Garuda Purana — Uttara Khanda (Pretakalpa) — Chapter 16
GaP 2 16.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- १६ श्रीभगवानुवाच । एवं विलपतस्तस्य प्रेतस्यैवं खगेश्वर । क्रन्दमानस्य नितरां पीडितस्य च किङ्करैः
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 16 śrībhagavānuvāca / evaṃ vilapatastasya pretasyaivaṃ khageśvara / krandamānasya nitarāṃ pīḍitasya ca kiṅkaraiḥ
The Great Garuḍa Purāṇa, 16. The Blessed Lord said: While that departed one thus laments in this way, O lord of birds, crying out and being greatly tormented by the servants (of Yama) —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 16.2
सप्तदश दिनान्येको वायुमार्गे विकृष्यते । अष्टादशे त्वहोरात्रे पूर्वं याम्यपुरं व्रजेत्
saptadaśa dinānyeko vāyumārge vikṛṣyate / aṣṭādaśe tvahorātre pūrvaṃ yāmyapuraṃ vrajet
For seventeen days he is dragged along alone on the path of the wind; but on the eighteenth day and night he first comes to Yama's city.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 16.3
तस्मिन्पुरवरे रम्ये प्रेतानां च गणो महान् । पुष्पभद्रा नदी तत्रन्यग्रोधः प्रियदर्शनः
tasminpuravare ramye pretānāṃ ca gaṇo mahān / puṣpabhadrā nadī tatranyagrodhaḥ priyadarśanaḥ
In that fine, pleasant city there is a great host of the departed; there is the river Puṣpabhadrā and a fig tree lovely to look upon.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 16.4
पुरे स तत्र विश्रामं प्राप्यते यमकिङ्करैः । जायापुत्रादिकं सौख्यं स्मरेत्तत्र सुदुः खितः
pure sa tatra viśrāmaṃ prāpyate yamakiṅkaraiḥ / jāyāputrādikaṃ saukhyaṃ smarettatra suduḥ khitaḥ
There in that city he is allowed rest by Yama's servants; deeply miserable, he remembers there the comforts of wife, sons and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 16.5
रुदते करुणैर्वाक्यै स्तृषार्तः श्रमपीडितः । स्वधनं स्वकलत्राणि गृहं पुत्राः सुखानि च
rudate karuṇairvākyai stṛṣārtaḥ śramapīḍitaḥ / svadhanaṃ svakalatrāṇi gṛhaṃ putrāḥ sukhāni ca
He weeps with piteous words, afflicted by thirst and worn out with exhaustion: his own wealth, his wives, his home, his sons and his pleasures—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 16.6
भृत्यमित्राणि चान्यच्च सर्वं शोचति वै तदा । क्षुधार्तस्य पुरे तस्मिन्किङ्करैस्तस्य चोच्यते
bhṛtyamitrāṇi cānyacca sarvaṃ śocati vai tadā / kṣudhārtasya pure tasminkiṅkaraistasya cocyate
his servants and friends and all else besides, over all this he then grieves. And as he is tormented by hunger in that city, the servants say to him:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 16.7
किङ्करा ऊचुः । क्व धनं क्व सुता जाया क्व गृहं क्व त्वमीदृशः । स्वकर्मोपार्जितं भुङ्क्ष्व चिरं गच्छ महापथे
kiṅkarā ūcuḥ / kva dhanaṃ kva sutā jāyā kva gṛhaṃ kva tvamīdṛśaḥ / svakarmopārjitaṃ bhuṅkṣva ciraṃ gaccha mahāpathe
The servants said: Where is your wealth, where your sons and wife, where your house, and where are you, in such a state as this? Consume what you earned by your own deeds—go now, far along the great road.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 16.8
जानासि शंबलवशं बलमध्वगानां नो शंबलः प्रयतते परलोकपान्थ । गन्तव्यमस्ति तव निश्चितमेव तेन मार्गेण यत्र भवतः क्रयविक्रयौ न
jānāsi śaṃbalavaśaṃ balamadhvagānāṃ no śaṃbalaḥ prayatate paralokapāntha / gantavyamasti tava niścitameva tena mārgeṇa yatra bhavataḥ krayavikrayau na
You know that the strength of travellers depends on provisions; and no provision is being made ready (for you), traveller to the other world. You must certainly go, and by that road on which there is for you no buying and selling.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 16.9
यमदूतोदितं वाक्यं पक्षिन्नैवं त्वया श्रुतम् । एवमुक्तस्ततः सर्वैर्हन्यमानः स मुद्गरैः
yamadūtoditaṃ vākyaṃ pakṣinnaivaṃ tvayā śrutam / evamuktastataḥ sarvairhanyamānaḥ sa mudgaraiḥ
Such, O bird, is the speech uttered by Yama's messengers, as you have heard. Thus addressed, he is then beaten by them all with mallets.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 16.10
अत्र दत्तं सुतैः पात्रे (त्रैः) स्नेहाद्वा कृपयाथ वा । मासिकं पिण्डमश्राति ततः सौरिपुरं व्रजेत्
atra dattaṃ sutaiḥ pātre (traiḥ) snehādvā kṛpayātha vā / māsikaṃ piṇḍamaśrāti tataḥ sauripuraṃ vrajet
Here he eats the monthly rice-ball given by his sons to a worthy recipient, whether out of affection or out of pity; then he goes on to the city of Sauri.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 16.11
तत्र नाम्ना तु राजा वै जङ्गमः कालरूपधृक् । तं दृष्ट्वा भयभीतस्तु विश्रामे कुरुते मतिम्
tatra nāmnā tu rājā vai jaṅgamaḥ kālarūpadhṛk / taṃ dṛṣṭvā bhayabhītastu viśrāme kurute matim
There the king is one named Jaṅgama, bearing the form of Death; seeing him, terrified with fear, he sets his mind on resting.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 16.12
उदकं चान्नसंयुक्तं भुङ्क्ते तस्मिन्पुरे गतः । त्रैपक्षिके तु यद्दत्तं तत्पुरं स व्यतिक्रमेत्
udakaṃ cānnasaṃyuktaṃ bhuṅkte tasminpure gataḥ / traipakṣike tu yaddattaṃ tatpuraṃ sa vyatikramet
Having reached that city he consumes water together with food; and with what is given at the three-fortnight rite he passes beyond that city.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 16.13
नगेन्द्रनगरे रम्ये प्रेतो याति दिवानिशम् । गच्छन्वनानि रौद्राणि दृष्ट्वा क्रन्दति तत्र सः
nagendranagare ramye preto yāti divāniśam / gacchanvanāni raudrāṇi dṛṣṭvā krandati tatra saḥ
To the pleasant city of Nagendra the departed one goes day and night; and going through terrible forests, seeing them he wails there.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 16.14
भीषणैः क्लिश्यमानस्तु रुदते च पुनः पुनः । मासद्वयावसाने तु तत्पुरं सो ऽतिगच्छति
bhīṣaṇaiḥ kliśyamānastu rudate ca punaḥ punaḥ / māsadvayāvasāne tu tatpuraṃ so 'tigacchati
Tormented by frightful beings he weeps again and again; and at the end of two months he passes beyond that city.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 16.15
भुक्त्वा चान्नं जलं पीत्वा यद्दत्तं वान्धवैरिह । क्लिश्यमानस्ततः पाशैर्नोयते यमकिङ्करैः
bhuktvā cānnaṃ jalaṃ pītvā yaddattaṃ vāndhavairiha / kliśyamānastataḥ pāśairnoyate yamakiṅkaraiḥ
Having eaten the food and drunk the water that was given here by his kinsmen, he is then, tormented, led on with nooses by Yama's servants.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 16.16
तृतीये मासि सम्प्राप्ते गन्धर्वनगरं शुभम् । तृतीयं मासिकं भुक्त्वा तत्र गच्छत्यसौ पुरः
tṛtīye māsi samprāpte gandharvanagaraṃ śubham / tṛtīyaṃ māsikaṃ bhuktvā tatra gacchatyasau puraḥ
When the third month arrives (he reaches) the fair city of Gandharva; having eaten the third monthly offering, he goes onward from there.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 16.19
शैलागमं चतुर्थे स मासे प्राप्नोति वै पुरम् । पाषाणास्तत्र वर्षन्ति प्रेतस्योपरि संस्थिताः ॥ गर्प्_२,१६।१७ ॥ चतुर्थमासिके श्राद्धं भुक्ते तत्र सुखी भवेत् ॥ गर्प्_२,१६।१८ ॥ ततो याति पुरं प्रेतः क्रूरं मासे तु पञ्चमे । इह दत्तं सुतैर्भुङ्क्ते प्रेतो वै तत्पुरे स्थितः । षष्ठे मासि ततः प्रेतो याति क्रौञ्चाबिधं पुरम्
śailāgamaṃ caturthe sa māse prāpnoti vai puram / pāṣāṇāstatra varṣanti pretasyopari saṃsthitāḥ // garp_2,16.17 // caturthamāsike śrāddhaṃ bhukte tatra sukhī bhavet // garp_2,16.18 // tato yāti puraṃ pretaḥ krūraṃ māse tu pañcame / iha dattaṃ sutairbhuṅkte preto vai tatpure sthitaḥ / ṣaṣṭhe māsi tataḥ preto yāti krauñcābidhaṃ puram
In the fourth month he reaches the city Śailāgama; there stones rain down, settling upon the departed one. (16.17) When the fourth-month śrāddha has been eaten, he becomes happy there. (16.18) Then in the fifth month the departed one goes to a cruel city; staying in that city the departed one eats what is given here by his sons. Then in the sixth month the departed one goes to the city called Krauñca.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 16.20
तत्र दत्तेन पिण्डेन श्राद्धेनाप्यायितः पुरे । मुहूर्तार्धं तु विश्रम्य कम्पमानः सुदुः खितः
tatra dattena piṇḍena śrāddhenāpyāyitaḥ pure / muhūrtārdhaṃ tu viśramya kampamānaḥ suduḥ khitaḥ
Satisfied there in the city by the rice-ball and the śrāddha that were given, he rests for half a moment, trembling and deeply wretched.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 16.21
तत्पुरं स व्यतिक्रम्य तर्जितो यमकिङ्करैः । प्रयाति चित्रनगरं विचित्रो यत्र पार्थिवः
tatpuraṃ sa vyatikramya tarjito yamakiṅkaraiḥ / prayāti citranagaraṃ vicitro yatra pārthivaḥ
Passing beyond that city, threatened by Yama's servants, he goes on to the city Citra, where the king is Vicitra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 16.22
यमस्यैवानुजः सौरिर्यत्र राज्यं प्रशास्ति हि । मासैस्तु पञ्चभिः सार्धैरूपषाण्मासिकं भवेत्
yamasyaivānujaḥ sauriryatra rājyaṃ praśāsti hi / māsaistu pañcabhiḥ sārdhairūpaṣāṇmāsikaṃ bhavet
It is there that Sauri, Yama's own younger brother, rules the kingdom. At five and a half months the rite of the incomplete sixth month falls due.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 16.23
ऊनषाण्मासिकं तत्र भुङ्क्ते याम्यसमाहतः । मार्गे पुनः पुनस्तस्य बुभुक्षा पीडयत्यलम्
ūnaṣāṇmāsikaṃ tatra bhuṅkte yāmyasamāhataḥ / mārge punaḥ punastasya bubhukṣā pīḍayatyalam
There, struck by Yama's men, he eats the offering of the incomplete sixth month; on the road hunger torments him again and again exceedingly.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 16.24
सन्तिष्ठते मृते को ऽपि मदीयः सुतबान्धवः । सौख्यं यो मे जनयति पततः शोकसागरे
santiṣṭhate mṛte ko 'pi madīyaḥ sutabāndhavaḥ / saukhyaṃ yo me janayati patataḥ śokasāgare
"Does any son or kinsman of mine remain behind, now that I am dead, who might produce happiness for me as I fall into the ocean of grief?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 16.25
एवं मार्गे विलपति वार्यमाणश्च किङ्करैः । आयान्ति संमुखास्तत्र कैवर्तास्तु सहस्रशः
evaṃ mārge vilapati vāryamāṇaśca kiṅkaraiḥ / āyānti saṃmukhāstatra kaivartāstu sahasraśaḥ
Thus he laments on the road, and though he is restrained by the (Yama-)servants, fishermen come there before him by the thousands.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 16.26
वयं ते तर्तुकामाय महावैतरणीं नदीम् । शतयोजनविस्तीर्णां पूयशोणितसंकुलाम्
vayaṃ te tartukāmāya mahāvaitaraṇīṃ nadīm / śatayojanavistīrṇāṃ pūyaśoṇitasaṃkulām
"We are (here) for you who wish to cross the great river Vaitaraṇī, a hundred yojanas wide, thick with pus and blood,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 16.27
नानाझषसमाकीर्णां नानापक्षिगणैर्वृताम् । वयं त्वां तारयिष्यामः सुखेनेति वदन्ति ते
nānājhaṣasamākīrṇāṃ nānāpakṣigaṇairvṛtām / vayaṃ tvāṃ tārayiṣyāmaḥ sukheneti vadanti te
crowded with all kinds of fish, covered with flocks of all kinds of birds—we will ferry you across easily," so they say.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 16.28
अन्तरं देहि भो पान्थ बहुला चेद्रुचिस्तव । तेन तत्र प्रदत्ता गौस्तया नावा प्रसर्पति । मनुजानां हितं दानमन्ते वैतरणी स्मृता
antaraṃ dehi bho pāntha bahulā cedrucistava / tena tatra pradattā gaustayā nāvā prasarpati / manujānāṃ hitaṃ dānamante vaitaraṇī smṛtā
"Give the fare, O traveller, if your desire (to cross) is great." By the cow given there (in life) he moves across with that as a boat. The gift beneficial to men at the end is called the Vaitaraṇī (cow).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 16.29
परापापं दहेत्सर्वं विष्णुलोकं च सा नयेत् । न दत्ता चेत्खगश्रेष्ठ तां समेत्य समज्जति
parāpāpaṃ dahetsarvaṃ viṣṇulokaṃ ca sā nayet / na dattā cetkhagaśreṣṭha tāṃ sametya samajjati
It would burn away all one's greatest sin, and would lead one to Viṣṇu's world. But if it has not been given, O best of birds, on reaching that (river) he sinks.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 16.30
स्वस्थावस्थे शरीरे ऽत्र वैतरण्या व्रतं चरेत् । देया च विदुषे धेनुस्तां नदीं तर्तुमिच्छता
svasthāvasthe śarīre 'tra vaitaraṇyā vrataṃ caret / deyā ca viduṣe dhenustāṃ nadīṃ tartumicchatā
While the body is here in a healthy state one should perform the vow of the Vaitaraṇī; and a cow should be given to a learned brahmin by one who wishes to cross that river.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 16.31
अवदन्मज्जमानस्तु निन्दत्यात्मानमात्मना । पाथेयार्थं मया किञ्चिन्न प्रदत्तं द्विजायच
avadanmajjamānastu nindatyātmānamātmanā / pātheyārthaṃ mayā kiñcinna pradattaṃ dvijāyaca
Sinking, he speaks, blaming himself by himself: "Nothing was given by me to a brahmin for the sake of provisions for the journey."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 16.32
न दत्तं न हुतं जप्तं न स्नातं न कृतं स्तुतम् । यादृशं कर्म चरितं मूढ भुङ्क्ष्वेति तादृशम्
na dattaṃ na hutaṃ japtaṃ na snātaṃ na kṛtaṃ stutam / yādṛśaṃ karma caritaṃ mūḍha bhuṅkṣveti tādṛśam
"You gave nothing, offered no oblation, muttered no prayer, bathed not, made no praise. As is the deed you have done, fool, so enjoy it!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 16.33
तदैव हृदि संमूढस्ताडितो भाषते भटैः । वैतरण्याः परतटे भुङ्क्ते दत्तं घटादिकम्
tadaiva hṛdi saṃmūḍhastāḍito bhāṣate bhaṭaiḥ / vaitaraṇyāḥ parataṭe bhuṅkte dattaṃ ghaṭādikam
Then, utterly bewildered in his heart and beaten, he is spoken to by the (Yama-)soldiers. On the far bank of the Vaitaraṇī he consumes what was given—the water-pot and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 16.34
ऊनषाण्मासिकश्राद्धं भुक्त्वा गच्छति चाग्रतः । तार्क्ष्य तत्र विशेषेण भोजयीत द्विजाञ्छुभान्
ūnaṣāṇmāsikaśrāddhaṃ bhuktvā gacchati cāgrataḥ / tārkṣya tatra viśeṣeṇa bhojayīta dvijāñchubhān
Having eaten the śrāddha of the not-quite-sixth month, he goes on ahead. Tārkṣya, there one should especially feed auspicious brahmins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 16.35
चत्वारिंशत्तथा सप्त योजनानि शतद्वयम् । प्रयाति प्रत्यहं तार्क्ष्य अहोरात्रेण कर्शितः
catvāriṃśattathā sapta yojanāni śatadvayam / prayāti pratyahaṃ tārkṣya ahorātreṇa karśitaḥ
Two hundred and forty-seven yojanas he travels each day, O Tārkṣya, emaciated, in a day and a night.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 16.36
सप्तमे मासि सम्प्राप्ते पुरं बह्वापदं व्रजेत् । तत्र भुक्त्व प्रदत्तं यच्छ्राद्धं सप्तममासिकम्
saptame māsi samprāpte puraṃ bahvāpadaṃ vrajet / tatra bhuktva pradattaṃ yacchrāddhaṃ saptamamāsikam
When the seventh month arrives he goes to the city of many calamities; there he eats the śrāddha that was given as the seventh-month offering.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 16.37
अष्टमे मासि सम्प्राप्ते नानाक्रन्दपुरं व्रजेत् । नानाक्रन्दगणान्दृष्ट्वा क्रन्दमानान्सुदारुणम्
aṣṭame māsi samprāpte nānākrandapuraṃ vrajet / nānākrandagaṇāndṛṣṭvā krandamānānsudāruṇam
When the eighth month arrives he goes to the city of many cries, seeing the hosts of many wailers crying most terribly.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 16.38
स्वयं च शून्यहृदयः समाक्रन्दति दुः खितः । तन्मासिकं च यच्छ्राद्धं भुक्त्वा तत्र सुखी भवेत्
svayaṃ ca śūnyahṛdayaḥ samākrandati duḥ khitaḥ / tanmāsikaṃ ca yacchrāddhaṃ bhuktvā tatra sukhī bhavet
And he himself, empty-hearted, cries out aloud in misery; but having eaten the monthly śrāddha (offered for him), he becomes happy there.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 16.39
विहाय तत्पुरं प्रेतो याति तप्तपुरं प्रति । सुतप्तनगरं प्राप्य नवमे मासि सो ऽश्नुते । द्विजभोज्यं पिण्डदानं कृतं श्राद्धं सुतेन यत्
vihāya tatpuraṃ preto yāti taptapuraṃ prati / sutaptanagaraṃ prāpya navame māsi so 'śnute / dvijabhojyaṃ piṇḍadānaṃ kṛtaṃ śrāddhaṃ sutena yat
Leaving that city, the departed one goes on toward the City of Scorching; reaching the city Sutapta, in the ninth month he consumes the food given to brahmins, the piṇḍa-offering, and whatever śrāddha has been performed by his son.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 16.40
मासि वै दशमे प्राप्ते रौद्रं स्थानं स गच्छति । दशमे मासि यद्दत्तं तद्भुक्त्वा च प्रयाति सः
māsi vai daśame prāpte raudraṃ sthānaṃ sa gacchati / daśame māsi yaddattaṃ tadbhuktvā ca prayāti saḥ
When the tenth month arrives he goes to the place called Raudra; and having eaten what was given in the tenth month, he moves on.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 16.41
दशैकमासिकं भुक्त्वा पयोवर्षणमृच्छति । मेघास्तत्र प्रवर्षन्ति प्रेतानां दुः खदायकाः
daśaikamāsikaṃ bhuktvā payovarṣaṇamṛcchati / meghāstatra pravarṣanti pretānāṃ duḥ khadāyakāḥ
Having eaten the eleventh-month (offering), he reaches Payovarṣaṇa ("Rain of Water"); there the clouds rain down, giving pain to the departed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 16.42
(ततः प्रचलितो पोतो बहुर्घमतृषार्दितः) । द्वादशे मासि यच्छ्राद्धं तत्र भुङ्क्ते सुदुः शितः
(tataḥ pracalito poto bahurghamatṛṣārditaḥ) / dvādaśe māsi yacchrāddhaṃ tatra bhuṅkte suduḥ śitaḥ
Then the departed one, driven onward, afflicted by great heat and thirst — whatever śrāddha is (given) in the twelfth month, that he eats there, thoroughly chilled.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 16.43
किञ्चिन्न्यूने ततो वर्षे सार्धे चैकादशे ऽथ वा । याति शीतपुरं तत्र शीतं यत्रातिदुः खदम्
kiñcinnyūne tato varṣe sārdhe caikādaśe 'tha vā / yāti śītapuraṃ tatra śītaṃ yatrātiduḥ khadam
Then, when the year is a little short of complete, or at eleven and a half (months), he goes to the City of Cold, where the cold is exceedingly painful.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 16.44
शीतार्तः क्षुधितः सो ऽथ वीक्षते हि दिशो दश । तिष्ठेत्तु बान्धवः को ऽपि यो मे दुःखं व्यपोहति
śītārtaḥ kṣudhitaḥ so 'tha vīkṣate hi diśo daśa / tiṣṭhettu bāndhavaḥ ko 'pi yo me duḥkhaṃ vyapohati
Tormented by cold and hungry, he then looks around in all ten directions: "Might there be some kinsman standing by who could remove my suffering?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 16.45
किङ्करास्तं वदन्त्येवं क्व ते पुण्यं हि तादृशम् । श्रुत्वा तेषां तु तद्वाक्यं हा दैव इति भाषते
kiṅkarāstaṃ vadantyevaṃ kva te puṇyaṃ hi tādṛśam / śrutvā teṣāṃ tu tadvākyaṃ hā daiva iti bhāṣate
The servants say to him thus: "Where indeed is any such merit of yours?" And hearing that speech of theirs he says, "Alas, fate!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 16.46
दैवं हि पूर्वसुकृतं तन्मया नैव सञ्चितम् । एवं सञ्चिन्त्य बहुशो धैर्यमालम्बते पुनः
daivaṃ hi pūrvasukṛtaṃ tanmayā naiva sañcitam / evaṃ sañcintya bahuśo dhairyamālambate punaḥ
"Fate is indeed the good done formerly, and that I did not accumulate at all." Reflecting thus again and again, he takes hold of firmness once more.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 16.47
चत्वारिंशद्योजनानि चतुर्युक्तानि वै ततः । धर्मराजपुरं रम्यं गन्धर्वाप्सराकुलम्
catvāriṃśadyojanāni caturyuktāni vai tataḥ / dharmarājapuraṃ ramyaṃ gandharvāpsarākulam
Then, at forty-four yojanas (from there), is the delightful city of the King of Dharma, thronged with gandharvas and apsarases.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 16.48
चतुरशीतिलक्षैश्च मूर्तामूर्तैरधिष्ठितम् । त्रयोदश प्रतीहारा धर्मराजपुरे स्थिताः
caturaśītilakṣaiśca mūrtāmūrtairadhiṣṭhitam / trayodaśa pratīhārā dharmarājapure sthitāḥ
It is occupied by eighty-four lakhs (of beings), embodied and disembodied; thirteen gatekeepers are stationed in the city of the King of Dharma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 16.49
शुभाशुभं तु यत्कर्म ते विचार्य पुनः पुनः । श्रवणा ब्रह्मणः पुत्रा मनुष्याणां च चेष्टितम् । कथयन्ति तदा लोके पूजिताः पूजिताः स्वयम्
śubhāśubhaṃ tu yatkarma te vicārya punaḥ punaḥ / śravaṇā brahmaṇaḥ putrā manuṣyāṇāṃ ca ceṣṭitam / kathayanti tadā loke pūjitāḥ pūjitāḥ svayam
Having examined again and again whatever deed is good or bad, the Śravaṇas, sons of Brahmā, then report the doings of men — themselves honoured, honoured in the world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 16.50
नरैस्तुष्टैश्च पुष्टैश्च यत्प्रोक्तं च कृतं च यत् । सर्वमावेदयन्ति स्म चित्रगुप्ते यमे च तत्
naraistuṣṭaiśca puṣṭaiśca yatproktaṃ ca kṛtaṃ ca yat / sarvamāvedayanti sma citragupte yame ca tat
Whatever is spoken and whatever is done by men, whether content or well-fed, all that they reported to Citragupta and to Yama.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 16.51
दूराच्छ्रवणविज्ञाना दूराद्दर्शनगोचराः । एवञ्चेष्टास्तु ते ह्यष्टौ स्वर्भूपातालचारिणः
dūrācchravaṇavijñānā dūrāddarśanagocarāḥ / evañceṣṭāstu te hyaṣṭau svarbhūpātālacāriṇaḥ
Perceiving by hearing from afar, having sight within range from afar — such are the doings of those eight, who move in heaven, earth and the netherworld.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 16.52
तेषां पत्न्यस्तथै वोग्रा श्रवण्यः पृथगाह्वयाः । एवं तेषां शक्तिरस्ति यर्त्ये मर्त्याधिकारिणः
teṣāṃ patnyastathai vogrā śravaṇyaḥ pṛthagāhvayāḥ / evaṃ teṣāṃ śaktirasti yartye martyādhikāriṇaḥ
Their wives likewise are fierce, called Śravaṇīs, each with a separate name; such is their power, since they hold authority over mortals.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 16.53
व्रतैर्दानैस्तवैर्यश्च पूजयेदिह मानवः । जायन्ते तस्य ते सौम्याः सुखमृत्युप्रदायिनः
vratairdānaistavairyaśca pūjayediha mānavaḥ / jāyante tasya te saumyāḥ sukhamṛtyupradāyinaḥ
If a man honours them here with vows, gifts and praises, they become gentle to him and grant him an easy death.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition