Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 107
GaP 1 107.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- १०७ सूत उवाच । पराशरो ऽब्रवीद्व्यासं धर्मं वर्णाश्रमादिकम् । कल्पेकल्पे क्षयोत्पत्त्या क्षीयन्ते नु प्रजादयः
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 107 sūta uvāca / parāśaro 'bravīdvyāsaṃ dharmaṃ varṇāśramādikam / kalpekalpe kṣayotpattyā kṣīyante nu prajādayaḥ
The Glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, 107. The Sūta said: Parāśara declared to Vyāsa the dharma (beginning with that) of the classes and stages of life. In kalpa after kalpa, through destruction and origination, creatures and the rest do indeed perish.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 107.2
श्रुतिः स्मृतिः सदाचरो यः कश्चिद्वे दकर्तृकः । वेदाः स्मृता ब्राह्मणादौ धर्मा मन्वादिभिः सदा
śrutiḥ smṛtiḥ sadācaro yaḥ kaścidve dakartṛkaḥ / vedāḥ smṛtā brāhmaṇādau dharmā manvādibhiḥ sadā
Śruti, smṛti, and the practice of the good — whatever has the Veda as its author (is authority); the Vedas are held (to be the norm) for brāhmaṇas and the rest, and the dharmas (declared) by Manu and the others, always.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 107.3
दानं कलियुगे धर्मः कर्तारं च कलौ त्यजेत् । पापकृत्यं तु तत्रैव शापं फलति वर्षतः
dānaṃ kaliyuge dharmaḥ kartāraṃ ca kalau tyajet / pāpakṛtyaṃ tu tatraiva śāpaṃ phalati varṣataḥ
Giving is the dharma in the Kali age; and in Kali (the fruit of an act) leaves its doer; but an evil deed bears its curse as fruit right there within a year.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 107.4
आचारात्प्राप्नुयात्सर्वं षट् कर्माणि दिनेदिने । सन्ध्या स्नानं जपो होमो देवातिथ्यादिपूजनम्
ācārātprāpnuyātsarvaṃ ṣaṭ karmāṇi dinedine / sandhyā snānaṃ japo homo devātithyādipūjanam
By (right) conduct one may obtain everything: the six acts day by day — the twilight worship, bathing, muttered recitation, oblation, and the honouring of gods, guests and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 107.5
अपूर्वः सुव्रती विप्रो ह्यपूर्वा यतयस्तदा । क्षत्त्रियः परसैन्यानि जित्वा पृथ्वीं प्रपालयेत्
apūrvaḥ suvratī vipro hyapūrvā yatayastadā / kṣattriyaḥ parasainyāni jitvā pṛthvīṃ prapālayet
A brahmin of firm vows is (now) unheard of, and ascetics too are then unheard of; the kṣatriya, having conquered the armies of others, should protect the earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 107.6
वणिक् कृष्यादि वैश्ये स्याद्द्विजभक्तिश्च शूद्रके । अभक्ष्यभक्षणाच्चौर्यादगम्या गमनात्पतेत्
vaṇik kṛṣyādi vaiśye syāddvijabhaktiśca śūdrake / abhakṣyabhakṣaṇāccauryādagamyā gamanātpatet
For the vaiśya there should be trade, agriculture and the like, and for the śūdra devotion to the twice-born; by eating what may not be eaten, by theft, and by going to a woman who may not be approached, one falls.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 107.7
कृषिं कुर्वन्द्विजः श्रान्तं बलीवर्दं न वाहयेत् । दिनार्धं स्नानयोगादिकारी विप्रांश्च भोजयेत्
kṛṣiṃ kurvandvijaḥ śrāntaṃ balīvardaṃ na vāhayet / dinārdhaṃ snānayogādikārī viprāṃśca bhojayet
A twice-born man doing agriculture should not drive a tired ox; performing bathing, yoga and the rest at midday, he should also feed brahmins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 107.8
निर्वपेत्पञ्च यज्ञानि क्रूरे निन्दां च कारयेत् । तिलाज्यं न विक्रीणित सूनायज्ञमघान्वितः
nirvapetpañca yajñāni krūre nindāṃ ca kārayet / tilājyaṃ na vikrīṇita sūnāyajñamaghānvitaḥ
He should offer the five sacrifices, and should have blame (declared) upon what is cruel; he should not sell sesame or ghee — (else) he is stained with the guilt of the slaughterhouse-sacrifice.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 107.9
राज्ञो दत्त्वा तु षड्भागं देवतानां च विंशतिम् । त्रयस्त्रिंशच्च विप्राणां कृषिकर्ता न लिप्यते
rājño dattvā tu ṣaḍbhāgaṃ devatānāṃ ca viṃśatim / trayastriṃśacca viprāṇāṃ kṛṣikartā na lipyate
But having given a sixth part to the king, a twentieth to the gods, and a thirty-third to the brahmins, the tiller is not defiled.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 107.10
कर्षकाः क्षत्त्रविट्छूद्राः खले ऽदत्त्वा तु चौरकः । दिनत्रयेण शुध्येत ब्राह्मणः प्रेतसूतके
karṣakāḥ kṣattraviṭchūdrāḥ khale 'dattvā tu caurakaḥ / dinatrayeṇa śudhyeta brāhmaṇaḥ pretasūtake
Kṣatriya, vaiśya and śūdra cultivators, not having given (the share) at the threshing floor, are thieves; a brahmin is purified in three days in (the impurity of) death or birth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 107.11
क्षत्त्रो दशाहाद्वैश्यास्तु द्वादशाहान्मासि शूद्रकः । याति विप्रो दशाहात्तु क्षत्त्रो द्वादशकाद्दिनात्
kṣattro daśāhādvaiśyāstu dvādaśāhānmāsi śūdrakaḥ / yāti vipro daśāhāttu kṣattro dvādaśakāddināt
A kṣatriya after ten days, vaiśyas after twelve days, a śūdra in a month; but a brahmin goes (free) after ten days, a kṣatriya after twelve days.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 107.12
पञ्चदशाहाद्वैश्यस्तु शूद्रो मासेन शुध्यति । एकपिण्डास्तु दायादाः पृथग्द्वारनिकेतनाः
pañcadaśāhādvaiśyastu śūdro māsena śudhyati / ekapiṇḍāstu dāyādāḥ pṛthagdvāraniketanāḥ
A vaiśya after fifteen days, and a śūdra is purified in a month; those who share one funeral ball are co-heirs, (even) with separate doors and dwellings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 107.13
जन्मना च विपत्तौ च भवेत्तेषां च सूतकम् । चतुर्थे दशरात्रं स्यात्षण्णिशाः पुंसि पञ्चमे
janmanā ca vipattau ca bhavetteṣāṃ ca sūtakam / caturthe daśarātraṃ syātṣaṇṇiśāḥ puṃsi pañcame
And at a birth and at a death there is birth-impurity for them; in the fourth (degree) it is ten nights, six nights for a male in the fifth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 107.14
षष्ठे चतुर हाच्छुद्धिः सप्तमे च दिनत्रयम् । देशान्तरे मृते बाले सद्यः शुद्धिर्यतो मृते
ṣaṣṭhe catura hācchuddhiḥ saptame ca dinatrayam / deśāntare mṛte bāle sadyaḥ śuddhiryato mṛte
In the sixth, purification is in four days, and in the seventh, three days; when a child dies in another country, purification is immediate from the time of the death.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 107.15
अजातदन्ता ये बाला ये च गर्भाद्विनिः सृताः । न तेषामग्निसंस्कारो न पिण्डं नोदकक्रिया
ajātadantā ye bālā ye ca garbhādviniḥ sṛtāḥ / na teṣāmagnisaṃskāro na piṇḍaṃ nodakakriyā
Those children whose teeth have not appeared, and those that have (just) come out of the womb — for them there is no fire-rite, no funeral ball, no water offering.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 107.16
यदि गर्भो विपद्यत स्त्रवते वापि योषितः । यावन्मासं स्थितो गर्भस्तावद्दिनानि सूतकम्
yadi garbho vipadyata stravate vāpi yoṣitaḥ / yāvanmāsaṃ sthito garbhastāvaddināni sūtakam
If the embryo perishes, or if a woman miscarries, the birth-impurity lasts as many days as the months the embryo remained.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 107.17
आनामकरणात्सद्य आचूडान्तादहर्निशम् । आव्रतात्तु त्रिरात्रेण तदूर्ध्वन्दशभिर्दिनैः
ānāmakaraṇātsadya ācūḍāntādaharniśam / āvratāttu trirātreṇa tadūrdhvandaśabhirdinaiḥ
Before the naming, (purification is) immediate; up to the tonsure, a day and a night; up to the initiation, in three nights; beyond that, in ten days.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 107.18
आचतुर्थाद्भवेत्स्त्रवः पातः पञ्चमषष्ठयोः । ब्रह्मचर्या दग्निहोत्रान्नाशुद्धिः सङ्गवर्जनात्
ācaturthādbhavetstravaḥ pātaḥ pañcamaṣaṣṭhayoḥ / brahmacaryā dagnihotrānnāśuddhiḥ saṅgavarjanāt
Up to the fourth (month) it is a flow (miscarriage), an abortion in the fifth and sixth; there is no impurity for one in chastity or (engaged) in the agnihotra, through the avoidance of contact.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 107.19
शिल्पिनः कारवो वैद्या दासीदासाश्च भृत्यकाः । अग्निमाञ्छ्रोत्रियो राजा सद्यः शौचाः प्रकीर्तिताः
śilpinaḥ kāravo vaidyā dāsīdāsāśca bhṛtyakāḥ / agnimāñchrotriyo rājā sadyaḥ śaucāḥ prakīrtitāḥ
Craftsmen, artisans, physicians, female and male servants and dependants, one who maintains the (sacred) fires, a Vedic scholar, and a king are declared to be purified at once.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 107.20
दशाहाच्छुध्यते माता स्नानात्सूते पिता शुचिः । सङ्गात्सूतौ सूतकं स्यादुपस्पृश्य पिता शुचिः
daśāhācchudhyate mātā snānātsūte pitā śuciḥ / saṅgātsūtau sūtakaṃ syādupaspṛśya pitā śuciḥ
The mother is purified in ten days; at a birth the father is pure by bathing; from contact at the birth there is birth-impurity — the father is pure after touching (water).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 107.21
विवाहोत्सवयज्ञेषु अन्तरा मृतसूतके । पूर्वसंकल्पितादन्यवर्जनं च विधीयते
vivāhotsavayajñeṣu antarā mṛtasūtake / pūrvasaṃkalpitādanyavarjanaṃ ca vidhīyate
In marriages, festivals and sacrifices, if a death- or birth-impurity intervenes, the avoidance of anything other than what was previously resolved upon is prescribed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 107.22
मृतेन शुध्यते सूतिः मृतवज्जातकं जनौ । गोग्रहादौ विपन्नानामेकरात्रं तु सूतकम्
mṛtena śudhyate sūtiḥ mṛtavajjātakaṃ janau / gograhādau vipannānāmekarātraṃ tu sūtakam
By a death (occurring during it) the birth-impurity is ended; likewise at a birth the (impurity) is like that of a death for the parents. But for those who perish in a cattle-raid and the like, the impurity lasts one night.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 107.23
अनाथप्रेतवहनात्प्राणायामेन शुध्यति । प्रेतशूद्रस्य वहनान्त्रिरात्रमशुचिर्भवेत्
anāthapretavahanātprāṇāyāmena śudhyati / pretaśūdrasya vahanāntrirātramaśucirbhavet
From carrying the corpse of one who has no kin, one is purified by a breath-restraint; but from carrying the corpse of a śūdra one is impure for three nights.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 107.24
आत्मघातिविषोद्वन्धकृमिदष्टे न संस्कृतिः । गोहतं कृमिदष्टं च स्पृष्ट्वा कृच्छ्रेण शुध्यति
ātmaghātiviṣodvandhakṛmidaṣṭe na saṃskṛtiḥ / gohataṃ kṛmidaṣṭaṃ ca spṛṣṭvā kṛcchreṇa śudhyati
For one who has killed himself, (died) by poison, by hanging, or by the bite of a worm (or insect), there is no funeral rite; and having touched one killed by a cow or bitten by a worm, one is purified by a penance (kṛcchra).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 107.25
अदुष्टापतितं भार्या यौवने या परित्यजेत् । सप्तजन्म भवेत्स्त्रीत्वं वैधव्यं च पुनः पुनः
aduṣṭāpatitaṃ bhāryā yauvane yā parityajet / saptajanma bhavetstrītvaṃ vaidhavyaṃ ca punaḥ punaḥ
The woman who abandons in her youth a husband who is neither corrupt nor fallen becomes a woman for seven births, and a widow again and again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 107.26
बालहत्या त्वगमनादृतौ च स्त्री तु सूकरि । अगम्या व्रतकारिण्यो भ्रष्टपानोदकक्रियाः
bālahatyā tvagamanādṛtau ca strī tu sūkari / agamyā vratakāriṇyo bhraṣṭapānodakakriyāḥ
There is (the guilt of) child-killing from not approaching (one's wife) in her fertile season; and such a woman becomes a sow. Women who perform vows are not to be approached; (those who transgress) fall from the rite of offering water and drink.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 107.27
औरसः क्षेत्रजः पुत्रः पितृजौ पिण्डदौ पितुः । परिवित्तेस्तु कृच्छ्रं स्यात्कन्यायाः कृच्छ्रमेव च
aurasaḥ kṣetrajaḥ putraḥ pitṛjau piṇḍadau pituḥ / parivittestu kṛcchraṃ syātkanyāyāḥ kṛcchrameva ca
The son begotten of one's own body and the son born on one's field (by another) — both born of the father — offer the funeral cake to the father. For one married before his elder brother (parivitti) there is a penance, and for (marrying) the girl likewise a penance.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 107.28
अतिकृच्छ्रं चरेद्दाता होता चान्द्रायणञ्चरेत् । कुब्जवामनषण्डेषु गद्गदेषु जडेषु च
atikṛcchraṃ careddātā hotā cāndrāyaṇañcaret / kubjavāmanaṣaṇḍeṣu gadgadeṣu jaḍeṣu ca
The giver (of the bride) should perform the atikṛcchra penance, and the officiating priest the cāndrāyaṇa. But in the case of hunchbacks, dwarfs, eunuchs, stammerers, and the dull —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 107.29
जात्यन्धबधिरे मूके न दोषः परिवेदने । नष्टे मृते प्रव्रजिते क्लीबे वा पतिते पतौ
jātyandhabadhire mūke na doṣaḥ parivedane / naṣṭe mṛte pravrajite klībe vā patite patau
— (and) one blind from birth, deaf, or dumb, there is no fault in marrying before (the elder brother). When the husband is lost, dead, has renounced the world, is impotent, or has fallen,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 107.30
पञ्चस्वापत्सु नारीणां पतिरन्यो विधीयते । भर्त्रा सहमृता नारी रोमाब्दानि वसेद्दिवि
pañcasvāpatsu nārīṇāṃ patiranyo vidhīyate / bhartrā sahamṛtā nārī romābdāni vaseddivi
in these five calamities another husband is prescribed for women. A woman who dies together with her husband dwells in heaven as many years as (she has) hairs (on her body).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 107.31
श्वादिदष्टस्तु गायत्त्र्या जपाच्छुद्धो भवेन्नरः । दाह्यो लोकाग्निना विप्रश्चाण्डालाद्यैर्हतो ऽग्निमान्
śvādidaṣṭastu gāyattryā japācchuddho bhavennaraḥ / dāhyo lokāgninā vipraścāṇḍālādyairhato 'gnimān
A man bitten by a dog or the like becomes pure by muttering the Gāyatrī. A brahmin (so bitten) is to be burned with ordinary fire; but one who maintains the sacred fires and is killed by caṇḍālas and the like —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 107.32
क्षीरैः प्रक्षाल्य तस्यास्थि स्वाग्निना मन्त्रतो दहेत् । प्रवासे तु मृते भूयः कृत्वा कुशमयं दहेत्
kṣīraiḥ prakṣālya tasyāsthi svāgninā mantrato dahet / pravāse tu mṛte bhūyaḥ kṛtvā kuśamayaṃ dahet
— having washed his bones with milk, one should burn (them) with his own (sacred) fire with the mantras. But if he died abroad, one should again make an (effigy) of kuśa grass and burn it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 107.33
कृष्णाजिने समास्तीर्य षट् शतानि पलाशजान् । शमीं शिश्रे विनिः क्षिप्य अरणिं वृषणे क्षिपेत्
kṛṣṇājine samāstīrya ṣaṭ śatāni palāśajān / śamīṃ śiśre viniḥ kṣipya araṇiṃ vṛṣaṇe kṣipet
Having spread out on a black antelope skin six hundred (sticks) made of palāśa wood, and having placed śamī wood in the head, one should place the fire-drill in the testicles.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 107.34
कण्डं दक्षिणहस्ते तु वामहस्ते तथोपभृत् । पार्श्वे तूलूखलं दद्यात्पृष्ठे तु मुसलं ददेत्
kaṇḍaṃ dakṣiṇahaste tu vāmahaste tathopabhṛt / pārśve tūlūkhalaṃ dadyātpṛṣṭhe tu musalaṃ dadet
(One should place) the kaṇḍa (ladle) in the right hand and the upabhṛt in the left hand; at the side one should put the mortar, and at the back one should put the pestle.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 107.35
उरे निः क्षिप्य दृषदं तण्डुलाज्यतिलान्मुखे । श्रोत्र च प्रोक्षणीं दाद्यदाज्यस्थालीं च चक्षुषोः
ure niḥ kṣipya dṛṣadaṃ taṇḍulājyatilānmukhe / śrotra ca prokṣaṇīṃ dādyadājyasthālīṃ ca cakṣuṣoḥ
Having placed the grinding-stone on the chest, rice, ghee and sesame in the mouth, one should put the sprinkling-vessel at the ears and the ghee-pot at the eyes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 107.36
कर्णे नेत्रे मुखे घ्राणे हिरण्यशकलान् क्षिपेत् । अग्निहोत्रोपकरणाद्ब्रह्मलोकगतिर्भवेत्
karṇe netre mukhe ghrāṇe hiraṇyaśakalān kṣipet / agnihotropakaraṇādbrahmalokagatirbhavet
One should place bits of gold in the ears, the eyes, the mouth and the nose. By (this) use of the agnihotra implements, (the dead man) attains the world of Brahmā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 107.37
असौ स्वर्गाय लोकाय स्वाहेत्याज्याहुतिः सकृत् । हंससारसक्रौञ्चानां चक्रवाकं च कुक्रुटम्
asau svargāya lokāya svāhetyājyāhutiḥ sakṛt / haṃsasārasakrauñcānāṃ cakravākaṃ ca kukruṭam
With "To yonder heavenly world, svāhā!" (one makes) the ghee oblation once. (One who kills) geese, sārasa cranes, krauñca birds, the cakravāka, and the cock —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 107.38
मयरमेषघाती च अहोरात्रेण शुध्यति । पक्षिणः सकलान्हत्वा अहोरात्रेण शुध्यति
mayarameṣaghātī ca ahorātreṇa śudhyati / pakṣiṇaḥ sakalānhatvā ahorātreṇa śudhyati
— and the killer of a peacock or a ram is purified in a day and a night; having killed any birds at all, one is purified in a day and a night.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 107.39
सर्वांश्चतुष्पदान्हत्वा अहोरात्रो षितो जपेत् । शूद्रं हत्वा चरेत्कृच्छ्रमतिकृच्छ्रं तु वैश्यहा । क्षत्त्रं चान्द्रायणं विप्रं द्वाविंशात्रिंशमाहरे (वहे) त्
sarvāṃścatuṣpadānhatvā ahorātro ṣito japet / śūdraṃ hatvā caretkṛcchramatikṛcchraṃ tu vaiśyahā / kṣattraṃ cāndrāyaṇaṃ vipraṃ dvāviṃśātriṃśamāhare (vahe) t
Having killed any four-footed animals, one should fast for a day and a night and mutter (prayers). Having killed a śūdra one should perform the kṛcchra penance, and the killer of a vaiśya the atikṛcchra; for a kṣatriya, the cāndrāyaṇa; for a brahmin, one should undergo (a penance of) twenty-two or thirty (?).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain