Garuda Purana — Uttara Khanda (Pretakalpa) — Chapter 36
GaP 2 36.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- ३६ तार्क्ष्यौवाच । कस्मादनशनं पुण्यमक्षय्यगतिदायकम् । स्वगृहन्तु परित्यज्य तीर्थे वै म्रियते यदि
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 36 tārkṣyauvāca / kasmādanaśanaṃ puṇyamakṣayyagatidāyakam / svagṛhantu parityajya tīrthe vai mriyate yadi
The Glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, 36. Tārkṣya said: Why is fasting meritorious, bestowing an imperishable destination — if, abandoning his own house, one dies at a holy place;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 36.2
अप्राप्य तीर्थं म्रियते गृहे वा मृत्यु मागतः । बूत्वा कुटीचरो यस्तु स कां गतिमवाप्नुयात्
aprāpya tīrthaṃ mriyate gṛhe vā mṛtyu māgataḥ / būtvā kuṭīcaro yastu sa kāṃ gatimavāpnuyāt
(or) if, not having reached the holy place, he dies, or death comes upon him at home; and he who, having become a hut-dweller (kuṭīcara ascetic) — what destination would he obtain?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 36.3
संन्यासं कुरुते यस्तु तीर्थे वापि गृहे ऽपि वा । कथं तस्य प्रकर्तव्यमप्राप्तनिधने ऽपि वा
saṃnyāsaṃ kurute yastu tīrthe vāpi gṛhe 'pi vā / kathaṃ tasya prakartavyamaprāptanidhane 'pi vā
And he who takes up renunciation, whether at a holy place or at home — how is (the rite) to be performed for him, even when death has not (yet) come?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 36.4
नियमे चेत् कृते देव चित्तभङ्गो हि जायते । केन तस्य भवेत् सिद्धिः कृतेनाप्यकृतेन वा
niyame cet kṛte deva cittabhaṅgo hi jāyate / kena tasya bhavet siddhiḥ kṛtenāpyakṛtena vā
And if, O god, when the observance has been undertaken, a breaking of resolve occurs, by what means would there be success for him — whether by what was done or by what was not done?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 36.5
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच । कृत्वा निरशनं यो वै मृत्युमाप्नोति को ऽपि चेत् । मानुपीं तनुमुत्सृज्य मम तुल्यो विराजते
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / kṛtvā niraśanaṃ yo vai mṛtyumāpnoti ko 'pi cet / mānupīṃ tanumutsṛjya mama tulyo virājate
The Blessed Kṛṣṇa said: If anyone at all meets death having practised fasting, he casts off the human body and shines forth as equal to me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 36.6
यावन्त्यहानि जीवेत् व्रते निरशने कृते । क्रतुभिस्तानि तुल्यानि समग्रवदक्षिणैः
yāvantyahāni jīvet vrate niraśane kṛte / kratubhistāni tulyāni samagravadakṣiṇaiḥ
However many days one lives once the vow of fasting has been undertaken, those (days) are equal to sacrifices complete with their gifts.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 36.7
तीर्थे गृहे वा संन्यासं नीत्वा चेन्म्रियते यदि । प्रत्यहं लभते सो ऽपि पूर्वोक्तं द्विगुणं फलम्
tīrthe gṛhe vā saṃnyāsaṃ nītvā cenmriyate yadi / pratyahaṃ labhate so 'pi pūrvoktaṃ dviguṇaṃ phalam
If, having taken up renunciation at a holy ford or at home, one then dies, he too obtains day by day twice the fruit stated above.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 36.8
महारोगोपपत्तौ च गृहीते ऽनशने कृते । पुनर्न जायते रोगो देववद्धि विराजते
mahārogopapattau ca gṛhīte 'naśane kṛte / punarna jāyate rogo devavaddhi virājate
And when a great disease has come on, if fasting is undertaken (and) adhered to, the disease does not arise again, and he shines like a god.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 36.9
य आतुरः सन् सन्न्यासं गृह्णाति यदि मानवः । पुनर्न जायते भूमौ संसारे दुः खसागरे
ya āturaḥ san sannyāsaṃ gṛhṇāti yadi mānavaḥ / punarna jāyate bhūmau saṃsāre duḥ khasāgare
If a man, being sick, takes up renunciation, he is not born again on earth, in the round of rebirth, that ocean of suffering.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 36.10
अहन्यहनि दातव्यं ब्राह्मणानाञ्च भोजनम् । तिलपात्रं यथाशक्ति दीपदानं सुरार्चनम्
ahanyahani dātavyaṃ brāhmaṇānāñca bhojanam / tilapātraṃ yathāśakti dīpadānaṃ surārcanam
Day after day there should be giving, and feeding of brahmins, a vessel of sesame according to ability, the gift of a lamp, and worship of the god.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 36.11
एवं वृत्तस्य दह्यन्ते पापान्युच्चावचानि च । मृतो मुक्तिमवाप्नोति यथा सर्वे महर्षयः
evaṃ vṛttasya dahyante pāpānyuccāvacāni ca / mṛto muktimavāpnoti yathā sarve maharṣayaḥ
For one who conducts himself thus, sins great and small are burnt away; dead, he attains liberation, as did all the great seers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 36.12
तस्मादनशनं नॄणां वैकुण्ठपददायकम् । तस्मात् स्वस्थे चोत्तरे वा साधयेन्मोक्षलक्षणम्
tasmādanaśanaṃ nṝṇāṃ vaikuṇṭhapadadāyakam / tasmāt svasthe cottare vā sādhayenmokṣalakṣaṇam
Therefore fasting bestows on men the station of Vaikuṇṭha; therefore, whether in health or afterwards, one should accomplish that which has liberation as its mark.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 36.13
पुत्त्रद्रव्यादि सन्त्यज्य तीर्थं व्रजति यो नरः । ब्रह्माद्या देवतास्तस्य भवेयुस्तुष्टिपुष्टिदाः
puttradravyādi santyajya tīrthaṃ vrajati yo naraḥ / brahmādyā devatāstasya bhaveyustuṣṭipuṣṭidāḥ
The man who abandons sons, property and the rest and goes to a holy ford — for him the deities beginning with Brahmā become givers of satisfaction and thriving.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 36.14
यस्तीर्थसंमुखो भूत्वा व्रते ह्यनशने कृते । चेन्म्रियेतान्तराले ऽपि ऋषीणां मण्डले वसेत्
yastīrthasaṃmukho bhūtvā vrate hyanaśane kṛte / cenmriyetāntarāle 'pi ṛṣīṇāṃ maṇḍale vaset
He who has set his face toward a holy ford, when the vow of fasting has been undertaken, even if he should die on the way, would dwell in the circle of the seers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 36.15
व्रतं निरशन कृत्वा स्वगृहे ऽपि मृतो यदि । स्वकुलानि परित्यज्य एकाकी विचरेद्दिवि
vrataṃ niraśana kṛtvā svagṛhe 'pi mṛto yadi / svakulāni parityajya ekākī vicareddivi
If, having performed the vow of fasting, he dies even in his own house, then, leaving behind his own kin, he would roam alone in heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 36.16
अन्नञ्चैव तथा तोयं परित्यज्य नरो यदि । पीतमत्पादतोयश्च न पुनर्जायते क्षितौ
annañcaiva tathā toyaṃ parityajya naro yadi / pītamatpādatoyaśca na punarjāyate kṣitau
And if a man, having renounced both food and water, has drunk the water of my feet, he is not born again on earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 36.17
कृत्त्यासीनन्तत्तीर्थगतं रक्षन्ति वनदेवताः । यमदूता विशेषेण न याम्यास्तस्य पार्श्वगाः
kṛttyāsīnantattīrthagataṃ rakṣanti vanadevatāḥ / yamadūtā viśeṣeṇa na yāmyāstasya pārśvagāḥ
The forest deities protect him who, gone to that holy ford, is seated on a hide; and Yama's messengers in particular — the servants of Yama do not come near him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 36.18
तीर्थसेवी नरो यस्तु सर्वकिल्बिषवर्जितः । तत्र म्रियते दह्येत तत्तीर्थफलभाग्भवेत्
tīrthasevī naro yastu sarvakilbiṣavarjitaḥ / tatra mriyate dahyeta tattīrthaphalabhāgbhavet
The man who frequents holy fords is freed of every stain; if he dies there and is cremated, he becomes a sharer in the fruit of that holy ford.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 36.19
सेविते ऽपि सदा तथि ह्यन्यत्र म्रियते यदि । शुभे देशे कुले धीमान् स भवेद्वेदविद्द्विजः
sevite 'pi sadā tathi hyanyatra mriyate yadi / śubhe deśe kule dhīmān sa bhavedvedaviddvijaḥ
But even when (the ford) has been constantly frequented, if he dies elsewhere, he becomes a wise, Veda-knowing brahmin in an auspicious land and family.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 36.20
कृत्वा निरशनं तार्क्ष्य पुनर्जीवति मानवः । ब्राह्मणान् स समाहूय सर्वस्वं यत् परित्यजेत्
kṛtvā niraśanaṃ tārkṣya punarjīvati mānavaḥ / brāhmaṇān sa samāhūya sarvasvaṃ yat parityajet
If, O Tārkṣya, a man performs the fast and then lives on, he should summon brahmins and give away all that he possesses.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 36.21
चान्द्रायणं चरेत् कृत्स्नमनुज्ञातश्च तैर्द्विजैः । अनृतं न वदेत् पश्चाद्धर्ममेव समाचरेत्
cāndrāyaṇaṃ caret kṛtsnamanujñātaśca tairdvijaiḥ / anṛtaṃ na vadet paścāddharmameva samācaret
With the permission of those brahmins he should perform the whole cāndrāyaṇa observance; thereafter he should not speak falsehood, and should practise dharma alone.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 36.22
तीर्थे गत्वा च यः को ऽपि पुनरायाति वै गृहम् । अनुज्ञातः स वै विप्रैः प्रायश्चित्तमथाचरेत्
tīrthe gatvā ca yaḥ ko 'pi punarāyāti vai gṛham / anujñātaḥ sa vai vipraiḥ prāyaścittamathācaret
And whoever, having gone to a holy ford, comes back home again — he, with the permission of the brahmins, should then perform an expiation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 36.23
दत्त्वा वा स्वर्णदानानि गो-मही-गज-वाजिनः । तीर्थं यदि लभेद् यस्तु मृत्युकाले स भाग्यवान्
dattvā vā svarṇadānāni go-mahī-gaja-vājinaḥ / tīrthaṃ yadi labhed yastu mṛtyukāle sa bhāgyavān
Or, having made gifts of gold, of cows, land, elephants and horses — whoever attains a holy ford at the hour of death, he is fortunate.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 36.24
गृहात् प्रचलितस्तीर्थं मरणे समुपस्थिते । पदेपदे तु गोदानं यदि हिंसा न जायते
gṛhāt pracalitastīrthaṃ maraṇe samupasthite / padepade tu godānaṃ yadi hiṃsā na jāyate
When death is at hand, for one who has set out from his house toward a holy ford, at every step there is (the merit of) the gift of a cow, if he does no injury (to living beings).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 36.25
गृहे तु यत् कृतं पापं तीर्थस्नानेन शुध्यति । कुरुते तत्र पापञ्चेद्वज्रलेपसमं हि तत्
gṛhe tu yat kṛtaṃ pāpaṃ tīrthasnānena śudhyati / kurute tatra pāpañcedvajralepasamaṃ hi tat
The sin committed at home is cleansed by bathing at a holy ford; but if he commits sin there, that (sin) is like a coating of adamant.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 36.26
क्लिश्येत् स नात्र सन्देहो यावच्चन्द्रार्कतारकम् । तत्र दत्तानि दानानि जायन्ते चाक्षयाणि वै
kliśyet sa nātra sandeho yāvaccandrārkatārakam / tatra dattāni dānāni jāyante cākṣayāṇi vai
He will suffer — of this there is no doubt — for as long as moon, sun and stars endure; and gifts given there become imperishable.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 36.27
आतुरे सति दातव्यं निर्धनैरपि मानवैः । गावस्तिला हिरण्यञ्च सप्तधान्यं विशेषतः
āture sati dātavyaṃ nirdhanairapi mānavaiḥ / gāvastilā hiraṇyañca saptadhānyaṃ viśeṣataḥ
When a man is ill (and near death), giving must be done even by men without wealth: cows, sesame seeds, gold, and especially the seven grains.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 36.28
दानवन्तं नरं दृष्ट्वा हृष्टाः सर्वे दिवौकसः । ऋषिभिः सह धर्मण चित्रगुप्तेन सर्वदा
dānavantaṃ naraṃ dṛṣṭvā hṛṣṭāḥ sarve divaukasaḥ / ṛṣibhiḥ saha dharmaṇa citraguptena sarvadā
Seeing a man who gives, all the dwellers in heaven are delighted, together with the seers, with Dharma, and with Citragupta, always.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 36.29
आत्मायत्तं धनं यावत् तावद्विप्रे समर्पयेत् । पराधीनं मृते सर्वं कृपया कः प्रदास्यति
ātmāyattaṃ dhanaṃ yāvat tāvadvipre samarpayet / parādhīnaṃ mṛte sarvaṃ kṛpayā kaḥ pradāsyati
So long as wealth is in one's own control, so long should one hand it over to a brahmin; once (one is) dead, everything is in another's power — who out of pity will give it away?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 36.30
पित्रुद्देशेन यः पुत्त्रैर्धनं विप्रकरे ऽर्पितम् । आत्मानं सधनं तेन चक्रे पुत्रप्रपौत्रकैः
pitruddeśena yaḥ puttrairdhanaṃ viprakare 'rpitam / ātmānaṃ sadhanaṃ tena cakre putraprapautrakaiḥ
That wealth which is placed by sons in a brahmin's hand with reference to the father — by that he has made himself possessed of wealth, through his sons and grandsons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 36.31
पितुः शतगुणं दत्तं सहस्रं मातुरुच्यते । भगिन्या शतसाहस्रं सोदर्ये दत्तमक्षयम्
pituḥ śataguṇaṃ dattaṃ sahasraṃ māturucyate / bhaginyā śatasāhasraṃ sodarye dattamakṣayam
What is given for the father is (said to be) a hundredfold, for the mother it is called a thousandfold; for a sister a hundred thousand, and what is given for a full brother is imperishable.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 36.32
यदि लोभान्न यच्छन्ति प्रमादान्मोहतो ऽपि वा । मृताः शोचन्ति ते सर्वे कदर्याः पापिनस्त्विति
yadi lobhānna yacchanti pramādānmohato 'pi vā / mṛtāḥ śocanti te sarve kadaryāḥ pāpinastviti
If out of greed they do not give, or out of negligence or delusion, then all those misers, being sinners, grieve once dead.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 36.33
अतिक्लेशेन लब्धस्य प्रकृत्या चञ्चलस्य च । गतिरेकैव वित्तस्य दानमन्या विपत्तयः
atikleśena labdhasya prakṛtyā cañcalasya ca / gatirekaiva vittasya dānamanyā vipattayaḥ
For wealth, gained with excessive trouble and by nature unsteady, there is only one course: giving; the others are calamities.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 36.34
मृत्युः शरीगोप्तारं वसुरक्षं वसुन्धरा । दुश्चारिणीव हसति स्वपतिं पुत्रवत्सलम्
mṛtyuḥ śarīgoptāraṃ vasurakṣaṃ vasundharā / duścāriṇīva hasati svapatiṃ putravatsalam
Death (laughs at) the guardian of the body, and the Earth (laughs at) the guardian of wealth, as an unfaithful wife laughs at her own husband who is fond of his children.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 36.35
उदासे धार्मिकः सौम्यः प्राप्यापि विपुलं धनम् । तृणवन्मन्यते तार्क्ष्य आत्मानं वित्तमप्यथ
udāse dhārmikaḥ saumyaḥ prāpyāpi vipulaṃ dhanam / tṛṇavanmanyate tārkṣya ātmānaṃ vittamapyatha
O Tārkṣya, the righteous, gentle man remains indifferent even when he has obtained abundant wealth: he regards himself, and his wealth too, as (worth no more than) a blade of grass.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 36.36
न चैवोपद्रवास्तस्य मोहजालो न चैव हि । मृत्युकाले न च भयं यमदूतसमुद्भवम्
na caivopadravāstasya mohajālo na caiva hi / mṛtyukāle na ca bhayaṃ yamadūtasamudbhavam
He has no afflictions, and no net of delusion either, and at the hour of death no fear arising from Yama's messengers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 36.37
समाः सहस्राणि च सप्त वै जले दशैकमग्नौ पवने च षोडश । महाहवे पष्टिरशीतिर्गोगृहे अनाशके काश्यप चाक्षया गतिः
samāḥ sahasrāṇi ca sapta vai jale daśaikamagnau pavane ca ṣoḍaśa / mahāhave paṣṭiraśītirgogṛhe anāśake kāśyapa cākṣayā gatiḥ
Seven thousand years for (death by) water, eleven thousand for fire and sixteen for wind, sixty for a great battle, eighty for (dying in) a cow-pen, and, O Kāśyapa, for (death by) fasting an imperishable course.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain