Garuda Purana — Uttara Khanda (Pretakalpa) — Chapter 26
GaP 2 26.1
श्रीगरुडमाहपुराणम्- २६ गरुड उवाच । सत्यं ब्रूहि सुरश्रेष्ठ कृपां कृत्वा मयि प्रभो । मृतानां चैव जन्तूनां कदा कुर्यात्सपिण्डनम्
śrīgaruḍamāhapurāṇam- 26 garuḍa uvāca / satyaṃ brūhi suraśreṣṭha kṛpāṃ kṛtvā mayi prabho / mṛtānāṃ caiva jantūnāṃ kadā kuryātsapiṇḍanam
The Glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, 26. Garuḍa said: Speak the truth, O best of gods, showing me favour, O Lord: when should the sapiṇḍana be performed for creatures that have died?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 26.2
सपिण्डत्वे कुतो यान्ति असपिण्डे कुतो गतिः । केनैव सहपिण्डत्वं स्त्रीपुसोर्वक्तुमर्हसि
sapiṇḍatve kuto yānti asapiṇḍe kuto gatiḥ / kenaiva sahapiṇḍatvaṃ strīpusorvaktumarhasi
When there is sapiṇḍa-status, where do they go? When there is no sapiṇḍa-status, what is (their) course? With whom, indeed, is there sharing of the piṇḍa for a woman and a man — this you should tell.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 26.3
स्त्रीपुमांशौ सहैकत्वं पाप्नुतः कथमुत्तमम् । जीवेद्भर्तरि नारीणां सपिण्डीकरणं कुतः
strīpumāṃśau sahaikatvaṃ pāpnutaḥ kathamuttamam / jīvedbhartari nārīṇāṃ sapiṇḍīkaraṇaṃ kutaḥ
How do a woman and a man attain the highest oneness together? If the husband is alive, how can there be sapiṇḍīkaraṇa for women?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 26.4
भर्तृलोकं कथं यान्ति स्वर्गलोकं सुरेश्वर । अग्न्यारोहे कथं श्राद्धं वृषोत्सर्गः कथं भवेत्
bhartṛlokaṃ kathaṃ yānti svargalokaṃ sureśvara / agnyārohe kathaṃ śrāddhaṃ vṛṣotsargaḥ kathaṃ bhavet
How do they go to the world of the husband, (or) to heaven, O lord of the gods? When (a woman) mounts the fire, how is the śrāddha (to be done), how the release of the bull?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 26.5
घटदानं कथं कार्यं सपिण्डीकरणे कृते । कथयस्व प्रसादेन हीताय जगतां प्रभो
ghaṭadānaṃ kathaṃ kāryaṃ sapiṇḍīkaraṇe kṛte / kathayasva prasādena hītāya jagatāṃ prabho
How is the gift of the water-pot to be made, once the sapiṇḍīkaraṇa has been performed? Tell (me) graciously, for the benefit of the worlds, O lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 26.6
श्रीभगवानुवाच । यथावत्कथयिष्यामि सपिण्डीकरणं खग । वर्षं यावत्खगश्रेष्ठ यदाचरति मानवः
śrībhagavānuvāca / yathāvatkathayiṣyāmi sapiṇḍīkaraṇaṃ khaga / varṣaṃ yāvatkhagaśreṣṭha yadācarati mānavaḥ
The Blessed Lord said: I will tell (you) accurately about the sapiṇḍīkaraṇa, O bird — what a man performs for a full year, O best of birds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 26.7
सपिण्डने ततो वृत्ते पितृलोकं स गच्छति । तस्मात्पुत्त्रेण कर्तव्यं सपिण्डीकरणं पितुः
sapiṇḍane tato vṛtte pitṛlokaṃ sa gacchati / tasmātputtreṇa kartavyaṃ sapiṇḍīkaraṇaṃ pituḥ
Then, when the sapiṇḍana has been performed, he goes to the world of the fathers; therefore the sapiṇḍīkaraṇa of the father is to be done by the son.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 26.8
संवत्सरे तु सम्पूर्णे कुर्यात्पिण्ड प्रवेशनम् । पिण्डप्रवेशविधना तस्य नित्यं मृताह्निकम्
saṃvatsare tu sampūrṇe kuryātpiṇḍa praveśanam / piṇḍapraveśavidhanā tasya nityaṃ mṛtāhnikam
But when the year is complete, one should perform the merging of the (rice-)ball; by the rule of the piṇḍa's entry, his annual death-day rite (is thereafter) perpetual.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 26.9
निश्चितं पक्षिशार्दूल वर्षान्ते पिण्डमेलनम् । सहपिण्डे कृते प्रेतस्ततो याति परां गतिम् । तन्नाम सम्परित्यज्य ततः पितृगणो भवेत्
niścitaṃ pakṣiśārdūla varṣānte piṇḍamelanam / sahapiṇḍe kṛte pretastato yāti parāṃ gatim / tannāma samparityajya tataḥ pitṛgaṇo bhavet
It is settled, O tiger among birds, that the joining of the piṇḍas (takes place) at the year's end. When the joint piṇḍa has been made, the departed spirit then goes to the highest state; giving up that name (of 'preta'), he then becomes one of the company of the fathers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 26.10
त्रिपक्षे वापि षण्मासे मेलयेत्प्रपितामहैः । ज्ञात्वा वृद्धिविवाहादि स्वगोत्रविहितानि च
tripakṣe vāpi ṣaṇmāse melayetprapitāmahaiḥ / jñātvā vṛddhivivāhādi svagotravihitāni ca
Or in three fortnights, or in six months, one may join (him) with the great-grandfathers, having taken account of the prosperity-rites, marriages and the like prescribed for one's own lineage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 26.11
विवाहं नैव कुर्वीत मृते च गृहमेधिनि । भिक्षुर्भिक्षां न गृह्णाति यावत्कुर्यात्सपिण्डनम्
vivāhaṃ naiva kurvīta mṛte ca gṛhamedhini / bhikṣurbhikṣāṃ na gṛhṇāti yāvatkuryātsapiṇḍanam
And when a householder has died one should not perform a marriage at all; a mendicant does not accept alms (from that house) until one performs the sapiṇḍana.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 26.12
स्वगोत्रे ऽप्यशुचिस्तावद्यावत्पिण्डं न मेलयेत् । मेलनात्प्रेतशब्दस्तु निवर्तेत खगेश्वर
svagotre 'pyaśucistāvadyāvatpiṇḍaṃ na melayet / melanātpretaśabdastu nivarteta khageśvara
Even within one's own lineage there is impurity for just so long as one does not join the piṇḍa; but by the joining the word 'preta' ceases (to apply), O lord of birds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 26.15
आनन्त्यात्कुलधर्माणां पुंसाञ्चैवायुषः क्षयात् । अस्थिरत्वाच्छरीरस्य द्वादशाहः प्रशस्यते ॥ गर्प्_२,२६।१३ ॥ निरग्निकः साग्निको वा द्वादशाहे सपिण्डयेत् ॥ गर्प्_२,२६।१४ ॥ द्वादशाहे त्रिपक्षे वा षण्मासे वत्सरे ऽपि वा । सपिण्डीकरणं प्रोक्तमृषिभिस्तत्त्वदर्शिभिः
ānantyātkuladharmāṇāṃ puṃsāñcaivāyuṣaḥ kṣayāt / asthiratvāccharīrasya dvādaśāhaḥ praśasyate // garp_2,26.13 // niragnikaḥ sāgniko vā dvādaśāhe sapiṇḍayet // garp_2,26.14 // dvādaśāhe tripakṣe vā ṣaṇmāse vatsare 'pi vā / sapiṇḍīkaraṇaṃ proktamṛṣibhistattvadarśibhiḥ
Because the family duties are unending, because the lifespan of men is (subject to) decay, and because the body is unstable, the twelfth day is commended. // 13 // Whether without the (sacred) fires or with them, one may do the sapiṇḍana on the twelfth day. // 14 // On the twelfth day, or in three fortnights, or in six months, or even in a year — so the sapiṇḍīkaraṇa is declared by the seers who see the truth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 26.16
सपुत्त्रस्य न कर्तव्यमेकोद्दिष्टं कदाचन । सपिण्डीकरणादूर्ध्वं यत्रयत्र प्रदीयते
saputtrasya na kartavyamekoddiṣṭaṃ kadācana / sapiṇḍīkaraṇādūrdhvaṃ yatrayatra pradīyate
For one who has a son, the ekoddiṣṭa rite is never to be performed. After the sapiṇḍīkaraṇa, wherever (an offering) is given,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 26.17
तत्रतत्र त्रयं कार्यमन्यथा पितृघातकः । त्रिभिः कुर्यादशक्तश्च पार्वणं मुनिनोदितम्
tatratatra trayaṃ kāryamanyathā pitṛghātakaḥ / tribhiḥ kuryādaśaktaśca pārvaṇaṃ muninoditam
in each such case the triad (of offerings) is to be made; otherwise (the performer) is a slayer of his father. And one unable (to do more) should perform with the three (fathers) the pārvaṇa rite enjoined by the sage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 26.18
तद्दिने तद्दिने कुर्यात्पितामहमुखान्यतः । अज्ञानाद्दिनमासानां तस्मात्पार्वणमिष्यते
taddine taddine kuryātpitāmahamukhānyataḥ / ajñānāddinamāsānāṃ tasmātpārvaṇamiṣyate
On each such day one should perform (the rite) with the grandfather at the head — otherwise, through ignorance of the days and months, the pārvaṇa (form) is therefore preferred.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 26.19
अनुत्पन्नशरीरस्य न दानं पितृभिः सह । एतैः षोडशभिः श्राद्धैः प्रेतो मुक्तस्तु जायते
anutpannaśarīrasya na dānaṃ pitṛbhiḥ saha / etaiḥ ṣoḍaśabhiḥ śrāddhaiḥ preto muktastu jāyate
For one whose body has not (yet) come into being there is no offering together with the fathers; by these sixteen śrāddhas the departed spirit becomes released.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 26.20
अपुत्त्रस्य सपिण्डत्वं नैव कुर्यात्स्त्रियो ऽपि वा । यावज्जीव च सद्भत्र्या न कुर्यात्सहपिण्डताम्
aputtrasya sapiṇḍatvaṃ naiva kuryātstriyo 'pi vā / yāvajjīva ca sadbhatryā na kuryātsahapiṇḍatām
One should not make sapiṇḍa-status for a sonless man, nor for a woman either; and while the husband lives one should not perform the joint-piṇḍa rite for a wife.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 26.21
ब्राह्मादिषु विवाहेषु या वधूरिह संस्कृता । भर्तृगोत्रेण कर्तव्यास्तस्याः पिण्डोदकक्रियाः
brāhmādiṣu vivāheṣu yā vadhūriha saṃskṛtā / bhartṛgotreṇa kartavyāstasyāḥ piṇḍodakakriyāḥ
The bride who has here been consecrated in the brāhma and other (approved) marriages — for her the piṇḍa and water rites are to be performed with the husband's lineage (name).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 26.22
आसुरादिविवा हेषु या व्यूढा कन्यका भवेत् । तस्यास्तु पितृगोत्रेण कुर्यात्पिण्डोदकक्रियाः
āsurādivivā heṣu yā vyūḍhā kanyakā bhavet / tasyāstu pitṛgotreṇa kuryātpiṇḍodakakriyāḥ
But the girl who has been married in the āsura and other (disapproved) marriages — for her one should perform the piṇḍa and water rites with the father's lineage (name).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 26.23
पितुः पुत्त्रेण कर्तव्यं सपिण्डीकरणं सदा । पुत्त्राभावे तु पत्नी स्यात्पत्न्यभावे सहोदरः
pituḥ puttreṇa kartavyaṃ sapiṇḍīkaraṇaṃ sadā / puttrābhāve tu patnī syātpatnyabhāve sahodaraḥ
The sapiṇḍīkaraṇa of the father is always to be done by the son; but in the absence of a son it should be the wife, and in the absence of the wife the full brother.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 26.24
भ्राता वा भ्रातृपुत्त्रो वा सपिण्डः शिष्य एव वा । सपिण्डनक्रियां कृत्वा कुर्यान्नान्दीमुखं ततः
bhrātā vā bhrātṛputtro vā sapiṇḍaḥ śiṣya eva vā / sapiṇḍanakriyāṃ kṛtvā kuryānnāndīmukhaṃ tataḥ
Or a brother, or a brother's son, or a sapiṇḍa relative, or even a pupil. Having performed the sapiṇḍana rite, one should then perform the nāndīmukha (rite).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 26.25
ज्येष्ठस्यैव कनिष्ठेन भ्रातृपुत्त्रेण भार्यया । सपिण्डीकरणं कार्यं पुत्रहीने नरे खग
jyeṣṭhasyaiva kaniṣṭhena bhrātṛputtreṇa bhāryayā / sapiṇḍīkaraṇaṃ kāryaṃ putrahīne nare khaga
For the elder (brother), the sapiṇḍīkaraṇa is to be done by the younger, by a brother's son, or by the wife, when the man is without a son, O bird.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 26.26
भ्रातॄणामेकजातानामेकश्चेत्पुत्रवान् भवेत् । सर्वेते तेन पुत्रेण पुत्रिणो मनुरब्रवीत्
bhrātṝṇāmekajātānāmekaścetputravān bhavet / sarvete tena putreṇa putriṇo manurabravīt
If among brothers born of the same (parents) one has a son, then all of them are possessed of a son through that son — so Manu declared.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 26.27
सर्वेषां पुत्रहीनानां पत्नी कुर्यात्सपिण्डनम् । ऋत्विजा कारयेद्वापि पुरोहितमथापि वा
sarveṣāṃ putrahīnānāṃ patnī kuryātsapiṇḍanam / ṛtvijā kārayedvāpi purohitamathāpi vā
For all those who are without a son, the wife should perform the sapiṇḍana; or else she may have it done by an officiating priest, or even by the family priest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 26.28
कृतचूडोपनीतश्च पितुः श्राद्धं समाचरेत् । उच्चारयेत्स्वधाकारं न तु वेदाक्षराण्यसौ
kṛtacūḍopanītaśca pituḥ śrāddhaṃ samācaret / uccārayetsvadhākāraṃ na tu vedākṣarāṇyasau
One whose tonsure and initiation have been performed may carry out the śrāddha for his father; he should utter the call "svadhā," but not the syllables of the Veda.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 26.29
भर्त्रादिभिस्त्रिभिः कार्यं सपिण्डीकरणं स्त्रियाः । पितृव्यभ्रातृपुत्रेण सोदरेण कनीयसा
bhartrādibhistribhiḥ kāryaṃ sapiṇḍīkaraṇaṃ striyāḥ / pitṛvyabhrātṛputreṇa sodareṇa kanīyasā
The sapiṇḍīkaraṇa of a woman is to be done by three, beginning with her husband: (by the husband,) by a paternal uncle's or brother's son, (or) by a younger full brother.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 26.30
अर्वाक् संवत्सरात्सन्धौ पूर्णे संवत्सरे ऽपि वा । ये सपिण्डीकृताः प्रेतास्तेषां न स्यात्पृथक् क्रिया
arvāk saṃvatsarātsandhau pūrṇe saṃvatsare 'pi vā / ye sapiṇḍīkṛtāḥ pretāsteṣāṃ na syātpṛthak kriyā
(Whether performed) before the year, at the juncture, or when the full year is complete — for those departed ones who have been made sapiṇḍa there should be no separate rite.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 26.31
सपिण्डने कृते वत्स पृथक्त्वं तु विगर्हितम् । यस्तु कुर्यात्पृथक् पिण्डं पितृहा सो ऽभिजायते
sapiṇḍane kṛte vatsa pṛthaktvaṃ tu vigarhitam / yastu kuryātpṛthak piṇḍaṃ pitṛhā so 'bhijāyate
When the sapiṇḍana has been done, my child, separateness is censured; and he who offers a separate piṇḍa is born a slayer of his forefathers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 26.32
सपिण्डीकरणे वृत्ते पृथक्त्वं नोपपद्यते । पृथक् पिण्डे कृते पश्चात्पुनः कुर्यात्सपिण्डनम्
sapiṇḍīkaraṇe vṛtte pṛthaktvaṃ nopapadyate / pṛthak piṇḍe kṛte paścātpunaḥ kuryātsapiṇḍanam
When the sapiṇḍīkaraṇa has taken place, separateness is not fitting; if a separate piṇḍa has been offered, he must afterwards perform the sapiṇḍana again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 26.33
सपिण्डीकरणं कृत्वा एकोद्दिष्टं करोति यः । आत्मानं च तथा प्रेतं स नयेद्दमशासनम्
sapiṇḍīkaraṇaṃ kṛtvā ekoddiṣṭaṃ karoti yaḥ / ātmānaṃ ca tathā pretaṃ sa nayeddamaśāsanam
He who, after performing the sapiṇḍīkaraṇa, performs the ekoddiṣṭa (rite) — he leads both himself and the departed one to the rule of the Chastiser (Yama).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 26.34
वर्षं यावक्त्रिया कार्या नामगोत्रेण धीमता । घटादि भोजनं नित्यं पददानानि यानि च । सपिण्डीकरणे वृत्ते एकस्यैव तु दापयेत्
varṣaṃ yāvaktriyā kāryā nāmagotreṇa dhīmatā / ghaṭādi bhojanaṃ nityaṃ padadānāni yāni ca / sapiṇḍīkaraṇe vṛtte ekasyaiva tu dāpayet
For a year the rites are to be done by the wise man with (the deceased's) name and gotra: the jar and the rest, the daily food, and whatever pada-gifts there are; but when the sapiṇḍīkaraṇa has taken place he should have them given for one only.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 26.35
अन्नं पानीयसहितं संख्यां कृत्वाब्दिकस्य च । दातव्यं ब्राह्मणे पक्षिञ्जलपूर्णघटादिकम्
annaṃ pānīyasahitaṃ saṃkhyāṃ kṛtvābdikasya ca / dātavyaṃ brāhmaṇe pakṣiñjalapūrṇaghaṭādikam
Food together with drink, having reckoned the number for the annual (rite), is to be given to a brahmin, O bird, along with the water-filled jar and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 26.36
पिण्डान्ते तस्य सकला वर्षवृत्तिः स्वशक्तितः । दिव्यदेहो विमानस्थः सुखं याति यमालयम्
piṇḍānte tasya sakalā varṣavṛttiḥ svaśaktitaḥ / divyadeho vimānasthaḥ sukhaṃ yāti yamālayam
At the conclusion of the piṇḍa (offerings) the whole year's provision for him (is to be given) according to one's ability; (then), with a divine body and seated in a celestial car, he goes happily to Yama's abode.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 26.37
जीवमाने च पितरि न हि पुत्त्रे सपिण्डता । स्त्रीणां सपिण्डनं नास्ति तथा भर्तरि जीवति
jīvamāne ca pitari na hi puttre sapiṇḍatā / strīṇāṃ sapiṇḍanaṃ nāsti tathā bhartari jīvati
While the father is living there is no sapiṇḍa-status for a son; and for women there is no sapiṇḍana while the husband lives.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 26.38
हुताशं या समारूढा चतुर्थे ऽह्नि पतिव्रता । तस्या भर्तृदिने कार्यं वृषोत्सर्गादिकं च यत्
hutāśaṃ yā samārūḍhā caturthe 'hni pativratā / tasyā bhartṛdine kāryaṃ vṛṣotsargādikaṃ ca yat
For that devoted wife who has mounted the fire on the fourth day, the release of the bull and the rest is to be performed on her husband's (anniversary) day.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 26.39
पुत्त्रिका पतिगोत्रा स्यादधस्तात्पुत्रजन्मनः । पुत्रोत्पत्तेः परस्तात्सा पितृगोत्रं व्रजेत्पुनः
puttrikā patigotrā syādadhastātputrajanmanaḥ / putrotpatteḥ parastātsā pitṛgotraṃ vrajetpunaḥ
An appointed daughter belongs to her husband's gotra up until the birth of a son; after a son is born she passes back again to her father's gotra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 26.40
पतिपत्न्योः सदैकत्वं हुताशं याधिरोहति । पुत्रेणैव पृथक् श्राद्धं क्षयाख्ये तस्य वासरे
patipatnyoḥ sadaikatvaṃ hutāśaṃ yādhirohati / putreṇaiva pṛthak śrāddhaṃ kṣayākhye tasya vāsare
Of husband and wife there is always oneness, when she mounts the fire; (yet) a separate śrāddha (is to be done) by the son alone on his day called the day of decease.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 26.41
अपुत्त्रौ चेन्मृतौ स्यातामेकचित्यां समे ऽहनि । पृथक् श्राद्धानि कुर्वीत सापिड्यं पतिना सह
aputtrau cenmṛtau syātāmekacityāṃ same 'hani / pṛthak śrāddhāni kurvīta sāpiḍyaṃ patinā saha
If the two die sonless on the same day upon one pyre, one should perform separate śrāddhas, (but) the sāpiṇḍya together with the husband.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 26.42
पृथक्पृथक् च पिण्डेन दम्पती पतिना सह । न लिप्यते महादोषैरेतत्सत्यं वचो मम
pṛthakpṛthak ca piṇḍena dampatī patinā saha / na lipyate mahādoṣairetatsatyaṃ vaco mama
And with a piṇḍa given separately to each, husband and wife together — one is not stained by great faults: this word of mine is true.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 26.43
एकचित्यां समारूढौ दम्पती निधनं गतौ । एकपाकं प्रकुर्वीत पिण्डान्दद्यात्पृथक्पृथक्
ekacityāṃ samārūḍhau dampatī nidhanaṃ gatau / ekapākaṃ prakurvīta piṇḍāndadyātpṛthakpṛthak
When husband and wife, having mounted one pyre, have met their death, one should make a single cooking, (but) should offer the piṇḍas separately to each.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 26.44
एकादशे वृषोत्सर्गं प्रेतश्राद्धानि षोडश । घटादिपददानानि महादानानि यानि च । वर्षं यावत्पृथक्कुर्यात्प्रेतस्तृप्तिं व्रजेच्चिरम्
ekādaśe vṛṣotsargaṃ pretaśrāddhāni ṣoḍaśa / ghaṭādipadadānāni mahādānāni yāni ca / varṣaṃ yāvatpṛthakkuryātpretastṛptiṃ vrajecciram
On the eleventh (day) the release of the bull, the sixteen śrāddhas for the departed, the gifts of jars and the pada-gifts, and whatever great gifts there are — for a year one should perform these separately (for each), and the departed one attains satisfaction for a long time.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 26.45
एकगोत्रे मृतानां तु स्त्रिया वा पुरुषस्य वा । स्थण्डिलं चैकतः कुर्याद्धोमं कुर्यात्पृथक्पृथक्
ekagotre mṛtānāṃ tu striyā vā puruṣasya vā / sthaṇḍilaṃ caikataḥ kuryāddhomaṃ kuryātpṛthakpṛthak
But for those of one gotra who have died, whether a woman or a man, one should make the altar-ground in one place, (yet) should perform the homa separately for each.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 26.46
एकादशे ऽह्नि यच्छ्राद्धं पृथक् पिण्डाश्च भोजनम् । पाकैरेन पतिस्त्रीणामन्येषां च विगर्हितम्
ekādaśe 'hni yacchrāddhaṃ pṛthak piṇḍāśca bhojanam / pākairena patistrīṇāmanyeṣāṃ ca vigarhitam
On the eleventh day, whatever śrāddha (is done) — the piṇḍas and the feeding (are) separate; with (separate) cookings for the husband and for the wives; and for others it is censured.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 26.47
एकेनैव तु पाकेन श्राद्धानि कुरुते सुतः । एकं तु विकिरं कुर्यात्पिण्डान्दद्यद्बहूनपि । तीर्थे चापरपक्षे वा चन्द्रसूर्यग्रहे ऽपि वा
ekenaiva tu pākena śrāddhāni kurute sutaḥ / ekaṃ tu vikiraṃ kuryātpiṇḍāndadyadbahūnapi / tīrthe cāparapakṣe vā candrasūryagrahe 'pi vā
But with a single cooking the son performs the śrāddhas; he should make only one scattering (of grain), though he may offer many piṇḍas — at a tīrtha, or in the dark fortnight, or even at an eclipse of the moon or the sun.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 26.48
नारी भर्तारमासाद्य कुणपं दहते यदा । अग्निर्दहति गात्राणि आत्मानं नैव पीडयेत्
nārī bhartāramāsādya kuṇapaṃ dahate yadā / agnirdahati gātrāṇi ātmānaṃ naiva pīḍayet
When a woman, coming to her husband's corpse, burns (it), the fire burns the limbs; it does not injure her own self.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 26.49
दह्यते ध्मायमानानां धातूनां हि यथा मलम् । तथा नारी दहेद्देहं हुताशे ह्यमृतोपमे
dahyate dhmāyamānānāṃ dhātūnāṃ hi yathā malam / tathā nārī daheddehaṃ hutāśe hyamṛtopame
For just as the impurity of metals being blown (in the smelting fire) is burned away, so let a woman burn her body in the fire, which is like nectar.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 26.50
दिव्यादौ दिव्यदेहस्तु शुद्धो भवति पूरुषः । तप्ततैलेन लोहेन वह्निना नैव दह्यते
divyādau divyadehastu śuddho bhavati pūruṣaḥ / taptatailena lohena vahninā naiva dahyate
In the ordeal (by fire) and the rest, a man becomes pure, having a divine body; he is not burned at all by heated oil, by iron, or by fire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 26.51
तथा सा पतिसंयुक्ता दह्यते न कदाचन । अन्तरात्मा मृते तस्मिन्मृतो ऽप्येकत्वमागतः
tathā sā patisaṃyuktā dahyate na kadācana / antarātmā mṛte tasminmṛto 'pyekatvamāgataḥ
So she, joined with her husband, is never burned; when he is dead, the inner self, though dead, has come to oneness (with hers).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 26.52
भर्तृसंगं परित्यज्य अन्यत्र म्रियते यदि । भर्तृलोकं न सा याति यावदाभूतसंप्लवम्
bhartṛsaṃgaṃ parityajya anyatra mriyate yadi / bhartṛlokaṃ na sā yāti yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam
If, abandoning union with her husband, she dies elsewhere, she does not go to her husband's world for as long as until the dissolution of (all) beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 26.53
लक्ष्मीयुतान्परित्यज्य मातरं पितरं तथा । मृतं पतिमनुव्रज्य सा चिरं सुखमेधते
lakṣmīyutānparityajya mātaraṃ pitaraṃ tathā / mṛtaṃ patimanuvrajya sā ciraṃ sukhamedhate
Forsaking mother and father who are endowed with wealth, and following her dead husband, she flourishes in happiness for a long time.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 26.54
दिव्यवर्षप्रमाणेन तिस्रः कोट्योर्ऽद्धकोटयः । तावत्कालं वसेत्स्वर्गे नक्षत्रैः सह सर्वदा
divyavarṣapramāṇena tisraḥ koṭyor'ddhakoṭayaḥ / tāvatkālaṃ vasetsvarge nakṣatraiḥ saha sarvadā
By the measure of divine years, three crores and half-crores: for that length of time she dwells in heaven, always together with the stars.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 26.55
तदन्ते चरते लोके कुले भवति भोगिनाम् । सा हि लब्धमहाप्रीतिर्भर्त्रा सह पतिव्रता
tadante carate loke kule bhavati bhoginām / sā hi labdhamahāprītirbhartrā saha pativratā
At the end of that she moves in the world (again) and is born in a family of those who enjoy (wealth); for she, the devoted wife, has obtained great delight together with her husband.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 26.56
एवं न कुरुते नारी धर्मोढा पतिसंगमम् । जन्मजन्मनि दुः खार्तादुः शीलाप्रियवादिनी
evaṃ na kurute nārī dharmoḍhā patisaṃgamam / janmajanmani duḥ khārtāduḥ śīlāpriyavādinī
The woman lawfully wedded who does not thus effect union with her husband (in death) is, birth after birth, stricken with sorrow, of bad character, and harsh of speech.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 26.57
वल्गुली गृहसोधा वा गोधा वा द्विमुखी भवेत् । स्वभर्तारं परित्यज्य परपुंसोनुवर्तिनी
valgulī gṛhasodhā vā godhā vā dvimukhī bhavet / svabhartāraṃ parityajya parapuṃsonuvartinī
She becomes a bat, or a house-lizard, or a monitor lizard, or two-mouthed — she who, abandoning her own husband, goes after another man.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 26.58
तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन स्वपतिं स्त्री निषेवते । मनसा कर्मणा वाचा मृतं जीवन्तमेव वा
tasmātsarvaprayatnena svapatiṃ strī niṣevate / manasā karmaṇā vācā mṛtaṃ jīvantameva vā
Therefore with every effort a woman serves her own husband, in mind, in act, and in speech, whether he is dead or alive.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 26.59
जीवमाने मृते वापि किल्बिषं कुरुते तु या । स च वैधव्यमाप्नोति जन्मजन्मनि दुर्भगा
jīvamāne mṛte vāpi kilbiṣaṃ kurute tu yā / sa ca vaidhavyamāpnoti janmajanmani durbhagā
But she who commits an offence (against him), whether he is living or dead, she comes to widowhood, ill-fortuned birth after birth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 26.60
यद्देवेभ्यो यत्पितृभ्यः श्रद्धयैव प्रदीयते । तत्फलं भर्तृपूजातः कुर्याद्भर्त्रर्चनं ततः
yaddevebhyo yatpitṛbhyaḥ śraddhayaiva pradīyate / tatphalaṃ bhartṛpūjātaḥ kuryādbhartrarcanaṃ tataḥ
Whatever is given with faith to the gods and to the ancestors — that fruit (arises) from the worship of the husband; therefore let her perform the honouring of her husband.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 26.61
एवं कृते खगश्रेष्ठ पितृलोके चिरं वसेत् । यावदादित्यचन्द्रौ च तावद्देवसमा दिवि
evaṃ kṛte khagaśreṣṭha pitṛloke ciraṃ vaset / yāvadādityacandrau ca tāvaddevasamā divi
When this is done, best of birds, she dwells long in the world of the fathers; and as long as the sun and moon (endure), so long (she is) equal to the gods in heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 26.62
पुनश्चिरायुषो भूत्त्वा जायन्ते विपुले कुले । पतिव्रता यथा नारी भर्तृदुःखं न विन्दति
punaścirāyuṣo bhūttvā jāyante vipule kule / pativratā yathā nārī bhartṛduḥkhaṃ na vindati
And again, having become long-lived, they are born in an ample family; as a devoted wife, a woman does not meet with the sorrow of (losing) her husband.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 26.63
सर्वमेतद्धि कथितं मया तव खगेश्वर । विशेषं कथयिष्यामि मृतस्यैव सुखप्रदम्
sarvametaddhi kathitaṃ mayā tava khageśvara / viśeṣaṃ kathayiṣyāmi mṛtasyaiva sukhapradam
All this has been told by me to you, lord of birds; (now) I shall tell the particular (rite) that gives happiness to the dead man himself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 26.64
द्वादशाहे कृतं सर्वं वर्षं यावत्सपिण्डनम् । पुनः कुर्यात्सदा नित्यं घटान्नं प्रतिमासिकम्
dvādaśāhe kṛtaṃ sarvaṃ varṣaṃ yāvatsapiṇḍanam / punaḥ kuryātsadā nityaṃ ghaṭānnaṃ pratimāsikam
All (that is) done on the twelfth day, and the sapiṇḍana up to a year: he should do it again, always and regularly — the monthly (offering of) a pot and food.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 26.65
कृतस्य करणं नास्ति प्रेतकार्यादृते खग । यः करोति नरः कश्चित्कृत् पूर्वं विनश्यति
kṛtasya karaṇaṃ nāsti pretakāryādṛte khaga / yaḥ karoti naraḥ kaścitkṛt pūrvaṃ vinaśyati
There is no doing again of what has (already) been done, except in the rites for the dead, O bird; whatever man does (so), the doer perishes before (his time).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 26.66
मृतस्यैव पुनः कुर्यात्प्रेतो ऽक्षय्यमवाप्नुयात् । प्रतिमासं घटा देया सोदना जलपूरिताः
mṛtasyaiva punaḥ kuryātpreto 'kṣayyamavāpnuyāt / pratimāsaṃ ghaṭā deyā sodanā jalapūritāḥ
Only for one (already) dead should (the rites) be done again; (otherwise) he would become a preta and obtain what is inexhaustible (i.e. endless misery). Every month water-jars filled with water, together with cooked rice, are to be given.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 26.67
अर्वाक्च वृद्धेः करणाच्च तार्क्ष्य सपिण्डनं यः कुरुते हि पुत्रः । तथापि मासं प्रतिपिण्डमेकमन्नं च कुम्भं सजलं च दद्यात्
arvākca vṛddheḥ karaṇācca tārkṣya sapiṇḍanaṃ yaḥ kurute hi putraḥ / tathāpi māsaṃ pratipiṇḍamekamannaṃ ca kumbhaṃ sajalaṃ ca dadyāt
And, O Tārkṣya, if a son performs the sapiṇḍana rite before the completion of the year (lit. before the growth/increase and the (proper) performance), even so he should give, each month, one piṇḍa and food and a pot filled with water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain