Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 225
GaP 1 225.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- २२५ सूत उवाच । आध्यात्मिकादितापांस्त्रीञ्ज्ञात्व संस्राचक्रवित् । उत्पन्नज्ञानवैराग्यः प्राप्नोत्यात्यन्तिकं लयम्
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 225 sūta uvāca / ādhyātmikāditāpāṃstrīñjñātva saṃsrācakravit / utpannajñānavairāgyaḥ prāpnotyātyantikaṃ layam
The Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, 225. Sūta said: Knowing the three afflictions beginning with the bodily (ādhyātmika), one who knows the wheel of transmigration, in whom knowledge and dispassion have arisen, attains the final dissolution.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 225.2
संसारचक्रं वक्ष्ये ऽहमादाबुत्क्रान्तिकालतः । यद्विना पुरुषार्थो न लीनः स्यात्परमात्मनि
saṃsāracakraṃ vakṣye 'hamādābutkrāntikālataḥ / yadvinā puruṣārtho na līnaḥ syātparamātmani
I shall declare the wheel of transmigration, from the beginning, from the time of departure (from the body) — without (knowing) which the goal of man is not (attained), (nor) would one be dissolved in the supreme Self.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 225.3
ऊर्ध्ववासी नरस्त्यक्त्वा देहमन्यत्प्रपद्यते । नीयतेद्वादशाहेन यमस्य यमपूरुषैः
ūrdhvavāsī narastyaktvā dehamanyatprapadyate / nīyatedvādaśāhena yamasya yamapūruṣaiḥ
A man dwelling above, having abandoned (one) body, goes on to another; within twelve days he is led away by Yama's men to Yama.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 225.4
तत्र यद्वान्धवास्तोयं प्रयच्छन्ति तिलैः सह । यच्च पिण्डं प्रयच्छन्ति यमलोके तदश्नुते
tatra yadvāndhavāstoyaṃ prayacchanti tilaiḥ saha / yacca piṇḍaṃ prayacchanti yamaloke tadaśnute
Whatever water his kinsmen there offer along with sesame, and whatever rice-ball they offer, that he consumes in Yama's world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 225.5
गतश्च नरकं पापात्स्वर्गं याति स्वपुण्यतः । पापकृद्याति नरकं पुण्यकृद्याति वै दिवम्
gataśca narakaṃ pāpātsvargaṃ yāti svapuṇyataḥ / pāpakṛdyāti narakaṃ puṇyakṛdyāti vai divam
And having gone to hell because of sin, he goes to heaven by his own merit; the doer of evil goes to hell, the doer of merit goes indeed to heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 225.6
स्वर्गाच्च नरकात्त्यक्तः स्त्रीणां गर्भे भवत्यपि । नाभिभूतञ्च तस्यैव याति बीजद्वयं हि तत्
svargācca narakāttyaktaḥ strīṇāṃ garbhe bhavatyapi / nābhibhūtañca tasyaiva yāti bījadvayaṃ hi tat
And, released from heaven and from hell, he comes to be in the womb of women; and (the seed) that has been assimilated goes into that very (womb) — for that is the pair of seeds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 225.7
कललं बुद्ब्रुदमयं ततः शोणितमेव च । पेश्याः पलसमो ऽण्डः स्यादङ्कुरं तत उच्यते
kalalaṃ budbrudamayaṃ tataḥ śoṇitameva ca / peśyāḥ palasamo 'ṇḍaḥ syādaṅkuraṃ tata ucyate
(First) the kalala, consisting of a bubble, then blood; from the lump of flesh (peśī) there would be a mass like a piece of meat, and then it is called the sprout.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 225.8
उपाङ्गान्यङ्गुलीनेत्रनासास्यश्रवणानि च । आवहं याति चाङ्गेभ्यस्तत्परन्तु नखादिकम्
upāṅgānyaṅgulīnetranāsāsyaśravaṇāni ca / āvahaṃ yāti cāṅgebhyastatparantu nakhādikam
And the minor limbs — fingers, eyes, nose, mouth and ears; (growth) proceeds from the limbs, and after that the nails and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 225.9
त्वचो रोमाणि जायन्ते केशाश्चैव ततः परम् । नरश्चाधोमुखः स्थित्वा दशमे च सः जायते
tvaco romāṇi jāyante keśāścaiva tataḥ param / naraścādhomukhaḥ sthitvā daśame ca saḥ jāyate
After that skin, body-hair and head-hair are produced; and the man, having remained head-downward, is born in the tenth (month).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 225.10
ततस्तु वैष्णवी माया वृणोत्यत्यन्तमोहिनी । बालत्वं त्वथ कौमारं यौवनं वृद्धतामपि
tatastu vaiṣṇavī māyā vṛṇotyatyantamohinī / bālatvaṃ tvatha kaumāraṃ yauvanaṃ vṛddhatāmapi
Then Viṣṇu's Māyā, utterly deluding, envelops (him) — infancy, then boyhood, youth, and old age too.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 225.11
ततश्च मरणं तत्तद्धर्मामाप्नोति मानवः । एवं संसारचक्रे ऽस्मिन् भ्राम्यते घटीयन्त्रवत्
tataśca maraṇaṃ tattaddharmāmāpnoti mānavaḥ / evaṃ saṃsāracakre 'smin bhrāmyate ghaṭīyantravat
And after that death: a man obtains the respective properties (of each stage); thus he is whirled in this wheel of transmigration like a water-wheel.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 225.12
नरकात्प्रतिमुक्तस्तु पापयोनिषु जायते । पतितात्प्रतिगृह्याथ अधोयोनिं व्रजेद्बुधः
narakātpratimuktastu pāpayoniṣu jāyate / patitātpratigṛhyātha adhoyoniṃ vrajedbudhaḥ
Released from hell, he is born in sinful wombs; and having accepted a gift from a fallen man, even a learned man would go to a low birth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 225.13
नरकात्प्रतिमुक्तस्तु कृमिर्भवति याचकः । उपाध्यायव्यलीकं तु कृत्वा श्वा भवति द्विज
narakātpratimuktastu kṛmirbhavati yācakaḥ / upādhyāyavyalīkaṃ tu kṛtvā śvā bhavati dvija
Released from hell, a beggar becomes a worm; and having done a falsehood against his teacher, O twice-born, one becomes a dog.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 225.14
तज्जायां मनसा वाञ्छंस्तद्द्रव्यं वाप्यसंशयम् । गर्दभोजायते जन्तुर्मित्रस्यैवापमानकृत्
tajjāyāṃ manasā vāñchaṃstaddravyaṃ vāpyasaṃśayam / gardabhojāyate janturmitrasyaivāpamānakṛt
One who desires that (teacher's) wife in his mind, or his property, without doubt (becomes an ass); the creature who dishonours a friend is born an ass.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 225.15
पितरौ पीडयित्वा तु कच्छपत्वञ्च जायते । भुर्तुः पिण्डमुपाश्वस्तो वञ्जयित्वा तमेव यः
pitarau pīḍayitvā tu kacchapatvañca jāyate / bhurtuḥ piṇḍamupāśvasto vañjayitvā tameva yaḥ
Having tormented his parents, one is born in the state of a tortoise; and he who, being trusted, cheats his master of his sustenance —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 225.16
सो ऽपि मोहसमापन्नो जायते वानरो मृतः । न्यासापहर्ता नरकाद्विमुक्तो जायते कृमिः
so 'pi mohasamāpanno jāyate vānaro mṛtaḥ / nyāsāpahartā narakādvimukto jāyate kṛmiḥ
he too, fallen into delusion, when dead is born a monkey; one who steals a deposit, released from hell, is born a worm.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 225.17
असूयकश्च नरकान्मुक्तो भवति राक्षसः । विश्वासहर्ता च नरो मीनयोनौ प्रजायते
asūyakaśca narakānmukto bhavati rākṣasaḥ / viśvāsahartā ca naro mīnayonau prajāyate
And the envious man, released from hell, becomes a rākṣasa; and a man who betrays trust is born in the womb of a fish.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 225.18
यवधान्यानि संहृत्य जायते मूषको मृतः । परदाराभिमर्शात्तु वृको घोरो ऽभिजायते
yavadhānyāni saṃhṛtya jāyate mūṣako mṛtaḥ / paradārābhimarśāttu vṛko ghoro 'bhijāyate
Having hoarded barley and grains, when dead he is born a rat; but from touching another's wife one is born a fierce wolf.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 225.19
भ्रातृभार्याप्रसंगेन कोकिलो जायते नरः । गुर्वादिभार्यागमनाच्छूकरो जायते नरः
bhrātṛbhāryāprasaṃgena kokilo jāyate naraḥ / gurvādibhāryāgamanācchūkaro jāyate naraḥ
Through intercourse with a brother's wife a man is born a cuckoo; from going to the wife of a teacher or the like a man is born a pig.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 225.20
यज्ञदानविवाहानां विघ्नकर्ता भवेत्कृमिः । देवतापितृविप्राणामदत्त्वा यो ऽन्नमश्नुते
yajñadānavivāhānāṃ vighnakartā bhavetkṛmiḥ / devatāpitṛviprāṇāmadattvā yo 'nnamaśnute
One who obstructs sacrifices, gifts and marriages becomes a worm; and he who eats food without first giving to the gods, the ancestors and the brahmins—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 225.21
प्रमुक्तो नरकाद्वापि वायसः सन्प्रजायते । ज्येष्ठभ्रात्रपमानाच्च क्रौञ्चयोनौ प्रजायते
pramukto narakādvāpi vāyasaḥ sanprajāyate / jyeṣṭhabhrātrapamānācca krauñcayonau prajāyate
—released from hell, is born as a crow; and from insulting an elder brother one is born in the womb of a curlew.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 225.22
शूद्रस्तु ब्राह्मणीं गत्वा कृमियोनौ प्रजायते । तस्यामपत्यमुत्पाद्य काष्ठान्तः कटीको भवेत्
śūdrastu brāhmaṇīṃ gatvā kṛmiyonau prajāyate / tasyāmapatyamutpādya kāṣṭhāntaḥ kaṭīko bhavet
But a śūdra who goes to a brahmin woman is born in the womb of a worm; having begotten offspring on her, he becomes a mat-insect inside wood.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 225.23
कृतघ्नः कृमिकः कीटः पतङ्गो वृश्चिकस्तथा । अशस्त्रं पुरुषं हर्ता नरः सञ्जायते खरः
kṛtaghnaḥ kṛmikaḥ kīṭaḥ pataṅgo vṛścikastathā / aśastraṃ puruṣaṃ hartā naraḥ sañjāyate kharaḥ
The ungrateful man (becomes) a worm, an insect, a moth, and likewise a scorpion; a man who kills an unarmed person is born a donkey.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 225.24
कृमिः स्त्रीवधकर्ता च बालहन्ता च जायते । भोजनञ्चोरयित्वा तु मक्षिका जायते नरः
kṛmiḥ strīvadhakartā ca bālahantā ca jāyate / bhojanañcorayitvā tu makṣikā jāyate naraḥ
And one who kills a woman, and one who kills a child, is born a worm; but having stolen food a man is born a fly.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 225.25
हृत्वाज्यञ्चैव मार्जारस्तिलहृच्चैव मूषकः । घृतं हृत्वा च नकुलः काको मद्भुरमामिषम्
hṛtvājyañcaiva mārjārastilahṛccaiva mūṣakaḥ / ghṛtaṃ hṛtvā ca nakulaḥ kāko madbhuramāmiṣam
Having stolen sacrificial butter, (he becomes) a cat; a stealer of sesame, a mouse; having stolen ghee, a mongoose; (having stolen) sweet flesh, a crow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 225.26
मधु हृत्वा नरो दंश-पूपं हृत्वा पिपीलिकः । अपो हृत्वा तु पापात्मा वायसः सम्प्रजायते
madhu hṛtvā naro daṃśa-pūpaṃ hṛtvā pipīlikaḥ / apo hṛtvā tu pāpātmā vāyasaḥ samprajāyate
Having stolen honey a man (becomes) a gadfly; having stolen a cake, an ant; but having stolen water, the evil-souled one is born a crow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 225.27
हृते काष्ठे च हारीतः कपोतो वा प्रजायते । हृत्वा तु काञ्चनं भाण्डं कृमियोनौ प्रजायते
hṛte kāṣṭhe ca hārītaḥ kapoto vā prajāyate / hṛtvā tu kāñcanaṃ bhāṇḍaṃ kṛmiyonau prajāyate
When wood has been stolen, one is born a green pigeon or a dove; but having stolen a golden vessel, one is born in the womb of a worm.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 225.28
कार्पासिके हृते क्रौञ्चो वह्रिहर्ता बकस्तथा । मयूरो वर्णकं हृत्वा शाकपत्रञ्च जायते
kārpāsike hṛte krauñco vahrihartā bakastathā / mayūro varṇakaṃ hṛtvā śākapatrañca jāyate
When cotton goods are stolen, (one becomes) a curlew; and one who steals fire, a heron; having stolen dye, a peacock—and (having stolen) vegetable leaves (likewise) he is born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 225.29
जीवञ्जीवकतां याति रक्तवस्त्वपहृन्नरः । छुछुन्दरिः शुभान्गन्धाञ्छशं हृत्वा शशो भवेत्
jīvañjīvakatāṃ yāti raktavastvapahṛnnaraḥ / chuchundariḥ śubhāngandhāñchaśaṃ hṛtvā śaśo bhavet
A man who steals red cloth goes to the state of a jīvañjīvaka bird; (having stolen) fine perfumes, a musk-shrew; having stolen a hare, he becomes a hare.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 225.30
षण्डाः कलापहरणे काष्ठहृत्तृणकीटकः । पुष्पं हृत्वा दरिद्रस्तु पङ्गुर्याचकहृन्नरः
ṣaṇḍāḥ kalāpaharaṇe kāṣṭhahṛttṛṇakīṭakaḥ / puṣpaṃ hṛtvā daridrastu paṅguryācakahṛnnaraḥ
On stealing ornaments (they become) eunuchs; the stealer of wood, a grass-insect; having stolen a flower one becomes poor, and the man who robs a beggar becomes lame.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 225.31
शाकहर्ता च हारीतस्तोयहर्ता च चातकः । गृहहृन्नरकान्गत्वा रौरवादीन्सुदारुणान्
śākahartā ca hārītastoyahartā ca cātakaḥ / gṛhahṛnnarakāngatvā rauravādīnsudāruṇān
And one who steals vegetables (becomes) a green pigeon, and one who steals water a cātaka bird; the stealer of a house goes to the most terrible hells, Raurava and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 225.32
तृणगुल्मलतावल्लीत्वग्घारी तरुतां व्रजेत् । एष एव क्रमो दृष्टो गोसुवर्णादिहारिणाम्
tṛṇagulmalatāvallītvagghārī tarutāṃ vrajet / eṣa eva kramo dṛṣṭo gosuvarṇādihāriṇām
One who steals grass, shrubs, creepers, vines or bark goes to the state of a tree; just this same sequence is seen for those who steal cows, gold and the like.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 225.33
विद्यापहारी मूकः स्याद्गत्वा च नरकान्बहन् । असमिद्धे हुते चाग्नौ मन्दाग्निः खलु जायते
vidyāpahārī mūkaḥ syādgatvā ca narakānbahan / asamiddhe hute cāgnau mandāgniḥ khalu jāyate
One who steals knowledge would become mute, after going to many hells; and when the fire is not kindled though the offering is made, one is indeed born with weak digestion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 225.34
परनिन्दा कृतघ्नत्वं परसीमाभिघातनम् । नैष्ठुर्यं निर्घृणत्वञ्च परदारोपसेवनम्
paranindā kṛtaghnatvaṃ parasīmābhighātanam / naiṣṭhuryaṃ nirghṛṇatvañca paradāropasevanam
Slandering others, ingratitude, breaking the boundaries of others' land, harshness, pitilessness, and resorting to another's wife;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 225.35
परस्वहरणाशौचं देवतानां च कुत्सनम् । निकृत्य बन्धनं नॄणां कार्पण्यञ्च नृणां वधः । उपलक्षणाद्विजानीयान्मुक्तानां नरकादनु
parasvaharaṇāśaucaṃ devatānāṃ ca kutsanam / nikṛtya bandhanaṃ nṝṇāṃ kārpaṇyañca nṛṇāṃ vadhaḥ / upalakṣaṇādvijānīyānmuktānāṃ narakādanu
Taking others' property, impurity, and reviling the gods, deceitfully binding men, meanness, and the killing of men—by these signs one should recognise those (just now) released from hell.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 225.36
दया भूतेषु संवादः परलोकं प्रति क्रिया । सत्यं हितार्थमुक्तिश्च वेदप्रामाण्यदर्शनम्
dayā bhūteṣu saṃvādaḥ paralokaṃ prati kriyā / satyaṃ hitārthamuktiśca vedaprāmāṇyadarśanam
Compassion toward beings, agreement (in speech), action directed toward the next world, truth, speaking for another's benefit, and regarding the Vedas as authoritative;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 225.37
गुरुदेवर्षिसिद्धर्षिसेवनं साधुसंयमः । सत्क्रियाष्वसनं मैत्री स्वर्गस्य लक्षणं विदुः । अष्टाङ्गयोगविज्ञानात्प्राप्नोत्यात्यन्तिकं फलम्
gurudevarṣisiddharṣisevanaṃ sādhusaṃyamaḥ / satkriyāṣvasanaṃ maitrī svargasya lakṣaṇaṃ viduḥ / aṣṭāṅgayogavijñānātprāpnotyātyantikaṃ phalam
Service of the guru, the gods, the seers and the perfected seers, restraint (in the manner) of the good, abiding in good works, and friendliness — (these) they know to be the mark of heaven; from the full knowledge of the eight-limbed yoga one obtains the final fruit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain