Garuda Purana

ब्रह्मा विष्णुश्च रुद्रश्च श्रीर्हुताशस्तथैव च । मण्डले चोपतिष्ठन्ति तस्मात्कुर्वीत मण्डलम् ॥ २,३२.

Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Rudra, Śrī, and Agni are present in the maṇḍala; therefore, one should make the maṇḍala.

प्रागुदग्वा कृतेनेह शिरसा लोकमुत्तमम् । व्रजते यदि पापस्याल्पत्वं पुंसो भवेत्खग ॥ २,३२.

If, here, one bows the head to the east or north-east, O bird, even if a person's sin is small, he attains the highest world.

पञ्चरत्ने मुखे मुक्ते जिवे ज्ञानं प्ररोहति । तुलसी ब्राह्मणा गावो विष्णुरेकादशी खग ॥ २,३२.

When five gems, pearls, or liberated souls are in the mouth, knowledge grows; tulasī, a brāhmaṇa, cows, Viṣṇu, and Ekādaśī, O bird.

पञ्च प्रवहणान्येव भवाब्धौ मज्जतां नृणाम् । विष्णुरेकादशी गीता तुलसी विप्रधेनवः ॥ २,३२.

There are five rafts for those sinking in the ocean of existence: Viṣṇu, Ekādaśī, the Gītā, tulasī, a brāhmaṇa, and cows.

असारे दुर्गसंसारे षट्पदी भक्तिदायिनी । नमो भगवते वासुदेवायेति जपन्नरः ॥ २,३२.

In this insubstantial, difficult world, the six-footed verse bestows devotion; a man who chants 'Salutations to Bhagavān Vāsudeva'—

ओङ्कारपूर्वं सायुज्यं प्राप्नुयान्नात्र संशयः । पूजयापि च मल्लोकप्राप्तिराराद्दिवं व्रजेत् ॥ २,३२.

Preceded by Oṃ, attains union without doubt; even by worship, one quickly attains my world and goes to heaven.

बन्धाभावे ममत्वेतु ज्ञानं पुरुषसूक्ततः । यस्ययस्याधिकत्वं तु साधनेष्वेषु काश्यप ॥ २,३२.

When there is no bondage, but attachment remains, knowledge comes from the Puruṣa Sūkta; O Kāśyapa, the greater the effort in these practices—

तत्तत्फलस्याप्याधिक्यं भवतीत्यवधारय । दातव्यानि यथाशक्त्या प्रीतोऽसौ सर्वदा भवेत् ॥ २,३२.

So too is the greater the result of that act; one should give as able, and he will always be pleased.

एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं स्नानादिषु फलं मया । ब्रह्माण्डे ये गुणाः सन्ति शरीरे ते व्यवस्थिताः ॥ २,३२.

All this has been told to you by me—the fruit of bathing and so on; the qualities present in the universe are established in the body.

पातालभूधरा लोकास्तथान्ये द्वीपसागराः । आदित्यादिग्रहाः सर्वे पिण्डमध्ये व्यवस्थिताः ॥ २,३२.

The netherworlds, mountains, other worlds, islands, and oceans, all the planets from the sun onward, are established within the body.

पादाधस्तु तलं ज्ञेयं पादोर्ध्वं वितलं तथा । जानुभ्यां सुतलं विद्धि सक्थिदेशे महातलम् ॥ २,३२.

Below the feet is to be known as Tala; above the feet, Vitala; know Sutala at the knees, Mahātala at the thighs.

तथा तलातलञ्चोरौ गुह्यदेशे रसातलम् । पातालं कटिसंस्थन्तु पादादौ लक्षयेद्बुधः ॥ २,३२.

Similarly, Talātala is at the shins, Rasātala at the groin; Pātāla is at the waist—thus the wise should recognize from the feet upward.

भूर्लोकं नाभिमध्ये तु भुवर्लोकं तदूर्ध्वतः । स्वर्गलोकं हृदये विद्यात्कण्ठदेशे महस्तथा ॥ २,३२.

Bhūrloka is at the navel, above that is Bhuvarloka; Svargaloka is to be known at the heart, Maharloka at the throat.

जनलोकं वक्त्रदेशे तपोलोकं ललाटके । सत्यलोकं महारन्ध्रे भुवनानि चतुर्दश ॥ २,३२.

Janaloka is at the mouth, Tapoloka at the forehead; Satyaloka at the great aperture—these are the fourteen worlds.

त्रिकोणे संस्थितो मेरुरधः कोणे च मन्दरः । दक्षिणे चैव कैलासो वामभागे हिमाचलः ॥ २,३२.

In the triangle is Mount Meru, below is Mandara; to the south is Kailāsa, to the left is Himācala.

निषधश्चोर्ध्वभागे च दक्षिणे गन्धमादनः । मलयो (रमणो) वामरेखायां सप्तैते कुलपर्वताः ॥ २,३२.

Niṣadha is above, to the south is Gandhamādana; Malaya (or Ramaṇa) is on the left line—these are the seven chief mountains.

thumb|400px|कुशा एवं अश्वत्थ पत्रयोः सूक्ष्मदर्शी अवलोकनम् अस्थिस्थाने स्थितो जम्बूः शाको मज्जासु संस्थितः । कुशद्वीपः स्थितो मांसे क्रौञ्चद्वीपः शिरास्थितः ॥ २,३२.

Jambū is situated at the place of bones, Śāka is established in the marrow; Kuśadvīpa is in the flesh, Krauñcadvīpa is in the veins.

त्वचायां शाल्मलिर्द्वीपो प्लक्षः रोम्णां च सञ्चये । नखस्थः पुष्करद्वीपः सागरास्तदनन्तरम् ॥ २,३२.

In the skin is Śālmalīdvīpa, Plakṣa is in the collection of hairs; Puṣkaradvīpa is at the nails, and then the oceans.

क्षारोदश्च तथा मूत्रे क्षारे क्षीरोदसागरः । सुरोदधिश्च श्लेष्मस्थः मज्जायां घृतसागरः ॥ २,३२.

Kṣāroda is in the urine, Kṣīroda ocean in the bile; Surodadhi is in the phlegm, and the ocean of ghee is in the marrow.

रसोदधिं रसे विद्याच्छोणिते दधिसागरम् । स्वादुलं लम्बिकास्थाने गर्भोदं शुक्रसंस्थितम् ॥ २,३२.

One should know that in the essence of taste is the ocean of rasa, in blood is the ocean of curds, in the place of the uvula is sweetness, and in semen is the ocean of embryos.

नादचक्रे स्थितः सूर्यो बिन्दुचक्रे च चन्द्रमाः । लोचनस्थः कुजो ज्ञेयो हृदये च बुधः स्मृतः ॥ २,३२.

The sun is situated in the nāda-cakra, the moon in the bindu-cakra; Mars is to be known as residing in the eyes, and Mercury is said to be in the heart.

विष्णुस्थाने गुरुं विद्याच्छ्रुक्रे शुक्रो व्यवस्थितः । नाभिस्थाने स्थितो मन्दो मुखे राहुः स्थितः सदा ॥ २,३२.

Jupiter is to be known as in the place of Viṣṇu, Venus is established in the semen; Saturn is situated at the navel, and Rāhu is always in the mouth.

पायु (द) स्थाने स्थितः केतुः शरीरे ग्रहमण्डलम् । विभक्तञ्च समाख्यातमापादतलमस्तकम् ॥ २,३२.

Ketu is situated at the anus, and the planetary sphere is distributed throughout the body, extending from the soles of the feet to the crown of the head.

उत्पन्ना ये हि संसारे म्रियन्ते ते न संशयः । बुभुक्षा च तृषा रौद्रा दाहोद्भूता च मूर्छना ॥ २,३२.

Those who are born in this world surely die—there is no doubt; hunger, thirst, fierce suffering, and fainting arising from heat also occur.

यत्र पीडास्त्विमा रौद्रास्ता वै वृश्चिकदंशजाः । विनाशः पूर्णकाले च जायते सर्वदेहिनाम् ॥ २,३२.

Where these fierce pains arise, they are like the sting of a scorpion; at the appointed time, destruction comes to all embodied beings.

अग्रे अग्रे हि धावन्ति यमलोकगतस्यवै । तप्तवालुकमध्येन प्रज्वलद्वह्निमध्यतः ॥ २,३२.

Indeed, as they proceed onward, those who have gone to the realm of Yama run ahead, through burning sand and blazing fire.

केशग्राहैः समाक्रान्ता नीयन्ते यमकिङ्करैः । पापिष्ठास्त्वधमास्तार्क्ष्य दयाधर्मविविर्जिताः ॥ २,३२.

Seized by the hair, they are dragged by Yama’s servants—those most sinful, wicked, and devoid of compassion and righteousness, O Tārkṣya.

यमलोके वसन्त्येते कुट्यां जन्म न विद्यते । एवं सञ्जायते तार्क्ष्य मर्त्ये जन्तुः स्वकर्मभिः ॥ २,३२.

They dwell in Yama’s realm, in a hut where there is no birth; thus, O Tārkṣya, a being is born among mortals according to its own deeds.

उत्पन्ना ये हि संसारे म्रियन्ते ते न संशयः । आयुः कर्म च वित्तञ्च विद्या निधनमेव च ॥ २,३२.

Those who are born in this world surely die—there is no doubt; lifespan, actions, wealth, knowledge, and death itself—