[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) › 2.5 # Garudapurana 2.5 Garuḍapurāṇa 2.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [2.5.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.154) — 1 part ### [2.5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.1) śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 5 śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / evaṃ dagdhvā naraṃ pretaṃ snātvā kṛtvā tilodakam / agrataḥ strījano gacchedvrajeyuḥ pṛṣṭhato narāḥ // > The venerable Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa—\[Chapter\] 5. / The Blessed Kṛṣṇa said: / Having burned the deceased person in this way, having bathed and offered sesame water, / the women should go in front and the men should walk behind. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.2) prāśayennimbapatrāṇi rudanto nāmapūrvakam / vidhātavyaṃ cācamanaṃ pāṣāṇopari saṃsthite // > They should chew neem leaves while weeping and calling out his name; / sipping of water must be performed while standing on a stone. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.3) te praviśya gṛhaṃ sarve sutādyāśca sapiṇḍakāḥ / bhaveyurdaśarātraṃ vai yata āśaucakaṃ khaga // > All of them, having entered the house—the sons and sapiṇḍas—/ should remain for ten nights, O bird, for that period is the impurity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.4) krītalabdhāśanāḥ sarve svapeyuste pṛthakpṛthak / akṣāralavaṇānnāḥ syurnimajjeyuśca te tryaham // > All of them, eating food that has been bought or received, should sleep separately; / they should have food without alkaline or salt, and should immerse themselves for three days. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.5) amāṃsabhojanāścādhaḥ śayīranbrahmacāriṇaḥ / parasparaṃ na saṃspṛṣṭā dānādhyayanavarjitāḥ // > Eating no meat, celibate, they should sleep on the ground, / not touching one another, refraining from giving gifts and recitation of the Veda, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.6) malināścādhomukhāśca dīnā bhogavivarjitāḥ / aṅgasaṃvāhanaṃ keśamārjanaṃ varjayanti te // > unwashed, with downcast faces, dejected, devoid of pleasures; / they avoid massaging the limbs and combing the hair. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.7) mṛnmaye patraje vāpi bhuñjīraṃste ca bhājane / uvāsantu te kuryurekāhamatha vā tryaham // > They should eat from an earthen vessel or one made of leaves, / and they should fast for one day or for three days. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.8) garuḍa uvāca / āśaucina iti proktamāśaucasya ca vai prabho / lakṣaṇaṃ kiṃ kiyatkālaṃ bhāvyaṃ vā tadyutairnaraiḥ // > Garuḍa said: / It is said, 'They are impure.' What, O Lord, is the characteristic / of impurity, and for how long must men affected by it remain so? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.9) śṛkṛṣṇa uvāca / apanodyantvidaṃ kālādibhirāśu niṣedhakṛt / piṇḍādhyayanadānādeḥ puṅgato 'tiśayo hi tat // > The Blessed Kṛṣṇa said: / It is that which is to be removed by time and other means, which swiftly prohibits / piṇḍa offerings, Vedic study, gifts, and the like; it is indeed a special state attached to the person. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.10) daśāhaṃ śāvamāśaucaṃ sapiṇḍeṣu vidhīyate / janane 'pyevameva syānnipuṇaṃ śuddhimicchatām // > Impurity due to death is prescribed for ten days among sapiṇḍas; / in the case of birth it is just the same, for those who desire thorough purity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.11) janmanyekodakānāntutrirātrācchuddhiriṣyate / śāvasya śeṣācchudhyanti tryahādudakadāyinaḥ // > At birth, purification of समानोदक (samānodakas) is held to be after three nights; / after the remainder of a death-impurity, those who offer water are purified after three days. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.12) ādantajananatsadya ā caulānnaiśikī smṛtā / trirātramā vratādeśāddaśarātramataḥ param // > From birth until the appearance of teeth, \[purification is\] immediate; until the tonsure ceremony, it is declared to be one night; / until the investiture of vows, three nights; beyond that, ten nights. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.13) āśaucaṃ te samākhyātaṃ saṃkṣepātprakṛtaṃ bruve / jalaṃ tridivamākāśe sthāpyaṃ kṣīrañca mṛnmaye // > Impurity has been described to you in brief; I speak of the present topic: / for three days water and milk should be placed in the open air in an earthen vessel, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.14) atra snāhi pibātreti mantreṇānena kāśyapa / kāṣṭhatraye guṇairbaddhe prītyai rātrau catuṣpathe // > with this mantra: 'Bathe here, drink here, O descendant of Kaśyapa,' / upon three sticks bound with ropes, for his gratification at night at a crossroad. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.15) prathame 'hni tṛtīye vā saptame navame tathā / asthisaṃcayanaṃ kāryaṃ dine tadgotrajaiḥ saha // > On the first day, or on the third, or on the seventh or ninth day, / the collection of bones must be performed on that day together with the members of his gotra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.16) tadūrdhvamaṅgasaṃsparśaḥ sapiṇḍānāṃ vidhīyate / yogyāḥ sarvakriyāṇāṃ ca samānasalilāstathā // > After that, touching the limbs of the sapiṇḍas is prescribed; / and they are fit for all rites, as are those of equal water oblations. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.17) pretapiṇḍaṃ bahirdadyāddarbhamātravivarjitam / prāgudīcyāṃ caruṃ kṛtvā snātvā prayatamānasaḥ // > One should offer the funeral rice-ball outside, without darbha grass, / having prepared the boiled rice in the northeast, having bathed with a concentrated mind. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.18) bhūmāvasaṃskṛtānāṃ ca saṃskṛtānāṃ kuśeṣu ca / navabhirdivasaiḥ piṇḍānnava dadyātsamāhitaḥ // > On the ground for those without funerary rites, and on kuśa grass for those who had rites, / one should offer nine rice-balls attentively over nine days. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.19) daśamaṃ piṇḍamutsṛjya rātriśeṣe śucirbhavet / asagotraḥ sagotro vā yadi strī yati vā pumān // > Having offered the tenth rice-ball, one becomes pure at the end of the night, / whether of a different clan or the same clan, whether a woman or a man. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.20) prathame 'hani yo dadyātsa daśāhaṃ samāpayet / śālinā saktubhirvāpi śākairvāpyatha nirvapet // > He who offers on the first day must complete the ten days; / he should offer \[it\] with rice, barley meal, or greens. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.21) prathame 'hani yaddravyaṃ tadeva syāddaśāhikam / yāvadāśaucamekaikasyāñjalerdānamucyate // > Whatever substance \[is used\] on the first day should be used for the ten days. / An offering of a single handful of water is prescribed for as long as the impurity lasts; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.22) yadvā yasmindine dānaṃ tasmiṃstaddinasaṃkhyayā / daśāhe 'ñjalayaḥ pakṣinpañcāśadantime // > or the offering on any day should match the number of that day. / Over ten days, O bird, fifty handfuls of water \[are offered\] at the end; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.23) dvivṛddhyā vā bhavetpakṣinnañjalīnāṃ śataṃ punaḥ / yadāhi tryahamāśaucaṃ tadā vāñjalayo daśa // > or, increasing by two each day, O bird, the handfuls of water again become one hundred. / But when impurity lasts three days, then ten handfuls of water \[are offered\]: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.24) trayo 'ñjalaya evaṃ tu prathame 'hanivai tadā / catvārastu dvitīye 'hni tṛtīye syustrayastathā // > three handfuls of water on the first day, / four on the second day, and three on the third day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.25) śatāñjali yadā pakṣinnādye triṃśattadāhani / catvāriṃśaddvitīye 'hni triṃśadahni tṛtīyake // > When there are a hundred handfuls of water, O bird, then thirty \[are offered\] on the first day, / forty on the second day, and thirty on the third day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.26) evaṃ jalasyāñjalayo vibhājyāḥ pakṣayordvayoḥ / sarveṣu pitṛkāryeṣu putro mukyo 'dhikāravān // > Thus the handfuls of water are to be divided between the two methods. / In all rites for ancestors, the son is primarily qualified. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.27) piṇḍaprasekastūṣṇīñca puṣpadhūpādikaṃ tathā / daśame 'hani samprāpte snānaṃ grāmādvahiścaret // > The sprinkling of the rice-ball, as well as flowers, incense, and the like, are \[offered\] silently. / When the tenth day has arrived, one should perform a bath outside the village; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.28) tatra tyājyāni vāsāṃsi keśaśmaśrunakhāni ca / vipraḥ śudhyatyapaḥ spṛṣṭvā kṣattriyo vāhanaṃ tathā // > there garments, hair, beard, and nails are to be discarded. / A brahmin is purified by touching water; a kṣatriya, his mount; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.29) vaiśyaḥ pratodaṃ raśmīnvā śūdro yaṣṭiṃ kṛtakriyaḥ / mṛtādalpavayobhiśca sapiṇḍaiḥ parivāpanam // > a vaiśya, his goad or reins; and a śūdra, his staff, once the rite is completed. / And tonsure is to be performed by the sapiṇḍas who are younger than the deceased. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.30) kāryantu ṣoḍaśī ṣaḍbhiḥ piṇḍairdaśabhiraiva ca / prathamā malinā hyetairādaśāhaṃ mṛterbhavet // > The set of sixteen is to be performed with sixteen rice-balls, and the first impure set / is made of these \[balls\] up to the tenth day from death. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.31) dināni daśa yānṣiṇḍānkurvantyatra sutādayaḥ / pratyahaṃ te vibhajyante caturbhāgaiḥ khagottama // > The rice-balls that the sons and others offer over the ten days / are divided each day into four parts, O best of birds: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.32) bhāgadvayena dehaḥ syāttṛtīyena yamānugāḥ / tṛpyanti hi caturthena svayamapyupajīvati // > by two parts the body is formed, by the third the attendants of Yama / are satisfied, and by the fourth \[the deceased\] himself lives. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.33) ahorātraistu navabhirdeho niṣpattimāpnuyāt / śirastvādyena piṇḍena pretasya kriyate tathā // > Over nine days and nights the body reaches completion: / the head of the deceased is formed by the first rice-ball, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.34) dvitīyena tu karṇākṣināsikaṃ tu samāsataḥ / galāṃsabhujavakṣaśca tṛtīyena tathā kramāt // > the ears, eyes, and nose by the second, in brief, / and the neck, shoulders, arms, and chest by the third, in order; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.35) caturthena ca piṇḍena nābhiliṅgagudaṃ tathā / jānujaṅghaṃ tathā pādau pañcamena tu sarvadā // > by the fourth rice-ball, the navel, penis, and anus, / and the knees, shanks, and two feet always by the fifth; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.36) sarvamarmāṇi ṣaṣṭhena saptamena tu nāḍayaḥ / dantalomānyaṣṭamena vīryantu navamena ca // > all vital points by the sixth, and the channels by the seventh; / teeth and body hair by the eighth, and semen by the ninth; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.37) daśamena tu pūrṇatvaṃ tṛptatā kṣudviparyayaḥ / madhyamāṃ ṣoḍaśīṃ vacmi vainateya śṛṇuṣva me // > by the tenth, completeness, satisfaction, and the cessation of hunger. / I shall tell you the middle set of sixteen; hear me, O Vainateya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.38) viṣṇavādiviṣṇuparyantānyekādaśa tathā khaga / śrāddhāni pañca devānāmityeṣāṃ madhyaṣīḍaśī // > Eleven beginning and ending with Viṣṇu, O bird, / and the five śrāddhas to the gods—this is the middle set of sixteen. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.39) nimittaṃ durmatiṃ kṛtvā yadi nārāyaṇo baliḥ / ekādaśāhe kartavyo vṛṣotsargo 'pi tatra vai // > If, by bad counsel, an offering to Nārāyaṇa is undertaken as the cause, / it should be performed on the eleventh day, and the bull-release also then. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.40) ekādaśāhe pretasya yasyātsṛjyeta no vṛṣaḥ / pretatvaṃ susthiraṃ tasya dattaiḥ śrāddhaśatairapi // > For whatever deceased person a bull is not released on the eleventh day, / his ghost-state remains permanently fixed, even if hundreds of śrāddhas are offered. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.41) akṛtvā yadvṛṣotsargaṃ kṛtaṃ vai piṇḍapātanam / niṣphalaṃ sakalaṃ vidyātpramītāya na tadbhavet // > Whatever offering of rice-balls is made without performing the bull-release, / one should know all of it is fruitless; it does not reach the deceased. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.42) vṛṣotsargādṛte nānyatkiñcidasti mahītale / putraḥ patnyatha dauhitraḥ pitā vā duhitātha vā // > There is nothing else on the face of the earth equal to the bull-release. / A son, wife, daughter's son, father, or daughter > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.43) mṛtādanantaraṃ tasya dhruvaṃ kāryo vṛṣotsavaḥ / caturvatsatarīyukto yasyotsṛjyeta vā vṛṣaḥ // > must certainly perform the bull festival immediately after his death. / For whomsoever a bull accompanied by four heifers is released, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.44) alaṅkṛto vidhānena pretatvaṃ tasya no bhavet / ekādaśe 'hni samprāpte vṛṣālābho bhavedyadi // > adorned according to rule, his ghost-state ceases to be. / If on the eleventh day a bull cannot be obtained, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.45) darbhaiḥ piṣṭaistu sampādya taṃ vṛṣaṃ mocayedvudhaḥ / vṛṣotsarjanavelāyāṃ vṛṣābhāva (lābha) kathañcana // > a wise person, having made that bull of flour with darbha grass, should release it. / If at the time of the bull-release there is an absence of a bull in any way, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.46) mṛttikābhistu darbhairvā vṛṣaṃ kṛtvā vimocayet / yadiṣṭaṃ jīvatastasya dadyādekādaśe 'hani // > having fashioned a bull from clay or darbha grass, one should release it. / On the eleventh day, one should give whatever was dear to him in life. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.47) mṛtamuddiśya dātavyaṃ śayyādhenvādikaṃ tathā / viprānbahūn bhojayīta pretasya kṣudviśāntaye // > A bed, a cow, and the like should be given for the sake of the deceased; / one should feed many brahmins to appease the hunger of the deceased. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.48) tṛtīyāṃ ṣoḍaśīṃ vacmi vainateya śṛṇuṣva tām / dvādaśa pratimāsyāni ādyaṃ ṣāṇmāsikaṃ tathā // > I shall tell of the third set of sixteen; hear it, O Vainateya: / twelve monthly rites, the first \[śrāddha\], the six-month rite, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.49) sapiṇḍīkaraṇaṃ caiva tṛtīyā ṣoḍaśī matā / dvādaśāhe tripakṣe ca ṣaṇmāse māsike 'bdike // > and the sapiṇḍīkaraṇa—this is considered the third set of sixteen. / On the twelfth day, at the end of three fortnights, at six months, monthly, or yearly, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.50) tṛtīyāṃ ṣoḍaśīmenāṃ vadanti matabhedataḥ / yasyaitā ni na dattāni pretaśrāddhāni ṣoḍaśa // > they declare this third set of sixteen according to differences of opinion. / He for whom these sixteen funeral śrāddhas are not offered, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.51) piśācatvaṃ sthiraṃ tasya dattaiḥ śrāddhaśatairapi / ekādaśe dvādaśe vā dine ādyaṃ prakīrtitam // > his ghost-state remains fixed, even if hundreds of śrāddhas are offered. / The first \[śrāddha\] is proclaimed on the eleventh or twelfth day, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.52) māsādau pratimāsañca śuddhaṃ mṛtatithau khaga / ekenāhnā tribhirvāpi hīneṣu vinatāsuta // > and the pure monthly rite at the beginning of each month on the lunar day of death, O bird. / Lessened by one or three days, O son of Vinatā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.53) māsaṣaṇmāsavarṣeṣu tripakṣeṣu bhavanti hi / śrāddhānyathasyātsāpiṇḍyaṃ pūrṇe varṣe tadardhake // > the śrāddhas are performed in the month, the six months, the year, and at three fortnights. / Then the sāpiṇḍya rite for men may take place at the full year, at its half, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.54) tripakṣe 'bhyudaye vāpi dvādaśāhe 'tha vā nṛṇām / ānantyātkuladharmāṇāṃ puṃsāñcaivāyuṣaḥ kṣayāt // > at three fortnights, on an auspicious occasion, or on the twelfth day. / Because of the endless variety of family duties and the decline of human lifespan, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.55) asthiratvāccharīrasya dvādaśāhe praśasyate / sapiṇḍīkaraṇeṣvevaṃ vidhiṃ pakṣīndra me śṛṇu // > and because of the instability of the body, \[performing it\] on the twelfth day is praised. / Hear from me, O king of birds, the rule regarding the sapiṇḍīkaraṇa rites: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.56) ekoddiṣṭavidhānena kāryaṃ tadapi kāśyapa / tilagandhodakairyuktaṃ kuryātpātracatuṣṭayam // > that too is to be performed according to the rule for single-ancestor rites, O Kaśyapa. / One should prepare four vessels supplied with sesame seeds, perfume, and water. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.57) pātraṃ pretasya tatraikaṃ pitryaṃ pātratrayaṃ tathā / secayetpitṛpātreṣu pretapātraṃ khaga triṣu // > One vessel is for the deceased, and three vessels are for the ancestors; / one should pour the vessel of the deceased into the three vessels of the ancestors, O bird. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.58) caturo nirvapetpiṇḍānpūrvanteṣu samāpayet / tataḥ prabhṛti vai pretaḥ pitṛsāmānyamaśnute // > One should offer four rice-balls, and merge the first into the others. / From then on, the deceased indeed shares the status of an ancestor. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.59) tataḥ pitṛtvamāpanne tasminprete khageśvara / śrāddhadharmairaśeṣaistu tatpūrvānarcayetpitṝn // > When that deceased person has attained the state of an ancestor, O lord of birds, / one should worship the ancestors preceding him with all the rites of śrāddha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.60) ekacityārohaṇe ca ekāhni maraṇe tathā / sāpiṇḍyantu striyā nāsti mṛte bhartuḥ striyo bhavet // > When ascending the same funeral pyre and when dying on the same day, / there is no separate sāpiṇḍya for a woman; it occurs with her husband when she has died. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.61) pākaikyamatha kālaikyaṃ kartraikyañca bhavetkhaga / śrāddhādau saha dāhe ca patipatnyorna saṃśayaḥ // > There is identity of cooking, identity of time, and identity of performer, O bird, / for husband and wife in śrāddhas and in cremation together, without doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.62) bharturmṛtatitheranyatithau citimathāruhet / tāṃmṛtāhani tu samprāpte pṛthak piṇḍena yojayet // > If she mounts the pyre on a lunar day other than her husband's day of death, / then, when her day of death arrives, one should unite her with a separate rice-ball, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.63) pratyabdañca yugapattu samāpayet // > and every year one should complete it simultaneously. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.64) yasya saṃvatsarādarvāk sapiṇḍīkaraṇaṃ bhavet / māsikañcodakumbhañca deyaṃ tasyāpi vatsaram // > For one whose sapindī-karaṇa takes place before the full year, / the monthly offering and water-pot should still be given for the entire year. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.65) navaśrāddhaṃ sapiṇḍatvaṃ śrāddhānyapi ca ṣoḍaśa / ekenaiva tu kāryāṇi saṃvibhaktadhaneṣvapi // > The navaśrāddha, the sapindī-karaṇa, and the sixteen śrāddhas / must be performed by one \[son\] alone, even when the property has been divided. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.66) pitāmahībhiḥ sāpiṇḍyaṃ tathā mātāmahaiḥ saha / uktaṃ bhartrāpi sāpiṇḍyaṃ striyā veṣayabhedataḥ // > Sāpiṇḍya \[may be performed\] with paternal grandmothers, and likewise with maternal grandfathers; / sāpiṇḍya for a woman is also taught with her husband according to different circumstances. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.67) navaśrāddhasya te kālaṃ vakṣyāmi śṛṇu kāśyapa / maraṇāhni mṛtisthāne śrāddhaṃ pakṣinprakalpayet // > I shall tell you the time for the navaśrāddha; listen, O Kaśyapa: / on the day of death, at the place of death, O bird, one should arrange a śrāddha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.68) dvitīyañca tato mārge viśrāmo yatra kāritaḥ / tataḥ sañcayanasthāne tṛtīyaṃ śrāddhamucyate // > And the second \[is performed\] on the road, wherever a rest was made; / then at the place where the bones are collected, the third śrāddha is said \[to be done\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.69) pañcame saptame tadvadaṣṭame navame tathā / daśamaikādaśe caiva nava śrāddhāni vai khaga // > Likewise on the fifth, the seventh, the eighth, and the ninth, / and on the tenth and eleventh: these indeed are the nine śrāddhas, O bird. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.70) śrāddhāni nava caitāni tṛtīyā ṣoḍaśī smṛtā / ekoddiṣṭavidhānena kāryāṇi manujaistathā // > And these nine śrāddhas, together with the third set of sixteen, it is taught, / should likewise be performed by men according to the ekoddiṣṭa rite. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.71) prathame 'hni tṛtīye vā pañcame saptame tathā / navamaikādaśe caiva navaśrāddhaṃ prakīrtitam // > On the first day, or the third, on the fifth, likewise the seventh, / and on the ninth and eleventh, the navaśrāddha is declared. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.72) ucyante ṣaḍimānīha nava syurapi yāgetaḥ / uktāni te mayā tāni ṛṣīṇāṃ matabhedataḥ // > These six are spoken of here, or they may be nine according to ritual practice; / these have been declared to you by me according to the different opinions of the sages. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.73) rūḍhipakṣo mamābhīṣṭo yogaḥ kaiścidiheṣyate / ādye dvitīye dātavyastathaivaikaṃ pavitrakam // > The conventional view is approved by me, \[though\] the etymological view is preferred by some here. / On the first and second, one pavitraka should likewise be offered. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.74) pretāya piṇḍo dātavyo bhuktavatsu dvijātiṣu / praśrastatrābhiraṇyeti yajamānadvijanmanā // > The piṇḍa should be offered to the deceased after the twice-born have eaten; / the query there is 'abhiramyatām' by the patron and the twice-born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.75) akṣayyamamukasyeti vaktavyaṃ viratau tathā / ekoddiṣṭaṃ me nibodha cetthamāvatsaraṃ smṛtam // > At the conclusion, 'May it be imperishable for so-and-so' is to be uttered; / learn from me the ekoddiṣṭa, which is traditionally taught as lasting for up to a year. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.76) sapiṇḍīkaraṇādūrdhvaṃ yāni śrāddhāni ṣoḍaśa / ekoddiṣṭavidhānena caredvā pārvaṇādṛte // > The sixteen śrāddhas that follow after the sapindī-karaṇa / one may perform according to the ekoddiṣṭa rite, or without a pārvaṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.77) pratyabdaṃ yo yathā kuryāttathā kuryātsa tānyapi / ekādaśe dvādaśe 'hni preto bhuṅkte dinadvayam // > As one would perform them annually, so should he perform those as well. / On the eleventh and twelfth days, the deceased eats for two days. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.78) yoṣitaḥ puruṣasyāpi piṇḍaṃ preteti nirvapet / sāpiṇḍye tu kṛte tasya pretaśabdo nivartate // > Whether for a woman or for a man, one should offer the piṇḍa \[saying\] 'to the preta'; / but once sāpiṇḍya has been performed, the designation 'preta' ceases for that person. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.79) dīpadānaṃ prakartavyamāvarṣantu gṛhādbahiḥ / annaṃ dīpo jalaṃ vastramanyadvādīyate ca yat // > The offering of a lamp must be performed outside the house for up to a year; / food, a lamp, water, clothing, or whatever else is given, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.80) tṛptidaṃ pretaśabdena sapiṇḍīkaraṇāvadhi / abdakṛtyaṃ mayoktante samāsādvinatāsuta // > bestows satisfaction \[when offered\] with the word 'preta' until the sapindī-karaṇa. / The annual ritual duty has thus been declared in brief to you by me, O son of Vinatā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.81) vaivasvatagṛhe yānaṃ yathā tattu nibodhameḥ / trayodaśe 'hni śravaṇākarmaṇonantarantu saḥ // > Now understand from me how the journey to the abode of Vaivasvata \[takes place\]: / on the thirteenth day, immediately after the rites of hearing, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.82) tvaggṛhītāhivattārkṣya gṛhīto yamakiṅkaraiḥ / tasminmārge vrajatyeko gṛhīta iva markaṭaḥ // > like a serpent seized by the skin, O Tārkṣya, he is seized by Yama's servants; / he travels alone upon that road like a captive monkey. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.83) vāyvagrasārivadrūpaṃ dehamanyatprapadyate / tatpiṇḍajaṃ pātanārthamanyattu pitṛsambhavam // > He assumes another body, which has a form moving before the wind; / that \[body\] is born from the piṇḍas for the sake of punishment, whereas the other body was born from the parents. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.84) tatpramāṇavayo 'vasthāsaṃsthānāṃ pragbhavo yathā / ṣaḍaśīti sahasrāṇi yojanānāṃ pramāṇataḥ // > It has the same size, age, condition, and form as his previous existence. / In terms of measure, it is eighty-six thousand yojanas: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.85) adhvāntarāliko jñeyo yamamānuṣalokayoḥ / sādhikārdhakrośayutaṃ yojanānāṃ śatadvayam // > such is to be known as the intermediate road between the realms of Yama and mortals. / Two hundred yojanas, / together with forty-seven, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.86) catvāriṃ śattathā sapta pratyahaṃ yāti tatra saḥ / aṣṭācatvāriṃśatā ca traiṃśatā divasairiti // > and an additional half-krośa, he travels each day there; / thus in three hundred and forty-eight days, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.87) vaivasvatapuraṃ yāti kṛṣyamāṇo yamānugaiḥ / evaṃ krameṇa yātabye mārge pāparataistu yat // > he goes to the city of Vaivasvata, dragged along by Yama's attendants. / As the road is thus to be traversed in sequence, that which happens > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.88) jāyate saprapañcaṃ tacchṛṇu tvamaruṇānuja / trayodaśadine dattaḥ pāśairbaddhvātidāruṇaiḥ // > to those devoted to sin—hear that in detail, O younger brother of Aruṇa. / Delivered on the thirteenth day, bound with exceedingly terrible bonds, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.89) yamasyāṅkuśahasto vai bhṛkuṭīkuṭilānanaḥ / daṇḍaprahārasambhrāntaḥ kṛṣyate dakṣiṇāṃ diśam // > by \[the messenger\] of Yama who holds a goad in hand, with a face crooked by a frown, / bewildered by blows of the staff, he is dragged toward the southern quarter. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.90) kuśakaṇṭakavalmīkaśaṅkupāṣāṇakarkaśe / tathā pradīptajvalane kvacicchvabhraśatotkaṭe // > Along a road rough with kuśa grass, thorns, ant-hills, stakes, and stones, / and likewise blazing with fire, in places formidable with hundreds of pits, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.91) pradīptādityatapte ca dahyamānaḥ sadaṃśake / kṛṣyate yamadūtaiśca śivāvannādabhīṣaṇaiḥ // > parched by the blazing sun, burning, and infested with biting insects, / he is dragged by Yama's messengers, who terrify with howls like jackals. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.92) prayātiḥ dāruṇe mārge pāpakarmā yamālaye / kalevare dahyamāne mahāntaṃ kṣayamṛcchati // > The evildoer proceeds along that dreadful path to Yama's abode; / while his body is burning, he suffers great destruction. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.93) bhakṣyamāṇe tathaivāṅge bhidyamāne ca dāruṇam / chidyamāne cirataraṃ janturduḥ khamavāpnute // > While his limbs are being devoured, and torn dreadfully, / and cut into pieces, the creature endures misery for a very long time. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.94) svena karmavi pākena dehāntaragato 'pi san / purāṇi ṣoḍaśāmuṣmanmārge tāni ca me śṛṇu // > Even though he has entered another body as a result of the ripening of his own karma, / hear from me about the sixteen cities along that path: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.95) yāmyaṃ sauripuraṃ nagedvabhavanaṃ gandharvaśailāgamau krauñcaṃ krūrapuraṃ vicitrabhavanaṃ bahvāpadaṃ duḥ khadam / nānākrandapuraṃ sutaptabhavanaṃ raudraṃ payovarṣaṇaṃ śītāḍhyaṃ bahubhītiṣoḍaśapurāṇyetānyadṛṣṭani te // > Yāmya, Sauripura, Nagendrabhavana, Gandharva, Śailāgama, / Krauñca, Krūrapura, Vicitrabhavana, Bahvāpada, Duḥkhada, / Nānākrandapura, Sutaptabhavana, Raudra, Payovarṣaṇa, / Śītāḍhya, and Bahubhīti: these are the sixteen cities not seen \[in life\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.96) tatra yāmya puraṃ gacchanputraputreti ca bruvan / hāheti krandate nityaṃ svakṛtaṃ duṣkṛtaṃ smaran // > There, going to Yāmyapura and crying out 'O my son, my son!', / he continually wails 'Alas, alas!', remembering his own evil deeds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.97) aṣṭādaśodine tārkṣya tatpura prāpnuyādasau / puṣpabhadrā nadī yatra nyagrodhaḥ priyadarśanaḥ // > On the eighteenth day, O Tārkṣya, he reaches that city, / where there is the river Puṣpabhadrā and a pleasing banyan tree. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.98) viśrāmecchāṃ karotyatra kārayanti na te bhaṭāḥ / kṣitau dattaṃ sutaistasya snehādvā kṛpayā tathā // > There he desires to rest, but those guards do not allow it. / Offered on the ground by his son out of affection or pity, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.99) māsikaṃ piṇḍamaśnāti tataḥ sauripuraṃ vrajet / vrajannevaṃ pralapate mudgarāhatipīḍitaḥ // > he eats the monthly piṇḍa, and then proceeds to Sauripura. / As he walks, tormented by blows from clubs, he laments in this way: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.100) jalāśayo naiva kṛto mayā tadā manuṣyatṛptyai paśupakṣitṛptaya / gotṛptihetorna ca gocaraḥ kṛtaḥ śarīra he nistara yattvayā kṛtam // > 'No reservoir of water was made by me then for the satisfaction of humans, beasts, or birds; / no pasture was made for the satisfaction of cows! O body, suffer what was done by you!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.101) tatra nāmnā tu rājāsau jaṅgamaḥ kāmarūpadhṛk / bhayāt taddarśanājjātādbhuṅkte piṇḍaṃ sa śaṅkitaḥ // > There the king named Jaṅgama can change his form at will; / out of fear born from the sight of him, he eats the piṇḍa with dread. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.102) tripakṣe jalasaṃyuktaṃ kṣitau dattaṃ tato vrajet / vrajannevaṃ pralapate khaḍgāghātaprapīḍitaḥ // > At forty-five days, \[he eats the piṇḍa\] accompanied by water offered on the ground, and then departs. / As he walks, tormented by sword strikes, he laments in this way: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.103) na nityadānaṃ na gavāhnikaṃ kṛtaṃ pustaṃ ca dattaṃ na hi vedaśāstrayoḥ / purāṇadṛṣṭo na hi sevito 'dhvā śarīra he nistara yattvayā kṛtam // > 'No daily gift was given, no daily food given to cattle, nor was a book of the Veda and śāstras given; / the path taught by the Purāṇas was never pursued! O body, suffer what was done by you!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.104) nagendranagaraṃ gatvā bhuktvā cānnaṃ tathāvidham / māsi dvitīye yaddattaṃ bāndhavaistu tato vrajet // > Having arrived at the city of Nagendra and eaten the food of that kind / offered in the second month by his relatives, he then departs. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.105) vrajannevaṃ pralapate kṛpāṇatsarutāḍitaḥ / parādhānamabhūtsarvaṃmama mūrkhaśiromaṇeḥ // > As he walks, struck with the hilts of swords, he laments in this way: / 'Everything has fallen into the hands of others, for me, the crown jewel among fools! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.106) mahatā puṇyayogena mānuṣyaṃ labdhavānaham / tṛtīye māsi samprāpte gandharvanagare śubham // > Human birth was attained by me through a great accumulation of merit!' / When the third month arrives, \[he reaches\] the lovely city of Gandharva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.107) tṛtīyamāsikaṃ piṇḍaṃ tatra bhuktvā brajatyasau / vrajannevaṃ vilapate tadagreṇāhataḥ pathi // > Having eaten the third monthly piṇḍa there, he departs. / As he walks, struck on the path with the tips of \[their weapons\], he wails in this way: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.108) mayā na dattaṃ na hutaṃ hutāśane tapo na taptaṃ himaśailagahvare / na sevitaṃ gāṅgamaho mahājalaṃ śarīra he nistara yattvayā kṛtam // > 'Nothing was given by me, no oblation made into the sacrificial fire, no austerity practiced in a cavern of the snowy mountain, / the great water of the Gaṅgā, alas, was never frequented! O body, suffer what was done by you!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.109) turye śailāgamaṃ māsi prāpnuyāttatra varṣaṇam / tasyopari bhavetpakṣinpāṣāṇānāṃ nirantaram // > In the fourth month he reaches Śailāgama; there, O bird, / a continuous rain of stones falls upon him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.110) caturthamāsikaṃ śrāddhaṃ bhuktvā tatra prasarpati / sa patanneva vilapanpāṣāṇādyatipīḍitaḥ // > Having consumed the fourth monthly śrāddha offering, he creeps forward there, / constantly lamenting as he falls, terribly tormented by stones and other \[hazards\]: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.111) na jñānamārgo na ca yogamārgo na karmamārgo na ca bhaktimārgaḥ / na sādhusaṅgātkimapi śrutaṃ mayā śarīra he nistara yattvayā kṛtam // > ‘Neither the path of knowledge, nor the path of yoga, nor the path of ritual action, nor the path of devotion was pursued, / nor did I hear anything from the company of the righteous. O body, cross over what was done by you!’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.112) tataḥ krūrapura māsi pañcame yāti kāśyapa / bhuvi dattaṃ piṇḍajalaṃ bhuktvā krūrapuraṃ vrajet // > Then in the fifth month, O Kaśyapa, he goes to Krūrapura; / having consumed the water and the rice-ball given on the earth, he proceeds to Krūrapura. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.113) vrajannevaṃ vilapate paṭṭiśaiḥ pātitaḥ pathi / hā mātarhāpitarbhrātaḥ sutā hā hā mama striyaḥ // > As he goes along, struck down on the path with sharp blades, he laments thus: / ‘Alas, mother! Alas, father! O brother! O sons! Alas, alas, my wives! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.114) yuṣmābhirnopadiṣṭo 'hamavasthāṃ prāpta īdṛśīm / evaṃ lālapyamānaṃ te yamadūtā vadantihi // > I was not instructed by you, \[and so\] I have arrived at such a state!’ / To him as he laments in this way, the messengers of Yama say: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.115) kva mātā kva pitā mūḍha kva jāyā kva sutaḥ suhṛt / svakarmopārjite bhuṅkṣvaṃ mūrkha yātāściraṃ pathi // > ‘Where is your mother? Where is your father, fool? Where is your wife? Where is your son or friend? / Consume what was earned by your own karma, you fool! They have long departed on the path. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.116) jānāsi śambalamalaṃ balamadhvagānāṃ no 'śambalaḥ prayatate paralokagatyai / gantavyamasti tava niścitameva tena mārgeṇa yena na bhavet krayavikrayo 'pi // > You know that provisions for the journey are the full strength of travelers; without provisions, one cannot strive for a state in the next world. / You must certainly travel by that road on which there is not even buying or selling.’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.117) ūnaṣāṇmāsike krauñce bhuktvā piṇḍantu sodakam / ghaṭīmātrantu viśramya vicitranagaraṃ vrajet // > Having consumed the rice-ball with water at Krauñcapura at the semi-annual offering minus a few days, / resting for just a single ghaṭī, he proceeds to Vicitranagara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.118) vrajannevaṃ vilapate śūlāgreṇa vidāritaḥ // > As he goes along, pierced by the point of a pike, he laments thus: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.119) kutra yāmi na hi gāmi jīvitaṃ hā mṛtasya maraṇaṃ punarna vai / itthameva vilapan prayātyasau yātanārhadhṛtavigrahaḥ pati // > ‘Where do I go? I cannot walk! Alas, life has gone; for one dead, there is indeed no second death!’ / Lamenting in this very way, having assumed a body fit for torture, the traveler proceeds on the path. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.120) vicitranagare tatra vicitro nāma pārithivaḥ / tatra ṣaṇmāsapiṇḍena tṛptaḥ san vrajate puraḥ // > In that Vicitranagara, there is an earthly king named Vicitra; / satisfied there by the six-month rice-ball offering, he proceeds onward. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.121) vrajannevaṃ vilapate prāsāgreṇa prapīḍitaḥ // > As he goes along, afflicted by the point of a spear, he laments thus: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.122) mātā bhrātā pitā putraḥ ko 'pi me vartate na vā / yo māmuddharate pāpaṃ patantaṃ duḥ khasāgare // > ‘Is there no mother, brother, father, or son of mine, / who might deliver me, a sinner falling into the ocean of sorrow?’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.123) vrajatastatra mārge tu tatra vaitaraṇī śubhā / śatayojanavistīrṇā pūyaśoṇitasaṃkulā // > As he travels on that path, there lies the auspicious Vaitaraṇī, / a hundred yojanas wide, filled with pus and blood. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.124) āyāti tatra dṛśyante nāvikā dhīvarādayaḥ / te vadanti pradattā gauryadi vaitaraṇī tvayā / nāvamenāṃ samāroha sukenottara vai nadīm // > As he arrives there, boatmen, fishermen, and others are seen; / they say, ‘If a cow for the Vaitaraṇī was gifted by you, / board this boat and cross the river with ease!’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.125) tatra yena pradattā gauḥ sa sukhenaiva tāṃ taret / adāyī tatra ghṛṣyeta karagrāhantu nāvikaiḥ // > There, he by whom a cow was gifted crosses it with ease indeed; / he who gave nothing is seized by the hands of the boatmen and dragged. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.126) ukhaiḥ kākairbakolūkaistīkṣṇatuṇḍairvitudyate / manujānāṃ hitaṃ dānamante vaitaraṇī khaga // > He is pecked by sharp-beaked crows, herons, and owls. / For human beings, the gift \[of a cow\] at the end for the Vaitaraṇī is beneficial, O bird. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.127) dattā pāpaṃ dahet sarvaṃ mama lokantu sā nayet / maptame māsi samprāpte puraṃ bahvāpadaṃ mṛtaḥ // > When gifted, she burns away all sin and leads one to my world. / When the seventh month arrives, the dead man reaches the city of Bahvāpada. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.128) vrajettu sodakaṃ bhuktvā piṇḍaṃ vai saptamāsikam / vrajannevaṃ vilapate parighāhatipīḍitaḥ // > He goes on after consuming the seventh-month rice-ball with water; / as he goes along, afflicted by blows from iron clubs, he laments thus: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.129) na dattaṃ na hutaṃ taptaṃ na snātaṃ na kṛtaṃ hitam / yādṛśaṃ caritaṃ karma mūḍhātman bhuṅkṣva tādṛśam // > ‘Nothing was gifted, nothing was offered into the fire, no asceticism performed, no holy bath taken, no good done! / O foolish soul, suffer according to the kind of karma you have performed!’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.130) māsyaṣṭame duḥ khade tu pare bhuktvātha sodakam / piṇḍaṃ prayātsayau tārkṣya nānākrandapuraṃ tataḥ // > Then, in the eighth month which brings suffering, having consumed the rice-ball with water, / he proceeds, O Tārkṣya, to the city of Nānākrandapura. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.131) prayāṇe ca pravadate musalāghātapīḍitaḥ / kva jāyācaṭulaiścāṭupaṭubhirvacanairmama // > And on the journey, afflicted by blows from pestles, he speaks out: / ‘Where are the meals coaxed by my wife with charming, sweet words, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.132) bhojanaṃ bhallabhallībhirmusalaiśca kva māraṇam / navame māsi dattaṃ vai nānākrandapure tataḥ // > and where is this slaughtering with arrows, spears, and pestles?’ / Then, in the city of Nānākrandapura, eating the rice-ball given in the ninth month, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.133) piṇḍamaśrāti karuṇaṃ nānākrandān karotyapi / daśame māsi dattaṃ vai sutaptabhavanaṃ tataḥ // > he weeps piteously and utters varied cries of agony. / In the tenth month, the offering given \[sustains him\], and from there \[he goes\] to Sutaptabhavana. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.134) sarannevaṃ vilapate halāhatihataḥ pathi / kva sūnupeśalakaraiḥ pādasaṃvāhanaṃ mama // > Creeping along, struck by blows from plows on the road, he laments thus: / ‘Where is the massaging of my feet by the soft hands of my son, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.135) kva dūtavajrapratimakairmatpadakarṣaṇam / daśame māsi piṇḍādi tatra bhuktvā prasarpati // > and where is the dragging of my feet by the messengers \[of Yama\] with hands like thunderbolts?’ / Consuming the rice-ball and other offerings of the tenth month there, he creeps onward. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.136) māse caikādaśe pūrṇe puraṃ raudraṃ sa gacchati / gacchanneva vilapate yathā pṛṣṭhe prapīḍitaḥ // > When the eleventh month is completed, he goes to the city of Raudra; / as he goes along, tormented across his back, he laments: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.137) kvāhaṃ satūlīśayane parivartan kṣaṇe kṣaṇe / bhaṭahastabhraṣṭayaṣṭikṛṣṭapṛṣṭhaḥ kva vā punaḥ // > ‘Where was I, tossing and turning from moment to moment on a bed of cotton down, / and where again is my back beaten with sticks wielded by the hands of soldiers?’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.138) kṣitau dattañca piṇḍādi bhuktvā tatra tato vrajet / payovarṣaṇamityetannāmakaṃ puramaṇḍaja // > Having consumed the rice-ball and offerings given there on the earth, he proceeds from there / to the city named Payovarṣaṇa, O egg-born one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.139) vrajannevaṃ vilapate kuṭhārairmūrdhni tāḍitaḥ / kva bhṛtyakomalakarairgandhatailāvasecanam // > As he goes along, struck upon the head with axes, he laments thus: / ‘Where was the pouring of scented oil by the tender hands of servants, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.140) kva kīnāśānugaiḥ krodhātkuṭhāraiḥ śirasi vyathā / ūnābdikañca yacchrāddhaṃ tatra bhuṅkte suduḥ khitaḥ // > and where is the pain in the head caused by axes in anger by the followers of the god of death?’ / There, intensely miserable, he consumes the śrāddha offering of the eleventh month. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.141) saṃpūrṇe tu tato varṣe śītāḍhyaṃ nagaraṃ vrajet / gacchannevaṃ churikayā cchinnajihvastu roditi // > Then, when the full year is completed, he goes to the city rich in cold; / as he goes along, his tongue severed with a knife, he weeps: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.142) priyālāpaiḥ kva ca sasamadhuratvasya varṇanam / uktamātre 'sipatrādijihvācchedaḥ kva caiva hi // > ‘Where was the description of exquisite sweetness through affectionate words, / and where now, as soon as a word is spoken, is the cutting off of the tongue by sword-blades?’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.143) vārṣikaṃ piṇḍadānādi bhuktvā tatra prasarpati / bahubhītikaraṃ tattat piṇḍajaṃ devamāsthitaḥ // > Consuming the annual offering of rice-balls and other gifts there, he creeps forward; / resorting to that body born of the rice-ball offerings, which produces great fear, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.144) prakāśayati pāppānamātmānañca vinindati / yoṣidapyevametasmin mārge vai paridevati // > he reveals his sins and condemns himself. / A woman also grieves in this very same way on this path. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.145) tato yāmyaṃ nātidūre nagaraṃ sa hi gacchati / catvāriṃśadyojanāni caturyuktānivistṛtam // > From there, not very far away, he goes to the city of Yama, / which extends forty-four yojanas in width. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.146) trayodaśa pratīhārāḥ śravaṇā nāma tatra vai / śravaṇākarmatastuṣyantyanyathā krodhamāpnuyuḥ // > There are thirteen doorkeepers there, indeed named Śravaṇas; / they are pleased by the Śravaṇā-rites, but otherwise they would become enraged. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.147) tatastatrāśu raktākṣaṃ bhinnāñjanacayopamam / mṛtyukālāntakādīnāṃ madhye paśyati vai yamam // > Then, there he quickly beholds Yama, red-eyed, resembling a heap of split collyrium, / amidst Death, Time, the Ender, and others; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.148) daṃṣṭrākarālavadanaṃ bhṛkuṭīdāruṇākṛtim / virūpairbhoṣaṇairvaktrairvṛtaṃ vyādhiśataiḥ prabhum // > with a face formidable with fangs, a terrifying appearance with knitted brows, / the sovereign surrounded by deformed, dreadful faces and hundreds of diseases, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.149) daṇḍāsaktamahābāhuṃ pāśahastaṃ subhairavam / tannirdiṣṭāṃ tato janturgatiṃ yāti śubhāśubhām // > with mighty arms wielding a staff, holding a noose in his hand, exceedingly dreadful. / Then the creature goes to an auspicious or inauspicious destination assigned by him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.150) pāpī pāpāṃ gatiṃ yāti yathā te kathitaṃ purā / chatropānahadātāro ye ca veśmapradāyakāḥ // > The sinner goes to a sinful destination, as was told to you before; / but those who give umbrellas and sandals, and those who give dwellings, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.151) ye tu puṇyakṛtastatra te paśyanti yamaṃ tadā / saumyākṛtiṃ kuṇḍalinaṃ maulimantaṃ dhṛtaśriyam // > and those who perform virtuous deeds, they then behold Yama / of gentle appearance, adorned with earrings, bearing a crown, and endowed with splendor. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.152) ekādaśe dvādaśe hi ṣaṇmāse ābdike tathā / viprān bahūn bhojayet tatra yanmahatī kṣudhā // > Indeed, on the eleventh and twelfth days, at the six-month mark, and at the annual rite, / one should feed many brāhmaṇas, for there the hunger is great. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.153) jīvan putrakalatrādipradiṣṭamitaraiḥ khaga / yo na sādhayati svārthamevaṃ paścāddhikhidyate // > While alive, O bird, he who does not accomplish his own purpose, which has been shown by sons, wives, and others, / suffers later in this very way. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.154) etat te sarvamākhyātaṃ saṃyaminyāṃ yathāgati / proktamāvarṣakṛtyaṃ te kimanyacchrotumicchasi // > All this has been related to you: the journey to Saṃyaminī, / and the duties for the year have been told to you. What else do you wish to hear? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.154.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.154.p1) iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe uttarakhaṇḍe dvitīyāṃśe dharmakāṇḍe pretakalpe śrīkṛṣṇagaruḍasaṃvāde varṣakṛtyayamalokamārgayātanādinirūpaṇaṃ nāma pañcamo 'dhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the fifth chapter, titled ‘Description of the Annual Rites, the Path to the Realm of Yama, the Torments, and so forth,’ in the dialogue between Śrī Kṛṣṇa and Garuḍa, in the Pretakalpa of the Dharmakāṇḍa, the second part 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.2.5.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (18) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.61) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit - [Brahmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahma.214x.47) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.3.13.14) — Sanskrit - [Liṅgapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.42.5) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Mṛtyutattvānusandhānadarśana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.agama.bhairava.mrtyutattvanusandhanadarsana.16) — Sanskrit - [Smṛticandrikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrticandrika.75.p76.3) — Devaṇṇabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Nirṇayasindhu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.73.p1.46) — Kamalākarabhaṭṭa 1612, Sanskrit - [Madanapārijāta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.madanaparijata.9.3-2.3) — Viśveśvarabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Śuddhikaumudī (Govindānanda Kavikaṅkaṇācārya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.asauca.suddhi.suddhikaumudi.2.p109) — Govindānanda Kavikaṅkaṇācārya 1510, Sanskrit - [Bhagavantabhāskara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.bhagavantabhaskara.47.p8) — Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita 1625, Sanskrit - [Śrāddhakaumudī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.sraddha.mithila_bengal.sraddhakaumudi.6.p257) — Govindānanda 1500, Sanskrit - [Dharmasindhu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.krtya.dharmasindhu.p588) — Kāśīnātha Upādhyāya 1790, Sanskrit - [Dharmasindhusāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.siddhanta.karana.dharmasindhusara.p588) — Śivānanda Gosvāmin 1766, Sanskrit - [Gadādharapaddhati](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.gadadharapaddhati.16.p27) — Gadādhara Rājaguru 1725, Sanskrit - [Śūdrakamalākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.jati.sudrakamalakara.39.1-41) — Kamalākarabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Smṛtisāroddhāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.smrtisamgraha.smrtisaroddhara.2.p18) — Nārāyaṇa, Sanskrit - [Cakranārāyaṇīyanibandha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.cakranarayaniyanibandha.2.p18) — Viśvambharatrivedin 1600, Sanskrit - [Śrāddhacandrikā (Divākarabhaṭṭa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.sraddha.sraddhacandrika.3.p4.1) — Divākarabhaṭṭa 1655, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5) · Pramāṇa