Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 223
GaP 1 223.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- २२३ ब्रह्मोवाच मुनिभिश्चरिता धर्मा भक्त्या व्यास मयोदिताः । यैर्विष्णुस्तुष्यते चैव सूर्यादिपरिचारणात्
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 223 brahmovāca munibhiścaritā dharmā bhaktyā vyāsa mayoditāḥ / yairviṣṇustuṣyate caiva sūryādiparicāraṇāt
The Glorious Great Garuḍa Purāṇa, 223. Brahmā said: The duties practised by the sages with devotion have been declared by me, O Vyāsa—those by which Viṣṇu is pleased, and (he is pleased) by the service of the Sun and the other (deities).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 223.2
तर्पणेन च होमेन सन्ध्याया वन्दनेन च । प्राप्यते भगवान् विष्णुर्धर्मकामार्थमोक्षदः
tarpaṇena ca homena sandhyāyā vandanena ca / prāpyate bhagavān viṣṇurdharmakāmārthamokṣadaḥ
By libation, by oblation, and by the salutation of the twilight worship, the Lord Viṣṇu is attained, who bestows dharma, pleasure, wealth, and liberation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 223.3
धर्मो हि भगवान्विष्णुः पूजी विष्णोस्तु तर्पणम् । होमः सन्ध्या तथा ध्यानं धारणा सकलं हरिः
dharmo hi bhagavānviṣṇuḥ pūjī viṣṇostu tarpaṇam / homaḥ sandhyā tathā dhyānaṃ dhāraṇā sakalaṃ hariḥ
For dharma is the Lord Viṣṇu; the worshipper too is Viṣṇu's libation; oblation, twilight worship, and meditation, and concentration—all of it is Hari.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 223.4
सूच उवाच । प्रलयं जगतो वक्ष्ये तत्सर्वं शृणु शौनक । चतुर्युगसहस्रन्तु कल्पैकाब्जदिनं स्मृतम्
sūca uvāca / pralayaṃ jagato vakṣye tatsarvaṃ śṛṇu śaunaka / caturyugasahasrantu kalpaikābjadinaṃ smṛtam
The Sūta said: I shall declare the dissolution of the world; hear all that, O Śaunaka. A thousand sets of four yugas, one kalpa, is known as a single day of the lotus-born (Brahmā).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 223.5
कृतत्रेताद्वापरादियुगावस्था निबोधमे । कृते धर्मश्चतुष्पाच्च सत्यं दानं तपो दया
kṛtatretādvāparādiyugāvasthā nibodhame / kṛte dharmaścatuṣpācca satyaṃ dānaṃ tapo dayā
Learn from me the condition of the yugas, Kṛta, Tretā, Dvāpara and the rest. In the Kṛta age dharma is four-footed: truth, giving, austerity, compassion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 223.6
धर्मपाता हरिश्चेति सन्तुष्टा ज्ञानिनो नराः । चतुर्वंषर्सहस्राणि नरा जीवन्ति वै तदा
dharmapātā hariśceti santuṣṭā jñānino narāḥ / caturvaṃṣarsahasrāṇi narā jīvanti vai tadā
"And Hari is the guardian of dharma" — (so) men were content and possessed of knowledge; men then lived four thousand years.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 223.7
कृतान्ते क्षत्त्रियैर्विप्रा विट्शूद्राश्च जिता द्विजैः । शूरश्चातिबलो विष्णू रक्षांसि च जघान ह
kṛtānte kṣattriyairviprā viṭśūdrāśca jitā dvijaiḥ / śūraścātibalo viṣṇū rakṣāṃsi ca jaghāna ha
At the end of the Kṛta age the brahmins were conquered by the kṣatriyas, and the vaiśyas and śūdras by the twice-born; and Viṣṇu, a hero of surpassing strength, slew the rākṣasas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 223.8
त्रेतायुगे त्रिपाद्धर्मः सत्यदानदयात्मकः । नरा यज्ञपरास्तस्मिंस्तथा क्षत्रोद्भवं जगत्
tretāyuge tripāddharmaḥ satyadānadayātmakaḥ / narā yajñaparāstasmiṃstathā kṣatrodbhavaṃ jagat
In the Tretā age dharma has three feet, consisting of truth, giving and compassion; in it men are devoted to sacrifice, and the world arises from the kṣatra (ruling power).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 223.9
रक्तो हरिर्नरैः पूज्यो नरा दशशतायुषः । तत्र विष्णुर्भोमरथः क्षत्रिया राक्षसानहन्
rakto harirnaraiḥ pūjyo narā daśaśatāyuṣaḥ / tatra viṣṇurbhomarathaḥ kṣatriyā rākṣasānahan
Hari is red (in colour), to be worshipped by men, and men have a lifespan of a thousand (years); there Viṣṇu has the earth for his chariot, and the kṣatriyas slew the rākṣasas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 223.10
द्विपादविग्रो धर्मः पीताञ्चाच्युते गते । चतुः शतायुषो लोका द्विजक्षत्रोद्भवाः प्रजाः
dvipādavigro dharmaḥ pītāñcācyute gate / catuḥ śatāyuṣo lokā dvijakṣatrodbhavāḥ prajāḥ
Dharma stands on two feet, Acyuta having taken on a yellow (colour); the people have a lifespan of four hundred (years), and the creatures spring from brahmins and kṣatriyas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 223.11
तत्र दृष्ट्वाल्पबुद्धींश्च विष्णुर्व्यासस्वरूपधृक् । तदेकन्तु यजुर्वेदं? चतुर्धा व्यभजत्पुनः
tatra dṛṣṭvālpabuddhīṃśca viṣṇurvyāsasvarūpadhṛk / tadekantu yajurvedaṃ? caturdhā vyabhajatpunaḥ
There, seeing (men) of little intellect, Viṣṇu, assuming the form of Vyāsa, again divided that single Veda into four.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 223.12
शिष्यानध्यापयामास समस्तांस्तान्निबोध मे । ऋग्वेदमथ पैलन्त् सामवेदञ्च जैमिनिम्
śiṣyānadhyāpayāmāsa samastāṃstānnibodha me / ṛgvedamatha pailant sāmavedañca jaiminim
He had his pupils taught (them); learn of them all from me: Paila the Ṛgveda, and Jaimini the Sāmaveda,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 223.13
अथर्वाणं सुमन्तुन्तु यजुर्वेदं महामुनिम् । वैशम्पायनमङ्गन्तु पुराणं सूतमेव च । अष्टादशपुराणानि यैर् वेद्यो हरिरेव हि
atharvāṇaṃ sumantuntu yajurvedaṃ mahāmunim / vaiśampāyanamaṅgantu purāṇaṃ sūtameva ca / aṣṭādaśapurāṇāni yair vedyo harireva hi
Sumantu the Atharvaveda, and the great sage Vaiśampāyana the Yajurveda, and the Sūta the Purāṇa — the eighteen Purāṇas, by which Hari alone is to be known.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 223.14
सर्गश्च प्रतिसर्गश्च वंशो मन्वन्तराणि च । वंशानुचरितच्चैव पुराणं पञ्चलक्षणम्
sargaśca pratisargaśca vaṃśo manvantarāṇi ca / vaṃśānucaritaccaiva purāṇaṃ pañcalakṣaṇam
Creation, and re-creation (after dissolution), lineage, the manvantaras, and the doings of the lineages — a Purāṇa has these five marks.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 223.15
ब्राह्मं पाद्मं वैष्णवञ्च शैवं भागवतन्तथा । भविष्यन्नारदीयञ्चस्कान्दं लिङ्गं वराहकम्
brāhmaṃ pādmaṃ vaiṣṇavañca śaivaṃ bhāgavatantathā / bhaviṣyannāradīyañcaskāndaṃ liṅgaṃ varāhakam
The Brāhma, the Pādma, the Vaiṣṇava, the Śaiva, and likewise the Bhāgavata, the Bhaviṣya, the Nāradīya, the Skānda, the Liṅga, the Varāha,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 223.16
मार्कण्डेयं तथाग्नेयं ब्रह्मवैवर्तमेव च । कौर्मं मात्स्यं गारुडञ्च वायवीयमनन्तरम् । अष्टादशसमुद्दिष्टं ब्रह्माण्डमिति संज्ञितम्
mārkaṇḍeyaṃ tathāgneyaṃ brahmavaivartameva ca / kaurmaṃ mātsyaṃ gāruḍañca vāyavīyamanantaram / aṣṭādaśasamuddiṣṭaṃ brahmāṇḍamiti saṃjñitam
the Mārkaṇḍeya, likewise the Āgneya, and the Brahmavaivarta, the Kaurma, the Mātsya, the Gāruḍa, and next the Vāyavīya — (and) the one called Brahmāṇḍa: thus eighteen are enumerated.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 223.17
अन्यान्युपपुराणानि मुनिभिः कथितानि तु । आद्यं सनत्कुमारोक्तं नारसिंहमथापरम्
anyānyupapurāṇāni munibhiḥ kathitāni tu / ādyaṃ sanatkumāroktaṃ nārasiṃhamathāparam
But there are other secondary Purāṇas (upapurāṇas) related by the sages: the first is that spoken by Sanatkumāra, and the next is the Nārasiṃha;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 223.18
तृतीयं स्कान्दमुद्दिष्टं कुमारेण तु भाषितम् । चतुर्थं शिवधर्माख्यं स्यान्नन्दीश्वरभाषितम्
tṛtīyaṃ skāndamuddiṣṭaṃ kumāreṇa tu bhāṣitam / caturthaṃ śivadharmākhyaṃ syānnandīśvarabhāṣitam
the third is declared to be the Skānda, spoken by Kumāra; the fourth is called the Śivadharma, spoken by Nandīśvara;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 223.19
दुर्वाससोक्तमाश्चर्यं नारदोक्तमतः परम् । कापिलं वामनञ्चैव तथैवोशनसेरितम्
durvāsasoktamāścaryaṃ nāradoktamataḥ param / kāpilaṃ vāmanañcaiva tathaivośanaseritam
the Āścarya spoken by Durvāsas, then next that spoken by Nārada, the Kāpila, the Vāmana, and likewise that uttered by Uśanas,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 223.20
ब्रह्माण्डं वारुणञ्चाथ कालिकाह्वयमेव च । माहेश्वरं तथा साम्बमेवं सर्वार्थसञ्चयम् । पराशरोक्तमपरं मारीचं भार्गवाह्वयम्
brahmāṇḍaṃ vāruṇañcātha kālikāhvayameva ca / māheśvaraṃ tathā sāmbamevaṃ sarvārthasañcayam / parāśaroktamaparaṃ mārīcaṃ bhārgavāhvayam
then the Brahmāṇḍa, the Vāruṇa, and the one named Kālikā, the Māheśvara, and likewise the Sāmba — thus a collection of all matters — another spoken by Parāśara, the Mārīca, and the one called Bhārgava.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 223.21
पुराणं धर्मशास्त्रञ्च वेदास्त्वङ्गानि यन्मुने । न्यायः शौनक मीमांसा आयुर्वेदार्थशास्त्रकम् । गान्धर्वश्च धनुर्वेदो विद्या ह्यष्टादशस्मृताः
purāṇaṃ dharmaśāstrañca vedāstvaṅgāni yanmune / nyāyaḥ śaunaka mīmāṃsā āyurvedārthaśāstrakam / gāndharvaśca dhanurvedo vidyā hyaṣṭādaśasmṛtāḥ
Purāṇa, dharmaśāstra, the Vedas together with their ancillary sciences, O sage; logic, O Śaunaka, mīmāṃsā, āyurveda, arthaśāstra, music, and the science of archery — these are reckoned the eighteen branches of learning.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 223.22
द्वापरान्तेन च हरिर्गुरुभारमपाहरत् । एकपादस्थिते धर्मे कृष्णत्वञ्चाच्युते गते
dvāparāntena ca harirgurubhāramapāharat / ekapādasthite dharme kṛṣṇatvañcācyute gate
And at the end of the Dvāpara Hari took away the heavy burden; dharma stands on one foot, Acyuta having taken on blackness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 223.23
जनास्तदा दुराचारा भविष्यन्ति च निर्दयाः । सत्त्वं रजस्तम इति दृश्यन्ते पुरुषे गुणाः । कालसञ्चोदितास्ते ऽपि परिवर्तन्त आत्मनि
janāstadā durācārā bhaviṣyanti ca nirdayāḥ / sattvaṃ rajastama iti dṛśyante puruṣe guṇāḥ / kālasañcoditāste 'pi parivartanta ātmani
Then people will be of evil conduct and without pity. The qualities sattva, rajas and tamas are seen in a person; and they too, impelled by time, revolve within the self.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 223.24
प्रभूतञ्च यदा सत्त्वं मनो बुर्धोन्द्रियाणि च । तदा कृतयुगं विद्याज्ज्ञाने तपसि यद्रतिः
prabhūtañca yadā sattvaṃ mano burdhondriyāṇi ca / tadā kṛtayugaṃ vidyājjñāne tapasi yadratiḥ
When sattva is abundant, and (likewise) mind, intellect and the senses, then one should know it to be the Kṛta age, when delight is in knowledge and austerity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 223.25
यदा कर्मसु काम्येषु शक्तिर्यशसि देहिनाम् । तदा त्रेता रजोभूतिरिति जानीहिशौनक
yadā karmasu kāmyeṣu śaktiryaśasi dehinām / tadā tretā rajobhūtiriti jānīhiśaunaka
When embodied beings' strength is (spent) on acts done from desire and on fame, then know, Śaunaka, that it is the Tretā, the prevalence of rajas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 223.26
यदा लोभस्त्वसन्तोषो मानो दम्भश्च मत्सरः । कर्मणाञ्चापि काम्यानां द्वापरं तद्रजस्तमः
yadā lobhastvasantoṣo māno dambhaśca matsaraḥ / karmaṇāñcāpi kāmyānāṃ dvāparaṃ tadrajastamaḥ
When there is greed and discontent, pride, hypocrisy and envy, and (attachment) to acts done for desired ends—that is the Dvāpara, (a mixture of) passion and darkness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 223.27
यदा सदानृतं नन्द्रा निद्रा हिंसादिसाधनम् । शोकमोहौ भयं दैन्यं स कलिस्तमसि स्मृतः
yadā sadānṛtaṃ nandrā nidrā hiṃsādisādhanam / śokamohau bhayaṃ dainyaṃ sa kalistamasi smṛtaḥ
When there is constant falsehood, sloth, sleep, and the means of violence and the like, grief and delusion, fear and wretchedness—that is known as the Kali, (abiding) in darkness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 223.28
यस्मिञ्जनाः कामिनः स्युः शश्वत्कटुकभाषिणः । दस्यूत्कृष्टा जनपदावेदाः पाषण्डदूषिताः
yasmiñjanāḥ kāminaḥ syuḥ śaśvatkaṭukabhāṣiṇaḥ / dasyūtkṛṣṭā janapadāvedāḥ pāṣaṇḍadūṣitāḥ
In which people are lustful, always speaking harshly, the countries overrun by robbers, without the Vedas, corrupted by heretics;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 223.29
राजानश्च प्रजाभिक्षाः शिश्रोदरपराजिताः । अव्रता वटचवो ऽशौचा भिक्षवश्च कुटुम्बिनः
rājānaśca prajābhikṣāḥ śiśrodaraparājitāḥ / avratā vaṭacavo 'śaucā bhikṣavaśca kuṭumbinaḥ
and kings live off the people (as if) begging, overcome by (their) genitals and belly, without vows, ... , impure, and the mendicants are householders;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 223.30
तपस्विनोग्रामवासाः न्यासिनो ह्यर्थलोलुपाः । ह्रस्वकाया महाहाराश्चौरास्ते साधवः स्मृताः
tapasvinogrāmavāsāḥ nyāsino hyarthalolupāḥ / hrasvakāyā mahāhārāścaurāste sādhavaḥ smṛtāḥ
the ascetics dwell in villages, the renouncers are greedy for wealth, short in body and great in appetite—those thieves are reckoned as good men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 223.31
त्यक्ष्यन्ति भृत्याश्च पतिं तापसस्त्यक्ष्यति व्रतम् । शूद्राः प्रतिग्रहिष्यन्ति वैश्या व्रतपरायणः
tyakṣyanti bhṛtyāśca patiṃ tāpasastyakṣyati vratam / śūdrāḥ pratigrahiṣyanti vaiśyā vrataparāyaṇaḥ
Servants will abandon their master, the ascetic will abandon his vow, śūdras will accept gifts, (while) vaiśyas are devoted to vows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 223.32
उद्विग्नाः सन्ति च जनाः पिशाचसदृशाः प्रजाः । अन्यायभोजनेनाग्निदेवतातिथिपूजनम्
udvignāḥ santi ca janāḥ piśācasadṛśāḥ prajāḥ / anyāyabhojanenāgnidevatātithipūjanam
People are agitated, the creatures resemble piśācas; with food (got) unjustly (they perform) the worship of fire, the gods and guests.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 223.33
करिष्येन्ति कलौ प्राप्ते न च पित्र्योदकक्रियाम् । स्त्रीपराश्च जनाः सर्वे शूद्रप्रायाश्च शौनक
kariṣyenti kalau prāpte na ca pitryodakakriyām / strīparāśca janāḥ sarve śūdraprāyāśca śaunaka
When the Kali has come they will do (this), and not the water-rite for the ancestors; and all people are devoted to women and mostly like śūdras, O Śaunaka.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 223.34
बहुप्रजाल्पभाग्याश्च भविष्यन्ति कलौ स्त्रियः । शिरः कण्डूयनपरा आज्ञां भेत्स्यन्ति भर्त्सिताः
bahuprajālpabhāgyāśca bhaviṣyanti kalau striyaḥ / śiraḥ kaṇḍūyanaparā ājñāṃ bhetsyanti bhartsitāḥ
In the Kali women will be of many offspring and little fortune; intent on scratching their heads, when rebuked they will break (their husband's) command.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 223.35
विष्णुं न पूजयिष्यन्ति पाषण्डोपहता जनाः । कलेर्देषनिधेर्विप्रा अस्ति ह्येको महागुणः
viṣṇuṃ na pūjayiṣyanti pāṣaṇḍopahatā janāḥ / kalerdeṣanidherviprā asti hyeko mahāguṇaḥ
People, ruined by heresy, will not worship Viṣṇu. (Yet) of the Kali, that store of faults, O brahmins, there is one great virtue:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 223.36
कीर्तनादेव कृष्णस्य महाबन्धं परित्यजेत् । कृते यद्य्यायतो विष्णुं त्रेतायां जपतः फलम्
kīrtanādeva kṛṣṇasya mahābandhaṃ parityajet / kṛte yadyyāyato viṣṇuṃ tretāyāṃ japataḥ phalam
by the mere singing of Kṛṣṇa's name one may cast off the great bondage. The fruit (that comes) in the Kṛta from meditating on Viṣṇu, in the Tretā from muttering (his name),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 223.37
द्वापरे परिचर्यायां कलौ तद्धरिकीर्तनात् । तस्माद्ध्येयो हरिर्नित्यं गेयः पूज्यश्च शौनक
dvāpare paricaryāyāṃ kalau taddharikīrtanāt / tasmāddhyeyo harirnityaṃ geyaḥ pūjyaśca śaunaka
in the Dvāpara from ritual service—(that comes) in the Kali from singing of Hari. Therefore Hari is always to be meditated on, sung of, and worshipped, O Śaunaka.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition