Garuda Purana — Brahma Khanda — Chapter 29
GaP 3 29.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- २९ प्रवहानन्तरान्वक्ष्ये शृणु पक्षीन्द्रसत्तम । यो धर्मो ब्रह्मणः पुत्रो ह्यादिसृष्टौ त्वगुद्भवः
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 29 pravahānantarānvakṣye śṛṇu pakṣīndrasattama / yo dharmo brahmaṇaḥ putro hyādisṛṣṭau tvagudbhavaḥ
The Śrī Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, 29. I shall tell what follows Pravaha; listen, best among the lords of birds. Dharma, who is Brahmā's son, arisen from his skin at the first creation —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 29.2
सज्जनान्सौम्यरूपेण धारणाद्धर्मनामकः । स एव सूर्यपुत्रोभूद्यमसंज्ञामवाप सः । पापिनां शिक्षकत्त्वात्स यम इत्युच्यते बुधैः
sajjanānsaumyarūpeṇa dhāraṇāddharmanāmakaḥ / sa eva sūryaputrobhūdyamasaṃjñāmavāpa saḥ / pāpināṃ śikṣakattvātsa yama ityucyate budhaiḥ
— because he upholds good people with a gentle form he bears the name Dharma; that very one became the son of the Sun and obtained the name Yama; because he is the chastiser of sinners, he is called Yama by the wise.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 29.3
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच । प्रह्लादानन्तरं गङ्गा भार्या वै वरुणस्य च । प्रह्लादादधमा ज्ञेया महिम्ना वरुणाधिका
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / prahlādānantaraṃ gaṅgā bhāryā vai varuṇasya ca / prahlādādadhamā jñeyā mahimnā varuṇādhikā
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: After Prahlāda (comes) Gaṅgā, the wife of Varuṇa; she is to be known as lower than Prahlāda, but greater than Varuṇa in greatness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 29.4
स्वरूपादधमा ज्ञेया नात्र कार्या विचारणा । ज्ञानस्वरूपदं विष्णुं यमो जानाति सर्वदा
svarūpādadhamā jñeyā nātra kāryā vicāraṇā / jñānasvarūpadaṃ viṣṇuṃ yamo jānāti sarvadā
By her own nature she is to be known as the lower one; no further deliberation is to be made here. Yama always knows Viṣṇu as the giver of the nature of knowledge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 29.5
अतो गङ्गेति सा ज्ञेया सर्वदा लोकपावनी । भक्त्या विष्णुपदीत्येव कीर्तिता नात्र संशयः
ato gaṅgeti sā jñeyā sarvadā lokapāvanī / bhaktyā viṣṇupadītyeva kīrtitā nātra saṃśayaḥ
Therefore she is to be known as Gaṅgā, ever the purifier of the world; out of devotion she is celebrated as 'Viṣṇupadī' (she who comes from Viṣṇu's foot); there is no doubt here.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 29.6
या पूर्वकाले यज्ञलिङ्गस्य विष्णोः साक्षाद्धरेर्विक्रमतः खगेन्द्र । वामस्य पादस्य नखाग्रतश्च निर्भिद्य चोर्ध्वाण्डकटाहखण्डम्
yā pūrvakāle yajñaliṅgasya viṣṇoḥ sākṣāddharervikramataḥ khagendra / vāmasya pādasya nakhāgrataśca nirbhidya cordhvāṇḍakaṭāhakhaṇḍam
She who in former time, from the tip of the nail of the left foot of Viṣṇu whose emblem is sacrifice — of Hari himself, as he strode, O lord of birds — piercing through the upper shell-portion of the cosmic egg,
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GaP 3 29.7
तदुदरमतिवेगात्सम्प्रविश्यावहन्तीं जगदघततिहन्तुः पादकिञ्जल्कशुद्धाम् । निखिलमलनिहन्त्रीं दर्शनात्स्पर्शनाच्च सकृदवगहनाद्वा भक्तिदां विष्णुपादे । शशिकरवरगौरां मीननेत्रां सुपूज्यां स्मरति हरिपदोत्थां मोक्षमेति क्रमेण
tadudaramativegātsampraviśyāvahantīṃ jagadaghatatihantuḥ pādakiñjalkaśuddhām / nikhilamalanihantrīṃ darśanātsparśanācca sakṛdavagahanādvā bhaktidāṃ viṣṇupāde / śaśikaravaragaurāṃ mīnanetrāṃ supūjyāṃ smarati haripadotthāṃ mokṣameti krameṇa
entering its inside with great force and flowing on, purified by the pollen of the foot of him who destroys the world's mass of sin, destroyer of every stain, giver of devotion at Viṣṇu's foot by being seen, by being touched, or by a single plunge — fair as the finest moonbeams, fish-eyed, worthy of worship, risen from Hari's foot: whoever remembers her reaches liberation in due course.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 29.8
इन्द्रोपि वायुकरमर्दितवायुकूटबिन्दुं च प्राश्य शिरसि ह्यसहिष्णुमानः । भागीरथी हरिपदाङ्कमिति स्म नित्यं जानन्महापरमभागवतप्रधानः । भक्त्या च खिन्नहृदयः परमादरेण धृत्वा स्वमूर्ध्नि परमो ह्यशिवः शिवो ऽभूत्
indropi vāyukaramarditavāyukūṭabinduṃ ca prāśya śirasi hyasahiṣṇumānaḥ / bhāgīrathī haripadāṅkamiti sma nityaṃ jānanmahāparamabhāgavatapradhānaḥ / bhaktyā ca khinnahṛdayaḥ paramādareṇa dhṛtvā svamūrdhni paramo hyaśivaḥ śivo 'bhūt
Indra too, having swallowed the drop of the mass of wind crushed by Vāyu's hand, was of impatient mind about (bearing her on) his head; but he, the chief among the great and supreme Bhāgavatas, ever knowing 'Bhāgīrathī bears the mark of Hari's foot', with his heart melted by devotion, holding her on his own head with the highest reverence — the supreme one, though inauspicious (aśiva), became Śiva (auspicious).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 29.9
भागीरथ्याश्च चत्वारि रूपाण्यासन्खगेश्वर । महाभिषग्जनेन्द्रस्य भार्या तु ह्यभिषेचनी
bhāgīrathyāśca catvāri rūpāṇyāsankhageśvara / mahābhiṣagjanendrasya bhāryā tu hyabhiṣecanī
Bhāgīrathī had four forms, O lord of birds: as Abhiṣecanī she was the wife of the king of men Mahābhiṣak.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 29.10
द्वितीयेनैव रूपेण गङ्गा भार्या च शन्तनोः । सुषेणा वै सुषेणस्य भार्या सा वानरी स्मृता
dvitīyenaiva rūpeṇa gaṅgā bhāryā ca śantanoḥ / suṣeṇā vai suṣeṇasya bhāryā sā vānarī smṛtā
By the second form Gaṅgā was the wife of Śantanu; as Suṣeṇā she was the wife of Suṣeṇa, and she is remembered as a monkey (female).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 29.11
मण्डूकभार्या गङ्गा तु सैव मण्डूकिनी स्मृता । एवं चत्वारी रूपाणि गङ्गाया इति किर्तितमम्
maṇḍūkabhāryā gaṅgā tu saiva maṇḍūkinī smṛtā / evaṃ catvārī rūpāṇi gaṅgāyā iti kirtitamam
And as the wife of a frog, Gaṅgā, that same one, is remembered as Maṇḍūkinī. Thus the four forms of Gaṅgā have been declared.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 29.12
आदित्याच्चैव गङ्गातः पर्जन्यः समुदाहृतः । प्रवर्षति सुवैराग्यं ह्यतः पर्जन्यनामकम्
ādityāccaiva gaṅgātaḥ parjanyaḥ samudāhṛtaḥ / pravarṣati suvairāgyaṃ hyataḥ parjanyanāmakam
From Āditya and from Gaṅgā, Parjanya is said (to have come); he rains down true detachment, hence the name Parjanya.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 29.13
शरंवराय पञ्चजन्याच्च पञ्च हित्वा जग्ध्वा गर्वकं षट्क्रमेण । स्वबाणस्य स्वहृदि संस्थितस्य भजेत्सदा नैव भक्तिं विषं च
śaraṃvarāya pañcajanyācca pañca hitvā jagdhvā garvakaṃ ṣaṭkrameṇa / svabāṇasya svahṛdi saṃsthitasya bhajetsadā naiva bhaktiṃ viṣaṃ ca
For the arrow-choicest (?), and from the Pāñcajanya, having abandoned the five, having devoured pride by the sixfold method — of one's own arrow that abides in one's own heart one should never cultivate devotion, nor poison.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 29.14
लिङ्गं पुष्टं नैव कार्यं सदैव लिङ्गं पुष्टं कार्यमेवं सदापि । योनौ सक्तिर्नैव कार्या सदापि योनौ मुक्ते ऽसंगतो याति मुक्तिम्
liṅgaṃ puṣṭaṃ naiva kāryaṃ sadaiva liṅgaṃ puṣṭaṃ kāryamevaṃ sadāpi / yonau saktirnaiva kāryā sadāpi yonau mukte 'saṃgato yāti muktim
The liṅga should never be made to swell — and yet the liṅga should always be made to swell thus; attachment to the womb should never be entertained — yet when one is released with respect to the womb, being unattached, one goes to liberation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 29.15
वैराग्यमेवं प्रकारोत्येव नित्यमतः पर्जन्यस्त्वन्तकः पक्षिवर्य । एतावता शरभाख्यो महात्मा स चान्तरो स तु पर्जन्य एव
vairāgyamevaṃ prakārotyeva nityamataḥ parjanyastvantakaḥ pakṣivarya / etāvatā śarabhākhyo mahātmā sa cāntaro sa tu parjanya eva
In this way he constantly brings about dispassion; therefore Parjanya is (also) the Ender (Yama), O best of birds. To this extent the great one named Śarabha — he too is the inner one, and he indeed is Parjanya.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 29.16
शश्वत्केशा यस्य गात्रे खगेन्द्र प्रभास्यन्ते शरभाख्यो पयोतः । यमस्य भार्या श्यामला या खगेन्द्र यस्मात्सदा कलिभार्यापिया च
śaśvatkeśā yasya gātre khagendra prabhāsyante śarabhākhyo payotaḥ / yamasya bhāryā śyāmalā yā khagendra yasmātsadā kalibhāryāpiyā ca
He on whose body hairs shine perpetually, O lord of birds — (he is) the one called Śarabha, the cloud. Yama's wife is she who is Śyāmalā, O lord of birds, since she is always also the wife of Kali.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 29.19
मत्वा सम्यक् मानसं या करोति ह्यतश्च सा श्यामलासंज्ञकाभूत् । मलं वक्ष्ये हरिभक्तेर्विरोधी सुलोहपात्रे सन्निधानं च तस्य ॥ गर्प्_३,२९।१७ ॥ तद्वैष्णवैस्त्याज्यमेवं सदैव वस्त्रं दग्धं सन्धिजं चैव जन्यम् ॥ गर्प्_३,२९।१८ ॥चिकित्सितं परदुः खं खगेन्द्र दरेर्भक्तैस्त्याज्यमेवं सदैव ॥ गर्प्_३,२९।१८ ॥ नोच्चाश्च ते हरिभक्तेर्विहीनास्तेषां संगो नैव कार्यः सदापि । पुराणसंपर्कविसर्जिनं च पुराणतालं च पुराणवस्त्रम्
matvā samyak mānasaṃ yā karoti hyataśca sā śyāmalāsaṃjñakābhūt / malaṃ vakṣye haribhaktervirodhī sulohapātre sannidhānaṃ ca tasya // garp_3,29.17 // tadvaiṣṇavaistyājyamevaṃ sadaiva vastraṃ dagdhaṃ sandhijaṃ caiva janyam // garp_3,29.18 //cikitsitaṃ paraduḥ khaṃ khagendra darerbhaktaistyājyamevaṃ sadaiva // garp_3,29.18 // noccāśca te haribhaktervihīnāsteṣāṃ saṃgo naiva kāryaḥ sadāpi / purāṇasaṃparkavisarjinaṃ ca purāṇatālaṃ ca purāṇavastram
Because she, having considered well, acts mentally (?), therefore she came to have the name Śyāmalā. I shall speak of impurity, which is opposed to devotion to Hari, and of its presence in a good iron vessel. [17] That is always to be avoided by Vaiṣṇavas — likewise cloth that is burnt or made of joined pieces. [18] Medical treatment (?) and another's sorrow, O lord of birds, are always to be shunned by devotees of the conch-bearer. [18] And those who are devoid of devotion to Hari are not exalted; company with them should never be kept — and (to be shunned is) one who abandons contact with the ancient (lore), an old palm(-leaf?), and an old garment.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 29.20
सुजीर्णकन्थाजिनमेखलं च यज्ञोपवीतं च कलिप्रियं च । प्रियं गृहं चोर्णविता नकं च समित्कुशैः पूरितं कुत्सितं च
sujīrṇakanthājinamekhalaṃ ca yajñopavītaṃ ca kalipriyaṃ ca / priyaṃ gṛhaṃ corṇavitā nakaṃ ca samitkuśaiḥ pūritaṃ kutsitaṃ ca
A well-worn patched garment, a hide, a girdle, and a sacred thread — and (all) that is dear to Kali; a favourite house, a wool-spun (?) covering, and (a place) filled with kindling and kuśa grass, and what is despicable.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 29.21
सर्वं चेत्कलिभार्याप्रियं च नैव प्रियं शार्ङ्गपाणेः कदाचित् । कांस्ये सुपक्वं यावनालस्य चान्नं तुषः पिण्याकं तुम्बबिल्वे पलाण्डुः
sarvaṃ cetkalibhāryāpriyaṃ ca naiva priyaṃ śārṅgapāṇeḥ kadācit / kāṃsye supakvaṃ yāvanālasya cānnaṃ tuṣaḥ piṇyākaṃ tumbabilve palāṇḍuḥ
If all this is dear to Kali's wife, it is never at all dear to the bearer of the Śārṅga bow: food of jowar well cooked in a bronze vessel, husks, oil-cake, gourd and bilva, and onion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 29.22
दीर्घं तक्रं स्वादुहीनं कडूष्टणमेते सर्वे कलिभार्याप्रियाश्च । सुदुर्मुखं निन्दनं चार्यजानां सतोवमत्यात्मजानां प्रसह्य
dīrghaṃ takraṃ svāduhīnaṃ kaḍūṣṭaṇamete sarve kalibhāryāpriyāśca / sudurmukhaṃ nindanaṃ cāryajānāṃ satovamatyātmajānāṃ prasahya
Buttermilk long (kept) and lacking sweetness, bitter and pungent — all these are dear to Kali's wife; also a very foul mouth, and the reviling of noble-born people, and the forcible contempt of the sons of the good.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 29.23
सुपीडनं सर्वदा भर्तृवर्गे गृहस्थितव्रीहिवस्त्रादिचौर्यात् । प्रकीर्णभूतान्मूर्धजान्संदधानं करैर्युतं देवकलिप्रियं च
supīḍanaṃ sarvadā bhartṛvarge gṛhasthitavrīhivastrādicauryāt / prakīrṇabhūtānmūrdhajānsaṃdadhānaṃ karairyutaṃ devakalipriyaṃ ca
Constant severe oppression of the class of husbands; through the theft of rice, clothing and the like kept in the house; gathering up hairs of the head that have been scattered — (all this) done with the hands is dear to Kali (in place of) the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 29.24
इत्यादि सर्वं कलिभार्याप्रियञ्च सुनिर्मलं प्रिकरोत्येव सर्वम् । अतश्च सा श्यामलेति स्वसंज्ञामवाप सा देवकी संबभूव
ityādi sarvaṃ kalibhāryāpriyañca sunirmalaṃ prikarotyeva sarvam / ataśca sā śyāmaleti svasaṃjñāmavāpa sā devakī saṃbabhūva
All such things are dear to Kali's wife, yet she makes everything wholly pure. Therefore she obtained for herself the name Śyāmalā, and she became Devakī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 29.25
युधिष्ठिरस्यैव बभूव पत्नीसंभाविता तत्र च देवकी सा । चन्द्रस्य भार्या रोहिणी वै तदेयमश्विन्यादिभ्यो ऽह्यधिका सर्वदैव
yudhiṣṭhirasyaiva babhūva patnīsaṃbhāvitā tatra ca devakī sā / candrasya bhāryā rohiṇī vai tadeyamaśvinyādibhyo 'hyadhikā sarvadaiva
She became the wife of Yudhiṣṭhira, and that Devakī was honoured there. Rohiṇī indeed is the wife of the Moon; therefore she is always superior to Aśvinī and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 29.26
रोणीं धृत्वा रोहति योग्यस्थानं तस्माच्च सा रोहिणीति प्रसिद्धा । आदित्यभार्या नाम संज्ञा खगेन्द्र ज्ञेया सा नारायणस्य स्वरूपा
roṇīṃ dhṛtvā rohati yogyasthānaṃ tasmācca sā rohiṇīti prasiddhā / ādityabhāryā nāma saṃjñā khagendra jñeyā sā nārāyaṇasya svarūpā
Holding the roṇī (?), she ascends to the proper place; and therefore she is well known as Rohiṇī. The wife of the Sun is named Saṃjñā, O lord of birds; she is to be known as of the very nature of Nārāyaṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 29.27
संजानातीत्येव संज्ञामवाप संज्ञेति लोके सूर्य भार्या खगेन्द्र । ब्रह्मण्डस्य ह्यभिमानी तु देवो विराडिति ह्यभिधामाप तेन
saṃjānātītyeva saṃjñāmavāpa saṃjñeti loke sūrya bhāryā khagendra / brahmaṇḍasya hyabhimānī tu devo virāḍiti hyabhidhāmāpa tena
Just because she knows fully (saṃjānāti), she obtained the name Saṃjñā; in the world she is (known as) Saṃjñā, the wife of the Sun, O lord of birds. And the god who is the presiding self of the cosmic egg thereby obtained the designation Virāj.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 29.28
गङ्गादिषट्कं सममेव नित्यं परस्परं नोत्तमं नाधमं च । प्रधानाग्नेः पाविकान्यैव गङ्गा सदा शुभा नात्र विचार्यमस्ति
gaṅgādiṣaṭkaṃ samameva nityaṃ parasparaṃ nottamaṃ nādhamaṃ ca / pradhānāgneḥ pāvikānyaiva gaṅgā sadā śubhā nātra vicāryamasti
The set of six beginning with Gaṅgā is always exactly equal among themselves: none is highest and none lowest. Gaṅgā alone is the purifier of the primary fire, always auspicious — there is nothing to be debated here.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 29.29
आसां ज्ञानत्पुण्यमाप्नोति नित्यं सदा हरिः प्रीयते केशवोलम् । गङ्गादिभ्यो ह्यवराह्यग्निजाया स्वाहासंज्ञाधिगुणा नैव हीना
āsāṃ jñānatpuṇyamāpnoti nityaṃ sadā hariḥ prīyate keśavolam / gaṅgādibhyo hyavarāhyagnijāyā svāhāsaṃjñādhiguṇā naiva hīnā
From knowledge of these one constantly obtains merit, and Hari, Keśava, is always well pleased. Lower than Gaṅgā and the rest is Agni's wife, named Svāhā, (yet) by an added quality she is by no means inferior.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 29.30
स्वाहाकारो मन्त्ररूपाभिमानी स्वाहेति संज्ञामाप सदैव वीन्द्र । अग्नेर्भार्यातो बुद्धिमान् संबभूव ब्रह्माभिमानी चन्द्रपुत्रो बुधश्च
svāhākāro mantrarūpābhimānī svāheti saṃjñāmāpa sadaiva vīndra / agnerbhāryāto buddhimān saṃbabhūva brahmābhimānī candraputro budhaśca
Svāhākāra, the presiding spirit of the form of mantras, obtained forever the name Svāhā, O chief of birds. From Agni's wife was born the intelligent one, the presiding spirit of Brahman — and Budha, the son of the Moon.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 29.31
बुद्ध्याहरद्वै राष्ट्रजातं च सर्वं धृतं त्वतो बुधसंज्ञामवाप । एवं चाभूदभिमन्युर्महात्मा सुभद्राया जठरे ह्यर्जुनाच्च
buddhyāharadvai rāṣṭrajātaṃ ca sarvaṃ dhṛtaṃ tvato budhasaṃjñāmavāpa / evaṃ cābhūdabhimanyurmahātmā subhadrāyā jaṭhare hyarjunācca
By his intelligence he took away all that was produced in the realm and held it; hence he obtained the name Budha. In the same way was born the great-souled Abhimanyu, in Subhadrā's womb, from Arjuna.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 29.32
कृष्णस्य चन्द्रस्य यमस्य चांशैः स संयुतस्त्वश्विनोर्वै हरस्य । स्वाहाधमश्चन्द्रपुत्रो बुधस्तु पादारविन्दे विष्णुदेवस्य भक्तः
kṛṣṇasya candrasya yamasya cāṃśaiḥ sa saṃyutastvaśvinorvai harasya / svāhādhamaścandraputro budhastu pādāravinde viṣṇudevasya bhaktaḥ
He was joined with portions of Kṛṣṇa, of the Moon, of Yama, and indeed of the two Aśvins and of Hara. Budha, the son of the Moon, lower than Svāhā, is a devotee of the lotus feet of the god Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 29.33
नामात्मिका त्वश्विभार्या उषा नाम प्रकीर्तिता । बुधाधमा सा विज्ञेया स्वाहा दशगुणाधमा
nāmātmikā tvaśvibhāryā uṣā nāma prakīrtitā / budhādhamā sā vijñeyā svāhā daśaguṇādhamā
The wife of the Aśvins, whose nature is name, is proclaimed as Uṣā by name. She is to be known as lower than Budha, and tenfold lower than Svāhā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 29.34
नकुलस्य भार्या मागधस्यैव पुत्री शल्यात्मजा सहदेवस्य भार्या । उभे ह्येते अश्विभार्या ह्युषापि उपासते षड्गुणं विष्णुमाद्यम् । अतो ऽप्युषासंज्ञका सा खगेन्द्र अनन्तराञ्छृणु वक्ष्ये महात्मन्
nakulasya bhāryā māgadhasyaiva putrī śalyātmajā sahadevasya bhāryā / ubhe hyete aśvibhāryā hyuṣāpi upāsate ṣaḍguṇaṃ viṣṇumādyam / ato 'pyuṣāsaṃjñakā sā khagendra anantarāñchṛṇu vakṣye mahātman
Nakula's wife is the daughter of the Māgadha king; Śalya's daughter is Sahadeva's wife. Both these are wives of the Aśvins, and Uṣā too; they worship Viṣṇu, the primal one endowed with the six qualities. Therefore she is named Uṣā, O lord of birds. Hear what comes next; I shall tell it, O great one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 29.35
ततः शक्तिः पृथिव्यात्मा शनैश्चरति सर्वदा । अतः शनैश्चरो नाम उषायाश्च दशाधमाः
tataḥ śaktiḥ pṛthivyātmā śanaiścarati sarvadā / ataḥ śanaiścaro nāma uṣāyāśca daśādhamāḥ
Then the power whose self is the earth always moves slowly (śanaiḥ); hence (this planet's) name is Śanaiścara, and (its powers) are tenfold lower than Uṣā's.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 29.36
कर्मात्मा पुष्करो ज्ञेयः शनरथ यमो मतः । नयाभिमानी पुरुषः किञ्चिन्नम्नो दशावरः
karmātmā puṣkaro jñeyaḥ śanaratha yamo mataḥ / nayābhimānī puruṣaḥ kiñcinnamno daśāvaraḥ
Puṣkara is to be known as the self of action; Śanaratha is held to be Yama; the puruṣa who presides over guidance (naya) is somewhat lower — tenfold less.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 29.37
हरिप्रीतिकरो नित्यं पुष्करे क्रीडते यतः । अतस्तु पुष्कलो नाम लोके स परिकीर्तितः
hariprītikaro nityaṃ puṣkare krīḍate yataḥ / atastu puṣkalo nāma loke sa parikīrtitaḥ
Since he who gives pleasure to Hari plays constantly in the lotus-pond (puṣkara), therefore he is proclaimed in the world by the name Puṣkala.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 29.38
हरि प्रीतिकरान्धर्मान्वक्ष्ये शृणु खगाधिप । प्रातः काले समुत्थाय स्मरेन्नारायणं हरिम्
hari prītikarāndharmānvakṣye śṛṇu khagādhipa / prātaḥ kāle samutthāya smarennārāyaṇaṃ harim
I shall declare the observances that give pleasure to Hari; listen, O lord of birds: rising at dawn, one should call to mind Nārāyaṇa, Hari.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 29.39
तुलसीवन्दनं कुर्याच्छ्रीविष्णुं संस्मरेत्खग । विण्मूत्रोत्सर्गकाले च ह्यपानात्मककेशवम्
tulasīvandanaṃ kuryācchrīviṣṇuṃ saṃsmaretkhaga / viṇmūtrotsargakāle ca hyapānātmakakeśavam
One should make salutation to the tulasī and remember Śrī Viṣṇu, O bird; and at the time of voiding excrement and urine, (remember) Keśava whose self is the downward breath (apāna).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 29.40
त्रिविक्रमं शौचकाले गङ्गापानकरं हरिम् । दन्तधावनकाले तु चन्द्रान्तर्यामिणं हरिम्
trivikramaṃ śaucakāle gaṅgāpānakaraṃ harim / dantadhāvanakāle tu candrāntaryāmiṇaṃ harim
At the time of cleansing, (remember) Trivikrama, Hari who made the Gaṅgā flow; and at the time of cleaning the teeth, Hari who dwells within the moon.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 29.41
मुखप्रक्षालने काले माधवं संस्मरेत्खग । गवां कण्डूयने चैव स्मरेद्गोवर्धनं हरिम्
mukhaprakṣālane kāle mādhavaṃ saṃsmaretkhaga / gavāṃ kaṇḍūyane caiva smaredgovardhanaṃ harim
At the time of washing the face one should remember Mādhava, O bird; and when scratching cows, one should remember Hari as Govardhana.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 29.42
सदा गोदोहने काले स्मरेद्गोपालवल्लभम् । अनन्तपुण्यार्जितजन्मकर्मणां सुपक्वकाले च खगेन्द्रसत्तम
sadā godohane kāle smaredgopālavallabham / anantapuṇyārjitajanmakarmaṇāṃ supakvakāle ca khagendrasattama
Always at the time of milking cows one should remember the beloved of the cowherds; and at the ripe time of births and deeds earned by endless merit, O best lord of birds,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 29.43
स्पर्शे गवां चैव सदा नृणां वै भवत्यतो नात्र विचार्यमस्ति । यस्मिन् गृहे नास्ति सदोत्तमा च गौर्यङ्गणे श्रीतुलसी च नास्ति
sparśe gavāṃ caiva sadā nṛṇāṃ vai bhavatyato nātra vicāryamasti / yasmin gṛhe nāsti sadottamā ca gauryaṅgaṇe śrītulasī ca nāsti
(such merit) always accrues to men in the touching of cows; hence there is nothing to be debated here. In whatever house there is no excellent cow at all, and in whose courtyard there is no holy tulasī,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 29.44
यस्मिन् गृहे देवमहोत्सवश्च यस्मिन् गृहे श्रवणं नास्ति विष्णोः । तत्संसर्गाद्याति दुः खादिकं च तस्य स्पर्शो नैव कार्यः कदापि
yasmin gṛhe devamahotsavaśca yasmin gṛhe śravaṇaṃ nāsti viṣṇoḥ / tatsaṃsargādyāti duḥ khādikaṃ ca tasya sparśo naiva kāryaḥ kadāpi
and in whose house there is no great festival for the god, in whose house there is no hearing about Viṣṇu — from contact with such a one sorrow and the rest come upon (one); his touch should never be undertaken.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 29.45
गोस्पर्शनविहीनस्य गोदोहनमजानतः । गोपोषणविहीनस्य प्राहुर्जन्म निरर्थकम्
gosparśanavihīnasya godohanamajānataḥ / gopoṣaṇavihīnasya prāhurjanma nirarthakam
Of the man who lacks the touching of cows, who does not know how to milk a cow, who lacks the nurture of cows, they call his birth fruitless.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 29.46
गोग्रासमप्रदातुश्च गोपुष्टिं चाप्यकुर्वतः । गतिर्नास्त्येव नास्त्येव ग्रामचाण्डालवत्स्मृतः
gogrāsamapradātuśca gopuṣṭiṃ cāpyakurvataḥ / gatirnāstyeva nāstyeva grāmacāṇḍālavatsmṛtaḥ
For one who does not offer a mouthful of fodder to cows and does not bring about the thriving of cows, there is simply no (good) course, none at all; he is reckoned like a village caṇḍāla.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 29.47
वत्स्यस्य स्तनपाने च बालकृष्णं तु संस्मरेत् । दधिनिर्मन्थने चैव मन्थाधारं स्मरेद्धरिम्
vatsyasya stanapāne ca bālakṛṣṇaṃ tu saṃsmaret / dadhinirmanthane caiva manthādhāraṃ smareddharim
And when the calf sucks the udder one should remember the child Kṛṣṇa; and in the churning of curds one should remember Hari as the support of the churning-stick.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 29.48
मृत्तिकास्नान काले तु वराहं संस्मरेद्धरिम् । पुण्ड्राणां धारणे चैव केशवादींश्च द्वादश
mṛttikāsnāna kāle tu varāhaṃ saṃsmareddharim / puṇḍrāṇāṃ dhāraṇe caiva keśavādīṃśca dvādaśa
At the time of the bath with earth one should remember Hari as the Boar; and in wearing the (sectarian) marks, Keśava and the other twelve (names).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 29.49
मुद्राणां धारणे चैव शङ्खचक्रगदाधरम् । पद्मं नारायणीं मुद्रां क्रुद्धोल्कादींश्च संस्मरेत्
mudrāṇāṃ dhāraṇe caiva śaṅkhacakragadādharam / padmaṃ nārāyaṇīṃ mudrāṃ kruddholkādīṃśca saṃsmaret
And in wearing the (branded) emblems, (one should remember) the bearer of conch, discus and mace; the lotus, the Nārāyaṇa emblem, and Kruddholka and the rest one should remember.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 29.50
श्रीरामसंस्मृतिं चैव संध्याकाले खगोत्तम । अच्युतानन्तगोविन्दाञ्छ्राद्धकाले च संस्मरेत्
śrīrāmasaṃsmṛtiṃ caiva saṃdhyākāle khagottama / acyutānantagovindāñchrāddhakāle ca saṃsmaret
And at twilight, the remembrance of Śrī Rāma, O best of birds; and at the time of the śrāddha one should remember Acyuta, Ananta and Govinda.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 29.51
प्राणादिकपञ्चहोमेचानिरूद्धादींश्च संस्मरेत् । अन्नाद्यर्पणकाले तु वासुदेवं च संस्मरेत्
prāṇādikapañcahomecānirūddhādīṃśca saṃsmaret / annādyarpaṇakāle tu vāsudevaṃ ca saṃsmaret
At the five oblations of the breaths (prāṇa and the rest) one should remember Aniruddha and the others; and at the time of offering food and the like one should remember Vāsudeva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 29.52
अपोशनस्य काले तु वायोरन्तर्गतं हरिम् । बस्त्रधारणकाकाले तु उपेन्द्रं संस्मरेद्धरिम्
apośanasya kāle tu vāyorantargataṃ harim / bastradhāraṇakākāle tu upendraṃ saṃsmareddharim
At the time of the sipping of water (apośana), (remember) Hari who is within the wind; and at the time of putting on a garment one should remember Hari as Upendra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 29.53
यज्ञोपवीतस्य च धारणे तु नारायणं वामनाख्यं स्मरेत्तु । आर्तिक्यकाले च तथैव विष्णोः सम्यक् स्मरेत्पर्शुरामाख्यविष्णुम्
yajñopavītasya ca dhāraṇe tu nārāyaṇaṃ vāmanākhyaṃ smarettu / ārtikyakāle ca tathaiva viṣṇoḥ samyak smaretparśurāmākhyaviṣṇum
And in wearing the sacred thread one should remember Nārāyaṇa under the name Vāmana; and likewise at the time of the lamp-offering (ārtikya) to Viṣṇu one should duly remember Viṣṇu under the name Paraśurāma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 29.54
अपोशनेवैश्वदेवस्य काले तदन्यहोमादिषु भस्मधारणे । स्मरेत्तु भक्त्या परमादरेण नारायणं जामदग्न्याख्यरामम्
apośanevaiśvadevasya kāle tadanyahomādiṣu bhasmadhāraṇe / smarettu bhaktyā paramādareṇa nārāyaṇaṃ jāmadagnyākhyarāmam
At the sipping of water and at the time of the vaiśvadeva offering, at other oblations and the like, and in wearing ashes, one should remember with devotion and utmost reverence Nārāyaṇa as Rāma called son of Jamadagni.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 29.55
त्रिवारतीर्थग्रहणस्य काले कृष्णं रामं व्यासदेवं क्रमेण । शङ्खोदकस्योद्धरणे चैव काले मुकुन्दरूपं संस्मरेत्सर्वदैव
trivāratīrthagrahaṇasya kāle kṛṣṇaṃ rāmaṃ vyāsadevaṃ krameṇa / śaṅkhodakasyoddharaṇe caiva kāle mukundarūpaṃ saṃsmaretsarvadaiva
At the time of taking the sacred water three times, (one should remember) Kṛṣṇa, Rāma, and Vyāsadeva in order; and at the time of taking up the water from the conch, one should always remember (Him) in the form of Mukunda.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 29.56
ग्रासेग्रासे स्मरणं चैव कार्यं गोविन्दसंज्ञस्य विशुद्धमन्नम् । एकैकभक्ष्यग्रहणस्य काले सम्यक् स्मरेदच्युतं वै खगेन्द्र
grāsegrāse smaraṇaṃ caiva kāryaṃ govindasaṃjñasya viśuddhamannam / ekaikabhakṣyagrahaṇasya kāle samyak smaredacyutaṃ vai khagendra
And at each mouthful remembrance is to be made of the one named Govinda—(that makes) the food wholly pure; at the time of taking each single item of food, one should duly remember Acyuta indeed, O lord of birds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 29.57
शाकादीनां भक्षणे चैव काले धन्वन्तरिं स्मरेच्चैव नित्यम् । तथा परान्नस्य च भोगकाले स्मरेच्च सम्यक् पाण्डुरङ्गं च विष्णुम्
śākādīnāṃ bhakṣaṇe caiva kāle dhanvantariṃ smareccaiva nityam / tathā parānnasya ca bhogakāle smarecca samyak pāṇḍuraṅgaṃ ca viṣṇum
And at the time of eating vegetables and the like, one should ever remember Dhanvantari; likewise, when enjoying food belonging to another, one should duly remember Pāṇḍuraṅga and Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 29.58
हैयङ्गवीनस्य च भक्षणे वै सम्यक् स्मरेत्ताण्डवाख्यं च कृष्णम् । दध्यन्नभक्षे परमं पुराणं गोपालकृष्णं संस्मरेच्चैव नित्यम्
haiyaṅgavīnasya ca bhakṣaṇe vai samyak smarettāṇḍavākhyaṃ ca kṛṣṇam / dadhyannabhakṣe paramaṃ purāṇaṃ gopālakṛṣṇaṃ saṃsmareccaiva nityam
And when eating fresh butter, one should duly remember Kṛṣṇa called Tāṇḍava; when eating rice with curds, one should ever remember the supreme ancient one, Gopālakṛṣṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 29.59
दुग्धान्नभोगे च तथैव काले सम्यक् स्मरेच्छ्रीनिवासं हरिं च । सुतैलसर्पिः षु विपक्वभक्षसंभोजने संस्मरेद्व्यङ्कटेशम्
dugdhānnabhoge ca tathaiva kāle samyak smarecchrīnivāsaṃ hariṃ ca / sutailasarpiḥ ṣu vipakvabhakṣasaṃbhojane saṃsmaredvyaṅkaṭeśam
And likewise at the time of enjoying milk-rice, one should duly remember Śrīnivāsa and Hari; when eating food well cooked in fine oil and ghee, one should remember Veṅkaṭeśa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 29.60
द्राक्षासुजम्बूकदलीरसालनारिङ्गदाडिम्बफलानि चारु । स्मरेत्तु रम्भोत्तमनारिकेलधात्रीसुभोगे खलु बालकृष्णम्
drākṣāsujambūkadalīrasālanāriṅgadāḍimbaphalāni cāru / smarettu rambhottamanārikeladhātrīsubhoge khalu bālakṛṣṇam
Grapes, fine rose-apples, plantains, mangoes, oranges and pomegranate fruits—lovely (they are); but when enjoying excellent plantain, coconut and myrobalan, one should surely remember Bālakṛṣṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 29.61
सुपानकस्यैव च पानकाले सम्यक् स्मरेन्नारसिंहाख्यविष्णुम् । गङ्गामृतस्यैव च पानकाले गङ्गातातं संस्मरेद्विष्णुमेव
supānakasyaiva ca pānakāle samyak smarennārasiṃhākhyaviṣṇum / gaṅgāmṛtasyaiva ca pānakāle gaṅgātātaṃ saṃsmaredviṣṇumeva
And at the time of drinking a fine beverage, one should duly remember Viṣṇu named Narasiṃha; and at the time of drinking the nectar of the Ganges, one should remember Viṣṇu himself, the father of the Ganges.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 29.62
प्रयाणकाले संस्मरेत्तार्क्ष्यवाहं नारायणं निर्गुणं विश्वमूर्तिम् । पुत्रादीनां चुंबने चैव काले सुवेणुहस्तं संस्मरेत्कृष्णमेव
prayāṇakāle saṃsmarettārkṣyavāhaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ nirguṇaṃ viśvamūrtim / putrādīnāṃ cuṃbane caiva kāle suveṇuhastaṃ saṃsmaretkṛṣṇameva
At the time of setting out (on a journey) one should remember Nārāyaṇa, borne by Tārkṣya (Garuḍa), free of qualities, whose form is the universe; and at the time of kissing one's sons and the rest, one should remember Kṛṣṇa himself, with the fine flute in his hand.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 29.63
सुखङ्गकाले स्वस्त्रियश्चैव नित्यं गोपि कुचद्वन्द्वविलासिनं हरिम् । तांबूलकाले संस्मरैच्चैव नित्यं प्रद्युम्नाख्यं वासुदेवं हरिं च
sukhaṅgakāle svastriyaścaiva nityaṃ gopi kucadvandvavilāsinaṃ harim / tāṃbūlakāle saṃsmaraiccaiva nityaṃ pradyumnākhyaṃ vāsudevaṃ hariṃ ca
At the time of pleasurable (union) with one's own wife, (one should) always (remember) Hari who sports with the pair of a cowherd woman's breasts; at the time of (chewing) betel one should always remember Hari, Vāsudeva, called Pradyumna.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 29.64
शय्याकाले संस्मरेच्चैव नित्यं संकर्षणाख्यं विष्णुरूपं हरिं च । निद्राकाले संस्मरेत्पद्मनामं कथाकाले व्यासरूपं हरिं च
śayyākāle saṃsmareccaiva nityaṃ saṃkarṣaṇākhyaṃ viṣṇurūpaṃ hariṃ ca / nidrākāle saṃsmaretpadmanāmaṃ kathākāle vyāsarūpaṃ hariṃ ca
At the time of (going to) bed one should always remember Hari, of Viṣṇu's form, called Saṃkarṣaṇa; at the time of sleep one should remember him named Padma(nābha), and at the time of (sacred) narration, Hari in the form of Vyāsa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 29.65
सुगानकाले संस्मरेद्वेणुगीतं हरिं हरिं प्रवदेत्सर्वदैव । श्रीमत्तुलस्याश्छेदने चैव काले श्रीरामरामेति च संस्मरेत्तु
sugānakāle saṃsmaredveṇugītaṃ hariṃ hariṃ pravadetsarvadaiva / śrīmattulasyāśchedane caiva kāle śrīrāmarāmeti ca saṃsmarettu
At the time of fine singing one should remember (him whose) song is the flute; one should always utter 'Hari, Hari'; and at the time of cutting the holy tulasī one should remember, saying 'Śrī Rāma, Rāma'.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 29.66
पुष्पादीनां छेदने चैव काले सम्यक स्मरेदेत्कपिलाख्यं हरिं च । प्रदक्षिणेगारुडान्तर्गतं च हरिं स्मरेत्सर्वदा वै खगेन्द्र
puṣpādīnāṃ chedane caiva kāle samyaka smaredetkapilākhyaṃ hariṃ ca / pradakṣiṇegāruḍāntargataṃ ca hariṃ smaretsarvadā vai khagendra
And at the time of cutting flowers and the like, one should duly remember Hari called Kapila; and in circumambulation one should always remember Hari who is seated within Garuḍa, O lord of birds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 29.67
प्रणमकाले देवदेवस्य विष्णोः शेषान्तस्थं संस्मरेच्चैव विष्णुम् । सुनीतिकाले संस्मरेन्नारसिंहं नारायणं संसंमरेत्सर्वदापि
praṇamakāle devadevasya viṣṇoḥ śeṣāntasthaṃ saṃsmareccaiva viṣṇum / sunītikāle saṃsmarennārasiṃhaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ saṃsaṃmaretsarvadāpi
At the time of bowing to Viṣṇu, the god of gods, one should remember Viṣṇu as abiding upon Śeṣa; at the time of (right) conduct one should remember Narasiṃha, and one should always remember Nārāyaṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 29.70
पूर्तिर्यदा क्रियते कर्मणां च सम्यक् स्मरेद्वासुदेवं हरिं च । एवं कृतानि कर्माणि हरिप्रीतिकराणि च ॥ गर्प्_३,२९।६८ ॥ सम्यक् प्रकुर्वन्नेतानि पुष्करो हरिवल्लभः ॥ गर्प्_३,२९।६९ ॥ एतस्मादेव पक्षीश कर्म यत्समुदाहृतम् पुष्कराख्यानमतुलं शृणोति श्रद्धयान्वितः । हरिप्रीतिकरे धर्मे प्रीतियुक्तो भवेत्सदा
pūrtiryadā kriyate karmaṇāṃ ca samyak smaredvāsudevaṃ hariṃ ca / evaṃ kṛtāni karmāṇi hariprītikarāṇi ca // garp_3,29.68 // samyak prakurvannetāni puṣkaro harivallabhaḥ // garp_3,29.69 // etasmādeva pakṣīśa karma yatsamudāhṛtam puṣkarākhyānamatulaṃ śṛṇoti śraddhayānvitaḥ / hariprītikare dharme prītiyukto bhavetsadā
When the completion of rites is being made, one should duly remember Vāsudeva and Hari. Acts done thus are pleasing to Hari. (68) Performing these properly, Puṣkara became dear to Hari. (69) For just this reason, O lord of birds, whoever, filled with faith, hears the incomparable narrative of Puṣkara—the act which has been recounted—becomes forever full of delight in the dharma that pleases Hari.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain