Garuda Purana — Uttara Khanda (Pretakalpa) — Chapter 40
GaP 2 40.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- ४० तार्क्ष्य उवाच । भगवन्ब्राह्मणाः केचिदपमृत्युवशं गताः । कथं तेषां भवेन्मार्गः किं स्थानं का गतिर्भवेत्
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 40 tārkṣya uvāca / bhagavanbrāhmaṇāḥ kecidapamṛtyuvaśaṃ gatāḥ / kathaṃ teṣāṃ bhavenmārgaḥ kiṃ sthānaṃ kā gatirbhavet
The Glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, chapter 40. Tārkṣya said: Lord, some brahmins have fallen under the power of an untimely death; what road would there be for them, what abode, what destination would there be?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 40.2
किञ्च युक्तं भवेत्तेषां विधानं वापि कीदृशम् । तदहं श्रोतुमिच्छामि ब्रूहि मे मधुसूदन
kiñca yuktaṃ bhavetteṣāṃ vidhānaṃ vāpi kīdṛśam / tadahaṃ śrotumicchāmi brūhi me madhusūdana
And what would be proper for them, and of what kind should the rite be? That I wish to hear; tell me, Madhusūdana.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 40.3
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच । प्रेतीभूताद्विजातीनां सम्भूते मृत्युवैकृते । तेषां मार्गगतिस्थानं विधानं कथयाम्यहम्
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / pretībhūtādvijātīnāṃ sambhūte mṛtyuvaikṛte / teṣāṃ mārgagatisthānaṃ vidhānaṃ kathayāmyaham
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: When an abnormal death has occurred and twice-born ones have become pretas, I shall tell of their road, destination, abode, and (proper) rite.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 40.4
शृणु तार्क्ष्य परं गोप्यं जाते दुर्मरणे सति । लङ्घनैर्ये मृता विप्रा दंष्ट्रिभिश्चाभिघातिताः
śṛṇu tārkṣya paraṃ gopyaṃ jāte durmaraṇe sati / laṅghanairye mṛtā viprā daṃṣṭribhiścābhighātitāḥ
Hear, Tārkṣya, a supreme secret, concerning the case when an evil death has taken place: those brahmins who have died by (falls?) leapings, and 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 40.5
कण्ठग्राह विमग्नानां क्षीणानां तुण्डघातिनाम् । विषाग्निवृषविप्रेभ्यो विषूच्या चात्मघातकाः
kaṇṭhagrāha vimagnānāṃ kṣīṇānāṃ tuṇḍaghātinām / viṣāgnivṛṣaviprebhyo viṣūcyā cātmaghātakāḥ
(and) those seized by the throat, those drowned, those wasted away, those killed by a beak (or snout), (those killed) by poison, fire, a bull, brahmins, by cholera, and suicides —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 40.6
पतनोद्वन्धनजलैर्मृतानां शृणु संस्थितिम् । यान्ति ते नरकेघोरे ये च म्लेच्छादिभिर्हताः
patanodvandhanajalairmṛtānāṃ śṛṇu saṃsthitim / yānti te narakeghore ye ca mlecchādibhirhatāḥ
Hear the condition of those who have died by falling, by hanging, and by water: they go to a terrible hell, as do those who have been slain by barbarians and the like.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 40.7
श्वशृगालादिसंस्पृष्टा अदग्धाः कृमिसंङ्कुलाः । उल्लङ्घिता मृता ये च महारोगैश्च पीडिताः
śvaśṛgālādisaṃspṛṣṭā adagdhāḥ kṛmisaṃṅkulāḥ / ullaṅghitā mṛtā ye ca mahārogaiśca pīḍitāḥ
Those touched by dogs, jackals and the like, those left uncremated, those swarming with worms, those who died having been stepped over, and those afflicted by great diseases,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 40.8
अभिसस्तास्तथाव्यङ्गा ये च पापान्नपोषिताः । चण्डालादुदकात्सर्पाद्ब्राह्मणाद्वैद्युताग्नितः
abhisastāstathāvyaṅgā ye ca pāpānnapoṣitāḥ / caṇḍālādudakātsarpādbrāhmaṇādvaidyutāgnitaḥ
those who have been cursed, and the deformed, and those nourished by sinful food, and (those who died) from a caṇḍāla, from water, from a snake, from a brahmin, from lightning-fire,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 40.9
दष्ट्रिभ्यश्च पशुभ्यश्च वृक्षादिपतनान्मृताः । उदक्यामूतकीशूद्रारजकीसङ्गदूषिताः
daṣṭribhyaśca paśubhyaśca vṛkṣādipatanānmṛtāḥ / udakyāmūtakīśūdrārajakīsaṅgadūṣitāḥ
and (those dead) from fanged creatures, from cattle, those dead from falling from trees and the like, those defiled by contact with a menstruating woman, a woman in childbed, a śūdra woman, a washerwoman —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 40.10
तेन पापेन नरकान्मुक्ताः प्रेतत्वभागिनः । न तेषां कारयेद्दाहं सूतकं नोदकक्रियाम्
tena pāpena narakānmuktāḥ pretatvabhāginaḥ / na teṣāṃ kārayeddāhaṃ sūtakaṃ nodakakriyām
by that sin they, when released from the hells, become sharers in the state of a preta. For them one should not have the cremation performed, nor the impurity observance, nor the water-rite.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 40.11
न विधानं मृताद्यं च न कुर्यादौर्ध्वदैहिकम् । तेषां तार्क्ष्य प्रकुर्वीत नारायणबलिक्रियाम्
na vidhānaṃ mṛtādyaṃ ca na kuryādaurdhvadaihikam / teṣāṃ tārkṣya prakurvīta nārāyaṇabalikriyām
And one should not do the rite beginning with the death-ceremony, nor the post-mortem (after-body) rites; for them, Tārkṣya, one should perform the Nārāyaṇa-bali rite.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 40.12
सर्वलोकहितार्थाय शृणु पापभयापहाम् । षण्मासं ब्राह्मणे दाहस्त्रिमासं क्षत्त्रिये मतः
sarvalokahitārthāya śṛṇu pāpabhayāpahām / ṣaṇmāsaṃ brāhmaṇe dāhastrimāsaṃ kṣattriye mataḥ
For the welfare of all people, hear (this rite) which takes away the fear of sin. For a brahmin the cremation is (at) six months, for a kṣatriya three months is held (proper),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 40.13
सार्ध मासं तु वैश्यस्य सद्यः शूद्रे विधीयते । गङ्गायां यमुनायाञ्च नैमिषे पुष्करे ऽथ च
sārdha māsaṃ tu vaiśyasya sadyaḥ śūdre vidhīyate / gaṅgāyāṃ yamunāyāñca naimiṣe puṣkare 'tha ca
but for a vaiśya a month and a half, and for a śūdra it is prescribed at once. On the Ganges, on the Yamunā, at Naimiṣa, and at Puṣkara,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 40.14
तडागे जलूपूर्णे वा ह्रदे वा विमलोदके । वाप्यां कूपे गवां गोष्ठे गृहे वा प्रतिमालये
taḍāge jalūpūrṇe vā hrade vā vimalodake / vāpyāṃ kūpe gavāṃ goṣṭhe gṛhe vā pratimālaye
or at a tank filled with water, or at a lake with clear water, at a step-well, at a well, in a cow-pen, or in a house, or in a temple —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 40.15
कृष्णाग्रे कारयेद्विप्र बलिं नारायणाह्वयम् । प्रेताय तर्पणं कार्यं मन्त्रैः पौराणवैदिकैः
kṛṣṇāgre kārayedvipra baliṃ nārāyaṇāhvayam / pretāya tarpaṇaṃ kāryaṃ mantraiḥ paurāṇavaidikaiḥ
the brahmin should have the offering called Nārāyaṇa-bali performed before Kṛṣṇa; libation is to be made for the preta with Purāṇic and Vedic mantras.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 40.16
सर्वौषध्यक्षतैर्मिश्रैर्विष्णुमुद्दिश्य तर्पयेत् । कार्यं पुरुषसूक्तेन मन्त्रैर्वा वैष्णवैरपि
sarvauṣadhyakṣatairmiśrairviṣṇumuddiśya tarpayet / kāryaṃ puruṣasūktena mantrairvā vaiṣṇavairapi
With all herbs mixed with unbroken grains he should offer libation, designating it to 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 40.17
दक्षिणाभिमुखो भूत्वा प्रेतं विष्णुरिति स्मरेत् । अनादिनिधनो देवः शङ्खचक्रगदाधरः
dakṣiṇābhimukho bhūtvā pretaṃ viṣṇuriti smaret / anādinidhano devaḥ śaṅkhacakragadādharaḥ
Facing south, he should think of the preta as Viṣṇu: the god without beginning or end, bearer of conch, discus and mace,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 40.18
अव्ययः पुण्डरीकाक्षः प्रेतमोक्षप्रदो भवेत् । तर्पणस्यावसाने च वीतरागो विमत्सरः
avyayaḥ puṇḍarīkākṣaḥ pretamokṣaprado bhavet / tarpaṇasyāvasāne ca vītarāgo vimatsaraḥ
the imperishable, lotus-eyed one — (thus) he becomes the giver of release to the preta. And at the conclusion of the libation, free from passion, free from envy,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 40.19
जितेन्द्रियमना भूत्वा शुचिप्मान्धर्मतत्परः । दानधर्मरतः शान्तः प्रणम्य वाग्यतः शुचिः
jitendriyamanā bhūtvā śucipmāndharmatatparaḥ / dānadharmarataḥ śāntaḥ praṇamya vāgyataḥ śuciḥ
Having become one whose senses and mind are subdued, pure, intent upon dharma, delighting in the duty of giving, calm, bowing down, restrained in speech, pure —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 40.20
यजमानो भबेत्तत्र शुचिर्वन्धुसमन्वितः । भक्त्या तत्र प्रकुर्वीत श्राद्धत्येकादशैव तु
yajamāno bhabettatra śucirvandhusamanvitaḥ / bhaktyā tatra prakurvīta śrāddhatyekādaśaiva tu
there the sacrificer should be, pure and accompanied by his kinsmen; with devotion he should there perform the eleven śrāddhas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 40.21
सर्वकर्मविपाकेन एकैकाग्रे समाहितः । तोयव्रीहियवान् षष्ट्या गोधूमांश्च प्रियङ्गुकान्
sarvakarmavipākena ekaikāgre samāhitaḥ / toyavrīhiyavān ṣaṣṭyā godhūmāṃśca priyaṅgukān
By the ripening of all (his) deeds, concentrated, at each single one in turn, (he should offer) water, rice and barley, and wheat and priyaṅgu grains by sixties.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 40.22
हविष्यान्नं शुभं मुद्रां छत्रोष्णीषे च चलेकम् । दापयेत्सर्वसस्यानि क्षीरक्षौद्रयुतानि च
haviṣyānnaṃ śubhaṃ mudrāṃ chatroṣṇīṣe ca calekam / dāpayetsarvasasyāni kṣīrakṣaudrayutāni ca
He should have given auspicious sacrificial food, a ring, an umbrella and a turban, and a cloth, and all the grains, together with milk and honey.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 40.23
वस्त्रोपानहसंयुक्तं दद्यादष्टविधं पदम् । दापयेत्सर्वविप्रेभ्यो न कुर्यात्पङ्क्तिबन्धनम्
vastropānahasaṃyuktaṃ dadyādaṣṭavidhaṃ padam / dāpayetsarvaviprebhyo na kuryātpaṅktibandhanam
He should give the eightfold outfit, complete with clothes and sandals; he should have (it) given to all the brahmins, and should not make them sit in a single row.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 40.24
भूमौ स्थितेषु पिण्डेषु गन्धपुष्पाक्षतान्वितम् । शङ्खपात्रे तथा ताम्रे तर्पणञ्च पृथक्पृथक्
bhūmau sthiteṣu piṇḍeṣu gandhapuṣpākṣatānvitam / śaṅkhapātre tathā tāmre tarpaṇañca pṛthakpṛthak
When the balls (of rice) have been set on the ground, (there should be an offering) furnished with perfume, flowers and unhusked grain, and the libation separately for each, in a conch vessel and likewise in a copper one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 40.25
ध्यानधारणसंयुक्तो जानुभ्यामवनिं गतः । दातव्यं सर्वविप्रेभ्यो वेदशास्त्रविधानतः
dhyānadhāraṇasaṃyukto jānubhyāmavaniṃ gataḥ / dātavyaṃ sarvaviprebhyo vedaśāstravidhānataḥ
Joined with meditation and concentration, having gone down to the ground on both knees, (the offering) is to be given to all the brahmins according to the rule of Veda and śāstra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 40.26
ऋचा वै दापयेदर्घ्यमेकोद्दिष्टे पृथक्पृथक् । आपोदेवीर्मधुमतीरादिपीठे प्रकल्पितम्
ṛcā vai dāpayedarghyamekoddiṣṭe pṛthakpṛthak / āpodevīrmadhumatīrādipīṭhe prakalpitam
With a Ṛg verse he should have the water-offering given separately for each in the ekoddiṣṭa rite: (the verse) "āpo devīr madhumatīḥ" is prescribed for the first seat.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 40.27
उपयामगृहीतो ऽसि द्वितीयेर्ऽघं निवेदयेत् । येनापावकचक्षुषा तृतीये च कसल्पितम्
upayāmagṛhīto 'si dvitīyer'ghaṃ nivedayet / yenāpāvakacakṣuṣā tṛtīye ca kasalpitam
"upayāmagṛhīto 'si" — with this he should present the water-offering at the second; "yena pāvakacakṣuṣā" is appointed for the third.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 40.28
ये देवासश्चतुर्थे तु समुद्रं गच्छ पञ्चमे । अग्निर्ज्योति स्तथा षष्ठे हिरण्यगर्भः सप्तमे
ye devāsaścaturthe tu samudraṃ gaccha pañcame / agnirjyoti stathā ṣaṣṭhe hiraṇyagarbhaḥ saptame
But "ye devāsaḥ" at the fourth, "samudraṃ gaccha" at the fifth, "agnir jyotiḥ" likewise at the sixth, "hiraṇyagarbhaḥ" at the seventh;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 40.29
यमाय त्वाष्टमे ज्ञेयं यज्जग्रन्नवमे तथा । तशमे याः फलिनीति पिण्डे चैकादशे ततः
yamāya tvāṣṭame jñeyaṃ yajjagrannavame tathā / taśame yāḥ phalinīti piṇḍe caikādaśe tataḥ
"yamāya tvā" is to be known for the eighth, and likewise "yaj jagrat" for the ninth, "yāḥ phalinīḥ" for the tenth, and then for the ball at the eleventh —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 40.30
भद्रं कर्णेभिरिति च कुर्यात्पिण्डविसर्जनम् । कृत्वैकादशदेवत्यं श्राद्धं कुर्यात्परे ऽहनि
bhadraṃ karṇebhiriti ca kuryātpiṇḍavisarjanam / kṛtvaikādaśadevatyaṃ śrāddhaṃ kuryātpare 'hani
and with "bhadraṃ karṇebhiḥ" he should perform the dismissal of the balls; having done the rite of the eleven deities, he should perform the śrāddha on the following day.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 40.31
विप्रानावाहयेत्पञ्च चतुर्वेदविशारदान् । विद्याशीलगुणोपेतान्स्व कीयाञ्छीलसत्तमान् । अब्यङ्गान्सप्रशस्तांश्च न त् वर्ज्यान्कदाचन
viprānāvāhayetpañca caturvedaviśāradān / vidyāśīlaguṇopetānsva kīyāñchīlasattamān / abyaṅgānsapraśastāṃśca na t varjyānkadācana
He should invite five brahmins well versed in the four Vedas, endowed with learning, good conduct and (other) virtues, his own people, best in character, free from bodily defects and of good repute; and never those who are to be excluded.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 40.32
विष्णुः स्वर्णमयः कार्यो रुदस्ताम्रमयस्तथा । ब्रह्मा रूप्यमयस्तद्वद्यमो लोहमयो भवेत्
viṣṇuḥ svarṇamayaḥ kāryo rudastāmramayastathā / brahmā rūpyamayastadvadyamo lohamayo bhavet
Viṣṇu is to be made of gold, and Rudra of copper; Brahmā likewise of silver, and Yama should be of iron.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 40.33
सीसकं तु भवेत्प्रेतं त्वथ वा दर्भकं तथा । शन्नोदेवीति मन्त्रेण गोविन्दं पश्चिमे न्यसेत्
sīsakaṃ tu bhavetpretaṃ tvatha vā darbhakaṃ tathā / śannodevīti mantreṇa govindaṃ paścime nyaset
But the deceased should be of lead, or else made of darbha grass; with the mantra "śaṃ no devīḥ" he should place Govinda on the west.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 40.34
अग्न आयाहीति रुद्रमुत्तरत्रैव विन्यसेत् । अग्निमीऌएति मन्त्रेण पूर्वेणैव प्रजापतिम्
agna āyāhīti rudramuttaratraiva vinyaset / agnimīḷeti mantreṇa pūrveṇaiva prajāpatim
With "agna āyāhi" he should set Rudra in the north; with the mantra "agnim īḷe" (he should set) Prajāpati in the east.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 40.35
इषेत्वोर्जोति मन्त्रेण दक्षिणे स्थापयेद्यमम् । मध्ये मण्डलकं कृत्वा स्थाप्यो दर्भमयो नरः
iṣetvorjoti mantreṇa dakṣiṇe sthāpayedyamam / madhye maṇḍalakaṃ kṛtvā sthāpyo darbhamayo naraḥ
With the mantra "iṣe tvorje" he should place Yama in the south; having made a small circle in the middle, the man made of darbha is to be placed (there).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 40.36
ब्रह्मा विष्णुस्तथा रुद्रो यमः प्रेतश्च पञ्चमः । पृथक्कुम्भे ततः स्थाप्याः पञ्चरत्नसमन्विताः
brahmā viṣṇustathā rudro yamaḥ pretaśca pañcamaḥ / pṛthakkumbhe tataḥ sthāpyāḥ pañcaratnasamanvitāḥ
Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Rudra, Yama, and the deceased as the fifth — these are then to be installed in separate jars, together with the five gems.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 40.37
वस्त्रयज्ञोपवीतानि पृथङ्मुद्रापराणि च । जपं कर्यात्पृथक्तत्र ब्रह्मादौ देवतासु च
vastrayajñopavītāni pṛthaṅmudrāparāṇi ca / japaṃ karyātpṛthaktatra brahmādau devatāsu ca
Garments, sacred threads, and separate rings and other things (are to be offered); he should there perform the recitation separately for the deities beginning with Brahmā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 40.38
पञ्च श्राद्धानि कुर्वीत देवतानां यथाविधि । जलधारां ततो दद्यत्पीठेपीठे पृथक्पृथक्
pañca śrāddhāni kurvīta devatānāṃ yathāvidhi / jaladhārāṃ tato dadyatpīṭhepīṭhe pṛthakpṛthak
He should perform five śrāddhas for the deities according to rule; then he should offer a stream of water at each seat separately.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 40.39
शङ्खे वा ताम्रपात्रे वा अलाभे मृन्मये ऽपि वा । तिलोदकं समादाय सर्वौषधिसमन्वितम्
śaṅkhe vā tāmrapātre vā alābhe mṛnmaye 'pi vā / tilodakaṃ samādāya sarvauṣadhisamanvitam
In a conch, or in a copper vessel, or, failing that, even in one of clay, having taken up sesame-water mixed with all the herbs —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 40.40
आसनोपानहौ च्छत्रं मुद्रिका च कमण्डलुः । भाजनं भाजनाधारं वस्त्राण्यष्टविधं पदम्
āsanopānahau cchatraṃ mudrikā ca kamaṇḍaluḥ / bhājanaṃ bhājanādhāraṃ vastrāṇyaṣṭavidhaṃ padam
A seat and sandals, an umbrella, a ring, and a water-pot, a vessel, a stand for the vessel, and garments — (this is) the eightfold pada (gift).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 40.41
ताम्रपात्रं तिलैः पूर्णं सहिरण्यं सदक्षिणम् । दद्याद्ब्राह्मणमुख्याय विधियुक्तं खगेश्वर
tāmrapātraṃ tilaiḥ pūrṇaṃ sahiraṇyaṃ sadakṣiṇam / dadyādbrāhmaṇamukhyāya vidhiyuktaṃ khageśvara
He should give to the chief brahmin a copper vessel filled with sesame seeds, together with gold and with a fee, in accordance with the rule, O lord of birds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 40.42
ऋग्वेदपारगे दद्याज्जातसस्यां वसुन्धराम् । यजुर्वेदमये विप्रे गाञ्च दद्यात्पयस्विनीम्
ṛgvedapārage dadyājjātasasyāṃ vasundharām / yajurvedamaye vipre gāñca dadyātpayasvinīm
To one who has mastered the Rigveda he should give earth with the crop grown upon it; and to a brahmin versed in the Yajurveda he should give a milk-giving cow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 40.43
सामगाय शिवोद्देशात्प्रदद्यात्कलधौतकम् । यमोद्देशात्तिलांल्लोहं ततो दद्याच्च दक्षिणाम्
sāmagāya śivoddeśātpradadyātkaladhautakam / yamoddeśāttilāṃllohaṃ tato dadyācca dakṣiṇām
To a chanter of the Sāmaveda he should give silver, designating it for Śiva; designating (the gift) for Yama, sesame seeds and iron; and thereafter he should give the fee.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 40.44
पश्चात्पुत्तलकं कार्यं सर्वौषधिसमन्वितम् । पलाशस्य च वृन्तानां विभागं शृणु काश्यप
paścātputtalakaṃ kāryaṃ sarvauṣadhisamanvitam / palāśasya ca vṛntānāṃ vibhāgaṃ śṛṇu kāśyapa
Afterwards an effigy is to be made, furnished with all the herbs; and hear, O Kāśyapa, the distribution of the palāśa stalks.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 40.45
कृष्णाजिनं समास्तीर्य कुशैश्च पुरुषाकृतिम् । शतत्रयेण षष्ट्या च वृन्तैः प्रोक्तो ऽस्थिसञ्चयः
kṛṣṇājinaṃ samāstīrya kuśaiśca puruṣākṛtim / śatatrayeṇa ṣaṣṭyā ca vṛntaiḥ prokto 'sthisañcayaḥ
Having spread out a black antelope skin, (one makes) with kuśa grass a figure in human shape; with three hundred and sixty stalks the collection of bones is declared (to be made).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 40.46
विन्यस्य तानि वृन्तानि अङ्गेष्वेषु पृथक्पृथक् । चत्वारिंशच्छिरोदेशे ग्रीवायां दश विन्यसेत्
vinyasya tāni vṛntāni aṅgeṣveṣu pṛthakpṛthak / catvāriṃśacchirodeśe grīvāyāṃ daśa vinyaset
Having laid down those stalks separately in each of the limbs, he should place forty in the region of the head and ten in the neck.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 40.47
विंशत्युरः स्थले दद्याद्विंशतिं जठरे ऽपि च । बाहुयुग्मे शतं दद्यात्कटि देशे च विंशतिम्
viṃśatyuraḥ sthale dadyādviṃśatiṃ jaṭhare 'pi ca / bāhuyugme śataṃ dadyātkaṭi deśe ca viṃśatim
He should place twenty on the chest area and twenty also on the belly; a hundred in the pair of arms, and twenty in the hip region.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 40.48
ऊरुद्वये शतञ्चापि त्रिंशज्जङ्घाद्वये न्यसेत् । दद्याच्चतुष्टयं शिश्रे षड् दद्याद् वृषणद्वये । दश पादाङ्गुलीभागे एवमस्थीनि विन्यसेत्
ūrudvaye śatañcāpi triṃśajjaṅghādvaye nyaset / dadyāccatuṣṭayaṃ śiśre ṣaḍ dadyād vṛṣaṇadvaye / daśa pādāṅgulībhāge evamasthīni vinyaset
In the two thighs a hundred, and thirty he should place in the two shanks; four he should give to the penis, six he should give to the two testicles, ten to the region of the toes — thus he should arrange the bones.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 40.49
नारिकेलं शिरः स्थाने तुम्बं दद्याच्च तालुके । पञ्चरत्नं मुखे दद्याज्जिह्वायां कदलीफलम्
nārikelaṃ śiraḥ sthāne tumbaṃ dadyācca tāluke / pañcaratnaṃ mukhe dadyājjihvāyāṃ kadalīphalam
(He should place) a coconut in the place of the head, and give a gourd for the palate; he should give the five gems in the mouth, and a banana fruit for the tongue.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 40.50
अन्त्रेषु नालकं दद्याद्बालकं प्राण एव च । वसायीं मेदकं दद्याद्गोमूत्रेण तु मूत्रकम्
antreṣu nālakaṃ dadyādbālakaṃ prāṇa eva ca / vasāyīṃ medakaṃ dadyādgomūtreṇa tu mūtrakam
In the entrails he should place a tube, and bālaka (fragrant grass) for the breath; he should give medaka for the fat, and with cow's urine (he supplies) the urine.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 40.51
गन्धकं धातवो देयो हरितालं मनः शिला । रेतः स्थाने पारदञ्च पुरीषे पित्तलं तथा
gandhakaṃ dhātavo deyo haritālaṃ manaḥ śilā / retaḥ sthāne pāradañca purīṣe pittalaṃ tathā
Sulphur is to be given for the humours, orpiment and realgar; and quicksilver in the place of the semen, and brass likewise for the faeces.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 40.52
मनः शिलां तथा गात्रे तिलकल्कञ्च सन्धिषु । यवपिष्टं तथा मांसे मधु वै क्षौद्रमेव च
manaḥ śilāṃ tathā gātre tilakalkañca sandhiṣu / yavapiṣṭaṃ tathā māṃse madhu vai kṣaudrameva ca
Realgar likewise on the body, and sesame paste at the joints; barley-flour for the flesh, and honey indeed — that is, bee-honey.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 40.53
केशेषु वै वटजटात्वचि दद्यान्मृगत्वचम् । कर्णयोस्तालपत्त्रञ्च स्तनयोश्चैव गुञ्जिकाः
keśeṣu vai vaṭajaṭātvaci dadyānmṛgatvacam / karṇayostālapattrañca stanayoścaiva guñjikāḥ
For the hair, banyan aerial roots; for the skin he should give a deer's hide; palm leaf for the two ears, and guñjā berries for the two nipples.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 40.54
नासायां शतपत्त्रं च कमलं नाभिमण्डले । वृन्ताकं वृषणद्वन्द्वे लिङ्गे स्याद्गृञ्जनं शुभम्
nāsāyāṃ śatapattraṃ ca kamalaṃ nābhimaṇḍale / vṛntākaṃ vṛṣaṇadvandve liṅge syādgṛñjanaṃ śubham
And a hundred-petalled (flower) for the nose, and a lotus for the circle of the navel; an eggplant for the pair of testicles; for the penis a good carrot would serve.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 40.55
घृतं नाभ्यां प्रदेयं स्यात्कौपीने च त्रपु स्मृतम् । मौक्तिकं स्तनयोर्मूर्ध्नि कुङ्कुमेन विलेपनम्
ghṛtaṃ nābhyāṃ pradeyaṃ syātkaupīne ca trapu smṛtam / mauktikaṃ stanayormūrdhni kuṅkumena vilepanam
Ghee is to be offered at the navel, and tin is prescribed for the loincloth (region); pearls for the two nipples, and on the head an anointing with saffron.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 40.56
कर्पूरागुरुधूपैश्च शुभैर्माल्यैः सुगन्धिभिः । परिधानं पट्टसूत्रं हृदये रुक्मकं न्यसेत्
karpūrāgurudhūpaiśca śubhairmālyaiḥ sugandhibhiḥ / paridhānaṃ paṭṭasūtraṃ hṛdaye rukmakaṃ nyaset
And with camphor and aloe-wood incense, with auspicious fragrant garlands; (as) a garment, silk cloth; on the heart he should place gold.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 40.57
ऋद्धिवृद्धी भुजौ द्वौ च चक्षुषोश्च कपर्दकौ । सिन्दूरं नेत्रकोणे च ताम्बूलाद्युपहारकैः
ṛddhivṛddhī bhujau dvau ca cakṣuṣośca kapardakau / sindūraṃ netrakoṇe ca tāmbūlādyupahārakaiḥ
Ṛddhi and Vṛddhi (plants) for the two arms, and cowries for the two eyes; and vermilion at the corners of the eyes, with betel and the other offerings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 40.58
सर्वौषधियुतं प्रेतं कृत्वा पूजा यथोदिता । साग्निके (कैश्चा) चापि विधिना यज्ञपात्रं न्यसेत्क्रमात्
sarvauṣadhiyutaṃ pretaṃ kṛtvā pūjā yathoditā / sāgnike (kaiścā) cāpi vidhinā yajñapātraṃ nyasetkramāt
Having made the deceased (effigy) provided with all the herbs, worship is (to be done) as stated; and for one who maintained the sacred fire he should place the sacrificial vessels in order, according to the rule.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 40.62
शिरोमे श्रीरिति ऋचा पुनन्तु वरुणेति च । प्रेतस्य पावनं कृत्वा शालिशालशिलोदकैः ॥ गर्प्_२,४०।५९ ॥ विष्णुमुद्दिश्य दातव्या सुशीलागौः पयस्विनी ॥ गर्प्_२,४०।६० ॥ (तिला लोहं हिरण्यं च कार्पासं लवणं तथा । सप्तधान्यं क्षितिर्गाव एकैकं पानं समृतम् ॥ गर्प्_२,४०।६१ ॥ तिलपात्रं ततो दत्त्वा पददानं तथैव च ॥ गर्प्_२,४०।६१*१ ॥ महादानानि देयानि तिलपात्रं तथेति च । ततो वैतरणी देया सर्वाभरणभूषिता
śirome śrīriti ṛcā punantu varuṇeti ca / pretasya pāvanaṃ kṛtvā śāliśālaśilodakaiḥ // garp_2,40.59 // viṣṇumuddiśya dātavyā suśīlāgauḥ payasvinī // garp_2,40.60 // (tilā lohaṃ hiraṇyaṃ ca kārpāsaṃ lavaṇaṃ tathā / saptadhānyaṃ kṣitirgāva ekaikaṃ pānaṃ samṛtam // garp_2,40.61 // tilapātraṃ tato dattvā padadānaṃ tathaiva ca // garp_2,40.61*1 // mahādānāni deyāni tilapātraṃ tatheti ca / tato vaitaraṇī deyā sarvābharaṇabhūṣitā
With the verse "śiro me śrīḥ" and with "punantu varuṇaḥ," having performed the purification of the deceased with rice, sāla(-wood?), stone and water — a well-natured milk-giving cow is to be given, designating it for Viṣṇu. Sesame, iron, gold, cotton and salt, the seven grains, land and cattle — each single (gift) is declared a drink (for the deceased). Then, having given the vessel of sesame and likewise the gift of a step(?), the great gifts are to be given, and likewise the sesame vessel; then the Vaitaraṇī (cow) is to be given, adorned with all ornaments.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 40.63
कर्तव्यं वैष्णवं श्राद्धं प्रेतमुक्त्यर्थ मात्मवान् । प्रेतंमोक्षं ततः कुर्याद्धृदि विष्णुं प्रकल्प्य च
kartavyaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ śrāddhaṃ pretamuktyartha mātmavān / pretaṃmokṣaṃ tataḥ kuryāddhṛdi viṣṇuṃ prakalpya ca
The self-possessed (performer) should perform the Vaiṣṇava śrāddha for the sake of the deceased's release; then, having installed Viṣṇu in his heart, he should carry out the liberation of the deceased.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 40.64
ॐ विष्णुरिति संस्मृत्य प्रेतं तन्मृत्युमेव च । अग्निदाहं ततः कुर्यात्सूतकन्तु दिनत्रयम्
oṃ viṣṇuriti saṃsmṛtya pretaṃ tanmṛtyumeva ca / agnidāhaṃ tataḥ kuryātsūtakantu dinatrayam
Having called to mind "Oṃ Viṣṇu," and (also) the deceased and his death, he should then perform the cremation by fire; the impurity (period) lasts three days.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 40.65
दशाहकर्त्रा पिण्डाश्च कर्तव्याः प्रेतभुक्तये । सर्वं वर्षविधिं कुर्यादेवं प्रेतश्च मुक्तिभाक्
daśāhakartrā piṇḍāśca kartavyāḥ pretabhuktaye / sarvaṃ varṣavidhiṃ kuryādevaṃ pretaśca muktibhāk
And by the performer of the ten-day rites the rice-balls are to be made for the deceased's eating; he should perform the whole year-long procedure — thus the deceased obtains a share in liberation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition