीर्तितः । अष्टानां नागजातीनां मन्त्रः सान्निध्यकारकः
ādyākṣaraṃ tannāmnaśca mantro 'yaṃ parikīrtitaḥ / aṣṭānāṃ nāgajātīnāṃ mantraḥ sānnidhyakārakaḥ
And the first syllable of that name — this is proclaimed to be the mantra; (it is) the mantra of the eight classes of nāgas, which brings about (their) presence.
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GaP 1 197.19
ॐ स्वाहा क्रमशश्चैव पञ्चभूतपुरोगतम् । एष साक्षाद्भवेत्तार्क्ष्यः सर्वकर्मप्रसाधकः
oṃ svāhā kramaśaścaiva pañcabhūtapurogatam / eṣa sākṣādbhavettārkṣyaḥ sarvakarmaprasādhakaḥ
Om, svāhā, and in order preceded by the five elements: this becomes Garuḍa himself in visible form, accomplishing every act.
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GaP 1 197.20
करन्यासं स्वरैः कृत्वा शरीरे तु पुनर्न्यसेत् । ज्वलन्तं चिन्तयेत्प्राणमात्मसंशुद्धिकारकम्
karanyāsaṃ svaraiḥ kṛtvā śarīre tu punarnyaset / jvalantaṃ cintayetprāṇamātmasaṃśuddhikārakam
Having performed the placing (of the mantras) on the hands with the vowels, he should place them again on the body; he should contemplate the vital breath as blazing, effecting the purification of the self.
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GaP 1 197.21
बीजन्तु चिन्तयेत्पश्चाद्वर्षान्तममृतात्मकम् । एवञ्चाप्यायनं कृत्वा मूर्ध्नि सञ्चिन्त्य चात्मनः
bījantu cintayetpaścādvarṣāntamamṛtātmakam / evañcāpyāyanaṃ kṛtvā mūrdhni sañcintya cātmanaḥ
Then he should contemplate the seed-syllable, ending in the (letter) 'varṣa' (i.e. va), consisting of nectar; and having thus performed the satiation, and having contemplated (it) on his own head—
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GaP 1 197.22
पृथिवीं पादयोर्दद्यात्तप्तकाञ्चनसप्रभाम् । अशेषभुवनाकीर्णां लोकपालसमन्विताम्
pṛthivīṃ pādayordadyāttaptakāñcanasaprabhām / aśeṣabhuvanākīrṇāṃ lokapālasamanvitām
He should assign earth to the two feet, with the radiance of heated gold, filled with all the worlds, accompanied by the guardians of the quarters.
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GaP 1 197.23
एतां भगवतीं पृथ्वीं स्वदेहे विन्यसेद् बुधः । श्यामवर्णमयं ध्यायेत्पृथिवीद्विगुणं भवेत्
etāṃ bhagavatīṃ pṛthvīṃ svadehe vinyased budhaḥ / śyāmavarṇamayaṃ dhyāyetpṛthivīdviguṇaṃ bhavet
The wise man should place this blessed Earth in his own body; he should meditate on it as consisting of a dark colour; the earth becomes twofold (in extent).
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GaP 1 197.24
ज्वालामालाकुलं दीप्तमाब्रह्मभुवनान्तकम् । नाभिग्रीवान्तरे न्यस्य त्रिकोणं मण्डलं रवेः
jvālāmālākulaṃ dīptamābrahmabhuvanāntakam / nābhigrīvāntare nyasya trikoṇaṃ maṇḍalaṃ raveḥ
Having placed between the navel and the throat (the disc of fire), thronged with garlands of flames, blazing, reaching to the end of Brahmā's world, (he should contemplate) the triangular disc of the sun.
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GaP 1 197.25
भिन्नाञ्जननिभाकारं निखिलं व्याप्य संस्थितम् । आत्ममूर्तिस्थितं ध्यायेद्वायव्यं तीक्ष्णमण्डलम्
bhinnāñjananibhākāraṃ nikhilaṃ vyāpya saṃsthitam / ātmamūrtisthitaṃ dhyāyedvāyavyaṃ tīkṣṇamaṇḍalam
He should meditate on the wind's sharp disc, whose form resembles broken (i.e. crushed) collyrium, standing pervading the whole, situated in the form of the self.
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GaP 1 197.26
सिखोपरि स्थितं दिव्यं शुद्धस्फटिकवर्चसम् । अप्रमाणमहाव्योमव्यापकं चामृतोपमम्
sikhopari sthitaṃ divyaṃ śuddhasphaṭikavarcasam / apramāṇamahāvyomavyāpakaṃ cāmṛtopamam
(He should meditate on that which is) situated above the crest-lock, divine, with the lustre of pure crystal, pervading the immeasurable great sky, and like nectar.
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GaP 1 197.27
भूतन्यासं पुरा कृत्वा नागानाञ्च यथाक्रमम् । लकारान्ता बिन्दुयुता मन्त्रा भूतक्रमेण तु
bhūtanyāsaṃ purā kṛtvā nāgānāñca yathākramam / lakārāntā binduyutā mantrā bhūtakrameṇa tu
Having first performed the placing of the elements and of the serpents in due order—the mantras ending in the letter 'la', joined with the dot (anusvāra), by the sequence of the elements.
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GaP 1 197.28
शिवबीजं ततो दद्यात्ततो ध्यायेच्च मण्डलम् । योयस्य क्रमाख्यातो मण्डलस्य विचक्षणः । तस्य तच्चिन्तयेद्वर्णं कर्मकाले विधानवित्
śivabījaṃ tato dadyāttato dhyāyecca maṇḍalam / yoyasya kramākhyāto maṇḍalasya vicakṣaṇaḥ / tasya taccintayedvarṇaṃ karmakāle vidhānavit
Then he should offer the seed-syllable of Śiva, and then meditate on the disc. Whichever discerning one has been declared as belonging to which sequence of the disc, of that (disc) the knower of the rule should contemplate its colour at the time of the rite.
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GaP 1 197.29
पादपक्षैस्तथा चञ्चत्कृष्णनागैर्विभूषितम् । तार्क्ष्यं ध्यायेत्ततो नित्यं विषे स्थावरजङ्गमे
pādapakṣaistathā cañcatkṛṣṇanāgairvibhūṣitam / tārkṣyaṃ dhyāyettato nityaṃ viṣe sthāvarajaṅgame
Then one should always meditate on Tārkṣya (Garuḍa), adorned with black serpents flickering at his feet and wings, in cases of poison, whether from immobile or mobile (sources),
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GaP 1 197.30
ग्रहभूतपिशाचे च डाकिनीयक्षराक्षसे । नागैर्विवेष्टितं कृत्वा स्वदेहे विन्यसेच्छिवम्
grahabhūtapiśāce ca ḍākinīyakṣarākṣase / nāgairviveṣṭitaṃ kṛtvā svadehe vinyasecchivam
and in (cases of) planets, spirits, and piśācas, and of ḍākinīs, yakṣas and rākṣasas; having made (him) encircled by serpents, he should place Śiva in his own body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 197.31
द्विधा न्यासः समाख्यातो नागानां चैव भूतयोः । एवं ध्यात्वा कर्म कुर्यादात्मतत्त्वादिकं क्रमात्
dvidhā nyāsaḥ samākhyāto nāgānāṃ caiva bhūtayoḥ / evaṃ dhyātvā karma kuryādātmatattvādikaṃ kramāt
The placing has been declared to be twofold—of the serpents and of the two (kinds of) beings. Having meditated thus, he should perform the rite, beginning with the self-principle, in order.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 197.32
त्रितत्त्वं प्रथम् दत्त्वा सिवतत्त्वं ततः परम् । यथा देहे तथा देवे अङ्गुलीनां च पर्वसु
tritattvaṃ pratham dattvā sivatattvaṃ tataḥ param / yathā dehe tathā deve aṅgulīnāṃ ca parvasu
Having first offered the three principles and then, after that, the Śiva-principle—as in the body, so in the deity, and on the joints of the fingers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 197.33
देहे न्यासं पुरा कृत्वा ह्यनुलोमविलोमतः । कन्दं नालं तथा पद्मं धर्मं ज्ञानादिमेव च
dehe nyāsaṃ purā kṛtvā hyanulomavilomataḥ / kandaṃ nālaṃ tathā padmaṃ dharmaṃ jñānādimeva ca
Having first performed the placing on the body, in forward and reverse order, (he should worship) the bulb, the stalk, and the lotus, and dharma, knowledge and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 197.34
द्वितीयस्वरसम्भिन्नं वर्गान्तेन तु पूजयेत् । शौमिति कर्णिकामध्ये मूर्ध्नि रेफेण संयुतम्
dvitīyasvarasambhinnaṃ vargāntena tu pūjayet / śaumiti karṇikāmadhye mūrdhni repheṇa saṃyutam
He should worship with (the syllable) joined to the second vowel and with the end of the (consonant) class: with 'śauṃ' in the middle of the pericarp, joined at the top with the letter 'r'.
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GaP 1 197.35
अकचटतपयशा वर्गाः पूर्वादिके न्यसेत् । पत्रान्तकेसरान्ते तु द्वौ द्वौ पूर्वादिकौ तथा
akacaṭatapayaśā vargāḥ pūrvādike nyaset / patrāntakesarānte tu dvau dvau pūrvādikau tathā
He should place the classes a, ka, ca, ṭa, ta, pa, ya, śa beginning in the east; and two by two, beginning in the east, at the tips of the petals and at the tips of the filaments.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 197.36
केशरे तु स्वरान्न्यस्यादीशान्तान्षोडशार्चयेत् । वामाद्याः शक्तयः प्रोक्तास्त्रितत्त्वन्तु ततो न्यसेत्
keśare tu svarānnyasyādīśāntānṣoḍaśārcayet / vāmādyāḥ śaktayaḥ proktāstritattvantu tato nyaset
On the filaments he should place the vowels, and should worship the sixteen ending with 'īśa'; the powers beginning with Vāmā are declared; then he should place the three principles.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 197.37
आवाहयेत्ततो मर्ध्नि शिवमङ्गं ततः परम् । कर्णिकायां न्यसेद्देवं सांगं तत्र पुरः सरम्
āvāhayettato mardhni śivamaṅgaṃ tataḥ param / karṇikāyāṃ nyaseddevaṃ sāṃgaṃ tatra puraḥ saram
Then he should invoke Śiva on the head, and after that the limb (-mantras); he should place the god together with his limbs on the pericarp, there, in front.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 197.38
पृतिवी पश्चिमे पत्रे आपश्चोत्तरसंस्थिताः । तेजस्तु दक्षिणे पत्रे वायुं पूर्वेण पूजयेत्
pṛtivī paścime patre āpaścottarasaṃsthitāḥ / tejastu dakṣiṇe patre vāyuṃ pūrveṇa pūjayet
Earth (is to be worshipped) on the western petal, the waters are situated in the north, fire on the southern petal, and he should worship wind in the east.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 197.39
स्वबीजं मूर्तिरूपन्तु प्रागुक्तं पारकल्पयेत् । यं वायुमूलं नैरृत्ये रेफस्त्वनलसंस्थितः
svabījaṃ mūrtirūpantu prāguktaṃ pārakalpayet / yaṃ vāyumūlaṃ nairṛtye rephastvanalasaṃsthitaḥ
He should assign its own seed-syllable, in the form of the (deity's) body, as stated before; 'yaṃ', the root (mantra) of wind, in the south-west, and the letter 'r' is placed in the fire (i.e. south-east).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 197.40
वं च त्वीशे सदा पूज्य ॐ हृदिस्थञ्च पूजयेत् । तन्मात्रान्भूतमात्रांस्तान्बहिरेव प्रपूजयेत्
vaṃ ca tvīśe sadā pūjya oṃ hṛdisthañca pūjayet / tanmātrānbhūtamātrāṃstānbahireva prapūjayet
And in the northeast (the syllable) vaṃ is always to be worshipped, and oṃ, placed in the heart, one should worship; those subtle elements (tanmātras) and gross elements one should worship outside.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 197.41
शिवाङ्गानि ततः पश्चाद्ध्यात्वा संपूजयेत्ततः । आग्नेय्यां हृदयं पूज्य शिर ईशानगोचरे
śivāṅgāni tataḥ paścāddhyātvā saṃpūjayettataḥ / āgneyyāṃ hṛdayaṃ pūjya śira īśānagocare
Then afterwards, having meditated on the limbs of Śiva, he should worship (them): worshipping the Heart (mantra) in the southeast, the Head in the region of Īśāna (northeast).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 197.42
नैरृत्ये तु शिखां दद्याद्वायव्यां कवचं न्यसेत् । अस्त्रन्तु बाह्यतो दद्यान्नेत्रमुत्तरसंस्थितम्
nairṛtye tu śikhāṃ dadyādvāyavyāṃ kavacaṃ nyaset / astrantu bāhyato dadyānnetramuttarasaṃsthitam
In the southwest he should assign the Topknot (śikhā), in the northwest he should set down the Armour (kavaca); the Weapon (astra) he should assign outside, and the Eye placed in the north.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 197.43
पत्राग्रे कर्णिकग्रे तु बीजानि परिपूजयेत् । अनन्तादिकुलीरान्ता अष्टौ नागाः क्रमात्स्थिताः
patrāgre karṇikagre tu bījāni paripūjayet / anantādikulīrāntā aṣṭau nāgāḥ kramātsthitāḥ
On the tips of the petals and on the tip of the pericarp he should worship the seed-syllables; the eight Nāgas, beginning with Ananta and ending with Kulīra, stand in order.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 197.44
पूर्वादिकक्रमेणैव त्वीशपर्यन्तमेव च । पूजयेच्च सदा मन्त्री विधानेन पृथक्पृथक्
pūrvādikakrameṇaiva tvīśaparyantameva ca / pūjayecca sadā mantrī vidhānena pṛthakpṛthak
And the reciter of mantras should always worship (them) in the order beginning with the east and going as far as the northeast, each one separately according to the prescription.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 197.45
हृदि पद्मे विधानेन शिलादौ दत्तमण्डले । एतत्कार्यं समुद्दिष्टं नित्यनैमित्तिके ऽपि च
hṛdi padme vidhānena śilādau dattamaṇḍale / etatkāryaṃ samuddiṣṭaṃ nityanaimittike 'pi ca
According to the rule, in the lotus of the heart, (or) on a stone or the like in a maṇḍala that has been laid out — this act is declared (to be done) both in the regular and in the occasional rites.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 197.46
आत्मानं चिन्तयेन्नित्यं कामरूपं मनोहरम् । प्लावयन्तं जगत्सर्वं सृष्टिसंहारकारकम्
ātmānaṃ cintayennityaṃ kāmarūpaṃ manoharam / plāvayantaṃ jagatsarvaṃ sṛṣṭisaṃhārakārakam
He should constantly meditate upon himself as one taking any form at will, charming, flooding the whole world, the maker of creation and destruction.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 197.47
ज्वालामालाभिरुद्दीप्तं आब्रह्मभुवनान्तकम् । दशबाहुं चतुर्वक्त्रं पिङ्गाक्षं शूलपाणिनम्
jvālāmālābhiruddīptaṃ ābrahmabhuvanāntakam / daśabāhuṃ caturvaktraṃ piṅgākṣaṃ śūlapāṇinam
Blazing with garlands of flames, extending to the end of Brahmā's world, ten-armed, four-faced, tawny-eyed, holding a trident in his hand,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 197.48
दंष्ट्राकरालमत्युग्रं त्रिनेत्रं शशिशेखरम् । भैरवन्तु स्मरेत्सिद्ध्यै गरुडं सर्वकर्मसु
daṃṣṭrākarālamatyugraṃ trinetraṃ śaśiśekharam / bhairavantu smaretsiddhyai garuḍaṃ sarvakarmasu
Gaping with fangs, most fierce, three-eyed, moon-crested — one should call to mind Bhairava for success, (and) Garuḍa in all rites.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 197.49
नागानां नाशनार्थाय गरुडं भीमभीषणम् । पादौ पातालं संस्थौ च दिशः पक्षास्तु संश्रिताः
nāgānāṃ nāśanārthāya garuḍaṃ bhīmabhīṣaṇam / pādau pātālaṃ saṃsthau ca diśaḥ pakṣāstu saṃśritāḥ
For the sake of destroying the Nāgas, (one should call to mind) Garuḍa, terrible and frightful: his two feet stand in the netherworld, and the directions are attached (to him) as his wings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 197.50
सप्त स्वर्गा उरसि च ब्रह्माण्डं कण्ठमाश्रितम् । पूर्वादीशानपर्यन्तं शिरस्तस्य विचिन्तयेत्
sapta svargā urasi ca brahmāṇḍaṃ kaṇṭhamāśritam / pūrvādīśānaparyantaṃ śirastasya vicintayet
And the seven heavens are on his chest, the egg of Brahmā rests at his throat; one should meditate on his head as (extending) from the east as far as the northeast.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 197.51
सदाशिवशिखान्तस्थं शक्तित्रितयमेव च । परात्परं शिवं साक्षात्तार्क्ष्यं भुवननायकम्
sadāśivaśikhāntasthaṃ śaktitritayameva ca / parātparaṃ śivaṃ sākṣāttārkṣyaṃ bhuvananāyakam
(One should meditate on him as) standing at the end of Sadāśiva's crest, and as the triad of powers, as the supreme beyond the supreme, as Śiva himself, as Tārkṣya, the lord of the worlds,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 197.52
त्रिनेत्रमुग्ररूपञ्च विषनागक्षयङ्करम् । ग्रसनं भीमवक्त्रं च गरुडं मन्त्रविग्रहम्
trinetramugrarūpañca viṣanāgakṣayaṅkaram / grasanaṃ bhīmavaktraṃ ca garuḍaṃ mantravigraham
Three-eyed and of fierce form, bringing about the destruction of poison and snakes, devouring, with a terrible mouth — Garuḍa, whose body is mantra,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 197.53
कालाग्निमिव दीप्तं च चिन्तयेत्सर्वकर्मसु । एवं न्यासविधिं कृत्वा यद्यन्मनसि चिन्तयेत्
kālāgnimiva dīptaṃ ca cintayetsarvakarmasu / evaṃ nyāsavidhiṃ kṛtvā yadyanmanasi cintayet
And blazing like the fire of time: (thus) one should meditate in all rites. Having performed the procedure of placement (nyāsa) in this way, whatever he thinks of in his mind,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 197.54
तत्तदेव भवेत्साध्यं नरो वै गरुडायते । प्रेता भूतास्तथा यक्षा नागा गन्धर्वराक्षसाः । दर्शनात्तस्य नश्यन्ति ज्वराश्चातुर्थिकादयः
tattadeva bhavetsādhyaṃ naro vai garuḍāyate / pretā bhūtāstathā yakṣā nāgā gandharvarākṣasāḥ / darśanāttasya naśyanti jvarāścāturthikādayaḥ
That very thing shall be attainable; the man indeed becomes like Garuḍa. Ghosts, spirits, and likewise yakṣas, nāgas, gandharvas and rākṣasas perish at the sight of him, and (so do) fevers such as the quartan.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 197.55
धन्वन्तरिरुवाच । एवं स गरुडं प्रोचे गरुडः कश्यपाय च । महेश्वरो यथा गौरीं प्राह विद्यां तथा शृणु
dhanvantariruvāca / evaṃ sa garuḍaṃ proce garuḍaḥ kaśyapāya ca / maheśvaro yathā gaurīṃ prāha vidyāṃ tathā śṛṇu
Dhanvantari said: Thus he spoke to Garuḍa, and Garuḍa to Kaśyapa. Hear now the vidyā as Maheśvara declared it to Gaurī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition