Garuda Purana — Uttara Khanda (Pretakalpa) — Chapter 4
GaP 2 4.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- ४ श्रीकृष्ण उवाच । ज्ञानतो ऽज्ञानतो वापियन्नरैः कलुषं कृतम् । तस्य पापस्य शुद्ध्यर्थं विधेया निष्कृतिर्नरैः
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 4 śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / jñānato 'jñānato vāpiyannaraiḥ kaluṣaṃ kṛtam / tasya pāpasya śuddhyarthaṃ vidheyā niṣkṛtirnaraiḥ
The Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, chapter 4. Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: Whatever defilement men have committed, knowingly or unknowingly, for the purification of that sin an expiation should be performed by men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.2
भस्मादिस्नानदशकमादौ कुर्याद्विचक्षणः । यथाशक्ति षडब्दादिप्रत्याम्नायाच्चरेदपि
bhasmādisnānadaśakamādau kuryādvicakṣaṇaḥ / yathāśakti ṣaḍabdādipratyāmnāyāccaredapi
At the outset the discerning man should perform the set of ten ablutions beginning with ashes; and according to his ability he may also carry out the substitute (observance) of six years and so on.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 4.3
तदर्धं वा तदर्धं वा तदर्धार्धमथापि वा । यथाशक्त्या ततः कुर्याद्दश दानानि वै शृणु
tadardhaṃ vā tadardhaṃ vā tadardhārdhamathāpi vā / yathāśaktyā tataḥ kuryāddaśa dānāni vai śṛṇu
Or half of that, or half of that (again), or even a quarter of that; then, according to ability, he should make the ten gifts — hear them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.4
गोभूतिलहिरण्याज्यवासोधन्यगुडास्तथा । रजतं लवणं चैव दानानि दश वै विदुः
gobhūtilahiraṇyājyavāsodhanyaguḍāstathā / rajataṃ lavaṇaṃ caiva dānāni daśa vai viduḥ
A cow, land, sesame, gold, ghee, cloth, grain, and molasses, and also silver and salt: these they know as the ten gifts.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.5
प्रायश्चित्ते त्वागता ये तेभ्यो दद्यान्नरो दश । ततो यमद्वारपथे पूयशोणितसंकुले
prāyaścitte tvāgatā ye tebhyo dadyānnaro daśa / tato yamadvārapathe pūyaśoṇitasaṃkule
To those who have come for the expiation a man should give the ten; then, on the road of Yama's gate, which is filled with pus and blood —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.6
नदीं वैतरणीं तर्तुं दद्याद्वैतरणीं च गाम् । कृष्णस्तनी सकृष्णाङ्गी सा वै वैतरणी स्मृता
nadīṃ vaitaraṇīṃ tartuṃ dadyādvaitaraṇīṃ ca gām / kṛṣṇastanī sakṛṣṇāṅgī sā vai vaitaraṇī smṛtā
— in order to cross the river Vaitaraṇī he should give a Vaitaraṇī cow; one with black teats and black limbs is called a Vaitaraṇī (cow).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.7
तिला लोहं हिरण्यं च कर्पासं लवणं तथा । सप्तधान्यं क्षितिर्गाव एकैकं पावनं स्मृतम्
tilā lohaṃ hiraṇyaṃ ca karpāsaṃ lavaṇaṃ tathā / saptadhānyaṃ kṣitirgāva ekaikaṃ pāvanaṃ smṛtam
Sesame, iron, gold, cotton, and salt, the seven grains, land, and cows: each one of these is held to be purifying.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.8
एतान्यष्टौ महादानान्युत्तमाय द्विजातये । आतुरेण तु देयानि पदरूपाणि मे शृणु
etānyaṣṭau mahādānānyuttamāya dvijātaye / ātureṇa tu deyāni padarūpāṇi me śṛṇu
These eight great gifts (are to be given) to a brahmin of the highest kind; but by one who is sick they are to be given — hear from me the forms of the 'pada' (set).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 4.9
छत्रो पानहवस्त्राणि मुद्रिका च कमण्डलुः । आसनं भाजनं पदं चाष्टविधं स्मृतम्
chatro pānahavastrāṇi mudrikā ca kamaṇḍaluḥ / āsanaṃ bhājanaṃ padaṃ cāṣṭavidhaṃ smṛtam
An umbrella, shoes, garments, a ring, and a water-pot, a seat, and a vessel: the 'pada' is said to be of eight kinds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.10
तिलापात्रं सर्पिः पात्रं शय्या सोपस्करा तथा । एतत्सर्वं प्रदातव्यं यदिष्टं चात्मनो ऽपि तत्
tilāpātraṃ sarpiḥ pātraṃ śayyā sopaskarā tathā / etatsarvaṃ pradātavyaṃ yadiṣṭaṃ cātmano 'pi tat
A vessel of sesame, a vessel of ghee, and a bed together with its furnishings — all this is to be given, and whatever else is dear to oneself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.11
अश्वो रथश्च महीषी व्यञ्जनं वस्त्रमेव च । ब्राह्मणेभ्यः प्रदातव्यं ब्रह्मपूर्वमपि स्वयम्
aśvo rathaśca mahīṣī vyañjanaṃ vastrameva ca / brāhmaṇebhyaḥ pradātavyaṃ brahmapūrvamapi svayam
A horse, a chariot, a buffalo-cow, a fan, and cloth as well are to be given to brahmins, even by oneself, with the brahmin foremost.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 4.12
दाना न्यन्यान्यपि खग तर्पयेत्स्वीयशक्तितः । प्रायाश्चित्तं कृतं येन दश दानान्यपि क्षितौ
dānā nyanyānyapi khaga tarpayetsvīyaśaktitaḥ / prāyāścittaṃ kṛtaṃ yena daśa dānānyapi kṣitau
Other gifts too, O bird, he should offer to satisfy (them) according to his own capacity. He by whom the expiation has been performed and the ten gifts (made) here on earth —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 4.13
दानं गोर्वैतरण्याश्च दानान्यष्टौ तथापि वा । तिलपात्रं सर्पिः पात्रं शय्यादानं तथैव च
dānaṃ gorvaitaraṇyāśca dānānyaṣṭau tathāpi vā / tilapātraṃ sarpiḥ pātraṃ śayyādānaṃ tathaiva ca
Or the gift of a cow and of the Vaitaraṇī (cow), or else the eight gifts, and likewise a vessel of sesame, a vessel of ghee, and the gift of a bed;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.14
पददानं च विधिवन्नासौ निरयगर्भगः । स्वातन्त्र्येणापि लवणदानमिच्छन्ति सूरयः
padadānaṃ ca vidhivannāsau nirayagarbhagaḥ / svātantryeṇāpi lavaṇadānamicchanti sūrayaḥ
and the gift of a place (or: of footwear), made according to rule — such a man does not enter the womb of hell; and the learned hold that even on its own the gift of salt (suffices).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 4.15
विष्णुदेहसमुत्पन्नो यतो ऽयं लवणो रसः । आतुरस्य यदा प्राणा न यान्ति वसुधातले
viṣṇudehasamutpanno yato 'yaṃ lavaṇo rasaḥ / āturasya yadā prāṇā na yānti vasudhātale
since this salty savour arose from Viṣṇu's body. When the breaths of a sick man do not depart on the surface of the earth,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.16
लवणं च तदा देयं द्वारस्योद्वाटनं दिवः । यानिकानि च दानानि स्वयं दत्तानि मानवैः
lavaṇaṃ ca tadā deyaṃ dvārasyodvāṭanaṃ divaḥ / yānikāni ca dānāni svayaṃ dattāni mānavaiḥ
then salt should be given: that is the opening of heaven's door. And whatever gifts have been given by men themselves,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.17
तानितानि च सर्वाणि उपतिष्ठन्ति चाग्रतः । प्रायश्चित्तं कृतं येन साङ्गं खग स वै पुमान्
tānitāni ca sarvāṇi upatiṣṭhanti cāgrataḥ / prāyaścittaṃ kṛtaṃ yena sāṅgaṃ khaga sa vai pumān
all those stand present before (them). That man, O bird, by whom expiation has been performed complete with its parts,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.18
पापानि भस्मसात्कृत्वा स्वर्गलोके महीयते । अमृतं तु गवां क्षीरं यतः पतगसत्तम्
pāpāni bhasmasātkṛtvā svargaloke mahīyate / amṛtaṃ tu gavāṃ kṣīraṃ yataḥ patagasattam
having reduced his sins to ashes, is honoured in the world of heaven. Since the milk of cows is nectar, O best of birds,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.19
तस्माद्ददाति यो धेनुममृतत्वं स गच्छति । दानान्यष्टौ तु दत्त्वा वै गन्धर्वनिलये वसेत्
tasmāddadāti yo dhenumamṛtatvaṃ sa gacchati / dānānyaṣṭau tu dattvā vai gandharvanilaye vaset
therefore he who gives a milch cow attains immortality. And having given the eight gifts, one dwells in the abode of the gandharvas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.20
आलयस्तत्र रौद्रे हि दह्यते येन मानवः । छत्रदानेन सुच्छाया जायते पथि तुष्टिदा
ālayastatra raudre hi dahyate yena mānavaḥ / chatradānena succhāyā jāyate pathi tuṣṭidā
For there the dwelling is in the fierce (heat) by which a man is burned; by the gift of a parasol good shade arises, giving comfort on the road.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.21
असिपत्रवनं धारमतिक्रामति वै सुखम् । अश्वारूढश्च व्रजति ददते यद्युपानहौ
asipatravanaṃ dhāramatikrāmati vai sukham / aśvārūḍhaśca vrajati dadate yadyupānahau
He crosses the sword-leaved forest and the torrent easily, and goes mounted on a horse, if he gives sandals.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.22
भोजनासनदानेन सुखं मार्गे भुनक्ति वै । प्रदेशे निर्जले दाता सुखी स्याद्वै कमण्डलोः
bhojanāsanadānena sukhaṃ mārge bhunakti vai / pradeśe nirjale dātā sukhī syādvai kamaṇḍaloḥ
By the gift of food and a seat he eats in comfort on the road; by (the gift of) a water-pot the giver is at ease in a waterless region.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.23
यमदूता महारौद्राः करालाः कृष्णपिङ्गलाः । न पीडयन्ति दाक्षिण्याद्वस्त्राभरणदानतः
yamadūtā mahāraudrāḥ karālāḥ kṛṣṇapiṅgalāḥ / na pīḍayanti dākṣiṇyādvastrābharaṇadānataḥ
Yama's messengers, most terrible, gaping-jawed, black and tawny, do not torment (him), out of favour, because of the gift of clothes and ornaments.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.24
तिलपात्रं तु विप्राय दत्तं पत्ररथ ध्रुवम् । नाशयेत्त्रिविधं षापं वाङ्मनः कायसम्भवम्
tilapātraṃ tu viprāya dattaṃ patraratha dhruvam / nāśayettrividhaṃ ṣāpaṃ vāṅmanaḥ kāyasambhavam
A vessel of sesame given to a brahmin, O bird, surely destroys the threefold sin arising from speech, mind and body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.25
घृतपात्रप्रदाने रुद्रलोके वसेन्नरः । सर्वोपस्करसंयुक्तां शय्यां दत्त्वा द्विजातये
ghṛtapātrapradāne rudraloke vasennaraḥ / sarvopaskarasaṃyuktāṃ śayyāṃ dattvā dvijātaye
By the giving of a vessel of ghee a man dwells in Rudra's world. Having given to a twice-born a bed furnished with all appurtenances,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.26
नानाप्सरोभिराकीर्णं विमानमधिरोहति । षष्टिवर्षसहस्राणि क्रीडित्वा शक्रमन्दिरे
nānāpsarobhirākīrṇaṃ vimānamadhirohati / ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi krīḍitvā śakramandire
he mounts a celestial car thronged with various apsarases; having played sixty thousand years in Indra's palace,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.27
इन्द्रलोकात्परिभ्रष्ट इह लोके नृपो भवेत् । सर्वोपस्करणोपेतं युवानं दोषवर्जितम्
indralokātparibhraṣṭa iha loke nṛpo bhavet / sarvopaskaraṇopetaṃ yuvānaṃ doṣavarjitam
Fallen from Indra's world, he would become a king in this world. (One should give) a young (horse), equipped with all its gear and free of defects.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.28
यो ऽश्वं ददाति विप्राय स्वर्गलोके च तिष्ठति । यावन्ति रोमाणि हये भवन्ति हि खगेश्वर
yo 'śvaṃ dadāti viprāya svargaloke ca tiṣṭhati / yāvanti romāṇi haye bhavanti hi khageśvara
He who gives a horse to a brahmin also dwells in the world of heaven; for as many hairs as there are on the horse, O lord of birds,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.31
तावतो राजितांल्लोकानाप्नुवन्ति हि पुष्कलान् । चतुर्भिस्तुरगैर्युक्तं सर्वोपकरणैर्युतम् ॥ गर्प्_२,४।२९ ॥ रथं द्विजातये दत्त्वा राजसूयफलं लभ्त् ॥ गर्प्_२,४।३० ॥ दुग्धाधिकां च महिषीं नवमेघवर्णां सन्तुष्टतर्णकवलीं जघनाभिरामाम् । दत्त्वा सुवर्णतिलकां द्विजपुङ्गवाय लोकोदयं स जयतीति किमत्र चित्रम्
tāvato rājitāṃllokānāpnuvanti hi puṣkalān / caturbhisturagairyuktaṃ sarvopakaraṇairyutam // garp_2,4.29 // rathaṃ dvijātaye dattvā rājasūyaphalaṃ labht // garp_2,4.30 // dugdhādhikāṃ ca mahiṣīṃ navameghavarṇāṃ santuṣṭatarṇakavalīṃ jaghanābhirāmām / dattvā suvarṇatilakāṃ dvijapuṅgavāya lokodayaṃ sa jayatīti kimatra citram
just so many splendid, abundant worlds do they obtain. (29) Having given to a twice-born a chariot yoked with four horses and furnished with all its equipment, one gains the fruit of the Rājasūya sacrifice. (30) And having given to a bull among the twice-born a buffalo-cow abounding in milk, the colour of a fresh cloud, with a well-contented calf at her side, handsome in the haunches, marked with a golden tilaka — that he wins the rising of the worlds, what is surprising in that?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.32
तालवृन्तस्य दानेन वायुना वीज्यते पथि । कान्तियुक् सुभगः श्रीमान् भवत्यम्बरदानतः
tālavṛntasya dānena vāyunā vījyate pathi / kāntiyuk subhagaḥ śrīmān bhavatyambaradānataḥ
By the gift of a palm-leaf fan one is fanned by the wind on the road; by the gift of clothing one becomes lustrous, fortunate, and prosperous.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.33
रसान्नोपस्करयुतं गृहं विप्राय योर्ऽपयेत् । न हीयते तस्य वंशः स्वर्गं प्राप्नोत्यनुत्तमम्
rasānnopaskarayutaṃ gṛhaṃ viprāya yor'payet / na hīyate tasya vaṃśaḥ svargaṃ prāpnotyanuttamam
Whoever presents to a brahmin a house furnished with juices, food, and furnishings — his lineage does not fail, and he attains the highest heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.34
भवत्यत्र खगश्रेष्ठ फलगौखलाघवम् । श्रद्धाश्रद्धाविभेदेन दानगौरवलाघवात्
bhavatyatra khagaśreṣṭha phalagaukhalāghavam / śraddhāśraddhāvibhedena dānagauravalāghavāt
In this matter, O best of birds, there is greater and lesser fruit, according to the difference between faith and lack of faith, from the weight or lightness of the gift.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.35
ततो येनाम्बुदानानि कृतान्यत्र रसास्तथा । तदा खग तथाह्लादमापदि प्रतिपद्यते
tato yenāmbudānāni kṛtānyatra rasāstathā / tadā khaga tathāhlādamāpadi pratipadyate
Then, O best of birds, by whom gifts of water and likewise of juices have been made here, he thereby obtains refreshment in (that) time of distress.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 4.36
अन्नानि येन दत्तानि श्रद्धापूतेन चेतसा । सो ऽपि तृप्तिमवाप्नोति विनाप्यन्नेन वै तदा
annāni yena dattāni śraddhāpūtena cetasā / so 'pi tṛptimavāpnoti vināpyannena vai tadā
He by whom food has been given with a mind purified by faith — he too attains satisfaction then, even without food.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.37
आसन्ने मरणे कुर्यात्संन्यासं चेद्विधानतः । आवर्तेत पुनर्नासौ ब्रह्मभूयाय कल्पते
āsanne maraṇe kuryātsaṃnyāsaṃ cedvidhānataḥ / āvarteta punarnāsau brahmabhūyāya kalpate
If, when death is near, one should undertake renunciation according to the rule, he does not return again; he becomes fit for absorption into Brahman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.38
आसन्नमरणो मत्यश्चेत्तीर्थं प्रतिनयिते । तीर्थप्राप्तौ भवेन्मुक्तिर्म्रियते यदि मार्गगः । पदेपदे क्रतुसमं भवेत्तस्य न संशयः
āsannamaraṇo matyaścettīrthaṃ pratinayite / tīrthaprāptau bhavenmuktirmriyate yadi mārgagaḥ / padepade kratusamaṃ bhavettasya na saṃśayaḥ
If a mortal whose death is near is conducted toward a sacred ford, upon reaching the ford there is release; and if he dies while on the road, at every step there accrues to him (merit) equal to a sacrifice — of this there is no doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.39
गृह्णीयाच्चेदनशनं व्रतं विधिवदागते । मृत्यौ न सो ऽपि संसारे भूयः पर्यटति द्विज
gṛhṇīyāccedanaśanaṃ vrataṃ vidhivadāgate / mṛtyau na so 'pi saṃsāre bhūyaḥ paryaṭati dvija
If, when death has come, one takes up the vow of fasting according to the rule, he too, O twice-born, does not wander again in the round of rebirth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.40
किं दानमिति तुर्यस्य प्रश्नस्योत्तरमीरितम् । दाहमृत्योरन्तरे किमितिप्रश्नोत्तरं शृणु
kiṃ dānamiti turyasya praśnasyottaramīritam / dāhamṛtyorantare kimitipraśnottaraṃ śṛṇu
The answer to the fourth question, 'What is the gift?', has been declared. Hear now the answer to the question, 'What (is to be done) in the interval between death and cremation?'
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.41
गतप्राणं ततो ज्ञात्वा स्नात्वा पुत्रादिराशु तम् । शवं जलेन शुद्धेन क्षालयेदविचारयन्
gataprāṇaṃ tato jñātvā snātvā putrādirāśu tam / śavaṃ jalena śuddhena kṣālayedavicārayan
Then, knowing that the breath has departed, the son or another, having bathed, should quickly wash that corpse with pure water, without hesitating.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.42
परिधाप्याहते वस्त्रे चन्दनैः प्रोक्षयेत्तनुम् । ततो मृतस्य स्थाने वै एकोद्दिष्टं समाचरेत्
paridhāpyāhate vastre candanaiḥ prokṣayettanum / tato mṛtasya sthāne vai ekoddiṣṭaṃ samācaret
Having clothed (it) in an unworn garment, one should sprinkle the body with sandal-paste; then, at the very place of death, one should perform the ekoddiṣṭa rite (the rite directed to a single deceased).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.43
प्रयोगपूर्वं दाहस्य योग्यतादिर्यथा भवेत् । आंसनं प्राक्षण च स्यान्न स्यादेतच्चतुष्टयम्
prayogapūrvaṃ dāhasya yogyatādiryathā bhavet / āṃsanaṃ prākṣaṇa ca syānna syādetaccatuṣṭayam
Preceding the procedure of cremation, the (determining of) fitness and so forth should be as (prescribed); there should be the offering of a seat and the sprinkling — (yet) these four should not be done.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 4.44
आवाहनार्चन चैव पान्त्रालम्भावगाहने । भवेद्दानान्नसङ्कल्पः पिण्डदानं सदा भवेत्
āvāhanārcana caiva pāntrālambhāvagāhane / bhaveddānānnasaṅkalpaḥ piṇḍadānaṃ sadā bhavet
And the invocation and the worship, the presenting of the vessel and the immersion — there should be the resolve for the gift of food, and the offering of the rice-ball should always be done.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 4.45
पदार्थपञ्चकं न स्याद्रेखा प्रत्यवनेजनम् । दद्यादक्षय्यमुदकं न स्यादेतत्त्रयं पुनः
padārthapañcakaṃ na syādrekhā pratyavanejanam / dadyādakṣayyamudakaṃ na syādetattrayaṃ punaḥ
The set of five items should not be done, nor the (drawing of the) line, nor the rinsing afterwards; one should give the 'inexhaustible' water — (but) these three should not be done again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 4.46
स्वधावाचनमाशीश्च तिलकं च खगोत्तम । घटं दद्यात्समाषान्नं दद्याल्लोहस्य दक्षिणाम्
svadhāvācanamāśīśca tilakaṃ ca khagottama / ghaṭaṃ dadyātsamāṣānnaṃ dadyāllohasya dakṣiṇām
The pronouncing of 'svadhā', the benediction, and the forehead-mark, O best of birds; one should give a water-pot, food with beans, and should give iron as the priest's fee.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 4.47
पिण्डस्य चालनं प्रोक्तं नैव प्रोक्तमिदं त्रिकम् । प्रच्छादनविसर्गौ च स्वस्तिवाचनकं तथा
piṇḍasya cālanaṃ proktaṃ naiva proktamidaṃ trikam / pracchādanavisargau ca svastivācanakaṃ tathā
The stirring of the rice-ball is prescribed; (but) this triad is not prescribed: the covering and the dismissal, and likewise the pronouncing of 'svasti'.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 4.48
एषु षट्सु विधिः प्रोक्तः श्राद्धेषु मलिनेषु ते । षडेव मरणस्थाने द्वारि चात्वरिके तथा
eṣu ṣaṭsu vidhiḥ proktaḥ śrāddheṣu malineṣu te / ṣaḍeva maraṇasthāne dvāri cātvarike tathā
In these six impure śrāddhas the procedure has been declared to you; and the six are: at the place of death, at the door, at the crossroads,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.49
विश्रामे काष्ठचयने तथा सञ्चयने खग । मृतिस्थाने शवो नाम भूमिस्तुष्यति देवता
viśrāme kāṣṭhacayane tathā sañcayane khaga / mṛtisthāne śavo nāma bhūmistuṣyati devatā
at the resting-place, at the piling of the wood, and likewise at the gathering (of the bones), O bird. At the place of death (the dead one) has the name 'śava' (corpse), and the deity Earth is gratified.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 4.50
पान्थो द्वारि भवेत्तेन प्रीता स्याद्वास्तुदेवता । चत्वरे खेचरस्तेन तुष्येद्भृतादिदेवता
pāntho dvāri bhavettena prītā syādvāstudevatā / catvare khecarastena tuṣyedbhṛtādidevatā
At the door he becomes 'pāntha' (the traveller), and by that the household deity is pleased; at the crossroads he is 'khecara' (the sky-goer), and by that the deity of the spirits and the rest is gratified.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 4.51
विश्रामे भूतसंज्ञो ऽयं तुष्टस्तेन दिशो दश । चितायां साधक इति सञ्चितौ प्रेत उच्यते
viśrāme bhūtasaṃjño 'yaṃ tuṣṭastena diśo daśa / citāyāṃ sādhaka iti sañcitau preta ucyate
At the resting-place he bears the name 'bhūta' (spirit), and by that the ten directions are satisfied; on the pyre he is called 'sādhaka', and at the gathering (of the bones) he is called 'preta'.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.52
तिलदर्भघृतेधांसि गृहीत्वा तु सुतादयः । गाथां यमस्य सूक्तं वाप्यधीयाना व्रजन्ति हि
tiladarbhaghṛtedhāṃsi gṛhītvā tu sutādayaḥ / gāthāṃ yamasya sūktaṃ vāpyadhīyānā vrajanti hi
Taking sesame, darbha grass, ghee and firewood, the sons and the others proceed, reciting the verse of Yama or the hymn.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.53
अहरहर्नीयमानो गामश्वं पुरुषं वृषम् । वैवस्वतो न तृप्येत सुरया त्विव दुर्मतिः
aharaharnīyamāno gāmaśvaṃ puruṣaṃ vṛṣam / vaivasvato na tṛpyeta surayā tviva durmatiḥ
Though day after day a cow, a horse, a man, a bull is led away (to him), the son of Vivasvat is not satisfied — just as the evil-minded man is not (satisfied) with liquor.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.54
इमां गाथमपेतेति सूक्तं वा पथि संपठेत् । दक्षिणस्यां दिश्यरण्यं व्रजेयुः सर्वबान्धवाः
imāṃ gāthamapeteti sūktaṃ vā pathi saṃpaṭhet / dakṣiṇasyāṃ diśyaraṇyaṃ vrajeyuḥ sarvabāndhavāḥ
He should recite this verse, or the hymn beginning 'apeta', on the road; all the kinsmen should go to the wilderness in the southern direction.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.55
पथि श्राद्धद्वयं कुर्यात्पूर्वोक्तविधिना खग । ततः शनैर्भूतले वै दक्षिणाशिरसं शवम्
pathi śrāddhadvayaṃ kuryātpūrvoktavidhinā khaga / tataḥ śanairbhūtale vai dakṣiṇāśirasaṃ śavam
On the way he should perform two śrāddhas according to the rule stated before, O bird; then, slowly, upon the ground, the corpse with its head to the south —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.56
स्थापयित्वा चिताभूमौ पूर्वोक्तं श्राद्धमाचरेत् । तृणकाष्ठतिलाज्यादि स्वयं निन्युः सुतादयः
sthāpayitvā citābhūmau pūrvoktaṃ śrāddhamācaret / tṛṇakāṣṭhatilājyādi svayaṃ ninyuḥ sutādayaḥ
— having set (it) down on the ground of the pyre, he should perform the previously stated śrāddha; grass, wood, sesame, ghee and the rest the sons and the others should carry themselves.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.57
शूद्रानीतैः कृतं कर्म सर्वं भवति निष्फलम् । प्राचीनावीतिना भाव्यं दक्षिणाभिमुकेन च
śūdrānītaiḥ kṛtaṃ karma sarvaṃ bhavati niṣphalam / prācīnāvītinā bhāvyaṃ dakṣiṇābhimukena ca
A rite performed with things brought by śūdras becomes wholly fruitless; one must wear the sacred thread over the right shoulder and face the south.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.58
वेदी तत्र प्रकर्तव्या यथाशास्त्रमथाण्डज । प्रतेवस्त्रं द्विधा कृत्वार्धेन तं छादयेत्ततः
vedī tatra prakartavyā yathāśāstramathāṇḍaja / pratevastraṃ dvidhā kṛtvārdhena taṃ chādayettataḥ
An altar should be made there according to the scriptures, O egg-born; and having divided the dead man's cloth in two, with one half he should cover him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.59
अर्धं श्मशानवासार्थं भूमावेव विनिः क्षिपेत् । ततः पूर्वोक्तविधिना पिण्डं प्रेतकरे न्यसेत्
ardhaṃ śmaśānavāsārthaṃ bhūmāveva viniḥ kṣipet / tataḥ pūrvoktavidhinā piṇḍaṃ pretakare nyaset
The (other) half he should cast down upon the ground itself, as the fee for the use of the cremation ground; then, by the rule stated before, he should place a rice-ball in the hand of the dead man.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.60
आज्येनाभ्यञ्जनं कार्यं सर्वाङ्गेषु शवस्य च । दाहमृत्योरन्तराले विधिः पिण्डस्य तं शृणु
ājyenābhyañjanaṃ kāryaṃ sarvāṅgeṣu śavasya ca / dāhamṛtyorantarāle vidhiḥ piṇḍasya taṃ śṛṇu
Anointing with ghee should be done on all the limbs of the corpse; the rule concerning the rice-ball in the interval between death and cremation — hear that.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.61
पूर्वोक्तैः पञ्चभिः पिण्डैः शवस्याहुतियोग्यता । अन्यथा चोपघाताच्च राक्षसाद्या भवन्ति हि
pūrvoktaiḥ pañcabhiḥ piṇḍaiḥ śavasyāhutiyogyatā / anyathā copaghātācca rākṣasādyā bhavanti hi
By the five rice-balls stated before, the corpse becomes fit for the oblation; otherwise, and because of injury (to the rite), they become rākṣasas and the like.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.62
संमृज्य चोपलिप्याथ उल्लिख्योद्धृत्य वेदिकाम् । अभ्युक्ष्योपसमाधाय वह्निं तत्र विधानतः
saṃmṛjya copalipyātha ullikhyoddhṛtya vedikām / abhyukṣyopasamādhāya vahniṃ tatra vidhānataḥ
And having swept and then smeared (the ground), having drawn the lines on the altar and scraped it out, having sprinkled it and duly established the fire there —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.63
पुष्पाक्षतैश्च संपूज्य देवं क्रव्यादसंज्ञकम् । श्रौतेन तु विधानेन ह्याहिताग्निं दहेद्वुधः
puṣpākṣataiśca saṃpūjya devaṃ kravyādasaṃjñakam / śrautena tu vidhānena hyāhitāgniṃ dahedvudhaḥ
— and having worshipped with flowers and unhusked grains the god named Kravyāda (the flesh-eater), the wise man should burn one who has kindled the sacred fires with the śrauta rite.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.64
चण्डालाग्निं चिताग्निं च पतिताग्निं परित्यजेत् । त्वं भूतकृज्जगद्योनिस्त्वं लोकपरिपालकः
caṇḍālāgniṃ citāgniṃ ca patitāgniṃ parityajet / tvaṃ bhūtakṛjjagadyonistvaṃ lokaparipālakaḥ
He should shun the fire of a caṇḍāla, the fire of a pyre, and the fire of an outcaste. "You are the maker of beings, the womb of the world; you are the protector of the worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.65
उपसंहर तस्मात्त्वमेनं स्वर्गं नयामृतम् । इति क्रव्यादमभ्यर्च्य शरीराहुतिमाचरेत्
upasaṃhara tasmāttvamenaṃ svargaṃ nayāmṛtam / iti kravyādamabhyarcya śarīrāhutimācaret
Therefore take this man to yourself; lead (him) to heaven, to the deathless" — thus having honoured Kravyāda, he should make the oblation of the body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.66
अर्धदग्धे तथा देहे दद्यादाज्याहुतिं ततः । अस्मात्त्वमधिजातो ऽसि त्वदयं जायतां पुनः
ardhadagdhe tathā dehe dadyādājyāhutiṃ tataḥ / asmāttvamadhijāto 'si tvadayaṃ jāyatāṃ punaḥ
And when the body is half burnt he should then offer an oblation of ghee: "From this (fire) you were born; from you let this one be born again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.67
असौ स्वर्गाय लोकाय स्वाहेत्युक्त्वा तु नामतः । एवमाज्याहुतिं दत्त्वा तिलमिश्रां समन्त्रकम्
asau svargāya lokāya svāhetyuktvā tu nāmataḥ / evamājyāhutiṃ dattvā tilamiśrāṃ samantrakam
May so-and-so (go) to heaven, to that world, svāhā" — saying (this) with the name; having thus given the ghee oblation mixed with sesame, together with the mantra —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.68
रोदितव्यं ततो गाढमेवं तस्य सुखं भवेत् । दाहस्यानन्तरं तत्र कृत्वा सञ्चयनिक्रियाम्
roditavyaṃ tato gāḍhamevaṃ tasya sukhaṃ bhavet / dāhasyānantaraṃ tatra kṛtvā sañcayanikriyām
— then one should weep loudly; in this way there comes to be happiness for him. After the burning, having performed there the rite of gathering (the bones),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.69
प्रेतपिण्डं प्रदद्याच्च दाहार्तिशमनं खग । ततः प्रदक्षिणं कृक्त्वा चिताप्रस्थानवीक्षकाः
pretapiṇḍaṃ pradadyācca dāhārtiśamanaṃ khaga / tataḥ pradakṣiṇaṃ kṛktvā citāprasthānavīkṣakāḥ
he should also offer the preta's rice-ball, which allays the pain of the burning, O bird; then, having circumambulated, they (depart), looking back at the pyre as they set out.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 4.70
कनिष्ठपूर्वाः स्नानार्थं गच्छेयुः सूक्तजापकाः । ततो जालसमीपे तु गत्वा प्रक्षाल्य चांशुकम्
kaniṣṭhapūrvāḥ snānārthaṃ gaccheyuḥ sūktajāpakāḥ / tato jālasamīpe tu gatvā prakṣālya cāṃśukam
The youngest going first, they should go to bathe, reciting the hymn; then, having gone near the water and washed the garment,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.71
परिधाय पुनस्तच्च ब्रृयुस्तं पुरुषं प्रति । उदकं तु करिष्यामः सचैलं पुरुषास्ततः
paridhāya punastacca brṛyustaṃ puruṣaṃ prati / udakaṃ tu kariṣyāmaḥ sacailaṃ puruṣāstataḥ
and having put it on again, they should say with regard to that man, "We shall make the water-offering"; then the men, with their garments on —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.72
कुरुध्वमित्येव वदेच्छतवर्षावरे मृते । पुत्राद्या वृद्धपूर्वास्ते एकवस्त्राः शिखां विना
kurudhvamityeva vadecchatavarṣāvare mṛte / putrādyā vṛddhapūrvāste ekavastrāḥ śikhāṃ vinā
— he should say just "Do it," when the dead man is less than a hundred years old; the sons and the others, the eldest first, wearing a single garment, without the topknot (bound),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.73
प्राचीनावीतिनः सर्वे विशेयुर्मौनिनो जलम् । अपनः शोशुचदघमनेन पितृदिङ्मुखाः
prācīnāvītinaḥ sarve viśeyurmaunino jalam / apanaḥ śośucadaghamanena pitṛdiṅmukhāḥ
all with the sacred thread over the right shoulder and silent, should enter the water; with the verse "apa naḥ śośucad agham," facing the direction of the fathers,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.74
जलावघट्टनं चव न कुर्युः स्नानकारकाः । ततस्तटे समागत्य शिखां बद्ध्वा ऋजून् कुशान्
jalāvaghaṭṭanaṃ cava na kuryuḥ snānakārakāḥ / tatastaṭe samāgatya śikhāṃ baddhvā ṛjūn kuśān
and those performing the bath should not strike the water. Then, coming to the bank, binding up the topknot, (taking) straight kuśa grasses,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.75
दक्षिणाग्रहस्तयोस्तु कृत्वाथ सतिलं जलम् । आदायाञ्जलिना याम्यां दुः खी पैतृकतीर्थतः
dakṣiṇāgrahastayostu kṛtvātha satilaṃ jalam / ādāyāñjalinā yāmyāṃ duḥ khī paitṛkatīrthataḥ
With the hands' tips (turned) toward the south, having made the water (mixed) with sesame, and taking it up in the joined palms, the grieving (kinsman offers it) toward the south by way of the ancestral part (of the hand).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 4.76
एकवारं त्रिवारं वा दशवारमथापि वा । भूमावश्मनि वा सर्वे क्षिपेयुर्वाग्यताः खग
ekavāraṃ trivāraṃ vā daśavāramathāpi vā / bhūmāvaśmani vā sarve kṣipeyurvāgyatāḥ khaga
Once, or three times, or even ten times, all of them should cast (it) upon the ground or upon a stone, keeping silence, O bird.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.77
तृप्यन्तु तृप्यतां वापि तर्पयाम्युपतिष्ठताम् । प्रेतैतदमुकगोत्रेत्युक्तेष्वेवं समुच्चरेत्
tṛpyantu tṛpyatāṃ vāpi tarpayāmyupatiṣṭhatām / pretaitadamukagotretyukteṣvevaṃ samuccaret
"May they be satisfied," or "May he be satisfied," "I satisfy those who stand near"—having said "O departed one, of such-and-such lineage," he should thus utter (these words).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 4.78
जलाञ्जलौ कृते पश्चाद्विधेयं दन्तधावनम् । त्यजन्ति गोत्रिणः सर्वे दिनानि नव काश्यप
jalāñjalau kṛte paścādvidheyaṃ dantadhāvanam / tyajanti gotriṇaḥ sarve dināni nava kāśyapa
When the water-offering has been made, afterwards the cleaning of the teeth is to be done; all who share the lineage abandon (it) for nine days, O Kāśyapa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 4.79
तत उत्तीर्योदकाद्वै वस्त्राणि परिधाय च । स्नानवस्त्रं सकृत्पीड्य विशेयुः शुचिभूतले
tata uttīryodakādvai vastrāṇi paridhāya ca / snānavastraṃ sakṛtpīḍya viśeyuḥ śucibhūtale
Then, having come up out of the water and put on their garments, and having wrung the bathing-cloth once, they should enter upon clean ground.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.80
अश्रुपातं न कुर्वीत दत्त्वा दाहजलाञ्जलिम् । श्लेष्माश्रु बान्धवैर्मुक्तं प्रेतो भुङ्क्ते यतो ऽवशः
aśrupātaṃ na kurvīta dattvā dāhajalāñjalim / śleṣmāśru bāndhavairmuktaṃ preto bhuṅkte yato 'vaśaḥ
One should not let tears fall after giving the water-offering of the cremation; for the mucus and tears released by kinsmen the departed one eats, being helpless.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.81
अतो न रोदितव्यं हि क्रियाः कार्याः स्वशक्तितः । ततस्तेषूपविष्टेषु पुराणज्ञः सुकृत्स्वकः
ato na roditavyaṃ hi kriyāḥ kāryāḥ svaśaktitaḥ / tatasteṣūpaviṣṭeṣu purāṇajñaḥ sukṛtsvakaḥ
Therefore one should not weep; the rites are to be performed according to one's ability. Then, when they are seated, one who knows the Purāṇas, virtuous, one of their own,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.82
शोकापनोदं कुर्वीत संसारानित्यतां ब्रुवन् । मानुष्ये कदलीस्तन्भे असारे सारमार्गणम्
śokāpanodaṃ kurvīta saṃsārānityatāṃ bruvan / mānuṣye kadalīstanbhe asāre sāramārgaṇam
should dispel their grief, speaking of the impermanence of the round of existence: in human life, a plantain stalk without pith, the search for pith—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.83
करोति यः स संमूढो जलबुद्वद्रसन्निभे । पञ्चधा संभृतः कायो यदि पञ्चत्वमागतः
karoti yaḥ sa saṃmūḍho jalabudvadrasannibhe / pañcadhā saṃbhṛtaḥ kāyo yadi pañcatvamāgataḥ
he who makes it is utterly deluded, (life) being like the essence of a water-bubble. If the body, assembled from the five (elements), has gone to the state of five (i.e. dissolution),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.84
कर्मभिः स्वशरीरोत्थैस्तत्र का परिदेवना । गन्त्री वसुमती नाशमुदधिर्दैवतानि च
karmabhiḥ svaśarīrotthaistatra kā paridevanā / gantrī vasumatī nāśamudadhirdaivatāni ca
through deeds arisen from its own body—what lamentation is there in that? The bountiful earth will go to destruction, and the ocean, and the gods,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.85
फेनप्रख्यः कथं नाशं मर्त्यलोको न यास्यति । एवं संश्रावयेत्तत्र मृदुशाद्वलसंस्थितान्
phenaprakhyaḥ kathaṃ nāśaṃ martyaloko na yāsyati / evaṃ saṃśrāvayettatra mṛduśādvalasaṃsthitān
how then shall the world of mortals, which is like foam, not go to destruction? Thus should he cause those seated on the soft turf to hear.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.86
ते ऽयि संश्रुत्य गच्छेयुर्गृहं बालपुरः सराः । विदश्य र्निबपत्राणि नियता द्वारि वेश्मनः
te 'yi saṃśrutya gaccheyurgṛhaṃ bālapuraḥ sarāḥ / vidaśya rnibapatrāṇi niyatā dvāri veśmanaḥ
Having listened, they should go home with the children in front; and having chewed nimba leaves, restrained, at the door of the house,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 4.87
आचम्य वह्निसलिलं गोमयं गौरसर्षपान् । दूर्वाप्रवालं वृषभमन्यदप्यथ मङ्गलम्
ācamya vahnisalilaṃ gomayaṃ gaurasarṣapān / dūrvāpravālaṃ vṛṣabhamanyadapyatha maṅgalam
having sipped water, (and touched) fire, water, cow-dung, white mustard seeds, a shoot of dūrvā grass, a bull, and whatever else is auspicious,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.88
प्रविशेयुः समालभ्य कृत्वाश्मनि पदं शनैः । श्रौतेन तु विधानेन आहिताग्निं देहद्वधः
praviśeyuḥ samālabhya kṛtvāśmani padaṃ śanaiḥ / śrautena tu vidhānena āhitāgniṃ dehadvadhaḥ
they should enter after touching (these), slowly setting the foot upon a stone. But by the śrauta procedure (is done) the burning of the body of one who has established the sacred fires.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 4.89
ऊनद्विवर्षं निखनेन्न कुर्यादुदकं ततः । योषित्पतिव्रता या स्याद्भर्तारं यानुगच्छति
ūnadvivarṣaṃ nikhanenna kuryādudakaṃ tataḥ / yoṣitpativratā yā syādbhartāraṃ yānugacchati
One less than two years old is to be buried; no water-offering should be made for him thereafter. A woman who is devoted to her husband, who follows her husband,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.90
प्रयोग पूर्वं भर्तारं नमस्कृत्यारुहेच्चितिम् । चितिभ्रष्टा तु या मोहात्सा प्राजापत्यमाचरेत्
prayoga pūrvaṃ bhartāraṃ namaskṛtyāruheccitim / citibhraṣṭā tu yā mohātsā prājāpatyamācaret
first (performing) the rite, having bowed to her husband, should ascend the pyre; but she who through confusion falls away from the pyre should perform the Prājāpatya penance.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.91
तिस्रः कोट्योर्धकोटी य यानि लोमानि मानुषे । तावत्कालं वसेत्स्वर्गे भर्तारं यानुगच्छति
tisraḥ koṭyordhakoṭī ya yāni lomāni mānuṣe / tāvatkālaṃ vasetsvarge bhartāraṃ yānugacchati
Three and a half crores—as many as the hairs upon a human being—for that length of time she dwells in heaven, she who follows her husband.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.92
व्यालग्राही यथा व्यालं बिलादुद्धरते बलात् । तद्वदुद्धृत्य सा नारी तेनैव सह मोदते
vyālagrāhī yathā vyālaṃ bilāduddharate balāt / tadvaduddhṛtya sā nārī tenaiva saha modate
As a snake-catcher draws the snake out of its hole by force, so she, that woman, having drawn (him) up, rejoices together with him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.93
तत्र सा भर्तृपरमा स्तूयमानाप्सरोगणैः । क्रीडते पतिना सार्धं यावदिन्द्राश्चतुर्दश
tatra sā bhartṛparamā stūyamānāpsarogaṇaiḥ / krīḍate patinā sārdhaṃ yāvadindrāścaturdaśa
There she, having her husband as the highest (aim), praised by hosts of apsarases, plays together with her husband for as long as fourteen Indras (endure).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.94
ब्रह्मघ्नो वा कृघ्नो वा मित्त्रिघ्नो वा भवेत्पतिः । पुनात्यविधवा नारी तमादाय मृता तु या
brahmaghno vā kṛghno vā mittrighno vā bhavetpatiḥ / punātyavidhavā nārī tamādāya mṛtā tu yā
Though the husband be a slayer of a brahmin, or an ingrate, or a slayer of a friend, the woman who does not become a widow but dies taking him (with her) purifies him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 4.95
मृते भर्तरि या नारी समारोहेद्धुताशनम् । सारन्धतीसमाचारा स्वर्गलोके महीयते
mṛte bhartari yā nārī samāroheddhutāśanam / sārandhatīsamācārā svargaloke mahīyate
The woman who, when her husband has died, mounts the fire — she, whose conduct is like Arundhatī's, is honoured in the world of heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.96
यावच्चाग्नौ मृते पत्यौ स्त्री नात्मानं प्रदाहयेत् । तावन्न मुच्यते सा हि स्त्रीशरीरात्कथञ्चन
yāvaccāgnau mṛte patyau strī nātmānaṃ pradāhayet / tāvanna mucyate sā hi strīśarīrātkathañcana
So long as a woman does not have herself burned in the fire when her husband has died, so long is she not released, in any way at all, from a woman's body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.97
मातृकं पैतृकं चैव यत्र चैव प्रदीयते । कुलत्रयं पुनात्येषा भर्तारं यानुगच्छति
mātṛkaṃ paitṛkaṃ caiva yatra caiva pradīyate / kulatrayaṃ punātyeṣā bhartāraṃ yānugacchati
(The lineage) of the mother's side and of the father's side, and that also into which she has been given — she who follows her husband purifies these three families.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.98
आर्तार्ते मुदिते हृष्टा प्रोषिते मलिना कृशा । मृते म्रियेत या पत्यौ सा स्त्री ज्ञेया पतिव्रता
ārtārte mudite hṛṣṭā proṣite malinā kṛśā / mṛte mriyeta yā patyau sā strī jñeyā pativratā
Distressed when he is distressed, delighted when he is glad, unadorned and thin when he is away, and dying when her husband dies — such a woman is to be known as a devoted wife.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.99
पृथक् चितां समारुह्य न प्रिया गन्तुमर्हति । क्षत्त्रियाद्याः सवर्णाश्च आरोहेयुरपीह ताः
pṛthak citāṃ samāruhya na priyā gantumarhati / kṣattriyādyāḥ savarṇāśca āroheyurapīha tāḥ
The beloved (wife) ought not to go by mounting a separate pyre; but kṣatriya women and the rest, and those of the same class, may also mount (the pyre) here.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 4.100
चाण्डालीमवधिं कृत्वा ब्राह्मणीतः समो विधिः । अगर्भिणीनां सर्वासामबालताक्मे(का)नामपि
cāṇḍālīmavadhiṃ kṛtvā brāhmaṇītaḥ samo vidhiḥ / agarbhiṇīnāṃ sarvāsāmabālatākme(kā)nāmapi
Taking the caṇḍāla woman as the limit, the rule is the same from the brahmin woman (downwards) — for all who are not pregnant, and also for those who are not children.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 4.101
दहनस्य विधिः प्रोक्तः सामान्येन मया खग । विशेषमपि तस्यास्य कञ्चित्किं श्रोतुमिच्छति
dahanasya vidhiḥ proktaḥ sāmānyena mayā khaga / viśeṣamapi tasyāsya kañcitkiṃ śrotumicchati
The rule of cremation has been declared by me in general terms, O bird; do you wish to hear some particular (rule) of it as well?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.102
गरुड उवाच । प्रोषिते तु मृते स्वामिन्यस्थ्निनाशमुपेयुषि । कथं दाहः प्रकर्तव्यस्तन्मे वद जगत्पते
garuḍa uvāca / proṣite tu mṛte svāminyasthnināśamupeyuṣi / kathaṃ dāhaḥ prakartavyastanme vada jagatpate
Garuḍa said: When a master has died abroad and the bones have come to destruction, how is the cremation to be performed? Tell me that, O lord of the world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.103
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच । अस्थीनि चेन्न लभ्यन्ते प्रोषितस्य नरस्य च । तेषाञ्च हि गतिस्थानं विधानं कथयाम्यहम्
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / asthīni cenna labhyante proṣitasya narasya ca / teṣāñca hi gatisthānaṃ vidhānaṃ kathayāmyaham
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: If the bones of a man who died abroad are not obtained, I shall tell the destination and station of such ones, and the procedure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.104
शृणु तार्क्ष्य परं गोप्यं पत्युर्दुर्मरणेषु यत् । लङ्घनैर्ये मृता जीवां दंष्ट्रिभिश्चाभिघातिताः
śṛṇu tārkṣya paraṃ gopyaṃ patyurdurmaraṇeṣu yat / laṅghanairye mṛtā jīvāṃ daṃṣṭribhiścābhighātitāḥ
Hear, O Tārkṣya, the highest secret, which concerns the bad deaths of a husband: those who have died by fastings, and those who have been struck down by fanged beasts;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 4.105
कण्ठग्रहे विलग्नानां क्षीणानां तुण्डघातिनाम् । विषाग्निवृषविप्रेभ्यो विषूच्या चात्मघातकाः
kaṇṭhagrahe vilagnānāṃ kṣīṇānāṃ tuṇḍaghātinām / viṣāgnivṛṣaviprebhyo viṣūcyā cātmaghātakāḥ
those who have hung themselves by seizing the throat, those who have wasted away, those killed by a beak-blow, and those who kill themselves by poison, fire, a bull, brahmins, or by cholera;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 4.106
पतनोद्बन्धनजलैर्मृतानां शृणु संस्थितिम् । सर्पव्याघ्रैः शृङ्गिभिश्च उपसर्गोपलोदकैः
patanodbandhanajalairmṛtānāṃ śṛṇu saṃsthitim / sarpavyāghraiḥ śṛṅgibhiśca upasargopalodakaiḥ
hear the condition of those who have died by falling, by hanging, and by water; by snakes, tigers, and horned animals, by epidemic, by stones, and by water;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 4.107
ब्राह्मणैः श्वापदैश्चैव पतनैर्वृक्षवैद्युतैः । नखैर्लोहैर्गिरेः पातैर्भित्तिपातैर्भृगोस्तथा
brāhmaṇaiḥ śvāpadaiścaiva patanairvṛkṣavaidyutaiḥ / nakhairlohairgireḥ pātairbhittipātairbhṛgostathā
by brahmins and by beasts of prey, by falls from trees and by lightning, by claws, by iron weapons, by falls from a mountain, by the collapse of walls, and likewise from a cliff;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 4.108
कट्वायामन्तरिक्षे च चौरचाण्डालतस्तथा । उदक्याशुनकीशूद्ररजकादिविभूषिताः
kaṭvāyāmantarikṣe ca cauracāṇḍālatastathā / udakyāśunakīśūdrarajakādivibhūṣitāḥ
on a bedstead and in mid-air, and likewise at the hands of a thief or a caṇḍāla; those defiled by a menstruating woman, a bitch, a śūdra, a washerman, and the like;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 4.109
ऊर्ध्वोचछिष्टाधरोच्छिष्टोभयोच्छिष्टास्तु ये मृताः । शस्त्रघातैर्मृता ये चास्यश्वस्पृष्टास्तथैव च
ūrdhvocachiṣṭādharocchiṣṭobhayocchiṣṭāstu ye mṛtāḥ / śastraghātairmṛtā ye cāsyaśvaspṛṣṭāstathaiva ca
and those who have died with the upper part defiled by leftovers, the lower part defiled, or both defiled; and those who died by weapon-blows, and likewise those touched by a horse's mouth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 4.110
तत्तु दुर्मरणं ज्ञेयं यच्च जातं विधैं विना । तेन पापेन नरकान् भुक्त्वा प्रेतत्वभागिनः
tattu durmaraṇaṃ jñeyaṃ yacca jātaṃ vidhaiṃ vinā / tena pāpena narakān bhuktvā pretatvabhāginaḥ
That is to be known as a bad death, and (so is) whatever has occurred without (proper) rite; through that sin, having suffered the hells, they get a share in the state of a ghost.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.111
न तेषां कारयेद्दाहं सूतकं नोदकक्रियाम् । न विधानं मृताद्यञ्च न कुर्या दौर्ध्वदैहिकम्
na teṣāṃ kārayeddāhaṃ sūtakaṃ nodakakriyām / na vidhānaṃ mṛtādyañca na kuryā daurdhvadaihikam
For them one should not have the cremation performed, nor the birth-impurity observance, nor the water-offering; nor the (funeral) rite nor the offering to the dead, nor should one perform the after-death rites.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.112
न पिण्डदानं कर्तव्यं प्रमादाच्चेत्करोति हि । नोपतिष्ठति तत्सर्वमन्तरिक्षे विनश्यति
na piṇḍadānaṃ kartavyaṃ pramādāccetkaroti hi / nopatiṣṭhati tatsarvamantarikṣe vinaśyati
No offering of rice-balls is to be made; and if one does it out of heedlessness, it does not reach (him) — all that perishes in mid-air.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.113
अतस्तस्य सुतैः पौत्त्रैः सपिण्डैः शुभमिच्छुभिः । नारायणबलिः कार्यो लोकगर्हाभिया खग
atastasya sutaiḥ pauttraiḥ sapiṇḍaiḥ śubhamicchubhiḥ / nārāyaṇabaliḥ kāryo lokagarhābhiyā khaga
Therefore his sons, grandsons, and kinsmen who desire welfare should perform the Nārāyaṇa-bali, out of fear of the world's censure, O bird.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.114
तथा तेषां भवेच्छौचं नान्यथेत्यब्रवीद्यमः । कृते नारायणबलावौर्ध्वदेहिकयोग्यता
tathā teṣāṃ bhavecchaucaṃ nānyathetyabravīdyamaḥ / kṛte nārāyaṇabalāvaurdhvadehikayogyatā
So there will be purity for them, and not otherwise — thus said Yama; when the Nārāyaṇa-bali has been performed, there is fitness for the after-death rites.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.115
तस्य सुद्धिकरं कर्म तद्भवेन्न तदन्यथा । नारायणबलिं सम्यक् तीर्थे सर्वं प्रक्पयेत्
tasya suddhikaraṃ karma tadbhavenna tadanyathā / nārāyaṇabaliṃ samyak tīrthe sarvaṃ prakpayet
The rite that effects his purification must be that (one); (it) is not otherwise. In a holy place one should arrange the whole Nārāyaṇa-bali properly.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 4.116
कृष्णाग्रे कारयेद्बिप्रैर्येन पूतो भवेन्नरः । पूर्वन्तु तर्पणं कार्यं विप्रैः पौराणवैदिकैः
kṛṣṇāgre kārayedbiprairyena pūto bhavennaraḥ / pūrvantu tarpaṇaṃ kāryaṃ vipraiḥ paurāṇavaidikaiḥ
He should have (it) performed by brahmins before Kṛṣṇa, whereby a man becomes purified. But first the water-offering (tarpaṇa) is to be done by brahmins learned in the Purāṇas and the Vedas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.117
सर्वौषध्यक्षतैर्मिश्रैर्विष्णुमुद्दिश्य तर्पयेत् । कार्यं पुरुषसूक्तेन मन्त्रैर्वा वैष्णवैरपि
sarvauṣadhyakṣatairmiśrairviṣṇumuddiśya tarpayet / kāryaṃ puruṣasūktena mantrairvā vaiṣṇavairapi
With unbroken rice grains mixed with all the herbs he should make the water-offering, designating (it) for Viṣṇu; it is to be done with the Puruṣa-sūkta, or else with Vaiṣṇava mantras.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.118
दक्षिणाभिमुखो भूत्वा प्रेतं विष्णुमिति स्मरन् । अनादिनिधनो देवः शङ्खचक्रगदाधरः
dakṣiṇābhimukho bhūtvā pretaṃ viṣṇumiti smaran / anādinidhano devaḥ śaṅkhacakragadādharaḥ
Facing south, remembering the deceased as Viṣṇu (he says): "O God without beginning or end, bearer of conch, discus, and mace,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.119
अक्षयः पुण्डरीकाक्षः प्रेतमोक्षप्रदो भव । तर्पणस्यावसाने स्याद्वीतरागो विमत्सरः
akṣayaḥ puṇḍarīkākṣaḥ pretamokṣaprado bhava / tarpaṇasyāvasāne syādvītarāgo vimatsaraḥ
imperishable one, lotus-eyed one, be the giver of release to the deceased!" At the conclusion of the water-offering he should be free of passion and free of envy,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.120
जितेन्द्रियमना भूत्वा शुचिष्मान्धर्मतत्परः । भक्त्या तत्र प्रकुर्वीत श्राद्धान्येकादशैव तु
jitendriyamanā bhūtvā śuciṣmāndharmatatparaḥ / bhaktyā tatra prakurvīta śrāddhānyekādaśaiva tu
and, having become one whose senses and mind are subdued, pure and intent on dharma, he should there perform with devotion the eleven śrāddhas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.121
सर्वकर्मविधाने एकैकाग्रे समाहितः । तोयव्रीहियवान्दद्याद्गोधूमांश्च प्रियङ्गवः
sarvakarmavidhāne ekaikāgre samāhitaḥ / toyavrīhiyavāndadyādgodhūmāṃśca priyaṅgavaḥ
In the performance of all the rites, concentrated, one before each (deity/offering), he should give water, rice, barley, wheat, and panic seeds,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 4.122
हविष्यान्नं शुभं मुद्रां छत्रोष्णीषे च दापयेत् । दापयेत्सर्वसंस्यानि क्षीरं क्षौद्रसमान्वितम्
haviṣyānnaṃ śubhaṃ mudrāṃ chatroṣṇīṣe ca dāpayet / dāpayetsarvasaṃsyāni kṣīraṃ kṣaudrasamānvitam
and he should have auspicious sacrificial food, a seal (ring?), an umbrella and a turban given; he should have all necessities given, and milk mixed with honey.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 4.123
वस्त्रोपानहसंयुक्तं दद्यादष्टविधं पदम् । द्पयेत्सर्वपापेभ्यो न कुर्यात्पङ्क्तिवञ्चनम्
vastropānahasaṃyuktaṃ dadyādaṣṭavidhaṃ padam / dpayetsarvapāpebhyo na kuryātpaṅktivañcanam
He should give the eightfold gift together with a garment and sandals; he should have (it) given for (release from) all sins; he should not practice deceit in the row (of those fed).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 4.124
भूमौ स्थितेषु पिण्डेषु गन्धपुष्पाक्षतान्वितम् । दातव्यं सर्वंविप्रेभ्यो वेदशास्त्रविधानतः
bhūmau sthiteṣu piṇḍeṣu gandhapuṣpākṣatānvitam / dātavyaṃ sarvaṃviprebhyo vedaśāstravidhānataḥ
When the rice-balls have been set on the ground, (the offering) together with perfume, flowers, and unbroken grains is to be given to all the brahmins according to the prescription of Veda and śāstra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.125
शङ्खे खड्गे ऽथ वा ताम्रे तर्पणञ्च पृथक्पृथक् । ध्यानधारणसंयुक्तो जानुभ्यामवनीं गतः
śaṅkhe khaḍge 'tha vā tāmre tarpaṇañca pṛthakpṛthak / dhyānadhāraṇasaṃyukto jānubhyāmavanīṃ gataḥ
And the water-offering (is to be made) separately in a conch, or in a sword(-blade), or in a copper (vessel); joined with meditation and concentration, kneeling with both knees on the ground,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 4.126
ऋचा वै दापयेदर्घमर्घोद्दिष्टं पृथक्पृथक् । ब्रह्मा विष्णुश्च रुद्रश्च यमः प्रेतश्च पञ्चमः
ṛcā vai dāpayedarghamarghoddiṣṭaṃ pṛthakpṛthak / brahmā viṣṇuśca rudraśca yamaḥ pretaśca pañcamaḥ
he should have the arghya given with a Ṛg-verse, separately for each one to whom the arghya is directed: Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Rudra, Yama, and the deceased as the fifth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.127
पृथक्कुम्भे ततः स्थाप्याः पञ्चरत्नसमन्विताः । वस्त्रयज्ञोपवीतानि पृथङ्मुद्गाः पदानि च
pṛthakkumbhe tataḥ sthāpyāḥ pañcaratnasamanvitāḥ / vastrayajñopavītāni pṛthaṅmudgāḥ padāni ca
Then they are to be established, each in a separate jar, together with the five jewels; and separately garments, sacred threads, mung beans, and the pada-gifts.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 4.128
पञ्च श्राद्धानि कुर्वीत देवतानां यथाविधि । जलधारां ततः कुर्यात्पिण्डेपिण्डे पृथक्पृथक्
pañca śrāddhāni kurvīta devatānāṃ yathāvidhi / jaladhārāṃ tataḥ kuryātpiṇḍepiṇḍe pṛthakpṛthak
He should perform five śrāddhas for the deities according to rule; then he should make a stream of water for each rice-ball separately,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.129
शङ्खे वा ताम्रपात्रे वा अलाभे मृन्मये पि वा । तिलोदकं समादाय सर्वोषधिमसन्वितम्
śaṅkhe vā tāmrapātre vā alābhe mṛnmaye pi vā / tilodakaṃ samādāya sarvoṣadhimasanvitam
in a conch, or in a copper vessel, or, failing that, even in an earthen one, having taken up sesame-water mixed with all the herbs.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.130
ताम्रपात्रं तिलैः पूर्णं सहिरण्यं सदक्षिणम् । दद्याद्ब्राह्मणमुख्याय पददानं तथैच
tāmrapātraṃ tilaiḥ pūrṇaṃ sahiraṇyaṃ sadakṣiṇam / dadyādbrāhmaṇamukhyāya padadānaṃ tathaica
A copper vessel filled with sesame seeds, along with gold and with a priest's fee, he should give to the chief brahmin, and likewise the pada-gift.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.133
यमोद्देशेतिलांल्लौहं ततो दद्याच्च दक्षिणाम् । एवं विष्णुबलिं दत्त्वा यथाशक्त्या विधानतः ॥ गर्प्_२,४।१३१ ॥ समुद्धरति तत्क्षिप्रं नात्र कार्या विचारण नागदंशान्मृतो यस्तु विशेषस्तन्तु मे शृणु ॥ गर्प्_२,४।१३२ ॥ सुवर्णभारनिष्पन्नं नागं कृत्वा तथैव गाम् । विप्राय दत्त्वा विधिवत्पितुरानृण्यमाप्नुयात्
yamoddeśetilāṃllauhaṃ tato dadyācca dakṣiṇām / evaṃ viṣṇubaliṃ dattvā yathāśaktyā vidhānataḥ // garp_2,4.131 // samuddharati tatkṣipraṃ nātra kāryā vicāraṇa nāgadaṃśānmṛto yastu viśeṣastantu me śṛṇu // garp_2,4.132 // suvarṇabhāraniṣpannaṃ nāgaṃ kṛtvā tathaiva gām / viprāya dattvā vidhivatpiturānṛṇyamāpnuyāt
He should offer sesame and iron designated for Yama, and then give the fee. Thus, having given the Viṣṇu-bali according to his ability and according to rule, [131] he rescues him at once—no deliberation is to be made about this. But hear from me the special (rule) for one who has died of a snake's bite. [132] Having made a serpent wrought from a weight of gold, and likewise a cow, and having given (them) to a brahmin according to rule, he becomes free of debt to his father.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 4.134
एवं सर्पबलिं दत्त्वा सर्पदोषाद्विमुच्यते । पश्चात्पुत्तलकं कार्यं सर्वोषधिसमन्वितम्
evaṃ sarpabaliṃ dattvā sarpadoṣādvimucyate / paścātputtalakaṃ kāryaṃ sarvoṣadhisamanvitam
Thus, having given the serpent-offering, he is freed from the fault of the snake. Afterwards an effigy is to be made, together with all the herbs.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.135
पलाशस्य च वृन्तानां विभागं शृणु काश्यप । कृष्णाजिनं समास्तीर्य कुशैश्च पुरुषाकृतिम्
palāśasya ca vṛntānāṃ vibhāgaṃ śṛṇu kāśyapa / kṛṣṇājinaṃ samāstīrya kuśaiśca puruṣākṛtim
And hear, Kāśyapa, the distribution of the palāśa stalks: having spread out a black antelope skin, (one makes) with kuśa grass a figure in human form.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.136
शतत्रयेण षष्ट्या च वृन्तैः प्रोक्तो ऽस्थिसञ्चयः । विन्यस्य तानि वृन्तानि अङ्गेष्वेषु पृथक् पृथक्
śatatrayeṇa ṣaṣṭyā ca vṛntaiḥ prokto 'sthisañcayaḥ / vinyasya tāni vṛntāni aṅgeṣveṣu pṛthak pṛthak
The collection of bones is declared to consist of three hundred and sixty stalks; having laid down those stalks on these limbs, each separately—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.137
चत्वारिंशच्छिरोभागे ग्रीवायां दश विन्यसेत् । विंशत्युरः स्थले दद्याद्विंशतिञ्जठरे तथा
catvāriṃśacchirobhāge grīvāyāṃ daśa vinyaset / viṃśatyuraḥ sthale dadyādviṃśatiñjaṭhare tathā
Forty (bones) he should place in the region of the head, ten in the neck; twenty he should assign to the chest area, and twenty likewise to the belly.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.138
बाहुद्वये शतं दद्यात्कटिदेशे च विंशतिम् । ऊरुद्वये शतञ्चापि त्रिंशज्जङ्घाद्वये न्यसेत्
bāhudvaye śataṃ dadyātkaṭideśe ca viṃśatim / ūrudvaye śatañcāpi triṃśajjaṅghādvaye nyaset
He should assign a hundred to the two arms, and twenty to the hip region; a hundred also to the two thighs, and thirty he should place in the two shanks.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.139
दद्याच्चतुष्टयं शिश्ने षड् दद्याद्वृषाणद्वये । दश पादाङ्गुलीभागे एवमस्थीनि विन्यसेत्
dadyāccatuṣṭayaṃ śiśne ṣaḍ dadyādvṛṣāṇadvaye / daśa pādāṅgulībhāge evamasthīni vinyaset
He should assign four to the penis, six to the two testicles, and ten to the part of the toes — thus he should lay out the bones.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.140
नारिकेलं शिरः स्थानें तुम्बं दद्याच्च तालुके । पञ्चरत्नं मुखे दद्याज्जिह्वायां कदलीफलम्
nārikelaṃ śiraḥ sthāneṃ tumbaṃ dadyācca tāluke / pañcaratnaṃ mukhe dadyājjihvāyāṃ kadalīphalam
(He should place) a coconut in the place of the head, and a gourd he should assign to the palate; five gems he should place in the mouth, and a banana fruit for the tongue.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.141
अन्त्रेषु नालिकं तद्याद्वालुकाङ्घ्राणे एव च । वसायां मृत्तिकां दद्याद्धरितालमनः शिलाः
antreṣu nālikaṃ tadyādvālukāṅghrāṇe eva ca / vasāyāṃ mṛttikāṃ dadyāddharitālamanaḥ śilāḥ
He should place a reed-tube in the entrails, and sand in the nose; for the fat he should assign clay, (and) yellow orpiment and realgar.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 4.142
पारदं रेतसः स्थाने पुरीषे पित्तलं तथा । मनः शिला तथा गात्रे तिलपक्वन्तु सन्धिषु
pāradaṃ retasaḥ sthāne purīṣe pittalaṃ tathā / manaḥ śilā tathā gātre tilapakvantu sandhiṣu
Mercury in the place of semen, and brass likewise for the excrement; realgar too on the body, and a sesame paste in the joints.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.143
यवपिष्टं यथा मांसे मधु शोणितमेव च । केशेषु च जटाजूटं त्वचायाञ्च मृगत्वचम्
yavapiṣṭaṃ yathā māṃse madhu śoṇitameva ca / keśeṣu ca jaṭājūṭaṃ tvacāyāñca mṛgatvacam
Barley meal as the flesh, and honey as the blood; a knot of matted hair for the hair, and a deer-skin for the skin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.144
कर्णयोस्तालपत्रञ्च स्तनयोश्चैव गुञ्जिकाः । नासायां शतपत्रञ्च कमलं नाभिमण्डले
karṇayostālapatrañca stanayoścaiva guñjikāḥ / nāsāyāṃ śatapatrañca kamalaṃ nābhimaṇḍale
A palm leaf for the two ears, and guñjā berries for the two nipples; a hundred-petalled (flower) for the nose, and a lotus for the navel-circle.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.145
वृन्ताकं वृषणद्वन्द्वे लिङ्गे स्याद्गृञ्जनं शुभम् । घृतं नाभ्यां प्रदेयं स्यात्कौ पीने च त्रपुस्मृतम्
vṛntākaṃ vṛṣaṇadvandve liṅge syādgṛñjanaṃ śubham / ghṛtaṃ nābhyāṃ pradeyaṃ syātkau pīne ca trapusmṛtam
An eggplant for the pair of testicles; for the penis a fine carrot would serve; ghee is to be offered at the navel, and a cucumber is prescribed for the swelling of the (hip?).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 4.146
मौक्तिकं स्तनयोर्मूर्ध्नि कुङ्कुमेव विलेपनम् । कर्पूरागुरुधूपैश्च शुभैर्माल्यैः सुगन्धिभिः
mauktikaṃ stanayormūrdhni kuṅkumeva vilepanam / karpūrāgurudhūpaiśca śubhairmālyaiḥ sugandhibhiḥ
A pearl at the two nipples, saffron on the head as ointment, and with camphor and aloe-wood incense, with auspicious fragrant garlands —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.147
परिधानं पट्टसूत्रंहृदये चैव विन्यसेत् । ऋद्धिवृद्धी भुजौ द्वौ च चक्षुर्भ्याञ्च कपर्दकम्
paridhānaṃ paṭṭasūtraṃhṛdaye caiva vinyaset / ṛddhivṛddhī bhujau dvau ca cakṣurbhyāñca kapardakam
He should place a garment, and a silk thread upon the heart; ṛddhi and vṛddhi (herbs) for the two arms, and a cowrie for each of the eyes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.148
दन्तेषु दाडिमीबीजान्यङ्गुलीषु च चम्पकम् । सिन्दूरं नेत्रकोणे च ताम्बूलाद्युपहारकम्
danteṣu dāḍimībījānyaṅgulīṣu ca campakam / sindūraṃ netrakoṇe ca tāmbūlādyupahārakam
Pomegranate seeds for the teeth, and campaka for the fingers, vermilion at the corners of the eyes, and betel and the rest as the offering.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.149
सर्वौषदियुतं प्रेतं कृत्वा पूजां यथोदिताम् । साग्निके चापि विधिना यज्ञपात्रं न्यस्येत्क्रमात्
sarvauṣadiyutaṃ pretaṃ kṛtvā pūjāṃ yathoditām / sāgnike cāpi vidhinā yajñapātraṃ nyasyetkramāt
Having made the effigy of the deceased furnished with all the herbs, and having performed the worship as stated, in the case of one who maintained the sacred fire he should also, by the rule, set down the sacrificial vessels in order.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.150
स्त्रियः पुनन्तु म शिर इमं मे वरुणेन च । प्रेतस्य पावनं कृत्वा शालग्रामशिलोदकैः
striyaḥ punantu ma śira imaṃ me varuṇena ca / pretasya pāvanaṃ kṛtvā śālagrāmaśilodakaiḥ
With (the mantras) "May the waters purify my head" and "This of mine, with Varuṇa," having performed the purification of the deceased with waters (poured over) a śālagrāma stone —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 4.151
विष्णुमुद्दिश्य दातव्या सुशीला गौः पयस्विनी । तिला लौहं हिरण्यञ्च कर्पासं लवणं तथा
viṣṇumuddiśya dātavyā suśīlā gauḥ payasvinī / tilā lauhaṃ hiraṇyañca karpāsaṃ lavaṇaṃ tathā
A well-tempered milch cow is to be given with Viṣṇu as the object (of the gift); likewise sesame, iron, gold, cotton and salt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.152
सप्तधान्यं क्षितिर्गाव एकैकं पावनं स्मृतम् । तिलपात्रं ततो दद्यात्पददानं तथैव च
saptadhānyaṃ kṣitirgāva ekaikaṃ pāvanaṃ smṛtam / tilapātraṃ tato dadyātpadadānaṃ tathaiva ca
The seven grains, land, and cows — each one of these is held to be purifying; then he should give a vessel of sesame, and likewise the gift of a footprint (padadāna).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 4.153
कर्तव्यं वैष्णवं श्राद्धं प्रेतमुक्त्यर्थमात्मनः । प्रेतमोक्षं ततः कुर्याद्धृदि विष्णुं प्रकल्प्यच
kartavyaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ śrāddhaṃ pretamuktyarthamātmanaḥ / pretamokṣaṃ tataḥ kuryāddhṛdi viṣṇuṃ prakalpyaca
A Vaiṣṇava śrāddha is to be performed for the sake of one's own release from the state of a preta; then he should carry out the liberation of the preta, having fixed Viṣṇu in his heart.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.154
एवं पुत्तलकं कृत्वा दाहयेद्विधिपूर्वकम् । तच्छ्रुद्धये तु संस्कर्ता पुत्रादिर्निष्कृतिं चरेत्
evaṃ puttalakaṃ kṛtvā dāhayedvidhipūrvakam / tacchruddhaye tu saṃskartā putrādirniṣkṛtiṃ caret
Having thus made the effigy, he should have it burnt in accordance with the rule; and for its purification the performer of the rite, the son or another, should undertake the expiation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.155
त्रीन्कृच्छ्रान्षड्द्वादश च तथा पञ्चदशापि च । प्रायश्चित्तनिमित्तानुसारेण विप्रवत्स्मृतः
trīnkṛcchrānṣaḍdvādaśa ca tathā pañcadaśāpi ca / prāyaścittanimittānusāreṇa vipravatsmṛtaḥ
Three kṛcchra penances, or six, or twelve, and likewise even fifteen — according to the occasion for the expiation, it is prescribed as for a brahmin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.156
अशक्तौ गोहिरण्यादि प्रत्याम्नायं चरेदपि । आत्मनो ऽनधिकारित्वे शुद्धिमेवं चरेद्वुन्धः
aśaktau gohiraṇyādi pratyāmnāyaṃ caredapi / ātmano 'nadhikāritve śuddhimevaṃ caredvundhaḥ
If he is unable, he may perform the substitute of a cow, gold and the like; and when he himself is not entitled (to perform it), the wise man should carry out the purification in this way.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.157
अशुद्धेन तु यद्दत्तमुद्दिश्याशुद्धिमेव च । नोपतिष्ठति तत्सर्वमन्तरिक्षे विनश्यति
aśuddhena tu yaddattamuddiśyāśuddhimeva ca / nopatiṣṭhati tatsarvamantarikṣe vinaśyati
But whatever is given by an impure person, or given with an impure person as its intended recipient — none of that reaches (its destination); it all perishes in mid-air.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.158
शुद्धिं सम्पाद्य कर्तव्यं दहनाद्यौर्ध्वदेहिकम् । अकृत्वा निष्कृतिं यस्तु कुरुते दहनादिकम्
śuddhiṃ sampādya kartavyaṃ dahanādyaurdhvadehikam / akṛtvā niṣkṛtiṃ yastu kurute dahanādikam
Having first accomplished purification, the cremation and the other rites for the deceased should be performed. But he who performs the cremation and the rest without having done the expiation —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.159
मतिपूर्वममत्या च क्रमात्तनिष्कृतिं शृणु । कृत्वाग्निमुदकं स्नानं स्पर्शनं वहनं कथाम्
matipūrvamamatyā ca kramāttaniṣkṛtiṃ śṛṇu / kṛtvāgnimudakaṃ snānaṃ sparśanaṃ vahanaṃ kathām
— whether deliberately or unwittingly — hear in order the expiation for that. Having made fire, (offered) water, bathed (the corpse), touched (it), carried (it), spoken (of it),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.160
रज्जुच्छेदाश्रुपातञ्च तप्तकृच्छ्रेण शुध्यति । एषामन्यतमं प्रेतं यो वहेत्तु देहत वा
rajjucchedāśrupātañca taptakṛcchreṇa śudhyati / eṣāmanyatamaṃ pretaṃ yo vahettu dehata vā
cut the rope, and shed tears (for it) — he is purified by the taptakṛcchra penance. But he who carries or burns a corpse (that is) any one of these,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 4.161
कटोदकक्रियां कृत्वा कृच्छ्र सान्तपनं चरेत् । निमित्ते लघुनि स्वल्पं महन्महति कल्पयेत्
kaṭodakakriyāṃ kṛtvā kṛcchra sāntapanaṃ caret / nimitte laghuni svalpaṃ mahanmahati kalpayet
having performed the rite of the mat and water, should perform the kṛcchra-sāntapana. For a slight occasion one should arrange a small (penance), for a great one a great (penance).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.162
गरुड उवाच । कृच्छ्रस्य तप्तकृच्छ्रस्य तथा सान्तपनस्य च । लक्षणं ब्रूहि मे स्वामिंस्त्रयाणामपि सुव्रत
garuḍa uvāca / kṛcchrasya taptakṛcchrasya tathā sāntapanasya ca / lakṣaṇaṃ brūhi me svāmiṃstrayāṇāmapi suvrata
Garuḍa said: Tell me, my lord, the definition of the kṛcchra, of the taptakṛcchra, and likewise of the sāntapana — of all three, O you of good vows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.163
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच । त्र्यहं प्रातस्त्र्यहं सायं त्र्यहमद्यादयाचितम् । उपवासस्त्र्यहञ्चैव एष कृच्छ्र उदाहृतः
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / tryahaṃ prātastryahaṃ sāyaṃ tryahamadyādayācitam / upavāsastryahañcaiva eṣa kṛcchra udāhṛtaḥ
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: Three days (eating) in the morning, three days in the evening, three days eating what has not been begged for, and three days of fasting — this is declared to be the kṛcchra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.164
तप्तक्षीरघृताम्बूनामेकैकं प्रत्यहं पिबेत् । एकरात्रोपवासश्च तप्तकृच्छ्र उदाहृतः
taptakṣīraghṛtāmbūnāmekaikaṃ pratyahaṃ pibet / ekarātropavāsaśca taptakṛcchra udāhṛtaḥ
He should drink hot milk, hot ghee, and hot water, one of them each day, and (add) a fast of one night — this is declared to be the taptakṛcchra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.165
गोमूत्रं गोमयं क्षीरं दधि सर्पिः कुशोदकम् । जग्ध्वा परे ऽह्न्युपवसेत्कृच्छ्रं सान्तपनञ्चरन्
gomūtraṃ gomayaṃ kṣīraṃ dadhi sarpiḥ kuśodakam / jagdhvā pare 'hnyupavasetkṛcchraṃ sāntapanañcaran
Having consumed cow's urine, cow dung, milk, curd, ghee, and kuśa-water, he should fast on the following day — thus performing the sāntapana kṛcchra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.166
मया ते ऽयं समाख्यातो दुर्मृतस्य विधिः खग । तदा मृतं विजानीयाद्दीपनिर्वाणमागतः
mayā te 'yaṃ samākhyāto durmṛtasya vidhiḥ khaga / tadā mṛtaṃ vijānīyāddīpanirvāṇamāgataḥ
This rule concerning one who has died a bad death has been declared to you by me, O bird. One should recognize (a person) as dead when the extinguishing of the lamp has occurred.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 4.167
अग्निदाहं ततः कुर्यात्सूतकञ्च दिनत्रयम् । दशाहं गर्तपिणाडञ्च कर्तव्यं प्रेतपूर्वकम्
agnidāhaṃ tataḥ kuryātsūtakañca dinatrayam / daśāhaṃ gartapiṇāḍañca kartavyaṃ pretapūrvakam
Thereafter one should perform the burning in fire, and (observe) impurity for three days; for ten days the offering of the pit and the rice-ball should be made, prefaced with (the name of) the preta.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 4.168
एवं विधिं ततः कुर्यात्ततः प्रेतश्च मुक्तिभाक् । मृतभ्रान्त्या प्रतिकृतेः कृते दाहे स वै यदि
evaṃ vidhiṃ tataḥ kuryāttataḥ pretaśca muktibhāk / mṛtabhrāntyā pratikṛteḥ kṛte dāhe sa vai yadi
Thus he should carry out the rule, and then the preta obtains release. But if, an effigy having been burned in the mistaken belief that he was dead, he in fact
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.169
आयाति तेन कर्तव्यं मज्जनं घृकुण्डके । जातकर्मादिसंस्काराः कर्तव्याः पुनरेव तु
āyāti tena kartavyaṃ majjanaṃ ghṛkuṇḍake / jātakarmādisaṃskārāḥ kartavyāḥ punareva tu
comes back, then he must undergo immersion in a vat of ghee, and the birth-rite and the other sacraments must be performed for him over again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.170
ऊढामेव स्वकां भार्यामुद्वहेद्विधिवत्पुमान् । वर्षे पञ्चदशे पक्षिन् द्वादशे वा गते सति
ūḍhāmeva svakāṃ bhāryāmudvahedvidhivatpumān / varṣe pañcadaśe pakṣin dvādaśe vā gate sati
A man should wed again, according to the rule, his own wife whom he had already wed, O bird, when the fifteenth year, or the twelfth, has passed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.171
अज्ञातस्य प्रोषितस्य कृत्वा प्रतिकृतिं दहेत् । रजस्वलासूतिकयोर्विशेषं मरणे शृणु
ajñātasya proṣitasya kṛtvā pratikṛtiṃ dahet / rajasvalāsūtikayorviśeṣaṃ maraṇe śṛṇu
For one whose fate is unknown, one who has gone abroad, he should make an effigy and burn it. Hear now what is distinctive in the death of a menstruating woman or a woman in childbed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.172
सूतिकायां मृतायान्तु एवं कुर्वन्ति याज्ञिकाः । कुम्भे सलिलमादाय पञ्चगव्यं तथैव च
sūtikāyāṃ mṛtāyāntu evaṃ kurvanti yājñikāḥ / kumbhe salilamādāya pañcagavyaṃ tathaiva ca
But when a woman has died in childbed, those versed in ritual do as follows: taking water in a jar, and likewise the five products of the cow,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.173
पुण्याभिरभिमन्त्र्यापो वाचा शुद्धिं लभेत्ततः । शतसूर्पोदकेनादौ स्नापयित्वा यथाविधि
puṇyābhirabhimantryāpo vācā śuddhiṃ labhettataḥ / śatasūrpodakenādau snāpayitvā yathāvidhi
having consecrated the waters with the 'puṇyā' formulas, one thereby obtains purity; first having bathed (the corpse) according to rule with water (strained) through a hundred winnowing-baskets,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 4.174
तेनैव स्नापयित्वा तु दाहं कुर्यात्स्वगेश्वर । पञ्चभिः स्नापयित्वा तु गव्यैः प्रेतां रजस्वलाम्
tenaiva snāpayitvā tu dāhaṃ kuryātsvageśvara / pañcabhiḥ snāpayitvā tu gavyaiḥ pretāṃ rajasvalām
having bathed (her) with that very (water), he should perform the cremation, O lord (of birds). But in the case of a dead menstruating woman, having bathed her with the five cow-products,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.175
वस्त्रान्तराकृतिं कृत्वा दाहयेद्विधिपूर्वकम् । मृतस्य पञ्चके दाहविधिं वच्मि शृणुष्व मे
vastrāntarākṛtiṃ kṛtvā dāhayedvidhipūrvakam / mṛtasya pañcake dāhavidhiṃ vacmi śṛṇuṣva me
and having made a shape (of her) wrapped in another cloth, he should have her burned in accordance with the rule. I shall now state the rule of cremation for one who has died during the pañcaka; hear me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.176
आदौ कृत्वा धनिष्ठार्धमेतन्नक्षत्रपञ्चकम् । रेवत्यन्तं सदा दूष्यमशुभं सर्वदा भवेत्
ādau kṛtvā dhaniṣṭhārdhametannakṣatrapañcakam / revatyantaṃ sadā dūṣyamaśubhaṃ sarvadā bhavet
Beginning with the second half of Dhaniṣṭhā, this group of five lunar mansions ending with Revatī is always to be avoided; it is inauspicious at all times.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.177
दाहस्तत्र न कर्तव्यो विषादः सर्वजन्तुषु । न जलं दीयते तेषु अशुभं सर्वदा भवेत्
dāhastatra na kartavyo viṣādaḥ sarvajantuṣu / na jalaṃ dīyate teṣu aśubhaṃ sarvadā bhavet
Cremation should not be performed there, (nor) mourning among all creatures; water is not offered to them (during those days) — it would always be inauspicious.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 4.178
पञ्चकानन्तरं सर्वं कार्यं कर्तव्यमन्यथा । पुत्त्राणां गोत्रिणां तस्य सन्तापो ऽप्युपजायते
pañcakānantaraṃ sarvaṃ kāryaṃ kartavyamanyathā / puttrāṇāṃ gotriṇāṃ tasya santāpo 'pyupajāyate
After the pañcaka (the five asterisms) all the rites are to be performed; otherwise grief arises even for his sons and clansmen.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.179
गृहे हानिर्भवत्येव ऋक्षेष्वेषु मृतस्य च । अथ वा ऋक्षमद्ये च दाहस्तु विधिपूर्वकः
gṛhe hānirbhavatyeva ṛkṣeṣveṣu mṛtasya ca / atha vā ṛkṣamadye ca dāhastu vidhipūrvakaḥ
And for one who has died under these asterisms there certainly occurs loss in the house; or else, in the middle of the asterism (period), the cremation may be done according to the prescribed rule.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 4.180
क्रियते मानुषाणान्तु स वा आहुतिपूर्वकः । विप्रैर्विधिरतः कार्यो मन्त्रैस्तु विधिपूर्वकम्
kriyate mānuṣāṇāntu sa vā āhutipūrvakaḥ / viprairvidhirataḥ kāryo mantraistu vidhipūrvakam
But for human beings it is performed, that (cremation) being preceded by oblations; therefore the rite is to be done by brahmins with mantras according to the prescribed procedure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 4.181
शवस्थानसमीपे तु क्षेप्तव्याः पुत्तलास्ततः । दर्भकॢप्तास्तु चत्वार ऋक्षमन्त्राभिमन्त्रिताः
śavasthānasamīpe tu kṣeptavyāḥ puttalāstataḥ / darbhakḷptāstu catvāra ṛkṣamantrābhimantritāḥ
Then, near the place of the corpse, effigies are to be thrown down — four made of darbha grass, consecrated with the asterism mantras.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.182
ततो दाहः प्रकर्तव्यस्तैश्च पुत्तलकैः सह । सूतकान्ते तदा पुत्त्रैः कार्यं शान्तिकपौष्टिकम्
tato dāhaḥ prakartavyastaiśca puttalakaiḥ saha / sūtakānte tadā puttraiḥ kāryaṃ śāntikapauṣṭikam
Then the cremation is to be carried out together with those effigies; and at the end of the impurity period the sons should perform the rites for appeasement and prosperity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.183
पञ्चकेषु मृतो यो ऽसौ न सतिं लभते नरः । तिलान् गाञ्च सुवर्णञ्च तमुद्दिश्य घृतं ददेत्
pañcakeṣu mṛto yo 'sau na satiṃ labhate naraḥ / tilān gāñca suvarṇañca tamuddiśya ghṛtaṃ dadet
That man who has died during the pañcakas does not attain a (good) state; (so) one should give sesame, a cow, gold, and ghee, designating (them) for him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 4.184
विप्राणां दापयेद्दानं सर्वविघ्नविनाशनम् । भोजनोपानहौच्छत्त्रं हेममुद्रा च वाससी
viprāṇāṃ dāpayeddānaṃ sarvavighnavināśanam / bhojanopānahaucchattraṃ hemamudrā ca vāsasī
One should have a gift given to brahmins, which destroys all obstacles: food, sandals, an umbrella, a gold seal-ring, and a pair of garments.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 4.185
दक्षिणा दीयते विप्रे पातकस्य प्रमोचनः । मयाते ऽयं समाख्यातो विधिः पञ्चहरः स्थितः । संयमिन्यां यथायानं यथावर्षं मृतक्रिया
dakṣiṇā dīyate vipre pātakasya pramocanaḥ / mayāte 'yaṃ samākhyāto vidhiḥ pañcaharaḥ sthitaḥ / saṃyaminyāṃ yathāyānaṃ yathāvarṣaṃ mṛtakriyā
A fee is given to the brahmin, which releases (one) from the sin. Thus has this rule concerning the pañcaka been declared by me as established — (and) in Saṃyaminī (Yama's city) the journey accordingly, (and) the rites for the dead year by year.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain