Garuda Purana — Uttara Khanda (Pretakalpa) — Chapter 2
GaP 2 2.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- २ श्रीकृष्ण उवाच । साधु पृष्टं त्वया भद्र मानुषाणां हिताय वै । शृणुष्वावहितो भूत्वा सर्वमेवौर्ध्वदैहिकम्
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 2 śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / sādhu pṛṣṭaṃ tvayā bhadra mānuṣāṇāṃ hitāya vai / śṛṇuṣvāvahito bhūtvā sarvamevaurdhvadaihikam
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: Well have you asked, good sir, indeed for the benefit of human beings. Become attentive and hear all that pertains to the life beyond this body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 2.2
सम्यग्विभेदरहितं श्रुतिस्मृतिसमुद्धृतम् । यन्न दृष्टं सुरैः सेन्द्रैर्योगिभिर्योगचिन्तकैः
samyagvibhedarahitaṃ śrutismṛtisamuddhṛtam / yanna dṛṣṭaṃ suraiḥ sendrairyogibhiryogacintakaiḥ
(Hear it) rightly, free of inconsistency, drawn out from śruti and smṛti — that which has not been seen by the gods together with Indra, nor by yogins who ponder on yoga,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 2.3
गुह्यद्गुह्यतरं तच्च नाख्यातं कस्यचित्क्वचित् । भक्तस्त्वं हि महाभाग वैनतेयं ब्रवीमि ते
guhyadguhyataraṃ tacca nākhyātaṃ kasyacitkvacit / bhaktastvaṃ hi mahābhāga vainateyaṃ bravīmi te
and it is more secret than the secret; it has not been declared to anyone anywhere. But you are a devotee, greatly fortunate son of Vinatā — I tell it to you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 2.4
अपुत्रस्य गतिर्नास्तु स्वर्गो नैव च नैव च । येन केनाप्युपायेन कार्यं जन्म सुतस्य हि
aputrasya gatirnāstu svargo naiva ca naiva ca / yena kenāpyupāyena kāryaṃ janma sutasya hi
For a man without a son there is no (good) course, and no heaven at all, none at all; by whatever means, the birth of a son must be brought about.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 2.5
तारयेन्नरकात्पुत्त्रो यदि मोक्षो न विद्यते । स्कन्धः पुत्रेण कर्तव्यो ह्यग्निदाता च पौत्रकः
tārayennarakātputtro yadi mokṣo na vidyate / skandhaḥ putreṇa kartavyo hyagnidātā ca pautrakaḥ
A son would carry (his father) across out of hell, if release is not to be had; the shoulder(-bearing of the corpse) is to be done by the son, and the grandson is the giver of the fire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 2.6
तिलदर्भैश्च भूम्यां वै कुटी ऋतुमती भवेत् । पञ्च रत्नानि वक्त्रे तु येन जीवः प्ररोहति
tiladarbhaiśca bhūmyāṃ vai kuṭī ṛtumatī bhavet / pañca ratnāni vaktre tu yena jīvaḥ prarohati
With sesame and darbha grass on the ground the hut becomes fertile; and five gems (are placed) in the mouth, by which the living being sprouts forth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 2.7
यदा पुष्पं प्रनष्टं हि क्व तदा गर्भधारणम् । आदराच्च ततो भूमौ येन गर्भं प्रधार्यते
yadā puṣpaṃ pranaṣṭaṃ hi kva tadā garbhadhāraṇam / ādarācca tato bhūmau yena garbhaṃ pradhāryate
When the flower has been destroyed, where then is the holding of an embryo? Therefore, out of reverence, (it is done) on the ground, by which (means) the embryo is held.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 2.8
लेप्या तु गोमयैर्भूमिस्तिलान्दर्भान्विनिः क्षिपेत् । तस्यामेवातुरो मुक्तः सर्वं दहति किल्बिषम्
lepyā tu gomayairbhūmistilāndarbhānviniḥ kṣipet / tasyāmevāturo muktaḥ sarvaṃ dahati kilbiṣam
The ground is to be smeared with cow dung, and one should scatter sesame seeds and darbha grass upon it. Released (i.e. dying) on that very (ground), (the patient) burns away all his sin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 2.9
दर्भतूली नयेत्स्वर्गमातुरस्य न संशयः । दर्भांस्तत्र क्षिपेद्वाथ तूलीगेन्दुकमध्यतः
darbhatūlī nayetsvargamāturasya na saṃśayaḥ / darbhāṃstatra kṣipedvātha tūlīgendukamadhyataḥ
A mat of darbha grass leads the patient to heaven — there is no doubt of it. Or else one should throw darbha grass there, in the middle of the mattress and the cushion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 2.10
सर्वत्र वसुधापूता यत्र लेपो न विद्यते । यत्र लेपः स्थितस्तत्र पुनर्लेपेन शुध्यति
sarvatra vasudhāpūtā yatra lepo na vidyate / yatra lepaḥ sthitastatra punarlepena śudhyati
Everywhere the earth is pure where no smearing (with cow dung) is found; where a smearing has been laid, there it becomes pure again by (a fresh) smearing.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 2.11
यातुधानाः पिशाचाश्च राक्षसाः क्रूरकर्मिणः । अलेपं ह्यातुरं मुक्तं विशन्त्येते वियोनयः
yātudhānāḥ piśācāśca rākṣasāḥ krūrakarmiṇaḥ / alepaṃ hyāturaṃ muktaṃ viśantyete viyonayaḥ
Yātudhānas, piśācas, and rākṣasas of cruel deeds — these beings of other (i.e. demonic) wombs enter the patient who is released (dies) on an unsmeared (ground).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 2.12
नित्यहोमस्तथा श्राद्धं पादशौचं द्विजे तथा । मण्डलेन विना भूम्यामातुरो मुच्यते न हि
nityahomastathā śrāddhaṃ pādaśaucaṃ dvije tathā / maṇḍalena vinā bhūmyāmāturo mucyate na hi
The daily fire offering, likewise the śrāddha, and the washing of the feet in the case of a twice-born — (all these require a marked circle); without a maṇḍala on the ground the patient is not released.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 2.13
ब्रह्मा विष्णुश्च रुद्रश्च श्रीर्हुताशस्तथैव च । मण्डले चोपतिष्ठन्ति तस्मात्कुर्वीत मण्डलम्
brahmā viṣṇuśca rudraśca śrīrhutāśastathaiva ca / maṇḍale copatiṣṭhanti tasmātkurvīta maṇḍalam
Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Rudra, Śrī, and likewise the fire-eater (Agni) are present in the maṇḍala; therefore one should make a maṇḍala.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 2.14
अन्यथा म्रियते वालो वृद्धस्तार्क्ष्ययुवाथवा । योन्यन्तरं न गच्छेत्स क्रीडते वायुना सह
anyathā mriyate vālo vṛddhastārkṣyayuvāthavā / yonyantaraṃ na gacchetsa krīḍate vāyunā saha
Otherwise, whether it is a child, an old man, or a young man who dies, O Tārkṣya, he does not go to another womb; he sports about with the wind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 2.15
मिश्रितं लोहितामिश्रं तदेवं जन्म जीयते । तस्यैव वायुभूतस्य न श्राद्धं नोदकक्रिया
miśritaṃ lohitāmiśraṃ tadevaṃ janma jīyate / tasyaiva vāyubhūtasya na śrāddhaṃ nodakakriyā
Mixed and mingled with blood, such a birth is (thus) lost; for him who has become wind there is neither śrāddha nor the water rite.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 2.16
मम स्वेदसमुद्भूतास्तिलास्तार्क्ष्य पवित्रकाः । असुरा दानवा दैत्या विद्रवन्ति तिलैस्तथा
mama svedasamudbhūtāstilāstārkṣya pavitrakāḥ / asurā dānavā daityā vidravanti tilaistathā
Sesame seeds arose from my sweat, O Tārkṣya, and they are purifying; asuras, dānavas, and daityas flee away before sesame seeds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 2.17
तिलाः श्वेतास्तिला कृष्णास्तिला गोमूत्रसंन्निभाः । दहन्तु ते मे पापानि शरीरेण कृतानि वै
tilāḥ śvetāstilā kṛṣṇāstilā gomūtrasaṃnnibhāḥ / dahantu te me pāpāni śarīreṇa kṛtāni vai
White sesame seeds, black sesame seeds, sesame seeds the colour of cow's urine — let them burn up my sins, those committed with the body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 2.18
एक एव तिलो दत्तो हेमद्रोणतिलैः समः । तर्पणे दानहोमेषु दत्तो भवति चाक्षयः
eka eva tilo datto hemadroṇatilaiḥ samaḥ / tarpaṇe dānahomeṣu datto bhavati cākṣayaḥ
A single sesame seed given is equal to a droṇa-measure of golden sesame seeds; given in libations, gifts, and fire offerings, it becomes imperishable.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 2.19
दर्भा रोमसमुद्भूतास्तिलाः स्वेदेषु नान्यथा । देवता दानवास्तृप्ताः श्राद्धेन पितरस्तथा
darbhā romasamudbhūtāstilāḥ svedeṣu nānyathā / devatā dānavāstṛptāḥ śrāddhena pitarastathā
Darbha grasses arose from (my) hair and sesame seeds from (my) sweat — not otherwise; the gods and the dānavas are satisfied (thereby), and the ancestors by the śrāddha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 2.20
प्रयोगविधिना ब्रह्मा विश्वं चाप्युपजीवनाम् । अपसव्यादितो ब्रह्मा पितरो देवदेवताः
prayogavidhinā brahmā viśvaṃ cāpyupajīvanām / apasavyādito brahmā pitaro devadevatāḥ
By the rule of ritual application, Brahmā and the whole world too depend (on this); Brahmā (is honoured) beginning with the reversed (sacred thread), (and so are) the ancestors and the gods of gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 2.21
तेन ते पितरस्तृप्ता अपसव्ये कृते सति । दर्भमूले स्थितो ब्रह्मा मध्ये देवो जनार्दनः
tena te pitarastṛptā apasavye kṛte sati / darbhamūle sthito brahmā madhye devo janārdanaḥ
By that the ancestors are satisfied, when the apasavya (turning of the thread to the right shoulder) has been performed. At the root of the darbha grass stands Brahmā, in its middle the god Janārdana.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 2.22
दर्भाग्रे शङ्करं विद्यात्त्रयो देवाः कुशे स्मृताः । विप्रा मन्त्राः कशा वह्निस्तुलसी च खगेश्वर
darbhāgre śaṅkaraṃ vidyāttrayo devāḥ kuśe smṛtāḥ / viprā mantrāḥ kaśā vahnistulasī ca khageśvara
At the tip of the darbha one should know Śaṅkara to be; three gods are held (to dwell) in the kuśa grass. Brahmins, mantras, whips(?), fire, and tulasī, O lord of birds —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 2.23
नैते निर्माल्यतां यान्ति क्रियमाणाः पुनः पुनः । तुलसी ब्राह्मणा गावो विष्णुरेकादशी खग
naite nirmālyatāṃ yānti kriyamāṇāḥ punaḥ punaḥ / tulasī brāhmaṇā gāvo viṣṇurekādaśī khaga
— these do not become spent leavings, though used again and again: tulasī, brahmins, cows, Viṣṇu, and the eleventh day, O bird.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 2.24
पञ्च प्रवहणान्ये भवाब्धौ मज्जतां नृणाम् । विष्णुरेकादशी गीता तुलसी विप्रधेनवः
pañca pravahaṇānye bhavābdhau majjatāṃ nṛṇām / viṣṇurekādaśī gītā tulasī vipradhenavaḥ
These five are vessels for men who are sinking in the ocean of worldly existence: Viṣṇu, the eleventh day, the Gītā, tulasī, and brahmins and cows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 2.25
असारे दुर्गसंसारे षट्पदी मुक्तिदायिनी । तिलाः पवित्रमतुलं दर्भाश्चापि तुलस्यथ
asāre durgasaṃsāre ṣaṭpadī muktidāyinī / tilāḥ pavitramatulaṃ darbhāścāpi tulasyatha
In this sapless, hard-to-pass saṃsāra, the six-fold set is what gives liberation: sesame seeds, the incomparable purifier, and darbha grasses, and tulasī...
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 2.26
निवारयन्ति चैतानि दुर्गतिं यान्तमातुरम् । हस्ताभ्यामुद्धरेद्दर्भांस्तोयेन प्रोक्षयेद्भुवि
nivārayanti caitāni durgatiṃ yāntamāturam / hastābhyāmuddhareddarbhāṃstoyena prokṣayedbhuvi
And these ward off the patient who is going to an evil destiny. With both hands one should pull up darbha grasses and sprinkle them with water upon the ground.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 2.27
मृत्युकाले क्षिपेद्दर्भान्करयोरातुरस्य च । दर्भैस्तु क्षिप्यते यो ऽसौ दर्भैस्तु परिवेष्टितः
mṛtyukāle kṣipeddarbhānkarayorāturasya ca / darbhaistu kṣipyate yo 'sau darbhaistu pariveṣṭitaḥ
At the time of death (one) should place darbha grass in the hands of the sick man too; and he who is (thus) touched with darbha grass, being wrapped around with darbha grass —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 2.28
विष्णुलोके स वै याति मन्त्रहीनो ऽपि मानवः । तूलीं कृत्वा कृतौ पादौ संस्थितौ क्षितिपृष्ठतः
viṣṇuloke sa vai yāti mantrahīno 'pi mānavaḥ / tūlīṃ kṛtvā kṛtau pādau saṃsthitau kṣitipṛṣṭhataḥ
that man indeed goes to Viṣṇu's world, even though he lacks (the recitation of) mantras. Having made a mattress (of grass), the two feet are placed touching the surface of the earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 2.29
प्रायाश्चित्तं विशुद्धाग्नौ संसारे ऽसारसागरे । गोमयेनोपलिम्पेत्तु दर्भास्तरणसंस्थिते
prāyāścittaṃ viśuddhāgnau saṃsāre 'sārasāgare / gomayenopalimpettu darbhāstaraṇasaṃsthite
(There is) expiation in the wholly purified fire, in the transmigratory round, that ocean without substance; and (one) should smear (the ground) with cow-dung for him who is placed on a spread of darbha grass.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 2.30
यने दत्तेन दानेन सर्वं पापं व्यपोहति । लवणं तद्रसं दिव्यं सर्वकामप्रदं नृणाम्
yane dattena dānena sarvaṃ pāpaṃ vyapohati / lavaṇaṃ tadrasaṃ divyaṃ sarvakāmapradaṃ nṛṇām
By a gift given there(?) one dispels all sin: salt is that divine flavour, granting men all their desires.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 2.31
यस्मादन्नरसाः सर्वे नोत्कटा लवणं विना । पितॄणां च प्रियं भव्यं तस्मात्स्वर्गप्रदं भवेत्
yasmādannarasāḥ sarve notkaṭā lavaṇaṃ vinā / pitṝṇāṃ ca priyaṃ bhavyaṃ tasmātsvargapradaṃ bhavet
Since without salt none of the flavours of food are pungent (i.e. tasty), and since it is dear and auspicious to the ancestors, therefore it must be a giver of heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 2.32
विष्णुदेहसमुद्भूतो यतो ऽयं लवणो रसः । एतत्सलवणं दानं तेन शंसन्ति योगिनः
viṣṇudehasamudbhūto yato 'yaṃ lavaṇo rasaḥ / etatsalavaṇaṃ dānaṃ tena śaṃsanti yoginaḥ
Since this salty flavour arose from the body of Viṣṇu, therefore the yogins commend this gift accompanied by salt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 2.33
ब्राह्मणक्षत्त्रियविशां स्त्रीणां शूद्रजनस्य च । आतुरस्य यदा प्राणा न यान्ति वसुधातले
brāhmaṇakṣattriyaviśāṃ strīṇāṃ śūdrajanasya ca / āturasya yadā prāṇā na yānti vasudhātale
When the life-breaths of a sick person — brahmin, kṣatriya, or vaiśya, of women, or of a śūdra — do not depart, here on the earth's surface,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 2.34
लवणं तु तदा देयं द्वारस्योद्वाटनं दिवः । अन्यच्च शृणु पक्षीन्द्र मृत्यो रूपं प्रपञ्चतः
lavaṇaṃ tu tadā deyaṃ dvārasyodvāṭanaṃ divaḥ / anyacca śṛṇu pakṣīndra mṛtyo rūpaṃ prapañcataḥ
then salt should be given: it is the unbolting of the door of heaven. And hear something else, lord of birds: the form of Death, in detail.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 2.35
यस्य कालेन नो यायाद्वियोगः प्राणदेहयोः । प्राणिनश्च स्वसमये मृत्युरत्यन्तविस्मृतिः
yasya kālena no yāyādviyogaḥ prāṇadehayoḥ / prāṇinaśca svasamaye mṛtyuratyantavismṛtiḥ
For whom would the separation of breath and body not come about through Time? And for a living creature at its own due moment death is utter forgetting.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 2.36
यथा वायुर्जलधरान्विकर्षति यतस्ततः । तद्वज्जलदवत्तार्क्ष्य कालस्यैव वशानुगाः
yathā vāyurjaladharānvikarṣati yatastataḥ / tadvajjaladavattārkṣya kālasyaiva vaśānugāḥ
As the wind drags the water-bearing clouds this way and that, just so, Tārkṣya, like clouds, (creatures) follow under the power of Time alone.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 2.37
सात्त्विका राजसाश्चैव तामसा ये च केचन । भावाः कालात्मकाः सर्वे प्रवर्तन्ते हि जन्तुषु
sāttvikā rājasāścaiva tāmasā ye ca kecana / bhāvāḥ kālātmakāḥ sarve pravartante hi jantuṣu
Whatever states there are — of the quality of sattva, of rajas, and of tamas — all of them have Time as their essence, and they arise in living beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 2.38
आदित्यश्चन्द्रमाः शम्भुरापो वायुः शतक्रतुः । अग्निः खं पृथिवी मित्र ओषध्यो वसवस्तथा
ādityaścandramāḥ śambhurāpo vāyuḥ śatakratuḥ / agniḥ khaṃ pṛthivī mitra oṣadhyo vasavastathā
The sun, the moon, Śambhu, the waters, the wind, Indra of the hundred rites, fire, space, earth, Mitra, the plants, and likewise the Vasus,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 2.39
सरितः सागराश्चैव भावाभावौ च सर्पहन् । सर्वे कालेन सृज्यन्ते संक्षिप्यन्ते यथा पुनः
saritaḥ sāgarāścaiva bhāvābhāvau ca sarpahan / sarve kālena sṛjyante saṃkṣipyante yathā punaḥ
the rivers and the oceans, and existence and non-existence, O slayer of serpents — all are created by Time, and just so are drawn together again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 2.40
कालेन संह्रियन्ते च नृनं मृत्यावुपस्थिते । दैवयोगात्त्दा व्याधिः कश्चिदुत्पद्यते खग
kālena saṃhriyante ca nṛnaṃ mṛtyāvupasthite / daivayogāttdā vyādhiḥ kaścidutpadyate khaga
And they are withdrawn by Time. When death has drawn near for men, then by the conjunction of fate some disease arises, O bird.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 2.41
वैकल्यमिन्द्रियाणां च बलौ जोरंहसां भवेत् । युगपद्वश्चिककोटिशूकदंशो भवेद्यदि
vaikalyamindriyāṇāṃ ca balau joraṃhasāṃ bhavet / yugapadvaścikakoṭiśūkadaṃśo bhavedyadi
And there would be an impairment of the sense-organs and of strength and swiftness, as if there were all at once the sting of the bristle-tip of a million scorpions.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 2.42
तदानुमीयते तेन पीडा मृत्युभवा खग । ततः क्षणेन चैतन्ये विकले जडतां गते
tadānumīyate tena pīḍā mṛtyubhavā khaga / tataḥ kṣaṇena caitanye vikale jaḍatāṃ gate
Then by that it is inferred, O bird, that the pain is one arising from death. Then, in an instant, when consciousness is impaired and has come to insensibility,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 2.43
प्रिचाल्यन्ते ततः प्राणा याम्यैर्निकटवर्तिभिः । बीभत्सं तु तदा रूपं प्राणैः कण्ठगतैर्भवेत्
pricālyante tataḥ prāṇā yāmyairnikaṭavartibhiḥ / bībhatsaṃ tu tadā rūpaṃ prāṇaiḥ kaṇṭhagatairbhavet
then the life-breaths are shaken about by Yama's men standing near by; and then, with the breaths gone up to the throat, the (dying man's) appearance becomes horrible.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 2.44
फेमुद्गिरते सो ऽथ मुखं लालाकुलं भवेत् । अङ्गुष्ठमात्रपुरुषो हाहा कुर्वंस्ततस्तनोः
phemudgirate so 'tha mukhaṃ lālākulaṃ bhavet / aṅguṣṭhamātrapuruṣo hāhā kurvaṃstatastanoḥ
Then he spews out foam and his mouth becomes filled with saliva; then the person the size of a thumb, crying 'alas, alas', (goes out) from the body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 2.45
तदैव नीयते द्वतैर्याम्यैर्वोक्षन्स्वकं गृहम् । भूय एव हिते तात मृत्युकालदशामिमाम्
tadaiva nīyate dvatairyāmyairvokṣansvakaṃ gṛham / bhūya eva hite tāta mṛtyukāladaśāmimām
At that very moment he is led away by the two messengers of Yama, gazing at his own house. Once more, dear one, (consider) this state at the hour of death.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 2.46
अष्मा प्रकुपितः काये तीव्रवायुसमीरितः । भिनत्ति मर्मस्थानानि दीप्यमानो निरिन्धनः
aṣmā prakupitaḥ kāye tīvravāyusamīritaḥ / bhinatti marmasthānāni dīpyamāno nirindhanaḥ
The fire in the body, enraged, fanned by fierce wind, splits open the vital points, blazing without fuel.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 2.47
उदानो नाम पवनस्ततश्चोर्ध्वं प्रवर्तते । भक्तानामबुभुक्षाणामधोगतिनिरोधकृत्
udāno nāma pavanastataścordhvaṃ pravartate / bhaktānāmabubhukṣāṇāmadhogatinirodhakṛt
Then the wind called udāna moves upward, obstructing the downward course of the food of those who are not (able to) eat.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 2.48
यैर्नानृतानि चोक्तानि प्रीतिभेदः कृतो न च । आस्तिकः श्रद्दधानश्च स सुखं मृत्युमृच्छति
yairnānṛtāni coktāni prītibhedaḥ kṛto na ca / āstikaḥ śraddadhānaśca sa sukhaṃ mṛtyumṛcchati
He by whom no falsehoods have been spoken and no breaking of friendship has been done, who believes in (the scriptures) and is full of faith — he meets death easily.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 2.49
यो न कामान्न संरंभान्न द्वेषाद्धर्ममुत्सृजेत् । यथोक्तकारी सौम्यश्च स सुखं मृत्युमृच्छति
yo na kāmānna saṃraṃbhānna dveṣāddharmamutsṛjet / yathoktakārī saumyaśca sa sukhaṃ mṛtyumṛcchati
He who would not abandon dharma out of desire, nor out of anger, nor out of hatred, who does as he has said and is gentle — he meets death easily.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 2.50
मोहज्ञानप्रदातारः प्राप्नुवन्ति महत्तमः । कूटसाक्षी मृषावादी ये च विश्वासघातकाः
mohajñānapradātāraḥ prāpnuvanti mahattamaḥ / kūṭasākṣī mṛṣāvādī ye ca viśvāsaghātakāḥ
Those who impart deluded knowledge attain the great darkness; (so too) the false witness, the liar, and those who betray trust,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 2.51
ते मोहं मृत्युमृच्छन्ति तथा ये वेदनिन्दकाः । विभीषकाः पूतिगन्धा यष्टिमुद्गरपाणयः
te mohaṃ mṛtyumṛcchanti tathā ye vedanindakāḥ / vibhīṣakāḥ pūtigandhā yaṣṭimudgarapāṇayaḥ
they meet death in delusion, and likewise those who revile the Vedas; then terrifying (beings), foul-smelling, with staves and mallets in their hands,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 2.52
आगच्छन्ति दुरात्मानो यमस्य पुरुषास्तदा । प्राप्ते त्वीदृक्पथे घोरे जायते तस्य वेपथुः
āgacchanti durātmāno yamasya puruṣāstadā / prāpte tvīdṛkpathe ghore jāyate tasya vepathuḥ
evil-souled, the men of Yama, come; and when such a dreadful road is reached, trembling arises in him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 2.53
क्रन्दत्यविरतं सो ऽपि पितृमातृसुतानपि । सास्य वागस्फुटा यत्नेनैकवर्णा विभासते
krandatyavirataṃ so 'pi pitṛmātṛsutānapi / sāsya vāgasphuṭā yatnenaikavarṇā vibhāsate
He too cries out ceaselessly (calling on) father, mother, and sons; his speech is indistinct, and with effort it sounds as a single syllable.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 2.54
दृष्टिर्वै भ्राम्यते त्रासाच्छ्वासाच्छुष्यति चाननम् । स ततो वेदनाविष्टस्तच्छरीरं विमुञ्चति
dṛṣṭirvai bhrāmyate trāsācchvāsācchuṣyati cānanam / sa tato vedanāviṣṭastaccharīraṃ vimuñcati
His sight reels from terror, and his mouth dries up from panting; then, overcome by pain, he releases that body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 2.55
अस्पृश्यं कुत्सनीयं च तत्क्षणादेव जायते । उक्तं मृत्योः स्वरूपं तु प्रसङ्गादन्यदप्यथ
aspṛśyaṃ kutsanīyaṃ ca tatkṣaṇādeva jāyate / uktaṃ mṛtyoḥ svarūpaṃ tu prasaṅgādanyadapyatha
And from that very moment it becomes untouchable and something to be despised. Thus the nature of death has been told, and, incidentally, other things too.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 2.56
वैचित्र्यस्योत्तरं प्रश्रे द्वितीयस्य वदामि ते । कर्मणां प्राक्तनानां तु तदसत्त्वेनं भदेतः
vaicitryasyottaraṃ praśre dvitīyasya vadāmi te / karmaṇāṃ prāktanānāṃ tu tadasattvenaṃ bhadetaḥ
I shall tell you the answer to the second question, about diversity: it is through the (existence, or non-existence) of former deeds that this comes about.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 2.57
भवेद्भोगस्य वैचित्र्यं भ्राम्यतां प्राणिनामिह । देवत्वमसुरत्वं च यक्षत्वादिसुखप्रदम्
bhavedbhogasya vaicitryaṃ bhrāmyatāṃ prāṇināmiha / devatvamasuratvaṃ ca yakṣatvādisukhapradam
There would be a diversity of enjoyment for the living beings wandering here: the state of a god, the state of an asura, and the state of a yakṣa and so on, which give pleasure;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 2.58
मानुषत्वं पशुत्वं च पक्षित्वाद्यतिदुः खदम् । कर्मणां तारतम्येन भवतीह खगेश्वर
mānuṣatvaṃ paśutvaṃ ca pakṣitvādyatiduḥ khadam / karmaṇāṃ tāratamyena bhavatīha khageśvara
and the state of a man, of a beast, and of a bird and so on, which give very great pain — these come about here through the gradations of deeds, O lord of birds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 2.59
अत्र ते कीर्तयिष्यामि विपाकं कर्मणामहम् । वैचित्र्यस्य स्पुटत्वाययैर्जोवः संसरत्ययम्
atra te kīrtayiṣyāmi vipākaṃ karmaṇāmaham / vaicitryasya spuṭatvāyayairjovaḥ saṃsaratyayam
Here I shall recount to you the ripening of deeds, so that the diversity may be clear, (the deeds) by which this living being transmigrates.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 2.60
महापातकजान्घोरान्नरकान्प्राप्य दारुणान् । कर्मक्षयात्प्रजायन्ते महापातकिनः क्षितौ
mahāpātakajānghorānnarakānprāpya dāruṇān / karmakṣayātprajāyante mahāpātakinaḥ kṣitau
Having reached the dreadful, terrible hells born of the great sins, the great sinners, when that karma is exhausted, are born on earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 2.61
जायन्ते लक्षणैर्यैस्तुतानि मे शृणु सत्तम । मृगाश्वसूकरोष्ट्राणां ब्रह्महा योनिमृच्छति
jāyante lakṣaṇairyaistutāni me śṛṇu sattama / mṛgāśvasūkaroṣṭrāṇāṃ brahmahā yonimṛcchati
Hear from me, O best one, the marks with which they are born: the slayer of a brahmin goes to the womb of a deer, a horse, a pig, or a camel;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 2.62
कृमिकीटपतङ्गत्वं स्वर्णहारी समाप्नुयात् । तृणगुल्मतात्वं च क्रमशो गुरुतल्पगः
kṛmikīṭapataṅgatvaṃ svarṇahārī samāpnuyāt / tṛṇagulmatātvaṃ ca kramaśo gurutalpagaḥ
the stealer of gold attains the state of a worm, an insect, or a moth; and the violator of the teacher's bed, in order, the state of grass and bushes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 2.63
ब्रह्महा क्षयरोगी स्यात्सुरापः श्यावदन्तकः । हेमहारी तु कुनखी दुश्चर्मा गुरुतल्पगः
brahmahā kṣayarogī syātsurāpaḥ śyāvadantakaḥ / hemahārī tu kunakhī duścarmā gurutalpagaḥ
The slayer of a brahmin becomes consumptive, the drinker of liquor black-toothed, the stealer of gold has diseased nails, and the violator of the teacher's bed a bad skin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 2.64
यो येन संवसत्येषां स तल्लिङ्गो ऽभिजायते । संवत्सरेण पतति पतितेन सहाचरन्
yo yena saṃvasatyeṣāṃ sa talliṅgo 'bhijāyate / saṃvatsareṇa patati patitena sahācaran
Whoever lives together with one of these is born with that one's mark; one who associates with an outcast falls (from caste) within a year.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 2.65
संलापस्पर्शनिः श्वाससहयानाशनासनात् । याजनाध्यापनाद्यौनात्पापं संक्रमते नृणाम्
saṃlāpasparśaniḥ śvāsasahayānāśanāsanāt / yājanādhyāpanādyaunātpāpaṃ saṃkramate nṛṇām
From conversing, touching, breathing (together), riding, eating, and sitting together, from officiating (at his sacrifice), teaching (him), and marriage-alliance, sin passes over to men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 2.66
गत्वा दारान्परेषाञ्च ब्रह्मस्वमपहृत्य च । अरण्ये निर्जने देशे जायते ब्रह्मराक्षसः
gatvā dārānpareṣāñca brahmasvamapahṛtya ca / araṇye nirjane deśe jāyate brahmarākṣasaḥ
Having gone to the wives of others and having stolen a brahmin's property, one is born as a brahmarākṣasa in a forest, in a deserted place.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 2.67
हीनजातौ प्रजायेत रत्नानामपहारकः । पत्रं च शाखिनो हृत्वा गन्धांश्छुच्छुन्दरी पुमान्
hīnajātau prajāyeta ratnānāmapahārakaḥ / patraṃ ca śākhino hṛtvā gandhāṃśchucchundarī pumān
One who steals jewels is born in a low caste; and having stolen the leaf of a tree — (stealing) perfumes, a man (becomes) a musk-shrew.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 2.68
मूषको धान्यहारी स्याद्यानमुष्ट्रः फलं कपिः । निर्मन्त्रभोजनात्काको गृध्रो हृत्वा ह्युपस्करम्
mūṣako dhānyahārī syādyānamuṣṭraḥ phalaṃ kapiḥ / nirmantrabhojanātkāko gṛdhro hṛtvā hyupaskaram
A stealer of grain becomes a mouse; (a stealer) of a vehicle a camel, of fruit a monkey; from eating without (reciting) the mantras, a crow; and having stolen household utensils, a vulture.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 2.69
मधुदंशः फलं गृध्रो गां गोधाग्निं बकस्तथा । स्याच्छ्वेतकुष्ठी स्त्रीवस्त्र ह्यरुची रसहारकः
madhudaṃśaḥ phalaṃ gṛdhro gāṃ godhāgniṃ bakastathā / syācchvetakuṣṭhī strīvastra hyarucī rasahārakaḥ
(One who steals) honey (becomes) a stinging insect, fruit a vulture, a cow a monitor lizard, and fire a heron; one (who steals) a woman's garment becomes a white leper, and a stealer of flavoursome food (becomes) one without appetite.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 2.70
कांस्यहारी तु हंसः स्यात्परस्वस्य च हारकः । अपस्मारी गुरोर्हन्ता क्रूरकृद्वामनो भवेत्
kāṃsyahārī tu haṃsaḥ syātparasvasya ca hārakaḥ / apasmārī gurorhantā krūrakṛdvāmano bhavet
But a stealer of bronze becomes a goose, and so does one who steals another's property; the slayer of a guru becomes an epileptic; one who does cruel deeds becomes a dwarf.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 2.71
धर्मपत्नीं त्यजञ्छब्दवेधी प्राणी भवेत्क्षितौ । देवविप्रस्वापहारी पाण्डुरः परमांसभुक्
dharmapatnīṃ tyajañchabdavedhī prāṇī bhavetkṣitau / devaviprasvāpahārī pāṇḍuraḥ paramāṃsabhuk
One who abandons his lawful wife becomes on earth a creature that strikes at sound; one who steals the property of gods and brahmins becomes jaundiced, and (so does) an eater of others' flesh.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 2.72
भक्ष्याभक्ष्यो गण्डमाली महारोगी प्रजायते । न्यासापहारी काणः स्यास्त्रीजीवः खञ्जको भवेत्
bhakṣyābhakṣyo gaṇḍamālī mahārogī prajāyate / nyāsāpahārī kāṇaḥ syāstrījīvaḥ khañjako bhavet
One who eats edible and inedible alike becomes afflicted with neck-tumours and is born gravely diseased; one who steals a deposit entrusted to him becomes one-eyed; one who lives off a woman becomes lame.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 2.73
कौमारदारत्यागी च दुर्भगो ऽथै कमिष्टभुक् । वातगुल्मी विप्रयोषिद्गामी वा जम्बुको भवेत्
kaumāradāratyāgī ca durbhago 'thai kamiṣṭabhuk / vātagulmī viprayoṣidgāmī vā jambuko bhavet
One who abandons the wife he married in youth becomes luckless; and one who eats a single dainty (by himself) becomes afflicted with wind-tumour; or one who goes to a brahmin's wife becomes a jackal.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 2.74
शय्याहर्ता क्षपणकः पतङ्गो वस्त्रहारकः । मात्सर्यादपि जात्यन्धो कपाली दीपहारकः
śayyāhartā kṣapaṇakaḥ pataṅgo vastrahārakaḥ / mātsaryādapi jātyandho kapālī dīpahārakaḥ
One who steals a bed becomes a naked mendicant; a stealer of clothes a moth; and from envy, one born blind; a stealer of a lamp becomes a skull-bearer.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 2.75
कौशिको मित्रहन्ता च क्षयी पित्रादिनिन्दकः । स्खलद्वागनृतवादी कूटसाक्षी जलोदरी
kauśiko mitrahantā ca kṣayī pitrādinindakaḥ / skhaladvāganṛtavādī kūṭasākṣī jalodarī
And the slayer of a friend becomes an owl; one who reviles his father and the rest becomes consumptive; one who speaks falsehood becomes a stammerer, and a false witness becomes dropsical.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 2.76
मशकः सो ऽथ चछिन्नोष्ठो विवाहे विघ्नकृद्भवेत् । स्याद्वाथ वृषलः सो ऽयं चत्वरे वै विण्मूत्रकृत्
maśakaḥ so 'tha cachinnoṣṭho vivāhe vighnakṛdbhavet / syādvātha vṛṣalaḥ so 'yaṃ catvare vai viṇmūtrakṛt
He (becomes) a mosquito; and one who obstructs a marriage becomes cleft-lipped; or else this one becomes a śūdra — he who passes excrement and urine in the (village) square.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 2.77
मूत्रकृच्छ्री दूषकस्तु कन्यायाः क्लीबतामियात् । द्वीपी स्याद्वेदविक्रेता वराहो ऽयाज्ययाजकः
mūtrakṛcchrī dūṣakastu kanyāyāḥ klībatāmiyāt / dvīpī syādvedavikretā varāho 'yājyayājakaḥ
(He becomes) one suffering from strangury; but the defiler of a maiden attains impotence; a seller of the Veda becomes a leopard, and one who officiates for the unfit a boar.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 2.78
यतस्ततो ऽश्रन्मार्जारो खद्योतो वहदाहकः । कृमिः पर्युषितादः स्यान्मत्सरी भ्रमरो भवेत्
yatastato 'śranmārjāro khadyoto vahadāhakaḥ / kṛmiḥ paryuṣitādaḥ syānmatsarī bhramaro bhavet
One who eats from any source whatever (becomes) a cat; one who sets fire (to things) a firefly; one who eats stale food becomes a worm; and one who is envious becomes a bee.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 2.79
अग्न्युत्सादी तु कुष्ठी स्याददत्ताऽदानतो वृषः । सर्पो गोहारको ऽन्नस्य हारकः स्यादजीर्णवान्
agnyutsādī tu kuṣṭhī syādadattā'dānato vṛṣaḥ / sarpo gohārako 'nnasya hārakaḥ syādajīrṇavān
But one who lets the (sacred) fire go out becomes a leper; from taking what is not given, a bull; a stealer of cows becomes a serpent; and a stealer of food becomes a dyspeptic.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 2.80
जलहारी तु मत्स्यः स्यात्क्षीरहारी बलाकिका । अन्नं पर्युषितं विप्रे प्रददत्कुब्जतां व्रजेत्
jalahārī tu matsyaḥ syātkṣīrahārī balākikā / annaṃ paryuṣitaṃ vipre pradadatkubjatāṃ vrajet
But a stealer of water becomes a fish, and a stealer of milk a crane; one who gives stale food to a brahmin goes to hunchbackedness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 2.81
फलानि हरते यस्तु सन्ततिर्म्रियते खग । अदत्त्वा भक्ष्यमश्राति ह्यनपत्यो भवेन्नरः
phalāni harate yastu santatirmriyate khaga / adattvā bhakṣyamaśrāti hyanapatyo bhavennaraḥ
But he who steals fruits — his offspring die, O bird; and a man who eats his food without giving (a share) becomes childless.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 2.82
प्रवज्यागमनाद्राजन् भवेन्मरुपिशाचकः । चातको जलहर्ता स्याज्जन्मान्धः पुंस्तकं हरन्
pravajyāgamanādrājan bhavenmarupiśācakaḥ / cātako jalahartā syājjanmāndhaḥ puṃstakaṃ haran
From resorting to (the wife of) one who has gone forth (as an ascetic), O king, one becomes a desert goblin; a stealer of water becomes a cātaka bird, and one who steals a book (becomes) blind from birth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 2.83
प्रतिश्रुत्य द्विजेभ्योर्ऽथमददज्जम्बुको भवेत् । परिवादादिजातीनां लभते काच्छपीं तनुम्
pratiśrutya dvijebhyor'thamadadajjambuko bhavet / parivādādijātīnāṃ labhate kācchapīṃ tanum
One who, having promised money to brahmins, does not give it becomes a jackal; from slandering (people) of one's own caste and the rest, one obtains the body of a tortoise.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 2.84
दुर्भगः फलविक्रेता वृकश्च वृषलीपतिः । मार्जारो ऽग्निं पदा स्पृष्ट्वा रोगवान्परमांसभुक्
durbhagaḥ phalavikretā vṛkaśca vṛṣalīpatiḥ / mārjāro 'gniṃ padā spṛṣṭvā rogavānparamāṃsabhuk
A seller of fruit becomes luckless, and the husband of a śūdra woman a wolf; one who touches fire with his foot becomes a cat, and an eater of others' flesh becomes diseased.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 2.85
जलप्रस्त्रवणं यस्तु भिन्द्यान्मत्स्यो भवेन्नरः । हरेः कथां न शृण्वन्ति ये न साधुजनस्तवम्
jalaprastravaṇaṃ yastu bhindyānmatsyo bhavennaraḥ / hareḥ kathāṃ na śṛṇvanti ye na sādhujanastavam
And the man who would break open a water-channel becomes a fish. Those who do not listen to the story of Hari, nor to the praise of good people —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 2.86
तान्नरान्कर्णमूलो ऽयं व्याप्नुयान्नेतराञ्जनान् । परस्याननसंस्थं यो ग्रासं हरि मन्दधीः
tānnarānkarṇamūlo 'yaṃ vyāpnuyānnetarāñjanān / parasyānanasaṃsthaṃ yo grāsaṃ hari mandadhīḥ
— those men this (disease of) the ear-root afflicts, but not other people. He who, dull-witted, takes the mouthful (already) set in another's mouth —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 2.87
देवोपकरणान्येनं गण्डमालिनमीहते । दम्भेनाचरते धर्मं गजचर्मा भवेत्तु सः
devopakaraṇānyenaṃ gaṇḍamālinamīhate / dambhenācarate dharmaṃ gajacarmā bhavettu saḥ
(Taking) the gods' utensils makes a man afflicted with scrofula; and he who practises dharma out of hypocrisy becomes one with an elephant's hide (a leper).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 2.88
शिरो ऽर्तिप्रमुखा रोगा यान्ति विश्वासघातकम् । लिङ्गपीडी शिवस्वं च शिवनिर्माल्यमेव च
śiro 'rtipramukhā rogā yānti viśvāsaghātakam / liṅgapīḍī śivasvaṃ ca śivanirmālyameva ca
Diseases headed by headache come upon the betrayer of trust; and (so too upon) one who injures a liṅga, and (one who takes) Śiva's property, and indeed Śiva's leftover offerings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 2.89
स्त्रियो ऽप्यनेन मार्गेण हृत्वा दोषमवाप्नुयुः । एतेषामेव जन्तूनां भार्यात्वमुपजायते
striyo 'pyanena mārgeṇa hṛtvā doṣamavāpnuyuḥ / eteṣāmeva jantūnāṃ bhāryātvamupajāyate
Women too, having stolen in this way, incur the fault; they come to be the wives of these very creatures.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 2.90
भोगान्ते नरकस्यैतत्सर्वमित्यवधारय । खघ प्रदर्श्यमेतत्तु मयोक्तं ते समासतः । द्रव्यप्रकारा हि यथा तथैव प्राणिजातयः
bhogānte narakasyaitatsarvamityavadhāraya / khagha pradarśyametattu mayoktaṃ te samāsataḥ / dravyaprakārā hi yathā tathaiva prāṇijātayaḥ
Understand that all this (comes) at the end of the experience of hell. But this, O bird, has been told by me to you in brief, by way of illustration; for as the kinds of substances are, just so are the classes of living beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain