Garuda Purana - Opening Verses (Purva Khanda, Chapter 1)
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Invocation
Original
ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय । गरुडपुराणं प्रवक्ष्यामि विशुद्धं पापनाशनम् ।
Transliteration
Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya. Garuda Purāṇaṁ pravakṣyāmi viśuddhaṁ pāpanāśanam.
Meaning / Translation
Om, salutations to Lord Vasudeva. I shall now recite the Garuda Purana, which is pure and destroys all sins.
Garuda's Praise to Vishnu
Original
गरुडोवाच - नमस्ते विष्णवे तुभ्यं नमस्ते पद्मनाभाय । नमस्ते जगन्नाथाय नमस्ते पुरुषोत्तम ॥
Transliteration
Garudo vāca - Namaste Viṣṇave tubhyaṁ namaste Padmanābhāya. Namaste Jagannāthāya namaste Puruṣottama.
Meaning / Translation
Garuda said: Salutations to You, O Vishnu; salutations to You, O Padmanabha (lotus-naveled); salutations to You, O Lord of the Universe; salutations to You, O Supreme Person.
Vishnu's Response
Original
श्रीभगवानुवाच - शृणु गरुड धर्मं च सर्वपापप्रणाशनम् । येन मोक्षं अवाप्नोति मानवो नात्र संशयः ॥
Transliteration
Śrī Bhagavān uvāca - Śṛṇu Garuḍa dharmaṁ ca sarvapāpapraṇāśanam. Yena mokṣam avāpnoti mānavo nātra saṁśayaḥ.
Meaning / Translation
The Blessed Lord said: Listen, O Garuda, to that righteousness which destroys all sins, by which a human being attains liberation — there is no doubt about this.
Garuda's Inquiry
Original
गरुडोवाच - कथं धर्मः प्रवर्तते कथं चाधर्म एव च । कथं मोक्षो भवेद्विष्णो कथं वा नरकं गतः ॥
Transliteration
Garudo vāca - Kathaṁ dharmaḥ pravartate kathaṁ cādharm eva ca. Kathaṁ mokṣo bhavet Viṣṇo kathaṁ vā narakaṁ gataḥ.
Meaning / Translation
Garuda said: How does righteousness prevail, and how does unrighteousness prevail? How does liberation come about, O Vishnu, and how does one go to hell?