Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 106
GaP 1 106.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- १०६ याज्ञवल्क्य उवाच । प्रेता (त) शौचं प्रवक्ष्यामि तच्छृणुध्वं यतव्रताः । ऊनद्विवर्षं निखनेन्न कुर्यादु दकं ततः
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 106 yājñavalkya uvāca / pretā (ta) śaucaṃ pravakṣyāmi tacchṛṇudhvaṃ yatavratāḥ / ūnadvivarṣaṃ nikhanenna kuryādu dakaṃ tataḥ
Yājñavalkya said: I shall declare the impurity (arising) from the dead; hear it, you who keep your vows. One less than two years old he should bury; he should not make the water-offering for such a one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 106.2
आ श्मशानादनुव्रज्य इतरैर्ज्ञातिभिर्युतः । यमसूक्तं तथा जप्यं जपद्भिर्लौकिकाग्निना
ā śmaśānādanuvrajya itarairjñātibhiryutaḥ / yamasūktaṃ tathā japyaṃ japadbhirlaukikāgninā
Having followed (the corpse) as far as the cremation ground, accompanied by the other kinsmen, and the hymn to Yama likewise being recited by those who recite it, with ordinary (non-consecrated) fire —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 106.3
स दग्धव्य उपेतश्चैदाहिताग्न्यावृतार्थवत् । सप्तमाद्दशमाद्वापि ज्ञातयो ऽभ्युपयान्त्यपः
sa dagdhavya upetaścaidāhitāgnyāvṛtārthavat / saptamāddaśamādvāpi jñātayo 'bhyupayāntyapaḥ
he is to be cremated, and one who has taken up (the fires) as in the procedure for one who maintained the sacred fires; from the seventh or else the tenth (degree of kinship) the kinsmen go to the waters.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 106.4
अपनः शोशुचदघमनेन पितृदिङ्मुखाः । एवं मातामहाचार्यपत्नीनां चोदकक्रियाः
apanaḥ śośucadaghamanena pitṛdiṅmukhāḥ / evaṃ mātāmahācāryapatnīnāṃ codakakriyāḥ
(They offer) with the verse 'apo naḥ śośucad agham', facing the direction of the fathers; in this way too are the water-rites for the maternal grandfather, the teacher, and their wives.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 106.5
कामोदकाः पुत्रसखिस्वस्त्रीयश्वशुरर्त्विजः । नामगोत्रेण ह्युदकं सकृत्सिञ्चन्ति वाग्यताः
kāmodakāḥ putrasakhisvastrīyaśvaśurartvijaḥ / nāmagotreṇa hyudakaṃ sakṛtsiñcanti vāgyatāḥ
Optional water-givers are: a son's friend, a sister's son, a father-in-law, and the officiating priests; keeping silent, they sprinkle water once, with the name and lineage (of the deceased).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 106.6
पाषण्डपतितानां तु न कुर्युरुदकक्रियाः । नब्रह्मचारिणो व्रात्या योषितः कामगास्तथा
pāṣaṇḍapatitānāṃ tu na kuryurudakakriyāḥ / nabrahmacāriṇo vrātyā yoṣitaḥ kāmagāstathā
But for heretics and the fallen they should not perform the water-rites; nor (for) those who are not chaste students, for vrātyas, and for women who follow their lust,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 106.7
सुराप्यस्त्वात्मघातिन्यो नाशौचोदकभाजनाः । ततो न रोदितव्यं हि त्वनित्या जीवसं स्थितिः
surāpyastvātmaghātinyo nāśaucodakabhājanāḥ / tato na roditavyaṃ hi tvanityā jīvasaṃ sthitiḥ
nor for female drinkers of liquor and those who kill themselves: they have no share in the impurity or in the water. And thereafter one should not weep, for the condition of a living being is impermanent.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 106.8
क्रिया कार्या यथाशक्ति ततो गच्छेद्गृहान्प्रति । विदश्य निम्बपत्राणि नियता द्वारि वेश्मनः
kriyā kāryā yathāśakti tato gacchedgṛhānprati / vidaśya nimbapatrāṇi niyatā dvāri veśmanaḥ
The rites are to be performed according to one's ability; then he should go towards the house; having chewed nīm leaves, restrained, at the door of the dwelling —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 106.9
आचम्याथाग्निमुदकं गोमयं गौरसर्षपान् । प्रविशेयुः समालभ्य कृत्वाश्मनि पदं शनैः
ācamyāthāgnimudakaṃ gomayaṃ gaurasarṣapān / praviśeyuḥ samālabhya kṛtvāśmani padaṃ śanaiḥ
Having sipped water, then having touched fire, water, cow-dung and white mustard seeds, they should enter, setting a foot slowly upon a stone.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 106.10
प्रवेशनादिकं कर्म प्रेतसंस्पर्शनादपि । ईक्षतां तत्क्षणाच्छुद्धिः परेषां स्नानसंयमात्
praveśanādikaṃ karma pretasaṃsparśanādapi / īkṣatāṃ tatkṣaṇācchuddhiḥ pareṣāṃ snānasaṃyamāt
(As for) the act of entering and the rest, even after contact with a corpse — for those who (only) looked on, purity is at that very moment; for the others it comes from bathing and restraint.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 106.11
क्रीतलब्धाशना भूमौ स्वपेयुस्ते पृथक्पृथक् । पिण्डयज्ञकृता देयं प्रेतायान्नं दिनत्रयम्
krītalabdhāśanā bhūmau svapeyuste pṛthakpṛthak / piṇḍayajñakṛtā deyaṃ pretāyānnaṃ dinatrayam
Eating food bought or received (from others), they should sleep on the ground, each one apart; food is to be given to the deceased for three days by the one who performs the piṇḍa-offering.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 106.12
जलमेकाहमाकाशे स्थाप्यं क्षीरं तु मृन्मये । वैतानोपासनाः कार्याः क्रियाश्च श्रुतिचोदिताः
jalamekāhamākāśe sthāpyaṃ kṣīraṃ tu mṛnmaye / vaitānopāsanāḥ kāryāḥ kriyāśca śruticoditāḥ
Water is to be set out in the open for one day, and milk in an earthen vessel; the three-fire observances are to be performed, and the rites enjoined by scripture.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 106.13
आदन्तजन्मनः सद्यः आचूडं नैशिकी स्मृता । त्रिरात्रमा व्रतादेशाद्दशरात्रमतः परम्
ādantajanmanaḥ sadyaḥ ācūḍaṃ naiśikī smṛtā / trirātramā vratādeśāddaśarātramataḥ param
For (a child) before the teeth appear, (purification is) immediate; up to the tonsure it is held to be of one night; three nights up to the enjoining of the vow (initiation); after that, ten nights.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 106.14
त्रिरात्रं दशरात्रं वा शावमाशौचमुच्यते । ऊनद्विवर्ष उभयोः सूतकं मातुरेव हि
trirātraṃ daśarātraṃ vā śāvamāśaucamucyate / ūnadvivarṣa ubhayoḥ sūtakaṃ mātureva hi
Death-impurity is said to be of three nights or of ten nights; for (a child) under two years (it applies) to both (parents) — but birth-impurity belongs to the mother alone.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 106.15
अन्तरा जन्ममरणे शेषाहोभिर्विशुध्यति । दश द्वादश वर्णानां तथा पञ्चदशैव च
antarā janmamaraṇe śeṣāhobhirviśudhyati / daśa dvādaśa varṇānāṃ tathā pañcadaśaiva ca
If a birth or a death occurs in the interval, one becomes pure with the remaining days; ten, twelve for the (respective) classes, and likewise fifteen,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 106.16
त्रिंशद्दिनानि च तथा भवति प्रेतसूतकम् । अहस्त्वदत्तकन्यासु बालेषु च विशोधनम्
triṃśaddināni ca tathā bhavati pretasūtakam / ahastvadattakanyāsu bāleṣu ca viśodhanam
and thirty days — such is the impurity of death and of birth. But in the case of girls not yet given (in marriage) and of small children, purification is (in) a single day.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 106.17
गुर्वन्तेवास्यनूचानमातुलश्रोत्रियेषु च । अनौरसेषु पुत्रेषु भार्यास्वन्यगतासु च
gurvantevāsyanūcānamātulaśrotriyeṣu ca / anauraseṣu putreṣu bhāryāsvanyagatāsu ca
And in the case of a teacher, a resident pupil, one versed in the Veda, a maternal uncle, a śrotriya; of sons not one's own begetting; and of wives who have gone to another (man),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 106.18
निवासराजनि तथा तदहः शुद्धिकार(ण)म् । हतानां नृपगोविप्रैरन्वक्षं चात्मघातिनाम्
nivāsarājani tathā tadahaḥ śuddhikāra(ṇa)m / hatānāṃ nṛpagoviprairanvakṣaṃ cātmaghātinām
and (in the case) of the king of one's place of residence — that (single) day is the means of purification; and (so it is) for those slain by a king, a cow, or brahmins, and immediately (thereafter) for suicides.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 106.19
विषाद्यैश्च हतानां च नाशौचं पृथिवीपतेः । सत्रिव्रतिब्रह्मचारिदातृब्रह्मविदां तथा
viṣādyaiśca hatānāṃ ca nāśaucaṃ pṛthivīpateḥ / satrivratibrahmacāridātṛbrahmavidāṃ tathā
And for those killed by poison and the like, and for a king, there is no impurity; likewise for participants in a sacrifice, keepers of vows, brahmacārins, donors, and knowers of brahman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 106.20
दाने विवाहे यज्ञे च संग्रामे देशविप्लवे । आपद्यपि च कष्टायां सद्यः शौचं विधीयते
dāne vivāhe yajñe ca saṃgrāme deśaviplave / āpadyapi ca kaṣṭāyāṃ sadyaḥ śaucaṃ vidhīyate
At a gift-giving, at a marriage, at a sacrifice, in battle, in the upheaval of a country, and also in grievous calamity, immediate purity is prescribed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 106.21
कालो ऽग्निः कर्ममृद्वायुर्मनो ज्ञानं तपो जपः (लम्) । पश्चात्ताषो निराहारः सर्वेषां शुद्धिहेतवः
kālo 'gniḥ karmamṛdvāyurmano jñānaṃ tapo japaḥ (lam) / paścāttāṣo nirāhāraḥ sarveṣāṃ śuddhihetavaḥ
Time, fire, ritual action, earth, wind, mind, knowledge, austerity, muttered prayer, subsequent remorse, and fasting are for all (people) the causes of purification.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 106.22
अकार्यकारिणां दानं वेगो नद्यास्तु शुद्धिकृत् । क्षात्त्रेण कर्मणा जीवेद्विशां वाप्यापदि द्विजः
akāryakāriṇāṃ dānaṃ vego nadyāstu śuddhikṛt / kṣāttreṇa karmaṇā jīvedviśāṃ vāpyāpadi dvijaḥ
For those who have done what ought not to be done, giving (is the purifier); but the current of a river is what purifies. In distress a twice-born may live by the occupation of a kṣatriya, or even by that of the vaiśyas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 106.23
फलसोमक्षौमवीरुद्दधि क्षीरं घृतं जलम् । तिलोदनरसक्षारमधु लाक्षा शृतं हविः
phalasomakṣaumavīruddadhi kṣīraṃ ghṛtaṃ jalam / tilodanarasakṣāramadhu lākṣā śṛtaṃ haviḥ
Fruit, soma, linen, plants, curds, milk, ghee, water, sesame-and-rice food, broth, alkali, honey, lac, cooked oblation-food,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 106.24
वस्त्रोपलासवं पुष्पं शाकमृच्चर्मपादुकम् । एणत्वचं च कौशेयं लवणं मासमेव च
vastropalāsavaṃ puṣpaṃ śākamṛccarmapādukam / eṇatvacaṃ ca kauśeyaṃ lavaṇaṃ māsameva ca
cloth, stone, liquor, flowers, vegetables, earth, leather, shoes, antelope hide, silk, salt, and meat,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 106.25
पिण्याकमूलगन्धांश्च वैश्यवृत्तो न विक्रयेत् । धर्मार्थं विक्रयं नेयास्तिला धान्येन तत्समाः
piṇyākamūlagandhāṃśca vaiśyavṛtto na vikrayet / dharmārthaṃ vikrayaṃ neyāstilā dhānyena tatsamāḥ
and oil-cake, roots and perfumes — (these) one who follows the vaiśya occupation should not sell; for the sake of dharma he should not resort to selling; sesame (may be exchanged) for grain of equal value.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 106.26
लवणादि न विक्रीयात्तथा चापद्गतो द्विजः । हीनाद्विप्रो विगृह्णंश्च लिप्यते नार्कवद्द्विजः
lavaṇādi na vikrīyāttathā cāpadgato dvijaḥ / hīnādvipro vigṛhṇaṃśca lipyate nārkavaddvijaḥ
Salt and the like he should not sell, nor should a twice-born even when fallen into distress; and a brahmin, though receiving from a low person, is not stained, being like the sun.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 106.27
कुर्यात्कृष्यादिकं तद्वदविक्रेया हयास्तथा । बुभुक्षितस्त्र्यं स्थित्वा दृष्ट्वा वृत्तिविवर्जितम् । राजा धर्म्यां प्रकुर्वीत वृत्तिं विप्रादिकस्य च
kuryātkṛṣyādikaṃ tadvadavikreyā hayāstathā / bubhukṣitastryaṃ sthitvā dṛṣṭvā vṛttivivarjitam / rājā dharmyāṃ prakurvīta vṛttiṃ viprādikasya ca
He may practise agriculture and the like; likewise horses are not to be sold. Seeing (a man) hungry and standing (there) deprived of livelihood, the king should provide a lawful livelihood for the brahmin and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain