श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम् ७ श्रीकृष्ण उवाच । पार्वत्यानन्तरोत्पन्न इन्द्रो वचनमब्रवीत् । इन्द्र उवाच । तव स्वरूपं हृदि संविजानन् समुत्सुकः स्यात्स्तवने यस्तु मूढः । अजानतः स्तवनं देवदेव तदेवाहुर्हेलनं चक्रपाणे ॥ ३,७.
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: After Pārvatī, Indra spoke these words: Indra said: One who, knowing your true form in his heart, is still eager to praise you but does so in ignorance, O Lord of Lords, O wielder of the discus, that praise is said to be mere negligence.
तथापि तद्वै तव नाम पूर्वं भवेत्तदा पुण्यकरं भवेदिति । रुद्रादिकानां स्तवने नास्ति शक्तिस्तदा वक्तव्यं मम नास्तीति किं वा ॥ ३,७.
Yet even so, your name alone, when uttered first, brings merit. If one lacks the power to praise Rudra and the others, then it should simply be said, ‘I do not have the ability.’
गुणांशतो दशभी रुद्रतो वै सदा न्यूनो मत्समः कामदेवः । ज्ञाने बले समता सर्वदास्ति तथाः कामः किं च दूतः सदैव ॥ ३,७.
In qualities, I am always ten times less than Rudra; Kāma is my equal. In knowledge and strength, there is always equality, and Kāma is always my messenger.
एवं स्तुत्वा देवदेवो हरिं च तूष्णीं स्थितः प्राञ्जलिर्नम्रभूर्धां । तदनन्तरजो ब्रह्मा अहङ्कारिक ऊचिवान् ॥ ३,७.
Having thus praised Hari, the Lord of Gods, he stood silently, with joined palms and bowed head. Then Brahmā, born after him, spoke with a sense of self-importance.
अहङ्कारिक उवाच । नमस्ते गणपूर्णाय नमस्ते ज्ञानमूर्तये । नमोऽज्ञानविदूराय ब्रह्मणेनंतमूर्तये ॥ ३,७.
The self-important one said: Salutations to you, who are full of all hosts, salutations to you, embodiment of knowledge. Salutations to you, who are far from ignorance, O Brahman, whose form is endless.
इन्द्रादहं दशगुणैः सर्वदा न्यून उक्तो न जनि त्वां सर्वदा ह्यप्रमेय । तथापि मां पाहि जगद्गुरो त्वं दत्त्वा दिव्यं ह्यायतनं च विष्णो ॥ ३,७.
Indra said I am always ten times less than him, but you are truly immeasurable and never born. Even so, O teacher of the world, O Viṣṇu, protect me, granting me a divine abode.
आहङ्कारिक एवं तु स्तुत्वा तूष्णीं बभूव ह । तदनन्तरजा स्तोतुं शची वचनमब्रवीत् ॥ ३,७.
Having thus praised, the self-important one became silent. Then Śacī, born after him, began to speak in praise.
शच्युवाच । संचिन्तयामि अनिशं तव पादपद्मं वज्राङ्कुशध्वजसरोरुहलाञ्छनाढ्यम् । वागीश्वरैरपि सदा मनसापि धर्तुं नो शक्यमीश तव पादरजः स्मरामि ॥ ३,७.
Śacī said: I constantly contemplate your lotus feet, adorned with the marks of the thunderbolt, goad, banner, and lotus. Even the lords of speech cannot always hold in mind the dust of your feet, O Lord; I remember it.
आहङ्कारिकप्राणाच्च गुणैश्च दशभिः सदा । न्यूनभूतां च मां पाहि कृपालो भक्तवत्सल ॥ ३,७.
Because I am always less than the self-important one in life and qualities by tenfold, protect me, O compassionate one, lover of devotees.
एवं स्तुत्वा शची देवी तूष्णीं भगवती ह्यभूत् । तदनन्तरजा स्तोतुं रतिः समुपचक्रमे ॥ ३,७.
Having thus praised, the goddess Śacī became silent. Then Rati, born after her, began to offer praise.
रतिरुवाच । संचिन्तयामि नृहरेर्वदनारविन्दं भृत्यानुकंपितधिया हि गृहीतमूर्तिम् । यच्छ्रीनिकेतमजरुद्ररमादिकैश्च संलालितं कुटिलङ्कुन्तलवृन्दजुष्टम् ॥ ३,७.
Rati said: I contemplate the lotus face of Nṛhari, who, out of compassion for his servants, assumed a form. That face, the abode of Śrī, is cherished by Brahmā, Rudra, and others, adorned with curling locks.
एतादृशं तव मुखं नुवितुं न शक्तिः शच्या समापि भगवन्परिपाहि नित्यम् । कृत्वा स्तुतिं रतिरियं परमादरेण तूष्णीं स्थिता भगवतश्च समीप एव ॥ ३,७.
Even Śacī, equal to me, is not able to praise such a face of yours, O Lord; always protect me. Having offered her praise with utmost devotion, Rati stood silently near the Lord.
रत्यनन्तरजो दक्षः स्तोतुं समुपचक्रमे ॥ ३,७.
After Rati, Dakṣa began to offer praise.
दक्ष उवाच । संचिन्तये भगवतश्चरणोदतीर्थं भक्त्या ह्यजेन परिषिक्तमजादिवन्द्यम् । यच्छौचनिःसृतमजप्रवरावतारं गङ्गाख्यतीर्थमभवत्सरितां वरिष्ठम् ॥ ३,७.
Dakṣa said: I contemplate with devotion the holy water from the Lord’s feet, sprinkled by the unborn one and worshipped by the primordial beings. Flowing from its purity, it became the Ganges, the foremost of rivers.
रुद्रोपि तेन विधृतेन जटाकलापपूतेन पादरजसा ह्यशिवः शिवोभूत् । एतादृशं ते चरणं करुणेश विष्णो स्तोतुं शक्तिर्मम नास्ति कृपावतार । रत्या समः श्रुतिगतो न गतोस्मि मोक्षमेतादृशं च परिपाहि निदानमूर्ते ॥ ३,७.
Even Rudra, who was unpurified, became auspicious by the dust of your feet, which sanctified his matted locks. O Lord of compassion, O Viṣṇu, I do not have the power to praise such feet of yours, the very embodiment of mercy. I have not attained the joy described in the scriptures, nor liberation; O source of all, protect me who am thus.
एवं स्तुत्वा स दक्षस्तु तूष्णीमेव बभूव ह । तदनन्तरजः स्तोतुं बृहस्पतिरुपाक्रमीत् ॥ ३,७.
Having thus praised, Dakṣa became silent. Then, after him, Bṛhaspati began to offer praise.
बृहस्पतिरुवाच । संचिन्तयामि सततं तव चाननाब्जं त्वं देहि दुष्टविषयेषु विरक्तिमीश ॥ ३,७.
Bṛhaspati said: I constantly contemplate your lotus face; O Lord, grant me dispassion for wicked objects.
एतेषु शक्तिर्यदि वै स जीवो कर्ता च भोक्ता च सदा च दाता । योषां च पुत्रसुहृदौ च पशूंश्च सर्वमेवं विनश्यति यतो हि तदाशु छिन्धि ॥ ३,७.
If indeed the soul has power in these things, and is always the doer, the enjoyer, and the giver, then all—wives, sons, friends, cattle—perish; therefore, swiftly cut off attachment to them.
संसारचक्रभ्रमणेनैव देव संसारदुःखमनुभूयेहागतोस्मि । शक्तिर्न चास्ति नवने मम देवदेव सत्या समं च सततं परिपाहि नित्यम् ॥ ३,७.
O God, having wandered in the cycle of worldly existence and experienced its suffering, I have come here. I have no power for renewal, O God of gods; always protect me, who am ever truthful.
एवं श्रुत्वा च परमं तूष्णीमेव स्थितो मुनिः । तदनन्तरजस्तोतुं ह्यनिरुद्धोपचक्रमे ॥ ३,७.
Having heard thus, the supreme sage remained silent. Then, after him, Aniruddha began to offer praise.
अनिरुद्ध उवाच । एवं हरेस्तव कथां रसिकां विहाय स्त्रीणां भगे च वदने परिमुह्य नित्यम् । विष्ठान्त्रपूरितबिले रसिको हि नित्यं स्थायी च सूकरवदेव विमूढबुद्धिः ॥ ३,७.
Aniruddha said: Thus, abandoning the delightful stories of Hari, one is ever bewildered by the faces and genitals of women, and, like a pig, with mind ever deluded, delights in holes filled with excrement and entrails.
मज्जास्थिपित्तकफरक्तमलादिपूर्णे चर्मान्त्रवेष्टितमुखे पतितं ह पीतम् । आस्वादने मम च पापगतेर्मुरारे मायाबलं तव विभो परमं निमित्तम् ॥ ३,७.
Fallen into and drinking from mouths wrapped in skin and entrails, filled with marrow, bone, bile, phlegm, blood, and other impurities—O Murāri, for my sinful fate, the supreme cause is your power of illusion.
संसारचक्रे भ्रमतश्च नित्यं सुदुःखरूपे सुखलेशवर्जिते । मलं वमन्तं नवभिश्च द्वारैः शरीरमारुह्य सुमूढबुद्धिः ॥ ३,७.
Ever wandering in the cycle of worldly existence, which is of the nature of intense suffering and devoid of even a trace of happiness, with mind utterly deluded, the body, ascending through nine doors, expels filth.
नमामि नित्यं तव तत्कथामृतं विहाय देव श्रुतिमूलनाशनम् । कुटुंबपोषं च सदा च कुर्वन्दानाद्यकुर्वन्निवसन् गृहे च ॥ ३,७.
I always bow to your nectar-like stories, O God, abandoning those that destroy the very root of the Vedas; ever engaged in maintaining the family, giving gifts, and dwelling in the house.
दूरे च संसारमलं त्विदं कुरु देहि ह्यदो दिव्यकथामृतं सदा । एतादृशोहं तव सद्गुणौघं स्तोतुं समर्थो नास्मि शचीसमश्च ॥ ३,७.
Remove this impurity of worldly existence far away, and always grant me that divine nectar of your stories. I am not capable, like Śacī, of praising such a flood of your virtues.
एवं स्तुत्वानिरुद्धस्तु तूष्णीमास खगेश्वर । तदनन्तरजः स्तोत्रं मनः स्वायंभुवोब्रवीत् ॥ ३,७.
Having thus praised, Aniruddha became silent, O Lord of birds. Then, after him, Svāyambhuva began to recite his hymn.
स्वायंभुव उवाच । स्तोतुं ह्यनुप्रविशतोपि न गर्भदुःखं तस्मादहं परमपूज्यपदं गतस्ते ॥ ३,७.
Svāyambhuva said: Even having entered the womb to praise you, I did not experience the suffering of the womb; thus, I have attained your supremely worshipful state.
मनोर्भार्या मानवी च यमः संयमिनीपतिः । दिशाभिमानी चन्द्रस्तु सूर्यश्चक्षुर्नियामकः । परस्परसमा ह्येते मुक्त्वा संसारमेव च ॥ ३,७.
Manu's wife is Mānavī, Yama is the lord of restraint, the Moon is the lord of directions, and the Sun is the controller of sight; all these are mutually equal, except for worldly existence.
प्रवाहाद्विगुणोनश्चेत्येवं जानीहि चाण्डज । सूर्यानन्तरजः स्तोतुं वरुणः संप्रचक्रमे ॥ ३,७.
Know thus, O son of the egg, that from the flow, the next is twice as much. After the Sun, Varuṇa began to offer praise.
वरुण उवाच । त्वद्विच्छया रचिते देहगेहे पुत्त्रे कलत्रेपि धने द्रव्यजातौ । ममाहमित्यल्पधिया च मूढा संसारदुःखे विनिमज्जन्ति सर्वे ॥ ३,७.
Varuṇa said: Through your will, the body, house, sons, wife, wealth, and all possessions are created; yet, with little understanding, all are deluded by 'mine' and 'I', and sink into the suffering of worldly existence.