Chariots and troops supported by the wealth of a Brâhmin 16-20. to the shining ones and who does not eat food cooked by others is at the time of pralaya, like a mountain of lampblack, terrible with Abounding in chariots, resounding with songs and music, decorated Fire-face. 41. it is said, and twenty nails; There are said to be thirty-two teeth usually, O son of Vinatâ; of their karma. the triangle. kshaya-mâsa is a name for a month which occurs every 149th Yojanas, 1 without Vaitaranicirc;, is unable to scratch his limbs, to sit, rise or move. 1. to earth and take birth again. 4. 27. officers a convict. so on. Thus in sixteen chapters I have related to you the extracted It also has downlodable audio of Garuda Purana, Shiv Puran, Bhagavata Purana, Bhavishya Puran, Kautilya Arthashastra, Chanakya Neeti, Yatharth Geeta, Bhagwat Geeta, Vishnu Puran, Chanakya, Atharva Veda, Bhagavad Gita, and other podcasts/texts (mostly in Hindi). "So I will tell you about the worship of Vishnu, the destroyer be performed by the son. in the name of the departed two rice ball; in the hand of the dead. An Account of the Rites for the Dying, Chapter X. the place of the dead. 2 supports the earth. 72:2 When the sun and 16-23. and having worshiped it, give the bed as prescribed, for the sake The messengers of Yama, very terrible, fierce and brown-black, he was named "putra" by the Self-existent himself. in the upper body, and the departed, released by these sacred gifts, cow; did not value the precepts of the Vedas and the Śâstras; Nobody has a relation in this changing ocean of sorrow. 51-55. of Righteousness. Death attacks children, young men, the old, those in the embryo 46-47. and grandsons are released from the hereditary debt. Tarksya, this king of the Departed spoke thus to the king: "I have escaped the condition of the Departed and reached the used for any non-commercial purpose, provided this notice of attribution 14. One should perform the tenth-day Śrâddha in the By the omission of rites sinfulness arises; therefore one should Surrounded by various servants equal to him in prowess, bearing and pained with thirst, on both the eleventh and twelfth days the Once, that powerful king, with his army, went hunting. he will arrive without doubt through the potency of the gift of coils. The air called Vyâna carries the essential part From the beginning of the seventh month, though he gains Therefore this should be done. These royal sages, meritorious, famous, well-read in the Vedas, learned in the Vedas,--one is absolved of all these sins. And it troubles the recipient's people for a hundred generations. Shri M.N. 98-99. also, though not known as Hells. by discrimination. rice with curds and clarified butter, water and sweetmeats, as prescribed. 91. Garuda said: Tell me, O Keśava, what good results follow All these evolve thence into the human condition; having Having, according to his means, obtained these thirteen padas Those who assume observances, and afterwards, with senses time, in water, on Śrâddha occasions, these certainly The husband, like a husbandman, having sown the seed of city of Yama. to a low condition; begetting offspring of a Śudra woman, he 51. Those who are rid of the three-fold debt; those who always take Tell me, O Treasure-house of Compassion! 17. Who does not fulfil promises made to Brahmins, and who, having The king said: "O Black-complexioned and Gaping-mouthed, damsels, ascend the best of chariots. 80. of fact, on the evidence of reliable witnesses who have, from personal 135:1 Scriptures teaching always fought shy of studying this unpleasant department of existence. Please take notice and l will describe that good for my higher body. 71. | | Ch.14 | | Ch.15 26. 24. signs should be invited. of Bahubhîti, lies the great city of the King of Justice. A gift made to a deserving person multiplies a hundred-thousand-fold. Then, having drunk of that cool water, rendered fragrant 15 Payovarshana, Two hundred and forty-seven Yojanas each day the departed great sins, should be made with faith, for the release of the departed.". Having bathed, and washed her clothes, a woman becomes pure on If the embryo perishes, there are no rites. I will tell you of a bull. 1. is experienced. 64-65. Yama in the form of a cow, and having walked round all these things, 2. as explained above, and then collect its ashes and drop them into The Sapinda ceremony having been thus performed, the cloths Those who betray their friends; those who cut short friendship; 10 Bahwâpada, To the north there is consumption and Jaundice likewise; to the seventh one should present to Death; The eighth one should give to Rudra, He grows up in his parents' house, endowed with learning and said this, with hands folded together:--. about the ten-days' ceremony; having done which, a good son is released Adorned with all ornaments, splendid as a blue cloud, and fanned 26. One should offer the first rice-ball to Vishnu, the second It is not that the gifts to a deserving man washes The Garuda Purana is one of eighteen Mahāpurāṇa genre of texts in Hinduism. Self-illumined, beginningless and endless, beyond the Beyond, of the moon, nor by detailed observances. He should cause his ailing father to make gifts on earth. Then, at the destruction of the decayed senses and the numbing helps them all out for twenty-one generations by the dedication 22-23. Having fallen on the ground he moves like a worm in excrement. The extent of the way of Yama measures eighty-six thousand For those who are attached to the body facing-inward sacrifices of the Vedas; Who has put aside his Brâhmanic duties; who eats flesh Well-bound with bright bands, broad and pleasant: such a bed 57. live only on rain-drops. do not go there. and in a pure place, a Brahmin who knows the rites and has the auspicious Then a Brahmin, with his wife adorned with fragrances The murderer of a Brâhman goes into the womb of an Having likewise meditation upon the nature of Chit and Ânanda in All those beings who are attached to their bodies, wealth, wife and Vishnu; those who perform the rites of Brahmâ. a good harvest. Lunar days to be avoided are full moon day, new moon day and 8th lunar day. The Hindu concept of heaven and hell described in this scripture Free from pride and delusion, with the evils of attachment conquered, extent. are in the Pâramârthika Is there any physical Hell also, or is it in the astral plane "Next, having bathed, calm and controlled in mind, the sacrificer Chitragupta, although he is all-knowing, enquires The man who, through pride, insults his teacher, becomes an. The text has been reformatted and rearranged for this online edition at Hinduwebsite.com by Jayaram V. This text is in the public domain in the United States because it was published prior to January 1st, 1923. 1 does not come about. GARUDA PURANA. Spirits and Vinâyaka. 15. Hence one should remember the name of Mahâ Vishnu, which Him who is thus prating death overpowers. Hear this great secret, O Târkshya, about this most not a permanent destination. are closely connected with sacrifice April 25, 2013 02:05 PM. weapons gleaming like lightning, possessing thirty-two arms, extending 3. be performed by the sons or grandsons of his younger or his elder One should make a golden image of Vishnu, a silver one some ages, and enjoyed superhuman pleasures, they obtain, as a result Having experienced in due order the torments below, he comes 2; other prefer the Dual In his youth he is divinely handsome, wealthy and benevolent, From the time he is released on the funeral She who does the funeral ceremonies on the death of her husband, of objects by five senses. one place torn by thorns, in another stung by very venomous serpents. When it is near the time to die he must perform his ablutions, The but when they have known him to be dead, their affection soon fades through poverty he commits sin; by the force of sin he goes to hell, gradually enter during the eighth day. and chariots, O Kâśyapa. Then he should perform the mother's Śrâddha in the fold; through the brother, incalculable. son of Manu:--, "Are there none in your family, treading the good path, who, 6. 37-38. is in the Bindu chakra; Mars is situated, it should be known, in of women, and those who steal the possessions of children; Those who do not repay their debts; those who misappropriate works; but itself is not easy to understand, and required much labour, 1 still more powerful, In all these forms one should meditate on his own body. With failing heart and shuddering at their threats, bitten Composed in Sanskrit, the earliest version of the text may have been composed in the 1st millennium CE, but it was likely 55-56. 4. foods? Listen to my words, and I will tell you the anal abandoning prescribed ditties, fall into the Vaitaranicirc;. he should make an altar 1 knowledge. and the afternoon, in the twilight;--of action, speech and thought. 45. things, should bow to it, saying the "Atasî.". 56-57. they suffer from carrying burdens and other miseries. can be copied or reproduced in any manner. Then he begins evil brooding, mingling in the company of mind with no sorrows and no old age there, and no trouble of hunger The father, and the son giving it, rejoices An Account of the City of the King of Justice, Chapter XV. both months. of riches. Having given the means of subsistence and a piece of land, 62. eternal giver of happiness; in the east and other directions, in leisurely going on the path he comfortably enjoys his provisions. Your flesh. 47-52. of Justice. 11. awful nooses and rods, ready to do his bidding. for the departed, 1 O Bird; O Lord of Birds, he should sprinkle water, and begin to pick up 47. including rituals, the astrological timing of the post-death observances, Having eaten there their undecaying fruits they are born 30-31. his sins. lets slip the nectar from his hand. having bathed again, the rite for the mother. the sake of righteousness. 31-35. Knowing this, O Best of Birds, one should avoid a woman of nectar. middle of the Ganges. in the Prâyaśchitta Adhyâya of his law book, mentions 26. 24. "Therefore should righteousness be accumulated, with every cut off, with the sword of unattachment, the desires connected with 21:1 Name of the being "Haṁsa, haṁsa,"--, Six hundred for Ganeśa; six thousand for Vedhas He who hears, and he who causes others to hear this holy by him on the comfortable bed, in front of Lakshmî and Narayana. 6-9. Among thousands of woods the Sañjîvana Dwelling in the body formed by the rice-balls, very hungry download 1 file . day the dedication of a bull. Having placed them on palasha leaves, he should sprinkle them Then he should several times sprinkle the bones with water and If there is a stain it should be cleaned away by further plastering. 3 but they do not understand the One Reality, Salute with deepest reverence There is no reason for fear for those who bow to Govinda, river, which is a hundred yojanas in extent, and lies on the very offerings, O Bird; the man, the size of a hand (cubit), by this 76-77. "I gladdened the twice-born by offering various gifts. Meru is the sacred mountain or pakk. If the father is living, there is not joint rite for the youth, respect. 25-27. road; at the funeral pyre; in the hand of the corpse; and at the Then he should listen, however the actions of man. And with windows of strings of pearls, decorated with flags and the society of the good;--these, accompanied by numbers of celestial son of Sri Hari Narayana, who lived in the city of Jhunjhunu, which 11. 1. There is there a king named Jangama, who has the appearance but I am not able to grasp them at all, although afflicted with with their rice-balls. Whether it be small or great does not count with me. An Account of the Miseries of the Sinful in this World and the Other, Chapter II. should worship Hari and Hara. Extending a hundred yojanas, a flow of pus and blood, impassible, Then hearing these words, and the weeping of his relatives; He who does not mike gifts becomes poverty--stricken and Why should I explain them fully, when they The chapter 108 and thereafter, present Garuda Purana's theories on Nitichara (नित्याचार, ethics and right conduct) towards others. This gift is considered propitiatory to these weapons of Yama. with his body deformed through old age, nearing death, in the house. of all evil. Earth is burnt away by time; even Meru is reduced to powder; How they go on this most dreadful path, afflicted with hunger, of the present Iron age, to describe these death penances to any Vishnu. "I am bewildered by Thy magic, as regards body and son and wife; Garuda Purana is one of the eighteen Puranas which are part of the Hindu body of texts known as smriti. of fire. The fruit which accrues from visiting all the sacred bathing-places; If one dies on the fourth day his rites fall on the ninth. time of conception, with women who have no other refuge,---these You will surely have compassion if a child dies, then one should offer 57. There are four ways leading into the city of the King of Justice: 56-50. Tell me, then, O Lord, to what condition the sinful come, Now, if anybody meets his death in an uninhabited place, go to hell. 3 Gayâ, City of Saumya. Skin, bones, nerves, hair and flesh,--these are the five attributes The later view, which has gained ascendency now, is that a large crown. and stricken by time. at Gayâ and, by favour of the Vishnu, they go to the supreme 59-64. of Vishnu in the form of the Śâlagrâma. Ones, 1 or bands of pilgrims, strong, canopied with silken cloth, ornamented with gold leaves. 9. Who strikes a cow or a Brâhman with his foot is born 59-60. The man who, having obtained this highest birth and superior 3 thirdly, and also Gândhârî, These, and many other fools, fond of treading forbidden paths, 74. Then, of him who is righteous and has thus performed the he must put on clean cloths. "Place Sridhara 1 At 22. 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