Brahma Purana — Chapter 241
BrP 241.1
किं तद् अक्षरम् इत्य् उक्तं यस्मान् नावर्तते पुनः किंस्वित् तत् क्षरम् इत्य् उक्तं यस्माद् आवर्तते पुनः ॥
kiṃ tad akṣaram ity uktaṃ yasmān nāvartate punaḥ kiṃsvit tat kṣaram ity uktaṃ yasmād āvartate punaḥ //
What is that which is called imperishable, from which one does not return again? And what is that which is called perishable, from which one returns again?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 241.2
अक्षराक्षरयोर् व्यक्तिं पृच्छामस् त्वां महामुने उपलब्धुं मुनिश्रेष्ठ तत्त्वेन मुनिपुंगव ॥
akṣarākṣarayor vyaktiṃ pṛcchāmas tvāṃ mahāmune upalabdhuṃ muniśreṣṭha tattvena munipuṃgava //
We ask you, O great sage, about the manifestation of the imperishable and the perishable, in order to grasp it truly, O best of sages, O bull among sages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 241.3
त्वं हि ज्ञानविदां श्रेष्ठः प्रोच्यसे वेदपारगैः ऋषिभिश् च महाभागैर् यतिभिश् च महात्मभिः ॥
tvaṃ hi jñānavidāṃ śreṣṭhaḥ procyase vedapāragaiḥ ṛṣibhiś ca mahābhāgair yatibhiś ca mahātmabhiḥ //
For you are declared the best of the knowers of knowledge by those who have gone to the end of the Vedas, and by the greatly blessed seers, and by the great-souled ascetics.
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BrP 241.4
तद् एतच् छ्रोतुम् इच्छामस् त्वत्तः सर्वं महामते न तृप्तिम् अधिगच्छामः शृण्वन्तो ऽमृतम् उत्तमम् ॥
tad etac chrotum icchāmas tvattaḥ sarvaṃ mahāmate na tṛptim adhigacchāmaḥ śṛṇvanto 'mṛtam uttamam //
So we wish to hear all this from you, O great-minded one; we find no satisfaction as we listen to this supreme nectar.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 241.5
अत्र वो वर्णयिष्यामि इतिहासं पुरातनम् वसिष्ठस्य च संवादं करालजनकस्य च ॥
atra vo varṇayiṣyāmi itihāsaṃ purātanam vasiṣṭhasya ca saṃvādaṃ karālajanakasya ca //
On this I shall recount to you an ancient story, the conversation of Vasiṣṭha and Karāla Janaka.
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BrP 241.6
वसिष्ठं श्रेष्ठम् आसीनम् ऋषीणां भास्करद्युतिम् पप्रच्छ जनको राजा ज्ञानं नैःश्रेयसं परम् ॥
vasiṣṭhaṃ śreṣṭham āsīnam ṛṣīṇāṃ bhāskaradyutim papraccha janako rājā jñānaṃ naiḥśreyasaṃ param //
King Janaka asked Vasiṣṭha, the best of seers, seated there with the radiance of the sun, about the supreme knowledge that leads to final release.
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BrP 241.7
परमात्मनि कुशलम् अध्यात्मगतिनिश्चयम् मैत्रावरुणिम् आसीनम् अभिवाद्य कृताञ्जलिः ॥
paramātmani kuśalam adhyātmagatiniścayam maitrāvaruṇim āsīnam abhivādya kṛtāñjaliḥ //
(He asked) the son of Mitra and Varuṇa, who was seated there, skilled in the supreme Self and settled in the certainty of the way of the inner Self, having saluted him with palms joined.
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BrP 241.8
स्वच्छन्दं सुकृतं चैव मधुरं चाप्य् अनुल्बणम् पप्रच्छर्षिवरं राजा करालजनकः पुरा ॥
svacchandaṃ sukṛtaṃ caiva madhuraṃ cāpy anulbaṇam papraccharṣivaraṃ rājā karālajanakaḥ purā //
Freely, well-phrased, sweetly and without harshness, King Karāla Janaka long ago questioned that best of seers.
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BrP 241.9
भगवञ् श्रोतुम् इच्छामि परं ब्रह्म सनातनम् यस्मिन् न पुनरावृत्तिं प्राप्नुवन्ति मनीषिणः ॥
bhagavañ śrotum icchāmi paraṃ brahma sanātanam yasmin na punarāvṛttiṃ prāpnuvanti manīṣiṇaḥ //
"Reverend sir, I wish to hear of the supreme, eternal brahman, in which the wise attain no return again."
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BrP 241.10
यच् च तत् क्षरम् इत्य् उक्तं यत्रेदं क्षरते जगत् यच् चाक्षरम् इति प्रोक्तं शिवं क्षेमम् अनामयम् ॥
yac ca tat kṣaram ity uktaṃ yatredaṃ kṣarate jagat yac cākṣaram iti proktaṃ śivaṃ kṣemam anāmayam //
"And that which is called 'perishable', in which this world dissolves; and that which is called 'imperishable', auspicious, safe, free from affliction."
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BrP 241.11
श्रूयतां पृथिवीपाल क्षरतीदं यथा जगत् यत्र क्षरति पूर्वेण यावत्कालेन चाप्य् अथ ॥
śrūyatāṃ pṛthivīpāla kṣaratīdaṃ yathā jagat yatra kṣarati pūrveṇa yāvatkālena cāpy atha //
"Let it be heard, O protector of the earth, how this world perishes, and where it perishes first, and after how much time."
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BrP 241.12
युगं द्वादशसाहस्र्यं कल्पं विद्धि चतुर्युगम् दशकल्पशतावर्तम् अहस् तद् ब्राह्मम् उच्यते ॥
yugaṃ dvādaśasāhasryaṃ kalpaṃ viddhi caturyugam daśakalpaśatāvartam ahas tad brāhmam ucyate //
Know a yuga to be of twelve thousand (years), and a kalpa to be the four yugas; the revolution of a thousand kalpas is called a day of Brahmā.
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BrP 241.13
रात्रिश् चैतावती राजन् यस्यान्ते प्रतिबुध्यते सृजत्य् अनन्तकर्माणि महान्तं भूतम् अग्रजम् ॥
rātriś caitāvatī rājan yasyānte pratibudhyate sṛjaty anantakarmāṇi mahāntaṃ bhūtam agrajam //
And the night is of the same length, O king; at its end he awakens and creates the Great Being, the firstborn, whose works are endless.
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BrP 241.14
मूर्तिमन्तम् अमूर्तात्मा विश्वं शंभुः स्वयंभुवः यत्रोत्पत्तिं प्रवक्ष्यामि मूलतो नृपसत्तम ॥
mūrtimantam amūrtātmā viśvaṃ śaṃbhuḥ svayaṃbhuvaḥ yatrotpattiṃ pravakṣyāmi mūlato nṛpasattama //
He, Śambhu, himself unembodied in nature, (creates) the embodied universe of the Self-existent one; I shall tell you from its root where its origin lies, O best of kings.
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BrP 241.15
अणिमा लघिमा प्राप्तिर् ईशानं ज्योतिर् अव्ययम् सर्वतःपाणिपादान्तं सर्वतोक्षिशिरोमुखम् ॥
aṇimā laghimā prāptir īśānaṃ jyotir avyayam sarvataḥpāṇipādāntaṃ sarvatokṣiśiromukham //
Subtlety, lightness, attainment, lordship, imperishable light; having hands and feet on every side, eyes, heads and faces on every side —
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BrP 241.16
सर्वतःश्रुतिमल् लोके सर्वम् आवृत्य तिष्ठति हिरण्यगर्भो भगवान् एष बुद्धिर् इति स्मृतिः ॥
sarvataḥśrutimal loke sarvam āvṛtya tiṣṭhati hiraṇyagarbho bhagavān eṣa buddhir iti smṛtiḥ //
having ears on every side, he stands in the world, covering everything; this is the lord Hiraṇyagarbha, and the tradition calls him buddhi (intellect).
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BrP 241.17
महान् इति च योगेषु विरिञ्चिर् इति चाप्य् अथ सांख्ये च पठ्यते शास्त्रे नामभिर् बहुधात्मकः ॥
mahān iti ca yogeṣu viriñcir iti cāpy atha sāṃkhye ca paṭhyate śāstre nāmabhir bahudhātmakaḥ //
In the yoga (texts) he is called "the Great One," and also "Viriñci," and in the Sāṃkhya treatise he is recited under many names, being of manifold nature.
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BrP 241.18
विचित्ररूपो विश्वात्मा एकाक्षर इति स्मृतः धृतम् एकात्मकं येन कृत्स्नं त्रैलोक्यम् आत्मना ॥
vicitrarūpo viśvātmā ekākṣara iti smṛtaḥ dhṛtam ekātmakaṃ yena kṛtsnaṃ trailokyam ātmanā //
Of varied form, the Self of all, he is called "the one imperishable"; by him the whole triple world is upheld by himself as having a single self.
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BrP 241.19
तथैव बहुरूपत्वाद् विश्वरूप इति श्रुतः एष वै विक्रियापन्नः सृजत्य् आत्मानम् आत्मना ॥
tathaiva bahurūpatvād viśvarūpa iti śrutaḥ eṣa vai vikriyāpannaḥ sṛjaty ātmānam ātmanā //
Likewise, because he has many forms, he is spoken of as "Viśvarūpa"; and this one, having undergone modification, creates himself by himself.
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BrP 241.20
प्रधानं तस्य संयोगाद् उत्पन्नं सुमहत् पुरम् अहंकारं महातेजाः प्रजापतिनमस्कृतम् ॥
pradhānaṃ tasya saṃyogād utpannaṃ sumahat puram ahaṃkāraṃ mahātejāḥ prajāpatinamaskṛtam //
From his conjunction (with it) the pradhāna arose, that very great city, and ahaṃkāra, of great splendour, honoured by Prajāpati.
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BrP 241.21
अव्यक्ताद् व्यक्तिम् आपन्नं विद्यासर्गं वदन्ति तम् महान्तं चाप्य् अहंकारम् अविद्यासर्ग एव च ॥
avyaktād vyaktim āpannaṃ vidyāsargaṃ vadanti tam mahāntaṃ cāpy ahaṃkāram avidyāsarga eva ca //
That which has passed from the unmanifest into manifestation they call the creation of knowledge; and the Great One and ahaṃkāra are precisely the creation of ignorance.
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BrP 241.22
अचरश् च चरश् चैव समुत्पन्नौ तथैकतः विद्याविद्येति विख्याते श्रुतिशास्त्रानुचिन्तकैः ॥
acaraś ca caraś caiva samutpannau tathaikataḥ vidyāvidyeti vikhyāte śrutiśāstrānucintakaiḥ //
The unmoving and the moving arose likewise from one (source); these two are proclaimed as knowledge and ignorance by those who ponder śruti and śāstra.
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BrP 241.23
भूतसर्गम् अहंकारात् तृतीयं विद्धि पार्थिव अहंकारेषु नृपते चतुर्थं विद्धि वैकृतम् ॥
bhūtasargam ahaṃkārāt tṛtīyaṃ viddhi pārthiva ahaṃkāreṣu nṛpate caturthaṃ viddhi vaikṛtam //
Know the creation of the elements from ahaṃkāra to be the third, O king of the earth; and among the ahaṃkāras, O ruler, know the fourth to be the modified one.
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BrP 241.24
वायुर् ज्योतिर् अथाकाशम् आपो ऽथ पृथिवी तथा शब्दस्पर्शौ च रूपं च रसो गन्धस् तथैव च ॥
vāyur jyotir athākāśam āpo 'tha pṛthivī tathā śabdasparśau ca rūpaṃ ca raso gandhas tathaiva ca //
Wind, fire, then space, water, and likewise earth; and sound and touch, and form, taste and smell as well.
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BrP 241.25
एवं युगपद् उत्पन्नं दशवर्गम् असंशयम् पञ्चमं विद्धि राजेन्द्र भौतिकं सर्गम् अर्थकृत् ॥
evaṃ yugapad utpannaṃ daśavargam asaṃśayam pañcamaṃ viddhi rājendra bhautikaṃ sargam arthakṛt //
Thus this group of ten arose simultaneously, without doubt; know it, best of kings, as the fifth creation, the elemental one, which serves a purpose.
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BrP 241.26
श्रोत्रं त्वक् चक्षुषी जिह्वा घ्राणम् एव च पञ्चमम् वाग् हस्तौ चैव पादौ च पायुर् मेढ्रं तथैव च ॥
śrotraṃ tvak cakṣuṣī jihvā ghrāṇam eva ca pañcamam vāg hastau caiva pādau ca pāyur meḍhraṃ tathaiva ca //
Ear, skin, the two eyes, tongue, and smell as the fifth; speech, the two hands, the two feet, the anus and likewise the generative organ.
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BrP 241.27
बुद्धीन्द्रियाणि चैतानि तथा कर्मेन्द्रियाणि च संभूतानीह युगपन् मनसा सह पार्थिव ॥
buddhīndriyāṇi caitāni tathā karmendriyāṇi ca saṃbhūtānīha yugapan manasā saha pārthiva //
These are the organs of perception and likewise the organs of action, which came into being here simultaneously together with the mind, O king.
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BrP 241.28
एषा तत्त्वचतुर्विंशा सर्वाकृतिः प्रवर्तते यां ज्ञात्वा नाभिशोचन्ति ब्राह्मणास् तत्त्वदर्शिनः ॥
eṣā tattvacaturviṃśā sarvākṛtiḥ pravartate yāṃ jñātvā nābhiśocanti brāhmaṇās tattvadarśinaḥ //
This aggregate of twenty-four principles proceeds as the form of everything; knowing which, brahmins who see the truth do not grieve.
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BrP 241.29
एवम् एतत् समुत्पन्नं त्रैलोक्यम् इदम् उत्तमम् वेदितव्यं नरश्रेष्ठ सदैव नरकार्णवे ॥
evam etat samutpannaṃ trailokyam idam uttamam veditavyaṃ naraśreṣṭha sadaiva narakārṇave //
Thus this excellent triple world came into being; it should be known always, best of men, (as situated) in the ocean of hell.
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BrP 241.30
सयक्षभूतगन्धर्वे सकिंनरमहोरगे सचारणपिशाचे वै सदेवर्षिनिशाचरे ॥
sayakṣabhūtagandharve sakiṃnaramahorage sacāraṇapiśāce vai sadevarṣiniśācare //
With yakṣas, bhūtas and gandharvas, with kiṃnaras and great serpents, with cāraṇas and piśācas, with gods, seers and night-roamers,
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BrP 241.31
सदंशकीटमशके सपूतिकृमिमूषके शुनि श्वपाके चैणेये सचाण्डाले सपुल्कसे ॥
sadaṃśakīṭamaśake sapūtikṛmimūṣake śuni śvapāke caiṇeye sacāṇḍāle sapulkase //
with biting insects and gnats, with foul worms and mice, in the dog, in the dog-cooker, in the antelope, with the caṇḍāla, with the pulkasa,
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BrP 241.32
हस्त्यश्वखरशार्दूले सवृके गवि चैव ह या च मूर्तिश् च यत् किंचित् सर्वत्रैतन् निदर्शनम् ॥
hastyaśvakharaśārdūle savṛke gavi caiva ha yā ca mūrtiś ca yat kiṃcit sarvatraitan nidarśanam //
in the elephant, horse, donkey and tiger, with the wolf and in the cow indeed—whatever form there is, anything at all, this is to be seen everywhere.
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BrP 241.33
जले भुवि तथाकाशे नान्यत्रेति विनिश्चयः स्थानं देहवताम् आसीद् इत्य् एवम् अनुशुश्रुम ॥
jale bhuvi tathākāśe nānyatreti viniścayaḥ sthānaṃ dehavatām āsīd ity evam anuśuśruma //
In water, on earth, and in space—nowhere else: this is the settled conclusion; such was the station of embodied beings, so we have heard.
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BrP 241.34
कृत्स्नम् एतावतस् तात क्षरते व्यक्तसंज्ञकः अहन्य् अहनि भूतात्मा यच् चाक्षर इति स्मृतम् ॥
kṛtsnam etāvatas tāta kṣarate vyaktasaṃjñakaḥ ahany ahani bhūtātmā yac cākṣara iti smṛtam //
In all this much, my son, that which is named 'the manifest' flows away day by day, (namely) the elemental self, and what is remembered as 'imperishable'.
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BrP 241.35
ततस् तत् क्षरम् इत्य् उक्तं क्षरतीदं यथा जगत् जगन् मोहात्मकं चाहुर् अव्यक्ताद् व्यक्तसंज्ञकम् ॥
tatas tat kṣaram ity uktaṃ kṣaratīdaṃ yathā jagat jagan mohātmakaṃ cāhur avyaktād vyaktasaṃjñakam //
Therefore it is called 'perishable' (kṣara), since this world flows away; and they say the world, whose nature is delusion, called 'the manifest', comes from the unmanifest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 241.36
महांश् चैवाक्षरो नित्यम् एतत् क्षरविवर्जनम् कथितं ते महाराज यस्मान् नावर्तते पुनः ॥
mahāṃś caivākṣaro nityam etat kṣaravivarjanam kathitaṃ te mahārāja yasmān nāvartate punaḥ //
And the Great one is imperishable and eternal; this abandonment of the perishable has been told to you, great king, whence one does not return again.
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BrP 241.37
पञ्चविंशतिको ऽमूर्तः स नित्यस् तत्त्वसंज्ञकः सत्त्वसंश्रयणात् तत्त्वं सत्त्वम् आहुर् मनीषिणः ॥
pañcaviṃśatiko 'mūrtaḥ sa nityas tattvasaṃjñakaḥ sattvasaṃśrayaṇāt tattvaṃ sattvam āhur manīṣiṇaḥ //
The twenty-fifth is formless, eternal, named 'reality' (tattva); because it rests upon sattva, the wise call reality 'sattva'.
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BrP 241.38
यद् अमूर्तिः सृजद् व्यक्तं तन् मूर्तिम् अधितिष्ठति चतुर्विंशतिमो व्यक्तो ह्य् अमूर्तिः पञ्चविंशकः ॥
yad amūrtiḥ sṛjad vyaktaṃ tan mūrtim adhitiṣṭhati caturviṃśatimo vyakto hy amūrtiḥ pañcaviṃśakaḥ //
Since the formless one creates the manifest, it presides over form; the manifest is the twenty-fourth, the formless is the twenty-fifth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 241.39
स एव हृदि सर्वासु मूर्तिष्व् आतिष्ठतात्मवान् चेतयंश् चेतनो नित्यं सर्वमूर्तिर् अमूर्तिमान् ॥
sa eva hṛdi sarvāsu mūrtiṣv ātiṣṭhatātmavān cetayaṃś cetano nityaṃ sarvamūrtir amūrtimān //
He indeed, possessed of self, abides in the heart in all forms, conscious, ever making (them) conscious, having all forms while himself formless.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 241.40
सर्गप्रलयधर्मेण स सर्गप्रलयात्मकः गोचरे वर्तते नित्यं निर्गुणो गुणसंज्ञितः ॥
sargapralayadharmeṇa sa sargapralayātmakaḥ gocare vartate nityaṃ nirguṇo guṇasaṃjñitaḥ //
By the law of creation and dissolution he has creation and dissolution for his nature; he ever moves in the range of the senses, without qualities yet called qualified.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 241.41
एवम् एष महात्मा च सर्गप्रलयकोटिशः विकुर्वाणः प्रकृतिमान् नाभिमन्येत बुद्धिमान् ॥
evam eṣa mahātmā ca sargapralayakoṭiśaḥ vikurvāṇaḥ prakṛtimān nābhimanyeta buddhimān //
Thus this great self, undergoing modification through crores of creations and dissolutions, possessed of primal nature, being wise, should not identify (with them).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 241.42
तमःसत्त्वरजोयुक्तस् तासु तास्व् इह योनिषु लीयते प्रतिबुद्धत्वाद् अबुद्धजनसेवनात् ॥
tamaḥsattvarajoyuktas tāsu tāsv iha yoniṣu līyate pratibuddhatvād abuddhajanasevanāt //
Joined with darkness, goodness and passion, he dissolves into these and those wombs here, through (lack of) awakening and through consorting with unawakened people.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 241.43
सहवासनिवासत्वाद् बालो ऽहम् इति मन्यते यो ऽहं न सो ऽहम् इत्य् उक्तो गुणान् एवानुवर्तते ॥
sahavāsanivāsatvād bālo 'ham iti manyate yo 'haṃ na so 'ham ity ukto guṇān evānuvartate //
Because of dwelling together (with the qualities), he thinks 'I am a child'; though it is said 'what I am, that I am not', he still follows the qualities.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 241.44
तमसा तामसान् भावान् विविधान् प्रतिपद्यते रजसा राजसांश् चैव सात्त्विकान् सत्त्वसंश्रयात् ॥
tamasā tāmasān bhāvān vividhān pratipadyate rajasā rājasāṃś caiva sāttvikān sattvasaṃśrayāt //
Through darkness (tamas) he comes to the various dark states, through passion (rajas) to the passionate ones, and to the sattvic ones by reliance on sattva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 241.45
शुक्ललोहितकृष्णानि रूपाण्य् एतानि त्रीणि तु सर्वाण्य् एतानि रूपाणि जानीहि प्राकृतानि तु ॥
śuklalohitakṛṣṇāni rūpāṇy etāni trīṇi tu sarvāṇy etāni rūpāṇi jānīhi prākṛtāni tu //
These three are the forms: white, red and black; know all these forms to be derived from primal nature (prakṛti).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 241.46
तामसा निरयं यान्ति राजसा मानुषान् अथ सात्त्विका देवलोकाय गच्छन्ति सुखभागिनः ॥
tāmasā nirayaṃ yānti rājasā mānuṣān atha sāttvikā devalokāya gacchanti sukhabhāginaḥ //
Those of darkness go to hell, those of passion to human births, while those of sattva, sharing in pleasure, go to the world of the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 241.47
निष्केवलेन पापेन तिर्यग्योनिम् अवाप्नुयात् पुण्यपापेषु मानुष्यं पुण्यमात्रेण देवताः ॥
niṣkevalena pāpena tiryagyonim avāpnuyāt puṇyapāpeṣu mānuṣyaṃ puṇyamātreṇa devatāḥ //
By unmixed evil one would attain an animal birth; with merit and demerit mixed, humanity; by merit alone, godhood.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 241.48
एवम् अव्यक्तविषयं मोक्षम् आहुर् मनीषिणः पञ्चविंशतिमो यो ऽयं ज्ञानाद् एव प्रवर्तते ॥
evam avyaktaviṣayaṃ mokṣam āhur manīṣiṇaḥ pañcaviṃśatimo yo 'yaṃ jñānād eva pravartate //
Thus the wise call liberation that which has the unmanifest as its sphere; this twenty-fifth (principle) comes about from knowledge alone.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain