Garuda Purana

मार्जरोऽग्निं पदा स्पृष्ट्वा रोगवान्परमांसभुक् । उदक्यागमनात्षण्डो दुर्गन्धश्च सुगन्धहृत् ॥ २,४६.

A cat that touches fire with its foot becomes diseased and eats flesh; one who goes to a woman in her period becomes impotent; one who steals fragrance becomes foul-smelling.

यद्वा तद्वापि पारक्यं स्वल्पं वा हरते बहु । हृत्वा वै योनिमाप्नोति तिरश्चां नात्र संशयः ॥ २,४६.

Whether it is much or little, whoever takes what belongs to another attains the womb of animals—of this there is no doubt.

एवमादीनि चिह्नानि अन्यान्यपि खगेश्वर । स्वकर्मविततान्येव? दृश्यन्ते यैस्तु मानवैः ॥ २,४६.

O lord of birds, such are the signs, and others as well, seen among men, which arise from their own actions.

एवं दुष्कृतकर्मा हि भुक्त्वा च नरकान्क्रमात् । जायते कर्मशेषेण उक्तास्वेतासु योनिषु ॥ २,४६.

Thus, one who has performed evil deeds, after experiencing hells in order, is born, by the remainder of his karma, in the wombs mentioned above.

ततो जन्मशतं मर्त्ये सर्वजन्तुषु काश्यप । जायते नात्र सन्देहः समीभूते शुभाशुभे ॥ २,४६.

Then, for a hundred births among all creatures on earth, O Kāśyapa, one is born—there is no doubt—when merit and demerit are equal.

स्त्रीपुंसयो प्रसङ्गेन निरुद्धे शुक्रसोणिते । समुपेतः पञ्चभूतैर्जायते पाञ्चभौतिकः ॥ २,४६.

When the semen and blood of man and woman are joined, and the five elements are present, a being composed of the five elements is born.

इन्द्रियाणि मनः प्राणा ज्ञानमायुः सुखं धृतिः । धारणा प्रेरणं दुः खं मिथ्याहङ्कार एव च ॥ २,४६.

The senses, mind, vital breath, knowledge, lifespan, happiness, fortitude, retention, impulse, suffering, and false ego are all present.

प्रयताकृतिवर्णस्तु रागद्वेषौ भवाभवौ । तस्येदमात्मनः सर्वमनादेरादिमिच्छतः ॥ २,४६.

The embodied self, endowed with a body formed by its own actions, experiences attachment and aversion, birth and death; all this belongs to the self who, though without beginning, desires a beginning.

स्वकर्म बद्धस्य तदा गर्भवृद्धिर्भवेदिति । पुरा यथा मया प्रोक्तं तव जन्तोर्हि लक्षणम् ॥ २,४६.

For one bound by his own actions, then, the growth of the embryo occurs, as I have previously described to you, along with the characteristics of the living being.

एवं प्रवर्तितं चक्रं भूतग्रामे चतुर्विधे । समुत्पत्तिर्विनाशश्च जायते तार्क्ष्य देहिनाम् ॥ २,४६.

Thus, the cycle is set in motion among the fourfold group of beings; O Tārkṣya, for embodied creatures, both birth and destruction arise.

स्वधर्मेणैवोर्ध्वगतिरधर्मेणाप्यधोगतिः । जायते सर्ववर्णानां स्वधर्मचलनात्खग ॥ २,४६.

By one's own duty, there is ascent; by unrighteousness, there is descent; O Khaga, for all classes, deviation from their own duty brings about such results.

देवत्वे मानुषत्वे च दानभोगादिकाः क्रियाः । या दृश्यन्ते वैनतेय तत्सर्वं कर्मजं फलम् ॥ २,४६.

The acts of giving, enjoyment, and so forth, seen among gods and humans, O Vainateya, all these are the results produced by karma.

अकर्मविहिते घोरे कामक्रोधार्जितेऽशुभे । पतेद्वै नरके भूयो तस्योत्तारो न विद्यते ॥ २,४६.

In terrible acts not enjoined by duty, gained through desire and anger, and unwholesome, one falls again into hell, and there is no deliverance for him.

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम् ४७ गरुड उवाच । भगवन्देवदेवेश कृपया परया वद । दानं दानस्य माहात्म्यं वैतरण्याः प्रमाणकम् ॥ २,४७.

Garuḍa said: O Lord, God of gods, out of supreme compassion, please speak about giving, the greatness of giving, and the measure of the Vaitaraṇī.

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच । या सा वैतरणी नाम यममार्गे महासरित् । अगाधा दुस्तरा पापैर्दृष्टमात्रा भयावहा ॥ २,४७.

Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: That river named Vaitaraṇī, on the path of Yama, is a great river, unfathomable, difficult to cross because of sins, terrifying even at the mere sight.

पूयशोणिततोयाढ्या मांसकर्दमसकुंला । पापिनञ्चागतान्दृष्ट्वा नानाभयसमावृता ॥ २,४७.

It is filled with water of pus and blood, thick with flesh and mud; seeing the sinners who have arrived there, it is surrounded by various terrors.

क्वाथ्यते सत्वरं तोयं पात्रमध्ये घृतं यथा । क्रिमिभिः सङ्कुलं पूयं वज्रतुण्डैः समावृतम् ॥ २,४७.

There, the water boils quickly, as ghee in a vessel; the pus is teeming with worms, surrounded by those with diamond-like beaks.

शिशुमारैश्च मकरैर्वज्रकर्तरिकायुतैः । अन्यैश्च जलजीवैश्च हिंसकैर्मांसभेदिभिः ॥ २,४७.

There are crocodiles and makaras, armed with diamond blades, and other aquatic creatures, fierce, tearing flesh.

उद्यान्ति द्वादशादित्याः प्रलयान्ते तथा हि ते । तपन्ति तत्र वै मर्त्याः क्रन्द मानास्तु पापिनः ॥ २,४७.

Twelve suns rise there, as at the end of the dissolution; mortals are scorched there, and the sinners cry out in pain.

हा भ्रातः पुत्र तातेति प्रलपन्ति मुहुर्मुहुः । विचरन्ति निमज्जन्ति ग्लानिं गच्छन्ति जन्तवः ॥ २,४७.

Again and again they lament, 'Alas, brother! Son! Father!' The beings wander, sink, and fall into exhaustion.

चतुर्विधैः प्राणिगणैर्दृष्टा व्याप्ता महानदी । तरन्ति गोप्रदानेन त्वन्यथा च पतन्ति ते ॥ २,४७.

That great river is seen filled with four kinds of living beings; they cross by the gift of a cow, otherwise they fall.

मां नरा येऽवमन्यन्ते चाचार्यं गुरुमेव च । वृद्धानन्यांश्चापि मूढास्तेषां वासस्तु तत्र वै ॥ २,४७.

Those men who disrespect their teachers and gurus, and also the elders—those fools, their dwelling is surely there.

पतिव्रतां साधुशीलामूढां धर्मेषु निश्चलाम् । परित्यजन्ति ये मूढास्तेषां वासस्तु सन्ततम् ॥ २,४७.

Those fools who abandon a chaste wife of good character, steadfast in righteousness—their dwelling is always there.

विश्वासप्रतिपन्नानां स्वामिमित्रतपस्विनाम् । स्त्रीबालविकलादीनां वधं कृत्वा पतन्ति हि । पच्यन्ते तत्र मध्ये तु क्रन्दमानास्तु पापिनः ॥ २,४७.

Those who betray trust, kill their masters, friends, ascetics, women, children, the helpless, or the afflicted—they fall there; in the midst of that river, the sinners are cooked, crying out.

शान्तं बुभुक्षितं विप्रंयो विघ्नायोपसर्पति । क्रिमिभिर्भक्ष्यते तत्र यावदाभूतसंप्लवम् ॥ २,४७.

He who approaches a peaceful, hungry Brahmin to hinder him is eaten there by worms until the end of the age.

ब्राह्मणाय प्रतीश्रुत्य यमार्थं न ददाति तम् । आहूय नास्ति यो ब्रूयात्तस्य वासस्तु तत्र वै ॥ २,४७.

If one promises something to a Brahmin and does not give it, and when summoned says 'I do not have it,' then that person must reside there.

अग्निदो गरदश्चैव कूटसाक्षी च मद्यपः । यज्ञविध्वंसकश्चैव राज्ञीगामी च पैशुनः ॥ २,४७.

An arsonist, a poisoner, a false witness, a drunkard, one who destroys sacrifices, one who approaches the king's women, and a slanderer—

कथाभङ्गकरश्चैव स्वयन्दत्ता पहारकः । क्षेत्रसेतुविभेदी च परदारप्रधर्षकः ॥ २,४७.

One who disrupts conversations, a thief of gifts given by himself, one who breaks field boundaries or dams, and one who violates another's wife—

ब्राह्मणो रसविक्रेता तथा यो वृषलीपतिः । गोधनस्य तृषार्तस्य वाप्या भेदं करोति यः ॥ २,४७.

A Brahmin who sells juices, one who is the husband of a low-born woman, and one who breaks a pond when cattle are thirsty—