Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 67
GaP 1 67.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- ६७ (इति ज्योतिः शास्त्रं समाप्तम्) । सूत उवाच । हरेः श्रुत्वा हरो गौरीं देहस्थं ज्ञानमब्रवीत्
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 67 (iti jyotiḥ śāstraṃ samāptam) / sūta uvāca / hareḥ śrutvā haro gaurīṃ dehasthaṃ jñānamabravīt
The Glorious Great Garuḍa Purāṇa, (chapter) 67. (Thus the science of astrology is concluded.) Sūta said: Having heard (it) from Hari, Hara told Gaurī the knowledge that abides in the body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 67.2
कुजो वह्नी रविः पृथ्वी सौरिरापः प्रकीर्तितः । वायुसंस्थास्थितो राहुर्दक्षरन्ध्रावभासकः
kujo vahnī raviḥ pṛthvī saurirāpaḥ prakīrtitaḥ / vāyusaṃsthāsthito rāhurdakṣarandhrāvabhāsakaḥ
Mars is fire, the Sun is earth, Saturn is declared to be water; Rāhu, situated in the seat of wind, illumines the right nostril.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 67.3
गुरुः शुक्रस्तथा सौम्यश्चन्द्रश्चैव चतुर्थकः । वामनाडीं तु मध्यस्थां कारयेदात्मनस्तथा
guruḥ śukrastathā saumyaścandraścaiva caturthakaḥ / vāmanāḍīṃ tu madhyasthāṃ kārayedātmanastathā
Jupiter, Venus, and Mercury, and the Moon as the fourth; and one should make the left channel (iḍā) stand in the middle for oneself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 67.4
यदाचर इलायुक्तस्तदा कर्मसमाचरेत् । स्थानसेवां तथा ध्यानं वाणिज्यं राजदर्शनम्
yadācara ilāyuktastadā karmasamācaret / sthānasevāṃ tathā dhyānaṃ vāṇijyaṃ rājadarśanam
When (the breath) moves joined with Iḍā, then one should perform (these) acts: attendance at (one's) post, meditation, trade, and audience with the king.
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GaP 1 67.5
अन्यानि शुभकर्माणि कारयेत प्रयत्नतः । दक्षनाडीप्रवाहे तु शनिर्भौमश्च सैहिकः
anyāni śubhakarmāṇi kārayeta prayatnataḥ / dakṣanāḍīpravāhe tu śanirbhaumaśca saihikaḥ
And one should carefully perform other auspicious acts (then). But in the flow of the right channel (occur) Saturn, Mars, and Rāhu, son of Siṃhikā,
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GaP 1 67.6
इनश्चैव तथाप्ये पापानामुदयो भवेत् । शुभाशुभविवेको हि ज्ञायते तु स्वरोदयात्
inaścaiva tathāpye pāpānāmudayo bhavet / śubhāśubhaviveko hi jñāyate tu svarodayāt
and likewise the Sun: thus there would be the rising of the malefics. For the discrimination of good and bad is known from the rising of the breath (svarodaya).
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GaP 1 67.7
देहमध्ये स्थिता नाड्यो बहुरूपाः सुविस्तराः । नाभेरधस्ताद्यः कन्दस्त्वङ्कुरास्तत्र निर्गताः
dehamadhye sthitā nāḍyo bahurūpāḥ suvistarāḥ / nābheradhastādyaḥ kandastvaṅkurāstatra nirgatāḥ
The channels situated within the body are of many kinds and very extensive; below the navel is the bulb (kanda), and from it the shoots go forth.
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GaP 1 67.8
द्विसप्ततिसहस्राणि नाभिमध्ये व्यवस्थिते । चक्रवच्च स्थितास्तास्तु सर्वाः प्राणहराः स्मृताः
dvisaptatisahasrāṇi nābhimadhye vyavasthite / cakravacca sthitāstāstu sarvāḥ prāṇaharāḥ smṛtāḥ
Seventy-two thousand (of them) are set in the middle of the navel; standing like a wheel, all of them are held to carry the vital breath.
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GaP 1 67.9
तासां मध्ये त्रयः श्रेष्ठा वामदक्षैणमध्यमाः । वामा सोमात्मिका प्रोक्ता दक्षिणा रविसन्निभा
tāsāṃ madhye trayaḥ śreṣṭhā vāmadakṣaiṇamadhyamāḥ / vāmā somātmikā proktā dakṣiṇā ravisannibhā
Among them three are foremost: the left, the right, and the middle. The left is said to be of the nature of the moon, the right resembles the sun,
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GaP 1 67.10
मध्यमा च भवेदग्निः फलन्ती कालपूरिणी । वामा ह्यमृतरूपा च जगदाप्यायने स्थिता
madhyamā ca bhavedagniḥ phalantī kālapūriṇī / vāmā hyamṛtarūpā ca jagadāpyāyane sthitā
and the middle one is fire, bearing fruit and filling up time. The left indeed has the form of nectar and abides in the nourishing of the world;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 67.11
दक्षिणा रौद्रभागेन जगच्छोषयते सदा । द्वयोर्वाहे तु मृत्युः स्यात्सर्वकार्यविनाशिनी
dakṣiṇā raudrabhāgena jagacchoṣayate sadā / dvayorvāhe tu mṛtyuḥ syātsarvakāryavināśinī
the right, with its fierce portion, always dries up the world. When both flow (together) there is death, destroying all undertakings.
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GaP 1 67.12
निर्गमे तु भवेद्वामा प्रवेशे दक्षैणा स्मृता । इडाचारे तथा सौम्यं चन्द्रसूर्यगतस्तथा
nirgame tu bhavedvāmā praveśe dakṣaiṇā smṛtā / iḍācāre tathā saumyaṃ candrasūryagatastathā
On exhalation it is the left; on inhalation the right is understood. And in the movement of Iḍā (there is) what is gentle, likewise (according as the breath) has gone to the moon or the sun.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 67.13
कारयेत्क्रूर कर्माणि प्राणे पिङ्गलसंस्थिते । यात्रायां सर्वकार्येषु विषापहारणे इडा
kārayetkrūra karmāṇi prāṇe piṅgalasaṃsthite / yātrāyāṃ sarvakāryeṣu viṣāpahāraṇe iḍā
When the breath is established in piṅgalā (the right channel), let him have cruel deeds done; on a journey, in all undertakings, and in the removing of poison, (the channel is) iḍā (the left).
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GaP 1 67.14
भोजने मैथुने युद्धे पिङ्गला सिद्धिदायिका । उच्चाटमारणाद्येषु कर्मस्वेतेषु पिङ्गला
bhojane maithune yuddhe piṅgalā siddhidāyikā / uccāṭamāraṇādyeṣu karmasveteṣu piṅgalā
In eating, in intercourse, in fighting, piṅgalā grants success; in acts of driving away, killing and the like, (again) piṅgalā (is used).
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GaP 1 67.15
मैथुने चैव संग्रामे भोजने सिद्धिदायिका । शोभनेषु च कार्येषु यात्रायां विषकर्मणि
maithune caiva saṃgrāme bhojane siddhidāyikā / śobhaneṣu ca kāryeṣu yātrāyāṃ viṣakarmaṇi
And in intercourse, in battle, in eating she grants success; also in auspicious undertakings, on a journey, in the work concerning poison —
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GaP 1 67.16
शान्तिमुक्त्यर्थसिद्ध्यै च इडा योज्या नराधिपैः । द्वाभ्यां चैव प्रवाहे च क्रूरसौम्यविवर्जने
śāntimuktyarthasiddhyai ca iḍā yojyā narādhipaiḥ / dvābhyāṃ caiva pravāhe ca krūrasaumyavivarjane
and for peace, for release, and for the attainment of wealth, iḍā is to be employed by rulers of men; and with both (channels), in the flow, when cruel and gentle (acts) are to be avoided —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 67.17
विषवत्तं तु जानीयात्संस्मरेत्तु विचक्षणः । सौम्यादिशुभकार्येषु लाभादिजयजीविते
viṣavattaṃ tu jānīyātsaṃsmarettu vicakṣaṇaḥ / saumyādiśubhakāryeṣu lābhādijayajīvite
the discerning one should know it to be as it were poisoned, and should keep it in mind; in gentle and other auspicious matters, in gain and the rest, in victory and in living —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 67.18
गमनागमने चैव वामा सर्वत्र पूजिता । युद्धादिभोजने घाते स्त्रीणां चैव तु संगमे
gamanāgamane caiva vāmā sarvatra pūjitā / yuddhādibhojane ghāte strīṇāṃ caiva tu saṃgame
and in going and coming, the left (channel) is everywhere esteemed; in fighting and the like, in eating, in slaying, and in union with women —
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GaP 1 67.19
प्रशस्ता दक्षिणा नाडी प्रवेशे क्षुद्रकर्मणि । शुभाशुभानि कार्याणि लाभालाभौ जयाजयौ
praśastā dakṣiṇā nāḍī praveśe kṣudrakarmaṇi / śubhāśubhāni kāryāṇi lābhālābhau jayājayau
the right channel is commended, (also) in entering and in petty work; auspicious and inauspicious undertakings, gain and loss, victory and defeat —
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GaP 1 67.20
जीवाजीवाय यत्पृच्छेन्न सिध्यति च मध्यमा । वामाचारे ऽथवा दक्षे प्रत्यये यत्र नायकः
jīvājīvāya yatpṛcchenna sidhyati ca madhyamā / vāmācāre 'thavā dakṣe pratyaye yatra nāyakaḥ
whatever one asks concerning life and death does not succeed (when) the middle (channel is active); whether in the course of the left or of the right, wherever the leader is at the (moment of) trust —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 67.21
तनुस्थः पृच्छते यस्तु तत्र सिद्धिर्न संशयः । वैच्छन्दो वामदेवस्तु यदा वहति चात्मनि
tanusthaḥ pṛcchate yastu tatra siddhirna saṃśayaḥ / vaicchando vāmadevastu yadā vahati cātmani
whoever asks while standing in the (channel's own) body — there is success there, no doubt; but when the Vaicchanda Vāmadeva flows in oneself,
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GaP 1 67.22
तत्र भागे स्थितः पृच्छेत्सिद्धिर्भवति निष्फला । वामे वा दक्षिणे वापि यत्र संक्रमते शिवा
tatra bhāge sthitaḥ pṛcchetsiddhirbhavati niṣphalā / vāme vā dakṣiṇe vāpi yatra saṃkramate śivā
(if) one asks while stationed in that portion, the result becomes fruitless; whether on the left or on the right, wherever the auspicious one (śivā) passes over —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 67.23
घोरे घोराणि कार्याणि सौम्ये वै मध्यमानि च । प्रस्थिते भागतो हंसे द्वाभ्यां वै सर्ववाहिनी
ghore ghorāṇi kāryāṇi saumye vai madhyamāni ca / prasthite bhāgato haṃse dvābhyāṃ vai sarvavāhinī
in the dreadful (channel) dreadful deeds, in the gentle one middling deeds; when the swan (breath) has set out from (its) portion, with both (nostrils) it flows everywhere.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 67.24
तदा मृत्युं विजानीयाद्योगी योगविशारदः । यत्रयत्र स्थितः पृच्छेद्वामदक्षिणसंमुखः
tadā mṛtyuṃ vijānīyādyogī yogaviśāradaḥ / yatrayatra sthitaḥ pṛcchedvāmadakṣiṇasaṃmukhaḥ
Then the yogin skilled in yoga should recognise death. Wherever one asks, facing the left or the right,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 67.25
तत्रतत्र समं दिश्याद्वातस्योदयनं सदा । अग्रतो वामिका श्रेष्ठा पृष्ठतो दक्षिणा शुभा
tatratatra samaṃ diśyādvātasyodayanaṃ sadā / agrato vāmikā śreṣṭhā pṛṣṭhato dakṣiṇā śubhā
there and there one should always indicate the rising of the breath as even; in front the left is best, behind the right is auspicious.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 67.26
वामेन वामिका प्रोक्ता दक्षिणे दक्षिणा शुभा । वामे वामा शुभे चैव दक्षिणे दक्षिणा शुभा
vāmena vāmikā proktā dakṣiṇe dakṣiṇā śubhā / vāme vāmā śubhe caiva dakṣiṇe dakṣiṇā śubhā
By the left the left (channel) is declared; on the right the right is auspicious; on the left the left (is auspicious), and in what is favourable, on the right the right is auspicious.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 67.27
जीवो जीवति जीवेन यच्छून्यं तस्त्वरो भवेत् । यत्किञ्चित्कार्यमुद्दिष्टं जयादिशुभलक्षणम्
jīvo jīvati jīvena yacchūnyaṃ tastvaro bhavet / yatkiñcitkāryamuddiṣṭaṃ jayādiśubhalakṣaṇam
The living one lives by the living (breath); what is empty becomes hurried(?). Whatever task is indicated, having the marks of victory and other good things —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 67.28
तत्सर्वं पूर्णनाड्यां तु जायते निर्विकल्पतः । अन्यनाड्यादिपर्यन्तं पक्षत्रयमुदाहृतम्
tatsarvaṃ pūrṇanāḍyāṃ tu jāyate nirvikalpataḥ / anyanāḍyādiparyantaṃ pakṣatrayamudāhṛtam
all that comes about without fail when the channel is full; up to the other channel and so on, a period of three fortnights is declared.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 67.29
यावत्षष्ठी तु पृच्छायां पूर्णायां प्रथमो जयेत् । रिक्तायां तु द्वितीयस्तु कथयेत्तदशङ्कितः
yāvatṣaṣṭhī tu pṛcchāyāṃ pūrṇāyāṃ prathamo jayet / riktāyāṃ tu dvitīyastu kathayettadaśaṅkitaḥ
As long as it is the sixth, in a question, when (the channel) is full, the first will win; but when it is empty, the second — so let him declare it without hesitation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 67.30
वामाचारसमो वायुर्जायते कर्मसिद्धिदः । प्रवृत्ते दक्षिणे मार्गे विषमे विषमाक्षरम्
vāmācārasamo vāyurjāyate karmasiddhidaḥ / pravṛtte dakṣiṇe mārge viṣame viṣamākṣaram
A breath even (in measure), like the course of the left, arises as a giver of success in action; when the right path is in operation, (a name) of odd syllables (is favourable) in an odd (case).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 67.31
अन्यत्र वामवाहे तु नाम वै विषमाक्षरम् । तदासौ जयमाप्नोति योधः संग्राममध्यतः
anyatra vāmavāhe tu nāma vai viṣamākṣaram / tadāsau jayamāpnoti yodhaḥ saṃgrāmamadhyataḥ
But elsewhere, when the flow is in the left, (if) the name has an odd number of syllables, then that warrior wins victory in the midst of battle.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 67.32
दक्षवातप्रवाहे तु यदि नाम समाक्षरम् । जा(ज) यते नात्र सन्देहो नाडीमघ्ये तु लक्षयेत्
dakṣavātapravāhe tu yadi nāma samākṣaram / jā(ja) yate nātra sandeho nāḍīmaghye tu lakṣayet
But when the flow of breath is on the right, if the name has an even number of syllables, he wins — there is no doubt here; and one should observe (the signs) in the middle of the channel.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 67.33
पिङ्गलान्तर्गते प्राणे शमनीयाहवं जयेत् । यावन्नाड्युदयं चारस्तां दिशं यावदापयेत्
piṅgalāntargate prāṇe śamanīyāhavaṃ jayet / yāvannāḍyudayaṃ cārastāṃ diśaṃ yāvadāpayet
When the breath moves within the piṅgalā, he will win a battle that is to be quelled; as long as the nāḍī's course arises, so long should he reach toward that direction.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 67.34
न दातुं जायते सो ऽपि नात्र कार्या विचारणा । अथ संग्राममध्ये तु यत्र नाडी सदा वहेत्
na dātuṃ jāyate so 'pi nātra kāryā vicāraṇā / atha saṃgrāmamadhye tu yatra nāḍī sadā vahet
He too is unable to give (i.e. to prevail); no deliberation need be made about this. Now, in the midst of battle, in whichever (direction) the nāḍī constantly flows—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 67.35
सा दिशा जयमाप्नोति शून्ये भङ्गं विनिर्दिशेत् । जातचारे जयं विद्यान्मृतके मृतमादिशेत्
sā diśā jayamāpnoti śūnye bhaṅgaṃ vinirdiśet / jātacāre jayaṃ vidyānmṛtake mṛtamādiśet
—that direction obtains victory; in an empty (nāḍī) one should declare defeat. When the course has arisen he should know victory; in a dead (course) he should predict death.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 67.36
जयं पराजयं चैव यो जानाति स पण्डितः । वामे वा दक्षिणे वापि यत्र सञ्चरते शिवम्
jayaṃ parājayaṃ caiva yo jānāti sa paṇḍitaḥ / vāme vā dakṣiṇe vāpi yatra sañcarate śivam
He who knows victory and also defeat is learned. Whether on the left or on the right, wherever the auspicious (breath) moves,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 67.37
कृत्वा तत्पदमाप्नोति यात्रा सन्ततशोभना । शशिसूर्यप्रवाहे तु सति युद्धं समाचरेत्
kṛtvā tatpadamāpnoti yātrā santataśobhanā / śaśisūryapravāhe tu sati yuddhaṃ samācaret
having done (so) he attains that station; the journey is continuously auspicious. But when there is a flow of both moon and sun (breaths), he should engage in battle.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 67.38
यस्तु पृच्छति तत्रस्थः स साधुर्जयतिध्रुवम् । यां दिशं वहते वायुस्तां दिशं यावदाजयः
yastu pṛcchati tatrasthaḥ sa sādhurjayatidhruvam / yāṃ diśaṃ vahate vāyustāṃ diśaṃ yāvadājayaḥ
He who, standing there, asks (the question)—that good man surely wins. Whichever direction the breath flows in, in that direction there is victory,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 67.39
जायते नात्र सन्देह हन्द्रो यद्यग्रतः स्थितः । मेष्याद्या दश या नाड्यो दक्षिणा वाम संस्थिताः
jāyate nātra sandeha handro yadyagrataḥ sthitaḥ / meṣyādyā daśa yā nāḍyo dakṣiṇā vāma saṃsthitāḥ
—it comes about, there is no doubt in this—if the moon (breath) stands in front. The ten nāḍīs beginning with Aries are situated to the right and to the left.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 67.40
चरेस्थिरे तद्विमार्गे तादृशेतादृशे क्रमात् । निर्गमे निर्गमं याति संग्रहे संग्रहं विदुः
caresthire tadvimārge tādṛśetādṛśe kramāt / nirgame nirgamaṃ yāti saṃgrahe saṃgrahaṃ viduḥ
In the course and in the stationary (breath), in its reverse path, (the result is) of such and such a kind in order: at (the breath's) going out (the matter) goes out, at (its) drawing in they know (it) is drawn in.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 67.41
पृच्छकस्य वचः श्रुत्वा घण्टाकारेण लक्षयेत् । वामे वा दक्षिणे वापि पञ्चतत्त्वस्थितः शिवे
pṛcchakasya vacaḥ śrutvā ghaṇṭākāreṇa lakṣayet / vāme vā dakṣiṇe vāpi pañcatattvasthitaḥ śive
Having heard the questioner's words, he should mark (them) by the bell-shape. Whether on the left or on the right, O Śiva, (the breath) rests in the five elements.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 67.42
ऊर्ध्वे ऽग्निरध आपश्च तिर्यक्संस्थः प्रभञ्जनः । मध्ये तु पृथिवी ज्ञेया नभः सर्वत्र सर्वदा
ūrdhve 'gniradha āpaśca tiryaksaṃsthaḥ prabhañjanaḥ / madhye tu pṛthivī jñeyā nabhaḥ sarvatra sarvadā
Above is fire, below water, moving crosswise is wind; in the middle earth is to be known; ether is everywhere and always.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 67.43
ऊर्ध्वे मृत्युरधः शान्तिस्तिर्यक् चोच्चाटयेत्सुधीः । मध्ये स्तम्भं विजानीयान्मोक्षः सर्वत्र सर्वगे
ūrdhve mṛtyuradhaḥ śāntistiryak coccāṭayetsudhīḥ / madhye stambhaṃ vijānīyānmokṣaḥ sarvatra sarvage
Above, death; below, appeasement; crosswise, the wise man should drive (an enemy) out; in the middle he should know immobilization; when (the breath) pervades everything, liberation is everywhere.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition