Vamana Purana — Chapter 69

VamP 69.1

पुलस्त्य उवाच । एतन्मया पुण्यतमं पुराणं तुभ्यं तथा नारद कीर्तितं वै । श्रुत्वा च कीर्त्या परया समेतो भक्त्या च विष्णोः पदमभ्युपैति

pulastya uvāca / etanmayā puṇyatamaṃ purāṇaṃ tubhyaṃ tathā nārada kīrtitaṃ vai / śrutvā ca kīrtyā parayā sameto bhaktyā ca viṣṇoḥ padamabhyupaiti

Pulastya said: This most holy Purāṇa has thus been recited by me to you, Nārada; and having heard it, one endowed with the highest renown and with devotion goes to the abode of Viṣṇu.

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VamP 69.2

यथा पापानि पूयन्ते गङ्गावारिविगाहनात् । तथा पुराणश्रवणाद् दुरितानां विनाशनम्

yathā pāpāni pūyante gaṅgāvārivigāhanāt / tathā purāṇaśravaṇād duritānāṃ vināśanam

Just as sins are cleansed by plunging into the water of the Gaṅgā, so from hearing the Purāṇa there is destruction of evils.

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VamP 69.3

न तस्य रोगा जायन्ते न विषं चाभिचारिकम् । शरीरे च कुले ब्रह्मन् यः श्रुणोति च वामनम्

na tasya rogā jāyante na viṣaṃ cābhicārikam / śarīre ca kule brahman yaḥ śruṇoti ca vāmanam

No diseases arise for him, nor poison, nor sorcery, in his body or in his family, O brahmin, who listens to the Vāmana (Purāṇa).

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VamP 69.4

श्रणोति नित्यं विधिवच्च भक्त्या संपूजयन् यः प्रणतश्च विष्णुम् । स चाश्वमेधस्य सदक्षिणस्य फलं समग्रं परिहिनपापः

śraṇoti nityaṃ vidhivacca bhaktyā saṃpūjayan yaḥ praṇataśca viṣṇum / sa cāśvamedhasya sadakṣiṇasya phalaṃ samagraṃ parihinapāpaḥ

He who listens constantly and according to rule, with devotion, worshipping and bowing to Viṣṇu, he, his sins removed, (obtains) the entire fruit of a horse sacrifice with its due gifts.

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VamP 69.6

प्राप्नोति दत्तस्य सुवर्णभूमेरश्वस्य गोनागरथस्य चैव नारी नरश्चापि च पादमेकं शृण्वन् शुचिः पुण्यतमः पृथिव्याम् । ६९।५ स्नाने कृते तीर्थवरे सुपुण्ये गङ्गाजले नैमिषपुष्करे वा । कोकामुखे यत् प्रवदन्ति विप्राः प्रयागमासाद्य च माघमासे

prāpnoti dattasya suvarṇabhūmeraśvasya gonāgarathasya caiva nārī naraścāpi ca pādamekaṃ śṛṇvan śuciḥ puṇyatamaḥ pṛthivyām / 69.5 snāne kṛte tīrthavare supuṇye gaṅgājale naimiṣapuṣkare vā / kokāmukhe yat pravadanti viprāḥ prayāgamāsādya ca māghamāse

A woman or a man, hearing even a single quarter (of it) in purity, obtains (the fruit) of a gift of gold, of land, of a horse, of a cow, an elephant, or a chariot, and becomes most holy on earth. When a bath has been taken at an excellent, most holy ford — in the water of the Gaṅgā, at Naimiṣa or Puṣkara, or at Kokāmukha, which the brahmins extol, or having reached Prayāga in the month of Māgha —

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VamP 69.7

स तत्फलं प्राप्य च वामनस्य संकीर्तयन् नान्यमनाः पदं हि । गच्छेन्मया नारद ते ऽद्य चोक्तं यद् राजसूयस्य फलं प्रयच्छेत्

sa tatphalaṃ prāpya ca vāmanasya saṃkīrtayan nānyamanāḥ padaṃ hi / gacchenmayā nārada te 'dya coktaṃ yad rājasūyasya phalaṃ prayacchet

— having gained that fruit, and proclaiming (the deeds) of Vāmana with undistracted mind, he would go indeed to that abode. What has been told by me to you today, Nārada, would grant the fruit of a Rājasūya sacrifice.

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VamP 69.8

यद् भूमिलोके सुरलोकलभ्ये महत्सुखं प्राप्य नरः समग्रम् । प्रापनोति चास्य श्रवणान्महर्षे सौत्रामणेर्नास्ति च संशयो मे

yad bhūmiloke suralokalabhye mahatsukhaṃ prāpya naraḥ samagram / prāpanoti cāsya śravaṇānmaharṣe sautrāmaṇernāsti ca saṃśayo me

That great and complete happiness in the world of earth which is (otherwise) obtainable (only) in the world of the gods, a man attains from hearing this, O great sage — and (the fruit) of the Sautrāmaṇī sacrifice; of this I have no doubt.

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VamP 69.9

रत्नस्य दानस्य च यत्फलं भवेद् यत्सूर्यस्य चेन्दोर्ग्रहणे च राहोः । अन्नस्य दानेन फलं यथोक्तं बुभुक्षिते विप्रवरे च साग्निके

ratnasya dānasya ca yatphalaṃ bhaved yatsūryasya cendorgrahaṇe ca rāhoḥ / annasya dānena phalaṃ yathoktaṃ bubhukṣite vipravare ca sāgnike

Whatever fruit there may be of the gift of a jewel, and of (gifts made) at the eclipse of the sun and moon by Rāhu, and the fruit declared for the gift of food to a hungry, excellent brahmin who maintains the sacred fires —

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VamP 69.10

दुर्भिक्षसंपीडितपुत्रभार्ये यामी सदा पोषणतत्परे च । देवाग्निविप्रर्षिरते च पित्रोः शुश्रुषके भ्रातरि ज्येष्ठसाम्ने । यत्तत्फलं संप्रवदन्ति देवाः स तत् फलं लभते चास्य पाठात्

durbhikṣasaṃpīḍitaputrabhārye yāmī sadā poṣaṇatatpare ca / devāgniviprarṣirate ca pitroḥ śuśruṣake bhrātari jyeṣṭhasāmne / yattatphalaṃ saṃpravadanti devāḥ sa tat phalaṃ labhate cāsya pāṭhāt

— and that fruit which the gods proclaim (belongs) to one who, with sons and wife afflicted by famine, is yet ever intent on their support, devoted to the gods, the fire, brahmins and seers, an attendant upon his parents, and to a brother who is like an elder (father) — that fruit he obtains from the recitation of this.

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VamP 69.11

चतुर्दशं वामनमाहुरग्र्यं श्रुते च यस्याघचयाश्च नाशम् । प्रयान्ति नास्त्यत्र च संशयो मे महान्ति पापान्यपि नारदाशु

caturdaśaṃ vāmanamāhuragryaṃ śrute ca yasyāghacayāśca nāśam / prayānti nāstyatra ca saṃśayo me mahānti pāpānyapi nāradāśu

They call the fourteenth the Vāmana, the foremost, on the hearing of which heaps of sins go to destruction; and in this I have no doubt, O Nārada, that even great sins (perish) at once.

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VamP 69.12

पाठात् संश्रवणाद् विप्र श्रावणादपि कस्यचित् । सर्वपापानि नश्यन्ति वामनस्य सदा मुदे

pāṭhāt saṃśravaṇād vipra śrāvaṇādapi kasyacit / sarvapāpāni naśyanti vāmanasya sadā mude

By reciting, by hearing along (with others), or even by causing someone to hear it, O brahmin, all sins are destroyed — (this is) always to Vāmana's delight.

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VamP 69.13

इदं रहस्यं परमं तवोक्तं न वाच्यमेतद्धरिभक्तिवर्जिते । द्विजस्य निन्दारतिहिनदक्षिणे सहेतुवाक्यावृतपापसत्त्वे

idaṃ rahasyaṃ paramaṃ tavoktaṃ na vācyametaddharibhaktivarjite / dvijasya nindāratihinadakṣiṇe sahetuvākyāvṛtapāpasattve

This supreme secret has been told to you; it is not to be spoken to one devoid of devotion to Hari, nor to one who takes pleasure in reviling a brahmin, who is stingy with the sacrificial fee, or whose being is enveloped in sin along with (its) causal talk.

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VamP 69.14

नमो नमः कारण वामनाय नित्यं यो वदेन्नियतं द्विजः । तस्य विष्णुः पदं मोक्षं ददाति सुरपूजितः

namo namaḥ kāraṇa vāmanāya nityaṃ yo vadenniyataṃ dvijaḥ / tasya viṣṇuḥ padaṃ mokṣaṃ dadāti surapūjitaḥ

The twice-born who, restrained, says constantly "Homage, homage to Vāmana, the cause" — to him Viṣṇu, worshipped by the gods, grants (his own) station, liberation.

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VamP 69.15

वाचकाय प्रदातव्य गोभूस्वर्णविभूषणम् । वित्तशाठ्यं न कर्तव्यं कुर्वन् श्रवणनाशकम्

vācakāya pradātavya gobhūsvarṇavibhūṣaṇam / vittaśāṭhyaṃ na kartavyaṃ kurvan śravaṇanāśakam

To the reciter should be given cows, land, gold and ornaments; miserliness with wealth should not be practised — one who does so destroys the (fruit of) hearing.

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VamP 69.16

त्रिसंध्यं च पठन् शृण्वन् सर्वपापप्रणाशनम् । असूयारहितं विप्र सर्वसम्पत्प्रदायकम्

trisaṃdhyaṃ ca paṭhan śṛṇvan sarvapāpapraṇāśanam / asūyārahitaṃ vipra sarvasampatpradāyakam

And reciting or hearing (it) at the three junctures of the day destroys all sins; free of envy, O brahmin, it bestows every prosperity.

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