Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 2
GaP 1 2.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- २ ऋषय ऊचुः । कथं व्यासेन कथितं पुराणं गारुडं तव । एतत्सर्वं समाख्याहि परं विष्णुकथाश्रयम्
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 2 ṛṣaya ūcuḥ / kathaṃ vyāsena kathitaṃ purāṇaṃ gāruḍaṃ tava / etatsarvaṃ samākhyāhi paraṃ viṣṇukathāśrayam
The Śrī Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, 2. The sages said: How was the Garuḍa Purāṇa told to you by Vyāsa? Relate all this fully, the supreme (text) that rests upon the tales of Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 2.2
सूत उवाच । अहं हि मुनिभिः सार्धं गतो बदरिकाश्रमम् । तत्र दृष्टो मया व्यासो ध्यायमानः परेश्वरम्
sūta uvāca / ahaṃ hi munibhiḥ sārdhaṃ gato badarikāśramam / tatra dṛṣṭo mayā vyāso dhyāyamānaḥ pareśvaram
Sūta said: I indeed went, together with the sages, to the Badarikā hermitage. There Vyāsa was seen by me, meditating on the Supreme Lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 2.3
तं प्रणम्योपविष्टो ऽहं पृष्टवान्हि मुनीश्वरम् । सूत उवाच । व्यास ब्रूहि हरे रूपं जगत्सर्गादिकं ततः
taṃ praṇamyopaviṣṭo 'haṃ pṛṣṭavānhi munīśvaram / sūta uvāca / vyāsa brūhi hare rūpaṃ jagatsargādikaṃ tataḥ
Having bowed to him and sat down, I asked that lord of sages. Sūta said: Vyāsa, tell (me) the form of Hari, and then the creation of the world and so forth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 2.4
मन्ये ध्यायसि तं यस्मात्तस्माज्जानासि तं विभुम् । एवं पृष्टो यथा प्राह तथा विप्रा?निबोधत
manye dhyāyasi taṃ yasmāttasmājjānāsi taṃ vibhum / evaṃ pṛṣṭo yathā prāha tathā viprā?nibodhata
I think you meditate on him; and because (you do), you know that pervasive Lord. Being asked thus, as he spoke, so learn it, O brahmins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 2.5
व्यास उवाच । शृणु सूत ! प्रवक्ष्यामि पुराणं गारुडं तव । सह नारददक्षाद्यैर्ब्रह्मा मामुक्तवान्यथा
vyāsa uvāca / śṛṇu sūta ! pravakṣyāmi purāṇaṃ gāruḍaṃ tava / saha nāradadakṣādyairbrahmā māmuktavānyathā
Vyāsa said: Listen, Sūta, I shall declare to you the Garuḍa Purāṇa, just as Brahmā told it to me together with Nārada, Dakṣa and the others.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 2.6
सूत उवाच । दक्षनारदमुख्यैस्तु युक्तं त्वां कथमुक्तवान् । ब्रह्मा श्रीगारुडं पुण्यं पुराणं सारवाचकम्
sūta uvāca / dakṣanāradamukhyaistu yuktaṃ tvāṃ kathamuktavān / brahmā śrīgāruḍaṃ puṇyaṃ purāṇaṃ sāravācakam
Sūta said: But how did Brahmā tell you, joined with Dakṣa, Nārada and the chief ones, the holy Śrī Garuḍa Purāṇa, which declares the essence?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 2.7
व्यास उवाच । अहं हि नारदो दक्षो भृग्वाद्याः प्रणिपत्य तम् । सारं ब्रूहीति पप्रच्छुर्ब्रह्माणं ब्रह्मलोकगम्
vyāsa uvāca / ahaṃ hi nārado dakṣo bhṛgvādyāḥ praṇipatya tam / sāraṃ brūhīti papracchurbrahmāṇaṃ brahmalokagam
Vyāsa said: I indeed, and Nārada, Dakṣa, Bhṛgu and the others, having bowed down to him, asked Brahmā, who had gone to the Brahmā-world, saying, 'Tell (us) the essence.'
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 2.8
ब्रह्मोवाच । पुराणं गारुडं सारं रुद्रं च मां यथा । सुरैः सहाब्रवीद्विष्णुस्तथाहं व्यास वच्मिते
brahmovāca / purāṇaṃ gāruḍaṃ sāraṃ rudraṃ ca māṃ yathā / suraiḥ sahābravīdviṣṇustathāhaṃ vyāsa vacmite
Brahmā said: Just as Viṣṇu, together with the gods, spoke the Garuḍa Purāṇa, the essence, to Rudra and to me, so I tell it to you, Vyāsa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 2.9
व्यास उवाच । कथं रुद्रं सुरैः सार्धमब्रवीद्वै हरिः पुरा । पुराणं गारुडं सारं ब्रूहि ब्रह्मन्महार्थकम्
vyāsa uvāca / kathaṃ rudraṃ suraiḥ sārdhamabravīdvai hariḥ purā / purāṇaṃ gāruḍaṃ sāraṃ brūhi brahmanmahārthakam
Vyāsa said: How did Hari formerly speak to Rudra together with the gods? Tell (me), O Brahmā, the Garuḍa Purāṇa, the essence, of great import.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 2.10
ब्रह्मोवाच । अहं गतो ऽद्रिं कैलासमिन्द्राद्यैर्दैवतैः सह । तत्र दृष्टो मया रुद्रो ध्यायमानः परं पदम्
brahmovāca / ahaṃ gato 'driṃ kailāsamindrādyairdaivataiḥ saha / tatra dṛṣṭo mayā rudro dhyāyamānaḥ paraṃ padam
Brahmā said: I went to the mountain Kailāsa together with Indra and the (other) gods. There Rudra was seen by me, meditating on the supreme state.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 2.11
पृष्टो नमस्कृतः किं त्वं देवं ध्यायसि शङ्कर? । त्वत्तो नान्यं परं देवं जानामि ब्रूहि मां ततः
pṛṣṭo namaskṛtaḥ kiṃ tvaṃ devaṃ dhyāyasi śaṅkara? / tvatto nānyaṃ paraṃ devaṃ jānāmi brūhi māṃ tataḥ
Having bowed, I asked: Which god do you meditate on, Śaṅkara? I know no other god higher than you; so tell me,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 2.12
सारात्सारतरं तत्त्वं श्रोतुकामः सुरैः सह । रुद्रौवाच । अहं ध्यायामि तं विष्णुं परमात्मानमीश्वरम्
sārātsārataraṃ tattvaṃ śrotukāmaḥ suraiḥ saha / rudrauvāca / ahaṃ dhyāyāmi taṃ viṣṇuṃ paramātmānamīśvaram
—desiring, together with the gods, to hear the truth that is more essential than the essence. Rudra said: I meditate on that Viṣṇu, the Supreme Self, the Lord,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 2.13
सर्वदं सर्वगं सर्वं सर्वप्राणिहृदिस्थितम् । भस्मोद्धूलितदेहस्तु जटामण्डलमण्डितः
sarvadaṃ sarvagaṃ sarvaṃ sarvaprāṇihṛdisthitam / bhasmoddhūlitadehastu jaṭāmaṇḍalamaṇḍitaḥ
the giver of all, going everywhere, who is all, abiding in the heart of every living being. (Thus spoke he) whose body was dusted with ashes, adorned with a mass of matted hair.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 2.14
विष्णोराराधनार्थं मे व्रतचर्या पितामह । तमेव गत्वा पृच्छामः सारं यं चिन्तयाम्यहम्
viṣṇorārādhanārthaṃ me vratacaryā pitāmaha / tameva gatvā pṛcchāmaḥ sāraṃ yaṃ cintayāmyaham
My practice of vows, O grandfather, is for the sake of worshipping Viṣṇu. Let us go to him alone and ask about the essence, him on whom I meditate:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 2.15
विष्णुं जिष्णुं पद्मनाभं हरिं देहविवर्जितम् । शुचिं शुचिषदं हंसं तत्पदं परमेश्वरम्
viṣṇuṃ jiṣṇuṃ padmanābhaṃ hariṃ dehavivarjitam / śuciṃ śuciṣadaṃ haṃsaṃ tatpadaṃ parameśvaram
Viṣṇu, the victorious, the lotus-naveled, Hari, who is free of a body, pure, dwelling in purity, the swan, that (supreme) station, the highest lord —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 2.16
युक्ता सर्वात्मनात्मानं तं देवं चिन्तयाम्यहम् । यस्मिन्विश्वानि भूतानि तिष्ठन्ति च विशन्ति च
yuktā sarvātmanātmānaṃ taṃ devaṃ cintayāmyaham / yasminviśvāni bhūtāni tiṣṭhanti ca viśanti ca
Joined (in yoga) with my whole self, I contemplate that god, in whom all the beings of the universe abide and into whom they enter,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 2.17
गुणभूतानि भूतेशे सूत्रे मणिगणा इव । सहस्राक्षं सहस्राङ्घ्रिं सहस्रोरुं वराननम्
guṇabhūtāni bhūteśe sūtre maṇigaṇā iva / sahasrākṣaṃ sahasrāṅghriṃ sahasroruṃ varānanam
which have their being as strung on the Lord of beings like clusters of gems on a thread — (him who is) thousand-eyed, thousand-footed, thousand-thighed, of excellent face,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 2.18
अणीयसामणीयांसं स्थविष्ठं च स्थवीयसाम् । गरीयसां गरिष्ठं च श्रेष्ठं च श्रेयसामपि
aṇīyasāmaṇīyāṃsaṃ sthaviṣṭhaṃ ca sthavīyasām / garīyasāṃ gariṣṭhaṃ ca śreṣṭhaṃ ca śreyasāmapi
subtler than the subtle and grosser than the gross, weightier than the weighty, and best of the best,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 2.19
यं वाक्येष्वनुवाक्येषु निषत्सूपनिषत्सु च । गृणन्ति सत्यकर्माणं सत्यं सत्येषु सामसु
yaṃ vākyeṣvanuvākyeṣu niṣatsūpaniṣatsu ca / gṛṇanti satyakarmāṇaṃ satyaṃ satyeṣu sāmasu
whom in the recitations and the supplementary recitations, in the sessions and the Upaniṣads, they praise as him whose acts are true, as the truth among the true Sāman chants,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 2.20
पुराण पुरुषः प्रोक्तो ब्रह्मा प्रोक्तो द्विजातिषु । क्षये सङ्कर्षणः प्रोक्तस्तमुपास्यमुपास्महे
purāṇa puruṣaḥ prokto brahmā prokto dvijātiṣu / kṣaye saṅkarṣaṇaḥ proktastamupāsyamupāsmahe
He is proclaimed the ancient Person; among the twice-born he is proclaimed Brahmā; at the dissolution he is proclaimed Saṅkarṣaṇa — him, the one to be worshipped, we worship.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 2.21
यस्मिंल्लोकाः स्फुरन्तीमे जले शकुनयो यथा । ऋतमेकाक्षरं ब्रह्म यत्तत्सदसतः परम्
yasmiṃllokāḥ sphurantīme jale śakunayo yathā / ṛtamekākṣaraṃ brahma yattatsadasataḥ param
In whom these worlds flash forth as birds (move) in water; (who is) the truth, the one syllable, brahman, that which is beyond the existent and the non-existent;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 2.22
अर्चयन्ति च यं देवा यक्षराक्षसपन्नगाः । यस्याग्निरास्यं द्यौर्मूर्धा खं नाभिश्चरणौ क्षितिः
arcayanti ca yaṃ devā yakṣarākṣasapannagāḥ / yasyāgnirāsyaṃ dyaurmūrdhā khaṃ nābhiścaraṇau kṣitiḥ
and whom the gods, yakṣas, rākṣasas and serpents worship; whose mouth is fire, whose head is heaven, whose navel is space, whose feet are the earth,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 2.23
चन्द्रादित्यौ च नयने तं देवं चिन्तयाम्यहम् । यस्य त्रिलोकी जठरे मस्य काष्ठाश्च बाहवः
candrādityau ca nayane taṃ devaṃ cintayāmyaham / yasya trilokī jaṭhare masya kāṣṭhāśca bāhavaḥ
and whose two eyes are the moon and the sun — that god I contemplate; in whose belly are the three worlds, whose arms are the quarters of the sky,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 2.24
यस्योच्छ्वासश्च पवनः तं देवं चिन्तयाम्यहम् । यस्य केशेषु जीमूता नद्यः सर्वाङ्गसन्धिषु
yasyocchvāsaśca pavanaḥ taṃ devaṃ cintayāmyaham / yasya keśeṣu jīmūtā nadyaḥ sarvāṅgasandhiṣu
and whose breath is the wind — that god I contemplate; in whose hair are the rain-clouds, in the joints of all whose limbs are the rivers,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 2.25
कुक्षौ समुद्राश्चत्वारस्तं देवं चिन्तयाम्यहम् । परः कालात्परो यज्ञात्परः सदसतश्चयः
kukṣau samudrāścatvārastaṃ devaṃ cintayāmyaham / paraḥ kālātparo yajñātparaḥ sadasataścayaḥ
in whose belly are the four oceans — that god I contemplate; who is beyond time, beyond sacrifice, beyond the existent and the non-existent,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 2.26
अनादिरादि र्विश्वस्य तं देवं चिन्तयाम्यहम् । मनसश्चन्द्रमा यस्य चक्षुषोश्च दिवाकरः
anādirādi rviśvasya taṃ devaṃ cintayāmyaham / manasaścandramā yasya cakṣuṣośca divākaraḥ
who is without beginning and (yet) the beginning of the universe — that god I contemplate; from whose mind (came) the moon, and from whose two eyes the sun,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 2.27
मुखादग्निश्च संजज्ञे तं देवं चिन्तयाम्यहम् । पद्य्भां यस्य क्षितिर्जाता श्रोत्राभ्यां च तथा दिशः
mukhādagniśca saṃjajñe taṃ devaṃ cintayāmyaham / padybhāṃ yasya kṣitirjātā śrotrābhyāṃ ca tathā diśaḥ
and from whose mouth fire was born — that god I contemplate; from whose feet the earth was produced, and from whose ears the directions,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 2.28
मूर्धभागाद्दिवं यस्य तं देवं चिन्तयाम्यहम् । सर्गश्च प्रतिसर्गश्च वंशो मन्वन्तराणि च
mūrdhabhāgāddivaṃ yasya taṃ devaṃ cintayāmyaham / sargaśca pratisargaśca vaṃśo manvantarāṇi ca
from the region of whose head (came) heaven — that god I contemplate; creation and re-creation, lineage and the reigns of the Manus,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 2.29
वंशानुचरितं यस्मात्तं देवं चिन्तयाम्यहम् । यं ध्यायाम्यहमेतस्मादूजामः सारमीक्षितुम्
vaṃśānucaritaṃ yasmāttaṃ devaṃ cintayāmyaham / yaṃ dhyāyāmyahametasmādūjāmaḥ sāramīkṣitum
and the deeds of the lineages (proceed) from whom — that god I contemplate; whom I meditate on, and for this reason we set out to behold the essence.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 2.30
ब्रह्मोवाच । इत्युक्तो ऽहं पुरा रुद्रः श्वेतद्वीपनिवासिनम् । स्तुत्वा प्रणम्य तं विष्णुं श्रोतुकाम स्थितः सुरैः
brahmovāca / ityukto 'haṃ purā rudraḥ śvetadvīpanivāsinam / stutvā praṇamya taṃ viṣṇuṃ śrotukāma sthitaḥ suraiḥ
Brahmā said: Thus addressed by Rudra long ago, I, having praised and bowed to that Viṣṇu who dwells in Śvetadvīpa, stood with the gods desiring to hear.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 2.31
अस्माकं मध्यतो रुद्र उवाच परमेश्वरम् । सारान्त्सारतरं विष्णुं पृष्टवांस्तं प्रणम्य वै
asmākaṃ madhyato rudra uvāca parameśvaram / sārāntsārataraṃ viṣṇuṃ pṛṣṭavāṃstaṃ praṇamya vai
From our midst Rudra spoke to the supreme lord: bowing to that Viṣṇu, he asked him about the essence more essential than (all) essences.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 2.32
ब्रह्मोवाच । यथा पप्रच्छ मां व्यास स्तथासौ भगवान् भवः । पप्रच्छ विष्णुं देवाद्यैः शृण्वताममरैः सह
brahmovāca / yathā papraccha māṃ vyāsa stathāsau bhagavān bhavaḥ / papraccha viṣṇuṃ devādyaiḥ śṛṇvatāmamaraiḥ saha
Brahmā said: Just as you have asked me, Vyāsa, so did that lord Bhava ask Viṣṇu, while the gods and the other immortals listened.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 2.33
रुद्र उवाच । हरे कथय देवेश ! देवदेवः क ईश्वरः । को ध्येयः कश्च वै पूज्यः कैर्व्रतै स्तुष्यते परः
rudra uvāca / hare kathaya deveśa ! devadevaḥ ka īśvaraḥ / ko dhyeyaḥ kaśca vai pūjyaḥ kairvratai stuṣyate paraḥ
Rudra said: Tell (me), Hari, lord of gods! Who is the god of gods, the sovereign? Who is to be meditated on, and who indeed is to be worshipped? By what observances is the Supreme One pleased?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 2.34
कैर्धर्मैः कैश्च नियमैः कया वा धर्मपूजया । केनाचारेण तुष्टः स्यात्किं तद्रूपं च तस्य वै
kairdharmaiḥ kaiśca niyamaiḥ kayā vā dharmapūjayā / kenācāreṇa tuṣṭaḥ syātkiṃ tadrūpaṃ ca tasya vai
By what duties, by what restraints, or by what worship according to dharma, by what conduct would he be satisfied? And what is that form of his?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 2.35
कस्माद्देवाज्जगज्जातं जगत्पालयते चकः । कीदृशैरवतारैश्च कस्मिन्याति लयं जगत्
kasmāddevājjagajjātaṃ jagatpālayate cakaḥ / kīdṛśairavatāraiśca kasminyāti layaṃ jagat
From which god was the world born, and who protects the world? By what kinds of incarnations (does he act), and in whom does the world go to dissolution?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 2.36
सर्गश्च प्रतिसर्गश्च वंशो मन्वन्तराणि च । कस्माद्देवात्प्रवर्तन्ते कस्मिमन्नेतत्प्रतिष्ठितम्
sargaśca pratisargaśca vaṃśo manvantarāṇi ca / kasmāddevātpravartante kasmimannetatpratiṣṭhitam
Creation and re-creation, lineage and the reigns of the Manus — from which god do they proceed, and in whom is this established?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 2.37
एतत्सर्वं हरे ! ब्रूहि यच्चान्यदपि किञ्चन । परमेश्वरमाहात्म्यं युक्तयोगादिकं तथा
etatsarvaṃ hare ! brūhi yaccānyadapi kiñcana / parameśvaramāhātmyaṃ yuktayogādikaṃ tathā
Tell all this, O Hari, and whatever else there is besides: the greatness of the Supreme Lord, and likewise yoga joined (with its practices) and the rest,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 2.38
तथाष्टादश विद्याश्च हरी रुद्रं ततो ऽब्रवीत् । हरिरुवाच । शृणु रुद्र ! प्रवक्ष्यामि ब्रह्मणा च सुरैः सह
tathāṣṭādaśa vidyāśca harī rudraṃ tato 'bravīt / hariruvāca / śṛṇu rudra ! pravakṣyāmi brahmaṇā ca suraiḥ saha
and likewise the eighteen branches of knowledge. Then Hari spoke to Rudra. Hari said: Listen, Rudra, I shall declare (it) to you, together with Brahmā and the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 2.39
अहं हि देवो देवानां सर्वलोकेश्वरेश्वरः । अहं ध्येयश्च पूज्यश्च स्तुत्योहं स्ततिभिः सुरैः
ahaṃ hi devo devānāṃ sarvalokeśvareśvaraḥ / ahaṃ dhyeyaśca pūjyaśca stutyohaṃ statibhiḥ suraiḥ
For I am the god of gods, the lord of the lords of all worlds; I am the one to be meditated upon and to be worshipped, I am the one to be praised with hymns by the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 2.40
अहं हि पूजितो रुद्र ! ददामि परमां गतिम् । नियमैश्च व्रतैस्तुष्ट आचारेण च मानवैः
ahaṃ hi pūjito rudra ! dadāmi paramāṃ gatim / niyamaiśca vrataistuṣṭa ācāreṇa ca mānavaiḥ
When I am worshipped, Rudra, I grant the highest goal; pleased by men through restraints, vows, and right conduct.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 2.41
जगत्स्थितेरहं बीजं जगत्कर्ता त्वहं शिव ! । दुष्टनिग्रहकर्ता हि धर्मगोप्ता त्वहं हर !
jagatsthiterahaṃ bījaṃ jagatkartā tvahaṃ śiva ! / duṣṭanigrahakartā hi dharmagoptā tvahaṃ hara !
I am the seed of the world's continuance, and I am the maker of the world, O Śiva; I indeed am the subduer of the wicked and the protector of dharma, O Hara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 2.42
अवतारैश्च मत्स्याद्यैः पालयाम्यखिलं जगत् । अहं मन्त्राश्च मन्त्रार्थः पूजाध्यानपरो ह्यहम्
avatāraiśca matsyādyaiḥ pālayāmyakhilaṃ jagat / ahaṃ mantrāśca mantrārthaḥ pūjādhyānaparo hyaham
And by my incarnations, the Fish and the rest, I protect the whole world; I am the mantras and the meaning of the mantras, and I am the object of worship and meditation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 2.43
स्वर्गादीनां च कर्ताहं स्वर्गादीन्यहमेव च । योगी योगोहमेवाद्यः पुराणान्यहमेवच
svargādīnāṃ ca kartāhaṃ svargādīnyahameva ca / yogī yogohamevādyaḥ purāṇānyahamevaca
I am the maker of heaven and the rest, and I myself am heaven and the rest; I alone am the yogin and the primordial yoga, and I myself am the Purāṇas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 2.44
ज्ञाता श्रोता तथा मन्ता वक्ता वक्तव्यमेव च । सर्वः सर्वात्मको देवो भुक्तिमुक्तिकरः परः
jñātā śrotā tathā mantā vaktā vaktavyameva ca / sarvaḥ sarvātmako devo bhuktimuktikaraḥ paraḥ
(I am) the knower, the hearer, likewise the thinker, the speaker, and the very thing to be spoken; (I am) all, the god whose self is all, the supreme giver of enjoyment and liberation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 2.45
ध्यानं पूजोपहारो ऽहं मण्डलान्यहमेव च । इतिहासान्यहं रुद्र ! सर्ववेदा ह्यहं शिव !
dhyānaṃ pūjopahāro 'haṃ maṇḍalānyahameva ca / itihāsānyahaṃ rudra ! sarvavedā hyahaṃ śiva !
I am the meditation, the worship and the offering, and I myself am the (ritual) diagrams; I am the epics, Rudra, and indeed I am all the Vedas, O Śiva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 2.46
सर्वज्ञानान्यहं शम्भो ! ब्रह्मात्माहमहं शिव ! । अहं ब्रह्मा सर्वलोकः सर्वदेवात्मको ह्यहम्
sarvajñānānyahaṃ śambho ! brahmātmāhamahaṃ śiva ! / ahaṃ brahmā sarvalokaḥ sarvadevātmako hyaham
I am all the branches of knowledge, O Śambhu; I am brahman and the Self, O Śiva; I am Brahmā, I am all the worlds, and indeed I have all the gods for my self.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 2.47
अहं साक्षात्सदाचारो धर्मो ऽहं वैष्णवो ह्यहम् । वर्णाश्रमास्तथा चाहं तद्धर्मो ऽहं पुरातनः
ahaṃ sākṣātsadācāro dharmo 'haṃ vaiṣṇavo hyaham / varṇāśramāstathā cāhaṃ taddharmo 'haṃ purātanaḥ
I am good conduct itself, I am dharma, and indeed I am the Vaiṣṇava (way); I too am the classes and the stages of life, and I am their ancient law.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 2.48
यमो ऽहं नियमो रुद्र ! व्रतानि विविधानि च । अहं सूर्यस्तथा चन्द्रो मङ्गलादीन्यहं तथा
yamo 'haṃ niyamo rudra ! vratāni vividhāni ca / ahaṃ sūryastathā candro maṅgalādīnyahaṃ tathā
I am restraint (yama) and observance (niyama), Rudra, and the vows of various kinds; I am the sun and likewise the moon, and I too am Mars and the other (planets).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 2.49
पुरा मां गरुडः पक्षी तपसाराधयद्भुवि । तुष्ट ऊचे वरं ब्रूहि मत्तो वव्रे वरं स तु
purā māṃ garuḍaḥ pakṣī tapasārādhayadbhuvi / tuṣṭa ūce varaṃ brūhi matto vavre varaṃ sa tu
Long ago the bird Garuḍa propitiated me on earth with austerity; pleased, I said, "Ask a boon"; and he chose a boon from me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 2.50
गरुड उवाच । मम माता च विनता नागैर्दासीकृता हरे । यथाहं देव ताञ्जित्वा चामृतं ह्यानयामि तत्
garuḍa uvāca / mama mātā ca vinatā nāgairdāsīkṛtā hare / yathāhaṃ deva tāñjitvā cāmṛtaṃ hyānayāmi tat
Garuḍa said: My mother Vinatā has been made a slave by the serpents, O Hari; (grant) that I, O god, having conquered them, may bring that nectar,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 2.51
दास्याद्विमोक्षयिष्यामि यथाहं वाहनस्तव । महाबलो महावीर्यः सर्वज्ञो नागदारणः
dāsyādvimokṣayiṣyāmi yathāhaṃ vāhanastava / mahābalo mahāvīryaḥ sarvajño nāgadāraṇaḥ
and that I may free (her) from slavery; that I may be your mount, of great strength, of great valour, all-knowing, render of serpents,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 2.52
पुराणसंहिताकर्ता यथाहं स्यां तथा कुरुं । विष्णुरुवाच । यथा त्वयोक्तं गरुड तथा सर्वं भविष्यति
purāṇasaṃhitākartā yathāhaṃ syāṃ tathā kuruṃ / viṣṇuruvāca / yathā tvayoktaṃ garuḍa tathā sarvaṃ bhaviṣyati
and that I may be the author of a Purāṇa-collection — so act. Viṣṇu said: As you have said, Garuḍa, so shall it all come to pass.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 2.53
नागदास्यान्मातरं त्वं विनतां मोक्षयिष्यसि । देवादीन्सकलाञ्जित्वा चामृतं ह्यानयिष्यसि
nāgadāsyānmātaraṃ tvaṃ vinatāṃ mokṣayiṣyasi / devādīnsakalāñjitvā cāmṛtaṃ hyānayiṣyasi
You shall free your mother Vinatā from slavery to the serpents; and having conquered the gods and all the rest, you shall bring the nectar.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 2.54
महाबलो वाहनस्त्वं भविष्यसि विषार्दनः । पुराणं मत्प्रसादाच्च मम माहात्म्यवाचकम्
mahābalo vāhanastvaṃ bhaviṣyasi viṣārdanaḥ / purāṇaṃ matprasādācca mama māhātmyavācakam
You shall become (my) mount, of great strength, destroyer of poison; and by my grace a Purāṇa that declares my greatness,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 2.55
यदुक्तं मत्स्वरूपं च तव चाविर्भविष्यति । गारुडं तव नाम्ना तल्लोके ख्यातिं गमिष्यति
yaduktaṃ matsvarūpaṃ ca tava cāvirbhaviṣyati / gāruḍaṃ tava nāmnā talloke khyātiṃ gamiṣyati
And what has been declared, my own essential form, will become manifest in you too; by your name that (Purāṇa), the Gāruḍa, will attain fame in the world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 2.56
यथाहं देवदेवानां श्रीः ख्यातो विनतासुत । तथा ख्यातिं पुराणेषु गारुडं गारुडैष्यति
yathāhaṃ devadevānāṃ śrīḥ khyāto vinatāsuta / tathā khyātiṃ purāṇeṣu gāruḍaṃ gāruḍaiṣyati
As I, Śrī, am renowned among the gods of gods, O son of Vinatā, so among the Purāṇas the Gāruḍa will attain fame.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 2.57
यथाहं कीर्तनीयो ऽथ तथा त्वं गरुडात्मना । मां ध्यात्वा पक्षिमुख्येदं पुराणं गद गारुडम्
yathāhaṃ kīrtanīyo 'tha tathā tvaṃ garuḍātmanā / māṃ dhyātvā pakṣimukhyedaṃ purāṇaṃ gada gāruḍam
As I am to be celebrated, so are you, in the form of Garuḍa; having meditated on me, O chief of birds, recite this Gāruḍa Purāṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 2.58
इत्युक्तो गरुडो रुद्र ! कश्यपायाह पृच्छते । कश्यपो गारुडं श्रुत्वा वृक्षं दग्धमजीवयत्
ityukto garuḍo rudra ! kaśyapāyāha pṛcchate / kaśyapo gāruḍaṃ śrutvā vṛkṣaṃ dagdhamajīvayat
Thus addressed, O Rudra, Garuḍa spoke (it) to Kaśyapa, who asked; and Kaśyapa, having heard the Gāruḍa (Purāṇa), brought a burnt tree back to life.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 2.59
स्वयं चान्यमना भूत्वा विद्ययान्यान्य जीवयत् । यक्षि ॐउंस्वाहाजापी विद्ययं गारुडी परा । गरुडोक्तं गारुडं हि शृणु रुद्र ! मदात्मकम्
svayaṃ cānyamanā bhūtvā vidyayānyānya jīvayat / yakṣi oṃuṃsvāhājāpī vidyayaṃ gāruḍī parā / garuḍoktaṃ gāruḍaṃ hi śṛṇu rudra ! madātmakam
And having himself become absent-minded, by the spell he revived others one after another; "yakṣi oṃ uṃ svāhā"—the reciter of (this) spell...; the supreme Gāruḍī spell. Hear, O Rudra, the Gāruḍa (Purāṇa) spoken by Garuḍa, which has me for its essence.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain