Garuda Purana

अण्डाभिमानी ब्रह्मा तु विराडाख्यो ह्यभूत्तदा । एवं मतं स निर्माय भगवान्हरिख्ययः ॥ ३,१०.

Brahma, the lord of the egg, was then called Virat; thus it is understood—having created him, the blessed one called Hari is renowned.

विशेषात्तत्र गरुड देवैस्तत्त्वाभिमानिभिः । अधश्चोर्ध्वं तदाक्रम्य हरिस्तिष्ठति सर्वदा ॥ ३,१०.

O Garuda, by distinction, Hari always stands above and below there, along with the gods who preside over the elements.

एवं प्राकृतसर्गोक्तिर्वैकृतं शृणु पक्षिराट् ॥ ३,१०.

Thus the account of the primary creation has been told; now hear of the secondary creation, O king of birds.

गरुड उवाच । सृष्टिरुक्ता त्वया पूर्वं श्रुता सम्यङ्मया हरे ॥ ३,१०.

Garuḍa said: The creation has been described by you before, O Hari, and I have listened well.

किं नाम प्राकृतं ज्ञेयं तथा किं वैकृतं प्रभो । एतद्विस्तीर्य मे ब्रूहि श्रोतुं कौतूहलं हि मे ॥ ३,१०.

What is called the primary creation, and what is the secondary, O Lord? Please explain this to me in detail, for I am eager to hear.

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच । अव्यक्ताद्याः पृथिव्यन्ता अण्डाच्च बहिरुद्भवाः । ते सर्वे प्राकृताः प्रोक्तास्तेषां ज्ञानाद्विमच्यते ॥ ३,१०.

Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: All that arises from the unmanifest up to the earth, and that emerges outside the cosmic egg—these are called primary creations; they are known by their knowledge.

ब्रह्माडं विकृतं ज्ञेयं ब्रह्माण्डान्तः खगेश्वर । या सृष्टिरुच्यते सद्भिः सैवोक्ता विकृतेति च ॥ ३,१०.

The transformed cosmic egg is to be known as secondary, O lord of birds; the creation that is spoken of by the wise within the cosmic egg is indeed called secondary.

सृष्टिश्च प्रलयश्चैव संसारो भक्तिरेव च । देवता ऋषिमुख्याश्च लोका भूरादयस्तथा ॥ ३,१०.

Creation and dissolution, the cycle of existence, devotion, the chief deities and sages, and the worlds beginning with Bhū—

अनाद्यनन्तकालीनाः सर्वदैकप्रकारकाः । जगत्प्रवाहः सत्योऽयं नैव मिथ्या कथञ्चन ॥ ३,१०.

These are beginningless and endless, always of one kind; this flow of the world is real, never false in any way.

यत्त्वेतदन्यथा ब्रूयुः सर्वहन्तार एव ते । जगत्प्रवाहः सत्योऽयं हरिसेवेतिसाथा ॥ ३,१०.

But those who speak otherwise are indeed destroyers of all; this flow of the world is real, and it is for the service of Hari—thus it is said.

सत्यं सत्यं पुनः सत्यमुद्धत्य भुजमुत्यते । वेदाच्छास्त्रं परं नास्ति न देवः केशवात्परः ॥ ३,१०.

Truth, truth, again truth—I declare this raising my arm: there is no scripture higher than the Veda, nor any god higher than Keśava.

सर्वोत्कृष्टं केशवं च विहायान्यमुपासते । तेषामन्धं तमो ज्ञेयं पितॄणां गरुणामपि ॥ ३,१०.

Those who abandon Keśava, the highest of all, and worship another—their darkness is to be known as blind, even among ancestors and birds.

इदानीं शृणु पक्षीन्द्र वैकृतं सर्गमुत्तमम् । सम्यग्जानाति यो लोके स याति परमं पदम् ॥ ३,१०.

Now hear, O king of birds, the supreme secondary creation; whoever knows it rightly in the world attains the highest state.

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम् ११ श्रीकृष्ण उवाच । पुरुषाख्यो हरिः साक्षाद्भगवान्पुरुषोत्तमः । शिश्येत्वण्डोदक विष्णुर्नृणां साहस्रवत्सरम् । लक्ष्मीश्चोदकरूपेण शय्यारूपेण भोण्डजा ॥ ३,११.

Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: Hari, called the Puruṣa, the supreme Lord, truly lay in the waters of the cosmic egg for a thousand years of men, O offspring of Vinatā, and Lakṣmī, in the form of water, became his couch.

विद्या तरङ्गरूपेण वायुरूपेण भोण्डज ॥ ३,११.

In the form of the waves of knowledge, and in the form of wind, O offspring of Vinatā.

तमोरूपेण सैवासी न्नान्यदासीत्कथञ्चन । असीद्गर्भोदके चैव नान्यदासीत्कथञ्चन ॥ ३,११.

She alone existed in the form of darkness; there was nothing else whatsoever. In the waters of the cosmic womb, she alone was; nothing else existed at all.

लक्ष्मीस्तुष्टाव च हरिं गर्भोदे पक्षिसत्तम । लक्ष्मीधराभ्यां रूपाभ्यां प्रकृतिर्हरिणा तथा ॥ ३,११.

Lakshmi praised Hari in the cosmic waters, O best of birds. With the forms of Lakshmi and the earth, Nature likewise praised Hari.

शेत श्रुतिस्वरूपेण स्तौति गर्भोदके हरिम् । नारायण नमस्तेऽस्तु शृणु विज्ञापनं मम ॥ ३,११.

She lay there in the form of sacred sound, praising Hari in the cosmic waters: 'O Narayana, I bow to you; please hear my request.'

अजां जहि महाभाग योग्यानां मुक्तिमावह । अजा तु प्रकृतिः प्रोक्ता चापरा प्रकृतिः परा ॥ ३,११.

'O greatly fortunate one, destroy the unborn (Prakriti) and grant liberation to those who are worthy. The unborn is called Prakriti; there is also the lower and the higher Prakriti.'

शततोवरा तु ब्रह्माणी ब्रह्मपत्नी वरानना । उमा शच्यवरा तस्या अवराः संप्रकीर्तिताः ॥ ३,११.

Among hundreds, Brahmani, the wife of Brahma with a beautiful face, is the best; Uma and Shachi are also foremost, and others are said to be lesser.

एतासां हननं नैव प्रार्थयामः सदा हरे । अस्ति प्रतिनृषु ब्रह्म प्रकृती द्वे व्यवस्थिते ॥ ३,११.

'We never desire the destruction of these, O Hari. Among beings, there are two established forms of Prakriti.'

एका तु नित्यसंसारा त्वजशब्दाभिधायिका । द्वितीया तु तमोऽपोह्या अजशब्दाभिधायिका ॥ ३,११.

One is eternal transmigration, known by the term 'unborn'; the second, to be rejected as darkness, is also called by the term 'unborn.'

अत एव त्वजे ज्येष्ठे इति लोके प्रकीर्तिते । सुखदुः खप्रदा चैव अपरा दुः खदैव तु ॥ ३,११.

Therefore, the higher is called 'eldest' in the world; she gives both happiness and sorrow, while the lower gives only sorrow.

मोक्षाधिकारिणामेव ज्ञानैश्वर्यादयो गणाः । तेषामाच्छादिका होका तमोङ्गा सा प्रकीर्तिता ॥ ३,११.

Only for those eligible for liberation are the groups of knowledge, lordship, and so on. That which covers them is called the deluding power, composed of darkness.

जीवं प्रति महाविष्णुं पाह्याच्छादयति प्रभो । सा परा प्रकृतिर्ज्ञेया परमाच्छादिका स्मृता ॥ ३,११.

She covers the soul and even the great Vishnu, O Lord. That is to be known as the higher Prakriti, remembered as the supreme covering power.

एवं सा परमा दुष्टा होका तमोङ्गा तु प्रकीर्तिता । जीववर्गेष्वेव खग ब्रह्मादेर्नास्ति सा क्वचित् ॥ ३,११.

Thus, she is called the supreme and wicked deluding power, composed of darkness. But among the classes of living beings, O bird, she is never found in Brahma and others.

पिशाचवत्समुद्दिष्टा जीवस्येत्यधिकारिणः । प्रेरिका तु तयोर्देव्यो स्त्वहमाद्या सुखात्मिका ॥ ३,११.

She is described as possessing the soul like a demon for those who are eligible. Among these two goddesses, I am the first, of the nature of happiness, and the inspirer.

तत्र विष्णो महाभाग सगुणाच्छादको हितः । परमाच्छादिकां दुष्टां व्यामुच्यैव महाप्रभो ॥ ३,११.

Therefore, O greatly fortunate Vishnu, you are the benefactor who removes the covering of qualities. Having cast off the wicked supreme covering, O great Lord—

मोक्षं देहि महादेव त्वद्भक्तानां महाप्रभो । परमाच्छादिका ह्यस्मान्नित्य संसारिणो यतः ॥ ३,११.

'Grant liberation, O great God, to your devotees, O great Lord. For from this supreme covering, beings are bound in eternal transmigration.'