Garuda Purana

तथव स व्रजन्मार्गे पुत्रपुत्रेति च ब्रुवन् । हाहेति क्रन्दते नित्यं कीदृशं तु मया कृतम् ॥ २,१५.

Thus, as he travels the path, he calls out 'Son! Son!' and always cries 'Alas!', lamenting, 'What have I done?'

मानुष्यं लभ्यते कस्मादिति ब्रूते प्रसर्पति । महता पुण्ययोगेन मानुष्यं जन्म लभ्यते ॥ २,१५.

He asks, 'Why is a human birth obtained?' It is attained only through the accumulation of great merit.

न तत्प्राप्य प्रदत्तं हि याचकेभ्यः स्वकं धनम् । पराधीनं तदभवदिति ब्रूते (रौति) सगद्गदः ॥ २,१५.

Having gained it, he did not give his own wealth to those who begged; he laments, stammering, 'It became dependent on others.'

किङ्करैः पीड्यतेऽत्यर्थं स्मरते पूर्वदैहिकम् ॥ २,१५.

He is tormented excessively by the attendants and remembers his previous embodiment.

सुखस्य दुः खस्य न कोपि दाता परो ददातीति कुबुद्धिरेषा । पुरा कृतं कर्म सदैव भुज्यते देहिन्क्वचिन्निस्तर यत्त्वया कृतम् ॥ २,१५.

No one else is the giver of happiness or suffering; this is a false notion. One always experiences the results of one's own past actions—wherever you are, embodied one, you must endure what you have done.

मया न दत्तं न हुतं हुताशने तपो न तप्तं हिमशैलगह्वरे । न सेवितं गाङ्गमहो महाजलं देहिन्क्वचिन्निस्तर यत्त्वया कृतम् ॥ २,१५.

I did not give, nor did I offer oblations into the fire; I did not perform austerities in the caves of snowy mountains; I did not serve the sacred Ganges or its great waters—wherever you are, embodied one, you must endure what you have done.

न नित्यदानं न गावाह्निकं कृतं न वेददानं न च शास्त्रपुस्तकम् । पुरा नदृष्टं न च सेवितोऽध्वा देहिन्क्वचिन्निस्तर यत्त्वया कृतम् ॥ २,१५.

I did not perform daily charity, nor the daily service to cows; I did not give the Vedas or sacred texts; I did not see or serve the holy paths—wherever you are, embodied one, you must endure what you have done.

जलाशयो नैव कृतो हि निर्जले मनुष्यहेतोः पशुपक्षिहेतवे । गोतृप्तिहेतोर्न कृतं हि गोचरं देहिन्क्वचिन्नस्तर यत्त्वया कृतम् ॥ २,१५.

I did not create a reservoir of water in a waterless place for the sake of humans, animals, or birds; I did not provide pasture for the satisfaction of cows—wherever you are, embodied one, you must endure what you have done.

मया न भुक्तं पतिसङ्गसौख्यं वह्निप्रवेशो न कृतो मृते सति । तस्मिन्मृते तद्व्रतपालनं वा देहिन्क्वचिन्निस्तर यत्त्वया कृतम् ॥ २,१५.

I did not enjoy the happiness of union with my husband; I did not enter the fire after his death; nor did I observe the vow after his passing—wherever you are, embodied one, you must endure what you have done.

मासोपवासैर्न विशोषितं वपुश्चान्द्रायणैर्वा नियमैश्च संहतैः । नारीशरीरं बहुदुः खभाजनं लब्धं मया पूर्वकृतैर्विकर्मभिः ॥ २,१५.

My body was not emaciated by monthly fasts, nor by the observance of the Cāndrāyaṇa or other strict vows; I have obtained a woman's body, a vessel of much suffering, because of my previous misdeeds.

उक्तानि वाच्यानि मया नराणामतः शृणुष्वावहितोऽपि पक्षिन् । स्त्रीणां शरीरं प्रतिलभ्य देही ब्रवीति कर्माणि कृतानि पूर्वम् ॥ २,१५.

The words spoken by men have been said; now listen attentively, O bird. Having obtained a woman's body, the embodied soul recounts the deeds done previously.

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम् १६ श्रीभगवानुवाच । एवं विलपतस्तस्य प्रेतस्यैवं खगेश्वर । क्रन्दमानस्य नितरां पीडितस्य च किङ्करैः ॥ २,१६.

The Blessed Lord said: Thus, as that departed soul laments, O King of Birds, crying out and being greatly tormented by the attendants—

सप्तदश दिनान्येको वायुमार्गे विकृष्यते । अष्टादशे त्वहोरात्रे पूर्वं याम्यपुरं व्रजेत् ॥ २,१६.

For seventeen days he is dragged along the path of the wind; on the eighteenth day and night, he first reaches the city of Yama.

तस्मिन्पुरवरे रम्ये प्रेतानां च गणो महान् । पुष्पभद्रा नदी तत्रन्यग्रोधः प्रियदर्शनः ॥ २,१६.

In that beautiful and excellent city, there is a great host of departed souls; there flows the river Puṣpabhadrā, and there stands a pleasing banyan tree.

पुरे स तत्र विश्रामं प्राप्यते यमकिङ्करैः । जायापुत्रादिकं सौख्यं स्मरेत्तत्र सुदुः खितः ॥ २,१६.

There, in that city, he finds rest, brought by Yama's attendants; deeply distressed, he remembers the happiness of wife, children, and others.

रुदते करुणैर्वाक्यै स्तृषार्तः श्रमपीडितः । स्वधनं स्वकलत्राणि गृहं पुत्राः सुखानि च ॥ २,१६.

Weeping with pitiful words, tormented by thirst and exhaustion, he grieves for his wealth, his wife, his home, his children, and his pleasures.

भृत्यमित्राणि चान्यच्च सर्वं शोचति वै तदा । क्षुधार्तस्य पुरे तस्मिन्किङ्करैस्तस्य चोच्यते ॥ २,१६.

He also mourns his servants, friends, and all else; then, in that city, as he suffers from hunger, the attendants say to him:

किङ्करा ऊचुः । क्व धनं क्व सुता जाया क्व गृहं क्व त्वमीदृशः । स्वकर्मोपार्जितं भुङ्क्ष्व चिरं गच्छ महापथे ॥ २,१६.

The attendants said: Where is your wealth, where are your sons, your wife, your home, and where are you now like this? Enjoy what you have earned by your own actions, and proceed long on the great path.

जानासि शंबलवशं बलमध्वगानां नो शंबलः प्रयतते परलोकपान्थ । गन्तव्यमस्ति तव निश्चितमेव तेन मार्गेण यत्र भवतः क्रयविक्रयौ न ॥ २,१६.

Do you know the power of the staff, the force that drives travelers? No staff-bearer strives for the traveler to the next world. You must certainly go by that path, where there is neither buying nor selling for you.

यमदूतोदितं वाक्यं पक्षिन्नैवं त्वया श्रुतम् । एवमुक्तस्ततः सर्वैर्हन्यमानः स मुद्गरैः ॥ २,१६.

The words spoken by the messengers of Yama, O winged one, you have thus heard. Having been addressed in this way, he is then struck by all with clubs.

अत्र दत्तं सुतैः पात्रे (त्रैः) स्नेहाद्वा कृपयाथ वा । मासिकं पिण्डमश्राति ततः सौरिपुरं व्रजेत् ॥ २,१६.

If, out of affection or compassion, the monthly offering of rice balls is given here by sons to a worthy recipient, then he proceeds to the city of Sauri.

तत्र नाम्ना तु राजा वै जङ्गमः कालरूपधृक् । तं दृष्ट्वा भयभीतस्तु विश्रामे कुरुते मतिम् ॥ २,१६.

There, the king named Jaṅgama, who assumes the form of Time, is seen. Upon seeing him, the fearful one becomes anxious and seeks rest for his mind.

उदकं चान्नसंयुक्तं भुङ्क्ते तस्मिन्पुरे गतः । त्रैपक्षिके तु यद्दत्तं तत्पुरं स व्यतिक्रमेत् ॥ २,१६.

Having entered that city, he consumes water mixed with food. Whatever is given as the tri-monthly offering, he passes through that city.

नगेन्द्रनगरे रम्ये प्रेतो याति दिवानिशम् । गच्छन्वनानि रौद्राणि दृष्ट्वा क्रन्दति तत्र सः ॥ २,१६.

In the beautiful city of Nagendra, the departed soul wanders day and night, passing through terrifying forests, and seeing them, he cries out there.

भीषणैः क्लिश्यमानस्तु रुदते च पुनः पुनः । मासद्वयावसाने तु तत्पुरं सोऽतिगच्छति ॥ २,१६.

Tormented by dreadful beings, he weeps again and again. At the end of two months, he passes beyond that city.

भुक्त्वा चान्नं जलं पीत्वा यद्दत्तं वान्धवैरिह । क्लिश्यमानस्ततः पाशैर्नोयते यमकिङ्करैः ॥ २,१६.

Having eaten food and drunk water given here by relatives, he is then afflicted by bonds and led away by the servants of Yama.

तृतीये मासि सम्प्राप्ते गन्धर्वनगरं शुभम् । तृतीयं मासिकं भुक्त्वा तत्र गच्छत्यसौ पुरः ॥ २,१६.

When the third month arrives, he reaches the auspicious city of the Gandharvas. Having consumed the third monthly offering there, he proceeds to that city.

शैलागमं चतुर्थे स मासे प्राप्नोति वै पुरम् । पाषाणास्तत्र वर्षन्ति प्रेतस्योपरि संस्थिताः ॥ २,१६.

In the fourth month, he attains the city of Śailāgama. There, stones rain down upon the departed soul who stands there.

चतुर्थमासिके श्राद्धं भुक्ते तत्र सुखी भवेत् ॥ २,१६.

After consuming the fourth monthly śrāddha offering there, he becomes happy.