Varaha Purana — Chapter 123

VrP 123.1

अथ सुमनोगन्धादिमाहात्म्यम् ।। सूत उवाच ।। श्रुत्वा तु कोकामाहात्म्यं पृथिवी धर्मसंहितम् ।। विस्मयं परमं याता श्रुत्वा धर्मं महौजसम्

atha sumanogandhādimāhātmyam || sūta uvāca || śrutvā tu kokāmāhātmyaṃ pṛthivī dharmasaṃhitam || vismayaṃ paramaṃ yātā śrutvā dharmaṃ mahaujasam

Now the greatness of Sumanogandha and the rest. Sūta said: But the Earth, having heard the greatness of Kokā, joined with dharma, and having heard that dharma of great power, was brought to the utmost astonishment.

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VrP 123.2

धरण्युवाच ।। अहो प्रभावः कोकाया माहात्म्यं क्रोडरूपिणः ।। तिर्यग्योनिगतो वापि प्राप्तो यत्परमां गतिम्

dharaṇyuvāca || aho prabhāvaḥ kokāyā māhātmyaṃ kroḍarūpiṇaḥ || tiryagyonigato vāpi prāpto yatparamāṃ gatim

Dharaṇī said: Ah, the power of Kokā, the greatness of him who has the boar's form — that even one fallen into an animal birth attained the highest goal!

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VrP 123.3

तव देव प्रसादेन किंचिदिच्छामि वेदितुम् ।। यन्मया पूर्वपृष्टोऽसि केन धर्मेण मानवाः

tava deva prasādena kiṃcidicchāmi veditum || yanmayā pūrvapṛṣṭo'si kena dharmeṇa mānavāḥ

By your grace, O god, I wish to know something. What I asked you before: by what dharma do men

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VrP 123.4

तपसा कर्मणा वापि पश्यन्ति त्वां हि माधव ।। प्रसादसुमुखो भूत्वा निखिलं वक्तुमर्हसि

tapasā karmaṇā vāpi paśyanti tvāṃ hi mādhava || prasādasumukho bhūtvā nikhilaṃ vaktumarhasi

— by austerity or by rites — see you, O Mādhava? Becoming favourably disposed in your grace, you should tell it all.

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VrP 123.5

एवं पृष्टस्तदा देव्या माधव्या स तु माधवः ।। प्रहस्य पुनरेवेदं वक्तुं समुपचक्रमे

evaṃ pṛṣṭastadā devyā mādhavyā sa tu mādhavaḥ || prahasya punarevedaṃ vaktuṃ samupacakrame

Thus questioned then by the goddess Mādhavī, Mādhava laughed and began once more to speak this:

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VrP 123.6

श्रीवराह उवाच ।। एवमेतन्महाभागे यथा त्वं भीरु भाषसे ।। कथयिष्यामि ते धर्मं गुह्यं संसारमोक्षणम्

śrīvarāha uvāca || evametanmahābhāge yathā tvaṃ bhīru bhāṣase || kathayiṣyāmi te dharmaṃ guhyaṃ saṃsāramokṣaṇam

Śrī Varāha said: It is just so, greatly fortunate one, as you say, timid lady. I shall tell you the secret dharma that releases (one) from the round of rebirth.

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VrP 123.7

गते मेघागमे काले प्रसन्नशरदाशये ।। अम्बरे विमले जाते विमले शशिमण्डले

gate meghāgame kāle prasannaśaradāśaye || ambare vimale jāte vimale śaśimaṇḍale

When the season of the coming of clouds has passed, when the reservoir of autumn is clear, when the sky has become spotless and the disc of the moon spotless,

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VrP 123.8

नातिशीतं न चात्युष्णे काले हंसविराविणि ।। कुमुदोत्पलकह्लारपद्मसौरभनिर्भरे

nātiśītaṃ na cātyuṣṇe kāle haṃsavirāviṇi || kumudotpalakahlārapadmasaurabhanirbhare

At a season neither too cold nor too hot, when the geese are calling, when (the air) is laden with the fragrance of white water-lilies, blue lotuses, kahlāra lilies and lotuses—

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VrP 123.9

कुमुदस्य च मासस्य भवेद्या द्वादशी शुभा ।। तस्यां मामर्चयेद्यस्तु तत्प्रभावं शृणुष्व मे

kumudasya ca māsasya bhavedyā dvādaśī śubhā || tasyāṃ māmarcayedyastu tatprabhāvaṃ śṛṇuṣva me

And the auspicious twelfth day that falls in the month Kumuda (Kārttika)—whoever worships me on that (day), hear from me the power of it.

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VrP 123.11

कृत्वा ममैव कार्याणि द्वादश्यां तत्र माधवि।। ममैवाराधनार्थाय इमं मन्त्रमुदीरयेत्

kṛtvā mamaiva kāryāṇi dvādaśyāṃ tatra mādhavi|| mamaivārādhanārthāya imaṃ mantramudīrayet

Having performed the rites that are mine on that twelfth day, O Mādhavī, one should utter this mantra for the sake of worshipping me alone:

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VrP 123.12

मन्त्रः – ब्रह्मणा च रुद्रेण यः स्तूयमाना भवानृषिवन्दितो वन्दनीयश्च प्राप्ता द्वादशीयं ते प्रबुध्यस्व जागृष्व मेघा गताः पूर्णश्चन्द्रः शारदानि पुष्पाणि लोकनाथ तुभ्यमहं ददानीति धर्महेतोस्तव प्रीतये प्रबुद्धं जाग्रतं लोकनाथ त्वां भजमाना यज्ञेन यजन्ते सत्रेण सत्रिणो वेदैः पठन्ति भगवन्तः शुद्धाः प्रबुद्धा जाग्रतो लोकनाथ

mantraḥ – brahmaṇā ca rudreṇa yaḥ stūyamānā bhavānṛṣivandito vandanīyaśca prāptā dvādaśīyaṃ te prabudhyasva jāgṛṣva meghā gatāḥ pūrṇaścandraḥ śāradāni puṣpāṇi lokanātha tubhyamahaṃ dadānīti dharmahetostava prītaye prabuddhaṃ jāgrataṃ lokanātha tvāṃ bhajamānā yajñena yajante satreṇa satriṇo vedaiḥ paṭhanti bhagavantaḥ śuddhāḥ prabuddhā jāgrato lokanātha

The mantra: "You who are praised by Brahmā and by Rudra, you who are saluted by the seers and worthy of salutation—this twelfth day of yours has arrived; awake, be watchful! The clouds have gone, the moon is full; these are the autumn flowers, O Lord of the world, which I give to you"—thus, for the sake of dharma, for your pleasure. "To you, awakened and watchful, O Lord of the world, those who honour you sacrifice with sacrifice, the performers of the satra with the satra, the venerable ones recite with the Vedas—(you who are) pure, awakened, watchful, O Lord of the world."

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VrP 123.13

एवं कर्माणि कुर्वन्ति द्वादश्यां वै यशस्विनि।। मम भक्ता व्रतं श्रेष्ठं ते यान्ति परमां गतिम्

evaṃ karmāṇi kurvanti dvādaśyāṃ vai yaśasvini|| mama bhaktā vrataṃ śreṣṭhaṃ te yānti paramāṃ gatim

Those who thus perform the rites on the twelfth day, O glorious one—my devotees (who keep) this best of vows—they go to the highest state.

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VrP 123.14

एवं वै शारदं कर्म निखिलं कथितं मया ।। देवि संसारमोक्षार्थं मम भक्तसुखावहम्

evaṃ vai śāradaṃ karma nikhilaṃ kathitaṃ mayā || devi saṃsāramokṣārthaṃ mama bhaktasukhāvaham

Thus the whole autumn observance has been told by me, O goddess, for the sake of release from transmigration, bringing happiness to my devotee.

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VrP 123.15

इति प्रबोधिनीकर्म ।। अन्यच्च ते प्रवक्ष्यामि शैशिरं कर्म शोभनम् ।। यानि कर्माणि कुर्वन्ति पुंसो यान्ति परां गतिम्

iti prabodhinīkarma || anyacca te pravakṣyāmi śaiśiraṃ karma śobhanam || yāni karmāṇi kurvanti puṃso yānti parāṃ gatim

Thus the rite of the Prabodhinī (eleventh/twelfth). And I shall declare to you another, the fine rite of the cool season—performing which rites men go to the highest state.

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VrP 123.16

शीतवाताभिसन्तप्ता मम भक्त्या व्यवस्थिताः ।। अनन्यमनसो भूत्वा योगाय कृतनिश्चयाः

śītavātābhisantaptā mama bhaktyā vyavasthitāḥ || ananyamanaso bhūtvā yogāya kṛtaniścayāḥ

Scorched by the cold wind, standing firm in devotion to me, having become of undistracted mind, resolved upon yoga—

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VrP 123.17

शिशिरे यानि कर्माणि पुष्पिताश्च वनस्पतीः ।। तैरेव चार्च्चनं कृत्वा जानुभ्यां पतितः क्षितौ

śiśire yāni karmāṇi puṣpitāśca vanaspatīḥ || taireva cārccanaṃ kṛtvā jānubhyāṃ patitaḥ kṣitau

Whatever rites there are in the cool season, and the trees that are in flower—having made the worship with those very (flowers), fallen to the ground on both knees,

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VrP 123.18

कराभ्यामञ्जलिं कृत्वा इमं मंत्रमुदीरयेत्

karābhyāmañjaliṃ kṛtvā imaṃ maṃtramudīrayet

making the folded-hand gesture with both hands, he should utter this mantra:

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VrP 123.19

मन्त्रः – शिशिरो भवान् धातरिमं लोकनाथ हिमं दुस्तरं दुष्प्रवेशं कालं संसारान्मां तारयेमं धर्त्ता त्रिलोकनाथ

mantraḥ – śiśiro bhavān dhātarimaṃ lokanātha himaṃ dustaraṃ duṣpraveśaṃ kālaṃ saṃsārānmāṃ tārayemaṃ dharttā trilokanātha

The mantra: "You are the cool season, O Establisher; (you are) this frost, O Lord of the world, the season hard to cross and hard to enter. Carry me across from this transmigration, O Sustainer, Lord of the three worlds."

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VrP 123.21

अन्यच्च ते प्रवक्ष्यामि तच्छृणुष्व वसुन्धरे ।। मासं मार्गशिरं चैव वैशाखं च मम प्रियम्

anyacca te pravakṣyāmi tacchṛṇuṣva vasundhare || māsaṃ mārgaśiraṃ caiva vaiśākhaṃ ca mama priyam

And I shall declare another thing to you—hear it, O Vasundharā: the month Mārgaśira, and Vaiśākha too, are dear to me.

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VrP 123.22

अहं तत्र प्रवक्ष्यामि पुष्पादीनां च यत्फलम् ।। नववर्ष सहस्राणि नववर्षशतानि च

ahaṃ tatra pravakṣyāmi puṣpādīnāṃ ca yatphalam || navavarṣa sahasrāṇi navavarṣaśatāni ca

Concerning that I shall declare what fruit (comes) from flowers and the rest: nine thousand years and nine hundred years

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VrP 123.23

तिष्ठते विष्णुलोकेऽस्मिन्यो ददाति स्म निश्चलम् ।। एकैकं गन्धपत्रं च दानमेतन्महत्फलम्

tiṣṭhate viṣṇuloke'sminyo dadāti sma niścalam || ekaikaṃ gandhapatraṃ ca dānametanmahatphalam

he dwells in this world of Viṣṇu, whoever gives, unwavering, even a single scented leaf—this gift has great fruit.

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VrP 123.24

मतिमान्धृतिमान्भूत्वा गन्धपुष्पाणि दापयेत् ।। पुनरन्यत्प्रवक्ष्यामि गन्धपत्रस्य यत्फलम्

matimāndhṛtimānbhūtvā gandhapuṣpāṇi dāpayet || punaranyatpravakṣyāmi gandhapatrasya yatphalam

Becoming intelligent and steadfast, one should have scents and flowers offered. Again I shall declare another thing: what the fruit of a scented leaf is.

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VrP 123.25

द्वादश्यां चैव यो दद्यात्त्रीन्मासांश्च समाहितः ।। कौमुदस्य तु मासस्य मार्गशीर्षस्य वै तथा

dvādaśyāṃ caiva yo dadyāttrīnmāsāṃśca samāhitaḥ || kaumudasya tu māsasya mārgaśīrṣasya vai tathā

And whoever, composed, gives on the twelfth day for three months—of the month Kaumuda (Kārttika), and likewise of Mārgaśīrṣa,

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VrP 123.26

वैशाखस्य तु मासस्य वनमालां सुपुष्पिताम् ।। एकचित्तं समाधाय गन्धपुष्पाणि यो न्यसेत्

vaiśākhasya tu māsasya vanamālāṃ supuṣpitām || ekacittaṃ samādhāya gandhapuṣpāṇi yo nyaset

and of the month Vaiśākha, a forest-garland well in bloom—whoever, fixing his mind on one thing, sets down scents and flowers,

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VrP 123.27

वर्षाणि द्वादशैवेह तेन पूजा कृता भवेत् ।। शालपुष्पेण मिश्रेण कौमुद्यां गन्धकेन च

varṣāṇi dvādaśaiveha tena pūjā kṛtā bhavet || śālapuṣpeṇa miśreṇa kaumudyāṃ gandhakena ca

by him worship will have been done here for twelve years—with śāla blossom mixed (with them) and with fragrant substance on the Kaumudī (day).

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VrP 123.28

मासि मार्गशिरे भद्रे दद्यादुत्पलमिश्रितम् ।। एवं महत्फलं भद्रे गन्धपत्रस्य च स्मृतम्

māsi mārgaśire bhadre dadyādutpalamiśritam || evaṃ mahatphalaṃ bhadre gandhapatrasya ca smṛtam

In the month Mārgaśira, O good lady, one should give (them) mixed with blue lotus. Thus, O good lady, the fruit of a scented leaf is remembered to be great.

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VrP 123.29

श्रुत्वेति वचनं तस्य प्रश्रयेण तु माधवि ।। प्रहस्य प्रणयाद्वाक्यमित्युवाच वसुन्धरा

śrutveti vacanaṃ tasya praśrayeṇa tu mādhavi || prahasya praṇayādvākyamityuvāca vasundharā

Having heard that speech of his with deference, O Mādhavī, Vasundharā, smiling, spoke these words out of affection:

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VrP 123.31

द्वादशीं चापि देवेश प्रशंससि सदा मम ।। इति पृष्टस्तदा देव्या धरण्या स तु माधवः

dvādaśīṃ cāpi deveśa praśaṃsasi sadā mama || iti pṛṣṭastadā devyā dharaṇyā sa tu mādhavaḥ

"And the twelfth (day) too, O lord of gods, you always praise to me" — thus questioned then by the goddess Dharaṇī, that Mādhava,

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VrP 123.32

प्रहस्य तामुवाचेदं वचनं धर्मसंश्रितम् ।। शृणु तत्त्वेन मे देवि येनेमौ मम च प्रियौ

prahasya tāmuvācedaṃ vacanaṃ dharmasaṃśritam || śṛṇu tattvena me devi yenemau mama ca priyau

laughing, spoke to her these words grounded in dharma: "Hear from me in truth, O goddess, the reason why these two are dear to me.

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VrP 123.33

तिथीनां द्वादशी चापि सर्वयज्ञफलाधिका ।। त्वया द्विजसहस्रेभ्यो यत्फलं प्राप्नुयान्नरः

tithīnāṃ dvādaśī cāpi sarvayajñaphalādhikā || tvayā dvijasahasrebhyo yatphalaṃ prāpnuyānnaraḥ

Among the lunar days the twelfth exceeds the fruit of all sacrifices: whatever fruit a man would obtain from (giving to) thousands of brahmins,

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VrP 123.34

तदेकं संप्रदायैव द्वादश्यामभिविन्दति ।। कौमुद्यां च प्रबुद्धोऽस्मि वैशाख्यां च समुद्धृतः

tadekaṃ saṃpradāyaiva dvādaśyāmabhivindati || kaumudyāṃ ca prabuddho'smi vaiśākhyāṃ ca samuddhṛtaḥ

that he wins by giving but one single (gift) on the twelfth. On the Kaumudī (full moon of Kārttika) I awoke, and on the Vaiśākhī I was lifted up.

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VrP 123.35

महानाधिहरो योगस्तेनैतत्प्रभवो धरे ।। अतः कौमुदिकायां तु वैशाख्यां यतमानसः

mahānādhiharo yogastenaitatprabhavo dhare || ataḥ kaumudikāyāṃ tu vaiśākhyāṃ yatamānasaḥ

The conjunction (of these) is a great remover of affliction; thence comes this power (of theirs), O Earth. Therefore on the Kaumudī and on the Vaiśākhī, with restrained mind,

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VrP 123.36

गन्धपत्रं करे गृह्य इमं मन्त्रमुदीरयेत् ।। मन्त्रः – भगवन्नाज्ञापय इमं बहुतरं नित्यं वैशाखं चैव कार्तिकम्

gandhapatraṃ kare gṛhya imaṃ mantramudīrayet || mantraḥ – bhagavannājñāpaya imaṃ bahutaraṃ nityaṃ vaiśākhaṃ caiva kārtikam

taking a scented leaf in his hand he should utter this mantra. The mantra: "O Lord, give command for this abundant, perpetual Vaiśākha and Kārttika (observance);

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VrP 123.37

गृहाण गन्धपत्राणि धर्ममेव प्रवर्द्धय ।। नमो नारायणेत्युक्त्वा गन्धपत्रं प्रदापयेत्

gṛhāṇa gandhapatrāṇi dharmameva pravarddhaya || namo nārāyaṇetyuktvā gandhapatraṃ pradāpayet

accept the scented leaves, increase dharma itself." Having said "Homage to Nārāyaṇa," he should present the scented leaf.

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VrP 123.38

पुष्पाणां च प्रवक्ष्यामि यो गुणो यच्च वै फलम् ।। दत्त्वा वै गन्धपत्राणि पुष्पहस्तः शुचिर्नरः ।। ॐ नमो वासुदेवायेत्युक्त्वा मन्त्रमुदीरयेत्

puṣpāṇāṃ ca pravakṣyāmi yo guṇo yacca vai phalam || dattvā vai gandhapatrāṇi puṣpahastaḥ śucirnaraḥ || oṃ namo vāsudevāyetyuktvā mantramudīrayet

And I shall declare of flowers what their virtue is and what their fruit. Having given the scented leaves, the man, pure, with flowers in hand, saying "Oṃ, homage to Vāsudeva," should utter the mantra.

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VrP 123.39

मन्त्रः – भगवन्नाज्ञापय सुमनांसीमानि अर्च्चयितुं मां सुमनसङ्कुरु गृह्णीष्व सुमनस्कं देव सुगन्धेन ते नमः

mantraḥ – bhagavannājñāpaya sumanāṃsīmāni arccayituṃ māṃ sumanasaṅkuru gṛhṇīṣva sumanaskaṃ deva sugandhena te namaḥ

The mantra: "O Lord, give command that (I may) worship (you) with these flowers; make me glad of mind; accept the flower-offering, O god; homage to you with this fragrance."

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

VrP 123.41

दिव्यं वर्षसहस्रं वै मम लोकेषु तिष्ठति ।। एकैकस्य तु पुष्पस्य पुण्यमेतन्महाफलम्

divyaṃ varṣasahasraṃ vai mama lokeṣu tiṣṭhati || ekaikasya tu puṣpasya puṇyametanmahāphalam

He dwells a thousand divine years in my worlds: for each single flower this is the merit, this the great fruit.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

VrP 123.42

सुमनो गन्धसम्भूतं यत्त्वया पूर्वपृच्छितम्

sumano gandhasambhūtaṃ yattvayā pūrvapṛcchitam

(This is) the flower's origin from fragrance, which you asked about earlier.

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

VrP 123.123

यावल्लोकाश्च धार्यन्ते तावत्कालं वसुन्धरे ।। मद्भक्तो जायते धन्यो नान्यभक्तः कदाचन यस्त्वथैतेन मन्त्रेण शिशिरे कर्म कारयेत् ।। स गच्छेत्परमां सिद्धिं मम भक्त्या व्यवस्थितः प्रभो द्वादश मासाश्च षष्ट्युत्तरशतत्रयम् ।। तत्र द्वावेव किं मह्यं भगवन् किं प्रशंससि प्राप्नोति ददमानस्तु मम कर्मपरायणः ।। न जन्ममरणं चैव न ग्लानिं न च वै क्षुधाम्

yāvallokāśca dhāryante tāvatkālaṃ vasundhare || madbhakto jāyate dhanyo nānyabhaktaḥ kadācana yastvathaitena mantreṇa śiśire karma kārayet || sa gacchetparamāṃ siddhiṃ mama bhaktyā vyavasthitaḥ prabho dvādaśa māsāśca ṣaṣṭyuttaraśatatrayam || tatra dvāveva kiṃ mahyaṃ bhagavan kiṃ praśaṃsasi prāpnoti dadamānastu mama karmaparāyaṇaḥ || na janmamaraṇaṃ caiva na glāniṃ na ca vai kṣudhām

As long as the worlds are upheld, for that long a time, O Vasundharā, he is born blessed, my devotee, never a devotee of another. And he who has the rite performed with this mantra in the cold season, he attains the highest perfection, being established in devotion to me. "O Lord, the months are twelve and (the days) three hundred and sixty; among them why just these two for me? O Lord, why do you praise (them)?" Giving, and intent on my rite, he obtains (this): no birth and death, no weariness, and no hunger.

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