[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) › 2.29 # Garudapurana 2.29 Garuḍapurāṇa 2.29 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [2.29.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.29.33) — 1 part ### [2.29.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.29.1) śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 29 śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / sādhu pṛṣṭaṃ tvayā bhadra mānuṣāṇāṃ hitāya vai / śṛṇuṣvāvahito bhūtvā sarvamevaurdhvadaihikam // > The glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa — \[Chapter\] 29 > Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: / Well asked by you, O auspicious one, for the benefit of humankind! / Listen attentively to everything concerning the rites for the dead, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.29.2) kamyagvibhedarahitaṃ śrutismṛtisamuddhṛtam / yanna dṛṣṭaṃ suraiḥ sendrairyogibhiryogacintakaiḥ // > free from any contradiction of rites, extracted from the Vedas and smṛtis, / which has not been seen by the gods along with Indra, nor by yogins contemplating yoga; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.29.3) guhyādguhyataraṃ vatsa nākhyātaṃ kasyacitkvacit / bhaktastvaṃ hi mahābhāga sarvaṃ te kathayāmyaham // > more secret than the secret, dear child, not told to anyone anywhere. / Since you are my devotee, O highly fortunate one, I will tell you everything. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.29.4) aputrasya gatirnāsti svargo naiva ca naiva ca / yena kenāpyupāyena kāryaṃ janma sutasya ca // > For a man without a son there is no state \[of good afterlife\], nor heaven, none at all; / by whatever means possible, the birth of a son must be brought about. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.29.5) tārayennarakātputro yadi mokṣo na vidyate / dāhaḥ putreṇa kartavyo deyaḥ pautreṇa pāvakaḥ // > A son delivers from hell if liberation does not occur. / The cremation must be performed by the son; fire should be given by the grandson. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.29.6) tilairdarbhaiśca bhūmyāṃ vai kuṭī dhātumatī bhavet / pañcaratnāni vaktre tu yena jīvaḥ prarohati // > Upon the ground, \[strewn\] with sesamum seeds and darbha grass, there should be a hut containing minerals; / and five jewels in the mouth, by which the soul ascends. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.29.7) lipyāttu gomayairbhūmiṃ tilāndarbhāṃśca niḥ kṣipet / tasyāmevāturo muktaḥ sarvaṃ dahati pātakam // > One should smear the ground with cow-dung and scatter sesamum seeds and darbha grass; / released upon that very \[ground\], the dying man burns away every sin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.29.8) darbhamūlīnayetsvargaṃ saṃsthitaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ / darbhāṃstatra hi ye bhūmyāṃ tilayuktāna saṃśayaḥ // > The root of darbha leads one situated \[there\] to heaven, there is no doubt in this; / certainly \[it leads\] those on earth who are accompanied by sesamum seeds on the darbha grass. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.29.9) sarvatra vasudhā pūtā yatra lepo na vidyate / yatra lepaḥ sthitastatra punarlepena śudhyati // > Everywhere the earth is pure where there is no smearing \[already\]; / where a smearing has been made, it becomes purified there by smearing again. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.29.10) yātudhānāḥ piśācāśca rākṣasāḥ krūrakarmiṇaḥ / alipte āturaṃ muktaṃ viśantyete na saṃśayaḥ // > Yātudhānas, piśācas, and rākṣasas of cruel deeds / enter the dying man released on an unsmeared spot—there is no doubt in this. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.29.11) nityahomaṃ tathā śrāddhaṃ viprāṇāṃ pādaśodhanam / maṇḍalena vinā bhūmyāṃ kurvantyetacca niṣphalam // > Daily fire oblations, ancestral rites, and washing the feet of brahmins— / performing these upon the ground without a diagram makes it fruitless. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.29.12) āturo mucyate naiva maṇḍalena vinā bhuvi / brahmā rudraśca viṣṇuśca śrīrhutāśana eva ca / maṇḍale copatiṣṭhantastasmātkurvīta maṇḍalam // > The dying man is not released on earth without a diagram; / Brahmā, Rudra, Viṣṇu, Śrī, and the fire-god / attend upon the diagram; therefore, one should make a diagram. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.29.13) anyathā mriyate yastu bālo vṛddho yuvāpi vā / yonyantaraṃ sa vai gacchetkrīḍate vāyunā saha // > Whoever dies otherwise—whether child, old man, or even youth— / he indeed goes into another womb, or wanders about with the wind. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.29.14) miśritaṃ lohatāmraṃ tu tathaiva janma jāyate / tasmaivaṃ vāyubhūtasya na śrāddhaṃ nodaka kriyā // > As iron and copper are mixed together, in just such a way a birth is produced; / therefore, for him who has become \[as\] wind, there is neither ancestral rite nor water offering. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.29.15) mama svedasamudbhūtāstilāstārkṣya pavitrakāḥ / asurā dānavā daityāstṛpyanti tiladānataḥ // > Sesamum seeds, produced from my sweat, O Tārkṣya, are purifiers; / asuras, dānavas, and daityas are satisfied by the gift of sesamum seeds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.29.16) tilāḥ śvetāstilāḥ kṛṣṇāstilā gomūtrasannibhāḥ / te me dahantu pāṣāni śarīreṇa kṛtāni ca // > White sesamum seeds, black sesamum seeds, and sesamum seeds resembling cow's urine— / may they burn away the sins committed by my body. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.29.17) eka eva tiladroṇo hemadroṇatilaiḥ samaḥ / tarpaṇe dānahome ca datto bhavati cākṣayaḥ // > A single droṇa of sesamum seeds is equal to a droṇa of gold with sesamum seeds; / given in water oblations, gifts, and fire oblations, it becomes inexhaustible. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.29.18) darbhā mallomasambhūtāstilāḥ svedasamudbhavāḥ / tṛptāḥ syurdevatā dānaiḥ śrāddhena pitarastathā / prayogavidhinā brahmā viśvañcāpyupajīvanāt // > Darbha grass sprang from my hair, and sesamum seeds were produced from my sweat. / Deities are satisfied by gifts, and ancestors likewise by ancestral rites, / and Brahmā by the prescribed ritual procedure, and the universe by sustenance. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.29.19) savyayajñopavītena brahmādyāstṛptimānpuyuḥ / apasavyena tṛpyanti pitaro dividevatāḥ // > With the sacred thread over the left shoulder, Brahmā and the others attain satisfaction; / with it over the right shoulder, the ancestors and the celestial deities are satisfied. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.29.20) apasavyādito brahmā darbhamadhye tu keśavaḥ / darbhāgre śaṅkaraṃ vidyāttrayo devāḥ kuśe sthitāḥ // > From the right-shoulder position onwards \[is\] Brahmā, while Keśava is in the middle of the darbha; / one should know Śaṅkara to be at the tip of the darbha: the three gods reside in kuśa grass. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.29.21) viprā mantrāḥ kuśā vahnistulasī ca khageśvara / naite nirmālyatāṃ yānti kriyamāṇāḥ punaḥ punaḥ // > Brahmins, mantras, kuśa grass, fire, and tulasī, O King of Birds— / these do not become contaminated remnants, even when used again and again. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.29.22) kuśāḥ piṇḍeṣu nirmālyāḥ brāhmaṇāḥ pretabhojane / mantrāḥ śūdreṣu patitāścitāyāśca hutāśanaḥ // > Kuśa grass becomes a remnant in rice-balls; brahmins, in eating for a ghost; / mantras, when fallen among śūdras; and the fire of the funeral pyre. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.29.23) tulasī brāhmaṇā gāvo viṣṇurekādaśī khaga / pañca pravahaṇānyeva bhavābdhau majjatāṃ satām // > Tulasī, brahmins, cows, Viṣṇu, and the eleventh lunar day, O Bird, / are the five boats for good people sinking in the ocean of mundane existence. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.29.24) viṣṇurekādaśī gītā tulasīvipradhenavaḥ / apāre durgasaṃkāre ṣaṭpadī muktidāyinī // > Viṣṇu, the eleventh lunar day, the Gītā, tulasī, brahmins, and cows / are the six-footed path that bestows liberation in the boundless, difficult world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.29.25) tilāḥ pavitrāstrividhā darbhāśca tulasīdālam / nivārayanti caitāni durgatiṃ yāntamāturam // > The three kinds of purifying sesamum seeds, darbha grass, and a tulasī leaf— / these avert a bad destination for a dying person who is heading \[toward it\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.29.26) hastābhyāmuddhṛtairdarbhaistoyena prokṣayedbhuvam / mṛtyukāle kṣipeddarbhānāturasya karadvaye // > With darbha grass held up in both hands, one should sprinkle the ground with water; / at the time of death, one should place darbha grass in both hands of the dying man. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.29.27) darbheṣu kṣipyate yo 'sau dabhastu pariveṣṭitaḥ / viṣṇulokaṃ sa vai yāti mantrahīno 'pi mānavaḥ // > He who is laid upon darbha grass and covered around with darbha grass, / even if devoid of mantras, that man indeed goes to the world of Viṣṇu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.29.28) darbhamūlīgato bhūmau darbhapāṇistu yo mṛtaḥ / prāyaścittaviśuddho 'sau saṃsārepārasāgare // > He who dies lying upon the roots of darbha-grass on the earth, with darbha-grass in his hand, / is purified by atonement in this shoreless ocean of saṃsāra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.29.29) gomayenopalipte tu darbhasyāstaraṇe sthitaḥ / tatra dattena dānena sarvaṃ pāpaṃ vyapohati // > Lying upon a bed of darbha-grass that has been smeared with cow-dung, / through the gift offered there he casts away all sin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.29.30) lavaṇaṃ tadrasaṃ divyaṃ sarvakāmapradaṃ nṛṇām / yasmādannarasāḥ sarve notkaṭā lavaṇaṃ vinā // > Salt is that divine essence granting all desires to men, / because all flavors of food are not pleasing without salt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.29.31) pitṝṇāṃ ca priyaṃ bhavyaṃ tasmātsvargapradaṃ bhavet / viṣṇudehasamudbhūto yato 'yaṃ lavaṇo rasaḥ // > It is dear and auspicious to the ancestors; therefore, it bestows heaven, / since this salty flavor arose from Viṣṇu’s body. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.29.32) viśeṣāllavaṇaṃ dānaṃ tena śaṃsanti yoginaḥ / brāhmaṇa kṣattriyaviśāṃ strīṇāṃ śūdrajanasya ca // > Therefore yogins especially praise the gift of salt. / For brahmins, kṣatriyas, vaiśyas, women, and śūdra folk, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.29.33) āturāṇāṃ yadā prāṇāḥ prayānti vasudhātale / lavaṇaṃ tu tadā deyaṃ dbārasyoddhāṭanaṃ divaḥ // > when the life-breaths of the afflicted depart upon the surface of the earth, / salt should then be given: it is the opening of the door of heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.29.33.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.29.33.p1) iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe uttarakhaṇḍe dvitīyāṃśe pretakalpe dharmakāṇḍe śrīkṛṣṇagaruḍasaṃvāde aurdhvadehikakarmaṇi putradarbhatilatulasīgobhūlepatāmrapātradānā dīnāmāvaśyakatvanirūpaṇaṃ nāmaikonatriśo 'dhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the twenty-ninth chapter, entitled "Ascertaining the Necessity of Giving a Son, Darbha Grass, Sesame, Tulasī, Cows, Land, Plastering, Copper Vessels, and the Rest in Rites for the Departed," in the section on Dharma within the Pretakalpa, the second part of the Latter Section of the glorious and great Garuḍa Purāṇa, in the dialogue between Kṛṣṇa and Garuḍa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.29.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (4) - [Skandapurāṇa (early; "Ambikākhaṇḍa") (ed. Bakker)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*early*bakker.21.5.90.60.p1) — Sanskrit - [Smṛtīnāṃ Samuccayaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.smrtisamuccaya.34.188) — Sanskrit - [Jayasīṃhakalpadruma](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.jayasimhakalpadruma.11.p15.2) — Ratnākara 1688, Sanskrit - [Garuḍapurāṇasāroddhāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garudasaroddhara.8.35) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.29) · Pramāṇa