हिरण्मयशरीरश्च चारुहारी शुभाङ्गदः 92.
He possesses a golden body, adorned with beautiful garlands and auspicious ornaments.
श्रीवत्सकौस्तुभयुतो लक्ष्मीवन्द्येक्षणान्वितः 92.
He is endowed with the Śrīvatsa mark and the Kaustubha gem, accompanied by Lakṣmī, who reverently gazes upon him.
मुनिध्येयोऽसुरध्येयो देवध्येयोऽतिसुन्दरः 92.
He is contemplated by sages, demons, and gods alike, exceedingly beautiful.
सनातनोऽव्ययो मेध्यः सर्वानुग्रहकृत्प्रभुः 92.
He is eternal, imperishable, pure, the lord who bestows grace upon all.
सन्तापनाशनोऽभ्यर्च्यो मङ्गल्यो दुष्टनाशनः 92.
He dispels suffering, is worthy of worship, auspicious, and destroys the wicked.
चार्वङ्गुलीयसंयुक्तः सुदीप्तनख एव च 92.
He is adorned with lovely rings and possesses brilliantly shining nails.
सर्वालङ्कारसंयुक्तश्चारुचन्दनचर्चितः 92.
He is decorated with all ornaments and anointed with fragrant sandalwood.
सर्वलोकहितैषी च सर्वेशः सर्वभावनः 92.
He desires the welfare of all worlds, is the lord of all, and the creator of all beings.
वासुदेवो जगद्धाता ध्येयो विष्णुर्मुमुक्षुभिः 92.
Vāsudeva, the sustainer of the universe, is to be meditated upon by those seeking liberation.
ध्यायन्त्येवं च ये विष्णुं ते यान्ति परमां गतिम् 92.
Those who meditate upon Viṣṇu in this way attain the supreme state.
धर्मोपदेशकर्त्तृत्वं संप्राप्यागात्परं पदम् 92.
Having attained the role of teaching dharma, he reached the highest abode.
विष्णुध्यानं पठेद्यस्तु प्राप्नोति परमां गतिम् ॥ 92.
Whoever recites the meditation on Viṣṇu attains the supreme state.
इति श्रीगारुडे महापुराणे पूर्वखण्डे प्रथमांशाख्ये आचारकाण्डे विष्णुध्यानं नाम द्विनवतितमोऽध्यायः
Thus ends the ninety-second chapter, named 'Meditation on Viṣṇu,' in the Ācārakāṇḍa of the first section of the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa.
याज्ञवल्क्येन यत्पूर्वं धर्मं प्रोक्तं कथं हरे ! 93.
O Hari, how was the dharma previously taught by Yājñavalkya?
हरिरुवाच अपृच्छन्नॄषयो गत्वा वर्णधर्माद्यशेषतः 93.
Hari said: The sages went and asked about all the duties of the castes.
याज्ञवल्क्य उवाच पुराणन्यायमीमांसाधर्मशास्त्राङ्गमिश्रिताः ॥ 93.
Yājñavalkya said: Mixed with the Purāṇas, logic, Mīmāṃsā, and the limbs of the dharma-śāstras.
वेदाः स्थानानि विद्यानां धर्मस्य च चतुर्दश 93.
The Vedas are the fourteen sources of knowledge and dharma.
वसिष्ठदक्षसंवर्त्तशातातपपराशराः 93.
They are Vasiṣṭha, Dakṣa, Saṃvarta, Śātātapa, and Parāśara.
गौतमः शङ्खलिखितो हारीतोऽत्रिरहं तथा 93.
Gautama, Shankhalikhita, Harita, Atri, and I myself—
देशकाल उपायेन द्रव्यं श्रद्धासमन्वितम् 93.
With regard to place and time, using proper means, and with faith, one should offer material gifts.
इज्याचारो दमोऽहिंसा दानं स्वाध्यायकर्म च 93.
Sacrificial rites, self-control, non-violence, charity, and the practice of self-study—
चत्वारो वेदधर्मज्ञाः परास्रैविद्यमेव वा 93.
These four are known as the duties of those learned in Vedic law, or as the knowledge of Parashara.
ब्रह्मक्षात्त्रियविट्शूद्रा वर्णास्त्वाद्यास्त्रयो द्विजाः 93.
The classes are Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya, and Shudra; of these, the first three are twice-born.
गर्भाधानमृतौ पुंसः सवनं स्पन्दनात्पुरा 93.
The rite of conception is performed for a man at the time of quickening, even before birth.
अहन्येकादशे नाम चतुर्थे मासि निष्क्रमः 93.
On the eleventh day after birth, and in the fourth month, the child emerges.
एवमेनः शमं याति बीजगर्भसमुद्भवम् 93.
Thus, the sin arising from the seed and the womb is pacified.
इति श्रीगारुडे महापुराणे पूर्वखण्डे प्रथमांशाख्ये आचारकाण्डे याज्ञवल्क्योक्तवर्णधर्म्मनिरूपणं नाम त्रिनवतितमोऽध्यायः
Thus ends the ninety-third chapter, entitled 'The Explanation of the Duties of the Castes as Taught by Yajnavalkya,' in the first section called Achara-kanda of the Purva-khanda of the glorious Garuda Mahapurana.
गर्भाष्टमेऽष्टमे वाब्दे ब्राह्मणस्योपनायनम् 94.
The initiation (upanayana) of a Brahmin is to be performed in the eighth year from conception or the eighth year from birth.
उपनीय कुरुः शिष्यं महाव्याहृतिपूर्वकम् 94.
Having initiated the student, the teacher should instruct him, beginning with the great Vyahriti mantras.
दिवा सन्ध्यासु कर्णस्थब्रह्मसूत्र उदड्मुखः 94.
During the day, at the times of twilight, with the sacred thread over the left shoulder, facing east—