Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 44

GaP 1 44.1

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- ४४ हरिरुवाच । पूजयित्वा पवित्राद्यैर्ब्रह्म ध्यात्वा हरिर्भवेत् । ब्रह्मध्यानं प्रवक्ष्यामि मायायन्त्रप्रमर्दकम्

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 44 hariruvāca / pūjayitvā pavitrādyairbrahma dhyātvā harirbhavet / brahmadhyānaṃ pravakṣyāmi māyāyantrapramardakam

Hari said: Having worshipped with the purifying threads and the rest, having meditated on brahman, one becomes Hari. I shall declare the meditation on brahman, which crushes the machinery of māyā.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 44.2

यच्छेद्वाङ्मनसं प्राज्ञस्तं यजेज्ज्ञानमात्मनि । ज्ञानं महति संयच्छेद्य इच्छेज्ज्ञानमात्मानि

yacchedvāṅmanasaṃ prājñastaṃ yajejjñānamātmani / jñānaṃ mahati saṃyacchedya icchejjñānamātmāni

The wise man should restrain speech into mind; that he should offer up as knowledge in the self; he should restrain knowledge into the great (principle), he who desires knowledge in the self.

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

GaP 1 44.3

देहेन्द्रियमनोबुद्धिप्राणाहङ्करावर्जितम् । वर्जितं भूततन्मात्रैर्गुणजन्माशनादिभिः

dehendriyamanobuddhiprāṇāhaṅkarāvarjitam / varjitaṃ bhūtatanmātrairguṇajanmāśanādibhiḥ

(It is) free of body, senses, mind, intellect, breath and ego, free of the elements and subtle elements, of the qualities, of birth, of eating and the rest;

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GaP 1 44.4

स्वप्रकाशं निराकारं सदानं दमनादि यत् । नित्यं शुद्धं बुद्धमृद्धं सत्यमानन्दमद्वयम्

svaprakāśaṃ nirākāraṃ sadānaṃ damanādi yat / nityaṃ śuddhaṃ buddhamṛddhaṃ satyamānandamadvayam

self-luminous, formless, ever-giving(?), that which is self-control and the rest, eternal, pure, awakened, abundant, real, blissful, without a second;

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

GaP 1 44.5

तुरीयमक्षरं ब्रह्म अहमस्मि परं पदम् । अहं ब्रह्मेत्यवस्थानं समाधिरपि (रिति) गीयते

turīyamakṣaraṃ brahma ahamasmi paraṃ padam / ahaṃ brahmetyavasthānaṃ samādhirapi (riti) gīyate

"I am the fourth, the imperishable brahman, the supreme state." Abiding in "I am brahman" is also called samādhi.

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GaP 1 44.6

आत्मानं रथिनं विद्धि शरीरं रथमेव तु । बुद्धिं च सारथिं विद्धि मनः प्रग्रहमेव च । इन्द्रियाणि हयानाहुर्विषयास्तेषु गोचराः

ātmānaṃ rathinaṃ viddhi śarīraṃ rathameva tu / buddhiṃ ca sārathiṃ viddhi manaḥ pragrahameva ca / indriyāṇi hayānāhurviṣayāsteṣu gocarāḥ

Know the self as the rider in the chariot, the body as the chariot itself, and know the intellect as the charioteer and the mind as the reins; the senses they call the horses, and the objects are their pasture.

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GaP 1 44.7

आत्मेन्द्रियमनोयुक्तो भोक्तेत्यार्मनीषिणः । यस्तु विज्ञान बाह्मेन युक्तेन मनसा सदा

ātmendriyamanoyukto bhoktetyārmanīṣiṇaḥ / yastu vijñāna bāhmena yuktena manasā sadā

The self joined with senses and mind (they call) the enjoyer, so the wise say. But he who always (drives) with a mind joined to understanding—

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

GaP 1 44.8

स तु तत्पदमाप्नोति स हि भूयो न जायते । विज्ञानसारथिर्यस्तु मनः प्रग्रहवान्नरः

sa tu tatpadamāpnoti sa hi bhūyo na jāyate / vijñānasārathiryastu manaḥ pragrahavānnaraḥ

he indeed attains that state; he is not born again. The man who has understanding for charioteer and holds the reins of the mind—

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GaP 1 44.9

स्वर्धुन्याः पारमाप्नोति तद्विष्णोः परमं पदम् । अहिंसादिर्यमः प्रोक्तः शौचादिर्नियमः स्मृतः

svardhunyāḥ pāramāpnoti tadviṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam / ahiṃsādiryamaḥ proktaḥ śaucādirniyamaḥ smṛtaḥ

(He) reaches the far shore of the heavenly river, that supreme abode of Viṣṇu. Restraint (yama) is declared to be non-injury and the rest; observance (niyama) is remembered as purity and the rest.

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GaP 1 44.10

आसनं पद्मकाद्युक्तं प्राणायामो मरुज्जयः । प्रत्याहा रो जयः प्रोक्तो ध्यानमीश्वरचिन्तनम्

āsanaṃ padmakādyuktaṃ prāṇāyāmo marujjayaḥ / pratyāhā ro jayaḥ prokto dhyānamīśvaracintanam

Posture is that joined with the lotus-seat and the rest; breath-control is the conquest of the wind; withdrawal (pratyāhāra) is said to be (its) mastery; meditation is thinking upon the Lord.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 44.11

मनोधृतिर्धारणा स्थात्समाधिर्ब्रह्मणि स्थितिः । पूर्वं चेतः स्थिरं न स्यात्ततोमूर्तिं विचिन्तयेत्

manodhṛtirdhāraṇā sthātsamādhirbrahmaṇi sthitiḥ / pūrvaṃ cetaḥ sthiraṃ na syāttatomūrtiṃ vicintayet

Concentration is the holding of the mind; absorption (samādhi) is standing firm in Brahman. At first the mind will not be steady; therefore one should meditate on the (divine) form.

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GaP 1 44.12

हृत्पद्मकर्णिकामध्ये शङ्खचक्रगदाब्जवान् । श्रीवत्सकौस्तुभयुतो वनमालाश्रिया युतः

hṛtpadmakarṇikāmadhye śaṅkhacakragadābjavān / śrīvatsakaustubhayuto vanamālāśriyā yutaḥ

In the middle of the pericarp of the heart-lotus (he is) holding conch, discus, mace and lotus, endowed with the śrīvatsa and the kaustubha (jewel), graced with the beauty of the forest-garland,

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GaP 1 44.13

नित्यः शुद्धो भूतियुक्तः सत्यानन्दाह्वयः परः । आत्माहं परमं ब्रह्म परमं ज्योतिरेव तु

nityaḥ śuddho bhūtiyuktaḥ satyānandāhvayaḥ paraḥ / ātmāhaṃ paramaṃ brahma paramaṃ jyotireva tu

eternal, pure, possessed of prosperity, named Truth-and-Bliss, supreme. I am the Self, the supreme Brahman, indeed the supreme light.

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GaP 1 44.14

चतुर्विशतिमूर्तिः स शालग्रामशिलास्थितः । द्वारकादिशिलासंस्थो ध्येयः पूज्यो ऽप्यहं च सः

caturviśatimūrtiḥ sa śālagrāmaśilāsthitaḥ / dvārakādiśilāsaṃstho dhyeyaḥ pūjyo 'pyahaṃ ca saḥ

He of the twenty-four forms, abiding in the śālagrāma stone, present in the stones of Dvārakā and elsewhere, is to be meditated upon and worshipped — and I too am he.

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GaP 1 44.15

मनसो ऽभीप्सितं प्राप्य देवो वैमानिको भवेत् । निष्कामो मुक्तिमाप्नोति मूर्तिं ध्याययंस्तुवञ्जपन्

manaso 'bhīpsitaṃ prāpya devo vaimāniko bhavet / niṣkāmo muktimāpnoti mūrtiṃ dhyāyayaṃstuvañjapan

Having obtained what the mind desires, (the worshipper) becomes a god travelling in a celestial car; free of desire he attains liberation, meditating on the form, praising and muttering (the names).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition