Varaha Purana — Chapter 131

VrP 131.1

अथ दन्तकाष्ठाचर्वणप्रायश्चित्तम् ।। श्रीवराह उवाच ।। दन्तकाष्ठमचर्वित्वा यो हि मामुपसर्पति ।। पूर्वकालकृतं कर्म तेन चैकेन नश्यति

atha dantakāṣṭhācarvaṇaprāyaścittam || śrīvarāha uvāca || dantakāṣṭhamacarvitvā yo hi māmupasarpati || pūrvakālakṛtaṃ karma tena caikena naśyati

Now, the expiation for not chewing the tooth-stick. The Blessed Boar said: He who approaches me without having chewed a tooth-stick — by that one (fault) the karma he has done in former time is destroyed.

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VrP 131.2

नारायणवचः श्रुत्वा पृथिवी धर्मसंश्रितः ।। विष्णुभक्तसुखार्थाय हृषीकेशमुवाच ह

nārāyaṇavacaḥ śrutvā pṛthivī dharmasaṃśritaḥ || viṣṇubhaktasukhārthāya hṛṣīkeśamuvāca ha

Having heard Nārāyaṇa's words, the Earth, who takes refuge in dharma, spoke to Hṛṣīkeśa for the welfare of Viṣṇu's devotees.

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VrP 131.3

धरण्युवाच ।। सर्वकालकृतं कर्म क्लेशेन महताऽनघ ।। कथमेकापराधेन सर्वमेव प्रणश्यति

dharaṇyuvāca || sarvakālakṛtaṃ karma kleśena mahatā'nagha || kathamekāparādhena sarvameva praṇaśyati

The Earth said: Karma performed at all times with great toil, O sinless one — how is it that by a single offence it is all destroyed?

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VrP 131.4

श्रीवराह उवाच ।। शृणु सुन्दरि तत्त्वेन कथ्यमानं मयाऽनघे ।। येन चैकापराधेन पूर्वकर्म प्रणश्यति

śrīvarāha uvāca || śṛṇu sundari tattvena kathyamānaṃ mayā'naghe || yena caikāparādhena pūrvakarma praṇaśyati

The Blessed Boar said: Hear, fair one, in truth, as it is told by me, O blameless one — that by which, through one single offence, previous karma is destroyed.

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VrP 131.5

मनुष्यः किल्बिषी भद्रे कफपित्तसमन्वितः ।। पूयशोणितसम्पूर्णं दुर्गन्धि मुखमस्य तत्

manuṣyaḥ kilbiṣī bhadre kaphapittasamanvitaḥ || pūyaśoṇitasampūrṇaṃ durgandhi mukhamasya tat

A man is guilty, O good lady, (when) filled with phlegm and bile: that mouth of his is full of pus and blood and foul-smelling.

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VrP 131.6

तत्सर्वबीजं नश्येत दन्तकाष्ठस्य भक्षणात् ।। शुद्धिर्भागवती चैव आचारेण विवर्जिता

tatsarvabījaṃ naśyeta dantakāṣṭhasya bhakṣaṇāt || śuddhirbhāgavatī caiva ācāreṇa vivarjitā

All that seed (of impurity) would be destroyed by the chewing of a tooth-stick; and the purity that belongs to a devotee is (otherwise) lost through (defective) conduct.

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VrP 131.7

धरण्युवाच ।। दन्तकाष्ठमखादित्वा यः कर्माणि करोति ते ।। प्रायश्चित्तं च मे ब्रूहि येन धर्मो न नश्यति

dharaṇyuvāca || dantakāṣṭhamakhāditvā yaḥ karmāṇi karoti te || prāyaścittaṃ ca me brūhi yena dharmo na naśyati

The Earth said: (For) him who performs your rites without having chewed the tooth-stick, tell me too the expiation by which dharma is not destroyed.

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VrP 131.8

श्रीवराह उवाच ।। एवमेतन्महाभागे यन्मां त्वं परिपृच्छसि ।। कथयिष्यामि हीदं ते यथा शुद्ध्यन्ति मानवाः

śrīvarāha uvāca || evametanmahābhāge yanmāṃ tvaṃ paripṛcchasi || kathayiṣyāmi hīdaṃ te yathā śuddhyanti mānavāḥ

The Blessed Boar said: It is so, O greatly blessed one, as to what you ask me; I shall indeed tell you this — how men become pure.

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VrP 131.9

आकाशशयनं कृत्वा दिनानि द्वे च पंच च ।। अभुक्तदन्तकाष्ठाश्च एवं शुध्यन्ति मानवाः

ākāśaśayanaṃ kṛtvā dināni dve ca paṃca ca || abhuktadantakāṣṭhāśca evaṃ śudhyanti mānavāḥ

Sleeping in the open for two and five days, and without eating the tooth-stick — thus men become pure.

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VrP 131.11

कुतस्तस्यापराधोऽस्ति एवमेव न संशयः

kutastasyāparādho'sti evameva na saṃśayaḥ

Whence should there be any offence for him? It is just so, there is no doubt.

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VrP 131.131

एवं ते कथितं भद्रे दन्तकाष्ठस्य भक्षणम् ।। य एतेन विधानेन प्रायश्चित्तं समाचरेत्

evaṃ te kathitaṃ bhadre dantakāṣṭhasya bhakṣaṇam || ya etena vidhānena prāyaścittaṃ samācaret

Thus, good lady, the chewing of the tooth-stick has been told to you — (as for) one who performs the penance by this prescription...

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