Garuda Purana — Uttara Khanda (Pretakalpa) — Chapter 24
GaP 2 24.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- २४ गरुड उवाच । नाकाले म्रियते कश्चिदिति वेदानुशासनम् । कस्मान्मृत्युमवाप्नोति राजा वा श्रोत्रियोपि वा
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 24 garuḍa uvāca / nākāle mriyate kaściditi vedānuśāsanam / kasmānmṛtyumavāpnoti rājā vā śrotriyopi vā
The Glorious Garuḍa-mahāpurāṇa, 24. Garuḍa said: "No one dies out of season" — such is the instruction of the Veda. Why then does a king, or even a Vedic scholar, meet with death?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 24.2
यदुक्तं ब्राह्मणा पूर्वमनृतं तद्धि दृश्यते । वेदैरुक्तं तु यद्वाक्यं शतं जीवति मानुषे
yaduktaṃ brāhmaṇā pūrvamanṛtaṃ taddhi dṛśyate / vedairuktaṃ tu yadvākyaṃ śataṃ jīvati mānuṣe
What was formerly said by a brahmin is seen to be untrue; and (also) the statement uttered by the Vedas, that a man lives a hundred (years).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 24.3
जीवन्ति मानुषे लोके सर्वे वर्णा द्विजातयः । अन्त्यजाम्लेच्छजाश्चैव खण्डे भारतसंज्ञके
jīvanti mānuṣe loke sarve varṇā dvijātayaḥ / antyajāmlecchajāścaiva khaṇḍe bhāratasaṃjñake
In the world of men all the classes and the twice-born live (a hundred years), and also those born of the lowest castes and of barbarians, in the region named Bhārata.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 24.4
न दृश्यते कलौ तच्च कस्माद्देव समादिश । (आधानान्मृत्युमाप्नोति बालो वा स्थविरो युबा
na dṛśyate kalau tacca kasmāddeva samādiśa / (ādhānānmṛtyumāpnoti bālo vā sthaviro yubā
But that is not seen in the Kali age — why? Tell me, O God. From conception (onward) one meets with death, whether child, or old man, or youth,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 24.5
सधनो निर्धनो वापि सुकुमारः सुरूपवान् । अविद्वांश्चैव विद्वांश्च ब्राह्मणस्त्वितरो जनः
sadhano nirdhano vāpi sukumāraḥ surūpavān / avidvāṃścaiva vidvāṃśca brāhmaṇastvitaro janaḥ
whether rich or poor, delicate or handsome, unlearned or learned, a brahmin or another person,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 24.7
तपोरतो योगशीलो महाज्ञानी च यो नरः । सर्वज्ञानरतः श्रीमान्धर्मात्मातुलविक्रमः ॥ गर्प्_२,२४।६ ॥ ) सर्वमेतदशषेण जायते वसुधातले । कस्मान्मृत्युमवाप्नोति राजा वा श्रोत्रियो ऽपि वा
taporato yogaśīlo mahājñānī ca yo naraḥ / sarvajñānarataḥ śrīmāndharmātmātulavikramaḥ // garp_2,24.6 // ) sarvametadaśaṣeṇa jāyate vasudhātale / kasmānmṛtyumavāpnoti rājā vā śrotriyo 'pi vā
or a man devoted to austerity, given to yoga, of great knowledge, delighting in all knowledge, prosperous, righteous in nature, of unequalled valour. All this, without exception, comes to be on the surface of the earth: why does a king, or even a Vedic scholar, meet with death?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 24.8
श्रीभगवानुवाच । साधुसाधु महाप्राज्ञ यस्त्वं भक्तो ऽसि मे प्रियः । श्रूयतां वचनं गुह्यं नानादेशविनाशनम्
śrībhagavānuvāca / sādhusādhu mahāprājña yastvaṃ bhakto 'si me priyaḥ / śrūyatāṃ vacanaṃ guhyaṃ nānādeśavināśanam
The Blessed Lord said: Good, good, O greatly wise one; you who are devoted to me are dear (to me). Let the secret word be heard, which destroys (?) the various regions.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 24.9
विधातृविहितो मृत्युः शीघ्रमादाय गच्छति । ततो वक्ष्यामि पक्षीन्द्र काश्यपेय महाद्युते
vidhātṛvihito mṛtyuḥ śīghramādāya gacchati / tato vakṣyāmi pakṣīndra kāśyapeya mahādyute
Death, appointed by the Ordainer, comes quickly and takes (a man) away. Therefore I shall speak, O lord of birds, son of Kaśyapa, of great splendour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 24.10
मानुषः शतजीवीति पुरा वेदेन भाषितम् । विकर्मणः प्रभावेण शीघ्रं चापि विनश्यति
mānuṣaḥ śatajīvīti purā vedena bhāṣitam / vikarmaṇaḥ prabhāveṇa śīghraṃ cāpi vinaśyati
It was formerly declared by the Veda that man lives a hundred (years); but by the power of wrong action he perishes even quickly.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 24.11
वेदानभ्यसनेनैव कुलाचारं न सेवते । आलस्यात्कर्मणां त्यागो निषिद्धे ऽप्यादरः सदा
vedānabhyasanenaiva kulācāraṃ na sevate / ālasyātkarmaṇāṃ tyāgo niṣiddhe 'pyādaraḥ sadā
Through not studying the Vedas one does not follow the practice of one's family; from indolence comes the abandonment of the (prescribed) rites, and there is always regard for what is forbidden;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 24.12
यत्र तत्र गृहे ऽश्राति परक्षेत्ररतस्तथा । एतैरन्यैर्महादोषैर्जायते चायुषः क्षयः
yatra tatra gṛhe 'śrāti parakṣetraratastathā / etairanyairmahādoṣairjāyate cāyuṣaḥ kṣayaḥ
one eats in this house and that, and likewise is addicted to another's field (or: another's wife); by these and other great faults there arises the diminution of life.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 24.13
अश्रद्दधानमशुचिं नास्तिकं त्यक्तमङ्गलम् । परद्रोहानृतरं ब्राह्मणं यत (म) मन्दिरम्
aśraddadhānamaśuciṃ nāstikaṃ tyaktamaṅgalam / paradrohānṛtaraṃ brāhmaṇaṃ yata (ma) mandiram
A brahmin who is without faith, impure, a denier, who has abandoned auspicious (rites), given to injuring others and to falsehood — (he is) the house of Yama.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 24.14
अरक्षितारं राजानं नित्यं धर्मविवर्जितम् । क्रूरं व्यसनिनं मूर्खं वेदवादबहिष्कृतम् । प्रजापीडनकर्तारं राजानं यमशासनम्
arakṣitāraṃ rājānaṃ nityaṃ dharmavivarjitam / krūraṃ vyasaninaṃ mūrkhaṃ vedavādabahiṣkṛtam / prajāpīḍanakartāraṃ rājānaṃ yamaśāsanam
A king who does not protect, who is ever devoid of righteousness, cruel, addicted to vices, foolish, excluded from the teaching of the Veda, who oppresses his subjects — such a king is (subject to) Yama's rule.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 24.15
प्रापयन्ति वशं मृत्योस्ततो याति च यातनाम् । स्वकर्माणि परित्यज्य मुख्यवृत्तानि यानि च
prāpayanti vaśaṃ mṛtyostato yāti ca yātanām / svakarmāṇi parityajya mukhyavṛttāni yāni ca
They bring (him) under the power of Death, and thereafter he goes to torment. Abandoning his own duties and those that are the principal observances,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 24.16
परकर्मरतो नित्यं यमलोकं स गच्छति । शूद्रः करोतिः यत्किञ्चिद्विजशुश्रूषणं विना
parakarmarato nityaṃ yamalokaṃ sa gacchati / śūdraḥ karotiḥ yatkiñcidvijaśuśrūṣaṇaṃ vinā
(and) being ever devoted to the duties of others, he goes to the world of Yama. Whatever a śūdra does apart from service to the twice-born,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 24.17
उत्तमाधममध्ये वा यमलोके स पच्यते । स्नानं दानं जपो होमो स्वाध्यायो दवर्ताच्चनम्
uttamādhamamadhye vā yamaloke sa pacyate / snānaṃ dānaṃ japo homo svādhyāyo davartāccanam
(for that) he is cooked in the world of Yama, whether in its highest, lowest or middle (part). Bathing, giving, muttered prayer, oblation, private recitation of scripture, worship of the deity—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 24.18
यस्मिन्दिने न सेव्यन्ते स वृथा दिवसो नृणाम् । अनित्यमध्रुवं देहमनाधारं रसोद्भवम्
yasmindine na sevyante sa vṛthā divaso nṛṇām / anityamadhruvaṃ dehamanādhāraṃ rasodbhavam
on whatever day these are not attended to, that day of men is in vain. The body is impermanent, unstable, without support, arisen from fluid;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 24.19
अन्नोदकमये देहे गुणानेतान्वदाम्यहम् । यत्प्रातः संस्कृतं सायं नूनमन्नं विनश्यति
annodakamaye dehe guṇānetānvadāmyaham / yatprātaḥ saṃskṛtaṃ sāyaṃ nūnamannaṃ vinaśyati
of the body made of food and water I declare these properties: what food is prepared in the morning surely spoils by evening.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 24.20
तदीयरससम्पुष्टकाये का बत नित्यता । गतं ज्ञात्वा तु पक्षीन्द्र वपुरर्धं स्वकर्मभिः
tadīyarasasampuṣṭakāye kā bata nityatā / gataṃ jñātvā tu pakṣīndra vapurardhaṃ svakarmabhiḥ
In a body built up from the juice of that (food), alas, what permanence is there? Knowing, O lord of birds, that half the body is already gone through one's own deeds,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 24.21
नरः पापविनाशाय कुर्वीत परमौषधम् । देहः किमन्नदातुः स्विन्निषेक्तुर्मातुरेव वा
naraḥ pāpavināśāya kurvīta paramauṣadham / dehaḥ kimannadātuḥ svinniṣekturmātureva vā
a man should apply the supreme remedy for the destruction of sin. Is the body the food-giver's, or the begetter's, or indeed the mother's?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 24.22
उभयोर्वा प्रभोर्वापि बालनोग्नेः शुनो ऽपि वा । कस्तत्र परमो यज्ञः कृमिविड्भस्मसंज्ञके
ubhayorvā prabhorvāpi bālanogneḥ śuno 'pi vā / kastatra paramo yajñaḥ kṛmiviḍbhasmasaṃjñake
Or of both, or of a master, or of a child, of fire, or even of a dog? What is the supreme sacrifice there, in that thing called worms, dung and ashes?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 24.23
कर्तव्यः परमो यत्नः पातकस्य विनाशने । अनेकभवसम्भूतं पातकं तु त्रिधा कृतम्
kartavyaḥ paramo yatnaḥ pātakasya vināśane / anekabhavasambhūtaṃ pātakaṃ tu tridhā kṛtam
The utmost effort must be made in the destruction of sin. Sin accumulated from many births is made threefold.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 24.24
यदा प्राप्नोति मानुष्यं तदा सर्वं तपत्यपि । सर्वजन्मानि संस्मृत्य विषादी कृतचेतनः
yadā prāpnoti mānuṣyaṃ tadā sarvaṃ tapatyapi / sarvajanmāni saṃsmṛtya viṣādī kṛtacetanaḥ
When he attains human birth, then it all burns (him). Recalling all his births, he becomes despondent, his awareness roused,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 24.25
अवेक्ष्य गर्भवासांश्च कर्मजा गतयस्तथा । मानुषोदरवासी चेत्तदा भवति पातकी
avekṣya garbhavāsāṃśca karmajā gatayastathā / mānuṣodaravāsī cettadā bhavati pātakī
and having observed the dwellings in wombs and likewise the courses produced by (his) deeds; if he dwells in a human belly, then he is a sinner.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 24.26
अण्डजादिषु भूतेषु यत्रयत्र प्रसर्पति । आधयो व्याधयः क्लेशा जरारूपविपर्ययः
aṇḍajādiṣu bhūteṣu yatrayatra prasarpati / ādhayo vyādhayaḥ kleśā jarārūpaviparyayaḥ
Among beings born from eggs and the rest, wherever he creeps along, (there are) afflictions, diseases, torments, old age and the ruin of beauty.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 24.27
गर्भवासाद्विनिर्मुक्तस्त्वज्ञानतिमिरावृतः । न जानातिः खगश्रेष्ठ बालभावं समाश्रितः
garbhavāsādvinirmuktastvajñānatimirāvṛtaḥ / na jānātiḥ khagaśreṣṭha bālabhāvaṃ samāśritaḥ
Freed from dwelling in the womb, yet enveloped in the darkness of ignorance, he does not know, O best of birds, once he has entered the condition of a child.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 24.28
यौवने तिमिरान्धश्च यः पश्यति स मुक्तिभाक् । आधानान्मृत्युमाप्नोति बालो वा स्थविरो युवा
yauvane timirāndhaśca yaḥ paśyati sa muktibhāk / ādhānānmṛtyumāpnoti bālo vā sthaviro yuvā
And in youth he is blinded by darkness; he who sees is one who has a share in liberation. From conception onward he meets with death, whether child, old man, or youth,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 24.29
सधनो निर्धनश्चैव सुकुमारः कुरूपवान् । अविद्वांश्चैव विद्वांश्च ब्राह्मणास्त्वितरो जनः
sadhano nirdhanaścaiva sukumāraḥ kurūpavān / avidvāṃścaiva vidvāṃśca brāhmaṇāstvitaro janaḥ
rich and poor, tender and ugly, unlearned and learned, brahmins and other people (alike);
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 24.30
तपोरतो योगशीलो महाज्ञानी च यो नरः । महादानरतः श्रीमान्धर्मात्मातुलविक्रमः । विना मानुपदेहं तु सुखं दुः खं न विन्दति
taporato yogaśīlo mahājñānī ca yo naraḥ / mahādānarataḥ śrīmāndharmātmātulavikramaḥ / vinā mānupadehaṃ tu sukhaṃ duḥ khaṃ na vindati
the man who is devoted to austerity, given to yoga, of great knowledge, devoted to great gifts, prosperous, righteous in nature, of matchless valour—yet without a human body one does not experience pleasure or pain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 24.31
प्राकृतैः कर्मपाशैस्तु मृत्युमाप्नोति मानवः । आधानात्पञ्च वर्षाणि स्वल्पपापैर्विपच्यते
prākṛtaiḥ karmapāśaistu mṛtyumāpnoti mānavaḥ / ādhānātpañca varṣāṇi svalpapāpairvipacyate
By the ordinary bonds of (his) deeds a man meets death. For five years from conception he is cooked (punished) for small sins;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 24.32
पञ्चवर्षाधिको भूत्वा महापापैर्विपच्यते । योनिं पूरयते यस्मान्मृतो ऽप्यायाति याति च
pañcavarṣādhiko bhūtvā mahāpāpairvipacyate / yoniṃ pūrayate yasmānmṛto 'pyāyāti yāti ca
once he is more than five years old, he is cooked for great sins. Since he fills up a womb, even when dead he comes and goes (again).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 24.33
मृतो दानप्रभावेण जीवन्मर्त्यश्चिरं भुवि । सूत उवाच । इति कृष्णवचः श्रुत्वा गरुडो वाक्यमब्रवीत्
mṛto dānaprabhāveṇa jīvanmartyaściraṃ bhuvi / sūta uvāca / iti kṛṣṇavacaḥ śrutvā garuḍo vākyamabravīt
One who is dead, by the power of gifts, (becomes) a mortal living long on earth. Sūta said: Having heard these words of Kṛṣṇa, Garuḍa spoke (these) words.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 24.34
गरुड उवाच । मृते बाले कथं कुर्यात्पिण्डदानादिकाः क्रियाः । गर्भेषु च विपन्नानामाचूडाकरणाच्छिशोः
garuḍa uvāca / mṛte bāle kathaṃ kuryātpiṇḍadānādikāḥ kriyāḥ / garbheṣu ca vipannānāmācūḍākaraṇācchiśoḥ
Garuḍa said: When a child has died, how should one perform the rites such as the offering of the rice-ball—for those who have perished while in the womb, and for an infant up to the tonsure ceremony?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 24.35
कथं किं केन दातव्यं मृतान्ते को विधिः स्मृतः । गरुडोक्तमिति श्रुत्वा विष्णुर्वाक्यमथाब्रवीत्
kathaṃ kiṃ kena dātavyaṃ mṛtānte ko vidhiḥ smṛtaḥ / garuḍoktamiti śrutvā viṣṇurvākyamathābravīt
"How, what, and by whom is (it) to be given? What rule is handed down at the end (i.e. upon death)?" Having heard this said by Garuḍa, Viṣṇu then spoke these words:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 24.36
श्रीविष्णुरुवाच । यदि गर्भो विपद्यते स्त्रवते वापि योषितः । यावन्मासं स्थितो गर्भस्तावद्दिनमशौचकम्
śrīviṣṇuruvāca / yadi garbho vipadyate stravate vāpi yoṣitaḥ / yāvanmāsaṃ sthito garbhastāvaddinamaśaucakam
The blessed Viṣṇu said: If the embryo perishes, or if a woman miscarries, for as many months as the embryo remained, for that many days there is impurity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 24.37
तस्य किञ्चिन्न कर्तव्यमात्मनः श्रेय इच्छता । ततो जाते विपन्ने तु आ चूडाकरणाच्छिशोः
tasya kiñcinna kartavyamātmanaḥ śreya icchatā / tato jāte vipanne tu ā cūḍākaraṇācchiśoḥ
For it nothing (further) is to be done by one who desires his own welfare. But then, if (a child) that has been born dies, up to the tonsure-rite of the child—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 24.38
दुग्धं भोज्यं ताशक्ति बालानां च प्रदीयते । आ चूडात्पञ्चवर्षे तु देहदाहो विधीयते
dugdhaṃ bhojyaṃ tāśakti bālānāṃ ca pradīyate / ā cūḍātpañcavarṣe tu dehadāho vidhīyate
—milk and food are given to children according to (one's) ability; but from the tonsure up to the fifth year, cremation of the body is enjoined.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 24.39
दुग्धं तस्य प्रदेयं स्याद्बालानां भोजनं शुभम् । पञ्चवर्षाधिके प्रेते स्वजातिविहितानि च
dugdhaṃ tasya pradeyaṃ syādbālānāṃ bhojanaṃ śubham / pañcavarṣādhike prete svajātivihitāni ca
Milk should be given for him, and the auspicious feeding of children; but when one older than five years dies, the (rites) enjoined for his own caste—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 24.40
कुर्यात्कर्माणि सर्वाणि चोदकुम्भादि पायसम् । दातव्यं तु खगश्रेष्ठ ऋणसम्बन्धकस्तु सः
kuryātkarmāṇi sarvāṇi codakumbhādi pāyasam / dātavyaṃ tu khagaśreṣṭha ṛṇasambandhakastu saḥ
—all the rites should be performed, and the water-jar and the rest, and milk-rice is to be given, O best of birds; for he is one bound by (the ties of) debt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 24.41
जातस्य हि ध्रुवो मृत्युर्ध्रुवं जन्म मृतस्य च । कर्तव्यं पक्षिशार्दूल पुनर्देहक्षयाय वै
jātasya hi dhruvo mṛtyurdhruvaṃ janma mṛtasya ca / kartavyaṃ pakṣiśārdūla punardehakṣayāya vai
For one who is born, death is certain, and birth is certain for one who has died; (the rite) is to be performed, O tiger among birds, for the ending of (further) embodiment.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 24.42
तस्मै यद्रोचते देयमदत्त्वा निर्धने कुले । स्वल्पायुर्निर्धनो भूत्वा रतिभक्तिविवर्जितः
tasmai yadrocate deyamadattvā nirdhane kule / svalpāyurnirdhano bhūtvā ratibhaktivivarjitaḥ
Whatever pleases him is to be given; by not giving (it), in a family without wealth, having become short-lived and poor, bereft of pleasure and of devotion,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 24.43
पुनर्जन्माप्नुयान्मर्त्यस्तस्माद्देयमृते शिशोः । पुराणे गीयते गाथा सर्वथा प्रतिभाति मे
punarjanmāpnuyānmartyastasmāddeyamṛte śiśoḥ / purāṇe gīyate gāthā sarvathā pratibhāti me
the mortal would attain rebirth; therefore (a gift) is to be given when a child has died. In the Purāṇa a verse is sung which in every way commends itself to me:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 24.44
मिष्टान्नं भोजनं देयं दाने शक्तिस्तु दुर्लभा । भोज्ये भोजनशक्तिश्च रतिशक्तिर्वरस्त्रियः
miṣṭānnaṃ bhojanaṃ deyaṃ dāne śaktistu durlabhā / bhojye bhojanaśaktiśca ratiśaktirvarastriyaḥ
Sweet food is to be given as fare, but the capacity for giving is hard to come by; where there is food, the capacity to eat (is hard to get), and sexual capacity, and excellent women;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 24.45
विभवे दानशक्तिश्च नाल्पस्य तपसः फलम् । दानाद्भोगानवाप्नोति सौख्यं तीर्थस्य सेवनात् । सुभाषणान्मृतो यस्तु स विद्वान्धर्मवित्तमः
vibhave dānaśaktiśca nālpasya tapasaḥ phalam / dānādbhogānavāpnoti saukhyaṃ tīrthasya sevanāt / subhāṣaṇānmṛto yastu sa vidvāndharmavittamaḥ
and where there is wealth, the capacity for giving; the fruit is not that of a small austerity. By giving one obtains enjoyments, and happiness from frequenting holy fords; and he who has died with good words (on his lips) is wise, the best of those who know dharma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 24.46
अदत्तदानाच्च भवेद्दरिद्रो दरिद्रभावाच्च करोतिपापम् । पापप्रभावान्नरकं प्रयाति पुनर्दरिद्रः पुनरेव पापी
adattadānācca bhaveddaridro daridrabhāvācca karotipāpam / pāpaprabhāvānnarakaṃ prayāti punardaridraḥ punareva pāpī
And from not giving gifts one becomes poor, and from the state of poverty one commits sin; by the force of sin one goes to hell—again poor, and again a sinner.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition