The Origin of the Garuda Purana

Verse 1 (garuda.1.2.1)

।। ऋषय ऊचुः । कथं व्यासेन कथितं पुराणं गारुडं तव । एतत्सर्वं समाख्याहि परं विष्णुकथाश्रयम्

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ kathaṁ vyāsena kathitaṁ purāṇaṁ gāruḍaṁ tava etatsarvaṁ samākhyāhi paraṁ viṣṇukathāśrayam

The sages said: Tell us the Garuda Purana just as it was spoken to you by Vyasa; recount to us that whole essential account resting upon the stories of Vishnu.

Verse 2 (garuda.1.2.2)

सूत उवाच । अहं हि मुनिभिः सार्द्धं गतो बदरिकाश्रमम् । तत्र दृष्टो मया व्यासो ध्यायमानः परेश्वरम्

sūta uvāca ahaṁ hi munibhiḥ sārddhaṁ gato badarikāśramam tatra dṛṣṭo mayā vyāso dhyāyamānaḥ pareśvaram

Suta said: I went together with the sages to Badarikashrama. There I saw Vyasa, meditating on the Supreme Lord.

Verse 3 (garuda.1.2.3)

तं प्रणम्योपविष्टोऽहं पृष्टवान्हि मुनीश्वरम् । ।।सूत उवाच । व्यास ब्रूहि हरे रूपं जगत्सर्गादिकं ततः

taṁ praṇamyopaviṣṭo'haṁ pṛṣṭavānhi munīśvaram sūta uvāca vyāsa brūhi hare rūpaṁ jagatsargādikaṁ tataḥ

Bowing to him I sat down and asked that lord of sages. Suta said: O Vyasa, tell me of Hari's form and of the creation of the world and all that follows.

Verse 4 (garuda.1.2.4)

मन्ये ध्यायसि तं यस्मात्तस्माज्जानासि तं विभुम् । एवं पृष्टो यथा प्राह तथा विप्रा ? निबोधत

manye dhyāyasi taṁ yasmāttasmājjānāsi taṁ vibhum evaṁ pṛṣṭo yathā prāha tathā viprā ? nibodhata

I think that because you meditate upon him, you know that all-pervading one. Thus asked, O brahmins, hear what he said in reply.

Verse 5 (garuda.1.2.5)

।।व्यास उवाच । श्रृणु सूत ! प्रवक्ष्यामि पुराणं गारुडं तव । सह नारददक्षाद्यैर्ब्रह्मा मामुक्तवान्यथा

vyāsa uvāca śrṛṇu sūta ! pravakṣyāmi purāṇaṁ gāruḍaṁ tava saha nāradadakṣādyairbrahmā māmuktavānyathā

Vyasa said: Listen, O Suta, I shall recount to you the Garuda Purana, just as Brahma told it to me in the company of Narada, Daksha, and the others.

Verse 6 (garuda.1.2.6)

।।सूत उवाच । दक्षनारदमुख्यैस्तु युक्तं त्वां कथमुक्तवान् । ब्रह्मा श्रीगारुडं पुण्यं पुराणं सारवाचकम्

sūta uvāca dakṣanāradamukhyaistu yuktaṁ tvāṁ kathamuktavān brahmā śrīgāruḍaṁ puṇyaṁ purāṇaṁ sāravācakam

Suta said: Together with Daksha, Narada, and the others, how did Brahma come to tell you this sacred and essential Garuda Purana?

Verse 7 (garuda.1.2.7)

।।व्यास उवाच । अहं हि नारदो दक्षो भृग्वाद्याः प्रणिपत्य तम् । सारं ब्रूहीति पप्रच्छुर्ब्रह्माणं ब्रह्मलोकगम्

vyāsa uvāca ahaṁ hi nārado dakṣo bhṛgvādyāḥ praṇipatya tam sāraṁ brūhīti papracchurbrahmāṇaṁ brahmalokagam

Vyasa said: I, together with Narada, Daksha, Bhrigu and the other sages, bowed to Brahma, the dweller of Brahmaloka, and asked him — tell us the essential account.

Verse 8 (garuda.1.2.8)

।।ब्रह्मोवाच । पुराणं गारुडं सारं रुद्रं च मां यथा । सुरैः सहाब्रवीद्विष्णुस्तथाहं व्यास वच्मिते

brahmovāca purāṇaṁ gāruḍaṁ sāraṁ rudraṁ ca māṁ yathā suraiḥ sahābravīdviṣṇustathāhaṁ vyāsa vacmite

Brahma said: Just as Vishnu, together with the gods, told the essential Garuda Purana to Rudra and to me, O Vyasa, so I now tell it to you.

Verse 9 (garuda.1.2.9)

।।व्यास उवाच । कथं रुद्रं सुरैः सार्द्धमब्रवीद्वै हरिः पुरा । पुराणं गारुडं सारं ब्रूहि ब्रह्मन्महार्थकम्

vyāsa uvāca kathaṁ rudraṁ suraiḥ sārddhamabravīdvai hariḥ purā purāṇaṁ gāruḍaṁ sāraṁ brūhi brahmanmahārthakam

Vyasa said: How did Hari, long ago, together with the gods, tell Rudra this essential, deeply meaningful Garuda Purana? Tell me, O Brahma.

Verse 10 (garuda.1.2.10)

।।ब्रह्मोवाच । अहं गतोऽद्रिं कैलासमिन्द्राद्यैर्दैवतैः सह । तत्र दृष्टो मया रुद्रो ध्यायमानः परं पदम्

brahmovāca ahaṁ gato'driṁ kailāsamindrādyairdaivataiḥ saha tatra dṛṣṭo mayā rudro dhyāyamānaḥ paraṁ padam

Brahma said: I went to Mount Kailasa together with Indra and the other gods. There I saw Rudra, meditating on the Supreme State.

Verse 11 (garuda.1.2.11)

पृष्टो नमस्कृतः किं त्वं देवं ध्यायसि शङ्कर ? । त्वत्तो नान्यं परं देवं जानामि ब्रूहि मां ततः

pṛṣṭo namaskṛtaḥ kiṁ tvaṁ devaṁ dhyāyasi śaṅkara ? tvatto nānyaṁ paraṁ devaṁ jānāmi brūhi māṁ tataḥ

I asked, and bowing said: O Shankara, which God do you meditate upon? (Rudra replied:) I know no supreme God other than you — so tell me.

Verse 12 (garuda.1.2.12)

सारात्सारतरं तत्त्वं श्रोतुकामः सुरैः सह । ।।रुद्र उवाच । अहं ध्यायामि तं विष्णुं परमात्मानमीश्वरम्

sārātsārataraṁ tattvaṁ śrotukāmaḥ suraiḥ saha rudra uvāca ahaṁ dhyāyāmi taṁ viṣṇuṁ paramātmānamīśvaram

He, together with the gods, wished to hear the truth more essential than the essence itself. Rudra said: I meditate upon that Vishnu, who is the Supreme Self and Lord,

Verse 13 (garuda.1.2.13)

सर्वदं सर्वगं सर्वं सर्वप्राणिहृदिस्थितम् । भस्मोद्धूलितदेहस्तु जटामण्डलमण्डितः

sarvadaṁ sarvagaṁ sarvaṁ sarvaprāṇihṛdisthitam bhasmoddhūlitadehastu jaṭāmaṇḍalamaṇḍitaḥ

who bestows all, who pervades all, who is the form of all, and who dwells in the heart of every being — whose body is adorned with ash and beautified by a mass of matted locks.

Verse 14 (garuda.1.2.14)

विष्णोराराधनार्थं मे व्रतचर्य्या पितामह । तमेव गत्वा पृच्छामः सारं यं चिन्तयाम्यहम्

viṣṇorārādhanārthaṁ me vratacaryyā pitāmaha tameva gatvā pṛcchāmaḥ sāraṁ yaṁ cintayāmyaham

O grandsire, my very observance of vows is for the worship of Vishnu alone. Let us go to him and ask about that essence which I contemplate.

Verse 15 (garuda.1.2.15)

विष्णुं जिष्णुं पद्मनाभं हरिं देहविवर्जितम् । शुचिं शुचिपदं हँसं तत्पदं परमेश्वरम्

viṣṇuṁ jiṣṇuṁ padmanābhaṁ hariṁ dehavivarjitam śuciṁ śucipadaṁ hãsaṁ tatpadaṁ parameśvaram

I contemplate that God who is Vishnu, Jishnu, Padmanabha, Hari — bodiless, pure, of pure abode, in the form of the swan, holding the state of the Supreme Lord.

Verse 16 (garuda.1.2.16)

युक्ता सर्वात्मनात्मानं तं देवं चिन्तयाम्यहम् । यस्मिन्विश्वानि भूतानि तिष्ठन्ति च विशन्ति च

yuktā sarvātmanātmānaṁ taṁ devaṁ cintayāmyaham yasminviśvāni bhūtāni tiṣṭhanti ca viśanti ca

I contemplate that God, one with the self of all, who is the Self itself, in whom all these worlds and beings abide and into whom they dissolve.

Verse 17 (garuda.1.2.17)

गुणभूतानि भूतेशे सूत्रे मणिगणा इव । सहस्त्राक्षं सहस्त्राङ्घ्रिं सहस्त्रोरुं वराननम्

guṇabhūtāni bhūteśe sūtre maṇigaṇā iva sahastrākṣaṁ sahastrāṅghriṁ sahastroruṁ varānanam

As beads are strung on a thread, so all qualities abide in that Lord of beings; I contemplate him of a thousand eyes, a thousand feet, a thousand arms, and a beautiful face.

Verse 18 (garuda.1.2.18)

अणीयसामणीयांसं स्थविष्ठं च स्थवीयसाम् । गरीयसां गरिष्ठं च श्रेष्ठं च श्रेयसामपि

aṇīyasāmaṇīyāṁsaṁ sthaviṣṭhaṁ ca sthavīyasām garīyasāṁ gariṣṭhaṁ ca śreṣṭhaṁ ca śreyasāmapi

He is subtler than the subtlest and grosser than the grossest, weightier than the weighty and more excellent than the excellent.

Verse 19 (garuda.1.2.19)

यं वाक्येष्वनुवाक्येषु निषत्सूपनिषत्सु च । गृणन्ति सत्यकर्माणं सत्यं सत्येषु सामसु

yaṁ vākyeṣvanuvākyeṣu niṣatsūpaniṣatsu ca gṛṇanti satyakarmāṇaṁ satyaṁ satyeṣu sāmasu

Whom, in the Vedic sentences, the sub-sentences, and the Upanishads, they proclaim as the doer of truth, the truth within truths,

Verse 20 (garuda.1.2.20)

पुराणपुरुषः प्रोक्तो ब्रह्मा प्रोक्तो द्विजातिषु । क्षये सङ्कर्षणः प्रोक्तस्तमुपास्यमुपास्महे

purāṇapuruṣaḥ prokto brahmā prokto dvijātiṣu kṣaye saṅkarṣaṇaḥ proktastamupāsyamupāsmahe

who is called the Primeval Person, called Brahma among the twice-born, called Sankarshana at the time of dissolution — him alone, worthy of worship, we worship.

Verse 21 (garuda.1.2.21)

यस्मिंल्लोकाः स्फुरन्तीमे जलेषु शकुन्यो यथा । ऋतमेकाक्षरं ब्रह्म यत्तत्सदसतः परम्

yasmiṁllokāḥ sphurantīme jaleṣu śakunyo yathā ṛtamekākṣaraṁ brahma yattatsadasataḥ param

In whom all these worlds shimmer as fish move in water, he is the true, single-syllabled Brahman, beyond both being and non-being.

Verse 22 (garuda.1.2.22)

अर्चयन्ति च यं देवा यक्षराक्षसपन्नगाः । यस्याग्निरास्यं द्यौर्मूर्द्धा खं नाभिश्चरणौ क्षितिः

arcayanti ca yaṁ devā yakṣarākṣasapannagāḥ yasyāgnirāsyaṁ dyaurmūrddhā khaṁ nābhiścaraṇau kṣitiḥ

Whom gods, yakshas, rakshasas, and serpents all worship, whose mouth is fire, whose head is the sky, whose navel is space, and whose feet are the earth,

Verse 23 (garuda.1.2.23)

चन्द्रादित्यौ च नयने तं देवं चिन्तयाम्यहम् । यस्य त्रिलोकी जठरे मस्य काष्ठाश्च बाहवः

candrādityau ca nayane taṁ devaṁ cintayāmyaham yasya trilokī jaṭhare masya kāṣṭhāśca bāhavaḥ

whose eyes are the moon and sun — I contemplate that God — in whose belly the three worlds rest, and whose arms are the quarters of space.

Verse 24 (garuda.1.2.24)

यस्योच्छ्वासश्च पवनः तं देवं चिन्तयाम्यहम् । यस्य केशेषु जीमूता नद्यः सर्वाङ्गसन्धिषु

yasyocchvāsaśca pavanaḥ taṁ devaṁ cintayāmyaham yasya keśeṣu jīmūtā nadyaḥ sarvāṅgasandhiṣu

Whose exhalation is the wind — I contemplate that God — in whose hair the clouds dwell, and in every joint of whose body the rivers flow.

Verse 25 (garuda.1.2.25)

कुक्षौ समुद्राश्चत्वारस्तं देवं चिन्तयाम्यहम् । परः कालात्परो यज्ञात्परः सदसतश्च यः

kukṣau samudrāścatvārastaṁ devaṁ cintayāmyaham paraḥ kālātparo yajñātparaḥ sadasataśca yaḥ

In whose belly the four oceans lie — I contemplate that God — who is beyond time, beyond sacrifice, and beyond both being and non-being.

Verse 26 (garuda.1.2.26)

अनादिरादिर्विश्वस्य तं देवं चिन्तयाम्यहम् । मनसश्चन्द्रमा यस्य चक्षुषोश्च दिवाकरः

anādirādirviśvasya taṁ devaṁ cintayāmyaham manasaścandramā yasya cakṣuṣośca divākaraḥ

Who is the beginningless beginning of the universe — I contemplate that God — whose mind is the moon and whose two eyes are the sun.

Verse 27 (garuda.1.2.27)

मुखादग्निश्च संजज्ञे तं देवं चिन्तयाम्यहम् । पद्भ्यां यस्य क्षितिर्जाता श्रोत्राभ्यां च तथा दिशः

mukhādagniśca saṁjajñe taṁ devaṁ cintayāmyaham padbhyāṁ yasya kṣitirjātā śrotrābhyāṁ ca tathā diśaḥ

From whose mouth fire was born — I contemplate that God — from whose feet the earth was born, and from whose ears the quarters of space were born.

Verse 28 (garuda.1.2.28)

मूर्द्धभागाद्दिवं यस्य तं देवं चिन्तयाम्यहम् । सर्गश्च प्रतिसर्गश्च वंशो मन्वन्तराणि च

mūrddhabhāgāddivaṁ yasya taṁ devaṁ cintayāmyaham sargaśca pratisargaśca vaṁśo manvantarāṇi ca

From whose crown heaven was born — I contemplate that God — from whom creation, re-creation, lineage, and the ages of Manu proceed.

Verse 29 (garuda.1.2.29)

वंशानुचरितं यस्मात्तं देवं चिन्तयाम्यहम् । यं ध्यायाम्यहमेतस्माद्व्रजामः सारमीक्षितुम्

vaṁśānucaritaṁ yasmāttaṁ devaṁ cintayāmyaham yaṁ dhyāyāmyahametasmādvrajāmaḥ sāramīkṣitum

From whom the histories of lineages proceed — I contemplate that God; the one I meditate upon — let us go to see that very essence.

Verse 30 (garuda.1.2.30)

।।ब्रह्मोवाच । इत्युक्तोऽहं पुरा रुद्रः श्वेतद्वीपनिवासिनम् । स्तुत्वा प्रणम्य तं विष्णुं श्रोतुकाम स्थितः सुरैः

brahmovāca ityukto'haṁ purā rudraḥ śvetadvīpanivāsinam stutvā praṇamya taṁ viṣṇuṁ śrotukāma sthitaḥ suraiḥ

Brahma said: Thus addressed, O Rudra, I praised and bowed to Vishnu, the dweller of the White Island, and stood, with the gods, wishing to hear him.

Verse 31 (garuda.1.2.31)

अस्माकं मध्यतो रुद्र उवाच परमेश्वरम् । सारात्सारतरं विष्णुं पृष्टवांस्तं प्रणम्य वै

asmākaṁ madhyato rudra uvāca parameśvaram sārātsārataraṁ viṣṇuṁ pṛṣṭavāṁstaṁ praṇamya vai

From among us Rudra bowed and asked the Supreme Lord — he questioned Vishnu, who is more essential than the essence itself.

Verse 32 (garuda.1.2.32)

।।ब्रह्मोवाच । यथा पप्रच्छ मां व्यास स्तथासौ भगवान् भवः । पप्रच्छ विष्णुं देवाद्यैः श्रृण्वताममरैः सह

brahmovāca yathā papraccha māṁ vyāsa stathāsau bhagavān bhavaḥ papraccha viṣṇuṁ devādyaiḥ śrṛṇvatāmamaraiḥ saha

Brahma said: Just as you asked me, O Vyasa, so did the Lord Shiva ask Vishnu, while the gods and other immortals listened.

Verse 33 (garuda.1.2.33)

।।रुद्र उवाच । हरे कथय देवेश ! देवदेवः क ईश्वरः । को ध्येयः कश्च वै पूज्यः कैर्व्रतैस्तुष्यते परः

rudra uvāca hare kathaya deveśa ! devadevaḥ ka īśvaraḥ ko dhyeyaḥ kaśca vai pūjyaḥ kairvrataistuṣyate paraḥ

Rudra said: O Hari, O Lord of gods, tell me — who is the God even of the gods, the Lord? Who is worthy of meditation, who is worthy of worship, by what vows is the Supreme Lord pleased?

Verse 34 (garuda.1.2.34)

कैर्धर्मैः कैश्च नियमैः कया वा धर्मपूजया । केनाचारेण तुष्टः स्यात्किं तद्रूपं च तस्य वै

kairdharmaiḥ kaiśca niyamaiḥ kayā vā dharmapūjayā kenācāreṇa tuṣṭaḥ syātkiṁ tadrūpaṁ ca tasya vai

By what duties, by what observances, by what manner of righteous worship, by what conduct is he satisfied? What is his form?

Verse 35 (garuda.1.2.35)

कस्माद्देवाज्जगज्जातं जगत्पालयते च कः । कीदृशैरवतारैश्च कस्मिन्याति लयं जगत्

kasmāddevājjagajjātaṁ jagatpālayate ca kaḥ kīdṛśairavatāraiśca kasminyāti layaṁ jagat

From which God did the world arise, and who preserves it? Through what kinds of incarnations, and into what does the world dissolve at the end?

Verse 36 (garuda.1.2.36)

सर्गश्च प्रतिसर्गश्च वंशो मन्वन्तराणि च । कस्माद्देवात्प्रवर्त्तन्ते कस्मिमन्नेतत्प्रतिष्ठितम्

sargaśca pratisargaśca vaṁśo manvantarāṇi ca kasmāddevātpravarttante kasmimannetatpratiṣṭhitam

Creation, re-creation, lineage, and the ages of Manu — from which God do they arise, and in what is all this established?

Verse 37 (garuda.1.2.37)

एतत्सर्वं हरे ! ब्रूहि यच्चान्यदपि किञ्चन । परमेश्वरमाहात्म्यं युक्तयोगादिकं तथा

etatsarvaṁ hare ! brūhi yaccānyadapi kiñcana parameśvaramāhātmyaṁ yuktayogādikaṁ tathā

O Hari, tell me all this and whatever else there may be — the greatness of the Supreme Lord, and also the yoga of union with him, and the rest.

Verse 38 (garuda.1.2.38)

तथाष्टादश विद्याश्च हरी रुद्रं ततोऽब्रवीत् । ।।हरिरुवाच । श्रृणु रुद्र ! प्रवक्ष्यामि ब्रह्मणा च सुरैः सह

tathāṣṭādaśa vidyāśca harī rudraṁ tato'bravīt hariruvāca śrṛṇu rudra ! pravakṣyāmi brahmaṇā ca suraiḥ saha

Then, along with the eighteen branches of learning, Hari spoke to Rudra. Hari said: Listen, O Rudra, I shall tell you, in the presence of Brahma and the gods.

Verse 39 (garuda.1.2.39)

अहं हि देवो देवानां सर्वलोकेश्वरेश्वरः । अहं ध्येयश्च पूज्यश्च स्तुत्योहं स्ततिभिः सुरैः

ahaṁ hi devo devānāṁ sarvalokeśvareśvaraḥ ahaṁ dhyeyaśca pūjyaśca stutyohaṁ statibhiḥ suraiḥ

I alone am the God of gods, the Lord even of the lords of all worlds. I alone am worthy of meditation and worship; the gods praise me alone with their hymns.

Verse 40 (garuda.1.2.40)

अहं हि पूजितो रुद्र ! ददामि परमां गतिम् । नियमैश्च व्रतैस्तुष्ट आचारेण च मानवैः

ahaṁ hi pūjito rudra ! dadāmi paramāṁ gatim niyamaiśca vrataistuṣṭa ācāreṇa ca mānavaiḥ

Worshipped, O Rudra, I bestow the supreme goal; I am satisfied by observances and vows, and by the righteous conduct of mankind.

Verse 41 (garuda.1.2.41)

जगत्स्थितेरहं बीजं जगत्कर्त्ता त्वहं शिव ! । दुष्टनिग्रहकर्त्ता हि धर्मगोप्ता त्वहं हर !

jagatsthiterahaṁ bījaṁ jagatkarttā tvahaṁ śiva ! duṣṭanigrahakarttā hi dharmagoptā tvahaṁ hara !

I am the seed of the world's existence, O Shiva; I alone am the maker of the world. I alone restrain the wicked and protect dharma, O Hara.

Verse 42 (garuda.1.2.42)

अवतारैश्च मत्स्याद्यैः पालयाम्यखिलं जगत् । अहं मंत्राश्च मन्त्रार्थः पूजाध्यानपरो ह्यहम्

avatāraiśca matsyādyaiḥ pālayāmyakhilaṁ jagat ahaṁ maṁtrāśca mantrārthaḥ pūjādhyānaparo hyaham

Through incarnations beginning with the fish, I sustain the whole world. I am the mantras and their meaning; I am devoted to worship and meditation.

Verse 43 (garuda.1.2.43)

स्वर्गादीनां च कर्त्ताहं स्वर्गादीन्यहमेव च । योगी योगोहमेवाद्यः पुराणान्यहमेवच

svargādīnāṁ ca karttāhaṁ svargādīnyahameva ca yogī yogohamevādyaḥ purāṇānyahamevaca

I alone am the maker of heaven and the rest, and I alone am heaven and the rest. I am the first yogi and yoga itself; I am the Puranas as well.

Verse 44 (garuda.1.2.44)

ज्ञाता श्रोता तथा मन्ता वक्ता वक्तव्यमेव च । सर्वः सर्वात्मको देवो भुक्तिमुक्तिकरः परः

jñātā śrotā tathā mantā vaktā vaktavyameva ca sarvaḥ sarvātmako devo bhuktimuktikaraḥ paraḥ

I am the knower, the hearer, the ponderer, the speaker, and also that which is spoken. I am everything, the all-souled God, the supreme giver of enjoyment and liberation.

Verse 45 (garuda.1.2.45)

ध्यानं पूजोपहारोऽहं मण्डलान्यहमेव च । इतिहासान्यहं रुद्र ! सर्ववेदा ह्यहं शिव !

dhyānaṁ pūjopahāro'haṁ maṇḍalānyahameva ca itihāsānyahaṁ rudra ! sarvavedā hyahaṁ śiva !

I am meditation, worship, and offering; I am also all the ritual diagrams. I am the histories too, O Rudra; I am all the Vedas as well, O Shiva.

Verse 46 (garuda.1.2.46)

सर्वज्ञानान्यहं शम्भो ! ब्रह्मात्माहमहं शिव ! । अहं ब्रह्मा सर्वलोकः सर्वदेवात्मको ह्यहम्

sarvajñānānyahaṁ śambho ! brahmātmāhamahaṁ śiva ! ahaṁ brahmā sarvalokaḥ sarvadevātmako hyaham

I am all knowledge, O Shambhu; I myself am the Self that is Brahman, O Shiva. I am Brahma, I am all the worlds, I am the very form of all the gods.

Verse 47 (garuda.1.2.47)

अहं साक्षात्सदाचारो धर्मोऽहं वैष्णवो ह्यहम् । वर्णाश्रमास्तथा चाहं तद्धर्मोऽहं पुरातनः

ahaṁ sākṣātsadācāro dharmo'haṁ vaiṣṇavo hyaham varṇāśramāstathā cāhaṁ taddharmo'haṁ purātanaḥ

I myself am righteous conduct incarnate, I am dharma, I am the Vaishnava path itself. I am also the orders of caste and life-stage, and I am their ancient, eternal law.

Verse 48 (garuda.1.2.48)

यमोऽहं नियमो रुद्र ! व्रतानि विविधानि च । अहं सूर्य्यस्तथा चन्द्रो मङ्गलादीन्यहं तथा

yamo'haṁ niyamo rudra ! vratāni vividhāni ca ahaṁ sūryyastathā candro maṅgalādīnyahaṁ tathā

I am yama, I am niyama, O Rudra, and the various vows besides. I am the sun and also the moon; I am Mars and the other planets as well.

Verse 49 (garuda.1.2.49)

पुरा मां गरुडः पक्षी तपसाराधयद्भुवि । तुष्ट ऊचे वरं ब्रूहि मत्तो वव्रे वरं स तु

purā māṁ garuḍaḥ pakṣī tapasārādhayadbhuvi tuṣṭa ūce varaṁ brūhi matto vavre varaṁ sa tu

Long ago the bird Garuda worshipped me on earth through austerity. Pleased, I said: ask a boon; and he then asked this boon of me.

Verse 50 (garuda.1.2.50)

।।गरुड उवाच । मम माता च विनता नागैर्दासीकृता हरे । यथाहं देवताञ्जित्वा चामृतं ह्यानयामि तत्

garuḍa uvāca mama mātā ca vinatā nāgairdāsīkṛtā hare yathāhaṁ devatāñjitvā cāmṛtaṁ hyānayāmi tat

Garuda said: O Hari, my mother Vinata has been enslaved by the serpents. Grant that I may conquer the gods and bring back the nectar,

Verse 51 (garuda.1.2.51)

दास्याद्विमोक्षयिष्यामि यथाहं वाहनस्तव । महाबलो महावीर्य्यः सर्वज्ञो नागदारणः

dāsyādvimokṣayiṣyāmi yathāhaṁ vāhanastava mahābalo mahāvīryyaḥ sarvajño nāgadāraṇaḥ

and free her from that servitude. Let me become your vehicle — mighty, of great valor, all-knowing, and the render of serpents.

Verse 52 (garuda.1.2.52)

पुराणसंहिताकर्त्ता यथाऽहं स्यां तथा कुरुं । ।।विष्णुरुवाच । यथा त्वयोक्तं गरुड तथा सर्वं भविष्यति

purāṇasaṁhitākarttā yathā'haṁ syāṁ tathā kuruṁ viṣṇuruvāca yathā tvayoktaṁ garuḍa tathā sarvaṁ bhaviṣyati

And grant that I may become the author of a Puranic collection. Vishnu said: O Garuda, as you have asked, so shall it all come to pass.

Verse 53 (garuda.1.2.53)

नागदास्यान्मातरं त्वं विनतां मोक्षयिष्यसि । देवादीन्सकलाञ्जित्वा चामृतं ह्यानयिष्यसि

nāgadāsyānmātaraṁ tvaṁ vinatāṁ mokṣayiṣyasi devādīnsakalāñjitvā cāmṛtaṁ hyānayiṣyasi

You shall free your mother Vinata from the servitude of the serpents. Conquering all the gods and the rest, you shall bring back the nectar.

Verse 54 (garuda.1.2.54)

महाबलो वाहनस्त्वं भविष्यसि विषार्दनः । पुराणं मत्प्रसादाच्च मम माहात्म्यवाचकम्

mahābalo vāhanastvaṁ bhaviṣyasi viṣārdanaḥ purāṇaṁ matprasādācca mama māhātmyavācakam

You shall become my mighty vehicle, the destroyer of poison. By my grace this Purana shall proclaim my greatness.

Verse 55 (garuda.1.2.55)

यदुक्तं मत्स्वरूपं च तव चाविर्भविष्यति । गारुडं तव नाम्ना तल्लोके ख्यातिं गमिष्यति

yaduktaṁ matsvarūpaṁ ca tava cāvirbhaviṣyati gāruḍaṁ tava nāmnā talloke khyātiṁ gamiṣyati

What has been spoken is my own form, and it shall manifest in you as well. By your very name this shall become known in the world as the 'Garuda' Purana.

Verse 56 (garuda.1.2.56)

यथाहं देवदेवानां श्रीः ख्यातो विनतासुत । तथा ख्यातिं पुराणेषु गारुडं गारुडैष्यति

yathāhaṁ devadevānāṁ śrīḥ khyāto vinatāsuta tathā khyātiṁ purāṇeṣu gāruḍaṁ gāruḍaiṣyati

O son of Vinata, as I am known among the gods by the name Shri (Lord of Lakshmi), so among the Puranas the Garuda Purana shall become known by the name of Garuda.

Verse 57 (garuda.1.2.57)

यथाहं कीर्त्तनीयोऽथ तथा त्वं गरुडात्मना । मां ध्यात्वा पक्षिमुख्येदं पुराणं गद गारुडम्

yathāhaṁ kīrttanīyo'tha tathā tvaṁ garuḍātmanā māṁ dhyātvā pakṣimukhyedaṁ purāṇaṁ gada gāruḍam

As I am worthy to be glorified, so shall you also be, in your form as Garuda. Meditating on me, O best of birds, proclaim this Purana as the Garuda.

Verse 58 (garuda.1.2.58)

इत्युक्तो गरुडो रुद्र ! कश्यपायाह पृच्छते । कश्यपो गारुडं श्रुत्वा वृक्षं दग्धमजीवयत्

ityukto garuḍo rudra ! kaśyapāyāha pṛcchate kaśyapo gāruḍaṁ śrutvā vṛkṣaṁ dagdhamajīvayat

Thus addressed, O Rudra, Garuda spoke this to Kashyapa, who had asked him. Hearing the Garuda mantra, Kashyapa restored a burnt tree to life.

Verse 59 (garuda.1.2.59)

स्वयं चान्यमना भूत्वा विद्ययान्यान्य जीवयत् । यक्षि ॐउंस्वाहाजापी विद्ययं गारुडी परा । गरुडोक्तं गारुडं हि श्रृणु रुद्र ! मदात्मकम्

svayaṁ cānyamanā bhūtvā vidyayānyānya jīvayat yakṣi oṁuṁsvāhājāpī vidyayaṁ gāruḍī parā garuḍoktaṁ gāruḍaṁ hi śrṛṇu rudra ! madātmakam

Even absent-mindedly, by that lore he could restore others to life as well. This Garuda-lore is supreme, destroying venom, chanted with Om and Svaha. Hear this Garuda Purana as spoken by Garuda, O Rudra, as one with me.