Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 238
GaP 1 238.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- २३८ श्रीभगवानुवाच । यमश्च नियम।पार्थ आसनं प्राणसंयमः । प्रत्याहारस्तथा ध्यानं धारणार्जुन सप्तमी
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 238 śrībhagavānuvāca / yamaśca niyama.pārtha āsanaṃ prāṇasaṃyamaḥ / pratyāhārastathā dhyānaṃ dhāraṇārjuna saptamī
The Glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, 238. The Blessed Lord said: Restraint (yama) and observance (niyama), O Pārtha, posture, control of the breath, withdrawal (of the senses), and meditation, and dhāraṇā is the seventh, O Arjuna —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 238.2
समाधिरिति चाष्टाङ्गो योग उक्तो विमुक्तये । कर्मणा मनसा वाचा सर्वभूतेषु सर्वदा
samādhiriti cāṣṭāṅgo yoga ukto vimuktaye / karmaṇā manasā vācā sarvabhūteṣu sarvadā
and samādhi: thus the eight-limbed yoga is declared, for liberation. By act, by mind, by speech, toward all beings, always —
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GaP 1 238.3
हिंसाविरामको धर्मो ह्याहिंसा परमं सुखम् । विधिना या भवेद्धिंसा सा त्वहिंसा प्रकीर्तिता
hiṃsāvirāmako dharmo hyāhiṃsā paramaṃ sukham / vidhinā yā bhaveddhiṃsā sā tvahiṃsā prakīrtitā
the duty (consisting) of ceasing from injury is non-injury, the highest happiness; but that injury which occurs according to (scriptural) rule is proclaimed to be non-injury.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 238.4
सत्यं ब्रूयात्प्रियं ब्रूयान्न ब्रूयात्सत्यमप्रियम् । प्रियं च नानृतं ब्रूयादेष धर्मः सनातनः
satyaṃ brūyātpriyaṃ brūyānna brūyātsatyamapriyam / priyaṃ ca nānṛtaṃ brūyādeṣa dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ
One should speak the truth, one should speak what is pleasing; one should not speak truth that is unpleasing, nor should one speak falsehood that is pleasing: this is the eternal law.
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GaP 1 238.5
यच्चद्रव्यापहरणं चौर्याद्वाथ बलेन वा । स्तेयं तस्यानाचरणमस्तेयं धर्मसाधनम्
yaccadravyāpaharaṇaṃ cauryādvātha balena vā / steyaṃ tasyānācaraṇamasteyaṃ dharmasādhanam
And whatever taking away of property (there is), whether by theft or by force, that is stealing; the not doing of it is non-stealing, a means of dharma.
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GaP 1 238.6
कर्मणा मनसा वाचा सर्वावस्थासु सर्वदा । सर्वत्र मैथुनत्यागं ब्रह्मचर्यं प्रचक्षते
karmaṇā manasā vācā sarvāvasthāsu sarvadā / sarvatra maithunatyāgaṃ brahmacaryaṃ pracakṣate
The abandoning of sexual intercourse by act, by mind, by speech, in all conditions, always, everywhere — that they call chastity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 238.7
द्रव्याणामप्यनादानमापत्स्वपि तथेच्छया । अपरिग्रहमित्याहुस्तं प्रयत्नेन वर्जयेत्
dravyāṇāmapyanādānamāpatsvapi tathecchayā / aparigrahamityāhustaṃ prayatnena varjayet
The not taking of goods, even in calamities, and likewise not by desire — that they call non-acquisition; one should shun (acquisition) with effort.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 238.8
द्विधा शौचं मृज्जलाभ्यां बाह्य भावादथान्तरात् । यदृच्छालाभतस्तुष्टिः सन्तोषः सुखलक्षणम्
dvidhā śaucaṃ mṛjjalābhyāṃ bāhya bhāvādathāntarāt / yadṛcchālābhatastuṣṭiḥ santoṣaḥ sukhalakṣaṇam
Purity is twofold, by earth and water — external, and then internal, from the disposition. Contentment is satisfaction from what is got by chance; it has the mark of happiness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 238.9
मनसश्चैन्द्रियाणां च ऐकाग्र्यं परमं तपः । शरीरशोषणं वापि कृच्छ्रचान्द्रायणादिभिः
manasaścaindriyāṇāṃ ca aikāgryaṃ paramaṃ tapaḥ / śarīraśoṣaṇaṃ vāpi kṛcchracāndrāyaṇādibhiḥ
One-pointedness of the mind and of the senses is the highest austerity, or else the drying up of the body by the kṛcchra and cāndrāyaṇa fasts and the like.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 238.10
वेदान्तशतरुद्रीयप्रणवादिजप बुधाः । सत्त्वशुद्धिकरं पुंसां स्वाध्यायं परिचक्षते
vedāntaśatarudrīyapraṇavādijapa budhāḥ / sattvaśuddhikaraṃ puṃsāṃ svādhyāyaṃ paricakṣate
The wise declare the muttered recitation of the Vedānta, the Śatarudrīya, the syllable Oṃ and the rest — which produces purity of being in men — to be (Vedic) self-study.
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GaP 1 238.11
स्तुतिस्मरणपूजादिवाङ्मनः कायकर्मभिः । अनिश्चला हरौ भक्तिरेतदीश्वरचिन्तनम् । आसनं स्वस्तिकं प्रोक्तं पद्ममर्धासनं तथा
stutismaraṇapūjādivāṅmanaḥ kāyakarmabhiḥ / aniścalā harau bhaktiretadīśvaracintanam / āsanaṃ svastikaṃ proktaṃ padmamardhāsanaṃ tathā
By acts of speech, mind and body — praise, remembrance, worship and the rest — unwavering devotion to Hari: this is contemplation of the Lord. The posture (āsana) is said to be the svastika, the lotus, and the half-seat.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 238.12
प्राणः स्वदेहजो वायुरायामस्तन्निरोधनम् । इन्द्रियाणां विचरतां विषयेषु त्वसत्स्विव
prāṇaḥ svadehajo vāyurāyāmastannirodhanam / indriyāṇāṃ vicaratāṃ viṣayeṣu tvasatsviva
Prāṇa is the air arising in one's own body; āyāma is the restraining of it. (Withdrawal is the drawing back) of the senses, which roam among objects, as though those (objects) were unreal.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain