Garuda Purana — Uttara Khanda (Pretakalpa) — Chapter 42
GaP 2 42.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- ४२ श्रीविष्णुरुवाच । यथा धेनुसहस्रेषु वत्सो विन्दति मातरम् । तथा पूर्वकृतं कर्म कर्तारमनुगच्छति
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 42 śrīviṣṇuruvāca / yathā dhenusahasreṣu vatso vindati mātaram / tathā pūrvakṛtaṃ karma kartāramanugacchati
Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa 42. The blessed Viṣṇu said: As among thousands of cows the calf finds its mother, so the deed done before follows after its doer.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 42.2
आदित्यो वरुणो विष्णुर्ब्रह्मा सोमो हुताशनः । शूलपाणिश्च भगवानभिनन्दति भूमिदम्
ādityo varuṇo viṣṇurbrahmā somo hutāśanaḥ / śūlapāṇiśca bhagavānabhinandati bhūmidam
Āditya, Varuṇa, Viṣṇu, Brahmā, Soma, the fire-eater (Agni), and the Lord who bears the trident rejoice at the giver of land.
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GaP 2 42.3
नास्ति भमिसमं दानं नास्ति भमिसमो निधिः । नास्ति सत्यसमो धर्मो नानृतात्पातकं परम्
nāsti bhamisamaṃ dānaṃ nāsti bhamisamo nidhiḥ / nāsti satyasamo dharmo nānṛtātpātakaṃ param
There is no gift equal to land, there is no treasure equal to land; there is no duty equal to truth, and no sin greater than falsehood.
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GaP 2 42.4
अग्नेरपत्यं प्रथमं सुवर्णं भूर्वैष्णवी सूर्यसुताश्च गावः । लोकत्रयं तेन भवेत्प्रदत्तं यः काञ्चनं गां च महीं च दद्यात्
agnerapatyaṃ prathamaṃ suvarṇaṃ bhūrvaiṣṇavī sūryasutāśca gāvaḥ / lokatrayaṃ tena bhavetpradattaṃ yaḥ kāñcanaṃ gāṃ ca mahīṃ ca dadyāt
Gold is the first offspring of Fire, the earth belongs to Viṣṇu, and cows are the daughters of the Sun; so all three worlds are given by him who gives gold, a cow and land.
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GaP 2 42.5
त्रीण्याहुरतिदानानि गावः पृथ्वी सरस्वती । नरकादुद्धरन्त्येते जपपूजनहोमतः
trīṇyāhuratidānāni gāvaḥ pṛthvī sarasvatī / narakāduddharantyete japapūjanahomataḥ
They say there are three supreme gifts: cows, the earth, and Sarasvatī (learning); these rescue (a man) from hell, as do muttered prayer, worship and oblation.
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GaP 2 42.6
कृत्वा बहूनि पापानि रौद्राणि विपुलानि च । अपि गोचर्ममात्रेण भूमिदानेन शुध्यति
kṛtvā bahūni pāpāni raudrāṇi vipulāni ca / api gocarmamātreṇa bhūmidānena śudhyati
Having committed many sins, terrible and vast, one is nevertheless purified by the gift of land, even of the extent of a cow's hide.
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GaP 2 42.7
हरन्तमपि लोभेन निरुध्यैनं निवारयेत् । स याति नरके घोरे यस्तं न परिरक्षति
harantamapi lobhena nirudhyainaṃ nivārayet / sa yāti narake ghore yastaṃ na parirakṣati
One should block and turn back a man who out of greed is carrying (the gift) off; he who does not protect it goes to a dreadful hell.
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GaP 2 42.8
अकर्तव्यं न कर्तव्यं प्राणैः कण्ठगतैरपि । कर्तव्यमेव कर्तव्यमिति धर्मविदो विदुः
akartavyaṃ na kartavyaṃ prāṇaiḥ kaṇṭhagatairapi / kartavyameva kartavyamiti dharmavido viduḥ
What must not be done is not to be done, even with the breath at one's throat; what must be done is precisely to be done—so those who know dharma understand.
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GaP 2 42.9
आकारप्रवर्तने पापं गोसहस्रवधैःसमम् । वृत्तिच्छेदे तथा वृत्तेः करणं लक्षधेनुकम्
ākārapravartane pāpaṃ gosahasravadhaiḥsamam / vṛtticchede tathā vṛtteḥ karaṇaṃ lakṣadhenukam
In setting a mine to work the sin equals a thousand cow-slaughters; so too in cutting off a livelihood; and providing a livelihood (has merit) of a hundred thousand milch-cows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 42.10
वरमेकाप्यपहृता न तु दत्तं गवां शतम् । एकां हृत्वा शतं दत्त्वा न तेन समता भवेत्
varamekāpyapahṛtā na tu dattaṃ gavāṃ śatam / ekāṃ hṛtvā śataṃ dattvā na tena samatā bhavet
Better that even a single (cow) be taken away than that a hundred cows be given; by taking one and giving a hundred there is no equality with that.
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GaP 2 42.11
स्वयमेव तु यो दत्त्वा स्वयमेव प्रबाधते । स पापी नरकं याति यावदाभूतसंप्लवम्
svayameva tu yo dattvā svayameva prabādhate / sa pāpī narakaṃ yāti yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam
But he who, having himself given, himself harasses (the recipient)—that sinner goes to hell until the dissolution of beings.
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GaP 2 42.12
न चाश्वमेधेन तथा विधिवद्दक्षिणावता । अवृत्तिकर्शिते दीने ब्राह्मणे गक्षिते यथा
na cāśvamedhena tathā vidhivaddakṣiṇāvatā / avṛttikarśite dīne brāhmaṇe gakṣite yathā
Not so much by a horse-sacrifice performed according to rule and with (full) fees (is merit gained) as when a poor brahmin, wasted by lack of livelihood, is protected.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 42.13
न तद्भवति वेदेषु यज्ञे सुबहुदक्षिणे । यत्पुण्यं दुर्बले त्रस्ते ब्राह्मणे परिरक्षिते
na tadbhavati vedeṣu yajñe subahudakṣiṇe / yatpuṇyaṃ durbale traste brāhmaṇe parirakṣite
That does not come about from the Vedas, nor from a sacrifice with very abundant fees, which is the merit (gained) when a weak and frightened brahmin is protected.
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GaP 2 42.14
ब्रह्मस्वैश्चसुपुष्टानि वाहनानि बलानि च । युद्धकाले विशीर्यन्ते सैकताः सेतवो यथा
brahmasvaiścasupuṣṭāni vāhanāni balāni ca / yuddhakāle viśīryante saikatāḥ setavo yathā
Conveyances and armies well fattened on brahmins' property break apart at the time of battle, like dams (built) of sand.
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GaP 2 42.15
स्वदत्तां परदत्तां वा यो हरेच्च वसुन्धराम् । षष्टिवर्षसहस्राणि विष्ठायां जायते कृमिः
svadattāṃ paradattāṃ vā yo harecca vasundharām / ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi viṣṭhāyāṃ jāyate kṛmiḥ
And he who seizes land given by himself or given by another is born a worm in excrement for sixty thousand years.
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GaP 2 42.16
ब्रह्मस्वं प्रणयाद्भुक्तं दहत्यासप्तमं कुलम् । तदेव चौर्यरूपेण दहत्याचन्द्रतारकम्
brahmasvaṃ praṇayādbhuktaṃ dahatyāsaptamaṃ kulam / tadeva cauryarūpeṇa dahatyācandratārakam
A brahmin's property consumed through affection burns the family down to the seventh (generation); the same, (taken) in the form of theft, burns as long as moon and stars endure.
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GaP 2 42.17
लोहचूर्णाश्मचूर्णानि कदाचिज्जरयेत्पुमान् । ब्रह्मस्वन्त्रिषु लोकेषु कः पुमाञ्जरयिष्यति
lohacūrṇāśmacūrṇāni kadācijjarayetpumān / brahmasvantriṣu lokeṣu kaḥ pumāñjarayiṣyati
A man might sometimes digest iron filings or powdered stone; but in the three worlds what man will digest a brahmin's property?
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GaP 2 42.18
देवद्रव्यविनाशेन ब्रह्मस्वहरणेन च । कुलान्यकुलतां यान्ति ब्राह्मणातिक्रमेण च
devadravyavināśena brahmasvaharaṇena ca / kulānyakulatāṃ yānti brāhmaṇātikrameṇa ca
By destroying the property of the gods, by seizing a brahmin's property, and by transgressing against a brahmin, families lose their family standing.
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GaP 2 42.19
ब्राह्मणाति क्रमो नास्ति विप्रे विद्याविवर्जिते । ज्वलन्तमग्निमुत्सृज्य न हि भस्मनि हूयते
brāhmaṇāti kramo nāsti vipre vidyāvivarjite / jvalantamagnimutsṛjya na hi bhasmani hūyate
There is no transgression against a brahmin in the case of a brahmin devoid of learning; for one does not, abandoning the blazing fire, make offerings into ashes.
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GaP 2 42.20
संक्रान्तौ यानि दानानि हव्यकव्यानि यानि च । सप्तकल्पक्षयं यावद्ददात्यर्कः पुनः पुनः
saṃkrāntau yāni dānāni havyakavyāni yāni ca / saptakalpakṣayaṃ yāvaddadātyarkaḥ punaḥ punaḥ
Whatever gifts are made at the solstitial passage, and whatever offerings to gods and ancestors, the sun bestows (their fruit) again and again until the passing of seven kalpas.
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GaP 2 42.21
प्रतिग्रहाध्यापनयाजनेषु प्रतिग्रहं स्वेष्टतमं वदन्ति । प्रतिग्रहाच्छ्रुध्यति जाप्यहोमं न याजनं कर्म पुनन्ति वेदाः
pratigrahādhyāpanayājaneṣu pratigrahaṃ sveṣṭatamaṃ vadanti / pratigrahācchrudhyati jāpyahomaṃ na yājanaṃ karma punanti vedāḥ
Among accepting gifts, teaching, and officiating at sacrifices, they call accepting gifts the most desirable for oneself; one becomes pure of gift-acceptance by recitation and oblation—but the Vedas do not purify the act of officiating.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 42.22
सदा जापी सदा होमी परपाकविवर्जितः । रत्नपूर्णामपि महीं प्रतिगृह्णन्न लिप्यते
sadā jāpī sadā homī parapākavivarjitaḥ / ratnapūrṇāmapi mahīṃ pratigṛhṇanna lipyate
One who always mutters prayers, always performs the oblation, and avoids food cooked by others is not stained even when accepting the earth full of jewels.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition