Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 88
GaP 1 88.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- ८८ सूत उवाच । हरिर्मन्वन्तराण्याह ब्रह्मादिभ्यो हराय च । मार्कण्डेयः पितृस्तो त्रं क्रौञ्चुकिं प्राह तच्छृणु
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 88 sūta uvāca / harirmanvantarāṇyāha brahmādibhyo harāya ca / mārkaṇḍeyaḥ pitṛsto traṃ krauñcukiṃ prāha tacchṛṇu
The Sūta said: Hari told the Manvantaras to Brahmā and the others and to Hara; Mārkaṇḍeya told Krauñcuki the eulogy (praise) of the ancestors — hear that.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 88.2
मार्कण्डेय उवाच । रुचिः प्रजापतिः पूर्वं निर्ममो निरहङ्कृतिः । अत्रस्तो ऽमितमायी च चचार पृथिवीमिमाम्
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca / ruciḥ prajāpatiḥ pūrvaṃ nirmamo nirahaṅkṛtiḥ / atrasto 'mitamāyī ca cacāra pṛthivīmimām
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Formerly Ruci, a lord of creatures, free of possessiveness and of egoism, fearless and of measureless craft, roamed this earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 88.3
अनग्निमनिकेतं तमेकाहारमनाश्रमम् । निमुक्तसंगं तं दृष्ट्वा प्रोचुः स्वपितरो मुनिम्
anagnimaniketaṃ tamekāhāramanāśramam / nimuktasaṃgaṃ taṃ dṛṣṭvā procuḥ svapitaro munim
Seeing him — without (sacred) fire, without a dwelling, eating once (a day), belonging to no āśrama, freed from attachment — his own ancestors spoke to the sage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 88.4
पितर ऊचुः । वत्स कस्मात्त्वया पुण्यो न कृतो दार संग्रहः । स्वर्गापवर्गहे (से)तुत्वाद्वन्धस्तेनानिशं (निमिषं) विना
pitara ūcuḥ / vatsa kasmāttvayā puṇyo na kṛto dāra saṃgrahaḥ / svargāpavargahe (se)tutvādvandhastenāniśaṃ (nimiṣaṃ) vinā
The fathers said: Child, why has the meritorious taking of a wife not been done by you? Since it is the bridge to heaven and to release, without it there is bondage unceasingly.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 88.5
गृही समस्तदेवानां पितॄणां च तथार्हणम् । ऋषीणामर्थिनां चैव कुर्वल्लो कानवाप्नुयात्
gṛhī samastadevānāṃ pitṝṇāṃ ca tathārhaṇam / ṛṣīṇāmarthināṃ caiva kurvallo kānavāpnuyāt
A householder, performing the due honouring of all the gods and likewise of the fathers, and of the sages and of petitioners, would attain the (heavenly) worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 88.6
स्वाहोच्चारणतो देवान्स्वधोच्चारणतः पितन् । विभजत्यन्नदानेन भृत्याद्यानतिथीनपि
svāhoccāraṇato devānsvadhoccāraṇataḥ pitan / vibhajatyannadānena bhṛtyādyānatithīnapi
By uttering "svāhā" he apportions (shares) to the gods, by uttering "svadhā" to the fathers; and by the giving of food (he apportions) to dependents and the rest, and to guests as well.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 88.7
स त्त्वं दैवादृणाद्वन्धमिममस्मदृणादपि । अवाप्तो ऽसि मनुष्यर्षे भूतेभ्यश्च दिनेदिने
sa ttvaṃ daivādṛṇādvandhamimamasmadṛṇādapi / avāpto 'si manuṣyarṣe bhūtebhyaśca dinedine
So you, O best of men, are bound by this debt to the gods, and by the debt to us also, and to (all) beings day after day.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 88.8
अनत्पाद्य सुतान्देवानसन्तर्प्य पितॄस्तथा । अकृत्वा च कथं माण्ड्यं स्वर्गतिं प्राप्तुमिच्छसि
anatpādya sutāndevānasantarpya pitṝstathā / akṛtvā ca kathaṃ māṇḍyaṃ svargatiṃ prāptumicchasi
Without begetting sons, without gratifying the gods and likewise the fathers, and without performing (the rites), how do you wish to attain the going to heaven?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 88.9
क्लेशबोधैककं पुत्र अन्यायेन भवेत्तव । मृतस्य नरकं त्यक्त्वा क्लेश एवान्यजन्मनि
kleśabodhaikakaṃ putra anyāyena bhavettava / mṛtasya narakaṃ tyaktvā kleśa evānyajanmani
Only the experiencing of suffering, son, will be yours through unrighteousness; for one who has died, hell — and having left that, suffering again in another birth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 88.10
रुचिरुवाच । परिग्रहो ऽतिदुः खाय पापाया धोगतेस्तथा । भवत्यतो मया पूर्वंन कृतो दारसंग्रहः
ruciruvāca / parigraho 'tiduḥ khāya pāpāyā dhogatestathā / bhavatyato mayā pūrvaṃna kṛto dārasaṃgrahaḥ
Ruci said: Taking on possessions (a household) leads to very great pain, to sin, and likewise to a downward course; therefore the taking of a wife was not done by me before.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 88.11
आत्मनः संशयोपायः क्रियते क्षणमन्त्रणात् । स्वमुक्तिहेतुर्न भवत्यसावपि परिग्रहात्
ātmanaḥ saṃśayopāyaḥ kriyate kṣaṇamantraṇāt / svamuktiheturna bhavatyasāvapi parigrahāt
(Only) a doubtful means for oneself is brought about by a moment's counsel; and this too does not become a cause of one's own liberation, because of possession.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 88.12
प्रक्षाल्यते ऽनुदिवसं य आत्मा निष्परिग्रहः । मम त्वपङ्कदिग्धो ऽपि विद्याम्भोभिर्वरं हि तत्
prakṣālyate 'nudivasaṃ ya ātmā niṣparigrahaḥ / mama tvapaṅkadigdho 'pi vidyāmbhobhirvaraṃ hi tat
The self that is without possessions is washed clean day by day; but as for mine, even though smeared with mud, (it is washed) by the waters of knowledge — and that indeed is better.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 88.13
अनेकभवसंभूतकर्मपङ्काङ्कितो बुधैः । आत्मा तत्त्वज्ञानतोयैः प्रक्षाल्यो नियतेन्द्रियैः
anekabhavasaṃbhūtakarmapaṅkāṅkito budhaiḥ / ātmā tattvajñānatoyaiḥ prakṣālyo niyatendriyaiḥ
The self, marked with the mire of karma accumulated from many births, is to be washed clean by the wise, who have restrained their senses, with the waters of the knowledge of truth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 88.14
पितर ऊचुः । युक्तं प्रक्षालनं कर्तुमात्मनो ऽपि यतेन्द्रियैः । किं तु नोपायमार्गो ऽयं यतस्त्वं पुत्र वर्तसे
pitara ūcuḥ / yuktaṃ prakṣālanaṃ kartumātmano 'pi yatendriyaiḥ / kiṃ tu nopāyamārgo 'yaṃ yatastvaṃ putra vartase
The fathers said: It is proper for those of restrained senses to carry out the cleansing of the self; but this, son, by which you proceed, is not the path of the (right) means.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 88.15
पञ्चयज्ञैस्तपोदानैरशुभं नुदतस्तव । फलाभिसन्धिरहितैः पूर्वकम शुभाशुभैः
pañcayajñaistapodānairaśubhaṃ nudatastava / phalābhisandhirahitaiḥ pūrvakama śubhāśubhaiḥ
For you, who dispel evil by the five sacrifices, by austerities and gifts that are free of any aim at their fruit, the good and bad of former karma (is dispelled).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 88.16
एवं न बन्धो भवति कुर्वतः कारणात्मकम् । न च बन्धाय तत्कर्म भवत्यनतिसन्निभम्
evaṃ na bandho bhavati kurvataḥ kāraṇātmakam / na ca bandhāya tatkarma bhavatyanatisannibham
Thus there is no bondage for one who acts (making that his) motive; and that karma does not become a cause of bondage, since it is not of the like (binding) sort.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 88.17
पूर्वकर्म कृतं बोगैः क्षीयते ह्यनिशन्तथा । सुखदुः खात्मकैर्वत्स पुण्या पुण्यात्मकं नृणाम्
pūrvakarma kṛtaṃ bogaiḥ kṣīyate hyaniśantathā / sukhaduḥ khātmakairvatsa puṇyā puṇyātmakaṃ nṛṇām
For former karma that has been done is worn away unceasingly by experiences; by those consisting of pleasure and pain, child, the meritorious and unmeritorious (karma) of men (is exhausted).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 88.18
एवं प्रक्षाल्यते प्राज्ञैरात्मा बन्धाच्च रक्ष्यते । रक्ष्यश्च स्वविवेकैर्न पापपङ्केन दह्यते
evaṃ prakṣālyate prājñairātmā bandhācca rakṣyate / rakṣyaśca svavivekairna pāpapaṅkena dahyate
Thus the self is washed clean by the wise and is guarded from bondage; and being guarded by one's own discernment, it is not burned by the mire of sin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 88.19
रुचिरुवाच । अविद्या पच्यते वेदे कर्ममार्गात्पितामहाः । तत्कथं कर्मणो मार्गे भवन्तो योजयन्ति माम्
ruciruvāca / avidyā pacyate vede karmamārgātpitāmahāḥ / tatkathaṃ karmaṇo mārge bhavanto yojayanti mām
Ruci said: In the Veda, grandfathers, ignorance is (only) matured by the path of action; so why do you yoke me to the path of action?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 88.20
पितर उचुः । अविद्या सर्वमेवैतत्कर्मणैतन्मृषा वचः । किं तु विद्यापरिप्राप्तौ हेतुः कर्म न संशयः
pitara ucuḥ / avidyā sarvamevaitatkarmaṇaitanmṛṣā vacaḥ / kiṃ tu vidyāpariprāptau hetuḥ karma na saṃśayaḥ
The fathers said: "All this is ignorance, by reason of action" — that statement is false; rather, action is the cause in the full attaining of knowledge, there is no doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 88.21
विहिताकरणानर्थो न सद्भिः क्रियते तु यः । संयमो मुक्तये यो ऽन्यः प्रत्युताधोगतिप्रदः
vihitākaraṇānartho na sadbhiḥ kriyate tu yaḥ / saṃyamo muktaye yo 'nyaḥ pratyutādhogatipradaḥ
The harm arising from not doing what is enjoined is not incurred by the good; but any other restraint (than this), aimed at liberation, on the contrary brings a downward course.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 88.22
प्रक्षालयामीति भवान्यदेतन्मन्यते वरम् । विहिताकरणोद्भूतैः पापैस्त्वमपि दह्यसे
prakṣālayāmīti bhavānyadetanmanyate varam / vihitākaraṇodbhūtaiḥ pāpaistvamapi dahyase
This which you think best, "I cleanse (the self)" — you too are burned by the sins arising from not doing what is enjoined.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 88.23
अविद्याप्युपकाराय विषवज्जायते नृणाम् । अनुष्ठाना भ्युपायेन बन्धयोग्यापि नो हि सा
avidyāpyupakārāya viṣavajjāyate nṛṇām / anuṣṭhānā bhyupāyena bandhayogyāpi no hi sā
Even ignorance arises for men's benefit, like poison; by the means of (proper) observance it is not, indeed, capable of binding, though it is (otherwise) fit to bind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 88.24
तस्माद्वत्स कुरुष्व त्वं विधिवद्दारसंग्रहम् । आजन्म विफलन्ते ऽस्तु असम्प्राप्यान्यलौकिकम्
tasmādvatsa kuruṣva tvaṃ vidhivaddārasaṃgraham / ājanma viphalante 'stu asamprāpyānyalaukikam
"Therefore, my son, take a wife according to the rule. Otherwise let (your life) from birth be fruitless, since you will not attain what belongs to the other world."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 88.25
रुचिरुवाच । वृद्धो ऽहं साम्प्रतं को मे पितरः सम्प्रिदास्यति । भार्यान्तथा दरिद्रस्य दुष्करो दारसंग्रहः
ruciruvāca / vṛddho 'haṃ sāmprataṃ ko me pitaraḥ sampridāsyati / bhāryāntathā daridrasya duṣkaro dārasaṃgrahaḥ
Ruci said: "I am now old, fathers; who will give (a bride) to me? And for a poor man, taking a wife is hard to accomplish."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 88.26
पितर ऊचुः । अस्माकं पतनं वत्स भवतश्चाप्यधोगतिः । नूनं भावि भवित्री च नाभिनन्दसि नो वचः
pitara ūcuḥ / asmākaṃ patanaṃ vatsa bhavataścāpyadhogatiḥ / nūnaṃ bhāvi bhavitrī ca nābhinandasi no vacaḥ
The fathers said: "Our fall, child, and your own downward course will surely come to be, if you do not welcome our words."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 88.27
इत्युक्त्वा पितरस्तस्य पश्यतो मुनिसत्तम । बभूवुः सहसादृश्या दीपा वातहता इव
ityuktvā pitarastasya paśyato munisattama / babhūvuḥ sahasādṛśyā dīpā vātahatā iva
Having said this, O best of sages, the fathers, while he was looking on, suddenly became invisible, like lamps struck by the wind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 88.28
मुनिः क्रैञ्चुकये प्राह मार्कण्डेयो महातपाः । रुचिवृत्तान्तमखिलं पितृसंवादलक्षणम्
muniḥ kraiñcukaye prāha mārkaṇḍeyo mahātapāḥ / rucivṛttāntamakhilaṃ pitṛsaṃvādalakṣaṇam
The sage Mārkaṇḍeya of great austerity related to Krauñcuki the whole story of Ruci, which consists of the conversation with the fathers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition