Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 104

GaP 1 104.1

श्रागरुडमहापुराणम्- १०४ याज्ञवल्क्य उवाच । नरकात्पताकोद्भूतात्क्षयात्पापस्य कमणः । ब्रह्महा श्वा खरोष्ट्रः स्याद्भेको यकः सुराप्यपि

śrāgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 104 yājñavalkya uvāca / narakātpatākodbhūtātkṣayātpāpasya kamaṇaḥ / brahmahā śvā kharoṣṭraḥ syādbheko yakaḥ surāpyapi

The Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, 104. Yājñavalkya said: (Coming) out of hell that arose from (his) sin, when the sinful deed is exhausted, the killer of a brahmin becomes a dog, an ass, a camel; the drinker of liquor becomes a frog (and a) ..., too.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 1 104.2

स्वर्णचोरः कृमिः कीटः तृणादिर्गुरुतल्पगः । क्षयरोगी श्यावदन्तः कुनखी शिपिविष्टकः

svarṇacoraḥ kṛmiḥ kīṭaḥ tṛṇādirgurutalpagaḥ / kṣayarogī śyāvadantaḥ kunakhī śipiviṣṭakaḥ

The stealer of gold (becomes) a worm, an insect; he who goes to his teacher's bed (becomes) grass and the like, a consumptive, black-toothed, with bad nails, blotched (with white patches);

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GaP 1 104.3

ब्रह्महत्याक्रमात्स्युश्च तत्सर्वं वा शिशेर्भवेत् । अन्नहर्ता मयावी स्यान्मूको वागपहारकः

brahmahatyākramātsyuśca tatsarvaṃ vā śiśerbhavet / annahartā mayāvī syānmūko vāgapahārakaḥ

and (these) come about in due order from the killing of a brahmin — or all of that may fall upon the child. The stealer of food becomes deceitful; the stealer of speech becomes mute.

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GaP 1 104.4

धान्यहार्यतिरिक्ताङ्गः पिशुनः पूतिनासिकः । तैलाहारी तैलपायी पूतिवक्त्रस्तु सूचकः

dhānyahāryatiriktāṅgaḥ piśunaḥ pūtināsikaḥ / tailāhārī tailapāyī pūtivaktrastu sūcakaḥ

The stealer of grain (is born) with a superfluous limb; the slanderer with a stinking nose; the taker and drinker of oil (becomes an oil-insect); the informer has a foul mouth.

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GaP 1 104.5

ब्रह्मस्वं कन्यकां क्रीत्वा वने रक्षो भवेद्वृषः । रत्नहृद्धीनजातः स्यात्पत्रशाकहरः शिखी

brahmasvaṃ kanyakāṃ krītvā vane rakṣo bhavedvṛṣaḥ / ratnahṛddhīnajātaḥ syātpatraśākaharaḥ śikhī

Having bought a girl with property belonging to a brahmin, one becomes a demon in the forest, (or) a bull; the stealer of jewels is born in a low condition; the stealer of leaves and vegetables becomes a peacock.

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GaP 1 104.6

गुच्छं चुचुन्दरी हृत्वा धान्यहृन्मूषको भवेत् । फलं कपिः पशून्हृत्वा त्वजा काकः पयस्तथा

gucchaṃ cucundarī hṛtvā dhānyahṛnmūṣako bhavet / phalaṃ kapiḥ paśūnhṛtvā tvajā kākaḥ payastathā

Having stolen a cluster (of flowers or fruit) one becomes a musk-shrew; the stealer of grain becomes a mouse; (stealing) fruit, a monkey; having stolen cattle, a she-goat; and (stealing) milk, a crow.

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GaP 1 104.7

मांसं गृध्रः पटं श्वित्री चीरी लवणहारकः । यथाकर्म फलं प्राप्य तिर्यक्त्वं कालपर्ययात्

māṃsaṃ gṛdhraḥ paṭaṃ śvitrī cīrī lavaṇahārakaḥ / yathākarma phalaṃ prāpya tiryaktvaṃ kālaparyayāt

(Stealing) meat, (one becomes) a vulture; cloth, a leper; the stealer of salt (becomes) a cricket. Having received the fruit according to the deed, (they attain) the animal state in the course of time.

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