Brahmavaivarta Purana — Prakriti Khanda — Chapter 26
BvP 2 26.1
नारायण उवाच ।। सावित्रीवचनं श्रुत्वा जगाम विस्मयं यमः । प्रहस्य वक्तुमारेभे कर्मपाकं च जीविनाम्
nārāyaṇa uvāca || sāvitrīvacanaṃ śrutvā jagāma vismayaṃ yamaḥ | prahasya vaktumārebhe karmapākaṃ ca jīvinām
Nārāyaṇa said: Having heard Sāvitrī's words, Yama was struck with amazement; laughing, he began to speak of the ripening of the deeds of living beings.
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BvP 2 26.2
यम उवाच ।। कन्या द्वादशवर्षीया वत्से त्वं वयसाऽधुना ।। ज्ञानं ते पूर्वविदुषां योगिनां ज्ञानिनां परम् सावित्र्युवाच ।। सत्यवदौरसेनैव पुत्राणां शतकं मम ।। भविष्यति महाभाग वरमेतन्मदीप्सितम् निर्वाणरूपा सेवा च कृष्णस्य परमात्मनः ।। कुकर्मणा जीवश्चारोगी शुभकर्मणा सकामिनो वैष्णवाश्च गत्वा वैकुण्ठमेव च ।। भारतं पुनरायान्ति तेषां जन्म द्विजातिषु स्वधर्म्मरहितास्ते च नरकं यान्ति हि ध्रुवम्।। भारते च भवन्त्येव कर्म्मणः फलभागिनः गृहं ददंति विप्राय ये जना भक्तिपूर्वकम् ।। ते यांति सुरलोकं च चिरं तत्र भवंति ते पुष्पोद्यानं यो ददाति सावित्रि सर्वभूतये ।। स वसेद्ध्रुवलोके च वर्षाणामयुतं ध्रुवम् नाभुक्तं क्षीयते कर्म्म कल्पकोटिशतैरपि ।। अवश्यवमेव भोक्तव्यं कल्पकोटिशतैरपि
yama uvāca || kanyā dvādaśavarṣīyā vatse tvaṃ vayasā'dhunā || jñānaṃ te pūrvaviduṣāṃ yogināṃ jñānināṃ param sāvitryuvāca || satyavadaurasenaiva putrāṇāṃ śatakaṃ mama || bhaviṣyati mahābhāga varametanmadīpsitam nirvāṇarūpā sevā ca kṛṣṇasya paramātmanaḥ || kukarmaṇā jīvaścārogī śubhakarmaṇā sakāmino vaiṣṇavāśca gatvā vaikuṇṭhameva ca || bhārataṃ punarāyānti teṣāṃ janma dvijātiṣu svadharmmarahitāste ca narakaṃ yānti hi dhruvam|| bhārate ca bhavantyeva karmmaṇaḥ phalabhāginaḥ gṛhaṃ dadaṃti viprāya ye janā bhaktipūrvakam || te yāṃti suralokaṃ ca ciraṃ tatra bhavaṃti te puṣpodyānaṃ yo dadāti sāvitri sarvabhūtaye || sa vaseddhruvaloke ca varṣāṇāmayutaṃ dhruvam nābhuktaṃ kṣīyate karmma kalpakoṭiśatairapi || avaśyavameva bhoktavyaṃ kalpakoṭiśatairapi
Yama said: Child, in years you are now a girl of twelve, (yet) your knowledge is beyond that of the ancient learned ones, the yogins and the knowers. — Sāvitrī said: O greatly fortunate one, may I have a hundred sons begotten of Satyavān's own body: this is the boon I desire, and also service to Kṛṣṇa the Supreme Self, which has the form of nirvāṇa. By evil deeds the living being (becomes diseased) and by auspicious deeds free of disease. Even Vaiṣṇavas who still have desires, having gone to Vaikuṇṭha, come back again to Bhārata, and their birth is among the twice-born. But those who are devoid of their own dharma surely go to hell, and (then) they come to be in Bhārata as partakers of the fruit of their deeds. Those people who with devotion give a house to a brahmin go to the world of the gods and remain there long. He who gives a flower-garden, O Sāvitrī, for the welfare of all beings, will surely dwell in Dhruva's world for ten thousand years. A deed does not wear away without being experienced, not even in hundreds of crores of kalpas; it must necessarily be experienced, even after hundreds of crores of kalpas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 26.3
सावित्रीवरदानेन त्वं सावित्रीकला सति ।। प्राप्ता पुरा भूभृता च तपसा तत्समा शुभे
sāvitrīvaradānena tvaṃ sāvitrīkalā sati || prāptā purā bhūbhṛtā ca tapasā tatsamā śubhe
By the boon-giving of Sāvitrī you, O virtuous lady, are a portion of Sāvitrī, obtained long ago by the king through austerity, and equal to her, O lovely one.
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BvP 2 26.4
यथा श्रीः श्रीपतेः क्रोडे भवानी च भवोरसि ।। यथा राधा च श्रीकृष्णे सावित्री ब्रह्मवक्षसि
yathā śrīḥ śrīpateḥ kroḍe bhavānī ca bhavorasi || yathā rādhā ca śrīkṛṣṇe sāvitrī brahmavakṣasi
As Śrī (rests) on the lap of Śrī's lord, and Bhavānī on Bhava's breast; as Rādhā (rests) on Śrī Kṛṣṇa, and Sāvitrī on Brahmā's chest;
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BvP 2 26.5
धर्मोरसि यथा मूर्त्तिः शतरूपा मनौ यथा ।। कर्दमे देवहूतिश्च वसिष्ठेऽरुन्धती यथा
dharmorasi yathā mūrttiḥ śatarūpā manau yathā || kardame devahūtiśca vasiṣṭhe'rundhatī yathā
as Mūrti (rests) on Dharma's breast, as Śatarūpā on Manu, as Devahūti on Kardama, as Arundhatī on Vasiṣṭha;
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BvP 2 26.6
अदितिः कश्यपे चापि यथाऽहल्या च गौतमे ।। यथा शची महेन्द्रे च यथा चन्द्रे च रोहिणी
aditiḥ kaśyape cāpi yathā'halyā ca gautame || yathā śacī mahendre ca yathā candre ca rohiṇī
as Aditi on Kaśyapa, and as Ahalyā on Gautama; as Śacī on great Indra, and as Rohiṇī on the moon;
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BvP 2 26.7
यथा रतिः कामदेवे यथा स्वाहा हुताशने ।। यथा स्वधा च पितृषु यथा संज्ञा दिवाकरे
yathā ratiḥ kāmadeve yathā svāhā hutāśane || yathā svadhā ca pitṛṣu yathā saṃjñā divākare
as Rati on Kāmadeva, as Svāhā on the fire-eater, as Svadhā among the ancestors, as Saṃjñā on the sun;
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BvP 2 26.8
वरुणानी च वरुणे यज्ञे च दक्षिणा यथा ।। यथा धरा वराहे च देवसेना च कार्तिके
varuṇānī ca varuṇe yajñe ca dakṣiṇā yathā || yathā dharā varāhe ca devasenā ca kārtike
as Varuṇānī on Varuṇa, and as Dakṣiṇā on Yajña; as Dharā on Varāha, and Devasenā on Kārttikeya —
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BvP 2 26.9
सौभाग्या सुप्रिया त्वं च भव सत्यवति प्रिये ।। इति तुभ्यं वरं दत्तमपरं च यदीप्सितम् ।। वृणु देवि महाभागे सर्वं दास्यामि निश्चितम्
saubhāgyā supriyā tvaṃ ca bhava satyavati priye || iti tubhyaṃ varaṃ dattamaparaṃ ca yadīpsitam || vṛṇu devi mahābhāge sarvaṃ dāsyāmi niścitam
so may you be fortunate and well-beloved, O dear Satyavatī. Thus a boon has been given to you; and whatever else is desired, choose it, O greatly fortunate goddess: I shall certainly give all of it.
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BvP 2 26.11
मत्पितुः पुत्रशतकं श्वशुरस्य च चक्षुषी ।। राज्यलाभो भवत्वेव वरमेवं मदीप्सितम्
matpituḥ putraśatakaṃ śvaśurasya ca cakṣuṣī || rājyalābho bhavatveva varamevaṃ madīpsitam
May there be a hundred sons for my father, and eyes for my father-in-law, and the gaining of his kingdom: such is the boon I desire.
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BvP 2 26.12
अन्ते सत्यवता सार्द्धं यास्यामि हरिमन्दिरम् ।। समतीते लक्षवर्षे देहीमं मे जगत्प्रभो
ante satyavatā sārddhaṃ yāsyāmi harimandiram || samatīte lakṣavarṣe dehīmaṃ me jagatprabho
At the end, together with Satyavān, I shall go to Hari's abode, when a hundred thousand years have fully passed: grant me this, O lord of the world.
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BvP 2 26.13
जीवकर्मविपाकं च श्रोतुं कौतूहलं च मे ।। विश्वविस्तारबीजं च तन्मे व्याख्यातुमर्हसि
jīvakarmavipākaṃ ca śrotuṃ kautūhalaṃ ca me || viśvavistārabījaṃ ca tanme vyākhyātumarhasi
And I have curiosity to hear about the ripening of the deeds of living beings, and about the seed of the universe's expansion: that you ought to explain to me.
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BvP 2 26.14
यम उवाच ।। भविष्यति महासाध्वि सर्वं मानसिकं तव ।। जीवकर्म्मविपाकं च कथयामि निशामय
yama uvāca || bhaviṣyati mahāsādhvi sarvaṃ mānasikaṃ tava || jīvakarmmavipākaṃ ca kathayāmi niśāmaya
Yama said: Great virtuous lady, all that is in your mind shall come to be; and I shall tell of the ripening of the karma of living beings — listen.
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BvP 2 26.15
शुभानामशुभानां च कर्म्मणां जन्म भारते ।। पुण्यक्षेत्रेऽत्र सर्वत्र नान्यत्र भुञ्जते जनाः
śubhānāmaśubhānāṃ ca karmmaṇāṃ janma bhārate || puṇyakṣetre'tra sarvatra nānyatra bhuñjate janāḥ
The birth of good and bad deeds (takes place) in Bhārata; here in this holy land, everywhere, people enjoy (their fruits), and nowhere else.
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BvP 2 26.16
सुरा दैत्या दानवाश्च गन्धर्वा राक्षसादयः ।। नराश्च कर्म्मजनका न सर्वे समजीविनः
surā daityā dānavāśca gandharvā rākṣasādayaḥ || narāśca karmmajanakā na sarve samajīvinaḥ
Gods, daityas, dānavas, gandharvas, rākṣasas and the rest, and men, are producers of karma; not all live alike.
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BvP 2 26.17
विशिष्टजीविनः कर्म्म भुञ्जते सर्वयोनिषु ।। विशेषतो मानवाश्च भ्रमन्ति सर्वयोनिषु ।।
viśiṣṭajīvinaḥ karmma bhuñjate sarvayoniṣu || viśeṣato mānavāśca bhramanti sarvayoniṣu ||
Those living distinguished lives enjoy (their) karma in all wombs; and men in particular wander among all wombs.
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BvP 2 26.18
शुभाशुभं भुञ्जते च कर्म पूर्वार्जितं परम् ।। शुभेन कर्मणा यान्ति ते स्वर्गादिकमेव च
śubhāśubhaṃ bhuñjate ca karma pūrvārjitaṃ param || śubhena karmaṇā yānti te svargādikameva ca
And they enjoy the good and bad karma formerly accumulated, (which is) supreme; by good karma they go to heaven and the like.
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BvP 2 26.19
कर्म्मणा चाशुभेनैव भ्रमन्ति नरकेषु च ।। कर्म्मनिर्मूलने मुक्तिः सा चोक्ता द्विविधा मता
karmmaṇā cāśubhenaiva bhramanti narakeṣu ca || karmmanirmūlane muktiḥ sā coktā dvividhā matā
And by bad karma indeed they wander in the hells; when karma is uprooted there is liberation, and that is held to be declared of two kinds.
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BvP 2 26.21
दीर्घजीवी च क्षीणायुः सुखी दुःखी च निश्चितम् ।। अन्धादयश्चाङ्गहीनाः कुत्सितेन च कर्मणा
dīrghajīvī ca kṣīṇāyuḥ sukhī duḥkhī ca niścitam || andhādayaścāṅgahīnāḥ kutsitena ca karmaṇā
Long-lived and short of life, happy and suffering — this is certain; and the blind and others lacking limbs (are so) through despicable karma.
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BvP 2 26.22
सिद्ध्यादिकमवाप्नोति सर्वोत्कृष्टेन कर्म्मणा ।। सामान्यं कथितं सर्वं विशेषं शृणु सुन्दरि
siddhyādikamavāpnoti sarvotkṛṣṭena karmmaṇā || sāmānyaṃ kathitaṃ sarvaṃ viśeṣaṃ śṛṇu sundari
By karma that is highest of all one attains supernatural powers and the rest. All the general (account) has been told; hear the particular, fair lady.
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BvP 2 26.23
सुदुर्लभं सुभोग्यं च पुराणेषु श्रुतिष्वपि
sudurlabhaṃ subhogyaṃ ca purāṇeṣu śrutiṣvapi
(It is) very hard to obtain and much to be enjoyed, in the Purāṇas and in the Vedic texts as well.
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BvP 2 26.24
दुर्लभा मानवी जातिः सर्वजातिषु भारते ।। सर्वाभ्यो ब्राह्मणः श्रेष्ठः प्रशस्तः सर्वकर्म्मसु
durlabhā mānavī jātiḥ sarvajātiṣu bhārate || sarvābhyo brāhmaṇaḥ śreṣṭhaḥ praśastaḥ sarvakarmmasu
Among all births in Bhārata, birth as a human is hard to obtain; of all (classes) the brāhmaṇa is best, praised in all rites.
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BvP 2 26.25
विष्णुभक्तो द्विजश्चैव गरीयान्भारते ततः ।। निष्कामश्च सकामश्च वैष्णवो द्विविधः सति
viṣṇubhakto dvijaścaiva garīyānbhārate tataḥ || niṣkāmaśca sakāmaśca vaiṣṇavo dvividhaḥ sati
And a twice-born who is a devotee of Viṣṇu is weightier than that in Bhārata; and a Vaiṣṇava is of two kinds, O virtuous one: without desire and with desire.
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BvP 2 26.26
सकामश्च प्रधानश्च निष्कामो भक्त एव च ।। कर्मभोगी सकामश्च निष्कामो निरुपद्रवः
sakāmaśca pradhānaśca niṣkāmo bhakta eva ca || karmabhogī sakāmaśca niṣkāmo nirupadravaḥ
The one with desire is the chief (ritualist), while the one without desire is precisely a devotee; the one with desire is an enjoyer of karma, the one without desire is free of affliction.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 26.27
स याति देहं त्यक्ता च पदं विष्णोर्निरामयम् ।। पुनरागमनं नास्ति तेषां निष्कामिणां सति
sa yāti dehaṃ tyaktā ca padaṃ viṣṇornirāmayam || punarāgamanaṃ nāsti teṣāṃ niṣkāmiṇāṃ sati
Having abandoned the body he goes to the disease-free abode of Viṣṇu; for those without desire there is no returning again, O virtuous one.
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BvP 2 26.28
ये सेवन्ते च द्विभुजं कृष्णमात्मानमीश्वरम् ।। गोलोकं यान्ति ते भक्ता दिव्यरूपविधारिणः
ye sevante ca dvibhujaṃ kṛṣṇamātmānamīśvaram || golokaṃ yānti te bhaktā divyarūpavidhāriṇaḥ
Those who serve the two-armed Kṛṣṇa, the Self, the Lord — those devotees go to Goloka, bearing divine forms.
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BvP 2 26.29
ये च नारायणं भक्ताः सेवन्ते च चतुर्भुजम् ।। वैकुण्ठं यान्ति ते सर्वे दिव्यरूपविधारिणः
ye ca nārāyaṇaṃ bhaktāḥ sevante ca caturbhujam || vaikuṇṭhaṃ yānti te sarve divyarūpavidhāriṇaḥ
And those devotees who serve the four-armed Nārāyaṇa — all of them go to Vaikuṇṭha, bearing divine forms.
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BvP 2 26.31
कालेन ते च निष्कामा भविष्यन्ति क्रमेण च ।। भक्तिं च निर्मलां बुद्धिं तेभ्यो दास्यति निश्चितम्
kālena te ca niṣkāmā bhaviṣyanti krameṇa ca || bhaktiṃ ca nirmalāṃ buddhiṃ tebhyo dāsyati niścitam
And in time, gradually, they will become free of desire; certainly (the Lord) will give them devotion and a spotless understanding.
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BvP 2 26.32
ब्राह्मणाद्वैष्णवादन्ये सकामाः सर्वजन्मसु ।। न तेषां निर्मला बुद्धिर्विष्णुभक्तिविवर्जिताः
brāhmaṇādvaiṣṇavādanye sakāmāḥ sarvajanmasu || na teṣāṃ nirmalā buddhirviṣṇubhaktivivarjitāḥ
Others than the brāhmaṇa and the Vaiṣṇava are possessed of desire in all their births; their understanding is not spotless, being devoid of devotion to Viṣṇu.
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BvP 2 26.33
तीर्थाश्रिता द्विजा ये च तपस्यानिरताः सति ।। ते यान्ति ब्रह्मलोकं च पुनरायान्ति भारतम्
tīrthāśritā dvijā ye ca tapasyāniratāḥ sati || te yānti brahmalokaṃ ca punarāyānti bhāratam
Those twice-born who resort to holy fords and are devoted to austerity, O virtuous one — they go to Brahmā's world and come back again to Bhārata.
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BvP 2 26.34
स्वधर्मनिरता विप्राः सूर्य्यभक्ताश्च भारते ।। व्रजन्ति सूर्यलोकं ते पुनरायान्ति भारतम्
svadharmaniratā viprāḥ sūryyabhaktāśca bhārate || vrajanti sūryalokaṃ te punarāyānti bhāratam
Brāhmaṇas devoted to their own duty and worshippers of the Sun in Bhārata go to the world of the Sun and come back again to Bhārata.
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BvP 2 26.35
स्वधर्मनिरता विप्राः शैवाः शाक्ताश्च गाणपाः ।। ते यान्ति शिवलोकं च पुनरायान्ति भारतम्
svadharmaniratā viprāḥ śaivāḥ śāktāśca gāṇapāḥ || te yānti śivalokaṃ ca punarāyānti bhāratam
Brāhmaṇas devoted to their own duty who are Śaivas, Śāktas and worshippers of Gaṇeśa — they go to Śiva's world and come back again to Bhārata.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 26.36
ये विप्रा अन्यदेवेष्टाः स्वधर्मनिरताः सति ।। ते गत्वा शक्रलोकं च पुनरायान्ति भारतम्
ye viprā anyadeveṣṭāḥ svadharmaniratāḥ sati || te gatvā śakralokaṃ ca punarāyānti bhāratam
Those brahmins who worship other gods and are devoted to their own duty, O Satī — they go to Indra's world and come back again to Bhārata.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 26.37
हरिभक्ताश्च निष्कामाः स्वधर्म्मरहिता द्विजाः ।। तेऽपि यान्ति हरेर्लोकं क्रमाद्भक्तिबलादहो
haribhaktāśca niṣkāmāḥ svadharmmarahitā dvijāḥ || te'pi yānti harerlokaṃ kramādbhaktibalādaho
And those twice-born who are devoted to Hari, free of desire, (even though) lacking in their own duty — they too go to Hari's world, in due course, by the power of devotion, ah!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 26.38
स्वधर्म्मरहिता विप्रा देवान्यसेविनः सदा ।। भ्रष्टाचाराश्च बालाश्च ते यांति नरकं ध्रुवम्
svadharmmarahitā viprā devānyasevinaḥ sadā || bhraṣṭācārāśca bālāśca te yāṃti narakaṃ dhruvam
Brahmins devoid of their own duty, who never serve the gods, whose conduct has lapsed, and who are childish — they surely go to hell.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 26.39
स्वधर्म्मनिरताश्चैवं वर्णाश्चत्वार एव च ।। भवन्त्येव शुभस्यैव कर्मणः फलभागिनः
svadharmmaniratāścaivaṃ varṇāścatvāra eva ca || bhavantyeva śubhasyaiva karmaṇaḥ phalabhāginaḥ
And thus (those) devoted to their own duty — all four classes alike — do become partakers of the fruit of auspicious action.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 26.41
स्वधर्मनिरता विप्राः स्वधर्मनिरताय च।। कन्यां ददति विप्राय चन्द्रलोकं व्रजन्ति ते
svadharmaniratā viprāḥ svadharmaniratāya ca|| kanyāṃ dadati viprāya candralokaṃ vrajanti te
Brahmins devoted to their own duty who give a daughter to a brahmin (likewise) devoted to his own duty — they go to the world of the moon.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 26.42
वसंति तत्र ते साध्वि यावदिन्द्राश्चतुर्दश।। सालङ्कृताया दानेन द्विगुणं फलमुच्यते
vasaṃti tatra te sādhvi yāvadindrāścaturdaśa|| sālaṅkṛtāyā dānena dviguṇaṃ phalamucyate
They dwell there, O virtuous woman, for as long as fourteen Indras (endure); and by the giving (of a daughter) adorned with ornaments the fruit is said to be twofold.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 26.43
सकामा यांति तल्लोकं न निष्कामाश्च वैष्णवाः ।। ते प्रयांति विष्णुलोकं फलसन्धानवर्जिताः
sakāmā yāṃti tallokaṃ na niṣkāmāśca vaiṣṇavāḥ || te prayāṃti viṣṇulokaṃ phalasandhānavarjitāḥ
Those who act with desire go to that world, but not the desireless Vaiṣṇavas; they go to the world of Viṣṇu, being free of any aim at reward.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 26.44
गव्यं च रजतं भार्यां वस्त्रं सस्यं फलं जलम् ।। ये ददत्येव विप्रेभ्यस्तल्लोकं हि व्रजन्ति च
gavyaṃ ca rajataṃ bhāryāṃ vastraṃ sasyaṃ phalaṃ jalam || ye dadatyeva viprebhyastallokaṃ hi vrajanti ca
Cow-products, silver, a wife, cloth, grain, fruit, water — those who give (these) to brahmins go to that world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 26.45
वसंति ते च तल्लोकं यावन्मन्वन्तरं सति ।। कालं च सुचिरं वासं कुर्वंति तत्र ते जनाः
vasaṃti te ca tallokaṃ yāvanmanvantaraṃ sati || kālaṃ ca suciraṃ vāsaṃ kurvaṃti tatra te janāḥ
And they dwell in that world for as long as a Manvantara, O good lady; and those people make their abode there for a very long time.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 26.46
ये ददति सुवर्णं च गां च ताम्रादिकं सति ।। ते यांति सूर्यलोकं च शुचये ब्राह्मणाय च
ye dadati suvarṇaṃ ca gāṃ ca tāmrādikaṃ sati || te yāṃti sūryalokaṃ ca śucaye brāhmaṇāya ca
Those who give gold, and a cow, and copper and the like, O good lady, to a pure brahmin — they go to the world of the sun.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 26.47
वसन्ति तत्र ते लोके वर्षाणामयुतं सति ।। विपुले च चिरं वासं कुर्वंति च निरामयाः
vasanti tatra te loke varṣāṇāmayutaṃ sati || vipule ca ciraṃ vāsaṃ kurvaṃti ca nirāmayāḥ
They dwell there in that world for ten thousand years, O good lady; and in that vast (world) they make their abode for a long time, free from affliction.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 26.48
ददाति भूमिं विप्रेभ्यो धान्यानि विपुलानि च ।। स याति विष्णुलोकं च श्वेतद्वीपं मनोहरम्
dadāti bhūmiṃ viprebhyo dhānyāni vipulāni ca || sa yāti viṣṇulokaṃ ca śvetadvīpaṃ manoharam
(Whoever) gives land to the brahmins, and abundant grain, he goes to Viṣṇu's world, to the lovely White Island (Śvetadvīpa).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 26.49
तत्रैव निवसत्येव यावच्चन्द्रदिवाकरौ ।। विपुलं विपुले वासं करोति पुण्यवान्सति
tatraiva nivasatyeva yāvaccandradivākarau || vipulaṃ vipule vāsaṃ karoti puṇyavānsati
There indeed he dwells, as long as the moon and the sun (endure); O good lady, the man of merit makes a long dwelling in that vast (abode).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 26.51
गृहरेणुप्रमाणाब्दं दानं पुण्यदिने यदि ।। विपुलं विपुले वासं कुर्वंति मानवाः सति
gṛhareṇupramāṇābdaṃ dānaṃ puṇyadine yadi || vipulaṃ vipule vāsaṃ kurvaṃti mānavāḥ sati
— tr. refused: cyber
BvP 2 26.52
यस्मै यस्मै च देवाय यो ददाति गृहं नरः।। स याति तस्य लोकं च रेणुमानाब्दमेव च
yasmai yasmai ca devāya yo dadāti gṛhaṃ naraḥ|| sa yāti tasya lokaṃ ca reṇumānābdameva ca
And to whichever god a man gives a house, he goes to that (god's) world, for just as many years as (there are) grains of dust (in it).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 26.53
सौधे चतुर्गुणं पुण्यं पूर्त्ते शतगुणं फलम् ।। प्रकृष्टेऽष्टगुणं तस्मादित्याह कमलोद्भवः
saudhe caturguṇaṃ puṇyaṃ pūrtte śataguṇaṃ phalam || prakṛṣṭe'ṣṭaguṇaṃ tasmādityāha kamalodbhavaḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
BvP 2 26.54
यो ददाति तडागं च सर्वभूताय भारते ।। स याति जनलोकं च वर्षाणामयुतं सति
yo dadāti taḍāgaṃ ca sarvabhūtāya bhārate || sa yāti janalokaṃ ca varṣāṇāmayutaṃ sati
He who gives a tank for the sake of all beings in Bhārata goes to Janaloka for ten thousand years, O good lady.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 26.55
वाप्यां फलं शतगुणं प्राप्नोति मानवस्ततः ।। तथा सेतुप्रदानेन तडागस्य फलं लभेत्
vāpyāṃ phalaṃ śataguṇaṃ prāpnoti mānavastataḥ || tathā setupradānena taḍāgasya phalaṃ labhet
From a step-well a man obtains fruit a hundredfold greater than that; likewise by giving a causeway he would gain the fruit of a tank.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 26.56
धनुश्चतुःसहस्रेण दैर्घ्यमानेन निश्चितम् ।। न्यूना वा तावती प्रस्थे सा वापी परिकीर्त्तिता
dhanuścatuḥsahasreṇa dairghyamānena niścitam || nyūnā vā tāvatī prasthe sā vāpī parikīrttitā
(A reservoir) fixed at four thousand bows by the measure of its length, or somewhat less, and of that same extent in breadth — that is declared to be a vāpī (step-well/tank).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 26.57
दशवापीसमा कन्या यदि पात्रे प्रदीयते ।। फलं ददाति द्विगुणं यदि सालंकृता भवेत्
daśavāpīsamā kanyā yadi pātre pradīyate || phalaṃ dadāti dviguṇaṃ yadi sālaṃkṛtā bhavet
A maiden is equal to ten such tanks; if she is given to a worthy recipient, she yields (that) fruit — and double the fruit if she be adorned with ornaments.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 26.58
तत्फलं च तडागे च पङ्कोद्धारेण तत्फलम् ।। वाप्याश्च पंकोद्धारेण वापीतुल्यफलं लभेत्
tatphalaṃ ca taḍāge ca paṅkoddhāreṇa tatphalam || vāpyāśca paṃkoddhāreṇa vāpītulyaphalaṃ labhet
And that same fruit (accrues) in the case of a tank by clearing out its mud; and by clearing out the mud of a step-well one obtains a fruit equal to (that of making) a step-well.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 26.59
अश्वत्थवृक्षमारोप्य प्रतिष्ठां च करोति यः ।। स याति तपसो लोकं वर्षाणामयुतं परम्
aśvatthavṛkṣamāropya pratiṣṭhāṃ ca karoti yaḥ || sa yāti tapaso lokaṃ varṣāṇāmayutaṃ param
He who plants an aśvattha tree and performs its consecration goes to the world of ascetic merit for a full ten thousand years.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 26.61
यो ददाति विमानं च विष्णवे भारते सति ।। विष्णुलोके वसेत्सोऽपि यावन्मन्वन्तरं परम्
yo dadāti vimānaṃ ca viṣṇave bhārate sati || viṣṇuloke vasetso'pi yāvanmanvantaraṃ param
And he who gives a palanquin-shrine to Viṣṇu in Bhārata dwells in Viṣṇu's world for a full manvantara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 26.62
चित्रयुक्ते च विपुले फलं तस्य चतुर्गुणम्।। रथार्धं शिबिकादाने फलमेव लभेद्ध्रुवम्
citrayukte ca vipule phalaṃ tasya caturguṇam|| rathārdhaṃ śibikādāne phalameva labheddhruvam
If it is large and adorned with paintings, his fruit is fourfold; in the gift of a litter one surely obtains just half the fruit of a chariot.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 26.63
यो ददाति भक्तियुक्तो हरये दोलमन्दिरम् ।। विष्णुलोके वसेत्सोऽपि यावन्मन्वतरं परम्
yo dadāti bhaktiyukto haraye dolamandiram || viṣṇuloke vasetso'pi yāvanmanvataraṃ param
He who, filled with devotion, gives a swing-pavilion to Hari also dwells in Viṣṇu's world for a full manvantara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 26.64
राजमार्गं सौधयुक्तं यः करोति पतिव्रते ।। वर्षाणामयुतं सोऽपि शक्रलोके महीयते
rājamārgaṃ saudhayuktaṃ yaḥ karoti pativrate || varṣāṇāmayutaṃ so'pi śakraloke mahīyate
He who makes a royal road furnished with mansions, O faithful wife, he too is honoured in Śakra's world for ten thousand years.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 26.65
ब्राह्मणेभ्योऽपि देवेभ्यो दाने समफलं लभेत् ।। यच्च दत्तं हि तद्भोक्तुर्न दत्तं नोपतिष्ठते
brāhmaṇebhyo'pi devebhyo dāne samaphalaṃ labhet || yacca dattaṃ hi tadbhokturna dattaṃ nopatiṣṭhate
One obtains equal fruit in giving to brāhmaṇas or to the gods; for what is given belongs to the enjoyer, and what is not given does not present itself (to him).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 26.66
भुक्त्वा स्वर्गादिकं सौख्यं पुनरायान्ति भारते ।। लभेद्विप्रकुलेष्वेव क्रमेणैवोत्तमादिषु
bhuktvā svargādikaṃ saukhyaṃ punarāyānti bhārate || labhedviprakuleṣveva krameṇaivottamādiṣu
Having enjoyed the happiness of heaven and the rest, they come again to Bhārata; one is born only in brāhmaṇa families, in due order among the highest and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 26.67
भारते पुण्यवान्विप्रो भुक्त्वा स्वर्गादिकं परम् ।। पुनः सोऽपि भवेद्विप्रो न पुनः क्षत्रियादयः
bhārate puṇyavānvipro bhuktvā svargādikaṃ param || punaḥ so'pi bhavedvipro na punaḥ kṣatriyādayaḥ
A meritorious brāhmaṇa in Bhārata, having enjoyed heaven and beyond, becomes a brāhmaṇa again — not again a kṣatriya or the others.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 26.68
क्षत्रियो वाऽपि वैश्यो वा कल्पकोटिशतेन च ।। तपसा ब्राह्मणत्वं च न प्राप्नोति श्रुतौ श्रुतम्
kṣatriyo vā'pi vaiśyo vā kalpakoṭiśatena ca || tapasā brāhmaṇatvaṃ ca na prāpnoti śrutau śrutam
But a kṣatriya or a vaiśya does not attain brāhmaṇahood even by austerity through a hundred crore of kalpas — so it is heard in scripture.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 26.69
स्वधर्मरहिता विप्रा नानायोनिं व्रजन्ति च ।। भुक्त्वा च कर्मभागं च विप्रयोनिं लभेत्पुनः
svadharmarahitā viprā nānāyoniṃ vrajanti ca || bhuktvā ca karmabhāgaṃ ca viprayoniṃ labhetpunaḥ
Brāhmaṇas devoid of their own duty go to various wombs; and having consumed their portion of karma, one obtains a brāhmaṇa's birth again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 26.71
अवश्यमेव भोक्तव्यं कृतं कर्म शुभाशुभम्।। देवतीर्थे सहायेन कायव्यूहेन शुध्यति
avaśyameva bhoktavyaṃ kṛtaṃ karma śubhāśubham|| devatīrthe sahāyena kāyavyūhena śudhyati
The deed done, good or bad, must inevitably be experienced; (yet) at a holy place of the gods, with help, one is purified through a multiplication of bodies.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 26.72
एतत्ते कथितं सर्वं किं भूयः श्रोतुमिच्छसि
etatte kathitaṃ sarvaṃ kiṃ bhūyaḥ śrotumicchasi
All this has been told to you; what more do you wish to hear?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition