Garuda Purana — Brahma Khanda — Chapter 24
GaP 3 24.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- २४ जैगीषव्य उवाच । कन्ये शृणु त्वं वेङ्कटाख्याचलस्य स्मेराननां पुण्यमांरोहणे ऽस्य । श्रीगीतायाः पठनं चैव कुर्वन्नारोहणं कुरुते सर्वलोकः
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 24 jaigīṣavya uvāca / kanye śṛṇu tvaṃ veṅkaṭākhyācalasya smerānanāṃ puṇyamāṃrohaṇe 'sya / śrīgītāyāḥ paṭhanaṃ caiva kurvannārohaṇaṃ kurute sarvalokaḥ
The Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, 24. Jaigīṣavya said: O maiden of smiling face, hear you the meritorious (fruit) in the ascent of this mountain called Veṅkaṭa. Everyone makes the ascent while also reciting the holy Gītā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 24.2
पदेपदे श्रीनिवासश्च देवस्त्वलं ह्यलं प्रीयते भक्तवर्गः । तं प्रीणयन्मोक्षमायान्ति सर्वे हरौ तुष्टे किमलभ्यं च कन्ये
padepade śrīnivāsaśca devastvalaṃ hyalaṃ prīyate bhaktavargaḥ / taṃ prīṇayanmokṣamāyānti sarve harau tuṣṭe kimalabhyaṃ ca kanye
And at every step the god Śrīnivāsa is pleased exceedingly, and so is the company of devotees. Pleasing him, all attain liberation; and when Hari is satisfied, what is unattainable, O maiden?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 24.3
सोपानदेशे यः पुराणं शृणोति तदा कृता सर्वतीर्थादियात्रा । तदा दिवा प्रस्तुवन्तीह मार्गे सदा हरिं श्रीनिवासं गुरुं च
sopānadeśe yaḥ purāṇaṃ śṛṇoti tadā kṛtā sarvatīrthādiyātrā / tadā divā prastuvantīha mārge sadā hariṃ śrīnivāsaṃ guruṃ ca
Whoever hears the Purāṇa at the place of the steps, by him the pilgrimage to all the tīrthas and the rest has (thereby) been made. And then by day they praise here upon the path Hari, Śrīnivāsa, and the guru continually.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 24.4
सोपानानां महिमानं च श्रुत्वा शालग्रामं स्थापयित्वा च तत्र । नमस्कृत्वा पुनरेवापि सा तु सोपानानि त्वारुरोहाथ साध्वी
sopānānāṃ mahimānaṃ ca śrutvā śālagrāmaṃ sthāpayitvā ca tatra / namaskṛtvā punarevāpi sā tu sopānāni tvārurohātha sādhvī
And having heard the greatness of the steps, and having set the śālagrāma there, and having bowed once again, that virtuous woman then climbed the steps.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 24.5
सोपानानां वीन्द्र चारोहणेन त्ववैष्णवानां हरितोषो न चैव । तेनैव तेषां साधनं भूय एव तमस्यन्धे पातयितुं खगेन्द्र
sopānānāṃ vīndra cārohaṇena tvavaiṣṇavānāṃ haritoṣo na caiva / tenaiva teṣāṃ sādhanaṃ bhūya eva tamasyandhe pātayituṃ khagendra
And by the climbing of the steps, O chief of the mighty, there is no pleasing of Hari for non-Vaiṣṇavas at all; by that very act their instrument is, still further, (a means) to cast them into blind darkness, O king of birds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 24.6
स्थलेस्थले एवमेवापि कार्यं जैगीषव्यं पुनरेवाह देवी । कन्योवाच । जैगीषव्यः श्रीनिवासो हरिस्तु ब्रह्मादीनां दृश्यते श्रीनिवासः
sthalesthale evamevāpi kāryaṃ jaigīṣavyaṃ punarevāha devī / kanyovāca / jaigīṣavyaḥ śrīnivāso haristu brahmādīnāṃ dṛśyate śrīnivāsaḥ
At each and every place just this is to be done. The goddess spoke to Jaigīṣavya once more. The maiden said: Jaigīṣavya, Śrīnivāsa is indeed Hari; Śrīnivāsa is seen by Brahmā and the others—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 24.7
जैगीषव्य कृपया त्वं वदस्व जैगीषव्यो ह्येवमुक्तो हरिं तु । उवाच कन्यां सोमपुत्रीं सतीं च ब्रह्मादीनां दृश्यते श्रीनिवासः
jaigīṣavya kṛpayā tvaṃ vadasva jaigīṣavyo hyevamukto hariṃ tu / uvāca kanyāṃ somaputrīṃ satīṃ ca brahmādīnāṃ dṛśyate śrīnivāsaḥ
Jaigīṣavya, of your grace tell (me). Jaigīṣavya, thus addressed, spoke of Hari to the maiden, the daughter of Soma, the virtuous one: To Brahmā and the others Śrīnivāsa is seen
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 24.8
अनन्तरूपोधिककान्तकान्तिमान्रूद्रादीनां दृश्यते वेङ्कटेशः । ससूर्यलक्षाधिककान्तकान्तितो रुद्रादीनां दृश्यते श्रीनिवासः
anantarūpodhikakāntakāntimānrūdrādīnāṃ dṛśyate veṅkaṭeśaḥ / sasūryalakṣādhikakāntakāntito rudrādīnāṃ dṛśyate śrīnivāsaḥ
as one whose loveliness surpasses the beauty of endless forms; to Rudra and the others Veṅkaṭeśa is seen; with a loveliness whose beauty exceeds a lakh of suns Śrīnivāsa is seen by Rudra and the others.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 24.9
सहस्रसूर्याधिककान्तिकान्तः सविद्युत्त्वान्मानुषाणां रमेशः । ऋष्यादीनां दृश्यते चन्द्रवच्च सन्मानुषाणामपरोक्षो हरिस्तु
sahasrasūryādhikakāntikāntaḥ savidyuttvānmānuṣāṇāṃ rameśaḥ / ṛṣyādīnāṃ dṛśyate candravacca sanmānuṣāṇāmaparokṣo haristu
Beautiful with a radiance exceeding a thousand suns, the lord of Ramā (appears) to men as though with lightning; to the ṛṣis and the rest he is seen like the moon; and to good men Hari is directly perceptible.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 24.10
नक्षत्रवद्दृश्यते श्रीनिवासः सदा ऋषीणामपरोक्षो हरिस्तु । स सूर्यवद्दृश्यते श्रीनिवासः संसारिणां वेङ्कटेशः खगेन्द्र
nakṣatravaddṛśyate śrīnivāsaḥ sadā ṛṣīṇāmaparokṣo haristu / sa sūryavaddṛśyate śrīnivāsaḥ saṃsāriṇāṃ veṅkaṭeśaḥ khagendra
Śrīnivāsa is seen like a constellation; to the ṛṣis Hari is always directly perceptible; Śrīnivāsa is seen like the sun—Veṅkaṭeśa—to those bound in saṃsāra, O king of birds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 24.11
संदोहवद्दृश्यते वै प्रकाशो मिथ्यावतां दृश्यते श्रीनिवासः । पाषाणवन्नैल्यरूपप्रकाशः शिलामात्रे दृष्यते वै कलौ च
saṃdohavaddṛśyate vai prakāśo mithyāvatāṃ dṛśyate śrīnivāsaḥ / pāṣāṇavannailyarūpaprakāśaḥ śilāmātre dṛṣyate vai kalau ca
His light is seen as though a dense mass; to those given to falsehood Śrīnivāsa is seen like a stone, his shining having a dark form; and in the Kali age he is seen as mere rock.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 24.12
नृणां सर्वेषां श्रीनिवासो हरिस्तु कलौ स्वरूपं श्रीनिवासस्य देवी । न मानुषाः प्रविजानन्ति सर्वे यतः कलौ तामसा राजसास्तु
nṛṇāṃ sarveṣāṃ śrīnivāso haristu kalau svarūpaṃ śrīnivāsasya devī / na mānuṣāḥ pravijānanti sarve yataḥ kalau tāmasā rājasāstu
For all men Śrīnivāsa is Hari; but in the Kali age, O goddess, the true form of Śrīnivāsa men do not at all understand, since in the Kali age they are tāmasa and rājasa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 24.13
तत्संगिनः सात्त्विकाः केचिदेव ह्यतो भक्ता दुर्लभा वै कलौ च । ये दृश्यन्ते भक्तवत्ते न भक्ताः शिश्रोदरयोर्भरणे चैव सक्ताः
tatsaṃginaḥ sāttvikāḥ kecideva hyato bhaktā durlabhā vai kalau ca / ye dṛśyante bhaktavatte na bhaktāḥ śiśrodarayorbharaṇe caiva saktāḥ
Only some few are sāttvika, associated with that (quality); hence devotees are indeed hard to find in the Kali age. Those who are seen as if devotees are not devotees; they are attached to the filling of the genitals and the belly.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 24.14
कुर्वन्ति यात्रां च तदर्थमेव भक्तिज्ञानं दुर्लभं वै कलौ च । भक्ता ये वै न विरक्ताः सदैव तेषां हरेर्दर्शनं दुर्लभं च
kurvanti yātrāṃ ca tadarthameva bhaktijñānaṃ durlabhaṃ vai kalau ca / bhaktā ye vai na viraktāḥ sadaiva teṣāṃ harerdarśanaṃ durlabhaṃ ca
And they make the pilgrimage for just that purpose; devotion and knowledge are indeed hard to get in the Kali age. Those devotees who are not ever dispassionate—for them the sight of Hari is hard to obtain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 24.15
भक्तस्वरूपं तव वक्ष्ये खगेन्द्र यो ज्ञानपूर्णः परमे स्निग्ध एव । न च द्वेषैर्बन्धुरो भक्तियुक्तस्तव द्वेषाञ्छृणु वक्ष्ये च सम्यक्
bhaktasvarūpaṃ tava vakṣye khagendra yo jñānapūrṇaḥ parame snigdha eva / na ca dveṣairbandhuro bhaktiyuktastava dveṣāñchṛṇu vakṣye ca samyak
I shall tell you the nature of a devotee, O king of birds: he who is full of knowledge, affectionate indeed toward the Supreme, not made kin by hatreds, and endowed with devotion. Hear now of the hostile ones; I shall tell (of them) fully.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 24.16
जीवाभिदा हरिणाप्राकृतेन स्वतन्त्रेण ह्यस्वतन्त्रस्य नित्यम् । ज्ञानानन्दैः परिपूर्णे हरौ च गुणैरपूर्णो हरिरित्येव चिन्ता
jīvābhidā hariṇāprākṛtena svatantreṇa hyasvatantrasya nityam / jñānānandaiḥ paripūrṇe harau ca guṇairapūrṇo harirityeva cintā
(To think of) a difference of the soul from Hari; (to think) that the dependent (soul) is eternally independent, of an unmade (nature); and just this notion, that in Hari, who is wholly filled with knowledge and bliss, Hari is not full in his qualities — (these are forms of hatred).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 24.17
श्रीब्रह्मरुद्रादिदिवौकसां सदा तथा द्विजानां संमानायाश्च चिन्ता । विष्णोः सकाशाद्ब्रह्मरुद्रादिकानां सदाधिक्यालोचनं द्वेष एव
śrībrahmarudrādidivaukasāṃ sadā tathā dvijānāṃ saṃmānāyāśca cintā / viṣṇoḥ sakāśādbrahmarudrādikānāṃ sadādhikyālocanaṃ dveṣa eva
And the notion that Śrī, Brahmā, Rudra and the other dwellers in heaven, and likewise the twice-born, are always to be held equal (to Him); and to consider Brahmā, Rudra and the rest as always superior to Viṣṇu — that is hatred indeed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 24.18
विष्णोर्भद्रे हस्तपादादिकानां भेदज्ञानं द्वेषमाहुर्महान्तः । अवताराणा छेदभेदादिकं च तथोच्यते मरणस्यापि चिन्ता
viṣṇorbhadre hastapādādikānāṃ bhedajñānaṃ dveṣamāhurmahāntaḥ / avatārāṇā chedabhedādikaṃ ca tathocyate maraṇasyāpi cintā
The great ones call it hatred, good lady, to know a difference among Viṣṇu's hands, feet and other (limbs); and likewise the notion of cutting, splitting and the like in his incarnations, and even of his dying, is so called.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 24.19
तद्भक्तानां द्वेषणं चाहुरार्यास्तद्वाक्यानां दूषणं द्वेष एव । नच द्वेषैः संयुता ये च लोके कन्ये दृश्यन्ते न तु भक्ताः कदाचित्
tadbhaktānāṃ dveṣaṇaṃ cāhurāryāstadvākyānāṃ dūṣaṇaṃ dveṣa eva / naca dveṣaiḥ saṃyutā ye ca loke kanye dṛśyante na tu bhaktāḥ kadācit
And the noble ones say that hating His devotees, and finding fault with their words, is hatred indeed. And those in the world who are joined with (such) hatreds, maiden, are seen (as such), but they are never devotees.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 24.20
कन्योवाच । जैगीषव्य ब्रूहि मे के च भक्ता भक्तिं कथं दर्शयामासुरेते । तेषां हरिः श्रीनिवासो महात्मा त्राता सदा भक्तवर्गे दयालुः
kanyovāca / jaigīṣavya brūhi me ke ca bhaktā bhaktiṃ kathaṃ darśayāmāsurete / teṣāṃ hariḥ śrīnivāso mahātmā trātā sadā bhaktavarge dayāluḥ
The maiden said: Jaigīṣavya, tell me who the devotees are, and how they displayed devotion; Hari, the great-souled Śrīnivāsa, is always their protector, compassionate toward the company of devotees.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 24.21
जैगीषव्यस्त्वेवमुक्तो महात्मा उवाच कन्यां संस्मरन् भक्तवर्यः । जैगीषव्य उवाच । प्रहादाद्या श्रीनिवासस्य भक्ताः कृत्वा नृसिंहे चोत्तमां भक्तिमेव
jaigīṣavyastvevamukto mahātmā uvāca kanyāṃ saṃsmaran bhaktavaryaḥ / jaigīṣavya uvāca / prahādādyā śrīnivāsasya bhaktāḥ kṛtvā nṛsiṃhe cottamāṃ bhaktimeva
The great-souled Jaigīṣavya, best of devotees, thus addressed, spoke to the maiden, calling (them) to mind. Jaigīṣavya said: Prahlāda and the others were devotees of Śrīnivāsa, having rendered the highest devotion to Narasiṃha —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 24.22
अवाप साम्राज्यमनुत्तमं च ज्ञानं नृसिंहात्समवाप पश्चात् । पराशरः श्रीनिबासस्य भक्तो भक्तिं कृत्वा व्यासरूपं हरिं च
avāpa sāmrājyamanuttamaṃ ca jñānaṃ nṛsiṃhātsamavāpa paścāt / parāśaraḥ śrīnibāsasya bhakto bhaktiṃ kṛtvā vyāsarūpaṃ hariṃ ca
— (Prahlāda) obtained an unsurpassed sovereignty, and afterwards obtained knowledge from Narasiṃha. Parāśara was a devotee of Śrīnivāsa; having practised devotion and (praised) Hari in the form of Vyāsa —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 24.23
स्तुत्वा तेन ज्ञानतत्त्वं ह्यवाप्य जगाम मोक्षं भक्तिसंवर्धितात्मा । यो नारदः श्रीनिवासस्य भक्तो भक्तिं कृत्वा गर्भवासे हरौ च
stutvā tena jñānatattvaṃ hyavāpya jagāma mokṣaṃ bhaktisaṃvardhitātmā / yo nāradaḥ śrīnivāsasya bhakto bhaktiṃ kṛtvā garbhavāse harau ca
— having praised (him) and thereby obtained the truth of knowledge, he went to liberation, his self grown great through devotion. Nārada, who was a devotee of Śrīnivāsa, having practised devotion to Hari while dwelling in the womb —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 24.24
तया भक्त्या ब्रह्मपुत्रत्वमाप ज्ञानप्राप्त्या तेन मुक्तिं जगाम । यो ह्यंबरीषः श्रीनिवासस्य भक्तः कृत्वा भक्तिं परदेव हरौ च
tayā bhaktyā brahmaputratvamāpa jñānaprāptyā tena muktiṃ jagāma / yo hyaṃbarīṣaḥ śrīnivāsasya bhaktaḥ kṛtvā bhaktiṃ paradeva harau ca
— by that devotion he attained the state of being Brahmā's son, and by the attainment of knowledge through it he went to liberation. Ambarīṣa, who was a devotee of Śrīnivāsa, having practised devotion to Hari, the supreme god —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 24.25
जप्त्वा ज्ञानं प्राप्य दुर्वासकश्चाप्यवाप मोक्षं तेन संवर्धितात्मा । मुचुकुन्दो वै श्रीनिवासस्य भक्तो वैराग्यतो भक्तिदार्ढ्यं च कृत्वा
japtvā jñānaṃ prāpya durvāsakaścāpyavāpa mokṣaṃ tena saṃvardhitātmā / mucukundo vai śrīnivāsasya bhakto vairāgyato bhaktidārḍhyaṃ ca kṛtvā
— having muttered (the mantra) and obtained knowledge, Durvāsas too attained liberation, his self grown great thereby. Mucukunda indeed was a devotee of Śrīnivāsa; having made his devotion firm through dispassion —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 24.26
तत्त्वज्ञानं प्राप्य विष्णोर्महात्मा ह्यवाप मोक्षं तेन संवर्धितात्मा । स पुण्डरीकः श्रीनिवासस्य भक्तः पित्रादिष्टो विष्णुभक्तिं च कृत्वा
tattvajñānaṃ prāpya viṣṇormahātmā hyavāpa mokṣaṃ tena saṃvardhitātmā / sa puṇḍarīkaḥ śrīnivāsasya bhaktaḥ pitrādiṣṭo viṣṇubhaktiṃ ca kṛtvā
— that great soul, having obtained knowledge of the truth of Viṣṇu, attained liberation, his self grown great thereby. That Puṇḍarīka was a devotee of Śrīnivāsa; instructed by his father, having practised devotion to Viṣṇu —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 24.27
हरिप्रासादाज्ज्ञानमनुत्तमं चाप्यवाप मोक्षं भक्तिसंवर्धितात्मा । ब्रह्मा च वायुश्च सरस्वती च ज्ञातव्याः सर्वे ऋजुयोगिनश्च
hariprāsādājjñānamanuttamaṃ cāpyavāpa mokṣaṃ bhaktisaṃvardhitātmā / brahmā ca vāyuśca sarasvatī ca jñātavyāḥ sarve ṛjuyoginaśca
— by Hari's grace he obtained unsurpassed knowledge and liberation, his self grown great through devotion. And Brahmā, Vāyu and Sarasvatī are all to be known as ṛju-yogins (those on the direct path),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 24.28
अच्छिन्नभक्ताश्च सदा मुरारेर्न काम्यरक्ताः शुद्धरूपा हि ते च । गिरीशनागेशखगेशसंज्ञा देवाः शुक्रारौ गुरुचन्द्रेन्दुसूर्याः
acchinnabhaktāśca sadā murārerna kāmyaraktāḥ śuddharūpā hi te ca / girīśanāgeśakhageśasaṃjñā devāḥ śukrārau gurucandrendusūryāḥ
and as unbroken devotees of Murāri always, not attached to objects of desire, and of pure form. The gods named Girīśa (Śiva), Nāgeśa (Śeṣa) and Khageśa (Garuḍa), Śukra and Mars, Jupiter, the moon, Indu, the sun,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 24.29
जलेशोग्निर्मनुधर्मौ कुबेरः विघ्नेशनासत्यमरुद्गणाश्च । पर्जन्यमित्रादय एव सर्वे सदा ह्येते श्रीनिवासस्य भक्ताः
jaleśognirmanudharmau kuberaḥ vighneśanāsatyamarudgaṇāśca / parjanyamitrādaya eva sarve sadā hyete śrīnivāsasya bhaktāḥ
the lord of waters (Varuṇa), Agni, Manu and Dharma, Kubera, Vighneśa, the Nāsatyas (Aśvins) and the hosts of Maruts, Parjanya, Mitra and all the rest — these are always devotees of Śrīnivāsa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 24.30
विश्वामित्रो भृगुरौर्वश्च कुत्सो मरीचिरत्रिः पुलहः क्रतुश्च । शक्तिर्वसिष्ठो सौतमीयो पुलस्त्यो भारद्वाजः श्रीनिवासस्य भक्ताः
viśvāmitro bhṛguraurvaśca kutso marīciratriḥ pulahaḥ kratuśca / śaktirvasiṣṭho sautamīyo pulastyo bhāradvājaḥ śrīnivāsasya bhaktāḥ
Viśvāmitra, Bhṛgu and Aurva, Kutsa, Marīci, Atri, Pulaha and Kratu, Śakti, Vasiṣṭha, the son of Gautama, Pulastya, Bharadvāja — (these are) devotees of Śrīnivāsa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 24.31
मान्धाता नहुष्ॐबरीषसगरौ राजा पृथुर्हैहयो इक्ष्वाकुर्भरतो ययातिसुतलौ धर्मो विकुक्षिस्तथा । उत्तानश्च बिभीषणो दशरथो ह्येते महाज्ञानिनः श्रीमद्वेङ्कटनायकस्य च गुरोर्भक्ताः सदा संस्मृताः
māndhātā nahuṣoṃbarīṣasagarau rājā pṛthurhaihayo ikṣvākurbharato yayātisutalau dharmo vikukṣistathā / uttānaśca bibhīṣaṇo daśaratho hyete mahājñāninaḥ śrīmadveṅkaṭanāyakasya ca gurorbhaktāḥ sadā saṃsmṛtāḥ
Māndhātā, Nahuṣa, Ambarīṣa and Sagara, king Pṛthu, the Haihaya, Ikṣvāku, Bharata, Yayāti and Sutala, Dharma and likewise Vikukṣi, Uttāna, Vibhīṣaṇa and Daśaratha — these men of great knowledge are ever remembered as devotees of the venerable lord of Veṅkaṭa, the teacher.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 24.32
भागीरथी समुद्रश्च यमुना च सरस्वती । गोदावरी नर्मदा च कृष्णा भीमरथी तथा
bhāgīrathī samudraśca yamunā ca sarasvatī / godāvarī narmadā ca kṛṣṇā bhīmarathī tathā
The Bhāgīrathī (Gaṅgā) and the ocean, the Yamunā and Sarasvatī, the Godāvarī and Narmadā, the Kṛṣṇā and likewise the Bhīmarathī,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 24.33
सरयूफल्गुकावेरीगण्डकी कपिला स्तथा । इत्येताश्च हरेर्भक्ताः संति चात्रैव भामिनि
sarayūphalgukāverīgaṇḍakī kapilā stathā / ityetāśca harerbhaktāḥ saṃti cātraiva bhāmini
the Sarayū, Phalgu, Kāverī, Gaṇḍakī and Kapilā as well — these too are devotees of Hari, and they are present right here, O radiant lady.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 24.34
अभिप्रायं तत्र वक्ष्ये शृणु कन्ये मया सति । यत्र प्रवर्तते मार्गे कथा विष्णोर्महात्मनः
abhiprāyaṃ tatra vakṣye śṛṇu kanye mayā sati / yatra pravartate mārge kathā viṣṇormahātmanaḥ
I shall state the intent in that matter; listen, maiden — by me, O virtuous one. On whatever road the story of the great-souled Viṣṇu proceeds,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 24.35
वर्तन्ते वैष्णवा यत्र हरितत्त्वार्थबोधकाः । तत्रैव भक्ताः सर्वेपि संति विष्णोस्तथैव च
vartante vaiṣṇavā yatra haritattvārthabodhakāḥ / tatraiva bhaktāḥ sarvepi saṃti viṣṇostathaiva ca
where Vaiṣṇavas dwell who teach the meaning of Hari's truth — there too all the devotees of Viṣṇu are present, just so.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 24.36
ये देवयात्रां परमात्मचिन्तया कुर्वन्ति ते हरिभक्ताश्च नान्ये । यतो हरौ परमे वैष्णवानां सर्वं निष्ठामेति कृत्यं खगेन्द्र
ye devayātrāṃ paramātmacintayā kurvanti te haribhaktāśca nānye / yato harau parame vaiṣṇavānāṃ sarvaṃ niṣṭhāmeti kṛtyaṃ khagendra
Those who make the pilgrimage to the god with (their) thought on the Supreme Self, they are Hari's devotees, and no others; for, O lord of birds, for Vaiṣṇavas every act comes to rest in the supreme Hari.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 24.37
शेषाचलं समासाद्य ह्यन्नवस्त्रादिभूषणम् । यो न दद्यादभक्तः स ततः को नु परः पशुः
śeṣācalaṃ samāsādya hyannavastrādibhūṣaṇam / yo na dadyādabhaktaḥ sa tataḥ ko nu paraḥ paśuḥ
He who, having reached the Śeṣa mountain, does not give food, clothing, ornaments and the like, is no devotee — what beast could be worse than him?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 24.38
भक्ता हरेः श्रीनिवासाचले च गङ्गादिरूपेण च तत्रतत्र । तिष्ठन्ति सेवार्थमुरुक्रमस्य तेषां पूजा नैव कार्या च देवि
bhaktā hareḥ śrīnivāsācale ca gaṅgādirūpeṇa ca tatratatra / tiṣṭhanti sevārthamurukramasya teṣāṃ pūjā naiva kāryā ca devi
Hari's devotees dwell on Śrīnivāsa's mountain, here and there in the form of the Gaṅgā and other (rivers), for the service of the Far-strider; and their worship is surely not to be omitted, O goddess.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 24.39
अभिप्रायं तत्र वक्ष्ये शृणु त्वं तत्र स्थले वस्त्रगन्धादिधूपैः । पुराणोक्ता अपि भेदेन पूज्या दृष्ट्वा च तान्वन्दयेत्प्राज्ञ एव
abhiprāyaṃ tatra vakṣye śṛṇu tvaṃ tatra sthale vastragandhādidhūpaiḥ / purāṇoktā api bhedena pūjyā dṛṣṭvā ca tānvandayetprājña eva
I shall state the intention there — listen: in that place they are to be worshipped severally with garments, perfumes, incense and the rest, even those named in the Purāṇas; and the wise man, on seeing them, should salute them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 24.40
सद्ब्राह्मणान्वन्दयेत्पादमूले हस्तौ च द्वौ संपुटीकृत्य देवि । साष्टाङ्गरुपं वन्दनं चैव विष्णोः कुर्यात्तथा गुरवे विष्णुबुद्ध्या
sadbrāhmaṇānvandayetpādamūle hastau ca dvau saṃpuṭīkṛtya devi / sāṣṭāṅgarupaṃ vandanaṃ caiva viṣṇoḥ kuryāttathā gurave viṣṇubuddhyā
One should salute the good brāhmaṇas at their feet, joining the two hands cupped together, O goddess; and one should make the eight-limbed prostration to Viṣṇu, and likewise to the guru, regarding him as Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 24.41
गङ्गादीनां वन्दनं कार्यमेव साष्टाङ्गं वै तुलसीनां तथैव । अश्वत्थानां नमनं कार्यमेव गवादीनां नमनं मानसेन
gaṅgādīnāṃ vandanaṃ kāryameva sāṣṭāṅgaṃ vai tulasīnāṃ tathaiva / aśvatthānāṃ namanaṃ kāryameva gavādīnāṃ namanaṃ mānasena
Salutation to the Gaṅgā and the rest is indeed to be made, the eight-limbed one, and likewise to the tulasī plants; obeisance to the aśvattha trees is to be made; obeisance to cows and the rest (is to be made) mentally.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 24.42
पूजा सदा देवदेवस्य विष्णोः कार्या भक्त्या वैष्णवैरेव नान्यैः । ये नामका ज्ञानवन्तः सुभक्ताः सदैव कार्या विष्णुपूजा च कन्ये
pūjā sadā devadevasya viṣṇoḥ kāryā bhaktyā vaiṣṇavaireva nānyaiḥ / ye nāmakā jñānavantaḥ subhaktāḥ sadaiva kāryā viṣṇupūjā ca kanye
Worship of Viṣṇu, the god of gods, is always to be performed with devotion by Vaiṣṇavas alone, not by others; (by) those who bear (his) names, who possess knowledge and are good devotees — by them Viṣṇu's worship is always to be performed, O maiden.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 24.43
ये नामका ज्ञानवन्तः सुभक्ताः सदैवं कार्या विष्णुपूजा च कन्ये । येनामका विष्णुभक्ताः सदैव पूजा विष्णोर्नैव कार्यात्र देवि
ye nāmakā jñānavantaḥ subhaktāḥ sadaivaṃ kāryā viṣṇupūjā ca kanye / yenāmakā viṣṇubhaktāḥ sadaiva pūjā viṣṇornaiva kāryātra devi
Those who bear (his) names, who possess knowledge and are good devotees — by them Viṣṇu's worship is always thus to be performed, O maiden; (but by those) who bear the name (only and) are not Viṣṇu's devotees, worship of Viṣṇu is never to be performed here, O goddess.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 24.44
मोहाद्यो वै पूजयेद्देवदेवं महाधर्माद्याति चान्धं तमो वै । ब्रह्मादिनामानि हरेर्हि देवीं विष्णोः स्वनामानि ददौ दिवौकसाम्
mohādyo vai pūjayeddevadevaṃ mahādharmādyāti cāndhaṃ tamo vai / brahmādināmāni harerhi devīṃ viṣṇoḥ svanāmāni dadau divaukasām
Whoever out of delusion worships the god of gods (wrongly) transgresses the great dharma and goes to blind darkness. Hari's names are 'Brahmā' and the rest, O goddess — Viṣṇu gave his own names to the dwellers of heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 24.45
नादाद्धीरः केशवादीनि कन्ये स्वकं पुरं प्रविहायैव राजा । एवं मयोक्तं कन्यके सर्वमेतदेतत्परं सम्यगारोहणीयम्
nādāddhīraḥ keśavādīni kanye svakaṃ puraṃ pravihāyaiva rājā / evaṃ mayoktaṃ kanyake sarvametadetatparaṃ samyagārohaṇīyam
The steadfast one did not give (away) the names Keśava and the rest, O maiden, the king, even on abandoning his own city. Thus all this has been spoken by me, O maiden; this supreme (mountain) is to be ascended properly.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 24.46
गोविन्द नारायण माधवेति यूयं मया सर्वमाराधितव्यम् । सर्वे मिलित्वा पुनरेवं खगेन्द्र समारुहन्वैङ्कटाद्रिं गृणन्तः
govinda nārāyaṇa mādhaveti yūyaṃ mayā sarvamārādhitavyam / sarve militvā punarevaṃ khagendra samāruhanvaiṅkaṭādriṃ gṛṇantaḥ
"Govinda! Nārāyaṇa! Mādhava!" — all of you must be worshipped by me thus. All of them, having joined together, again thus, O lord of birds, ascended the Veṅkaṭa hill, reciting (these names).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 24.47
हरेर्नामान्यत्र पूर्वं गृणन्तस्त्वास्वादयन्तः श्रीनिवासस्य नाम । द्रष्टुं सर्वे श्रीनिवासं तथैव कुर्वन्तस्ते तलशब्दं नदन्तः
harernāmānyatra pūrvaṃ gṛṇantastvāsvādayantaḥ śrīnivāsasya nāma / draṣṭuṃ sarve śrīnivāsaṃ tathaiva kurvantaste talaśabdaṃ nadantaḥ
Reciting Hari's names there first, and savouring the name of Śrīnivāsa, all (of them), likewise (eager) to see Śrīnivāsa, went on clapping their hands and shouting.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 24.48
इति कृष्णवचः श्रुत्वा तार्क्ष्यः कृष्णमुवाचह कथमास्वादनं चक्रुरेतद्विस्तीर्यमे वद । श्रीकृष्ण उवाच । भो श्रीनिवास तव नामैव चैतन्नाम स्वामी ननु नामैव स्वामी । यां ब्रह्माद्या आश्रयन्तीत्ति यस्मात्तस्माद्रमा श्रीरिति नाम चाप
iti kṛṣṇavacaḥ śrutvā tārkṣyaḥ kṛṣṇamuvācaha kathamāsvādanaṃ cakruretadvistīryame vada / śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / bho śrīnivāsa tava nāmaiva caitannāma svāmī nanu nāmaiva svāmī / yāṃ brahmādyā āśrayantītti yasmāttasmādramā śrīriti nāma cāpa
Having heard Kṛṣṇa's words thus, Tārkṣya (Garuḍa) said to Kṛṣṇa: "How did they savour (it)? Tell me this at length." Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: "O Śrīnivāsa, this name is indeed your own name; 'Svāmī' — surely the name itself is the master. Since Brahmā and the others take refuge in her, therefore Ramā obtained the name 'Śrī'."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 24.49
रमाश्रयत्वान्नितरां सर्वदा चेत्यतो हरिः श्रीनिवासाभिधानः । भो श्रीनिवासेति तु नर्तयन्तो रोमाञ्चमात्रास्तलशब्दकारिणः
ramāśrayatvānnitarāṃ sarvadā cetyato hariḥ śrīnivāsābhidhānaḥ / bho śrīnivāseti tu nartayanto romāñcamātrāstalaśabdakāriṇaḥ
"And because he is always exceedingly the refuge of Ramā" — for this reason Hari has the appellation Śrīnivāsa. Crying "O Śrīnivāsa!" they danced, their hair bristling, making the clapping sound.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 24.50
अद्यैव पश्याम हरेस्तवास्यं कदा वयं कृत कृत्या भवामः । भोः केशवाद्यैव पदारविन्दं संदर्शयित्वा सुदयां कुरुष्व
adyaiva paśyāma harestavāsyaṃ kadā vayaṃ kṛta kṛtyā bhavāmaḥ / bhoḥ keśavādyaiva padāravindaṃ saṃdarśayitvā sudayāṃ kuruṣva
"This very day may we behold Hari's face! When shall we become those whose task is accomplished? O Keśava, show us today your lotus feet and show great compassion!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 24.51
ब्रह्माणमाहुश्च पुराणमाहुः कशब्दवाच्यं सर्वलोकेशमाहुः । ईशं चार्हं रुद्रमित्येव चाहुस्तत्प्रेरकं सृष्टिसंहारकार्ये
brahmāṇamāhuśca purāṇamāhuḥ kaśabdavācyaṃ sarvalokeśamāhuḥ / īśaṃ cārhaṃ rudramityeva cāhustatprerakaṃ sṛṣṭisaṃhārakārye
They call him Brahmā, they call him the Ancient; they call the one denoted by the syllable 'ka' the lord of all worlds; and they call him 'Īśa', 'Arha', and 'Rudra' — the impeller of that (Rudra) in the work of creation and destruction.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 24.52
अतो हरिः केशवनामधेयो भोः केशवेति च नर्तयन्तः । आनन्दवापीं संस्त्रवन्तोभि जग्मुर्नारायणेति प्रवदन्तो हि जग्मुः
ato hariḥ keśavanāmadheyo bhoḥ keśaveti ca nartayantaḥ / ānandavāpīṃ saṃstravantobhi jagmurnārāyaṇeti pravadanto hi jagmuḥ
Hence Hari has the name Keśava. Dancing and crying "O Keśava!", flowing along together they came to the Ānanda pool, and they went uttering "Nārāyaṇa!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 24.53
अतो दोषास्तद्विरुद्धा गुणाश्च नाराश्च तेषामाश्रयत्वान्मुरारिः । नारायणेति प्रवदन्तीह लोके नारानुबन्धात्सर्वमुक्ताः खगेन्द्र
ato doṣāstadviruddhā guṇāśca nārāśca teṣāmāśrayatvānmurāriḥ / nārāyaṇeti pravadantīha loke nārānubandhātsarvamuktāḥ khagendra
Hence the faults and the qualities opposed to them, and the 'nāras' — because he is the refuge of these, Murāri (is so called). In this world they call (him) 'Nārāyaṇa'; through connection with the 'nāras' all are liberated, O lord of birds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 24.54
नाराः प्रोक्ता आश्रयत्वाच्च तेषामतोपि नारायण एव वीन्द्र । मुक्ताश्च ये तु प्रपदंनु जग्मुरण्डोदकं यस्य कटाक्षमात्रात्
nārāḥ proktā āśrayatvācca teṣāmatopi nārāyaṇa eva vīndra / muktāśca ye tu prapadaṃnu jagmuraṇḍodakaṃ yasya kaṭākṣamātrāt
They are called 'nāras', and because he is their refuge, for this reason too he is Nārāyaṇa, O lord of birds. And the liberated, who indeed went to (his) foot — (and) the water of the (cosmic) egg, which came from his mere glance —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 24.55
यदुत्पन्नं तेन नाराः खगेन्द्र तेषां सदाप्याश्रयत्वाच्च वीन्द्र । नारायणेति प्रवदन्तीह लोके ह्यनन्तब्रह्माण्डविसर्जकत्वात्
yadutpannaṃ tena nārāḥ khagendra teṣāṃ sadāpyāśrayatvācca vīndra / nārāyaṇeti pravadantīha loke hyanantabrahmāṇḍavisarjakatvāt
— that which arose from that: by it they are 'nāras', O lord of birds; and because he is always their refuge, O lord of birds, in this world they call (him) 'Nārāyaṇa', since he emits endless universes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 24.56
एवं ननृतुः परिशंसयन्तो गोविन्द नान्यो हि न चैव दर्शनम् । गोशब्दवाच्यास्तु समस्तवाचो गोभिश्च सर्वैः प्रतिपाद्यते यतः
evaṃ nanṛtuḥ pariśaṃsayanto govinda nānyo hi na caiva darśanam / gośabdavācyāstu samastavāco gobhiśca sarvaiḥ pratipādyate yataḥ
Thus they danced, praising (him): "Govinda! There is indeed no other, nor any (other) sight (to see)!" For all words are denoted by the word "go," and since (he) is arrived at by all the "gos" (words/cows).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 24.57
अतो हि गोविन्द इति स्मृतः सदा भो वेदवेद्येति तथा न ननृतुः । आनन्दबाष्पैश्च समन्विता हि हरे मुरारे तव दर्शनं हि
ato hi govinda iti smṛtaḥ sadā bho vedavedyeti tathā na nanṛtuḥ / ānandabāṣpaiśca samanvitā hi hare murāre tava darśanaṃ hi
Therefore he is always remembered as "Govinda," O sir, and likewise as "he who is to be known through the Vedas" — thus they danced. Filled with tears of joy: "O Hari, O Murāri, (may we have) the sight of you!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 24.58
देहि प्रभो वै तवदासदासाश्चतुर्दशे भुवने सर्वदापि । यतस्त्वमेवं वसतीति वासुश्चात्रैव नित्यं क्रीडते सर्वदैव
dehi prabho vai tavadāsadāsāścaturdaśe bhuvane sarvadāpi / yatastvamevaṃ vasatīti vāsuścātraiva nityaṃ krīḍate sarvadaiva
Grant (it), O Lord, to the servants of your servants in the fourteenth world always; since you thus dwell (here), you are "Vāsu," and here indeed he ever plays, always.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 24.59
यतो देवेत्येवमाहुर्महान्तस्त्वतो हरिं वासुदेवेति चाहुः । भो वासुदेवेति ननृतुः सर्वदैव भो माधवेति ननृतुश्चैव सर्वे
yato devetyevamāhurmahāntastvato hariṃ vāsudeveti cāhuḥ / bho vāsudeveti nanṛtuḥ sarvadaiva bho mādhaveti nanṛtuścaiva sarve
Since the great ones say "deva," therefore they also call Hari "Vāsudeva." "O Vāsudeva!" — thus they danced always; "O Mādhava!" — thus they all danced too.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 24.60
लक्ष्मीपते चेति वदन्ति सर्वे धनीति शब्दः स्वाभिवाची यतो हि । अतोप्यार्या माधवेति ब्रुवन्ति लक्ष्मीपते पाहि तथैव भक्तान्
lakṣmīpate ceti vadanti sarve dhanīti śabdaḥ svābhivācī yato hi / atopyāryā mādhaveti bruvanti lakṣmīpate pāhi tathaiva bhaktān
And they all say "O Lord of Lakṣmī!" — because the word "dhanī" (wealthy) denotes what is one's own; therefore the noble ones say "Mādhava": "O Lord of Lakṣmī, protect (us), and likewise (your) devotees."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 24.61
ते वै ब्रुवन्तो ननृतुश्च जग्मुर्विष्णो सदास्मान्परिपाहि नित्यम् । सर्वत्र यस्माद्विततोसि तस्मादित्यादिनामानि गृणन्त एव । जग्मुश्च सर्वे ददृशुश्च तीर्थं भक्त्योपेताः श्रीनिवासं स्मरन्तः
te vai bruvanto nanṛtuśca jagmurviṣṇo sadāsmānparipāhi nityam / sarvatra yasmādvitatosi tasmādityādināmāni gṛṇanta eva / jagmuśca sarve dadṛśuśca tīrthaṃ bhaktyopetāḥ śrīnivāsaṃ smarantaḥ
They, speaking thus, danced and went on: "O Viṣṇu, always protect us fully, forever! Since you are extended everywhere, therefore..." — reciting his names beginning thus. And they all went and beheld the sacred pool, full of devotion, remembering Śrīnivāsa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 24.62
कन्योवाच । किं नामकं तीर्थमिदं मुनीन्द्र किं कार्यमत्र प्रवदास्मान्कृतीश । कस्मै प्रसन्नो भगवाञ्छ्रीनिवासस्त्वस्मिन्सुतीर्थं वद विस्तरेण
kanyovāca / kiṃ nāmakaṃ tīrthamidaṃ munīndra kiṃ kāryamatra pravadāsmānkṛtīśa / kasmai prasanno bhagavāñchrīnivāsastvasminsutīrthaṃ vada vistareṇa
The maiden said: What is the name of this sacred pool, O best of sages? What is to be done here? Tell us, O master of holy works. To whom was the Lord Śrīnivāsa gracious at this fine pool? Tell (it) in detail.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 24.63
जैगीषव्य उवाच । कन्ये शृणु त्वं ह्यभवत्सुबुद्धिमान्प्रह्रादसंज्ञो हरिभक्तवर्यः । निष्कामबुद्ध्या तु यदा जगाम शेषाचलस्थं श्रीनिवासं च द्रष्टुम्
jaigīṣavya uvāca / kanye śṛṇu tvaṃ hyabhavatsubuddhimānprahrādasaṃjño haribhaktavaryaḥ / niṣkāmabuddhyā tu yadā jagāma śeṣācalasthaṃ śrīnivāsaṃ ca draṣṭum
Jaigīṣavya said: Maiden, listen — there was one of good understanding named Prahlāda, foremost among Hari's devotees, when he went, with a mind free of desire, to see Śrīnivāsa who dwells on Śeṣācala.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 24.64
अस्मिंस्थले दैत्यकुमारकान्प्रति हरेश्च तत्त्वं परिपृष्टवान्प्रभुः । नृसिंहरूपं श्रीनिवासं भजस्व सुदुर्लभं मानुषं जन्म कन्ये
asmiṃsthale daityakumārakānprati hareśca tattvaṃ paripṛṣṭavānprabhuḥ / nṛsiṃharūpaṃ śrīnivāsaṃ bhajasva sudurlabhaṃ mānuṣaṃ janma kanye
In this place that lord was questioned by the sons of the demons about the truth of Hari (and he said): "Worship Śrīnivāsa in the man-lion form; human birth is very hard to obtain, O maiden."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 24.65
तत्रापि विष्णोर्नृहरे सुतत्त्वं सुदुर्लभं सुष्ठु यात्रा तथैव । यस्यां यात्रायां यत्र कुत्रापि देशे हरेः कथा वर्तते दैत्यवर्याः
tatrāpi viṣṇornṛhare sutattvaṃ sudurlabhaṃ suṣṭhu yātrā tathaiva / yasyāṃ yātrāyāṃ yatra kutrāpi deśe hareḥ kathā vartate daityavaryāḥ
Even there the true nature of Viṣṇu as the man-lion is very hard to attain, and so too is the pilgrimage properly (made); on which pilgrimage, in whatever place the story of Hari goes on, O best of demons —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 24.66
तत्र स्थले हरिरास्ते सदैव यतो व्याप्तः सर्वतो वै नृसिंहः । एतच्छ्रुत्वा दैत्यकुमारकास्ते प्रह्लादमूचुर्भक्तवर्यं हरेश्च
tatra sthale harirāste sadaiva yato vyāptaḥ sarvato vai nṛsiṃhaḥ / etacchrutvā daityakumārakāste prahlādamūcurbhaktavaryaṃ hareśca
— in that place Hari is always present, since Nṛsiṃha is pervading on all sides. Hearing this, those sons of the demons said to Prahlāda, the best of Hari's devotees:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 24.67
व्याप्तो हरिश्चेत्कथमत्र वै सखे न दृश्यते जलरूपी नृसिंहः । स एवमुक्तो दानवानां सुतैश्च तुष्टाव विष्णुं परमादरेण
vyāpto hariścetkathamatra vai sakhe na dṛśyate jalarūpī nṛsiṃhaḥ / sa evamukto dānavānāṃ sutaiśca tuṣṭāva viṣṇuṃ paramādareṇa
"If Hari is all-pervading, friend, why is Nṛsiṃha in water-form not seen here?" Thus addressed by the sons of the demons, he praised Viṣṇu with the highest reverence:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 24.68
तव स्वरूपं मम दर्शयस्व स्वयोग्यरूपं दानवानां सुतानाम् । इति स्तुतः श्रीनिवासो हरिस्तु तस्मिन्नन्तर्जलरूपं समायात्
tava svarūpaṃ mama darśayasva svayogyarūpaṃ dānavānāṃ sutānām / iti stutaḥ śrīnivāso haristu tasminnantarjalarūpaṃ samāyāt
"Show me your own form, the form suited to yourself, (and) to the sons of the demons." Praised thus, Hari Śrīnivāsa came there into the form within the water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 24.69
अस्मिन्स्नानं ये प्रकुर्वन्ति तीर्थे तेषां ज्ञानं परमं दृढं स्यात् । अत्र स्नाने मानुषाणां च तात बुद्धिर्न हि स्यात्कलिकाले विशेषात्
asminsnānaṃ ye prakurvanti tīrthe teṣāṃ jñānaṃ paramaṃ dṛḍhaṃ syāt / atra snāne mānuṣāṇāṃ ca tāta buddhirna hi syātkalikāle viśeṣāt
"Those who perform bathing at this sacred pool — their knowledge will become supreme and firm. But at bathing here, my son, men in the Kali age especially will have no such understanding."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 24.70
दत्त्वां वरं दैत्यवराय विष्णुरन्तर्दधे जलपूर्णे सुकुण्डे । अद्याप्यास्ते जलमध्ये नृसिंहः प्रह्लादोपि दैत्यकुमारकैः सह
dattvāṃ varaṃ daityavarāya viṣṇurantardadhe jalapūrṇe sukuṇḍe / adyāpyāste jalamadhye nṛsiṃhaḥ prahlādopi daityakumārakaiḥ saha
Having given the boon to the best of the demons, Viṣṇu vanished into the fine pool filled with water. Even today Nṛsiṃha abides in the midst of the water, and Prahlāda too, together with the sons of the demons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 24.71
तस्मिन् सुतीर्थे परितस्तत्रतत्र जयेति शब्दः श्रूयते चापराह्ने । इदं तीर्थं नारसिंहाभिधं च कन्येस्नानं ह्यत्र कार्यं मनुष्यैः
tasmin sutīrthe paritastatratatra jayeti śabdaḥ śrūyate cāparāhne / idaṃ tīrthaṃ nārasiṃhābhidhaṃ ca kanyesnānaṃ hyatra kāryaṃ manuṣyaiḥ
At that fine pool, all around, here and there, the cry "Victory!" is heard in the afternoon. This sacred pool is named Nārasiṃha, O maiden, and here bathing must be done by men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 24.72
स्नानं कृत्वा तत्र तीर्थे च सम्यग्दीपं दत्त्वा द्विजवर्याय मुख्यम् । द्रष्टुं पुनः श्रीनिवासं प्रजग्मुर्गोविन्दगोविन्द इति ब्रुवन्तः
snānaṃ kṛtvā tatra tīrthe ca samyagdīpaṃ dattvā dvijavaryāya mukhyam / draṣṭuṃ punaḥ śrīnivāsaṃ prajagmurgovindagovinda iti bruvantaḥ
Having bathed properly at that pool and given a chief lamp to the best of the twice-born, they went on again to see Śrīnivāsa, saying "Govinda, Govinda!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 24.73
मुख्यप्राणाधिष्ठितं स्थानमाप्य अपाविशत्तत्र देवी ह्युवाच । जैगीषव्यः श्रीनिवासस्य विष्णोः कथं कार्यं दर्शनं तद्वदस्व
mukhyaprāṇādhiṣṭhitaṃ sthānamāpya apāviśattatra devī hyuvāca / jaigīṣavyaḥ śrīnivāsasya viṣṇoḥ kathaṃ kāryaṃ darśanaṃ tadvadasva
Having reached the place presided over by Mukhyaprāṇa, (the party) entered there, and the goddess said: "Jaigīṣavya, how is the sight of Viṣṇu Śrīnivāsa to be had? Tell that."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 24.74
जैगीषव्यः प्राह संहृष्टचित्तो ब्रवीमि तन्त्रं शृणु कन्यके त्वम् । श्रुत्वा मत्तः कुरु सर्वं मयोक्तमाद्यं द्वारं श्रीनिवासस्य दृष्ट्वा
jaigīṣavyaḥ prāha saṃhṛṣṭacitto bravīmi tantraṃ śṛṇu kanyake tvam / śrutvā mattaḥ kuru sarvaṃ mayoktamādyaṃ dvāraṃ śrīnivāsasya dṛṣṭvā
Jaigīṣavya, with delighted mind, said: I shall tell (you) the procedure; listen, O maiden. Having heard it from me, do everything I have said, after seeing the first door of Śrīnivāsa:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 24.75
अपराधसहस्राणि क्रियन्ते ऽहर्निशं मया । तानि सर्वाणि मे देव क्षमस्व पुरुषोत्तम
aparādhasahasrāṇi kriyante 'harniśaṃ mayā / tāni sarvāṇi me deva kṣamasva puruṣottama
"Thousands of offences are committed by me day and night; forgive me all of them, O god, O highest of persons."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 24.76
मानसान्वाचिकान्दोषान्कायि कानपि सर्वशः । वैष्णवद्वेषहेतून्मे भस्मसात्कुरु माधव
mānasānvācikāndoṣānkāyi kānapi sarvaśaḥ / vaiṣṇavadveṣahetūnme bhasmasātkuru mādhava
Faults of mind, of speech, and bodily ones too, in every way — those that cause hatred of Vaiṣṇavas — reduce them to ashes for me, Mādhava.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 24.77
आद्यद्वारं श्रीनिवासस्य देवि सम्यक् स्मरेद्विजयं वै जयं च । दक्षाध्वरे श्रीनिवासस्य देवि चण्डं प्रचण्डं संस्मरेत्सम्यगेव
ādyadvāraṃ śrīnivāsasya devi samyak smaredvijayaṃ vai jayaṃ ca / dakṣādhvare śrīnivāsasya devi caṇḍaṃ pracaṇḍaṃ saṃsmaretsamyageva
At the first door of Śrīnivāsa, O goddess, one should duly call to mind Vijaya and Jaya; at the southern (door) of Śrīnivāsa, O goddess, one should duly recollect Caṇḍa and Pracaṇḍa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 24.78
पाश्चात्यभागे श्रीनिवासस्य देवि नन्दं सुनन्दं संस्मरेदेव भक्त्या । सव्यद्वारे श्रीनिवासस्य कन्ये स्मरेत्कुमुदाक्षं कुमुदन्तमेव
pāścātyabhāge śrīnivāsasya devi nandaṃ sunandaṃ saṃsmaredeva bhaktyā / savyadvāre śrīnivāsasya kanye smaretkumudākṣaṃ kumudantameva
On the western side of Śrīnivāsa, O goddess, one should recollect with devotion Nanda and Sunanda; at the left door of Śrīnivāsa, O maiden, one should recollect Kumudākṣa and Kumuda.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 24.79
यश्चैव देहं प्रविशेद्भक्तिपूर्वं कदा द्रक्ष्ये सादरेणैव देवि । प्रदक्षिणद्वादशकं च कृत्वा पदे पदे संस्मरेच्छ्रीनिवासम्
yaścaiva dehaṃ praviśedbhaktipūrvaṃ kadā drakṣye sādareṇaiva devi / pradakṣiṇadvādaśakaṃ ca kṛtvā pade pade saṃsmarecchrīnivāsam
And he who would enter the (temple) building with devotion foremost — "When shall I see (him)?" — reverently, O goddess: having made twelve circumambulations, at every step he should recollect Śrīnivāsa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 24.80
श्रीस्वामितीर्थे सम्यगाचम्य नत्वा स्नात्वा नत्वा भूवराहं च देवि । अयुद्वारं प्रिवशेद्भक्तिपृर्वं गोविन्दगोविन्द इतिब्रुवन्वै
śrīsvāmitīrthe samyagācamya natvā snātvā natvā bhūvarāhaṃ ca devi / ayudvāraṃ privaśedbhaktipṛrvaṃ govindagovinda itibruvanvai
At Śrīsvāmitīrtha, having duly sipped water and bowed, having bathed and bowed to Bhūvarāha, O goddess, one should enter that door with devotion foremost, saying "Govinda, Govinda!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 24.81
पश्चाद्धरेर्नमनं कार्यमेव साष्टाङ्गरूपं प्रविशेद्देवगेहम् । पुनर्विशेद्वारतः संस्थितः स पीठस्थदेवान्मानसा चिन्तयीत
paścāddharernamanaṃ kāryameva sāṣṭāṅgarūpaṃ praviśeddevageham / punarviśedvārataḥ saṃsthitaḥ sa pīṭhasthadevānmānasā cintayīta
Afterwards obeisance to Hari must indeed be made, in the form of the eight-limbed (prostration), and (then) one should enter the god's house; he should enter again, and standing at the door he should meditate in his mind on the gods situated on the seat.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 24.82
मध्ये पीठं श्रीनिवासं च देवी नारायणं प्रणमेत्पूर्णमेव । देवस्य सव्ये पीठभागाद्वहिश्च नमस्कार्यं गुरुदेवाय चैव
madhye pīṭhaṃ śrīnivāsaṃ ca devī nārāyaṇaṃ praṇametpūrṇameva / devasya savye pīṭhabhāgādvahiśca namaskāryaṃ gurudevāya caiva
In the middle of the seat, O goddess, one should bow to Śrīnivāsa, Nārāyaṇa, the complete one; and on the god's right, outside the area of the seat, homage is to be paid to the divine teacher.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 24.83
पीठस्याग्राच्चाप्यधस्तात्प्रदेशे आग्नेयकोणे प्रणमेद्वै खगेन्द्र । नैरृत्यभागे व्यासदेवाय देवि नमस्कार्यो वैष्णवः सर्वदापि
pīṭhasyāgrāccāpyadhastātpradeśe āgneyakoṇe praṇamedvai khagendra / nairṛtyabhāge vyāsadevāya devi namaskāryo vaiṣṇavaḥ sarvadāpi
In the region in front of the seat and below it, in the southeast corner, one should bow, O king of birds; in the southwest quarter homage is to be paid to Vyāsadeva, O goddess — a Vaiṣṇava (should do so) always.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 24.84
वायव्यकोणे भक्तिपूर्वं सुदुर्गां नमस्कुर्याद्भक्तिसंवर्धितात्मा । पीठस्योर्ध्वं ह्यग्निकोणेषु देवी धर्माधिभूताय नमो यमाय
vāyavyakoṇe bhaktipūrvaṃ sudurgāṃ namaskuryādbhaktisaṃvardhitātmā / pīṭhasyordhvaṃ hyagnikoṇeṣu devī dharmādhibhūtāya namo yamāya
In the northwest corner, with devotion foremost, one whose self is nourished by devotion should pay homage to Sudurgā; above the seat, in the fire (southeast) corners, O goddess, homage to Yama, who presides over dharma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 24.85
पीठस्योर्ध्वं नैरृतस्योर्ध्वकोणे ज्ञानाधिपं प्रणमेद्वायुदेवम् । पीठस्योर्ध्वं वायुकोणे च सुभ्रूर्वैराग्यानामधिपं चैव रुद्रम्
pīṭhasyordhvaṃ nairṛtasyordhvakoṇe jñānādhipaṃ praṇamedvāyudevam / pīṭhasyordhvaṃ vāyukoṇe ca subhrūrvairāgyānāmadhipaṃ caiva rudram
Above the seat, in the upper southwest corner, one should bow to the god Vāyu, lord of knowledge; above the seat, in the northwest corner, O fair-browed one, (bow) to Rudra, the lord of the (forms of) detachment.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 24.86
पीठस्योर्ध्वं त्वीशकोणे च देवि ऐश्वर्याणामधिपं चेन्द्रदेवम् । पीठस्य पूर्वे प्रणमेन्नैरृतिं च अर्याम्णानामधिपं चात्र देवि
pīṭhasyordhvaṃ tvīśakoṇe ca devi aiśvaryāṇāmadhipaṃ cendradevam / pīṭhasya pūrve praṇamennairṛtiṃ ca aryāmṇānāmadhipaṃ cātra devi
Above the seat, in the northeast corner, O goddess, (bow) to the god Indra, lord of the (forms of) sovereignty; on the east of the seat one should bow to Nairṛti, and here, O goddess, to the lord of the Aryamans.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 24.87
देवस्य पीठस्य च दक्षिणे च दुर्गां नमेदुग्ररूपाभिधां च । पीठस्य कन्ये प्रणमेत्पश्चिमे वै आरोग्याणा मधिपं कामदेवम्
devasya pīṭhasya ca dakṣiṇe ca durgāṃ namedugrarūpābhidhāṃ ca / pīṭhasya kanye praṇametpaścime vai ārogyāṇā madhipaṃ kāmadevam
And on the south of the god's seat one should bow to Durgā, called She of Fierce Form; on the west of the seat, O maiden, one should bow to Kāmadeva, lord of the (forms of) health.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 24.88
देवस्य पीठस्योत्तरे रुद्रदेवमनैश्वर्याणामधिपं संस्मरेच्च । पीठस्य मध्ये प्रणमेद्वै वराहं सदा कन्ये परमं पूरुषाख्यम्
devasya pīṭhasyottare rudradevamanaiśvaryāṇāmadhipaṃ saṃsmarecca / pīṭhasya madhye praṇamedvai varāhaṃ sadā kanye paramaṃ pūruṣākhyam
On the north of the god's seat one should recollect the god Rudra, lord of the (forms of) non-sovereignty; in the middle of the seat, O maiden, one should always bow to Varāha, who is called the Supreme Person.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 24.89
तस्योपरिष्टाच्छक्तिसंज्ञां च लक्ष्मीमाधाररूपां प्रणमेच्चैव नित्यम् । तस्योपरिष्टाद्वायुकूर्मौ नमेच्च तस्योपरिष्टाच्छेषकूर्मौ नमेच्च
tasyopariṣṭācchaktisaṃjñāṃ ca lakṣmīmādhārarūpāṃ praṇameccaiva nityam / tasyopariṣṭādvāyukūrmau namecca tasyopariṣṭāccheṣakūrmau namecca
Above that one should daily bow to Lakṣmī, named Śakti, in the form of the support; above that one should bow to Vāyu and Kūrma; above that one should bow to Śeṣa and Kūrma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 24.90
तस्योपरिष्टादभिमानिनीं भुवो भूदेवतां प्रणमेच्चैव सुभ्रूः । तस्योपरिष्टाद्वरुणं संस्मरेच्च क्षीरोदधेरधिपं चैव देवम्
tasyopariṣṭādabhimāninīṃ bhuvo bhūdevatāṃ praṇameccaiva subhrūḥ / tasyopariṣṭādvaruṇaṃ saṃsmarecca kṣīrodadheradhipaṃ caiva devam
Above that one should bow, O fair-browed one, to the earth-deity who presides over the earth; above that one should recollect Varuṇa, the god who is lord of the ocean of milk.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 24.91
तस्योपरिष्टात्प्रणमेच्चैव लक्ष्मीं श्वेतद्वीपाख्यं कन्यके पूजयेच्च । तस्योपरिष्टात्प्रणमेच्चैव लक्ष्मीं महादिव्यां मण्डपसंज्ञकां च
tasyopariṣṭātpraṇameccaiva lakṣmīṃ śvetadvīpākhyaṃ kanyake pūjayecca / tasyopariṣṭātpraṇameccaiva lakṣmīṃ mahādivyāṃ maṇḍapasaṃjñakāṃ ca
Above that one should bow to Lakṣmī and worship, O maiden, the one called Śvetadvīpa; above that one should bow to Lakṣmī, the greatly divine one, called Maṇḍapa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 24.92
पीठस्य मध्ये यमसंज्ञां च लक्ष्मीं समर्चयेद्यममध्ये च देवीम् । यमस्य देवस्य च दक्षिणे च सूर्यं नमेद्दीपरूपं च भद्रे
pīṭhasya madhye yamasaṃjñāṃ ca lakṣmīṃ samarcayedyamamadhye ca devīm / yamasya devasya ca dakṣiṇe ca sūryaṃ nameddīparūpaṃ ca bhadre
In the middle of the seat one should worship Lakṣmī named Yama, and the goddess in the middle of Yama; and on the right of the god Yama one should bow to the Sun in the form of a lamp, O auspicious one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 24.93
यमस्य देवस्य च वामभागे श्रियं नमेद्दीपरूपां च देवीम् । यमस्य देवस्य तु चाग्रभागे हुताशनं दीपरूपं नमेच्च
yamasya devasya ca vāmabhāge śriyaṃ nameddīparūpāṃ ca devīm / yamasya devasya tu cāgrabhāge hutāśanaṃ dīparūpaṃ namecca
On the left side of the god Yama one should bow to Śrī, the goddess in the form of a lamp; and in front of the god Yama one should bow to Fire in the form of a lamp.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 24.94
देवस्याग्रे भूमिनाम्नीं नमेच्च तत्त्वाभिमानां संस्मरेच्चैव नित्यम् । पर्यङ्करूपं श्रीनिवासस्य विष्णोस्तमोभिमानां सन्नमेच्चैव दुर्गाम्
devasyāgre bhūmināmnīṃ namecca tattvābhimānāṃ saṃsmareccaiva nityam / paryaṅkarūpaṃ śrīnivāsasya viṣṇostamobhimānāṃ sannameccaiva durgām
Before the god one should bow to her named Bhūmi and daily recollect her who presides over the elements; and one should bow to Durgā, who presides over darkness, being the couch-form of Śrīnivāsa Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 24.95
पूर्वादिगं पीठसोपानरूपमात्मानमेकं प्रणमेच्च देवि । दक्षस्थदिक्पीठसोपानरूपं ज्ञानात्मकं प्रणमेच्चैव कन्ये
pūrvādigaṃ pīṭhasopānarūpamātmānamekaṃ praṇamecca devi / dakṣasthadikpīṭhasopānarūpaṃ jñānātmakaṃ praṇameccaiva kanye
One should bow, O goddess, to the single Self who is in the form of the eastern step of the seat; and one should bow, O maiden, to the one made of knowledge, who is in the form of the step of the seat on the right-hand (southern) side.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 24.96
पद्मस्य पूर्वस्थदले च देवि स्त्रीरूपाख्यं विमलाख्यामिमां च । ब्रह्मादिदेवान्प्रणमेच्च देवि आग्नेयकोणस्थदले शृणुत्वम्
padmasya pūrvasthadale ca devi strīrūpākhyaṃ vimalākhyāmimāṃ ca / brahmādidevānpraṇamecca devi āgneyakoṇasthadale śṛṇutvam
And on the eastern petal of the lotus, O goddess, (one should bow) to her called the female form and to her called Vimalā; and one should bow to Brahmā and the other gods, O goddess. Hear now about the petal situated in the southeast corner.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 24.97
उत्कर्षनाम्नीं परमां च देवीं नमेद्रमां ब्रह्मवायू च शेषम् । दक्षस्थपद्मस्य दलाष्टके च नारायणाकारशेषादिकानाम्
utkarṣanāmnīṃ paramāṃ ca devīṃ namedramāṃ brahmavāyū ca śeṣam / dakṣasthapadmasya dalāṣṭake ca nārāyaṇākāraśeṣādikānām
One should bow to the supreme goddess named Utkarṣa, to Ramā, to Brahmā and Vāyu, and to Śeṣa; and on the eight petals of the lotus on the right, (one should bow) to those beginning with Śeṣa who have the form of Nārāyaṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 24.98
स्त्रीरूपेभ्यो नमनं कार्यमेव कन्ये मया पश्चिमस्थे दले च । गोपाख्यनारायणब्रह्मवायुविप्रादिकानां शेषरूद्रादिकानाम्
strīrūpebhyo namanaṃ kāryameva kanye mayā paścimasthe dale ca / gopākhyanārāyaṇabrahmavāyuviprādikānāṃ śeṣarūdrādikānām
Homage is indeed to be paid to the female forms, O maiden, by me (i.e. as taught by me), and on the western petal, to Nārāyaṇa called Gopa, to Brahmā, Vāyu, the brahmins and the rest, and to Śeṣa, Rudra and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 24.99
स्त्रीरूपेभ्यो नमनं कार्यमेव ईशान कोणस्थदलेषु चैव । ईशाननारायणमाविरिञ्चवायुर्वियच्छेषसुरादिकानाम्
strīrūpebhyo namanaṃ kāryameva īśāna koṇasthadaleṣu caiva / īśānanārāyaṇamāviriñcavāyurviyaccheṣasurādikānām
Homage is indeed to be paid to the female forms, and likewise on the petals situated in the northeast corner, to Īśāna, Nārāyaṇa, Viriñca (Brahmā), Vāyu, ether, Śeṣa, the gods and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 24.100
स्त्रीरूपेभ्यो नमनं कार्यमेव तथैव पद्मस्य च मध्यभागे । अनुग्रहाख्या विष्णुलक्ष्मीश्च देवी वायुर्वियच्छेषरुद्रादिकानाम्
strīrūpebhyo namanaṃ kāryameva tathaiva padmasya ca madhyabhāge / anugrahākhyā viṣṇulakṣmīśca devī vāyurviyaccheṣarudrādikānām
Homage is indeed to be paid to the female forms, and likewise in the central part of the lotus, to her named Anugrahā, to Viṣṇu and the goddess Lakṣmī, and to Vāyu, ether, Śeṣa, Rudra and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 24.101
स्त्रीरूपाणां नमनं कार्यमेव सुयोगपीठस्य स्वरूप भूतम् । सदा नमेच्छ्रीमदनन्तसंज्ञमेवं न मेच्छ्रीनिवासं च देवम्
strīrūpāṇāṃ namanaṃ kāryameva suyogapīṭhasya svarūpa bhūtam / sadā namecchrīmadanantasaṃjñamevaṃ na mecchrīnivāsaṃ ca devam
Homage is indeed to be paid to the female forms. One should always bow to him named the glorious Ananta, who is the very essence of the well-joined seat; and so one should bow to the god Śrīnivāsa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 24.102
श्रीनिवासस्य वामे तु लक्ष्मीं च प्रणमेद्वुधः । श्रीनिवासस्य सव्ये तु धरायै प्रणमेच्छुभे
śrīnivāsasya vāme tu lakṣmīṃ ca praṇamedvudhaḥ / śrīnivāsasya savye tu dharāyai praṇamecchubhe
The wise man should bow to Lakṣmī on Śrīnivāsa's left, and on Śrīnivāsa's right he should bow to Dharā, O auspicious one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 24.103
पीठाद्वहिः पूर्वभागे कृपोल्कं प्रणमेच्छुभम् । महोल्कं दक्षिणे चैव वीरोल्कं पश्चिमे नमेत्
pīṭhādvahiḥ pūrvabhāge kṛpolkaṃ praṇamecchubham / maholkaṃ dakṣiṇe caiva vīrolkaṃ paścime namet
Outside the seat, in the eastern part, one should bow to the auspicious Kṛpolka; and Maholka in the south, and Vīrolka he should salute in the west.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 24.104
उत्तरे च नमः कुर्याद्युल्काय च महात्मने । चतुर्ष्वपि च कोणेषु सहस्रोल्कं नमेत्सुधीः
uttare ca namaḥ kuryādyulkāya ca mahātmane / caturṣvapi ca koṇeṣu sahasrolkaṃ nametsudhīḥ
And in the north he should pay homage to Ulka, the great soul; and in all four corners the wise man should bow to Sahasrolka.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 24.105
पूर्वे तु वासुदेवाय नमस्कुर्याच्च दक्षिणे । संकर्षणाय देवाय प्रद्युम्नाय च पश्चिमे
pūrve tu vāsudevāya namaskuryācca dakṣiṇe / saṃkarṣaṇāya devāya pradyumnāya ca paścime
In the east he should pay homage to Vāsudeva, and in the south to the god Saṃkarṣaṇa, and in the west to Pradyumna.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 24.106
उत्तरे ह्यनिरुद्ध्या नमस्कुर्यादतन्द्रितः । आग्नेये च नमस्कुर्यात्कन्ये मायां सदा शुभे
uttare hyaniruddhyā namaskuryādatandritaḥ / āgneye ca namaskuryātkanye māyāṃ sadā śubhe
In the north, undistracted, he should pay homage to Aniruddha; and in the southeast he should always pay homage to Māyā, O maiden, O auspicious one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 24.107
जयायै च नमस्कुर्यान्नैरृत्ये चापि वायवे । कृत्ये चैव नमस्कुर्यादीशान्ये शान्तिसंज्ञकाम्
jayāyai ca namaskuryānnairṛtye cāpi vāyave / kṛtye caiva namaskuryādīśānye śāntisaṃjñakām
He should pay homage to Jayā, and in the southwest and also in the northwest; and he should pay homage to Kṛtyā, and in the northeast to her named Śānti.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 24.108
केशवाय नमः पूर्वे तथा नारायणाय च । माधवाय नमस्कुर्यान्नैरृत्ये चापि वायवे
keśavāya namaḥ pūrve tathā nārāyaṇāya ca / mādhavāya namaskuryānnairṛtye cāpi vāyave
Homage to Keśava in the east, and likewise to Nārāyaṇa; he should pay homage to Mādhava, and also in the southwest and the northwest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 24.109
आग्नेये कन्यके नित्यं भक्त्या तु प्रयतः शुभे । गोविन्दाय नमस्कुर्याद्दक्षिणे विष्णवे तथा
āgneye kanyake nityaṃ bhaktyā tu prayataḥ śubhe / govindāya namaskuryāddakṣiṇe viṣṇave tathā
In the southeast, O maiden, constantly with devotion, being restrained, O auspicious one; he should pay homage to Govinda, and in the south to Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 24.110
मधुसूदनाय भोः कन्ये नमस्कुर्यात्तु नैरृतौ । पश्चिमे त्रिविक्रमाय वामनाय तथैव च
madhusūdanāya bhoḥ kanye namaskuryāttu nairṛtau / paścime trivikramāya vāmanāya tathaiva ca
To Madhusūdana, O maiden, he should pay homage in the southwest; in the west to Trivikrama and likewise to Vāmana.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 24.111
विष्णवे श्रीधरायाथ नमस्कुर्याच्च भामिति । उत्तरे तु महाकन्ये हृषीकेशाय वै नमः
viṣṇave śrīdharāyātha namaskuryācca bhāmiti / uttare tu mahākanye hṛṣīkeśāya vai namaḥ
Then he should pay homage to Viṣṇu and to Śrīdhara, O radiant lady; and in the north, O great maiden, homage indeed to Hṛṣīkeśa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 24.112
तथा वै पद्मनाभाय नमस्कुर्यादतन्द्रितः । दामोदराय चैशान्ये नमस्कुर्याच्च भामिनि
tathā vai padmanābhāya namaskuryādatandritaḥ / dāmodarāya caiśānye namaskuryācca bhāmini
And likewise, undistracted, he should pay homage to Padmanābha; and in the northeast he should pay homage to Dāmodara, O radiant lady.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 24.113
चतुर्थावरणे पूर्वे महाकूर्माय वै नमः । वराहाय नमस्कुर्यादाग्नेये कन्यके शुभे
caturthāvaraṇe pūrve mahākūrmāya vai namaḥ / varāhāya namaskuryādāgneye kanyake śubhe
In the fourth enclosure, in the east, homage indeed to Mahākūrma; and he should pay homage to Varāha in the southeast, O auspicious maiden.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 24.114
दक्षिणे नारसिंहाय वामनाय नमोनमः । भार्गवाय नमस्कुर्यान्नैरृत्ये शुद्धचेतसा
dakṣiṇe nārasiṃhāya vāmanāya namonamaḥ / bhārgavāya namaskuryānnairṛtye śuddhacetasā
In the south, to Narasiṃha, to Vāmana, homage upon homage; in the southwest he should pay homage to Bhārgava with a pure mind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 24.115
पश्चिमे माधवायाथ तथा कृष्णाय वै नमः । बुद्धाय च नमस्कुर्याद्वायव्ये कन्यके शुभे
paścime mādhavāyātha tathā kṛṣṇāya vai namaḥ / buddhāya ca namaskuryādvāyavye kanyake śubhe
Then in the west to Mādhava, and likewise homage indeed to Kṛṣṇa; and he should pay homage to Buddha in the northwest, O auspicious maiden.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 24.116
उत्तरे ह्युल्करूपाय अनन्ताय नमोस्तु ते । ईशान्ये विश्वरूपाय नमस्कुर्यादतन्द्रितः
uttare hyulkarūpāya anantāya namostu te / īśānye viśvarūpāya namaskuryādatandritaḥ
In the north, "Homage to you, of meteor form, to the Endless One"; in the northeast one should salute the One of universal form, without slackness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 24.117
आग्नेये वारुणीं चैव गायत्रीं चैव नैरृते । वायव्ये भारतीं चैव ईशान्ये गिरिजां नमेत्
āgneye vāruṇīṃ caiva gāyatrīṃ caiva nairṛte / vāyavye bhāratīṃ caiva īśānye girijāṃ namet
In the southeast (one should salute) Vāruṇī, and Gāyatrī in the southwest; and Bhāratī in the northwest, and in the northeast one should bow to Girijā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 24.118
गिरिजां वामभागे तु सौपर्णै चैव संनमेत् । प्रागिन्द्राय नमस्कुर्यात्सायुधाय तथैव च
girijāṃ vāmabhāge tu sauparṇai caiva saṃnamet / prāgindrāya namaskuryātsāyudhāya tathaiva ca
But (he should salute) Girijā on the left side, and he should bow to Sauparṇa (Garuḍa) as well; to the east he should salute Indra, and likewise (Indra) together with his weapons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 24.119
स परिग्रहाय श्रीविष्णोः पार्षदाय नमोनमः । आग्नेयेत्यग्नये तुभ्यं सायुधायेति पूर्ववत्
sa parigrahāya śrīviṣṇoḥ pārṣadāya namonamaḥ / āgneyetyagnaye tubhyaṃ sāyudhāyeti pūrvavat
"Homage, homage to (him) with his retinue, to the attendant of glorious Viṣṇu"; in the southeast, "To you, Agni," and "with your weapons," as before.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 24.120
दक्षिणे तु यमायैव नैरृत्यां निरृतिं यजेत् । पश्चिमे वरुणायैव वायव्ये वायवे नमः
dakṣiṇe tu yamāyaiva nairṛtyāṃ nirṛtiṃ yajet / paścime varuṇāyaiva vāyavye vāyave namaḥ
In the south he should worship Yama, in the southwest Nirṛti; in the west Varuṇa, and in the northwest homage to Vāyu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 24.121
उत्तरे च कुबेराय ईशान्ये च शिवाय च । ईशानशक्रयोर्मध्ये ब्रह्मणे सायुधाय च
uttare ca kuberāya īśānye ca śivāya ca / īśānaśakrayormadhye brahmaṇe sāyudhāya ca
And in the north to Kubera, and in the northeast to Śiva; and between Īśāna (northeast) and Śakra (east), to Brahmā together with his weapons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 24.122
निरृत्यप्यतिमध्ये तु शेषाय च नमोनमः । एवं कृत्वा नमस्कारं प्रणमेच्च पुनः पुनः
nirṛtyapyatimadhye tu śeṣāya ca namonamaḥ / evaṃ kṛtvā namaskāraṃ praṇamecca punaḥ punaḥ
And in the very middle (of the region) of Nirṛti, homage, homage to Śeṣa. Having thus made salutation, he should bow down again and again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 24.123
इत्येतत्सर्वमाख्यातं विधिपूर्वं तु दर्शनम् । इतः परन्तु गन्तव्यं दर्शनार्थं रमापते
ityetatsarvamākhyātaṃ vidhipūrvaṃ tu darśanam / itaḥ parantu gantavyaṃ darśanārthaṃ ramāpate
Thus all this has been declared — the viewing (of the deity) according to the rule. But from here one must go on for the sake of the darśana, O lord of Ramā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 24.124
एवमुक्त्वा तु सा देवी तैः सार्धं तु ययौ मुदा । यदुक्तः श्रीनिवासस्य दर्शनस्य विधिः खग । कस्यचिन्नैव वक्तव्यो गोप्यत्वाच्च कदाचन
evamuktvā tu sā devī taiḥ sārdhaṃ tu yayau mudā / yaduktaḥ śrīnivāsasya darśanasya vidhiḥ khaga / kasyacinnaiva vaktavyo gopyatvācca kadācana
Having spoken thus, that goddess went joyfully together with them. The rule of the viewing of Śrīnivāsa that has been told, O bird — it is never to be spoken to anyone, since it is to be kept secret.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 24.125
समागमो दुर्घट एव वीन्द्र सतां च सत्तत्त्वविबोधकानाम् । अनेकजन्मार्जितपुण्यसंचयादभूद्गुरोः संगम एव तस्य
samāgamo durghaṭa eva vīndra satāṃ ca sattattvavibodhakānām / anekajanmārjitapuṇyasaṃcayādabhūdguroḥ saṃgama eva tasya
Meeting with the good, who awaken (one) to the true reality, is indeed hard to come by, O chief of birds; it was through a heap of merit gathered over many births that he obtained the meeting with a teacher.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 24.126
पयो विकारं च निजं जहाति शेषस्य शेषं नलिनस्य षङ्कजम् । भावं चलं पङ्कजनाभयोगात्सत्संगयोगादशुभानि न स्युः
payo vikāraṃ ca nijaṃ jahāti śeṣasya śeṣaṃ nalinasya ṣaṅkajam / bhāvaṃ calaṃ paṅkajanābhayogātsatsaṃgayogādaśubhāni na syuḥ
Milk gives up its own alteration, and the lotus (gives up) the remainder of Śeṣa's remainder — (their) unsteady condition (is given up) by contact with the Lotus-navelled One; by union with the company of the good there will be no ill fortunes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain