Varaha Purana — Chapter 121

VrP 121.1

अथ जन्माभावः ।। श्रीवराह उवाच ।। येन गर्भं न गच्छेत तच्छृणुष्व वसुन्धरे ।। कथयिष्यामि ते ह्येवं सर्वधर्मविनिश्चयम्

atha janmābhāvaḥ || śrīvarāha uvāca || yena garbhaṃ na gaccheta tacchṛṇuṣva vasundhare || kathayiṣyāmi te hyevaṃ sarvadharmaviniścayam

Now, the absence of (further) birth. The blessed Boar said: Hear, O Earth, that by which one would not enter a womb; for I shall thus declare to you the settled determination of all duties.

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VrP 121.2

कृत्वापि विपुलं कर्म आत्मानं न प्रशंसति ।। करोति बहुकर्माणि शुद्धेनैवान्तरात्मना

kṛtvāpi vipulaṃ karma ātmānaṃ na praśaṃsati || karoti bahukarmāṇi śuddhenaivāntarātmanā

Even when he has done a great deed, he does not praise himself; he performs many works with a wholly pure inner self.

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VrP 121.3

कृत्वा तु मम कर्माणि समर्थोऽनुग्रहे रतः ।। कार्याकार्ये विजानाति सर्वधर्मेषु निष्ठितः

kṛtvā tu mama karmāṇi samartho'nugrahe rataḥ || kāryākārye vijānāti sarvadharmeṣu niṣṭhitaḥ

Having performed my rites, capable and devoted to (showing) favour, he discerns what is to be done and not to be done, being established in all the duties.

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VrP 121.4

शीतोष्णवातवर्षादिक्षुत्पिपासासहश्च यः ।। यो दरिद्रो निरालस्यः सत्यवागनसूयकः

śītoṣṇavātavarṣādikṣutpipāsāsahaśca yaḥ || yo daridro nirālasyaḥ satyavāganasūyakaḥ

And he who endures cold, heat, wind, rain and the rest, hunger and thirst; who, though poor, is free of sloth, truthful in speech, without envy;

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VrP 121.5

स्वदारनिरतो नित्यं परदारविवर्जकः ।। सत्यवादी विशुद्धात्मा नित्यं च भगवत्प्रियः

svadāranirato nityaṃ paradāravivarjakaḥ || satyavādī viśuddhātmā nityaṃ ca bhagavatpriyaḥ

always content with his own wife, avoiding the wives of others, a speaker of truth, of wholly purified self, and ever dear to the Lord;

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VrP 121.6

संविभाज्य विशेषज्ञो नित्यं ब्राह्मणवत्सलः ।। प्रियभाषी द्विजानां च मम कर्मपरायणः

saṃvibhājya viśeṣajño nityaṃ brāhmaṇavatsalaḥ || priyabhāṣī dvijānāṃ ca mama karmaparāyaṇaḥ

sharing out (his food), knowing distinctions, ever affectionate to brahmins, speaking kindly to the twice-born, intent upon my rites —

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VrP 121.7

कुयोनिं तु न गच्छेत मम लोकं स गच्छति ।। अन्यच्च ते प्रवक्ष्यामि तच्छृणुष्व वसुन्धरे

kuyoniṃ tu na gaccheta mama lokaṃ sa gacchati || anyacca te pravakṣyāmi tacchṛṇuṣva vasundhare

he does not go to an evil womb; he goes to my world. And I shall declare to you something further: hear it, O Earth.

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VrP 121.8

यो वियोनिं न गच्छेत मम कर्मपरायणः ।। जीवहिंसानिवृत्तस्तु सर्वभूतहितः शुचिः

yo viyoniṃ na gaccheta mama karmaparāyaṇaḥ || jīvahiṃsānivṛttastu sarvabhūtahitaḥ śuciḥ

He who does not enter a womb (again), intent upon my rites, refraining from injury to living beings, a benefit to all creatures, pure;

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VrP 121.9

सर्वत्र समतायुक्तः समलोष्ठाश्मकांचनः ।। बाल्ये स्थितोऽपि वयसि क्षान्तो दान्तः शुभे रतः

sarvatra samatāyuktaḥ samaloṣṭhāśmakāṃcanaḥ || bālye sthito'pi vayasi kṣānto dāntaḥ śubhe rataḥ

everywhere possessed of equanimity, regarding a clod, a stone and gold alike, and, even while standing in the age of boyhood, patient, self-controlled, delighting in the good;

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VrP 121.11

व्यलीकाद्विनिवृत्तो यस्तथ्येतिकृतनिश्चयः ।। नित्यं च वृत्तिमान्कश्चित्परोक्षेऽपि न चाक्षिपेत्

vyalīkādvinivṛtto yastathyetikṛtaniścayaḥ || nityaṃ ca vṛttimānkaścitparokṣe'pi na cākṣipet

he who has turned away from falsehood, who has made the resolve that (only) what is true is so, and who, always keeping to his livelihood, would not revile anyone even behind his back;

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VrP 121.12

ऋतुकालेऽपि गच्छेद्यः अपत्यार्थे स्वकां स्त्रियम् ।। ईदृशास्तु नरा भद्रे मम कर्मपरायणाः

ṛtukāle'pi gacchedyaḥ apatyārthe svakāṃ striyam || īdṛśāstu narā bhadre mama karmaparāyaṇāḥ

and who goes to his own wife (only) at the time of her fertile season, for the sake of offspring — such men, good lady, are intent upon my rites.

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VrP 121.13

ते वियोनिं न गच्छन्ति मम गच्छन्ति सुन्दरि ।। पुनरन्यत्प्रवक्ष्यामि तच्छृणुष्व वसुन्धरे

te viyoniṃ na gacchanti mama gacchanti sundari || punaranyatpravakṣyāmi tacchṛṇuṣva vasundhare

They do not go to (another) womb; they come to me, O beautiful one. Again I shall declare something else: hear it, O Earth.

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VrP 121.14

पुरुषाणां प्रसन्नानां यश्च धर्मः सनातनः ।। मनुनाप्यन्यथा दृष्टो ह्यन्यथांगिरसेन च

puruṣāṇāṃ prasannānāṃ yaśca dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ || manunāpyanyathā dṛṣṭo hyanyathāṃgirasena ca

And that eternal law of men of good disposition was seen one way by Manu and otherwise by Aṅgiras,

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VrP 121.15

शुक्रेण चान्यथा दृष्टो गौतमेनापि चान्यथा ।। सोमेन चान्यथा दृष्टो रुद्रेणाप्यन्यथा पुनः

śukreṇa cānyathā dṛṣṭo gautamenāpi cānyathā || somena cānyathā dṛṣṭo rudreṇāpyanyathā punaḥ

seen otherwise by Śukra and otherwise too by Gautama, seen otherwise by Soma and again otherwise by Rudra,

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VrP 121.16

शङ्खेन चान्यथा दृष्टो लिखितेनापि चान्यथा ।। कश्यपेनान्यथा दृष्टो धर्मेणाप्यन्यथा धरे ।

śaṅkhena cānyathā dṛṣṭo likhitenāpi cānyathā || kaśyapenānyathā dṛṣṭo dharmeṇāpyanyathā dhare |

seen otherwise by Śaṅkha and otherwise too by Likhita, seen otherwise by Kaśyapa and otherwise by Dharma, O Earth.

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VrP 121.17

अग्निना वायुना चैव दृष्टो धर्मोऽन्यथा धरे ।। यमेन चान्यथा दृष्ट इन्द्रेण वरुणेन च

agninā vāyunā caiva dṛṣṭo dharmo'nyathā dhare || yamena cānyathā dṛṣṭa indreṇa varuṇena ca

By Agni and by Vāyu too the law was seen otherwise, O Earth; and it was seen otherwise by Yama, and by Indra and Varuṇa,

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VrP 121.18

कुबेरेणान्यथा दृष्टः शाण्डिल्येनापि चान्यथा ।। पुलस्त्येनान्यथा दृष्ट आदित्येनापि चान्यथा

kubereṇānyathā dṛṣṭaḥ śāṇḍilyenāpi cānyathā || pulastyenānyathā dṛṣṭa ādityenāpi cānyathā

seen otherwise by Kubera and otherwise too by Śāṇḍilya, seen otherwise by Pulastya and otherwise too by Āditya,

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VrP 121.19

पितृभिश्चान्यथा दृष्टो ह्यन्यथापि स्वयम्भुवा ।। आत्मनात्मनि धर्मेण ये नरा निश्चितव्रताः

pitṛbhiścānyathā dṛṣṭo hyanyathāpi svayambhuvā || ātmanātmani dharmeṇa ye narā niścitavratāḥ

And (he was) seen otherwise by the ancestors, and otherwise too by the Self-born (Brahmā). Those men whose vows are firmly resolved, (who abide) by dharma in themselves through themselves —

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VrP 121.21

न निन्देद्धर्मकार्याणि आत्मधर्मपथे स्थितः ।। एभिर्गुणैः समायुक्तो मम कर्माणि कारयेत्

na nindeddharmakāryāṇi ātmadharmapathe sthitaḥ || ebhirguṇaiḥ samāyukto mama karmāṇi kārayet

He should not disparage acts of dharma, (but) stand in the path of his own dharma; endowed with these qualities, let him have my rites performed.

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VrP 121.22

वियोनिं स न गच्छेत मम लोकाय गच्छति ।। पुनरन्यत्तु वक्ष्यामि तच्छृणुष्वेह माधवि

viyoniṃ sa na gaccheta mama lokāya gacchati || punaranyattu vakṣyāmi tacchṛṇuṣveha mādhavi

He would not go to a (lower) womb; he goes to my world. But I shall tell you yet another thing — hear it here, Mādhavī.

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VrP 121.23

तरन्ति पुरुषा येन गर्भसंसारसागरम् ।। जितेन्द्रिया जितक्रोधा लोभमोहविवर्जिताः

taranti puruṣā yena garbhasaṃsārasāgaram || jitendriyā jitakrodhā lobhamohavivarjitāḥ

By which men cross over the ocean of transmigration through wombs: those who have conquered their senses, conquered anger, and are free of greed and delusion,

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VrP 121.24

आत्मोपकारका नित्यं देवातिथिगुरुप्रियाः ।। हिंसादीनि न कुर्वन्ति मधुमांसविवर्जकाः

ātmopakārakā nityaṃ devātithigurupriyāḥ || hiṃsādīni na kurvanti madhumāṃsavivarjakāḥ

always doing what benefits themselves, dear to the gods, to guests and to teachers; they do not commit injury and the rest, and they abstain from liquor and meat.

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VrP 121.25

मनसा ब्राह्मणीं चैव यो गच्छेन्न कदाचन ।। विप्राय कपिलां दद्याद्वृद्वं सान्त्वेन पालयेत्

manasā brāhmaṇīṃ caiva yo gacchenna kadācana || viprāya kapilāṃ dadyādvṛdvaṃ sāntvena pālayet

And he who never approaches a brahmin's wife even in thought, who would give a tawny cow to a brahmin, and would tend an elder with kind words,

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VrP 121.26

सर्वेषां चैव पुत्राणां न विशेषं करोति यः ।। संक्रुद्धं ब्राह्मणं दृष्ट्वा यस्तु तत्र प्रसादयेत्

sarveṣāṃ caiva putrāṇāṃ na viśeṣaṃ karoti yaḥ || saṃkruddhaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā yastu tatra prasādayet

and he who makes no distinction among all his sons, and who, seeing a brahmin enraged, appeases him there,

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VrP 121.27

यः स्पृशेत्कपिलां भक्त्या कुमारीं न च दूषयेत् ।। अग्निं न च क्रमेत्पद्भ्यां न च पुत्रेण भाषयेत्

yaḥ spṛśetkapilāṃ bhaktyā kumārīṃ na ca dūṣayet || agniṃ na ca krametpadbhyāṃ na ca putreṇa bhāṣayet

who would touch a tawny cow with devotion, and would not defile a young girl, and would not tread on fire with his feet, and would not quarrel with his son,

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VrP 121.28

जलेन मेहयेद्यस्तु गुरुभक्तो न जल्पकः ।। एवं धर्मेण संयुक्तो यो नु मां प्रतिपद्यते

jalena mehayedyastu gurubhakto na jalpakaḥ || evaṃ dharmeṇa saṃyukto yo nu māṃ pratipadyate

and who would urinate into water (only) — devoted to his teacher, not a chatterer: he who, thus joined with dharma, attains me,

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VrP 121.29

स च गर्भं न गच्छेत मम लोकं स गच्छति

sa ca garbhaṃ na gaccheta mama lokaṃ sa gacchati

he too would not enter a womb (again); he goes to my world.

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VrP 121.121

नित्यं नैव विजानाति परेणापकृतं क्वचित् ।। कर्त्तव्यं संस्मरेत्सर्वं मम सत्यं च जल्पति स्वकं पालयते धर्मं स्वमतेनैव भाषितम् ।। परवादं न कुर्वीत सर्वधर्मेषु निश्चितम्

nityaṃ naiva vijānāti pareṇāpakṛtaṃ kvacit || karttavyaṃ saṃsmaretsarvaṃ mama satyaṃ ca jalpati svakaṃ pālayate dharmaṃ svamatenaiva bhāṣitam || paravādaṃ na kurvīta sarvadharmeṣu niścitam

He never takes notice of a wrong done by another anywhere; he keeps in mind all that is to be done for me, and he speaks the truth; he guards his own dharma as declared by his own conviction; he would not engage in slandering others — this is settled in all the dharmas.

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