Garuda Purana — Brahma Khanda — Chapter 9
GaP 3 9.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- ९ श्रीगरुड उवाच । अजानजस्वरूपं च ब्रूहि कृष्ण महामते । तदन्यांश्च क्रमेणेव वक्तुं कृष्ण त्वमर्हसि
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 9 śrīgaruḍa uvāca / ajānajasvarūpaṃ ca brūhi kṛṣṇa mahāmate / tadanyāṃśca krameṇeva vaktuṃ kṛṣṇa tvamarhasi
The Great Garuḍa Purāṇa, (chapter) 9. Śrī Garuḍa said: Tell me too, Kṛṣṇa of great mind, the nature of the ajānaja (deities); and it is fitting that you, Kṛṣṇa, should speak of the others in due order.
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GaP 3 9.2
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच । अजानाख्या देवतास्तु तत्तद्देवकुले भवाः । अजानदेवतास्ता हि तेभ्योग्याः कर्मदेवताः
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / ajānākhyā devatāstu tattaddevakule bhavāḥ / ajānadevatāstā hi tebhyogyāḥ karmadevatāḥ
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: The deities called ajāna are those born in the family of this or that god; those are the ajāna deities, and (ranked) with reference to them are the karma-deities.
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GaP 3 9.3
विराधश्चारुदेष्णश्च तथा चित्ररथस्तथा । धृतराष्ट्रः किशोरश्च हूहूर्हाहास्तथैव च
virādhaścārudeṣṇaśca tathā citrarathastathā / dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ kiśoraśca hūhūrhāhāstathaiva ca
Virādha and Cārudeṣṇa, and likewise Citraratha, Dhṛtarāṣṭra and Kiśora, and Hūhū and Hāhā as well,
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GaP 3 9.4
विद्याधरश्चोग्रसेनो विश्वावसुपरावसू । चित्रसेनश्च गोपालो बलः पञ्चदश स्मृताः
vidyādharaścograseno viśvāvasuparāvasū / citrasenaśca gopālo balaḥ pañcadaśa smṛtāḥ
and Vidyādhara and Ugrasena, Viśvāvasu and Parāvasu, and Citrasena, Gopāla and Bala — fifteen are recorded.
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GaP 3 9.5
एवमाद्यश्च गन्धर्वाः शतसंख्याः खगेश्वर । अजानजसमा ज्ञेया मुक्तौ संसार एव च
evamādyaśca gandharvāḥ śatasaṃkhyāḥ khageśvara / ajānajasamā jñeyā muktau saṃsāra eva ca
The Gandharvas beginning with these are a hundred in number, O lord of birds; they are to be known as equal to the ajānajas, both in liberation and in transmigration.
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GaP 3 9.6
अज्ञानजास्तु मे देवाः कर्मजेभ्यः शतावराः । घृताची मेनका रंभा उर्वशी च तिलोत्तमा
ajñānajāstu me devāḥ karmajebhyaḥ śatāvarāḥ / ghṛtācī menakā raṃbhā urvaśī ca tilottamā
But the gods born of ignorance are, for me, a hundred (degrees) below those born of action: Ghṛtācī, Menakā, Rambhā, Urvaśī and Tilottamā,
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GaP 3 9.7
सुकेतुः शबरी चैव मञ्जुघोषा च पिङ्गला । इत्यादिकं यक्षरत्नं सह संपरिकीर्तितम्
suketuḥ śabarī caiva mañjughoṣā ca piṅgalā / ityādikaṃ yakṣaratnaṃ saha saṃparikīrtitam
Suketu and Śabarī, and Mañjughoṣā and Piṅgalā — such is the host of Yakṣa jewels, proclaimed together (with them).
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GaP 3 9.8
अजानजसमा ह्येते कर्मजेभ्यः शतावराः । विश्वामित्रो वसिष्ठश्च नारदश्च्यवनस्तथा
ajānajasamā hyete karmajebhyaḥ śatāvarāḥ / viśvāmitro vasiṣṭhaśca nāradaścyavanastathā
These are equal to the ājānaja (gods); (they are) a hundred times lower than the karmaja ones: Viśvāmitra, Vasiṣṭha, Nārada, and Cyavana as well,
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GaP 3 9.9
उतथ्यश्च मुनिश्चैतान्द्राजपित्वा खगेश्वर । ऋषयश्च महात्मानो ह्यजानजसमाः स्मृताः
utathyaśca muniścaitāndrājapitvā khageśvara / ṛṣayaśca mahātmāno hyajānajasamāḥ smṛtāḥ
and the sage Utathya—these, O lord of birds, having surpassed (them)—and the great-souled seers too are held to be equal to the ājānajas.
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GaP 3 9.10
शतर्चिः कश्यपो ज्ञेयो मध्यमश्च पराशरः । पावमान्यः प्रगाथश्च क्षुद्रसूक्तश्च देवलः
śatarciḥ kaśyapo jñeyo madhyamaśca parāśaraḥ / pāvamānyaḥ pragāthaśca kṣudrasūktaśca devalaḥ
Śatarcis is to be known as Kaśyapa, and the Madhyama (seer) as Parāśara; the Pāvamānī (hymns), the Pragātha, the Kṣudrasūkta, and Devala;
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GaP 3 9.11
गृत्समदो ह्यासुरिश्च भरद्वाजोथ मुद्गलः । उद्दालको ह्यृ शृङ्गः शङ्खः सत्यव्रतस्तथा
gṛtsamado hyāsuriśca bharadvājotha mudgalaḥ / uddālako hyṛ śṛṅgaḥ śaṅkhaḥ satyavratastathā
Gṛtsamada, Āsuri, Bharadvāja, then Mudgala, Uddālaka, Ṛśyaśṛṅga, Śaṅkha, and Satyavrata,
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GaP 3 9.12
सुयज्ञश्चैव बाभ्रव्यो माण्डूकश्चैव बाष्कलः । धर्माचार्यस्तथागस्त्यो दाल्भ्यो दार्ढ्यच्युतस्तथा
suyajñaścaiva bābhravyo māṇḍūkaścaiva bāṣkalaḥ / dharmācāryastathāgastyo dālbhyo dārḍhyacyutastathā
Suyajña, Bābhravya, Māṇḍūka, Bāṣkala, Dharmācārya, Agastya, Dālbhya, and Dārḍhyacyuta,
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GaP 3 9.13
कवषो हरितः कण्वो विरूपो मुसलस्तथा । विष्णुवृद्धश्च आत्रेयः श्रीवत्सो वत्सलेत्यपि
kavaṣo haritaḥ kaṇvo virūpo musalastathā / viṣṇuvṛddhaśca ātreyaḥ śrīvatso vatsaletyapi
Kavaṣa, Harita, Kaṇva, Virūpa, Musala, Viṣṇuvṛddha, Ātreya, Śrīvatsa, and Vatsala too,
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GaP 3 9.14
भार्गवश्चाप्नवानश्च माण्डूकेयस्तथैव । मण्ड्कश्चैव जाबचलिः वीतिहव्यस्तथैव च
bhārgavaścāpnavānaśca māṇḍūkeyastathaiva / maṇḍkaścaiva jābacaliḥ vītihavyastathaiva ca
Bhārgava, Āpnavāna, and likewise Māṇḍūkeya, and Maṇḍūka, Jābacali, and Vītihavya as well,
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GaP 3 9.15
गृत्समदः शौनकश्च इत्याद्या ऋषयः स्मृताः । एतेषां श्रवणादेव हरिः प्रीणाति सर्वदा
gṛtsamadaḥ śaunakaśca ityādyā ṛṣayaḥ smṛtāḥ / eteṣāṃ śravaṇādeva hariḥ prīṇāti sarvadā
Gṛtsamada and Śaunaka—such are the seers that are recorded; merely from hearing (the names of) these, Hari is always pleased.
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GaP 3 9.16
ब्रुवे द्व्यष्टसहस्रं च शृणु तार्क्ष्य मम स्त्रियः । अग्निपुत्रास्तु यद्द्व्यष्टसहस्रञ्च मम स्त्रियः । अजानजसमा ह्येता (ते) नात्र कार्या विचारणा
bruve dvyaṣṭasahasraṃ ca śṛṇu tārkṣya mama striyaḥ / agniputrāstu yaddvyaṣṭasahasrañca mama striyaḥ / ajānajasamā hyetā (te) nātra kāryā vicāraṇā
I shall tell of the sixteen thousand—hear, O Tārkṣya, of my wives. The daughters of Agni, who are my sixteen thousand wives: these are indeed equal to the ājānajas; no doubt is to be entertained here.
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GaP 3 9.17
त्वष्टुः पुत्री कशेरूश्च तासां मध्ये गुणाधिका । तदनन्तरजान्वक्ष्ये शृणु सम्यक् खगेश्वर
tvaṣṭuḥ putrī kaśerūśca tāsāṃ madhye guṇādhikā / tadanantarajānvakṣye śṛṇu samyak khageśvara
And Kaśerū, the daughter of Tvaṣṭṛ, is superior in qualities among them. I shall next declare those born after that—listen well, O lord of birds.
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GaP 3 9.18
आजानेभ्यस्तु पितरः सप्तभ्योन्ये शतावराः । तथाधिका हि पितर इति वेदविदां मतम्
ājānebhyastu pitaraḥ saptabhyonye śatāvarāḥ / tathādhikā hi pitara iti vedavidāṃ matam
But the fathers (pitṛs), other than the seven, are a hundred degrees lower than the ājānas; and yet the fathers are superior—such is the view of those who know the Veda.
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GaP 3 9.19
तदनन्तराजान्वक्ष्ये शृणु त्वं द्विजसत्तम । अष्टाभ्यो देवगन्धर्वा अष्टोत्तरशतं विना
tadanantarājānvakṣye śṛṇu tvaṃ dvijasattama / aṣṭābhyo devagandharvā aṣṭottaraśataṃ vinā
I shall declare those born after that—listen, O best of the twice-born: after the eight, the divine gandharvas, one hundred and eight, apart (from them).
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GaP 3 9.20
तेभ्यः शतगुणानन्दा देवप्रेष्यास्तु मुख्यतः । स्वमुकेनेव देवैश्च आज्ञाप्याः सर्वदा गणाः
tebhyaḥ śataguṇānandā devapreṣyāstu mukhyataḥ / svamukeneva devaiśca ājñāpyāḥ sarvadā gaṇāḥ
A hundred times greater in bliss than those are the servants of the gods, chiefly; these hosts are always to be commanded by the gods as if by their own mouth.
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GaP 3 9.21
आख्याता देवगन्धर्वास्तेभ्यस्ते च शतावराः । तेभ्यस्तु क्षितिपा ज्ञेया अवराश्च शतैर्गुणैः
ākhyātā devagandharvāstebhyaste ca śatāvarāḥ / tebhyastu kṣitipā jñeyā avarāśca śatairguṇaiḥ
The divine gandharvas have been described; and they are a hundred degrees lower than these. Lower than them again, by a hundredfold, are to be known the rulers of the earth.
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GaP 3 9.24
तेभ्यः शतगुणाज्ञेया मानुषेषूत्तमा गणाः । एवं प्रासंगिकानुक्त्वा प्रकृतं ह्यनुसराम्यहम् । एवं ब्रह्मादयो देवा लक्ष्म्याद्या अपि सर्वशः ॥ गर्प्_३,९।२२ ॥ स्तुत्वा तूष्णीं स्थिताः सर्वे प्राञ्जलीकृत्य भो द्विज ॥ गर्प्_३,९।२३ ॥ इति स्तुतश्च देवेशो भगवान् हरिरव्ययः । तेषामायतनं दातुं मनसा समचिन्तयत्
tebhyaḥ śataguṇājñeyā mānuṣeṣūttamā gaṇāḥ / evaṃ prāsaṃgikānuktvā prakṛtaṃ hyanusarāmyaham / evaṃ brahmādayo devā lakṣmyādyā api sarvaśaḥ // garp_3,9.22 // stutvā tūṣṇīṃ sthitāḥ sarve prāñjalīkṛtya bho dvija // garp_3,9.23 // iti stutaśca deveśo bhagavān hariravyayaḥ / teṣāmāyatanaṃ dātuṃ manasā samacintayat
A hundred times lower than them are to be known the highest hosts among men. Having thus spoken of incidental matters, I now return to the main topic. Thus the gods beginning with Brahmā, and Lakṣmī and the rest as well, all of them, [3,9.22] having praised (him), stood silent, with palms joined, O twice-born one. [3,9.23] Thus praised, the lord of gods, the blessed imperishable Hari, pondered in his mind on giving them an abode.
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GaP 3 9.25
इदं पवित्रमारोग्यं पुण्यं पापप्रणाशनम् । हरिप्रसादजनकं स्वरूपसुखसाधनम्
idaṃ pavitramārogyaṃ puṇyaṃ pāpapraṇāśanam / hariprasādajanakaṃ svarūpasukhasādhanam
This (hymn) is purifying, health-giving, meritorious, destructive of sin, producing the grace of Hari, a means to the happiness of one's own true form.
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GaP 3 9.26
इदं तु स्तवनं विप्रा न पठन्तीह मानवाः । न शृण्वन्ति च ये नित्यं ते सर्वे चैव मायिनः
idaṃ tu stavanaṃ viprā na paṭhantīha mānavāḥ / na śṛṇvanti ca ye nityaṃ te sarve caiva māyinaḥ
But those men, O brahmins, who do not recite this hymn of praise here, and who do not listen (to it) daily—all of them are indeed deluded (or: deceivers).
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GaP 3 9.27
नस्मरन्तोन्तरं नित्यं ये भुञ्जन्ति नराधमाः । तैर्भुक्ता सततं विष्ठा सदा क्रिमिशतैर्युता
nasmarantontaraṃ nityaṃ ye bhuñjanti narādhamāḥ / tairbhuktā satataṃ viṣṭhā sadā krimiśatairyutā
Those lowest of men who eat without ever remembering (him) within—what they have eaten is always excrement, ever teeming with hundreds of worms.
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