Garuda Purana — Uttara Khanda (Pretakalpa) — Chapter 44
GaP 2 44.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- ४४ श्रीविष्णुरुवाच । स्वेच्छया तार्क्ष्य मरणं शृङ्गिदंष्ट्रिसरीसृपः । चाण्डालाद्यात्मघातैश्च विषाद्यैस्ताडनैस्तथा
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 44 śrīviṣṇuruvāca / svecchayā tārkṣya maraṇaṃ śṛṅgidaṃṣṭrisarīsṛpaḥ / cāṇḍālādyātmaghātaiśca viṣādyaistāḍanaistathā
Śrī Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, 44. Śrī Viṣṇu said: O Tārkṣya, death by one's own will, (or) by horned or fanged animals or creeping things, and by outcastes and the like, by suicide, by poison and such, and by beatings,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 44.2
जलाग्निपातवातैश्च निराहारादिभिस्तथा । येषामेव भवेन्मृत्युः प्रोक्तास्ते पापकर्मिणः
jalāgnipātavātaiśca nirāhārādibhistathā / yeṣāmeva bhavenmṛtyuḥ proktāste pāpakarmiṇaḥ
and by falling into water or fire, by wind, and likewise by fasting and the like — those whose death comes about in just these ways are declared to be doers of evil deeds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 44.3
पाषड्यनाश्रमाश्चैव महापातकिनस्तथा । स्त्रियश्च व्यभिचारिण्य आरूढपतितास्तथा
pāṣaḍyanāśramāścaiva mahāpātakinastathā / striyaśca vyabhicāriṇya ārūḍhapatitāstathā
Heretics and those outside the (four) stages of life, likewise those guilty of the great sins, and women who are adulterous, and likewise those who have climbed up and fallen (to their death),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 44.4
न तेषां स्यान्नव श्राद्धं न संस्कारः सपिण्डनम् । श्राद्धानि षोडशोक्तानि न भवन्ति च तान्यपि
na teṣāṃ syānnava śrāddhaṃ na saṃskāraḥ sapiṇḍanam / śrāddhāni ṣoḍaśoktāni na bhavanti ca tānyapi
For them there should be no ninth-day śrāddha, no funeral rite, no sapiṇḍana; and the sixteen prescribed śrāddhas do not take place for them either.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 44.5
वेतनं यत् क्षिपेदप्सु गृह्याग्निश्च चतुष्पथे । पात्राणिनिर्दहेदग्नौ साग्निके पापकर्मणि
vetanaṃ yat kṣipedapsu gṛhyāgniśca catuṣpathe / pātrāṇinirdahedagnau sāgnike pāpakarmaṇi
In the case of an evildoer who maintained the sacred fires, one should cast his wages into the water, and (his) domestic fire at a crossroads, and burn up his vessels in the fire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 44.6
पूर्णे संवत्सरे तेषामित्थं कार्यं दयालुभिः । एकादशीं समासाद्य शुक्लपक्षे च काश्यप
pūrṇe saṃvatsare teṣāmitthaṃ kāryaṃ dayālubhiḥ / ekādaśīṃ samāsādya śuklapakṣe ca kāśyapa
When a full year has passed, this should be done for them by the compassionate: on reaching the eleventh day of the bright fortnight, O Kāśyapa —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 44.7
विष्णुं यमं च सम्पूज्य गन्धपुष्पाक्षतादिभिः । दश पिण्डान् घृताक्तांश्च दर्भेषु मधुसंयुतान्
viṣṇuṃ yamaṃ ca sampūjya gandhapuṣpākṣatādibhiḥ / daśa piṇḍān ghṛtāktāṃśca darbheṣu madhusaṃyutān
having worshipped Viṣṇu and Yama with perfumes, flowers, unbroken grains and so on, (he should set out) ten balls smeared with ghee and mixed with honey upon darbha grass,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 44.8
यज्ञोपवीति सतिलान् ध्यायन् विष्णुं यमं तथा । दक्षिणाभिमुखस्तूष्णीमेकैकं निर्वपेत् तुतान्
yajñopavīti satilān dhyāyan viṣṇuṃ yamaṃ tathā / dakṣiṇābhimukhastūṣṇīmekaikaṃ nirvapet tutān
wearing the sacred thread (over the left shoulder), (the balls) with sesame, meditating on Viṣṇu and Yama, facing south, silently he should set them down one by one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 44.9
उद्धृत्य मिश्रितान् पश्चात् तीर्थे ऽभ्मः सु विनिः क्षिपेत् । क्षिपन् संकीर्तयेन्नाम गोत्रं च मृतकस्य च
uddhṛtya miśritān paścāt tīrthe 'bhmaḥ su viniḥ kṣipet / kṣipan saṃkīrtayennāma gotraṃ ca mṛtakasya ca
Afterwards, having taken them up and mixed them together, he should cast them into the waters at a sacred ford; while casting them he should pronounce the name and lineage of the dead man.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 44.10
पुनरप्यर्चयेद्विष्णुं यमं कुसुमचन्दनैः । धूपदीपैः सनैवेद्यैर्भक्ष्यभोज्यसमन्वितैः
punarapyarcayedviṣṇuṃ yamaṃ kusumacandanaiḥ / dhūpadīpaiḥ sanaivedyairbhakṣyabhojyasamanvitaiḥ
Again he should worship Viṣṇu and Yama with flowers and sandal paste, with incense and lamps, with food-offerings together with things to chew and things to eat.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 44.11
तस्मिन्नुपवसेदह्नि विप्रांश्चेव निमन्त्रयेत् । कुलविद्यातपोयुक्तान् साधुशीलसमन्वितान्
tasminnupavasedahni viprāṃśceva nimantrayet / kulavidyātapoyuktān sādhuśīlasamanvitān
On that day he should fast, and he should invite brāhmaṇas endowed with (good) family, learning and austerity, and possessed of virtuous conduct —
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GaP 2 44.12
नव सप्ताथवा पञ्च स्वसामर्थ्यानुसारतः । अपरे ऽहनि मध्याह्ने यमं विष्णुं तथार्चयेत्
nava saptāthavā pañca svasāmarthyānusārataḥ / apare 'hani madhyāhne yamaṃ viṣṇuṃ tathārcayet
nine, or seven, or five, according to his own means. On the next day, at midday, he should worship Yama and Viṣṇu likewise.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 44.13
उदङ्मुखांस्तथा विप्रांस्तान् सम्यगुपवेशयेत् । आवाहनार्घदानादौ विष्णुं यमसमन्वितम्
udaṅmukhāṃstathā viprāṃstān samyagupaveśayet / āvāhanārghadānādau viṣṇuṃ yamasamanvitam
And he should properly seat those brāhmaṇas facing north; in the invocation, the giving of the arghya and so on, (he should worship) Viṣṇu together with Yama.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 44.14
यज्ञोपवीती कुर्वीत प्रेतनाम प्रकीर्तयेत् । प्रेतं यमं च विष्णुं च स्मरन् श्राद्धं समापयेत्
yajñopavītī kurvīta pretanāma prakīrtayet / pretaṃ yamaṃ ca viṣṇuṃ ca smaran śrāddhaṃ samāpayet
Wearing the sacred thread (over the left shoulder) he should perform (the rites) and pronounce the name of the departed; remembering the departed, Yama, and Viṣṇu, he should complete the śrāddha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 44.15
अन्येभ्यश्चापि सर्वेभ्यः पिण्डदानार्थमुद्धरेत् । पृथग्वा दश पिण्डांश्च पञ्च दद्यात् क्रमेण तु
anyebhyaścāpi sarvebhyaḥ piṇḍadānārthamuddharet / pṛthagvā daśa piṇḍāṃśca pañca dadyāt krameṇa tu
And for all the others too he should take up (portions) for the giving of the balls; or he should give the ten balls separately, and five in due order.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 44.16
प्रथमं विष्णवे दद्याद्ब्रह्मणे च शिवाय च । सभृत्याय शिवायाथ प्रेतायापि च पञ्चमम्
prathamaṃ viṣṇave dadyādbrahmaṇe ca śivāya ca / sabhṛtyāya śivāyātha pretāyāpi ca pañcamam
The first he should give to Viṣṇu, and (then) to Brahmā and to Śiva; then to Śiva with his attendants, and the fifth to the departed as well.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 44.17
नाम गोत्रं स्मरेत् तस्य विष्णुशब्दं प्रकीर्तयेत् । नमस्कारशिरस्कन्तु पञ्चमं पिण्डमुद्धरेत्
nāma gotraṃ smaret tasya viṣṇuśabdaṃ prakīrtayet / namaskāraśiraskantu pañcamaṃ piṇḍamuddharet
He should call to mind the name and gotra of that (deceased) and pronounce the word "Viṣṇu"; and he should lift up the fifth piṇḍa, with a salutation at its head (i.e. preceded by an obeisance).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 44.18
गोभूमिपिण्डदानाद्यैः शक्त्या प्रेतं स्मरंश्च तम् । तिलैस्तिलांस्तु विप्राणां दर्भयुक्तेषु पाणिषु
gobhūmipiṇḍadānādyaiḥ śaktyā pretaṃ smaraṃśca tam / tilaistilāṃstu viprāṇāṃ darbhayukteṣu pāṇiṣu
With gifts of cows, land, piṇḍas and the rest, according to his means, and remembering that departed one, (he should place) sesame together with sesame in the hands of the brahmins, which hold darbha grass.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 44.19
दद्यादन्नं द्विजानां च ताम्बूलं दक्षिणां तथा । एवं शिष्टतमं विप्रं हरिण्येन प्रपूजयेत्
dadyādannaṃ dvijānāṃ ca tāmbūlaṃ dakṣiṇāṃ tathā / evaṃ śiṣṭatamaṃ vipraṃ hariṇyena prapūjayet
He should give food to the twice-born, and also betel and a fee; thus he should worship the most eminent brahmin with a golden (image?).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 44.20
नाम गोत्रं स्मरन् दद्याद्विष्णुप्रीतोस्त्विति ब्रुवन् । अनुव्रज्य द्विजान् पश्चात् त्यक्ताम्भो दक्षिणामुखः
nāma gotraṃ smaran dadyādviṣṇuprītostviti bruvan / anuvrajya dvijān paścāt tyaktāmbho dakṣiṇāmukhaḥ
Remembering the name and gotra, he should give (the gift), saying "May it be pleasing to Viṣṇu"; then, having escorted the brahmins on their way, having discarded the water, facing south,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 44.21
कीर्तयन्नामगोत्रे तु भुवि प्रीतोस्त्विति क्षिपेत् । मित्रबन्धुजनैः सार्धं शेषं भुञ्जीत वाग्यतः । प्रतिसंवत्सरादि स्यादेकोद्दिष्टविधानतः
kīrtayannāmagotre tu bhuvi prītostviti kṣipet / mitrabandhujanaiḥ sārdhaṃ śeṣaṃ bhuñjīta vāgyataḥ / pratisaṃvatsarādi syādekoddiṣṭavidhānataḥ
and proclaiming the name and gotra, he should throw (the offering) on the ground, saying "May he be pleased"; together with friends and kinsmen he should eat what remains, restrained in speech. The annual (rites) and so forth should follow the procedure of the ekoddiṣṭa (rite).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 44.22
एवं कृते गमिष्यन्ति स्वर्लोकं पापकर्मिणः । सपिण्डीकरणादौ तु कृते चैवाप्नुवन्तिते
evaṃ kṛte gamiṣyanti svarlokaṃ pāpakarmiṇaḥ / sapiṇḍīkaraṇādau tu kṛte caivāpnuvantite
When it is done thus, even doers of evil deeds will go to the heavenly world; and when the sapiṇḍīkaraṇa and the rest have been performed, they attain it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 44.23
अथ कश्चित् प्रमादेन म्रियते ह्युदकादिभिः । संसारप्रमुखस्तस्य सर्वं कुर्याद्यथाविधि
atha kaścit pramādena mriyate hyudakādibhiḥ / saṃsārapramukhastasya sarvaṃ kuryādyathāvidhi
Now if someone dies by mishap, through water or the like, the head of the household should perform all of his (rites) according to the prescribed manner.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 44.24
प्रमादादिच्छया मर्त्यो न गच्छेत्सर्पसंमुखः । पक्षयोरुभयोर्नागं पञ्चमीषु प्रपूजयेत्
pramādādicchayā martyo na gacchetsarpasaṃmukhaḥ / pakṣayorubhayornāgaṃ pañcamīṣu prapūjayet
A mortal should not, out of carelessness, go by his own wish into the presence of a snake; in both fortnights, on the fifth days, he should worship the Nāga.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 44.25
कुर्यात् पिष्टमयीं लेखां नागानामाकृतिं भुवि । अर्चयेत् तां सितैः पुष्पैः सुगन्धैश्चन्दनेनच
kuryāt piṣṭamayīṃ lekhāṃ nāgānāmākṛtiṃ bhuvi / arcayet tāṃ sitaiḥ puṣpaiḥ sugandhaiścandanenaca
He should make a drawing of flour on the ground in the shape of the Nāgas; he should honour it with white flowers, with fragrances, and with sandalwood.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 44.26
प्रदद्याद्धूपदीपन्तु तण्डुलांश्च सितान् क्षिपेत् । आमपिष्टं तथैवान्नं क्षीरञ्च विनिवेदयेत्
pradadyāddhūpadīpantu taṇḍulāṃśca sitān kṣipet / āmapiṣṭaṃ tathaivānnaṃ kṣīrañca vinivedayet
He should offer incense and a lamp, and scatter white rice grains; likewise he should present uncooked flour, cooked food, and milk.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 44.27
उपस्थाय वदेदेवं मुञ्चन् मुद्रांशुकानि च । मधुरं तद्दिने ऽश्रीयाद्देवश्राद्धं समापयेत्
upasthāya vadedevaṃ muñcan mudrāṃśukāni ca / madhuraṃ taddine 'śrīyāddevaśrāddhaṃ samāpayet
Having approached (the Nāga), he should speak thus, presenting rings and garments; on that day he should eat sweet food and complete the śrāddha for the deities.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 44.28
सौवर्णं शक्तितो नागं ततो दद्याद्द्विजोत्तमे । धेनुं दत्त्वा ततो ब्रूयात् प्रीयतां नागराडिति
sauvarṇaṃ śaktito nāgaṃ tato dadyāddvijottame / dhenuṃ dattvā tato brūyāt prīyatāṃ nāgarāḍiti
Then, according to his means, he should give a golden snake to a foremost brahmin; and having given a milch cow, he should then say, "May the king of the Nāgas be pleased."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 44.29
यथाविभव्यं कुर्वीत कर्माण्यन्यानि पूर्ववत् । स्वशाखोक्तविधानेन इत्थं कुर्याद्यथातथम् । प्रेतत्वान्मोचयेत् तांस्तु स्वर्गमार्गं नयेत् च
yathāvibhavyaṃ kurvīta karmāṇyanyāni pūrvavat / svaśākhoktavidhānena itthaṃ kuryādyathātatham / pretatvānmocayet tāṃstu svargamārgaṃ nayet ca
According to his wealth he should perform the other rites as before, by the procedure stated in his own Vedic branch; in this way he should act exactly (as prescribed). Thus he would release them from the state of a preta and lead (them) to the path of heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition