Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 226
GaP 1 226.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- २२६ सूत उवाच वक्ष्ये साङ्गं महायोगं भुक्तिमुक्तिकरं परम् । सर्वपापप्रशमनं भक्त्यानुपठितं शृणु
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 226 sūta uvāca vakṣye sāṅgaṃ mahāyogaṃ bhuktimuktikaraṃ param / sarvapāpapraśamanaṃ bhaktyānupaṭhitaṃ śṛṇu
Sūta said: I shall declare the great yoga together with its limbs, supreme, granting enjoyment and liberation, quelling all sins; listen, as it has been recited with devotion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 226.2
ममेति मूलं दुः खस्य न ममेति निवर्तनम् । दत्तात्रेयो ह्यलर्काय इममाह महामतिः
mameti mūlaṃ duḥ khasya na mameti nivartanam / dattātreyo hyalarkāya imamāha mahāmatiḥ
"Mine" is the root of suffering; "not mine" is its cessation — this the greatly wise Dattātreya declared to Alarka.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 226.3
अहमित्यङ्कुरोत्पन्नो ममेति स्कन्धवान्महान् । गृहक्षेत्राणि शाखाश्च यत्र दाराभिपल्लवः
ahamityaṅkurotpanno mameti skandhavānmahān / gṛhakṣetrāṇi śākhāśca yatra dārābhipallavaḥ
Sprouted up as "I," it has "mine" for its great trunk; houses and fields are its branches, in which wife (and children) are the shoots.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 226.4
धनधान्ये महापत्रे पापमूलो ऽतिदुर्गमः । विधिवत्सुखशान्त्यर्थं जातो ऽज्ञानमहातरुः
dhanadhānye mahāpatre pāpamūlo 'tidurgamaḥ / vidhivatsukhaśāntyarthaṃ jāto 'jñānamahātaruḥ
With wealth and grain as its great leaves, rooted in sin, most impassable — duly, for the sake of pleasure and peace, this great tree of ignorance has grown.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 226.5
छिन्नो विद्याकुठारेण ते गता लयमीश्वरे । प्राप्य ब्रह्मरसं पीतं नीरजस्कमकण्टकम्
chinno vidyākuṭhāreṇa te gatā layamīśvare / prāpya brahmarasaṃ pītaṃ nīrajaskamakaṇṭakam
Cut down by the axe of knowledge, they have gone to dissolution in the Lord; having obtained the essence of Brahman, it is drunk — dustless and thornless.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 226.6
प्राप्नुवन्ति पराः प्राज्ञाः सुखनिर्वृतिमेव च । मूर्तेन्द्रियलयं नूनं न त्वं राजन् न चाप्यहम्
prāpnuvanti parāḥ prājñāḥ sukhanirvṛtimeva ca / mūrtendriyalayaṃ nūnaṃ na tvaṃ rājan na cāpyaham
The supreme wise ones attain the bliss of extinction; (there is) surely the dissolution of body and senses — neither you, O king, nor I,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 226.7
न तन्मात्रादिकं वाचा नैवान्तः करणं तथा । कं वा पश्यसि राजेन्द्र प्रधानमिदमावयोः
na tanmātrādikaṃ vācā naivāntaḥ karaṇaṃ tathā / kaṃ vā paśyasi rājendra pradhānamidamāvayoḥ
nor the subtle elements and the rest in speech, nor likewise the inner organ: which of these do you see, O best of kings, as the chief for us two?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 226.8
मृतः परे ऽह्नि क्षेत्रज्ञः संजातो ऽयं गुणात्मकः । एकत्वे ऽपि पृथग्भावस्तथा क्षेत्रात्मनो नृप
mṛtaḥ pare 'hni kṣetrajñaḥ saṃjāto 'yaṃ guṇātmakaḥ / ekatve 'pi pṛthagbhāvastathā kṣetrātmano nṛpa
The knower of the field, having died, is born again on another day, made of the guṇas; though there is unity, there is yet a separateness of the field and the self, O king.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 226.9
ज्ञानपूर्ववियोगो ऽसौ ज्ञाने नष्टे च योगिनः । सा मुक्तिर्ब्रह्मणा चैक्य मनैक्यं प्राकृतैर्गुणैः
jñānapūrvaviyogo 'sau jñāne naṣṭe ca yoginaḥ / sā muktirbrahmaṇā caikya manaikyaṃ prākṛtairguṇaiḥ
That separation is preceded by knowledge, and when knowledge too is destroyed for the yogin, that is liberation and oneness with Brahman — (there is) no oneness with the qualities of primal nature.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 226.10
तद्गृहं यत्र वसति तद्भोज्यं येन जीवति । यन्मुक्तये तदेवोक्तं ज्ञानाज्ञाने न चान्यथा
tadgṛhaṃ yatra vasati tadbhojyaṃ yena jīvati / yanmuktaye tadevoktaṃ jñānājñāne na cānyathā
That is his house where he dwells, that is his food by which he lives; what serves for liberation, just that is declared (proper) in knowledge and in ignorance, and not otherwise.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 226.11
उपभोगेन पुण्याना मपुण्यानाञ्च पार्थिव । कर्तव्यानाञ्च नित्यानां क्षयन्त्वकरणात्तथा
upabhogena puṇyānā mapuṇyānāñca pārthiva / kartavyānāñca nityānāṃ kṣayantvakaraṇāttathā
By the enjoyment (of their fruits) merits and demerits perish, O king, and the obligatory duties that must be done (perish) likewise by not being performed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 226.12
अहिंसा सत्यमस्तेयं ब्रह्मचर्यापरिग्रहौ । यमाः पञ्चाथ नियमाः शौचं द्विविधमीरितम्
ahiṃsā satyamasteyaṃ brahmacaryāparigrahau / yamāḥ pañcātha niyamāḥ śaucaṃ dvividhamīritam
Non-injury, truth, non-stealing, chastity and non-acquisition — these are the five restraints; then the observances: purity, said to be of two kinds,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 226.13
सन्तोषस्तपसा शान्तिर्वासुदेवार्चनं दमः । आसन पद्मकाद्युक्तं प्राणायामो मरुज्जयः
santoṣastapasā śāntirvāsudevārcanaṃ damaḥ / āsana padmakādyuktaṃ prāṇāyāmo marujjayaḥ
contentment, calm through austerity, worship of Vāsudeva, self-control; posture is stated as the lotus and the rest; breath-control is the mastery of the wind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 226.14
प्रत्येकं त्रिविधः सो ऽपि पूरकुम्भकरेचकैः । लघुर्यो दशमात्रस्तु द्विगुणः स तु मध्यमः
pratyekaṃ trividhaḥ so 'pi pūrakumbhakarecakaiḥ / laghuryo daśamātrastu dviguṇaḥ sa tu madhyamaḥ
That too is of three kinds each, by inhalation, retention and exhalation; the light one is of ten measures, and the middling one is double that,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 226.15
त्रिगुणाभिस्तु मात्राभिरुत्तमः स उदाहृतः । जपध्यानयुतौ गर्भो विपरीतस्त्वर्भकः
triguṇābhistu mātrābhiruttamaḥ sa udāhṛtaḥ / japadhyānayutau garbho viparītastvarbhakaḥ
and with measures three times as many it is called the highest. When joined with muttered prayer and meditation it is 'with embryo' (garbha); the reverse is the lesser one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 226.16
प्रथमे नजयेत्स्वप्नं मध्यमेन च वेपथुम् । विपाकं हि तृतीयेन जातान्दोषास्त्वनुक्रमात्
prathame najayetsvapnaṃ madhyamena ca vepathum / vipākaṃ hi tṛtīyena jātāndoṣāstvanukramāt
With the first he should conquer sleep, and with the middling one trembling, and with the third the (full) ripening — the faults that have arisen, in due order.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 226.17
आसनस्थन्तुयुञ्जीत कृत्वा च प्रणवं हृदी । पार्ष्णिभ्यां लिङ्गवृषणौ स्पर्शन्नकाग्रमानसः
āsanasthantuyuñjīta kṛtvā ca praṇavaṃ hṛdī / pārṣṇibhyāṃ liṅgavṛṣaṇau sparśannakāgramānasaḥ
Seated in his posture he should practise, having placed the syllable Om in the heart, touching the penis and testicles with the heels, his mind on the tip of the nose.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 226.18
रजसा तमसो वृत्तिं सत्त्वेन रजसस्तथा । निरुध्य निश्चलो भूत्वा स्थितो युञ्जीत योगवित्
rajasā tamaso vṛttiṃ sattvena rajasastathā / nirudhya niścalo bhūtvā sthito yuñjīta yogavit
Restraining the activity of darkness by passion, and that of passion by goodness, having become motionless, the knower of yoga, so established, should practise.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 226.19
इन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थेभ्यः प्राणादीनम्न एव च । निगृह्य समवायेन प्रत्याहार मुपक्रमेत्
indriyāṇīndriyārthebhyaḥ prāṇādīnamna eva ca / nigṛhya samavāyena pratyāhāra mupakramet
Having withdrawn the senses from the objects of the senses, and the breaths and the mind as well, he should undertake pratyāhāra by their conjunction.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 226.20
प्राणायामा दशाष्टौ च धारणा सा विधीयते । द्वे धारणे स्मृतो योगो योगिभिस्तत्त्वदर्शिभिः
prāṇāyāmā daśāṣṭau ca dhāraṇā sā vidhīyate / dve dhāraṇe smṛto yogo yogibhistattvadarśibhiḥ
Eighteen breath-controls: that is prescribed as one retention (dhāraṇā); and two retentions are declared to be yoga by the yogins who see reality.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 226.21
प्राङ्नाड्यां हृदये चात्र तृतीया च तथोरसि । कण्ठे मुखे ना सिकाग्रे नेत्रे भ्रूमध्यमूर्धसु
prāṅnāḍyāṃ hṛdaye cātra tṛtīyā ca tathorasi / kaṇṭhe mukhe nā sikāgre netre bhrūmadhyamūrdhasu
(The first) in the forward channel, and here in the heart, and likewise the third in the breast; in the throat, in the mouth, at the tip of the nose, in the eye, between the brows, and in the crown.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 226.22
किञ्चित्तस्मात्परस्मिंश्च धारणा दशधा स्मृता । दशैता धारणाः प्राप्य प्राप्नोत्यक्षररूपताम्
kiñcittasmātparasmiṃśca dhāraṇā daśadhā smṛtā / daśaitā dhāraṇāḥ prāpya prāpnotyakṣararūpatām
And some (retention) in that which is beyond that: thus retention is held to be of ten kinds. Having attained these ten retentions, one attains the nature of the imperishable syllable.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 226.23
यथाग्निरग्नौ संक्षिप्तस्तथात्मा परमात्मनि । ब्रह्मरूपं महापुण्यमोमित्येकाक्षरं जपेत्
yathāgniragnau saṃkṣiptastathātmā paramātmani / brahmarūpaṃ mahāpuṇyamomityekākṣaraṃ japet
As fire is thrown into fire, so is the self (merged) in the supreme Self. One should recite the single syllable OM, which is the form of brahman and of great merit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 226.24
अकारश्च तथोकारो मकारश्चाक्षरत्रयम् । एतास्तिस्त्रस्ततो मात्राः सत्त्वराजसतामसाः
akāraśca tathokāro makāraścākṣaratrayam / etāstistrastato mātrāḥ sattvarājasatāmasāḥ
The sound a, and likewise the sound u, and the sound m: these are the three syllables; hence these three measures (mātrās) are sāttvika, rājasa, and tāmasa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 226.25
निर्गुणा योगिगम्याद्यार्धमात्रा परा स्थिता । गान्धारीति च विज्ञेया गान्धारस्वरसंश्रया । इत्येतदक्षरं ब्रह्म परमोङ्कारसंज्ञितम्
nirguṇā yogigamyādyārdhamātrā parā sthitā / gāndhārīti ca vijñeyā gāndhārasvarasaṃśrayā / ityetadakṣaraṃ brahma paramoṅkārasaṃjñitam
Beyond (them) stands the first half-measure, without qualities, accessible to yogins; and it is to be known as "Gāndhārī," resting on the gāndhāra note. Thus this imperishable brahman is called the supreme OM.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 226.26
अहं ब्रह्म परं ज्योतिः स्थूलदेहविवर्जितम् । अहं ब्रह्म परं ज्योतिर्जरामरणवर्जितम्
ahaṃ brahma paraṃ jyotiḥ sthūladehavivarjitam / ahaṃ brahma paraṃ jyotirjarāmaraṇavarjitam
I am brahman, the supreme light, free of the gross body; I am brahman, the supreme light, free of old age and death.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 226.27
अहं ब्रह्म परं ज्योतिः पृथिव्या मलवर्जितम् । अहं ब्रह्म परं ज्योतिर्वाय्वाकाशविवर्जितम्
ahaṃ brahma paraṃ jyotiḥ pṛthivyā malavarjitam / ahaṃ brahma paraṃ jyotirvāyvākāśavivarjitam
I am brahman, the supreme light, free of the impurity of earth; I am brahman, the supreme light, free of wind and space.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 226.28
अहं ब्रह्म परं ज्योतिः सूक्ष्मदेहविवर्जितम् । अहं ब्रह्मपरं ज्योतिः स्थानास्थानविवर्जितम्
ahaṃ brahma paraṃ jyotiḥ sūkṣmadehavivarjitam / ahaṃ brahmaparaṃ jyotiḥ sthānāsthānavivarjitam
I am brahman, the supreme light, free of the subtle body; I am brahman, the supreme light, free of place and non-place.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 226.29
अहं ब्रह्म परं ज्योतिर्गन्धमात्रविवर्जितम् । अहं ब्रह्म परं ज्योतिः श्रोत्रत्वक्परिवर्जितम्
ahaṃ brahma paraṃ jyotirgandhamātravivarjitam / ahaṃ brahma paraṃ jyotiḥ śrotratvakparivarjitam
I am brahman, the supreme light, free of the bare element of smell; I am brahman, the supreme light, free of hearing and touch.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 226.30
अहं ब्रह्म परं ज्योतिर्जिह्वाघ्राणविवर्जितम् । अहं ब्रह्म परं ज्योतिः प्राणापानविवर्जितम्
ahaṃ brahma paraṃ jyotirjihvāghrāṇavivarjitam / ahaṃ brahma paraṃ jyotiḥ prāṇāpānavivarjitam
I am brahman, the supreme light, free of tongue and smelling; I am brahman, the supreme light, free of the in-breath and the out-breath.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 226.31
अहं ब्रह्म परं ज्योतिर्व्यानोदानविवर्जितम् । अहं ब्रह्म परं ज्योतिरज्ञानपरिवर्जितम्
ahaṃ brahma paraṃ jyotirvyānodānavivarjitam / ahaṃ brahma paraṃ jyotirajñānaparivarjitam
I am brahman, the supreme light, free of the vyāna and udāna breaths; I am brahman, the supreme light, free of ignorance.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 226.32
अहं ब्रह्म परं ज्योतिस्तुरीयं परमं पदम् । देहेन्द्रियमनोबुद्धिप्राणाहङ्कारवर्जितम्
ahaṃ brahma paraṃ jyotisturīyaṃ paramaṃ padam / dehendriyamanobuddhiprāṇāhaṅkāravarjitam
I am brahman, the supreme light, the fourth state, the highest station, free of body, senses, mind, intellect, breath and ego-sense.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 226.33
नित्यशुद्धबुद्धंमुक्तमहामानन्दमद्वयम् । अहं ब्रह्म परं ज्योतिर्ज्ञानरूपो विमुक्तये
nityaśuddhabuddhaṃmuktamahāmānandamadvayam / ahaṃ brahma paraṃ jyotirjñānarūpo vimuktaye
Eternal, pure, awakened, released, of great bliss, without a second — I am brahman, the supreme light, of the nature of knowledge, for the sake of liberation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 226.34
सूत उवाच । इत्यष्टाङ्गो मया योग उक्तः शौनक मुक्तिदः । नित्यनैमित्तिकं गत्वा लयं प्राकृतबन्धनाः
sūta uvāca / ityaṣṭāṅgo mayā yoga uktaḥ śaunaka muktidaḥ / nityanaimittikaṃ gatvā layaṃ prākṛtabandhanāḥ
Sūta said: Thus, Śaunaka, the eightfold yoga that grants liberation has been declared by me. Those bound by primal matter, having gone to dissolution — the regular and the occasional (kind) —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 226.35
उत्पद्यन्ते हि संसारे नैकं यात्वा परात्मनाम् । विमुच्यते विमुक्तश्च ज्ञानादज्ञानमोहितः
utpadyante hi saṃsāre naikaṃ yātvā parātmanām / vimucyate vimuktaśca jñānādajñānamohitaḥ
— are indeed born again in the round of rebirth, not having reached the one (state) of the supreme selves; and one who is released is freed through knowledge, while one deluded by ignorance (is not).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 226.36
ततो नं म्रियते दुः खी न रोगी न च वन्धवान् । न पापैर्युज्यते योगी नरके न विपच्यते
tato naṃ mriyate duḥ khī na rogī na ca vandhavān / na pāpairyujyate yogī narake na vipacyate
Thereafter he does not die, is not miserable, not diseased, and not possessed of kinsmen; the yogin is not joined with sins, nor is he cooked in hell.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 226.37
गर्भवासे स नो दुः खी स स्यान्नारायणो ऽव्ययः । भक्त्या त्वनन्यया लभ्यो भगवान्भुक्तिमुक्तिदः
garbhavāse sa no duḥ khī sa syānnārāyaṇo 'vyayaḥ / bhaktyā tvananyayā labhyo bhagavānbhuktimuktidaḥ
He is not miserable in dwelling in the womb; he becomes the imperishable Nārāyaṇa. But the Lord, giver of enjoyment and liberation, is to be obtained by devotion that is directed to no other.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 226.38
ध्यानेन पूजया जप्यैः सम्यक् स्तोत्रैर्यतव्रतैः । यज्ञैर्दानैश्चित्तशुद्धिस्तया ज्ञानञ्च लभ्यते
dhyānena pūjayā japyaiḥ samyak stotrairyatavrataiḥ / yajñairdānaiścittaśuddhistayā jñānañca labhyate
By meditation, by worship, by recitations, properly by hymns, by restrained vows, by sacrifices and by gifts, purity of mind (arises), and by that knowledge is obtained.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 226.39
प्रणवादिकमन्त्रैश्च जप्यैर्मुक्तिं गता द्विजाः । इन्द्रो ऽपि परमं स्थानं गन्धर्वाप्सरसो वराः
praṇavādikamantraiśca japyairmuktiṃ gatā dvijāḥ / indro 'pi paramaṃ sthānaṃ gandharvāpsaraso varāḥ
And by reciting mantras beginning with the praṇava, twice-born men have gone to liberation; Indra too (attained) the highest station, and the best of gandharvas and apsarases,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 226.40
प्राप्ता देवाश्च देवत्वं मुनित्वं मुनयो गताः । गन्धर्वत्वञ्च गन्धर्वा राजत्वञ्च नृपादयः
prāptā devāśca devatvaṃ munitvaṃ munayo gatāḥ / gandharvatvañca gandharvā rājatvañca nṛpādayaḥ
And the gods attained godhood, the sages attained sagehood, the gandharvas gandharva-hood, and kings and the rest kingship.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition