Garuda Purana — Uttara Khanda (Pretakalpa) — Chapter 19
GaP 2 19.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- १९ श्रीभगवानुवाच । वायुभूतः क्षधाविष्टः कर्मजं देहमाश्रितः । ते देहं स समासाद्य यमेन सह गच्छति
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 19 śrībhagavānuvāca / vāyubhūtaḥ kṣadhāviṣṭaḥ karmajaṃ dehamāśritaḥ / te dehaṃ sa samāsādya yamena saha gacchati
The Blessed Lord said: Become wind, seized by hunger, resorting to the body born of karma — having obtained that body, he goes along with Yama('s men).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 19.2
चित्रगुप्तपुरं तत्र योजनानां तु विंशतिः । कायस्थास्तत्र पश्यन्ति पापपुण्यानि सर्वशः
citraguptapuraṃ tatra yojanānāṃ tu viṃśatiḥ / kāyasthāstatra paśyanti pāpapuṇyāni sarvaśaḥ
There is Citragupta's city, twenty yojanas (in extent); there the Kāyasthas inspect the sins and merits in every respect.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 19.3
महादानेषुदत्तेषु गतस्तत्र सुखी भवेत् । योजनानां चतुर्विंशत्पुरं वैवस्वतं शुभम्
mahādāneṣudatteṣu gatastatra sukhī bhavet / yojanānāṃ caturviṃśatpuraṃ vaivasvataṃ śubham
If great gifts have been given, one who goes there becomes happy; twenty-four yojanas (in extent) is the fair city of Vaivasvata.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 19.4
लोहं लवणकार्पासं तिलपात्रं च यैर्नरैः । दत्तं तेनैव तृप्यन्ति यमस्य पुरचारिणः
lohaṃ lavaṇakārpāsaṃ tilapātraṃ ca yairnaraiḥ / dattaṃ tenaiva tṛpyanti yamasya puracāriṇaḥ
Iron, salt, cotton, and a vessel of sesame — by whatever men these are given, by just that Yama's city-dwellers are satisfied.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 19.5
गत्वा च तत्र ते सर्वे प्रतीहारं वदन्ति हि । धर्मध्वजप्रतीहारस्तत्र तिष्ठति सर्वदा
gatvā ca tatra te sarve pratīhāraṃ vadanti hi / dharmadhvajapratīhārastatra tiṣṭhati sarvadā
And going there, they all indeed address the gatekeeper; the gatekeeper Dharmadhvaja stands there always.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 19.6
सप्तधान्यस्य दानेन प्रीतो धर्मध्वजो भवेत् । तत्र गत्वा प्रतीहारो ब्रूते तस्य शुभाशुभम्
saptadhānyasya dānena prīto dharmadhvajo bhavet / tatra gatvā pratīhāro brūte tasya śubhāśubham
By the gift of the seven grains Dharmadhvaja is pleased; going there, the gatekeeper declares that (man's) good and evil.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 19.7
धर्मराजस्य यद्रूपं सन्तः सुकृतिनो जनाः । पश्यन्ति च दुरात्मानो यमरूपं सुभीषणम्
dharmarājasya yadrūpaṃ santaḥ sukṛtino janāḥ / paśyanti ca durātmāno yamarūpaṃ subhīṣaṇam
The form of Dharmarāja that good people, doers of merit, behold — but the evil-souled see the form of Yama, exceedingly terrible.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 19.8
तं दृष्ट्वा भयभीतस्तु हाहेति वदते जनः । कृतं दानं च यैर्मर्त्यैस्तेषां नास्ति भयं क्वचित्
taṃ dṛṣṭvā bhayabhītastu hāheti vadate janaḥ / kṛtaṃ dānaṃ ca yairmartyaisteṣāṃ nāsti bhayaṃ kvacit
Seeing him, a man, struck with fear, cries out "Alas! Alas!"; but for those mortals by whom gifts have been made, there is no fear anywhere.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 19.9
प्राप्तं सुकृतिनं दृष्ट्वा स्थानाच्च लति सूर्यजः । एष मे मण्डलं भित्त्वा ब्रह्मलोकं प्रयास्यति
prāptaṃ sukṛtinaṃ dṛṣṭvā sthānācca lati sūryajaḥ / eṣa me maṇḍalaṃ bhittvā brahmalokaṃ prayāsyati
Seeing a meritorious man arrived, the son of the Sun rises from his seat: "This one, breaking through my sphere, will go on to the world of Brahmā."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 19.10
दानेन सुलभो धर्मो यममार्गः सुखावहः । एष मार्गो विशालो ऽत्र न केनाप्य नुगम्यते । दानपुण्यं विना वत्स न गच्छेद्धर्ममन्दिरम्
dānena sulabho dharmo yamamārgaḥ sukhāvahaḥ / eṣa mārgo viśālo 'tra na kenāpya nugamyate / dānapuṇyaṃ vinā vatsa na gaccheddharmamandiram
By giving, dharma is easily gained, and Yama's road becomes pleasant. This road here is wide, (yet) it is traversed by no one; without the merit of giving, my child, one would not reach the mansion of Dharma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 19.11
तस्मिन्मार्गे तु रौद्रे वै भीषणा यमकिङ्कराः । एकैकस्य पुरस्याग्रे तिष्ठत्येकसहस्रकम्
tasminmārge tu raudre vai bhīṣaṇā yamakiṅkarāḥ / ekaikasya purasyāgre tiṣṭhatyekasahasrakam
But on that terrible road are the frightful servants of Yama; before each single city a thousand of them stand.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 19.12
पचन्ति पापिनं प्राप्य उदके यातनाकराः । गृह्णन्ति मासमासान्ते पादशेषं तु तद्भवेत्
pacanti pāpinaṃ prāpya udake yātanākarāḥ / gṛhṇanti māsamāsānte pādaśeṣaṃ tu tadbhavet
The inflicters of torment, having got hold of the sinner, boil him in water; they seize (him) at the end of each month, and (only) a quarter of him would be left.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 19.13
और्ध्वदैहिकदानानि यैर्न दत्तानि काश्यप । महाकष्टेन ते यान्ति तस्माद्देयानि शक्तितः । अदत्त्वा पशुवद्यान्ति गृहीतो वन्धबन्धनैः
aurdhvadaihikadānāni yairna dattāni kāśyapa / mahākaṣṭena te yānti tasmāddeyāni śaktitaḥ / adattvā paśuvadyānti gṛhīto vandhabandhanaiḥ
Those by whom, Kāśyapa, the gifts for the departed body have not been given — they go with great suffering; therefore they should be given according to one's ability. Not having given, they go like cattle, seized with bonds and fetters.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 19.14
एवं कृतेन सम्पश्येत्स नरः भूतकर्मणा । दैविकीं पैतृकीं योनिं मानुषीं वाथ नारकीम्
evaṃ kṛtena sampaśyetsa naraḥ bhūtakarmaṇā / daivikīṃ paitṛkīṃ yoniṃ mānuṣīṃ vātha nārakīm
Thus, by the rite performed with the deeds done for the departed, that man may look upon a divine, an ancestral, a human, or else a hellish birth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 19.15
धर्मराजस्य वचनान्मुक्तिर्भवति वा ततः । मानुष्यं तत्त्वतः प्राप्य स पुत्त्रः पुत्त्रतां व्रजेत्
dharmarājasya vacanānmuktirbhavati vā tataḥ / mānuṣyaṃ tattvataḥ prāpya sa puttraḥ puttratāṃ vrajet
Or from the word of Dharmarāja release comes to him thereafter; and truly attaining human birth, he becomes a son with the status of a son.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 19.16
यथायथा कृतं कर्म तान्तां योनिं व्रजेन्नरः । तत्तथैव च भुञ्जानो विचरेत्सर्वलोकगः
yathāyathā kṛtaṃ karma tāntāṃ yoniṃ vrajennaraḥ / tattathaiva ca bhuñjāno vicaretsarvalokagaḥ
According as the deed has been done, so a man goes to this or that womb, and enjoying just that, he wanders, going through all the worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 19.17
अशाश्वतं परिज्ञाय सर्वलोकोत्तरं सुखम् । यदा भवति मानुष्यं तदा धर्मं समाचरेत्
aśāśvataṃ parijñāya sarvalokottaraṃ sukham / yadā bhavati mānuṣyaṃ tadā dharmaṃ samācaret
Having understood that the happiness beyond all worlds is not everlasting — when human birth comes, then let one practise dharma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 19.18
कृमयो भस्म विष्ठा वा देहानां प्रकृतिः सदा । अन्धकूपे महारौद्रे दीपहस्तः पातेत्तु वै
kṛmayo bhasma viṣṭhā vā dehānāṃ prakṛtiḥ sadā / andhakūpe mahāraudre dīpahastaḥ pātettu vai
Worms, ash, or excrement are always the natural end of bodies; (yet a man) with a lamp in his hand would fall into the blind well, most terrible.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 19.21
महापुण्यप्रभावेण मानुष्यं जन्म लभ्यते । यस्तत्प्राप्य चरेद्धर्मं स गच्छेत्परमां गतिम् ॥ गर्प्_२,१९।१९ ॥ अपि जानन्वृथा धर्मं दुः खमायाति याति च ॥ गर्प्_२,१९।२० ॥ जातीशतेन लभते किल मानुषत्वं तत्रापि दुर्लभतरं खग भो द्विजत्वम् । यस्तत्र पालयति लालयति व्रतानि तस्यामृतं भवति हस्तगतं प्रसादात्
mahāpuṇyaprabhāveṇa mānuṣyaṃ janma labhyate / yastatprāpya careddharmaṃ sa gacchetparamāṃ gatim // garp_2,19.19 // api jānanvṛthā dharmaṃ duḥ khamāyāti yāti ca // garp_2,19.20 // jātīśatena labhate kila mānuṣatvaṃ tatrāpi durlabhataraṃ khaga bho dvijatvam / yastatra pālayati lālayati vratāni tasyāmṛtaṃ bhavati hastagataṃ prasādāt
By the power of great merit human birth is obtained; he who, having attained it, practises dharma goes to the highest state. (19.19) Even one who knows dharma, (neglecting it) in vain, comes to sorrow and goes (to it). (19.20) After a hundred births one gains, they say, human status; and harder still to gain there, O bird, is brahminhood; he who therein guards and cherishes the vows — for him the nectar of immortality comes into his hand by (the Lord's) grace.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain