Garuda Purana — Uttara Khanda (Pretakalpa) — Chapter 10
GaP 2 10.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- १० गरुड उवाच । सपिण्डीकरण जाते आब्दिके च स्वकर्मभिः । देवत्वं वा मनुष्यत्वं पक्षित्वं वाप्नुयुर्नराः
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 10 garuḍa uvāca / sapiṇḍīkaraṇa jāte ābdike ca svakarmabhiḥ / devatvaṃ vā manuṣyatvaṃ pakṣitvaṃ vāpnuyurnarāḥ
The Great Garuḍa Purāṇa, chapter 10. Garuḍa said: When the sapiṇḍīkaraṇa has been done and the annual rite too, men, by their own deeds, may attain the state of a god, or the state of a man, or the state of a bird.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 10.2
तेषां विभिन्नाहाराणां श्राद्धं वै तृप्तिदं कथम् । यदप्यन्यैर्द्विजैर्भुक्तं हूयते यदि वानले
teṣāṃ vibhinnāhārāṇāṃ śrāddhaṃ vai tṛptidaṃ katham / yadapyanyairdvijairbhuktaṃ hūyate yadi vānale
For those (beings), whose foods are various, how is the śrāddha a giver of satisfaction? Even that which is eaten by other brahmins, or if it is offered in the fire —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 10.3
शुभाशुभात्मकैः प्रेतस्तद्दत्तं भुज्यते कथम् । श्राद्धस्यावश्यकत्वन्तु आमावास्यादिषु श्रुतम्
śubhāśubhātmakaiḥ pretastaddattaṃ bhujyate katham / śrāddhasyāvaśyakatvantu āmāvāsyādiṣu śrutam
how is what has been given thus enjoyed by the pretas, whose natures are good or bad? Yet the obligatory character of the śrāddha is what we hear of, on the new-moon day and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 10.4
श्रीभगवानुवाच । प्रेतानां शृणु पक्षीन्द्र यथा श्राद्धन्तु तृप्तिदम् । देवो यदपि जातो ऽयं मनुष्यः कर्मयोगतः
śrībhagavānuvāca / pretānāṃ śṛṇu pakṣīndra yathā śrāddhantu tṛptidam / devo yadapi jāto 'yaṃ manuṣyaḥ karmayogataḥ
The Blessed Lord said: Hear, lord of birds, how the śrāddha is a giver of satisfaction to the pretas. Even though this one has been born a god, or a man, according to the working of his deeds,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 10.5
तस्यान्नममृतं भूत्वा देवत्वे ऽप्यनुयाति च । गान्धव्ये भोगरूपेण पशुत्वे च तृणं भवेत्
tasyānnamamṛtaṃ bhūtvā devatve 'pyanuyāti ca / gāndhavye bhogarūpeṇa paśutve ca tṛṇaṃ bhavet
his food, becoming nectar, follows him even in the state of a god; in the gandharva state in the form of enjoyment, and in the animal state it becomes grass.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 10.6
श्राद्धं हि वायुरूपेण नागत्वे ऽप्यनुगच्छति । फलं भवति पक्षित्वे राक्षसेषु तथामिषम्
śrāddhaṃ hi vāyurūpeṇa nāgatve 'pyanugacchati / phalaṃ bhavati pakṣitve rākṣaseṣu tathāmiṣam
For the śrāddha follows him in the form of wind even in the nāga state; in the state of a bird it becomes fruit, and among rākṣasas, flesh;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 10.7
दानवत्वे तथा मांसं प्रेतत्वेरुधिरं तथा । मनुष्यत्वे ऽन्नपानादि बाल्ये भोगरसो भवेत्
dānavatve tathā māṃsaṃ pretatverudhiraṃ tathā / manuṣyatve 'nnapānādi bālye bhogaraso bhavet
in the dānava state likewise meat, and in the preta state blood; in the human state food and drink and the like, and in infancy it becomes the sap of enjoyment (milk).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 10.8
गरुड उवाच । कथं कव्यानि दत्तानि हव्यानि च जनैरिह । गच्छन्ति पितृलोकं वा प्रापकः को ऽत्र गद्यते
garuḍa uvāca / kathaṃ kavyāni dattāni havyāni ca janairiha / gacchanti pitṛlokaṃ vā prāpakaḥ ko 'tra gadyate
Garuḍa said: How do the ancestral offerings and the oblations given by people here go to the world of the fathers? Who is said to be the conveyer in this matter?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 10.9
मृतानामपि जन्तूनां श्राद्धमाप्यायनं यदि । निर्वाणस्य प्रदीपस्य तैलं संवर्धयेच्छिखाम्
mṛtānāmapi jantūnāṃ śrāddhamāpyāyanaṃ yadi / nirvāṇasya pradīpasya tailaṃ saṃvardhayecchikhām
If the śrāddha is a nourishing even of creatures that are dead — would oil then make the flame of an extinguished lamp grow?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 10.10
मृताश्च पुरुषाः स्वामिन् स्वकर्मजनितां गतिम् । गाहन्तः के कथं स्वस्य सुतस्य श्रेय आप्नुयुः
mṛtāśca puruṣāḥ svāmin svakarmajanitāṃ gatim / gāhantaḥ ke kathaṃ svasya sutasya śreya āpnuyuḥ
And, O Lord, dead men, plunging into the course brought about by their own deeds — which of them, and how, obtain the benefit (conferred) by their own son?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 10.11
श्रीभगवानुवाच । श्रुतेः प्रत्यक्षतस्तार्क्ष्य प्रामाण्यं बलवत्तरम् । श्रुत्या तुः बोधितार्थस्य पीयूषत्वादिरूपता
śrībhagavānuvāca / śruteḥ pratyakṣatastārkṣya prāmāṇyaṃ balavattaram / śrutyā tuḥ bodhitārthasya pīyūṣatvādirūpatā
The Blessed Lord said: O son of Tārkṣya, the authority of scripture is stronger than that of direct perception; the nature of what is taught by scripture — as nectar and the like — (is established thereby).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 10.12
नामगोत्रं पितॄणां वै प्रापकं हव्यकव्ययोः । श्राद्धस्य मन्त्रास्तद्वत्तु प्रापकाश्चैव भक्तितः
nāmagotraṃ pitṝṇāṃ vai prāpakaṃ havyakavyayoḥ / śrāddhasya mantrāstadvattu prāpakāścaiva bhaktitaḥ
The name and lineage (recited) convey to the ancestors the offerings for gods and for the dead; likewise the mantras of the śrāddha also convey (them), through devotion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 10.13
अचेतनानि चैतानि प्रापयन्ति कथन्त्विति । सुपर्ण नावगन्तव्यं प्रापकं वच्मि ते ऽपरम्
acetanāni caitāni prāpayanti kathantviti / suparṇa nāvagantavyaṃ prāpakaṃ vacmi te 'param
"But these are without consciousness — how do they convey?" O Suparṇa, this should not be supposed; I will tell you of another conveyor.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 10.14
अग्निष्वात्तादयस्तेषा माधिपत्ये व्यवस्थिताः । काले न्यायागतं पात्रे विधिना प्रतिपादितम्
agniṣvāttādayasteṣā mādhipatye vyavasthitāḥ / kāle nyāyāgataṃ pātre vidhinā pratipāditam
Agniṣvātta and the rest are established in lordship over them. Food that has come by lawful means, presented at the right time to a worthy recipient according to rule —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 10.15
अन्नं नयन्ति तत्रैते जन्तुर्यत्रावतिष्ठते । नाम गोत्रञ्च मन्त्राश्च दत्तमन्नं नयन्ति ते
annaṃ nayanti tatraite janturyatrāvatiṣṭhate / nāma gotrañca mantrāśca dattamannaṃ nayanti te
— these convey that food to where the creature abides; the name, the lineage, and the mantras convey the food that has been given.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 10.16
अपि योनिशतं प्राप्तांस्तांस्तृप्तिरुपतिष्ठति । तेषां लोकान्तरस्थानां विविधैर्नामगोत्रकैः
api yoniśataṃ prāptāṃstāṃstṛptirupatiṣṭhati / teṣāṃ lokāntarasthānāṃ vividhairnāmagotrakaiḥ
Satisfaction reaches them even if they have entered a hundred wombs — them, dwelling in another world, by means of the various names and lineages (recited).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 10.17
अपसव्यं क्षितौ दर्भे दत्ताः पिण्डास्त्रयस्तु वै । यान्ति तांस्तर्पयन्त्येवं प्रेतस्थानस्थितान्पितॄन्
apasavyaṃ kṣitau darbhe dattāḥ piṇḍāstrayastu vai / yānti tāṃstarpayantyevaṃ pretasthānasthitānpitṝn
The three balls of rice given on the ground, on darbha grass, with the sacred thread reversed, go (to them); thus they satisfy the ancestors who abide in the realm of the departed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 10.18
अप्राप्तयातनास्थानाः श्रेष्ठा ये भुवि पञ्चधा । नानारूपास्तु जाता ये तिर्यग्योन्यादिजातिषु
aprāptayātanāsthānāḥ śreṣṭhā ye bhuvi pañcadhā / nānārūpāstu jātā ye tiryagyonyādijātiṣu
Those excellent ones who have not reached the place of torment (are) on earth in five ways; and those who have been born in various forms among the animal wombs and other births —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 10.19
यदाहारा भवन्त्येते पितरो यत्र योनिषु । तासुतासु तदाहारः श्राद्धा अवतिष्ठति
yadāhārā bhavantyete pitaro yatra yoniṣu / tāsutāsu tadāhāraḥ śrāddhā avatiṣṭhati
— whatever food these ancestors have in whatever wombs they are, in those the śrāddha (offering) comes to rest as that very food.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 10.20
यथा गोषु प्रनष्टासु वत्सो विन्दति मातरम् । तथान्नं नयते विप्र जन्तुर्यत्रावतिष्ठते
yathā goṣu pranaṣṭāsu vatso vindati mātaram / tathānnaṃ nayate vipra janturyatrāvatiṣṭhate
As, when cows have strayed, the calf finds its mother, so, O brahmin, (the offering) carries the food to where the creature abides.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 10.21
पितरः श्राद्धमोक्तारो विश्वेर्देवैः सदा सह । एते श्राद्धं सदा भुक्त्वा पितॄन्सन्तर्पयन्त्यतः
pitaraḥ śrāddhamoktāro viśverdevaiḥ sadā saha / ete śrāddhaṃ sadā bhuktvā pitṝnsantarpayantyataḥ
The ancestors are the proclaimers of the śrāddha, always together with the Viśvedevas; these, always having eaten the śrāddha, thereby satisfy the ancestors.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 10.22
वसुरुद्रादितिसुताः पितरः श्राद्धदेवताः । प्रीणयाते मनुष्याणां पितॄञ्श्राद्धेषु तर्पिताः
vasurudrāditisutāḥ pitaraḥ śrāddhadevatāḥ / prīṇayāte manuṣyāṇāṃ pitṝñśrāddheṣu tarpitāḥ
The sons of the Vasus, the Rudras and Aditi, the ancestors, are the deities of the śrāddha; being satisfied in the śrāddhas they gratify the ancestors of men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 10.23
आत्मानं गुर्विणी गर्भमपि प्रीणाति वै यथा । दोहदेन तथा देवाः श्राद्धैः स्वांश्च पितॄन्नृणाम्
ātmānaṃ gurviṇī garbhamapi prīṇāti vai yathā / dohadena tathā devāḥ śrāddhaiḥ svāṃśca pitṝnnṛṇām
Just as a pregnant woman, by (satisfying) her craving, gratifies herself and also the fetus, so the gods, by the śrāddhas, (gratify) themselves and men's ancestors.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 10.24
हृष्यन्ति पितरः श्रुत्वा श्राद्धकालमुपस्थितम् । अन्योन्यं मनसा ध्यात्वा सम्पतन्ति मनोजवम्
hṛṣyanti pitaraḥ śrutvā śrāddhakālamupasthitam / anyonyaṃ manasā dhyātvā sampatanti manojavam
The ancestors rejoice on hearing that the time of the śrāddha has come; thinking of one another in mind, they fly together with the speed of thought.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 10.25
ब्राह्मणैः सह चाश्रन्ति पितरो ह्यन्तरिक्षगाः । वायुभूताश्च तिष्ठन्ति भुक्त्वा यान्ति परां गतिम्
brāhmaṇaiḥ saha cāśranti pitaro hyantarikṣagāḥ / vāyubhūtāśca tiṣṭhanti bhuktvā yānti parāṃ gatim
And the ancestors, moving in the air, eat together with the brahmins; they remain in the form of wind, and having eaten they go to the highest state.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 10.26
निमन्त्रितास्तु ये विप्राः श्राद्धपूर्वदिनेः खग । प्रविश्य पितरस्तेषु भुक्त्वा यान्ति स्वमालयम्
nimantritāstu ye viprāḥ śrāddhapūrvadineḥ khaga / praviśya pitarasteṣu bhuktvā yānti svamālayam
O bird, those brahmins who are invited on the day before the śrāddha — the ancestors enter into them, and having eaten, go to their own abode.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 10.27
श्राद्धकर्त्रा तु यद्येकः श्राद्धे विप्रो निमन्त्रितः । उदरस्थः पिता तस्य वामपार्श्वे पितामहः
śrāddhakartrā tu yadyekaḥ śrāddhe vipro nimantritaḥ / udarasthaḥ pitā tasya vāmapārśve pitāmahaḥ
If a single brahmin is invited to the śrāddha by the performer of the śrāddha, his father is in that (brahmin's) belly, the grandfather at his left side,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 10.28
प्रपितामहो दक्षिणतः पृष्ठतः पिण्डभक्षकः । श्राद्धकाले यमः प्रेतान्पितॄंश्चापि यमालयात्
prapitāmaho dakṣiṇataḥ pṛṣṭhataḥ piṇḍabhakṣakaḥ / śrāddhakāle yamaḥ pretānpitṝṃścāpi yamālayāt
the great-grandfather at the right, and behind him the eater of the rice-ball. At the time of the śrāddha Yama releases from Yama's abode the departed and the ancestors too,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 10.29
विसर्जयति मानुष्ये निरयस्थांश्च काश्यप । क्षुधार्ताः कीर्तयन्तश्च दुष्कृतञ्च स्वयङ्कृतम्
visarjayati mānuṣye nirayasthāṃśca kāśyapa / kṣudhārtāḥ kīrtayantaśca duṣkṛtañca svayaṅkṛtam
(releases them) into the human world, and also those dwelling in hell, O Kāśyapa; tormented by hunger and recounting the evil they themselves have done,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 10.30
काङ्क्षन्ति पुत्रपौत्रेभ्यः पायसं मधुसंयुतम् । तस्मात्तांस्तत्र विधिना तर्पयेत्पायसेन तु
kāṅkṣanti putrapautrebhyaḥ pāyasaṃ madhusaṃyutam / tasmāttāṃstatra vidhinā tarpayetpāyasena tu
they long for milk-rice mixed with honey from their sons and grandsons; therefore one should satisfy them there with milk-rice, according to the rule.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 10.31
गरुड उवाच । स्वामिन्केनापि ते दृष्टा आगताः पितरो द्विज । लोकादमुष्मादागत्य भुञ्जन्तो भुवि मानद
garuḍa uvāca / svāminkenāpi te dṛṣṭā āgatāḥ pitaro dvija / lokādamuṣmādāgatya bhuñjanto bhuvi mānada
Garuḍa said: Lord, has anyone seen the fathers, O twice-born, coming here — having come from that world and eating on earth, O giver of honour?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 10.32
श्रीभगवानुवाच । गरुत्मञ्छृणु वक्ष्यामि यथा दृष्टास्तु सीतया । पितरो विप्रदेहे वै श्वशुराद्यास्त्रयः क्वचित्
śrībhagavānuvāca / garutmañchṛṇu vakṣyāmi yathā dṛṣṭāstu sītayā / pitaro vipradehe vai śvaśurādyāstrayaḥ kvacit
The Blessed Lord said: Listen, Garutmān, I shall tell how they were once seen by Sītā — the fathers, in a brahmin's body, the three beginning with her father-in-law.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 10.33
गृहीत्वा पितुराज्ञां वै रामो वनमुपागमत् । ततः पुष्करयात्रार्थं रामो ऽयात्सीतया सह
gṛhītvā piturājñāṃ vai rāmo vanamupāgamat / tataḥ puṣkarayātrārthaṃ rāmo 'yātsītayā saha
Having accepted his father's command, Rāma went to the forest; then Rāma went with Sītā to make the pilgrimage to Puṣkara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 10.34
तीर्थं चापि समागत्य श्राद्धं प्रारब्ध वांस्तु सः । फलं पक्वन्तु जानक्या सिद्धं रामे निवेदितम्
tīrthaṃ cāpi samāgatya śrāddhaṃ prārabdha vāṃstu saḥ / phalaṃ pakvantu jānakyā siddhaṃ rāme niveditam
And having reached the sacred ford, he began the śrāddha; ripe fruit, prepared by Jānakī, was offered to Rāma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 10.35
स्नातप्रियोक्तवाक्यात्तु सुस्नाता नमपालयत् । नभोमध्यगते सूर्ये काले कुतुप आगते
snātapriyoktavākyāttu susnātā namapālayat / nabhomadhyagate sūrye kāle kutupa āgate
At her beloved's word, "bathe," she, well bathed, waited; when the sun had reached mid-sky, the kutapa hour having come,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 10.36
अयाता ऋःषयः सर्वे ये रामेण निमन्त्रिताः । तान्मुनीनागतान्दृष्ट्वा वैदेही जनकात्मका
ayātā ṛḥṣayaḥ sarve ye rāmeṇa nimantritāḥ / tānmunīnāgatāndṛṣṭvā vaidehī janakātmakā
all the seers who had been invited by Rāma arrived. Seeing those sages arrived, Vaidehī, Janaka's daughter,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 10.37
रामाज्ञयान्नमादाय परिवेष्टुमुपागता । अपासर्पत्ततो दूरे विप्रमध्ये तु संस्थिता
rāmājñayānnamādāya pariveṣṭumupāgatā / apāsarpattato dūre vipramadhye tu saṃsthitā
at Rāma's command took up the food and came to serve it; but then she withdrew far off, having (first) stood in the midst of the brahmins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 10.38
गुल्मैराच्छाद्य चात्मानं निगूढं सा स्थिता तदा । एकान्ते तु तदा सीतां ज्ञात्वा राघवनन्दनः
gulmairācchādya cātmānaṃ nigūḍhaṃ sā sthitā tadā / ekānte tu tadā sītāṃ jñātvā rāghavanandanaḥ
Covering herself with bushes, she stood hidden then; and knowing Sītā to be then in a solitary place, the delight of the Raghus
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 10.39
विमृश्य सुचिरं कालमिदं किमिति सत्वरम् । किञ्चित्क्वचिद्गता साध्वी त्रपायाः कारणेन हि
vimṛśya suciraṃ kālamidaṃ kimiti satvaram / kiñcitkvacidgatā sādhvī trapāyāḥ kāraṇena hi
pondered a long while: "What is this, so suddenly? The virtuous woman has gone off somewhere for a little, out of modesty.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 10.40
किं वा न भोजयन्विप्रान्सी तामन्वेषयाम्यहम् । विमृशन्नेवमेवं स स्वयं विप्रानभोजयत्
kiṃ vā na bhojayanviprānsī tāmanveṣayāmyaham / vimṛśannevamevaṃ sa svayaṃ viprānabhojayat
Or shall I not feed the brahmins, (but) search for her?" Pondering thus and thus, he himself fed the brahmins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 10.41
गतेषु द्विजमुख्येषु प्रियां रामो ऽब्रवीदिदम् । कथं तलासु लीना त्वं मुनीन्दृष्ट्वा समागतान्
gateṣu dvijamukhyeṣu priyāṃ rāmo 'bravīdidam / kathaṃ talāsu līnā tvaṃ munīndṛṣṭvā samāgatān
When the chief twice-born had gone, Rāma said this to his beloved: "Why did you hide among the palm trees on seeing the sages arrived?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 10.42
तत्सर्वं मम तन्वङ्गि कारणं वद मा चिरम् । एवमुक्ता तदा भर्त्रा सीता साधोमुखी स्थिता । मुञ्चन्ती चाश्रुसंघातं राघवं वाक्यमब्रवीत्
tatsarvaṃ mama tanvaṅgi kāraṇaṃ vada mā ciram / evamuktā tadā bhartrā sītā sādhomukhī sthitā / muñcantī cāśrusaṃghātaṃ rāghavaṃ vākyamabravīt
Tell me all the reason for that, slender-limbed one, without delay." Addressed thus by her husband, Sītā stood with her face lowered, and shedding a flood of tears she spoke these words to Rāghava.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 10.43
सीतोवाच । शृणु त्वं नाथ यद्दृष्टमाश्चर्यमिह यादृशम्
sītovāca / śṛṇu tvaṃ nātha yaddṛṣṭamāścaryamiha yādṛśam
Sītā said: Hear, my lord, what a marvel I saw here, and of what kind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 10.44
पिता तव मया दृष्टो ब्राह्मणाग्रे तु राघवः । सर्वाभरणसंयुक्तोद्वौ चान्यौ च तथाविधौ
pitā tava mayā dṛṣṭo brāhmaṇāgre tu rāghavaḥ / sarvābharaṇasaṃyuktodvau cānyau ca tathāvidhau
Your father was seen by me, O Rāghava, in front of the brahmin, adorned with all ornaments, and two others likewise.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 10.45
दृष्ट्वा त्वत्पितरञ्चाहमपक्रान्ता तवान्तिकात् । वल्कलाजिनसंवीता कथं राज्ञः पुरः प्रभो
dṛṣṭvā tvatpitarañcāhamapakrāntā tavāntikāt / valkalājinasaṃvītā kathaṃ rājñaḥ puraḥ prabho
And on seeing your father I withdrew from your side. Clad in bark and deerskin, how, O master, in the king's presence
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 10.46
भवामि रिपुवीरघ्न सत्यमेतदुहाहृतम् । स्वहस्तेन कथं देयं राज्ञे वा भोजनं मया
bhavāmi ripuvīraghna satyametaduhāhṛtam / svahastena kathaṃ deyaṃ rājñe vā bhojanaṃ mayā
could I appear, O slayer of enemy heroes? This truth is here declared. And how could food be given by me with my own hand to a king,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 10.47
दासानामपि ये दासा नोपभुञ्जन्ति कर्हिचित् । तृणपात्रे कथं तस्मै अन्नं दातुं हि शक्रुयाम्
dāsānāmapi ye dāsā nopabhuñjanti karhicit / tṛṇapātre kathaṃ tasmai annaṃ dātuṃ hi śakruyām
which even the slaves of slaves never partake of? How indeed could I be able to give him food on a leaf-plate?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 10.50
याहं राज्ञा पुरा दृष्टा सर्वाभरणभूषिता । सा स्वेदमलदिग्धाङ्गी कथं यास्यामि भूपतिम् । अपकृष्टास्मि तेनाहं त्रपया रघुनन्दन । श्रीभागवानुवाच ॥ गर्प्_२,१०।४८ ॥ इति श्रुत्वा प्रियावाक्यं रामो विस्मितमानसः ॥ गर्प्_२,१०।४९ ॥ आश्चर्यमिति तज्ज्ञात्वा तदा स्वस्थानमागमत् । सीतया पितरो दृष्टा यथा तत्ते निवेदितम्
yāhaṃ rājñā purā dṛṣṭā sarvābharaṇabhūṣitā / sā svedamaladigdhāṅgī kathaṃ yāsyāmi bhūpatim / apakṛṣṭāsmi tenāhaṃ trapayā raghunandana / śrībhāgavānuvāca // garp_2,10.48 // iti śrutvā priyāvākyaṃ rāmo vismitamānasaḥ // garp_2,10.49 // āścaryamiti tajjñātvā tadā svasthānamāgamat / sītayā pitaro dṛṣṭā yathā tatte niveditam
I, who was formerly seen by the king adorned with all ornaments — how shall I, my limbs smeared with sweat and dirt, go before the lord of the earth? Therefore I drew away out of shame, O delight of the Raghus. The Blessed Lord said: Hearing his beloved's words thus, Rāma, his mind amazed, knowing it to be a marvel, then went to his own place. Thus it has been declared to you how the fathers were seen by Sītā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 10.51
अपरं श्राद्धमाहात्म्यं किञ्चिच्छृणु समासतः । अमावस्यादिने प्राप्ते गृहद्वारे समास्थिताः
aparaṃ śrāddhamāhātmyaṃ kiñcicchṛṇu samāsataḥ / amāvasyādine prāpte gṛhadvāre samāsthitāḥ
Hear briefly something further of the greatness of the śrāddha. When the new-moon day arrives, they stand at the house door,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 10.52
वायुभूताः प्रवाञ्छन्ति श्राद्धं पितृगणा नृणाम् । यावदस्तमयं भानोः क्षुत्पिपासासमाकुलाः
vāyubhūtāḥ pravāñchanti śrāddhaṃ pitṛgaṇā nṛṇām / yāvadastamayaṃ bhānoḥ kṣutpipāsāsamākulāḥ
become wind, the hosts of the fathers long for men's śrāddha, tormented by hunger and thirst until the setting of the sun.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 10.53
ततश्चास्तं गते सूर्ये निराशा दुः खसंयुताः । निः श्वसन्तश्चिरं यान्ति गर्हयन्तस्तु वंशजम्
tataścāstaṃ gate sūrye nirāśā duḥ khasaṃyutāḥ / niḥ śvasantaściraṃ yānti garhayantastu vaṃśajam
Then, when the sun has set, hopeless and filled with sorrow, sighing they go away for a long while, reproaching the (living) descendant of their line.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 10.54
तस्माच्छ्राद्धं प्रयत्नेन अमायां कर्तुमर्हति । यदि श्राद्धं प्रकुर्वन्ति पुत्राद्यास्तस्य बान्धवाः
tasmācchrāddhaṃ prayatnena amāyāṃ kartumarhati / yadi śrāddhaṃ prakurvanti putrādyāstasya bāndhavāḥ
Therefore one ought to perform the śrāddha with effort on the new-moon day. If his kinsmen, sons and the rest, perform the śrāddha—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 10.55
उद्धृता ये गयाश्राद्धे ब्रह्मलोकञ्च तैः सह । भजन्ते क्षुत्पिपासा वा न तेषां जायते क्वचित्
uddhṛtā ye gayāśrāddhe brahmalokañca taiḥ saha / bhajante kṣutpipāsā vā na teṣāṃ jāyate kvacit
—those who have been raised up by the śrāddha at Gayā (go) to the world of Brahmā together with them; or (rather, they) enjoy it, and hunger and thirst never arise for them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 10.56
तस्माच्छ्राद्धं प्रयत्नेन सम्यक्कुर्याद्विचक्षणः । तस्माच्छ्राद्धं चरेद्भक्त्या शाकैरपि यथाविधि
tasmācchrāddhaṃ prayatnena samyakkuryādvicakṣaṇaḥ / tasmācchrāddhaṃ caredbhaktyā śākairapi yathāvidhi
Therefore a discerning man should perform the śrāddha properly and with effort; therefore let him carry out the śrāddha with devotion according to rule, even with (mere) vegetables.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 10.57
कुर्वीत समये श्राद्धं कुले कश्चिन्न सीदति । आयुः पुत्रान्यशः स्वर्गं कीर्तिं पुष्टिं बलं श्रियम्
kurvīta samaye śrāddhaṃ kule kaścinna sīdati / āyuḥ putrānyaśaḥ svargaṃ kīrtiṃ puṣṭiṃ balaṃ śriyam
Let him perform the śrāddha at the (proper) time; (then) no one in the family suffers ruin. Long life, sons, renown, heaven, fame, prosperity, strength, wealth,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 10.58
पशून्सारैव्यं धनं धान्यं प्राप्नुयात्पितृपूजनात् । देवकार्यादपि सदा पितृकार्यं विशिष्यते
paśūnsāraivyaṃ dhanaṃ dhānyaṃ prāpnuyātpitṛpūjanāt / devakāryādapi sadā pitṛkāryaṃ viśiṣyate
cattle, ... , riches and grain—these one obtains from the worship of the ancestors; the rite for the ancestors is always more excellent even than the rite for the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 10.59
देवताभ्यः पितॄणां हि पूर्वमाप्यायनं शुभम् । ये यजन्ति पितॄन्देवान्ब्राह्मणांश्च हुताशनम्
devatābhyaḥ pitṝṇāṃ hi pūrvamāpyāyanaṃ śubham / ye yajanti pitṝndevānbrāhmaṇāṃśca hutāśanam
For the satisfying of the ancestors, before the gods, is auspicious. Those who worship the ancestors, the gods, the brahmins and the fire—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 10.60
सर्वभूतान्तरात्मानं मामेव हि यजन्ति ते । स्मार्तेन विधिना श्राद्धं कृत्वा स्वविभवोचितम्
sarvabhūtāntarātmānaṃ māmeva hi yajanti te / smārtena vidhinā śrāddhaṃ kṛtvā svavibhavocitam
they worship none other than me, the inner self of all beings. Having performed the śrāddha by the smārta rule, suited to one's own means,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 10.61
आब्राह्मस्तम्बपर्यन्तं जगत्प्रीणाति मानवः । अन्नप्रकिरणं यत्तु मनुष्यैः क्रियते भुवि
ābrāhmastambaparyantaṃ jagatprīṇāti mānavaḥ / annaprakiraṇaṃ yattu manuṣyaiḥ kriyate bhuvi
a man gladdens the world from Brahmā down to the clump of grass. And that scattering of food which is done by men on the earth—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 10.62
तेन तुप्तिमुपायान्ति ये पिशाचत्वमागताः । यच्चाम्बुः स्नानवस्त्रेभ्यो भूमौ पतति खेचर
tena tuptimupāyānti ye piśācatvamāgatāḥ / yaccāmbuḥ snānavastrebhyo bhūmau patati khecara
by that those who have come to the state of piśācas attain satisfaction. And the water that falls to the ground from the bathing-garments, O sky-goer—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 10.63
तेन ये तरुतां प्राप्तास्तेषां तृप्तिः प्रजायते । यानि गन्धाम्बूनि चैव पतन्ति धरणीतले
tena ye tarutāṃ prāptāsteṣāṃ tṛptiḥ prajāyate / yāni gandhāmbūni caiva patanti dharaṇītale
by that satisfaction arises for those who have attained the condition of trees. And the scented waters that fall on the surface of the earth—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 10.64
तेन चाप्यायनं तेषां ये देवत्वमुपागताः । ये चापि स्वकुलाद्बाह्याः क्रियायोग्या ह्यसंस्कृताः
tena cāpyāyanaṃ teṣāṃ ye devatvamupāgatāḥ / ye cāpi svakulādbāhyāḥ kriyāyogyā hyasaṃskṛtāḥ
by that comes the refreshment of those who have attained godhood. And those too who are outside their own family, fit for the rites yet unconsecrated—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 10.65
विपन्नास्ते तु विकिरसंमार्जनजलाशिनः । भुक्त्वा चाचमनं यच्च जलं यच्चाह्नि सेवितम्
vipannāste tu vikirasaṃmārjanajalāśinaḥ / bhuktvā cācamanaṃ yacca jalaṃ yaccāhni sevitam
those who have perished are eaters of the scattered grains and of the sweeping-water. And the water of rinsing the mouth after eating, and what is used during the day
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 10.66
ब्राह्मणानां तथैवान्यत्तेन तृप्तिं प्रयान्ति वै । पिशाचत्वमनुप्राप्ताः कृमिकीटत्वमेव ये
brāhmaṇānāṃ tathaivānyattena tṛptiṃ prayānti vai / piśācatvamanuprāptāḥ kṛmikīṭatvameva ye
by the brahmins, and whatever else—by that they indeed attain satisfaction: those who have come to the state of piśācas and to the state of worms and insects.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 10.67
उद्धृतेष्वन्नपिण्डेषु भुवि ये चान्नकाङ्क्षिणः । तैरेवाप्यायनं तेषां ये मनुष्यत्वमागताः
uddhṛteṣvannapiṇḍeṣu bhuvi ye cānnakāṅkṣiṇaḥ / tairevāpyāyanaṃ teṣāṃ ye manuṣyatvamāgatāḥ
When the balls of food have been taken up, those on the earth who long for food—by those very (offerings) comes the refreshment of them who have come to human birth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 10.68
एवं वै क्रियमाणानां तेषां चैव द्विजन्मनाम् । कश्चिज्जलान्नविक्षेपः शुचिरुच्छिष्ट एव वा
evaṃ vai kriyamāṇānāṃ teṣāṃ caiva dvijanmanām / kaścijjalānnavikṣepaḥ śucirucchiṣṭa eva vā
Thus, indeed, while these things are being done by those twice-born, whatever scattering of water and food there is, whether pure or (mere) leftovers—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 10.69
तेनान्नेन कुले तेषां ये वै जात्यन्तरं गताः । भवत्याप्यायनं तेषां सम्यक् श्राद्धे कृते सति
tenānnena kule teṣāṃ ye vai jātyantaraṃ gatāḥ / bhavatyāpyāyanaṃ teṣāṃ samyak śrāddhe kṛte sati
by that food (comes benefit) to those in their family who have gone to another birth; refreshment comes about for them when the śrāddha is properly performed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 10.70
अन्यायोपार्जितैर्द्रव्यैर्यच्छ्राद्धं क्रियते नरैः । तकृप्यन्ति तेन चण्डालाः पुक्कसाद्युपयोनिषु
anyāyopārjitairdravyairyacchrāddhaṃ kriyate naraiḥ / takṛpyanti tena caṇḍālāḥ pukkasādyupayoniṣu
The śrāddha that is performed by men with goods acquired unjustly—by that the caṇḍālas are satisfied, (those born) in the wombs of pukkasas and the like.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 10.71
एवं संप्राप्यते पक्षिन् यद्दत्तमिह बान्धवैः । श्राद्धं कुर्वद्भिरन्नाम्वुशाकैस्तृप्तिर्हि जायते
evaṃ saṃprāpyate pakṣin yaddattamiha bāndhavaiḥ / śrāddhaṃ kurvadbhirannāmvuśākaistṛptirhi jāyate
Thus, O bird, whatever is given here by kinsmen is obtained; for satisfaction arises through the food, water and vegetables of those who perform the śrāddha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 10.72
एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं यन्मां त्वं परिपृच्छसि । सद्यो देहान्तरप्राप्तिर्विलंबेनावनीतले
etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ yanmāṃ tvaṃ paripṛcchasi / sadyo dehāntaraprāptirvilaṃbenāvanītale
All this has been told to you, what you ask of me. (As for) the obtaining of another body at once or after delay on the surface of the earth,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 10.73
पृष्टवानसि तत्ते ऽहं प्रवक्ष्यामि समासतः । सद्यो विलम्बतञ्चैवोभयथापि कलेवरम्
pṛṣṭavānasi tatte 'haṃ pravakṣyāmi samāsataḥ / sadyo vilambatañcaivobhayathāpi kalevaram
What you have asked, that I shall declare to you in brief: the body (obtained) at once and the one (obtained) after delay — both ways.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 10.74
यतो हि मर्त्यः प्राप्नोति तद्विशेषञ्च मे शृणु । अधूमकज्योतिरिवाङ्गुष्ठमात्रः पुमांस्ततः
yato hi martyaḥ prāpnoti tadviśeṣañca me śṛṇu / adhūmakajyotirivāṅguṣṭhamātraḥ pumāṃstataḥ
And hear from me the particulars of how the mortal obtains it: the person is thereafter of the measure of a thumb, like a smokeless flame.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 10.75
देहमेकं सद्य एव वायवीयं प्रपद्यते । यथा नृणजलौका हि पश्चत्पादं तदोद्धरेत्
dehamekaṃ sadya eva vāyavīyaṃ prapadyate / yathā nṛṇajalaukā hi paścatpādaṃ tadoddharet
He attains at once one body, made of wind — just as a leech would then lift its rear foot,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 10.76
स्थितिरग्र्यस्य पादस्य यदा जाता दृढा भवेत् । एवं देही पूर्वदेहं समुत्सृजति तं यदा
sthitiragryasya pādasya yadā jātā dṛḍhā bhavet / evaṃ dehī pūrvadehaṃ samutsṛjati taṃ yadā
when the placing of the forward foot has become firm — so does the embodied one wholly cast off the former body, when
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 10.77
भोगार्थमग्रे स्याद्देहो वायवीय उपस्थितः । विषयग्राहकं यद्वन्म्रियमाणस्य चेन्द्रियम्
bhogārthamagre syāddeho vāyavīya upasthitaḥ / viṣayagrāhakaṃ yadvanmriyamāṇasya cendriyam
a wind-made body has already presented itself for the sake of experiencing (pleasure and pain). Just as the sense-faculty of one who is dying, which grasps objects,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 10.78
निर्व्यापारं तच्च देहे वायुनैव स गच्छति । शरीरं यदवाप्नोति तच्चाप्युत्क्वम्यति स्वयम्
nirvyāpāraṃ tacca dehe vāyunaiva sa gacchati / śarīraṃ yadavāpnoti taccāpyutkvamyati svayam
becomes inactive in the body — and by the wind alone he goes; and whatever body he obtains, that too he himself departs from.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 10.79
गृहीत्वा स्वं विनिर्याति जीवो गर्भ ईवाशयात् । उत्क्रामन्तं स्थितं वापि भुञ्जानं वा गुणान्वितम्
gṛhītvā svaṃ viniryāti jīvo garbha īvāśayāt / utkrāmantaṃ sthitaṃ vāpi bhuñjānaṃ vā guṇānvitam
Having taken hold of its own (body), the living being goes forth, as an embryo from the womb. Him departing, or abiding, or enjoying, endowed with the qualities —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 10.80
विमूढा नानुपश्यन्ति पश्यन्ति ज्ञानचक्षुषः । आतिवाहिकमित्येवं वायवीयं वदन्ति हि
vimūḍhā nānupaśyanti paśyanti jñānacakṣuṣaḥ / ātivāhikamityevaṃ vāyavīyaṃ vadanti hi
the deluded do not perceive; those who have the eye of knowledge see (him). Thus indeed they call the wind-made (body) the 'conveying' body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 10.81
एवं तु यातुधानानां तमेव च वदन्ति हि । सुपर्ण ईदृशो देहो नृणां भवति पिण्डजः
evaṃ tu yātudhānānāṃ tameva ca vadanti hi / suparṇa īdṛśo deho nṛṇāṃ bhavati piṇḍajaḥ
And of the demons too they speak of just that same (body). O Suparṇa, such is the body of men that is born of the rice-balls.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 10.82
पुत्रादिभिः कृताश्चेत्स्युः पिण्डा दश दशाहिकाः । पिण्डजेन तु देहेन वायुजश्चैकतां व्रजेत्
putrādibhiḥ kṛtāścetsyuḥ piṇḍā daśa daśāhikāḥ / piṇḍajena tu dehena vāyujaścaikatāṃ vrajet
If ten rice-balls, one for each of the ten days, are made by the sons and the rest, then the wind-born (body) becomes one with the body born of the rice-balls.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 10.83
पिण्डजो यदि नैव स्याद्वायुजोर्ऽहति यातनाम् । देहिनो ऽस्मिन्यथा देहे कौमारं यौवनं जरा । तथा देहान्तरप्राप्तिः पक्षीन्द्रेत्यवधारय
piṇḍajo yadi naiva syādvāyujor'hati yātanām / dehino 'sminyathā dehe kaumāraṃ yauvanaṃ jarā / tathā dehāntaraprāptiḥ pakṣīndretyavadhāraya
If there is no piṇḍa-born body at all, the wind-born one undergoes the torments. As for the embodied one in this body there is childhood, youth, old age, so too is the obtaining of another body — understand this, O lord of birds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 10.84
वासांसि जीर्णानि यथा विहाय नवानि गृह्णाति नरोपराणि । तथा शरीराणि विहाय जीर्णान्यन्यानि संयाति नवानि देही
vāsāṃsi jīrṇāni yathā vihāya navāni gṛhṇāti naroparāṇi / tathā śarīrāṇi vihāya jīrṇānyanyāni saṃyāti navāni dehī
As a man, casting off worn-out garments, takes up new ones, so the embodied one, casting off worn-out bodies, goes to other, new ones.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 10.85
नैनं छिन्दन्ति शस्त्राणि नैनं दहति पावकः । न चैनं क्लेदयन्त्यापो न शोषयति मारुतः
nainaṃ chindanti śastrāṇi nainaṃ dahati pāvakaḥ / na cainaṃ kledayantyāpo na śoṣayati mārutaḥ
Weapons do not cut him, fire does not burn him, waters do not wet him, and the wind does not dry him up.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 10.86
वायवीयां तनुं याति सद्य इत्युक्तमेव ते । प्राप्तिर्विलंबतो यस्य तं देहं खलु मे शृणु
vāyavīyāṃ tanuṃ yāti sadya ityuktameva te / prāptirvilaṃbato yasya taṃ dehaṃ khalu me śṛṇu
It has already been told to you that he goes at once to a wind-made body. Now hear from me indeed about that body whose obtaining is delayed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 10.87
क्वचिद्विलंबतो देहं पिण्डजं स समाप्नुयात् । अथो गतो याम्यलोकं स्वीयकर्मानुसारतः
kvacidvilaṃbato dehaṃ piṇḍajaṃ sa samāpnuyāt / atho gato yāmyalokaṃ svīyakarmānusārataḥ
In some cases, for one who is delayed, he obtains a body born of the rice-balls; then he goes to Yama's world according to his own deeds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 10.88
चित्रगुप्तस्यवाक्येन निरयाणि भुनक्ति सः । यातनाःसमवाप्याथ पशुपक्ष्यादिकीं तनुम्
citraguptasyavākyena nirayāṇi bhunakti saḥ / yātanāḥsamavāpyātha paśupakṣyādikīṃ tanum
By the word of Citragupta he undergoes the hells; and then, having experienced the torments, (he takes on) a body such as that of a beast, a bird, or the like—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 10.89
या गृह्णाति नरः सा स्यान्मोहेन ममतास्पदम् । शुभाशुभं कर्मफलं भुक्त्वा मुच्यते मानवः
yā gṛhṇāti naraḥ sā syānmohena mamatāspadam / śubhāśubhaṃ karmaphalaṃ bhuktvā mucyate mānavaḥ
—which a man takes on, and that (body) becomes, through delusion, a seat of the sense of 'mine'. Having consumed the fruit of good and bad action, the man is released.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 10.90
गरुड उवाच । तीर्त्वा दुः खभवाम्भोधिं भवन्तं कथमाप्नुयात् । बहुपातकयुक्तो ऽपि तद्वदस्व दयानिधे
garuḍa uvāca / tīrtvā duḥ khabhavāmbhodhiṃ bhavantaṃ kathamāpnuyāt / bahupātakayukto 'pi tadvadasva dayānidhe
Garuḍa said: How may one, having crossed the ocean of existence that is suffering, attain you, even though joined with many sins? Tell that, O treasury of compassion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 10.91
भूयो दुः खस्य संसर्गो नरस्य न भवेद्यथा । ब्रूहि शुश्रूषमाणस्य पृच्छतो मे रमापते
bhūyo duḥ khasya saṃsargo narasya na bhavedyathā / brūhi śuśrūṣamāṇasya pṛcchato me ramāpate
Tell me—who wish to hear and who am asking—O lord of Ramā, how a man may not again have contact with suffering.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 10.92
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच । स्वेस्वे कर्मण्यभिरतः संसिद्धिं लभते नरः । स्वकर्मनिरतः सिद्धिं यथा विन्दति तच्छृणु
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / svesve karmaṇyabhirataḥ saṃsiddhiṃ labhate naraḥ / svakarmanirataḥ siddhiṃ yathā vindati tacchṛṇu
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: A man devoted to his own particular duty attains complete perfection. Hear how one intent on his own duty obtains perfection.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 10.93
कर्मविभ्रष्टकालुष्यो वासुदेवानुचिन्तया । बुद्ध्या विशुद्धया युक्तो धृत्यात्मानं नियम्य च
karmavibhraṣṭakāluṣyo vāsudevānucintayā / buddhyā viśuddhayā yukto dhṛtyātmānaṃ niyamya ca
His impurity destroyed by (right) action, through constant meditation on Vāsudeva, joined with purified intellect, and restraining the self with firmness—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 10.94
शब्दादीन्विषयांस्त्यक्त्वा रागद्वेषौ व्युदस्य च । विरक्तसेवी लब्ध्वाशी यतवाक्कायमानसः
śabdādīnviṣayāṃstyaktvā rāgadveṣau vyudasya ca / viraktasevī labdhvāśī yatavākkāyamānasaḥ
having abandoned sound and the other objects (of sense), and cast off attraction and aversion, keeping company with the detached, eating what he obtains, controlled in speech, body, and mind,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 10.95
ध्यानयोगपरो नित्यं वैरग्यं समुपाश्रितः । अहङ्कारं बलं दर्पं कामं क्रोधं परिग्रहम्
dhyānayogaparo nityaṃ vairagyaṃ samupāśritaḥ / ahaṅkāraṃ balaṃ darpaṃ kāmaṃ krodhaṃ parigraham
ever devoted to the yoga of meditation, having taken refuge in dispassion—egotism, force, arrogance, desire, anger, possession:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 10.96
विमुच्य निर्ममः शान्तो ब्रह्मभूयाय कल्पते । अतः परं नृणां कृत्यं नास्ति कश्यपनन्दन
vimucya nirmamaḥ śānto brahmabhūyāya kalpate / ataḥ paraṃ nṛṇāṃ kṛtyaṃ nāsti kaśyapanandana
having released (these), free from the sense of 'mine', at peace, he becomes fit for (attaining) the state of Brahman. Beyond this there is no duty for men, O son of Kaśyapa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition