Garuda Purana — Uttara Khanda (Pretakalpa) — Chapter 46
GaP 2 46.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- ४६ तार्क्ष्य उवाच । सुकृतस्य प्रभावेण स्वर्गो नानाविधो नणाम् । भोगाः सौख्याति रूपञ्च बलं बुद्धैः पराक्रमः
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 46 tārkṣya uvāca / sukṛtasya prabhāveṇa svargo nānāvidho naṇām / bhogāḥ saukhyāti rūpañca balaṃ buddhaiḥ parākramaḥ
The Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, 46. Tārkṣya said: By the power of good deeds men (obtain) heaven of many kinds, enjoyments, happiness, beauty, strength, intelligence, valour—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 46.2
सत्यं पुण्यवतां देव जायते ऽत्र परत्र च । सत्यंसत्यं पुनः सत्यं वेदवाक्यं न चान्यथा
satyaṃ puṇyavatāṃ deva jāyate 'tra paratra ca / satyaṃsatyaṃ punaḥ satyaṃ vedavākyaṃ na cānyathā
—truly, O God, this arises for the meritorious here and in the next world. True, true, again true is the word of the Veda, and not otherwise.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 46.3
धर्मो जयति नाधर्मः सत्यं जयाते नानृतम् । क्षमा जयति न क्रोधो विष्णुर्जयति नासुरः
dharmo jayati nādharmaḥ satyaṃ jayāte nānṛtam / kṣamā jayati na krodho viṣṇurjayati nāsuraḥ
Dharma conquers, not unrighteousness; truth conquers, not falsehood; patience conquers, not anger; Viṣṇu conquers, not the demon.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 46.4
तद्वत्सत्यं मया ज्ञातं सुकृताच्छोभनं भवेत् । यतोत्कृष्टतमं पुण्यं तथोत्कृष्टतरोनरः
tadvatsatyaṃ mayā jñātaṃ sukṛtācchobhanaṃ bhavet / yatotkṛṣṭatamaṃ puṇyaṃ tathotkṛṣṭataronaraḥ
So too I have understood the truth, that from good deeds what is good comes to be; the loftier the merit, the loftier the man.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 46.5
एवन्तु श्रोतुमिच्छामि जायन्ते पापिनो यथा । येन कर्मविपाकेन यथा नियमभाग्भवेत्
evantu śrotumicchāmi jāyante pāpino yathā / yena karmavipākena yathā niyamabhāgbhavet
Thus I wish to hear how sinners are born, by what ripening of karma, and how one comes to undergo (their) fixed lot.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 46.6
यांयां योनिमवाप्नोति यथारूपश्च जायते । तन्मे वद सुरश्रेष्ठ समासेनापि काङ्क्षितम्
yāṃyāṃ yonimavāpnoti yathārūpaśca jāyate / tanme vada suraśreṣṭha samāsenāpi kāṅkṣitam
Whatever womb one attains, and with what form one is born—tell me that, O best of gods, even in brief, as I desire it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 46.7
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच । शुभाशुभफलैस्तार्क्ष्य भुक्तभोगा नरास्त्विह । जायन्ते लक्षणैर्यैस्तुतानि मे शृणु काश्यप
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / śubhāśubhaphalaistārkṣya bhuktabhogā narāstviha / jāyante lakṣaṇairyaistutāni me śṛṇu kāśyapa
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: O Tārkṣya, men here, having consumed their enjoyments through the fruits of good and evil, are born with certain marks—hear those from me, O Kāśyapa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 46.8
गुरुरात्मवतां शास्ता राजा शास्ता दुरात्मनाम् । इह प्रच्छन्नपापानां शास्ता वैवस्वतो यमः
gururātmavatāṃ śāstā rājā śāstā durātmanām / iha pracchannapāpānāṃ śāstā vaivasvato yamaḥ
The teacher is the chastiser of the self-controlled, the king the chastiser of the evil-minded; and of those whose sins are concealed here, the chastiser is Yama, son of Vivasvat.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 46.9
प्रायश्चित्तेष्वचीर्णेषु यमलोका ह्यनेकधा । यातनाभिर्विमुक्ता ये यान्ति ते जीवसन्ततीम्
prāyaścitteṣvacīrṇeṣu yamalokā hyanekadhā / yātanābhirvimuktā ye yānti te jīvasantatīm
When expiations have not been performed, the worlds of Yama are of many kinds; those who are released from the torments there go on into the succession of (further) births.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 46.10
गत्वा मानुषभावे तु पापचिह्ना भवन्ति ते । तान्यहं तव चिह्नानि कथयिष्ये खगोत्तम
gatvā mānuṣabhāve tu pāpacihnā bhavanti te / tānyahaṃ tava cihnāni kathayiṣye khagottama
And having come into human existence, they bear the marks of their sins; those marks I shall tell you, O best of birds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 46.11
सोढ्वा वै यातनाः सर्वा गत्वा वैवस्वतक्षयम् । निस्तीर्णयातनास्ते तु लोकमायान्ति चिह्निताः
soḍhvā vai yātanāḥ sarvā gatvā vaivasvatakṣayam / nistīrṇayātanāste tu lokamāyānti cihnitāḥ
Having endured all the torments, having gone to the abode of the son of Vivasvat, and having passed through the torments, they come to (this) world marked (with signs).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 46.12
गद्गदो ऽनतवादी स्यान्मूकश्चैव गवानृते । ब्रह्महा जायते कुष्ठी श्यावदन्तश्च मद्यपः
gadgado 'natavādī syānmūkaścaiva gavānṛte / brahmahā jāyate kuṣṭhī śyāvadantaśca madyapaḥ
For falsehood concerning a cow, one becomes a stammerer, a mumbler, or even mute; the killer of a brahmin is born a leper, and the drinker of liquor with blackened teeth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 46.13
कुनखी स्वर्णहरणाद्दुश्चर्मा गुरुतल्पगः । संयोगी हीनयोनिः स्याद्दरिद्रो ऽदत्तदानतः
kunakhī svarṇaharaṇādduścarmā gurutalpagaḥ / saṃyogī hīnayoniḥ syāddaridro 'dattadānataḥ
From stealing gold (one becomes) one with diseased nails; one who violates his teacher's bed, one with diseased skin; one who has illicit union is born in a low womb; from not giving what should be given, one becomes poor.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 46.14
अयाज्ययाजको याति ग्राहमसूकरतां द्विजः । खरो वै बहुयाजी स्यात्काको निर्मन्त्रभोजनात्
ayājyayājako yāti grāhamasūkaratāṃ dvijaḥ / kharo vai bahuyājī syātkāko nirmantrabhojanāt
A twice-born who officiates for those unfit to be sacrificed for goes to the state of a village pig; one who sacrifices for too many becomes an ass; one who eats without reciting the mantras, a crow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 46.15
अपरीक्षितभोक्तारो व्याघ्राः स्युर्निर्जने वने । बहुतर्जको मार्जरः खद्योतः कक्षदाहकः
aparīkṣitabhoktāro vyāghrāḥ syurnirjane vane / bahutarjako mārjaraḥ khadyotaḥ kakṣadāhakaḥ
Those who eat without examining (their food) become tigers in a deserted forest; one who threatens (others) much becomes a cat; one who burns brushwood becomes a firefly.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 46.16
पात्रे विद्याप्रदाता यो बलीवर्दो भवेत्तसः । अन्नं पर्युषितं विप्रे प्रददत्कुक्करो भवेत्
pātre vidyāpradātā yo balīvardo bhavettasaḥ / annaṃ paryuṣitaṃ vipre pradadatkukkaro bhavet
He who gives out learning to an (unworthy) recipient becomes a bullock; one who gives stale food to a brahmin becomes a dog.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 46.17
मात्सर्यादपि जात्यन्धो जन्मान्धः पुस्तकं हरन् । फलान्याहरतो ऽपत्यं म्रियते नात्र संशयः
mātsaryādapi jātyandho janmāndhaḥ pustakaṃ haran / phalānyāharato 'patyaṃ mriyate nātra saṃśayaḥ
Out of envy, too, (one becomes) blind by nature; one who steals a book is born blind; and for one who steals fruits, his offspring dies—there is no doubt of this.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 46.18
मृतो वानरतां याति तन्मुखो गण्डवान् भवेत् । अदत्त्वा भक्ष्यमश्राति अनपत्यो भवेत्तु सः
mṛto vānaratāṃ yāti tanmukho gaṇḍavān bhavet / adattvā bhakṣyamaśrāti anapatyo bhavettu saḥ
Dead, he attains the condition of a monkey; with such a face he becomes afflicted with tumours. He who eats food without first giving (a share) becomes childless.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 46.19
हरन्वस्त्रं भवेद्गोधा गरदः पवनाशनः । प्रवज्यागमनाद्राजन् भवेन्मरुपिशाचकः
haranvastraṃ bhavedgodhā garadaḥ pavanāśanaḥ / pravajyāgamanādrājan bhavenmarupiśācakaḥ
One who steals a garment becomes a monitor lizard; a poisoner becomes a snake ('wind-eater'); and from going forth (into renunciation improperly), O king, one becomes a desert ghoul.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 46.20
चातको जलहर्ता स्याद्धान्यहर्ता च मूषिकः । अप्राप्तयौवनां सेवन् भवेत्सर्प इति श्रुतिः
cātako jalahartā syāddhānyahartā ca mūṣikaḥ / aprāptayauvanāṃ sevan bhavetsarpa iti śrutiḥ
A stealer of water becomes a cātaka bird, and a stealer of grain a mouse; one who consorts with a girl who has not reached puberty becomes a snake—so says the sacred tradition.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 46.21
गुरुदाराभिलाषी च कृकलासो भवेद्ध्रुवम् । जलप्रस्त्रवणं यस्तु भिन्द्यान्मत्स्यो भवेन्नरः
gurudārābhilāṣī ca kṛkalāso bhaveddhruvam / jalaprastravaṇaṃ yastu bhindyānmatsyo bhavennaraḥ
And one who lusts after his teacher's wife surely becomes a chameleon; the man who breaks (the bank of) a flow of water becomes a fish.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 46.22
अविक्रेयक्रयाच्चैव बको गृध्रो भवेन्नरः । अयोनिगो वृको हि स्यादुलूकः क्रयवञ्चनात्
avikreyakrayāccaiva bako gṛdhro bhavennaraḥ / ayonigo vṛko hi syādulūkaḥ krayavañcanāt
And from buying what may not be sold a man becomes a heron or a vulture; one who couples outside the (permitted) womb becomes a wolf, and from cheating in a purchase, an owl.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 46.23
मृतस्यैकादशाहे तु भुञ्जानश्चाभिजायते । प्रतिश्रुत्य द्विजेभ्योर्ऽथमददज्जम्बुको भवेत्
mṛtasyaikādaśāhe tu bhuñjānaścābhijāyate / pratiśrutya dvijebhyor'thamadadajjambuko bhavet
But one who eats (the funeral food) on the eleventh day after a death is born (thus); one who, having promised money to brahmins, does not give it becomes a jackal.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 46.24
राज्ञरिं गत्वा भवेद्दंष्ट्री तस्करो विङ्वराहकः । शारिवा फलविक्रेता वृषश्च वृषलीपतिः
rājñariṃ gatvā bhaveddaṃṣṭrī taskaro viṅvarāhakaḥ / śārivā phalavikretā vṛṣaśca vṛṣalīpatiḥ
Having gone to a king's wife one becomes a tusked beast; a thief becomes a dung-pig; a seller of fruit becomes the śārivā plant, and the husband of a śūdra woman a bull.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 46.25
मार्जरो ऽग्निं पदा स्पृष्ट्वा रोगवान्परमांसभुक् । उदक्यागमनात्षण्डो दुर्गन्धश्च सुगन्धहृत्
mārjaro 'gniṃ padā spṛṣṭvā rogavānparamāṃsabhuk / udakyāgamanātṣaṇḍo durgandhaśca sugandhahṛt
Having touched fire with the foot one becomes a cat; one who eats another's flesh becomes diseased; from approaching a menstruating woman one becomes impotent, and a stealer of perfumes becomes foul-smelling.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 46.26
यद्वा तद्वापि पारक्यं स्वल्पं वा हरते बहु । हृत्वा वै योनिमाप्नोति तिरश्चां नात्र संशयः
yadvā tadvāpi pārakyaṃ svalpaṃ vā harate bahu / hṛtvā vai yonimāpnoti tiraścāṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ
Whoever steals another's property, this or that, little or much—having stolen, he attains a birth among animals; there is no doubt of this.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 46.27
एवमादीनि चिह्नानि अन्यान्यपि खगेश्वर । स्वकर्मविततान्येव? दृश्यन्ते यैस्तु मानवैः
evamādīni cihnāni anyānyapi khageśvara / svakarmavitatānyeva? dṛśyante yaistu mānavaiḥ
Such marks as these, and others too, O lord of birds, are seen in those men (in whom) they are spread out by their own deeds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 46.28
एवं दुष्कृतकर्मा हि भुक्त्वा च नरकान्क्रमात् । जायते कर्मशेषेण उक्तास्वेतासु योनिषु
evaṃ duṣkṛtakarmā hi bhuktvā ca narakānkramāt / jāyate karmaśeṣeṇa uktāsvetāsu yoniṣu
Thus one whose deeds are evil, having in due order experienced the hells, is born by the remainder of his karma in these wombs that have been described.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 46.29
ततो जन्मशतं मर्त्ये सर्वजन्तुषु काश्यप । जायते नात्र सन्देहः समीभूते शुभाशुभे
tato janmaśataṃ martye sarvajantuṣu kāśyapa / jāyate nātra sandehaḥ samībhūte śubhāśubhe
Then he is born a hundred times in the mortal world among all creatures, O Kāśyapa; there is no doubt of this, when good and evil have become equal.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 46.30
स्त्रीपुंसयो प्रसङ्गेन निरुद्धे शुक्रसोणिते । समुपेतः पञ्चभूतैर्जायते पाञ्चभौतिकः
strīpuṃsayo prasaṅgena niruddhe śukrasoṇite / samupetaḥ pañcabhūtairjāyate pāñcabhautikaḥ
Through the union of woman and man, when semen and blood are held (in the womb), joined with the five elements he is born, made of the five elements.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 46.31
इन्द्रियाणि मनः प्राणा ज्ञानमायुः सुखं धृतिः । धारणा प्रेरणं दुः खं मिथ्याहङ्कार एव च
indriyāṇi manaḥ prāṇā jñānamāyuḥ sukhaṃ dhṛtiḥ / dhāraṇā preraṇaṃ duḥ khaṃ mithyāhaṅkāra eva ca
The senses, mind, vital breaths, knowledge, lifespan, pleasure, steadfastness, retention, impulsion, pain, and false egoism as well;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 46.32
प्रयताकृतिवर्णस्तु रागद्वेषौ भवाभवौ । तस्येदमात्मनः सर्वमनादेरादिमिच्छतः
prayatākṛtivarṇastu rāgadveṣau bhavābhavau / tasyedamātmanaḥ sarvamanāderādimicchataḥ
and effort, form and colour, attraction and aversion, becoming and non-becoming—all this belongs to that self, which is beginningless, though (one) wishes (to assign it) a beginning.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 46.33
स्वकर्म बद्धस्य तदा गर्भवृद्धिर्भवेदिति । पुरा यथा मया प्रोक्तं तव जन्तोर्हि लक्षणम्
svakarma baddhasya tadā garbhavṛddhirbhavediti / purā yathā mayā proktaṃ tava jantorhi lakṣaṇam
Then for one bound by his own karma there occurs the growth of the embryo—just as the characteristics of a creature were formerly told to you by me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 46.34
एवं प्रवर्तितं चक्रं भूतग्रामे चतुर्विधे । समुत्पत्तिर्विनाशश्च जायते तार्क्ष्य देहिनाम्
evaṃ pravartitaṃ cakraṃ bhūtagrāme caturvidhe / samutpattirvināśaśca jāyate tārkṣya dehinām
Thus the wheel is set turning among the fourfold host of beings; and the arising and the destruction of embodied ones comes about, O Tārkṣya.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 46.35
स्वधर्मेणैवोर्ध्वगतिरधर्मेणाप्यधोगतिः । जायते सर्ववर्णानां स्वधर्मचलनात् खग
svadharmeṇaivordhvagatiradharmeṇāpyadhogatiḥ / jāyate sarvavarṇānāṃ svadharmacalanāt khaga
By one's own duty comes the upward course, and by unrighteousness the downward course; (this) befalls all the classes through deviation from their own duty, O bird.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 46.36
देवत्वे मानुषत्वे च दानभोगादिकाः क्रियाः । या दृश्यन्ते वैनतेय तत्सर्वं कर्मजं फलम्
devatve mānuṣatve ca dānabhogādikāḥ kriyāḥ / yā dṛśyante vainateya tatsarvaṃ karmajaṃ phalam
In godhood and in human birth, the acts of giving and enjoying and the rest which are seen—all that, O son of Vinatā, is fruit born of karma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 46.37
अकर्मविहिते घोरे कामक्रोधार्जिते ऽशुभे । पतेद्वै नरके भूयो तस्योत्तारो न विद्यते
akarmavihite ghore kāmakrodhārjite 'śubhe / patedvai narake bhūyo tasyottāro na vidyate
Into the terrible, inauspicious (hell) earned by lust and anger, prescribed for those who do not perform (their) rites, he falls again into hell; for him there is no crossing out.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain