Garuda Purana — Uttara Khanda (Pretakalpa) — Chapter 47
GaP 2 47.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- ४७ गरुड उवाच । भगवन्देवदेवेश कृपया परया वद । दानं दानस्य माहात्म्यं वैतरण्याः प्रमाणकम्
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 47 garuḍa uvāca / bhagavandevadeveśa kṛpayā parayā vada / dānaṃ dānasya māhātmyaṃ vaitaraṇyāḥ pramāṇakam
The Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, 47. Garuḍa said: O Lord, ruler of the gods of gods, out of your supreme kindness tell (me) of giving, of the greatness of giving, and of the measure of the Vaitaraṇī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 47.2
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच । या सा वैतरणी नाम यममार्गे महासरित् । अगाधा दुस्तरा पापैर्दृष्टमात्रा भयावहा
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / yā sā vaitaraṇī nāma yamamārge mahāsarit / agādhā dustarā pāpairdṛṣṭamātrā bhayāvahā
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: That great river on Yama's road which is named Vaitaraṇī is fathomless, hard for sinners to cross, terrifying at the mere sight of it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 47.3
पूयशोणिततोयाढ्या मांसकर्दमसकुंला । पापिनञ्चागतान्दृष्ट्वा नानाभयसमावृता
pūyaśoṇitatoyāḍhyā māṃsakardamasakuṃlā / pāpinañcāgatāndṛṣṭvā nānābhayasamāvṛtā
It is full of water of pus and blood, crowded with mire of flesh; seeing the sinners who have come, it is beset with manifold terrors.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 47.4
क्वाथ्यते सत्वरं तोयं पात्रमध्ये घृतं यथा । क्रिमिभिः सङ्कुलं पूयं वज्रतुण्डैः समावृतम्
kvāthyate satvaraṃ toyaṃ pātramadhye ghṛtaṃ yathā / krimibhiḥ saṅkulaṃ pūyaṃ vajratuṇḍaiḥ samāvṛtam
The water boils rapidly, like ghee in a vessel; the pus is teeming with worms and beset with (creatures) having adamantine beaks.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 47.5
शिशुमारैश्च मकरैर्वज्रकर्तरिकायुतैः । अन्यैश्च जलजीवैश्च हिंसकैर्मांसभेदिभिः
śiśumāraiśca makarairvajrakartarikāyutaiḥ / anyaiśca jalajīvaiśca hiṃsakairmāṃsabhedibhiḥ
and with porpoises and crocodiles furnished with scissor-like jaws hard as thunderbolts, and with other water-creatures, harmful, tearers of flesh,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 47.6
उद्यान्ति द्वादशादित्याः प्रलयान्ते तथा हि ते । तपन्ति तत्र वै मर्त्याः क्रन्द मानास्तु पापिनः
udyānti dvādaśādityāḥ pralayānte tathā hi te / tapanti tatra vai martyāḥ kranda mānāstu pāpinaḥ
Twelve suns rise (there), just as at the end of a world-dissolution; there indeed the mortals, the sinners, burn, crying out.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 47.7
हा भ्रातः पुत्र तातेति प्रलपन्ति मुहुर्मुहुः । विचरन्ति निमज्जन्ति ग्लानिं गच्छन्ति जन्तवः
hā bhrātaḥ putra tāteti pralapanti muhurmuhuḥ / vicaranti nimajjanti glāniṃ gacchanti jantavaḥ
"Alas, brother! son! father!" they lament again and again; the creatures wander about, sink down, and grow faint.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 47.8
चतुर्विधैः प्राणिगणैर्दृष्टा व्याप्ता महानदी । तरन्ति गोप्रदानेन त्वन्यथा च पतन्ति ते
caturvidhaiḥ prāṇigaṇairdṛṣṭā vyāptā mahānadī / taranti gopradānena tvanyathā ca patanti te
The great river is seen filled with the four kinds of living beings; (some) cross it by the gift of a cow, but otherwise they fall in.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 47.9
मां नरा ये ऽवमन्यन्ते चाचार्यं गुरुमेव च । वृद्धानन्यांश्चापि मूढास्तेषां वासस्तु तत्र वै
māṃ narā ye 'vamanyante cācāryaṃ gurumeva ca / vṛddhānanyāṃścāpi mūḍhāsteṣāṃ vāsastu tatra vai
Those men, fools, who despise me, and the teacher and the guru, and elders and others too — their dwelling is indeed there.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 47.10
पतिव्रतां साधुशीलामूढां धर्मेषु निश्चलाम् । परित्यजन्ति ये मूढास्तेषां वासस्तु सन्ततम्
pativratāṃ sādhuśīlāmūḍhāṃ dharmeṣu niścalām / parityajanti ye mūḍhāsteṣāṃ vāsastu santatam
Those fools who abandon a wife devoted to her husband, of good character, unbewildered, unwavering in her duties — their dwelling there is perpetual.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 47.11
विश्वासप्रतिपन्नानां स्वामिमित्रतपस्विनाम् । स्त्रीबालविकलादीनां वधं कृत्वा पतन्ति हि । पच्यन्ते तत्र मध्ये तु क्रन्दमानास्तु पापिनः
viśvāsapratipannānāṃ svāmimitratapasvinām / strībālavikalādīnāṃ vadhaṃ kṛtvā patanti hi / pacyante tatra madhye tu krandamānāstu pāpinaḥ
Having killed those who have come trusting (them), masters, friends, ascetics, women, children, the crippled and the like, they surely fall (in); and there in the midst of it the sinners are cooked, crying out.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 47.12
शान्तं बुभुक्षितं विप्रंयो विघ्नायोपसर्पति । क्रिमिभिर्भक्ष्यते तत्र यावदाभूतसंप्लवम्
śāntaṃ bubhukṣitaṃ vipraṃyo vighnāyopasarpati / krimibhirbhakṣyate tatra yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam
He who approaches to obstruct a calm, hungry brahmin is eaten there by worms until the dissolution of beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 47.13
ब्राह्मणाय प्रतीश्रुत्य यमार्थं न ददाति तम् । आहूय नास्ति यो ब्रूयात्तस्य वासस्तु तत्र वै
brāhmaṇāya pratīśrutya yamārthaṃ na dadāti tam / āhūya nāsti yo brūyāttasya vāsastu tatra vai
He who, having promised a brahmin, does not give him what was promised, and who when called says "there is nothing" — his dwelling is indeed there.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 47.14
अग्निदो गरदश्चैव कूटसाक्षी च मद्यपः । यज्ञविध्वंसकश्चैव राज्ञीगामी च पैशुनः
agnido garadaścaiva kūṭasākṣī ca madyapaḥ / yajñavidhvaṃsakaścaiva rājñīgāmī ca paiśunaḥ
An incendiary, a poisoner, a false witness, a drunkard, a destroyer of sacrifices, one who goes to the king's wife, a slanderer,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 47.15
कथाभङ्गकरश्चैव स्वयन्दत्ता पहारकः । क्षेत्रसेतुविभेदी च परदारप्रधर्षकः
kathābhaṅgakaraścaiva svayandattā pahārakaḥ / kṣetrasetuvibhedī ca paradārapradharṣakaḥ
and one who breaks off a (sacred) recitation, one who takes back what he himself gave, one who breaches the dyke of a field, and one who violates another's wife,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 47.16
ब्राह्मणो रसविक्रेता तथा यो वृषलीपतिः । गोधनस्य तृषार्तस्य वाप्या भेदं करोति यः
brāhmaṇo rasavikretā tathā yo vṛṣalīpatiḥ / godhanasya tṛṣārtasya vāpyā bhedaṃ karoti yaḥ
a brahmin who sells liquids, and one who is husband of a śūdra woman, and he who breaks the tank (of water) of thirst-stricken cattle,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 47.17
कन्याविदूषकश्चैव दानं दत्त्वानुतापकः । शूबद्रस्तु कपिलापायी ब्राह्मणो मांसभोजनः
kanyāvidūṣakaścaiva dānaṃ dattvānutāpakaḥ / śūbadrastu kapilāpāyī brāhmaṇo māṃsabhojanaḥ
and the defiler of a maiden, one who regrets after having given a gift, a śūdra who drinks (the milk of) a tawny cow, a brahmin who eats meat —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 47.18
एते वसन्ति सततं मा विचारं कृथाः क्वचित् । कृपणो नास्तिकः क्षुद्रः स तस्यां निवसेत्खग
ete vasanti satataṃ mā vicāraṃ kṛthāḥ kvacit / kṛpaṇo nāstikaḥ kṣudraḥ sa tasyāṃ nivasetkhaga
these dwell (there) continually; do not ever have any doubt of it. The miser, the denier (of religion), the base man — he would dwell in it, O bird.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 47.19
सदामर्षो सदा क्रोधी निजवाक्यप्रमाणकृत् । परोक्त्युच्छेदको नित्यं वैतरण्या वसेच्चिरम्
sadāmarṣo sadā krodhī nijavākyapramāṇakṛt / paroktyucchedako nityaṃ vaitaraṇyā vasecciram
One always resentful, always angry, who makes his own word the authority, who always cuts off the speech of others, would dwell long in the Vaitaraṇī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 47.20
यस्त्वहङ्कारवान्पापी स्वविकत्थनकारकः । कृतघ्नो गर्भसन्तापी वैतरण्यां स मज्जति
yastvahaṅkāravānpāpī svavikatthanakārakaḥ / kṛtaghno garbhasantāpī vaitaraṇyāṃ sa majjati
But the sinner who is full of egotism, who boasts of himself, who is ungrateful, who torments the unborn, he sinks in the Vaitaraṇī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 47.21
कदापि भाग्ययोगेन तरणेच्छा भवेद्यदि । सानुकूला भवेद्येन तदाकर्णय काश्यप
kadāpi bhāgyayogena taraṇecchā bhavedyadi / sānukūlā bhavedyena tadākarṇaya kāśyapa
If ever, by a conjunction of good fortune, there should arise a wish to cross over — hear, Kāśyapa, by what means she (the Vaitaraṇī) becomes favourable.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 47.22
अयने विषुवे पुण्ये व्यतीपाते दिनोदये । चन्द्रसूर्योपरागे वा संक्रान्तौ दर्शवासरे
ayane viṣuve puṇye vyatīpāte dinodaye / candrasūryoparāge vā saṃkrāntau darśavāsare
At a solstice, at an equinox, on a holy day, at a vyatīpāta, at sunrise, or at an eclipse of the moon or the sun, at a saṃkrānti, on the new-moon day,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 47.23
अन्येषु पुण्यकालेषु दीयते दानमुत्तमम् । यदा तदा भवेद्वापि श्राद्धा दानं प्रति ध्रुवम्
anyeṣu puṇyakāleṣu dīyate dānamuttamam / yadā tadā bhavedvāpi śrāddhā dānaṃ prati dhruvam
and at other holy times, the highest gift is given; but whenever faith regarding giving arises, then indeed (is the time) — this is certain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 47.24
तदैब दानकालः स्याद्यतः सम्पत्तिरस्थिरा । अनित्यानि शरीराणि विभवो नैव शाश्वतः
tadaiba dānakālaḥ syādyataḥ sampattirasthirā / anityāni śarīrāṇi vibhavo naiva śāśvataḥ
Just then would be the time for giving, since prosperity is unstable; bodies are impermanent and wealth is by no means everlasting.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 47.25
नित्यं सन्निहितो मृत्युः कर्तव्यो धर्मसंगहः । कृष्णां वा पाटलां वापि कुर्याद्वैतरणीं शुभाम्
nityaṃ sannihito mṛtyuḥ kartavyo dharmasaṃgahaḥ / kṛṣṇāṃ vā pāṭalāṃ vāpi kuryādvaitaraṇīṃ śubhām
Death is always close at hand; a store of merit should be accumulated. One should make an auspicious Vaitaraṇī (cow), either black or pale-red,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 47.26
स्वर्णशृङ्गीं रौप्यखुरां कांस्यपात्रोपदोहनीम् । कृष्णवस्त्रयुगाच्छन्नां सप्तधान्यसमन्विताम्
svarṇaśṛṅgīṃ raupyakhurāṃ kāṃsyapātropadohanīm / kṛṣṇavastrayugācchannāṃ saptadhānyasamanvitām
with golden horns, silver hooves, a bronze vessel for milking, covered with a pair of black cloths, accompanied by the seven grains,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 47.27
कार्पासद्रोणशिखरे आसीनं ताम्रभाजने । यमं हैमं प्रकुर्वीत लोहदण्डसमन्वितम् । इक्षुदण्डमयं बद्ध्वा प्लवं सुदृढबन्धनैः
kārpāsadroṇaśikhare āsīnaṃ tāmrabhājane / yamaṃ haimaṃ prakurvīta lohadaṇḍasamanvitam / ikṣudaṇḍamayaṃ baddhvā plavaṃ sudṛḍhabandhanaiḥ
on the peak of a droṇa-measure of cotton, seated in a copper vessel — one should make a golden Yama, furnished with an iron staff; and having bound a raft made of sugarcane stalks with very firm bindings,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 47.28
उडुपोपरि तां धेनुं सूर्यदेहसमुद्भवाम् । कृत्वा प्रकल्पयेद्विप्रश्छत्रोपानहसंयुतम्
uḍupopari tāṃ dhenuṃ sūryadehasamudbhavām / kṛtvā prakalpayedvipraśchatropānahasaṃyutam
having set that cow, sprung from the body of the Sun, upon the raft, one should assign it to a brahmin, together with a parasol and sandals.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 47.29
अङ्गुलीयकवासांसि ब्राह्मणाय निवेदयेत् । इममुच्चारयेन्मन्त्रं संगृह्य सजलान्कुशान्
aṅgulīyakavāsāṃsi brāhmaṇāya nivedayet / imamuccārayenmantraṃ saṃgṛhya sajalānkuśān
He should present rings and garments to the brahmin, and, taking up kuśa grass with water, should utter this mantra:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 47.30
यमद्वारे महाघोरे श्रुत्वा वैतरणीं तदीम् । तर्तुकामो ददाम्येनां तुभ्यं वैतरणीं नमः
yamadvāre mahāghore śrutvā vaitaraṇīṃ tadīm / tartukāmo dadāmyenāṃ tubhyaṃ vaitaraṇīṃ namaḥ
"Having heard of that Vaitaraṇī at the terrible gate of Yama, wishing to cross it I give this (cow); homage to you, Vaitaraṇī."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 47.31
गावो मे अग्रतः सन्तु गावो मे सन्तु पार्श्वतः । गावो मे हृदये सन्तु गवां मध्ये वसाम्यहम्
gāvo me agrataḥ santu gāvo me santu pārśvataḥ / gāvo me hṛdaye santu gavāṃ madhye vasāmyaham
"May the cows be before me, may the cows be at my sides, may the cows be in my heart; I dwell in the midst of the cows."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 47.32
विष्णुरूप द्विजश्रेष्ठ मामुद्धर महीसुर । सदक्षिणा मया दत्ता तुभ्यं वैतरणीनमः
viṣṇurūpa dvijaśreṣṭha māmuddhara mahīsura / sadakṣiṇā mayā dattā tubhyaṃ vaitaraṇīnamaḥ
"O you whose form is Viṣṇu, best of the twice-born, god upon earth, lift me up! By me this has been given with its priestly fee; homage to you, Vaitaraṇī."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 47.33
धर्मराजञ्च सर्वेशं वैतरण्याख्यधेनुकाम् । सर्वं प्रदक्षिणीकृत्य ब्राह्मणाय निवेदयेत्
dharmarājañca sarveśaṃ vaitaraṇyākhyadhenukām / sarvaṃ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya brāhmaṇāya nivedayet
Having circumambulated all of it — the King of Dharma, the Lord of all, and the cow named Vaitaraṇī — he should present it to the brahmin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 47.34
पुच्छं संगृह्य धेन्वाश्च अग्रे कृत्वा तु वै व्दिजम् । धेनुके त्वं प्रतीक्षस्व यमद्वारे महाभये
pucchaṃ saṃgṛhya dhenvāśca agre kṛtvā tu vai vdijam / dhenuke tvaṃ pratīkṣasva yamadvāre mahābhaye
Taking hold of the cow's tail and placing the brahmin in front, (he should say:) "O cow, do you wait for me at the greatly fearful gate of Yama,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 47.35
उत्तारणाय देवेशि वैतरण्ये नमो ऽस्तु ते । अनुव्रजेत्तु गच्छन्तं सर्वं तस्य गृहं नयेत्
uttāraṇāya deveśi vaitaraṇye namo 'stu te / anuvrajettu gacchantaṃ sarvaṃ tasya gṛhaṃ nayet
"For (my) crossing over, O mistress of the gods, O Vaitaraṇī, homage be to you." He should follow behind (the cow) as it goes, and lead the whole of it to his (the recipient's) house.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 47.36
एवं कृते वैनतेय सा सरित्सुतरा भवेत् । सर्वान्कामानवाप्नोति यो दद्याद्भुवि मानवः
evaṃ kṛte vainateya sā saritsutarā bhavet / sarvānkāmānavāpnoti yo dadyādbhuvi mānavaḥ
When this has been done, O son of Vinatā, that river becomes easy to cross; and the man on earth who makes such a gift obtains all his desires.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 47.37
सुकृतस्य प्रभावेण सुखञ्चेह परत्र च । स्वस्थे सहस्रगुणितमातुरे शतसंमितम्
sukṛtasya prabhāveṇa sukhañceha paratra ca / svasthe sahasraguṇitamāture śatasaṃmitam
By the power of the good deed (there is) happiness both here and in the world beyond: (a gift given) while in health is multiplied a thousandfold, while sick it counts as a hundred.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 47.38
मृतस्यैव तु यद्दानं परोक्षे तत्समं स्मृतम् । स्वहस्तेन ततो देयं मृते कः कस्य दास्यती
mṛtasyaiva tu yaddānaṃ parokṣe tatsamaṃ smṛtam / svahastena tato deyaṃ mṛte kaḥ kasya dāsyatī
But a gift (made) only for one already dead, out of his sight, is reckoned as (merely) equal to that; therefore one should give with one's own hand — when a man is dead, who will give, and to whom?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 47.41
दानधर्मविहीनानां कृपणैर्जीवेतक्षितैः । अस्थिरेण शरीरेण स्थिरं कर्म समाचरेत् ॥ गर्प्_२,४७।३९ ॥ अवश्यमेव यास्यन्ति प्राणाः प्राघुणि (घूर्णि) का इव ॥ गर्प्_२,४७।४० ॥ इतीदमुक्तं तव पक्षिराज विडम्बनं जन्तुगणस्य सर्वम् । प्रेतस्य मोक्षाय तदौद्ध्वन्दैहिकं हिताय लोकस्य चरेच्छुभाय तु
dānadharmavihīnānāṃ kṛpaṇairjīvetakṣitaiḥ / asthireṇa śarīreṇa sthiraṃ karma samācaret // garp_2,47.39 // avaśyameva yāsyanti prāṇāḥ prāghuṇi (ghūrṇi) kā iva // garp_2,47.40 // itīdamuktaṃ tava pakṣirāja viḍambanaṃ jantugaṇasya sarvam / pretasya mokṣāya tadauddhvandaihikaṃ hitāya lokasya carecchubhāya tu
Of those devoid of the duty of giving, whose lives are wasted away by miserliness — (yet) with this unsteady body one should perform steady (lasting) works. // The vital breaths will surely depart, like guests (who move on). // Thus, O king of birds, all this mockery (that befalls) the host of creatures has been told to you; those rites for the departed body, for the release of the deceased, one should perform for the welfare and the good of the world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 47.42
सूत उवाच । एवं विप्राः समाद्दिष्टो विष्णुना प्रभविष्णुना । गरुड प्रेतचरितं श्रुत्वा सन्तुष्टिमागतः
sūta uvāca / evaṃ viprāḥ samāddiṣṭo viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā / garuḍa pretacaritaṃ śrutvā santuṣṭimāgataḥ
Sūta said: Thus instructed, O brahmins, by Viṣṇu the mighty lord, Garuḍa, having heard the account of the departed, was filled with satisfaction.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 47.43
व्रततीर्थादिकं सर्वं पुनः पप्रच्छ केशवम् । ध्यात्वा मनसि सर्वेशं सर्वकारणकारणम्
vratatīrthādikaṃ sarvaṃ punaḥ papraccha keśavam / dhyātvā manasi sarveśaṃ sarvakāraṇakāraṇam
He asked Keśava again about everything — the vows, the pilgrimage-places and the rest — having meditated in his mind on the Lord of all, the cause of all causes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 47.44
ऋषयः सर्वमेवैतज्जन्तूनां प्रभवादिकम् । मरणं जन्म च तथा प्रेतत्वञ्चौर्ध्वदैहिकम्
ṛṣayaḥ sarvamevaitajjantūnāṃ prabhavādikam / maraṇaṃ janma ca tathā pretatvañcaurdhvadaihikam
O sages, all this concerning creatures — their origination and so forth, death and birth, and likewise the condition of being a preta and the rites for the departed —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 47.45
मया प्रोक्तं वै मुक्त्यै निदानं चैव सर्वशः । लाभस्तेषां जयस्तेषां कुतस्तेषां पराजयः । येषामिन्दीवरश्यामो हृदयस्थो जनार्दनः
mayā proktaṃ vai muktyai nidānaṃ caiva sarvaśaḥ / lābhasteṣāṃ jayasteṣāṃ kutasteṣāṃ parājayaḥ / yeṣāmindīvaraśyāmo hṛdayastho janārdanaḥ
— has been declared by me for the sake of liberation, and the whole ground of it as well. Theirs is gain, theirs is victory; whence should there be defeat for them, in whose heart dwells Janārdana, dark as the blue water-lily?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 47.46
धर्मो जयति नाधर्मः सत्यं जयति नानृतम् । क्षमा जयति न क्रोधो विष्णुर्जयति नासुराः
dharmo jayati nādharmaḥ satyaṃ jayati nānṛtam / kṣamā jayati na krodho viṣṇurjayati nāsurāḥ
Dharma conquers, not unrighteousness; truth conquers, not falsehood; patience conquers, not anger; Viṣṇu conquers, not the demons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 47.47
विष्णुर्माता पिता विष्णुर्विष्णुः स्वजनबान्धवाः । येषामेव स्थिरा बुद्धिर्न तेषां दुर्गतिर्भवेत्
viṣṇurmātā pitā viṣṇurviṣṇuḥ svajanabāndhavāḥ / yeṣāmeva sthirā buddhirna teṣāṃ durgatirbhavet
Viṣṇu is mother, Viṣṇu is father, Viṣṇu is one's own people and kinsmen: for just those whose conviction is firm in this, there is no evil course.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 47.48
मङ्गलं भगवान्विष्णुर्मङ्गलं गरुडध्वजः । मङ्गलं पुण्डरीकाक्षो मङ्गलायतनं हरिः
maṅgalaṃ bhagavānviṣṇurmaṅgalaṃ garuḍadhvajaḥ / maṅgalaṃ puṇḍarīkākṣo maṅgalāyatanaṃ hariḥ
The Lord Viṣṇu is auspiciousness; he whose banner is Garuḍa is auspiciousness; the lotus-eyed one is auspiciousness; Hari is the abode of auspiciousness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 47.49
हरिर्भागीरथी विप्रा विप्रा भागीरथी हरिः । भागीरथी हरिर्विप्राः सारमेतज्जगत्त्रये
harirbhāgīrathī viprā viprā bhāgīrathī hariḥ / bhāgīrathī harirviprāḥ sārametajjagattraye
Hari is the Bhāgīrathī, O brahmins; the brahmins are the Bhāgīrathī and Hari; the Bhāgīrathī, Hari, the brahmins — this is the essence in the three worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 47.50
इति सूतमुखोद्गीर्णां सर्वशास्त्रार्थमण्डिताम् । वैष्णविं वाक्सुधां पीत्वा ऋषयस्तुष्टिमाययुः
iti sūtamukhodgīrṇāṃ sarvaśāstrārthamaṇḍitām / vaiṣṇaviṃ vāksudhāṃ pītvā ṛṣayastuṣṭimāyayuḥ
Thus, having drunk the nectar of Vaiṣṇava speech poured out from the Sūta's mouth and adorned with the meaning of all the scriptures, the sages came to satisfaction.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 47.51
प्रशशंसुस्तथान्योन्यं सूतं सर्वार्थदर्शिनम् । प्रहर्षमतुलं प्रापुर्मुनयः शौनकादयः
praśaśaṃsustathānyonyaṃ sūtaṃ sarvārthadarśinam / praharṣamatulaṃ prāpurmunayaḥ śaunakādayaḥ
And so they praised one another, and the Sūta who sees all meanings; the sages, Śaunaka and the rest, attained unequalled delight.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 47.52
अपवित्रः पवित्रो वा सर्वावस्थां गतोपि वा । यः स्मरेत्पुण्डरीकाक्षं स बाह्याभ्यन्तरं शुचिः
apavitraḥ pavitro vā sarvāvasthāṃ gatopi vā / yaḥ smaretpuṇḍarīkākṣaṃ sa bāhyābhyantaraṃ śuciḥ
Impure or pure, or even having come into any condition whatever — he who remembers the lotus-eyed one is clean outside and within.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition