Garuda Purana

नानन्त्यात्पृथगानन्दं नाप्यमानन्दतः पृथक् । त्वमेव परमं ब्रह्म सत्यज्ञानादिलक्षणम् ॥ १,२३६.

There is no bliss apart from infinity, nor is there any apart from non-bliss; you alone are the supreme Brahman, characterized by truth, knowledge, and the like.

अहं ब्रह्म परं तत्त्वं ज्ञात्वा त्वखिलविद्भवेत् । यथैकमृन्मये ज्ञाते सर्वमेतच्चराचरम् ॥ १,२३६.

Knowing 'I am Brahman, the supreme reality,' one becomes all-knowing; just as, when one lump of clay is known, all things made of clay are known.

यथैकहेममणिना सर्वं हेममयं भवेत् । ज्ञानं तथैवमीशेन ज्ञानिनाप्यखिलं जगत् ॥ १,२३६.

Just as, from one golden jewel, all that is made of gold is known; so too, by knowledge of the Lord, the knower knows the entire world.

यथान्धकारदोषेण रज्जुः सम्यङ्नदृश्यते । यथा संमोहदोषेण चात्मा सम्यङ्नदृश्यते ॥ १,२३६.

Just as, due to the fault of darkness, a rope is not seen correctly; so too, due to the fault of delusion, the self is not seen correctly.

सर्पधारादिभिर्भेदरैन्यथा वस्तुकल्पनम् । व्योमादिना सरूपाद्यैरन्यथात्मा प्रकल्प्यते ॥ १,२३६.

Just as, by imagining differences such as the form of a snake, one conceives of various things; so too, by space and other forms, the self is imagined otherwise.

प्रत्यक्षमपि यद्द्रव्यन्दुर्दर्शमिति भाषते । व्योमादिना सरूपाद्यैरन्यथा कल्पितैस्तथा ॥ १,२३६.

Even though a substance is directly perceived, it is said to be difficult to see; so too, by space and other imagined forms, it is conceived otherwise.

तथा हि रज्जुरुरगः शुक्तिः कारजतं यथा । मृगतृष्णापथायाम्भस्तृप्तिं विष्णो तथा जगत् ॥ १,२३६.

Just as a rope appears as a snake, or a shell as silver; just as water is imagined in a mirage, so too, O Viṣṇu, is the world.

हाहिष्णोद्विजा कथि द्भोहमितिदृ । ग्रहनाशात्पुनर्ध्यायन्ब्राह्मण्यं मन्यते यथा ॥ १,२३६.

O twice-born, just as one says, 'I am a cow,' and, after the removal of the misconception, thinks again of being a brāhmaṇa.

मायाविष्टस्तथा जीवो देहोहमिति मन्यते । मायानाशात्पुनः स्वीयरूपं ब्रह्मास्मि मन्यते ॥ १,२३६.

So too, the soul, deluded by illusion, thinks, 'I am the body'; but when illusion is destroyed, it again considers its own true form as 'I am Brahman.'

ग्रहनाशाद्यथा मान्यजनोक्रूरमवेक्षते । स्वरूपदर्शनाच्चायं माया नाशन्तया विना ॥ १,२३६.

Just as, after the removal of misconception, a respected person is seen as cruel; so too, by the vision of one's own true nature, this illusion is destroyed.

अनादित्वं समं द्वाभ्यां स्वरूपं तद्विलक्षणम् । एकः सत्यं तथा भागी विचारेण परं मृषा ॥ १,२३६.

Beginninglessness is equally present in both, but their true nature is distinct; one is truly existent, the other, upon examination, is ultimately false.

अजोपि हि सकृत्प्रेत्य संभवाम्यात्ममायया । मायेच्छया द्विधा स स्यात्पतिः पत्नी सुखं जगत् ॥ १,२३६.

Though unborn, I come into being once, by my own illusion; by the will of illusion, I become twofold: husband, wife, happiness, and the world.

अष्टाविंशतिभेदैस्तु त्रैगुण्यं विद्यते पृथक् । चतुरशीतिर्लक्ष्यन्ते नरनार्याकृतीनि च ॥ १,२३६.

Through twenty-eight distinctions, the three qualities are separately known; and eighty-four forms of men and women are observed.

एषुविश्वं प्रभवति खण्डजं मायया यथा । आदावन्ते च सन्त्येते नामरूपक्रियादयः ॥ १,२३६.

In these, the entire universe arises, fragmented by illusion, just as in the beginning and at the end, these—name, form, action, and so on—exist.

सत्तावकल्पनं काले न सन्ति परमार्थतः । यथा रथादयः स्वप्ने सन्तो नैव च सत्यतः ॥ १,२३६.

The appearance of existence in time is not truly real; just as chariots and the like seen in a dream are not real in actuality.

तथा जाग्रदवस्थायां भूतानि न तु सन्निधौ । द्वैरूप्यं मायया याति जाग्रत्स्वप्नपदज्ञ (क्ष) योः ॥ १,२३६.

In the waking state as well, beings are not truly present; by illusion, duality arises between the waking and dream states.

एवमेतत्परं ब्रह्म स्वप्नजाग्रत्पदद्वये । सुषुप्तमचलं रूपमद्वयं पदमुच्यते ॥ १,२३६.

In this way, that supreme Brahman, in both dream and waking states, is called the undisturbed, nondual state—deep sleep.

मायाविचारसिद्धैव विचारेण विलीयते । आपातरहिता सापि कल्पना कालवर्तिनी ॥ १,२३६.

Indeed, illusion, established through inquiry, is dissolved by inquiry; even that concept, devoid of substance, is merely a construct existing in time.

एवं तस्या (दात्या) त्मनादित्यं सिद्धमेकस्य सत्यजा । सतोस्तित्वं वसातित्वादस्तित्वासत्यतां ततः ॥ १,२३६.

Thus, for that one, by the self, the truth of the one reality is established; from the existence of the real, unreality is negated, and thus unreality is shown to be non-existent.

ज्ञानं ततोप्यनन्तो नः पूर्णोन्तः शुकमात्मना । न नित्यभावाज्जातोहमकृत्वादमृतोस्म्यहम् । दीपवद्धृदये ज्योतिरहं ब्रह्मास्मि मुक्तये ॥ १,२३६.

Knowledge, therefore, is infinite within us, complete and pure by its own nature; not being born from perpetual existence, I am unborn, I am deathless; like a lamp, I am the light in the heart—I am Brahman, for liberation.

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम् २३७ श्रीबगवानुवाच । गीतासारं प्रवक्ष्यामि अर्जुनायोदितं पुरा । अष्टाङ्गयोगयुक्तात्मा सर्ववेदान्तपारगः ॥ १,२३७.

The Blessed Lord said: I will declare the essence of the Gita, once spoken to Arjuna, endowed with the eightfold yoga, accomplished in all Vedanta.

आत्मलाभः परो नान्य अत्मदेहादिवर्जितः । हीनरूपादिदेहान्तः करणत्वादिलोचनः ॥ १,२३७.

The highest attainment is the Self, nothing else, free from body and the rest; the inner witness, distinct from inferior forms and bodies.

बिज्ञानरहितः प्राणः सुषुप्तौ हि प्रतीयते । नाहमात्मा च दुः खादिसंसारादिसमन्वयात् ॥ १,२३७.

Breath, without consciousness, is perceived in deep sleep; and I am not the self, because of the association with suffering and worldly existence.

विधूम इव दीप्तार्चिरादीप्त (दित्य) इव दीप्तिमान् । वैद्युतोऽग्निरिवाकाशे हृत्सङ्गे आत्मनात्मनि ॥ १,२३७.

Like a bright flame without smoke, like the shining sun, like lightning in the sky, so is the Self established in the heart.

श्रोत्रादीनि न पश्यन्ति स्वंस्वमात्मानमात्मना । सर्वज्ञः सर्वदर्शो च क्षेत्रज्ञस्तानि पश्यन्ति ॥ १,२३७.

The senses do not perceive their own self by themselves; but the knower of the field, who knows all and sees all, perceives them.

यदा प्रकाशते ह्यात्मा पटे दीपो ज्वलन्निव । ज्ञानमुत्पद्यते पुंसां क्षयात्पापस्य कर्मणः ॥ १,२३७.

When the Self shines forth, like a lamp burning on a cloth, knowledge arises in people through the destruction of sinful actions.

यथादर्शतलप्रख्ये पश्यत्यात्मानमात्मनि । इन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थांश्च महाभूतानि पञ्चकम् ॥ १,२३७.

Just as one sees oneself in a clear mirror, so the Self perceives within itself the senses, their objects, and the five great elements.

मनोबुद्धिरहङ्कारमव्यक्तं पुरुषं तथा । प्रसंख्याय परंव्याप्तो विमुक्तो बन्धवैर्भवेत् ॥ १,२३७.

By discriminative knowledge, one perceives mind, intellect, ego, the unmanifest, and also the person; thus, pervading the supreme, one becomes free from bonds.

इन्द्रियग्राममखिलं मनसाभिनिवेश्य च । मनश्चैवाप्यहङ्कारे प्रतिष्ठाप्य च पाण्डव ॥ १,२३७.

Having gathered all the senses with the mind, and having established the mind in the ego, O Pandava,