[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) › 2.32 # Garudapurana 2.32 Garuḍapurāṇa 2.32 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [2.32.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.130) — 1 part ### [2.32.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.1) śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 32 tārkṣya uvāca / kathamutpadyate janturbhūtagrāme caturvidhe / tvacā raktaṃ tathā māṃsaṃ medo majjāsthi jīvitam // > Feet, hands, genitals, tongue, hair, nails, head, / numerous joints and passages, and diverse kinds of lines? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.2) pādau pāṇī tathā guhyaṃ jihvā-keśa-nakhāḥ śiraḥ / sandhimārgāśca bahuśo rekhā naikavidhāstathā // > Desire, anger, fear, shame, mind, joy, pleasure and pain, / variegated and perforated, bound by various snares? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.3) kāmaḥ krodho bhayaṃ lajjā mano harṣaḥ sukhāsukham / citritaṃ chidritañcāpi nānājālena veṣṭitam // > I consider this an illusion in the ocean of this essenceless transmigratory existence. / Who is the maker here, O Hṛṣīkeśa, in this transmigratory existence filled with suffering? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.4) indrajālamidaṃ manye saṃsāre 'sārasāgare / kartā ko 'tra hṛṣīkeśa saṃsāre duḥ khasaṃkule // > The glorious Viṣṇu said: / I shall declare the supreme secret: the determination of this sheath, / by the mere knowledge of which omniscience is attained. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.5) śrīviṣṇuruvāca / kathayāmi paraṃ gopyaṃ kośasyāsya vinirṇayam / yasya vijñānamātreṇa sarvajñatvaṃ prajyate // > You have asked well, out of compassion, concerning the origin of living beings in the world. / Listen, O son of Vinatā, with a concentrated mind. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.6) sādhu pṛṣṭaṃ tvayā loke sadayaṃ jīvakāraṇam / vainateya śṛṇuṣva tvamekāgrakṛtamānasaḥ // > At the time of women's menses, four days must be avoided; / for in that \[period\], the murder of a brahmin that arose from Vṛtra of old, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.7) ṛtukāle ca nārīṇāṃ varjyaṃ dinacatuṣṭayam / yatastasmin brahmahatyāṃ purā vṛtrasamutthitām // > Brahmā lifted from Śakra and assigned \[to them\] as a fourth part. / Her face is not to be looked upon as long as that sin remains in her body. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.8) brahmā śakrāt samuttārya caturthāṃśena dattavān / tāvannālokyate vaktraṃ pāpaṃ yāvadvapuḥ sthitam // > On the first day she is a cāṇḍālī, on the second a brahmin-slayer, / on the third she should be known as a washerwoman, and on the fourth day she becomes pure. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.9) prathame 'hani cāṇḍālī dvitīye brahmaghātinī / tṛtīye rajakī jñeyā caturthe 'hani śudhyati // > After seven days she becomes fit to perform worship for the ancestors and gods. / A fetus conceived within seven days is born an intercalary \[inauspicious\] entity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.10) saptāhāt pitṛdevānāṃ bhavedyogyā kṛtārcane / saptāhamadhye yo garbhastatsaṃmbhūtirmalimlucā // > Whatever kind of mental conception the parents have at the time of insemination, / of such nature is the origin of the fetus that is born; of this there is no doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.11) niṣakasamaye pitroryādṛk cittavikalpanā / tādṛggarbhasamutpattirjāyate nātra saṃśayaḥ // > On even nights sons are born, on odd nights daughters; / having avoided the first seven \[days\], one should therefore unite on even nights. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.12) yugmāsu puttrā jāyante striyo 'yugmāsu rātriṣu / pūrvasaptamamutsṛjya tasmādyugmāsu saṃviśet // > Sixteen nights of fertile period are generally stated for women; / if the fetus is lodged on the fourteenth night, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.13) ṣoḍaśarturniśāḥ strīṇāṃ sāmānyāt samudāhṛtaḥ / yā caturdaśamī rātrirgarbhastiṣṭhati tatra cet // > A son will be born there who is a treasury of virtues and good fortune, and devoted to dharma. / That night is not easily obtained by ordinary people, O King of Birds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.14) guṇabhāgyanidhiḥ putrastatra jāyeta dhārmikaḥ / sā niśā tatra sāmānyairna labhyeta khagādhipa // > Generally, conception takes place here within eight days. / On the fifth day, women should eat sweet foods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.15) prāyaśaḥ sambhavatyatra garbhastvaṣṭāhamadhyataḥ / pañcame 'hani nārīṇāṃ kāryaṃ mādhuryabhojanam // > Pungent, alkaline, sharp, and hot foods must be avoided from afar. / That field is a vessel of medicinal herbs, and the seed becomes like nectar. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.16) kaṭukṣārañca tīkṣṇañca tyājyamuṣṇañca dūrataḥ / tatkṣetramoṣadhīpātraṃ bījañcāpyamṛtāyitam // > Sowing in that \[field\], a man, the master, obtains the proper fruit. / Heat should be avoided by her; she should engage only in what is cooling. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.17) tasminnuptvā naraḥ svāmī samyak phalamavāpnuyāt / tasyāścaivātapo varjya śītalaṃ kevalaṃ caret // > Provided with betel, flowers, and sandalwood paste, wearing clean garments, / bearing dharma in mind, a man should mount the fine bed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.18) tāmbūlapuṣpaśrīkhaṇḍaiḥ saṃyuktaḥ śucivastrabhṛt / dharmamādāya manasi sutalpaṃ saṃviśet pumān // > Whatever kind of mental conception a man has at the time of insemination, / endowed with such a nature the living being enters into the womb. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.19) niṣekasamaye yādṛṅnaracittavikalpanā / tādṛksvabhāvasambhūtirjanturviśati kukṣigaḥ // > From the union of semen and ovum, the formation of the embryo takes place; / the creature grows in the belly like the moon in the sky. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.20) śukrasoṇitasaṃyoge piṇḍotpattiḥ prajāyate / vardhate jaṭhare jantustārāpatirivāmbare // > Consciousness, in the form of a seed, resides eternally in the semen; / when desire, the mind, and semen reach oneness, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.21) caitanyaṃ bījarūpaṃ hi śukre nityaṃ vyavasthitam / kāmaścittañca śukrañca yadā hyekatvamāpnuyuḥ // > Then the man discharges fluid into the woman’s womb. / When blood is in excess, a female is formed; when semen is in excess, a male. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.22) tadā drāvamavāpnoti yoṣāgarbhāśaye naraḥ / raktādhikye bhavennārī śukrādhikye bhavet pumān // > When semen and ovum are equal, the fetuses become eunuchs. / In a day and a night it becomes a mixed mass, in five days a bubble; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.23) śukrasoṇitayo sāmye garbhāḥ ṣaṇḍatvamāpnuyuḥ / ahorātreṇa kalilaṃ budvadaṃ pañcabhidinaiḥ // > On the fourteenth \[day\] it becomes flesh combined with mixed elements; / on the twentieth day it becomes solid flesh, and growing gradually within the womb, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.24) caturdaśe bhavenmāṃsaṃ miśradhātusamanvitam / ghanaṃ māṃsañca viṃśāhe garbhastho vardhate kramāt // > On the twenty-fifth day, strength and nourishment arise. / And when a month is completed, it retains the five gross elements. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.25) pañcaviṃśatime cāhni balaṃ puṣṭiśca jāyate / tathā māse tu sampūrṇe pañcatattvaṃ nidhārayet // > When two months have passed, skin and fat are produced; / marrow and bones \[develop\] in three months; hair and fingers in the fourth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.26) māsadvaye tu sañjāte tvacā medaśca jāyate / majjāsthīni tribhirmāsaiḥ keśāṅgulyaścaturthake // > The ears, nostrils, and chest are formed in the fifth month; / the throat opening and abdomen in the sixth; the genitals and other parts in the seventh month. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.27) karṇau ca nāsike vakṣo jāyeran māsi pañcame / kaṇṭharandhrodaraṃ ṣaṣṭhe guhyādirmāsi saptame // > With all limbs and minor parts complete, the fetus reaches eight months; / in the eighth \[month\] the soul moves again and again in the mother’s womb; / when the ninth month is reached, the vigor in the fetus becomes firm. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.28) aṅgapratyaṅgasampūrṇo garbho māsairathāṣṭabhiḥ / aṣṭame calate jīvo dhātrīgarbhe punaḥ punaḥ / navamemāsi samprāpte garbhasthaujau dṛḍhaṃ bhavet // > Its movement takes place upon the completion of its stay in the womb; / it is born as a female, or a male, or a eunuch. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.29) cikitsā jāyate tasya garbhavāsaparikṣaye / nārī vātha naro vātha napuṃstvaṃ vābhijāyate // > Endowed with three powers, large-eyed, equipped with six sheaths, / furnished with five sense organs, adorned with ten channels, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.30) śaktitrayaṃ viśālākṣaṃ ṣāṭkauśikasamāyutam / pañcendriyasamopetaṃ daśanāḍīvibhūṣitam // > Endowed with the qualities of the ten vital breaths—he who knows this is a knower of yoga. / Marrow, bone, semen, flesh, hair, blood, and strength: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.31) daśaprāṇaguṇopetaṃ yo jānāti sa yogavit / majjāsthiśukramāṃsāni roma raktaṃ balaṃ tathā // > This embryonic mass of the living being, made of the five elements, consists of six sheaths. / In the ninth or tenth month, the creature made of the five elements is born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.32) ṣāṭkauśikamidaṃ piṇḍaṃ syājjantoḥ pāñcabhautikam / navame daśame māsi jāyate pāñcabhautikaḥ // > This body of a living being is composed of six sheaths and of the five elements; / in the ninth or tenth month, the five-elemental \[body\] is born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.33) sūtivātaiḥ samākṛṣṭaḥ pīḍayā vihvalīkṛtaḥ / puṣṭo nāḍyāḥ suṣumṇāyā yoṣidgarbhasthitastvaran // > Drawn out by the winds of childbirth, agitated by pain, / nourished by the suṣumṇā channel, situated in the woman's womb, hastening forth; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.34) kṣitirvāri havirbhoktā pavanākāśameva ca / ebhirbhūtaiḥ pīḍitastu nibaddhaḥ snāyubandhanaiḥ // > earth, water, the consumer of oblations \[fire\], wind, and space— / afflicted by these elements, bound by the bindings of the sinews. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.35) mūlabhūtā ime proktāḥ sapta nāḍyantare sthitāḥ / tvacāsthināḍyo romāṇi māṃsañcaivātra pañcamam // > These are declared to be the root elements, residing within the seven channels: / skin, bone, channels, body hair, and fifth here is flesh. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.36) ete pañca guṇāḥ proktā mayā bhūmeḥ khageśvara / yathā pañca guṇāścāpastathā tacchṛṇu kāśyapa // > These five qualities of earth have been declared by me, O King of Birds; / listen now, descendant of Kaśyapa, to how the five qualities of water are likewise. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.37) lālā mūtraṃ tathā śukraṃ majjāra raktañca pañcamam / āpaḥ pañcaguṇāḥ proktā jñātavyāste prayatnataḥ // > Saliva, urine, semen, marrow, and blood as the fifth— / these five properties are said to belong to water, and should be known diligently. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.38) kṣudhā tṛṣā tathā nidrā ālasyaṃ kāntireva ca / tejaḥ pañcaguṇaṃ proktaṃ tārkṣya sarvatrayogibhiḥ // > Hunger, thirst, sleep, sloth, and radiance— / fire is said to have five properties everywhere by yogins, O Tārkṣya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.39) rāgadveṣau tathā lajjā bhayaṃ mohastathaiva ca / ityetat kathitaṃ tārkṣya vāyujaṃ guṇapañcakam // > Desire and aversion, shame, fear, and delusion as well— / this, O Tārkṣya, is declared to be the group of five properties born of wind. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.40) ākuñcanaṃ dhāvanañca laṅghanañca prasāraṇam / nirodhaḥ pañcamaḥ prokto vāyoḥ pañca guṇāḥ smṛtāḥ // > Contraction, running, leaping, expansion, / and restraint is declared the fifth: these are remembered as the five properties of wind. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.41) ghoṣaścintā ca gāmbhīryaṃ śravaṇaṃ satyasaṃkramaḥ / ākāśasya guṇāḥ pañca jñāta vyāstārkṣya yatnataḥ // > Sound, thought, depth, hearing, and the transition of truth— / these five properties of space should be known with effort, O Tārkṣya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.42) śrotraṃ tvak cakṣuṣī jihvā nāsā buddhīndriyāṇi ca / pāṇī pādau gudaṃ prāk ca guhyaṃ karmendriyāṇi ca // > The ear, skin, eyes, tongue, and nose are the sense-organs of perception; / hands, feet, anus, and genitalia are the organs of action. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.43) iḍāca piṅgalā caiva suṣumṇā ca tṛtīyakā / gāndhārī gajajihvā ca pūṣā caiva yasā tathā // > Iḍā, Piṅgalā, and Suṣumṇā as the third, / Gāndhārī, Gajajihvā, Pūṣā, and Yaśasvinī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.44) alamvuśā kuhūścaiva śaṅkhinī daśamī smṛtā / piṇḍa madhye sthitā hyetāḥ pradhānā daśa nāḍayaḥ // > Alambuṣā, Kuhū, and Śaṅkhinī is remembered as the tenth; / these ten principal channels indeed reside within the body. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.45) prāṇāpānau samānaśca udāno vyāna eva ca / nāgaḥ kūrmaśca kṛkaro devadatto dhanañjayaḥ // > Prāṇa, apāna, samāna, udāna, and vyāna, / nāga, kūrma, kṛkara, devadatta, and dhanañjaya— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.46) ityete vāyavaḥ proktā daśa deheṣu susthitāḥ / kevalaṃ bhuktamannañca puṣṭidaṃ sarvadehinām // > these ten vital airs are declared to be well established within bodies. / The food consumed alone provides nourishment to all embodied beings; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.47) nayate prāṇado vāyuḥ śarīre sarvasandhiṣu / āhāro bhuktamātrastu vāyunā kriyate dvidhā // > the life-giving vital air conducts it through all joints in the body. / But food, as soon as it is eaten, is divided twofold by the vital air: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.48) sa praviśya guhe samyak pṛthagannaṃ pṛthagjalam / ūrdhvamagnerjalaṃ kṛtvā tadannañca jalopari // > entering the stomach properly, it separates the food and separates the water; / placing the water above the fire, and that food upon the water, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.49) agneścādhaḥ svayaṃ prāṇastamagniñca dhamecchanaiḥ / vāyunā dhamyamāno 'gniḥ pṛthakkiṭṭaṃ pṛthagrasam // > and the prāṇa, standing below the fire, gently fans that fire. / Fanned by the vital air, the fire separates the waste and separates the essence. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.50) malairdvādaśabhiḥ kiṭṭaṃ bhinnaṃ dehāt pṛthagbhavet / karṇākṣināsikā jihvā dantanābhivapurgudam // > The waste, divided by the twelve impurities, departs from the body: / ears, eyes, nostrils, tongue, teeth, navel, body\[-pores\], anus, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.51) nakhā malāśrayā hyete viṇmūtrañcetyanantakam / śukraśoṇitasaṃyogādetat ṣāṭkauśikaṃ smṛtam // > and the nails are indeed the receptacles of impurity, along with feces and urine as the rest. / From the union of semen and ovum, this \[body\] composed of six sheaths is remembered. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.52) romṇāṃ koṭyastathā tisro 'pyardhakoṭi samanvitāḥ / dvātriṃśaddaśanāḥ proktāḥ sāmānyādvinatāsuta // > There are thirty-five million body hairs, / and thirty-two teeth are declared as the standard, O son of Vinatā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.53) sapta lakṣāṇi keśāḥ syurnakhāḥ proktāstu viṃśatiḥ / māṃsaṃ palasahasraikaṃ sāmānyāddehasaṃsthitam // > There are seven hundred thousand hairs of the head, and twenty nails are declared; / one thousand palas of flesh are standardly established in the body. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.54) raktaṃ palaśataṃ tārkṣyaṃ buddhameva purātanaiḥ / palāni daśa medaśca tvacā caiva tu tatsamā // > One hundred palas of blood, O Tārkṣya, was understood by the ancients, / and ten palas of fat, with skin equal to that. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.55) paladvādaśakaṃ majjā mahāraktaṃ palatrayam / śukraṃ dvikuḍavaṃ jñeyaṃ śoṇitaṃ kuḍavaṃ smṛtam // > Twelve palas of marrow, three palas of vital blood; / semen is known to be two kuḍavas, and ovum is remembered as one kuḍava. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.56) śleṣmāṇaśca ṣaḍūrdhvañca viṇmūtraṃ tatpramāṇataḥ / asthnāṃ hi hyadhikaṃ proktaṃ ṣaṣṭyuttaraśatatrayāt // > Phlegm is six \[kuḍavas\] or more, and feces and urine in proportion to that; / the bones are indeed declared to exceed three hundred and sixty. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.57) evaṃ piṇḍaḥ samākhyāto vaibhavaṃ sampracakṣmahe / sukhaṃ duḥ khaṃ bhayaṃ kṣemaṃ karmaṇaiva hi prāpyate // > Thus the body has been described; now we shall declare its condition: / happiness, misery, fear, and well-being are attained solely through karma. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.58) adhomukhaṃ cordhvapādaṃ garbhādvāyuḥ prakarṣati / tale tu karayornyasya vardhate jānupārśvayoḥ // > Head downward and feet upward, the vital air draws \[the fetus\] out from the womb; / placing its hands beneath, it grows beside its knees, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.59) aṅguṣṭhau copari nyastau jānvāretha karāṅgulī / jānupṛṣṭhe tathā netre jānumadhye ca nāsikā // > with both thumbs placed above, fingers against the knees, / the eyes on the surface of the knees, and the nose between the knees. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.60) evaṃ vṛddhiṃ kramādyāti jantuḥ strīgarbhasaṃsthitaḥ / kāṭhinyamasthīnyāyānti bhuktapītena jīvati // > In this way the living being situated in the woman's womb gradually grows; / the bones attain hardness, and it lives on what is eaten and drunk \[by the mother\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.61) nāḍī vāpyāyanī nāma nābhyāṃ tatra nibadhyate / strīṇāṃ tathāntrasuṣire sa nibaddhaḥ prajāyate // > The channel named Āpyāyanī is fastened there to the navel; / attached thus to the cavity of the woman's intestines, it develops. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.62) krāmanti bhuktapītāni strīṇāṃ garbhodare tathā / tairāpyāyitadeho 'sau janturvṛddhimupaiti ca // > Things eaten and drunk enter the womb of women; / nourished by them, this living being attains growth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.63) smṛtyastatra prayāntyasya bahvyaḥ saṃsārabhūtayaḥ / tato nirvedamāyāti pīḍyamāna itastataḥ // > There, many memories of past births in saṃsāra come to it; / then, afflicted from all sides, it experiences despondency: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.64) punarnaivaṃ kariṣyāmi bhuktamātra ihodarāt / tathātathā yatiṣyāmi garbhaṃ nāpnomyahaṃ yathā // > "I will never do so again as soon as I am free from this womb; / I will strive in such a way that I shall not enter a womb again!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.65) iti sañcintayañjīvo smṛtvā janmaśatāni vai / yāni pūrvānubhūtāni devabhūtātmajāni vai // > Thus thinking, the individual soul remembers hundreds of births, / which were previously experienced as gods, elements, and living beings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.66) tataḥ kālakramājjantuḥ parivartyatvadhomukhaḥ / navame daśame vāpi māsi saṃjāyate tataḥ // > Then, in the course of time, the living being is turned downward, / and is born in the ninth or tenth month. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.67) niṣkramyamāṇo vātena prājāpatyena pīḍyate / niṣkramate ca vilapaṃstadā duḥkhanipīḍitaḥ // > Being driven out by the prājāpatya wind, it suffers pain; / and it emerges wailing at that time, tormented by misery. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.68) niṣkrāmaṃścodarānmūrchāmasahyāṃ pratipadyate / prāpnoti cetanāṃ cāsau vāyusparśasukhānvitaḥ // > Coming out of the belly, it falls into an unbearable faint, / and regaining consciousness, it feels pleasure at the contact with air. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.69) tatastaṃ vaiṣṇavī māyā samāskandati mohinī / tayā vimohitātmāsau jñānabhraṃśamavāpnute // > Then the deluding Vaiṣṇava māyā overtakes it; / bewildered by it, that soul suffers the loss of its knowledge. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.70) bhraṣṭajñānaṃ bālabhāve tato jantuḥ prapadyate / tataḥ kaumārakāvasthāṃ yauvanaṃ vṛddhatāmapi // > Deprived of knowledge, the creature then falls into infancy; / then into childhood, youth, and also old age. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.71) punaśca tadvanmaraṇaṃ janma prāpnoti mānavaḥ / tataḥ saṃsāracakre 'smin bhrāmyate ghaṭayantravat // > And again, just so, a human attains death and birth; / then it is whirled around in this wheel of saṃsāra like a water-wheel. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.72) kadācitsvargamāpnoti kadācinnirayaṃ naraḥ / svargaṃ ca nirayaṃ caiva svakarmaphalamaśnute // > Sometimes a person reaches heaven, and sometimes hell; / he enjoys heaven and hell as the fruit of his own deeds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.73) kadācidbhuktakarmā ca bhuvaṃ svalpena gacchati / svarloke narake caiva bhuktaprāye dvijottamāḥ // > Sometimes, having consumed his karma, he goes to the earth with a remainder; / when \[karma\] in heaven and in hell is mostly consumed, O best of the twice-born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.74) narakeṣu mahadduḥkhametadyatsvargavāsinaḥ / dṛśyate nātra modante pātyamānāstu nārakaiḥ // > This is great suffering in hells: dwellers in heaven see this / and do not rejoice here, as beings are cast down by the tormentors of hell. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.75) svarge 'pi duḥ khamatulaṃ yadārohaṇakālataḥ / prabhṛtyahaṃ patiṣyāmītyetanmanasi vartate // > Even in heaven there is incomparable misery, because from the time of ascent / onward, this thought dwells in the mind: "I shall fall!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.76) nāra kāṃścaiva samprekṣya mahadduḥ khamavāpyate / evaṃ gatimahaṃ gantetyaharniśamanirvṛtaḥ // > And beholding the denizens of hell, great sorrow is felt; / thinking, "I too shall go to such a state," one is day and night without peace. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.77) garbhavāse mahadduḥ khaṃ jāyamānasya yonijam / jātasya bālabhāve 'pi vṛddhatve duḥkhameva ca // > There is great suffering in living in the womb, and born of the vagina for the one being born; / for the one born there is suffering even in childhood, and suffering in old age, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.78) kāmerṣyākrodhasambandhādyauvane 'pi ca duḥ saham / duḥsvapnaṃ yā vṛddhatā ca maraṇe duḥ khamutkaṭam // > and in youth too, intolerable \[pain\] from association with desire, envy, and wrath; / old age is like a nightmare, and in death there is acute agony. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.79) kṛṣyamāṇaśca yāmyaiḥ sa narake 'pi ca yātyadhaḥ / punaśca garbhājjanma syānmaraṇaṃ duṣkaraṃ tathā // > Dragged by the servants of Yama, he goes down even to hell; / and again there is birth from a womb, and difficult death likewise. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.80) evaṃ saṃsāracakre 'smijjantavo ghaṭayantravat / bhrāmyante prāktanairbadhairbaddhā vidhyanti cāsakṛt // > Thus in this wheel of saṃsāra, living beings, like pots on a water-wheel, / are turned around, bound by previous bonds, and are pierced again and again. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.81) nāsti pakṣinsukhaṃ kiñcitkṣetre duḥ khaśatākule / vinatāsuta mokṣāya yatitavyaṃ tato naraiḥ // > There is not the slightest happiness, O bird, in this field filled with hundreds of sorrows; / therefore, O son of Vinatā, humans must strive for liberation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.82) etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ yathā garbhasya saṃsthitiḥ / kathayāmi kramapraśraṃ pṛṣṭaṃ vā vartate spṛhā // > All this has been explained to you, how the condition of the fetus is; / I shall answer subsequent questions, or whatever inquiry you desire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.83) garuḍa uvāca / madhye kṛtamahāpraśradvayasyāptaṃ mayottaram / praśrasyāpi tṛtīyasya uttaraṃ ca vidhīyatām // > Garuḍa said: > I have received the answer to two of the great questions asked earlier; > let the answer to the third question also be given. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.84) śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / mriyamāṇasya kiṃ kṛtyamiti tvaṃ pṛṣṭavānasi / śṛṇu tatrottaraṃ tūktaṃ kathayāmi samāsataḥ // > The blessed Kṛṣṇa said: > You asked, “What is to be done for a dying man?” > Listen, then, to the answer: I shall speak it in brief. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.85) āsannamaraṇaṃ jñātvā puruṣaṃ snāpayettataḥ / gomūtragomayasumṛttīrthodakakuśodakaiḥ // > Knowing a man to be near death, one should then bathe him > with cow urine, cow dung, good earth, water from sacred places, and water with kuśa grass. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.86) vāsasī paridhāryātha dhaute tu śuci nī śubhe / darbhāṇyādau samāstīrya dakṣiṇāgrānvikīrya ca // > Then, having clothed him in two washed, pure, and auspicious garments, > first spreading out darbha grass and scattering \[it\] with tips pointing south, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.87) tilān gomayaliptāyāṃ bhūmau tatra niveśayet // > one should place him there, upon the ground smeared with cow dung, \[along with\] sesame seeds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.88) prāgudakśirasaṃ vāpi mukhe svarṇaṃ viniḥ kṣepet / śālagrāmaśilā tatra tulasī ca khageśvara // > Or with his head to the east or north, one should place gold in his mouth; > a Śālagrāma stone and tulasī, O King of Birds, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.89) vidheyā sannidhau sarpirdīpaṃ prajvālayetpunaḥ / namo bhagavate vāsudevāyeti japastathā // > should be placed nearby; furthermore, one should light a ghee lamp. > Likewise, there should be recitation: “Obeisance to the Blessed Vāsudeva.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.90) ādau tu praṇavaṃ kṛtvā pūjādāne tataḥ smṛte / samabhyarcya hṛṣīkeśaṃ puṣpadhūpādibhistataḥ // > Having first uttered the Praṇava, worship and gift-giving are then enjoined. > Then, having worshiped Hṛṣīkeśa with flowers, incense, and other offerings, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.91) praṇipātaiḥ stavaiḥ puṇyairdhyā nayogena pūjayet / dattvā dānaṃ ca viprebhyo dīnānāthebhya eva ca // > one should worship with prostrations, holy hymns of praise, and the yoga of meditation; > and having given gifts to Brahmins, as well as to the poor and destitute, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.92) puttre mitre kalatre ca kṣetradhānyadhanādiṣu / nivartayenmamatvaṃ ca viṣṇoḥ pādau hṛdi smaran // > and remembering the feet of Viṣṇu in his heart, > he should turn away his sense of mineness toward sons, friends, wife, fields, grain, wealth, and the like. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.93) uccaiḥ puruṣasūktaṃ ca yadi śreṣṭhāpadastadā / puttrādyāḥ prapaṭheyuste mriyamāṇe nije jane // > If it is an exceptional distress, then sons and others > should loudly recite the Puruṣasūkta when their own kinsman is dying. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.94) etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ kṛtyaṃ mṛtyāvupasthite / phalamapyasya kṛtsnasya samāsātte vadāmyaham // > All this duty when death has arrived has been explained to you; > I will also tell you briefly the fruit of all this. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.95) snānena śucitāprāptirapāvitryahṛtistataḥ / tato viṣṇoḥ smṛtistasya jñānātsarvaphalapradā // > By the bath, purity is obtained and impurity is removed; > then the remembrance of Viṣṇu, because of his knowledge, grants all fruits. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.96) darbhatūlī nayetsvargamāturaṃ tu na saṃśayaḥ / tilairdarbhaiśca niḥ kṣiptaiḥ snānaṃ kratumayaṃ bhavet // > A bed of darbha grass leads the afflicted person to heaven, no doubt; > when sesame seeds and darbha grass are cast down, the bath becomes equal to a Vedic sacrifice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.97) brahmā viṣṇuśca rudraśca śrīrhutāśastathaiva ca / maṇḍale copatiṣṭhanti tasmātkurvīta maṇḍalam // > Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Rudra, Śrī, and Agni > stand upon the mandala; therefore one should make a mandala. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.98) prāgudagvā kṛteneha śirasā lokamuttamam / vrajate yadi pāpasyālpatvaṃ puṃso bhavetkhaga // > With the head directed here to the east or north, he goes to the supreme world, > provided that a man's sin is small, O bird. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.99) pañcaratne mukhe mukte jive jñānaṃ prarohati / tulasī brāhmaṇā gāvo viṣṇurekādaśī khaga // > When the five gems are placed in the mouth, knowledge sprouts in the soul. > Tulasī, Brahmins, cows, Viṣṇu, and the Ekādaśī, O bird— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.100) pañca pravahaṇānyeva bhavābdhau majjatāṃ nṛṇām / viṣṇurekādaśī gītā tulasī vipradhenavaḥ // > these are the five boats for men sinking in the ocean of worldly existence: > Viṣṇu, the Ekādaśī, the Gītā, tulasī, and Brahmins’ cows. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.101) asāre durgasaṃsāre ṣaṭpadī bhaktidāyinī / namo bhagavate vāsudevāyeti japannaraḥ // > In this worthless, impassable worldly existence, this sixfold practice bestows devotion: > a man reciting “Obeisance to the Blessed Vāsudeva” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.102) oṅkārapūrvaṃ sāyujyaṃ prāpnuyānnātra saṃśayaḥ / pūjayāpi ca mallokaprāptirārāddivaṃ vrajet // > preceded by the syllable Oṃ attains union \[with him\], of this there is no doubt; > and by worship he attains my world, or goes quickly to heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.103) bandhābhāve mamatvetu jñānaṃ puruṣasūktataḥ / yasyayasyādhikatvaṃ tu sādhaneṣveṣu kāśyapa // > When attachment is absent, knowledge arises from the Puruṣasūkta regarding mineness. > Whatever superiority there is in these means, O Kaśyapa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.104) tattatphalasyāpyādhikyaṃ bhavatītyavadhāraya / dātavyāni yathāśaktyā prīto 'sau sarvadā bhavet // > understand that there is a corresponding superiority in their fruit. > Gifts should be given according to one’s capacity; he will always be pleased. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.105) etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ snānādiṣu phalaṃ mayā / brahmāṇḍe ye guṇāḥ santi śarīre te vyavasthitāḥ // > All this fruit regarding the bath and the rest has been explained to you by me. > Whatever qualities exist in the universe are situated in the body. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.106) pātālabhūdharā lokāstathānye dvīpasāgarāḥ / ādityādigrahāḥ sarve piṇḍamadhye vyavasthitāḥ // > The nether worlds, mountains, worlds, and the other continents and oceans, > all the planets beginning with the sun are situated within the body. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.107) pādādhastu talaṃ jñeyaṃ pādordhvaṃ vitalaṃ tathā / jānubhyāṃ sutalaṃ viddhi sakthideśe mahātalam // > Below the feet Tala is to be known, and above the feet Vitala; > know Sutala in the knees, and Mahātala in the region of the thighs. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.108) tathā talātalañcorau guhyadeśe rasātalam / pātālaṃ kaṭisaṃsthantu pādādau lakṣayedbudhaḥ // > Likewise Talātala is in the upper thigh, and Rasātala in the private parts; > the wise man should perceive Pātāla situated in the hips, beginning from the feet. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.109) bhūrlokaṃ nābhimadhye tu bhuvarlokaṃ tadūrdhvataḥ / svargalokaṃ hṛdaye vidyāt kaṇṭhadeśe mahastathā // > Bhūrloka is in the middle of the navel, and Bhuvarloka above it; > one should know Svargaloka in the heart, and Mahas in the region of the throat. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.110) janalokaṃ vaktradeśe tapolokaṃ lalāṭake / satyalokaṃ mahārandhre bhuvanāni caturdaśa // > Janaloka is in the region of the mouth, Tapoloka on the forehead, > and Satyaloka in the crown of the head; these are the fourteen worlds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.111) trikoṇe saṃsthito meruradhaḥ koṇe ca mandaraḥ / dakṣiṇe ceva kailāso vāmabhāge himācalaḥ // > Meru is situated in the triangle, and Mandara in the lower corner; > Kailāsa is on the right side, and the Himālaya on the left. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.112) niṣadhaścordhvabhāge ca dakṣiṇe gandhamādanaḥ / malayo (ramaṇo) vāmarekhāyāṃ saptaite kulaparvatāḥ // > Niṣadha is in the upper part, and Gandhamādana on the right; > Malaya is on the left line: these are the seven principal mountain ranges. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.113) asthisthāne sthito jambūḥ śāko majjāsu saṃsthitaḥ / kuśadvīpaḥ sthito māṃse krauñcadvīpaḥ śirāsthitaḥ // > Jambūdvīpa is located in the place of bones; Śākadvīpa is situated in the marrow; > Kuśadvīpa is situated in the flesh; Krauñcadvīpa is situated in the veins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.114) tvacāyāṃ śālmalidvāpo plakṣaḥ romṇāṃ ca sañcaye / nakhasthaḥ puṣkaradvīpaḥ sāgarāstadanantaram // > Śālmalidvīpa is in the skin; Plakṣadvīpa is in the mass of body hair; > Puṣkaradvīpa is in the nails; and next are the oceans. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.115) kṣārodaśca tathā mūtre kṣāre kṣīrodasāgaraḥ / surodadhiśca śleṣmasthaḥ majjāyāṃ ghṛtasāgaraḥ // > The salt ocean is in the urine; the ocean of milk is in the alkaline fluid; > the ocean of wine is in phlegm; the ocean of clarified butter is in the marrow. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.116) rasodadhiṃ rase vidyācchoṇite dadhisagaram / svādulaṃ lambikāsthāne garbhodaṃ śukrasaṃsthitam // > One should know the ocean of sugarcane juice in chyle, the ocean of curds in the blood, > the ocean of sweet water in the uvula, and the Garbha ocean situated in semen. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.117) nādacakre sthitaḥ sūryo binducakre ca candramāḥ / locanasthaḥ kujo jñeyo hṛdaye ca budhaḥ smṛtaḥ // > The sun is situated in the nāda-cakra, and the moon in the bindu-cakra; > Mars is to be known in the eyes, and Mercury is held to be in the heart. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.118) viṣṇusthāne guruṃ vidyācchrukre śukro vyavasthitaḥ / nābhisthāne sthito mando mukhe rāhuḥ sthitaḥ sadā // > One should know Jupiter in the place of Viṣṇu; Venus is situated in the semen; > Saturn is situated in the place of the navel; Rāhu is always situated in the mouth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.119) pāyu (da) sthāne sthitaḥ ketuḥ śarīre grahamaṇḍalam / vibhaktañca samākhyātamāpādatalamastakam // > Ketu is situated in the anus; the planetary circle in the body > has been explained as divided from the soles of the feet to the head. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.120) utpannā ye hi saṃsāre mriyante te na saṃśayaḥ / bubhukṣā ca tṛṣā raudrā dāhodbhūtā ca mūrchanā // > Those who are born in worldly existence die without a doubt. > Fierce hunger and thirst, and fainting born of burning heat— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.121) yatra pīḍāstvimā raudrāstā vai vṛścikadaṃśajāḥ / vināśaḥ pūrṇakāle ca jāyate sarvadehinām // > where these terrible pains occur, they are indeed like those born of scorpion stings; > and destruction happens to all embodied beings when their time is complete. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.122) agre agre hi dhāvanti yamalokagatasyavai / taptavālukamadhyena prajvaladvahnimadhyataḥ // > They run ahead and ahead of him who has gone to Yama's world > through heated sand, through blazing fire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.123) keśagrāhaiḥ samākrāntā nīyante yamakiṅkaraiḥ / pāpiṣṭhāstvadhamāstārkṣya dayādharmavivirjitāḥ // > Seized by the hair, they are led by Yama's attendants; > they are the most sinful and degraded, O Tārkṣya, destitute of compassion and dharma. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.124) yamaloke vasantyete kuṭyāṃ janma na vidyate / evaṃ sañjāyate tārkṣya martye jantuḥ svakarmabhiḥ // > These dwell in Yama's world, and no birth in a womb is found \[for them\]; > thus a creature in the mortal world is born, O Tārkṣya, by his own karmas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.125) utpannā ye hi saṃsāre mriyante te na saṃśayaḥ / āyuḥ karma ca vittañca vidyā nidhanameva ca // > Those who are born in worldly existence die without a doubt. > Lifespan, karma, wealth, learning, and death itself— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.126) pañcaitāni hi sṛjyante garbhasthasyaiva dehinaḥ / karmaṇā jāyate jantuḥ karmaṇaiva pralīyate // > these five are created for the embodied being while still in the womb. > By karma a creature is born, by karma alone it perishes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.127) sukhaṃ duḥ khaṃ bhayaṃ kṣemaṃ karmaṇaivābhipadyate / adhomukhaṃ cordhvapādaṃ garbhādvāyuḥ prakarṣati // > Pleasure, pain, fear, and security are attained solely through past actions; > head downwards and feet upwards, the vital wind forces \[the embryo\] out of the womb. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.128) janmato vaiṣṇavī māyā saṃmohayati satvaram / svakarmakṛtasambandho janturjanma prapadyate // > From birth, the Vaiṣṇava illusion deludes \[the creature\] at once; > bound by actions done by itself, the living being undergoes birth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.129) sukṛtāduttamo bhogabhogyavān sukule bhavet / yathāyathā duṣkṛtaṃ tat kule hīne prajāyate // > From good deeds, one is born in a noble family, possessing the highest pleasures to be enjoyed; > in proportion as evil deeds \[were done\], one is born in a lowly family. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.130) daridro vyādhito mūrkhaḥ pāpakṛdduḥ khabhājanam / ataḥ paraṃ kimarthaṃ te kathayāmi khageśvara // > The evildoer is poor, diseased, foolish, and a vessel of sorrow. > Why should I tell you beyond this, O Lord of Birds? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.32.130.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32.130.p1) iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe uttarakhaṇḍe dvitīdṛ dharmadṛpretadṛśrīkṛṣṇagaruḍasaṃvāde jantūtpattitadgadhātvādivibhāgabhuvanādivibhāgavarṇanaṃ nāma dvātriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the thirty-second chapter, entitled 'Description of the Division of the Worlds and the Division of the Elements and States of Living Beings at Birth' in the dialogue between Śrī Kṛṣṇa and Garuḍa on dharma and pretas, in the Uttarakhaṇḍa of the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.32.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (4) - [Śāktānandataraṅgiṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.sakta.saktanandatarangini.1.71) — Brahmānanda Giri 1500, Sanskrit - [Garuḍapurāṇasāroddhāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garudasaroddhara.18.13) — Sanskrit - [Śivatattvaratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.rajadharma.sivatattvaratnakara.105.162) — Basappa Nāyaka 1684, Sanskrit - [Śivattvaratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.pasu.sivattvaratnakara.105.162) — Basava, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.32) · Pramāṇa