[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) › 2.44 # Garudapurana 2.44 Garuḍapurāṇa 2.44 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [2.44.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.44.29) — 1 part ### [2.44.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.44.1) śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 44 śrīviṣṇuruvāca / svecchayā tārkṣya maraṇaṃ śṛṅgidaṃṣṭrisarīsṛpaḥ / cāṇḍālādyātmaghātaiśca viṣādyaistāḍanaistathā // > Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa—Chapter 44 > Śrī Viṣṇu said: > Death by one's own will, O Tārkṣya, or by horned animals, fanged beasts, reptiles, / Cāṇḍālas and the like, by suicides, or by poisons, blows, and the like, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.44.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.44.2) jalāgnipātavātaiśca nirāhārādibhistathā / yeṣāmeva bhavenmṛtyuḥ proktāste pāpakarmiṇaḥ // > or by water, fire, a fall, winds, starvation, and the like— / those whose death occurs in these ways are declared to be evil-doers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.44.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.44.3) pāṣaḍyanāśramāścaiva mahāpātakinastathā / striyaśca vyabhicāriṇya ārūḍhapatitāstathā // > Likewise heretics, those belonging to no stage of life, perpetrators of heinous sins, / unchaste women, and those who have fallen from asceticism— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.44.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.44.4) na teṣāṃ syānnava śrāddhaṃ na saṃskāraḥ sapiṇḍanam / śrāddhāni ṣoḍaśoktāni na bhavanti ca tānyapi // > for them there is no new funeral rite, no cremation rite, no Sapiṇḍana rite; / and the sixteen funeral rites that are prescribed do not take place for them either. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.44.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.44.5) vetanaṃ yat kṣipedapsu gṛhyāgniśca catuṣpathe / pātrāṇinirdahedagnau sāgnike pāpakarmaṇi // > Whatever \[sacrificial\] fee \[remains\] should be thrown into water, and the household fire at a crossroads; / one should burn the vessels in the fire when an evil-doer who maintained the sacred fire \[dies\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.44.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.44.6) pūrṇe saṃvatsare teṣāmitthaṃ kāryaṃ dayālubhiḥ / ekādaśīṃ samāsādya śuklapakṣe ca kāśyapa // > When a full year has passed, this should be done for them by compassionate persons: / on reaching the eleventh lunar day in the bright fortnight, O Kaśyapa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.44.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.44.7) viṣṇuṃ yamaṃ ca sampūjya gandhapuṣpākṣatādibhiḥ / daśa piṇḍān ghṛtāktāṃśca darbheṣu madhusaṃyutān // > having worshiped Viṣṇu and Yama with perfume, flowers, unbroken rice grains, and the like, / \[one should prepare\] ten rice balls smeared with ghee and mixed with honey upon darbha grass. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.44.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.44.8) yajñopavīti satilān dhyāyan viṣṇuṃ yamaṃ tathā / dakṣiṇābhimukhastūṣṇīmekaikaṃ nirvapet tutān // > Wearing the sacred thread, with sesame seeds, meditating upon Viṣṇu and Yama, / facing the south, in silence, he should offer them one by one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.44.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.44.9) uddhṛtya miśritān paścāt tīrthe 'bhmaḥ su viniḥ kṣipet / kṣipan saṃkīrtayennāma gotraṃ ca mṛtakasya ca // > Having gathered and mixed them afterward, he should cast them into the waters at a sacred bathing place; / while casting them, he should utter the name and clan name of the deceased. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.44.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.44.10) punarapyarcayedviṣṇuṃ yamaṃ kusumacandanaiḥ / dhūpadīpaiḥ sanaivedyairbhakṣyabhojyasamanvitaiḥ // > Again he should worship Viṣṇu and Yama with flowers and sandalwood paste, / with incense, lamps, and food offerings accompanied by eatables and delicacies. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.44.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.44.11) tasminnupavasedahni viprāṃśceva nimantrayet / kulavidyātapoyuktān sādhuśīlasamanvitān // > He should fast on that day and invite Brāhmaṇas / endowed with good family, learning, and asceticism, and endowed with virtuous conduct, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.44.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.44.12) nava saptāthavā pañca svasāmarthyānusārataḥ / apare 'hani madhyāhne yamaṃ viṣṇuṃ tathārcayet // > nine, seven, or five, according to his own means. / On the next day, at midday, he should worship Yama and Viṣṇu in the same manner. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.44.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.44.13) udaṅmukhāṃstathā viprāṃstān samyagupaveśayet / āvāhanārghadānādau viṣṇuṃ yamasamanvitam // > He should seat those Brāhmaṇas properly, facing the north; / in invoking, offering the guest-water, and the like, \[he should meditate on\] Viṣṇu together with Yama. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.44.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.44.14) yajñopavītī kurvīta pretanāma prakīrtayet / pretaṃ yamaṃ ca viṣṇuṃ ca smaran śrāddhaṃ samāpayet // > Wearing the sacred thread over the right shoulder, he should pronounce the name of the departed spirit; / remembering the departed spirit, Yama, and Viṣṇu, he should complete the śrāddha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.44.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.44.15) anyebhyaścāpi sarvebhyaḥ piṇḍadānārthamuddharet / pṛthagvā daśa piṇḍāṃśca pañca dadyāt krameṇa tu // > He should also take out \[rice balls\] for all the others to offer rice balls; / or he should give ten rice balls separately, or five in proper sequence. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.44.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.44.16) prathamaṃ viṣṇave dadyādbrahmaṇe ca śivāya ca / sabhṛtyāya śivāyātha pretāyāpi ca pañcamam // > He should give the first to Viṣṇu, to Brahmā, and to Śiva, / then to Śiva with his attendants, and the fifth to the departed spirit. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.44.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.44.17) nāma gotraṃ smaret tasya viṣṇuśabdaṃ prakīrtayet / namaskāraśiraskantu pañcamaṃ piṇḍamuddharet // > He should recall his name and clan name, and pronounce the word 'Viṣṇu'; / bowing with his head lowered, he should take up the fifth rice ball. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.44.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.44.18) gobhūmipiṇḍadānādyaiḥ śaktyā pretaṃ smaraṃśca tam / tilaistilāṃstu viprāṇāṃ darbhayukteṣu pāṇiṣu // > By giving a cow, land, rice balls, and the like according to his means, and remembering that departed spirit, / \[he should place\] sesame seeds into the hands of the Brāhmaṇas that hold darbha grass. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.44.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.44.19) dadyādannaṃ dvijānāṃ ca tāmbūlaṃ dakṣiṇāṃ tathā / evaṃ śiṣṭatamaṃ vipraṃ hariṇyena prapūjayet // > He should give food to the twice-born, as well as betel and the priestly gift; / in this manner he should worship the most eminent Brāhmaṇa with gold. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.44.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.44.20) nāma gotraṃ smaran dadyādviṣṇuprītostviti bruvan / anuvrajya dvijān paścāt tyaktāmbho dakṣiṇāmukhaḥ // > Remembering the name and clan name, he should give, saying: 'May Viṣṇu be pleased!' / Then, after escorting the twice-born, having poured out water, facing the south, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.44.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.44.21) kīrtayannāmagotre tu bhuvi prītostviti kṣipet / mitrabandhujanaiḥ sārdhaṃ śeṣaṃ bhuñjīta vāgyataḥ / pratisaṃvatsarādi syādekoddiṣṭavidhānataḥ // > proclaiming the name and clan name, he should throw \[water\] on the ground, saying: 'May he be pleased!' / Restraining his speech, he should eat the remainder together with friends and kin. / Every year and on other occasions it should be performed according to the rule for a single deceased ancestor. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.44.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.44.22) evaṃ kṛte gamiṣyanti svarlokaṃ pāpakarmiṇaḥ / sapiṇḍīkaraṇādau tu kṛte caivāpnuvantite // > When this is done, evil-doers will go to heaven; / and when the Sapiṇḍīkaraṇa and other rites are performed, they surely attain it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.44.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.44.23) atha kaścit pramādena mriyate hyudakādibhiḥ / saṃsārapramukhastasya sarvaṃ kuryādyathāvidhi // > Now, if someone dies through negligence by water and the like, / the head of the family should perform everything for him according to the ordinance. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.44.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.44.24) pramādādicchayā martyo na gacchetsarpasaṃmukhaḥ / pakṣayorubhayornāgaṃ pañcamīṣu prapūjayet // > A mortal should not approach a serpent intentionally out of carelessness. / In both fortnights, on the fifth lunar days, one should worship the serpent. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.44.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.44.25) kuryāt piṣṭamayīṃ lekhāṃ nāgānāmākṛtiṃ bhuvi / arcayet tāṃ sitaiḥ puṣpaiḥ sugandhaiścandanenaca // > He should make an outline of the serpents out of flour upon the ground; / he should worship it with white fragrant flowers and sandalwood paste. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.44.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.44.26) pradadyāddhūpadīpantu taṇḍulāṃśca sitān kṣipet / āmapiṣṭaṃ tathaivānnaṃ kṣīrañca vinivedayet // > He should offer incense and a lamp, and scatter white husked rice; / likewise he should offer raw flour, cooked rice, and milk. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.44.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.44.27) upasthāya vadedevaṃ muñcan mudrāṃśukāni ca / madhuraṃ taddine 'śrīyāddevaśrāddhaṃ samāpayet // > Approaching, he should speak thus, presenting seals and garments; / on that day he should eat sweet food and conclude the śrāddha to the deities. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.44.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.44.28) sauvarṇaṃ śaktito nāgaṃ tato dadyāddvijottame / dhenuṃ dattvā tato brūyāt prīyatāṃ nāgarāḍiti // > Then, according to his means, he should give a golden serpent to an excellent twice-born; / having given a cow, he should then say: 'May the king of serpents be pleased!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.44.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.44.29) yathāvibhavyaṃ kurvīta karmāṇyanyāni pūrvavat / svaśākhoktavidhānena itthaṃ kuryādyathātatham / pretatvānmocayet tāṃstu svargamārgaṃ nayet ca // > According to his means, he should perform the other rites as before; / according to the rite prescribed in his own Vedic branch, he should do this properly. / He should deliver them from the state of a departed spirit and lead them to the path of heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.44.29.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.44.29.p1) iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe uttarakhaṇḍe dvitīyāṃśākhye dharmakāṇḍe pretakalpe śrīkṛṣṇagaruḍasaṃvāde durmaraṇe kāryākāryakriyādinirūpaṇaṃ nāma catuścatvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the forty-fourth chapter, entitled 'Determination of Rites to Be Performed and Not Performed in Unnatural Death', in the Pretakalpa of the Dharmakāṇḍa, belonging to the second part of the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, in the dialogue between Śrī Kṛṣṇa and Garuḍa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.44.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.44) · Pramāṇa