Garuda Purana

उतिष्ठन्ति तदा रौद्रा दिवि सप्त दिवाकराः । ते तु पीत्वा जलं सर्वं शोषयन्ति जगत्त्रयम् ॥ १,२२४.

Then, seven fierce suns appear in the sky; they drink up all the water and dry out the three worlds.

भूर्भुवः स्वर्महर्लोकं चराचरं जनस्तथा । विष्णुश्च रुद्रो भूत्वासौ पातालानि दहत्यधः ॥ १,२२४.

The worlds—Bhur, Bhuvar, Svar, Maharloka, Janaloka, both moving and unmoving—are thus consumed; Vishnu, having become Rudra, burns the lower regions.

विष्णुर्दहेत्त्रिलोकञ्चि मुखान्मेघान् सृजत्यलम् । वर्षन्ते वै वर्षशतं नानावर्णा महाघनाः ॥ १,२२४.

Vishnu burns the three worlds, and from his mouth he creates clouds; for a hundred years, great clouds of various colors pour down rain.

विष्णुरूपःशतं वाति वर्षाणां वायुरूर्जितः । विष्णुरे कार्णवी भूते वर्षे ब्रह्मस्वरूपधृक् । शेतेऽनन्तासने विष्णुर्नष्टे स्थावरजङ्गमे ॥ १,२२४.

The wind, in the form of Vishnu, blows for a hundred years of rain with great force; Vishnu, taking the form of Brahma, becomes the ocean, and when all that is fixed and moving is destroyed, Vishnu lies on the endless serpent.

सुप्त्वा वर्षसहस्रं स जगद्भूयोऽसृजद्धरिः । अथ प्राकृतिकं वक्ष्ये प्रलयं शृणु शौनक ॥ १,२२४.

Having slept for a thousand years, Hari again creates the world; now I will describe the natural dissolution—listen, O Shaunaka.

पूर्णे संवत्सरशते संहृत्य सकलं जगत् । ब्रह्माणं न्यस्य देहे हि मुक्तो योगबलैर्हरिः ॥ १,२२४.

When a hundred years are complete, having withdrawn the entire world, Hari, by the power of yoga, places Brahma within himself and is liberated.

ये गता ब्रह्मणः स्थानं तेऽपि यान्ति परं पदम् । अनावृष्ट्यर्कसम्पन्ना आसन्मेघास्तथा द्विज । शतं वर्षाणि वर्षद्भिर्मेधैरण्डं प्रपूर्यते ॥ १,२२४.

Those who have reached Brahma's abode also attain the supreme state; O twice-born, clouds formed from the drought and sun fill the cosmic egg with rain for a hundred years.

अन्तर्गतेन तोयेन भिन्नमण्डं जगत्पतेः । पूर्णे ब्रह्मायुषि गते भिद्यतेऽम्भसि लीयते ॥ १,२२४.

With the water inside, the cosmic egg of the Lord of the world is broken; when Brahma's lifespan is complete, it is shattered and dissolves into the water.

एवं सा जगदाधारा तोये चोर्वो प्रलीयते । आपस्तेजसि लीयन्ते तेजो वायौ प्रलीयते ॥ १,२२४.

Thus, the support of the world dissolves into the water, and water merges into fire, fire into air.

वायुः खे खञ्च भूतादौ विशते च तदा महान् । महान्प्रपद्यतेऽव्यक्तं प्रकृतिः पुरुषे परे ॥ १,२२४.

At that time, air enters space, and space into the primordial elements; the great principle merges into the unmanifest, and the unmanifest (prakriti) into the Supreme Person.

शतवर्षं हरिः शेते सृजत्यथ दिनगमे । अव्यक्तादिक्रमेणैव व्यक्तीभूतं चराचरम् ॥ १,२२४.

For a hundred divine years, Hari lies in repose, and then, at the dawn of the day, creates again; in order, from the unmanifest, all moving and unmoving beings become manifest.

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम् २२५ सूत उवाच । आध्यात्मिकादितापांस्त्रीञ्ज्ञात्व संस्राचक्रवित् । उत्पन्नज्ञानवैराग्यः प्राप्नोत्यात्यन्तिकं लयम् ॥ १,२२५.

Sūta said: One who knows the three kinds of suffering—spiritual, physical, and external—and understands the cycle of rebirth, attains supreme dissolution through knowledge and detachment.

संसारचक्रं वक्ष्येऽहमादाबुत्क्रान्तिकालतः । यद्विना पुरुषार्थो न लीनः स्यात्परमात्मनि ॥ १,२२५.

I shall now explain the cycle of rebirth, beginning from the moment of death; without this knowledge, the purpose of human life does not merge into the Supreme Self.

ऊर्ध्ववासी नरस्त्यक्त्वा देहमन्यत्प्रपद्यते । नीयतेद्वादशाहेन यमस्य यमपूरुषैः ॥ १,२२५.

A person who has lived righteously, after leaving the body, attains another form; within twelve days, he is led by Yama's messengers to Yama's realm.

तत्र यद्वान्धवास्तोयं प्रयच्छन्ति तिलैः सह । यच्च पिण्डं प्रयच्छन्ति यमलोके तदश्नुते ॥ १,२२५.

There, whatever water mixed with sesame seeds his relatives offer, and whatever rice-balls they give, he partakes of those in Yama's world.

गतश्च नरकं पापात्स्वर्गं याति स्वपुण्यतः । पापकृद्याति नरकं पुण्यकृद्याति वै दिवम् ॥ १,२२५.

One who has gone to hell because of sin attains heaven by his own merit; the doer of sin goes to hell, while the doer of virtue indeed goes to heaven.

स्वर्गाच्च नरकात्त्यक्तः स्त्रीणां गर्भे भवत्यपि । नाभिभूतञ्च तस्यैव याति बीजद्वयं हि तत् ॥ १,२२५.

Falling from heaven or hell, one is born again in the womb of a woman; the two seeds, not yet overcome, unite and enter that very being.

कललं बुद्ब्रुदमयं ततः शोणितमेव च । पेश्याः पलसमोऽण्डः स्यादङ्कुरं तत उच्यते ॥ १,२२५.

First, there is the kalala (embryonic mass), then the budbuda (bubble-like stage), then blood; the embryo becomes a lump the size of a pea, and from that, a sprout is said to arise.

उपाङ्गान्यङ्गुलीनेत्रनासास्यश्रवणानि च । आवहं याति चाङ्गेभ्यस्तत्परन्तु नखादिकम् ॥ १,२२५.

The subsidiary limbs—fingers, eyes, nose, mouth, and ears—arise from the body; from the limbs, nails and similar features develop.

त्वचो रोमाणि जायन्ते केशाश्चैव ततः परम् । नरश्चाधोमुखः स्थित्वा दशमे च सः जायते ॥ १,२२५.

From the skin, hair grows, and then the head-hair as well; the person, facing downward, is born in the tenth month.

ततस्तु वैष्णवी माया वृणोत्यत्यन्तमोहिनी । बालत्वं त्वथ कौमारं यौवनं वृद्धतामपि ॥ १,२२५.

Then, the deluding power of Viṣṇu covers him completely; he passes through infancy, childhood, youth, and even old age.

ततश्च मरणं तत्तद्धर्मामाप्नोति मानवः । एवं संसारचक्रेऽस्मिन् भ्राम्यते घटीयन्त्रवत् ॥ १,२२५.

After that, death comes, and the person attains results according to his deeds; thus, in this cycle of rebirth, one revolves like a water wheel.

नरकात्प्रतिमुक्तस्तु पापयोनिषु जायते । पतितात्प्रतिगृह्याथ अधोयोनिं व्रजेद्बुधः ॥ १,२२५.

Freed from hell, one is born in sinful wombs; having fallen, and being received again, the wise may enter a lower birth.

नरकात्प्रतिमुक्तस्तु कृमिर्भवति याचकः । उपाध्यायव्यलीकं तु कृत्वा श्वा भवति द्विज ॥ १,२२५.

Freed from hell, one may become a worm or a beggar; a twice-born who deceives his teacher becomes a dog.

तज्जायां मनसा वाञ्छंस्तद्द्रव्यं वाप्यसंशयम् । गर्दभोजायते जन्तुर्मित्रस्यैवापमानकृत् ॥ १,२२५.

Desiring another's wife or wealth, even in thought, or certainly taking it, a creature is born as a donkey; one who insults a friend meets the same fate.

पितरौ पीडयित्वा तु कच्छपत्वञ्च जायते । भुर्तुः पिण्डमुपाश्वस्तो वञ्जयित्वा तमेव यः ॥ १,२२५.

One who torments his parents is born as a tortoise; whoever cheats his brother of the funeral rice-ball is also thus reborn.

सोऽपि मोहसमापन्नो जायते वानरो मृतः । न्यासापहर्ता नरकाद्विमुक्तो जायते कृमिः ॥ १,२२५.

He too, overcome by delusion, is born as a monkey after death; one who steals a deposit, freed from hell, is born as a worm.

असूयकश्च नरकान्मुक्तो भवति राक्षसः । विश्वासहर्ता च नरो मीनयोनौ प्रजायते ॥ १,२२५.

A person without envy is freed from hell, even if he is a demon; but one who betrays trust is born in the womb of a fish.

यवधान्यानि संहृत्य जायते मूषको मृतः । परदाराभिमर्शात्तु वृको घोरोऽभिजायते ॥ १,२२५.

One who gathers up barley and other grains and dies is born as a mouse; from touching another's wife, he is born as a terrible wolf.