Narasimha Purana — Chapter 6

NsP 6.1

सृष्टिस् ते कथिता विष्णोर् मयास्य जगतो द्विज देवदानवयक्षाद्या यथोत्पन्ना महात्मनः

sṛṣṭis te kathitā viṣṇor mayāsya jagato dvija devadānavayakṣādyā yathotpannā mahātmanaḥ

The creation of this world by Viṣṇu has been told to you by me, O twice-born one — how the gods, the Dānavas, the Yakṣas and the rest were born from that great one.

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NsP 6.2

यम् उद्दिश्य त्वया पृष्टः पुराहम् ऋषिसंनिधौ मित्रावरुणपुत्रत्वं वसिष्ठस्य कथं त्व् इति

yam uddiśya tvayā pṛṣṭaḥ purāham ṛṣisaṃnidhau mitrāvaruṇaputratvaṃ vasiṣṭhasya kathaṃ tv iti

That matter about which you formerly asked me in the presence of the sages — namely, how Vasiṣṭha came to be the son of Mitra and Varuṇa —

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NsP 6.3

तद् इदं कथयिष्यामि पुण्याख्यानं पुरातनम् शृणुष्वैकाग्रमनसा भरद्वाज विशेषतः

tad idaṃ kathayiṣyāmi puṇyākhyānaṃ purātanam śṛṇuṣvaikāgramanasā bharadvāja viśeṣataḥ

this I shall now relate, the ancient holy narrative. Listen with a mind fixed on one point, Bharadvāja, most attentively.

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NsP 6.4

सर्वधर्मार्थतत्त्वज्ञः सर्ववेदविदां वरः पारगः सर्वविद्यानां दक्षो नाम प्रजापतिः

sarvadharmārthatattvajñaḥ sarvavedavidāṃ varaḥ pāragaḥ sarvavidyānāṃ dakṣo nāma prajāpatiḥ

There was a lord of creatures named Dakṣa, who knew the truth of all duty and purpose, the best of all knowers of the Veda, who had gone to the far shore of all branches of knowledge.

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NsP 6.5

तेन दत्ताः शुभाः कन्याः सर्वाः कमललोचनाः सर्वलक्षणसंपूर्णाः कश्यपाय त्रयोदश

tena dattāḥ śubhāḥ kanyāḥ sarvāḥ kamalalocanāḥ sarvalakṣaṇasaṃpūrṇāḥ kaśyapāya trayodaśa

By him were given thirteen auspicious daughters to Kaśyapa, all lotus-eyed and endowed with every good mark.

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NsP 6.6

तासां नामानि वक्ष्यामि निबोधत ममाधुना अदितिर् दितिर् दनुः काला मुहूर्ता सिंहिका मुनिः

tāsāṃ nāmāni vakṣyāmi nibodhata mamādhunā aditir ditir danuḥ kālā muhūrtā siṃhikā muniḥ

I shall tell their names; learn them now from me: Aditi, Diti, Danu, Kālā, Muhūrtā, Siṃhikā, Muni,

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NsP 6.7

इरा क्रोधा च सुरभिर् विनता सुरसा खसा कद्रू सरमा चैव या तु देवशुनी स्मृता

irā krodhā ca surabhir vinatā surasā khasā kadrū saramā caiva yā tu devaśunī smṛtā

Irā, and Krodhā, Surabhi, Vinatā, Surasā, Khasā, Kadrū, and Saramā, who is remembered as the bitch of the gods.

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NsP 6.8

दक्षस्यैता दुहितरस् ताः प्रादात् कश्यपाय सः तासां ज्येष्ठा वरिष्ठा च अदितिर् नामतो द्विज

dakṣasyaitā duhitaras tāḥ prādāt kaśyapāya saḥ tāsāṃ jyeṣṭhā variṣṭhā ca aditir nāmato dvija

These were Dakṣa's daughters; he gave them to Kaśyapa. Of them the eldest and the most excellent was Aditi by name, O twice-born one.

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NsP 6.9

अदितिः सुषुवे पुत्रान् द्वादशाग्निसमप्रभान् तेषां नामानि वक्ष्यामि शृणुष्व गदतो मम

aditiḥ suṣuve putrān dvādaśāgnisamaprabhān teṣāṃ nāmāni vakṣyāmi śṛṇuṣva gadato mama

Aditi bore twelve sons, of splendour equal to fire. I shall tell their names; listen as I speak.

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NsP 6.10

यैर् इदं वासरं नक्तं वर्तते क्रमशः सदा भगो ऽंशुस् त्व् अर्यमा चैव मित्रो ऽथ वरुणस् तथा

yair idaṃ vāsaraṃ naktaṃ vartate kramaśaḥ sadā bhago 'ṃśus tv aryamā caiva mitro 'tha varuṇas tathā

By them this day and night proceed ever in due order: Bhaga, Aṃśu, and Aryaman, then Mitra, and likewise Varuṇa,

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NsP 6.11

सविता चैव धाता च विवस्वांश् च महामते त्वष्टा पूषा तथैवेन्द्रो विष्णुर् द्वादशमः स्मृतः

savitā caiva dhātā ca vivasvāṃś ca mahāmate tvaṣṭā pūṣā tathaivendro viṣṇur dvādaśamaḥ smṛtaḥ

and Savitṛ, and Dhātṛ, and Vivasvat, O great-minded one, Tvaṣṭṛ, Pūṣan, and likewise Indra; Viṣṇu is reckoned the twelfth.

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NsP 6.12

एते च द्वादशादित्यास् तपन्ते वर्षयन्ति च तस्याश् च मध्यमः पुत्रो वरुणो नाम नामतः

ete ca dvādaśādityās tapante varṣayanti ca tasyāś ca madhyamaḥ putro varuṇo nāma nāmataḥ

And these twelve Ādityas give heat and give rain. And her middle son was Varuṇa by name,

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NsP 6.13

लोकपाल इति ख्यातो वारुण्यां दिशि शब्द्यते पश्चिमस्य समुद्रस्य प्रतीच्यां दिशि राजते

lokapāla iti khyāto vāruṇyāṃ diśi śabdyate paścimasya samudrasya pratīcyāṃ diśi rājate

who is renowned as a world-guardian and is proclaimed in the western quarter; in the western direction of the western ocean he shines.

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NsP 6.14

जातरूपमयः श्रीमान् आस्ते नाम शिलोच्चयः सर्वरत्नमयैः शृङ्गैर् धातुप्रस्रवणान्वितैः

jātarūpamayaḥ śrīmān āste nāma śiloccayaḥ sarvaratnamayaiḥ śṛṅgair dhātuprasravaṇānvitaiḥ

There stands a glorious heap of rock made of gold, called (so); with peaks made of all jewels and possessed of streams of ores —

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NsP 6.15

संयुक्तो भाति शैलेशो नानारत्नमयः शुभः महादरीगुहाभिश् च सिंहशार्दूलनादितः

saṃyukto bhāti śaileśo nānāratnamayaḥ śubhaḥ mahādarīguhābhiś ca siṃhaśārdūlanāditaḥ

joined with these, the lord of mountains shines, made of various jewels, auspicious, resounding with lions and tigers in its great chasms and caves,

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NsP 6.16

नानाविविक्तभूमीषु सिद्धगन्धर्वसेवितः यस्मिन् गते दिनकरे तमसापूर्यते जगत्

nānāviviktabhūmīṣu siddhagandharvasevitaḥ yasmin gate dinakare tamasāpūryate jagat

frequented by Siddhas and Gandharvas in its various secluded grounds; when the day-maker (the sun) has gone there, the world is filled with darkness.

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NsP 6.17

तस्य शृङ्गे महादिव्या जाम्बूनदमयी शुभा रम्या मणिमयैः स्तम्भैर् विहिता विश्वकर्मणा

tasya śṛṅge mahādivyā jāmbūnadamayī śubhā ramyā maṇimayaiḥ stambhair vihitā viśvakarmaṇā

On its peak there is a most divine, auspicious, delightful (city) made of river-gold, fashioned by Viśvakarman with pillars of gems,

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NsP 6.18

पुरी विश्वावती नाम समृद्धा भोगसाधनैः तस्यां वरुण आदित्यो दीप्यमानः स्वतेजसा

purī viśvāvatī nāma samṛddhā bhogasādhanaiḥ tasyāṃ varuṇa ādityo dīpyamānaḥ svatejasā

a city named Viśvāvatī, rich in the means of enjoyment. In it Varuṇa the Āditya, blazing with his own radiance,

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NsP 6.19

पाति सर्वान् इमांल् लोकान् नियुक्तो ब्रह्मणा स्वयम् उपास्यमानो गन्धर्वैस् तथैवाप्सरसां गणैः

pāti sarvān imāṃl lokān niyukto brahmaṇā svayam upāsyamāno gandharvais tathaivāpsarasāṃ gaṇaiḥ

guards all these worlds, appointed by Brahmā himself, attended upon by Gandharvas and likewise by troops of Apsarases,

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NsP 6.20

दिव्यगन्धानुलिप्ताङ्गो दिव्याभरणभूषितः कदाचिद् वरुणो यातो मित्रेण सहितो वनम्

divyagandhānuliptāṅgo divyābharaṇabhūṣitaḥ kadācid varuṇo yāto mitreṇa sahito vanam

His limbs anointed with divine perfumes, adorned with divine ornaments, Varuṇa once went to the forest together with Mitra,

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NsP 6.21

कुरुक्षेत्रे शुभे रम्ये सदा ब्रह्मर्षिसेविते नानापुष्पफलोपेते नानातीर्थसमाकुले

kurukṣetre śubhe ramye sadā brahmarṣisevite nānāpuṣpaphalopete nānātīrthasamākule

to Kurukṣetra, auspicious and delightful, ever frequented by brahmin sages, furnished with many kinds of flowers and fruits, thronged with many holy fords,

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NsP 6.22

आश्रमा यत्र दृश्यन्ते मुनीनाम् ऊर्ध्वरेतसाम् तस्मिंस् तीर्थे समाश्रित्य बहुपुष्पफलोदके

āśramā yatra dṛśyante munīnām ūrdhvaretasām tasmiṃs tīrthe samāśritya bahupuṣpaphalodake

where the hermitages of the sages whose seed flows upward are seen — settling at that holy ford, rich in flowers, fruits and water,

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NsP 6.23

चीरकृष्णाजिनधरौ चरन्तौ तप उत्तमम् तत्रैकस्मिन् वनोद्देशे विमलोदो ह्रदः शुभः

cīrakṛṣṇājinadharau carantau tapa uttamam tatraikasmin vanoddeśe vimalodo hradaḥ śubhaḥ

the two, wearing bark garments and black antelope skins, practised the highest austerity. There, in one part of the forest, was an auspicious lake with clear water,

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NsP 6.24

बहुगुल्मलताकीर्णो नानापक्षिनिषेवितः नानातरुवनच्छन्नो नलिन्या चोपशोभितः

bahugulmalatākīrṇo nānāpakṣiniṣevitaḥ nānātaruvanacchanno nalinyā copaśobhitaḥ

strewn with many bushes and creepers, frequented by birds of many kinds, shaded by groves of various trees, and made lovely by a lotus-pond,

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NsP 6.25

पौण्डरीक इति ख्यातो मीनकच्छपसेवितः ततस् तु मित्रावरुणौ भ्रातरौ वनचारिणौ तं तु देशं गतौ देवौ विचरन्तौ यदृच्छया

pauṇḍarīka iti khyāto mīnakacchapasevitaḥ tatas tu mitrāvaruṇau bhrātarau vanacāriṇau taṃ tu deśaṃ gatau devau vicarantau yadṛcchayā

known as Pauṇḍarīka, inhabited by fish and turtles. Then Mitra and Varuṇa, the two brothers roaming in the forest, the two gods, came to that place, wandering at random.

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NsP 6.26

ताभ्यां तत्र तदा दृष्टा उर्वशी तु वराप्सराः स्नायन्ती सहितान्याभिः सखीभिः सा वरानना गायन्ती च हसन्ती च विश्वस्ता निर्जने वने

tābhyāṃ tatra tadā dṛṣṭā urvaśī tu varāpsarāḥ snāyantī sahitānyābhiḥ sakhībhiḥ sā varānanā gāyantī ca hasantī ca viśvastā nirjane vane

There the two of them then saw Urvaśī, the finest of apsarases, bathing together with her other companions — she of the lovely face, singing and laughing, unafraid in the deserted forest:

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NsP 6.27

गौरी कमलगर्भाभा स्निग्धकृष्णशिरोरुहा पद्मपत्रविशालाक्षी रक्तौष्ठी मृदुभाषिणी

gaurī kamalagarbhābhā snigdhakṛṣṇaśiroruhā padmapatraviśālākṣī raktauṣṭhī mṛdubhāṣiṇī

fair-skinned, with the sheen of a lotus's interior, with glossy black hair, wide-eyed as lotus petals, red-lipped, softly speaking,

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NsP 6.28

शङ्खकुन्देन्दुधवलैर् दन्तैर् अविरलैः समैः सुभ्रूः सुनासा सुमुखी सुललाटा मनस्विनी

śaṅkhakundendudhavalair dantair aviralaiḥ samaiḥ subhrūḥ sunāsā sumukhī sulalāṭā manasvinī

with teeth white as conch, jasmine and moon, close-set and even, with fine brows, fine nose, fine face, fine forehead, spirited,

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NsP 6.29

सिंहवत्सूक्ष्ममध्याङ्गी पीनोरुजघनस्तनी मधुरालापचतुरा सुमध्या चारुहासिनी

siṃhavatsūkṣmamadhyāṅgī pīnorujaghanastanī madhurālāpacaturā sumadhyā cāruhāsinī

with a waist slender as a lion's middle, with full thighs, hips and breasts, skilled in sweet conversation, fine-waisted, charmingly smiling,

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NsP 6.30

रक्तोत्पलकरा तन्वी सुपदी विनयान्विता पूर्णचन्द्रनिभा बाला मत्तद्विरदगामिनी

raktotpalakarā tanvī supadī vinayānvitā pūrṇacandranibhā bālā mattadviradagāminī

with a red water-lily in her hand, delicate, fine-footed, endowed with modesty, like the full moon, young, moving like an excited elephant.

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NsP 6.31

दृष्ट्वा तस्यास् तु तद् रूपं तौ देवौ विस्मयं गतौ तस्या हास्येन लास्येन स्मितेन ललितेन च

dṛṣṭvā tasyās tu tad rūpaṃ tau devau vismayaṃ gatau tasyā hāsyena lāsyena smitena lalitena ca

Seeing that beauty of hers, the two gods fell into amazement; by her laughter, her dancing, her smile and her play,

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NsP 6.32

मृदुना वायुना चैव शीतानिलसुगन्धिना मत्तभ्रमरगीतेन पुंस्कोकिलरुतेन च

mṛdunā vāyunā caiva śītānilasugandhinā mattabhramaragītena puṃskokilarutena ca

and by the soft breeze fragrant with cool air, and by the song of the intoxicated bees and the call of the male cuckoo,

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NsP 6.33

सुस्वरेण हि गीतेन उर्वश्या मधुरेण च ईक्षितो च कटाक्षेण स्कन्दतुस् ताव् उभाव् अपि निमेः शापाद् अथोत्क्रम्य स्वदेहान् मुनिसत्तम

susvareṇa hi gītena urvaśyā madhureṇa ca īkṣito ca kaṭākṣeṇa skandatus tāv ubhāv api nimeḥ śāpād athotkramya svadehān munisattama

and by Urvaśī's sweet, well-toned singing, and being looked at by her sidelong glance, both of them emitted their seed; and then, O best of sages, through Nimi's curse they departed from their own bodies.

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NsP 6.34

वसिष्ठ मित्रावरुणात्मजो ऽसीत्य् अथोचुर् आगत्य हि विश्वदेवाः रेतस् त्रिभागं कमले ऽचरत् तद् वसिष्ठ एवं तु पितामहोक्तेः

vasiṣṭha mitrāvaruṇātmajo 'sīty athocur āgatya hi viśvadevāḥ retas tribhāgaṃ kamale 'carat tad vasiṣṭha evaṃ tu pitāmahokteḥ

"Vasiṣṭha, you are the son of Mitra and Varuṇa" — so the Viśvadevas said, having come; and that seed, in three portions, moved into the lotus — thus, Vasiṣṭha, by the word of the Grandfather.

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

NsP 6.35

त्रिधा समभवद् रेतः कमले ऽथ स्थले जले अरविन्दे वसिष्ठस् तु जातः स मुनिसत्तमः स्थले त्व् अगस्त्यः संभूतो जले मत्स्यो महाद्युतिः

tridhā samabhavad retaḥ kamale 'tha sthale jale aravinde vasiṣṭhas tu jātaḥ sa munisattamaḥ sthale tv agastyaḥ saṃbhūto jale matsyo mahādyutiḥ

The seed came to be in three ways: in the lotus, on dry ground, and in water. In the lotus was born Vasiṣṭha, that best of sages; on dry ground Agastya came into being, and in the water a fish of great splendour.

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NsP 6.36

स तत्र जातो मतिमान् वसिष्ठः कुम्भे त्व् अगस्त्यः सलिले ऽथ मत्स्यः स्थानत्रये तत् पतितं समानं मित्रस्य यस्माद् वरुणस्य रेतः

sa tatra jāto matimān vasiṣṭhaḥ kumbhe tv agastyaḥ salile 'tha matsyaḥ sthānatraye tat patitaṃ samānaṃ mitrasya yasmād varuṇasya retaḥ

There was born the wise Vasiṣṭha, and Agastya in a jar, and then in the water the fish — because that seed of Mitra and of Varuṇa fell equally in three places.

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NsP 6.37

एतस्मिन्न् एव काले तु गता सा उर्वसी दिवम् उपेत्य तान् ऋषीन् देवौ गतौ भूयः स्वम् आश्रमम् यमाव् अपि तु तप्येते पुनर् उग्रं परं तपः

etasminn eva kāle tu gatā sā urvasī divam upetya tān ṛṣīn devau gatau bhūyaḥ svam āśramam yamāv api tu tapyete punar ugraṃ paraṃ tapaḥ

At this very time Urvaśī went to heaven; and the two gods, having approached those sages, went back to their own hermitage. The twin (gods) too again performed fierce, supreme austerity,

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NsP 6.38

तपसा प्राप्तुकामौ तौ परं ज्योतिः सनातनम् तपस्यन्तौ सुरश्रेष्ठौ ब्रह्मागत्येदम् अब्रवीत्

tapasā prāptukāmau tau paraṃ jyotiḥ sanātanam tapasyantau suraśreṣṭhau brahmāgatyedam abravīt

the two desiring to attain by austerity the supreme, eternal light. As those two best of gods were practising austerity, Brahmā came and said this:

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NsP 6.39

मित्रावरुणकौ देवौ पुत्रवन्तौ महाद्युती सिद्धिर् भविष्यति यथा युवयोर् वैष्णवी पुनः

mitrāvaruṇakau devau putravantau mahādyutī siddhir bhaviṣyati yathā yuvayor vaiṣṇavī punaḥ

"O gods Mitra and Varuṇa, you two of great splendour, now possessed of sons — so shall the Vaiṣṇava perfection be yours again.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NsP 6.40

स्वाधिकारेण स्थीयेताम् अधुना लोकसाक्षिकौ इत्य् उक्त्वान्तर्दधे ब्रह्मा तौ स्थितौ स्वाधिकारकौ

svādhikāreṇa sthīyetām adhunā lokasākṣikau ity uktvāntardadhe brahmā tau sthitau svādhikārakau

"Let the two of you now abide in your own offices, as witnesses of the world." Having said this, Brahmā vanished, and the two remained in their own offices.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NsP 6.41

एवं ते कथितं विप्र वसिष्ठस्य महात्मनः मित्रावरुणपुत्रत्वम् अगस्त्यस्य च धीमतः

evaṃ te kathitaṃ vipra vasiṣṭhasya mahātmanaḥ mitrāvaruṇaputratvam agastyasya ca dhīmataḥ

Thus, brahmin, has been told to you the sonship from Mitra and Varuṇa of the great-souled Vasiṣṭha and of the wise Agastya.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NsP 6.42

इदं पुंसीयम् आख्यानं वारुणं पापनाशनम् पुत्रकामास् तु ये केचिच् *छृण्वन्तीदं शुचिव्रताः अचिराद् एव पुत्रांस् ते लभन्ते नात्र संशयः

idaṃ puṃsīyam ākhyānaṃ vāruṇaṃ pāpanāśanam putrakāmās tu ye kecic *chṛṇvantīdaṃ śucivratāḥ acirād eva putrāṃs te labhante nātra saṃśayaḥ

This tale, which belongs to Puṃs(?) and to Varuṇa, destroys sin; whatever men desire sons and, of pure vows, hear it, they obtain sons before long — there is no doubt here.

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

NsP 6.43

यश् चैतत् पठते नित्यं हव्यकव्ये द्विजोत्तमः देवाश् च पितरस् तस्य तृप्ता यान्ति परं सुखम्

yaś caitat paṭhate nityaṃ havyakavye dvijottamaḥ devāś ca pitaras tasya tṛptā yānti paraṃ sukham

And that best of twice-born who constantly recites this at the offerings to gods and ancestors — his gods and forefathers, satisfied, go to the highest bliss.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NsP 6.44

यश् चैतच् छृणुयान् नित्यं प्रातर् उत्थाय मानवः नन्दते स सुखं भूमौ विष्णुलोकं स गच्छति

yaś caitac chṛṇuyān nityaṃ prātar utthāya mānavaḥ nandate sa sukhaṃ bhūmau viṣṇulokaṃ sa gacchati

And the man who, rising at dawn, constantly listens to this rejoices happily on earth, and he goes to Viṣṇu's world.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NsP 6.45

इत्य् एतद् आख्यानम् इदं मयेरितं पुरातनं वेदविदैर् उदीरितम् पठिष्यते यस् तु शृणोति सर्वदा स याति शुद्धो हरिलोकम् अञ्जसा

ity etad ākhyānam idaṃ mayeritaṃ purātanaṃ vedavidair udīritam paṭhiṣyate yas tu śṛṇoti sarvadā sa yāti śuddho harilokam añjasā

Thus this ancient tale has been uttered by me, (a tale) proclaimed by the knowers of the Veda; and he who will recite it, who listens to it always, goes purified straightway to Hari's world.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition