Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 232
GaP 1 232.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- २३२ सूत उवाच । कुलामृतं प्रवक्ष्यामि स्तोत्रं यत्तु हरो ऽब्रवीत् । पृष्टः श्रीनारदेनैव नारदाय तथा शृणु
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 232 sūta uvāca / kulāmṛtaṃ pravakṣyāmi stotraṃ yattu haro 'bravīt / pṛṣṭaḥ śrīnāradenaiva nāradāya tathā śṛṇu
The Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, 232. Sūta said: I shall declare the Nectar of the Family, the hymn which Hara spoke to Nārada when questioned by Nārada himself; hear it thus.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 232.2
नारद उवाच । यः संकारे सदा द्वन्द्वैः कामक्रोधैः शुभाशुभैः । शब्दादिविषयैर्बद्धः पीड्यमानः स दुर्मतिः
nārada uvāca / yaḥ saṃkāre sadā dvandvaiḥ kāmakrodhaiḥ śubhāśubhaiḥ / śabdādiviṣayairbaddhaḥ pīḍyamānaḥ sa durmatiḥ
Nārada said: He who in the round of existence is always bound by the pairs of opposites, by desire and anger, by good and bad, by the objects sound and the rest, and is tormented (by them) — he is of dull mind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 232.3
क्षणं विमुच्यते जन्तुर्मृत्युसंसारसागरात् । भगवञ्छ्रोतुमिच्छामि त्वत्तो हि त्रिपुरान्तक
kṣaṇaṃ vimucyate janturmṛtyusaṃsārasāgarāt / bhagavañchrotumicchāmi tvatto hi tripurāntaka
(How) is a creature freed even for a moment from the ocean of death and transmigration? O Lord, I wish to hear this from you, O ender of Tripura.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 232.4
तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा नारदस्य त्रिलोचनः । उवाच तमृषिं शम्भुः प्रसन्नवदनो हरः
tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā nāradasya trilocanaḥ / uvāca tamṛṣiṃ śambhuḥ prasannavadano haraḥ
Hearing that speech of his, of Nārada, the three-eyed Śambhu, Hara, with a gracious face, said to that sage:
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GaP 1 232.5
महेश्वर उवाच । ज्ञानामृतं परं गुह्यं रहस्यमृषिसत्तम । वक्ष्यामि शृणु दुः खघ्नं भवबन्धभयामहम्
maheśvara uvāca / jñānāmṛtaṃ paraṃ guhyaṃ rahasyamṛṣisattama / vakṣyāmi śṛṇu duḥ khaghnaṃ bhavabandhabhayāmaham
Maheśvara said: I shall declare the nectar of knowledge, supreme, hidden, secret, O best of sages — hear it: it destroys suffering and removes the fear of the bondage of existence.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 232.6
तृणादि चतुरास्यान्तं भूतग्रामं चतुर्विधम् । चराचरं जगत्सर्वं प्रसुप्तं यस्य मायया
tṛṇādi caturāsyāntaṃ bhūtagrāmaṃ caturvidham / carācaraṃ jagatsarvaṃ prasuptaṃ yasya māyayā
The fourfold host of beings, from grass up to the four-faced (Brahmā), the whole world moving and unmoving, lies asleep through whose illusion —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 232.7
तस्य विष्णो प्रिसादेन यदि कश्चित्प्रबुध्यते । स निस्तरति संसारं देवानामपि दुस्तरम्
tasya viṣṇo prisādena yadi kaścitprabudhyate / sa nistarati saṃsāraṃ devānāmapi dustaram
if anyone awakens by the grace of that Viṣṇu, he crosses over transmigration, hard to cross even for the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 232.8
भोगैश्वर्यमदोन्मत्तस्ततत्त्वज्ञानपराङ्मुखः । पुत्रदारकुटुम्बेषु मत्ताः सीदन्तिजन्तवः
bhogaiśvaryamadonmattastatattvajñānaparāṅmukhaḥ / putradārakuṭumbeṣu mattāḥ sīdantijantavaḥ
Drunk with the intoxication of enjoyment and lordship, turned away from knowledge of that truth, intoxicated with sons, wives, and kinsfolk, creatures sink down.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 232.9
सर्व एकार्णवे मग्ना जीर्णा वनगजा इव । यस्त्वाननं निबध्नाति दुर्मतिः कोशकारवत्
sarva ekārṇave magnā jīrṇā vanagajā iva / yastvānanaṃ nibadhnāti durmatiḥ kośakāravat
All are sunk in one ocean, like aged forest elephants; but the dull-minded man who binds himself fast, like a silkworm (in its cocoon) —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 232.10
तस्य मुक्तिं न पश्यामि जन्मकोटिशतैरपि । तस्मान्नारद सर्वेषां देवानां देवमव्ययम् । आराधयेत्सदा सम्यगध्यायेद्विष्णुं मुदान्वितः
tasya muktiṃ na paśyāmi janmakoṭiśatairapi / tasmānnārada sarveṣāṃ devānāṃ devamavyayam / ārādhayetsadā samyagadhyāyedviṣṇuṃ mudānvitaḥ
for him I see no liberation even through hundreds of millions of births. Therefore, Nārada, one should always duly worship the imperishable God of all gods; filled with gladness, one should meditate on Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 232.11
यस्तु विश्वमनाद्यन्तमजमात्मनि संस्थितम् । सर्वज्ञमचलं विष्णुं सदा ध्यायेत्समुच्यते
yastu viśvamanādyantamajamātmani saṃsthitam / sarvajñamacalaṃ viṣṇuṃ sadā dhyāyetsamucyate
But he who always meditates on Viṣṇu — the universe, without beginning or end, unborn, established in the self, all-knowing, unmoving — is set free.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 232.12
देवं गर्भोचितं विष्णुं सदा ध्यायन्विमुच्यते । अशिरीरं विधातारं सर्वज्ञानमनोरतिम् । अचलं सर्वगं विष्णुं सदा ध्यायन्विमुच्यते
devaṃ garbhocitaṃ viṣṇuṃ sadā dhyāyanvimucyate / aśirīraṃ vidhātāraṃ sarvajñānamanoratim / acalaṃ sarvagaṃ viṣṇuṃ sadā dhyāyanvimucyate
Always meditating on the god Viṣṇu, who is fitted (to dwell) in the womb, one is freed; always meditating on Viṣṇu — bodiless, the ordainer, the delight of the mind of all knowledge, unmoving, all-pervading — one is freed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 232.13
निर्विकल्पं निराभासं निष्प्रपञ्चं निरामयम् । वासुदेवं गुरुं विष्णुं सदा ध्यायन्विमुच्यते
nirvikalpaṃ nirābhāsaṃ niṣprapañcaṃ nirāmayam / vāsudevaṃ guruṃ viṣṇuṃ sadā dhyāyanvimucyate
Always meditating on Viṣṇu, the teacher, Vāsudeva — free of differentiation, without appearance, without manifold display, without affliction — one is freed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 232.14
सर्वात्मकञ्च वै यावदात्मचैतन्यरूपकम् । शुभमेकाक्षरं विष्णुं सदा ध्यायन्विमुच्यते
sarvātmakañca vai yāvadātmacaitanyarūpakam / śubhamekākṣaraṃ viṣṇuṃ sadā dhyāyanvimucyate
And (he who) always meditates on Viṣṇu, who is all-souled, who is of the form of the consciousness of the self, the auspicious single syllable, is liberated.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 232.15
वाक्यातीतं त्रिकालज्ञं विश्वेशं लोकसाक्षिणम् । सर्वस्मादुत्तमं विष्णुं सदा ध्यायन्विमुच्यते
vākyātītaṃ trikālajñaṃ viśveśaṃ lokasākṣiṇam / sarvasmāduttamaṃ viṣṇuṃ sadā dhyāyanvimucyate
He who always meditates on Viṣṇu, who is beyond speech, who knows the three times, lord of the universe, witness of the worlds, higher than all, is liberated.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 232.16
ब्रह्मादिदेवगन्धर्वैर्मुनिभिः सिद्धचारणैः । योगिभिः सेवितं विष्णुं सदा ध्यायन्विमुच्यते
brahmādidevagandharvairmunibhiḥ siddhacāraṇaiḥ / yogibhiḥ sevitaṃ viṣṇuṃ sadā dhyāyanvimucyate
He who always meditates on Viṣṇu, who is served by Brahmā and the (other) gods, by gandharvas, sages, siddhas, cāraṇas and yogins, is liberated.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 232.17
संसारबन्धनामुक्तिमिच्छंल्लोको ह्यशेषतः । स्तुत्वैवं वरदं विष्णुं सदा ध्यायन्विमुच्यते
saṃsārabandhanāmuktimicchaṃlloko hyaśeṣataḥ / stutvaivaṃ varadaṃ viṣṇuṃ sadā dhyāyanvimucyate
Indeed the whole world, without exception, desiring release from the bondage of saṃsāra — praising thus the boon-giving Viṣṇu, always meditating (on him), is liberated.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 232.18
संसारबन्धनात्को ऽपि मुक्तिमिच्छन्समाहितः । अनन्तमव्ययं देवं विष्णं विश्वप्रतिष्ठितम् । विश्वेश्वरमजं विष्णुं संदा ध्यायन्विमुच्यते
saṃsārabandhanātko 'pi muktimicchansamāhitaḥ / anantamavyayaṃ devaṃ viṣṇaṃ viśvapratiṣṭhitam / viśveśvaramajaṃ viṣṇuṃ saṃdā dhyāyanvimucyate
Whoever, collected in mind, desires release from the bondage of saṃsāra — always meditating on the endless, imperishable god Viṣṇu, established in the universe, the unborn lord of the universe, he is liberated.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 232.19
सूत उवाच । नारदेन पुरा पृष्ट एवं स वृषभध्वजः । येत्तेन तस्मै व्याख्यातं तन्मया कथितं तव
sūta uvāca / nāradena purā pṛṣṭa evaṃ sa vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ / yettena tasmai vyākhyātaṃ tanmayā kathitaṃ tava
Sūta said: Thus was that bull-bannered one (Śiva) formerly questioned by Nārada; what was expounded by him to him, that I have told to you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 232.20
तमेव सततन्ध्यायन्निर्व्ययं ब्रह्म निष्कलम् । अवाप्स्यसि ध्रुवं तात ! शाश्वतं पदमव्ययम्
tameva satatandhyāyannirvyayaṃ brahma niṣkalam / avāpsyasi dhruvaṃ tāta ! śāśvataṃ padamavyayam
Meditating constantly on that very imperishable, undivided brahman, you will surely attain, dear one, the eternal, unchanging abode.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 232.21
अश्वमेधसहस्राणि वाजपेयशतानि च । क्षणमेकाग्रचित्तस्य कलां नार्हन्ति षोडशीम्
aśvamedhasahasrāṇi vājapeyaśatāni ca / kṣaṇamekāgracittasya kalāṃ nārhanti ṣoḍaśīm
Thousands of horse-sacrifices and hundreds of vājapeya rites do not equal a sixteenth part of one moment of a man whose mind is one-pointed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 232.22
श्रुत्वा सुरऋषिर्विष्णोः प्राधान्यमिदमीश्वरात् । स विष्णुं सम्यगाराध्य सिद्धः पदमवाप्तवान्
śrutvā suraṛṣirviṣṇoḥ prādhānyamidamīśvarāt / sa viṣṇuṃ samyagārādhya siddhaḥ padamavāptavān
Having heard from the Lord (Śiva) this pre-eminence of Viṣṇu, the divine sage, having rightly worshipped Viṣṇu, became perfected and attained the (supreme) abode.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 232.23
यः पठेच्छृणुयाद्वा पि नित्यमेव स्तवोत्तमम् । कोटिजन्मकृतं पापमपि तस्य प्रणश्यति
yaḥ paṭhecchṛṇuyādvā pi nityameva stavottamam / koṭijanmakṛtaṃ pāpamapi tasya praṇaśyati
Whoever recites or even hears this best of hymns every day, even the sin committed in ten million births perishes for him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 232.24
विष्णोः स्तवमिदं दिव्यं महादेवेन कीर्तितम् । प्रयत्नाद्यः पठेन्नित्य ममृतत्वं स गच्छति
viṣṇoḥ stavamidaṃ divyaṃ mahādevena kīrtitam / prayatnādyaḥ paṭhennitya mamṛtatvaṃ sa gacchati
This divine hymn to Viṣṇu, proclaimed by Mahādeva — whoever recites it daily with effort attains immortality.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition