Garuda Purana — Uttara Khanda (Pretakalpa) — Chapter 35
GaP 2 35.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- ३५ तर्क्ष्य उवाच । अपरं मम सन्देहं कथयस्व जनार्दन । पुरुषस्य च कस्यापि मता पञ्चत्वमागता
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 35 tarkṣya uvāca / aparaṃ mama sandehaṃ kathayasva janārdana / puruṣasya ca kasyāpi matā pañcatvamāgatā
Tārkṣya said: Tell me another doubt of mine, Janārdana. The mother of some man has met with death;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 35.2
पितामही जीवति च तथा च प्रपितामही । वृद्धप्रपितामही तद्वन्मातृसक्तः पिता तथा
pitāmahī jīvati ca tathā ca prapitāmahī / vṛddhaprapitāmahī tadvanmātṛsaktaḥ pitā tathā
and his paternal grandmother is living, and so too his great-grandmother, and likewise his great-great-grandmother, and the father too is attached to (another) mother.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 35.3
प्रमातामहश्च तथा वृद्धप्रमातामहस्तथा । केन सा मेल्यते माता एतत् कथय मे प्रभो
pramātāmahaśca tathā vṛddhapramātāmahastathā / kena sā melyate mātā etat kathaya me prabho
And likewise the maternal great-grandfather, and likewise the maternal great-great-grandfather: with whom is that mother to be joined? Tell me this, O Lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 35.4
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच । पुनरुक्तं प्रवक्ष्यामि सपिण्डीकरणं खग । उमा लक्ष्मीश्च सावित्रीत्यताभिर्मेलयेद्ध्रुवम्
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / punaruktaṃ pravakṣyāmi sapiṇḍīkaraṇaṃ khaga / umā lakṣmīśca sāvitrītyatābhirmelayeddhruvam
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: I shall declare again what has (already) been said, the sapiṇḍīkaraṇa, O bird: with these — Umā, Lakṣmī, and Sāvitrī — he should certainly effect the joining.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 35.5
त्रयः पिण्डभुजो ज्ञेयास्त्यजाकाश्च त्रयः स्मृताः । त्रयः पिण्डानुलेपाश्च दशमः पङ्क्तिसंन्निधः
trayaḥ piṇḍabhujo jñeyāstyajākāśca trayaḥ smṛtāḥ / trayaḥ piṇḍānulepāśca daśamaḥ paṅktisaṃnnidhaḥ
Three are to be known as the eaters of the piṇḍa, and three are held to be those who relinquish (it); three share (only) the smearings of the piṇḍa, and the tenth is the one present in the row.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 35.6
इत्येते पुरुषाः ख्याताः पितृमातृकुलेषु च । तारयेद्यजमानस्तु दश पूर्वान् दशावरान्
ityete puruṣāḥ khyātāḥ pitṛmātṛkuleṣu ca / tārayedyajamānastu daśa pūrvān daśāvarān
Thus these persons are declared, in the father's line and the mother's line; and the sacrificer would carry across ten preceding and ten following (generations).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 35.7
सपिण्डः स भवेदादौ सपिण्डीकरणे कृते । अन्त्यस्तु त्याजको ज्ञेयो यो वृद्धप्रपितामहः
sapiṇḍaḥ sa bhavedādau sapiṇḍīkaraṇe kṛte / antyastu tyājako jñeyo yo vṛddhaprapitāmahaḥ
He becomes the sapiṇḍa, first (in the series), when the sapiṇḍīkaraṇa has been performed; and the last, the great-great-grandfather, is to be known as the one who relinquishes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 35.8
अन्तिमस्त्याजको ज्ञेयो लेपकः प्रथमो भवेत् । लेपकस्त्वन्तिमो यस्तु स भवेत् पङ्क्तिसन्निधः
antimastyājako jñeyo lepakaḥ prathamo bhavet / lepakastvantimo yastu sa bhavet paṅktisannidhaḥ
The last is to be known as the one who is dropped, and the first becomes a recipient of the smearings; but he who is the last of the smearing-recipients, he stands near the row.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 35.9
यजमानो भवेदेको दश पृर्त्वे दशावरे । इत्येते पितरो ज्ञेया एकविंशति संख्यकाः
yajamāno bhavedeko daśa pṛrtve daśāvare / ityete pitaro jñeyā ekaviṃśati saṃkhyakāḥ
The sacrificer would be one, ten before and ten after: thus these are to be known as the forefathers, twenty-one in number.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 35.10
विधिना कुरुते यस्तु संसारे श्राद्धमुत्तमम् । जायते ऽत्र न सन्देहः शृणु तस्यापि यत् फलम्
vidhinā kurute yastu saṃsāre śrāddhamuttamam / jāyate 'tra na sandehaḥ śṛṇu tasyāpi yat phalam
He who in this world performs the highest śrāddha according to the rule — here there arises no doubt (about it); hear what the fruit of that also is.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 35.11
पिता ददाति पुत्त्रान् वै विच्छिन्नसन्ततिः खग । होमदाता भवेत्सोपि यस्तस्य प्रपितामहः
pitā dadāti puttrān vai vicchinnasantatiḥ khaga / homadātā bhavetsopi yastasya prapitāmahaḥ
The father indeed grants sons to one whose line of descent has been cut off, O bird; and he who is his great-grandfather becomes the giver of the oblation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 35.12
कृते श्राद्धे गुणा ह्येते पितॄणां तपेणे स्मृताः । दद्याद्विपुलमन्नाद्यं वृद्धस्तु प्रपितामहः
kṛte śrāddhe guṇā hyete pitṝṇāṃ tapeṇe smṛtāḥ / dadyādvipulamannādyaṃ vṛddhastu prapitāmahaḥ
These are the benefits declared, when a śrāddha has been performed, in the gratification of the forefathers; and the elder great-grandfather would grant abundant food.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 35.13
यस्य पुंसश्च मर्त्ये वै विच्छिन्ना सन्ततिः खग । स वसेन्नरके घोरे पङ्के मग्नः करी यथा
yasya puṃsaśca martye vai vicchinnā santatiḥ khaga / sa vasennarake ghore paṅke magnaḥ karī yathā
That man whose line of descent has been cut off in the mortal world, O bird, dwells in a dreadful hell, sunk in mud like an elephant.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 35.14
योन्यन्तरेषु जायते यत्र वृक्षसरीसृपाः । न सन्ततिं विना सो ऽत्र मुच्यते नरकाद्ध्रुवम्
yonyantareṣu jāyate yatra vṛkṣasarīsṛpāḥ / na santatiṃ vinā so 'tra mucyate narakāddhruvam
He is born among other kinds of wombs, where there are trees and creeping things; without offspring he is surely not released here from hell.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 35.15
आचार्यस्तस्य शिष्यो वा यो दूरे ऽपि हि गात्रेजः । नारायणबलिं कुर्यात् तस्याद्देशेन भक्तितः
ācāryastasya śiṣyo vā yo dūre 'pi hi gātrejaḥ / nārāyaṇabaliṃ kuryāt tasyāddeśena bhaktitaḥ
His teacher, or his pupil, or a kinsman even though far away, should perform the Nārāyaṇa-bali for him with devotion, at his instruction.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 35.16
विशुद्धः सर्वपापेभ्यो मुक्तः स नरकाद्ध्रुवम् । निवसेन्नाकलोके च नात्र कार्या विचारणा
viśuddhaḥ sarvapāpebhyo muktaḥ sa narakāddhruvam / nivasennākaloke ca nātra kāryā vicāraṇā
Purified of all sins, he is surely released from hell, and he dwells in the world of heaven; no doubt is to be entertained about this.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 35.17
आदौ कृत्वा धनिष्ठाञ्च एतन्नक्षत्रपञ्चकम् । रेवत्यन्तं सदा दूष्यमशुभं सर्वदा भवेत्
ādau kṛtvā dhaniṣṭhāñca etannakṣatrapañcakam / revatyantaṃ sadā dūṣyamaśubhaṃ sarvadā bhavet
Beginning with Dhaniṣṭhā, this set of five lunar asterisms, ending with Revatī, is always to be censured; it is at all times inauspicious.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 35.18
दाह (बलि) स्तत्र न कर्तव्यो विप्रदिसर्वजातिषु । दीयते न जलं तत्र अशुभं जायते ध्रुवम् । लोकयात्रा न कर्तव्या दुः खार्तः स्वजनो यदि
dāha (bali) statra na kartavyo vipradisarvajātiṣu / dīyate na jalaṃ tatra aśubhaṃ jāyate dhruvam / lokayātrā na kartavyā duḥ khārtaḥ svajano yadi
Cremation (bali) is not to be performed then, among brahmins and all the castes; water is not offered then — inauspiciousness surely arises. No worldly journey is to be undertaken, if one's own kinsman is afflicted with grief.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 35.19
पञ्चकानन्तरं तस्य कर्तव्यं सर्वमन्यथा । पुत्राणां गोत्रिणां तस्य सन्तापो ऽप्युपजायते
pañcakānantaraṃ tasya kartavyaṃ sarvamanyathā / putrāṇāṃ gotriṇāṃ tasya santāpo 'pyupajāyate
After the (period of the) five asterisms all of it is to be done for him; otherwise grief arises even for his sons and clansmen.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 35.20
गृहे हानिर्भवेत्तस्य ऋक्षेष्वेषु मृतश्च यः । अथवा ऋक्षमध्ये ऽपि दाहस्तस्य विधीयते
gṛhe hānirbhavettasya ṛkṣeṣveṣu mṛtaśca yaḥ / athavā ṛkṣamadhye 'pi dāhastasya vidhīyate
There will be loss in the house of the one who has died during these asterisms; or else his cremation is prescribed even in the midst of the asterism.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 35.21
क्रियते मानुषाणान्तु सद्य आहुतिकारणात् । सद्याहुतिकरं पुण्यं तीर्थे तद्दाह उत्तमः
kriyate mānuṣāṇāntu sadya āhutikāraṇāt / sadyāhutikaraṃ puṇyaṃ tīrthe taddāha uttamaḥ
For human beings it is done at once, on account of the (required) oblation; making the oblation at once is meritorious, and that cremation at a sacred ford is best.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 35.22
विप्रैर्नियमतः कार्यः समन्त्रो विधिपूर्वकः । शवस्य च समीपे तु क्षिप्यन्ते पुत्तलास्ततः
viprairniyamataḥ kāryaḥ samantro vidhipūrvakaḥ / śavasya ca samīpe tu kṣipyante puttalāstataḥ
It is to be performed by brahmins as ordained, with mantras and preceded by the prescribed rite; and then effigies are cast down beside the corpse.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 35.25
दर्भमयाश्च चत्वारो विप्रा मन्त्राभिमन्त्रिताः । ततो दाहः प्रकर्तव्यः तैश्च पुत्तलकैः सह ॥ गर्प्_२,३५।२३ ॥ सूतकान्ते ततः पुत्रः कुर्याच्छान्तिकमुत्तमम् ॥ गर्प्_२,३५।२४ ॥ पञ्चकेषु मृतो यो ऽसौ न गतिं लभते नरः । तिलान् गाश्च सुवर्णं च तमुद्दिश्य घृतं ददेत्
darbhamayāśca catvāro viprā mantrābhimantritāḥ / tato dāhaḥ prakartavyaḥ taiśca puttalakaiḥ saha // garp_2,35.23 // sūtakānte tataḥ putraḥ kuryācchāntikamuttamam // garp_2,35.24 // pañcakeṣu mṛto yo 'sau na gatiṃ labhate naraḥ / tilān gāśca suvarṇaṃ ca tamuddiśya ghṛtaṃ dadet
And four (effigies) made of darbha grass, consecrated with mantras by the brahmins; then the cremation is to be carried out together with those effigies. || Then at the end of the impurity period the son should perform the excellent pacificatory rite. || That man who has died during the five asterisms obtains no (good) course; one should give sesame seeds, cows, gold and ghee, dedicating them to him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 35.26
विप्राणां दीयते दानं सर्वोपद्रवनाशनम् । सूतकान्ते च सत्पुत्रैः स प्रेतो लभते गतिम्
viprāṇāṃ dīyate dānaṃ sarvopadravanāśanam / sūtakānte ca satputraiḥ sa preto labhate gatim
A gift is given to brahmins, which destroys all afflictions; and at the end of the impurity period, through good sons, that departed one obtains his course.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 35.27
भाजनोपानहौ च्छत्रं हेममुद्राच वाससी । दक्षिणा दीयते विप्र सर्वपातकमोचनी
bhājanopānahau cchatraṃ hemamudrāca vāsasī / dakṣiṇā dīyate vipra sarvapātakamocanī
A vessel, sandals, an umbrella, a gold coin and two garments: the fee is given, O brahmin, which releases from all grievous sins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 35.28
बालवृद्धातुराणाञ्च मृतानां पञ्चकेषु हि । विधानं यो न कुर्वीत विघ्नस्तस्य प्रजायते
bālavṛddhāturāṇāñca mṛtānāṃ pañcakeṣu hi / vidhānaṃ yo na kurvīta vighnastasya prajāyate
And for children, the aged and the sick who have died during the five asterisms — he who does not carry out the prescribed rite, for him an obstacle arises.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 35.29
अष्टादशैव वस्तूनि प्रेतश्राद्धे विवर्जयेत् । आशिषो द्विगुणान् दर्भान् प्रणवान् नैकपिण्डताम्
aṣṭādaśaiva vastūni pretaśrāddhe vivarjayet / āśiṣo dviguṇān darbhān praṇavān naikapiṇḍatām
One should omit just eighteen items in the śrāddha for the departed: the benedictions, the doubled darbha grass, the praṇavas, the making of a single piṇḍa,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 35.30
अग्नौकरणमुच्छिष्टं श्राद्धं वै वैश्वदैविकम् । विकिरं च स्वधाकारं पितृशब्दं न चोच्चरेत्
agnaukaraṇamucchiṣṭaṃ śrāddhaṃ vai vaiśvadaivikam / vikiraṃ ca svadhākāraṃ pitṛśabdaṃ na coccaret
The offering into the fire, the leftover food, the (regular) śrāddha, the rite for the Viśvedevas, the scattering (of grain), the utterance "svadhā" — and (the mourner) should not pronounce the word "father" (pitṛ) (in a preta-śrāddha).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 35.31
अनुशब्दं न कुर्वीत नावाहनमथोल्मुकम् । आसीमान्तं न कुर्वीत प्रदक्षिणविसर्जनम्
anuśabdaṃ na kurvīta nāvāhanamatholmukam / āsīmāntaṃ na kurvīta pradakṣiṇavisarjanam
He should not use the word "anu", nor the invocation, nor the firebrand; he should not perform the (rite of accompanying the corpse) to the boundary, nor the dismissal with circumambulation to the right.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 35.32
न कुर्यात् तिलहोमञ्च द्विजः पूर्णाहुतिं तथा । न कुर्याद्वैश्वदेवं चेत्कर्ता गच्छत्यधोगतिम्
na kuryāt tilahomañca dvijaḥ pūrṇāhutiṃ tathā / na kuryādvaiśvadevaṃ cetkartā gacchatyadhogatim
Nor should the twice-born make the sesame oblation, nor likewise the full oblation; nor should he perform the Vaiśvadeva rite — if he does, the performer goes to a downward course.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 35.33
मलिनश्राद्धसंज्ञानं पूर्वषोडशकं तथा । स्थाने द्वारे चार्धमार्गे चितायां शवहस्तके
malinaśrāddhasaṃjñānaṃ pūrvaṣoḍaśakaṃ tathā / sthāne dvāre cārdhamārge citāyāṃ śavahastake
And the first set of sixteen bears the name "impure śrāddhas": (the piṇḍas are offered) at the place (of death), at the door, at the half-way point, at the pyre, and in the hand of the corpse.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 35.34
श्मशानवासिभूतेभ्यः पञ्चमं प्रतिवेश्यकम् । षष्ठं सञ्चयने प्रोक्तं दश पिण्डा दशाहिकाः । श्राद्धषोडषकञ्चैतत् प्रथमं परिकीर्तितम्
śmaśānavāsibhūtebhyaḥ pañcamaṃ prativeśyakam / ṣaṣṭhaṃ sañcayane proktaṃ daśa piṇḍā daśāhikāḥ / śrāddhaṣoḍaṣakañcaitat prathamaṃ parikīrtitam
The fifth is for the spirits dwelling in the cremation ground, (and one) for the neighbour('s ground); the sixth is prescribed at the gathering of the bones; (then) ten piṇḍas for the ten days. This is declared to be the first set of sixteen śrāddhas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 35.35
अन्यच्च षोडशं मध्ये द्वितीयं तार्क्ष्य मे शृणु । कर्तव्यानीह विधिना श्राद्धान्येकादशैव तु
anyacca ṣoḍaśaṃ madhye dvitīyaṃ tārkṣya me śṛṇu / kartavyānīha vidhinā śrāddhānyekādaśaiva tu
And hear from me, Tārkṣya, of the other, second set of sixteen, in the middle: here eleven śrāddhas are to be performed according to rule.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 35.36
ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवाद्यञ्च तथान्यच्छ्राद्धपञ्चकम् । एवं षोडशकं प्राहुरेतत् तत्त्वविदो जनाः
brahmaviṣṇuśivādyañca tathānyacchrāddhapañcakam / evaṃ ṣoḍaśakaṃ prāhuretat tattvavido janāḥ
And (the śrāddha) of Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva and the rest, and likewise another set of five śrāddhas — thus people who know the truth call this a set of sixteen.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 35.37
द्वादश प्रतिमास्यानि श्राद्धमेकादशे तथा । त्रिपक्षसम्भवञ्चैव द्वे रिक्ते खग षोडश
dvādaśa pratimāsyāni śrāddhamekādaśe tathā / tripakṣasambhavañcaiva dve rikte khaga ṣoḍaśa
The twelve monthly ones, and likewise the śrāddha on the eleventh (month), and the one occurring at three fortnights, and two "empty" ones — that is sixteen, O bird.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 35.38
आद्यं शवविशुद्ध्यर्थं कृत्वान्यच्च त्रिषोडशम् । पितृपाङ्क्तिविशुद्ध्यर्थं शताद्धैंन तु योजयेत्
ādyaṃ śavaviśuddhyarthaṃ kṛtvānyacca triṣoḍaśam / pitṛpāṅktiviśuddhyarthaṃ śatāddhaiṃna tu yojayet
Having performed the first for the purification of the corpse, and the other three sets of sixteen for the purification of the line of the fathers, he should not, however, join (them) with less than fifty.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 35.39
शतार्धेन विहीनो यो मिलितः पङ्क्तिभाङ्न हि । चत्वारिंशत् तथैवाष्टश्राद्धं प्रेतत्वनाशनम्
śatārdhena vihīno yo militaḥ paṅktibhāṅna hi / catvāriṃśat tathaivāṣṭaśrāddhaṃ pretatvanāśanam
He who, lacking the fifty, has been joined (to them) is indeed not a sharer of the row; and just forty-eight śrāddhas destroy the state of being a preta.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 35.40
सकृदूनशतार्धेन सम्भवेत् पङ्क्तिसन्निधः । मेलनीयः शतार्धेन सन्धिः श्राद्धेन तत्त्वतः
sakṛdūnaśatārdhena sambhavet paṅktisannidhaḥ / melanīyaḥ śatārdhena sandhiḥ śrāddhena tattvataḥ
With fifty less by one, nearness to the row may come about; the junction is to be effected, in truth, with fifty śrāddhas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 35.41
(अथ शवाविधिः) । शवस्य शिबिकायां करचरणबन्धनं तत्र कर्तव्यम् । एवं चेन्न विधानं विधीयते तत्पिशाचपरिभवनम्
(atha śavāvidhiḥ) / śavasya śibikāyāṃ karacaraṇabandhanaṃ tatra kartavyam / evaṃ cenna vidhānaṃ vidhīyate tatpiśācaparibhavanam
(Now the rule concerning the corpse.) There, on the bier, the binding of the corpse's hands and feet is to be done; if the prescription is not carried out in this way, that (corpse) becomes the plaything of a piśāca.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 35.42
संजायते रजन्याञ्च शवनिर्गमने राष्ट्रं भयशून्यम् । शवं न मुञ्चेत मुच्यते चेत् दुः स्पर्शाद्दुर्गतिर्भवेत्
saṃjāyate rajanyāñca śavanirgamane rāṣṭraṃ bhayaśūnyam / śavaṃ na muñceta mucyate cet duḥ sparśāddurgatirbhavet
And when the corpse is carried out at night, the kingdom comes to be free of fear. One should not release the corpse; if it is released, an evil course results from the impure contact.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 35.43
ग्राममध्ये स्थिते प्रेते श्रुते भुङ्क्ते यदृच्छया । तदन्नं मांसवज्ज्ञेयं तत्तोयं रुधिरोपमम्
grāmamadhye sthite prete śrute bhuṅkte yadṛcchayā / tadannaṃ māṃsavajjñeyaṃ tattoyaṃ rudhiropamam
When a dead man lies within the village, if one has heard of it and yet eats as he pleases, that food is to be known as equal to flesh and that water as like blood.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition