Garuda Purana — Uttara Khanda (Pretakalpa) — Chapter 18
GaP 2 18.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- १८ श्रीकृष्ण उवाच । श्रवणानां वचः श्रुत्वा क्षणं ध्यात्वा पुनस्ततः । यत्कृतं तु मनुष्यैश्चपुण्यं पापमहर्निशम्
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 18 śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / śravaṇānāṃ vacaḥ śrutvā kṣaṇaṃ dhyātvā punastataḥ / yatkṛtaṃ tu manuṣyaiścapuṇyaṃ pāpamaharniśam
The Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, 18. Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: Having heard the words of the Śravaṇas and then having reflected for a moment, (he considers) the merit and sin that men do day and night;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 18.2
तत्सर्वं च परिज्ञाय चित्रगुप्तो निवेदयेत् । चित्रगुप्तस्ततः सर्वं कर्म तस्मै वदत्यथ
tatsarvaṃ ca parijñāya citragupto nivedayet / citraguptastataḥ sarvaṃ karma tasmai vadatyatha
and having fully ascertained all that, Citragupta reports it; then Citragupta tells him all the deeds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 18.3
वाचैव यत्कृतं कर्म कृतं चैव तु कायिकम् । मानसं च तथा कर्म कृतं भुङ्क्ते शुभाशुभम्
vācaiva yatkṛtaṃ karma kṛtaṃ caiva tu kāyikam / mānasaṃ ca tathā karma kṛtaṃ bhuṅkte śubhāśubham
Whatever deed was done by speech, and what was done with the body, and likewise the deed done in the mind — (the doer) experiences it, good and bad.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 18.4
एवं ते कथितस्तार्क्ष्य प्रेतमार्गस्य निर्णयः । विश्रान्ति दानि सर्वाणि स्थानानि कथितानि ते
evaṃ te kathitastārkṣya pretamārgasya nirṇayaḥ / viśrānti dāni sarvāṇi sthānāni kathitāni te
Thus the determination of the path of the departed has been told to you, O son of Tārkṣya; all the resting places have been described to you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 18.5
तमुद्दिश्य ददात्यन्नं सुखं याति महाध्वनि । दिवा रात्रौ तमुद्दिश्य स्थाने दीपप्रदो भवेत्
tamuddiśya dadātyannaṃ sukhaṃ yāti mahādhvani / divā rātrau tamuddiśya sthāne dīpaprado bhavet
(Whoever) gives food designating him (the dead man), he goes happily on the great road; and by day and by night one should be a giver of lamps at (that) place, designating him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 18.6
अन्धकारे महाघोरे श्वपूर्णे लक्ष्यवर्जिते । दीप्ते ऽध्वनि च ते यान्ति दीपो दत्तश्च यैर्नरैः
andhakāre mahāghore śvapūrṇe lakṣyavarjite / dīpte 'dhvani ca te yānti dīpo dattaśca yairnaraiḥ
In darkness, greatly terrible, full of dogs, devoid of anything to see — but on a lighted road those men go by whom a lamp has been given.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 18.7
कार्तिके च चतुर्दश्यां दीपदानं सुखाय वै । अथ वक्ष्यामि संक्षेपाद्यममार्गस्य निष्कृतिम्
kārtike ca caturdaśyāṃ dīpadānaṃ sukhāya vai / atha vakṣyāmi saṃkṣepādyamamārgasya niṣkṛtim
And on the fourteenth (day) in Kārttika the gift of a lamp is indeed for (his) happiness. Now I shall tell in brief the deliverance from Yama's road.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 18.10
वृषोत्सर्गस्य पुण्येन पितृलोकं स गच्छति । एकादशाहपिण्डेन शुद्धदेहो भवेत्ततः ॥ गर्प्_२,१८।८ ॥ उदकुम्भप्रदानेन किङ्करास्तृप्तिमाप्नुयुः ॥ गर्प्_२,१८।९ ॥ शय्यादानाद्बिमानस्थो याति स्वर्गेषु मानवः । तदह्नि दीयते सर्वं द्वादशाहे विशेषतः
vṛṣotsargasya puṇyena pitṛlokaṃ sa gacchati / ekādaśāhapiṇḍena śuddhadeho bhavettataḥ // garp_2,18.8 // udakumbhapradānena kiṅkarāstṛptimāpnuyuḥ // garp_2,18.9 // śayyādānādbimānastho yāti svargeṣu mānavaḥ / tadahni dīyate sarvaṃ dvādaśāhe viśeṣataḥ
By the merit of releasing a bull he goes to the world of the fathers; by the eleventh-day rice-ball he then becomes one of purified body. By the gift of a water-pot the (Yama's) servants attain satisfaction. By the gift of a bed a man goes to the heavens seated in a celestial car. On that day everything is given, and especially on the twelfth day.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 18.11
पदानि सर्ववस्तूनि वरिष्ठानि त्रयोदशे । यो ददाति मृतस्येह जीवन्नप्यात्महेतवे
padāni sarvavastūni variṣṭhāni trayodaśe / yo dadāti mṛtasyeha jīvannapyātmahetave
On the thirteenth (day) the 'steps' (padas), all the objects, the best ones — (given by) whoever gives them here for a dead man, or even while alive for his own sake —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 18.12
तदाश्रितो महामार्गे वैनतेय स गच्छति । एक एवास्ति सर्वत्रे व्यवहारः खगाधिप
tadāśrito mahāmārge vainateya sa gacchati / eka evāsti sarvatre vyavahāraḥ khagādhipa
relying on that, O son of Vinatā, he goes on the great road. There is one and the same procedure everywhere, O lord of birds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 18.13
उत्तमाधममध्यानां तत्तदावर्जनं भवेत् । यावद्भाग्यं भवेद्यस्य तावन्मार्गे ऽतिरिच्यते
uttamādhamamadhyānāṃ tattadāvarjanaṃ bhavet / yāvadbhāgyaṃ bhavedyasya tāvanmārge 'tiricyate
For the highest, the lowest, and the middling there is that respective allotment; as much as a man's fortune may be, so much is granted (to him) in excess on the road.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 18.14
स्वयं स्वस्येन यद्दत्तं तत्तत्राधिकरोति तम् । मृते यद्बान्धवैर्दत्तं तदाश्रित्य सुखी भवेत्
svayaṃ svasyena yaddattaṃ tattatrādhikaroti tam / mṛte yadbāndhavairdattaṃ tadāśritya sukhī bhavet
What is given by a man himself, by his own (act), that entitles him there; what is given by relatives when he is dead, relying on that he becomes happy.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 18.15
गरुड उवाच । कस्मात्पदानि देयानि किंविधानि त्रयोदश । दीयते कस्य देवेश तद्वदस्व यथातथम्
garuḍa uvāca / kasmātpadāni deyāni kiṃvidhāni trayodaśa / dīyate kasya deveśa tadvadasva yathātatham
Garuḍa said: Why are the thirteen padas to be given, and of what kind (are they)? To whom is (each) given, O lord of gods? Tell that just as it is.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 18.16
श्रीभगवानुवाच । छत्त्रोपानहवस्त्राणि मुद्रिका च कमण्डलुः । आसनं भाजनं चैव पदं सप्तविधं स्मृतम्
śrībhagavānuvāca / chattropānahavastrāṇi mudrikā ca kamaṇḍaluḥ / āsanaṃ bhājanaṃ caiva padaṃ saptavidhaṃ smṛtam
The Blessed Lord said: An umbrella, sandals, garments, a ring, a water-jar, a seat, and a vessel — the pada is remembered as being of seven kinds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 18.17
आतपस्तत्र यो रौद्रो दह्यते येन मानवः । छत्रदानेन सुच्छाया जायते प्रेततुष्टिदा
ātapastatra yo raudro dahyate yena mānavaḥ / chatradānena succhāyā jāyate pretatuṣṭidā
There (on the road) the heat is fierce, by which a man is burned; by the gift of an umbrella good shade arises, which gives satisfaction to the departed one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 18.18
असिपत्रवनं घोरं सो ऽतिक्रामति वै ध्रुवम् । अश्वारूढाश्च गच्छन्ति ददते य उपानहौ
asipatravanaṃ ghoraṃ so 'tikrāmati vai dhruvam / aśvārūḍhāśca gacchanti dadate ya upānahau
He surely crosses over the terrible forest of sword-leaves; and those who give a pair of sandals go mounted on horses.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 18.19
आसने स्वागते (भोजने) चैव दत्तं तस्मै द्विजायते । सुखेन भुङ्क्ते स प्रेतः पथि गच्छञ्छनैः शनैः
āsane svāgate (bhojane) caiva dattaṃ tasmai dvijāyate / sukhena bhuṅkte sa pretaḥ pathi gacchañchanaiḥ śanaiḥ
What is given to a brahmin as a seat and a welcome (or: food) becomes his; that departed one eats in comfort as he goes slowly, slowly along the path.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 18.20
बहुधर्मसमाकीर्णे निर्वाते तोयवर्जिते । कमण्डलुप्रदानेन सुखी भवति निश्चितम्
bahudharmasamākīrṇe nirvāte toyavarjite / kamaṇḍalupradānena sukhī bhavati niścitam
On (a road) strewn with much dust, windless, devoid of water, by the gift of a water-jar he certainly becomes happy.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 18.21
मृतोद्देशेन यो दद्यादुदपात्रं तु ताम्रजम् । प्रपादानसहस्रस्य तत्फलं सो ऽश्नुते ध्रुवम्
mṛtoddeśena yo dadyādudapātraṃ tu tāmrajam / prapādānasahasrasya tatphalaṃ so 'śnute dhruvam
He who, designating the dead, gives a copper water-vessel, surely enjoys the fruit of a thousand gifts of water-booths.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 18.22
यमदूता महारौद्राः करालाः कृष्णपिङ्गलाः । न पीडयन्ति दाक्षिण्याद्वस्त्राभारणदानतः
yamadūtā mahāraudrāḥ karālāḥ kṛṣṇapiṅgalāḥ / na pīḍayanti dākṣiṇyādvastrābhāraṇadānataḥ
The very terrible messengers of Yama, gaping-mouthed, black and tawny, do not torment (him), out of courtesy, because of the gift of clothes and ornaments.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 18.23
सायुधा धावमानाश्च न मार्गे दृष्टिगोचराः । प्रयान्ति यमदूतास्ते मुद्रिकायाः प्रदानतः
sāyudhā dhāvamānāśca na mārge dṛṣṭigocarāḥ / prayānti yamadūtāste mudrikāyāḥ pradānataḥ
And those messengers of Yama, running with weapons in hand, pass on without coming into sight on the road, because of the giving of a ring.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 18.24
भाजनासनदानेन आमान्नभोजनेन च । आज्ययज्ञोपवीताभ्यां पदं सम्पूर्णतां व्रजेत्
bhājanāsanadānena āmānnabhojanena ca / ājyayajñopavītābhyāṃ padaṃ sampūrṇatāṃ vrajet
By the gift of a vessel and a seat, and by uncooked food and by cooked food, and by ghee and the sacred thread, the pada attains completeness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 18.25
एवं मार्गे गच्छमानस्तृषार्तः श्रमपीडितः । महिषीरथ (दुग्ध) दानाच्च सुखी भवति निश्चितम्
evaṃ mārge gacchamānastṛṣārtaḥ śramapīḍitaḥ / mahiṣīratha (dugdha) dānācca sukhī bhavati niścitam
Thus, going on the road, tormented by thirst and afflicted by fatigue, by the gift of a buffalo (or: of milk) he certainly becomes happy.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 18.26
गरुड उवाच । मृतोद्देशेन यत्किञ्चिद्दीयते स्वगृहे विभो । स गच्छति महामार्गे तद्दत्तं केन गृह्यते
garuḍa uvāca / mṛtoddeśena yatkiñciddīyate svagṛhe vibho / sa gacchati mahāmārge taddattaṃ kena gṛhyate
Garuḍa said: Whatever is given in one's own house designating the dead, O all-pervading one — he goes on the great road; by whom is that gift received?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 18.27
श्रीभगवानुवाच । गृह्णाति वरुणो दानं मम हस्ते प्रयच्छति । अहं च भास्करे देवे भास्करात्सो ऽश्नुते सुखम्
śrībhagavānuvāca / gṛhṇāti varuṇo dānaṃ mama haste prayacchati / ahaṃ ca bhāskare deve bhāskarātso 'śnute sukham
The Blessed Lord said: Varuṇa receives the gift and places it in my hand; and I (place it) in the god Bhāskara (the Sun), and from Bhāskara he (the departed) enjoys the comfort of it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 18.28
विकर्मणः प्रभावेण वंशच्छेदे क्षिताविह । सर्वे ते नरकं यान्ति यावत्पापस्य संक्षयः
vikarmaṇaḥ prabhāveṇa vaṃśacchede kṣitāviha / sarve te narakaṃ yānti yāvatpāpasya saṃkṣayaḥ
By the force of forbidden acts, when the family line is cut off here on earth, they all go to hell, until the sin is exhausted.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 18.29
कस्मिंश्चित्समये पूर्णे महिषासनसंस्थितः । नरकान्वीक्ष्य धर्मात्मा नानाक्रन्दसमाकुलान्
kasmiṃścitsamaye pūrṇe mahiṣāsanasaṃsthitaḥ / narakānvīkṣya dharmātmā nānākrandasamākulān
At a certain time, when it was completed, (Yama) the righteous one, seated on his buffalo-seat, looked upon the hells, filled with various cries of lamentation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 18.30
चतुरशीतिलक्षाणां नरकाणां स ईश्वरः । तेषां मध्ये श्रेष्ठतमा घोरा या एकविंशतिः
caturaśītilakṣāṇāṃ narakāṇāṃ sa īśvaraḥ / teṣāṃ madhye śreṣṭhatamā ghorā yā ekaviṃśatiḥ
He is the lord of the eighty-four lakhs of hells; among them the most eminent, the terrible ones, are twenty-one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 18.31
तामिस्त्रं लोहशङ्कुश्च महारौरवशाल्मली । रौरवं कुड्वलं कालसूत्रकं पूतिमृतिका
tāmistraṃ lohaśaṅkuśca mahārauravaśālmalī / rauravaṃ kuḍvalaṃ kālasūtrakaṃ pūtimṛtikā
Tāmisra, Lohaśaṅku, Mahāraurava, Śālmalī, Raurava, Kuḍvala, Kālasūtraka, Pūtimṛttikā,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 18.32
सङ्घातं लोहतोदं च सविषं सम्प्रतापनम् । महानरककालोलः सजीवनमहापथः
saṅghātaṃ lohatodaṃ ca saviṣaṃ sampratāpanam / mahānarakakālolaḥ sajīvanamahāpathaḥ
Saṅghāta, Lohatoda, Saviṣa, Sampratāpana, Mahānaraka, Kākola, Sañjīvana, Mahāpatha,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 18.33
अवीचिरन्धता मिस्त्रः कुम्भोपाकस्तथैव च । असिपत्रवनं चैव पतनश्चैकविंशतिः
avīcirandhatā mistraḥ kumbhopākastathaiva ca / asipatravanaṃ caiva patanaścaikaviṃśatiḥ
Avīci, Andhatāmisra, and likewise Kumbhīpāka, and Asipatravana, and Patana — (these are) the twenty-one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 18.34
येषां तु नरके घोरे बह्वब्दानि गतानि वै । सन्तातर्नैव विद्यते दूतत्वं ते तु (प्रेत्य) यान्ति हि
yeṣāṃ tu narake ghore bahvabdāni gatāni vai / santātarnaiva vidyate dūtatvaṃ te tu (pretya) yānti hi
But those in the terrible hell for whom many years have passed, and for whom there is no continuity (of offerings) — they indeed go on as messengers (of Yama) after death.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 18.35
यमेन प्रेषितास्ते वै मानुषस्य मृतस्य तु । दिनेदिने प्रगृह्णन्ति दत्तमन्नाद्यपानकम्
yamena preṣitāste vai mānuṣasya mṛtasya tu / dinedine pragṛhṇanti dattamannādyapānakam
Sent by Yama, they day by day receive the food, other edibles and drink given for a dead man.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 18.36
प्रेतस्यैव विलुण्ठन्ति मध्ये मार्गे बुभुक्षिताः । मासान्ते भोजनं पिण्डमेके यच्छन्ति तत्र वै
pretasyaiva viluṇṭhanti madhye mārge bubhukṣitāḥ / māsānte bhojanaṃ piṇḍameke yacchanti tatra vai
Being hungry, they plunder (it) from the preta itself midway on the road; some give food there, a rice-ball, at the month's end.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 18.37
तृप्तिं प्रयान्ति ते सर्वे प्रत्यहं चैव वत्सरम् । एवमादिकृतैः पुण्यैः क्रमात्सौरिपुरं व्रजेत्
tṛptiṃ prayānti te sarve pratyahaṃ caiva vatsaram / evamādikṛtaiḥ puṇyaiḥ kramātsauripuraṃ vrajet
They all attain satisfaction, day by day and for the year; by such merits as these performed, (the preta) gradually goes to the city of Sauri.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 18.38
ततः संवत्सरस्यान्ते प्रत्यासन्ने यमालये । बहुभीतकरे प्रेतो हस्तमात्रं समुत्सृजेत्
tataḥ saṃvatsarasyānte pratyāsanne yamālaye / bahubhītakare preto hastamātraṃ samutsṛjet
Then, at the end of the year, when Yama's abode is near, the preta, its hand full of terror, casts off (its body) a cubit in size.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 18.39
दिवसैर्दशभिर्जातं तं देहं दशपिण्डजम् । जामदग्न्यस्येव रामं दृष्ट्वा तेजः प्रसर्पति
divasairdaśabhirjātaṃ taṃ dehaṃ daśapiṇḍajam / jāmadagnyasyeva rāmaṃ dṛṣṭvā tejaḥ prasarpati
Seeing that body born in ten days, produced from the ten rice-balls, radiance spreads over it, as over Rāma the son of Jamadagni.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 18.40
कर्मजं देहमाश्रित्य पूर्वदेहं समुत्सजेत् । अङ्गुष्ठमात्रो वायुश्च शमीपत्रंसमारुहेत्
karmajaṃ dehamāśritya pūrvadehaṃ samutsajet / aṅguṣṭhamātro vāyuśca śamīpatraṃsamāruhet
Taking recourse to the body born of karma, he casts off the former body; and, of the size of a thumb, as wind he would mount upon a śamī leaf.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 18.41
व्रजंस्तिष्ठन्पदैकेन यथैवैकेन गच्छति । यथा तृणजलौकेव देही कर्मानुगो ऽवशः
vrajaṃstiṣṭhanpadaikena yathaivaikena gacchati / yathā tṛṇajalaukeva dehī karmānugo 'vaśaḥ
Moving and standing, he goes by one foot just as by one (foot he stands); like a leech on a blade of grass, the embodied one, helpless, follows his karma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 18.42
वासांसि जीर्णानि यथा विहाय नवानि गृह्णाति नरो ऽपराणि । तथा शरीराणि विहाय जीर्णान्यन्यानि संयाति नवानि देही
vāsāṃsi jīrṇāni yathā vihāya navāni gṛhṇāti naro 'parāṇi / tathā śarīrāṇi vihāya jīrṇānyanyāni saṃyāti navāni dehī
As a man casts off worn-out garments and takes up other, new ones, so the embodied one casts off worn-out bodies and goes to other, new ones.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition