Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 200

GaP 1 200.1

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- २०० भैरव उवाच । वक्ष्ये वायुजयं देवि जया जयविदेशकम् । वाय्वग्निजलशक्राख्यं मङ्गलानाञ्चतुष्टयम्

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 200 bhairava uvāca / vakṣye vāyujayaṃ devi jayā jayavideśakam / vāyvagnijalaśakrākhyaṃ maṅgalānāñcatuṣṭayam

Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, chapter 200. Bhairava said: I shall declare the conquest of the breath, O Goddess — victory, and victory abroad — the fourfold set of auspicious (breaths) named wind, fire, water and Indra.

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GaP 1 200.2

वामदक्षिणसंस्थश्च वायुश्च बहुलो भवेत् । ऊर्ध्ववाही भवेदग्निरधस्तु वरुणो भवेत्

vāmadakṣiṇasaṃsthaśca vāyuśca bahulo bhavet / ūrdhvavāhī bhavedagniradhastu varuṇo bhavet

The wind (breath) situated on the left and the right will be abundant; the upward-flowing one is fire, and the one below is Varuṇa (water).

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GaP 1 200.3

महेन्द्रो मध्यसंस्थस्तु शुक्लपक्षे तु वामगः । कृष्णपक्षे दक्षिणग उदयस्य त्र्यहन्त्र्यहम्

mahendro madhyasaṃsthastu śuklapakṣe tu vāmagaḥ / kṛṣṇapakṣe dakṣiṇaga udayasya tryahantryaham

Great Indra is the one situated in the middle; in the bright fortnight (the breath) goes to the left, in the dark fortnight to the right, for three days at a time from the rising.

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GaP 1 200.4

वहेत्प्रतिपदाद्ये च विपरीते भवेन्नतिः । उदयः सूर्यमार्गेण चन्द्रेणास्तमयो यदि

vahetpratipadādye ca viparīte bhavennatiḥ / udayaḥ sūryamārgeṇa candreṇāstamayo yadi

It should flow (thus) beginning with the first lunar day; in the reverse case there is decline. If the rising is by the path of the sun and the setting by the moon —

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GaP 1 200.5

वर्धन्ते गुणसंघाता अन्यथा विघ्नमौचितम् । संक्रान्त्यः षोडशप्रोक्ता दिवा रात्रौ वरानने

vardhante guṇasaṃghātā anyathā vighnamaucitam / saṃkrāntyaḥ ṣoḍaśaproktā divā rātrau varānane

the masses of good qualities increase; otherwise an obstacle is to be expected. The transitions are declared to be sixteen, by day and by night, O fair-faced one.

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GaP 1 200.6

यदा च संक्रमेद्वायुरर्धार्धप्रहरे स्थितः । स्वास्थ्याहानिस्तदा ज्ञेया वायुर्भ्रमति देहिषु

yadā ca saṃkramedvāyurardhārdhaprahare sthitaḥ / svāsthyāhānistadā jñeyā vāyurbhramati dehiṣu

And when the breath, having stood (its time), passes over at a half or a quarter of a watch, then loss of health is to be known: the breath is wandering in embodied beings.

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GaP 1 200.7

दक्षिणे च पुटे वायुर्हितो भोजनमैथुने । खड्गहस्तो जयेद्युद्धे रिपून्कामसमन्वितः

dakṣiṇe ca puṭe vāyurhito bhojanamaithune / khaḍgahasto jayedyuddhe ripūnkāmasamanvitaḥ

When the breath is in the right nostril it is favourable for eating and for sexual union; sword in hand and filled with desire, one would conquer enemies in battle.

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GaP 1 200.8

वामेव गमनं श्रेष्ठं सर्वकार्येषु भूषितम् । वायुर्वहति तत्रस्थः प्रश्रो भूतस्य शोभनः

vāmeva gamanaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ sarvakāryeṣu bhūṣitam / vāyurvahati tatrasthaḥ praśro bhūtasya śobhanaḥ

Going out with the left (breath) alone is best, and commended in all undertakings; when the breath flows there, it is auspicious for the being (concerned).

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GaP 1 200.9

माहेन्द्रे वारुणे वाते को ऽपि दोषो न जायते । अनावृष्टिर्दक्षवाहे वृष्टिः स्याद्वामवाहके

māhendre vāruṇe vāte ko 'pi doṣo na jāyate / anāvṛṣṭirdakṣavāhe vṛṣṭiḥ syādvāmavāhake

When the wind is that of Mahendra or of Varuṇa, no fault at all arises. In the flowing on the right there is drought; in the flowing on the left there would be rain.

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