[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Garudapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda) › 1.225 # Garudapurana 1.225 Garuḍapurāṇa 1.225 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [1.225.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.225.37) — 1 part ### [1.225.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.225.1) śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 225 sūta uvāca / ādhyātmikāditāpāṃstrīñjñātva saṃsrācakravit / utpannajñānavairāgyaḥ prāpnotyātyantikaṃ layam // > Sūta said: / Knowing the three afflictions—internal and the rest—he who understands the wheel of rebirth, / with knowledge and dispassion arisen in him, attains absolute dissolution. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.225.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.225.2) saṃsāracakraṃ vakṣye 'hamādābutkrāntikālataḥ / yadvinā puruṣārtho na līnaḥ syātparamātmani // > I shall declare the wheel of rebirth beginning from the moment of death, / without which the goal of man is not achieved, being merged into the supreme Self. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.225.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.225.3) ūrdhvavāsī narastyaktvā dehamanyatprapadyate / nīyatedvādaśāhena yamasya yamapūruṣaiḥ // > The man dwelling above, having abandoned his body, attains another; / in twelve days he is conducted to Yama's abode by Yama's messengers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.225.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.225.4) tatra yadvāndhavāstoyaṃ prayacchanti tilaiḥ saha / yacca piṇḍaṃ prayacchanti yamaloke tadaśnute // > Whatever water his kin offer with sesame seeds there, / and whatever funeral rice-ball they offer, he consumes in Yama's realm. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.225.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.225.5) gataśca narakaṃ pāpātsvargaṃ yāti svapuṇyataḥ / pāpakṛdyāti narakaṃ puṇyakṛdyāti vai divam // > Having gone, he enters hell on account of sin, and heaven on account of his merit; / the evil-doer goes to hell, while the merit-maker goes to heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.225.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.225.6) svargācca narakāttyaktaḥ strīṇāṃ garbhe bhavatyapi / nābhibhūtañca tasyaiva yāti bījadvayaṃ hi tat // > Cast down from heaven or hell, he enters the womb of women; / and that twofold seed of his comes into existence, centered at the navel. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.225.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.225.7) kalalaṃ budbrudamayaṃ tataḥ śoṇitameva ca / peśyāḥ palasamo 'ṇḍaḥ syādaṅkuraṃ tata ucyate // > First comes the bubble-like embryo, and from that indeed blood; > from the mass of flesh comes an oval shape like a lump of meat, which is then called the sprout. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.225.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.225.8) upāṅgānyaṅgulīnetranāsāsyaśravaṇāni ca / āvahaṃ yāti cāṅgebhyastatparantu nakhādikam // > Subordinate limbs—fingers, eyes, nose, mouth, and ears— > arise from the limbs, and after that the nails and so on. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.225.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.225.9) tvaco romāṇi jāyante keśāścaiva tataḥ param / naraścādhomukhaḥ sthitvā daśame ca saḥ jāyate // > From the skin, body-hair is born, and after that the hair on the head; > and staying head downward, the human being is born in the tenth \[month\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.225.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.225.10) tatastu vaiṣṇavī māyā vṛṇotyatyantamohinī / bālatvaṃ tvatha kaumāraṃ yauvanaṃ vṛddhatāmapi // > Then the deluding Vaiṣṇava māyā encloses him completely; > \[then follow\] infancy, childhood, youth, and also old age. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.225.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.225.11) tataśca maraṇaṃ tattaddharmāmāpnoti mānavaḥ / evaṃ saṃsāracakre 'smin bhrāmyate ghaṭīyantravat // > Then death: a human being experiences the fruits of various deeds; > thus in this cycle of existence he is whirled about like a waterwheel. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.225.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.225.12) narakātpratimuktastu pāpayoniṣu jāyate / patitātpratigṛhyātha adhoyoniṃ vrajedbudhaḥ // > Released from hell, he is born in sinful wombs; > by accepting gifts from a fallen man, a wise man would descend to a lower womb. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.225.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.225.13) narakātpratimuktastu kṛmirbhavati yācakaḥ / upādhyāyavyalīkaṃ tu kṛtvā śvā bhavati dvija // > Released from hell, a beggar becomes a worm; > by committing a deceit against his teacher, a twice-born becomes a dog. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.225.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.225.14) tajjāyāṃ manasā vāñchaṃstaddravyaṃ vāpyasaṃśayam / gardabhojāyate janturmitrasyaivāpamānakṛt // > Desiring in his mind his wife or indeed his wealth without a doubt, > \[or\] doing dishonor to a friend, a creature is born an ass. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.225.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.225.15) pitarau pīḍayitvā tu kacchapatvañca jāyate / bhurtuḥ piṇḍamupāśvasto vañjayitvā tameva yaḥ // > Tormenting his parents, he is born as a turtle; > he who, having trusted in the food of his master, cheats him, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.225.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.225.16) so 'pi mohasamāpanno jāyate vānaro mṛtaḥ / nyāsāpahartā narakādvimukto jāyate kṛmiḥ // > overcome with delusion, is born as a monkey when dead; > a stealer of a deposit, released from hell, is born a worm. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.225.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.225.17) asūyakaśca narakānmukto bhavati rākṣasaḥ / viśvāsahartā ca naro mīnayonau prajāyate // > A spiteful person, released from hell, becomes a rākṣasa; > and a man who violates trust is born in the womb of a fish. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.225.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.225.18) yavadhānyāni saṃhṛtya jāyate mūṣako mṛtaḥ / paradārābhimarśāttu vṛko ghoro 'bhijāyate // > Having stolen barley and grain, when dead he is born a mouse; > from touching another’s wife, he is born a terrible wolf. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.225.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.225.19) bhrātṛbhāryāprasaṃgena kokilo jāyate naraḥ / gurvādibhāryāgamanācchūkaro jāyate naraḥ // > From intimacy with a brother's wife, a man is born a cuckoo; > from approaching the wife of a guru or the like, a man is born a boar. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.225.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.225.20) yajñadānavivāhānāṃ vighnakartā bhavetkṛmiḥ / devatāpitṛviprāṇāmadattvā yo 'nnamaśnute // > An obstructor of sacrifices, gifts, and marriages becomes a worm; > he who eats food without having offered it to gods, ancestors, and brāhmaṇas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.225.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.225.21) pramukto narakādvāpi vāyasaḥ sanprajāyate / jyeṣṭhabhrātrapamānācca krauñcayonau prajāyate // > being released from hell, is born as a crow; > and from insulting an elder brother, he is born in the womb of a krauñca bird. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.225.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.225.22) śūdrastu brāhmaṇīṃ gatvā kṛmiyonau prajāyate / tasyāmapatyamutpādya kāṣṭhāntaḥ kaṭīko bhavet // > A śūdra who has approached a brāhmaṇa woman is born in the womb of a worm; > having begotten a child upon her, he becomes a wood-boring insect. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.225.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.225.23) kṛtaghnaḥ kṛmikaḥ kīṭaḥ pataṅgo vṛścikastathā / aśastraṃ puruṣaṃ hartā naraḥ sañjāyate kharaḥ // > An ungrateful person \[becomes\] an insect, a vermin, a moth, or a scorpion; > a man who kills an unarmed man is born a donkey. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.225.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.225.24) kṛmiḥ strīvadhakartā ca bālahantā ca jāyate / bhojanañcorayitvā tu makṣikā jāyate naraḥ // > A killer of women and a killer of children is born as a worm; > stealing food, a man is born a fly. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.225.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.225.25) hṛtvājyañcaiva mārjārastilahṛccaiva mūṣakaḥ / ghṛtaṃ hṛtvā ca nakulaḥ kāko madbhuramāmiṣam // > Stealing clarified butter, one becomes a cat; a thief of sesame seeds becomes a mouse; > stealing ghee, a mongoose; \[stealing\] sweet meat, a crow. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.225.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.225.26) madhu hṛtvā naro daṃśa-pūpaṃ hṛtvā pipīlikaḥ / apo hṛtvā tu pāpātmā vāyasaḥ samprajāyate // > Stealing honey, a man becomes a gadfly; stealing cakes, an ant; > stealing water, an evil-minded person is born as a crow. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.225.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.225.27) hṛte kāṣṭhe ca hārītaḥ kapoto vā prajāyate / hṛtvā tu kāñcanaṃ bhāṇḍaṃ kṛmiyonau prajāyate // > When firewood is stolen, he is born a green pigeon or a dove; > stealing a vessel of gold, he is born in the womb of a worm. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.225.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.225.28) kārpāsike hṛte krauñco vahrihartā bakastathā / mayūro varṇakaṃ hṛtvā śākapatrañca jāyate // > When cotton cloth is stolen, a krauñca bird; a stealer of fire becomes a heron; > stealing pigment and leafy vegetables, he is born a peacock. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.225.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.225.29) jīvañjīvakatāṃ yāti raktavastvapahṛnnaraḥ / chuchundariḥ śubhāngandhāñchaśaṃ hṛtvā śaśo bhavet // > A man who steals red cloth attains the state of a jīvañjīvaka pheasant; > \[stealing\] auspicious perfumes, a musk-rat; stealing a hare, he becomes a hare. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.225.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.225.30) ṣaṇḍāḥ kalāpaharaṇe kāṣṭhahṛttṛṇakīṭakaḥ / puṣpaṃ hṛtvā daridrastu paṅguryācakahṛnnaraḥ // > Eunuchs \[are born\] from stealing an ornament; a stealer of wood becomes a grass-insect; > stealing a flower, one is poor; a man who steals from a beggar becomes lame. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.225.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.225.31) śākahartā ca hārītastoyahartā ca cātakaḥ / gṛhahṛnnarakāngatvā rauravādīnsudāruṇān // > A stealer of vegetables becomes a green pigeon; a stealer of water, a cātaka bird; > a stealer of a house, having gone to the most terrible hells such as Raurava, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.225.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.225.32) tṛṇagulmalatāvallītvagghārī tarutāṃ vrajet / eṣa eva kramo dṛṣṭo gosuvarṇādihāriṇām // > stealing grass, shrubs, creepers, vines, and bark, goes to the state of a tree; > this very order is seen for stealers of cattle, gold, and the like. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.225.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.225.33) vidyāpahārī mūkaḥ syādgatvā ca narakānbahan / asamiddhe hute cāgnau mandāgniḥ khalu jāyate // > A stealer of learning becomes mute after going through many hells; > and when an oblation is made in an rekindled fire, one is born with sluggish digestion. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.225.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.225.34) paranindā kṛtaghnatvaṃ parasīmābhighātanam / naiṣṭhuryaṃ nirghṛṇatvañca paradāropasevanam // > Censuring others, ungratefulness, trespassing on others' boundaries, > cruelty, ruthlessness, and cohabiting with another’s wife, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.225.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.225.35) parasvaharaṇāśaucaṃ devatānāṃ ca kutsanam / nikṛtya bandhanaṃ nṝṇāṃ kārpaṇyañca nṛṇāṃ vadhaḥ / upalakṣaṇādvijānīyānmuktānāṃ narakādanu // > seizing another’s property, impurity, and reviling the deities, > binding men through trickery, stinginess, and the slaughter of men— > by these characteristics one should recognize those released from hell afterwards. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.225.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.225.36) dayā bhūteṣu saṃvādaḥ paralokaṃ prati kriyā / satyaṃ hitārthamuktiśca vedaprāmāṇyadarśanam // > Compassion toward beings, concord, rites for the other world, > truth, speech for the sake of benefit, and belief in the authority of the Vedas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.225.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.225.37) gurudevarṣisiddharṣisevanaṃ sādhusaṃyamaḥ / satkriyāṣvasanaṃ maitrī svargasya lakṣaṇaṃ viduḥ / aṣṭāṅgayogavijñānātprāpnotyātyantikaṃ phalam // > service to gurus, gods, sage-seers, and perfected sages, self-control among the virtuous, > dwelling in good actions, and friendliness: these they know to be the mark of heaven; > from the knowledge of the eight-limbed yoga one attains the ultimate fruit. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.225.37.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.225.37.p1) iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe karmavipākādikathanaṃ nāma pañcaviṃśatyadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the two hundred and twenty-fifth chapter, entitled 'Discourse on the Ripening of Actions and Related Topics', in the Section on Conduct, called the first part of the first section in the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.225.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Mahāsubhāṣitasaṃgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.mahasubhasitasangraha.3481) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.225](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.225) · Pramāṇa