Garuda Purana — Uttara Khanda (Pretakalpa) — Chapter 39
GaP 2 39.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- ३९ तार्क्ष्य उवाच । सूतकानां विधिं ब्रूहि दयां कृत्वा मयिप्रभो । विवेकाय हि चित्तस्य मानवानां हिताय च
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 39 tārkṣya uvāca / sūtakānāṃ vidhiṃ brūhi dayāṃ kṛtvā mayiprabho / vivekāya hi cittasya mānavānāṃ hitāya ca
Garuḍa said: Show me favour, O Lord, and tell me the rule concerning the impurity (of birth and death), for the discernment of the mind and for the good of men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 39.2
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच । मृते जन्मनी पक्षीन्द्र सूतकं स्याच्चतुर्विधम् । चतुर्णामपि वर्णानां सामान्यते विवर्जितम्
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / mṛte janmanī pakṣīndra sūtakaṃ syāccaturvidham / caturṇāmapi varṇānāṃ sāmānyate vivarjitam
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: When there is death or birth, O lord of birds, the impurity is of four kinds; for all four classes alike it is not to be avoided.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 39.3
उभयत्र दशाहानि कुलस्यान्नं विवर्जियेत् । दानं प्रतिग्रहो होमः स्वाध्यायश्च निवर्तते
ubhayatra daśāhāni kulasyānnaṃ vivarjiyet / dānaṃ pratigraho homaḥ svādhyāyaśca nivartate
In both cases one should avoid the family's food for ten days; giving, receiving gifts, oblation and Vedic recitation cease.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 39.4
देशं कालं तथात्मानं द्रव्यं द्रव्यप्रयाजनम् । उपपत्तिंव्मवस्थाञ्च ज्ञात्वां कर्म समाचरेत्
deśaṃ kālaṃ tathātmānaṃ dravyaṃ dravyaprayājanam / upapattiṃvmavasthāñca jñātvāṃ karma samācaret
Having considered place, time, oneself, the material, the purpose of the material, the occasion and the circumstance, one should perform the rite.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 39.5
गुहावह्निप्रवेसे च देशान्तरमृतेषु च । स्नानं सचेलं कर्तव्यं सद्यः शौचं विधीयते
guhāvahnipravese ca deśāntaramṛteṣu ca / snānaṃ sacelaṃ kartavyaṃ sadyaḥ śaucaṃ vidhīyate
In the case of entering a cave or fire, and when (kinsmen) die in another country, a bath is to be taken with one's clothes on; immediate purity is prescribed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 39.6
आमगर्भाश्च ये जीवा ये च गर्भाद्विनिः सृताः । न तेषामग्निसंस्कारो नाशौचं नोदकक्रिया
āmagarbhāśca ye jīvā ye ca garbhādviniḥ sṛtāḥ / na teṣāmagnisaṃskāro nāśaucaṃ nodakakriyā
Those beings that are unripe embryos, and those that have (just) come out of the womb — for them there is no cremation rite, no impurity, no water offering.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 39.7
शिल्पिनः कारवो वैद्या दासीदासास्तथैव च । राजानः श्रोतियाश्चैव सद्यः शौचाः प्रकीर्तिताः
śilpinaḥ kāravo vaidyā dāsīdāsāstathaiva ca / rājānaḥ śrotiyāścaiva sadyaḥ śaucāḥ prakīrtitāḥ
Craftsmen, artisans, physicians, and likewise female and male servants, kings and Vedic scholars are declared to be immediately pure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 39.8
सत्री च (व्रती) मन्त्रपूतश्च आहिताग्निर्नृपस्तथा । एतेषां सूतकं नास्ति यस्य चेच्छन्ति पार्थिवाः
satrī ca (vratī) mantrapūtaśca āhitāgnirnṛpastathā / eteṣāṃ sūtakaṃ nāsti yasya cecchanti pārthivāḥ
One engaged in a sacrificial session (or under a vow), one purified by mantras, one who maintains the sacred fires, and likewise a king — for these there is no birth-impurity, and none for him whom kings wish (to be pure).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 39.9
प्रसवे च सपिण्डानां न कुर्यात् सङ्करं द्विजः । दशाहाच्छ्रुध्यते माता अवगाह्य पिता शुचिः
prasave ca sapiṇḍānāṃ na kuryāt saṅkaraṃ dvijaḥ / daśāhācchrudhyate mātā avagāhya pitā śuciḥ
At a birth among kinsmen a twice-born should not cause confusion (of rules); after ten days the mother becomes pure, and the father is pure after bathing.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 39.10
विवाहोत्सवयज्ञेषु अन्तरा मृतसूतके । पूर्वसङ्कल्पितं वित्तं भोज्यं तन्मनुरब्रवीत्
vivāhotsavayajñeṣu antarā mṛtasūtake / pūrvasaṅkalpitaṃ vittaṃ bhojyaṃ tanmanurabravīt
At weddings, festivals and sacrifices, if a death- or birth-impurity intervenes, the food and goods previously set apart may be eaten — so Manu said.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 39.11
सर्वेषामेवमाशौचं मातापित्रोस्तु सूतकम् । सूकतं मातुरेवस्यादुपस्पृश्य पिता शुचिः
sarveṣāmevamāśaucaṃ mātāpitrostu sūtakam / sūkataṃ māturevasyādupaspṛśya pitā śuciḥ
Thus the impurity (belongs) to all, but the birth-impurity to the mother and father; the impurity is the mother's alone, while the father is pure by touching (water).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 39.12
अन्तर्दशाहे स्याताञ्चेत् पुनर्मरणजन्मनी । तावत् स्यादशुचिर्विप्रो यावत् तत् स्यादनिर्दशम्
antardaśāhe syātāñcet punarmaraṇajanmanī / tāvat syādaśucirvipro yāvat tat syādanirdaśam
If a death and a birth occur again within the ten days, the brahmin remains impure for just so long as that period is not complete.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 39.13
उदिते नियमे दाने आर्ते विप्रे निवेदयेत् । तथैव ऋषिभिः प्रोक्तं यथाकालं न दुष्यति
udite niyame dāne ārte vipre nivedayet / tathaiva ṛṣibhiḥ proktaṃ yathākālaṃ na duṣyati
When an observance or a gift has come due, one should announce it to a brahmin in distress; so it has been said by the sages — done at the proper time it is not blameworthy.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 39.14
मृन्मयेन तु पात्रेण तिलैर्मिश्रजलैः सह । मृत्तिकया तथान्ते च नरः स्नात्वा शुचिर्भवेत्
mṛnmayena tu pātreṇa tilairmiśrajalaiḥ saha / mṛttikayā tathānte ca naraḥ snātvā śucirbhavet
With an earthen vessel, with water mixed with sesame, and with earth at the end, a man becomes pure by bathing.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 39.15
दानं परिषदे दद्यात् सुवर्णं गोवृषं द्विजे । क्षत्त्रियो द्विगुणं चैव वैश्यस्तु त्रिगुणं तथा
dānaṃ pariṣade dadyāt suvarṇaṃ govṛṣaṃ dvije / kṣattriyo dviguṇaṃ caiva vaiśyastu triguṇaṃ tathā
He should give a gift to the assembly: a twice-born (gives) gold and a bull; a kṣatriya twice as much, and a vaiśya three times as much.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 39.16
चतुर्गुणन्तु शूद्रेण दातव्यं ब्राह्मणे धनम् । एव मनुक्रमेणैव चातुर्वर्ण्यं विशुध्यति
caturguṇantu śūdreṇa dātavyaṃ brāhmaṇe dhanam / eva manukrameṇaiva cāturvarṇyaṃ viśudhyati
But a śūdra must give four times the wealth to a brahmin; thus by this graded order (of Manu) the four classes are purified.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 39.17
सप्ताष्टमान्तरै शीर्णे गृह्यसंस्कारवर्जिते । अहस्तु सूतकं तस्य त्वब्दानां संख्यया स्मृतम्
saptāṣṭamāntarai śīrṇe gṛhyasaṃskāravarjite / ahastu sūtakaṃ tasya tvabdānāṃ saṃkhyayā smṛtam
When (a child) has perished between the seventh and eighth (year?), lacking the domestic sacraments, his impurity is reckoned as (so many) days according to the number of his years.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 39.18
ब्राह्मणार्थे विपन्ना ये नारीणां गोग्रहेषु च । आहवेषु विपन्नानामेकरात्त्रमशौचकम्
brāhmaṇārthe vipannā ye nārīṇāṃ gograheṣu ca / āhaveṣu vipannānāmekarāttramaśaucakam
For those who have perished for the sake of brahmins, or of women, or in the seizing of cows, and for those who have perished in battles, the impurity is one night.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 39.19
न तेषामशुभं किञ्चिद्विप्राणां शुभकर्मणि । अनाथप्रेतसंस्कारं ये कुर्वन्तु नरोत्तमः
na teṣāmaśubhaṃ kiñcidviprāṇāṃ śubhakarmaṇi / anāthapretasaṃskāraṃ ye kurvantu narottamaḥ
There is nothing inauspicious for those brahmins in an auspicious rite; and those best of men who perform the funeral rites of an unclaimed dead person —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 39.20
न तेषामशुभङ्किञ्चिद्विप्रेण सहकारिणा । जलावगाहनात्तेषां सद्यः शुद्धिरुदाहृता
na teṣāmaśubhaṅkiñcidvipreṇa sahakāriṇā / jalāvagāhanātteṣāṃ sadyaḥ śuddhirudāhṛtā
There is nothing inauspicious for them (in this), since a brahmin acts along with (them); for them purification is declared to be immediate upon plunging into water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 39.21
विनिवृत्ता यदा शूद्रा उदकान्तमुपस्थिताः । तदाविप्रेणद्रष्टव्या इति वेदविदोविदुः
vinivṛttā yadā śūdrā udakāntamupasthitāḥ / tadāvipreṇadraṣṭavyā iti vedavidoviduḥ
When the śūdras have turned back and stand at the water's edge, then they are to be looked upon by the brahmin — so those who know the Veda understand.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain