Garuda Purana

यैर्नानृतानि चोक्तानि प्रीतिभेदः कृतो न च । आस्तिकः श्रद्दधानश्च स सुखं मृत्युमृच्छति ॥ २,२.

Those who have not spoken falsehoods, who have not caused discord, who are faithful and believing, attain death peacefully.

यो न कामान्न संरंभान्न द्वेषाद्धर्ममुत्सृजेत् । यथोक्तकारी सौम्यश्च स सुखं मृत्युमृच्छति ॥ २,२.

One who does not abandon righteousness out of desire, anger, or hatred, who acts as instructed and is gentle, attains death peacefully.

मोहज्ञानप्रदातारः प्राप्नुवन्ति महत्तमः । कूटसाक्षी मृषावादी ये च विश्वासघातकाः ॥ २,२.

Those who give false knowledge out of delusion, who are false witnesses, who speak lies, and who betray trust, attain the greatest darkness.

ते मोहं मृत्युमृच्छन्ति तथा ये वेदनिन्दकाः । विभीषकाः पूतिगन्धा यष्टिमुद्गरपाणयः ॥ २,२.

They meet death in delusion, as do those who revile the Vedas, who terrify others, who emit foul odors, and who wield sticks or clubs.

आगच्छन्ति दुरात्मानो यमस्य पुरुषास्तदा । प्राप्ते त्वीदृक्पथे घोरे जायते तस्य वेपथुः ॥ २,२.

Then, wicked souls, the servants of Yama, arrive; when one reaches such a dreadful path, trembling arises in him.

क्रन्दत्यविरतं सोऽपि पितृमातृसुतानपि । सास्य वागस्फुटा यत्नेनैकवर्णा विभासते ॥ २,२.

He cries out incessantly, even for his father, mother, and children; his speech, with effort, becomes clear only as a single syllable.

दृष्टिर्वै भ्राम्यते त्रासाच्छ्वासाच्छुष्यति चाननम् । स ततो वेदनाविष्टस्तच्छरीरं विमुञ्चति ॥ २,२.

His vision spins from fear, his mouth dries from breathing; then, overwhelmed by pain, he leaves that body.

अस्पृश्यं कुत्सनीयं च तत्क्षणादेव जायते । उक्तं मृत्योः स्वरूपं तु प्रसङ्गादन्यदप्यथ ॥ २,२.

That body instantly becomes untouchable and despicable; thus the nature of death is described, and now something else is explained.

वैचित्र्यस्योत्तरं प्रश्रे द्वितीयस्य वदामि ते । कर्मणां प्राक्तनानां तु तदसत्त्वेनं भदेतः ॥ २,२.

I will tell you the answer to the second question about variety; by the presence or absence of past actions, O fortunate one.

भवेद्भोगस्य वैचित्र्यं भ्राम्यतां प्राणिनामिह । देवत्वमसुरत्वं च यक्षत्वादिसुखप्रदम् ॥ २,२.

There is variety in enjoyment for beings who wander here; becoming divine, demonic, or yaksha, brings happiness.

मानुषत्वं पशुत्वं च पक्षित्वाद्यतिदुः खदम् । कर्मणां तारतम्येन भवतीह खगेश्वर ॥ २,२.

Becoming human, animal, or bird, brings great suffering; by the gradation of actions, this occurs, O lord of birds.

अत्र ते कीर्तयिष्यामि विपाकं कर्मणामहम् । वैचित्र्यस्य स्पुटत्वाययैर्जोवः संसरत्ययम् ॥ २,२.

Here I will tell you the result of actions, so that the variety may be made clear, by which this being wanders in existence.

महापातकजान्घोरान्नरकान्प्राप्य दारुणान् । कर्मक्षयात्प्रजायन्ते महापातकिनः क्षितौ ॥ २,२.

Having reached dreadful hells born from great sins, when their actions are exhausted, great sinners are born on earth.

जायन्ते लक्षणैर्यैस्तुतानि मे शृणु सत्तम । मृगाश्वसूकरोष्ट्राणां ब्रह्महा योनिमृच्छति ॥ २,२.

They are born with the marks I have praised; listen, O noble one: the killer of a Brahmin attains the womb of deer, horses, pigs, or camels.

कृमिकीटपतङ्गत्वं स्वर्णहारी समाप्नुयात् । तृणगुल्मतात्वं च क्रमशो गुरुतल्पगः ॥ २,२.

One who steals gold becomes a worm, insect, or flying creature; one who violates his teacher's bed becomes grass or a bush, step by step.

ब्रह्महा क्षयरोगी स्यात्सुरापः श्यावदन्तकः । हेमहारी तु कुनखी दुश्चर्मा गुरुतल्पगः ॥ २,२.

The killer of a Brahmin becomes afflicted with consumption; the drinker of liquor has dark teeth; the gold thief has bad nails and skin; the violator of his teacher's bed likewise.

यो येन संवसत्येषां स तल्लिङ्गोऽभिजायते । संवत्सरेण पतति पतितेन सहाचरन् ॥ २,२.

Whoever lives with any of these, is born with their marks; within a year, he falls, accompanying the fallen.

संलापस्पर्शनिः श्वाससहयानाशनासनात् । याजनाध्यापनाद्यौनात्पापं संक्रमते नृणाम् ॥ २,२.

Sin passes to people through conversation, touch, breathing together, sharing food and drink, performing rituals, teaching, and sexual union.

गत्वा दारान्परेषाञ्च ब्रह्मस्वमपहृत्य च । अरण्ये निर्जने देशे जायते ब्रह्मराक्षसः ॥ २,२.

One who goes to another's wife or takes the property of Brahmins, is born as a Brahma-rakshasa in a lonely wilderness.

हीनजातौ प्रजायेत रत्नानामपहारकः । पत्रं च शाखिनो हृत्वा गन्धांश्छुच्छुन्दरी पुमान् ॥ २,२.

A thief of jewels is born in a low caste; one who steals leaves from a tree becomes a shucchundari; a man who steals fragrance is born as a shucchundari.

मूषको धान्यहारी स्याद्यानमुष्ट्रः फलं कपिः । निर्मन्त्रभोजनात्काको गृध्रो हृत्वा ह्युपस्करम् ॥ २,२.

A mouse is born from stealing grain; a camel from stealing a vehicle; a monkey from stealing fruit; a crow from eating food without mantra; a vulture from stealing utensils.

मधुदंशः फलं गृध्रो गां गोधाग्निं बकस्तथा । स्याच्छ्वेतकुष्ठी स्त्रीवस्त्र ह्यरुची रसहारकः ॥ २,२.

A bee is born from stealing honey; a vulture from stealing fruit; a cow from stealing earth; a monitor lizard from stealing fire; a crane from stealing water; one with white leprosy from stealing women's clothes; one with tastelessness from stealing flavor.

कांस्यहारी तु हंसः स्यात्परस्वस्य च हारकः । अपस्मारी गुरोर्हन्ता क्रूरकृद्वामनो भवेत् ॥ २,२.

A swan is born from stealing bronze; a dwarf from stealing others' property; an epileptic from killing a teacher; a cruel person from committing violence.

धर्मपत्नीं त्यजञ्छब्दवेधी प्राणी भवेत्क्षितौ । देवविप्रस्वापहारी पाण्डुरः परमांसभुक् ॥ २,२.

One who abandons his lawful wife becomes a creature sensitive to sound; one who steals the property of gods or Brahmins becomes pale and eats excessive meat.

भक्ष्याभक्ष्यो गण्डमाली महारोगी प्रजायते । न्यासापहारी काणः स्यास्त्रीजीवः खञ्जको भवेत् ॥ २,२.

One who eats forbidden food becomes afflicted with glandular disease and great illness; a thief of deposits becomes one-eyed; one who lives off women becomes lame.

कौमारदारत्यागी च दुर्भगोऽथै कमिष्टभुक् । वातगुल्मी विप्रयोषिद्गामी वा जम्बुको भवेत् ॥ २,२.

One who abandons a wife in youth becomes unfortunate and eats impure food; one afflicted with wind disease who goes to a Brahmin's wife becomes a jackal.

शय्याहर्ता क्षपणकः पतङ्गो वस्त्रहारकः । मात्सर्यादपि जात्यन्धो कपाली दीपहारकः ॥ २,२.

A thief of bedding becomes a mendicant; a thief of clothes becomes a moth; one blinded by envy becomes a skull-bearer; a thief of lamps becomes blind from birth.

कौशिको मित्रहन्ता च क्षयी पित्रादिनिन्दकः । स्खलद्वागनृतवादी कूटसाक्षी जलोदरी ॥ २,२.

A weaver becomes a killer of friends; one who wastes away insults his father and others; one who speaks faltering or false words becomes a false witness and suffers dropsy.

मशकः सोऽथ चछिन्नोष्ठो विवाहे विघ्नकृद्भवेत् । स्याद्वाथ वृषलः सोऽयं चत्वरे वै विण्मूत्रकृत् ॥ २,२.

A mosquito is born from causing obstacles in marriage; one with a split lip becomes a troublemaker; a low-caste person defecates and urinates in public squares.