Garuda Purana

सर्वमर्हति शुद्धात्मा प्रातः स्नायी जपादिकम् । अत्यन्तमलिनः कायो नवच्छिद्रसमन्वितः ॥ १,२१३.

Everyone who is pure in self, who bathes in the morning, and who engages in recitation and such, is worthy; for the body is extremely impure, filled with nine openings.

स्त्रवत्येष दिवा रात्रौ प्रातः स्नानं विशोधनम् । मनः प्रसादजननं रूपसौभाग्यवर्धनम् ॥ १,२१३.

This flows both day and night; morning bathing is purifying, brings clarity of mind, and increases beauty and good fortune.

शोकदुः खप्रशमनं गङ्गास्नानवदाचरेत् । अद्य हस्ते तु नक्षत्रे दशम्यां ज्येष्ठके सिते ॥ १,२१३.

It removes sorrow and suffering; one should bathe as if in the Ganga, especially today when the moon is in the hand, on the tenth day, under the Jyeshtha star, and when the moon is bright.

दशपाप हरायां च अदत्वा दानकल्मषम् । विरुद्धाचरणं हिंसा परदारोपसेवनम् ॥ १,२१३.

On the day that removes ten sins, without having given away the impurity of gifts, one should avoid contrary conduct, violence, and association with another's spouse.

पारुष्यानृतपैशुन्यमसम्बद्धाभिभाषणम् । परद्रव्याभिधानं च मनसानिष्टचिन्तनम् ॥ १,२१३.

Harshness, falsehood, slander, irrelevant speech, coveting another's wealth, and thinking evil in the mind—

एतद्दशाघघातार्थं गङ्गास्नानं करोम्यहम् । प्रातः संक्षेपतः स्नानं वानप्रस्थगृहस्थयोः ॥ १,२१३.

For the destruction of these ten sins, I perform bathing in the Ganga; in brief, morning bathing is prescribed for forest-dwellers and householders.

यतेस्त्रिषवणं स्नानं सकृत्त ब्रह्मचारिणः । आचम्य तीर्थमावाह्य स्नायात्स्मृत्वाव्ययं हरिम् ॥ १,२१३.

For ascetics, bathing is to be done three times daily; for celibates, once. After sipping water and invoking the sacred place, one should bathe, remembering the imperishable Hari.

तिस्रः कोट्यस्तु विज्ञेया मन्देहा नाम राक्षसाः । उदयन्तं दुरात्मानः सूर्यमिच्छन्ति खादितुम् ॥ १,२१३.

It should be known that there are three crores of demons called Mandehas, evil-minded, who wish to devour the rising Sun.

स हन्ति सूर्यं सन्ध्यायां नोपास्तिं कुरुते तु यः । दहन्ति मन्त्रपूतेन तोयेनानलरूपिणा ॥ १,२१३.

He who does not perform worship at sunrise harms the Sun; they are burned by water purified by mantra, which takes the form of fire.

अहोरात्रस्य यः सन्धिः सा सन्ध्या भवतीति ह । द्विनाडिका भवेत्सन्ध्या यावद्भवति दर्शनम् ॥ १,२१३.

The junction of day and night is called sandhya; sandhya lasts for two nadis, until the Sun becomes visible.

गन्ध्याकर्मावसाने तु स्वयं होमो विधीयते । स्वयं होमफलं यत्तु तदन्येन न जायते ॥ १,२१३.

At the end of the sandhya ritual, one should perform the homa oneself; the fruit of a homa performed by oneself is not produced by another.

ऋत्विक्पुत्रो गुरुर्भ्राता भागिनेयोऽथ विट्पतिः । एभिरेव हुतं यत्तु तद्धुतं स्वयमेव हि ॥ १,२१३.

A priest, a son, a teacher, a brother, a sister's son, or the head of the family—when these perform the offering, it is as if one has done it oneself.

ब्रह्मा वै गार्हपत्याग्निर्दक्षिणाग्निस्त्रिलोचनः । विष्णुराहवनीयाग्निः कुमारः सत्य उच्यते ॥ १,२१३.

Brahma is the Garhapatya fire, Dakshina is the three-eyed one, Vishnu is the Ahavaniya fire, and Kumara is said to be Truth.

कृत्वा होमं यथाकालं सौरान्मन्त्राञ्जपेत्ततः । समाहितात्मा सावित्रीं प्रणवं च यथोदितम् ॥ १,२१३.

Having performed the homa at the proper time, one should then recite the solar mantras, with a concentrated mind, the Savitri, and the Pranava as prescribed.

प्रणवे नित्ययुक्तस्य व्याहृतीषु च सप्तसु । त्रिपदायां च सावित्र्यां न भयं विद्यते क्वचित् ॥ १,२१३.

For one who is always engaged in the Pranava, in the seven Vyahritis, and in the three-footed Savitri, there is never any fear anywhere.

गायत्त्रीं यो जपेन्नित्यं कल्यमुत्थाय मानवः । लिप्यते न स पापेन पद्मपत्रमिवाम्भसा ॥ १,२१३.

A man who recites the Gayatri every day, rising at an auspicious hour, is not tainted by sin, just as a lotus leaf is not wetted by water.

श्वेतवर्णा समुद्दिष्टा कौशैयवसना तथा । अक्षसूत्रधरा देवी पद्मासनगता शुभा ॥ १,२१३.

She is described as white in color, clothed in silk, holding a rosary, the auspicious goddess seated upon a lotus.

आवाह्य यजुपानेन तेजोऽसीति विधानतः । एतद्यजुः पुरा दैवैर्दृष्टिदर्शनकाङ्क्षिभिः ॥ १,२१३.

Having invoked the radiance with a libation of Yajus, as prescribed, this Yajus was formerly seen by the gods who desired to behold the vision.

आदित्यमण्डलान्तः स्थां ब्रह्मलोकस्थितामपि । तत्रावाह्य जपित्वातो नमस्काराद्विसर्जयेत् ॥ १,२१३.

Even that which abides within the solar orb, or that established in the world of Brahma, having invoked it there and recited, one should then dismiss it with reverence.

पूर्वाह्न एव कुर्वीत देवतानां च पूजनम् । न विष्णोः परमो देवस्तस्मात्तं पूजयेत्सदा ॥ १,२१३.

One should perform the worship of the deities in the forenoon itself; there is no god superior to Vishnu, therefore one should always worship him.

ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवान्देवान्न पृथग्भावयेत्सुधीः । लोकेऽस्मिन्मङ्गलान्यष्टौ ब्राह्मणो गौर्हुताशनः ॥ १,२१३.

A wise person should not regard Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva as separate gods; in this world, the eight auspicious entities are: a Brahmin, a cow, fire, gold, clarified butter, the sun, water, and the king as the eighth.

हिरण्यं सर्पिरादित्य आपो राजा तथाष्टमः । एतानि सततं पश्येदर्चयेच्च प्रदक्षिणम् ॥ १,२१३.

One should always behold and worship these—gold, ghee, the sun, water, and the king as the eighth—circumambulating them to the right.

वेदस्याध्ययनं पूर्वं विचारोभ्यसनं जपः । तद्दानं चैव शिष्यभ्यो वेदाभ्यासो हि पञ्चधा ॥ १,२१३.

The study of the Veda, reflection, repeated practice, recitation, and giving it to disciples—thus, the study of the Veda is fivefold.

वेदार्थं यज्ञशास्त्राणि धर्मशास्त्राणि चैव हि । मूल्येन लेखयित्वा यो दद्याद्याति स वैदिकम् ॥ १,२१३.

Whoever, having written down the meaning of the Veda, the treatises on sacrifice, and the texts on dharma, and gives them for a price, attains the status of a Vedic scholar.

इतिहा सपुराणानि लिखित्वायः प्रयच्छति । ब्रह्मदानसमं पुण्यं प्राप्नोति द्विगुणीकृतम् ॥ १,२१३.

Whoever, having written the Itihasas and Puranas, gives them, obtains merit equal to the gift of knowledge, doubled.

मृतीये च तथा भागे पोष्यवर्गार्थसाधनम् । माता पिता गुरुर्भ्राता प्रजा दीनाः समाश्रिताः ॥ १,२१३.

In the third part likewise, the means of supporting dependents: mother, father, teacher, brother, offspring, the poor, and those who have taken refuge.

अभ्यागतोऽतिथिश्चाग्निः पोष्यवर्गा उदाहृतः । भरणं पोष्यवर्गस्य प्रशस्तं स्वर्गसाधनम् ॥ १,२१३.

A guest who has arrived, and fire, are also called dependents; the support of dependents is praised as a means to heaven.

भरणं पोष्य वर्गस्य तस्माद्यत्नेन कारयेत् । स जीवति वरश्चैको बहुभिर्योपजीव्यति ॥ १,२१३.

Therefore, one should strive to provide for dependents; for one person lives, and many are supported by him.

जीवन्तो मृतकास्त्वन्ये पुरुषाः स्वोदरम्भराः । स्वकीयोदरपूर्तिश्च कुक्कुरस्यापि विद्यते ॥ १,२१३.

Other men, though alive, are as good as dead who only feed themselves; even a dog fills its own belly.