Garuda Purana — Uttara Khanda (Pretakalpa) — Chapter 5
GaP 2 5.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- ५ श्रीकृष्ण उवाच । एवं दग्ध्वा नरं प्रेतं स्नात्वा कृत्वा तिलोदकम् । अग्रतः स्त्रीजनो गच्छेद्व्रजेयुः पृष्ठतो नराः
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 5 śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / evaṃ dagdhvā naraṃ pretaṃ snātvā kṛtvā tilodakam / agrataḥ strījano gacchedvrajeyuḥ pṛṣṭhato narāḥ
The Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, (chapter) 5. Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: Having thus burned the dead man, having bathed and offered sesame and water, the women should go in front and the men should walk behind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.2
प्राशयेन्निम्बपत्राणि रुदन्तो नामपूर्वकम् । विधातव्यं चाचमनं पाषाणोपरि संस्थिते
prāśayennimbapatrāṇi rudanto nāmapūrvakam / vidhātavyaṃ cācamanaṃ pāṣāṇopari saṃsthite
Weeping, they should chew neem leaves, uttering (his) name first; and when they have stopped upon a stone, the sipping of water is to be performed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.3
ते प्रविश्य गृहं सर्वे सुताद्याश्च सपिण्डकाः । भवेयुर्दशरात्रं वै यत आशौचकं खग
te praviśya gṛhaṃ sarve sutādyāśca sapiṇḍakāḥ / bhaveyurdaśarātraṃ vai yata āśaucakaṃ khaga
All of them, having entered the house — the sons and the rest, those sharing the piṇḍa — should remain (so) for ten nights, since impurity (lasts that long), O bird.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.4
क्रीतलब्धाशनाः सर्वे स्वपेयुस्ते पृथक्पृथक् । अक्षारलवणान्नाः स्युर्निमज्जेयुश्च ते त्र्यहम्
krītalabdhāśanāḥ sarve svapeyuste pṛthakpṛthak / akṣāralavaṇānnāḥ syurnimajjeyuśca te tryaham
All of them, eating food bought or received (from others), should sleep each one separately; their food should be without alkali and salt, and they should bathe (by immersion) for three days.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.5
अमांसभोजनाश्चाधः शयीरन्ब्रह्मचारिणः । परस्परं न संस्पृष्टा दानाध्ययनवर्जिताः
amāṃsabhojanāścādhaḥ śayīranbrahmacāriṇaḥ / parasparaṃ na saṃspṛṣṭā dānādhyayanavarjitāḥ
Eating no meat, they should lie on the ground, living chastely, not touching one another, refraining from giving gifts and from study.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.6
मलिनाश्चाधोमुखाश्च दीना भोगविवर्जिताः । अङ्गसंवाहनं केशमार्जनं वर्जयन्ति ते
malināścādhomukhāśca dīnā bhogavivarjitāḥ / aṅgasaṃvāhanaṃ keśamārjanaṃ varjayanti te
Dirty, with faces downcast, wretched, deprived of enjoyments, they abstain from massaging the limbs and from grooming the hair.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.7
मृन्मये पत्रजे वापि भुञ्जीरंस्ते च भाजने । उवासन्तु ते कुर्युरेकाहमथ वा त्र्यहम्
mṛnmaye patraje vāpi bhuñjīraṃste ca bhājane / uvāsantu te kuryurekāhamatha vā tryaham
And they should eat from a vessel of clay or of leaves; and they should keep the fast for one day or else for three days.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 5.8
गरुड उवाच । आशौचिन इति प्रोक्तमाशौचस्य च वै प्रभो । लक्षणं किं कियत्कालं भाव्यं वा तद्युतैर्नरैः
garuḍa uvāca / āśaucina iti proktamāśaucasya ca vai prabho / lakṣaṇaṃ kiṃ kiyatkālaṃ bhāvyaṃ vā tadyutairnaraiḥ
Garuḍa said: They are called 'impure' — but, O Lord, what is the mark of impurity, and for how long must men affected by it remain (so)?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.9
शृकृष्ण उवाच । अपनोद्यन्त्विदं कालादिभिराशु निषेधकृत् । पिण्डाध्ययनदानादेः पुङ्गतो ऽतिशयो हि तत्
śṛkṛṣṇa uvāca / apanodyantvidaṃ kālādibhirāśu niṣedhakṛt / piṇḍādhyayanadānādeḥ puṅgato 'tiśayo hi tat
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: This (impurity), which prohibits (rites), is to be removed quickly by time and other (means); for it is an excess in a man (arising) from the piṇḍa offering, study, gift-giving and the like.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 5.10
दशाहं शावमाशौचं सपिण्डेषु विधीयते । जनने ऽप्येवमेव स्यान्निपुणं शुद्धिमिच्छताम्
daśāhaṃ śāvamāśaucaṃ sapiṇḍeṣu vidhīyate / janane 'pyevameva syānnipuṇaṃ śuddhimicchatām
Ten days' death-impurity is prescribed for those who share the piṇḍa; and it should be just the same at a birth, for those who desire thorough purity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.11
जन्मन्येकोदकानान्तुत्रिरात्राच्छुद्धिरिष्यते । शावस्य शेषाच्छुध्यन्ति त्र्यहादुदकदायिनः
janmanyekodakānāntutrirātrācchuddhiriṣyate / śāvasya śeṣācchudhyanti tryahādudakadāyinaḥ
At a birth, for those who share only water (i.e. remoter kin), purification is held to come after three nights; and as for the death-impurity, those who offer water are purified after three days from the rest (of the kin).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 5.12
आदन्तजननत्सद्य आ चौलान्नैशिकी स्मृता । त्रिरात्रमा व्रतादेशाद्दशरात्रमतः परम्
ādantajananatsadya ā caulānnaiśikī smṛtā / trirātramā vratādeśāddaśarātramataḥ param
Until the teeth appear, (purification is) immediate; up to the tonsure, one night is held (to be the rule); three nights until the enjoining of the vow (initiation); after that, ten nights.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.13
आशौचं ते समाख्यातं संक्षेपात्प्रकृतं ब्रुवे । जलं त्रिदिवमाकाशे स्थाप्यं क्षीरञ्च मृन्मये
āśaucaṃ te samākhyātaṃ saṃkṣepātprakṛtaṃ bruve / jalaṃ tridivamākāśe sthāpyaṃ kṣīrañca mṛnmaye
The (rules of) impurity have been declared to you; now I shall speak briefly of the main matter. Water is to be set out in the open air for three days, and milk in an earthen vessel.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.14
अत्र स्नाहि पिबात्रेति मन्त्रेणानेन काश्यप । काष्ठत्रये गुणैर्बद्धे प्रीत्यै रात्रौ चतुष्पथे
atra snāhi pibātreti mantreṇānena kāśyapa / kāṣṭhatraye guṇairbaddhe prītyai rātrau catuṣpathe
With this mantra, 'Bathe here, drink here', O Kāśyapa, upon three sticks bound together with cords, (this is set) for (the dead one's) satisfaction, at night, at a crossroads.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.15
प्रथमे ऽह्नि तृतीये वा सप्तमे नवमे तथा । अस्थिसंचयनं कार्यं दिने तद्गोत्रजैः सह
prathame 'hni tṛtīye vā saptame navame tathā / asthisaṃcayanaṃ kāryaṃ dine tadgotrajaiḥ saha
On the first day, or on the third, on the seventh, and likewise on the ninth day, the gathering of the bones should be done together with those born of his lineage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.16
तदूर्ध्वमङ्गसंस्पर्शः सपिण्डानां विधीयते । योग्याः सर्वक्रियाणां च समानसलिलास्तथा
tadūrdhvamaṅgasaṃsparśaḥ sapiṇḍānāṃ vidhīyate / yogyāḥ sarvakriyāṇāṃ ca samānasalilāstathā
After that, the touching of the (dead) body is prescribed for those who share the piṇḍa (sapiṇḍas); and likewise those who share the water-offering are fit for all the rites.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.17
प्रेतपिण्डं बहिर्दद्याद्दर्भमात्रविवर्जितम् । प्रागुदीच्यां चरुं कृत्वा स्नात्वा प्रयतमानसः
pretapiṇḍaṃ bahirdadyāddarbhamātravivarjitam / prāgudīcyāṃ caruṃ kṛtvā snātvā prayatamānasaḥ
One should offer the piṇḍa for the deceased outside, devoid of anything but darbha grass; having prepared the cooked oblation in the north-east, having bathed, with a purified mind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 5.18
भूमावसंस्कृतानां च संस्कृतानां कुशेषु च । नवभिर्दिवसैः पिण्डान्नव दद्यात्समाहितः
bhūmāvasaṃskṛtānāṃ ca saṃskṛtānāṃ kuśeṣu ca / navabhirdivasaiḥ piṇḍānnava dadyātsamāhitaḥ
For those not cremated, (the piṇḍas are offered) on the ground, and for the cremated, on kuśa grass; over nine days one should, with concentration, offer nine piṇḍas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.19
दशमं पिण्डमुत्सृज्य रात्रिशेषे शुचिर्भवेत् । असगोत्रः सगोत्रो वा यदि स्त्री यति वा पुमान्
daśamaṃ piṇḍamutsṛjya rātriśeṣe śucirbhavet / asagotraḥ sagotro vā yadi strī yati vā pumān
Having released the tenth piṇḍa, one becomes pure in the remaining part of the night — whether of the same lineage or not, whether a woman, an ascetic, or a man.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.20
प्रथमे ऽहनि यो दद्यात्स दशाहं समापयेत् । शालिना सक्तुभिर्वापि शाकैर्वाप्यथ निर्वपेत्
prathame 'hani yo dadyātsa daśāhaṃ samāpayet / śālinā saktubhirvāpi śākairvāpyatha nirvapet
He who makes the offering on the first day should complete it for ten days; he may offer with rice, or with barley-meal, or else with vegetables.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.21
प्रथमे ऽहनि यद्द्रव्यं तदेव स्याद्दशाहिकम् । यावदाशौचमेकैकस्याञ्जलेर्दानमुच्यते
prathame 'hani yaddravyaṃ tadeva syāddaśāhikam / yāvadāśaucamekaikasyāñjalerdānamucyate
Whatever substance (is used) on the first day, that same is to be (used) for the ten days; as long as the impurity lasts, the giving of one handful (of water) each (day) is prescribed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.22
यद्वा यस्मिन्दिने दानं तस्मिंस्तद्दिनसंख्यया । दशाहे ऽञ्जलयः पक्षिन्पञ्चाशदन्तिमे
yadvā yasmindine dānaṃ tasmiṃstaddinasaṃkhyayā / daśāhe 'ñjalayaḥ pakṣinpañcāśadantime
Or else, on whatever day the offering is made, on that day (the handfuls are given) according to the number of that day; in the ten-day (period), O bird, the handfuls are fifty on the last day.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 5.23
द्विवृद्ध्या वा भवेत्पक्षिन्नञ्जलीनां शतं पुनः । यदाहि त्र्यहमाशौचं तदा वाञ्जलयो दश
dvivṛddhyā vā bhavetpakṣinnañjalīnāṃ śataṃ punaḥ / yadāhi tryahamāśaucaṃ tadā vāñjalayo daśa
Or, O bird, by an increase of two (each day) the handfuls may again amount to a hundred; but when the impurity lasts three days, then the handfuls are ten.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 5.24
त्रयो ऽञ्जलय एवं तु प्रथमे ऽहनिवै तदा । चत्वारस्तु द्वितीये ऽह्नि तृतीये स्युस्त्रयस्तथा
trayo 'ñjalaya evaṃ tu prathame 'hanivai tadā / catvārastu dvitīye 'hni tṛtīye syustrayastathā
Thus in that case three handfuls on the first day, four on the second day, and three on the third.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.25
शताञ्जलि यदा पक्षिन्नाद्ये त्रिंशत्तदाहनि । चत्वारिंशद्द्वितीये ऽह्नि त्रिंशदह्नि तृतीयके
śatāñjali yadā pakṣinnādye triṃśattadāhani / catvāriṃśaddvitīye 'hni triṃśadahni tṛtīyake
When there are a hundred handfuls, O bird, then thirty on the first day, forty on the second day, and thirty on the third day.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.26
एवं जलस्याञ्जलयो विभाज्याः पक्षयोर्द्वयोः । सर्वेषु पितृकार्येषु पुत्रो मुक्यो ऽधिकारवान्
evaṃ jalasyāñjalayo vibhājyāḥ pakṣayordvayoḥ / sarveṣu pitṛkāryeṣu putro mukyo 'dhikāravān
Thus the handfuls of water are to be apportioned over the two halves. In all rites for the ancestors the son is chief and has the authority.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.27
पिण्डप्रसेकस्तूष्णीञ्च पुष्पधूपादिकं तथा । दशमे ऽहनि सम्प्राप्ते स्नानं ग्रामाद्वहिश्चरेत्
piṇḍaprasekastūṣṇīñca puṣpadhūpādikaṃ tathā / daśame 'hani samprāpte snānaṃ grāmādvahiścaret
The sprinkling of the piṇḍa is (done) silently, and likewise the flowers, incense and the rest. When the tenth day has arrived, one should perform the bathing outside the village.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.28
तत्र त्याज्यानि वासांसि केशश्मश्रुनखानि च । विप्रः शुध्यत्यपः स्पृष्ट्वा क्षत्त्रियो वाहनं तथा
tatra tyājyāni vāsāṃsi keśaśmaśrunakhāni ca / vipraḥ śudhyatyapaḥ spṛṣṭvā kṣattriyo vāhanaṃ tathā
There the garments are to be abandoned, and the hair, beard and nails (cut off). A brahmin becomes pure by touching water, a kṣatriya likewise (by touching) his mount,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.29
वैश्यः प्रतोदं रश्मीन्वा शूद्रो यष्टिं कृतक्रियः । मृतादल्पवयोभिश्च सपिण्डैः परिवापनम्
vaiśyaḥ pratodaṃ raśmīnvā śūdro yaṣṭiṃ kṛtakriyaḥ / mṛtādalpavayobhiśca sapiṇḍaiḥ parivāpanam
a vaiśya his goad or the reins, a śūdra his staff, once the rites are performed. And those sapiṇḍas who are younger than the deceased have their heads shaved.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.30
कार्यन्तु षोडशी षड्भिः पिण्डैर्दशभिरैव च । प्रथमा मलिना ह्येतैरादशाहं मृतेर्भवेत्
kāryantu ṣoḍaśī ṣaḍbhiḥ piṇḍairdaśabhiraiva ca / prathamā malinā hyetairādaśāhaṃ mṛterbhavet
The sixteen (rites) are to be performed with six piṇḍas and with ten; the first, the 'impure' (series), consists of these, from the death up to the tenth day.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 5.31
दिनानि दश यान्षिण्डान्कुर्वन्त्यत्र सुतादयः । प्रत्यहं ते विभज्यन्ते चतुर्भागैः खगोत्तम
dināni daśa yānṣiṇḍānkurvantyatra sutādayaḥ / pratyahaṃ te vibhajyante caturbhāgaiḥ khagottama
The ten piṇḍas which the sons and the rest make here for ten days — each day these are divided into four portions, O best of birds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.32
भागद्वयेन देहः स्यात्तृतीयेन यमानुगाः । तृप्यन्ति हि चतुर्थेन स्वयमप्युपजीवति
bhāgadvayena dehaḥ syāttṛtīyena yamānugāḥ / tṛpyanti hi caturthena svayamapyupajīvati
With two parts the body comes into being, with the third the attendants of Yama are satisfied, and with the fourth (the deceased) himself subsists.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.33
अहोरात्रैस्तु नवभिर्देहो निष्पत्तिमाप्नुयात् । शिरस्त्वाद्येन पिण्डेन प्रेतस्य क्रियते तथा
ahorātraistu navabhirdeho niṣpattimāpnuyāt / śirastvādyena piṇḍena pretasya kriyate tathā
In nine days and nights the body would attain completion; thus by the first rice-ball the head of the departed one is made.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.34
द्वितीयेन तु कर्णाक्षिनासिकं तु समासतः । गलांसभुजवक्षश्च तृतीयेन तथा क्रमात्
dvitīyena tu karṇākṣināsikaṃ tu samāsataḥ / galāṃsabhujavakṣaśca tṛtīyena tathā kramāt
By the second, in brief, the ears, eyes and nose; and by the third, in due order, the throat, shoulders, arms and chest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.35
चतुर्थेन च पिण्डेन नाभिलिङ्गगुदं तथा । जानुजङ्घं तथा पादौ पञ्चमेन तु सर्वदा
caturthena ca piṇḍena nābhiliṅgagudaṃ tathā / jānujaṅghaṃ tathā pādau pañcamena tu sarvadā
And by the fourth rice-ball the navel, genitals and anus; likewise the knees and shanks, and the feet by the fifth, always.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.36
सर्वमर्माणि षष्ठेन सप्तमेन तु नाडयः । दन्तलोमान्यष्टमेन वीर्यन्तु नवमेन च
sarvamarmāṇi ṣaṣṭhena saptamena tu nāḍayaḥ / dantalomānyaṣṭamena vīryantu navamena ca
All the vital points by the sixth, and by the seventh the vessels; the teeth and body-hair by the eighth, and the generative power by the ninth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.37
दशमेन तु पूर्णत्वं तृप्तता क्षुद्विपर्ययः । मध्यमां षोडशीं वच्मि वैनतेय शृणुष्व मे
daśamena tu pūrṇatvaṃ tṛptatā kṣudviparyayaḥ / madhyamāṃ ṣoḍaśīṃ vacmi vainateya śṛṇuṣva me
But by the tenth (comes) fullness, the state of being satisfied, the turning away of hunger. I shall tell of the middle sixteen: O son of Vinatā, listen to me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.38
विष्णवादिविष्णुपर्यन्तान्येकादश तथा खग । श्राद्धानि पञ्च देवानामित्येषां मध्यषीडशी
viṣṇavādiviṣṇuparyantānyekādaśa tathā khaga / śrāddhāni pañca devānāmityeṣāṃ madhyaṣīḍaśī
The eleven (rites) beginning with Viṣṇu and ending with Viṣṇu, O bird, and the five śrāddhas of the gods — thus these are the middle sixteen.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.39
निमित्तं दुर्मतिं कृत्वा यदि नारायणो बलिः । एकादशाहे कर्तव्यो वृषोत्सर्गो ऽपि तत्र वै
nimittaṃ durmatiṃ kṛtvā yadi nārāyaṇo baliḥ / ekādaśāhe kartavyo vṛṣotsargo 'pi tatra vai
Having made the occasion (and) the ill intent, if the offering is Nārāyaṇa's — on the eleventh day the release of a bull too should indeed be performed there.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 5.40
एकादशाहे प्रेतस्य यस्यात्सृज्येत नो वृषः । प्रेतत्वं सुस्थिरं तस्य दत्तैः श्राद्धशतैरपि
ekādaśāhe pretasya yasyātsṛjyeta no vṛṣaḥ / pretatvaṃ susthiraṃ tasya dattaiḥ śrāddhaśatairapi
He for whom, on the eleventh day, a bull is not released for the departed — his state of being a preta stands firm, even though hundreds of śrāddhas be given.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.41
अकृत्वा यद्वृषोत्सर्गं कृतं वै पिण्डपातनम् । निष्फलं सकलं विद्यात्प्रमीताय न तद्भवेत्
akṛtvā yadvṛṣotsargaṃ kṛtaṃ vai piṇḍapātanam / niṣphalaṃ sakalaṃ vidyātpramītāya na tadbhavet
The offering of rice-balls that is performed without having done the release of a bull — one should know it all to be fruitless; it would not reach the deceased.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.42
वृषोत्सर्गादृते नान्यत्किञ्चिदस्ति महीतले । पुत्रः पत्न्यथ दौहित्रः पिता वा दुहिताथ वा
vṛṣotsargādṛte nānyatkiñcidasti mahītale / putraḥ patnyatha dauhitraḥ pitā vā duhitātha vā
Apart from the release of a bull there is nothing else at all on the face of the earth. A son, or a wife, or a daughter's son, or a father, or a daughter —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.43
मृतादनन्तरं तस्य ध्रुवं कार्यो वृषोत्सवः । चतुर्वत्सतरीयुक्तो यस्योत्सृज्येत वा वृषः
mṛtādanantaraṃ tasya dhruvaṃ kāryo vṛṣotsavaḥ / caturvatsatarīyukto yasyotsṛjyeta vā vṛṣaḥ
immediately after the death, the bull-festival must without fail be performed for him. Or he for whom a bull, together with four heifers, is released —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.44
अलङ्कृतो विधानेन प्रेतत्वं तस्य नो भवेत् । एकादशे ऽह्नि सम्प्राप्ते वृषालाभो भवेद्यदि
alaṅkṛto vidhānena pretatvaṃ tasya no bhavet / ekādaśe 'hni samprāpte vṛṣālābho bhavedyadi
adorned according to the prescription — for him there would be no state of being a preta. If, when the eleventh day has arrived, there should be a failure to obtain a bull,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.45
दर्भैः पिष्टैस्तु सम्पाद्य तं वृषं मोचयेद्वुधः । वृषोत्सर्जनवेलायां वृषाभाव (लाभ) कथञ्चन
darbhaiḥ piṣṭaistu sampādya taṃ vṛṣaṃ mocayedvudhaḥ / vṛṣotsarjanavelāyāṃ vṛṣābhāva (lābha) kathañcana
then, having fashioned that bull with darbha grass and flour, the wise man should release it. At the time of the bull-release, if a bull is somehow not to be had,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 5.46
मृत्तिकाभिस्तु दर्भैर्वा वृषं कृत्वा विमोचयेत् । यदिष्टं जीवतस्तस्य दद्यादेकादशे ऽहनि
mṛttikābhistu darbhairvā vṛṣaṃ kṛtvā vimocayet / yadiṣṭaṃ jīvatastasya dadyādekādaśe 'hani
then, having made a bull out of clay or of darbha grass, he should release it. Whatever was dear to him while he lived, one should give on the eleventh day.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.47
मृतमुद्दिश्य दातव्यं शय्याधेन्वादिकं तथा । विप्रान्बहून् भोजयीत प्रेतस्य क्षुद्विशान्तये
mṛtamuddiśya dātavyaṃ śayyādhenvādikaṃ tathā / viprānbahūn bhojayīta pretasya kṣudviśāntaye
A bed, a milk-cow and the like should be given, designating the dead man; and one should feed many brahmins, for the quelling of the departed one's hunger.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.48
तृतीयां षोडशीं वच्मि वैनतेय शृणुष्व ताम् । द्वादश प्रतिमास्यानि आद्यं षाण्मासिकं तथा
tṛtīyāṃ ṣoḍaśīṃ vacmi vainateya śṛṇuṣva tām / dvādaśa pratimāsyāni ādyaṃ ṣāṇmāsikaṃ tathā
I shall tell of the third sixteen, O son of Vinatā; listen to it. The twelve monthly (rites), and likewise the first half-yearly one,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.49
सपिण्डीकरणं चैव तृतीया षोडशी मता । द्वादशाहे त्रिपक्षे च षण्मासे मासिके ऽब्दिके
sapiṇḍīkaraṇaṃ caiva tṛtīyā ṣoḍaśī matā / dvādaśāhe tripakṣe ca ṣaṇmāse māsike 'bdike
and also the sapiṇḍīkaraṇa: this is held to be the third sixteen. On the twelfth day, at three fortnights, at six months, at the monthly (rite), at the annual one —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.50
तृतीयां षोडशीमेनां वदन्ति मतभेदतः । यस्यैता नि न दत्तानि प्रेतश्राद्धानि षोडश
tṛtīyāṃ ṣoḍaśīmenāṃ vadanti matabhedataḥ / yasyaitā ni na dattāni pretaśrāddhāni ṣoḍaśa
this they call the third sixteen, according to difference of opinion. He by whom these sixteen preta-śrāddhas have not been given —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.51
पिशाचत्वं स्थिरं तस्य दत्तैः श्राद्धशतैरपि । एकादशे द्वादशे वा दिने आद्यं प्रकीर्तितम्
piśācatvaṃ sthiraṃ tasya dattaiḥ śrāddhaśatairapi / ekādaśe dvādaśe vā dine ādyaṃ prakīrtitam
his state of being a piśāca stands firm, even though hundreds of śrāddhas be given. On the eleventh or on the twelfth day the first (rite) is declared (to be due).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.52
मासादौ प्रतिमासञ्च शुद्धं मृततिथौ खग । एकेनाह्ना त्रिभिर्वापि हीनेषु विनतासुत
māsādau pratimāsañca śuddhaṃ mṛtatithau khaga / ekenāhnā tribhirvāpi hīneṣu vinatāsuta
At the beginning of the month and every month, and (also) purification on the lunar day of death, O bird; or when (the days) are deficient by one day or by three, O son of Vinatā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 5.53
मासषण्मासवर्षेषु त्रिपक्षेषु भवन्ति हि । श्राद्धान्यथस्यात्सापिण्ड्यं पूर्णे वर्षे तदर्धके
māsaṣaṇmāsavarṣeṣu tripakṣeṣu bhavanti hi / śrāddhānyathasyātsāpiṇḍyaṃ pūrṇe varṣe tadardhake
For at a month, at six months, at a year, and at three fortnights the śrāddhas take place; then the sapiṇḍīkaraṇa should be done at the completion of the year, or at half of that.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 5.54
त्रिपक्षे ऽभ्युदये वापि द्वादशाहे ऽथ वा नृणाम् । आनन्त्यात्कुलधर्माणां पुंसाञ्चैवायुषः क्षयात्
tripakṣe 'bhyudaye vāpi dvādaśāhe 'tha vā nṛṇām / ānantyātkuladharmāṇāṃ puṃsāñcaivāyuṣaḥ kṣayāt
Or at three fortnights, or on an auspicious occasion, or on the twelfth day for men — because the family observances are unending and because men's lifespan is (subject to) decay,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 5.55
अस्थिरत्वाच्छरीरस्य द्वादशाहे प्रशस्यते । सपिण्डीकरणेष्वेवं विधिं पक्षीन्द्र मे शृणु
asthiratvāccharīrasya dvādaśāhe praśasyate / sapiṇḍīkaraṇeṣvevaṃ vidhiṃ pakṣīndra me śṛṇu
and because the body is impermanent, (the sapiṇḍīkaraṇa) on the twelfth day is commended. Hear from me, O lord of birds, the procedure in the sapiṇḍīkaraṇa rites in this way.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.56
एकोद्दिष्टविधानेन कार्यं तदपि काश्यप । तिलगन्धोदकैर्युक्तं कुर्यात्पात्रचतुष्टयम्
ekoddiṣṭavidhānena kāryaṃ tadapi kāśyapa / tilagandhodakairyuktaṃ kuryātpātracatuṣṭayam
That too is to be performed according to the rule of the ekoddiṣṭa rite, O Kāśyapa; one should make four vessels furnished with sesame, fragrance and water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.57
पात्रं प्रेतस्य तत्रैकं पित्र्यं पात्रत्रयं तथा । सेचयेत्पितृपात्रेषु प्रेतपात्रं खग त्रिषु
pātraṃ pretasya tatraikaṃ pitryaṃ pātratrayaṃ tathā / secayetpitṛpātreṣu pretapātraṃ khaga triṣu
There one vessel is the deceased's and three vessels belong to the fathers; one should pour the deceased's vessel into the three vessels of the fathers, O bird.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.58
चतुरो निर्वपेत्पिण्डान्पूर्वन्तेषु समापयेत् । ततः प्रभृति वै प्रेतः पितृसामान्यमश्नुते
caturo nirvapetpiṇḍānpūrvanteṣu samāpayet / tataḥ prabhṛti vai pretaḥ pitṛsāmānyamaśnute
One should offer four piṇḍas, and merge (the deceased's) into the (three) preceding ones. From then on the deceased attains equal status with the fathers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.59
ततः पितृत्वमापन्ने तस्मिन्प्रेते खगेश्वर । श्राद्धधर्मैरशेषैस्तु तत्पूर्वानर्चयेत्पितॄन्
tataḥ pitṛtvamāpanne tasminprete khageśvara / śrāddhadharmairaśeṣaistu tatpūrvānarcayetpitṝn
Then, when that deceased one has attained the status of a father, O lord of birds, one should worship him along with the earlier fathers with all the śrāddha observances.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.60
एकचित्यारोहणे च एकाह्नि मरणे तथा । सापिण्ड्यन्तु स्त्रिया नास्ति मृते भर्तुः स्त्रियो भवेत्
ekacityārohaṇe ca ekāhni maraṇe tathā / sāpiṇḍyantu striyā nāsti mṛte bhartuḥ striyo bhavet
And in the case of mounting one funeral pyre, and likewise of dying on one and the same day — a woman has no separate sapiṇḍīkaraṇa; when the husband has died, the woman's (rite) would be (joined with his).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 5.61
पाकैक्यमथ कालैक्यं कर्त्रैक्यञ्च भवेत्खग । श्राद्धादौ सह दाहे च पतिपत्न्योर्न संशयः
pākaikyamatha kālaikyaṃ kartraikyañca bhavetkhaga / śrāddhādau saha dāhe ca patipatnyorna saṃśayaḥ
Then there would be one cooking, one time, and one performer, O bird; in the śrāddha and the rest, and in joint cremation of husband and wife — there is no doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.64
भर्तुर्मृततिथेरन्यतिथौ चितिमथारुहेत् । तांमृताहनि तु सम्प्राप्ते पृथक् पिण्डेन योजयेत् ॥ गर्प्_२,५।६२ ॥ प्रत्यब्दञ्च युगपत्तु समापयेत् ॥ गर्प्_२,५।६३ ॥ यस्य संवत्सरादर्वाक् सपिण्डीकरणं भवेत् । मासिकञ्चोदकुम्भञ्च देयं तस्यापि वत्सरम्
bharturmṛtatitheranyatithau citimathāruhet / tāṃmṛtāhani tu samprāpte pṛthak piṇḍena yojayet // garp_2,5.62 // pratyabdañca yugapattu samāpayet // garp_2,5.63 // yasya saṃvatsarādarvāk sapiṇḍīkaraṇaṃ bhavet / māsikañcodakumbhañca deyaṃ tasyāpi vatsaram
If she should mount the pyre on a day other than the day of the husband's death, then, when that day of her death arrives, one should join (her) with a separate piṇḍa. And each year one should complete (the rites for both) simultaneously. He for whom the sapiṇḍīkaraṇa takes place before a full year — for him too the monthly rites and the water-pot should be given for a year.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.65
नवश्राद्धं सपिण्डत्वं श्राद्धान्यपि च षोडश । एकेनैव तु कार्याणि संविभक्तधनेष्वपि
navaśrāddhaṃ sapiṇḍatvaṃ śrāddhānyapi ca ṣoḍaśa / ekenaiva tu kāryāṇi saṃvibhaktadhaneṣvapi
The nine śrāddhas, the sapiṇḍatva rite, and also the sixteen śrāddhas are to be performed by one person alone, even when the property has been divided.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.66
पितामहीभिः सापिण्ड्यं तथा मातामहैः सह । उक्तं भर्त्रापि सापिण्ड्यं स्त्रिया वेषयभेदतः
pitāmahībhiḥ sāpiṇḍyaṃ tathā mātāmahaiḥ saha / uktaṃ bhartrāpi sāpiṇḍyaṃ striyā veṣayabhedataḥ
Sāpiṇḍya (of a woman) with the paternal grandmothers, and likewise with the maternal grandfathers, has been stated; and also a woman's sāpiṇḍya with her husband, according to difference of subject matter.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 5.67
नवश्राद्धस्य ते कालं वक्ष्यामि शृणु काश्यप । मरणाह्नि मृतिस्थाने श्राद्धं पक्षिन्प्रकल्पयेत्
navaśrāddhasya te kālaṃ vakṣyāmi śṛṇu kāśyapa / maraṇāhni mṛtisthāne śrāddhaṃ pakṣinprakalpayet
I shall tell you the time of the nava-śrāddha; listen, O Kāśyapa. On the day of death, at the place of death, one should arrange a śrāddha, O bird.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.68
द्वितीयञ्च ततो मार्गे विश्रामो यत्र कारितः । ततः सञ्चयनस्थाने तृतीयं श्राद्धमुच्यते
dvitīyañca tato mārge viśrāmo yatra kāritaḥ / tataḥ sañcayanasthāne tṛtīyaṃ śrāddhamucyate
And the second then on the road, at the place where the resting-halt was made; then at the place of gathering the bones the third śrāddha is declared.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.69
पञ्चमे सप्तमे तद्वदष्टमे नवमे तथा । दशमैकादशे चैव नव श्राद्धानि वै खग
pañcame saptame tadvadaṣṭame navame tathā / daśamaikādaśe caiva nava śrāddhāni vai khaga
On the fifth, likewise on the seventh, on the eighth and on the ninth, and on the tenth and eleventh — these indeed are the nine śrāddhas, O bird.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.70
श्राद्धानि नव चैतानि तृतीया षोडशी स्मृता । एकोद्दिष्टविधानेन कार्याणि मनुजैस्तथा
śrāddhāni nava caitāni tṛtīyā ṣoḍaśī smṛtā / ekoddiṣṭavidhānena kāryāṇi manujaistathā
These are the nine śrāddhas; the third is reckoned as the sixteenth. They are to be performed by men according to the rule of the ekoddiṣṭa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 5.71
प्रथमे ऽह्नि तृतीये वा पञ्चमे सप्तमे तथा । नवमैकादशे चैव नवश्राद्धं प्रकीर्तितम्
prathame 'hni tṛtīye vā pañcame saptame tathā / navamaikādaśe caiva navaśrāddhaṃ prakīrtitam
On the first day, or on the third, on the fifth, likewise on the seventh, and on the ninth and eleventh — thus the nava-śrāddha is proclaimed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.72
उच्यन्ते षडिमानीह नव स्युरपि यागेतः । उक्तानि ते मया तानि ऋषीणां मतभेदतः
ucyante ṣaḍimānīha nava syurapi yāgetaḥ / uktāni te mayā tāni ṛṣīṇāṃ matabhedataḥ
These six are spoken of here; but they may also be nine by this reckoning. I have told you those according to the difference of opinion among the sages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 5.73
रूढिपक्षो ममाभीष्टो योगः कैश्चिदिहेष्यते । आद्ये द्वितीये दातव्यस्तथैवैकं पवित्रकम्
rūḍhipakṣo mamābhīṣṭo yogaḥ kaiścidiheṣyate / ādye dvitīye dātavyastathaivaikaṃ pavitrakam
The view based on established usage is what I favour; some here accept the combined view. On the first and second, one pavitraka likewise is to be given.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 5.74
प्रेताय पिण्डो दातव्यो भुक्तवत्सु द्विजातिषु । प्रश्रस्तत्राभिरण्येति यजमानद्विजन्मना
pretāya piṇḍo dātavyo bhuktavatsu dvijātiṣu / praśrastatrābhiraṇyeti yajamānadvijanmanā
A rice-ball is to be given to the departed after the twice-born have eaten; there (the formula) "..." is to be pronounced by the sacrificer together with the brahmin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 5.75
अक्षय्यममुकस्येति वक्तव्यं विरतौ तथा । एकोद्दिष्टं मे निबोध चेत्थमावत्सरं स्मृतम्
akṣayyamamukasyeti vaktavyaṃ viratau tathā / ekoddiṣṭaṃ me nibodha cetthamāvatsaraṃ smṛtam
And at the conclusion (of the meal) one should say, "May it be inexhaustible for so-and-so." Learn from me the ekoddiṣṭa rite, for thus it is prescribed for a full year.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.76
सपिण्डीकरणादूर्ध्वं यानि श्राद्धानि षोडश । एकोद्दिष्टविधानेन चरेद्वा पार्वणादृते
sapiṇḍīkaraṇādūrdhvaṃ yāni śrāddhāni ṣoḍaśa / ekoddiṣṭavidhānena caredvā pārvaṇādṛte
Those sixteen śrāddhas that come after the sapiṇḍīkaraṇa one may perform by the rule of the ekoddiṣṭa, excepting the pārvaṇa rite.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.77
प्रत्यब्दं यो यथा कुर्यात्तथा कुर्यात्स तान्यपि । एकादशे द्वादशे ऽह्नि प्रेतो भुङ्क्ते दिनद्वयम्
pratyabdaṃ yo yathā kuryāttathā kuryātsa tānyapi / ekādaśe dvādaśe 'hni preto bhuṅkte dinadvayam
As one performs (the rite) year by year, so should he perform those as well; on the eleventh and on the twelfth day the departed eats for the two days.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 5.78
योषितः पुरुषस्यापि पिण्डं प्रेतेति निर्वपेत् । सापिण्ड्ये तु कृते तस्य प्रेतशब्दो निवर्तते
yoṣitaḥ puruṣasyāpi piṇḍaṃ preteti nirvapet / sāpiṇḍye tu kṛte tasya pretaśabdo nivartate
For a woman and for a man alike one should offer the ball with the word "preta"; but once the sapiṇḍa rite has been performed for him, the word "preta" is dropped.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.79
दीपदानं प्रकर्तव्यमावर्षन्तु गृहाद्बहिः । अन्नं दीपो जलं वस्त्रमन्यद्वादीयते च यत्
dīpadānaṃ prakartavyamāvarṣantu gṛhādbahiḥ / annaṃ dīpo jalaṃ vastramanyadvādīyate ca yat
The gift of a lamp is to be made outside the house for a full year; and food, a lamp, water, a garment, or whatever else is given,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.80
तृप्तिदं प्रेतशब्देन सपिण्डीकरणावधि । अब्दकृत्यं मयोक्तन्ते समासाद्विनतासुत
tṛptidaṃ pretaśabdena sapiṇḍīkaraṇāvadhi / abdakṛtyaṃ mayoktante samāsādvinatāsuta
gives satisfaction (when offered) with the word "preta," up to the sapiṇḍīkaraṇa. Thus the year's observances have been told by you—by me—in brief, O son of Vinatā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.81
वैवस्वतगृहे यानं यथा तत्तु निबोधमेः । त्रयोदशे ऽह्नि श्रवणाकर्मणोनन्तरन्तु सः
vaivasvatagṛhe yānaṃ yathā tattu nibodhameḥ / trayodaśe 'hni śravaṇākarmaṇonantarantu saḥ
Learn from me how that journey to the house of the son of the Sun (takes place): on the thirteenth day, immediately after the śravaṇā rite, he—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 5.82
त्वग्गृहीताहिवत्तार्क्ष्य गृहीतो यमकिङ्करैः । तस्मिन्मार्गे व्रजत्येको गृहीत इव मर्कटः
tvaggṛhītāhivattārkṣya gṛhīto yamakiṅkaraiḥ / tasminmārge vrajatyeko gṛhīta iva markaṭaḥ
like a snake seized by the skin, O Tārkṣya, he is seized by Yama's servants; he goes alone on that road, like a captured monkey.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.83
वाय्वग्रसारिवद्रूपं देहमन्यत्प्रपद्यते । तत्पिण्डजं पातनार्थमन्यत्तु पितृसम्भवम्
vāyvagrasārivadrūpaṃ dehamanyatprapadyate / tatpiṇḍajaṃ pātanārthamanyattu pitṛsambhavam
He takes on another body, whose form travels like the front edge of the wind; that (body) born of the rice-ball is for the sake of falling(?), while the other arises from the ancestral rite.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 5.84
तत्प्रमाणवयो ऽवस्थासंस्थानां प्रग्भवो यथा । षडशीति सहस्राणि योजनानां प्रमाणतः
tatpramāṇavayo 'vasthāsaṃsthānāṃ pragbhavo yathā / ṣaḍaśīti sahasrāṇi yojanānāṃ pramāṇataḥ
Its measure, age, condition and shape are as they were before. Eighty-six thousand yojanas in measure
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 5.85
अध्वान्तरालिको ज्ञेयो यममानुषलोकयोः । साधिकार्धक्रोशयुतं योजनानां शतद्वयम्
adhvāntarāliko jñeyo yamamānuṣalokayoḥ / sādhikārdhakrośayutaṃ yojanānāṃ śatadvayam
is to be known as the road lying between the world of Yama and the world of men; two hundred yojanas together with a half-krośa and more (he traverses)—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 5.86
चत्वारिं शत्तथा सप्त प्रत्यहं याति तत्र सः । अष्टाचत्वारिंशता च त्रैंशता दिवसैरिति
catvāriṃ śattathā sapta pratyahaṃ yāti tatra saḥ / aṣṭācatvāriṃśatā ca traiṃśatā divasairiti
forty-seven he travels there each day; and in three hundred and forty-eight days
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 5.87
वैवस्वतपुरं याति कृष्यमाणो यमानुगैः । एवं क्रमेण यातब्ये मार्गे पापरतैस्तु यत्
vaivasvatapuraṃ yāti kṛṣyamāṇo yamānugaiḥ / evaṃ krameṇa yātabye mārge pāparataistu yat
he reaches the city of the son of the Sun, dragged along by Yama's attendants. Thus, in order, whatever happens on that road that must be traveled by those devoted to sin—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.88
जायते सप्रपञ्चं तच्छृणु त्वमरुणानुज । त्रयोदशदिने दत्तः पाशैर्बद्ध्वातिदारुणैः
jāyate saprapañcaṃ tacchṛṇu tvamaruṇānuja / trayodaśadine dattaḥ pāśairbaddhvātidāruṇaiḥ
that, with all its details, hear thou, younger brother of Aruṇa. On the thirteenth day he is handed over, bound with exceedingly cruel nooses.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.89
यमस्याङ्कुशहस्तो वै भृकुटीकुटिलाननः । दण्डप्रहारसम्भ्रान्तः कृष्यते दक्षिणां दिशम्
yamasyāṅkuśahasto vai bhṛkuṭīkuṭilānanaḥ / daṇḍaprahārasambhrāntaḥ kṛṣyate dakṣiṇāṃ diśam
With Yama's (servant), goad in hand, his face crooked with a frown, and bewildered by the blows of the rod, he is dragged toward the southern direction,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.90
कुशकण्टकवल्मीकशङ्कुपाषाणकर्कशे । तथा प्रदीप्तज्वलने क्वचिच्छ्वभ्रशतोत्कटे
kuśakaṇṭakavalmīkaśaṅkupāṣāṇakarkaśe / tathā pradīptajvalane kvacicchvabhraśatotkaṭe
upon (a road) rough with kuśa-thorns, anthills, stakes and stones, and blazing with fire, in places bristling with hundreds of pits,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.91
प्रदीप्तादित्यतप्ते च दह्यमानः सदंशके । कृष्यते यमदूतैश्च शिवावन्नादभीषणैः
pradīptādityatapte ca dahyamānaḥ sadaṃśake / kṛṣyate yamadūtaiśca śivāvannādabhīṣaṇaiḥ
scorched by the blazing sun, burning, infested with biting creatures; and he is dragged by Yama's messengers, frightful with howls like jackals'.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.92
प्रयातिः दारुणे मार्गे पापकर्मा यमालये । कलेवरे दह्यमाने महान्तं क्षयमृच्छति
prayātiḥ dāruṇe mārge pāpakarmā yamālaye / kalevare dahyamāne mahāntaṃ kṣayamṛcchati
The evil-doer travels on that terrible road to Yama's abode; while his body is being burned, he undergoes great wasting.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.93
भक्ष्यमाणे तथैवाङ्गे भिद्यमाने च दारुणम् । छिद्यमाने चिरतरं जन्तुर्दुः खमवाप्नुते
bhakṣyamāṇe tathaivāṅge bhidyamāne ca dāruṇam / chidyamāne cirataraṃ janturduḥ khamavāpnute
Likewise when the body is being devoured and when it is being split, (he suffers) terribly; when it is being cut up, the creature undergoes pain for a very long time,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.94
स्वेन कर्मवि पाकेन देहान्तरगतो ऽपि सन् । पुराणि षोडशामुष्मन्मार्गे तानि च मे शृणु
svena karmavi pākena dehāntaragato 'pi san / purāṇi ṣoḍaśāmuṣmanmārge tāni ca me śṛṇu
Though he has gone into another body by the ripening of his own deeds, there are sixteen cities on that road (to Yama); hear of them from me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.95
याम्यं सौरिपुरं नगेद्वभवनं गन्धर्वशैलागमौ क्रौञ्चं क्रूरपुरं विचित्रभवनं बह्वापदं दुः खदम् । नानाक्रन्दपुरं सुतप्तभवनं रौद्रं पयोवर्षणं शीताढ्यं बहुभीतिषोडशपुराण्येतान्यदृष्टनि ते
yāmyaṃ sauripuraṃ nagedvabhavanaṃ gandharvaśailāgamau krauñcaṃ krūrapuraṃ vicitrabhavanaṃ bahvāpadaṃ duḥ khadam / nānākrandapuraṃ sutaptabhavanaṃ raudraṃ payovarṣaṇaṃ śītāḍhyaṃ bahubhītiṣoḍaśapurāṇyetānyadṛṣṭani te
Yāmya, Sauripura, the abode of Nagendra, Gandharva, Śailāgama, Krauñca, Krūrapura, Vicitrabhavana, Bahvāpada, Duḥkhada, Nānākrandapura, Sutaptabhavana, Raudra, Payovarṣaṇa, Śītāḍhya, Bahubhīti — these sixteen cities are unseen by you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.96
तत्र याम्य पुरं गच्छन्पुत्रपुत्रेति च ब्रुवन् । हाहेति क्रन्दते नित्यं स्वकृतं दुष्कृतं स्मरन्
tatra yāmya puraṃ gacchanputraputreti ca bruvan / hāheti krandate nityaṃ svakṛtaṃ duṣkṛtaṃ smaran
Going there to the city of Yāmya, saying "my son, my son!", he cries out "Alas, alas!" continually, remembering the evil he himself has done.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.97
अष्टादशोदिने तार्क्ष्य तत्पुर प्राप्नुयादसौ । पुष्पभद्रा नदी यत्र न्यग्रोधः प्रियदर्शनः
aṣṭādaśodine tārkṣya tatpura prāpnuyādasau / puṣpabhadrā nadī yatra nyagrodhaḥ priyadarśanaḥ
On the eighteenth day, Tārkṣya, he reaches that city, where there is the river Puṣpabhadrā and a banyan tree pleasant to look upon.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.98
विश्रामेच्छां करोत्यत्र कारयन्ति न ते भटाः । क्षितौ दत्तं सुतैस्तस्य स्नेहाद्वा कृपया तथा
viśrāmecchāṃ karotyatra kārayanti na te bhaṭāḥ / kṣitau dattaṃ sutaistasya snehādvā kṛpayā tathā
There he wishes to rest, but those servants (of Yama) do not let him; (he eats) what was given on the ground by his sons out of affection or out of pity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.99
मासिकं पिण्डमश्नाति ततः सौरिपुरं व्रजेत् । व्रजन्नेवं प्रलपते मुद्गराहतिपीडितः
māsikaṃ piṇḍamaśnāti tataḥ sauripuraṃ vrajet / vrajannevaṃ pralapate mudgarāhatipīḍitaḥ
He eats the monthly rice-ball; then he goes to Sauripura. Even as he goes, tormented by the blows of clubs, he laments thus:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.100
जलाशयो नैव कृतो मया तदा मनुष्यतृप्त्यै पशुपक्षितृप्तय । गोतृप्तिहेतोर्न च गोचरः कृतः शरीर हे निस्तर यत्त्वया कृतम्
jalāśayo naiva kṛto mayā tadā manuṣyatṛptyai paśupakṣitṛptaya / gotṛptihetorna ca gocaraḥ kṛtaḥ śarīra he nistara yattvayā kṛtam
"No reservoir was ever made by me then for the satisfying of men, nor for the satisfying of beasts and birds; nor was pasture made for the satisfying of cattle. O body, get across (the consequence of) what you have done!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.101
तत्र नाम्ना तु राजासौ जङ्गमः कामरूपधृक् । भयात् तद्दर्शनाज्जाताद्भुङ्क्ते पिण्डं स शङ्कितः
tatra nāmnā tu rājāsau jaṅgamaḥ kāmarūpadhṛk / bhayāt taddarśanājjātādbhuṅkte piṇḍaṃ sa śaṅkitaḥ
There the king is Jaṅgama by name, who takes on any form at will; out of the fear arisen from seeing him, he eats the rice-ball apprehensively.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.102
त्रिपक्षे जलसंयुक्तं क्षितौ दत्तं ततो व्रजेत् । व्रजन्नेवं प्रलपते खड्गाघातप्रपीडितः
tripakṣe jalasaṃyuktaṃ kṣitau dattaṃ tato vrajet / vrajannevaṃ pralapate khaḍgāghātaprapīḍitaḥ
At the three-fortnight (rite) he (eats) what was given on the ground together with water; then he goes on. Even as he goes, afflicted by strokes of the sword, he laments thus:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.103
न नित्यदानं न गवाह्निकं कृतं पुस्तं च दत्तं न हि वेदशास्त्रयोः । पुराणदृष्टो न हि सेवितो ऽध्वा शरीर हे निस्तर यत्त्वया कृतम्
na nityadānaṃ na gavāhnikaṃ kṛtaṃ pustaṃ ca dattaṃ na hi vedaśāstrayoḥ / purāṇadṛṣṭo na hi sevito 'dhvā śarīra he nistara yattvayā kṛtam
"No regular giving, no daily gift to cows was made, nor indeed was a book of the Veda or the treatises given; nor was a road seen in the Purāṇas ever travelled by me. O body, get across what you have done!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 5.104
नगेन्द्रनगरं गत्वा भुक्त्वा चान्नं तथाविधम् । मासि द्वितीये यद्दत्तं बान्धवैस्तु ततो व्रजेत्
nagendranagaraṃ gatvā bhuktvā cānnaṃ tathāvidham / māsi dvitīye yaddattaṃ bāndhavaistu tato vrajet
Having gone to Nagendra's city and eaten food of that same kind — what was given by his kinsmen in the second month — he then goes on.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.105
व्रजन्नेवं प्रलपते कृपाणत्सरुताडितः । पराधानमभूत्सर्वंमम मूर्खशिरोमणेः
vrajannevaṃ pralapate kṛpāṇatsarutāḍitaḥ / parādhānamabhūtsarvaṃmama mūrkhaśiromaṇeḥ
Even as he goes, struck with the hilt of a sword, he laments thus: "All of mine, the crest-jewel of fools, was dependence on others."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 5.106
महता पुण्ययोगेन मानुष्यं लब्धवानहम् । तृतीये मासि सम्प्राप्ते गन्धर्वनगरे शुभम्
mahatā puṇyayogena mānuṣyaṃ labdhavānaham / tṛtīye māsi samprāpte gandharvanagare śubham
"By a great conjunction of merit I obtained human birth" — (thus he laments); and when the third month has come, (he reaches) the fair city of the Gandharvas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.107
तृतीयमासिकं पिण्डं तत्र भुक्त्वा ब्रजत्यसौ । व्रजन्नेवं विलपते तदग्रेणाहतः पथि
tṛtīyamāsikaṃ piṇḍaṃ tatra bhuktvā brajatyasau / vrajannevaṃ vilapate tadagreṇāhataḥ pathi
Having eaten the third-month rice-ball there, he goes on. Even as he goes, struck on the road by the point of that (weapon), he laments thus:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.108
मया न दत्तं न हुतं हुताशने तपो न तप्तं हिमशैलगह्वरे । न सेवितं गाङ्गमहो महाजलं शरीर हे निस्तर यत्त्वया कृतम्
mayā na dattaṃ na hutaṃ hutāśane tapo na taptaṃ himaśailagahvare / na sevitaṃ gāṅgamaho mahājalaṃ śarīra he nistara yattvayā kṛtam
"By me nothing was given, nothing offered in the sacrificial fire, no austerity practised in a cave of the snowy mountain; the great water of the Ganges, alas, was not resorted to. O body, get across what you have done!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.109
तुर्ये शैलागमं मासि प्राप्नुयात्तत्र वर्षणम् । तस्योपरि भवेत्पक्षिन्पाषाणानां निरन्तरम्
turye śailāgamaṃ māsi prāpnuyāttatra varṣaṇam / tasyopari bhavetpakṣinpāṣāṇānāṃ nirantaram
In the fourth month he reaches Śailāgama; there there is a downpour: over him, O bird, there is an unceasing (rain) of stones.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.110
चतुर्थमासिकं श्राद्धं भुक्त्वा तत्र प्रसर्पति । स पतन्नेव विलपन्पाषाणाद्यतिपीडितः
caturthamāsikaṃ śrāddhaṃ bhuktvā tatra prasarpati / sa patanneva vilapanpāṣāṇādyatipīḍitaḥ
Having eaten the fourth-month śrāddha (offering), he creeps along there; falling down again and again, sorely afflicted by stones and the rest, he laments:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.111
न ज्ञानमार्गो न च योगमार्गो न कर्ममार्गो न च भक्तिमार्गः । न साधुसङ्गात्किमपि श्रुतं मया शरीर हे निस्तर यत्त्वया कृतम्
na jñānamārgo na ca yogamārgo na karmamārgo na ca bhaktimārgaḥ / na sādhusaṅgātkimapi śrutaṃ mayā śarīra he nistara yattvayā kṛtam
"Not the path of knowledge, nor the path of yoga, nor the path of ritual action, nor the path of devotion; nor did I hear anything at all from the company of the good. O body, get across what you have done!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.112
ततः क्रूरपुर मासि पञ्चमे याति काश्यप । भुवि दत्तं पिण्डजलं भुक्त्वा क्रूरपुरं व्रजेत्
tataḥ krūrapura māsi pañcame yāti kāśyapa / bhuvi dattaṃ piṇḍajalaṃ bhuktvā krūrapuraṃ vrajet
Then in the fifth month he goes to Krūrapura, O Kāśyapa; having eaten the rice-ball and water given on the ground, he proceeds to Krūrapura.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.113
व्रजन्नेवं विलपते पट्टिशैः पातितः पथि । हा मातर्हापितर्भ्रातः सुता हा हा मम स्त्रियः
vrajannevaṃ vilapate paṭṭiśaiḥ pātitaḥ pathi / hā mātarhāpitarbhrātaḥ sutā hā hā mama striyaḥ
Even as he goes, felled on the road by spears, he laments thus: "Alas, mother! Alas, father! Brother! Sons! Alas, alas, my wives!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.114
युष्माभिर्नोपदिष्टो ऽहमवस्थां प्राप्त ईदृशीम् । एवं लालप्यमानं ते यमदूता वदन्तिहि
yuṣmābhirnopadiṣṭo 'hamavasthāṃ prāpta īdṛśīm / evaṃ lālapyamānaṃ te yamadūtā vadantihi
"By you (all) I was never instructed, and (so) I have come to such a state!" As he wails thus, Yama's messengers say to him:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.115
क्व माता क्व पिता मूढ क्व जाया क्व सुतः सुहृत् । स्वकर्मोपार्जिते भुङ्क्ष्वं मूर्ख याताश्चिरं पथि
kva mātā kva pitā mūḍha kva jāyā kva sutaḥ suhṛt / svakarmopārjite bhuṅkṣvaṃ mūrkha yātāściraṃ pathi
"Where is a mother, where a father, fool? Where a wife, where a son or friend? Consume, dullard, what you yourself earned by your own deeds — (those others) have gone far off on the road."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 5.116
जानासि शम्बलमलं बलमध्वगानां नो ऽशम्बलः प्रयतते परलोकगत्यै । गन्तव्यमस्ति तव निश्चितमेव तेन मार्गेण येन न भवेत् क्रयविक्रयो ऽपि
jānāsi śambalamalaṃ balamadhvagānāṃ no 'śambalaḥ prayatate paralokagatyai / gantavyamasti tava niścitameva tena mārgeṇa yena na bhavet krayavikrayo 'pi
"You know well that provisions are the traveller's strength; one without provisions does not manage the journey to the other world. You must assuredly go by that road on which there is no buying or selling either."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.119
ऊनषाण्मासिके क्रौञ्चे भुक्त्वा पिण्डन्तु सोदकम् । घटीमात्रन्तु विश्रम्य विचित्रनगरं व्रजेत् ॥ गर्प्_२,५।११७ ॥ व्रजन्नेवं विलपते शूलाग्रेण विदारितः ॥ गर्प्_२,५।११८ ॥ कुत्र यामि न हि गामि जीवितं हा मृतस्य मरणं पुनर्न वै । इत्थमेव विलपन् प्रयात्यसौ यातनार्हधृतविग्रहः पति
ūnaṣāṇmāsike krauñce bhuktvā piṇḍantu sodakam / ghaṭīmātrantu viśramya vicitranagaraṃ vrajet // garp_2,5.117 // vrajannevaṃ vilapate śūlāgreṇa vidāritaḥ // garp_2,5.118 // kutra yāmi na hi gāmi jīvitaṃ hā mṛtasya maraṇaṃ punarna vai / itthameva vilapan prayātyasau yātanārhadhṛtavigrahaḥ pati
At Krauñca, in the (month) short of six months, having eaten the rice-ball with its water, and having rested just a ghaṭī, he should go to the city Vicitra. (117) As he goes he laments thus, torn open by the point of a stake: (118) "Where am I going? I cannot go! Alas for life — and yet for one who is dead there is no dying again!" Lamenting just so he travels on, his body sustained (only) to bear the torments, upon the road.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 5.122
विचित्रनगरे तत्र विचित्रो नाम पारिथिवः । तत्र षण्मासपिण्डेन तृप्तः सन् व्रजते पुरः ॥ गर्प्_२,५।१२० ॥ व्रजन्नेवं विलपते प्रासाग्रेण प्रपीडितः ॥ गर्प्_२,५।१२१ ॥ माता भ्राता पिता पुत्रः को ऽपि मे वर्तते न वा । यो मामुद्धरते पापं पतन्तं दुः खसागरे
vicitranagare tatra vicitro nāma pārithivaḥ / tatra ṣaṇmāsapiṇḍena tṛptaḥ san vrajate puraḥ // garp_2,5.120 // vrajannevaṃ vilapate prāsāgreṇa prapīḍitaḥ // garp_2,5.121 // mātā bhrātā pitā putraḥ ko 'pi me vartate na vā / yo māmuddharate pāpaṃ patantaṃ duḥ khasāgare
In that city Vicitra there is a king named Vicitra. There, satisfied by the six-month rice-ball, he goes onward. (120) As he goes he laments thus, tormented by the point of a javelin: (121) "Have I no mother, brother, father or son at all — anyone who might lift me, a sinner, up as I fall into the ocean of suffering?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.123
व्रजतस्तत्र मार्गे तु तत्र वैतरणी शुभा । शतयोजनविस्तीर्णा पूयशोणितसंकुला
vrajatastatra mārge tu tatra vaitaraṇī śubhā / śatayojanavistīrṇā pūyaśoṇitasaṃkulā
As he travels on that road, there is the bright Vaitaraṇī, a hundred yojanas broad, filled with pus and blood.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.124
आयाति तत्र दृश्यन्ते नाविका धीवरादयः । ते वदन्ति प्रदत्ता गौर्यदि वैतरणी त्वया । नावमेनां समारोह सुकेनोत्तर वै नदीम्
āyāti tatra dṛśyante nāvikā dhīvarādayaḥ / te vadanti pradattā gauryadi vaitaraṇī tvayā / nāvamenāṃ samāroha sukenottara vai nadīm
He arrives there, and boatmen, fishermen and the like are seen. They say: "If a Vaitaraṇī cow has been given by you, climb aboard this boat and cross the river with ease."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.125
तत्र येन प्रदत्ता गौः स सुखेनैव तां तरेत् । अदायी तत्र घृष्येत करग्राहन्तु नाविकैः
tatra yena pradattā gauḥ sa sukhenaiva tāṃ taret / adāyī tatra ghṛṣyeta karagrāhantu nāvikaiḥ
There, he by whom a cow was given crosses it easily; but one who did not give is ground down there, seized by the hand by the boatmen.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 5.126
उखैः काकैर्बकोलूकैस्तीक्ष्णतुण्डैर्वितुद्यते । मनुजानां हितं दानमन्ते वैतरणी खग
ukhaiḥ kākairbakolūkaistīkṣṇatuṇḍairvitudyate / manujānāṃ hitaṃ dānamante vaitaraṇī khaga
He is pecked by crows, herons and owls with sharp beaks. Giving is what benefits men, O bird, when the Vaitaraṇī is at the end.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 5.127
दत्ता पापं दहेत् सर्वं मम लोकन्तु सा नयेत् । मप्तमे मासि सम्प्राप्ते पुरं बह्वापदं मृतः
dattā pāpaṃ dahet sarvaṃ mama lokantu sā nayet / maptame māsi samprāpte puraṃ bahvāpadaṃ mṛtaḥ
"Given, she would burn away all sin; may she lead me to (a good) world." When the seventh month has come, the dead man (reaches) the city of Many Calamities.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 5.128
व्रजेत्तु सोदकं भुक्त्वा पिण्डं वै सप्तमासिकम् । व्रजन्नेवं विलपते परिघाहतिपीडितः
vrajettu sodakaṃ bhuktvā piṇḍaṃ vai saptamāsikam / vrajannevaṃ vilapate parighāhatipīḍitaḥ
Having eaten the seven-month rice-ball with its water, he goes on; and as he goes he laments thus, afflicted by blows of the iron club.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.129
न दत्तं न हुतं तप्तं न स्नातं न कृतं हितम् । यादृशं चरितं कर्म मूढात्मन् भुङ्क्ष्व तादृशम्
na dattaṃ na hutaṃ taptaṃ na snātaṃ na kṛtaṃ hitam / yādṛśaṃ caritaṃ karma mūḍhātman bhuṅkṣva tādṛśam
"Nothing was given, nothing offered in fire, no austerity, no bathing, nothing beneficial done: whatever deed you performed, deluded soul, of that same kind now consume (the fruit)."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.130
मास्यष्टमे दुः खदे तु परे भुक्त्वाथ सोदकम् । पिण्डं प्रयात्सयौ तार्क्ष्य नानाक्रन्दपुरं ततः
māsyaṣṭame duḥ khade tu pare bhuktvātha sodakam / piṇḍaṃ prayātsayau tārkṣya nānākrandapuraṃ tataḥ
In the eighth month, at Duḥkhada, having then eaten the rice-ball with its water, he sets out, O Tārkṣya, from there to the city Nānākranda ("City of Many Cries").
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 5.131
प्रयाणे च प्रवदते मुसलाघातपीडितः । क्व जायाचटुलैश्चाटुपटुभिर्वचनैर्मम
prayāṇe ca pravadate musalāghātapīḍitaḥ / kva jāyācaṭulaiścāṭupaṭubhirvacanairmama
And on the journey he cries out, afflicted by blows of the pestle: "Where now is my wife with her tremulous, coaxing, clever words?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 5.132
भोजनं भल्लभल्लीभिर्मुसलैश्च क्व मारणम् । नवमे मासि दत्तं वै नानाक्रन्दपुरे ततः
bhojanaṃ bhallabhallībhirmusalaiśca kva māraṇam / navame māsi dattaṃ vai nānākrandapure tataḥ
"Where (once was) feeding — and (now) killing with darts and spears and pestles?" Then, in the ninth month, the (rice-ball) is given in the city Nānākranda.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 5.133
पिण्डमश्राति करुणं नानाक्रन्दान् करोत्यपि । दशमे मासि दत्तं वै सुतप्तभवनं ततः
piṇḍamaśrāti karuṇaṃ nānākrandān karotyapi / daśame māsi dattaṃ vai sutaptabhavanaṃ tataḥ
He eats the rice-ball pitiably and also utters many kinds of wailing. Then, in the tenth month, (the rice-ball) is given, and (he reaches) Sutaptabhavana ("the Well-Scorched Dwelling").
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 5.134
सरन्नेवं विलपते हलाहतिहतः पथि । क्व सूनुपेशलकरैः पादसंवाहनं मम
sarannevaṃ vilapate halāhatihataḥ pathi / kva sūnupeśalakaraiḥ pādasaṃvāhanaṃ mama
Creeping along thus, struck by blows of the plough, he laments on the road: "Where is the massaging of my feet by my son's tender hands?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.135
क्व दूतवज्रप्रतिमकैर्मत्पदकर्षणम् । दशमे मासि पिण्डादि तत्र भुक्त्वा प्रसर्पति
kva dūtavajrapratimakairmatpadakarṣaṇam / daśame māsi piṇḍādi tatra bhuktvā prasarpati
and where (instead is) this dragging of my feet by the messengers, whose (hands) are like thunderbolts?" In the tenth month he eats the rice-ball and the rest there, and creeps on.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 5.136
मासे चैकादशे पूर्णे पुरं रौद्रं स गच्छति । गच्छन्नेव विलपते यथा पृष्ठे प्रपीडितः
māse caikādaśe pūrṇe puraṃ raudraṃ sa gacchati / gacchanneva vilapate yathā pṛṣṭhe prapīḍitaḥ
And when the eleventh month is complete he goes to the city Raudra; and as he goes he laments, being crushed as it were upon the back.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.137
क्वाहं सतूलीशयने परिवर्तन् क्षणे क्षणे । भटहस्तभ्रष्टयष्टिकृष्टपृष्ठः क्व वा पुनः
kvāhaṃ satūlīśayane parivartan kṣaṇe kṣaṇe / bhaṭahastabhraṣṭayaṣṭikṛṣṭapṛṣṭhaḥ kva vā punaḥ
"Where am I, who used to turn this way and that on a cotton mattress every moment — and where (am I) now, my back dragged by the staff that flies from the guard's hand?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.138
क्षितौ दत्तञ्च पिण्डादि भुक्त्वा तत्र ततो व्रजेत् । पयोवर्षणमित्येतन्नामकं पुरमण्डज
kṣitau dattañca piṇḍādi bhuktvā tatra tato vrajet / payovarṣaṇamityetannāmakaṃ puramaṇḍaja
Having eaten there the ball of rice and the rest that was offered on the ground, he then goes on; this city, O egg-born one, is named Payovarṣaṇa ("Milk-raining").
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.139
व्रजन्नेवं विलपते कुठारैर्मूर्ध्नि ताडितः । क्व भृत्यकोमलकरैर्गन्धतैलावसेचनम्
vrajannevaṃ vilapate kuṭhārairmūrdhni tāḍitaḥ / kva bhṛtyakomalakarairgandhatailāvasecanam
Going along thus he laments, beaten on the head with axes: "Where now is the anointing with fragrant oil by the soft hands of servants?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.140
क्व कीनाशानुगैः क्रोधात्कुठारैः शिरसि व्यथा । ऊनाब्दिकञ्च यच्छ्राद्धं तत्र भुङ्क्ते सुदुः खितः
kva kīnāśānugaiḥ krodhātkuṭhāraiḥ śirasi vyathā / ūnābdikañca yacchrāddhaṃ tatra bhuṅkte suduḥ khitaḥ
"And where (this) pain in the head from the axes of Yama's underlings, (wielded) in anger?" And the śrāddha performed before the year is complete—that he eats there, in great misery.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.141
संपूर्णे तु ततो वर्षे शीताढ्यं नगरं व्रजेत् । गच्छन्नेवं छुरिकया च्छिन्नजिह्वस्तु रोदिति
saṃpūrṇe tu tato varṣe śītāḍhyaṃ nagaraṃ vrajet / gacchannevaṃ churikayā cchinnajihvastu roditi
Then, when the year is complete, he goes to the city abounding in cold; and going along thus, his tongue cut with a knife, he weeps.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.142
प्रियालापैः क्व च ससमधुरत्वस्य वर्णनम् । उक्तमात्रे ऽसिपत्रादिजिह्वाच्छेदः क्व चैव हि
priyālāpaiḥ kva ca sasamadhuratvasya varṇanam / uktamātre 'sipatrādijihvācchedaḥ kva caiva hi
"And where the description of one's sweetness through affectionate conversations? And where, the moment a word is spoken, this cutting of the tongue with sword-blades and the rest?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 5.143
वार्षिकं पिण्डदानादि भुक्त्वा तत्र प्रसर्पति । बहुभीतिकरं तत्तत् पिण्डजं देवमास्थितः
vārṣikaṃ piṇḍadānādi bhuktvā tatra prasarpati / bahubhītikaraṃ tattat piṇḍajaṃ devamāsthitaḥ
Having eaten there the yearly offering of the rice-ball and so forth, he crawls onward, resorting to the god born of the rice-ball, each such (stage) causing much terror.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 5.144
प्रकाशयति पाप्पानमात्मानञ्च विनिन्दति । योषिदप्येवमेतस्मिन् मार्गे वै परिदेवति
prakāśayati pāppānamātmānañca vinindati / yoṣidapyevametasmin mārge vai paridevati
He makes his sins known and reproaches himself; a woman too laments in just this way upon this road.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.145
ततो याम्यं नातिदूरे नगरं स हि गच्छति । चत्वारिंशद्योजनानि चतुर्युक्तानिविस्तृतम्
tato yāmyaṃ nātidūre nagaraṃ sa hi gacchati / catvāriṃśadyojanāni caturyuktānivistṛtam
Then, not very far off, he goes to Yama's city, which extends forty yojanas plus four.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.146
त्रयोदश प्रतीहाराः श्रवणा नाम तत्र वै । श्रवणाकर्मतस्तुष्यन्त्यन्यथा क्रोधमाप्नुयुः
trayodaśa pratīhārāḥ śravaṇā nāma tatra vai / śravaṇākarmatastuṣyantyanyathā krodhamāpnuyuḥ
There are thirteen gatekeepers there, called Śravaṇas; they are pleased in accordance with the deed (as reported by) the Śravaṇas—otherwise they would fall into anger.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 5.147
ततस्तत्राशु रक्ताक्षं भिन्नाञ्जनचयोपमम् । मृत्युकालान्तकादीनां मध्ये पश्यति वै यमम्
tatastatrāśu raktākṣaṃ bhinnāñjanacayopamam / mṛtyukālāntakādīnāṃ madhye paśyati vai yamam
Then he quickly sees there Yama, red-eyed, resembling a heap of crushed collyrium, in the midst of Mṛtyu, Kāla, Antaka and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.148
दंष्ट्राकरालवदनं भृकुटीदारुणाकृतिम् । विरूपैर्भोषणैर्वक्त्रैर्वृतं व्याधिशतैः प्रभुम्
daṃṣṭrākarālavadanaṃ bhṛkuṭīdāruṇākṛtim / virūpairbhoṣaṇairvaktrairvṛtaṃ vyādhiśataiḥ prabhum
(He sees) the lord, his mouth gaping with tusks, his form dreadful with frowning brows, surrounded by hundreds of diseases with misshapen, frightful faces.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.149
दण्डासक्तमहाबाहुं पाशहस्तं सुभैरवम् । तन्निर्दिष्टां ततो जन्तुर्गतिं याति शुभाशुभाम्
daṇḍāsaktamahābāhuṃ pāśahastaṃ subhairavam / tannirdiṣṭāṃ tato janturgatiṃ yāti śubhāśubhām
(He sees him) with a great arm clutching the rod, a noose in his hand, most terrible; and then the creature goes to the course, good or bad, that is assigned by him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.150
पापी पापां गतिं याति यथा ते कथितं पुरा । छत्रोपानहदातारो ये च वेश्मप्रदायकाः
pāpī pāpāṃ gatiṃ yāti yathā te kathitaṃ purā / chatropānahadātāro ye ca veśmapradāyakāḥ
The sinner goes to a sinful course, as was told to you before; and those who are givers of parasols and sandals, and those who bestow dwellings—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.151
ये तु पुण्यकृतस्तत्र ते पश्यन्ति यमं तदा । सौम्याकृतिं कुण्डलिनं मौलिमन्तं धृतश्रियम्
ye tu puṇyakṛtastatra te paśyanti yamaṃ tadā / saumyākṛtiṃ kuṇḍalinaṃ maulimantaṃ dhṛtaśriyam
but those who are doers of merit—they then see Yama there as of gentle form, wearing earrings, wearing a crown, possessed of splendour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.152
एकादशे द्वादशे हि षण्मासे आब्दिके तथा । विप्रान् बहून् भोजयेत् तत्र यन्महती क्षुधा
ekādaśe dvādaśe hi ṣaṇmāse ābdike tathā / viprān bahūn bhojayet tatra yanmahatī kṣudhā
At the eleventh, at the twelfth, at the six-month rite and likewise at the annual rite, one should feed many brahmins, since the hunger there is great.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 5.153
जीवन् पुत्रकलत्रादिप्रदिष्टमितरैः खग । यो न साधयति स्वार्थमेवं पश्चाद्धिखिद्यते
jīvan putrakalatrādipradiṣṭamitaraiḥ khaga / yo na sādhayati svārthamevaṃ paścāddhikhidyate
He who while alive does not accomplish his own purpose, it being (left) assigned to others—to sons, wife and the rest—O bird, he grieves thus afterwards.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 5.154
एतत् ते सर्वमाख्यातं संयमिन्यां यथागति । प्रोक्तमावर्षकृत्यं ते किमन्यच्छ्रोतुमिच्छसि
etat te sarvamākhyātaṃ saṃyaminyāṃ yathāgati / proktamāvarṣakṛtyaṃ te kimanyacchrotumicchasi
All this has been declared to you: how the passage goes in Saṃyamanī. The rites up to the year have been told to you. What else do you wish to hear?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition