Garuda Purana — Uttara Khanda (Pretakalpa) — Chapter 27
GaP 2 27.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- २७ तार्क्ष्य उवाच । कथं प्रेता वसन्त्यत्र कीदृग्रूपा भवन्ति ते । महाप्रेताः पिशाचाश्च कैःकैः कर्मफलैर्विभो । सर्वेषामनुकम्पार्थं ब्रूहि मे मधुसूदन
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 27 tārkṣya uvāca / kathaṃ pretā vasantyatra kīdṛgrūpā bhavanti te / mahāpretāḥ piśācāśca kaiḥkaiḥ karmaphalairvibho / sarveṣāmanukampārthaṃ brūhi me madhusūdana
Tārkṣya said: How do the pretas dwell here, and what sort of forms do they have? And the great pretas and the piśācas — by which fruits of which deeds (do they become such), O mighty one? For the sake of compassion toward all, tell me, O Madhusūdana.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 27.2
प्रेतत्वान्मुच्यते येन दानेन च शुभे न च । तन्मे कथय देवेश मम चेदिच्छसि प्रियम्
pretatvānmucyate yena dānena ca śubhe na ca / tanme kathaya deveśa mama cedicchasi priyam
And by which gift one is released from the state of a preta, O auspicious one, and by which not — tell me that, O lord of the gods, if you wish what is dear to me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 27.3
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच । साधु पृष्टं त्वया तार्क्ष्य मानुषाणां हिताय वै । शृणुचावहितो भूत्वा यद्वच्मि प्रेतलक्षणम्
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / sādhu pṛṣṭaṃ tvayā tārkṣya mānuṣāṇāṃ hitāya vai / śṛṇucāvahito bhūtvā yadvacmi pretalakṣaṇam
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: Well have you asked, Tārkṣya, indeed for the benefit of human beings. Listen attentively to what I say about the characteristics of pretas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 27.4
गुह्यद्गुह्यतरं ह्येतन्नाख्येयं यस्य कस्यचित् । भक्तस्त्वं हि महाबाहो तेन ते कथयाम्यहम्
guhyadguhyataraṃ hyetannākhyeyaṃ yasya kasyacit / bhaktastvaṃ hi mahābāho tena te kathayāmyaham
For this is more secret than the secret, not to be told to just anyone; but you are a devotee, O mighty-armed one, and therefore I tell it to you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 27.5
पुरा त्रेतायुगे तात राजासीद्बभ्रुवाहनः । महोदयपुरे रम्ये धर्मनिष्ठो महाबलः
purā tretāyuge tāta rājāsīdbabhruvāhanaḥ / mahodayapure ramye dharmaniṣṭho mahābalaḥ
Formerly, in the Tretā age, my son, there was a king named Babhruvāhana in the lovely city of Mahodaya, devoted to dharma and of great strength.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 27.6
यज्वा दानपतिः श्रीमान्ब्रह्मण्यः साधुसंमतः । शीलाचारगुणोपेतो दयादाक्षिण्यसंयुतः
yajvā dānapatiḥ śrīmānbrahmaṇyaḥ sādhusaṃmataḥ / śīlācāraguṇopeto dayādākṣiṇyasaṃyutaḥ
A performer of sacrifices, a lord of giving, glorious, friendly to brahmins, esteemed by the good, endowed with good character, conduct and virtues, possessed of compassion and courtesy.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 27.7
प्रजाः पालयते नित्यं पुत्रानिव महाबलः । क्षत्त्रधर्मरतो नित्यं स दण्ड्यान्दण्डयन्नृपः
prajāḥ pālayate nityaṃ putrāniva mahābalaḥ / kṣattradharmarato nityaṃ sa daṇḍyāndaṇḍayannṛpaḥ
That mighty one constantly protected his subjects like sons; ever devoted to the duty of the kṣatriya, the king punished those deserving punishment.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 27.8
स कदाचिन्महाबाहुः ससैन्योमृगयां गतः । वनं विवेश गहनं नानावृक्षसमन्वितम्
sa kadācinmahābāhuḥ sasainyomṛgayāṃ gataḥ / vanaṃ viveśa gahanaṃ nānāvṛkṣasamanvitam
Once that mighty-armed one went hunting with his army, and entered a dense forest filled with various trees,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 27.9
शार्दूलशतसंजुष्टं नानापक्षिनिनादितम् । वनमध्ये तदा राजा मृगं दूरादपश्यत
śārdūlaśatasaṃjuṣṭaṃ nānāpakṣinināditam / vanamadhye tadā rājā mṛgaṃ dūrādapaśyata
frequented by hundreds of tigers, resounding with many kinds of birds. Then in the middle of the forest the king saw a deer from afar.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 27.10
तेन विद्धो मृगो ऽतीव बाणेन सुदृढेन च । बाणमादाय तं तस्य स वने ऽदर्शनं ययौ
tena viddho mṛgo 'tīva bāṇena sudṛḍhena ca / bāṇamādāya taṃ tasya sa vane 'darśanaṃ yayau
The deer, deeply pierced by him with a very strong arrow, carrying off that arrow of his, went out of sight in the forest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 27.11
कक्षे तच्छोणितस्त्रावात्स राजानुजगाम तम् । ततो मृगप्रसङ्गेन वनमन्यद्विवेश सः
kakṣe tacchoṇitastrāvātsa rājānujagāma tam / tato mṛgaprasaṅgena vanamanyadviveśa saḥ
By the flow of its blood in the thicket the king followed it; then, in pursuit of the deer, he entered another forest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 27.12
क्षुत्क्षामकण्ठो नृपतिः श्रमसन्तापमूर्छितः । जलस्थानं समासाद्य साश्व एवावगाहत
kṣutkṣāmakaṇṭho nṛpatiḥ śramasantāpamūrchitaḥ / jalasthānaṃ samāsādya sāśva evāvagāhata
The king, his throat parched with thirst, fainting from the heat of exertion, came to a place of water and plunged in together with his horse.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 27.13
पीत्वा तदु दकं शीतं पद्मगन्धाधिवासितम् । तत उत्तीर्य सलिलाद्विमलाद्बभ्रुवाहनः
pītvā tadu dakaṃ śītaṃ padmagandhādhivāsitam / tata uttīrya salilādvimalādbabhruvāhanaḥ
Having drunk that cool water perfumed with the scent of lotuses, Babhruvāhana then came up out of the clear water,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 27.14
न्यग्रोधवृक्षमासाद्य शीतच्छायं मनोहरम् । महाविटपिनं हृद्यं पक्षिसङ्घातनादितम्
nyagrodhavṛkṣamāsādya śītacchāyaṃ manoharam / mahāviṭapinaṃ hṛdyaṃ pakṣisaṅghātanāditam
and reaching a banyan tree with cool, charming shade, with great branches, delightful, resounding with flocks of birds,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 27.15
वनस्य तस्य सर्वस्य केतुभूतमिवोच्छ्रितम् । तं महातरुमासाद्य निषसाद महीपतिः
vanasya tasya sarvasya ketubhūtamivocchritam / taṃ mahātarumāsādya niṣasāda mahīpatiḥ
rising up like a banner of that whole forest — approaching that great tree, the lord of the earth sat down.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 27.16
अथ प्रेतं ददर्शासौ क्षुत्तृष्णाव्याकुलेन्द्रियम् । उत्कचं मलिनं कुब्जं (रूक्षं) निर्मांसं भीमदर्शनम्
atha pretaṃ dadarśāsau kṣuttṛṣṇāvyākulendriyam / utkacaṃ malinaṃ kubjaṃ (rūkṣaṃ) nirmāṃsaṃ bhīmadarśanam
Then he saw a preta, its senses distraught with hunger and thirst, with hair standing up, filthy, hunchbacked, (harsh,) fleshless, terrible to look at,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 27.17
स्नायुबद्धास्थिचरणं धावमानमितस्ततः । अन्यैश्च बहुभिः प्रेतैः समन्तात्परिवारितम्
snāyubaddhāsthicaraṇaṃ dhāvamānamitastataḥ / anyaiśca bahubhiḥ pretaiḥ samantātparivāritam
its bones and feet held together by sinews, running here and there, and surrounded on all sides by many other pretas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 27.18
तं दृष्ट्वा विकृतं घोरं विस्मितो बभ्रुवाहनः । प्रेतो ऽपि दृष्ट्वा तां घोरामटवीमागतं नृपम्
taṃ dṛṣṭvā vikṛtaṃ ghoraṃ vismito babhruvāhanaḥ / preto 'pi dṛṣṭvā tāṃ ghorāmaṭavīmāgataṃ nṛpam
Seeing that deformed, dreadful (being), Babhruvāhana was astonished; and the preta too, seeing the king who had come to that dreadful wilderness,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 27.19
तदा हृष्टमना भूत्वा तस्यान्तिकमुपागतः । अब्रवीत्स तदा तार्क्ष्य प्रेतराजो नृपं वचः
tadā hṛṣṭamanā bhūtvā tasyāntikamupāgataḥ / abravītsa tadā tārkṣya pretarājo nṛpaṃ vacaḥ
Then, glad at heart, he came near to him; and then, O Tārkṣya, that lord of the pretas spoke these words to the king:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 27.20
प्रेतभावो मया त्यक्तः प्राप्तो ऽस्मि परमां गतिम् । त्वत्संयोगान्महाबाहो नास्तिधन्यतरो मम
pretabhāvo mayā tyaktaḥ prāpto 'smi paramāṃ gatim / tvatsaṃyogānmahābāho nāstidhanyataro mama
"The preta-state has been abandoned by me; I have attained the highest goal. By union with you, O mighty-armed one, there is none more fortunate than I."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 27.23
नृपतिरुवाच । कृष्णवर्णः करालास्यस्त्वं प्रेत इव लक्ष्यसे । कथयस्व मम प्रीत्या यथैवं चासि तत्त्वतः ॥ गर्प्_२,२७।२१ ॥ तथा पृष्टः स वै राज्ञा प्रोवाच सकलं स्वकम् ॥ गर्प्_२,२७।२२ ॥ प्रेत उवाच । कथयामि नृपश्रेष्ठ सर्वमेवादितस्तव । प्रेतत्वे कारणं श्रुत्वा दयां कर्तुं ममार्हसि
nṛpatiruvāca / kṛṣṇavarṇaḥ karālāsyastvaṃ preta iva lakṣyase / kathayasva mama prītyā yathaivaṃ cāsi tattvataḥ // garp_2,27.21 // tathā pṛṣṭaḥ sa vai rājñā provāca sakalaṃ svakam // garp_2,27.22 // preta uvāca / kathayāmi nṛpaśreṣṭha sarvamevāditastava / pretatve kāraṇaṃ śrutvā dayāṃ kartuṃ mamārhasi
The king said: "Black in colour, with a fearsome mouth, you appear like a preta. Tell me, out of affection for me, how you have come to be thus in truth." (27.21) Being thus questioned by the king, he related his whole (story). (27.22) The preta said: "I shall tell you everything from the beginning, O best of kings. Having heard the cause of my preta-state, you should show compassion to me."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 27.24
वैदिशं नाम नगरं सर्वसम्पत्समन्वितम् । नानाजनपदाकीर्णं नानारत्नसमाकुलम् । नानापुण्यसमायुक्तं नानावृक्षसमाकुलम्
vaidiśaṃ nāma nagaraṃ sarvasampatsamanvitam / nānājanapadākīrṇaṃ nānāratnasamākulam / nānāpuṇyasamāyuktaṃ nānāvṛkṣasamākulam
"There is a city named Vaidiśa, endowed with every prosperity, thronged with people of many lands, filled with many kinds of jewels, possessed of many holy places, and crowded with many kinds of trees."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 27.25
तत्राहं न्यवसं भूयो देवार्चनरतः सदा । वैश्यो जात्या सुदेवो ऽहं नाम्ना विदितमस्तु ते
tatrāhaṃ nyavasaṃ bhūyo devārcanarataḥ sadā / vaiśyo jātyā sudevo 'haṃ nāmnā viditamastu te
"There I dwelt for a long time, ever devoted to the worship of the gods. Be it known to you that I am a vaiśya by birth, Sudeva by name."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 27.26
हव्येन तर्पिता देवाः कव्येन पितरस्तथा । विविधैर्दानयोगैश्च विप्राः सन्तर्पिता मया
havyena tarpitā devāḥ kavyena pitarastathā / vividhairdānayogaiśca viprāḥ santarpitā mayā
"The gods were gratified by me with oblations, and likewise the ancestors with funeral offerings; and by me brahmins were satisfied with manifold kinds of gifts."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 27.27
आवाहाश्च विवाहाश्च मया वै सुनिवेशिताः । दीनानाथविशिष्टेभ्यो मया दत्तमनेकधा
āvāhāśca vivāhāśca mayā vai suniveśitāḥ / dīnānāthaviśiṣṭebhyo mayā dattamanekadhā
"Invitations and marriages were properly arranged by me, and to the poor, the helpless, and the eminent I gave in many ways."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 27.28
तत्सर्वं विफलं तात मम दैवादुपागतम् । यथा मे निष्फलं जातं सुकृतं तद्वदामि ते
tatsarvaṃ viphalaṃ tāta mama daivādupāgatam / yathā me niṣphalaṃ jātaṃ sukṛtaṃ tadvadāmi te
"All that has come to be fruitless for me, my son, by fate. I shall tell you how my good work became fruitless for me."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 27.29
न मे ऽस्ति सन्ततिस्तात न सुहृन्न च बान्धवः । न च मित्रं हि मे तादृग्यः कुर्यादौर्ध्वदैहिकम्
na me 'sti santatistāta na suhṛnna ca bāndhavaḥ / na ca mitraṃ hi me tādṛgyaḥ kuryādaurdhvadaihikam
"I have no offspring, my son, no well-wisher and no kinsman; nor have I any such friend as would perform the rites for the departed."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 27.30
प्रेतत्वं सुस्थिरं तेन मम जातं नृपोत्तम । एकादशं त्रिपक्षं च षाण्मासिकमथाब्दिकम् । प्रतिमास्यानि चान्यानि एवं श्राद्धानि षोडश
pretatvaṃ susthiraṃ tena mama jātaṃ nṛpottama / ekādaśaṃ tripakṣaṃ ca ṣāṇmāsikamathābdikam / pratimāsyāni cānyāni evaṃ śrāddhāni ṣoḍaśa
"Therefore my preta-state has become firmly fixed, O best of kings — the eleventh-day rite, the three-fortnight rite, the six-month and the annual rite, and the other monthly ones: thus the sixteen śrāddhas."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 27.31
यस्यैतानि न दीयन्ते प्रेतश्राद्धानि भूपते । प्रेतत्वं सुस्थिरं तस्य दत्तैः श्राद्धशतैरपि
yasyaitāni na dīyante pretaśrāddhāni bhūpate / pretatvaṃ susthiraṃ tasya dattaiḥ śrāddhaśatairapi
"He for whom these preta-śrāddhas are not given, O lord of the earth, his preta-state stands firm, even though hundreds of śrāddhas be given."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 27.32
एवं ज्ञात्वा महाराज प्रेतत्वादुद्धरस्व माम् । वर्णानां चापि सर्वेषां राजा बन्धुरिहोच्यते
evaṃ jñātvā mahārāja pretatvāduddharasva mām / varṇānāṃ cāpi sarveṣāṃ rājā bandhurihocyate
"Knowing this, great king, rescue me from the preta-state; for the king is here called the kinsman of all the classes."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 27.33
तन्मां तारय राजेन्द्र मणिरत्नं ददामि ते । यथा मम शुभावाप्तिर्भवेन्नृपवरोत्तम
tanmāṃ tāraya rājendra maṇiratnaṃ dadāmi te / yathā mama śubhāvāptirbhavennṛpavarottama
"So carry me across, O lord of kings; I shall give you a jewel-gem, so that I may attain what is auspicious, O best of the best of kings."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 27.34
तथा कार्यं महाबाहो कृपा यदि मयीष्यते । आत्मनश्च कुरु क्षिप्रं सर्वमेवौर्ध्वेदैहिकम्
tathā kāryaṃ mahābāho kṛpā yadi mayīṣyate / ātmanaśca kuru kṣipraṃ sarvamevaurdhvedaihikam
"It should be done thus, O mighty-armed one, if compassion for me is felt. And quickly perform for yourself too all the rites for the departed."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 27.35
नृपतिरुवाच । कथं प्रेता भवन्तीह कृतैरप्यौर्ध्वदैहिकैः । पिशाचाश्च भवन्तीह कर्मभिः कैश्च तद्वद
nṛpatiruvāca / kathaṃ pretā bhavantīha kṛtairapyaurdhvadaihikaiḥ / piśācāśca bhavantīha karmabhiḥ kaiśca tadvada
The king said: "How is it that (some) become pretas here even when the rites for the departed have been performed? And by what deeds do (people) become piśācas here? Tell that."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 27.36
प्रेत उवाच । देवद्रव्यं च ब्रह्मस्वं स्त्रीबालधनसञ्चयम् । ये हरन्ति नृपश्रेष्ठ प्रेतयोनिं व्रजन्ति ते
preta uvāca / devadravyaṃ ca brahmasvaṃ strībāladhanasañcayam / ye haranti nṛpaśreṣṭha pretayoniṃ vrajanti te
The preta said: "Those who steal property of the gods, the wealth of brahmins, and the accumulated wealth of women and children — they go to the preta-birth, O best of kings."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 27.37
तापसीं च सगोत्रां च अगम्यां ये भजन्ति हि । भवन्ति ते महाप्रेता अम्बुजानि हरन्ति ये
tāpasīṃ ca sagotrāṃ ca agamyāṃ ye bhajanti hi / bhavanti te mahāpretā ambujāni haranti ye
"And those who consort with an ascetic woman, a woman of their own gotra, or one forbidden to them — they become great pretas; (so too) those who steal lotuses."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 27.38
प्रवालवज्रहर्तारो ये च वस्त्रापहारकाः । तथा हिरण्यहर्तारः संयुगे ऽसन्मुखागताः
pravālavajrahartāro ye ca vastrāpahārakāḥ / tathā hiraṇyahartāraḥ saṃyuge 'sanmukhāgatāḥ
"Those who steal coral and diamonds, and those who carry off garments, and likewise those who steal gold, and those who in battle turn (their) faces (away) wickedly —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 27.39
कृतघ्ना नास्तिका रौद्रास्तथा साहसिका नराः । पञ्चयज्ञविनिर्मुक्ता महादानरताश्च ये
kṛtaghnā nāstikā raudrāstathā sāhasikā narāḥ / pañcayajñavinirmuktā mahādānaratāśca ye
— the ungrateful, deniers (of dharma), the cruel, and violent men, those who neglect the five sacrifices, and those (falsely) devoted to great gifts —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 27.40
स्वामिद्रोहकरा मित्रब्राह्मद्रोहकराश्च ये । तीर्थपापकरा राजञ्जायन्ते प्रेतयोनयः । एवमाद्या महाराज जायन्ते प्रेतयोनयः
svāmidrohakarā mitrabrāhmadrohakarāśca ye / tīrthapāpakarā rājañjāyante pretayonayaḥ / evamādyā mahārāja jāyante pretayonayaḥ
— those who betray their master, and those who betray friends and brahmins, and those who commit sin at holy places — these, O king, are born in preta-births. Such as these, great king, are born in preta-births.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 27.41
राजोवाच । कथं मुक्ता भवन्तीह प्रेतत्वात्त्वं च ते ऽपि च । कथं चापि मया कार्यमौर्ध्वदैहिकमात्मनः । विधिना केन तत्कार्यं सर्वमेतद्वदस्व मे
rājovāca / kathaṃ muktā bhavantīha pretatvāttvaṃ ca te 'pi ca / kathaṃ cāpi mayā kāryamaurdhvadaihikamātmanaḥ / vidhinā kena tatkāryaṃ sarvametadvadasva me
The king said: How can they be released here from the state of a preta — you and those others too? And how am I to perform the after-death rites for myself? By what procedure is that to be done? Tell me all this.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 27.42
प्रेत उवाच । शृणु राजेन्द्र संक्षेपाद्विधिं नारायणात्मकम् । सच्छास्त्रश्रवणं विष्णोः पूजा सज्जनसंगतिः
preta uvāca / śṛṇu rājendra saṃkṣepādvidhiṃ nārāyaṇātmakam / sacchāstraśravaṇaṃ viṣṇoḥ pūjā sajjanasaṃgatiḥ
The preta said: Hear, best of kings, in brief the procedure whose essence is Nārāyaṇa: the hearing of good scriptures, the worship of Viṣṇu, the company of good people —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 27.43
प्रेतयोनिविनाशाय भवन्तीति मया श्रुतम् । अतो वक्ष्यामि ते विष्णुपूजां प्रेतत्वनाशिनीम्
pretayonivināśāya bhavantīti mayā śrutam / ato vakṣyāmi te viṣṇupūjāṃ pretatvanāśinīm
these, I have heard, serve for the destruction of birth as a preta. Therefore I shall tell you the worship of Viṣṇu that destroys the state of a preta.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 27.44
सुवर्णद्वयमाहृत्य मूर्तिं भूप प्रकल्पयेत् । नारायणस्य देवस्य सर्वाभरणभूषिताम्
suvarṇadvayamāhṛtya mūrtiṃ bhūpa prakalpayet / nārāyaṇasya devasya sarvābharaṇabhūṣitām
Having procured two (measures of) gold, O king, one should fashion an image of the god Nārāyaṇa, adorned with every ornament,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 27.45
पीतवस्त्रयुगाच्छन्नां चन्दनागुरुचर्चिताम् । स्नापयेद्विविधैस्तोयैरधिवास्य यजेत्ततः
pītavastrayugācchannāṃ candanāgurucarcitām / snāpayedvividhaistoyairadhivāsya yajettataḥ
covered with a pair of yellow garments, smeared with sandal and aloe-wood; one should bathe (it) with various waters, and then, after the adhivāsa (installation) rite, worship (it).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 27.46
पूर्वे तु श्रीधरं देवं दक्षिणे मधुसूदनम् । पश्चिमे वानमं देवमुत्तरे च गदाधरम्
pūrve tu śrīdharaṃ devaṃ dakṣiṇe madhusūdanam / paścime vānamaṃ devamuttare ca gadādharam
In the east (one should place) the god Śrīdhara, in the south Madhusūdana, in the west the god Vāmana, and in the north Gadādhara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 27.47
मध्ये पितामहं पूज्य तथा देवं महेश्वरम् । पूजयेच्च विधानेन गन्धपुष्पादिभिः पृथक्
madhye pitāmahaṃ pūjya tathā devaṃ maheśvaram / pūjayecca vidhānena gandhapuṣpādibhiḥ pṛthak
Having worshipped the Grandfather (Brahmā) in the middle, and likewise the god Maheśvara, one should worship (them) each separately, according to rule, with perfumes, flowers and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 27.48
ततः प्रदक्षिणीकृत्य अग्नौ सन्तर्प्य देवताः । घृतेन दध्ना क्षीरेण विश्वान्देवांस्तथा नृप
tataḥ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya agnau santarpya devatāḥ / ghṛtena dadhnā kṣīreṇa viśvāndevāṃstathā nṛpa
Then, having circumambulated (them), having gratified the deities in the fire with ghee, curds and milk, and likewise the Viśve Devas, O king —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 27.49
ततः स्नातो विनीतात्मा यजमानः समाहितः । नारायणाग्रे विधिवत्स्वक्रियामौर्ध्वदैहिकीम्
tataḥ snāto vinītātmā yajamānaḥ samāhitaḥ / nārāyaṇāgre vidhivatsvakriyāmaurdhvadaihikīm
then the sacrificer, bathed, humble of mind and composed, (should) duly, before Nārāyaṇa, (undertake) his own after-death rite for himself,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 27.50
आरभेत विनीतात्मा क्रोधलोभविवर्जितः । श्राद्धानि कुर्यात्सर्वाणि वृषस्योत्सर्जनं तथा
ārabheta vinītātmā krodhalobhavivarjitaḥ / śrāddhāni kuryātsarvāṇi vṛṣasyotsarjanaṃ tathā
he should begin it, humble of mind, free of anger and greed; he should perform all the śrāddhas and likewise the releasing of the bull.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 27.51
त्रयोदशानां विप्राणां वस्त्रच्छत्राण्युपानहौ । अङ्गुलीयकमुक्तानि भाजनासनभोजनैः
trayodaśānāṃ viprāṇāṃ vastracchatrāṇyupānahau / aṅgulīyakamuktāni bhājanāsanabhojanaiḥ
To thirteen brahmins (should be given) garments, parasols, sandals, rings and pearls, together with vessels, seats and food;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 27.52
सान्नाश्च सोदका देया घटाः प्रेतहिताय वै । शय्यादानमथो दत्त्वा घटं प्रेतस्य निर्वपेत्
sānnāśca sodakā deyā ghaṭāḥ pretahitāya vai / śayyādānamatho dattvā ghaṭaṃ pretasya nirvapet
and pots with food and water are to be given for the benefit of the preta; and then, having given the gift of a bed, one should offer the pot for the preta.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 27.53
नारायणेति सन्नाम संपुटस्थं समर्चयेत् । एवं कृत्वाथ विधिवच्छुभाशुभफलं लभेत्
nārāyaṇeti sannāma saṃpuṭasthaṃ samarcayet / evaṃ kṛtvātha vidhivacchubhāśubhaphalaṃ labhet
One should worship the good name "Nārāyaṇa" placed within the covered vessel; having done so according to rule, one obtains the fruit (of one's) good and bad (deeds).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 27.54
राजोवाच । कथं प्रेतघटं कुर्याद्दद्यात्केन विधानतः । ब्रूहि सर्वानुकम्पार्थं घटं प्रेतविमुक्तिदम्
rājovāca / kathaṃ pretaghaṭaṃ kuryāddadyātkena vidhānataḥ / brūhi sarvānukampārthaṃ ghaṭaṃ pretavimuktidam
The king said: How should one make the preta-pot, and by what procedure should one give it? Out of compassion for all, tell (me) of the pot that grants release from the preta state.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 27.55
प्रेत उवाच । साधु पृष्टं महाराज कथयामि निबोध ते । प्रेतत्वं न भवेद्येन दानेन सुदृढेन च
preta uvāca / sādhu pṛṣṭaṃ mahārāja kathayāmi nibodha te / pretatvaṃ na bhavedyena dānena sudṛḍhena ca
The preta said: Well asked, great king; I shall tell you — learn — that by which, through a firmly established gift, the state of a preta does not come about.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 27.56
दानं प्रेतघटं नाम सर्वाशुभविनाशनम् । दुर्लभं सर्वलोकानां दुर्गतिक्षयकारकम्
dānaṃ pretaghaṭaṃ nāma sarvāśubhavināśanam / durlabhaṃ sarvalokānāṃ durgatikṣayakārakam
The gift called the preta-pot destroys all that is inauspicious; it is hard to obtain for all the worlds, and it brings about the destruction of an evil destiny.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 27.57
सन्तप्तहाटकमयं तु घटं विधाय ब्रह्मोशकेशवयुतं सह लोकपालैः । क्षीराज्यपूर्णविवरं प्रणिपत्य भक्त्या विप्राय देहि तव दानशतैः किमन्यैः
santaptahāṭakamayaṃ tu ghaṭaṃ vidhāya brahmośakeśavayutaṃ saha lokapālaiḥ / kṣīrājyapūrṇavivaraṃ praṇipatya bhaktyā viprāya dehi tava dānaśataiḥ kimanyaiḥ
Having made a pot of refined gold, furnished with Brahmā, Śiva and Keśava together with the guardians of the quarters, its hollow filled with milk and ghee — bow down and with devotion give it to a brahmin: what need have you of hundreds of other gifts?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 27.58
ब्रह्मा मध्ये तथा विष्णुः शङ्करः शङ्करो ऽव्ययः । प्राच्यादिषु च तत्कण्ठे लोकपालान्क्रमेण तु
brahmā madhye tathā viṣṇuḥ śaṅkaraḥ śaṅkaro 'vyayaḥ / prācyādiṣu ca tatkaṇṭhe lokapālānkrameṇa tu
Brahmā (is) in the middle, and Viṣṇu, and Śaṅkara the imperishable benefactor; and on its neck, in the east and the other directions, (one should place) the guardians of the quarters in order.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 27.59
सम्पूज्य विधिवद्राजन्धूपैः कुसुमचन्दनैः । ततो दुग्धाज्यसहितं घटं देयं हिरण्मयम्
sampūjya vidhivadrājandhūpaiḥ kusumacandanaiḥ / tato dugdhājyasahitaṃ ghaṭaṃ deyaṃ hiraṇmayam
Having worshipped (them) duly, O king, with incense, flowers and sandal, the golden pot, together with milk and ghee, is then to be given.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 27.60
सर्वदानाधिकञ्चैतन्महापातकनाशनम् । कर्तव्यं श्रद्धया राजन्प्रेतत्वविनिवृत्तये
sarvadānādhikañcaitanmahāpātakanāśanam / kartavyaṃ śraddhayā rājanpretatvavinivṛttaye
This exceeds all gifts and destroys the great sins; it is to be performed with faith, O king, for the removal of the preta state.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 27.61
श्रीभागवानुवाच । एवं संजल्षतस्तस्य प्रेतेन नियतात्मनः । सेनाजगामानुपदं हस्त्यश्वरथसंकुला
śrībhāgavānuvāca / evaṃ saṃjalṣatastasya pretena niyatātmanaḥ / senājagāmānupadaṃ hastyaśvarathasaṃkulā
The Blessed Lord said: While he, with self restrained, was thus conversing with the ghost, an army came up close behind, thronged with elephants, horses and chariots.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 27.62
ततो बले समायाते दत्त्वा राज्ञे महामणिम् । नमस्कृत्य पुनः प्रार्थ्य प्रेतो ऽदर्शनमीयिवान्
tato bale samāyāte dattvā rājñe mahāmaṇim / namaskṛtya punaḥ prārthya preto 'darśanamīyivān
Then, when the army had arrived, the ghost gave the king a great gem, bowed to him, and, having again made his request, vanished from sight.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 27.63
तस्माद्वनाद्विनिष्क्रम्य राजापि स्वपुरं ययौ । स्वपुरं स समासाद्य सर्वं तत्प्रेतभाषितम्
tasmādvanādviniṣkramya rājāpi svapuraṃ yayau / svapuraṃ sa samāsādya sarvaṃ tatpretabhāṣitam
The king too went out from that forest and went to his own city; and having reached his own city, (he did) all that had been told by that ghost—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 27.64
चकार विधिवत्पक्षिन्नौर्ध्वदेहादिकं विधिम् । तस्य पुण्यप्रदानेन प्रेतो मुक्तो दिवं ययौ
cakāra vidhivatpakṣinnaurdhvadehādikaṃ vidhim / tasya puṇyapradānena preto mukto divaṃ yayau
—he performed, O bird, according to rule the rite of the post-mortem body and the rest; and by the giving of that merit the ghost was released and went to heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 27.65
श्राद्धेन परदत्तेन गतः प्रेतो ऽपि सद्गतिम् । किं पुनः पुत्रदत्तेन पिता यातीति चात्भुतम्
śrāddhena paradattena gataḥ preto 'pi sadgatim / kiṃ punaḥ putradattena pitā yātīti cātbhutam
By a śrāddha given by another, even a ghost went to a good destiny; how much more, then, that a father goes (there) by what is given by a son—this is a wonder.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 27.66
इतिहासमिमं पुण्यं शृणोति श्रावयेच्च यः । न तौ प्रेतत्वमायातः पापाचारयुतावपि
itihāsamimaṃ puṇyaṃ śṛṇoti śrāvayecca yaḥ / na tau pretatvamāyātaḥ pāpācārayutāvapi
Whoever hears this meritorious tale and causes it to be heard—those two do not come to the state of a ghost, even if they are given to sinful conduct.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition