Garuda Purana — Uttara Khanda (Pretakalpa) — Chapter 37

GaP 2 37.1

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- ३७ तार्क्ष्य उवाच । उदकुम्भप्रदानं मे कथयस्व यथातथम् । विधिना केन कर्तव्या कृतिरेषा जनार्दन

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 37 tārkṣya uvāca / udakumbhapradānaṃ me kathayasva yathātatham / vidhinā kena kartavyā kṛtireṣā janārdana

The Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, 37. Tārkṣya said: Tell me exactly about the gift of the water-pot. By what rule is this rite to be performed, O Janārdana?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 2 37.2

किंलक्षणाः केन पूर्णाः कस्य देया जनार्दन । कस्मिन् काले प्रदातव्या प्रेततृप्तिप्रसाधकाः

kiṃlakṣaṇāḥ kena pūrṇāḥ kasya deyā janārdana / kasmin kāle pradātavyā pretatṛptiprasādhakāḥ

Of what description are they, with what are they filled, to whom are they to be given, O Janārdana? At what time are they to be presented, (these pots) that bring about the satisfaction of the departed?

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GaP 2 37.3

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच । सत्यं पुनः प्रवक्ष्यामि उदकुम्भप्रदानकम् । प्रेतोद्देशेन दातव्या अन्नपानीयसंयुताः । विशेषेण महापक्षिन् प्रेतमुक्तिप्रदायकाः

śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / satyaṃ punaḥ pravakṣyāmi udakumbhapradānakam / pretoddeśena dātavyā annapānīyasaṃyutāḥ / viśeṣeṇa mahāpakṣin pretamuktipradāyakāḥ

Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: I shall tell you truly once more about the gift of the water-pot. They are to be given with reference to the departed, furnished with food and drink; especially so, O great bird, since they bestow release on the departed.

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GaP 2 37.4

द्वादशाहे च पण्मासे त्रैपक्षे वापि वत्सरे । उदकुम्भाः प्रदातव्या मार्गे तस्य सुखाय वै

dvādaśāhe ca paṇmāse traipakṣe vāpi vatsare / udakumbhāḥ pradātavyā mārge tasya sukhāya vai

On the twelfth day, at six months, at three fortnights, or also at the year, water-pots are to be given, for his comfort on the road.

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GaP 2 37.5

अहन्यहनि दातव्या उदकुम्भास्तिलैर्युताः । सुलिप्ते भूमिभागे तु पक्कान्नजलपूरिताः

ahanyahani dātavyā udakumbhāstilairyutāḥ / sulipte bhūmibhāge tu pakkānnajalapūritāḥ

Day by day water-pots are to be given, provided with sesame, filled with cooked food and water, on a well-smeared patch of ground.

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GaP 2 37.6

प्रेतस्य तत्र दातव्यं भाजनञ्च यदृच्छया । सुप्रीतस्तेन दत्तेन प्रेतो याम्यैः स गच्छति

pretasya tatra dātavyaṃ bhājanañca yadṛcchayā / suprītastena dattena preto yāmyaiḥ sa gacchati

There a vessel too is to be given to the departed, as one pleases; well pleased by that gift, the departed goes on with Yama's men.

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GaP 2 37.7

द्वादशाहे विशेषेण उदकम्भान् प्रदापयेत् । विधिना तत्र सङ्कल्पय घटान् द्वादशसंख्यकान्

dvādaśāhe viśeṣeṇa udakambhān pradāpayet / vidhinā tatra saṅkalpaya ghaṭān dvādaśasaṃkhyakān

On the twelfth day especially he should have water-pots given; there, by the rule, formally declare pots twelve in number.

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GaP 2 37.8

एकाषि बर्धनी तत्र पक्वान्नफलपूरिता । विष्णुमुद्दिश्य दातव्या संकल्प्य ब्राह्मणे शुभे

ekāṣi bardhanī tatra pakvānnaphalapūritā / viṣṇumuddiśya dātavyā saṃkalpya brāhmaṇe śubhe

There one water-jar, filled with cooked food and fruit, is to be given with reference to Viṣṇu, formally assigned to a worthy brahmin.

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GaP 2 37.11

एको वै धर्मराजाय तेन तुष्टेन मुक्तिभाक् । चित्रगुप्ताय चैकं तु गतस्तत्र सुखी भवेत् ॥ गर्प्_२,३७।९ ॥ षोडशाद्याः प्रदातव्या माषान्नजलपूरिताः ॥ गर्प्_२,३७।१० ॥ उक्त्रान्तिश्राद्धमारभ्य श्राद्धषोडषोडशकस्य तु । षोडशब्राह्मणानान्तु एकैकं विनिवदयेत्

eko vai dharmarājāya tena tuṣṭena muktibhāk / citraguptāya caikaṃ tu gatastatra sukhī bhavet // garp_2,37.9 // ṣoḍaśādyāḥ pradātavyā māṣānnajalapūritāḥ // garp_2,37.10 // uktrāntiśrāddhamārabhya śrāddhaṣoḍaṣoḍaśakasya tu / ṣoḍaśabrāhmaṇānāntu ekaikaṃ vinivadayet

One indeed (is to be given) to Dharmarāja — by his being pleased one obtains release; and one to Citragupta — having gone there one becomes happy. [37.9] The first sixteen are to be given filled with bean-food and water. [37.10] Beginning with the departure-śrāddha, of the sixteen śrāddhas, one should assign one each to sixteen brahmins.

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

GaP 2 37.12

एकादशाहात्प्रभृति देयो नित्यं दृढाह्वयः । पक्वान्नजलपूर्णो हि यावत् संवत्सरं दिनम्

ekādaśāhātprabhṛti deyo nityaṃ dṛḍhāhvayaḥ / pakvānnajalapūrṇo hi yāvat saṃvatsaraṃ dinam

From the eleventh day onward one should give daily the (vessel) called "firm," filled with cooked food and water, for a full year of days.

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

GaP 2 37.13

जलपात्राणि वृद्धानि दत्तानिघटकानि च । एका वै वर्धनी तत्र तस्यां पात्रन्तु वंशजम्

jalapātrāṇi vṛddhāni dattānighaṭakāni ca / ekā vai vardhanī tatra tasyāṃ pātrantu vaṃśajam

Water-vessels, large ones, and pots are given; there is one water-jar (vardhanī), and in it a vessel made of bamboo.

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

GaP 2 37.14

वस्त्रेणाच्छादयेत् तान्तु पूजयित्वा सुगन्धिभिः । ब्राह्मणेभ्यो विशेषेण जलपूर्णानि दापयेत्

vastreṇācchādayet tāntu pūjayitvā sugandhibhiḥ / brāhmaṇebhyo viśeṣeṇa jalapūrṇāni dāpayet

One should cover it with a cloth, having worshipped (it) with fragrant things; and to the brahmins in particular he should have (the vessels), filled with water, given.

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GaP 2 37.15

अहन्यहनि सङ्कल्प्य विधिपूर्वं खगेश्वर । ब्राह्मणाय कुलीनाय वेदवृत्तयुताय च

ahanyahani saṅkalpya vidhipūrvaṃ khageśvara / brāhmaṇāya kulīnāya vedavṛttayutāya ca

Day after day, having made the formal resolve according to rule, O lord of birds, (it is to be given) to a brahmin of good family who is endowed with Vedic conduct.

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GaP 2 37.16

विद्यावृत्तवते देयं मूर्खे तन्न कदाचन । समर्थो वेदवृत्ताढ्यस्तारणे तरणे ऽपि च

vidyāvṛttavate deyaṃ mūrkhe tanna kadācana / samartho vedavṛttāḍhyastāraṇe taraṇe 'pi ca

It should be given to one possessed of learning and (good) conduct; never to a fool. One rich in Vedic conduct is capable both of carrying (others) across and of crossing over himself.

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