Garuda Purana — Uttara Khanda (Pretakalpa) — Chapter 1
GaP 2 1.1
धर्मन्दृढबद्धमूलो वेदस्कन्धः पुराणशाखाढ्यः । क्रतुकुसुमो मोक्षफलो मधुसूदनपादपो जयति
dharmandṛḍhabaddhamūlo vedaskandhaḥ purāṇaśākhāḍhyaḥ / kratukusumo mokṣaphalo madhusūdanapādapo jayati
Victorious is the tree that is Madhusūdana, whose root is firmly bound as dharma, whose trunk is the Vedas, which is rich in branches that are the Purāṇas, whose flowers are the sacrifices and whose fruit is liberation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 1.2
नैमिषे ऽनिमिषक्षेत्रे शौनकाद्या मुनीश्वराः । कर्मणामन्तरे सूतं स्वासीनमिदमब्रुवन्
naimiṣe 'nimiṣakṣetre śaunakādyā munīśvarāḥ / karmaṇāmantare sūtaṃ svāsīnamidamabruvan
In Naimiṣa, the field of the unblinking ones, the lords among sages, Śaunaka and the others, said this to the Sūta who was seated at ease, in an interval between the rites.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 1.3
सूत जानासि सकलं वस्तु व्यासप्रसादतः । तेन नः सन्दिहानानां सन्देहं छेत्तुमर्हसि
sūta jānāsi sakalaṃ vastu vyāsaprasādataḥ / tena naḥ sandihānānāṃ sandehaṃ chettumarhasi
"Sūta, you know every matter by the grace of Vyāsa; therefore you ought to cut away the doubt of us who are in doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 1.4
यथा तृणजलौकेति न्यायमा श्रित्य कञ्चन । देहिनो ऽन्यतनुप्राप्तिं केचित्त्वेवं वदन्ति हि
yathā tṛṇajalauketi nyāyamā śritya kañcana / dehino 'nyatanuprāptiṃ kecittvevaṃ vadanti hi
Relying on some such principle as 'like a grass-leech,' some indeed declare in this way the embodied one's acquisition of another body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 1.5
केचित्पुनर्यातनानां यामीनामुपभोगतः । पश्चाद्देहान्तरप्राप्तिं वदन्ति किमु तत्रसत्
kecitpunaryātanānāṃ yāmīnāmupabhogataḥ / paścāddehāntaraprāptiṃ vadanti kimu tatrasat
But others say that the acquisition of another body comes afterwards, following the experiencing of the torments of Yama's realm. Which of these is the truth?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 1.6
सूत उवाच । साधु पृष्टं महाभागाः शृणुध्वं भवतां पुनः । सन्देहो नोपपद्येत लोकार्थं किल पृच्छताम्
sūta uvāca / sādhu pṛṣṭaṃ mahābhāgāḥ śṛṇudhvaṃ bhavatāṃ punaḥ / sandeho nopapadyeta lokārthaṃ kila pṛcchatām
Sūta said: Well have you asked, greatly fortunate ones; listen. For you, who indeed ask for the sake of the world, no doubt could arise.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 1.8
तदहं कृष्णगरुडसंवादद्वारकं द्विजाः । अपाकरिष्ये सन्देहं भवतां भावितात्मनाम् ॥ गर्प्_२,१।७ ॥ नमः कृष्णाय मुनये य एनं समुपाश्रिताः । अञ्जस्तरन्ति संसारसागरं कुनदीमिव
tadahaṃ kṛṣṇagaruḍasaṃvādadvārakaṃ dvijāḥ / apākariṣye sandehaṃ bhavatāṃ bhāvitātmanām // garp_2,1.7 // namaḥ kṛṣṇāya munaye ya enaṃ samupāśritāḥ / añjastaranti saṃsārasāgaraṃ kunadīmiva
Therefore, brahmins, I shall remove the doubt of you, whose selves are contemplative, by way of the conversation between Kṛṣṇa and Garuḍa. // Homage to Kṛṣṇa the sage, taking refuge in whom (people) easily cross the ocean of transmigration as if it were a wretched little river.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 1.9
एकदा वैनतेयस्य लोकानां लोकनस्पृहा । बभूव सो ऽथ बभ्राम तेषु नाम हरेर्गृणन्
ekadā vainateyasya lokānāṃ lokanaspṛhā / babhūva so 'tha babhrāma teṣu nāma harergṛṇan
Once a longing to look at the worlds arose in Vainateya (Garuḍa); so he wandered among them, uttering the name of Hari.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 1.10
स पातालं भुवं स्वर्गं भ्रान्त्वालब्धशमाशयः । लोकदुः खेनातिदुः खी पुनर्वैकुण्ठमागमत्
sa pātālaṃ bhuvaṃ svargaṃ bhrāntvālabdhaśamāśayaḥ / lokaduḥ khenātiduḥ khī punarvaikuṇṭhamāgamat
Having wandered through the netherworld, the earth, and heaven, his mind found no peace; made exceedingly sorrowful by the sorrow of the worlds, he came back to Vaikuṇṭha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 1.11
न रजो न तमश्चैव सत्त्वं ताभ्यां च मिश्रितम् । यत्र प्रवर्तते नैव सत्त्वमेव प्रवर्तते
na rajo na tamaścaiva sattvaṃ tābhyāṃ ca miśritam / yatra pravartate naiva sattvameva pravartate
Where neither rajas nor tamas, nor sattva mixed with those two, is at work at all — there only (pure) sattva operates.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 1.12
न यत्र माया नाशश्च न चै रागादयो मलाः । श्यामावदाताः सुरुचः शतपत्रविलोचनाः
na yatra māyā nāśaśca na cai rāgādayo malāḥ / śyāmāvadātāḥ surucaḥ śatapatravilocanāḥ
Where there is no māyā and no destruction, nor the stains of passion and the rest; (its dwellers are) dark and glossy, of lovely lustre, with eyes like hundred-petalled lotuses.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 1.13
सुरासुरार्चिता यत्र गणा विष्णोः सुपेशसः । पिशङ्गवस्त्राभारणा मणियुङ्निष्कभूषिताः
surāsurārcitā yatra gaṇā viṣṇoḥ supeśasaḥ / piśaṅgavastrābhāraṇā maṇiyuṅniṣkabhūṣitāḥ
Where Viṣṇu's hosts, honoured by gods and asuras, are of beautiful form, with tawny garments and ornaments, adorned with jewel-set neck-plates (niṣka).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 1.14
चतुर्भुजाः कुण्डलिनो मौलिनो मालिनस्तथा । भ्राजिष्णुभिर्विमानानां पङ्किभिर्ये महात्मनाम्
caturbhujāḥ kuṇḍalino maulino mālinastathā / bhrājiṣṇubhirvimānānāṃ paṅkibhirye mahātmanām
Four-armed, wearing earrings, diadems and garlands, they — by the gleaming rows of the aerial cars of those great-souled ones,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 1.15
द्योतन्ते द्योतमानानां प्रमदानां च पङ्क्तिभिः । श्रीर्यत्र नानाविभवैर्हरेः पादौ मुदार्चति
dyotante dyotamānānāṃ pramadānāṃ ca paṅktibhiḥ / śrīryatra nānāvibhavairhareḥ pādau mudārcati
and by the rows of radiant, shining women, shine forth; where Śrī, with her manifold splendours, joyfully worships Hari's two feet.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 1.16
हरिं गायति दोलास्थं गीयमानालिभिः स्वयम् । ददर्श श्रीहरिं तत्र श्रीपतिं सात्वतां पतिम्
hariṃ gāyati dolāsthaṃ gīyamānālibhiḥ svayam / dadarśa śrīhariṃ tatra śrīpatiṃ sātvatāṃ patim
She herself sings of Hari as he sits on the swing, while her companions sing along. There he saw Śrī Hari, the lord of Śrī, the lord of the Sātvatas,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 1.17
जगत्पतिं यज्ञपतिं पार्षदैः परिषेवितम् । सुनन्दनन्दप्रबलार्हणमुख्यैर्निरन्तरम्
jagatpatiṃ yajñapatiṃ pārṣadaiḥ pariṣevitam / sunandanandaprabalārhaṇamukhyairnirantaram
the lord of the world, the lord of sacrifice, constantly attended by his retinue headed by Sunanda, Nanda, Prabala and Arhaṇa,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 1.18
भृत्यप्रसादसुमुखमायतारुणलोचनम् । किरीटिनं कुण्डलिनं श्रिया वक्षसि लक्षितम्
bhṛtyaprasādasumukhamāyatāruṇalocanam / kirīṭinaṃ kuṇḍalinaṃ śriyā vakṣasi lakṣitam
his face gracious with favour towards his servants, with long reddish eyes, wearing a diadem and earrings, marked on the chest by Śrī,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 1.19
पीतांशुकं चतुर्बाहुं प्रसन्नहसिताननम् । अभ्यर्हणासनासीनं ताभिः शक्तिभिरावृतम्
pītāṃśukaṃ caturbāhuṃ prasannahasitānanam / abhyarhaṇāsanāsīnaṃ tābhiḥ śaktibhirāvṛtam
clad in yellow, four-armed, his face with a serene smile, seated upon the seat of honour, surrounded by those powers (śaktis),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 1.20
प्रधानपुरुषाभ्यां च महता चाहमा तथा । एकादशोन्द्रियैश्चैव पञ्चभूतैस्तथैव च
pradhānapuruṣābhyāṃ ca mahatā cāhamā tathā / ekādaśondriyaiścaiva pañcabhūtaistathaiva ca
and by pradhāna and puruṣa, by mahat and likewise by ahaṃkāra, and by the eleven organs and likewise the five elements —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 1.21
स्वरूपेरममाणं तमीश्वरं विनतासुतः । तद्दर्शनाह्लादयुतस्वान्तो हृष्यत्तनूरुहः
svarūperamamāṇaṃ tamīśvaraṃ vinatāsutaḥ / taddarśanāhlādayutasvānto hṛṣyattanūruhaḥ
(he saw) that Lord taking his delight in his own form; and the son of Vinatā, his heart filled with the joy of that sight, the hairs of his body bristling,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 1.22
लोचनाभ्यामश्रु मुञ्चन्प्रेममग्नो ननाम ह । नमागतं नतं स्वीय वाहनं विष्णुरब्रवीत् । भूमिः का लङ्घिता पक्षिंस्त्वयेयन्तमनेहसम्
locanābhyāmaśru muñcanpremamagno nanāma ha / namāgataṃ nataṃ svīya vāhanaṃ viṣṇurabravīt / bhūmiḥ kā laṅghitā pakṣiṃstvayeyantamanehasam
shedding tears from both eyes, sunk in love, bowed down. To his own vehicle, who had come and bowed, Viṣṇu said: "What land has been traversed by you, O bird, for so long a time?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 1.23
गरुड उवाच । तव प्रसादाद्वैकुण्ठ त्रैलोक्यं सचराचरम्
garuḍa uvāca / tava prasādādvaikuṇṭha trailokyaṃ sacarācaram
Garuḍa said: By your grace, O Vaikuṇṭha, the three worlds with their moving and unmoving beings —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 1.24
मया विलोकितं सर्वं जगत्स्थावरजङ्गमम् । भूर्लोकात्सत्यपर्यन्तं पुरं याम्यं विना प्रभो
mayā vilokitaṃ sarvaṃ jagatsthāvarajaṅgamam / bhūrlokātsatyaparyantaṃ puraṃ yāmyaṃ vinā prabho
all this world, stationary and moving, has been surveyed by me, from Bhūrloka up to Satya(loka), except Yama's city, O Lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 1.27
भूर्लोकः सर्वलोकानां प्रचुरः सर्वजन्तुषु । मानुष्यं सर्वभूतानां भुक्तिमुक्त्यालयं शुभम् ॥ गर्प्_२,१।२५ ॥ अतः सुकृतिनां लोको न भूतो न भविष्यति ॥ गर्प्_२,१।२६ ॥ गायन्ति देवाः किल गीतकानि धन्यास्तु ये भारतभूमिभागे । स्वर्गापवर्गस्य फलार्जनाय भवन्ति भूयः पुरुषाः सुरत्वात्
bhūrlokaḥ sarvalokānāṃ pracuraḥ sarvajantuṣu / mānuṣyaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ bhuktimuktyālayaṃ śubham // garp_2,1.25 // ataḥ sukṛtināṃ loko na bhūto na bhaviṣyati // garp_2,1.26 // gāyanti devāḥ kila gītakāni dhanyāstu ye bhāratabhūmibhāge / svargāpavargasya phalārjanāya bhavanti bhūyaḥ puruṣāḥ suratvāt
Bhūrloka is the most abundant of all worlds in all creatures; human birth, of all states of being, is the auspicious abode of both enjoyment and liberation. [1.25] Hence for the meritorious there neither has been nor will be (such) a world. [1.26] The gods, indeed, sing these songs: "Blessed are those who, in the region of the land of Bharata, become men once more from their godhood, in order to win the fruit of heaven and of liberation."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 1.28
प्रेतः कौक्षिप्यते कस्मात्पञ्चरत्नं मुखे कथम् । अधस्ताच्चालिता दर्भाः पादौ याम्यां व्यवस्थितौ
pretaḥ kaukṣipyate kasmātpañcaratnaṃ mukhe katham / adhastāccālitā darbhāḥ pādau yāmyāṃ vyavasthitau
Why is the dead man laid down (on the ground)? Why the five gems in his mouth? Why is darbha grass spread beneath, and his feet set toward the south (Yama's quarter)?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 1.29
किमर्थं पुत्रपौत्राश्च तस्य तिष्ठन्ति चाग्रतः । किमर्थं दीयते दानं गोदानमपि केशव
kimarthaṃ putrapautrāśca tasya tiṣṭhanti cāgrataḥ / kimarthaṃ dīyate dānaṃ godānamapi keśava
Why do his sons and grandsons stand before him? Why is a gift given, and even the gift of a cow, O Keśava?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 1.30
बन्धुमित्राण्यमित्राश्च क्षमापयन्ति तत्कथम् । तिलालोहं हिरण्यं च कर्पासं लवणं तथा
bandhumitrāṇyamitrāśca kṣamāpayanti tatkatham / tilālohaṃ hiraṇyaṃ ca karpāsaṃ lavaṇaṃ tathā
Why do kinsmen, friends and enemies ask (his) pardon? And sesame, iron, gold, cotton, and salt,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 1.31
सप्तधान्यं क्षितिर्गावो दीयन्ते केनहेतुना । कथं हि म्रियते जन्तुर्मृतो वै कुत्र गच्छति
saptadhānyaṃ kṣitirgāvo dīyante kenahetunā / kathaṃ hi mriyate janturmṛto vai kutra gacchati
the seven grains, land, cows — for what reason are these given? And how does a creature die, and where indeed does the dead one go?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 1.32
अतिवाहशरीरं च कथं हि श्रयते तदा । शवं स्कन्धे वहेत्पुत्रो अग्निदाता च पौत्रकः
ativāhaśarīraṃ ca kathaṃ hi śrayate tadā / śavaṃ skandhe vahetputro agnidātā ca pautrakaḥ
And how does he then take on the ativāha (transit) body? The son should carry the corpse on his shoulder, and the grandson be the giver of the fire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 1.33
आज्येनाभ्यञ्जनं कस्मात्कुत एकाहुतिक्रिया । वसुन्धरा किमर्थं च कुतः स्त्रीशब्दकीर्तनम्
ājyenābhyañjanaṃ kasmātkuta ekāhutikriyā / vasundharā kimarthaṃ ca kutaḥ strīśabdakīrtanam
Why the anointing with clarified butter? Whence the rite of a single oblation? For what purpose the earth? Whence the pronouncing of the word 'woman'?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 1.34
यमसूक्तं किमर्थं च उदीच्या दिशमाहरेत् । पानीयमेकवस्त्रेण सूर्यबिम्बनिरीक्षणम्
yamasūktaṃ kimarthaṃ ca udīcyā diśamāharet / pānīyamekavastreṇa sūryabimbanirīkṣaṇam
And for what purpose the Yama-hymn? Why should (one) carry (the body?) toward the northern direction? Why the water (offered) with a single garment, and the gazing at the disc of the sun?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 1.35
यवसर्षपदूर्वास्तु पाषाणे निम्बपत्रकम् । वस्त्रं नरश्च नारी च विदध्यादधरोत्तरम्
yavasarṣapadūrvāstu pāṣāṇe nimbapatrakam / vastraṃ naraśca nārī ca vidadhyādadharottaram
And why barley, mustard-seed and dūrva grass, a nīm leaf on a stone, cloth, and why should one arrange a man and a woman, lower and upper?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 1.36
अन्नाद्यं गृहमागत्य न भोक्तव्यं जनैः सह । नवकांश्चैव पिण्डांश्च किमर्थं ददते सुताः
annādyaṃ gṛhamāgatya na bhoktavyaṃ janaiḥ saha / navakāṃścaiva piṇḍāṃśca kimarthaṃ dadate sutāḥ
Why, on coming home, should food not be eaten together with (other) people? And why do the sons give the nine piṇḍas?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 1.37
किमर्थं चत्वरे दुग्धं यात्रे पक्वे च मृन्मये । काष्ठत्रयं गणाबद्धं कृत्वा रात्रौ चतुष्पथे
kimarthaṃ catvare dugdhaṃ yātre pakve ca mṛnmaye / kāṣṭhatrayaṃ gaṇābaddhaṃ kṛtvā rātrau catuṣpathe
Why is there milk in the courtyard, and (why) in a baked clay (vessel) at the setting-out; and (why), having made three sticks bound in a bundle, at night at the crossroads —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 1.38
निशायां दीयते दीपो यावदब्दं दिनेदिन । दाहोदकं किमर्थं च किमर्थं च जनैः सह
niśāyāṃ dīyate dīpo yāvadabdaṃ dinedina / dāhodakaṃ kimarthaṃ ca kimarthaṃ ca janaiḥ saha
— is a lamp given at night, day by day for a whole year? And why the water of the cremation, and why (this) together with (other) people?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 1.39
भगवन्नाति वाहश्च नव पिण्डाः प्रदापयेत् । कथं देयं पितृभ्यश्च वाहस्यावाहनं कथम्
bhagavannāti vāhaśca nava piṇḍāḥ pradāpayet / kathaṃ deyaṃ pitṛbhyaśca vāhasyāvāhanaṃ katham
O Lord, and the ativāha (rite) — one should have nine piṇḍas given: how are they to be given to the fathers, and how is the invocation of the (spirit-)vehicle done?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 1.40
इदञ्चेत्क्रियते देव कस्मात्पिण्डं प्रदापयेत् । किं तत्प्रदीयते तस्य पिण्डदानाद्यनन्तरम्
idañcetkriyate deva kasmātpiṇḍaṃ pradāpayet / kiṃ tatpradīyate tasya piṇḍadānādyanantaram
And if this is performed, O God, why should one have a piṇḍa given? What is given to him after the piṇḍa-offering and the rest?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 1.41
अस्थिसञ्चयनं चैव घटस्फोटं तथैव च । द्वितीये ऽह्नि कुतः स्नानं चतुर्थे साग्निके द्विजे
asthisañcayanaṃ caiva ghaṭasphoṭaṃ tathaiva ca / dvitīye 'hni kutaḥ snānaṃ caturthe sāgnike dvije
And the gathering of the bones, and likewise the breaking of the pot; why the bath on the second day, and on the fourth for a twice-born who maintains the (sacred) fire?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 1.42
दशमे किं मलस्नानं कार्यं सर्वजनैः सह । कस्मात्तैलोद्वर्तनं च स्कन्धवाहगृहं नयेत्
daśame kiṃ malasnānaṃ kāryaṃ sarvajanaiḥ saha / kasmāttailodvartanaṃ ca skandhavāhagṛhaṃ nayet
Why, on the tenth (day), is the impurity-bath to be performed together with all the people? Why the rubbing with oil, and why should (they) lead the shoulder-bearer to the house?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 1.43
तैलोद्वर्तनकं चापि दधुः स्थूलजलाशये । दशमे ऽहनि यत्पिण्डं तद्दद्या दामिषेण तु
tailodvartanakaṃ cāpi dadhuḥ sthūlajalāśaye / daśame 'hani yatpiṇḍaṃ taddadyā dāmiṣeṇa tu
And they placed the oil-rubbing too at a large body of water; and the piṇḍa on the tenth day — that one should give with meat.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 1.44
पिणाञ्चैकादशे कस्माद्वृषोत्सर्गादिपूर्वकम् । भाजनोपानहौ च्छत्रं वासांसि त्वङ्गुलीयकम्
piṇāñcaikādaśe kasmādvṛṣotsargādipūrvakam / bhājanopānahau cchatraṃ vāsāṃsi tvaṅgulīyakam
And why the piṇḍa on the eleventh (day), preceded by the release of a bull and so forth? A vessel, sandals, an umbrella, garments, and a ring —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 1.45
त्रयोदशे ऽह्नि देयं स्यात्पददानं किमर्थकम् । श्राद्धानि षोडशैतानि अब्दं यावत्कुतो घटः
trayodaśe 'hni deyaṃ syātpadadānaṃ kimarthakam / śrāddhāni ṣoḍaśaitāni abdaṃ yāvatkuto ghaṭaḥ
— are to be given on the thirteenth day; what is the purpose of the gift of a seat(?)? These sixteen śrāddhas — and whence the pot for a whole year?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 1.48
अन्नाद्येनोदकेनैव षष्ट्याधिकशतत्रयम् । दिनेदिने च दातव्यं घटान्नं प्रेततृप्तये ॥ गर्प्_२,१।४६ ॥ प्राप्ते काले वै म्रियते अनित्या मानवाः प्रभो ॥ गर्प्_२,१।४७ ॥ छिद्रं तु नैव पश्यामि कुतो जीवः स निर्गतः । कुतो गच्छन्ति भूतानि पृथिव्यापो मनस्तथा । तेजो वदस्व मे नाथ वायुराकाशमेव च
annādyenodakenaiva ṣaṣṭyādhikaśatatrayam / dinedine ca dātavyaṃ ghaṭānnaṃ pretatṛptaye // garp_2,1.46 // prāpte kāle vai mriyate anityā mānavāḥ prabho // garp_2,1.47 // chidraṃ tu naiva paśyāmi kuto jīvaḥ sa nirgataḥ / kuto gacchanti bhūtāni pṛthivyāpo manastathā / tejo vadasva me nātha vāyurākāśameva ca
With food and with water, three hundred and sixty (times) — day by day the pot-food is to be given for the satisfaction of the departed. When his time has come a man dies; men are impermanent, O Lord. But I see no opening: by what way did that life-breath go out? Where do the elements go — earth, water, and mind; tell me, O Lord, fire too, and wind and space.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 1.49
कुतः कर्मेन्द्रियाणीह पञ्चबुद्धीन्द्रियाणि च । वायवश्चैव पञ्चैते कथं गच्छन्ति चात्ययम्
kutaḥ karmendriyāṇīha pañcabuddhīndriyāṇi ca / vāyavaścaiva pañcaite kathaṃ gacchanti cātyayam
Whence here the five organs of action and the five organs of knowledge? And these five winds — how do they go to their end?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 1.50
लोभमोहादयः पञ्च शरीरे चैव तस्कराः । तृष्णा कामो ह्यहङ्कारः कुतो यान्ति जनार्दना
lobhamohādayaḥ pañca śarīre caiva taskarāḥ / tṛṣṇā kāmo hyahaṅkāraḥ kuto yānti janārdanā
The five, greed, delusion and the rest, which are thieves in the body; thirst, desire, and egoism — where do they go, O Janārdana?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 1.51
पुण्यं वाप्यथवापुण्यं यत्किञ्चित्सुकृतं तथा । नष्टे देहे कुतो यान्ति दानानि विविधानि च
puṇyaṃ vāpyathavāpuṇyaṃ yatkiñcitsukṛtaṃ tathā / naṣṭe dehe kuto yānti dānāni vividhāni ca
Merit, or else demerit, and whatever good has been done — when the body is destroyed, where do they go, and the various gifts?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 1.52
सपिण्डनं किमर्थं च पूर्णे संवत्सरे ऽपि वा । प्रेतस्य मेलनं केषां किंविधं तत्र कारयेत्
sapiṇḍanaṃ kimarthaṃ ca pūrṇe saṃvatsare 'pi vā / pretasya melanaṃ keṣāṃ kiṃvidhaṃ tatra kārayet
And what is the purpose of the sapiṇḍana rite, even when the full year is complete? With whom is the joining of the departed one, and in what manner should one perform it there?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 1.53
मूर्छनात्पननाद्वापि विपत्तिर्यदि जायते । ये दग्धा ये त्वदग्धाश्च पतिता ये नरा भुवि
mūrchanātpananādvāpi vipattiryadi jāyate / ye dagdhā ye tvadagdhāśca patitā ye narā bhuvi
If death occurs from fainting or from falling(?) — those who are burned and those who are unburned, and those men who have fallen on the ground,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 1.54
यानि चान्यानि भूतानि तेषामन्ते भवेच्च किम् । पापिनो ये दुराचारा ये चान्ये गतबुद्धयः
yāni cānyāni bhūtāni teṣāmante bhavecca kim / pāpino ye durācārā ye cānye gatabuddhayaḥ
and whatever other beings there are — what becomes of them at the end? Those who are sinners, of evil conduct, and those others whose understanding is gone,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 1.55
आत्मघाती ब्रह्महा च स्तेयी विश्वासघातकः । कपिलायाः पिबेच्छूद्रो यः पठेदिदमक्षरम्
ātmaghātī brahmahā ca steyī viśvāsaghātakaḥ / kapilāyāḥ pibecchūdro yaḥ paṭhedidamakṣaram
A suicide, a brahmin-killer, a thief, a betrayer of trust; a śūdra who should drink (the milk) of a tawny cow, who should recite this syllable,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 1.56
धारयेद्ब्रह्मसूत्रं वा का गतिस्तस्य माधव । शूद्रस्य ब्राह्मणी भार्या संगृहीता यदा भवेत्
dhārayedbrahmasūtraṃ vā kā gatistasya mādhava / śūdrasya brāhmaṇī bhāryā saṃgṛhītā yadā bhavet
or should wear the sacred thread — what is his destiny, Mādhava? And when a brahmin woman has been taken (as) a śūdra's wife,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 1.57
भीतो ऽहं पापिनस्तस्मात्तन्मे वद जगत्प्रभो । अन्यच्च शृणु विश्वात्मन्मया कौतुकिना रयात्
bhīto 'haṃ pāpinastasmāttanme vada jagatprabho / anyacca śṛṇu viśvātmanmayā kautukinā rayāt
I am afraid of such a sinner; therefore tell me that, lord of the world. And hear something else, Soul of the universe: by me, being curious, swiftly —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 1.58
लोकांल्लोकयता लोके जगाहे विश्वमण्डलम् । तत्राजनि जनान्दृष्ट्वा दुः खेष्वेव निमज्जतः
lokāṃllokayatā loke jagāhe viśvamaṇḍalam / tatrājani janāndṛṣṭvā duḥ kheṣveva nimajjataḥ
as I was surveying the worlds, I plunged into the circle of the universe in the world; there there arose (in me), on seeing people sinking in nothing but sorrows,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 1.59
स्वान्ते मे दुर्धरा पीडा तत्पीडातो गरीयसी । त्रिदिवे दितिजातेभ्यो भूमौ मृत्युरुगादिभिः
svānte me durdharā pīḍā tatpīḍāto garīyasī / tridive ditijātebhyo bhūmau mṛtyurugādibhiḥ
in my own heart an unbearable pain, weightier than that (their) pain: in heaven from the sons of Diti, on earth from death, disease and the rest,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 1.60
इष्टवस्तुवियो गैश्च पाताले मामकं भयम् । एवं न निर्भयं स्थानमन्यदीश भवत्पदात्
iṣṭavastuviyo gaiśca pātāle māmakaṃ bhayam / evaṃ na nirbhayaṃ sthānamanyadīśa bhavatpadāt
and from separations from cherished things; in the underworld (too) there is fear for me. Thus, O Lord, there is no fearless place other than your feet.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 1.61
असत्यं स्वप्नमायावत्कालेन कवलीकृतम् । तत्रापि भारते वर्षे बहुदुः खस्य भागिनः
asatyaṃ svapnamāyāvatkālena kavalīkṛtam / tatrāpi bhārate varṣe bahuduḥ khasya bhāginaḥ
(All is) unreal, like a dream-illusion, swallowed up by time. And there too, in the land of Bhārata, sharing in much sorrow,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 1.62
जना दृष्टा मया रागद्वेषमोहादिविप्लुताः । केचिदन्धाः केकराक्षास्खलद्वाचस्तु पङ्गवः
janā dṛṣṭā mayā rāgadveṣamohādiviplutāḥ / kecidandhāḥ kekarākṣāskhaladvācastu paṅgavaḥ
people were seen by me, swept away by passion, hatred, delusion and the rest: some blind, some squint-eyed, some with faltering speech, some crippled,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 1.63
खञ्जाः काणाश्च बधिरा मूकाः कुष्ठाश्च लोमशाः । नानारोगपरीताश्च खपुष्पाच्चाभिमानिनः
khañjāḥ kāṇāśca badhirā mūkāḥ kuṣṭhāśca lomaśāḥ / nānārogaparītāśca khapuṣpāccābhimāninaḥ
limping, one-eyed, deaf, mute, leprous, hairy, beset by various diseases, and conceited over sky-flowers (i.e. things that do not exist).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 1.64
तेषां दोषस्य वैचित्र्यं मृत्योर्गोचरतामपि । दृष्ट्वा प्रसुमनाः प्राप्तः को मृत्युश्चित्रता कथम्
teṣāṃ doṣasya vaicitryaṃ mṛtyorgocaratāmapi / dṛṣṭvā prasumanāḥ prāptaḥ ko mṛtyuścitratā katham
Having seen the manifold variety of their defects, and also their being subject to death, who could become glad? What is death, and how (comes) this diversity?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 1.65
मृतिर्यस्य विधानेन मरणादप्यनन्तरम् । विधिनाब्दक्रिया यस्य न स दुर्गतिमाप्नुयात्
mṛtiryasya vidhānena maraṇādapyanantaram / vidhinābdakriyā yasya na sa durgatimāpnuyāt
He whose death occurs according to the prescribed rule, and whose yearly rites after death too are according to rule — he would not come to an evil destiny.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 1.66
ऋषिभ्यस्तु मया पूर्वमिति सामान्यतः श्रुतम् । ज्ञानाय तद्द्विशेषस्य पृच्छामीदमिति प्रभो
ṛṣibhyastu mayā pūrvamiti sāmānyataḥ śrutam / jñānāya taddviśeṣasya pṛcchāmīdamiti prabho
But formerly I heard this from the sages in a general way; in order to know its particulars I ask this, O Lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 1.67
म्रियमाणस्य किं कृत्यं किं दानं वासवानुज । वाहमृत्योरन्तराले को विधिर्दहनस्य च
mriyamāṇasya kiṃ kṛtyaṃ kiṃ dānaṃ vāsavānuja / vāhamṛtyorantarāle ko vidhirdahanasya ca
What is to be done for one who is dying, what gift (is to be given), O younger brother of Vāsava? What is the rule in the interval between the carrying (out) and death, and (what) of the cremation?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 1.68
सद्यो विलम्बतो वा किं देहमन्यं प्रपद्यते । संयमन्यां क्रम्यमाणमावर्षं का मृतिक्रिया
sadyo vilambato vā kiṃ dehamanyaṃ prapadyate / saṃyamanyāṃ kramyamāṇamāvarṣaṃ kā mṛtikriyā
Does (the departed) attain another body at once, or after a delay? While he is being led along to Saṃyamanī, what death-rites (are to be performed) for a year?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain