[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Garuḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt) › 2.14 # Garudapurana 2.14 English (machine translation) 2.14 - **Language:** English ## Contents - [2.14.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.14.59) — 1 part ### [2.14.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.14.1) The glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa — 14 Garuḍa said: Tell me the fruit of what is given by a distressed person who is dying, or given in a healthy state, or \[given\] without ritual injunctions, O Lord. ### [2.14.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.14.2) Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: One cow \[given\] by one whose mind is sound equals a hundred cows of a sick person, and a thousand of a dying person, given without attachment to wealth. ### [2.14.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.14.3) For a deceased person it is again a hundred thousand, and that is equal when purified by ritual injunction; through the conjunction of a sacred ford and a worthy recipient, a single cow grants the merit of a hundred thousand. ### [2.14.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.14.4) When given to a worthy recipient, O best of birds, it increases day by day; the giver's gift leads to freedom from sin, as does acceptance by the wise. ### [2.14.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.14.5) How could the fire of a mantra that dispels poison and cold become a receptacle of fault? One should give daily to a worthy recipient, especially on specific occasions. ### [2.14.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.14.6) Nothing should be given to an unworthy recipient by a wise person desiring his own welfare; a cow ever given to an unworthy recipient would lead the giver to hell, ### [2.14.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.14.7) and it causes the recipient to fall, together with twenty-one generations of his family. Having attained another body, whatever was done with one's own hand, ### [2.14.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.14.8) just like wealth deposited in the earth by one's own hand— in that very way one obtains the fruit; indeed, so I tell you, O Lord of Birds. ### [2.14.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.14.9) Especially one without a son, desiring liberation, and especially one without wealth, should himself perform his own post-mortem rites. ### [2.14.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.14.10) Indeed, whatever is done by one's own hand even with very little wealth, all of that becomes imperishable, just like clarified butter poured into the sacrificial fire. ### [2.14.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.14.11) A bed, a maiden, and a milch cow must be given singly to a single person; if \[that gift\] is sold, it burns one's family down to the seventh generation. ### [2.14.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.14.12) Therefore, while life is unsteady, one should do everything; he who has taken provisions of gifts travels comfortably along the great road. ### [2.14.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.14.13) Otherwise, devoid of provisions, a creature suffers on the path. Knowing this, O best of birds, one should perform the bull sacrifice. ### [2.14.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.14.14) akṛtvā mriyate yastu aputro naiva muktibhāk aputro 'pi hi yaḥ kuryātsukhaṃ yāti mahāpathe ### [2.14.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.14.15) agnihotrādhibhiryajñairdānaiśca vividhairapi na tāṃ gatimavāpnoti vṛṣotsargeṇa yā gatiḥ ### [2.14.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.14.16) yajñānāṃ caiva sarveṣāṃ vṛṣayajñastathottamaḥ tasmātsarvaprayatnena vṛṣayajñaṃ samācaret ### [2.14.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.14.17) garuḍa uvāca kathayasva prasādena kṣayāhaṃ caurdhvadaihikam kasminkāle tithau kasyāṃ vidhinā kena tadbhavet ### [2.14.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.14.18) kṛtvā kiṃ phalamāpnoti etanme vada sāmpratam tvatprasādena govinda mukte bhavati mānavaḥ ### [2.14.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.14.19) śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca kārtikādiṣu māseṣu yāmyāyatagate ravau śuklapakṣe tathā pakṣindvādaśyāditithau śubhe ### [2.14.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.14.20) śubhe lagne muhūrte vā śucau deśe samāhitaḥ brāhmaṇaṃ tu samāhūya vidhijñaṃ śubhalakṣaṇam ### [2.14.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.14.21) japahomaistathā dānaiḥ kuryāddahesya śodhanam puṇye 'bhijitsunakṣatre grahāndevānsamarcayet ### [2.14.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.14.22) homaṃ kuryādyathāśakti mantraiśca vividhairapi grahāṇāṃ sthāpanaṃ kuryātpūrvaṃ caiva khageśvara ### [2.14.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.14.23) mātṝṇāṃ pūjanaṃ kāryaṃ vasordhārāṃ ca pātayet vahniṃ saṃsthāpya tatraiva pūrṇaṃ homaṃ tu kārayet ### [2.14.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.14.24) śālagrāmaṃ ca saṃsthāpya vaiṣṇavaṃ śrāddhamācaret vṛṣaṃ sampūjya tatraiva vastrālaṅkārabhūṣaṇaiḥ ### [2.14.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.14.25) catasro vatsataryaśca pūrvaṃ samadhivāsayet pradakṣiṇaṃ tataḥ kuryāddhomānte ca visarjanam ### [2.14.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.14.26) imaṃ mantraṃ samuccārya uttarābhimukhaḥ sthitaḥ dharma tvaṃ vṛṣarūpeṇa brahmaṇā nirmitaḥ purā ### [2.14.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.14.27) tavotsargaprabhāvānmāmuddharasvabhavārṇāvāt abiṣicya śubhairmantraiḥ pāvanairvidhipūrvakam ### [2.14.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.14.28) tanakrīḍantimantreṇa vṛṣotsargaṃ tu kārayet abhiṣiñcettato nīlaṃ rudrakumbho dakena tu ### [2.14.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.14.29) nābhimūle samāsthāya tadambu mūrdhani nyaset anna (ātma) śrāddhaṃ tataḥ kuryāddadyāddānaṃ dvijottame ### [2.14.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.14.30) udakecaiva gantavyaṃ jalaṃ tatra pradāpayet yadiṣṭaṃ jīvatastvāsīttacca dadyātsvaśaktitaḥ ### [2.14.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.14.31) nyūnaṃ saṃpūrṇatāṃ yāti vṛṣotsarge kṛte sati sutṛpto dustare mārge mṛto yāti na saṃśayaḥ ### [2.14.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.14.32) yamalokaṃ na paśyanti sadā dānaratā narāḥ yāvanna dīyate jantoḥ śrāddhaṃ caikādaśāhikam ### [2.14.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.14.33) svadattaṃ paradattaṃ vā nehāmutropatiṣṭhati trayodaśā tathā sapta pañca trīṇī krameṇa tu ### [2.14.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.14.34) padadānāni kurvīta śraddhābhaktisamanvitaḥ tilapātrāṇi kurvīta sapta pañca yathākramam ### [2.14.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.14.35) brāhmaṇān bhojayetpaścādekāṃ gāṃ ca pradāpayet vṛṣaṃ hi śannodevīti vedoktavidhinā tataḥ ### [2.14.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.14.36) catasṛbhirvatsatarībhiḥ pariṇayanamācaret vāme cakraṃ pradātavyaṃ triśūlaṃ dakṣiṇe tathā ### [2.14.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.14.37) mūlyaṃ dadyād vṛṣasyāpi taṃ vṛṣaṃ ca visarjayet ekoddiṣṭavidhānena svāhākāreṇa vuddhimān ### [2.14.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.14.38) kuryādekādaśāhaṃ ca dvādaśāhaṃ ca yatnataḥ sapiṇḍīkaraṇādarvākkuryācchrāddhāni ṣoḍaśa ### [2.14.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.14.39) brāhmaṇān bhojayitvā tu padadānāni dāpayet kāposopari saṃsthāpya tāmrapātre tathācyutam ### [2.14.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.14.40) vastreṇācchādya tatrasthamarghaṃ dadyācchubhaiḥ phalaiḥ nāvamikṣumayīṃ kṛtvā paṭṭasūtreṇa veṣṭayet ### [2.14.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.14.41) kāṃsyapātre ghṛtaṃ sthāpya vaitaraṇyā nimittataḥ nāvārohaṇaṃ kuryātpūjayedgaruḍadhvajam ### [2.14.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.14.42) ātmavittānusāreṇa tacca dānamanantakam bhavasāgaramagnānāṃ śokatāpārtiduḥ khinām ### [2.14.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.14.43) dharmaplavavihīnānāṃ tārako hi janārdanaḥ tilā lohaṃ hiraṇyaṃ ca kārpāsaṃ lavaṇaṃ tathā ### [2.14.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.14.44) saptadhānyaṃ kṣitirgāvo hyekaikaṃ pāvanaṃ smṛtam tilapātrāṇi kurvīta śayyādānaṃ ca dāpayet ### [2.14.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.14.45) dīnānāthaviśiṣṭebhyo dadyācchaktyā ca dakṣiṇām evaṃ yaḥ kurute tārkṣya putravānapyaputravān ### [2.14.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.14.46) sa siddhiṃ samavāpnoti yathā te brahmacāriṇaḥ nityaṃ naimittikaṃ kuryādyāvajjīvati mānavaḥ ### [2.14.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.14.47) yaḥ kaścitkriyate dharmastatphalaṃ cākṣayaṃ bhavet tīrthayātrāvratādīnāṃ śrāddhaṃ saṃvatsarasya hi ### [2.14.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.14.48) devatānāṃ gurūṇāṃ ca mātāpitrostathaiva ca puṇyaṃ deyaṃ prayatnena pratyahaṃ vardhate khaga ### [2.14.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.14.49) asminyajñeḥ hiyaḥ kaścidbhūridānaṃ prayacchati tattasya cākṣayaṃ sarvaṃ vedikāyāṃ yathā kila ### [2.14.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.14.50) yathā pūjyatamā loke yatayo brahmacāriṇaḥ tathaiva pratipūjyante loke sarve ca nityaśaḥ ### [2.14.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.14.51) varado 'haṃ sadā tasya caturvaktrastathā haraḥ te yānti paramāṃllokāniti satyaṃ vaco mama ### [2.14.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.14.52) utsṛṣṭo vṛṣabho yatra pibatyapo jalāśaye śṛṅgeṇālikhate vāpi bhūmiṃ nityaṃ praharṣitaḥ ### [2.14.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.14.53) pitṝṇāmannapānaṃ ca prabhūtamupatiṣṭhati paurṇamāsyāmamāyāṃ vā tilapātrāṇi dāpayet ### [2.14.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.14.54) saṃkrāntīnāṃ sahasrāṇi sūryaparvaśatāni ca dattvā yatphalamāpnoti tadvai nīlavisarjane ### [2.14.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.14.55) vatsataryaḥ pradātavyā brāhmaṇebhyaḥ padāni ca tilapātrāṇi deyāni śivabhaktadvijeṣu ca ### [2.14.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.14.56) umāmaheśvaraṃ caikaṃ paridhāpya pridāpayet atasīpuṣpasaṅkāśaṃ pītavāsasamacyutam ### [2.14.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.14.57) ye namasyanti govindaṃ na teṣāṃ vidyate bhayam pretatvānmokṣamicchanto ye kariṣyanti satkriyām ### [2.14.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.14.58) yāsyanti te parāṃllokāniti satyaṃ vaco mama etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ mayā caivordhvadaihikam ### [2.14.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.14.59) yacchrutvā sarvapāpebhyo mucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ śrutvā mahātmyamatulaṃ garuḍo harṣamāgataḥ mānuṣāṇāṃ hitārthāya punaḥ prapacchakeśavam ### [2.14.59.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.14.59.p1) Thus ends the fourteenth chapter, entitled “Description of the Gift of a Cow, Release of a Bull, Ten Gifts, Abundant Gifts, and the Rest,” in the dialogue between Śrī Kṛṣṇa and Garuḍa, in the Pretakalpa, in the section on dharma, in the second part of the Latter Section of the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa. ## Linked texts (1) - [Garuḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.14.1) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.14) · Pramāṇa