The Sixteen Shraddhas and the Soul's Journey Through the Sixteen Cities

Verse 1 (garuda.2.5.1)

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच । एवं दग्ध्वा नरं प्रेतं स्नात्वा कृत्वा तिलोदकम् । अग्रतः स्त्रीजनो गच्छेद्व्रजेयुः पृष्ठतो नराः

śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca | evaṁ dagdhvā naraṁ pretaṁ snātvā kṛtvā tilodakam | agrataḥ strījano gacchedvrajeyuḥ pṛṣṭhato narāḥ

Shri Krishna said: Having thus cremated the departed one, and having bathed and offered water with sesame, the women should walk in front, and the men behind.

Verse 2 (garuda.2.5.2)

प्राशयेन्निम्बपत्राणि रुदन्तो नामपूर्वकम् । विधातव्यं चाचमनं पाषाणोपरि संस्थिते

prāśayennimbapatrāṇi rudanto nāmapūrvakam | vidhātavyaṁ cācamanaṁ pāṣāṇopari saṁsthite

Weeping, calling the name of the deceased, they should chew neem leaves; seated upon a stone, the sipping of water for purification should be performed.

Verse 3 (garuda.2.5.3)

ते प्रविश्य गृहं सर्वे सुताद्याश्च सपिण्डकाः । भवेयुर्दशरात्रं वै यत आशौचकं खग

te praviśya gṛhaṁ sarve sutādyāśca sapiṇḍakāḥ | bhaveyurdaśarātraṁ vai yata āśaucakaṁ khaga

Then all of them — the sons and the other kinsmen — having entered the house, O bird, should remain in the state of impurity for ten nights,

Verse 4 (garuda.2.5.4)

क्रीतलब्धाशनाः सर्वे स्वपेयुस्ते पृथक्पृथक् । अक्षारलवणान्नाः स्युर्निमज्जेयुश्च ते त्र्यहम्

krītalabdhāśanāḥ sarve svapeyuste pṛthakpṛthak | akṣāralavaṇānnāḥ syurnimajjeyuśca te tryaham

eating only food that was purchased or given as alms, sleeping each apart from the others; they should eat food free of alkali and salt, and bathe for three days,

Verse 5 (garuda.2.5.5)

अमांसभोजनाश्चाधः शयीरन्ब्रह्मचारिणः । परस्परं न संस्पृष्टा दानाध्ययनवर्जिताः

amāṁsabhojanāścādhaḥ śayīranbrahmacāriṇaḥ | parasparaṁ na saṁspṛṣṭā dānādhyayanavarjitāḥ

eating no meat, sleeping on the ground, observing celibacy; they should not touch one another, and should abstain from giving gifts and from study.

Verse 6 (garuda.2.5.6)

मलिनाश्चाधोमुखाश्च दीना भोगविवर्जिताः । अङ्गसंवाहनं केशमार्जनं वर्जयन्ति ते

malināścādhomukhāśca dīnā bhogavivarjitāḥ | aṁgasaṁvāhanaṁ keśamārjanaṁ varjayanti te

They should remain unkempt and downcast, humble and free of pleasures; they should abstain from massaging the limbs and from combing the hair.

Verse 7 (garuda.2.5.7)

मृन्मये पत्रजे वापि भुञ्जीरंस्ते च भाजने । उवासन्तु ते कुर्युरेकाहमथ वा त्र्यहम्

mṛnmaye patraje vāpi bhuñjīraṁste ca bhājane | uvāsantu te kuryurekāhamatha vā tryaham

They should eat only from a vessel of clay or of leaves; all this they should observe for one day, or for three days.

Verse 8 (garuda.2.5.8)

गरुड उवाच । आशौचिन इति प्रोक्तमाशौचस्य च वै प्रभो । लक्षणं किं कियत्कालं भाव्यं वा तद्युतैर्नरैः

garuḍa uvāca | āśaucina iti proktamāśaucasya ca vai prabho | lakṣaṇaṁ kiṁ kiyatkālaṁ bhāvyaṁ vā tadyutairnaraiḥ

Garuda said: O Lord, what is the mark of this 'ashaucha' (impurity) of which you speak, and for how long must men affected by it remain in that state?

Verse 9 (garuda.2.5.9)

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच । अपनोद्यन्त्विदं कालादिभिराशु निषेधकृत् । पिण्डाध्ययनदानादेः पुङ्गतोऽतिशयो हि तत्

śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca | apanodyantvidaṁ kālādibhirāśu niṣedhakṛt | piṇḍādhyayanadānādeḥ puṁgato'tiśayo hi tat

Shri Krishna said: This impurity is swiftly removed by time and other means; it is the cause of the prohibition of the pinda-rite, study, gift-giving, and the rest, and it varies in degree according to closeness of kinship.

Verse 10 (garuda.2.5.10)

दशाहं शावमाशौचं सपिण्डेषु विधीयते । जननेऽप्येवमेव स्यान्निपुणं शुद्धिमिच्छताम्

daśāhaṁ śāvamāśaucaṁ sapiṇḍeṣu vidhīyate | janane'pyevameva syānnipuṇaṁ śuddhimicchatām

The impurity of death is ordained for ten days among those of the same lineage-offering; for the impurity of birth too, this same rule applies precisely for those who seek purity.

Verse 11 (garuda.2.5.11)

जन्मन्येकोदकानान्तुत्रिरात्राच्छुद्धिरिष्यते । शावस्य शेषाच्छुध्यन्ति त्र्यहादुदकदायिनः

janmanyekodakānāntutrirātrācchuddhiriṣyate | śāvasya śeṣācchudhyanti tryahādudakadāyinaḥ

At a birth, purity for the more distant water-kin (sahodaka) is achieved in three nights; for the remainder of the death-impurity, those who offer only the water-rite are purified in three days.

Verse 12 (garuda.2.5.12)

आदन्तजननत्सद्य आ चौलान्नैशिकी स्मृता । त्रिरात्रमा व्रतादेशाद्दशरात्रमतः परम्

ādantajananatsadya ā caulānnaiśikī smṛtā | trirātramā vratādeśāddaśarātramataḥ param

Up to the cutting of the first teeth, purity is immediate; up to the tonsure ceremony, the impurity called 'naishiki' (of a single night) is declared; up to the vow-initiation, three nights; and beyond that, ten nights.

Verse 13 (garuda.2.5.13)

आशौचं ते समाख्यातं संक्षेपात्प्रकृतं ब्रुवे । जलं त्रिदिवमाकाशे स्थाप्यं क्षीरञ्च मृन्मये

āśaucaṁ te samākhyātaṁ saṁkṣepātprakṛtaṁ bruve | jalaṁ tridivamākāśe sthāpyaṁ kṣīrañca mṛnmaye

This, in brief, is the description of ashaucha I have given you; now I return to the main subject. For three days, water should be kept aloft, and milk in an earthen vessel,

Verse 14 (garuda.2.5.14)

अत्र स्नाहि पिबात्रेति मन्त्रेणानेन काश्यप । काष्ठत्रये गुणैर्बद्धे प्रीत्यै रात्रौ चतुष्पथे

atra snāhi pibātreti mantreṇānena kāśyapa | kāṣṭhatraye guṇairbaddhe prītyai rātrau catuṣpathe

O Kashyapa, with the words 'bathe here, drink here', three sticks bound together with a cord should, out of affection, be set at the crossroads at night.

Verse 15 (garuda.2.5.15)

प्रथमेऽह्नि तृतीये वा सप्तमे नवमे तथा । अस्थिसंचयनं कार्यं दिने तद्गोत्रजैः सह

prathame'hni tṛtīye vā saptame navame tathā | asthisaṁcayanaṁ kāryaṁ dine tadgotrajaiḥ saha

On the first day, or the third, seventh, or ninth, O bird, the gathering of the bones should be performed that same day, together with those of the same lineage.

Verse 16 (garuda.2.5.16)

तदूर्ध्वमङ्गसंस्पर्शः सपिण्डानां विधीयते । योग्याः सर्वक्रियाणां च समानसलिलास्तथा

tadūrdhvamaṁgasaṁsparśaḥ sapiṇḍānāṁ vidhīyate | yogyāḥ sarvakriyāṇāṁ ca samānasalilāstathā

Only after that is bodily contact permitted for those of the same lineage-offering; only then do they become fit for all rites, and fit to share water together.

Verse 17 (garuda.2.5.17)

प्रेतपिण्डं बहिर्दद्याद्दर्भमात्रविवर्जितम् । प्रागुदीच्यां चरुं कृत्वा स्नात्वा प्रयतमानसः

pretapiṇḍaṁ bahirdadyāddarbhamātravivarjitam | prāgudīcyāṁ caruṁ kṛtvā snātvā prayatamānasaḥ

The preta-pinda should be given outside the house, without kusha grass; having prepared the chāru offering facing east or north, and having bathed, with a controlled mind,

Verse 18 (garuda.2.5.18)

भूमावसंस्कृतानां च संस्कृतानां कुशेषु च । नवभिर्दिवसैः पिण्डान्नव दद्यात्समाहितः

bhūmāvasaṁskṛtānāṁ ca saṁskṛtānāṁ kuśeṣu ca | navabhirdivasaiḥ piṇḍānnava dadyātsamāhitaḥ

either unconsecrated upon the bare ground or consecrated upon kusha grass, nine pindas should be carefully given over nine days.

Verse 19 (garuda.2.5.19)

दशमं पिण्डमुत्सृज्य रात्रिशेषे शुचिर्भवेत् । असगोत्रः सगोत्रो वा यदि स्त्री यति वा पुमान्

daśamaṁ piṇḍamutsṛjya rātriśeṣe śucirbhavet | asagotraḥ sagotro vā yadi strī yati vā pumān

Having offered the tenth pinda, purity should be attained during the remainder of that night — whether one is of the same gotra or not, whether woman or man.

Verse 20 (garuda.2.5.20)

प्रथमेऽहनि यो दद्यात्स दशाहं समापयेत् । शालिना सक्तुभिर्वापि शाकैर्वाप्यथ निर्वपेत्

prathame'hani yo dadyātsa daśāhaṁ samāpayet | śālinā saktubhirvāpi śākairvāpyatha nirvapet

He who gives it on the first day should complete it over ten days; the offering may be made with rice, with parched grain-flour, or even with vegetables.

Verse 21 (garuda.2.5.21)

प्रथमेऽहनि यद्द्रव्यं तदेव स्याद्दशाहिकम् । यावदाशौचमेकैकस्याञ्जलेर्दानमुच्यते

prathame'hani yaddravyaṁ tadeva syāddaśāhikam | yāvadāśaucamekaikasyāñjalerdānamucyate

Whatever substance is given on the first day should be given all ten days. Throughout the period of impurity, one palmful of water is said to be given each day.

Verse 22 (garuda.2.5.22)

यद्वा यस्मिन्दिने दानं तस्मिंस्तद्दिनसंख्यया । दशाहेऽञ्जलयः पक्षिन्पञ्चाशदन्तिमे

yadvā yasmindine dānaṁ tasmiṁstaddinasaṁkhyayā | daśāhe'ñjalayaḥ pakṣinpañcāśadantime

Or, on whichever day, the number given should equal that day's count; O bird, on the tenth day there are fifty palmfuls, on the last day,

Verse 23 (garuda.2.5.23)

द्विवृद्ध्या वा भवेत्पक्षिन्नञ्जलीनां शतं पुनः । यदा हि त्र्यहमाशौचं तदा वाञ्जलयो दश

dvivṛddhyā vā bhavetpakṣinnañjalīnāṁ śataṁ punaḥ | yadā hi tryahamāśaucaṁ tadā vāñjalayo daśa

or, O bird, increasing by two each time, the palmfuls again reach a hundred. When the impurity lasts three days, the palmfuls number ten —

Verse 24 (garuda.2.5.24)

त्रयोऽञ्जलय एवं तु प्रथमेऽहनि वै तदा । चत्वारस्तु द्वितीयेऽह्नि तृतीये स्युस्त्रयस्तथा

trayo'ñjalaya evaṁ tu prathame'hani vai tadā | catvārastu dvitīye'hni tṛtīye syustrayastathā

thus on the first day there are three palmfuls, on the second four, and on the third again three.

Verse 25 (garuda.2.5.25)

शताञ्जलि यदा पक्षिन्नाद्ये त्रिंशत्तदाहनि । चत्वारिंशद्द्वितीयेऽह्नि त्रिंशदह्नि तृतीयके

śatāñjali yadā pakṣinnādye triṁśattadāhani | catvāriṁśaddvitīye'hni triṁśadahni tṛtīyake

O bird, when the total is to be a hundred palmfuls, then thirty on the first day, forty on the second, and thirty on the third.

Verse 26 (garuda.2.5.26)

एवं जलस्याञ्जलयो विभाज्याः पक्षयोर्द्वयोः । सर्वेषु पितृकार्येषु पुत्रो मुख्योऽधिकारवान्

evaṁ jalasyāñjalayo vibhājyāḥ pakṣayordvayoḥ | sarveṣu pitṛkāryeṣu putro mukhyo'dhikāravān

Thus the palmfuls of water should be apportioned across both fortnights. In every rite pertaining to the ancestors, the son is the principal authority.

Verse 27 (garuda.2.5.27)

पिण्डप्रसेकस्तूष्णीञ्च पुष्पधूपादिकं तथा । दशमेऽहनि सम्प्राप्ते स्नानं ग्रामाद्बहिश्चरेत्

piṇḍaprasekastūṣṇīñca puṣpadhūpādikaṁ tathā | daśame'hani samprāpte snānaṁ grāmādbahiścaret

The moistening of the pinda should be done in silence, as should the offering of flowers and incense. When the tenth day comes, one should bathe outside the village.

Verse 28 (garuda.2.5.28)

तत्र त्याज्यानि वासांसि केशश्मश्रुनखानि च । विप्रः शुध्यत्यपः स्पृष्ट्वा क्षत्त्रियो वाहनं तथा

tatra tyājyāni vāsāṁsi keśaśmaśrunakhāni ca | vipraḥ śudhyatyapaḥ spṛṣṭvā kṣattriyo vāhanaṁ tathā

There, garments, hair, beard, and nails should be discarded. The brahmin is purified by touching water, the kshatriya by touching his mount,

Verse 29 (garuda.2.5.29)

वैश्यः प्रतोदं रश्मीन्वा शूद्रो यष्टिं कृतक्रियः । मृतादल्पवयोभिश्च सपिण्डैः परिवापनम्

vaiśyaḥ pratodaṁ raśmīnvā śūdro yaṣṭiṁ kṛtakriyaḥ | mṛtādalpavayobhiśca sapiṇḍaiḥ parivāpanam

the vaishya by touching his goad or reins, the shudra by touching his staff — thus completing the rite, each is purified. The shaving of hair should be done by kinsmen younger than the deceased.

Verse 30 (garuda.2.5.30)

कार्यन्तु षोडशी षड्भिः पिण्डैर्दशभिरैव च । प्रथमा मलिना ह्येतैरादशाहं मृतेर्भवेत्

kāryantu ṣoḍaśī ṣaḍbhiḥ piṇḍairdaśabhiraiva ca | prathamā malinā hyetairādaśāhaṁ mṛterbhavet

The shodashi (the sixteenfold shraddha) should be performed with six pindas or with ten. The first of these, within these days of impurity, extends over the ten days following death.

Verse 31 (garuda.2.5.31)

दिनानि दश यान्पिण्डान्कुर्वन्त्यत्र सुतादयः । प्रत्यहं ते विभज्यन्ते चतुर्भागैः खगोत्तम

dināni daśa yānpiṇḍānkurvantyatra sutādayaḥ | pratyahaṁ te vibhajyante caturbhāgaiḥ khagottama

The ten pindas that the sons and others offer during these days, O best of birds, are each divided daily into four parts —

Verse 32 (garuda.2.5.32)

भागद्वयेन देहः स्यात्तृतीयेन यमानुगाः । तृप्यन्ति हि चतुर्थेन स्वयमप्युपजीवति

bhāgadvayena dehaḥ syāttṛtīyena yamānugāḥ | tṛpyanti hi caturthena svayamapyupajīvati

by two parts the body is formed, by the third the servants of Yama are satisfied, and by the fourth he himself is sustained.

Verse 33 (garuda.2.5.33)

अहोरात्रैस्तु नवभिर्देहो निष्पत्तिमाप्नुयात् । शिरस्त्वाद्येन पिण्डेन प्रेतस्य क्रियते तथा

ahorātraistu navabhirdeho niṣpattimāpnuyāt | śirastvādyena piṇḍena pretasya kriyate tathā

Over nine days and nights, the formation of the body is completed. By the first pinda the head of the departed is formed,

Verse 34 (garuda.2.5.34)

द्वितीयेन तु कर्णाक्षिनासिकं तु समासतः । गलांसभुजवक्षश्च तृतीयेन तथा क्रमात्

dvitīyena tu karṇākṣināsikaṁ tu samāsataḥ | galāṁsabhujavakṣaśca tṛtīyena tathā kramāt

by the second the ears, eyes, and nose, in brief; by the third the throat, shoulders, and chest — in this same order.

Verse 35 (garuda.2.5.35)

चतुर्थेन च पिण्डेन नाभिलिङ्गगुदं तथा । जानुजङ्घं तथा पादौ पञ्चमेन तु सर्वदा

caturthena ca piṇḍena nābhiliṁgagudaṁ tathā | jānujaṁghaṁ tathā pādau pañcamena tu sarvadā

By the fourth pinda the navel, the organ, and the anus; by the fifth, always, the knees, shins, and both feet.

Verse 36 (garuda.2.5.36)

सर्वमर्माणि षष्ठेन सप्तमेन तु नाडयः । दन्तलोमान्यष्टमेन वीर्यन्तु नवमेन च

sarvamarmāṇi ṣaṣṭhena saptamena tu nāḍayaḥ | dantalomānyaṣṭamena vīryantu navamena ca

By the sixth all the vital points; by the seventh the channels; by the eighth the teeth and body-hair; by the ninth the vital seed,

Verse 37 (garuda.2.5.37)

दशमेन तु पूर्णत्वं तृप्तता क्षुद्विपर्ययः । मध्यमां षोडशीं वच्मि वैनतेय शृणुष्व मे

daśamena tu pūrṇatvaṁ tṛptatā kṣudviparyayaḥ | madhyamāṁ ṣoḍaśīṁ vacmi vainateya śṛṇuṣva me

and by the tenth, fullness, satisfaction, and the removal of hunger. O son of Vinata, now I shall tell of the middle shodashi; hear it from me.

Verse 38 (garuda.2.5.38)

विष्णवादिविष्णुपर्यन्तान्येकादश तथा खग । श्राद्धानि पञ्च देवानामित्येषां मध्यषोडशी

viṣṇavādiviṣṇuparyantānyekādaśa tathā khaga | śrāddhāni pañca devānāmityeṣāṁ madhyaṣoḍaśī

Eleven shraddhas, O bird, beginning and ending with Vishnu, together with the five shraddhas of the deities — these together make up the middle shodashi.

Verse 39 (garuda.2.5.39)

निमित्तं दुर्मतिं कृत्वा यदि नारायणो बलिः । एकादशाहे कर्तव्यो वृषोत्सर्गोऽपि तत्र वै

nimittaṁ durmatiṁ kṛtvā yadi nārāyaṇo baliḥ | ekādaśāhe kartavyo vṛṣotsargo'pi tatra vai

If, owing to some cause brought about through folly, the Narayana-bali becomes necessary, then on the eleventh day the vrishotsarga (release of a bull) should also be performed.

Verse 40 (garuda.2.5.40)

एकादशाहे प्रेतस्य यस्योत्सृज्येत नो वृषः । प्रेतत्वं सुस्थिरं तस्य दत्तैः श्राद्धशतैरपि

ekādaśāhe pretasya yasyotsṛjyeta no vṛṣaḥ | pretatvaṁ susthiraṁ tasya dattaiḥ śrāddhaśatairapi

For the departed for whom no bull is released on the eleventh day, the state of a preta remains fixed, even if hundreds of shraddhas are performed.

Verse 41 (garuda.2.5.41)

अकृत्वा यद्वृषोत्सर्गं कृतं वै पिण्डपातनम् । निष्फलं सकलं विद्यात्प्रमीताय न तद्भवेत्

akṛtvā yadvṛṣotsargaṁ kṛtaṁ vai piṇḍapātanam | niṣphalaṁ sakalaṁ vidyātpramītāya na tadbhavet

Whatever pinda-offering is made without the vrishotsarga should be known as entirely fruitless; it avails the deceased nothing at all.

Verse 42 (garuda.2.5.42)

वृषोत्सर्गादृते नान्यत्किञ्चिदस्ति महीतले । पुत्रः पत्न्यथ दौहित्रः पिता वा दुहिताथ वा

vṛṣotsargādṛte nānyatkiñcidasti mahītale | putraḥ patnyatha dauhitraḥ pitā vā duhitātha vā

There is nothing else on earth equal to the vrishotsarga. Whether it be the son, the wife, the daughter's son, the father, or the daughter,

Verse 43 (garuda.2.5.43)

मृतादनन्तरं तस्य ध्रुवं कार्यो वृषोत्सवः । चतुर्वत्सतरीयुक्तो यस्योत्सृज्येत वा वृषः

mṛtādanantaraṁ tasya dhruvaṁ kāryo vṛṣotsavaḥ | caturvatsatarīyukto yasyotsṛjyeta vā vṛṣaḥ

immediately after that person's death the vrishotsava must certainly be performed for him. He for whom a bull, accompanied by four heifers,

Verse 44 (garuda.2.5.44)

अलङ्कृतो विधानेन प्रेतत्वं तस्य नो भवेत् । एकादशेऽह्नि सम्प्राप्ते वृषालाभो भवेद्यदि

alaṁkṛto vidhānena pretatvaṁ tasya no bhavet | ekādaśe'hni samprāpte vṛṣālābho bhavedyadi

duly adorned, is released — his state as a preta no longer remains. If, when the eleventh day arrives, a bull is not available,

Verse 45 (garuda.2.5.45)

दर्भैः पिष्टैस्तु सम्पाद्य तं वृषं मोचयेद्वुधः । वृषोत्सर्जनवेलायां वृषाभाव (लाभ) कथञ्चन

darbhaiḥ piṣṭaistu sampādya taṁ vṛṣaṁ mocayedvudhaḥ | vṛṣotsarjanavelāyāṁ vṛṣābhāva (lābha) kathañcana

then the wise man should fashion that bull from pounded kusha grass and release it thus. At the time of vrishotsarga, if a bull cannot be obtained,

Verse 46 (garuda.2.5.46)

मृत्तिकाभिस्तु दर्भैर्वा वृषं कृत्वा विमोचयेत् । यदिष्टं जीवतस्तस्य दद्यादेकादशेऽहनि

mṛttikābhistu darbhairvā vṛṣaṁ kṛtvā vimocayet | yadiṣṭaṁ jīvatastasya dadyādekādaśe'hani

a bull made from clay or from kusha grass should be released. Whatever would have been dear to him had he lived should be given on the eleventh day.

Verse 47 (garuda.2.5.47)

मृतमुद्दिश्य दातव्यं शय्याधेन्वादिकं तथा । विप्रान्बहून् भोजयीत प्रेतस्य क्षुद्विशान्तये

mṛtamuddiśya dātavyaṁ śayyādhenvādikaṁ tathā | viprānbahūn bhojayīta pretasya kṣudviśāntaye

A bed, a cow, and the like should also be given, dedicated to the deceased. To satisfy the departed's hunger, many brahmins should be given a feast.

Verse 48 (garuda.2.5.48)

तृतीयां षोडशीं वच्मि वैनतेय शृणुष्व ताम् । द्वादश प्रतिमास्यानि आद्यं षाण्मासिकं तथा

tṛtīyāṁ ṣoḍaśīṁ vacmi vainateya śṛṇuṣva tām | dvādaśa pratimāsyāni ādyaṁ ṣāṇmāsikaṁ tathā

O son of Vinata, now I shall tell you of the third shodashi; hear it. The twelve monthly shraddhas, the first semi-annual shraddha,

Verse 49 (garuda.2.5.49)

सपिण्डीकरणं चैव तृतीया षोडशी मता । द्वादशाहे त्रिपक्षे च षण्मासे मासिकेऽब्दिके

sapiṇḍīkaraṇaṁ caiva tṛtīyā ṣoḍaśī matā | dvādaśāhe tripakṣe ca ṣaṇmāse māsike'bdike

and the sapindikarana — these together are held to be the third shodashi. On the twelfth day, in three fortnights, in six months, monthly, and yearly —

Verse 50 (garuda.2.5.50)

तृतीयां षोडशीमेनां वदन्ति मतभेदतः । यस्यैतानि न दत्तानि प्रेतश्राद्धानि षोडश

tṛtīyāṁ ṣoḍaśīmenāṁ vadanti matabhedataḥ | yasyaitāni na dattāni pretaśrāddhāni ṣoḍaśa

according to varying opinions, this third shodashi is placed at different times. He for whom these sixteen preta-shraddhas are not performed,

Verse 51 (garuda.2.5.51)

पिशाचत्वं स्थिरं तस्य दत्तैः श्राद्धशतैरपि । एकादशे द्वादशे वा दिने आद्यं प्रकीर्तितम्

piśācatvaṁ sthiraṁ tasya dattaiḥ śrāddhaśatairapi | ekādaśe dvādaśe vā dine ādyaṁ prakīrtitam

his state as a pishacha remains fixed, even with hundreds of shraddhas offered. On the eleventh or twelfth day the first [monthly shraddha] is prescribed,

Verse 52 (garuda.2.5.52)

मासादौ प्रतिमासञ्च शुद्धं मृततिथौ खग । एकेनाह्ना त्रिभिर्वापि हीनेषु विनतासुत

māsādau pratimāsañca śuddhaṁ mṛtatithau khaga | ekenāhnā tribhirvāpi hīneṣu vinatāsuta

O bird, and thereafter, on the death-anniversary of each month, the pure shraddha is performed. O son of Vinata, even if it falls short by one day or three,

Verse 53 (garuda.2.5.53)

मासषण्मासवर्षेषु त्रिपक्षेषु भवन्ति हि । श्राद्धान्यथस्यात्सापिण्ड्यं पूर्णे वर्षे तदर्धके

māsaṣaṇmāsavarṣeṣu tripakṣeṣu bhavanti hi | śrāddhānyathasyātsāpiṇḍyaṁ pūrṇe varṣe tadardhake

these shraddhas do occur at the month, the half-year, the year, and the three-fortnight mark. Then the sapindya rite takes place at the completion of the full year, or at its half,

Verse 54 (garuda.2.5.54)

त्रिपक्षेऽभ्युदये वापि द्वादशाहेऽथ वा नृणाम् । आनन्त्यात्कुलधर्माणां पुंसाञ्चैवायुषः क्षयात्

tripakṣe'bhyudaye vāpi dvādaśāhe'tha vā nṛṇām | ānantyātkuladharmāṇāṁ puṁsāñcaivāyuṣaḥ kṣayāt

at three fortnights, on an auspicious occasion, or even on the twelfth day — owing to the diversity of family customs among men, and owing to the brevity of human life,

Verse 55 (garuda.2.5.55)

अस्थिरत्वाच्छरीरस्य द्वादशाहे प्रशस्यते । सपिण्डीकरणेष्वेवं विधिं पक्षीन्द्र मे शृणु

asthiratvāccharīrasya dvādaśāhe praśasyate | sapiṇḍīkaraṇeṣvevaṁ vidhiṁ pakṣīndra me śṛṇu

and owing to the instability of the body, performing it on the twelfth day is praised. O lord of birds, hear from me the procedure of the sapindikarana.

Verse 56 (garuda.2.5.56)

एकोद्दिष्टविधानेन कार्यं तदपि काश्यप । तिलगन्धोदकैर्युक्तं कुर्यात्पात्रचतुष्टयम्

ekoddiṣṭavidhānena kāryaṁ tadapi kāśyapa | tilagandhodakairyuktaṁ kuryātpātracatuṣṭayam

O Kashyapa, this too should be performed by the ekoddishta procedure. Four vessels should be prepared, filled with sesame and fragrant water —

Verse 57 (garuda.2.5.57)

पात्रं प्रेतस्य तत्रैकं पित्र्यं पात्रत्रयं तथा । सेचयेत्पितृपात्रेषु प्रेतपात्रं खग त्रिषु

pātraṁ pretasya tatraikaṁ pitryaṁ pātratrayaṁ tathā | secayetpitṛpātreṣu pretapātraṁ khaga triṣu

one vessel for the departed, and three for the ancestors. O bird, the departed's vessel should be poured into those three ancestral vessels,

Verse 58 (garuda.2.5.58)

चतुरो निर्वपेत्पिण्डान्पूर्वन्तेषु समापयेत् । ततः प्रभृति वै प्रेतः पितृसामान्यमश्नुते

caturo nirvapetpiṇḍānpūrvanteṣu samāpayet | tataḥ prabhṛti vai pretaḥ pitṛsāmānyamaśnute

and, having offered four pindas, it should be merged with the first three. From that moment, the departed attains the state common to the ancestors.

Verse 59 (garuda.2.5.59)

ततः पितृत्वमापन्ने तस्मिन्प्रेते खगेश्वर । श्राद्धधर्मैरशेषैस्तु तत्पूर्वानर्चयेत्पितॄन्

tataḥ pitṛtvamāpanne tasminprete khageśvara | śrāddhadharmairaśeṣaistu tatpūrvānarcayetpitṝn

O lord of birds, once that departed one has attained the state of an ancestor, his forebears among the ancestors should be worshipped through all the shraddha rites.

Verse 60 (garuda.2.5.60)

एकचित्यारोहणे च एकाह्नि मरणे तथा । सापिण्ड्यन्तु स्त्रिया नास्ति मृते भर्तुः स्त्रियो भवेत्

ekacityārohaṇe ca ekāhni maraṇe tathā | sāpiṇḍyantu striyā nāsti mṛte bhartuḥ striyo bhavet

By ascending the same pyre, or by dying on the same day, a wife's sapindikarana does not merge with her husband's simultaneously. Upon her husband's death, the wife remains, for a time, a departed spirit herself.

Verse 61 (garuda.2.5.61)

पाकैक्यमथ कालैक्यं कर्त्रैक्यञ्च भवेत्खग । श्राद्धादौ सह दाहे च पतिपत्न्योर्न संशयः

pākaikyamatha kālaikyaṁ kartraikyañca bhavetkhaga | śrāddhādau saha dāhe ca patipatnyorna saṁśayaḥ

Unity of the cooked offering, unity of time, and unity of the performer — these certainly hold for husband and wife in the shraddha rites and in the joint cremation; of this there is no doubt.

Verse 62 (garuda.2.5.62)

भर्तुर्मृततिथेरन्यतिथौ चितिमथारुहेत् । तांमृताहनि तु सम्प्राप्ते पृथक्पिण्डेन योजयेत्

bharturmṛtatitheranyatithau citimathāruhet | tāṁmṛtāhani tu samprāpte pṛthakpiṇḍena yojayet

If she ascends the pyre on a date other than her husband's date of death, then on the day of her own death a separate pinda-offering should be performed for her.

Verse 63 (garuda.2.5.63)

प्रत्यब्दञ्च युगपत्तु समापयेत्

pratyabdañca yugapattu samāpayet

Thereafter, every year, both [shraddhas] should be completed together.

Verse 64 (garuda.2.5.64)

यस्य संवत्सरादर्वाक्सपिण्डीकरणं भवेत् । मासिकञ्चोदकुम्भञ्च देयं तस्यापि वत्सरम्

yasya saṁvatsarādarvāksapiṇḍīkaraṇaṁ bhavet | māsikañcodakumbhañca deyaṁ tasyāpi vatsaram

For one whose sapindikarana takes place before the full year has elapsed, the monthly shraddha and the gift of the water-pot should still be given for the entire year.

Verse 65 (garuda.2.5.65)

नवश्राद्धं सपिण्डत्वं श्राद्धान्यपि च षोडश । एकेनैव तु कार्याणि संविभक्तधनेष्वपि

navaśrāddhaṁ sapiṇḍatvaṁ śrāddhānyapi ca ṣoḍaśa | ekenaiva tu kāryāṇi saṁvibhaktadhaneṣvapi

The nine shraddhas, the sapindikarana, and the sixteen shraddhas as well — even among those with divided property, these should be performed by a single person.

Verse 66 (garuda.2.5.66)

पितामहीभिः सापिण्ड्यं तथा मातामहैः सह । उक्तं भर्त्रापि सापिण्ड्यं स्त्रिया वेषयभेदतः

pitāmahībhiḥ sāpiṇḍyaṁ tathā mātāmahaiḥ saha | uktaṁ bhartrāpi sāpiṇḍyaṁ striyā veṣayabhedataḥ

Sapindya also holds with paternal and maternal grandmothers, and likewise with maternal grandfathers. The wife's sapindya through her husband is also declared, differing according to gender.

Verse 67 (garuda.2.5.67)

नवश्राद्धस्य ते कालं वक्ष्यामि शृणु काश्यप । मरणाह्नि मृतिस्थाने श्राद्धं पक्षिन्प्रकल्पयेत्

navaśrāddhasya te kālaṁ vakṣyāmi śṛṇu kāśyapa | maraṇāhni mṛtisthāne śrāddhaṁ pakṣinprakalpayet

O Kashyapa, now I shall tell the timing of the nine shraddhas; hear it. On the day of death, at the place of death, O bird, a shraddha should be performed,

Verse 68 (garuda.2.5.68)

द्वितीयञ्च ततो मार्गे विश्रामो यत्र कारितः । ततः सञ्चयनस्थाने तृतीयं श्राद्धमुच्यते

dvitīyañca tato mārge viśrāmo yatra kāritaḥ | tataḥ sañcayanasthāne tṛtīyaṁ śrāddhamucyate

the second thereafter on the road, at the place where a halt was made; then, at the place of bone-gathering, the third shraddha is declared.

Verse 69 (garuda.2.5.69)

पञ्चमे सप्तमे तद्वदष्टमे नवमे तथा । दशमैकादशे चैव नव श्राद्धानि वै खग

pañcame saptame tadvadaṣṭame navame tathā | daśamaikādaśe caiva nava śrāddhāni vai khaga

On the fifth, seventh, eighth, and ninth days likewise, and on the tenth and eleventh days too — O bird, there are nine shraddhas in all.

Verse 70 (garuda.2.5.70)

श्राद्धानि नव चैतानि तृतीया षोडशी स्मृता । एकोद्दिष्टविधानेन कार्याणि मनुजैस्तथा

śrāddhāni nava caitāni tṛtīyā ṣoḍaśī smṛtā | ekoddiṣṭavidhānena kāryāṇi manujaistathā

These same nine shraddhas are called the third shodashi; they should be performed by men according to the ekoddishta procedure.

Verse 71 (garuda.2.5.71)

प्रथमेऽह्नि तृतीये वा पञ्चमे सप्तमे तथा । नवमैकादशे चैव नवश्राद्धं प्रकीर्तितम्

prathame'hni tṛtīye vā pañcame saptame tathā | navamaikādaśe caiva navaśrāddhaṁ prakīrtitam

[In another view] on the first, third, fifth, seventh, ninth, and eleventh days the nine shraddhas are declared.

Verse 72 (garuda.2.5.72)

उच्यन्ते षडिमानीह नव स्युरपि यागेतः । उक्तानि ते मया तानि ऋषीणां मतभेदतः

ucyante ṣaḍimānīha nava syurapi yāgetaḥ | uktāni te mayā tāni ṛṣīṇāṁ matabhedataḥ

Here they are spoken of as six, and by another reckoning connected with sacrifice as nine. I have told you these according to the differing opinions of the sages.

Verse 73 (garuda.2.5.73)

रूढिपक्षो ममाभीष्टो योगः कैश्चिदिहेष्यते । आद्ये द्वितीये दातव्यस्तथैवैकं पवित्रकम्

rūḍhipakṣo mamābhīṣṭo yogaḥ kaiścidiheṣyate | ādye dvitīye dātavyastathaivaikaṁ pavitrakam

The customary view is what I favor, though some here prefer the 'yoga' reckoning. On the first and the second day, one and the same pavitraka should be offered.

Verse 74 (garuda.2.5.74)

प्रेताय पिण्डो दातव्यो भुक्तवत्सु द्विजातिषु । प्रश्रस्तत्राभिरण्येति यजमानद्विजन्मना

pretāya piṇḍo dātavyo bhuktavatsu dvijātiṣu | praśrastatrābhiraṇyeti yajamānadvijanmanā

Once the brahmins have finished eating, the pinda should be given to the departed. There the twice-born officiant, the sponsor of the rite, should utter the words —

Verse 75 (garuda.2.5.75)

अक्षय्यममुकस्येति वक्तव्यं विरतौ तथा । एकोद्दिष्टं मे निबोध चेत्थमावत्सरं स्मृतम्

akṣayyamamukasyeti vaktavyaṁ viratau tathā | ekoddiṣṭaṁ me nibodha cetthamāvatsaraṁ smṛtam

'may this be imperishable for so-and-so' — thus should it be said, and the same at the conclusion of the rite. Hear from me the ekoddishta procedure, thus declared for the whole year.

Verse 76 (garuda.2.5.76)

सपिण्डीकरणादूर्ध्वं यानि श्राद्धानि षोडश । एकोद्दिष्टविधानेन चरेद्वा पार्वणादृते

sapiṇḍīkaraṇādūrdhvaṁ yāni śrāddhāni ṣoḍaśa | ekoddiṣṭavidhānena caredvā pārvaṇādṛte

The sixteen shraddhas that follow the sapindikarana should be performed by the ekoddishta procedure, or, alternatively, without the parvana procedure.

Verse 77 (garuda.2.5.77)

प्रत्यब्दं यो यथा कुर्यात्तथा कुर्यात्स तान्यपि । एकादशे द्वादशेऽह्नि प्रेतो भुङ्क्ते दिनद्वयम्

pratyabdaṁ yo yathā kuryāttathā kuryātsa tānyapi | ekādaśe dvādaśe'hni preto bhuṁkte dinadvayam

As one performs the yearly rite, so should he perform these too. On the eleventh and twelfth days the departed eats for two days,

Verse 78 (garuda.2.5.78)

योषितः पुरुषस्यापि पिण्डं प्रेतेति निर्वपेत् । सापिण्ड्ये तु कृते तस्य प्रेतशब्दो निवर्तते

yoṣitaḥ puruṣasyāpi piṇḍaṁ preteti nirvapet | sāpiṇḍye tu kṛte tasya pretaśabdo nivartate

and whether the deceased be woman or man, the pinda should be offered saying 'preta'; once the sapindikarana is performed, the word 'preta' ceases to be used.

Verse 79 (garuda.2.5.79)

दीपदानं प्रकर्तव्यमावर्षन्तु गृहाद्बहिः । अन्नं दीपो जलं वस्त्रमन्यद्वादीयते च यत्

dīpadānaṁ prakartavyamāvarṣantu gṛhādbahiḥ | annaṁ dīpo jalaṁ vastramanyadvādīyate ca yat

Throughout the entire year, a lamp should be given outside the house. Food, a lamp, water, cloth, and whatever else is given,

Verse 80 (garuda.2.5.80)

तृप्तिदं प्रेतशब्देन सपिण्डीकरणावधि । अब्दकृत्यं मयोक्तन्ते समासाद्विनतासुत

tṛptidaṁ pretaśabdena sapiṇḍīkaraṇāvadhi | abdakṛtyaṁ mayoktante samāsādvinatāsuta

all of this, until the sapindikarana, satisfies the departed under the very name 'preta'. O son of Vinata, I have thus told you in brief the observances of the entire year.

Verse 81 (garuda.2.5.81)

वैवस्वतगृहे यानं यथा तत्तु निबोधमेः । त्रयोदशेऽह्नि श्रवणाकर्मणोनन्तरन्तु सः

vaivasvatagṛhe yānaṁ yathā tattu nibodhameḥ | trayodaśe'hni śravaṇākarmaṇonantarantu saḥ

Now hear from me how the journey to the abode of Yama proceeds. On the thirteenth day, immediately after the shravana-rite,

Verse 82 (garuda.2.5.82)

त्वग्गृहीताहिवत्तार्क्ष्य गृहीतो यमकिङ्करैः । तस्मिन्मार्गे व्रजत्येको गृहीत इव मर्कटः

tvaggṛhītāhivattārkṣya gṛhīto yamakiṁkaraiḥ | tasminmārge vrajatyeko gṛhīta iva markaṭaḥ

O Tarkshya, just as a serpent is gripped by the skin, so is he gripped by the servants of Yama, and, held fast like a captured monkey, he sets out alone upon that path.

Verse 83 (garuda.2.5.83)

वाय्वग्रसारिवद्रूपं देहमन्यत्प्रपद्यते । तत्पिण्डजं पातनार्थमन्यत्तु पितृसम्भवम्

vāyvagrasārivadrūpaṁ dehamanyatprapadyate | tatpiṇḍajaṁ pātanārthamanyattu pitṛsambhavam

He takes on another body, of a form composed like the essence of wind and fire — one part arises from the pinda-offering meant for its formation, the other from the ancestral portion.

Verse 84 (garuda.2.5.84)

तत्प्रमाणवयोऽवस्थासंस्थानां प्रग्भवो यथा । षडशीति सहस्राणि योजनानां प्रमाणतः

tatpramāṇavayo'vasthāsaṁsthānāṁ pragbhavo yathā | ṣaḍaśīti sahasrāṇi yojanānāṁ pramāṇataḥ

Its measure, age, and form are shaped accordingly. The road lying between the world of Yama and the world of men,

Verse 85 (garuda.2.5.85)

अध्वान्तरालिको ज्ञेयो यममानुषलोकयोः । साधिकार्धक्रोशयुतं योजनानां शतद्वयम्

adhvāntarāliko jñeyo yamamānuṣalokayoḥ | sādhikārdhakrośayutaṁ yojanānāṁ śatadvayam

should be known to measure eighty-six thousand yojanas, together with two hundred yojanas and half a krosha more.

Verse 86 (garuda.2.5.86)

चत्वारिं शत्तथा सप्त प्रत्यहं याति तत्र सः । अष्टाचत्वारिंशता च त्रैंशता दिवसैरिति

catvāriṁ śattathā sapta pratyahaṁ yāti tatra saḥ | aṣṭācatvāriṁśatā ca traiṁśatā divasairiti

Dragged along by Yama's servants, he traverses forty-seven yojanas each day of that distance, and in forty-eight and forty-eight [and again forty-eight] days,

Verse 87 (garuda.2.5.87)

वैवस्वतपुरं याति कृष्यमाणो यमानुगैः । एवं क्रमेण यातब्ये मार्गे पापरतैस्तु यत्

vaivasvatapuraṁ yāti kṛṣyamāṇo yamānugaiḥ | evaṁ krameṇa yātabye mārge pāparataistu yat

he arrives at the city of Vaivasvata. In this order, for those attached to sin, as they proceed along that road,

Verse 88 (garuda.2.5.88)

जायते सप्रपञ्चं तच्छृणु त्वमरुणानुज । त्रयोदशदिने दत्तः पाशैर्बद्ध्वातिदारुणैः

jāyate saprapañcaṁ tacchṛṇu tvamaruṇānuja | trayodaśadine dattaḥ pāśairbaddhvātidāruṇaiḥ

O younger brother of Aruna, hear what happens to him in detail. Once the pinda is given on the thirteenth day, bound with the most terrible nooses,

Verse 89 (garuda.2.5.89)

यमस्याङ्कुशहस्तो वै भृकुटीकुटिलाननः । दण्डप्रहारसम्भ्रान्तः कृष्यते दक्षिणां दिशम्

yamasyāṁkuśahasto vai bhṛkuṭīkuṭilānanaḥ | daṇḍaprahārasambhrāntaḥ kṛṣyate dakṣiṇāṁ diśam

an ankusha in hand, brows furrowed, the messenger of Yama drags him toward the south, terrifying him with blows of the rod.

Verse 90 (garuda.2.5.90)

कुशकण्टकवल्मीकशङ्कुपाषाणकर्कशे । तथा प्रदीप्तज्वलने क्वचिच्छ्वभ्रशतोत्कटे

kuśakaṇṭakavalmīkaśaṁkupāṣāṇakarkaśe | tathā pradīptajvalane kvacicchvabhraśatotkaṭe

Rough with kusha grass, thorns, ant-hills, sharp stakes, and stones, and in places blazing with fire, thronged with hundreds of pits,

Verse 91 (garuda.2.5.91)

प्रदीप्तादित्यतप्ते च दह्यमानः सदंशके । कृष्यते यमदूतैश्च शिवावन्नादभीषणैः

pradīptādityatapte ca dahyamānaḥ sadaṁśake | kṛṣyate yamadūtaiśca śivāvannādabhīṣaṇaiḥ

along a path scorched by the blazing sun, stung by insects, burning in misery, he is dragged by the messengers of Yama, whose cries are as dreadful as those of jackals.

Verse 92 (garuda.2.5.92)

प्रयातिः दारुणे मार्गे पापकर्मा यमालये । कलेवरे दह्यमाने महान्तं क्षयमृच्छति

prayātiḥ dāruṇe mārge pāpakarmā yamālaye | kalevare dahyamāne mahāntaṁ kṣayamṛcchati

The doer of evil proceeds along that terrible road toward the abode of Yama; as his body burns, he suffers great destruction,

Verse 93 (garuda.2.5.93)

भक्ष्यमाणे तथैवाङ्गे भिद्यमाने च दारुणम् । छिद्यमाने चिरतरं जन्तुर्दुः खमवाप्नुते

bhakṣyamāṇe tathaivāṁge bhidyamāne ca dāruṇam | chidyamāne cirataraṁ janturduḥ khamavāpnute

as his limbs are devoured, terribly broken, and cut for a very long time, that creature endures the greatest suffering.

Verse 94 (garuda.2.5.94)

स्वेन कर्मवि पाकेन देहान्तरगतोऽपि सन् । पुराणि षोडशामुष्मन्मार्गे तानि च मे शृणु

svena karmavi pākena dehāntaragato'pi san | purāṇi ṣoḍaśāmuṣmanmārge tāni ca me śṛṇu

By the ripening of his own deeds, though he has taken on another body, sixteen cities lie along that path — hear of them from me.

Verse 95 (garuda.2.5.95)

याम्यं सौरिपुरं नगेद्वभवनं गन्धर्वशैलागमौ क्रौञ्चं क्रूरपुरं विचित्रभवनं बह्वापदं दुः खदम् । नानाक्रन्दपुरं सुतप्तभवनं रौद्रं पयोवर्षणं शीताढ्यं बहुभीतिषोडशपुराण्येतान्यदृष्टनि ते

yāmyaṁ sauripuraṁ nagedvabhavanaṁ gandharvaśailāgamau krauñcaṁ krūrapuraṁ vicitrabhavanaṁ bahvāpadaṁ duḥ khadam | nānākrandapuraṁ sutaptabhavanaṁ raudraṁ payovarṣaṇaṁ śītāḍhyaṁ bahubhītiṣoḍaśapurāṇyetānyadṛṣṭani te

Yamapura, Sauripura, Nagendrabhavana, Gandharvashaila-Agama, Krauncha, Kruraura, Vichitrabhavana, the city thronged with calamities, the city of sorrow, Nanakrandapura, the intensely heated mansion, Raudra, Payovarshana, Shitadhya, and Bahubhiti — these sixteen cities you have not yet seen.

Verse 96 (garuda.2.5.96)

तत्र याम्य पुरं गच्छन्पुत्रपुत्रेति च ब्रुवन् । हाहेति क्रन्दते नित्यं स्वकृतं दुष्कृतं स्मरन्

tatra yāmya puraṁ gacchanputraputreti ca bruvan | hāheti krandate nityaṁ svakṛtaṁ duṣkṛtaṁ smaran

Going toward that city of Yama, crying 'O my son, my son', remembering his own evil deeds, he laments without pause, 'alas, alas'.

Verse 97 (garuda.2.5.97)

अष्टादशोदिने तार्क्ष्य तत्पुर प्राप्नुयादसौ । पुष्पभद्रा नदी यत्र न्यग्रोधः प्रियदर्शनः

aṣṭādaśodine tārkṣya tatpura prāpnuyādasau | puṣpabhadrā nadī yatra nyagrodhaḥ priyadarśanaḥ

O Tarkshya, on the eighteenth day he reaches that city, where flows the river Pushpabhadra, and stands the lovely nyagrodha (banyan) tree.

Verse 98 (garuda.2.5.98)

विश्रामेच्छां करोत्यत्र कारयन्ति न ते भटाः । क्षितौ दत्तं सुतैस्तस्य स्नेहाद्वा कृपया तथा

viśrāmecchāṁ karotyatra kārayanti na te bhaṭāḥ | kṣitau dattaṁ sutaistasya snehādvā kṛpayā tathā

There he longs to rest, but those soldiers do not let him rest. Whatever was offered upon the earth by his sons, out of affection or compassion,

Verse 99 (garuda.2.5.99)

मासिकं पिण्डमश्नाति ततः सौरिपुरं व्रजेत् । व्रजन्नेवं प्रलपते मुद्गराहतिपीडितः

māsikaṁ piṇḍamaśnāti tataḥ sauripuraṁ vrajet | vrajannevaṁ pralapate mudgarāhatipīḍitaḥ

that monthly pinda he then eats, and proceeds toward Sauripura. Going along thus, tormented by blows of the mace, he laments —

Verse 100 (garuda.2.5.100)

जलाशयो नैव कृतो मया तदा मनुष्यतृप्त्यै पशुपक्षितृप्तय । गोतृप्तिहेतोर्न च गोचरः कृतः शरीर हे निस्तर यत्त्वया कृतम्

jalāśayo naiva kṛto mayā tadā manuṣyatṛptyai paśupakṣitṛptaya | gotṛptihetorna ca gocaraḥ kṛtaḥ śarīra he nistara yattvayā kṛtam

'I made no reservoir then, neither for the satisfaction of men, nor of beasts and birds, nor did I make any pasture for the satisfaction of cattle — O body, endure now what you yourself have done!'

Verse 101 (garuda.2.5.101)

तत्र नाम्ना तु राजासौ जङ्गमः कामरूपधृक् । भयात्तद्दर्शनाज्जाताद्भुङ्क्ते पिण्डं स शङ्कितः

tatra nāmnā tu rājāsau jaṁgamaḥ kāmarūpadhṛk | bhayāttaddarśanājjātādbhuṁkte piṇḍaṁ sa śaṁkitaḥ

There a king named Jangama holds sway, one who assumes forms at will; terrified by the fear born of the mere sight of him, he eats his pinda.

Verse 102 (garuda.2.5.102)

त्रिपक्षे जलसंयुक्तं क्षितौ दत्तं ततो व्रजेत् । व्रजन्नेवं प्रलपते खड्गाघातप्रपीडितः

tripakṣe jalasaṁyuktaṁ kṣitau dattaṁ tato vrajet | vrajannevaṁ pralapate khaḍgāghātaprapīḍitaḥ

At the mark of three fortnights, once the pinda has been offered on earth together with water, he moves on. Going along, tormented by blows of the sword, he laments —

Verse 103 (garuda.2.5.103)

न नित्यदानं न गवाह्निकं कृतं पुस्तं च दत्तं न हि वेदशास्त्रयोः । पुराणदृष्टो न हि सेवितोऽध्वा शरीर हे निस्तर यत्त्वया कृतम्

na nityadānaṁ na gavāhnikaṁ kṛtaṁ pustaṁ ca dattaṁ na hi vedaśāstrayoḥ | purāṇadṛṣṭo na hi sevito'dhvā śarīra he nistara yattvayā kṛtam

'I made no daily gift, no service to cows, gave no book in charity, and gave nothing toward the Veda and the shastras; nor did I ever follow the path shown by the Puranas — O body, endure now what you yourself have done!'

Verse 104 (garuda.2.5.104)

नगेन्द्रनगरं गत्वा भुक्त्वा चान्नं तथाविधम् । मासि द्वितीये यद्दत्तं बान्धवैस्तु ततो व्रजेत्

nagendranagaraṁ gatvā bhuktvā cānnaṁ tathāvidham | māsi dvitīye yaddattaṁ bāndhavaistu tato vrajet

Reaching Nagendranagara, and eating such food as is given there, in the second month, whatever his kinsmen have offered, he takes, and moves on again.

Verse 105 (garuda.2.5.105)

व्रजन्नेवं प्रलपते कृपाणत्सरुताडितः । पराधानमभूत्सर्वंमम मूर्खशिरोमणेः

vrajannevaṁ pralapate kṛpāṇatsarutāḍitaḥ | parādhānamabhūtsarvaṁmama mūrkhaśiromaṇeḥ

Going along, tormented by blows of the sword-hilt, he laments — 'All this was a terrible acquisition for me; I was the very crown of fools.'

Verse 106 (garuda.2.5.106)

महता पुण्ययोगेन मानुष्यं लब्धवानहम् । तृतीये मासि सम्प्राप्ते गन्धर्वनगरे शुभम्

mahatā puṇyayogena mānuṣyaṁ labdhavānaham | tṛtīye māsi samprāpte gandharvanagare śubham

'By a great confluence of merit I had obtained the human birth [yet squandered it].' When the third month comes, in the auspicious Gandharvanagara,

Verse 107 (garuda.2.5.107)

तृतीयमासिकं पिण्डं तत्र भुक्त्वा ब्रजत्यसौ । व्रजन्नेवं विलपते तदग्रेणाहतः पथि

tṛtīyamāsikaṁ piṇḍaṁ tatra bhuktvā brajatyasau | vrajannevaṁ vilapate tadagreṇāhataḥ pathi

having eaten the third monthly pinda there, he moves on. Going along, he laments, struck by that same weapon upon the road —

Verse 108 (garuda.2.5.108)

मया न दत्तं न हुतं हुताशने तपो न तप्तं हिमशैलगह्वरे । न सेवितं गाङ्गमहो महाजलं शरीर हे निस्तर यत्त्वया कृतम्

mayā na dattaṁ na hutaṁ hutāśane tapo na taptaṁ himaśailagahvare | na sevitaṁ gāṁgamaho mahājalaṁ śarīra he nistara yattvayā kṛtam

'I gave no gift, offered no oblation into fire, performed no austerity in a Himalayan cave, nor drank of the great waters of the Ganga — O body, endure now what you yourself have done!'

Verse 109 (garuda.2.5.109)

तुर्ये शैलागमं मासि प्राप्नुयात्तत्र वर्षणम् । तस्योपरि भवेत्पक्षिन्पाषाणानां निरन्तरम्

turye śailāgamaṁ māsi prāpnuyāttatra varṣaṇam | tasyopari bhavetpakṣinpāṣāṇānāṁ nirantaram

In the fourth month he reaches Shailagama, the mountain-city, where, O bird, an unceasing rain of stones falls upon him.

Verse 110 (garuda.2.5.110)

चतुर्थमासिकं श्राद्धं भुक्त्वा तत्र प्रसर्पति । स पतन्नेव विलपन्पाषाणाद्यतिपीडितः

caturthamāsikaṁ śrāddhaṁ bhuktvā tatra prasarpati | sa patanneva vilapanpāṣāṇādyatipīḍitaḥ

Having eaten the fourth monthly shraddha there, he moves on, lamenting even as he falls, tormented by the stones —

Verse 111 (garuda.2.5.111)

न ज्ञानमार्गो न च योगमार्गो न कर्ममार्गो न च भक्तिमार्गः । न साधुसङ्गात्किमपि श्रुतं मया शरीर हे निस्तर यत्त्वया कृतम्

na jñānamārgo na ca yogamārgo na karmamārgo na ca bhaktimārgaḥ | na sādhusaṁgātkimapi śrutaṁ mayā śarīra he nistara yattvayā kṛtam

'Neither the path of knowledge, nor of yoga, nor of action, nor of devotion, nor anything at all through the company of the holy did I ever hear — O body, endure now what you yourself have done!'

Verse 112 (garuda.2.5.112)

ततः क्रूरपुर मासि पञ्चमे याति काश्यप । भुवि दत्तं पिण्डजलं भुक्त्वा क्रूरपुरं व्रजेत्

tataḥ krūrapura māsi pañcame yāti kāśyapa | bhuvi dattaṁ piṇḍajalaṁ bhuktvā krūrapuraṁ vrajet

O Kashyapa, then in the fifth month he goes toward Kruraura; having consumed the pinda and water offered on earth, he proceeds toward Kruraura.

Verse 113 (garuda.2.5.113)

व्रजन्नेवं विलपते पट्टिशैः पातितः पथि । हा मातर्हापितर्भ्रातः सुता हा हा मम स्त्रियः

vrajannevaṁ vilapate paṭṭiśaiḥ pātitaḥ pathi | hā mātarhāpitarbhrātaḥ sutā hā hā mama striyaḥ

Going along, he laments, felled upon the road by spears — 'Alas, mother! Alas, father! Alas, brother! Alas, my sons! Alas, my wives!

Verse 114 (garuda.2.5.114)

युष्माभिर्नोपदिष्टोऽहमवस्थां प्राप्त ईदृशीम् । एवं लालप्यमानं ते यमदूता वदन्तिहि

yuṣmābhirnopadiṣṭo'hamavasthāṁ prāpta īdṛśīm | evaṁ lālapyamānaṁ te yamadūtā vadantihi

You never told me I would come to such a wretched state!' Thus as he laments, the servants of Yama say to him —

Verse 115 (garuda.2.5.115)

क्व माता क्व पिता मूढ क्व जाया क्व सुतः सुहृत् । स्वकर्मोपार्जिते भुङ्क्ष्वं मूर्ख याताश्चिरं पथि

kva mātā kva pitā mūḍha kva jāyā kva sutaḥ suhṛt | svakarmopārjite bhuṁkṣvaṁ mūrkha yātāściraṁ pathi

'O fool, where now is your mother, where your father, where your wife, where your son, where your friend? Enjoy what you yourself have earned through your own deeds, O fool — you have long been upon this road.

Verse 116 (garuda.2.5.116)

जानासि शम्बलमलं बलमध्वगानां नोऽशम्बलः प्रयतते परलोकगत्यै । गन्तव्यमस्ति तव निश्चितमेव तेन मार्गेण येन न भवेत्क्रयविक्रयोऽपि

jānāsi śambalamalaṁ balamadhvagānāṁ no'śambalaḥ prayatate paralokagatyai | gantavyamasti tava niścitameva tena mārgeṇa yena na bhavetkrayavikrayo'pi

Do you not know that provisions alone are the strength of travelers upon the road? He without provisions must strive hard for the journey to the next world. You must certainly go by that very road where neither buying nor selling avails.'

Verse 117 (garuda.2.5.117)

ऊनषाण्मासिके क्रौञ्चे भुक्त्वा पिण्डन्तु सोदकम् । घटीमात्रन्तु विश्रम्य विचित्रनगरं व्रजेत्

ūnaṣāṇmāsike krauñce bhuktvā piṇḍantu sodakam | ghaṭīmātrantu viśramya vicitranagaraṁ vrajet

In a period a little short of six full months, having eaten the water-offered pinda at Krauncha city, and rested for a mere ghati, he proceeds toward Vichitranagara.

Verse 118 (garuda.2.5.118)

व्रजन्नेवं विलपते शूलाग्रेण विदारितः

vrajannevaṁ vilapate śūlāgreṇa vidāritaḥ

Going along, he laments, pierced by the point of a trident —

Verse 119 (garuda.2.5.119)

कुत्र यामि न हि गामि जीवितं हा मृतस्य मरणं पुनर्न वै । इत्थमेव विलपन् प्रयात्यसौ यातनार्हधृतविग्रहः पति

kutra yāmi na hi gāmi jīvitaṁ hā mṛtasya maraṇaṁ punarna vai | itthameva vilapan prayātyasau yātanārhadhṛtavigrahaḥ pati

'Where shall I go, I cannot go anywhere! Alas, this life! For one already dead, there is no dying again!' Thus lamenting, he goes on, bearing his body fit only for torment.

Verse 120 (garuda.2.5.120)

विचित्रनगरे तत्र विचित्रो नाम पारिथिवः । तत्र षण्मासपिण्डेन तृप्तः सन् व्रजते पुरः

vicitranagare tatra vicitro nāma pārithivaḥ | tatra ṣaṇmāsapiṇḍena tṛptaḥ san vrajate puraḥ

In that Vichitranagara reigns a king named Vichitra; satisfied there with the six-monthly pinda, he moves further on.

Verse 121 (garuda.2.5.121)

व्रजन्नेवं विलपते प्रासाग्रेण प्रपीडितः

vrajannevaṁ vilapate prāsāgreṇa prapīḍitaḥ

Going along, he laments, sorely tormented by the point of a lance —

Verse 122 (garuda.2.5.122)

माता भ्राता पिता पुत्रः कोऽपि मे वर्तते न वा । यो मामुद्धरते पापं पतन्तं दुः खसागरे

mātā bhrātā pitā putraḥ ko'pi me vartate na vā | yo māmuddharate pāpaṁ patantaṁ duḥ khasāgare

'Mother, brother, father, son — none of them now belongs to me, none who could rescue me from this sin, as I fall into this ocean of suffering.'

Verse 123 (garuda.2.5.123)

व्रजतस्तत्र मार्गे तु तत्र वैतरणी शुभा । शतयोजनविस्तीर्णा पूयशोणितसंकुला

vrajatastatra mārge tu tatra vaitaraṇī śubhā | śatayojanavistīrṇā pūyaśoṇitasaṁkulā

Proceeding along that road, he there comes upon the auspicious river Vaitarani, a hundred yojanas wide, thronged with pus and blood.

Verse 124 (garuda.2.5.124)

आयाति तत्र दृश्यन्ते नाविका धीवरादयः । ते वदन्ति प्रदत्ता गौर्यदि वैतरणी त्वया । नावमेनां समारोह सुकेनोत्तर वै नदीम्

āyāti tatra dṛśyante nāvikā dhīvarādayaḥ | te vadanti pradattā gauryadi vaitaraṇī tvayā | nāvamenāṁ samāroha sukenottara vai nadīm

Arriving there, he sees boatmen, fishermen, and the like, appearing before him. They say: 'If you have given the gift of the Vaitarani-cow, then board this boat and cross the river with ease.'

Verse 125 (garuda.2.5.125)

तत्र येन प्रदत्ता गौः स सुखेनैव तां तरेत् । अदायी तत्र घृष्येत करग्राहन्तु नाविकैः

tatra yena pradattā gauḥ sa sukhenaiva tāṁ taret | adāyī tatra ghṛṣyeta karagrāhantu nāvikaiḥ

He who has given the Vaitarani-cow crosses easily there; he who has not given it is dragged by the hand there by the boatmen,

Verse 126 (garuda.2.5.126)

उखैः काकैर्बकोलूकैस्तीक्ष्णतुण्डैर्वितुद्यते । मनुजानां हितं दानमन्ते वैतरणी खग

ukhaiḥ kākairbakolūkaistīkṣṇatuṇḍairvitudyate | manujānāṁ hitaṁ dānamante vaitaraṇī khaga

and pecked and torn by sharp-billed crows, herons, and owls. O bird, the beneficial gift for men is this: that at the end of life the Vaitarani-cow should be given.

Verse 127 (garuda.2.5.127)

दत्ता पापं दहेत्सर्वं मम लोकन्तु सा नयेत् । मप्तमे मासि सम्प्राप्ते पुरं बह्वापदं मृतः

dattā pāpaṁ dahetsarvaṁ mama lokantu sā nayet | maptame māsi samprāpte puraṁ bahvāpadaṁ mṛtaḥ

'May the cow that was given burn away all my sins, and carry me on to that world' — with this thought. When the seventh month comes, the deceased proceeds toward that city thronged with calamities,

Verse 128 (garuda.2.5.128)

व्रजेत्तु सोदकं भुक्त्वा पिण्डं वै सप्तमासिकम् । व्रजन्नेवं विलपते परिघाहतिपीडितः

vrajettu sodakaṁ bhuktvā piṇḍaṁ vai saptamāsikam | vrajannevaṁ vilapate parighāhatipīḍitaḥ

having eaten the seventh monthly pinda with water. Going along, he laments, tormented by the blows of a mace —

Verse 129 (garuda.2.5.129)

न दत्तं न हुतं तप्तं न स्नातं न कृतं हितम् । यादृशं चरितं कर्म मूढात्मन् भुङ्क्ष्व तादृशम्

na dattaṁ na hutaṁ taptaṁ na snātaṁ na kṛtaṁ hitam | yādṛśaṁ caritaṁ karma mūḍhātman bhuṁkṣva tādṛśam

'I gave no gift, offered no oblation, performed no austerity, took no ritual bath, did nothing beneficial. As you have acted, O foolish one, so now suffer!'

Verse 130 (garuda.2.5.130)

मास्यष्टमे दुः खदे तु परे भुक्त्वाथ सोदकम् । पिण्डं प्रयात्सयौ तार्क्ष्य नानाक्रन्दपुरं ततः

māsyaṣṭame duḥ khade tu pare bhuktvātha sodakam | piṇḍaṁ prayātsayau tārkṣya nānākrandapuraṁ tataḥ

In the eighth, sorrowful month, having eaten the pinda with water, O Tarkshya, he proceeds further toward Nanakrandapura.

Verse 131 (garuda.2.5.131)

प्रयाणे च प्रवदते मुसलाघातपीडितः । क्व जायाचटुलैश्चाटुपटुभिर्वचनैर्मम

prayāṇe ca pravadate musalāghātapīḍitaḥ | kva jāyācaṭulaiścāṭupaṭubhirvacanairmama

As he proceeds, he laments, tormented by blows of a pestle — 'Where has she gone, my wife of playful and clever speech, who once spoke such sweet words to me,

Verse 132 (garuda.2.5.132)

भोजनं भल्लभल्लीभिर्मुसलैश्च क्व मारणम् । नवमे मासि दत्तं वै नानाक्रन्दपुरे ततः

bhojanaṁ bhallabhallībhirmusalaiśca kva māraṇam | navame māsi dattaṁ vai nānākrandapure tataḥ

and yet why do I here receive this fare and these blows, from spear and pestle?' When the ninth month comes, whatever pinda was given in Nanakrandapura,

Verse 133 (garuda.2.5.133)

पिण्डमश्राति करुणं नानाक्रन्दान् करोत्यपि । दशमे मासि दत्तं वै सुतप्तभवनं ततः

piṇḍamaśrāti karuṇaṁ nānākrandān karotyapi | daśame māsi dattaṁ vai sutaptabhavanaṁ tataḥ

he eats it in piteous distress and utters cries of every sort. When the tenth month comes, he proceeds toward Sutaptabhavana,

Verse 134 (garuda.2.5.134)

सरन्नेवं विलपते हलाहतिहतः पथि । क्व सूनुपेशलकरैः पादसंवाहनं मम

sarannevaṁ vilapate halāhatihataḥ pathi | kva sūnupeśalakaraiḥ pādasaṁvāhanaṁ mama

going along, lamenting, tormented by blows of a plough — 'Where are those tender hands that once pressed my feet?

Verse 135 (garuda.2.5.135)

क्व दूतवज्रप्रतिमकैर्मत्पदकर्षणम् । दशमे मासि पिण्डादि तत्र भुक्त्वा प्रसर्पति

kva dūtavajrapratimakairmatpadakarṣaṇam | daśame māsi piṇḍādi tatra bhuktvā prasarpati

and where now are these servants of Yama, hard as thunderbolts, who drag my very feet along?' In the tenth month, having eaten the pinda and the rest there, he moves on.

Verse 136 (garuda.2.5.136)

मासे चैकादशे पूर्णे पुरं रौद्रं स गच्छति । गच्छन्नेव विलपते यथा पृष्ठे प्रपीडितः

māse caikādaśe pūrṇe puraṁ raudraṁ sa gacchati | gacchanneva vilapate yathā pṛṣṭhe prapīḍitaḥ

When the eleventh month is complete, he goes to the city called Raudra. Going there, he laments, as though tormented severely upon the back —

Verse 137 (garuda.2.5.137)

क्वाहं सतूलीशयने परिवर्तन् क्षणे क्षणे । भटहस्तभ्रष्टयष्टिकृष्टपृष्ठः क्व वा पुनः

kvāhaṁ satūlīśayane parivartan kṣaṇe kṣaṇe | bhaṭahastabhraṣṭayaṣṭikṛṣṭapṛṣṭhaḥ kva vā punaḥ

'Where am I now, I who once turned upon a soft bed every moment? And where is this — my back, dragged by a staff loosed from a soldier's hand?'

Verse 138 (garuda.2.5.138)

क्षितौ दत्तञ्च पिण्डादि भुक्त्वा तत्र ततो व्रजेत् । पयोवर्षणमित्येतन्नामकं पुरमण्डज

kṣitau dattañca piṇḍādi bhuktvā tatra tato vrajet | payovarṣaṇamityetannāmakaṁ puramaṇḍaja

Having eaten there the pinda and the rest given upon earth, he then moves on further — O bird, the name of that city is Payovarshana.

Verse 139 (garuda.2.5.139)

व्रजन्नेवं विलपते कुठारैर्मूर्ध्नि ताडितः । क्व भृत्यकोमलकरैर्गन्धतैलावसेचनम्

vrajannevaṁ vilapate kuṭhārairmūrdhni tāḍitaḥ | kva bhṛtyakomalakarairgandhatailāvasecanam

Going along, he laments, struck upon the head with axes — 'Where are those servants' gentle hands, that once anointed me with fragrant oil,

Verse 140 (garuda.2.5.140)

क्व कीनाशानुगैः क्रोधात्कुठारैः शिरसि व्यथा । ऊनाब्दिकञ्च यच्छ्राद्धं तत्र भुङ्क्ते सुदुः खितः

kva kīnāśānugaiḥ krodhātkuṭhāraiḥ śirasi vyathā | ūnābdikañca yacchrāddhaṁ tatra bhuṁkte suduḥ khitaḥ

and where now are the servants of Yama, wrathfully causing me pain upon the head with axes?' The shraddha that continues for close to a full year, he there endures in the greatest misery.

Verse 141 (garuda.2.5.141)

संपूर्णे तु ततो वर्षे शीताढ्यं नगरं व्रजेत् । गच्छन्नेवं छुरिकया च्छिन्नजिह्वस्तु रोदिति

saṁpūrṇe tu tato varṣe śītāḍhyaṁ nagaraṁ vrajet | gacchannevaṁ churikayā cchinnajihvastu roditi

When the year is complete, he proceeds toward the city called Shitadhya. Going there, his tongue cut by a knife, he weeps —

Verse 142 (garuda.2.5.142)

प्रियालापैः क्व च ससमधुरत्वस्य वर्णनम् । उक्तमात्रेऽसिपत्रादिजिह्वाच्छेदः क्व चैव हि

priyālāpaiḥ kva ca sasamadhuratvasya varṇanam | uktamātre'sipatrādijihvācchedaḥ kva caiva hi

'Where are my sweet, endearing words, and where is this — my tongue severed by sword-edged leaves the moment I merely speak?'

Verse 143 (garuda.2.5.143)

वार्षिकं पिण्डदानादि भुक्त्वा तत्र प्रसर्पति । बहुभीतिकरं तत्तत्पिण्डजं देवमास्थितः

vārṣikaṁ piṇḍadānādi bhuktvā tatra prasarpati | bahubhītikaraṁ tattatpiṇḍajaṁ devamāsthitaḥ

Having endured there the yearly pinda-offering and the rest, he moves on — toward the most terrifying city called Bahubhiti, dwelling all the while within that body born of the pinda-offering,

Verse 144 (garuda.2.5.144)

प्रकाशयति पाप्पानमात्मानञ्च विनिन्दति । योषिदप्येवमेतस्मिन्मार्गे वै परिदेवति

prakāśayati pāppānamātmānañca vinindati | yoṣidapyevametasminmārge vai paridevati

he proclaims his own sin and reviles himself. A woman too, upon this same road, laments in this very same way.

Verse 145 (garuda.2.5.145)

ततो याम्यं नातिदूरे नगरं स हि गच्छति । चत्वारिंशद्योजनानि चतुर्युक्तानिविस्तृतम्

tato yāmyaṁ nātidūre nagaraṁ sa hi gacchati | catvāriṁśadyojanāni caturyuktānivistṛtam

Then he sets out toward the city of Yama itself, now not far off — measuring forty yojanas, spread across four sections,

Verse 146 (garuda.2.5.146)

त्रयोदश प्रतीहाराः श्रवणा नाम तत्र वै । श्रवणाकर्मतस्तुष्यन्त्यन्यथा क्रोधमाप्नुयुः

trayodaśa pratīhārāḥ śravaṇā nāma tatra vai | śravaṇākarmatastuṣyantyanyathā krodhamāpnuyuḥ

where thirteen gatekeepers, called 'Shravana', are stationed, pleased by the shravana-rite performed [for the departed], and angered otherwise.

Verse 147 (garuda.2.5.147)

ततस्तत्राशु रक्ताक्षं भिन्नाञ्जनचयोपमम् । मृत्युकालान्तकादीनां मध्ये पश्यति वै यमम्

tatastatrāśu raktākṣaṁ bhinnāñjanacayopamam | mṛtyukālāntakādīnāṁ madhye paśyati vai yamam

Then there he swiftly beholds Yama, red-eyed, black as a heap of shattered collyrium, seated amid Mrityu, Antaka, and the like,

Verse 148 (garuda.2.5.148)

दंष्ट्राकरालवदनं भृकुटीदारुणाकृतिम् । विरूपैर्भोषणैर्वक्त्रैर्वृतं व्याधिशतैः प्रभुम्

daṁṣṭrākarālavadanaṁ bhṛkuṭīdāruṇākṛtim | virūpairbhoṣaṇairvaktrairvṛtaṁ vyādhiśataiḥ prabhum

his mouth terrible with fangs, his brow furrowed into a dreadful form, that lord surrounded by hundreds of diseases with hideous, terrifying faces,

Verse 149 (garuda.2.5.149)

दण्डासक्तमहाबाहुं पाशहस्तं सुभैरवम् । तन्निर्दिष्टां ततो जन्तुर्गतिं याति शुभाशुभाम्

daṇḍāsaktamahābāhuṁ pāśahastaṁ subhairavam | tannirdiṣṭāṁ tato janturgatiṁ yāti śubhāśubhām

his mighty arms grasping the rod, a noose in his hand, utterly terrifying. As appointed by him, that creature attains either a good or an evil state.

Verse 150 (garuda.2.5.150)

पापी पापां गतिं याति यथा ते कथितं पुरा । छत्रोपानहदातारो ये च वेश्मप्रदायकाः

pāpī pāpāṁ gatiṁ yāti yathā te kathitaṁ purā | chatropānahadātāro ye ca veśmapradāyakāḥ

The sinful attains a sinful state, as I have told you before. Those who gave the gift of an umbrella and of sandals, and those who gave the gift of a house,

Verse 151 (garuda.2.5.151)

ये तु पुण्यकृतस्तत्र ते पश्यन्ति यमं तदा । सौम्याकृतिं कुण्डलिनं मौलिमन्तं धृतश्रियम्

ye tu puṇyakṛtastatra te paśyanti yamaṁ tadā | saumyākṛtiṁ kuṇḍalinaṁ maulimantaṁ dhṛtaśriyam

those of meritorious deeds behold Yama there in a different form — gentle of aspect, wearing earrings, crowned, endowed with splendour.

Verse 152 (garuda.2.5.152)

एकादशे द्वादशे हि षण्मासे आब्दिके तथा । विप्रान् बहून् भोजयेत्तत्र यन्महती क्षुधा

ekādaśe dvādaśe hi ṣaṇmāse ābdike tathā | viprān bahūn bhojayettatra yanmahatī kṣudhā

On the eleventh day, the twelfth, at six months, and on the yearly occasion too, many brahmins should there be given a feast, which removes that great hunger of the departed.

Verse 153 (garuda.2.5.153)

जीवन् पुत्रकलत्रादिप्रदिष्टमितरैः खग । यो न साधयति स्वार्थमेवं पश्चाद्धिखिद्यते

jīvan putrakalatrādipradiṣṭamitaraiḥ khaga | yo na sādhayati svārthamevaṁ paścāddhikhidyate

O bird, whoever, while living, fails to secure for himself what others accomplish for son, wife, and the rest, afterward grieves in just this manner.

Verse 154 (garuda.2.5.154)

एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं संयमिन्यां यथागति । प्रोक्तमावर्षकृत्यं ते किमन्यच्छ्रोतुमिच्छसि

etatte sarvamākhyātaṁ saṁyaminyāṁ yathāgati | proktamāvarṣakṛtyaṁ te kimanyacchrotumicchasi

All this has now been told to you — how the journey proceeds to Samyamani, the city of Yama, and the observances of the entire year as well. What else do you wish to hear?