Brahma Purana — Chapter 177
BrP 177.1
एवं वो ऽनन्तमाहात्म्यं क्षेत्रं च पुरुषोत्तमम् भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदं नॄणां मया प्रोक्तं सुदुर्लभम् ॥
evaṃ vo 'nantamāhātmyaṃ kṣetraṃ ca puruṣottamam bhuktimuktipradaṃ nṝṇāṃ mayā proktaṃ sudurlabham //
Thus the greatness of Ananta and the field (called) Puruṣottama, granting to men enjoyment and release, very hard to obtain, has been declared by me to you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 177.2
यत्रास्ते पुण्डरीकाक्षः शङ्खचक्रगदाधरः पीताम्बरधरः कृष्णः कंसकेशिनिषूदनः ॥
yatrāste puṇḍarīkākṣaḥ śaṅkhacakragadādharaḥ pītāmbaradharaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ kaṃsakeśiniṣūdanaḥ //
Where dwells the lotus-eyed one, bearing conch, discus and mace, wearing yellow garments, Kṛṣṇa, the slayer of Kaṃsa and Keśin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 177.3
ये तत्र कृष्णं पश्यन्ति सुरासुरनमस्कृतम् संकर्षणं सुभद्रां च धन्यास् ते नात्र संशयः ॥
ye tatra kṛṣṇaṃ paśyanti surāsuranamaskṛtam saṃkarṣaṇaṃ subhadrāṃ ca dhanyās te nātra saṃśayaḥ //
Those who there behold Kṛṣṇa, saluted by gods and demons, and Saṃkarṣaṇa and Subhadrā — they are blessed; there is no doubt of it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 177.4
त्रैलोक्याधिपतिं देवं सर्वकामफलप्रदम् ये ध्यायन्ति सदा कृष्णं मुक्तास् ते नात्र संशयः ॥
trailokyādhipatiṃ devaṃ sarvakāmaphalapradam ye dhyāyanti sadā kṛṣṇaṃ muktās te nātra saṃśayaḥ //
Those who always meditate on Kṛṣṇa, the god who is lord of the three worlds, the giver of the fruit of every desire — they are liberated; there is no doubt of it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 177.5
कृष्णे रताः कृष्णम् अनुस्मरन्ति रात्रौ च कृष्णं पुनर् उत्थिता ये ते भिन्नदेहाः प्रविशन्ति कृष्णं हविर् यथा मन्त्रहुतं हुताशम्
kṛṣṇe ratāḥ kṛṣṇam anusmaranti rātrau ca kṛṣṇaṃ punar utthitā ye te bhinnadehāḥ praviśanti kṛṣṇaṃ havir yathā mantrahutaṃ hutāśam
Those who, devoted to Kṛṣṇa, remember Kṛṣṇa, and (remember) Kṛṣṇa at night and again on rising — they, when their bodies are broken apart, enter into Kṛṣṇa, as an oblation offered with mantras enters the fire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 177.6
तस्मात् सदा मुनिश्रेष्ठाः कृष्णः कमललोचनः तस्मिन् क्षेत्रे प्रयत्नेन द्रष्टव्यो मोक्षकाङ्क्षिभिः ॥
tasmāt sadā muniśreṣṭhāḥ kṛṣṇaḥ kamalalocanaḥ tasmin kṣetre prayatnena draṣṭavyo mokṣakāṅkṣibhiḥ //
Therefore, O best of sages, lotus-eyed Kṛṣṇa is always to be seen with effort in that field by those who long for liberation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 177.7
शयनोत्थापने कृष्णं ये पश्यन्ति मनीषिणः हलायुधं सुभद्रां च हरेः स्थानं व्रजन्ति ते ॥
śayanotthāpane kṛṣṇaṃ ye paśyanti manīṣiṇaḥ halāyudhaṃ subhadrāṃ ca hareḥ sthānaṃ vrajanti te //
Those wise ones who behold Kṛṣṇa, the plough-armed one (Balarāma), and Subhadrā at (the times of) their lying down and rising up — they go to Hari's abode.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 177.8
सर्वकाले ऽपि ये भक्त्या पश्यन्ति पुरुषोत्तमम् रौहिणेयं सुभद्रां च विष्णुलोकं व्रजन्ति ते ॥
sarvakāle 'pi ye bhaktyā paśyanti puruṣottamam rauhiṇeyaṃ subhadrāṃ ca viṣṇulokaṃ vrajanti te //
And those who at every time behold with devotion Puruṣottama, the son of Rohiṇī and Subhadrā — they go to Viṣṇu's world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 177.9
आस्ते यश् चतुरो मासान् वार्षिकान् पुरुषोत्तमे पृथिव्यास् तीर्थयात्रायाः फलं प्राप्नोति चाधिकम् ॥
āste yaś caturo māsān vārṣikān puruṣottame pṛthivyās tīrthayātrāyāḥ phalaṃ prāpnoti cādhikam //
He who stays the four months of the rainy season in Puruṣottama obtains the fruit of a pilgrimage to (all) the earth's holy places, and more.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 177.10
ये सर्वकालं तत्रैव निवसन्ति मनीषिणः जितेन्द्रिया जितक्रोधा लभन्ते तपसः फलम् ॥
ye sarvakālaṃ tatraiva nivasanti manīṣiṇaḥ jitendriyā jitakrodhā labhante tapasaḥ phalam //
Those wise ones who dwell there at all times, their senses mastered and their anger conquered, obtain the fruit of ascetic practice.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 177.11
तपस् तप्त्वान्यतीर्थेषु वर्षाणाम् अयुतं नरः यद् आप्नोति तद् आप्नोति मासेन पुरुषोत्तमे ॥
tapas taptvānyatīrtheṣu varṣāṇām ayutaṃ naraḥ yad āpnoti tad āpnoti māsena puruṣottame //
What a man obtains by practising austerity for ten thousand years at other holy places, that he obtains in a month at Puruṣottama.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 177.12
तपसा ब्रह्मचर्येण सङ्गत्यागेन यत् फलम् तत् फलं सततं तत्र प्राप्नुवन्ति मनीषिणः ॥
tapasā brahmacaryeṇa saṅgatyāgena yat phalam tat phalaṃ satataṃ tatra prāpnuvanti manīṣiṇaḥ //
The fruit that comes from austerity, from chastity, from the renunciation of attachment — that fruit the wise obtain there constantly.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 177.13
सर्वतीर्थेषु यत् पुण्यं स्नानदानेन कीर्तितम् तत् फलं सततं तत्र प्राप्नुवन्ति मनीषिणः ॥
sarvatīrtheṣu yat puṇyaṃ snānadānena kīrtitam tat phalaṃ satataṃ tatra prāpnuvanti manīṣiṇaḥ //
The merit that is declared (to come) from bathing and giving at all holy places — that fruit the wise obtain there constantly.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 177.14
सम्यक् तीर्थेन यत् प्रोक्तं व्रतेन नियमेन च तत् फलं लभते तत्र प्रत्यहं प्रयतः शुचिः ॥
samyak tīrthena yat proktaṃ vratena niyamena ca tat phalaṃ labhate tatra pratyahaṃ prayataḥ śuciḥ //
Whatever fruit is declared (to come) from a pilgrimage place properly (visited), and from vow and observance — that fruit one who is restrained and pure obtains there every day.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 177.15
यस् तु नानाविधैर् यज्ञैर् यत् फलं लभते नरः तत् फलं लभते तत्र प्रत्यहं संयतेन्द्रियः ॥
yas tu nānāvidhair yajñair yat phalaṃ labhate naraḥ tat phalaṃ labhate tatra pratyahaṃ saṃyatendriyaḥ //
And whatever fruit a man obtains by sacrifices of various kinds — that fruit one whose senses are controlled obtains there every day.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 177.16
देहं त्यजन्ति पुरुषास् तत्र ये पुरुषोत्तमे कल्पवृक्षं समासाद्य मुक्तास् ते नात्र संशयः ॥
dehaṃ tyajanti puruṣās tatra ye puruṣottame kalpavṛkṣaṃ samāsādya muktās te nātra saṃśayaḥ //
Those men who give up the body there in Puruṣottama, having reached the wish-fulfilling tree, are liberated — there is no doubt in this.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 177.17
वटसागरयोर् मध्ये ये त्यजन्ति कलेवरम् ते दुर्लभं परं मोक्षं प्राप्नुवन्ति न संशयः ॥
vaṭasāgarayor madhye ye tyajanti kalevaram te durlabhaṃ paraṃ mokṣaṃ prāpnuvanti na saṃśayaḥ //
Those who abandon the body between the banyan tree and the ocean attain the supreme liberation, hard to obtain — there is no doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 177.18
अनिच्छन्न् अपि यस् तत्र प्राणांस् त्यजति मानवः सो ऽपि दुःखविनिर्मुक्तो मुक्तिं प्राप्नोति दुर्लभाम् ॥
anicchann api yas tatra prāṇāṃs tyajati mānavaḥ so 'pi duḥkhavinirmukto muktiṃ prāpnoti durlabhām //
Even a man who gives up his life-breaths there without wishing to, he too, freed from suffering, attains that hard-won liberation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 177.19
कृमिकीटपतंगाद्यास् तिर्यग्योनिगताश् च ये तत्र देहं परित्यज्य ते यान्ति परमां गतिम् ॥
kṛmikīṭapataṃgādyās tiryagyonigatāś ca ye tatra dehaṃ parityajya te yānti paramāṃ gatim //
And those that are worms, insects, moths and the like, and those born in animal wombs — abandoning the body there, they go to the highest state.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 177.20
भ्रान्तिं लोकस्य पश्यध्वम् अन्यतीर्थं प्रति द्विजाः पुरुषाख्येन यत् प्राप्तम् अन्यतीर्थफलादिकम् ॥
bhrāntiṃ lokasya paśyadhvam anyatīrthaṃ prati dvijāḥ puruṣākhyena yat prāptam anyatīrthaphalādikam //
Behold the delusion of the world concerning other holy places, O twice-born ones: for the fruit and the rest (that is won) at other holy places is (already) obtained through the one named Puruṣa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 177.21
सकृत् पश्यति यो मर्त्यः श्रद्धया पुरुषोत्तमम् पुरुषाणां सहस्रेषु स भवेद् उत्तमः पुमान् ॥
sakṛt paśyati yo martyaḥ śraddhayā puruṣottamam puruṣāṇāṃ sahasreṣu sa bhaved uttamaḥ pumān //
The mortal who but once looks with faith upon Puruṣottama — he becomes the highest man among thousands of men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 177.22
प्रकृतेः स परो यस्मात् पुरुषाद् अपि चोत्तमः तस्माद् वेदे पुराणे च लोके ऽस्मिन् पुरुषोत्तमः ॥
prakṛteḥ sa paro yasmāt puruṣād api cottamaḥ tasmād vede purāṇe ca loke 'smin puruṣottamaḥ //
Since he is beyond primordial nature (prakṛti) and higher than the puruṣa as well, therefore in the Veda, in the Purāṇa, and in this world (he is called) Puruṣottama, "highest of persons."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 177.23
यो ऽसौ पुराणे वेदान्ते परमात्मेत्य् उदाहृतः आस्ते विश्वोपकाराय तेनासौ पुरुषोत्तमः ॥
yo 'sau purāṇe vedānte paramātmety udāhṛtaḥ āste viśvopakārāya tenāsau puruṣottamaḥ //
He who in the Purāṇa and in the Vedānta is proclaimed as "the supreme Self" abides (here) for the benefit of the universe; for that reason he is Puruṣottama.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 177.24
पाथे श्मशाने गृहमण्डपे वा रथ्याप्रदेशेष्व् अपि यत्र कुत्र इच्छन्न् अनिच्छन्न् अपि तत्र देहं संत्यज्य मोक्षं लभते मनुष्यः
pāthe śmaśāne gṛhamaṇḍape vā rathyāpradeśeṣv api yatra kutra icchann anicchann api tatra dehaṃ saṃtyajya mokṣaṃ labhate manuṣyaḥ
On the road, in a cremation ground, in the pavilion of a house, or even in the areas of the streets — wherever it may be, whether he wishes it or does not wish it, having there abandoned his body a man attains liberation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 177.25
तस्मात् सर्वप्रयत्नेन तस्मिन् क्षेत्रे द्विजोत्तमाः देहत्यागो नरैः कार्यः सम्यङ् मोक्षाभिकाङ्क्षिभिः ॥
tasmāt sarvaprayatnena tasmin kṣetre dvijottamāḥ dehatyāgo naraiḥ kāryaḥ samyaṅ mokṣābhikāṅkṣibhiḥ //
Therefore, best of twice-born ones, men who rightly desire liberation should with every effort make the abandonment of the body in that sacred field.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 177.26
पुरुषाख्यस्य माहात्म्यं न भूतं न भविष्यति त्यक्त्वा यत्र नरो देहं मुक्तिं प्राप्नोति दुर्लभाम् ॥
puruṣākhyasya māhātmyaṃ na bhūtaṃ na bhaviṣyati tyaktvā yatra naro dehaṃ muktiṃ prāpnoti durlabhām //
There has not been, nor will there be, (a place of) greatness (equal to that) of the one called Puruṣa, where a man, having laid down his body, attains liberation, hard to win.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 177.27
गुणानाम् एकदेशो ऽयं मया क्षेत्रस्य कीर्तितः कः समस्तान् गुणान् वक्तुं शक्तो वर्षशतैर् अपि ॥
guṇānām ekadeśo 'yaṃ mayā kṣetrasya kīrtitaḥ kaḥ samastān guṇān vaktuṃ śakto varṣaśatair api //
This is (only) one portion of the virtues of the sacred field that has been proclaimed by me; who is able to tell all its virtues, even in a hundred years?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 177.28
यदि यूयं मुनिश्रेष्ठा मोक्षम् इच्छथ शाश्वतम् तस्मिन् क्षेत्रवरे पुण्ये निवसध्वम् अतन्द्रिताः ॥
yadi yūyaṃ muniśreṣṭhā mokṣam icchatha śāśvatam tasmin kṣetravare puṇye nivasadhvam atandritāḥ //
If you, best of sages, desire eternal liberation, then dwell unwearied in that excellent, holy field.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 177.29
ते तस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा ब्रह्मणो ऽव्यक्तजन्मनः निवासं चक्रिरे तत्र अवापुः परमं पदम् ॥
te tasya vacanaṃ śrutvā brahmaṇo 'vyaktajanmanaḥ nivāsaṃ cakrire tatra avāpuḥ paramaṃ padam //
They, having heard that speech of Brahmā, whose birth is unmanifest, made their dwelling there and attained the highest state.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 177.30
तस्माद् यूयं प्रयत्नेन निवसध्वं द्विजोत्तमाः पुरुषाख्ये वरे क्षेत्रे यदि मुक्तिम् अभीप्सथ ॥
tasmād yūyaṃ prayatnena nivasadhvaṃ dvijottamāḥ puruṣākhye vare kṣetre yadi muktim abhīpsatha //
Therefore, best of twice-born ones, dwell there with effort in that excellent field named Puruṣa, if you desire liberation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition