Garuda Purana — Uttara Khanda (Pretakalpa) — Chapter 34

GaP 2 34.1

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- ३४ श्रीकृष्ण उवाच । शृणु तार्क्ष्य यथान्यायं धर्माधर्म्स्य लक्षणम् । सुकृतं दुष्कृतं नॄणामग्रे धावति धावताम्

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 34 śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / śṛṇu tārkṣya yathānyāyaṃ dharmādharmsya lakṣaṇam / sukṛtaṃ duṣkṛtaṃ nṝṇāmagre dhāvati dhāvatām

The Great Garuḍa Purāṇa, 34. Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: Hear, O Tārkṣya, in due order the marks of right and wrong. The good deed and the bad deed run ahead of men as they run (onward).

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GaP 2 34.2

कृते तपः प्रशंसन्ति त्रेतायां ज्ञानसाधनम् । द्वापरे यज्ञदाने च दानमेकं कलौ युगे

kṛte tapaḥ praśaṃsanti tretāyāṃ jñānasādhanam / dvāpare yajñadāne ca dānamekaṃ kalau yuge

In the Kṛta age they praise austerity, in the Tretā the practice of knowledge, in the Dvāpara sacrifice and giving, and in the Kali age giving alone.

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GaP 2 34.3

गृहस्थानां स्मृतो धर्म उत्तमानां विचक्षणैः । इष्टापूर्ते स्वशक्त्या हि कुर्वतां नास्ति पातकम्

gṛhasthānāṃ smṛto dharma uttamānāṃ vicakṣaṇaiḥ / iṣṭāpūrte svaśaktyā hi kurvatāṃ nāsti pātakam

By the discerning, this is declared the highest duty of householders: for those who perform sacrifices and works of public benefit according to their own capacity, there is no sin.

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GaP 2 34.4

वृक्षस्तु रोपितो येन खनिकूपजलाशयाः । यममार्गे सुखं तस्य व्रजतो नितरां भवेत्

vṛkṣastu ropito yena khanikūpajalāśayāḥ / yamamārge sukhaṃ tasya vrajato nitarāṃ bhavet

But he by whom a tree has been planted, (or) wells dug and reservoirs (made) — for him, as he travels on Yama's road, there will be great ease.

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GaP 2 34.5

अग्नितापप्रदातारे यैः शीतपीडिते द्विजे । तप्यमानाः सुखं यान्ति सर्व कामैः प्रपूरिताः

agnitāpapradātāre yaiḥ śītapīḍite dvije / tapyamānāḥ sukhaṃ yānti sarva kāmaiḥ prapūritāḥ

By those who are givers of the warmth of fire to a twice-born man afflicted by cold — being (thus) warmed, they go in comfort, filled with all their desires.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 2 34.6

सुवर्णमणिमुक्तादि वस्त्राण्याभरणानि च । तेन सर्वमिदं दत्तं येन दत्ता वसुन्धरा

suvarṇamaṇimuktādi vastrāṇyābharaṇāni ca / tena sarvamidaṃ dattaṃ yena dattā vasundharā

Gold, gems, pearls and the rest, garments and ornaments — all this has been given by him by whom the earth has been given.

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GaP 2 34.7

यानियानि च भूतानि दत्तानि भुवि मानवैः । यमलोकपथे तानि तिष्ठन्त्येषां समीपतः

yāniyāni ca bhūtāni dattāni bhuvi mānavaiḥ / yamalokapathe tāni tiṣṭhantyeṣāṃ samīpataḥ

And whatever beings have been given by men on earth, these stand near them on the path of Yama's world.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 2 34.8

व्यञ्जनानि विचित्राणि भक्ष्यभोज्यानि यानि च । ददाति विधिना पुत्र प्रेते तदु पतिष्ठति

vyañjanāni vicitrāṇi bhakṣyabhojyāni yāni ca / dadāti vidhinā putra prete tadu patiṣṭhati

And whatever varied condiments and foods to be chewed and eaten a son gives according to the rule, that indeed presents itself to the departed one.

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GaP 2 34.9

आत्मा वै पुत्रनामास्ति पुत्रस्त्राता यमालये । तारयेत् पितरं घोरात् तेन पुत्त्रः प्रवक्ष्यते

ātmā vai putranāmāsti putrastrātā yamālaye / tārayet pitaraṃ ghorāt tena puttraḥ pravakṣyate

The self indeed bears the name "son"; the son is the rescuer in Yama's abode. He would carry his father across from the terror — for that reason he is called "putra".

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GaP 2 34.10

अतो देयञ्च पुत्रेण श्राद्धमाजी वितावधि । अतिवाहस्तदा प्रेतो भोगान् वै लभते हि सः

ato deyañca putreṇa śrāddhamājī vitāvadhi / ativāhastadā preto bhogān vai labhate hi saḥ

Therefore the śrāddha is to be given by the son as long as he lives; then the departed one, having passed over, indeed obtains enjoyments.

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GaP 2 34.11

दह्यमानस्य प्रेतस्य स्वजनैर्यो जलाञ्जलिः । दीयते प्रेतरूपो ऽसौ प्रीतो याति यमालये

dahyamānasya pretasya svajanairyo jalāñjaliḥ / dīyate pretarūpo 'sau prīto yāti yamālaye

The handful of water that is given by his own kinsmen to the departed one while he is being burned — that one in preta-form goes gratified to Yama's abode.

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GaP 2 34.12

अपक्वे मृन्मये पात्रे दुग्धं दत्तं दिनत्रयम् । काष्ठत्रयं गुणैर्बद्ध्वा प्रीत्यै रात्रौ चतुष्पथे

apakve mṛnmaye pātre dugdhaṃ dattaṃ dinatrayam / kāṣṭhatrayaṃ guṇairbaddhvā prītyai rātrau catuṣpathe

Milk is given for three days in an unbaked earthen vessel; three sticks are bound together with cords, (and it is set) at night at a crossroads for (the preta's) gratification.

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GaP 2 34.13

प्रथमे ऽह्नि द्वितीये च तृतीये च तथा खग । आकाशस्थं पिबेद्दुग्धं प्रेतो वायुवपुर्धरः

prathame 'hni dvitīye ca tṛtīye ca tathā khaga / ākāśasthaṃ pibeddugdhaṃ preto vāyuvapurdharaḥ

On the first day, and on the second, and likewise on the third, O bird, the preta, bearing a body of wind, drinks the milk that is set out in the open air.

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GaP 2 34.14

चतुर्थे सञ्चयः कार्यः चतुर्थे?वापि साग्निके । अस्थिसञ्चयनं कार्यं दद्यादापाञ्जलिं ततः

caturthe sañcayaḥ kāryaḥ caturthe?vāpi sāgnike / asthisañcayanaṃ kāryaṃ dadyādāpāñjaliṃ tataḥ

On the fourth (day) the gathering is to be done — even on the fourth for one who maintained the sacred fire; the collecting of the bones is to be done, and then one should offer a handful of water.

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GaP 2 34.15

न पूर्वाह्ने न मध्याह्ने नापराह्ने न सन्धिषु । याते प्रथमयामे तु दद्यादापजलाञ्जंलीन्

na pūrvāhne na madhyāhne nāparāhne na sandhiṣu / yāte prathamayāme tu dadyādāpajalāñjaṃlīn

Not in the forenoon, not at midday, not in the afternoon, not at the junctures (of the day); but when the first watch has passed one should offer the handfuls of water.

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GaP 2 34.16

पुत्त्रेण दत्ते ते सर्वे गोत्रिणो हितबान्धवाः । स्वजात्यैः परजात्यैश्च देयो नद्यां जलाञ्जलिः

puttreṇa datte te sarve gotriṇo hitabāndhavāḥ / svajātyaiḥ parajātyaiśca deyo nadyāṃ jalāñjaliḥ

When (it has been) given by the son, (it is given by) all those of the same clan, the well-wishers and kinsmen; by those of his own caste and by those of other castes the handful of water is to be given at the river.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 2 34.17

गन्तव्यं नैव विप्रेण दातुं शीघ्रं जलाञ्जलिम् । निवृत्ताश्च यदा नार्यो लोकाचारः सदाभवेत्

gantavyaṃ naiva vipreṇa dātuṃ śīghraṃ jalāñjalim / nivṛttāśca yadā nāryo lokācāraḥ sadābhavet

A brahmin ought not to go in haste to offer the handful of water; and (he should go) when the women have turned back — this has always been the custom of the people.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 2 34.18

पञ्चत्वञ्च गते शूद्रे यः काष्ठं नयते चिताम् । अनुव्रजेद्यदा विप्रस्त्रिरात्रमशुचिर्भवेत्

pañcatvañca gate śūdre yaḥ kāṣṭhaṃ nayate citām / anuvrajedyadā viprastrirātramaśucirbhavet

When a śūdra has died, if a brahmin follows behind him who carries the wood to the pyre, he becomes impure for three nights.

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GaP 2 34.19

त्रिरात्रे च ततः पूर्णे नदीं गच्छेत् समुद्रगाम् । प्राणायामशतं कृत्वा घृतं प्राश्य विशुध्यति

trirātre ca tataḥ pūrṇe nadīṃ gacchet samudragām / prāṇāyāmaśataṃ kṛtvā ghṛtaṃ prāśya viśudhyati

Then, when the three nights are complete, he should go to a river that flows to the sea; having performed a hundred breath-restraints and swallowed ghee, he becomes pure.

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GaP 2 34.20

शूद्रो गच्छति सर्वत्र वैश्यस्त्रिषु द्वयोः परः । गच्छति स्वीयवर्णेषु दातुं प्रेते जलाञ्जलिम्

śūdro gacchati sarvatra vaiśyastriṣu dvayoḥ paraḥ / gacchati svīyavarṇeṣu dātuṃ prete jalāñjalim

A śūdra goes everywhere, a vaiśya among three, the higher one among two; (each) goes among his own castes to offer the handful of water to the departed.

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GaP 2 34.21

दत्ते जलाञ्जलौ पश्चाद्विदध्याद्दन्तधावनम् । त्यजन्ति गोत्रिणः सर्वे दिनानि नव काश्यप

datte jalāñjalau paścādvidadhyāddantadhāvanam / tyajanti gotriṇaḥ sarve dināni nava kāśyapa

After the handful of water has been given, one should afterwards clean the teeth; all those of the same clan give (this) up for nine days, O Kāśyapa.

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GaP 2 34.22

जलाञ्जलिं तथा दातुं गच्छन्ति द्विजसत्तमाः । यत्र स्थाने मृतो यस्तु अध्वन्यपि गृहे ऽपि वा । विश्लेषस्तु ततः स्थानान्न क्वचिद्विहितो बुधैः

jalāñjaliṃ tathā dātuṃ gacchanti dvijasattamāḥ / yatra sthāne mṛto yastu adhvanyapi gṛhe 'pi vā / viśleṣastu tataḥ sthānānna kvacidvihito budhaiḥ

Likewise the best of the twice-born go to offer the handful of water. In whatever place a man has died, whether on the road or in the house, no leaving of that place is anywhere enjoined by the wise.

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GaP 2 34.23

स्त्रीजनश्चाग्रतो गच्छेत् पृष्ठतो नवसञ्चयः । आचमनं विधातव्यं पाषाणोपरि संस्थितैः

strījanaścāgrato gacchet pṛṣṭhato navasañcayaḥ / ācamanaṃ vidhātavyaṃ pāṣāṇopari saṃsthitaiḥ

The women should walk in front, and behind (them) those who have made the fresh gathering (of bones); the sipping of water is to be performed while standing upon a stone.

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GaP 2 34.24

यवांश्च सर्षपान् दूर्वाः पूर्णपात्रे विलोकयेत् । प्राशयेन्निम्बपत्राणि स्नेहस्नानं समाचरेत्

yavāṃśca sarṣapān dūrvāḥ pūrṇapātre vilokayet / prāśayennimbapatrāṇi snehasnānaṃ samācaret

One should look at barley, mustard seeds and dūrvā grass in a full vessel; one should eat neem leaves and take an oil-bath.

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GaP 2 34.25

गोत्रिभिर्न च कर्तव्यं गृहान्नञ्च न भोजयेत् । भुञ्जीत मृन्मये पात्रे उत्तानञ्च विवर्जयेत्

gotribhirna ca kartavyaṃ gṛhānnañca na bhojayet / bhuñjīta mṛnmaye pātre uttānañca vivarjayet

(It) is not to be done by those of the same clan, and one should not feed (them) with food from the house; one should eat from an earthen vessel, and avoid lying on the back.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 2 34.26

मृतकस्य गुणा ग्राह्या यमगाथां समुद्गिरेत् । शुभाशुभे च ध्यातव्ये पूर्वकर्मोपसञ्चिते

mṛtakasya guṇā grāhyā yamagāthāṃ samudgiret / śubhāśubhe ca dhyātavye pūrvakarmopasañcite

The good qualities of the dead man are to be taken up (in speech); one should recite the song of Yama; and the good and the bad, heaped up by former deeds, are to be reflected upon.

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GaP 2 34.27

लब्धेनैव च देहेन भुङ्क्ते सुकृतदुष्कृते । वायुरूपो भ्रमत्येव वायुरूर्ध्वं स गच्छति

labdhenaiva ca dehena bhuṅkte sukṛtaduṣkṛte / vāyurūpo bhramatyeva vāyurūrdhvaṃ sa gacchati

And with the very body he has obtained he experiences his good and bad deeds; having the form of wind he simply wanders about — that wind goes upward.

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GaP 2 34.28

दशाहकर्मक्रियया कुटी निष्पाद्यते ध्रुवम् । नवकैः षोडशश्राद्धैः प्रयाति हि कुटीं नरः

daśāhakarmakriyayā kuṭī niṣpādyate dhruvam / navakaiḥ ṣoḍaśaśrāddhaiḥ prayāti hi kuṭīṃ naraḥ

By the rite of the ten-day ceremony the hut is certainly brought into being; by the nine and the sixteen śrāddhas the man proceeds to that hut.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 2 34.29

तिलैर्दर्भैश्च भूम्यां वै कुटी धातुमयी भवेत् । पञ्च रत्नानि वक्त्रे तु येन जीवः प्ररोहति

tilairdarbhaiśca bhūmyāṃ vai kuṭī dhātumayī bhavet / pañca ratnāni vaktre tu yena jīvaḥ prarohati

By sesame and darbha grass upon the ground the hut comes to be made of the elements; and the five jewels (are placed) in the mouth, by which the living being sprouts forth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 2 34.30

यदा पुष्पं प्रनष्टं हि तदा गर्भं न धारयेत् । आदराच्च ततो भूमौ तिलदर्भान्विनिः क्षिपेत्

yadā puṣpaṃ pranaṣṭaṃ hi tadā garbhaṃ na dhārayet / ādarācca tato bhūmau tiladarbhānviniḥ kṣipet

For when the flower is destroyed, then (the plant) does not hold the embryo; therefore one should carefully cast sesame and darbha upon the ground.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 2 34.31

पशुत्वे स्थावरत्वे च यत्र क्वापि स जायते । तत्रैव जन्तुरुत्पन्नः श्राद्धं तत्रोपतिष्ठति

paśutve sthāvaratve ca yatra kvāpi sa jāyate / tatraiva janturutpannaḥ śrāddhaṃ tatropatiṣṭhati

Whether in animal form or in immobile (plant) form, wherever he is born, right there the creature that has come into being receives the śrāddha.

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GaP 2 34.32

धन्विना लक्ष्यमुद्दिश्य मुक्तो बाणस्तदाप्नुयात् । यथा श्राद्धं यमुद्दिश्य कृतं तस्योपतिष्ठति

dhanvinā lakṣyamuddiśya mukto bāṇastadāpnuyāt / yathā śrāddhaṃ yamuddiśya kṛtaṃ tasyopatiṣṭhati

As an arrow released by an archer, aimed at a target, reaches it, so the śrāddha performed with a particular person in view reaches him.

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GaP 2 34.33

यावन्नोत्पादितो देहस्तावच्छ्राद्धैर्न प्रीणनम् । क्षुधाविभ्रममापन्नो दशाहेन च तर्पितः

yāvannotpādito dehastāvacchrāddhairna prīṇanam / kṣudhāvibhramamāpanno daśāhena ca tarpitaḥ

As long as the body has not been produced, there is no satisfying (of the dead) by śrāddhas; fallen into the confusion of hunger, he is satisfied (only) by the ten days' (rites).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.34

पिण्डदानं न यस्याभूदाकाशे भ्रमते तु सः । दिनत्रयं वसंस्तोये अग्नावपि दिनत्रयम् । आकाशे वसते त्रीणि दिनमेकन्तु वासके

piṇḍadānaṃ na yasyābhūdākāśe bhramate tu saḥ / dinatrayaṃ vasaṃstoye agnāvapi dinatrayam / ākāśe vasate trīṇi dinamekantu vāsake

He for whom there has been no offering of the rice-ball wanders in the air; dwelling in water for three days, and in fire also for three days, he dwells three days in the air, but one day in the dwelling (house).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 2 34.35

दग्धे देहे च वह्नौ च जलेनैव तु तर्पितः । स्नेहस्नानं जलेनैव पूपकैः कृशरैर्गृहे

dagdhe dehe ca vahnau ca jalenaiva tu tarpitaḥ / snehasnānaṃ jalenaiva pūpakaiḥ kṛśarairgṛhe

When the body has been burnt in the fire, he is refreshed by water alone: (there should be) an oil-bath and bathing with water alone, with cakes and with kṛśara (rice-and-sesame gruel) in the house.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 2 34.36

प्रथमे ऽह्नि तृतीये च पञ्चमे सप्तमे ऽपि वा । नवमैकादशे चैव श्राद्धं नवकमुच्यते

prathame 'hni tṛtīye ca pañcame saptame 'pi vā / navamaikādaśe caiva śrāddhaṃ navakamucyate

On the first day, and on the third, on the fifth, or also on the seventh, and on the ninth and eleventh — this is called the ninefold śrāddha.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.37

गृहद्वारे श्मशाने वा तीर्थे देवालये ऽपि वा । यत्राद्यो दीयते पिण्डस्तत्र सर्वान् समापयेत्

gṛhadvāre śmaśāne vā tīrthe devālaye 'pi vā / yatrādyo dīyate piṇḍastatra sarvān samāpayet

At the door of the house, or in the cremation ground, at a sacred ford, or even in a temple — wherever the first rice-ball is offered, there he should complete all (of them).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.38

एकादशाहे यच्छ्राद्धं तत् सामान्यमुदाहृतम् । चतुर्णामेकवर्णानां शुद्ध्यर्थं स्नानमुच्यते

ekādaśāhe yacchrāddhaṃ tat sāmānyamudāhṛtam / caturṇāmekavarṇānāṃ śuddhyarthaṃ snānamucyate

The śrāddha that is (performed) on the eleventh day is declared to be the general one; for the four classes alike, bathing is prescribed for the sake of purification.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.39

कृत्वा चैकादशाहञ्च पुनः स्नात्वा शुचिर्भवेत् । दद्याद्विप्राय यः शय्यां यथोक्तं प्रेतमोक्षदाम्

kṛtvā caikādaśāhañca punaḥ snātvā śucirbhavet / dadyādviprāya yaḥ śayyāṃ yathoktaṃ pretamokṣadām

And having performed the eleventh-day (rite), he should bathe again and become pure; (he) who would give to a brahmin a bed, as prescribed, that grants release to the departed.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.40

न भवेत् यदा स गोत्रो परो ऽपि विधिमाचरेत् । भार्या वा पुरुषः कश्चित् तुष्टश्च कुरुते स्त्रियः

na bhavet yadā sa gotro paro 'pi vidhimācaret / bhāryā vā puruṣaḥ kaścit tuṣṭaśca kurute striyaḥ

When he (a son) is not available, one of the same gotra, or even an outsider, should perform the rite; or the wife, or some man, and one who is pleased performs (the rites) of women.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 2 34.41

प्रथमे ऽहनि यः पिण्डो दीयते विधिपूर्वकम् । अन्नाद्येन च तेनैव सर्वश्राद्धानि कारयेत्

prathame 'hani yaḥ piṇḍo dīyate vidhipūrvakam / annādyena ca tenaiva sarvaśrāddhāni kārayet

With that same food and other provisions with which the rice-ball is offered according to rule on the first day, he should have all the śrāddhas performed.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.42

अमन्त्रं कारयेच्छ्राद्धं दशाहं नामगोत्रतः । श्राद्धं कृतन्तु यैर्वस्त्रैस्तानि त्यक्त्वा गृहं विशेत्

amantraṃ kārayecchrāddhaṃ daśāhaṃ nāmagotrataḥ / śrāddhaṃ kṛtantu yairvastraistāni tyaktvā gṛhaṃ viśet

He should have the śrāddha performed without mantras for ten days, (invoking) by name and gotra; and abandoning the clothes in which the śrāddha was performed, he should enter the house.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.43

असगोत्रः सगोत्रो वा यदि स्त्री यदि वा पुमान् । प्रथमे ऽहनि यः कुर्यात् स दशाहं समापयेत्

asagotraḥ sagotro vā yadi strī yadi vā pumān / prathame 'hani yaḥ kuryāt sa daśāhaṃ samāpayet

Whether not of the same gotra or of the same gotra, whether a woman or a man — whoever performs (the rite) on the first day, he should complete the ten days.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.44

जीवस्य दशभिः पिण्डैर्देहो निष्पाद्यते ध्रुवम् । वृद्धिश्च दशभिर्मासैर्गर्भस्थस्य यथा भवेत्

jīvasya daśabhiḥ piṇḍairdeho niṣpādyate dhruvam / vṛddhiśca daśabhirmāsairgarbhasthasya yathā bhavet

By the ten rice-balls the body of the living being is certainly brought into being, just as the growth of one in the womb takes place in ten months.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.45

आशौचं यावदेतस्य तावत् पिण्डोदकक्रिया । चतुर्णामपि वर्णानामेष एव विधिः स्मृतः

āśaucaṃ yāvadetasya tāvat piṇḍodakakriyā / caturṇāmapi varṇānāmeṣa eva vidhiḥ smṛtaḥ

As long as his (the mourner's) impurity lasts, so long is the rite of rice-ball and water (to be done); this same rule is handed down for all four classes.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.46

यत्र त्रिरात्रमाशौचं तत्रादौ त्रीन् प्रदापयेत् । चतुरस्तु द्वितीये ऽह्नि तृतीये त्रींश्तथैव च

yatra trirātramāśaucaṃ tatrādau trīn pradāpayet / caturastu dvitīye 'hni tṛtīye trīṃśtathaiva ca

Where the impurity is of three nights, there he should have three (balls) offered at the start, four on the second day, and likewise three on the third.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.47

पृथक् शरावयोर्दद्यादेकाहं क्षीरमम्बु च । एकोद्दिष्टन्तु वै श्राद्धं चतुर्थे ऽहनि कारयेत्

pṛthak śarāvayordadyādekāhaṃ kṣīramambu ca / ekoddiṣṭantu vai śrāddhaṃ caturthe 'hani kārayet

Separately in two earthen dishes he should offer, for one day, milk and water; and he should perform the ekoddiṣṭa śrāddha on the fourth day.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.48

प्रथमे ऽहनि यः पिण्डस्तेन मूर्धा प्रजायते । चक्षुः श्रोत्रञ्च नासा च द्वितीये ऽह्नि प्रजायते

prathame 'hani yaḥ piṇḍastena mūrdhā prajāyate / cakṣuḥ śrotrañca nāsā ca dvitīye 'hni prajāyate

By the rice-ball which is (offered) on the first day the head is produced; on the second day the eye, the ear and the nose are produced.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.49

गण्डौ वक्त्रं तथा ग्रीवा तृतीये ऽहनि जायते । हृदयं कुक्षिरुदरं चतुर्थे तद्वदेव हि

gaṇḍau vaktraṃ tathā grīvā tṛtīye 'hani jāyate / hṛdayaṃ kukṣirudaraṃ caturthe tadvadeva hi

The two cheeks, the mouth and likewise the neck arise on the third day; the heart, the belly and the abdomen on the fourth, just so.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.50

कटिपृष्ठं गुदञ्चापि पञ्चमे ऽहनि जायते । षष्ठे ऊरू च विज्ञेये सप्तमे गुल्फसम्भवः

kaṭipṛṣṭhaṃ gudañcāpi pañcame 'hani jāyate / ṣaṣṭhe ūrū ca vijñeye saptame gulphasambhavaḥ

The hip, the back and also the anus arise on the fifth day; on the sixth the two thighs are to be known, on the seventh the arising of the ankles.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.51

अष्टमे दिवसे प्राप्ते जङ्घे च भवतो ऽण्डज । पादौ च नवमे ज्ञेयौ दशमे बलवत्क्षुधा

aṣṭame divase prāpte jaṅghe ca bhavato 'ṇḍaja / pādau ca navame jñeyau daśame balavatkṣudhā

When the eighth day is reached the two shanks come to be, O egg-born (bird); and on the ninth the two feet are to be known, on the tenth a powerful hunger.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.52

एकादशाहे यः पिण्डस्तं दद्यादामिषेण तु । सिद्धान्नं तस्य दातव्यं कृशराः पूपकाः पयः । प्रक्षाल्य विप्रचरणावर्घ्यं धूपञ्च दीपक्रम्

ekādaśāhe yaḥ piṇḍastaṃ dadyādāmiṣeṇa tu / siddhānnaṃ tasya dātavyaṃ kṛśarāḥ pūpakāḥ payaḥ / prakṣālya vipracaraṇāvarghyaṃ dhūpañca dīpakram

The rice-ball (piṇḍa) that (falls) on the eleventh day — that one should offer with flesh; cooked food should be given for him, sesame-rice gruel, cakes, and milk; and having washed the brahmin's feet, (one should offer) arghya water, incense and a lamp.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 2 34.53

द्वादश प्रतिमास्यानि श्राद्धान्यैकादशे तथा । त्रिपक्षञ्चापि षण्मासे द्वे श्राद्धानि च षोडश

dvādaśa pratimāsyāni śrāddhānyaikādaśe tathā / tripakṣañcāpi ṣaṇmāse dve śrāddhāni ca ṣoḍaśa

Twelve monthly śrāddhas, likewise the one on the eleventh day, and the three-fortnight (rite) and the six-month one — thus the śrāddhas are sixteen.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.54

प्रति मासं प्रदातव्यं मृताहे या तिथिर्भवेत् । स मासः प्रथमो ज्ञेय इति वेदविदो विदुः

prati māsaṃ pradātavyaṃ mṛtāhe yā tithirbhavet / sa māsaḥ prathamo jñeya iti vedavido viduḥ

(A śrāddha) is to be offered every month; whatever lunar day falls on the day of death — that month is to be known as the first: so those who know the Veda understand.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.55

शवहस्ते च यच्छ्राद्धं मृतिस्थाने द्विजासने । तदेव प्रथमं श्राद्धं तत् स्यादेकादशे ऽहनि

śavahaste ca yacchrāddhaṃ mṛtisthāne dvijāsane / tadeva prathamaṃ śrāddhaṃ tat syādekādaśe 'hani

And the śrāddha that (is performed) with the corpse's hand, at the place of death, at the seat of the brahmin — that very one is the first śrāddha; it should take place on the eleventh day.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 2 34.56

सा तिथिर्मासिके श्राद्धे मृतो यस्मिन् दिने नरः । रिक्तयोश्च त्रिपक्षे च सा तिथिर्नाद्रियेत वै

sā tithirmāsike śrāddhe mṛto yasmin dine naraḥ / riktayośca tripakṣe ca sā tithirnādriyeta vai

That lunar day on which the man died is (the day) for the monthly śrāddha; but in the case of the two 'empty' (rikta) days and in the three-fortnight rite that lunar day should not be observed.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 2 34.57

पौर्णमास्यां मृतो यो ऽसौ चतुर्थी तस्य चोनका । चतुर्थ्यान्तु मृतो यस्तु नवमी तस्य चोनका

paurṇamāsyāṃ mṛto yo 'sau caturthī tasya conakā / caturthyāntu mṛto yastu navamī tasya conakā

He who died on the full-moon day — for him the fourth is the 'lacking' (day); but he who died on the fourth — for him the ninth is the 'lacking' (day).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 2 34.58

नवम्याञ्च मृतो यश्च रिक्ता तस्य चतुर्दशी । एता रिक्ताश्च विज्ञेया अन्त्येष्टौ कुशलेन च

navamyāñca mṛto yaśca riktā tasya caturdaśī / etā riktāśca vijñeyā antyeṣṭau kuśalena ca

And he who died on the ninth — for him the fourteenth is the 'empty' (day). These are to be known as the 'empty' days by one skilled in the funeral rites.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 2 34.59

एकादशाहे यच्छ्राद्धं नवकं तत् प्रकीर्तितम् । चतुष्पथे त्यजेदन्नं पुनः स्नानं समाचरेत्

ekādaśāhe yacchrāddhaṃ navakaṃ tat prakīrtitam / catuṣpathe tyajedannaṃ punaḥ snānaṃ samācaret

The śrāddha on the eleventh day is proclaimed to be the 'set of nine' (navaka). One should discard the food at a crossroads and then bathe again.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 2 34.60

एकादशाहादारभ्य घटस्यान्नं जलान्वितम् । दिनेदिने च दातव्यमब्दं यावद्द्विजोत्तमे

ekādaśāhādārabhya ghaṭasyānnaṃ jalānvitam / dinedine ca dātavyamabdaṃ yāvaddvijottame

Beginning from the eleventh day, the pot's food together with water is to be given day by day to a foremost brahmin, for a year.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.61

मानुषस्य शरीरे तु विद्यते ह्यस्थिसञ्चयः । तत्संख्यः सर्वदेहेषु षष्ट्यधिकशतत्रयम्

mānuṣasya śarīre tu vidyate hyasthisañcayaḥ / tatsaṃkhyaḥ sarvadeheṣu ṣaṣṭyadhikaśatatrayam

In a human body there is indeed a collection of bones; their number, in all bodies, is three hundred and sixty.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.62

उदकुम्भेन पुष्टानि तान्यस्थीनि भवन्ति हि । एतस्माद्दीयते कुम्भः प्रीतिः प्रेतस्य जायते

udakumbhena puṣṭāni tānyasthīni bhavanti hi / etasmāddīyate kumbhaḥ prītiḥ pretasya jāyate

Those bones are indeed nourished by the water-pot; for this reason a pot is given, and satisfaction arises for the departed one.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.63

यस्मिन् दिने मृतो जन्तुरटव्यां विषमे ऽपि वा । यदा तदा भवेद्दाहः सूतकं मृतवासरात्

yasmin dine mṛto janturaṭavyāṃ viṣame 'pi vā / yadā tadā bhaveddāhaḥ sūtakaṃ mṛtavāsarāt

On whatever day a creature has died, whether in the forest or in some difficult place, whenever the cremation may occur, the impurity (is counted) from the day of death.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.64

तिलपात्रं तथान्नाद्यं गन्धधपादिकञ्च यत् । एकादशाहे दातव्यं तेन शूद्धो द्विजो भवेत्

tilapātraṃ tathānnādyaṃ gandhadhapādikañca yat / ekādaśāhe dātavyaṃ tena śūddho dvijo bhavet

A vessel of sesame, likewise food and eatables, and whatever perfume, incense and the rest — these are to be given on the eleventh day; by that the twice-born becomes pure.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.65

क्षत्त्रियो द्वादशाहे तु वैश्यः पञ्चदशे तथा । शुद्धिः शूद्रस्य मासेन मृतके जातसूतके

kṣattriyo dvādaśāhe tu vaiśyaḥ pañcadaśe tathā / śuddhiḥ śūdrasya māsena mṛtake jātasūtake

But a kṣatriya (is purified) on the twelfth day, and a vaiśya likewise on the fifteenth; for a śūdra purification comes in a month, in the impurity of death and of birth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.66

मासत्रये त्रिरात्रं स्यात् षण्मासेन तु पक्षिणी । अहः संवत्सरादर्ब्वाक् पूर्णे दत्त्वोदकं शुचिः । अनेनैवा नुसारेण शुद्धिः स्यात् सार्ववर्णिकी

māsatraye trirātraṃ syāt ṣaṇmāsena tu pakṣiṇī / ahaḥ saṃvatsarādarbvāk pūrṇe dattvodakaṃ śuciḥ / anenaivā nusāreṇa śuddhiḥ syāt sārvavarṇikī

For (a child of) three months there should be a three-night (impurity); for six months, a pakṣiṇī (a day and a night); within a year, one day; when the year is complete, one is pure after offering water. By just this rule purification is to be understood for all the classes.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 2 34.67

एकादशाहप्रभृति पुरतः प्रतिवत्सरम् । विश्वेदेवांस्तु सम्पूज्य पिण्डमेकञ्च निर्वपेत्

ekādaśāhaprabhṛti purataḥ prativatsaram / viśvedevāṃstu sampūjya piṇḍamekañca nirvapet

Beginning with the eleventh day, thereafter every year, having duly worshipped the Viśvedevas, one should offer a single rice-ball.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.68

यथा तारागणाः सर्वे च्छाद्यन्ते रविरश्मिभिः । एवं प्रच्छाद्यते सर्वं न प्रेतो भवति क्वचित्

yathā tārāgaṇāḥ sarve cchādyante raviraśmibhiḥ / evaṃ pracchādyate sarvaṃ na preto bhavati kvacit

Just as all the hosts of stars are covered over by the sun's rays, so is everything covered over, and he does not become a ghost anywhere.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.69

शय्यादानं प्रशंसन्ति सर्वदैव द्विजोत्तमाः । अनित्यं जीवनं य्समात् पश्चात् को नु प्रदास्यति

śayyādānaṃ praśaṃsanti sarvadaiva dvijottamāḥ / anityaṃ jīvanaṃ ysamāt paścāt ko nu pradāsyati

The foremost twice-born always praise the gift of a bed; since life is impermanent, who indeed will give later?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.70

तावद्वन्धुः पिता तावद्यावज्जीवति मानवः । मृते मृत इति ज्ञात्वा क्षणात् स्नेहो निवर्तते

tāvadvandhuḥ pitā tāvadyāvajjīvati mānavaḥ / mṛte mṛta iti jñātvā kṣaṇāt sneho nivartate

Only so long is he a kinsman, only so long a father, as the man lives; when he is dead, knowing 'he is dead', affection ceases in a moment.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.71

आत्मैव ह्यात्मनो बन्धुरेवं ज्ञात्वा मुहुर्मुहुः । जीवन्नपीति सञ्चिन्त्य स्वीयं हितमनुस्तमरेत्

ātmaiva hyātmano bandhurevaṃ jñātvā muhurmuhuḥ / jīvannapīti sañcintya svīyaṃ hitamanustamaret

The self alone is indeed the self's kinsman — knowing this again and again, and reflecting thus even while alive, one should keep in mind one's own welfare.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 2 34.72

मृतानां कः सुतो दद्याद्द्विजेशय्यां सतूलिकाम् । एवं जानन्निदं सर्वं स्वहस्तेनैव दापयेत्

mṛtānāṃ kaḥ suto dadyāddvijeśayyāṃ satūlikām / evaṃ jānannidaṃ sarvaṃ svahastenaiva dāpayet

What son of the dead would give a bed with a mattress to a chief brahmin? Knowing this, one should have all this given by one's own hand (while alive).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.73

तस्माच्छय्यां समासाद्य सारदारुमर्यो दृढाम् । दन्तादिरुचिरां रम्यां हेमपट्टै रलङ्कृताम् । तस्यां संस्थाप्य हैमञ्च हरिं लक्ष्म्या समन्वितम्

tasmācchayyāṃ samāsādya sāradārumaryo dṛḍhām / dantādirucirāṃ ramyāṃ hemapaṭṭai ralaṅkṛtām / tasyāṃ saṃsthāpya haimañca hariṃ lakṣmyā samanvitam

Therefore, having obtained a bed firm with heartwood timber, lovely with ivory and the like, delightful, adorned with plates of gold, and having placed on it a golden Hari together with Lakṣmī —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.74

घृतपूर्णञ्च कलशं परिकल्पयेत् । विज्ञेयो गरुड प्रीत्यै स निद्राकलशो बुधैः

ghṛtapūrṇañca kalaśaṃ parikalpayet / vijñeyo garuḍa prītyai sa nidrākalaśo budhaiḥ

and one should provide a pot filled with ghee; that is to be known by the wise as the "sleep-pot," (given) for the pleasure of Garuḍa.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 2 34.75

ताम्बूलकुङ्कुमक्षोदकर्पूरागुरुचन्दनम् । दीपिकोपानहच्छत्रचामरासनभाजनम्

tāmbūlakuṅkumakṣodakarpūrāgurucandanam / dīpikopānahacchatracāmarāsanabhājanam

Betel, powdered saffron, camphor, aloe-wood, sandal, a lamp, sandals, a parasol, a fly-whisk, a seat, a vessel —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.76

पार्श्वेषु स्थापयेच्छक्त्या सप्तधान्यानि चैवहि । शयनस्थस्य भवति यच्चान्यदुपकारकम्

pārśveṣu sthāpayecchaktyā saptadhānyāni caivahi / śayanasthasya bhavati yaccānyadupakārakam

these he should set at the sides according to his means, and also the seven grains, and whatever else is of use to one lying on a bed;

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.77

भृङ्गारकरकादर्शं पञ्चवर्णं वितानकम् । शय्यामेवंविधां कृत्वा ब्राह्मणाय निवेदयेत्

bhṛṅgārakarakādarśaṃ pañcavarṇaṃ vitānakam / śayyāmevaṃvidhāṃ kṛtvā brāhmaṇāya nivedayet

a water-jug, a pitcher, a mirror, a canopy of five colours — having made a bed of this kind, he should present it to a brahmin.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.78

सपत्नीकाय सम्पूज्य स्वर्लोकसुखदायिनीम् । वस्त्रैः सुशोभनैः पूज्य चैलकं परिधापयेत्

sapatnīkāya sampūjya svarlokasukhadāyinīm / vastraiḥ suśobhanaiḥ pūjya cailakaṃ paridhāpayet

Having honoured (him) together with his wife, (he should give) the bed that bestows the joy of heaven; having worshipped (him) with beautiful garments, he should have (him) put on a cloth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.81

कर्णकण्ठाङ्गुलीबाहुभूषणैश्चित्रभूषणैः । गृहोपकरणैर्युक्तं गृहं धेन्वा समन्वितम् ॥ गर्प्_२,३४।७९ ॥ ततोर्ऽघः सम्प्रदातव्यः पञ्चरत्नफलाक्षतैः ॥ गर्प्_२,३४।८० ॥ यथा न कृष्णशयनं शून्यं सागरकन्यया । शय्या ममाप्यशून्यास्तु तथा जन्मनिजन्मनि

karṇakaṇṭhāṅgulībāhubhūṣaṇaiścitrabhūṣaṇaiḥ / gṛhopakaraṇairyuktaṃ gṛhaṃ dhenvā samanvitam // garp_2,34.79 // tator'ghaḥ sampradātavyaḥ pañcaratnaphalākṣataiḥ // garp_2,34.80 // yathā na kṛṣṇaśayanaṃ śūnyaṃ sāgarakanyayā / śayyā mamāpyaśūnyāstu tathā janmanijanmani

(With gifts) of ornaments for the ear, neck, fingers and arms, with variegated ornaments, a house furnished with household utensils, together with a milk-cow. (79) Then the welcome-offering should be presented with the five gems, fruits and unbroken grains. (80) "Just as Kṛṣṇa's bed is never empty of the daughter of the ocean, so may my bed too not be empty, birth after birth."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.82

दत्त्वैवं तल्पममलं क्षमाप्य च विसर्जयेत् । तथा चैकादशाहे तु विधिरेष प्रकीर्तितः

dattvaivaṃ talpamamalaṃ kṣamāpya ca visarjayet / tathā caikādaśāhe tu vidhireṣa prakīrtitaḥ

Having thus given the spotless couch, and having asked pardon, he should dismiss (the brahmin). And this same rite is declared for the eleventh day.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.83

ददाति यो हि धर्मार्थे बान्धवो बान्धवे मृते । विशेषमत्र पक्षे तु कथ्यमानं मया शृणु

dadāti yo hi dharmārthe bāndhavo bāndhave mṛte / viśeṣamatra pakṣe tu kathyamānaṃ mayā śṛṇu

When a kinsman has died, whatever a kinsman gives for the sake of dharma — hear now the particular (rule) in this case, as it is told by me.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.84

उपयुक्तञ्च तस्यासीत् यत् किञ्चित् स्वगृहे पुरा । तस्य यद्गात्रसं लग्नं वस्त्रं भाजनवाहनम् । यदभीष्टञ्च तस्यासीत् तत् सर्वं परिकल्पयेत्

upayuktañca tasyāsīt yat kiñcit svagṛhe purā / tasya yadgātrasaṃ lagnaṃ vastraṃ bhājanavāhanam / yadabhīṣṭañca tasyāsīt tat sarvaṃ parikalpayet

Whatever was formerly used by him in his own house, whatever cloth clung to his body, his vessel, his vehicle, and whatever was dear to him — all that one should provide.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.85

स्थापयेत् पुरुषं हैमं शय्योपरि शुभं बुधः । पूजयित्वा प्रदातव्या मृतशय्या यथोदिता

sthāpayet puruṣaṃ haimaṃ śayyopari śubhaṃ budhaḥ / pūjayitvā pradātavyā mṛtaśayyā yathoditā

The wise man should set an auspicious golden figure of a man upon the bed; having worshipped it, the bed of the dead is to be given as prescribed.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.86

पुरन्दरगृहे सर्वं सूर्यपुत्रालये तथा । उपतिष्ठेत् सुखं जन्तोः शय्यादानप्रभावतः

purandaragṛhe sarvaṃ sūryaputrālaye tathā / upatiṣṭhet sukhaṃ jantoḥ śayyādānaprabhāvataḥ

In the house of Purandara and likewise in the abode of the Sun's son, everything, happiness, will be at hand for the creature through the power of the gift of a bed.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.87

पीडयन्ति न तं याम्याः पुरुषा भीषणाननाः । न घर्मेण न शीतेन बाध्यते स नरः क्वचित्

pīḍayanti na taṃ yāmyāḥ puruṣā bhīṣaṇānanāḥ / na gharmeṇa na śītena bādhyate sa naraḥ kvacit

Yama's men with terrifying faces do not torment him; that man is nowhere afflicted by heat or by cold.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.88

शय्यादानप्रभावेण प्रेतो मुच्यते बन्धनात् । अपिः पापसमायुक्तः स्वर्गलोकं स गच्छति

śayyādānaprabhāveṇa preto mucyate bandhanāt / apiḥ pāpasamāyuktaḥ svargalokaṃ sa gacchati

By the power of the gift of a bed the departed one is freed from bondage; even though joined with sin, he goes to the world of heaven.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.89

विमानवरमारूढः सेव्यमानो ऽप्सरोगणैः । आभूतसंप्लवं यावत् तिष्ठेत् पातकवर्जितः

vimānavaramārūḍhaḥ sevyamāno 'psarogaṇaiḥ / ābhūtasaṃplavaṃ yāvat tiṣṭhet pātakavarjitaḥ

Mounted on an excellent celestial chariot, attended by throngs of apsarases, freed of his misdeeds he abides until the dissolution of beings.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.90

नवकं षोडशश्राद्धं शय्या सांवत्सरं तथा । भर्तुर्या कुरुते नारी तस्याः श्रेयो ह्यनन्तकम्

navakaṃ ṣoḍaśaśrāddhaṃ śayyā sāṃvatsaraṃ tathā / bharturyā kurute nārī tasyāḥ śreyo hyanantakam

The set of nine, the sixteen śrāddhas, the bed, and likewise the annual (rite) — the woman who performs these for her husband, her merit is endless.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.91

उपकाराय सा भर्तुर्जीवन्ती न मृता तथा । उद्धरेज्जीवमाना सा सती सत्यवती प्रियम्

upakārāya sā bharturjīvantī na mṛtā tathā / uddharejjīvamānā sā satī satyavatī priyam

Living, and not dead, she is for her husband's benefit; living on, that faithful, truthful wife may rescue her beloved.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.92

स्त्रिया दध्यन्नशयने हेमकुङ्कुममञ्जनम् । वस्त्रभूषा तथा शय्या सर्वमेतद्धि दापयेत्

striyā dadhyannaśayane hemakuṅkumamañjanam / vastrabhūṣā tathā śayyā sarvametaddhi dāpayet

For a woman, upon a bed with curds and rice: gold, saffron, eye-salve, clothing and ornaments, and likewise the bed — all this indeed one should have given.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 2 34.93

उपकारकरं स्त्रीणां यद्भवोदिह किञ्चन । भूषणं गात्रलग्नञ्च वस्तु भोग्यादिकञ्च यत्

upakārakaraṃ strīṇāṃ yadbhavodiha kiñcana / bhūṣaṇaṃ gātralagnañca vastu bhogyādikañca yat

Whatever here may be of use to women — ornament, and what clings to the body, and whatever object is for enjoyment and the like —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.94

तत् सर्वं मेलयित्वा तु स्वेस्वे स्थाने नियोजयेत् । पूजयेल्लोकपालांश्च ग्रहान् देवीं विनायकम्

tat sarvaṃ melayitvā tu svesve sthāne niyojayet / pūjayellokapālāṃśca grahān devīṃ vināyakam

Having gathered all that together, he should set each thing in its own place; and he should worship the guardians of the world-quarters, the planets, the Goddess, and Vināyaka.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.95

ततः शुक्लाम्बरधरो गृहीतकुसुमाञ्जलिः । इममुच्चारयेन्मन्त्रं विप्रस्य पुरतो बुधः

tataḥ śuklāmbaradharo gṛhītakusumāñjaliḥ / imamuccārayenmantraṃ viprasya purato budhaḥ

Then, wearing white garments, holding a handful of flowers, the wise man should pronounce this mantra before the brahmin:

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.96

प्रेतस्य प्रतिमा ह्येषा सर्वोपकरणैर्युता । सर्वरत्नसमायुक्ता तव विप्रनिवेदिता

pretasya pratimā hyeṣā sarvopakaraṇairyutā / sarvaratnasamāyuktā tava vipraniveditā

"This indeed is the image of the departed one, furnished with all the appurtenances, joined with all jewels, presented to you, O brahmin.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.97

आत्मा शम्भुः शिवा गौरी शक्रः सुरगणैः सह । तस्माच्छय्याप्रदानेन सैष आत्मा प्रसीदतु

ātmā śambhuḥ śivā gaurī śakraḥ suragaṇaiḥ saha / tasmācchayyāpradānena saiṣa ātmā prasīdatu

The self is Śambhu, Śivā is Gaurī, Śakra together with the hosts of gods; therefore, by this gift of a bed, let this self be pleased."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.98

आचार्याय प्रदातव्या ब्राह्मणाय कुटुम्बिने । गृहीते ब्राह्मणस्तत्र को ऽदादिति च कीर्तयेत्

ācāryāya pradātavyā brāhmaṇāya kuṭumbine / gṛhīte brāhmaṇastatra ko 'dāditi ca kīrtayet

It is to be given to the officiating teacher, to a brahmin who has a family; and when it has been accepted, the brahmin there should proclaim, "Who gave (this)?"

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.99

ततः प्रदक्षिणीकृत्य प्रणिपत्य विसर्जयेत् । विधिनानेन वै पक्षिन् दानमेकस्य दापयेत्

tataḥ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya praṇipatya visarjayet / vidhinānena vai pakṣin dānamekasya dāpayet

Then, having circumambulated and bowed down, he should dismiss (the brahmin). By this rule, O bird, he should have the gift given to a single (recipient).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.100

बहुभ्यो न प्रदेयानि गौर्गृहं शयनं स्त्रियः । विभक्तदक्षिणा ह्येते दातारं पातयन्ति हि

bahubhyo na pradeyāni gaurgṛhaṃ śayanaṃ striyaḥ / vibhaktadakṣiṇā hyete dātāraṃ pātayanti hi

A cow, a house, a bed, and women are not to be given to many; for these, when the gift is divided, cause the giver to fall.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.101

एवं यो वितरेत् तार्क्ष्य शृणु तस्य च यत् फलम् । साग्रं वर्षशतं दिव्यं स्वर्गलोके महीयते

evaṃ yo vitaret tārkṣya śṛṇu tasya ca yat phalam / sāgraṃ varṣaśataṃ divyaṃ svargaloke mahīyate

Hear, O Tārkṣya, what the fruit is for one who bestows (a gift) thus: he is honoured in the world of heaven for a full hundred divine years.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.102

यत् पुण्यन्तु व्यतीपाते कार्तिक्यामयनद्वये । द्वारकायान्तु यत् पुण्यं चन्द्रसूर्यग्रहे तथा

yat puṇyantu vyatīpāte kārtikyāmayanadvaye / dvārakāyāntu yat puṇyaṃ candrasūryagrahe tathā

Whatever merit there is at a vyatīpāta conjunction, on the full moon of Kārttika, at the two solstices, and whatever merit there is at Dvārakā, and likewise at an eclipse of the moon or the sun,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.103

प्रयागे नैमिषे यच्च कुरुक्षेत्रे तर्थाबुदे । गङ्गायां यमुनायाञ्च सिन्धुसागरसंगमे

prayāge naimiṣe yacca kurukṣetre tarthābude / gaṅgāyāṃ yamunāyāñca sindhusāgarasaṃgame

and whatever (merit there is) at Prayāga, at Naimiṣa, at Kurukṣetra, at the Arbuda shrine, on the Gaṅgā and the Yamunā, and at the confluence of the Indus with the ocean —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.104

तेषु यद्दीयते दानं तस्मादप्यधिकन्त्विदम् । एतच्छय्याप्रदानस्य नाप्नोति षोडशीं कलाम्

teṣu yaddīyate dānaṃ tasmādapyadhikantvidam / etacchayyāpradānasya nāpnoti ṣoḍaśīṃ kalām

the gift that is given at those (places and times) — this (bed-gift) is greater even than that; (that) does not attain a sixteenth part of this gift of a bed.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.105

यत्रासौ जायते प्राणी भुङ्क्ते तत्रैव तत् फलम् । कर्मक्षये क्षितौ याति मानुषः शुभदर्शनः

yatrāsau jāyate prāṇī bhuṅkte tatraiva tat phalam / karmakṣaye kṣitau yāti mānuṣaḥ śubhadarśanaḥ

Wherever that creature is born, there itself he enjoys that fruit; and when the (merit of the) act is exhausted he goes to earth as a man of auspicious appearance,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.106

महाधनी च धर्मज्ञः सर्वशास्त्रविशारदः । पुनः स याति वैकुण्ठं मृतो ऽसौ नरपुङ्गवः

mahādhanī ca dharmajñaḥ sarvaśāstraviśāradaḥ / punaḥ sa yāti vaikuṇṭhaṃ mṛto 'sau narapuṅgavaḥ

very rich, knowing dharma, skilled in all the sciences; and again, when that best of men dies, he goes to Vaikuṇṭha.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.107

दिव्यं विमानमारुह्य अप्सरोभिः समावृतः । अहो ऽसौ हव्यकव्येषु पितृभिः सह मोदते

divyaṃ vimānamāruhya apsarobhiḥ samāvṛtaḥ / aho 'sau havyakavyeṣu pitṛbhiḥ saha modate

Having mounted a divine aerial car, surrounded by apsarases — ah, at (the offerings of) havya and kavya he rejoices together with the fathers.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.108

अष्टकासु कृतं श्राद्धममावास्यादिने तथा । मघासु पितृपर्वाणि यानियानि च तेषु च

aṣṭakāsu kṛtaṃ śrāddhamamāvāsyādine tathā / maghāsu pitṛparvāṇi yāniyāni ca teṣu ca

The śrāddha performed on the aṣṭakā days, and likewise on the new-moon day, on the Maghā (days), and whatever ancestral festivals there are, and at those (times) —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.109

शृणु तार्क्ष्य यथान्यायं प्रेतत्वे पितरो यदि । नोपतिष्ठन्ति श्राद्धानि सपिण्डीकरणं विना

śṛṇu tārkṣya yathānyāyaṃ pretatve pitaro yadi / nopatiṣṭhanti śrāddhāni sapiṇḍīkaraṇaṃ vinā

hear, O Tārkṣya, according to the rule: if (the dead) are in the state of a preta, the fathers do not attend the śrāddhas without the sapiṇḍīkaraṇa.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.110

सपिण्डीकरणं कार्यं पूर्णे वर्षे न संशयः । आद्यन्तु शवशुद्ध्यर्थं कृत्वा चैवाक्ष षोडशीम्

sapiṇḍīkaraṇaṃ kāryaṃ pūrṇe varṣe na saṃśayaḥ / ādyantu śavaśuddhyarthaṃ kṛtvā caivākṣa ṣoḍaśīm

The sapiṇḍīkaraṇa is to be performed when the year is complete, there is no doubt; but first, O keen-eyed one, having performed the sixteen (rites) for the purification of the corpse,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.111

पितृपाङ्क्तिविशुर्ध्यं शतार्धेन? तु योजयेत् । वृद्धिं प्राप्याग्रतः कुर्याच्छूद्रस्य स्वच्छयैव हि

pitṛpāṅktiviśurdhyaṃ śatārdhena? tu yojayet / vṛddhiṃ prāpyāgrataḥ kuryācchūdrasya svacchayaiva hi

for the purification (needed) for (joining) the row of the fathers, he should join (him to them) with half a hundred (rites?); having obtained a prosperity-rite he should do it beforehand; but for a śūdra (it is done) with clear (water) alone.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 2 34.112

साम्प्रतं साग्निके कार्यं द्वादशाहे सपिण्डनम् । न चासौ कुरुते यावत् प्रेत एव स वह्निमान् । द्वादशाहे ततः कार्यं साग्निकेन सपिण्डनम्

sāmprataṃ sāgnike kāryaṃ dvādaśāhe sapiṇḍanam / na cāsau kurute yāvat preta eva sa vahnimān / dvādaśāhe tataḥ kāryaṃ sāgnikena sapiṇḍanam

At present, for one who maintains the sacred fires, the sapiṇḍana is to be performed on the twelfth day; and so long as he does not perform it, that fire-keeper remains a mere preta. Therefore the sapiṇḍana for one with the fires is to be performed on the twelfth day.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.113

अस्थिपोक्षे गयाश्राद्धं श्राद्धञ्चापरपक्षिकम् । अब्दमध्ये न कुर्वीत सपिण्डीकरणं विना

asthipokṣe gayāśrāddhaṃ śrāddhañcāparapakṣikam / abdamadhye na kurvīta sapiṇḍīkaraṇaṃ vinā

The gathering (sprinkling?) of the bones, the śrāddha at Gayā, and the śrāddha of the dark fortnight — these one should not perform within the year without the sapiṇḍīkaraṇa.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 2 34.114

सपत्न्यो यदि बह्व्यः स्युरेका पुत्रवती भवेत् । सर्वास्ताः पुत्रवत्यः स्युस्तेनैकेनात्मजेन हि

sapatnyo yadi bahvyaḥ syurekā putravatī bhavet / sarvāstāḥ putravatyaḥ syustenaikenātmajena hi

If there are many co-wives and (only) one has a son, all of them become possessed of a son through that one son alone.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.115

नासपिण्डोग्निमान् पुत्रः पितृयज्ञं समाचरेत् । समाचाराद्भवेत् पापी पितृहा चापि जायते

nāsapiṇḍognimān putraḥ pitṛyajñaṃ samācaret / samācārādbhavet pāpī pitṛhā cāpi jāyate

A son whose (father) has not been made sapiṇḍa, though he maintains the (sacred) fire, should not perform the pitṛ-sacrifice; by (such) practice he becomes a sinner and is even born a slayer of his father.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.116

मृते भर्तरि या नारी प्राणांश्चैव परित्यजेत् । भर्त्रैव हि समं तस्याः प्रकुर्वीत सपिण्डनम्

mṛte bhartari yā nārī prāṇāṃścaiva parityajet / bhartraiva hi samaṃ tasyāḥ prakurvīta sapiṇḍanam

The woman who, when her husband has died, gives up her life-breaths as well — for her the sapiṇḍana should be performed together with her husband himself.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.117

अस्थानिकापि या व्यूढा वैश्या वा क्षत्त्रियापि वा । याः पत्न्यो वै पितुः कश्चित् कुर्यात् पुत्रः सपिण्डनम्

asthānikāpi yā vyūḍhā vaiśyā vā kṣattriyāpi vā / yāḥ patnyo vai pituḥ kaścit kuryāt putraḥ sapiṇḍanam

Even a woman married out of place (irregularly), or a vaiśya woman, or a kṣatriya woman — whatever wives there are of the father, some son should perform their sapiṇḍana.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 2 34.118

विप्रेणैव यदा शूद्रा परिणीता प्रमादतः । एकोद्दिष्टन्तु तच्छ्राद्ध सा तु तेनैव युज्यते

vipreṇaiva yadā śūdrā pariṇītā pramādataḥ / ekoddiṣṭantu tacchrāddha sā tu tenaiva yujyate

When a śūdra woman has been married by a brahmin through negligence, that śrāddha of hers is ekoddiṣṭa, and she is joined with him by that alone.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.119

अन्ये तु दश ये पुत्रा जाता वर्ण चतुष्टये । ते तासुतासु योक्त्वयाः सपिण्डीकरणे सदा

anye tu daśa ye putrā jātā varṇa catuṣṭaye / te tāsutāsu yoktvayāḥ sapiṇḍīkaraṇe sadā

But the other ten sons who are born among the four classes — they are always to be joined to those (mothers') sons in the sapiṇḍīkaraṇa.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 2 34.120

अन्वष्टकासु यच्छ्राद्ध यच्छ्राद्धं वृद्धिहेतुकम् । पितुः पृथक् प्रदाव्यं स्त्रियाः पिण्डं सपिण्डने

anvaṣṭakāsu yacchrāddha yacchrāddhaṃ vṛddhihetukam / pituḥ pṛthak pradāvyaṃ striyāḥ piṇḍaṃ sapiṇḍane

In the anvaṣṭakā rites, whatever śrāddha there is, and whatever śrāddha is occasioned by an auspicious event, the father's (offering) is to be given separately, and the woman's piṇḍa in the sapiṇḍana.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 2 34.121

पितामह्या समं मातुः पितुः सहपितामहैः । सपिण्डीकरणं कार्यमिति तार्क्ष्य मतं मम

pitāmahyā samaṃ mātuḥ pituḥ sahapitāmahaiḥ / sapiṇḍīkaraṇaṃ kāryamiti tārkṣya mataṃ mama

The sapiṇḍīkaraṇa of the mother is to be done together with the grandmother, and of the father together with the grandfathers — such, Tārkṣya, is my opinion.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.122

अपुत्रायां मृतायां तु पतिः कुर्यात् सपिण्डनम् । मात्रादितिसृभिः सार्धमेवं धर्मेण योजयेत्

aputrāyāṃ mṛtāyāṃ tu patiḥ kuryāt sapiṇḍanam / mātrāditisṛbhiḥ sārdhamevaṃ dharmeṇa yojayet

But when a woman dies sonless, the husband should perform the sapiṇḍana; he should join (her) thus, according to the law, together with the three beginning with the mother (i.e., the female ancestors).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.123

पुत्रो नास्ति न भर्ता च स्त्रीणां तार्क्ष्य सपिण्डनम् । कारयेद्वृद्धिसमये भ्रातृदायाददेवरैः

putro nāsti na bhartā ca strīṇāṃ tārkṣya sapiṇḍanam / kārayedvṛddhisamaye bhrātṛdāyādadevaraiḥ

When women have no son and no husband, Tārkṣya, the sapiṇḍana should be had performed at the time of an auspicious rite by brothers, heirs, or brothers-in-law.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.124

पतिपुत्रविहीनानां गोत्री नास्ति न देवरः । एकोद्दिष्टेन दातव्यं परेण सह भ्रातृभिः

patiputravihīnānāṃ gotrī nāsti na devaraḥ / ekoddiṣṭena dātavyaṃ pareṇa saha bhrātṛbhiḥ

For those bereft of husband and son, when there is no clansman and no brother-in-law, (the offering) is to be given by the ekoddiṣṭa rite by brothers together with another.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 2 34.125

अज्ञानाद्विघ्नतो वापि न कृतञ्चेत् सपिण्डनम् । नवकं षोडशश्राद्धमाब्दिकं कारयेत् ततः

ajñānādvighnato vāpi na kṛtañcet sapiṇḍanam / navakaṃ ṣoḍaśaśrāddhamābdikaṃ kārayet tataḥ

If, through ignorance or through some obstacle, the sapiṇḍana has not been performed, one should then have the nine (śrāddhas), the sixteen śrāddhas, and the annual one performed.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.126

अदाहे न च कर्तव्यं सदाहे कारयेद्बुधः । दर्भपुत्तलकं कृत्वा वह्निना दाहयेच्छवम्

adāhe na ca kartavyaṃ sadāhe kārayedbudhaḥ / darbhaputtalakaṃ kṛtvā vahninā dāhayecchavam

When there has been no cremation it is not to be performed; when there has been cremation the wise man should have it done; having made an effigy of darbha grass, he should have the corpse burnt with fire.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.127

पितुः पुत्रेण कर्तव्यं न कुर्ब्वीत पिता सुते । अतिस्नेहान्न कर्तव्यं सपिण्डीकरणं सते

pituḥ putreṇa kartavyaṃ na kurbvīta pitā sute / atisnehānna kartavyaṃ sapiṇḍīkaraṇaṃ sate

(It) is to be done for the father by the son; a father should not do it for his son; out of excessive affection the sapiṇḍīkaraṇa is not to be performed for a good (son).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 2 34.128

बहवो ऽपि यदा पुत्रा विधिमेकः समाचरेत् । नवश्राद्धं सपिण्डत्वं श्राद्धान्यन्यानि षोडश

bahavo 'pi yadā putrā vidhimekaḥ samācaret / navaśrāddhaṃ sapiṇḍatvaṃ śrāddhānyanyāni ṣoḍaśa

Even when there are many sons, one should carry out the rite: the new (death) śrāddha, the sapiṇḍa-making, and the other sixteen śrāddhas.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.129

एकेनैव तु कार्यांणि अविभक्तधनेष्वपि । अन्त्येष्टिं कुरुते ह्येको मुनिभैः समुदाहृतम्

ekenaiva tu kāryāṃṇi avibhaktadhaneṣvapi / antyeṣṭiṃ kurute hyeko munibhaiḥ samudāhṛtam

The rites are to be done by one alone, even when the property is undivided; one alone performs the funeral rite — so it is declared by the sages.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.130

विभक्तैश्च पृथक् कार्या क्रिया सांवत्सरादिका । एकैकेन च कर्तव्या पुत्रेण च स्वयंस्वयम्

vibhaktaiśca pṛthak kāryā kriyā sāṃvatsarādikā / ekaikena ca kartavyā putreṇa ca svayaṃsvayam

But by those who have divided (the property) the rites, the annual one and the rest, are to be done separately, and are to be performed by each single son himself.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.131

यस्यैतानि न दत्तानि प्रेतश्राद्धानि षोडश । पिशाचत्वंस्थिरं तस्य कृतैः श्राद्धशतैरपि

yasyaitāni na dattāni pretaśrāddhāni ṣoḍaśa / piśācatvaṃsthiraṃ tasya kṛtaiḥ śrāddhaśatairapi

He for whom these sixteen śrāddhas for the departed have not been given — for him the state of a piśāca is fixed, even though hundreds of śrāddhas be performed.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.132

भ्राता वा भ्रातृपुत्रो वा सपिण्डः शिष्य एव वा । सपिण्डीकरणं कुर्यात् पुत्रहीने खगेश्वर

bhrātā vā bhrātṛputro vā sapiṇḍaḥ śiṣya eva vā / sapiṇḍīkaraṇaṃ kuryāt putrahīne khageśvara

A brother, or a brother's son, or a sapiṇḍa, or even a pupil should perform the sapiṇḍīkaraṇa when there is no son, O lord of birds.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.133

सर्वेषां पुत्रहीनानां पत्री कुर्यात् सपिण्डनम् । ऋत्विजं करायेद्वाथ पुरोहितमथापि वा

sarveṣāṃ putrahīnānāṃ patrī kuryāt sapiṇḍanam / ṛtvijaṃ karāyedvātha purohitamathāpi vā

For all who are without sons the wife should perform the sapiṇḍana; or else she should have it done by an officiating priest or by the family priest.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.134

मृते पितर्यब्दमध्ये ह्युपरागो यदा भवेत् । पार्वणं न सुतैः कार्यं श्राद्धं नान्दीमुखं न च

mṛte pitaryabdamadhye hyuparāgo yadā bhavet / pārvaṇaṃ na sutaiḥ kāryaṃ śrāddhaṃ nāndīmukhaṃ na ca

When the father has died, if an eclipse occurs within the year, the pārvaṇa rite is not to be done by the sons, nor the śrāddha, nor the nāndīmukha (rite).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.135

तीर्थश्राद्धं गयाश्राद्धं श्राद्धमन्यच्च पैतृकम् । अब्दमध्ये न कुर्वीत महागुरुविपत्तिषु

tīrthaśrāddhaṃ gayāśrāddhaṃ śrāddhamanyacca paitṛkam / abdamadhye na kurvīta mahāguruvipattiṣu

A śrāddha at a sacred ford, a śrāddha at Gayā, and any other paternal śrāddha — (these) one should not perform within the year, in the case of the death of a great elder (i.e. a parent).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.136

यमके च गजच्छायामन्वादिषु युगादिषु । पितृपिण्डो न दातव्यः सपिण्डीकरणं विना

yamake ca gajacchāyāmanvādiṣu yugādiṣu / pitṛpiṇḍo na dātavyaḥ sapiṇḍīkaraṇaṃ vinā

On the yamaka (conjunction), on the gajacchāyā, on the anvādi and yugādi (days), the piṇḍa for the fathers is not to be given without the sapiṇḍīkaraṇa having been done.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 2 34.137

यज्ञपुरुषस्य यद्दानं देवादीनाञ्च यत् तथा । अपूर्णे ऽप्यब्दमध्येपि कर्तव्यमिति के च न

yajñapuruṣasya yaddānaṃ devādīnāñca yat tathā / apūrṇe 'pyabdamadhyepi kartavyamiti ke ca na

The gift (made) to the Person of the sacrifice, and likewise that (made) to the gods and the rest — some (hold) that it is to be performed even within the year, even when it (the year) is not complete.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 2 34.138

पितृभ्योपि हि यद्दत्तमर्घपिण्डविवर्जितम् । कर्तव्यं तच्च वै सर्वमेष एव विधिः स्मृतः

pitṛbhyopi hi yaddattamarghapiṇḍavivarjitam / kartavyaṃ tacca vai sarvameṣa eva vidhiḥ smṛtaḥ

And whatever is given to the fathers too, if it is free of the arghya and the piṇḍa — all that indeed is to be performed; just this is handed down as the rule.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 2 34.139

देवानां पितरो देवा पितॄणामृषयस्तथा । ऋषीणां पितरो देवाः पिता जयति तेन वै

devānāṃ pitaro devā pitṝṇāmṛṣayastathā / ṛṣīṇāṃ pitaro devāḥ pitā jayati tena vai

The fathers are the gods of the gods, and the seers (are the gods) of the fathers; the gods are the fathers of the seers — by that, indeed, the father prevails.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 2 34.140

पितृदेवमनुष्याणां यज्ञनथो विभुर्भवेत् । यज्ञनाथस्य यद्दत्तं तद्दत्तं सर्वदेहिनाम्

pitṛdevamanuṣyāṇāṃ yajñanatho vibhurbhavet / yajñanāthasya yaddattaṃ taddattaṃ sarvadehinām

The Lord of the sacrifice is the all-pervading ruler of the fathers, the gods, and men; whatever is given to the Lord of the sacrifice, that is given to all embodied beings.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.141

मृते पितर्यब्दमध्ये यः श्राद्धं कारयेत् सुतः । सप्तजन्मकृता धर्मात् हीयते नात्र संशयः

mṛte pitaryabdamadhye yaḥ śrāddhaṃ kārayet sutaḥ / saptajanmakṛtā dharmāt hīyate nātra saṃśayaḥ

The son who has a śrāddha performed within the year, when the father has died, falls away from the merit accumulated through seven births — there is no doubt here.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.142

प्रेतीभूतास्तु पितरो लुप्तपिण्डोदकक्रियाः । भ्रमन्ति वायुना सर्वे क्षुत्तृड्भ्यां परिपीडिताः

pretībhūtāstu pitaro luptapiṇḍodakakriyāḥ / bhramanti vāyunā sarve kṣuttṛḍbhyāṃ paripīḍitāḥ

But the fathers, whose rites of piṇḍa and water have been discontinued, become pretas; they all wander on the wind, tormented by hunger and thirst.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.143

पितरि प्रेततापन्ने लुप्यते पैतृकी क्रिया । अथ मातुर्विपत्तिः स्यात् पितृकार्यं न लुप्यते

pitari pretatāpanne lupyate paitṛkī kriyā / atha māturvipattiḥ syāt pitṛkāryaṃ na lupyate

When the father has fallen into the state of a preta, the paternal rite lapses; but if the mother's death occurs, the rite for the fathers does not lapse.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.144

मृता माता पिता तिष्ठेज्जीवन्ती च पितामही । सपिण्डनन्तु कर्तव्यं पितामह्या सहैव तु

mṛtā mātā pitā tiṣṭhejjīvantī ca pitāmahī / sapiṇḍanantu kartavyaṃ pitāmahyā sahaiva tu

(If) the mother has died, the father is alive, and the paternal grandmother too is living — then the sapiṇḍana is to be performed together with the paternal grandmother.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.145

सत्यंसत्यं पुनः सत्यं श्रूयतां वचनं मम । न पिण्डो मिलितो येषां मृतानान्तु नृणां भुवि

satyaṃsatyaṃ punaḥ satyaṃ śrūyatāṃ vacanaṃ mama / na piṇḍo milito yeṣāṃ mṛtānāntu nṛṇāṃ bhuvi

True, true, and again true — let my word be heard: those dead men on earth whose piṇḍa has not been joined —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 34.146

उपतिष्ठेन्न वे तेषां पुत्रैर्दत्तमनेकधा । हन्तकारस्तदुद्देशे श्राद्धं नैव जलाञ्जलिः

upatiṣṭhenna ve teṣāṃ putrairdattamanekadhā / hantakārastaduddeśe śrāddhaṃ naiva jalāñjaliḥ

what is given by their sons in many ways does not reach them; the call of 'hanta!', the śrāddha, the handful of water intended for them — (none of it reaches them) at all.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition