[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) › 2.34 # Garudapurana 2.34 Garuḍapurāṇa 2.34 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [2.34.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.146) — 1 part ### [2.34.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.1) śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 34 śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / śṛṇu tārkṣya yathānyāyaṃ dharmādharmsya lakṣaṇam / sukṛtaṃ duṣkṛtaṃ nṝṇāmagre dhāvati dhāvatām // > The glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, \[chapter\] 34. > The blessed Kṛṣṇa said: > Listen, O Tārkṣya, according to proper rule, to the definition of dharma and adharma; > good deeds and bad deeds run in front of running men. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.2) kṛte tapaḥ praśaṃsanti tretāyāṃ jñānasādhanam / dvāpare yajñadāne ca dānamekaṃ kalau yuge // > In the Kṛta age they praise asceticism, in the Tretā the attainment of knowledge, / in the Dvāpara sacrifice and giving, and in the Kali age giving alone. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.3) gṛhasthānāṃ smṛto dharma uttamānāṃ vicakṣaṇaiḥ / iṣṭāpūrte svaśaktyā hi kurvatāṃ nāsti pātakam // > For excellent householders, dharma has been taught by the wise: / indeed, for those who perform Vedic sacrifices and charitable works according to their ability, there is no sin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.4) vṛkṣastu ropito yena khanikūpajalāśayāḥ / yamamārge sukhaṃ tasya vrajato nitarāṃ bhavet // > He by whom a tree has been planted, or mines, wells, and reservoirs \[dug\], / will journey along the path of Yama with the greatest comfort. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.5) agnitāpapradātāre yaiḥ śītapīḍite dvije / tapyamānāḥ sukhaṃ yānti sarva kāmaiḥ prapūritāḥ // > Those by whom warmth from fire is given to a twice-born afflicted by cold, / being freed from distress, attain comfort, satisfied in all their desires. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.6) suvarṇamaṇimuktādi vastrāṇyābharaṇāni ca / tena sarvamidaṃ dattaṃ yena dattā vasundharā // > Gold, gems, pearls, and the like, as well as garments and ornaments— / all this has been given by him by whom the earth has been given. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.7) yāniyāni ca bhūtāni dattāni bhuvi mānavaiḥ / yamalokapathe tāni tiṣṭhantyeṣāṃ samīpataḥ // > Whatever living creatures are given by human beings on earth, / these stand near them on the path to the realm of Yama. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.8) vyañjanāni vicitrāṇi bhakṣyabhojyāni yāni ca / dadāti vidhinā putra prete tadu patiṣṭhati // > Whatever various condiments, solid foods, and drinks / a son offers in accordance with rule, that reaches the deceased spirit. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.9) ātmā vai putranāmāsti putrastrātā yamālaye / tārayet pitaraṃ ghorāt tena puttraḥ pravakṣyate // > One's self indeed has the name of ‘son’; a son is a protector in the abode of Yama. / He delivers his father from the terrible \[realm\]; therefore he is called a son (putra). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.10) ato deyañca putreṇa śrāddhamājī vitāvadhi / ativāhastadā preto bhogān vai labhate hi saḥ // > Therefore, the śrāddha should be given by a son as long as he lives; / the deceased spirit, crossing over, indeed attains pleasures then. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.11) dahyamānasya pretasya svajanairyo jalāñjaliḥ / dīyate pretarūpo 'sau prīto yāti yamālaye // > The handful of water that is offered by his kin to the burning deceased spirit, / by that, assuming the form of a spirit, he goes gratified to the abode of Yama. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.12) apakve mṛnmaye pātre dugdhaṃ dattaṃ dinatrayam / kāṣṭhatrayaṃ guṇairbaddhvā prītyai rātrau catuṣpathe // > For three days milk is offered in an unbaked earthen vessel; / having bound three sticks with cords, \[it is placed\] at night at a crossroads for his gratification. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.13) prathame 'hni dvitīye ca tṛtīye ca tathā khaga / ākāśasthaṃ pibeddugdhaṃ preto vāyuvapurdharaḥ // > On the first day, on the second, and likewise on the third, O bird, / the deceased spirit, bearing a body of wind, drinks the milk suspended in the air. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.14) caturthe sañcayaḥ kāryaḥ caturthe?vāpi sāgnike / asthisañcayanaṃ kāryaṃ dadyādāpāñjaliṃ tataḥ // > On the fourth day the gathering \[of bones\] must be performed, or on the fourth for one who maintained a sacred fire; / having gathered the bones, he should then offer a handful of water. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.15) na pūrvāhne na madhyāhne nāparāhne na sandhiṣu / yāte prathamayāme tu dadyādāpajalāñjaṃlīn // > Neither in the forenoon, nor at midday, nor in the afternoon, nor at the twilights: / only when the first watch \[of the day\] has passed should he offer handfuls of water. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.16) puttreṇa datte te sarve gotriṇo hitabāndhavāḥ / svajātyaiḥ parajātyaiśca deyo nadyāṃ jalāñjaliḥ // > When it has been given by the son, all those members of the gotra, benevolent kinsmen, / belonging to his own caste and to other castes, should offer a handful of water in a river. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.17) gantavyaṃ naiva vipreṇa dātuṃ śīghraṃ jalāñjalim / nivṛttāśca yadā nāryo lokācāraḥ sadābhavet // > A Brahmin should not go quickly to offer a handful of water; / only when the women have returned should \[the custom\] always be followed according to worldly practice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.18) pañcatvañca gate śūdre yaḥ kāṣṭhaṃ nayate citām / anuvrajedyadā viprastrirātramaśucirbhavet // > When a Śūdra has met his death, if a Brahmin brings wood to the funeral pyre / or follows behind, he becomes impure for three nights. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.19) trirātre ca tataḥ pūrṇe nadīṃ gacchet samudragām / prāṇāyāmaśataṃ kṛtvā ghṛtaṃ prāśya viśudhyati // > And when the three nights are completed, he should go to a river flowing to the ocean; / having performed a hundred breath-controls and consumed clarified butter, he is purified. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.20) śūdro gacchati sarvatra vaiśyastriṣu dvayoḥ paraḥ / gacchati svīyavarṇeṣu dātuṃ prete jalāñjalim // > A Śūdra goes everywhere; a Vaiśya among three; the next \[a Kṣatriya\] among two; / \[a Brahmin\] goes among his own castes to offer a handful of water to a deceased spirit. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.21) datte jalāñjalau paścādvidadhyāddantadhāvanam / tyajanti gotriṇaḥ sarve dināni nava kāśyapa // > After the handful of water has been offered, one should then clean one's teeth; / all the members of the gotra abandon \[this\] for nine days, O descendant of Kaśyapa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.22) jalāñjaliṃ tathā dātuṃ gacchanti dvijasattamāḥ / yatra sthāne mṛto yastu adhvanyapi gṛhe 'pi vā / viśleṣastu tataḥ sthānānna kvacidvihito budhaiḥ // > The best among the twice-born likewise go to offer a handful of water; / at whatever place a person has died, whether on the road or in a house, / no departure from that place is prescribed anywhere by the wise. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.23) strījanaścāgrato gacchet pṛṣṭhato navasañcayaḥ / ācamanaṃ vidhātavyaṃ pāṣāṇopari saṃsthitaiḥ // > The women should walk ahead, and the newly collected \[bones\] behind; / sipping of water is to be performed by those standing upon a stone. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.24) yavāṃśca sarṣapān dūrvāḥ pūrṇapātre vilokayet / prāśayennimbapatrāṇi snehasnānaṃ samācaret // > One should look upon barley, mustard seeds, and dūrvā grass in a full vessel, / make them taste neem leaves, and perform an oil-bath. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.25) gotribhirna ca kartavyaṃ gṛhānnañca na bhojayet / bhuñjīta mṛnmaye pātre uttānañca vivarjayet // > The members of the gotra must not cook, nor should one eat food from that house; / one should eat from an earthen vessel and avoid \[eating from\] a vessel turned upward. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.26) mṛtakasya guṇā grāhyā yamagāthāṃ samudgiret / śubhāśubhe ca dhyātavye pūrvakarmopasañcite // > The virtues of the deceased should be recalled; one should utter the hymn to Yama; / and one should contemplate the good and bad deeds accumulated from past actions. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.27) labdhenaiva ca dehena bhuṅkte sukṛtaduṣkṛte / vāyurūpo bhramatyeva vāyurūrdhvaṃ sa gacchati // > Only through the body he has obtained does he experience his good and bad deeds; / in the form of wind he wanders, and as wind he ascends upward. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.28) daśāhakarmakriyayā kuṭī niṣpādyate dhruvam / navakaiḥ ṣoḍaśaśrāddhaiḥ prayāti hi kuṭīṃ naraḥ // > By the ritual acts of the ten days a hut is certainly constructed; / through the ninefold and the sixteen śrāddhas a person goes to that hut. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.29) tilairdarbhaiśca bhūmyāṃ vai kuṭī dhātumayī bhavet / pañca ratnāni vaktre tu yena jīvaḥ prarohati // > With sesame seeds and darbha grass on the ground, the hut becomes metallic, as it were; / \[one places\] five gems in his mouth, by means of which the soul ascends. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.30) yadā puṣpaṃ pranaṣṭaṃ hi tadā garbhaṃ na dhārayet / ādarācca tato bhūmau tiladarbhānviniḥ kṣipet // > When the flower has perished, she does not retain the embryo; / therefore, with reverence, one should scatter sesame seeds and darbha grass upon the ground. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.31) paśutve sthāvaratve ca yatra kvāpi sa jāyate / tatraiva janturutpannaḥ śrāddhaṃ tatropatiṣṭhati // > Whether he is born among beasts, among stationary things, or wherever else, / wherever the creature is born, the śrāddha reaches him right there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.32) dhanvinā lakṣyamuddiśya mukto bāṇastadāpnuyāt / yathā śrāddhaṃ yamuddiśya kṛtaṃ tasyopatiṣṭhati // > Just as an arrow released by an archer aiming at a target strikes it, / so the śrāddha performed in dedication to someone reaches him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.33) yāvannotpādito dehastāvacchrāddhairna prīṇanam / kṣudhāvibhramamāpanno daśāhena ca tarpitaḥ // > As long as a body has not been produced, so long there is no satisfaction through śrāddhas; / afflicted with the distress of hunger, he is satisfied through the ten-day \[rites\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.34) piṇḍadānaṃ na yasyābhūdākāśe bhramate tu saḥ / dinatrayaṃ vasaṃstoye agnāvapi dinatrayam / ākāśe vasate trīṇi dinamekantu vāsake // > He for whom no rice-ball was offered wanders in the sky: / dwelling in water for three days, in fire for three days, / in the sky he dwells for three days, and for one day in the dwelling. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.35) dagdhe dehe ca vahnau ca jalenaiva tu tarpitaḥ / snehasnānaṃ jalenaiva pūpakaiḥ kṛśarairgṛhe // > And when the body has been burned in the fire, he is satisfied with water alone, / with an oil-bath, with water, and at home with cakes and kṛśara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.36) prathame 'hni tṛtīye ca pañcame saptame 'pi vā / navamaikādaśe caiva śrāddhaṃ navakamucyate // > On the first day, the third, the fifth, or the seventh, / and on the ninth and eleventh—this is called the new (navaka) śrāddha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.37) gṛhadvāre śmaśāne vā tīrthe devālaye 'pi vā / yatrādyo dīyate piṇḍastatra sarvān samāpayet // > At the door of the house, in a cremation ground, at a holy bathing-place, or in a temple of the gods: / wherever the first rice-ball is offered, one should complete all of them there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.38) ekādaśāhe yacchrāddhaṃ tat sāmānyamudāhṛtam / caturṇāmekavarṇānāṃ śuddhyarthaṃ snānamucyate // > The śrāddha on the eleventh day is declared to be common \[to all\]; / a bath for purification is prescribed for the members of all four castes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.39) kṛtvā caikādaśāhañca punaḥ snātvā śucirbhavet / dadyādviprāya yaḥ śayyāṃ yathoktaṃ pretamokṣadām // > Having performed \[the rite\] of the eleventh day and bathed again, one becomes pure; / he who gives a bed to a Brahmin, as prescribed, grants liberation to the deceased spirit. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.40) na bhavet yadā sa gotro paro 'pi vidhimācaret / bhāryā vā puruṣaḥ kaścit tuṣṭaśca kurute striyaḥ // > When there is no member of the gotra, another person also may perform the rite; / a wife or any man, if willing, performs it for a woman. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.41) prathame 'hani yaḥ piṇḍo dīyate vidhipūrvakam / annādyena ca tenaiva sarvaśrāddhāni kārayet // > The rice-ball that is offered on the first day according to rule— / with that very same food and other materials one should cause all the śrāddhas to be performed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.42) amantraṃ kārayecchrāddhaṃ daśāhaṃ nāmagotrataḥ / śrāddhaṃ kṛtantu yairvastraistāni tyaktvā gṛhaṃ viśet // > One should cause the ten-day śrāddha to be performed without mantras, using the name and gotra; / having discarded the garments with which the śrāddha was performed, one should enter the house. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.43) asagotraḥ sagotro vā yadi strī yadi vā pumān / prathame 'hani yaḥ kuryāt sa daśāhaṃ samāpayet // > Whether not of the same gotra or of the same gotra, whether a woman or a man, / whoever performs it on the first day should complete the ten days. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.44) jīvasya daśabhiḥ piṇḍairdeho niṣpādyate dhruvam / vṛddhiśca daśabhirmāsairgarbhasthasya yathā bhavet // > By means of the ten rice-balls, a body is certainly formed for the soul, / just as growth takes place over ten months for an embryo in the womb. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.45) āśaucaṃ yāvadetasya tāvat piṇḍodakakriyā / caturṇāmapi varṇānāmeṣa eva vidhiḥ smṛtaḥ // > As long as the ritual impurity lasts for him, so long the offering of rice-balls and water \[continues\]; / this very rule is taught for all four castes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.46) yatra trirātramāśaucaṃ tatrādau trīn pradāpayet / caturastu dvitīye 'hni tṛtīye trīṃśtathaiva ca // > Where the ritual impurity lasts three nights, there one should cause three \[balls\] to be offered at first, / four on the second day, and likewise three on the third. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.47) pṛthak śarāvayordadyādekāhaṃ kṣīramambu ca / ekoddiṣṭantu vai śrāddhaṃ caturthe 'hani kārayet // > In two separate shallow earthen bowls one should offer milk and water for one day; / and on the fourth day one should perform the śrāddha dedicated to a single ancestor. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.48) prathame 'hani yaḥ piṇḍastena mūrdhā prajāyate / cakṣuḥ śrotrañca nāsā ca dvitīye 'hni prajāyate // > By the ball of food \[offered\] on the first day, the head is produced; / on the second day, the eyes, ears, and nose are produced. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.49) gaṇḍau vaktraṃ tathā grīvā tṛtīye 'hani jāyate / hṛdayaṃ kukṣirudaraṃ caturthe tadvadeva hi // > On the third day, the cheeks, mouth, and neck are produced; / on the fourth, in the same manner, the chest, belly, and stomach. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.50) kaṭipṛṣṭhaṃ gudañcāpi pañcame 'hani jāyate / ṣaṣṭhe ūrū ca vijñeye saptame gulphasambhavaḥ // > On the fifth day are produced the hips, back, and anus; / on the sixth, the two thighs are known \[to form\], and on the seventh occurs the emergence of the ankles. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.51) aṣṭame divase prāpte jaṅghe ca bhavato 'ṇḍaja / pādau ca navame jñeyau daśame balavatkṣudhā // > When the eighth day arrives, the shanks are formed, O bird; / and on the ninth the feet are known to form; on the tenth, powerful hunger \[arises\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.52) ekādaśāhe yaḥ piṇḍastaṃ dadyādāmiṣeṇa tu / siddhānnaṃ tasya dātavyaṃ kṛśarāḥ pūpakāḥ payaḥ / prakṣālya vipracaraṇāvarghyaṃ dhūpañca dīpakram // > The ball of food that is \[offered\] on the eleventh day one should offer with flesh; / cooked food must be given for him: dishes of rice and pulse, cakes, and milk; / after washing the feet of the brahmins, \[one should offer\] the water-offering, incense, and lamps. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.53) dvādaśa pratimāsyāni śrāddhānyaikādaśe tathā / tripakṣañcāpi ṣaṇmāse dve śrāddhāni ca ṣoḍaśa // > There are the twelve monthly śrāddhas, and likewise on the eleventh \[day\], / and the forty-fifth-day \[śrāddha\], and two śrāddhas in the sixth month: these are the sixteen \[śrāddhas\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.54) prati māsaṃ pradātavyaṃ mṛtāhe yā tithirbhavet / sa māsaḥ prathamo jñeya iti vedavido viduḥ // > Month by month one should make the offering on the lunar day on which the day of death falls; / that first \[period\] is known as a month: so know those who know the Veda. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.55) śavahaste ca yacchrāddhaṃ mṛtisthāne dvijāsane / tadeva prathamaṃ śrāddhaṃ tat syādekādaśe 'hani // > The śrāddha \[performed\] on the corpse's hand, at the place of death, and on the seat of the twice-born: / that indeed is the first śrāddha; it should take place on the eleventh day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.56) sā tithirmāsike śrāddhe mṛto yasmin dine naraḥ / riktayośca tripakṣe ca sā tithirnādriyeta vai // > That lunar day on which a person dies is \[observed\] in the monthly śrāddha; / but on the empty \[tithis\] and at the forty-fifth day, that \[same\] lunar day is not observed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.57) paurṇamāsyāṃ mṛto yo 'sau caturthī tasya conakā / caturthyāntu mṛto yastu navamī tasya conakā // > For one who dies on the full moon, the fourth is deficient for him; / and for one who dies on the fourth, the ninth is deficient for him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.58) navamyāñca mṛto yaśca riktā tasya caturdaśī / etā riktāśca vijñeyā antyeṣṭau kuśalena ca // > And for one who dies on the ninth, the fourteenth is an empty \[tithi\] for him; / these empty \[tithis\] are to be known by one skilled in funeral rites. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.59) ekādaśāhe yacchrāddhaṃ navakaṃ tat prakīrtitam / catuṣpathe tyajedannaṃ punaḥ snānaṃ samācaret // > The śrāddha that is \[performed\] on the eleventh day is declared to be the 'navaka'; / one should cast the food at a crossroad and perform ablutions again. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.60) ekādaśāhādārabhya ghaṭasyānnaṃ jalānvitam / dinedine ca dātavyamabdaṃ yāvaddvijottame // > Beginning from the eleventh day, the food of a water-pot accompanied by water / should be given day after day for a year to an eminent twice-born \[brahmin\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.61) mānuṣasya śarīre tu vidyate hyasthisañcayaḥ / tatsaṃkhyaḥ sarvadeheṣu ṣaṣṭyadhikaśatatrayam // > In the human body there exists a collection of bones; / in all bodies, their number is three hundred and sixty. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.62) udakumbhena puṣṭāni tānyasthīni bhavanti hi / etasmāddīyate kumbhaḥ prītiḥ pretasya jāyate // > Those bones are indeed nourished by the water-pot; / for this reason the pot is given, and satisfaction is produced for the ghost. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.63) yasmin dine mṛto janturaṭavyāṃ viṣame 'pi vā / yadā tadā bhaveddāhaḥ sūtakaṃ mṛtavāsarāt // > On whichever day a living being dies in a forest or in an inaccessible place, / whenever the cremation may take place, the period of impurity \[is counted\] from the day of death. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.64) tilapātraṃ tathānnādyaṃ gandhadhapādikañca yat / ekādaśāhe dātavyaṃ tena śūddho dvijo bhavet // > A vessel of sesame seeds, food, and so forth, and what consists of perfume, incense, and the like / should be given on the eleventh day; thereby a twice-born becomes pure. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.65) kṣattriyo dvādaśāhe tu vaiśyaḥ pañcadaśe tathā / śuddhiḥ śūdrasya māsena mṛtake jātasūtake // > A kṣatriya \[becomes pure\] on the twelfth day, and a vaiśya on the fifteenth; / the purification of a śūdra is \[completed\] in a month, both in impurity from death and in impurity from birth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.66) māsatraye trirātraṃ syāt ṣaṇmāsena tu pakṣiṇī / ahaḥ saṃvatsarādarbvāk pūrṇe dattvodakaṃ śuciḥ / anenaivā nusāreṇa śuddhiḥ syāt sārvavarṇikī // > \[If hearing of it\] within three months, there is three nights \[of impurity\]; within six months, a pakṣiṇī; / before a year, a single day; when \[the year\] is completed, one is pure upon offering water; / by this very progression, purification applies to all castes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.67) ekādaśāhaprabhṛti purataḥ prativatsaram / viśvedevāṃstu sampūjya piṇḍamekañca nirvapet // > Beginning from the eleventh day, onwards year after year, / having worshipped the Viśvedevas, one should offer a single ball of food. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.68) yathā tārāgaṇāḥ sarve cchādyante raviraśmibhiḥ / evaṃ pracchādyate sarvaṃ na preto bhavati kvacit // > Just as all the hosts of stars are covered by the rays of the sun, / even so all is covered; nowhere does he become a ghost. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.69) śayyādānaṃ praśaṃsanti sarvadaiva dvijottamāḥ / anityaṃ jīvanaṃ ysamāt paścāt ko nu pradāsyati // > Eminent twice-born \[brahmins\] always praise the gift of a bed; / since life is impermanent, who indeed will make the gift afterwards? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.70) tāvadvandhuḥ pitā tāvadyāvajjīvati mānavaḥ / mṛte mṛta iti jñātvā kṣaṇāt sneho nivartate // > A father is a relative only so long as a mortal remains alive; / when he is dead, knowing him to be dead, affection ceases in an instant. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.71) ātmaiva hyātmano bandhurevaṃ jñātvā muhurmuhuḥ / jīvannapīti sañcintya svīyaṃ hitamanustamaret // > The self alone is indeed the kin of the self—knowing this again and again, / reflecting, 'Even while alive,' one should continuously remember one's own welfare. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.72) mṛtānāṃ kaḥ suto dadyāddvijeśayyāṃ satūlikām / evaṃ jānannidaṃ sarvaṃ svahastenaiva dāpayet // > What son gives a bed furnished with a mattress to a twice-born for those who have died? / Knowing all this thus, one should have it given with one's own hand. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.73) tasmācchayyāṃ samāsādya sāradārumaryo dṛḍhām / dantādirucirāṃ ramyāṃ hemapaṭṭai ralaṅkṛtām / tasyāṃ saṃsthāpya haimañca hariṃ lakṣmyā samanvitam // > Therefore, obtaining a bed, firm, made of hardwood, / charming with ivory and the like, adorned with gold bands, / \[and\] having installed upon it a golden Hari accompanied by Lakṣmī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.74) ghṛtapūrṇañca kalaśaṃ parikalpayet / vijñeyo garuḍa prītyai sa nidrākalaśo budhaiḥ // > one should prepare a jar filled with clarified butter; / that is known by the wise, O Garuḍa, as the 'sleep jar' for \[his\] satisfaction. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.75) tāmbūlakuṅkumakṣodakarpūrāgurucandanam / dīpikopānahacchatracāmarāsanabhājanam // > Betel, saffron powder, camphor, aloe-wood, sandalwood, / a lamp, shoes, an umbrella, a chowrie, a seat, and a vessel, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.76) pārśveṣu sthāpayecchaktyā saptadhānyāni caivahi / śayanasthasya bhavati yaccānyadupakārakam // > and seven kinds of grains, according to one's capacity, one should place at the sides, / as well as whatever else is useful for one lying in bed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.77) bhṛṅgārakarakādarśaṃ pañcavarṇaṃ vitānakam / śayyāmevaṃvidhāṃ kṛtvā brāhmaṇāya nivedayet // > A flagon, a water-pot, a mirror, and a five-coloured canopy— / having thus prepared the bed, one should offer it to a brahmin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.78) sapatnīkāya sampūjya svarlokasukhadāyinīm / vastraiḥ suśobhanaiḥ pūjya cailakaṃ paridhāpayet // > Worshipping \[it, which is\] a giver of heavenly bliss, \[and offering it\] to him with his wife, / having honoured \[them\] with very handsome garments, one should clothe \[them\] in cloth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.79) karṇakaṇṭhāṅgulībāhubhūṣaṇaiścitrabhūṣaṇaiḥ / gṛhopakaraṇairyuktaṃ gṛhaṃ dhenvā samanvitam // > With ornaments for the ears, neck, fingers, and arms—various ornaments— / \[one should give\] a house equipped with household utensils, accompanied by a cow. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.80) tator'ghaḥ sampradātavyaḥ pañcaratnaphalākṣataiḥ // > Then the water-offering should be given with five gems, fruits, and unbroken grains of rice: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.81) yathā na kṛṣṇaśayanaṃ śūnyaṃ sāgarakanyayā / śayyā mamāpyaśūnyāstu tathā janmanijanmani // > "Just as the bed of Kṛṣṇa is never empty of the Daughter of the Ocean, / even so may my bed not be empty, birth after birth." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.82) dattvaivaṃ talpamamalaṃ kṣamāpya ca visarjayet / tathā caikādaśāhe tu vidhireṣa prakīrtitaḥ // > Having thus given the spotless bed, and having asked for forgiveness, one should dismiss \[the brahmin\]; / and likewise this rule is proclaimed for the eleventh day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.83) dadāti yo hi dharmārthe bāndhavo bāndhave mṛte / viśeṣamatra pakṣe tu kathyamānaṃ mayā śṛṇu // > When a relative has died, whatever relative gives for the sake of dharma, / hear from me the particular rule being declared in this matter: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.84) upayuktañca tasyāsīt yat kiñcit svagṛhe purā / tasya yadgātrasaṃ lagnaṃ vastraṃ bhājanavāhanam / yadabhīṣṭañca tasyāsīt tat sarvaṃ parikalpayet // > Whatever was used by him in his own home previously, / the clothing that touched his limbs, the vessels, the mount, / and whatever was dear to him—all that one should arrange. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.85) sthāpayet puruṣaṃ haimaṃ śayyopari śubhaṃ budhaḥ / pūjayitvā pradātavyā mṛtaśayyā yathoditā // > The wise person should place an auspicious golden human figure upon the bed; / having worshipped \[it\], the bed of the deceased should be given as prescribed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.86) purandaragṛhe sarvaṃ sūryaputrālaye tathā / upatiṣṭhet sukhaṃ jantoḥ śayyādānaprabhāvataḥ // > In the abode of Indra and likewise in the abode of Yama, / all comfort waits upon the creature through the power of the gift of a bed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.87) pīḍayanti na taṃ yāmyāḥ puruṣā bhīṣaṇānanāḥ / na gharmeṇa na śītena bādhyate sa naraḥ kvacit // > Fierce-faced minions of Yama do not torment him; / that man is not afflicted anywhere by heat or cold. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.88) śayyādānaprabhāveṇa preto mucyate bandhanāt / apiḥ pāpasamāyuktaḥ svargalokaṃ sa gacchati // > Through the power of the gift of a bed, the ghost is freed from bondage; / even if joined with sin, he goes to the heavenly realm. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.89) vimānavaramārūḍhaḥ sevyamāno 'psarogaṇaiḥ / ābhūtasaṃplavaṃ yāvat tiṣṭhet pātakavarjitaḥ // > Mounted upon an excellent celestial chariot, attended upon by hosts of apsarases, / he remains free from sin until the dissolution of all beings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.90) navakaṃ ṣoḍaśaśrāddhaṃ śayyā sāṃvatsaraṃ tathā / bharturyā kurute nārī tasyāḥ śreyo hyanantakam // > The navaka, the sixteen śrāddhas, the bed, and likewise the annual rite— / the woman who performs \[these\] for her husband obtains endless welfare. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.91) upakārāya sā bharturjīvantī na mṛtā tathā / uddharejjīvamānā sā satī satyavatī priyam // > She \[acts\] for the benefit of her husband while living, not when dead; / living, that chaste and truthful woman delivers her beloved. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.92) striyā dadhyannaśayane hemakuṅkumamañjanam / vastrabhūṣā tathā śayyā sarvametaddhi dāpayet // > In the case of the bed of a woman, one should give curd and rice, gold, saffron, collyrium, / clothing, ornaments, and a bed: all this indeed one should have given, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.93) upakārakaraṃ strīṇāṃ yadbhavodiha kiñcana / bhūṣaṇaṃ gātralagnañca vastu bhogyādikañca yat // > and whatever in this world is beneficial to women, / ornaments that touch the body, and articles of enjoyment and the like. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.94) tat sarvaṃ melayitvā tu svesve sthāne niyojayet / pūjayellokapālāṃśca grahān devīṃ vināyakam // > Having assembled all of that, he should place each in its proper place, / and worship the World Guardians, the planets, the Goddess, and Vināyaka. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.95) tataḥ śuklāmbaradharo gṛhītakusumāñjaliḥ / imamuccārayenmantraṃ viprasya purato budhaḥ // > Then, clad in white garments, with a hollowed hands full of flowers, / the wise man should recite this mantra before the brāhmaṇa: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.96) pretasya pratimā hyeṣā sarvopakaraṇairyutā / sarvaratnasamāyuktā tava vipraniveditā // > “This image of the deceased, equipped with all implements / and endowed with every jewel, is presented to you, O brāhmaṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.97) ātmā śambhuḥ śivā gaurī śakraḥ suragaṇaiḥ saha / tasmācchayyāpradānena saiṣa ātmā prasīdatu // > The Self is Śambhu, Śivā is Gaurī, and Śakra is accompanied by the multitude of gods; / therefore, through the gift of the bed, may this very Self be pleased.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.98) ācāryāya pradātavyā brāhmaṇāya kuṭumbine / gṛhīte brāhmaṇastatra ko 'dāditi ca kīrtayet // > It should be given to an ācārya, a brāhmaṇa who is a householder; / when it has been received, the brāhmaṇa should pronounce: “Who has given it?” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.99) tataḥ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya praṇipatya visarjayet / vidhinānena vai pakṣin dānamekasya dāpayet // > Then, having performed circumambulation and bowed down, he should dismiss \[him\]. / By this rule, O Bird, he should give the gift to only one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.100) bahubhyo na pradeyāni gaurgṛhaṃ śayanaṃ striyaḥ / vibhaktadakṣiṇā hyete dātāraṃ pātayanti hi // > A cow, a house, a bed, and women must not be given to many; / for when these fees are divided, they cause the giver to fall. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.101) evaṃ yo vitaret tārkṣya śṛṇu tasya ca yat phalam / sāgraṃ varṣaśataṃ divyaṃ svargaloke mahīyate // > Hear the fruit of him who gives in this manner, O Tārkṣya: / he is honoured in heaven for a full celestial hundred years. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.102) yat puṇyantu vyatīpāte kārtikyāmayanadvaye / dvārakāyāntu yat puṇyaṃ candrasūryagrahe tathā // > Whatever merit \[is earned\] at Vyatīpāta, on the full moon of Kārttika, during the two solstices, / whatever merit at Dvārakā, and during an eclipse of the moon or sun, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.103) prayāge naimiṣe yacca kurukṣetre tarthābude / gaṅgāyāṃ yamunāyāñca sindhusāgarasaṃgame // > and whatever at Prayāga, Naimiṣa, Kurukṣetra, and on Arbuda, / at the Gaṅgā, the Yamunā, and the confluence of the Sindhu and the ocean— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.104) teṣu yaddīyate dānaṃ tasmādapyadhikantvidam / etacchayyāpradānasya nāpnoti ṣoḍaśīṃ kalām // > the gift that is given on those occasions: even greater than that is this; / it does not equal a sixteenth part of this gift of a bed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.105) yatrāsau jāyate prāṇī bhuṅkte tatraiva tat phalam / karmakṣaye kṣitau yāti mānuṣaḥ śubhadarśanaḥ // > Wherever that living being is born, there indeed he enjoys that fruit; / upon the exhaustion of his karma, he goes to earth as a man of auspicious appearance, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.106) mahādhanī ca dharmajñaḥ sarvaśāstraviśāradaḥ / punaḥ sa yāti vaikuṇṭhaṃ mṛto 'sau narapuṅgavaḥ // > very wealthy, knowing dharma, skilled in all the treatises; / when dead, that bull among men goes once more to Vaikuṇṭha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.107) divyaṃ vimānamāruhya apsarobhiḥ samāvṛtaḥ / aho 'sau havyakavyeṣu pitṛbhiḥ saha modate // > Having mounted a celestial flying chariot, surrounded by apsarases, / ah, he rejoices with the ancestors in the offerings made to gods and ancestors. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.108) aṣṭakāsu kṛtaṃ śrāddhamamāvāsyādine tathā / maghāsu pitṛparvāṇi yāniyāni ca teṣu ca // > A śrāddha performed on the Aṣṭakās, likewise on the day of the new moon, / on Maghā, and on whichever occasions of ancestor worship there may be— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.109) śṛṇu tārkṣya yathānyāyaṃ pretatve pitaro yadi / nopatiṣṭhanti śrāddhāni sapiṇḍīkaraṇaṃ vinā // > hear, O Tārkṣya, according to proper rule: if the ancestors are in the state of ghosts, / the śrāddhas do not reach them without the sapindification rite. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.110) sapiṇḍīkaraṇaṃ kāryaṃ pūrṇe varṣe na saṃśayaḥ / ādyantu śavaśuddhyarthaṃ kṛtvā caivākṣa ṣoḍaśīm // > Sapindification must be performed when the year is completed, there is no doubt; / having first performed the initial \[rites\] for purifying the corpse, and indeed the sixteen \[śrāddhas\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.111) pitṛpāṅktiviśurdhyaṃ śatārdhena? tu yojayet / vṛddhiṃ prāpyāgrataḥ kuryācchūdrasya svacchayaiva hi // > for the purification of the rank of the ancestors, he should join \[him\] with fifty \[days?\]; / if prosperity occurs, he may perform it earlier; for a śūdra, it may be done according to his own wish. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.112) sāmprataṃ sāgnike kāryaṃ dvādaśāhe sapiṇḍanam / na cāsau kurute yāvat preta eva sa vahnimān / dvādaśāhe tataḥ kāryaṃ sāgnikena sapiṇḍanam // > At present, for one who maintains a sacred fire, sapindification must be done on the twelfth day; / as long as he does not perform it, that fire-possessor remains a ghost; / therefore, by one who maintains a sacred fire, sapindification should be performed on the twelfth day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.113) asthipokṣe gayāśrāddhaṃ śrāddhañcāparapakṣikam / abdamadhye na kurvīta sapiṇḍīkaraṇaṃ vinā // > The scattering of bones, the Gayā śrāddha, and the śrāddha of the dark fortnight— / one should not perform these within the year without sapindification. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.114) sapatnyo yadi bahvyaḥ syurekā putravatī bhavet / sarvāstāḥ putravatyaḥ syustenaikenātmajena hi // > If there are many co-wives and one has a son, / all of them are considered to have a son through that single son. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.115) nāsapiṇḍognimān putraḥ pitṛyajñaṃ samācaret / samācārādbhavet pāpī pitṛhā cāpi jāyate // > A son who possesses a sacred fire must not perform the ancestral sacrifice without sapindification; / by such conduct he would become a sinner and even a killer of his father. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.116) mṛte bhartari yā nārī prāṇāṃścaiva parityajet / bhartraiva hi samaṃ tasyāḥ prakurvīta sapiṇḍanam // > A woman who gives up her life when her husband has died— / one should perform her sapindification along with the husband alone. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.117) asthānikāpi yā vyūḍhā vaiśyā vā kṣattriyāpi vā / yāḥ patnyo vai pituḥ kaścit kuryāt putraḥ sapiṇḍanam // > Even an improper wife who was married, whether a vaiśyā or a kṣatriyā— / whichever wives of the father there are, a son should perform their sapindification. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.118) vipreṇaiva yadā śūdrā pariṇītā pramādataḥ / ekoddiṣṭantu tacchrāddha sā tu tenaiva yujyate // > When a śūdrā woman is married to a brāhmaṇa by mistake, / her śrāddha is performed as a single-ancestor rite; she is united only with that. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.119) anye tu daśa ye putrā jātā varṇa catuṣṭaye / te tāsutāsu yoktvayāḥ sapiṇḍīkaraṇe sadā // > The other ten sons who are born in the four castes: / they are to be joined with those respective \[mothers\] in the sapindification rite always. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.120) anvaṣṭakāsu yacchrāddha yacchrāddhaṃ vṛddhihetukam / pituḥ pṛthak pradāvyaṃ striyāḥ piṇḍaṃ sapiṇḍane // > The śrāddha that is on the Anvaṣṭakās, and the śrāddha whose purpose is prosperity— / in sapindification, the woman's rice-ball must be offered separately from the father's. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.121) pitāmahyā samaṃ mātuḥ pituḥ sahapitāmahaiḥ / sapiṇḍīkaraṇaṃ kāryamiti tārkṣya mataṃ mama // > The sapindification of the mother is to be done together with the paternal grandmother, / and of the father with the paternal grandfathers: this, O Tārkṣya, is my opinion. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.122) aputrāyāṃ mṛtāyāṃ tu patiḥ kuryāt sapiṇḍanam / mātrāditisṛbhiḥ sārdhamevaṃ dharmeṇa yojayet // > If a woman dies childless, the husband should perform the sapindification; / he should unite her with the three generations beginning with his mother, in accordance with dharma. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.123) putro nāsti na bhartā ca strīṇāṃ tārkṣya sapiṇḍanam / kārayedvṛddhisamaye bhrātṛdāyādadevaraiḥ // > If there is no son and no husband, O Tārkṣya, the sapindification of women / should be caused to be performed at a time of prosperity by brothers, coparceners, or husband's brothers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.124) patiputravihīnānāṃ gotrī nāsti na devaraḥ / ekoddiṣṭena dātavyaṃ pareṇa saha bhrātṛbhiḥ // > For women destitute of husband and son, who have neither a gotra kinsman nor a husband's brother, / it should be given as a single-ancestor rite by the brothers together with another. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.125) ajñānādvighnato vāpi na kṛtañcet sapiṇḍanam / navakaṃ ṣoḍaśaśrāddhamābdikaṃ kārayet tataḥ // > If through ignorance or an obstacle sapindification has not been performed, / he should then cause the ninefold, the sixteen śrāddhas, and the annual śrāddha to be performed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.126) adāhe na ca kartavyaṃ sadāhe kārayedbudhaḥ / darbhaputtalakaṃ kṛtvā vahninā dāhayecchavam // > It must not be performed when there is no cremation; the wise man should cause it to be performed when cremation has taken place; / having made an effigy of darbha grass, he should burn the body with fire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.127) pituḥ putreṇa kartavyaṃ na kurbvīta pitā sute / atisnehānna kartavyaṃ sapiṇḍīkaraṇaṃ sate // > It should be performed by the son for the father; a father should not perform it for his son; / sapindification must not be performed for a son out of excessive affection. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.128) bahavo 'pi yadā putrā vidhimekaḥ samācaret / navaśrāddhaṃ sapiṇḍatvaṃ śrāddhānyanyāni ṣoḍaśa // > Even when there are many sons, one alone should perform the ritual: / the new śrāddhas, the sapindification, and the other sixteen śrāddhas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.129) ekenaiva tu kāryāṃṇi avibhaktadhaneṣvapi / antyeṣṭiṃ kurute hyeko munibhaiḥ samudāhṛtam // > They should be performed by one alone, even when the property is undivided; / for the funeral rite is performed by one, as declared by the sages. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.130) vibhaktaiśca pṛthak kāryā kriyā sāṃvatsarādikā / ekaikena ca kartavyā putreṇa ca svayaṃsvayam // > When they are divided, the rite, beginning with the annual one, must be performed separately; / each son must perform it individually by himself. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.131) yasyaitāni na dattāni pretaśrāddhāni ṣoḍaśa / piśācatvaṃsthiraṃ tasya kṛtaiḥ śrāddhaśatairapi // > For him to whom these sixteen preta śrāddhas are not given, / the state of being a ghost remains permanent, even if hundreds of śrāddhas are performed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.132) bhrātā vā bhrātṛputro vā sapiṇḍaḥ śiṣya eva vā / sapiṇḍīkaraṇaṃ kuryāt putrahīne khageśvara // > A brother, a brother’s son, a sapinda, or indeed a disciple / should perform the sapindification when one is devoid of a son, O Lord of Birds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.133) sarveṣāṃ putrahīnānāṃ patrī kuryāt sapiṇḍanam / ṛtvijaṃ karāyedvātha purohitamathāpi vā // > For all who are without sons, the wife should perform the sapindification, / or she may cause an officiating priest or the household priest to do it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.134) mṛte pitaryabdamadhye hyuparāgo yadā bhavet / pārvaṇaṃ na sutaiḥ kāryaṃ śrāddhaṃ nāndīmukhaṃ na ca // > When the father has died, if an eclipse should occur within the year, / a pārvaṇa śrāddha must not be performed by the sons, nor a nāndīmukha śrāddha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.135) tīrthaśrāddhaṃ gayāśrāddhaṃ śrāddhamanyacca paitṛkam / abdamadhye na kurvīta mahāguruvipattiṣu // > A sacred place śrāddha, a Gayā śrāddha, and other ancestral śrāddhas— / one should not perform these within the year upon the death of primary elders. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.136) yamake ca gajacchāyāmanvādiṣu yugādiṣu / pitṛpiṇḍo na dātavyaḥ sapiṇḍīkaraṇaṃ vinā // > At the constellation of the two twins, during the shadow of an elephant, on the initial days of manvantaras, and on the initial days of yugas, / the ancestral rice-ball must not be offered without sapindification. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.137) yajñapuruṣasya yaddānaṃ devādīnāñca yat tathā / apūrṇe 'pyabdamadhyepi kartavyamiti ke ca na // > A gift offered to the Sacrifice Person, and likewise whatever is given to the gods and others— / some say that it must be performed even within the incomplete year. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.138) pitṛbhyopi hi yaddattamarghapiṇḍavivarjitam / kartavyaṃ tacca vai sarvameṣa eva vidhiḥ smṛtaḥ // > Whatever is offered to the ancestors, too, devoid of water offerings and rice-balls, / all that must indeed be done; this alone is the declared rule. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.139) devānāṃ pitaro devā pitṝṇāmṛṣayastathā / ṛṣīṇāṃ pitaro devāḥ pitā jayati tena vai // > The gods of the gods are the ancestors, and the ancestors of the ancestors are the ṛṣis; / the gods are the ancestors of the ṛṣis: through that, indeed, the father triumphs. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.140) pitṛdevamanuṣyāṇāṃ yajñanatho vibhurbhavet / yajñanāthasya yaddattaṃ taddattaṃ sarvadehinām // > The Lord of Sacrifice is the sovereign of the ancestors, gods, and men; / whatever is given to the Lord of Sacrifice is given to all embodied beings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.141) mṛte pitaryabdamadhye yaḥ śrāddhaṃ kārayet sutaḥ / saptajanmakṛtā dharmāt hīyate nātra saṃśayaḥ // > The son who causes a śrāddha to be performed within a year when the father has died / falls from the dharma accumulated over seven lifetimes; of this there is no doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.142) pretībhūtāstu pitaro luptapiṇḍodakakriyāḥ / bhramanti vāyunā sarve kṣuttṛḍbhyāṃ paripīḍitāḥ // > The ancestors, having become ghosts, deprived of the rites of rice-ball and water, / all wander about, driven by the wind, afflicted by hunger and thirst. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.143) pitari pretatāpanne lupyate paitṛkī kriyā / atha māturvipattiḥ syāt pitṛkāryaṃ na lupyate // > When the father has fallen into the state of a ghost, the ancestral rite is suspended; / but if the death of the mother should occur, the father's rite is not suspended. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.144) mṛtā mātā pitā tiṣṭhejjīvantī ca pitāmahī / sapiṇḍanantu kartavyaṃ pitāmahyā sahaiva tu // > If the mother has died, the father remains, and the paternal grandmother is living, / the sapīṇḍana rite must indeed be performed only together with the paternal grandmother. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.145) satyaṃsatyaṃ punaḥ satyaṃ śrūyatāṃ vacanaṃ mama / na piṇḍo milito yeṣāṃ mṛtānāntu nṛṇāṃ bhuvi // > True, true, again true—listen to my word! / For those mortal men on earth whose rice-ball has not been united, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.146) upatiṣṭhenna ve teṣāṃ putrairdattamanekadhā / hantakārastaduddeśe śrāddhaṃ naiva jalāñjaliḥ // > what is offered in various ways by their sons does not reach them at all: / neither an offering of food dedicated to them, nor a śrāddha, nor a handful of water. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.34.146.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34.146.p1) iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe uttarakhaṇḍe dvitīyāṃśe dharmakāṇḍe pretakalpe śrīkṛṣṇagaruḍasaṃvāde aurdhvadehikādinirūpaṇaṃ nāma catustriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the thirty-fourth chapter, entitled "Ascertainment of Post-Mortem Rites and Related Matters," in the dialogue between Śrī Kṛṣṇa and Garuḍa in the Pretakalpa of the Dharmakāṇḍa, the second section of 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.2.34.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (10) - [Kāmikāgama](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.agama.siva.kamika.2.27.18) — Sanskrit - [Śrāddhacandrikā (Divākarabhaṭṭa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.sraddha.sraddhacandrika.4.p1.1) — Divākarabhaṭṭa 1655, Sanskrit - [Nṛsiṃhaprasāda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.nrsimhaprasada.p86) — Dalapatirāja 1511, Sanskrit - [Smṛtīnāṃ Samuccayaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.smrtisamuccaya.69.16) — Sanskrit - [Caturvargacintāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.caturvargacintamani.181.p32) — Hemādri, Sanskrit - [Ṣoḍaśamahādānavidhi (Hemādri)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.dana.mahadana.sodasamahadanavidhi-hemadri.181.p32) — Hemādri, Sanskrit - [Dānakhaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.hemadri.danakhanda.185.p92) — Hemādri, Sanskrit - [Dharmasindhu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.krtya.dharmasindhu.p603) — Kāśīnātha Upādhyāya 1790, Sanskrit - [Dharmasindhusāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.siddhanta.karana.dharmasindhusara.p603) — Śivānanda Gosvāmin 1766, Sanskrit - [Dānamayūkha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.dana.danamayukha.3.p115) — Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita 1600, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.34) · Pramāṇa