Garuda Purana — Uttara Khanda (Pretakalpa) — Chapter 14
GaP 2 14.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- १४ गरुड उवाच । आर्तेन म्रियमाणेन यद्दत्तं तत्फलं वद । स्वस्थावस्थेन दत्तेन विधिहीनेन वा विभो
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 14 garuḍa uvāca / ārtena mriyamāṇena yaddattaṃ tatphalaṃ vada / svasthāvasthena dattena vidhihīnena vā vibho
The Glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, 14. Garuḍa said: Tell (me) the fruit of what is given by one who is afflicted and dying, and of what is given by one in health, or without the prescribed rite, O mighty one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 14.2
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच । एका गौः स्वस्थचित्तस्य ह्यातुरस्य च गोशतम् । सहस्रं म्रियमाणस्य दत्तं वित्तविवर्जितम्
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / ekā gauḥ svasthacittasya hyāturasya ca gośatam / sahasraṃ mriyamāṇasya dattaṃ vittavivarjitam
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: One cow (given) by a man of sound mind, and a hundred cows by one who is sick, and a thousand given by one who is dying and destitute of wealth —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 14.3
मृतस्यैव पुनर्लक्षं विधिपूतं च तत्समम् । तीर्थपात्रसमायोगादेका गौर्लक्षपुण्यदा
mṛtasyaiva punarlakṣaṃ vidhipūtaṃ ca tatsamam / tīrthapātrasamāyogādekā gaurlakṣapuṇyadā
and again a hundred thousand for one (already) dead — and (a gift) purified by the prescribed rite is equal to that; through the conjunction of a holy place and a worthy recipient, a single cow bestows the merit of a hundred thousand.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 14.4
पात्रे दत्ते खगश्रेष्ठ अहन्यहनि वर्धते । दातुर्दानमपापाय ज्ञानिनां च प्रतिग्रहः
pātre datte khagaśreṣṭha ahanyahani vardhate / dāturdānamapāpāya jñānināṃ ca pratigrahaḥ
When (a gift) is given to a worthy recipient, O best of birds, it grows day by day; the giver's gift is free of sin, and the acceptance (of gifts) belongs to those who possess knowledge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 14.5
विषशीतापहो मन्त्रवह्निः किं दोषभाजनम् । दातव्यं प्रत्यहं पात्रे निमित्तेषु विशेषतः
viṣaśītāpaho mantravahniḥ kiṃ doṣabhājanam / dātavyaṃ pratyahaṃ pātre nimitteṣu viśeṣataḥ
Fire (empowered) by a spell removes poison and cold — how should it be a vessel of fault? One should give to a worthy recipient every day, and especially on the (prescribed) occasions.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 14.6
नापात्रे विदुषा किञ्चिदात्मनः श्रेय इच्छता । अपात्रे जातु गौर्दत्ता दातारं नरकं नयेत्
nāpātre viduṣā kiñcidātmanaḥ śreya icchatā / apātre jātu gaurdattā dātāraṃ narakaṃ nayet
A wise man who desires his own welfare should (give) nothing to an unworthy recipient; a cow once given to an unworthy recipient leads the giver to hell,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 14.7
कुलैकविंशतियुतं ग्रहीतारं च पातयेत् । देहान्तरं परिप्राप्य स्वहस्तेन कृतं च यत्
kulaikaviṃśatiyutaṃ grahītāraṃ ca pātayet / dehāntaraṃ pariprāpya svahastena kṛtaṃ ca yat
and makes the receiver fall together with twenty-one generations of his family; and whatever has been done with one's own hand, having passed on into another body...
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 14.8
धनं भूमिगतं यद्वत्स्वहस्तेन निवेशितम् । तद्वत्फलमवाप्नोति ह्यहं वच्मि खगेश्वर
dhanaṃ bhūmigataṃ yadvatsvahastena niveśitam / tadvatphalamavāpnoti hyahaṃ vacmi khageśvara
just as wealth deposited in the ground by one's own hand (is recovered), so does one obtain that fruit — this I declare, O lord of birds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 14.9
अपुत्रो ऽपि विशेषेण क्रियां चैवान्ध्वदौहिकीम् । प्रकुर्यान्मोक्षकामश्च निर्धनश्च विशेषतः
aputro 'pi viśeṣeṇa kriyāṃ caivāndhvadauhikīm / prakuryānmokṣakāmaśca nirdhanaśca viśeṣataḥ
Even a sonless man should especially perform the rite for the world beyond, and so should one who desires liberation, and one without wealth especially.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 14.10
स्वल्पेनापि हि वित्तेन स्वयं हस्तेन यत्कृतम् । अक्षयं याति तत्सर्वं यथाज्यं च हुताशने
svalpenāpi hi vittena svayaṃ hastena yatkṛtam / akṣayaṃ yāti tatsarvaṃ yathājyaṃ ca hutāśane
For whatever is done with one's own hand, even with a small amount of wealth, all of it becomes imperishable, as ghee (poured) into the fire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 14.11
एका चैकस्य दातव्या शय्या कन्या पयस्विनी । सा विक्रीता वा दहत्यासप्तमं कुलम्
ekā caikasya dātavyā śayyā kanyā payasvinī / sā vikrītā vā dahatyāsaptamaṃ kulam
To one (recipient) one is to give a bed, a girl, and a milch cow; but if she is sold, she burns the family down to the seventh (generation).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 14.12
तस्मात्सर्वं प्रकुर्वीत चञ्चले जीविते सति । गृहीतदानपाथेयः सुखं याति महाध्वनि
tasmātsarvaṃ prakurvīta cañcale jīvite sati / gṛhītadānapātheyaḥ sukhaṃ yāti mahādhvani
Therefore one should do everything (now), while life is unsteady; he who has taken up the provisions for the road, namely gifts, travels happily on the great road.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 14.13
अन्यथा क्लिश्यते जन्तुः पाथेयरहितः पथि । एवं ज्ञात्वा खगश्रेष्ठ वृषयज्ञं समाचरेत्
anyathā kliśyate jantuḥ pātheyarahitaḥ pathi / evaṃ jñātvā khagaśreṣṭha vṛṣayajñaṃ samācaret
Otherwise the creature suffers on the way, being without provisions. Knowing this, O best of birds, one should perform the bull-sacrifice.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 14.14
अकृत्वा म्रियते यस्तु अपुत्रो नैव मुक्तिभाक् । अपुत्रो ऽपि हि यः कुर्यात्सुखं याति महापथे
akṛtvā mriyate yastu aputro naiva muktibhāk / aputro 'pi hi yaḥ kuryātsukhaṃ yāti mahāpathe
But he who dies without having done (it), being sonless, has no share in release; even one who is sonless, if he does (it), travels happily on the great road.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 14.15
अग्निहोत्राधिभिर्यज्ञैर्दानैश्च विविधैरपि । न तां गतिमवाप्नोति वृषोत्सर्गेण या गतिः
agnihotrādhibhiryajñairdānaiśca vividhairapi / na tāṃ gatimavāpnoti vṛṣotsargeṇa yā gatiḥ
Not by sacrifices such as the agnihotra, nor by manifold gifts, does one attain that course which is (attained) by the release of a bull.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 14.16
यज्ञानां चैव सर्वेषां वृषयज्ञस्तथोत्तमः । तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन वृषयज्ञं समाचरेत्
yajñānāṃ caiva sarveṣāṃ vṛṣayajñastathottamaḥ / tasmātsarvaprayatnena vṛṣayajñaṃ samācaret
And of all sacrifices the bull-sacrifice is thus the highest; therefore with every effort one should perform the bull-sacrifice.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 14.17
गरुड उवाच । कथयस्व प्रसादेन क्षयाहं चौर्ध्वदैहिकम् । कस्मिन्काले तिथौ कस्यां विधिना केन तद्भवेत्
garuḍa uvāca / kathayasva prasādena kṣayāhaṃ caurdhvadaihikam / kasminkāle tithau kasyāṃ vidhinā kena tadbhavet
Garuḍa said: Tell (me) graciously about the death-day rite and the rite for the departed—at what time, on which lunar day, and by what procedure it should be done;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 14.18
कृत्वा किं फलमाप्नोति एतन्मे वद साम्प्रतम् । त्वत्प्रसादेन गोविन्द मुक्ते भवति मानवः
kṛtvā kiṃ phalamāpnoti etanme vada sāmpratam / tvatprasādena govinda mukte bhavati mānavaḥ
and what fruit one obtains by doing (it)—tell me this now; by your grace, Govinda, a man becomes released.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 14.19
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच । कार्तिकादिषु मासेषु याम्यायतगते रवौ । शुक्लपक्षे तथा पक्षिन्द्वादश्यादितिथौ शुभे
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / kārtikādiṣu māseṣu yāmyāyatagate ravau / śuklapakṣe tathā pakṣindvādaśyāditithau śubhe
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: In the months beginning with Kārttika, when the sun has gone to the southern course, in the bright fortnight, and, O lord of birds, on an auspicious lunar day beginning with the twelfth,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 14.20
शुभे लग्ने मुहूर्ते वा शुचौ देशे समाहितः । ब्राह्मणं तु समाहूय विधिज्ञं शुभलक्षणम्
śubhe lagne muhūrte vā śucau deśe samāhitaḥ / brāhmaṇaṃ tu samāhūya vidhijñaṃ śubhalakṣaṇam
at an auspicious rising sign or (auspicious) moment, in a clean place, being composed, having summoned a brahmin who knows the rite and has auspicious marks,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 14.21
जपहोमैस्तथा दानैः कुर्याद्दहेस्य शोधनम् । पुण्ये ऽभिजित्सुनक्षत्रे ग्रहान्देवान्समर्चयेत्
japahomaistathā dānaiḥ kuryāddahesya śodhanam / puṇye 'bhijitsunakṣatre grahāndevānsamarcayet
one should perform the purification of the place with recitations, oblations, and gifts; at the meritorious and good asterism Abhijit one should worship the planets and the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 14.22
होमं कुर्याद्यथाशक्ति मन्त्रैश्च विविधैरपि । ग्रहाणां स्थापनं कुर्यात्पूर्वं चैव खगेश्वर
homaṃ kuryādyathāśakti mantraiśca vividhairapi / grahāṇāṃ sthāpanaṃ kuryātpūrvaṃ caiva khageśvara
One should make an oblation according to one's ability and with various mantras; and one should first make the installation of the planets, O lord of birds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 14.23
मातॄणां पूजनं कार्यं वसोर्धारां च पातयेत् । वह्निं संस्थाप्य तत्रैव पूर्णं होमं तु कारयेत्
mātṝṇāṃ pūjanaṃ kāryaṃ vasordhārāṃ ca pātayet / vahniṃ saṃsthāpya tatraiva pūrṇaṃ homaṃ tu kārayet
The worship of the Mothers is to be done, and one should pour out the stream of ghee (vasordhārā); having installed the fire there itself, one should have the full oblation performed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 14.24
शालग्रामं च संस्थाप्य वैष्णवं श्राद्धमाचरेत् । वृषं सम्पूज्य तत्रैव वस्त्रालङ्कारभूषणैः
śālagrāmaṃ ca saṃsthāpya vaiṣṇavaṃ śrāddhamācaret / vṛṣaṃ sampūjya tatraiva vastrālaṅkārabhūṣaṇaiḥ
And having installed a śālagrāma stone, one should perform the Vaiṣṇava śrāddha; having fully worshipped a bull there with garments, ornaments, and adornments,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 14.25
चतस्रो वत्सतर्यश्च पूर्वं समधिवासयेत् । प्रदक्षिणं ततः कुर्याद्धोमान्ते च विसर्जनम्
catasro vatsataryaśca pūrvaṃ samadhivāsayet / pradakṣiṇaṃ tataḥ kuryāddhomānte ca visarjanam
and four heifers, one should first consecrate (them) by the adhivāsa rite; then one should make the circumambulation, and at the end of the oblation the dismissal (of the deities).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 14.26
इमं मन्त्रं समुच्चार्य उत्तराभिमुखः स्थितः । धर्म त्वं वृषरूपेण ब्रह्मणा निर्मितः पुरा
imaṃ mantraṃ samuccārya uttarābhimukhaḥ sthitaḥ / dharma tvaṃ vṛṣarūpeṇa brahmaṇā nirmitaḥ purā
Having uttered this mantra, standing facing north: "You are Dharma, in the form of a bull, fashioned of old by Brahmā;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 14.27
तवोत्सर्गप्रभावान्मामुद्धरस्वभवार्णावात् । अबिषिच्य शुभैर्मन्त्रैः पावनैर्विधिपूर्वकम्
tavotsargaprabhāvānmāmuddharasvabhavārṇāvāt / abiṣicya śubhairmantraiḥ pāvanairvidhipūrvakam
by the power of your release, lift me out of the ocean of existence." Having sprinkled (the bull) with auspicious purifying mantras according to the rule,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 14.28
तनक्रीडन्तिमन्त्रेण वृषोत्सर्गं तु कारयेत् । अभिषिञ्चेत्ततो नीलं रुद्रकुम्भो दकेन तु
tanakrīḍantimantreṇa vṛṣotsargaṃ tu kārayet / abhiṣiñcettato nīlaṃ rudrakumbho dakena tu
one should perform the release of the bull with the mantra beginning "tan(ū)krīḍanti"; then one should sprinkle the dark(-blue bull) with the water of Rudra's pot.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 14.29
नाभिमूले समास्थाय तदम्बु मूर्धनि न्यसेत् । अन्न (आत्म) श्राद्धं ततः कुर्याद्दद्याद्दानं द्विजोत्तमे
nābhimūle samāsthāya tadambu mūrdhani nyaset / anna (ātma) śrāddhaṃ tataḥ kuryāddadyāddānaṃ dvijottame
Standing at the root of the navel, he should place that water on (his) head; then he should perform the śrāddha (of food / for himself) and give a gift to the best of the twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 14.30
उदकेचैव गन्तव्यं जलं तत्र प्रदापयेत् । यदिष्टं जीवतस्त्वासीत्तच्च दद्यात्स्वशक्तितः
udakecaiva gantavyaṃ jalaṃ tatra pradāpayet / yadiṣṭaṃ jīvatastvāsīttacca dadyātsvaśaktitaḥ
And one should go to the water and have water offered there; and whatever was dear (to the deceased) while he lived, that too one should give according to one's ability.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 14.31
न्यूनं संपूर्णतां याति वृषोत्सर्गे कृते सति । सुतृप्तो दुस्तरे मार्गे मृतो याति न संशयः
nyūnaṃ saṃpūrṇatāṃ yāti vṛṣotsarge kṛte sati / sutṛpto dustare mārge mṛto yāti na saṃśayaḥ
What is deficient attains completeness when the release of the bull has been done; well satisfied, the dead one goes on the road hard to cross—there is no doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 14.32
यमलोकं न पश्यन्ति सदा दानरता नराः । यावन्न दीयते जन्तोः श्राद्धं चैकादशाहिकम्
yamalokaṃ na paśyanti sadā dānaratā narāḥ / yāvanna dīyate jantoḥ śrāddhaṃ caikādaśāhikam
Men always devoted to giving do not see Yama's world — (but the dead one does see it) so long as the eleven-day śrāddha is not given for the creature.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 14.33
स्वदत्तं परदत्तं वा नेहामुत्रोपतिष्ठति । त्रयोदशा तथा सप्त पञ्च त्रीणी क्रमेण तु
svadattaṃ paradattaṃ vā nehāmutropatiṣṭhati / trayodaśā tathā sapta pañca trīṇī krameṇa tu
Whether given by oneself or given by another, it does not attend (one) here or in the world beyond. (There should be) thirteen, then seven, five, three, in that order.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 14.34
पददानानि कुर्वीत श्रद्धाभक्तिसमन्वितः । तिलपात्राणि कुर्वीत सप्त पञ्च यथाक्रमम्
padadānāni kurvīta śraddhābhaktisamanvitaḥ / tilapātrāṇi kurvīta sapta pañca yathākramam
Endowed with faith and devotion, one should make the foot-gifts (padadāna); one should make the sesame vessels, seven and five, in due order.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 14.35
ब्राह्मणान् भोजयेत्पश्चादेकां गां च प्रदापयेत् । वृषं हि शन्नोदेवीति वेदोक्तविधिना ततः
brāhmaṇān bhojayetpaścādekāṃ gāṃ ca pradāpayet / vṛṣaṃ hi śannodevīti vedoktavidhinā tataḥ
Afterwards one should feed brahmins and have a single cow given; then a bull, by the rule stated in the Veda with the verse 'śaṃ no devīḥ'.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 14.36
चतसृभिर्वत्सतरीभिः परिणयनमाचरेत् । वामे चक्रं प्रदातव्यं त्रिशूलं दक्षिणे तथा
catasṛbhirvatsatarībhiḥ pariṇayanamācaret / vāme cakraṃ pradātavyaṃ triśūlaṃ dakṣiṇe tathā
One should perform the marriage (of the bull) with four heifers; a wheel is to be branded on its left, and a trident on its right.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 14.37
मूल्यं दद्याद् वृषस्यापि तं वृषं च विसर्जयेत् । एकोद्दिष्टविधानेन स्वाहाकारेण वुद्धिमान्
mūlyaṃ dadyād vṛṣasyāpi taṃ vṛṣaṃ ca visarjayet / ekoddiṣṭavidhānena svāhākāreṇa vuddhimān
He should also give the price of the bull, and should release that bull; the wise man, by the procedure of the ekoddiṣṭa rite, with the utterance 'svāhā',
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 14.38
कुर्यादेकादशाहं च द्वादशाहं च यत्नतः । सपिण्डीकरणादर्वाक्कुर्याच्छ्राद्धानि षोडश
kuryādekādaśāhaṃ ca dvādaśāhaṃ ca yatnataḥ / sapiṇḍīkaraṇādarvākkuryācchrāddhāni ṣoḍaśa
should carefully perform (the rites of) the eleventh day and the twelfth day; before the sapiṇḍīkaraṇa he should perform the sixteen śrāddhas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 14.39
ब्राह्मणान् भोजयित्वा तु पददानानि दापयेत् । कापोसोपरि संस्थाप्य ताम्रपात्रे तथाच्युतम्
brāhmaṇān bhojayitvā tu padadānāni dāpayet / kāposopari saṃsthāpya tāmrapātre tathācyutam
And having fed the brahmins, he should have the foot-gifts given; having set up, upon a ... , in a copper vessel, Acyuta (an image of Viṣṇu),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 14.40
वस्त्रेणाच्छाद्य तत्रस्थमर्घं दद्याच्छुभैः फलैः । नावमिक्षुमयीं कृत्वा पट्टसूत्रेण वेष्टयेत्
vastreṇācchādya tatrasthamarghaṃ dadyācchubhaiḥ phalaiḥ / nāvamikṣumayīṃ kṛtvā paṭṭasūtreṇa veṣṭayet
having covered (it) with a cloth, he should offer to (the deity) standing there the arghya with auspicious fruits; having made a boat of sugarcane, he should wrap it with a silk thread.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 14.41
कांस्यपात्रे घृतं स्थाप्य वैतरण्या निमित्ततः । नावारोहणं कुर्यात्पूजयेद्गरुडध्वजम्
kāṃsyapātre ghṛtaṃ sthāpya vaitaraṇyā nimittataḥ / nāvārohaṇaṃ kuryātpūjayedgaruḍadhvajam
Placing ghee in a bronze vessel on account of the Vaitaraṇī (river), he should perform the embarking on the boat and should worship him whose banner is Garuḍa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 14.42
आत्मवित्तानुसारेण तच्च दानमनन्तकम् । भवसागरमग्नानां शोकतापार्तिदुः खिनाम्
ātmavittānusāreṇa tacca dānamanantakam / bhavasāgaramagnānāṃ śokatāpārtiduḥ khinām
And that gift, (made) according to one's own wealth, is endless. For those sunk in the ocean of worldly existence, distressed by grief, burning and pain,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 14.43
धर्मप्लवविहीनानां तारको हि जनार्दनः । तिला लोहं हिरण्यं च कार्पासं लवणं तथा
dharmaplavavihīnānāṃ tārako hi janārdanaḥ / tilā lohaṃ hiraṇyaṃ ca kārpāsaṃ lavaṇaṃ tathā
for those who lack the raft of dharma, Janārdana is indeed the ferryman. Sesame, iron, gold, cotton, and salt,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 14.44
सप्तधान्यं क्षितिर्गावो ह्येकैकं पावनं स्मृतम् । तिलपात्राणि कुर्वीत शय्यादानं च दापयेत्
saptadhānyaṃ kṣitirgāvo hyekaikaṃ pāvanaṃ smṛtam / tilapātrāṇi kurvīta śayyādānaṃ ca dāpayet
the seven grains, land, cows — each one of these is held to be purifying. One should make the sesame vessels and have the gift of a bed given.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 14.45
दीनानाथविशिष्टेभ्यो दद्याच्छक्त्या च दक्षिणाम् । एवं यः कुरुते तार्क्ष्य पुत्रवानप्यपुत्रवान्
dīnānāthaviśiṣṭebhyo dadyācchaktyā ca dakṣiṇām / evaṃ yaḥ kurute tārkṣya putravānapyaputravān
He should give a fee according to his ability to the poor, the helpless, and the eminent. O Tārkṣya, whoever acts thus, whether he has a son or has no son,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 14.46
स सिद्धिं समवाप्नोति यथा ते ब्रह्मचारिणः । नित्यं नैमित्तिकं कुर्याद्यावज्जीवति मानवः
sa siddhiṃ samavāpnoti yathā te brahmacāriṇaḥ / nityaṃ naimittikaṃ kuryādyāvajjīvati mānavaḥ
he attains success, just as those celibate students do. A man should perform the regular and the occasional (rites) for as long as he lives.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 14.47
यः कश्चित्क्रियते धर्मस्तत्फलं चाक्षयं भवेत् । तीर्थयात्राव्रतादीनां श्राद्धं संवत्सरस्य हि
yaḥ kaścitkriyate dharmastatphalaṃ cākṣayaṃ bhavet / tīrthayātrāvratādīnāṃ śrāddhaṃ saṃvatsarasya hi
Whatever dharma is performed, its fruit becomes imperishable — (the fruit) of pilgrimages, vows and the like, and of the annual śrāddha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 14.48
देवतानां गुरूणां च मातापित्रोस्तथैव च । पुण्यं देयं प्रयत्नेन प्रत्यहं वर्धते खग
devatānāṃ gurūṇāṃ ca mātāpitrostathaiva ca / puṇyaṃ deyaṃ prayatnena pratyahaṃ vardhate khaga
Merit should be diligently given over to the gods, to the teachers, and likewise to mother and father; day by day it increases, O bird.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 14.49
अस्मिन्यज्ञेः हियः कश्चिद्भूरिदानं प्रयच्छति । तत्तस्य चाक्षयं सर्वं वेदिकायां यथा किल
asminyajñeḥ hiyaḥ kaścidbhūridānaṃ prayacchati / tattasya cākṣayaṃ sarvaṃ vedikāyāṃ yathā kila
For whoever offers an abundant gift at this sacrifice, all that becomes imperishable for him, just as (what is offered) on the altar does.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 14.50
यथा पूज्यतमा लोके यतयो ब्रह्मचारिणः । तथैव प्रतिपूज्यन्ते लोके सर्वे च नित्यशः
yathā pūjyatamā loke yatayo brahmacāriṇaḥ / tathaiva pratipūjyante loke sarve ca nityaśaḥ
Just as in the world ascetics and celibate students are most worthy of worship, so too all (such performers) are constantly honoured in the world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 14.51
वरदो ऽहं सदा तस्य चतुर्वक्त्रस्तथा हरः । ते यान्ति परमांल्लोकानिति सत्यं वचो मम
varado 'haṃ sadā tasya caturvaktrastathā haraḥ / te yānti paramāṃllokāniti satyaṃ vaco mama
I am always a giver of boons to him, and so are the Four-faced One (Brahmā) and Hara; they go to the highest worlds — this word of mine is true.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 14.52
उत्सृष्टो वृषभो यत्र पिबत्यपो जलाशये । शृङ्गेणालिखते वापि भूमिं नित्यं प्रहर्षितः
utsṛṣṭo vṛṣabho yatra pibatyapo jalāśaye / śṛṅgeṇālikhate vāpi bhūmiṃ nityaṃ praharṣitaḥ
Where a bull, once released, drinks water at a pool, or scratches the ground with its horn, always exhilarated—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 14.53
पितॄणामन्नपानं च प्रभूतमुपतिष्ठति । पौर्णमास्याममायां वा तिलपात्राणि दापयेत्
pitṝṇāmannapānaṃ ca prabhūtamupatiṣṭhati / paurṇamāsyāmamāyāṃ vā tilapātrāṇi dāpayet
—there abundant food and drink is set before the ancestors. On the full-moon day or the new-moon day one should have vessels of sesame given.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 14.54
संक्रान्तीनां सहस्राणि सूर्यपर्वशतानि च । दत्त्वा यत्फलमाप्नोति तद्वै नीलविसर्जने
saṃkrāntīnāṃ sahasrāṇi sūryaparvaśatāni ca / dattvā yatphalamāpnoti tadvai nīlavisarjane
The fruit that one obtains by giving on thousands of solstitial transitions and hundreds of solar festival days—that indeed (is obtained) at the releasing of the dark bull.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 14.55
वत्सतर्यः प्रदातव्या ब्राह्मणेभ्यः पदानि च । तिलपात्राणि देयानि शिवभक्तद्विजेषु च
vatsataryaḥ pradātavyā brāhmaṇebhyaḥ padāni ca / tilapātrāṇi deyāni śivabhaktadvijeṣu ca
Heifers are to be given to Brahmins, and footings (of land); and vessels of sesame are to be given to Brahmins devoted to Śiva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 14.56
उमामहेश्वरं चैकं परिधाप्य प्रिदापयेत् । अतसीपुष्पसङ्काशं पीतवाससमच्युतम्
umāmaheśvaraṃ caikaṃ paridhāpya pridāpayet / atasīpuṣpasaṅkāśaṃ pītavāsasamacyutam
And having clothed a single (image of) Umā and Maheśvara, he should have (it) given (away)—(and one of) Acyuta, resembling the flax flower, clad in yellow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 14.57
ये नमस्यन्ति गोविन्दं न तेषां विद्यते भयम् । प्रेतत्वान्मोक्षमिच्छन्तो ये करिष्यन्ति सत्क्रियाम्
ye namasyanti govindaṃ na teṣāṃ vidyate bhayam / pretatvānmokṣamicchanto ye kariṣyanti satkriyām
Those who bow to Govinda—for them there is no fear. Those who, wishing release from the state of a ghost, will perform the proper rites—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 14.58
यास्यन्ति ते परांल्लोकानिति सत्यं वचो मम । एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं मया चैवोर्ध्वदैहिकम्
yāsyanti te parāṃllokāniti satyaṃ vaco mama / etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ mayā caivordhvadaihikam
—they will go to the highest worlds: this word of mine is true. All this concerning the after-death (state) has been declared to you by me,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 14.59
यच्छ्रुत्वा सर्वपापेभ्यो मुच्यते नात्र संशयः । श्रुत्वा महात्म्यमतुलं गरुडो हर्षमागतः । मानुषाणां हितार्थाय पुनः प्रपच्छकेशवम्
yacchrutvā sarvapāpebhyo mucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ / śrutvā mahātmyamatulaṃ garuḍo harṣamāgataḥ / mānuṣāṇāṃ hitārthāya punaḥ prapacchakeśavam
—hearing which one is freed from all sins; there is no doubt in this. Having heard the incomparable greatness (of it), Garuḍa was filled with joy, and for the benefit of human beings again asked Keśava.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition