Brahma Purana — Chapter 125
BrP 125.1
यमतीर्थम् इति ख्यातं पितॄणां प्रीतिवर्धनम् दृष्टादृष्टेष्टदं सर्वदेवर्षिगणसेवितम् ॥
yamatīrtham iti khyātaṃ pitṝṇāṃ prītivardhanam dṛṣṭādṛṣṭeṣṭadaṃ sarvadevarṣigaṇasevitam //
(There is a ford) known as Yamatīrtha, which increases the pleasure of the ancestors, granting the seen and the unseen objects of desire, frequented by all the hosts of gods and seers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 125.2
तस्य प्रभावं वक्ष्यामि सर्वपापप्रणाशनम् अनुह्राद इति ख्यातः कपोतो बलवान् अभूत् ॥
tasya prabhāvaṃ vakṣyāmi sarvapāpapraṇāśanam anuhrāda iti khyātaḥ kapoto balavān abhūt //
I shall declare its power, which destroys all sins. There was a strong pigeon known as Anuhrāda.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 125.3
तस्य भार्या हेतिनाम्नी पक्षिणी कामरूपिणी मृत्योः पौत्रो ह्य् अनुह्रादो दौहित्री हेतिर् एव च ॥
tasya bhāryā hetināmnī pakṣiṇī kāmarūpiṇī mṛtyoḥ pautro hy anuhrādo dauhitrī hetir eva ca //
His wife was a bird named Heti, who could take any form at will; for Anuhrāda was Mṛtyu's grandson, and Heti was his daughter's daughter.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 125.4
कालेनाथ तयोः पुत्राः पौत्राश् चैव बभूविरे तस्य शत्रुश् च बलवान् उलूको नाम पक्षिराट् ॥
kālenātha tayoḥ putrāḥ pautrāś caiva babhūvire tasya śatruś ca balavān ulūko nāma pakṣirāṭ //
In time sons and grandsons were born to those two. And his enemy was a strong king of birds named Ulūka (Owl).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 125.5
तस्य पुत्राश् च पौत्राश् च आग्नेयास् ते बलोत्कटाः तयोश् च वैरम् अभवद् बहुकालं द्विजन्मनोः ॥
tasya putrāś ca pautrāś ca āgneyās te balotkaṭāḥ tayoś ca vairam abhavad bahukālaṃ dvijanmanoḥ //
His sons and grandsons were of Agni's line, of surpassing strength; and there was enmity for a long time between those two twice-born (i.e. egg-born) ones.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 125.6
गङ्गाया उत्तरे तीरे कपोतस्याश्रमो ऽभवत् तस्याश् च दक्षिणे कूल उलूको नाम पक्षिराट् ॥
gaṅgāyā uttare tīre kapotasyāśramo 'bhavat tasyāś ca dakṣiṇe kūla ulūko nāma pakṣirāṭ //
On the northern bank of the Gaṅgā was the pigeon's dwelling, and on her southern shore the king of birds named Ulūka
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 125.7
वासं चक्रे तत्र पुत्रैः पौत्रैश् च द्विजसत्तम तयोश् च युद्धम् अभवद् बहुकालं विरुद्धयोः ॥
vāsaṃ cakre tatra putraiḥ pautraiś ca dvijasattama tayoś ca yuddham abhavad bahukālaṃ viruddhayoḥ //
He made his dwelling there together with sons and grandsons, O best of the twice-born; and between those two, being at odds, a war went on for a long time.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 125.8
पुत्रैः पौत्रैश् च वृतयोर् बलिनोर् बलिभिः सह उलूको वा कपोतो वा नैवाप्नोति जयाजयौ ॥
putraiḥ pautraiś ca vṛtayor balinor balibhiḥ saha ulūko vā kapoto vā naivāpnoti jayājayau //
Of those two mighty ones, surrounded by sons and grandsons along with (their) strong (followers), neither the owl nor the pigeon attained either victory or defeat.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 125.9
कपोतो यमम् आराध्य मृत्युं पैतामहं तथा याम्यम् अस्त्रम् अवाप्याथ सर्वेभ्यो ऽप्य् अधिको ऽभवत् ॥
kapoto yamam ārādhya mṛtyuṃ paitāmahaṃ tathā yāmyam astram avāpyātha sarvebhyo 'py adhiko 'bhavat //
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BrP 125.10
तथोलूको ऽग्निम् आराध्य बलवान् अभवद् भृशम् वरैर् उन्मत्तयोर् युद्धम् अभवच् चातिभीषणम् ॥
tatholūko 'gnim ārādhya balavān abhavad bhṛśam varair unmattayor yuddham abhavac cātibhīṣaṇam //
Likewise the owl, having propitiated Agni, became exceedingly strong; and a most terrifying battle took place between the two, who were maddened by (their) boons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 125.11
तत्राग्नेयम् उलूको ऽपि कपोतायास्त्रम् आक्षिपत् कपोतो ऽप्य् अथ पाशान् वै याम्यान् आक्षिप्य शत्रवे ॥
tatrāgneyam ulūko 'pi kapotāyāstram ākṣipat kapoto 'py atha pāśān vai yāmyān ākṣipya śatrave //
There the owl hurled the fire-weapon at the dove, and the dove in turn hurled the nooses of Yama at (his) enemy,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 125.12
उलूकायाथ दण्डं च मृत्युपाशान् अवासृजत् पुनस् तद् अभवद् युद्धं पुराडिबकयोर् यथा ॥
ulūkāyātha daṇḍaṃ ca mṛtyupāśān avāsṛjat punas tad abhavad yuddhaṃ purāḍibakayor yathā //
and then released against the owl the (death-)staff and the nooses of death; again that battle became like the one of old between Aḍi and Baka.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 125.13
हेतिः कपोतकी दृष्ट्वा ज्वलनं प्राप्तम् अन्तिके पतिव्रता महायुद्धे भर्तुः सा दुःखविह्वला ॥
hetiḥ kapotakī dṛṣṭvā jvalanaṃ prāptam antike pativratā mahāyuddhe bhartuḥ sā duḥkhavihvalā //
The she-pigeon Heti, seeing the fire come near in the great battle, being devoted to her husband, was overwhelmed with grief for her husband.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 125.14
अग्निना वेष्ट्यमानांश् च पुत्रान् दृष्ट्वा विशेषतः सा गत्वा ज्वलनं हेतिस् तुष्टाव विविधोक्तिभिः ॥
agninā veṣṭyamānāṃś ca putrān dṛṣṭvā viśeṣataḥ sā gatvā jvalanaṃ hetis tuṣṭāva vividhoktibhiḥ //
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BrP 125.15
रूपं न दानं न परोक्षम् अस्ति यस्यात्मभूतं च पदार्थजातम् अश्नन्ति हव्यानि च येन देवाः स्वाहापतिं यज्ञभुजं नमस्ये
rūpaṃ na dānaṃ na parokṣam asti yasyātmabhūtaṃ ca padārthajātam aśnanti havyāni ca yena devāḥ svāhāpatiṃ yajñabhujaṃ namasye
Whose form is not a thing given, nor is it out of sight, and to whom the whole host of things is his own self — by whom the gods eat the oblations: him, the husband of Svāhā, the eater of the sacrifice, I salute.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 125.16
मुखभूतं च देवानां देवानां हव्यवाहनम् होतारं चापि देवानां देवानां दूतम् एव च ॥
mukhabhūtaṃ ca devānāṃ devānāṃ havyavāhanam hotāraṃ cāpi devānāṃ devānāṃ dūtam eva ca //
(I salute him who is) the mouth of the gods, the bearer of the oblation to the gods, and also the invoking priest of the gods, and indeed the messenger of the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 125.17
तं देवं शरणं यामि आदिदेवं विभावसुम् अन्तः स्थितः प्राणरूपो बहिश् चान्नप्रदो हि यः यो यज्ञसाधनं यामि शरणं तं धनंजयम् ॥
taṃ devaṃ śaraṇaṃ yāmi ādidevaṃ vibhāvasum antaḥ sthitaḥ prāṇarūpo bahiś cānnaprado hi yaḥ yo yajñasādhanaṃ yāmi śaraṇaṃ taṃ dhanaṃjayam //
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BrP 125.18
अमोघम् एतद् अस्त्रं मे न्यस्तं युद्धे कपोतकि यत्र विश्रमयेद् अस्त्रं तन् मे ब्रूहि पतिव्रते ॥
amogham etad astraṃ me nyastaṃ yuddhe kapotaki yatra viśramayed astraṃ tan me brūhi pativrate //
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BrP 125.19
मयि विश्रम्यताम् अस्त्रं न पुत्रे न च भर्तरि सत्यवाग् भव हव्येश जातवेदो नमो ऽस्तु ते ॥
mayi viśramyatām astraṃ na putre na ca bhartari satyavāg bhava havyeśa jātavedo namo 'stu te //
"Let the weapon come to rest upon me, not upon my son nor upon my husband. Be true to your word, O lord of oblations, O Jātavedas — homage be to you!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 125.20
तुष्टो ऽस्मि तव वाक्येन भर्तृभक्त्या पतिव्रते तवापि भर्तृपुत्राणां हेति क्षेमं ददाम्य् अहम् ॥
tuṣṭo 'smi tava vākyena bhartṛbhaktyā pativrate tavāpi bhartṛputrāṇāṃ heti kṣemaṃ dadāmy aham //
"I am pleased by your speech, by your devotion to your husband, O faithful wife. To you too, and to your husband and sons, I grant safety from the missile."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 125.21
आग्नेयम् एतद् अस्त्रं मे न भर्तारं सुतान् अपि न त्वां दहेत् ततो याहि सुखेन त्वं कपोतकि ॥
āgneyam etad astraṃ me na bhartāraṃ sutān api na tvāṃ dahet tato yāhi sukhena tvaṃ kapotaki //
This fire-weapon of mine shall burn neither your husband nor your sons, nor you; therefore go happily, little dove.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 125.22
एतस्मिन्न् अन्तरे तत्र उलूकी ददृशे पतिम् वेष्ट्यमानं याम्यपाशैर् यमदण्डेन ताडितम् उलूकी दुःखिता भूत्वा यमं प्रायाद् भयातुरा ॥
etasminn antare tatra ulūkī dadṛśe patim veṣṭyamānaṃ yāmyapāśair yamadaṇḍena tāḍitam ulūkī duḥkhitā bhūtvā yamaṃ prāyād bhayāturā //
In the meantime the owl-hen saw her husband there being bound round with Yama's nooses and beaten with Yama's rod; the owl-hen, becoming stricken with grief and afflicted with fear, went to Yama.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 125.23
त्वद्भीता अनुद्रवन्ते जनास् त्वद्भीता ब्रह्मचर्यं चरन्ति त्वद्भीताः साधु चरन्ति धीरास् त्वद्भीताः कर्मनिष्ठा भवन्ति
tvadbhītā anudravante janās tvadbhītā brahmacaryaṃ caranti tvadbhītāḥ sādhu caranti dhīrās tvadbhītāḥ karmaniṣṭhā bhavanti
In fear of you people run away; in fear of you they practice chastity; in fear of you the resolute act rightly; in fear of you they become devoted to (ritual) works.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 125.25
त्वद्भीता अनाशकम् आचरन्ति ग्रामाद् अरण्यम् अभि यच् चरन्ति त्वद्भीताः सौम्यताम् आश्रयन्ते त्वद्भीताः सोमपानं भजन्ते ब्र्प्_१२५।२४ त्वद्भीताश् चान्नगोदाननिष्ठास् ब्र्प्_१२५।२४ए त्वद्भीता ब्रह्मवादं वदन्ति ब्र्प्_१२५।२४फ़् एवं ब्रुवत्यां तस्यां ताम् आह दक्षिणदिक्पतिः ॥
tvadbhītā anāśakam ācaranti grāmād araṇyam abhi yac caranti tvadbhītāḥ saumyatām āśrayante tvadbhītāḥ somapānaṃ bhajante BrP_125.24 tvadbhītāś cānnagodānaniṣṭhās brp_125.24e tvadbhītā brahmavādaṃ vadanti brp_125.24f evaṃ bruvatyāṃ tasyāṃ tām āha dakṣiṇadikpatiḥ //
In fear of you (they) undertake fasting; in fear of you (they) go from the village to the forest; in fear of you (they) take refuge in gentleness; in fear of you (they) resort to the drinking of soma. In fear of you (they) are devoted to the giving of food and cows; in fear of you (they) utter the discourse on brahman. As she was speaking thus, the lord of the southern quarter said to her:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 125.26
वरं वरय भद्रं ते दास्ये ऽहं मनसः प्रियम् ॥
varaṃ varaya bhadraṃ te dāsye 'haṃ manasaḥ priyam //
"Choose a boon — blessings on you; I will grant what is dear to your heart."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 125.27
यमस्येति वचः श्रुत्वा सा तम् आह पतिव्रता ॥
yamasyeti vacaḥ śrutvā sā tam āha pativratā //
Hearing these words of Yama, she, the devoted wife, said to him:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 125.28
भर्ता मे वेष्टितः पाशैर् दण्डेनाभिहतस् तव तस्माद् रक्ष सुरश्रेष्ठ पुत्रान् भर्तारम् एव च ॥
bhartā me veṣṭitaḥ pāśair daṇḍenābhihatas tava tasmād rakṣa suraśreṣṭha putrān bhartāram eva ca //
"My husband is bound with your nooses and struck with your rod; therefore, best of the gods, protect my sons and my husband too."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 125.29
तद्वाक्यात् कृपया युक्तो यमः प्राह पुनः पुनः ॥
tadvākyāt kṛpayā yukto yamaḥ prāha punaḥ punaḥ //
At her words Yama, filled with compassion, spoke again and again:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 125.30
पाशानां चापि दण्डस्य स्थानं वद शुभानने ॥
pāśānāṃ cāpi daṇḍasya sthānaṃ vada śubhānane //
"Then name a place for the nooses and for the rod, fair-faced one."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 125.31
सा प्रोवाच यमं देवं मयि पाशास् त्वयेरिताः आविशन्तु जगन्नाथ दण्डो मय्य् एव संविशेत् ततः प्रोवाच भगवान् यमस् तां कृपया पुनः ॥
sā provāca yamaṃ devaṃ mayi pāśās tvayeritāḥ āviśantu jagannātha daṇḍo mayy eva saṃviśet tataḥ provāca bhagavān yamas tāṃ kṛpayā punaḥ //
She said to the god Yama: "Let the nooses you have cast enter into me, lord of the world; let the rod too enter into me alone." Then the lord Yama spoke to her again out of compassion:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 125.32
तव भर्ता च पुत्राश् च सर्वे जीवन्तु विज्वराः ॥
tava bhartā ca putrāś ca sarve jīvantu vijvarāḥ //
"Let your husband and your sons all live, free of affliction."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 125.33
न्यवारयद् यमः पाशान् आग्नेयास्त्रं तु हव्यवाट् कपोतोलूकयोश् चापि प्रीतिं वै चक्रतुः सुरौ आहतुश् च द्विजन्मानौ व्रियतां वर ईप्सितः ॥
nyavārayad yamaḥ pāśān āgneyāstraṃ tu havyavāṭ kapotolūkayoś cāpi prītiṃ vai cakratuḥ surau āhatuś ca dvijanmānau vriyatāṃ vara īpsitaḥ //
Yama drew back his nooses, and the fire-god (withdrew) his fiery weapon; and the two gods showed favour to the pigeon and the owl, and said to the two twice-born ones: "Let a desired boon be chosen."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 125.34
भवतोर् दर्शनं लब्धं वैरव्याजेन दुष्करम् वयं च पक्षिणः पापाः किं वरेण सुरोत्तमौ ॥
bhavator darśanaṃ labdhaṃ vairavyājena duṣkaram vayaṃ ca pakṣiṇaḥ pāpāḥ kiṃ vareṇa surottamau //
"The sight of you two, hard to obtain, has been gained by us on the pretext of enmity; and we are birds, sinful — what use is a boon to us, O best of gods?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 125.35
अथ देयो वरो ऽस्माकं भवद्भ्यां प्रीतिपूर्वकम् नात्मार्थम् अनुयाचावो दीयमानं वरं शुभम् ॥
atha deyo varo 'smākaṃ bhavadbhyāṃ prītipūrvakam nātmārtham anuyācāvo dīyamānaṃ varaṃ śubham //
"Yet if a boon is to be given to us by you two out of affection, we do not beg for our own sake the auspicious boon that is being granted."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 125.36
आत्मार्थं यस् तु याचेत स शोच्यो हि सुरेश्वरौ जीवितं सफलं तस्य यः परार्थोद्यतः सदा ॥
ātmārthaṃ yas tu yāceta sa śocyo hi sureśvarau jīvitaṃ saphalaṃ tasya yaḥ parārthodyataḥ sadā //
"He who would beg for his own sake is indeed to be pitied, O lords of the gods; his life bears fruit who is always intent on the good of others."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 125.37
अग्निर् आपो रविः पृथ्वी धान्यानि विविधानि च परार्थं वर्तनं तेषां सतां चापि विशेषतः ॥
agnir āpo raviḥ pṛthvī dhānyāni vividhāni ca parārthaṃ vartanaṃ teṣāṃ satāṃ cāpi viśeṣataḥ //
"Fire, water, the sun, the earth, and the various grains — their existence is for the sake of others, and especially so with the good."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 125.38
ब्रह्मादयो ऽपि हि यतो युज्यन्ते मृत्युना सह एवं ज्ञात्वा तु देवेशौ वृथा स्वार्थपरिश्रमः ॥
brahmādayo 'pi hi yato yujyante mṛtyunā saha evaṃ jñātvā tu deveśau vṛthā svārthapariśramaḥ //
"For since even Brahmā and the rest are joined with death, knowing this, O lords of the gods, toil for one's own sake is in vain."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 125.39
जन्मना सह यत् पुंसां विहितं परमेष्ठिना कदाचिन् नान्यथा तद् वै वृथा क्लिश्यन्ति जन्तवः ॥
janmanā saha yat puṃsāṃ vihitaṃ parameṣṭhinā kadācin nānyathā tad vai vṛthā kliśyanti jantavaḥ //
"What is ordained for men by the Supreme One along with their birth is never otherwise; in vain do creatures torment themselves."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 125.40
तस्माद् याचावहे किंचिद् धिताय जगतां शुभम् गुणदायि तु सर्वेषां तद् युवाम् अनुमन्यताम् ॥
tasmād yācāvahe kiṃcid dhitāya jagatāṃ śubham guṇadāyi tu sarveṣāṃ tad yuvām anumanyatām //
"Therefore we beg something auspicious for the welfare of the worlds, something that bestows merit on all — may you two consent to it."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 125.41
ताव् आहतुर् उभौ देवौ पक्षिणौ लोकविश्रुतौ धर्मस्य यशसो ऽवाप्त्ये लोकानां हितकाम्यया ॥
tāv āhatur ubhau devau pakṣiṇau lokaviśrutau dharmasya yaśaso 'vāptye lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā //
To those two birds, renowned in the world, the two gods spoke, (the birds asking) for the attainment of merit and fame, out of desire for the good of the worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 125.42
आवाभ्याम् आश्रमौ तीर्थे गङ्गाया उभये तटे भवेतां जगतां नाथाव् एष एव परो वरः ॥
āvābhyām āśramau tīrthe gaṅgāyā ubhaye taṭe bhavetāṃ jagatāṃ nāthāv eṣa eva paro varaḥ //
"Let there be hermitages for us two at the sacred ford, on both banks of the Gaṅgā, O lords of the worlds — this itself is the highest boon."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 125.43
स्नानं दानं जपो होमः पितॄणां चापि पूजनम् सुकृती दुष्कृती वापि यः करोति यथा तथा सर्वं तद् अक्षयं पुण्यं स्याद् इत्य् एष परो वरः ॥
snānaṃ dānaṃ japo homaḥ pitṝṇāṃ cāpi pūjanam sukṛtī duṣkṛtī vāpi yaḥ karoti yathā tathā sarvaṃ tad akṣayaṃ puṇyaṃ syād ity eṣa paro varaḥ //
"Bathing, giving, muttered prayer, oblation, and also the worship of the ancestors — whoever performs it, whether a doer of good or a doer of evil, in whatever manner, let all that be imperishable merit: this is the highest boon."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 125.44
एवम् अस्तु तथा चान्यत् सुप्रीतौ तु ब्रवावहै ॥
evam astu tathā cānyat suprītau tu bravāvahai //
"So be it; and, being well pleased, we shall tell of something else as well."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 125.45
उत्तरे गौतमीतीरे यमस्तोत्रं पठन्ति ये तेषां सप्तसु वंशेषु नाकाले मृत्युम् आप्नुयात् ॥
uttare gautamītīre yamastotraṃ paṭhanti ye teṣāṃ saptasu vaṃśeṣu nākāle mṛtyum āpnuyāt //
"Those who recite the hymn to Yama on the northern bank of the Gautamī — in seven of their generations one shall not meet death out of due time."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 125.46
पुरुषो भाजनं च स्यात् सर्वदा सर्वसंपदाम् यस् त्व् इदं पठते नित्यं मृत्युस्तोत्रं जितात्मवान् ॥
puruṣo bhājanaṃ ca syāt sarvadā sarvasaṃpadām yas tv idaṃ paṭhate nityaṃ mṛtyustotraṃ jitātmavān //
"And a man shall be a vessel of all prosperity at all times; and he who, self-controlled, constantly recites this hymn to Death,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 125.47
अष्टाशीतिसहस्रैश् च व्याधिभिर् न स बाध्यते अस्मिंस् तीर्थे द्विजश्रेष्ठौ त्रिमासाद् गुर्विणी सती ॥
aṣṭāśītisahasraiś ca vyādhibhir na sa bādhyate asmiṃs tīrthe dvijaśreṣṭhau trimāsād gurviṇī satī //
he is not afflicted by the eighty-eight thousand diseases. At this sacred ford, O best of the twice-born, a chaste woman (becomes) pregnant within three months,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 125.48
अर्वाग्वन्ध्या च षण्मासात् सप्ताहं स्नानम् आचरेत् वीरसूः सा भवेन् नारी शतायुः स सुतो भवेत् ॥
arvāgvandhyā ca ṣaṇmāsāt saptāhaṃ snānam ācaret vīrasūḥ sā bhaven nārī śatāyuḥ sa suto bhavet //
And a woman barren up to now should, for six months, perform bathing (here) for seven days; she will become the mother of a hero, and that son will live a hundred years.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 125.49
लक्ष्मीवान् मतिमाञ् शूरः पुत्रपौत्रविवर्धनः तत्र पिण्डादिदानेन पितरो मुक्तिम् आप्नुयुः मनोवाक्कायजात् पापात् स्नानान् मुक्तो भवेन् नरः ॥
lakṣmīvān matimāñ śūraḥ putrapautravivardhanaḥ tatra piṇḍādidānena pitaro muktim āpnuyuḥ manovākkāyajāt pāpāt snānān mukto bhaven naraḥ //
(He will be) rich, intelligent, brave, increasing sons and grandsons. By the gift of rice-balls and the rest there, the fathers would attain release; by bathing a man would be freed from sin arising from mind, speech, and body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 125.50
यमवाक्याद् अनु तथा हव्यवाड् आह पक्षिणौ ॥
yamavākyād anu tathā havyavāḍ āha pakṣiṇau //
Then, following Yama's words, the Fire-bearer (Agni) too spoke to the two birds:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 125.51
मत्स्तोत्रं दक्षिणे तीरे ये पठन्ति यतव्रताः तेषाम् आरोग्यम् ऐश्वर्यं लक्ष्मीं रूपं ददाम्य् अहम् ॥
matstotraṃ dakṣiṇe tīre ye paṭhanti yatavratāḥ teṣām ārogyam aiśvaryaṃ lakṣmīṃ rūpaṃ dadāmy aham //
"Those who, holding their vows, recite my hymn of praise on the southern bank—to them I give health, lordship, prosperity, and beauty.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 125.52
इदं स्तोत्रं तु यः कश्चिद् यत्र क्वापि पठेन् नरः नैवाग्नितो भयं तस्य लिखिते ऽपि गृहे स्थिते ॥
idaṃ stotraṃ tu yaḥ kaścid yatra kvāpi paṭhen naraḥ naivāgnito bhayaṃ tasya likhite 'pi gṛhe sthite //
But whatever man recites this hymn, wherever it may be, he has no fear from fire—even when it is written and kept in the house.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 125.53
स्नानं दानं च यः कुर्याद् अग्नितीर्थे शुचिर् नरः अग्निष्टोमफलं तस्य भवेद् एव न संशयः ॥
snānaṃ dānaṃ ca yaḥ kuryād agnitīrthe śucir naraḥ agniṣṭomaphalaṃ tasya bhaved eva na saṃśayaḥ //
Whatever pure man performs bathing and giving at the Fire-tīrtha, the fruit of the Agniṣṭoma sacrifice will surely be his; there is no doubt."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 125.54
ततः प्रभृति तत् तीर्थं याम्यम् आग्नेयम् एव च कपोतं च तथोलूकं हेत्युलूकं विदुर् बुधाः ॥
tataḥ prabhṛti tat tīrthaṃ yāmyam āgneyam eva ca kapotaṃ ca tatholūkaṃ hetyulūkaṃ vidur budhāḥ //
From that time on the wise know that tīrtha as Yama's and as Agni's, and as the Dove's and the Owl's—Hetyulūka.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 125.55
तत्र त्रीणि सहस्राणि तावन्त्य् एव शतानि च पुनर् नवतितीर्थानि प्रत्येकं मुक्तिभाजनम् ॥
tatra trīṇi sahasrāṇi tāvanty eva śatāni ca punar navatitīrthāni pratyekaṃ muktibhājanam //
There are three thousand and just as many hundreds, and again ninety tīrthas, each one a vessel of liberation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 125.56
तेषु स्नानेन दानेन प्रेतीभूताश् च ये नराः पूतास् ते पुत्रवित्ताढ्या आक्रमेयुर् दिवं शुभाः ॥
teṣu snānena dānena pretībhūtāś ca ye narāḥ pūtās te putravittāḍhyā ākrameyur divaṃ śubhāḥ //
By bathing and giving in them, those men who have become departed spirits are purified; they, auspicious and rich in sons and wealth, would ascend to heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition