Garuda Purana — Brahma Khanda — Chapter 1

GaP 3 1.1

श्रीगणेशायनमः । श्रीलक्ष्मीनृसिंहाय नमः । श्रीदत्तात्रेयाय नमः । श्रीवेदव्यासाय नमः । श्रीहयग्रीवाय नमः । अथ गारुडे ब्रह्मकाण्डस्तृतीय आरभ्यते । ॐ मल्लानामशनिर्नृणां नरवरः स्त्रीणां स्मरो मूर्तिमान् गोपानां स्वजनो ऽसतां क्षितिभृतां शास्ता स्वपित्रोः शिशुः । मृत्युर्भोजपतेर्विधातृविहित स्तत्त्वं परं योगिनां वृष्णीनां च पतिः सदैव शुशुभे रङ्गे ऽच्युतः साग्रजः

śrīgaṇeśāyanamaḥ / śrīlakṣmīnṛsiṃhāya namaḥ / śrīdattātreyāya namaḥ / śrīvedavyāsāya namaḥ / śrīhayagrīvāya namaḥ / atha gāruḍe brahmakāṇḍastṛtīya ārabhyate / oṃ mallānāmaśanirnṛṇāṃ naravaraḥ strīṇāṃ smaro mūrtimān gopānāṃ svajano 'satāṃ kṣitibhṛtāṃ śāstā svapitroḥ śiśuḥ / mṛtyurbhojapatervidhātṛvihita stattvaṃ paraṃ yogināṃ vṛṣṇīnāṃ ca patiḥ sadaiva śuśubhe raṅge 'cyutaḥ sāgrajaḥ

Salutation to Śrī Gaṇeśa. Salutation to Śrī Lakṣmī-Nṛsiṃha. Salutation to Śrī Dattātreya. Salutation to Śrī Vedavyāsa. Salutation to Śrī Hayagrīva. Now begins the third, the Brahma-kāṇḍa, in the Gāruḍa. Oṃ. A thunderbolt to the wrestlers, the best of men to men, embodied Love to the women, kinsman to the cowherds, chastiser of the wicked kings, a child to his own parents, death to the lord of the Bhojas, the supreme reality to the yogins, and lord of the Vṛṣṇis — thus Acyuta with his elder brother ever shone in the arena.

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GaP 3 1.2

नमो नारायणायेति तस्मै वै मूलरूपिणे । नमस्कृत्य प्रवक्ष्यामि नारायणकथामिमाम्

namo nārāyaṇāyeti tasmai vai mūlarūpiṇe / namaskṛtya pravakṣyāmi nārāyaṇakathāmimām

"Homage to Nārāyaṇa" — having bowed thus to him who is the root form, I shall proclaim this story of Nārāyaṇa.

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GaP 3 1.3

शौनकाद्या महात्मानो ह्यृषयो ब्रह्मवादिनः । नैमिषाख्ये महापुण्ये तपस्तेपुर्महत्तरम्

śaunakādyā mahātmāno hyṛṣayo brahmavādinaḥ / naimiṣākhye mahāpuṇye tapastepurmahattaram

The great-souled seers headed by Śaunaka, expounders of brahman, performed very great austerity in the highly meritorious (forest) called Naimiṣa.

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GaP 3 1.4

जितेन्द्रिया जिताहाराः संतः सत्यपरायणाः । यजन्तः परया भक्त्या विष्णुमाद्यं जगद्गुरुम्

jitendriyā jitāhārāḥ saṃtaḥ satyaparāyaṇāḥ / yajantaḥ parayā bhaktyā viṣṇumādyaṃ jagadgurum

With senses conquered and food restrained, good men devoted to truth, worshipping with supreme devotion Viṣṇu, the primordial teacher of the world,

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GaP 3 1.5

गृणन्तः परमं ब्रह्म जगच्चक्षुर्महौजसः । सर्वशास्त्रार्थतत्त्वज्ञास्तेपुर्नैमिष कानने

gṛṇantaḥ paramaṃ brahma jagaccakṣurmahaujasaḥ / sarvaśāstrārthatattvajñāstepurnaimiṣa kānane

praising the supreme brahman, the eye of the world — men of great vigour, knowers of the true meaning of all the scriptures — they performed austerity in the Naimiṣa forest.

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GaP 3 1.6

यज्ञैर्यज्ञपतिं केचिज्ज्ञानैर्ज्ञानात्मकं परम् । केचित्परमया भक्त्या नारायणमपूजयन्

yajñairyajñapatiṃ kecijjñānairjñānātmakaṃ param / kecitparamayā bhaktyā nārāyaṇamapūjayan

Some worshipped Nārāyaṇa with sacrifices as the lord of sacrifice, some with knowledge as the supreme one whose nature is knowledge, and some with supreme devotion.

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GaP 3 1.7

एकदा तु महात्मानः समाजं चक्रुरुत्तमाः । धर्मार्थकाममोक्षाणामुपायं ज्ञातुमिच्छवः

ekadā tu mahātmānaḥ samājaṃ cakruruttamāḥ / dharmārthakāmamokṣāṇāmupāyaṃ jñātumicchavaḥ

Once those excellent great-souled ones held an assembly, wishing to know the means to dharma, artha, kāma and mokṣa.

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GaP 3 1.8

षद्विंशतिसहस्राणि मुनीनामूर्ध्वरेतसाम् । तेषां शिष्यप्रशिष्याणां संख्या वक्तुं न शङ्क्यते

ṣadviṃśatisahasrāṇi munīnāmūrdhvaretasām / teṣāṃ śiṣyapraśiṣyāṇāṃ saṃkhyā vaktuṃ na śaṅkyate

There were twenty-six thousand sages of upward-flowing seed; the number of their pupils and pupils' pupils cannot be told.

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GaP 3 1.9

मुनयो भावितात्मानो मिलितास्ते महोजसः । लोकानुग्रहकर्तारो वीतरागा विमत्सराः

munayo bhāvitātmāno militāste mahojasaḥ / lokānugrahakartāro vītarāgā vimatsarāḥ

Those sages of purified selves and great vigour assembled, doers of good to the world, free from passion and free from envy.

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GaP 3 1.10

कथं हरौ मनुष्याणां भक्तिरव्यभिचारिणी । केन सिध्येत्तु सकलं कर्म त्रिविधमात्मनः

kathaṃ harau manuṣyāṇāṃ bhaktiravyabhicāriṇī / kena sidhyettu sakalaṃ karma trividhamātmanaḥ

"How may men have unwavering devotion to Hari? By what may the whole threefold action of the self be accomplished?"

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GaP 3 1.11

इत्येवं प्रष्टुमात्मानमुद्यतान्प्रेक्ष्य शौनकः । सांज लिर्वाक्यमाह स्म विनयावनतः सुधीः

ityevaṃ praṣṭumātmānamudyatānprekṣya śaunakaḥ / sāṃja lirvākyamāha sma vinayāvanataḥ sudhīḥ

Seeing (them) thus ready to ask about the self, Śaunaka, the wise one, bowed in humility, spoke with folded hands.

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GaP 3 1.12

शौनक उवाच । आस्ते सिद्धाश्रमे पुण्ये सूतः पौराणिकोत्तमः । स एतदखिलं वेत्ति व्यासशिष्यो यतीश्वरः

śaunaka uvāca / āste siddhāśrame puṇye sūtaḥ paurāṇikottamaḥ / sa etadakhilaṃ vetti vyāsaśiṣyo yatīśvaraḥ

Śaunaka said: In the holy Siddhāśrama dwells the Sūta, best of Purāṇa-reciters; he, the pupil of Vyāsa, lord of ascetics, knows all this.

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GaP 3 1.13

तस्मात्तमेव पृच्छाम इत्येवं शौनको मुनिः । अथ ते ऋषयो जग्मुः पुण्यं सिद्धाश्रमं ततः

tasmāttameva pṛcchāma ityevaṃ śaunako muniḥ / atha te ṛṣayo jagmuḥ puṇyaṃ siddhāśramaṃ tataḥ

"Therefore let us ask him alone" — thus (spoke) the sage Śaunaka; then those seers went to the holy Siddhāśrama.

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GaP 3 1.14

पप्रच्छुस्ते सुखासीनं नैमिषारण्यवासिनः । ऋषय ऊचुः । वयं त्वतिथयः प्राप्तास्त्वातिथेयोसि सुव्रत

papracchuste sukhāsīnaṃ naimiṣāraṇyavāsinaḥ / ṛṣaya ūcuḥ / vayaṃ tvatithayaḥ prāptāstvātitheyosi suvrata

The dwellers of the Naimiṣa forest questioned him as he sat at ease. The seers said: We have come as your guests, and you are a host to guests, O you of good vows.

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GaP 3 1.15

स्नानदानोपचारेण पूजयित्वा यथाविधि । केन विष्णुः प्रसन्नः स्यात्स कथं पूज्यते नरैः

snānadānopacāreṇa pūjayitvā yathāvidhi / kena viṣṇuḥ prasannaḥ syātsa kathaṃ pūjyate naraiḥ

Having worshipped (him) duly with bathing, giving, and (ritual) attendance — by what is Viṣṇu made favourable, and how is he worshipped by men?

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GaP 3 1.16

मुक्तिसाधनभूतं च ब्रूहि तत्त्वविनिर्णयम् । सूत उवाच । शृणुध्वमृष्यः सर्वे हरिं तत्त्वविनिर्णयम्

muktisādhanabhūtaṃ ca brūhi tattvavinirṇayam / sūta uvāca / śṛṇudhvamṛṣyaḥ sarve hariṃ tattvavinirṇayam

And tell (us) the determination of the truth, which is the means to liberation. Sūta said: Hear, all you seers, of Hari, the determination of the truth.

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GaP 3 1.17

नत्वा विष्णुं श्रियं वायुं भारतीं शेषसंज्ञकम् । द्वैपायनं गुरुं कृष्णं प्रवक्ष्यामि यथामति

natvā viṣṇuṃ śriyaṃ vāyuṃ bhāratīṃ śeṣasaṃjñakam / dvaipāyanaṃ guruṃ kṛṣṇaṃ pravakṣyāmi yathāmati

Having bowed to Viṣṇu, to Śrī, to Vāyu, to Bhāratī, to him named Śeṣa, and to the teacher Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana, I shall expound (it) as far as my understanding goes.

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GaP 3 1.18

नास्ति नारायणसमं न भूतं न भविष्यति । एतेन सत्यवाक्येन सर्वार्थान्साधयाम्यहम्

nāsti nārāyaṇasamaṃ na bhūtaṃ na bhaviṣyati / etena satyavākyena sarvārthānsādhayāmyaham

There is nothing equal to Nārāyaṇa, there has not been, nor will there be. By this true utterance I accomplish all my aims.

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GaP 3 1.19

शौनक उवाच । किमर्थं नमनं विष्णोर्ग्रन्थादौ मुनिसत्तम । कर्तव्यं ब्रूहि मे ब्रह्मन्कृपया मम सुव्रत

śaunaka uvāca / kimarthaṃ namanaṃ viṣṇorgranthādau munisattama / kartavyaṃ brūhi me brahmankṛpayā mama suvrata

Śaunaka said: For what purpose must obeisance to Viṣṇu be made at the beginning of a book, O best of sages? Tell me, O brahmin, out of kindness to me, O you of good vows.

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GaP 3 1.20

ततः श्रियं ततो वायुं भारतीं च ततः परम् । अन्ते व्यासं किमर्थं च त्वं नमस्कृतवानसि । सूतसूत महाभाग ब्रूहि कारणमत्र च

tataḥ śriyaṃ tato vāyuṃ bhāratīṃ ca tataḥ param / ante vyāsaṃ kimarthaṃ ca tvaṃ namaskṛtavānasi / sūtasūta mahābhāga brūhi kāraṇamatra ca

And why did you then bow to Śrī, then to Vāyu, and to Bhāratī after that, and at the end to Vyāsa? O Sūta, Sūta, greatly fortunate one, tell the reason for this too.

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GaP 3 1.21

सूत उवाच । आदौ वन्द्यः सर्ववेदैकवेद्यो वेदे शास्त्रे सेतिहासे पुराणे । सत्तां प्रायो विष्णुरेवैक एव प्रकाशते ऽतो नम्य एको हरिर्हि

sūta uvāca / ādau vandyaḥ sarvavedaikavedyo vede śāstre setihāse purāṇe / sattāṃ prāyo viṣṇurevaika eva prakāśate 'to namya eko harirhi

Sūta said: He who is to be praised at the outset, who alone is to be known by all the Vedas — in Veda, in treatise, with epic and Purāṇa — for the most part Viṣṇu alone shines forth as the (truly) existent; hence Hari alone is to be bowed to.

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GaP 3 1.22

सर्वत्र मुख्यस्त्वधिकोन्यतोपि स एव नम्यो न च शङ्कराद्याः । नमन्ति ये ऽविनयाच्छङ्करं तु विनायकं चण्डिकां रेणुकां च

sarvatra mukhyastvadhikonyatopi sa eva namyo na ca śaṅkarādyāḥ / namanti ye 'vinayācchaṅkaraṃ tu vināyakaṃ caṇḍikāṃ reṇukāṃ ca

He is everywhere the chief, and higher than any other; he alone is to be bowed to, and not Śaṅkara and the rest. But those who out of ill-discipline bow to Śaṅkara, to Vināyaka, to Caṇḍikā and to Reṇukā —

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GaP 3 1.23

तथा सूर्यं भैरवं मातारश्व तथा वाणीं गिरिजां वै श्रियं च । सर्वेपि ते वैष्णवा नैव लोके न तद्भक्ता वेति चार्या वदन्ति

tathā sūryaṃ bhairavaṃ mātāraśva tathā vāṇīṃ girijāṃ vai śriyaṃ ca / sarvepi te vaiṣṇavā naiva loke na tadbhaktā veti cāryā vadanti

and likewise to Sūrya, to Bhairava, to the Mothers, and so to Vāṇī, to Girijā, and indeed to Śrī — all of these are not Vaiṣṇavas in the world, nor are they his devotees: so the worthy declare.

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GaP 3 1.24

न पार्थिक्यान्नमनं कार्यमेव प्रीणन्ति नैता देवताः पूजनेन । पूजां गृहीत्वा देवताश्चैव सर्वाः किञ्चिद्दत्वा फलदानेन तांश्च

na pārthikyānnamanaṃ kāryameva prīṇanti naitā devatāḥ pūjanena / pūjāṃ gṛhītvā devatāścaiva sarvāḥ kiñciddatvā phaladānena tāṃśca

Obeisance is not to be made out of partiality; these deities are not pleased by (such) worship. Rather all the deities, having accepted the worship and given something, (satisfy) them by the granting of fruit,

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GaP 3 1.25

संतर्प्य तुष्टैः स्वमनोनु सारात्तैः कारितां काम्यपूजां तथैव । निवेदयित्वा परदेवतायां विष्णौ हरौ श्रीपुरुषादिवन्द्ये

saṃtarpya tuṣṭaiḥ svamanonu sārāttaiḥ kāritāṃ kāmyapūjāṃ tathaiva / nivedayitvā paradevatāyāṃ viṣṇau harau śrīpuruṣādivandye

and having gratified (them) — the desire-motivated worship performed by those (deities), pleased, according to their own minds — and likewise having offered it up to the supreme deity, to Viṣṇu, to Hari, who is to be praised by Śrī, Puruṣa and the rest,

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GaP 3 1.26

इहापरत्रापि सुखेतराणि दास्यन्ति पश्चादधरं वै तमश्च । अतो ह्येते नैव पूज्या न नम्या मोक्षेच्छुभिर्ब्राह्मणाद्यैर्द्विजेन्द्र

ihāparatrāpi sukhetarāṇi dāsyanti paścādadharaṃ vai tamaśca / ato hyete naiva pūjyā na namyā mokṣecchubhirbrāhmaṇādyairdvijendra

here and in the other world too they will give what is other than happiness, and afterwards the lower darkness indeed. Therefore these are by no means to be worshipped nor bowed to by brahmins and the rest who desire liberation, O chief of the twice-born,

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GaP 3 1.27

तथैव सर्वाश्रमिभिश्च नित्यं महाविपत्तावपि विप्रवर्याः । श्रीकाम्य या ये तु भजन्ति नित्यं श्रीब्रह्मरुद्रेद्रयमादिदेवान्

tathaiva sarvāśramibhiśca nityaṃ mahāvipattāvapi vipravaryāḥ / śrīkāmya yā ye tu bhajanti nityaṃ śrībrahmarudredrayamādidevān

and likewise never by those of any stage of life, even in great calamity, O best of brahmins. But those who, desiring prosperity, constantly worship Śrī, Brahmā, Rudra, Indra, Yama and the other gods,

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GaP 3 1.28

इहेव भुञ्जन्ति महच्च दुः खं महापदः कुष्ठभगन्दरादीन् । नमन्ति ये ऽवैष्णवान्ब्रह्मरुद्रवायु प्रतीकान्नैव ते विष्णुभक्ताः

iheva bhuñjanti mahacca duḥ khaṃ mahāpadaḥ kuṣṭhabhagandarādīn / namanti ye 'vaiṣṇavānbrahmarudravāyu pratīkānnaiva te viṣṇubhaktāḥ

they enjoy here itself great suffering and great misfortunes — leprosy, fistula, and the like. Those who bow to non-Vaiṣṇava images of Brahmā, Rudra and Vāyu are by no means devotees of Viṣṇu.

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GaP 3 1.29

अभिप्रायं त्वत्र वक्ष्ये मुनीन्द्राः परं गोप्यं हृदि धार्यं हि तद्धि । वायोः प्रतीकं पूज्यमेवेह विप्रा न ब्रह्मरुद्रादिप्रतीकमेव

abhiprāyaṃ tvatra vakṣye munīndrāḥ paraṃ gopyaṃ hṛdi dhāryaṃ hi taddhi / vāyoḥ pratīkaṃ pūjyameveha viprā na brahmarudrādipratīkameva

But here I shall state the intent, O chiefs of sages: it is supremely secret and must be held in the heart. The emblem of Vāyu alone is to be worshipped here, O brahmins, not the emblem of Brahmā, Rudra and the rest.

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GaP 3 1.30

पूजाकाले देवदेवस्य विष्णोर्वायोः प्रतीकं योग्यभागे निधाय । अन्तर्गतं तस्य वायोर्हरिं च लक्ष्मीपतिं पूजयित्वा हि सम्यक्

pūjākāle devadevasya viṣṇorvāyoḥ pratīkaṃ yogyabhāge nidhāya / antargataṃ tasya vāyorhariṃ ca lakṣmīpatiṃ pūjayitvā hi samyak

At the time of worship of Viṣṇu, the god of gods, having placed Vāyu's emblem in a suitable place, and having duly worshipped Hari, the lord of Lakṣmī, who is within that Vāyu,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 3 1.31

पश्चाद्वायोः सुप्रतीकं च सम्यङ् निर्माल्यशेषेण हरेः समर्चयेत् । पृथक्च स्रग्धूपविलेपनादिपूजां प्रकुर्वन्ति च ये विमूढः

paścādvāyoḥ supratīkaṃ ca samyaṅ nirmālyaśeṣeṇa hareḥ samarcayet / pṛthakca sragdhūpavilepanādipūjāṃ prakurvanti ca ye vimūḍhaḥ

afterwards one should properly worship the fair emblem of Vāyu with the remnants of Hari's used offerings. But those deluded ones who perform a separate worship with garland, incense, unguent and the rest —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 3 1.32

तेषां दुः खमिह लोके परत्र भविष्यते नात्र विचार्यमस्ति । प्रायश्चित्तं स्वस्ति विप्राः कथञ्चित्तत्कुर्वन्तु स्मरणं नाम विष्णोः

teṣāṃ duḥ khamiha loke paratra bhaviṣyate nātra vicāryamasti / prāyaścittaṃ svasti viprāḥ kathañcittatkurvantu smaraṇaṃ nāma viṣṇoḥ

for them there will be suffering in this world and in the next; there is nothing to deliberate here. (As for) expiation — well then, O brahmins, let them somehow perform that remembrance, the name of Viṣṇu.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 3 1.33

पाषण्डरुद्रादिकसं प्रतिष्ठितान्हरेर्वायोः शङ्करस्य प्रतीकान् । नमन्ति ये फलबुद्ध्या विभूढास्तेषां फलं शाश्वतं दुः खमेव

pāṣaṇḍarudrādikasaṃ pratiṣṭhitānharervāyoḥ śaṅkarasya pratīkān / namanti ye phalabuddhyā vibhūḍhāsteṣāṃ phalaṃ śāśvataṃ duḥ khameva

Those deluded ones who, with an eye to results, bow to emblems of Hari, of Vāyu, of Śaṅkara that have been installed by heretics, Rudra-worshippers and the like — their result is perpetual suffering alone.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 3 1.34

वायोः प्रतीकं यदि विप्रवर्यैः प्रतिष्ठितं चेन्नमनं हि कार्यम् । नैवेद्यशेषेण हरेश्च विष्णोः पूजा कृता चेन्न हि दोषलेशः

vāyoḥ pratīkaṃ yadi vipravaryaiḥ pratiṣṭhitaṃ cennamanaṃ hi kāryam / naivedyaśeṣeṇa hareśca viṣṇoḥ pūjā kṛtā cenna hi doṣaleśaḥ

If an image of Vāyu has been installed by the best of Brahmins, then salutation should indeed be made (to it); and if worship of Hari, of Viṣṇu, has been done with the remnant of the food-offering, there is not a trace of fault.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 3 1.35

गुरुर्हि मुख्यो हनुमज्जनिर्महान्रामाङ्घ्रिभक्तो हनुमान्सदैव । एवं विदित्वा परमं हरिं च पुत्रं पुनर्मुख्यदेवस्य वायोः

gururhi mukhyo hanumajjanirmahānrāmāṅghribhakto hanumānsadaiva / evaṃ viditvā paramaṃ hariṃ ca putraṃ punarmukhyadevasya vāyoḥ

The chief guru is the great one born as Hanumān; Hanumān is always devoted to Rāma's feet. Knowing thus that Hari is supreme and that (Hanumān) is the son — again, of Vāyu, the chief deity —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 3 1.37

नमस्कारो नान्यथा विप्रवर्या आधीयतां हृदि सर्वै रहस्यमम् । ये वैष्णवा वैष्ण वदासभृत्याः सर्वेपि ते सर्वदा विष्णुमेव ॥ गर्प्_३,१।३६ । नमन्ति ये वै प्रतिपादयन्ति तथैव पुण्यानि च सात्त्विकानि । नमन्ति ये वासुदेवं हरिं च सम्यक् स्वशक्त्या प्रतिपादयन्ति

namaskāro nānyathā vipravaryā ādhīyatāṃ hṛdi sarvai rahasyamam / ye vaiṣṇavā vaiṣṇa vadāsabhṛtyāḥ sarvepi te sarvadā viṣṇumeva // garp_3,1.36 / namanti ye vai pratipādayanti tathaiva puṇyāni ca sāttvikāni / namanti ye vāsudevaṃ hariṃ ca samyak svaśaktyā pratipādayanti

— the salutation (should be made), not otherwise, O best of Brahmins; let this secret be laid in the heart by all. Those who are Vaiṣṇavas, servants of the servants of Viṣṇu, all of them always (worship) Viṣṇu alone. [36] Those who bow down and who indeed expound the meritorious, sāttvika (teachings) likewise; those who bow to Vāsudeva and Hari and rightly expound (him) according to their own capacity,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 3 1.38

प्रवृत्तिमार्गेण न पूजयन्ति ह्यापत्काले परदैवं तदन्यम् । ते वैष्णवा वैष्णवदासभृत्या अन्ये च सर्वे ऽवैष्णवमात्रकाः स्मृताः

pravṛttimārgeṇa na pūjayanti hyāpatkāle paradaivaṃ tadanyam / te vaiṣṇavā vaiṣṇavadāsabhṛtyā anye ca sarve 'vaiṣṇavamātrakāḥ smṛtāḥ

(and) who do not, by the path of active engagement, worship another god beside him even in time of calamity — they are Vaiṣṇavas, servants of the servants of Viṣṇu; and all others are reckoned to be merely non-Vaiṣṇavas.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 3 1.39

उपक्रमैरुपसंहारस्य लिङ्गैर्हरिं गुरुं ह्यन्तरेणैव यान्ति । तानेवाहुः सत्पुराणानि विप्राः कलौ युगे नाभ्यसूयन्ति सर्वे

upakramairupasaṃhārasya liṅgairhariṃ guruṃ hyantareṇaiva yānti / tānevāhuḥ satpurāṇāni viprāḥ kalau yuge nābhyasūyanti sarve

By the introductions and by the marks of the conclusion, they go to Hari and to the guru, indeed by the inner (way). Just these the true Purāṇas call Brahmins; in the Kali age not all are envious.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 3 1.40

यतो हितान्ये प्रतिपादयन्ति प्रवृत्तिधर्मान्स्वस्ववर्णानुरूपान् । अतो ह्यसूयन्ति सदा विमूढाः कलौ हि विप्राः प्रचुरा हि तेपि

yato hitānye pratipādayanti pravṛttidharmānsvasvavarṇānurūpān / ato hyasūyanti sadā vimūḍhāḥ kalau hi viprāḥ pracurā hi tepi

Because others expound the duties of engagement in action, suited to each one's own class, therefore the deluded are always envious; and in the Kali age such Brahmins too are numerous.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 3 1.41

न चास्ति विष्णोः सदृशं च दैवतं न चास्ति वायोः सदृशो गुरुश्च । न चास्ति तीर्थं सदृशं विष्णुपद्याः न विष्णुभक्तेन समोस्ति भक्तः

na cāsti viṣṇoḥ sadṛśaṃ ca daivataṃ na cāsti vāyoḥ sadṛśo guruśca / na cāsti tīrthaṃ sadṛśaṃ viṣṇupadyāḥ na viṣṇubhaktena samosti bhaktaḥ

There is no deity equal to Viṣṇu, and there is no guru equal to Vāyu; there is no holy place equal to Viṣṇu's foot(-water), (and) there is no devotee equal to a devotee of Viṣṇu.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 3 1.42

अन्यानि विष्णोः प्रतिपादकानि सर्वाणि ते सात्त्विकानीति चाहुः । श्राव्याणि तान्येव मनुष्यलोके श्राव्याणि नान्यानि च दुः खदानि

anyāni viṣṇoḥ pratipādakāni sarvāṇi te sāttvikānīti cāhuḥ / śrāvyāṇi tānyeva manuṣyaloke śrāvyāṇi nānyāni ca duḥ khadāni

Other (works) which set forth Viṣṇu — all those they call sāttvika. Just those are to be listened to in the world of men; the others are not to be heard, for they give sorrow.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 3 1.43

कलौ युगे सर्व पुराणमध्ये त्रीण्येव मुख्यानि हरिप्रियाणि । मुख्यं पुराणं हि कलौ नृणां च श्रेयस्करं भागवतं पुराणम्

kalau yuge sarva purāṇamadhye trīṇyeva mukhyāni haripriyāṇi / mukhyaṃ purāṇaṃ hi kalau nṛṇāṃ ca śreyaskaraṃ bhāgavataṃ purāṇam

In the Kali age, among all the Purāṇas only three are principal and dear to Hari. The principal Purāṇa in the Kali age, bringing welfare to men, is the Bhāgavata Purāṇa.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 3 1.44

पूर्वं हि सृष्टिः प्रतिपाद्यते त्र यतो ह्यतो भागवतं परं स्मृतम् । यस्मिन्पुराणे कथयन्ति सृष्टिं ह्यादौ विष्णोर्ब्रह्मरुद्रादिकानाम्

pūrvaṃ hi sṛṣṭiḥ pratipādyate tra yato hyato bhāgavataṃ paraṃ smṛtam / yasminpurāṇe kathayanti sṛṣṭiṃ hyādau viṣṇorbrahmarudrādikānām

Because creation is set forth here at the beginning, therefore the Bhāgavata is held to be supreme — the Purāṇa in which they tell, at the very beginning, of the creation by Viṣṇu of Brahmā, Rudra and the rest.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 3 1.45

नानार्थमेवं कथयन्ति विप्र नीचोच्चरूपं ज्ञानमाहुर्महान्तः । तेनैव सिद्धं प्रवदन्ति सर्वं ह्यतः परं भागवतं पुराणम्

nānārthamevaṃ kathayanti vipra nīcoccarūpaṃ jñānamāhurmahāntaḥ / tenaiva siddhaṃ pravadanti sarvaṃ hyataḥ paraṃ bhāgavataṃ purāṇam

Thus they tell many meanings, O Brahmin; the great ones call knowledge (a thing) of lower and higher form. By that very (knowledge) they declare all to be accomplished; hence the Bhāgavata Purāṇa is supreme.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 3 1.46

ततः परं विष्णुपुराणमाहुस्ततः परं गारुडसंज्ञकं च । त्रीण्येव मुख्या नि कलौ नृणां तु तथा विशेषो गारुडे किञ्चिदस्ति

tataḥ paraṃ viṣṇupurāṇamāhustataḥ paraṃ gāruḍasaṃjñakaṃ ca / trīṇyeva mukhyā ni kalau nṛṇāṃ tu tathā viśeṣo gāruḍe kiñcidasti

Next after that they name the Viṣṇu Purāṇa, and after that the one called Gāruḍa. These three alone are principal for men in the Kali age; and yet there is some special feature in the Gāruḍa.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 3 1.47

शृणुध्वं वै तं विशेषं च विप्रास्त्र्यंशैर्युक्तं गारुडाख्यं पुराणम् । आद्यांशं वै कर्मकाण्डं वदन्ति द्वितीयांशं धर्मकाण्डं तमाहुः

śṛṇudhvaṃ vai taṃ viśeṣaṃ ca viprāstryaṃśairyuktaṃ gāruḍākhyaṃ purāṇam / ādyāṃśaṃ vai karmakāṇḍaṃ vadanti dvitīyāṃśaṃ dharmakāṇḍaṃ tamāhuḥ

Hear that special feature, O Brahmins: the Purāṇa named Gāruḍa is furnished with three parts. The first part they call the Karma-kāṇḍa; the second part they call the Dharma-kāṇḍa.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 3 1.48

तृतीयांशं ब्रह्मकाण्डं वदन्ति तेषां मध्ये त्वन्तिमोयं वरिष्ठः । तृतीयांशश्रवणात्पुण्यमाहुस्तुल्यं पुण्यं भागवतस्य विप्राः

tṛtīyāṃśaṃ brahmakāṇḍaṃ vadanti teṣāṃ madhye tvantimoyaṃ variṣṭhaḥ / tṛtīyāṃśaśravaṇātpuṇyamāhustulyaṃ puṇyaṃ bhāgavatasya viprāḥ

The third part they call the Brahma-kāṇḍa; and among these this last is the best. From hearing the third part, they say, the merit is equal to the merit of the Bhāgavata, O Brahmins.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 3 1.49

तृतीयांशे पठिते वेदतुल्यं फलं भवेन्नात्र विचार्यमस्ति । तृतीयांशश्रवणादेव विप्राः फलं प्रोक्तं पठतोप्यर्थमेवम्

tṛtīyāṃśe paṭhite vedatulyaṃ phalaṃ bhavennātra vicāryamasti / tṛtīyāṃśaśravaṇādeva viprāḥ phalaṃ proktaṃ paṭhatopyarthamevam

When the third part is recited, the fruit is equal to that of the Veda — there is nothing to be debated here. From merely hearing the third part, O Brahmins, the fruit is declared, and for the reciter too it is thus in substance.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 3 1.50

तृतीयांशश्रवणादर्थतश्च पुण्यं चाहुः पठतो वै दशांशम् । ततो वरं मत्स्यपुराणमाहुस्ततो वरं कूर्मपूराणमाहुः

tṛtīyāṃśaśravaṇādarthataśca puṇyaṃ cāhuḥ paṭhato vai daśāṃśam / tato varaṃ matsyapurāṇamāhustato varaṃ kūrmapūrāṇamāhuḥ

From hearing the third part with its meaning, they say the merit of the reciter is a tenth part. Better than that they call the Matsya Purāṇa; better than that they call the Kūrma Purāṇa.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 3 1.52

तथैव वै वायुपुराणमाहुस्त्रीण्येव चाहुः सात्त्विकानीति लोके । तत्रापि किञ्चिद्वेदितव्यं भवेच्च पुराणषट्के सत्त्वरूपे मुनीन्द्राः ॥ गर्प्_३,१।५१ ॥ सत्त्वाधमे मात्स्यकौर्मे तथाहुर्वायु चाहुः सात्त्विकं मध्यमं च । विष्णोः पुराणं भागवतं पुराणं सत्त्वोत्तमं गारुडं चाहुरार्याः

tathaiva vai vāyupurāṇamāhustrīṇyeva cāhuḥ sāttvikānīti loke / tatrāpi kiñcidveditavyaṃ bhavecca purāṇaṣaṭke sattvarūpe munīndrāḥ // garp_3,1.51 // sattvādhame mātsyakaurme tathāhurvāyu cāhuḥ sāttvikaṃ madhyamaṃ ca / viṣṇoḥ purāṇaṃ bhāgavataṃ purāṇaṃ sattvottamaṃ gāruḍaṃ cāhurāryāḥ

Likewise they name the Vāyu Purāṇa; and they say in the world that just these three are sāttvika. Even there something is to be understood, O best of sages, concerning the group of six Purāṇas of the nature of sattva. [51] They say the Matsya and Kūrma are lowest in sattva, and they call the Vāyu middling sāttvika; the Viṣṇu Purāṇa, the Bhāgavata Purāṇa, and the Gāruḍa the noble ones call highest in sattva.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 3 1.53

स्कान्दं पाद्मं वामनं वै वराहं तथाग्रेयं भविष्यं पर्वसृष्टौ । एतान्याहू राजसानीति विप्रास्तत्रैकदेशः सात्त्विकस्तामसश्च

skāndaṃ pādmaṃ vāmanaṃ vai varāhaṃ tathāgreyaṃ bhaviṣyaṃ parvasṛṣṭau / etānyāhū rājasānīti viprāstatraikadeśaḥ sāttvikastāmasaśca

The Skānda, the Pādma, the Vāmana, the Varāha, likewise the Āgneya and the Bhaviṣya, in the creation of the sections — these the Brahmins call rājasa; in them one portion is sāttvika and (one) tāmasa.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 3 1.54

रजः प्राचुर्याद्राजसानीति च हुः श्राव्याणि नैतानि मुमुक्षुभिः सदा । तेषां मध्ये सात्त्विकांशाश्च संति तेषां श्रुतेर्गारुडीयं फलं च

rajaḥ prācuryādrājasānīti ca huḥ śrāvyāṇi naitāni mumukṣubhiḥ sadā / teṣāṃ madhye sāttvikāṃśāśca saṃti teṣāṃ śrutergāruḍīyaṃ phalaṃ ca

Because of the abundance of rajas they call them rājasa; these are never to be listened to by those who seek liberation. Among them there are sāttvika portions, and the fruit of hearing those is that of the Gāruḍa.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 3 1.55

ब्रह्माण्डलैङ्ग्ये ब्रह्मवैवर्तकं वै मार्कंण्डेयं ब्राह्ममादित्यकं च । एतान्या हुस्तामसानीति विप्रास्तत्रैकदेशः सात्त्विको राजसश्च

brahmāṇḍalaiṅgye brahmavaivartakaṃ vai mārkaṃṇḍeyaṃ brāhmamādityakaṃ ca / etānyā hustāmasānīti viprāstatraikadeśaḥ sāttviko rājasaśca

The Brahmāṇḍa and the Lāiṅgya, the Brahmavaivarta, the Mārkaṇḍeya, the Brāhma and the Ādityaka — these the Brahmins call tāmasa; in them one portion is sāttvika and (one) rājasa.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 3 1.56

श्राव्याणि नैतानि मनुष्यलोके तत्त्वेच्छुभिस्तामसानीत्यतो हि । तेषु स्थिताः सात्त्विकांशा मुनीन्द्रास्तेषां श्रुतिर्गारुडैकाङ्घ्रितुल्या

śrāvyāṇi naitāni manuṣyaloke tattvecchubhistāmasānītyato hi / teṣu sthitāḥ sāttvikāṃśā munīndrāsteṣāṃ śrutirgāruḍaikāṅghritulyā

These are not to be heard in the world of men by those who desire the truth, precisely because they are tāmasa; yet in them, O best of sages, there abide portions of sattva, and hearing them is equal to a single foot of the Garuḍa (Purāṇa).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 3 1.57

अल्पान्युपपुराणानि वदन्त्यष्टादशानि च । विष्णुधर्मोतरं चैव तन्त्रं भागवतं तथा

alpānyupapurāṇāni vadantyaṣṭādaśāni ca / viṣṇudharmotaraṃ caiva tantraṃ bhāgavataṃ tathā

They say there are also eighteen minor Upapurāṇas: the Viṣṇudharmottara, the Tantra, and likewise the Bhāgavata,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 3 1.58

तत्त्वसारं नारसिंहं वायुप्रोक्तं तथैव च । तथा हंसपुराणं च षडेतानि मुनीश्वराः

tattvasāraṃ nārasiṃhaṃ vāyuproktaṃ tathaiva ca / tathā haṃsapurāṇaṃ ca ṣaḍetāni munīśvarāḥ

the Tattvasāra, the Nārasiṃha, and likewise the one spoken by Vāyu, and also the Haṃsa Purāṇa — these six, O lords among sages,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 3 1.59

सात्त्विकान्येव जानीध्वं प्रायशो नात्र संशयः । एतेषां श्रवणादेव गारुडार्धफलं श्रुतम्

sāttvikānyeva jānīdhvaṃ prāyaśo nātra saṃśayaḥ / eteṣāṃ śravaṇādeva gāruḍārdhaphalaṃ śrutam

know to be for the most part sāttvika indeed; there is no doubt in this. From hearing these alone half the fruit of the Gāruḍa is said (to be gained).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 3 1.60

भविष्योत्तरनामानं बृहन्नारदमेव च । यमनारदसंवादं लघुनारदमेव च

bhaviṣyottaranāmānaṃ bṛhannāradameva ca / yamanāradasaṃvādaṃ laghunāradameva ca

The one named Bhaviṣyottara, and the Bṛhannārada, and the Dialogue of Yama and Nārada, and the Laghunārada,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 3 1.61

विनायकपुराणं च बृहद्ब्रह्माण्डमेव च । एतानि राजसान्याहुः श्रवणाद्भुक्तरुत्तमा

vināyakapurāṇaṃ ca bṛhadbrahmāṇḍameva ca / etāni rājasānyāhuḥ śravaṇādbhuktaruttamā

and the Vināyaka Purāṇa, and the Bṛhadbrahmāṇḍa — these they call rājasa; from hearing (them) enjoyment of the highest kind (results),

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 3 1.62

गारुडात्पादतुल्यं च फलं चाहुर्मनीषिणः । पुराणं भागवतं शैवं नन्दिप्रोक्तं तथैव च

gāruḍātpādatulyaṃ ca phalaṃ cāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ / purāṇaṃ bhāgavataṃ śaivaṃ nandiproktaṃ tathaiva ca

and the wise say the fruit is equal to a quarter (one foot) of the Gāruḍa. The Bhāgavata Purāṇa, the Śaiva, and likewise the one spoken by Nandi,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 3 1.63

पाशुपत्यं रैणुकं च भैरवं च तथैव च । एतानि तामसान्याहुर्हरितत्त्वार्थवेदिनः

pāśupatyaṃ raiṇukaṃ ca bhairavaṃ ca tathaiva ca / etāni tāmasānyāhurharitattvārthavedinaḥ

the Pāśupata, the Raiṇuka, and likewise the Bhairava — these those who know the truth and meaning of Hari call tāmasa.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 3 1.64

एतेषां श्रवणाद्विप्रागारुडाङ्घ्यर्ध्मेव च । सर्वेष्वपि पुराणेषु श्रेष्ठं भागवतं स्मृतम्

eteṣāṃ śravaṇādviprāgāruḍāṅghyardhmeva ca / sarveṣvapi purāṇeṣu śreṣṭhaṃ bhāgavataṃ smṛtam

From hearing these, O brahmins, (the fruit is) only half a foot of the Gāruḍa. And among all the Purāṇas the Bhāgavata is held to be the best.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 3 1.65

वेदैस्तुल्य सम पाठे श्रवणे च तदर्धकम् । अर्थतः श्रवणे चास्य पुण्यं दशगुणं स्मृतम्

vedaistulya sama pāṭhe śravaṇe ca tadardhakam / arthataḥ śravaṇe cāsya puṇyaṃ daśaguṇaṃ smṛtam

It is equal to the Vedas: the same in recitation, and half that in hearing; but in hearing it with (understanding of) its meaning the merit is held to be tenfold.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 3 1.68

वक्तुः स्याद्द्विगुणं पुण्यं व्याख्यातुश्च तथाधिकम् । अनन्तवेदैःसाम्यमाहुर्महान्तः भारान्महत्त्वाद्भारतस्यापि विप्राः ॥ गर्प्_३,१।६६ ॥ वेदोभ्योस्य त्वर्थतश्चाधिकत्वं वदन्ति बै विष्णुरहस्यवेदिनः ॥ गर्प्_३,१।६७ ॥ तत्र श्रेष्ठां गीतिकामाहुरार्यास्तथैव विष्णोर्नामसाहस्रक च । तयोस्तत्र श्रवणाद्भारतस्य दशाधिकं फलमाहुर्महान्तः

vaktuḥ syāddviguṇaṃ puṇyaṃ vyākhyātuśca tathādhikam / anantavedaiḥsāmyamāhurmahāntaḥ bhārānmahattvādbhāratasyāpi viprāḥ // garp_3,1.66 // vedobhyosya tvarthataścādhikatvaṃ vadanti bai viṣṇurahasyavedinaḥ // garp_3,1.67 // tatra śreṣṭhāṃ gītikāmāhurāryāstathaiva viṣṇornāmasāhasraka ca / tayostatra śravaṇādbhāratasya daśādhikaṃ phalamāhurmahāntaḥ

For the one who recites it the merit would be double, and for the one who expounds it still more. The great ones declare its equality with endless Vedas. And because of the greatness of its burden (of meaning), O brahmins, (this holds) of the Bhārata too. (66) Those who know the secret of Viṣṇu indeed say that, in respect of meaning, it surpasses even the Vedas. (67) Therein the noble ones call the Gītā the best, and likewise Viṣṇu's Thousand Names; and the great ones say that from hearing those two the fruit is ten times that of (hearing) the Bhārata.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 3 1.69

दैत्याः सर्व विप्रकुलेषु भूत्वा कृते युगे भारते षट्सहस्र्याम् । निष्कास्य कांश्चिन्नवनिर्मितानां निवेशनं तत्र कुर्वन्ति नित्यम्

daityāḥ sarva viprakuleṣu bhūtvā kṛte yuge bhārate ṣaṭsahasryām / niṣkāsya kāṃścinnavanirmitānāṃ niveśanaṃ tatra kurvanti nityam

The Daityas, having all been born in brahmin families, in the Kṛta age constantly remove some (verses) from the six thousand (verses) of the Bhārata and insert there newly fabricated ones.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 3 1.70

मत्वा हरिं भगवान्व्यासरूपी चक्रे तदा भागवतं पुराणम् । तथा समाख्याय च वैष्णवं तत्ततः परं गारुडाख्यं स चक्रे

matvā hariṃ bhagavānvyāsarūpī cakre tadā bhāgavataṃ purāṇam / tathā samākhyāya ca vaiṣṇavaṃ tattataḥ paraṃ gāruḍākhyaṃ sa cakre

Considering (this), the Lord in the form of Vyāsa then composed the Bhāgavata Purāṇa; and having thus fully declared that Vaiṣṇava (work), thereafter he composed the one called Gāruḍa.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 3 1.71

अतो हि गारुडं मुख्यं पुराणं शास्त्रसंमतम् । गारुडेन समं नास्ति विष्णुधर्मप्रदर्शने

ato hi gāruḍaṃ mukhyaṃ purāṇaṃ śāstrasaṃmatam / gāruḍena samaṃ nāsti viṣṇudharmapradarśane

Therefore the Gāruḍa is the chief Purāṇa, approved by the scriptures; there is none equal to the Gāruḍa in setting forth the dharma of Viṣṇu.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 3 1.72

यथा सुराणां प्रवरो जनार्दनो यथायुधानां प्रवरः सुदर्शनम् । यथाश्वमेधः प्रवरः क्रतूनां छिन्नेषु भक्तेषु तथैव रुद्रः

yathā surāṇāṃ pravaro janārdano yathāyudhānāṃ pravaraḥ sudarśanam / yathāśvamedhaḥ pravaraḥ kratūnāṃ chinneṣu bhakteṣu tathaiva rudraḥ

As Janārdana is the foremost of the gods, as Sudarśana is the foremost of weapons, as the Aśvamedha is the foremost of sacrifices, and as Rudra is (foremost) among devotees whose devotion is broken,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 3 1.73

नदीषु गङ्गा जलजेषु पद्ममच्छिन्नभक्तेषु तथैव वायुः । तथा पुराणेषु च गारुडं च मुख्यं तदाहुर्हरितत्त्वदर्शने

nadīṣu gaṅgā jalajeṣu padmamacchinnabhakteṣu tathaiva vāyuḥ / tathā purāṇeṣu ca gāruḍaṃ ca mukhyaṃ tadāhurharitattvadarśane

as the Gaṅgā among rivers, the lotus among water-born plants, and likewise Vāyu among devotees whose devotion is unbroken — so too among the Purāṇas they call the Gāruḍa chief in showing the truth of Hari.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 3 1.75

गारुडाख्यपुराणे तु प्रतिपाद्यो हरिः स्मृतः । अतो हरिर्नमस्कार्यो गम्यो योग्यो हरिः स्मृतः ॥ गर्प्_३,१।७४ ॥ भाग्यात्मकत्वाच्छ्रीदेव्या नमनं नदनु स्मृतम् । परो नरोत्तमो वा स साधकेशोपि च स्मृतः

gāruḍākhyapurāṇe tu pratipādyo hariḥ smṛtaḥ / ato harirnamaskāryo gamyo yogyo hariḥ smṛtaḥ // garp_3,1.74 // bhāgyātmakatvācchrīdevyā namanaṃ nadanu smṛtam / paro narottamo vā sa sādhakeśopi ca smṛtaḥ

In the Purāṇa named Gāruḍa, Hari is held to be the one to be expounded; therefore Hari is to be bowed to, and Hari is held to be the goal and the fit (object of worship). (74) Because she is of the nature of good fortune, obeisance to the goddess Śrī is held to come next; and he, the supreme, or the best of men, is also held to be the lord of the practitioners (sādhakas).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 3 1.76

अतो नम्यो वायुरपि पुराणादौ द्विजोत्तमाः । भारती वाक्यरूपत्वान्नम्या वायोरनन्तरम्

ato namyo vāyurapi purāṇādau dvijottamāḥ / bhāratī vākyarūpatvānnamyā vāyoranantaram

Therefore Vāyu too is to be bowed to at the beginning of the Purāṇa, O best of twice-born; and Bhāratī, since she is of the form of speech, is to be bowed to immediately after Vāyu.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 3 1.77

उपसाधको नरः प्रोक्तो यतोतस्तदनन्तरम् । नम्य इत्यच्यते सद्भिस्तारतम्येन सर्वदा

upasādhako naraḥ prokto yatotastadanantaram / namya ityacyate sadbhistāratamyena sarvadā

Since Nara is declared to be an assistant practitioner (upasādhaka), therefore next after that he is said by the good to be one to be bowed to, always according to the gradation (of rank).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 3 1.78

अतो व्यासं नमस्कुर्याद्ग्रन्थकर्तृत्वहेतुतः । शौनक उवाच । व्यासस्य नमनं ह्यन्ते कथं कार्यं महात्मनः

ato vyāsaṃ namaskuryādgranthakartṛtvahetutaḥ / śaunaka uvāca / vyāsasya namanaṃ hyante kathaṃ kāryaṃ mahātmanaḥ

Therefore one should bow to Vyāsa, on the ground of his being the author of the work. Śaunaka said: How is obeisance to the great-souled Vyāsa to be made at the end?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 3 1.79

अन्ते च वन्दने तस्य कारणं ब्रूहि सुव्रत । सूत उवाच । विष्णोरनन्तरं व्यासनमनं मुख्यमेव हि

ante ca vandane tasya kāraṇaṃ brūhi suvrata / sūta uvāca / viṣṇoranantaraṃ vyāsanamanaṃ mukhyameva hi

"And tell the reason for saluting him at the end, O you of good vows." Sūta said: "Immediately after (the salutation to) Viṣṇu, the salutation to Vyāsa is indeed the foremost."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 3 1.80

हरिरेव यतो व्यासो वाच्यचक्रस्वरूपकः । व्यासो नैव समत्वेन प्रोक्तो भगवतो हरेः

harireva yato vyāso vācyacakrasvarūpakaḥ / vyāso naiva samatvena prokto bhagavato hareḥ

For Vyāsa is Hari himself, having the nature of the circle of what is denoted; Vyāsa is by no means declared to be on a par with the Lord Hari.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 3 1.81

तत्रापि कारणं वक्ष्ये सादरेण मुनीश्वराः । व्यासस्तु कश्चन ऋषिः पुराणे तामसे स्मृतः

tatrāpi kāraṇaṃ vakṣye sādareṇa munīśvarāḥ / vyāsastu kaścana ṛṣiḥ purāṇe tāmase smṛtaḥ

Even in that matter I shall respectfully state the reason, O lords of sages: in a tāmasa Purāṇa Vyāsa is spoken of as merely some ṛṣi (or other).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 3 1.82

इति ज्ञाना वलंबेन दैत्या दैत्यानुगैः समाः । प्रविशन्ति ह्यन्धतम इति त्वन्ते नमस्कृतः

iti jñānā valaṃbena daityā daityānugaiḥ samāḥ / praviśanti hyandhatama iti tvante namaskṛtaḥ

Relying on such a notion, the daityas along with the followers of the daityas alike enter into blinding darkness — thus he is saluted at the end.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 3 1.83

यदिदं परमं गोप्यं हृदि धार्यं न संशयः । पराणां नम्यमेवोक्तं प्रतिपाद्यं यतोत्र हि

yadidaṃ paramaṃ gopyaṃ hṛdi dhāryaṃ na saṃśayaḥ / parāṇāṃ namyamevoktaṃ pratipādyaṃ yatotra hi

This, which is supremely secret, is to be held in the heart, no doubt; for it is said that only the supreme ones are to be saluted, since here (only they) are what is to be set forth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 3 1.84

समासव्यासभावाद्धि पराणां तत्प्रतीयते । वास्तवं तं न जानीयुरुपजीव्यो यतो हरिः

samāsavyāsabhāvāddhi parāṇāṃ tatpratīyate / vāstavaṃ taṃ na jānīyurupajīvyo yato hariḥ

For from the fact of (their being stated) in brief and at length, that is recognized of the supreme ones; they would not know him as he really is, since Hari is the one on whom (all) depend.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 3 1.85

हरिर्व्यासस्त्वेक एव व्यासस्तु हरिवत्स्मृतः । उपजीव्यतदीशत्वे तयोरेव न संशयः

harirvyāsastveka eva vyāsastu harivatsmṛtaḥ / upajīvyatadīśatve tayoreva na saṃśayaḥ

Hari and Vyāsa are indeed one; yet Vyāsa is spoken of as like Hari. As to being the one depended upon and being the lord of that, there is no doubt regarding those two.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 3 1.86

ईशकोटिप्रविष्टत्वाच्छ्रियः स्वामित्वमीरितम् । त्रयाणामुपजीव्यत्वात्सेव्यत्वात्स्वामिता स्मृताः

īśakoṭipraviṣṭatvācchriyaḥ svāmitvamīritam / trayāṇāmupajīvyatvātsevyatvātsvāmitā smṛtāḥ

Because she has entered the rank of the Lord, Śrī's status as mistress is declared. Because the three depend (on them) and because they are to be served, they are held to have the status of masters.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 3 1.87

वाय्वादीनां त्रयाणां च सेव्यत्वात्सेव्यता स्मृता । भूभारहरणे विष्णोः प्रधानाङ्गं हि मारुतिः

vāyvādīnāṃ trayāṇāṃ ca sevyatvātsevyatā smṛtā / bhūbhāraharaṇe viṣṇoḥ pradhānāṅgaṃ hi mārutiḥ

And because Vāyu and the other two—three in all—are to be served, their status as objects of service is declared. In the removal of the earth's burden, Māruti is indeed Viṣṇu's chief instrument.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 3 1.88

वाक्यरूपा भारती तु द्वितीयाङ्गं हि सा स्मृता । तृतीयाङ्ग हरेः शेषो न नम्याः साम्यतो हरेः

vākyarūpā bhāratī tu dvitīyāṅgaṃ hi sā smṛtā / tṛtīyāṅga hareḥ śeṣo na namyāḥ sāmyato hareḥ

Bhāratī, who has the form of speech, is declared to be the second instrument; Śeṣa is Hari's third instrument. They are not to be saluted as equal to Hari.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 3 1.89

प्रतिपाद्या मुख्यतया नम्या एव समीरिताः । अवान्तराश्च वाय्वाद्या न नम्यास्तेन ते स्मृताः

pratipādyā mukhyatayā namyā eva samīritāḥ / avāntarāśca vāyvādyā na namyāstena te smṛtāḥ

Those who are primarily what is to be set forth are declared to be precisely those to be saluted; and Vāyu and the rest, being secondary, are for that reason held not to be (thus) saluted.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 3 1.90

भीष्मद्रोणादिनामानि भीमादिष्वेव मुख्यतः । वाचकानि यतो नित्यं तन्नम्यास्ते मुनीश्वराः

bhīṣmadroṇādināmāni bhīmādiṣveva mukhyataḥ / vācakāni yato nityaṃ tannamyāste munīśvarāḥ

Since names such as Bhīṣma and Droṇa always primarily denote Bhīma and the others, therefore they are to be saluted, O lords of sages.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 3 1.91

पराणामेव नम्यत्वं प्रतिपाद्यत्वमेव हि । एतत्सर्वं मयाख्यातं किमन्यच्छ्रोतुमिच्छथ

parāṇāmeva namyatvaṃ pratipādyatvameva hi / etatsarvaṃ mayākhyātaṃ kimanyacchrotumicchatha

Salutability belongs only to the supreme ones, as does being what is to be set forth. All this has been told by me; what else do you wish to hear?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition