Garuda Purana — Brahma Khanda — Chapter 20

GaP 3 20.1

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- २० श्रीकृष्ण उवाच । या पूर्वसर्गे नलसंज्ञस्य वीन्द्र पुत्री भूत्वा विष्णुपत्नी सकामा । प्रदक्षिणं भ्रमणं वै चकार गुणेन भद्रा भद्रसंज्ञा बभूव

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 20 śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / yā pūrvasarge nalasaṃjñasya vīndra putrī bhūtvā viṣṇupatnī sakāmā / pradakṣiṇaṃ bhramaṇaṃ vai cakāra guṇena bhadrā bhadrasaṃjñā babhūva

She who in a former creation, having become the daughter of the one named Nala, O lord of birds, and desiring Viṣṇu for her husband, performed circumambulation to the right — by that virtue she became Bhadrā, called Bhadrā.

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GaP 3 20.2

कन्याभावे संस्थितां भद्रसंज्ञां पिता नलस्त्वब्रवीत्तां स पश्यन् । भद्रे किमर्थं गात्रपीडां करोषि फलं हि तन्नन्दिनि मे वदस्व

kanyābhāve saṃsthitāṃ bhadrasaṃjñāṃ pitā nalastvabravīttāṃ sa paśyan / bhadre kimarthaṃ gātrapīḍāṃ karoṣi phalaṃ hi tannandini me vadasva

Seeing her, named Bhadrā, who remained in the state of a maiden, her father Nala said to her: "Bhadrā, for what purpose do you inflict this pain on your body? Tell me, my daughter, the fruit of that."

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GaP 3 20.3

भद्रोवाच । शृणुत्वं मे तात नमस्क्रियादेः फलं वक्तुं का समर्था भवेच्च

bhadrovāca / śṛṇutvaṃ me tāta namaskriyādeḥ phalaṃ vaktuṃ kā samarthā bhavecca

Bhadrā said: "Listen to me, father: who would be able to tell the fruit of doing obeisance and the rest?

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GaP 3 20.4

तथाप्यहं तव वक्ष्यामि तात यथाशक्त्या शृणु सम्यग्घिताय । सदा हरिमर्म नाथो दयालुरहं हरेस्तव दासानुदासी । मां पाहि विष्णोस्तव वन्दे पदे इत्युक्त्वा प्रणामं चाकरोद्दण्डरूपम्

tathāpyahaṃ tava vakṣyāmi tāta yathāśaktyā śṛṇu samyagghitāya / sadā harimarma nātho dayālurahaṃ harestava dāsānudāsī / māṃ pāhi viṣṇostava vande pade ityuktvā praṇāmaṃ cākaroddaṇḍarūpam

Yet I will tell you, father, as far as I am able; listen well, for (your) good. 'Always Hari is my compassionate lord; I am the servant of the servants of Hari, and yours. Protect me; I bow at your feet, O Viṣṇu' — saying this she made a prostration in the form of a rod.

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GaP 3 20.5

हरेः प्रणामं त्विति कर्तव्यशून्यं व्यर्थं तमाहुर्ज्ञानिनस्तच्छृणु त्वम् । रमेश मध्वेश सरस्वतीशेत्येवं वदन्प्रणमेद्विष्णुदेवम्

hareḥ praṇāmaṃ tviti kartavyaśūnyaṃ vyarthaṃ tamāhurjñāninastacchṛṇu tvam / rameśa madhveśa sarasvatīśetyevaṃ vadanpraṇamedviṣṇudevam

But obeisance to Hari that is empty of what should be done — that the knowers call vain; hear that. Saying 'O lord of Ramā, O lord of Madhu, O lord of Sarasvatī', thus should one bow to the god Viṣṇu.

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GaP 3 20.6

यथा प्रसन्नो वन्दनाद्देवद्देव स्तथा न तुष्टः पूजनात्कर्मतश्च । यथा नामस्मरणाद्वन्दनाद्वा पापान्नियच्छेतु तथा न चान्यैः

yathā prasanno vandanāddevaddeva stathā na tuṣṭaḥ pūjanātkarmataśca / yathā nāmasmaraṇādvandanādvā pāpānniyacchetu tathā na cānyaiḥ

As the god of gods is pleased by an act of homage, he is not so pleased by worship or by (ritual) works; and as one is held back from sin by remembering the name or by homage, not so by other (means).

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GaP 3 20.7

देहं तु ये पोषयन्त्येव तात हरेः प्रणामैः शून्यभूतं च पुष्टम् । तदेवमाहुर्व्यर्थमेवेति तात तत्पोषकाणां नरके दुः खमाहुः

dehaṃ tu ye poṣayantyeva tāta hareḥ praṇāmaiḥ śūnyabhūtaṃ ca puṣṭam / tadevamāhurvyarthameveti tāta tatpoṣakāṇāṃ narake duḥ khamāhuḥ

But those who merely nourish the body, father, when it is empty of obeisances to Hari though it be well nourished — that (nourishing) they call altogether vain, father, and for those who so nourish it they declare suffering in hell.

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GaP 3 20.8

यमो ऽपि तं तत्र उलूखले तु निधाय पिष्टं सुखलैः करोति । यो वा परं न करोत्येव तात प्रदक्षिणं देवदेवस्य विष्णोः

yamo 'pi taṃ tatra ulūkhale tu nidhāya piṣṭaṃ sukhalaiḥ karoti / yo vā paraṃ na karotyeva tāta pradakṣiṇaṃ devadevasya viṣṇoḥ

Yama too places him there in a mortar and grinds him to pulp with pestles. And whoever does not make circumambulation to the right of Viṣṇu, god of gods, father —

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GaP 3 20.9

तस्यैव पादौ तलयन्त्रे निधाय यमश्च नित्यं प्रकरोति पिष्टम् । एषां जिह्वा हरिकृष्णेति नाम न वक्ति नित्यं व्यर्थभूतां वदन्ति

tasyaiva pādau talayantre nidhāya yamaśca nityaṃ prakaroti piṣṭam / eṣāṃ jihvā harikṛṣṇeti nāma na vakti nityaṃ vyarthabhūtāṃ vadanti

placing that very man's two feet in a press, Yama constantly grinds them to pulp. Those whose tongue does not utter the name 'Hari, Kṛṣṇa' — that (tongue) they constantly call a thing made vain.

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GaP 3 20.10

तेषां जिह्वा यमलोके यमस्तु निष्कास्य पिष्टं प्रकरोति नित्यम् । काशीनिवासेन च किं प्रयोजनं किं वा प्रयागे मरणेन तात

teṣāṃ jihvā yamaloke yamastu niṣkāsya piṣṭaṃ prakaroti nityam / kāśīnivāsena ca kiṃ prayojanaṃ kiṃ vā prayāge maraṇena tāta

Their tongue, in Yama's world, Yama drags out and grinds to pulp constantly. And what use is dwelling in Kāśī, or what use dying at Prayāga, father?

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GaP 3 20.11

किं वारणाग्रे मरणेन सौख्यं किं वा मखादेः समनुष्ठितेन । समस्ततीर्थेष्वटनेन किं किमधीतशास्त्रेण सुतीक्ष्णबुद्ध्या

kiṃ vāraṇāgre maraṇena saukhyaṃ kiṃ vā makhādeḥ samanuṣṭhitena / samastatīrtheṣvaṭanena kiṃ kimadhītaśāstreṇa sutīkṣṇabuddhyā

What happiness is there in dying at the front of battle, or in the full performance of sacrifice and the rest? What in roaming among all the sacred fords, what in scripture studied with a very keen intellect?

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GaP 3 20.12

येषां जिह्वाग्रे हरिनामैव नास्ति येषां गात्रैर्नमनं नापि विष्णोः । येषां पद्भ्यां नास्ति हरेः प्रदक्षिणं तेषां सर्वं व्यर्थमाहुर्महान्तः

yeṣāṃ jihvāgre harināmaiva nāsti yeṣāṃ gātrairnamanaṃ nāpi viṣṇoḥ / yeṣāṃ padbhyāṃ nāsti hareḥ pradakṣiṇaṃ teṣāṃ sarvaṃ vyarthamāhurmahāntaḥ

Those on whose tongue-tip there is no name of Hari, whose limbs make no bowing to Viṣṇu, whose feet make no circumambulation of Hari — for them the great ones declare everything vain.

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GaP 3 20.13

हर्यर्पणाद्रिहितं नाम कस्मात्प्रदक्षिणं नमनं चाहुरर्घ्यम् । अतो विष्णोर्नमनं कार्यमेव हरेर्नामस्मरणं तात कार्यम्

haryarpaṇādrihitaṃ nāma kasmātpradakṣiṇaṃ namanaṃ cāhurarghyam / ato viṣṇornamanaṃ kāryameva harernāmasmaraṇaṃ tāta kāryam

How (can) a name devoid of dedication to Hari (avail)? And circumambulation and bowing they call worthy of being offered. Therefore bowing to Viṣṇu must indeed be done, and the remembering of Hari's name must be done, father.

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GaP 3 20.14

जन्म ह्येतद्दुर्लभं नश्वरं तु यथा जलस्थं तत्तथैव । नो विस्वासं कुरु गात्रे त्वदीये जीवेष्वपि स्वः परश्चेति तात

janma hyetaddurlabhaṃ naśvaraṃ tu yathā jalasthaṃ tattathaiva / no visvāsaṃ kuru gātre tvadīye jīveṣvapi svaḥ paraśceti tāta

For this birth is hard to obtain yet perishable — just as a (bubble) resting on water, so is it. Put no trust in your own body, nor in living beings, (thinking) 'this is mine, that is another's', father.

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GaP 3 20.15

सद्यः कृतं नमनं न त्वदीयं सद्यः कृतं स्मरणं न त्वदीयम् । कदा प्राप्स्ये मरणं तन्न जाने न विश्वासं कुरु गात्रे महात्मन्

sadyaḥ kṛtaṃ namanaṃ na tvadīyaṃ sadyaḥ kṛtaṃ smaraṇaṃ na tvadīyam / kadā prāpsye maraṇaṃ tanna jāne na viśvāsaṃ kuru gātre mahātman

An obeisance made only for the moment is not truly yours; a remembrance made only for the moment is not truly yours. When I shall meet death, that I do not know — put no trust in the body, O great soul.

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GaP 3 20.16

एतच्छ्रुत्वा नलो वीन्द्र पुत्रीवाक्यं सुनिर्मलम् । नमस्कारं च कृतवान्यथाशक्त्या प्रदक्षिणम्

etacchrutvā nalo vīndra putrīvākyaṃ sunirmalam / namaskāraṃ ca kṛtavānyathāśaktyā pradakṣiṇam

Hearing this wholly pure speech of his daughter, O lord of birds, Nala performed obeisance and circumambulation as best he could.

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GaP 3 20.17

सापि प्रदक्षिणं चक्रे नमस्कारं सदा हरेः । एवं बहुदिनं कृत्वा ध्यात्वा नारायणं परम्

sāpi pradakṣiṇaṃ cakre namaskāraṃ sadā hareḥ / evaṃ bahudinaṃ kṛtvā dhyātvā nārāyaṇaṃ param

She too circumambulated (him) and always made obeisance to Hari; having done so for many days and having meditated on the supreme Nārāyaṇa,

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GaP 3 20.18

कलेवरं च तत्याज मरणे हरिचिन्तया । मत्पितुर्वसुदेवस्य भगिन्या उदरे खग

kalevaraṃ ca tatyāja maraṇe haricintayā / matpiturvasudevasya bhaginyā udare khaga

she gave up her body, with her thought on Hari at the moment of death; (then she was born), O bird, in the womb of the sister of my father Vasudeva.

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GaP 3 20.19

कैकेयीति च नाम्ना सा त्वभवद्भद्रसंज्ञका । यस्माद्भद्रगुणैर्युक्ता भद्रा सा भद्रनामिका

kaikeyīti ca nāmnā sā tvabhavadbhadrasaṃjñakā / yasmādbhadraguṇairyuktā bhadrā sā bhadranāmikā

And she, named Kaikeyī, became known as Bhadrā; since she was endowed with auspicious (bhadra) qualities, that auspicious one bore the name Bhadrā.

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GaP 3 20.20

तस्यात्मजैश्च कैकेयैः पञ्चभिः खगसत्तम । प्रत्याहृतामिमां भद्रां प्राप्तवान् खगसत्तम

tasyātmajaiśca kaikeyaiḥ pañcabhiḥ khagasattama / pratyāhṛtāmimāṃ bhadrāṃ prāptavān khagasattama

And, O best of birds, (she was) brought back by her five sons, the Kaikeyas; (I) obtained this Bhadrā (thus), O best of birds.

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GaP 3 20.21

वक्ष्येहं मित्रविन्दायाः पाणिग्रहणकारणम् । सावधानमना भूत्वा शृणु पक्षीन्द्र सत्तम

vakṣyehaṃ mitravindāyāḥ pāṇigrahaṇakāraṇam / sāvadhānamanā bhūtvā śṛṇu pakṣīndra sattama

I shall tell the reason for the taking of Mitravindā's hand (in marriage); with attentive mind, listen, O best lord of birds.

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GaP 3 20.22

मित्रविन्दोवाच । यान्पूर्वसर्गेप्यवृणोन्निकामतो ह्यग्नीषोमान्नामिका मित्रविन्दा । मित्रं हरिं प्राप्तुकामा सदैक तत्रोपायं चिन्तयामासदेवी

mitravindovāca / yānpūrvasargepyavṛṇonnikāmato hyagnīṣomānnāmikā mitravindā / mitraṃ hariṃ prāptukāmā sadaika tatropāyaṃ cintayāmāsadevī

Mitravindā said: Whom she had chosen even in the former creation out of her own desire — she, named Mitravindā, (chose) Agni and Soma; desiring always to obtain Hari, her friend, that lady pondered on the means to it.

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GaP 3 20.23

हरिप्राप्तौ साधनाः संति तेषु मुख्यं कचिच्चिन्तयामास देवी । तेषां मध्ये श्रवणं श्रेष्ठमाहुः पुराणानां सात्त्विकानां सदापि

hariprāptau sādhanāḥ saṃti teṣu mukhyaṃ kaciccintayāmāsa devī / teṣāṃ madhye śravaṇaṃ śreṣṭhamāhuḥ purāṇānāṃ sāttvikānāṃ sadāpi

There are (many) means to the attainment of Hari; among them the lady pondered which is the chief. Among them they call the hearing of the sāttvika Purāṇas the best, always.

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GaP 3 20.24

विष्णोरुत्कर्षो वर्तते यत्र वायोस्तथोत्कर्षः सज्जनानां पुराणे । श्राद्धं सदा विष्णुबुद्ध्या सदैव नान्यच्छ्राव्यं साधनं तत्र चैव

viṣṇorutkarṣo vartate yatra vāyostathotkarṣaḥ sajjanānāṃ purāṇe / śrāddhaṃ sadā viṣṇubuddhyā sadaiva nānyacchrāvyaṃ sādhanaṃ tatra caiva

In whatever Purāṇa of the good the eminence of Viṣṇu is found, and likewise the eminence of Vāyu — that is always to be trusted with the thought of Viṣṇu; no other means is to be listened to there.

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GaP 3 20.25

यस्मिन्दिने श्रवणं नास्ति विष्णोस्तेषां जन्म व्यर्थमाहुः कथायाम् । स्नान जपः पञ्चयज्ञं व्रतं च इष्टापूर्ते कृच्छ्रचान्द्रो च दत्तम्

yasmindine śravaṇaṃ nāsti viṣṇosteṣāṃ janma vyarthamāhuḥ kathāyām / snāna japaḥ pañcayajñaṃ vrataṃ ca iṣṭāpūrte kṛcchracāndro ca dattam

On whatever day there is no hearing of (the story) of Viṣṇu, their birth, they say, is in vain as regards the sacred narrative: bathing, muttering of prayers, the five sacrifices, vows, sacrifices and public works, the kṛcchra and cāndrāyaṇa penances, and gifts —

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GaP 3 20.26

सर्वं व्यर्थं वैष्णवानां च दीक्षा कथां विना सम्यगनुष्ठितां वै । यैर्न श्रुतं भागवतं पुराणं ससंप्रदायैर्गुरुभिः संयुतैश्च

sarvaṃ vyarthaṃ vaiṣṇavānāṃ ca dīkṣā kathāṃ vinā samyaganuṣṭhitāṃ vai / yairna śrutaṃ bhāgavataṃ purāṇaṃ sasaṃpradāyairgurubhiḥ saṃyutaiśca

all of it is in vain, and so too the initiation of Vaiṣṇavas, even when properly performed, if it is without the sacred narrative. Those by whom the Bhāgavata Purāṇa has not been heard, together with the traditional lineage and in the company of teachers —

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GaP 3 20.27

यैर्न श्रुतं भागवतं पुराणं यैर्न श्रुतं ब्रह्मकाण्डं पुराणम् । तेषां जन्म व्यर्थमाहुर्ममहान्तस्तस्माच्छ्राव्या हरिवार्ता सदैव

yairna śrutaṃ bhāgavataṃ purāṇaṃ yairna śrutaṃ brahmakāṇḍaṃ purāṇam / teṣāṃ janma vyarthamāhurmamahāntastasmācchrāvyā harivārtā sadaiva

those by whom the Bhāgavata Purāṇa has not been heard, by whom the Brahmakāṇḍa Purāṇa has not been heard — their birth the great ones call vain; therefore the tale of Hari should always be listened to.

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GaP 3 20.28

न यत्र गोविन्दकथामहानदी न यत्र नारायणपादसंश्रयः । न यत्र विष्णोः सततं वचोस्ति न संवसेत्तत्क्षणमात्रं कथञ्चित्

na yatra govindakathāmahānadī na yatra nārāyaṇapādasaṃśrayaḥ / na yatra viṣṇoḥ satataṃ vacosti na saṃvasettatkṣaṇamātraṃ kathañcit

Where there is no great river of the story of Govinda, where there is no taking refuge at Nārāyaṇa's feet, where there is not constantly talk of Viṣṇu — there one should not dwell, by any means, even for a moment.

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GaP 3 20.29

यस्मिन् ग्रामे भागवतं न शास्त्रं न वर्तते भागवता रसज्ञाः । यस्मिन् गृहे नास्ति गीतार्थसारः यस्मिन् ग्रामे नाम सहस्रकं वा

yasmin grāme bhāgavataṃ na śāstraṃ na vartate bhāgavatā rasajñāḥ / yasmin gṛhe nāsti gītārthasāraḥ yasmin grāme nāma sahasrakaṃ vā

In whatever village the Bhāgavata scripture (is not), and where there are no devotees of the Lord who savour its meaning; in whatever house there is not the essence of the Gītā's meaning, or in whatever village the Thousand Names —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 3 20.30

तयो रसज्ञा यत्र न सन्ति तत्र न संवसेत्क्षणमात्रं कथञ्चित् । यस्मिन् दिने दिव्यकथा च विष्णोर्न वास्ति जन्तोस्तस्य चायुर्वृथैव

tayo rasajñā yatra na santi tatra na saṃvasetkṣaṇamātraṃ kathañcit / yasmin dine divyakathā ca viṣṇorna vāsti jantostasya cāyurvṛthaiva

where there are no connoisseurs of these two, there one should not dwell, by any means, even for a moment. On whatever day there is not the divine story of Viṣṇu, a creature's life on that day is simply in vain.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 3 20.31

गर्भे गते नात्र विचार्यमस्ति तन्मन्यते दुर्लभं मर्त्यलोके । कर्णं कल्पैर्भूषितं सुंदरं च न सुंदरं चाहुरार्या रसज्ञाः

garbhe gate nātra vicāryamasti tanmanyate durlabhaṃ martyaloke / karṇaṃ kalpairbhūṣitaṃ suṃdaraṃ ca na suṃdaraṃ cāhurāryā rasajñāḥ

Once (a day) has gone into the womb (of the past), there is nothing to deliberate here: (the wise) hold it hard to obtain in the world of mortals. An ear adorned with ornaments, though beautiful, the noble connoisseurs do not call beautiful.

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

GaP 3 20.32

विष्णोः कथाख्याभरणैश्च युक्तं तदेव कर्णं सुंदरं चाहुरार्याः । तस्मात्सदा भागवतार्थसारं शृण्वन्ति ये सततं वाचयन्ति

viṣṇoḥ kathākhyābharaṇaiśca yuktaṃ tadeva karṇaṃ suṃdaraṃ cāhurāryāḥ / tasmātsadā bhāgavatārthasāraṃ śṛṇvanti ye satataṃ vācayanti

That ear alone which is furnished with the ornaments that are the stories of Viṣṇu, the noble ones call beautiful. Therefore those who always hear the essence of the Bhāgavata's meaning and constantly recite it —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 3 20.33

तेषां जन्म स्वस्थमाहुर्महान्तो महत्फलं चास्ति तथैव तेषाम् । सोष्णीषकञ्चुकयुताश्च हरेः कथां वै शृण्वन्ति येपि च पठन्ति सदैव मर्त्याः

teṣāṃ janma svasthamāhurmahānto mahatphalaṃ cāsti tathaiva teṣām / soṣṇīṣakañcukayutāśca hareḥ kathāṃ vai śṛṇvanti yepi ca paṭhanti sadaiva martyāḥ

the great ones call their birth sound; and likewise there is a great fruit for them. Even those mortals who, wearing turban and jacket, listen to the story of Hari and who always recite it —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 3 20.34

सर्वेपि ते पूजनीया हि लोके न वै शिश्रे चोदरे चैव सक्ताः । ये दाक्षिण्यादर्थलोभाद्वदन्ति सदा पुराणं भगवत्तत्त्वसारम्

sarvepi te pūjanīyā hi loke na vai śiśre codare caiva saktāḥ / ye dākṣiṇyādarthalobhādvadanti sadā purāṇaṃ bhagavattattvasāram

all of them indeed are to be honoured in the world, (so long as) they are not attached to the genitals and the belly. But those who, out of obligingness or greed for money, always recite the Purāṇa, the essence of the truth of the Lord,

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

GaP 3 20.35

प्रच्छादयन्ते तत्त्वगोप्यानि ये तु तेषां गतिः सूर्यसूनुः सदैव । ये धर्मकाण्डे कर्मकाण्डे सदैव उत्पादयन्ते सुरुचिं तत्र नित्यम्

pracchādayante tattvagopyāni ye tu teṣāṃ gatiḥ sūryasūnuḥ sadaiva / ye dharmakāṇḍe karmakāṇḍe sadaiva utpādayante suruciṃ tatra nityam

and who conceal the truths that are to be kept secret — their destiny is always the son of the Sun (Yama). Those who always produce a keen taste only in the section on dharma and the section on ritual action,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 3 20.36

मौल्येन ये कथयेयुः पुराणं तेषां गतिः सूर्य सुनः सदैव । मौल्येन ये भागवतं पुराणं शृण्वन्ति वै हरिशास्त्रार्थतत्त्वम्

maulyena ye kathayeyuḥ purāṇaṃ teṣāṃ gatiḥ sūrya sunaḥ sadaiva / maulyena ye bhāgavataṃ purāṇaṃ śṛṇvanti vai hariśāstrārthatattvam

those who would recite the Purāṇa for a fee — their destiny is always the son of the Sun; those who for a fee listen to the Bhāgavata Purāṇa, the truth of the meaning of Hari's scripture,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 3 20.37

मौल्येन वेदाध्ययनं प्रकुर्वते तेषां गतिः सूर्यसूनुः सदैव । यदृच्छया प्राप्तधनेन ये तु संतुष्टास्ते ह्यत्र योग्याः सदैव

maulyena vedādhyayanaṃ prakurvate teṣāṃ gatiḥ sūryasūnuḥ sadaiva / yadṛcchayā prāptadhanena ye tu saṃtuṣṭāste hyatra yogyāḥ sadaiva

Those who carry out the study of the Veda for a fee — their destination is always the Son of the Sun (Yama); but those who are content with the wealth that comes to them by chance, they indeed are always fit for this.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 3 20.38

धनार्जने ये त्वतितृष्णाभियुक्तास्तेषां न वै भागवतेधिकारः । मत्वा लोके हरिरेवति नित्यमन्तर्यामी नास्ति तदन्य ईशः

dhanārjane ye tvatitṛṣṇābhiyuktāsteṣāṃ na vai bhāgavatedhikāraḥ / matvā loke harirevati nityamantaryāmī nāsti tadanya īśaḥ

But those who are yoked to excessive craving in the acquiring of wealth have no title to the Bhāgavata; (rather one should live) knowing that in this world it is Hari alone who is forever the inner controller, and that there is no lord other than he.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 3 20.39

एवं सदा ये प्रविचिन्तयन्ति योगक्षेमं बिभृयाद्विष्णुरेषाम् । सद्वैष्णवानामशुभं नास्ति नास्ति प्रदृश्यते संशयज्ञानरूपात्

evaṃ sadā ye pravicintayanti yogakṣemaṃ bibhṛyādviṣṇureṣām / sadvaiṣṇavānāmaśubhaṃ nāsti nāsti pradṛśyate saṃśayajñānarūpāt

Those who constantly reflect in this way — Viṣṇu himself will maintain their welfare; for true Vaiṣṇavas there is no misfortune, none at all: (if any) is seen, it comes from the form of knowledge mixed with doubt.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 3 20.40

कर्मानुसारेण हरिर्ददाति फलं शुभानामशुभस्य चैव । अतस्तदर्थं नैव यत्नं च कुर्याद्धनार्थं वै हरितत्त्वे च कुर्यात्

karmānusāreṇa harirdadāti phalaṃ śubhānāmaśubhasya caiva / atastadarthaṃ naiva yatnaṃ ca kuryāddhanārthaṃ vai haritattve ca kuryāt

In accordance with (one's) deeds Hari gives the fruit of good things and of bad as well; therefore one should make no effort for that (fruit): the effort one makes for the sake of wealth should be made in the truth of Hari.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 3 20.41

अतः स्नात्वा दिव्यमन्त्रं जपित्वा विसर्जयित्वा विष्णुनिर्माल्यगन्धम् । शुचिर्भूत्वा भागवतं पुराणं संश्रावयेत्सर्ववेत्तापि नित्यम्

ataḥ snātvā divyamantraṃ japitvā visarjayitvā viṣṇunirmālyagandham / śucirbhūtvā bhāgavataṃ purāṇaṃ saṃśrāvayetsarvavettāpi nityam

Therefore, having bathed, having muttered the divine mantra, having dismissed the fragrance of Viṣṇu's spent offerings, and having become pure, one should have the Bhāgavata Purāṇa recited daily — even one who knows everything.

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

GaP 3 20.42

कर्मानुसारेण धनार्जनं च वेदार्जनं शास्त्रसमार्जनं च । भविष्यति श्रवणं चापि विष्णोरत्यादराच्छ्रवणं दुर्घटं च

karmānusāreṇa dhanārjanaṃ ca vedārjanaṃ śāstrasamārjanaṃ ca / bhaviṣyati śravaṇaṃ cāpi viṣṇoratyādarācchravaṇaṃ durghaṭaṃ ca

In accordance with (past) deeds come the gaining of wealth, the gaining of the Veda, and the mastery of the scriptures; the hearing of Viṣṇu (’s story) too will come about — but hearing it with intense reverence is hard to come by.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 3 20.43

अत्यादराद्भागवतस्य सारमास्वादयेद्दुर्घटं मर्त्यलोके । आस्वाद्य तद्भागवतं पुराणमानन्दबाष्पैर्युक्तता दुर्घटा च

atyādarādbhāgavatasya sāramāsvādayeddurghaṭaṃ martyaloke / āsvādya tadbhāgavataṃ purāṇamānandabāṣpairyuktatā durghaṭā ca

With intense reverence one should taste the essence of the Bhāgavata — (a thing) hard to come by in the world of mortals; and having tasted that Bhāgavata Purāṇa, to be joined with tears of joy is (also) hard to come by.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 3 20.46

श्रुत्वा तत्त्वा नां निर्णयं धारणं च सुदुर्घटं चाहुरार्याः समस्तम् । श्रुत्वा तत्त्वानां धारणानन्तरं च कामक्रुधोर्जारणं दुर्घटं च ॥ गर्प्_३,२०।४४ ॥ श्रुत्वा तत्त्वानां धारणानं तरं त तथा योगे दुर्घटं संगतं च ॥ गर्प्_३,२०।४५ ॥ श्रुत्वा तत्त्वानां धारणानन्तरं च कामक्रुधोर्जारणं दुर्घटं च । एते दोषा ज्ञानपूतानपीह कुर्वन्ति संदेहयुतान्सदैव

śrutvā tattvā nāṃ nirṇayaṃ dhāraṇaṃ ca sudurghaṭaṃ cāhurāryāḥ samastam / śrutvā tattvānāṃ dhāraṇānantaraṃ ca kāmakrudhorjāraṇaṃ durghaṭaṃ ca // garp_3,20.44 // śrutvā tattvānāṃ dhāraṇānaṃ taraṃ ta tathā yoge durghaṭaṃ saṃgataṃ ca // garp_3,20.45 // śrutvā tattvānāṃ dhāraṇānantaraṃ ca kāmakrudhorjāraṇaṃ durghaṭaṃ ca / ete doṣā jñānapūtānapīha kurvanti saṃdehayutānsadaiva

Having heard, the settling of the truths and the holding of them fast — all this the noble ones call very hard to come by. Having heard the truths, and after holding them fast, the wearing away of lust and anger is hard to come by. // 44 // Having heard the truths, the holding of them ... and so union in yoga is hard to come by. // 45 // Having heard the truths, and after holding them fast, the wearing away of lust and anger is hard to come by; these faults, here (in this world), make even those purified by knowledge forever full of doubt.

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

GaP 3 20.47

अतो ह्यहं श्रवणं सत्कथायाः सदा करिष्ये नात्र विचार्यमस्ति । तेनाप्यहं हरिनामाभिवाञ्छा निश्चित्य चित्तं श्रवणे वै चकार । आदेहमेवं श्रवणं च कृत्वा त्यक्त्वा देहं भूतले संप्रजाता

ato hyahaṃ śravaṇaṃ satkathāyāḥ sadā kariṣye nātra vicāryamasti / tenāpyahaṃ harināmābhivāñchā niścitya cittaṃ śravaṇe vai cakāra / ādehamevaṃ śravaṇaṃ ca kṛtvā tyaktvā dehaṃ bhūtale saṃprajātā

Therefore I shall always listen to the holy story; there is nothing to be deliberated here. By that too I (gained) longing for the name of Hari. Having thus resolved, she fixed her mind on hearing; and having practised hearing thus as long as she had a body, she left that body and was born upon the earth.

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

GaP 3 20.48

निवस्तुं वसुदेवस्य भगिन्या उदरे खग । सुमित्रा संज्ञकायां च जाता वै मित्रविन्दिका

nivastuṃ vasudevasya bhaginyā udare khaga / sumitrā saṃjñakāyāṃ ca jātā vai mitravindikā

To dwell (there), O bird, in the womb of Vasudeva's sister named Sumitrā, she was born as Mitravindikā.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 3 20.49

श्रवणेन हरिं मित्रं प्राप्ता सा मित्रविन्दिका । अतः सा मित्रविन्देति संज्ञया संबभूव ह

śravaṇena hariṃ mitraṃ prāptā sā mitravindikā / ataḥ sā mitravindeti saṃjñayā saṃbabhūva ha

Because through hearing that Mitravindikā obtained Hari as her friend (mitra), she therefore came to be known by the name Mitravindā.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition