गरुडपुराण - परान्नम्

परान्नं च परस्वं च परशय्याः परस्त्रियः ।
परवेश्मनि वासश्च शक्रस्यापि श्रियं हरेत् ॥

- गरुडपुराण

parAnnam cha parasvam cha parashayyAH parastriyaH ।
paraveshmani vAsaH cha shakrasya api shriyam haret ॥

- garuDa purANa

These things have the potential to erode the wealth of Indra (King of Gods) also - eating someone else's food, being controlled by someone else, sleeping on others bed, indulgence in other's wives, living in other people's house. One must avoid all of them.

- Garuda Purana

गरुड पुराण - ससर्पे गृहे वास

दुष्टा भार्या शठं मित्रं भृत्यश्चोत्तरदायकः ।
ससर्पे च गृहे वासो मृत्युरेव न संशयः ॥

- गरुड पुराण

duShTA bhAryaa shaTham mitraM bhRutyaH cha uttaradAyakaH ।
sasarpe cha gRuhe vAsaH mRutyureva na saMshayaH ॥

- garuDapurANa

Death is certain (soon) for a person whose wife is wicked, whose friends cheat and whose servants talk back to him. He is in same level of danger as sleeping in a house which has snakes in it.

- Garudapurana

गरुडपुराण - बलम्

अबलस्य बलं राजा बालस्य रुदितं बलम् ।
बलं मूर्खस्य मौनित्वं तस्करस्यानृतं बलम् ॥

- गरुडपुराण

abalasya balam rAjA bAlasya ruditam balam ।
balam mUrkhasya maunitvam taskarasya anRutam balam ॥

- garuDa purANa

A king must be the power of the weak. A child gets its power from crying. A fool must use silence as his poer and ability tell lies is the power of thieves.

- Garuda Purana

गरुडपुराण - मुक्तिः

देहदण्डनमात्रेण का मुक्तिरविवेकिनां ।
वल्मीकताडनादेव मृतः कुत्र महोरगः ॥

- गरुडपुराण

dehadaNDana mAtreNa kA muktiH avivekinAm ।
valmIka tADanAt eva mRutaH kutra mahoragaH ॥

- garuDa purAna

How can one get salvation only by hurting his body? One must be a fool to believe so. Will beating the ant hill kill the big snake? Body is the anthill. The attributes of the soul interested in the worldly pleasure is the snake. Until those attributes are squashed, the soul can not be liberated.

- Garuda Purana

गरुड पुराण - तत्त्वम्

तत्त्वमात्मस्थमज्ञात्वा मूढः शास्त्रेषु मुह्यति ।
गोपः कक्षगते छागे कूपे पश्यति दुर्मतिः ॥

- गरुड पुराण

tattvam Atmastham ajnAtvA mUDhaH shAstreShu muhyati ।
gopaH kakShagate ChAge kUpe pashyati durmatiH ॥

- garuDa puRANa

The truth is hidden within oneself. Fools don't see it and search for it in the scriptures. Just like the story of a shepherd who has the sheep in his arms and looks for it in the well.

- Garuda Purana

गरुड पुराण - शास्त्राणि

अभ्यस्य वेदशास्त्राणि तत्त्वं ज्ञात्वाऽथ बुद्धिमान् ।
पलालमिव धान्यार्थी सर्वशास्त्राणि संत्यजेत् ॥

- गरुड पुराण

abhyasya veda shAstrANi tattvam jnAtvA atha buddhimAn ।
palAlamiva dhAnyArthI sarvashAstrANi samtyajet ॥

- garuDa purANa

One must study all the veda and other scriptures. Understand the philosophy behind them. Once done, a wise man will leave the scriptures behind and take only the knowledge. Just like anyone interested in the grains will leave the husk behind. Scriptures are only a means and not the end.

- Garuda Purana

गरुडपुराण - क्षीरं हंस इवांभसि

अनेकानि च शास्त्राणि स्वल्पायुर्विघ्नकोतयः ।
तस्मात्सारं विजानीयात् क्षीरं हंस इवांभसि ॥

- गरुडपुराण

anekAni cha shAstrANi svalpAyurvighnakoTayaH ।
tasmAtsAram vijAnIyAt kShIram hamsa ivAmbhasi ॥

- garuDapurANa

There is so many scriptures to study. Life time is so little. On top of that, there are crores of obstacles. Hence the jist of these scriptures have to be studied just like a swan can drink milk and leave out the water.

- Garuda Purana

गरुड पुराण - आस्था नायुषि युज्यते

युज्यते वेष्टनं वायोः आकाशस्य च खंडनम् ।
ग्रथनं तरंगाणां आस्था नायुषि युज्यते ॥

- गरुड पुराण

yujyate veShTanam vAyoH AkAshasya cha khanDanam ।
grathanam tarangANAm AsthA na AyuShi yujyate ॥

- garuDa purANa

One may be able to surround and lock air, or cut the sky into pieces, or weave the waves into a chain. But one can not put any trust in your longevity. You cannot do anything to be assured to live longer.

- Garuda Purana

गरुड पुराण - अनित्यता

यथा हि पथिकः कश्चिच्छायामाश्रित्य विश्रमेत् ।
विश्रम्य च पुनर्गच्छेत् तद्वद्भूतसमागमः ॥

- गरुड पुराण

yathA hi pathikaH kashchit ChAyAm Ashritya vishramet ।
vishramya cha punar gachChet tadvat bhUta samAgamaH ॥

- garuDa purANa

Travelers seek shade to rest during the journey. They may meet others there. After taking rest, they proceed on their journey. Our associations in life are also temporary just like the travelers with other people at the resting place.

- Garuda purana

गरुड पुराण - अनित्यता

यत्प्रातः संस्कृतं भोज्यं सायं तच्च विनश्यति ।
तदन्नरससंपुष्टे काये का नाम नित्यता ॥

- गरुड पुराण

yatprAtaH saMskRutaM bhojyaM sAyam taccha vinashyati ।
tad anna rasa sampuShTe kAye kA nAma nityatA ॥

- garuDa purANa

Even when food is very well cooked in the morning, it gets spoilt by evening. How can a body that is built from the essence of such food be permanent?

- Garuda Purana,

गरुड पुराण - अनित्यता

मातृपितृसुतभ्रातृबंधुदारादिसंगमः ।
प्रपायामिव जंतूनां नद्यां काष्ठौघवच्चलः ॥

- गरुड पुराण

mAtRu pitRu suta bhrAtRu bandhu dArAdi sangamaH ।
prapAyAmiva jantUnAM nadyAM kAShThaughavat chalaH ॥

- garuDa purANa

Mother, father, son, brother, friends, relatives, wife and other acquaintances - none of them are permanent. Our associations with them are as temporary as those between animals at a water hole, or logs of wood floating in the river.

- Garuda Purana

गरुड पुराण - मृत्युः

बालांश्च यौवनस्थांश्च वृद्धान् गर्भगतानपि ।
सर्वानाविशते मृत्युः एवं भूतमिदं जगत् ॥

- गरुड पुराण

bAlAMshca yauvanasthAMshca vRuddhAn garbhagatAn api ।
sarvAn Avishate mRutyuH evaM bhUmidaM jagat ॥

- garuDa purANa

It does not matter if you are child, or youth, or old, or even hiding in the womb of your mother - death overpowers every being in this world.

- Garuda Purana

गरुड पुराण - भयः

प्रारब्धव्ये निरुद्योगः जागर्तव्ये प्रसुप्तकः ।
विश्वस्तव्ये भयस्थाने हा नरः को न हन्यते ॥

- गरुड पुराण

prArabdhavye nirudyogaH jAgartavye prasuptakaH ।
vishvastavye bhayasthAne hA naraH ko na hanyate ॥

- garuDa purANa

Man does not do what he is meant to do. He sleeps when he should be alert. He is scared of things which he must believe (and vice-versa). This being the story, is there anything that can stop him from being destroyed (killed).

- Garuda Purana

गरुड पुराण - दैव

पश्यन्नपि प्रस्खलति शृण्वन्नपि न बुद्ध्यति ।
पठन्नपि न जानाति देवमायाविमोहितः ॥

- गरुड पुराण - दैव

pashyannapi praskhalati shRuNvannapi na buddhyati ।
paThannapi na jAnAti devamAya ॥

- garuDa purANa

People trip even after seeing the obstacle. People don't understand the scriptures even after listening to them. Even of studying, knowledge still eludes them. This can only be attributed to providence.

- Garuda Purana

गरुड पुराण - संवासः

नायमत्यन्तसंवासः कस्यचित् केनचित् सह ।
अपि स्वस्य शरीरेण किमुतान्यैः पृथग्जनैः ॥

- गरुड पुराण

na ayam atyanta saMvAsaH kasyacit kenachit saha ।
api svasya sharIreNa kimuta anyaiH pRuthak janaiH ॥

- garuDa purANa

One must never get too attached to anyone or anything. One must not get too attached to one's own body; what can one say about other people.

- Garuda Purana

गरुडपुराण - मृत्यु

तृष्णासूचीविनिर्भिन्नं सिक्तं विषयसर्पिषा ।
रागद्वेषानले पक्वं मृत्युरश्नाति मानवम् ॥

- गरुडपुराण

tRuShNAsUchi vinirbhinna siktaM viShaya sarpiShA ।
rAga dveSha anale pakvaM mRutyuH ashnAti mAnavam ॥

- garuDa purANa

Death cooks a man's body like this - pierce it by the needle of greed, fry it in the ghee of sensory pleasures and heat it in the fire of attachment and hatred. At the end man is finished with his life.

- Garuda Purana

गरुड पुराण - मुक्ति

गर्भे व्याधौ श्मशाने च पुराणे या मतिर्भवेत् ।
सा यदि स्थिरतां याति को न मुच्येत बन्धनात् ॥

- गरुड पुराण

garbha vyAdhau shmashAne ca purANe yA matiH bhavet ।
sA yadi sthiratAM yAti ko na muchyate bandhanAt ॥

- garuDa purANa

When in the womb, or ill, or attending a funeral, or listening to the scriptures a man gets some clarity on his thoughts. (In the womb, his mind is not corrupted by the world). If only wisdom found in such situations would stay with them all along; every one would be liberated from this world.

- Garuda Purana

गरुड पुराण - श्रद्धा

श्रद्धया धार्यते धर्मो बहुभिर्नार्थराशिभिः ।
निष्किंचना हि मुनयः श्रद्धावन्तो दिवंगताः ॥

- गरुड पुराण

Dedication and perseverance is the key to following Dharma - the moral code of life. Dharma can not be followed by having heaps of money. Mendicants and saints have attained salvation by strictly following Dharma and not by earning lot of wealth.

- Garuda Purana

गरुड पुराण - मानव जन्म

महता पुण्ययोगेन मानुषं जन्म लभ्यते ।
तत्प्राप्य न कृतो धर्मः कीदृशं हि मयाकृतम् ॥

- गरुड पुराण

After much difficulty does one get a human life (in this endless cycle of life and deaths). Even after getting one, I did not live it by Dharma (the moral code of life). So laments a man who just realizes that he can not end the cycle with his life.

- Garuda Purana

गरुडपुराण - सुखासक्तः

संसारजसुखासक्तं ब्रह्मज्ञोस्मीति वादिनम् |
कर्मब्रह्मोभयभ्रष्टं संत्यजेदंत्यजं यथा ||

- गरुडपुराण

If a person showing lot of interest in sensory pleasure claims that he has the knowledge of the universe, then he neither knows the real meaning of the universe nor that of karma (actions). He must be considered as a rogue and ostracized

- Garuda Purana