Brahmavaivarta Purana — Prakriti Khanda — Chapter 30
BvP 2 30.1
2.30 यम उवाच ।। हरिसेवारतः शुद्धो योगी सिद्धो व्रतो सति ।। तपस्वी ब्रह्मचारी च न याति नरकं यतिः
2.30 yama uvāca || harisevārataḥ śuddho yogī siddho vrato sati || tapasvī brahmacārī ca na yāti narakaṃ yatiḥ
Yama said: One devoted to the service of Hari, pure, a yogin, an adept, one who keeps vows, O virtuous woman, an ascetic, a celibate student, and a renunciant — he does not go to hell.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.2
कटुवाचा बान्धवांश्च खलत्वेन च यो नरः ।। दग्धान्करोति बलवान्वह्निकुण्डं प्रयाति सः परकीयतडागे च तडागं यः करोति च ।। उत्सृजेद्दैवदोषेण मूत्रकुण्डं प्रयाति सः ततो भवेत्स चण्डालस्त्रिजन्मनि ततः शुचिः ।। कृकलासो भवेत्सोऽपि भारते सप्तजन्मसु ।। ततो भवेन्मानवश्च दरिद्रोऽल्पायुरेव च ततो भवेत्स बधिरो दरिद्रः सप्तजन्मसु ।। सप्तजन्मस्वङ्गहीनस्ततः शुद्धिं लभेद्ध्रुवम् ।। सकेशं पार्थिवं लिङ्गं यो वाऽर्चयति भारते ।। स तिष्ठति केशकुण्डे मृद्रेणुमानवर्षकम् वाग्दुष्टा कटुवाचा या ताडयेत्स्वामिनं सदा ।। तीक्ष्णकण्टककुण्डे सा तद्भोजी तत्र तिष्ठति ब्राह्मणः शूद्रयाजी यः शूद्रश्राद्धान्नभोजकः ।। शूद्राणां शवदाही च पूयकुण्डं व्रजेद्ध्रुवम् भक्षितो गरलैर्दग्धो यमदूतेन ताडितः ।। ततो हि मक्षिकाजातिस्ततः शुद्धो भवेन्नरः सरोवरादुत्थितांश्च नक्रादीन्हन्ति यः सति ।। नक्रकण्टकमानाब्दं नक्रकुण्डं प्रयाति सः १ त्रिजन्मनि बकः सोऽपि श्वेतहंसस्त्रिजन्मनि ।। जन्मैकं शङ्खचिल्लश्च ततोऽन्ये श्वेतपक्षिणः शताब्दं तत्र निवसेद्यमदूतेन ताडितः ।। ततो भवेन्मेषजातिः कुक्कुटश्च त्रिजन्मनि सुगन्धितैलं धात्रीं च गन्धद्रव्यं तथैव वा ।। भारते पुण्यवर्षे च यो हरेत्सुरविप्रयोः छिन्नाङ्गश्च भवेत्पापी खङ्गधारेण सन्ततम् ।। अनाहारः शब्दकृच्च यमदूतेन ताडितः ततो भवेत्सप्तजनौ गोजातिर्व्याधिसंयुतः ।। त्रिजन्ममेषजातिश्च च्छागजातिस्त्रिजन्मनि गोहत्यां ब्रह्महत्यां च स्त्रीहत्यां च करोति यः ।। मित्रहत्यां भ्रूणहत्यां महापापी च भारते गणेशे वा तदर्च्चायामेवं सर्वत्र सुन्दरि ।। करोति भेदबुद्धिं यो ब्रह्महत्यां लभेत्तु सः ये विष्णुमायां निन्दन्ति विष्णुभक्तिप्रदां सतीम् ।। सर्वशक्तिस्वरूपां च प्रकृतिं सर्वमातरम् ददाति गोभ्य उच्छिष्टं योजयेद्वृषवाहकम् ।। भोजयेद्वृषवाहान्नं स गोहत्यां लभेद्ध्रुवम्।। प्राणिनं लंघयेद्यो हि देवार्चायां रतं जलम् ।। नैवेद्यं पुष्पमन्नं च स गोहत्यां लभेद्ध्रुवम् ।। गुरुतो गुरुपत्नी च गौरवे च गरीयसी ।। यथेष्टं देवपत्नी च पूज्या चाभीष्टदेवता।। विष्ठासमश्च तत्पिंडो मूत्रतुल्यं च तर्पणम् ।। तत्पितॄणां सुराणां च पूजने तत्समं सति प्रवाहमवधिं कृत्वा यावद्धस्तचतुष्टयम् ।। तत्र नारायणः स्वामी गङ्गागर्भान्तरे वरे
kaṭuvācā bāndhavāṃśca khalatvena ca yo naraḥ || dagdhānkaroti balavānvahnikuṇḍaṃ prayāti saḥ parakīyataḍāge ca taḍāgaṃ yaḥ karoti ca || utsṛjeddaivadoṣeṇa mūtrakuṇḍaṃ prayāti saḥ tato bhavetsa caṇḍālastrijanmani tataḥ śuciḥ || kṛkalāso bhavetso'pi bhārate saptajanmasu || tato bhavenmānavaśca daridro'lpāyureva ca tato bhavetsa badhiro daridraḥ saptajanmasu || saptajanmasvaṅgahīnastataḥ śuddhiṃ labheddhruvam || sakeśaṃ pārthivaṃ liṅgaṃ yo vā'rcayati bhārate || sa tiṣṭhati keśakuṇḍe mṛdreṇumānavarṣakam vāgduṣṭā kaṭuvācā yā tāḍayetsvāminaṃ sadā || tīkṣṇakaṇṭakakuṇḍe sā tadbhojī tatra tiṣṭhati brāhmaṇaḥ śūdrayājī yaḥ śūdraśrāddhānnabhojakaḥ || śūdrāṇāṃ śavadāhī ca pūyakuṇḍaṃ vrajeddhruvam bhakṣito garalairdagdho yamadūtena tāḍitaḥ || tato hi makṣikājātistataḥ śuddho bhavennaraḥ sarovarādutthitāṃśca nakrādīnhanti yaḥ sati || nakrakaṇṭakamānābdaṃ nakrakuṇḍaṃ prayāti saḥ 1 trijanmani bakaḥ so'pi śvetahaṃsastrijanmani || janmaikaṃ śaṅkhacillaśca tato'nye śvetapakṣiṇaḥ śatābdaṃ tatra nivasedyamadūtena tāḍitaḥ || tato bhavenmeṣajātiḥ kukkuṭaśca trijanmani sugandhitailaṃ dhātrīṃ ca gandhadravyaṃ tathaiva vā || bhārate puṇyavarṣe ca yo haretsuraviprayoḥ chinnāṅgaśca bhavetpāpī khaṅgadhāreṇa santatam || anāhāraḥ śabdakṛcca yamadūtena tāḍitaḥ tato bhavetsaptajanau gojātirvyādhisaṃyutaḥ || trijanmameṣajātiśca cchāgajātistrijanmani gohatyāṃ brahmahatyāṃ ca strīhatyāṃ ca karoti yaḥ || mitrahatyāṃ bhrūṇahatyāṃ mahāpāpī ca bhārate gaṇeśe vā tadarccāyāmevaṃ sarvatra sundari || karoti bhedabuddhiṃ yo brahmahatyāṃ labhettu saḥ ye viṣṇumāyāṃ nindanti viṣṇubhaktipradāṃ satīm || sarvaśaktisvarūpāṃ ca prakṛtiṃ sarvamātaram dadāti gobhya ucchiṣṭaṃ yojayedvṛṣavāhakam || bhojayedvṛṣavāhānnaṃ sa gohatyāṃ labheddhruvam|| prāṇinaṃ laṃghayedyo hi devārcāyāṃ rataṃ jalam || naivedyaṃ puṣpamannaṃ ca sa gohatyāṃ labheddhruvam || guruto gurupatnī ca gaurave ca garīyasī || yatheṣṭaṃ devapatnī ca pūjyā cābhīṣṭadevatā|| viṣṭhāsamaśca tatpiṃḍo mūtratulyaṃ ca tarpaṇam || tatpitṝṇāṃ surāṇāṃ ca pūjane tatsamaṃ sati pravāhamavadhiṃ kṛtvā yāvaddhastacatuṣṭayam || tatra nārāyaṇaḥ svāmī gaṅgāgarbhāntare vare
The man who, being strong, scorches his kinsmen with bitter words and with malice, goes to the fire-pit. And he who makes a tank within another's tank, and then abandons it through some mischance of fate, goes to the urine-pit. Thereafter he becomes a Caṇḍāla for three births, and after that is purified. He also becomes a lizard for seven births in Bhārata; then he becomes a man, poor and short-lived. Then he becomes deaf and poor for seven births; for seven births he is maimed in limb, and thereafter he certainly attains purity. Or whoever in Bhārata worships an earthen liṅga with hair in it stands in the hair-pit for as many years as there are particles of the clay. A woman foul of speech, bitter-tongued, who is always striking her husband, stands in the pit of sharp thorns, eating that. A brahmin who sacrifices for Śūdras, who eats the śrāddha food of Śūdras, and who burns the corpses of Śūdras, certainly goes to the pus-pit. Devoured by poisons, burnt, beaten by Yama's messenger; then indeed he takes the form of a fly, and after that the man becomes pure. He who kills crocodiles and the like that have come up out of a lake, O virtuous woman, goes to the crocodile-pit for as many years as the crocodile has spines. He too becomes a crane for three births, a white goose for three births, for one birth a conch-kite, and after that other white birds. He dwells there a hundred years, beaten by Yama's messenger; then he becomes a sheep, and a cock for three births. Whoever in Bhārata, the land of merit, steals from the gods or from brahmins fragrant oil, or myrobalan, or perfumery — that sinner becomes one whose limbs are ceaselessly cut by the sword's edge, without food, crying out, beaten by Yama's messenger. Then for seven births he becomes a cow afflicted with disease, for three births a sheep, and for three births a goat. He who commits the killing of a cow, the killing of a brahmin, the killing of a woman, the killing of a friend, the killing of an embryo — a great sinner in Bhārata — or he who, concerning Gaṇeśa or his image, and so everywhere, O lovely one, entertains a notion of difference, he incurs the guilt of brahmin-murder. Those who revile Viṣṇumāyā, the virtuous one who bestows devotion to Viṣṇu, who is the very form of all power, Prakṛti, the mother of all; he who gives cows leftover food, who yokes a bull as a draft-beast, who feeds others with food got by bull-carting — he certainly incurs the guilt of cow-killing. Whoever steps over a living creature, or over water set aside for the worship of a god, or an offering of food, or a flower, or cooked food — he certainly incurs the guilt of cow-killing. The guru's wife is greater than the guru himself in the honour due to her; and the wife of a god is to be worshipped as one pleases, as is one's chosen deity. His rice-ball offering is the same as excrement, and his water-libation equal to urine; and in the worship of his ancestors and of the gods it is the same, O virtuous woman. Taking the current as the boundary, as far as four cubits — there Nārāyaṇa is the lord, within the excellent womb of the Gaṅgā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 30.3
गात्रलोमप्रमाणाब्दं तत्र स्थित्वा हुताशने ।। पशुयोनिमवाप्नोति रौद्रे दग्धस्त्रिजन्मनि
gātralomapramāṇābdaṃ tatra sthitvā hutāśane || paśuyonimavāpnoti raudre dagdhastrijanmani
Having stayed there in the fire for as many years as there are hairs on his body, burnt in the Raudra (hell), he obtains an animal birth for three births.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.4
ब्राह्मणं तृषितं क्षुब्धं प्रतप्तं गृहमागतम् ।। न भोजयति यो मूढस्तप्तकुण्डं प्रयाति सः
brāhmaṇaṃ tṛṣitaṃ kṣubdhaṃ prataptaṃ gṛhamāgatam || na bhojayati yo mūḍhastaptakuṇḍaṃ prayāti saḥ
The fool who does not feed a brahmin who has come to his house thirsty, distressed and scorched by heat, goes to the pit of heat.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.5
तत्र लोमप्रमाणाब्दं स्थित्वा तत्र च दुःखितः ।। तप्तस्थले वह्निकुण्डे पक्षी च सप्तजन्मसु
tatra lomapramāṇābdaṃ sthitvā tatra ca duḥkhitaḥ || taptasthale vahnikuṇḍe pakṣī ca saptajanmasu
Having stayed there for as many years as he has body-hairs, suffering there on the scorching ground in the fire-pit, he then becomes a bird for seven births.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.6
रविवारार्कसंक्रान्त्याममायां श्राद्धवासरे ।। वस्त्राणां क्षारसंयोगं करोति यो हि मानवः
ravivārārkasaṃkrāntyāmamāyāṃ śrāddhavāsare || vastrāṇāṃ kṣārasaṃyogaṃ karoti yo hi mānavaḥ
The man who applies lye to clothes on a Sunday, at the sun's passage into a new sign, at the new moon, or on the day of a śrāddha —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.7
स याति क्षारकुण्डं च सूत्रमानाब्दमेव च ।। स व्रजेद्राजकीं योनिं सप्तजन्मसु भारते
sa yāti kṣārakuṇḍaṃ ca sūtramānābdameva ca || sa vrajedrājakīṃ yoniṃ saptajanmasu bhārate
he goes to the lye-pit for as many years as there are threads (in the cloth), and he goes to the womb of a washerwoman for seven births in Bhārata.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.8
स्वदत्तां परदत्तां वा ब्रह्मवृत्तिं हरेत्तु यः ।। षष्टिवर्षसहस्राणि विट्कुण्डं च प्रयाति सः
svadattāṃ paradattāṃ vā brahmavṛttiṃ harettu yaḥ || ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi viṭkuṇḍaṃ ca prayāti saḥ
He who appropriates a brahmin's livelihood, whether granted by himself or by another, goes to the dung-pit for sixty thousand years.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.9
षष्टिवर्षसहस्राणि विड्भोजी तत्र तिष्ठति ।। षष्टिवर्षसहस्राणि विट्कृमिश्च पुनर्भुवि
ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi viḍbhojī tatra tiṣṭhati || ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi viṭkṛmiśca punarbhuvi
For sixty thousand years he stands there eating dung, and for sixty thousand years he is again a dung-worm on earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.11
तद्रेणुमानवर्षं च तद्भोजी तत्र तिष्ठति ।। भारते गोधिका चैव स भवेत्सप्तजन्मसु
tadreṇumānavarṣaṃ ca tadbhojī tatra tiṣṭhati || bhārate godhikā caiva sa bhavetsaptajanmasu
For as many years as there are particles in it he stands there eating it; and he becomes a lizard in Bhārata for seven births.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.12
एकाकी मिष्टमश्नाति श्लेष्मकुण्डं प्रयाति सः ।। पूर्णमब्दशतं चैव तद्भोजी तत्र तिष्ठति
ekākī miṣṭamaśnāti śleṣmakuṇḍaṃ prayāti saḥ || pūrṇamabdaśataṃ caiva tadbhojī tatra tiṣṭhati
He who eats sweet food alone goes to the phlegm-pit; for a full hundred years he stands there eating that.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.13
पूर्णमब्दशतं चैव स प्रेतो भारते भवेत् ।। श्लेष्ममूत्रगरं चैव पूयं भुङ्क्ते ततः शुचिः
pūrṇamabdaśataṃ caiva sa preto bhārate bhavet || śleṣmamūtragaraṃ caiva pūyaṃ bhuṅkte tataḥ śuciḥ
And for a full hundred years he becomes a ghost in Bhārata; he eats phlegm, urine, poison and pus, and after that he is pure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.14
पितरं मातरं चैव गुरुं भार्य्यां सुतं सुताम् ।। यो न पुष्णात्यनाथं च गरकुण्डं प्रयाति सः
pitaraṃ mātaraṃ caiva guruṃ bhāryyāṃ sutaṃ sutām || yo na puṣṇātyanāthaṃ ca garakuṇḍaṃ prayāti saḥ
He who does not maintain his father, his mother, his teacher, his wife, his son, his daughter, and one who is helpless, goes to the poison-pit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.15
पूर्णमब्दसहस्रं च तद्भोजी तत्र तिष्ठति ।। ततो व्रजेद्भूतयोनिं शतवर्षं ततः शुचिः
pūrṇamabdasahasraṃ ca tadbhojī tatra tiṣṭhati || tato vrajedbhūtayoniṃ śatavarṣaṃ tataḥ śuciḥ
For a full thousand years he stands there eating that; then he goes to the state of a goblin for a hundred years, and after that he is pure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.16
दृष्ट्वातिथिं वक्रचक्षुः करोति यो हि मानवः ।। पितृदेवास्तस्य जलं न गृह्णन्ति च पापिनः
dṛṣṭvātithiṃ vakracakṣuḥ karoti yo hi mānavaḥ || pitṛdevāstasya jalaṃ na gṛhṇanti ca pāpinaḥ
The man who, on seeing a guest, casts a crooked glance — the ancestors and gods do not accept that sinner's water-offering.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.17
यानि कानि च पापानि ब्रह्महत्यादिकानि च ।। इहैव लभते चान्ते दूषिकाकुण्डमाव्रजेत्
yāni kāni ca pāpāni brahmahatyādikāni ca || ihaiva labhate cānte dūṣikākuṇḍamāvrajet
Whatever sins there are, brahmin-murder and the rest, he incurs them here itself, and at the end he goes to the pit of eye-discharge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.18
पूर्णमब्दशतं चैव तद्भोजी तत्र तिष्ठति ।। ततो नरो भवेद्भूमौ दरिद्रः सप्तजन्मसु
pūrṇamabdaśataṃ caiva tadbhojī tatra tiṣṭhati || tato naro bhavedbhūmau daridraḥ saptajanmasu
For a full hundred years he stands there eating that; then the man is born on earth poor for seven births.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.19
दत्त्वा द्रव्यं च विप्राय चान्यस्मै दीयते यदि।। स तिष्ठति वसाकुण्डे तद्भोजी शतवत्सरम्
dattvā dravyaṃ ca viprāya cānyasmai dīyate yadi|| sa tiṣṭhati vasākuṇḍe tadbhojī śatavatsaram
If, having given a gift to a brahmin, it is (then) given to someone else, he stays in the pit of fat, feeding on that, for a hundred years.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.21
पुमांसं कामिनी वाऽपि कामिनीं वा पुमानथ ।। यः शुक्रं पाययत्येव शुक्रकुण्डं प्रयाति सः
pumāṃsaṃ kāminī vā'pi kāminīṃ vā pumānatha || yaḥ śukraṃ pāyayatyeva śukrakuṇḍaṃ prayāti saḥ
A woman with a man, or a man with a woman — whoever makes (the other) drink semen goes to the pit of semen.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.22
पूर्णमब्दशतं चैव तद्भोजी तत्र तिष्ठति ।। योनिकृमिः शताब्दं च भवेद्भुवि ततः शुचिः
pūrṇamabdaśataṃ caiva tadbhojī tatra tiṣṭhati || yonikṛmiḥ śatābdaṃ ca bhavedbhuvi tataḥ śuciḥ
He stays there for a full hundred years, feeding on that; then on earth he becomes a worm in the vagina for a hundred years, and after that is purified.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.23
सन्ताड्य च गुरुं विप्रं रक्तपातं च कारयेत् ।। स च तिष्ठत्यसृक्कुण्डे तद्भोजी शतवत्सरम्
santāḍya ca guruṃ vipraṃ raktapātaṃ ca kārayet || sa ca tiṣṭhatyasṛkkuṇḍe tadbhojī śatavatsaram
Whoever strikes a guru or a brahmin and causes blood to flow — he too stays in the pit of blood for a hundred years, feeding on that.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.24
ततो भवेद्व्याधजन्म सप्तजन्मसु भारते ।। ततः शुद्धिमवाप्नोति मानवश्च क्रमेण च
tato bhavedvyādhajanma saptajanmasu bhārate || tataḥ śuddhimavāpnoti mānavaśca krameṇa ca
Then he is born as a hunter for seven births in Bhārata; after that the man gradually attains purification.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.25
अश्रु स्रवन्तं गायन्तं भक्तं दृष्ट्वा च गद्गदम् ।। श्रीकृष्णगुणसंगीते हसत्येव हि यो नरः
aśru sravantaṃ gāyantaṃ bhaktaṃ dṛṣṭvā ca gadgadam || śrīkṛṣṇaguṇasaṃgīte hasatyeva hi yo naraḥ
Seeing a devotee weeping tears and singing with a voice choked (with emotion) — the man who merely laughs at the singing of Śrī Kṛṣṇa's qualities,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.26
स वसेदश्रुकुण्डे च तद्भोजी शतवत्सरम् ।। ततो भवेत्स चण्डालस्त्रिजन्मनि ततः शुचिः
sa vasedaśrukuṇḍe ca tadbhojī śatavatsaram || tato bhavetsa caṇḍālastrijanmani tataḥ śuciḥ
he dwells in the pit of tears for a hundred years, feeding on that; then he becomes a Caṇḍāla for three births, and after that is pure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.27
करोति खलतां शश्वदशुद्धहृदयो नरः ।। कुण्डं गात्रमलानां च स च याति दशाब्दकम्
karoti khalatāṃ śaśvadaśuddhahṛdayo naraḥ || kuṇḍaṃ gātramalānāṃ ca sa ca yāti daśābdakam
The man of impure heart who constantly practises malice goes to the pit of bodily filth for ten years.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.28
ततः स गार्दभीं योनिमवाप्नोति त्रिजन्मनि ।। त्रिजन्मनि च शार्गालीं ततः शुद्धो भवेद्ध्रुवम्
tataḥ sa gārdabhīṃ yonimavāpnoti trijanmani || trijanmani ca śārgālīṃ tataḥ śuddho bhaveddhruvam
Then he obtains the womb of a she-ass for three births, and of a she-jackal for three births; after that he certainly becomes pure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.29
बधिरं यो हसत्येव निन्दत्येव हि मानवः ।। स वसेत्कर्णविट्कुण्डे तद्भोजी शतवत्सरम्
badhiraṃ yo hasatyeva nindatyeva hi mānavaḥ || sa vasetkarṇaviṭkuṇḍe tadbhojī śatavatsaram
The man who laughs at a deaf person and reviles him dwells in the pit of ear-filth for a hundred years, feeding on that.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.31
लोभात्स्वपालनार्थाय जीविनं हन्ति यो नरः ।। मज्जाकुण्डे वसेत्सोऽपि तद्भोजी लक्षवर्षकम्
lobhātsvapālanārthāya jīvinaṃ hanti yo naraḥ || majjākuṇḍe vasetso'pi tadbhojī lakṣavarṣakam
The man who out of greed, for the sake of his own maintenance, kills a living creature — he too dwells in the pit of marrow for a hundred thousand years, feeding on that.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.32
ततो भवेत्स शशको मीनश्च सप्तजन्मसु ।। एणादयश्च कर्म्मभ्यस्ततः शुद्धिं लभेद्ध्रुवम्
tato bhavetsa śaśako mīnaśca saptajanmasu || eṇādayaśca karmmabhyastataḥ śuddhiṃ labheddhruvam
Then he becomes a hare, and a fish for seven births, and antelopes and the rest according to his deeds; after that he certainly obtains purification.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.33
स्वकन्यापालनं कृत्वा विक्रीणाति हि यो नरः ।। अर्थलोभान्महामूढो मांसकुण्डं प्रयाति सः
svakanyāpālanaṃ kṛtvā vikrīṇāti hi yo naraḥ || arthalobhānmahāmūḍho māṃsakuṇḍaṃ prayāti saḥ
The man who, having raised his own daughter, sells her — that great fool, out of greed for money, goes to the pit of flesh.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.34
कन्यालोमप्रमाणाब्दं तद्भोजी तत्र तिष्ठति ।। तं च कुण्डे प्रहारं च करोति यमकिङ्करः
kanyālomapramāṇābdaṃ tadbhojī tatra tiṣṭhati || taṃ ca kuṇḍe prahāraṃ ca karoti yamakiṅkaraḥ
He stays there feeding on that for as many years as the girl has hairs, and Yama's servant beats him there in the pit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.35
मांसभारं मूर्ध्नि कृत्वा रक्तधारां लिहेत्क्षुधा ।। ततो हि भारते पापी कन्याविट्सु कृमिर्भवेत्
māṃsabhāraṃ mūrdhni kṛtvā raktadhārāṃ lihetkṣudhā || tato hi bhārate pāpī kanyāviṭsu kṛmirbhavet
Placing a load of flesh on his head, he licks the stream of blood out of hunger; then in Bhārata the sinner becomes a worm in the excrement of girls.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.36
षष्टिवर्षसहस्राणि व्याधश्च सप्तजन्मसु ।। त्रिजन्मनि वराहश्च कुक्कुरस्सप्तजन्मसु
ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi vyādhaśca saptajanmasu || trijanmani varāhaśca kukkurassaptajanmasu
For sixty thousand years; and a hunter for seven births, a boar for three births, a dog for seven births,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.37
सप्तजन्मसु मण्डूको जलौकाः सप्तजन्मसु ।। सप्तजन्मसु काकश्च ततः शुद्धिं लभेद्ध्रुवम्
saptajanmasu maṇḍūko jalaukāḥ saptajanmasu || saptajanmasu kākaśca tataḥ śuddhiṃ labheddhruvam
a frog for seven births, a leech for seven births, and a crow for seven births; after that he certainly obtains purification.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.38
व्रतानामुपवासानां श्राद्धादीनां च संयमे ।। न करोति क्षौरकर्म सोऽशुचिः सर्वकर्मसु
vratānāmupavāsānāṃ śrāddhādīnāṃ ca saṃyame || na karoti kṣaurakarma so'śuciḥ sarvakarmasu
He who, during the observance of vows, fasts, śrāddhas and the like, does not perform shaving — he is impure in all rites.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.39
स च तिष्ठति कुण्डेषु नखादीनां च सुन्दरि ।। तदेव दिनमानाब्दं तद्भोजी दण्डताडितः
sa ca tiṣṭhati kuṇḍeṣu nakhādīnāṃ ca sundari || tadeva dinamānābdaṃ tadbhojī daṇḍatāḍitaḥ
And he stays, O beautiful one, in the pits of nail-parings and the like, feeding on that, for as many years as there were days (of neglect), beaten with rods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 30.41
तदन्ते यावनीं योनिं प्रयाति हरकोपतः ।। शताब्दाच्छुद्धिमाप्नोति स्वकुलं लभते ध्रुवम्
tadante yāvanīṃ yoniṃ prayāti harakopataḥ || śatābdācchuddhimāpnoti svakulaṃ labhate dhruvam
At the end of that, through Hara's wrath, he goes to a Yavana womb; after a hundred years he attains purification and certainly regains his own family (lineage).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.42
पितॄणां यो विष्णुपदे पिण्डं नैव ददाति च ।। स तिष्ठत्यस्थिकुण्डे च स्वलोमाब्दं महोल्बणे
pitṝṇāṃ yo viṣṇupade piṇḍaṃ naiva dadāti ca || sa tiṣṭhatyasthikuṇḍe ca svalomābdaṃ maholbaṇe
And he who does not offer the piṇḍa to the ancestors at Viṣṇupada stands in the bone-pit, most horrible, for as many years as the hairs on his body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.43
ततः स्वयोनिं संप्राप्य खञ्जः सप्तसु जन्मसु ।। भवेन्महादरिद्रश्च ततः शुद्धो हि दण्डतः
tataḥ svayoniṃ saṃprāpya khañjaḥ saptasu janmasu || bhavenmahādaridraśca tataḥ śuddho hi daṇḍataḥ
Then, having reached his own kind (of birth), he becomes lame through seven births, and very poor; after that he is purified by the punishment.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.44
यः सेवते महामूढो गुर्विणीं च स्वकामिनीम् ।। प्रतप्तताम्रकुण्डे च शतवर्षं स तिष्ठति।।
yaḥ sevate mahāmūḍho gurviṇīṃ ca svakāminīm || prataptatāmrakuṇḍe ca śatavarṣaṃ sa tiṣṭhati||
The great fool who has intercourse with his own wife when she is pregnant stands for a hundred years in a pit of heated copper.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.46
स व्रजेद्राजकीं योनिं कर्मकारीं च सप्तसु ।। महाव्रणी दरिद्रश्च ततः शुद्धो भवेन्नरः ।।
sa vrajedrājakīṃ yoniṃ karmakārīṃ ca saptasu || mahāvraṇī daridraśca tataḥ śuddho bhavennaraḥ ||
He then goes to the womb of a working woman in a royal (household) for seven (births); full of great sores and poor, after that the man becomes pure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 30.47
यो हि घर्माक्तहस्तेन देवद्रव्यमुपस्पृशेत् ।। शतवर्षप्रमाणं च घर्मकुण्डे स तिष्ठति
yo hi gharmāktahastena devadravyamupaspṛśet || śatavarṣapramāṇaṃ ca gharmakuṇḍe sa tiṣṭhati
He who touches property of the gods with a hand smeared with sweat stands for the measure of a hundred years in the pit of heat.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.48
यः शूद्रेणाभ्यनुज्ञातो भुङ्क्ते शूद्रान्नमेव च ।। स च तप्तसुराकुण्डे शताब्दं तिष्ठति द्विजः
yaḥ śūdreṇābhyanujñāto bhuṅkte śūdrānnameva ca || sa ca taptasurākuṇḍe śatābdaṃ tiṣṭhati dvijaḥ
The twice-born who, invited by a śūdra, eats a śūdra's food indeed stands for a hundred years in the pit of boiling liquor.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.49
अवीरान्नं च यो भुङ्क्ते ऋतुस्नातान्नमेव च ।। लौहकुण्डे शताब्दं च स च तिष्ठति तप्तके ततो भवेच्छ्रद्रयाजी ब्राह्मणः सप्तजन्मसु ।। शूद्रश्राद्धान्नभोजी च ततः शुद्धो भवेद् ध्रुवम् ।।
avīrānnaṃ ca yo bhuṅkte ṛtusnātānnameva ca || lauhakuṇḍe śatābdaṃ ca sa ca tiṣṭhati taptake tato bhavecchradrayājī brāhmaṇaḥ saptajanmasu || śūdraśrāddhānnabhojī ca tataḥ śuddho bhaved dhruvam ||
And he who eats the food of a woman without husband or son, or the food of a woman (just) bathed after her menses, stays for a hundred years in a heated iron pit; then he becomes a brāhmaṇa who sacrifices for śūdras through seven births, and an eater of śūdras' śrāddha food; after that he certainly becomes pure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 30.51
ताडिता यमदूतेन दण्डेन च चतुर्युगम् ।। तत उच्चैःश्रवाः सप्तजन्मस्वेव ततः शुचिः
tāḍitā yamadūtena daṇḍena ca caturyugam || tata uccaiḥśravāḥ saptajanmasveva tataḥ śuciḥ
Beaten with the rod by Yama's messenger for four yugas, thereafter (he becomes) a horse for seven births, and after that he is clean.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 30.52
विषेण जीविनं हन्ति निर्दयो यो हि पामरः ।। विषकुंडे च तद्भोजी सहस्राब्दं च तिष्ठति।।
viṣeṇa jīvinaṃ hanti nirdayo yo hi pāmaraḥ || viṣakuṃḍe ca tadbhojī sahasrābdaṃ ca tiṣṭhati||
The pitiless wretch who kills a living being with poison — and he who feeds (another) that — stands in the pit of poison for a thousand years.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.53
ततो भवेन्नृघाती च व्रणी स्यात्सप्तजन्मसु ।। सप्तजन्मसु कुष्ठी च ततः शुद्धो भवेद्ध्रुवम्
tato bhavennṛghātī ca vraṇī syātsaptajanmasu || saptajanmasu kuṣṭhī ca tataḥ śuddho bhaveddhruvam
Then he becomes a killer of men and is covered with sores for seven births, and a leper for seven births; after that he certainly becomes pure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.54
दण्डेन ताडयेद्यो हि वृषं च वृषवाहकः ।। भृत्यद्वारा स्वतन्त्रो वा पुण्यक्षेत्रे च भारते
daṇḍena tāḍayedyo hi vṛṣaṃ ca vṛṣavāhakaḥ || bhṛtyadvārā svatantro vā puṇyakṣetre ca bhārate
And the bull-driver who strikes a bull with a stick, whether through a servant or on his own, in the meritorious land of Bhārata —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.55
प्रतप्ततैलकुण्डे च स तिष्ठति चतुर्युगम् ।। गवां लोमप्रमाणाब्दं वृषो भवति तत्परम्
prataptatailakuṇḍe ca sa tiṣṭhati caturyugam || gavāṃ lomapramāṇābdaṃ vṛṣo bhavati tatparam
— he stands for four yugas in a pit of boiling oil; thereafter he becomes a bull for as many years as the hairs of the cattle.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.56
दन्तेन हन्ति जीवं यो लौहेन बडिशेन वा ।। दन्तकुण्डे वसेत्सोऽपि वर्षाणामयुतं सति
dantena hanti jīvaṃ yo lauhena baḍiśena vā || dantakuṇḍe vasetso'pi varṣāṇāmayutaṃ sati
He who kills a living creature with a tooth, or with iron, or with a hook — he too dwells in the pit of teeth for ten thousand years, O good lady.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.57
ततः स्वयोनिं संप्राप्य चोदरव्याधिसंयुतः।। क्लिष्टेन जन्मनैकेन ततः शुद्धो भवेन्नरः
tataḥ svayoniṃ saṃprāpya codaravyādhisaṃyutaḥ|| kliṣṭena janmanaikena tataḥ śuddho bhavennaraḥ
Then, having reached his own kind of birth, afflicted with disease of the belly, through one wretched birth he then becomes pure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.58
यो भुंक्ते च वृथा मांसं मत्स्यभोजी च ब्राह्मणः ।। हरेरनैवेद्यभोजी कृमिकुण्डं प्रयाति सः
yo bhuṃkte ca vṛthā māṃsaṃ matsyabhojī ca brāhmaṇaḥ || hareranaivedyabhojī kṛmikuṇḍaṃ prayāti saḥ
The brāhmaṇa who eats meat in vain and who eats fish, and who eats food not offered to Hari, goes to the pit of worms.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.59
स्वलोममानवर्षं च तद्भोजी तत्र तिष्ठति ।। ततो भवेन्म्लेच्छजातिस्त्रिजन्मनि ततो द्विजः
svalomamānavarṣaṃ ca tadbhojī tatra tiṣṭhati || tato bhavenmlecchajātistrijanmani tato dvijaḥ
And he who eats that stays there for as many years as the hairs on his body; then he becomes of mleccha birth for three births, and after that a twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.61
यावल्लोमप्रमाणाब्दं यजमानस्य सुव्रते ।। ताडितो यमदूतेन तद्भोजी तत्र तिष्ठति
yāvallomapramāṇābdaṃ yajamānasya suvrate || tāḍito yamadūtena tadbhojī tatra tiṣṭhati
For as many years as the hairs of the sacrificer, O you of good vows, beaten by Yama's messenger, he who eats that (food) stays there.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.62
ततो भारतमागत्य स शूद्रः सप्तजन्मसु ।। महाशूली दरिद्रश्च ततः शुद्धः पुनर्द्विजः
tato bhāratamāgatya sa śūdraḥ saptajanmasu || mahāśūlī daridraśca tataḥ śuddhaḥ punardvijaḥ
Then, coming to Bhārata, he is a śūdra for seven births, greatly afflicted with colic and poor; after that he is purified and again a twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.63
लघुं कूरं महान्तं वा सर्पं हन्ति च यो नरः ।। स्वात्मलोमप्रमाणाब्दं सर्पकुण्डं प्रयाति सः
laghuṃ kūraṃ mahāntaṃ vā sarpaṃ hanti ca yo naraḥ || svātmalomapramāṇābdaṃ sarpakuṇḍaṃ prayāti saḥ
And the man who kills a snake, small or fierce or large, goes to the pit of snakes for as many years as the hairs on his own body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.64
सर्पेण भक्षितः सोऽपि यमदूतेन ताडितः ।। वसेच्च सर्पविट्जीवी ततः सर्पो भवेद्ध्रुवम्
sarpeṇa bhakṣitaḥ so'pi yamadūtena tāḍitaḥ || vasecca sarpaviṭjīvī tataḥ sarpo bhaveddhruvam
He too, devoured by a snake and beaten by Yama's messenger, dwells there living on snake dung; thereafter he surely becomes a snake.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.65
ततो भवेन्मानवश्चाप्यल्पायुर्दद्रुसंयुतः ।। महाक्लेशेन तन्मृत्युः सर्पेण भक्षणं ध्रुवम्
tato bhavenmānavaścāpyalpāyurdadrusaṃyutaḥ || mahākleśena tanmṛtyuḥ sarpeṇa bhakṣaṇaṃ dhruvam
Then he becomes a human, short-lived and afflicted with ringworm; his death comes with great pain, and being eaten by a snake is certain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.66
विधिं प्रकल्प्य जीवांश्च क्षुद्रजन्तूंश्च हन्ति यः ।। सदंशमशके कुण्डे जन्ममानदिनाब्दकम्
vidhiṃ prakalpya jīvāṃśca kṣudrajantūṃśca hanti yaḥ || sadaṃśamaśake kuṇḍe janmamānadinābdakam
He who, contriving a device, kills living beings and small creatures (dwells) in the pit of biting gnats for as many years as the days of his (former) life.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 30.67
दिवानिशं भक्षितस्तैरनाहारश्च शब्दकृत् ।। बद्धहस्तपदादिश्च यमदूतेन ताडितः
divāniśaṃ bhakṣitastairanāhāraśca śabdakṛt || baddhahastapadādiśca yamadūtena tāḍitaḥ
Day and night he is eaten by them, without food, crying out, with hands and feet and the rest bound, and beaten by Yama's messenger.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.68
ततो भवेत्क्षुद्रजन्तुर्जातिर्वै यावती स्मृता ।। ततो भवेन्मानवश्च सोऽङ्गहीनस्ततः शुचिः
tato bhavetkṣudrajanturjātirvai yāvatī smṛtā || tato bhavenmānavaśca so'ṅgahīnastataḥ śuciḥ
Then he becomes a small creature, for as many births as are declared; then he becomes a human, and that one is defective in his limbs; thereafter he is clean.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.69
यो मूढो मधु गृह्णाति हत्वा च मधुमक्षिकाः ।। स एव गरले कुंडे जीवमानदिनाब्दकम्
yo mūḍho madhu gṛhṇāti hatvā ca madhumakṣikāḥ || sa eva garale kuṃḍe jīvamānadinābdakam
The fool who takes honey after killing the honeybees — he indeed (goes) to the pit of poison for as many years as the days of his life.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.71
दण्डं करोत्यदंड्ये च विप्रे दण्डं करोति च ।। स कुण्डं वज्रदंष्ट्राणां कीटानां वै प्रयाति च
daṇḍaṃ karotyadaṃḍye ca vipre daṇḍaṃ karoti ca || sa kuṇḍaṃ vajradaṃṣṭrāṇāṃ kīṭānāṃ vai prayāti ca
He who inflicts punishment on one not to be punished, and who inflicts punishment on a brahmin, goes to the pit of worms with adamantine fangs.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.72
तल्लोममानवर्षं च तत्र तिष्ठत्यहर्निशम् ।। शब्दकृद्भक्षितस्तैश्च ततः शुद्धो भवेन्नरः
tallomamānavarṣaṃ ca tatra tiṣṭhatyaharniśam || śabdakṛdbhakṣitastaiśca tataḥ śuddho bhavennaraḥ
He remains there day and night for as many years as the (number of) his body-hairs; crying out and eaten by them; thereafter the man becomes purified.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.73
अर्थलोभेन यो भूपः प्रजादण्डं करोति च ।। वृश्चिकानां च कुण्डेषु तल्लोमाब्दं वसेद्ध्रुवम्
arthalobhena yo bhūpaḥ prajādaṇḍaṃ karoti ca || vṛścikānāṃ ca kuṇḍeṣu tallomābdaṃ vaseddhruvam
The king who, out of greed for wealth, inflicts punishment on his subjects surely dwells in the pits of scorpions for as many years as his body-hairs.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.74
ततो वृश्चिकजातिश्च सप्तजन्मसु जायते ।। ततो नरश्चाङ्गहीनो व्याधियुक्तो भवेद्ध्रुवम्
tato vṛścikajātiśca saptajanmasu jāyate || tato naraścāṅgahīno vyādhiyukto bhaveddhruvam
Then he is born in the scorpion species for seven births; then he becomes a man, defective in his limbs and afflicted with disease — this is certain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.75
ब्राह्मणः शस्त्रधारी यो ह्यन्येषां धावको भवेत् ।। सन्ध्याहीनश्च मूढश्च हरिभक्तिविहीनकः
brāhmaṇaḥ śastradhārī yo hyanyeṣāṃ dhāvako bhavet || sandhyāhīnaśca mūḍhaśca haribhaktivihīnakaḥ
A brahmin who bears weapons, who becomes a runner (servant) for others, who neglects the twilight rites, who is deluded and devoid of devotion to Hari —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.76
स तिष्ठति स्वलोमाब्दं कुण्डादिषु शरादिषु ।। विद्धः शरादिभिः शश्वत्ततः शुद्धो भवेन्नरः
sa tiṣṭhati svalomābdaṃ kuṇḍādiṣu śarādiṣu || viddhaḥ śarādibhiḥ śaśvattataḥ śuddho bhavennaraḥ
he remains for as many years as his body-hairs in the pits and the like, among arrows and the like, pierced continually by arrows and such; thereafter the man becomes purified.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.77
कारागारे सान्धकारे निबध्नाति प्रजाश्च यः ।। प्रमत्तः स्वल्पदोषेण गोलकुण्डं प्रयाति सः ।।
kārāgāre sāndhakāre nibadhnāti prajāśca yaḥ || pramattaḥ svalpadoṣeṇa golakuṇḍaṃ prayāti saḥ ||
He who, being heedless, binds his subjects in a dark prison for a slight fault goes to the Gola pit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.79
कीटैर्विद्धो वसेत्तत्र प्रजालोमाब्दमेव च ।। ततो भवेन्नीचभृत्यस्ततः शुद्धो नरो भुवि
kīṭairviddho vasettatra prajālomābdameva ca || tato bhavennīcabhṛtyastataḥ śuddho naro bhuvi
Pierced by worms he dwells there for as many years as the body-hairs of those subjects; then he becomes a lowly servant, and thereafter a purified man on earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.81
ततो नक्रादिजातिश्च भवेन्नद्यादिषु ध्रुवम् ।। ततः सद्यो विशुद्धो हि दण्डेनैव नरः पुनः
tato nakrādijātiśca bhavennadyādiṣu dhruvam || tataḥ sadyo viśuddho hi daṇḍenaiva naraḥ punaḥ
Then he certainly comes to be of the crocodile kind and such, in rivers and the like; then, by that very punishment, the man is at once wholly purified and (becomes) a man again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.82
वक्षः श्रोणीस्तनास्यं च यः पश्यति परस्त्रियाः ।। कामेन कामुको यो हि पुण्यक्षेत्रे च भारते
vakṣaḥ śroṇīstanāsyaṃ ca yaḥ paśyati parastriyāḥ || kāmena kāmuko yo hi puṇyakṣetre ca bhārate
He who looks with lust at the chest, hips, breasts and face of another's wife, being lustful, and that in Bhārata, the land of merit —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.83
स वसेत्काककुण्डं च काकैश्च क्षुण्णलोचनः ।। ततः स्वलोममानाब्दं ततश्चान्धस्त्रिजन्मनि
sa vasetkākakuṇḍaṃ ca kākaiśca kṣuṇṇalocanaḥ || tataḥ svalomamānābdaṃ tataścāndhastrijanmani
he dwells in the crow-pit, his eyes torn out by crows, for as many years as his body-hairs; and thereafter he is blind for three births.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.84
सप्तजन्मदरिद्रश्च महाक्रूरश्च पातकी ।। भारते स्वर्णकारश्च स च स्वर्णवणिक्ततः
saptajanmadaridraśca mahākrūraśca pātakī || bhārate svarṇakāraśca sa ca svarṇavaṇiktataḥ
and poor for seven births, and a great brute and sinner; in Bhārata he becomes a goldsmith, and thereafter a dealer in gold.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.86
तत्रैव वज्रविड्भोजी वज्रैश्च क्षुण्णलोचनः ।। ताडितो यमदूतेन ततः शुद्धो भवेन्नरः
tatraiva vajraviḍbhojī vajraiśca kṣuṇṇalocanaḥ || tāḍito yamadūtena tataḥ śuddho bhavennaraḥ
There itself he feeds on adamantine filth, his eyes crushed by thunderbolts, beaten by Yama's messenger; thereafter the man becomes purified.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.87
भारते देवचौरश्च देवद्रव्यादिहारकः ।। सुदुष्करे वज्रकुण्डे स्वलोमाब्दं वसेद्ध्रुवम्
bhārate devacauraśca devadravyādihārakaḥ || suduṣkare vajrakuṇḍe svalomābdaṃ vaseddhruvam
He in Bhārata who steals from the gods and carries off the property of the gods and the like surely dwells for as many years as his body-hairs in the utterly unendurable adamant-pit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.88
देहदग्धो हि तद्वज्रैरनाहारश्च शब्दकृत् ।। ताडितो यमदूतेन ततः शुद्धो भवेन्नरः ।।
dehadagdho hi tadvajrairanāhāraśca śabdakṛt || tāḍito yamadūtena tataḥ śuddho bhavennaraḥ ||
His body burnt by those thunderbolts, without food, crying out, beaten by Yama's messenger; thereafter the man becomes purified.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.89
यो भारते ताम्रचौरो लौहचौरश्च सुन्दरि ।। स स्वलोमप्रमाणाब्दं वज्रकुण्डं प्रयाति वै रौप्यगव्यां शुकानां च यश्चौरः सुरविप्रयोः ।। तप्तपाषाणकुण्डे च स्वलोमाब्दं वसेद्ध्रुवम्
yo bhārate tāmracauro lauhacauraśca sundari || sa svalomapramāṇābdaṃ vajrakuṇḍaṃ prayāti vai raupyagavyāṃ śukānāṃ ca yaścauraḥ suraviprayoḥ || taptapāṣāṇakuṇḍe ca svalomābdaṃ vaseddhruvam
— tr. refused: cyber
BvP 2 30.91
ततो रक्तविकारी च शूली वै मानवो भवेत् ।। सप्तजन्मसु चाल्पायुस्ततः शुद्धो भवेन्नरः
tato raktavikārī ca śūlī vai mānavo bhavet || saptajanmasu cālpāyustataḥ śuddho bhavennaraḥ
Then that man becomes afflicted with a disorder of the blood and subject to piercing pains (colic); and for seven births he is short-lived — after that the man becomes pure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.92
रैत्यकांस्यादिपात्रं च यो हरेत्सुरविप्रयोः ।। तीक्ष्णपाषाणकुण्डे च स्वलोमाब्दं वसेद्ध्रुवम्
raityakāṃsyādipātraṃ ca yo haretsuraviprayoḥ || tīkṣṇapāṣāṇakuṇḍe ca svalomābdaṃ vaseddhruvam
And whoever steals a vessel of bell-metal, brass, or the like belonging to a god or a brahmin surely dwells in a pit of sharp stones for as many years as there are hairs on his body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.93
स भवेदश्वजातिश्च भारते सप्तजन्मसु ।। ततोऽ धिकाङ्गयुक्तश्च पादरोगी ततः शुचिः
sa bhavedaśvajātiśca bhārate saptajanmasu || tato' dhikāṅgayuktaśca pādarogī tataḥ śuciḥ
He becomes of the horse species in Bhārata for seven births; after that he is one endowed with extra limbs, then one diseased in the feet, and then he is pure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.94
पुंश्चल्यन्नं च यो भुंक्ते पुंश्चलीजीव्यजीवनः ।। स्वलोममानवर्षं च लालाकुण्डे वसेद्ध्रुवम्
puṃścalyannaṃ ca yo bhuṃkte puṃścalījīvyajīvanaḥ || svalomamānavarṣaṃ ca lālākuṇḍe vaseddhruvam
— tr. refused: cyber
BvP 2 30.95
ताडितो यमदूतेन तद्भोजी तत्र तिष्ठति ।। ततश्चक्षुश्शूलरोगी ततः शुद्धः क्रमेण सः
tāḍito yamadūtena tadbhojī tatra tiṣṭhati || tataścakṣuśśūlarogī tataḥ śuddhaḥ krameṇa saḥ
Beaten by Yama's messenger, the one who ate that food remains there; then he becomes diseased with piercing pain in the eyes, and thereafter he is gradually purified.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.96
म्लेच्छसेवी मषीजीवी यो विप्रो भारते भुवि ।। स च तप्तमषीकुण्डे स्वलोमाब्दं वसेद्ध्रुवम्
mlecchasevī maṣījīvī yo vipro bhārate bhuvi || sa ca taptamaṣīkuṇḍe svalomābdaṃ vaseddhruvam
— tr. refused: cyber
BvP 2 30.97
ताडितो यमदूतेन तद्भोजी तत्र तिष्ठति ।। ततस्त्रिजन्मनि भवेत्कृष्णवर्णः पशुः सति
tāḍito yamadūtena tadbhojī tatra tiṣṭhati || tatastrijanmani bhavetkṛṣṇavarṇaḥ paśuḥ sati
Beaten by Yama's messenger, he who feeds on that remains there; then, O good lady, for three births he becomes a black-coloured beast.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.98
त्रिजन्मनि भवेच्छागः कृष्णसर्पस्त्रिजन्मनि ।। ततश्च तालवृक्षश्च ततः शुद्धो भवेन्नरः
trijanmani bhavecchāgaḥ kṛṣṇasarpastrijanmani || tataśca tālavṛkṣaśca tataḥ śuddho bhavennaraḥ
For three births he becomes a goat, for three births a black snake; and after that a palmyra tree, and thereafter the man becomes pure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.99
धान्यादि सस्यं ताम्बूलं यो हरेत्सुरविप्रयोः ।। आसनं च तथा तल्पं चूर्णकुण्डं प्रयाति सः
dhānyādi sasyaṃ tāmbūlaṃ yo haretsuraviprayoḥ || āsanaṃ ca tathā talpaṃ cūrṇakuṇḍaṃ prayāti saḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
BvP 2 30.101
ततो भवेन्मानवश्च कासव्याधियुतो भुवि ।। वंशहीनो दरिद्रश्चाप्यल्पायुश्च ततः शुचिः
tato bhavenmānavaśca kāsavyādhiyuto bhuvi || vaṃśahīno daridraścāpyalpāyuśca tataḥ śuciḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
BvP 2 30.102
चक्रं करोति विप्राणां हृत्वा द्रव्यं च यो नरः ।। स वसेच्चक्रकुण्डे च शताब्दं दंडताडितः
cakraṃ karoti viprāṇāṃ hṛtvā dravyaṃ ca yo naraḥ || sa vaseccakrakuṇḍe ca śatābdaṃ daṃḍatāḍitaḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
BvP 2 30.103
ततो भवेन्मानवश्च तैलकारस्त्रिजन्मनि ।। व्याधियुक्तो भवेद्रोगी वंशहीनस्ततः शुचिः
tato bhavenmānavaśca tailakārastrijanmani || vyādhiyukto bhavedrogī vaṃśahīnastataḥ śuciḥ
Then he becomes a man, an oil-presser, for three births; he becomes afflicted with illness, diseased, and without offspring — after that he is purified.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.104
बान्धवेषु च विप्रेषु कुरुते वक्रतां नरः।। प्रयाति वज्रकुण्डं च वसेत्तत्र युगं सति
bāndhaveṣu ca vipreṣu kurute vakratāṃ naraḥ|| prayāti vajrakuṇḍaṃ ca vasettatra yugaṃ sati
The man who acts crookedly toward his kinsmen and toward brahmins goes to (the hell) Vajrakuṇḍa, and dwells there for an age, O Satī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.105
ततो भवेत्स वक्रांगो हीनाङ्गः सप्तजन्मसु ।। दरिद्रो वंशहीनश्च भार्य्याहीनस्ततः शुचिः
tato bhavetsa vakrāṃgo hīnāṅgaḥ saptajanmasu || daridro vaṃśahīnaśca bhāryyāhīnastataḥ śuciḥ
Then he becomes crooked-limbed and defective-limbed for seven births; poor and without lineage and without a wife, and after that pure (again), O virtuous lady.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.106
शयने कूर्ममांसं च ब्राह्मणो यो हि भक्षति ।। कूर्म्मकुण्डे वसेत्सोऽपि शताब्दं कूर्म्मभक्षितः
śayane kūrmamāṃsaṃ ca brāhmaṇo yo hi bhakṣati || kūrmmakuṇḍe vasetso'pi śatābdaṃ kūrmmabhakṣitaḥ
And the Brahmin who eats turtle flesh in bed — he too dwells in the turtle-pit for a hundred years, devoured by turtles.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.107
ततो भवेत्कूर्म्मजन्म त्रिजन्मनि च सूकरः।। त्रिजन्मनि बिडालश्च मयूरश्च त्रिजन्मनि
tato bhavetkūrmmajanma trijanmani ca sūkaraḥ|| trijanmani biḍālaśca mayūraśca trijanmani
Then (he) takes birth as a tortoise, and for three births as a boar; for three births as a cat, and for three births as a peacock.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.108
घृततैलादिकं चैव यो हरेत्सुरविप्रयोः ।। ज्वालकुण्डं स वै याति भस्मकुण्डं च पातकी
ghṛtatailādikaṃ caiva yo haretsuraviprayoḥ || jvālakuṇḍaṃ sa vai yāti bhasmakuṇḍaṃ ca pātakī
And whoever steals ghee, oil, and the like belonging to a god or a brahmin — that sinner goes indeed to the Flame-Pit and to the Ash-Pit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.109
तत्र स्थित्वा शताब्दं च स भवेत्तैलपायिकः ।। सप्तजन्मसु मत्स्यः स्यान्मूषकश्च ततः शुचिः
tatra sthitvā śatābdaṃ ca sa bhavettailapāyikaḥ || saptajanmasu matsyaḥ syānmūṣakaśca tataḥ śuciḥ
Having remained there a hundred years, he becomes an oil-drinking insect (a cockroach); for seven births he is a fish, and then a mouse, and after that (he becomes) pure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.111
वसेद्दुर्गन्धकुंडे च दुर्गन्धं च लभेत्सदा ।। स्वलोममानवर्षं च ततो दुर्गन्धिको भवेत्
vaseddurgandhakuṃḍe ca durgandhaṃ ca labhetsadā || svalomamānavarṣaṃ ca tato durgandhiko bhavet
He dwells in the pit of stench and always gets foul odor, for as many years as the hairs on his body; then he becomes a stinking creature.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 30.112
दुर्गंधिकः सप्तजनौ मृगनाभिस्त्रिजन्मनि ।। सप्तजन्म सुगंधिश्च ततो वै मानवो भवेत्
durgaṃdhikaḥ saptajanau mṛganābhistrijanmani || saptajanma sugaṃdhiśca tato vai mānavo bhavet
Foul-smelling for seven births, a musk-deer for three births; and fragrant for seven births, and after that he becomes a human.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.113
बलेनैव खलत्वेन हिंसारूपेण वा सति ।। बली च यो हरेद्भूमिं भारते परपैतृकीम्
balenaiva khalatvena hiṃsārūpeṇa vā sati || balī ca yo haredbhūmiṃ bhārate parapaitṛkīm
And the strong man who, by force, by fraud, or in a violent manner, seizes in Bhārata land belonging to another's forefathers —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.114
स वसेत्तप्तशूले च भवेत्ततो दिवानिशम् ।। तप्ततैले यथा जीवो दग्धो भ्रमति सन्ततम्
sa vasettaptaśūle ca bhavettato divāniśam || taptataile yathā jīvo dagdho bhramati santatam
he dwells on the heated spike, and (remains) there day and night thereafter; just as a creature burnt in boiling oil wanders about continually.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.115
भस्मसान्न भवत्येव भोगदेहो न नश्यति ।। सप्तमन्वन्तरं पापी सन्तप्तस्तत्र तिष्ठति
bhasmasānna bhavatyeva bhogadeho na naśyati || saptamanvantaraṃ pāpī santaptastatra tiṣṭhati
He does not turn to ashes at all; the body of (his) experiencing does not perish. For seven manvantaras the sinner remains there, scorched.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.116
शब्दं करोत्यनाहारो यमदूतेन ताडितः ।। षष्टिवर्षसहस्राणि विट्कृमिर्भारते ततः
śabdaṃ karotyanāhāro yamadūtena tāḍitaḥ || ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi viṭkṛmirbhārate tataḥ
Without food, struck by Yama's messenger, he cries out; thereafter, for sixty thousand years, (he becomes) a worm in excrement in Bhārata.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.117
ततो भवेद्भूमिहीनो दरिद्रश्च ततः शुचिः ।। ततः स्वयोनिं संप्राप्य शुभकर्मा भवेत्पुनः
tato bhavedbhūmihīno daridraśca tataḥ śuciḥ || tataḥ svayoniṃ saṃprāpya śubhakarmā bhavetpunaḥ
Then he becomes landless and poor, and after that pure; then, attaining his own species (again), he once more becomes a doer of good deeds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.118
छिनत्ति जीविनः खङ्गैर्दयाहीनः सुदारुणः ।। नरघाती हन्ति नरमर्थलोभेन भारते
chinatti jīvinaḥ khaṅgairdayāhīnaḥ sudāruṇaḥ || naraghātī hanti naramarthalobhena bhārate
He who, devoid of pity and very cruel, cuts down living beings with swords, the killer of men who slays a man out of greed for money in Bhārata —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.119
असिपत्रे च स वसेद्यावदिन्द्राश्चतुर्दश ।। तेषु चेद्ब्राह्मणान्हन्ति शतमन्वन्तरं तदा
asipatre ca sa vasedyāvadindrāścaturdaśa || teṣu cedbrāhmaṇānhanti śatamanvantaraṃ tadā
he dwells in the sword-leaf (hell) for as long as fourteen Indras; and if among them he kills brahmins, then for a hundred manvantaras.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.121
चण्डालः शतजन्मानि भारते सूकरो भवेत् ।। कुक्कुरः शतजन्मानि सृगालः सप्तजन्मसु
caṇḍālaḥ śatajanmāni bhārate sūkaro bhavet || kukkuraḥ śatajanmāni sṛgālaḥ saptajanmasu
(Then he becomes) a caṇḍāla for a hundred births; in Bhārata he becomes a boar; a dog for a hundred births, a jackal for seven births,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.122
व्याघ्रश्च सप्तजन्मानि वृकश्चैव त्रिजन्मनि ।। जन्मसप्तसु गंडो स्यान्महिषश्च त्रिजन्मनि
vyāghraśca saptajanmāni vṛkaścaiva trijanmani || janmasaptasu gaṃḍo syānmahiṣaśca trijanmani
and a tiger for seven births, and a wolf for three births; for seven births he would be a rhinoceros, and a buffalo for three births.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.123
ग्रामं वा नगरं वाऽपि दाहनं यः करोति च ।। क्षुरधारे वसेत्सोऽपि च्छिन्नाङ्गस्त्रियुगं सति ।।
grāmaṃ vā nagaraṃ vā'pi dāhanaṃ yaḥ karoti ca || kṣuradhāre vasetso'pi cchinnāṅgastriyugaṃ sati ||
And he who sets fire to a village or even to a city, he too dwells on the razor's edge with his limbs cut off for three yugas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.124
ततः प्रेतो भवेत्सद्यो वह्निवक्त्रो भ्रमेन्महीम् ।। सप्तजन्मामेध्यभोजी खद्योतः सप्तजन्मसु
tataḥ preto bhavetsadyo vahnivaktro bhramenmahīm || saptajanmāmedhyabhojī khadyotaḥ saptajanmasu
Then he at once becomes a preta with fire in his mouth and wanders the earth; for seven births an eater of impure food, a firefly for seven births.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.125
ततो भवेन्महाशूली मानवः सप्तजन्मसु ।। सप्तजन्म गलत्कुष्ठी ततः शुद्धो भवेन्नरः
tato bhavenmahāśūlī mānavaḥ saptajanmasu || saptajanma galatkuṣṭhī tataḥ śuddho bhavennaraḥ
Then he becomes a man afflicted with severe piercing pains for seven births; for seven births a leper with running sores; after that the man becomes clean.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.126
परकर्णोपजापेन परनिन्दां करोति यः ।। परदोषे महातोषी देवब्राह्मणनिन्दकः
parakarṇopajāpena paranindāṃ karoti yaḥ || paradoṣe mahātoṣī devabrāhmaṇanindakaḥ
He who slanders another by whispering in another's ear, who takes great pleasure in another's faults, who reviles gods and brahmins —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.127
सूचीमुखे स च वसेत्सूचीविद्धो युगत्रयम् ।। ततो भवेद्वृश्चिकश्च सर्पः स्यात्सप्तजन्मसु
sūcīmukhe sa ca vasetsūcīviddho yugatrayam || tato bhavedvṛścikaśca sarpaḥ syātsaptajanmasu
he dwells in Needle-mouth, pierced by needles, for three yugas; then he becomes a scorpion, and a snake for seven births,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.128
वज्रकीटः सप्तजनौ भस्मकीटस्ततः परम् ।। ततो भवेन्मानवश्च महाव्याधिस्ततः शुचिः
vajrakīṭaḥ saptajanau bhasmakīṭastataḥ param || tato bhavenmānavaśca mahāvyādhistataḥ śuciḥ
a vajra-worm for seven births, and after that an ash-worm; then he becomes a man, gravely diseased, and after that clean.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.129
गृहिणां च गृहं भित्त्वा वस्तुतेयं करोति यः ।। गाश्च च्छागांश्च मेषांश्च याति गोधामुखं च सः
gṛhiṇāṃ ca gṛhaṃ bhittvā vastuteyaṃ karoti yaḥ || gāśca cchāgāṃśca meṣāṃśca yāti godhāmukhaṃ ca saḥ
He who breaks into householders' houses and steals goods, and cows and goats and sheep, goes to Iguana-mouth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.131
ततो भवेन्मानवश्च नित्यरोगी दरिद्रकः ।। भार्य्याहीनो बन्धुहीनः सन्तापी च ततः शुचिः
tato bhavenmānavaśca nityarogī daridrakaḥ || bhāryyāhīno bandhuhīnaḥ santāpī ca tataḥ śuciḥ
Then he becomes a man, perpetually diseased and poor, without a wife, without kinsmen, and full of anguish; after that clean.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.132
सामान्यद्रव्यचौरश्च याति नक्रमुखं युगम् ।। ततो भवेन्मानवश्च महारोगी ततः शुचिः ।।
sāmānyadravyacauraśca yāti nakramukhaṃ yugam || tato bhavenmānavaśca mahārogī tataḥ śuciḥ ||
And the thief of ordinary goods goes to Crocodile-mouth for a yuga; then he becomes a man, gravely diseased, and after that clean.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.133
हन्ति गाश्च गजांश्चैव तुरगांश्च नरांस्तथा ।। स याति गजदंशं च महापापी युगत्रयम्
hanti gāśca gajāṃścaiva turagāṃśca narāṃstathā || sa yāti gajadaṃśaṃ ca mahāpāpī yugatrayam
He kills cows, and elephants, and horses, and likewise men: that great sinner goes to Elephant-tusk for three yugas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.134
ताडितो यमदूतेन गजदन्तेन सन्ततम् ।। स भवेद्गजजातिश्च तुरगश्च त्रिजन्मनि ।। गोजातिम्लेच्छजातिश्च ततः शुद्धो भवेन्नरः
tāḍito yamadūtena gajadantena santatam || sa bhavedgajajātiśca turagaśca trijanmani || gojātimlecchajātiśca tataḥ śuddho bhavennaraḥ
Beaten continually by Yama's messenger with an elephant's tusk, he then becomes of the elephant kind, and a horse for three births, and of the cow kind and of the mleccha kind; thereafter the man becomes pure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.135
जलं पिबन्तीं तृषितां गां वारयति यो नरः ।। तच्छुश्रूशाविहीनश्च गोमुखं याति मानवः
jalaṃ pibantīṃ tṛṣitāṃ gāṃ vārayati yo naraḥ || tacchuśrūśāvihīnaśca gomukhaṃ yāti mānavaḥ
The man who blocks a thirsty cow that is drinking water, and who is devoid of service (to her) — that man goes to (the hell) Gomukha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.136
नरकं गोमुखाकारं कृमितप्तोदकान्वितम् ।। तत्र तिष्ठति सन्तप्तो यावन्मन्वन्तरावधि
narakaṃ gomukhākāraṃ kṛmitaptodakānvitam || tatra tiṣṭhati santapto yāvanmanvantarāvadhi
The hell shaped like a cow's mouth, filled with worms and scalding water: there he remains, scorched, until the end of a Manvantara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.137
ततो नरोऽपि गोहीनो महारोगी दरिद्रकः ।। सप्त जन्मन्यन्त्यजातिः ततः शुद्धो भवेन्नरः
tato naro'pi gohīno mahārogī daridrakaḥ || sapta janmanyantyajātiḥ tataḥ śuddho bhavennaraḥ
Then, (born) a man, he is without cows, gravely diseased, poor, and of the lowest caste for seven births; thereafter the man becomes pure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.138
गोहत्यां ब्रह्महत्यां च यः करोत्यतिदेशिकीम् ।। यो हि गच्छेदगम्यां च सन्ध्याहीनोऽप्यदीक्षितः
gohatyāṃ brahmahatyāṃ ca yaḥ karotyatideśikīm || yo hi gacchedagamyāṃ ca sandhyāhīno'pyadīkṣitaḥ
He who commits the killing of a cow or the killing of a brahmin by (mere) attribution, and he who goes to a woman who may not be approached, and one who omits the twilight worship, and one uninitiated —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 30.139
प्रतिग्राही च तीर्थेषु ग्रामयाजी च देवलः ।। शूद्राणां सूपकारश्च प्रमत्तो वृषलीपतिः
pratigrāhī ca tīrtheṣu grāmayājī ca devalaḥ || śūdrāṇāṃ sūpakāraśca pramatto vṛṣalīpatiḥ
and one who accepts gifts at holy places, and one who acts as a village priest, and a temple-attendant (devala), and one who is a cook for śūdras, and the heedless man who is husband of a śūdra woman —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.141
कुम्भीपाके स च वसेद्यावदिन्द्राश्चतुर्दश ।। ताडितो यमदूतेन चूर्ण्यमानश्च सन्ततम्
kumbhīpāke sa ca vasedyāvadindrāścaturdaśa || tāḍito yamadūtena cūrṇyamānaśca santatam
he dwells in the Kumbhīpāka hell as long as fourteen Indras (endure), beaten by Yama's messenger and continually ground to powder.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.142
क्षणं पतति वह्नौ च क्षणं पतति कण्टके ।। क्षणं च तप्ततैलेषु तप्ततोयेषु च क्षणम्
kṣaṇaṃ patati vahnau ca kṣaṇaṃ patati kaṇṭake || kṣaṇaṃ ca taptataileṣu taptatoyeṣu ca kṣaṇam
For a moment he falls into fire, for a moment he falls onto thorns, for a moment into boiling oils, and for a moment into scalding waters;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.143
क्षणं च तप्तपाषाणे तप्तलोहे क्षणं ततः ।। गृध्रकोटिस्रहस्राणि शतजन्मानि सूकरः
kṣaṇaṃ ca taptapāṣāṇe taptalohe kṣaṇaṃ tataḥ || gṛdhrakoṭisrahasrāṇi śatajanmāni sūkaraḥ
for a moment on a heated stone, then for a moment on heated iron; (then he becomes) a vulture for thousands of crores (of years), a boar for a hundred births,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 30.144
काकश्च सप्तजन्मानि सर्पस्स्यात्सप्तजन्मसु ।। षष्टिवर्षसहस्राणि ततो वै विट्कृमिर्भवेत्
kākaśca saptajanmāni sarpassyātsaptajanmasu || ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi tato vai viṭkṛmirbhavet
and a crow for seven births, and he becomes a snake for seven births; then for sixty thousand years he becomes a worm in excrement.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.145
ततो भवेत्स वृषणो गलत्कुष्ठी दरिद्रकः ।। यक्ष्मग्रस्तो वंशहीनो भार्य्याहीनस्ततः शुचिः
tato bhavetsa vṛṣaṇo galatkuṣṭhī daridrakaḥ || yakṣmagrasto vaṃśahīno bhāryyāhīnastataḥ śuciḥ
Then he becomes one with swollen testicles, afflicted with running leprosy, poor, seized by consumption, without lineage and without a wife; thereafter he is clean.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.146
सावित्र्युवाच ।। ब्रह्महत्या च गोहत्या किंविधा वाऽऽतिदेशिकी ।। का वा नृणामगम्या वा को वा सन्ध्याविहीनकः
sāvitryuvāca || brahmahatyā ca gohatyā kiṃvidhā vā''tideśikī || kā vā nṛṇāmagamyā vā ko vā sandhyāvihīnakaḥ
Sāvitrī said: Of what sort is the killing of a brahmin, and the killing of a cow, and (the killing) by attribution? And who is a woman not to be approached by men? And who is one who omits the twilight worship?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.147
अदीक्षितः पुमान्को वा को वा तीर्थे प्रतिग्रही ।। द्विजः को वा ग्रामयाजी को वा विप्रश्च देवलः
adīkṣitaḥ pumānko vā ko vā tīrthe pratigrahī || dvijaḥ ko vā grāmayājī ko vā vipraśca devalaḥ
Who is an uninitiated man? And who is one who accepts gifts at a holy place? Which twice-born is a village priest? And which brahmin is a devala?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.148
शूद्राणां सूपकारः कः प्रमत्तो वृषलीपतिः ।। एतेषां लक्षणं सर्वं वद वेदविदां वर
śūdrāṇāṃ sūpakāraḥ kaḥ pramatto vṛṣalīpatiḥ || eteṣāṃ lakṣaṇaṃ sarvaṃ vada vedavidāṃ vara
Who is a cook for śūdras? Who is the heedless husband of a śūdra woman? Tell me the full definition of all these, O best of the knowers of the Veda.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.149
यम उवाच ।। श्रीकृष्णे च तदर्च्चायां मृन्मय्यां प्रकृतौ तथा ।। शिवे च शिवलिङ्गे वा सूर्य्ये सूर्य्यमणौ तथा
yama uvāca || śrīkṛṣṇe ca tadarccāyāṃ mṛnmayyāṃ prakṛtau tathā || śive ca śivaliṅge vā sūryye sūryyamaṇau tathā
Yama said: In Śrī Kṛṣṇa and in his image, and in the clay (image) of Prakṛti, and in Śiva or in the Śiva-liṅga, and in the Sun or in the sun-gem,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.151
स्वगुरौ स्वेष्टदेवे वा जन्मदातरि मातरि।। करोति भेदबुद्धिं यो ब्रह्महत्यां लभेत्तु सः
svagurau sveṣṭadeve vā janmadātari mātari|| karoti bhedabuddhiṃ yo brahmahatyāṃ labhettu saḥ
and in one's own guru or one's own chosen deity, and in the mother who gave one birth — he who makes a distinction (among them) incurs the guilt of killing a brahmin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.152
वैष्णवेष्वन्यभक्तेषु ब्राह्मणेष्वितरेषु च ।। करोति समतां यो हि ब्रह्महत्यां लभेत्तु सः
vaiṣṇaveṣvanyabhakteṣu brāhmaṇeṣvitareṣu ca || karoti samatāṃ yo hi brahmahatyāṃ labhettu saḥ
He who makes (them) equal — the Vaiṣṇavas and the devotees of others, the brahmins and the rest — he incurs the guilt of killing a brahmin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.153
यो मूढो विष्णुनैवेद्ये चान्यनैवेद्यके तथा ।। हरेः पादोदकेष्वन्यदेवपादोदके तथा ।। करोति समतां यो हि ब्रह्महत्यां लभेत्तु सः
yo mūḍho viṣṇunaivedye cānyanaivedyake tathā || hareḥ pādodakeṣvanyadevapādodake tathā || karoti samatāṃ yo hi brahmahatyāṃ labhettu saḥ
The fool who makes equal the food offered to Viṣṇu and the food offered to another, and likewise the water from Hari's feet and the water from another god's feet — he incurs the guilt of killing a brahmin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.154
सर्वेश्वरेश्वरे कृष्णे सर्वकारणकारणे ।। सर्वाद्ये सर्वदेवानां सेव्ये सर्वान्तरात्मनि
sarveśvareśvare kṛṣṇe sarvakāraṇakāraṇe || sarvādye sarvadevānāṃ sevye sarvāntarātmani
Kṛṣṇa, the lord of all lords, the cause of all causes, the first of all, to be served by all the gods, the inner self of all,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.155
माययाऽनेकरूपे वाऽप्येक एव हि निर्गुणे ।। करोत्यन्येन समतां ब्रह्महत्यां लभेत्तु सः
māyayā'nekarūpe vā'pyeka eva hi nirguṇe || karotyanyena samatāṃ brahmahatyāṃ labhettu saḥ
who through māyā has many forms yet is truly one alone and without qualities — he who makes (him) equal to another incurs the guilt of killing a brahmin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.156
पितृदेवार्चनां पौर्वापरां वेदविनिर्मिताम् ।। यः करोति निषेधं च ब्रह्महत्यां लभेत्तु सः
pitṛdevārcanāṃ paurvāparāṃ vedavinirmitām || yaḥ karoti niṣedhaṃ ca brahmahatyāṃ labhettu saḥ
And whoever forbids the worship of the ancestors and the gods, (performed) in its proper sequence as ordained by the Veda — he incurs the guilt of killing a brahmin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.157
ये निन्दन्ति हृषीकेशं तन्मन्त्रोपासकं तथा ।। पवित्राणां पवित्रं च ब्रह्महत्यां लभन्ति ते
ye nindanti hṛṣīkeśaṃ tanmantropāsakaṃ tathā || pavitrāṇāṃ pavitraṃ ca brahmahatyāṃ labhanti te
Those who revile Hṛṣīkeśa, and likewise one who worships his mantra, and (that which is) the purifier of the pure — they incur the guilt of killing a brahmin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.158
शिवं शिवस्वरूपं च कृष्णप्राणाधिकं प्रियम् ।। पवित्राणां पवित्रं च ज्ञानानन्दं सनातनम्
śivaṃ śivasvarūpaṃ ca kṛṣṇaprāṇādhikaṃ priyam || pavitrāṇāṃ pavitraṃ ca jñānānandaṃ sanātanam
Śiva, whose very nature is auspiciousness, dearer to Kṛṣṇa than his own life, the purifier of the pure, knowledge-and-bliss, eternal —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.159
प्रधानं वैष्णवानां च देवानां सव्यमीश्वरम्।। ये नार्चयन्ति निन्दन्ति ब्रह्महत्यां लभंति ते
pradhānaṃ vaiṣṇavānāṃ ca devānāṃ savyamīśvaram|| ye nārcayanti nindanti brahmahatyāṃ labhaṃti te
the foremost of the Vaiṣṇavas, the Lord who stands at the (left) side of the gods — those who do not worship (him) and who revile (him) incur the guilt of killing a brahmin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 30.161
सर्वदेवीस्वरूपां च सर्वाद्यां सर्ववन्दिताम् ।। सर्वकारणरूपां च ब्रह्महत्यां लभन्ति ते
sarvadevīsvarūpāṃ ca sarvādyāṃ sarvavanditām || sarvakāraṇarūpāṃ ca brahmahatyāṃ labhanti te
(And) her who is the form of all goddesses, who is prior to all, praised by all, and who is the form of the cause of all — (those who do not worship or who revile her) incur the guilt of killing a brahmin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.162
कृष्णजन्माष्टमीं रामनवमीं पुण्यदां पराम् ।। शिवरात्रिं तथा चैकादशीं वारं रवेस्तथा
kṛṣṇajanmāṣṭamīṃ rāmanavamīṃ puṇyadāṃ parām || śivarātriṃ tathā caikādaśīṃ vāraṃ ravestathā
Kṛṣṇa's birth-eighth-day, Rāma's ninth day, the supreme giver of merit, Śiva's Night, and likewise the eleventh day, and also the day of the sun —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.163
पञ्चपर्वाणि पुण्यानि ये न कुर्वन्ति मानवाः ।। लभन्ते ब्रह्महत्यां ते चाण्डालाधिकपापिनः
pañcaparvāṇi puṇyāni ye na kurvanti mānavāḥ || labhante brahmahatyāṃ te cāṇḍālādhikapāpinaḥ
those men who do not observe (these) five holy festival days incur the guilt of killing a brahmin; they are sinners worse than a Cāṇḍāla.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.164
अम्बुवीच्यांबुखनने जले शौचादिकं च ये ।। कुर्वन्ति भारते वत्से ब्रह्महत्यां लभन्ति ते
ambuvīcyāṃbukhanane jale śaucādikaṃ ca ye || kurvanti bhārate vatse brahmahatyāṃ labhanti te
Those who, my child, in Bhārata perform cleansing (of the body) and the like in water — at the rippling of water, or where water has been dug out — incur the guilt of killing a brahmin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 30.165
गुरुं च मातरं तातं साध्वीं भार्य्यां सुतं सुताम् ।। अनाथान्यो न पुष्णाति ब्रह्महत्यां लभेत्तु सः
guruṃ ca mātaraṃ tātaṃ sādhvīṃ bhāryyāṃ sutaṃ sutām || anāthānyo na puṣṇāti brahmahatyāṃ labhettu saḥ
He who does not maintain his teacher, his mother, his father, his chaste wife, his son, his daughter, and the helpless — he incurs the guilt of killing a brahmin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.166
विवाहो यस्य न भवेन्न पश्यति सुतं च यः ।। हरिभक्तिविहीनो यो ब्रह्महत्यां लभेत्तु सः
vivāho yasya na bhavenna paśyati sutaṃ ca yaḥ || haribhaktivihīno yo brahmahatyāṃ labhettu saḥ
He whose marriage does not take place, he who does not behold a son, and he who is devoid of devotion to Hari — he incurs the guilt of killing a brahmin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.167
हरेरनैवेद्यभोजी नित्यं विष्णुं न पूजयेत् ।। पुण्यं पार्थिवलिंगं वा ब्रह्महत्यां लभेत्तु सः
hareranaivedyabhojī nityaṃ viṣṇuṃ na pūjayet || puṇyaṃ pārthivaliṃgaṃ vā brahmahatyāṃ labhettu saḥ
He who eats what has not been offered to Hari, who does not daily worship Viṣṇu, or the holy earthen liṅga — he incurs the guilt of killing a brahmin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.168
आहारं कुर्वतीं गां च पिबन्तीं यो निवारयेत् ।। याति गोविप्रयोर्म्मध्ये गोहत्यां च लभेत्तु सः
āhāraṃ kurvatīṃ gāṃ ca pibantīṃ yo nivārayet || yāti goviprayormmadhye gohatyāṃ ca labhettu saḥ
He who drives away a cow that is eating or drinking, and who walks between a cow and a brahmin — he incurs the guilt of killing a cow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.169
दण्डैर्गास्ताडयेन्मूढो यो विप्रो वृषवाहकः ।। दिने दिने गवां हत्यां लभते नात्र संशयः
daṇḍairgāstāḍayenmūḍho yo vipro vṛṣavāhakaḥ || dine dine gavāṃ hatyāṃ labhate nātra saṃśayaḥ
The fool of a brahmin who beats cows with sticks and who drives bullocks incurs the killing of cows day after day — there is no doubt of it here.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.171
वृषलीपतिं याजयेद्यो भुंक्तेऽन्नं तस्य यो नरः ।। गोहत्याशतकं सोऽपि लभते नात्र संशयः
vṛṣalīpatiṃ yājayedyo bhuṃkte'nnaṃ tasya yo naraḥ || gohatyāśatakaṃ so'pi labhate nātra saṃśayaḥ
The man who officiates at the sacrifice of the husband of a śūdra woman, and he who eats that man's food — he too incurs a hundred cow-killings; there is no doubt of it here.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.172
पादं ददाति वह्नौ च गाश्च पादेन ताडयेत् ।। गृहं विशेदधौतांघ्रिः स्नात्वा गोवधमाप्नुयात्
pādaṃ dadāti vahnau ca gāśca pādena tāḍayet || gṛhaṃ viśedadhautāṃghriḥ snātvā govadhamāpnuyāt
(He who) puts his foot into the fire, and kicks cows with his foot, and after bathing enters the house with unwashed feet — he would incur the killing of a cow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.173
यो भुंक्ते स्निग्धपादेन शेते स्निग्धांघ्रिरेव च ।। सूर्य्योदये च द्विर्भोजी स गोहत्यां लभेद्ध्रुवम्
yo bhuṃkte snigdhapādena śete snigdhāṃghrireva ca || sūryyodaye ca dvirbhojī sa gohatyāṃ labheddhruvam
He who eats with greased feet, and who lies down with greased feet, and who eats twice at sunrise — he surely incurs the killing of a cow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.174
अवीरान्नं च यो भुंक्ते योनिजीवी च वै द्विजः ।। यस्त्रिसन्ध्याविहीनश्च स गोहत्यां लभेद् ध्रुवम्
avīrānnaṃ ca yo bhuṃkte yonijīvī ca vai dvijaḥ || yastrisandhyāvihīnaśca sa gohatyāṃ labhed dhruvam
The twice-born who eats the food of a woman without a husband or son, and who lives off a woman, and who omits the three daily twilight rites — he surely incurs the killing of a cow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 30.175
पितॄंश्च पर्वकाले च तिथिकाले च देवताम् ।। न सेवतेऽतिथिं यो हि गोहत्यां स लभेद्ध्रुवम्
pitṝṃśca parvakāle ca tithikāle ca devatām || na sevate'tithiṃ yo hi gohatyāṃ sa labheddhruvam
He who does not serve the ancestors at the festival times, and the deity on the (proper) lunar day, and a guest — he surely incurs the killing of a cow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.176
स्वभर्तरि च कृष्णे च भेदबुद्धिं करोति या ।। कटूक्त्या ताडयेत्कान्तं सा गोहत्यां लभेद्ध्रुवम्
svabhartari ca kṛṣṇe ca bhedabuddhiṃ karoti yā || kaṭūktyā tāḍayetkāntaṃ sā gohatyāṃ labheddhruvam
The woman who makes a distinction in her mind between her own husband and Kṛṣṇa, and who strikes her beloved with harsh speech — she surely incurs the killing of a cow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.177
गोमार्गखननं कृत्वा वपते सस्यमेव च ।। तडागे वा तदूर्ध्वं वा स गोहत्यां लभेद्ध्रुवम्
gomārgakhananaṃ kṛtvā vapate sasyameva ca || taḍāge vā tadūrdhvaṃ vā sa gohatyāṃ labheddhruvam
He who digs up a cow-path and sows grain (there), or (does so) in a pond or above it — he surely incurs the killing of a cow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.178
तत्कुण्डं तप्ततोयाक्तं सान्धकारं भयङ्करम् ।। तीक्ष्णदंष्ट्रैश्च कीटैश्च संयुक्तं गोलकुण्डकम् प्रायश्चित्तं गोवधस्य यः करोति व्यतिक्रमम् ।। अर्थलोभादथाज्ञानात्स गोहत्यां लभेद्ध्रुवम्
tatkuṇḍaṃ taptatoyāktaṃ sāndhakāraṃ bhayaṅkaram || tīkṣṇadaṃṣṭraiśca kīṭaiśca saṃyuktaṃ golakuṇḍakam prāyaścittaṃ govadhasya yaḥ karoti vyatikramam || arthalobhādathājñānātsa gohatyāṃ labheddhruvam
That pit is filled with scalding water, full of darkness, terrifying; the cow-pit is teeming with sharp-fanged worms. Whoever commits a transgression against the expiation for cow-slaughter, whether from greed for money or from ignorance, he surely incurs (the guilt of) cow-killing.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.179
राजके दैवके यत्नाद्गोस्वामी गां न पातयेत् ।। दुःखं ददाति यो मूढो गोहत्यां स लभेद्ध्रुवम्
rājake daivake yatnādgosvāmī gāṃ na pātayet || duḥkhaṃ dadāti yo mūḍho gohatyāṃ sa labheddhruvam
In a royal (matter) or in a matter of fate, a cow's owner should take care not to fell (kill) a cow; the fool who inflicts suffering (on a cow) surely incurs (the guilt of) cow-killing.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 30.181
शश्वन्नास्तीति वादी यो मिथ्यावादी प्रतारकः ।। देवद्वेषी गुरुद्वेषी स गोहत्यां लभेद्ध्रुवम्
śaśvannāstīti vādī yo mithyāvādī pratārakaḥ || devadveṣī gurudveṣī sa gohatyāṃ labheddhruvam
He who constantly says "it does not exist," who is a liar and a deceiver, a hater of the gods and a hater of the guru — he surely incurs (the guilt of) cow-killing.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.182
देवताप्रतिमां दृष्ट्वा गुरुं वा ब्राह्मणं सति ।। सम्भ्रमान्न नमेद्यो हि स गोहत्यां लभेद्ध्रुवम्
devatāpratimāṃ dṛṣṭvā guruṃ vā brāhmaṇaṃ sati || sambhramānna namedyo hi sa gohatyāṃ labheddhruvam
O virtuous one, he who, on seeing an image of a deity, or a guru, or a brahmin, does not bow with eager haste — he surely incurs (the guilt of) cow-killing.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.183
न ददात्याशिषं कोपात्प्रणताय च यो द्विजः ।। विद्यार्थिने च विद्यां वै स गोहत्यां लभेद्ध्रुवम्
na dadātyāśiṣaṃ kopātpraṇatāya ca yo dvijaḥ || vidyārthine ca vidyāṃ vai sa gohatyāṃ labheddhruvam
The twice-born who out of anger gives no blessing to one who has bowed to him, and gives no learning to one who seeks learning — he surely incurs (the guilt of) cow-killing.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.184
गोहत्या ब्रह्महत्या च कथिता चातिदेशिकी ।। यथा श्रुतं सूर्य्यवक्त्रात्किं भूयः श्रोतुमिच्छसि
gohatyā brahmahatyā ca kathitā cātideśikī || yathā śrutaṃ sūryyavaktrātkiṃ bhūyaḥ śrotumicchasi
Cow-killing and brahmin-killing have been told, and (the kind that is) by extension, as it was heard from the mouth of the Sun. What more do you wish to hear?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.185
सावित्र्युवाच ।। वास्तवे चातिदेशे च सम्बन्धे पापपुण्ययोः ।। न्यूनाधिके च को भेदस्तन्मां व्याख्यातुमर्हसि
sāvitryuvāca || vāstave cātideśe ca sambandhe pāpapuṇyayoḥ || nyūnādhike ca ko bhedastanmāṃ vyākhyātumarhasi
Sāvitrī said: Between the actual and the extended, in the connection of sin and merit, what is the difference as to lesser and greater? That you ought to explain to me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.186
यम उवाच ।। कुत्रापि वास्तवः श्रेष्ठो न्यूनोऽतिदेशिकस्सदा ।। कुत्रातिदेशिकः श्रेष्ठो वास्तवो न्यून एव च
yama uvāca || kutrāpi vāstavaḥ śreṣṭho nyūno'tideśikassadā || kutrātideśikaḥ śreṣṭho vāstavo nyūna eva ca
Yama said: In some cases the actual is superior and the extended is always lesser; in some cases the extended is superior and the actual is indeed the lesser.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.187
कुत्र वा समता साध्वि तयोर्वेदप्रमाणतः ।। करोति तत्र नास्थां यो गुरुहत्यां लभेत्तु सः
kutra vā samatā sādhvi tayorvedapramāṇataḥ || karoti tatra nāsthāṃ yo guruhatyāṃ labhettu saḥ
And in some, O virtuous one, there is equality of the two, according to the authority of the Veda; he who places no trust in this incurs (the guilt of) killing a guru.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.188
पुरा परिचिते विप्रे विद्यामन्त्रप्रदातरि ।। गुरौ पितृत्वमारोपाद्वस्तुतश्श्रेष्ठ उच्यते
purā paricite vipre vidyāmantrapradātari || gurau pitṛtvamāropādvastutaśśreṣṭha ucyate
When a brahmin previously acquainted (with one) is a giver of learning and mantra, then, because fatherhood is superimposed upon the guru, he is called superior in actual fact.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 30.189
पितुः शतगुणा माता मातुः शतगुणस्तथा।। विद्या मन्त्रप्रदाता च गुरुः पूज्यः श्रुतेर्मतः
pituḥ śataguṇā mātā mātuḥ śataguṇastathā|| vidyā mantrapradātā ca guruḥ pūjyaḥ śrutermataḥ
The mother is a hundred times (greater) than the father, and (greater) a hundredfold than the mother is the guru who gives learning and mantra — he is held by scripture to be worthy of worship.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.191
विप्रः शिवसमो यश्च विष्णुतुल्यपराक्रमः ।। राजाऽऽतिदेशिकाच्छ्रेष्ठो वास्तवो गुणलक्षतः
vipraḥ śivasamo yaśca viṣṇutulyaparākramaḥ || rājā''tideśikācchreṣṭho vāstavo guṇalakṣataḥ
And the brahmin who is equal to Śiva and whose prowess is like Viṣṇu's, and the king — (such an) actual one is superior to the extended one, by the mark of (his) qualities.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 30.192
सर्वं गङ्गासमं तोयं सर्वे व्याससमा द्विजाः ।। ग्रहणे सृर्य्यशशिनोश्चात्रैव समता तयोः
sarvaṃ gaṅgāsamaṃ toyaṃ sarve vyāsasamā dvijāḥ || grahaṇe sṛryyaśaśinoścātraiva samatā tayoḥ
All water is equal to the Ganges, all twice-born are equal to Vyāsa: at an eclipse of the sun and moon — precisely here there is equality of the two.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.193
आतिदेशिकहत्याया वास्तवश्च चतुर्गुणः ।। सम्मतः सर्ववेदानामित्याह कमलोद्भवः
ātideśikahatyāyā vāstavaśca caturguṇaḥ || sammataḥ sarvavedānāmityāha kamalodbhavaḥ
And the actual (killing) is fourfold (greater) than the killing of the one (who is such) by extension; this is agreed by all the Vedas — so said the lotus-born (Brahmā).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.194
आतिदेशिकहत्याया भेदश्च कथितः सति ।। या याऽगम्या नृणामेव निबोध कथयामि ते
ātideśikahatyāyā bhedaśca kathitaḥ sati || yā yā'gamyā nṛṇāmeva nibodha kathayāmi te
The distinction concerning killing of the one (who is such) by extension has been told, O good woman. Now learn which women are not to be approached by men; I shall tell you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.195
स्वस्त्री गम्या च सर्वेषामिति वेदे निरूपिता ।। अगम्या च तदन्या या चेति वेदवेदो विदुः
svastrī gamyā ca sarveṣāmiti vede nirūpitā || agamyā ca tadanyā yā ceti vedavedo viduḥ
"One's own wife is approachable for all" — thus it is laid down in the Veda; and any woman other than her is not to be approached: so the knowers of the Veda know.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.196
सामान्यं कथितं सर्वं विशेषं शृणु सुन्दरि ।। अत्यगम्याश्च या या वै निबोध कथयामि ते
sāmānyaṃ kathitaṃ sarvaṃ viśeṣaṃ śṛṇu sundari || atyagamyāśca yā yā vai nibodha kathayāmi te
All the general (rule) has been told; hear the particular, O beautiful one: which women are utterly not to be approached — learn, I shall tell you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.197
शूद्राणां विप्रपत्नी च विप्राणां शूद्रकामिनी ।। अत्यगम्याऽतिनिन्द्या च लोके वेदे पतिव्रते
śūdrāṇāṃ viprapatnī ca viprāṇāṃ śūdrakāminī || atyagamyā'tinindyā ca loke vede pativrate
For śūdras a brahmin's wife, and for brahmins a śūdra woman as lover, are utterly unapproachable and utterly blameworthy in the world and in the Veda, O faithful wife.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.198
शूद्रश्चेद्ब्राह्मणीं गच्छेद्ब्रह्महत्याशतं लभेत् ।। तत्समं ब्राह्मणी चापि कुम्भीपाकं व्रजेद्ध्रुवम्
śūdraścedbrāhmaṇīṃ gacchedbrahmahatyāśataṃ labhet || tatsamaṃ brāhmaṇī cāpi kumbhīpākaṃ vrajeddhruvam
If a śūdra goes to a brahmin woman, he incurs (the guilt of) a hundred brahmin-murders; and the brahmin woman too (incurs) the same, and surely goes to Kumbhīpāka (hell).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.199
यदि शूद्रां व्रजेद्विप्रो वृषलीपतिरेव सः ।। स भ्रष्टो विप्रजातेश्च चण्डालात्सो ऽधमः स्मृतः
yadi śūdrāṃ vrajedvipro vṛṣalīpatireva saḥ || sa bhraṣṭo viprajāteśca caṇḍālātso 'dhamaḥ smṛtaḥ
If a brahmin goes to a śūdra woman, he is just a "husband of a vṛṣalī"; he is fallen from the brahmin caste and is deemed lower than a caṇḍāla.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.201
कोटिजन्मार्जितं पुण्यं सन्ध्यार्चातपसाऽर्जितम् ।। द्विजस्य वृषलीभोगान्नश्यत्येव न संशयः
koṭijanmārjitaṃ puṇyaṃ sandhyārcātapasā'rjitam || dvijasya vṛṣalībhogānnaśyatyeva na saṃśayaḥ
The merit gathered over ten million births, gathered by twilight-worship and austerity, is utterly destroyed for a twice-born by intercourse with a śūdra woman — there is no doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.202
ब्राह्मणश्च सुरापीती विड्भोजी वृषलीपतिः ।। हरिवासरभोजी च कुम्भीपाकं व्रजेद्ध्रुवम्
brāhmaṇaśca surāpītī viḍbhojī vṛṣalīpatiḥ || harivāsarabhojī ca kumbhīpākaṃ vrajeddhruvam
A brāhmaṇa who drinks liquor, who eats filth, who is the husband of a śūdra woman, and who eats on Hari's day (ekādaśī) certainly goes to (the hell) Kumbhīpāka.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.203
गुरुपत्नीं राजपत्नीं सपत्नीमातरं प्रसूम् ।। सुतां पुत्रवधूं श्वश्रूं सगर्भां भगिनीं सति
gurupatnīṃ rājapatnīṃ sapatnīmātaraṃ prasūm || sutāṃ putravadhūṃ śvaśrūṃ sagarbhāṃ bhaginīṃ sati
The teacher's wife, the king's wife, a co-wife's mother, one's own mother, a daughter, a son's wife, a mother-in-law, a pregnant woman, a sister, O chaste lady —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.204
सोदरभ्रातृजायां च मातुलानीं पितृप्रसूम् ।। मातुः प्रसूं तत्त्वसारं भगिनीं भ्रातृकन्यकाम् ।।
sodarabhrātṛjāyāṃ ca mātulānīṃ pitṛprasūm || mātuḥ prasūṃ tattvasāraṃ bhaginīṃ bhrātṛkanyakām ||
and a full brother's wife, a maternal uncle's wife, the father's mother, the mother's mother, a sister of the (same) essential nature, a brother's daughter,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 30.205
शिष्यां च शिष्यपत्नीं च भगिनेयस्य कामिनीम् ।। भ्रातुः पुत्रप्रियां चैवाप्यगम्यामाह पद्मजः
śiṣyāṃ ca śiṣyapatnīṃ ca bhagineyasya kāminīm || bhrātuḥ putrapriyāṃ caivāpyagamyāmāha padmajaḥ
a female pupil, a pupil's wife, the wife of a sister's son, and also a brother's son's wife — the lotus-born (Brahmā) declared (each of these) not to be approached.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.206
एतास्वेकामनेकां वा यो व्रजेन्मानवोऽधमः ।। स्वमातृगामी वेदेषु ब्रह्महत्याशतं लभेत्
etāsvekāmanekāṃ vā yo vrajenmānavo'dhamaḥ || svamātṛgāmī vedeṣu brahmahatyāśataṃ labhet
That lowest of men who goes to one or to many of these — one who goes to his own mother — incurs, according to the Vedas, (the guilt of) a hundred slayings of a brāhmaṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.207
अकर्म्मार्होऽपि सोऽस्पृश्यो लोके वेदेऽति निन्दितः ।। स याति कुम्भीपाकं च महापापी सुदुस्तरम्
akarmmārho'pi so'spṛśyo loke vede'ti ninditaḥ || sa yāti kumbhīpākaṃ ca mahāpāpī sudustaram
He is unfit for (ritual) acts, untouchable, and thus condemned in the world and in the Veda; that great sinner goes to Kumbhīpāka, hard indeed to cross.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.208
करोत्यशुद्धां सन्ध्यां च सन्ध्यां वा न करोति यः।। त्रिसन्ध्यां वर्जयेद्यो वा सन्ध्याहीनश्च स द्विजः
karotyaśuddhāṃ sandhyāṃ ca sandhyāṃ vā na karoti yaḥ|| trisandhyāṃ varjayedyo vā sandhyāhīnaśca sa dvijaḥ
He who performs the twilight rite impurely, or does not perform it, or omits the three twilight rites — that twice-born is one bereft of the twilight rite.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.209
वैष्णवं च तथा शैवं शाक्तं सौरं च गाणपम् ।। योऽहङ्कारान्न गृह्णाति मन्त्रं सोऽदीक्षितः स्मृतः
vaiṣṇavaṃ ca tathā śaivaṃ śāktaṃ sauraṃ ca gāṇapam || yo'haṅkārānna gṛhṇāti mantraṃ so'dīkṣitaḥ smṛtaḥ
He who out of pride does not receive a mantra — Vaiṣṇava, or Śaiva, or Śākta, or Saura, or Gāṇapatya — is called uninitiated.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.211
तत्र नारायणक्षेत्रे कुरुक्षेत्रे हरेः पदे।। वाराणस्यां बदर्य्यां च गङ्गासागरसंगमे
tatra nārāyaṇakṣetre kurukṣetre hareḥ pade|| vārāṇasyāṃ badaryyāṃ ca gaṅgāsāgarasaṃgame
There, in the field of Nārāyaṇa, in Kurukṣetra, at Hari's footprint, in Vārāṇasī and in Badarī, and at the meeting of the Ganges and the ocean,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.212
पुष्करे भास्करक्षेत्रे प्रभासे रासमण्डले ।। हरिद्वारे च केदारे सोमे बदरपावने
puṣkare bhāskarakṣetre prabhāse rāsamaṇḍale || haridvāre ca kedāre some badarapāvane
at Puṣkara, in the field of the Sun, at Prabhāsa, in the circle of the rāsa dance, at Haridvāra and at Kedāra, at Soma(tīrtha), at purifying Badara,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.213
सरस्वतीनदीतीरे पुण्ये वृन्दावने वने ।। गोदावर्यां च कौशिक्यां त्रिवेण्यां च हिमालये
sarasvatīnadītīre puṇye vṛndāvane vane || godāvaryāṃ ca kauśikyāṃ triveṇyāṃ ca himālaye
on the bank of the Sarasvatī river, in the holy Vṛndāvana forest, at the Godāvarī and the Kauśikī, at the Triveṇī and in the Himālaya —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.214
एष्वन्यत्र च यो दानं प्रतिगृह्णाति कामतः ।। स च तीर्थप्रतिग्राही कुम्भीपाकं प्रयाति च
eṣvanyatra ca yo dānaṃ pratigṛhṇāti kāmataḥ || sa ca tīrthapratigrāhī kumbhīpākaṃ prayāti ca
he who willingly accepts a gift at these or elsewhere (at such places) is one who takes gifts at holy places, and he goes to Kumbhīpāka.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.215
शूद्रातिरिक्तयाजी यो ग्रामयाजी च कीर्त्तितः ।। तथा देवोपजीवी यो देवलः परिकीर्त्तितः
śūdrātiriktayājī yo grāmayājī ca kīrttitaḥ || tathā devopajīvī yo devalaḥ parikīrttitaḥ
He who officiates for those beyond (even) śūdras is called a village-priest; likewise he who lives off a deity is termed a devala.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.216
शूद्रपाकोपजीवी यः सूपकार इति स्मृतः ।। सन्ध्यापूजाविहीनश्च प्रमत्तः पतितः स्मृतः
śūdrapākopajīvī yaḥ sūpakāra iti smṛtaḥ || sandhyāpūjāvihīnaśca pramattaḥ patitaḥ smṛtaḥ
He who lives off cooking for śūdras is called a sūpakāra (cook); and he who is without the twilight rite and worship, being negligent, is called fallen.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.217
उक्तं पूर्वप्रकरणे लक्षणं वृषलीपतेः ।। एते महापातकिनः कुम्भीपाकं प्रयान्ति ते
uktaṃ pūrvaprakaraṇe lakṣaṇaṃ vṛṣalīpateḥ || ete mahāpātakinaḥ kumbhīpākaṃ prayānti te
The marks of the husband of a śūdra woman were stated in the earlier section. These are the great sinners; they go to Kumbhīpāka.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 30.218
कुंडान्यन्यानि ते यान्ति निबोध कथयामि ते
kuṃḍānyanyāni te yānti nibodha kathayāmi te
Learn now the other pits to which they go; I shall tell you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition