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Upanishads · Gāruḍa 1.5
॥
Devanāgarī
कपिलाक्षं गरुत्मन्तं सुवर्णसदृशप्रभम् । दीर्घबाहुं बृहत्स्कन्धं नादाभरणभूषितम्
Transliteration (IAST)
kapilākṣaṃ garutmantaṃ suvarṇasadṛśaprabham | dīrghabāhuṃ bṛhatskandhaṃ nādābharaṇabhūṣitam
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
कपिल-अक्षं गरुत्मन्तंkapila-akṣaṃ garutmantaṃtawny-eyed Garutmān
सुवर्ण-सदृश-प्रभम्suvarṇa-sadṛśa-prabhamradiant like gold
दीर्घ-बाहुं बृहत्-स्कन्धंdīrgha-bāhuṃ bṛhat-skandhaṃlong-armed, broad-shouldered
नाद-आभरण-भूषितम्nāda-ābharaṇa-bhūṣitamadorned with sounding ornaments
Translation
«Tawny-eyed Garutmān, radiant like gold, long-armed, broad-shouldered, adorned with sounding ornaments».
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cdac91876381 · published Aug 12, 2026, 5:00:00 AM UTC
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The description of the form begins, occupying four verses; it is worth saying why it is so detailed in such a book. A charm requires that the one invoked be imagined clearly: the indefinite is not invoked. Hence in mantric books descriptions are always more detailed than in philosophical ones, given with colors, ornaments, and postures.
Let us add the phrase nāda-ābharaṇa-bhūṣita, “adorned with sounding ornaments.” Nāda means “sound, ringing”; and the ornaments are named for the fact that they jingle. This detail is charming and rare: usually one lists what is worn, but here it is said how it is heard.
That is, the form is described not only for the eye, but for the ear; and his approach is conceived as noise. The Vaiṣṇava side has full sympathy for such description, for its own descriptions are built the same way, and deliberately. Its rule was cited reading the Varāha (5.32): the mind needs something to hold onto, and hence a form is given with details.
Let us add what it adds to this, and what makes it distinctive: the details are taken from scripture, not invented; and anyone who added from himself contemplates his own imagination, not the object.