Garuda Purana — Brahma Khanda — Chapter 21

GaP 3 21.1

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- २१ श्रीकृष्ण उवाच । कालिन्द्या अपि चोत्पत्तिं प्रवक्ष्यामि खगेश्वर । विवस्वान्नाम सूर्योभत्तस्य पुत्री व्यजायत

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 21 śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / kālindyā api cotpattiṃ pravakṣyāmi khageśvara / vivasvānnāma sūryobhattasya putrī vyajāyata

The Great Garuḍa Purāṇa, 21. Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: I shall also declare the origin of Kālindī, O lord of birds. There was a sun named Vivasvān; a daughter was born to him.

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GaP 3 21.2

कालिन्दीसंज्ञका वीन्द्र यमुना यानुजा स्मृता । कृष्णपत्नीत्वकामेन चचार तप उत्तमम्

kālindīsaṃjñakā vīndra yamunā yānujā smṛtā / kṛṣṇapatnītvakāmena cacāra tapa uttamam

She was named Kālindī, O best of birds, and she is remembered as the Yamunā, the younger sister (of Yama); desiring to be Kṛṣṇa's wife, she performed excellent austerity.

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GaP 3 21.3

तप आलोचनं प्रोक्तं तत्त्वानां च विनिर्णयः । पूर्वार्जितानां पापानामनुतापस्तपः स्मृतम्

tapa ālocanaṃ proktaṃ tattvānāṃ ca vinirṇayaḥ / pūrvārjitānāṃ pāpānāmanutāpastapaḥ smṛtam

Austerity is said to be reflection, and the settled determination of the truths; remorse for sins accumulated before is remembered as austerity.

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GaP 3 21.4

प्रायो नाम तपः प्रोक्तं चित्तनिग्रह उच्यते । प्रायश्चित्तमिति प्रोक्तं न तु क्षौरं खगेश्वर

prāyo nāma tapaḥ proktaṃ cittanigraha ucyate / prāyaścittamiti proktaṃ na tu kṣauraṃ khageśvara

'Prāya' is said to be austerity, and is called the restraint of the mind; that is what is meant by 'prāyaścitta' (expiation) — not shaving the head, O lord of birds.

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GaP 3 21.5

अनुतापयुतं भूतं तच्छणु त्वं खगेश्वर । पूर्वं न जप्तं दिव्यमन्त्रं मुकुन्द तप्तं सदा क्लेशदावानलेन

anutāpayutaṃ bhūtaṃ tacchaṇu tvaṃ khageśvara / pūrvaṃ na japtaṃ divyamantraṃ mukunda taptaṃ sadā kleśadāvānalena

Hear, O lord of birds, that being who was filled with remorse: 'Formerly the divine mantra was not muttered (by me), O Mukunda; I was ever scorched by the forest-fire of afflictions.

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GaP 3 21.6

न वै स्मृतं हरिनामामृतं च सदा स्मृतं हरिदोषादिकं च । न तु स्मृतं हरितत्त्वामृतं च सम्यक् श्रुतं लोलवार्तादिकं च

na vai smṛtaṃ harināmāmṛtaṃ ca sadā smṛtaṃ haridoṣādikaṃ ca / na tu smṛtaṃ haritattvāmṛtaṃ ca samyak śrutaṃ lolavārtādikaṃ ca

'The nectar of Hari's name was not remembered, while faults and the like were always remembered; the nectar of Hari's truth was not remembered, while idle gossip and the like was heard attentively.

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

GaP 3 21.7

न पूजितं हरिपादारविन्दं सुपूजिताः पुत्रमित्रादिकाश्च । न वन्दितं हरिपादारविन्दं सुवन्दितो मित्रपादः सुघोरः

na pūjitaṃ haripādāravindaṃ supūjitāḥ putramitrādikāśca / na vanditaṃ haripādāravindaṃ suvandito mitrapādaḥ sughoraḥ

'Hari's lotus feet were not worshipped, while sons, friends and the rest were well worshipped; Hari's lotus feet were not saluted, while a companion's dreadful foot was well saluted.

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GaP 3 21.8

न दृष्टं वै धूपधूम्रैरुपेतं हरेर्वक्रं कुन्तलैः संवृतं च । पुत्रादिकं लालितं वै मुकुन्द न लालितं तव वक्रं मुरारे

na dṛṣṭaṃ vai dhūpadhūmrairupetaṃ harervakraṃ kuntalaiḥ saṃvṛtaṃ ca / putrādikaṃ lālitaṃ vai mukunda na lālitaṃ tava vakraṃ murāre

'Hari's face, darkened with incense smoke and framed by curls, was not looked upon; sons and the rest were fondled, O Mukunda, but your face was not caressed, O Murāri.

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GaP 3 21.9

सुलालितं भूषणैः पुत्रमित्रं न लालितं सर्वपापापहारि । न भुक्तं वै हरिनैरवेद्यशेषं मित्रालये षड्रसान्नं च भुक्तम्

sulālitaṃ bhūṣaṇaiḥ putramitraṃ na lālitaṃ sarvapāpāpahāri / na bhuktaṃ vai harinairavedyaśeṣaṃ mitrālaye ṣaḍrasānnaṃ ca bhuktam

'Son and friend were well fondled with ornaments, but he who removes all sins was not fondled; the remnant of what had been offered to Hari was not eaten, while food of six flavours was eaten in a friend's house.

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GaP 3 21.10

सुपुष्पगन्धा नार्पिता ते मुरारे समर्पिताः पुत्रमित्रादिकेभ्यः । सन्तप्तोहं पुत्रमित्रादिकेषु कदा द्रक्ष्ये तव वक्त्रं मुकुन्द

supuṣpagandhā nārpitā te murāre samarpitāḥ putramitrādikebhyaḥ / santaptohaṃ putramitrādikeṣu kadā drakṣye tava vaktraṃ mukunda

Fine flowers and fragrances were not offered to you, Murāri, but were presented to sons, friends and the rest; I have been scorched (with toil) over sons, friends and the like—when shall I see your face, Mukunda?

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GaP 3 21.11

अवैष्णवान्नैः शिग्रुशाकादिकैश्च ह्यनर्पितान्नैश्च तथाप्यसंस्कृतैः । तथाप्यभक्ष्यै रसना च दग्धा कदा द्रक्ष्ये तव वक्त्रं मुकुन्द

avaiṣṇavānnaiḥ śigruśākādikaiśca hyanarpitānnaiśca tathāpyasaṃskṛtaiḥ / tathāpyabhakṣyai rasanā ca dagdhā kadā drakṣye tava vaktraṃ mukunda

By food of non-Vaiṣṇavas, and by drumstick-leaves, greens and such, and by food not offered (to you), and moreover unconsecrated, and further by forbidden foods, my tongue has been burnt—when shall I see your face, Mukunda?

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GaP 3 21.12

अष्टाक्षरीपूजया दिव्यतीर्थैर्विष्णोः पुरा भ्रामितैः शङ्खतीर्थैः । न पावितं मच्छरीरं मुरारे कदा द्रक्ष्ये तव व क्त्रं मुकुन्द

aṣṭākṣarīpūjayā divyatīrthairviṣṇoḥ purā bhrāmitaiḥ śaṅkhatīrthaiḥ / na pāvitaṃ maccharīraṃ murāre kadā drakṣye tava va ktraṃ mukunda

My body has not been purified by worship with the eight-syllable (mantra), nor by divine sacred waters, nor by conch-waters first circulated over Viṣṇu, O Murāri—when shall I see your face, Mukunda?

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GaP 3 21.13

अनर्पितैर्गन्धपुष्पादिकैश्च अनर्पितैर्भूषणैर्वस्त्रजातैः । अवैष्णवानां दिग्धगन्धादिदोषैर्गात्रं दग्धं कदा ह्युद्धरिष्ये मुकुन्द

anarpitairgandhapuṣpādikaiśca anarpitairbhūṣaṇairvastrajātaiḥ / avaiṣṇavānāṃ digdhagandhādidoṣairgātraṃ dagdhaṃ kadā hyuddhariṣye mukunda

With perfumes, flowers and the like unoffered, with ornaments and garments unoffered, my body has been burnt by the taints of the smeared perfumes and so forth of non-Vaiṣṇavas—when indeed shall I raise myself up, Mukunda?

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GaP 3 21.14

दग्धौ च पादौ मम वासुदेव न गच्छन्तौ क्षेत्रपथं हरेश्च । नेत्रे च दग्धे मम सर्वदापि नालोकितं तव देव प्रतीकम्

dagdhau ca pādau mama vāsudeva na gacchantau kṣetrapathaṃ hareśca / netre ca dagdhe mama sarvadāpi nālokitaṃ tava deva pratīkam

And my two feet are burnt, Vāsudeva, since they do not walk the road to Hari's holy place; and my two eyes are burnt, since your image, O God, has never at any time been looked upon (by me).

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GaP 3 21.15

दग्धौ च हस्तौ मम वासुदेव न पूजितं तव विष्णोः प्रतीकम् । मया कृतं पापजातं मुरारे कदा द्रक्ष्ये तव वक्रं मुकुन्द

dagdhau ca hastau mama vāsudeva na pūjitaṃ tava viṣṇoḥ pratīkam / mayā kṛtaṃ pāpajātaṃ murāre kadā drakṣye tava vakraṃ mukunda

And my two hands are burnt, Vāsudeva, since your image, Viṣṇu's image, has not been worshipped; the mass of sin was done by me, Murāri—when shall I see your face, Mukunda?

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GaP 3 21.16

मदीयदोषान्गणयन्न पूर्ण दयां कुरु त्वं सुद्धदास्यान्मुकुन्द । यावन्ति लोमानि मदीयगात्रे संति प्रभो सर्वदोर्षर्विदूर

madīyadoṣāngaṇayanna pūrṇa dayāṃ kuru tvaṃ suddhadāsyānmukunda / yāvanti lomāni madīyagātre saṃti prabho sarvadorṣarvidūra

Do not count up my faults, O Full One; show mercy, Mukunda, out of pure servanthood. As many as are the hairs on my body, O Lord, O you far removed from every fault—

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GaP 3 21.17

तावन्ति पापानि मदीयगात्रे कदा द्रक्ष्ये तव वक्त्रं मुकुन्द । अनन्तदेहे पतिपुत्रैर्गृहैश्च मित्रैर्धनैः पशुभृत्यादिकैश्च

tāvanti pāpāni madīyagātre kadā drakṣye tava vaktraṃ mukunda / anantadehe patiputrairgṛhaiśca mitrairdhanaiḥ paśubhṛtyādikaiśca

—so many are the sins on my body: when shall I see your face, Mukunda? In endless (successions of) bodies, with husbands, sons, houses, friends, wealth, cattle, servants and the rest,

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GaP 3 21.18

सुखं नाप्तं ह्यपुमात्रं मुकुन्द सेवा मुक्ता तव देवस्य विष्णोः । इतः परं पुत्रमित्रादिकं च यास्ये नाहं तव दासी भवामि

sukhaṃ nāptaṃ hyapumātraṃ mukunda sevā muktā tava devasya viṣṇoḥ / itaḥ paraṃ putramitrādikaṃ ca yāsye nāhaṃ tava dāsī bhavāmi

no happiness at all was obtained, Mukunda—not a jot; and the service of you, of the God Viṣṇu, was let go. Henceforth I shall not go after sons, friends and the rest: I become your maidservant.

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GaP 3 21.19

येये ब्रूयुः पुत्रमित्रादिकैश्च सम्यक् सुखं जायते मर्त्यलोके । तेषामास्ये मूत्रविष्ठादिकं च सम्यक् सदा पतितं चेति जाने

yeye brūyuḥ putramitrādikaiśca samyak sukhaṃ jāyate martyaloke / teṣāmāsye mūtraviṣṭhādikaṃ ca samyak sadā patitaṃ ceti jāne

Whoever should say that in the world of mortals real happiness arises through sons, friends and the like—into their mouths, I know, urine, excrement and the like have always duly fallen.

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GaP 3 21.20

मित्रादीनां यत्कृतं द्रव्यजातं वृथा गतं मलरूपं च जातम् । सद्वैष्णवानां यत्कृतं द्रव्यजातं हरिप्राप्तेः कारणं स्यात्सदैव

mitrādīnāṃ yatkṛtaṃ dravyajātaṃ vṛthā gataṃ malarūpaṃ ca jātam / sadvaiṣṇavānāṃ yatkṛtaṃ dravyajātaṃ hariprāpteḥ kāraṇaṃ syātsadaiva

Whatever store of goods is spent on friends and the rest goes to waste and turns into filth; whatever store of goods is spent on true Vaiṣṇavas will always be a cause of attaining Hari.

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GaP 3 21.21

एतादृशं तत्तु जातं मुकुन्द अलं ह्यलं तेन दुःखं च भुक्तम् । संगं दत्तात्सज्जनानां सदा त्वं विना च त्वं दुर्जनानां च संगात्

etādṛśaṃ tattu jātaṃ mukunda alaṃ hyalaṃ tena duḥkhaṃ ca bhuktam / saṃgaṃ dattātsajjanānāṃ sadā tvaṃ vinā ca tvaṃ durjanānāṃ ca saṃgāt

Such has it turned out, Mukunda—enough, quite enough! Through that, suffering has been consumed. Grant me always the company of the good, and (keep me) free from the company of the wicked.

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GaP 3 21.22

संगैः सदा दुर्जनानां मुरारे गात्रं दग्धं न विरागेण युक्तम् । एतादृशाहं कां गातिं वा मुकुन्द यास्ये न जाने दयया मां च पाहि

saṃgaiḥ sadā durjanānāṃ murāre gātraṃ dagdhaṃ na virāgeṇa yuktam / etādṛśāhaṃ kāṃ gātiṃ vā mukunda yāsye na jāne dayayā māṃ ca pāhi

By constant associations with the wicked, Murāri, my body is burnt, and is not joined with detachment. Being such as I am, to what state shall I go, Mukunda? I do not know—protect me in your mercy.

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GaP 3 21.23

एतादृशो ह्यनुतापः खगेन्द्र प्रायश्चित्तं न च क्षौरादिकं च । भानोः कन्या ह्यनुतापं च कृत्वा विचारयामास हरेः सुतत्त्वम्

etādṛśo hyanutāpaḥ khagendra prāyaścittaṃ na ca kṣaurādikaṃ ca / bhānoḥ kanyā hyanutāpaṃ ca kṛtvā vicārayāmāsa hareḥ sutattvam

Such indeed is remorse, O king of birds; expiation is not (mere) shaving of the head and the like. The Sun's daughter, having felt such remorse, then reflected on the true nature of Hari.

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GaP 3 21.24

सर्वोत्तमो हरिरेकः सदैव यतः पूर्णः सर्वगुणैस्ततश्च । सृष्टौ यस्माज्जयते विश्वजातमतो हरिः सर्वगुणैश्च पूर्णः

sarvottamo harirekaḥ sadaiva yataḥ pūrṇaḥ sarvaguṇaistataśca / sṛṣṭau yasmājjayate viśvajātamato hariḥ sarvaguṇaiśca pūrṇaḥ

Hari alone is always the highest of all, since he is full with all excellences; and because at creation the whole universe is born from him, therefore Hari is full with all excellences.

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GaP 3 21.25

यो देवानामाद्य अकार एव यतो ब्रह्माद्या नैव पूर्णाः समस्ताः । लक्ष्मीप्रसादाच्चिरपुण्येन जातो यथायोग्यं पूर्णगुणो विरिञ्चः

yo devānāmādya akāra eva yato brahmādyā naiva pūrṇāḥ samastāḥ / lakṣmīprasādāccirapuṇyena jāto yathāyogyaṃ pūrṇaguṇo viriñcaḥ

He who is the first of the gods, the very letter 'a', from whom (came) Brahmā and the others, who are all not full (in excellence)—Viriñca (Brahmā), by long-accumulated merit through Lakṣmī's favour, came to be full in excellence in the measure fitting for him.

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GaP 3 21.26

न लक्ष्मीवद्गुणपूर्णो विरिञ्चो न विष्णुवद्गुणपूर्णा रमापि । न वायुवद्भारती चापि पूर्णा न शेषवद्वारुणी चापि पूर्णा

na lakṣmīvadguṇapūrṇo viriñco na viṣṇuvadguṇapūrṇā ramāpi / na vāyuvadbhāratī cāpi pūrṇā na śeṣavadvāruṇī cāpi pūrṇā

Viriñca is not full in excellences as Lakṣmī is; nor is Ramā full in excellences as Viṣṇu is; nor is Bhāratī full as Vāyu is; nor is Vāruṇī full as Śeṣa is.

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GaP 3 21.27

न वै रुद्रवत्पार्वती पूर्णरूपा ह्यन्येप्येवं नैव पूर्णाः सदैव । आलोचनामेवमेषा हि कृत्वा तपश्चक्रे यमुनायाश्च तीरे

na vai rudravatpārvatī pūrṇarūpā hyanyepyevaṃ naiva pūrṇāḥ sadaiva / ālocanāmevameṣā hi kṛtvā tapaścakre yamunāyāśca tīre

Pārvatī is not of full form as Rudra is, and likewise the others too are never at all full. Having thus made her reflection, she performed austerity on the bank of the Yamunā.

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GaP 3 21.28

तदाचाहं यमुनायाश्च तीरं पार्थेन साकं मृगयां गतः खग । दृष्ट्वा च तां तत्र तपश्चरन्तीं तदाब्रुवं मत्सखायं च पार्थम्

tadācāhaṃ yamunāyāśca tīraṃ pārthena sākaṃ mṛgayāṃ gataḥ khaga / dṛṣṭvā ca tāṃ tatra tapaścarantīṃ tadābruvaṃ matsakhāyaṃ ca pārtham

At that time I went hunting to the bank of the Yamunā together with Pārtha, O bird; and seeing her there practising austerity, I then spoke to my friend Pārtha:

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GaP 3 21.29

हे पार्थ शीघ्रं व्रज कन्यासमीपं त्वं पृच्छ कस्मादत्र तपः करोषि । एवं प्रोक्तस्तत्समीपं स गत्वा पृष्ट्वा चैतत्कारणं शीघ्रमेव

he pārtha śīghraṃ vraja kanyāsamīpaṃ tvaṃ pṛccha kasmādatra tapaḥ karoṣi / evaṃ proktastatsamīpaṃ sa gatvā pṛṣṭvā caitatkāraṇaṃ śīghrameva

"O Pārtha, go quickly to the maiden and ask: why do you perform austerity here?" Thus addressed, he went to her, and having at once asked the reason for this,

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GaP 3 21.30

आगत्य मामवदत्फाल्गुनोयं सर्वं वृत्तांन्तं त्वसौ मत्समीपे । ततस्त्वहं सुमुहूर्ते च तस्याः पाणिग्रहं कृतवांस्तत्र सम्यक्

āgatya māmavadatphālgunoyaṃ sarvaṃ vṛttāṃntaṃ tvasau matsamīpe / tatastvahaṃ sumuhūrte ca tasyāḥ pāṇigrahaṃ kṛtavāṃstatra samyak

Having come, this Phālguna told me — he (told) the whole account in my presence. Then, at an auspicious hour, I duly took her hand (in marriage) there.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 3 21.31

तस्याश्च तापात्संततं मद्विचारात्प्रसन्नोहं सततं सुप्रसन्नः । पूर्णानन्दे रममाणास्य नित्यं तया च मे किं सुखंस्यात्खगेन्द्र

tasyāśca tāpātsaṃtataṃ madvicārātprasannohaṃ satataṃ suprasannaḥ / pūrṇānande ramamāṇāsya nityaṃ tayā ca me kiṃ sukhaṃsyātkhagendra

And because of her austerity, continually, and because of her meditation on me, I am pleased, ever well-pleased. (He who is) always delighting in full bliss — what happiness could there be for me through her, O king of birds?

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