Garuda Purana — Uttara Khanda (Pretakalpa) — Chapter 33
GaP 2 33.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- ३३ गरुड उवाच । उत्पत्तिलक्षणं जन्तोः कथितं मयि पुत्त्रके । यमलोकः कियन्मात्रस्त्रैलोक्ये सचराचरे । विस्तरं तस्य मे ब्रूहि अध्वा चैव कियान् स्मृतः
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 33 garuḍa uvāca / utpattilakṣaṇaṃ jantoḥ kathitaṃ mayi puttrake / yamalokaḥ kiyanmātrastrailokye sacarācare / vistaraṃ tasya me brūhi adhvā caiva kiyān smṛtaḥ
The Glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, 33. Garuḍa said: The manner of a creature's coming into being has been told to me, O father. How large is Yama's world within the three worlds with their moving and unmoving beings? Tell me of its extent, and how long is the road said to be?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 33.2
कैश्च पापैः कृतैर्देव केन वा शुभकर्मणा । गच्छन्ति मानवास्तत्र कथयस्व विशेषतः
kaiśca pāpaiḥ kṛtairdeva kena vā śubhakarmaṇā / gacchanti mānavāstatra kathayasva viśeṣataḥ
By what sins committed, O god, or by what auspicious deed do men go there? Tell (me) in detail.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 33.3
श्रीभगवानुवाच । षटशीतिसहस्राणि योजनानां प्रमाणतः । यमलोकस्य चाध्वानमन्तरा मानुषस्य च
śrībhagavānuvāca / ṣaṭaśītisahasrāṇi yojanānāṃ pramāṇataḥ / yamalokasya cādhvānamantarā mānuṣasya ca
The Blessed Lord said: Eighty-six thousand yojanas by measure is the road between Yama's world and that of men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 33.4
ध्मातताम्रमिवातप्तो ज्वलद्दुर्गो महापथः । तत्र गच्छन्ति पापिष्ठा मानवा मूढचेतसः
dhmātatāmramivātapto jvaladdurgo mahāpathaḥ / tatra gacchanti pāpiṣṭhā mānavā mūḍhacetasaḥ
Heated like smelted copper, blazing, hard to pass, is that great road; there go the most sinful men, deluded in mind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 33.5
कण्टकाश्च सुतीक्ष्णा वै विविधा घोरदर्शनाः । तैस्तुवालुक्षितिर्व्याप्ता हुताशश्च तथोल्बणः
kaṇṭakāśca sutīkṣṇā vai vividhā ghoradarśanāḥ / taistuvālukṣitirvyāptā hutāśaśca tatholbaṇaḥ
And thorns, very sharp, of many kinds, terrible to look upon — with these the sandy ground is covered, and the fire there is fierce.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 33.6
वृक्षच्छाया न तत्रास्ति यत्र विश्रमते नरः । गृहीतः कालपाशैश्च कृतैः कर्मभिरुल्बणैः
vṛkṣacchāyā na tatrāsti yatra viśramate naraḥ / gṛhītaḥ kālapāśaiśca kṛtaiḥ karmabhirulbaṇaiḥ
There is no shade of a tree there where a man might rest, seized as he is by the nooses of Death and by the terrible deeds he has done.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 33.7
तस्मिन् मार्गे न चान्नाद्यं येन प्राणान् प्रपोषयेत् । न जलं दृश्यते तत्र तृषा येन विलीयते
tasmin mārge na cānnādyaṃ yena prāṇān prapoṣayet / na jalaṃ dṛśyate tatra tṛṣā yena vilīyate
On that road there is no food by which one might nourish one's breath, nor is water seen there by which thirst might be dissolved.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 33.8
क्षुधया पीडितो याति तृष्णया च महापथे । शीतेन कम्पते क्वापि यममार्गे ऽतिदुर्गमे
kṣudhayā pīḍito yāti tṛṣṇayā ca mahāpathe / śītena kampate kvāpi yamamārge 'tidurgame
Tormented by hunger and by thirst he goes along the great road; in places he shivers with cold, on Yama's road so very hard to travel.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 33.9
यद्यस्य यादृशं पापं स पन्थास्तस्य तादृशः । सुदीनाः कृपणा मूढा दुः खैर्व्याप्तास्तरन्ति तम्
yadyasya yādṛśaṃ pāpaṃ sa panthāstasya tādṛśaḥ / sudīnāḥ kṛpaṇā mūḍhā duḥ khairvyāptāstaranti tam
Whatever sort of sin a man has, of just that sort is his road. Wretched, pitiable, bewildered, overwhelmed by sufferings, they cross it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 33.10
रुदन्ति दारुणं केचित् केचिद्द्रोहं वदन्ति च । आत्मकर्मकृतैर्देषैः पच्यमाना मुहुर्मुहुः
rudanti dāruṇaṃ kecit keciddrohaṃ vadanti ca / ātmakarmakṛtairdeṣaiḥ pacyamānā muhurmuhuḥ
Some weep piteously, and some utter words of malice, being cooked again and again by the faults produced by their own deeds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 33.11
ईदृग्विधः स वै पन्था विज्ञेयो दारुणः खग । वितृष्णा ये नरा लोके सुखं तस्मिन् व्रजन्ति ते
īdṛgvidhaḥ sa vai panthā vijñeyo dāruṇaḥ khaga / vitṛṣṇā ye narā loke sukhaṃ tasmin vrajanti te
Of such a kind is that road to be known, O bird — a dreadful one. But those men in the world who are free of craving travel it happily.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 33.12
यानियानि च दानानि दत्तानि भुवि मानवैः । तानितान्युपतिष्ठन्ति यमलोके पुरः पथि
yāniyāni ca dānāni dattāni bhuvi mānavaiḥ / tānitānyupatiṣṭhanti yamaloke puraḥ pathi
Whatever gifts have been given by men on earth, those very gifts wait upon (them) on the road ahead, in the world of Yama.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 33.13
पापिनो नोपतिष्ठन्ति दाहश्राद्धजलाञ्जलि । भ्रमन्ति वायुभूतास्ते ये क्षुद्राः पापकर्मिणः
pāpino nopatiṣṭhanti dāhaśrāddhajalāñjali / bhramanti vāyubhūtāste ye kṣudrāḥ pāpakarmiṇaḥ
For sinners, the cremation, the śrāddha and the handful of water offered do not wait upon (them); those who are base and doers of evil wander about, having become wind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 33.14
ईदृशं वर्त्म तद्रौद्रं कथितं तव सुव्रत । पुनश्च कथयिष्यामि यममार्गस्य या स्थितिः
īdṛśaṃ vartma tadraudraṃ kathitaṃ tava suvrata / punaśca kathayiṣyāmi yamamārgasya yā sthitiḥ
Such is that terrible road that has been described to you, O you of good vows; and again I shall tell (you) what the condition of Yama's road is.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 33.15
याम्यनैरृतयोर्मध्ये पुरं वैवस्वतस्य तु । सर्वं वज्रमयं दिव्यमभेद्यं तत् सुरासुरैः
yāmyanairṛtayormadhye puraṃ vaivasvatasya tu / sarvaṃ vajramayaṃ divyamabhedyaṃ tat surāsuraiḥ
Between the southern and the south-western (quarters) is the city of the son of Vivasvat (Yama), entirely made of adamant, divine, unbreakable by gods and demons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 33.16
चतुरश्रं चतुर्द्वारं सप्तप्राकारतोरणम् । स्वयं तिष्ठति वै यस्यां यमो दूतैः समन्वितः
caturaśraṃ caturdvāraṃ saptaprākāratoraṇam / svayaṃ tiṣṭhati vai yasyāṃ yamo dūtaiḥ samanvitaḥ
Four-cornered, with four gates, with seven encircling walls and archways — in which Yama himself abides, attended by his messengers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 33.17
योजनानां सहस्रं वै प्रमाणेन तदुच्यते । सर्वरत्नमयं दिव्यं विद्युज्ज्वालार्कतैजसम्
yojanānāṃ sahasraṃ vai pramāṇena taducyate / sarvaratnamayaṃ divyaṃ vidyujjvālārkataijasam
It is said to be a thousand yojanas in measure, made all of jewels, divine, blazing like the sun with flashes of lightning.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 33.18
तद्गुहं धर्मराजस्य विस्तीर्णं काञ्चनप्रभम् । योजनानां पञ्चशतप्रमाणेन समुच्छ्रितम्
tadguhaṃ dharmarājasya vistīrṇaṃ kāñcanaprabham / yojanānāṃ pañcaśatapramāṇena samucchritam
That hall of the King of Dharma is broad and golden in radiance, rising to the measure of five hundred yojanas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 33.19
वृतं स्तम्भसहस्रैस्तु वैदूर्यमणिमण्डितम् । मुक्ताजालगवाक्षं च पताकाशतभूषितम्
vṛtaṃ stambhasahasraistu vaidūryamaṇimaṇḍitam / muktājālagavākṣaṃ ca patākāśatabhūṣitam
It is surrounded by a thousand pillars, adorned with lapis and gems, with lattice-windows of pearls, and decorated with a hundred banners.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 33.20
घण्टाशतनिनादाढ्यं तोरणानां शतैर्वृतम् । एवमादिभिरन्यैश्च भूषणैर्भूषितं सदा
ghaṇṭāśataninādāḍhyaṃ toraṇānāṃ śatairvṛtam / evamādibhiranyaiśca bhūṣaṇairbhūṣitaṃ sadā
Rich with the sound of a hundred bells, encircled by hundreds of archways, and ever adorned with these and other ornaments.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 33.21
तत्रस्थो भगवान् धर्म आसने तु समे शुभे । दशयो जनविस्तीर्णे नीलजीमूतसन्निभे
tatrastho bhagavān dharma āsane tu same śubhe / daśayo janavistīrṇe nīlajīmūtasannibhe
There the lord Dharma is seated on a level, auspicious seat, ten yojanas broad, resembling a dark thundercloud.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 33.22
धर्मज्ञो धर्मशीलश्च धर्मयुक्तो हितो यमः । भयदः पापयुक्तानां धार्मिकाणां सुखप्रदः
dharmajño dharmaśīlaśca dharmayukto hito yamaḥ / bhayadaḥ pāpayuktānāṃ dhārmikāṇāṃ sukhapradaḥ
Yama is a knower of dharma, of dharmic character, joined to dharma, benevolent; a giver of fear to those bound to sin, a giver of happiness to the righteous.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 33.23
मन्दमारु तसंयोगैरुत्सवैर्विविधैस्तथा । व्याख्यानैर्विविधैर्युक्तः शङ्खवादित्रनिः स्वनैः
mandamāru tasaṃyogairutsavairvividhaistathā / vyākhyānairvividhairyuktaḥ śaṅkhavāditraniḥ svanaiḥ
He is attended by the touch of gentle breezes and by festivals of many kinds, by various discourses, and by the sounds of conches and musical instruments.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 33.24
पुरमध्यप्रवेशे तु चित्रगुप्तस्य वै गृहम् । पञ्चविंशतिसंख्यानां योजनानां सुविस्तरम्
puramadhyapraveśe tu citraguptasya vai gṛham / pañcaviṃśatisaṃkhyānāṃ yojanānāṃ suvistaram
At the entrance into the middle of the city is the house of Citragupta, well extended to the number of twenty-five yojanas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 33.25
दशोच्छ्रितं महादिव्यं लोहप्राकारवोष्टितम् । प्रतोलीशतसंचारं पतताकाशतशोभितम्
daśocchritaṃ mahādivyaṃ lohaprākāravoṣṭitam / pratolīśatasaṃcāraṃ patatākāśataśobhitam
Ten (yojanas) high, greatly divine, ringed with an iron rampart, with a hundred streets for passage, gleaming with a hundred banners.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 33.26
दीपिकाशतसङ्कीर्णं गीतध्वनिसमाकुलम् । विचित्रचित्रकुशलैश्चित्रगुप्तस्य वै गृहम्
dīpikāśatasaṅkīrṇaṃ gītadhvanisamākulam / vicitracitrakuśalaiścitraguptasya vai gṛham
Strewn with a hundred lamps, filled with the sound of song — such is the house of Citragupta, (built) by those skilled in manifold painting.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 33.27
मणिमुक्तामये दिव्ये आसने परमाद्भुते । तत्रस्थो गणयत्यायुर्मानुषेष्वितरेषु च
maṇimuktāmaye divye āsane paramādbhute / tatrastho gaṇayatyāyurmānuṣeṣvitareṣu ca
Seated there upon a divine, supremely marvellous seat made of gems and pearls, he reckons the lifespans of men and of others.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 33.28
न मुह्यति कदाचित् स सुकृते दुष्कृते ऽपि वा । यद्येनोपार्जितं यावत् तावद्वै वेत्ति तस्य तत्
na muhyati kadācit sa sukṛte duṣkṛte 'pi vā / yadyenopārjitaṃ yāvat tāvadvai vetti tasya tat
He is never confused about a good deed or an evil one; whatever has been earned by whom, and to what extent, that much of it he knows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 33.29
दशाष्टदोषरहितं कृत कर्म लिखत्यसौ । चित्रगुप्तालयात् आच्यां ज्वरस्यास्ति महागृहम्
daśāṣṭadoṣarahitaṃ kṛta karma likhatyasau / citraguptālayāt ācyāṃ jvarasyāsti mahāgṛham
He writes down the deed as done, free of the eighteen faults. To the east of Citragupta's dwelling is the great house of Fever.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 33.30
दक्षिणे चापि शूलस्य लताविस्फोटकस्य च । पश्चिमे काल पाशस्य अजीर्णस्यारुचेस्तथा
dakṣiṇe cāpi śūlasya latāvisphoṭakasya ca / paścime kāla pāśasya ajīrṇasyārucestathā
And in the south is (the house) of Colic and of Pustular Rash; in the west, of Death's Noose, and of Indigestion and Loss of Appetite.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 33.31
मध्यपीठोत्तरे ज्ञेयो तथा चान्या विषचिका । ऐशन्यां वै शिरो ऽर्तिश्च आग्नेय्याञ्चैव मृकता
madhyapīṭhottare jñeyo tathā cānyā viṣacikā / aiśanyāṃ vai śiro 'rtiśca āgneyyāñcaiva mṛkatā
To the north of the central seat (another) is to be known, and likewise another, Cholera; in the north-east, Headache, and in the south-east, Death (or: sudden death).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 33.32
अतिसारश्च नैरृत्यां वायव्यां दाहसंज्ञकः । एभिः परिवृतो नित्यं चित्रगुप्तः स तिष्ठति
atisāraśca nairṛtyāṃ vāyavyāṃ dāhasaṃjñakaḥ / ebhiḥ parivṛto nityaṃ citraguptaḥ sa tiṣṭhati
And Atisāra (Dysentery) in the southwest, in the northwest the one named Dāha (Burning); surrounded always by these, that Citragupta stands.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 33.33
यत् कर्म कुरुते कश्चित्तत् सर्वं विलखत्यसौ । धर्मराजगृहद्वारि दूतास्तार्क्ष्य तथा निशि । तिष्ठन्ति पापकर्माणः पच्यमाना नराधमाः
yat karma kurute kaścittat sarvaṃ vilakhatyasau / dharmarājagṛhadvāri dūtāstārkṣya tathā niśi / tiṣṭhanti pāpakarmāṇaḥ pacyamānā narādhamāḥ
Whatever deed anyone does, all of that he writes down. At the door of Dharmarāja's house, O Tārkṣya, stand the messengers, and likewise by night the doers of evil deeds, the lowest of men, being cooked (in torment).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 33.34
यमदूतैर्महापाशैर्हन्यमानाश्च मुद्गरैः । वध्यन्ते विविधैः पापैः पूर्वकर्मकृतैर्नराः
yamadūtairmahāpāśairhanyamānāśca mudgaraiḥ / vadhyante vividhaiḥ pāpaiḥ pūrvakarmakṛtairnarāḥ
Struck by Yama's messengers with great nooses and with mallets, men are slain (in accordance with) the various sins committed by their former deeds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 33.35
नानाप्रहारणाग्रैश्च नानायन्त्रैस्तथा परे । छिद्यन्ते पापकर्माणः क्रकचैः काष्ठवद्द्विधा
nānāprahāraṇāgraiśca nānāyantraistathā pare / chidyante pāpakarmāṇaḥ krakacaiḥ kāṣṭhavaddvidhā
And others, doers of evil deeds, are cut with the points of various weapons and with various contrivances, split in two like a log with saws.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 33.36
अन्ये ज्वलद्भिरङ्गारैर्वेष्टिताः परितो भृशम् । पूर्वकर्मविपाकेन ध्मायन्ते लोहपिण्डवत्
anye jvaladbhiraṅgārairveṣṭitāḥ parito bhṛśam / pūrvakarmavipākena dhmāyante lohapiṇḍavat
Others, closely wrapped all around with blazing coals, are blown upon like a lump of iron, through the ripening of their former deeds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 33.37
क्षिप्त्वान्ये च धरापृष्ठे कुठारेणावकर्तिताः । क्रन्दमानाश्च दृश्यन्ते पूर्वकर्मविपाकतः
kṣiptvānye ca dharāpṛṣṭhe kuṭhāreṇāvakartitāḥ / krandamānāśca dṛśyante pūrvakarmavipākataḥ
And others, having been thrown down on the surface of the ground, are cut apart with an axe, and are seen shrieking, in consequence of the ripening of their former deeds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 33.38
केचिद्गुडमयैः पाकैस्तैलपाकैस्तथा परे । पीड्यन्ते यमदूतैश्च पापिष्ठाः सुभृशं नराः
kecidguḍamayaiḥ pākaistailapākaistathā pare / pīḍyante yamadūtaiśca pāpiṣṭhāḥ subhṛśaṃ narāḥ
Some are afflicted by Yama's messengers with cookings of molasses, and others with cookings of oil — most grievously, those men who are the worst sinners.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 33.39
क्षणाह्नि प्रार्थयन्त्यन्ये देहिदेहीति कोटिशः । यमलोके मया दृष्टा ममस्वं भक्षितं त्वया
kṣaṇāhni prārthayantyanye dehidehīti koṭiśaḥ / yamaloke mayā dṛṣṭā mamasvaṃ bhakṣitaṃ tvayā
Others beg by the millions in a moment of the day, "Give, give!" — (saying) "In Yama's world it was seen by me: my own property was consumed by you."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 33.40
इत्येवं बहुशस्तार्क्ष्य नरकाः पापिनां स्मृताः । कर्मभिर्बहुभिः प्रोक्तैः सर्वशास्त्रेषु भाषितैः । दानोपकारं वक्ष्यामि यथा तत्र सुखं भवेत्
ityevaṃ bahuśastārkṣya narakāḥ pāpināṃ smṛtāḥ / karmabhirbahubhiḥ proktaiḥ sarvaśāstreṣu bhāṣitaiḥ / dānopakāraṃ vakṣyāmi yathā tatra sukhaṃ bhavet
Thus repeatedly, O Tārkṣya, the hells of sinners have been recounted, together with the many deeds that have been declared and spoken of in all the scriptures. (Now) I shall tell of the benefit of gifts, by which there comes to be happiness there.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition