Garuda Purana — Uttara Khanda (Pretakalpa) — Chapter 31
GaP 2 31.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- ३१ श्रीविष्णुरुवाच । ये नराः पापसंयुक्तास्ते गच्छन्ति यमालयम् । नृणां मत्साक्षिकं दत्तमनन्तफलदं भवेत्
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 31 śrīviṣṇuruvāca / ye narāḥ pāpasaṃyuktāste gacchanti yamālayam / nṛṇāṃ matsākṣikaṃ dattamanantaphaladaṃ bhavet
The Glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, 31. The blessed Viṣṇu said: Those men who are joined with sin go to Yama's abode. What is given by men with me as witness becomes endless in its fruit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 31.2
यावद्रजः प्रमाणाब्दंस्वर्गे तिष्ठति भूमिदः । अश्वारूढाश्च ते यान्ति ददते ये ह्युपानहौ
yāvadrajaḥ pramāṇābdaṃsvarge tiṣṭhati bhūmidaḥ / aśvārūḍhāśca te yānti dadate ye hyupānahau
The giver of land dwells in heaven for as many years as (there are) dust-particles (in it); and those who give sandals travel mounted on horses.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 31.5
आतपे श्रमयोगेन न दह्यन्ते च कुत्रचित् । छत्त्रदानेन वै प्रेता विचरन्ति सुखं पथि ॥ गर्प्_२,३१।३ ॥ यमुद्दिश्य ददात्यन्नं तेन चाप्यायितो भवेत् ॥ गर्प्_२,३१।४ ॥ अन्धकारे महाघोरे अमूर्ते लक्ष्यवर्जिते । उद्द्योतेनैव ते यान्ति दीपदानेन मानवाः
ātape śramayogena na dahyante ca kutracit / chattradānena vai pretā vicaranti sukhaṃ pathi // garp_2,31.3 // yamuddiśya dadātyannaṃ tena cāpyāyito bhavet // garp_2,31.4 // andhakāre mahāghore amūrte lakṣyavarjite / uddyotenaiva te yānti dīpadānena mānavāḥ
They are not burned anywhere by heat through exertion; by the gift of an umbrella the departed roam comfortably on the road. (31.3) Whomever one designates when giving food, by that he becomes nourished. (31.4) In the great and terrible darkness, formless and devoid of any mark, men go along by the very light, through the gift of a lamp.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 31.6
आश्विने कर्तिके वापि माघे मृततिथावपि । चतुर्दश्याञ्च दीयेत दीपदानं सुखाय वै
āśvine kartike vāpi māghe mṛtatithāvapi / caturdaśyāñca dīyeta dīpadānaṃ sukhāya vai
In Āśvina, or in Kārtika, or in Māgha, and on the death-anniversary day, and on the fourteenth, the gift of a lamp should be made, indeed for (the dead one's) comfort.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 31.7
प्रत्यहञ्च प्रदातव्यं मार्गे सुविषमे नरैः । यावत् संवत्सरं वापि प्रेतस्य सुखलिप्सया
pratyahañca pradātavyaṃ mārge suviṣame naraiḥ / yāvat saṃvatsaraṃ vāpi pretasya sukhalipsayā
And it should be given daily by men (for the journey) on the very difficult road, or even for a full year, out of the wish for the departed one's comfort.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 31.8
कुले द्योतति शुद्धात्मा प्रकाशत्वं स गच्छति । ज्योतिर्मयो ऽसौ पूज्यो ऽसौ दीपदानप्रदो नरः
kule dyotati śuddhātmā prakāśatvaṃ sa gacchati / jyotirmayo 'sau pūjyo 'sau dīpadānaprado naraḥ
He shines in his family, is pure of soul, and attains the state of light; that man who gives the gift of a lamp is full of radiance and worthy of worship.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 31.9
प्राङ्मुखोदङ्मुखं दीपं देवागारे द्विजातये । कुर्याद्याम्यमुखं पित्रे अद्भिः सङ्कल्प्य सुस्थिरम्
prāṅmukhodaṅmukhaṃ dīpaṃ devāgāre dvijātaye / kuryādyāmyamukhaṃ pitre adbhiḥ saṅkalpya susthiram
One should set a lamp facing east or facing north in a temple (or) for a twice-born; but facing south for a departed father, having resolved (the gift) with water and (set it) firmly.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 31.10
सर्वोपहारयुक्तानि पदान्यत्र त्रयोदश । यो ददाति मृतस्येह जीवन्नप्यात्महेतवे । स गच्छति महामार्गे महाकष्टविवर्जितः
sarvopahārayuktāni padānyatra trayodaśa / yo dadāti mṛtasyeha jīvannapyātmahetave / sa gacchati mahāmārge mahākaṣṭavivarjitaḥ
Here the thirteen "steps" furnished with all offerings — he who gives them for the dead, or even while living for his own sake, goes along the great road freed from great hardship.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 31.13
आसनं भाजनं भोज्यं दीयते यद्द्विजायते । सुखे न भुञ्जमानस्तु देन गच्छत्यलं पथि ॥ गर्प्_२,३१।११ ॥ कमण्डलुप्रदानेन तृषितः पिबते जलम् ॥ गर्प्_२,३१।१२ ॥ भाजनं वस्त्रदानञ्च कुसुमञ्चाङ्गुलीयकम् । एकादशा हे दातव्यं प्रेतोद्धरणहेतवे
āsanaṃ bhājanaṃ bhojyaṃ dīyate yaddvijāyate / sukhe na bhuñjamānastu dena gacchatyalaṃ pathi // garp_2,31.11 // kamaṇḍalupradānena tṛṣitaḥ pibate jalam // garp_2,31.12 // bhājanaṃ vastradānañca kusumañcāṅgulīyakam / ekādaśā he dātavyaṃ pretoddharaṇahetave
Whatever seat, vessel and food is given to a twice-born — (the departed) not eating in comfort... by that gift he goes well along the road. (31.11) By the gift of a water-pot the thirsty one drinks water. (31.12) A vessel, the gift of cloth, a flower and a ring: eleven (things) here should be given for the rescue of the departed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 31.14
त्रयोदश पदानीत्थं प्रेतस्य शुभमिच्छता । दातव्यानि यथाशक्त्या प्रेतो ऽसौ प्रीणितो भवेत्
trayodaśa padānītthaṃ pretasya śubhamicchatā / dātavyāni yathāśaktyā preto 'sau prīṇito bhavet
Thus the thirteen "steps" should be given according to one's ability by one who desires the welfare of the departed; that departed one becomes gratified.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 31.15
भोजना नि तिलांश्चैव उदकुम्भांस्त्रयोदश । मुद्रिकां वस्त्रयुग्मञ्च तया याति परां गतिम्
bhojanā ni tilāṃścaiva udakumbhāṃstrayodaśa / mudrikāṃ vastrayugmañca tayā yāti parāṃ gatim
Meals, and sesame seeds, and thirteen water-jars, a ring and a pair of garments — by that (giving) he goes to the highest state.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 31.16
यो ऽश्वं नावं गजं वापि ब्राह्मणे प्रतिपादयेत् । स महिम्नो ऽनुसारेण तत्तत्सुखमुपाश्नुते
yo 'śvaṃ nāvaṃ gajaṃ vāpi brāhmaṇe pratipādayet / sa mahimno 'nusāreṇa tattatsukhamupāśnute
He who bestows a horse, or a boat, or an elephant upon a brahmin obtains, in proportion to (the gift's) greatness, that particular comfort.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 31.17
नानालोकान् विचरति महिषीञ्च ददाति यः । यमपुत्त्रस्य या माता महिषी सुगतिप्रदा
nānālokān vicarati mahiṣīñca dadāti yaḥ / yamaputtrasya yā mātā mahiṣī sugatipradā
He who gives a buffalo-cow roams through the various worlds; the buffalo-cow, who is the mother of Yama's son, is a giver of a good destination.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 31.20
ताम्बूलं कुसुमं देयं याम्यानां हर्षवर्धनम् । तेन सम्प्रीणिताः सर्वे तस्मिन् क्लेशं न कुर्वते ॥ गर्प्_२,३१।१८ ॥ गो-भू-तिल-हिरण्यानि दानान्याहुः स्वशक्तितः ॥ गर्प्_२,३१।१९ ॥ मृतोद्देशेन यो यद्याज्जलपात्रञ्च मृन्मयम् । उदपात्रसहस्रस्य फलमाप्नोति मानवः
tāmbūlaṃ kusumaṃ deyaṃ yāmyānāṃ harṣavardhanam / tena samprīṇitāḥ sarve tasmin kleśaṃ na kurvate // garp_2,31.18 // go-bhū-tila-hiraṇyāni dānānyāhuḥ svaśaktitaḥ // garp_2,31.19 // mṛtoddeśena yo yadyājjalapātrañca mṛnmayam / udapātrasahasrasya phalamāpnoti mānavaḥ
Betel and flowers should be given, which increase the joy of Yama's servants; gratified by that, they all inflict no torment on him. (31.18) Cows, land, sesame and gold — these they call the gifts (to be made) according to one's ability. (31.19) If a man gives, with reference to the dead, even an earthen water-vessel, he obtains the fruit of a thousand water-vessels.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 31.21
यमदूता महारौद्राः करालाः कृष्णपिङ्गलाः । न भीषयन्ति तं याम्या वस्त्रदाने कृते सति
yamadūtā mahāraudrāḥ karālāḥ kṛṣṇapiṅgalāḥ / na bhīṣayanti taṃ yāmyā vastradāne kṛte sati
Yama's messengers, most terrible, gape-mouthed, black and tawny — those servants of Yama do not frighten him, when the gift of clothing has been made.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 31.22
मार्गे हि गच्छमानस्तु तृष्णार्तः श्रमपीडितः । घटान्नदानयोगेन सुखी भवति निश्चितम्
mārge hi gacchamānastu tṛṣṇārtaḥ śramapīḍitaḥ / ghaṭānnadānayogena sukhī bhavati niścitam
For one going along the road, afflicted by thirst and oppressed by fatigue, becomes happy without doubt by means of the gift of a water-jar and food.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 31.23
शय्या दक्षिणया युक्ता आयुधाम्बरसंयुता । हैमश्रीपतिना युक्ता देया विप्राय शर्मणे । तथा प्रेतत्वमुक्तो ऽसौ मोदते सह दैवतैः
śayyā dakṣiṇayā yuktā āyudhāmbarasaṃyutā / haimaśrīpatinā yuktā deyā viprāya śarmaṇe / tathā pretatvamukto 'sau modate saha daivataiḥ
A bed, together with a priestly fee, furnished with weapons and garments, and with a golden (image of) Śrī's lord (Viṣṇu), should be given to a brahmin for (the dead man's) welfare; thus, released from the state of a ghost, he rejoices together with the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 31.24
एतत् ते कथितं तार्क्ष्य दानमन्त्येष्टिकर्मजम् । अधुना कथयिष्ये ऽहमन्यदेहप्रवेशनम्
etat te kathitaṃ tārkṣya dānamantyeṣṭikarmajam / adhunā kathayiṣye 'hamanyadehapraveśanam
This has been told to you, Tārkṣya: the giving that arises from the funeral rites. Now I shall tell (you) of the entering into another body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 31.25
जातस्य मृत्युलोके वै प्राणिनो मरणं ध्रुवम् । मृतिः कुर्यात् स्वधर्मेण यास्यतश्च परन्तप
jātasya mṛtyuloke vai prāṇino maraṇaṃ dhruvam / mṛtiḥ kuryāt svadharmeṇa yāsyataśca parantapa
For a living being born in the world of death, dying is certain; death comes about by one's own dharma, and (so) for one who is about to depart, O scorcher of foes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 31.26
पूर्वकाले मृतानाञ्च प्राणिनाञ्च खगेश्वर । सूक्ष्मोभूत्वा त्वसौ वायुर्निर्गच्छत्यास्यमण्डलात्
pūrvakāle mṛtānāñca prāṇināñca khageśvara / sūkṣmobhūtvā tvasau vāyurnirgacchatyāsyamaṇḍalāt
In earlier times, O lord of birds, of living beings who died, that breath, having become subtle, goes out from the circle of the mouth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 31.27
नवद्वारै रोमभिश्च जनानां तालुरन्ध्रके । पापिष्ठानामपानेन जीवो निष्क्रामति ध्रुवम्
navadvārai romabhiśca janānāṃ tālurandhrake / pāpiṣṭhānāmapānena jīvo niṣkrāmati dhruvam
By the nine openings and by the hair-pores of people, (or) at the aperture of the palate — for the most sinful, the life-breath certainly departs by the anus.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 31.28
शरीरञ्च पतेत् पश्चान्निर्गते मरुतीश्वरे । वाताहतः पतत्येव निराधारो यथा द्रुमः
śarīrañca patet paścānnirgate marutīśvare / vātāhataḥ patatyeva nirādhāro yathā drumaḥ
And the body falls afterwards, when the lord of winds has gone out; struck by the wind it just falls, like a tree without support.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 31.29
पृथिव्यां लीयते पृथ्वी आपश्चैव तथाप्सु च । तेजस्तेजसि लीयते समीरणः समीरणे । आकाशे च तथा काशः सर्वव्यापी च शङ्करे
pṛthivyāṃ līyate pṛthvī āpaścaiva tathāpsu ca / tejastejasi līyate samīraṇaḥ samīraṇe / ākāśe ca tathā kāśaḥ sarvavyāpī ca śaṅkare
Earth dissolves into earth, and the waters likewise into water; fire dissolves into fire, wind into wind, and likewise ether into ether, and the all-pervading (self) into Śaṅkara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 31.30
तत्र कामस्तथा क्रोधः काये पञ्चेन्द्रियाणि च । एते तार्क्ष्य समाख्याता देहे तिष्ठन्ति तस्कराः
tatra kāmastathā krodhaḥ kāye pañcendriyāṇi ca / ete tārkṣya samākhyātā dehe tiṣṭhanti taskarāḥ
There desire, and anger, and the five senses in the body — these, Tārkṣya, are declared to be the thieves that dwell in the body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 31.31
कामः क्रोधो ह्यहङ्कारो मनस्तत्रैव नायकः । संहारकश्च कालो ऽयं पुण्यपापसमन्वितः
kāmaḥ krodho hyahaṅkāro manastatraiva nāyakaḥ / saṃhārakaśca kālo 'yaṃ puṇyapāpasamanvitaḥ
Desire, anger, egoism — and mind is the leader there; and this Time, attended by merit and demerit, is the destroyer.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 31.32
जगतश्च स्वरूपन्तु निर्मितं स्वेन कर्मणा । पुनर्देहान्तरं याति सुकृतैर्दुष्कृतैर्नरः
jagataśca svarūpantu nirmitaṃ svena karmaṇā / punardehāntaraṃ yāti sukṛtairduṣkṛtairnaraḥ
And the (particular) form of (one's) world is fashioned by one's own action; a man goes again to another body by his good and bad deeds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 31.33
पञ्चेन्द्रियसमायुक्तं सकलैर्विष्यैः सह । प्रविशेत् स नवं देहं गृहे दग्धे यथा गृही
pañcendriyasamāyuktaṃ sakalairviṣyaiḥ saha / praviśet sa navaṃ dehaṃ gṛhe dagdhe yathā gṛhī
Joined with the five senses, together with all the sense-objects, he enters a new body, as a householder (enters a new house) when his house has burnt down.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 31.34
शरीरे ये समासीना सम्भवेत् सर्वधातवः । षाट्कौशिको ह्ययं कायो माता पित्रोश्च धातवः
śarīre ye samāsīnā sambhavet sarvadhātavaḥ / ṣāṭkauśiko hyayaṃ kāyo mātā pitrośca dhātavaḥ
In the body, all the constituent elements which are seated (there) come into being; for this body is made of six sheaths, and the elements are from the mother and the father.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 31.35
सम्भवेयुस्तथा तार्क्ष्य सर्वे वाताश्च देहिनाम् । मूत्रं पुरीषं तद्योगा ये चान्ये व्याधयस्तथा
sambhaveyustathā tārkṣya sarve vātāśca dehinām / mūtraṃ purīṣaṃ tadyogā ye cānye vyādhayastathā
And likewise, Tārkṣya, all the winds of embodied beings come into being, (and) urine, excrement, their combinations, and whatever other diseases (there are).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 31.36
अस्थि शुक्रं तथा स्नायुः देहेन सह दह्यते । एष ते कथितस्तार्क्ष्य विनाशः सर्वदेहिनाम्
asthi śukraṃ tathā snāyuḥ dehena saha dahyate / eṣa te kathitastārkṣya vināśaḥ sarvadehinām
Bone, semen and sinew are burnt along with the body. This destruction of all embodied beings has been told to you, Tārkṣya.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 31.37
कथयामि पुनस्तेषां शरीरञ्च यथा भवेत् । एकस्तम्भं स्नायुबद्धं स्थूणाद्वयसमुद्धृतम्
kathayāmi punasteṣāṃ śarīrañca yathā bhavet / ekastambhaṃ snāyubaddhaṃ sthūṇādvayasamuddhṛtam
I shall tell again how their body comes to be: having a single pillar, bound with sinews, raised up upon two posts,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 31.38
इन्द्रियैश्च समायुक्तं नवद्वारं शरीरकम् । विषयैश्च समाक्रान्तं काम-क्रोधसमाकुलम्
indriyaiśca samāyuktaṃ navadvāraṃ śarīrakam / viṣayaiśca samākrāntaṃ kāma-krodhasamākulam
the little body is furnished with the senses, has nine doors, is overrun by the sense-objects, thronged with desire and anger,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 31.39
राग-द्वेषसमाकीर्णं तृष्णादुर्गसुदुस्तरम् । लोभजालसमायुक्तं पुरं पुरुषसंज्ञितम्
rāga-dveṣasamākīrṇaṃ tṛṣṇādurgasudustaram / lobhajālasamāyuktaṃ puraṃ puruṣasaṃjñitam
strewn with attraction and aversion, very hard to cross because of the fastness of thirst, entangled in the net of greed — (this) city is called 'man'.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 31.40
एतद्गुणसमायुक्तं शरीरं सर्वदेहिनाम् । तिष्ठन्ति देवताः सर्वा भुवनानि चतुर्दश
etadguṇasamāyuktaṃ śarīraṃ sarvadehinām / tiṣṭhanti devatāḥ sarvā bhuvanāni caturdaśa
The body of all embodied beings is endowed with these qualities; (in it) dwell all the deities and the fourteen worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 31.41
आत्मानं ये न जानन्ति ते नराः पशवः स्मृताः । एवमेतन्मयाख्यातं शरीरं ते चतुर्विधम्
ātmānaṃ ye na jānanti te narāḥ paśavaḥ smṛtāḥ / evametanmayākhyātaṃ śarīraṃ te caturvidham
Those men who do not know the self are called beasts. Thus this fourfold body has been described by me to you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition