Garuda Purana

बालो युवा च वृद्धश्च यः करोति शुभाशुभम् । तस्यान्तस्यामवस्थायां भुङ्क्ते जन्मनिजन्मनि ॥ १,११३.

Whether a child, a youth, or an old man—whoever does good or evil—he enjoys the results in that very state, in birth after birth.

अनीक्षमाणोऽपि नरो विदेशस्थोऽपि मानवः । स्वकर्मपातवातेन नीयते यत्र तत्फलम् ॥ १,११३.

Even if a man does not see, even if he is in a foreign land, he is carried by the wind of his own karma to where its fruit is.

प्राप्तव्यमर्थं लभते मनुष्यो देवोऽपि तं वारयितुं न शक्तः । अतो न शोचामि न विस्मयो मे ललाटलेखा न पुनः प्रयाति (यदस्मदीयं न तु तत्परेषाम् ॥ १,११३.

A person attains what is destined for him; even a god is not able to prevent it. Therefore, I do not grieve nor am I astonished; the line on the forehead does not return again (what is mine is not another's).

सर्पः कूपे गजः स्कन्धे बिल आखुश्च धावति । नरः शीघ्रतरादेव कर्मणः कः पलायते ॥ १,११३.

A snake in a well, an elephant on its shoulder, and a mouse running into a hole—who among men can flee faster than karma?

नाल्पा भवति सद्विद्या दीयमानापि वर्धते । कूपस्थमिव पानीयं भवत्येव बहूदकम् ॥ १,११३.

True knowledge, even if given in small measure, grows; like water in a well, it becomes abundant.

येर्ऽथा धर्मेण ते सत्या येऽधर्मेण गताः श्रियः । धर्मार्थो च महांल्लोके तत्स्मृत्वा ह्यर्थकारणात् ॥ १,११३.

Wealth obtained by righteousness is true; riches gained by unrighteousness are not. Remembering that dharma and artha are great in the world, one should act for the sake of wealth accordingly.

अन्नार्थो यानि दुः खानि करोति कृपणो जनः । तान्येव यदि धर्मार्थो न भूयः क्लेशभाजनम् ॥ १,११३.

The sufferings a wretched person endures for the sake of food and wealth—if these are for the sake of dharma and artha, they no longer become a source of pain.

सर्वेषामेव शौचानामन्नशौचं विशिष्यते । योऽन्नार्थैः शुचिः शौचान्न मृदा वारिणा शुचिः ॥ १,११३.

Of all forms of purity, purity of food is considered the highest; one who is pure in relation to food is truly pure, not merely by earth or water.

सत्यं शौचं मनः शौचं शौचमिन्द्रियनिग्रहः । सर्वभूते दया शौचं जलशौचञ्च पञ्चमम् ॥ १,११३.

Truthfulness is purity, purity of mind is purity, purity is control of the senses, compassion toward all beings is purity, and purity of water is the fifth.

यस्य सत्यञ्च शौचञ्च तस्य स्वर्गो न दुर्लभः । सत्यं हि वचनं यस्य सोऽश्वमेधाद्विशिष्यते ॥ १,११३.

For one who possesses truth and purity, heaven is not difficult to attain; indeed, one whose speech is truthful surpasses even the performance of the Aśvamedha sacrifice.

मृत्तिकानां सहस्रेण चोदकानां शतेन हि । न शुध्यति दुराचारो भावोपहतचेतनः ॥ १,११३.

Even with a thousand applications of clay and a hundred of water, a wicked person whose mind is corrupted by evil intent does not become pure.

यस्य हस्तौ च पादौ च मनश्चैव सुसंयतम् । विद्या तपश्च कीर्तिश्च स तीर्थफलमश्नुते ॥ १,११३.

He whose hands and feet and mind are well restrained, who possesses knowledge, austerity, and fame, attains the fruit of pilgrimage.

न प्रहृष्यति संमानैर्नावमानैः प्रकुप्यति । न क्रुद्धः परुषं ब्रूयादेतत्साधोस्तु लक्षणम् ॥ १,११३.

He does not rejoice in honors nor become angry at insults; when angry, he does not speak harshly—such is the mark of a virtuous person.

दरिद्रस्य मनुष्यस्य प्राज्ञस्य मधुरस्य च । काले श्रुत्वा हितं वाक्यं न कश्चित्परितुष्यति ॥ १,११३.

When timely and beneficial words are spoken to a poor man, a wise man, or a sweet-natured man, no one is pleased by them.

न मन्त्रबलवीर्येण प्रज्ञया पौरुषेण च । अलभ्यं लभ्यते मर्त्यैस्तत्र का परिवेदना ॥ १,११३.

By the power of spells, strength, intelligence, or effort, mortals do not obtain what is unattainable; so what cause is there for sorrow?

अयाचितो मया लब्धो पुनर्मत्प्रेषणाद्गतः । यत्रागतस्तत्र गतस्तत्र का परिवेदना ॥ १,११३.

What I have gained without asking, and what has departed after being sent by me—wherever it came from, there it has gone; what cause is there for sorrow?

एकवृक्षे सदा रात्रौ नानापक्षिसमागमः । प्रभातेऽन्यदिशो यान्ति का तत्र परिवेदना ॥ १,११३.

At night, many different birds gather on a single tree; at dawn, they go their separate ways—what cause is there for sorrow in this?

एकसार्थप्रयाताना सर्वेषान्तत्र गामिनाम् । यस्त्वेकस्त्वरितो याति का तत्र परिवेदना ॥ १,११३.

Among all those traveling together in a caravan, if one departs quickly on his own, what cause is there for sorrow in that?

अव्यक्तादीनि भूतानि व्यक्तमध्यानि शौनक । अव्यक्तनिधनान्येनव का तत्र परिवेदना ॥ १,११३.

Beings begin in the unmanifest, exist in the manifest in the middle, and end in the unmanifest, O Śaunaka; what cause is there for sorrow in this?

नाप्राप्तकालो म्रियते विद्धः शरशतैरपि । कुशाग्रेण तु संस्पृष्टं प्राप्तकालो न जीवति ॥ १,११३.

One whose time has not come does not die, even if pierced by hundreds of arrows; but one whose time has come does not live, even if merely touched by a blade of grass.

लब्धव्यान्येव लभते गन्तव्यान्येव गच्छति । प्राप्तव्यान्येव प्राप्नाति दुः खानि च सुखानि च ॥ १,११३.

A person obtains only what is to be obtained, goes only where he is to go, and receives only what is destined—whether sorrow or happiness.

तत्तत्प्राप्नोति पुरुषः कि प्रलापैः करिष्यति । आचोद्यमानानि यथा पुष्पाणि च फलानि च । स्वकालं नातिवर्तन्ते तथा कर्म पुराकृतम् ॥ १,११३.

A person attains only that which is destined; what use are lamentations? Just as flowers and fruits do not surpass their proper time, so too do past actions yield results only at their appointed time.

शीलं कुलं नैव न चैव विद्या ज्ञानं गुणा नैव न बीजशुद्धिः । भाग्यानि पूर्वं तपसार्जितानि काले फलन्त्यस्य यथैव वृक्षाः ॥ १,११३.

Neither character, family, learning, knowledge, virtues, nor purity of lineage—none of these; only the fortunes earned by austerity in previous lives bear fruit at the proper time, just as trees do.

तत्र मृत्युर्यत्र हन्ता तत्र श्रीर्यत्र सम्पदः । तत्र तत्र स्वयं याति प्रेर्यमाणः स्वकर्मभिः ॥ १,११३.

Where death is destined, there the slayer appears; where prosperity is destined, there wealth arrives—each is drawn there by his own actions.

भूतपूर्वं कृतं कर्म कर्तारमनुतिष्ठति । यथा धेनुसहस्रेषु वत्सो विन्दन्ति मातरम् ॥ १,११३.

The karma performed in the past follows the doer, just as among a thousand cows, a calf finds its own mother.

एवं पूर्वकृतं कर्म कर्तारमनुतिष्ठाति । सुकृतं भुङ्क्ष्व चात्मीयं मूढ किं परितप्यसे ॥ १,११३.

Thus, the actions performed previously pursue the doer; O deluded one, enjoy the good you have earned—why do you grieve?

यथा पूर्वकृतं कर्म शुभं वा यदि वाशुभम् । तथा जन्मान्तरे तद्वै कर्ता रमनुगच्छति ॥ १,११३.

As the actions performed before, whether good or bad, so in another birth the doer surely follows after them.

नीचः सर्षपमात्राणि परच्छिद्राणि पश्यति । आत्मनो बलिवमात्राणि पश्यन्नपि न पश्यति ॥ १,११३.

A base person sees the faults of others, even as small as a mustard seed, but does not see his own, even though they are as large as a bilva fruit.

रागद्वेषादियुक्तानां न सुखं कुत्रचिद्द्विज । विचार्य खलु पश्यामि तत्सुखं यत्र निर्वृतिः ॥ १,११३.

For those attached to passion, hatred, and the like, there is happiness nowhere, O twice-born; truly, I see that happiness lies where there is contentment.