Vamana Purana — Chapter 12
VamP 12.1
सुकेशिरुवाच । कर्मणा नरकानेतान् केन गच्छन्ति वै कथम् । एतद् वदन्तु विप्रेन्द्राः परं कौतूहलं मम
sukeśiruvāca / karmaṇā narakānetān kena gacchanti vai katham / etad vadantu viprendrāḥ paraṃ kautūhalaṃ mama
Sukeśin said: By what deed, and how, do they go to these hells? Let the best of brahmins tell this; my curiosity is very great.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 12.2
ऋषय ऊचुः । कर्मणा येन येनेह यान्ति शालकटङ्कट । स्वकर्मफलभोगार्थं नरकान् मे शृणुष्व तान्
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ / karmaṇā yena yeneha yānti śālakaṭaṅkaṭa / svakarmaphalabhogārthaṃ narakān me śṛṇuṣva tān
The sages said: By whatever deed they go there, O Śālakaṭaṅkaṭa, in order to undergo the fruit of their own deeds — hear from me of those hells.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 12.3
वेदवेवद्विजातीनां यैर्निन्दा सततं कृता । ये पुराणेतिहासार्थान् नाभिनन्दन्ति पापिनः
vedavevadvijātīnāṃ yairnindā satataṃ kṛtā / ye purāṇetihāsārthān nābhinandanti pāpinaḥ
Those sinners by whom the Vedas and the twice-born are constantly reviled, and who take no delight in the contents of the purāṇas and the old narratives —
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VamP 12.5
१२।४ सुहृद्दम्पतिसोदर्यस्वामिभृत्यपितासुतान् । याज्योपाध्याययोर्यैश्च कृतो भेदो ऽधमैर्मिथः
12.4 suhṛddampatisodaryasvāmibhṛtyapitāsutān / yājyopādhyāyayoryaiśca kṛto bhedo 'dhamairmithaḥ
(12.4) And those base ones by whom division was made between friends, between husband and wife, between brothers, between master and servant, between father and son, and between the patron of a sacrifice and his officiant —
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VamP 12.6
कन्यामेकस्य दत्त्वा च ददत्यन्यस्य ये ऽधमाः । करपत्रेण पाट्यन्ते ते द्विधा यमकिङ्करैः
kanyāmekasya dattvā ca dadatyanyasya ye 'dhamāḥ / karapatreṇa pāṭyante te dvidhā yamakiṅkaraiḥ
And those base men who, having given a daughter to one man, give her to another — they are sawn in two with a hand-saw by Yama's servants.
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VamP 12.7
परोपतापजनकाश्चन्दनोशीरहारिणः । बालव्यजनहर्त्तारः करम्भसिकताश्रिताः
paropatāpajanakāścandanośīrahāriṇaḥ / bālavyajanaharttāraḥ karambhasikatāśritāḥ
Those who cause pain to others, who steal sandalwood and uśīra root, and who make off with hair-fans, are consigned to Karambhasikatā (the sand-and-gruel hell).
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VamP 12.8
निमन्त्रितो ऽन्यतो भुङ्क्ते श्राद्धे दैवे सपैतृके । स द्विधा कृष्यते मूढस्तीक्ष्णतुण्डैः खगोत्तमैः
nimantrito 'nyato bhuṅkte śrāddhe daive sapaitṛke / sa dvidhā kṛṣyate mūḍhastīkṣṇatuṇḍaiḥ khagottamaiḥ
He who, though invited (to a śrāddha), eats elsewhere, at a rite for the gods together with one for the fathers — that fool is dragged in two by birds of prey with sharp beaks.
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VamP 12.9
मर्माणि यस्तु साधूनां तुदन् वाग्भिर्निकृन्तति । तस्योपरि तुदन्तस्तु तुण्डैस्तिष्ठन्ति पत्त्रिणः
marmāṇi yastu sādhūnāṃ tudan vāgbhirnikṛntati / tasyopari tudantastu tuṇḍaistiṣṭhanti pattriṇaḥ
But he who, stabbing the vital spots of good men with his words, cuts (them) up — upon him birds stand, stabbing (him) with their beaks.
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VamP 12.10
यः करोति च पैशुन्यं साधूनामन्यथामतिः । वज्रतुण्डनखा जिह्वामाकर्षन्ते ऽस्य वायसाः
yaḥ karoti ca paiśunyaṃ sādhūnāmanyathāmatiḥ / vajratuṇḍanakhā jihvāmākarṣante 'sya vāyasāḥ
And he of perverse mind who slanders good men — crows with beaks and claws (hard) as adamant drag out his tongue.
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VamP 12.11
मातापितृगुरूणां च ये ऽवज्ञां चक्रुरुद्धताः । मज्जन्ते पूयविम्मूत्रे त्प्रतिष्ठे ह्यधोसुखाः
mātāpitṛgurūṇāṃ ca ye 'vajñāṃ cakruruddhatāḥ / majjante pūyavimmūtre tpratiṣṭhe hyadhosukhāḥ
And those insolent ones who showed contempt for mother, father and teachers sink head-downward in pus, excrement and urine, with no footing.
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VamP 12.12
देवतातिथिभूतेषु भृत्येष्वभ्यागतेषु च । अभुक्तवत्सु ये ऽश्नन्ति बालपित्रग्निमातृषु
devatātithibhūteṣu bhṛtyeṣvabhyāgateṣu ca / abhuktavatsu ye 'śnanti bālapitragnimātṛṣu
Those who eat when the gods, guests, spirits, servants and arrivals have not eaten, (and) when children, fathers, the fire, and mothers (have not) —
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VamP 12.13
दुष्टचासृक्पूयनिर्यासं भुञ्जते त्वधमा इमे । सूचीमुखाश्च जायन्ते क्षुधार्त्ता गिरिविग्रहाः
duṣṭacāsṛkpūyaniryāsaṃ bhuñjate tvadhamā ime / sūcīmukhāśca jāyante kṣudhārttā girivigrahāḥ
these lowest of men consume a discharge of foul blood and pus; and they are born as needle-mouthed (beings), tormented by hunger, with bodies (huge) as mountains.
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VamP 12.14
एकपङ्क्त्युपविष्टानां विषमं भोजयन्ति ये । विड्भोजनं राक्षसेन्द्र नरकं ते व्रजन्ति च
ekapaṅktyupaviṣṭānāṃ viṣamaṃ bhojayanti ye / viḍbhojanaṃ rākṣasendra narakaṃ te vrajanti ca
Those who feed unequally people seated in a single row — they go, O lord of the rākṣasas, to the hell where excrement is the food.
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VamP 12.15
एकसार्थप्रयातं ये पश्यन्तश्चार्थिनं नराः । असंविभज्य भुञ्जन्ति ते यान्ति श्लेष्मभोजनम्
ekasārthaprayātaṃ ye paśyantaścārthinaṃ narāḥ / asaṃvibhajya bhuñjanti te yānti śleṣmabhojanam
Those men who, seeing a petitioner who has travelled with them in the same caravan, eat without sharing (with him) — they go to (the hell of) phlegm-eating.
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VamP 12.16
गोब्राह्णणाग्नयः स्पृष्टा यैरुच्छिष्टैः क्षपाचर । क्षिप्यन्ते हि करास्तेषां तप्तसुम्भे सुदारुणे
gobrāhṇaṇāgnayaḥ spṛṣṭā yairucchiṣṭaiḥ kṣapācara / kṣipyante hi karāsteṣāṃ taptasumbhe sudāruṇe
O night-roamer, those by whom cows, brahmins and fires have been touched while they were impure with leftover food — their hands are indeed thrust into a most dreadful heated cauldron.
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VamP 12.17
सूर्येन्दुतारका दृष्टा यैरुच्छिष्टैश्च कामतः । तेषां नेत्रगतो वह्निर्धम्यते यमकिङ्करैः
sūryendutārakā dṛṣṭā yairucchiṣṭaiśca kāmataḥ / teṣāṃ netragato vahnirdhamyate yamakiṅkaraiḥ
Those by whom the sun, moon and stars have been looked at while impure with leftover food, and willfully — for them a fire set in their eyes is fanned by Yama's servants.
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VamP 12.18
मित्रजायाथ जननी ज्येष्ठो भ्राता पिता स्वसा । जामयो गुरवो वृद्धा यैः संस्पृष्टाः पदा नृभिः
mitrajāyātha jananī jyeṣṭho bhrātā pitā svasā / jāmayo guravo vṛddhā yaiḥ saṃspṛṣṭāḥ padā nṛbhiḥ
A friend's wife, a mother, an elder brother, a father, a sister, kinswomen, teachers, elders — the men by whom these have been touched with the foot,
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VamP 12.19
बद्धाङ्घ्रयस्ते विगडैर्लोहैर्वाह्निप्रतापितैः । क्षिप्यन्ते रौरवे घोरे ह्याजानुपरिदाहिनः
baddhāṅghrayaste vigaḍairlohairvāhnipratāpitaiḥ / kṣipyante raurave ghore hyājānuparidāhinaḥ
they, their feet bound with iron fetters heated in fire, are cast into the terrible Raurava, which burns them up to the knees.
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VamP 12.20
पायसं कृशरं मांसं वृथा भुक्तानि यैर्नरैः । तेषामयोगुडास्तप्ताः क्षिप्यन्ते वदने ऽद्भुताः
pāyasaṃ kṛśaraṃ māṃsaṃ vṛthā bhuktāni yairnaraiḥ / teṣāmayoguḍāstaptāḥ kṣipyante vadane 'dbhutāḥ
Milk-rice, kṛśara (rice-and-sesame gruel), and meat — the men by whom these have been eaten to no purpose: for them monstrous glowing iron balls are thrown into the mouth.
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VamP 12.21
गुरुदेवद्विजातीनां वेदानां च नराधमैः । निन्दा निशामिता यैस्तु पापानामिति कुर्वताम्
gurudevadvijātīnāṃ vedānāṃ ca narādhamaiḥ / nindā niśāmitā yaistu pāpānāmiti kurvatām
But those base men by whom abuse of teachers, gods, twice-born ones and the Vedas was listened to — of those sinners who do so,
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VamP 12.22
तेषां लोहमयाः कीला वह्निवर्णाः पुनः पुनः । श्रवणेषु निखन्यन्ते धर्मराजस्य किङ्करैः
teṣāṃ lohamayāḥ kīlā vahnivarṇāḥ punaḥ punaḥ / śravaṇeṣu nikhanyante dharmarājasya kiṅkaraiḥ
iron spikes, fire-coloured, are driven again and again into their ears by the servants of the King of Dharma.
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VamP 12.23
प्रपादेवकुलालामान् विप्रवेश्मसभामठान् । कूपवापीतडागांश्च भङ्क्त्वा विध्वंसयन्ति ये
prapādevakulālāmān vipraveśmasabhāmaṭhān / kūpavāpītaḍāgāṃśca bhaṅktvā vidhvaṃsayanti ye
Those who, breaking them, destroy water-booths, temples, potters' (works?), brahmins' houses, assembly halls and monasteries, and wells, tanks and ponds —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 12.24
तेषां विलपतां चर्म देहतः क्रियते पृथक् । कर्त्तिकाभिः सुतीक्ष्णीभिः सुरौद्रैर्यमकिङ्करैः
teṣāṃ vilapatāṃ carma dehataḥ kriyate pṛthak / karttikābhiḥ sutīkṣṇībhiḥ suraudrairyamakiṅkaraiḥ
the skin of those wailing ones is separated from the body by the exceedingly cruel servants of Yama with very sharp knives.
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VamP 12.25
गोब्राह्मणार्कमग्निं च ये वै मेहन्ति मानवाः । तेषां गुदेव चान्त्राणि विनिःकृन्तन्ति वायसाः
gobrāhmaṇārkamagniṃ ca ye vai mehanti mānavāḥ / teṣāṃ gudeva cāntrāṇi viniḥkṛntanti vāyasāḥ
And those men who urinate on a cow, a brahmin, the sun, or fire — crows tear out their very anus and entrails.
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VamP 12.26
स्वपोषणपरो यस्तु परित्यजति मानवः । पुत्रभृत्यकलत्रादिबन्धुवर्गमकिञ्चनम् । दुर्भिक्षे संभ्रमे चापि स श्वभोज्ये निपात्यते
svapoṣaṇaparo yastu parityajati mānavaḥ / putrabhṛtyakalatrādibandhuvargamakiñcanam / durbhikṣe saṃbhrame cāpi sa śvabhojye nipātyate
But the man intent on feeding himself alone who abandons his destitute circle of kin — sons, servants, wife and the rest — in famine and in calamity, he is flung into (the hell) where dogs are the food.
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VamP 12.27
शरणागतं ये त्यजन्ति ये च बन्धनपालकाः । पतन्ति यन्त्रपीडे ते ताड्य मानास्तु किङ्करैः
śaraṇāgataṃ ye tyajanti ye ca bandhanapālakāḥ / patanti yantrapīḍe te tāḍya mānāstu kiṅkaraiḥ
Those who abandon one who has come for refuge, and those who are keepers of prisons, fall into the crushing-machine, being beaten by the (Yama's) servants.
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VamP 12.28
क्लेशयन्ति हि विप्रादीन् ये ह्यकर्मसु पापिनः । ते पिष्यन्ते शिलापेषे शोष्यनते ऽपि च शोषकैः
kleśayanti hi viprādīn ye hyakarmasu pāpinaḥ / te piṣyante śilāpeṣe śoṣyanate 'pi ca śoṣakaiḥ
Those sinners who torment brahmins and the rest in matters not (proper) actions — they are ground in the stone-crushing (hell) and are dried out by the dryers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 12.29
न्यासापहारिणः पापा बध्यन्ते निगडैरपि । श्रुत्क्षामाः शुष्कताल्वोष्ठाः पात्यन्ते वृश्चिकाशने
nyāsāpahāriṇaḥ pāpā badhyante nigaḍairapi / śrutkṣāmāḥ śuṣkatālvoṣṭhāḥ pātyante vṛścikāśane
Sinners who steal what has been deposited in trust are bound too with fetters; wasted with hunger, their palates and lips dry, they are thrown down into the scorpion-eating (hell).
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VamP 12.30
पर्वमैथुनिनः पापाः परदाररताश्च ये । ते वह्नितप्तां कूटाग्रामालिङ्गन्ते च शाल्मलीम्
parvamaithuninaḥ pāpāḥ paradāraratāśca ye / te vahnitaptāṃ kūṭāgrāmāliṅgante ca śālmalīm
The sinners who copulate on the parvan days and those who delight in others' wives — they embrace the fire-heated silk-cotton tree with its sharp-pointed spikes.
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VamP 12.31
उपाध्यायमधःकृत्य यैरधीतं द्विजाधमैः । तेषामध्यापको यश्च स शिलां शिरसा वहेत्
upādhyāyamadhaḥkṛtya yairadhītaṃ dvijādhamaiḥ / teṣāmadhyāpako yaśca sa śilāṃ śirasā vahet
Those lowest of twice-born by whom study was done after setting the teacher below (i.e. slighting him), and whoever teaches them — he must carry a stone on his head.
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VamP 12.32
मूत्रश्लेष्मपुरीषाणि यैरुत्सृष्टानि वारिणि । ते पात्यन्ते च विण्मूत्रे दुर्गन्धे पूयपूरिते
mūtraśleṣmapurīṣāṇi yairutsṛṣṭāni vāriṇi / te pātyante ca viṇmūtre durgandhe pūyapūrite
Those by whom urine, phlegm, and excrement have been discharged into water — they are cast into a foul-smelling, pus-filled (pit of) dung and urine.
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VamP 12.33
श्राद्धातिथेयमन्योन्यं यैर्भुक्तं भुवि मानवैः । परस्परं भक्षयन्ते मांसानि स्वानि बालिशाः
śrāddhātitheyamanyonyaṃ yairbhuktaṃ bhuvi mānavaiḥ / parasparaṃ bhakṣayante māṃsāni svāni bāliśāḥ
Those men on earth who have eaten one another's śrāddha and guest-offerings — those fools devour each other's flesh, their own flesh.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 12.34
वेदवह्निगुरुत्यागी भार्यापित्रोस्तथैव च। गिरिशृड्गादधःपातं पात्यन्ते यमकिङ्करैः
vedavahnigurutyāgī bhāryāpitrostathaiva ca/ giriśṛḍgādadhaḥpātaṃ pātyante yamakiṅkaraiḥ
He who abandons the Veda, the (sacred) fire, the teacher, and likewise his wife and parents — such are made to fall headlong from a mountain peak by Yama's servants.
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VamP 12.35
पुनर्भूपतयो ये च कन्याविध्वंसकाश्च ये । तद्गर्भश्राद्धभुग् यश्च कृमीन्भक्षेत्पिपीलिकाः
punarbhūpatayo ye ca kanyāvidhvaṃsakāśca ye / tadgarbhaśrāddhabhug yaśca kṛmīnbhakṣetpipīlikāḥ
Those who are husbands of remarried women, and those who ruin maidens, and whoever eats the śrāddha food (offered) for a child (born) of her — he must eat worms and ants.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 12.36
चाण्डालादन्त्यजाद्वापि प्रतिगृह्णाति दक्षिणाम् । याजको यजमानश्च सो ऽस्मान्तः स्थूलकीटकः
cāṇḍālādantyajādvāpi pratigṛhṇāti dakṣiṇām / yājako yajamānaśca so 'smāntaḥ sthūlakīṭakaḥ
Whoever accepts a sacrificial fee from a Cāṇḍāla or from an outcaste — both the officiating priest and the sacrificer become fat worms in the (hell called) Asmānta.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 12.37
पृष्ठमांसाशिनो मूढास्तथैवोत्कोचजीविनः । क्षिप्यन्ते वृकभक्षे ते नरके रजनीचर
pṛṣṭhamāṃsāśino mūḍhāstathaivotkocajīvinaḥ / kṣipyante vṛkabhakṣe te narake rajanīcara
The fools who eat flesh from the back (i.e. slanderers) and likewise those who live by bribes — they are flung, O night-rover, into the hell where wolves devour (them).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 12.38
स्वर्णस्तेयी च ब्रह्मघ्नः सुरापो गुरुलल्पगः । तथा गोभूमिहर्त्तरो गोस्त्रीबालहनाश्च ये
svarṇasteyī ca brahmaghnaḥ surāpo gurulalpagaḥ / tathā gobhūmiharttaro gostrībālahanāśca ye
The stealer of gold, the killer of a brahmin, the drinker of liquor, he who goes to the teacher's bed, and likewise the seizers of cattle and land, and those who kill cows, women and children,
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VamP 12.39
एत नरा द्विजा ये च गोषु विक्रयिणस्तथा । सोमविक्रयिणो ये च वेदविक्रयिणस्तथा
eta narā dvijā ye ca goṣu vikrayiṇastathā / somavikrayiṇo ye ca vedavikrayiṇastathā
these men, and those twice-born who are sellers of cows, and those who are sellers of Soma, and likewise sellers of the Veda,
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VamP 12.40
कूटसभ्यास्त्वशौचाश्च नित्यनैमित्तनाशकाः । कूटसाक्ष्यप्रदा ये च ते महारौरवे स्थिताः
kūṭasabhyāstvaśaucāśca nityanaimittanāśakāḥ / kūṭasākṣyapradā ye ca te mahāraurave sthitāḥ
and false assessors in assemblies, the impure, the destroyers of the daily and occasional rites, and those who give false testimony — they abide in Mahāraurava.
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VamP 12.41
दशवर्ष सहस्राणि तावत् तामिस्रके स्थिताः । तावच्चैवान्धतामिस्रे असिपत्रवने ततः
daśavarṣa sahasrāṇi tāvat tāmisrake sthitāḥ / tāvaccaivāndhatāmisre asipatravane tataḥ
For ten thousand years they remain in Tāmisra, and as long in Andhatāmisra, and then in the forest of sword-leaves,
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VamP 12.42
तावच्चैव घटीयन्त्रे तप्तकुम्भे ततः परम् । प्रपातो भवते तेषां यैरिदं दुष्कृतं कृतम्
tāvaccaiva ghaṭīyantre taptakumbhe tataḥ param / prapāto bhavate teṣāṃ yairidaṃ duṣkṛtaṃ kṛtam
and just as long in the water-wheel machine, and after that in the heated cauldron; such is the fall that befalls those by whom this evil deed has been done.
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VamP 12.43
ये त्वेते नरका रौद्रा रौरवाद्यास्तवोदिताः । ते सर्वे क्रमशः प्रोक्ताः कृतघ्ने लोकनिन्दिते
ye tvete narakā raudrā rauravādyāstavoditāḥ / te sarve kramaśaḥ proktāḥ kṛtaghne lokanindite
But these fearsome hells, Raurava and the rest, that have been described to you — all of them are declared, in order, for the ingrate, who is censured by the world.
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VamP 12.44
यथा सुराणां प्रवरो जनार्दनो यथा गिरीणामपि शैशिराद्रिः । यथायुधानां प्रवरं सुदर्शनं यथा खगानां विनतातनूजः । महोरगाणां प्रवरो ऽप्यनन्तो यथा च भूतेषु मही प्रधाना
yathā surāṇāṃ pravaro janārdano yathā girīṇāmapi śaiśirādriḥ / yathāyudhānāṃ pravaraṃ sudarśanaṃ yathā khagānāṃ vinatātanūjaḥ / mahoragāṇāṃ pravaro 'pyananto yathā ca bhūteṣu mahī pradhānā
As Janārdana is the foremost of the gods, as the Himālaya is (foremost) of mountains, as Sudarśana is the foremost of weapons, as the son of Vinatā is of birds, as Ananta is the foremost of the great serpents, and as the earth is chief among beings,
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VamP 12.45
नदीषु गङ्गा जलजेषु पद्मं सुरारिमुख्येषु हराङ्घ्रिभक्तः । क्षेत्रेषु यद्वत्कुरुजङ्गलं वरं तीर्थेषु यद्वत् प्रवरं पृथूदकम्
nadīṣu gaṅgā jalajeṣu padmaṃ surārimukhyeṣu harāṅghribhaktaḥ / kṣetreṣu yadvatkurujaṅgalaṃ varaṃ tīrtheṣu yadvat pravaraṃ pṛthūdakam
as the Gaṅgā among rivers, the lotus among water-born plants, the devotee of Hara's feet among the chief foes of the gods, as Kurujāṅgala is the best among lands, as Pṛthūdaka is the foremost among sacred fords,
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VamP 12.46
सरस्सु चैवोत्तरमानसं यथा वनेषु पुण्येषु हि नन्दनं यथा । लोकेषु यद्वत्सदनं विरिञ्चेः सत्यं यथा धर्मविधिक्रियासु
sarassu caivottaramānasaṃ yathā vaneṣu puṇyeṣu hi nandanaṃ yathā / lokeṣu yadvatsadanaṃ viriñceḥ satyaṃ yathā dharmavidhikriyāsu
and as Uttaramānasa among lakes, as Nandana among holy groves, as Viriñca's abode among the worlds, as truth among the acts prescribed by dharma,
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VamP 12.47
यथाश्वमेधः प्रवरः क्रतूनां पुत्रो यथा स्पर्शवतां वरिष्ठः । तपोधनानामपि सुम्भयोनिः श्रुतिर्वरा यद्वदिहागमेषु
yathāśvamedhaḥ pravaraḥ kratūnāṃ putro yathā sparśavatāṃ variṣṭhaḥ / tapodhanānāmapi sumbhayoniḥ śrutirvarā yadvadihāgameṣu
as the horse-sacrifice is the foremost of rites, as a son is the best of things one touches, as the son of Kumbha (Agastya) is (foremost) among the ascetics, as the Śruti is the best here among traditional texts,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 12.48
मुख्यः पुराणेषु यथैव मात्स्यः स्वायंभुवोक्तिस्त्वपि संहितासु । मनुः स्मृतीनां प्रवरो यथैव तिथीषु दर्शा विषुवेषु दानम्
mukhyaḥ purāṇeṣu yathaiva mātsyaḥ svāyaṃbhuvoktistvapi saṃhitāsu / manuḥ smṛtīnāṃ pravaro yathaiva tithīṣu darśā viṣuveṣu dānam
As among the Purāṇas the Matsya is chief, and among the Saṃhitās the utterance of Svāyaṃbhuva, and as Manu is the foremost of the law-books, as the new-moon day among lunar days, and giving at the equinoxes (among gifts),
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VamP 12.49
तेजस्विनां यद्वदिहार्क उक्तो ऋक्षेषु चन्द्रो जलधिर्ह्वदेषु । भवान् यथा राक्षससत्तमेषु पाशेषु नागस्तिमितेषु बन्धः
tejasvināṃ yadvadihārka ukto ṛkṣeṣu candro jaladhirhvadeṣu / bhavān yathā rākṣasasattameṣu pāśeṣu nāgastimiteṣu bandhaḥ
As the sun is said (to be chief) among the shining ones here, the moon among the stars, the ocean among bodies of water, as you (are chief) among the best of Rākṣasas, the Nāga(-noose) among nooses, and bondage among things not to be moved—
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VamP 12.50
धान्येषु शलिर्द्विपदेषु विप्रः चतुष्पदे गौः श्वपदां मृगेन्द्रः । पुष्पेषु जाती नगरेषु काञ्ची नारीषु रम्भा श्रमीणां गृहस्थः
dhānyeṣu śalirdvipadeṣu vipraḥ catuṣpade gauḥ śvapadāṃ mṛgendraḥ / puṣpeṣu jātī nagareṣu kāñcī nārīṣu rambhā śramīṇāṃ gṛhasthaḥ
Rice among grains, the brahmin among two-footed beings, the cow among four-footed, the lion among beasts of prey; the jasmine among flowers, Kāñcī among cities, the plantain among women (i.e. Rambhā among women), the householder among those who toil—
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VamP 12.51
कुशस्थली श्रेष्ठतमा पुरेषु देशेषु सर्वेषु च मध्यदेशः । फलेषु चूतो मुकुलेष्वशोकः सर्वौषधीनां प्रवरा च पथ्या
kuśasthalī śreṣṭhatamā pureṣu deśeṣu sarveṣu ca madhyadeśaḥ / phaleṣu cūto mukuleṣvaśokaḥ sarvauṣadhīnāṃ pravarā ca pathyā
Kuśasthalī is the very best among cities, and among all countries the Middle Country; among fruits the mango, among buds the aśoka, and among all medicinal plants the pathyā (harītakī)—
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VamP 12.52
मूलेषु कन्दः प्रवरो यथोक्तो व्याधिष्वजीर्णं क्षणदाचरेन्द्र । श्वेतेषु दुग्धं प्रवरं यथैव कार्पासिकं प्रावरणेषु यद्वत्
mūleṣu kandaḥ pravaro yathokto vyādhiṣvajīrṇaṃ kṣaṇadācarendra / śveteṣu dugdhaṃ pravaraṃ yathaiva kārpāsikaṃ prāvaraṇeṣu yadvat
As the bulb is said to be foremost among roots, and among diseases indigestion, O lord of the night-walkers; as milk is foremost among white things, and as cotton cloth among coverings—
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VamP 12.53
कलासु मुख्या गणितज्ञता च विज्ञानमुख्येषु यथेन्द्रजालम् । शाकेषु मुख्या त्वपि काकमाची रसेषु मुख्यं लवणं यथैव
kalāsu mukhyā gaṇitajñatā ca vijñānamukhyeṣu yathendrajālam / śākeṣu mukhyā tvapi kākamācī raseṣu mukhyaṃ lavaṇaṃ yathaiva
And among the arts skill in calculation is chief, and among the sciences conjuring; among vegetables the kākamācī is chief, and among tastes salt is chief—
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VamP 12.54
तुङ्ड्गेषु तालो नलिनीषु पम्पा वनौकसेष्वेव च ऋक्षराजः । महीरुहेष्वेव यथा वटश्च यथा हरो ज्ञानवतां वरिष्ठः
tuṅḍgeṣu tālo nalinīṣu pampā vanaukaseṣveva ca ṛkṣarājaḥ / mahīruheṣveva yathā vaṭaśca yathā haro jñānavatāṃ variṣṭhaḥ
The palm among tall things, Pampā among lotus-ponds, and the king of bears among forest-dwellers; the banyan among trees, and as Hara is the highest of those possessing knowledge—
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VamP 12.55
यथा सतीनां हिमवत्सुता हि यथार्जुनीनां कपिला वरिष्ठा । यथा वृषाणामपि नीलवर्णो यथैव सर्वेष्वपि दुःसहेषु । दुर्गेषु रौद्रेषु निशाचरेश नृपातनं वैतरणी प्रधाना
yathā satīnāṃ himavatsutā hi yathārjunīnāṃ kapilā variṣṭhā / yathā vṛṣāṇāmapi nīlavarṇo yathaiva sarveṣvapi duḥsaheṣu / durgeṣu raudreṣu niśācareśa nṛpātanaṃ vaitaraṇī pradhānā
As among chaste women the daughter of Himavat, and as the tawny cow is best among white ones; as the black-coloured one among bulls, and as among all things hard to bear, among dreadful strongholds, O lord of the night-walkers, the Vaitaraṇī is foremost in casting down kings—
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VamP 12.56
पापीयसां तद्वदिह कृघ्नाः सर्वेषु पापेषु वनशाचरेन्द्र । ब्रह्मघ्नगोघ्नादिषु निष्कृतिर्हि विद्येतत नैवास्य तु दुष्टचारिणः । न निष्कृतिश्चास्ति कृतघ्नवृत्तेः सुहृत्कृतं नाशयतो ऽब्दकोटिभिः
pāpīyasāṃ tadvadiha kṛghnāḥ sarveṣu pāpeṣu vanaśācarendra / brahmaghnagoghnādiṣu niṣkṛtirhi vidyetata naivāsya tu duṣṭacāriṇaḥ / na niṣkṛtiścāsti kṛtaghnavṛtteḥ suhṛtkṛtaṃ nāśayato 'bdakoṭibhiḥ
So here the ungrateful are (the worst) of the most sinful, among all sins, O lord of forest-rangers; for in the case of brahmin-killers, cow-killers and the rest there is expiation, but for this evil-doer there is none; and there is no expiation for one whose conduct is ingratitude, who destroys what a friend has done for him, even in ten million years.
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