Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 105
GaP 1 105.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- १०५ विहितस्याननुष्ठानान्निन्दितस्य च सेवनात् । अनिग्रहाच्चेन्द्रियाणां नरः पतनमृच्छति
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 105 vihitasyānanuṣṭhānānninditasya ca sevanāt / anigrahāccendriyāṇāṃ naraḥ patanamṛcchati
From not performing what is prescribed, from resorting to what is censured, and from not restraining the senses, a man comes to a fall.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 105.2
तस्माद्यत्नेन कर्तव्यं प्रायश्चित्तं विशुद्धये । एवमस्यान्तरात्मा च लोकश्चैव प्रसदिति
tasmādyatnena kartavyaṃ prāyaścittaṃ viśuddhaye / evamasyāntarātmā ca lokaścaiva prasaditi
Therefore expiation should be performed with effort, for purification; in this way his inner self, and the world too, becomes pleased.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 105.3
लोकः प्रसीदेदात्मैवं प्रायश्चित्तैरघक्षयः । प्रायश्चित्तमकुर्वाणाः पश्चात्तापविवर्जिताः
lokaḥ prasīdedātmaivaṃ prāyaścittairaghakṣayaḥ / prāyaścittamakurvāṇāḥ paścāttāpavivarjitāḥ
Thus the world would be pleased, and the self (as well); by expiations there is destruction of sin. Those who perform no expiation, being devoid of remorse,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 105.4
नरकान्यान्ति पापा वै महारौरवरौरवान् । तामिस्त्रं लोहशङ्कुं च पूतिगन्धसमाकुलम्
narakānyānti pāpā vai mahārauravarauravān / tāmistraṃ lohaśaṅkuṃ ca pūtigandhasamākulam
such sinners go to the hells: Mahāraurava and Raurava, Tāmisra, Lohaśaṅku, and (the hell) filled with foul stench,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 105.5
हंसाभं लोहितोदं च सञ्जीवननदीपथम् । महानिलयकाकोलमन्धतामिस्त्रवापनम्
haṃsābhaṃ lohitodaṃ ca sañjīvananadīpatham / mahānilayakākolamandhatāmistravāpanam
Haṃsābha and Lohitoda, the way of the river Sañjīvana, Mahānilaya, Kākola, Andhatāmisra, Vāpana,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 105.6
अवीचिं कुम्भीपाकं च यान्ति पापा ह्यपुण्यतः । ब्रह्महा मद्यपः स्तेयी संयोगी गुरुतल्पगः
avīciṃ kumbhīpākaṃ ca yānti pāpā hyapuṇyataḥ / brahmahā madyapaḥ steyī saṃyogī gurutalpagaḥ
and Avīci and Kumbhīpāka — sinners go (there) through their demerit: the killer of a brahmin, the drinker of liquor, the thief, one who consorts (with such), one who violates his guru's bed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 105.7
गुरुनिन्दा वेदनिन्दा ब्रह्महत्यासमे ह्युभे । निषिद्धभक्षणं जिह्मक्रियाचरणमेव च
gurunindā vedanindā brahmahatyāsame hyubhe / niṣiddhabhakṣaṇaṃ jihmakriyācaraṇameva ca
Reviling one's guru and reviling the Veda — both these are equal to brahmin-killing; so too eating what is forbidden and the practice of crooked acts.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 105.8
रजस्वलामुखास्वादः सुरापानसमानि तु । अश्वरत्नादिहरणं सुवर्णस्तेयसंमितम्
rajasvalāmukhāsvādaḥ surāpānasamāni tu / aśvaratnādiharaṇaṃ suvarṇasteyasaṃmitam
Tasting the mouth of a menstruating woman — these are equal to drinking liquor; the stealing of horses, jewels and the like is reckoned equal to the theft of gold.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 105.9
सखिभार्याकुमारीषु स्वयोनिष्वन्त्यजासु च । सगोत्रासु तथा स्त्रीषु गुरुतल्पसमं स्मृतम्
sakhibhāryākumārīṣu svayoniṣvantyajāsu ca / sagotrāsu tathā strīṣu gurutalpasamaṃ smṛtam
(Intercourse) with a friend's wife, with maidens, with women of one's own womb (blood-kin), with outcaste women, and likewise with women of one's own gotra, is held equal to violating the guru's bed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 105.10
पितुः स्वसारं मातुश्च मातुलानीं स्नुषाम पि । मातुः सपत्नीं भगिनीमाचार्यतनयां तथा
pituḥ svasāraṃ mātuśca mātulānīṃ snuṣāma pi / mātuḥ sapatnīṃ bhaginīmācāryatanayāṃ tathā
His father's sister, and his mother's (sister), his maternal uncle's wife, his daughter-in-law, his mother's co-wife, his sister, and his teacher's daughter,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 105.11
आचार्यपत्नीं स्वसुतां गच्छंस्तु गुरुतल्पगः । छित्त्वा लिङ्गं वधस्तस्य सकामायाः स्त्रियास्तथा
ācāryapatnīṃ svasutāṃ gacchaṃstu gurutalpagaḥ / chittvā liṅgaṃ vadhastasya sakāmāyāḥ striyāstathā
his teacher's wife, his own daughter — going to (any of these) one is a violator of the guru's bed; his penalty is the cutting off of the organ and death, and likewise for the woman who consented.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 105.12
गोवधो व्रात्यतास्तेयमृणानां च परिक्रिया । अनाहिताग्नितापण्यविक्रयः परिवेदनम्
govadho vrātyatāsteyamṛṇānāṃ ca parikriyā / anāhitāgnitāpaṇyavikrayaḥ parivedanam
Killing a cow, remaining uninitiated, theft, dealing in debts, not maintaining the sacred fires, selling forbidden goods, marrying before one's elder brother,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 105.13
भृत्याचाध्ययनादानं भृतकाध्या पनन्तथा । पारदार्यं पारिवित्त्यं वार्धुष्यं लवणक्रिया
bhṛtyācādhyayanādānaṃ bhṛtakādhyā panantathā / pāradāryaṃ pārivittyaṃ vārdhuṣyaṃ lavaṇakriyā
teaching for wages and accepting (such fees), and likewise being taught by a hired teacher, adultery, remaining unmarried while a younger brother has married, usury, the manufacture of salt,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 105.14
सच्छूद्रविट्क्षत्त्रबन्धोर्निन्दितार्थोपजीविता । नास्तिक्यं व्रतलोपश्च शूल्यं गोश्वेव विक्रयः
sacchūdraviṭkṣattrabandhorninditārthopajīvitā / nāstikyaṃ vratalopaśca śūlyaṃ gośveva vikrayaḥ
living on the blameworthy wealth of a śūdra, a vaiśya, or a kṣatriya kinsman; disbelief, breaking of vows, (selling) roast meat, and even the selling of cows,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 105.15
पितृमातृसुहृत्त्यागस्तडागारामविक्रयः । कन्यायादूषण चैव परिविन्दकयाजनम्
pitṛmātṛsuhṛttyāgastaḍāgārāmavikrayaḥ / kanyāyādūṣaṇa caiva parivindakayājanam
abandoning father, mother, or friend; selling a tank or a garden; defiling a maiden; and officiating as priest for one who married before his elder brother,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 105.16
कन्याप्रदानं तस्यैव कौटिल्यं व्रतलोपनम् । आत्मनोर्ऽथे क्रियारम्भो मद्यपस्त्रीनिषेवणम्
kanyāpradānaṃ tasyaiva kauṭilyaṃ vratalopanam / ātmanor'the kriyārambho madyapastrīniṣevaṇam
giving a maiden to that very man, crookedness, breaking of a vow, undertaking rites for one's own sake, consorting with a woman who drinks liquor,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 105.17
स्वाध्यायाग्निसुतत्यागो बान्धवत्याग एव च । असच्छास्त्राभिगमनं भार्यात्मपरिवि क्रयः
svādhyāyāgnisutatyāgo bāndhavatyāga eva ca / asacchāstrābhigamanaṃ bhāryātmaparivi krayaḥ
abandoning one's private recitation, the sacred fires, or one's son, and likewise abandoning kinsmen; resorting to false doctrines; selling one's wife or oneself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 105.18
उपपापानि चोक्तानि प्रायश्चित्तं निबोधत । शिरः कपालध्वजवान् भिक्षाशी कर्म वेदयन्
upapāpāni coktāni prāyaścittaṃ nibodhata / śiraḥ kapāladhvajavān bhikṣāśī karma vedayan
The minor sins have (thus) been declared; now learn the expiation. Carrying a staff with a skull as its banner, living on alms, making his deed known,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 105.19
ब्रह्महा द्वादश समा मितभुक् शुद्धिमाप्नुयात् । लोमभ्यः स्वाहेति च वा लोमप्रभृति वै तनुम्
brahmahā dvādaśa samā mitabhuk śuddhimāpnuyāt / lomabhyaḥ svāheti ca vā lomaprabhṛti vai tanum
the killer of a brahmin, eating measured food for twelve years, would attain purification; or (reciting) "to the hairs, svāhā," (he should offer) the body, beginning with the hairs,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 105.20
मज्जान्तां जुहुयाद्वापि स्वस्वमन्त्रैर्यथाक्रमम् । शुद्धिः स्याद्ब्राह्मणत्राणात्कृत्वैवं शुद्धिरेव च
majjāntāṃ juhuyādvāpi svasvamantrairyathākramam / śuddhiḥ syādbrāhmaṇatrāṇātkṛtvaivaṃ śuddhireva ca
Or he may offer (oblations) up to the marrow, with the respective mantras in order; purity results from protecting a brahmin, and by doing thus purity indeed (comes about).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 105.21
निरातङ्कं द्विजं गां च ब्राह्मणार्थे हतो ऽपि वा । अरण्ये नियतो जुप्त्वा त्रिः कृत्वो वेदसंहिताम्
nirātaṅkaṃ dvijaṃ gāṃ ca brāhmaṇārthe hato 'pi vā / araṇye niyato juptvā triḥ kṛtvo vedasaṃhitām
Or (he is purified) if he is killed for the sake of a brahmin, (having protected) from danger a twice-born or a cow; or, self-restrained in the forest, having recited the Veda-collection three times over.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 105.22
सरस्वतीं वा संसेव्यं धनं पात्रे समर्पयेत् । यागस्थक्षत्त्रविड्घात् चरेद्ब्रह्महणो व्रतम्
sarasvatīṃ vā saṃsevyaṃ dhanaṃ pātre samarpayet / yāgasthakṣattraviḍghāt caredbrahmahaṇo vratam
Or he should resort to the Sarasvatī (river) and bestow wealth upon a worthy recipient. For the killing of a kṣatriya or vaiśya engaged in a sacrifice, he should perform the vow (prescribed) for a brahmin-slayer.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 105.23
गर्भहा वा यथावर्णं तथात्रेयीनिषू (सू) दनम् । चरेद्ब्रतमहत्वापि घातनार्थमुपागतः
garbhahā vā yathāvarṇaṃ tathātreyīniṣū (sū) danam / caredbratamahatvāpi ghātanārthamupāgataḥ
The killer of an embryo (is treated) according to the (embryo's) class, and so too the slaying of an Ātreyī (woman); even one who has not killed, but who approached with intent to kill, should perform the vow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 105.24
द्विगुणं सवनस्थे तु ब्राह्मणे व्रतमाचरेत् । सुराम्बुघृतगोमूत्रं पीत्वा शुद्धिः सुरापिणः
dviguṇaṃ savanasthe tu brāhmaṇe vratamācaret / surāmbughṛtagomūtraṃ pītvā śuddhiḥ surāpiṇaḥ
But if the brahmin was engaged in the (soma-)pressing, he should perform the vow twofold. For a liquor-drinker, purity comes from drinking (boiling) liquor, water, ghee, or cow's urine.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 105.25
अग्निवर्णं घृतं वापि चीरवास जटी भवेत् । व्रतं ब्रह्महणः कुर्यात्पुनः संस्कारमर्हति
agnivarṇaṃ ghṛtaṃ vāpi cīravāsa jaṭī bhavet / vrataṃ brahmahaṇaḥ kuryātpunaḥ saṃskāramarhati
Or (he should drink) fire-hot ghee; he should be clad in bark garments and wear matted hair; he should perform the vow of a brahmin-slayer, (and then) he deserves initiation again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 105.26
रेतेविण्मूत्रपानाच्च सुरापा ब्राह्मणी तथा । पतिलोकपरिभ्रष्टा गृध्री स्यात्सूकरी शुनी
reteviṇmūtrapānācca surāpā brāhmaṇī tathā / patilokaparibhraṣṭā gṛdhrī syātsūkarī śunī
And through drinking semen, faeces, and urine, likewise a brahmin woman who drinks liquor, fallen from her husband's world, becomes a vulture, a sow, or a bitch.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 105.27
स्वर्णहारी द्विजो राज्ञे दत्त्वा तु मुसलं तथा । कर्मणः ख्यापनं कृत्वा हतस्तेन भवेच्छुचिः
svarṇahārī dvijo rājñe dattvā tu musalaṃ tathā / karmaṇaḥ khyāpanaṃ kṛtvā hatastena bhavecchuciḥ
A twice-born who steals gold, having given a pestle to the king and having made his deed known, becomes pure when killed by him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 105.28
आत्मतुल्यं सुवर्णं वा दत्त्वा शुद्धिमियाद्द्विजः । शयने सार्धमायस्या योषिता निभृतं स्वपेत्
ātmatulyaṃ suvarṇaṃ vā dattvā śuddhimiyāddvijaḥ / śayane sārdhamāyasyā yoṣitā nibhṛtaṃ svapet
Or the twice-born may attain purity by giving gold equal to his own weight. (He who has lain) upon a bed together with an iron woman should sleep (with her) in secret.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 105.29
उच्छेद्य लिङ्गं वृषणं नैरृत्यामुत्सृजोद्दिशि । प्राजापत्यं चरेत्कृच्छ्रं समा वा गुरुतल्पगः
ucchedya liṅgaṃ vṛṣaṇaṃ nairṛtyāmutsṛjoddiśi / prājāpatyaṃ caretkṛcchraṃ samā vā gurutalpagaḥ
Having cut off his penis and testicles, he should discard them in the south-western direction; or one who has violated his teacher's bed should perform the Prājāpatya penance for a year.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 105.30
चान्द्रायणं वा त्रीन्मासनभ्यसेद्वेदसंहिताम् । पञ्चगव्यं पिबेद्गोघ्नो मासमासीत संयतः
cāndrāyaṇaṃ vā trīnmāsanabhyasedvedasaṃhitām / pañcagavyaṃ pibedgoghno māsamāsīta saṃyataḥ
Or he should practise the Cāndrāyaṇa (vow) and recite the Veda-collection for three months. A cow-killer should drink the five products of the cow and remain restrained for a month.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 105.31
गोष्ठेशयो गो ऽनुगामी गोप्रदानेन शुध्यति । उपपातकशुद्धिः स्याच्चान्द्रायणव्रतेन च
goṣṭheśayo go 'nugāmī gopradānena śudhyati / upapātakaśuddhiḥ syāccāndrāyaṇavratena ca
Lying in the cow-pen and following after the cows, he is purified by the gift of a cow. Purification from a minor sin comes about through the Cāndrāyaṇa vow,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 105.32
पयसा वापि मासेन पराकेणापि वा पुनः । ऋषभैकं सहस्रं गा दद्यात्क्षत्त्रवधे पुमान्
payasā vāpi māsena parākeṇāpi vā punaḥ / ṛṣabhaikaṃ sahasraṃ gā dadyātkṣattravadhe pumān
or by (living on) milk for a month, or again by the Parāka (penance). For the killing of a kṣatriya a man should give a thousand cows and one bull,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 105.33
ब्रह्महत्याव्रतं वापि वत्सरत्रितयं चरेत् । वैश्यहाब्दं च (ब्दांश्च) रेदेतद्दद्याद्वैकशतं गवाम्
brahmahatyāvrataṃ vāpi vatsaratritayaṃ caret / vaiśyahābdaṃ ca (bdāṃśca) redetaddadyādvaikaśataṃ gavām
or he should perform the vow for brahmin-slaying for three years. The killer of a vaiśya (should perform) it for a year, or he should give a hundred cows and one (bull).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 105.34
षण्मासाच्छूद्रहा चैतद्दद्याद्वा धेनवो दश । अप्रदुष्टां स्त्रियं हत्वा शूद्रहत्याव्रतं चरेत्
ṣaṇmāsācchūdrahā caitaddadyādvā dhenavo daśa / apraduṣṭāṃ striyaṃ hatvā śūdrahatyāvrataṃ caret
The killer of a śūdra (should perform) this for six months, or should give ten milch cows. Having killed a woman who was not guilty, he should perform the vow for śūdra-slaying.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 105.35
मार्जारगोधानकुलपशुमण्डूकघातनात् । पिबेत्क्षीरं त्र्यहं पापी कृच्छ्रं वाप्यधिकं चरेत्
mārjāragodhānakulapaśumaṇḍūkaghātanāt / pibetkṣīraṃ tryahaṃ pāpī kṛcchraṃ vāpyadhikaṃ caret
For killing a cat, an iguana, a mongoose, a (small) animal, or a frog, the sinner should drink milk for three days, or perform a Kṛcchra penance, or more.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 105.36
गजे नीलान्वृषान्पञ्च शुके वत्सं द्विहायनम् । खराजमेषेषु वृषो देयः क्रौञ्चे त्रिहायणः
gaje nīlānvṛṣānpañca śuke vatsaṃ dvihāyanam / kharājameṣeṣu vṛṣo deyaḥ krauñce trihāyaṇaḥ
For (killing) an elephant, five dark bulls; for a parrot, a two-year-old calf; for a donkey, goat, or sheep, a bull is to be given; for a curlew, a three-year-old (calf).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 105.37
वृक्षगुल्मलतावीरुच्छेदने जप्यमृक्शतम् । अवकीर्णो भवेद्गत्त्वा ब्रह्मचारी च योषितम्
vṛkṣagulmalatāvīrucchedane japyamṛkśatam / avakīrṇo bhavedgattvā brahmacārī ca yoṣitam
For cutting down a tree, a bush, a creeper, or a plant, a hundred verses are to be muttered. A student of sacred lore becomes 'one who has spilled (his seed)' by going to a woman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 105.38
गर्दभं पशुमालभ्य नैरृतं च विशुध्यति । मधुमांसाशने कार्यं कृच्छ्रं शेषव्रतानि च
gardabhaṃ paśumālabhya nairṛtaṃ ca viśudhyati / madhumāṃsāśane kāryaṃ kṛcchraṃ śeṣavratāni ca
Having offered up an ass as the sacrificial animal to Nirṛti, he is purified. For eating honey or meat a Kṛcchra penance is to be done, and the remaining vows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 105.39
कृच्छ्रत्रयं गुरुः कुर्यान्म्रियेत् प्रहितो यदि । प्रतिकूलं गुरोः कृत्वा प्रसाद्यैव विशुध्यति
kṛcchratrayaṃ guruḥ kuryānmriyet prahito yadi / pratikūlaṃ guroḥ kṛtvā prasādyaiva viśudhyati
The teacher should perform three Kṛcchra penances if one sent (by him) dies. Having acted contrary to his teacher, (a pupil) is purified only by propitiating him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 105.40
रिपून्धान्यप्रदानाद्यैः स्नेहाद्यैर्वाप्युपक्रमेत् । क्रियमाणोपकारे च मृते विप्रे न पातकम्
ripūndhānyapradānādyaiḥ snehādyairvāpyupakramet / kriyamāṇopakāre ca mṛte vipre na pātakam
One should win over enemies by gifts of grain and the like, or by (gifts of) oil and the like; and if the brahmin dies while the assistance is being rendered, there is no sin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 105.41
महापापोपपापाभ्यां योभिशस्तो मृषा परम् । अब्भक्षो मासमासीत स जापी नियतन्द्रियः
mahāpāpopapāpābhyāṃ yobhiśasto mṛṣā param / abbhakṣo māsamāsīta sa jāpī niyatandriyaḥ
He who is falsely accused by another of a great sin or a minor sin should live for a month consuming (only) water, reciting prayers, with his senses restrained.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 105.42
अनियुक्तो भ्रातृभार्यां गच्छंश्चान्द्रायणं चरेत् । त्रिरात्रान्ते घृतं प्राश्य गत्वोदक्यां शुचिर्भवेत्
aniyukto bhrātṛbhāryāṃ gacchaṃścāndrāyaṇaṃ caret / trirātrānte ghṛtaṃ prāśya gatvodakyāṃ śucirbhavet
One who, not (so) appointed, approaches his brother's wife should perform the lunar penance; one who has approached a menstruating woman becomes pure by consuming ghee at the end of three nights.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 105.43
गोष्ठे वसन्ब्रह्मचारी मासमेकं पयोव्रती । गायत्त्रीजप्यनिरतो मुच्यते ऽसत्प्रतिग्रहात्
goṣṭhe vasanbrahmacārī māsamekaṃ payovratī / gāyattrījapyanirato mucyate 'satpratigrahāt
Dwelling in a cow-pen for one month, chaste, living on milk, devoted to the recitation of the Gāyatrī, one is released from having accepted a gift from an unworthy person.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 105.44
त्रिः कृच्छ्रमाचरेद्व्रात्ययाजको ऽपि चरन्नपि । वेदप्लावी यवाश्यब्दं त्यक्त्वा च शरणागतान्
triḥ kṛcchramācaredvrātyayājako 'pi carannapi / vedaplāvī yavāśyabdaṃ tyaktvā ca śaraṇāgatān
One who officiates for an uninitiated (vrātya) man should perform the kṛcchra penance three times, and so too one who wanders (as his priest); one who divulges the Veda, and one who abandons those come for refuge, should live on barley for a year.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 105.45
प्राणायामत्रयं कुर्यात्खरयानोष्ट्रयानगः । नग्नः स्नात्वा च सुप्त्वा च गत्वा चैव दिवा स्त्रियम्
prāṇāyāmatrayaṃ kuryātkharayānoṣṭrayānagaḥ / nagnaḥ snātvā ca suptvā ca gatvā caiva divā striyam
One who rides in a donkey-cart or a camel-cart should perform three breath-restraints; likewise one who is naked, one who has bathed, one who has slept, and one who has gone to a woman by day.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 105.46
गुरुन्त्वं कृत्य हुङ्कृत्य विप्रं निर्जित्य वाद तः । प्रसाद्य तं च मुनयस्ततो ह्युपवसेद्दिनम्
guruntvaṃ kṛtya huṅkṛtya vipraṃ nirjitya vāda taḥ / prasādya taṃ ca munayastato hyupavaseddinam
Having said 'thou' to a teacher, having said 'hum' (to him), having defeated a brahmin in debate — after conciliating him, O sages, one should then fast for a day.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 105.47
विप्रे दण्डोद्यमे कृच्छ्रमतिकृच्छ्रं निपातने । देशं कालं वयः शक्तिं पापं चावेक्ष्य यत्नतः
vipre daṇḍodyame kṛcchramatikṛcchraṃ nipātane / deśaṃ kālaṃ vayaḥ śaktiṃ pāpaṃ cāvekṣya yatnataḥ
If a stick is raised against a brahmin, the kṛcchra penance; if he is struck down, the atikṛcchra — carefully considering place, time, age, capacity, and the sin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 105.48
प्रायश्चितं प्रकल्प्यं स्याद्यत्र योक्ता तु निष्कृतिः । गर्भत्यागो भर्तृनिन्दा स्त्रीणां पतनकारणम्
prāyaścitaṃ prakalpyaṃ syādyatra yoktā tu niṣkṛtiḥ / garbhatyāgo bhartṛnindā strīṇāṃ patanakāraṇam
The penance is to be prescribed where the expiation is enjoined; abortion and reviling one's husband are causes of a woman's fall.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 105.49
एष ग्रहान्तिके दोषः तस्मात्तां दूतरस्त्यजेत् । विख्यातदोषः कुर्वीत गुरोरनुमतं व्रतम्
eṣa grahāntike doṣaḥ tasmāttāṃ dūtarastyajet / vikhyātadoṣaḥ kurvīta guroranumataṃ vratam
This is a fault in the case of... (a woman) near at hand; therefore one should abandon her from afar. One whose fault is publicly known should perform the observance approved by his teacher.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 105.50
असंविख्यातदोषस्तु रहस्यं व्रतमाचरेत् । त्रिरात्रोपोषणो जप्त्वा ब्रह्महा त्वघमर्षणम्
asaṃvikhyātadoṣastu rahasyaṃ vratamācaret / trirātropoṣaṇo japtvā brahmahā tvaghamarṣaṇam
But one whose fault is not publicly known should perform the observance in secret; a slayer of a brahmin, fasting for three nights and reciting the Aghamarṣaṇa (hymn),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 105.51
अन्तर्जले विशुद्धे च दत्त्वा गां च पयस्विनीम् । लोमभ्यः स्वाहेति ऋचा दिवसं मारुताशनः
antarjale viśuddhe ca dattvā gāṃ ca payasvinīm / lomabhyaḥ svāheti ṛcā divasaṃ mārutāśanaḥ
and (standing) in the water, becomes purified, and having given a milch cow; (reciting) the verse 'to the hairs, svāhā', living for a day on air (alone),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 105.52
जले जप्त्वा तु जुहुयाच्चात्वारिंशद्घृताहुतीः । त्रिरात्रोपोषणो हुत्वा कूष्माण्डीभिर्घृतं शुचिः
jale japtvā tu juhuyāccātvāriṃśadghṛtāhutīḥ / trirātropoṣaṇo hutvā kūṣmāṇḍībhirghṛtaṃ śuciḥ
having recited in the water, he should offer forty oblations of ghee; fasting three nights and offering ghee with the Kūṣmāṇḍī verses, he becomes pure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 105.53
सुरापः स्वर्णहारी च रुद्रजापी जले स्थितः । सहस्रशीर्षाजप्येन मुच्यते गुरुतल्पगः
surāpaḥ svarṇahārī ca rudrajāpī jale sthitaḥ / sahasraśīrṣājapyena mucyate gurutalpagaḥ
A drinker of liquor and a stealer of gold (become pure) by reciting the Rudra (hymn) while standing in water; and one who has defiled his teacher's bed is released by reciting the Sahasraśīrṣa (hymn).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 105.54
प्राणायामशतं कुर्यात्सर्वपापापनुक्त्ये । ओङ्काराभियुतं सोमसलिलप्रशनाच्छुचिः
prāṇāyāmaśataṃ kuryātsarvapāpāpanuktye / oṅkārābhiyutaṃ somasalilapraśanācchuciḥ
One should perform a hundred breath-restraints for the removal of all sins; (one becomes) pure by drinking soma-water together with the syllable Om.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 105.55
कृत्वोपवासं रेतोविण्मूत्राणां प्राशनेद्विजः । अज्ञानकृतपापस्य नाशः सन्ध्यात्रये कृते
kṛtvopavāsaṃ retoviṇmūtrāṇāṃ prāśanedvijaḥ / ajñānakṛtapāpasya nāśaḥ sandhyātraye kṛte
A twice-born who has consumed semen, faeces or urine should perform a fast; a sin committed in ignorance is destroyed when the three (daily) twilight rites have been performed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 105.56
रुद्रैकादशजप्याद्धि पापनाशो भवेद्द्विजैः । वेदाभ्यासरतं शान्तं पञ्चयज्ञक्रियापरम्
rudraikādaśajapyāddhi pāpanāśo bhaveddvijaiḥ / vedābhyāsarataṃ śāntaṃ pañcayajñakriyāparam
Indeed, by twice-born men's recitation of the eleven Rudra (hymns) there is destruction of sin. (Sins do not touch) one who is devoted to the study of the Veda, tranquil, intent on the performance of the five sacrifices,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 105.57
न स्पृशन्ति हा पापानि चाशु स्मृत्वा ह्यपोहितः । जप्त्वा सहस्रगायत्त्रीं शुचिर्ब्रह्महणादृते
na spṛśanti hā pāpāni cāśu smṛtvā hyapohitaḥ / japtvā sahasragāyattrīṃ śucirbrahmahaṇādṛte
— sins do not touch (him), and are quickly dispelled by (his) remembering (God); by reciting the Gāyatrī a thousand times one becomes pure, except for the slayer of a brahmin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 105.58
ब्रह्मचर्यं दया क्षान्तिर्ध्यानं सत्यमकल्कता । अहिंसा स्तेयमाधुर्ये दमश्चैते यमाः स्मृताः
brahmacaryaṃ dayā kṣāntirdhyānaṃ satyamakalkatā / ahiṃsā steyamādhurye damaścaite yamāḥ smṛtāḥ
Chastity, compassion, patience, meditation, truthfulness, freedom from deceit, non-injury, non-stealing, gentleness, and self-control — these are declared to be the restraints (yamas).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 105.59
स्नानमौनोपवासोज्यास्वाध्यायोपस्थनिग्रहः । तपो ऽक्रोधो गुरोर्भक्तिः शौचं च नियमाः स्मृताः
snānamaunopavāsojyāsvādhyāyopasthanigrahaḥ / tapo 'krodho gurorbhaktiḥ śaucaṃ ca niyamāḥ smṛtāḥ
Bathing, silence, fasting, sacrifice, private recitation, restraint of the sexual organ, austerity, absence of anger, devotion to the teacher, and purity — these are declared to be the observances (niyamas).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 105.60
पञ्चगव्यं तु गोक्षीरं दधिमूत्रशकृद्घृतम् । जग्ध्वा परेह्न्युपवसेत्कृच्छ्रं सान्तपनं चरेत्
pañcagavyaṃ tu gokṣīraṃ dadhimūtraśakṛdghṛtam / jagdhvā parehnyupavasetkṛcchraṃ sāntapanaṃ caret
The five cow-products are: cow's milk, curd, urine, dung and ghee; having consumed (them), one should fast on the following day — thus one performs the sāntapana penance.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 105.61
पृथक् सान्तपनैर्द्रव्यैः षडहः सोपवासकः । सप्ताहेन तु कृच्छ्रो ऽयं महासान्तपनः स्मृतः
pṛthak sāntapanairdravyaiḥ ṣaḍahaḥ sopavāsakaḥ / saptāhena tu kṛcchro 'yaṃ mahāsāntapanaḥ smṛtaḥ
With the sāntapana substances (taken) singly, six days, together with a fast (on the seventh) — this penance of a week is called the great sāntapana.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 105.62
पर्णोदुम्बरराजीवबील्वपत्रकुशोदकैः । प्रत्येकं प्रत्यहाभ्यस्तैः पर्ण कृच्छ्र उदाहृतः
parṇodumbararājīvabīlvapatrakuśodakaiḥ / pratyekaṃ pratyahābhyastaiḥ parṇa kṛcchra udāhṛtaḥ
With (waters of) palāśa leaf, udumbara, rājīva, bilva leaf and kuśa — each one used on a single day in turn — the parṇa penance is declared.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 105.63
तप्तक्षीरघृताम्बूनामेकैकं प्रत्यहं पिबेत् । एकरात्रोपवासश्च तप्तकृच्छ्रश्च पावनः
taptakṣīraghṛtāmbūnāmekaikaṃ pratyahaṃ pibet / ekarātropavāsaśca taptakṛcchraśca pāvanaḥ
He should drink each day one of these: hot milk, hot ghee, hot water; and (add) a fast of one night — this is the tapta (hot) penance, and it is purifying.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 105.64
एकभक्तेन नक्तेन तथैवायाचितेन च । उपवासेन चकन पादकृच्छ्र उदाहृतः
ekabhaktena naktena tathaivāyācitena ca / upavāsena cakana pādakṛcchra udāhṛtaḥ
By one meal a day, by eating only at night, likewise by (eating only) what is unasked for, and by fasting — thus the quarter-penance is declared.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 105.65
यथा कथञ्चित्त्रिगुणः प्रजापत्यो ऽयमुच्यते । अयमेवातिकृच्छ्रः स्यात्पाणिपूर्णाम्बुभोजनात्
yathā kathañcittriguṇaḥ prajāpatyo 'yamucyate / ayamevātikṛcchraḥ syātpāṇipūrṇāmbubhojanāt
When this is threefold in whatever way, it is called the Prajāpati penance; this same becomes the extreme penance when the food and water is (only) a handful.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 105.66
कृच्छ्रातिकृच्छ्रं पयसा दिवसानेकविंशतिम् । द्वादशाहोपवासैश्च पराकः समुदाहृतः
kṛcchrātikṛcchraṃ payasā divasānekaviṃśatim / dvādaśāhopavāsaiśca parākaḥ samudāhṛtaḥ
The penance-beyond-penance is (subsisting) on milk for twenty-one days; and with fasts of twelve days the parāka is declared.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 105.67
पिण्याकाचामतक्राम्बुसक्तूनां प्रतिवासरम् । एकैकमुपवासश्च कृच्छ्रः सौम्यो ऽयमुच्यते
piṇyākācāmatakrāmbusaktūnāṃ prativāsaram / ekaikamupavāsaśca kṛcchraḥ saumyo 'yamucyate
Of oil-cake, rice-gruel, buttermilk, water and barley-meal, one each day, together with a fast — this penance is called the gentle (saumya) one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 105.68
एषां त्रिरात्रमभ्यासादेकैकं स्याद्यथाक्रमात् । तुलापुरुष इत्येष ज्ञेयः पञ्चदशाहिकः
eṣāṃ trirātramabhyāsādekaikaṃ syādyathākramāt / tulāpuruṣa ityeṣa jñeyaḥ pañcadaśāhikaḥ
From practising each of these for three nights in due order, this is to be known as the 'scale-man' (tulāpuruṣa), lasting fifteen days.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 105.69
तिथिपिण्डांश्चरेद्वृद्ध्या शुक्ले शिख्यण्डसंमितान् । एकैकं ह्रासयेत्कृष्णे पिण्डं चान्द्रायणं चरेत्
tithipiṇḍāṃścaredvṛddhyā śukle śikhyaṇḍasaṃmitān / ekaikaṃ hrāsayetkṛṣṇe piṇḍaṃ cāndrāyaṇaṃ caret
He should eat lunar-day balls, increasing (by one each day) in the bright fortnight, each of the size of a peacock's egg; in the dark fortnight he should reduce them one by one — thus he performs the ball-cāndrāyaṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 105.70
यथाकथञ्चित्पिण्डानां चत्वारिंशच्छतद्वयम् । मासेनैवोपभुञ्जीत चान्द्रायणमथापरम्
yathākathañcitpiṇḍānāṃ catvāriṃśacchatadvayam / māsenaivopabhuñjīta cāndrāyaṇamathāparam
In any case, he should consume two hundred and forty balls within a single month — that is another cāndrāyaṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 105.71
कृत्वा त्रिषवणं स्नानं पिण्डं चान्द्रायणं चरेत् । पवित्राणि जपेत्पिण्डान् गायत्त्र्या चाभिमन्त्रयेत्
kṛtvā triṣavaṇaṃ snānaṃ piṇḍaṃ cāndrāyaṇaṃ caret / pavitrāṇi japetpiṇḍān gāyattryā cābhimantrayet
Having bathed at the three junctures (of the day), he should perform the ball-cāndrāyaṇa; he should recite the purificatory verses and consecrate the balls with the Gāyatrī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition