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# Garudapurana 1.99

Garuḍapurāṇa 1.99

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [1.99.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.99.45) — 1 part

### [1.99.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.99.1)

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 99  
yājñavalkya uvāca /  
atha śrāddhavidhiṃ vakṣye sarvapāpapraṇāśanam /  
amāvasyāṣṭakāvṛddhikṛṣṇapakṣāyanadvayam //

> The auspicious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa — \[Chapter\] 99  
> Yājñavalkya said:  
> Now I shall declare the rite of śrāddha that destroys all sins:  
> The new-moon day, the aṣṭakās, an occasion of growth, the dark fortnight, the two solstices,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.99.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.99.2)

dravyaṃ brāhmaṇasampattirviṣuvatsūryasaṃkramaḥ /  
vyatīpāto gajacchāyā grahaṇaṃ candrasūryayoḥ //

> the availability of materials and brāhmaṇas, the equinox, the sun's ingress into a zodiac sign,  
> the vyatīpāta yoga, the gajacchāyā conjunction, eclipses of the moon and sun,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.99.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.99.3)

śrāddhaṃ pratiruciścaiva śrāddhakālāḥ prakīrtitāḥ /  
agniyaḥ sarvadeveṣu śrotriyo vedavidyuvā //

> and the desire for a śrāddha—these are declared to be the times for śrāddha.  
> A preeminent brāhmaṇa among all deities, one learned in the Veda, young,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.99.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.99.4)

vedārthavijjyeṣṭhasāmā trimadhustrisuparṇikaḥ /  
svastrīya ṛtvigajāmātāyajyaśvaśuramātulāḥ //

> who knows the meaning of the Vedas, sings the Jyeṣṭhasāman, knows the Trimadhu and Trisuparṇa,  
> a sister's son, an officiating priest, a son-in-law, one who performs sacrifices, a father-in-law, a maternal uncle,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.99.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.99.5)

triṇāciketadauhitraśiṣyasambandhibāndhavāḥ /  
karmaniṣṭhāstaponiṣṭhāḥ pañcāgnibrahmacāriṇaḥ //

> one who has kept the Triṇāciketa fire, a daughter's son, a pupil, relatives, kinsmen,  
> those devoted to rites, those devoted to austerities, keepers of the five fires, and celibate students,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.99.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.99.6)

pitṛmātṛparāścaiva brāhmaṇāḥ śrāddhadevatāḥ /  
rogī hīnātiriktāṅgaḥ kāṇaḥ paunarbhavastathā //

> and those devoted to father and mother—such brāhmaṇas are deities of the śrāddha.  
> A diseased person, one with deficient or surplus limbs, a one-eyed man, the son of a remarried woman,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.99.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.99.7)

avakīrṇyāda yo ye ca ye cācāravivarjitāḥ /  
avaiṣṇavāśca te sarve na śrāddhārhāḥ kadācana //

> one who has broken his vow of celibacy and the like, those who are devoid of proper conduct,  
> and all those who are not Vaiṣṇavas, are never fit for a śrāddha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.99.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.99.8)

nimantrayecca pūrvedyurdvijairbhāvyaṃ ca saṃyataiḥ /  
ājāntāṃścaiva pūrvāhnehyāsaneṣūpaveśayet //

> One should invite them on the preceding day, and the twice-born must remain restrained. / Having their feet washed in the forenoon, he should seat them upon their seats.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.99.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.99.9)

yugmāndeve tathā pitrye svapradeśeṣu śaktitaḥ /  
dvau daiva prāgudak pitrye trīṇyekaṃ cobhayoḥ pṛthak //

> An even number for the gods and likewise for the ancestral rites in their respective places, according to one's capacity: / two facing east for the divine, three facing north for the ancestral, or one for each separately.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.99.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.99.10)

mātāmahānāmapyevaṃ tantraṃ vā vaiśvadevikam /  
hastaprakṣālanaṃ dattvā viṣṭarārthe kuśānapi //

> The same applies to the maternal grandfathers, or the Vaiśvadeva rite may be performed together. / Having given water for washing the hands, and kuśa grass for a seat,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.99.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.99.11)

āvāhya tadanujñāto viśvadevāsaityṛcā /  
yavairannaṃ vikīryātha bhājane sapavitrake //

> and having invoked \[them\], permitted by them, with the verse 'O Viśvedevas', / he should scatter food along with barley into a vessel containing a strainer.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.99.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.99.12)

śannodevyā payaḥ kṣiptvā yavo 'sīti yavāṃstathā /  
yādivyā iti mantreṇa hasteṣveva viniḥ kṣipet //

> Having poured water with the verse 'May the waters be auspicious to us', and barley with 'You are barley', / he should cast it directly into their hands with the mantra 'You are divine'.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.99.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.99.13)

gandhodake tathā dīpamālyadāmapradīpakam /  
apasavyaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā pitṝṇāmapradakṣiṇam //

> Along with perfumed water, \[he offers\] a lamp, a garland of flowers, and an illumination. / Then, wearing the sacred thread over the right shoulder, circumambulating to the left for the ancestors,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.99.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.99.14)

dviguṇāṃstu kuśāndattvā uśantastvetyṛcā pitṝn /  
āvāhya tadanu jñāto japedāyantunastataḥ //

> and offering double-folded kuśa grass, having invoked the ancestors with the verse 'Desiring you', / permitted by them, he should then chant 'May they come to us'.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.99.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.99.15)

yavārthastu tilaiḥ kāryaḥ kuryādarghyādi pūrvavat /  
dattvārghyaṃ saṃstravāṃsteṣāṃ pātre kṛtvā vidhānataḥ //

> The purpose of barley should be served with sesame seeds, and he should perform the arghya offering and the rest as before. / Having offered the arghya and put their residual drops into a vessel according to rule,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.99.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.99.16)

pitṛbhyaḥ sthānamasīti nyubjaṃ pātraṃ karotyadhaḥ /  
agnau kariṣya ādāya pṛcchatyannaṃ ghṛplutam //

> he turns the vessel upside down with the mantra 'You are a place for the ancestors'. / Saying 'I shall offer into the fire', taking food soaked in clarified butter, he asks \[their permission\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.99.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.99.17)

kuruṣveti tathoktosau hutvāgnau pitṛyajñavat /  
hutaśeṣaṃ pradadyācca bhājaneṣu samāhitaḥ //

> When told 'Do so', having offered into the fire as in an ancestral sacrifice, / he should attentively place the remainder of the offering into the vessels,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.99.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.99.18)

yathālābhopapanneṣu raupyeṣu ca viśeṣataḥ /  
dattvānnaṃ pṛthivīpātramiti pātrābhimantraṇam //

> in vessels obtained according to means, especially silver ones. / Having served the food, consecrating the vessel with 'The earth is your vessel',  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.99.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.99.19)

kṛtve daṃviṣṇurityevaṃ dvijāṅguṣṭhaṃ niveśayet /  
savyāhṛtiṃ ca gāyattrīṃ madhuvātetyṛcastathā //

> and saying 'This is Viṣṇu', he should dip the thumb of the twice-born \[into the food\]. / Having recited the Gāyatrī with the sacred utterances, and the verses 'May the winds blow sweet',  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.99.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.99.20)

japtvā yathāsukhaṃ vācyaṃ bhuñjīraṃste 'pi vāgyatāḥ /  
annamiṣṭaṃ haviṣyaṃ ca dadyādakrodhanotvaraḥ //

> he should say 'Eat at your pleasure', and they too should eat while keeping silent. / Being free from anger and without haste, he should give delicious and sacrificial food.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.99.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.99.21)

ātṛptestu pavitrāṇi japtvā pūrvajapaṃ tathā /  
annamādāya tṛptāḥ sthaḥ śeṣaṃ caivānumantrya ca //

> Until they are satisfied, chanting the purificatory verses and likewise the previous recitation, / taking the food, he asks 'Are you satisfied?' and having consecrated the remnant,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.99.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.99.22)

tadannaṃ vikiredbhūmau dadyāccāpaḥ sakṛtsakṛt /  
sarvamannamupādāya satilaṃ dakṣiṇāmukhaḥ //

> he should scatter that food on the ground and offer water once and once again. / Taking all the food mixed with sesame seeds, facing south,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.99.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.99.23)

ucchiṣṭasannidhau piṇḍānpradadyātpitṛyajñavat /  
mātāmahānāmapyavaṃ dadyādācamanaṃ tataḥ //

> he should offer the piṇḍas near the remnants of the meal as in an ancestral sacrifice. / He should do likewise for the maternal grandfathers, and then offer sipping water.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.99.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.99.24)

svasti vācyaṃ tato dadyādakṣayyodakameva ca /  
dattvā ca dakṣiṇāṃ śaktyā svadhākāramudāharet //

> Then he should utter the benediction and offer inexhaustible water. / And having given a sacrificial fee according to his capacity, he should pronounce the svadhā-call.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.99.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.99.25)

vācyatāminyanujñātaḥ pitṛbhyaśca svadhocyatām /  
viprairastu svadhetyukto bhūmau siñcettato jalam //

> Permitted with 'Let it be spoken', he says 'Let svadhā be spoken to the ancestors'. / Being told by the brāhmaṇas 'Let there be svadhā', he should then sprinkle water on the ground.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.99.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.99.26)

prīyantāmiti cāhaivaṃ viśvedevyaṃ jalaṃ dadat /  
dātāro no 'bhivardhantāṃ vedāḥ santatireva ca //

> Saying 'May they be pleased', offering water for the Viśvedevas, \[he prays:\] / 'May our donors increase, and so too the Vedas and our progeny!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.99.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.99.27)

śraddhā ca no mā vyagamadvahu deyaṃ ca no 'stviti /  
ityutkrotkrā priyā vācaḥ praṇipatya visarjayet //

> May faith not depart from us, and may we have much to give!' / Having spoken these agreeable words and bowed low, he should dismiss them.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.99.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.99.28)

vājevāje iti prītyā pitṛpūrvaṃ visarjanam /  
yasmiṃste saṃstravāḥ pūrvamarghyapātre nipātitāḥ //

> With the verse 'In every contest', he gladly performs the dismissal, beginning with the ancestors. / The vessel in which those residual drops of the arghya were previously poured—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.99.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.99.29)

pitṛpātraṃ taduttānaṃ kṛtvā viprānvisarjayet /  
pradakṣiṇamanuvrajya bhuñjīta pitṛsevitam //

> having turned that ancestral vessel upright, he should dismiss the brāhmaṇas. / Having followed them in circumambulation, he should eat what was enjoyed by the ancestors.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.99.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.99.30)

brahmacārī bhavettāṃ tu rajanīṃ bhāryayā maha /  
evaṃ pradakṣiṇaṃ kṛtvā vṛddhau nāndīmukhānapi //

> He should remain celibate for that night together with his wife. / Having thus performed circumambulation, at an auspicious rite he should also worship the Nāndīmukha ancestors.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.99.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.99.31)

yajettadadhikarkandhūmiśrāḥ piṇḍā yaivaḥ śritāḥ /  
ekoddiṣṭaṃ daivahīnaṃ ekānnaikapavitrakam //

> He should worship them with piṇḍas mixed with jujubes and prepared with barley. / The rite for a single deceased person is devoid of the divine rite, has one portion of food, and one strainer.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.99.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.99.32)

āvāhanāgnaukaraṇarahitaṃ tvapasavyavat /  
upatiṣṭhatāmityakṣayyasthāne viprānvisarjayet //

> It is devoid of the invocation and the offering into fire, but is done with the sacred thread over the right shoulder. / In place of the inexhaustible water, saying 'May it reach \[him\]', he should dismiss the brāhmaṇas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.99.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.99.33)

abhiraṇyatāṃ prabūyād bruyustebhiratāḥ sma ha /  
gandho dakatilairmiśraṃ kuryātpātracatuṣṭayam //

> He should say 'May you be pleased', and they should say 'We are pleased'. / He should prepare four vessels mixed with perfumed water and sesame seeds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.99.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.99.34)

arghyārthaṃ pitṛpātreṣu pretapātraṃ prasecayet /  
yesamānā iti dvābhyāṃ śeṣaṃ pūrvavadācaret //

> For the purpose of arghya, he should pour the vessel for the newly deceased into the vessels for the ancestors, / with the two verses 'Those who are equal', and perform the rest as before.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.99.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.99.35)

etatsapiṇḍīkaraṇamekoddiṣṭaṃ striyā api /  
arvāk sapiṇḍīkaraṇaṃ yasya saṃvatsarādbhavet //

> This is the sapiṇḍīkaraṇa rite; a rite for a single deceased person is also for a woman. / For one whose sapiṇḍīkaraṇa occurs before a full year,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.99.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.99.36)

tasyāpyannaṃ sodakumbhaṃ dadyātsaṃvatsaraṃ dvijaḥ /  
piṇḍāṃśca goja viprebhyo dadyādgnau jale 'pi vā //

> the twice-born should also give him food with a water pot for one year, / and should give piṇḍas to a cow, a goat, or brāhmaṇas, or cast them into fire or water.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.99.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.99.37)

haviṣyānnena vai māsaṃ pāyasena tu vatsaram /  
mātsyahāriṇakaurabhraśākunacchāgapārṣataiḥ //

> With sacrificial food indeed for a month, but with rice-milk porridge for a year; / with the flesh of fish, deer, rams, birds, goats, and spotted deer,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.99.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.99.38)

aiṇarauravavā rāhaśāśamāṃsairyathākramam /  
māsavṛddhyāpi tuṣyanti dattairiha pitāmahāḥ //

> and with the flesh of the black antelope, the ruru deer, boar, and hare in order, / the ancestors here are pleased for an increasing number of months when they are offered.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.99.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.99.39)

dadyādvarṣātrayodaśyāṃ maghāsu ca na saṃśayaḥ /  
pratipatprabhṛtiṣvevaṃ kanyā dīñchrāddhado labhet //

> One should offer on the thirteenth lunar day of the rainy season and under the Maghā asterism without doubt. / Thus, starting from the first lunar day, one who offers śrāddha in Virgo and the other signs obtains \[fruits\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.99.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.99.40)

śastreṇa nihatānāṃ tu caturdaśyāṃ pradīyate /  
svargaṃ hyapatyamojaśca śauryaṃ kṣetraṃ balaṃ tathā //

> For those slain by weapons, however, the offering is made on the fourteenth lunar day. / \[He obtains\] heaven, progeny, vigor, heroism, land, and strength,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.99.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.99.41)

putraśraiṣṭyaṃ sa saubhāgyaṃ samṛddhiṃ mukhyatāṃ śubham /  
pravṛttacakratāṃ caiva vāṇijyaprabhṛtīṃstathā //

> the preeminence of sons, good fortune, prosperity, primacy, auspiciousness, / unimpeded authority, and success in trade and other pursuits,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.99.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.99.42)

arogitvaṃ yaśo vītaśokatāṃ paramāṃ gatim /  
dhanaṃ vidyāṃ ca vāksiddhiṃ kupyaṃ gojāvikaṃ tathā //

> freedom from disease, fame, freedom from sorrow, the highest state, / wealth, learning, perfection of speech, base metal, cattle, goats, and sheep,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.99.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.99.43)

aśvānāyuśca vidhivadyaḥ śrāddhaṃ saṃprayacchati /  
kṛttikādibharaṇyantaṃ sa kāmānprāpnuyādimān //

> horses, and long life. The one who duly performs the śrāddha / under the lunar mansions from Kṛttikā to Bharaṇī obtains these desires.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.99.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.99.44)

vastrādyāḥ prīṇayantyeva naraṃ śrāddhakṛtaṃ dvijāḥ /  
āyuḥ prajā dhanaṃ vidyāṃ svargamokṣasukhāni ca //

> The brāhmaṇas pleased with garments and other gifts surely bless the man who performs the śrāddha / with long life, offspring, wealth, learning, heaven, liberation, and happiness;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.99.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.99.45)

prayacchati yathā rājyaṃ prītyā nityaṃ pitāmahaḥ //

> and the grandfather constantly bestows kingdom with pleasure, as desired.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.99.45.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.99.45.p1)

iti śrāgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe yājñavalkyoktaśrāddhavidhinirūpaṇaṃ nāma navanavatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

> Thus ends the ninety-ninth chapter, entitled 'Determination of the Rules of Śrāddha Spoken by Yājñavalkya', in the Ācārakāṇḍa of 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.1.99.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (3)

- [Nāradapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.51.115) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Yājñavalkyasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya.1.230) — Yājñavalkya, Sanskrit
- [Agnipurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.163.5) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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