सकृदूनशतार्धेन सम्भवेत्पङ्क्तिसन्निधः । मेलनीयः शतार्धेन सन्धिः श्राद्धेन तत्त्वतः ॥ २,३५.
If one is short by a hundred and a half in a single instance, he is present in the ancestral line; the joining should be made with a hundred and a half, and the connection is truly established by śrāddha.
(अथ शवाविधिः) । शवस्य शिबिकायां करचरणबन्धनं तत्र कर्तव्यम् । एवं चेन्न विधानं विधीयते तत्पिशाचपरिभवनम् ॥ २,३५.
(Now, the procedure for the corpse:) The hands and feet of the corpse should be bound on the bier; if this procedure is not followed, it becomes subject to the harassment of demons.
संजायते रजन्याञ्च शवनिर्गमने राष्ट्रं भयशून्यम् । शवं न मुञ्चेत मुच्यते चेत्दुः स्पर्शाद्दुर्गतिर्भवेत् ॥ २,३५.
If the corpse is taken out at night, the land becomes free from fear; one should not release the corpse, and if released, misfortune arises from the touch.
ग्राममध्ये स्थिते प्रेते श्रुते भुङ्क्ते यदृच्छया । तदन्नं मांसवज्ज्ञेयं तत्तोयं रुधिरोपमम् ॥ २,३५.
If, while the dead body remains in the village, someone eats after hearing of it, that food should be regarded as meat, and that water as equivalent to blood.
(३५.४५) ज्ञातिसम्बन्धिनामेवं व्यवहारः खगेश्वर । विलुप्य ज्ञातिधर्मञ्च प्रेतपापेन लिप्यते ॥ २,३५.
O Lord of Birds, such is the conduct for relatives and kin; if one violates the duty to kin, he is tainted by the sin of the departed.
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम् ३६ तार्क्ष्यौवाच । कस्मादनशनं पुण्यमक्षय्यगतिदायकम् । स्वगृहन्तु परित्यज्य तीर्थे वै म्रियते यदि ॥ २,३६.
Tārkṣya said: Why is fasting meritorious and bestows an imperishable state? If one abandons his own house and dies at a sacred place, what is the result?
अप्राप्य तीर्थं म्रियते गृहे वा मृत्यु मागतः । बूत्वा कुटीचरो यस्तु स कां गतिमवाप्नुयात् ॥ २,३६.
If, unable to reach a sacred place, one dies at home when death arrives, having become a forest-dweller, what destination does he attain?
संन्यासं कुरुते यस्तु तीर्थे वापि गृहेऽपि वा । कथं तस्य प्रकर्तव्यमप्राप्तनिधनेऽपि वा ॥ २,३६.
If one takes up renunciation, whether at a sacred place or at home, how should his rites be performed, even if death comes before completion?
नियमे चेत्कृते देव चित्तभङ्गो हि जायते । केन तस्य भवेत्सिद्धिः कृतेनाप्यकृतेन वा ॥ २,३६.
If, O god, the vow is undertaken but the mind is disturbed, by what means does he attain success—whether the vow is completed or not?
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच । कृत्वा निरशनं यो वै मृत्युमाप्नोति कोऽपि चेत् । मानुपीं तनुमुत्सृज्य मम तुल्यो विराजते ॥ २,३६.
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: Whoever, having undertaken fasting, meets death—such a one, abandoning the human body, shines equal to me.
यावन्त्यहानि जीवेत्व्रते निरशने कृते । क्रतुभिस्तानि तुल्यानि समग्रवदक्षिणैः ॥ २,३६.
For as many days as he lives while observing the fast, those days are equal to sacrifices performed with full gifts.
तीर्थे गृहे वा संन्यासं नीत्वा चेन्म्रियते यदि । प्रत्यहं लभते सोऽपि पूर्वोक्तं द्विगुणं फलम् ॥ २,३६.
If, having taken up renunciation at a sacred place or at home, he dies, he obtains daily the previously mentioned fruit, doubled.
महारोगोपपत्तौ च गृहीतेऽनशने कृते । पुनर्न जायते रोगो देववद्धि विराजते ॥ २,३६.
When a great disease arises and fasting is undertaken, the disease does not return and the person shines like a god.
य आतुरः सन् सन्न्यासं गृह्णाति यदि मानवः । पुनर्न जायते भूमौ संसारे दुः खसागरे ॥ २,३६.
If a person, while ill, takes up renunciation, he is not born again on earth in the ocean of suffering called samsara.
अहन्यहनि दातव्यं ब्राह्मणानाञ्च भोजनम् । तिलपात्रं यथाशक्ति दीपदानं सुरार्चनम् ॥ २,३६.
Every day, food should be given to Brahmins, and as one is able, offerings of sesame in a vessel, gifts of lamps, and worship of the gods should be performed.
एवं वृत्तस्य दह्यन्ते पापान्युच्चावचानि च । मृतो मुक्तिमवाप्नोति यथा सर्वे महर्षयः ॥ २,३६.
For one who lives in this way, all sins, whether great or small, are burned away; when he dies, he attains liberation, just as all the great sages did.
तस्मादनशनं नॄणां वैकुण्ठपददायकम् । तस्मात्स्वस्थे चोत्तरे वा साधयेन्मोक्षलक्षणम् ॥ २,३६.
Therefore, fasting grants people the abode of Vaikuntha; thus, whether healthy or at the end of life, one should strive for the mark of liberation.
पुत्त्रद्रव्यादि सन्त्यज्य तीर्थं व्रजति यो नरः । ब्रह्माद्या देवतास्तस्य भवेयुस्तुष्टिपुष्टिदाः ॥ २,३६.
Whoever abandons children, wealth, and so on, and goes to a sacred place, for him the gods beginning with Brahma grant satisfaction and nourishment.
यस्तीर्थसंमुखो भूत्वा व्रते ह्यनशने कृते । चेन्म्रियेतान्तरालेऽपि ऋषीणां मण्डले वसेत् ॥ २,३६.
If, having set out for a sacred place and undertaking a vow of fasting, one should die on the way, he dwells in the circle of the sages.
व्रतं निरशन कृत्वा स्वगृहेऽपि मृतो यदि । स्वकुलानि परित्यज्य एकाकी विचरेद्दिवि ॥ २,३६.
If, after performing the vow of fasting, one dies even at home, he leaves behind his family and wanders alone in heaven.
अन्नञ्चैव तथा तोयं परित्यज्य नरो यदि । पीतमत्पादतोयश्च न पुनर्जायते क्षितौ ॥ २,३६.
If a man gives up both food and water, and drinks only water from my feet, he is not born again on earth.
कृत्त्यासीनन्तत्तीर्थगतं रक्षन्ति वनदेवताः । यमदूता विशेषेण न याम्यास्तस्य पार्श्वगाः ॥ २,३६.
Forest deities especially protect one who, with a shaven head, has gone to a sacred place; the messengers of Yama do not approach him.
तीर्थसेवी नरो यस्तु सर्वकिल्बिषवर्जितः । तत्र म्रियते दह्येत तत्तीर्थफलभाग्भवेत् ॥ २,३६.
A man who serves a sacred place, free from all sins, and dies there, is burned and becomes a recipient of the fruit of that sacred place.
सेवितेऽपि सदा तथि ह्यन्यत्र म्रियते यदि । शुभे देशे कुले धीमान् स भवेद्वेदविद्द्विजः ॥ २,३६.
Even if one always serves a sacred place but dies elsewhere, he is born as a wise Brahmin, learned in the Vedas, in a good land and family.
कृत्वा निरशनं तार्क्ष्य पुनर्जीवति मानवः । ब्राह्मणान् स समाहूय सर्वस्वं यत्परित्यजेत् ॥ २,३६.
Having performed fasting, O Tarkshya, if a man lives again, he should summon Brahmins and give away all his possessions.
चान्द्रायणं चरेत्कृत्स्नमनुज्ञातश्च तैर्द्विजैः । अनृतं न वदेत्पश्चाद्धर्ममेव समाचरेत् ॥ २,३६.
He should perform the full Chandrayana vow, having been permitted by those Brahmins, and afterwards should not speak falsehood but act only according to dharma.
तीर्थे गत्वा च यः कोऽपि पुनरायाति वै गृहम् । अनुज्ञातः स वै विप्रैः प्रायश्चित्तमथाचरेत् ॥ २,३६.
Whoever, having gone to a sacred place, returns home, should, with the permission of the Brahmins, perform expiation.
दत्त्वा वा स्वर्णदानानि गोमहीगजवाजिनः । तीर्थं यदि लभेद्यस्तु मृत्युकाले स भाग्यवान् ॥ २,३६.
If, at the time of death, someone gives gifts of gold, cows, land, elephants, or horses, and attains a sacred place, he is fortunate.
गृहात्प्रचलितस्तीर्थं मरणे समुपस्थिते । पदेपदे तु गोदानं यदि हिंसा न जायते ॥ २,३६.
If, when death is near, one sets out from home for a sacred place, and at every step gives a cow, then no harm arises.
गृहे तु यत्कृतं पापं तीर्थस्नानेन शुध्यति । कुरुते तत्र पापञ्चेद्वज्रलेपसमं हि तत् ॥ २,३६.
The sin committed at home is purified by bathing in a sacred place; but if one commits sin there, it is as if covered with adamant.