Varaha Purana — Chapter 155
VrP 155.1
अथाऽक्रूरतीर्थप्रभावः ।। श्रीवराह उवाच ।। पुनरन्यत्प्रवक्ष्यामि मर्त्त्यलोके सुदुर्लभम् ।। अनन्तं विदितं तीर्थमचलं ध्रुवमव्ययम्
athā'krūratīrthaprabhāvaḥ || śrīvarāha uvāca || punaranyatpravakṣyāmi marttyaloke sudurlabham || anantaṃ viditaṃ tīrthamacalaṃ dhruvamavyayam
Now, the power of Akrūratīrtha. Śrī Varāha said: Again I shall declare another (tīrtha), very hard to obtain in the world of mortals: the tīrtha known as Ananta, immovable, fixed, imperishable.
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VrP 155.2
तत्र .नित्यं स्थितो देवि लोकानां हितकाम्यया ।। मां दृष्ट्वा मनुजा देवि मुक्तिभाजो भवन्ति ते
tatra .nityaṃ sthito devi lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā || māṃ dṛṣṭvā manujā devi muktibhājo bhavanti te
There I am stationed always, O goddess, out of desire for the welfare of the worlds; having seen me, O goddess, those men come to have a share in liberation.
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VrP 155.3
अयने विषुवे चैव तथा विष्णुपदीषु च ।। अनन्तं तं समासाद्य मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः
ayane viṣuve caiva tathā viṣṇupadīṣu ca || anantaṃ taṃ samāsādya mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ
At a solstice and at an equinox, and likewise on the viṣṇupadī (days), having reached that Ananta (tīrtha), one is freed from all sins.
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VrP 155.4
अक्रूरेति च विख्यातं मम क्षेत्रं वसुन्धरे ।। तत्र स्नात्वा महाभागे राहुग्रस्ते दिवाकरे
akrūreti ca vikhyātaṃ mama kṣetraṃ vasundhare || tatra snātvā mahābhāge rāhugraste divākare
And my field is renowned as Akrūra, O Earth; bathing there, O greatly fortunate one, when the sun is seized by Rāhu,
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VrP 155.5
राजसूयाश्वमेधाभ्यां फलं प्राप्नोति मानवः ।। तीर्थराजं हि चाक्रूरं गुह्यानां गुह्यमुत्तमम्
rājasūyāśvamedhābhyāṃ phalaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ || tīrtharājaṃ hi cākrūraṃ guhyānāṃ guhyamuttamam
a man obtains the fruit of the Rājasūya and the Aśvamedha. For Akrūra is the king of tīrthas, the highest secret among secrets.
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VrP 155.6
तत्स्नानात्फलमाप्नोति प्रयागस्नानजं फलम् ।। अस्मिंस्तीर्थे पुरावृत्तं तच्छृणुष्व वसुन्धरे
tatsnānātphalamāpnoti prayāgasnānajaṃ phalam || asmiṃstīrthe purāvṛttaṃ tacchṛṇuṣva vasundhare
By bathing there one obtains the fruit that arises from bathing at Prayāga. Hear, O Earth, what happened long ago at this tīrtha.
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VrP 155.7
नाम्ना तु सुधनो नाम मम भक्तः सदैव हि ।। धनधान्यसमायुक्तः सुतयुक्तः सदैव हि
nāmnā tu sudhano nāma mama bhaktaḥ sadaiva hi || dhanadhānyasamāyuktaḥ sutayuktaḥ sadaiva hi
There was one Sudhana by name, ever indeed my devotee, provided with wealth and grain, and always provided with sons.
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VrP 155.8
बन्धुपुत्रकलत्रैश्च गृहे प्रीतिरनुत्तमा ।। पुत्रदारसमेतस्य मयि भक्तिर्वसुन्धरे
bandhuputrakalatraiśca gṛhe prītiranuttamā || putradārasametasya mayi bhaktirvasundhare
With kinsmen, sons and wives there was unsurpassed happiness in (his) house; and he, together with sons and wife, had devotion to me, O Earth.
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VrP 155.9
गच्छन्ति दिवसास्तस्य मासाः संवत्सरास्तथा ।। करोति गृहकृत्यानि धनोपायेन नित्यशः
gacchanti divasāstasya māsāḥ saṃvatsarāstathā || karoti gṛhakṛtyāni dhanopāyena nityaśaḥ
His days pass, and months and years likewise; he constantly performs the household duties by means of (his) acquisition of wealth.
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VrP 155.11
नित्यं कालं च कुरुते हरिपूजनमुत्तमम् ।। पुष्पदीपप्रदानेन चन्दनेन सुगन्धिना
nityaṃ kālaṃ ca kurute haripūjanamuttamam || puṣpadīpapradānena candanena sugandhinā
And at all times he performs the excellent worship of Hari, with the offering of flowers and lamps, with fragrant sandal paste,
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VrP 155.12
उपहारेण दिव्येन धूपेन च सुगन्धिना ।। एकादश्यां तु कुरुते पक्षयोरुभयोरपि
upahāreṇa divyena dhūpena ca sugandhinā || ekādaśyāṃ tu kurute pakṣayorubhayorapi
with divine oblation and with fragrant incense; and on the eleventh (day) of both fortnights,
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VrP 155.13
उपवासं तु कुरुते रात्रौ जागरणं तथा ।। स गच्छति यथाकालमक्रूरं तीर्थमुत्तमम्
upavāsaṃ tu kurute rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ tathā || sa gacchati yathākālamakrūraṃ tīrthamuttamam
he keeps a fast and likewise a vigil through the night; at the (appointed) time he goes to Akrūra, the best of tīrthas.
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VrP 155.14
तत्रागत्य ममाग्रेऽसौ नृत्यते शुभदर्शनः ।। सुधनस्तु वणिक्श्रेष्ठः कदाचिद्रात्रिजागरे
tatrāgatya mamāgre'sau nṛtyate śubhadarśanaḥ || sudhanastu vaṇikśreṣṭhaḥ kadācidrātrijāgare
Coming there, that one of auspicious appearance dances before me. But Sudhana, the best of merchants, once, during a night-vigil,
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VrP 155.15
चलमानो गृहीतस्तु चरणे ब्रह्मरक्षसा ।। कृष्णवर्णी महाकाय ऊर्ध्वकेशो भयंकरः
calamāno gṛhītastu caraṇe brahmarakṣasā || kṛṣṇavarṇī mahākāya ūrdhvakeśo bhayaṃkaraḥ
as he was moving about, was seized by the foot by a brahman-demon — black-coloured, huge of body, with hair standing up, terrifying.
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VrP 155.16
पादे गृहीत्वा वसुधे इदं वचनमब्रवीत्
pāde gṛhītvā vasudhe idaṃ vacanamabravīt
Having seized (him) by the foot, O Earth, he spoke these words:
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VrP 155.17
राक्षसोऽहं वणिक्श्रेष्ठ वसामि वनमाश्रितः ।। त्वामद्य भक्षयिष्यामि तृप्तिं यास्यामि शाश्वतीम्
rākṣaso'haṃ vaṇikśreṣṭha vasāmi vanamāśritaḥ || tvāmadya bhakṣayiṣyāmi tṛptiṃ yāsyāmi śāśvatīm
"I am a rākṣasa, best of merchants; I dwell resorting to the forest. Today I shall eat you and reach lasting satisfaction."
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VrP 155.18
सुधन उवाच ।। प्रतीक्षस्व क्षणं मेऽद्य दास्यामि तव पुष्कलम् ।। भक्षयिष्यसि मे गात्रं मिष्टान्नपरिपोषितम्
sudhana uvāca || pratīkṣasva kṣaṇaṃ me'dya dāsyāmi tava puṣkalam || bhakṣayiṣyasi me gātraṃ miṣṭānnaparipoṣitam
Sudhana said: "Wait a moment for me today; I shall give you (something) ample. You will eat my body, well nourished with sweet food.
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VrP 155.19
जागरं देवदेवस्य कर्तुमिच्छामि राक्षस ।। मम व्रतं सार्वकालं यज्जागर्मि हरेः पुरः
jāgaraṃ devadevasya kartumicchāmi rākṣasa || mama vrataṃ sārvakālaṃ yajjāgarmi hareḥ puraḥ
I wish to keep the night-vigil for the God of gods, O rākṣasa; my vow is perpetual, that I keep vigil before Hari.
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VrP 155.21
ततः खादिष्यसे गात्रं विनिवृत्तस्य जागरात् ।। विष्णुतुष्ट्यै व्रतमिदमारब्धं सर्वकामदम्
tataḥ khādiṣyase gātraṃ vinivṛttasya jāgarāt || viṣṇutuṣṭyai vratamidamārabdhaṃ sarvakāmadam
Then you shall eat my body, when I have returned from the vigil. This vow, granting all desires, has been undertaken for the satisfaction of Viṣṇu.
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VrP 155.22
मा कुरु व्रतभङ्गं मे रक्षो नारायणस्य हि ।। जागरे विनिवृत्ते तु मां भक्षय यथेप्सितम्
mā kuru vratabhaṅgaṃ me rakṣo nārāyaṇasya hi || jāgare vinivṛtte tu māṃ bhakṣaya yathepsitam
Do not cause a breaking of my vow, O demon — indeed (the vow) of Nārāyaṇa. When the vigil is over, eat me as you wish."
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VrP 155.23
सुधनस्य वचः श्रुत्वा ब्रह्मरक्षः क्षुधार्दितः ।। उवाच मधुरं वाक्यं वणिजं प्रति सादरम्
sudhanasya vacaḥ śrutvā brahmarakṣaḥ kṣudhārditaḥ || uvāca madhuraṃ vākyaṃ vaṇijaṃ prati sādaram
Hearing Sudhana's words, the brahman-demon, tormented by hunger, spoke a sweet speech respectfully to the merchant:
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VrP 155.24
मिथ्या प्रभाषसे साधो त्वं पुनः कथमेष्यसि ।। को हि रक्षोमुखाद्भ्रष्टो मानुषो यो निवर्त्तते
mithyā prabhāṣase sādho tvaṃ punaḥ kathameṣyasi || ko hi rakṣomukhādbhraṣṭo mānuṣo yo nivarttate
"You speak falsely, good man; how will you come back again? For what man, once escaped from a demon's mouth, returns?"
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VrP 155.25
राक्षसस्य वचः श्रुत्वा स वणिग्वाक्यमब्रवीत्।। सत्यमूलं जगत्सर्वं सर्वं सत्ये प्रतिष्ठितम्
rākṣasasya vacaḥ śrutvā sa vaṇigvākyamabravīt|| satyamūlaṃ jagatsarvaṃ sarvaṃ satye pratiṣṭhitam
Hearing the rākṣasa's words, that merchant spoke these words: "The whole world is rooted in truth; everything rests upon truth.
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VrP 155.26
सिद्धिं लभन्ते सत्येन ऋषयो वेदपारगाः ।। यद्यहं च वणिक् पूर्वं कर्मणा न हि दूषितः
siddhiṃ labhante satyena ṛṣayo vedapāragāḥ || yadyahaṃ ca vaṇik pūrvaṃ karmaṇā na hi dūṣitaḥ
By truth the seers who have gone to the far shore of the Vedas obtain perfection. If I, a merchant, have not formerly been defiled by (evil) action,
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VrP 155.27
प्राप्तश्च मानुषो भावो विहितेनान्तरात्मना ।। शृणु मत्समयं रक्षो येनाहं पुनरागमम्
prāptaśca mānuṣo bhāvo vihitenāntarātmanā || śṛṇu matsamayaṃ rakṣo yenāhaṃ punarāgamam
and (if) human existence has been attained by me with a well-ordered inner self — hear my agreement, O demon, by which I shall come back again.
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VrP 155.28
कृत्वा जागरणं तत्र नृत्यं कृत्वा यथासुखम् ।। पुनरेष्याम्यहं रक्षो नासत्यं विद्यते मयि
kṛtvā jāgaraṇaṃ tatra nṛtyaṃ kṛtvā yathāsukham || punareṣyāmyahaṃ rakṣo nāsatyaṃ vidyate mayi
Having performed the vigil there and having danced at my pleasure, I shall come again, O demon; there is no falsehood in me.
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VrP 155.29
सत्येन दीयते कन्या सत्यं जल्पन्ति ब्राह्मणाः ।। सत्योत्तीर्णा हि राजानः सत्येन वसुधा धृता
satyena dīyate kanyā satyaṃ jalpanti brāhmaṇāḥ || satyottīrṇā hi rājānaḥ satyena vasudhā dhṛtā
By truth a girl is given (in marriage); brahmins speak truth; kings indeed cross over by truth; by truth the earth is upheld.
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VrP 155.31
यमः सत्येन हरति सत्यादिन्द्रो विराजते।। तत्सत्यं मम नश्येत यद्यहं नागमे पुनः
yamaḥ satyena harati satyādindro virājate|| tatsatyaṃ mama naśyeta yadyahaṃ nāgame punaḥ
Yama carries off by truth; by truth Indra shines forth. Let that truth of mine perish, if I do not come again.
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VrP 155.32
परदारांस्तु यो गच्छेत्काममोहप्रपीडितः
paradārāṃstu yo gacchetkāmamohaprapīḍitaḥ
And whoever, afflicted by the delusion of desire, goes to another's wife —
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VrP 155.33
तस्य पापेन लिप्येऽहं यदि नायामि ते पुरः
tasya pāpena lipye'haṃ yadi nāyāmi te puraḥ
with his sin let me be smeared, if I do not come before you.
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VrP 155.34
दत्त्वा च भूमिदानं यो ह्यपकारं करोति च ।। तेन पापेन लिप्येऽहं यद्यहं नागमे पुनः
dattvā ca bhūmidānaṃ yo hyapakāraṃ karoti ca || tena pāpena lipye'haṃ yadyahaṃ nāgame punaḥ
And whoever, having made a gift of land, then does harm (to it) — with that sin let me be smeared, if I do not come again.
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VrP 155.35
पूर्वं भुक्त्वा स्त्रियं यस्तु सुखमाप्य विहृत्य च ।। द्वेषात्तां यदि चेज्जह्यात्तस्यायं मे भवत्वलम्
pūrvaṃ bhuktvā striyaṃ yastu sukhamāpya vihṛtya ca || dveṣāttāṃ yadi cejjahyāttasyāyaṃ me bhavatvalam
And whoever, having first enjoyed a woman and having obtained pleasure and sported (with her), then out of hatred abandons her — let his (sin) be fully mine.
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VrP 155.36
पङ्क्तिभेदं तु यः कुर्यादेकपंक्त्याशिनां धुवम् ।। तस्य पापेन लिप्येऽहं नागन्ता यदि ते पुरः
paṅktibhedaṃ tu yaḥ kuryādekapaṃktyāśināṃ dhuvam || tasya pāpena lipye'haṃ nāgantā yadi te puraḥ
And whoever surely breaks the row (of those) eating in a single row — may I be smeared with his sin, if I do not come before you.
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VrP 155.37
अमावस्यां महारक्षः श्राद्धं कृत्वा स्त्रियं व्रजेत् ।। तेन पापेन लिप्येऽहं यद्यहं नागमे पुनः
amāvasyāṃ mahārakṣaḥ śrāddhaṃ kṛtvā striyaṃ vrajet || tena pāpena lipye'haṃ yadyahaṃ nāgame punaḥ
Great demon, (whoever) having performed the śrāddha on the new-moon day goes to a woman — may I be smeared with that sin, if I do not come again.
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VrP 155.38
अष्टाष्टमी त्वमावास्या उभे पक्षे चतुर्दशी ।। अस्नातानां गतिं यास्याम्यहं वै नागमे पुनः
aṣṭāṣṭamī tvamāvāsyā ubhe pakṣe caturdaśī || asnātānāṃ gatiṃ yāsyāmyahaṃ vai nāgame punaḥ
The eighth (day) of every eighth, and the new-moon day, and the fourteenth in both fortnights — may I go to the destination of those who do not bathe (on those days), if I do not come again.
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VrP 155.39
गुरोर्भ्रातुः सुतस्यापि सख्युर्वै मातुलस्य च ।। व्यवस्यति च यन्नारी यो मोहेन विमोहितः
gurorbhrātuḥ sutasyāpi sakhyurvai mātulasya ca || vyavasyati ca yannārī yo mohena vimohitaḥ
And what woman acts (thus) toward the teacher, the brother, the son, the friend, or the maternal uncle, and (what man) is deluded by infatuation —
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VrP 155.41
तस्य पापेन लिप्येऽहं यद्यहं नागमे पुनः ।। यस्तु कन्यां सकृद्दत्त्वा अन्यस्मै चेत्पुनर्ददेत्
tasya pāpena lipye'haṃ yadyahaṃ nāgame punaḥ || yastu kanyāṃ sakṛddattvā anyasmai cetpunardadet
— may I be smeared with that sin, if I do not come again. And whoever, having once given away a maiden, should give her again to another —
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VrP 155.42
तेन पापेन लिप्येऽहं यद्यहं नागमे पुनः ।। राजयाजकयाज्याश्च ये च वै ग्रामयाजकाः
tena pāpena lipye'haṃ yadyahaṃ nāgame punaḥ || rājayājakayājyāśca ye ca vai grāmayājakāḥ
— may I be smeared with that sin, if I do not come again. And those who are the patrons sacrificed for by king's priests, and those who are village priests —
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VrP 155.43
तेषां पापेन लिप्येऽहं यद्यहं नागमे पुनः ।। ब्रह्मघ्ने च सुरापे च चौरे भग्नव्रते शठे
teṣāṃ pāpena lipye'haṃ yadyahaṃ nāgame punaḥ || brahmaghne ca surāpe ca caure bhagnavrate śaṭhe
— may I be smeared with their sin, if I do not come again. (The destination that awaits) the brahmin-killer, the liquor-drinker, the thief, the breaker of vows, the cheat —
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VrP 155.44
या गतिस्तां प्रपद्येऽहं यद्यहं नागमे पुनः ।। श्रीवराह उवाच।। सुधनस्य वचः श्रुत्वा सन्तुष्टो ब्रह्मराक्षसः
yā gatistāṃ prapadye'haṃ yadyahaṃ nāgame punaḥ || śrīvarāha uvāca|| sudhanasya vacaḥ śrutvā santuṣṭo brahmarākṣasaḥ
— whatever destination (is theirs), may I go to it, if I do not come again. Śrī Varāha said: Having heard Sudhana's words, the brahmin-demon was satisfied.
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VrP 155.45
उवाच मधुरं वाक्यं गच्छ शीघ्रं नमोऽस्तु ते।। ब्रह्मराक्षसमुक्तोऽसौ वणिक् तु दृढनिश्चयः
uvāca madhuraṃ vākyaṃ gaccha śīghraṃ namo'stu te|| brahmarākṣasamukto'sau vaṇik tu dṛḍhaniścayaḥ
He spoke a sweet word: "Go quickly; homage be to you." Addressed thus by the brahmin-demon, that merchant, firm in resolve,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 155.46
पुनर्नृत्यति चैवाग्रे मम भक्तो व्यवस्थितः ।। अथ प्रभातसमये नृत्यचित्तोऽति कोविदः
punarnṛtyati caivāgre mama bhakto vyavasthitaḥ || atha prabhātasamaye nṛtyacitto'ti kovidaḥ
again dances before me, established as my devotee. Then, at the time of dawn, with his mind on dancing, most skilled,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 155.47
पुनः पुनर्वै उच्चार्य नमो नारायणाय च।। निवृत्ते जागरे सोऽथ कालिन्दीसलिलाप्लुतः
punaḥ punarvai uccārya namo nārāyaṇāya ca|| nivṛtte jāgare so'tha kālindīsalilāplutaḥ
having uttered again and again "Homage to Nārāyaṇa," then, when the vigil was over, he, bathed in the water of the Kālindī,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 155.48
दृष्ट्वा मां दिव्यरूपं तु गतोऽसौ मथुरां पुरीम्।। दृष्टश्चाग्रे त्वहं तेन पुरुषो दिव्यरूपवान्
dṛṣṭvā māṃ divyarūpaṃ tu gato'sau mathurāṃ purīm|| dṛṣṭaścāgre tvahaṃ tena puruṣo divyarūpavān
and having seen me in my divine form, he went to the city of Mathurā; and ahead (of him) I was seen by him as a man of divine form.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 155.49
स च पृष्टो मया देवि क्व भवान्प्रस्थितो द्रुतम् ।। पुरुषस्य वचः श्रुत्वा सुधनो वाक्यमब्रवीत्
sa ca pṛṣṭo mayā devi kva bhavānprasthito drutam || puruṣasya vacaḥ śrutvā sudhano vākyamabravīt
And he was asked by me, O goddess, "Where are you setting out so hurriedly?" Having heard the man's words, Sudhana spoke (these) words.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 155.51
जीवतो धर्ममाहात्म्यं मृते धर्मः कुतो यशः ।। पुरुषस्य वचः श्रुत्वा स वणिग्वाक्यमब्रवीत्
jīvato dharmamāhātmyaṃ mṛte dharmaḥ kuto yaśaḥ || puruṣasya vacaḥ śrutvā sa vaṇigvākyamabravīt
"(Only) for one who lives is there the greatness of dharma; when one is dead, whence dharma, whence fame?" Having heard the man's words, that merchant spoke (these) words:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 155.52
तत्र सत्यं वदिष्यामि यास्ये राक्षससन्निधौ ।। आगतोऽहं महाभाग नर्त्तयित्वा यथासुखम्
tatra satyaṃ vadiṣyāmi yāsye rākṣasasannidhau || āgato'haṃ mahābhāga narttayitvā yathāsukham
"There I shall speak the truth; I shall go into the demon's presence. I have come, O greatly fortunate one, having danced to my heart's content
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 155.53
विष्णवे लोकनाथाय चागतो हरिजागरात् ।। इदं शरीरं मे रक्षो भक्षयस्व यथेप्सितम्
viṣṇave lokanāthāya cāgato harijāgarāt || idaṃ śarīraṃ me rakṣo bhakṣayasva yathepsitam
for Viṣṇu, the lord of the worlds; I have come from the vigil for Hari. (I shall say:) 'Demon, eat this body of mine as you wish,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 155.54
यथान्यायं विधानेन यथा वा तव रोचते ।। नोक्तपूर्वं मयाऽसत्यं कदाचिदपि राक्षस
yathānyāyaṃ vidhānena yathā vā tava rocate || noktapūrvaṃ mayā'satyaṃ kadācidapi rākṣasa
in due order, according to the rule, or as it pleases you. Never before, O demon, has an untruth been spoken by me;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 155.55
तेन सत्येन मां भुङ्क्ष्व ब्रह्मराक्षस दारुण ।। वणिजस्तु वचः श्रुत्वा ततोऽसौ ब्रह्मराक्षसः
tena satyena māṃ bhuṅkṣva brahmarākṣasa dāruṇa || vaṇijastu vacaḥ śrutvā tato'sau brahmarākṣasaḥ
by that truth, eat me, O terrible brahmin-demon.'" And having heard the merchant's words, that brahmin-demon then
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 155.56
उवाच मधुरं वाक्यं सुधनं तदनन्तरम् ।। साधु तुष्टोऽस्मि भद्रं ते सत्यं धर्मश्च पालितः
uvāca madhuraṃ vākyaṃ sudhanaṃ tadanantaram || sādhu tuṣṭo'smi bhadraṃ te satyaṃ dharmaśca pālitaḥ
thereupon spoke a sweet word to Sudhana: "Well done! I am pleased; blessings on you; truth and dharma have been upheld (by you).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 155.57
वणिक् त्वं चातिविज्ञस्तु यस्य ते गतिरीदृशी ।। जागरस्य समस्तस्य मम पुण्यं प्रयच्छ वै
vaṇik tvaṃ cātivijñastu yasya te gatirīdṛśī || jāgarasya samastasya mama puṇyaṃ prayaccha vai
You are a merchant, yet exceedingly wise, you whose conduct is such. Grant me, then, the merit of the entire vigil,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 155.58
सत्यपुण्यप्रभावेण यथाहं मुक्तिमाप्नुयाम् ।। सुधन उवाच।। नाहं दास्यामि ते पुण्यं नृत्यस्य नरभोजन
satyapuṇyaprabhāveṇa yathāhaṃ muktimāpnuyām || sudhana uvāca|| nāhaṃ dāsyāmi te puṇyaṃ nṛtyasya narabhojana
"— so that by the power of (that) merit of truth I may attain release." Sudhana said: "I will not give you the merit of my dancing, O eater of men,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 155.59
अर्द्धं वाथ समस्तं वा प्रहरं चार्द्धमेव वा ।। सुधनस्य वचः श्रुत्वा अब्रवीद्ब्रह्मराक्षसः
arddhaṃ vātha samastaṃ vā praharaṃ cārddhameva vā || sudhanasya vacaḥ śrutvā abravīdbrahmarākṣasaḥ
neither half nor the whole, nor even a watch (of the night) or half of one." Hearing Sudhana's words, the brahma-rākṣasa spoke.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 155.61
केन त्वं कर्मदोषेण राक्षसत्वमुपागतः ।। यत्ते गुह्यं महाभाग सर्वं तत्कथयस्व मे
kena tvaṃ karmadoṣeṇa rākṣasatvamupāgataḥ || yatte guhyaṃ mahābhāga sarvaṃ tatkathayasva me
"By what fault of deed have you come to the state of a rākṣasa? Whatever is your secret, greatly fortunate one, tell me all of it."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 155.62
सुधनस्य वचः श्रुत्वा विहसित्वाह राक्षसः ।। किं त्वं मां च विजानासि प्रतिवासि ह्यहं तव
sudhanasya vacaḥ śrutvā vihasitvāha rākṣasaḥ || kiṃ tvaṃ māṃ ca vijānāsi prativāsi hyahaṃ tava
Hearing Sudhana's words, the rākṣasa laughed and said: "Do you then know me? For I am your neighbour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 155.63
अग्निदत्तस्तु वै नाम छान्दसो ब्राह्मणोत्तमः ।। इष्टकांस्तु हरन्नित्यं परकीयांश्च सर्वदा
agnidattastu vai nāma chāndaso brāhmaṇottamaḥ || iṣṭakāṃstu harannityaṃ parakīyāṃśca sarvadā
Agnidatta indeed was (my) name, a Vedic reciter, foremost among brahmins; but always and continually I used to steal bricks belonging to others.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 155.64
मृतस्सुगृहकामेन राक्षसत्वमुपागतः ।। मया त्वं हि यथा प्राप्त उपकारं कुरुष्व मे
mṛtassugṛhakāmena rākṣasatvamupāgataḥ || mayā tvaṃ hi yathā prāpta upakāraṃ kuruṣva me
Having died, from desiring a fine house I came to the state of a rākṣasa. Since you have been met with by me, do me a favour:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 155.65
एकविश्रामपुण्यं मे देहि त्वं वणिगुत्तम ।। कृपया तु समायुक्तो वणिग्वचनमब्रवीत्
ekaviśrāmapuṇyaṃ me dehi tvaṃ vaṇiguttama || kṛpayā tu samāyukto vaṇigvacanamabravīt
give me the merit of a single resting, O best of merchants." Filled with compassion, the merchant spoke these words:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 155.66
साधु राक्षस दत्तं ते एकनृत्यं मया तव ।। एकनृत्यप्रभावेण राक्षसो मुक्तिमागतः
sādhu rākṣasa dattaṃ te ekanṛtyaṃ mayā tava || ekanṛtyaprabhāveṇa rākṣaso muktimāgataḥ
"Well then, rākṣasa, it is given to you: one dance of mine (I give) to you." By the power of that one dance the rākṣasa attained release.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 155.67
श्रीवराह उवाच ।। सुधनस्तु ततो देवि विश्वरूपं जनार्दनम् ।। अग्रतस्तु स्थितं देवं दृष्ट्वाऽसौ धरणीं गतः
śrīvarāha uvāca || sudhanastu tato devi viśvarūpaṃ janārdanam || agratastu sthitaṃ devaṃ dṛṣṭvā'sau dharaṇīṃ gataḥ
Śrī Varāha said: Then, O goddess, Sudhana, seeing the god Janārdana of universal form standing before him, fell to the ground.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 155.68
उवाच मधुरं वाक्यं देवदेवो जनार्दनः।। चतुर्भुजो दिव्यतनुः शंखचक्रगदाधरः
uvāca madhuraṃ vākyaṃ devadevo janārdanaḥ|| caturbhujo divyatanuḥ śaṃkhacakragadādharaḥ
The god of gods Janārdana, four-armed, of divine body, bearing conch, discus and mace, spoke sweet words:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 155.69
विमानवरमारुह्य मम लोकं व्रजस्व च ।। इत्युक्त्वा माधवो देवस्तत्रैवान्तरधीयत
vimānavaramāruhya mama lokaṃ vrajasva ca || ityuktvā mādhavo devastatraivāntaradhīyata
"Mounting an excellent celestial car, go to my world." Having said this, the god Mādhava vanished on the spot.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 155.71
एष तीर्थप्रभावो वै कथितस्ते वसुन्धरे ।। अक्रूराच्च परं तीर्थं न भूतं न भविष्यति
eṣa tīrthaprabhāvo vai kathitaste vasundhare || akrūrācca paraṃ tīrthaṃ na bhūtaṃ na bhaviṣyati
This power of the sacred ford has been told to you, O Vasundharā; there has not been, nor will there be, a ford greater than Akrūra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 155.72
तस्य तीर्थप्रभावेण सुधनो मुक्तिमाप्तवान् ।। द्वादशी शुक्लपक्षे तु कुमुदस्य च वा भवेत्
tasya tīrthaprabhāveṇa sudhano muktimāptavān || dvādaśī śuklapakṣe tu kumudasya ca vā bhavet
By the power of that ford Sudhana attained release. And when the twelfth of the bright fortnight (falls together) with the Kumuda (asterism)—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 155.73
तस्मिन्स्नातस्य वसुधे राजसूयफलं भवेत् ।। कार्त्तिकीं समनुप्राप्य तत्तीर्थे तु वसुन्धरे
tasminsnātasya vasudhe rājasūyaphalaṃ bhavet || kārttikīṃ samanuprāpya tattīrthe tu vasundhare
for one who has bathed there, O Earth, there is the fruit of a Rājasūya sacrifice. Reaching the full-moon day of Kārttika at that ford, O Vasundharā,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 155.74
वृषोत्सर्गं नरः कुर्वंस्तारयेत्सकुलोद्भवान् ।। श्राद्धं यः कुरुते सुभ्रु कार्तिक्यां प्रयतो नरः
vṛṣotsargaṃ naraḥ kurvaṃstārayetsakulodbhavān || śrāddhaṃ yaḥ kurute subhru kārtikyāṃ prayato naraḥ
a man performing the release of a bull would carry across those born in his family. The man who, self-restrained, performs the śrāddha on the full moon of Kārttika, O fair-browed one—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 155.75
पितरस्तारितास्तेन सदैव प्रपितामहाः
pitarastāritāstena sadaiva prapitāmahāḥ
by him the fathers are carried across, and the great-grandfathers likewise forever.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 155.155
मानकूटं तुलाकूटं न करोति स कर्हिचित् ।। एवं च वसतस्तस्य बहवो वत्सरा गताः तत्र जागरणं कृत्वा प्रभाते तव सन्निधौ ।। आगमिष्याम्यहं शीघ्रमादित्योदयनं प्रति स्वर्गमिच्छन्ति सत्येन मोक्षः सत्येन लभ्यते।। सत्येन सूर्यस्तपति सोमः सत्येन राजते अभिगच्छति मन्दात्मा तत्पापं मे भवेत्तदा ।। राजपत्नीं ब्रह्मपत्नीं विधवां योऽभिगच्छति अहं गच्छामि त्वरितो ब्रह्मराक्षससन्निधौ ।। निवारयामास तदा न गंतव्यं त्वयानघ एकनृत्यस्य मे पुण्यं दद त्वं वणिगुत्तम ।। सुधन उवाच ।। नाऽहं दास्यामि ते पुण्यं यथोक्तं च समाचर सुधनः सशरीरोऽपि सकुटुंबो दिवं ययौ ।। विमानवरमारुह्य विष्णोर्लोकं जगाम ह
mānakūṭaṃ tulākūṭaṃ na karoti sa karhicit || evaṃ ca vasatastasya bahavo vatsarā gatāḥ tatra jāgaraṇaṃ kṛtvā prabhāte tava sannidhau || āgamiṣyāmyahaṃ śīghramādityodayanaṃ prati svargamicchanti satyena mokṣaḥ satyena labhyate|| satyena sūryastapati somaḥ satyena rājate abhigacchati mandātmā tatpāpaṃ me bhavettadā || rājapatnīṃ brahmapatnīṃ vidhavāṃ yo'bhigacchati ahaṃ gacchāmi tvarito brahmarākṣasasannidhau || nivārayāmāsa tadā na gaṃtavyaṃ tvayānagha ekanṛtyasya me puṇyaṃ dada tvaṃ vaṇiguttama || sudhana uvāca || nā'haṃ dāsyāmi te puṇyaṃ yathoktaṃ ca samācara sudhanaḥ saśarīro'pi sakuṭuṃbo divaṃ yayau || vimānavaramāruhya viṣṇorlokaṃ jagāma ha
He never commits fraud in measure or fraud in the scales. And as he dwelt thus, many years passed. "Having kept the vigil there, at dawn I shall come quickly into your presence, toward the rising of the sun. (Men) desire heaven by truth; release is obtained by truth; by truth the sun burns, by truth the moon shines. (If) a dull-minded man goes (to another's wife), let that sin be mine then—(the sin of) him who goes to a king's wife, a brahmin's wife, or a widow. I go in haste into the presence of the brahma-rākṣasa." Then she forbade (him): "You must not go, O sinless one." "Give me the merit of one dance, O best of merchants." Sudhana said: "I will not give you the merit; act as has been said." Sudhana, even with his body and with his family, went to heaven; mounting an excellent celestial car he went indeed to the world of Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain