Garuda Purana — Uttara Khanda (Pretakalpa) — Chapter 20
GaP 2 20.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- २० गरुड उवाच । ये केचित्प्रेतरूपेण कुत्र वासं लभन्ति ते । प्रेतलोकाद्विनिर्मुक्ताः कथं कुत्र व्रजन्ति ते
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 20 garuḍa uvāca / ye kecitpretarūpeṇa kutra vāsaṃ labhanti te / pretalokādvinirmuktāḥ kathaṃ kutra vrajanti te
The Glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, 20. Garuḍa said: Those who are in the form of pretas — where do they obtain a dwelling? And released from the world of the pretas, how and whither do they go?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 20.2
चतुर्युक्ताशीति लक्षैर्नरकैः पर्युपासिताः । यमेन रक्षितास्तत्र भूतैश्चैव सहस्रशः
caturyuktāśīti lakṣairnarakaiḥ paryupāsitāḥ / yamena rakṣitāstatra bhūtaiścaiva sahasraśaḥ
Attended by the eighty-four lakhs of hells, guarded there by Yama and by spirits in their thousands —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 20.3
विचरन्ति कथं लोके नरकाच्च विनिर्गताः । गरुडोदीरितं श्रुत्वा लक्ष्मीनाथो ऽब्रवीदिदम्
vicaranti kathaṃ loke narakācca vinirgatāḥ / garuḍodīritaṃ śrutvā lakṣmīnātho 'bravīdidam
how do they wander in the world once they have come out of hell? Hearing what Garuḍa uttered, the Lord of Lakṣmī said this:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 20.4
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच । पक्षिराज शृणुष्व त्वं यत्र प्रेताश्चरन्ति वै । परार्थदारग्रहणाच्छ (ब) लाद्द्रोहान्निशाचराः
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / pakṣirāja śṛṇuṣva tvaṃ yatra pretāścaranti vai / parārthadāragrahaṇāccha (ba) lāddrohānniśācarāḥ
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: King of birds, listen — where the pretas wander: through seizing another's property and wife by force, and through malice, (they become) night-roamers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 20.5
तथैव सर्वपापिष्ठः स्वात्मजान्वेषणे रताः । विचरन्त्यशरीरास्ते क्षुप्तिपासार्दिता भृशम्
tathaiva sarvapāpiṣṭhaḥ svātmajānveṣaṇe ratāḥ / vicarantyaśarīrāste kṣuptipāsārditā bhṛśam
Likewise the most sinful of all, intent on seeking out their own offspring, wander about bodiless, sorely tormented by hunger and thirst.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 20.6
बन्दीगृहवि निर्मुक्ता येभ्यो नश्यन्ति जन्तवः । ते व्यवस्यन्ति च प्रेता वधोपायं च बन्धुषु
bandīgṛhavi nirmuktā yebhyo naśyanti jantavaḥ / te vyavasyanti ca pretā vadhopāyaṃ ca bandhuṣu
Released, as if from a prison-house, (they are those) from whom creatures flee; and those departed spirits plot means of killing their own kinsmen.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 20.7
पितृद्वदाराणि रुन्धन्ति तन्मार्गोच्छेदकास्तथा । पितृभा गान्विगृह्णन्ति पान्थेभ्यस्तस्करा इव
pitṛdvadārāṇi rundhanti tanmārgocchedakāstathā / pitṛbhā gānvigṛhṇanti pānthebhyastaskarā iva
They obstruct the fathers' wives (?) and likewise are cutters-off of their path; they seize the fathers' shares, like thieves (robbing) travellers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 20.8
स्वं वेश्म पुनरागत्य मित्रस्थाने विशन्ति ते । तत्र स्थिता निरीक्षन्ते रोगशोकादिबन्धनाः
svaṃ veśma punarāgatya mitrasthāne viśanti te / tatra sthitā nirīkṣante rogaśokādibandhanāḥ
Returning again to their own house, they enter into the place of a friend; stationed there they watch, being the bonds of disease, grief and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 20.9
पीडयन्ति ज्वरीभूय एकान्तरमिषेण तु । तृतीयकज्वरा भूत्वा शीतवातादिपीडया
pīḍayanti jvarībhūya ekāntaramiṣeṇa tu / tṛtīyakajvarā bhūtvā śītavātādipīḍayā
They afflict (him), becoming fever, on the pretext of the alternate day, and becoming tertian fevers, with the affliction of chill, wind and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 20.10
अन्यांश्च विविधान्रोगाञ्छिरो ऽर्तिं च विषूचिकाम् । चिन्त यन्ति सदा तेषामुच्छिष्टादिस्थलस्थिताः
anyāṃśca vividhānrogāñchiro 'rtiṃ ca viṣūcikām / cinta yanti sadā teṣāmucchiṣṭādisthalasthitāḥ
And other diverse diseases, headache and cholera, they constantly devise for them, taking their stand at places of leftover food and the like.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 20.13
आत्मजानां छलाल्लोका भूतसङ्घैश्च रक्षिताः । पिबन्ति ते च पानीयं भोजनोच्छिष्टयोजितम् ॥ गर्प्_२,२०।११ ॥ एवं प्रेताः प्रवर्तन्ते नानादोषैर्विकर्मिणः ॥ गर्प्_२,२०।१२ ॥ गरुड उवाच । कथं कुर्वन्ति ते प्रेताः केन रूपेण कस्य किम् । ज्ञायते केन विधिना जल्पन्ति न वदन्ति वा
ātmajānāṃ chalāllokā bhūtasaṅghaiśca rakṣitāḥ / pibanti te ca pānīyaṃ bhojanocchiṣṭayojitam // garp_2,20.11 // evaṃ pretāḥ pravartante nānādoṣairvikarmiṇaḥ // garp_2,20.12 // garuḍa uvāca / kathaṃ kurvanti te pretāḥ kena rūpeṇa kasya kim / jñāyate kena vidhinā jalpanti na vadanti vā
People, guarded by the hosts of spirits, (are afflicted) through the pretext of their own children; and those (spirits) drink water mixed with the leavings of food. // 11 // Thus do the departed spirits act, evildoers, by manifold faults. // 12 // Garuḍa said: How do those departed spirits act, in what form, to whom, and what? By what means is it known? Do they speak or do they not speak?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 20.14
एनं छिन्धि मनोमोहं मम चेदिच्छसि प्रियम् । कलिकाले हृषीकेश प्रेतत्वं जायते बहु
enaṃ chindhi manomohaṃ mama cedicchasi priyam / kalikāle hṛṣīkeśa pretatvaṃ jāyate bahu
Cut off this delusion of my mind, if you wish my welfare; in the Kali age, O Hṛṣīkeśa, the state of being a preta arises abundantly.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 20.15
श्रीविष्णुरुवाच । स्वकुलं पीडयेत्पेतः परच्छिद्रेण पीडयेत् । जीवन्स दृश्यते स्नेही मृतो दुष्टत्वमाप्नुयात्
śrīviṣṇuruvāca / svakulaṃ pīḍayetpetaḥ paracchidreṇa pīḍayet / jīvansa dṛśyate snehī mṛto duṣṭatvamāpnuyāt
The Blessed Viṣṇu said: A preta afflicts its own family; it afflicts through another's weak point. While alive he appears affectionate; dead, he takes on malignity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 20.16
रुद्रजापी धर्मरतो देवतातिथिपूजकः । सत्यवाक् प्रियवादी च न प्रेतैः स हि पीड्यते
rudrajāpī dharmarato devatātithipūjakaḥ / satyavāk priyavādī ca na pretaiḥ sa hi pīḍyate
One who mutters (the mantra of) Rudra, is devoted to dharma, honours gods and guests, speaks truth and speaks kindly — he indeed is not afflicted by pretas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 20.17
सर्वक्रियापरिभ्रष्टो नास्तिको धर्मनिन्दकः । असत्यवादनिरतो नरः प्रेतैः स पीड्यते । कलौ प्रेतत्वमाप्नोति तार्क्ष्याशुद्धक्रियापरः
sarvakriyāparibhraṣṭo nāstiko dharmanindakaḥ / asatyavādanirato naraḥ pretaiḥ sa pīḍyate / kalau pretatvamāpnoti tārkṣyāśuddhakriyāparaḥ
A man fallen away from all rites, a denier, a reviler of dharma, given over to speaking untruth — he is afflicted by pretas; in the Kali age, O Tārkṣya, one devoted to impure rites attains the state of a preta.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 20.18
कृतादौ द्वापरान्ते च न प्रेतो नैव पीडनम् । बहूनामेकजातानामेकः सौख्यं समश्नुते
kṛtādau dvāparānte ca na preto naiva pīḍanam / bahūnāmekajātānāmekaḥ saukhyaṃ samaśnute
In the Kṛta age and so on, up to the end of the Dvāpara, there is no preta and no such affliction. Of many born (in a family), one enjoys happiness;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 20.19
एको दुष्कृतकर्मा च एकः सन्ततिमाञ्जनः । एकः सम्पीड्यते प्रेतैरेकः सुतधनान्वितः
eko duṣkṛtakarmā ca ekaḥ santatimāñjanaḥ / ekaḥ sampīḍyate pretairekaḥ sutadhanānvitaḥ
one is a doer of evil deeds, and one a man having offspring; one is grievously afflicted by pretas, one is endowed with sons and wealth;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 20.20
एकस्य पुत्रनाशः स्यादेको दुहितृमान् भवेत् । विरोधो बन्धुभिः सार्धं प्रेतदोषेण काश्यप
ekasya putranāśaḥ syādeko duhitṛmān bhavet / virodho bandhubhiḥ sārdhaṃ pretadoṣeṇa kāśyapa
one suffers the loss of a son, and one has (only) daughters; there is conflict with kinsmen — through the fault of a preta, O Kāśyapa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 20.21
सन्ततिर्दृश्यते नैव समुत्पन्ना विनश्यति । पशुद्रव्यविनाशश्च सा पीडा प्रेतसम्भवा
santatirdṛśyate naiva samutpannā vinaśyati / paśudravyavināśaśca sā pīḍā pretasambhavā
Offspring are not seen at all, or, once born, perish; and there is destruction of cattle and property: that affliction arises from a preta.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 20.22
प्रकृतेः परिवर्तः स्याद्विद्वेषः सह बन्धुभिः । अकस्माद्व्यसनप्राप्तिः सा पीडा प्रेतसम्भवा
prakṛteḥ parivartaḥ syādvidveṣaḥ saha bandhubhiḥ / akasmādvyasanaprāptiḥ sā pīḍā pretasambhavā
There is a reversal of one's nature, hatred toward kinsmen, and the coming of calamity for no reason: that affliction arises from a preta.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 20.23
नास्तिक्यं वृत्तिलोपश्च महालोभस्तथैव च । स्याद्धन्तकलहो नित्यं सा पीडा प्रेतसम्भवा
nāstikyaṃ vṛttilopaśca mahālobhastathaiva ca / syāddhantakalaho nityaṃ sā pīḍā pretasambhavā
Denial (of religion), the lapse of livelihood, and likewise great greed, and constant quarrelling in the house: that affliction arises from a preta.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 20.24
पितृमातृनिहन्ता च देवब्राह्मणनिन्दकः । इत्यादोषमवाप्नोति सा पीडा प्रेतसम्भवा
pitṛmātṛnihantā ca devabrāhmaṇanindakaḥ / ityādoṣamavāpnoti sā pīḍā pretasambhavā
He becomes a slayer of father and mother, and a reviler of gods and brahmins — such a fault he incurs: that affliction arises from a preta.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 20.25
नित्यकर्मविनिंमुक्तो जपहोमविवर्जितः । परद्रव्याणां च हर्ता सा पीडा प्रेतसम्भवा
nityakarmaviniṃmukto japahomavivarjitaḥ / paradravyāṇāṃ ca hartā sā pīḍā pretasambhavā
He is free of the daily rites, devoid of muttering and oblation, and a stealer of others' property: that affliction arises from a preta.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 20.26
सुवृष्टौ कृषिनाशश्च व्यवहारो विनश्यति । लोके कलहकारी च सा पीडा प्रेतसम्भवा
suvṛṣṭau kṛṣināśaśca vyavahāro vinaśyati / loke kalahakārī ca sā pīḍā pretasambhavā
Though there is good rain, the crops are destroyed, and business fails, and he becomes a maker of quarrels among people: that affliction arises from a preta.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 20.27
मार्गे जङ्गम्यमानं तं पीडयेद्वातमण्डली । प्रेतपीडा तु सा ज्ञेया सत्यंसत्यं खगेश्वर
mārge jaṅgamyamānaṃ taṃ pīḍayedvātamaṇḍalī / pretapīḍā tu sā jñeyā satyaṃsatyaṃ khageśvara
As he walks along the road a whirlwind afflicts him: that is to be known as the affliction of a preta — truly, truly, O lord of birds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 20.28
हीनजात्या च सम्बन्धो हीनकर्म करोति यः । अधर्मे रमते नित्यं सा पीडा प्रेतसम्भवा
hīnajātyā ca sambandho hīnakarma karoti yaḥ / adharme ramate nityaṃ sā pīḍā pretasambhavā
(When) a man forms a connection with a low caste, does base work, and constantly delights in unrighteousness — that affliction arises from a preta.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 20.29
व्यसनैर्द्रव्यनाशः स्यादुपक्रान्तं विनश्यति । चौराग्निराजभिर्हानिः सा पीडा प्रेतसम्भवा
vyasanairdravyanāśaḥ syādupakrāntaṃ vinaśyati / caurāgnirājabhirhāniḥ sā pīḍā pretasambhavā
There may be loss of property through calamities, and what has been begun perishes; loss comes from thieves, fire and kings — that affliction arises from a preta.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 20.30
महारोगोपलब्धिश्च बालकानां च पीडनम् । जाया संपीढ्यते यच्च सा पीडा प्रेतसम्भवा
mahārogopalabdhiśca bālakānāṃ ca pīḍanam / jāyā saṃpīḍhyate yacca sā pīḍā pretasambhavā
The contracting of grave illness, and affliction of the children, and (when) the wife is tormented — that affliction arises from a preta.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 20.31
श्रुतिस्मृतिपुराणेषु धर्मशास्त्रसमुद्भवे । अभावो जायते धर्मे सा पीडा प्रेतसम्भवा
śrutismṛtipurāṇeṣu dharmaśāstrasamudbhave / abhāvo jāyate dharme sā pīḍā pretasambhavā
(When) in the Śrutis, Smṛtis and Purāṇas, which are the source of the law-books, there arises no regard for dharma — that affliction arises from a preta.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 20.32
देवतीर्थद्विजानां तु निन्दांयः कुरुते नरः । प्रत्यक्षं वा परोक्षं वा सा पीडा प्रेतसम्भवा
devatīrthadvijānāṃ tu nindāṃyaḥ kurute naraḥ / pratyakṣaṃ vā parokṣaṃ vā sā pīḍā pretasambhavā
(When) a man reviles gods, holy fords and brahmins, whether to their face or behind their back — that affliction arises from a preta.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 20.33
स्ववृत्तिहरणं यच्च स्वप्रतिष्ठाहतिस्तथा । वंशच्छेदः नदृश्येत प्रेतदोषाद्विनान्यथा
svavṛttiharaṇaṃ yacca svapratiṣṭhāhatistathā / vaṃśacchedaḥ nadṛśyeta pretadoṣādvinānyathā
The taking away of one's livelihood, likewise the ruin of one's standing, and the cutting off of the lineage — these would not be seen except from the fault of a preta.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 20.34
स्त्रीणां गर्भविनाशः स्यान्न पुष्पं दृश्यते तथा । बालानां मरणं यत्र सा पीडा प्रेतसम्भवा
strīṇāṃ garbhavināśaḥ syānna puṣpaṃ dṛśyate tathā / bālānāṃ maraṇaṃ yatra sā pīḍā pretasambhavā
(When) women suffer miscarriage, and likewise no menstrual flow is seen, and where children die — that affliction arises from a preta.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 20.35
भावशुद्ध्या न कुरुते श्राद्धं सांवत्सरादिकम् । स्वयमेव न कुर्वीत सा पीडा प्रेतसम्भवा
bhāvaśuddhyā na kurute śrāddhaṃ sāṃvatsarādikam / svayameva na kurvīta sā pīḍā pretasambhavā
(When) one does not perform the annual and other śrāddhas with purity of intent, and would not perform them in person — that affliction arises from a preta.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 20.36
तीर्थे गत्त्वा परासक्तः स्वकृत्यं च परित्यजेत् । धर्मकार्ये न सम्पत्तिः सा पीडा प्रेतसम्भवा
tīrthe gattvā parāsaktaḥ svakṛtyaṃ ca parityajet / dharmakārye na sampattiḥ sā pīḍā pretasambhavā
(When) having gone to a holy ford one becomes attached to other things and abandons his own duty, and there is no accomplishment in a rite of dharma — that affliction arises from a preta.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 20.37
दम्पत्योः कलहश्चैव भोजने कोपसंयुतः । परद्रोहे मतिश्चैव सा पीडा प्रेतसंभवा
dampatyoḥ kalahaścaiva bhojane kopasaṃyutaḥ / paradrohe matiścaiva sā pīḍā pretasaṃbhavā
Quarrelling between husband and wife, anger at mealtime, and a mind bent on injuring others — that affliction arises from a preta.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 20.38
पुष्पं यत्र न दृश्येन फलं तथा । विरहो भार्यया यत्र सा पीडा प्रेतसग्भवा
puṣpaṃ yatra na dṛśyena phalaṃ tathā / viraho bhāryayā yatra sā pīḍā pretasagbhavā
Where no flower is seen, nor fruit likewise, (and) where there is separation from one's wife — that affliction arises from a preta.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 20.39
येषां वै जायते चिह्नं सदोच्चाटपरं नृणाम् । स्वक्षेत्रे निष्फलं तेजः सा पीडा प्रेतसम्भवा
yeṣāṃ vai jāyate cihnaṃ sadoccāṭaparaṃ nṛṇām / svakṣetre niṣphalaṃ tejaḥ sā pīḍā pretasambhavā
Those men in whom a sign appears (that is) always tending to expulsion, (and whose) energy is fruitless on their own field — that affliction arises from a preta.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 20.40
स्वगोत्रघातकश्चैव हन्ति शत्रुमिवात्मजम् । न प्रीतिर्नापि सौख्यं च सा पीडा प्रेतसम्भवा
svagotraghātakaścaiva hanti śatrumivātmajam / na prītirnāpi saukhyaṃ ca sā pīḍā pretasambhavā
And he becomes a slayer of his own clan, and kills his own son as if an enemy; there is neither affection nor happiness — that affliction arises from a preta.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 20.41
पितृवाक्यं न कुरुते स्वपत्नीं च न सेवते । सदा क्रूरमतिर्व्यग्रः सा पीडा प्रेतसम्भवा
pitṛvākyaṃ na kurute svapatnīṃ ca na sevate / sadā krūramatirvyagraḥ sā pīḍā pretasambhavā
He does not carry out his father's word, and does not consort with his own wife; he is always cruel-minded and distracted — that affliction arises from a preta.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 20.42
विकर्मा जायते प्रेतो ह्यविधिक्रियया तथा । तत्कालदुष्टसंसर्गाद्वृषोत्सर्गादृते तथा
vikarmā jāyate preto hyavidhikriyayā tathā / tatkāladuṣṭasaṃsargādvṛṣotsargādṛte tathā
One who does forbidden acts becomes a preta, and likewise (one for whom the rites were done) with rites contrary to rule, and from contact with the impure at that time, and when the release of the bull is omitted.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 20.43
दृष्टगृत्युवशाद्वापि अदग्धवपुषस्तथा । प्रेतत्वं जायते तार्क्ष्य पीड्यन्ते येन जन्तवः
dṛṣṭagṛtyuvaśādvāpi adagdhavapuṣastathā / pretatvaṃ jāyate tārkṣya pīḍyante yena jantavaḥ
Or by force of a witnessed death, and likewise for one whose body has not been burnt — the state of a preta arises, Tārkṣya, by which creatures are afflicted.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 20.44
एवं ज्ञात्वा खगश्रेष्ठ प्रेतमुक्तिं समाचरेत् । यो वै न मन्यते प्रेतान्मृतः प्रेतत्वमाप्नुयात्
evaṃ jñātvā khagaśreṣṭha pretamuktiṃ samācaret / yo vai na manyate pretānmṛtaḥ pretatvamāpnuyāt
Knowing thus, best of birds, one should carry out the release of the preta; he who does not have regard for the pretas, when dead attains the state of a preta.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 20.45
प्रेतदोषः कुले यस्य सुखं तस्य न विद्यते । मतिः प्रीती रतिर्बुद्धिर्लक्ष्मीः पञ्चविनाशनम्
pretadoṣaḥ kule yasya sukhaṃ tasya na vidyate / matiḥ prītī ratirbuddhirlakṣmīḥ pañcavināśanam
In whose family there is the fault of a preta, for him there is no happiness; resolve, affection, pleasure, intelligence, prosperity — the destruction of these five (occurs).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 20.46
तृतीये पञ्चमे पुंसि वंशच्छेदो हि जायते । दरिद्रो निर्धनश्चैव पापकर्मा भवेभवे
tṛtīye pañcame puṃsi vaṃśacchedo hi jāyate / daridro nirdhanaścaiva pāpakarmā bhavebhave
In the third or the fifth man (of the line) the cutting off of the lineage occurs; and he is poor and without wealth, a doer of evil deeds, birth after birth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 20.47
ये केचित्पेतरूपा विकृतमुखदृशो रौद्ररूपाः कराला मन्यन्ते नैव गोत्रं सुतदुहितृपितॄन् भ्रातृजायां वधूं वा । कृत्वा काम्यं च रूपं सुखगतिरहिता भाषमाणा यथेष्टं हा कष्टं भोक्तुकामा विधिवशपतिताः संस्मरन्ति स्वपाकम्
ye kecitpetarūpā vikṛtamukhadṛśo raudrarūpāḥ karālā manyante naiva gotraṃ sutaduhitṛpitṝn bhrātṛjāyāṃ vadhūṃ vā / kṛtvā kāmyaṃ ca rūpaṃ sukhagatirahitā bhāṣamāṇā yatheṣṭaṃ hā kaṣṭaṃ bhoktukāmā vidhivaśapatitāḥ saṃsmaranti svapākam
Whatever beings there are of preta-form, with distorted faces and eyes, of terrible shape, gaping-mouthed — they have no regard at all for clan, for son, daughter or fathers, for brother's wife or daughter-in-law; and having assumed a form at will, deprived of any happy course, speaking as they please, crying 'Alas, what misery!', eager to eat, fallen by the force of fate, they remember their own cooked food.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain