Garuda Purana

एकेनापि सुवृक्षेण पुष्पितेन सुगन्धिना । वनं सुवासितं सर्वं सुपुत्रेण कुलं यथा ॥ १,११४.

Just as a single blossoming, fragrant tree scents the whole forest, so does a good son bring honor to the entire family.

एको हि गुणवान्पुत्रो निर्गुणेन शतेन किम् । चन्द्रो हन्ति तमांस्येको न च ज्योतिः सहस्रकम् ॥ १,११४.

What is the use of a hundred sons without virtue? One virtuous son dispels darkness, as the moon does, not a thousand stars.

लालयेत्पञ्च वर्षाणि दश वर्षाणि ताडयेत् । प्राप्ते तु षोडशे वर्षे पुत्रं मित्रवदाचरेत् ॥ १,११४.

Indulge a child for five years, discipline him for ten; but when he reaches sixteen, treat your son as a friend.

जायमानो हरेद्दारान् वर्धमानो हरेद्धनम् । म्रियमाणो हरेत्प्राणान्नास्ति पुत्रसमो रिपुः ॥ १,११४.

At birth, a son takes away his father's wife; as he grows, he takes his wealth; and at death, he takes his life—there is no enemy like a son.

केचिन्मृगमुखा व्याघ्राः केचिद्व्याघ्रमुखा मृगाः । तत्स्वरूपपहिज्ञाने ह्यविश्वासः पदेपदे ॥ १,११४.

Some tigers have the faces of deer, and some deer have the faces of tigers; when their true nature is unknown, distrust is needed at every step.

एकः क्षमावतां दोषो द्वितीयो नोपपद्यते । यदेनं क्षमया युक्तमशक्तं मन्यते जनः ॥ १,११४.

Among those who are patient, there is only one fault—no second can be found: people may think a patient person is weak.

एतदेवानुमन्येत भोगा हि क्षणभङ्गिनः । स्निग्धेषु च विदग्धस्य मतयो वै ह्यनाकुलाः ॥ १,११४.

One should accept this: pleasures are fleeting; and among the affectionate, the thoughts of the clever are never disturbed.

ज्येष्ठः पितृसमो भ्राता मृते पितरि शौनक । सर्वेषां स पिता हि स्यात्सर्वेषामनुपालकः ॥ १,११४.

O Śaunaka, when the father has died, the eldest brother is like a father; he should be the father of all and the protector of all.

कनिष्ठेषु च सर्वेषु समत्वेनानुवर्तते । समापभोगजीवेषु यथैवं तनयेषु च ॥ १,११४.

He should behave equally toward all the younger ones, toward those who share equally in enjoyment and livelihood, and likewise toward the sons.

बहूनामल्पसाराणां समवायो हि दारुणः । तृणैरावेष्टिता रज्जुस्तया नागोऽपि बध्यते ॥ १,११४.

The union of many with little strength is indeed formidable; even a rope wrapped with blades of grass can bind an elephant.

अपहृत्य परस्वं हि यस्तु दानं प्रयच्छति । स दाता नरकं याति यस्यार्थास्तस्य तत्फलम् ॥ १,११४.

He who gives gifts after taking another's wealth goes to hell as a giver; the result belongs to the one whose wealth it was.

देवद्रव्यविनाशेन ब्रह्मस्वहरणेन च । कुलान्यकुलतां यान्ति ब्राह्मणातिक्रमेण च ॥ १,११४.

By the destruction of divine property, by the seizure of Brahmins' wealth, and by transgressing against Brahmins, families lose their nobility.

ब्रह्मघ्ने च सुरापे च चोरे भग्नव्रते तथा । निष्कृतिर्विहिता सद्भिः कृतघ्ने नास्ति निष्कृतिः ॥ १,११४.

For a slayer of a Brahmin, a drinker of liquor, a thief, or one who breaks vows, atonement is prescribed by the virtuous; but for an ungrateful person, there is no atonement.

नाश्रन्ति पितरो देवाः क्षुद्रस्य वृषलीपतेः । भार्याजितस्य नाश्रन्ति यस्याश्चोपपतिर्गृहे ॥ १,११४.

The ancestors and gods do not accept offerings from a lowly man, from one defeated by his wife, or from one in whose house there is an adulterer.

अकृजज्ञमनार्यञ्च दीर्धरोषमनार्जवम् । चतुरो विद्धि चाण्डालाञ्जात्या जायेत पञ्चमः ॥ १,११४.

Know these four as outcastes: one who is ungrateful, unrefined, long in anger, and dishonest; by birth, the fifth is born from them.

नोपेक्षितव्यो दुर्बद्धि शत्रुरल्पोऽप्यवज्ञया । वह्निरल्पोऽप्यसंहार्यः कुरुते भस्मसाज्जगत् ॥ १,११४.

An enemy of wicked intent, even if weak, should not be disregarded with contempt; even a small fire, if uncontrolled, can reduce the world to ashes.

नवे वयसि यः शान्तः स शान्त इति मे मतिः । धातुषु क्षीयमाणेषु शमः कस्य न जायते ॥ १,११४.

He who is tranquil in youth, he alone is truly tranquil, in my view; for when the bodily elements are declining, who does not become calm?

पन्थान इव विप्रेन्द्र सर्वसाधारणाः श्रियः । मदीया इति मत्वा वै न हि हर्षयुतो भवेत् ॥ १,११४.

O best of Brahmins, wealth is common to all, like roads; thinking 'it is mine' does not bring joy.

चित्तायत्तं धातुवश्यं शरीरं चित्ते नष्टे धातवो यान्ति नाशम् । तस्माच्चित्तं सर्वदा रक्षणीयं स्वस्थे चित्ते धातवः सम्भवन्ति ॥ १,११४.

The body is subject to the humors and dependent on the mind; when the mind is lost, the humors perish. Therefore, the mind must always be protected; when the mind is healthy, the humors arise.

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम् ११५ सूत उवाच । कुमार्यां च कुमित्रं च कुराजानं कुपुत्रकम् । कुकन्यां च कुदेशं च दूरतः परिवर्जयेत् ॥ १,११५.

Sūta said: One should avoid from afar a bad friend among maidens, a wicked king, a bad son, a bad daughter, and a bad country.

धर्मः प्रव्रजितस्तपः प्रचलितं सत्यं च दूरं गतं पृथ्वी वन्ध्यफला जनाः कपटिनो लौल्ये स्थिता ब्राह्मणाः । मर्त्याः स्त्रीवशगाः स्त्रियश्च चपला नीचा जना उन्नताः हा कष्टं खलुजीवितं कलियुगे धन्या जना ये मृताः ॥ १,११५.

Righteousness has departed, asceticism is unstable, truth has gone far away, the earth is barren, people are deceitful, Brahmins are set in greed, mortals are under the sway of women, women are fickle, the lowly are exalted—alas, how wretched is life in the Kali age! Blessed are those who are dead.

धन्यास्ते ये न पश्यन्ति देशभङ्गं कुलक्षयम् । परचित्तगतान् दारान्पुत्रं कुव्यसने स्थितम् ॥ १,११५.

Blessed are those who do not witness the ruin of their country, the destruction of their family, wives devoted to others, or a son fallen into vice.

कुपुत्रे निर्वृतिर्नास्ति कुभार्यायां कुतो रतिः । सुमित्र नास्ति विश्वासः कुराज्ये नास्ति जीवितम् ॥ १,११५.

There is no happiness in a bad son, nor pleasure in a bad wife; there is no trust in a false friend, nor life in a wicked kingdom.

परान्नं च परस्वं च परशय्याः परस्त्रियः । परवेश्मनि वासश्च शक्रादपि हरेच्छ्रियम् ॥ १,११५.

Another's food, another's wealth, another's bed, another's wife, and dwelling in another's house—these take away prosperity even from Indra.

आलापाद्गात्रसंस्पर्शात्संसर्गात्सह भोजनात् । आसनाच्छयनाद्यानात्पापं संक्रमते नृणाम् ॥ १,११५.

Through conversation, bodily contact, association, eating together, sitting, lying down, or traveling together, sin is transmitted among men.

स्त्रियो नश्यन्ति रूपेण तपः क्रोधन नश्यति । गावो द्वरप्रचारेण शूद्रान्नेन द्विजोत्तमः ॥ १,११५.

Women lose their beauty, asceticism is lost through anger, cows by wandering at the gate, and Brahmins by eating food from Shudras.

आसनादेकशय्यायां बोजनात्पङ्क्तिसङ्करात् । ततः संक्रमते पापं घटाद्धट इवोदकम् ॥ १,११५.

By sitting together, sharing the same bed, eating together, and mixing in the same row, sin is transmitted just as water flows from one pot to another.

लालने बहवो दोषास्ताडने बहवो गुणाः । तस्माच्छिष्यं च पुत्रं च ताडयेन्न तु लालयेत् ॥ १,११५.

There are many faults in indulgence, and many virtues in discipline; therefore, one should discipline, not indulge, a student or a son.

अध्वा जरा देहवतां पर्वतानां जलं जरा । असंभोगश्च नारीणां वस्त्राणामातपो जरा ॥ १,११५.

The journey is the aging of those with bodies, water is the aging of mountains, lack of union is the aging of women, and sunlight is the aging of clothes.