Garuda Purana

अनायके न वस्तव्यं न चैव बहुनायके । स्त्रीनायके न वस्तव्यं वस्तव्यं बालनायके ॥ १,११५.

One should not dwell where there is no leader, nor where there are too many leaders; one should not dwell where a woman is the leader, but should dwell where a child is the leader.

पिता रक्षति कौमारे भत्ता रक्षति यौवने । पुत्रस्तु स्थविरे काले न स्त्री स्वातन्त्र्यमर्हति ॥ १,११५.

The father protects during childhood, the husband protects in youth, and the son protects in old age; a woman is not entitled to independence.

त्यजेद्वन्ध्यामष्टमेऽब्दे नवमे तु मृतप्रिजाम् । एकादशे स्त्रीजननीं सद्यश्चाप्रियावादिनीम् ॥ १,११५.

One should abandon a barren woman in her eighth year, a woman whose children have died in her ninth, a woman who gives birth only to daughters in her eleventh, and immediately one who speaks unpleasantly.

अनर्थित्वान्मनुष्याणां भिया परिजनस्य च । अर्थादपेतमर्यादास्त्रयस्तिष्ठन्ति भर्तृषु ॥ १,११५.

Because of the lack of benefit to people and out of fear for the household, three types of women, who have departed from propriety due to wealth, remain with their husbands.

अश्वं श्रान्तं गजं मत्तं गावः प्रथमसूतिकाः । अनूदके च मण्डूकान्प्राज्ञो दूरेण वर्जयेत् ॥ १,११५.

A wise person should avoid from afar a tired horse, a mad elephant, cows in their first calving, and frogs when there is no water.

अर्थातुराणां न सुहृन्न बन्धुः कामातुराणां न भयं न लज्जा । चिन्तातुराणां न सुखं न निद्रा क्षुधातुराणां न बलं न तेजः ॥ १,११५.

For those afflicted by poverty, there is no friend or relative; for those consumed by desire, there is no fear or shame; for those troubled by anxiety, there is no happiness or sleep; for those afflicted by hunger, there is no strength or vigor.

कुतो निद्रा दरिद्रस्य परप्रेष्यवरस्य च । परनारीप्रसक्तस्य परद्रव्यहरस्य च ॥ १,११५.

How can there be sleep for a poor person, for one who serves another, for one attached to another's wife, or for one who steals another's wealth?

सुखं स्वपित्यनृणवान्व्याधिमुक्तश्च यो नरः । सावकाशस्तु वै भुङ्क्ते यस्तु दारैर्न सङ्गतः ॥ १,११५.

A man who is free from debt and disease sleeps happily; but one who is not united with his wife eats with constraint.

अम्भसः परिमाणे उन्नतं कमलं भवेत् । स्वस्वामिना बलवता भृत्यो भवति गर्वितः ॥ १,११५.

When the water is abundant, the lotus rises high; a servant becomes proud when his own master is powerful.

स्थानस्थितस्य पद्मस्य मित्रे वरुणभास्करौ । स्थानच्युतस्य तस्यैव क्लेदशोषणकारकौ ॥ १,११५.

For a lotus that remains in its place, the sun and Varuna are friends; but for that same lotus, once uprooted, they cause its drying and decay.

ये पदस्थस्य मित्त्राणि ते तस्य रिपुतां गताः । भानोः पद्मे जले प्रीतिः स्थलोद्धरणशोषणः ॥ १,११५.

Those who are friends to one established in his place become enemies when he is displaced; the sun delights in the lotus in water, but dries it up when it is taken out onto land.

स्थानस्थितानि पूज्यन्ते पूज्यन्ते च पदे स्थिताः । स्थानभ्रष्टा न पूज्यन्ते केशा दन्ता नखा नराः ॥ १,११५.

Those who remain in their place are honored, as are those who remain in their position; but those who have fallen from their place—hair, teeth, nails, and people—are not honored.

आचारः कुलमाख्यति देशमाख्याति भाषितम् । सम्भ्रमः स्नेहमाख्याति वपुराख्याति भोजनम् ॥ १,११५.

Conduct reveals one's family, speech reveals one's country, attentiveness reveals affection, and the body reveals one's food.

वृथा वृष्टिः समुद्रस्य वृथा तृप्तस्य भोजनम् । वृथा दानं समृद्धस्य नीचस्य सुकृतं वथा ॥ १,११५.

Rain over the ocean is in vain, food for one who is already satisfied is in vain, giving to one who is already wealthy is in vain, and good deeds for a base person are also in vain.

दूरस्थोऽपि समीपस्थो यो यस्य हृदये स्थितः । हृदयादपि निष्क्रान्तः समीपस्थोऽपि दूरतः ॥ १,११५.

Even if far away, one who dwells in the heart is near; but one who has departed from the heart is distant, even if physically close.

मुखभङ्गः स्वरो दीनो गात्रस्वेदो महद्भयम् । मरणे यानि चिह्नानि तानि चिह्नानि याचके ॥ १,११५.

A fallen face, a weak voice, sweating of the limbs, and great fear—these are signs of death, and also signs of a beggar.

कुब्जस्य कीटघातस्य वातान्निष्कासितस्य च । शिखरे वसतस्तस्य वरं जन्म न याचितम् ॥ १,११५.

For a hunchback, a killer of insects, one driven out by the wind, and one living on a peak, it is better to die than to beg.

जगत्पतिर्हि याचित्वा विष्णुर्वामनतां यतः । कान्योऽधिकतरस्तस्य योर्ऽथो याति न लाघवम् ॥ १,११५.

For even Vishnu, the Lord of the world, when he begged, assumed the form of Vamana; what other purpose could be greater than his, for which humility is not required?

माता शत्रुः पिता वैरी बाला येन न पाठिताः । सभामध्ये न शोभन्ते हंसमध्ये बकायथा ॥ १,११५.

A mother is an enemy, a father is a foe, for those children whom they do not educate; such children do not shine in an assembly, like a crane among swans.

विद्या नाम कुरूपरूपमधिकं विद्यातिगुप्तं धनं विद्या साधुकरी जनप्रियकरी विद्या गुरूणां गुरुः । विद्या बन्धुजनार्तिनाशनकरी विद्या परं दैवतं विद्या राजसु पूजिता हि मनुजो विद्यविहीनः पशुः ॥ १,११५.

Knowledge is called the highest form, a treasure greater than all others, a wealth that cannot be stolen; knowledge brings virtue, wins the favor of people, is the teacher of teachers, removes the suffering of relatives, is the supreme deity, is honored among kings, and a person without knowledge is like a beast.

गृहे चाभ्यन्तरे द्रव्यं लग्नं चैव तु दृश्यते । अशेषं हरणीयं च विद्या न ह्रियते परैः ॥ १,११५.

Wealth and possessions kept inside a house can be seen and taken away entirely, but knowledge cannot be stolen by others.

शौनकीयं नीतिसारं विष्णुः सर्वत्रतानि च । कथयामास वैपूर्वं तत्र शुश्राव शङ्करः । शङ्करादशृणोद्व्यासो व्यासादस्माभिरेव च ॥ १,११५.

Vishnu formerly spoke everywhere the essence of polity from the Shaunakīya tradition; there, Shankara listened, Vyasa heard from Shankara, and we have heard from Vyasa.

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम् ११६ ब्रह्मोवाच । व्रतानि व्यास वक्ष्यामि हरिर्यैः सर्वदो भवेत् । सर्वमासर्क्षतिथिषु वारेषु हरिरर्चितः ॥ १,११६.

Brahma said: I will declare the vows, O Vyasa, by which Hari becomes the giver of all; when Hari is worshipped on every month, star, lunar day, and weekday.

एकभक्तेन नक्तेन उपवासफलादिना । ददाति धनधान्यादि पुत्रराज्यजयादिकम् ॥ १,११६.

By single-minded devotion, by fasting at night, and by the fruits of such observances, he grants wealth, grain, sons, kingdom, victory, and more.

वैश्वानरः प्रतिपदि कुबेरः पूजितोऽर्थदः । उपोष्य ब्रह्मा प्रतिपद्यर्चितः श्रीस्तथाश्विनी ॥ १,११६.

On the first lunar day, Vaiśvānara and Kubera, when worshipped, grant wealth; after fasting, Brahma is worshipped on the first day, as well as Shri and the Ashvins.

द्वितीयायां यमो लक्ष्मीनारायण इहार्थदः । तृतीयायां त्रिदेवाश्च गौरीविघ्नेशशङ्कराः ॥ १,११६.

On the second day, Yama and Lakshmi-Narayana grant wealth here; on the third day, the three gods, Gauri, Vighnesha, and Shankara.

चतुर्थ्यां च चतुर्व्यूहः पञ्चम्यामर्चितो हरिः । कार्तिकेयो रविः षष्ठ्यां सप्तम्यां भास्करोऽर्थदः ॥ १,११६.

On the fourth day, the four manifestations are to be worshipped; on the fifth, Hari is worshipped; on the sixth, Kartikeya and the Sun; on the seventh, Bhaskara grants wealth.

दुर्गाष्टम्यां नवम्यां च मातरोऽथ दिशोऽर्थदाः । दशम्यां च यमश्चन्द्र एकादश्यामृषीन्यजेत् ॥ १,११६.

On Durga's eighth and the ninth day, the Mothers and the directions grant wealth; on the tenth, Yama and the Moon; on the eleventh, one should worship the sages.

द्वादश्यां च हरिः कामस्त्रयोदश्यां महेश्वरः । चतुर्दश्यां पञ्चदश्यां ब्रह्मा च पितरोऽर्थदाः ॥ १,११६.

On the twelfth, Hari and Kama; on the thirteenth, Maheshvara; on the fourteenth and fifteenth, Brahma and the ancestors grant wealth.