Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 93
GaP 1 93.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- ९३ महेश्वर उवाच । याज्ञवल्क्येन यत्पूर्वं धर्मं प्रोक्तं कयं हरे ! । तन्मे काथय केशिघ्न ! यथा तत्त्वेन माधव !
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 93 maheśvara uvāca / yājñavalkyena yatpūrvaṃ dharmaṃ proktaṃ kayaṃ hare ! / tanme kāthaya keśighna ! yathā tattvena mādhava !
The Great Garuḍa Purāṇa, 93. Maheśvara said: What dharma was formerly declared by Yājñavalkya, O Hari? Tell me that, O slayer of Keśin, as it truly is, O Mādhava!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 93.2
हरिरुवाच । याज्ञवल्क्यं नमस्कृत्य मिथिलायां समास्थितम् । अपृच्छन्नॄषयो गत्वा वर्णधर्माद्यशेषतः । तेभ्यः स कथयामास विष्णुं ध्यात्वा जितेन्द्रियः
hariruvāca / yājñavalkyaṃ namaskṛtya mithilāyāṃ samāsthitam / apṛcchannṝṣayo gatvā varṇadharmādyaśeṣataḥ / tebhyaḥ sa kathayāmāsa viṣṇuṃ dhyātvā jitendriyaḥ
Hari said: Having bowed to Yājñavalkya, who was dwelling in Mithilā, the sages went and asked him about the duties of the classes and the rest, in full. To them he, with senses subdued, having meditated on Viṣṇu, expounded (it).
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GaP 1 93.3
याज्ञवल्क्य उवाच । यस्मिन्देशे मृगः कृष्णस्तस्मिन्धर्मान्निबोधत । पुराणन्यायमीमांसाधर्मशास्त्राङ्गमिश्रिताः
yājñavalkya uvāca / yasmindeśe mṛgaḥ kṛṣṇastasmindharmānnibodhata / purāṇanyāyamīmāṃsādharmaśāstrāṅgamiśritāḥ
Yājñavalkya said: In whatever land the black antelope is (found), learn the dharmas there. (The śāstras) mixed together — Purāṇa, Nyāya, Mīmāṃsā, Dharmaśāstra and the Vedic limbs —
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GaP 1 93.4
वेदाः स्थानानि विद्यानां धर्मस्य च चतुर्दश । वक्तारो धर्मशास्त्राणां मनुर्विष्णुर्यमो ऽङ्गिराः
vedāḥ sthānāni vidyānāṃ dharmasya ca caturdaśa / vaktāro dharmaśāstrāṇāṃ manurviṣṇuryamo 'ṅgirāḥ
— and the Vedas: (these) fourteen are the seats of the sciences and of dharma. The declarers of the dharma treatises are Manu, Viṣṇu, Yama, Aṅgiras,
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GaP 1 93.5
वसिष्ठदक्षसंवर्तशातातपपराशराः । आपस्तम्बोशनोव्यासाः कात्यायनबृहस्पती
vasiṣṭhadakṣasaṃvartaśātātapaparāśarāḥ / āpastambośanovyāsāḥ kātyāyanabṛhaspatī
Vasiṣṭha, Dakṣa, Saṃvarta, Śātātapa, Parāśara, Āpastamba, Uśanas, Vyāsa, Kātyāyana and Bṛhaspati,
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GaP 1 93.6
गौतमः शङ्खलिखितो हारीतो ऽत्रिरहं तथा । एते विष्णुं समाराध्य जाता धर्मोपदेशकाः
gautamaḥ śaṅkhalikhito hārīto 'trirahaṃ tathā / ete viṣṇuṃ samārādhya jātā dharmopadeśakāḥ
Gautama, Śaṅkha, Likhita, Hārīta, Atri, and myself as well: these, having duly propitiated Viṣṇu, became teachers of dharma.
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GaP 1 93.7
देशकाल उपायेन द्रव्यं श्रद्धासमन्वितम् । पात्रे प्रदीयते यत्तत्सकलं धर्मलक्षणम्
deśakāla upāyena dravyaṃ śraddhāsamanvitam / pātre pradīyate yattatsakalaṃ dharmalakṣaṇam
Whatever substance, accompanied by faith, is given by proper means, at (the right) place and time, to a worthy recipient — all that is the mark of dharma.
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GaP 1 93.8
इज्याचारो दमो ऽहिंसा दानं स्वाध्यायकर्म च । अयं च परमो धर्मो यद्योगेनात्मदर्शनम्
ijyācāro damo 'hiṃsā dānaṃ svādhyāyakarma ca / ayaṃ ca paramo dharmo yadyogenātmadarśanam
Sacrifice, right conduct, self-restraint, non-injury, giving, and the practice of reciting one's own (Vedic) text; and this is the highest dharma: the seeing of the Self through yoga.
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GaP 1 93.9
चत्वारो वेदधर्मज्ञाः पर्षत्त्रैविद्यमेव वा । सा ब्रूते यत्स्वधर्मः स्यादेको वाध्यात्मवित्तमः
catvāro vedadharmajñāḥ parṣattraividyameva vā / sā brūte yatsvadharmaḥ syādeko vādhyātmavittamaḥ
Four men who know the dharma of the Vedas, or an assembly (of those) versed in the three Vedas — that (assembly) declares what one's own dharma should be; or (else) a single man who is the best knower of the supreme Self.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 93.10
ब्रह्मक्षात्त्रियविट्शूद्रा वर्णास्त्वाद्यास्त्रयो द्विजाः । निषेकाद्याः श्मशानान्तास्तेषां वै मन्त्रतः क्रियाः
brahmakṣāttriyaviṭśūdrā varṇāstvādyāstrayo dvijāḥ / niṣekādyāḥ śmaśānāntāsteṣāṃ vai mantrataḥ kriyāḥ
Brāhmaṇa, Kṣatriya, Vaiśya and Śūdra are the classes; the first three are twice-born. Their rites, from insemination onward to the cremation ground, are indeed performed with mantras.
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GaP 1 93.11
गर्भाधानमृतौ पुंसः सवनं स्पन्दनात्पुरा । षष्ठे ऽष्टमे वा सीमन्तः प्रसवे जातकर्म च
garbhādhānamṛtau puṃsaḥ savanaṃ spandanātpurā / ṣaṣṭhe 'ṣṭame vā sīmantaḥ prasave jātakarma ca
Impregnation (is to be done) in the (fertile) season; the rite for (obtaining) a male child before the stirring (of the fetus); the parting of the hair in the sixth or eighth (month); and the birth rite at delivery.
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GaP 1 93.12
अहन्येकादशे नाम चतुर्थे मासि निष्क्रमः । षष्ठे ऽन्नप्राशनं मासि चूडां कुर्याद्यथाकुलम्
ahanyekādaśe nāma caturthe māsi niṣkramaḥ / ṣaṣṭhe 'nnaprāśanaṃ māsi cūḍāṃ kuryādyathākulam
On the eleventh day, the naming; in the fourth month, the taking out (of the child); in the sixth month, the first feeding with food; and one should perform the tonsure according to family custom.
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GaP 1 93.13
एवमेनः शमं याति बीजगर्भसमुद्भवम् । तूष्ण ईमेताः क्रियाः स्त्रीणां विवाहश्च समन्त्रकः
evamenaḥ śamaṃ yāti bījagarbhasamudbhavam / tūṣṇa īmetāḥ kriyāḥ strīṇāṃ vivāhaśca samantrakaḥ
Thus the taint arising from the seed and the womb is quieted. For women these rites are (done) silently, but marriage is with mantras.
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