Garuda Purana — Uttara Khanda (Pretakalpa) — Chapter 30
GaP 2 30.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- ३० श्रीकृष्ण उवाच । शृणु तार्क्ष्य परं गुह्यं दानानां दानमुत्तमम् । परमं सर्वदानानां परं गोप्यं दिवौकसाम्
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 30 śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / śṛṇu tārkṣya paraṃ guhyaṃ dānānāṃ dānamuttamam / paramaṃ sarvadānānāṃ paraṃ gopyaṃ divaukasām
The Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, chapter 30. Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: Hear, O Tārkṣya, the supreme secret, the best gift among gifts, the highest of all gifts, the great secret of the dwellers in heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 30.2
देयमेकं महादानं कार्पासं चोत्तमोत्तमम् । येन दत्तेन प्रीयन्ते भूर्भुवः स्वरिति क्रमात्
deyamekaṃ mahādānaṃ kārpāsaṃ cottamottamam / yena dattena prīyante bhūrbhuvaḥ svariti kramāt
One great gift is to be given, cotton, the best of the best; by the giving of which (the worlds) earth, mid-air and heaven are pleased in order.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 30.3
ब्रह्माद्या देवताः सर्वाः कार्याच्च प्रीतिमाप्नुयुः । देयमेतन्महादानं प्रेतोद्धरणहेतवे
brahmādyā devatāḥ sarvāḥ kāryācca prītimāpnuyuḥ / deyametanmahādānaṃ pretoddharaṇahetave
And all the gods beginning with Brahmā would obtain satisfaction from the act; this great gift is to be given for the sake of rescuing the departed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 30.4
चिरं वसेद्रुद्रलोके ततो राजा भवेदिह । रूपवान्सुभगो वाग्मी श्रीमानतुल विक्रमः । यमलोकं विनिर्जित्य स्वर्गं ताक्ष्य स गच्छति
ciraṃ vasedrudraloke tato rājā bhavediha / rūpavānsubhago vāgmī śrīmānatula vikramaḥ / yamalokaṃ vinirjitya svargaṃ tākṣya sa gacchati
He would dwell long in Rudra's world, then become a king here — handsome, fortunate, eloquent, prosperous, of unequalled valour; having conquered Yama's world, O Tārkṣya, he goes to heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 30.5
गां तिलांश्च क्षितं हेम यो ददाति द्विजन्मने । तस्य जन्मार्जिर्त पापं तत्क्षणादेवनश्यति
gāṃ tilāṃśca kṣitaṃ hema yo dadāti dvijanmane / tasya janmārjirta pāpaṃ tatkṣaṇādevanaśyati
He who gives to a twice-born a cow, sesame seeds, land, and gold — the sin he has amassed in (his) birth perishes that very instant.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 30.6
तिला गावो महादानं महापातकनाशनम् । तद्द्वयं दीयते विप्रे नान्यवर्णे कदाचन
tilā gāvo mahādānaṃ mahāpātakanāśanam / taddvayaṃ dīyate vipre nānyavarṇe kadācana
Sesame seeds and cows are the great gift, destroying the great sins; those two are given to a brahmin, never to another class.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 30.7
कल्पितं दीयते दानं तिला गावश्चमेदिनी । अन्येषु नैव वर्णेषु पोष्यवर्गे कदाचन
kalpitaṃ dīyate dānaṃ tilā gāvaścamedinī / anyeṣu naiva varṇeṣu poṣyavarge kadācana
The prescribed gift is given: sesame, cows, and land — never to the other classes, nor ever to one's own dependents.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 30.8
पोष्यवर्गे तथा स्त्रीषु दानं देयमकल्पितम् । आतुरे वोपरागे च द्वयं दानं विशिष्यते । आतुरे दीयते दानं तत्काले चोपतिष्ठति
poṣyavarge tathā strīṣu dānaṃ deyamakalpitam / āture voparāge ca dvayaṃ dānaṃ viśiṣyate / āture dīyate dānaṃ tatkāle copatiṣṭhati
To one's dependents and to women a gift should be given without pretence; and for a sick man, or at an eclipse, the two-fold gift is preferred. A gift given for a sick man does present itself (to him) at that very time.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 30.9
जीवतस्तु पुनर्दत्तमुपतिष्ठत्यसंस्कृतम् । सत्यंसत्यं पुनः सत्यं यद्दत्तं विकलेन्द्रिये
jīvatastu punardattamupatiṣṭhatyasaṃskṛtam / satyaṃsatyaṃ punaḥ satyaṃ yaddattaṃ vikalendriye
But what is given again while (he is) still living presents itself unconsecrated. Truly, truly, again truly: what is given (for one) whose senses have failed —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 30.10
यच्चानु मोदते पुत्रस्तच्च दानमनन्तकम् । अतो दद्यात् स पुत्रो वा यावज्जीवत्ससौ चिरम् । अतिवाहस्तथा प्रेतो भोगांश्च लभते यतः
yaccānu modate putrastacca dānamanantakam / ato dadyāt sa putro vā yāvajjīvatsasau ciram / ativāhastathā preto bhogāṃśca labhate yataḥ
— and that in which the son consents, that gift is endless. Therefore let the son give, so long as (the father) still lives, for a long time; and hence the departed one gets his passage across and his enjoyments.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 30.11
अस्वस्था तुरकाले तु देहपाते क्षितिस्थिते । देहे तथातिवाहस्य परतः प्रीणनं भवेत्
asvasthā turakāle tu dehapāte kṣitisthite / dehe tathātivāhasya parataḥ prīṇanaṃ bhavet
But at the time of sickness, when one is not well, when the body falls and lies upon the earth — and so, when the body is (given over) to the conveyance, the gratification (of the dead) comes about thereafter.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 30.12
पङ्गावन्धे च काणे च ह्यर्धोन्मीलितलोचने । तिलेषु दर्भान्संस्तीर्य दानमुक्तं तदक्षयम्
paṅgāvandhe ca kāṇe ca hyardhonmīlitalocane / tileṣu darbhānsaṃstīrya dānamuktaṃ tadakṣayam
To a lame man, a blind man, a one-eyed man, and to one whose eyes are half-open, a gift, made by spreading darbha grass over sesame seeds, is declared to be imperishable.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 30.13
तिला लौहं हिरण्यञ्च कार्पासं लवणं तथा । सप्तधान्यं क्षितिर्गाव एकैकं पावनं स्मृतम्
tilā lauhaṃ hiraṇyañca kārpāsaṃ lavaṇaṃ tathā / saptadhānyaṃ kṣitirgāva ekaikaṃ pāvanaṃ smṛtam
Sesame, iron, gold, cotton, and salt, the seven grains, land, cows — each one of these is held to be purifying.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 30.14
लोहदानाद्यमस्तुष्येद्धर्म राजस्तिलार्पणात् । लवणे दीयमाने तु न भयं विद्यते यमात्
lohadānādyamastuṣyeddharma rājastilārpaṇāt / lavaṇe dīyamāne tu na bhayaṃ vidyate yamāt
By the gift of iron Yama is satisfied; the King of Dharma (is satisfied) by the offering of sesame; and when salt is given there is no fear from Yama.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 30.15
कर्पासस्य तु दानेन न भूतेभ्यो भयं भवेत् । तारयन्ति नरं गावस्त्रिविधाश्चैव पातकात्
karpāsasya tu dānena na bhūtebhyo bhayaṃ bhavet / tārayanti naraṃ gāvastrividhāścaiva pātakāt
But by the gift of cotton there comes to be no fear from the spirits; and cows, of three kinds, carry a man across from his sin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 30.16
हेमदानात्सुखं स्वर्गे भूमिदानान्नृपो भवेत् । हेमभूमिप्रदानाच्च न पीडा नरके भवेत्
hemadānātsukhaṃ svarge bhūmidānānnṛpo bhavet / hemabhūmipradānācca na pīḍā narake bhavet
From the gift of gold (comes) happiness in heaven; from the gift of land one becomes a king; and from giving both gold and land there is no torment in hell.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 30.17
सर्वे ऽपि यमदूताश्च यमरूपा विभीषणाः । सर्वे ते वरदा यान्ति सप्तधान्येन प्रीणिताः
sarve 'pi yamadūtāśca yamarūpā vibhīṣaṇāḥ / sarve te varadā yānti saptadhānyena prīṇitāḥ
And all Yama's messengers too, terrifying, in the form of Yama — all of them, gratified by the seven grains, depart granting boons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 30.18
विष्णोः स्मरणमात्रेण प्राप्यते परमा गतिः । एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं मर्त्यैर्या गतिराप्यते
viṣṇoḥ smaraṇamātreṇa prāpyate paramā gatiḥ / etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ martyairyā gatirāpyate
By the mere remembrance of Viṣṇu the highest goal is attained. All this has been told to you — the goal that is reached by mortals.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 30.19
तस्मात् पुत्रं प्रशंसन्ति ददाति पितुराज्ञया । भूमिष्ठं पितरं दृष्ट्वा ह्यर्धोन्मीलितलोचनम्
tasmāt putraṃ praśaṃsanti dadāti piturājñayā / bhūmiṣṭhaṃ pitaraṃ dṛṣṭvā hyardhonmīlitalocanam
Therefore they praise the son who gives at his father's bidding, seeing his father lying on the ground with eyes half-open.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 30.20
तस्मिन् काले सुतो यस्तु सर्वदानानि दापयेत् । गयाश्राद्धाद्विशिष्येत स पुत्रः कुलनन्दनः
tasmin kāle suto yastu sarvadānāni dāpayet / gayāśrāddhādviśiṣyeta sa putraḥ kulanandanaḥ
The son who at that time causes all the gifts to be given — he would be superior to the śrāddha at Gayā; that son is the delight of his family.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 30.21
स्वस्थानाच्चलितश्चासौ विकलस्य पितुस्तदा । पुत्रैर्यत्नेन कर्तव्या पितरं तारयन्ति ते
svasthānāccalitaścāsau vikalasya pitustadā / putrairyatnena kartavyā pitaraṃ tārayanti te
And when he has moved from his own place, then, for the father who is failing, (the gifts) must be made by the sons with effort; they (thereby) carry their father across.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 30.22
किं दत्तैर्बहुभिर्दानैः पितुरन्त्येष्टिमाचरेत् । अश्वमेधो महायज्ञः कलां नार्हति षोडशीम्
kiṃ dattairbahubhirdānaiḥ piturantyeṣṭimācaret / aśvamedho mahāyajñaḥ kalāṃ nārhati ṣoḍaśīm
What of the many gifts given — let one perform the final rite for one's father; the great horse-sacrifice is not worth a sixteenth part of it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 30.23
धर्मात्मा स नु पुत्रो वैदेवैरपि सुपूज्यते । दापयेद्यस्तु दानानि ह्यातुरं पितरं भुवि
dharmātmā sa nu putro vaidevairapi supūjyate / dāpayedyastu dānāni hyāturaṃ pitaraṃ bhuvi
That son is indeed righteous in soul and is well honoured even by the gods, who causes gifts to be given by his sick father upon the ground.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 30.24
लोहदानञ्च दातव्यं भूमियुक्तेन पाणिना । यमं भीमञ्च नाप्नोति न गच्छेत् तस्य वेश्मनि
lohadānañca dātavyaṃ bhūmiyuktena pāṇinā / yamaṃ bhīmañca nāpnoti na gacchet tasya veśmani
And the gift of iron should be given with a hand holding earth; (then) he does not meet the terrible Yama, nor would he go to his house.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 30.25
कुठारो मुसलो दण्डः खड्गश्च च्छुरिका तथा । एतानि यमहस्तेषु दृश्यानि पापकर्मिणाम्
kuṭhāro musalo daṇḍaḥ khaḍgaśca cchurikā tathā / etāni yamahasteṣu dṛśyāni pāpakarmiṇām
An axe, a club, a staff, a sword, and a knife — these are seen in the hands of Yama by those who do evil deeds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 30.26
तस्माल्लोहस्य दानन्तु ब्राह्मणायातुरो ददेत् । यमायुधानां सन्तुष्ट्यै दानमेतदुदाहृतम्
tasmāllohasya dānantu brāhmaṇāyāturo dadet / yamāyudhānāṃ santuṣṭyai dānametadudāhṛtam
Therefore let the sick man give a gift of iron to a brāhmaṇa; this gift is declared for the appeasing of Yama's weapons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 30.27
गर्भस्थाः शिशवो ये च युवानः स्थविरास्तथा । एभिर्दानविशेषैस्तु निर्दहेयुः स्वपातकम्
garbhasthāḥ śiśavo ye ca yuvānaḥ sthavirāstathā / ebhirdānaviśeṣaistu nirdaheyuḥ svapātakam
Those who are in the womb, and infants, and young men, and the aged — by these particular gifts they may burn away their own sin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 30.28
छुरिणः श्यामशबलौ षण्डामर्का उदुम्बराः । शबला श्यामदूता ये लोहदानेन प्रीणिताः
churiṇaḥ śyāmaśabalau ṣaṇḍāmarkā udumbarāḥ / śabalā śyāmadūtā ye lohadānena prīṇitāḥ
The knife-bearers, the Dark One and the Dappled One, Ṣaṇḍa, Amarka, the Udumbaras, the dappled ones and the dark messengers — these are gratified by the gift of iron.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 30.29
पुत्राः पौत्रास्तथा बन्धुः सगोत्राः सुहहृदस्तथा । ददते नातुरे दानं ब्रह्मघ्नैस्तु समा हि ते
putrāḥ pautrāstathā bandhuḥ sagotrāḥ suhahṛdastathā / dadate nāture dānaṃ brahmaghnaistu samā hi te
Sons, grandsons, and likewise a kinsman, those of the same lineage, and friends — if they do not make gifts (on behalf of the man) while he is ill, they are indeed equal to slayers of a brahmin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 30.30
पञ्चत्वे भूमियुक्तस्य शृणु तस्य च या गतिः । अतिवाहः पुनः प्रेतोवर्षोर्ध्वं सुकृतं लभेत्
pañcatve bhūmiyuktasya śṛṇu tasya ca yā gatiḥ / ativāhaḥ punaḥ pretovarṣordhvaṃ sukṛtaṃ labhet
Hear too what the course is of one who is endowed with (a gift of) land at the time of death: (he has) the passing-over (rite), and again the departed one, after a year, obtains what is above, the fruit of his good deed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 30.31
अग्नित्रयं त्रयो लोकास्त्रयो वेदास्त्रयो ऽमराः । कालत्रयं त्रिसन्ध्यं च त्रयो वर्णास्त्रिशक्तयः
agnitrayaṃ trayo lokāstrayo vedāstrayo 'marāḥ / kālatrayaṃ trisandhyaṃ ca trayo varṇāstriśaktayaḥ
The three fires, the three worlds, the three Vedas, the three immortals, the three times, the three junctures of the day, the three classes, the three powers—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 30.32
पादादूर्ध्वं कटिं यावत् तावद्ब्रह्याधितिष्ठति । ग्रीवां यावद्धरिर्नाभेः शरीरे मनुजस्य च
pādādūrdhvaṃ kaṭiṃ yāvat tāvadbrahyādhitiṣṭhati / grīvāṃ yāvaddharirnābheḥ śarīre manujasya ca
From the feet up as far as the waist, so far Brahmā abides; from the navel as far as the neck, Hari — in the body of a man.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 30.33
मस्तके तिष्ठतीशानो व्यक्ताव्यक्तो महेश्वरः । एकमूर्तेस्त्रयो भागा ब्रह्मा विष्णुहेश्वराः
mastake tiṣṭhatīśāno vyaktāvyakto maheśvaraḥ / ekamūrtestrayo bhāgā brahmā viṣṇuheśvarāḥ
On the head stands Īśāna, Maheśvara, manifest and unmanifest; the three parts of a single form are Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Īśvara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 30.34
अहं प्राणः शरीरस्थो भूतग्रामचतुष्टये । धर्माधर्मे मतिं दद्यात् सुखदुःखे कृताकृते
ahaṃ prāṇaḥ śarīrastho bhūtagrāmacatuṣṭaye / dharmādharme matiṃ dadyāt sukhaduḥkhe kṛtākṛte
I am the breath abiding in the body, in the fourfold host of beings; (I) give the inclination toward right and wrong, toward pleasure and pain, toward what is done and not done.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 30.35
जन्तोर्वुद्धिं समास्थाय पूर्वमर्माधिवासिताम् । अहमेव तथा जीवान्प्रेरयामि च कर्मसु । स्वर्गं च नरकं मोक्षं प्रयान्ति प्राणिनो ध्रुवम्
jantorvuddhiṃ samāsthāya pūrvamarmādhivāsitām / ahameva tathā jīvānprerayāmi ca karmasu / svargaṃ ca narakaṃ mokṣaṃ prayānti prāṇino dhruvam
Entering the creature's mind, which is impregnated with its former deeds, it is I who thus impel living beings to their actions; and beings assuredly go to heaven, to hell, or to liberation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 30.36
स्वर्गस्थं नरकस्थं वा श्राद्धे वाप्यायनं भवेत् । तस्माच्छ्राद्धानि कुर्वीत त्रिविधानि विचक्षणः
svargasthaṃ narakasthaṃ vā śrāddhe vāpyāyanaṃ bhavet / tasmācchrāddhāni kurvīta trividhāni vicakṣaṇaḥ
Whether he is in heaven or in hell, refreshment comes to him through the śrāddha; therefore let the discerning man perform the three kinds of śrāddha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 30.37
मत्स्यं कर्मं च वाराहं नारसिंहञ्च वामनम् । रामं रामं च कृष्णं च बुद्धं चैव सकल्किनम् । एतानि दश नामानि स्मर्तव्यानि सदा बुधैः
matsyaṃ karmaṃ ca vārāhaṃ nārasiṃhañca vāmanam / rāmaṃ rāmaṃ ca kṛṣṇaṃ ca buddhaṃ caiva sakalkinam / etāni daśa nāmāni smartavyāni sadā budhaiḥ
The Fish, the Tortoise, the Boar, the Man-Lion, and the Dwarf, Rāma and Rāma and Kṛṣṇa, and the Buddha, and Kalkin with them — these ten names should always be remembered by the wise.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 30.38
स्वर्गं जीवाः सुखं यान्ति च्युताः स्वर्गाच्च मानवाः । लब्ध्वा सुखं च वित्तं च दयादाक्षिण्यसंयुताः । पुत्रपौत्रैर्धनैराढ्या जीवेयुः शरदां शतम्
svargaṃ jīvāḥ sukhaṃ yānti cyutāḥ svargācca mānavāḥ / labdhvā sukhaṃ ca vittaṃ ca dayādākṣiṇyasaṃyutāḥ / putrapautrairdhanairāḍhyā jīveyuḥ śaradāṃ śatam
Beings go to heaven happily, and men, fallen from heaven, having obtained pleasure and wealth, endowed with compassion and generosity, rich in sons, grandsons and riches, may live a hundred autumns.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 30.39
आतुरे च ददेद्दानं विष्णुपूजाञ्च कारयेत् । अष्टाक्षरं तथा मन्त्रं जपेद्वा द्वादशाक्षरम्
āture ca dadeddānaṃ viṣṇupūjāñca kārayet / aṣṭākṣaraṃ tathā mantraṃ japedvā dvādaśākṣaram
And one should make gifts while (the man) is ill, and have worship of Viṣṇu performed, and should recite the eight-syllable mantra or the twelve-syllable one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 30.40
पूजयेच्छुक्लपुष्पैश्च नैवेद्यैर्घृतपाचितैः । तथा गन्धैश्च धूपैश्च श्रुतिस्मृतिमनूदितैः
pūjayecchuklapuṣpaiśca naivedyairghṛtapācitaiḥ / tathā gandhaiśca dhūpaiśca śrutismṛtimanūditaiḥ
One should worship with white flowers and with food-offerings cooked in ghee, and likewise with fragrances and incense, as declared in the Śruti and the Smṛti.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 30.41
विष्णुर्माता पिता विष्णुर्विष्णुः स्वजनबान्धवाः । यत्र विष्णुं न पश्यामि तेन वासेन किं मम
viṣṇurmātā pitā viṣṇurviṣṇuḥ svajanabāndhavāḥ / yatra viṣṇuṃ na paśyāmi tena vāsena kiṃ mama
Viṣṇu is mother, Viṣṇu father, Viṣṇu one's own people and kinsmen; where I do not see Viṣṇu, what is dwelling there to me?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 30.42
जले विष्णुः स्थले विष्णुर्विष्णुः पर्वतमस्तके । ज्वालामालाकुले विष्णुः सर्वं विष्णुमयं जगत्
jale viṣṇuḥ sthale viṣṇurviṣṇuḥ parvatamastake / jvālāmālākule viṣṇuḥ sarvaṃ viṣṇumayaṃ jagat
Viṣṇu in water, Viṣṇu on land, Viṣṇu on the mountain's summit, Viṣṇu in a mass of garlanded flames — the whole world is made of Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 30.43
वयमापो वयं पृथ्वी वयं दर्भा वयं तिलाः । वयं गावो वयं राजा वयं वायुर्वयं प्रजाः
vayamāpo vayaṃ pṛthvī vayaṃ darbhā vayaṃ tilāḥ / vayaṃ gāvo vayaṃ rājā vayaṃ vāyurvayaṃ prajāḥ
We are the waters, we are the earth, we are the darbha grass, we are the sesame seeds; we are the cows, we are the king, we are the wind, we are the creatures.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 30.44
वयं हेम वयं धान्यं वयं मधु वयं घृतम् । वयं विप्रा वयं देवा वयं शम्भुश्च भूर्भुवः
vayaṃ hema vayaṃ dhānyaṃ vayaṃ madhu vayaṃ ghṛtam / vayaṃ viprā vayaṃ devā vayaṃ śambhuśca bhūrbhuvaḥ
We are gold, we are grain, we are honey, we are ghee; we are the brahmins, we are the gods, we are Śambhu, and the earth and the mid-region.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 30.45
अहं दाता अहं ग्राही अहं यज्वा अहं क्रतुः । अहं हर्ता अहं धर्मो अहं पृथ्वी ह्यहं जलम्
ahaṃ dātā ahaṃ grāhī ahaṃ yajvā ahaṃ kratuḥ / ahaṃ hartā ahaṃ dharmo ahaṃ pṛthvī hyahaṃ jalam
I am the giver, I am the receiver, I am the sacrificer, I am the sacrifice; I am the destroyer, I am the law, I am the earth, and I am the water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 30.46
धर्माधर्मे मतिं दद्यां कर्मभिस्तु शुभाशुभैः । यत् कर्म क्रियते क्वापि पूर्वजन्मार्जितं खग
dharmādharme matiṃ dadyāṃ karmabhistu śubhāśubhaiḥ / yat karma kriyate kvāpi pūrvajanmārjitaṃ khaga
I give the inclination toward right and wrong, according to deeds good and bad; whatever deed is done anywhere is (the fruit of what was) accumulated in a former birth, O bird.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 30.47
धर्मे मतिमहं दद्यामधर्मे ऽप्यहमेव च । यातनां कुरुते सो ऽपि धर्मे मुक्तिं ददाम्यहम्
dharme matimahaṃ dadyāmadharme 'pyahameva ca / yātanāṃ kurute so 'pi dharme muktiṃ dadāmyaham
I give the inclination toward dharma, and in adharma too it is I alone; he also undergoes torment, (but) in dharma I grant liberation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 30.48
मनुजानां हिता तार्क्ष्य अन्ते वैतरणी स्मृता । तयावमत्य पापौघं विष्णुलोकं स गच्छति
manujānāṃ hitā tārkṣya ante vaitaraṇī smṛtā / tayāvamatya pāpaughaṃ viṣṇulokaṃ sa gacchati
O Tārkṣya, at the end the Vaitaraṇī (cow) is declared beneficial to men; by her, having overcome the mass of his sins, he goes to Viṣṇu's world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 30.49
बालत्वे यच्च कौमारे यच्च परिणतौ च यत् । सर्वावम्थाकृतं पापं यच्च जन्मान्तरेष्वपि
bālatve yacca kaumāre yacca pariṇatau ca yat / sarvāvamthākṛtaṃ pāpaṃ yacca janmāntareṣvapi
Whatever (sin was done) in infancy, whatever in boyhood, and whatever in maturity — the sin committed in every stage of life, and whatever (was done) in other births as well —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 30.50
यन्निशायां तथा प्रातर्यन्मध्याह्नापराह्नयोः । सन्ध्ययोर्यत् कृतं कर्म कर्मणा मनसा गिरा
yanniśāyāṃ tathā prātaryanmadhyāhnāparāhnayoḥ / sandhyayoryat kṛtaṃ karma karmaṇā manasā girā
whatever (was done) at night and at dawn, whatever at midday and afternoon, whatever deed was done at the two twilights, by act, by mind, by speech —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 30.51
दत्त्वा वरां सकृदपि कपिलां सर्वकामिकाम् । उद्धरेदन्तकाले स आत्मानं पापसञ्चयात्
dattvā varāṃ sakṛdapi kapilāṃ sarvakāmikām / uddharedantakāle sa ātmānaṃ pāpasañcayāt
having given, even but once, an excellent tawny (kapilā) cow that grants all wishes, he would at the time of death rescue himself from the accumulation of sin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 30.52
गावो ममाग्रतः सन्तु पृष्ठतः पार्श्वतस्तथा । गावो मे हृदये सन्तु गवां मध्ये वसाम्यहम्
gāvo mamāgrataḥ santu pṛṣṭhataḥ pārśvatastathā / gāvo me hṛdaye santu gavāṃ madhye vasāmyaham
Let cows be before me, behind me and at my sides; let cows be in my heart; I dwell in the midst of cows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 30.53
या लक्ष्मीः सर्वभूतानां या च देवे व्यवस्थिता । धेनुरूपेण सा देवी मम पापं व्यपोहतु
yā lakṣmīḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ yā ca deve vyavasthitā / dhenurūpeṇa sā devī mama pāpaṃ vyapohatu
That Lakṣmī who is (the fortune) of all beings, and who abides in the god — may that goddess, in the form of a milch cow, remove my sin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition