Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 229
GaP 1 229.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- २२९ सूत उवाच । अशेषलोकनाथस्य सारमाराधनं हरेः । दद्यातु पुरुषसूक्तेण यः पुष्पाण्यप एव च
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 229 sūta uvāca / aśeṣalokanāthasya sāramārādhanaṃ hareḥ / dadyātu puruṣasūkteṇa yaḥ puṣpāṇyapa eva ca
The Śrī Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, chapter 229. Sūta said: The essence of the worship of Hari, the lord of all the worlds, (is this:) let one offer flowers and even (just) water with the Puruṣa-sūkta.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 229.2
अर्चितं स्याज्जगदिदं तेन सर्वं चराचरम् । यो न पूजयते विष्णुं तं विद्याद्ब्रह्मघातकम्
arcitaṃ syājjagadidaṃ tena sarvaṃ carācaram / yo na pūjayate viṣṇuṃ taṃ vidyādbrahmaghātakam
By that, this whole world, moving and unmoving, would be worshipped; whoever does not worship Viṣṇu, know him to be a slayer of a brahmin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 229.3
यतः प्रवृत्तिर्भूतानां येन सर्वमिदं ततम् । तं यो न ध्यायते विष्णुं स विष्ठायां क्रिमिर्भवेत्
yataḥ pravṛttirbhūtānāṃ yena sarvamidaṃ tatam / taṃ yo na dhyāyate viṣṇuṃ sa viṣṭhāyāṃ krimirbhavet
He from whom beings come forth, by whom all this is pervaded — whoever does not meditate on that Viṣṇu becomes a worm in excrement.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 229.4
नरके पच्यमानस्तु यमेन परिभाषितः । किन्त्वया नार्चितो देवः केशवः क्लेशनाशनः
narake pacyamānastu yamena paribhāṣitaḥ / kintvayā nārcito devaḥ keśavaḥ kleśanāśanaḥ
And being cooked in hell, he is addressed by Yama: "Why was the god Keśava, destroyer of afflictions, not worshipped by you?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 229.5
उदकेनाप्यभावेन द्रव्याणामर्चितः प्रभुः । यो ददाति स्वकं लोकं स त्वया किं न चार्चितः
udakenāpyabhāvena dravyāṇāmarcitaḥ prabhuḥ / yo dadāti svakaṃ lokaṃ sa tvayā kiṃ na cārcitaḥ
The Lord, who when worshipped—even with (mere) water, in the absence of (other) materials—grants his own world: why was he not worshipped by you?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 229.6
न तत्करोति सा माता न पिता नापि बान्धवः । यत्करोति हृषीकेशः सन्तुष्टः श्रद्धयार्चितः
na tatkaroti sā mātā na pitā nāpi bāndhavaḥ / yatkaroti hṛṣīkeśaḥ santuṣṭaḥ śraddhayārcitaḥ
Neither that mother, nor father, nor even a kinsman does that which Hṛṣīkeśa does when he is pleased, worshipped with faith.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 229.7
वर्णाश्रमाचारवता पुरुषेण परः पुमान् । विष्णुराराध्यते पन्था नान्यस्तत्तोषकारकः
varṇāśramācāravatā puruṣeṇa paraḥ pumān / viṣṇurārādhyate panthā nānyastattoṣakārakaḥ
By a man who keeps the observances of caste and stage of life the supreme Person, Viṣṇu, is propitiated; there is no other path that brings him satisfaction.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 229.8
न दानैर्विविधैर्दत्तैर्न पुष्पैर्नानुलेपनैः । तोषमेति महात्मासौ यथा भक्त्या जनार्दनः
na dānairvividhairdattairna puṣpairnānulepanaiḥ / toṣameti mahātmāsau yathā bhaktyā janārdanaḥ
Not by various gifts given, not by flowers, not by unguents does that great one, Janārdana, come to satisfaction as (he does) by devotion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 229.9
सम्पदैश्वर्यमाहात्म्यैः सन्तत्या न च कर्मणा । विमुक्तैश्चैकता लभ्या मूलमाराधनं हरेः
sampadaiśvaryamāhātmyaiḥ santatyā na ca karmaṇā / vimuktaiścaikatā labhyā mūlamārādhanaṃ hareḥ
Not by wealth, lordship and greatness, not by offspring nor by ritual action; oneness with the liberated is to be won — the root (of it) is the worship of Hari.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain