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# Garudapurana 2.28.19

Garuḍapurāṇa 2.28.19

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.28.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.28.19)

bhagavannativāhasya navapiṇḍaistu kiṃ bhavet /  
kathaṃ devapitṛbhyaśca vāhasyāvāhanaṃ katham /  
idaṃ ca kriyate deva kasmātpiṇḍaṃ pradāpayet //

> O Blessed One, what happens through the nine rice-balls for the transitional body? / And how is the invocation of the vehicle \[carried out\] for gods and ancestors? / Why is this done, O God, \[and\] why should one offer the rice-ball?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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