The Wish-Granting Hymn of Chitraketu

Verse 1 (garuda.1.195.1)

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम् १९५ हरिरुवाच । सल्वकामप्रदां विद्यां सप्तरात्रेण तां शृणु । नमस्तुभ्यं भगवते वासुदेवाय धीमहि

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam 195 hariruvāca salvakāmapradāṁ vidyāṁ saptarātreṇa tāṁ śṛṇu namastubhyaṁ bhagavate vāsudevāya dhīmahi

Hari said: Listen to this knowledge, which grants every desire and is accomplished within seven nights: 'Salutations to You, O Blessed Vasudeva; we meditate upon You.'

Verse 2 (garuda.1.195.2)

प्रद्युम्नायानिरुद्धाय नमः सङ्गर्षणाय च । नमो विज्ञानमात्राय परमानन्दमूर्तये

pradyumnāyāniruddhāya namaḥ saṅgarṣaṇāya ca namo vijñānamātrāya paramānandamūrtaye

'Salutations to Pradyumna and Aniruddha, and salutations to Sankarshana; salutations to the one who is pure consciousness itself, the very embodiment of supreme bliss;

Verse 3 (garuda.1.195.3)

आत्मारामाय शान्ताय निवृत्तद्वैतदृष्टये । त्वद्रूपाणि च सर्वाणि तस्मात्तुभ्यं नमो नमः

ātmārāmāya śāntāya nivṛttadvaitadṛṣṭaye tvadrūpāṇi ca sarvāṇi tasmāttubhyaṁ namo namaḥ

— to the one who delights in the Self, the peaceful one, free from the vision of duality; since all these forms are Yours alone, therefore salutations, salutations to You.

Verse 4 (garuda.1.195.4)

हृषीकेशाय महते नमस्तेऽनन्तमूर्तये । यस्मिन्निदं यतश्चैतत्तिष्ठत्यग्रेऽपि जायते

hṛṣīkeśāya mahate namaste'nantamūrtaye yasminnidaṁ yataścaitattiṣṭhatyagre'pi jāyate

'Salutations to Hrishikesha, the great one, of infinite form, in whom this universe rests and from whom it arises, and in whom it exists even before its arising.

Verse 5 (garuda.1.195.5)

मृन्मयीं वहसि क्षोणीं तस्मै ते ब्रह्मणे नमः । यन्न स्पृशन्ति न विदुः मनोबुद्धीन्द्रियासवः । अन्तर्बहिस्त्वं चरसि व्योमतुल्यं नमाम्यहम्

mṛnmayīṁ vahasi kṣoṇīṁ tasmai te brahmaṇe namaḥ yanna spṛśanti na viduḥ manobuddhīndriyāsavaḥ antarbahistvaṁ carasi vyomatulyaṁ namāmyaham

'You alone bear this earthen world — salutations to You, that Brahman, whom mind, intellect, senses, and life-breath can neither touch nor know. You move within and without, pervading like the sky — I bow to You.'

Verse 6 (garuda.1.195.6)

ओं नमो भगवते महापुराषाय महाभूतपतये सकलसत्त्वभाविव्रीडनिकरकमलरेणूत्पलनिभधर्माख्यविद्यया चरणारविन्दयुगल परमेष्ठिन्नमस्ते । अवाप विद्याधरतां चित्रकेतोश्च विद्यया

oṁ namo bhagavate mahāpurāṣāya mahābhūtapataye sakalasattvabhāvivrīḍanikarakamalareṇūtpalanibhadharmākhyavidyayā caraṇāravindayugala parameṣṭhinnamaste avāpa vidyādharatāṁ citraketośca vidyayā

'Om, salutations to the Blessed Great Being, Lord of the great elements, adorned with a glory resembling a cluster of lotus-pollen — O Supreme Lord, salutations to Your pair of lotus feet.' By this very knowledge, Chitraketu attained the status of a Vidyadhara.