Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 227
GaP 1 227.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- २२७ सूत उवाच । विष्णुभक्तिं प्रवक्ष्यामि यया सर्वमवाप्यते । यथा भक्त्या हरिस्तुष्येत्तथा नान्येन केनचित्
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 227 sūta uvāca / viṣṇubhaktiṃ pravakṣyāmi yayā sarvamavāpyate / yathā bhaktyā haristuṣyettathā nānyena kenacit
The Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, 227. Sūta said: I shall declare devotion to Viṣṇu, by which everything is obtained; Hari is not pleased by anything else as he is by devotion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 227.2
महतः श्रेयसो मूलं प्रसवः पुण्यसन्ततेः । जीवितस्य फलं स्वादु नियतं स्मरणं हरेः
mahataḥ śreyaso mūlaṃ prasavaḥ puṇyasantateḥ / jīvitasya phalaṃ svādu niyataṃ smaraṇaṃ hareḥ
The constant remembrance of Hari is the root of great welfare, the begetting of a lineage of merit, and the sweet fruit of life.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 227.3
तस्मात्सेवा बुधैः प्रोक्ता भक्तिसाधनभूयसी । ते भक्ता लोकनाथस्य नामकर्मादिकीर्तने
tasmātsevā budhaiḥ proktā bhaktisādhanabhūyasī / te bhaktā lokanāthasya nāmakarmādikīrtane
Therefore service (of him) is declared by the wise to abound in the means of devotion. Those are devotees who, in reciting the names and deeds and the rest of the Lord of the world,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 227.4
मुञ्चन्त्यश्रूणि संहर्षाद्ये प्रहृष्टनूरुहाः । जगद्धातुर्महेशस्य दिव्याज्ञाचरणा वयम्
muñcantyaśrūṇi saṃharṣādye prahṛṣṭanūruhāḥ / jagaddhāturmaheśasya divyājñācaraṇā vayam
shed tears out of joy, whose bodily hairs bristle: (saying) "We are performers of the divine command of the Great Lord, the maker of the world."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 227.5
इह नित्यक्रियाः कुर्युः स्निग्धा ये वैष्णवास्तु ते । ब्रह्माक्षरं न शृण्वन्वै तया भगवतेरितम्
iha nityakriyāḥ kuryuḥ snigdhā ye vaiṣṇavāstu te / brahmākṣaraṃ na śṛṇvanvai tayā bhagavateritam
Those affectionate Vaiṣṇavas should perform the daily rites here; not hearing the syllable of Brahman uttered by that blessed one...
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 227.6
प्रणामपूर्वकं भक्त्या यो वदेद्वैष्णवो हि सः । तद्भक्तजनवात्सल्यं पूजनं चानुमोदनम्
praṇāmapūrvakaṃ bhaktyā yo vadedvaiṣṇavo hi saḥ / tadbhaktajanavātsalyaṃ pūjanaṃ cānumodanam
He who speaks (it) with devotion, preceded by a bow, is indeed a Vaiṣṇava. Affection for his devotee-folk, worship (of them), and approval (of them),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 227.7
तत्कथाश्रवणे प्रीतिरश्रुनेत्राङ्गविक्रियाः । येन सर्वात्मना विष्णौ भक्त्या भावो निवेशितः
tatkathāśravaṇe prītiraśrunetrāṅgavikriyāḥ / yena sarvātmanā viṣṇau bhaktyā bhāvo niveśitaḥ
delight in hearing the tales of him, tears in the eyes and alterations of the body—he by whom, with his whole being, a devoted disposition has been fixed upon Viṣṇu,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 227.8
विप्रेभ्यश्च कृतात्मत्वान्महाभागवतो हि सः । विश्वोपकरणं नित्यं तदर्थं सङ्गवर्जनम् । स्वयमभ्यर्चनञ्चैव यो विष्णुञ्चोपजीवति
viprebhyaśca kṛtātmatvānmahābhāgavato hi saḥ / viśvopakaraṇaṃ nityaṃ tadarthaṃ saṅgavarjanam / svayamabhyarcanañcaiva yo viṣṇuñcopajīvati
and who, being of devoted heart toward the brahmins, is indeed a great devotee (of the Lord). Constant service to the world, renouncing attachment for the sake of that, worshipping (him) oneself, and living upon Viṣṇu—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 227.9
भक्तिरष्टविधा ह्येषा यस्मिन्म्लेच्छो ऽपि वर्तते । स विप्रेन्द्रो मुनिः श्रीमान्स याति परमां गतिम्
bhaktiraṣṭavidhā hyeṣā yasminmleccho 'pi vartate / sa viprendro muniḥ śrīmānsa yāti paramāṃ gatim
this eightfold devotion—in whomever it is present, even a barbarian, he is a chief of brahmins, a sage, glorious; he goes to the highest goal.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 227.10
तस्मै देयं ततो ग्राह्यं स च पूज्यो यथा हरिः । स्मृतः संभाषितो वापि पूजितो वा द्विजोत्तमः । पुनाति भगवद्भक्तश्चण्डालो ऽपि यदृच्छया
tasmai deyaṃ tato grāhyaṃ sa ca pūjyo yathā hariḥ / smṛtaḥ saṃbhāṣito vāpi pūjito vā dvijottamaḥ / punāti bhagavadbhaktaścaṇḍālo 'pi yadṛcchayā
To him one should give, from him one should receive, and he is to be worshipped as Hari (himself). Remembered, spoken with, or worshipped, that best of the twice-born—even a caṇḍāla, if he is a devotee of the Lord—purifies (one) even by chance (contact).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 227.11
दयां कुरु प्रपन्नाय तवास्मीति च यो वदेत् । अभयं सर्वभूतेभ्यो दद्यादेतद् व्रतं हरेः
dayāṃ kuru prapannāya tavāsmīti ca yo vadet / abhayaṃ sarvabhūtebhyo dadyādetad vrataṃ hareḥ
He who says "Show mercy to one who has taken refuge; I am yours"—he should grant freedom from fear to all beings: this is the vow (that pleases) Hari.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 227.12
मन्त्रजापिसहस्रेभ्यः सर्ववेदान्तपारगः । सर्ववेदान्तवित्कोट्यां विष्णुभक्तो विशिष्यते
mantrajāpisahasrebhyaḥ sarvavedāntapāragaḥ / sarvavedāntavitkoṭyāṃ viṣṇubhakto viśiṣyate
Over thousands of mantra-reciters, one who has mastered all the Vedānta (is superior); over a crore of knowers of all Vedānta, a devotee of Viṣṇu is distinguished.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 227.13
एकान्तिनः स्ववपुषा गच्छन्ति परमं पदम् । एकान्तेन समो विष्णुस्तस्मादेषां परायणः
ekāntinaḥ svavapuṣā gacchanti paramaṃ padam / ekāntena samo viṣṇustasmādeṣāṃ parāyaṇaḥ
Those who are single-mindedly devoted go in their own body to the supreme abode; Viṣṇu is equal (i.e. impartial) toward the single-minded one, therefore he is their final refuge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 227.14
यस्मादेकान्तिनः प्रोक्तास्तद्भागवतचेतसः । प्रियाणामपि सर्वेषां देवदेवस्य सुप्रियः
yasmādekāntinaḥ proktāstadbhāgavatacetasaḥ / priyāṇāmapi sarveṣāṃ devadevasya supriyaḥ
Since those whose minds are on the Lord are called single-minded, (such a one) is most dear even among all who are dear to the God of gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 227.15
आपत्स्वपि सदा भस्य भक्तिरव्यभिचारिणा । या प्रीतिरधिका विष्णोर्विषयेष्वनपायिनी
āpatsvapi sadā bhasya bhaktiravyabhicāriṇā / yā prītiradhikā viṣṇorviṣayeṣvanapāyinī
Even in calamities his devotion is always unwavering; that surpassing love of Viṣṇu which does not fall away toward objects (of sense)—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 227.16
विष्णुं संस्मरतः सा मे हृदयान्नोपसर्पति । दृढभक्तो ऽपि वेदादिसर्वशास्त्रार्थपारगः
viṣṇuṃ saṃsmarataḥ sā me hṛdayānnopasarpati / dṛḍhabhakto 'pi vedādisarvaśāstrārthapāragaḥ
that (love), for one who remembers Viṣṇu, does not depart from my heart. Even one firm in devotion who has mastered the meaning of all the scriptures beginning with the Vedas—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 227.17
यो न सर्वेश्वरे भक्तस्तं विद्यात्पुरुषाधमम् । नाधीतवेदशास्त्रो ऽपि न कृतो ऽध्वरसम्भवः । यो भक्तिं वहते विष्णौ तेन सर्वं कृतं भवेत्
yo na sarveśvare bhaktastaṃ vidyātpuruṣādhamam / nādhītavedaśāstro 'pi na kṛto 'dhvarasambhavaḥ / yo bhaktiṃ vahate viṣṇau tena sarvaṃ kṛtaṃ bhavet
he who is not devoted to the Lord of all—him one should know as the lowest of men. Even one who has not studied the Vedas and scriptures, who has performed no sacrifice, if he bears devotion to Viṣṇu, by that all has been done.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 227.18
यज्वानः क्रतुमुख्यानां वेदानां पारगा अपि । न तां यान्ति गतिं भक्ता यां यान्ति मुनिसत्तमाः
yajvānaḥ kratumukhyānāṃ vedānāṃ pāragā api / na tāṃ yānti gatiṃ bhaktā yāṃ yānti munisattamāḥ
Even sacrificers of the chief rites and those who have mastered the Vedas do not reach that goal which devotees, the best of sages, reach.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 227.19
यः कश्चिद्वैष्णवो लोके मिथ्याचारो ऽप्यनाश्रमी । पुनाति सकलांल्लोकान्सहस्रांशुरिवोदितः
yaḥ kaścidvaiṣṇavo loke mithyācāro 'pyanāśramī / punāti sakalāṃllokānsahasrāṃśurivoditaḥ
Whatever Vaiṣṇava there is in the world, even one of false conduct and belonging to no stage of life, purifies all the worlds like the risen thousand-rayed sun.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 227.20
ये नृशंसा दुरात्मानः पापाचररतास्तथा । ते ऽपि यान्ति परं स्थानं नारायणपरायणाः
ye nṛśaṃsā durātmānaḥ pāpācararatāstathā / te 'pi yānti paraṃ sthānaṃ nārāyaṇaparāyaṇāḥ
Those who are cruel, evil-souled, and given to sinful conduct — even they go to the highest abode, if they are devoted to Nārāyaṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 227.21
दृढा जनार्दने भक्तिर्यदैवाव्यभिचारिणी । तदा कियत्स्वर्गसुखं सैव निर्वाणहेतुका
dṛḍhā janārdane bhaktiryadaivāvyabhicāriṇī / tadā kiyatsvargasukhaṃ saiva nirvāṇahetukā
When devotion to Janārdana is firm and unwavering, then of what account is the happiness of heaven? That (devotion) itself is the cause of liberation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 227.22
भ्राम्यतां तत्र संसारे नराणां कुर्मदुर्गमे । हस्तावलम्बने ह्येकं येन तुष्येज्जनार्दनः । न शृणोति गुणान्दिव्यान्देवदेवस्य चक्रिणः । स मरो बधिरो ज्ञेयः सर्वधर्मबहिष्कृतः
bhrāmyatāṃ tatra saṃsāre narāṇāṃ kurmadurgame / hastāvalambane hyekaṃ yena tuṣyejjanārdanaḥ / na śṛṇoti guṇāndivyāndevadevasya cakriṇaḥ / sa maro badhiro jñeyaḥ sarvadharmabahiṣkṛtaḥ
For men wandering there in the transmigratory round, hard to cross, there is but one support for the hand: that by which Janārdana would be pleased. He who does not listen to the divine qualities of the discus-bearer, the god of gods, is to be known as dead and deaf, cast out from all religious duty.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 227.23
नाम्नि संकीर्तिते विष्णोर्यस्य पुंसो न जायते । शरीरं पुलकोद्भासि तद्भवेत्कुणपोपमम्
nāmni saṃkīrtite viṣṇoryasya puṃso na jāyate / śarīraṃ pulakodbhāsi tadbhavetkuṇapopamam
That body of a man in which, when the name of Viṣṇu is chanted aloud, no bristling of the hair arises, is like a corpse.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 227.24
यस्मिन्भक्तिर्द्विजश्रेष्ठ मुक्तिरप्यचिराद्भवेत् । निविष्टमनसां पुंसां सर्वथा वृजिनक्षयः
yasminbhaktirdvijaśreṣṭha muktirapyacirādbhavet / niviṣṭamanasāṃ puṃsāṃ sarvathā vṛjinakṣayaḥ
He in whom there is devotion, O best of the twice-born, from him liberation too comes before long; for men whose minds are fixed (on him) there is in every way the destruction of sin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 227.25
स्वपुरुषमभिवीक्ष्य पाशहस्तं वदति यमः किल तस्य कर्णमूले । परिहर मधुसूदनप्रापन्नन्प्रभुरहमन्यनृणां न वैष्णवानाम्
svapuruṣamabhivīkṣya pāśahastaṃ vadati yamaḥ kila tasya karṇamūle / parihara madhusūdanaprāpannanprabhurahamanyanṛṇāṃ na vaiṣṇavānām
Seeing his own servant with the noose in his hand, Yama, they say, speaks at his ear: "Keep away from those who have taken refuge with Madhusūdana; I am lord over other men, not over the Vaiṣṇavas."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 227.26
अपि चेत्सुदुराचारो भजते मामनन्यभाक् । साधुरेव स मन्तव्यः सम्यगव्यवसितो हि सः
api cetsudurācāro bhajate māmananyabhāk / sādhureva sa mantavyaḥ samyagavyavasito hi saḥ
Even if one of very evil conduct worships me with no other object of devotion, he is to be regarded as a good man, for he has resolved rightly.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 227.27
क्षिप्रं भवति धर्मात्मा शश्वच्छान्तिं स गच्छति । विप्रेन्द्र प्रतिजानीहि विष्णुभक्तो न नश्यति
kṣipraṃ bhavati dharmātmā śaśvacchāntiṃ sa gacchati / viprendra pratijānīhi viṣṇubhakto na naśyati
He quickly becomes one whose nature is righteous and attains lasting peace; O chief of brahmins, be assured: a devotee of Viṣṇu does not perish.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 227.28
धर्मार्थकामः किं तस्य मुक्तिस्तस्य करे स्थिता । समस्तजगतां मूलं यस्य भक्तिः स्थिरा हरौ
dharmārthakāmaḥ kiṃ tasya muktistasya kare sthitā / samastajagatāṃ mūlaṃ yasya bhaktiḥ sthirā harau
What are dharma, wealth, and pleasure to him? Liberation stands in his hand — he whose devotion is steady in Hari, the root of all the worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 227.29
दैवी ह्येषा गुणमयी हरेर्माया दुरत्यया । तमेव ये प्रपद्यन्ते मायामेतां तरन्ति ते
daivī hyeṣā guṇamayī harermāyā duratyayā / tameva ye prapadyante māyāmetāṃ taranti te
For this divine māyā of Hari, made of the guṇas, is hard to pass beyond; those who take refuge in him alone cross over this māyā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 227.30
किं यज्ञाराधने पुंसा शिष्यते हरिमेधसाम् । भक्त्यैवाराध्यते विष्णुर्नान्यत्तत्रोपकारकम्
kiṃ yajñārādhane puṃsā śiṣyate harimedhasām / bhaktyaivārādhyate viṣṇurnānyattatropakārakam
What remains for a man to do in worship by sacrifice for those whose thought is on Hari? Viṣṇu is worshipped by devotion alone; nothing else is of use there.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 227.31
न दानैर्विविधैर्दत्तैः पुष्पैर्नैवानुलेपनैः । तोषमेति महात्मासौ यथा भक्त्या जनार्दनः
na dānairvividhairdattaiḥ puṣpairnaivānulepanaiḥ / toṣameti mahātmāsau yathā bhaktyā janārdanaḥ
Not by manifold gifts bestowed, nor by flowers, nor by unguents does that great-souled Janārdana come to satisfaction as he does by devotion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 227.32
संसारविषवृक्षस्य द्वे फले ह्यमृतोपमे । कदाचित्केशवे भक्तिस्तद्भक्तैर्वा समागमः
saṃsāraviṣavṛkṣasya dve phale hyamṛtopame / kadācitkeśave bhaktistadbhaktairvā samāgamaḥ
The poison-tree of saṃsāra has two fruits that are like nectar: devotion to Keśava at some time, or meeting with his devotees.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 227.33
पत्रेषु पुष्पेषु फलेषु तोयेष्वकष्टलभ्येषु सदैव सत्सु । भक्त्यैकलभ्ये पुरुषे पुराणे मुक्त्यैकलाभे क्रियते प्रयत्नः
patreṣu puṣpeṣu phaleṣu toyeṣvakaṣṭalabhyeṣu sadaiva satsu / bhaktyaikalabhye puruṣe purāṇe muktyaikalābhe kriyate prayatnaḥ
Though leaves, flowers, fruits, and water are always at hand and obtainable without trouble, effort is (still) made — for the ancient Person, obtainable by devotion alone, in whom liberation alone is gained.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 227.34
आस्फोटयन्ति पितरः प्रनृत्यन्ति पितामाहः । वैष्णवोस्मत्कुले जातः स नः सन्तारयिष्यति
āsphoṭayanti pitaraḥ pranṛtyanti pitāmāhaḥ / vaiṣṇavosmatkule jātaḥ sa naḥ santārayiṣyati
The fathers clap their arms, the grandfathers dance: "A Vaiṣṇava has been born in our family; he will carry us across."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 227.35
अज्ञानिनः सुखरे समधिक्षिपन्तो यत्पापिनो ऽपि शिशुपालसुयोधनाद्याः । मुक्तिं गताः स्मरणमात्रविधूतपापाः कः संशयः परमभक्तिमतां जनानाम्
ajñāninaḥ sukhare samadhikṣipanto yatpāpino 'pi śiśupālasuyodhanādyāḥ / muktiṃ gatāḥ smaraṇamātravidhūtapāpāḥ kaḥ saṃśayaḥ paramabhaktimatāṃ janānām
Since even those sinners, ignorant and reviling (him), Śiśupāla, Duryodhana and the rest, attained liberation, their sins shaken off by mere remembrance (of him) — what doubt is there about men who possess the highest devotion?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 227.36
शरमं तं प्रपन्ना ये ध्यानयोगविवर्जिताः । ते ऽपि मृत्युमतिक्रम्य यान्ति तद्वैष्णवं पदम्
śaramaṃ taṃ prapannā ye dhyānayogavivarjitāḥ / te 'pi mṛtyumatikramya yānti tadvaiṣṇavaṃ padam
Those who have gone to him for refuge, though devoid of meditation and yoga — they too pass beyond death and go to that abode of Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 227.37
भवोद्भवक्लेशशतैर्हतस्तथा परिभ्रमन्निन्द्रियरन्ध्रकैर्हयैः । नियम्यतां माधव ! मे मनोहयस्त्वदङ्घ्रिशङ्कौ दृढभक्तिबन्धने
bhavodbhavakleśaśatairhatastathā paribhramannindriyarandhrakairhayaiḥ / niyamyatāṃ mādhava ! me manohayastvadaṅghriśaṅkau dṛḍhabhaktibandhane
Struck by hundreds of the afflictions arising from existence, and thus running about with the sense-openings as its horses — let my mind-horse be reined in, O Mādhava, at the tethering-post of your feet, with the bond of firm devotion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 227.38
विष्णुरेव परं ब्रह्म त्रिभेदमिह पठ्यते । वेदसिद्धान्तमार्गेषु तन्न जानन्ति मोहिताः
viṣṇureva paraṃ brahma tribhedamiha paṭhyate / vedasiddhāntamārgeṣu tanna jānanti mohitāḥ
Viṣṇu alone is the supreme Brahman; here he is spoken of as threefold in the paths of the Vedas and the (established) doctrines — the deluded do not know this.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition