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Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 20

GaP 1 20.1

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- २० सूत उवाच । वक्ष्ये तत्परमं गुह्यं शिवोक्तं मन्त्रबृन्दकम् । पाशं धनुश्च चक्रं च मुद्ररं शूलपट्टिशम्

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 20 sūta uvāca / vakṣye tatparamaṃ guhyaṃ śivoktaṃ mantrabṛndakam / pāśaṃ dhanuśca cakraṃ ca mudraraṃ śūlapaṭṭiśam

The Śrī Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, 20. The Sūta said: I shall declare that supreme secret, the collection of mantras spoken by Śiva — the noose, the bow, the discus, the seal(?), the trident and the spear.

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GaP 1 20.2

एतैरेवायुधैर्युद्धे मन्त्रैः शत्रूञ्जयेन्नृपः । मन्त्रोद्धारः पद्मपात्रे आदि पूर्वादिके लिखेत्

etairevāyudhairyuddhe mantraiḥ śatrūñjayennṛpaḥ / mantroddhāraḥ padmapātre ādi pūrvādike likhet

With just these weapons and with mantras a king should conquer his enemies in battle. (As for) the extraction of the mantra: he should write the first (syllable) on the lotus-petal in the eastern direction and so on.

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GaP 1 20.3

अष्टवर्गं चाष्टमं च ख्यातमीशानपत्रके । ॐ कारो ब्रह्म बीजं स्याद्ध्रीङ्कारो विष्णुरेव च

aṣṭavargaṃ cāṣṭamaṃ ca khyātamīśānapatrake / oṃ kāro brahma bījaṃ syāddhrīṅkāro viṣṇureva ca

And the eightfold group, and the eighth, is declared (to be) on the northeastern petal. OṂ is Brahmā's seed-syllable, and HRĪṂ is indeed Viṣṇu.

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GaP 1 20.4

ह्रीङ्का रश्च शिवः शूले त्रिशाखे तु क्रमान्न्यसेत् । ॐ ह्रीं ह्रीं

hrīṅkā raśca śivaḥ śūle triśākhe tu kramānnyaset / oṃ hrīṃ hrīṃ

And HRĪṂ is Śiva; on the trident, on its three prongs, he should place (them) in order: OṂ HRĪṂ HRĪṂ.

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GaP 1 20.5

शूलं गृहीत्वा हस्तेनाभ्राम्य चाकाशसंमुखम् । तद्दर्शनान्द्रहा नागा दृष्ट्वा वा नाशमाप्नु युः

śūlaṃ gṛhītvā hastenābhrāmya cākāśasaṃmukham / taddarśanāndrahā nāgā dṛṣṭvā vā nāśamāpnu yuḥ

Taking the trident in the hand and whirling it facing the sky — from the sight of it the grahas and nāgas, or (merely) on seeing (it), come to destruction.

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GaP 1 20.6

धूमारक्ते करं मध्ये ध्यात्वा खे चिन्तयेन्नरः । दुष्टा नागा ग्रहा मेघा विनश्यन्ति च राक्षसाः

dhūmārakte karaṃ madhye dhyātvā khe cintayennaraḥ / duṣṭā nāgā grahā meghā vinaśyanti ca rākṣasāḥ

Having meditated on the hand in the middle of the smoke-red (region), a man should contemplate (it) in the sky; evil nāgas, grahas, clouds and rākṣasas perish.

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GaP 1 20.7

त्रिलोकान्रक्षयेन्मन्त्रो मर्त्यलोकस्य का कथा । ॐ जूं सूं हूं फट्

trilokānrakṣayenmantro martyalokasya kā kathā / oṃ jūṃ sūṃ hūṃ phaṭ

The mantra would protect the three worlds — what then to say of the world of mortals? OṂ JŪṂ SŪṂ HŪṂ PHAṬ.

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GaP 1 20.8

खादिरान्कीलकानष्टौ क्षेत्रे संमन्त्र्य विन्यसेत् । न तत्र वज्रपातस्य स्फूर्जथ्वादेरुपद्रवः

khādirānkīlakānaṣṭau kṣetre saṃmantrya vinyaset / na tatra vajrapātasya sphūrjathvāderupadravaḥ

Having consecrated eight pegs of khadira wood with the mantra, he should set them in the field; there there is no affliction from the falling of lightning, from thunder-crash and the rest.

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GaP 1 20.9

गरुडोक्तैर्महामन्त्रैः कीलकानष्ट मन्त्रयेत् । एकविंशतिवाराणि क्षेत्रे तु निखनेन्निशि

garuḍoktairmahāmantraiḥ kīlakānaṣṭa mantrayet / ekaviṃśativārāṇi kṣetre tu nikhanenniśi

He should consecrate the eight pegs with the great mantras spoken by Garuḍa twenty-one times, and bury them in the field at night.

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GaP 1 20.10

विद्युन्मूषकवज्रादिसमुपद्रव एव च । हरक्षमलवरयू बिन्दुयुक्तः सदाशिवः

vidyunmūṣakavajrādisamupadrava eva ca / harakṣamalavarayū binduyuktaḥ sadāśivaḥ

And also (there is no) affliction from lightning, rats, thunderbolts and the like. Hara, kṣa-ma-la-va-ra-yū, joined with the nasal dot, is Sadāśiva.

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GaP 1 20.11

ॐ ह्रां सदाशिवाय नमः । तर्जन्या विन्यसेत्पिण्डं (ण्डे) दाडिमीकुसुमप्रभम्

oṃ hrāṃ sadāśivāya namaḥ / tarjanyā vinyasetpiṇḍaṃ (ṇḍe) dāḍimīkusumaprabham

OṂ HRĀṂ, homage to Sadāśiva. With the forefinger he should place the piṇḍa (mantra-cluster), which has the radiance of a pomegranate flower.

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GaP 1 20.12

तस्यैव दर्शनाद्दुष्टा मेघविद्युद्दिपादयः । राक्षसा भूतडाकिन्यः प्रद्रवन्ति दिशो दश

tasyaiva darśanādduṣṭā meghavidyuddipādayaḥ / rākṣasā bhūtaḍākinyaḥ pradravanti diśo daśa

From the mere sight of it the evil clouds, lightning, lamps(?) and the rest, the rākṣasas and the bhūtas and ḍākinīs, flee to the ten directions.

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GaP 1 20.13

ॐ ह्रीं गणेशाय नमः । (ॐ ह्रीं) स्तम्भनादिचक्राय नमः । ॐ ऐं ब्रहयैन्त्रै लोक्यडामराय नमः

oṃ hrīṃ gaṇeśāya namaḥ / (oṃ hrīṃ) stambhanādicakrāya namaḥ / oṃ aiṃ brahayaintrai lokyaḍāmarāya namaḥ

OṂ HRĪṂ, homage to Gaṇeśa. (OṂ HRĪṂ,) homage to the wheel of paralysing and the rest. OṂ AIṂ, homage to the Brahmā-yantra terror of the three worlds.

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GaP 1 20.14

भैरवं पिण्डमाख्यातं विषपापग्रहापहम् । क्षेत्रस्य रक्षणं भूतराक्षसादेः प्रमर्दनम्

bhairavaṃ piṇḍamākhyātaṃ viṣapāpagrahāpaham / kṣetrasya rakṣaṇaṃ bhūtarākṣasādeḥ pramardanam

This is declared to be the Bhairava piṇḍa (mantra-cluster), which removes poison, sin and (evil) planets, (which is) the protection of the field and the crushing of bhūtas, rākṣasas and the rest.

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GaP 1 20.15

ॐ नमः । इन्द्रवज्रं करे ध्यात्वा दुष्टमेघादिवारणम् । विष शत्रुगणा भूता नश्यन्ते वज्रमुद्रया

oṃ namaḥ / indravajraṃ kare dhyātvā duṣṭameghādivāraṇam / viṣa śatrugaṇā bhūtā naśyante vajramudrayā

Oṃ, homage. Having meditated on Indra's thunderbolt in the hand, (it becomes) a warding off of evil clouds and the like; poisons, hosts of enemies, and spirits perish by the thunderbolt-gesture.

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GaP 1 20.16

ॐ क्षुं(क्ष) नमः । स्मरेत्पाशं वामहस्ते विषभूतादि नश्यति । ॐ ह्रां (ह्रो) नमः । हरेदुच्चारणान्मन्त्रो विषमेघग्रहादिकान्

oṃ kṣuṃ(kṣa) namaḥ / smaretpāśaṃ vāmahaste viṣabhūtādi naśyati / oṃ hrāṃ (hro) namaḥ / hareduccāraṇānmantro viṣameghagrahādikān

Oṃ kṣuṃ (kṣa), homage. One should call to mind the noose in the left hand; poison, spirits and the rest perish. Oṃ hrāṃ (hro), homage. By its utterance the mantra removes poison, (evil) clouds, planet-seizures and the like.

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GaP 1 20.17

ध्यात्वा कृतान्तं च दहेच्छेदकास्त्रेण वै जगत् । ॐ क्ष्णं (क्ष्म) नमः । ध्यात्वा तु भैरवं कुर्यान्द्रहभूतविषापहम्

dhyātvā kṛtāntaṃ ca dahecchedakāstreṇa vai jagat / oṃ kṣṇaṃ (kṣma) namaḥ / dhyātvā tu bhairavaṃ kuryāndrahabhūtaviṣāpaham

And having meditated on Death (Kṛtānta), one may burn the world with the cutting weapon. Oṃ kṣṇaṃ (kṣma), homage. But having meditated on Bhairava, one should perform (the rite) that removes planet-seizures, spirits and poison.

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GaP 1 20.18

ॐ लसद्दिजिह्वाक्ष स्वाहा । क्षेत्रादौ ग्रहभूतादिविषपक्षिनिवारणम्

oṃ lasaddijihvākṣa svāhā / kṣetrādau grahabhūtādiviṣapakṣinivāraṇam

Oṃ, O you of flashing tongue and eye(s), svāhā. (This is) the warding off, in a field and elsewhere, of planet-seizures, spirits and the rest, of poison and of birds.

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GaP 1 20.19

ॐ क्ष्व (क्ष्णं) नमः । रक्तेन पटहे लिख्य शब्दात्रेसुर्ग्रहादयः । ॐ मर मर मारयमारय स्वाहा । ॐ हुं फट् स्वाहा

oṃ kṣva (kṣṇaṃ) namaḥ / raktena paṭahe likhya śabdātresurgrahādayaḥ / oṃ mara mara mārayamāraya svāhā / oṃ huṃ phaṭ svāhā

Oṃ kṣva (kṣṇaṃ), homage. Having written (this) with blood on a war-drum, by its sound the planet-seizures and the rest flee. Oṃ, die, die, kill, kill, svāhā. Oṃ huṃ phaṭ svāhā.

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GaP 1 20.20

शूलं चाष्टशतैर्मन्त्र्य भ्रामणाच्छत्रुवृन्दहृत् । ऊर्धशक्तिनिपातेन अधः शक्तिं निकुञ्चेयेत्

śūlaṃ cāṣṭaśatairmantrya bhrāmaṇācchatruvṛndahṛt / ūrdhaśaktinipātena adhaḥ śaktiṃ nikuñceyet

And having consecrated a trident with a hundred and eight (recitations), by whirling it (one) destroys the throng of enemies. By making the upward spear-thrust fall, one should bend the spear downward.

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GaP 1 20.21

पूरके पूरिता मन्त्राः कुम्भकेन सुमन्त्रिताः । प्रणवेनाप्यायितास्ते मनवस्तदुदीरिताः । एवमाप्यायिता मन्त्रा भृत्यवत्फलदायकाः

pūrake pūritā mantrāḥ kumbhakena sumantritāḥ / praṇavenāpyāyitāste manavastadudīritāḥ / evamāpyāyitā mantrā bhṛtyavatphaladāyakāḥ

Mantras filled in with the in-breath, well consecrated with the retained breath, and nourished with the praṇava (oṃ) — those formulas are (thus) uttered; mantras nourished in this way bestow their fruit like servants.

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