Garuda Purana — Uttara Khanda (Pretakalpa) — Chapter 32
GaP 2 32.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- ३२ तार्क्ष्य उवाच । कथमुत्पद्यते जन्तुर्भूतग्रामे चतुर्विधे । त्वचा रक्तं तथा मांसं मेदो मज्जास्थि जीवितम्
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 32 tārkṣya uvāca / kathamutpadyate janturbhūtagrāme caturvidhe / tvacā raktaṃ tathā māṃsaṃ medo majjāsthi jīvitam
The Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, 32. Tārkṣya said: How is a creature born within the fourfold class of beings — skin, blood, and flesh, fat, marrow, bone, life;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.2
पादौ पाणी तथा गुह्यं जिह्वा-केश-नखाः शिरः । सन्धिमार्गाश्च बहुशो रेखा नैकविधास्तथा
pādau pāṇī tathā guhyaṃ jihvā-keśa-nakhāḥ śiraḥ / sandhimārgāśca bahuśo rekhā naikavidhāstathā
the two feet, the two hands, the private parts, tongue, hair, nails, head, and the many passages of the joints, and lines of more than one kind;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.3
कामः क्रोधो भयं लज्जा मनो हर्षः सुखासुखम् । चित्रितं छिद्रितञ्चापि नानाजालेन वेष्टितम्
kāmaḥ krodho bhayaṃ lajjā mano harṣaḥ sukhāsukham / citritaṃ chidritañcāpi nānājālena veṣṭitam
desire, anger, fear, shame, mind, joy, pleasure and pain — (this body) variegated and also full of holes, wrapped about with manifold netting?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.4
इन्द्रजालमिदं मन्ये संसारे ऽसारसागरे । कर्ता को ऽत्र हृषीकेश संसारे दुः खसंकुले
indrajālamidaṃ manye saṃsāre 'sārasāgare / kartā ko 'tra hṛṣīkeśa saṃsāre duḥ khasaṃkule
I consider this a conjuror's trick, in transmigration, the ocean without substance. Who is the maker here, Hṛṣīkeśa, in this transmigration thronged with sorrow?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.5
श्रीविष्णुरुवाच । कथयामि परं गोप्यं कोशस्यास्य विनिर्णयम् । यस्य विज्ञानमात्रेण सर्वज्ञत्वं प्रज्यते
śrīviṣṇuruvāca / kathayāmi paraṃ gopyaṃ kośasyāsya vinirṇayam / yasya vijñānamātreṇa sarvajñatvaṃ prajyate
The Blessed Viṣṇu said: I shall tell (you) the supremely secret determination of this sheath, by the mere knowing of which omniscience arises.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.6
साधु पृष्टं त्वया लोके सदयं जीवकारणम् । वैनतेय शृणुष्व त्वमेकाग्रकृतमानसः
sādhu pṛṣṭaṃ tvayā loke sadayaṃ jīvakāraṇam / vainateya śṛṇuṣva tvamekāgrakṛtamānasaḥ
Well have you asked, out of compassion, about the cause of living beings in the world. Son of Vinatā, listen with your mind made one-pointed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.7
ऋतुकाले च नारीणां वर्ज्यं दिनचतुष्टयम् । यतस्तस्मिन् ब्रह्महत्यां पुरा वृत्रसमुत्थिताम्
ṛtukāle ca nārīṇāṃ varjyaṃ dinacatuṣṭayam / yatastasmin brahmahatyāṃ purā vṛtrasamutthitām
And at the menstrual period of women four days are to be avoided, because in that (blood) the brahmin-slaying guilt that arose of old from Vṛtra —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.8
ब्रह्मा शक्रात् समुत्तार्य चतुर्थांशेन दत्तवान् । तावन्नालोक्यते वक्त्रं पापं यावद्वपुः स्थितम्
brahmā śakrāt samuttārya caturthāṃśena dattavān / tāvannālokyate vaktraṃ pāpaṃ yāvadvapuḥ sthitam
Brahmā, having lifted it off from Śakra, bestowed a fourth part; her face is not to be looked at so long as the sin remains in her body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.9
प्रथमे ऽहनि चाण्डाली द्वितीये ब्रह्मघातिनी । तृतीये रजकी ज्ञेया चतुर्थे ऽहनि शुध्यति
prathame 'hani cāṇḍālī dvitīye brahmaghātinī / tṛtīye rajakī jñeyā caturthe 'hani śudhyati
On the first day she is a Cāṇḍāla woman, on the second a slayer of a brahmin, on the third she is to be known as a washerwoman; on the fourth day she becomes pure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.10
सप्ताहात् पितृदेवानां भवेद्योग्या कृतार्चने । सप्ताहमध्ये यो गर्भस्तत्संम्भूतिर्मलिम्लुचा
saptāhāt pitṛdevānāṃ bhavedyogyā kṛtārcane / saptāhamadhye yo garbhastatsaṃmbhūtirmalimlucā
After seven days she becomes fit for performing worship of the ancestors and the gods. The embryo that is (conceived) within the seven days — its coming into being is a thief's.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 32.11
निषकसमये पित्रोर्यादृक् चित्तविकल्पना । तादृग्गर्भसमुत्पत्तिर्जायते नात्र संशयः
niṣakasamaye pitroryādṛk cittavikalpanā / tādṛggarbhasamutpattirjāyate nātra saṃśayaḥ
At the time of insemination, whatever the disposition of mind of the parents is, of just that kind is the arising of the embryo; there is no doubt in this.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.12
युग्मासु पुत्त्रा जायन्ते स्त्रियो ऽयुग्मासु रात्रिषु । पूर्वसप्तममुत्सृज्य तस्माद्युग्मासु संविशेत्
yugmāsu puttrā jāyante striyo 'yugmāsu rātriṣu / pūrvasaptamamutsṛjya tasmādyugmāsu saṃviśet
On even nights sons are born, on odd nights daughters; therefore, passing over the first seven, one should lie with (her) on the even ones.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.13
षोडशर्तुर्निशाः स्त्रीणां सामान्यात् समुदाहृतः । या चतुर्दशमी रात्रिर्गर्भस्तिष्ठति तत्र चेत्
ṣoḍaśarturniśāḥ strīṇāṃ sāmānyāt samudāhṛtaḥ / yā caturdaśamī rātrirgarbhastiṣṭhati tatra cet
Sixteen nights of the season are generally declared (fit) for women; and if the embryo settles on that night which is the fourteenth,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.14
गुणभाग्यनिधिः पुत्रस्तत्र जायेत धार्मिकः । सा निशा तत्र सामान्यैर्न लभ्येत खगाधिप
guṇabhāgyanidhiḥ putrastatra jāyeta dhārmikaḥ / sā niśā tatra sāmānyairna labhyeta khagādhipa
then a righteous son, a treasury of virtues and good fortune, would be born; but that night is not obtained by ordinary people, O lord of birds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.15
प्रायशः सम्भवत्यत्र गर्भस्त्वष्टाहमध्यतः । पञ्चमे ऽहनि नारीणां कार्यं माधुर्यभोजनम्
prāyaśaḥ sambhavatyatra garbhastvaṣṭāhamadhyataḥ / pañcame 'hani nārīṇāṃ kāryaṃ mādhuryabhojanam
For the most part the embryo is conceived here within eight days. On the fifth day sweet food should be given to women.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.16
कटुक्षारञ्च तीक्ष्णञ्च त्याज्यमुष्णञ्च दूरतः । तत्क्षेत्रमोषधीपात्रं बीजञ्चाप्यमृतायितम्
kaṭukṣārañca tīkṣṇañca tyājyamuṣṇañca dūrataḥ / tatkṣetramoṣadhīpātraṃ bījañcāpyamṛtāyitam
Sharp, salty, pungent and hot (food) is to be avoided from afar. That field (the womb) is a vessel of herbs, and the seed too becomes like nectar.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 32.17
तस्मिन्नुप्त्वा नरः स्वामी सम्यक् फलमवाप्नुयात् । तस्याश्चैवातपो वर्ज्य शीतलं केवलं चरेत्
tasminnuptvā naraḥ svāmī samyak phalamavāpnuyāt / tasyāścaivātapo varjya śītalaṃ kevalaṃ caret
Having sown in it, the man, its owner, obtains the fruit in full; and she must avoid the sun's heat and keep only to what is cool.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.18
ताम्बूलपुष्पश्रीखण्डैः संयुक्तः शुचिवस्त्रभृत् । धर्ममादाय मनसि सुतल्पं संविशेत् पुमान्
tāmbūlapuṣpaśrīkhaṇḍaiḥ saṃyuktaḥ śucivastrabhṛt / dharmamādāya manasi sutalpaṃ saṃviśet pumān
Provided with betel, flowers and sandal paste, wearing clean garments, holding dharma in his mind, let the man go to the fine bed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.19
निषेकसमये यादृङ्नरचित्तविकल्पना । तादृक्स्वभावसम्भूतिर्जन्तुर्विशति कुक्षिगः
niṣekasamaye yādṛṅnaracittavikalpanā / tādṛksvabhāvasambhūtirjanturviśati kukṣigaḥ
At the time of insemination, whatever the man's imagining of mind is, with a nature arisen of just that kind the creature enters and dwells in the womb.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.20
शुक्रसोणितसंयोगे पिण्डोत्पत्तिः प्रजायते । वर्धते जठरे जन्तुस्तारापतिरिवाम्बरे
śukrasoṇitasaṃyoge piṇḍotpattiḥ prajāyate / vardhate jaṭhare jantustārāpatirivāmbare
When semen and blood unite, the arising of a lump comes about; the creature grows in the belly like the lord of stars (the moon) in the sky.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.21
चैतन्यं बीजरूपं हि शुक्रे नित्यं व्यवस्थितम् । कामश्चित्तञ्च शुक्रञ्च यदा ह्येकत्वमाप्नुयुः
caitanyaṃ bījarūpaṃ hi śukre nityaṃ vyavasthitam / kāmaścittañca śukrañca yadā hyekatvamāpnuyuḥ
For consciousness, in the form of a seed, is always established in the semen; when desire, mind and semen come to be one,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.22
तदा द्रावमवाप्नोति योषागर्भाशये नरः । रक्ताधिक्ये भवेन्नारी शुक्राधिक्ये भवेत् पुमान्
tadā drāvamavāpnoti yoṣāgarbhāśaye naraḥ / raktādhikye bhavennārī śukrādhikye bhavet pumān
then the man obtains emission into the womb-receptacle of the woman; when the blood is in excess a female results, when the semen is in excess a male results.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.23
शुक्रसोणितयो साम्ये गर्भाः षण्डत्वमाप्नुयुः । अहोरात्रेण कलिलं बुद्वदं पञ्चभिदिनैः
śukrasoṇitayo sāmye garbhāḥ ṣaṇḍatvamāpnuyuḥ / ahorātreṇa kalilaṃ budvadaṃ pañcabhidinaiḥ
When semen and blood are equal, the embryos attain the state of a eunuch. In a day and night (it becomes) a turbid mass, in five days a bubble;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.24
चतुर्दशे भवेन्मांसं मिश्रधातुसमन्वितम् । घनं मांसञ्च विंशाहे गर्भस्थो वर्धते क्रमात्
caturdaśe bhavenmāṃsaṃ miśradhātusamanvitam / ghanaṃ māṃsañca viṃśāhe garbhastho vardhate kramāt
on the fourteenth (day) there comes to be flesh joined with the mixed constituents; and on the twentieth day the flesh (becomes) firm — the one in the womb grows step by step.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.25
पञ्चविंशतिमे चाह्नि बलं पुष्टिश्च जायते । तथा मासे तु सम्पूर्णे पञ्चतत्त्वं निधारयेत्
pañcaviṃśatime cāhni balaṃ puṣṭiśca jāyate / tathā māse tu sampūrṇe pañcatattvaṃ nidhārayet
And on the twenty-fifth day strength and growth arise; and when a month is complete one should determine the five elements (to be present).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.26
मासद्वये तु सञ्जाते त्वचा मेदश्च जायते । मज्जास्थीनि त्रिभिर्मासैः केशाङ्गुल्यश्चतुर्थके
māsadvaye tu sañjāte tvacā medaśca jāyate / majjāsthīni tribhirmāsaiḥ keśāṅgulyaścaturthake
When two months have passed, skin and fat arise; marrow and bones in three months; hair and fingers in the fourth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.27
कर्णौ च नासिके वक्षो जायेरन् मासि पञ्चमे । कण्ठरन्ध्रोदरं षष्ठे गुह्यादिर्मासि सप्तमे
karṇau ca nāsike vakṣo jāyeran māsi pañcame / kaṇṭharandhrodaraṃ ṣaṣṭhe guhyādirmāsi saptame
The two ears, the nostrils and the chest come to be in the fifth month; the throat-opening and the belly in the sixth; the genitals and the rest in the seventh month.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.28
अङ्गप्रत्यङ्गसम्पूर्णो गर्भो मासैरथाष्टभिः । अष्टमे चलते जीवो धात्रीगर्भे पुनः पुनः । नवमेमासि सम्प्राप्ते गर्भस्थौजौ दृढं भवेत्
aṅgapratyaṅgasampūrṇo garbho māsairathāṣṭabhiḥ / aṣṭame calate jīvo dhātrīgarbhe punaḥ punaḥ / navamemāsi samprāpte garbhasthaujau dṛḍhaṃ bhavet
Then by eight months the embryo is complete in its limbs and minor limbs; in the eighth the living being moves again and again in the mother's womb; and when the ninth month is reached, the vitality of the one in the womb becomes firm.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.29
चिकित्सा जायते तस्य गर्भवासपरिक्षये । नारी वाथ नरो वाथ नपुंस्त्वं वाभिजायते
cikitsā jāyate tasya garbhavāsaparikṣaye / nārī vātha naro vātha napuṃstvaṃ vābhijāyate
Care of it (or: its treatment) arises at the ending of its dwelling in the womb; and it is born a woman, or a man, or of neuter sex.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 32.30
शक्तित्रयं विशालाक्षं षाट्कौशिकसमायुतम् । पञ्चेन्द्रियसमोपेतं दशनाडीविभूषितम्
śaktitrayaṃ viśālākṣaṃ ṣāṭkauśikasamāyutam / pañcendriyasamopetaṃ daśanāḍīvibhūṣitam
(That body is) the triad of powers, wide-eyed, endowed with the six sheaths, furnished with the five senses, adorned with the ten channels,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 32.31
दशप्राणगुणोपेतं यो जानाति स योगवित् । मज्जास्थिशुक्रमांसानि रोम रक्तं बलं तथा
daśaprāṇaguṇopetaṃ yo jānāti sa yogavit / majjāsthiśukramāṃsāni roma raktaṃ balaṃ tathā
and possessed of the ten qualities of the vital breaths — he who knows this is a knower of yoga. Marrow, bone, semen, flesh, hair, blood and likewise strength:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 32.32
षाट्कौशिकमिदं पिण्डं स्याज्जन्तोः पाञ्चभौतिकम् । नवमे दशमे मासि जायते पाञ्चभौतिकः
ṣāṭkauśikamidaṃ piṇḍaṃ syājjantoḥ pāñcabhautikam / navame daśame māsi jāyate pāñcabhautikaḥ
this lump of the creature is six-sheathed and made of the five elements; in the ninth or tenth month the being made of the five elements is born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.33
सूतिवातैः समाकृष्टः पीडया विह्वलीकृतः । पुष्टो नाड्याः सुषुम्णाया योषिद्गर्भस्थितस्त्वरन्
sūtivātaiḥ samākṛṣṭaḥ pīḍayā vihvalīkṛtaḥ / puṣṭo nāḍyāḥ suṣumṇāyā yoṣidgarbhasthitastvaran
Dragged along by the birth-winds, made helpless by the pain, nourished by the channel suṣumṇā, situated in the woman's womb, hastening (forth),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 32.34
क्षितिर्वारि हविर्भोक्ता पवनाकाशमेव च । एभिर्भूतैः पीडितस्तु निबद्धः स्नायुबन्धनैः
kṣitirvāri havirbhoktā pavanākāśameva ca / ebhirbhūtaiḥ pīḍitastu nibaddhaḥ snāyubandhanaiḥ
earth, water, the eater of oblations (fire), wind and space as well — pressed by these elements, and bound by the fastenings of the sinews,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.35
मूलभूता इमे प्रोक्ताः सप्त नाड्यन्तरे स्थिताः । त्वचास्थिनाड्यो रोमाणि मांसञ्चैवात्र पञ्चमम्
mūlabhūtā ime proktāḥ sapta nāḍyantare sthitāḥ / tvacāsthināḍyo romāṇi māṃsañcaivātra pañcamam
these are declared to be the root elements, the seven that abide within the channels; skin, bone, channels, hair, and flesh as the fifth here —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 32.36
एते पञ्च गुणाः प्रोक्ता मया भूमेः खगेश्वर । यथा पञ्च गुणाश्चापस्तथा तच्छृणु काश्यप
ete pañca guṇāḥ proktā mayā bhūmeḥ khageśvara / yathā pañca guṇāścāpastathā tacchṛṇu kāśyapa
these five qualities of earth have been declared by me, O lord of birds; hear now likewise how the five qualities of water are, O Kāśyapa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.37
लाला मूत्रं तथा शुक्रं मज्जार रक्तञ्च पञ्चमम् । आपः पञ्चगुणाः प्रोक्ता ज्ञातव्यास्ते प्रयत्नतः
lālā mūtraṃ tathā śukraṃ majjāra raktañca pañcamam / āpaḥ pañcaguṇāḥ proktā jñātavyāste prayatnataḥ
Saliva, urine, and semen, marrow, and blood as the fifth: these are declared the five qualities of water, and they are to be known with effort.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.38
क्षुधा तृषा तथा निद्रा आलस्यं कान्तिरेव च । तेजः पञ्चगुणं प्रोक्तं तार्क्ष्य सर्वत्रयोगिभिः
kṣudhā tṛṣā tathā nidrā ālasyaṃ kāntireva ca / tejaḥ pañcaguṇaṃ proktaṃ tārkṣya sarvatrayogibhiḥ
Hunger, thirst, and sleep, sloth, and radiance: this is declared the fivefold quality of fire, O Tārkṣya, everywhere by the yogins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.39
रागद्वेषौ तथा लज्जा भयं मोहस्तथैव च । इत्येतत् कथितं तार्क्ष्य वायुजं गुणपञ्चकम्
rāgadveṣau tathā lajjā bhayaṃ mohastathaiva ca / ityetat kathitaṃ tārkṣya vāyujaṃ guṇapañcakam
Passion and hatred, and shame, fear, and likewise delusion: thus, O Tārkṣya, is told the set of five qualities born of wind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.40
आकुञ्चनं धावनञ्च लङ्घनञ्च प्रसारणम् । निरोधः पञ्चमः प्रोक्तो वायोः पञ्च गुणाः स्मृताः
ākuñcanaṃ dhāvanañca laṅghanañca prasāraṇam / nirodhaḥ pañcamaḥ prokto vāyoḥ pañca guṇāḥ smṛtāḥ
Contraction, running, leaping, and extension, and restraint as the fifth — these are recorded as the five qualities of wind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.41
घोषश्चिन्ता च गाम्भीर्यं श्रवणं सत्यसंक्रमः । आकाशस्य गुणाः पञ्च ज्ञात व्यास्तार्क्ष्य यत्नतः
ghoṣaścintā ca gāmbhīryaṃ śravaṇaṃ satyasaṃkramaḥ / ākāśasya guṇāḥ pañca jñāta vyāstārkṣya yatnataḥ
Sound, thought, depth, hearing, and the passage of truth — these are the five qualities of space; know them, O Tārkṣya, with effort.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 32.42
श्रोत्रं त्वक् चक्षुषी जिह्वा नासा बुद्धीन्द्रियाणि च । पाणी पादौ गुदं प्राक् च गुह्यं कर्मेन्द्रियाणि च
śrotraṃ tvak cakṣuṣī jihvā nāsā buddhīndriyāṇi ca / pāṇī pādau gudaṃ prāk ca guhyaṃ karmendriyāṇi ca
Ear, skin, the two eyes, tongue, nose — these are the organs of cognition; and the two hands, the two feet, the anus, the mouth(?), and the genitals are the organs of action.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.43
इडाच पिङ्गला चैव सुषुम्णा च तृतीयका । गान्धारी गजजिह्वा च पूषा चैव यसा तथा
iḍāca piṅgalā caiva suṣumṇā ca tṛtīyakā / gāndhārī gajajihvā ca pūṣā caiva yasā tathā
Iḍā and Piṅgalā, and Suṣumṇā as the third, Gāndhārī and Gajajihvā, and Pūṣā, and likewise Yaśā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.44
अलम्वुशा कुहूश्चैव शङ्खिनी दशमी स्मृता । पिण्ड मध्ये स्थिता ह्येताः प्रधाना दश नाडयः
alamvuśā kuhūścaiva śaṅkhinī daśamī smṛtā / piṇḍa madhye sthitā hyetāḥ pradhānā daśa nāḍayaḥ
Alambuśā and Kuhū, and Śaṅkhinī is reckoned the tenth: these ten principal channels are situated within the body-mass.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.45
प्राणापानौ समानश्च उदानो व्यान एव च । नागः कूर्मश्च कृकरो देवदत्तो धनञ्जयः
prāṇāpānau samānaśca udāno vyāna eva ca / nāgaḥ kūrmaśca kṛkaro devadatto dhanañjayaḥ
Prāṇa and Apāna, Samāna, Udāna, and Vyāna as well; Nāga, Kūrma, Kṛkara, Devadatta, Dhanañjaya.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.46
इत्येते वायवः प्रोक्ता दश देहेषु सुस्थिताः । केवलं भुक्तमन्नञ्च पुष्टिदं सर्वदेहिनाम्
ityete vāyavaḥ proktā daśa deheṣu susthitāḥ / kevalaṃ bhuktamannañca puṣṭidaṃ sarvadehinām
These ten winds are declared to be well established in bodies; and merely the food that is eaten gives nourishment to all embodied beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.47
नयते प्राणदो वायुः शरीरे सर्वसन्धिषु । आहारो भुक्तमात्रस्तु वायुना क्रियते द्विधा
nayate prāṇado vāyuḥ śarīre sarvasandhiṣu / āhāro bhuktamātrastu vāyunā kriyate dvidhā
The life-giving wind conducts (it) into all the joints in the body; and food, as soon as it is eaten, is made twofold by the wind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.48
स प्रविश्य गुहे सम्यक् पृथगन्नं पृथग्जलम् । ऊर्ध्वमग्नेर्जलं कृत्वा तदन्नञ्च जलोपरि
sa praviśya guhe samyak pṛthagannaṃ pṛthagjalam / ūrdhvamagnerjalaṃ kṛtvā tadannañca jalopari
Having entered properly into the cavity, (it makes) the food separate and the water separate; placing the water above the fire, and that food upon the water,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.49
अग्नेश्चाधः स्वयं प्राणस्तमग्निञ्च धमेच्छनैः । वायुना धम्यमानो ऽग्निः पृथक्किट्टं पृथग्रसम्
agneścādhaḥ svayaṃ prāṇastamagniñca dhamecchanaiḥ / vāyunā dhamyamāno 'gniḥ pṛthakkiṭṭaṃ pṛthagrasam
and prāṇa itself below the fire, it should fan that fire slowly; the fire, being fanned by the wind, (makes) the dregs separate and the juice separate.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.50
मलैर्द्वादशभिः किट्टं भिन्नं देहात् पृथग्भवेत् । कर्णाक्षिनासिका जिह्वा दन्तनाभिवपुर्गुदम्
malairdvādaśabhiḥ kiṭṭaṃ bhinnaṃ dehāt pṛthagbhavet / karṇākṣināsikā jihvā dantanābhivapurgudam
The dregs, divided by way of the twelve impurities, become separate from the body: the ears, eyes, nose, tongue, teeth, navel, body, anus,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 32.51
नखा मलाश्रया ह्येते विण्मूत्रञ्चेत्यनन्तकम् । शुक्रशोणितसंयोगादेतत् षाट्कौशिकं स्मृतम्
nakhā malāśrayā hyete viṇmūtrañcetyanantakam / śukraśoṇitasaṃyogādetat ṣāṭkauśikaṃ smṛtam
and the nails — these are the seats of impurity — and feces and urine: so it is endless. From the union of semen and blood this is reckoned as having six sheaths.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 32.52
रोम्णां कोट्यस्तथा तिस्रो ऽप्यर्धकोटि समन्विताः । द्वात्रिंशद्दशनाः प्रोक्ताः सामान्याद्विनतासुत
romṇāṃ koṭyastathā tisro 'pyardhakoṭi samanvitāḥ / dvātriṃśaddaśanāḥ proktāḥ sāmānyādvinatāsuta
The body-hairs are three and a half crores, and the teeth are said to be thirty-two on the average, O son of Vinatā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.53
सप्त लक्षाणि केशाः स्युर्नखाः प्रोक्तास्तु विंशतिः । मांसं पलसहस्रैकं सामान्याद्देहसंस्थितम्
sapta lakṣāṇi keśāḥ syurnakhāḥ proktāstu viṃśatiḥ / māṃsaṃ palasahasraikaṃ sāmānyāddehasaṃsthitam
The head-hairs would be seven lakhs, and the nails are said to be twenty; the flesh set in the body is one thousand palas on the average.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.54
रक्तं पलशतं तार्क्ष्यं बुद्धमेव पुरातनैः । पलानि दश मेदश्च त्वचा चैव तु तत्समा
raktaṃ palaśataṃ tārkṣyaṃ buddhameva purātanaiḥ / palāni daśa medaśca tvacā caiva tu tatsamā
Blood, O Tārkṣya, was understood by the ancients to be a hundred palas; fat is ten palas, and the skin likewise the same as that.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.55
पलद्वादशकं मज्जा महारक्तं पलत्रयम् । शुक्रं द्विकुडवं ज्ञेयं शोणितं कुडवं स्मृतम्
paladvādaśakaṃ majjā mahāraktaṃ palatrayam / śukraṃ dvikuḍavaṃ jñeyaṃ śoṇitaṃ kuḍavaṃ smṛtam
Marrow is twelve palas, the great blood three palas; semen is to be known as two kuḍavas, and (menstrual) blood is reckoned one kuḍava.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.56
श्लेष्माणश्च षडूर्ध्वञ्च विण्मूत्रं तत्प्रमाणतः । अस्थ्नां हि ह्यधिकं प्रोक्तं षष्ट्युत्तरशतत्रयात्
śleṣmāṇaśca ṣaḍūrdhvañca viṇmūtraṃ tatpramāṇataḥ / asthnāṃ hi hyadhikaṃ proktaṃ ṣaṣṭyuttaraśatatrayāt
Phlegm is six and more, and feces and urine are of that measure; and the bones are said indeed to be more than three hundred and sixty.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 32.57
एवं पिण्डः समाख्यातो वैभवं सम्प्रचक्ष्महे । सुखं दुः खं भयं क्षेमं कर्मणैव हि प्राप्यते
evaṃ piṇḍaḥ samākhyāto vaibhavaṃ sampracakṣmahe / sukhaṃ duḥ khaṃ bhayaṃ kṣemaṃ karmaṇaiva hi prāpyate
Thus the body-mass has been described; (now) we shall declare its coming-to-be. Pleasure, pain, fear, and welfare are obtained by action alone.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 32.58
अधोमुखं चोर्ध्वपादं गर्भाद्वायुः प्रकर्षति । तले तु करयोर्न्यस्य वर्धते जानुपार्श्वयोः
adhomukhaṃ cordhvapādaṃ garbhādvāyuḥ prakarṣati / tale tu karayornyasya vardhate jānupārśvayoḥ
The wind draws (the child) out of the womb, head downward and feet upward; and placing the palms of its hands (there), it grows at the sides of the knees.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 32.59
अङ्गुष्ठौ चोपरि न्यस्तौ जान्वारेथ कराङ्गुली । जानुपृष्ठे तथा नेत्रे जानुमध्ये च नासिका
aṅguṣṭhau copari nyastau jānvāretha karāṅgulī / jānupṛṣṭhe tathā netre jānumadhye ca nāsikā
The two big toes are placed above, and then the fingers of the hands between the knees; the eyes likewise at the back of the knees, and the nose between the knees.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 32.60
एवं वृद्धिं क्रमाद्याति जन्तुः स्त्रीगर्भसंस्थितः । काठिन्यमस्थीन्यायान्ति भुक्तपीतेन जीवति
evaṃ vṛddhiṃ kramādyāti jantuḥ strīgarbhasaṃsthitaḥ / kāṭhinyamasthīnyāyānti bhuktapītena jīvati
Thus the creature lodged in the woman's womb gradually grows; its bones come to hardness, and it lives on what (the mother) has eaten and drunk.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.61
नाडी वाप्यायनी नाम नाभ्यां तत्र निबध्यते । स्त्रीणां तथान्त्रसुषिरे स निबद्धः प्रजायते
nāḍī vāpyāyanī nāma nābhyāṃ tatra nibadhyate / strīṇāṃ tathāntrasuṣire sa nibaddhaḥ prajāyate
A vessel called "the nourisher" is fastened there at the navel, and in the hollow of the women's intestines it (the vessel) is bound fast (for the one) being born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 32.62
क्रामन्ति भुक्तपीतानि स्त्रीणां गर्भोदरे तथा । तैराप्यायितदेहो ऽसौ जन्तुर्वृद्धिमुपैति च
krāmanti bhuktapītāni strīṇāṃ garbhodare tathā / tairāpyāyitadeho 'sau janturvṛddhimupaiti ca
The things eaten and drunk by women pass into the belly of the womb; nourished in body by them, that creature grows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.63
स्मृत्यस्तत्र प्रयान्त्यस्य बह्व्यः संसारभूतयः । ततो निर्वेदमायाति पीड्यमान इतस्ततः
smṛtyastatra prayāntyasya bahvyaḥ saṃsārabhūtayaḥ / tato nirvedamāyāti pīḍyamāna itastataḥ
There many memories of its states in transmigration come to it; then, pressed on this side and that, it comes to disgust (with existence).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.64
पुनर्नैवं करिष्यामि भुक्तमात्र इहोदरात् । तथातथा यतिष्यामि गर्भं नाप्नोम्यहं यथा
punarnaivaṃ kariṣyāmi bhuktamātra ihodarāt / tathātathā yatiṣyāmi garbhaṃ nāpnomyahaṃ yathā
"I will not act so again, as soon as I am out of this belly; I will strive in such a way that I do not come to a womb (again)."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.65
इति सञ्चिन्तयञ्जीवो स्मृत्वा जन्मशतानि वै । यानि पूर्वानुभूतानि देवभूतात्मजानि वै
iti sañcintayañjīvo smṛtvā janmaśatāni vai / yāni pūrvānubhūtāni devabhūtātmajāni vai
Thus the living being reflects, remembering the hundreds of births previously experienced by it, born of gods and of (other) beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 32.66
ततः कालक्रमाज्जन्तुः परिवर्त्यत्वधोमुखः । नवमे दशमे वापि मासि संजायते ततः
tataḥ kālakramājjantuḥ parivartyatvadhomukhaḥ / navame daśame vāpi māsi saṃjāyate tataḥ
Then, in the course of time, the creature is turned around head-downward, and in the ninth or the tenth month it is then born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.67
निष्क्रम्यमाणो वातेन प्राजापत्येन पीड्यते । निष्क्रमते च विलपंस्तदा दुःखनिपीडितः
niṣkramyamāṇo vātena prājāpatyena pīḍyate / niṣkramate ca vilapaṃstadā duḥkhanipīḍitaḥ
As it is being expelled it is squeezed by the Prājāpatya wind, and it comes out wailing, then afflicted with pain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.68
निष्क्रामंश्चोदरान्मूर्छामसह्यां प्रतिपद्यते । प्राप्नोति चेतनां चासौ वायुस्पर्शसुखान्वितः
niṣkrāmaṃścodarānmūrchāmasahyāṃ pratipadyate / prāpnoti cetanāṃ cāsau vāyusparśasukhānvitaḥ
And as it comes out of the belly it falls into an unbearable swoon; then it regains consciousness, attended by the pleasure of the touch of air.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.69
ततस्तं वैष्णवी माया समास्कन्दति मोहिनी । तया विमोहितात्मासौ ज्ञानभ्रंशमवाप्नुते
tatastaṃ vaiṣṇavī māyā samāskandati mohinī / tayā vimohitātmāsau jñānabhraṃśamavāpnute
Then Viṣṇu's deluding māyā overcomes it; with its self bewildered by her, it undergoes the loss of (that) knowledge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.70
भ्रष्टज्ञानं बालभावे ततो जन्तुः प्रपद्यते । ततः कौमारकावस्थां यौवनं वृद्धतामपि
bhraṣṭajñānaṃ bālabhāve tato jantuḥ prapadyate / tataḥ kaumārakāvasthāṃ yauvanaṃ vṛddhatāmapi
Then the creature, its knowledge lost, enters the state of infancy, then childhood, youth, and old age too.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.71
पुनश्च तद्वन्मरणं जन्म प्राप्नोति मानवः । ततः संसारचक्रे ऽस्मिन् भ्राम्यते घटयन्त्रवत्
punaśca tadvanmaraṇaṃ janma prāpnoti mānavaḥ / tataḥ saṃsāracakre 'smin bhrāmyate ghaṭayantravat
And again in the same way the man attains death and birth; thus he is whirled in this wheel of transmigration like the (buckets of) a water-wheel.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.72
कदाचित्स्वर्गमाप्नोति कदाचिन्निरयं नरः । स्वर्गं च निरयं चैव स्वकर्मफलमश्नुते
kadācitsvargamāpnoti kadācinnirayaṃ naraḥ / svargaṃ ca nirayaṃ caiva svakarmaphalamaśnute
Sometimes a man attains heaven, sometimes hell; both heaven and hell he enjoys as the fruit of his own deeds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.73
कदाचिद्भुक्तकर्मा च भुवं स्वल्पेन गच्छति । स्वर्लोके नरके चैव भुक्तप्राये द्विजोत्तमाः
kadācidbhuktakarmā ca bhuvaṃ svalpena gacchati / svarloke narake caiva bhuktaprāye dvijottamāḥ
And sometimes, his karma consumed, with a little (remaining) he goes to earth — when (the fruit) has been nearly consumed in the world of heaven or in hell, O best of the twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.74
नरकेषु महद्दुःखमेतद्यत्स्वर्गवासिनः । दृश्यते नात्र मोदन्ते पात्यमानास्तु नारकैः
narakeṣu mahadduḥkhametadyatsvargavāsinaḥ / dṛśyate nātra modante pātyamānāstu nārakaiḥ
In the hells this is a great pain, that (those who had been) dwellers in heaven are seen (there); they do not rejoice here, being cast down by the hell-beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 32.75
स्वर्गे ऽपि दुः खमतुलं यदारोहणकालतः । प्रभृत्यहं पतिष्यामीत्येतन्मनसि वर्तते
svarge 'pi duḥ khamatulaṃ yadārohaṇakālataḥ / prabhṛtyahaṃ patiṣyāmītyetanmanasi vartate
Even in heaven the pain is unequalled, since from the time of ascent onward this stays in the mind: "I shall fall."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.76
नार कांश्चैव सम्प्रेक्ष्य महद्दुः खमवाप्यते । एवं गतिमहं गन्तेत्यहर्निशमनिर्वृतः
nāra kāṃścaiva samprekṣya mahadduḥ khamavāpyate / evaṃ gatimahaṃ gantetyaharniśamanirvṛtaḥ
And on beholding the hell-dwellers great pain is felt: "I too shall go to such a state" — thus, day and night, one is without peace.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.77
गर्भवासे महद्दुः खं जायमानस्य योनिजम् । जातस्य बालभावे ऽपि वृद्धत्वे दुःखमेव च
garbhavāse mahadduḥ khaṃ jāyamānasya yonijam / jātasya bālabhāve 'pi vṛddhatve duḥkhameva ca
In dwelling in the womb there is great pain; for the one being born, pain from the birth-passage; for the one born, in infancy too, and in old age likewise, only pain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.78
कामेर्ष्याक्रोधसम्बन्धाद्यौवने ऽपि च दुः सहम् । दुःस्वप्नं या वृद्धता च मरणे दुः खमुत्कटम्
kāmerṣyākrodhasambandhādyauvane 'pi ca duḥ saham / duḥsvapnaṃ yā vṛddhatā ca maraṇe duḥ khamutkaṭam
In youth too it is unbearable, from involvement with desire, envy and anger; and old age is an evil dream, and at death the pain is extreme.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 32.79
कृष्यमाणश्च याम्यैः स नरके ऽपि च यात्यधः । पुनश्च गर्भाज्जन्म स्यान्मरणं दुष्करं तथा
kṛṣyamāṇaśca yāmyaiḥ sa narake 'pi ca yātyadhaḥ / punaśca garbhājjanma syānmaraṇaṃ duṣkaraṃ tathā
And being dragged along by Yama's men he goes down into hell as well; and again there is birth from a womb, and death, hard (to bear), likewise.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.80
एवं संसारचक्रे ऽस्मिज्जन्तवो घटयन्त्रवत् । भ्राम्यन्ते प्राक्तनैर्बधैर्बद्धा विध्यन्ति चासकृत्
evaṃ saṃsāracakre 'smijjantavo ghaṭayantravat / bhrāmyante prāktanairbadhairbaddhā vidhyanti cāsakṛt
Thus in this wheel of transmigration living beings are whirled about like (buckets on) a water-wheel, bound by bonds made in former (lives), and are pierced again and again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.81
नास्ति पक्षिन्सुखं किञ्चित्क्षेत्रे दुः खशताकुले । विनतासुत मोक्षाय यतितव्यं ततो नरैः
nāsti pakṣinsukhaṃ kiñcitkṣetre duḥ khaśatākule / vinatāsuta mokṣāya yatitavyaṃ tato naraiḥ
There is not the least happiness, O bird, in this field thronged with a hundred sorrows; therefore, son of Vinatā, men should strive for liberation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.82
एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं यथा गर्भस्य संस्थितिः । कथयामि क्रमप्रश्रं पृष्टं वा वर्तते स्पृहा
etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ yathā garbhasya saṃsthitiḥ / kathayāmi kramapraśraṃ pṛṣṭaṃ vā vartate spṛhā
All this has been told to you, how the condition of the embryo is. I shall speak (further) on the questions in order — or (as) there is desire for what was asked.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 32.83
गरुड उवाच । मध्ये कृतमहाप्रश्रद्वयस्याप्तं मयोत्तरम् । प्रश्रस्यापि तृतीयस्य उत्तरं च विधीयताम्
garuḍa uvāca / madhye kṛtamahāpraśradvayasyāptaṃ mayottaram / praśrasyāpi tṛtīyasya uttaraṃ ca vidhīyatām
Garuḍa said: The answer to the two great questions put in the middle has been obtained by me; let the answer to the third question also be given.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.84
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच । म्रियमाणस्य किं कृत्यमिति त्वं पृष्टवानसि । शृणु तत्रोत्तरं तूक्तं कथयामि समासतः
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / mriyamāṇasya kiṃ kṛtyamiti tvaṃ pṛṣṭavānasi / śṛṇu tatrottaraṃ tūktaṃ kathayāmi samāsataḥ
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: You have asked, "What is to be done for one who is dying?" Hear the answer to that; I shall state it, told in brief.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.85
आसन्नमरणं ज्ञात्वा पुरुषं स्नापयेत्ततः । गोमूत्रगोमयसुमृत्तीर्थोदककुशोदकैः
āsannamaraṇaṃ jñātvā puruṣaṃ snāpayettataḥ / gomūtragomayasumṛttīrthodakakuśodakaiḥ
Knowing that death is at hand, one should then bathe the man with cow's urine, cow-dung, good earth, water from a sacred ford, and water with kuśa grass.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.88
वाससी परिधार्याथ धौते तु शुचि नी शुभे । दर्भाण्यादौ समास्तीर्य दक्षिणाग्रान्विकीर्य च ॥ गर्प्_२,३२।८६ ॥ तिलान् गोमयलिप्तायां भूमौ तत्र निवेशयेत् ॥ गर्प्_२,३२।८७ ॥ प्रागुदक्शिरसं वापि मुखे स्वर्णं विनिः क्षेपेत् । शालग्रामशिला तत्र तुलसी च खगेश्वर
vāsasī paridhāryātha dhaute tu śuci nī śubhe / darbhāṇyādau samāstīrya dakṣiṇāgrānvikīrya ca // garp_2,32.86 // tilān gomayaliptāyāṃ bhūmau tatra niveśayet // garp_2,32.87 // prāgudakśirasaṃ vāpi mukhe svarṇaṃ viniḥ kṣepet / śālagrāmaśilā tatra tulasī ca khageśvara
Then, having clothed (him) in two garments, washed, clean and auspicious, having first spread out darbha grasses and scattered them with their tips to the south, [86] and having strewn sesame seeds, one should lay (him) down there on ground smeared with cow-dung; [87] with his head to the east or to the north; and one should put gold into his mouth. There, O lord of birds, a śālagrāma stone and tulasī —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.89
विधेया सन्निधौ सर्पिर्दीपं प्रज्वालयेत्पुनः । नमो भगवते वासुदेवायेति जपस्तथा
vidheyā sannidhau sarpirdīpaṃ prajvālayetpunaḥ / namo bhagavate vāsudevāyeti japastathā
— are to be provided nearby, and ghee; further, one should kindle a lamp, and likewise (there should be) the muttering of "Homage to the Lord Vāsudeva."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.90
आदौ तु प्रणवं कृत्वा पूजादाने ततः स्मृते । समभ्यर्च्य हृषीकेशं पुष्पधूपादिभिस्ततः
ādau tu praṇavaṃ kṛtvā pūjādāne tataḥ smṛte / samabhyarcya hṛṣīkeśaṃ puṣpadhūpādibhistataḥ
But at the beginning the praṇava (oṃ) is to be made; then it is remembered in the worship and the giving. Then, having worshipped Hṛṣīkeśa with flowers, incense and the rest,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 32.91
प्रणिपातैः स्तवैः पुण्यैर्ध्या नयोगेन पूजयेत् । दत्त्वा दानं च विप्रेभ्यो दीनानाथेभ्य एव च
praṇipātaiḥ stavaiḥ puṇyairdhyā nayogena pūjayet / dattvā dānaṃ ca viprebhyo dīnānāthebhya eva ca
one should worship (him) with prostrations, with holy hymns, and by the practice of meditation; and having given a gift to brahmins and to the poor and helpless,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.92
पुत्त्रे मित्रे कलत्रे च क्षेत्रधान्यधनादिषु । निवर्तयेन्ममत्वं च विष्णोः पादौ हृदि स्मरन्
puttre mitre kalatre ca kṣetradhānyadhanādiṣu / nivartayenmamatvaṃ ca viṣṇoḥ pādau hṛdi smaran
one should turn back the sense of "mine" in son, friend and wife, and in field, grain, wealth and the rest, remembering Viṣṇu's feet in the heart.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.93
उच्चैः पुरुषसूक्तं च यदि श्रेष्ठापदस्तदा । पुत्त्राद्याः प्रपठेयुस्ते म्रियमाणे निजे जने
uccaiḥ puruṣasūktaṃ ca yadi śreṣṭhāpadastadā / puttrādyāḥ prapaṭheyuste mriyamāṇe nije jane
And (they should recite) the Puruṣasūkta aloud, if the circumstance is a most excellent one; his sons and the rest should recite it when their own kinsman is dying.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 32.94
एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं कृत्यं मृत्यावुपस्थिते । फलमप्यस्य कृत्स्नस्य समासात्ते वदाम्यहम्
etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ kṛtyaṃ mṛtyāvupasthite / phalamapyasya kṛtsnasya samāsātte vadāmyaham
All this — what is to be done when death has come — has been told to you. The fruit, too, of this whole (observance) I shall tell you in brief.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.95
स्नानेन शुचिताप्राप्तिरपावित्र्यहृतिस्ततः । ततो विष्णोः स्मृतिस्तस्य ज्ञानात्सर्वफलप्रदा
snānena śucitāprāptirapāvitryahṛtistataḥ / tato viṣṇoḥ smṛtistasya jñānātsarvaphalapradā
By the bathing there is attainment of purity, and thence removal of impurity; thence comes his remembrance of Viṣṇu, which, through knowledge, bestows every fruit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.96
दर्भतूली नयेत्स्वर्गमातुरं तु न संशयः । तिलैर्दर्भैश्च निः क्षिप्तैः स्नानं क्रतुमयं भवेत्
darbhatūlī nayetsvargamāturaṃ tu na saṃśayaḥ / tilairdarbhaiśca niḥ kṣiptaiḥ snānaṃ kratumayaṃ bhavet
The bed of darbha grass leads the sick man to heaven, there is no doubt; and with sesame seeds and darbha grasses strewn, the bathing becomes (equal to) a sacrifice.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.97
ब्रह्मा विष्णुश्च रुद्रश्च श्रीर्हुताशस्तथैव च । मण्डले चोपतिष्ठन्ति तस्मात्कुर्वीत मण्डलम्
brahmā viṣṇuśca rudraśca śrīrhutāśastathaiva ca / maṇḍale copatiṣṭhanti tasmātkurvīta maṇḍalam
Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Rudra, Śrī, and likewise the eater of oblations (Fire), stand present in the (consecrated) circle; therefore one should make a circle.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.98
प्रागुदग्वा कृतेनेह शिरसा लोकमुत्तमम् । व्रजते यदि पापस्याल्पत्वं पुंसो भवेत्खग
prāgudagvā kṛteneha śirasā lokamuttamam / vrajate yadi pāpasyālpatvaṃ puṃso bhavetkhaga
With the head placed here toward the east or the north, he goes to the highest world, if the man's sin be small, O bird.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.99
पञ्चरत्ने मुखे मुक्ते जिवे ज्ञानं प्ररोहति । तुलसी ब्राह्मणा गावो विष्णुरेकादशी खग
pañcaratne mukhe mukte jive jñānaṃ prarohati / tulasī brāhmaṇā gāvo viṣṇurekādaśī khaga
When the five jewels are placed in the mouth, knowledge sprouts in the living being: tulasī, brahmins, cows, Viṣṇu, (and) the eleventh day, O bird.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 32.100
पञ्च प्रवहणान्येव भवाब्धौ मज्जतां नृणाम् । विष्णुरेकादशी गीता तुलसी विप्रधेनवः
pañca pravahaṇānyeva bhavābdhau majjatāṃ nṛṇām / viṣṇurekādaśī gītā tulasī vipradhenavaḥ
There are just five vessels for men sinking in the ocean of existence: Viṣṇu, the eleventh day, the Gītā, tulasī, and brahmins and cows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.101
असारे दुर्गसंसारे षट्पदी भक्तिदायिनी । नमो भगवते वासुदेवायेति जपन्नरः
asāre durgasaṃsāre ṣaṭpadī bhaktidāyinī / namo bhagavate vāsudevāyeti japannaraḥ
In the sapless, hard-to-pass transmigration the six-worded (formula) is the giver of devotion: the man who mutters "Homage to the Lord Vāsudeva,"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.102
ओङ्कारपूर्वं सायुज्यं प्राप्नुयान्नात्र संशयः । पूजयापि च मल्लोकप्राप्तिराराद्दिवं व्रजेत्
oṅkārapūrvaṃ sāyujyaṃ prāpnuyānnātra saṃśayaḥ / pūjayāpi ca mallokaprāptirārāddivaṃ vrajet
Preceded by the syllable Oṃ, (he) would attain union (with me) — there is no doubt in this; and by worship too (comes) the attainment of my world; from (such) worship he would go to heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 32.103
बन्धाभावे ममत्वेतु ज्ञानं पुरुषसूक्ततः । यस्ययस्याधिकत्वं तु साधनेष्वेषु काश्यप
bandhābhāve mamatvetu jñānaṃ puruṣasūktataḥ / yasyayasyādhikatvaṃ tu sādhaneṣveṣu kāśyapa
In the absence of bondage, however, sense of 'mine' (arises?); knowledge (comes) from the Puruṣa hymn. Of whichever among these means there is a greater measure, O Kāśyapa —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 32.104
तत्तत्फलस्याप्याधिक्यं भवतीत्यवधारय । दातव्यानि यथाशक्त्या प्रीतो ऽसौ सर्वदा भवेत्
tattatphalasyāpyādhikyaṃ bhavatītyavadhāraya / dātavyāni yathāśaktyā prīto 'sau sarvadā bhavet
— understand that there is also a greater measure of that respective fruit. (Gifts) are to be given according to one's ability; (thus) he would always be pleased.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 32.105
एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं स्नानादिषु फलं मया । ब्रह्माण्डे ये गुणाः सन्ति शरीरे ते व्यवस्थिताः
etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ snānādiṣu phalaṃ mayā / brahmāṇḍe ye guṇāḥ santi śarīre te vyavasthitāḥ
All this — the fruit in bathing and the rest — has been declared to you by me. Those qualities that are in the cosmic egg, they are established in the body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.106
पातालभूधरा लोकास्तथान्ये द्वीपसागराः । आदित्यादिग्रहाः सर्वे पिण्डमध्ये व्यवस्थिताः
pātālabhūdharā lokāstathānye dvīpasāgarāḥ / ādityādigrahāḥ sarve piṇḍamadhye vyavasthitāḥ
The nether regions, the mountains, the worlds, and likewise the other continents and oceans, and all the planets beginning with the sun, are established within the (bodily) mass.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.107
पादाधस्तु तलं ज्ञेयं पादोर्ध्वं वितलं तथा । जानुभ्यां सुतलं विद्धि सक्थिदेशे महातलम्
pādādhastu talaṃ jñeyaṃ pādordhvaṃ vitalaṃ tathā / jānubhyāṃ sutalaṃ viddhi sakthideśe mahātalam
Below the feet Tala is to be known, and above the feet Vitala; know Sutala at the knees, Mahātala in the region of the thighs.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.108
तथा तलातलञ्चोरौ गुह्यदेशे रसातलम् । पातालं कटिसंस्थन्तु पादादौ लक्षयेद्बुधः
tathā talātalañcorau guhyadeśe rasātalam / pātālaṃ kaṭisaṃsthantu pādādau lakṣayedbudhaḥ
So too Talātala in the thighs, Rasātala in the private region; and Pātāla situated in the hips — the wise man should mark (these) beginning from the feet.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.109
भूर्लोकं नाभिमध्ये तु भुवर्लोकं तदूर्ध्वतः । स्वर्गलोकं हृदये विद्यात् कण्ठदेशे महस्तथा
bhūrlokaṃ nābhimadhye tu bhuvarlokaṃ tadūrdhvataḥ / svargalokaṃ hṛdaye vidyāt kaṇṭhadeśe mahastathā
Bhūrloka in the middle of the navel, Bhuvarloka above that; one should know Svargaloka in the heart, and likewise Mahas in the region of the throat.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.110
जनलोकं वक्त्रदेशे तपोलोकं ललाटके । सत्यलोकं महारन्ध्रे भुवनानि चतुर्दश
janalokaṃ vaktradeśe tapolokaṃ lalāṭake / satyalokaṃ mahārandhre bhuvanāni caturdaśa
Janaloka in the region of the mouth, Tapoloka in the forehead, Satyaloka in the great aperture (of the skull) — (thus) the fourteen worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.111
त्रिकोणे संस्थितो मेरुरधः कोणे च मन्दरः । दक्षिणे चेव कैलासो वामभागे हिमाचलः
trikoṇe saṃsthito meruradhaḥ koṇe ca mandaraḥ / dakṣiṇe ceva kailāso vāmabhāge himācalaḥ
Meru is placed in the triangle, and Mandara below in the corner; Kailāsa on the right, and Himācala on the left side.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.112
निषधश्चोर्ध्वभागे च दक्षिणे गन्धमादनः । मलयो (रमणो) वामरेखायां सप्तैते कुलपर्वताः
niṣadhaścordhvabhāge ca dakṣiṇe gandhamādanaḥ / malayo (ramaṇo) vāmarekhāyāṃ saptaite kulaparvatāḥ
And Niṣadha in the upper part, Gandhamādana on the right, Malaya (Ramaṇa) on the left line — these are the seven principal mountains.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.113
अस्थिस्थाने स्थितो जम्बूः शाको मज्जासु संस्थितः । कुशद्वीपः स्थितो मांसे क्रौञ्चद्वीपः शिरास्थितः
asthisthāne sthito jambūḥ śāko majjāsu saṃsthitaḥ / kuśadvīpaḥ sthito māṃse krauñcadvīpaḥ śirāsthitaḥ
Jambū stands in the place of the bones, Śāka is set in the marrow; Kuśadvīpa stands in the flesh, Krauñcadvīpa is situated in the veins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.114
त्वचायां शाल्मलिद्वापो प्लक्षः रोम्णां च सञ्चये । नखस्थः पुष्करद्वीपः सागरास्तदनन्तरम्
tvacāyāṃ śālmalidvāpo plakṣaḥ romṇāṃ ca sañcaye / nakhasthaḥ puṣkaradvīpaḥ sāgarāstadanantaram
Śālmalidvīpa in the skin, and Plakṣa in the mass of hairs; Puṣkaradvīpa is in the nails; thereafter (come) the oceans.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.115
क्षारोदश्च तथा मूत्रे क्षारे क्षीरोदसागरः । सुरोदधिश्च श्लेष्मस्थः मज्जायां घृतसागरः
kṣārodaśca tathā mūtre kṣāre kṣīrodasāgaraḥ / surodadhiśca śleṣmasthaḥ majjāyāṃ ghṛtasāgaraḥ
The salt ocean likewise in the urine; the milk ocean in the alkaline (secretion); the ocean of liquor is in the phlegm; the ocean of ghee in the marrow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.116
रसोदधिं रसे विद्याच्छोणिते दधिसगरम् । स्वादुलं लम्बिकास्थाने गर्भोदं शुक्रसंस्थितम्
rasodadhiṃ rase vidyācchoṇite dadhisagaram / svādulaṃ lambikāsthāne garbhodaṃ śukrasaṃsthitam
One should know the ocean of juice in the (bodily) juice, the ocean of curds in the blood; the sweet(-water ocean) in the region of the soft palate; the womb-water is situated in the semen.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 32.117
नादचक्रे स्थितः सूर्यो बिन्दुचक्रे च चन्द्रमाः । लोचनस्थः कुजो ज्ञेयो हृदये च बुधः स्मृतः
nādacakre sthitaḥ sūryo binducakre ca candramāḥ / locanasthaḥ kujo jñeyo hṛdaye ca budhaḥ smṛtaḥ
The sun is placed in the nāda-cakra, and the moon in the bindu-cakra; Mars is to be known as situated in the eye, and Mercury is held (to be) in the heart.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.118
विष्णुस्थाने गुरुं विद्याच्छ्रुक्रे शुक्रो व्यवस्थितः । नाभिस्थाने स्थितो मन्दो मुखे राहुः स्थितः सदा
viṣṇusthāne guruṃ vidyācchrukre śukro vyavasthitaḥ / nābhisthāne sthito mando mukhe rāhuḥ sthitaḥ sadā
One should know Jupiter in the place of Viṣṇu; Venus is established in the semen; Saturn is placed in the region of the navel; Rāhu always stands in the mouth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.119
पायु (द) स्थाने स्थितः केतुः शरीरे ग्रहमण्डलम् । विभक्तञ्च समाख्यातमापादतलमस्तकम्
pāyu (da) sthāne sthitaḥ ketuḥ śarīre grahamaṇḍalam / vibhaktañca samākhyātamāpādatalamastakam
Ketu is placed in the region of the anus — (thus) the circle of planets is in the body; and it has been fully declared as distributed from the soles of the feet to the head.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.120
उत्पन्ना ये हि संसारे म्रियन्ते ते न संशयः । बुभुक्षा च तृषा रौद्रा दाहोद्भूता च मूर्छना
utpannā ye hi saṃsāre mriyante te na saṃśayaḥ / bubhukṣā ca tṛṣā raudrā dāhodbhūtā ca mūrchanā
Those who are born into this world, they die — no doubt of it. Hunger, and fierce thirst, and fainting arising from burning —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.121
यत्र पीडास्त्विमा रौद्रास्ता वै वृश्चिकदंशजाः । विनाशः पूर्णकाले च जायते सर्वदेहिनाम्
yatra pīḍāstvimā raudrāstā vai vṛścikadaṃśajāḥ / vināśaḥ pūrṇakāle ca jāyate sarvadehinām
— where these fierce pains (occur), they are indeed such as arise from a scorpion's sting; and destruction comes to all embodied beings when their time is full.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.122
अग्रे अग्रे हि धावन्ति यमलोकगतस्यवै । तप्तवालुकमध्येन प्रज्वलद्वह्निमध्यतः
agre agre hi dhāvanti yamalokagatasyavai / taptavālukamadhyena prajvaladvahnimadhyataḥ
On and on ahead they run, of him who has gone to Yama's world, through the midst of scorching sand, through the midst of blazing fire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 32.123
केशग्राहैः समाक्रान्ता नीयन्ते यमकिङ्करैः । पापिष्ठास्त्वधमास्तार्क्ष्य दयाधर्मविविर्जिताः
keśagrāhaiḥ samākrāntā nīyante yamakiṅkaraiḥ / pāpiṣṭhāstvadhamāstārkṣya dayādharmavivirjitāḥ
Seized and overpowered by the grasping of their hair, they are led away by Yama's servants — the worst sinners, the basest, O Tārkṣya, devoid of compassion and righteousness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.124
यमलोके वसन्त्येते कुट्यां जन्म न विद्यते । एवं सञ्जायते तार्क्ष्य मर्त्ये जन्तुः स्वकर्मभिः
yamaloke vasantyete kuṭyāṃ janma na vidyate / evaṃ sañjāyate tārkṣya martye jantuḥ svakarmabhiḥ
These dwell in Yama's world in a hut; (for them) there is no (new) birth. Thus, O Tārkṣya, a creature comes to be born in the mortal (world) by its own deeds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 32.125
उत्पन्ना ये हि संसारे म्रियन्ते ते न संशयः । आयुः कर्म च वित्तञ्च विद्या निधनमेव च
utpannā ye hi saṃsāre mriyante te na saṃśayaḥ / āyuḥ karma ca vittañca vidyā nidhanameva ca
Those who are born in the round of existence die — of that there is no doubt. Lifespan, action, wealth, learning, and death as well —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.126
पञ्चैतानि हि सृज्यन्ते गर्भस्थस्यैव देहिनः । कर्मणा जायते जन्तुः कर्मणैव प्रलीयते
pañcaitāni hi sṛjyante garbhasthasyaiva dehinaḥ / karmaṇā jāyate jantuḥ karmaṇaiva pralīyate
these five are indeed produced for the embodied one while still in the womb. By action a creature is born, and by action alone it perishes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.127
सुखं दुः खं भयं क्षेमं कर्मणैवाभिपद्यते । अधोमुखं चोर्ध्वपादं गर्भाद्वायुः प्रकर्षति
sukhaṃ duḥ khaṃ bhayaṃ kṣemaṃ karmaṇaivābhipadyate / adhomukhaṃ cordhvapādaṃ garbhādvāyuḥ prakarṣati
Pleasure, pain, fear, and well-being are obtained by action alone. Head downward and feet upward, the wind draws (the child) out of the womb.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.128
जन्मतो वैष्णवी माया संमोहयति सत्वरम् । स्वकर्मकृतसम्बन्धो जन्तुर्जन्म प्रपद्यते
janmato vaiṣṇavī māyā saṃmohayati satvaram / svakarmakṛtasambandho janturjanma prapadyate
From birth onward Viṣṇu's illusion swiftly bewilders (it); bound by the connection made by its own deeds, the creature enters upon birth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.129
सुकृतादुत्तमो भोगभोग्यवान् सुकुले भवेत् । यथायथा दुष्कृतं तत् कुले हीने प्रजायते
sukṛtāduttamo bhogabhogyavān sukule bhavet / yathāyathā duṣkṛtaṃ tat kule hīne prajāyate
Through good deeds one becomes eminent, possessed of enjoyments and things to be enjoyed, (born) in a good family; but in proportion as the deed is evil, one is born in a low family.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 32.130
दरिद्रो व्याधितो मूर्खः पापकृद्दुः खभाजनम् । अतः परं किमर्थं ते कथयामि खगेश्वर
daridro vyādhito mūrkhaḥ pāpakṛdduḥ khabhājanam / ataḥ paraṃ kimarthaṃ te kathayāmi khageśvara
Poor, diseased, foolish, a doer of evil, a vessel of suffering. What more than this shall I tell you, O lord of birds?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition