[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) › 2.4 # Garudapurana 2.4 Garuḍapurāṇa 2.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [2.4.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.185) — 1 part ### [2.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.1) śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 4 śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / jñānato 'jñānato vāpiyannaraiḥ kaluṣaṃ kṛtam / tasya pāpasya śuddhyarthaṃ vidheyā niṣkṛtirnaraiḥ // > The glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa — \[Chapter\] 4 > Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: / Whatever taint has been committed by men, knowingly or unknowingly, / for the purification of that sin, an expiation must be performed by men. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.2) bhasmādisnānadaśakamādau kuryādvicakṣaṇaḥ / yathāśakti ṣaḍabdādipratyāmnāyāccaredapi // > A discerning person should first perform the ten ablutions beginning with ashes; / according to his ability, he should also perform the six-year substitute penances and the like. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.3) tadardhaṃ vā tadardhaṃ vā tadardhārdhamathāpi vā / yathāśaktyā tataḥ kuryāddaśa dānāni vai śṛṇu // > Or half of that, or half of that, or even half of that half; / according to his capacity, he should then make the ten gifts—hear them: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.4) gobhūtilahiraṇyājyavāsodhanyaguḍāstathā / rajataṃ lavaṇaṃ caiva dānāni daśa vai viduḥ // > Cow, land, sesame, gold, clarified butter, cloth, grain, jaggery, / silver, and salt: these they know as the ten gifts. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.5) prāyaścitte tvāgatā ye tebhyo dadyānnaro daśa / tato yamadvārapathe pūyaśoṇitasaṃkule // > To those who have arrived at the expiation rite, a man should give these ten; / then, to cross the river Vaitaraṇī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.6) nadīṃ vaitaraṇīṃ tartuṃ dadyādvaitaraṇīṃ ca gām / kṛṣṇastanī sakṛṣṇāṅgī sā vai vaitaraṇī smṛtā // > on the path to the gate of Yama, filled with pus and blood, / he should give a Vaitaraṇī cow; one with black teats and a black body is called a Vaitaraṇī cow. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.7) tilā lohaṃ hiraṇyaṃ ca karpāsaṃ lavaṇaṃ tathā / saptadhānyaṃ kṣitirgāva ekaikaṃ pāvanaṃ smṛtam // > Sesame seeds, iron, gold, cotton, salt, / the seven grains, land, and cows—each one is considered purifying. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.8) etānyaṣṭau mahādānānyuttamāya dvijātaye / ātureṇa tu deyāni padarūpāṇi me śṛṇu // > These eight great gifts should be given to an eminent twice-born / by a sick person; hear from me the gifts for the feet: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.9) chatro pānahavastrāṇi mudrikā ca kamaṇḍaluḥ / āsanaṃ bhājanaṃ padaṃ cāṣṭavidhaṃ smṛtam // > Parasol, shoes, clothes, a signet-ring, a water-pot, / a seat, a vessel—these are known as the eightfold pada-gift. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.10) tilāpātraṃ sarpiḥ pātraṃ śayyā sopaskarā tathā / etatsarvaṃ pradātavyaṃ yadiṣṭaṃ cātmano 'pi tat // > A vessel of sesame, a vessel of clarified butter, a bed furnished with accessories— / all this should be given, as well as whatever is dear to oneself. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.11) aśvo rathaśca mahīṣī vyañjanaṃ vastrameva ca / brāhmaṇebhyaḥ pradātavyaṃ brahmapūrvamapi svayam // > A horse, a chariot, a buffalo, a fan, and clothing / should be personally given to Brahmins, preceded by \[invoking\] Brahman. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.12) dānā nyanyānyapi khaga tarpayetsvīyaśaktitaḥ / prāyāścittaṃ kṛtaṃ yena daśa dānānyapi kṣitau // > Other gifts too, O bird, he should satisfy according to his own capacity; / he by whom expiation is performed, and the ten gifts on earth, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.13) dānaṃ gorvaitaraṇyāśca dānānyaṣṭau tathāpi vā / tilapātraṃ sarpiḥ pātraṃ śayyādānaṃ tathaiva ca // > the gift of the Vaitaraṇī cow, and likewise the eight gifts, / the vessel of sesame, the vessel of clarified butter, and the gift of a bed, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.14) padadānaṃ ca vidhivannāsau nirayagarbhagaḥ / svātantryeṇāpi lavaṇadānamicchanti sūrayaḥ // > and the pada-gift according to rule, does not go into the belly of hell. / Even independently, wise men desire the gift of salt, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.15) viṣṇudehasamutpanno yato 'yaṃ lavaṇo rasaḥ / āturasya yadā prāṇā na yānti vasudhātale // > because this saline taste arose from the body of Viṣṇu. / When a sick person's breath does not depart on the surface of the earth, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.16) lavaṇaṃ ca tadā deyaṃ dvārasyodvāṭanaṃ divaḥ / yānikāni ca dānāni svayaṃ dattāni mānavaiḥ // > Salt should then be given, as it is the opening of the gate of heaven. / Whatever gifts are given by men themselves, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.17) tānitāni ca sarvāṇi upatiṣṭhanti cāgrataḥ / prāyaścittaṃ kṛtaṃ yena sāṅgaṃ khaga sa vai pumān // > all of them wait in front \[of them\]. / That man, O bird, by whom atonement has been performed with all its parts, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.18) pāpāni bhasmasātkṛtvā svargaloke mahīyate / amṛtaṃ tu gavāṃ kṣīraṃ yataḥ patagasattam // > having reduced sins to ashes, is honored in the heavenly realm. / Because the milk of cows is nectar, O best of birds, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.19) tasmāddadāti yo dhenumamṛtatvaṃ sa gacchati / dānānyaṣṭau tu dattvā vai gandharvanilaye vaset // > therefore one who gives a cow attains immortality. / Having given the eight gifts, indeed, one dwells in the abode of the Gandharvas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.20) ālayastatra raudre hi dahyate yena mānavaḥ / chatradānena succhāyā jāyate pathi tuṣṭidā // > In that terrible abode by which a person is scorched, / through the gift of an umbrella excellent shade is produced on the path, bestowing contentment. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.21) asipatravanaṃ dhāramatikrāmati vai sukham / aśvārūḍhaśca vrajati dadate yadyupānahau // > He easily crosses the sharp Asipatravana hell, / and goes mounted on a horse if he gives a pair of shoes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.22) bhojanāsanadānena sukhaṃ mārge bhunakti vai / pradeśe nirjale dātā sukhī syādvai kamaṇḍaloḥ // > Through the gift of food and a seat, he indeed enjoys comfort on the path. / In a waterless region, the giver would be happy on account of a water pot. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.23) yamadūtā mahāraudrāḥ karālāḥ kṛṣṇapiṅgalāḥ / na pīḍayanti dākṣiṇyādvastrābharaṇadānataḥ // > The messengers of Yama, exceedingly terrible, dreadful, and dark-brown, / do not torment \[him\], out of courtesy, because of the gift of clothes and ornaments. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.24) tilapātraṃ tu viprāya dattaṃ patraratha dhruvam / nāśayettrividhaṃ ṣāpaṃ vāṅmanaḥ kāyasambhavam // > A vessel of sesame given to a brahmin, O winged one, / certainly destroys the three kinds of sin arising from speech, mind, and body. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.25) ghṛtapātrapradāne rudraloke vasennaraḥ / sarvopaskarasaṃyuktāṃ śayyāṃ dattvā dvijātaye // > Upon the gift of a vessel of clarified butter, a man dwells in the world of Rudra. / Having given to a twice-born a bed equipped with all furnishings, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.26) nānāpsarobhirākīrṇaṃ vimānamadhirohati / ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi krīḍitvā śakramandire // > he mounts a celestial chariot crowded with various apsarases. / Having sported for sixty thousand years in the palace of Indra, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.27) indralokātparibhraṣṭa iha loke nṛpo bhavet / sarvopaskaraṇopetaṃ yuvānaṃ doṣavarjitam // > fallen from Indra's world, he becomes a king in this world. / \[One who gives\] a young \[horse\] endowed with all equipment, free of blemish, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.28) yo 'śvaṃ dadāti viprāya svargaloke ca tiṣṭhati / yāvanti romāṇi haye bhavanti hi khageśvara // > who gives a horse to a brahmin, abides in the heavenly world. / As many hairs as there are on the horse, O lord of birds, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.29) tāvato rājitāṃllokānāpnuvanti hi puṣkalān / caturbhisturagairyuktaṃ sarvopakaraṇairyutam // > so many splendid and abundant worlds they attain. / Fitted with four horses and equipped with all implements, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.30) rathaṃ dvijātaye dattvā rājasūyaphalaṃ labht // > having given a chariot to a twice-born, one obtains the fruit of a Rājasūya sacrifice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.31) dugdhādhikāṃ ca mahiṣīṃ navameghavarṇāṃ santuṣṭatarṇakavalīṃ jaghanābhirāmām / dattvā suvarṇatilakāṃ dvijapuṅgavāya lokodayaṃ sa jayatīti kimatra citram // > And having given to an eminent twice-born a female buffalo with abundant milk, colored like a fresh raincloud, / having a contented calf, beautiful hips, and marked with a golden ornament—what wonder is it that he conquers elevation in the worlds? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.32) tālavṛntasya dānena vāyunā vījyate pathi / kāntiyuk subhagaḥ śrīmān bhavatyambaradānataḥ // > Through the gift of a palm fan, he is fanned by the wind on the path; / through the gift of clothing, he becomes radiant, fortunate, and prosperous. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.33) rasānnopaskarayutaṃ gṛhaṃ viprāya yor'payet / na hīyate tasya vaṃśaḥ svargaṃ prāpnotyanuttamam // > He who offers to a brahmin a house supplied with beverages, food, and utensils— / his lineage does not fail, and he attains the highest heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.34) bhavatyatra khagaśreṣṭha phalagaukhalāghavam / śraddhāśraddhāvibhedena dānagauravalāghavāt // > Here, O best of birds, there is weight or lightness of result / according to the distinction of faith and lack of faith, from the greatness or smallness of the gift. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.35) tato yenāmbudānāni kṛtānyatra rasāstathā / tadā khaga tathāhlādamāpadi pratipadyate // > Therefore, by whomever gifts of water as well as beverages were made here, / then, O bird, he obtains corresponding delight in misfortune. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.36) annāni yena dattāni śraddhāpūtena cetasā / so 'pi tṛptimavāpnoti vināpyannena vai tadā // > By whomever foods were given with a mind purified by faith, / he too obtains satisfaction then, even without food. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.37) āsanne maraṇe kuryātsaṃnyāsaṃ cedvidhānataḥ / āvarteta punarnāsau brahmabhūyāya kalpate // > If one should perform renunciation according to rule when death is near, / he does not return again; he becomes fit for becoming Brahman. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.38) āsannamaraṇo matyaścettīrthaṃ pratinayite / tīrthaprāptau bhavenmuktirmriyate yadi mārgagaḥ / padepade kratusamaṃ bhavettasya na saṃśayaḥ // > If a mortal near death is led toward a sacred ford, / liberation occurs on reaching the sacred ford; if he dies traveling on the road, / at every step there is \[merit\] equal to a sacrifice for him, without a doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.39) gṛhṇīyāccedanaśanaṃ vrataṃ vidhivadāgate / mṛtyau na so 'pi saṃsāre bhūyaḥ paryaṭati dvija // > If he should take up the observance of fasting according to rule when death arrives, / he too does not wander again in saṃsāra, O bird. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.40) kiṃ dānamiti turyasya praśnasyottaramīritam / dāhamṛtyorantare kimitipraśnottaraṃ śṛṇu // > The answer has thus been stated to the fourth question, ‘What is the gift?’. / Hear the answer to the question: ‘What \[is done\] between death and cremation?’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.41) gataprāṇaṃ tato jñātvā snātvā putrādirāśu tam / śavaṃ jalena śuddhena kṣālayedavicārayan // > Then, knowing life has departed, after bathing quickly, the son or relative / should wash that corpse with pure water, without hesitation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.42) paridhāpyāhate vastre candanaiḥ prokṣayettanum / tato mṛtasya sthāne vai ekoddiṣṭaṃ samācaret // > Having clothed it in an unwashed garment, he should sprinkle the body with sandalwood paste; / then indeed, at the place of the deceased, he should perform the ekoddiṣṭa rite. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.43) prayogapūrvaṃ dāhasya yogyatādiryathā bhavet / āṃsanaṃ prākṣaṇa ca syānna syādetaccatuṣṭayam // > Prior to the performance of cremation, so that there may be fitness and the like: / there should be the seat and the sprinkling; these four should not be: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.44) āvāhanārcana caiva pāntrālambhāvagāhane / bhaveddānānnasaṅkalpaḥ piṇḍadānaṃ sadā bhavet // > invoking and worship, and touching the vessel and immersing. / There should be the intention for gifts and food; the offering of the rice ball should always be. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.45) padārthapañcakaṃ na syādrekhā pratyavanejanam / dadyādakṣayyamudakaṃ na syādetattrayaṃ punaḥ // > The group of five items should not be: the line, the pouring of water, / one should give imperishable water; again these three should not be: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.46) svadhāvācanamāśīśca tilakaṃ ca khagottama / ghaṭaṃ dadyātsamāṣānnaṃ dadyāllohasya dakṣiṇām // > the recitation of svadhā, the blessing, and the forehead-mark, O best of birds; / he should give a pot with food made of black gram, and give an iron sacrificial fee. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.47) piṇḍasya cālanaṃ proktaṃ naiva proktamidaṃ trikam / pracchādanavisargau ca svastivācanakaṃ tathā // > The moving of the rice ball is prescribed; this triad is certainly not prescribed: / the covering, the dismissal, and likewise the recitation of svasti. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.48) eṣu ṣaṭsu vidhiḥ proktaḥ śrāddheṣu malineṣu te / ṣaḍeva maraṇasthāne dvāri cātvarike tathā // > In these six impure śrāddhas, the rule is proclaimed for you; / they are six indeed: at the place of death, at the door, and likewise at the crossroads, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.49) viśrāme kāṣṭhacayane tathā sañcayane khaga / mṛtisthāne śavo nāma bhūmistuṣyati devatā // > at the resting place, at the wood-pile, and likewise at the gathering \[of bones\], O bird. / At the place of death, \[the deceased is\] named Śava; the earth-deity is pleased. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.50) pāntho dvāri bhavettena prītā syādvāstudevatā / catvare khecarastena tuṣyedbhṛtādidevatā // > At the door, he is Pāntha; by this the deity of the dwelling site is pleased. / At the crossroads, he is Khecara; by this the host of elementals and other deities are pleased. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.51) viśrāme bhūtasaṃjño 'yaṃ tuṣṭastena diśo daśa / citāyāṃ sādhaka iti sañcitau preta ucyate // > At the resting place, he is designated Bhūta; by that the ten directions are pleased. / On the funeral pyre he is called Sādhaka, and at the gathering \[of bones\] he is called Preta. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.52) tiladarbhaghṛtedhāṃsi gṛhītvā tu sutādayaḥ / gāthāṃ yamasya sūktaṃ vāpyadhīyānā vrajanti hi // > Taking sesame, darbha grass, clarified butter, and firewood, the sons and others / certainly go while reciting the gāthā or the hymn of Yama: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.53) aharaharnīyamāno gāmaśvaṃ puruṣaṃ vṛṣam / vaivasvato na tṛpyeta surayā tviva durmatiḥ // > ‘Being brought day by day a cow, a horse, a man, an ox, / the son of Vivasvat is not satisfied, just as a foolish man is not \[satisfied\] with liquor.’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.54) imāṃ gāthamapeteti sūktaṃ vā pathi saṃpaṭhet / dakṣiṇasyāṃ diśyaraṇyaṃ vrajeyuḥ sarvabāndhavāḥ // > He should recite this gāthā or the hymn ‘Depart’ on the path; / all the relatives should go to the wilderness in the southern direction. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.55) pathi śrāddhadvayaṃ kuryātpūrvoktavidhinā khaga / tataḥ śanairbhūtale vai dakṣiṇāśirasaṃ śavam // > He should perform two śrāddhas on the path according to the rule previously stated, O bird. / Then, gently, on the surface of the earth, with the head facing south, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.56) sthāpayitvā citābhūmau pūrvoktaṃ śrāddhamācaret / tṛṇakāṣṭhatilājyādi svayaṃ ninyuḥ sutādayaḥ // > having placed the corpse on the pyre-ground, he should perform the śrāddha previously mentioned. / Grass, wood, sesame, clarified butter, and the rest the sons and others should carry themselves. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.57) śūdrānītaiḥ kṛtaṃ karma sarvaṃ bhavati niṣphalam / prācīnāvītinā bhāvyaṃ dakṣiṇābhimukena ca // > Any rite performed with things brought by a Śūdra becomes entirely fruitless. / Wearing the sacred thread over the right shoulder and facing the south, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.58) vedī tatra prakartavyā yathāśāstramathāṇḍaja / pratevastraṃ dvidhā kṛtvārdhena taṃ chādayettataḥ // > an altar should then be made there according to the scriptures, O egg-born one. / Having divided the deceased's cloth into two, he should then cover him with one half; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.59) ardhaṃ śmaśānavāsārthaṃ bhūmāveva viniḥ kṣipet / tataḥ pūrvoktavidhinā piṇḍaṃ pretakare nyaset // > the half for the dwelling in the cremation ground he should cast onto the ground itself. / Then, according to the rule previously stated, he should place a rice ball in the hand of the deceased. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.60) ājyenābhyañjanaṃ kāryaṃ sarvāṅgeṣu śavasya ca / dāhamṛtyorantarāle vidhiḥ piṇḍasya taṃ śṛṇu // > Anointing with clarified butter should be performed on all the limbs of the corpse. / Hear that rule of the rice ball in the interval between death and cremation: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.61) pūrvoktaiḥ pañcabhiḥ piṇḍaiḥ śavasyāhutiyogyatā / anyathā copaghātācca rākṣasādyā bhavanti hi // > by the five previously mentioned rice balls comes the fitness of the corpse for being offered as an oblation; / otherwise, because of molestation, rākṣasas and others arise. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.62) saṃmṛjya copalipyātha ullikhyoddhṛtya vedikām / abhyukṣyopasamādhāya vahniṃ tatra vidhānataḥ // > Then, having swept, smeared, furrowed, elevated the altar, / and sprinkled it, having established the fire there according to rule, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.63) puṣpākṣataiśca saṃpūjya devaṃ kravyādasaṃjñakam / śrautena tu vidhānena hyāhitāgniṃ dahedvudhaḥ // > And after worshipping the deity named Kravyāda with flowers and unbroken grains, / a wise man should burn one who maintained the sacred fires according to Vedic rites. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.64) caṇḍālāgniṃ citāgniṃ ca patitāgniṃ parityajet / tvaṃ bhūtakṛjjagadyonistvaṃ lokaparipālakaḥ // > He should avoid an outcaste's fire, a funeral pyre fire, and the fire of a fallen person. / \[He prays:\] "You are the maker of beings, the womb of the world; you are the guardian of the worlds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.65) upasaṃhara tasmāttvamenaṃ svargaṃ nayāmṛtam / iti kravyādamabhyarcya śarīrāhutimācaret // > Therefore, withdraw him; lead him to heaven, to immortality." / Having thus worshipped Kravyāda, he should offer the oblation of the body. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.66) ardhadagdhe tathā dehe dadyādājyāhutiṃ tataḥ / asmāttvamadhijāto 'si tvadayaṃ jāyatāṃ punaḥ // > When the body is half burnt, he should then offer a libation of clarified butter: / "You were born from this \[father\]; may this \[father\] be born again from you, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.67) asau svargāya lokāya svāhetyuktvā tu nāmataḥ / evamājyāhutiṃ dattvā tilamiśrāṃ samantrakam // > for the heavenly realm, svāhā!" pronouncing the name. / Having thus offered the clarified butter oblation mixed with sesame seeds, accompanied by mantras, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.68) roditavyaṃ tato gāḍhamevaṃ tasya sukhaṃ bhavet / dāhasyānantaraṃ tatra kṛtvā sañcayanikriyām // > one should then weep loudly; in this way happiness comes to him. / After the burning, having performed the ceremony of gathering the bones there, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.69) pretapiṇḍaṃ pradadyācca dāhārtiśamanaṃ khaga / tataḥ pradakṣiṇaṃ kṛktvā citāprasthānavīkṣakāḥ // > he should offer a ghost-ball to soothe the agony of burning, O bird. / Then, having circumambulated, those who witnessed the departure of the pyre, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.70) kaniṣṭhapūrvāḥ snānārthaṃ gaccheyuḥ sūktajāpakāḥ / tato jālasamīpe tu gatvā prakṣālya cāṃśukam // > with the youngest leading, should go to bathe, reciting Vedic hymns. / Then, having reached the water and washed their clothes, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.71) paridhāya punastacca brṛyustaṃ puruṣaṃ prati / udakaṃ tu kariṣyāmaḥ sacailaṃ puruṣāstataḥ // > and putting them on again, the men should say to that man: / "We shall offer water with our clothes on." Then the men \[should ask\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.72) kurudhvamityeva vadecchatavarṣāvare mṛte / putrādyā vṛddhapūrvāste ekavastrāḥ śikhāṃ vinā // > and he should say, "Do so!" If one who has died is less than a hundred years old, / the sons and other relatives, led by the eldest, wearing a single garment, without a topknot, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.73) prācīnāvītinaḥ sarve viśeyurmaunino jalam / apanaḥ śośucadaghamanena pitṛdiṅmukhāḥ // > all wearing the sacred thread over the right shoulder, silent, should enter the water, / facing the direction of the ancestors, reciting: "May our sin be burnt away..." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.74) jalāvaghaṭṭanaṃ cava na kuryuḥ snānakārakāḥ / tatastaṭe samāgatya śikhāṃ baddhvā ṛjūn kuśān // > And those taking the bath should not splash the water. / Then, coming to the bank, tying the topknot, taking straight kuśa grass, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.75) dakṣiṇāgrahastayostu kṛtvātha satilaṃ jalam / ādāyāñjalinā yāmyāṃ duḥ khī paitṛkatīrthataḥ // > holding water with sesame seeds with the tips facing south in both hands, / taking it in cupped hands toward the south, sorrowful, from the pitṛ-tīrtha part of the hand, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.76) ekavāraṃ trivāraṃ vā daśavāramathāpi vā / bhūmāvaśmani vā sarve kṣipeyurvāgyatāḥ khaga // > all, restrained in speech, should cast it upon the ground or on a stone, O bird, / once, thrice, or even ten times, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.77) tṛpyantu tṛpyatāṃ vāpi tarpayāmyupatiṣṭhatām / pretaitadamukagotretyukteṣvevaṃ samuccaret // > saying: "May they be satisfied," or "Let \[him\] be satisfied," "I offer satisfaction," "May it reach \[him\]," / and uttering: "O ghost, this \[is for you\], of such-and-such clan." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.78) jalāñjalau kṛte paścādvidheyaṃ dantadhāvanam / tyajanti gotriṇaḥ sarve dināni nava kāśyapa // > After the handful of water is offered, cleaning of the teeth must be performed. / All members of the clan give it up for nine days, O descendant of Kaśyapa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.79) tata uttīryodakādvai vastrāṇi paridhāya ca / snānavastraṃ sakṛtpīḍya viśeyuḥ śucibhūtale // > Then, emerging from the water and putting on clothes, / having wrung out the bathing cloth once, they should sit upon pure ground. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.80) aśrupātaṃ na kurvīta dattvā dāhajalāñjalim / śleṣmāśru bāndhavairmuktaṃ preto bhuṅkte yato 'vaśaḥ // > One should not shed tears after giving the handful of water for the burning; / for the ghost, helpless, consumes the phlegm and tears shed by relatives. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.81) ato na roditavyaṃ hi kriyāḥ kāryāḥ svaśaktitaḥ / tatasteṣūpaviṣṭeṣu purāṇajñaḥ sukṛtsvakaḥ // > Therefore, one should indeed not weep; the rites must be performed according to one's ability. / Then, when they are seated, a virtuous person versed in the Purāṇas > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.82) śokāpanodaṃ kurvīta saṃsārānityatāṃ bruvan / mānuṣye kadalīstanbhe asāre sāramārgaṇam // > should dispel their grief, speaking of the impermanence of saṃsāra: / "In human existence, which is like the hollow trunk of a plantain tree, lacking substance, he who seeks substance > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.83) karoti yaḥ sa saṃmūḍho jalabudvadrasannibhe / pañcadhā saṃbhṛtaḥ kāyo yadi pañcatvamāgataḥ // > in that which is like a water-bubble, is utterly deluded. / If the body, composed of the five elements, has dissolved into the five elements > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.84) karmabhiḥ svaśarīrotthaistatra kā paridevanā / gantrī vasumatī nāśamudadhirdaivatāni ca // > through the actions born of its own form, what lamentation can there be? / The earth will go to destruction, as will the ocean and the gods; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.85) phenaprakhyaḥ kathaṃ nāśaṃ martyaloko na yāsyati / evaṃ saṃśrāvayettatra mṛduśādvalasaṃsthitān // > how then shall the mortal world, resembling foam, not meet destruction?" / Thus he should recite to them seated there on the soft grass. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.86) te 'yi saṃśrutya gaccheyurgṛhaṃ bālapuraḥ sarāḥ / vidaśya rnibapatrāṇi niyatā dvāri veśmanaḥ // > Having heard this, they should return home, led by the children. / Chewing neem leaves, restrained at the door of the house, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.87) ācamya vahnisalilaṃ gomayaṃ gaurasarṣapān / dūrvāpravālaṃ vṛṣabhamanyadapyatha maṅgalam // > sipping water, touching fire, water, cow-dung, white mustard seeds, / dūrvā sprouts, a bull, and other auspicious things, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.88) praviśeyuḥ samālabhya kṛtvāśmani padaṃ śanaiḥ / śrautena tu vidhānena āhitāgniṃ dehadvadhaḥ // > and placing their foot slowly on a stone, they should enter. / According to Vedic rites, a wise man should burn one who maintained the sacred fires. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.89) ūnadvivarṣaṃ nikhanenna kuryādudakaṃ tataḥ / yoṣitpativratā yā syādbhartāraṃ yānugacchati // > One should bury a child under two years old and not offer water for it. / A devoted wife who follows her husband \[in death\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.90) prayoga pūrvaṃ bhartāraṃ namaskṛtyāruheccitim / citibhraṣṭā tu yā mohātsā prājāpatyamācaret // > having bowed to her husband before the rite, should ascend the funeral pyre. / But a woman who falls from the pyre through delusion should perform the Prājāpatya penance. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.91) tisraḥ koṭyordhakoṭī ya yāni lomāni mānuṣe / tāvatkālaṃ vasetsvarge bhartāraṃ yānugacchati // > There are three and a half crores of hairs on a human body; / for that many years does she dwell in heaven who follows her husband. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.92) vyālagrāhī yathā vyālaṃ bilāduddharate balāt / tadvaduddhṛtya sā nārī tenaiva saha modate // > Just as a snake-catcher drags a snake out of a hole by force, / so she, drawing him up, rejoices with him alone. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.93) tatra sā bhartṛparamā stūyamānāpsarogaṇaiḥ / krīḍate patinā sārdhaṃ yāvadindrāścaturdaśa // > There, devoted to her husband, praised by groups of apsarases, / she sports with her husband as long as fourteen Indras rule. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.94) brahmaghno vā kṛghno vā mittrighno vā bhavetpatiḥ / punātyavidhavā nārī tamādāya mṛtā tu yā // > Even if the husband is a slayer of a brāhmaṇa, an ungrateful person, or a slayer of a friend, / the faithful woman who dies taking him purifies him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.95) mṛte bhartari yā nārī samāroheddhutāśanam / sārandhatīsamācārā svargaloke mahīyate // > The woman who ascends the fire when her husband dies, / behaving like Arundhatī, is glorified in the heavenly world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.96) yāvaccāgnau mṛte patyau strī nātmānaṃ pradāhayet / tāvanna mucyate sā hi strīśarīrātkathañcana // > As long as a woman does not burn herself when her husband dies, / so long she is not freed in any way from a female body. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.97) mātṛkaṃ paitṛkaṃ caiva yatra caiva pradīyate / kulatrayaṃ punātyeṣā bhartāraṃ yānugacchati // > The maternal family, the paternal family, and the family into which she was given— / these three lineages does she purify who follows her husband. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.98) ārtārte mudite hṛṣṭā proṣite malinā kṛśā / mṛte mriyeta yā patyau sā strī jñeyā pativratā // > Afflicted when he is afflicted, joyful when he is pleased, untidy and emaciated when he is abroad, / who dies when her husband dies—that woman should be known as devoted to her husband. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.99) pṛthak citāṃ samāruhya na priyā gantumarhati / kṣattriyādyāḥ savarṇāśca āroheyurapīha tāḥ // > A beloved \[brāhmaṇa\] wife ought not to go by mounting a separate pyre. / Kṣatriya women and others of the same caste may ascend even here. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.100) cāṇḍālīmavadhiṃ kṛtvā brāhmaṇītaḥ samo vidhiḥ / agarbhiṇīnāṃ sarvāsāmabālatākme(kā)nāmapi // > Beginning from an outcaste woman up to a brāhmaṇa woman, the rule is the same / for all women who are not pregnant and not young children. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.101) dahanasya vidhiḥ proktaḥ sāmānyena mayā khaga / viśeṣamapi tasyāsya kañcitkiṃ śrotumicchati // > The rule of cremation has been declared by me in general, O bird. / Do you wish to hear any specific details of it? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.102) garuḍa uvāca / proṣite tu mṛte svāminyasthnināśamupeyuṣi / kathaṃ dāhaḥ prakartavyastanme vada jagatpate // > Garuḍa said: / When a master has died abroad and his bones have been lost, / tell me, O Lord of the World, how should cremation be performed? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.103) śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / asthīni cenna labhyante proṣitasya narasya ca / teṣāñca hi gatisthānaṃ vidhānaṃ kathayāmyaham // > The blessed Kṛṣṇa said: / If the bones of a man who died abroad are not found, / I shall tell you the rite for their final state and destiny. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.104) śṛṇu tārkṣya paraṃ gopyaṃ patyurdurmaraṇeṣu yat / laṅghanairye mṛtā jīvāṃ daṃṣṭribhiścābhighātitāḥ // > Listen, O Tārkṣya, to the supreme secret regarding bad deaths of the master: > Those creatures who died from starvation, or were killed by fanged beasts, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.105) kaṇṭhagrahe vilagnānāṃ kṣīṇānāṃ tuṇḍaghātinām / viṣāgnivṛṣaviprebhyo viṣūcyā cātmaghātakāḥ // > Who were caught in strangulation, who were emaciated, who were killed by a beak, > Or who committed suicide through poison, fire, a bull, brāhmaṇas, or cholera, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.106) patanodbandhanajalairmṛtānāṃ śṛṇu saṃsthitim / sarpavyāghraiḥ śṛṅgibhiśca upasargopalodakaiḥ // > Hear the state of those who died by falling, hanging, or drowning, > Or by snakes, tigers, horned animals, plagues, stones, or water, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.107) brāhmaṇaiḥ śvāpadaiścaiva patanairvṛkṣavaidyutaiḥ / nakhairlohairgireḥ pātairbhittipātairbhṛgostathā // > Or by brāhmaṇas, wild beasts, falling from trees, lightning, > Claws, iron, falls from a mountain, falls from a wall, or from a precipice, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.108) kaṭvāyāmantarikṣe ca cauracāṇḍālatastathā / udakyāśunakīśūdrarajakādivibhūṣitāḥ // > On a bed, in mid-air, or at the hands of thieves or cāṇḍālas, > Or touched by a menstruating woman, a bitch, a śūdra, a washerman, and the like, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.109) ūrdhvocachiṣṭādharocchiṣṭobhayocchiṣṭāstu ye mṛtāḥ / śastraghātairmṛtā ye cāsyaśvaspṛṣṭāstathaiva ca // > Or those who died contaminated from above, from below, or both, > Or who died from weapon-wounds, or were touched by a horse— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.110) tattu durmaraṇaṃ jñeyaṃ yacca jātaṃ vidhaiṃ vinā / tena pāpena narakān bhuktvā pretatvabhāginaḥ // > That should be known as an unnatural death, as well as whatever occurred without proper rites. > Having suffered the hells due to that sin, they share the state of a ghost. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.111) na teṣāṃ kārayeddāhaṃ sūtakaṃ nodakakriyām / na vidhānaṃ mṛtādyañca na kuryā daurdhvadaihikam // > One must not perform cremation for them, nor observe impurity, nor offer libations of water; > One should not perform the rite for the dead and the rest, nor carry out post-death ceremonies. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.112) na piṇḍadānaṃ kartavyaṃ pramādāccetkaroti hi / nopatiṣṭhati tatsarvamantarikṣe vinaśyati // > No offering of rice-balls is to be made; if one does it out of negligence, > It does not reach \[the deceased\] at all; it perishes in mid-air. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.113) atastasya sutaiḥ pauttraiḥ sapiṇḍaiḥ śubhamicchubhiḥ / nārāyaṇabaliḥ kāryo lokagarhābhiyā khaga // > Therefore, by his sons, grandsons, and sapinḍas desiring welfare, > A Nārāyaṇa-bali must be performed, O bird, out of fear of worldly censure. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.114) tathā teṣāṃ bhavecchaucaṃ nānyathetyabravīdyamaḥ / kṛte nārāyaṇabalāvaurdhvadehikayogyatā // > Only thus does purification come to them, not otherwise: so said Yama. > When the Nārāyaṇa-bali has been performed, fitness for post-death rites arises. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.115) tasya suddhikaraṃ karma tadbhavenna tadanyathā / nārāyaṇabaliṃ samyak tīrthe sarvaṃ prakpayet // > That rite brings about his purification; it cannot happen otherwise. > One should properly arrange the entire Nārāyaṇa-bali at a sacred ford. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.116) kṛṣṇāgre kārayedbiprairyena pūto bhavennaraḥ / pūrvantu tarpaṇaṃ kāryaṃ vipraiḥ paurāṇavaidikaiḥ // > One should have it performed before \[the image of\] Kṛṣṇa by brāhmaṇas, whereby the man becomes purified. > First, the libation should be made by brāhmaṇas learned in the Purāṇas and Vedas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.117) sarvauṣadhyakṣatairmiśrairviṣṇumuddiśya tarpayet / kāryaṃ puruṣasūktena mantrairvā vaiṣṇavairapi // > One should offer libation dedicated to Viṣṇu with all medicinal herbs mixed with unhusked barley grains; > It should be done with the Puruṣasūkta or with Vaiṣṇava mantras. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.118) dakṣiṇābhimukho bhūtvā pretaṃ viṣṇumiti smaran / anādinidhano devaḥ śaṅkhacakragadādharaḥ // > Facing the south, contemplating the ghost as Viṣṇu: > ‘The Lord without beginning or end, holding the conch, discus, and mace, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.119) akṣayaḥ puṇḍarīkākṣaḥ pretamokṣaprado bhava / tarpaṇasyāvasāne syādvītarāgo vimatsaraḥ // > The imperishable, lotus-eyed one—be the granter of liberation to the ghost.’ > At the conclusion of the libation, free from passion and envy, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.120) jitendriyamanā bhūtvā śuciṣmāndharmatatparaḥ / bhaktyā tatra prakurvīta śrāddhānyekādaśaiva tu // > Having restrained the senses and mind, pure, intent on dharma, > One should perform eleven śrāddhas there with devotion. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.121) sarvakarmavidhāne ekaikāgre samāhitaḥ / toyavrīhiyavāndadyādgodhūmāṃśca priyaṅgavaḥ // > Concentrated on each single procedure in the performance of all rites, > One should give water, unhusked rice, barley, wheat, and panic seeds, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.122) haviṣyānnaṃ śubhaṃ mudrāṃ chatroṣṇīṣe ca dāpayet / dāpayetsarvasaṃsyāni kṣīraṃ kṣaudrasamānvitam // > Auspicious sacrificial food, a seal-ring, and an umbrella and turban; > One should give all grains, and milk mixed with honey. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.123) vastropānahasaṃyuktaṃ dadyādaṣṭavidhaṃ padam / dpayetsarvapāpebhyo na kuryātpaṅktivañcanam // > One should give the eightfold gift accompanied by garments and shoes; > One should give \[it\] for \[release from\] all sins, without showing partiality in the assembly. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.124) bhūmau sthiteṣu piṇḍeṣu gandhapuṣpākṣatānvitam / dātavyaṃ sarvaṃviprebhyo vedaśāstravidhānataḥ // > When the rice-balls are placed on the ground with fragrant paste, flowers, and unhusked grains, > Everything is to be given to the brāhmaṇas according to the rules of the Veda and scripture. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.125) śaṅkhe khaḍge 'tha vā tāmre tarpaṇañca pṛthakpṛthak / dhyānadhāraṇasaṃyukto jānubhyāmavanīṃ gataḥ // > Libation \[is made\] in a conch, a rhinoceros horn, or copper, separately for each; > Endowed with meditation and focus, having knelt upon the earth, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.126) ṛcā vai dāpayedarghamarghoddiṣṭaṃ pṛthakpṛthak / brahmā viṣṇuśca rudraśca yamaḥ pretaśca pañcamaḥ // > One should offer the guest-water with a Vedic verse, intended separately for each: > Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Rudra, Yama, and the ghost as the fifth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.127) pṛthakkumbhe tataḥ sthāpyāḥ pañcaratnasamanvitāḥ / vastrayajñopavītāni pṛthaṅmudgāḥ padāni ca // > Then they should be established in separate jars accompanied by the five gems, > Along with garments, sacred threads, kidney-beans separately, and gifts. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.128) pañca śrāddhāni kurvīta devatānāṃ yathāvidhi / jaladhārāṃ tataḥ kuryātpiṇḍepiṇḍe pṛthakpṛthak // > One should perform five śrāddhas for the deities according to rule; > Then one should make a stream of water separately over each rice-ball, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.129) śaṅkhe vā tāmrapātre vā alābhe mṛnmaye pi vā / tilodakaṃ samādāya sarvoṣadhimasanvitam // > In a conch, in a copper vessel, or, if unobtainable, in an earthen one, > Taking water with sesamum accompanied by all medicinal herbs. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.130) tāmrapātraṃ tilaiḥ pūrṇaṃ sahiraṇyaṃ sadakṣiṇam / dadyādbrāhmaṇamukhyāya padadānaṃ tathaica // > A copper vessel filled with sesamum, with gold and a priestly fee, > One should give to the foremost brāhmaṇa, and likewise the eightfold gift. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.131) yamoddeśetilāṃllauhaṃ tato dadyācca dakṣiṇām / evaṃ viṣṇubaliṃ dattvā yathāśaktyā vidhānataḥ // > Intending Yama, one should then give sesamum, iron, and a priestly fee. > Having thus offered the Viṣṇu-bali according to one's ability and the rule, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.132) samuddharati tatkṣipraṃ nātra kāryā vicāraṇa nāgadaṃśānmṛto yastu viśeṣastantu me śṛṇu // > He quickly delivers him; no doubt should be entertained here. > Now hear from me the special rule for one who died from a snakebite: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.133) suvarṇabhāraniṣpannaṃ nāgaṃ kṛtvā tathaiva gām / viprāya dattvā vidhivatpiturānṛṇyamāpnuyāt // > Having made a serpent of a bhāra weight of gold, and likewise a cow, > Giving them to a brāhmaṇa according to rule, one obtains release from the debt to the father. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.134) evaṃ sarpabaliṃ dattvā sarpadoṣādvimucyate / paścātputtalakaṃ kāryaṃ sarvoṣadhisamanvitam // > Having thus offered the serpent-bali, he is freed from the affliction caused by the serpent. > Afterwards, an effigy should be made, accompanied by all medicinal herbs. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.135) palāśasya ca vṛntānāṃ vibhāgaṃ śṛṇu kāśyapa / kṛṣṇājinaṃ samāstīrya kuśaiśca puruṣākṛtim // > Hear, O Kaśyapa, the distribution of the stalks of the palāśa: > Having spread out a black antelope skin, one makes a human form of kuśa grass. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.136) śatatrayeṇa ṣaṣṭyā ca vṛntaiḥ prokto 'sthisañcayaḥ / vinyasya tāni vṛntāni aṅgeṣveṣu pṛthak pṛthak // > The collection of bones is declared to consist of three hundred and sixty stalks; > Arranging those stalks separately on these limbs: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.137) catvāriṃśacchirobhāge grīvāyāṃ daśa vinyaset / viṃśatyuraḥ sthale dadyādviṃśatiñjaṭhare tathā // > One should place forty on the region of the head, ten on the neck, > Twenty on the chest, and likewise twenty on the belly, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.138) bāhudvaye śataṃ dadyātkaṭideśe ca viṃśatim / ūrudvaye śatañcāpi triṃśajjaṅghādvaye nyaset // > One hundred on the two arms, and twenty on the region of the hips, > One hundred on the two thighs, and thirty on the two shanks, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.139) dadyāccatuṣṭayaṃ śiśne ṣaḍ dadyādvṛṣāṇadvaye / daśa pādāṅgulībhāge evamasthīni vinyaset // > Four on the penis, six on the two testicles, > And ten on the toes; in this way one should arrange the bones. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.140) nārikelaṃ śiraḥ sthāneṃ tumbaṃ dadyācca tāluke / pañcaratnaṃ mukhe dadyājjihvāyāṃ kadalīphalam // > A coconut in the place of the head, a bottle-gourd at the palate, > The five gems in the mouth, and a plantain on the tongue; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.141) antreṣu nālikaṃ tadyādvālukāṅghrāṇe eva ca / vasāyāṃ mṛttikāṃ dadyāddharitālamanaḥ śilāḥ // > A reed should be given for the entrails, sand for the nose, > Earth for the fat, and yellow orpiment and realgar; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.142) pāradaṃ retasaḥ sthāne purīṣe pittalaṃ tathā / manaḥ śilā tathā gātre tilapakvantu sandhiṣu // > Mercury in place of the semen, brass in place of the feces, > Realgar on the body, and cooked sesamum at the joints; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.143) yavapiṣṭaṃ yathā māṃse madhu śoṇitameva ca / keśeṣu ca jaṭājūṭaṃ tvacāyāñca mṛgatvacam // > Barley flour for the flesh, and honey for the blood, > A mass of matted hair for the hair, and a deer skin for the skin; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.144) karṇayostālapatrañca stanayoścaiva guñjikāḥ / nāsāyāṃ śatapatrañca kamalaṃ nābhimaṇḍale // > Palm-leaves for the two ears, and guñjā seeds for the two breasts, > A lotus for the nose, and a lotus at the region of the navel; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.145) vṛntākaṃ vṛṣaṇadvandve liṅge syādgṛñjanaṃ śubham / ghṛtaṃ nābhyāṃ pradeyaṃ syātkau pīne ca trapusmṛtam // > An eggplant on the two testicles, and a carrot should be auspicious for the penis; > Ghee should be given at the navel, and tin is prescribed for the loincloth; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.146) mauktikaṃ stanayormūrdhni kuṅkumeva vilepanam / karpūrāgurudhūpaiśca śubhairmālyaiḥ sugandhibhiḥ // > A pearl on the tip of the breasts, saffron as the ointment, > With perfumes of camphor and agallochum, and auspicious fragrant garlands; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.147) paridhānaṃ paṭṭasūtraṃhṛdaye caiva vinyaset / ṛddhivṛddhī bhujau dvau ca cakṣurbhyāñca kapardakam // > A garment of silk thread should be placed on the heart, > Ṛddhi and Vṛddhi herbs as the two arms, and a cowrie-shell for the two eyes; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.148) danteṣu dāḍimībījānyaṅgulīṣu ca campakam / sindūraṃ netrakoṇe ca tāmbūlādyupahārakam // > Pomegranate seeds in the teeth, campaka flowers on the fingers, > Red lead in the corners of the eyes, and offerings such as betel; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.149) sarvauṣadiyutaṃ pretaṃ kṛtvā pūjāṃ yathoditām / sāgnike cāpi vidhinā yajñapātraṃ nyasyetkramāt // > Having made the deceased endowed with all medicinal herbs, and performed worship as enjoined, > For one who maintained sacred fires, one should place the sacrificial implements in order according to rule. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.150) striyaḥ punantu ma śira imaṃ me varuṇena ca / pretasya pāvanaṃ kṛtvā śālagrāmaśilodakaiḥ // > Reciting ‘May the waters purify me’, ‘The head’, and ‘This of mine, O Varuṇa’, > Having purified the deceased with water from a śālagrāma stone, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.151) viṣṇumuddiśya dātavyā suśīlā gauḥ payasvinī / tilā lauhaṃ hiraṇyañca karpāsaṃ lavaṇaṃ tathā // > Dedicated to Viṣṇu, a well-behaved, milch cow should be given; / sesame seeds, iron, gold, cotton, salt, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.152) saptadhānyaṃ kṣitirgāva ekaikaṃ pāvanaṃ smṛtam / tilapātraṃ tato dadyātpadadānaṃ tathaiva ca // > seven kinds of grain, land, and cows are remembered each as purifying. / Then he should give a vessel of sesame and likewise the gift of sandals. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.153) kartavyaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ śrāddhaṃ pretamuktyarthamātmanaḥ / pretamokṣaṃ tataḥ kuryāddhṛdi viṣṇuṃ prakalpyaca // > A Vaiṣṇava śrāddha should be performed for the liberation of the ghost; / then he should effect the liberation of the ghost, contemplating Viṣṇu in his heart. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.154) evaṃ puttalakaṃ kṛtvā dāhayedvidhipūrvakam / tacchruddhaye tu saṃskartā putrādirniṣkṛtiṃ caret // > Having thus made an effigy, he should burn it according to the rule. / For its purification, the performer of the rites, such as a son, should perform an expiation: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.155) trīnkṛcchrānṣaḍdvādaśa ca tathā pañcadaśāpi ca / prāyaścittanimittānusāreṇa vipravatsmṛtaḥ // > three Kṛcchra penances, or six, twelve, or even fifteen, / according to the occasion of the expiation, as handed down by the brāhmaṇas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.156) aśaktau gohiraṇyādi pratyāmnāyaṃ caredapi / ātmano 'nadhikāritve śuddhimevaṃ caredvundhaḥ // > In case of inability, he should perform a substitute rite such as the gift of a cow or gold; / in case of his own unfitness, the wise man should thus perform purification. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.157) aśuddhena tu yaddattamuddiśyāśuddhimeva ca / nopatiṣṭhati tatsarvamantarikṣe vinaśyati // > Whatever is given by an impure person, or designated for an impure state, / does not reach \[the deceased\]; all of it perishes in the mid-air. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.158) śuddhiṃ sampādya kartavyaṃ dahanādyaurdhvadehikam / akṛtvā niṣkṛtiṃ yastu kurute dahanādikam // > Having effected purification, the funeral rites such as cremation must be performed. / But one who performs cremation and the other rites without doing penance, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.159) matipūrvamamatyā ca kramāttaniṣkṛtiṃ śṛṇu / kṛtvāgnimudakaṃ snānaṃ sparśanaṃ vahanaṃ kathām // > hear in turn the expiation for that, whether done intentionally or unintentionally: / \[if one has\] lit the fire, offered water, bathed, touched, carried, spoken \[with them\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.160) rajjucchedāśrupātañca taptakṛcchreṇa śudhyati / eṣāmanyatamaṃ pretaṃ yo vahettu dehata vā // > cut the rope, or shed tears, one is purified by a taptakṛcchra penance. / If someone carries any one of these ghosts, or burns them, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.161) kaṭodakakriyāṃ kṛtvā kṛcchra sāntapanaṃ caret / nimitte laghuni svalpaṃ mahanmahati kalpayet // > or performs the water libation with a mat, they must perform the sāntapana kṛcchra. / For a slight cause one should assign a light penance, and for a great one, a great penance. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.162) garuḍa uvāca / kṛcchrasya taptakṛcchrasya tathā sāntapanasya ca / lakṣaṇaṃ brūhi me svāmiṃstrayāṇāmapi suvrata // > Garuḍa said: / Tell me, O Lord, O faithful one, the characteristics / of the kṛcchra, the taptakṛcchra, and also the sāntapana, of all three. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.163) śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / tryahaṃ prātastryahaṃ sāyaṃ tryahamadyādayācitam / upavāsastryahañcaiva eṣa kṛcchra udāhṛtaḥ // > The Blessed Kṛṣṇa said: / For three days \[eating\] in the morning, for three days in the evening, for three days eating unasked-for food, / and fasting for three days—this is declared to be the kṛcchra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.164) taptakṣīraghṛtāmbūnāmekaikaṃ pratyahaṃ pibet / ekarātropavāsaśca taptakṛcchra udāhṛtaḥ // > One should drink heated milk, ghee, and water, one on each successive day, / followed by a one-night fast; this is declared to be the taptakṛcchra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.165) gomūtraṃ gomayaṃ kṣīraṃ dadhi sarpiḥ kuśodakam / jagdhvā pare 'hnyupavasetkṛcchraṃ sāntapanañcaran // > Consuming cow urine, cow dung, milk, curd, ghee, and kuśa-grass water, / one should fast on the next day, performing the sāntapana kṛcchra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.166) mayā te 'yaṃ samākhyāto durmṛtasya vidhiḥ khaga / tadā mṛtaṃ vijānīyāddīpanirvāṇamāgataḥ // > This rite for one who died a bad death has been related to you by me, O bird. / One should know him as dead at that time, like a lamp that has gone out. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.167) agnidāhaṃ tataḥ kuryātsūtakañca dinatrayam / daśāhaṃ gartapiṇāḍañca kartavyaṃ pretapūrvakam // > Then one should perform cremation with fire, and observe impurity for three days. / For ten days pit-piṇḍas must be offered, beginning with the deceased. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.168) evaṃ vidhiṃ tataḥ kuryāttataḥ pretaśca muktibhāk / mṛtabhrāntyā pratikṛteḥ kṛte dāhe sa vai yadi // > Then one should perform the rite in this way, and then the departed spirit attains liberation. / But if, after the cremation of an effigy has been done under the illusion that he was dead, he > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.169) āyāti tena kartavyaṃ majjanaṃ ghṛkuṇḍake / jātakarmādisaṃskārāḥ kartavyāḥ punareva tu // > returns, he must perform a bath in a tub of ghee, / and the rites of passage such as the birth ceremonies must be performed again. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.170) ūḍhāmeva svakāṃ bhāryāmudvahedvidhivatpumān / varṣe pañcadaśe pakṣin dvādaśe vā gate sati // > A man should marry according to the rule the very wife he had married before. / When the fifteenth year has passed, O bird, or the twelfth, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.171) ajñātasya proṣitasya kṛtvā pratikṛtiṃ dahet / rajasvalāsūtikayorviśeṣaṃ maraṇe śṛṇu // > having made an effigy of a traveler whose fate is unknown, one should burn it. / Hear the special procedure in the case of the death of a menstruating woman or a woman in childbed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.172) sūtikāyāṃ mṛtāyāntu evaṃ kurvanti yājñikāḥ / kumbhe salilamādāya pañcagavyaṃ tathaiva ca // > When a woman in childbed has died, sacrificial priests proceed in this way: / taking water in a jar, and likewise the five products of the cow, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.173) puṇyābhirabhimantryāpo vācā śuddhiṃ labhettataḥ / śatasūrpodakenādau snāpayitvā yathāvidhi // > having consecrated the waters with auspicious words, she then attains purification. / Having first bathed her according to rule with water from a hundred-holed vessel, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.174) tenaiva snāpayitvā tu dāhaṃ kuryātsvageśvara / pañcabhiḥ snāpayitvā tu gavyaiḥ pretāṃ rajasvalām // > and then bathing her with that \[water\], one should perform the cremation, O Lord of Birds. / But having bathed a dead menstruating woman with the five cow-products, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.175) vastrāntarākṛtiṃ kṛtvā dāhayedvidhipūrvakam / mṛtasya pañcake dāhavidhiṃ vacmi śṛṇuṣva me // > and covering her with another garment, one should cremate her according to rule. / I shall declare the rite of cremation for one who has died during the pañcaka; listen to me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.176) ādau kṛtvā dhaniṣṭhārdhametannakṣatrapañcakam / revatyantaṃ sadā dūṣyamaśubhaṃ sarvadā bhavet // > Beginning with the second half of Dhaniṣṭhā, this group of five asterisms / ending with Revatī is always blameworthy and always inauspicious. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.177) dāhastatra na kartavyo viṣādaḥ sarvajantuṣu / na jalaṃ dīyate teṣu aśubhaṃ sarvadā bhavet // > Cremation must not be performed there; it brings sorrow to all living beings. / Water is not offered in these; it would always be inauspicious. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.178) pañcakānantaraṃ sarvaṃ kāryaṃ kartavyamanyathā / puttrāṇāṃ gotriṇāṃ tasya santāpo 'pyupajāyate // > Everything must be done after the pañcaka, otherwise / grief will arise for his sons and gotra-kin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.179) gṛhe hānirbhavatyeva ṛkṣeṣveṣu mṛtasya ca / atha vā ṛkṣamadye ca dāhastu vidhipūrvakaḥ // > Harm indeed occurs to the house of one who dies in these asterisms. / Or, if cremation is performed in the middle of these asterisms according to rule, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.180) kriyate mānuṣāṇāntu sa vā āhutipūrvakaḥ / viprairvidhirataḥ kāryo mantraistu vidhipūrvakam // > for mortals it should be preceded by oblations. / The rite must be diligently performed by brāhmaṇas with mantras according to rule. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.181) śavasthānasamīpe tu kṣeptavyāḥ puttalāstataḥ / darbhakḷptāstu catvāra ṛkṣamantrābhimantritāḥ // > Then near the place of the corpse, effigies should be placed: / four made of darbha grass, consecrated with the mantras of the asterisms. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.182) tato dāhaḥ prakartavyastaiśca puttalakaiḥ saha / sūtakānte tadā puttraiḥ kāryaṃ śāntikapauṣṭikam // > Then the cremation should be carried out together with those effigies. / Then, at the end of the impurity period, peaceful and prosperity rites should be performed by the sons. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.183) pañcakeṣu mṛto yo 'sau na satiṃ labhate naraḥ / tilān gāñca suvarṇañca tamuddiśya ghṛtaṃ dadet // > A man who dies in the pañcaka asterisms does not attain a good state; / for his sake one should give sesame seeds, a cow, gold, and ghee. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.184) viprāṇāṃ dāpayeddānaṃ sarvavighnavināśanam / bhojanopānahaucchattraṃ hemamudrā ca vāsasī // > One should cause gifts to be given to brāhmaṇas, which destroy all obstacles: / food, shoes, an umbrella, a gold coin, two garments, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.185) dakṣiṇā dīyate vipre pātakasya pramocanaḥ / mayāte 'yaṃ samākhyāto vidhiḥ pañcaharaḥ sthitaḥ / saṃyaminyāṃ yathāyānaṃ yathāvarṣaṃ mṛtakriyā // > and a sacrificial fee is given to a brāhmaṇa, which frees \[him\] from sin. / This rite which removes the pañcaka has been recounted to you by me, / as well as the funeral rites according to the year \[of death\] and the journey to Saṃyaminī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.185.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.4.185.p1) iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe uttarakhaṇḍe pretakalpe śrīkṛṣṇagaruḍasaṃvāde dahanavidhikṛcchralakṣaṇadagdhāgamanarajasvalāmaraṇavidhipañcakamaraṇaprāyaścittanirūpaṇaṃ nāma caturtho 'dhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the fourth chapter in the Pretakalpa in the latter section of the venerable Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, in the dialogue between the Blessed Kṛṣṇa and Garuḍa, entitled 'The Determination of the Cremation Rite, the Characteristics of Kṛcchra, the Return of One Cremated \[in Effigy\], the Rite for Death of a Menstruating Woman, and the Penance for Death in Pañcaka'. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.4.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (16) - [Śāntikamalākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.santi.santikamalakara.4.113_331) — Kamalākarabhaṭṭa 1587, Sanskrit - 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