Brahma Purana — Chapter 67
BrP 67.1
एकैकस्यास् तु यात्रायाः फलं ब्रूहि पृथक् पृथक् यत् प्राप्नोति नरः कृत्वा नारी वा तत्र संयता ॥
ekaikasyās tu yātrāyāḥ phalaṃ brūhi pṛthak pṛthak yat prāpnoti naraḥ kṛtvā nārī vā tatra saṃyatā //
But tell us, one by one, the fruit of each single pilgrimage—what a man, or a woman under restraint there, obtains by performing it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 67.2
प्रतियात्राफलं विप्राः शृणुध्वं गदतो मम यत् प्राप्नोति नरः कृत्वा तस्मिन् क्षेत्रे सुसंयतः ॥
pratiyātrāphalaṃ viprāḥ śṛṇudhvaṃ gadato mama yat prāpnoti naraḥ kṛtvā tasmin kṣetre susaṃyataḥ //
Brahmins, hear from me as I speak the fruit of each pilgrimage: what a man, well restrained, obtains by performing it in that holy field.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 67.3
गुडिवायां तथोत्थाने फाल्गुन्यां विषुवे तथा यात्रां कृत्वा विधानेन दृष्ट्वा कृष्णं प्रणम्य च ॥
guḍivāyāṃ tathotthāne phālgunyāṃ viṣuve tathā yātrāṃ kṛtvā vidhānena dṛṣṭvā kṛṣṇaṃ praṇamya ca //
Having made the pilgrimage according to the rule at the Guḍivā (festival), likewise at the Rising, in (the month of) Phālgunī, and at the equinox, and having beheld Kṛṣṇa and bowed to him,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 67.4
संकर्षणं सुभद्रां च लभेत् सर्वत्र वै फलम् नरो गच्छेद् विष्णुलोके यावद् इन्द्राश् चतुर्दश ॥
saṃkarṣaṇaṃ subhadrāṃ ca labhet sarvatra vai phalam naro gacched viṣṇuloke yāvad indrāś caturdaśa //
and Saṃkarṣaṇa and Subhadrā, he wins the fruit in every case: the man goes to Viṣṇu's world for as long as fourteen Indras (reign).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 67.5
यावद् यात्रां ज्येष्ठमासे करोति विधिवन् नरः तावत् कल्पं विष्णुलोके सुखं भुङ्क्ते न संशयः ॥
yāvad yātrāṃ jyeṣṭhamāse karoti vidhivan naraḥ tāvat kalpaṃ viṣṇuloke sukhaṃ bhuṅkte na saṃśayaḥ //
For as many pilgrimages as a man makes in the month of Jyeṣṭha according to rule, for that many kalpas he enjoys happiness in Viṣṇu's world—there is no doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 67.6
तस्मिन् क्षेत्रवरे पुण्ये रम्ये श्रीपुरुषोत्तमे भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदे नॄणां सर्वसत्त्वसुखावहे ॥
tasmin kṣetravare puṇye ramye śrīpuruṣottame bhuktimuktiprade nṝṇāṃ sarvasattvasukhāvahe //
In that best of fields, holy and delightful, Śrī-Puruṣottama, which grants men enjoyment and liberation and brings happiness to all beings,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 67.7
ज्येष्ठे यात्रां नरः कृत्वा नारी वा संयतेन्द्रियः यथोक्तेन विधानेन दश द्वे च समाहितः ॥
jyeṣṭhe yātrāṃ naraḥ kṛtvā nārī vā saṃyatendriyaḥ yathoktena vidhānena daśa dve ca samāhitaḥ //
a man—or a woman—with senses restrained and mind collected, having made the pilgrimage in Jyeṣṭha twelve times according to the prescribed rule,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 67.8
प्रतिष्ठां कुरुते यस् तु शाठ्यदम्भविवर्जितः स भुक्त्वा विविधान् भोगान् मोक्षं चान्ते लभेद् ध्रुवम् ॥
pratiṣṭhāṃ kurute yas tu śāṭhyadambhavivarjitaḥ sa bhuktvā vividhān bhogān mokṣaṃ cānte labhed dhruvam //
whoever then performs the concluding establishment (pratiṣṭhā), free of guile and hypocrisy, he, having enjoyed manifold pleasures, surely attains liberation at the end.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 67.9
श्रोतुम् इच्छामहे देव प्रतिष्ठां वदतस् तव विधानं चार्चनं दानं फलं तत्र जगत्पतेः ॥
śrotum icchāmahe deva pratiṣṭhāṃ vadatas tava vidhānaṃ cārcanaṃ dānaṃ phalaṃ tatra jagatpateḥ //
O god, we wish to hear you tell of the pratiṣṭhā—the procedure, the worship, the giving, and the fruit therein, of the Lord of the world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 67.10
शृणुध्वं मुनिशार्दूलाः प्रतिष्ठां विधिचोदिताम् यां कृत्वा तु नरो भक्त्या नारी वा लभते फलम् ॥
śṛṇudhvaṃ muniśārdūlāḥ pratiṣṭhāṃ vidhicoditām yāṃ kṛtvā tu naro bhaktyā nārī vā labhate phalam //
Hear, tigers among sages, the pratiṣṭhā as enjoined by the rule, by performing which with devotion a man or a woman obtains the fruit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 67.11
यात्रा द्वादश संपूर्णा यदा स्यात् तु द्विजोत्तमाः तदा कुर्वीत विधिवत् प्रतिष्ठां पापनाशिनीम् ॥
yātrā dvādaśa saṃpūrṇā yadā syāt tu dvijottamāḥ tadā kurvīta vidhivat pratiṣṭhāṃ pāpanāśinīm //
When the twelve pilgrimages are complete, O best of the twice-born, then one should perform, according to rule, the sin-destroying pratiṣṭhā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 67.12
ज्येष्ठे मासि सिते पक्षे त्व् एकादश्यां समाहितः गत्वा जलाशयं पुण्यम् आचम्य प्रयतः शुचिः ॥
jyeṣṭhe māsi site pakṣe tv ekādaśyāṃ samāhitaḥ gatvā jalāśayaṃ puṇyam ācamya prayataḥ śuciḥ //
In the month of Jyeṣṭha, in the bright fortnight, on the eleventh day, with mind collected, having gone to a holy body of water, having sipped water, disciplined and pure,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 67.13
आवाह्य सर्वतीर्थानि ध्यात्वा नारायणं तथा ततः स्नानं प्रकुर्वीत विधिवत् सुसमाहितः ॥
āvāhya sarvatīrthāni dhyātvā nārāyaṇaṃ tathā tataḥ snānaṃ prakurvīta vidhivat susamāhitaḥ //
having invoked all the sacred fords and meditated on Nārāyaṇa, one should then perform the bath according to rule, well concentrated.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 67.14
यस्य यो विधिर् उद्दिष्ट ऋषिभिः स्नानकर्मणि तेनैव तु विधानेन स्नानं तस्य विधीयते ॥
yasya yo vidhir uddiṣṭa ṛṣibhiḥ snānakarmaṇi tenaiva tu vidhānena snānaṃ tasya vidhīyate //
Whatever rule has been laid down by the seers for each one in the act of bathing, by that very procedure his bathing is prescribed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 67.15
स्नात्वा सम्यग् विधानेन ततो देवान् ऋषीन् पितॄन् संतर्पयेत् तथान्यांश् च नामगोत्रविधानवित् ॥
snātvā samyag vidhānena tato devān ṛṣīn pitṝn saṃtarpayet tathānyāṃś ca nāmagotravidhānavit //
Having bathed properly according to rule, he should then satisfy the gods, the seers and the fathers, and others too, knowing the rule of names and lineages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 67.16
उत्तीर्य वाससी धौते निर्मले परिधाय वै उपस्पृश्य विधानेन भास्कराभिमुखस् ततः ॥
uttīrya vāsasī dhaute nirmale paridhāya vai upaspṛśya vidhānena bhāskarābhimukhas tataḥ //
Coming out (of the water) and putting on two washed, spotless garments, touching (water) according to rule, then facing the sun,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 67.17
गायत्रीं पावनीं देवीं मनसा वेदमातरम् सर्वपापहरां पुण्यां जपेद् अष्टोत्तरं शतम् ॥
gāyatrīṃ pāvanīṃ devīṃ manasā vedamātaram sarvapāpaharāṃ puṇyāṃ japed aṣṭottaraṃ śatam //
he should recite one hundred and eight times, in his mind, the Gāyatrī, the purifying goddess, mother of the Vedas, remover of all sins, holy.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 67.18
पुण्यांश् च सौरमन्त्रांश् च श्रद्धया सुसमाहितः त्रिः प्रदक्षिणम् आवृत्य भास्करं प्रणमेत् ततः ॥
puṇyāṃś ca sauramantrāṃś ca śraddhayā susamāhitaḥ triḥ pradakṣiṇam āvṛtya bhāskaraṃ praṇamet tataḥ //
And (he should recite) the holy solar mantras with faith, well composed; then, having circumambulated three times to the right, he should bow to the Sun.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 67.19
वेदोक्तं त्रिषु वर्णेषु स्नानं जाप्यम् उदाहृतम् स्त्रीशूद्रयोः स्नानजाप्यं वेदोक्तविधिवर्जितम् ॥
vedoktaṃ triṣu varṇeṣu snānaṃ jāpyam udāhṛtam strīśūdrayoḥ snānajāpyaṃ vedoktavidhivarjitam //
For the three (twice-born) classes, bathing and muttering (of mantras) is declared to be as prescribed in the Veda; for women and śūdras, bathing and muttering is without the Vedic rite.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 67.20
ततो गच्छेद् गृहं मौनी पूजयेत् पुरुषोत्तमम् प्रक्षाल्य हस्तौ पादौ च उपस्पृश्य यथाविधि ॥
tato gacched gṛhaṃ maunī pūjayet puruṣottamam prakṣālya hastau pādau ca upaspṛśya yathāvidhi //
Then he should go home in silence and worship Puruṣottama, having washed his hands and feet and sipped water according to the rule.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 67.21
घृतेन स्नापयेद् देवं क्षीरेण तदनन्तरम् मधुगन्धोदकेनैव तीर्थचन्दनवारिणा ॥
ghṛtena snāpayed devaṃ kṣīreṇa tadanantaram madhugandhodakenaiva tīrthacandanavāriṇā //
He should bathe the god with ghee, and thereafter with milk, with honey and scented water, and with water of the holy fords mixed with sandal.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 67.22
ततो वस्त्रयुगं श्रेष्ठं भक्त्या तं परिधापयेत् चन्दनागरुकर्पूरैः कुङ्कुमेन विलेपयेत् ॥
tato vastrayugaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ bhaktyā taṃ paridhāpayet candanāgarukarpūraiḥ kuṅkumena vilepayet //
Then he should devotedly clothe him in a fine pair of garments, and anoint him with sandal, aloe-wood, camphor and saffron.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 67.23
पूजयेत् परया भक्त्या पद्मैश् च पुरुषोत्तमम् अन्यैश् च वैष्णवैः पुष्पैर् अर्चयेन् मल्लिकादिभिः ॥
pūjayet parayā bhaktyā padmaiś ca puruṣottamam anyaiś ca vaiṣṇavaiḥ puṣpair arcayen mallikādibhiḥ //
With supreme devotion he should worship Puruṣottama with lotuses, and honour (him) with other flowers dear to Viṣṇu, jasmine and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 67.24
संपूज्यैवं जगन्नाथं भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदं हरिम् धूपं चागुरुसंयुक्तं दहेद् देवस्य चाग्रतः ॥
saṃpūjyaivaṃ jagannāthaṃ bhuktimuktipradaṃ harim dhūpaṃ cāgurusaṃyuktaṃ dahed devasya cāgrataḥ //
Having thus worshipped Jagannātha, Hari, the giver of enjoyment and liberation, he should burn incense mixed with aloe-wood before the god.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 67.25
गुग्गुलं च मुनिश्रेष्ठा दहेद् गन्धसमन्वितम् दीपं प्रज्वालयेद् भक्त्या यथाशक्त्या घृतेन वै ॥
guggulaṃ ca muniśreṣṭhā dahed gandhasamanvitam dīpaṃ prajvālayed bhaktyā yathāśaktyā ghṛtena vai //
And, O best of sages, he should burn guggulu together with fragrant substances, and devotedly light a lamp with ghee according to his means.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 67.26
अन्यांश् च दीपकान् दद्याद् द्वादशैव समाहितः घृतेन च मुनिश्रेष्ठास् तिलतैलेन वा पुनः ॥
anyāṃś ca dīpakān dadyād dvādaśaiva samāhitaḥ ghṛtena ca muniśreṣṭhās tilatailena vā punaḥ //
And, well composed, he should offer twelve other lamps, O best of sages, with ghee, or else with sesame oil.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 67.27
नैवेद्ये पायसापूपशष्कुलीवटकं तथा मोदकं फाणितं वाल्पं फलानि च निवेदयेत् ॥
naivedye pāyasāpūpaśaṣkulīvaṭakaṃ tathā modakaṃ phāṇitaṃ vālpaṃ phalāni ca nivedayet //
As food-offering he should present milk-rice, cakes, wafers and vaṭaka, likewise sweet balls, and molasses, or a little (of these), and fruits.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 67.28
एवं पञ्चोपचारेण संपूज्य पुरुषोत्तमम् नमः पुरुषोत्तमायेति जपेद् अष्टोत्तरं शतम् ॥
evaṃ pañcopacāreṇa saṃpūjya puruṣottamam namaḥ puruṣottamāyeti japed aṣṭottaraṃ śatam //
Having thus worshipped Puruṣottama with the five services, he should mutter "Homage to Puruṣottama" one hundred and eight times.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 67.29
ततः प्रसादयेद् देवं भक्त्या तं पुरुषोत्तमम् नमस् ते सर्वलोकेश भक्तानाम् अभयप्रद ॥
tataḥ prasādayed devaṃ bhaktyā taṃ puruṣottamam namas te sarvalokeśa bhaktānām abhayaprada //
Then he should propitiate that god Puruṣottama with devotion: "Homage to you, lord of all worlds, giver of fearlessness to your devotees.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 67.30
संसारसागरे मग्नं त्राहि मां पुरुषोत्तम यास् ते मया कृता यात्रा द्वादशैव जगत्पते ॥
saṃsārasāgare magnaṃ trāhi māṃ puruṣottama yās te mayā kṛtā yātrā dvādaśaiva jagatpate //
Save me, Puruṣottama, sunk in the ocean of transmigration! Those twelve processions that have been performed by me for you, O lord of the world —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 67.31
प्रसादात् तव गोविन्द संपूर्णास् ता भवन्तु मे एवं प्रसाद्य तं देवं दण्डवत् प्रणिपत्य च ॥
prasādāt tava govinda saṃpūrṇās tā bhavantu me evaṃ prasādya taṃ devaṃ daṇḍavat praṇipatya ca //
— by your grace, Govinda, let them be complete for me." Having thus propitiated that god and prostrated like a staff,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 67.32
ततो ऽर्चयेद् गुरुं भक्त्या पुष्पवस्त्रानुलेपनैः नानयोर् अन्तरं यस्माद् विद्यते मुनिसत्तमाः ॥
tato 'rcayed guruṃ bhaktyā puṣpavastrānulepanaiḥ nānayor antaraṃ yasmād vidyate munisattamāḥ //
then he should honour his teacher with devotion, with flowers, garments and unguents, since there is no difference between these two, O best of sages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 67.33
देवस्योपरि कुर्वीत श्रद्धया सुसमाहितः नानापुष्पैर् मुनिश्रेष्ठा विचित्रं पुष्पमण्डपम् ॥
devasyopari kurvīta śraddhayā susamāhitaḥ nānāpuṣpair muniśreṣṭhā vicitraṃ puṣpamaṇḍapam //
Above the god he should make, with faith and well concentrated, a variegated flower-pavilion out of various flowers, O best of sages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 67.34
कृत्वावधारणं पश्चाज् जागरं कारयेन् निशि कथां च वासुदेवस्य गीतिकां चापि कारयेत् ॥
kṛtvāvadhāraṇaṃ paścāj jāgaraṃ kārayen niśi kathāṃ ca vāsudevasya gītikāṃ cāpi kārayet //
Having made the resolve, he should afterwards have a vigil kept at night, and have the story of Vāsudeva and songs (about him) performed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 67.35
ध्यायन् पठन् स्तुवन् देवं प्रणयेद् रजनीं बुधः ततः प्रभाते विमले द्वादश्यां द्वादशैव तु ॥
dhyāyan paṭhan stuvan devaṃ praṇayed rajanīṃ budhaḥ tataḥ prabhāte vimale dvādaśyāṃ dvādaśaiva tu //
Meditating, reciting and praising the god, the wise man should pass the night; then, when the morning is clear, on the twelfth day, twelve (brahmins)—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 67.36
निमन्त्रयेद् व्रतस्नातान् ब्राह्मणान् वेदपारगान् इतिहासपुराणज्ञाञ् श्रोत्रियान् संयतेन्द्रियान् ॥
nimantrayed vratasnātān brāhmaṇān vedapāragān itihāsapurāṇajñāñ śrotriyān saṃyatendriyān //
he should invite brahmins who have bathed for the vow, who have mastered the Vedas, who know the epics and purāṇas, learned in scripture, with senses restrained.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 67.37
स्नात्वा सम्यग् विधानेन धौतवासा जितेन्द्रियः स्नापयेत् पूर्ववत् तत्र पूजयेत् पुरुषोत्तमम् ॥
snātvā samyag vidhānena dhautavāsā jitendriyaḥ snāpayet pūrvavat tatra pūjayet puruṣottamam //
Having bathed properly according to the rule, wearing washed garments, with senses conquered, he should bathe (the god) there as before and worship Puruṣottama.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 67.38
गन्धैः पुष्पैर् उपहारैर् नैवेद्यैर् दीपकैस् तथा उपचारैर् बहुविधैः प्रणिपातैः प्रदक्षिणैः ॥
gandhaiḥ puṣpair upahārair naivedyair dīpakais tathā upacārair bahuvidhaiḥ praṇipātaiḥ pradakṣiṇaiḥ //
With fragrances, flowers, offerings, food-offerings, and lamps as well, with attendances of many kinds, with prostrations and circumambulations,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 67.39
जाप्यैः स्तुतिनमस्कारैर् गीतवाद्यैर् मनोहरैः संपूज्यैवं जगन्नाथं ब्राह्मणान् पूजयेत् ततः ॥
jāpyaiḥ stutinamaskārair gītavādyair manoharaiḥ saṃpūjyaivaṃ jagannāthaṃ brāhmaṇān pūjayet tataḥ //
with recitations, with hymns of praise and salutations, with charming song and instrumental music—having thus worshipped the Lord of the world, he should then honour the brahmins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 67.40
द्वादशैव तु गास् तेभ्यो दत्त्वा कनकम् एव च छत्त्रोपानद्युगं चैव श्रद्धाभक्तिसमन्वितः ॥
dvādaśaiva tu gās tebhyo dattvā kanakam eva ca chattropānadyugaṃ caiva śraddhābhaktisamanvitaḥ //
Having given them twelve cows and gold too, and a parasol and a pair of sandals, filled with faith and devotion,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 67.41
भक्त्या तु सधनं तेभ्यो दद्याद् वस्त्रादिकं द्विजाः सद्भावेन तु गोविन्दस् तोष्यते पूजितो यतः ॥
bhaktyā tu sadhanaṃ tebhyo dadyād vastrādikaṃ dvijāḥ sadbhāvena tu govindas toṣyate pūjito yataḥ //
with devotion he should give them wealth, clothing and the rest, O twice-born; for Govinda, worshipped with a true heart, is pleased.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 67.42
आचार्याय ततो दद्याद् गोवस्त्रं कनकं तथा छत्त्रोपानद्युगं चान्यत् कांस्यपात्रं च भक्तितः ॥
ācāryāya tato dadyād govastraṃ kanakaṃ tathā chattropānadyugaṃ cānyat kāṃsyapātraṃ ca bhaktitaḥ //
Then to the teacher he should give a cow and a garment, and gold, and a parasol and a pair of sandals, and further a bronze vessel, out of devotion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 67.43
ततस् तान् भोजयेद् विप्रान् भोज्यं पायसपूर्वकम् पक्वान्नं भक्ष्यभोज्यं च गुडसर्पिःसमन्वितम् ॥
tatas tān bhojayed viprān bhojyaṃ pāyasapūrvakam pakvānnaṃ bhakṣyabhojyaṃ ca guḍasarpiḥsamanvitam //
Then he should feed those brahmins with food beginning with milk-rice, cooked food, things to chew and things to eat, together with molasses and clarified butter.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 67.44
ततस् तान् अन्नतृप्तांश् च ब्राह्मणान् स्वस्थमानसान् द्वादशैवोदकुम्भांश् च दद्यात् तेभ्यः समोदकान् ॥
tatas tān annatṛptāṃś ca brāhmaṇān svasthamānasān dvādaśaivodakumbhāṃś ca dadyāt tebhyaḥ samodakān //
Then, to those brahmins sated with food and easy in mind, he should give twelve water-jars along with sweet balls.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 67.45
दक्षिणां च यथाशक्त्या दद्यात् तेभ्यो विमत्सरः कुम्भं च दक्षिणां चैव आचार्याय निवेदयेत् ॥
dakṣiṇāṃ ca yathāśaktyā dadyāt tebhyo vimatsaraḥ kumbhaṃ ca dakṣiṇāṃ caiva ācāryāya nivedayet //
And he should give them a priest's fee according to his ability, free of grudging; and a jar and a fee he should present to the teacher.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 67.46
एवं संपूज्य तान् विप्रान् गुरुं ज्ञानप्रदायकम् पूजयेत् परया भक्त्या विष्णुतुल्यं द्विजोत्तमाः ॥
evaṃ saṃpūjya tān viprān guruṃ jñānapradāyakam pūjayet parayā bhaktyā viṣṇutulyaṃ dvijottamāḥ //
Having thus honoured those brahmins, he should worship with supreme devotion the guru who bestows knowledge, equal to Viṣṇu, O best of the twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 67.47
सुवर्णवस्त्रगोधान्यैर् द्रव्यैश् चान्यैर् वरैर् बुधः संपूज्य तं नमस्कृत्य इमं मन्त्रम् उदीरयेत् ॥
suvarṇavastragodhānyair dravyaiś cānyair varair budhaḥ saṃpūjya taṃ namaskṛtya imaṃ mantram udīrayet //
Having honoured him with gold, garments, cows and grain, and with other excellent goods, the wise man should bow to him and utter this formula:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 67.48
सर्वव्यापी जगन्नाथः शङ्खचक्रगदाधरः अनादिनिधनो देवः प्रीयतां पुरुषोत्तमः ॥
sarvavyāpī jagannāthaḥ śaṅkhacakragadādharaḥ anādinidhano devaḥ prīyatāṃ puruṣottamaḥ //
"May the all-pervading Lord of the world, bearer of conch, discus and mace, the god without beginning or end, the Supreme Person, be pleased."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 67.49
इत्य् उच्चार्य ततो विप्रांस् त्रिः कृत्वा च प्रदक्षिणाम् प्रणम्य शिरसा भक्त्या आचार्यं तु विसर्जयेत् ॥
ity uccārya tato viprāṃs triḥ kṛtvā ca pradakṣiṇām praṇamya śirasā bhaktyā ācāryaṃ tu visarjayet //
Having uttered this, he should then circumambulate the brahmins three times, bow with his head in devotion, and dismiss the teacher.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 67.50
ततस् तान् ब्राह्मणान् भक्त्या चासीमान्तम् अनुव्रजेत् अनुव्रज्य तु तान् सर्वान् नमस्कृत्य निवर्तयेत् ॥
tatas tān brāhmaṇān bhaktyā cāsīmāntam anuvrajet anuvrajya tu tān sarvān namaskṛtya nivartayet //
Then he should follow after those brahmins with devotion as far as the boundary; and having followed them all, he should salute them and turn back.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 67.51
बान्धवैः स्वजनैर् युक्तस् ततो भुञ्जीत वाग्यतः अन्यैश् चोपासकैर् दीनैर् भिक्षुकैश् चान्नकाङ्क्षिभिः ॥
bāndhavaiḥ svajanair yuktas tato bhuñjīta vāgyataḥ anyaiś copāsakair dīnair bhikṣukaiś cānnakāṅkṣibhiḥ //
Then, joined by his kinsmen and his own people, he should eat, restrained in speech, and with others too—worshippers, the poor, and beggars who desire food.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 67.52
एवं कृत्वा नरः सम्यङ् नारी वा लभते फलम् अश्वमेधसहस्राणां राजसूयशतस्य च ॥
evaṃ kṛtvā naraḥ samyaṅ nārī vā labhate phalam aśvamedhasahasrāṇāṃ rājasūyaśatasya ca //
Having done this properly, a man or a woman obtains the fruit of a thousand horse-sacrifices and of a hundred rājasūyas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 67.53
अतीतं शतम् आदाय पुरुषाणां नरोत्तमाः भविष्यं च शतं विप्राः स्वर्गत्या दिव्यरूपधृक् ॥
atītaṃ śatam ādāya puruṣāṇāṃ narottamāḥ bhaviṣyaṃ ca śataṃ viprāḥ svargatyā divyarūpadhṛk //
Taking a hundred generations past, O best of men, and a hundred to come, O brahmins, by going to heaven he bears a divine form,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 67.54
सर्वलक्षणसंपन्नः सर्वालंकारभूषितः सर्वकामसमृद्धात्मा देववद् विगतज्वरः ॥
sarvalakṣaṇasaṃpannaḥ sarvālaṃkārabhūṣitaḥ sarvakāmasamṛddhātmā devavad vigatajvaraḥ //
endowed with all auspicious marks, adorned with every ornament, his being enriched with all he desires, free of distress like a god,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 67.55
रूपयौवनसंपन्नो गुणैः सर्वैर् अलंकृतः स्तूयमानो ऽप्सरोभिश् च गन्धर्वैः समलंकृतः ॥
rūpayauvanasaṃpanno guṇaiḥ sarvair alaṃkṛtaḥ stūyamāno 'psarobhiś ca gandharvaiḥ samalaṃkṛtaḥ //
endowed with beauty and youth, adorned with all virtues, praised by the apsarases and attended by the gandharvas,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 67.56
विमानेनार्कवर्णेन कामगेन स्थिरेण च पताकाध्वजयुक्तेन सर्वरत्नैर् अलंकृतः ॥
vimānenārkavarṇena kāmagena sthireṇa ca patākādhvajayuktena sarvaratnair alaṃkṛtaḥ //
with a chariot the colour of the sun, going where he wishes and steady, furnished with banners and flags, adorned with all jewels—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 67.57
उद्योतयन् दिशः सर्वा आकाशे विगतक्लमः युवा महाबलो धीमान् विष्णुलोकं स गच्छति ॥
udyotayan diśaḥ sarvā ākāśe vigataklamaḥ yuvā mahābalo dhīmān viṣṇulokaṃ sa gacchati //
lighting up all the directions in the sky, free of weariness, young, of great strength, wise, he goes to the world of Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 67.58
तत्र कल्पशतं यावद् भुङ्क्ते भोगान् यथेप्सितान् सिद्धाप्सरोभिर् गन्धर्वैः सुरविद्याधरोरगैः ॥
tatra kalpaśataṃ yāvad bhuṅkte bhogān yathepsitān siddhāpsarobhir gandharvaiḥ suravidyādharoragaiḥ //
There, for a hundred kalpas, he enjoys pleasures as he desires, together with siddhas and apsarases, gandharvas, gods, vidyādharas and serpents.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 67.59
स्तूयमानो मुनिवरैस् तिष्ठते विगतज्वरः यथा देवो जगन्नाथः शङ्खचक्रगदाधरः ॥
stūyamāno munivarais tiṣṭhate vigatajvaraḥ yathā devo jagannāthaḥ śaṅkhacakragadādharaḥ //
Praised by the best of sages, he abides free from distress, like the god, the Lord of the world, bearer of conch, discus and mace.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 67.60
तथासौ मुदितो विप्राः कृत्वा रूपं चतुर्भुजम् भुक्त्वा तत्र वरान् भोगान् क्रीडां कृत्वा सुरैः सह ॥
tathāsau mudito viprāḥ kṛtvā rūpaṃ caturbhujam bhuktvā tatra varān bhogān krīḍāṃ kṛtvā suraiḥ saha //
So too, O brahmins, he, delighted, taking on a four-armed form, having enjoyed excellent pleasures there and sported with the gods,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 67.61
तदन्ते ब्रह्मसदनम् आयाति सर्वकामदम् सिद्धविद्याधरैश् चापि शोभितं सुरकिंनरैः ॥
tadante brahmasadanam āyāti sarvakāmadam siddhavidyādharaiś cāpi śobhitaṃ surakiṃnaraiḥ //
at the end of that he comes to Brahmā's abode, which grants all desires, adorned too with siddhas and vidyādharas, gods and kiṃnaras.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 67.62
कालं नवतिकल्पं तु तत्र भुक्त्वा सुखं नरः तस्माद् आयाति विप्रेन्द्राः सर्वकामफलप्रदम् ॥
kālaṃ navatikalpaṃ tu tatra bhuktvā sukhaṃ naraḥ tasmād āyāti viprendrāḥ sarvakāmaphalapradam //
Having enjoyed happiness there for a time of ninety kalpas, the man then comes, O chief brahmins, to (the world) that bestows the fruit of all desires:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 67.63
रुद्रलोकं सुरगणैः सेवितं सुखमोक्षदम् अनेकशतसाहस्रैर् विमानैः समलंकृतम् ॥
rudralokaṃ suragaṇaiḥ sevitaṃ sukhamokṣadam anekaśatasāhasrair vimānaiḥ samalaṃkṛtam //
to Rudra's world, frequented by the hosts of gods, granting happiness and liberation, adorned with many hundreds of thousands of celestial chariots,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 67.64
सिद्धविद्याधरैर् यक्षैर् भूषितं दैत्यदानवैः अशीतिकल्पकालं तु तत्र भुक्त्वा सुखं नरः ॥
siddhavidyādharair yakṣair bhūṣitaṃ daityadānavaiḥ aśītikalpakālaṃ tu tatra bhuktvā sukhaṃ naraḥ //
decorated with siddhas, vidyādharas, yakṣas, daityas and dānavas; and having enjoyed happiness there for a time of eighty kalpas,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 67.65
तदन्ते याति गोलोकं सर्वभोगसमन्वितम् सुरसिद्धाप्सरोभिश् च शोभितं सुमनोहरम् ॥
tadante yāti golokaṃ sarvabhogasamanvitam surasiddhāpsarobhiś ca śobhitaṃ sumanoharam //
at the end of that he goes to Goloka, furnished with every enjoyment, resplendent with gods, siddhas and apsarases, most delightful.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 67.66
तत्र सप्ततिकल्पांस् तु भुक्त्वा भोगम् अनुत्तमम् दुर्लभं त्रिषु लोकेषु स्वस्थचित्तो यथामरः ॥
tatra saptatikalpāṃs tu bhuktvā bhogam anuttamam durlabhaṃ triṣu lokeṣu svasthacitto yathāmaraḥ //
There, having enjoyed for seventy kalpas the unsurpassed enjoyment hard to obtain in the three worlds, with mind at ease like an immortal,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 67.67
तस्माद् आगच्छते लोकं प्राजापत्यम् अनुत्तमम् गन्धर्वाप्सरसैः सिद्धैर् मुनिविद्याधरैर् वृतः ॥
tasmād āgacchate lokaṃ prājāpatyam anuttamam gandharvāpsarasaiḥ siddhair munividyādharair vṛtaḥ //
from there he comes to the unsurpassed world of Prajāpati, surrounded by gandharvas and apsarases, siddhas, sages and vidyādharas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 67.68
षष्टिकल्पान् सुखं तत्र भुक्त्वा नानाविधं मुदा तदन्ते शक्रभवनं नानाश्चर्यसमन्वितम् ॥
ṣaṣṭikalpān sukhaṃ tatra bhuktvā nānāvidhaṃ mudā tadante śakrabhavanaṃ nānāścaryasamanvitam //
Having enjoyed happiness of various kinds there with delight for sixty kalpas, at the end of that (he goes to) Śakra's dwelling, filled with many wonders,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 67.69
गन्धर्वैः किंनरैः सिद्धैः सुरविद्याधरोरगैः गुह्यकाप्सरसैः साध्यैर् वृतैश् चान्यैः सुरोत्तमैः ॥
gandharvaiḥ kiṃnaraiḥ siddhaiḥ suravidyādharoragaiḥ guhyakāpsarasaiḥ sādhyair vṛtaiś cānyaiḥ surottamaiḥ //
surrounded by gandharvas, kiṃnaras, siddhas, gods, vidyādharas and serpents, guhyakas, apsarases, sādhyas, and by other best of gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 67.70
आगत्य तत्र पञ्चाशत् कल्पान् भुक्त्वा सुखं नरः सुरलोकं ततो गत्वा विमानैः समलंकृतः ॥
āgatya tatra pañcāśat kalpān bhuktvā sukhaṃ naraḥ suralokaṃ tato gatvā vimānaiḥ samalaṃkṛtaḥ //
Having come there and enjoyed happiness for fifty kalpas, the man then, adorned with celestial chariots, goes to the world of the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 67.71
चत्वारिंशत् तु कल्पांस् तु भुक्त्वा भोगान् सुदुर्लभान् आगच्छते ततो लोकं नक्षत्राख्यं सुदुर्लभम् ॥
catvāriṃśat tu kalpāṃs tu bhuktvā bhogān sudurlabhān āgacchate tato lokaṃ nakṣatrākhyaṃ sudurlabham //
Having enjoyed pleasures very hard to obtain for forty kalpas, he then comes to the very hard-to-reach world called Nakṣatra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 67.72
ततो भोगान् वरान् भुङ्क्ते त्रिंशत् कल्पान् यथेप्सितान् तस्माद् आगच्छते लोकं शशाङ्कस्य द्विजोत्तमाः ॥
tato bhogān varān bhuṅkte triṃśat kalpān yathepsitān tasmād āgacchate lokaṃ śaśāṅkasya dvijottamāḥ //
There he enjoys choice pleasures as he wishes for thirty kalpas; from there he comes to the world of the moon, O best of the twice-born,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 67.73
यत्रासौ तिष्ठते सोमः सर्वैर् देवैर् अलंकृतः तत्र विंशतिकल्पांस् तु भुक्त्वा भोगं सुदुर्लभम् ॥
yatrāsau tiṣṭhate somaḥ sarvair devair alaṃkṛtaḥ tatra viṃśatikalpāṃs tu bhuktvā bhogaṃ sudurlabham //
where that Soma abides, adorned by all the gods; and having enjoyed there for twenty kalpas an enjoyment very hard to obtain,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 67.74
आदित्यस्य ततो लोकम् आयाति सुरपूजितम् नानाश्चर्यमयं पुण्यं गन्धर्वाप्सरःसेवितम् ॥
ādityasya tato lokam āyāti surapūjitam nānāścaryamayaṃ puṇyaṃ gandharvāpsaraḥsevitam //
he then comes to the world of the sun, honoured by the gods, made of many marvels, holy, frequented by gandharvas and apsarases.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 67.75
तत्र भुक्त्वा शुभान् भोगान् दश कल्पान् द्विजोत्तमाः तस्माद् आयाति भुवनं गन्धर्वाणां सुदुर्लभम् ॥
tatra bhuktvā śubhān bhogān daśa kalpān dvijottamāḥ tasmād āyāti bhuvanaṃ gandharvāṇāṃ sudurlabham //
Having enjoyed auspicious pleasures there for ten kalpas, O best of the twice-born, from there he comes to the very hard-to-reach world of the gandharvas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 67.76
तत्र भोगान् समस्तांश् च कल्पम् एकं यथासुखम् भुक्त्वा चायाति मेदिन्यां राजा भवति धार्मिकः ॥
tatra bhogān samastāṃś ca kalpam ekaṃ yathāsukham bhuktvā cāyāti medinyāṃ rājā bhavati dhārmikaḥ //
And having enjoyed all pleasures there at his ease for one kalpa, he comes to the earth and becomes a righteous king,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 67.77
चक्रवर्ती महावीर्यो गुणैः सर्वैर् अलंकृतः कृत्वा राज्यं स्वधर्मेण यज्ञैर् इष्ट्वा सुदक्षिणैः ॥
cakravartī mahāvīryo guṇaiḥ sarvair alaṃkṛtaḥ kṛtvā rājyaṃ svadharmeṇa yajñair iṣṭvā sudakṣiṇaiḥ //
a universal emperor of great valour, adorned with all virtues; having ruled the kingdom according to his own duty and sacrificed with sacrifices of ample gifts,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 67.78
तदन्ते योगिनां लोकं गत्वा मोक्षप्रदं शिवम् तत्र भुक्त्वा वरान् भोगान् यावद् आभूतसंप्लवम् ॥
tadante yogināṃ lokaṃ gatvā mokṣapradaṃ śivam tatra bhuktvā varān bhogān yāvad ābhūtasaṃplavam //
At the end of that, having gone to the world of the yogins, auspicious and granting liberation, (he) enjoys there the finest pleasures until the dissolution of beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 67.79
तस्माद् आगच्छते चात्र जायते योगिनां कुले प्रवरे वैष्णवे विप्रा दुर्लभे साधुसंमते ॥
tasmād āgacchate cātra jāyate yogināṃ kule pravare vaiṣṇave viprā durlabhe sādhusaṃmate //
Then, coming back here, he is born in a family of yogins, an eminent Vaiṣṇava one, O brahmins — hard to obtain, esteemed by the good.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 67.80
चतुर्वेदी विप्रवरो यज्ञैर् इष्ट्वाप्तदक्षिणैः वैष्णवं योगम् आस्थाय ततो मोक्षम् अवाप्नुयात् ॥
caturvedī vipravaro yajñair iṣṭvāptadakṣiṇaiḥ vaiṣṇavaṃ yogam āsthāya tato mokṣam avāpnuyāt //
A knower of the four Vedas, foremost of brahmins, having sacrificed with sacrifices whose priestly fees were duly given, and having taken up the Vaiṣṇava yoga, he would thereafter attain liberation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 67.81
एवं यात्राफलं विप्रा मया सम्यग् उदाहृतम् भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदं नॄणां किम् अन्यच् छ्रोतुम् इच्छथ ॥
evaṃ yātrāphalaṃ viprā mayā samyag udāhṛtam bhuktimuktipradaṃ nṝṇāṃ kim anyac chrotum icchatha //
Thus, O brahmins, the fruit of the pilgrimage has been fully declared by me — it bestows enjoyment and liberation on men. What else do you wish to hear?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition