Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 230

GaP 1 230.1

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- २३० सूत उवाच । आलोक्य सर्वशास्त्राणि विचार्य च पुनः पुनः । इदमेकं सुनिष्पन्नं ध्येयो नारायणः सदा

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 230 sūta uvāca / ālokya sarvaśāstrāṇi vicārya ca punaḥ punaḥ / idamekaṃ suniṣpannaṃ dhyeyo nārāyaṇaḥ sadā

The Glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, 230. Sūta said: Having looked through all the scriptures and having pondered again and again, this one thing is well established: Nārāyaṇa is always to be meditated upon.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 230.2

किं तस्य दानैः किन्तीर्थैः किं तपोभिः किमध्वरैः । यो नित्यं ध्यायते देवं नारायणमनन्यधीः

kiṃ tasya dānaiḥ kintīrthaiḥ kiṃ tapobhiḥ kimadhvaraiḥ / yo nityaṃ dhyāyate devaṃ nārāyaṇamananyadhīḥ

What (need) has he of gifts, what of sacred fords, what of austerities, what of sacrifices, who with undivided mind constantly meditates on the god Nārāyaṇa?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 230.3

षष्टिस्तीर्थसहस्राणि षष्टिस्तीर्थशतानि च । नारायणप्रणामस्य कलां नार्हन्ति षोडशीम्

ṣaṣṭistīrthasahasrāṇi ṣaṣṭistīrthaśatāni ca / nārāyaṇapraṇāmasya kalāṃ nārhanti ṣoḍaśīm

Sixty thousand sacred fords and sixty hundred fords are not worth a sixteenth part of a single obeisance to Nārāyaṇa.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 230.4

प्रयश्चित्तान्यशेषाणि तपः कर्माणि यानि वै । विद्धि तेषामशेषाणां कृष्णानुस्मरणं परम्

prayaścittānyaśeṣāṇi tapaḥ karmāṇi yāni vai / viddhi teṣāmaśeṣāṇāṃ kṛṣṇānusmaraṇaṃ param

All expiations whatever, and the acts of austerity that there are — know that, of all of them, the remembrance of Kṛṣṇa is the highest.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 230.5

कृतपापे ऽनुरक्तिश्च यस्य पुंसः प्रजायते । प्रायश्चित्तन्तु तस्यैकं हरेः संस्मरणं परम्

kṛtapāpe 'nuraktiśca yasya puṃsaḥ prajāyate / prāyaścittantu tasyaikaṃ hareḥ saṃsmaraṇaṃ param

And when in a man attachment arises to a sin (already) committed, for him there is but one expiation: the remembrance of Hari is supreme.

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GaP 1 230.6

मुहूर्तमपि यो ध्यायेन्नारायणमतन्द्रितः । सो ऽपि स्वर्गतिमाप्नोति किं पुनस्तत्परायणः

muhūrtamapi yo dhyāyennārāyaṇamatandritaḥ / so 'pi svargatimāpnoti kiṃ punastatparāyaṇaḥ

Even he who, unwearied, meditates on Nārāyaṇa for a single moment attains the way to heaven — how much more one wholly devoted to him?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 230.7

जाग्रत्स्वप्नसुषुप्तेषु योगस्थस्य च योगिनः । या काचिन्मनसो वृत्तिः सा भवत्यच्युताश्रयात्

jāgratsvapnasuṣupteṣu yogasthasya ca yoginaḥ / yā kācinmanaso vṛttiḥ sā bhavatyacyutāśrayāt

In waking, dream and deep sleep, for a yogin established in yoga, whatever activity of mind there is, it arises from taking refuge in Acyuta.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 230.8

उत्तिष्ठन्निपतन्विष्णुं प्रलपन्विविशंस्तथा । भुञ्जञ्जाग्रच्च गोविन्दं माधवं यश्च संस्मरेत्

uttiṣṭhannipatanviṣṇuṃ pralapanviviśaṃstathā / bhuñjañjāgracca govindaṃ mādhavaṃ yaśca saṃsmaret

Rising, lying down, talking, and likewise entering (a place), eating and waking — (blessed is) he who remembers Viṣṇu, Govinda, Mādhava.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 230.9

स्वेस्वे कर्मण्यभिरतः कुर्याच्चित्तं जनार्दने । एषा शास्त्रानुसारोक्तिः किमन्यैर्बहुभाषितैः

svesve karmaṇyabhirataḥ kuryāccittaṃ janārdane / eṣā śāstrānusāroktiḥ kimanyairbahubhāṣitaiḥ

Delighting in his own particular duty, one should fix the mind on Janārdana; this is the statement in accordance with the scriptures — what use is much other talk?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 230.10

ध्यानमेव परो धर्मो ध्यानमेव परं तपः । ध्यानमेव परं शौचं तस्माद्ध्यानपरो भवेत्

dhyānameva paro dharmo dhyānameva paraṃ tapaḥ / dhyānameva paraṃ śaucaṃ tasmāddhyānaparo bhavet

Meditation alone is the highest dharma, meditation alone is the highest austerity, meditation alone is the highest purity; therefore one should be devoted to meditation.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 230.11

नास्ति विष्णोः परं ध्थेयं तपो नानशनात्परम् । तस्मात्प्रधानमत्रोक्तं वासुदेवस्य चिन्तनम्

nāsti viṣṇoḥ paraṃ dhtheyaṃ tapo nānaśanātparam / tasmātpradhānamatroktaṃ vāsudevasya cintanam

There is nothing higher than Viṣṇu to be meditated on, no austerity higher than fasting; therefore the contemplation of Vāsudeva is declared the chief thing here.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 230.12

यद्दुर्लभं परं प्राप्यं मनसो यन्न गोचरम् । तदप्यप्रार्थितं ध्यातो ददाति मधुसूदनः

yaddurlabhaṃ paraṃ prāpyaṃ manaso yanna gocaram / tadapyaprārthitaṃ dhyāto dadāti madhusūdanaḥ

What is hard to obtain, the supreme thing to be attained, what is not within the mind's range — even that, unasked for, Madhusūdana gives when meditated upon.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 230.13

प्रमादात्कुर्वतां कर्म प्रच्यवेताध्वरेषु यत् । स्मरणादेव तद्विष्णोः संपूर्णं स्यादिति श्रुतिः

pramādātkurvatāṃ karma pracyavetādhvareṣu yat / smaraṇādeva tadviṣṇoḥ saṃpūrṇaṃ syāditi śrutiḥ

Whatever lapses in the sacrifices of those who perform rites carelessly — that becomes complete merely by the remembrance of Viṣṇu: so says scripture.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 230.14

ध्यानेन सदृशो नास्ति शोधनं पापकर्मणाम् । आगामिदेहहेतूनां दाहको योगपावकः

dhyānena sadṛśo nāsti śodhanaṃ pāpakarmaṇām / āgāmidehahetūnāṃ dāhako yogapāvakaḥ

There is no purification of evil deeds equal to meditation; the fire of yoga burns up the causes of a body yet to come.

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GaP 1 230.15

विनिष्पन्नसमाधिस्तु मुक्तिमत्रैव जन्मनि । प्राप्नोति योगी योगाग्निदग्धकर्मा च यो ऽचिरात्

viniṣpannasamādhistu muktimatraiva janmani / prāpnoti yogī yogāgnidagdhakarmā ca yo 'cirāt

But the yogī whose absorption is perfected attains liberation in this very birth, and he whose deeds are burnt by the fire of yoga (attains it) before long.

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GaP 1 230.16

यथाग्निरुद्यतशिखः कक्षं दहति वानिलः । तथा चित्तस्थिते विष्णौ योगिना सर्वकिल्बिषम्

yathāgnirudyataśikhaḥ kakṣaṃ dahati vānilaḥ / tathā cittasthite viṣṇau yoginā sarvakilbiṣam

As fire with upraised flame, driven by the wind, burns dry brushwood, so, when Viṣṇu is established in the mind, (it burns up) all the yogī's defilement.

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GaP 1 230.17

यथाग्नियोगात्कनकममलं संप्रजायते । संप्लुष्टो वासुदेवेन मनुष्याणां सदा मलः

yathāgniyogātkanakamamalaṃ saṃprajāyate / saṃpluṣṭo vāsudevena manuṣyāṇāṃ sadā malaḥ

As gold becomes pure through contact with fire, so the impurity of human beings is always burnt away by Vāsudeva.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 230.18

गङ्गास्नानसहस्रेषु पुष्करस्नानकोटिषु । यत्पापं निलययाति स्मृते नश्यति तद्धरौ

gaṅgāsnānasahasreṣu puṣkarasnānakoṭiṣu / yatpāpaṃ nilayayāti smṛte naśyati taddharau

The sin that comes to an end in a thousand bathings in the Ganges and ten million bathings at Puṣkara — that perishes when Hari is remembered.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 1 230.19

प्राणायामसहस्नैस्तु यत्पापं नश्यति ध्रुवम् । क्षणमात्रेण तत्पापं हरेर्ध्यानात्प्रणश्यति

prāṇāyāmasahasnaistu yatpāpaṃ naśyati dhruvam / kṣaṇamātreṇa tatpāpaṃ harerdhyānātpraṇaśyati

The sin that is surely destroyed by a thousand breath-restraints — that sin perishes in a single moment through meditation on Hari.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 230.20

कलिप्रभावाद्दुष्टोक्तिः पाषण्डानां तथोक्तयः । न क्रामेन्मानसं तस्य यस्य चेतसि केशवः

kaliprabhāvādduṣṭoktiḥ pāṣaṇḍānāṃ tathoktayaḥ / na krāmenmānasaṃ tasya yasya cetasi keśavaḥ

Wicked speech arising from the power of the Kali age, and likewise the utterances of heretics, do not enter the mind of him in whose thought Keśava dwells.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 230.21

सा तिथिस्तदहोरात्रं स योगः स च चन्द्रमाः । लग्नं तदेव विख्यातं यत्र संस्मर्यते हरिः

sā tithistadahorātraṃ sa yogaḥ sa ca candramāḥ / lagnaṃ tadeva vikhyātaṃ yatra saṃsmaryate hariḥ

That is the (auspicious) lunar day, that the day and night, that the conjunction and that the lunar mansion, and that alone is declared the (right) hour, wherein Hari is remembered.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 230.22

सा हानिस्तन्महच्छिद्रं सा चार्थजडमूकता । चन्मुहूर्तं क्षणो वापि वासुदेवो न चिन्त्यते

sā hānistanmahacchidraṃ sā cārthajaḍamūkatā / canmuhūrtaṃ kṣaṇo vāpi vāsudevo na cintyate

That is loss, that a great defect, that a stupid dumbness as to what matters, in whichever hour, or even moment, Vāsudeva is not thought upon.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 1 230.23

कलौ कृत युगं तस्य कलिस्तस्य कृते युगे । हृदि नो यस्य गोविन्दो यस्य चेतसि नाच्युतः

kalau kṛta yugaṃ tasya kalistasya kṛte yuge / hṛdi no yasya govindo yasya cetasi nācyutaḥ

For him it is the Kṛta age even in the Kali age, and for him the Kali age even in the Kṛta age — for him in whose heart Govinda is not, in whose thought Acyuta is not.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 230.24

यस्याग्रतस्तथा पृष्ठे गच्छतस्तिष्ठतो ऽपि वा । गोविन्दे नियतं चेतः कृतकृत्यः सदैव सः

yasyāgratastathā pṛṣṭhe gacchatastiṣṭhato 'pi vā / govinde niyataṃ cetaḥ kṛtakṛtyaḥ sadaiva saḥ

He whose thought is fixed on Govinda, whether before him or behind him, whether walking or standing still — he is one whose work is ever accomplished.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 230.25

वासुदेवे मनो यस्य जपहोमार्चनादिषु । तस्यान्तरायो मैत्रेय वेवेन्द्रत्वादिकं फलम्

vāsudeve mano yasya japahomārcanādiṣu / tasyāntarāyo maitreya vevendratvādikaṃ phalam

He whose mind is on Vāsudeva in muttered prayer, oblation, worship and the rest — for him, Maitreya, a reward such as the rank of Indra is (only) an obstacle.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 230.26

असंत्यज्य च गार्हस्थयं स तप्त्वा च महत्तपः । छिनत्ति पौरुषीं मायां केशवार्पितमानसः

asaṃtyajya ca gārhasthayaṃ sa taptvā ca mahattapaḥ / chinatti pauruṣīṃ māyāṃ keśavārpitamānasaḥ

Without abandoning the householder's life, and without practising great austerity, one whose mind is offered to Keśava cuts through the illusion that belongs to the Man (Puruṣa).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 230.27

क्षमां कुर्वन्ति क्रुद्धेषु दयां मूर्खेषु मानवाः । मुदञ्च धर्मशीलेषु गोविन्दे हृदयस्थिते

kṣamāṃ kurvanti kruddheṣu dayāṃ mūrkheṣu mānavāḥ / mudañca dharmaśīleṣu govinde hṛdayasthite

When Govinda dwells in the heart, men show patience toward the angry, compassion toward fools, and gladness toward those of righteous conduct.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 230.28

ध्यायेन्नारायणं देवं स्नानदानादिकर्मसु । प्रायश्चितेतेषु सर्वेषु दुष्कृतेषु विशेषतः

dhyāyennārāyaṇaṃ devaṃ snānadānādikarmasu / prāyaściteteṣu sarveṣu duṣkṛteṣu viśeṣataḥ

One should meditate on the god Nārāyaṇa in acts of bathing, giving and the like, and in all expiations, especially for evil deeds.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 230.29

लाभस्तेषां जयस्तेषां कुतस्तेषां पराभवः । येषामिन्दीवरश्यामो हृदयस्थो जनार्दनः

lābhasteṣāṃ jayasteṣāṃ kutasteṣāṃ parābhavaḥ / yeṣāmindīvaraśyāmo hṛdayastho janārdanaḥ

Theirs is gain, theirs is victory — whence should defeat come to them? — in whose heart dwells Janārdana, dark as a blue lotus.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 230.30

कीटपक्षिगणानाञ्च हरौ संन्यस्तचेतसाम् । ऊर्ध्वा ह्येव गतिश्चास्ति किं पुनर्ज्ञानिनां नृणाम्

kīṭapakṣigaṇānāñca harau saṃnyastacetasām / ūrdhvā hyeva gatiścāsti kiṃ punarjñānināṃ nṛṇām

Even for hosts of insects and birds whose minds are surrendered to Hari there is indeed an upward course; how much more for men who possess knowledge.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 230.31

वासुदेवतरुच्छाया नातिशीतातितापदा । नरकद्वारशमनी सा किमर्थं न सेव्यते

vāsudevatarucchāyā nātiśītātitāpadā / narakadvāraśamanī sā kimarthaṃ na sevyate

The shade of the tree that is Vāsudeva is neither too cold nor too hot, and it quells the gateway to hell: why is it not resorted to?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 230.32

न च दुर्वाससः शापो राज्यञ्चापि शचीपतेः । हन्तुं समर्थं हि सखे हृत्कृते मधुसूदने

na ca durvāsasaḥ śāpo rājyañcāpi śacīpateḥ / hantuṃ samarthaṃ hi sakhe hṛtkṛte madhusūdane

Neither the curse of Durvāsas nor even the sovereignty of Śacī's lord is able to destroy (a man), my friend, when Madhusūdana has been placed in his heart.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 230.33

वदतस्तिष्ठतो ऽन्यद्वा स्वेच्छया कर्म कुर्वतः । नापयाति यदा चिन्ता सिद्धां मन्येत धारणाम्

vadatastiṣṭhato 'nyadvā svecchayā karma kurvataḥ / nāpayāti yadā cintā siddhāṃ manyeta dhāraṇām

When, for one who is speaking, standing, or doing some other act at will, the (fixed) thought does not depart, then one may consider the concentration accomplished.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 230.34

ध्येयः सदा सवितृमण्डलमध्यवर्तो नारायणः सरसिजासनसन्निविष्टः । केयूरवान्मकरकुण्डलवान्किरीटी हारी हिरण्मयवपुर्धृतशङ्खचक्रः

dhyeyaḥ sadā savitṛmaṇḍalamadhyavarto nārāyaṇaḥ sarasijāsanasanniviṣṭaḥ / keyūravānmakarakuṇḍalavānkirīṭī hārī hiraṇmayavapurdhṛtaśaṅkhacakraḥ

Narayana, abiding in the middle of the sun's orb, seated on a lotus seat, is always to be meditated on: wearing armlets, wearing makara earrings, crowned, garlanded, his body golden, holding conch and discus.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 230.35

न हि ध्यानेन सदृशं पवित्रमिह विद्यते । श्वपचान्नानि भुञ्जानो पापी नैवात्र लिप्यते

na hi dhyānena sadṛśaṃ pavitramiha vidyate / śvapacānnāni bhuñjāno pāpī naivātra lipyate

Indeed there is nothing here as purifying as meditation; a sinner who eats the food of dog-cookers is not stained in this (practice).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 230.36

सदा चित्तं समासक्तं जन्तोर्विषयगोचरे । यदि नारायणे ऽप्येवं को न मुच्येत बन्धनात्

sadā cittaṃ samāsaktaṃ jantorviṣayagocare / yadi nārāyaṇe 'pyevaṃ ko na mucyeta bandhanāt

A creature's mind is always fixed upon the range of sense objects; if it were so upon Narayana too, who would not be freed from bondage?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 230.37

सूत उवाच । विष्णुभक्तिर्यस्य चित्ते कं वा जीवो नमेत्सदा । स तारयति चात्मानं तदैव दुरितार्णवात्

sūta uvāca / viṣṇubhaktiryasya citte kaṃ vā jīvo nametsadā / sa tārayati cātmānaṃ tadaiva duritārṇavāt

Suta said: He in whose mind there is devotion to Vishnu — to whom would that living being ever bow? He carries himself across the ocean of evil at that very moment.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 230.38

तञ्ज्ञानं यत्र गोविन्दः सा कथा यत्र काशवः । तत्कर्म यत्तदर्थाय किमन्यैर्बहुभाषितैः

tañjñānaṃ yatra govindaḥ sā kathā yatra kāśavaḥ / tatkarma yattadarthāya kimanyairbahubhāṣitaiḥ

That is knowledge in which Govinda is, that is talk in which Keshava is, that is action which is for his sake — what use are other, many words?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 230.39

सा जिह्वा या हरिं स्तौति तच्चित्तं यत्तदर्पितम् । तावेव केवलौ श्लाघ्यौ यौ तत्पूजाकरौ करौ

sā jihvā yā hariṃ stauti taccittaṃ yattadarpitam / tāveva kevalau ślāghyau yau tatpūjākarau karau

That is a tongue which praises Hari, that is a mind which is offered to him; those two hands alone are praiseworthy which perform his worship.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 230.40

प्रणाममीशस्य शिरः फलं विदुस्तदर्चनं पाणिफलं दिवौकसः । मनः फलं तद्गुणकर्मचिन्तनं वचस्तु गोविन्दगुणस्तुतिः फलम्

praṇāmamīśasya śiraḥ phalaṃ vidustadarcanaṃ pāṇiphalaṃ divaukasaḥ / manaḥ phalaṃ tadguṇakarmacintanaṃ vacastu govindaguṇastutiḥ phalam

The gods know the head's fruit to be obeisance to the Lord, and the hand's fruit his worship; the mind's fruit is thinking on his qualities and deeds, and speech's fruit is praise of Govinda's qualities.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 230.41

मेरुमन्दरमात्रो ऽपि राशिः पापस्य कर्मणः । केशवस्मरणादेव तस्य सर्वं विनश्यति

merumandaramātro 'pi rāśiḥ pāpasya karmaṇaḥ / keśavasmaraṇādeva tasya sarvaṃ vinaśyati

Even a heap of sinful deeds as big as Meru or Mandara — all of it perishes for that man merely from remembering Keshava.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 230.42

यत्किञ्चित्कुरुते कर्म पुरुषः साध्वसाधु वा । सर्वं नारायणे न्यस्य कुर्वन्नपि न लिम्पति

yatkiñcitkurute karma puruṣaḥ sādhvasādhu vā / sarvaṃ nārāyaṇe nyasya kurvannapi na limpati

Whatever act a man does, good or bad, having placed it all on Narayana, he is not stained even while doing it.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 230.43

तृणादिचतुरास्यान्तं भूतग्रामं चतुर्विधम् । चराचरं जगत्सर्वं प्रसुप्तं मायया तव

tṛṇādicaturāsyāntaṃ bhūtagrāmaṃ caturvidham / carācaraṃ jagatsarvaṃ prasuptaṃ māyayā tava

The fourfold host of beings, from grass up to the four-faced (Brahma), the whole world moving and unmoving, lies asleep through your maya.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 230.44

यस्मिन्न्यस्तमतिर्न याति नरकं स्वर्गो ऽपि यच्चिन्तने विघ्नो यत्र नवा विशेत्कथमपि ब्राह्मो ऽपिलोको ऽल्पकः । मुक्तिञ्चेतसि संस्थितो जडधियां पुंसां ददात्यव्ययः किञ्चित्रं यदयं प्रयाति विलयं तत्राच्युते कीर्तिते

yasminnyastamatirna yāti narakaṃ svargo 'pi yaccintane vighno yatra navā viśetkathamapi brāhmo 'piloko 'lpakaḥ / muktiñcetasi saṃsthito jaḍadhiyāṃ puṃsāṃ dadātyavyayaḥ kiñcitraṃ yadayaṃ prayāti vilayaṃ tatrācyute kīrtite

He on whom the mind is set — one does not go to hell; in the thought of whom even heaven is an obstacle; into whom even the world of Brahma, being small, cannot enter at all; the imperishable one who, when established in the heart, gives liberation even to dull-witted men — what wonder is it that this (mass of sin) goes to dissolution when that Acyuta is praised?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 1 230.45

अग्निकार्यं जपः स्नानं विष्णोर्ध्यानञ्च पूजनम् । गन्तुं दुः खोदधेः कुर्युर्ये च तत्र नरन्ति ते

agnikāryaṃ japaḥ snānaṃ viṣṇordhyānañca pūjanam / gantuṃ duḥ khodadheḥ kuryurye ca tatra naranti te

Fire ritual, muttered prayer, bathing, meditation on Vishnu, and worship — those who perform them there cross over, so as to pass beyond the ocean of sorrow.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 1 230.46

राष्ट्रस्य शरणं राजा पितरो बालकस्य च । धर्मश्च सर्वमर्त्यानां सर्वस्य शरणं हरिः

rāṣṭrasya śaraṇaṃ rājā pitaro bālakasya ca / dharmaśca sarvamartyānāṃ sarvasya śaraṇaṃ hariḥ

The king is the refuge of the realm, and parents of a child, and dharma of all mortals; but Hari is the refuge of all.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 230.47

ये नमन्ति जगद्योनिं वासुदेवं सनातनम् । न येभ्यो विद्यते तीर्थमधिकं मुनिसत्तम्

ye namanti jagadyoniṃ vāsudevaṃ sanātanam / na yebhyo vidyate tīrthamadhikaṃ munisattam

Those who bow to the eternal Vasudeva, the womb of the world — than them there is no greater place of pilgrimage, O best of sages.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 230.48

अनर्घरत्नपूजाञ्च कुर्यात्स्वाध्यायमेव च । तमेवोद्दिश्य गोविन्दं ध्यायन्नित्यमतन्द्रितः

anargharatnapūjāñca kuryātsvādhyāyameva ca / tamevoddiśya govindaṃ dhyāyannityamatandritaḥ

One should perform worship with priceless jewels and also recitation of the Veda, dedicating it to that same Govinda, meditating always, unwearied.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 230.49

शूद्रं वा भगवद्भक्तं निषादं श्वपचं तथा । द्विजजाति समंमन्यो न याति नरकं नरः

śūdraṃ vā bhagavadbhaktaṃ niṣādaṃ śvapacaṃ tathā / dvijajāti samaṃmanyo na yāti narakaṃ naraḥ

A man who regards a Shudra, or a Nishada, or a dog-cooker who is devoted to the Lord as equal to a twice-born does not go to hell.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 230.50

आदरेण सदा स्तौति धनवन्तं धनेच्छया । तथा विश्वस्य कर्तारं को न मुच्येत बन्धनात्

ādareṇa sadā stauti dhanavantaṃ dhanecchayā / tathā viśvasya kartāraṃ ko na mucyeta bandhanāt

(A man) always praises a rich man respectfully, out of desire for wealth; if (he praised) the maker of the universe so, who would not be freed from bondage?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 230.51

यथा प्राप्तवनो वह्निर्दहत्यार्द्रमपीन्धनम् । तथाविधः स्थितो विष्णुर्योगिनां सर्वकिल्विषम्

yathā prāptavano vahnirdahatyārdramapīndhanam / tathāvidhaḥ sthito viṣṇuryogināṃ sarvakilviṣam

As fire that has reached a forest burns even wet fuel, so Vishnu, when thus present, (burns) all the sin of yogins.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 230.52

आदीप्तं पर्वतं यद्वन्नाश्रयन्ति मृगादयः । तद्वत्पापनि सर्वाणि योगाभ्यासरतं नरम्

ādīptaṃ parvataṃ yadvannāśrayanti mṛgādayaḥ / tadvatpāpani sarvāṇi yogābhyāsarataṃ naram

Just as deer and other animals do not resort to a mountain that is ablaze, so all sins (do not resort to) a man devoted to the practice of yoga.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 230.53

यस्य यावांश्च विश्वासस्तस्य सिद्धिस्तु तावती । एतवानेव कृष्णस्य प्रभावः परिमीयते

yasya yāvāṃśca viśvāsastasya siddhistu tāvatī / etavāneva kṛṣṇasya prabhāvaḥ parimīyate

However much faith a man has, just so much is his attainment; only thus far is Kṛṣṇa's power measured.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 230.54

विद्वेषादपि गोविन्दं दमघोषात्मजः स्मरन् । शिशुपालो गतस्तत्त्वं किं पुनस्तत्परायणः

vidveṣādapi govindaṃ damaghoṣātmajaḥ smaran / śiśupālo gatastattvaṃ kiṃ punastatparāyaṇaḥ

Even out of hatred, Śiśupāla, the son of Damaghoṣa, remembering Govinda, attained the (highest) reality — how much more one devoted to him?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition