Garuda Purana — Brahma Khanda — Chapter 8
GaP 3 8.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- ८ क्रतोरनन्तरं जातो मित्रो (श्रो) नाम खगेश्वर । नारायणं जगद्योनिं स्तोतुं समुपचक्रमे
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 8 kratoranantaraṃ jāto mitro (śro) nāma khageśvara / nārāyaṇaṃ jagadyoniṃ stotuṃ samupacakrame
The Glorious Great Garuḍa Purāṇa, (chapter) 8: After Kratu was born (one) named Mitra, O lord of birds; he began to praise Nārāyaṇa, the womb of the world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 8.2
मित्र उवाच । नतोस्म्यज्ञस्त्वच्चरणारविन्दं भवच्छिदं स्वस्त्ययनं भवच्छिदे । वेद स्वयं भगवान्वासुदेवो नाहं नाग्निर्न त्रिदेवा मुनीन्द्राः
mitra uvāca / natosmyajñastvaccaraṇāravindaṃ bhavacchidaṃ svastyayanaṃ bhavacchide / veda svayaṃ bhagavānvāsudevo nāhaṃ nāgnirna tridevā munīndrāḥ
Mitra said: I, ignorant, bow to your lotus feet, which cut off (worldly) existence, the resort of well-being, for the cutting off of existence. The Blessed Lord Vāsudeva himself knows (his own greatness) — not I, not Agni, not the three gods, not the chief of sages.
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GaP 3 8.3
अथापरे भागवतप्रधाना यदा न जानीयुरथापरे कुतः । मां पाहि नित्यं परतोप्यधीश विश्वामित्रान्न्यून एवेति नित्यम् । अहं पर्जन्यार्द्विगुण एव नित्यमतो मम स्तवने नास्ति शक्तिः
athāpare bhāgavatapradhānā yadā na jānīyurathāpare kutaḥ / māṃ pāhi nityaṃ paratopyadhīśa viśvāmitrānnyūna eveti nityam / ahaṃ parjanyārdviguṇa eva nityamato mama stavane nāsti śaktiḥ
And when others, foremost among the devotees of the Lord, do not know (you), then how should still others? Protect me always, O Lord, even from beyond — (me) who am always less even than Viśvāmitra. I am always but twice (the measure) of Parjanya; therefore I have no power to praise you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 8.4
एवं स्तुत्वा हरिं मित्रस्तूष्णीमास तदा खग । तदनन्तरजा तारा स्तोतुं समुपचक्रमे
evaṃ stutvā hariṃ mitrastūṣṇīmāsa tadā khaga / tadanantarajā tārā stotuṃ samupacakrame
Having praised Hari thus, Mitra then fell silent, O bird. Then Tārā, born after him, began to praise (him).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 8.5
तारोवाच अनन्येन तु भावेन भक्तिं कुर्वन्ति ये दृढाम् । त्वत्कृते त्यक्तकर्माणस्त्यक्तस्वजनबान्धवाः
tārovāca ananyena tu bhāvena bhaktiṃ kurvanti ye dṛḍhām / tvatkṛte tyaktakarmāṇastyaktasvajanabāndhavāḥ
Tārā said: Those who, with a disposition turned to no other, practise firm devotion, who for your sake have given up (their) works and abandoned their own kinsmen and relatives —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 8.6
त्वदाश्रयां कथां श्रुत्वा (दृष्ट्वा) शृण्वन्ति कथयन्ति च । तथैते साधवो विष्णो सर्वसंगविवर्जिताः
tvadāśrayāṃ kathāṃ śrutvā (dṛṣṭvā) śṛṇvanti kathayanti ca / tathaite sādhavo viṣṇo sarvasaṃgavivarjitāḥ
having heard the tale that has you for its refuge, they (go on) hearing it and telling it; such men, O Viṣṇu, are the good, wholly free of every attachment.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 8.7
तन्मध्ये पतितां पाहि सदा मित्रसमां प्रभो । तारानन्तरजः प्राह निरृतिश्च खगेश्वर
tanmadhye patitāṃ pāhi sadā mitrasamāṃ prabho / tārānantarajaḥ prāha nirṛtiśca khageśvara
Protect me, who have fallen in the midst of them, ever holding (me) equal to Mitra, O Lord. Then Nirṛti, born next after Tārā, spoke, O lord of birds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 8.8
निरृतिरुवाच । योगेन त्वय्यर्पितया च भक्त्या संयान्ति लोकाः परमां गतिं च । आसेवया सर्वगुणाधिकानां ज्ञानेन वैराग्ययुतेनदवे
nirṛtiruvāca / yogena tvayyarpitayā ca bhaktyā saṃyānti lokāḥ paramāṃ gatiṃ ca / āsevayā sarvaguṇādhikānāṃ jñānena vairāgyayutenadave
Nirṛti said: By yoga and by devotion offered up to you, people reach the supreme goal; by service of those who surpass (others) in all good qualities, by knowledge joined with dispassion...
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 8.9
चित्तस्य निग्रहेणैव विष्णोर्यान्ति परं पदम् । अतो मां पाहि दयया सदा तारासमं प्रभो । तदनन्तरजा स्तोतुं प्रावही तं प्रचक्रमे
cittasya nigraheṇaiva viṣṇoryānti paraṃ padam / ato māṃ pāhi dayayā sadā tārāsamaṃ prabho / tadanantarajā stotuṃ prāvahī taṃ pracakrame
Only by the restraint of the mind do (they) go to the supreme station of Viṣṇu. Therefore protect me with compassion, ever holding (me) equal to Tārā, O Lord. Then she who was born next after her, Prāvahī, began to praise him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 8.10
प्रवाह्युवाच । सुताः प्रसंगेन भवन्ति वीर्यात्तव प्रसादात्परमाः सम्पदश्च । या ह्युत्तमश्लोकरसायनाः कथास्तत्सेवनादास्त्वपवर्गवर्त्मनि
pravāhyuvāca / sutāḥ prasaṃgena bhavanti vīryāttava prasādātparamāḥ sampadaśca / yā hyuttamaślokarasāyanāḥ kathāstatsevanādāstvapavargavartmani
Prāvahī said: Sons come to be through union, out of your potency; and by your grace, the highest riches. For those tales which are the elixir of him whose praise is highest — by serving them (one stands) on the road to release.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 8.11
भक्तिर्भवेत्सर्वदा देवदेव सदाप्यहं निरृतेः साम्यमेव । सहर्भाष्यकोमित्रः त्कयीतारः प्रकीर्तिताः
bhaktirbhavetsarvadā devadeva sadāpyahaṃ nirṛteḥ sāmyameva / saharbhāṣyakomitraḥ tkayītāraḥ prakīrtitāḥ
May there be devotion always, O god of gods; and may I forever have just equality with Nirṛti. ... Mitra ... they are proclaimed (as) ...
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 8.12
कोणाधिपो निरृतिश्च प्रावही प्रवहप्रिया । चत्वार एते पर्जन्यात्त्रिगुणाः परिकीर्तिताः
koṇādhipo nirṛtiśca prāvahī pravahapriyā / catvāra ete parjanyāttriguṇāḥ parikīrtitāḥ
Koṇādhipa and Nirṛti, Prāvahī and Pravaha's beloved — these four are declared to stand three degrees (below) Parjanya.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 8.13
तदनन्तरजान्वक्ष्ये ताञ्छृणु त्वं खगेश्वर । प्रवाहभार्यानन्तरजो विष्वक्सेनोथपार्षदः । वायुपुत्रो महाभागः हरिं स्तोतुं प्रचक्रमे
tadanantarajānvakṣye tāñchṛṇu tvaṃ khageśvara / pravāhabhāryānantarajo viṣvaksenothapārṣadaḥ / vāyuputro mahābhāgaḥ hariṃ stotuṃ pracakrame
I shall now tell of those born next after him; listen to them, O lord of birds. Born next after Pravaha's wife is Viṣvaksena, an attendant, son of Vāyu, greatly blessed, who began to praise Hari.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 8.14
विष्वक्सेन उवाच । भगवान्मोक्षदः कृष्णः पूर्णानन्दो सदायदि । यदि स्यात्परमा भक्तिर्ह्य परोक्षत्वसाधना
viṣvaksena uvāca / bhagavānmokṣadaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ pūrṇānando sadāyadi / yadi syātparamā bhaktirhya parokṣatvasādhanā
Viṣvaksena said: If Bhagavān Kṛṣṇa, whose bliss is complete, is always the giver of release; and if there be supreme devotion, which is the means to (the reaching of) what is beyond sight;
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GaP 3 8.15
तथा स्वगुरुमारभ्य ब्रह्मान्तेषु च साधुषु । तद्योग्यतानुसारेण भक्तिर्निष्कपटा यदि
tathā svagurumārabhya brahmānteṣu ca sādhuṣu / tadyogyatānusāreṇa bhaktirniṣkapaṭā yadi
and likewise, if devotion without guile exists toward the good, beginning with one's own guru and ending with Brahmā, in accordance with the fitness of each —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 8.16
तुलस्यादिषु जीवेषु यदि स्यात्प्रीतिरण्डज । संस्मृतिश्च तदा नाशी भूयादेव न संशयः
tulasyādiṣu jīveṣu yadi syātprītiraṇḍaja / saṃsmṛtiśca tadā nāśī bhūyādeva na saṃśayaḥ
and if there be love toward living beings such as the tulasī, O egg-born one, then transmigration will surely come to destruction — there is no doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 8.17
एवं स्तुत्त्वा महाभागो विष्वक्से नो महाप्रभो । तूष्णीं बभूव गरुड प्राञ्जलिर्नम्रकन्धरः । मित्रादहं न्यून एव नात्र कार्या विचारणा
evaṃ stuttvā mahābhāgo viṣvakse no mahāprabho / tūṣṇīṃ babhūva garuḍa prāñjalirnamrakandharaḥ / mitrādahaṃ nyūna eva nātra kāryā vicāraṇā
Having praised (him) thus, the greatly blessed Viṣvaksena of the great Lord fell silent, O Garuḍa, with palms joined and neck bowed: "I am indeed lower than Mitra; no debate is to be made about this."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain