Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 92

GaP 1 92.1

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- ९२ रुद्रौवाच । विष्णोर्ध्यानं पुनर्ब्रूहि शङ्खचक्रगदाधर । येन विज्ञातमात्रेण कृतकृत्यो भवेन्नरः

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 92 rudrauvāca / viṣṇordhyānaṃ punarbrūhi śaṅkhacakragadādhara / yena vijñātamātreṇa kṛtakṛtyo bhavennaraḥ

The Glorious Great Garuḍa Purāṇa, 92. Rudra said: Tell again the meditation on Viṣṇu, O bearer of conch, discus and mace, by the mere knowing of which a man becomes one whose task is accomplished.

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GaP 1 92.2

हरिरुवाच । प्रवक्ष्यामि हरेर्ध्यानं मायातन्त्रविमर्दकम् । मूर्तामूर्तादिभेदेन तद्ध्यानं द्विविधं हर

hariruvāca / pravakṣyāmi harerdhyānaṃ māyātantravimardakam / mūrtāmūrtādibhedena taddhyānaṃ dvividhaṃ hara

Hari said: I shall declare the meditation on Hari, which crushes the web of māyā; that meditation is of two kinds, by the division into the embodied and the unembodied, O Hara.

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GaP 1 92.3

अमूर्तं रुद्र कथितं हन्त मूत्त ब्रवीम्यहम् । सूर्यकोटिप्रतीकाशो जिष्णुर्भाजिष्णुरेकतः

amūrtaṃ rudra kathitaṃ hanta mūtta bravīmyaham / sūryakoṭipratīkāśo jiṣṇurbhājiṣṇurekataḥ

The unembodied has been told, Rudra; now, look, I speak of the embodied. He shines like ten million suns, victorious, radiant, one (alone).

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GaP 1 92.4

कुन्दगोक्षीरधवलो हरिर्ध्येयो मुमुक्षुभिः । विशालेन सुसौम्येन शङ्खेन च समन्वितः

kundagokṣīradhavalo harirdhyeyo mumukṣubhiḥ / viśālena susaumyena śaṅkhena ca samanvitaḥ

White as jasmine and cow's milk, Hari is to be meditated upon by those who seek release, furnished with a broad, very pleasing conch,

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GaP 1 92.5

सहस्रादित्यतुल्येन ज्वालामालोग्ररूपिणा । चक्रेण चान्वितः शान्तो गदाहस्तः शुभाननः

sahasrādityatulyena jvālāmālograrūpiṇā / cakreṇa cānvitaḥ śānto gadāhastaḥ śubhānanaḥ

and with the discus, equal to a thousand suns, fierce in form with its garland of flames; tranquil, mace in hand, with auspicious face,

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GaP 1 92.6

किरीटेन महार्हेण रत्नप्रज्वलितेन च । सायुधः सर्वगो देवः सरोरुहधरस्तथा

kirīṭena mahārheṇa ratnaprajvalitena ca / sāyudhaḥ sarvago devaḥ saroruhadharastathā

with a diadem of great worth, blazing with jewels; the god bearing his weapons, present everywhere, and holding a lotus,

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GaP 1 92.7

वनमालाधरः शुभ्रः समांसो हेमभूषणः । सुवस्त्रः शुद्धदेहश्च सुकर्णः पद्मसंस्थितः

vanamālādharaḥ śubhraḥ samāṃso hemabhūṣaṇaḥ / suvastraḥ śuddhadehaśca sukarṇaḥ padmasaṃsthitaḥ

wearing a forest garland, bright, with even shoulders, adorned with gold, well clothed, with a pure body, with fine ears, seated on a lotus,

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GaP 1 92.8

हिरण्मयशरीरश्च चारुहारी शुभाङ्गदः । केयूरेण समायुक्तो वनमालासमन्वितः

hiraṇmayaśarīraśca cāruhārī śubhāṅgadaḥ / keyūreṇa samāyukto vanamālāsamanvitaḥ

his body golden, wearing a lovely necklace, with beautiful armlets, fitted with an upper-arm ornament, furnished with a forest garland,

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GaP 1 92.9

श्रीवत्सकौस्तुभयुतो लक्ष्मीवन्द्येक्षणान्वितः । अमिमादिगुणैर्युक्तः सृष्टिसंहारकारकः

śrīvatsakaustubhayuto lakṣmīvandyekṣaṇānvitaḥ / amimādiguṇairyuktaḥ sṛṣṭisaṃhārakārakaḥ

(He is) furnished with the Śrīvatsa mark and the Kaustubha gem, possessed of a gaze that Lakṣmī reveres; endowed with the qualities beginning with minuteness, the agent of creation and dissolution.

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GaP 1 92.10

मुनिध्येयो ऽसुरध्येयो देवध्येयो ऽतिसुन्दरः । ब्रह्मादिस्तम्बपर्यन्तभूतजातहृदिस्थितः

munidhyeyo 'suradhyeyo devadhyeyo 'tisundaraḥ / brahmādistambaparyantabhūtajātahṛdisthitaḥ

To be meditated on by sages, to be meditated on by demons, to be meditated on by gods, exceedingly beautiful; abiding in the heart of the whole host of beings, from Brahmā down to a clump of grass.

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GaP 1 92.11

सनातनो ऽव्ययो मेध्यः सर्वानुग्रहकृत्प्रभुः । नारायणो महादेवः स्फुरन्मकरकुण्डलः

sanātano 'vyayo medhyaḥ sarvānugrahakṛtprabhuḥ / nārāyaṇo mahādevaḥ sphuranmakarakuṇḍalaḥ

Eternal, imperishable, pure, the lord who bestows grace on all; Nārāyaṇa, the great god, with glittering makara earrings.

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GaP 1 92.12

सन्तापनाशनो ऽभ्यर्च्यो मङ्गल्यो दुष्टनाशनः । सर्वात्मा सर्वरूपश्च सर्वगो ग्रहनाशनः

santāpanāśano 'bhyarcyo maṅgalyo duṣṭanāśanaḥ / sarvātmā sarvarūpaśca sarvago grahanāśanaḥ

Destroyer of anguish, worthy of worship, auspicious, destroyer of the wicked; the Self of all, having all forms, going everywhere, destroyer of the (evil) planets.

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GaP 1 92.13

चार्वङ्गुलीयसंयुक्तः सुदीप्तनख एव च । शरण्यः लसुखकारी च सौम्यरूपो महेश्वरः

cārvaṅgulīyasaṃyuktaḥ sudīptanakha eva ca / śaraṇyaḥ lasukhakārī ca saumyarūpo maheśvaraḥ

Wearing beautiful rings, and with brightly shining nails; a refuge, a giver of ease, of gentle form, the great lord.

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GaP 1 92.14

सर्वालङ्कारसंयुक्तश्चारुचन्दनचर्चितः । सर्वदेवसमायुक्तः सर्वदेवप्रियङ्करः

sarvālaṅkārasaṃyuktaścārucandanacarcitaḥ / sarvadevasamāyuktaḥ sarvadevapriyaṅkaraḥ

Adorned with every ornament, smeared with lovely sandal paste; attended by all the gods, doing what is dear to all the gods.

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GaP 1 92.15

सर्वलोकहितैषी च सर्वेशः सर्वभावनः । आदित्यमण्डले संस्थो अग्निस्थो वारिसंस्थितः

sarvalokahitaiṣī ca sarveśaḥ sarvabhāvanaḥ / ādityamaṇḍale saṃstho agnistho vārisaṃsthitaḥ

And seeking the welfare of all the worlds, the lord of all, who brings all into being; established in the orb of the sun, abiding in fire, abiding in water.

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GaP 1 92.16

वासुदेवो जगद्धाता ध्येयो विष्णुर्मुमुक्षुभिः । वासुदेवो ऽहमस्मीति आत्मा ध्येयो हरिहरिः

vāsudevo jagaddhātā dhyeyo viṣṇurmumukṣubhiḥ / vāsudevo 'hamasmīti ātmā dhyeyo harihariḥ

Vāsudeva, the upholder of the world, Viṣṇu, to be meditated on by those who seek release; the Self is to be meditated on as "I am Vāsudeva" — Hari, Hari.

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GaP 1 92.17

ध्यायन्त्येवं च ये विष्णुं ते यान्ति परमां गतिम् । याज्ञवल्क्यः पुरा ह्येवं ध्यात्वा विष्णुं सुरेश्वरम्

dhyāyantyevaṃ ca ye viṣṇuṃ te yānti paramāṃ gatim / yājñavalkyaḥ purā hyevaṃ dhyātvā viṣṇuṃ sureśvaram

And those who thus meditate on Viṣṇu go to the highest goal. For long ago Yājñavalkya, having thus meditated on Viṣṇu, the lord of the gods (taught dharma).

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