Garuda Purana

नादचक्रे स्थितः सूर्यो बिन्दुचक्रे च चन्द्रमाः । लोचनस्थः कुजो ज्ञेयो हृदये च बुधः स्मृतः ॥ २,३२.

The sun is situated in the nāda-cakra, the moon in the bindu-cakra; Mars is to be known as residing in the eyes, and Mercury is said to be in the heart.

विष्णुस्थाने गुरुं विद्याच्छ्रुक्रे शुक्रो व्यवस्थितः । नाभिस्थाने स्थितो मन्दो मुखे राहुः स्थितः सदा ॥ २,३२.

Jupiter is to be known as in the place of Viṣṇu, Venus is established in the semen; Saturn is situated at the navel, and Rāhu is always in the mouth.

पायु (द) स्थाने स्थितः केतुः शरीरे ग्रहमण्डलम् । विभक्तञ्च समाख्यातमापादतलमस्तकम् ॥ २,३२.

Ketu is situated at the anus, and the planetary sphere is distributed throughout the body, extending from the soles of the feet to the crown of the head.

उत्पन्ना ये हि संसारे म्रियन्ते ते न संशयः । बुभुक्षा च तृषा रौद्रा दाहोद्भूता च मूर्छना ॥ २,३२.

Those who are born in this world surely die—there is no doubt; hunger, thirst, fierce suffering, and fainting arising from heat also occur.

यत्र पीडास्त्विमा रौद्रास्ता वै वृश्चिकदंशजाः । विनाशः पूर्णकाले च जायते सर्वदेहिनाम् ॥ २,३२.

Where these fierce pains arise, they are like the sting of a scorpion; at the appointed time, destruction comes to all embodied beings.

अग्रे अग्रे हि धावन्ति यमलोकगतस्यवै । तप्तवालुकमध्येन प्रज्वलद्वह्निमध्यतः ॥ २,३२.

Indeed, as they proceed onward, those who have gone to the realm of Yama run ahead, through burning sand and blazing fire.

केशग्राहैः समाक्रान्ता नीयन्ते यमकिङ्करैः । पापिष्ठास्त्वधमास्तार्क्ष्य दयाधर्मविविर्जिताः ॥ २,३२.

Seized by the hair, they are dragged by Yama’s servants—those most sinful, wicked, and devoid of compassion and righteousness, O Tārkṣya.

यमलोके वसन्त्येते कुट्यां जन्म न विद्यते । एवं सञ्जायते तार्क्ष्य मर्त्ये जन्तुः स्वकर्मभिः ॥ २,३२.

They dwell in Yama’s realm, in a hut where there is no birth; thus, O Tārkṣya, a being is born among mortals according to its own deeds.

उत्पन्ना ये हि संसारे म्रियन्ते ते न संशयः । आयुः कर्म च वित्तञ्च विद्या निधनमेव च ॥ २,३२.

Those who are born in this world surely die—there is no doubt; lifespan, actions, wealth, knowledge, and death itself—

पञ्चैतानि हि सृज्यन्ते गर्भस्थस्यैव देहिनः । कर्मणा जायते जन्तुः कर्मणैव प्रलीयते ॥ २,३२.

These five are indeed determined for the embodied being while still in the womb; a creature is born by karma and is dissolved by karma alone.

सुखं दुःखं भयं क्षेमं कर्मणैवाभिपद्यते । अधोमुखं चोर्ध्वपादं गर्भाद्वायुः प्रकर्षति ॥ २,३२.

Happiness, suffering, fear, and safety are all experienced through karma; with head downward and feet upward, the wind draws the being from the womb.

जन्मतो वैष्णवी माया संमोहयति सत्वरम् । स्वकर्मकृतसम्बन्धो जन्तुर्जन्म प्रपद्यते ॥ २,३२.

From birth, Viṣṇu’s māyā quickly deludes the being; bound by its own deeds, the creature takes birth.

सुकृतादुत्तमो भोगभोग्यवान् सुकुले भवेत् । यथायथा दुष्कृतं तत्कुले हीने प्रजायते ॥ २,३२.

One who has done good deeds is born in a noble family, endowed with enjoyments; according to the evil done, one is born in a low family.

दरिद्रो व्याधितो मूर्खः पापकृद्दुःखभाजनम् । अतः परं किमर्थं ते कथयामि खगेश्वर ॥ २,३२.

The poor, the diseased, the foolish, the doer of evil, and the recipient of suffering—what more should I tell you beyond this, O Lord of Birds?

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम् ३३ गरुड उवाच । उत्पत्तिलक्षणं जन्तोः कथितं मयि पुत्त्रके । यमलोकः कियन्मात्रस्त्रैलोक्ये सचराचरे । विस्तरं तस्य मे ब्रूहि अध्वा चैव कियान् स्मृतः ॥ २,३३.

Garuḍa said: The characteristics of the birth of a being have been told to me, O Father; how great is the realm of Yama in the three worlds, with all their moving and unmoving beings? Tell me its extent in detail, and also how long is the path remembered.

कैश्च पापैः कृतैर्देव केन वा शुभकर्मणा । गच्छन्ति मानवास्तत्र कथयस्व विशेषतः ॥ २,३३.

By what sins, O god, or by what meritorious deeds, do humans go there? Please tell me this in detail.

श्रीभगवानुवाच । षटशीतिसहस्राणि योजनानां प्रमाणतः । यमलोकस्य चाध्वानमन्तरा मानुषस्य च ॥ २,३३.

The Blessed Lord said: The distance to the realm of Yama is, by measure, eighty-six thousand yojanas, and this is the path between the human world and Yama’s realm.

ध्मातताम्रमिवातप्तो ज्वलद्दुर्गो महापथः । तत्र गच्छन्ति पापिष्ठा मानवा मूढचेतसः ॥ २,३३.

Like copper heated in a furnace, a blazing, dreadful road lies ahead; there, people of most sinful minds proceed, deluded in their understanding.

कण्टकाश्च सुतीक्ष्णा वै विविधा घोरदर्शनाः । तैस्तुवालुक्षितिर्व्याप्ता हुताशश्च तथोल्बणः ॥ २,३३.

There are thorns, exceedingly sharp and of many terrifying forms; the ground is covered with them, and fierce fire is also present.

वृक्षच्छाया न तत्रास्ति यत्र विश्रमते नरः । गृहीतः कालपाशैश्च कृतैः कर्मभिरुल्बणैः ॥ २,३३.

There is no shade of trees where a man might rest; he is seized by the nooses of Time, bound by his own terrible deeds.

तस्मिन्मार्गे न चान्नाद्यं येन प्राणान् प्रपोषयेत् । न जलं दृश्यते तत्र तृषा येन विलीयते ॥ २,३३.

On that path, there is no food or drink by which life might be sustained; no water is seen there by which thirst might be quenched.

क्षुधया पीडितो याति तृष्णया च महापथे । शीतेन कम्पते क्वापि यममार्गेऽतिदुर्गमे ॥ २,३३.

Afflicted by hunger, he goes on, tormented by thirst on the dreadful road; somewhere on Yama's exceedingly difficult path, he shivers from cold.

यद्यस्य यादृशं पापं स पन्थास्तस्य तादृशः । सुदीनाः कृपणा मूढा दुः खैर्व्याप्तास्तरन्ति तम् ॥ २,३३.

For each person, the path corresponds to the nature of his sin; wretched, pitiable, and deluded, overwhelmed by suffering, they cross it.

रुदन्ति दारुणं केचित्केचिद्द्रोहं वदन्ति च । आत्मकर्मकृतैर्देषैः पच्यमाना मुहुर्मुहुः ॥ २,३३.

Some cry out harshly, some speak words of betrayal; tormented again and again by the results of their own actions.

ईदृग्विधः स वै पन्था विज्ञेयो दारुणः खग । वितृष्णा ये नरा लोके सुखं तस्मिन् व्रजन्ति ते ॥ २,३३.

Such is that dreadful path, O bird, to be understood; those men in the world who are free from craving travel it with ease.

यानियानि च दानानि दत्तानि भुवि मानवैः । तानितान्युपतिष्ठन्ति यमलोके पुरः पथि ॥ २,३३.

Whatever gifts have been given on earth by men, those very gifts attend them on the path before Yama in the other world.

पापिनो नोपतिष्ठन्ति दाहश्राद्धजलाञ्जलि । भ्रमन्ति वायुभूतास्ते ये क्षुद्राः पापकर्मिणः ॥ २,३३.

For sinners, there do not appear the offerings of water and funeral rites; those petty evil-doers wander as spirits driven by the wind.

ईदृशं वर्त्म तद्रौद्रं कथितं तव सुव्रत । पुनश्च कथयिष्यामि यममार्गस्य या स्थितिः ॥ २,३३.

Such is that terrible road, O virtuous one, as described to you; now I will again tell you of the condition of Yama's path.

याम्यनैरृतयोर्मध्ये पुरं वैवस्वतस्य तु । सर्वं वज्रमयं दिव्यमभेद्यं तत्सुरासुरैः ॥ २,३३.

Between the regions of Yama and Nirṛti lies the city of Vaivasvata; it is entirely made of diamond, divine, and unbreakable by gods or demons.