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# Garudapurana 2.27

Garuḍapurāṇa 2.27

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [2.27.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.27.66) — 1 part

### [2.27.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.27.1)

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 27  
tārkṣya uvāca /  
kathaṃ pretā vasantyatra kīdṛgrūpā bhavanti te /  
mahāpretāḥ piśācāśca kaiḥkaiḥ karmaphalairvibho /  
sarveṣāmanukampārthaṃ brūhi me madhusūdana //

> Tārkṣya said: / How do the pretas dwell there? What kind of forms do they have? / And as great pretas and piśācas, by what fruits of actions \[do they become so\], O Lord? / Out of compassion for all, tell me, O Madhusūdana!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.27.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.27.2)

pretatvānmucyate yena dānena ca śubhe na ca /  
tanme kathaya deveśa mama cedicchasi priyam //

> By what gift and by what auspicious deed one is freed from being a preta, / tell me that, O Lord of gods, if you desire my good.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.27.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.27.3)

śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca /  
sādhu pṛṣṭaṃ tvayā tārkṣya mānuṣāṇāṃ hitāya vai /  
śṛṇucāvahito bhūtvā yadvacmi pretalakṣaṇam //

> Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: / You have asked well, O Tārkṣya, for the benefit of humankind; / be attentive and hear what I say regarding the characteristics of a preta.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.27.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.27.4)

guhyadguhyataraṃ hyetannākhyeyaṃ yasya kasyacit /  
bhaktastvaṃ hi mahābāho tena te kathayāmyaham //

> For this is the most secret of secrets, not to be told to just anyone; / but because you are my devotee, O mighty-armed one, I tell it to you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.27.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.27.5)

purā tretāyuge tāta rājāsīdbabhruvāhanaḥ /  
mahodayapure ramye dharmaniṣṭho mahābalaḥ //

> Long ago, in the Tretā age, my dear, there was a king named Babhruvāhana / in the delightful city of Mahodaya, devoted to dharma and endowed with great strength.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.27.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.27.6)

yajvā dānapatiḥ śrīmānbrahmaṇyaḥ sādhusaṃmataḥ /  
śīlācāraguṇopeto dayādākṣiṇyasaṃyutaḥ //

> A sacrificer, a master of giving, glorious, friendly to brahmins, esteemed by the virtuous, / endowed with good character, conduct, and virtues, possessing compassion and generosity,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.27.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.27.7)

prajāḥ pālayate nityaṃ putrāniva mahābalaḥ /  
kṣattradharmarato nityaṃ sa daṇḍyāndaṇḍayannṛpaḥ //

> the mighty one always protected his subjects like sons; / constantly devoted to the dharma of the kṣatriya, that king punished those deserving punishment.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.27.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.27.8)

sa kadācinmahābāhuḥ sasainyomṛgayāṃ gataḥ /  
vanaṃ viveśa gahanaṃ nānāvṛkṣasamanvitam //

> Once, that mighty-armed king went hunting with his army / and entered a dense forest filled with various trees,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.27.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.27.9)

śārdūlaśatasaṃjuṣṭaṃ nānāpakṣinināditam /  
vanamadhye tadā rājā mṛgaṃ dūrādapaśyata //

> frequented by hundreds of tigers and resounding with various birds. / Then in the midst of the forest, the king saw a deer from afar.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.27.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.27.10)

tena viddho mṛgo 'tīva bāṇena sudṛḍhena ca /  
bāṇamādāya taṃ tasya sa vane 'darśanaṃ yayau //

> The deer was deeply pierced by him with a very strong arrow; / carrying off that arrow of his, it disappeared in the forest.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.27.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.27.11)

kakṣe tacchoṇitastrāvātsa rājānujagāma tam /  
tato mṛgaprasaṅgena vanamanyadviveśa saḥ //

> Following the trail of its blood in the undergrowth, the king pursued it; / then, in following the deer, he entered another forest.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.27.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.27.12)

kṣutkṣāmakaṇṭho nṛpatiḥ śramasantāpamūrchitaḥ /  
jalasthānaṃ samāsādya sāśva evāvagāhata //

> His throat parched with hunger, faint from fatigue and heat, / the king reached a body of water and plunged in along with his horse.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.27.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.27.13)

pītvā tadu dakaṃ śītaṃ padmagandhādhivāsitam /  
tata uttīrya salilādvimalādbabhruvāhanaḥ //

> Having drunk that cold water perfumed with the fragrance of lotuses, / Babhruvāhana then emerged from that clear water.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.27.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.27.14)

nyagrodhavṛkṣamāsādya śītacchāyaṃ manoharam /  
mahāviṭapinaṃ hṛdyaṃ pakṣisaṅghātanāditam //

> He approached a banyan tree with cool shade and delightful appearance, / a great, charming tree resounding with flocks of birds,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.27.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.27.15)

vanasya tasya sarvasya ketubhūtamivocchritam /  
taṃ mahātarumāsādya niṣasāda mahīpatiḥ //

> raised high like a banner for that entire forest. / Having approached that great tree, the lord of the earth sat down.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.27.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.27.16)

atha pretaṃ dadarśāsau kṣuttṛṣṇāvyākulendriyam /  
utkacaṃ malinaṃ kubjaṃ (rūkṣaṃ) nirmāṃsaṃ bhīmadarśanam //

> Then he saw a preta whose senses were agitated by hunger and thirst, / dishevelled, filthy, hunched, \[rough,\] fleshless, of terrifying appearance,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.27.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.27.17)

snāyubaddhāsthicaraṇaṃ dhāvamānamitastataḥ /  
anyaiśca bahubhiḥ pretaiḥ samantātparivāritam //

> its feet mere bones bound with sinews, running this way and that, / surrounded on all sides by many other pretas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.27.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.27.18)

taṃ dṛṣṭvā vikṛtaṃ ghoraṃ vismito babhruvāhanaḥ /  
preto 'pi dṛṣṭvā tāṃ ghorāmaṭavīmāgataṃ nṛpam //

> Seeing that deformed, dreadful being, Babhruvāhana was astonished. / The preta also, seeing the king arrived in that dreadful forest,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.27.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.27.19)

tadā hṛṣṭamanā bhūtvā tasyāntikamupāgataḥ /  
abravītsa tadā tārkṣya pretarājo nṛpaṃ vacaḥ //

> then became glad at heart and approached him. / Then, O Tārkṣya, that king of pretas addressed these words to the king:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.27.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.27.20)

pretabhāvo mayā tyaktaḥ prāpto 'smi paramāṃ gatim /  
tvatsaṃyogānmahābāho nāstidhanyataro mama //

> “I have abandoned the state of a preta! I have attained the highest state! / Through contact with you, O mighty-armed one, there is none more fortunate than I.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.27.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.27.21)

nṛpatiruvāca /  
kṛṣṇavarṇaḥ karālāsyastvaṃ preta iva lakṣyase /  
kathayasva mama prītyā yathaivaṃ cāsi tattvataḥ //

> The king said: / “You are black in colour and terrible of mouth; you appear just like a preta. / Tell me kindly how you are really in such a condition.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.27.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.27.22)

tathā pṛṣṭaḥ sa vai rājñā provāca sakalaṃ svakam //

> Thus questioned by the king, he related his whole story:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.27.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.27.23)

preta uvāca /  
kathayāmi nṛpaśreṣṭha sarvamevāditastava /  
pretatve kāraṇaṃ śrutvā dayāṃ kartuṃ mamārhasi //

> The preta said: / “I will tell you everything from the beginning, O best of kings; / having heard the cause of my state as a preta, you ought to show mercy to me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.27.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.27.24)

vaidiśaṃ nāma nagaraṃ sarvasampatsamanvitam /  
nānājanapadākīrṇaṃ nānāratnasamākulam /  
nānāpuṇyasamāyuktaṃ nānāvṛkṣasamākulam //

> There is a city named Vaidiśa, endowed with all prosperity, / crowded with people of various lands, filled with various jewels, / accompanied by various merits, and filled with various trees.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.27.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.27.25)

tatrāhaṃ nyavasaṃ bhūyo devārcanarataḥ sadā /  
vaiśyo jātyā sudevo 'haṃ nāmnā viditamastu te //

> There I lived formerly, always devoted to worship of the gods; / by caste I am a vaiśya named Sudeva, let it be known to you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.27.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.27.26)

havyena tarpitā devāḥ kavyena pitarastathā /  
vividhairdānayogaiśca viprāḥ santarpitā mayā //

> The gods were propitiated by me with oblations, the ancestors likewise with funerary offerings, / and brahmins were satisfied with various kinds of gifts.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.27.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.27.27)

āvāhāśca vivāhāśca mayā vai suniveśitāḥ /  
dīnānāthaviśiṣṭebhyo mayā dattamanekadhā //

> Weddings and marriages were well arranged by me; / gifts were given by me in many ways to the poor, the helpless, and the distinguished.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.27.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.27.28)

tatsarvaṃ viphalaṃ tāta mama daivādupāgatam /  
yathā me niṣphalaṃ jātaṃ sukṛtaṃ tadvadāmi te //

> All that became fruitless, my dear, because of my fate. / How my good deeds became fruitless, that I tell you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.27.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.27.29)

na me 'sti santatistāta na suhṛnna ca bāndhavaḥ /  
na ca mitraṃ hi me tādṛgyaḥ kuryādaurdhvadaihikam //

> I have no offspring, my dear, no friend, and no kinsman; / nor do I have any friend of a kind who would perform the funeral rites.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.27.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.27.30)

pretatvaṃ susthiraṃ tena mama jātaṃ nṛpottama /  
ekādaśaṃ tripakṣaṃ ca ṣāṇmāsikamathābdikam /  
pratimāsyāni cānyāni evaṃ śrāddhāni ṣoḍaśa //

> Because of that, the state of a preta has become firmly fixed for me, O best of kings: / the eleventh-day rite, the rite of the third fortnight, the six-monthly, and the annual, / and the other monthly rites—thus are the sixteen śrāddhas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.27.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.27.31)

yasyaitāni na dīyante pretaśrāddhāni bhūpate /  
pretatvaṃ susthiraṃ tasya dattaiḥ śrāddhaśatairapi //

> For whoever these preta-śrāddhas are not offered, O king, / his state as a preta remains firmly fixed, even if a hundred other śrāddhas are given.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.27.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.27.32)

evaṃ jñātvā mahārāja pretatvāduddharasva mām /  
varṇānāṃ cāpi sarveṣāṃ rājā bandhurihocyate //

> Knowing this, O great king, deliver me from the state of a preta; / for the king is declared in this world to be the kinsman of all castes.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.27.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.27.33)

tanmāṃ tāraya rājendra maṇiratnaṃ dadāmi te /  
yathā mama śubhāvāptirbhavennṛpavarottama //

> Therefore rescue me, O king of kings, and I will give you a jewel, / so that my attainment of good fortune may come about, O supreme among excellent kings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.27.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.27.34)

tathā kāryaṃ mahābāho kṛpā yadi mayīṣyate /  
ātmanaśca kuru kṣipraṃ sarvamevaurdhvedaihikam //

> So it should be done, O mighty-armed one, if mercy is desired for me; / and perform quickly all the funeral rites for yourself as well.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.27.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.27.35)

nṛpatiruvāca /  
kathaṃ pretā bhavantīha kṛtairapyaurdhvadaihikaiḥ /  
piśācāśca bhavantīha karmabhiḥ kaiśca tadvada //

> The king said: / “How do people become pretas here even when funeral rites have been performed? / And by what actions do they become piśācas here? Tell me that.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.27.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.27.36)

preta uvāca /  
devadravyaṃ ca brahmasvaṃ strībāladhanasañcayam /  
ye haranti nṛpaśreṣṭha pretayoniṃ vrajanti te //

> The preta said: / “Those who steal property of the gods, the property of brahmins, and the accumulated wealth of women and children, / O best of kings, enter the womb of a preta.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.27.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.27.37)

tāpasīṃ ca sagotrāṃ ca agamyāṃ ye bhajanti hi /  
bhavanti te mahāpretā ambujāni haranti ye //

> Those who have intercourse with an ascetic woman, a woman of the same gotra, or a forbidden woman, / and those who steal lotuses become great pretas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.27.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.27.38)

pravālavajrahartāro ye ca vastrāpahārakāḥ /  
tathā hiraṇyahartāraḥ saṃyuge 'sanmukhāgatāḥ //

> Those who steal coral and diamonds, and those who steal clothes, / likewise those who steal gold, and those who flee the front line in battle,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.27.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.27.39)

kṛtaghnā nāstikā raudrāstathā sāhasikā narāḥ /  
pañcayajñavinirmuktā mahādānaratāśca ye //

> ungrateful men, atheists, cruel men, and rash men, / those who have abandoned the five sacrifices, and those who delight in \[claiming false\] grand gifts,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.27.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.27.40)

svāmidrohakarā mitrabrāhmadrohakarāśca ye /  
tīrthapāpakarā rājañjāyante pretayonayaḥ /  
evamādyā mahārāja jāyante pretayonayaḥ //

> those who betray their master, those who betray friends and brahmins, / and those who commit sins at sacred sites, O king, are born into the womb of a preta; / these and others, O great king, are born into the womb of a preta.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.27.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.27.41)

rājovāca /  
kathaṃ muktā bhavantīha pretatvāttvaṃ ca te 'pi ca /  
kathaṃ cāpi mayā kāryamaurdhvadaihikamātmanaḥ /  
vidhinā kena tatkāryaṃ sarvametadvadasva me //

> The king said: / “How are they released from the state of a preta here, both you and they? / And how also should I perform the funeral rites for myself? / By what procedure should that be done? Tell me all this.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.27.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.27.42)

preta uvāca /  
śṛṇu rājendra saṃkṣepādvidhiṃ nārāyaṇātmakam /  
sacchāstraśravaṇaṃ viṣṇoḥ pūjā sajjanasaṃgatiḥ //

> The preta said: / “Hear in brief, O king of kings, the procedure related to Nārāyaṇa: / listening to true scripture, the worship of Viṣṇu, and the company of good men  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.27.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.27.43)

pretayonivināśāya bhavantīti mayā śrutam /  
ato vakṣyāmi te viṣṇupūjāṃ pretatvanāśinīm //

> bring about the destruction of birth as a preta—so I have heard; / therefore I will explain to you the worship of Viṣṇu that destroys the state of a preta.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.27.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.27.44)

suvarṇadvayamāhṛtya mūrtiṃ bhūpa prakalpayet /  
nārāyaṇasya devasya sarvābharaṇabhūṣitām //

> Procuring two \[tolas of\] gold, O king, one should fashion an image / of the god Nārāyaṇa adorned with all ornaments,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.27.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.27.45)

pītavastrayugācchannāṃ candanāgurucarcitām /  
snāpayedvividhaistoyairadhivāsya yajettataḥ //

> covered with a pair of yellow garments, smeared with sandalwood and agallochum. / One should bathe it with various waters, consecrate it, and then worship it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.27.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.27.46)

pūrve tu śrīdharaṃ devaṃ dakṣiṇe madhusūdanam /  
paścime vānamaṃ devamuttare ca gadādharam //

> In the east the god Śrīdhara, in the south Madhusūdana, / in the west the god Vāmana, and in the north Gadādhara;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.27.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.27.47)

madhye pitāmahaṃ pūjya tathā devaṃ maheśvaram /  
pūjayecca vidhānena gandhapuṣpādibhiḥ pṛthak //

> having worshipped the Grandfather in the center, and likewise the god Maheśvara, / one should worship each separately according to the rule with perfumes, flowers, and the rest.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.27.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.27.48)

tataḥ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya agnau santarpya devatāḥ /  
ghṛtena dadhnā kṣīreṇa viśvāndevāṃstathā nṛpa //

> Then, having performed circumambulation and propitiated the deities in the fire / with ghee, curd, and milk, and likewise the All-gods, O king,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.27.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.27.49)

tataḥ snāto vinītātmā yajamānaḥ samāhitaḥ /  
nārāyaṇāgre vidhivatsvakriyāmaurdhvadaihikīm //

> then the patron, bathed, humble, and composed, / \[should perform\] according to rule his own funeral rite before Nārāyaṇa.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.27.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.27.50)

ārabheta vinītātmā krodhalobhavivarjitaḥ /  
śrāddhāni kuryātsarvāṇi vṛṣasyotsarjanaṃ tathā //

> he should begin, humble of mind, free from anger and greed. / He should perform all the śrāddhas, and likewise the release of the bull.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.27.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.27.51)

trayodaśānāṃ viprāṇāṃ vastracchatrāṇyupānahau /  
aṅgulīyakamuktāni bhājanāsanabhojanaiḥ //

> Garments, umbrellas, sandals, / rings, and pearls, along with vessels, seats, and food, \[should be given\] to thirteen brahmins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.27.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.27.52)

sānnāśca sodakā deyā ghaṭāḥ pretahitāya vai /  
śayyādānamatho dattvā ghaṭaṃ pretasya nirvapet //

> and jars containing food and water must indeed be given for the benefit of the ghost. / Then, having given the gift of a bed, he should present the jar for the ghost.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.27.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.27.53)

nārāyaṇeti sannāma saṃpuṭasthaṃ samarcayet /  
evaṃ kṛtvātha vidhivacchubhāśubhaphalaṃ labhet //

> He should worship the holy name ‘Nārāyaṇa’ enclosed within a casket. / Having acted thus in accordance with the rule, he will then attain the fruits of good and evil.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.27.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.27.54)

rājovāca /  
kathaṃ pretaghaṭaṃ kuryāddadyātkena vidhānataḥ /  
brūhi sarvānukampārthaṃ ghaṭaṃ pretavimuktidam //

> The king said: / How should one prepare the ghost-jar, and in what manner should one give it? / For the sake of compassion toward all, tell \[me of\] the jar that grants liberation to ghosts.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.27.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.27.55)

preta uvāca /  
sādhu pṛṣṭaṃ mahārāja kathayāmi nibodha te /  
pretatvaṃ na bhavedyena dānena sudṛḍhena ca //

> The ghost said: / You have asked well, O Great King; listen, and I shall tell you, / through which firm gift the condition of a ghost will not arise.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.27.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.27.56)

dānaṃ pretaghaṭaṃ nāma sarvāśubhavināśanam /  
durlabhaṃ sarvalokānāṃ durgatikṣayakārakam //

> The gift named the ‘ghost-jar’ destroys all inauspiciousness; / hard for all worlds to obtain, it brings about the destruction of an evil fate.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.27.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.27.57)

santaptahāṭakamayaṃ tu ghaṭaṃ vidhāya brahmośakeśavayutaṃ saha lokapālaiḥ /  
kṣīrājyapūrṇavivaraṃ praṇipatya bhaktyā viprāya dehi tava dānaśataiḥ kimanyaiḥ //

> Having fashioned a jar made of refined gold, endowed with Brahmā, Śiva, and Keśava together with the world-guardians, / its hollow filled with milk and ghee, bow down in devotion and give it to a brahmin: what need have you of hundreds of other gifts?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.27.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.27.58)

brahmā madhye tathā viṣṇuḥ śaṅkaraḥ śaṅkaro 'vyayaḥ /  
prācyādiṣu ca tatkaṇṭhe lokapālānkrameṇa tu //

> Having duly worshipped Brahmā in the center, and likewise Viṣṇu, Śiva—the unchanging Śaṅkara— / and the world-guardians in order in the directions starting with the east and on its neck, O King,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.27.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.27.59)

sampūjya vidhivadrājandhūpaiḥ kusumacandanaiḥ /  
tato dugdhājyasahitaṃ ghaṭaṃ deyaṃ hiraṇmayam //

> with incenses, flowers, and sandalwood, / one should then give the golden jar containing milk and ghee.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.27.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.27.60)

sarvadānādhikañcaitanmahāpātakanāśanam /  
kartavyaṃ śraddhayā rājanpretatvavinivṛttaye //

> This gift, greater than all gifts, destroys great sins; / it should be performed with faith, O King, for the cessation of the state of a ghost.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.27.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.27.61)

śrībhāgavānuvāca /  
evaṃ saṃjalṣatastasya pretena niyatātmanaḥ /  
senājagāmānupadaṃ hastyaśvarathasaṃkulā //

> The Blessed Lord said: / While he of restrained mind was thus conversing with the ghost, / an army crowded with elephants, horses, and chariots arrived right behind his footsteps.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.27.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.27.62)

tato bale samāyāte dattvā rājñe mahāmaṇim /  
namaskṛtya punaḥ prārthya preto 'darśanamīyivān //

> Then, when the army arrived, the ghost gave a great jewel to the king, / bowed, prayed again, and vanished from sight.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.27.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.27.63)

tasmādvanādviniṣkramya rājāpi svapuraṃ yayau /  
svapuraṃ sa samāsādya sarvaṃ tatpretabhāṣitam //

> Emerging from that forest, the king too went to his own city. / Having reached his own city, all that had been spoken by the ghost,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.27.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.27.64)

cakāra vidhivatpakṣinnaurdhvadehādikaṃ vidhim /  
tasya puṇyapradānena preto mukto divaṃ yayau //

> the post-mortem rites and the rest, he performed according to the rule, O Bird. / By the bestowing of his merit, the ghost was freed and went to heaven.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.27.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.27.65)

śrāddhena paradattena gataḥ preto 'pi sadgatim /  
kiṃ punaḥ putradattena pitā yātīti cātbhutam //

> Even a ghost attained a good state through a śrāddha given by another; / how much more wonderful is it that a father goes \[there\] through what is given by a son!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.27.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.27.66)

itihāsamimaṃ puṇyaṃ śṛṇoti śrāvayecca yaḥ /  
na tau pretatvamāyātaḥ pāpācārayutāvapi //

> Whoever hears or recites this sacred history, / both do not incur the condition of a ghost, even though endowed with sinful conduct.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.27.66.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.27.66.p1)

iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe uttarakhaṇḍe dvitīyāṃśe dharmakāṇḍe pretakalpe śrīkṛṣṇagaruḍasaṃvāde babhruvāhanapretasaṃvāde pretatvahetutannivṛttyupāyanirūpaṇaṃ nāma saptaviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

> Thus ends the twenty-seventh chapter, named ‘Ascertainment of the Cause of the State of a Ghost and the Means for its Cessation in the Conversation between Babhruvāhana and the Ghost’, in the dialogue between Śrī Kṛṣṇa and Garuḍa, in the Pretakalpa of the Dharmakāṇḍa, in the second part of the latter section of the venerable Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.27.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Garuḍapurāṇasāroddhāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garudasaroddhara.7.5) — Sanskrit

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