Varaha Purana — Chapter 135

VrP 135.1

अथ जालपादभक्षणापराधप्रायश्चित्तम् ।। श्रीवराह उवाच ।। रक्तवस्त्रेण संयुक्तो यो हि मामुपसर्पति ।। तस्यापि शृणु सुश्रोणि कर्म संसारमोक्षणम्

atha jālapādabhakṣaṇāparādhaprāyaścittam || śrīvarāha uvāca || raktavastreṇa saṃyukto yo hi māmupasarpati || tasyāpi śṛṇu suśroṇi karma saṃsāramokṣaṇam

Now the expiation for the offence of eating web-footed (birds). Śrī Varāha said: "He who approaches me clad in a red garment — hear also his rite of release from transmigration, O fair-hipped one.

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VrP 135.2

रजस्वलासु नारीषु रजो यत्तत्प्रवर्त्तते ।। तेनासौ रजसा पुष्टो कर्मदोषेण जानतः

rajasvalāsu nārīṣu rajo yattatpravarttate || tenāsau rajasā puṣṭo karmadoṣeṇa jānataḥ

In menstruating women, that menstrual blood which flows — nourished by that blood, through the fault of the act, knowingly,

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VrP 135.3

वर्षाणि दश पञ्चैव वसते तत्र निश्चयात् ।। रजो भूत्वा महाभागे रक्तवस्त्रपरायणः

varṣāṇi daśa pañcaiva vasate tatra niścayāt || rajo bhūtvā mahābhāge raktavastraparāyaṇaḥ

He dwells there for fifteen years, of a certainty, O greatly fortunate one, having become (mere) dust — he who is devoted to red garments.

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VrP 135.4

प्रायश्चितं प्रवक्ष्यामि तस्य कायविशोधनम् ।। येन शुध्यन्ति ते भूमे पुरुषाः शास्त्रनिश्चिताः

prāyaścitaṃ pravakṣyāmi tasya kāyaviśodhanam || yena śudhyanti te bhūme puruṣāḥ śāstraniścitāḥ

I shall declare the expiation for that, the purification of his body, by which those men, determined by the scriptures, become pure, O Earth.

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VrP 135.5

एकाहारं ततः कृत्वा दिनानि दश सप्त च।। वायुभक्षस्त्रीण्यहानि दिनमेकं जलाशनः

ekāhāraṃ tataḥ kṛtvā dināni daśa sapta ca|| vāyubhakṣastrīṇyahāni dinamekaṃ jalāśanaḥ

Then, taking one meal (a day) for seventeen days, feeding on air for three days, and for one day taking (only) water —

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VrP 135.6

एवं स मुच्यते भूमे मम विप्रियकारकः ।। प्रायश्चित्तं ततः कृत्वा ममासौ रोचते सह

evaṃ sa mucyate bhūme mama vipriyakārakaḥ || prāyaścittaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā mamāsau rocate saha

Thus, O Earth, he who has done what displeases me is released; and having then performed the expiation, he becomes pleasing to me again.

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VrP 135.7

एतत्ते कथितं भूमे रक्तवस्त्रविभूषिते ।। प्रायश्चित्तं महाभागे सर्वसंसारमोक्षणम्

etatte kathitaṃ bhūme raktavastravibhūṣite || prāyaścittaṃ mahābhāge sarvasaṃsāramokṣaṇam

This has been told to you, O Earth adorned with red cloth, O greatly fortunate one — the expiation that frees from all transmigration.

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VrP 135.8

यस्तु मामन्धकारेषु विना दीपेन सुन्दरि ।। स्पृशते च विना शास्त्रं त्वरमाणो विमोहितः

yastu māmandhakāreṣu vinā dīpena sundari || spṛśate ca vinā śāstraṃ tvaramāṇo vimohitaḥ

But he who, in darkness without a lamp, O lovely one, touches me without (following) the scripture, in haste and deluded —

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VrP 135.9

पतनं तस्य वक्ष्यामि शृणुष्व त्वं वसुन्धरे ।। तेन क्लेशं समासाद्य क्लिश्यते च नराधमः

patanaṃ tasya vakṣyāmi śṛṇuṣva tvaṃ vasundhare || tena kleśaṃ samāsādya kliśyate ca narādhamaḥ

I shall tell of his fall; listen, O Vasundharā. By that he comes to suffering, and that lowest of men is tormented.

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VrP 135.11

अनन्यमानसो भूत्वा भूमे ह्येतत्प्रसाधयेत् ।। प्रायश्चित्तं प्रवक्ष्यामि अन्धकारे तु यः पुरा

ananyamānaso bhūtvā bhūme hyetatprasādhayet || prāyaścittaṃ pravakṣyāmi andhakāre tu yaḥ purā

With mind fixed on nothing else, O Earth, he should accomplish this. I shall declare the expiation for him who formerly, in the darkness,

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VrP 135.12

संस्पृशेत्सोऽपि धर्मात्मा येन लोकं मम व्रजेत् ।। अक्ष्णोराच्छादनं कृत्वा दिनानि दश पञ्च च

saṃspṛśetso'pi dharmātmā yena lokaṃ mama vrajet || akṣṇorācchādanaṃ kṛtvā dināni daśa pañca ca

touched (me) — that righteous one too — by which he may go to my world: covering his eyes for fifteen days,

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VrP 135.13

एकाहारं ततः कृत्वा दिनविंशं समाहितः ।। यस्य कस्यापि मासस्य एकामेव च द्वादशीम्

ekāhāraṃ tataḥ kṛtvā dinaviṃśaṃ samāhitaḥ || yasya kasyāpi māsasya ekāmeva ca dvādaśīm

then taking one meal (a day), concentrated, for twenty days; and on the twelfth day of any month whatsoever, just one,

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VrP 135.14

एकाहारस्ततो भूत्वा निषीदेच्च जलाशनः ।। ततो यवान्नं भुञ्जीत गोमूत्रेण तु पाचितम्

ekāhārastato bhūtvā niṣīdecca jalāśanaḥ || tato yavānnaṃ bhuñjīta gomūtreṇa tu pācitam

then, becoming one who eats a single meal, he should sit consuming water; then he should eat barley food cooked with cow's urine.

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VrP 135.15

प्रायश्चित्तेन चैतेन मुच्यते पातकात्ततः ।। यः पुनः कृष्णवस्त्रेण मम कर्मपरायणः

prāyaścittena caitena mucyate pātakāttataḥ || yaḥ punaḥ kṛṣṇavastreṇa mama karmaparāyaṇaḥ

And by this expiation he is thereby freed from the sin. Again, he who, wearing black cloth, is intent upon rites for me —

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VrP 135.16

देवि कर्माणि कुर्वीत तस्य वै पातनं शृणु ।। घुणो वै पञ्चवर्षाणि लाजवास्तुसमाश्रयः

devi karmāṇi kurvīta tasya vai pātanaṃ śṛṇu || ghuṇo vai pañcavarṣāṇi lājavāstusamāśrayaḥ

O goddess, (he) who performs the rites: hear indeed of his fall. For five years (he becomes) a grub dwelling in a house of parched grain,

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VrP 135.17

पञ्च वर्षाणि नकुलो दश वर्षाणि कच्छपः ।। एवं भ्रमति संसारे मम कर्मपरायणः

pañca varṣāṇi nakulo daśa varṣāṇi kacchapaḥ || evaṃ bhramati saṃsāre mama karmaparāyaṇaḥ

for five years a mongoose, for ten years a tortoise: thus he who is intent on rites for me wanders in transmigration.

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VrP 135.18

पारावतेषु जायेत नव वर्षाणि पञ्च च ।। जातो ममापराधेन स्थितः पारावतो भुवि

pārāvateṣu jāyeta nava varṣāṇi pañca ca || jāto mamāparādhena sthitaḥ pārāvato bhuvi

He would be born among doves for fourteen years; born through an offence against me, he remains a dove on earth,

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VrP 135.19

मम तिष्ठति पार्श्वेषु यत्रैवाहं प्रतिष्ठितः ।। प्रायश्चित्तं प्रवक्ष्यामि तस्य संसारमोक्षणे

mama tiṣṭhati pārśveṣu yatraivāhaṃ pratiṣṭhitaḥ || prāyaścittaṃ pravakṣyāmi tasya saṃsāramokṣaṇe

and it stays at my sides, in the very place where I am established. I shall declare the expiation for his release from transmigration.

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VrP 135.21

त्रीणि पिण्डांस्त्रिरात्रं तु एवं मुच्येत किल्बिषात् ।। य एतेन विधानेन देवि कर्माणि कारयेत्

trīṇi piṇḍāṃstrirātraṃ tu evaṃ mucyeta kilbiṣāt || ya etena vidhānena devi karmāṇi kārayet

Three balls of food for three nights — thus he would be freed from the guilt. Whoever, O goddess, has rites performed by this rule,

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VrP 135.22

शुचिर्भागवतो भूत्वा मम मार्गानुसारतः ।। न स गच्छति संसारं मम लोकं स गच्छति

śucirbhāgavato bhūtvā mama mārgānusārataḥ || na sa gacchati saṃsāraṃ mama lokaṃ sa gacchati

having become pure, a devotee of the Lord, following my path — he does not go to transmigration; he goes to my world.

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VrP 135.23

वाससा चाप्यधौतेन यो मे कर्माणि कारयेत् ।। शुचिर्भागवतो भूत्वा मम मार्गानुसारकः

vāsasā cāpyadhautena yo me karmāṇi kārayet || śucirbhāgavato bhūtvā mama mārgānusārakaḥ

And he who has rites performed for me with an unwashed garment, having become pure, a devotee of the Lord, a follower of my path —

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VrP 135.24

तस्य दोषं प्रवक्ष्यामि अपराधं वसुन्धरे ।। पतन्ति येन संसारं वाससोच्छिष्टकारिणः

tasya doṣaṃ pravakṣyāmi aparādhaṃ vasundhare || patanti yena saṃsāraṃ vāsasocchiṣṭakāriṇaḥ

I shall declare his fault, his offence, O Vasundharā, by which those who make (their) garment leftover-defiled fall into transmigration.

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VrP 135.25

देवि भूत्वा गजो मत्तस्तिष्ठत्येकं नरो भुवि ।। उष्ट्रश्चैकं भवेज्जन्म जन्म चैकं वृकस्तथा

devi bhūtvā gajo mattastiṣṭhatyekaṃ naro bhuvi || uṣṭraścaikaṃ bhavejjanma janma caikaṃ vṛkastathā

O goddess, having become a mad elephant, he abides one (birth) as a man on earth; and one birth he becomes a camel, and one birth likewise a wolf.

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VrP 135.26

गोमायुरेकं जन्मापि जन्म चैकं हयस्तथा ।। सारङ्गस्त्वेकजन्मा वै मृगो भवति वै ततः

gomāyurekaṃ janmāpi janma caikaṃ hayastathā || sāraṅgastvekajanmā vai mṛgo bhavati vai tataḥ

One birth too (he is) a jackal, and one birth likewise a horse; for one birth indeed a spotted deer, and thereafter he becomes a deer.

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VrP 135.27

सप्तजन्मान्तरं पश्चात्ततो भवति मानुषः ।। मद्भक्तश्च गुणज्ञश्च मम कर्मपरायणः

saptajanmāntaraṃ paścāttato bhavati mānuṣaḥ || madbhaktaśca guṇajñaśca mama karmaparāyaṇaḥ

Then, after the interval of seven births, he becomes a man—devoted to me, knowing the virtues, intent upon my rites,

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VrP 135.28

दक्षो निरपराधश्च अहङ्कारविवर्जितः ।। धरण्युवाच ।। श्रुतमेतन्मया देव यत्त्वया समुदाहृतम्

dakṣo niraparādhaśca ahaṅkāravivarjitaḥ || dharaṇyuvāca || śrutametanmayā deva yattvayā samudāhṛtam

capable, free of offence, and rid of egotism. The Earth said: I have heard this, O god, which you have declared,

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VrP 135.29

संसारं वाससोच्छिष्टा येन गच्छन्ति मानुषाः।। प्रायश्चित्तं च मे ब्रूहि सर्वकर्मसुखावहम्

saṃsāraṃ vāsasocchiṣṭā yena gacchanti mānuṣāḥ|| prāyaścittaṃ ca me brūhi sarvakarmasukhāvaham

(namely) that by which men who are defiled through their garment go to (repeated) birth. And tell me the expiation that brings the good of all rites.

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VrP 135.31

प्रायश्चित्तं प्रवक्ष्यामि मम कर्मपरायणः ।। यावकेन त्रीण्यहानि पिण्याकेन दिनत्रयम्

prāyaścittaṃ pravakṣyāmi mama karmaparāyaṇaḥ || yāvakena trīṇyahāni piṇyākena dinatrayam

I shall declare the expiation (for one) intent upon my rites: three days with barley-gruel, three days with oil-cake,

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VrP 135.32

पर्णभक्षस्त्रीण्यहानि पयोभक्षो दिनत्रयम् ।। पायसेन त्रिरात्रं तु वायुभक्षो दिनत्रयम्

parṇabhakṣastrīṇyahāni payobhakṣo dinatrayam || pāyasena trirātraṃ tu vāyubhakṣo dinatrayam

three days eating leaves, three days living on milk, three nights with rice-milk, and three days living on air.

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VrP 135.33

एवं कृत्वा महाभागे वाससोच्छिष्टकारिणः ।। अपराधं न विन्देरन्संसारं न प्रयान्ति च

evaṃ kṛtvā mahābhāge vāsasocchiṣṭakāriṇaḥ || aparādhaṃ na vinderansaṃsāraṃ na prayānti ca

Having done thus, O greatly fortunate one, those who incur remnant-impurity through the garment do not meet with the offence, and they do not go to (repeated) birth.

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VrP 135.34

श्वानोच्छिष्टं तु यो दद्यान्मम कर्मपरायणः ।। पापं तस्य प्रवक्ष्यामि संसारे च महद्भयम्

śvānocchiṣṭaṃ tu yo dadyānmama karmaparāyaṇaḥ || pāpaṃ tasya pravakṣyāmi saṃsāre ca mahadbhayam

But whoever, being intent upon my rites, offers what has been left over by a dog—I shall declare his sin and the great terror (for him) in the round of births.

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VrP 135.35

श्वानो वै सप्त जन्मानि गोमायुः सप्त वै तथा ।। उलूकः सप्तवर्षाणि पश्चाज्जायेत मानुषः

śvāno vai sapta janmāni gomāyuḥ sapta vai tathā || ulūkaḥ saptavarṣāṇi paścājjāyeta mānuṣaḥ

(He becomes) a dog indeed for seven births, and likewise a jackal for seven, an owl for seven years, and afterwards would be born a man,

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VrP 135.36

विशुद्धात्मा श्रुतिज्ञश्च मद्भक्तश्चैव जायते ।। गृहे भागवतोत्कृष्टे अपराधविवर्जितः

viśuddhātmā śrutijñaśca madbhaktaścaiva jāyate || gṛhe bhāgavatotkṛṣṭe aparādhavivarjitaḥ

and he is born with purified self, knowing the sacred texts, and devoted to me, in an excellent Bhāgavata household, free of offence.

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VrP 135.37

शृणु तत्त्वेन वसुधे प्रायश्चित्तं महौजसम् ।। तरन्ति मानुषा येन त्यक्त्वा संसारसागरम्

śṛṇu tattvena vasudhe prāyaścittaṃ mahaujasam || taranti mānuṣā yena tyaktvā saṃsārasāgaram

Hear truly, O Earth, the greatly potent expiation, by which men cross over, leaving behind the ocean of birth and rebirth.

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VrP 135.38

मूलभक्षो दिनत्रय्यां फलाहारो दिनत्रयम् ।। शाकभक्षो दिनत्रय्यां पयोभक्षो दिनत्रयम्

mūlabhakṣo dinatrayyāṃ phalāhāro dinatrayam || śākabhakṣo dinatrayyāṃ payobhakṣo dinatrayam

Eating roots for three days, taking fruit for three days, eating vegetables for three days, living on milk for three days,

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VrP 135.39

दध्याहारो दिनत्रय्यां पायसेन दिनत्रयम् ।। वाय्वाहारो दिनत्रय्यां स्नानं कृत्वा दृढव्रतः

dadhyāhāro dinatrayyāṃ pāyasena dinatrayam || vāyvāhāro dinatrayyāṃ snānaṃ kṛtvā dṛḍhavrataḥ

taking curds for three days, three days with rice-milk, living on air for three days—having performed the bath, firm in his vow.

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VrP 135.41

भुक्त्वा वराहमांसं तु यश्च मामिह सर्पति ।। पातनं तस्य वक्ष्यामि यथा भवति सुन्दरि

bhuktvā varāhamāṃsaṃ tu yaśca māmiha sarpati || pātanaṃ tasya vakṣyāmi yathā bhavati sundari

But whoever, having eaten boar's flesh, approaches me here—I shall tell how his fall comes about, O beautiful one.

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VrP 135.42

वराहो दश वर्षाणि कृत्वानुचरते वने ।। व्याधो भूत्वा महाभागे समाः पञ्च च सप्त च

varāho daśa varṣāṇi kṛtvānucarate vane || vyādho bhūtvā mahābhāge samāḥ pañca ca sapta ca

Having become a boar, he roams the forest for ten years; then, becoming a hunter, O greatly fortunate one, for five years and seven,

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VrP 135.43

ततश्च मूषको भूत्वा वर्षाणि च चतुर्दश ।। ऊनविंशतिवर्षाणि यातुधानश्च जायते

tataśca mūṣako bhūtvā varṣāṇi ca caturdaśa || ūnaviṃśativarṣāṇi yātudhānaśca jāyate

and then, having become a mouse, for fourteen years; and for nineteen years he is born a demon (yātudhāna);

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VrP 135.44

सल्लकी चाष्टवर्षाणि जायते भवने बहु ।। व्याघ्रस्त्रिंशच्च वर्षाणि जायते पिशिताशनः

sallakī cāṣṭavarṣāṇi jāyate bhavane bahu || vyāghrastriṃśacca varṣāṇi jāyate piśitāśanaḥ

and for eight years he is born often in houses as a sallakī (porcupine); and for thirty years he is born a tiger, an eater of flesh.

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VrP 135.45

एवं संसारितां गत्वा वराहामिषभक्षकः ।। जायते विपुले सिद्धे कुले भागवते तथा

evaṃ saṃsāritāṃ gatvā varāhāmiṣabhakṣakaḥ || jāyate vipule siddhe kule bhāgavate tathā

Thus, having undergone the round of births, the eater of boar's flesh is born in a great, accomplished family, and one that is Bhāgavata.

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VrP 135.46

हृषीकेशवचः श्रुत्वा सर्वं सम्पूर्णलक्षणम् ।। शिरसा चाञ्जलिं कृत्वा वाक्यं चेदमुवाच ह

hṛṣīkeśavacaḥ śrutvā sarvaṃ sampūrṇalakṣaṇam || śirasā cāñjaliṃ kṛtvā vākyaṃ cedamuvāca ha

Having heard the words of Hṛṣīkeśa, complete in every mark, she placed her folded hands upon her head and spoke this speech:

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VrP 135.47

एतन्मे परमं गुह्यं तव भक्तसुखावहम् ।। वराहमांसभक्षस्तु येन मुच्येत किल्बिषात्

etanme paramaṃ guhyaṃ tava bhaktasukhāvaham || varāhamāṃsabhakṣastu yena mucyeta kilbiṣāt

This supreme secret of mine brings happiness to your devotee; but (here is that) by which one who has eaten boar's flesh may be freed from his sin,

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VrP 135.48

तरन्ति मानुषा येन तिर्यक्संसारसागरात् ।। गोमयेन दिनं पञ्च कणाहारेण सप्त वै

taranti mānuṣā yena tiryaksaṃsārasāgarāt || gomayena dinaṃ pañca kaṇāhāreṇa sapta vai

and by which men cross over from the ocean of transmigration among animals: five days on cow-dung, and seven on a diet of grain-particles;

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VrP 135.49

पानीयं तु ततो भुक्ता तिष्ठेत्सप्तदिनं ततः ।। अक्षारलवणं सप्त सक्तुभिश्च तथा त्रयः

pānīyaṃ tu tato bhuktā tiṣṭhetsaptadinaṃ tataḥ || akṣāralavaṇaṃ sapta saktubhiśca tathā trayaḥ

then, having taken water (only), he should remain thus seven days; seven (days) on food free of alkali and salt, and likewise three on barley-meal.

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VrP 135.51

क्षान्तं दान्तं तथा कृत्वा अहङ्कारविवर्ज्जितः।। दिनान्येकोनपञ्चाशच्चरेत्कृतविनिश्चयः

kṣāntaṃ dāntaṃ tathā kṛtvā ahaṅkāravivarjjitaḥ|| dinānyekonapañcāśaccaretkṛtaviniścayaḥ

Having thus made (himself) patient and controlled, free of egotism, with his resolve firmly made, he should practise (this) for forty-nine days.

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VrP 135.52

विमुक्तः सर्वपापेभ्यः ससंज्ञो विगतज्वरः ।। कृत्वा मम च कर्माणि मम लोकं स गच्छति

vimuktaḥ sarvapāpebhyaḥ sasaṃjño vigatajvaraḥ || kṛtvā mama ca karmāṇi mama lokaṃ sa gacchati

Released from all sins, in full awareness, his affliction gone, and having performed my rites, he goes to my world.

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VrP 135.53

जालपादं भक्षयित्वा यस्तु मामुपसर्पति ।। जालपादस्ततो भूत्वा वर्षाणि दश पञ्च च

jālapādaṃ bhakṣayitvā yastu māmupasarpati || jālapādastato bhūtvā varṣāṇi daśa pañca ca

But he who approaches me after eating a web-footed (bird) becomes thereafter a web-footed (creature) for fifteen years,

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VrP 135.54

कुम्भीरो दश वर्षाणि पञ्च वर्षाणि सूकरः ।। तावद्भ्रमति संसारे मम चैवापराधतः

kumbhīro daśa varṣāṇi pañca varṣāṇi sūkaraḥ || tāvadbhramati saṃsāre mama caivāparādhataḥ

a crocodile for ten years, a boar for five years: for so long does he wander in transmigration, and that because of his offence against me.

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VrP 135.55

कृत्वा तु दुष्करं कर्म जायते विपुले कुले ।। शुद्धो भागवतश्रेष्ठो ह्यपराधविवर्जितः

kṛtvā tu duṣkaraṃ karma jāyate vipule kule || śuddho bhāgavataśreṣṭho hyaparādhavivarjitaḥ

But having performed the hard observance he is born in a great family, pure, foremost among the devotees, and free of offence.

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VrP 135.56

सर्वकर्माण्यतिक्रम्य मम लोकं स गच्छति ।। प्रायश्चितं प्रवक्ष्यामि जालपादस्य भक्षणे

sarvakarmāṇyatikramya mama lokaṃ sa gacchati || prāyaścitaṃ pravakṣyāmi jālapādasya bhakṣaṇe

Passing beyond all (binding) deeds, he goes to my world. I shall now declare the expiation for the eating of a web-footed (bird),

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VrP 135.57

तरन्ति मनुजा येन घोरसंसारसागरात् ।। यावकान्नं दिनत्रय्यां वायुभक्षो दिनत्रयम्

taranti manujā yena ghorasaṃsārasāgarāt || yāvakānnaṃ dinatrayyāṃ vāyubhakṣo dinatrayam

by which men cross over from the dreadful ocean of transmigration: barley food for three days, feeding on air for three days,

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VrP 135.58

फलभक्षो दिनत्रय्यां तिलभक्षो दिनत्रयम् ।। अक्षारलवणान्नाशी पुनस्तत्र दिनत्रयम्

phalabhakṣo dinatrayyāṃ tilabhakṣo dinatrayam || akṣāralavaṇānnāśī punastatra dinatrayam

eating fruit for three days, eating sesame for three days, and then again for three days eating food without alkali or salt.

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VrP 135.59

दशपञ्च दिनान्येवं प्रायश्चित्तं समाचरेत् ।। जालपादापराधस्य एवं कुर्वीत शोधनम्।। विनीतात्मा शुचिर्भूत्वा य इच्छेत्सुशुभां गतिम्

daśapañca dinānyevaṃ prāyaścittaṃ samācaret || jālapādāparādhasya evaṃ kurvīta śodhanam|| vinītātmā śucirbhūtvā ya icchetsuśubhāṃ gatim

Thus for fifteen days should he carry out the expiation; thus should one who, self-restrained and become pure, desires a most auspicious destiny perform the cleansing of the offence of (eating) a web-footed (bird).

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VrP 135.135

अन्धो भूत्वा महाभागे एकं जन्म तमोमयः ।। सर्वाशी सर्वभक्षश्च मानवः सोऽभिजायते येनासौ लभते सिद्धिं कृष्णवस्त्रापराधतः ।। सप्ताहं यावकं भुक्त्वा त्रिरात्रं सक्तुपिण्डिकाम् किल्बिषाद्येन मुच्यन्ते तव कर्मपरायणाः ।। श्रीवराह उवाच ।। शृणु तत्त्वेन मे देवि कथ्यमानं मयाऽनघे एवं दिनान्येकविंशत्कृत्वा वै शुभलक्षणम् ।। अपराधं न विन्देत मम लोकं स गच्छति तिलभक्षो दिनान्सप्त पाषाणस्य च भक्षकः ।। पयो भुक्त्वा दिनं सप्त कारयेद्बुद्धिमान्मनः

andho bhūtvā mahābhāge ekaṃ janma tamomayaḥ || sarvāśī sarvabhakṣaśca mānavaḥ so'bhijāyate yenāsau labhate siddhiṃ kṛṣṇavastrāparādhataḥ || saptāhaṃ yāvakaṃ bhuktvā trirātraṃ saktupiṇḍikām kilbiṣādyena mucyante tava karmaparāyaṇāḥ || śrīvarāha uvāca || śṛṇu tattvena me devi kathyamānaṃ mayā'naghe evaṃ dinānyekaviṃśatkṛtvā vai śubhalakṣaṇam || aparādhaṃ na vindeta mama lokaṃ sa gacchati tilabhakṣo dinānsapta pāṣāṇasya ca bhakṣakaḥ || payo bhuktvā dinaṃ sapta kārayedbuddhimānmanaḥ

Having become blind, O greatly fortunate one, for one birth, filled with darkness; that man is born one who eats anything and everything—(and here is that) by which he attains success (in expiating) the offence concerning a black garment: having eaten barley-gruel for seven days, and a ball of barley-meal for three nights, by which those devoted to your rites are freed from sin. Śrī Varāha said: Hear from me truly, O goddess, O sinless one, what is being told by me: having thus done for twenty-one days that which bears an auspicious mark, he would incur no offence and goes to my world. Eating sesame for seven days, and an eater of stone(?), and having taken milk for seven days, the wise man should so direct his mind.

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