Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 52
GaP 1 52.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- ५२ ब्रह्मोवाच । अतः परं प्रवक्ष्यामि प्रायश्चित्तविधिं द्विजाः । ब्रह्महा च सुरापश्च स्तेयी च गुरुतल्पगः
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 52 brahmovāca / ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi prāyaścittavidhiṃ dvijāḥ / brahmahā ca surāpaśca steyī ca gurutalpagaḥ
The Glorious Great Garuḍa Purāṇa, 52. Brahmā said: Next after this, O twice-born ones, I shall declare the rule of expiation. The slayer of a brahmin, the drinker of liquor, the thief, and he who goes to the guru's bed —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 52.2
पञ्च पातकिनस्त्वेते तत्संयोगी च पञ्चमः । उपपापानि गोहत्याप्रभृतीनि सुरा जगुः
pañca pātakinastvete tatsaṃyogī ca pañcamaḥ / upapāpāni gohatyāprabhṛtīni surā jaguḥ
these are the five great sinners, and he who associates with such a one is the fifth; the gods have declared the minor sins to be those beginning with the killing of a cow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 52.3
ब्रह्महा द्वादशाब्दानि कुटीं कृत्वा वने वसेत् । कुर्यादनशनं वाथ भृगोः पतनमेव च
brahmahā dvādaśābdāni kuṭīṃ kṛtvā vane vaset / kuryādanaśanaṃ vātha bhṛgoḥ patanameva ca
The slayer of a brahmin should build a hut and dwell in the forest for twelve years; or he should fast, or (throw himself) in a fall from a cliff.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 52.4
ज्वलन्तं वा विशेदग्निं जलं वा प्रविशेत्स्वयम् । ब्राह्मणार्थे गवार्थे वा सम्यक् प्राणान्परित्यजेत्
jvalantaṃ vā viśedagniṃ jalaṃ vā praviśetsvayam / brāhmaṇārthe gavārthe vā samyak prāṇānparityajet
Or he should enter a blazing fire, or himself enter the water; or for the sake of a brahmin or of a cow he should rightly give up his life.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 52.5
दत्त्वा चान्नं च विदुषे ब्रह्महत्यां व्यपोहति । अश्वमेधावभृथके स्नात्वा वा मुच्यते द्विजः
dattvā cānnaṃ ca viduṣe brahmahatyāṃ vyapohati / aśvamedhāvabhṛthake snātvā vā mucyate dvijaḥ
And by giving food to a learned man he removes the killing of a brahmin; or the twice-born is released by bathing in the concluding (avabhṛtha) bath of a horse sacrifice.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 52.6
सर्वस्वं वा वेदविदे ब्राह्मणाय प्रदापयेत् । सरस्वत्यास्तरङ्गिण्याः सङ्गमे लोकविश्रुते
sarvasvaṃ vā vedavide brāhmaṇāya pradāpayet / sarasvatyāstaraṅgiṇyāḥ saṅgame lokaviśrute
Or he should have all his property given to a brahmin who knows the Veda, at the world-renowned confluence of the flowing Sarasvatī;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 52.7
शुद्धे त्रिषवणस्नातस्त्रिरात्रोपोषितो द्विजः । सेतुबन्धे नरः स्नात्वा मुच्यते ब्रह्महत्यया
śuddhe triṣavaṇasnātastrirātropoṣito dvijaḥ / setubandhe naraḥ snātvā mucyate brahmahatyayā
a twice-born, bathing at the three times of day in the pure (water) and fasting for three nights — a man who has bathed at Setubandha is freed from the killing of a brahmin;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 52.8
कपालमोचने स्नात्वा वाराणस्यां तथैव च । सुरापस्तु सुरां पीत्वा अग्निवर्णां द्विजोत्तमः
kapālamocane snātvā vārāṇasyāṃ tathaiva ca / surāpastu surāṃ pītvā agnivarṇāṃ dvijottamaḥ
and likewise by bathing at Kapālamocana in Vārāṇasī. But the liquor-drinker, the best of the twice-born, having drunk liquor of the colour of fire —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 52.9
पयो घृतं वा गोमूत्रं तस्मात्पापात्प्रमुच्यते । सुवर्णस्तेयी मुक्तः स्यान्मुसलेन हतो नृपैः
payo ghṛtaṃ vā gomūtraṃ tasmātpāpātpramucyate / suvarṇasteyī muktaḥ syānmusalena hato nṛpaiḥ
or milk, or ghee, or cow's urine — is released from that sin. The stealer of gold would be freed by being struck down with a club by kings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 52.10
चीरवासा द्विजो ऽरण्ये चरेद्ब्रह्महणव्रतम् । गुरुभार्यां समारुह्य ब्राह्मणः काममोहितः
cīravāsā dvijo 'raṇye caredbrahmahaṇavratam / gurubhāryāṃ samāruhya brāhmaṇaḥ kāmamohitaḥ
Or, clothed in bark, the twice-born should practise in the forest the vow of the brahmin-slayer. A brahmin who, deluded by desire, has mounted his guru's wife —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 52.11
अवगूहेत्स्त्रियं तप्तां दीप्तां कार्ष्णायसीं कृताम् । गुर्वङ्गनागामिनश्च चरेयुर्बह्महव्रतम्
avagūhetstriyaṃ taptāṃ dīptāṃ kārṣṇāyasīṃ kṛtām / gurvaṅganāgāminaśca careyurbahmahavratam
he should embrace a woman (figure) made of black iron, heated and glowing; and those who go to the guru's wife should practise the vow of the brahmin-slayer.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 52.12
चान्द्रायणानि वा कुर्यात्पञ्च चत्वारि वा पुनः । पतितेन च संसर्गं कुरुते यस्तु वै द्विजः
cāndrāyaṇāni vā kuryātpañca catvāri vā punaḥ / patitena ca saṃsargaṃ kurute yastu vai dvijaḥ
Or he should perform five, or again four, cāndrāyaṇa observances. And the twice-born who has intercourse with an outcaste —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 52.13
स तत्पापापनोदार्थं तस्यैव व्रतमाचरेत् । तप्तकृच्छ्रं चरेद्वाथ संवत्सरमतन्द्रितः
sa tatpāpāpanodārthaṃ tasyaiva vratamācaret / taptakṛcchraṃ caredvātha saṃvatsaramatandritaḥ
he, in order to remove that sin, should practise the very vow of that (offence); or he should perform the taptakṛcchra penance for a year without sloth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 52.14
सर्वस्वदानं विधिवत्सर्वपापविशोधनम् । चान्द्रायणं च विधिना कृतं चैवातिकृच्छ्रकम्
sarvasvadānaṃ vidhivatsarvapāpaviśodhanam / cāndrāyaṇaṃ ca vidhinā kṛtaṃ caivātikṛcchrakam
The giving of all one's property according to rule is a cleansing of all sins; so too the cāndrāyaṇa performed according to rule, and the atikṛcchra;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 52.15
पुण्यक्षेत्रे गयादौ च गमनं पापनाशनम् । अमावस्यां तिथिं प्राप्य यः समाराधयेद्भवम्
puṇyakṣetre gayādau ca gamanaṃ pāpanāśanam / amāvasyāṃ tithiṃ prāpya yaḥ samārādhayedbhavam
and going to a holy place, Gayā and the rest, destroys sin. He who, on reaching the new-moon day, duly worships Bhava (Śiva),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 52.16
ब्राह्मणान् भोजयित्वा तु सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते । उपोषितश्चतुर्दश्यां कृष्णपक्षे समाहितः
brāhmaṇān bhojayitvā tu sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate / upoṣitaścaturdaśyāṃ kṛṣṇapakṣe samāhitaḥ
and feeds brahmins, is released from all sins. Fasting on the fourteenth of the dark fortnight, with collected mind,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 52.17
यमाय धर्मराजाय मृत्यवे चान्तकाय च । वैवस्वताय कालाय सर्वभूतक्षयाय च
yamāya dharmarājāya mṛtyave cāntakāya ca / vaivasvatāya kālāya sarvabhūtakṣayāya ca
to Yama, to Dharmarāja, to Mṛtyu, to Antaka, to Vaivasvata, to Kāla, and to the Destroyer of all beings,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 52.18
प्रत्येकं तिलसंयुक्तान्दद्यात्सप्त जलाञ्जलीन् । स्नात्वा नद्यां तु पूर्वाह्ने मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः
pratyekaṃ tilasaṃyuktāndadyātsapta jalāñjalīn / snātvā nadyāṃ tu pūrvāhne mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ
To each (of these) he should offer seven handfuls of water mixed with sesame; having bathed in a river in the forenoon, he is freed from all sins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 52.19
ब्रह्मचर्यमधः शय्यामुपवासं द्विजार्चनम् । व्रतेष्वेतेषु कुर्वीत शान्तः संयतमानसः
brahmacaryamadhaḥ śayyāmupavāsaṃ dvijārcanam / vrateṣveteṣu kurvīta śāntaḥ saṃyatamānasaḥ
Chastity, sleeping on the ground, fasting, honouring of the twice-born — these he should perform in (his) observances, calm and with a controlled mind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 52.20
पष्ठ्यामुपोषितो देवं शुक्लपक्षे समाहितः । सप्तम्यामर्चयेद्भानुं मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः
paṣṭhyāmupoṣito devaṃ śuklapakṣe samāhitaḥ / saptamyāmarcayedbhānuṃ mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ
Having fasted on the sixth (day) of the bright fortnight, composed, he should worship the god, the sun, on the seventh; he is freed from all sins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 52.21
एकादश्यां निराहारः समभ्यर्च्य जनार्दनम् । द्वादश्यां शुक्लपक्षस्य महापापैः प्रमुच्यते
ekādaśyāṃ nirāhāraḥ samabhyarcya janārdanam / dvādaśyāṃ śuklapakṣasya mahāpāpaiḥ pramucyate
Taking no food on the eleventh, having duly worshipped Janārdana on the twelfth of the bright fortnight, he is released from the great sins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 52.22
तपो जपस्तीर्थसेवा देवब्राह्मणपूजनम् । ग्रहणादिषु कालेषु महापातकनाशनम्
tapo japastīrthasevā devabrāhmaṇapūjanam / grahaṇādiṣu kāleṣu mahāpātakanāśanam
Austerity, muttered prayer, resort to sacred fords, worship of gods and brahmins — at times of eclipse and the like, (these are) destructive of great sin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 52.23
यः सर्वपापयुक्तो ऽपि पुण्यतीर्थेषु मानवः । नियमेन त्यजेत्प्राणान्मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः
yaḥ sarvapāpayukto 'pi puṇyatīrtheṣu mānavaḥ / niyamena tyajetprāṇānmucyate sarvapātakaiḥ
Even a man joined with all sins, who at holy fords gives up his life-breaths under a (religious) rule, is freed from all sins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 52.24
ब्रह्मघ्नं वा कृतघ्नं वा महापातकदूषितम् । भर्तारमुद्धरेन्नारी प्रविष्टा सह पावकम्
brahmaghnaṃ vā kṛtaghnaṃ vā mahāpātakadūṣitam / bhartāramuddharennārī praviṣṭā saha pāvakam
A wife who has entered the fire together (with him) rescues her husband, be he a slayer of a brahmin, or an ingrate, or defiled by a great sin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 52.25
पतिव्रता तु या नारी भर्तुः शुश्रूषणोत्सुका । न तस्या विद्यते पापमिह लोके परत्र च
pativratā tu yā nārī bhartuḥ śuśrūṣaṇotsukā / na tasyā vidyate pāpamiha loke paratra ca
But the woman who is devoted to her husband, eager in service to her husband — for her there exists no sin, in this world or the next.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 52.26
तथा रामस्य सुभगा सीता त्रैलोक्यविश्रुता । पत्नी दाशरथेर्देवी विजिग्ये राक्षसेश्वरम्
tathā rāmasya subhagā sītā trailokyaviśrutā / patnī dāśaratherdevī vijigye rākṣaseśvaram
So too the fortunate Sītā, famed in the three worlds, the wife of Daśaratha's (son), the queen of Rāma, conquered the lord of the rākṣasas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 52.27
फल्गुतीर्थादिषु स्नातः सर्वाचारफलं लभेत् । इत्याह भगवान्विष्णुः पुरा मम यतव्रताः
phalgutīrthādiṣu snātaḥ sarvācāraphalaṃ labhet / ityāha bhagavānviṣṇuḥ purā mama yatavratāḥ
One who has bathed at Phalgutīrtha and the other (fords) would obtain the fruit of all observances — thus said the Lord Viṣṇu to me formerly, O you of firm vows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition