Garuda Purana — Uttara Khanda (Pretakalpa) — Chapter 13
GaP 2 13.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- १३ गरुड उवाच । कर्मणा केन देवेश प्रेतत्वं नैव जायते । पृथिव्यां सर्वजन्तूनां तद् ब्रूहि परमेश्वर
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 13 garuḍa uvāca / karmaṇā kena deveśa pretatvaṃ naiva jāyate / pṛthivyāṃ sarvajantūnāṃ tad brūhi parameśvara
The Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, 13. Garuḍa said: By what act, O lord of gods, does the state of being a preta not arise at all for all creatures on earth? Tell that, O supreme lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 13.2
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच । अथ वक्ष्यामि संक्षेपात्क्षयाहादौर्ध्वदैहिकम् । क्वहस्तेनैव कर्तव्यं मोक्षकामैस्तु मानवैः
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / atha vakṣyāmi saṃkṣepātkṣayāhādaurdhvadaihikam / kvahastenaiva kartavyaṃ mokṣakāmaistu mānavaiḥ
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: Now I shall tell briefly the after-death rites from the day of death onward, which are to be performed by one's own hand by men who desire liberation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 13.3
स्त्रीणामपि विशेषेण पञ्चवर्षाधिके शिशौ । वृषोत्सर्गादिकं कर्म प्रेतत्वविनिवृत्तये । वृषोत्सर्गादृते नान्यत्किञ्चिदस्ति महीतले
strīṇāmapi viśeṣeṇa pañcavarṣādhike śiśau / vṛṣotsargādikaṃ karma pretatvavinivṛttaye / vṛṣotsargādṛte nānyatkiñcidasti mahītale
Especially for women too, and for a child over five years old, the rite beginning with the release of a bull (is to be done) for the removal of the preta state; apart from the release of a bull there is nothing else on earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 13.4
जीवन्वापि मृतो वापि वृषोत्सर्गं करोति यः । प्रेतत्वं न भवेत्तस्य विना दानमखव्रतैः
jīvanvāpi mṛto vāpi vṛṣotsargaṃ karoti yaḥ / pretatvaṃ na bhavettasya vinā dānamakhavrataiḥ
Whoever performs the release of a bull, whether while living or when dead, for him there will be no preta state, even without gifts, sacrifices and vows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 13.7
गरुड उवाच । कस्मिन्काले वृषोत्सर्गं जीवन्वापि मृतो ऽपि वा । कुर्यात्सुरवरश्रेष्ठ ब्रूहि मे मधुसूदन ॥ गर्प्_२,१३।५ ॥ किं फलं तु भवेदन्ते कृतैः श्राद्धैस्तु षोडशैः ॥ गर्प्_२,१३।६ ॥ श्रीकृष्ण उवाच । अकृत्वा तु वृषोत्सर्गं कुरुते पिण्डपातनम् । नोपतिष्ठति तच्छ्रेयो दातुः प्रेतस्य निष्फलम्
garuḍa uvāca / kasminkāle vṛṣotsargaṃ jīvanvāpi mṛto 'pi vā / kuryātsuravaraśreṣṭha brūhi me madhusūdana // garp_2,13.5 // kiṃ phalaṃ tu bhavedante kṛtaiḥ śrāddhaistu ṣoḍaśaiḥ // garp_2,13.6 // śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / akṛtvā tu vṛṣotsargaṃ kurute piṇḍapātanam / nopatiṣṭhati tacchreyo dātuḥ pretasya niṣphalam
Garuḍa said: At what time should one perform the release of the bull, whether living or dead? Tell me, O best of the foremost gods, O Madhusūdana. (13.5) And what fruit comes in the end from the sixteen śrāddhas that have been performed? (13.6) Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: One who, without having performed the release of the bull, performs the offering of the piṇḍas—that good does not accrue; it is fruitless for the giver and for the preta.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 13.8
एकादशाहे प्रेतस्य यस्य नोत्सृज्यते वृषः । प्रेतत्वं सुस्थिरं तस्य दत्तैः श्राद्धशतैरपि
ekādaśāhe pretasya yasya notsṛjyate vṛṣaḥ / pretatvaṃ susthiraṃ tasya dattaiḥ śrāddhaśatairapi
He for whom, on the eleventh day after death, no bull is released—his preta state stands firm, even though hundreds of śrāddhas be given.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 13.9
गरुड उवाच । सर्पाद्धि प्राप्तमृत्यूनामग्निदाहादि न क्रिया । जलेन शृङ्गिणा वापि शस्त्राद्यैर्म्रियते यदि
garuḍa uvāca / sarpāddhi prāptamṛtyūnāmagnidāhādi na kriyā / jalena śṛṅgiṇā vāpi śastrādyairmriyate yadi
Garuḍa said: For those who have met death from a snake there is no cremation rite and the rest; (and) if one dies by water, or by a horned animal, or by weapons and the like—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 13.10
असन्मृत्युमृतानां च कथं शुद्धिर्भवत्प्रभो । एतन्मे संशयं देव च्छेत्तुमर्हस्यशेषतः
asanmṛtyumṛtānāṃ ca kathaṃ śuddhirbhavatprabho / etanme saṃśayaṃ deva cchettumarhasyaśeṣataḥ
—and for those dead by an unnatural death, how does purification come about, O lord? Deign to cut away this doubt of mine entirely, O god.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 13.11
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच । षण्मासैर्ब्राह्मणः शुध्येद्युग्मे सार्धे तु बाहुजः । सार्धमासेन वैश्यस्तु शूद्रो मासेन शुध्यति
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / ṣaṇmāsairbrāhmaṇaḥ śudhyedyugme sārdhe tu bāhujaḥ / sārdhamāsena vaiśyastu śūdro māsena śudhyati
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: A brāhmaṇa is purified in six months, one born of the arm (kṣatriya) in four and a half, a vaiśya in a month and a half, and a śūdra is purified in a month.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 13.12
दत्त्वा दानान्यशेषाणि सुतीर्थे म्रियते यदि । ब्रह्मचारी शुचिर्भूत्वा न स यातीह दुर्गतिम्
dattvā dānānyaśeṣāṇi sutīrthe mriyate yadi / brahmacārī śucirbhūtvā na sa yātīha durgatim
If, having given away all his gifts, one dies at a holy tīrtha, having become a chaste and pure man, he does not go here to an evil destiny.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 13.13
वृषोत्सर्गादिकं कृत्वा यतिधर्मं समाचरेत् । यतित्वे मृत्युमाप्नोति स गच्छेद्ब्रह्मशाख्वतम्
vṛṣotsargādikaṃ kṛtvā yatidharmaṃ samācaret / yatitve mṛtyumāpnoti sa gacchedbrahmaśākhvatam
Having performed the release of the bull and so on, one should practise the duty of an ascetic; (if) he meets death in the state of an ascetic, he goes to the eternal Brahman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 13.14
विकर्म कुरुते यस्तु शिष्टाचारविवर्जितः । वृषोत्सर्गादिकं कृत्वा न गच्छेद्यमशासनम्
vikarma kurute yastu śiṣṭācāravivarjitaḥ / vṛṣotsargādikaṃ kṛtvā na gacchedyamaśāsanam
But one who does forbidden acts, devoid of the conduct of the good—having performed the release of the bull and the rest, he does not go to the rule of Yama.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 13.15
पुत्त्रो वा सोदरो वापि पौत्रो बन्धुजनस्तथा । गोत्रिणश्चार्थभागी च मृते कुर्याद् वृषोत्सवम्
puttro vā sodaro vāpi pautro bandhujanastathā / gotriṇaścārthabhāgī ca mṛte kuryād vṛṣotsavam
A son, or a full brother, or a grandson, or a kinsman, and a clansman, and one who shares in the property, should perform the bull-festival when (a man) has died.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 13.16
पुत्राभावे तु पत्नी स्याद्दौहित्त्रो दुहीतापि वा । पुत्त्रेषु विद्यमानेषु वृषं नान्येन कारयेत्
putrābhāve tu patnī syāddauhittro duhītāpi vā / puttreṣu vidyamāneṣu vṛṣaṃ nānyena kārayet
In the absence of a son it may be the wife, or a daughter's son, or even a daughter; but when sons are living one should not have the bull (rite) done by another.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 13.17
गरुड उवाच । पुत्त्रा यस्य न विद्यन्ते नरा नार्यः सुरेश्वर । एतन्मे संशयं देव च्छेतुमर्हस्यशेषतः
garuḍa uvāca / puttrā yasya na vidyante narā nāryaḥ sureśvara / etanme saṃśayaṃ deva cchetumarhasyaśeṣataḥ
Garuḍa said: Those men and women, O lord of the gods, who have no sons — O god, you ought to cut away this doubt of mine entirely.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 13.18
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच । अपुत्त्रस्य गतिर्नास्ति स्वर्गो नैव च नैव च । तस्मात्केनाप्युपायेन पुत्त्रस्य जननं चरेत्
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / aputtrasya gatirnāsti svargo naiva ca naiva ca / tasmātkenāpyupāyena puttrasya jananaṃ caret
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: For the sonless man there is no (good) course, and no heaven at all, none at all; therefore by whatever means (one can), one should bring about the begetting of a son.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 13.19
यानि कानि च दानानि स्वयं दत्तानि मानवैः । तानितानि च सर्वाणि तूपतिष्ठन्ति चाग्रतः
yāni kāni ca dānāni svayaṃ dattāni mānavaiḥ / tānitāni ca sarvāṇi tūpatiṣṭhanti cāgrataḥ
Whatever gifts men have given with their own hands — all those, indeed, stand ready before them (after death).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 13.20
व्यञ्जनानि विचित्राणि भक्ष्यभोज्यानि यानि च । स्वहस्तेन प्रदत्तानि देहान्ते चाक्षयं फलम्
vyañjanāni vicitrāṇi bhakṣyabhojyāni yāni ca / svahastena pradattāni dehānte cākṣayaṃ phalam
Whatever varied side-dishes, and foods to chew and to eat, have been given with one's own hand — at the body's end (they yield) imperishable fruit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 13.21
गोभूहिरण्यवासांसि भोजनानि पादनि च । यत्रयत्र वसेज्जन्तुस्तत्रतत्रोपतिष्ठति
gobhūhiraṇyavāsāṃsi bhojanāni pādani ca / yatrayatra vasejjantustatratatropatiṣṭhati
Cows, land, gold, garments, foods and footwear: wherever the creature dwells, there they attend upon him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 13.22
यावत्स्वस्थं शरीरं हि तावद्धर्मं समाचरेत् । अस्वस्थः प्रेरितश्चान्यैर्नाकिञ्चित्कर्तुमर्हति
yāvatsvasthaṃ śarīraṃ hi tāvaddharmaṃ samācaret / asvasthaḥ preritaścānyairnākiñcitkartumarhati
Indeed, only so long as the body is healthy should one practise dharma; when unwell and driven by others, one is able to do nothing.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 13.23
जीवतो ऽपि मृतस्येह न भूतं चौर्ध्वदैहिकम् । वायुभूतः क्षुधाविष्टो भ्रमते च दिवानिशम्
jīvato 'pi mṛtasyeha na bhūtaṃ caurdhvadaihikam / vāyubhūtaḥ kṣudhāviṣṭo bhramate ca divāniśam
For one who, though alive, is (as good as) dead here, no after-death rite has been performed; become (mere) wind, seized by hunger, he wanders day and night.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 13.24
कृमिः कीटः पतङ्गो वा जायते म्रियते पुनः । असद्गर्भे भवेत्सो ऽपि जातः सद्यो विनश्यति
kṛmiḥ kīṭaḥ pataṅgo vā jāyate mriyate punaḥ / asadgarbhe bhavetso 'pi jātaḥ sadyo vinaśyati
He is born as a worm, an insect, or a moth, and dies again; or he may come to be in an evil womb, and once born he perishes at once.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 13.25
यावत्स्वस्थमिदं शरीरमरुजं यावज्जरा दूरतो यावच्चेन्द्रियशक्तिरप्रतिहता यावत्क्षयो नायुषः । आत्मश्रेयसि तावदेव विदुषा कार्यः प्रयत्नो महान्सन्दीप्ते भवने तु कूपखननं प्रत्युद्यमः कीदृशः
yāvatsvasthamidaṃ śarīramarujaṃ yāvajjarā dūrato yāvaccendriyaśaktirapratihatā yāvatkṣayo nāyuṣaḥ / ātmaśreyasi tāvadeva viduṣā kāryaḥ prayatno mahānsandīpte bhavane tu kūpakhananaṃ pratyudyamaḥ kīdṛśaḥ
So long as this body is healthy and free of disease, so long as old age is far off, so long as the power of the senses is unimpaired, so long as life's span is not spent — just so long should a wise man make great effort for his own welfare; for when the house is ablaze, what sort of undertaking is the digging of a well?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition