[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) › 2.28 # Garudapurana 2.28 Garuḍapurāṇa 2.28 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [2.28.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.28.34) — 1 part ### [2.28.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.28.1) śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 28 garuḍa uvāca / sarvepāmanukampārthaṃ brūhi me madhusūdana / pretatvānmucyate yena dānena sukṛtena vā // > The venerable Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa \[chapter\] 28. / Garuḍa said: / Out of compassion for all, tell me, O Madhusūdana, / by what gift or good deed one is freed from the state of a ghost. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.28.2) śṛkṛṣṇa uvāca / śṛṇu dānaṃ pravakṣyāmi sarvāśu bhavināśanam / santaptahāṭakamayaṃ ghaṭakaṃ vidhāya brahmeśakeśavayutaṃ saha lokapālaiḥ / kṣīrājyapūrṇaviviraṃ praṇipatya bhaktyā viprāya dehi tava dānaśataiḥ kimanyaiḥ // > Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: / Listen, and I will explain the gift that destroys all inauspiciousness. / 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) ### [2.28.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.28.3) garuḍa uvāca / kimetkathitaṃ deva vistareṇa vadasva me / āmuṣmikīṃ krīyāṃ deva utkrāntisamayādanu // > Garuḍa said: / What was this that was told, O Lord? Tell it to me in detail, / the rite concerning the next world following the moment of passing, O God. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.28.4) saṃsāre sādhu me nātha brūhi kṛtyaṃ janārdana / yathā kāryā naraiḥ samyak kriyā caivaurdhvadaihikī // > In this world of transmigration, O my Lord, Janārdana, tell me properly of the duty / as it should be performed by men, and also the post-mortem rite. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.28.5) kathaṃ pretā mahākāyā raudrarūpā bhayānakāḥ / kambhavanti suraśreṣṭha karmabhiḥ kaiḥ śubhāśubhaiḥ // > How do ghosts, having huge bodies, terrible forms, and being fearsome, / come into existence, O best of gods, and through which good and bad deeds? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.28.6) piśācāḥ sambhavantīha kasyedaṃ karmaṇaḥ phalam / tanme kathaya deveśa ahamicchāmi veditum // > Here, piśācas come into being—of what karma is this the fruit? / Tell me that, O Lord of Gods; I wish to know. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.28.7) bhūmyāṃ prakṣipyate kasmātpañcaratnaṃ kuto mukhe / adhastācca tilā darbhāḥ pādau yāmyāṃ vyavasthitāḥ // > Why is \[the dying person\] placed upon the ground, and why the five gems in the mouth, / and beneath him sesame and darbha-grass, with both feet directed toward the south? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.28.8) kimarthaṃ maṇḍalaṃ bhūmau gomayenopalipyate / kimarthaṃ smaryate viṣṇuḥ viṣṇusūktañca paṭhyate // > For what reason is a diagram smeared on the ground with cow-dung? / For what reason is Viṣṇu remembered, and the Viṣṇu-sūkta recited? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.28.9) kimarthaṃ putraputrāśca tasya tiṣṭhanti cāgrataḥ / kimarthaṃ dīpadānañca kimarthaṃ viṣṇupūjanam // > For what reason do his sons and grandsons stand before him? / For what purpose is the gift of a lamp, and for what purpose the worship of Viṣṇu? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.28.10) kimarthamāturo dānaṃ dadāti dvijapuṅgave / bandhūnmitrāṇyamitrāṃśca kṣamāpayati tatkatham // > For what purpose does the dying man make gifts to an eminent twice-born? / And why does he ask forgiveness from kin, friends, and enemies? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.28.11) tilā lohaṃ hiraṇyaṃ ca kārpāsaṃ lavaṇaṃ tathā / saptadhānyaṃ kṣitirgāvo dīyate kena he tunā // > Sesame, iron, gold, cotton, and salt, / the seven grains, land, and cows—for what reason are these given? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.28.12) kathaṃ ca mriyate janturmṛtasya ca kuto gatiḥ / ativāhaśarīraṃ ca kathaṃ viśramate tadā // > And how does a creature die, and where does the dead go? / And how does the subtle transmigrating body then rest? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.28.13) śaṃva skandhe vahetputro vahnidātā ca pautrakaḥ / kimarthaṃ deva deveśa ājyenābhyañjanaṃ kutaḥ // > Should the son carry the corpse on his shoulder, and the grandson be the giver of fire? / For what reason, O God, Lord of Gods, and why the anointing with ghee? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.28.14) yamasūktaṃ kimarthaṃ ca udīcīṃ diśamāharet / pānīyamekavastreṇa sūryabimbanirīkṣaṇam // > And why the Yama-sūkta, and why should one face the northern direction? / \[Why\] water with a single garment, and gazing at the solar disc? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.28.15) yavasarṣapadūrvāścapāṣāṇe nimbacarvaṇam / vastraṃ naraśca nārī ca vidadhyādadharottaram // > Barley, mustard, dūrvā grass, and chewing nimba upon a stone; / why should a man and woman wear their garments inverted? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.28.16) annādyaṃ gṛhamāgatya bhoktavyaṃ gotribhiḥ saha / navakāni ca piṇḍāni kimarthaṃ vitaretsutaḥ // > Having returned home, food is to be eaten with family members; / and why should the son offer nine piṇḍas? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.28.17) kimarthaṃ catvare dugdhaṃ pātre pakve ca mṛnmaye / kāṣṭhatrayaṃ guṇe baddhvā kṛtvā rātrau catuṣpathe // > For what purpose is milk placed in a baked earthen pot in the courtyard, / having tied three sticks with a string at night at a crossroads? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.28.18) niśāyāṃ dīyate dīpo yāvadabdaṃ dinedine / dāhodakaṃ kimarthaṃ ca saṃvādaḥ svajanaiḥ saha // > At night, a lamp is offered day after day for a year; / for what purpose the offering of water for burning, and conversation with relatives? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [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) ### [2.28.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.28.20) kiṃ tatpradīyate tasya piṇḍadānādanantaram / asthisañcayanaṃ caiva śayyādānaṃ kimarthakam // > What is given to him immediately after the offering of the rice-ball? / And for what purpose is the collection of bones, and the gift of a bed? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.28.21) dvitīye 'hni kutaḥ snānaṃ caturthe sāgnike dvije / daśame kiṃ malasnānaṃ kāryaṃ sarvajanaiḥ saha // > Why is there bathing on the second day, \[and\] on the fourth for a twice-born maintaining the sacred fire? / Why should the cleansing bath be performed on the tenth with all the people? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.28.22) kasmāttailodvartanaṃ ca skandhavāhān gṛhaṃ nayet / taiḥ samudvartanaṃ cāpi dadyuḥ sthalajalāśraye // > Why anoint with oil and bring the corpse-bearers to the house? / And they also should perform rubbing \[with fragrant unguents\] at a place with water. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.28.23) deśame 'hani yaḥ piṇḍastaṃ dadyādāmiṣeṇa tu / piṇḍaṃ caikādaśe kasmād vṛṣotsargaḥ kathaṃ bhavet // > The rice-ball that is on the tenth day—one should offer it with meat; / and why the rice-ball on the eleventh day, \[and\] how does the setting free of a bull take place? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.28.24) śrāddhāni ṣoḍaśaitāni abdaṃ yāvatkuto vada / annādicodakenaiva ṣaṣṭyadhikaśatatrayam // > Tell me why these sixteen ancestral rites \[are performed\] throughout the year, / and three hundred and sixty \[rites\] with food and water? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.28.25) dinedine ca dātavyaṃ ghaṭānnaṃ pretatṛptaye / prāpte kāle ca mriyate anityo mānavaḥ prabho // > Day by day, a jar and food must be given for the satisfaction of the ghost. / When his time has arrived, mortal man dies, O Lord. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.28.26) chidraṃ tu naiva paśyāmi kuto jīvaḥ sa nirgataḥ / kuto gacchanti bhūtāni pṛthivyāpo manastathā // > Yet I see no aperture; whence has that soul departed? / Whither do the elements go—earth, water, and likewise the mind? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.28.27) tejo vadasva me nātha vāyurākāśameva ca / vāyavaścaiva pañcaite kathaṃ gacchanti cāptaye // > Tell me, O Lord, \[about\] fire, wind, and ether; / and how do these five vital breaths depart to reach \[their destination\]? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.28.28) lobhamohādayaḥ pañca śarīre caiva taskarāḥ / tṛṣṇā kāmo 'pyahaṅkāraḥ kuto yānti janārdana // > The five thieves in the body, beginning with greed and delusion, / thirst, passion, and egoism—whither do they go, O Janārdana? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.28.29) puṇyaṃ vāpyatha vāpuṇyaṃ yatkiñcitsukṛtaṃ tathā / naṣṭe dehe kuto yānti dānāni vividhāni ca // > Merit or demerit, and whatever good deed \[was done\], / when the body has perished, whither do the various gifts go? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.28.30) sapiṇḍanaṃ kimarthaṃ ca pūrṇe saṃvatsare 'pi vā / pretasya melanaṃ sārdhaṃ kaiḥ samaṃ tatra ko vidhiḥ // > And why is the rite of sapīṇḍana performed, even when a full year has passed? / With whom does the ghost unite, \[and\] what is the rule in that matter? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.28.31) ye dagdhā ye tvadagdhāśca patitā ye narābhuvi / yāni cānyāni bhūtāni teṣāmante bhavecca kim // > Those who are cremated, and those who are uncremated, and the people on earth who are fallen, / and whatever other beings there are—what happens to them in the end? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.28.32) pāpino ye durācārā mudgalatvaṃ ca ye gatāḥ / ātmaghātī brahmahā ca steyī viśvāsaghātakaḥ // > Those who are sinners of wicked conduct, and those who have become degraded, / the suicide, the killer of a brahmin, the thief, the betrayer of trust, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.28.33) kapilāṃ yaḥ pibecchūdro yaḥ paṭhedvaidikākṣaram / dhārayedvā brahmasūtraṃ kā gatistasya mādhava // > the śūdra who drinks \[the milk of\] a brown cow, who recites a Vedic syllable, / or who wears the sacred thread—what is his state, O Mādhava? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.28.34) viprasya brāhmaṇī bhāryā saṃgṛhī tā yadā bhavet / tasmātpāpācca bhīto 'haṃ tanme vada jagatpate / sarvametanmayā pṛṣṭo vada lokahitāya vai // > When a brāhmaṇī wife of a brahmin is seduced— / frightened of that sin, explain that to me, O Lord of the universe. / Having been asked by me, tell all this indeed for the welfare of the world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.34.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.28.34.p1) iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe uttarakhaṇḍe dvitīyāṃśe dharmakāṇḍe pretakalpe śrīkṛṣṇagaruḍasaṃvāde aurdhvadahikakarmakālakriyamāṇanānādānādiphalapraśranirūpaṇaṃ nāmāṣṭāviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ > Thus, in the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, in the latter section, in the second part, in the section on dharma, in the Pretakalpa, in the dialogue between Śrī Kṛṣṇa and Garuḍa, the twenty-eighth chapter entitled "The Inquiry into the Fruits of the Various Gifts and Other Acts Performed at the Time of the Rites for the Dead". > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.28.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Garuḍapurāṇasāroddhāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garudasaroddhara.8.33) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.28) · Pramāṇa