Brahmavaivarta Purana — Krishnajanma Khanda — Chapter 85

BvP 4 85.1

नन्द उवाच वर्णानां च चतुर्णां च भक्ष्याभक्ष्यं च सांप्रतम् । विपाकं कर्मणां चैव सर्वेषां प्राणिनामपि

nanda uvāca varṇānāṃ ca caturṇāṃ ca bhakṣyābhakṣyaṃ ca sāṃpratam | vipākaṃ karmaṇāṃ caiva sarveṣāṃ prāṇināmapi

Nanda said: Now (tell me) what is to be eaten and what is not to be eaten by the four classes, and also the ripening of the deeds of all living beings.

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BvP 4 85.2

कथयस्व महाभाग कारणानां च कारणम् । त्वत्तोऽन्यं कं च पृच्छामि नितान्तं सन्तमीश्वरम्

kathayasva mahābhāga kāraṇānāṃ ca kāraṇam | tvatto'nyaṃ kaṃ ca pṛcchāmi nitāntaṃ santamīśvaram

Tell (me), greatly fortunate one, (you who are) the cause of causes; whom other than you should I ask, (you who are) utterly the true Lord?

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BvP 4 85.3

श्रीभगवानुवाच भक्ष्याभक्ष्यं चतुर्णां च वर्णानां च यथोचितम् । वेदोक्तं श्रूयता तात सावधानं निशामय

śrībhagavānuvāca bhakṣyābhakṣyaṃ caturṇāṃ ca varṇānāṃ ca yathocitam | vedoktaṃ śrūyatā tāta sāvadhānaṃ niśāmaya

The blessed Lord said: (Hear) what is edible and inedible for the four classes, as is fitting; let what is declared in the Veda be heard—my dear, listen attentively.

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BvP 4 85.4

अयःपात्रे पयःपानं गव्यं सिद्धान्नमेव च । भृष्टादिकं पधु गुडं नालिकेरोदकं तथा

ayaḥpātre payaḥpānaṃ gavyaṃ siddhānnameva ca | bhṛṣṭādikaṃ padhu guḍaṃ nālikerodakaṃ tathā

Drinking milk in an iron vessel, and cow-products, and cooked food, fried things and the like, honey, molasses, and likewise coconut water—

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BvP 4 85.5

फलं मूलं च यत्किंचिदभक्षयं मनुरब्रवीत् । दग्धान्नं तप्तसौवीरमभक्ष्यं व्रह्मनिर्मितम्

phalaṃ mūlaṃ ca yatkiṃcidabhakṣayaṃ manurabravīt | dagdhānnaṃ taptasauvīramabhakṣyaṃ vrahmanirmitam

and whatever fruit or root—Manu declared (these) not to be eaten; burnt food and heated sour gruel are inedible, (so) ordained by Brahmā.

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BvP 4 85.6

नालिकेरोदकं कांस्ये ताम्रपात्रे स्थितं मधु । गव्यं च ताम्रपात्रस्थं सर्वं मद्यं घृतं विना

nālikerodakaṃ kāṃsye tāmrapātre sthitaṃ madhu | gavyaṃ ca tāmrapātrasthaṃ sarvaṃ madyaṃ ghṛtaṃ vinā

Coconut water in a bronze vessel, honey kept in a copper vessel, and cow-products placed in a copper vessel, and all liquor—except ghee (are inedible).

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BvP 4 85.7

ताम्रपात्रे पयःपानमुच्छिष्टे घृतभोजनम् । दुग्धं सलवणं चैव सद्यो गोमांसभक्षणम्

tāmrapātre payaḥpānamucchiṣṭe ghṛtabhojanam | dugdhaṃ salavaṇaṃ caiva sadyo gomāṃsabhakṣaṇam

Drinking milk in a copper vessel, eating ghee when (ritually) polluted by leftovers, and milk together with salt—(that is) at once the eating of cow's flesh.

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BvP 4 85.8

अभक्ष्यं मधुमिक्षं च घृतं तैलं गुडं तथा । आर्द्रकं गुडसंयुक्तमभक्ष्यं श्रुतिसंमतम्

abhakṣyaṃ madhumikṣaṃ ca ghṛtaṃ tailaṃ guḍaṃ tathā | ārdrakaṃ guḍasaṃyuktamabhakṣyaṃ śrutisaṃmatam

Inedible too are honey mixed (with other things), ghee, oil, and likewise molasses; fresh ginger joined with molasses is inedible—so the Veda agrees.

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BvP 4 85.9

पीतशेषजलं चैव माघे च मूलकं तथा । जपादिकं च शयने सदा प्राज्ञः परित्यजेत्

pītaśeṣajalaṃ caiva māghe ca mūlakaṃ tathā | japādikaṃ ca śayane sadā prājñaḥ parityajet

And water left over after drinking, and radish in the month of Māgha, and muttered prayer and the like while lying in bed—the wise man should always renounce (these).

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BvP 4 85.10

द्विर्भोजनं च दिवसे संध्ययोह्भोजनं तथा । भक्ष्यं च रात्रिशेषे च ध्रुवं प्राज्ञः परित्यजेत्

dvirbhojanaṃ ca divase saṃdhyayohbhojanaṃ tathā | bhakṣyaṃ ca rātriśeṣe ca dhruvaṃ prājñaḥ parityajet

Eating twice in a day, and eating at the two twilights, and food at the end of the night—the wise man should certainly renounce (these).

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BvP 4 85.11

पानीयं पायसं चूर्णं घुतं लवणमेव च । स्वस्तिकं गुडकं चैव क्षीरं तक्रं तथा मधु

pānīyaṃ pāyasaṃ cūrṇaṃ ghutaṃ lavaṇameva ca | svastikaṃ guḍakaṃ caiva kṣīraṃ takraṃ tathā madhu

Water, milk-rice, flour, ghee, and salt, svastika (cake), a lump of molasses, milk, buttermilk, and honey—

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BvP 4 85.12

हस्ताद्धस्तगृहीतं च सद्यो गोमांसमेव च । कर्पूरं रौप्यपात्रस्थमभक्ष्यं श्रुतिसंमतम्

hastāddhastagṛhītaṃ ca sadyo gomāṃsameva ca | karpūraṃ raupyapātrasthamabhakṣyaṃ śrutisaṃmatam

and what is taken from hand to hand—(that is) at once cow's flesh indeed; camphor kept in a silver vessel is inedible—so the Veda agrees.

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BvP 4 85.13

परिवेषणकारी चेद्भोक्तारं स्पृशते यदि । मभक्ष्यं च तदन्नं च सर्वेषामेव संमतम्

pariveṣaṇakārī cedbhoktāraṃ spṛśate yadi | mabhakṣyaṃ ca tadannaṃ ca sarveṣāmeva saṃmatam

If the one serving out (the food) touches the eater, that food (becomes) inedible—this is agreed by all.

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BvP 4 85.14

नकुलानां गण्डकानां महिषाणां च पक्षिणाम् । सर्पाणां सूकराणां च गर्दभानां विशेषतः

nakulānāṃ gaṇḍakānāṃ mahiṣāṇāṃ ca pakṣiṇām | sarpāṇāṃ sūkarāṇāṃ ca gardabhānāṃ viśeṣataḥ

Of mongooses, rhinoceroses, buffaloes, and birds, of snakes, of boars, and especially of donkeys,

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BvP 4 85.15

मर्जाराणां सृगालानां कुक्कुटानां व्रजेश्वर । व्याघ्राणामपि सिंहानां त्याज्यं मांसं नृणां सदा

marjārāṇāṃ sṛgālānāṃ kukkuṭānāṃ vrajeśvara | vyāghrāṇāmapi siṃhānāṃ tyājyaṃ māṃsaṃ nṛṇāṃ sadā

of cats, jackals, cocks, O lord of Vraja, and also of tigers and lions—the flesh is always to be avoided by men.

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BvP 4 85.16

जलौकसां च नक्राणां गेधिकानां तथैव च । मण्डूकानां कर्कटानां चुञ्चुकानां च निश्चितम्

jalaukasāṃ ca nakrāṇāṃ gedhikānāṃ tathaiva ca | maṇḍūkānāṃ karkaṭānāṃ cuñcukānāṃ ca niścitam

And of leeches and crocodiles, and likewise of lizards, of frogs, of crabs, and of shrews—assuredly (so).

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BvP 4 85.17

गवां च चमरीणां च न कलौ मांसभक्षणम् । हस्तिनां घोटकानां च नृणामेव च रक्षसाम्

gavāṃ ca camarīṇāṃ ca na kalau māṃsabhakṣaṇam | hastināṃ ghoṭakānāṃ ca nṛṇāmeva ca rakṣasām

And of cows and of yaks there is no flesh-eating in the Kali age, nor of elephants and horses, nor indeed of men and of demons.

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BvP 4 85.18

दंशश्च मशकश्चैव मक्षिका च पिपीनिका । अन्येधां च निषिद्धानां लोके वेदे व्रजेश्वर

daṃśaśca maśakaścaiva makṣikā ca pipīnikā | anyedhāṃ ca niṣiddhānāṃ loke vede vrajeśvara

And the gadfly, the mosquito, the fly and the ant, and of others that are forbidden in the world and in the Veda, O lord of Vraja—

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BvP 4 85.19

वानराणां भल्लुकानां शरभाणां तथैव च । निषिद्धं मृगनाभीनां गर्दभानां च मांसकम्

vānarāṇāṃ bhallukānāṃ śarabhāṇāṃ tathaiva ca | niṣiddhaṃ mṛganābhīnāṃ gardabhānāṃ ca māṃsakam

of monkeys, of bears, and likewise of śarabhas, the flesh of musk-deer and of donkeys is forbidden.

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BvP 4 85.20

अभक्ष्यं महिषीणां च दुग्धं दधि घृतं तथा । स्वस्तिकं च तथा तत्र विप्राणां नवनीतकम्

abhakṣyaṃ mahiṣīṇāṃ ca dugdhaṃ dadhi ghṛtaṃ tathā | svastikaṃ ca tathā tatra viprāṇāṃ navanītakam

And of she-buffaloes the milk, curds, and ghee are inedible, and likewise the svastika (cake) there, and butter, for brahmins.

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BvP 4 85.21

मांसमुच्छैःश्रवसकं तस्य दुग्धादिकं तथा । वर्णानां च चतुर्णां चाप्यभक्ष्यं च श्रुतौ श्रुतम्

māṃsamucchaiḥśravasakaṃ tasya dugdhādikaṃ tathā | varṇānāṃ ca caturṇāṃ cāpyabhakṣyaṃ ca śrutau śrutam

The flesh of Uccaiḥśravas and likewise his milk and the rest—for the four classes this too is inedible: so it is heard in the Veda.

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BvP 4 85.22

अभक्ष्यमार्द्रकं चैव सर्वेषां च रवेर्दिने । पर्युषितं चलं चान्नं विप्राणां दुग्धमेव च

abhakṣyamārdrakaṃ caiva sarveṣāṃ ca raverdine | paryuṣitaṃ calaṃ cānnaṃ viprāṇāṃ dugdhameva ca

Fresh ginger is not to be eaten by anyone on the sun's day (Sunday); and for brahmins, food kept overnight or (already) moved (from its place), and milk (likewise).

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BvP 4 85.23

वर्णानां च चतुर्णां चाप्यवीरान्नस्य भक्षणम् । तदन्नं च सुरातुल्यं गोमांसाधिकमेव च

varṇānāṃ ca caturṇāṃ cāpyavīrānnasya bhakṣaṇam | tadannaṃ ca surātulyaṃ gomāṃsādhikameva ca

And for the four classes the eating of the food of one who has no male offspring (avīra) (is forbidden); that food is equal to liquor, and even worse than cow's flesh.

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BvP 4 85.24

अवीरान्नं च योभुङ्क्ते ब्राह्मणो ज्ञानदुर्बलः । पितृदेवार्चनं तस्य निष्फलं मनुरब्रवीत्

avīrānnaṃ ca yobhuṅkte brāhmaṇo jñānadurbalaḥ | pitṛdevārcanaṃ tasya niṣphalaṃ manurabravīt

And the brahmin, feeble in knowledge, who eats the food of an avīra — his worship of the ancestors and the gods is fruitless, Manu has said.

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BvP 4 85.25

ब्रह्माणानां व२ष्णवानामभक्ष्यं मत्स्यमेव च । इतरेषामभक्ष्यं च पञ्चपर्वसु निश्चितम्

brahmāṇānāṃ va2ṣṇavānāmabhakṣyaṃ matsyameva ca | itareṣāmabhakṣyaṃ ca pañcaparvasu niścitam

For brahmins and for Vaiṣṇavas fish too is not to be eaten; and for the others it is settled that it is not to be eaten on the five parvan days.

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BvP 4 85.26

पितृदेवावशेषे च भक्ष्यं मांसं न दूथितम् । पञ्चपर्वसु त्याज्यं च सर्वेषां मनुरब्रवीत्

pitṛdevāvaśeṣe ca bhakṣyaṃ māṃsaṃ na dūthitam | pañcaparvasu tyājyaṃ ca sarveṣāṃ manurabravīt

And in what is left over from (offerings to) the ancestors and the gods, meat may be eaten and is not blameworthy; but on the five parvan days it is to be abandoned by all, Manu has said.

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BvP 4 85.27

असंस्कृतं च लवणं तैलं चाभक्ष्यमेव च । भक्ष्यं पवित्रं सर्वेषां व्यञ्जनं वह्निसंस्कृतम्

asaṃskṛtaṃ ca lavaṇaṃ tailaṃ cābhakṣyameva ca | bhakṣyaṃ pavitraṃ sarveṣāṃ vyañjanaṃ vahnisaṃskṛtam

Unprepared salt and oil are not to be eaten; but a condiment prepared with fire is edible and pure for all.

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BvP 4 85.28

एकहस्ते घृतं तोयमभक्ष्यं सर्वमंमतम् । आविलं कृमियुक्तं च परिशुद्धं च निर्मलम्

ekahaste ghṛtaṃ toyamabhakṣyaṃ sarvamaṃmatam | āvilaṃ kṛmiyuktaṃ ca pariśuddhaṃ ca nirmalam

Ghee and water in one (and the same) hand — all this is held to be unfit to eat. (Water) that is turbid and full of worms (is unfit), and that which is thoroughly clean and clear (is fit).

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BvP 4 85.29

अभक्ष्यं ब्रह्माणानां च वैष्णवानां विशेषतः । अनिवेद्यं हरेरेव यतीनां ब्रह्मचारिणाम्

abhakṣyaṃ brahmāṇānāṃ ca vaiṣṇavānāṃ viśeṣataḥ | anivedyaṃ harereva yatīnāṃ brahmacāriṇām

And for brahmins, and especially for Vaiṣṇavas, for ascetics and for celibate students, what has not been offered to Hari is not to be eaten.

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BvP 4 85.30

पिपीलिकामिश्रितं च मधु गव्यं गुडं तथा । यत्किंचिद्वस्तु वा तात न भक्ष्यं च श्रुतौ श्रुतम्

pipīlikāmiśritaṃ ca madhu gavyaṃ guḍaṃ tathā | yatkiṃcidvastu vā tāta na bhakṣyaṃ ca śrutau śrutam

And honey mixed with ants, milk-products, and molasses likewise — or whatever thing (is so mixed), my dear, is not to be eaten: so it is heard in the Veda.

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BvP 4 85.31

पक्षिभक्ष्यं कीटभक्ष्यं शृद्धं पक्वफलं तथा । काकभक्ष्यमभक्ष्यं च सर्वेषां द्रव्यमेव च

pakṣibhakṣyaṃ kīṭabhakṣyaṃ śṛddhaṃ pakvaphalaṃ tathā | kākabhakṣyamabhakṣyaṃ ca sarveṣāṃ dravyameva ca

Likewise a ripe fruit that has been eaten by birds, eaten by insects, (or) fallen; and any substance eaten by a crow is not to be eaten by anyone.

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BvP 4 85.32

घृतपक्वं तैलपक्वं मिष्टान्नं शूद्रसंस्कृतम् । अभक्ष्यं ब्राह्मणानां च शूद्रभक्ष्यं च पीठकम्

ghṛtapakvaṃ tailapakvaṃ miṣṭānnaṃ śūdrasaṃskṛtam | abhakṣyaṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ ca śūdrabhakṣyaṃ ca pīṭhakam

What is cooked in ghee, what is cooked in oil, sweet food prepared by a śūdra — that is not to be eaten by brahmins; but a cake (pīṭhaka) may be eaten by a śūdra.

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BvP 4 85.33

सर्वेषामशुचीनां च जलमन्नं परित्यजेत् । आशौचान्तात्परदिने शुद्धमेव न संशयः

sarveṣāmaśucīnāṃ ca jalamannaṃ parityajet | āśaucāntātparadine śuddhameva na saṃśayaḥ

One should reject the water and food of all who are impure; on the day after the end of the (period of) impurity it is certainly pure — there is no doubt.

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BvP 4 85.34

विपाकं कर्मणामेव दुष्करं श्रुतिसंमतम् । भक्ष्याभक्ष्यं च कथितं यथाज्ञानं व्रचेश्वर

vipākaṃ karmaṇāmeva duṣkaraṃ śrutisaṃmatam | bhakṣyābhakṣyaṃ ca kathitaṃ yathājñānaṃ vraceśvara

The ripening of deeds is indeed hard (to escape) — this is agreed by the Veda. And what may and may not be eaten has been told as far as I know it, O lord of Vraja.

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BvP 4 85.35

क्रमाच्चतुर्षु वेदेषु चौक्तं मतचतुष्टयम् । सर्वेषां सारभूतं च कथयामि पितः शृणु

kramāccaturṣu vedeṣu cauktaṃ matacatuṣṭayam | sarveṣāṃ sārabhūtaṃ ca kathayāmi pitaḥ śṛṇu

And in the four Vedas, in order, the four doctrines are stated; I shall tell what is the essence of them all — listen, father.

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BvP 4 85.36

नाभुक्तं क्षीयते कर्म कल्पकोटिशतैरपि । अवश्यमेव भोक्तव्यं कृतं कर्म शुभाशुभम्

nābhuktaṃ kṣīyate karma kalpakoṭiśatairapi | avaśyameva bhoktavyaṃ kṛtaṃ karma śubhāśubham

Karma not experienced does not perish, even in hundreds of crores of kalpas; the deed done, good or bad, must without fail be experienced.

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BvP 4 85.37

तीर्थानां च सुराणां च सहायेन नृणामपि । किंचिद्भवति साहाय्यं कायव्यूहेन सर्वतः

tīrthānāṃ ca surāṇāṃ ca sahāyena nṛṇāmapi | kiṃcidbhavati sāhāyyaṃ kāyavyūhena sarvataḥ

By the aid of sacred fords and of the gods, and of men too, there comes some little help, (or) altogether by the multiplication of bodies.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BvP 4 85.38

प्रायश्चितानि चीर्णानि निश्चितममत्पराङमुखम् । न निष्पुनन्ति हे तात सुराकुम्भमिवाऽऽपगाः

prāyaścitāni cīrṇāni niścitamamatparāṅamukham | na niṣpunanti he tāta surākumbhamivā''pagāḥ

Expiations performed, (if) certainly turned away from Me, do not purify, my dear, any more than rivers purify a pot of liquor.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BvP 4 85.39

प्रायश्चित्तेन पुण्येन न हि शुध्यन्ति मानवा । सर्वारम्भेण वैश्येन्द्र दानेन योगतोऽपि वा

prāyaścittena puṇyena na hi śudhyanti mānavā | sarvārambheṇa vaiśyendra dānena yogato'pi vā

Men are not purified by expiation, nor by merit, O chief of the vaiśyas, nor by every undertaking, nor by giving, nor even by yoga.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 85.40

शुभाशुभं च यत्कर्म विना भोगान्न च क्षयः । भोगेन शुद्धिमाप्नोति ततो मुक्तिर्भवेन्नृणाम्

śubhāśubhaṃ ca yatkarma vinā bhogānna ca kṣayaḥ | bhogena śuddhimāpnoti tato muktirbhavennṛṇām

Whatever deed there is, good or bad, there is no wearing away of it without experiencing (it); through experiencing it one attains purity, and thereafter release comes to men.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 85.41

न नष्टं दुष्कृतं कर्म सुकृतेन च कर्मणा । न नष्टं सुकृतं कर्म कृतेन दुष्कृतेन च

na naṣṭaṃ duṣkṛtaṃ karma sukṛtena ca karmaṇā | na naṣṭaṃ sukṛtaṃ karma kṛtena duṣkṛtena ca

An evil deed done is not destroyed by a good deed done; nor is a good deed destroyed by an evil deed done.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 85.42

यज्ञेन तपसा वाऽपि व्रतेनानशनेन च । तीर्थस्नानेन दानेन जपेन नियमेन च

yajñena tapasā vā'pi vratenānaśanena ca | tīrthasnānena dānena japena niyamena ca

By sacrifice, or by austerity, by vow and by fasting, by bathing at sacred fords, by giving, by muttered recitation and by self-restraint,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 85.43

भुवः प्रदक्षिणेनैव पुराणश्रवणेन च । उपदेणेन पुण्येन पूजया गुरुदेवयोः

bhuvaḥ pradakṣiṇenaiva purāṇaśravaṇena ca | upadeṇena puṇyena pūjayā gurudevayoḥ

and by circumambulating the earth, and by hearing the Purāṇas, by meritorious instruction, by worship of the teacher and of the deity,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 85.44

स्वधर्माचरणेनैवातिथीनां पूजनेन च । ब्रह्मणां पूजनेनैव भोजनेन विशेषतः

svadharmācaraṇenaivātithīnāṃ pūjanena ca | brahmaṇāṃ pūjanenaiva bhojanena viśeṣataḥ

by the practice of one's own duty, and by honouring guests, and by honouring brahmins, especially by feeding (them) —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 85.46

यद्धत्तमपि विप्राय तत्प्राप्तं पूर्णरूपतः । बीजरूपं च तद्दानं क्षेत्ररूपं च ब्रह्मणः ४५ एकेन कर्मणा तात स्वर्गं प्राप्नोति मानवः । कर्मणा न हि मोक्षं च तदेव मम सेवया

yaddhattamapi viprāya tatprāptaṃ pūrṇarūpataḥ | bījarūpaṃ ca taddānaṃ kṣetrarūpaṃ ca brahmaṇaḥ 45 ekena karmaṇā tāta svargaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ | karmaṇā na hi mokṣaṃ ca tadeva mama sevayā

Whatever is given to a brahmin, that is obtained in full measure; that gift has the nature of seed, and the brahmin the nature of the field. (45) By a single act, dear one, a man attains heaven; but not liberation by action — that (comes) only through service to me.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 85.47

स्वर्गं च सुकृतेनैव नरकं दुष्कृतेन च । व्याधिर्जन्म च योनौ च कुत्सिते च ततः शुचिः

svargaṃ ca sukṛtenaiva narakaṃ duṣkṛtena ca | vyādhirjanma ca yonau ca kutsite ca tataḥ śuciḥ

And heaven (comes) by good deeds, hell by bad deeds, and disease, and birth in a contemptible womb, and after that purity.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BvP 4 85.48

गोघ्नो यो ब्राह्मणानां च कामतश्चोपपातकी । दन्दशूकत्वमाप्नोति गोलोमसमवर्षकम्

goghno yo brāhmaṇānāṃ ca kāmataścopapātakī | dandaśūkatvamāpnoti golomasamavarṣakam

He who kills cows or brahmins, and the one who deliberately commits a secondary sin, attains the state of the biting serpents (in hell) for years equal to (the number of) the cow's hairs.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 85.49

सर्पेण भक्षितस्तेन च्वालया गरलस्य च । तृषितो व्यथितश्चैव निराहारः कृशोदरः

sarpeṇa bhakṣitastena cvālayā garalasya ca | tṛṣito vyathitaścaiva nirāhāraḥ kṛśodaraḥ

There he is devoured by a serpent, and by the flame of poison; thirsty and tormented, without food, his belly shrunken.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 85.50

ततः कुण्डात्समुत्थाय गौर्भवेल्लोमवर्षकम् । ततः कुष्ठी च चाण्डालो वर्षलक्षंततो नरः

tataḥ kuṇḍātsamutthāya gaurbhavellomavarṣakam | tataḥ kuṣṭhī ca cāṇḍālo varṣalakṣaṃtato naraḥ

Then, rising up from that pit, he becomes a cow for years equal to the hairs; then a leper, and (then) a caṇḍāla, that man, for a hundred thousand years.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 85.51

तदा भवेद्ब्राह्मणश्च कुष्ठयुक्तो हि कर्मणा । भोजयित्वा विप्रलक्षं निर्व्याधिश्च भवेच्छुचिः

tadā bhavedbrāhmaṇaśca kuṣṭhayukto hi karmaṇā | bhojayitvā vipralakṣaṃ nirvyādhiśca bhavecchuciḥ

Then he becomes a brahmin, but afflicted with leprosy through (his former) act; having fed a hundred thousand brahmins he becomes free of disease and pure.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 85.52

अकामतस्तदर्धं च क्षत्रियस्यापि कामतः । अकामतस्तदर्धं च तदर्धं च विशस्तथा

akāmatastadardhaṃ ca kṣatriyasyāpi kāmataḥ | akāmatastadardhaṃ ca tadardhaṃ ca viśastathā

If (done) unintentionally, half of that; and for (killing the cow of) a kṣatriya intentionally, and unintentionally half of that; and half of that likewise for a vaiśya.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BvP 4 85.53

तदर्ध शूद्रगोघ्नश्च भुङ्क्ते पापं न संशयः । प्रायश्चित्तेन शुद्धश्च भुङ्क्ते शेषं च कर्मणः

tadardha śūdragoghnaśca bhuṅkte pāpaṃ na saṃśayaḥ | prāyaścittena śuddhaśca bhuṅkte śeṣaṃ ca karmaṇaḥ

And the śūdra cow-killer consumes half of that sin — there is no doubt; and, purified by expiation, he consumes (only) the remainder of the act.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BvP 4 85.54

अनुकल्पे चतुर्थं च पापं भुङ्क्ते न संशयः । चतुर्गुणं च गोघ्नानां ब्राह्मणानां च पातकम्

anukalpe caturthaṃ ca pāpaṃ bhuṅkte na saṃśayaḥ | caturguṇaṃ ca goghnānāṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ ca pātakam

In the case of a substitute (expiation) he consumes a fourth of the sin — there is no doubt; and fourfold is the sin of those who kill cows and brahmins.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BvP 4 85.55

भुङ्क्ते पापं च ब्रह्मन्नो ब्राह्मणाश्चेतरोऽपि वा । क्रमेणानेन बोध्यं च कामतोऽकामतोऽपि वा

bhuṅkte pāpaṃ ca brahmanno brāhmaṇāścetaro'pi vā | krameṇānena bodhyaṃ ca kāmato'kāmato'pi vā

He consumes the sin, the brahmin-killer, whether a brahmin or another; by this sequence it is to be understood, whether (done) intentionally or unintentionally.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BvP 4 85.56

प्रायश्चित्तं जन्म कर्म व्याधिरेव प संशयः । गोघ्नो भवति गौश्चापि यावद्वर्ष च निश्चितम्

prāyaścittaṃ janma karma vyādhireva pa saṃśayaḥ | goghno bhavati gauścāpi yāvadvarṣa ca niścitam

Expiation, birth, act, disease — (so it is), there is no doubt; the cow-killer becomes a cow for just so many years, this is certain.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BvP 4 85.57

चतुर्गुणं च तेषां च ब्रह्मघ्नो विट्कृमिर्भवेत् । ततो भवति म्लेच्छश्च तावद्वर्षचतुर्गुणम्

caturguṇaṃ ca teṣāṃ ca brahmaghno viṭkṛmirbhavet | tato bhavati mlecchaśca tāvadvarṣacaturguṇam

And fourfold that of these: the brahmin-killer becomes a worm in excrement; then he becomes a mleccha for four times that many years.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 85.58

ततश्चान्धो भवेद्विप्रः पूर्वेषां च चतुर्गुणम् । ब्रह्मणानां चतुर्लक्षं भोजयित्वा शुचिर्भवेत्

tataścāndho bhavedvipraḥ pūrveṣāṃ ca caturguṇam | brahmaṇānāṃ caturlakṣaṃ bhojayitvā śucirbhavet

Then he becomes a blind brahmin, (for) four times that of the former (periods); having fed four hundred thousand brahmins he becomes pure.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 85.59

चक्षुष्मांश्च यशस्वी च भवेत्सोऽप्यतिपातकात् । स्त्रीघ्नचतुर्णां वर्णानां वेदे सोऽप्यतिपातकी

cakṣuṣmāṃśca yaśasvī ca bhavetso'pyatipātakāt | strīghnacaturṇāṃ varṇānāṃ vede so'pyatipātakī

And he becomes possessed of sight and famous, (released) from that great sin. The killer of a woman of the four classes — he too is a great sinner according to the Veda.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BvP 4 85.60

कालसूत्रं च प्राप्नोति स्त्रीलोमसमवर्षकम् । भक्षितः कृमिणा तत्र निराहारो व्यथायुतः

kālasūtraṃ ca prāpnoti strīlomasamavarṣakam | bhakṣitaḥ kṛmiṇā tatra nirāhāro vyathāyutaḥ

And he attains (the hell) Kālasūtra for years equal to (the number of) the woman's hairs; there, devoured by worms, without food, filled with pain.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 85.61

ततो भवति लोके च तावद्वर्ष च पातकी । ततः पापी भवेत्सोऽपि यक्ष्मग्रस्तश्च कर्मणा

tato bhavati loke ca tāvadvarṣa ca pātakī | tataḥ pāpī bhavetso'pi yakṣmagrastaśca karmaṇā

Then the sinner comes to be in the world for just so many years; then he becomes a sinner seized by consumption through (his former) act.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BvP 4 85.62

वर्षाणां शतकं चैव विप्रलक्षं च भोजयेत् । ततः शुद्धो ब्राह्मणश्च विद्वांस्तपसि संयतः

varṣāṇāṃ śatakaṃ caiva vipralakṣaṃ ca bhojayet | tataḥ śuddho brāhmaṇaśca vidvāṃstapasi saṃyataḥ

For a hundred years; and he should feed a hundred thousand brahmins; then, purified, (he becomes) a brahmin, learned, restrained in austerity.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 85.63

किंचिद्भुङक्ते पापशेषं स्वर्णदानाच्छुचिर्भवेत् । गर्भघ्नश्च महापापी संप्राप्नोति शुनीमुखम्

kiṃcidbhuṅakte pāpaśeṣaṃ svarṇadānācchucirbhavet | garbhaghnaśca mahāpāpī saṃprāpnoti śunīmukham

(Then) he eats a little—what remains of the sin; by the gift of gold he would become pure. And the slayer of an embryo, a great sinner, attains (the hell) Śunīmukha.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BvP 4 85.64

वर्षाणां सतकं चैव घोटकश्च भवेद्ध्रुवम् । वर्षाणां शतकं चैव सूक्ष्मशस्त्रेण पीडीतः

varṣāṇāṃ satakaṃ caiva ghoṭakaśca bhaveddhruvam | varṣāṇāṃ śatakaṃ caiva sūkṣmaśastreṇa pīḍītaḥ

And for a hundred years he surely becomes a horse; and for (another) hundred years he is tormented with a fine blade.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 85.65

ततः पापी भवेद्वैश्यो द्रव्ययुक्तो हि कमंणा । पञ्चाशद्वर्षपर्यन्तं स्वर्णदानाद्भवेच्छुचिः

tataḥ pāpī bhavedvaiśyo dravyayukto hi kamaṃṇā | pañcāśadvarṣaparyantaṃ svarṇadānādbhavecchuciḥ

Then the sinner becomes a vaiśya, endowed with wealth by (his) deeds; up to fifty years, and by the gift of gold he becomes pure.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BvP 4 85.66

ततः स्वकुलजातोऽपि निर्व्याधिर्ब्राह्मणःशुचिः । ब्राह्मणः क्षत्रियघ्नश्च क्षत्रियो वा विना रणात्

tataḥ svakulajāto'pi nirvyādhirbrāhmaṇaḥśuciḥ | brāhmaṇaḥ kṣatriyaghnaśca kṣatriyo vā vinā raṇāt

Then he is born in his own family too, free of disease, a pure brahmin. A brahmin who kills a kṣatriya, or a kṣatriya (who does so) apart from battle—

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 85.67

तप्तशूलं च प्राप्नोति वर्षाणां च सहस्रकम् । क्वथितं तप्तलोहेन चाऽऽर्तनादं करोति च

taptaśūlaṃ ca prāpnoti varṣāṇāṃ ca sahasrakam | kvathitaṃ taptalohena cā''rtanādaṃ karoti ca

—he obtains the heated stake for a thousand years, and, scalded with red-hot iron, he utters cries of pain.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 85.68

ततो भवेन्मत्तगजो वर्षाणां शतकं तथा । ततो रक्तविकारी च शूद्रो वर्षशतं तथा

tato bhavenmattagajo varṣāṇāṃ śatakaṃ tathā | tato raktavikārī ca śūdro varṣaśataṃ tathā

Then he becomes a rutting elephant for a hundred years, and then one with a blood disorder, a śūdra, for a hundred years likewise.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 85.69

गजदानेन मुक्तश्च व्याधितश्च ततो द्विजः । वैश्यघ्नश्चापि वैश्यश्च शूद्रघ्नो वैश्य एव च

gajadānena muktaśca vyādhitaśca tato dvijaḥ | vaiśyaghnaścāpi vaiśyaśca śūdraghno vaiśya eva ca

By the gift of an elephant he is released, and then (becomes) a diseased twice-born. The killer of a vaiśya is also a vaiśya, and the killer of a śūdra likewise a vaiśya.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BvP 4 85.70

वैश्यघ्नश्चापि शूद्रश्च समं पापं लभेद्ध्रुवम् । कृमिकुण्डं च प्राप्नोति वर्षाणां शतकं तथा

vaiśyaghnaścāpi śūdraśca samaṃ pāpaṃ labheddhruvam | kṛmikuṇḍaṃ ca prāpnoti varṣāṇāṃ śatakaṃ tathā

And a śūdra who kills a vaiśya surely incurs the same sin; and he obtains the Worm-Pit for a hundred years likewise.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 85.71

कृमिभिर्भक्षितो दुःशी किरातश्च भवेत्ततः । वर्षाणां शतकं चैव कृमिव्याधिसमन्वितः

kṛmibhirbhakṣito duḥśī kirātaśca bhavettataḥ | varṣāṇāṃ śatakaṃ caiva kṛmivyādhisamanvitaḥ

Devoured by worms, wretched, he then becomes a Kirāta for a hundred years, afflicted with the worm-disease.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 85.72

ततो मन्दाग्नियुक्तश्च ब्राह्मणो दैन्यवान्व्रज । पञ्चाशद्वर्षपर्यन्तं दुर्बलश्च कृशोदरः

tato mandāgniyuktaśca brāhmaṇo dainyavānvraja | pañcāśadvarṣaparyantaṃ durbalaśca kṛśodaraḥ

Then, afflicted with weak digestion, he goes as a brahmin in misery, for up to fifty years, feeble and with a shrunken belly.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BvP 4 85.73

मुक्तिर्भवति युक्तेन तीर्थेचाश्वप्रदानतः । शूद्रघ्नो ब्रह्मणश्चैव कामतोऽकामतोऽपि वा

muktirbhavati yuktena tīrthecāśvapradānataḥ | śūdraghno brahmaṇaścaiva kāmato'kāmato'pi vā

Release comes for one who is disciplined, through the gift of a horse at a holy ford. And a brahmin who kills a śūdra, whether willingly or unwillingly—

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BvP 4 85.74

सावित्री लक्षयाप्येन तदर्धेन शुचिर्भवेत् । चतुर्वर्णः कुक्कुरघ्नो ह्यभिशप्तश्च शंभुना

sāvitrī lakṣayāpyena tadardhena śucirbhavet | caturvarṇaḥ kukkuraghno hyabhiśaptaśca śaṃbhunā

—by a hundred thousand recitations of the Sāvitrī, or by half of that, he becomes pure. One of any of the four classes who kills a dog is cursed by Śambhu,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BvP 4 85.75

वर्षाणां शतकं चैव प्राप्नोति रौरवं नरः । ततो भवेत्कुक्कुलश्च वर्षाणामपि षोडश

varṣāṇāṃ śatakaṃ caiva prāpnoti rauravaṃ naraḥ | tato bhavetkukkulaśca varṣāṇāmapi ṣoḍaśa

and the man obtains the Raurava (hell) for a hundred years; then he becomes (in) Kukkula (the hell of embers) for sixteen years.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BvP 4 85.76

ततः शुद्धो भवेद्विप्रो भक्षितः कुक्कुरेणै च । गङ्गास्नानेन दानेन स्वर्णस्यापि भवेच्छुचिः

tataḥ śuddho bhavedvipro bhakṣitaḥ kukkureṇai ca | gaṅgāsnānena dānena svarṇasyāpi bhavecchuciḥ

Then, having been devoured by a dog, he becomes a purified brahmin; by bathing in the Ganges and by a gift of gold too he becomes pure.

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BvP 4 85.77

मार्जारघ्नश्चतुर्वर्णो गङ्गास्नानाद्भवेच्छुचिः । विप्राय लवणं दत्त्वा षट्पलं च प्रमुच्यते

mārjāraghnaścaturvarṇo gaṅgāsnānādbhavecchuciḥ | viprāya lavaṇaṃ dattvā ṣaṭpalaṃ ca pramucyate

One of any of the four classes who kills a cat becomes pure by bathing in the Ganges; and by giving six palas of salt to a brahmin he is released.

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BvP 4 85.78

हत्वा सर्पांश्चतुर्वर्णो मम पादेन चिह्नितान् । ब्रह्महत्याचतुर्थं च पातकं च लभेद्ध्रुवम्

hatvā sarpāṃścaturvarṇo mama pādena cihnitān | brahmahatyācaturthaṃ ca pātakaṃ ca labheddhruvam

Having killed snakes marked with my footprint, a man of any of the four classes surely incurs a sin that is a quarter of brahmin-murder.

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BvP 4 85.79

असिपत्रं च नरकं वर्षांणां शतकं तथा । प्राप्नोति यातनायुक्तो विच्छिन्नस्तीक्ष्णधारया

asipatraṃ ca narakaṃ varṣāṃṇāṃ śatakaṃ tathā | prāpnoti yātanāyukto vicchinnastīkṣṇadhārayā

And he obtains the Asipatra hell for a hundred years likewise, subjected to torment, cut apart by the sharp blade.

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BvP 4 85.80

ततो भवति सर्पश्च डुण्डुभो वर्षपञ्चकम् । नरेण ताडितो दुःखी मृत्योर्भवति पीडितः

tato bhavati sarpaśca ḍuṇḍubho varṣapañcakam | nareṇa tāḍito duḥkhī mṛtyorbhavati pīḍitaḥ

Then he becomes a snake, a ḍuṇḍubha, for five years; beaten by men, wretched and tormented, he meets his death.

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BvP 4 85.81

ततो भवेन्नरः पापी ज्वरयुक्तो हि दुर्बलः । वर्षाणां पञ्चकेनैव मृतो भवति कर्मणा

tato bhavennaraḥ pāpī jvarayukto hi durbalaḥ | varṣāṇāṃ pañcakenaiva mṛto bhavati karmaṇā

Then the sinner becomes a man, feverish and weak; and by that very deed he dies within five years.

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BvP 4 85.82

अश्वघ्नश्च गजघ्नश्च चतुर्वर्णश्च पातकी । वर्षाणां पञ्चकेनैव मृतो भवति कर्मणा

aśvaghnaśca gajaghnaśca caturvarṇaśca pātakī | varṣāṇāṃ pañcakenaiva mṛto bhavati karmaṇā

The killer of a horse and the killer of an elephant, of any of the four classes, is a sinner; by that deed he dies within five years.

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BvP 4 85.83

ततो भवति हस्ती च घोटको वा व्रजेश्वर । यावद्विंशतिवर्षाणि ततः शूद्रो भवेद्ध्रुवम्

tato bhavati hastī ca ghoṭako vā vrajeśvara | yāvadviṃśativarṣāṇi tataḥ śūdro bhaveddhruvam

Then he becomes an elephant or a horse, O lord of Vraja, for as long as twenty years; after that he surely becomes a Śūdra.

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BvP 4 85.84

अहंकृती व्याधियुक्तो रौप्यदानेन मुच्यते । ब्राह्मणानां च शतकं भोजयित्वा शुचिर्भवेत्

ahaṃkṛtī vyādhiyukto raupyadānena mucyate | brāhmaṇānāṃ ca śatakaṃ bhojayitvā śucirbhavet

Being arrogant and afflicted with disease, he is released by the gift of silver; and by feeding a hundred Brāhmaṇas he becomes pure.

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BvP 4 85.85

क्षुद्रजन्तुवधेनैव क्षुद्रजन्तुर्भवेन्नरः । वर्षाणां शतकं चैव क्षुद्रव्याधिं तरेत्ततः इति श्रीब्रह्मo महाo श्रीकृष्णजन्मखo उत्तo नारदनाo भगवन्नन्दसंo-

kṣudrajantuvadhenaiva kṣudrajanturbhavennaraḥ | varṣāṇāṃ śatakaṃ caiva kṣudravyādhiṃ tarettataḥ iti śrībrahmao mahāo śrīkṛṣṇajanmakhao uttao nāradanāo bhagavannandasaṃo-

By the killing of a small creature a man becomes a small creature; and for a hundred years he must then pass through petty disease. Thus (ends the chapter) in the glorious Brahmavaivarta, the great (Purāṇa), the Śrīkṛṣṇa-birth section, the latter (part), the Nārada narrative, the Lord's conversation with Nanda.

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BvP 4 85.86

कृपा कार्या सता शश्वतहिंस्रेषु च जन्तुषु । हिंसायां न हि दोषश्च हिंस्राणां च व्रजेश्वर

kṛpā kāryā satā śaśvatahiṃsreṣu ca jantuṣu | hiṃsāyāṃ na hi doṣaśca hiṃsrāṇāṃ ca vrajeśvara

Compassion is always to be shown by the good toward non-injurious creatures; but in injuring creatures that are injurious there is no fault, O lord of Vraja.

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BvP 4 85.87

अश्वत्थघ्नश्चतुवंर्णो ब्रह्महत्याचतुर्थकम् । पापं च लभते तात चासिपत्रं व्रजेद्ध्रुवम्

aśvatthaghnaścatuvaṃrṇo brahmahatyācaturthakam | pāpaṃ ca labhate tāta cāsipatraṃ vrajeddhruvam

One of the four classes who cuts down an aśvattha tree obtains a sin (equal to) a fourth of the killing of a Brāhmaṇa, my dear, and surely goes to (the hell) Asipatra.

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BvP 4 85.88

स तीक्ष्णेनापि शस्त्रेण विच्छिन्नश्च दिवानिशम् । वर्षाणां शतकं चैव भुङ्क्ते परमयातनाम्

sa tīkṣṇenāpi śastreṇa vicchinnaśca divāniśam | varṣāṇāṃ śatakaṃ caiva bhuṅkte paramayātanām

There, cut apart day and night by a sharp weapon, he undergoes the utmost torment for a hundred years.

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BvP 4 85.89

ततो भवति वृक्षश्च शालमलिरह्वर्षलक्षकम् । ततो भवति शूद्रश्च च्छिन्नाङ्गो व्याधिसंयुतः

tato bhavati vṛkṣaśca śālamalirahvarṣalakṣakam | tato bhavati śūdraśca cchinnāṅgo vyādhisaṃyutaḥ

Then he becomes a tree, a śālmali, for a hundred thousand years; then he becomes a Śūdra with maimed limbs and afflicted with disease,

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BvP 4 85.90

यावज्जीवनपर्यन्तं ततो विप्रो भवेद्ध्रुवम् । व्रणव्याधिसमायुक्तो मुच्यते स्वर्णदानतः

yāvajjīvanaparyantaṃ tato vipro bhaveddhruvam | vraṇavyādhisamāyukto mucyate svarṇadānataḥ

for as long as his life lasts; then he surely becomes a Brāhmaṇa, afflicted with the disease of sores, (and) is released by the gift of gold.

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BvP 4 85.91

मिथ्यासाक्ष्यप्रदाता च कृतघ्नोऽतिकृतघ्नकः । विश्वासघाती मित्रघ्नो विप्राणां धनहारकः

mithyāsākṣyapradātā ca kṛtaghno'tikṛtaghnakaḥ | viśvāsaghātī mitraghno viprāṇāṃ dhanahārakaḥ

The giver of false testimony, the ingrate, the utterly ungrateful, the betrayer of trust, the killer of a friend, the stealer of Brāhmaṇas' wealth,

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BvP 4 85.92

शूद्रश्राद्धान्नभोजी च शूद्राणां शवदाहकः । शूद्राणां सूपकारश्च वृषवाहकपातकी

śūdraśrāddhānnabhojī ca śūdrāṇāṃ śavadāhakaḥ | śūdrāṇāṃ sūpakāraśca vṛṣavāhakapātakī

and he who eats the food of a Śūdra's śrāddha, the burner of Śūdras' corpses, the cook for Śūdras, and the sinner who drives bulls,

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BvP 4 85.93

धावको देवलश्चापि चैतेऽतिपापिनस्तथा । कुम्भीपाकं प्रयान्तयेव वर्षाणां च सहस्रकम्

dhāvako devalaścāpi caite'tipāpinastathā | kumbhīpākaṃ prayāntayeva varṣāṇāṃ ca sahasrakam

the washerman and also the temple-priest (devala) — these too are great sinners; they go indeed to Kumbhīpāka for a thousand years.

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BvP 4 85.94

तत्रैव तप्ततैलेन संतप्तश्च दिवानिशम् । णक्षितो व्यथितश्चैव सर्वाकारेण जन्तुना

tatraiva taptatailena saṃtaptaśca divāniśam | ṇakṣito vyathitaścaiva sarvākāreṇa jantunā

There he is scorched with boiling oil day and night, and bitten and tormented by creatures of every kind.

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BvP 4 85.95

गृध्रः कोटिसमस्राणि शतजन्मानि शूकरः । श्वापदः शतजन्मानि शूद्रो रोगी भवेत्ततः

gṛdhraḥ koṭisamasrāṇi śatajanmāni śūkaraḥ | śvāpadaḥ śatajanmāni śūdro rogī bhavettataḥ

(He becomes) a vulture for a thousand crores (of years), a boar for a hundred births, a beast of prey for a hundred births; then he becomes a diseased Śūdra,

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BvP 4 85.96

मन्दाग्निज्वरसंयुक्तः पञ्चाशद्वर्षकं तथा । सुवर्णानां शतपलं दत्तवा शुद्धो भवेद्ध्रुवम्

mandāgnijvarasaṃyuktaḥ pañcāśadvarṣakaṃ tathā | suvarṇānāṃ śatapalaṃ dattavā śuddho bhaveddhruvam

afflicted with dyspepsia and fever, for fifty years; and by giving a hundred palas of gold he surely becomes pure.

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BvP 4 85.97

चतुर्वर्णो वस्त्रहारी गव्यहारी च मानवः । रौप्यमुक्तापहारी च शूद्रद्रव्यापहारकः

caturvarṇo vastrahārī gavyahārī ca mānavaḥ | raupyamuktāpahārī ca śūdradravyāpahārakaḥ

A man of any of the four classes who steals clothing, who steals cow-products, who steals silver and pearls, and who steals a Śūdra's property —

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BvP 4 85.98

वर्षाणां च सहस्रं च बकजातिर्भवेद्ध्रुवम् । मुत्रकुण्डं च वै भुक्त्वा वर्षाणां शतकं तथा

varṣāṇāṃ ca sahasraṃ ca bakajātirbhaveddhruvam | mutrakuṇḍaṃ ca vai bhuktvā varṣāṇāṃ śatakaṃ tathā

he surely becomes of the heron kind for a thousand years, and having fed on the pool of urine for a hundred years,

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BvP 4 85.99

ततो भवेच्छूद्रजातिर्वर्षाणां शतकं व्रज । कुष्ठव्याधिसमायुक्तो गलितश्चैव पातकी

tato bhavecchūdrajātirvarṣāṇāṃ śatakaṃ vraja | kuṣṭhavyādhisamāyukto galitaścaiva pātakī

then, O Vraja (king), the sinner is born of Śūdra caste for a hundred years, afflicted with the disease of leprosy and rotting away.

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BvP 4 85.100

ततो भवेद्ब्राह्मणश्च कुष्ठावशेषसंयुतः । स्वर्णषट्पलदानेन व्याधितो मुच्यते शुचिः

tato bhavedbrāhmaṇaśca kuṣṭhāvaśeṣasaṃyutaḥ | svarṇaṣaṭpaladānena vyādhito mucyate śuciḥ

Then he becomes a Brāhmaṇa, still with a remnant of leprosy; by the gift of six palas of gold the diseased man is released and becomes pure.

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BvP 4 85.101

शाकापहारकश्चैव फलापहारकस्तथा । यक्षः पृथिव्यां संभूतो लीलाद्रव्यापहारकः

śākāpahārakaścaiva phalāpahārakastathā | yakṣaḥ pṛthivyāṃ saṃbhūto līlādravyāpahārakaḥ

He who steals vegetables and he who steals fruit, and he who steals things (taken) in sport, is born on earth as a Yakṣa;

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BvP 4 85.102

वर्षाणां शतकं चैव चाषपक्षी भवेद्ध्रुवम् । ततो भवेत्कृष्णवर्णः शूद्रश्च भारते भुवि

varṣāṇāṃ śatakaṃ caiva cāṣapakṣī bhaveddhruvam | tato bhavetkṛṣṇavarṇaḥ śūdraśca bhārate bhuvi

and for a hundred years he surely becomes a blue-jay bird; then he becomes a black-skinned Śūdra in the land of Bhārata.

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BvP 4 85.103

ततो भवेद्ब्राह्मणश्चाप्यधिकाङ्गोऽपि जन्मनि । पुनर्जन्मद्विजो भूत्वा सुच्यते विप्रभोजनात्

tato bhavedbrāhmaṇaścāpyadhikāṅgo'pi janmani | punarjanmadvijo bhūtvā sucyate viprabhojanāt

Then he becomes a brahmin, but even so with a limb in excess in that birth; born again as a twice-born, he is purified by feeding brahmins.

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BvP 4 85.104

पक्वद्रव्यापहारी च पशुयोनिर्भवेद्रध्रुवम् । यस्याण्डकोशो गन्धाक्तः कस्तूरी यस्य नाम च

pakvadravyāpahārī ca paśuyonirbhavedradhruvam | yasyāṇḍakośo gandhāktaḥ kastūrī yasya nāma ca

And one who steals cooked food surely comes to an animal womb — (one) whose testicle-sac is smeared with fragrance and whose name is 'musk-deer'.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BvP 4 85.105

सप्तजन्ममृगो भूत्वा ततो भवति गन्धकः । जन्मैकं च ततः शूद्रो गलत्कुष्ठी च जन्मनि

saptajanmamṛgo bhūtvā tato bhavati gandhakaḥ | janmaikaṃ ca tataḥ śūdro galatkuṣṭhī ca janmani

Having been a deer for seven births, he then becomes a musk-deer; then for one birth a śūdra, and in (another) birth a leper with running sores.

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BvP 4 85.106

ततो रोगावशेषेण संयुतो ब्रह्मणः कृशः । स्वर्णषट्पलदानेन मुच्यते नात्र संशयः

tato rogāvaśeṣeṇa saṃyuto brahmaṇaḥ kṛśaḥ | svarṇaṣaṭpaladānena mucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ

Then, afflicted with a remnant of the disease, emaciated, by giving six palas of gold to a brahmin he is released — there is no doubt of it.

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BvP 4 85.107

धान्यापहारी दुःखी च कृपणः सप्तजन्मसु । विष्ठाकुण्डं वर्षशतं संप्राप्य मुच्यते भिया

dhānyāpahārī duḥkhī ca kṛpaṇaḥ saptajanmasu | viṣṭhākuṇḍaṃ varṣaśataṃ saṃprāpya mucyate bhiyā

One who steals grain becomes wretched and miserly for seven births; having reached the pit of excrement for a hundred years, he is released through terror.

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BvP 4 85.108

स्वर्णापहारी कुष्ठी च मानव पतितो भवेत् । स्वर्णदानप्रतिग्राही विट्कुण्डं च प्रयाति य

svarṇāpahārī kuṣṭhī ca mānava patito bhavet | svarṇadānapratigrāhī viṭkuṇḍaṃ ca prayāti ya

One who steals gold becomes a leper, and the man becomes an outcaste; and he who accepts a gift of gold goes to the pit of dung.

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BvP 4 85.109

ततो वर्षशतं भुक्त्वा पुरीषं च दिवानिशम् । ततो व्याघो भवेच्छूद्रो रक्तदोषेण संयुतः

tato varṣaśataṃ bhuktvā purīṣaṃ ca divāniśam | tato vyāgho bhavecchūdro raktadoṣeṇa saṃyutaḥ

Then, having eaten excrement day and night for a hundred years, he then becomes a tiger, (and then) a śūdra afflicted with a disorder of the blood.

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BvP 4 85.110

तज्जन्मपातकं भुक्त्वा ब्राह्मणश्च पुनर्भवेत् । व्याधिरोषावयुक्तश्च मुच्यते स्वर्णदानतः

tajjanmapātakaṃ bhuktvā brāhmaṇaśca punarbhavet | vyādhiroṣāvayuktaśca mucyate svarṇadānataḥ

Having consumed the sin of that birth, he becomes a brahmin again; and, joined with disease and anger, he is released by the giving of gold.

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BvP 4 85.111

अगम्यानां च गामी च पूर्वोक्तं रौरवं व्रजेत् । कुम्भीपाकं महाघोरं वर्षाणां चाप्यसंख्यकम्

agamyānāṃ ca gāmī ca pūrvoktaṃ rauravaṃ vrajet | kumbhīpākaṃ mahāghoraṃ varṣāṇāṃ cāpyasaṃkhyakam

And one who has intercourse with women forbidden to him goes to the Raurava hell described before, and to the exceedingly terrible Kumbhīpāka for an uncountable number of years.

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BvP 4 85.112

ततो भवेत्पुंश्चलीनां योनीनां च कृमिस्तथा । वर्षाणां च सहस्रं च विट्कृमिर्वर्षलक्षकम्

tato bhavetpuṃścalīnāṃ yonīnāṃ ca kṛmistathā | varṣāṇāṃ ca sahasraṃ ca viṭkṛmirvarṣalakṣakam

Then he becomes a worm in the wombs of harlots for a thousand years, and likewise a worm in dung for a hundred thousand years.

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BvP 4 85.113

पशुयोनिर्भवेत्तस्मात्तस्माच्च क्षुद्रजन्तवः । ततो भवेन्म्लेच्छजातिस्ततः शूद्राधमस्तदा

paśuyonirbhavettasmāttasmācca kṣudrajantavaḥ | tato bhavenmlecchajātistataḥ śūdrādhamastadā

After that he comes to an animal womb, and after that (birth as) small creatures; then he becomes of mleccha birth, and then the lowest of śūdras.

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BvP 4 85.114

ततो भवति विप्रश्च व्याधियुक्तो नपुंसकः । पुनश्च ब्राह्मणो भूत्वा तीर्थपर्यटनेन च

tato bhavati vipraśca vyādhiyukto napuṃsakaḥ | punaśca brāhmaṇo bhūtvā tīrthaparyaṭanena ca

Then he becomes a brahmin, diseased and impotent; and again, having become a brahmin, by wandering to the sacred fords—

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BvP 4 85.115

क्रमेण शुद्धो भवति वंशहीनश्च पातकात् । भोजयित्वा विप्रलक्षं पुत्रं च लभते शुचिः

krameṇa śuddho bhavati vaṃśahīnaśca pātakāt | bhojayitvā vipralakṣaṃ putraṃ ca labhate śuciḥ

—he gradually becomes pure, though bereft of offspring because of the sin; having fed a hundred thousand brahmins, being purified, he obtains a son.

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BvP 4 85.116

मानवः क्रोधयुक्तश्च गर्दभः सप्तजन्मसु । मानवः कलहाविष्टः सप्तजन्मसु वायसः

mānavaḥ krodhayuktaśca gardabhaḥ saptajanmasu | mānavaḥ kalahāviṣṭaḥ saptajanmasu vāyasaḥ

A man given to anger (becomes) a donkey for seven births; a man possessed by quarrelling (becomes) a crow for seven births.

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BvP 4 85.117

शालग्रामप्रतिग्राही कालसूत्रं व्रजेद्ध्रुवम् । वर्षाणां शतकं चैव शञ्जरीटो भवेत्ततः

śālagrāmapratigrāhī kālasūtraṃ vrajeddhruvam | varṣāṇāṃ śatakaṃ caiva śañjarīṭo bhavettataḥ

One who accepts a śālagrāma as a gift surely goes to Kālasūtra, and for a hundred years thereafter becomes a wagtail.

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BvP 4 85.118

लोहचोरश्च निर्वंशो मषीचोरश्च कोकिलः । शुकोऽप्यञ्जनचोरश्च मिष्टचोरः कृमिर्भवेत्

lohacoraśca nirvaṃśo maṣīcoraśca kokilaḥ | śuko'pyañjanacoraśca miṣṭacoraḥ kṛmirbhavet

One who steals iron becomes without progeny, one who steals ink a cuckoo, one who steals eye-salve a parrot, and one who steals sweets becomes a worm.

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BvP 4 85.119

विप्रद्वेषी गुरुद्वेषी शिरसां च कृमिर्भवेत् । पुंश्चलीं कामिनीं तात भुक्त्वा च रौरवं व्रजेत्

vipradveṣī gurudveṣī śirasāṃ ca kṛmirbhavet | puṃścalīṃ kāminīṃ tāta bhuktvā ca rauravaṃ vrajet

One who hates brahmins and hates his guru becomes a louse of the head; and, my dear, having enjoyed a lustful harlot, he goes to Raurava.

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BvP 4 85.120

ततो वृथा कृमिश्चैव वर्षाणां शतकं तथा । ततोऽपि विधवा चैव वन्ध्या च सप्तजन्मसु

tato vṛthā kṛmiścaiva varṣāṇāṃ śatakaṃ tathā | tato'pi vidhavā caiva vandhyā ca saptajanmasu

Then (he becomes) a worm to no purpose for a hundred years; and after that, a widow and barren for seven births.

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BvP 4 85.121

अस्पृश्या जातिहीना च च्चिन्ननासा भवेत्क्रमात् । रक्तद्रव्यापहारी च रक्तदोषान्वितो भवेत्

aspṛśyā jātihīnā ca ccinnanāsā bhavetkramāt | raktadravyāpahārī ca raktadoṣānvito bhavet

In succession she becomes untouchable, of low caste, and with her nose cut off; and one who steals red goods becomes afflicted with a blood disorder.

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BvP 4 85.122

आचारहीनो यवनः खञ्जो भवति हिंसकः । अदीक्षितो वङ्खरश्च दुष्टदर्शो च काणकः

ācārahīno yavanaḥ khañjo bhavati hiṃsakaḥ | adīkṣito vaṅkharaśca duṣṭadarśo ca kāṇakaḥ

One devoid of proper conduct (becomes) a yavana; one who injures (others) becomes lame; the uninitiated becomes crooked/hunched, and one of evil gaze becomes one-eyed.

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BvP 4 85.123

अहंकारी कर्णहीनो बधिरो वेदनिन्दकः । वाक्यहर्ता च मूकश्च हिंसकः केशहीनकः

ahaṃkārī karṇahīno badhiro vedanindakaḥ | vākyahartā ca mūkaśca hiṃsakaḥ keśahīnakaḥ

An arrogant man becomes earless; one who reviles the Veda becomes deaf; a stealer of speech becomes mute; a doer of harm becomes hairless.

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BvP 4 85.124

मिथ्यावादी श्मश्रुहीनो दुर्वाक्यो दन्तहीनकः । चिह्वाहीनः सत्यहारी दुष्टोऽप्यङ्गुलिहीनकः

mithyāvādī śmaśruhīno durvākyo dantahīnakaḥ | cihvāhīnaḥ satyahārī duṣṭo'pyaṅgulihīnakaḥ

A liar becomes beardless; one of evil speech becomes toothless; a stealer of truth becomes tongueless; and the wicked man becomes fingerless.

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BvP 4 85.125

ग्रन्थापहारी मूर्खश्च व्याधियुक्तो भवेद्ध्रुवम् । अश्वग्राही च तच्चौरो लालामूत्रं व्रजेदिति

granthāpahārī mūrkhaśca vyādhiyukto bhaveddhruvam | aśvagrāhī ca taccauro lālāmūtraṃ vrajediti

One who steals a book becomes a fool, and is surely afflicted with disease; and one who seizes a horse, that horse-thief, goes to (the hell) Lālāmūtra.

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BvP 4 85.126

वर्षाणां च शतं स्छित्वा घोटकश्च भवेद्ध्रुवम् । गजचोरो गचग्राही विट्कुण्डे च सहस्रकम्

varṣāṇāṃ ca śataṃ schitvā ghoṭakaśca bhaveddhruvam | gajacoro gacagrāhī viṭkuṇḍe ca sahasrakam

And having stayed there a hundred years, he surely becomes a horse; the elephant-thief, the seizer of elephants, (stays) a thousand (years) in the dung-pit.

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BvP 4 85.127

स्थित्वा वर्ष भवेद्धस्ती तत्पश्चाद्वृषलो भवेत् । अयज्ञे छागहन्ता च च्छागचोरप्रतिग्रही

sthitvā varṣa bhaveddhastī tatpaścādvṛṣalo bhavet | ayajñe chāgahantā ca cchāgacorapratigrahī

Having stayed (there) a year he becomes an elephant, and after that he becomes a low-caste man; and one who kills a goat outside of sacrifice, and one who steals a goat or accepts a stolen goat—

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BvP 4 85.128

पूयकुण्डे वर्षशतं स्थितवा चाण्डालतां व्रजेत् । छागश्च वर्षपर्यन्तं तदा भवति मानवः

pūyakuṇḍe varṣaśataṃ sthitavā cāṇḍālatāṃ vrajet | chāgaśca varṣaparyantaṃ tadā bhavati mānavaḥ

—having stayed a hundred years in the pus-pit, he attains the state of a Cāṇḍāla; and (having been) a goat for a full year, then he becomes a human being.

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BvP 4 85.129

शत्रुशस्त्रेणा च्छिन्नश्च तदा मुक्तो भवेद्द्विजः । दत्तापहारी वाग्दानं कृत्वाऽपहरते पुनः

śatruśastreṇā cchinnaśca tadā mukto bhaveddvijaḥ | dattāpahārī vāgdānaṃ kṛtvā'paharate punaḥ

And when he has been cut down by an enemy's weapon, then the twice-born is released. One who takes back what he has given, who having made a promise by word takes it back again—

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BvP 4 85.130

स भवेन्मलेच्छयोनौ च भुक्त्वा च नरकं व्रजेत् । एकाकी मिष्टमश्नाति कालमूत्रं व्रजेद्ध्रुवम्

sa bhavenmalecchayonau ca bhuktvā ca narakaṃ vrajet | ekākī miṣṭamaśnāti kālamūtraṃ vrajeddhruvam

—he is born in a barbarian's womb, and having eaten (there) he goes to hell. One who eats sweet food alone surely goes to (the hell) Kālamūtra.

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BvP 4 85.131

तत्र वर्षशतं स्थित्वा प्रेदो वर्षसहस्रकम् । तदा भवति जन्मैकं मक्षिका च पिपीलिका

tatra varṣaśataṃ sthitvā predo varṣasahasrakam | tadā bhavati janmaikaṃ makṣikā ca pipīlikā

Having stayed there a hundred years, (then) a thousand years as a preta, then he becomes, for one birth each, a fly and an ant.

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BvP 4 85.132

जन्मैकं भ्रमरश्चैव जन्मैकं मधुमक्षिका । जन्मैकं वरलश्चैव जन्मैकं दंश एव च

janmaikaṃ bhramaraścaiva janmaikaṃ madhumakṣikā | janmaikaṃ varalaścaiva janmaikaṃ daṃśa eva ca

For one birth a bumblebee, for one birth a honeybee, for one birth a wasp, and for one birth a gadfly.

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BvP 4 85.133

जन्मैकं मशकश्चैव जन्मैकं पूतिकं स्मृतम् । जन्मैकं तल्पकीटश्च तदा शूद्रो भवेद्ध्रुवम्

janmaikaṃ maśakaścaiva janmaikaṃ pūtikaṃ smṛtam | janmaikaṃ talpakīṭaśca tadā śūdro bhaveddhruvam

For one birth a mosquito, and for one birth, it is taught, a stinkbug; for one birth a bedbug; and then he surely becomes a Śūdra.

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BvP 4 85.134

असद्बुद्धिर्व्याधियुक्तस्तदा मुक्तो भवेद्द्विजः । तैलचोरस्तैलकारो मूर्धिन कीटस्त्रिजन्मकम्

asadbuddhirvyādhiyuktastadā mukto bhaveddvijaḥ | tailacorastailakāro mūrdhina kīṭastrijanmakam

Of evil mind and afflicted with disease—then the twice-born is released. A thief of oil (becomes) an oilmaker, and a louse on the head for three births.

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BvP 4 85.135

तदा भवेत्स्वर्णकारो जन्मैकं दुष्टमानसः । विश्वैकनिपिकर्ता च भक्ष्मदादुर्धनं हरेत्

tadā bhavetsvarṇakāro janmaikaṃ duṣṭamānasaḥ | viśvaikanipikartā ca bhakṣmadādurdhanaṃ haret

Then he becomes a goldsmith, for one birth, evil-minded. And one who makes counterfeit(?) and steals wealth by giving food(?)...

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BvP 4 85.136

तमःकुण्डे वर्षशतं स्थित्वा स्वर्णवणिग्भवेत् । जन्मैकं च दराचारो जन्मैकं करणो भवेत्

tamaḥkuṇḍe varṣaśataṃ sthitvā svarṇavaṇigbhavet | janmaikaṃ ca darācāro janmaikaṃ karaṇo bhavet

Having stayed a hundred years in the pit of darkness, he becomes a gold-merchant; for one birth of evil conduct, and for one birth he becomes a Karaṇa (scribe).

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BvP 4 85.137

कायस्थेनोदरस्थेन मातुर्मासं न खादितम् । तत्र नास्ति कृपा तस्य दन्ताभावेन केवलम्

kāyasthenodarasthena māturmāsaṃ na khāditam | tatra nāsti kṛpā tasya dantābhāvena kevalam

By the Kāyastha, while in the womb, his mother's flesh was not eaten—there is no compassion in him there; it was merely from the absence of teeth.

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BvP 4 85.138

स्वर्णकारः स्वर्णवणिक् कायस्थश्च व्रजेश्वर । नरेषु मध्ये ते धूर्ताः कृपाहीना महीतले

svarṇakāraḥ svarṇavaṇik kāyasthaśca vrajeśvara | nareṣu madhye te dhūrtāḥ kṛpāhīnā mahītale

The goldsmith, the gold-merchant, and the Kāyastha, O lord of Vraja—among men they are the rogues, devoid of compassion, on the face of the earth.

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BvP 4 85.139

हृदयं क्षुरधाराभं तेषां नास्ति च सादरम् । शतेषु सज्जनः कोऽपि कायस्थो नेतरौ च तौ

hṛdayaṃ kṣuradhārābhaṃ teṣāṃ nāsti ca sādaram | śateṣu sajjanaḥ ko'pi kāyastho netarau ca tau

Their heart is like the edge of a razor, and there is no respectfulness in them; among hundreds some one Kāyastha is a good man, but not those other two.

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BvP 4 85.140

सुबुद्धिः शिवयुक्तश्च शास्त्रज्ञो धर्ममानसः । न विश्वसेत्तेषु तात स्वात्मकल्याणहेतवे

subuddhiḥ śivayuktaśca śāstrajño dharmamānasaḥ | na viśvasetteṣu tāta svātmakalyāṇahetave

Of good understanding, joined to Śiva, knowing the scriptures, with a mind set on dharma—(yet) one should not trust them, my dear, for the sake of one's own welfare.

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BvP 4 85.141

सीमापहारी दुष्टश्च भूमिचोरश्च हिंसकः । भूमिदानापहारी च कालसूत्रं व्रजेद्ध्रुवम्

sīmāpahārī duṣṭaśca bhūmicoraśca hiṃsakaḥ | bhūmidānāpahārī ca kālasūtraṃ vrajeddhruvam

One who removes boundary-markers, the wicked man, the stealer of land, the injurer, and one who appropriates a gift of land—he surely goes to (the hell) Kālasūtra.

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BvP 4 85.142

षष्टिवर्षसहस्रामि क्षटत्विवासार्दितः स्थितः ततोऽपितानि नामानि विष्ठायां जायते कृमिः

ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāmi kṣaṭatvivāsārditaḥ sthitaḥ tato'pitāni nāmāni viṣṭhāyāṃ jāyate kṛmiḥ

He remains for sixty thousand years, tormented by hunger and thirst(?); then, having (worn out?) those names, he is born as a worm in excrement.

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BvP 4 85.143

ततो भवेदसच्छूद्रो जन्मैकं च ततः शुचिः । तस्माज्ज्ञानैः सावधानं भवेत्प्राज्ञश्च यत्नतः

tato bhavedasacchūdro janmaikaṃ ca tataḥ śuciḥ | tasmājjñānaiḥ sāvadhānaṃ bhavetprājñaśca yatnataḥ

After that he becomes a base śūdra for one birth, and thereafter (is) pure; therefore, through knowledge, the wise man should be careful and diligent.

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BvP 4 85.144

रक्तवस्त्रापहारी च जन्मैकं रक्तकीट कः । ततः शूद्रश्च जन्मैकं ततो विप्रो भवेच्छुचि

raktavastrāpahārī ca janmaikaṃ raktakīṭa kaḥ | tataḥ śūdraśca janmaikaṃ tato vipro bhavecchuci

And one who steals a red garment (becomes) a red worm for one birth; then a śūdra for one birth, then he becomes a pure brāhmaṇa.

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BvP 4 85.145

त्रिसंध्यहीनो विब्रश्च प्रातःशायी च यो नरः । संध्याशायी दिवाशायी यज्ञसूत्रापहारकः

trisaṃdhyahīno vibraśca prātaḥśāyī ca yo naraḥ | saṃdhyāśāyī divāśāyī yajñasūtrāpahārakaḥ

And a brāhmaṇa who omits the three (daily) twilight rites, the man who sleeps at dawn, who sleeps at twilight, who sleeps by day, who steals a sacrificial thread,

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BvP 4 85.146

अशुद्धः संध्याकारी च वेदवेदाङ्गनिन्दकः । तद्विरुद्धः स्वर्गमार्गस्त्रिजन्मपतितो द्विजः

aśuddhaḥ saṃdhyākārī ca vedavedāṅganindakaḥ | tadviruddhaḥ svargamārgastrijanmapatito dvijaḥ

who performs the twilight rite while impure, who reviles the Vedas and the Vedic auxiliaries — that twice-born, opposed to that (i.e. contrary to the path to heaven), is fallen for three births.

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BvP 4 85.147

यः शूद्रो ब्राह्मणीगामी कुम्भीपाके व्रजेद्ध्रुवम् । वर्षाणां च त्रिलक्षं च पच्यते तत्र पीडितः

yaḥ śūdro brāhmaṇīgāmī kumbhīpāke vrajeddhruvam | varṣāṇāṃ ca trilakṣaṃ ca pacyate tatra pīḍitaḥ

The śūdra who goes to a brāhmaṇa woman surely goes to the Kumbhīpāka hell, and there he is boiled, tormented, for three hundred thousand years.

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BvP 4 85.148

दिवानिशं प्रदग्धश्च तप्ततैले च दारुणे । ततौ भवेद्योनिकीटः पुंश्चलीनां च पातकी

divāniśaṃ pradagdhaśca taptataile ca dāruṇe | tatau bhavedyonikīṭaḥ puṃścalīnāṃ ca pātakī

And he is burnt day and night in the dreadful boiling oil; then that sinner becomes a worm in the wombs of harlots.

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BvP 4 85.149

षष्टिवर्षसहस्राणि चाऽऽहारं तस्य तन्मलम् । ततो भवति चाण्डालो जन्मलक्षं क्रमेण च

ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi cā''hāraṃ tasya tanmalam | tato bhavati cāṇḍālo janmalakṣaṃ krameṇa ca

For sixty thousand years his food is their filth; then he becomes a caṇḍāla, in turn, for a hundred thousand births.

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BvP 4 85.150

ततः शूद्रो गलत्कुष्ठी जन्मैकं च ततः शुचिः । सोऽपि विप्रो व्याधिशेषस्तीर्थपर्यटनाच्छुचिः

tataḥ śūdro galatkuṣṭhī janmaikaṃ ca tataḥ śuciḥ | so'pi vipro vyādhiśeṣastīrthaparyaṭanācchuciḥ

Then a śūdra with festering leprosy for one birth, and after that pure; and he too, (born) a brāhmaṇa with a remnant of the disease, becomes pure by wandering to the sacred fords.

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BvP 4 85.151

असच्छूद्रश्च भवति सोऽस्थानेऽसूरपूजिते । दत्तवा देवाय नैवेद्यमपवित्रं च मानवः

asacchūdraśca bhavati so'sthāne'sūrapūjite | dattavā devāya naivedyamapavitraṃ ca mānavaḥ

And the man who offers a god food-offering that is impure, in a wrong place, (or) unworshipped, becomes a base śūdra.

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BvP 4 85.152

सकेशं पार्थिवं लिङ्गं संपूज्य यवनो भवेत् । दुर्बलेन भवेदन्धः कुत्सितेन च कुत्सतिः

sakeśaṃ pārthivaṃ liṅgaṃ saṃpūjya yavano bhavet | durbalena bhavedandhaḥ kutsitena ca kutsatiḥ

Having worshipped an earthen liṅga with a hair in it, one becomes a yavana; by (worshipping) a defective one he becomes blind, and by a contemptible one, contemptible.

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BvP 4 85.153

अङ्गहीनो दरिद्रश्च व्याधियुक्तश्च मानवः । अश्रद्धया च निर्माणे निर्माणसदृशं फलम्

aṅgahīno daridraśca vyādhiyuktaśca mānavaḥ | aśraddhayā ca nirmāṇe nirmāṇasadṛśaṃ phalam

And (he becomes) a man lacking a limb, poor, and afflicted with disease; and in the making (of a liṅga) without faith, the fruit corresponds to the making.

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BvP 4 85.154

मृद्भस्मगोशकृत्विण्डैस्तथा वालुकयाऽपि वा । कृत्वा लिङ्गं सकृत्पूज्य वसेत्कल्पायुषं दिवि

mṛdbhasmagośakṛtviṇḍaistathā vālukayā'pi vā | kṛtvā liṅgaṃ sakṛtpūjya vasetkalpāyuṣaṃ divi

Having made a liṅga with lumps of earth, ashes, or cow-dung, or else with sand, and having worshipped it once, one dwells in heaven for the lifetime of a kalpa.

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BvP 4 85.155

ततो भवति विप्रश्च महाब्रज्ञश्च भूमिमान् । राजा भवेद्भारते च लिङ्गानां शतपूजनात्

tato bhavati vipraśca mahābrajñaśca bhūmimān | rājā bhavedbhārate ca liṅgānāṃ śatapūjanāt

Then he becomes a brāhmaṇa, greatly learned and a landholder; and by the worship of a hundred liṅgas he becomes a king in Bhārata.

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BvP 4 85.156

सहस्रपूजनात्सोऽपि लभते निश्चितं फलम् । स्थित्वा च सुचिरं स्वर्गे राजेन्द्रो भारते भवेत्

sahasrapūjanātso'pi labhate niścitaṃ phalam | sthitvā ca suciraṃ svarge rājendro bhārate bhavet

By the worship of a thousand he too obtains a certain fruit: having stayed a very long time in heaven, he becomes a lord of kings in Bhārata.

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BvP 4 85.157

अयुते च तदीशश्च लक्षे च पृथिवीश्वरः । पूजने चातिभक्त्या चाप्यतिरिस्तं फलं लभेत्

ayute ca tadīśaśca lakṣe ca pṛthivīśvaraḥ | pūjane cātibhaktyā cāpyatiristaṃ phalaṃ labhet

With ten thousand, he is its lord; with a hundred thousand, lord of the earth; and in worshipping with intense devotion he obtains a still greater fruit.

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BvP 4 85.158

तीर्थस्नानेन दानेन विप्राणां भोजनेन च । नारायणार्चया चैव विप्रजातिश्च कर्मणा

tīrthasnānena dānena viprāṇāṃ bhojanena ca | nārāyaṇārcayā caiva viprajātiśca karmaṇā

By bathing at sacred fords, by giving, by feeding brāhmaṇas, and by the worship of Nārāyaṇa, and by (such) action, (one attains) brāhmaṇa birth.

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BvP 4 85.159

अतिरिक्तेन तपसा पण्डितो ब्राह्मणो भवेत् । पण्डितो ब्राह्मणश्चैव वैष्णवश्च जितेन्द्रियः

atiriktena tapasā paṇḍito brāhmaṇo bhavet | paṇḍito brāhmaṇaścaiva vaiṣṇavaśca jitendriyaḥ

By further austerity he becomes a learned brāhmaṇa; and a learned brāhmaṇa, a Vaiṣṇava with senses subdued,

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BvP 4 85.160

अनेकजन्मपुण्येन जायते भारते भुवि । तस्याङ्ध्रिस्पर्शनेनैव सद्यः पूता वसुंधरा

anekajanmapuṇyena jāyate bhārate bhuvi | tasyāṅdhrisparśanenaiva sadyaḥ pūtā vasuṃdharā

is born on the soil of Bhārata by the merit of many births; by the mere touch of his feet the earth is at once purified.

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BvP 4 85.161

तीर्थाः कुर्वन्ति तीर्थानि जीवनमुक्ताश्च वैष्णवाः । स्वपुंसां च सहस्रं च पुनन्तीति श्रुतौ श्रुतम्

tīrthāḥ kurvanti tīrthāni jīvanamuktāśca vaiṣṇavāḥ | svapuṃsāṃ ca sahasraṃ ca punantīti śrutau śrutam

The sacred fords make (other) fords (holy), and the Vaiṣṇavas are liberated while living; and they purify a thousand of their own line — so it is heard in the Veda.

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BvP 4 85.162

पापेन वैद्यजन्मैव दुश्चिकित्सोऽपि ब्राह्मणः । दुश्चिकित्सस्तथा वैद्यो व्यालग्राही त्रिजन्मसु

pāpena vaidyajanmaiva duścikitso'pi brāhmaṇaḥ | duścikitsastathā vaidyo vyālagrāhī trijanmasu

By sin (comes) birth as a physician: even a brāhmaṇa (becomes) a bad healer; and a bad healer, likewise a physician, (becomes) a snake-catcher for three births.

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BvP 4 85.163

अतिक्रूरो दुराचारो द्वेष्टा च सुरविप्रयोः । स भवेत्कुटिलव्यालो वर्षाणां च महस्रकम्

atikrūro durācāro dveṣṭā ca suraviprayoḥ | sa bhavetkuṭilavyālo varṣāṇāṃ ca mahasrakam

Exceedingly cruel, of evil conduct, and a hater of the gods and of brahmins — he becomes a crooked serpent for a thousand years.

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BvP 4 85.164

पुंश्चलीलम्पटानां च दूती या कामिनी व्रज । कालमूत्रे वर्षशतं स्थित्वा च गोधिका भवेत्

puṃścalīlampaṭānāṃ ca dūtī yā kāminī vraja | kālamūtre varṣaśataṃ sthitvā ca godhikā bhavet

And the passionate woman who goes as a go-between for whores and lechers — having stayed a hundred years in Kālamūtra (hell), she becomes a lizard.

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BvP 4 85.165

जन्मैकं गोधिका भूत्वा हरिणश्च त्रिजन्मसु । जन्मैकं महिषचैव जन्मैकं भल्लुको भवेत्

janmaikaṃ godhikā bhūtvā hariṇaśca trijanmasu | janmaikaṃ mahiṣacaiva janmaikaṃ bhalluko bhavet

Having been a lizard for one birth, then a deer for three births, then a buffalo for one birth, and for one birth he becomes a bear.

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BvP 4 85.166

जन्मैकं गण्डकश्चैव सृगालश्च त्रिजन्मसु । परकीयतडागं च लुप्त्वा सस्यं ददाति च

janmaikaṃ gaṇḍakaścaiva sṛgālaśca trijanmasu | parakīyataḍāgaṃ ca luptvā sasyaṃ dadāti ca

For one birth a rhinoceros, and a jackal for three births. And he who takes away another's pond and gives (only) grain —

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BvP 4 85.167

स भवेन्नक्रजातिश्च कच्छपश्च त्रिजन्मसु । वृथा मांसं च यो भुङ्क्ते मत्स्यलुब्धश्च ब्राह्मणः

sa bhavennakrajātiśca kacchapaśca trijanmasu | vṛthā māṃsaṃ ca yo bhuṅkte matsyalubdhaśca brāhmaṇaḥ

He becomes of the crocodile kind, and a turtle for three births. And the brahmin who eats meat in vain and is greedy for fish,

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BvP 4 85.168

भुङ्क्ते मांसमदत्तं च स मीनश्च मृगो भवेत् । वर्षाणां च सहस्रं च तात भुक्त्वा च किल्बिषम्

bhuṅkte māṃsamadattaṃ ca sa mīnaśca mṛgo bhavet | varṣāṇāṃ ca sahasraṃ ca tāta bhuktvā ca kilbiṣam

who eats meat that was not given (to him) — he becomes a fish and (then) a deer; and for a thousand years, my dear, having consumed (the fruit of) his sin,

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BvP 4 85.169

कर्मभोगाच्छुचिर्भूत्वा स पुनर्ब्राह्मणो भवेत् । एकादशीविहीनश्च ब्राह्मणः पतितोभवेत्

karmabhogācchucirbhūtvā sa punarbrāhmaṇo bhavet | ekādaśīvihīnaśca brāhmaṇaḥ patitobhavet

having become pure through undergoing (the fruit of) his deeds, he becomes a brahmin again. And a brahmin who neglects the eleventh-day (fast) becomes fallen;

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BvP 4 85.170

भक्ष्यस्य द्विगुणं दत्त्वा तेन पापेन मुच्यते । मम जन्मदिने चैव यो भुङ्क्ते मानवोऽधमः

bhakṣyasya dviguṇaṃ dattvā tena pāpena mucyate | mama janmadine caiva yo bhuṅkte mānavo'dhamaḥ

by giving twice as much as the food (he ate), he is freed from that sin. And the base man who eats on the day of my birth —

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BvP 4 85.171

त्रैलोक्यजनितं पापं सोऽपि भुङ्क्ते न संशयः । भुक्त्वा च नरकं सर्वं पश्चाच्चण्डालतां व्रजेत्

trailokyajanitaṃ pāpaṃ so'pi bhuṅkte na saṃśayaḥ | bhuktvā ca narakaṃ sarvaṃ paścāccaṇḍālatāṃ vrajet

he too consumes the sin produced by the three worlds, no doubt; and having consumed all hell, he afterwards goes to the state of a Caṇḍāla.

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BvP 4 85.172

एवं च शिवरातौ च श्रीरामनवमीदिने । उपवासासमर्थश्च हविष्यान्नं समाचरेत्

evaṃ ca śivarātau ca śrīrāmanavamīdine | upavāsāsamarthaśca haviṣyānnaṃ samācaret

So too on Śiva's night and on the day of Śrī Rāma's ninth: one who is unable to fast should take the food fit for oblation.

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BvP 4 85.173

ततोऽशक्तो दुर्बलश्च भोजयेद्ब्राह्मणानपि । कृत्वा महोत्सवं पुण्यं मदीयं पातकाच्छुचिः

tato'śakto durbalaśca bhojayedbrāhmaṇānapi | kṛtvā mahotsavaṃ puṇyaṃ madīyaṃ pātakācchuciḥ

If he is incapable of that and weak, he should feed brahmins; having made a great and meritorious festival of mine, he is cleansed of sin.

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BvP 4 85.174

तस्माद्यत्नेन कर्तव्यं नामसंकीर्तनं मम । गृध्रः कोटिसहस्राणि शतजन्मानि सूकरः

tasmādyatnena kartavyaṃ nāmasaṃkīrtanaṃ mama | gṛdhraḥ koṭisahasrāṇi śatajanmāni sūkaraḥ

Therefore the chanting of my name should be performed with effort. (Otherwise one becomes) a vulture for thousands of ten-millions (of years), a boar for a hundred births,

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BvP 4 85.175

श्वापदः शतजन्मानि कुह्वां च निशि भोजनात् । अदीक्षितो द्विजश्चैव शङ्खश्चिल्लः ।। शुको भवेत्

śvāpadaḥ śatajanmāni kuhvāṃ ca niśi bhojanāt | adīkṣito dvijaścaiva śaṅkhaścillaḥ || śuko bhavet

a beast of prey for a hundred births — from eating at night on the new-moon day. And an uninitiated twice-born becomes a Śaṅkhacilla (kite) and a parrot.

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BvP 4 85.176

अनुद्वाही द्विजश्चैव राजहंसो भवद्ध्रुवम् । चित्रवस्त्रापहारी च मयूरश्च त्रिजन्मसु

anudvāhī dvijaścaiva rājahaṃso bhavaddhruvam | citravastrāpahārī ca mayūraśca trijanmasu

And a twice-born who does not marry surely becomes a royal goose; and one who steals coloured garments (becomes) a peacock for three births.

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BvP 4 85.177

तेजःपत्रापहारी च भवेत्कारण्डवश्चिरम् । सुराणां प्रतिमाचोरोऽप्यन्धश्च सप्तचन्मसु

tejaḥpatrāpahārī ca bhavetkāraṇḍavaściram | surāṇāṃ pratimācoro'pyandhaśca saptacanmasu

And one who steals tejaḥpatra leaves becomes a kāraṇḍava duck for a long time; and one who steals images of the gods (becomes) blind for seven births,

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BvP 4 85.178

दरिद्रो व्याधियुक्तश्च बधिरश्चापि कुब्जकः । स्त्रीतैलमधुमांसानि रवौ वा पञ्चपर्वसु

daridro vyādhiyuktaśca badhiraścāpi kubjakaḥ | strītailamadhumāṃsāni ravau vā pañcaparvasu

poor, afflicted with disease, deaf, and also hunchbacked. Woman, oil, honey and meats — on a Sunday or on the five sacred junctures,

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BvP 4 85.179

सेवते यो महामूढो वज्रदंष्ट्रं व्रजेद्ध्रुवम् । पातकी दुःखितस्तत्र वर्षाणां च सहस्रकम्

sevate yo mahāmūḍho vajradaṃṣṭraṃ vrajeddhruvam | pātakī duḥkhitastatra varṣāṇāṃ ca sahasrakam

whatever great fool resorts to (these) surely goes to (the hell) Vajradaṃṣṭra; the sinner (stays) there in misery for a thousand years.

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BvP 4 85.180

ततो भवति म्लेच्छश्च चाण्डालः सप्तजन्मसु । व्यावियुक्तस्ततः शूद्रो ब्राह्मणश्च ततः शुचिः

tato bhavati mlecchaśca cāṇḍālaḥ saptajanmasu | vyāviyuktastataḥ śūdro brāhmaṇaśca tataḥ śuciḥ

Then he becomes a barbarian, and a Caṇḍāla for seven births; then, afflicted with disease, a Śūdra; and after that, purified, a brahmin.

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BvP 4 85.181

तस्माद्यत्नान्न भोक्तव्यं भारते धर्मभीरुणा । ब्राह्मणं च सुरं दृष्ट्वा न नमेद्यो नराधमः

tasmādyatnānna bhoktavyaṃ bhārate dharmabhīruṇā | brāhmaṇaṃ ca suraṃ dṛṣṭvā na namedyo narādhamaḥ

Therefore one who fears dharma should carefully not eat (thus) in Bhārata. And the vilest of men who, on seeing a brahmin or a god, does not bow —

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BvP 4 85.182

यावज्जीवनपर्यन्तमशुचिर्यवनो भवेत् । अभ्युत्थानं न कुरुते दृष्ट्वा चाऽऽगतब्राह्मणम्

yāvajjīvanaparyantamaśuciryavano bhavet | abhyutthānaṃ na kurute dṛṣṭvā cā''gatabrāhmaṇam

he becomes impure, a Yavana, for as long as his life lasts. (And he who) does not rise up on seeing a brahmin who has come —

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BvP 4 85.183

स भवेद्ब्रह्मघाती च सप्तजन्मसु निश्चितम् । शिवद्वेषी कुक्कुटश्च देवलः सप्तजन्ममु

sa bhavedbrahmaghātī ca saptajanmasu niścitam | śivadveṣī kukkuṭaśca devalaḥ saptajanmamu

He surely becomes a brahmin-killer through seven births; a hater of Śiva, and a cock, and a temple-priest (devala) for seven births.

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BvP 4 85.184

पितृदेवान्चनं हन्ति वेदोक्तं ज्ञानदुर्बलः । स याति नरमं पापी वर्षाणां च सहस्रकम्

pitṛdevāncanaṃ hanti vedoktaṃ jñānadurbalaḥ | sa yāti naramaṃ pāpī varṣāṇāṃ ca sahasrakam

He who, feeble in knowledge, destroys the worship of the ancestors and gods enjoined in the Veda — that sinner goes to hell for a thousand years.

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BvP 4 85.185

ततश्च रौरवं भुक्त्वा तीर्थकाकस्त्रिचन्मसु । त्रिजन्मसु शृगालश्च तीर्थे भुङ्क्ते शवं व्रज

tataśca rauravaṃ bhuktvā tīrthakākastricanmasu | trijanmasu śṛgālaśca tīrthe bhuṅkte śavaṃ vraja

And after that, having endured the Raurava (hell), (he becomes) a crow at a sacred ford for three births, and for three births a jackal that eats corpses at the ford.

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BvP 4 85.186

त्रिजन्मसु भवेत्सोऽपि तीर्थेषु शवरक्षकः । शवानां करमादत्ते कर्मणा कृतपातकी

trijanmasu bhavetso'pi tīrtheṣu śavarakṣakaḥ | śavānāṃ karamādatte karmaṇā kṛtapātakī

For three births he also becomes a corpse-guard at the sacred fords; the sinner, by (that) act, takes a fee from the corpses (i.e. from those who bring them).

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BvP 4 85.187

नित्यं सुरार्चनं कृत्वा दाम्भिको ज्ञानदुर्बलः । गुरुं च नार्चयेद्भक्त्या तस्मै नान्नं ददाति यः

nityaṃ surārcanaṃ kṛtvā dāmbhiko jñānadurbalaḥ | guruṃ ca nārcayedbhaktyā tasmai nānnaṃ dadāti yaḥ

He who, always performing worship of the gods, being ostentatious and feeble in knowledge, does not worship his teacher with devotion and gives him no food —

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BvP 4 85.188

स भवेद्देलो दुःखी देवशापेन पातकी । नित्यं सुरार्चनं कृत्वा दाम्भिको ज्ञानदुर्बलः

sa bhaveddelo duḥkhī devaśāpena pātakī | nityaṃ surārcanaṃ kṛtvā dāmbhiko jñānadurbalaḥ

That sinner becomes miserable, (a fool?), by the curse of the gods. Always performing worship of the gods, ostentatious and feeble in knowledge —

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BvP 4 85.189

पूचाफलं न लभते देवद्रोही स दारुपाः । दीपनिर्वाणकर्ता च खद्योल सप्तचन्मसु

pūcāphalaṃ na labhate devadrohī sa dārupāḥ | dīpanirvāṇakartā ca khadyola saptacanmasu

He does not obtain the fruit of worship; that hater of the gods is a keeper of firewood(?); and he who extinguishes a lamp becomes a firefly for seven births.

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BvP 4 85.190

अतीव मत्स्यलब्धश्चाप्यनैवेद्यं च खादति । स भवेन्मत्स्यरङ्गश्च मार्जरिः सप्तजन्मसु

atīva matsyalabdhaścāpyanaivedyaṃ ca khādati | sa bhavenmatsyaraṅgaśca mārjariḥ saptajanmasu

He who is exceedingly greedy for fish and eats what has not been offered (to the deity) becomes a fish-... and a cat for seven births.

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BvP 4 85.191

गोणीहर्ता कपोतश्च मालाहर्ता विहंगमः । चटको धान्यचोरश्च मांसचोरश्च कुंजरः

goṇīhartā kapotaśca mālāhartā vihaṃgamaḥ | caṭako dhānyacoraśca māṃsacoraśca kuṃjaraḥ

One who steals a sack becomes a pigeon; one who steals a garland, a bird; a thief of grain, a sparrow; and a thief of meat, an elephant.

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BvP 4 85.192

कविः प्रहर्ता विदुषां माण्ड्रकः सप्तजन्मसु । असत्कविर्ग्रामविप्रो नकुलः सप्तजन्मसु

kaviḥ prahartā viduṣāṃ māṇḍrakaḥ saptajanmasu | asatkavirgrāmavipro nakulaḥ saptajanmasu

A poet who assails the learned (becomes) a frog for seven births; a bad poet, a village-brahmin, (and) a mongoose for seven births.

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BvP 4 85.193

कुष्ठी भवेच्च जन्मैकं कृकलासस्त्रिजन्मसु । जन्मैकं वरलश्चैव ततो वृक्षपिपीलिका

kuṣṭhī bhavecca janmaikaṃ kṛkalāsastrijanmasu | janmaikaṃ varalaścaiva tato vṛkṣapipīlikā

And he becomes a leper for one birth, a chameleon for three births, for one birth a wasp, and then a tree-ant.

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BvP 4 85.194

ततः शूद्रश्च वैश्यश्च क्षत्रियो ब्राह्मणस्तथा । कन्याविक्रयकारी च चतुर्वर्णो हि मानवः

tataḥ śūdraśca vaiśyaśca kṣatriyo brāhmaṇastathā | kanyāvikrayakārī ca caturvarṇo hi mānavaḥ

Then a śūdra, a vaiśya, a kṣatriya, and likewise a brahmin. And the man of any of the four classes who sells (his) daughter —

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BvP 4 85.195

सद्यः प्रयाति तामिस्रं यावच्चन्द्रदिवाकरौ । ततौ भवति व्याधश्च मांसविक्रयकारकः

sadyaḥ prayāti tāmisraṃ yāvaccandradivākarau | tatau bhavati vyādhaśca māṃsavikrayakārakaḥ

He goes at once to the Tāmisra (hell), for as long as moon and sun (endure); after that he becomes a hunter and a seller of meat.

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BvP 4 85.196

ततो व्याधि(धो)र्भवेत्पश्चाद्यो यथा पूर्वचन्मनि । मन्नामविक्रयी विप्रोन हि मुक्तो ।। भवेद्ध्रुवम्

tato vyādhi(dho)rbhavetpaścādyo yathā pūrvacanmani | mannāmavikrayī viprona hi mukto || bhaveddhruvam

Then afterwards he becomes a hunter (or: diseased), just as he was in the former birth. The brahmin who sells my name is certainly not released.

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BvP 4 85.197

मृत्युलोके च मन्नामस्मृतिमात्रं न विद्यतेः । पश्चाद्भवेत्स गोयोनौ जन्मैकं ज्ञानदुर्बलः

mṛtyuloke ca mannāmasmṛtimātraṃ na vidyateḥ | paścādbhavetsa goyonau janmaikaṃ jñānadurbalaḥ

And in the world of mortals he has not even the mere remembrance of my name; afterwards, feeble in knowledge, he is born once in the cow-womb.

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BvP 4 85.198

ततश्चागस्ततो मेषो महिषः स्प्तचन्मसु । महाचक्री च कुटिलो धर्महीनस्तु मानवः

tataścāgastato meṣo mahiṣaḥ sptacanmasu | mahācakrī ca kuṭilo dharmahīnastu mānavaḥ

Then a goat, then a ram, (then) a buffalo for seven births. And the man who is a great schemer, crooked, and devoid of dharma —

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BvP 4 85.199

जन्मैकं तैलकारश्च कुम्भकालस्तथैव च । मिथ्याकलङ्कवक्ता च देवब्राह्मण निन्दकः

janmaikaṃ tailakāraśca kumbhakālastathaiva ca | mithyākalaṅkavaktā ca devabrāhmaṇa nindakaḥ

(He becomes) an oil-presser for one birth, and likewise a potter. And one who utters false slander, a reviler of gods and brahmins —

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BvP 4 85.200

स भवेत्स्वर्णकारश्च रजकः सप्तजन्मसु । ब्राह्मणक्षत्रविट्शूद्राः कुत्सिताः शौचवर्जिताः

sa bhavetsvarṇakāraśca rajakaḥ saptajanmasu | brāhmaṇakṣatraviṭśūdrāḥ kutsitāḥ śaucavarjitāḥ

He becomes a goldsmith, and a washerman for seven births. Brahmins, kṣatriyas, vaiśyas and śūdras who are contemptible and devoid of purity —

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BvP 4 85.201

जन्म तेषां मलेच्छयोनौ वर्षाणामयुतं तथा । अतीव कामिनीलुब्धः कामुकः स्त्रीरतः सदा

janma teṣāṃ malecchayonau varṣāṇāmayutaṃ tathā | atīva kāminīlubdhaḥ kāmukaḥ strīrataḥ sadā

Their birth is in a barbarian (mleccha) womb, and for ten thousand years. One exceedingly greedy for women, lustful, always given to women —

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BvP 4 85.202

यक्ष्मग्रस्तो भवेत्सद्यः परत्रापि नपुंसकः । कामतो योषितां श्रोणीस्तनास्ये यश्च पश्यति

yakṣmagrasto bhavetsadyaḥ paratrāpi napuṃsakaḥ | kāmato yoṣitāṃ śroṇīstanāsye yaśca paśyati

He becomes at once consumed by consumption, and in the next world too a eunuch. And he who out of lust looks at women's hips, breasts and faces —

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BvP 4 85.203

स भवेद्दृष्टिहीनश्च परत्रापि नपुंसकः । विप्रोऽभिचारकर्ता च हिंसको ज्ञानदुर्बलः

sa bhaveddṛṣṭihīnaśca paratrāpi napuṃsakaḥ | vipro'bhicārakartā ca hiṃsako jñānadurbalaḥ

He becomes deprived of sight, and in the next world too a eunuch. A brahmin who performs black magic (abhicāra), and one who is violent and weak in knowledge —

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BvP 4 85.204

यात्येवमन्धतामिस्रं वर्षाणामयुतं तथा । तदा भवति दैवज्ञोऽप्यग्रदानी च दुर्मतिः

yātyevamandhatāmisraṃ varṣāṇāmayutaṃ tathā | tadā bhavati daivajño'pyagradānī ca durmatiḥ

— thus he goes to (the hell) Andhatāmisra for ten thousand years; then he becomes a knower of fate (an astrologer), and one who takes the first-offered gift, and evil-minded.

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BvP 4 85.205

ततः शूद्रो भवेद्विप्रो भोगेन कर्मणस्तथा । शास्त्रज्ञाता च दैवज्ञो मिथ्या वदति लोभतः

tataḥ śūdro bhavedvipro bhogena karmaṇastathā | śāstrajñātā ca daivajño mithyā vadati lobhataḥ

Then a śūdra becomes a brahmin, through the exhausting (enjoyment) of his karma, and (becomes) a knower of the scriptures and an astrologer — (but) he speaks falsehood out of greed.

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BvP 4 85.206

स भवेच्च ध्रुवं ज्येष्ठी वानरः सप्तजन्मसु । अनेकजन्मतपसा भारते ब्राह्मणो भवेत्

sa bhavecca dhruvaṃ jyeṣṭhī vānaraḥ saptajanmasu | anekajanmatapasā bhārate brāhmaṇo bhavet

And he surely becomes a merchant-chief, (then) a monkey for seven births; by austerity through many births he becomes a brahmin in Bhārata.

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BvP 4 85.207

सुबुद्धिरतिधर्मिष्ठो धर्महीनश्च पातकी । स्वधर्मनिरतो विप्रः परमाच्च हुताशनात्

subuddhiratidharmiṣṭho dharmahīnaśca pātakī | svadharmanirato vipraḥ paramācca hutāśanāt

(He is) of good intellect, most devoted to dharma — while (another is) devoid of dharma and a sinner. A brahmin devoted to his own dharma (is greater) even than the supreme fire,

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BvP 4 85.208

पवित्रश्चातितेजस्वी तस्मद्भीताः सुराः सदा । नदीषु च यथा गङ्गा तीर्थेषु पुष्करं यथा

pavitraścātitejasvī tasmadbhītāḥ surāḥ sadā | nadīṣu ca yathā gaṅgā tīrtheṣu puṣkaraṃ yathā

and (he is) pure and exceedingly full of splendour; the gods are always afraid of him. As the Gaṅgā among rivers, as Puṣkara among sacred fords,

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BvP 4 85.209

पुरीषु च यथा काशी यथा ज्ञानिषु शंकरः । शास्त्रेषु च यथा वेदा यथाऽश्वत्थश्च पादपे

purīṣu ca yathā kāśī yathā jñāniṣu śaṃkaraḥ | śāstreṣu ca yathā vedā yathā'śvatthaśca pādape

and as Kāśī among cities, as Śaṃkara among the knowers, and as the Vedas among the scriptures, and as the aśvattha among trees,

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BvP 4 85.210

मम पूजा तपस्यासु व्रतेष्वनशनं यथा । तथा जातिषु सर्वासु ब्राह्मणाः श्रेष्ठ एव च

mama pūjā tapasyāsu vrateṣvanaśanaṃ yathā | tathā jātiṣu sarvāsu brāhmaṇāḥ śreṣṭha eva ca

as worship of me among austerities, as fasting among vows — so among all the castes the brahmins are the best.

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BvP 4 85.211

विप्रणदेषु तीर्थानि पुण्यानि च व्रतानि च । विप्रपादरजः शुद्धं पापव्याधिविमर्दनम्

vipraṇadeṣu tīrthāni puṇyāni ca vratāni ca | viprapādarajaḥ śuddhaṃ pāpavyādhivimardanam

In brahmins (reside) the sacred fords and the meritorious vows; the dust of a brahmin's feet is pure, and crushes the disease of sin.

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BvP 4 85.212

शुभाशीर्वचनं तेषां सर्वकल्याणकारणम् । एतत्ते कथितं तात विपाकः कर्मणामहो

śubhāśīrvacanaṃ teṣāṃ sarvakalyāṇakāraṇam | etatte kathitaṃ tāta vipākaḥ karmaṇāmaho

Their utterance of an auspicious blessing is the cause of all welfare. This, dear one, has been told to you — ah, the ripening of deeds!

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BvP 4 85.213

यथाश्रुतं यथाज्ञातं तदशेषं निणामय। शुत्वा धर्मविपाकं च वाचकाय सुवर्णकम्

yathāśrutaṃ yathājñātaṃ tadaśeṣaṃ niṇāmaya| śutvā dharmavipākaṃ ca vācakāya suvarṇakam

As it was heard, as it was understood, listen to (it) in full. And having heard the ripening of dharma, (one should give) gold to the reciter,

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BvP 4 85.214

दद्यात्तस्मै च रौप्यं च वस्त्रं ताम्बूलमेव च । सुवर्णशतकं दद्यात्सद्यो देही च गोकुलम् ।। रौप्यं वस्त्रं च ताम्बूलं मत्प्रीत्या ब्राह्मणाय च

dadyāttasmai ca raupyaṃ ca vastraṃ tāmbūlameva ca | suvarṇaśatakaṃ dadyātsadyo dehī ca gokulam || raupyaṃ vastraṃ ca tāmbūlaṃ matprītyā brāhmaṇāya ca

and he should give him silver too, and a garment, and betel as well. He should give a hundred gold pieces; a generous man should at once (give) a herd of cows, and silver, a garment and betel to a brahmin, for my pleasure.

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