Garuda Purana

कथं त्वामीदृशं सूक्ष्मं शक्नोमि पुरुषोत्तम । अराधयितुमीशान मनोगम्यमगोचरम् ॥ १,२३४.

How can I, O Supreme Person, worship you, so subtle, O Lord, who are accessible to the mind but beyond its grasp?

इह यन्मण्डले नाथ पूज्यते विधिवत्क्रमैः । पुष्पधूपादिभिर्यत्र तत्र सर्वा विभूतयः ॥ १,२३४.

Wherever, O Lord, you are worshipped in this circle according to proper rites, with flowers, incense, and the like, there all your powers are present.

संकर्षणादिभेदेन तव यत्पूजिता मया । क्षन्तुमर्हसि तत्सर्वं यत्कृतं न कृतं मया ॥ १,२३४.

Whatever worship I have performed for you in the forms of Sankarshana and others, you should forgive all that which was done or left undone by me.

न शक्नोमि विभो सम्यक्कर्तुं पूजां यथोदिताम् । यत्कृतं जपहोमादि असाध्यं पुरुषोत्तम ॥ १,२३४.

I am unable, O Lord, to perform worship as prescribed; whatever recitation, offering, and the like I have done is insufficient, O Supreme Person.

विनिष्पादयितुं भक्त्या अत स्त्वां क्षमयाम्यहम् । दिवा रात्रौ च सन्ध्यायां सर्वावस्थासु चेष्टतः ॥ १,२३४.

To accomplish this with devotion, therefore I ask your forgiveness; whether by day, night, at twilight, or in all conditions of activity.

अचला तु हरे ! भक्तिस्तवाङ्घ्रियुगले मम । शरिरे न (ण) तथा प्रीतिर्न च धर्मादिकेषु च ॥ १,२३४.

O Hari, may my devotion to your two feet be unwavering; I do not have such affection for my body, nor for dharma and the like.

यथा त्वयि जगन्नाथ प्रीतिंरात्यन्तिकी मम । किं तेन न कृतं कर्म स्वर्गमोक्षादिसाधनम् ॥ १,२३४.

Just as I have supreme love for you, Lord of the universe, what need is there for any other action, or for means to heaven, liberation, and so on?

यस्य विष्णौ दृढा भक्तिः सर्वकामफलप्रदे । पूजां कर्तुं तथा स्तोत्रं कः शक्नोति तवाच्युत ॥ १,२३४.

Who, O Acyuta, is able to perform worship or recite hymns to you, the bestower of all desired fruits, if he does not have firm devotion to Viṣṇu?

स्तुतं तु पूजितं मेऽद्य तत्क्षमस्व नमोऽस्तु ते । इति चक्रधारस्तोत्रं मया सम्यगुदाहृतम् । स्तौहि विष्णुं मुने भक्त्या यदीच्छसि परं पदम् ॥ १,२३४.

What has been praised and worshipped by me today—please forgive that; salutations to you. Thus, I have properly recited the hymn to the wielder of the discus. O sage, if you desire the supreme state, worship Viṣṇu with devotion.

स्तोत्रेणानेन यः स्तौति पूजाकाले जगद्घुरुम् ॥ १,२३४.

Whoever praises the Guru of the universe at the time of worship with this hymn—

अचिराल्लभते मोक्षं छित्वा संसारबन्धनम् । अन्योऽपि यो जपेद्भक्त्या त्रिसन्ध्यं नियतः शुचिः ॥ १,२३४.

He quickly attains liberation, cutting the bonds of worldly existence. Another, too, who recites it with devotion, thrice daily, disciplined and pure—

इदं स्तोत्रं मुने सोऽपि सर्वकाममवाप्नुयात् । पुत्रार्थो लभते पुत्रान्बद्धो मुच्यते बन्धनात् ॥ १,२३४.

That sage also attains all desires by this hymn; one seeking sons obtains sons, the bound is freed from bondage.

रोगाद्विमुच्यते रागी लभते निर्धनो धनम् । विद्यार्थो लभते विद्यां भग्यं कीर्ति च विन्दति ॥ १,२३४.

One is freed from disease, the passionate attains wealth, the seeker of knowledge gains learning, and one attains fortune and fame.

जाति स्मरत्वं मेधावी यद्यदिच्छति चेतसा । स धन्यः सर्ववित्प्राज्ञःस साधुः सर्वकर्मकृत् ॥ १,२३४.

Whatever the wise, intelligent person desires in his heart—be it memory of past births or intelligence—he becomes blessed, all-knowing, wise, and accomplished in all actions.

स सत्यवाकूछुचिर्दाता यः स्तौति पुरुषोत्तमम् । असंभाष्या हि ते सर्वे सर्वधर्मबहिष्कृताः ॥ १,२३४.

He who praises the Supreme Person is truthful, pure, and generous. All others, excluded from all dharma, are not to be associated with.

येषां प्रवर्तने नास्ति हरिमुद्दिश्य सत्क्रिया । न शुद्धं विद्यते तस्य मनो वाक्च दुरात्मनः ॥ १,२३४.

Those in whose conduct there is no proper act directed to Hari—their mind and speech are not pure, and they are of evil intent.

यस्य सर्वार्थदे विष्णौ भक्तिर्नाव्यभिचारिणी । आराध्य विधिवद्देवं हरिं सर्वसुखप्रदम् ॥ १,२३४.

He whose unwavering devotion is to Viṣṇu, the giver of all things, and who worships Hari, the bestower of all happiness, according to the proper method—

प्राप्नोति पुरुषः सम्यग्यद्यत्प्रार्थयते फलम् । कर्म कामादिकं सर्वं श्रद्धधानः सुरोत्तमः । असुरादिवपुः सिद्धैर्देयते यस्य नान्तरम् ॥ १,२३४.

That person attains, fully and truly, whatever fruit he desires; the best of men, full of faith, achieves all actions and desires. For him, there is no obstacle from demons or others, even from accomplished beings.

सकलमुनिभिराद्यश्चिन्त्यते यो हि शुद्धो निखिलहृदि निविष्टो वेत्ति यः सर्वसाक्षी । तमजममृतमीशं वासुदेवं नतोऽस्मि भयमरणविहीनं नित्यमानन्दरूपम् ॥ १,२३४.

I bow to that unborn, immortal Lord Vāsudeva, who is contemplated by all sages, pure, established in every heart, the witness of all, free from fear and death, whose form is eternal bliss.

निखिलभुवन नाथं शाश्वतं सुप्रसन्नं त्वतिविमलविशुद्धं निर्गुणं भवपुष्पैः । सुखमुदितसमस्तं पूजयाम्यात्मभावं विशतु हृदयपद्मे सर्वसाक्षी चिदात्मा ॥ १,२३४.

I worship the Lord of all worlds, eternal, supremely gracious, utterly pure and spotless, beyond qualities, filled with joy, with flowers of existence; may the witness of all, the self-aware soul, enter the lotus of my heart.

एवं मयोक्तं परमप्रभावमाद्यन्तहीनस्य परस्य विष्णोः । तस्माद्विचिन्त्यः परमेश्वरोऽसौ विमुक्तिकामेन नरेण सम्यक् ॥ १,२३४.

Thus I have spoken of the supreme power of Viṣṇu, the one without beginning or end. Therefore, he should be contemplated by one who earnestly seeks liberation.

बोधस्वरूपं पुरुषं पुराणमादित्यवर्णं विमलं विशुद्धम् । सञ्चिन्त्य विष्णुं परमद्वितीयं कस्तत्र योगी न लंय प्रयाति ॥ १,२३४.

Who among yogis does not attain liberation, having meditated on Viṣṇu—the person of consciousness, the ancient one, of the color of the sun, pure and spotless, the supreme, the non-dual?

इमं स्तवं यः सततं मनुष्यः पठेच्च तद्वत्प्रयतः प्रशान्तः । स धूतपाप्मा विततप्रभावः प्रयाति लोकं विततं मुरारेः ॥ १,२३४.

Whoever, always calm and disciplined, recites this hymn continually, is freed from sin, becomes radiant, and attains the world of Murāri.

यः प्रार्थयत्यर्थमशेषसौख्यं धर्मं च कामं च तथैव मोक्षम् । स सर्वमुत्सृज्य परं पुराणं प्रयाति विष्णुं शरणं वरेण्यम् ॥ १,२३४.

Whoever seeks wealth, complete happiness, virtue, pleasure, and also liberation—such a one, abandoning all these, goes to the supreme, ancient refuge, to the most excellent Vishnu.

विभुं प्रभुं विश्वधरं विशुद्धमशेषसंसारविनाशहेतुम् । यो वासुदेवं विमलं प्रपन्नः स मोक्षमाप्नोति विमुक्तसङ्गः ॥ १,२३४.

He who takes refuge in Vāsudeva—the all-pervading Lord, the sustainer of the universe, the pure one, the cause of the destruction of all worldly existence—attains liberation, freed from all attachments.

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम् २३५ सूत उवाच वेदान्तसाङ्ख्यसिद्धान्तब्रह्मज्ञानं वदाम्यहम् । अहं ब्रह्म परं ज्योतिर्विष्णुरित्येव चिन्तयन् ॥ १,२३५.

Sūta said: I will expound the knowledge of Brahman as established in Vedānta and Sāṅkhya. Meditating thus—'I am Brahman, the supreme light, Vishnu'—

सूर्ये हृद्व्योम्नि वह्नौ च ज्योतिरेकं त्रिधा स्थितम् । यथा सर्पिः शीरस्थं गवां न कुरुते बलम् ॥ १,२३५.

The single light abides in three ways: in the sun, in the heart-space, and in fire, just as clarified butter present in milk does not impart strength to cows.

निर्गतं कर्मसंयुक्तं दत्तं तासां महा बलम् । तथा विष्णुः शरीरस्थो न करोति हितं नणाम् ॥ १,२३५.

When it is extracted and joined with action, it gives them great strength; in the same way, Vishnu, though present in the body, does not bring benefit to people.

विनाराधनया देवः सर्वगः परमेश्वरः । आरुरुक्षुमतीनां तु कर्मज्ञानमुदाहृतम् ॥ १,२३५.

Without worship, the all-pervading, supreme Lord does not bestow benefit; for those who wish to ascend, knowledge of action is prescribed.