Garuda Purana — Uttara Khanda (Pretakalpa) — Chapter 28
GaP 2 28.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- २८ गरुड उवाच । सर्वेपामनुकम्पार्थं ब्रूहि मे मधुसूदन । प्रेतत्वान्मुच्यते येन दानेन सुकृतेन वा
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 28 garuḍa uvāca / sarvepāmanukampārthaṃ brūhi me madhusūdana / pretatvānmucyate yena dānena sukṛtena vā
Garuḍa said: For the compassion of all, tell me, O Madhusūdana, by what gift or good deed one is released from the state of a ghost.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 28.2
शृकृष्ण उवाच । शृणु दानं प्रवक्ष्यामि सर्वाशु भविनाशनम् । सन्तप्तहाटकमयं घटकं विधाय ब्रह्मेशकेशवयुतं सह लोकपालैः । क्षीराज्यपूर्णविविरं प्रणिपत्य भक्त्या विप्राय देहि तव दानशतैः किमन्यैः
śṛkṛṣṇa uvāca / śṛṇu dānaṃ pravakṣyāmi sarvāśu bhavināśanam / santaptahāṭakamayaṃ ghaṭakaṃ vidhāya brahmeśakeśavayutaṃ saha lokapālaiḥ / kṣīrājyapūrṇaviviraṃ praṇipatya bhaktyā viprāya dehi tava dānaśataiḥ kimanyaiḥ
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: Listen, I shall declare the gift that destroys all (evil) states of existence. Having made a small pot of refined gold, furnished with Brahmā, Śiva and Keśava together with the guardians of the quarters, its cavity 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 — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 28.3
गरुड उवाच । किमेत्कथितं देव विस्तरेण वदस्व मे । आमुष्मिकीं क्रीयां देव उत्क्रान्तिसमयादनु
garuḍa uvāca / kimetkathitaṃ deva vistareṇa vadasva me / āmuṣmikīṃ krīyāṃ deva utkrāntisamayādanu
Garuḍa said: What is this that has been told, O God? Tell me at length. (Tell me) the rite pertaining to the other world, O God, that follows upon the time of departure (from the body).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 28.4
संसारे साधु मे नाथ ब्रूहि कृत्यं जनार्दन । यथा कार्या नरैः सम्यक् क्रिया चैवौर्ध्वदैहिकी
saṃsāre sādhu me nātha brūhi kṛtyaṃ janārdana / yathā kāryā naraiḥ samyak kriyā caivaurdhvadaihikī
Tell me well, O Lord, O Janārdana, what is to be done in this round of existence, and how men should rightly perform the rite for the departed body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 28.5
कथं प्रेता महाकाया रौद्ररूपा भयानकाः । कम्भवन्ति सुरश्रेष्ठ कर्मभिः कैः शुभाशुभैः
kathaṃ pretā mahākāyā raudrarūpā bhayānakāḥ / kambhavanti suraśreṣṭha karmabhiḥ kaiḥ śubhāśubhaiḥ
How is it, best of gods, that ghosts of huge body, of terrible form and frightful, come to be—by what good or evil deeds?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 28.6
पिशाचाः सम्भवन्तीह कस्येदं कर्मणः फलम् । तन्मे कथय देवेश अहमिच्छामि वेदितुम्
piśācāḥ sambhavantīha kasyedaṃ karmaṇaḥ phalam / tanme kathaya deveśa ahamicchāmi veditum
(How) do piśācas come into being here? Of what deed is this the fruit? Tell me that, lord of gods; I wish to know.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 28.7
भूम्यां प्रक्षिप्यते कस्मात्पञ्चरत्नं कुतो मुखे । अधस्ताच्च तिला दर्भाः पादौ याम्यां व्यवस्थिताः
bhūmyāṃ prakṣipyate kasmātpañcaratnaṃ kuto mukhe / adhastācca tilā darbhāḥ pādau yāmyāṃ vyavasthitāḥ
Why is (the dying man) laid down on the ground? Why the five gems in the mouth? And why are sesame seeds and darbha grass (placed) beneath, and the feet set toward the south?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 28.8
किमर्थं मण्डलं भूमौ गोमयेनोपलिप्यते । किमर्थं स्मर्यते विष्णुः विष्णुसूक्तञ्च पठ्यते
kimarthaṃ maṇḍalaṃ bhūmau gomayenopalipyate / kimarthaṃ smaryate viṣṇuḥ viṣṇusūktañca paṭhyate
For what purpose is a circle smeared on the ground with cow dung? For what purpose is Viṣṇu called to mind and the Viṣṇu hymn recited?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 28.9
किमर्थं पुत्रपुत्राश्च तस्य तिष्ठन्ति चाग्रतः । किमर्थं दीपदानञ्च किमर्थं विष्णुपूजनम्
kimarthaṃ putraputrāśca tasya tiṣṭhanti cāgrataḥ / kimarthaṃ dīpadānañca kimarthaṃ viṣṇupūjanam
For what purpose do his sons and grandsons stand before him? For what purpose the giving of a lamp, and for what purpose the worship of Viṣṇu?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 28.10
किमर्थमातुरो दानं ददाति द्विजपुङ्गवे । बन्धून्मित्राण्यमित्रांश्च क्षमापयति तत्कथम्
kimarthamāturo dānaṃ dadāti dvijapuṅgave / bandhūnmitrāṇyamitrāṃśca kṣamāpayati tatkatham
For what purpose does the sick man give a gift to an eminent brahmin? And how is it that he asks pardon of kinsmen, friends and enemies?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 28.11
तिला लोहं हिरण्यं च कार्पासं लवणं तथा । सप्तधान्यं क्षितिर्गावो दीयते केन हे तुना
tilā lohaṃ hiraṇyaṃ ca kārpāsaṃ lavaṇaṃ tathā / saptadhānyaṃ kṣitirgāvo dīyate kena he tunā
Sesame, iron, gold, cotton, and salt likewise, the seven grains, land, cows—for what reason are these given?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 28.12
कथं च म्रियते जन्तुर्मृतस्य च कुतो गतिः । अतिवाहशरीरं च कथं विश्रमते तदा
kathaṃ ca mriyate janturmṛtasya ca kuto gatiḥ / ativāhaśarīraṃ ca kathaṃ viśramate tadā
And how does a creature die, and where is the course of the dead man? And how does the body-for-transit take its rest then?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 28.13
शंव स्कन्धे वहेत्पुत्रो वह्निदाता च पौत्रकः । किमर्थं देव देवेश आज्येनाभ्यञ्जनं कुतः
śaṃva skandhe vahetputro vahnidātā ca pautrakaḥ / kimarthaṃ deva deveśa ājyenābhyañjanaṃ kutaḥ
Why should the son carry the corpse on his shoulder, and the grandson be the giver of fire? For what reason, O God, lord of gods, and whence the anointing with ghee?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 28.14
यमसूक्तं किमर्थं च उदीचीं दिशमाहरेत् । पानीयमेकवस्त्रेण सूर्यबिम्बनिरीक्षणम्
yamasūktaṃ kimarthaṃ ca udīcīṃ diśamāharet / pānīyamekavastreṇa sūryabimbanirīkṣaṇam
For what purpose the hymn to Yama, and why should one carry (the corpse) toward the northern direction? (Why) water, a single garment, and the gazing at the sun's orb?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 28.15
यवसर्षपदूर्वाश्चपाषाणे निम्बचर्वणम् । वस्त्रं नरश्च नारी च विदध्यादधरोत्तरम्
yavasarṣapadūrvāścapāṣāṇe nimbacarvaṇam / vastraṃ naraśca nārī ca vidadhyādadharottaram
Barley, mustard seeds and dūrvā grass upon a stone, the chewing of nimba (leaves), a cloth, and a man and a woman — one should arrange (these) in lower and upper (order).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 28.16
अन्नाद्यं गृहमागत्य भोक्तव्यं गोत्रिभिः सह । नवकानि च पिण्डानि किमर्थं वितरेत्सुतः
annādyaṃ gṛhamāgatya bhoktavyaṃ gotribhiḥ saha / navakāni ca piṇḍāni kimarthaṃ vitaretsutaḥ
Having come to the house, food is to be eaten together with those of the same gotra; and for what purpose should the son distribute the nine piṇḍas?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 28.17
किमर्थं चत्वरे दुग्धं पात्रे पक्वे च मृन्मये । काष्ठत्रयं गुणे बद्ध्वा कृत्वा रात्रौ चतुष्पथे
kimarthaṃ catvare dugdhaṃ pātre pakve ca mṛnmaye / kāṣṭhatrayaṃ guṇe baddhvā kṛtvā rātrau catuṣpathe
For what purpose is milk (placed) in the courtyard, and in a baked earthen vessel; and (why) having tied three sticks with a cord and set (it) up at night at the crossroads —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 28.18
निशायां दीयते दीपो यावदब्दं दिनेदिने । दाहोदकं किमर्थं च संवादः स्वजनैः सह
niśāyāṃ dīyate dīpo yāvadabdaṃ dinedine / dāhodakaṃ kimarthaṃ ca saṃvādaḥ svajanaiḥ saha
— a lamp is given at night, day after day, for a whole year? And for what purpose the water for the cremation(-offering), and the conversation with one's own kin?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 28.19
भगवन्नतिवाहस्य नवपिण्डैस्तु किं भवेत् । कथं देवपितृभ्यश्च वाहस्यावाहनं कथम् । इदं च क्रियते देव कस्मात्पिण्डं प्रदापयेत्
bhagavannativāhasya navapiṇḍaistu kiṃ bhavet / kathaṃ devapitṛbhyaśca vāhasyāvāhanaṃ katham / idaṃ ca kriyate deva kasmātpiṇḍaṃ pradāpayet
O Blessed One, what results from the nine piṇḍas of the ativāha (rite)? And how (is it done) for the gods and the fathers, and how is the summoning of the vāha? And why is this performed, O God — why should one have a piṇḍa given?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 28.20
किं तत्प्रदीयते तस्य पिण्डदानादनन्तरम् । अस्थिसञ्चयनं चैव शय्यादानं किमर्थकम्
kiṃ tatpradīyate tasya piṇḍadānādanantaram / asthisañcayanaṃ caiva śayyādānaṃ kimarthakam
What is given to him after the offering of the piṇḍa? And the gathering of the bones, and for what purpose the gift of a bed?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 28.21
द्वितीये ऽह्नि कुतः स्नानं चतुर्थे साग्निके द्विजे । दशमे किं मलस्नानं कार्यं सर्वजनैः सह
dvitīye 'hni kutaḥ snānaṃ caturthe sāgnike dvije / daśame kiṃ malasnānaṃ kāryaṃ sarvajanaiḥ saha
Why the bath on the second day, and on the fourth in the case of a twice-born who maintains the (sacred) fires? On the tenth, why is the impurity-bath to be performed together with all the people?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 28.22
कस्मात्तैलोद्वर्तनं च स्कन्धवाहान् गृहं नयेत् । तैः समुद्वर्तनं चापि दद्युः स्थलजलाश्रये
kasmāttailodvartanaṃ ca skandhavāhān gṛhaṃ nayet / taiḥ samudvartanaṃ cāpi dadyuḥ sthalajalāśraye
Why the rubbing with oil, and why should one bring the shoulder-bearers (of the bier) to the house? And why should they too perform the rubbing and give (it) at a place on dry land or by water?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 28.23
देशमे ऽहनि यः पिण्डस्तं दद्यादामिषेण तु । पिण्डं चैकादशे कस्माद् वृषोत्सर्गः कथं भवेत्
deśame 'hani yaḥ piṇḍastaṃ dadyādāmiṣeṇa tu / piṇḍaṃ caikādaśe kasmād vṛṣotsargaḥ kathaṃ bhavet
The piṇḍa on the tenth day — one should offer it with flesh; and why a piṇḍa on the eleventh, and how does the release of the bull come about?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 28.24
श्राद्धानि षोडशैतानि अब्दं यावत्कुतो वद । अन्नादिचोदकेनैव षष्ट्यधिकशतत्रयम्
śrāddhāni ṣoḍaśaitāni abdaṃ yāvatkuto vada / annādicodakenaiva ṣaṣṭyadhikaśatatrayam
These sixteen śrāddhas up to a full year — say why; and with food and the rest and with water alone, three hundred and sixty —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 28.25
दिनेदिने च दातव्यं घटान्नं प्रेततृप्तये । प्राप्ते काले च म्रियते अनित्यो मानवः प्रभो
dinedine ca dātavyaṃ ghaṭānnaṃ pretatṛptaye / prāpte kāle ca mriyate anityo mānavaḥ prabho
— day after day a pot of food is to be given for the satisfying of the departed. And a man dies when his time has come; man is impermanent, O Lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 28.26
छिद्रं तु नैव पश्यामि कुतो जीवः स निर्गतः । कुतो गच्छन्ति भूतानि पृथिव्यापो मनस्तथा
chidraṃ tu naiva paśyāmi kuto jīvaḥ sa nirgataḥ / kuto gacchanti bhūtāni pṛthivyāpo manastathā
I see no opening at all: by what way has that living soul gone out? Where do the elements go — earth, water, and likewise mind?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 28.27
तेजो वदस्व मे नाथ वायुराकाशमेव च । वायवश्चैव पञ्चैते कथं गच्छन्ति चाप्तये
tejo vadasva me nātha vāyurākāśameva ca / vāyavaścaiva pañcaite kathaṃ gacchanti cāptaye
Tell me, O Lord, of fire, and of wind and space as well; and these five winds — how do they go to their attainment?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 28.28
लोभमोहादयः पञ्च शरीरे चैव तस्कराः । तृष्णा कामो ऽप्यहङ्कारः कुतो यान्ति जनार्दन
lobhamohādayaḥ pañca śarīre caiva taskarāḥ / tṛṣṇā kāmo 'pyahaṅkāraḥ kuto yānti janārdana
The five — greed, delusion and the rest — which are the thieves in the body, and thirst, desire and egoism: where do they go, O Janārdana?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 28.29
पुण्यं वाप्यथ वापुण्यं यत्किञ्चित्सुकृतं तथा । नष्टे देहे कुतो यान्ति दानानि विविधानि च
puṇyaṃ vāpyatha vāpuṇyaṃ yatkiñcitsukṛtaṃ tathā / naṣṭe dehe kuto yānti dānāni vividhāni ca
Merit, or else demerit, and whatever good deed there is, and the various gifts — where do they go when the body has perished?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 28.30
सपिण्डनं किमर्थं च पूर्णे संवत्सरे ऽपि वा । प्रेतस्य मेलनं सार्धं कैः समं तत्र को विधिः
sapiṇḍanaṃ kimarthaṃ ca pūrṇe saṃvatsare 'pi vā / pretasya melanaṃ sārdhaṃ kaiḥ samaṃ tatra ko vidhiḥ
For what purpose is the sapiṇḍana (rite performed), even when the full year is complete? With whom is the joining of the departed, and what is the procedure there?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 28.31
ये दग्धा ये त्वदग्धाश्च पतिता ये नराभुवि । यानि चान्यानि भूतानि तेषामन्ते भवेच्च किम्
ye dagdhā ye tvadagdhāśca patitā ye narābhuvi / yāni cānyāni bhūtāni teṣāmante bhavecca kim
Those who have been cremated and those who have not, those men who have fallen on the earth, and whatever other beings there are — what becomes of them at the end?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 28.32
पापिनो ये दुराचारा मुद्गलत्वं च ये गताः । आत्मघाती ब्रह्महा च स्तेयी विश्वासघातकः
pāpino ye durācārā mudgalatvaṃ ca ye gatāḥ / ātmaghātī brahmahā ca steyī viśvāsaghātakaḥ
Those sinners who are of evil conduct, and those who have gone to the state of a mudgala; the suicide, the killer of a brahmin, the thief, the betrayer of trust —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 28.33
कपिलां यः पिबेच्छूद्रो यः पठेद्वैदिकाक्षरम् । धारयेद्वा ब्रह्मसूत्रं का गतिस्तस्य माधव
kapilāṃ yaḥ pibecchūdro yaḥ paṭhedvaidikākṣaram / dhārayedvā brahmasūtraṃ kā gatistasya mādhava
The śūdra who drinks (the milk of) a tawny cow, who recites a syllable of the Veda, or who wears the sacred thread — what is his destination, O Mādhava?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 28.34
विप्रस्य ब्राह्मणी भार्या संगृही ता यदा भवेत् । तस्मात्पापाच्च भीतो ऽहं तन्मे वद जगत्पते । सर्वमेतन्मया पृष्टो वद लोकहिताय वै
viprasya brāhmaṇī bhāryā saṃgṛhī tā yadā bhavet / tasmātpāpācca bhīto 'haṃ tanme vada jagatpate / sarvametanmayā pṛṣṭo vada lokahitāya vai
When a brahmin's wife, a brāhmaṇī, is taken (by another) — I am afraid of that sin; tell me of that, O Lord of the world. Speak all this that has been asked by me, for the good of the world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition