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Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 5

GaP 1 5.1

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- ५ इरिरुवाच । कृत्वेहामुत्रसंस्थानं प्रजासर्गं तु मानसम् । अथामृजत्प्रजाकर्तॄन्भानसांस्तनयान्प्रभुः

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 5 iriruvāca / kṛtvehāmutrasaṃsthānaṃ prajāsargaṃ tu mānasam / athāmṛjatprajākartṝnbhānasāṃstanayānprabhuḥ

The Śrī Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, (chapter) 5. (The seer) said: Having made the arrangement of this world and the next, and the mind-born creation of creatures, the Lord then produced, as makers of progeny, sons born of his mind.

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GaP 1 5.2

धर्मं रुद्रं मनुं चैव सनकं च सनातनम् । भृगुं सनत्कुमारं च रुचिं श्रद्धां तथैव च

dharmaṃ rudraṃ manuṃ caiva sanakaṃ ca sanātanam / bhṛguṃ sanatkumāraṃ ca ruciṃ śraddhāṃ tathaiva ca

Dharma, Rudra, and Manu, and Sanaka and Sanātana, Bhṛgu and Sanatkumāra, and Ruci and Śraddhā likewise;

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GaP 1 5.3

मरीचिमत्र्यङ्गिरसौ पुलस्त्यं पुलहं क्रतुम् । वसिष्ठं नारदं चैव पितॄन्बर्हिषदस्तथा

marīcimatryaṅgirasau pulastyaṃ pulahaṃ kratum / vasiṣṭhaṃ nāradaṃ caiva pitṝnbarhiṣadastathā

Marīci, Atri and Aṅgiras, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu, Vasiṣṭha and Nārada, and likewise the ancestors called Barhiṣads;

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GaP 1 5.4

अग्निष्वात्तांश्च कव्यादानाज्यपांश्च सुकालिनः । उपहूतांस्तथा दीप्यां (प्रा) स्त्रींश्च मूर्तिविवर्जितान्

agniṣvāttāṃśca kavyādānājyapāṃśca sukālinaḥ / upahūtāṃstathā dīpyāṃ (prā) strīṃśca mūrtivivarjitān

and the Agniṣvāttas, the Kavyādas, the Ājyapas, the Sukālins, and likewise the Upahūtas and the Dīpyas, and those devoid of bodily form.

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GaP 1 5.5

चतुरो मूर्तियुक्तांश्च अङ्गुष्ठाद्दक्षमीश्वरम् । वामां गुष्ठात्तस्य भार्यामसृजत्पद्मसम्भवः

caturo mūrtiyuktāṃśca aṅguṣṭhāddakṣamīśvaram / vāmāṃ guṣṭhāttasya bhāryāmasṛjatpadmasambhavaḥ

and four possessed of form; and from his thumb (he created) the lord Dakṣa, and from the left thumb the lotus-born created his wife.

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GaP 1 5.6

तस्यां तु जनयामास दक्षो दुहितरः शुभाः । ददौ ता ब्रह्मपुत्रेभ्यः सतीं रुद्राय दत्तवान्

tasyāṃ tu janayāmāsa dakṣo duhitaraḥ śubhāḥ / dadau tā brahmaputrebhyaḥ satīṃ rudrāya dattavān

And upon her Dakṣa begot auspicious daughters; he gave them to the sons of Brahmā, and he gave Satī to Rudra.

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GaP 1 5.7

रुद्र पुत्रा बभूवुर्हि असंख्याता महाबलाः । भृगवे च ददौ ख्यातिं रूपेणाप्रतिमां शुभाम्

rudra putrā babhūvurhi asaṃkhyātā mahābalāḥ / bhṛgave ca dadau khyātiṃ rūpeṇāpratimāṃ śubhām

Indeed Rudra's sons were countless and of great strength; and to Bhṛgu he gave Khyāti, auspicious and unmatched in beauty.

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GaP 1 5.8

भृगोर्धाताविधातारौ जनयामास सा शुभा । श्रियं च जनयामास पत्नी नारायणस्य या

bhṛgordhātāvidhātārau janayāmāsa sā śubhā / śriyaṃ ca janayāmāsa patnī nārāyaṇasya yā

That auspicious one bore to Bhṛgu Dhātā and Vidhātā; and she gave birth to Śrī, who is the wife of Nārāyaṇa.

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GaP 1 5.9

तस्यां वै जनयामास बलोन्मादौ हरिः स्वयम् । आयतिर्नियतिश्चैव मनोः कन्ये महात्मनः

tasyāṃ vai janayāmāsa balonmādau hariḥ svayam / āyatirniyatiścaiva manoḥ kanye mahātmanaḥ

In her Hari himself begot Bala and Unmāda; and Āyati and Niyati, the two daughters of the great-souled Manu (were given to them).

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GaP 1 5.10

धाताविधात्रोस्ते भार्ये तयोर्जातौ सुतावुभौ । प्राणश्चैव मृकण्डुश्च मार्कण्डेयो मृकण्डुतः

dhātāvidhātroste bhārye tayorjātau sutāvubhau / prāṇaścaiva mṛkaṇḍuśca mārkaṇḍeyo mṛkaṇḍutaḥ

These two are the wives of Dhātṛ and Vidhātṛ; of the two of them were born two sons, Prāṇa and Mṛkaṇḍu; from Mṛkaṇḍu, Mārkaṇḍeya.

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GaP 1 5.11

पत्नि मरीचेः सम्भूतिः पौर्णमासमसूयत । विरजाः सर्वगश्चैव तस्य पुत्रौ महात्मनः

patni marīceḥ sambhūtiḥ paurṇamāsamasūyata / virajāḥ sarvagaścaiva tasya putrau mahātmanaḥ

Sambhūti, the wife of Marīci, gave birth to Paurṇamāsa; Virajas and Sarvaga were the two sons of that great-souled one.

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GaP 1 5.12

स्मृतेश्चांङ्गिरसः पुत्राः प्रसूताः कन्यकास्तथा । सिनीवाली कुहूश्चैव राका चानुमतिस्तथा

smṛteścāṃṅgirasaḥ putrāḥ prasūtāḥ kanyakāstathā / sinīvālī kuhūścaiva rākā cānumatistathā

From Smṛti were born the sons of Aṅgiras, and daughters as well: Sinīvālī and Kuhū, and Rākā and Anumati.

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GaP 1 5.13

अनसूया तथैवात्रेर्जज्ञे पुत्रानकल्मषान् । सोमं दुर्वाससं चैव दत्तात्रेयं च योगिनम्

anasūyā tathaivātrerjajñe putrānakalmaṣān / somaṃ durvāsasaṃ caiva dattātreyaṃ ca yoginam

So too Anasūyā bore to Atri stainless sons: Soma and Durvāsas, and Dattātreya the yogin.

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GaP 1 5.14

प्रीत्यां पुलस्त्यभार्यायां दत्तोलिस्तत्सुतो ऽभवत् । कर्ंमशश्चार्थवीरश्च सहिष्णुश्च सुतत्रयम्

prītyāṃ pulastyabhāryāyāṃ dattolistatsuto 'bhavat / karṃmaśaścārthavīraśca sahiṣṇuśca sutatrayam

Of Prīti, the wife of Pulastya, Dattoli was born as his son; Karmaśa, Arthavīra, and Sahiṣṇu were the three sons.

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GaP 1 5.15

क्षमा तु सुषुवे भार्या पुलहस्य प्रिजापतेः । क्रतोश्च सुमतिर्भार्या बालखिल्यानसूयत

kṣamā tu suṣuve bhāryā pulahasya prijāpateḥ / kratośca sumatirbhāryā bālakhilyānasūyata

And Kṣamā, the wife of Pulaha the lord of creatures, gave birth (to sons); and Sumati, the wife of Kratu, bore the Bālakhilyas —

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GaP 1 5.16

षष्टिर्यानि सहस्राणि ऋषीणामूर्धरेतसाम् । अङ्गुष्ठपर्वमात्राणां ज्वलद्भास्करवर्चसाम्

ṣaṣṭiryāni sahasrāṇi ṛṣīṇāmūrdharetasām / aṅguṣṭhaparvamātrāṇāṃ jvaladbhāskaravarcasām

those sixty thousand seers of upward-flowing seed, of the measure of a thumb-joint, with the brilliance of the blazing sun.

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GaP 1 5.17

ऊर्जायां तु वसिष्टस्य सप्ताजायन्त वै सुताः । रजोगात्रोर्धबाहुश्च शरणश्चानघस्तथा

ūrjāyāṃ tu vasiṣṭasya saptājāyanta vai sutāḥ / rajogātrordhabāhuśca śaraṇaścānaghastathā

And of Ūrjā, the wife of Vasiṣṭha, seven sons were born: Rajogātra, Ūrdhvabāhu, Śaraṇa, Anagha,

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GaP 1 5.18

सुतपाः शुक्र इत्येते सर्वे सप्तर्षयो ऽमलाः । स्वाहां प्रादात्स दक्षो ऽपि शशरीराय वह्नये

sutapāḥ śukra ityete sarve saptarṣayo 'malāḥ / svāhāṃ prādātsa dakṣo 'pi śaśarīrāya vahnaye

Sutapas and Śukra — all these spotless ones are the seven seers. And Dakṣa gave Svāhā to Fire, who is embodied.

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GaP 1 5.19

तस्मात्स्वाहा सुतांल्लेभे त्रीनुदारौजसो हर ! । फावकं पवमानं च शुचिं चापि जलाशिनः

tasmātsvāhā sutāṃllebhe trīnudāraujaso hara ! / phāvakaṃ pavamānaṃ ca śuciṃ cāpi jalāśinaḥ

From him Svāhā obtained three sons of lofty vigour, O Hara: Pāvaka, Pavamāna, and Śuci, the eaters of water.

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GaP 1 5.20

पितृभ्यश्च स्वधा जज्ञे मेनां वैतरणीं तथा । ते उभे ब्रह्मवादिन्यौ मेनायां तु हिमाचलः

pitṛbhyaśca svadhā jajñe menāṃ vaitaraṇīṃ tathā / te ubhe brahmavādinyau menāyāṃ tu himācalaḥ

And to the ancestors Svadhā bore Menā and also Vaitaraṇī; both of them were expounders of brahman. On Menā, Himācala

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GaP 1 5.21

मैनाकं जनयामास गौरीं पूर्वं तु या सती । ततो ब्रह्मात्मसम्भूतं पूर्वं स्वायंभुवं प्रभुः

mainākaṃ janayāmāsa gaurīṃ pūrvaṃ tu yā satī / tato brahmātmasambhūtaṃ pūrvaṃ svāyaṃbhuvaṃ prabhuḥ

begot Maināka, and Gaurī, who formerly was Satī. Then the Lord (made) the self-born one, first sprung from Brahmā's own self —

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GaP 1 5.22

आत्मानमेव कृतवान्प्रजापाल्यं मनुं हर ! । शतरूपां च तां नारीं तपोनिहतकल्मषाम्

ātmānameva kṛtavānprajāpālyaṃ manuṃ hara ! / śatarūpāṃ ca tāṃ nārīṃ taponihatakalmaṣām

he made his very self into Manu Svāyambhuva, the protector of creatures, O Hara; and that woman Śatarūpā, whose stain was destroyed by austerity,

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GaP 1 5.23

स्वायम्भुवो मनुर्देवः पत्नित्वे जगृहे विभुः । तस्माच्च पुरुषाद्देवी शतरूपा व्यजायत

svāyambhuvo manurdevaḥ patnitve jagṛhe vibhuḥ / tasmācca puruṣāddevī śatarūpā vyajāyata

the god Manu Svāyambhuva, the mighty one, took to wifehood. And from that Puruṣa the goddess Śatarūpā gave birth:

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GaP 1 5.24

प्रियव्रतोत्तानपादौ प्रसूत्याकूतिसंज्ञेते । देवहूतिं मनुस्तासु आकूतिं रुचये ददौ

priyavratottānapādau prasūtyākūtisaṃjñete / devahūtiṃ manustāsu ākūtiṃ rucaye dadau

Priyavrata and Uttānapāda, and the two named Prasūti and Ākūti, and Devahūti. Among these, Manu gave Ākūti to Ruci,

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GaP 1 5.25

प्रसूतिं चैव दक्षाय दवहूतिं च कर्दमे । रुचेर्यज्ञो दक्षिणाभूद्दक्षिणायां च यज्ञतः

prasūtiṃ caiva dakṣāya davahūtiṃ ca kardame / ruceryajño dakṣiṇābhūddakṣiṇāyāṃ ca yajñataḥ

and Prasūti to Dakṣa, and Devahūti to Kardama. Of Ruci, Yajña was (born); Dakṣiṇā became (his wife), and in Dakṣiṇā by Yajña

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GaP 1 5.26

अभवन्द्वादश सुता यामा नाम महाबलाः । चतुर्वोशतिकन्याश्च सृष्टवान्दक्ष उत्तमाः

abhavandvādaśa sutā yāmā nāma mahābalāḥ / caturvośatikanyāśca sṛṣṭavāndakṣa uttamāḥ

there were twelve sons of great strength named the Yāmas. And Dakṣa created twenty-four excellent daughters:

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GaP 1 5.27

श्रद्धा चला धृतिस्तुष्टिः पुष्टिर्मेधा क्रिया तथा । बुद्धिर्लज्जा वपुः शान्तिरृद्धिः कीर्तिस्त्नयोदशी

śraddhā calā dhṛtistuṣṭiḥ puṣṭirmedhā kriyā tathā / buddhirlajjā vapuḥ śāntirṛddhiḥ kīrtistnayodaśī

Śraddhā, Calā, Dhṛti, Tuṣṭi, Puṣṭi, Medhā, Kriyā, Buddhi, Lajjā, Vapus, Śānti, Ṛddhi, and Kīrti as the thirteenth —

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GaP 1 5.28

पत्न्यर्थं प्रतिजग्राह धर्मो दाक्षायणीप्रभुः । ख्यतिः सत्यथ सम्भूतिः स्मृतिः प्रीतिः क्षमा तथा

patnyarthaṃ pratijagrāha dharmo dākṣāyaṇīprabhuḥ / khyatiḥ satyatha sambhūtiḥ smṛtiḥ prītiḥ kṣamā tathā

these daughters of Dakṣa the lord Dharma accepted for the sake of wives. Then Khyāti, Sati, Sambhūti, Smṛti, Prīti, Kṣamā,

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GaP 1 5.29

सन्नतिश्चानसूया च ऊर्जा स्वाहा स्वधा तथा । भृघुर्भवो मरीचिश्च तथा चैवाङ्गिरा मुनिः

sannatiścānasūyā ca ūrjā svāhā svadhā tathā / bhṛghurbhavo marīciśca tathā caivāṅgirā muniḥ

And Sannati and Anasūyā, Ūrjā, Svāhā and Svadhā as well; Bhṛgu, Bhava, Marīci, and likewise the sage Aṅgiras,

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GaP 1 5.30

पुलस्त्यः पुलहश्चैव क्रतुश्चर्षिवरस्तथा । आत्रिर्वसिष्ठो वह्निश्च पितरश्च यथाक्रमम्

pulastyaḥ pulahaścaiva kratuścarṣivarastathā / ātrirvasiṣṭho vahniśca pitaraśca yathākramam

Pulastya and Pulaha, and Kratu, best of seers, and Atri, Vasiṣṭha, and Vahni (Fire), and the Fathers, in due order.

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GaP 1 5.31

ख्यात्याद्या जगृहुः कन्या मुनयो मुनिसत्तमाः । श्रद्धा कामं चला दर्पं नियमं धृतिरात्मजम्

khyātyādyā jagṛhuḥ kanyā munayo munisattamāḥ / śraddhā kāmaṃ calā darpaṃ niyamaṃ dhṛtirātmajam

Those sages, best of sages, took the maidens beginning with Khyāti. Śraddhā (bore) Kāma, Calā Darpa, Dhṛti (bore) Niyama as her son.

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GaP 1 5.32

सन्तोषं च तथा तुष्टिर्लोभं पुष्टिरसूयत । मेधा श्रुतं क्रिया दण्डं लयं विनयमेव च

santoṣaṃ ca tathā tuṣṭirlobhaṃ puṣṭirasūyata / medhā śrutaṃ kriyā daṇḍaṃ layaṃ vinayameva ca

And Tuṣṭi (bore) Santoṣa, Puṣṭi brought forth Lobha, Medhā (bore) Śruta, Kriyā (bore) Daṇḍa, Naya, and Vinaya.

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GaP 1 5.33

बोधं बुद्धिस्तथा लज्जा विनयं वपुरात्मजम् । व्यवसायं प्रजज्ञे वै क्षेमं शान्तिरसूयत

bodhaṃ buddhistathā lajjā vinayaṃ vapurātmajam / vyavasāyaṃ prajajñe vai kṣemaṃ śāntirasūyata

Buddhi (bore) Bodha, and Lajjā (bore) Vinaya as her son; Vapus brought forth Vyavasāya, and Śānti gave birth to Kṣema.

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GaP 1 5.34

सुखमृद्धिर्यशः कीर्तिरित्येते धर्मसूनवः । कामस्य च रतिर्भार्या तत्पुत्रो हर्ष उच्यते

sukhamṛddhiryaśaḥ kīrtirityete dharmasūnavaḥ / kāmasya ca ratirbhāryā tatputro harṣa ucyate

Ṛddhi (bore) Sukha, Kīrti (bore) Yaśas — these are the sons of Dharma. And Rati is Kāma's wife; their son is said to be Harṣa.

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GaP 1 5.35

ईजे कदाचिद्यज्ञेन हयमेधेन दक्षकः । तस्य जामातरः सर्वे यज्ञं जग्मुर्निमन्त्रिताः

īje kadācidyajñena hayamedhena dakṣakaḥ / tasya jāmātaraḥ sarve yajñaṃ jagmurnimantritāḥ

Once Dakṣa performed a sacrifice, the horse-sacrifice; all his sons-in-law, invited, went to the sacrifice,

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GaP 1 5.36

भार्यभिः सहिताः सर्वे रुद्रं देवीं सतीं विना । अनाहूता सती प्राप्ता दक्षेणैवावमानिता

bhāryabhiḥ sahitāḥ sarve rudraṃ devīṃ satīṃ vinā / anāhūtā satī prāptā dakṣeṇaivāvamānitā

all together with their wives, except for Rudra and the goddess Satī. Satī, though uninvited, arrived, and was slighted by Dakṣa.

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GaP 1 5.37

त्यक्ता देहं पुनर्जाता मेनायां तु हिमालयात् । शम्भोर्भार्याभवद्रौरी तस्यां जज्ञे विनायकः

tyaktā dehaṃ punarjātā menāyāṃ tu himālayāt / śambhorbhāryābhavadraurī tasyāṃ jajñe vināyakaḥ

Having abandoned her body, she was born again from Himālaya in Menā; the fair one became Śambhu's wife, and of her Vināyaka was born,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 5.38

कुमारश्चैव भृङ्गीशः क्रुद्धो रुद्रः प्रतापवान् । विध्वंस्य यज्ञं दक्षं तु तं शशाप पिनाकधृक् । ध्रुवस्यान्वयसम्भूतो मनुष्यस्त्वं भविष्यसि

kumāraścaiva bhṛṅgīśaḥ kruddho rudraḥ pratāpavān / vidhvaṃsya yajñaṃ dakṣaṃ tu taṃ śaśāpa pinākadhṛk / dhruvasyānvayasambhūto manuṣyastvaṃ bhaviṣyasi

and Kumāra, and Bhṛṅgīśa. The mighty Rudra, enraged, wielder of the Pināka, destroyed the sacrifice and cursed Dakṣa: "You shall become a man, born in the lineage of Dhruva."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition