[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) › 2.31 # Garudapurana 2.31 Garuḍapurāṇa 2.31 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [2.31.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.31.43) — 1 part ### [2.31.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.31.1) śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 31 śrīviṣṇuruvāca / ye narāḥ pāpasaṃyuktāste gacchanti yamālayam / nṛṇāṃ matsākṣikaṃ dattamanantaphaladaṃ bhavet // > Śrī Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa—31 > Śrī Viṣṇu said: > Those men who are joined with sins go to the abode of Yama. / What is given by men with me as witness yields infinite fruit. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.31.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.31.2) yāvadrajaḥ pramāṇābdaṃsvarge tiṣṭhati bhūmidaḥ / aśvārūḍhāśca te yānti dadate ye hyupānahau // > A giver of land dwells in heaven for as many years as there are particles of dust. / And those who give shoes travel mounted on horses; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.31.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.31.3) ātape śramayogena na dahyante ca kutracit / chattradānena vai pretā vicaranti sukhaṃ pathi // > they are never burned in the heat by exertion. / By the gift of an umbrella, indeed, the deceased spirits wander happily along the path. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.31.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.31.4) yamuddiśya dadātyannaṃ tena cāpyāyito bhavet // > Designating whom one gives food, he becomes satisfied by that. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.31.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.31.5) andhakāre mahāghore amūrte lakṣyavarjite / uddyotenaiva te yānti dīpadānena mānavāḥ // > In the terrible darkness, formless and without a landmark, / men travel only with illumination by means of the gift of a lamp. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.31.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.31.6) āśvine kartike vāpi māghe mṛtatithāvapi / caturdaśyāñca dīyeta dīpadānaṃ sukhāya vai // > In the month of Āśvina or Kārttika, or in Māgha, or on the death-day anniversary, / and on the fourteenth day \[of the lunar fortnight\], a gift of a lamp should be given for happiness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.31.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.31.7) pratyahañca pradātavyaṃ mārge suviṣame naraiḥ / yāvat saṃvatsaraṃ vāpi pretasya sukhalipsayā // > And it should be given daily by men on the very rugged path, / or for a whole year, through the desire for the happiness of the deceased spirit. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.31.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.31.8) kule dyotati śuddhātmā prakāśatvaṃ sa gacchati / jyotirmayo 'sau pūjyo 'sau dīpadānaprado naraḥ // > The pure-souled person shines in his family; he attains luminescence. / Luminous is he, worthy of worship is he—the man who makes the gift of a lamp. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.31.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.31.9) prāṅmukhodaṅmukhaṃ dīpaṃ devāgāre dvijātaye / kuryādyāmyamukhaṃ pitre adbhiḥ saṅkalpya susthiram // > One should place a lamp facing east or facing north for a twice-born man in a temple of the gods; / one should place it firmly facing south for the ancestor, having made a ritual intention with water. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.31.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.31.10) sarvopahārayuktāni padānyatra trayodaśa / yo dadāti mṛtasyeha jīvannapyātmahetave / sa gacchati mahāmārge mahākaṣṭavivarjitaḥ // > Whoever gives here thirteen articles furnished with every offering / for a dead person, or even for his own sake while living, / goes along the great path free from great suffering. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.31.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.31.11) āsanaṃ bhājanaṃ bhojyaṃ dīyate yaddvijāyate / sukhe na bhuñjamānastu dena gacchatyalaṃ pathi // > A seat, a vessel, food—whatever is given to a twice-born man: / enjoying \[it\] happily, he travels abundantly along the path because of that. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.31.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.31.12) kamaṇḍalupradānena tṛṣitaḥ pibate jalam // > By the gift of a water-pot, when thirsty, he drinks water. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.31.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.31.13) bhājanaṃ vastradānañca kusumañcāṅgulīyakam / ekādaśā he dātavyaṃ pretoddharaṇahetave // > A vessel, the gift of clothing, a flower, and a ring / should be given on the eleventh day for the purpose of rescuing the deceased spirit. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.31.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.31.14) trayodaśa padānītthaṃ pretasya śubhamicchatā / dātavyāni yathāśaktyā preto 'sau prīṇito bhavet // > In this manner, thirteen articles should be given according to one's capacity / by one wishing for the welfare of the deceased spirit; that deceased spirit will be gratified. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.31.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.31.15) bhojanā ni tilāṃścaiva udakumbhāṃstrayodaśa / mudrikāṃ vastrayugmañca tayā yāti parāṃ gatim // > Food, sesame seeds, and thirteen water-jars, / a signet ring, and a pair of garments: through these he attains the supreme state. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.31.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.31.16) yo 'śvaṃ nāvaṃ gajaṃ vāpi brāhmaṇe pratipādayet / sa mahimno 'nusāreṇa tattatsukhamupāśnute // > Whoever offers a horse, a boat, or an elephant to a brāhmaṇa / experiences the corresponding pleasure according to the greatness \[of the gift\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.31.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.31.17) nānālokān vicarati mahiṣīñca dadāti yaḥ / yamaputtrasya yā mātā mahiṣī sugatipradā // > Whoever gives a female buffalo roams various worlds; / the female buffalo, the mother of Yama's son, bestows a good destination. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.31.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.31.18) tāmbūlaṃ kusumaṃ deyaṃ yāmyānāṃ harṣavardhanam / tena samprīṇitāḥ sarve tasmin kleśaṃ na kurvate // > Betel and flowers should be given, which increase the joy of Yama's servants; / fully pleased by that, they all cause no torment to him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.31.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.31.19) go-bhū-tila-hiraṇyāni dānānyāhuḥ svaśaktitaḥ // > They declare the gifts of a cow, land, sesame, and gold according to one's capacity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.31.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.31.20) mṛtoddeśena yo yadyājjalapātrañca mṛnmayam / udapātrasahasrasya phalamāpnoti mānavaḥ // > Whoever offers an earthen water pot designating the deceased, / that man obtains the fruit of a thousand water pots. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.31.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.31.21) yamadūtā mahāraudrāḥ karālāḥ kṛṣṇapiṅgalāḥ / na bhīṣayanti taṃ yāmyā vastradāne kṛte sati // > Yama's messengers are very terrible, dreadfully fierce, black and tawny; / the servants of Yama do not terrify him when the gift of clothing has been made. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.31.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.31.22) mārge hi gacchamānastu tṛṣṇārtaḥ śramapīḍitaḥ / ghaṭānnadānayogena sukhī bhavati niścitam // > For when traveling on the path, tormented by thirst and afflicted by fatigue, / he certainly becomes comfortable through the offering of a water jar and food. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.31.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.31.23) śayyā dakṣiṇayā yuktā āyudhāmbarasaṃyutā / haimaśrīpatinā yuktā deyā viprāya śarmaṇe / tathā pretatvamukto 'sau modate saha daivataiḥ // > A bed furnished with a sacrificial fee, accompanied by weapons and clothing, / and endowed with a golden Lord of Śrī, should be given to a brāhmaṇa for happiness; / thus freed from the condition of a deceased spirit, he rejoices with the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.31.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.31.24) etat te kathitaṃ tārkṣya dānamantyeṣṭikarmajam / adhunā kathayiṣye 'hamanyadehapraveśanam // > This gift resulting from funeral rites has been told to you, O Tārkṣya; / now I shall speak of entering another body. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.31.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.31.25) jātasya mṛtyuloke vai prāṇino maraṇaṃ dhruvam / mṛtiḥ kuryāt svadharmeṇa yāsyataśca parantapa // > For a creature born in the mortal world, death is certain; / one should face death according to one's own dharma, O scorcher of foes, when about to depart. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.31.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.31.26) pūrvakāle mṛtānāñca prāṇināñca khageśvara / sūkṣmobhūtvā tvasau vāyurnirgacchatyāsyamaṇḍalāt // > And of creatures dead in the past, O lord of birds, / that breath, having become subtle, departs from the orb of the mouth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.31.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.31.27) navadvārai romabhiśca janānāṃ tālurandhrake / pāpiṣṭhānāmapānena jīvo niṣkrāmati dhruvam // > Through the nine gates and the pores of the hair, in the aperture of the palate for \[righteous\] people; / for the most sinful, the soul departs certainly through the downward breath. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.31.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.31.28) śarīrañca patet paścānnirgate marutīśvare / vātāhataḥ patatyeva nirādhāro yathā drumaḥ // > And the body falls afterwards when the lord of breath has departed, / just as a tree, struck by the wind, falls when devoid of support. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.31.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.31.29) pṛthivyāṃ līyate pṛthvī āpaścaiva tathāpsu ca / tejastejasi līyate samīraṇaḥ samīraṇe / ākāśe ca tathā kāśaḥ sarvavyāpī ca śaṅkare // > The earth dissolves into earth, and water into water; / fire dissolves into fire, the wind into wind; / and space into space, and the all-pervading \[soul\] into Śaṅkara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.31.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.31.30) tatra kāmastathā krodhaḥ kāye pañcendriyāṇi ca / ete tārkṣya samākhyātā dehe tiṣṭhanti taskarāḥ // > Desire, anger, and egoism—with the mind as their leader— / and this Time, the destroyer, are accompanied by merit and demerit. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.31.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.31.31) kāmaḥ krodho hyahaṅkāro manastatraiva nāyakaḥ / saṃhārakaśca kālo 'yaṃ puṇyapāpasamanvitaḥ // > The form of the world is shaped by one’s own action; / through his good and evil deeds, a person goes again to another body. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.31.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.31.32) jagataśca svarūpantu nirmitaṃ svena karmaṇā / punardehāntaraṃ yāti sukṛtairduṣkṛtairnaraḥ // > Endowed with the five senses together with all their sense-objects, / he enters a new body, just as a householder \[moves\] when his house is burned. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.31.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.31.33) pañcendriyasamāyuktaṃ sakalairviṣyaiḥ saha / praviśet sa navaṃ dehaṃ gṛhe dagdhe yathā gṛhī // > Whatever bodily constituents are seated in the body come into being; / for this body consists of six sheaths, and these constituents derive from the mother and the father. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.31.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.31.34) śarīre ye samāsīnā sambhavet sarvadhātavaḥ / ṣāṭkauśiko hyayaṃ kāyo mātā pitrośca dhātavaḥ // > So too, O Tārkṣya, all the vital winds of embodied beings arise, / as well as urine, feces, and through their contact, whatever other diseases occur. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.31.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.31.35) sambhaveyustathā tārkṣya sarve vātāśca dehinām / mūtraṃ purīṣaṃ tadyogā ye cānye vyādhayastathā // > Bone, semen, and tendon are burned along with the body. / This, O Tārkṣya, has been told to you: the destruction of all embodied beings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.31.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.31.36) asthi śukraṃ tathā snāyuḥ dehena saha dahyate / eṣa te kathitastārkṣya vināśaḥ sarvadehinām // > I shall tell you again how their body comes to be: / it has a single pillar, is bound by sinews, and is held up by two posts. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.31.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.31.37) kathayāmi punasteṣāṃ śarīrañca yathā bhavet / ekastambhaṃ snāyubaddhaṃ sthūṇādvayasamuddhṛtam // > Endowed with the senses, this body has nine doors; / it is overcome by sense-objects and agitated by desire and anger. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.31.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.31.38) indriyaiśca samāyuktaṃ navadvāraṃ śarīrakam / viṣayaiśca samākrāntaṃ kāma-krodhasamākulam // > Pervaded by attraction and aversion, impassable as a fortress of craving, / equipped with the snare of greed, it is a city designated as ‘man’. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.31.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.31.39) rāga-dveṣasamākīrṇaṃ tṛṣṇādurgasudustaram / lobhajālasamāyuktaṃ puraṃ puruṣasaṃjñitam // > In this body of all embodied beings, endowed with these qualities, / reside all the deities and the fourteen worlds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.31.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.31.40) etadguṇasamāyuktaṃ śarīraṃ sarvadehinām / tiṣṭhanti devatāḥ sarvā bhuvanāni caturdaśa // > Those men who do not know the Self are considered to be beasts. / Thus have I explained to you this fourfold body. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.31.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.31.41) ātmānaṃ ye na jānanti te narāḥ paśavaḥ smṛtāḥ / evametanmayākhyātaṃ śarīraṃ te caturvidham // > Eighty-four hundred thousand wombs were created of old: / plant-born, sweat-born, egg-born, and womb-born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.31.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.31.42) caturaśītilakṣāṇi nirmitā yonayaḥ purā / udbhijjāḥ svedajāścaiva aṇḍajāśca jarāyujāḥ // > All this has been declared to you, sinless one, as was asked by you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.31.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.31.43) etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ yatpṛṣṭohaṃ tvayānagha // > Thus ends the thirty-first chapter, entitled 'Determination of the Fruits of Gifts, Entrance into Another Body, etc.', in the dialogue between Śrī Kṛṣṇa and Garuḍa in the Pretakalpa, the second part of the Uttarakhaṇḍa of the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.31.43.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.31.43.p1) iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe uttarakhaṇḍe dvitīyāṃśe pretakalpe śrīkṛṣṇagaruḍasaṃvāde dānapha lānyadehapraveśādinirūpaṇaṃ nāmai katriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ > The glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa—\[Chapter\] 32. / Tārkṣya said: / How is a living being born among the fourfold host of creatures? / \[How are\] skin, blood, flesh, fat, marrow, bone, and life \[produced\]? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.31.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (4) - [Kālottara (IFP T0059)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.agama.kalottara*ifp-t0059.23.8) — Sanskrit - [Śūdrakamalākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.jati.sudrakamalakara.44.1-3) — Kamalākarabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Dharmasindhu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.krtya.dharmasindhu.p597) — Kāśīnātha Upādhyāya 1790, Sanskrit - [Dharmasindhusāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.siddhanta.karana.dharmasindhusara.p597) — Śivānanda Gosvāmin 1766, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.31) · Pramāṇa