Garuda Purana — Uttara Khanda (Pretakalpa) — Chapter 9
GaP 2 9.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- ९ गरुड उवाच । उक्तमाद्यां क्रियां यावन्नृपो ऽपीतित्वयानघ । कस्यचित्केनचिद्राज्ञा किमाद्या सा कृता पुरा
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 9 garuḍa uvāca / uktamādyāṃ kriyāṃ yāvannṛpo 'pītitvayānagha / kasyacitkenacidrājñā kimādyā sā kṛtā purā
Garuḍa said: You have described the first rite, O sinless one, (saying) that even a king (must do it). For whom, by what king, was that first rite performed in olden times?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 9.2
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच । सुपर्ण शृणु वक्ष्यामि यथा राज्ञा क्रिया कृता । आसीत् कृतयुगे राजा वाङ्गो वै बभ्रुवाहनः
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / suparṇa śṛṇu vakṣyāmi yathā rājñā kriyā kṛtā / āsīt kṛtayuge rājā vāṅgo vai babhruvāhanaḥ
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: Listen, Suparṇa, I shall tell how the rite was performed by a king. In the Kṛta age there was a king of Vaṅga, Babhruvāhana.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 9.3
पृथिव्याश्चतुरन्ताया गोप्ता पक्षीन्द्र धर्मतः । चतुर्भागां भुवं कृत्स्नां स भुङ्के वसुधाधिपः
pṛthivyāścaturantāyā goptā pakṣīndra dharmataḥ / caturbhāgāṃ bhuvaṃ kṛtsnāṃ sa bhuṅke vasudhādhipaḥ
He was the lawful protector of the earth to its four bounds, O lord of birds; that ruler of the land enjoyed the whole earth with its four parts.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 9.4
न पापकृत्कश्चिदासीत्तस्मिन्राज्यं प्रशासति । नासीच्चौरभयं तार्क्ष्य न क्षुद्रभयमेव हि
na pāpakṛtkaścidāsīttasminrājyaṃ praśāsati / nāsīccaurabhayaṃ tārkṣya na kṣudrabhayameva hi
While he was governing the kingdom there was no evildoer at all; there was no fear of thieves, O Tārkṣya, nor indeed any fear from the base.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 9.5
नासीद्व्याधिभयञ्चापि तस्मिञ्जनपदेश्वरे । स्वधर्मे रेमिरे चासीत्तेजसा भास्करोपमः
nāsīdvyādhibhayañcāpi tasmiñjanapadeśvare / svadharme remire cāsīttejasā bhāskaropamaḥ
Nor was there any fear of disease (in the realm) of that lord of the land; (the people) took pleasure in their own duty, and he was like the sun in splendour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 9.6
अक्षुब्धत्वेर्ऽचलसमः सहिष्णुत्वे धरासमः । स कदाचिन्महाबाहुः प्रभूतबलवाहनः
akṣubdhatver'calasamaḥ sahiṣṇutve dharāsamaḥ / sa kadācinmahābāhuḥ prabhūtabalavāhanaḥ
In imperturbability he was the equal of a mountain, in endurance the equal of the earth. Once that mighty-armed one, with abundant forces and mounts,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 9.7
वनं जगाम गहनं हयानाञ्च शतैर्वृतः । सिंहनादैश्च योधानां शङ्खदुन्दुभिनिः स्वनैः
vanaṃ jagāma gahanaṃ hayānāñca śatairvṛtaḥ / siṃhanādaiśca yodhānāṃ śaṅkhadundubhiniḥ svanaiḥ
went to a dense forest, surrounded by hundreds of horses, with the lion-roars of his warriors and the blare of conches and drums.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 9.8
आसीत्किलकिलाशब्दस्तस्मिन् गच्छती पार्थिवे । तत्रतत्र च विप्रेन्द्रैः स्तूयमानः समन्ततः
āsītkilakilāśabdastasmin gacchatī pārthive / tatratatra ca viprendraiḥ stūyamānaḥ samantataḥ
There was a clamour of shouting as that king went along, and, praised on every side by the foremost brahmins here and there,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 9.9
निर्ययौ परया प्रीत्या वनं मृगजिघांसया । स गच्छन्ददृशे धीमान्नन्दनप्रतिमं वनम्
niryayau parayā prītyā vanaṃ mṛgajighāṃsayā / sa gacchandadṛśe dhīmānnandanapratimaṃ vanam
he set out with the greatest delight for the forest, wishing to kill game. As he went, the wise one saw a forest resembling Nandana:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 9.10
बिल्वार्कखदिराकीर्णं कपित्थध्वजसंयुतम् । विषमैः पर्वतैश्चैव सर्वतश्च समन्वितम्
bilvārkakhadirākīrṇaṃ kapitthadhvajasaṃyutam / viṣamaiḥ parvataiścaiva sarvataśca samanvitam
strewn with bilva, arka and khadira trees, joined with wood-apple and dhava trees, and hemmed in on all sides by rugged mountains,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 9.11
निर्जलं निर्मनुष्यञ्च बहुयोजनमायतम् । मृगसिंहैर्महाघोरैन्यैश्चापि वनेचरैः
nirjalaṃ nirmanuṣyañca bahuyojanamāyatam / mṛgasiṃhairmahāghorainyaiścāpi vanecaraiḥ
waterless and without men, extending for many leagues, (filled) with deer and lions, and with other terrible forest-dwelling creatures.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 9.12
तद्वनं मनुज व्याघ्रः सभृत्यबलवाहनः । लीलया लोडयामास सूदयन्विविधान्मृगान्
tadvanaṃ manuja vyāghraḥ sabhṛtyabalavāhanaḥ / līlayā loḍayāmāsa sūdayanvividhānmṛgān
That tiger among men, with his servants, forces and mounts, tossed that forest about in sport, slaying various beasts.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 9.13
मृगस्य कस्यचित्कुक्षिं ततो विव्याध भूमिपः । राजा मृगप्रसङ्गेन तमनु प्राविशद्वनम्
mṛgasya kasyacitkukṣiṃ tato vivyādha bhūmipaḥ / rājā mṛgaprasaṅgena tamanu prāviśadvanam
Then the lord of the earth pierced the belly of some deer; and the king, in pursuit of the deer, entered the forest after it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 9.14
एकाकी वै हृतबलः क्षुत्प्रिपासासमन्वितः । स वनस्यान्तमासाद्य महच्चारण्यमासदत्
ekākī vai hṛtabalaḥ kṣutpripāsāsamanvitaḥ / sa vanasyāntamāsādya mahaccāraṇyamāsadat
Alone indeed, deprived of his forces, beset by hunger and thirst, he reached the edge of the wood and came upon a great wilderness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 9.15
तृषया परयाविष्टो ऽन्विष्यज्जलमितस्ततः । स दूरात्पूरचक्राह्वं हंससारसनादितैः
tṛṣayā parayāviṣṭo 'nviṣyajjalamitastataḥ / sa dūrātpūracakrāhvaṃ haṃsasārasanāditaiḥ
Seized by extreme thirst, searching for water here and there, from afar he (saw) one filled to the brim, sounded over by geese and cranes,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 9.16
सूचितं सर आगत्य साश्व एव व्यगाहत । पद्मानाञ्च परागेण उत्पलानां रजेन च
sūcitaṃ sara āgatya sāśva eva vyagāhata / padmānāñca parāgeṇa utpalānāṃ rajena ca
and having come to the lake thus indicated, he plunged in, horse and all. With the pollen of the lotuses and the dust of the blue lilies
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 9.17
सुगन्धममलं शीतं पीत्वाम्भो निर्जगाम ह । मार्गश्रमपरिश्रान्तस्तडागतटमण्डपम्
sugandhamamalaṃ śītaṃ pītvāmbho nirjagāma ha / mārgaśramapariśrāntastaḍāgataṭamaṇḍapam
(the water was) fragrant, clear and cool; having drunk it he came out, and, worn out with the fatigue of the road, (he went to) a bower on the bank of the pool.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 9.18
न्यग्रोधं वीक्ष्य तस्याशु जटास्वश्वं बबन्ध ह । स तत्रास्तरमास्तीर्य खेटकानुपधाय च
nyagrodhaṃ vīkṣya tasyāśu jaṭāsvaśvaṃ babandha ha / sa tatrāstaramāstīrya kheṭakānupadhāya ca
Seeing a banyan there, he quickly tied his horse to its aerial roots; and there, having spread out a rug and laid his shield beneath (his head),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 9.19
सूष्वाप वायुना तत्र सेव्यामातस्तदा क्षणम् । क्षणं सुप्ते नृपे तत्र प्रेतो वै प्रेतवाहनः
sūṣvāpa vāyunā tatra sevyāmātastadā kṣaṇam / kṣaṇaṃ supte nṛpe tatra preto vai pretavāhanaḥ
he slept there a while, fanned by the breeze. While the king slept there for a moment, a certain ghoul, with a ghoul for his mount,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 9.20
कश्चिदत्राजगामाथ युक्तः प्रेतशतेन च । अस्थिचर्मशिराशेषशरीरः परिविभ्रमन्
kaścidatrājagāmātha yuktaḥ pretaśatena ca / asthicarmaśirāśeṣaśarīraḥ parivibhraman
came to that place, accompanied by a hundred ghouls, his body nothing but bones, skin and sinews, wandering about,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 9.21
भक्ष्यंपेयं मार्गमाणो न बध्नाति धृतिं क्वचित् । तमपूर्वं नृपो दृष्ट्वाकरोदस्त्रं शरासने
bhakṣyaṃpeyaṃ mārgamāṇo na badhnāti dhṛtiṃ kvacit / tamapūrvaṃ nṛpo dṛṣṭvākarodastraṃ śarāsane
seeking food and drink, nowhere finding composure. Seeing this unprecedented thing, the king fitted an arrow to his bow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 9.22
दृष्ट्वा सो ऽपि चिरं भूपं तस्थौ स्थाणुपिवाग्रतः । तमवस्थितमालोक्य राजा प्राप्तकुतूहलः
dṛṣṭvā so 'pi ciraṃ bhūpaṃ tasthau sthāṇupivāgrataḥ / tamavasthitamālokya rājā prāptakutūhalaḥ
And he too, seeing the king, stood a long while before him like a post. Observing him standing there, the king, filled with curiosity,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 9.23
पप्रच्छ तञ्च को ऽसीति कुतो वा विकृतिं गतः । प्रेत उवाच । प्रेतभावो मया त्यक्तो गतिं प्राप्तो ऽरम्यहं पराम्
papraccha tañca ko 'sīti kuto vā vikṛtiṃ gataḥ / preta uvāca / pretabhāvo mayā tyakto gatiṃ prāpto 'ramyahaṃ parām
asked him: "Who are you? And from what (cause) have you come to this deformity?" The ghoul said: "My ghoul-state has been abandoned by me; I have attained the supreme course."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 9.24
त्वत्संयोगान्महाबाहो नास्ति धन्यतरो मया । बभ्रुवाहन उवाच । किमेतत्दिपिने घोरे सर्वत्रातिभयानके
tvatsaṃyogānmahābāho nāsti dhanyataro mayā / babhruvāhana uvāca / kimetatdipine ghore sarvatrātibhayānake
"By contact with you, mighty-armed one, there is none more fortunate than I." Babhruvāhana said: "What is this, in this terrible wood, everywhere most frightful,"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 9.25
दोधूयमाने वातेन वात्यारूपेण कोणप । पतङ्गा मशकाः क्षुद्राः कवन्धाश्च शिरांसि च
dodhūyamāne vātena vātyārūpeṇa koṇapa / pataṅgā maśakāḥ kṣudrāḥ kavandhāśca śirāṃsi ca
O flesh-eater, as (all) is shaken about by the wind in the form of a whirlwind, (there are) moths, gnats, tiny creatures, headless trunks, and heads (whirling about).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 9.26
मत्स्याः कूर्माः कृकलासा वृश्चिका भ्रमराहयः । अधोमुखोर्ध्वपादास्ते क्रन्दमानाः सुदारुणम्
matsyāḥ kūrmāḥ kṛkalāsā vṛścikā bhramarāhayaḥ / adhomukhordhvapādāste krandamānāḥ sudāruṇam
Fish, tortoises, chameleons, scorpions, bees, and snakes — these, head downward and feet upward, crying out most horribly.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 9.27
प्रवान्ति वायवो रूक्षा ज्वलन्तो विद्युदग्नयः । इतस्ततो भ्रमन्तीव वायुना तृणसन्ततिः
pravānti vāyavo rūkṣā jvalanto vidyudagnayaḥ / itastato bhramantīva vāyunā tṛṇasantatiḥ
Harsh winds blow, and lightning-fires blaze; they wander this way and that as a mass of straw (is blown) by the wind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 9.28
दृश्यन्ते विविधा जीवा नागाश्च शलभव्रजाः । श्रूयन्ते बहुधा रावा न दृश्यन्ते क्वचित्क्वचित्
dṛśyante vividhā jīvā nāgāśca śalabhavrajāḥ / śrūyante bahudhā rāvā na dṛśyante kvacitkvacit
Manifold living beings are seen, and serpents and swarms of locusts; cries of many kinds are heard, but here and there nothing is seen.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 9.29
दृष्ट्वेदं विकृतं सर्वं वेपते हृदयंमम । प्रते उवाच । येषां नैवाग्निसंस्कारो न श्राद्धं नोदकक्रियाः
dṛṣṭvedaṃ vikṛtaṃ sarvaṃ vepate hṛdayaṃmama / prate uvāca / yeṣāṃ naivāgnisaṃskāro na śrāddhaṃ nodakakriyāḥ
Seeing all this distorted (scene), my heart trembles. The ghost said: Those for whom there is no fire-rite, no śrāddha, no water-offerings —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 9.30
षट् पिण्डा दश गात्राणि सपिण्डीकरणं न हि । विश्वासघातिनो ये च सुरापाः स्वर्णहारिणः
ṣaṭ piṇḍā daśa gātrāṇi sapiṇḍīkaraṇaṃ na hi / viśvāsaghātino ye ca surāpāḥ svarṇahāriṇaḥ
no six rice-balls, no ten (offerings for the) limbs, and no sapiṇḍīkaraṇa rite; and those who betray trust, drink liquor, steal gold,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 9.31
मृता दुर्मरणाद्ये च ये चासूयापरा जनाः । प्रायश्चित्तविहीना ये अगम्यागमने रताः
mṛtā durmaraṇādye ca ye cāsūyāparā janāḥ / prāyaścittavihīnā ye agamyāgamane ratāḥ
and those who have died an evil death, and those people given over to envy, those who are without expiation, who delight in going to forbidden women —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 9.32
कर्मभिर्भ्राम्यमाणास्ते प्राणिनः स्वकृतैरिह । दुर्लभाहारपानीया दृश्यन्ते पीडिता भृशम्
karmabhirbhrāmyamāṇāste prāṇinaḥ svakṛtairiha / durlabhāhārapānīyā dṛśyante pīḍitā bhṛśam
those living beings, whirled about here by their own deeds, for whom food and drink are hard to get, are seen greatly tormented.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 9.33
एतेषां कृपया राजंस्त्वं कुरुष्वौर्ध्वदेहिकम् । येषां न माता न पिता न पुत्रो न च बान्धवाः
eteṣāṃ kṛpayā rājaṃstvaṃ kuruṣvaurdhvadehikam / yeṣāṃ na mātā na pitā na putro na ca bāndhavāḥ
Out of compassion for these, O king, perform the after-death rites — for them who have no mother, no father, no son, and no kinsmen.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 9.34
तेषा राजा स्वयं कुर्यात्कर्माणि तु यतो नृपः । आत्मनश्च शुभं कर्म कर्तव्यं पारलौकिकम्
teṣā rājā svayaṃ kuryātkarmāṇi tu yato nṛpaḥ / ātmanaśca śubhaṃ karma kartavyaṃ pāralaukikam
For them the king should himself perform the rites, since he is the ruler; and one should also perform for oneself the good deed that pertains to the next world,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 9.35
विमुक्तः सर्वदुः खेभ्यो येनाञ्जो दुर्गातिं तरेत् । भ्रातरः कस्य के पुत्रास्त्रियो ऽपि स्वार्थकोविदाः
vimuktaḥ sarvaduḥ khebhyo yenāñjo durgātiṃ taret / bhrātaraḥ kasya ke putrāstriyo 'pi svārthakovidāḥ
released from all sorrows, by which one might easily cross over an evil course. Whose are brothers, who are sons? Even wives are skilled (only) in their own interest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 9.36
न कार्यस्तेषु विश्रम्भ स्वकृतं भुज्यतेयतः । गृहेष्वर्था निवर्न्त्तन्ते श्मशाने चैव बान्धवाः
na kāryasteṣu viśrambha svakṛtaṃ bhujyateyataḥ / gṛheṣvarthā nivarnttante śmaśāne caiva bāndhavāḥ
No trust should be placed in them, since what one has done oneself is what one enjoys; wealth turns back at the house, and kinsmen at the cremation ground.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 9.37
शरीरं काष्ठामादत्ते पापं पुण्यं सह व्रजेत् । तस्मादाशु त्वया सम्यगात्मनः श्रेय इच्छता
śarīraṃ kāṣṭhāmādatte pāpaṃ puṇyaṃ saha vrajet / tasmādāśu tvayā samyagātmanaḥ śreya icchatā
The body takes to the firewood; (only) evil and merit go along (with one). Therefore, by you, at once and properly, wishing your own welfare,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 9.38
अस्थिरेण शरीरेण कर्तव्यञ्चौर्ध्वदोहिकम् । राजोवाच । कृशरूपः करालाक्षस्त्वं प्रेत इव लक्ष्यसे
asthireṇa śarīreṇa kartavyañcaurdhvadohikam / rājovāca / kṛśarūpaḥ karālākṣastvaṃ preta iva lakṣyase
with this unstable body the after-death rite is to be performed. The king said: Emaciated in form, with gaping eyes, you look like a ghost.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 9.39
कथयस्वः मम प्रीत्या प्रेतराज यथातथम् । तथा पृष्टः स वै राज्ञा उवाच सकलं स्वकम्
kathayasvaḥ mama prītyā pretarāja yathātatham / tathā pṛṣṭaḥ sa vai rājñā uvāca sakalaṃ svakam
Tell me, out of affection for me, O king of ghosts, just as it is. Thus asked by the king, he told all that was his own.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 9.40
प्रेत उवाच । कथयामि नृपश्रेष्ठ सर्वमेवादितस्तव । प्रेतत्वे कारणं श्रुत्वा दयां कर्तुमिहार्हसि
preta uvāca / kathayāmi nṛpaśreṣṭha sarvamevāditastava / pretatve kāraṇaṃ śrutvā dayāṃ kartumihārhasi
The ghost said: I will tell you everything from the beginning, best of kings; having heard the cause of my ghosthood, you should here show compassion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 9.41
वैदिशं नाम नगरं सर्वसम्पत्सुखावहम् । नानाजनपदाकीर्णं नानारत्नसमाकुलम्
vaidiśaṃ nāma nagaraṃ sarvasampatsukhāvaham / nānājanapadākīrṇaṃ nānāratnasamākulam
There is a city named Vaidiśa, bringing the happiness of every prosperity, crowded with people of many regions, filled with many kinds of jewels,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 9.42
नानापुष्पवनाकीर्णं नानापुण्यजनावृतम् । तत्राहं न्यवसं भूप देवार्चनरतः सदा
nānāpuṣpavanākīrṇaṃ nānāpuṇyajanāvṛtam / tatrāhaṃ nyavasaṃ bhūpa devārcanarataḥ sadā
strewn with many flower-groves, thronged with many meritorious folk. There I dwelt, O king, ever devoted to the worship of the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 9.43
वैश्यजातिः सुदेवो ऽहं नाम्ना विदितमस्तु ते । हव्येन तर्पिता देवाः कव्येन पितरो मया
vaiśyajātiḥ sudevo 'haṃ nāmnā viditamastu te / havyena tarpitā devāḥ kavyena pitaro mayā
I was of the vaiśya caste, Sudeva by name — let this be known to you. By me the gods were gratified with havya and the fathers with kavya.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 9.44
विविधैर्दानयोगैश्च विप्राः सन्तर्पिता मया । आहारश्च विहारश्च मया वै सुनिवेशितः
vividhairdānayogaiśca viprāḥ santarpitā mayā / āhāraśca vihāraśca mayā vai suniveśitaḥ
And by me brahmins were gratified with various kinds of gifts; and food and a resting-place were indeed well provided by me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 9.45
दीनानाथविशिष्टेभ्यो मया दत्तमनेकधा । तत्सर्वं निष्फलं जातं मम दैवादुपागतम्
dīnānāthaviśiṣṭebhyo mayā dattamanekadhā / tatsarvaṃ niṣphalaṃ jātaṃ mama daivādupāgatam
To the poor, the helpless, and the distinguished I gave in many ways; yet all that has turned fruitless for me, come about by fate.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 9.46
न मे ऽस्ति सन्ततिस्तात न सुहृन्न च बान्धवाः । न च मित्रं हितस्तादृग्यः कुर्यादौर्ध्वदैहिकम्
na me 'sti santatistāta na suhṛnna ca bāndhavāḥ / na ca mitraṃ hitastādṛgyaḥ kuryādaurdhvadaihikam
I have no offspring, dear sir, no well-wisher, and no kinsmen; nor is there such a friend or benefactor as would perform the rites for the departed for me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 9.47
प्रेतत्वं सुस्थिरं तेन मम जातं नृपोत्तम । एकादशं त्रिपक्षञ्च षाण्मासिकमथाब्दिकम्
pretatvaṃ susthiraṃ tena mama jātaṃ nṛpottama / ekādaśaṃ tripakṣañca ṣāṇmāsikamathābdikam
Therefore, best of kings, my ghost-state has become firmly fixed: the eleventh-day rite, the three-fortnight rite, the six-month and then the annual one—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 9.48
प्रतिमास्यानि चान्या नि ह्येवं श्राद्धानि षोडश । यस्यैतानि न दीयन्ते प्रेतश्राद्धानि भूपते
pratimāsyāni cānyā ni hyevaṃ śrāddhāni ṣoḍaśa / yasyaitāni na dīyante pretaśrāddhāni bhūpate
and the others, the monthly ones—thus sixteen śrāddhas in all. He, O lord of the earth, for whom these śrāddhas for the departed are not given—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 9.49
प्रेतत्वं सुस्थिरं तस्यः दत्तैः श्राद्धशतैरपि । एवं ज्ञात्वा महाराज प्रेतत्वादुद्धरस्व माम्
pretatvaṃ susthiraṃ tasyaḥ dattaiḥ śrāddhaśatairapi / evaṃ jñātvā mahārāja pretatvāduddharasva mām
his ghost-state stands firm even though hundreds of śrāddhas be given. Knowing this, great king, deliver me from the ghost-state.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 9.50
वर्णानाञ्चैव सर्वेषां राजा बन्धुरिहोच्यते । तन्मां तारय राजेन्द्र मणिरत्नं ददामि ते
varṇānāñcaiva sarveṣāṃ rājā bandhurihocyate / tanmāṃ tāraya rājendra maṇiratnaṃ dadāmi te
And the king is here called the kinsman of all the classes; so carry me across, lord of kings—I will give you a jewel of a gem.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 9.51
यथा मम शुभावाप्तिर्भवेन्नृपवरोत्तम । तथा कार्यं महीपाल दयां कृत्वा मयि प्रभो
yathā mama śubhāvāptirbhavennṛpavarottama / tathā kāryaṃ mahīpāla dayāṃ kṛtvā mayi prabho
O best of the best of kings, act so that good may be obtained by me, O protector of the earth, showing compassion toward me, O lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 9.52
सपिण्डैर्वा सगोत्रैर्वा निष्टुरैर्न कृतो हिमे । वृषोत्सर्गस्ततो दुष्टं प्रेतत्वं प्राप्तवानहम्
sapiṇḍairvā sagotrairvā niṣṭurairna kṛto hime / vṛṣotsargastato duṣṭaṃ pretatvaṃ prāptavānaham
By my kinsmen sharing the piṇḍa or my clansmen, hard-hearted, the release of the bull was not performed for me; therefore I attained this wretched ghost-state.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 9.53
क्षुत्तृषाविष्टदेहश्च भक्ष्यं पानं न चाप्नुयाम् । अतो विकृतिरेषा वै कृशात्वादिरमांसका
kṣuttṛṣāviṣṭadehaśca bhakṣyaṃ pānaṃ na cāpnuyām / ato vikṛtireṣā vai kṛśātvādiramāṃsakā
My body seized by hunger and thirst, I get neither food nor drink; hence this deformed condition, emaciated and fleshless.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 9.54
क्षुत्तृड्जन्यं महादुः खमनुभवामि पुनः पुनः । अकल्याणं हि प्रेतत्वं वृषोत्सर्गं विना कृतम्
kṣuttṛḍjanyaṃ mahāduḥ khamanubhavāmi punaḥ punaḥ / akalyāṇaṃ hi pretatvaṃ vṛṣotsargaṃ vinā kṛtam
Again and again I undergo the great suffering born of hunger and thirst; for the ghost-state is an evil thing brought about by the omission of the bull-release.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 9.55
तस्माद्राजन्दयासिन्धो प्रार्थयामि तवाग्रतः । राजोवाच । वर्तते मत्कुले प्रेत इति ज्ञेयं कथं नरैः
tasmādrājandayāsindho prārthayāmi tavāgrataḥ / rājovāca / vartate matkule preta iti jñeyaṃ kathaṃ naraiḥ
Therefore, O king, ocean of compassion, I make my plea before you. The king said: How are men to know that a ghost exists in my family?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 9.56
तन्ममाचक्ष्व हि प्रेत प्रेतत्वान्मुच्यते कथम् । प्रेत उवाच । लिङ्गेन पीडया प्रेतो ऽनुमातव्यो नरैः सदा
tanmamācakṣva hi preta pretatvānmucyate katham / preta uvāca / liṅgena pīḍayā preto 'numātavyo naraiḥ sadā
So tell me, O ghost, how one is freed from the ghost-state. The ghost said: By a mark, by affliction, a ghost is always to be inferred by men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 9.57
वक्ष्यामि पीडास्ता राजन्या वै प्रेतकृता भुवि । ऋतुः स्यादफलः स्त्रीणां यदा वंशो न वर्धते
vakṣyāmi pīḍāstā rājanyā vai pretakṛtā bhuvi / ṛtuḥ syādaphalaḥ strīṇāṃ yadā vaṃśo na vardhate
I shall tell you those afflictions, O prince, that are caused by a ghost on earth: when women's monthly season is fruitless, when the lineage does not increase,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 9.58
मियन्ते चाल्पवयसः सा पीडा पेतसम्भवा । अकस्माद्वृत्तिहरणमप्रतिष्ठा जनेषु वै
miyante cālpavayasaḥ sā pīḍā petasambhavā / akasmādvṛttiharaṇamapratiṣṭhā janeṣu vai
and (children) die young—that affliction arises from a ghost; the sudden loss of livelihood, and no standing among people—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 9.59
अकस्माद्गहदाहः स्यात्सा पीडा प्रेतसम्भवा । स्वगेहे कलहो नित्यं स्याच्च मिथ्याभिशंसनप
akasmādgahadāhaḥ syātsā pīḍā pretasambhavā / svagehe kalaho nityaṃ syācca mithyābhiśaṃsanapa
and there be a sudden burning of the house—that affliction arises from a ghost; constant quarrel in one's own house, and false accusation—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 9.60
गजयक्ष्मादिसम्भूतिः सा पीडा प्रेतसम्भवा । अपि स्वयं धनं मुक्तं प्रयत्नादनवे पथि
gajayakṣmādisambhūtiḥ sā pīḍā pretasambhavā / api svayaṃ dhanaṃ muktaṃ prayatnādanave pathi
the arising of elephantiasis, consumption and the like—that affliction arises from a ghost; and though wealth be sent out by oneself with effort on a safe road,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 9.61
नैव लभ्येत नश्येतः सा पीडा प्रेतसंमवा । सुवृष्टौ कृषिनाशः स्याद्वाणिज्याद्वृत्तिनाशनम्
naiva labhyeta naśyetaḥ sā pīḍā pretasaṃmavā / suvṛṣṭau kṛṣināśaḥ syādvāṇijyādvṛttināśanam
it is not recovered at all but is lost—that affliction arises from a ghost; when there is good rain and yet the crop fails, and livelihood is destroyed in trade,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 9.62
कलत्रं पतिकूलं स्यात्सा पीडा प्रेतसम्भवा । एवन्तु पीडया राजन्प्रेतज्ञानं भवेन्नृणाम्
kalatraṃ patikūlaṃ syātsā pīḍā pretasambhavā / evantu pīḍayā rājanpretajñānaṃ bhavennṛṇām
when a wife is hostile to her husband—that affliction arises from a ghost. Thus, O king, by affliction men come to know of a ghost.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 9.63
वृषोत्सर्गो यदि भवेत्प्रेतत्वान्मुच्यते तदा । तस्मान्नप त्वमप्येवं वृषोत्सर्गं कुरु प्रभो
vṛṣotsargo yadi bhavetpretatvānmucyate tadā / tasmānnapa tvamapyevaṃ vṛṣotsargaṃ kuru prabho
If the release of the bull takes place, then one is freed from the ghost-state; therefore, O king, you too likewise perform the bull-release, O lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 9.64
मामुद्दिश्य नृपे ऽप्यत्राधिकारो ऽत्यनुकम्पया । राजपुत्रो हतः कश्चिन्मयैवाप्तस्ततो मया
māmuddiśya nṛpe 'pyatrādhikāro 'tyanukampayā / rājaputro hataḥ kaścinmayaivāptastato mayā
On my behalf even a king has authority in this, out of great compassion. Some king's son was slain and obtained by me myself, and then by me—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 9.65
कुरुष्व त्वं गृहीत्वा मे तद्धनेन वृषोत्सवम् । कार्तिक्यां पौर्णमास्यां वाऽश्वयुङ्मध्ये ऽथवा नृप
kuruṣva tvaṃ gṛhītvā me taddhanena vṛṣotsavam / kārtikyāṃ paurṇamāsyāṃ vā'śvayuṅmadhye 'thavā nṛpa
Take (this jewel) and with that wealth perform the bull-festival for me, O king, on the Kārttika full-moon day, or else in the middle of the month of Āśvina,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 9.66
रेवतीयुक्तदिवसे कृषीष्ठा मे वृषोत्सवम् । पुण्यान्विप्रान्समाहूय वह्निं स्थाप्य विधानतः
revatīyuktadivase kṛṣīṣṭhā me vṛṣotsavam / puṇyānviprānsamāhūya vahniṃ sthāpya vidhānataḥ
on a day conjoined with (the asterism) Revatī — perform the bull-festival for me; having summoned holy brahmins and installed the fire according to rule,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 9.67
मन्त्रैर्हेमस्तथा कार्यः षड्भिर्नृप विधानतः । बहून्विप्रान् भोजयेथास्तद्रत्नाप्तधनेन वै । एवं कृते महीपाल मम मुक्तिर्भविष्यति
mantrairhemastathā kāryaḥ ṣaḍbhirnṛpa vidhānataḥ / bahūnviprān bhojayethāstadratnāptadhanena vai / evaṃ kṛte mahīpāla mama muktirbhaviṣyati
and the (fire-offering) is to be made with six mantras according to rule, O king; and you should feed many brahmins with the wealth obtained from that jewel. When this is done, O ruler of the earth, my release will come about.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 9.68
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच । तथेति प्रतिजग्राह मणिं राजा ततः खग
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / tatheti pratijagrāha maṇiṃ rājā tataḥ khaga
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: Saying "So be it," the king then accepted the jewel, O bird.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 9.69
क्रियाधिकारस्तस्यैव यो धनग्राहको भवेत् । कुर्वतोस्तु तयोर्वार्तामेवं प्रेतमहीक्षितोः
kriyādhikārastasyaiva yo dhanagrāhako bhavet / kurvatostu tayorvārtāmevaṃ pretamahīkṣitoḥ
The right to perform the rite belongs precisely to him who is the receiver of the wealth. While those two, the preta and the king, were talking together in this way,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 9.70
झणत्कारस्तु घण्टानां भेरीणां भाङ्कृतिस्तथा । जातस्तदा राजसेना चतुरङ्गा समापतत्
jhaṇatkārastu ghaṇṭānāṃ bherīṇāṃ bhāṅkṛtistathā / jātastadā rājasenā caturaṅgā samāpatat
there arose a jangling of bells and likewise a booming of kettledrums; then the king's fourfold army came up.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 9.71
तस्यामागतमात्रायां प्रेतश्चादृश्यतां गतः । तस्माद्वनाद्विनिः सृत्य राजापि पुरमागमत्
tasyāmāgatamātrāyāṃ pretaścādṛśyatāṃ gataḥ / tasmādvanādviniḥ sṛtya rājāpi puramāgamat
The moment it arrived, the preta became invisible; and the king too, going out from that forest, came to his city.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 9.72
स कार्तिक्यां पूर्णिमायां प्रेतमुद्दिश्य संव्यधात् । वृषोत्सर्गं विधानेन तन्मण्याप्तधनेन च
sa kārtikyāṃ pūrṇimāyāṃ pretamuddiśya saṃvyadhāt / vṛṣotsargaṃ vidhānena tanmaṇyāptadhanena ca
On the Kārttika full-moon day he performed, dedicating it to the preta, the releasing of a bull according to the rule, and with the wealth obtained from that jewel.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 9.73
प्रेतो ऽप्ययं सपदिलब्धसुवर्णदेहः कर्मान्त आगत इति प्रणनाम भूपम् । देव त्वदीयमहिमायमिति स्तुवन् स यातो दिवं गरुड भूपतिना कृतज्ञः
preto 'pyayaṃ sapadilabdhasuvarṇadehaḥ karmānta āgata iti praṇanāma bhūpam / deva tvadīyamahimāyamiti stuvan sa yāto divaṃ garuḍa bhūpatinā kṛtajñaḥ
And that preta, having at once obtained a golden body, came at the conclusion of the rite and bowed to the king, saying, "Lord, this is your greatness"; praising him thus, grateful, he went to heaven, O Garuḍa, by (the help of) the king.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 9.74
एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं यथा भूपतिनापि सः । उद्धृतः प्रेतभावाद्वै किमन्यच्छ्रोतुमिच्छसि
etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ yathā bhūpatināpi saḥ / uddhṛtaḥ pretabhāvādvai kimanyacchrotumicchasi
All this has been told to you — how he was lifted out of the preta-condition by the king. What else do you wish to hear?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition