अष्टमे मेरुदेव्यां तु नाभेर्जात उरुक्रमः 1.
In the eighth, Urukrama was born to Nābhi and Merudevī.
ऋषिभिर्याचितो भेजे नवमं पार्थिवं वपुः 1.
At the request of the sages, he assumed the ninth, royal form.
रूपं स जगृहे मात्स्यं चाक्षुषान्तरसंप्लवे 1.
He took the form of a fish during the flood of the Cākṣuṣa epoch.
सुरासुराणामुदधिं मथ्नतां मन्दराचलम् 1.
When the gods and demons churned the ocean, using Mandara Mountain,
धान्वन्तरं द्वादशमं त्रयोदशममेव च 1.
Dhanvantari appeared as the twelfth, and then the thirteenth.
चतुर्दशं नारसिंहं चैत्य (वैर) दैत्येन्द्रमूर्जितम् 1.
The fourteenth was Nṛsiṃha, who slew the mighty Daitya king.
पञ्चदशं वामनको भूत्वागादध्वरं बलेः 1.
As the fifteenth, he became Vāmana and went to Bali's sacrifice.
अवतारे षोडशमे पश्यन्ब्रह्मद्रुहो नृपान् 1.
In the sixteenth descent, seeing kings hostile to Brahman, he appeared.
ततः सप्तदशे जातः सत्यवत्यां पराशरात् 1.
Then, in the seventeenth, he was born to Satyavatī from Parāśara.
नरदेवत्वमापन्नः सुरकार्य्यचिकीर्षया 1.
He assumed a human-divine form, wishing to accomplish the work of the gods.
एकोनविंशे विंशतिमे वृष्णिषु प्राप्य जन्मनी 1.
In the nineteenth and twentieth births, he incarnated among the Vṛṣṇis.
ततः कलेस्तु सन्ध्यान्ते सम्मोहाय सुरद्विषाम् 1.
Then, at the twilight of Kali, to delude the enemies of the gods,
अथ सोऽष्टमसन्ध्यायां नष्टप्रायेषु राजसु 1.
Thus, at the eighth twilight, when kings had nearly perished,
अवतारा ह्यसंख्येया हरेः सत्त्वनिधेर्द्विजाः 1.
O twice-born, the descents of Hari, the abode of existence, are countless.
तस्मात्सर्गादयो जाताः संपूज्याश्च व्रतादिना 1.
From him, creation and other acts arise, and are to be honored with vows and the like.
कथं व्यासेन कथितं पुराणं गारुडं तव 2.
How was the Garuḍa Purāṇa told to you by Vyāsa?
सूत उवाच तत्र दृष्टो मया व्यासो ध्यायमानः परेश्वरम् ।। 2.
Sūta said: There I saw Vyāsa, absorbed in meditation on the Supreme Lord.
तं प्रणम्योपविष्टोऽहं पृष्टवान्हि मुनीश्वरम् सूत उवाच 2.
Having bowed to him, I sat down and questioned that best of sages.
मन्ये ध्यायसि तं यस्मात्तस्माज्जानासि तं विभुम् 2.
I think that because you meditate on Him, you therefore know that all-pervading One.
श्रृणु सूत ! प्रवक्ष्यामि पुराणं गारुडं तव 2.
Listen, Sūta! I will tell you the Garuḍa Purāṇa.
दक्षनारदमुख्यैस्तु युक्तं त्वां कथमुक्तवान् 2.
How did you, together with Dakṣa, Nārada, and the foremost sages, receive this teaching?
अहं हि नारदो दक्षो भृग्वाद्याः प्रणिपत्य तम् 2.
I, Nārada, Dakṣa, Bhṛgu, and others, after bowing to Him—
पुराणं गारुडं सारं रुद्रं च मां यथा 2.
—received the essence of the Garuḍa Purāṇa and Rudra from Him, as did I.
कथं रुद्रं सुरैः सार्द्धमब्रवीद्वै हरिः पुरा 2.
How did Hari formerly speak to Rudra together with the gods?
अहं गतोऽद्रिं कैलासमिन्द्राद्यैर्दैवतैः सह 2.
I went to Mount Kailāsa together with Indra and the other deities.
पृष्टो नमस्कृतः किं त्वं देवं ध्यायसि शङ्कर ? 2.
Having bowed and asked, 'O Lord, are you meditating on Śaṅkara?'
सारात्सारतरं तत्त्वं श्रोतुकामः सुरैः सह रुद्र उवाच 2.12 सर्वदं सर्वगं सर्वं सर्वप्राणिहृदिस्थितम् 2.
Desiring to hear the most essential truth, even more subtle than the essence, together with the gods, Rudra spoke:
विष्णोराराधनार्थं मे व्रतचर्य्या पितामह 2.
For the sake of worshipping Viṣṇu, O Grandfather, I observe vows and disciplines.
विष्णुं जिष्णुं पद्मनाभं हरिं देहविवर्जितम् 2.
Viṣṇu, the victorious, the lotus-naveled, Hari, who is beyond embodiment—
युक्ता सर्वात्मनात्मानं तं देवं चिन्तयाम्यहम् 2.
With my whole being, I contemplate that God as my very self.