Garuda Purana — Uttara Khanda (Pretakalpa) — Chapter 49
GaP 2 49.2
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- ४९ गरुड उवाच । श्रुता मया दयासिन्धो ह्यज्ञानाज्जीवसंसृतिः । अधुना श्रोतुमिच्छामि मोक्षोपायं सनातनम् ॥ गर्प्_२,४९।१ ॥ भगवन्देवदेवेश शरणागतवत्सल । असारे घोरसंसारे सर्वदुः खमलीमसे
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 49 garuḍa uvāca / śrutā mayā dayāsindho hyajñānājjīvasaṃsṛtiḥ / adhunā śrotumicchāmi mokṣopāyaṃ sanātanam // garp_2,49.1 // bhagavandevadeveśa śaraṇāgatavatsala / asāre ghorasaṃsāre sarvaduḥ khamalīmase
The Glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, 49. Garuḍa said: O ocean of compassion, I have heard how the transmigration of the living being arises from ignorance. Now I wish to hear the eternal means of liberation. (2,49.1) O Blessed One, lord of the gods of gods, tender to those who come for refuge — in this pithless, dreadful round of rebirth, stained with every sorrow,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.3
नानाविधशरीरस्था अनन्ता जीवराशयः । जायन्ते च म्रियन्ते च तेषामन्तो न विद्यते
nānāvidhaśarīrasthā anantā jīvarāśayaḥ / jāyante ca mriyante ca teṣāmanto na vidyate
—endless multitudes of living beings, abiding in bodies of many kinds, are born and die, and there is no end of them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.4
सदा दुः खातुरा एव न सखी विद्यते क्कचित् । केनोपायेन मोक्षेश मुच्यन्ते वद मे प्रभो
sadā duḥ khāturā eva na sakhī vidyate kkacit / kenopāyena mokṣeśa mucyante vada me prabho
They are always afflicted with pain; nowhere is there happiness. By what means, O lord of liberation, are they set free? Tell me, O Lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.5
श्रीभगवानुबाच । शृणु तार्क्ष्य प्रवक्ष्यामि यन्मां त्वं परिपृच्छसि । यस्य श्रवणमात्रेण संसारान्मुच्यते नरः
śrībhagavānubāca / śṛṇu tārkṣya pravakṣyāmi yanmāṃ tvaṃ paripṛcchasi / yasya śravaṇamātreṇa saṃsārānmucyate naraḥ
The Blessed Lord said: Listen, Tārkṣya, I shall declare what you ask me, by the mere hearing of which a man is freed from transmigration.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.6
अस्ति देवः परब्रह्मस्वरूपो निष्कलः शिवः । सर्वज्ञः सर्वकर्ता च सर्वेशो निर्मलो ऽद्वयः
asti devaḥ parabrahmasvarūpo niṣkalaḥ śivaḥ / sarvajñaḥ sarvakartā ca sarveśo nirmalo 'dvayaḥ
There is a God whose nature is the supreme Brahman, partless, benign, all-knowing and doer of all, lord of all, spotless, without a second,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.7
स्वयञ्ज्योतिरनाद्यन्तो निर्विकारः परात्परः । निर्गुणः सच्चिदानन्दस्तदंशा जीवसंज्ञकाः
svayañjyotiranādyanto nirvikāraḥ parātparaḥ / nirguṇaḥ saccidānandastadaṃśā jīvasaṃjñakāḥ
self-luminous, without beginning or end, changeless, higher than the highest, without qualities, being-consciousness-bliss; his portions are what are called the individual souls.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.8
अनाद्यविद्योपहता यथाग्नौ विस्फुलिङ्गकाः । देहाद्युपाधिसम्भिन्नास्ते कर्मभिरनादिभिः
anādyavidyopahatā yathāgnau visphuliṅgakāḥ / dehādyupādhisambhinnāste karmabhiranādibhiḥ
Afflicted by beginningless ignorance, like sparks in a fire, they are divided off by limiting adjuncts such as the body, through beginningless deeds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.9
सुखदुः खप्रदैः पुण्यपारूपैर्नियन्त्रिताः । तत्तज्जातियुतं देहमायुर्भोगञ्च कर्मजम्
sukhaduḥ khapradaiḥ puṇyapārūpairniyantritāḥ / tattajjātiyutaṃ dehamāyurbhogañca karmajam
Held in check by (deeds) in the form of merit and (demerit) which yield pleasure and pain, (they take on) a body joined to this or that species, and a lifespan and enjoyment born of karma —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 49.10
प्रतिजन्म प्रपद्यन्ते तेषामपि परं पुनः । ससूक्ष्मलिङ्गशरीरमामोक्षादक्षरं खग
pratijanma prapadyante teṣāmapi paraṃ punaḥ / sasūkṣmaliṅgaśarīramāmokṣādakṣaraṃ khaga
— which they enter at each birth; and for them too, further, the subtle body together with the liṅga-body is imperishable until release, O bird.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 49.11
स्थावराः कृमयश्चाजाः पक्षिणः पशवो नगः । धार्मिकास्त्रिदशास्तद्वन्मोक्षिणश्च यथाक्रमम्
sthāvarāḥ kṛmayaścājāḥ pakṣiṇaḥ paśavo nagaḥ / dhārmikāstridaśāstadvanmokṣiṇaśca yathākramam
Immobile beings, worms, goats, birds, cattle, trees, the righteous, the thirty (gods), and likewise those who attain release — in that order.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 49.12
चतुर्विधशरीराणि धृत्वा मुक्त्वा सहस्रशः । सुकृतान्मा नवो भूत्वा ज्ञानी चेन्मोक्षमाप्नुयात्
caturvidhaśarīrāṇi dhṛtvā muktvā sahasraśaḥ / sukṛtānmā navo bhūtvā jñānī cenmokṣamāpnuyāt
Having taken on and cast off bodies of the four kinds a thousandfold, if, having become a human being through good deeds, one is a knower, one may attain release.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 49.13
चतुरशीतिलक्षेषु शरीरेषु शरीरिणाम् । न मानुषं विनान्यत्र तत्त्वज्ञानन्तु लभ्यते
caturaśītilakṣeṣu śarīreṣu śarīriṇām / na mānuṣaṃ vinānyatra tattvajñānantu labhyate
Among the eighty-four lakhs of bodies of embodied beings, knowledge of reality is not to be had anywhere except in the human (body).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.14
अत्र जन्मसहस्राणां सहस्रैरपि कोटिभिः । कदाचिल्लभते जन्तुर्मानुष्यं पुण्यसञ्चयात्
atra janmasahasrāṇāṃ sahasrairapi koṭibhiḥ / kadācillabhate janturmānuṣyaṃ puṇyasañcayāt
Here, even after thousands, and thousands of crores, of births, a creature now and then obtains human status through an accumulation of merit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.15
सोपानभूतं मोक्षस्य मानुष्यं प्राप्य दुर्लभम् । यस्तार यति नात्मानं तस्मात्पापतरो ऽत्र कः
sopānabhūtaṃ mokṣasya mānuṣyaṃ prāpya durlabham / yastāra yati nātmānaṃ tasmātpāpataro 'tra kaḥ
Having obtained the hard-to-win human state, which serves as a stairway to release, who does not ferry himself across — who here is more sinful than he?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.16
नरः प्राप्येतरज्जन्म लब्ध्वा चेन्द्रियसौष्ठवम् । न वेत्त्यात्महितं यस्तु स भवेद्ब्रह्मघातकः
naraḥ prāpyetarajjanma labdhvā cendriyasauṣṭhavam / na vettyātmahitaṃ yastu sa bhavedbrahmaghātakaḥ
But the man who, having reached that birth and obtained soundness of the senses, does not recognise what is good for himself — he becomes a slayer of brahman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.17
विना देहेन कस्यापि पुरुषार्थो न विद्यते । तस्माद्देहं धनं रक्षेत्पुण्यकर्माणि साधयेत्
vinā dehena kasyāpi puruṣārtho na vidyate / tasmāddehaṃ dhanaṃ rakṣetpuṇyakarmāṇi sādhayet
Without a body no one has any attainment of human goals; therefore one should guard the body (as one's) wealth and accomplish meritorious deeds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.18
रक्षेच्चसर्वदात्मानमात्मा सर्ब्वस्य भाजनम् । रक्षणे यत्नमातिष्ठेज्जीवन् भद्राणि पश्यति
rakṣeccasarvadātmānamātmā sarbvasya bhājanam / rakṣaṇe yatnamātiṣṭhejjīvan bhadrāṇi paśyati
And one should always protect oneself; the self is the vessel of everything. One should make an effort at protection: while living, one sees good things.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.19
पुनर्ग्रामः पुनः क्षेत्र पुनर्वित्तं पुनर्गृहम् । पुनः शुभाशुभं कर्म न शरीरं पुनः पुनः
punargrāmaḥ punaḥ kṣetra punarvittaṃ punargṛham / punaḥ śubhāśubhaṃ karma na śarīraṃ punaḥ punaḥ
Again a village, again a field, again wealth, again a house, again good and bad deeds — but not a body again and again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.20
शरीररक्षणोपायाः क्रि यन्ते सर्वदा बुधैः । नेच्छन्ति च पुनस्त्यागमपि कुष्ठादिरोगिणः
śarīrarakṣaṇopāyāḥ kri yante sarvadā budhaiḥ / necchanti ca punastyāgamapi kuṣṭhādirogiṇaḥ
Means of protecting the body are always employed by the wise, and even those afflicted with leprosy and other diseases do not wish to give it up.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.21
तद्गोपितं स्याद्धर्मार्थं धर्मो ज्ञानार्थमेव च । ज्ञानं तु ध्यानयोगार्थमचिरात्प्रविमुच्यते
tadgopitaṃ syāddharmārthaṃ dharmo jñānārthameva ca / jñānaṃ tu dhyānayogārthamacirātpravimucyate
That (body), when guarded, should serve for dharma, and dharma just for knowledge; and knowledge for the yoga of meditation — (so) one is soon wholly released.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.22
आत्मैव यदि नात्मानमहीतेभ्यो निवारयेत् । को ऽन्यो हितकरस्तस्मादात्मानं सुखयिष्यति
ātmaiva yadi nātmānamahītebhyo nivārayet / ko 'nyo hitakarastasmādātmānaṃ sukhayiṣyati
If the self itself does not keep the self away from what is harmful, what other benefactor will make that self happy?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.23
इहैव नरकव्याधेश्चिकित्सां न करोति यः । गत्वा निरौषधं देशं व्याधिम्थः किं करिष्यति
ihaiva narakavyādheścikitsāṃ na karoti yaḥ / gatvā nirauṣadhaṃ deśaṃ vyādhimthaḥ kiṃ kariṣyati
He who does not carry out here (in this world) the treatment for the disease of hell — once he has gone to a land without medicines, what will the sick man do?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.24
व्याघ्रीवास्ते जरा चायुर्याति भिन्नघटाम्बुवत् । निघ्नन्ति रिपुवद्रोगास्तस्माच्छ्रेयः समभ्यसेत
vyāghrīvāste jarā cāyuryāti bhinnaghaṭāmbuvat / nighnanti ripuvadrogāstasmācchreyaḥ samabhyaseta
Old age crouches like a tigress, and life ebbs away like water from a broken pot; diseases strike like enemies — therefore one should practise what is beneficial.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.25
यावन्नाश्रयते दुः खं यावन्नायान्ति चापदः । यावन्नेन्द्रियवैकल्यं तावच्छ्रेयः समभ्यसेत्
yāvannāśrayate duḥ khaṃ yāvannāyānti cāpadaḥ / yāvannendriyavaikalyaṃ tāvacchreyaḥ samabhyaset
So long as suffering has not settled in, so long as calamities have not come, so long as there is no failing of the senses — so long should one practise what is beneficial.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.26
यावत्तिष्ठति देहो ऽयं तावत्तत्त्वं समभ्यसेत् । सन्दीप्तकोशभवने कूपं खनति दुर्मतिः
yāvattiṣṭhati deho 'yaṃ tāvattattvaṃ samabhyaset / sandīptakośabhavane kūpaṃ khanati durmatiḥ
So long as this body lasts, so long should one practise (the knowledge of) reality; the fool digs a well when the treasure-house is already on fire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.27
कालो न ज्ञायते नानाकार्यैः संसारसम्भवैः । सुखं दुःखं जनो हन्त न वेत्ति हितमात्मनः
kālo na jñāyate nānākāryaiḥ saṃsārasambhavaiḥ / sukhaṃ duḥkhaṃ jano hanta na vetti hitamātmanaḥ
Time passes unnoticed amid the various tasks that arise from worldly existence; pleasure, pain — alas, a man does not know what is good for himself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.28
जातानार्तान्मृतानापद्भष्टान्दृष्ट्वा च दुः खितान् । लोको मोहसुरां पीत्वा न बिभेति कदाचन
jātānārtānmṛtānāpadbhaṣṭāndṛṣṭvā ca duḥ khitān / loko mohasurāṃ pītvā na bibheti kadācana
Though seeing (people) born, afflicted, dead, fallen into misfortune and grieving, the world, having drunk the liquor of delusion, is never afraid.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.29
सम्पदः स्वप्नसंकाशा यौवनं कुसुमोपमम् । तडिच्चपलमायुष्यं कस्य स्याज्जानतो धृतिः
sampadaḥ svapnasaṃkāśā yauvanaṃ kusumopamam / taḍiccapalamāyuṣyaṃ kasya syājjānato dhṛtiḥ
Riches are like a dream, youth is like a flower, life is as fickle as lightning — for whom that knows (this) could there be complacency?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.30
शतं जीवितमत्यल्पं निद्रालस्यैस्तदर्धकम् । बाल्यरोगजरादुः खैरल्पं तदपि निष्फलम्
śataṃ jīvitamatyalpaṃ nidrālasyaistadardhakam / bālyarogajarāduḥ khairalpaṃ tadapi niṣphalam
A hundred (years) of life is very little; half of that (goes) in sleep and idleness; and even that little is made fruitless by the pains of childhood, illness and old age.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.31
प्रारब्धव्ये निरुद्योगी जागर्तव्ये प्रसुप्तकः । विश्वस्तश्च भयस्थाने हा नरः को न हन्यते
prārabdhavye nirudyogī jāgartavye prasuptakaḥ / viśvastaśca bhayasthāne hā naraḥ ko na hanyate
Unenterprising when he should set to work, fast asleep when he should be awake, and trusting where there is cause for fear — alas, what man is not destroyed?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.32
तोयफेनसमे देहे जीवेनाक्रम्य संस्थिते । अनित्याप्रयसवासे कथ तिष्ठति निर्भयः
toyaphenasame dehe jīvenākramya saṃsthite / anityāprayasavāse katha tiṣṭhati nirbhayaḥ
When the life-principle has taken possession of and settled in a body that is like froth on water, how does he dwell without fear in an impermanent lodging?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 49.33
अहिते हितसंज्ञः स्यादध्रुवे ध्रुवसंज्ञकः । अनर्थे चार्थविज्ञानः स्वमर्थं यो न वेत्ति सः
ahite hitasaṃjñaḥ syādadhruve dhruvasaṃjñakaḥ / anarthe cārthavijñānaḥ svamarthaṃ yo na vetti saḥ
He who calls what is harmful beneficial, what is unstable stable, and takes what is worthless for a good — he does not know his own good.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.34
पश्यन्नपि प्रस्खलति शृण्वन्नपि न बुध्यति । पठन्नपि न जानाति देवमायाविमोहितः
paśyannapi praskhalati śṛṇvannapi na budhyati / paṭhannapi na jānāti devamāyāvimohitaḥ
Even while seeing he stumbles, even while hearing he does not understand, even while reciting he does not know — (so) bewildered is he by the god's illusion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.35
तन्निमज्जज्जगदिदं गम्भीरे कालसागरे । मृत्युरोगजराग्राहैर्न कश्चिदपि बुध्यते
tannimajjajjagadidaṃ gambhīre kālasāgare / mṛtyurogajarāgrāhairna kaścidapi budhyate
So this world sinks in the deep ocean of time, (beset) by the sea-monsters of death, disease and old age, yet no one takes notice.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.36
प्रतिक्षणभयं कालः क्षीयमाणो न लक्ष्यते । आमकुंभ इवांभः स्थो विशीर्णो न विभाव्यते
pratikṣaṇabhayaṃ kālaḥ kṣīyamāṇo na lakṣyate / āmakuṃbha ivāṃbhaḥ stho viśīrṇo na vibhāvyate
Time is a peril at every instant; wearing away, it is not perceived — like an unbaked pot set in water, which is not noticed to have dissolved.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.37
युज्यते वेष्टनं वायोराकाशस्य च खण्डनम् । ग्रथनञ्च तरङ्गाणामास्था नायुषि युज्यते
yujyate veṣṭanaṃ vāyorākāśasya ca khaṇḍanam / grathanañca taraṅgāṇāmāsthā nāyuṣi yujyate
One might manage to wrap up the wind, or to cut the sky into pieces, or to string waves together; but reliance on life is not possible.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.38
पृथिवी दह्यते येन मेरुश्चापि विशीर्यते । शुष्यते सागरजलं शरीरस्य च का कथा
pṛthivī dahyate yena meruścāpi viśīryate / śuṣyate sāgarajalaṃ śarīrasya ca kā kathā
When by (time) the earth is burned and even Meru crumbles and the ocean's water dries up, what then is to be said of the body?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.39
अपत्यं मे कलत्रं मे धनं मे बान्धवाश्च मे । जल्पन्तमिति मर्त्याजं हन्ति कालवृको बलात्
apatyaṃ me kalatraṃ me dhanaṃ me bāndhavāśca me / jalpantamiti martyājaṃ hanti kālavṛko balāt
"My child, my wife, my wealth, my kinsmen" — while the mortal man prattles thus, the wolf of time slays him by force.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.40
इदं कृतमिदं कार्यमिदमन्यत्कृताकृतम् । एवमीहासमायुक्तं कृतान्तः कुरुते वशम्
idaṃ kṛtamidaṃ kāryamidamanyatkṛtākṛtam / evamīhāsamāyuktaṃ kṛtāntaḥ kurute vaśam
"This has been done, this is to be done, this other is half-done" — one thus occupied with strivings, Death brings under his power.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.41
श्वः कार्यमद्य कुर्वीत पूर्वाह्ने चापराह्निकम् । न हि मृत्युः प्रतीक्षेत कृतं वाप्यथ वाकृतम्
śvaḥ kāryamadya kurvīta pūrvāhne cāparāhnikam / na hi mṛtyuḥ pratīkṣeta kṛtaṃ vāpyatha vākṛtam
Let one do today the work of tomorrow, and in the forenoon what belongs to the afternoon; for death does not wait (to see) whether it is done or not done.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.42
जरादर्शितपन्थानं प्रचण्डव्याधिसैनिकम् । अधिष्ठितो मृत्युशत्रुं त्रातारं किं न पश्यति
jarādarśitapanthānaṃ pracaṇḍavyādhisainikam / adhiṣṭhito mṛtyuśatruṃ trātāraṃ kiṃ na paśyati
Set upon by the enemy Death, whose road is pointed out by old age and whose soldiers are fierce diseases, why does he not look for a rescuer?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.43
तृष्णासूचीविनिर्भिन्नं सिक्तं विषयसर्पिषा । रागद्वेषानले पक्वं मृत्युरश्राति मानवम्
tṛṣṇāsūcīvinirbhinnaṃ siktaṃ viṣayasarpiṣā / rāgadveṣānale pakvaṃ mṛtyuraśrāti mānavam
Pierced through on the skewer of craving, basted with the ghee of the sense-objects, roasted in the fire of passion and hatred — death eats the man.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.44
बालांश्च यौवनस्थांश्च वृद्धान गर्भगतानपि । सर्वानाविशते मृत्युरेवम्भूमिदं जगत्
bālāṃśca yauvanasthāṃśca vṛddhāna garbhagatānapi / sarvānāviśate mṛtyurevambhūmidaṃ jagat
Children, those in youth, the old, and even those in the womb — death enters them all; such is this world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.45
स्वदेहमपि जीवो ऽयं मुक्त्वा याति यमालयम् । स्त्रीमातृपितृपुत्त्रादिसम्बन्धः केन हेतुना
svadehamapi jīvo 'yaṃ muktvā yāti yamālayam / strīmātṛpitṛputtrādisambandhaḥ kena hetunā
This living being goes to Yama's abode leaving behind even its own body; then on what ground is there a bond with wife, mother, father, sons and the rest?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.46
दुः खमूलं हि संसारः स यस्यास्ति स दुः खितः । तस्य त्यागः कृतो येन स सुखी नापरः क्वचित्
duḥ khamūlaṃ hi saṃsāraḥ sa yasyāsti sa duḥ khitaḥ / tasya tyāgaḥ kṛto yena sa sukhī nāparaḥ kvacit
For worldly existence is the root of suffering; he who has it is a sufferer; he by whom it has been renounced is happy — no one else, anywhere.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.47
प्रभवं सर्वदुः खानामालयं सकलापदाम् । आश्रयं सर्वपापानां संसारं वर्जयेत्क्षणात्
prabhavaṃ sarvaduḥ khānāmālayaṃ sakalāpadām / āśrayaṃ sarvapāpānāṃ saṃsāraṃ varjayetkṣaṇāt
The source of all sufferings, the abode of all calamities, the resort of all sins — worldly existence — one should abandon at once.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.48
लोहदारुमयैः पाशैः पुमान्बद्धो विमुच्यते । पुत्त्रदारमयैः पाशैर्मुच्यते न कदाचन
lohadārumayaiḥ pāśaiḥ pumānbaddho vimucyate / puttradāramayaiḥ pāśairmucyate na kadācana
A man bound by fetters made of iron and wood is (eventually) released; but by the fetters made of sons and wife he is never released.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.49
यावतः कुरुते जन्तुः सम्बन्धान्मनसः प्रियान् । तावन्तो ऽस्य निखन्यन्ते हृदये शोकशङ्कवः
yāvataḥ kurute jantuḥ sambandhānmanasaḥ priyān / tāvanto 'sya nikhanyante hṛdaye śokaśaṅkavaḥ
As many attachments dear to the mind as a creature forms, so many spikes of sorrow are driven into his heart.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.50
वञ्चिताशेषवित्तैस्तैर्नित्यं लोको विनाशितः । हा हन्त विषयाहारैर्देहस्थोन्द्रियतस्करैः
vañcitāśeṣavittaistairnityaṃ loko vināśitaḥ / hā hanta viṣayāhārairdehasthondriyataskaraiḥ
Alas, alas! The world is constantly destroyed by those thieves, the senses dwelling in the body, who feed on sense-objects and who have cheated (it) of all its wealth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.51
मांसलुब्धो यथा मत्स्यो लोहशङ्कुं न पश्यति । सुखलुब्धस्तथा देही यमवाधां न पश्यति
māṃsalubdho yathā matsyo lohaśaṅkuṃ na paśyati / sukhalubdhastathā dehī yamavādhāṃ na paśyati
As a fish, greedy for flesh, does not see the iron hook, so an embodied being, greedy for pleasure, does not see the torment of Yama.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.52
हिताहितं न जानन्तो नित्यमुन्मार्गगामिनः । कुक्षिपूरणनिष्ठा ये ते नरा नारकाः खग
hitāhitaṃ na jānanto nityamunmārgagāminaḥ / kukṣipūraṇaniṣṭhā ye te narā nārakāḥ khaga
Those men who do not know what is beneficial and what is harmful, who always travel the wrong road, whose whole aim is filling the belly — they are men fit for hell, O bird.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.53
निद्राभीमैथुनाहाराः सर्वेषां प्राणिनां समाः । ज्ञानवान्मानवः प्रोक्तो ज्ञानहीनः पशुः स्मृतः
nidrābhīmaithunāhārāḥ sarveṣāṃ prāṇināṃ samāḥ / jñānavānmānavaḥ prokto jñānahīnaḥ paśuḥ smṛtaḥ
Sleep, fear, copulation and food are the same for all living beings; a man is declared to be one who has knowledge, while one lacking knowledge is regarded as a beast.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.54
प्रभाते मलमूत्त्राभ्यां क्षुत्तृड्भ्यां मध्यगे रवौ । रात्रौ मदननिद्राभ्यां बाध्यन्ते मूढमानवाः
prabhāte malamūttrābhyāṃ kṣuttṛḍbhyāṃ madhyage ravau / rātrau madananidrābhyāṃ bādhyante mūḍhamānavāḥ
At dawn by faeces and urine, when the sun is at midpoint by hunger and thirst, at night by lust and sleep — (thus) deluded men are afflicted.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.55
स्वदेहधनदारादिनिरताः सर्वजन्तवः । जायन्ते च म्रियन्ते च हा हन्ताज्ञानमोहिताः
svadehadhanadārādiniratāḥ sarvajantavaḥ / jāyante ca mriyante ca hā hantājñānamohitāḥ
All creatures, intent upon their own body, wealth, wife and the rest, are born and die — alas, alas! — bewildered by ignorance.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.56
तस्मात्सङ्गः सदा त्याज्यः सचेत्त्यक्तुं न शक्यते । महद्भिः सह कर्तव्यः सन्तः सङ्गस्य भेषजम्
tasmātsaṅgaḥ sadā tyājyaḥ sacettyaktuṃ na śakyate / mahadbhiḥ saha kartavyaḥ santaḥ saṅgasya bheṣajam
Therefore attachment must always be abandoned; and if it cannot be abandoned, it should be made with the great — the good are the medicine for attachment.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.57
सत्सङ्गश्च विवेकश्च निर्मलं नयनद्वयम् । यस्य नास्ति नरः सो ऽन्धः कथं न स्यादमार्गगः
satsaṅgaśca vivekaśca nirmalaṃ nayanadvayam / yasya nāsti naraḥ so 'ndhaḥ kathaṃ na syādamārgagaḥ
The company of the good and discrimination are the two spotless eyes; the man who does not have them is blind — how should he not go astray from the path?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.58
स्वस्ववर्णाश्रमाचारनिरताः सर्वमानवाः । न जानन्ति परं धर्मं वृथा नश्यन्ति दाम्भिकाः
svasvavarṇāśramācāraniratāḥ sarvamānavāḥ / na jānanti paraṃ dharmaṃ vṛthā naśyanti dāmbhikāḥ
All men, engrossed in the observances of their own class and stage of life, do not know the highest duty; the hypocrites perish in vain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.59
किमायासपराः केचिद्व्रतचर्यादिसंयुताः । अज्ञानसंवृतात्मानः सञ्चरन्ति प्रचारकाः
kimāyāsaparāḥ kecidvratacaryādisaṃyutāḥ / ajñānasaṃvṛtātmānaḥ sañcaranti pracārakāḥ
Why (this)? Some, devoted to exertion, engaged in vows and (ritual) practices and so on, their selves shrouded in ignorance, wander about as propagandists.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 49.60
नाममात्रेण सन्तुष्टाः कर्मकाण्डरता नराः । मन्त्रोच्चारणहोमाद्यैर्भ्रामिताः क्रतुविस्तरैः
nāmamātreṇa santuṣṭāḥ karmakāṇḍaratā narāḥ / mantroccāraṇahomādyairbhrāmitāḥ kratuvistaraiḥ
Men satisfied with a mere name, delighting in the ritual section (of the Veda), are led astray by the utterance of mantras, oblations and the rest, by elaborate sacrifices.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.61
एकभुक्तोपवासाद्यैर्नियमैः कायशोषणैः । मूढाः परोक्षमिच्छन्ति मम मायाविमोहिताः
ekabhuktopavāsādyairniyamaiḥ kāyaśoṣaṇaiḥ / mūḍhāḥ parokṣamicchanti mama māyāvimohitāḥ
By restraints such as eating once a day, fasting and so forth, which dry up the body, the deluded, bewildered by my māyā, wish for what is beyond sight.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.62
देहदण्डनमात्रेण का मुक्तिरविवेकिनाम् । वल्मीकताडनादेव मृतः किन्नु महोरगः
dehadaṇḍanamātreṇa kā muktiravivekinām / valmīkatāḍanādeva mṛtaḥ kinnu mahoragaḥ
By mere chastisement of the body, what liberation is there for those without discrimination? Is a great serpent killed just by beating the anthill?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.63
जटाभाराजिनैर्युक्ता दाम्भिका वेषधारिणः । भ्रमन्ति ज्ञानिवल्लोके भ्रामयन्ति जनानपि
jaṭābhārājinairyuktā dāmbhikā veṣadhāriṇaḥ / bhramanti jñānivalloke bhrāmayanti janānapi
Endowed with a load of matted hair and antelope skins, hypocrites wearing (holy) costume wander in the world as if they were knowers, and they lead people astray too.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.64
संसारजसुखासक्तं ब्रह्मज्ञो ऽस्मीतिवादिनम् । कर्मब्रह्मोभयभ्रष्टं तं त्यजेदन्त्यजं यथा
saṃsārajasukhāsaktaṃ brahmajño 'smītivādinam / karmabrahmobhayabhraṣṭaṃ taṃ tyajedantyajaṃ yathā
One attached to the pleasures born of worldly existence who declares 'I am a knower of brahman', fallen from both ritual action and brahman — him one should shun like an outcaste.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.65
गृहारण्यसमा लोके गतव्रीडा दिगम्बराः । चरन्ति गर्दभाद्याश्च विरक्तास्ते भवन्ति किम्
gṛhāraṇyasamā loke gatavrīḍā digambarāḥ / caranti gardabhādyāśca viraktāste bhavanti kim
In this world naked ones, free of shame, treating house and forest alike, go about; and donkeys and the like (do so too) — are they thereby detached?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.66
मृद्भस्मोद्धूलनादेव मुक्ताः स्युर्यदि मानवाः । मृद्भस्मवासी नित्यं श्वा स किं मुक्तो भविष्यति
mṛdbhasmoddhūlanādeva muktāḥ syuryadi mānavāḥ / mṛdbhasmavāsī nityaṃ śvā sa kiṃ mukto bhaviṣyati
If men were liberated merely by smearing themselves with earth and ashes, then a dog, which always dwells in earth and ashes — will it be liberated?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.67
तृणपर्णोदकाहाराः सततं वनवासिनः । जम्बूकाखुमृगाद्याश्च तापसास्ते भवन्ति किम्
tṛṇaparṇodakāhārāḥ satataṃ vanavāsinaḥ / jambūkākhumṛgādyāśca tāpasāste bhavanti kim
Living always in the forest, feeding on grass, leaves and water — jackals, mice, deer and the like (do the same) — are they thereby ascetics?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.68
आजन्ममरणान्तञ्च गङ्गादितटिनीस्थिताः । मण्डूकमत्स्यप्रमुखा योगिनस्ते भवन्ति किम्
ājanmamaraṇāntañca gaṅgāditaṭinīsthitāḥ / maṇḍūkamatsyapramukhā yoginaste bhavanti kim
And those that stay in the Gaṅgā and other rivers from birth until death — frogs, fish and the like — do they become yogins?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.69
पारावताः शिलाहाराः कदाचिदपि चातकाः । न पिबन्ति महीतोयं व्रतिनस्ते भवन्ति किम्
pārāvatāḥ śilāhārāḥ kadācidapi cātakāḥ / na pibanti mahītoyaṃ vratinaste bhavanti kim
Pigeons feed on stones, and cātaka birds never drink water from the earth — do they become observers of vows?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.70
तस्मान्नित्यादिकं कर्म लोकरञ्जनकारकम् । मोक्षस्य कारणं साक्षातत्त्वज्ञान खगेश्वर
tasmānnityādikaṃ karma lokarañjanakārakam / mokṣasya kāraṇaṃ sākṣātattvajñāna khageśvara
Therefore the obligatory and other rites merely please the world; the direct cause of liberation is knowledge of reality, O lord of birds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.71
षर्ड्शनमहाकूपे पतिताः पशवः खग । परमार्थं न जानन्ति पशुपाशनियन्त्रिताः
ṣarḍśanamahākūpe patitāḥ paśavaḥ khaga / paramārthaṃ na jānanti paśupāśaniyantritāḥ
Fallen into the great well of the six systems of philosophy, they are beasts, O bird; bound by the beast's tether, they do not know the highest truth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.72
वेदशास्त्रार्णवैर्घेरैरुह्यमाना इतस्ततः । षडूर्मिनिग्रहग्रस्तास्तिष्ठन्ति हि कुतार्किकाः
vedaśāstrārṇavairgherairuhyamānā itastataḥ / ṣaḍūrminigrahagrastāstiṣṭhanti hi kutārkikāḥ
Carried this way and that by the terrible oceans of the Vedas and treatises, seized by the restraint of the six waves, the bad reasoners remain (there).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.73
वेदागमपुराणज्ञः परमार्थं न वेत्ति यः । विडम्बकस्य तस्यैव तत्सर्वं काकभाषितम्
vedāgamapurāṇajñaḥ paramārthaṃ na vetti yaḥ / viḍambakasya tasyaiva tatsarvaṃ kākabhāṣitam
He who knows the Vedas, Āgamas and Purāṇas but does not know the highest truth — for that impostor all of it is (mere) crow-talk.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.74
इदं ज्ञानमिदं ज्ञेयमिति चिन्तासमाकुलाः । पठन्त्यहर्निशं शास्त्रं परतत्त्वपराङ्मुखाः
idaṃ jñānamidaṃ jñeyamiti cintāsamākulāḥ / paṭhantyaharniśaṃ śāstraṃ paratattvaparāṅmukhāḥ
Troubled by the thought, "This is knowledge, this is to be known," they recite scripture day and night, (yet) turn their backs on the supreme reality.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.75
वाक्यच्छन्दोनिबन्धेन काव्यालङ्कारशोभिताः । चिन्तया दुःखिता मूढास्तिष्ठन्ति व्याकुलेन्द्रियाः
vākyacchandonibandhena kāvyālaṅkāraśobhitāḥ / cintayā duḥkhitā mūḍhāstiṣṭhanti vyākulendriyāḥ
Adorned with poetic figures by their composition of sentences and metres, the fools remain pained by anxiety, their senses agitated.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.76
अन्यथा परमं तत्त्वं जनाः क्लिश्यन्ति चान्यथा । अन्यथा शास्त्रसद्भावो व्याख्यां कुर्वन्ति चान्यथा
anyathā paramaṃ tattvaṃ janāḥ kliśyanti cānyathā / anyathā śāstrasadbhāvo vyākhyāṃ kurvanti cānyathā
The supreme reality is one thing, and people torment themselves otherwise; the true import of scripture is one thing, and they expound it otherwise.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.77
कथयन्त्युवन्मनीभावं स्वयं नानुभवन्ति च । अहङ्कारस्ताः केचिदुपदेशादिवार्जिताः
kathayantyuvanmanībhāvaṃ svayaṃ nānubhavanti ca / ahaṅkārastāḥ kecidupadeśādivārjitāḥ
They talk of the state beyond mind, but do not themselves experience it; some, filled with egotism, are devoid of instruction and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.78
पठन्ति वेदशास्त्राणि बोधयन्ति परस्परम् । न जानन्ति परं तत्त्वं दर्वी पाकरसं यथा
paṭhanti vedaśāstrāṇi bodhayanti parasparam / na jānanti paraṃ tattvaṃ darvī pākarasaṃ yathā
They recite the Vedas and treatises and instruct one another, (but) they do not know the supreme reality — as a ladle (does not know) the taste of the cooking.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.79
शिरो वहति पुष्पाणि गन्धं जानाति नासिका । पठन्ति वेदशास्त्राणि दुर्लभो भावबोधकः
śiro vahati puṣpāṇi gandhaṃ jānāti nāsikā / paṭhanti vedaśāstrāṇi durlabho bhāvabodhakaḥ
The head carries the flowers, (but) the nose knows the scent; (many) recite the Vedas and treatises, (but) one who understands their meaning is hard to find.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.80
तत्त्वमात्मस्थमज्ञात्वा मूढः शास्त्रेषु मुह्यति । गोपः कक्षागते च्छागे कूपं पश्यति दुर्मतिः
tattvamātmasthamajñātvā mūḍhaḥ śāstreṣu muhyati / gopaḥ kakṣāgate cchāge kūpaṃ paśyati durmatiḥ
Not knowing the reality that abides in himself, the fool is bewildered among the scriptures — like the dull-witted cowherd who looks in the well while the goat is under his arm.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.81
संसारमोहनाशाय शाब्दबोधो न हि क्षमः । न निवर्तेत तिमिरं कदाचिद्दीपवार्तया
saṃsāramohanāśāya śābdabodho na hi kṣamaḥ / na nivarteta timiraṃ kadāciddīpavārtayā
Verbal understanding is not able to destroy the delusion of saṃsāra; darkness would never be dispelled by talk of a lamp.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.82
प्रज्ञाहीनस्य पठनं यथान्धस्य च दर्पणम् । अतः प्रज्ञावतां शास्त्रं तत्त्वज्ञानस्य लक्षणम्
prajñāhīnasya paṭhanaṃ yathāndhasya ca darpaṇam / ataḥ prajñāvatāṃ śāstraṃ tattvajñānasya lakṣaṇam
Reciting, for one who lacks insight, is like a mirror for a blind man; hence scripture is, for those possessing insight, the mark of knowledge of reality.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.83
इदं ज्ञानमिदं ज्ञेयं सर्वन्तु श्रोतुमिच्छति । दिव्यवर्षसहस्राच्च शास्त्रान्तं नैव गच्छति
idaṃ jñānamidaṃ jñeyaṃ sarvantu śrotumicchati / divyavarṣasahasrācca śāstrāntaṃ naiva gacchati
"This is knowledge, this is to be known" — he wishes to hear it all, yet even after a thousand divine years he does not reach the end of scripture.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.84
अनेकानि च शास्त्राणि स्वल्पायुर्विघ्नकोटयः । तस्मात्सारं विजानीयात्क्षीरं हंस इवाम्भसि
anekāni ca śāstrāṇi svalpāyurvighnakoṭayaḥ / tasmātsāraṃ vijānīyātkṣīraṃ haṃsa ivāmbhasi
The treatises are many, life is short, obstacles are ten million; therefore one should discern the essence, as the goose (discerns) milk in water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.85
अभ्यस्य वेदशास्त्राणि तत्त्वं ज्ञात्वाथ बुद्भिमान् । पलालमिव धान्यार्थी सर्वशास्त्राणि सन्त्यजेत्
abhyasya vedaśāstrāṇi tattvaṃ jñātvātha budbhimān / palālamiva dhānyārthī sarvaśāstrāṇi santyajet
Having studied the Vedas and treatises and then known reality, the wise man should abandon all the scriptures, as one who wants the grain (abandons) the straw.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.86
यथामृतेन तृप्तस्य नाहारेण प्रयोजनम् । तत्त्वज्ञस्य तथा तार्क्ष्य न शास्त्रेण प्रयोजनम्
yathāmṛtena tṛptasya nāhāreṇa prayojanam / tattvajñasya tathā tārkṣya na śāstreṇa prayojanam
As one who is satisfied with nectar has no need of food, so, Tārkṣya, one who knows reality has no need of scripture.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.87
न वेदाध्ययनान्मुक्तिर्न शास्त्रपठनादपि । ज्ञानादेव हि कैवल्यं नान्यथा विनतात्मजः
na vedādhyayanānmuktirna śāstrapaṭhanādapi / jñānādeva hi kaivalyaṃ nānyathā vinatātmajaḥ
Liberation is not from studying the Veda, nor from reciting the treatises; from knowledge alone comes isolation (kaivalya), not otherwise, O son of Vinatā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.88
नाश्रमः कारणं मुक्तेर्दर्शनानि न कारणम् । तथैव सर्वकर्माणि ज्ञानमेव हि कारणम्
nāśramaḥ kāraṇaṃ mukterdarśanāni na kāraṇam / tathaiva sarvakarmāṇi jñānameva hi kāraṇam
No stage of life is the cause of liberation, nor are the philosophical systems the cause, and likewise none of the ritual acts: knowledge alone is the cause.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.89
मुक्तिदा गुरुवागेका विद्याः सर्वा विडम्बिकाः । शास्त्रभारसहस्रेषु ह्येकं सञ्जीवनं परम्
muktidā guruvāgekā vidyāḥ sarvā viḍambikāḥ / śāstrabhārasahasreṣu hyekaṃ sañjīvanaṃ param
The guru's word alone gives liberation; all (other) branches of learning are mockeries. Among a thousand loads of scriptures, one thing alone is the supreme life-giver.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.90
अद्वैतं हि शिवं प्रोक्तं क्रिययापरिवर्जितम् । गुरुवक्त्रेण लभ्येत नाधीतागमकोटिभिः
advaitaṃ hi śivaṃ proktaṃ kriyayāparivarjitam / guruvaktreṇa labhyeta nādhītāgamakoṭibhiḥ
For non-duality is declared to be auspicious, free of (ritual) action; it can be got from the guru's mouth, not by studying crores of scriptures.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.91
आगमोक्तं विवेकोत्थं द्विधा ज्ञानं प्रचक्षते । शब्दव्रह्मागममयं परं ब्रह्म विवेकजम्
āgamoktaṃ vivekotthaṃ dvidhā jñānaṃ pracakṣate / śabdavrahmāgamamayaṃ paraṃ brahma vivekajam
They declare knowledge to be twofold: that spoken in scripture and that arisen from discernment. The word-Brahman consists of scripture; the supreme Brahman is born of discernment.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.92
अद्वैतं केचिदिच्छन्ति द्वैतमिच्छन्ति चापरे । समं तत्त्वं न जानन्ति द्वैताद्द्वैतविवर्जितम्
advaitaṃ kecidicchanti dvaitamicchanti cāpare / samaṃ tattvaṃ na jānanti dvaitāddvaitavivarjitam
Some want non-duality, others want duality; they do not know the equal reality, which is free of both duality and non-duality.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.93
द्वे पदे बन्धमोक्षाय नममेति ममेति च । ममेति बध्यते जन्तुर्नममेति प्रमुच्यते
dve pade bandhamokṣāya namameti mameti ca / mameti badhyate janturnamameti pramucyate
Two phrases make for bondage and release: "not mine" and "mine." By "mine" a creature is bound; by "not mine" it is set free.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.94
तत्कर्म यन्न बन्धाय सा विद्या या विमुक्तिदा । आयासायापरं कर्म विद्यान्या शिल्पनैपुणम्
tatkarma yanna bandhāya sā vidyā yā vimuktidā / āyāsāyāparaṃ karma vidyānyā śilpanaipuṇam
That is (true) action which does not lead to bondage; that is (true) knowledge which gives release. Other action is (mere) toil, and other knowledge is skill in crafts.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.95
यावत्कर्माणि दीप्यन्ते यावत्संसारवासना । यावदिन्द्रियचापल्यं तावत्तत्त्वकथा कुतः
yāvatkarmāṇi dīpyante yāvatsaṃsāravāsanā / yāvadindriyacāpalyaṃ tāvattattvakathā kutaḥ
So long as ritual acts blaze up, so long as there is the residue of worldly craving, so long as the senses are unsteady — how can there be talk of the truth?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.96
यावद्देहाभिमानश्च ममता यावदेव हि । यावत्प्रयत्नवेगो ऽस्ति यावत्संकल्पकल्पना
yāvaddehābhimānaśca mamatā yāvadeva hi / yāvatprayatnavego 'sti yāvatsaṃkalpakalpanā
And so long as there is pride in the body, so long as there is the sense of "mine," so long as there is the drive of striving, so long as there is the fashioning of intentions —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.97
यावन्नो मनसः स्थैर्यं न यावच्छास्त्रचिन्तनम् । यावन्न गुरुकारुण्यं तावत्तत्त्वकथा कुतः
yāvanno manasaḥ sthairyaṃ na yāvacchāstracintanam / yāvanna gurukāruṇyaṃ tāvattattvakathā kutaḥ
so long as the mind is not steady, so long as there is no reflection on scripture, so long as there is no compassion of the guru — how can there be talk of the truth?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.98
तावत्तपो व्रतं तीर्थं जपहोमार्चनादिकम् । वेदशास्त्रागमकथा यावत्तत्त्वं न विन्दति
tāvattapo vrataṃ tīrthaṃ japahomārcanādikam / vedaśāstrāgamakathā yāvattattvaṃ na vindati
Austerity, vows, pilgrimage, muttering of prayers, oblation, worship and the rest, and the recitation of Vedas, treatises and scriptures — these last only so long as one does not find the truth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.99
तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन सर्वावस्थासु सर्वदा । तत्त्वनिष्ठो भवेत्तार्क्ष्य यदीच्छेन्मोक्षमात्मनः
tasmātsarvaprayatnena sarvāvasthāsu sarvadā / tattvaniṣṭho bhavettārkṣya yadīcchenmokṣamātmanaḥ
Therefore, O Tārkṣya, with every effort, in all conditions, always, one should be devoted to the truth, if one desires one's own liberation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.100
धर्मज्ञानप्रसूनस्य स्वर्गमोक्षफलस्य च । तापत्रयादिसन्तप्तश्छायां मोक्षतरोः श्रयेत्
dharmajñānaprasūnasya svargamokṣaphalasya ca / tāpatrayādisantaptaśchāyāṃ mokṣataroḥ śrayet
Scorched by the three torments and the rest, one should take shelter in the shade of the tree of liberation, whose blossom is knowledge of dharma and whose fruit is heaven and release.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.101
तस्माज्ज्ञानेनात्मतत्त्वं विज्ञेयं श्रीगुरोर्मुखात् । सुखेन मुच्यते जन्तुर्घोरसंसारबन्धनात्
tasmājjñānenātmatattvaṃ vijñeyaṃ śrīgurormukhāt / sukhena mucyate janturghorasaṃsārabandhanāt
Therefore the truth of the self is to be known through knowledge, from the mouth of the revered guru; (then) a creature is easily freed from the dreadful bondage of transmigration.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.102
तत्त्वज्ञस्यान्तिमं कृत्यं शृणु वक्ष्यामि ते ऽधुना । येन मोक्षमवाप्नोति ब्रह्म निर्वाणसंज्ञकम्
tattvajñasyāntimaṃ kṛtyaṃ śṛṇu vakṣyāmi te 'dhunā / yena mokṣamavāpnoti brahma nirvāṇasaṃjñakam
Hear the final duty of one who knows the truth; I shall now tell it to you — by which one attains liberation, that which is called brahman-nirvāṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.103
अन्तकाले तु पुरुष आगते गतसाध्वसः । छिन्द्यादसंगशस्त्रेण स्पृहां देहे ऽनु या च तम्
antakāle tu puruṣa āgate gatasādhvasaḥ / chindyādasaṃgaśastreṇa spṛhāṃ dehe 'nu yā ca tam
But when the final hour has come, a man, his fear gone, should cut away with the weapon of non-attachment the craving for the body and for whatever follows upon it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.104
गृहात्प्रव्राजितो धीरः पुण्यतीर्थजलाप्लुतः । शुचौ विविक्त आसीनो विधिवत्कल्पितासने
gṛhātpravrājito dhīraḥ puṇyatīrthajalāplutaḥ / śucau vivikta āsīno vidhivatkalpitāsane
Steadfast, having gone forth from the house, bathed in the water of a holy ford, he should sit in a pure, solitary place on a seat prepared according to rule.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.105
अभ्यसेन्मनसा शुद्धं त्रिवृद्ब्रह्माक्षरं परम् । मनो यष्छेज्जितश्वासो ब्रह्म बीजमविस्मरन्
abhyasenmanasā śuddhaṃ trivṛdbrahmākṣaraṃ param / mano yaṣchejjitaśvāso brahma bījamavismaran
He should practise mentally the pure, supreme, threefold syllable of brahman (OM); with his breath subdued he should restrain the mind, not forgetting the seed-syllable of brahman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.106
नियच्छेद्विषयेभ्यो ऽक्षान्मनसा बुद्धि सारथिः । मनः कर्मभिराक्षिप्तं शुभार्थे धारयेद्धिया
niyacchedviṣayebhyo 'kṣānmanasā buddhi sārathiḥ / manaḥ karmabhirākṣiptaṃ śubhārthe dhārayeddhiyā
With the mind as charioteer of the intellect he should hold the senses back from the objects; the mind, dragged about by (past) actions, he should fix by his understanding upon what is good.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.107
अहं ब्रह्म परं धाम ब्रह्माहं परमं पदम् । एवं समीक्ष्य चात्मानमात्मन्याधाय निष्कले
ahaṃ brahma paraṃ dhāma brahmāhaṃ paramaṃ padam / evaṃ samīkṣya cātmānamātmanyādhāya niṣkale
"I am brahman, the supreme abode; brahman am I, the highest state" — thus having well contemplated the self and placed it in the partless Self,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.108
ओमित्येकाक्षरं ब्रह्म व्याहरन्मामनुस्मरन् । यः प्रयाति त्यजन्देहं स याति परमां गतिम्
omityekākṣaraṃ brahma vyāharanmāmanusmaran / yaḥ prayāti tyajandehaṃ sa yāti paramāṃ gatim
Uttering the single syllable Om, which is brahman, remembering me, whoever departs abandoning the body goes to the highest state.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.109
न यत्र दाम्भिका यान्ति ज्ञानवैराग्यवर्जिताः । सुधियस्तां गतिं यान्ति तानहं कथयामि ते
na yatra dāmbhikā yānti jñānavairāgyavarjitāḥ / sudhiyastāṃ gatiṃ yānti tānahaṃ kathayāmi te
That goal to which hypocrites, devoid of knowledge and dispassion, do not go — the wise go to that goal; I will tell you of them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.110
निर्मानमोहा जितसंगदोषा अध्यात्मनित्या विनिवृत्तकामाः । द्वन्द्वैर्विमुक्ताः सुखदुः खसंज्ञैर्गच्छन्त्यमूढाः पदमव्ययं तत्
nirmānamohā jitasaṃgadoṣā adhyātmanityā vinivṛttakāmāḥ / dvandvairvimuktāḥ sukhaduḥ khasaṃjñairgacchantyamūḍhāḥ padamavyayaṃ tat
Free from pride and delusion, having conquered the fault of attachment, ever intent on the supreme Self, with desires turned away, released from the pairs known as pleasure and pain — the undeluded go to that imperishable state.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.111
ज्ञानह्रदे सत्यजले रागद्वेषमलापहे । यः स्नाति मानसे तीर्थे स वै मोक्षमवाप्नुयात्
jñānahrade satyajale rāgadveṣamalāpahe / yaḥ snāti mānase tīrthe sa vai mokṣamavāpnuyāt
He who bathes in the mental pilgrimage-place, in the pool of knowledge whose water is truth, which removes the impurity of passion and hatred — he indeed would attain liberation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.112
प्रौढवैराग्यमास्थाय भजते मामनन्यभाक् । पूर्णदृष्टिः प्रसन्नात्मा स वै मोक्षमवाप्नुयात्
prauḍhavairāgyamāsthāya bhajate māmananyabhāk / pūrṇadṛṣṭiḥ prasannātmā sa vai mokṣamavāpnuyāt
He who, resorting to full-grown dispassion, worships me with undivided devotion, of complete vision and serene mind — he indeed would attain liberation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.113
त्यक्त्वा गृहं च यस्तीर्थे निवसेन्मरणोत्सुकः । मुक्तिक्षेत्रेषु म्रियते स वै मोक्षमवाप्नुयात्
tyaktvā gṛhaṃ ca yastīrthe nivasenmaraṇotsukaḥ / muktikṣetreṣu mriyate sa vai mokṣamavāpnuyāt
And he who, abandoning his home, dwells at a holy place eager for death, (and) dies in the fields of liberation — he indeed would attain liberation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.114
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची अवन्तिक । पुरी द्वारवती ज्ञेयाः सप्तैता मोक्षदायिकाः
ayodhyā mathurā māyā kāśī kāñcī avantika / purī dvāravatī jñeyāḥ saptaitā mokṣadāyikāḥ
Ayodhyā, Mathurā, Māyā (Haridvāra), Kāśī, Kāñcī, Avantikā, and the city Dvāravatī — these seven are to be known as bestowers of liberation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.115
इति ते कथितं तार्क्ष्य मोक्षधर्मं सनातनम् । ज्ञानवैराग्यसहितं श्रुत्वा मोक्षमवाप्नुयात्
iti te kathitaṃ tārkṣya mokṣadharmaṃ sanātanam / jñānavairāgyasahitaṃ śrutvā mokṣamavāpnuyāt
Thus, Tārkṣya, the eternal law of liberation has been told to you, together with knowledge and dispassion; having heard it, one would attain liberation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.116
मोक्षं गच्छन्ति तत्त्वज्ञा धार्मिकाः स्वर्गतिं नराः । पापिनो दुर्गतिं यान्ति संसरन्ति खगादयः
mokṣaṃ gacchanti tattvajñā dhārmikāḥ svargatiṃ narāḥ / pāpino durgatiṃ yānti saṃsaranti khagādayaḥ
Knowers of reality go to liberation, righteous men to heaven; sinners go to an evil course, and birds and the rest transmigrate.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.117
सूत उवाच । स्वप्रश्रोत्तरराद्धान्तमेवं भगवतो मुखात् । श्रुत्वा हृष्टतनुस्तार्क्ष्यो ननाम जगदीश्वरम्
sūta uvāca / svapraśrottararāddhāntamevaṃ bhagavato mukhāt / śrutvā hṛṣṭatanustārkṣyo nanāma jagadīśvaram
Sūta said: Having thus heard from the mouth of the Lord the settled doctrine, (consisting of) his own questions and their answers, Tārkṣya, his body thrilled with delight, bowed to the Lord of the world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.118
सन्देहो मे महान्नष्टो भवद्वाक्यविरोचनात् । इत्युक्त्वा विष्णुमामन्त्र्य स गतः कश्यपाश्रमम्
sandeho me mahānnaṣṭo bhavadvākyavirocanāt / ityuktvā viṣṇumāmantrya sa gataḥ kaśyapāśramam
"My great doubt is destroyed by the illumination of your words" — having said this and taken leave of Viṣṇu, he went to Kaśyapa's hermitage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.119
सद्यो देहान्तरं याति यथा याति विलम्बतः । अनयोरुभयोश्चैव न विरोधस्तथैव वः
sadyo dehāntaraṃ yāti yathā yāti vilambataḥ / anayorubhayoścaiva na virodhastathaiva vaḥ
That (the soul) goes at once to another body, and that it goes after a delay — between these two there is no contradiction for you either.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 49.120
सर्वमाख्यातवांस्तात श्रुतो भगवतो यथा । मारीचो ऽपि मुदं लेभे श्रुत्वा वाक्यं रमापतेः
sarvamākhyātavāṃstāta śruto bhagavato yathā / mārīco 'pi mudaṃ lebhe śrutvā vākyaṃ ramāpateḥ
He related everything, dear one, just as he had heard it from the Lord; and Mārīca (Kaśyapa) too obtained joy on hearing the words of Ramā's lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.121
अपाकृतस्तु सन्देहो ब्राह्मणा भवतां मया । उक्तं सुपर्णसंज्ञन्तु पुराणं परमाद्भुतम्
apākṛtastu sandeho brāhmaṇā bhavatāṃ mayā / uktaṃ suparṇasaṃjñantu purāṇaṃ paramādbhutam
Your doubt, O brāhmaṇas, has been removed by me; and the most wonderful Purāṇa named after Suparṇa (Garuḍa) has been recited.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.122
इदमाप हरेस्तार्क्ष्यस्तार्क्ष्यादाप ततो भृगुः । भृगोर्वसिष्ठः संप्राप वामदेवस्ततः पुनः
idamāpa harestārkṣyastārkṣyādāpa tato bhṛguḥ / bhṛgorvasiṣṭhaḥ saṃprāpa vāmadevastataḥ punaḥ
Tārkṣya obtained this from Hari, and from Tārkṣya then Bhṛgu obtained it; from Bhṛgu Vasiṣṭha received it, and then again Vāmadeva;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.123
पराशरमुनिः प्राप तस्माद्व्यासस्ततो ह्यहम् । मया तु भवतां प्रोक्तं परं गुह्यं हरेरिदम्
parāśaramuniḥ prāpa tasmādvyāsastato hyaham / mayā tu bhavatāṃ proktaṃ paraṃ guhyaṃ hareridam
from him the sage Parāśara received it, then Vyāsa, and then indeed I; and by me this supreme secret of Hari has been declared to you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.124
य इदं शृणुयान्मर्त्यो यो वाप्यभिदधाति च । इहामुत्र च लोके स सर्वत्र सुखमाप्नुयात्
ya idaṃ śṛṇuyānmartyo yo vāpyabhidadhāti ca / ihāmutra ca loke sa sarvatra sukhamāpnuyāt
Whatever mortal should hear this, or should recite it, he would obtain happiness everywhere, in this world and in the next.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.125
व्रजतः संयमन्यां यद्दुः खमत्र निरूपितम् । अस्य श्रवणतः पुण्यं तन्मुक्तो जायते ततः
vrajataḥ saṃyamanyāṃ yadduḥ khamatra nirūpitam / asya śravaṇataḥ puṇyaṃ tanmukto jāyate tataḥ
The suffering of one going to Saṃyamanī, which has been set forth here — from hearing of it there is merit, and thereby one becomes freed from that (suffering).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.126
अत्रोक्तकर्मपाकादिश्रवणाच्च नृणामिह । वैराग्यमावहेद्यस्मात्तस्माच्छ्रोतव्यमेव च
atroktakarmapākādiśravaṇācca nṛṇāmiha / vairāgyamāvahedyasmāttasmācchrotavyameva ca
And since, from hearing here of the ripening of actions and the rest as told in this text, dispassion would come upon men, therefore it is indeed to be heard.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.127
भजत जितहृषीकाः कृष्णमेनं मुनीशं समजनि बत यस्माद्गीः सुधासारधारा । पृषतमपि यदीयं वर्णरूपं निपीय श्रुतिपुटचुलुकेन प्राप्नुयादात्मनैक्यम्
bhajata jitahṛṣīkāḥ kṛṣṇamenaṃ munīśaṃ samajani bata yasmādgīḥ sudhāsāradhārā / pṛṣatamapi yadīyaṃ varṇarūpaṃ nipīya śrutipuṭaculukena prāpnuyādātmanaikyam
Worship, you who have subdued your senses, this Kṛṣṇa, the lord of sages, from whom — ah! — speech arose as a stream of the essence of nectar; having drunk down even a single drop of it, whose form is syllables, with the cupped hollow of the ear, one would attain oneness with the Self.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.128
व्यास उवाच । इति सूतमुखोद्गीर्णांसर्वशास्त्रार्थमण्डिताम् । वैष्णवीं वाक्सुधां पीत्वा ऋषयस्तुष्टिमाययुः
vyāsa uvāca / iti sūtamukhodgīrṇāṃsarvaśāstrārthamaṇḍitām / vaiṣṇavīṃ vāksudhāṃ pītvā ṛṣayastuṣṭimāyayuḥ
Vyāsa said: Having drunk this nectar of Vaiṣṇava speech, poured forth from the Sūta's mouth and adorned with the meaning of all the scriptures, the seers attained satisfaction.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.129
प्रशशंसुस्तथान्योन्यं सूतं सर्वार्थदर्शिनम् । प्रहर्षमतुलं प्रापुर्मुनयः शौनकादयः
praśaśaṃsustathānyonyaṃ sūtaṃ sarvārthadarśinam / praharṣamatulaṃ prāpurmunayaḥ śaunakādayaḥ
And so they praised one another, and (praised) the Sūta who sees all meanings; the sages headed by Śaunaka attained incomparable joy.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.130
इति हरिवचनानि सूतवाचा खगपतिसंशयभेदकानि यानि । स मुनिरपि निशम्य शौनकेन्द्रो बहुतरमानयति स्म चात्मनि स्वम्
iti harivacanāni sūtavācā khagapatisaṃśayabhedakāni yāni / sa munirapi niśamya śaunakendro bahutaramānayati sma cātmani svam
Thus, having heard these words of Hari, conveyed by the Sūta's speech, which cut through the doubt of the lord of birds (Garuḍa), that sage too, the chief of the Śaunakas, esteemed himself the more within himself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.133
अपूजयंस्ते मुनयस्तदानीमुदाखाग्भिर्मुहुरेव सूतम् । धन्यो ऽसि सूत त्वमिहेत्युदैरयन्व्यसर्जयंस्तं च निवर्तिते ऽध्वरे ॥ गर्प्_२,४९।१३१ ॥पुराणं गारुडं पुण्यं पवित्रं पापनाशनम् ॥ शृण्वतां कामनापूरं श्रोतव्यं सर्वदैव हि ॥ गर्प्_२,४९।१३२ ॥ श्रुत्वा दानानि देयानि वाचकायाखिलानि च । पूर्वोक्तशयनादीनि नान्यथा सफलं भवेत्
apūjayaṃste munayastadānīmudākhāgbhirmuhureva sūtam / dhanyo 'si sūta tvamihetyudairayanvyasarjayaṃstaṃ ca nivartite 'dhvare // garp_2,49.131 //purāṇaṃ gāruḍaṃ puṇyaṃ pavitraṃ pāpanāśanam // śṛṇvatāṃ kāmanāpūraṃ śrotavyaṃ sarvadaiva hi // garp_2,49.132 // śrutvā dānāni deyāni vācakāyākhilāni ca / pūrvoktaśayanādīni nānyathā saphalaṃ bhavet
Then those sages honoured the Sūta again and again with joyful words: "You are blessed, O Sūta," they said, and they dismissed him when the sacrifice was concluded. (131) The Gāruḍa Purāṇa is meritorious, purifying, destroying sin, fulfilling the wishes of those who hear it; it should always be listened to. (132) And after hearing it, all the gifts should be given to the reciter — beds and the rest as previously stated; otherwise it would not be fruitful.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.134
पुराणं पूजयेत्पूर्वं वाचकं तदनन्तरम् । वस्त्रालङ्कारगोदानैर्दक्षिणाभिश्च सादरम्
purāṇaṃ pūjayetpūrvaṃ vācakaṃ tadanantaram / vastrālaṅkāragodānairdakṣiṇābhiśca sādaram
One should honour the Purāṇa first, and the reciter after that, respectfully, with gifts of clothes, ornaments and cows, and with fees.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.135
अन्नदानैर्हेमदानैर्भमिदानैश्च भूरिभिः । पूजयेद्वाचकं भक्त्या बहुपुण्यफलाप्तये
annadānairhemadānairbhamidānaiśca bhūribhiḥ / pūjayedvācakaṃ bhaktyā bahupuṇyaphalāptaye
With gifts of food, gifts of gold, and abundant gifts of land, one should honour the reciter with devotion, in order to obtain the fruit of much merit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 49.136
यश्चेदं शृणुयान्मर्त्यो यथापि परिकीर्तयेत् । विहाय यातनां घोरां धूतपापो दिवं व्रजेत्
yaścedaṃ śṛṇuyānmartyo yathāpi parikīrtayet / vihāya yātanāṃ ghorāṃ dhūtapāpo divaṃ vrajet
And whatever mortal listens to this, or likewise proclaims it, he will go to heaven with his sins shaken off, escaping dreadful torment.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition