Garuda Purana — Brahma Khanda — Chapter 10
GaP 3 10.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- १० गरुड उवाच । देवैरेवं स्तुतो विष्णुर्भगवान्सात्त्वतां पतिः । कीदृशं ह्याश्रयं दत्त्वैषां विवेश महाप्रभुः
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 10 garuḍa uvāca / devairevaṃ stuto viṣṇurbhagavānsāttvatāṃ patiḥ / kīdṛśaṃ hyāśrayaṃ dattvaiṣāṃ viveśa mahāprabhuḥ
The Śrī Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, 10. Garuḍa said: Viṣṇu, the blessed lord of the Sāttvatas, thus praised by the gods—what sort of refuge did he give them, and (how) did the great lord enter (it)?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 10.2
एतद्वेदितुमिच्छामि कृष्णकृष्ण महाप्रभो । सम्यग् ब्रूहि दयालो त्वं यदि मच्छ्रोत्रमर्हति
etadveditumicchāmi kṛṣṇakṛṣṇa mahāprabho / samyag brūhi dayālo tvaṃ yadi macchrotramarhati
I wish to know this, O Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa, great lord; tell it fully, O compassionate one, if my ear is worthy (of it).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 10.3
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच । तेषु तत्त्वेषु भगवान्स विवेश महाप्रभुः । क्षोभयामास भगवान् संबन्धविधुरो हरिः
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / teṣu tattveṣu bhagavānsa viveśa mahāprabhuḥ / kṣobhayāmāsa bhagavān saṃbandhavidhuro hariḥ
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: That Lord, the Great Master, entered into those principles (tattvas); the Lord Hari, (himself) free of (any need for) connection, set them into agitation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 10.4
अदौ ससर्ज भगवान् ब्रह्माण्डं कन कात्मकम् । पञ्चाशत्कोटिविस्तीर्णं योजनानां समन्ततः
adau sasarja bhagavān brahmāṇḍaṃ kana kātmakam / pañcāśatkoṭivistīrṇaṃ yojanānāṃ samantataḥ
First the Lord created the world-egg of Brahmā, golden in nature, extending fifty crore yojanas on all sides.
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GaP 3 10.5
तदूर्ध्वमण्ववयवस्तावान्कनकरूपकः । वर्तते तत ऊर्ध्वं तु पञ्चाशत्कोटिभूतलम्
tadūrdhvamaṇvavayavastāvānkanakarūpakaḥ / vartate tata ūrdhvaṃ tu pañcāśatkoṭibhūtalam
Above that is an atomic portion, of just that measure, golden in form; and from there upward stretches a ground of fifty crore (yojanas).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 10.6
एवं कोटिशतं तस्यावयवः परिकीर्तितः । ततश्च सप्तावरणैः समतात्परिधीकृतम्
evaṃ koṭiśataṃ tasyāvayavaḥ parikīrtitaḥ / tataśca saptāvaraṇaiḥ samatātparidhīkṛtam
Thus its parts are declared to be a hundred crore; and thereafter it is encircled all around by seven sheaths.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 10.7
कबन्धावरणं ह्याद्यं कोट्या दशसहस्रकम् । द्वितीया वरणं ज्ञेयं पावकस्य महात्मनः
kabandhāvaraṇaṃ hyādyaṃ koṭyā daśasahasrakam / dvitīyā varaṇaṃ jñeyaṃ pāvakasya mahātmanaḥ
The first is the sheath of the (cosmic) body, ten thousand together with a crore; the second sheath is to be known as that of the great Fire (Pāvaka).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 10.8
अपां दशगुणैर्युक्तं समन्तात्परिधी (खी) कृतम् । तृतीयावरणं ज्ञेयं हरस्यैव महात्मनः
apāṃ daśaguṇairyuktaṃ samantātparidhī (khī) kṛtam / tṛtīyāvaraṇaṃ jñeyaṃ harasyaiva mahātmanaḥ
Joined with ten times that of the waters, it is made an encirclement all around; the third sheath is to be known as belonging to the great Hara himself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 10.9
दशाधिकं पावकाच्च समन्तात्परिवारितम् । चतुर्थावरणं ज्ञेयं नभसोपि महाप्रभो
daśādhikaṃ pāvakācca samantātparivāritam / caturthāvaraṇaṃ jñeyaṃ nabhasopi mahāprabho
Ten times greater than the Fire, it surrounds (all) on every side; this is to be known as the fourth sheath, that of ether too, O Great Lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 10.10
हराद्दशगुणैरेवं समन्तात्परिवारितम् । पञ्चमावरणं ज्ञेयमहङ्काराख्यमेवच
harāddaśaguṇairevaṃ samantātparivāritam / pañcamāvaraṇaṃ jñeyamahaṅkārākhyamevaca
Thus, surrounded all around by ten times (that) of Hara, the fifth sheath is to be known, and it is called ahaṅkāra (I-ness).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 10.11
व्योम्नो दशगुणैरेवं समन्तात्परिवारि तम् । षष्ठमावरणं प्रोक्तं महत्तत्त्वं खगेश्वर
vyomno daśaguṇairevaṃ samantātparivāri tam / ṣaṣṭhamāvaraṇaṃ proktaṃ mahattattvaṃ khageśvara
Thus, surrounded all around by ten times that of ether, the sixth sheath is declared to be the mahat-tattva, O lord of birds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 10.12
अहङ्काराद्दशगुणं समन्तात्परिवारितम् । सप्तमावरणं प्रोक्तं त्रिगुणावरणं प्रभो
ahaṅkārāddaśaguṇaṃ samantātparivāritam / saptamāvaraṇaṃ proktaṃ triguṇāvaraṇaṃ prabho
Surrounded all around by ten times that of ahaṅkāra, the seventh sheath is declared (to be) the sheath of the three guṇas, O Lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 10.13
महत्तत्त्वाद्दशगुणैरधिकं परिकीर्तितम् । महत्तत्त्वानन्तरं च तमो ह्यावरणं स्मृतम्
mahattattvāddaśaguṇairadhikaṃ parikīrtitam / mahattattvānantaraṃ ca tamo hyāvaraṇaṃ smṛtam
It is proclaimed to be ten times greater than the mahat-tattva; and immediately after the mahat-tattva, the sheath of tamas is taught.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 10.14
महत्तत्त्वात्पञ्चगुणैरधिकं परिकीर्तितम् । तस्माच्च द्विगुणं ज्ञेयंरजो ह्यावरणं स्मृतम्
mahattattvātpañcaguṇairadhikaṃ parikīrtitam / tasmācca dviguṇaṃ jñeyaṃrajo hyāvaraṇaṃ smṛtam
It is proclaimed to be five times greater than the mahat-tattva; and twice that is to be known as the sheath of rajas that is taught.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 10.15
ततश्च द्विगुणं ज्ञेयं सत्त्वावरणमुत्तमम् । त्रयश्चैवं मिलित्वा तु एकावरणमीरितम्
tataśca dviguṇaṃ jñeyaṃ sattvāvaraṇamuttamam / trayaścaivaṃ militvā tu ekāvaraṇamīritam
And twice that is to be known as the highest sheath of sattva; and these three, taken together, are spoken of as one sheath.
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GaP 3 10.16
अव्याकृताख्यमाकाशं तदनन्तरमीरितम् । मर्यादारहितश्चैवं तत्रास्ते हरिरव्ययः
avyākṛtākhyamākāśaṃ tadanantaramīritam / maryādārahitaścaivaṃ tatrāste hariravyayaḥ
Immediately after that is declared the space called avyākṛta (the unevolved); and thus, without limit, the imperishable Hari dwells there.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 10.17
अष्टमावरणं व्योम्नोरं तरा विरजा नदी । पञ्चयोजनविस्तीर्णा समन्तात्परीधीकृता
aṣṭamāvaraṇaṃ vyomnoraṃ tarā virajā nadī / pañcayojanavistīrṇā samantātparīdhīkṛtā
The eighth sheath of the sky is the crossing river Virajā, five yojanas broad, made an encirclement on all sides.
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GaP 3 10.18
अस्ति पुण्यतमा ज्ञेया लोकसंसारनाशिनी । एवं चतुर्मुखेनैव तदा हृष्यं ति चाण्डज
asti puṇyatamā jñeyā lokasaṃsāranāśinī / evaṃ caturmukhenaiva tadā hṛṣyaṃ ti cāṇḍaja
She is, it should be known, most holy, destroying the worldly round; thus, together with the Four-faced One, they then rejoice, O egg-born one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 10.19
ते सर्वे विरजानद्यां सम्यक् स्नात्वा विसर्ज्य च । लिङ्गदेहं ततः पश्चान्मोक्षं विन्दन्ति ते हरेः
te sarve virajānadyāṃ samyak snātvā visarjya ca / liṅgadehaṃ tataḥ paścānmokṣaṃ vindanti te hareḥ
All of them, having properly bathed in the river Virajā and cast off the subtle (liṅga) body, thereafter obtain liberation from Hari.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 10.20
अपरोक्षदृशामेवं ब्रह्मणा सह गामिनाम् । विरजातरणं विद्धि नान्येषां विनतासुत
aparokṣadṛśāmevaṃ brahmaṇā saha gāminām / virajātaraṇaṃ viddhi nānyeṣāṃ vinatāsuta
Know that this crossing of the Virajā belongs to those of direct vision who go along with Brahmā, and not to others, O son of Vinatā.
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GaP 3 10.21
अपरोक्षदृशां ब्रह्मन्व्यासादीनां खगेश्वर । विरजातरणं नास्ति भोक्तव्यत्वाच्च कर्मणः
aparokṣadṛśāṃ brahmanvyāsādīnāṃ khageśvara / virajātaraṇaṃ nāsti bhoktavyatvācca karmaṇaḥ
For those of direct vision, O brahman, such as Vyāsa and the rest, O lord of birds, there is no crossing of the Virajā, since their karma must still be experienced.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 10.22
विरिञ्चेनैव साकं तु कल्पेस्मिन्नधिकारिणाम् । तेषां तु नियमेनैव सर्वप्रारब्धसंक्षयः
viriñcenaiva sākaṃ tu kalpesminnadhikāriṇām / teṣāṃ tu niyamenaiva sarvaprārabdhasaṃkṣayaḥ
But for those qualified in this kalpa (to depart) together with Viriñca (Brahmā), for them there is, by rule, the complete destruction of all accumulated (prārabdha) karma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 10.23
भवत्येवं न संदेहो नान्येषां सर्वसंक्षयः । अतस्तु विरजातरणं तेषामेव भवेत्पटो
bhavatyevaṃ na saṃdeho nānyeṣāṃ sarvasaṃkṣayaḥ / atastu virajātaraṇaṃ teṣāmeva bhavetpaṭo
So it is, there is no doubt; for others there is no destruction of all (karma). Therefore the crossing of the Virajā would belong to them alone, (O) ...
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GaP 3 10.24
विरजातरणं नास्ति तेषां त (तयोस्त)त्संगिनां तथा । सर्वारब्धक्षयो नास्ति यतस्तेषां खगाधिप
virajātaraṇaṃ nāsti teṣāṃ ta (tayosta)tsaṃgināṃ tathā / sarvārabdhakṣayo nāsti yatasteṣāṃ khagādhipa
There is no crossing of the Virajā for them, nor likewise for those who keep company with them, since for them there is no destruction of all initiated (karma), O lord of birds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 10.25
अतश्च सर्वथा नास्ति विरजातरणं प्रभो । प्रलये विरजानद्या लयो नास्ति खगेश्वर
ataśca sarvathā nāsti virajātaraṇaṃ prabho / pralaye virajānadyā layo nāsti khageśvara
And therefore there is in no way any crossing of the Virajā, O lord; at the dissolution there is no dissolution of the river Virajā, O lord of the sky-goers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 10.26
लक्ष्म्यात्मिका तु सा ज्ञेया लिङ्गदेहविदारिणी । ब्रह्मत्वयोग्या ऋजवो नाम देवाः प्रकीर्तिताः
lakṣmyātmikā tu sā jñeyā liṅgadehavidāriṇī / brahmatvayogyā ṛjavo nāma devāḥ prakīrtitāḥ
She is to be known as having the nature of Lakṣmī, the render of the subtle body; the gods called the Ṛjus are declared to be fit for brahma-hood.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 10.27
तेपि प्रत्येकशः संति ह्यनन्ताश्च पृथग्गणाः । पृथक्पृथक् च तैः साकं मोक्षयोग्याः खगेश्वर
tepi pratyekaśaḥ saṃti hyanantāśca pṛthaggaṇāḥ / pṛthakpṛthak ca taiḥ sākaṃ mokṣayogyāḥ khageśvara
They too exist each singly, and (there are) endless separate hosts; and separately, each along with them, are those fit for liberation, O lord of the sky-goers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 10.29
जीवाः संति ह्यनेके च प्रतिकल्पे सृजन्ति ते । द्वात्रिंशल्लक्षणैः सम्यग्युक्ता वायुत्वयोग्यकाः ॥ गर्प्_३,१०।२९ ॥ (१०।२८) अष्टाविंशल्लक्षणैश्च गिरीशपदयोगिनः । चतुर्विंशतिमारभ्याषोडशाच्च सुराः स्मृताः
jīvāḥ saṃti hyaneke ca pratikalpe sṛjanti te / dvātriṃśallakṣaṇaiḥ samyagyuktā vāyutvayogyakāḥ // garp_3,10.29 // (10.28) aṣṭāviṃśallakṣaṇaiśca girīśapadayoginaḥ / caturviṃśatimārabhyāṣoḍaśācca surāḥ smṛtāḥ
There are indeed many souls, and in each kalpa they create. Those fully endowed with thirty-two marks are fit for the rank of Vāyu; with twenty-eight marks, those who attain the station of Girīśa; and beginning from twenty-four down to sixteen, they are called gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 10.30
अष्टका ऋषयः प्रोक्तास्तदूनाश्चक्रवर्तिनः । शतजन्म समारभ्य ब्रह्मणः परमेष्ठिनः
aṣṭakā ṛṣayaḥ proktāstadūnāścakravartinaḥ / śatajanma samārabhya brahmaṇaḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ
The seers are said to have eight (marks); those with fewer than that are universal emperors. Beginning from the hundredth birth of Brahmā, the highest-standing one,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 10.31
अपरोक्षमिति प्रोक्तं तथा ह्यारब्धसंक्षयः । एकेन शतकल्पेन वायुत्वं याति भो द्विज
aparokṣamiti proktaṃ tathā hyārabdhasaṃkṣayaḥ / ekena śatakalpena vāyutvaṃ yāti bho dvija
it is called 'direct (vision)', and likewise the destruction of initiated karma; by one hundred kalpas he goes to the rank of Vāyu, O twice-born one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 10.32
शतजन्मनि ब्रह्मत्वं याति पश्चाद्धरेः पदम् । चत्वारिंशद्ब्रह्मकल्पं समारभ्य खगेश्वर
śatajanmani brahmatvaṃ yāti paścāddhareḥ padam / catvāriṃśadbrahmakalpaṃ samārabhya khageśvara
In a hundred births he attains brahma-hood, and afterwards the station of Hari. Beginning from the fortieth brahma-kalpa, O lord of the sky-goers,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 10.33
रुद्रस्याप्यापरोक्ष्यं स्यात्तथा प्रारब्धसंक्षयः । एकचत्वारिंशकल्पे शेषत्वं याति सुव्रत
rudrasyāpyāparokṣyaṃ syāttathā prārabdhasaṃkṣayaḥ / ekacatvāriṃśakalpe śeṣatvaṃ yāti suvrata
there would be direct vision for Rudra as well, and likewise the destruction of prārabdha (karma); in the forty-first kalpa he attains the rank of Śeṣa, O you of good vows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 10.34
ब्रह्मणा सह मोक्षं च याति सम्यङ् न चान्यथा । कल्पविंशतिमारभ्य ब्रह्मणः परमेष्ठिनः
brahmaṇā saha mokṣaṃ ca yāti samyaṅ na cānyathā / kalpaviṃśatimārabhya brahmaṇaḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ
And together with Brahmā he attains liberation properly, and not otherwise. Beginning from the twentieth kalpa of Brahmā, the highest-standing one,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 10.35
इन्द्रस्याप्यापरोक्ष्यं स्यात्तथा प्रारब्धसंक्षयः । ब्रह्मणैव सहायाति हरिं नारायणं परम्
indrasyāpyāparokṣyaṃ syāttathā prārabdhasaṃkṣayaḥ / brahmaṇaiva sahāyāti hariṃ nārāyaṇaṃ param
there would be direct vision for Indra too, and likewise the destruction of prārabdha; together with Brahmā alone he goes to Hari, Nārāyaṇa the supreme.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 10.36
गरुड उवाच । पञ्चाशीतिब्रह्मकल्पं समारभ्य महाप्रभो । रुद्रस्याप्यापरोक्ष्यं स्यात्तथा प्रारब्धसंक्षयः
garuḍa uvāca / pañcāśītibrahmakalpaṃ samārabhya mahāprabho / rudrasyāpyāparokṣyaṃ syāttathā prārabdhasaṃkṣayaḥ
Garuḍa said: Beginning from the eighty-fifth brahma-kalpa, O great lord, there would be direct vision for Rudra too, and likewise the destruction of prārabdha —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 10.37
इति श्रुतं मया ब्रह्मन्ब्रह्मणोक्तं हरेः प्रियात् । इत्थं त्वयोक्तं श्रीकृष्ण संशयोबाधते मम
iti śrutaṃ mayā brahmanbrahmaṇoktaṃ hareḥ priyāt / itthaṃ tvayoktaṃ śrīkṛṣṇa saṃśayobādhate mama
thus I have heard, O brahman, as spoken by Brahmā, who is dear to Hari; but it has been stated in this (other) way by you, Śrī Kṛṣṇa — doubt afflicts me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 10.38
अतो मे संशयं छिन्धि यथा न स्यात्तथा पुनः । इति तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा कृष्णो वचनमब्रवीत्
ato me saṃśayaṃ chindhi yathā na syāttathā punaḥ / iti tadvacanaṃ śrutvā kṛṣṇo vacanamabravīt
So cut through my doubt, in such a way that it may not arise again. Hearing that speech of his, Kṛṣṇa spoke these words:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 10.39
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच । ब्रह्मोक्तस्य मयोक्तस्य विवादो नास्ति सर्वथा । संदेहस्त्वज्ञदृष्टीनां ज्ञानिनां नास्ति सर्वथा
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / brahmoktasya mayoktasya vivādo nāsti sarvathā / saṃdehastvajñadṛṣṭīnāṃ jñānināṃ nāsti sarvathā
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: Between what Brahmā said and what I said there is no conflict whatsoever; doubt belongs to those whose sight is ignorant — for the knowing there is none at all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 10.40
अशीतिह्यष्टका प्रोक्ता अष्टपञ्च खगेश्वर । चत्वारिंशद्ब्रह्मकल्प एवं प्राह चतुर्मुखः
aśītihyaṣṭakā proktā aṣṭapañca khageśvara / catvāriṃśadbrahmakalpa evaṃ prāha caturmukhaḥ
Eighty, indeed, eight-times-eight, eight and five, O lord of the sky-goers — 'the fortieth brahma-kalpa': thus spoke the Four-faced one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 10.41
तत्त्वानां बहुगोप्यत्वात्तथोक्तं ब्रह्मणा पुरा । अभिप्रायस्त्वेवमेव ज्ञातव्यो नात्र संशयः
tattvānāṃ bahugopyatvāttathoktaṃ brahmaṇā purā / abhiprāyastvevameva jñātavyo nātra saṃśayaḥ
Because the principles are much to be kept secret, it was stated thus by Brahmā formerly; but the intended meaning is to be understood just as (I have said) — there is no doubt here.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 10.42
पञ्चा शीतिब्रह्मकल्पं ये विजानन्ति भो द्विज । तेन्धं तमः प्रविशन्ति सत्यंसत्यं मयोदितम्
pañcā śītibrahmakalpaṃ ye vijānanti bho dvija / tendhaṃ tamaḥ praviśanti satyaṃsatyaṃ mayoditam
Those who understand it as 'the eighty-fifth brahma-kalpa', O twice-born one, by that they enter blind darkness — this that I have said is true, true.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 10.43
विरजानन्तरं विप्रं तथा व्याकृतमंबरम् । अनन्तपारं तदपि लक्ष्मीस्तस्याभिमानिनी
virajānantaraṃ vipraṃ tathā vyākṛtamaṃbaram / anantapāraṃ tadapi lakṣmīstasyābhimāninī
Beyond the Virajā, O brahman, is likewise the differentiated (vyākṛta) space; that too has an endless limit, and Lakṣmī is its presiding deity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 10.44
संख्यानुगणनं नाम यस्य नास्ति महाप्रभो । न दानं जातिप्रोक्तं सर्वदा नास्ति संशयः
saṃkhyānugaṇanaṃ nāma yasya nāsti mahāprabho / na dānaṃ jātiproktaṃ sarvadā nāsti saṃśayaḥ
That of which there is no counting by enumeration, O great lord — nor is the giving declared according to birth; always, there is no doubt (of this).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 10.45
अण्डाभिमानी ब्रह्मा तु विराडाख्यो ह्यभूत्तदा । एवं मतं स निर्माय भगवान्हरिख्ययः
aṇḍābhimānī brahmā tu virāḍākhyo hyabhūttadā / evaṃ mataṃ sa nirmāya bhagavānharikhyayaḥ
But Brahmā, who identifies himself with the egg, then became the one named Virāj. Having fashioned this design, the Lord known as Hari (abides) thus.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 10.48
विशेषात्तत्र गरुड देवैस्तत्त्वाभिमानिभिः । अधश्चोर्ध्वं तदाक्रम्य हरिस्तिष्ठति सर्वदा ॥ गर्प्_३,१०।४६ ॥ एवं प्राकृतसर्गोक्तिर्वैकृतं शृणु पक्षिराट् ॥ गर्प्_३,१०।४७ ॥ गरुड उवाच । सृष्टिरुक्ता त्वया पूर्वं श्रुता सम्यङ् मया हरे
viśeṣāttatra garuḍa devaistattvābhimānibhiḥ / adhaścordhvaṃ tadākramya haristiṣṭhati sarvadā // garp_3,10.46 // evaṃ prākṛtasargoktirvaikṛtaṃ śṛṇu pakṣirāṭ // garp_3,10.47 // garuḍa uvāca / sṛṣṭiruktā tvayā pūrvaṃ śrutā samyaṅ mayā hare
There in particular, O Garuḍa, together with the gods who identify themselves with the (cosmic) principles — having occupied that (egg) below and above, Hari always abides. (3,10.46) Thus is the account of the primary (prākṛta) creation stated; hear (now) the secondary (vaikṛta) one, O king of birds. (3,10.47) Garuḍa said: Creation was told by you earlier, and was well heard by me, O Hari.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 10.49
किं नाम प्राकृतं ज्ञेयं तथा किं वैकृतं प्रभो । एतद्विस्तीर्य मे ब्रूहि श्रोतुं कौतूहलं हि मे
kiṃ nāma prākṛtaṃ jñeyaṃ tathā kiṃ vaikṛtaṃ prabho / etadvistīrya me brūhi śrotuṃ kautūhalaṃ hi me
What, then, is to be known as 'prākṛta,' and what as 'vaikṛta,' O lord? Tell me this at length, for I am eager to hear.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 10.50
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच । अव्यक्ताद्याः पृथिव्यन्ता अण्डाच्च बहिरुद्भवाः । ते सर्वे प्राकृताः प्रोक्तास्तेषां ज्ञानाद्विमच्यते
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / avyaktādyāḥ pṛthivyantā aṇḍācca bahirudbhavāḥ / te sarve prākṛtāḥ proktāsteṣāṃ jñānādvimacyate
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: Those (principles) beginning with the unmanifest and ending with earth, which arise outside the egg — all of these are declared to be 'prākṛta'; by the knowledge of them one is released.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 10.51
ब्रह्माडं विकृतं ज्ञेयं ब्रह्माण्डान्तः खगेश्वर । या सृष्टिरुच्यते सद्भिः सैवोक्ता विकृतेति च
brahmāḍaṃ vikṛtaṃ jñeyaṃ brahmāṇḍāntaḥ khageśvara / yā sṛṣṭirucyate sadbhiḥ saivoktā vikṛteti ca
The egg of Brahmā is to be known as 'vikṛta' (modified), O lord of birds; and whatever creation within the egg of Brahmā is spoken of by the good, that same is called 'vikṛta.'
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 10.52
सृष्टिश्च प्रलयश्चैव संसारो भक्तिरेव च । देवता ऋषिमुख्याश्च लोका भूरादयस्तथा
sṛṣṭiśca pralayaścaiva saṃsāro bhaktireva ca / devatā ṛṣimukhyāśca lokā bhūrādayastathā
Creation and dissolution, transmigration, and devotion too, the deities and the chief sages, and the worlds beginning with the earth —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 10.53
अनाद्यनन्तकालीनाः सर्वदैकप्रकारकाः । जगत्प्रवाहः सत्यो ऽयं नैव मिथ्या कथञ्चन
anādyanantakālīnāḥ sarvadaikaprakārakāḥ / jagatpravāhaḥ satyo 'yaṃ naiva mithyā kathañcana
— these belong to beginningless and endless time and are always of one and the same kind. This flow of the world is real; it is in no way false.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 10.54
यत्त्वेतदन्यथा ब्रूयुः सर्वहन्तार एव ते । जगत्प्रवाहः सत्यो ऽयं हरिसेवेतिसाथा
yattvetadanyathā brūyuḥ sarvahantāra eva te / jagatpravāhaḥ satyo 'yaṃ harisevetisāthā
But those who would speak of this otherwise are indeed destroyers of everything. This flow of the world is real, and so likewise is service to Hari.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 10.55
सत्यं सत्यं पुनः सत्यमुद्धत्य भुजमुत्यते । वेदाच्छास्त्रं परं नास्ति न देवः केशवात्परः
satyaṃ satyaṃ punaḥ satyamuddhatya bhujamutyate / vedācchāstraṃ paraṃ nāsti na devaḥ keśavātparaḥ
True, true, and again true — it is proclaimed with the arm raised: there is no scripture higher than the Veda, and no god higher than Keśava.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 10.56
सर्वोत्कृष्टं केशवं च विहायान्यमुपासते । तेषामन्धं तमो ज्ञेयं पितॄणां गरुणामपि
sarvotkṛṣṭaṃ keśavaṃ ca vihāyānyamupāsate / teṣāmandhaṃ tamo jñeyaṃ pitṝṇāṃ garuṇāmapi
And those who, abandoning Keśava, who is highest of all, worship another — blind darkness is to be known as theirs, and their forefathers' as well.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 10.57
इदानीं शृणु पक्षीन्द्र वैकृतं सर्गमुत्तमम् । सम्यग्जानाति यो लोके स याति परमं पदम्
idānīṃ śṛṇu pakṣīndra vaikṛtaṃ sargamuttamam / samyagjānāti yo loke sa yāti paramaṃ padam
Now hear, O chief of birds, the excellent secondary (vaikṛta) creation. He who in the world knows it rightly goes to the supreme abode.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition