Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 231
GaP 1 231.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- २३१ सूत उवाच । नारसिंहस्तुतिं वक्ष्ये शिवोक्तं शौनकाधुना । पूर्वं मातृगणाः सर्वे शङ्करं वाक्यमब्रुवन्
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 231 sūta uvāca / nārasiṃhastutiṃ vakṣye śivoktaṃ śaunakādhunā / pūrvaṃ mātṛgaṇāḥ sarve śaṅkaraṃ vākyamabruvan
The Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, 231. Sūta said: I shall now declare, O Śaunaka, the hymn to Narasiṃha spoken by Śiva. Formerly all the hosts of Mothers spoke these words to Śaṅkara:
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GaP 1 231.2
भगवन् भक्षयिष्यामः सदेवासुरमानुषम् । त्वत्प्रसादाज्जगत्सर्वं तदनुज्ञातुमर्हसि
bhagavan bhakṣayiṣyāmaḥ sadevāsuramānuṣam / tvatprasādājjagatsarvaṃ tadanujñātumarhasi
"O Lord, by your favour we shall devour the whole world together with gods, demons and men; you should grant permission for that."
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GaP 1 231.3
शङ्करौवाच । भवतीभिः प्रजाः सर्वा रक्षणीया न संशयः । तस्माड्वोरतरप्रायं मनः शीघ्रं निवर्त्यताम्
śaṅkarauvāca / bhavatībhiḥ prajāḥ sarvā rakṣaṇīyā na saṃśayaḥ / tasmāḍvorataraprāyaṃ manaḥ śīghraṃ nivartyatām
Śaṅkara said: All creatures are to be protected by you, no doubt of it; therefore let this mind bent on devouring be turned back at once.
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GaP 1 231.4
इत्येवं शङ्करेणोक्तमनादृत्य तु तद्वचः । भक्षयामासुरव्यग्रास्त्रैलोक्यं सचराचरम्
ityevaṃ śaṅkareṇoktamanādṛtya tu tadvacaḥ / bhakṣayāmāsuravyagrāstrailokyaṃ sacarācaram
Thus spoken to by Śaṅkara, but disregarding his word, in their agitation they devoured the three worlds with all that moves and does not move.
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GaP 1 231.5
त्रैलोक्ये भक्ष्यमाणे तु तदा मातृगणेन वै । नृसिंहरूपिणं देवं प्रदध्यौ भगवाञ्छिवः
trailokye bhakṣyamāṇe tu tadā mātṛgaṇena vai / nṛsiṃharūpiṇaṃ devaṃ pradadhyau bhagavāñchivaḥ
But when the three worlds were being devoured by the host of Mothers, the lord Śiva meditated on the god who bears the man-lion form:
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GaP 1 231.6
अनादिनिधनं देवं सर्वभूतभवोद्भवम् । विद्युज्जिह्वं महादंष्ट्रं स्फुरत्केसरमालिनम्
anādinidhanaṃ devaṃ sarvabhūtabhavodbhavam / vidyujjihvaṃ mahādaṃṣṭraṃ sphuratkesaramālinam
the god without beginning or end, the source of the becoming of all beings, lightning-tongued, great-fanged, garlanded with a quivering mane,
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GaP 1 231.7
रत्नाङ्गदं समुकुटं हेमकेसरभूषितम् । खोणिसूत्रेण महता काञ्चनेन विराजितम्
ratnāṅgadaṃ samukuṭaṃ hemakesarabhūṣitam / khoṇisūtreṇa mahatā kāñcanena virājitam
with jewelled armlets, crowned, adorned with golden mane-hair, resplendent with a great girdle-cord of gold,
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GaP 1 231.8
नीलोत्पलदलश्यामं रत्ननूपुरभूषितम् । तेजसाक्रान्तसकलब्रह्माण्डोदरमण्डपम्
nīlotpaladalaśyāmaṃ ratnanūpurabhūṣitam / tejasākrāntasakalabrahmāṇḍodaramaṇḍapam
dark as the petal of a blue lotus, adorned with jewelled anklets, his radiance overwhelming the whole pavilion that is the interior of the cosmic egg,
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GaP 1 231.9
आवर्तसदृशाकारैः संयुक्तं देहरोमभिः । सर्वपुष्पैर्योजिताञ्च धारयंश्च महास्त्रजम्
āvartasadṛśākāraiḥ saṃyuktaṃ deharomabhiḥ / sarvapuṣpairyojitāñca dhārayaṃśca mahāstrajam
covered with body-hairs shaped like whorls, and wearing a great garland strung with all (kinds of) flowers.
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GaP 1 231.10
स ध्यातमात्रो भगवान्प्रददौ तस्य दर्शनम् । यादृशेन रूपेण ध्यातो रुद्रैस्तु भक्तितः
sa dhyātamātro bhagavānpradadau tasya darśanam / yādṛśena rūpeṇa dhyāto rudraistu bhaktitaḥ
That Lord, merely being meditated upon, granted him his sight; in whatever form he was meditated on by Rudra with devotion,
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GaP 1 231.11
तादृशेनैव रूपेण दुर्निरीक्ष्येण दैवतैः । प्रणिपत्य तु देवेशं तदा तुष्टाव शङ्करः
tādṛśenaiva rūpeṇa durnirīkṣyeṇa daivataiḥ / praṇipatya tu deveśaṃ tadā tuṣṭāva śaṅkaraḥ
in just that form, hard for the gods to look upon (he appeared); and bowing down to the Lord of gods, Śaṅkara then praised him.
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GaP 1 231.12
शङ्कर उवाच । नमस्ते ऽस्त जगन्नाथ नरसिंहवपुर्धर । दैत्येश्वरेन्द्रसंहारिनखशुक्तिविराजित
śaṅkara uvāca / namaste 'sta jagannātha narasiṃhavapurdhara / daityeśvarendrasaṃhārinakhaśuktivirājita
Śaṅkara said: Homage be to you, Lord of the world, bearer of the man-lion body, destroyer of the lord of the Daityas, radiant with your shell-like claws.
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GaP 1 231.13
नखमण्डलसभिन्नहेमपिङ्गलविग्रह । नमो ऽस्तु पद्मनाभाय शोभनाय जगद्गुरो । कल्पान्ताम्भोदनिर्घोष सूर्यकोटिसमप्रभ
nakhamaṇḍalasabhinnahemapiṅgalavigraha / namo 'stu padmanābhāya śobhanāya jagadguro / kalpāntāmbhodanirghoṣa sūryakoṭisamaprabha
O you whose form is golden-tawny, split open by the orb of your claws! Homage be to the lotus-navelled one, the resplendent, O teacher of the world, O you whose roar is the (roar of the) clouds at the end of an aeon, whose brilliance equals a crore of suns.
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GaP 1 231.14
सहस्रयमसंत्रास सहस्रेन्द्रपराक्रम । हसस्त्रधनदस्फीत सहस्रचरणात्मक
sahasrayamasaṃtrāsa sahasrendraparākrama / hasastradhanadasphīta sahasracaraṇātmaka
O terror of a thousand Yamas, O you of the valour of a thousand Indras, swollen with the wealth-giving of a thousand hands (Kuberas), O you whose self has a thousand feet,
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GaP 1 231.15
सहस्रचन्दप्रतिम ! सहस्रांशुहरिक्रम । सहस्ररुद्रतेजस्क सहस्रब्रह्मसंस्तुत
sahasracandapratima ! sahasrāṃśuharikrama / sahasrarudratejaska sahasrabrahmasaṃstuta
O likeness of a thousand moons, O you whose stride (is that of) a thousand-rayed Hari, O you whose splendour is that of a thousand Rudras, praised by a thousand Brahmās,
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GaP 1 231.16
सहस्ररुद्रसंजप्त सहस्राक्षनिरीक्षण । सहस्रजन्ममथन सहस्रबन्धनमोचन
sahasrarudrasaṃjapta sahasrākṣanirīkṣaṇa / sahasrajanmamathana sahasrabandhanamocana
O you muttered over by a thousand Rudras, O you gazed upon by the thousand-eyed one, O crusher of a thousand births, O releaser from a thousand bonds,
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GaP 1 231.17
सहस्रवायुवेगाक्ष सहस्राज्ञकृपाकर । स्तुत्वैवं देवदेवेशं नृसिंहवपुषं हरिम् । विज्ञापयामास पुनर्विनयावनतः शिवः
sahasravāyuvegākṣa sahasrājñakṛpākara / stutvaivaṃ devadeveśaṃ nṛsiṃhavapuṣaṃ harim / vijñāpayāmāsa punarvinayāvanataḥ śivaḥ
O you whose eyes have the speed of a thousand winds, O bestower of grace on a thousand commands! Having thus praised Hari, god of gods, in the man-lion body, Śiva, bowed in humility, again made his request.
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GaP 1 231.18
अन्धकस्य विनाशाय या सृष्टा मातरो मया । अनादृत्य तु मद्वाक्यं भक्ष्यन्त्वद्भुताः प्रजाः
andhakasya vināśāya yā sṛṣṭā mātaro mayā / anādṛtya tu madvākyaṃ bhakṣyantvadbhutāḥ prajāḥ
"The Mothers whom I created for the destruction of Andhaka, disregarding my word, are devouring the wondrous creatures.
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GaP 1 231.19
सृष्ट्वा ताश्च न शक्तो ऽहं संहर्तुमपराजितः । पूर्वं कृत्वा कथं तासां विनाशमभिरोचये
sṛṣṭvā tāśca na śakto 'haṃ saṃhartumaparājitaḥ / pūrvaṃ kṛtvā kathaṃ tāsāṃ vināśamabhirocaye
"Having created them, I, the unvanquished one, am not able to destroy (them); having done (this) before, how should I take pleasure in their destruction?"
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GaP 1 231.20
एवमुक्तः स रुद्रेण नरसिहवपुर्हरिः । सहस्रहेवीर्जिह्वाग्रात्तदा वागीश्वरो हरिः
evamuktaḥ sa rudreṇa narasihavapurhariḥ / sahasrahevīrjihvāgrāttadā vāgīśvaro hariḥ
Thus addressed by Rudra, Hari in the body of the man-lion, Hari the lord of speech, then (sent forth) a thousand goddesses from the tip of his tongue.
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GaP 1 231.21
तथा सुरगणान्सर्वान्रौद्रान्मातृगणान्विभुः । संहृत्य जगतः शर्म कृत्वा चान्तर्दधे हरिः
tathā suragaṇānsarvānraudrānmātṛgaṇānvibhuḥ / saṃhṛtya jagataḥ śarma kṛtvā cāntardadhe hariḥ
Thus the mighty Hari, having withdrawn all the hosts of gods and the fierce hosts of Mothers, and having brought about the well-being of the world, vanished.
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GaP 1 231.22
नारसिंहमिदं स्तोत्रं यः पठेन्नियतेन्द्रियः । मनोरथप्रदस्तस्य रुद्रस्येव न संशयः
nārasiṃhamidaṃ stotraṃ yaḥ paṭhenniyatendriyaḥ / manorathapradastasya rudrasyeva na saṃśayaḥ
Whoever, with his senses controlled, recites this hymn to the Man-Lion — (the hymn) grants him his heart's desire, as (it did) for Rudra; there is no doubt.
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GaP 1 231.23
ध्यायेन्नृसिंहं तरुणार्कनेत्रं सिदाम्बुजातं ज्वलिताग्निवत्क्रम् । अनादिमध्यान्तमज पुराणं परापरेशं जगतां निधानम्
dhyāyennṛsiṃhaṃ taruṇārkanetraṃ sidāmbujātaṃ jvalitāgnivatkram / anādimadhyāntamaja purāṇaṃ parāpareśaṃ jagatāṃ nidhānam
One should meditate on the Man-Lion, whose eyes are (like) the young sun, born of a white lotus, whose face is like blazing fire, without beginning, middle, or end, unborn, ancient, lord of the higher and the lower, the resting-place of the worlds.
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GaP 1 231.24
जपेदिदं सन्ततदुः खजालं जहाति नीहारमिवांशुमाली । समातृवर्गस्य करोति मूर्तिं यदा तदा तिष्ठति तत्समीपे
japedidaṃ santataduḥ khajālaṃ jahāti nīhāramivāṃśumālī / samātṛvargasya karoti mūrtiṃ yadā tadā tiṣṭhati tatsamīpe
Let him recite this: (then) the web of continual sorrow departs, as the sun's garland of rays (dispels) the mist. When he makes an image (of him) together with the company of the Mothers, then (the god) abides near him.
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GaP 1 231.25
देवेश्वरस्यापि नृसिंहमूर्तेः पूजां विधातुं त्रिपुरान्तकारी । प्रसाद्य तं देववरं स लब्ध्वा अव्याज्जगन्मातृगणेभ्य एव च
deveśvarasyāpi nṛsiṃhamūrteḥ pūjāṃ vidhātuṃ tripurāntakārī / prasādya taṃ devavaraṃ sa labdhvā avyājjaganmātṛgaṇebhya eva ca
Even the destroyer of Tripura, in order to perform the worship of the Man-Lion form, the lord of gods, having propitiated that best of gods and obtained (his grace) — may he protect (us), and (protect us) indeed from the hosts of the world-mothers.
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