[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) › 2.11 # Garudapurana 2.11 Garuḍapurāṇa 2.11 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [2.11.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.11.11) — 1 part ### [2.11.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.11.1) śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 11 garuḍa uvāca / mānuṣatvaṃ labhetkasmānmṛtyumāpnoti tatkatham / mriyate kaḥ suraśreṣṭha dehamāśritya kutracit // > Śrī Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa — 11 / Garuḍa said: / From what does one obtain human state, and how does one meet death? / Who is it that dies anywhere, having taken resort in a body, O best of the gods? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.11.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.11.2) indriyāṇi kuto yānti hyaspṛśyaḥ sa kathaṃ bhavet / kva karmāṇi kṛtānīha kathaṃ bhuṅkte prasarpati // > Whither do the senses go? And how does he become untouchable? / Where are the actions performed here, and how does he experience them as he moves on? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.11.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.11.3) prasādaṃ kuru me mohaṃ chettumarhasyaśeṣataḥ / kāśyapo 'haṃ suraśreṣṭha vinatāgarbha saṃbhavaḥ / yamalokaṃ kathaṃ yānti viṣṇulokaṃ ca mānavāḥ // > Grant me favor; you ought to dispel my delusion entirely. / I am Kaśyapa's son, born from the womb of Vinatā, O best of the gods. / How do mortals go to the realm of Yama and to the realm of Viṣṇu? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.11.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.11.4) śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / parasya yoṣitaṃ hṛtvā brahmasvamapahṛtya ca // > The Blessed Kṛṣṇa said: / By abducting another's wife and taking away a brāhmaṇa's property, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.11.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.11.5) araṇye nirjane deśe jāyate brahmarākṣasaḥ / hīnajātau prajāyeta ratnānāmapahārakaḥ // > one is born as a brahmarākṣasa in a desolate forest. / A stealer of jewels is born into a low caste. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.11.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.11.6) yaṃyaṃ kāmamabhidhyāyetsa talliṅgo 'bhijāyate / nainaṃ chindanti śastrāṇi nainaṃ dahati pāvakaḥ // > Whatever desire one fixates upon, one is born with its characteristics. / Weapons do not cut it, and fire does not burn it; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.11.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.11.7) na cainaṃ kledayantyāpo na śoṣayati mārutaḥ / vāk cakṣurnāsikā karṇau gudaṃ mūtrasya sañcaraḥ // > Waters do not wet it, and the wind does not dry it. / The voice, eye, nose, ears, anus, and urinary passage— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.11.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.11.8) aṇḍajādikajantūnāṃ chidrāṇyetāni sarvaśaḥ / ānābhermūrdhaparyantamūrdhvacchidrāṇi cāṣṭa vai // > These are the apertures in all egg-born and other creatures. / From the navel up to the head, there are eight upper apertures indeed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.11.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.11.9) santaḥ sukṛtino martyā ūrdhvacchidreṇa yānti vai / mṛtāhe vārṣikaṃ yāvadyathoktavidhinā khaga // > The virtuous, meritorious mortals indeed depart through an upper aperture. / From the day of death until the annual rite, according to the prescribed rule, O Bird, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.11.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.11.10) kuryātsarvāṇi karmāṇi nirdhano 'pi hi mānavaḥ / dehe yatra vasejjantustatra bhuṅkte śubhāśubham // > Even an impoverished man must perform all the rites. / In whatever body a creature may dwell, there it experiences the auspicious and the inauspicious. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.11.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.11.11) manovākkāyajāndoṣāṃstathāṃ bhuṅkte khageśvara / mṛtaḥ sa sukhamāpnoti māyāpāśairna badhyate / pāśabaddho naro yastu vikarmanirato bhavet // > Likewise, O Lord of Birds, it experiences the faults arising from mind, speech, and body. / When dead, such a person attains happiness, not bound by the snares of delusion; / But a man bound by snares becomes devoted to wrongdoing. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.11.11.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.11.11.p1) iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe uttarakhaṇḍe dvitīyāṃśe dharmakāṇḍe pretakalpe śrīkṛṣṇagaruḍasaṃvāhe ūrdhvādhogatijñāpakotkramaṇadvāranirūpaṇaṃ nāmaikādaśo 'dhyyāḥ > Thus ends the eleventh chapter, entitled “Description of the Exiting Gate Indicating Higher and Lower Destinies,” in the dialogue between Śrī Kṛṣṇa and Garuḍa, in the Pretakalpa, in the section on dharma, in the second part of the Latter Section of the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.11.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.155.103) — Sanskrit - [Madanapārijāta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.madanaparijata.10.3.10) — Viśveśvarabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.11) · Pramāṇa