Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 91
GaP 1 91.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- ९१ सूत उवाच । स्वायम्भुवाद्या मुनयो हरिं ध्यायन्ति कर्मणा । व्रताचारार्चनाध्यानस्तुतिजप्यपरायणाः
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 91 sūta uvāca / svāyambhuvādyā munayo hariṃ dhyāyanti karmaṇā / vratācārārcanādhyānastutijapyaparāyaṇāḥ
The Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, (chapter) 91. Sūta said: The sages beginning with Svāyambhuva meditate on Hari by (ritual) action, devoted to vows, observances, worship, meditation, praise, and muttered recitation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 91.2
देहेन्द्रियमनोबुद्धिप्राणाहङ्कारवर्जितम् । आकशेन विहीनं वै तेजसा परिवर्जितम्
dehendriyamanobuddhiprāṇāhaṅkāravarjitam / ākaśena vihīnaṃ vai tejasā parivarjitam
(They meditate on him as) free from body, senses, mind, intellect, breath, and ego-sense, indeed devoid of space, wholly free of fire,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 91.3
उदकेन विहीनं वै तद्धर्मपरिवर्जितम् । पृथिवीरहितं चैव सर्वभतविवर्जितम्
udakena vihīnaṃ vai taddharmaparivarjitam / pṛthivīrahitaṃ caiva sarvabhatavivarjitam
indeed devoid of water, free of its properties, and without earth, free of all the elements,
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GaP 1 91.4
भूताध्यक्षं तथा बद्धनियन्तारं प्रभुं विभुम् । चैतन्यरूपतारूपं सर्वाध्यक्षं निरञ्जनम्
bhūtādhyakṣaṃ tathā baddhaniyantāraṃ prabhuṃ vibhum / caitanyarūpatārūpaṃ sarvādhyakṣaṃ nirañjanam
the overseer of the elements, the controller of the bound (souls), the lord, the all-pervading, whose form is the nature of pure consciousness, the overseer of all, unstained,
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GaP 1 91.5
मुक्तसङ्गं महेशानं सर्वदेवप्रपूजितम् । तेजोरूपमसत्त्वं च तपसा परिवर्जितम्
muktasaṅgaṃ maheśānaṃ sarvadevaprapūjitam / tejorūpamasattvaṃ ca tapasā parivarjitam
free of attachment, the great lord, worshipped by all the gods, of the nature of light, without sattva, free of tapas,
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GaP 1 91.6
रहितं रजसा नित्यं व्यतिरिक्तं गुणैस्त्रिभिः । सर्वरूपविहीनं वै कर्तृत्वादिविवर्जितम्
rahitaṃ rajasā nityaṃ vyatiriktaṃ guṇaistribhiḥ / sarvarūpavihīnaṃ vai kartṛtvādivivarjitam
ever free of rajas, distinct from the three guṇas, indeed devoid of all form, free of agency and the rest,
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GaP 1 91.7
वासनारहितं शुद्धं सर्वदोषविवर्जितम् । पिपासावर्जितं तत्तच्छो कमोहविवर्जितम्
vāsanārahitaṃ śuddhaṃ sarvadoṣavivarjitam / pipāsāvarjitaṃ tattaccho kamohavivarjitam
(It is) free of latent impressions, pure, devoid of every fault, without thirst, and free of sorrow and delusion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 91.8
जरामरणहीनं वै कूटस्थं मोहवर्जितम् । उत्पत्तिरहितं चैव प्रलयेन विवर्जितम्
jarāmaraṇahīnaṃ vai kūṭasthaṃ mohavarjitam / utpattirahitaṃ caiva pralayena vivarjitam
Without old age and death, immovable (kūṭastha), free of delusion, without origination, and untouched by dissolution.
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GaP 1 91.9
सत्यं सर्वाचारहीनं निष्कलं परमेश्वरम् । जाग्रत्स्वप्नसुषुप्त्यादिवर्जितं नामवर्जितम्
satyaṃ sarvācārahīnaṃ niṣkalaṃ parameśvaram / jāgratsvapnasuṣuptyādivarjitaṃ nāmavarjitam
(It is) truth, free of all observances, without parts, the supreme lord, free of waking, dream, deep sleep and the rest, free of name.
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GaP 1 91.10
अध्यक्षं जाग्रदादीनां शान्तरूपं सुरेश्वरम् । जाग्रदादिस्थितं नित्यं कार्यकारणवर्जितम्
adhyakṣaṃ jāgradādīnāṃ śāntarūpaṃ sureśvaram / jāgradādisthitaṃ nityaṃ kāryakāraṇavarjitam
(It is) the overseer of the waking state and the rest, tranquil in form, the lord of the gods, ever present in the waking state and the rest, free of effect and cause.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 91.11
सर्वदृष्टं तथा मूर्तं सूक्ष्मं सूक्ष्मतरं परम् । ज्ञानदृक् श्रोत्रविज्ञानं परमानन्दरूपकम्
sarvadṛṣṭaṃ tathā mūrtaṃ sūkṣmaṃ sūkṣmataraṃ param / jñānadṛk śrotravijñānaṃ paramānandarūpakam
Seen by all — and yet embodied — subtle, subtler (than the subtle), supreme; knowing-sight and hearing-cognition, having the form of supreme bliss.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 91.12
विश्वेन रहितं तद्वत्तैजसेन विवर्जितम् । प्राज्ञेन रहितञ्चैव तुरीयं परमाक्षरम्
viśvena rahitaṃ tadvattaijasena vivarjitam / prājñena rahitañcaiva turīyaṃ paramākṣaram
Free of Viśva, likewise devoid of Taijasa, and free of Prājña too — the fourth (state), the supreme imperishable.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 91.13
सर्वगोप्तृ सर्वहन्तृ सर्वभूतात्मरूपि च । बुद्धिधर्मविहीनं वै निराधारं शिवं हरिम्
sarvagoptṛ sarvahantṛ sarvabhūtātmarūpi ca / buddhidharmavihīnaṃ vai nirādhāraṃ śivaṃ harim
The protector of all, the destroyer of all, and having the form of the self of all beings; devoid of the properties of intellect, without support — Śiva, Hari.
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GaP 1 91.14
विक्रियारहितं चैव वेदान्तैर्वेद्यमेव च । वेदरूपं परं भूतमिन्द्रियेभ्यः परं शुभम्
vikriyārahitaṃ caiva vedāntairvedyameva ca / vedarūpaṃ paraṃ bhūtamindriyebhyaḥ paraṃ śubham
Free of alteration, and to be known through the Vedāntas; having the form of the Veda, the supreme being, beyond the senses, auspicious.
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GaP 1 91.15
शब्देन वर्जितञ्चैव रसेन च विवर्जितम् । स्पर्शेन रहितं देवं रूपमात्रविवर्जितम्
śabdena varjitañcaiva rasena ca vivarjitam / sparśena rahitaṃ devaṃ rūpamātravivarjitam
Free of sound, and devoid of taste, without touch — the god who is free of the mere (element of) form.
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GaP 1 91.16
रूपेण रहितं ञ्चैव गन्धेन परिवर्जितम् । अनादि ब्रह्म रन्ध्रान्तमहं ब्रह्मास्मि केवलम्
rūpeṇa rahitaṃ ñcaiva gandhena parivarjitam / anādi brahma randhrāntamahaṃ brahmāsmi kevalam
Free of shape, and wholly without smell — the beginningless brahman that ends in the aperture (of the head): I alone am brahman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 91.17
एवं ज्ञात्वा महादेवध्यानं कुर्याज्जितेन्द्रियः । ध्यानं यः कुरुते ह्येवं स भवेद्बह्म मानवः
evaṃ jñātvā mahādevadhyānaṃ kuryājjitendriyaḥ / dhyānaṃ yaḥ kurute hyevaṃ sa bhavedbahma mānavaḥ
Knowing thus, one with senses subdued should perform meditation on Mahādeva; the man who meditates thus becomes brahman.
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GaP 1 91.18
इति ध्यानं समाख्यातमश्विरस्य मया तव । अधुना कथयाम्यन्यत्किन्तद्ब्रूहि वृषध्वज
iti dhyānaṃ samākhyātamaśvirasya mayā tava / adhunā kathayāmyanyatkintadbrūhi vṛṣadhvaja
Thus the meditation has been fully declared by me to you at once; now I will tell something else — say what that is to be, O bull-bannered one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain