Brahmavaivarta Purana — Prakriti Khanda — Chapter 31
BvP 2 31.1
यम उवाच ।। हरिसेवां विना साध्वि न लभेत्कर्मखण्डनम् ।। शुभकर्म्म स्वर्गबीजं नरकं च कुकर्म्मतः
yama uvāca || harisevāṃ vinā sādhvi na labhetkarmakhaṇḍanam || śubhakarmma svargabījaṃ narakaṃ ca kukarmmataḥ
Yama said: Without service to Hari, O virtuous woman, one does not obtain the breaking of (the bonds of) karma. Good action is the seed of heaven, and hell (comes) from evil action.
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BvP 2 31.2
पुंश्चल्यन्नं च यो भुंक्ते वेश्यान्नं च पतिव्रते ।। तां व्रजेत्तु द्विजो यो हि कालसूत्रं प्रयाति सः तित्तिरिः कुलटागामी धृष्टागामी च वायसः।। कोकिलः पुंश्चलीगामी वेश्यागामी वृकस्तथा उल्कां ददाति वक्त्रे च सततं यमकिङ्करः ।। दण्डेन ताडयेन्मूर्ध्नि तल्लोमाब्दप्रमाणकम् ब्राह्मणो ब्राह्मणीं गच्छेत्क्षत्त्रियामपि क्षत्रियः ।। वैश्यो वैश्यां च शूद्रां च शूद्रो वाऽपि व्रजेद्यदि मित्रद्रोही कृतघ्नश्च यो हि विश्वासघातकः ।। मिथ्यासाक्ष्यप्रदश्चैव स च ज्वालामुखं व्रजेत् व्रतोपवासहीनश्च सद्वाक्यपरिनिंदकः ।। जिह्मे जिह्मो वसेत्सोऽपि शताब्दं च हिमोदके प्रसिद्धानि च कुण्डानि कथितानि पतिव्रते ।। अन्यानि चाप्रसिद्धानि तत्र क्षुद्राणि सन्ति वै
puṃścalyannaṃ ca yo bhuṃkte veśyānnaṃ ca pativrate || tāṃ vrajettu dvijo yo hi kālasūtraṃ prayāti saḥ tittiriḥ kulaṭāgāmī dhṛṣṭāgāmī ca vāyasaḥ|| kokilaḥ puṃścalīgāmī veśyāgāmī vṛkastathā ulkāṃ dadāti vaktre ca satataṃ yamakiṅkaraḥ || daṇḍena tāḍayenmūrdhni tallomābdapramāṇakam brāhmaṇo brāhmaṇīṃ gacchetkṣattriyāmapi kṣatriyaḥ || vaiśyo vaiśyāṃ ca śūdrāṃ ca śūdro vā'pi vrajedyadi mitradrohī kṛtaghnaśca yo hi viśvāsaghātakaḥ || mithyāsākṣyapradaścaiva sa ca jvālāmukhaṃ vrajet vratopavāsahīnaśca sadvākyapariniṃdakaḥ || jihme jihmo vasetso'pi śatābdaṃ ca himodake prasiddhāni ca kuṇḍāni kathitāni pativrate || anyāni cāprasiddhāni tatra kṣudrāṇi santi vai
And he who eats the food of an unchaste woman or the food of a harlot, O faithful wife, and the twice-born who goes to her — he goes to (the hell) Kālasūtra. He who goes to a wanton woman (is reborn as) a partridge; he who goes to a bold (adulteress), a crow; he who goes to an unchaste woman, a cuckoo; and he who goes to a harlot, a wolf. And Yama's servant constantly puts a firebrand in his mouth, and strikes him on the head with a rod for as many years as (the woman has) body-hairs. A brāhmaṇa should go to a brāhmaṇa woman, a kṣatriya likewise to a kṣatriya woman, a vaiśya to a vaiśya woman; and if a śūdra should go to a śūdra woman (that is proper). He who betrays a friend, is ungrateful, is a breaker of trust, and gives false witness — he goes to (the hell) Jvālāmukha. And he who lacks vows and fasts, who reviles good speech — the crooked man dwells, crooked, for a hundred years in icy water. The well-known pits have been told, O faithful wife; there are also other, minor and lesser-known ones there.
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BvP 2 31.3
शतवर्षं कालसूत्रे स्थित्वा शूद्रो भवेद्ध्रुवम् ।। तत्र जन्मनि रोगी च ततः शुद्धो भवेद्द्विजः ।।
śatavarṣaṃ kālasūtre sthitvā śūdro bhaveddhruvam || tatra janmani rogī ca tataḥ śuddho bhaveddvijaḥ ||
Having stayed a hundred years in Kālasūtra, he certainly becomes a śūdra; in that birth he is diseased, and thereafter, purified, he becomes a twice-born.
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BvP 2 31.4
पतिव्रता चैकपत्नी द्वितीये कुलटा स्मृता ।। तृतीये धर्षिणी ज्ञेया चतुर्थे पुंश्चली स्मृता
pativratā caikapatnī dvitīye kulaṭā smṛtā || tṛtīye dharṣiṇī jñeyā caturthe puṃścalī smṛtā
A woman devoted to her husband, having one husband (only), is called; with a second (man) she is deemed an unchaste woman (kulaṭā); with a third she is to be known as a 'violated' one (dharṣiṇī); with a fourth she is called a wanton (puṃścalī).
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BvP 2 31.5
वेश्या च पञ्चमे षष्ठे युग्मी च परिकीर्तिता ।। अत ऊर्ध्वं महावेश्या साऽस्पृश्या सर्वजातिषु
veśyā ca pañcame ṣaṣṭhe yugmī ca parikīrtitā || ata ūrdhvaṃ mahāveśyā sā'spṛśyā sarvajātiṣu
And with a fifth (she is) a harlot, and with a sixth she is declared a 'coupler' (yugmī); beyond that, she is a great harlot, untouchable among all castes.
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BvP 2 31.6
यो द्विजः कुलटां गच्छेद्धर्षिणीं पुंश्चलीमपि ।। वेश्य युग्मीं महावेश्यामवटोदं प्रयाति सः
yo dvijaḥ kulaṭāṃ gaccheddharṣiṇīṃ puṃścalīmapi || veśya yugmīṃ mahāveśyāmavaṭodaṃ prayāti saḥ
The twice-born man who goes to an unchaste woman, or to a violated one, or to a wanton, or to a harlot, a coupler, or a great harlot — he goes to (the hell called) Avaṭoda.
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BvP 2 31.7
शताब्दं कुलटागामी धृष्टागामी चतुर्गुणम् ।। षड्गुणं पुंश्चलीगामी वेश्यागामी गुणाष्टकम्
śatābdaṃ kulaṭāgāmī dhṛṣṭāgāmī caturguṇam || ṣaḍguṇaṃ puṃścalīgāmī veśyāgāmī guṇāṣṭakam
He who goes to an unchaste woman (dwells there) a hundred years; he who goes to a violated woman, four times that; he who goes to a wanton, six times; he who goes to a harlot, eightfold.
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BvP 2 31.8
युग्मीगामी दशगुणं वसेत्तत्र न संशयः ।। महावेश्याकामुकश्च ततः शतगुणं वसेत्
yugmīgāmī daśaguṇaṃ vasettatra na saṃśayaḥ || mahāveśyākāmukaśca tataḥ śataguṇaṃ vaset
He who goes to a 'coupler' shall dwell (there) ten times (as long) — of this there is no doubt; and the lover of a great harlot shall dwell (there) a hundred times that.
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BvP 2 31.9
तदा हि सर्वगामी चेत्येवमाह पितामहः ।। तत्रैव यातनां भुङ्क्ते यमदूतेन ताडितः
tadā hi sarvagāmī cetyevamāha pitāmahaḥ || tatraiva yātanāṃ bhuṅkte yamadūtena tāḍitaḥ
For then he is one who goes to all (women) — thus said the Grandfather (Brahmā); right there he undergoes torment, beaten by Yama's messenger.
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BvP 2 31.11
युग्मीगामी सूकरश्च सप्तजन्मसु भारते ।। महावेश्याकामुकश्च श्मशाने शाल्मलिस्तरुः
yugmīgāmī sūkaraśca saptajanmasu bhārate || mahāveśyākāmukaśca śmaśāne śālmalistaruḥ
He who goes to a 'coupler' (becomes) a boar for seven births in Bhārata; and the lover of a great harlot (becomes) a śālmali tree in a cremation ground.
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BvP 2 31.12
यो भुंक्ते ज्ञानहीनश्च ग्रहणे चन्द्रसूय्यर्योः ।। अरुन्तुदं स यात्येव चन्द्रमानाब्दमेव च
yo bhuṃkte jñānahīnaśca grahaṇe candrasūyyaryoḥ || aruntudaṃ sa yātyeva candramānābdameva ca
And he who, lacking knowledge, eats during an eclipse of the moon or the sun — he indeed goes to (the hell) Aruntuda for a full lunar year.
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BvP 2 31.13
ततो भवेन्मानवस्स्यादुदरव्याधिसंयुतः ।। गुल्मयुक्तश्च काणश्च दन्तहीनस्ततः शुचिः
tato bhavenmānavassyādudaravyādhisaṃyutaḥ || gulmayuktaśca kāṇaśca dantahīnastataḥ śuciḥ
Then he becomes a man afflicted with disease of the belly, and having an abdominal tumour, and one-eyed, and toothless; after that he is purified.
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BvP 2 31.14
वाक्प्रदत्तां हि कन्यां च यश्चान्यस्मै ददाति च ।। स वसेत्पांशुभोगे च तद्भोजी च शताब्दकम्
vākpradattāṃ hi kanyāṃ ca yaścānyasmai dadāti ca || sa vasetpāṃśubhoge ca tadbhojī ca śatābdakam
And he who gives to another a girl already promised by word — he dwells in (the hell) Pāṃśubhoga, and so does he who consumes (i.e., takes) her, for a hundred years.
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BvP 2 31.15
दत्तापहारी यः साध्वि पाशवेष्टं शताब्दकम् ।। निवसेच्छरशय्यायां यमदूतेन ताडितः
dattāpahārī yaḥ sādhvi pāśaveṣṭaṃ śatābdakam || nivaseccharaśayyāyāṃ yamadūtena tāḍitaḥ
He who takes back what has been given, O virtuous woman, (goes) for a hundred years to (the hell) Pāśaveṣṭa; he shall dwell on a bed of arrows, beaten by Yama's messenger.
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BvP 2 31.16
न पूजयेद्यो हि भक्त्या शिवलिङ्गं च पार्थिवम् ।। स याति शूलिनः कोपाच्छूलप्रोतं सुदारुणम्
na pūjayedyo hi bhaktyā śivaliṅgaṃ ca pārthivam || sa yāti śūlinaḥ kopācchūlaprotaṃ sudāruṇam
He who does not worship with devotion the earthen Śiva-liṅga — through the wrath of the Trident-bearer he goes to the most dreadful (hell) Śūlaprota (impaling on a spike).
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BvP 2 31.17
स्थित्वा शताब्दं तत्रैव श्वापदः सप्तजन्मसु ।। ततो भवेद्देवलश्च सप्तजन्मस्वतः शुचिः
sthitvā śatābdaṃ tatraiva śvāpadaḥ saptajanmasu || tato bhaveddevalaśca saptajanmasvataḥ śuciḥ
Having remained there a hundred years, (he becomes) a beast of prey for seven births; then he becomes a temple-priest (devala) for seven births, and after that he is purified.
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BvP 2 31.18
करोति दण्डं यो विप्रे यद्भयात्कम्पते द्विजः ।। प्रकम्पने वसेत्सोऽपि विप्रलोमाब्दमेव च
karoti daṇḍaṃ yo vipre yadbhayātkampate dvijaḥ || prakampane vasetso'pi vipralomābdameva ca
He who inflicts punishment on a brahmin, such that the twice-born trembles out of fear (of him) — he too dwells in (the hell) Prakampana for as many years as (the brahmin has) hairs.
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BvP 2 31.19
प्रकोपवदना कोपात्स्वामिनं या च पश्यति ।। कटूक्तिं तं च वदति याति चोल्कामुखं च सा
prakopavadanā kopātsvāminaṃ yā ca paśyati || kaṭūktiṃ taṃ ca vadati yāti colkāmukhaṃ ca sā
The woman who, with an angry face, looks at her husband in wrath and speaks harsh words to him — she goes to (the hell) Ulkāmukha.
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BvP 2 31.21
ततो भवेन्मानवी च विधवा सप्तजन्मसु ।। भुक्त्वा दुःखं च वैधव्यं व्याधिं भुक्त्वा ततः शुचिः
tato bhavenmānavī ca vidhavā saptajanmasu || bhuktvā duḥkhaṃ ca vaidhavyaṃ vyādhiṃ bhuktvā tataḥ śuciḥ
Then she becomes a human woman, a widow for seven births; having suffered the misery of widowhood and having suffered disease, she is thereafter purified.
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BvP 2 31.22
या ब्राह्मणी शूद्रभोग्या साऽन्धकूपं प्रयाति च।। तप्तशौचोदके ध्वान्ते तदाहारा दिवानिशम्
yā brāhmaṇī śūdrabhogyā sā'ndhakūpaṃ prayāti ca|| taptaśaucodake dhvānte tadāhārā divāniśam
The brahmin woman who is enjoyed by a śūdra goes to (the hell) Andhakūpa; in the darkness, in hot filth-water, with that as her food day and night,
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BvP 2 31.23
निवसेदतिसन्तप्ता यमदूतेन ताडिता ।। शौचोदके निमग्ना च यावदिन्द्राश्चतुर्दश
nivasedatisantaptā yamadūtena tāḍitā || śaucodake nimagnā ca yāvadindrāścaturdaśa
she dwells, greatly scorched, beaten by Yama's messenger, and submerged in the filth-water for as long as fourteen Indras (reign).
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BvP 2 31.24
काकी जन्मसहस्राणि शतजन्मानि सूकरी ।। कुक्कुटी शतजन्मानि शृगाली सप्तजन्मसु
kākī janmasahasrāṇi śatajanmāni sūkarī || kukkuṭī śatajanmāni śṛgālī saptajanmasu
(Then she becomes) a crow for a thousand births, a sow for a hundred births, a hen for a hundred births, a jackal-bitch for seven births,
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BvP 2 31.25
पारावती सप्तजनौ वानरी सप्तजन्मसु ।। ततो भवेत्सा चण्डाली सर्वभोग्या च भारते
pārāvatī saptajanau vānarī saptajanmasu || tato bhavetsā caṇḍālī sarvabhogyā ca bhārate
a dove for seven births, a she-monkey for seven births; then she becomes a Caṇḍāla woman in Bhārata, to be enjoyed by all.
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BvP 2 31.26
ततो भवेच्च रजकी यक्ष्मग्रस्ता च पुंश्चली।। ततः कुष्ठयुता तैलकारी शुद्धा भवेत्ततः
tato bhavecca rajakī yakṣmagrastā ca puṃścalī|| tataḥ kuṣṭhayutā tailakārī śuddhā bhavettataḥ
Then she becomes a washerwoman, and one seized by consumption, and a whore; then one afflicted with leprosy, an oil-maker's woman, and after that she becomes pure.
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BvP 2 31.27
वेश्या वसेद्वेधने च युग्मी वै दण्डताडने ।। जालबन्धे महावेश्या कुलटा देहचूर्णके
veśyā vasedvedhane ca yugmī vai daṇḍatāḍane || jālabandhe mahāveśyā kulaṭā dehacūrṇake
A prostitute dwells in (the hell) Vedhana, and a woman of the 'yugmī' sort in Daṇḍatāḍana; in Jālabandha the great prostitute, and the unchaste woman in Dehacūrṇaka.
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BvP 2 31.28
स्वैरिणी दलने चैव धृष्टा वै शोषणे तथा ।। निवसेद्यातनायुक्ता यमदूतेन ताडिता
svairiṇī dalane caiva dhṛṣṭā vai śoṣaṇe tathā || nivasedyātanāyuktā yamadūtena tāḍitā
The wanton woman (dwells) in Dalana, and likewise the brazen one in Śoṣaṇa; she dwells there subjected to torture, beaten by Yama's messenger.
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BvP 2 31.29
विण्मूत्रभक्षणं तत्र यावन्मन्वन्तरं सति।। ततो भवेद्विट्कृमिश्च वर्षलक्षं ततः शुचिः
viṇmūtrabhakṣaṇaṃ tatra yāvanmanvantaraṃ sati|| tato bhavedviṭkṛmiśca varṣalakṣaṃ tataḥ śuciḥ
There (she has) the eating of dung and urine for as long as a manvantara, O good lady; then she becomes a dung-worm for a hundred thousand years, and after that pure.
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BvP 2 31.31
स्ववर्णपरदारी च कषं याति तया सह ।। भुक्त्वा कषायतप्तोदं निवसेद्द्वादशाब्दकम्
svavarṇaparadārī ca kaṣaṃ yāti tayā saha || bhuktvā kaṣāyataptodaṃ nivaseddvādaśābdakam
And the man who goes to another's wife of his own class goes to (the hell) Kaṣa together with her; having consumed water boiled with astringent decoction, he dwells (there) for twelve years.
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BvP 2 31.32
ततो विप्रो भवेच्छुद्धश्चैवं च क्षत्रियादयः ।। योषितश्चापि शुध्यन्तीत्येवमाह पितामहः
tato vipro bhavecchuddhaścaivaṃ ca kṣatriyādayaḥ || yoṣitaścāpi śudhyantītyevamāha pitāmahaḥ
Then the brahmin becomes pure, and so too the kṣatriyas and the rest; and the women also are purified — thus spoke the Grandfather.
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BvP 2 31.33
क्षत्रियो ब्राह्मणीं गच्छेद्वैश्यो वाऽपि पतिव्रते ।। मातृगामी भवेत्सोऽपि शूर्पं च नरकं व्रजेत्
kṣatriyo brāhmaṇīṃ gacchedvaiśyo vā'pi pativrate || mātṛgāmī bhavetso'pi śūrpaṃ ca narakaṃ vrajet
Should a kṣatriya, or even a vaiśya, go to a brahmin woman, O faithful wife, he becomes one who has gone to his mother, and he goes to the hell Śūrpa.
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BvP 2 31.34
शूर्पाकारैश्च कृमिभिर्ब्राह्मण्या सह भक्षितः ।। प्रतप्तमूत्रभोजी च यमदूतेन ताडितः
śūrpākāraiśca kṛmibhirbrāhmaṇyā saha bhakṣitaḥ || prataptamūtrabhojī ca yamadūtena tāḍitaḥ
He is devoured, together with the brahmin woman, by worms shaped like winnowing baskets, and he eats scalding urine, beaten by Yama's messenger.
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BvP 2 31.36
करे धृत्वा च तुलसीं प्रतिज्ञां यो न पालयेत् ।। मिथ्या वा शपथं कुर्य्यात्स च ज्वालामुखं व्रजेत्
kare dhṛtvā ca tulasīṃ pratijñāṃ yo na pālayet || mithyā vā śapathaṃ kuryyātsa ca jvālāmukhaṃ vrajet
And whoever, having held tulasī in his hand, does not keep his promise, or swears a false oath, he goes to Jvālāmukha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 31.37
गङ्गातोयं करे धृत्वा प्रतिज्ञां यो न पालयेत् ।। शिलां च देवप्रतिमां स च ज्वालामुखं व्रजेत्
gaṅgātoyaṃ kare dhṛtvā pratijñāṃ yo na pālayet || śilāṃ ca devapratimāṃ sa ca jvālāmukhaṃ vrajet
Whoever, having held Ganges water in his hand, and a stone (śālagrāma) and an image of a god, does not keep his promise, he too goes to Jvālāmukha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 31.38
दत्त्वा च दक्षिणं हस्तं प्रतिज्ञां यो न पालयेत् ।। स्थित्वा देवगृहे वाऽपि स च ज्वालामुखं व्रजेत्
dattvā ca dakṣiṇaṃ hastaṃ pratijñāṃ yo na pālayet || sthitvā devagṛhe vā'pi sa ca jvālāmukhaṃ vrajet
And whoever, having given his right hand, does not keep his promise, or (having promised) while standing in a temple, he too goes to Jvālāmukha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 31.39
तत्रैव यातनां भुंक्ते यावदिन्द्राश्चतुर्दश ।। सप्तजन्मसु वाराहश्छागलश्च ततः शुचिः स्पृष्ट्वा च ब्राह्मणं गां च वह्निं विष्णुसमं सति ।। न पालयेत्प्रतिज्ञां च स च ज्वालामुखं व्रजेत्
tatraiva yātanāṃ bhuṃkte yāvadindrāścaturdaśa || saptajanmasu vārāhaśchāgalaśca tataḥ śuciḥ spṛṣṭvā ca brāhmaṇaṃ gāṃ ca vahniṃ viṣṇusamaṃ sati || na pālayetpratijñāṃ ca sa ca jvālāmukhaṃ vrajet
In that very place he undergoes torture for as long as fourteen Indras; for seven births he is a boar and a goat, and after that pure. And having touched a brahmin, a cow, and fire, which are equal to Viṣṇu, O good lady, if he does not keep his promise, he too goes to Jvālāmukha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 31.41
एते तत्र वसन्त्येव यावदिन्द्राश्चतुर्दश ।। यथाऽङ्गारप्रदग्धाश्च यमदूतैश्च ताडिताः
ete tatra vasantyeva yāvadindrāścaturdaśa || yathā'ṅgārapradagdhāśca yamadūtaiśca tāḍitāḥ
These indeed dwell there for as long as fourteen Indras, as if burnt up by coals, and beaten by Yama's messengers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 31.42
चण्डालस्तुलसीस्पर्शी सप्तजन्मस्वतः शुचिः ।। म्लेच्छो गंगाजलस्पर्शी पञ्चजन्मस्वतः शुचिः
caṇḍālastulasīsparśī saptajanmasvataḥ śuciḥ || mleccho gaṃgājalasparśī pañcajanmasvataḥ śuciḥ
He who touched the tulasī (falsely) becomes a caṇḍāla for seven births, and pure thereafter; he who touched Ganges water becomes a mleccha for five births, and pure thereafter.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 31.43
शिलास्पर्शी विट्कृमिश्च सप्तजन्मसु सुन्दरि ।। अर्च्चास्पर्शी व्रणकृमिस्सप्तजन्मस्वतः शुचिः
śilāsparśī viṭkṛmiśca saptajanmasu sundari || arccāsparśī vraṇakṛmissaptajanmasvataḥ śuciḥ
He who touched the stone (becomes) a dung-worm for seven births, O lovely one; he who touched the image (becomes) a worm in a sore for seven births, and pure thereafter.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 31.44
दक्षहस्तप्रधाता च सर्पस्स्यात्सप्तजन्मसु ।। ततो भवेद्धस्तहीनो मानवश्च ततः शुचिः
dakṣahastapradhātā ca sarpassyātsaptajanmasu || tato bhaveddhastahīno mānavaśca tataḥ śuciḥ
And he who offered his right hand becomes a snake for seven births; then he becomes a man without hands, and after that pure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 31.45
मिथ्यावादी देवगृहे देवलः सप्तजन्मसु ।। विप्रादिस्पर्शकारी च सोऽग्रदानी भवेद्ध्रुवम्
mithyāvādī devagṛhe devalaḥ saptajanmasu || viprādisparśakārī ca so'gradānī bhaveddhruvam
He who spoke falsely in a temple (becomes) a devala for seven births; and he who made the touching of a brahmin and the rest surely becomes an agradānī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 31.46
ततो भवन्ति मूकास्ते बधिराश्च त्रिजन्मसु ।। भार्य्याहीना वंशहीना बुद्धिहीनास्ततः शुचिः
tato bhavanti mūkāste badhirāśca trijanmasu || bhāryyāhīnā vaṃśahīnā buddhihīnāstataḥ śuciḥ
Then for three births they become mute and deaf; without wife, without lineage, without intelligence — after that pure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 31.47
मित्रद्रोही च न कुलः कृतघ्नश्चापि गण्डकः ।। विश्वासघाती व्याघ्रश्च सप्तजन्मसु भारते
mitradrohī ca na kulaḥ kṛtaghnaścāpi gaṇḍakaḥ || viśvāsaghātī vyāghraśca saptajanmasu bhārate
The betrayer of a friend (becomes) a mongoose, and the ingrate a rhinoceros; the breaker of trust a tiger, for seven births in Bhārata.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 31.49
मिथ्यासाक्ष्यप्रदश्चैव भल्लूकः सप्तजन्मसु ।। पूर्वान्सप्त परान्सप्त पुरुषान्हन्ति चात्मनः ।। '४८ ।। नित्यक्रियाविहीनश्च जडत्वेन युतो द्विजः ।। यस्यानास्था वेदवाक्ये मन्दं हसति संतमम्।।
mithyāsākṣyapradaścaiva bhallūkaḥ saptajanmasu || pūrvānsapta parānsapta puruṣānhanti cātmanaḥ || '48 || nityakriyāvihīnaśca jaḍatvena yuto dvijaḥ || yasyānāsthā vedavākye mandaṃ hasati saṃtamam||
And the giver of false witness (becomes) a bear for seven births, and he kills seven ancestors and seven descendants of his own line. (48) And the twice-born who is devoid of the daily rites and possessed of stupidity, who has no faith in the word of the Veda and laughs faintly at the good man —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 31.51
जलजंतुर्भवेत्सोऽपि शतजन्मक्रमेण च ।। ततो नानाप्रकारा च मत्स्यजातिस्ततः शुचिः
jalajaṃturbhavetso'pi śatajanmakrameṇa ca || tato nānāprakārā ca matsyajātistataḥ śuciḥ
He too becomes a water-creature, in a succession of a hundred births; then (he becomes) the fish-species of various kinds, and after that he is pure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 31.52
यो वा धनस्यापहारं देवाब्रह्मणयोश्चरेत् ।। पातयित्वा स्वपुरुषान्दश पूर्वान्दशापरान्
yo vā dhanasyāpahāraṃ devābrahmaṇayoścaret || pātayitvā svapuruṣāndaśa pūrvāndaśāparān
Or he who commits the theft of the wealth of a god or of a brahmin — having caused his own ten forebears and ten descendants to fall,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 31.53
स्वयं याति च धूमांधं धूमध्वांतसमन्वितम् ।। धूमक्लिष्टो धूमभोजी वसेत्तत्र चतुर्युगम् ।।
svayaṃ yāti ca dhūmāṃdhaṃ dhūmadhvāṃtasamanvitam || dhūmakliṣṭo dhūmabhojī vasettatra caturyugam ||
he himself goes to (the hell) Dhūmāndha, filled with smoke and darkness; scorched by smoke, feeding on smoke, he dwells there for four yugas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 31.54
ततो मूषकजातिश्च शतजन्मानि भारते ।। ततो नानाविधाः पक्षिजातयः कृमिजातयः
tato mūṣakajātiśca śatajanmāni bhārate || tato nānāvidhāḥ pakṣijātayaḥ kṛmijātayaḥ
Then (he becomes) of the mouse-species for a hundred births in Bhārata; then the various bird-species and the worm-species,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 31.55
ततो नानाविधा वृक्षजातयश्च ततो नरः ।। भार्याहीनो वंशहीनः शबरो व्याधिसंयुतः
tato nānāvidhā vṛkṣajātayaśca tato naraḥ || bhāryāhīno vaṃśahīnaḥ śabaro vyādhisaṃyutaḥ
then the various tree-species, and then a man — wifeless, without lineage, a Śabara, afflicted with disease.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 31.56
ततो भवेत्स्वर्णकारः सुवर्णस्य वणिक्तथा ।। ततो यवनसेवी च ब्राह्मणो गणकस्ततः
tato bhavetsvarṇakāraḥ suvarṇasya vaṇiktathā || tato yavanasevī ca brāhmaṇo gaṇakastataḥ
Then he becomes a goldsmith, and likewise a trader in gold; then a servant of the Yavanas, and then a brahmin astrologer.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 31.57
विप्रो दैवज्ञोपजीवी वैद्यजीवी चिकित्सकः ।। व्यापारी लोहलाक्षादे रसादेर्विक्रयी च यः ।।
vipro daivajñopajīvī vaidyajīvī cikitsakaḥ || vyāpārī lohalākṣāde rasādervikrayī ca yaḥ ||
A brahmin who lives by fortune-telling, one who lives as a physician, a doctor; a trader who sells iron, lac and the like, and juices (or mercury/liquids) and such —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BvP 2 31.58
स याति नागवेष्टं च नागैर्वेष्टित एव च ।। वसेत्स्वलोममानाब्दं तत्र वै नागदंशितः
sa yāti nāgaveṣṭaṃ ca nāgairveṣṭita eva ca || vasetsvalomamānābdaṃ tatra vai nāgadaṃśitaḥ
he goes to (the hell) Nāgaveṣṭa, and indeed encircled by serpents he dwells there, bitten by serpents, for a number of years equal to (the hairs) on his own body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 31.59
ततो भवेत्स गणको वैद्यो वै सप्तजन्मसु ।। गोपश्च कर्म्मकारश्च शङ्खकारस्ततः शुचिः
tato bhavetsa gaṇako vaidyo vai saptajanmasu || gopaśca karmmakāraśca śaṅkhakārastataḥ śuciḥ
Then he becomes an astrologer, and indeed a physician, for seven births; and a cowherd, and an artisan, and then a conch-worker — after that he is pure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BvP 2 31.61
सन्ति पातकिनस्तेषु स्वकर्मफलभोगिनः ।। भ्रमंति तावत्संसारे किं भूयः श्रोतुमिच्छसि
santi pātakinasteṣu svakarmaphalabhoginaḥ || bhramaṃti tāvatsaṃsāre kiṃ bhūyaḥ śrotumicchasi
Among these there are sinners who enjoy the fruits of their own deeds; they wander in the round of existence for that long. What further do you wish to hear?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition