Garuda Describes the North

Verse 1 (5.111.1)

यस्मादुत्तार्यते पापाद्यस्मान्निःश्रेयसोऽश्नुते । अस्मादुत्तारणबलादुत्तरेत्युच्यते द्विज ॥

yasmāduttāryate pāpādyasmānniḥśreyaso'śnute | asmāduttāraṇabalāduttaretyucyate dvija

Because here one is carried across from sin, and because here one attains the highest good, this quarter is called Uttara, the north, O twice-born, for its power to carry across.

Note on the text: Speaker heading misprinted सपर्ण उवाच in Wikisource; read सुपर्ण (as in the preceding adhyayas and the critical edition). Corrected निश्रेयसोऽश्रुते → निःश्रेयसोऽश्नुते (misprints in Wikisource; a dropped visarga in निःश्रेयस, and र for न in अश्नुते, "attains"; the critical edition reads niḥśreyaso 'śnute). The second line differs from the critical edition (tasmād uttāraṇaphalād uttarety ucyate budhaiḥ), a recension variant.

Verse 2 (5.111.2)

उत्तरस्य हिरण्यस्य परिवापस्य गालव । मार्गः पश्चिमपूर्वाभ्यां दिग्भ्यां वै मध्यमः स्मृतः ॥

uttarasya hiraṇyasya parivāpasya gālava | mārgaḥ paścimapūrvābhyāṃ digbhyāṃ vai madhyamaḥ smṛtaḥ

The road to the golden region of the north, Galava, is said to run midway between the western and the eastern quarters.

Verse 3 (5.111.3)

अस्यां दिशि वरिष्ठायामुत्तरायां द्विजर्षभ । नासौम्यो नाविधेयात्मा नाधर्मो वसते जनः ॥

asyāṃ diśi variṣṭhāyāmuttarāyāṃ dvijarṣabha | nāsaumyo nāvidheyātmā nādharmo vasate janaḥ

In this most excellent northern quarter, bull among the twice-born, there lives no one who is harsh, no one who has not mastered himself, no one who is unrighteous.

Verse 4 (5.111.4)

अत्र नारायणः कृष्णो जिष्णुश्चैव नरोत्तमः । बदर्यामाश्रमपदे तथा ब्रह्मा च शाश्वतः ॥

atra nārāyaṇaḥ kṛṣṇo jiṣṇuścaiva narottamaḥ | badaryāmāśramapade tathā brahmā ca śāśvataḥ

Here, at the hermitage of Badari, dwell Narayana, who is Krishna, and Jishnu, the best of men, and the eternal Brahma as well.

Verse 5 (5.111.5)

अत्र वै हिमवत्पृष्ठे नित्यमास्ते महेश्वरः । प्रकृत्या पुरुषः सार्धं युगान्ताग्निसमप्रभः ॥

atra vai himavatpṛṣṭhe nityamāste maheśvaraḥ | prakṛtyā puruṣaḥ sārdhaṃ yugāntāgnisamaprabhaḥ

Here on the ridge of Himavat the great lord Maheshvara dwells for ever, as the Purusha together with Prakriti, radiant as the fire at the end of the age.

Note on the text: Removed the stray wiki mark (`) that opens the bracketed passage of verses 5b–7. The first line is CE 5.109.5ab; the second is not in the critical edition's text but is star passage *0452, line 1, after 5.109.5ab. The Wikisource commentary also notes that these two and a half verses are missing in many southern manuscripts.

Verse 6 (5.111.6)

न स दृश्यो मुनिगणैस्तथा देवैः सवासवैः । गन्धर्वयक्षसिद्धैर्वा नरनारायणादृते ॥

na sa dṛśyo munigaṇaistathā devaiḥ savāsavaiḥ | gandharvayakṣasiddhairvā naranārāyaṇādṛte

He cannot be seen by the hosts of sages, nor by the gods with Vasava, nor by Gandharvas, Yakshas or Siddhas — by none but Nara and Narayana.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it is star passage *0452, lines 2–3, after 5.109.5ab.

Verse 7 (5.111.7)

अत्र विष्णुः सहस्राक्षः सहस्रचरणोऽव्ययः । सहस्रशिरसः श्रीमानेकः पश्यति मायया ॥

atra viṣṇuḥ sahasrākṣaḥ sahasracaraṇo'vyayaḥ | sahasraśirasaḥ śrīmānekaḥ paśyati māyayā

Here Vishnu, the glorious one, thousand-eyed, thousand-footed, thousand-headed and imperishable, alone beholds him, through his power of maya.

Note on the text: Removed the stray wiki mark (') and the doubled danda that close the bracketed passage. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it is star passage *0452, lines 4–5, after 5.109.5ab.

Verse 8 (5.111.8)

अत्र राज्येन विप्राणां चन्द्रमाश्चाभ्यषिच्यत । अत्र गङ्गां महादेवः पतन्तीं गगनाच्च्युताम् ॥

atra rājyena viprāṇāṃ candramāścābhyaṣicyata | atra gaṅgāṃ mahādevaḥ patantīṃ gaganāccyutām

Here the Moon was consecrated as king of the brahmins. Here the great god caught the Ganga as she fell, plunging from the sky,

Note on the text: The critical edition divides verses 8–28 differently: this verse is CE 5.109.5cd + 6ab.

Verse 9 (5.111.9)

प्रतिगृह्य ददौ लोके मानुषे ब्रह्मवित्तम । अत्र देव्या तपस्तप्तं महेश्वरपरीप्सया ॥

pratigṛhya dadau loke mānuṣe brahmavittama | atra devyā tapastaptaṃ maheśvaraparīpsayā

and having caught her, gave her to the world of men, O best of those who know Brahman. Here the goddess practised austerities, longing to win Maheshvara.

Note on the text: CE 5.109.6cd + 7ab.

Verse 10 (5.111.10)

अत्र कामश्च रोषश्च शैलश्चोमा च संबभुः । अत्र राक्षसयक्षाणां गन्धर्वाणां च गालव ॥

atra kāmaśca roṣaśca śailaścomā ca saṃbabhuḥ | atra rākṣasayakṣāṇāṃ gandharvāṇāṃ ca gālava

Here Kama and Wrath, the Mountain and Uma appeared together. Here, Galava, over the rakshasas, the yakshas and the gandharvas,

Note on the text: CE 5.109.7cd + 8ab.

Verse 11 (5.111.11)

आधिपत्येन कैलासे धनदोऽप्यभिषेचितः । अत्र चैत्ररथं रम्यमत्र वैखानसाश्रमः ॥

ādhipatyena kailāse dhanado'pyabhiṣecitaḥ | atra caitrarathaṃ ramyamatra vaikhānasāśramaḥ

the Giver of Wealth was consecrated as overlord, on Kailasa. Here is the lovely grove of Chaitraratha; here is the hermitage of the Vaikhanasas;

Note on the text: CE 5.109.8cd + 9ab.

Verse 12 (5.111.12)

अत्र मन्दाकिनी चैव मन्दरश्च द्विजर्षभ । अत्र सौगन्धिकवनं नैर्ऋतैरभिरक्ष्यते ॥

atra mandākinī caiva mandaraśca dvijarṣabha | atra saugandhikavanaṃ nairṛtairabhirakṣyate

here are the river Mandakini and Mount Mandara, bull among the twice-born; here the Saugandhika forest is guarded by the Nairritas;

Note on the text: CE 5.109.9cd + 10ab.

Verse 13 (5.111.13)

शाद्वलं कदलीस्कन्धमत्र सन्तानका नगाः । अत्र संयमनित्यानां सिद्धानां स्वैरचारिणाम् ॥

śādvalaṃ kadalīskandhamatra santānakā nagāḥ | atra saṃyamanityānāṃ siddhānāṃ svairacāriṇām

here are grassy meadows and plantain groves, and here the Santanaka trees. Here, for the Siddhas, ever self-restrained and roaming at will,

Note on the text: CE 5.109.10cd + 11ab.

Verse 14 (5.111.14)

विमानान्यनुरूपाणि कामभोग्यानि गालव । अत्र ते ऋषयः सप्त देवी चारुन्धती तथा ॥

vimānānyanurūpāṇi kāmabhogyāni gālava | atra te ṛṣayaḥ sapta devī cārundhatī tathā

there are aerial cars befitting them, yielding every pleasure at will, Galava. Here are those Seven Seers, and the goddess Arundhati too.

Note on the text: Corrected विमानान्युनुरूपाणि → विमानान्यनुरूपाणि (misprint in Wikisource; यु for य — विमानानि + अनुरूपाणि; the critical edition reads vimānāny anurūpāṇi). CE 5.109.11cd + 12ab.

Verse 15 (5.111.15)

अत्र तिष्ठति वै रात्रिन्दिवाप्यत्रावतिष्ठते । अत्र यज्ञं समासाद्य ध्रुवं स्थाता पितामहः ॥

atra tiṣṭhati vai rātrindivāpyatrāvatiṣṭhate | atra yajñaṃ samāsādya dhruvaṃ sthātā pitāmahaḥ

Here night abides, and here day abides as well. Here the Grandsire, having attained the sacrifice, stands firm and fixed;

Note on the text: The first line differs from the critical edition, which reads atra tiṣṭhati vai svātir atrāsyā udayaḥ smṛtaḥ (5.109.12cd); the second line is CE 5.109.13ab (reading samāruhya for समासाद्य).

Verse 16 (5.111.16)

ज्योतींषि चन्द्रसूर्यौ च परिवर्तन्ति नित्यशः । अत्र गङ्गामहाद्वारं रक्षन्ति द्विजसत्तम ॥

jyotīṃṣi candrasūryau ca parivartanti nityaśaḥ | atra gaṅgāmahādvāraṃ rakṣanti dvijasattama

the stars, the moon and the sun turn about it unceasingly. Here, best of the twice-born, the great gate of the Ganga is guarded

Note on the text: CE 5.109.13cd + 14ab (reading gāyantikādvāraṃ for गङ्गामहाद्वारं).

Verse 17 (5.111.17)

धामा नाम महात्मानो मुनयः सत्यवादिनः । न तेषां ज्ञायते मूर्तिर्नाकृतिर्न तपश्चितम् ॥

dhāmā nāma mahātmāno munayaḥ satyavādinaḥ | na teṣāṃ jñāyate mūrtirnākṛtirna tapaścitam

by the great-souled sages called the Dhamas, speakers of truth. Neither their bodily form is known, nor their shape, nor the austerity they have heaped up.

Note on the text: CE 5.109.14cd + 15ab (reading sūtir for मूर्तिः).

Verse 18 (5.111.18)

परिवर्तसहस्राणि कामभोज्यानि गालव । यथायथा प्रविशति तस्मात्परतरं नरः । तथातथा द्विजश्रेष्ठ प्रविलीयति गालव । नैतत्केनचिदन्येन गतपूर्वं द्विजर्षभ ॥

parivartasahasrāṇi kāmabhojyāni gālava | yathāyathā praviśati tasmātparataraṃ naraḥ | tathātathā dvijaśreṣṭha pravilīyati gālava | naitatkenacidanyena gatapūrvaṃ dvijarṣabha

Here, Galava, are thousands of cycles of ages filled with pleasures to be enjoyed at will. The farther a man goes in beyond this place, best of the twice-born, the more he melts away, Galava. No one else has ever gone there before, bull among the twice-born,

Note on the text: Wikisource verses 18 and 19 are joined here: the page closes row 18 with a single danda, so by its own verse-end marks the two rows form one verse (the sentence "the farther … the more" also runs across them). Corrected सहस्रामि → सहस्राणि (misprint; मि for णि) and कामभोज्याननि → कामभोज्यानि (misprint; a doubled न; the critical edition reads kāmabhogyāni). The four lines are CE 5.109.15cd, 16ab, 16cd and 17ab (reading na tat for नैतत्).

Verse 19 (5.111.19)

ऋते नारायणं देवं नरं वा जिष्णुमव्ययम् । अत्र कैलासमित्युक्तं स्थानमैलविलस्य तत् ॥

ṛte nārāyaṇaṃ devaṃ naraṃ vā jiṣṇumavyayam | atra kailāsamityuktaṃ sthānamailavilasya tat

except the god Narayana, or Nara, the imperishable Jishnu. Here is the place called Kailasa, the abode of Ailavila (Kubera).

Note on the text: CE 5.109.17cd + 18ab.

Verse 20 (5.111.20)

अत्र विद्युत्प्रभा नाम जज्ञिरेऽप्सरसो दश । अत्र विष्णुपदं नाम क्रमता विष्णुना कृतम् ॥

atra vidyutprabhā nāma jajñire'psaraso daśa | atra viṣṇupadaṃ nāma kramatā viṣṇunā kṛtam

Here the ten Apsarases called Vidyutprabha were born. Here is the place called Vishnupada, made by Vishnu as he strode

Note on the text: Corrected जझिरे → जज्ञिरे (misprint in Wikisource; झ for ज्ञ; the critical edition reads jajñire). CE 5.109.18cd + 19ab.

Verse 21 (5.111.21)

त्रिलोकविक्रमे ब्रह्मन्नुत्तरां दिशमाश्रितम् । अत्र राज्ञा मरुत्तेन यज्ञेनेष्टं द्विजोत्तम ॥

trilokavikrame brahmannuttarāṃ diśamāśritam | atra rājñā maruttena yajñeneṣṭaṃ dvijottama

across the three worlds, brahmin; it lies in the northern quarter. Here King Marutta performed a sacrifice, best of the twice-born,

Note on the text: Corrected मरुतेन → मरुत्तेन (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped त in the name of King Marutta; the critical edition reads maruttena). CE 5.109.19cd + 20ab.

Verse 22 (5.111.22)

उशीरबीजे विप्रर्षे यत्र जाम्बूनदं सरः । जीमूतस्यात्र विप्रर्षेरुपतस्थे महात्मनः ॥

uśīrabīje viprarṣe yatra jāmbūnadaṃ saraḥ | jīmūtasyātra viprarṣerupatasthe mahātmanaḥ

at Ushirabija, brahmin seer, where the golden lake lies. Here, before the high-souled brahmin seer Jimuta,

Note on the text: CE 5.109.20cd + 21ab.

Verse 23 (5.111.23)

साक्षाद्धैमवतः पुण्यो विमलः कनकाकरः । ब्राह्मणेषु च यत्कृत्स्नं स्वन्तं कृत्वा धनं महत् ॥

sākṣāddhaimavataḥ puṇyo vimalaḥ kanakākaraḥ | brāhmaṇeṣu ca yatkṛtsnaṃ svantaṃ kṛtvā dhanaṃ mahat

there appeared in visible form a holy, spotless mine of gold from the Himalaya. And having given away all that great wealth to the brahmins,

Note on the text: CE 5.109.21cd (reading kamalākaraḥ for कनकाकरः) + 22ab.

Verse 24 (5.111.24)

वव्रे धनं महर्षिः स जैमूतं तद्धनं ततः । अत्र नित्यं दिशांपालाः सायंप्रातर्द्विजर्षभ ॥

vavre dhanaṃ maharṣiḥ sa jaimūtaṃ taddhanaṃ tataḥ | atra nityaṃ diśāṃpālāḥ sāyaṃprātardvijarṣabha

the great seer asked only that the wealth should bear his name; and so it is called Jaimuta wealth. Here, every evening and morning, bull among the twice-born, the guardians of the quarters

Note on the text: CE 5.109.22cd (reading vanaṃ for धनं) + 23ab.

Verse 25 (5.111.25)

कस्य कार्यं किमिति वै परिक्रोशन्ति गालव । एवमेषा द्विजश्रेष्ठ गुणैरन्यैर्दिगुत्तरा ॥

kasya kāryaṃ kimiti vai parikrośanti gālava | evameṣā dvijaśreṣṭha guṇairanyairdiguttarā

call out, Galava, "Who has business here, and what is it?" Thus, best of the twice-born, by these and other virtues this northern quarter

Note on the text: Corrected परिक्रोशान्ति → परिक्रोशन्ति (misprint in Wikisource; a stray ा; the critical edition reads parikrośanti). CE 5.109.23cd + 24ab.

Verse 26 (5.111.26)

उत्तरेति परिख्याता सर्वकर्मसु चोत्तरा । एता विस्तरशस्तात तव सङ्कीर्तिता दिशः ॥

uttareti parikhyātā sarvakarmasu cottarā | etā vistaraśastāta tava saṅkīrtitā diśaḥ

is renowned as Uttara, and in every undertaking it is the higher. I have described these quarters to you in detail, my friend —

Note on the text: Corrected सर्वकर्मस्तु → सर्वकर्मसु (misprint in Wikisource; a stray त्; the critical edition reads sarvakarmasu) and शङ्गीर्तिता → सङ्कीर्तिता (misprint; श for स and ग for क; the critical edition reads saṃkīrtitā). CE 5.109.24cd + 25ab.

Verse 27 (5.111.27)

चतस्रः क्रमयोगेन कामाशां गन्तुमिच्छसि । उद्यतोऽहं द्विजश्रेष्ठ तव दर्शयितुं दिशः । पृथिवीं चाखिलां ब्रह्मंस्तस्मादारोह मां द्विज ॥

catasraḥ kramayogena kāmāśāṃ gantumicchasi | udyato'haṃ dvijaśreṣṭha tava darśayituṃ diśaḥ | pṛthivīṃ cākhilāṃ brahmaṃstasmādāroha māṃ dvija

all four of them, one after another. To which quarter do you wish to go? I am ready, best of the twice-born, to show you the quarters and the whole earth; so climb onto me, O twice-born.

Note on the text: The first line is CE 5.109.25cd and the second and third lines CE 5.109.26.