Garuda Purana — Uttara Khanda (Pretakalpa) — Chapter 7
GaP 2 7.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- ७ गरुड उवाच । श्रुतं मे महादाख्यानं वृषोत्सर्गफलं हरे । पुनरन्यां कथां ब्रूहि यत्र ते महिमाद्भुतः
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 7 garuḍa uvāca / śrutaṃ me mahādākhyānaṃ vṛṣotsargaphalaṃ hare / punaranyāṃ kathāṃ brūhi yatra te mahimādbhutaḥ
Śrī Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, chapter 7. Garuḍa said: I have heard the great narrative, the fruit of releasing a bull, O Hari; now tell me another story, one in which your greatness is wondrous.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 7.2
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच । अहं ते कथयाम्यद्य संवादं परमाद्भुतम् । सन्तप्तकस्य च प्रेतैस्तद्रूपज्ञापनाय वै
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / ahaṃ te kathayāmyadya saṃvādaṃ paramādbhutam / santaptakasya ca pretaistadrūpajñāpanāya vai
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: Today I shall relate to you a most wondrous conversation — that of Santaptaka with the pretas — for the sake of making known their form.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 7.3
विप्रः सन्तप्तकः कश्चित् तपसादग्धकिल्बिषः । संसारासारतां ज्ञात्वारण्यष्वेव चचार ह
vipraḥ santaptakaḥ kaścit tapasādagdhakilbiṣaḥ / saṃsārāsāratāṃ jñātvāraṇyaṣveva cacāra ha
There was a certain brahmin, Santaptaka, whose sins had been burnt away by austerity; knowing the worthlessness of worldly existence, he roamed only in the forests.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 7.4
वैखानसमुनिव्रातैः प्राणिपातकृतेक्षणः । स कदाचित् तीर्थयात्रामुद्दिश्य स्माटतिद्विजः
vaikhānasamunivrātaiḥ prāṇipātakṛtekṣaṇaḥ / sa kadācit tīrthayātrāmuddiśya smāṭatidvijaḥ
He was looked upon with prostrations by the throngs of Vaikhānasa sages. Once, with a pilgrimage to sacred fords in view, that twice-born was wandering about.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 7.5
प्रत्याकृष्टेन्द्रियत्वाच्च बहिर्वृत्तिनिरोधकः । संस्कारमात्रगमनो मार्गभ्रष्टो बभूव ह
pratyākṛṣṭendriyatvācca bahirvṛttinirodhakaḥ / saṃskāramātragamano mārgabhraṣṭo babhūva ha
And because his senses were withdrawn, he restrained (all) outward activity; moving merely by habit, he strayed from the road.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 7.6
चलन्नेवं स्नानकाले मध्याह्ने ऽथाभिलाषुकः । जलस्योन्मील्य नयने दिशः सर्वा न्यभीलयत्
calannevaṃ snānakāle madhyāhne 'thābhilāṣukaḥ / jalasyonmīlya nayane diśaḥ sarvā nyabhīlayat
Walking on thus, at bathing time, at midday, wanting water, he opened his eyes and looked all round in every direction.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 7.7
स ददर्श तदा गुल्मैर्वोरुद्वृक्षशतैश्चितम् । त्वक्सारैः शाखिशाखाभिः संकुलं गहनंवनम्
sa dadarśa tadā gulmairvorudvṛkṣaśataiścitam / tvaksāraiḥ śākhiśākhābhiḥ saṃkulaṃ gahanaṃvanam
Then he saw a deep forest, packed with thickets and hundreds of huge trees, with bamboos and with the branches of trees.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 7.8
तत्र तालास्तमालाश्च प्रियालाः पनसास्तथा । श्रीपर्णो शालशाखोटस्यन्दनास्तिन्दुकास्तथा
tatra tālāstamālāśca priyālāḥ panasāstathā / śrīparṇo śālaśākhoṭasyandanāstindukāstathā
There were palms and tamālas, priyālas and jackfruit trees, and śrīparṇa, śāla, śākhoṭa, syandana and tinduka trees,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 7.9
सर्जार्जुनाम्रातकाश्च श्लेष्मा तकभिभीतकौ । पिचुमर्दश्चिञ्चिणी च कर्कन्धूकर्णिकारकाः
sarjārjunāmrātakāśca śleṣmā takabhibhītakau / picumardaściñciṇī ca karkandhūkarṇikārakāḥ
and sarja, arjuna and hog-plum trees, śleṣmātaka and bibhītaka, picumarda and tamarind, jujube and karṇikāra trees.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 7.10
एते चान्ये च बहवो वृक्षास्तेषु न दृश्यते । पक्षिणामपि वै पन्था मनुष्यस्य कुतः पुनः
ete cānye ca bahavo vṛkṣāsteṣu na dṛśyate / pakṣiṇāmapi vai panthā manuṣyasya kutaḥ punaḥ
These and many other trees (were there); among them not even a path for birds could be seen — how much less for a man?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 7.11
तस्मिन् वने महाघोरे सिंहव्याघ्रसमाकुले । तरक्षुगवयैरृक्षैर्महिषैश्च निषेविते
tasmin vane mahāghore siṃhavyāghrasamākule / tarakṣugavayairṛkṣairmahiṣaiśca niṣevite
In that terrible forest, thronged with lions and tigers, frequented by hyenas, gayals, bears and buffaloes,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 7.12
कुञ्ज रैरुरुभिर्नागैर्मर्कटैश्च तथामृगैः । श्वापदैश्च तथा चान्यैः पिशाचै राक्षसैर्वृते
kuñja rairurubhirnāgairmarkaṭaiśca tathāmṛgaiḥ / śvāpadaiśca tathā cānyaiḥ piśācai rākṣasairvṛte
encompassed by elephants, by many snakes, by monkeys and by deer, and by beasts of prey, and by others too — piśācas and rākṣasas —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 7.13
सन्तप्तको द्विजः किञ्चिद्भयसन्त्रस्तमानसः । कान्दिशीकः समभवढ् यद्भविष्यो ययौ पुनः
santaptako dvijaḥ kiñcidbhayasantrastamānasaḥ / kāndiśīkaḥ samabhavaḍh yadbhaviṣyo yayau punaḥ
the brahmin Santaptaka, his mind somewhat stricken with fear, took to flight; then, resigning himself to whatever might be, he went on again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 7.14
झङ्कारेषु च झिल्लीनां घूकानां घूत्कृतेष्वपि । दत्तकर्णः कुनीलाङ्गश्चचाल पदपञ्चकम्
jhaṅkāreṣu ca jhillīnāṃ ghūkānāṃ ghūtkṛteṣvapi / dattakarṇaḥ kunīlāṅgaścacāla padapañcakam
At the chirping of the crickets and at the hooting of the owls he gave ear, and with his body turning livid he moved (only) five steps.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 7.15
स तत्र वटवृक्षाग्रे स्नायुवद्धं शवं तथा । ददर्श तद्भुजश्चैव पञ्च प्रेतान् सुदारुणाम्
sa tatra vaṭavṛkṣāgre snāyuvaddhaṃ śavaṃ tathā / dadarśa tadbhujaścaiva pañca pretān sudāruṇām
There, at the top of a banyan tree, he saw a corpse bound with sinews, and also its arms, and five exceedingly dreadful pretas,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 7.16
शिरास्थिचर्मशेषाङ्गान् पृष्ठलग्नोदरान् खग । त्यक्तान्नासिकया नेत्रकूपपातभयादिव
śirāsthicarmaśeṣāṅgān pṛṣṭhalagnodarān khaga / tyaktānnāsikayā netrakūpapātabhayādiva
whose limbs were nothing but veins, bones and skin, whose bellies clung to their backs, O bird, abandoned by their noses, as if from fear of falling into the pits of their eyes;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 7.17
सूचीक्रककचकव्रातघातपातितकीकसान् । वसाक्तनवमस्तिष्कस्वादनित्यमहोत्सवान्
sūcīkrakakacakavrātaghātapātitakīkasān / vasāktanavamastiṣkasvādanityamahotsavān
whose bones had been struck down by blows from swarms of needles and saws, and whose perpetual great festival was the tasting of fresh brains smeared with fat;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 7.18
रणत्कोटिमहादंष्ट्रानस्थिग्रन्थ्यवघट्टितान् । तान्दृष्ट्वा त्रस्तहृदयो गतिमाकुञ्च्य संस्थितः
raṇatkoṭimahādaṃṣṭrānasthigranthyavaghaṭṭitān / tāndṛṣṭvā trastahṛdayo gatimākuñcya saṃsthitaḥ
who were battered at the joints of their bones by huge tusks with clattering tips. Seeing them, his heart terrified, he checked his步 and stood still.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 7.19
ते विलोक्यागतं विप्रमटवीं जनवर्जिताम् । अहं पूर्वमहं पूर्वं यामीत्याक्त्वा प्रदुद्रुवुः
te vilokyāgataṃ vipramaṭavīṃ janavarjitām / ahaṃ pūrvamahaṃ pūrvaṃ yāmītyāktvā pradudruvuḥ
Seeing a brahmin come into that forest empty of people, they cried, "I first! I first will go!" and ran forward.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 7.20
तेषु द्वौद्वावगृह्णीतामस्य हस्तावथापरे । द्वौद्वौ पादावगृह्णीतां मूर्धानं पञ्चमो ऽग्रहीत्
teṣu dvaudvāvagṛhṇītāmasya hastāvathāpare / dvaudvau pādāvagṛhṇītāṃ mūrdhānaṃ pañcamo 'grahīt
Of them, two seized his two hands, and two others seized his two feet, and a fifth took hold of his head.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 7.21
स्वजात्युचितवाक्येन स्फुटवर्णवताब्रुवन् । अहं जक्षाम्यहं भक्षामीति कर्षणतत्पराः
svajātyucitavākyena sphuṭavarṇavatābruvan / ahaṃ jakṣāmyahaṃ bhakṣāmīti karṣaṇatatparāḥ
In the speech proper to their own kind, with distinct syllables, they spoke: "I shall gnaw, I shall devour!"—intent on dragging (him).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 7.22
सहसैव सहैवामुं गृहात्वा व्यगमन्वियम् । कियत्स्थितं बटौ मांसं क्रियन्नेतिन्यभालयन्
sahasaiva sahaivāmuṃ gṛhātvā vyagamanviyam / kiyatsthitaṃ baṭau māṃsaṃ kriyannetinyabhālayan
All at once, seizing him together, they went off through the sky, and they looked (to see) how much flesh was left on the boy and how much (remained).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 7.23
ते ऽपश्यन्निजदंष्ट्रायः पाटितान्त्रमिमं शवम् । अवतीर्य ततो व्योम्नो गृहीत्वा चरणैः
te 'paśyannijadaṃṣṭrāyaḥ pāṭitāntramimaṃ śavam / avatīrya tato vyomno gṛhītvā caraṇaiḥ
They saw this corpse, its entrails torn open by their own fangs; then, descending from the sky and seizing (it) with their feet,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 7.24
स्वखण्डितशरीरन्तु पुनर्व्योमैव चक्रमुः । स नीयमानमात्मानं विलोक्य वियति द्विजः
svakhaṇḍitaśarīrantu punarvyomaiva cakramuḥ / sa nīyamānamātmānaṃ vilokya viyati dvijaḥ
they again went off through the sky with the body they had themselves cut to pieces. And that twice-born, seeing himself being carried through the air,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 7.25
जगाम मनसा मां स शरणं भयविह्वलः । नमश्चक्रे चक्रधरं चेतसा चिन्मयं समम्
jagāma manasā māṃ sa śaraṇaṃ bhayavihvalaḥ / namaścakre cakradharaṃ cetasā cinmayaṃ samam
terrified, he went to me for refuge with his mind; with his heart he made obeisance to the bearer of the discus, who is made of pure consciousness and is impartial.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 7.26
वक्रं नक्रं चक्रपातेन दूरे कृत्वा हृत्वा तस्य दुः खं मुकुन्दः । मातङ्गं यो ऽमूमुचन्नक्रवक्त्रात्पाशंसो ऽसौ कर्मणां मे लुनातु
vakraṃ nakraṃ cakrapātena dūre kṛtvā hṛtvā tasya duḥ khaṃ mukundaḥ / mātaṅgaṃ yo 'mūmucannakravaktrātpāśaṃso 'sau karmaṇāṃ me lunātu
Mukunda, who by hurling his discus drove the crooked crocodile far off, and took away his (the elephant's) suffering, and freed the elephant from the crocodile's jaws—may that discus-bearer cut through the noose of my deeds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 7.27
रुद्धाञ्शुद्धान् भूपतीन्मागधेन भीमेनैनं घातयित्वा मुरारिः । निर्बद्धान्यो भर्गयज्ञाय मुक्तश्चक्रो मे ऽसौ कर्मपाशं लुनातु
ruddhāñśuddhān bhūpatīnmāgadhena bhīmenainaṃ ghātayitvā murāriḥ / nirbaddhānyo bhargayajñāya muktaścakro me 'sau karmapāśaṃ lunātu
Murāri, who had this Magadha (king) killed by Bhīma and released the pure kings whom he had confined, bound up for a sacrifice to Bharga—may that discus-bearer cut through the noose of my karma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 7.28
मनसैवैह मामस्तौत्स्तूयमानो ऽहमुत्थितः । अगच्छं सहसा तत्र यत्र प्रेतैः स नीयते
manasaivaiha māmastautstūyamāno 'hamutthitaḥ / agacchaṃ sahasā tatra yatra pretaiḥ sa nīyate
Thus with his mind alone he praised me here; and I, being praised, rose up and went at once to the place where he was being carried by the ghouls.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 7.29
दृष्ट्वा तैर्नोयमानन्तु कौतुकं मे ऽभवत्खग । पप्रच्छ न कियन्तं वै कालं तान्पृष्ठतो ऽन्वगाम्
dṛṣṭvā tairnoyamānantu kautukaṃ me 'bhavatkhaga / papraccha na kiyantaṃ vai kālaṃ tānpṛṣṭhato 'nvagām
But when I saw him being carried off by them, curiosity arose in me, O bird; I did not ask (them anything), and for a good while I followed them from behind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 7.30
मम सन्निधिमात्रेण द्विजातिं तञ्च सर्पहन् । तत्कालं शिविकासुप्तभूपालसुखमाविशत्
mama sannidhimātreṇa dvijātiṃ tañca sarpahan / tatkālaṃ śivikāsuptabhūpālasukhamāviśat
By my mere presence, that twice-born, O slayer of serpents, at that moment entered upon the ease of a king asleep in his palanquin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 7.31
मणिभद्रास्ततो मेरुं गच्छन्दृष्टो मया पथि । निकोच्याक्षि स्वपार्श्वं स नीतो वै यक्षराण्मया
maṇibhadrāstato meruṃ gacchandṛṣṭo mayā pathi / nikocyākṣi svapārśvaṃ sa nīto vai yakṣarāṇmayā
Then Maṇibhadra, going to Meru, was seen by me on the road; closing his eyes, that lord of the yakṣas was brought to my side by me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 7.32
तमवोचं महायक्षं त्वं हि प्रतिभटो भव । प्रेतान्नाशय तद्भूयः शवञ्च हर तद्गतम्
tamavocaṃ mahāyakṣaṃ tvaṃ hi pratibhaṭo bhava / pretānnāśaya tadbhūyaḥ śavañca hara tadgatam
I said to that great yakṣa: "Be their adversary; destroy the ghouls, and further, carry off the corpse that has gone to them."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 7.33
इत्युक्तः स महाघोरं कृत्वा रोषं सुदुः सहम् । जग्राह प्रेतरूपं तत्प्रेतानामपि दुः खदम्
ityuktaḥ sa mahāghoraṃ kṛtvā roṣaṃ suduḥ saham / jagrāha pretarūpaṃ tatpretānāmapi duḥ khadam
So addressed, he worked up a most dreadful, hardly endurable rage, and took on that ghoulish form which gave pain even to the ghouls.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 7.34
स विवृत्य स्वकौ बाहू सृक्किणी परिलेलिहन् । भेदयन्नुरुवातेन प्रेतांस्तान्संमुखो ययौ
sa vivṛtya svakau bāhū sṛkkiṇī parilelihan / bhedayannuruvātena pretāṃstānsaṃmukho yayau
Spreading out both his arms, licking the corners of his mouth, splitting (them) apart with a mighty wind, he went straight up against those ghouls.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 7.35
बाहुभ्यां द्वौ द्वौ च पद्भ्यां मूर्ध्नैकं च समाहरत् । प्रेतानथापि सहसा जघान दृढमुष्टिना
bāhubhyāṃ dvau dvau ca padbhyāṃ mūrdhnaikaṃ ca samāharat / pretānathāpi sahasā jaghāna dṛḍhamuṣṭinā
He gathered up two with his arms, two with his feet, and one with his head; and then all at once he struck the ghouls with his hard fist.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 7.36
ते विवर्णमुखाः सर्वे तं द्विजञ्च शवं तथा । एकैकं हस्तपादैश्च गृहीत्वा युद्धमारभन्
te vivarṇamukhāḥ sarve taṃ dvijañca śavaṃ tathā / ekaikaṃ hastapādaiśca gṛhītvā yuddhamārabhan
All of them, their faces gone pale, took hold of that twice-born and likewise of the corpse, each one by the hands and feet, and began the fight.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 7.37
ते नखैस्तलघातैश्च पादघातैस्तथैव च । दंष्ट्राघातैश्च सर्वे तमेकं प्रेतं व्यदारयन्
te nakhaistalaghātaiśca pādaghātaistathaiva ca / daṃṣṭrāghātaiśca sarve tamekaṃ pretaṃ vyadārayan
With their nails, with blows of the palm, and likewise with kicks, and with blows of their fangs, all of them tore at that single ghoul.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 7.38
तेषां प्रहारान्विफलान्कृत्वा संप्रति तानथ । जीवं न तु शवं तेषां जह्रे प्राणमिवान्तकः
teṣāṃ prahārānviphalānkṛtvā saṃprati tānatha / jīvaṃ na tu śavaṃ teṣāṃ jahre prāṇamivāntakaḥ
Having then at once made their blows fruitless, he snatched away from them not the corpse but the living man, as Death snatches the breath.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 7.39
हृतमात्रे शवे ते तु पारियात्रे गिरौ द्विजम् । मुक्त्वाधमात्रे प्रमुदिता एकं प्रेतं सुदारुणाः
hṛtamātre śave te tu pāriyātre girau dvijam / muktvādhamātre pramuditā ekaṃ pretaṃ sudāruṇāḥ
But the moment the corpse was carried off, those most dreadful (ghouls), releasing the twice-born on Mount Pāriyātra, were delighted with the one ghoul (?).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 7.40
स वायुगमनः प्रेतः प्राप्तस्तैः क्षणमात्रतः । अदृश्यतां ययौ ते ऽथ हताशा विप्रमागमन्
sa vāyugamanaḥ pretaḥ prāptastaiḥ kṣaṇamātrataḥ / adṛśyatāṃ yayau te 'tha hatāśā vipramāgaman
That preta, moving with the speed of wind, was overtaken by them in but a moment; then he passed out of sight, and they, their hopes ruined, came (back) to the brahmin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 7.41
प्रारब्धमात्रे विप्रस्य पाटने तत्र पर्वते । मम स्थानस्य विप्रस्य महिम्नेव च तत्क्षणे
prārabdhamātre viprasya pāṭane tatra parvate / mama sthānasya viprasya mahimneva ca tatkṣaṇe
The moment the brahmin began the splitting (of the rock) there on the mountain, by the very power, as it were, of my sacred site and of the brahmin, at that instant—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 7.42
सद्यः स्मृतिः समुत्पन्ना तेषां पूर्वस्य जन्मनः । विप्रं प्रदक्षिणीकृत्यद्विजर्षभमथाब्रुवन्
sadyaḥ smṛtiḥ samutpannā teṣāṃ pūrvasya janmanaḥ / vipraṃ pradakṣiṇīkṛtyadvijarṣabhamathābruvan
at once memory of their former birth arose in them; and circumambulating the brahmin, that bull among twice-born, they said:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 7.43
अद्य नः क्षन्तुमर्हे ऽसीत्युक्त्वा ते सुरदाम्भिकाः । गिरेरिव परावर्तं समुद्रस्येव शोषणम्
adya naḥ kṣantumarhe 'sītyuktvā te suradāmbhikāḥ / gireriva parāvartaṃ samudrasyeva śoṣaṇam
"Today you ought to forgive us"—so said those who had been arrogant hypocrites (even) toward the gods; (this was) like the overturning of a mountain, like the drying up of the ocean.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 7.44
तेषां तद्वचनं श्रुत्वापृच्छत्केयूयमित्यथ । किं माया किमु वा स्वप्न उताहो चित्तविभ्रमः
teṣāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvāpṛcchatkeyūyamityatha / kiṃ māyā kimu vā svapna utāho cittavibhramaḥ
Hearing that speech of theirs he asked, "Who are you? Is this magic, or a dream, or a derangement of my mind?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 7.45
प्रेता ऊचुः । अवेहि तत्त्वमेवैतत्प्रेता वै कर्मजा वयम् । ब्राह्मण उवाच । किंनामानः किमाचाराः कथञ्चेमां दशां गताः
pretā ūcuḥ / avehi tattvamevaitatpretā vai karmajā vayam / brāhmaṇa uvāca / kiṃnāmānaḥ kimācārāḥ kathañcemāṃ daśāṃ gatāḥ
The pretas said: Know this to be the very truth: we are indeed pretas, produced by (our) deeds. The brahmin said: What are your names, what your conduct, and how did you come to this condition?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 7.46
अविनीताः कथं पूर्वं विनीताः साम्प्रतं कथम् । प्रेता ऊचुः । शृणु विप्रेन्द्र वक्ष्यामः प्रश्रानामनुपूर्वशः
avinītāḥ kathaṃ pūrvaṃ vinītāḥ sāmprataṃ katham / pretā ūcuḥ / śṛṇu viprendra vakṣyāmaḥ praśrānāmanupūrvaśaḥ
How were you ill-behaved before, and how are you well-behaved now? The pretas said: Listen, chief of brahmins; we shall tell, in order, the answers to (your) questions—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 7.47
उत्तराणि महायोगिंस्त्वद्दर्शनगतांहसः । अहं पर्युषितो नाम्ना एष सूचीमुखः स्मृतः
uttarāṇi mahāyogiṃstvaddarśanagatāṃhasaḥ / ahaṃ paryuṣito nāmnā eṣa sūcīmukhaḥ smṛtaḥ
the answers, O great yogin—our sin having departed at the sight of you. I am Paryuṣita by name; this one is known as Sūcīmukha;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 7.48
तृतीयः शीघ्रगस्तुर्योरोधको लेखकः परः । ब्राह्मण उवाच । प्रेतानां कर्मजातानां कुतो नाम निरर्थकम्
tṛtīyaḥ śīghragasturyorodhako lekhakaḥ paraḥ / brāhmaṇa uvāca / pretānāṃ karmajātānāṃ kuto nāma nirarthakam
the third is Śīghraga, the fourth Rodhaka, the next Lekhaka. The brahmin said: For pretas born of (their) deeds, how could a name be without meaning?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 7.49
निरुक्तिमेषां नाम्नां वै प्रेता वदत मा चिरम् । श्रीकृष्ण उवाच । एवमुक्तास्तु विप्रेण पृथगुत्तरमब्रुवन्
niruktimeṣāṃ nāmnāṃ vai pretā vadata mā ciram / śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / evamuktāstu vipreṇa pṛthaguttaramabruvan
Tell me, pretas, without delay the derivation of these names of yours. Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: Thus addressed by the brahmin, they each gave their answer separately.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 7.50
पर्युषित उवाच । कदाचिच्छ्राद्धकाले वै मया विप्रो निमन्त्रितः
paryuṣita uvāca / kadācicchrāddhakāle vai mayā vipro nimantritaḥ
Paryuṣita said: Once, at the time of a śrāddha, a brahmin was invited by me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 7.51
स च कृत्वा विलम्बेन वृद्धो मद्गृहमागतः । अकृतश्राद्धकर्माहं तं पाकं भुक्तवान् क्षुधा
sa ca kṛtvā vilambena vṛddho madgṛhamāgataḥ / akṛtaśrāddhakarmāhaṃ taṃ pākaṃ bhuktavān kṣudhā
And he, being old, came to my house after a delay; and I, not having performed the śrāddha rite, ate that cooked food out of hunger.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 7.52
अददामन्नमाकृष्य विप्रे पर्युषितं कियत् । तस्मात् पापान्मृतः पापो योनिं वै कुत्सितां गतः
adadāmannamākṛṣya vipre paryuṣitaṃ kiyat / tasmāt pāpānmṛtaḥ pāpo yoniṃ vai kutsitāṃ gataḥ
Taking (some) back, I gave the brahmin a little stale food; through that sin, sinful (as I was), I died and went to a contemptible birth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 7.53
यतः पर्युषितं दत्तं ततः पर्युषितः स्मृतः । सूचीमुख उवाच । कदाचिद्ब्राह्मणी काचित्तीर्थं भद्रवटं ययौ
yataḥ paryuṣitaṃ dattaṃ tataḥ paryuṣitaḥ smṛtaḥ / sūcīmukha uvāca / kadācidbrāhmaṇī kācittīrthaṃ bhadravaṭaṃ yayau
Since stale (paryuṣita) food was given, therefore I am called Paryuṣita. Sūcīmukha said: Once a certain brahmin woman went to the holy place Bhadravaṭa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 7.54
पञ्चवर्षसुता वृद्धा पुत्रमात्रैकजीविता । अहं क्षत्त्रियदायादस्तस्या रोधमकारिषम्
pañcavarṣasutā vṛddhā putramātraikajīvitā / ahaṃ kṣattriyadāyādastasyā rodhamakāriṣam
She was old, with a five-year-old son, her son alone being her life; I, an heir of kṣatriyas, blocked her way.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 7.55
वने तु विजने तत्र पापाध्वगगतिं गतः । तस्याः सवस्त्रं पाथेयं तत्सूनोर्वसनानि च
vane tu vijane tatra pāpādhvagagatiṃ gataḥ / tasyāḥ savastraṃ pātheyaṃ tatsūnorvasanāni ca
There in a deserted forest I took to the sinful way of a highwayman: her provisions together with her clothing, and her son's garments,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 7.56
गृहीतानि मया विप्र शिरस्यापीड्य मुष्टिना । तृषार्तस्तत्क्षणं बालः पात्रसंस्थं जलंपिबन्
gṛhītāni mayā vipra śirasyāpīḍya muṣṭinā / tṛṣārtastatkṣaṇaṃ bālaḥ pātrasaṃsthaṃ jalaṃpiban
were seized by me, brahmin, after striking (her) on the head with my fist. At that very moment the boy, tormented by thirst, was drinking water that stood in a vessel;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 7.57
तावन्मात्रोदके देशे मया हुङ्कृत्य वारितः । मयाथ सकलं पीतं जलं पात्रात्तृषावता
tāvanmātrodake deśe mayā huṅkṛtya vāritaḥ / mayātha sakalaṃ pītaṃ jalaṃ pātrāttṛṣāvatā
in a place where there was only that much water, I stopped him with a shout; and then, being thirsty, I drank all the water from the vessel.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 7.58
बालो ऽपि भयसन्त्रस्तः पिपासुर्व्यसुरापतत् । पुत्रशोकान्मृता माता कूपे प्रास्य निजं वपुः
bālo 'pi bhayasantrastaḥ pipāsurvyasurāpatat / putraśokānmṛtā mātā kūpe prāsya nijaṃ vapuḥ
The boy too, terrified with fear and thirsting, fell down lifeless; and the mother died of grief for her son, casting her own body into a well.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 7.59
एतस्मात्पातकाद्विप्र प्रेतत्वं प्राप्तवानहम् । सूच्यग्रप्रायविवरमुखः पर्वतदेहवान्
etasmātpātakādvipra pretatvaṃ prāptavānaham / sūcyagraprāyavivaramukhaḥ parvatadehavān
From this sin, brahmin, I obtained the state of a preta, with a mouth whose opening is about the size of a needle's point and a body like a mountain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 7.60
यद्यपि प्राप्नुयां भक्ष्यं भक्षितुन्तु न शक्यते । मया क्षुधानलेनापि ज्वलतास्यं निकोचितम्
yadyapi prāpnuyāṃ bhakṣyaṃ bhakṣituntu na śakyate / mayā kṣudhānalenāpi jvalatāsyaṃ nikocitam
Even if I should obtain food, it cannot be eaten; my mouth has been narrowed by me, and it blazes with the fire of hunger.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 7.61
अत आस्ये तु विवरं सूच्यग्रेण समंमम । एतस्मात्कारणाद्विप्रे नाम्ना सूचीमुखो ऽस्म्यहम्
ata āsye tu vivaraṃ sūcyagreṇa samaṃmama / etasmātkāraṇādvipre nāmnā sūcīmukho 'smyaham
Hence the opening in my mouth is the size of a needle's point; for this reason, O brahmin, I am called Sūcīmukha ('Needle-mouth') by name.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 7.62
शीघ्रग उवाच । पुराहं वैश्यजातीयः साकं सख्या च केनचित् । वाणिज्यं कर्तुमगमं देशमन्यं महाधनः
śīghraga uvāca / purāhaṃ vaiśyajātīyaḥ sākaṃ sakhyā ca kenacit / vāṇijyaṃ kartumagamaṃ deśamanyaṃ mahādhanaḥ
Śīghraga said: Formerly I was of the vaiśya caste, and very wealthy; together with a certain friend I went to another country to carry on trade.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 7.63
मित्रं च मे बहुधनं तस्य लोभो महांस्ततः । जातो ऽप्यदृष्टवैमुख्यान्मे नष्टं मूलमप्युत
mitraṃ ca me bahudhanaṃ tasya lobho mahāṃstataḥ / jāto 'pyadṛṣṭavaimukhyānme naṣṭaṃ mūlamapyuta
And my friend had much wealth; therefore a great greed for it arose (in me); yet through misfortune even my capital was lost.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 7.64
ततस्तस्मात्तु निष्क्रान्तावावां नावाथ निम्नगाम् । मार्गगां तर्तुमारब्धौ लोहितायति भास्करे
tatastasmāttu niṣkrāntāvāvāṃ nāvātha nimnagām / mārgagāṃ tartumārabdhau lohitāyati bhāskare
Then we two set out from that place, and as the sun was reddening we began to cross by boat a river that lay on our road.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 7.65
सखा स च मदुत्सङ्गे सुष्वापाध्वक्लमाकुलः । अभूत्तदाति पापस्य क्रूरा मतिरतीव मे
sakhā sa ca madutsaṅge suṣvāpādhvaklamākulaḥ / abhūttadāti pāpasya krūrā matiratīva me
And that friend, worn out by the fatigue of the journey, fell asleep in my lap; then a cruel resolve arose in me, exceedingly wicked as I was.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 7.66
तमुत्सङ्गगतं सूरे नष्टे पूरे ऽक्षिपं तदा । कत्कृत्यं कुर्वतो नावि लोकैस्तु ज्ञातमेव न
tamutsaṅgagataṃ sūre naṣṭe pūre 'kṣipaṃ tadā / katkṛtyaṃ kurvato nāvi lokaistu jñātameva na
Then, when the sun had set, I threw him, as he lay in my lap, into the flood; and by the people in the boat it was not noticed at all what I was doing.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 7.67
तस्य यद्वस्तु तत्सर्वं मणिमुक्तादिकाञ्चनम् । आदाय शीग्रगस्तस्माद्देशात्स्वगृहमागतः
tasya yadvastu tatsarvaṃ maṇimuktādikāñcanam / ādāya śīgragastasmāddeśātsvagṛhamāgataḥ
Taking all his goods—gems, pearls, gold and the rest—Śīghraga came from that country to his own house.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 7.68
तत्सर्वं स्वगृहे मुक्त्वा तस्य पत्न्यै न्यवेदयम् । दस्युभिर्मे हतो भ्राता धनमाच्छिद्य वै पथि
tatsarvaṃ svagṛhe muktvā tasya patnyai nyavedayam / dasyubhirme hato bhrātā dhanamācchidya vai pathi
Leaving all that in my own house, I announced to his wife: "My brother was killed on the road by robbers, who seized his wealth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 7.69
प्रजावति प्रद्रुतो ऽहं मा रोदीत्येवमब्रवम् । शोकार्ता सापि तत्कालं ममत्वं गृहबन्धुषु
prajāvati pradruto 'haṃ mā rodītyevamabravam / śokārtā sāpi tatkālaṃ mamatvaṃ gṛhabandhuṣu
O Prajāvatī, I ran away; do not weep"—thus I spoke. And she, stricken with grief, at that very time (gave up) her attachment to her household kin,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 7.70
त्यक्त्वा चाति प्रियान्प्राणाञ्जुहावाग्नौ यथाविधि । ततो निष्कण्टकं तद्धि वीक्ष्य हृष्टो गतो गृहम्
tyaktvā cāti priyānprāṇāñjuhāvāgnau yathāvidhi / tato niṣkaṇṭakaṃ taddhi vīkṣya hṛṣṭo gato gṛham
and, abandoning her dear life-breaths, offered herself into the fire according to the rule. Then, seeing that (matter) free of any thorn, I went home delighted.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 7.71
अभुञ्जं सर्वमागत्य यावज्जीवं तु तद्धनम् । मित्रं पूरे हि निः क्षिप्य यदहं शीघ्रमागतः
abhuñjaṃ sarvamāgatya yāvajjīvaṃ tu taddhanam / mitraṃ pūre hi niḥ kṣipya yadahaṃ śīghramāgataḥ
Having come back, I enjoyed all that wealth as long as I lived. Because I threw my friend into the flood and came back quickly,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 7.72
एतस्मात्कारणात्प्रेतः शीघ्रगो ऽहं तु नामतः । रोधक उवाच । अहन्तु शूद्रजातीयः पुराभूवं मुनीश्वर
etasmātkāraṇātpretaḥ śīghrago 'haṃ tu nāmataḥ / rodhaka uvāca / ahantu śūdrajātīyaḥ purābhūvaṃ munīśvara
for this reason I am a preta named Śīghraga ('Swift-goer'). Rodhaka said: I, O lord of sages, was formerly of the śūdra caste,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 7.73
राजप्रसादाप्तमहाशतग्रामाधिकारवान् । वृद्धौ मे पितरावास्तां लघुरेकः सहोदरः
rājaprasādāptamahāśatagrāmādhikāravān / vṛddhau me pitarāvāstāṃ laghurekaḥ sahodaraḥ
holding, by the king's favour, authority over a great hundred villages. My parents were old, and I had one younger brother.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 7.74
शीघ्रं स च मया भ्राता लुब्धेनैकः पृथक्कृतः । आप्तवान्परमं दुःखं सोन्नवस्त्रविवर्जितः
śīghraṃ sa ca mayā bhrātā lubdhenaikaḥ pṛthakkṛtaḥ / āptavānparamaṃ duḥkhaṃ sonnavastravivarjitaḥ
And quickly that brother was separated off alone by me out of greed; deprived of food and clothing he came to extreme misery.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 7.75
अदत्तां पितरौ च्छन्नं किञ्चित्किञ्चित्तु तस्य च । तस्मै पितृभ्यां यद्दत्तमाप्तेभ्यस्तन्मया श्रुतम्
adattāṃ pitarau cchannaṃ kiñcitkiñcittu tasya ca / tasmai pitṛbhyāṃ yaddattamāptebhyastanmayā śrutam
My parents used to give him something or other in secret; and I heard from relatives what had been given him by them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 7.76
तत्सर्वं तत्त्वतो ज्ञात्वा पित्रो रोधमकारयम् । शून्यमन्दिर एकस्मिन्बद्ध्वा तु निगडैर्दृढैः
tatsarvaṃ tattvato jñātvā pitro rodhamakārayam / śūnyamandira ekasminbaddhvā tu nigaḍairdṛḍhaiḥ
Having learned all that truly as it was, I had my parents confined, binding them with strong fetters in one empty house.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 7.77
ततस्तौ जहतुः प्राणान्दुः खितौ विषपानतः । सोसौ बालो ऽपि बभ्राम पितृभ्यां रहितो द्विज
tatastau jahatuḥ prāṇānduḥ khitau viṣapānataḥ / sosau bālo 'pi babhrāma pitṛbhyāṃ rahito dvija
Then the two, in their misery, gave up their lives by drinking poison; and that boy too, bereft of his parents, wandered about, O brahmin,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 7.78
पुरः पत्तनखर्वाचान् खेटानपि मृतः क्षुधा । एतस्मात्पातकाद्विप्र मृतः प्रेतत्वमागतः
puraḥ pattanakharvācān kheṭānapi mṛtaḥ kṣudhā / etasmātpātakādvipra mṛtaḥ pretatvamāgataḥ
through cities, towns, hamlets and villages, and died of hunger. Because of this sin, O brahmin, having died I attained the state of a preta.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 7.79
रुद्धौ तु पितरौ यस्मान्नाम्नाहं रोधकस्ततः । लेखक उवाच । अहं विप्र पुराभूवमवन्त्यां द्विजलसत्तमः
ruddhau tu pitarau yasmānnāmnāhaṃ rodhakastataḥ / lekhaka uvāca / ahaṃ vipra purābhūvamavantyāṃ dvijalasattamaḥ
And since my parents were confined (ruddhau), I am therefore named Rodhaka ('Confiner'). Lekhaka said: I, O brahmin, was formerly in Avantī the best of twice-born men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 7.80
भद्रस्य राज्ञो देवानां पूजने ऽधिकृतो ह्यहम् । बह्व्यस्तु प्रतिमास्तत्र बभूवुर्बहुनामिकाः
bhadrasya rājño devānāṃ pūjane 'dhikṛto hyaham / bahvyastu pratimāstatra babhūvurbahunāmikāḥ
I was appointed to the worship of the gods of King Bhadra; and there were many images there, bearing many names.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 7.81
हेम्नस्तदङ्गेषु बहु रत्नजातं बभूव ह । तासां मे कुर्वतः पूजां पापा मतिरजायत
hemnastadaṅgeṣu bahu ratnajātaṃ babhūva ha / tāsāṃ me kurvataḥ pūjāṃ pāpā matirajāyata
On their golden limbs there were many kinds of gems; and as I performed their worship, a sinful thought arose (in me).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 7.82
अखिलं तीक्ष्णलोहेन तासामङ्गं विशीर्य च । उल्लेखनञ्च रत्नानां नेत्रादिभ्यः कृतं मया
akhilaṃ tīkṣṇalohena tāsāmaṅgaṃ viśīrya ca / ullekhanañca ratnānāṃ netrādibhyaḥ kṛtaṃ mayā
With a sharp iron (tool) I broke apart their limbs entirely, and the gouging out of the gems from the eyes and the rest was done by me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 7.83
तथाकृतान्यथाङ्गानि प्रतिमानां निरीक्ष्य च । नेत्राणि च विरत्नानि नृपश्चुक्रोध वह्निवत्
tathākṛtānyathāṅgāni pratimānāṃ nirīkṣya ca / netrāṇi ca viratnāni nṛpaścukrodha vahnivat
And seeing the limbs of the images thus made otherwise, and the eyes stripped of their gems, the king blazed with anger like fire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 7.84
प्रतिजज्ञे नृपः पश्चादेष ब्राह्मणपुङ्गवः । आभ्यो रत्नं सुवर्णञ्च हृतं येन भविष्यति
pratijajñe nṛpaḥ paścādeṣa brāhmaṇapuṅgavaḥ / ābhyo ratnaṃ suvarṇañca hṛtaṃ yena bhaviṣyati
Afterwards the king vowed: "That man, be he a bull among brahmins, by whom the gems and the gold have been taken from these—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 7.85
ज्ञातश्च स हि मे वध्यो भविष्यति न संशयः । अहं तत्सकलं ज्ञात्वा रात्रावसिधरो गृहम्
jñātaśca sa hi me vadhyo bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ / ahaṃ tatsakalaṃ jñātvā rātrāvasidharo gṛham
—when he is found out he shall surely be killed by me, there is no doubt." Learning all that, I at night, sword in hand, (entered) the house
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 7.86
राज्ञः प्रविश्य राजानं पशुमारममारयम् । गृहीत्वाथ मणीन् स्वर्णं निशीथे ऽहं गतो ऽन्यतः
rājñaḥ praviśya rājānaṃ paśumāramamārayam / gṛhītvātha maṇīn svarṇaṃ niśīthe 'haṃ gato 'nyataḥ
of the king; having entered, I slew the king as one slaughters a beast; then, taking the jewels and the gold, at midnight I went away elsewhere.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 7.87
व्याघ्रेण महातारण्ये नखटङ्कैर्विटङ्कितः । लेखनात्प्रतिमाया यन्मया लोहेन कर्तितम्
vyāghreṇa mahātāraṇye nakhaṭaṅkairviṭaṅkitaḥ / lekhanātpratimāyā yanmayā lohena kartitam
(There) in the great wilderness I was mangled by a tiger with the hooks of its claws. Because of the scraping of the image, in that it was cut by me with iron—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 7.88
एतस्मात्पातकात्प्रेतो लेखको नामतो ऽस्म्यहम् । आसीन्नरकभोगान्ते नः प्रेतत्वमिदं द्विज
etasmātpātakātpreto lekhako nāmato 'smyaham / āsīnnarakabhogānte naḥ pretatvamidaṃ dvija
—from that sin I am a preta, Lekhaka ('Scraper') by name; at the end of the undergoing of hell this pretahood came to us, O brahmin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 7.89
ब्राह्मण उवाच । संज्ञास्तादृश्य आख्याता यथैता भवता दशाः । वदन्त्वाचारमात्रं मे प्रेता आहारमप्युत
brāhmaṇa uvāca / saṃjñāstādṛśya ākhyātā yathaitā bhavatā daśāḥ / vadantvācāramātraṃ me pretā āhāramapyuta
The brahmin said: Such are the names you have declared, and likewise these your conditions; let the pretas now tell me only of (their) conduct, and of their food as well.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 7.90
प्रेता ऊचुः । वेदमार्गानुसरणं लज्जा धर्मो दमः क्षमा । धृतिर्ज्ञानं नैव यत्र वयं तत्र वसामहे
pretā ūcuḥ / vedamārgānusaraṇaṃ lajjā dharmo damaḥ kṣamā / dhṛtirjñānaṃ naiva yatra vayaṃ tatra vasāmahe
The pretas said: Where there is no following of the Vedic path, no shame, no dharma, no self-restraint, no patience, no steadfastness, no knowledge—there we dwell.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 7.91
तस्य पीडां वपं कुर्मो नैव श्राद्धं न तर्पणम् । यस्य गेहे तदङ्गात्तु मांसञ्च रुधिरं क्रमात्
tasya pīḍāṃ vapaṃ kurmo naiva śrāddhaṃ na tarpaṇam / yasya gehe tadaṅgāttu māṃsañca rudhiraṃ kramāt
In whose house that (is so), we work affliction upon him; there is neither śrāddha nor tarpaṇa (there); and from his body flesh and blood, in turn,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 7.92
जक्षामश्च पिबामश्च उक्त आचार एष नः । शृणु चाहारमस्माकं सर्वलोकविगर्हितम्
jakṣāmaśca pibāmaśca ukta ācāra eṣa naḥ / śṛṇu cāhāramasmākaṃ sarvalokavigarhitam
we eat and drink. This our conduct has been told. Now hear of our food, which the whole world abhors.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 7.93
दृष्टस्त्वया च किञ्चिद्वै ब्रूमोज्ञातं त्वयानघ । वमनं विडू दूषिका च श्लेष्मा मूत्राश्रुणी तथा
dṛṣṭastvayā ca kiñcidvai brūmojñātaṃ tvayānagha / vamanaṃ viḍū dūṣikā ca śleṣmā mūtrāśruṇī tathā
And something of it has been seen by you; we speak of what is known to you, O sinless one: vomit, excrement, eye-discharge, phlegm, urine, and tears.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 7.94
एतद्भक्ष्यञ्च पानञ्च मा पृच्छातः परं द्विज । लज्जा नो जायते स्वामिन्नाहारं वदतां स्वकम्
etadbhakṣyañca pānañca mā pṛcchātaḥ paraṃ dvija / lajjā no jāyate svāminnāhāraṃ vadatāṃ svakam
This is our food and our drink; ask no further than this, O brahmin. Shame arises in us, lord, when we speak of our own fare.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 7.95
अज्ञानास्तामसा मन्दा कान्दिशीका वयं विभो । अकस्माज्जन्मनां विप्र स्मृतिः प्राप्ता तु पौर्विकी
ajñānāstāmasā mandā kāndiśīkā vayaṃ vibho / akasmājjanmanāṃ vipra smṛtiḥ prāptā tu paurvikī
Ignorant we are, sunk in darkness, dull, fleeing in panic, O mighty one; but suddenly, O brahmin, the memory of former births has come (to us).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 7.96
विनीतत्वाविनीतत्वे जानीमो नैव नः प्रभो । श्रीकृष्ण उवाच । एवं वदत्सु प्रेतेषु तथा श्रुतवति द्विजे
vinītatvāvinītatve jānīmo naiva naḥ prabho / śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / evaṃ vadatsu preteṣu tathā śrutavati dvije
Of what is proper conduct and what is not, we know nothing at all, O our lord. Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: While the pretas were speaking thus, and while the brahmin listened,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 7.97
अदर्शयमहं रूपं तदा तार्क्ष्येदमेव वै । स तु दृष्ट्वा द्विजश्रेष्ठो हृद्गतं पुरुषं पुरः
adarśayamahaṃ rūpaṃ tadā tārkṣyedameva vai / sa tu dṛṣṭvā dvijaśreṣṭho hṛdgataṃ puruṣaṃ puraḥ
then, O Tārkṣya, I showed my form, this very one. And that best of brahmins, seeing before him the Person who dwells in the heart,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 7.98
स्तोत्रैस्तुष्टाव पक्षीश दण्डवत्प्रणनाम माम् । ते ऽपि तेपुस्ततः प्रेता आश्चर्योत्फुल्लचक्षुषः
stotraistuṣṭāva pakṣīśa daṇḍavatpraṇanāma mām / te 'pi tepustataḥ pretā āścaryotphullacakṣuṣaḥ
praised me with hymns, O lord of birds, and bowed to me like a fallen staff. Those pretas too then burned (with emotion), their eyes wide with wonder,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 7.99
प्रणयेन स्खलद्वाचः खग नोचुः किमप्युत । रजसा गोरचित्तानां तमसा मूढचेतसाम् । कृपया यः समुद्धारं कुरुषे वै नमो ऽस्त ते
praṇayena skhaladvācaḥ khaga nocuḥ kimapyuta / rajasā goracittānāṃ tamasā mūḍhacetasām / kṛpayā yaḥ samuddhāraṃ kuruṣe vai namo 'sta te
their voices faltering with love, O bird, and they said nothing at all. "You who out of compassion accomplish the deliverance of those whose minds are (bound) by rajas to the sense-fields, and of those whose thoughts are deluded by tamas—homage be to you."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 7.100
एवं द्विजातौ ब्रुवति प्रभू तप्रभैश्च मुख्यांबरचारियुक्तैः । तदा मदिच्छाप्रभवैर्विमानैः षड्भिः समन्ताद्रुरुचे गिरिः सः
evaṃ dvijātau bruvati prabhū taprabhaiśca mukhyāṃbaracāriyuktaiḥ / tadā madicchāprabhavairvimānaiḥ ṣaḍbhiḥ samantādruruce giriḥ saḥ
While the twice-born was speaking thus, that mountain shone on every side with six celestial cars of abundant radiance, yoked with the chief sky-travellers, arisen from my will.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 7.101
इत्थं विमानेन मदीयलोकं गतो द्विजरसो ऽप्यथ पञ्चमिस्तैः । प्रेता ययुः स्वर्गमगण्यपुण्यं सत्सङ्गसंसर्गवशात्सुपर्णम्
itthaṃ vimānena madīyalokaṃ gato dvijaraso 'pyatha pañcamistaiḥ / pretā yayuḥ svargamagaṇyapuṇyaṃ satsaṅgasaṃsargavaśātsuparṇam
Thus the best of the twice-born went by celestial car to my world, and with them (he was) the fifth; the pretas went, O Suparṇa, to a heaven of incalculable merit, by force of contact and association with the good.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 7.102
प्रेताः संगवशेन नाकमवन्सन्तप्तको ब्राह्मणो विष्वक्सन इति प्रसिद्धविभवो नाम्ना गणे मे ऽभवत् । एतत्ते सकलं मया निगादितं यश्चैतदुत्कीर्तयेद्यश्चेदं शृणुयान्न सो ऽपि पुरुषः प्रेतत्वमाप्नोति हि
pretāḥ saṃgavaśena nākamavansantaptako brāhmaṇo viṣvaksana iti prasiddhavibhavo nāmnā gaṇe me 'bhavat / etatte sakalaṃ mayā nigāditaṃ yaścaitadutkīrtayedyaścedaṃ śṛṇuyānna so 'pi puruṣaḥ pretatvamāpnoti hi
The pretas attained heaven by force of (that) association; and the brahmin Santaptaka, of renowned power, came to be in my troop under the name Viṣvaksena. All this has been declared to you by me; and whoever recites this and whoever hears it, that man too does not come to the condition of a preta.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition