[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) › 2.9 # Garudapurana 2.9 Garuḍapurāṇa 2.9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [2.9.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.9.74) — 1 part ### [2.9.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.9.1) śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 9 garuḍa uvāca / uktamādyāṃ kriyāṃ yāvannṛpo 'pītitvayānagha / kasyacitkenacidrājñā kimādyā sā kṛtā purā // > The glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa: Chapter 9. > Garuḍa said: / Up to the first rite has been declared by you, O sinless one, \[saying\] ‘even a king \[may do it\]’; / was that first rite ever performed in the past by any king for anyone? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.9.2) śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / suparṇa śṛṇu vakṣyāmi yathā rājñā kriyā kṛtā / āsīt kṛtayuge rājā vāṅgo vai babhruvāhanaḥ // > Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: / Listen, O fair-winged one, I shall tell how that rite was performed by a king. / In the Kṛta age there was a king of Vāṅga named Babhruvāhana, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.9.3) pṛthivyāścaturantāyā goptā pakṣīndra dharmataḥ / caturbhāgāṃ bhuvaṃ kṛtsnāṃ sa bhuṅke vasudhādhipaḥ // > the protector of the four-cornered earth according to dharma, O lord of birds; / that king of the earth enjoyed the entire four-quartered earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.9.4) na pāpakṛtkaścidāsīttasminrājyaṃ praśāsati / nāsīccaurabhayaṃ tārkṣya na kṣudrabhayameva hi // > While he was ruling the kingdom, no one was an evildoer; / there was no fear of thieves, O Tārkṣya, nor indeed any fear of mean \[miscreants\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.9.5) nāsīdvyādhibhayañcāpi tasmiñjanapadeśvare / svadharme remire cāsīttejasā bhāskaropamaḥ // > There was also no fear of disease while he was ruler of the land; / \[the people\] delighted in their own dharma, and he was like the sun in splendour. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.9.6) akṣubdhatver'calasamaḥ sahiṣṇutve dharāsamaḥ / sa kadācinmahābāhuḥ prabhūtabalavāhanaḥ // > In calmness he was like a mountain; in patience, like the earth. / Once, that mighty-armed king, possessing abundant forces and mounts, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.9.7) vanaṃ jagāma gahanaṃ hayānāñca śatairvṛtaḥ / siṃhanādaiśca yodhānāṃ śaṅkhadundubhiniḥ svanaiḥ // > surrounded by hundreds of horses, went to a dense forest / with the lion-roars of warriors and the sounds of conches and kettledrums. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.9.8) āsītkilakilāśabdastasmin gacchatī pārthive / tatratatra ca viprendraiḥ stūyamānaḥ samantataḥ // > There was a loud clamour as that king advanced, / praised on every side in various places by foremost brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.9.9) niryayau parayā prītyā vanaṃ mṛgajighāṃsayā / sa gacchandadṛśe dhīmānnandanapratimaṃ vanam // > With great delight he set forth into the forest, wishing to kill deer. / As he went, the wise king beheld a forest resembling the Nandana garden, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.9.10) bilvārkakhadirākīrṇaṃ kapitthadhvajasaṃyutam / viṣamaiḥ parvataiścaiva sarvataśca samanvitam // > thronged with bilva, arka, and khadira trees, filled with wood-apple trees, / and bounded on all sides by rugged hills; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.9.11) nirjalaṃ nirmanuṣyañca bahuyojanamāyatam / mṛgasiṃhairmahāghorainyaiścāpi vanecaraiḥ // > waterless, devoid of humans, extending for many leagues, / filled with deer, fierce lions, and other forest-roamers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.9.12) tadvanaṃ manuja vyāghraḥ sabhṛtyabalavāhanaḥ / līlayā loḍayāmāsa sūdayanvividhānmṛgān // > That tiger among men, with his servants, army, and mounts, / stirred up that forest in sport, slaying various deer. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.9.13) mṛgasya kasyacitkukṣiṃ tato vivyādha bhūmipaḥ / rājā mṛgaprasaṅgena tamanu prāviśadvanam // > Then the king pierced the belly of a certain deer; / pursuing that deer, the king entered deep into the forest. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.9.14) ekākī vai hṛtabalaḥ kṣutpripāsāsamanvitaḥ / sa vanasyāntamāsādya mahaccāraṇyamāsadat // > Alone, his troops left behind, overcome by hunger and thirst, / having reached the edge of the forest, he arrived at a great wilderness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.9.15) tṛṣayā parayāviṣṭo 'nviṣyajjalamitastataḥ / sa dūrātpūracakrāhvaṃ haṃsasārasanāditaiḥ // > Seized by great thirst, searching here and there for water, / he came to a lake indicated from afar by the cries of geese and cranes and full of ruddy sheldrakes; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.9.16) sūcitaṃ sara āgatya sāśva eva vyagāhata / padmānāñca parāgeṇa utpalānāṃ rajena ca // > along with his horse, he plunged into it. / Having drunk the pure, cold water, fragrant with the pollen of lotuses / and the dust of blue water-lilies, he came out. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.9.17) sugandhamamalaṃ śītaṃ pītvāmbho nirjagāma ha / mārgaśramapariśrāntastaḍāgataṭamaṇḍapam // > Exhausted by the fatigue of the journey, / seeing a banyan tree like a pavilion on the bank of the pond, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.9.18) nyagrodhaṃ vīkṣya tasyāśu jaṭāsvaśvaṃ babandha ha / sa tatrāstaramāstīrya kheṭakānupadhāya ca // > he quickly tied his horse to its aerial roots. / Spreading a bed there and using his shield as a pillow, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.9.19) sūṣvāpa vāyunā tatra sevyāmātastadā kṣaṇam / kṣaṇaṃ supte nṛpe tatra preto vai pretavāhanaḥ // > fanned by the wind, he then slept there for a moment. / When the king had slept there for a moment, a preta indeed, mounted on a preta, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.9.20) kaścidatrājagāmātha yuktaḥ pretaśatena ca / asthicarmaśirāśeṣaśarīraḥ parivibhraman // > accompanied by a hundred pretas, then arrived there, / wandering about, his body reduced to mere bones, skin, and veins, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.9.21) bhakṣyaṃpeyaṃ mārgamāṇo na badhnāti dhṛtiṃ kvacit / tamapūrvaṃ nṛpo dṛṣṭvākarodastraṃ śarāsane // > seeking food and drink, finding no firmness anywhere. / Seeing that unprecedented \[being\], the king fitted an arrow to his bow. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.9.22) dṛṣṭvā so 'pi ciraṃ bhūpaṃ tasthau sthāṇupivāgrataḥ / tamavasthitamālokya rājā prāptakutūhalaḥ // > Having also gazed at the king for a long time, he stood before him like a post. / Seeing him standing thus, the king, filled with curiosity, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.9.23) papraccha tañca ko 'sīti kuto vā vikṛtiṃ gataḥ / preta uvāca / pretabhāvo mayā tyakto gatiṃ prāpto 'ramyahaṃ parām // > asked him: ‘Who are you, and whence have you fallen into this deformed state?’ / The preta said: / ‘The state of a preta has been abandoned by me; I have quickly attained the supreme state. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.9.24) tvatsaṃyogānmahābāho nāsti dhanyataro mayā / babhruvāhana uvāca / kimetatdipine ghore sarvatrātibhayānake // > Through contact with you, O mighty-armed one, none is more blessed than I.’ / Babhruvāhana said: / ‘What is this in the dreadful forest, terrifying on all sides, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.9.25) dodhūyamāne vātena vātyārūpeṇa koṇapa / pataṅgā maśakāḥ kṣudrāḥ kavandhāśca śirāṃsi ca // > shaken by the wind in the form of a whirlwind, O ghost? / Moths, gnats, vermin, headless trunks, and heads, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.9.26) matsyāḥ kūrmāḥ kṛkalāsā vṛścikā bhramarāhayaḥ / adhomukhordhvapādāste krandamānāḥ sudāruṇam // > fish, tortoises, chameleons, scorpions, bees, and snakes, / crying out piteously, with their heads down and feet up! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.9.27) pravānti vāyavo rūkṣā jvalanto vidyudagnayaḥ / itastato bhramantīva vāyunā tṛṇasantatiḥ // > Harsh winds blow, fires of lightning blaze; / heaps of grass seem to whirl here and there driven by the wind. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.9.28) dṛśyante vividhā jīvā nāgāśca śalabhavrajāḥ / śrūyante bahudhā rāvā na dṛśyante kvacitkvacit // > Various creatures are seen, serpents and swarms of locusts; / manifold shrieks are heard, and \[yet\] nothing is seen here and there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.9.29) dṛṣṭvedaṃ vikṛtaṃ sarvaṃ vepate hṛdayaṃmama / prate uvāca / yeṣāṃ naivāgnisaṃskāro na śrāddhaṃ nodakakriyāḥ // > Having seen all this monstrosity, my heart trembles.’ / The preta said: / ‘Those who have had no cremation, no śrāddha, no water-rites, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.9.30) ṣaṭ piṇḍā daśa gātrāṇi sapiṇḍīkaraṇaṃ na hi / viśvāsaghātino ye ca surāpāḥ svarṇahāriṇaḥ // > no six rice-balls, no ten bodily parts \[formed through rice-balls\], and no sapiṇḍīkaraṇa rite; / and those who are betrayers of trust, drinkers of liquor, stealers of gold, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.9.31) mṛtā durmaraṇādye ca ye cāsūyāparā janāḥ / prāyaścittavihīnā ye agamyāgamane ratāḥ // > those who have died an unnatural death, and people intent on malice, / those destitute of expiation, and those devoted to intercourse with forbidden women— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.9.32) karmabhirbhrāmyamāṇāste prāṇinaḥ svakṛtairiha / durlabhāhārapānīyā dṛśyante pīḍitā bhṛśam // > driven about here by the deeds done by themselves, / those creatures, finding food and drink hard to obtain, are seen severely afflicted. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.9.33) eteṣāṃ kṛpayā rājaṃstvaṃ kuruṣvaurdhvadehikam / yeṣāṃ na mātā na pitā na putro na ca bāndhavāḥ // > Out of compassion, O King, please perform the funeral rites for those / who have no mother, no father, no son, and no relatives. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.9.34) teṣā rājā svayaṃ kuryātkarmāṇi tu yato nṛpaḥ / ātmanaśca śubhaṃ karma kartavyaṃ pāralaukikam // > For them, the king himself should perform the rites, because he is the king. / And an auspicious rite for the next world should be performed by oneself for oneself, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.9.35) vimuktaḥ sarvaduḥ khebhyo yenāñjo durgātiṃ taret / bhrātaraḥ kasya ke putrāstriyo 'pi svārthakovidāḥ // > by which one, freed from all sorrows, quickly crosses beyond misfortune. / Whose brothers are they? Whose sons? Even wives are skilled only in their own self-interest. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.9.36) na kāryasteṣu viśrambha svakṛtaṃ bhujyateyataḥ / gṛheṣvarthā nivarnttante śmaśāne caiva bāndhavāḥ // > No trust should be placed in them, since one experiences what is done by oneself. / Wealth turns back at the house, and kinsmen at the cremation ground; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.9.37) śarīraṃ kāṣṭhāmādatte pāpaṃ puṇyaṃ saha vrajet / tasmādāśu tvayā samyagātmanaḥ śreya icchatā // > the body takes to the wood \[of the pyre\]; \[only\] evil and merit go along with \[the soul\]. / Therefore, desiring your own welfare, with an impermanent body, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.9.38) asthireṇa śarīreṇa kartavyañcaurdhvadohikam / rājovāca / kṛśarūpaḥ karālākṣastvaṃ preta iva lakṣyase // > the post-mortem rite should be performed properly by you without delay.’ / The king said: / ‘Emaciated in form, with terrifying eyes, you appear like a preta. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.9.39) kathayasvaḥ mama prītyā pretarāja yathātatham / tathā pṛṣṭaḥ sa vai rājñā uvāca sakalaṃ svakam // > Tell me truly out of affection, O king of pretas!’ / Thus questioned indeed by the king, he told his entire story. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.9.40) preta uvāca / kathayāmi nṛpaśreṣṭha sarvamevāditastava / pretatve kāraṇaṃ śrutvā dayāṃ kartumihārhasi // > The preta said: / ‘I shall tell you everything from the beginning, O best of kings; / having heard the cause of my ghosthood, you ought to show mercy here. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.9.41) vaidiśaṃ nāma nagaraṃ sarvasampatsukhāvaham / nānājanapadākīrṇaṃ nānāratnasamākulam // > There is a city named Vaidiśa, which brings all prosperity and joy, / teeming with diverse peoples, filled with various kinds of gems. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.9.42) nānāpuṣpavanākīrṇaṃ nānāpuṇyajanāvṛtam / tatrāhaṃ nyavasaṃ bhūpa devārcanarataḥ sadā // > filled with various flower gardens and crowded with all kinds of meritorious people. / There I dwelt, O king, constantly devoted to worshiping the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.9.43) vaiśyajātiḥ sudevo 'haṃ nāmnā viditamastu te / havyena tarpitā devāḥ kavyena pitaro mayā // > Know me by name as Sudeva, of the vaiśya caste. / The gods were satisfied by me with oblations, and the ancestors with offerings to the ancestors. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.9.44) vividhairdānayogaiśca viprāḥ santarpitā mayā / āhāraśca vihāraśca mayā vai suniveśitaḥ // > And the brahmins were gratified by me with various gifts; / food and entertainment were truly provided well by me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.9.45) dīnānāthaviśiṣṭebhyo mayā dattamanekadhā / tatsarvaṃ niṣphalaṃ jātaṃ mama daivādupāgatam // > Much was given by me in many ways to the poor, the helpless, and the distinguished. / All of that has become fruitless, fallen upon me by destiny. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.9.46) na me 'sti santatistāta na suhṛnna ca bāndhavāḥ / na ca mitraṃ hitastādṛgyaḥ kuryādaurdhvadaihikam // > I have no offspring, dear friend, nor a well-wisher, nor relatives, / nor a friend or benefactor such as would perform the funeral rites. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.9.47) pretatvaṃ susthiraṃ tena mama jātaṃ nṛpottama / ekādaśaṃ tripakṣañca ṣāṇmāsikamathābdikam // > Therefore my ghosthood has become firmly fixed, O best of kings. / The eleventh-day, the three-fortnight, the six-month, and the annual \[rites\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.9.48) pratimāsyāni cānyā ni hyevaṃ śrāddhāni ṣoḍaśa / yasyaitāni na dīyante pretaśrāddhāni bhūpate // > and the other monthly ones—thus the sixteen śrāddhas. / He for whom these ghost-śrāddhas are not offered, O king, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.9.49) pretatvaṃ susthiraṃ tasyaḥ dattaiḥ śrāddhaśatairapi / evaṃ jñātvā mahārāja pretatvāduddharasva mām // > his ghosthood remains firmly fixed, even by hundreds of śrāddhas offered \[otherwise\]. / Knowing this, O great king, rescue me from ghosthood! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.9.50) varṇānāñcaiva sarveṣāṃ rājā bandhurihocyate / tanmāṃ tāraya rājendra maṇiratnaṃ dadāmi te // > The king is said to be the kin of all castes here in this world; / therefore, rescue me, O king of kings! I will give you a precious gem. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.9.51) yathā mama śubhāvāptirbhavennṛpavarottama / tathā kāryaṃ mahīpāla dayāṃ kṛtvā mayi prabho // > Act in such a way, O best of noble kings, that auspiciousness may come to me, / having taken pity on me, O lord and ruler of the earth! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.9.52) sapiṇḍairvā sagotrairvā niṣṭurairna kṛto hime / vṛṣotsargastato duṣṭaṃ pretatvaṃ prāptavānaham // > The bull-release was not performed for me by harsh sapinḍas or sagotras; / therefore I have attained this wretched ghosthood. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.9.53) kṣuttṛṣāviṣṭadehaśca bhakṣyaṃ pānaṃ na cāpnuyām / ato vikṛtireṣā vai kṛśātvādiramāṃsakā // > My body is seized by hunger and thirst, and I obtain neither food nor drink; / hence \[arises\] this deformity: emaciation and fleshlessness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.9.54) kṣuttṛḍjanyaṃ mahāduḥ khamanubhavāmi punaḥ punaḥ / akalyāṇaṃ hi pretatvaṃ vṛṣotsargaṃ vinā kṛtam // > Again and again I experience the great suffering born of hunger and thirst. / Inauspicious indeed is ghosthood caused by the absence of the bull-release. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.9.55) tasmādrājandayāsindho prārthayāmi tavāgrataḥ / rājovāca / vartate matkule preta iti jñeyaṃ kathaṃ naraiḥ // > Therefore, O king, ocean of compassion, I pray before you. / The king said: / How are men to know that a ghost exists in their family? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.9.56) tanmamācakṣva hi preta pretatvānmucyate katham / preta uvāca / liṅgena pīḍayā preto 'numātavyo naraiḥ sadā // > Tell me that, ghost, and also how one is released from ghosthood. / The ghost said: / By signs and by afflictions a ghost must always be inferred by men. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.9.57) vakṣyāmi pīḍāstā rājanyā vai pretakṛtā bhuvi / ṛtuḥ syādaphalaḥ strīṇāṃ yadā vaṃśo na vardhate // > I shall declare those afflictions, O king, that are caused by a ghost on earth: / when women's fertile season becomes fruitless, when lineage does not increase, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.9.58) miyante cālpavayasaḥ sā pīḍā petasambhavā / akasmādvṛttiharaṇamapratiṣṭhā janeṣu vai // > and when young children die—that affliction is caused by a ghost. / Sudden loss of livelihood, lack of respect among people, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.9.59) akasmādgahadāhaḥ syātsā pīḍā pretasambhavā / svagehe kalaho nityaṃ syācca mithyābhiśaṃsanapa // > and sudden house-fire—that affliction is caused by a ghost. / Constant quarrel in one's own house, and false accusations, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.9.60) gajayakṣmādisambhūtiḥ sā pīḍā pretasambhavā / api svayaṃ dhanaṃ muktaṃ prayatnādanave pathi // > the onset of pulmonary consumption and other diseases—that affliction is caused by a ghost. / Even when wealth is abandoned by oneself intentionally on a well-known path, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.9.61) naiva labhyeta naśyetaḥ sā pīḍā pretasaṃmavā / suvṛṣṭau kṛṣināśaḥ syādvāṇijyādvṛttināśanam // > it is not found and is lost—that affliction is caused by a ghost. / Failure of crops despite good rain, loss of livelihood from commerce, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.9.62) kalatraṃ patikūlaṃ syātsā pīḍā pretasambhavā / evantu pīḍayā rājanpretajñānaṃ bhavennṛṇām // > and a wife being hostile—that affliction is caused by a ghost. / Thus by affliction, O king, knowledge of a ghost may arise for men. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.9.63) vṛṣotsargo yadi bhavetpretatvānmucyate tadā / tasmānnapa tvamapyevaṃ vṛṣotsargaṃ kuru prabho // > If the bull-release is performed, then one is released from ghosthood. / Therefore, O king, O lord, do you also perform the bull-release in this way, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.9.64) māmuddiśya nṛpe 'pyatrādhikāro 'tyanukampayā / rājaputro hataḥ kaścinmayaivāptastato mayā // > dedicated to me; even in this matter the king has entitlement out of great compassion. / A certain prince was killed by me, and \[the gem\] was obtained by me from him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.9.65) kuruṣva tvaṃ gṛhītvā me taddhanena vṛṣotsavam / kārtikyāṃ paurṇamāsyāṃ vā'śvayuṅmadhye 'thavā nṛpa // > Having taken it from me, perform the festival of the bull-release with that wealth, / on the full moon of Kārttika, or in the middle of Āśvina, O king, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.9.66) revatīyuktadivase kṛṣīṣṭhā me vṛṣotsavam / puṇyānviprānsamāhūya vahniṃ sthāpya vidhānataḥ // > on a day joined with Revatī; perform for me the bull-release, / having summoned virtuous brahmins and established the fire according to rule. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.9.67) mantrairhemastathā kāryaḥ ṣaḍbhirnṛpa vidhānataḥ / bahūnviprān bhojayethāstadratnāptadhanena vai / evaṃ kṛte mahīpāla mama muktirbhaviṣyati // > And an oblation should be made according to rule with the six mantras, O king. / Feed many brahmins with the wealth obtained from that gem; / when this is done, O ruler of the earth, my liberation will come to pass. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.9.68) śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / tatheti pratijagrāha maṇiṃ rājā tataḥ khaga // > Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: / Saying "So be it," the king then accepted the gem, O bird. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.9.69) kriyādhikārastasyaiva yo dhanagrāhako bhavet / kurvatostu tayorvārtāmevaṃ pretamahīkṣitoḥ // > Right to the ritual belongs only to him who takes the wealth. / As the two—the ghost and the ruler of the earth—were conversing thus, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.9.70) jhaṇatkārastu ghaṇṭānāṃ bherīṇāṃ bhāṅkṛtistathā / jātastadā rājasenā caturaṅgā samāpatat // > there arose the clanging of bells and the booming of kettle-drums, / and then the king's fourfold army arrived. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.9.71) tasyāmāgatamātrāyāṃ pretaścādṛśyatāṃ gataḥ / tasmādvanādviniḥ sṛtya rājāpi puramāgamat // > As soon as it arrived, the ghost disappeared. / Leaving that forest, the king too returned to his city. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.9.72) sa kārtikyāṃ pūrṇimāyāṃ pretamuddiśya saṃvyadhāt / vṛṣotsargaṃ vidhānena tanmaṇyāptadhanena ca // > On the full moon of Kārttika, he performed according to rule the bull-release / dedicated to the ghost, with the wealth obtained from that gem. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.9.73) preto 'pyayaṃ sapadilabdhasuvarṇadehaḥ karmānta āgata iti praṇanāma bhūpam / deva tvadīyamahimāyamiti stuvan sa yāto divaṃ garuḍa bhūpatinā kṛtajñaḥ // > And this ghost, having immediately obtained a golden body, came at the conclusion of the ritual and bowed to the king; / praising him, "O lord, this is your majesty!", the grateful one went to heaven, O Garuḍa, through the king. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.9.74) etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ yathā bhūpatināpi saḥ / uddhṛtaḥ pretabhāvādvai kimanyacchrotumicchasi // > All this has been told to you: how he too was rescued / from ghosthood by the ruler of the earth. What else do you wish to hear? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.74.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.9.74.p1) iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe uttarakhaṇḍe dvitīyāṃśe dharmakāṇḍe pretakalpe śrīkṛṣṇagaruḍasaṃvāde rājakṛtavṛṣotsargakriyādinirūpaṇaṃ nāma navamo 'dhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the ninth chapter in the Pretakalpa of the Dharmakāṇḍa, in the second part of the Uttarakhaṇḍa of the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, in the dialogue between Śrī Kṛṣṇa and Garuḍa, entitled 'The Explanation of the Bull-Release Ritual and Other Rites Performed by the King.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.9.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (4) - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.1.68.6) — Sanskrit - [Skandapurāṇa (early; "Ambikākhaṇḍa") (ed. Bakker)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*early*bakker.20.62.7) — Sanskrit - [Śrāddhakaumudī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.sraddha.mithila_bengal.sraddhakaumudi.9.p73) — Govindānanda 1500, Sanskrit - [Kṛtyasārasamuccaya (Amṛtanātha Jhā Śarman)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.krtya.krtyasarasamuccaya.2.p279.3) — Amṛtanātha Jhā Śarman 1800, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.9) · Pramāṇa