Brahmavaivarta Purana — Prakriti Khanda — Chapter 9

BvP 2 9.1

नारद उवाच।। भूमिदानकृतं पुण्यं पापं तद्धरणेन यत् ।। परभूमौ श्राद्धरूपं कूपे कुपदजं तथा

nārada uvāca|| bhūmidānakṛtaṃ puṇyaṃ pāpaṃ taddharaṇena yat || parabhūmau śrāddharūpaṃ kūpe kupadajaṃ tathā

Nārada said: The merit made by the gift of land, and the sin that comes from seizing it; (the sin) in the form of a śrāddha on another's land, and likewise that arising from a well and from a well-side platform,

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BvP 2 9.2

अम्बुवीचीभूखननबीजत्यागजमेव च ।। दीपादिस्थापनात्पापं श्रोतुमिच्छामि यत्नतः गवां मार्गं विनिष्कृष्य यश्च सस्यं ददाति सः ।। दिव्यं वर्षशतं चैव कुम्भीपाके च तिष्ठति मुक्तामाणिक्यहीरं च सुवर्णं च मणिं तथा ।। यश्च संस्थापयेद्भूमौ दरिद्रः सप्तजन्मसु हरेरूरौ च या जाता सा चोर्वी परिकीर्त्तिता ।। धरा धरित्री धरणी सर्वेषां धरणात्तु या

ambuvīcībhūkhananabījatyāgajameva ca || dīpādisthāpanātpāpaṃ śrotumicchāmi yatnataḥ gavāṃ mārgaṃ viniṣkṛṣya yaśca sasyaṃ dadāti saḥ || divyaṃ varṣaśataṃ caiva kumbhīpāke ca tiṣṭhati muktāmāṇikyahīraṃ ca suvarṇaṃ ca maṇiṃ tathā || yaśca saṃsthāpayedbhūmau daridraḥ saptajanmasu harerūrau ca yā jātā sā corvī parikīrttitā || dharā dharitrī dharaṇī sarveṣāṃ dharaṇāttu yā

and that arising from water-channels, from digging the ground, and from discarding seed; and the sin from setting up lamps and the like — this I wish carefully to hear. He who, having cut off the path of cattle, gives (that land for) crops, dwells a hundred divine years in the Kumbhīpāka hell. And he who deposits pearl, ruby, diamond, gold and gem in the ground is poor for seven births. And she who was born from Hari's thigh is called Urvī; (she is) Dharā, Dharitrī, Dharaṇī, since she bears (dharaṇa) all.

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BvP 2 9.3

अन्यद्वा पृथिवीजन्यं पापं यत्प्रश्नतः परम् ।। यदस्ति तत्प्रतीकारं वद वेदविदां वर

anyadvā pṛthivījanyaṃ pāpaṃ yatpraśnataḥ param || yadasti tatpratīkāraṃ vada vedavidāṃ vara

Or whatever other sin is produced from the earth, beyond what has been asked — whatever remedy there is for that, tell it, O best of those who know the Vedas.

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BvP 2 9.4

नारायण उवाच।। वितस्तिमात्रं भूमिं च यो ददाति च भारते।। सन्ध्यापूताय विप्राय स यायाद्विष्णुमन्दिरम्

nārāyaṇa uvāca|| vitastimātraṃ bhūmiṃ ca yo dadāti ca bhārate|| sandhyāpūtāya viprāya sa yāyādviṣṇumandiram

Nārāyaṇa said: He who gives even a span of land in Bhārata to a brāhmaṇa purified by the twilight rites goes to the abode of Viṣṇu.

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BvP 2 9.5

भूमिं च सर्वसस्याढ्या ब्राह्मणाय ददाति यः।। भूमिरेणुप्रमाणे च वर्षे विष्णुपदे वसेत्

bhūmiṃ ca sarvasasyāḍhyā brāhmaṇāya dadāti yaḥ|| bhūmireṇupramāṇe ca varṣe viṣṇupade vaset

And he who gives to a brāhmaṇa land rich in all crops dwells in Viṣṇu's realm for a year for each speck of the soil's dust.

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BvP 2 9.6

ग्रामं भूमिं च धान्यं च यो ददात्याददाति यः ।। सर्वपापाद्विनिर्मुक्तौ चोभौ वैकुण्ठवासिनौ

grāmaṃ bhūmiṃ ca dhānyaṃ ca yo dadātyādadāti yaḥ || sarvapāpādvinirmuktau cobhau vaikuṇṭhavāsinau

He who gives a village, land and grain, and he who receives them — both are freed from all sin and dwell in Vaikuṇṭha.

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BvP 2 9.7

भूमिदानं च तत्काले यः साधुश्चानुमोदते ।। स प्रयाति च वैकुण्ठं मित्रगोत्रसमन्वितः

bhūmidānaṃ ca tatkāle yaḥ sādhuścānumodate || sa prayāti ca vaikuṇṭhaṃ mitragotrasamanvitaḥ

And the good man who at that time approves of the gift of land goes to Vaikuṇṭha together with his friends and his lineage.

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BvP 2 9.8

स्वदत्तां परदत्तां वा ब्रह्मवृत्तिं हरेत्तु यः ।। कालसूत्रे तिष्ठति स यावच्चन्द्रदिवाकरौ

svadattāṃ paradattāṃ vā brahmavṛttiṃ harettu yaḥ || kālasūtre tiṣṭhati sa yāvaccandradivākarau

But he who seizes a brāhmaṇa's livelihood, whether given by himself or given by another, remains in (the hell) Kālasūtra as long as the moon and sun (endure).

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BvP 2 9.9

तत्पुत्रपौत्रप्रभृतिर्भूमिहीनः श्रिया हतः ।। सुखहीनो दरिद्रः स्यादन्ते याति च रौरवम्

tatputrapautraprabhṛtirbhūmihīnaḥ śriyā hataḥ || sukhahīno daridraḥ syādante yāti ca rauravam

His sons, grandsons and the rest are landless, stricken in fortune; devoid of happiness he becomes poor, and in the end he goes to the Raurava hell.

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BvP 2 9.11

गोष्ठं तडागं निष्कृष्य मार्गं सस्यं ददाति यः ।। स च तिष्ठत्यसीपत्रे यावदिन्द्राश्चतुर्दश

goṣṭhaṃ taḍāgaṃ niṣkṛṣya mārgaṃ sasyaṃ dadāti yaḥ || sa ca tiṣṭhatyasīpatre yāvadindrāścaturdaśa

He who, having cut off a cow-pen, a tank, or a road, (turns it into land and) gives it for crops remains in (the hell) Asipatra as long as fourteen Indras (endure).

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BvP 2 9.12

न पञ्चपिण्डमुद्धृत्य स्नाति कूपे परस्य यः।। प्राप्नोति नरकं चैव न स्नानफलमेव च

na pañcapiṇḍamuddhṛtya snāti kūpe parasya yaḥ|| prāpnoti narakaṃ caiva na snānaphalameva ca

He who bathes at another's well without taking out the five lumps (of earth) obtains hell and gets no fruit of the bath.

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BvP 2 9.13

कामी भूमौ च रहसि बीजत्यागं करोति यः ।। स्निग्धरेणुप्रमाणं च वर्षं तिष्ठति रौरवे

kāmī bhūmau ca rahasi bījatyāgaṃ karoti yaḥ || snigdhareṇupramāṇaṃ ca varṣaṃ tiṣṭhati raurave

A lustful man who in a hidden place discharges his seed upon the ground remains in Raurava for as many years as there are grains of the moistened dust.

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BvP 2 9.14

अम्बुवीच्यम्बुखननं यः करोति च मानवः ।। स याति कृमिदंशं च स्थितिस्तत्र चतुर्युगम्

ambuvīcyambukhananaṃ yaḥ karoti ca mānavaḥ || sa yāti kṛmidaṃśaṃ ca sthitistatra caturyugam

And the man who does the digging of water (channels) for water-currents goes to (the hell) Kṛmidaṃśa, and his stay there is four yugas.

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BvP 2 9.15

परकीये लुप्तकूपे कूपं मूढः करोति यः ।। पुष्करिण्यां च लुप्तायां तां ददाति च यो नरः सर्वं फलं परस्यैव तप्तसूर्मिं व्रजेत्तु सः ।। तत्र तिष्ठति संतप्तो यावदिद्राश्चतुर्दश

parakīye luptakūpe kūpaṃ mūḍhaḥ karoti yaḥ || puṣkariṇyāṃ ca luptāyāṃ tāṃ dadāti ca yo naraḥ sarvaṃ phalaṃ parasyaiva taptasūrmiṃ vrajettu saḥ || tatra tiṣṭhati saṃtapto yāvadidrāścaturdaśa

The fool who digs a well within another's ruined well, and the man who bestows a ruined lotus-pond (as a gift) — all the fruit belongs to the other alone, while he goes to Taptasūrmi; there he stays, scorched, as long as fourteen Indras (endure).

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BvP 2 9.17

परकीयतडागे च पङ्कमुद्धृत्य चोत्सृजेत् ।। रेणुप्रमाणवर्षं च ब्रह्मलोके वसेन्नरः

parakīyataḍāge ca paṅkamuddhṛtya cotsṛjet || reṇupramāṇavarṣaṃ ca brahmaloke vasennaraḥ

And should one dig out the mud from another's tank and throw it away, that man dwells in Brahmaloka for as many years as there are grains of dust.

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BvP 2 9.18

पिण्डं पित्रे भूतिभर्त्तुर्न प्रदाय च मानवः ।। श्राद्धं करोति यो मूढो नरकं याति निश्चितम्

piṇḍaṃ pitre bhūtibhartturna pradāya ca mānavaḥ || śrāddhaṃ karoti yo mūḍho narakaṃ yāti niścitam

And the man who, without first giving the piṇḍa to his father, the sustainer of his welfare, performs the śrāddha — that fool goes to hell for certain.

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BvP 2 9.19

भूमौ दीपं योऽर्पयति सोऽन्धः सप्तसु जन्मसु ।। भूमौ शंखं च संस्थाप्य कुष्ठं जन्मान्तरे लभेत्

bhūmau dīpaṃ yo'rpayati so'ndhaḥ saptasu janmasu || bhūmau śaṃkhaṃ ca saṃsthāpya kuṣṭhaṃ janmāntare labhet

He who sets a lamp down on the ground is blind for seven births; and having set a conch on the ground, he would get leprosy in another birth.

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BvP 2 9.21

शिवलिङ्गं शिलामर्च्यां यश्चार्पयति भूतले ।। शतमन्वन्तरं यावत्कृमिभक्षे स तिष्ठति

śivaliṅgaṃ śilāmarcyāṃ yaścārpayati bhūtale || śatamanvantaraṃ yāvatkṛmibhakṣe sa tiṣṭhati

And he who sets a Śiva-liṅga, or a stone that is to be worshipped, down upon the ground stays in (the hell) Kṛmibhakṣa for a hundred manvantaras.

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BvP 2 9.22

सूक्तं मन्त्रं शिलातोयं पुष्पं च तुलसीदलम् ।। यश्चार्पयति भूमौ च स तिष्ठेन्नरके युगम्

sūktaṃ mantraṃ śilātoyaṃ puṣpaṃ ca tulasīdalam || yaścārpayati bhūmau ca sa tiṣṭhennarake yugam

A hymn, a mantra, water for the (sacred) stone, a flower, and a tulasī leaf — he who sets these down on the ground stays in hell for a yuga.

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BvP 2 9.23

जपमालां पुष्पमालां कर्पूरं रोचनां तथा ।। यो मूढश्चार्पयेद्भूमौ स याति नरकं ध्रुवम्

japamālāṃ puṣpamālāṃ karpūraṃ rocanāṃ tathā || yo mūḍhaścārpayedbhūmau sa yāti narakaṃ dhruvam

A rosary, a flower-garland, camphor, and likewise gorocanā pigment — the fool who would set them down on the ground goes to hell, assuredly.

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BvP 2 9.24

मुने चन्दनकाष्ठं च रुद्राक्षं कुशमूलकम् ।। संस्थाप्य भूमौ नरके वसेन्मन्वन्तरावधि

mune candanakāṣṭhaṃ ca rudrākṣaṃ kuśamūlakam || saṃsthāpya bhūmau narake vasenmanvantarāvadhi

O sage, having set down on the ground sandalwood, a rudrākṣa, and kuśa-root, one dwells in hell up to the limit of a manvantara.

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BvP 2 9.26

ब्रह्महत्यासमं पापमिह वै लभते ध्रुवम्।। ग्रन्थियुक्तं यज्ञसूत्रं पूज्यं स्यात्सर्ववर्णकैः

brahmahatyāsamaṃ pāpamiha vai labhate dhruvam|| granthiyuktaṃ yajñasūtraṃ pūjyaṃ syātsarvavarṇakaiḥ

He surely obtains, right here, a sin equal to the killing of a brahmin. The sacrificial thread, furnished with its knot, should be honoured by (people) of all classes.

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BvP 2 9.27

यज्ञं कृत्वा तु यो भूमिं क्षीरेण नहि सिञ्चति।। स याति तप्तसूर्मिं च संतप्तः सर्वजन्मसु

yajñaṃ kṛtvā tu yo bhūmiṃ kṣīreṇa nahi siñcati|| sa yāti taptasūrmiṃ ca saṃtaptaḥ sarvajanmasu

But he who, after performing a sacrifice, does not sprinkle the ground with milk goes to Taptasūrmi, and is scorched in all his births.

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BvP 2 9.28

भूकम्पे ग्रहणे यो हि करोति खननं भुवः ।। जन्मान्तरे महापापी सोऽङ्गहीनो भवेद्ध्रुवम्

bhūkampe grahaṇe yo hi karoti khananaṃ bhuvaḥ || janmāntare mahāpāpī so'ṅgahīno bhaveddhruvam

He who does digging of the earth during an earthquake or an eclipse, that great sinner surely becomes deficient in a limb in his next birth.

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BvP 2 9.29

पुस्तकं यज्ञसूत्रं च भूमौ संस्थापयेत्तु यः।। न भवेद्विप्रयोनौ च तस्य जन्मान्तरे जनिः भवनं यत्र सर्वेषां भूमिस्तेन प्रकीर्त्तिता।।। वसुरत्नं या दधाति वसुधा च वसुन्धरा

pustakaṃ yajñasūtraṃ ca bhūmau saṃsthāpayettu yaḥ|| na bhavedviprayonau ca tasya janmāntare janiḥ bhavanaṃ yatra sarveṣāṃ bhūmistena prakīrttitā||| vasuratnaṃ yā dadhāti vasudhā ca vasundharā

But he who sets a book or a sacrificial thread down on the ground — for him there is no birth in a brahmin womb in another life. Since she is the dwelling (bhavana) of all, she is thereby proclaimed 'bhūmi'; and because she holds wealth and jewels she is Vasudhā and Vasundharā.

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BvP 2 9.31

इज्या च यागभरणात्क्षोणी क्षीणा लये च या ।। महालये क्षयं याति क्षितिस्तेन प्रकीर्तिता

ijyā ca yāgabharaṇātkṣoṇī kṣīṇā laye ca yā || mahālaye kṣayaṃ yāti kṣitistena prakīrtitā

She is Ijyā because she bears the sacrifice; Kṣoṇī because she wastes away at the dissolution; and because at the great dissolution she goes to destruction, she is thereby proclaimed Kṣiti.

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BvP 2 9.32

काश्यपी कश्यपस्येयमचला स्थितिरूपतः ।। विश्वम्भरा तद्धरणाच्चानन्ताऽनन्तरूपतः

kāśyapī kaśyapasyeyamacalā sthitirūpataḥ || viśvambharā taddharaṇāccānantā'nantarūpataḥ

She is Kāśyapī as belonging to Kaśyapa; Acalā by reason of her form of immobility; Viśvambharā from bearing all that; and Anantā from her endless form.

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BvP 2 9.33

पृथ्वी पृधुककन्यात्वाद्विस्तृतत्वान्मही मुने

pṛthvī pṛdhukakanyātvādvistṛtatvānmahī mune

She is Pṛthvī from being the daughter of Pṛthu, and Mahī from being extended, O sage.

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