Brahmanda Purana — Uttara Bhaga — Chapter 7
BndP 3 7.1
इन्द्र उवाच भगवन्सर्वमाख्यातं हिंसाद्यस्य तु लक्षणम् । स्तेयस्य लक्षणं किं वा तन्मे विस्तरतो वद
indra uvāca bhagavansarvamākhyātaṃ hiṃsādyasya tu lakṣaṇam / steyasya lakṣaṇaṃ kiṃ vā tanme vistarato vada
Indra said: Lord, everything has been told, the characteristics of injury and so on; but what is the characteristic of theft? Tell me that in detail.
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BndP 3 7.2
बृहस्पतिरुवाच पापानामधिकं पापं हननं जीवजातिनाम् । एतस्मादधिकं पापं विश्वस्ते शरणं गते
bṛhaspatiruvāca pāpānāmadhikaṃ pāpaṃ hananaṃ jīvajātinām / etasmādadhikaṃ pāpaṃ viśvaste śaraṇaṃ gate
Bṛhaspati said: Among sins, the greater sin is the killing of living kinds; greater than this is the sin (of killing) one who trusts (you) and has come for refuge.
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BndP 3 7.3
विश्वस्य हत्वा पापिष्ठं शूद्रं वाप्यन्त्यजातिजम् । ब्रह्महत्याधिकं पापं तस्मान्नास्त्यस्य निष्कृतिः
viśvasya hatvā pāpiṣṭhaṃ śūdraṃ vāpyantyajātijam / brahmahatyādhikaṃ pāpaṃ tasmānnāstyasya niṣkṛtiḥ
Having killed a most sinful man who trusts (him), or even a śūdra or one born of the lowest caste, the sin is greater than brahmin-murder; therefore there is no expiation for him.
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BndP 3 7.4
ब्रह्मज्ञस्य दरिद्रस्य कृच्छ्रार्जितधनस्य च । बहुपुत्रकलत्रस्य तेन जीवितुमिच्छतः । तद्द्रव्यस्तेयदोषस्य प्रायश्चित्तं न विद्यते
brahmajñasya daridrasya kṛcchrārjitadhanasya ca / bahuputrakalatrasya tena jīvitumicchataḥ / taddravyasteyadoṣasya prāyaścittaṃ na vidyate
For the offence of stealing the property of a knower of brahman who is poor, whose wealth was earned with hardship, who has many sons and a wife and wishes to live by that (wealth), there is no penance.
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BndP 3 7.5
विश्वस्तद्रव्यहरणं तस्याप्यधिकमुच्यते । विश्वस्ते वाप्यविश्वस्ते न दरिद्रधनं हरेत्
viśvastadravyaharaṇaṃ tasyāpyadhikamucyate / viśvaste vāpyaviśvaste na daridradhanaṃ haret
The taking of the property of one who trusts (you) is said to be greater even than that; whether he trusts or does not trust, one should not take a poor man's wealth.
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BndP 3 7.6
ततो देवद्विजातीनां हेमरत्नापहारकम् । यो हन्यादविचारेण सो ऽश्वमेधफलं लभेत्
tato devadvijātīnāṃ hemaratnāpahārakam / yo hanyādavicāreṇa so 'śvamedhaphalaṃ labhet
Then, whoever without hesitation kills one who steals the gold and jewels of the gods and of the twice-born obtains the fruit of a horse sacrifice.
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BndP 3 7.7
गुरुदेवद्विजसुहृत्पुत्रस्वात्मसुखेषु च । स्तेयादधःक्रमेणैव दशोत्तरगुणं त्वघम्
gurudevadvijasuhṛtputrasvātmasukheṣu ca / steyādadhaḥkrameṇaiva daśottaraguṇaṃ tvagham
And in the case of (the goods of) the guru, a god, a brahmin, a friend, a son, and one's own comforts — from theft the sin is, in descending order, tenfold greater (in each preceding case).
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BndP 3 7.8
अन्त्यजात्पादजाद्वैश्यात्क्षत्रियाद्ब्राह्मणादपि । दशोत्तरगुणैः पापैर्लिप्यते धनहारकः
antyajātpādajādvaiśyātkṣatriyādbrāhmaṇādapi / daśottaraguṇaiḥ pāpairlipyate dhanahārakaḥ
From a man of the lowest birth, from one born of the feet (a śūdra), from a vaiśya, from a kṣatriya, and from a brahmin too — the stealer of wealth is smeared with sins increasing tenfold (at each step).
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BndP 3 7.9
अत्रैवोदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् । रहस्यातिरहस्यं च सर्वपापप्रणाशनम्
atraivodāharantīmamitihāsaṃ purātanam / rahasyātirahasyaṃ ca sarvapāpapraṇāśanam
On this very matter they relate this ancient tale, secret of secrets, which destroys all sins.
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BndP 3 7.10
पुरा काञ्चीपुरे जातो वज्राख्यो नाम चोरकः । तस्मिन्पुरवरे रम्ये सर्वैश्वर्यसमन्विताः । सर्वे नीरोगिणो दान्ताः सुखिनो दययाञ्चिताः
purā kāñcīpure jāto vajrākhyo nāma corakaḥ / tasminpuravare ramye sarvaiśvaryasamanvitāḥ / sarve nīrogiṇo dāntāḥ sukhino dayayāñcitāḥ
Long ago in the city of Kāñcī there was born a thief named Vajra. In that lovely, excellent city all (the people) were endowed with every kind of wealth, all free of disease, self-controlled, happy, and possessed of compassion.
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BndP 3 7.11
सर्वैश्वर्यसमृद्धे ऽस्मिन्नगरे स तु तस्करः । स्तोकास्तोकक्रमेणैव बहुद्रव्यमपाहरत्
sarvaiśvaryasamṛddhe 'sminnagare sa tu taskaraḥ / stokāstokakrameṇaiva bahudravyamapāharat
In this city abounding in every kind of wealth, that thief, little by little, step by step, carried off much property.
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BndP 3 7.12
तदरण्ये ऽवटं कृत्वा स्थापयामास लोभतः । तद्गोपनं निशार्धायां तस्मिन्दूरं गते सति
tadaraṇye 'vaṭaṃ kṛtvā sthāpayāmāsa lobhataḥ / tadgopanaṃ niśārdhāyāṃ tasmindūraṃ gate sati
Out of greed he made a pit in the forest and deposited it (there). While (he was) concealing it in the middle of the night, and when he had gone far off —
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BndP 3 7.13
किरातः कश्चिदागत्य तं दृष्ट्वा तु दशांशतः । जहाराविदितस्तेन काष्ठभारं वहन्ययौ
kirātaḥ kaścidāgatya taṃ dṛṣṭvā tu daśāṃśataḥ / jahārāviditastena kāṣṭhabhāraṃ vahanyayau
a certain Kirāta came, and seeing it, carried off a tenth part, unnoticed by him, and went off carrying a load of wood.
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BndP 3 7.14
सो ऽपि तच्छिलयाच्छाद्य मृद्भिरापूर्ययत्नतः । पुनश्च तत्पुरं प्रायाद्वज्रो ऽपि धनतृष्मया
so 'pi tacchilayācchādya mṛdbhirāpūryayatnataḥ / punaśca tatpuraṃ prāyādvajro 'pi dhanatṛṣmayā
He too covered that (pit) with a stone and carefully filled it with earth, and went again to that city; and Vajra too (went), out of thirst for wealth.
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BndP 3 7.15
एवं बहुधनं त्दृत्वा निश्चिक्षेप महीतले । किरातो ऽपि गृहं प्राप्य बभाषे मुदितः प्रियाम्
evaṃ bahudhanaṃ tdṛtvā niścikṣepa mahītale / kirāto 'pi gṛhaṃ prāpya babhāṣe muditaḥ priyām
Thus, having taken much wealth, he deposited it in the ground; and the Kirāta, having reached home, delighted, spoke to his wife.
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BndP 3 7.16
मया काष्ठं समाहर्तुं गच्छता पथि निर्जने । लब्धं धनमिदं भीरु समाधत्स्व धनार्थिनि
mayā kāṣṭhaṃ samāhartuṃ gacchatā pathi nirjane / labdhaṃ dhanamidaṃ bhīru samādhatsva dhanārthini
"As I was going along a deserted road to gather wood, this wealth was found by me; take charge of it, timid one, you who desire wealth."
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BndP 3 7.17
तच्छ्रुत्वा तत्समादाय निधायाभ्यन्तरे ततः । चिन्तयन्ती ततो वाक्यमिदं स्वपतिमब्रवीत्
tacchrutvā tatsamādāya nidhāyābhyantare tataḥ / cintayantī tato vākyamidaṃ svapatimabravīt
Hearing that, taking it and placing it inside, she then, pondering, spoke these words to her husband:
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BndP 3 7.18
नित्यं संचरते विप्रो मामकानां गृहेषु यः । मां विलोक्यैवमचिराद्बहुभाग्यवती भवेत्
nityaṃ saṃcarate vipro māmakānāṃ gṛheṣu yaḥ / māṃ vilokyaivamacirādbahubhāgyavatī bhavet
"The brahmin who constantly goes about in the houses of my people — looking at me, (he said) that I would soon become very fortunate.
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BndP 3 7.19
चातुर्वर्ण्यासु नरीषु स्थेयं चेद्राजवल्लभा । किं तु भिल्ले किराते च शैलूषे चान्त्यजातिजे । लक्ष्मीर्न तिष्ठति चिरं शापाद्वल्मीकजन्मनः
cāturvarṇyāsu narīṣu stheyaṃ cedrājavallabhā / kiṃ tu bhille kirāte ca śailūṣe cāntyajātije / lakṣmīrna tiṣṭhati ciraṃ śāpādvalmīkajanmanaḥ
Among women of the four varṇas she (Lakṣmī) should abide, if she is the king's beloved; but in a Bhilla, a Kirāta, an actor, and one of the lowest birth Lakṣmī does not remain long, because of the curse of him who was born from the anthill.
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BndP 3 7.20
तथापि बहुभाग्यानां पुण्यानामपि पात्रिणे । दृष्टपूर्वं तु तद्वाक्यं न कदाचिद्वृथा भवेत्
tathāpi bahubhāgyānāṃ puṇyānāmapi pātriṇe / dṛṣṭapūrvaṃ tu tadvākyaṃ na kadācidvṛthā bhavet
Even so, for one who is a vessel of great good fortune and of merits, that word seen (fulfilled) before would never be in vain.
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BndP 3 7.21
अथ वात्मप्रयासेन कृच्छ्राद्यल्लभ्यते धनम् । तदेव तिष्ठति चिरादन्यद्गच्छति कालतः
atha vātmaprayāsena kṛcchrādyallabhyate dhanam / tadeva tiṣṭhati cirādanyadgacchati kālataḥ
Or else, whatever wealth is obtained with difficulty by one's own effort — that alone remains long; other (wealth) goes away in time.
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BndP 3 7.22
स्वयमागतवित्तं तु धर्मार्थैर्विनियोजयेत् । कुरुष्वैतेन तस्मात्त्वं वापीकूपादिकाञ्छुभान्
svayamāgatavittaṃ tu dharmārthairviniyojayet / kuruṣvaitena tasmāttvaṃ vāpīkūpādikāñchubhān
But wealth that has come of itself should be applied to purposes of dharma; therefore, with this you should make auspicious (works) — step-wells, wells and the like."
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BndP 3 7.23
इति तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा भाविभाग्यप्रबोधितम् । बहूदकसमं देशं तत्र तत्र व्यलोकयत्
iti tadvacanaṃ śrutvā bhāvibhāgyaprabodhitam / bahūdakasamaṃ deśaṃ tatra tatra vyalokayat
Hearing this speech of hers, awakened (to it) by his coming good fortune, he looked here and there for a place level with (i.e. abounding in) much water.
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BndP 3 7.24
निर्ममे ऽथ महेन्द्रस्य दिग्भागे विमलोदकम् । सुबहुद्रव्यसं साध्यं तटाकं चाक्षयोदकम्
nirmame 'tha mahendrasya digbhāge vimalodakam / subahudravyasaṃ sādhyaṃ taṭākaṃ cākṣayodakam
Then in the region of the direction of great Indra (the east) he made a tank of clear water, accomplishable only with very great expense, with inexhaustible water.
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BndP 3 7.25
दत्तेषु कर्मकारिभ्यो निखिलेषु धनेषु च । असंबूर्णं तु तत्कर्म दृष्ट्वा चिन्ताकुलो ऽभवत्
datteṣu karmakāribhyo nikhileṣu dhaneṣu ca / asaṃbūrṇaṃ tu tatkarma dṛṣṭvā cintākulo 'bhavat
When all the money had been given out to the workmen, seeing that the work was unfinished he became troubled with anxiety.
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BndP 3 7.26
तं चोर वज्रनामानमज्ञातो ऽनुचराम्यहम् । तेनैव बहुधा क्षिप्तं धनं भूरि महीतले
taṃ cora vajranāmānamajñāto 'nucarāmyaham / tenaiva bahudhā kṣiptaṃ dhanaṃ bhūri mahītale
"I will follow that thief named Vajra, unrecognized (by him); by him much wealth has been deposited in many places in the ground.
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BndP 3 7.27
स्तोकंस्तोकं हरिष्यामि तत्रतत्र धनं बहु । इति निश्चित्य मनसा तेनाज्ञातस्तमन्वगात्
stokaṃstokaṃ hariṣyāmi tatratatra dhanaṃ bahu / iti niścitya manasā tenājñātastamanvagāt
Little by little I shall carry off the abundant wealth in this place and that" — having thus resolved in his mind, unnoticed by him, he followed him.
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BndP 3 7.28
तथैवात्दृत्य तद्द्रव्यं तेन सेतुमपूरयत् । मध्ये जलावृतस्तेन प्रासादश्चापि शार्ङ्गिणः
tathaivātdṛtya taddravyaṃ tena setumapūrayat / madhye jalāvṛtastena prāsādaścāpi śārṅgiṇaḥ
Having in the same way taken that wealth, with it he had the causeway filled in; and in the middle, encircled by water, (there was) also a temple of the Bearer of the Horn-bow (Viṣṇu).
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BndP 3 7.29
तत्तटाकमभूद्दिव्यमशोषितजलं महत् । सेतुमध्ये चकारासौ शङ्करायतनं महत्
tattaṭākamabhūddivyamaśoṣitajalaṃ mahat / setumadhye cakārāsau śaṅkarāyatanaṃ mahat
That reservoir became divine, great, its water never drying up. In the middle of the causeway he made a great shrine of Śaṅkara.
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BndP 3 7.30
काननं च क्षयं नीतं बहुसत्त्वसमाकुलम् । तेनाग्र्याणि महार्हाणि क्षेत्राण्यपि चकार सः
kānanaṃ ca kṣayaṃ nītaṃ bahusattvasamākulam / tenāgryāṇi mahārhāṇi kṣetrāṇyapi cakāra saḥ
And the forest, teeming with many creatures, was brought to destruction; with that (land) he also made fields of the first quality and of great worth.
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BndP 3 7.31
देवताभ्यो द्विजेभ्यश्च पदत्तानि विभज्य वै । ब्राह्मणांश्च समामन्त्र्य देवव्रातमुखान्बहून्
devatābhyo dvijebhyaśca padattāni vibhajya vai / brāhmaṇāṃśca samāmantrya devavrātamukhānbahūn
Having apportioned what was given (as gifts) to the deities and to the twice-born, and having summoned many brahmins headed by Devavrāta,
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BndP 3 7.32
संतोष्य हेमवस्त्राद्यैरिदं वचनमब्रवीत् । क्व चाहं वीरदत्ताख्यः किरातः काष्ठविक्रयी
saṃtoṣya hemavastrādyairidaṃ vacanamabravīt / kva cāhaṃ vīradattākhyaḥ kirātaḥ kāṣṭhavikrayī
and having satisfied (them) with gold, garments and the rest, he spoke these words: "Where am I, the Kirāta called Vīradatta, a seller of firewood,
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BndP 3 7.33
क्व वा महासेतुबन्धः क्व देवालयकल्पना । क्व वा क्षेत्राणि कॢप्तानि ब्राह्मणायतनानि च
kva vā mahāsetubandhaḥ kva devālayakalpanā / kva vā kṣetrāṇi kḷptāni brāhmaṇāyatanāni ca
and where the building of the great causeway? Where the fashioning of the temple? And where the fields laid out, and the dwellings for brahmins?
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BndP 3 7.34
कृपयैव कृतं सर्वं भवतां भूसुरोत्तमाः । प्रतिगृह्य तथैवैतद्देवव्रातमुखा द्विजाः
kṛpayaiva kṛtaṃ sarvaṃ bhavatāṃ bhūsurottamāḥ / pratigṛhya tathaivaitaddevavrātamukhā dvijāḥ
All of it has been done by your grace alone, O best of earth-gods!" Having accepted this in just that way, the twice-born headed by Devavrāta
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BndP 3 7.35
द्विजवर्मेति नामास्मै तस्यै शीलवतीति च । चक्रुः संतुष्टमनसो महात्मानो महौजसः
dvijavarmeti nāmāsmai tasyai śīlavatīti ca / cakruḥ saṃtuṣṭamanaso mahātmāno mahaujasaḥ
gave him the name Dvijavarman, and to her the name Śīlavatī — those great-souled ones of great vigour, with contented minds.
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BndP 3 7.36
तेषां संरक्षणार्थाय बन्धुमिः सहितो वशी । तत्रैव वसतिं चक्रे मुदितो भार्यया सह
teṣāṃ saṃrakṣaṇārthāya bandhumiḥ sahito vaśī / tatraiva vasatiṃ cakre mudito bhāryayā saha
For the protection of these (brahmins), the self-controlled man, together with his kinsmen, made his dwelling in that very place, glad, along with his wife.
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BndP 3 7.37
पुरोहिताभिधानेन देवरातपुरन्त्विति । नाम चक्रे पुरस्यास्य तोष यन्नखिलान्द्विजान्
purohitābhidhānena devarātapurantviti / nāma cakre purasyāsya toṣa yannakhilāndvijān
By the name of his household priest he made the name of this city "Devarātapura," thereby pleasing all the twice-born.
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BndP 3 7.38
ततः कालवशं प्राप्तो द्विजवर्मा मृतस्तदा । यमस्य ब्रह्मणो विष्णोर्दूता रुद्रस्य चागताः
tataḥ kālavaśaṃ prāpto dvijavarmā mṛtastadā / yamasya brahmaṇo viṣṇordūtā rudrasya cāgatāḥ
Then Dvijavarman fell under the power of Time and died; and the messengers of Yama, of Brahmā, of Viṣṇu and of Rudra came.
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BndP 3 7.39
अन्यो ऽन्यमभवत्तेषां युद्धं देवासुरोपमम् । अत्रान्तरे समागत्य नारदो मुनिरब्रवीत्
anyo 'nyamabhavatteṣāṃ yuddhaṃ devāsuropamam / atrāntare samāgatya nārado munirabravīt
A battle arose among them, one against another, like that of gods and demons. In this interval the sage Nārada arrived and said:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 7.40
मा कुर्वन्तु मिथो युद्धं शृण्वन्तु वचनं मम । अयं किरातश्चैर्येण सेतुबन्धं पुराकरोत्
mā kurvantu mitho yuddhaṃ śṛṇvantu vacanaṃ mama / ayaṃ kirātaścairyeṇa setubandhaṃ purākarot
"Let them not make war on each other; let them hear my word. This Kirāta formerly built the causeway by theft.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 7.41
वायुभूतस्चरेदेको यावद्द्रव्यवतो मृतिः । स बहुभ्यो हरेद्द्रव्यं तेषां यावत्तथा मृतिः
vāyubhūtascaredeko yāvaddravyavato mṛtiḥ / sa bahubhyo hareddravyaṃ teṣāṃ yāvattathā mṛtiḥ
Let him wander alone, become wind, until the death of those who owned the goods; for he took goods from many — (so let it be) until their death likewise."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 7.42
गतेष्वखिलदूतेषु श्रुत्वा नारदभाषितम् । चचार द्वादशाब्दं तु वायुभूत्ॐऽतरिक्षगः
gateṣvakhiladūteṣu śrutvā nāradabhāṣitam / cacāra dvādaśābdaṃ tu vāyubhūtoṃ'tarikṣagaḥ
When all the messengers had gone, having heard what Nārada said, he wandered twelve years as wind, moving in the air.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 7.43
भार्यां तस्याह स मुनिस्तव दोषो न किञ्चन । त्वया कृतेन पुण्येन ब्रह्मलोकमितो व्रज
bhāryāṃ tasyāha sa munistava doṣo na kiñcana / tvayā kṛtena puṇyena brahmalokamito vraja
That sage said to his wife: "There is no fault whatever in you; by the merit you have accumulated, go from here to Brahmā's world."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 7.44
वायुभूतं पतिं दृष्ट्वा नेच्छति ब्रह्ममन्दिरम् । निर्वेदं परमापन्ना मुनिमेवमभाषत
vāyubhūtaṃ patiṃ dṛṣṭvā necchati brahmamandiram / nirvedaṃ paramāpannā munimevamabhāṣata
Seeing her husband turned to wind, she does not wish for Brahmā's abode; having fallen into utter despondency, she spoke thus to the sage:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 7.45
विना पतिमहं तेन न गच्छेयं पितामहम् । हहैवास्ते पतिर्यावत्स्वदेहं लभते तथा
vinā patimahaṃ tena na gaccheyaṃ pitāmaham / hahaivāste patiryāvatsvadehaṃ labhate tathā
"Without my husband I would not go to the Grandfather. My husband remains right here until he obtains his own body;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 7.46
ततस्तु या गतिस्तस्य तामेवानुचराम्यहम् । परिहारो ऽथवा किं तु मया कार्यस्तु तेन वा
tatastu yā gatistasya tāmevānucarāmyaham / parihāro 'thavā kiṃ tu mayā kāryastu tena vā
and thereafter whatever course is his, that very one I shall follow. Or else what expiation is to be done by me or by him?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 7.47
इति तस्या वचः श्रुत्वा प्रीतः प्राह तपोधनः । भोगात्मकं शरीरं तु कर्म कार्यकरं तव
iti tasyā vacaḥ śrutvā prītaḥ prāha tapodhanaḥ / bhogātmakaṃ śarīraṃ tu karma kāryakaraṃ tava
Hearing her words, the wealth-of-austerity (sage), pleased, said: "Your body is made for enjoyment, but action is what produces effect.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 7.48
मम प्रभावाद्भविता परिहारं वदामि ते । निराहारो महातीर्थेस्नात्वा नित्यं हि सांबिकम्
mama prabhāvādbhavitā parihāraṃ vadāmi te / nirāhāro mahātīrthesnātvā nityaṃ hi sāṃbikam
"By my power it shall come to pass. I tell you the remedy: fasting, having bathed at the great sacred ford, daily (worship) Śiva together with Ambikā—"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 7.49
पूजयित्वा शिवं भक्त्या कन्दमूलफलाशनः । ध्यात्वा हृदि महेशानं शतरुद्रमनुं जपेत्
pūjayitvā śivaṃ bhaktyā kandamūlaphalāśanaḥ / dhyātvā hṛdi maheśānaṃ śatarudramanuṃ japet
Having worshipped Śiva with devotion, living on bulbs, roots and fruits, having meditated in the heart on Maheśāna, one should recite the Śatarudra mantra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 7.50
ब्रह्महा मुच्यते पापैरष्टोत्तरसहस्रतः । पापैरन्यैश्च सकलैर्मुच्यते नात्र संशयः
brahmahā mucyate pāpairaṣṭottarasahasrataḥ / pāpairanyaiśca sakalairmucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ
Even a brahmin-slayer is freed from his sins by one thousand and eight (recitations); and he is freed from all other sins too—there is no doubt here.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 7.51
इत्यादिश्य ददौ तस्यै रुद्राध्यायं तपोधनः । अनुगृह्येति तां नारीं तत्रैवान्तर्द्धिमागमत्
ityādiśya dadau tasyai rudrādhyāyaṃ tapodhanaḥ / anugṛhyeti tāṃ nārīṃ tatraivāntarddhimāgamat
Having instructed her thus, the ascetic gave her the Rudra chapter; and having thus favoured that woman, he vanished right there.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 7.52
भर्तुः प्रियार्थे संकल्प्य जजाप परमं जपम् । विमुक्तस्तेयदोषेण स्वशरीरमवाप सः
bhartuḥ priyārthe saṃkalpya jajāpa paramaṃ japam / vimuktasteyadoṣeṇa svaśarīramavāpa saḥ
Having formed the resolve for her husband's benefit, she recited that supreme recitation; freed from the taint of theft, he regained his own body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 7.55
ततो वज्राभिधश्चौरः कालधर्ममुपागतः । अन्ये तद्द्रव्यवन्तो ऽपि कालधर्ममुपागताः ॥ ब्न्द्प्_३,७।५३ ॥ यमस्तु तान्समाहूय वाक्यं चैतदुवाच ह ॥ ब्न्द्प्_३,७।५४ ॥ भवद्भिस्तु कृतं पापं दैवात्सुकृतमप्युत । किमिच्छथ फलं भोक्तुं दुष्कृतस्य शुभस्य वा
tato vajrābhidhaścauraḥ kāladharmamupāgataḥ / anye taddravyavanto 'pi kāladharmamupāgatāḥ // bndp_3,7.53 // yamastu tānsamāhūya vākyaṃ caitaduvāca ha // bndp_3,7.54 // bhavadbhistu kṛtaṃ pāpaṃ daivātsukṛtamapyuta / kimicchatha phalaṃ bhoktuṃ duṣkṛtasya śubhasya vā
Then the thief named Vajra came to his death, and the others who held that property also came to their death. (53) But Yama, summoning them, spoke these words: (54) "Sin has been done by you, and by fate good deeds as well. Which fruit do you wish to enjoy—that of the evil deed or of the good?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 7.56
इति तस्य वचः श्रुत्वा प्रोचुर्वज्रादिकास्ततः । सुकृतस्य फलं त्वादौ पश्चात्पापस्य भुज्यते
iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā procurvajrādikāstataḥ / sukṛtasya phalaṃ tvādau paścātpāpasya bhujyate
Having heard his words, Vajra and the others then said: "Let the fruit of the good deed be enjoyed first, and afterwards that of the sin."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 7.57
पुनराह यमो यूयं पुत्रमित्र कलत्रकैः । एतस्यैव बलात्सर्वे त्रिदिवं गच्छत द्रुतम्
punarāha yamo yūyaṃ putramitra kalatrakaiḥ / etasyaiva balātsarve tridivaṃ gacchata drutam
Yama spoke again: "All of you, with your sons, friends and wives, go quickly to heaven by the power of this very (man)."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 7.58
ते ऽधिरुह्य विमानाग्र्यं द्विजवर्माणमाश्रिताः । यथोचितफलोपेतास्त्रिदिवं जग्मुरञ्जसा
te 'dhiruhya vimānāgryaṃ dvijavarmāṇamāśritāḥ / yathocitaphalopetāstridivaṃ jagmurañjasā
They, mounting an excellent celestial car and taking refuge with Dvijavarman, endowed with the fruits appropriate to each, went straight to heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 7.59
द्विजवर्माखिलांल्लोकानतीत्य प्रमदासखः । गाणपत्यमनुप्राप्य कैलासे ऽद्यापि मोदते
dvijavarmākhilāṃllokānatītya pramadāsakhaḥ / gāṇapatyamanuprāpya kailāse 'dyāpi modate
Dvijavarman, having passed beyond all the worlds, accompanied by his wife, having attained the state of a Gaṇa, rejoices on Kailāsa even today.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 7.60
इन्द्र उवाच तारतम्यविभागं च कथय त्वं महामते । सेतुबन्धादिकानां च पुण्यानां पुण्यवर्धनम्
indra uvāca tāratamyavibhāgaṃ ca kathaya tvaṃ mahāmate / setubandhādikānāṃ ca puṇyānāṃ puṇyavardhanam
Indra said: Tell also, O greatly wise one, the division by gradation, and the merit-increasing (power) of meritorious acts such as the building of the bridge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 7.61
बृहस्पतिरुवाच पुण्यस्यार्द्धफलं प्राप्य द्विजवर्मा महायशाः । वज्रः प्राप्य तदर्धं तु तदर्धेन युताः परे
bṛhaspatiruvāca puṇyasyārddhaphalaṃ prāpya dvijavarmā mahāyaśāḥ / vajraḥ prāpya tadardhaṃ tu tadardhena yutāḥ pare
Bṛhaspati said: Dvijavarman of great fame obtained half the fruit of the merit; Vajra obtained half of that; and the others were endowed with half of that.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 7.62
मनोवाक्कायचेष्टाभिश्चतुर्धाक्रियते कृतिः । विनश्येत्तेन तेनैव कृतैस्तत्परिहारकैः
manovākkāyaceṣṭābhiścaturdhākriyate kṛtiḥ / vinaśyettena tenaiva kṛtaistatparihārakaiḥ
An act is performed in four ways—by mind, speech, bodily action (and ...); by that very (means) it is destroyed, by the counteracting acts performed (correspondingly).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 7.63
इन्द्र उवाच आसवस्य तु किं रूपं को दोषः कश्चवा गुणः । अन्नं दोषकरं किं तु तन्मे विस्तरतो वद
indra uvāca āsavasya tu kiṃ rūpaṃ ko doṣaḥ kaścavā guṇaḥ / annaṃ doṣakaraṃ kiṃ tu tanme vistarato vada
Indra said: What is the nature of liquor, what is its fault, and what its merit? And what food is fault-producing? Tell me that in detail.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 7.64
बृहस्पतिरुवाच पैष्टिकं तालजं कैरं माधूकं गुडसंभवम् । क्रमान्न्यूनतरं पापं तदर्द्धार्द्धार्द्धतस्तथा
bṛhaspatiruvāca paiṣṭikaṃ tālajaṃ kairaṃ mādhūkaṃ guḍasaṃbhavam / kramānnyūnataraṃ pāpaṃ tadarddhārddhārddhatastathā
Bṛhaspati said: (Liquor) made from flour, from the palm, from kaira, from the madhūka flower, and produced from molasses—the sin (of these) is successively less, by half and half and half.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 7.65
क्षत्रियादित्रिवर्णानामासवं पेयमुच्यते । स्त्रीणामपि तृतीयादि पेयं स्याद्ब्राह्मणीं विना
kṣatriyāditrivarṇānāmāsavaṃ peyamucyate / strīṇāmapi tṛtīyādi peyaṃ syādbrāhmaṇīṃ vinā
For the three classes beginning with the kṣatriyas, liquor is said to be drinkable; and for women too, from the third onward it may be drunk, except for a brahmin woman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 7.68
पतिहीना च कन्या च त्यजेदृतुमती तथा । अभर्तृसन्निधौ नारी मद्यं पिबति लोलुपा ॥ ब्न्द्प्_३,७।६६ ॥ उन्मादिनीति साख्याता तां त्यजेदन्त्यजामिव ॥ ब्न्द्प्_३,७।६७ ॥ दशाष्टषट्चतस्रस्तु द्विजातीनामयं भवेत् । स्त्रीणां मद्यं तदर्द्धं स्यात्पादं स्याद्भर्तृसङ्गमे
patihīnā ca kanyā ca tyajedṛtumatī tathā / abhartṛsannidhau nārī madyaṃ pibati lolupā // bndp_3,7.66 // unmādinīti sākhyātā tāṃ tyajedantyajāmiva // bndp_3,7.67 // daśāṣṭaṣaṭcatasrastu dvijātīnāmayaṃ bhavet / strīṇāṃ madyaṃ tadarddhaṃ syātpādaṃ syādbhartṛsaṅgame
A husbandless woman, a maiden, and likewise a menstruating woman should abstain. A woman who greedily drinks liquor in her husband's absence (66) is called "maddened"; one should abandon her like an outcaste woman. (67) For the twice-born this measure should be ten, eight, six, and four; for women the liquor should be half of that, and a quarter in union with the husband.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 7.69
मद्यं पीत्वा द्विजो मोहात्कृच्छ्रचान्द्रायमं चरेत् । जपेच्चायुतगायत्रीं जातवेदसमेव वा
madyaṃ pītvā dvijo mohātkṛcchracāndrāyamaṃ caret / japeccāyutagāyatrīṃ jātavedasameva vā
A twice-born who has drunk liquor through delusion should perform the kṛcchra and cāndrāyaṇa penances, and should recite the Gāyatrī ten thousand times, or else the Jātavedas (hymn).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 7.70
अम्बिका हृदयं वापि जपेच्छुद्धो भवेन्नरः । क्षत्रियो ऽपि त्रिवर्णानां द्विजादर्धोर्ऽधतः क्रमात्
ambikā hṛdayaṃ vāpi japecchuddho bhavennaraḥ / kṣatriyo 'pi trivarṇānāṃ dvijādardhor'dhataḥ kramāt
Or he may recite the Ambikā-hṛdaya; (thus) the man becomes pure. For the kṣatriya too, of the three classes, (the number is) successively half and half of the twice-born's.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 7.71
स्त्रीणामर्धार्धकॢप्तिः स्यात्कारयेद्वा द्विजैरपि । अन्तर्जले सहस्रं वा जपेच्छुद्धिमवाप्नुयात्
strīṇāmardhārdhakḷptiḥ syātkārayedvā dvijairapi / antarjale sahasraṃ vā japecchuddhimavāpnuyāt
For women the reckoning should be half of half; or one may have it performed by brahmins as well; or one may recite a thousand (times) under water and attain purification.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 7.72
लक्ष्मीः सरस्वती गौरी चण्डिका त्रिपुरांबिका । भैरवो भैरवी काली महाशास्त्री च मातरः
lakṣmīḥ sarasvatī gaurī caṇḍikā tripurāṃbikā / bhairavo bhairavī kālī mahāśāstrī ca mātaraḥ
Lakṣmī, Sarasvatī, Gaurī, Caṇḍikā, Tripurāmbikā, Bhairava, Bhairavī, Kālī and Mahāśāstrī — (these) are the Mothers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 7.73
अन्याश्च शक्तयस्तासां पूजने मधु शस्यते । ब्राह्मणस्तु विना तेन यजेद्वेदाङ्गपारगः
anyāśca śaktayastāsāṃ pūjane madhu śasyate / brāhmaṇastu vinā tena yajedvedāṅgapāragaḥ
And there are other Powers (śaktis) besides; in the worship of them wine is commended; but a brahmin who has gone to the far shore of the Vedas and their auxiliaries should worship without it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 7.74
तन्निवेदितमश्नन्तस्तदनन्यास्तदात्मकाः । तासां प्रवाहा गच्छन्ति निर्लेपास्ते परां गतिम्
tanniveditamaśnantastadananyāstadātmakāḥ / tāsāṃ pravāhā gacchanti nirlepāste parāṃ gatim
Those who consume what has been offered to them (i.e., the goddesses), not separate from them, having their very self in them — their streams (of rebirth?) pass away, and they, unstained, (go) to the highest goal.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 3 7.75
कृतस्याखिलपापस्य ज्ञानतो ऽज्ञानतो ऽपि वा । प्रायश्चित्तमिदं प्रोक्तं पराशक्तेः पदस्मृतिः
kṛtasyākhilapāpasya jñānato 'jñānato 'pi vā / prāyaścittamidaṃ proktaṃ parāśakteḥ padasmṛtiḥ
For all sin that has been committed, whether knowingly or unknowingly, this expiation has been declared: the recollection of the station of the Supreme Power.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 7.76
अनभ्यर्च्य परां शक्तिं पिबेन्मद्यं तु यो ऽधमः । रौरवे नरके ऽब्दं तु निवसेद्ब्रिन्दुसंख्यया
anabhyarcya parāṃ śaktiṃ pibenmadyaṃ tu yo 'dhamaḥ / raurave narake 'bdaṃ tu nivasedbrindusaṃkhyayā
But that base man who drinks wine without having first worshipped the Supreme Power dwells in the hell Raurava for a year for each drop.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 7.77
भोगेच्छया तु यो मद्यं पिबेत्स मानुषाधमः । प्रायश्चितं न चैवास्य शिलाग्निपतनादृते
bhogecchayā tu yo madyaṃ pibetsa mānuṣādhamaḥ / prāyaścitaṃ na caivāsya śilāgnipatanādṛte
But he who drinks wine out of desire for enjoyment is the lowest of men, and for him there is no expiation apart from falling upon a rock or into fire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 7.78
द्विजो मोहान्न तु पिबेत्स्नेहाद्वा कामतो ऽपि वा । अनुग्रहाच्च महतामनुतापाच्च कर्मणः
dvijo mohānna tu pibetsnehādvā kāmato 'pi vā / anugrahācca mahatāmanutāpācca karmaṇaḥ
A twice-born should not drink out of delusion, nor out of affection, nor out of desire; but by the grace of the great ones and by remorse for the deed,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 3 7.79
अर्चनाच्च पराशक्तेर्यमैश्च नियमैरपि । चान्द्रायणेन कृच्छ्रेण दिनसंख्याकृतेन च । शुद्ध्येच्च ब्राह्मणो दोषाद्द्विगुणाद्बुद्धिपूर्वतः
arcanācca parāśakteryamaiśca niyamairapi / cāndrāyaṇena kṛcchreṇa dinasaṃkhyākṛtena ca / śuddhyecca brāhmaṇo doṣāddviguṇādbuddhipūrvataḥ
and by worship of the Supreme Power, and by the restraints (yamas) and observances (niyamas), and by the cāndrāyaṇa and by the kṛcchra performed for a (set) number of days, a brahmin may be purified of the fault — twofold (penance) if it was done deliberately.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition