Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 85
GaP 1 85.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- ८५ ब्रह्मोवाच । स्नात्वा प्रेतशिलादौ तु वरुणास्थामृतेन च । पिण्डं दद्यादिमैर्मन्त्रैरावाह्य च पितॄन्परान्
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 85 brahmovāca / snātvā pretaśilādau tu varuṇāsthāmṛtena ca / piṇḍaṃ dadyādimairmantrairāvāhya ca pitṝnparān
The Glorious Great Garuḍa Purāṇa, 85. Brahmā said: Having bathed at Pretaśilā and the rest, and with the water of Varuṇāsthā (?), one should offer the piṇḍa with these mantras, having invoked the distant forefathers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 85.2
अस्मत्कुले मृता ये च गतिर्येषां न विद्यते । आवाहयिष्येतान्सर्वान् दर्भपृष्ठे तिलोदकैः
asmatkule mṛtā ye ca gatiryeṣāṃ na vidyate / āvāhayiṣyetānsarvān darbhapṛṣṭhe tilodakaiḥ
"Those who have died in our family and for whom no (good) course is found — I shall invoke all of them onto the back of the darbha grass with sesame and water."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 85.3
पितवंशे मृता ये च मातृवंशे च ये मृताः । तषामुद्धरणार्थाये इमं पिण्डे ददाम्यहम्
pitavaṃśe mṛtā ye ca mātṛvaṃśe ca ye mṛtāḥ / taṣāmuddharaṇārthāye imaṃ piṇḍe dadāmyaham
"Those who have died in the father's line and those who have died in the mother's line — for the sake of their deliverance I give this piṇḍa."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 85.4
मातामहकुले ये च गतिर्येषां न विद्यते । तेषामुद्धरणार्थाय इमं पिण्डं ददाम्यहम्
mātāmahakule ye ca gatiryeṣāṃ na vidyate / teṣāmuddharaṇārthāya imaṃ piṇḍaṃ dadāmyaham
"And those in the maternal grandfather's family for whom no (good) course is found — for the sake of their deliverance I give this piṇḍa."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 85.5
अजातदन्ता ये केचिद्ये च गर्भे प्रपीडिताः । तेषामुद्धरणार्थाय इम पिण्डं ददाम्यहम्
ajātadantā ye kecidye ca garbhe prapīḍitāḥ / teṣāmuddharaṇārthāya ima piṇḍaṃ dadāmyaham
"Whoever have not yet grown teeth, and those who were crushed in the womb — for the sake of their deliverance I give this piṇḍa."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 85.6
बन्धुवर्गाश्च ये केचिन्नामगोत्रविवर्जिताः । स्वगोत्रे परगोत्रे वा गतिर्येषां न विद्यते । तेषामुद्धरणार्थाय इम पिण्डं ददाम्यहम्
bandhuvargāśca ye kecinnāmagotravivarjitāḥ / svagotre paragotre vā gatiryeṣāṃ na vidyate / teṣāmuddharaṇārthāya ima piṇḍaṃ dadāmyaham
"And whatever groups of kinsmen are without name and lineage, whether of my own lineage or another's, for whom no (good) course is found — for the sake of their deliverance I give this piṇḍa."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 85.7
उद्बन्धनमृता ये च विषशस्त्रहताश्च ये । आत्मोपघातिनो ये च तेभ्यः पिण्डं ददाम्यहम्
udbandhanamṛtā ye ca viṣaśastrahatāśca ye / ātmopaghātino ye ca tebhyaḥ piṇḍaṃ dadāmyaham
"Those who died by hanging, and those slain by poison or weapon, and those who destroyed themselves — to them I give the piṇḍa."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 85.8
अग्निदाहे मृता ये च सिंहव्याघ्रहताश्चये । दंष्ट्रिभिः शृङ्गिभिर्वापि तेषां पिण्डं ददाम्यहम्
agnidāhe mṛtā ye ca siṃhavyāghrahatāścaye / daṃṣṭribhiḥ śṛṅgibhirvāpi teṣāṃ piṇḍaṃ dadāmyaham
"Those who died by burning in fire, and those killed by lions and tigers, or by fanged or horned beasts — to them I give the piṇḍa."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 85.9
अग्निदग्धाश्च ये केचिन्नाग्निदग्धास्तथापरे । विद्युच्चौरहता ये च तेभ्यः पिण्डं ददाम्यहम्
agnidagdhāśca ye kecinnāgnidagdhāstathāpare / vidyuccaurahatā ye ca tebhyaḥ piṇḍaṃ dadāmyaham
"Whoever were burned with fire, and likewise those others not burned with fire, and those slain by lightning or by thieves — to them I give the piṇḍa."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 85.10
रौरवे चान्धतामिस्त्रे कालसूत्रे च ये गताः । तेषामुद्धरणार्थाय इमं पिण्डं ददाम्यहम्
raurave cāndhatāmistre kālasūtre ca ye gatāḥ / teṣāmuddharaṇārthāya imaṃ piṇḍaṃ dadāmyaham
"Those who have gone to Raurava, to Andhatāmisra, and to Kālasūtra — for the sake of their deliverance I give this piṇḍa."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 85.11
असिपत्रवने घोरे कंभीपाके च ये गताः । तेषामुद्धरणार्थाय इं पिण्डं ददाम्यहम्
asipatravane ghore kaṃbhīpāke ca ye gatāḥ / teṣāmuddharaṇārthāya iṃ piṇḍaṃ dadāmyaham
Those who have gone to the terrible Asipatravana (sword-leaf forest) and to Kumbhīpāka — for the sake of their deliverance I give this rice-ball.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 85.12
अन्येषां यातना स्थानां प्रेतलोकनिवासिनाम् । तेषामुद्धरणार्थाय इम पिण्डं ददाम्यहम्
anyeṣāṃ yātanā sthānāṃ pretalokanivāsinām / teṣāmuddharaṇārthāya ima piṇḍaṃ dadāmyaham
Of the others who dwell in the places of torment, inhabitants of the world of the dead — for the sake of their deliverance I give this rice-ball.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 85.13
पुशुयोनिं गता ये च पक्षिकीटसरीसृपाः । अथवा वृक्षयोनि स्थास्तेभ्यः पिण्डं ददाम्यहम्
puśuyoniṃ gatā ye ca pakṣikīṭasarīsṛpāḥ / athavā vṛkṣayoni sthāstebhyaḥ piṇḍaṃ dadāmyaham
And those who have gone to the animal womb — birds, insects, creeping things — or who abide in the womb of trees: to them I give the rice-ball.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 85.14
असंख्ययातनासंस्था ये नीता यमशासनैः । तेषामुद्धरणार्थाय इमं पिण्डं ददाम्यहम्
asaṃkhyayātanāsaṃsthā ye nītā yamaśāsanaiḥ / teṣāmuddharaṇārthāya imaṃ piṇḍaṃ dadāmyaham
Those who, set in countless torments, have been led away by Yama's officers — for the sake of their deliverance I give this rice-ball.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 85.15
जात्यन्तरसहस्रेषु भ्रमन्ति स्वेन कर्मणा । मानुष्यं दुर्लभं येषां तेभ्यः पिण्डं ददाम्यहम्
jātyantarasahasreṣu bhramanti svena karmaṇā / mānuṣyaṃ durlabhaṃ yeṣāṃ tebhyaḥ piṇḍaṃ dadāmyaham
Those who wander through thousands of other births by their own deeds, for whom human birth is hard to obtain: to them I give the rice-ball.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 85.16
ये बान्धवाबान्धवा वा ये ऽन्यजन्मनि बान्धवाः । ते सर्वेतृप्तिमायान्तु पिण्डदानेन सर्वदा
ye bāndhavābāndhavā vā ye 'nyajanmani bāndhavāḥ / te sarvetṛptimāyāntu piṇḍadānena sarvadā
Those who are kinsmen or non-kinsmen, and those who were kinsmen in another birth — may they all always come to satisfaction by this gift of the rice-ball.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 85.17
ये केचित्प्रेतरूपेण वर्तन्ते पितरो मम । ते सर्वे तृप्तिमायान्तु पिण्डदानेन सर्वदा
ye kecitpretarūpeṇa vartante pitaro mama / te sarve tṛptimāyāntu piṇḍadānena sarvadā
Whatever ancestors of mine exist in the form of ghosts — may they all always come to satisfaction by this gift of the rice-ball.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 85.18
ये मे पितृकुले जाताः कुले मातुस्तथैव च । गुरुश्वशुरबन्धूनां ये चान्ये बान्धवा मृताः
ye me pitṛkule jātāḥ kule mātustathaiva ca / guruśvaśurabandhūnāṃ ye cānye bāndhavā mṛtāḥ
Those born in my father's line, and likewise in my mother's line, and among the kin of my teacher and father-in-law, and whatever other relatives have died —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 85.19
ये मे कुले लुप्तपिण्डाः पुत्त्रदारविवर्जिताः । क्रियालो पहता ये च जात्यन्धाः पङ्गवस्तथा
ye me kule luptapiṇḍāḥ puttradāravivarjitāḥ / kriyālo pahatā ye ca jātyandhāḥ paṅgavastathā
Those in my family whose rice-balls have ceased, who are without son and wife, and those cut off from the rites, and those blind from birth, and the lame,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 85.20
विरूपा आमगर्भाश्च ज्ञाताज्ञाताः कुले मम । तेषां पिण्डं मया दत्तमक्षय्यमुपतिष्ठताम्
virūpā āmagarbhāśca jñātājñātāḥ kule mama / teṣāṃ piṇḍaṃ mayā dattamakṣayyamupatiṣṭhatām
The deformed, and those (dead) in the unripe womb, known and unknown in my family — may the rice-ball given by me stand as imperishable (nourishment) for them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 85.21
साक्षिणः सन्तु मे देवा ब्रह्मेशानादयस्तथा । मय गयां समासाद्य पितॄणां निष्कतिः कृता
sākṣiṇaḥ santu me devā brahmeśānādayastathā / maya gayāṃ samāsādya pitṝṇāṃ niṣkatiḥ kṛtā
Let the gods, Brahmā, Īśāna and the rest, be my witnesses: that, having reached Gayā, I have made the redemption of the ancestors.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 85.22
आगतो ऽहं गयां देव ! पितृकार्ये गदाधर । तन्मे साक्षी भवत्वद्य अनृणो ऽहमृणत्रयात्
āgato 'haṃ gayāṃ deva ! pitṛkārye gadādhara / tanme sākṣī bhavatvadya anṛṇo 'hamṛṇatrayāt
O god Gadādhara, I have come to Gayā for the rite of the ancestors; let (the god) be my witness today: I am freed from the three debts.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 85.23
महानदी ब्रह्मसरो ऽक्षयो वटः प्रभासमुद्यन्तमहो? गयाशिरः । सरस्वतीधर्मकधेनुपृष्ठा एते कुरुक्षेत्रगता गयायाम्
mahānadī brahmasaro 'kṣayo vaṭaḥ prabhāsamudyantamaho? gayāśiraḥ / sarasvatīdharmakadhenupṛṣṭhā ete kurukṣetragatā gayāyām
The great river, the Brahmā lake, the imperishable banyan, Prabhāsa, the rising (sun?), Gayāśiras, the Sarasvatī, and Dharma's cow's back — these belonging to Kurukṣetra are (present) at Gayā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain