Varaha Purana — Chapter 187
VrP 187.1
अथ सृष्टिपितृयज्ञौ ।। सूत उवाच ।। एवं नारायणाच्छ्रुत्वा सा मही संशितव्रता ।। कराभ्यामञ्जलिं कृत्वा माधवं पुनरब्रवीत्
atha sṛṣṭipitṛyajñau || sūta uvāca || evaṃ nārāyaṇācchrutvā sā mahī saṃśitavratā || karābhyāmañjaliṃ kṛtvā mādhavaṃ punarabravīt
— tr. refused: cyber
VrP 187.2
धरण्युवाच ।। श्रुतमेतन्मयाख्यानं क्षेत्रस्य च महत्फलम् ।। एकं मे परमं गुह्यं तद्भवान्वक्तुमर्हति
dharaṇyuvāca || śrutametanmayākhyānaṃ kṣetrasya ca mahatphalam || ekaṃ me paramaṃ guhyaṃ tadbhavānvaktumarhati
The Earth said: I have heard this narrative and the great fruit of the (sacred) field. There is one supreme secret (I wish to know) from you; be pleased to tell it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.3
पितृयज्ञस्य माहात्म्यं सोमदत्तो नराधिपः ।। मृगयां समुपागम्य यत्त्वया पूर्वभाषितम्
pitṛyajñasya māhātmyaṃ somadatto narādhipaḥ || mṛgayāṃ samupāgamya yattvayā pūrvabhāṣitam
(Tell me) the greatness of the sacrifice to the ancestors — that which you spoke of before, (the story of) King Somadatta, who had gone out on a hunt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 187.4
को गुणः पितृयज्ञस्य कथमेव प्रयुज्यते ।। केन चोत्पादितं श्राद्धं कस्मिन्नर्थे किमात्मकम्
ko guṇaḥ pitṛyajñasya kathameva prayujyate || kena cotpāditaṃ śrāddhaṃ kasminnarthe kimātmakam
"What is the virtue of the sacrifice to the fathers, and how exactly is it performed? By whom was the śrāddha instituted, for what purpose, and of what nature is it?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.5
एतदिच्छाम्यहं श्रोतुं विस्तरेण वदस्व मे।। श्रीवराह उवाच ।। साधु भूमे महाभागे यन्मां त्वं परिपृच्छसि
etadicchāmyahaṃ śrotuṃ vistareṇa vadasva me|| śrīvarāha uvāca || sādhu bhūme mahābhāge yanmāṃ tvaṃ paripṛcchasi
"This I wish to hear; tell it to me in detail." The blessed Boar said: "Well (asked), O Earth of great fortune, in that you question me (thus)."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.6
मोहितासि वरारोहे भाराक्रान्ता वसुन्धरे ।। दिव्यां ददामि ते बुद्धिं शृणु सुन्दरि तत्त्वतः
mohitāsi varārohe bhārākrāntā vasundhare || divyāṃ dadāmi te buddhiṃ śṛṇu sundari tattvataḥ
"You are bewildered, O fair-hipped one, weighed down by (your) burden, O Vasundharā. I give you divine understanding; listen, O beautiful one, to the truth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.7
कथयिष्यामि ते ह्येवं श्राद्धोत्पत्तिविनिश्चयम् ।। आदौ स्वर्गस्य चोत्पत्तिं देवानां च वरानने
kathayiṣyāmi te hyevaṃ śrāddhotpattiviniścayam || ādau svargasya cotpattiṃ devānāṃ ca varānane
"Thus I shall relate to you the settled account of the origin of the śrāddha, and first the origin of heaven and of the gods, O fair-faced one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.8
निष्प्रभेऽस्मिन्निरालोके सर्वतस्तमसावृते ।। स्रष्टुं वै बुद्धिरुत्पन्ना त्रैलोक्यं सचराचरम्
niṣprabhe'sminnirāloke sarvatastamasāvṛte || sraṣṭuṃ vai buddhirutpannā trailokyaṃ sacarācaram
"When this (universe) was without radiance, without light, covered everywhere by darkness, the thought arose (in me) to create the three worlds with (all that) moves and does not move.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.9
सोऽहं च शेषपर्यङ्के एकश्चैव पराङ्मुखः ।। स्वपामि च वरारोहे अनन्तशयने ह्यहम्
so'haṃ ca śeṣaparyaṅke ekaścaiva parāṅmukhaḥ || svapāmi ca varārohe anantaśayane hyaham
"And I, alone, turned away (from all), sleep on the couch of Śeṣa, O fair-hipped one — I (sleep) upon the endless resting-place.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.10
कण्ठस्थानं गते जीवे भीतिविभ्रान्तमानसः ॥ ज्ञात्वा च विह्वलं तत्र शीघ्रं निःसारयेद्गृहात्
kaṇṭhasthānaṃ gate jīve bhītivibhrāntamānasaḥ || jñātvā ca vihvalaṃ tatra śīghraṃ niḥsārayedgṛhāt
"When the life-breath has come to the region of the throat, (a man is) one whose mind is confused with fear; and knowing him to be in distress there, one should quickly carry (him) out of the house.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 187.11
युगं युगसहस्राणि यास्यन्ति च गतानि च ।। न त्वं मम विजानासि ज्ञातुं मायां यशस्विनि
yugaṃ yugasahasrāṇi yāsyanti ca gatāni ca || na tvaṃ mama vijānāsi jñātuṃ māyāṃ yaśasvini
"An age, and thousands of ages, will pass and have passed; you do not know how to know my māyā, O illustrious one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.12
धारितं मम सुश्रोणि दिवा पंचशतानि च ।। वाराहं रूपमादाय न जानासि हि भामिनि
dhāritaṃ mama suśroṇi divā paṃcaśatāni ca || vārāhaṃ rūpamādāya na jānāsi hi bhāmini
"You have been upheld by me, O fair-hipped one, for five hundred days, taking the form of the Boar — indeed you do not know (it), O lovely one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 187.13
यन्मां पृच्छसि वै ज्ञातुमात्मानं च यशस्विनि ।। एकमूर्त्तिस्त्रिधा जातो ब्रह्मविष्णु हरात्मकः
yanmāṃ pṛcchasi vai jñātumātmānaṃ ca yaśasvini || ekamūrttistridhā jāto brahmaviṣṇu harātmakaḥ
"As to what you ask me, wishing to know the Self, O illustrious one: (I am) a single form born in three ways, having the nature of Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Hara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.14
क्रोधहेतोर्मया सृष्ट ईश्वरोऽसुरनाशनः ।। मम नाभ्यामभूत्पद्मं पद्मगर्भः पितामहः
krodhahetormayā sṛṣṭa īśvaro'suranāśanaḥ || mama nābhyāmabhūtpadmaṃ padmagarbhaḥ pitāmahaḥ
"For the sake of wrath the Lord, destroyer of the asuras, was created by me; from my navel arose the lotus, (and) the Grandfather (Brahmā), born in the lotus.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.15
एवं त्रयो वयं देवाः कृत्वा ह्येकार्णवां महीम् ।। तिष्ठाम परमप्रीत्या मायां कृत्वा तु वैष्णवीम्
evaṃ trayo vayaṃ devāḥ kṛtvā hyekārṇavāṃ mahīm || tiṣṭhāma paramaprītyā māyāṃ kṛtvā tu vaiṣṇavīm
"Thus we three gods, having made the earth a single ocean, remained with the utmost pleasure, having produced the Vaiṣṇava māyā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.16
सर्वं तज्जलपूर्णं तु न चाज्ञायत किञ्चन ।। वटमेकं वर्जयित्वा विष्णुमूलं यशोद्रुमम्
sarvaṃ tajjalapūrṇaṃ tu na cājñāyata kiñcana || vaṭamekaṃ varjayitvā viṣṇumūlaṃ yaśodrumam
"All that was filled with water, and nothing whatever was perceived, except for a single banyan, the tree of glory rooted in Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.17
तिष्ठाम वटवृक्षेऽहं मायया बालरूपधृक् ।। पश्यामि च जगत्सर्वं त्रैलोक्यं यन्मया कृतम्
tiṣṭhāma vaṭavṛkṣe'haṃ māyayā bālarūpadhṛk || paśyāmi ca jagatsarvaṃ trailokyaṃ yanmayā kṛtam
"We remained on the banyan tree, I bearing by māyā the form of a child, and I behold the whole world, the three worlds that were made by me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.18
वारयामि वरारोहे जानासि त्वं धरे शुभे ।। कालेन तु तदा देवि कृत्वा वै वडवामुखम्
vārayāmi varārohe jānāsi tvaṃ dhare śubhe || kālena tu tadā devi kṛtvā vai vaḍavāmukham
"I hold (it) back, O fair-hipped one — you know (this), O auspicious Earth. But then, O goddess, in the course of time, having made the mare's mouth (vaḍavāmukha),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 187.19
विनिस्सृतं जलं तत्र मायया तदनन्तरम् ।। प्रलये च विनिर्वृत्ते ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः
vinissṛtaṃ jalaṃ tatra māyayā tadanantaram || pralaye ca vinirvṛtte brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ
the water there flowed out by māyā, and immediately thereafter, when the dissolution had come to an end, Brahmā, the grandfather of the worlds (…)
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.21
एवमुक्तो मया देवि गृह्य तत्र कमण्डलुम् ।। उपस्पृश्य शुचिर्भूत्वा ब्रह्मा चोत्पादयन्सुरान्
evamukto mayā devi gṛhya tatra kamaṇḍalum || upaspṛśya śucirbhūtvā brahmā cotpādayansurān
"Thus addressed by me, O goddess, taking up his water-pot there, sipping water and becoming pure, Brahmā brought forth the gods:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.22
आदित्या वसवो रुद्रा अश्विनौ च मरुद्गणाः ।। तारणार्थं च सर्वेषां ब्राह्मणान्भुवि दैवतान्
ādityā vasavo rudrā aśvinau ca marudgaṇāḥ || tāraṇārthaṃ ca sarveṣāṃ brāhmaṇānbhuvi daivatān
the Ādityas, the Vasus, the Rudras, the two Aśvins and the hosts of Maruts; and for the deliverance of all, the brāhmaṇas, the gods upon earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.23
बाहुभ्यां क्षत्रमुत्पन्नं वैश्या ऊरुविनिःस्सृताः ।। पद्भ्यां विनिःसृताः शूद्राः सर्ववर्णोपचारकाः
bāhubhyāṃ kṣatramutpannaṃ vaiśyā ūruviniḥssṛtāḥ || padbhyāṃ viniḥsṛtāḥ śūdrāḥ sarvavarṇopacārakāḥ
From (his) two arms the kṣatriya (class) arose, the vaiśyas came forth from (his) thighs; from (his) feet came forth the śūdras, the servants of all the classes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.24
देवताश्चासुरा देवि जातास्ते ब्रह्मणस्तथा ।। देवता ह्यसुराः सर्वे तपोवीर्यबलान्विताः
devatāścāsurā devi jātāste brahmaṇastathā || devatā hyasurāḥ sarve tapovīryabalānvitāḥ
Both gods and asuras, O goddess, were born of Brahmā in this way; the gods and all the asuras were endowed with ascetic power, valour and strength.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.26
दित्यां च जनिताः पुत्रा असुराः सुरशत्रवः ।। प्रजापतिश्चाजनयदृषींश्चैव तपोधनान्
dityāṃ ca janitāḥ putrā asurāḥ suraśatravaḥ || prajāpatiścājanayadṛṣīṃścaiva tapodhanān
And in Diti were born sons, the Asuras, enemies of the gods; and Prajāpati also generated the seers, whose wealth was austerity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.27
तेजसा भास्कराकाराः सर्वे शास्त्रविदो द्विजाः ।। तेषां पुत्राश्च पौत्राश्च जनिता ब्रह्मसूनुना
tejasā bhāskarākārāḥ sarve śāstravido dvijāḥ || teṣāṃ putrāśca pautrāśca janitā brahmasūnunā
In their splendour they were of the sun's form, all of them twice-born knowers of the scriptures; and their sons and grandsons were begotten by the son of Brahmā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.28
निमेस्तु वंशसम्भूतो आत्रेय इति विश्रुतः ।। जातमात्रो महात्मा स श्रीमांश्चापि तपोनिधिः
nimestu vaṃśasambhūto ātreya iti viśrutaḥ || jātamātro mahātmā sa śrīmāṃścāpi taponidhiḥ
But one born in the lineage of Nimi was renowned as Ātreya; that great-souled one, as soon as he was born, was glorious and a treasury of austerity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.29
आदित्या वसवो रुद्रा अश्विनौ च मरुद्गणाः ।। देवतास्तु त्रयस्त्रिंशददित्यां जनयन्पुरा एकचित्तं समाधाय तपश्चरति निश्चलः ।। पंचाग्निर्वायुभक्षश्च एकपादोर्द्ध्वबाहुकः
ādityā vasavo rudrā aśvinau ca marudgaṇāḥ || devatāstu trayastriṃśadadityāṃ janayanpurā ekacittaṃ samādhāya tapaścarati niścalaḥ || paṃcāgnirvāyubhakṣaśca ekapādorddhvabāhukaḥ
The Ādityas, the Vasus, the Rudras, the two Aśvins and the hosts of Maruts — the thirty-three gods — she formerly bore in Aditi. Fixing his mind on one point, he practises austerity, unmoving: (surrounded by) five fires, feeding on air, on one foot with arms upraised.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 187.31
वर्षाणां च सहस्राणि तपस्तप्त्वा वसुन्धरे ।। मृत्युकालमनुप्राप्तस्ततः पञ्चत्वमागतः
varṣāṇāṃ ca sahasrāṇi tapastaptvā vasundhare || mṛtyukālamanuprāptastataḥ pañcatvamāgataḥ
And having practised austerity for thousands of years, O Vasundharā, he reached the time of death and then went to dissolution.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.32
नष्टं च तं सुतं दृष्ट्वा निमेः शोक उपाविशत् ।। पुत्रशोकाभिसंयुक्तो दिवा रात्रौ च चिन्तयन्
naṣṭaṃ ca taṃ sutaṃ dṛṣṭvā nimeḥ śoka upāviśat || putraśokābhisaṃyukto divā rātrau ca cintayan
And seeing that son perished, grief settled upon Nimi; overcome by sorrow for his son, he brooded by day and by night.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.33
निमिः कृत्वा ततः शोकं विधानात्तत्र माधवि ।। तं मनोगतसंकल्पं त्रिरात्रे प्रत्यपद्यत
nimiḥ kṛtvā tataḥ śokaṃ vidhānāttatra mādhavi || taṃ manogatasaṃkalpaṃ trirātre pratyapadyata
Then Nimi, having performed the mourning there according to the prescription, O Mādhavī, arrived at that resolve formed in his mind on the third night.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.34
तस्य प्रतिविशुद्धस्य माघमासे तु द्वादशीम् ।। मानसं सृज्य विषयं बुद्धिर्विस्तारगामिनी
tasya prativiśuddhasya māghamāse tu dvādaśīm || mānasaṃ sṛjya viṣayaṃ buddhirvistāragāminī
When he had been purified, on the twelfth (day) of the month of Māgha, casting off the mental object (of sense), his understanding went forth in expansion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 187.35
स निमिश्चिन्तयामास श्राद्धकल्पं समाहितः ।। यानि तस्यैव भोज्यानि मूलानि च फलानि च
sa nimiścintayāmāsa śrāddhakalpaṃ samāhitaḥ || yāni tasyaiva bhojyāni mūlāni ca phalāni ca
That Nimi, concentrated, reflected upon the rite of the śrāddha: whatever foods, roots and fruits were his very own (favourites),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.36
यानि कानि च भक्ष्याणि नवश्च रससंभवः ।। यानि तस्यैव चेष्टानि सर्वमेतदुदाहरेत्
yāni kāni ca bhakṣyāṇi navaśca rasasaṃbhavaḥ || yāni tasyaiva ceṣṭāni sarvametadudāharet
and whatever things were eatable, and the fresh produce of juices, and whatever things were dear to him — all this one should offer.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.37
आमन्त्र्य ब्राह्मणं पूर्वं शुचिर्भूत्वा समाहितः ।। दक्षिणावर्ततः सर्वमकरोदृषिसत्तमः
āmantrya brāhmaṇaṃ pūrvaṃ śucirbhūtvā samāhitaḥ || dakṣiṇāvartataḥ sarvamakarodṛṣisattamaḥ
Having first invited a Brahmin, having become pure and concentrated, that best of seers performed everything from left to right (keeping the right side toward it).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.38
सप्तकृत्वस्ततस्तत्र युगपत्समुपाविशत् ।। दत्त्वा तु मांसशाकानि मूलानि च फलानि च
saptakṛtvastatastatra yugapatsamupāviśat || dattvā tu māṃsaśākāni mūlāni ca phalāni ca
Then he seated them there seven times over, all at once, and gave meats and vegetables, and roots and fruits.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 187.39
पूजयित्वा तु विप्रान्स सप्तकृत्वश्च सुन्दरि ।। कृत्वा तु दक्षिणाग्रांश्च कुशांश्च प्रयतः शुचिः
pūjayitvā tu viprānsa saptakṛtvaśca sundari || kṛtvā tu dakṣiṇāgrāṃśca kuśāṃśca prayataḥ śuciḥ
And having honoured the Brahmins seven times, O lovely one, and having laid the kuśa grass with tips to the south, restrained and pure,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.41
एवं दिने गते भद्रे ह्यस्तं प्राप्ते दिवाकरे ।। ब्रह्म कर्मोत्तमं दिव्यं भावसाध्यमुपासत
evaṃ dine gate bhadre hyastaṃ prāpte divākare || brahma karmottamaṃ divyaṃ bhāvasādhyamupāsata
— thus, when the day had passed, O gentle one, and the sun had reached its setting, he attended upon the supreme divine act of Brahman, to be accomplished by (inner) disposition:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.42
एकाकी यतचित्तात्मा निराशी निष्परिग्रहः ।। शुचौ देशे प्रतिष्ठाप्य स्थिरमासनमात्मनः
ekākī yatacittātmā nirāśī niṣparigrahaḥ || śucau deśe pratiṣṭhāpya sthiramāsanamātmanaḥ
alone, with mind and self restrained, without expectation, without possessions, having set up in a clean place a firm seat for himself,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.43
नात्युच्चं नातिनीचं च चेलाजिनकुशोत्तरम् ।। तत्रैकाग्रं मनः कृत्वा यतचित्तो जितेन्द्रियः
nātyuccaṃ nātinīcaṃ ca celājinakuśottaram || tatraikāgraṃ manaḥ kṛtvā yatacitto jitendriyaḥ
neither too high nor too low, covered over with cloth, a skin and kuśa grass — there, making his mind one-pointed, with restrained thought and conquered senses,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.44
उपविश्यासनेऽयुञ्जद्योगमात्मविशुद्धये ।। समं कायशिरोग्रीवं धारयन्नचलं स्थितः
upaviśyāsane'yuñjadyogamātmaviśuddhaye || samaṃ kāyaśirogrīvaṃ dhārayannacalaṃ sthitaḥ
having sat down on the seat, he joined himself to yoga for the purification of the self, holding body, head and neck level, standing motionless,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.45
संप्रेक्ष्य नासिकाग्रं स्वं दिशश्चानवलोकयन् ।। प्रकाशात्मा विगतभीर्ब्रह्मचारी व्रते स्थितः
saṃprekṣya nāsikāgraṃ svaṃ diśaścānavalokayan || prakāśātmā vigatabhīrbrahmacārī vrate sthitaḥ
gazing at the tip of his own nose and not looking about at the directions, luminous in self, with fear gone, chaste, established in his vow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.46
संयम्य मयि चित्तं यो युक्त आसीत मत्परः ।। प्रयुञ्जीत तदात्मानं मद्भक्तो नान्यमानसः
saṃyamya mayi cittaṃ yo yukta āsīta matparaḥ || prayuñjīta tadātmānaṃ madbhakto nānyamānasaḥ
"He who, restraining his thought in me, should sit disciplined, intent on me — let him so apply himself, devoted to me, with mind on nothing else."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.47
एवं निवृत्तसंध्यायां ततो रात्रिरुपागता ।। पुनश्चिन्तितुमारब्धः शोकसंविग्नमानसः
evaṃ nivṛttasaṃdhyāyāṃ tato rātrirupāgatā || punaścintitumārabdhaḥ śokasaṃvignamānasaḥ
Thus, when the twilight had ended, night then came on; and he began to brood again, his mind agitated with grief.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.48
कृत्वा तु पिण्ड संकल्पं पश्चात्तापं चकार ह ।। अकृतं मुनिभिः सर्वं किं मया तदनुष्ठितम्
kṛtvā tu piṇḍa saṃkalpaṃ paścāttāpaṃ cakāra ha || akṛtaṃ munibhiḥ sarvaṃ kiṃ mayā tadanuṣṭhitam
But having made the resolve (to offer) the funeral rice-ball, he afterwards felt remorse: "All this was never done by the sages — what is this that I have performed?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.49
निवापकर्म ह्यशुचि पुत्रार्थे विनियोजितम् ।। अहो स्नेहप्रभावेण मया चाकृतबुद्धिना
nivāpakarma hyaśuci putrārthe viniyojitam || aho snehaprabhāveṇa mayā cākṛtabuddhinā
For the offering-rite (of the dead) is impure, (yet) it has been employed for the sake of a son. Alas, through the power of affection, by me, whose mind was unformed—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.51
किं वक्ष्यन्ति च मां सर्वे ये वै पितृपदे स्थिताः ।। एवं विचिन्त्यमानस्य गता रात्रिर्वसुन्धरे
kiṃ vakṣyanti ca māṃ sarve ye vai pitṛpade sthitāḥ || evaṃ vicintyamānasya gatā rātrirvasundhare
And what will they all say of me, those who are established in the station of the fathers? While he was thus brooding, the night passed, O Vasundharā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.52
पूर्वसन्ध्यानु सम्प्राप्ता उदिते च दिवाकरे ।। सन्ध्याविधिं विनिर्वर्त्त्य हुत्वाग्नीन्द्विजसत्तमः
pūrvasandhyānu samprāptā udite ca divākare || sandhyāvidhiṃ vinirvarttya hutvāgnīndvijasattamaḥ
The early twilight came on, and when the sun had risen, that best of brahmins, having completed the twilight rite and offered oblations into the fires,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.53
पुनश्चिन्तां प्रपन्नः स आत्रेयो ह्यतिदुःखितः ।। एकाकी भाषते तत्र शोकपीडितमानसः
punaścintāṃ prapannaḥ sa ātreyo hyatiduḥkhitaḥ || ekākī bhāṣate tatra śokapīḍitamānasaḥ
that son of Atri, exceedingly grieved, again fell into brooding; alone there, his mind afflicted with sorrow, he spoke:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.54
धिग्वयो धिक्च मे कर्म धिग्बलं धिक्च जीवितम् ।। पुत्रं सर्वसुखैर्युक्तं जीवितं हि न दृश्यते
dhigvayo dhikca me karma dhigbalaṃ dhikca jīvitam || putraṃ sarvasukhairyuktaṃ jīvitaṃ hi na dṛśyate
"Fie on my age, fie on my work, fie on my strength, and fie on my life! For my son, endowed with every happiness, is not seen alive.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.55
नरकं पूतिकाख्यातं हृदि दुःखं विदुर्बुधाः ।। परित्राणं ततः पुत्रादिच्छन्तीह परत्र च
narakaṃ pūtikākhyātaṃ hṛdi duḥkhaṃ vidurbudhāḥ || paritrāṇaṃ tataḥ putrādicchantīha paratra ca
The wise know the hell called Pūtika to be a pain in the heart; therefore they desire deliverance from it through a son, here and in the world beyond.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 187.56
पूजयित्वा तु देवांश्च दत्त्वा दानं त्वनेकशः ।। हुत्वाग्निं विधिवच्चैव स्वर्गं तु लभते नरः
pūjayitvā tu devāṃśca dattvā dānaṃ tvanekaśaḥ || hutvāgniṃ vidhivaccaiva svargaṃ tu labhate naraḥ
Having worshipped the gods and given gifts many times over, and having offered into the fire according to rule, a man attains heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.57
पुत्रेण लभते येन पौत्रेण च पितामहाः ।। अथ पुत्रस्य पौत्रेण मोदन्ते प्रपितामहाः
putreṇa labhate yena pautreṇa ca pitāmahāḥ || atha putrasya pautreṇa modante prapitāmahāḥ
(Heaven) which one attains by a son, and by a grandson the grandfathers (attain it); and by a son's grandson the great-grandfathers rejoice.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.58
पुत्रेण श्रीमता हीनं नाहं जीवितुमुत्सहे ।। एतस्मिन्नन्तरे देवि नारदो द्विजसत्तमः
putreṇa śrīmatā hīnaṃ nāhaṃ jīvitumutsahe || etasminnantare devi nārado dvijasattamaḥ
Bereft of my son Śrīmān, I have no will to live." At that very moment, O goddess, Nārada, the best of brahmins,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.59
जगाम तापसारण्यमृष्याश्रमविभूषितम् ।। सर्वकामयुतं रम्यं बहुपुष्पफलोदकम्
jagāma tāpasāraṇyamṛṣyāśramavibhūṣitam || sarvakāmayutaṃ ramyaṃ bahupuṣpaphalodakam
went to the forest of ascetics, adorned with the hermitages of seers, provided with everything desirable, delightful, with abundant flowers, fruit and water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.61
तस्मै दत्त्वा पाद्यमर्घ्यं आसने चोपवेश्य च ।। उपविश्यासने देवि नारदो वाक्यमब्रवीत
tasmai dattvā pādyamarghyaṃ āsane copaveśya ca || upaviśyāsane devi nārado vākyamabravīta
Having given him water for the feet and the guest-offering, and having seated him on a seat, Nārada, seated on the seat, spoke these words, O goddess.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.62
नारद उवाच ।। निमे शृणु महाप्राज्ञ शोकमुत्सृज्य दूरतः ।। अशोच्यानन्वशोचस्त्वं प्रज्ञावान्नावबुध्यसे
nārada uvāca || nime śṛṇu mahāprājña śokamutsṛjya dūrataḥ || aśocyānanvaśocastvaṃ prajñāvānnāvabudhyase
Nārada said: Listen, Nimi, greatly wise one, casting sorrow far away. You have grieved for those not to be grieved for; though possessed of wisdom, you do not understand.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.63
गतासूनगतासूंश्च नानुशोचन्ति पण्डिताः ।। मृतं वा यदि वा नष्टं यो यान्तमनुशोचति
gatāsūnagatāsūṃśca nānuśocanti paṇḍitāḥ || mṛtaṃ vā yadi vā naṣṭaṃ yo yāntamanuśocati
The learned do not grieve for those whose breath has gone nor for those whose breath has not gone. Whoever grieves for one dead or lost, for one who is departing—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.64
अमित्रास्तस्य हृष्यन्ति स चापि न निवर्त्तते ।। अमरत्वं न पश्यामि त्रैलोक्ये सचराचरे
amitrāstasya hṛṣyanti sa cāpi na nivarttate || amaratvaṃ na paśyāmi trailokye sacarācare
his enemies rejoice, and that one too does not come back. I see no immortality in the three worlds with all that moves and does not move.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.65
देवतासुरगन्धर्वा मानुषा मृगपक्षिणः ।। सर्वे कालवशं यान्ति सर्वे कालमुदीक्षते
devatāsuragandharvā mānuṣā mṛgapakṣiṇaḥ || sarve kālavaśaṃ yānti sarve kālamudīkṣate
Gods, asuras, gandharvas, men, beasts and birds — all go under the sway of Time; Time watches over all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.66
जातस्य सर्वभूतस्य कालो मृत्युरुपस्थितः ।। अवश्यं चैव गन्तव्यं कृतान्तविहितेन च
jātasya sarvabhūtasya kālo mṛtyurupasthitaḥ || avaśyaṃ caiva gantavyaṃ kṛtāntavihitena ca
For every being that is born, the time (of) death stands ready; and one must inevitably go, by what has been ordained by the Ender.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.67
तव पुत्रो महात्मा वै श्रीमान्नाम श्रियो निधिः ।। पूर्णं वर्षसहस्रं तु तपः कृत्वा सुदुश्चरम्
tava putro mahātmā vai śrīmānnāma śriyo nidhiḥ || pūrṇaṃ varṣasahasraṃ tu tapaḥ kṛtvā suduścaram
Your great-souled son, named Śrīmān, a treasury of splendour, having performed most difficult austerity for a full thousand years,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.68
मृत्युकालमनुप्राप्य गतो दिव्यां परां गतिम् ।। एतत्सर्वं विदित्वा तु नानुशोचितुमर्हति
mṛtyukālamanuprāpya gato divyāṃ parāṃ gatim || etatsarvaṃ viditvā tu nānuśocitumarhati
reached the time of death and went to the highest divine goal. Knowing all this, one ought not to grieve.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.69
नारदेनैवमुक्ते तु श्रुत्वा स द्विजसत्तमः ।। प्रणम्य शिरसा पादौ निमिरुद्विग्नमानसः
nāradenaivamukte tu śrutvā sa dvijasattamaḥ || praṇamya śirasā pādau nimirudvignamānasaḥ
When Nārada had spoken thus, that best of brahmins Nimi, hearing (it), his mind agitated, bowed his head to (Nārada's) feet (and said):
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.71
अहो मुनिवरश्रेष्ठ अहो धर्मविदां वर ।। सान्त्वितोऽस्मि त्वया विप्र वचनैर्मधुराक्षरैः
aho munivaraśreṣṭha aho dharmavidāṃ vara || sāntvito'smi tvayā vipra vacanairmadhurākṣaraiḥ
"Ah, best of the foremost sages! Ah, best of those who know dharma! I have been consoled by you, brahmin, with words of sweet syllables.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.72
प्रणयात्सौहृदाद्वापि स्नेहाद्वक्ष्यामि तच्छृणु ।। शोको निरन्तरं चित्ते ममैतद्धृदि वर्त्तते
praṇayātsauhṛdādvāpi snehādvakṣyāmi tacchṛṇu || śoko nirantaraṃ citte mamaitaddhṛdi varttate
Out of affection, or out of friendship, or out of love I shall speak; hear it. Grief dwells unceasingly in my mind, this (grief) is in my heart.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.73
कृतस्नेहस्य पुत्रार्थे मया संकल्प्य यत्कृतम् ।। तर्पयित्वा द्विजान्सप्त अन्नाद्येन फलेन च
kṛtasnehasya putrārthe mayā saṃkalpya yatkṛtam || tarpayitvā dvijānsapta annādyena phalena ca
What was done by me, having resolved upon it, out of the love I bore for my son's sake: having satisfied seven brahmins with food and fruit,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.74
पश्चाद्विसर्जितं पिण्डं दर्भानास्तीर्य भूतले ।। उदकानयनं चैव ह्यपसव्येन वासितम्
paścādvisarjitaṃ piṇḍaṃ darbhānāstīrya bhūtale || udakānayanaṃ caiva hyapasavyena vāsitam
and afterwards the piṇḍa was set out, spreading darbha grass on the ground, and the bringing of water too, performed with the sacred thread reversed (apasavya).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 187.75
शोकस्य तु प्रभावेण एतत्कर्म मया कृतम् ।। अनार्यजुष्टमस्वर्ग्यमकीर्त्तिकरणं द्विज
śokasya tu prabhāveṇa etatkarma mayā kṛtam || anāryajuṣṭamasvargyamakīrttikaraṇaṃ dvija
By the force of grief this act was done by me — one practised by the ignoble, not leading to heaven, productive of ill fame, O brahmin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.76
नष्टबुद्धिस्मृतिसत्त्वो ह्यज्ञानेन विमोहितः ।। न च श्रुतं मया पूर्वं न देवैर्ऋषिभिः कृतम्
naṣṭabuddhismṛtisattvo hyajñānena vimohitaḥ || na ca śrutaṃ mayā pūrvaṃ na devairṛṣibhiḥ kṛtam
With my intellect, memory, and steadiness destroyed, deluded by ignorance — nor had I heard of it before, nor was it done by the gods or the seers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.77
भयं तीव्रं प्रपश्यामि मुनिशापात्सुदारुणात् ।। नारद उवाच ।। न भेतव्यं द्विजश्रेष्ठ पितरं शरणं व्रज
bhayaṃ tīvraṃ prapaśyāmi muniśāpātsudāruṇāt || nārada uvāca || na bhetavyaṃ dvijaśreṣṭha pitaraṃ śaraṇaṃ vraja
I foresee terrible danger from a most dreadful curse of the sage." Nārada said: "You must not fear, best of brahmins; go to your father for refuge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.78
अधर्मं न च पश्यामि धर्मो नैवात्र संशयः ।। नारदेनैवमुक्तस्तु निमिर्ध्यानमुपाविशत्
adharmaṃ na ca paśyāmi dharmo naivātra saṃśayaḥ || nāradenaivamuktastu nimirdhyānamupāviśat
And I see no unrighteousness (in it); it is dharma — there is no doubt here." Thus addressed by Nārada, Nimi entered into meditation,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.79
कर्मणा मनसा वाचा पितरं शरणं गतः ।। ततोऽतिचिन्तयामास वंशकर्त्तारमात्मनः
karmaṇā manasā vācā pitaraṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ || tato'ticintayāmāsa vaṃśakarttāramātmanaḥ
having gone for refuge to his father by act, mind, and speech. Then he thought intently upon the founder of his own line.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.81
पुत्रमाश्वासयामास वाग्भिरिष्टाभिरव्ययैः ।। निमे संकल्पितस्तेऽयं पितृयज्ञस्तपोधन
putramāśvāsayāmāsa vāgbhiriṣṭābhiravyayaiḥ || nime saṃkalpitaste'yaṃ pitṛyajñastapodhana
(The father) comforted his son with pleasing, unfailing words: "Nimi, rich in austerity, this ancestral sacrifice was resolved upon by you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.82
पितृयज्ञेति निर्दिष्टा धर्मोऽयं ब्रह्मणा स्वयम् ।। ततो ह्यतितरो धर्मः क्रतुरेकः प्रतिष्ठितः
pitṛyajñeti nirdiṣṭā dharmo'yaṃ brahmaṇā svayam || tato hyatitaro dharmaḥ kraturekaḥ pratiṣṭhitaḥ
This dharma was itself designated 'the sacrifice to the fathers' by Brahmā; hence it is the highest dharma, established as a rite by itself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 187.83
कृतः स्वयंभुवा पूर्वं श्राद्धं यो वित्त्वित्तमः ।। शृण्वतो नारदस्यापि विधिं विधिविदां वरः
kṛtaḥ svayaṃbhuvā pūrvaṃ śrāddhaṃ yo vittvittamaḥ || śṛṇvato nāradasyāpi vidhiṃ vidhividāṃ varaḥ
The śrāddha was performed of old by the Self-existent one, who is the most knowing of the knowing... while even Nārada was listening, the best of those who know the rules (spoke) the rule.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 187.84
श्राद्धकर्मविधिं चैव प्रेतकर्म च या क्रिया।। शृषु सुन्दरि तत्त्वेन यथा दाता सपुत्रकः
śrāddhakarmavidhiṃ caiva pretakarma ca yā kriyā|| śṛṣu sundari tattvena yathā dātā saputrakaḥ
And the rule of the śrāddha rite, and what ceremony is the rite for the dead — hear it truly, fair lady, how the giver together with his son (should act).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 187.85
मम चैव प्रसादेन तस्य बुद्धिं ददाम्यहम् ।। जातस्य सर्वभूतस्य कालमृत्युरुपस्थितः
mama caiva prasādena tasya buddhiṃ dadāmyaham || jātasya sarvabhūtasya kālamṛtyurupasthitaḥ
And by my grace I give him understanding. For every being that is born, death in due time is at hand.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.86
अवश्यमेव गन्तव्यं धर्मराजस्य शासनात् ।। अमरत्वं न पश्यामि पिपीलादीनि जन्तवः
avaśyameva gantavyaṃ dharmarājasya śāsanāt || amaratvaṃ na paśyāmi pipīlādīni jantavaḥ
One must inevitably go, by the command of the king of dharma; I see no immortality — (nor for) creatures such as ants and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.87
जातस्य हि ध्रुवो मृत्युर्ध्रुवं जन्म मृतस्य च ।। मोक्षः कर्मविशेषेण प्रायश्चित्तेन च ध्रुवम्
jātasya hi dhruvo mṛtyurdhruvaṃ janma mṛtasya ca || mokṣaḥ karmaviśeṣeṇa prāyaścittena ca dhruvam
For one who is born, death is certain, and birth is certain for one who has died; release comes through a particular act, and certainly through expiation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.88
सत्त्वं रजस्तमश्चैव त्रयः शारीरजाः स्मृताः ।। अल्पायुषो नराः पश्चाद्भविष्यन्ति युगक्षये
sattvaṃ rajastamaścaiva trayaḥ śārīrajāḥ smṛtāḥ || alpāyuṣo narāḥ paścādbhaviṣyanti yugakṣaye
Sattva, rajas, and tamas — these three are held to be born of the body. Later, at the destruction of the age, men will be short-lived.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.89
सात्त्विकं नावबुद्ध्यन्ति कर्मदोषेण तामसः ।। तामसं नरकं विन्द्यात्तिर्यग्योनिं च राक्षसीम्
sāttvikaṃ nāvabuddhyanti karmadoṣeṇa tāmasaḥ || tāmasaṃ narakaṃ vindyāttiryagyoniṃ ca rākṣasīm
Through the fault of their deeds the man of darkness does not comprehend what is of the nature of sattva; the dark one obtains hell and the animal or demonic birth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 187.91
क्रूरो भीरुर्विषादि च हिंसको निरपत्रपः॥ अज्ञानान्धश्च पैशाचमेतेषां तामसा गुणाः
krūro bhīrurviṣādi ca hiṃsako nirapatrapaḥ|| ajñānāndhaśca paiśācameteṣāṃ tāmasā guṇāḥ
Cruel, cowardly, gloomy, violent, shameless, and blind with ignorance — the demonic (state); these are the qualities of darkness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.92
तामसं तद्विजानीयादुच्यमानो न बुद्ध्यति ॥ दुर्मदोऽश्रद्धधानश्च विज्ञेयास्तामसा नराः
tāmasaṃ tadvijānīyāducyamāno na buddhyati || durmado'śraddhadhānaśca vijñeyāstāmasā narāḥ
One should recognise that as darkness: though spoken to, he does not understand. Evilly intoxicated and without faith — such are to be known as men of darkness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.93
प्रबलो वाचि युक्तश्चाचलबुद्धिः सदायतः ॥ शूरः सर्वेषु व्यक्तात्मा विज्ञेया राजसा नराः
prabalo vāci yuktaścācalabuddhiḥ sadāyataḥ || śūraḥ sarveṣu vyaktātmā vijñeyā rājasā narāḥ
Forceful, ready with speech, of unwavering mind, always exerting himself, brave, in all matters displaying himself openly — such men are to be known as of the quality of passion (rajas).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 187.94
क्षान्तो दान्तो विशुद्धात्मा विज्ञेयः श्रद्धयान्वितः।। तपःस्वाध्याशीलश्च एतेषां सात्विका गुणाः
kṣānto dānto viśuddhātmā vijñeyaḥ śraddhayānvitaḥ|| tapaḥsvādhyāśīlaśca eteṣāṃ sātvikā guṇāḥ
Patient, self-controlled, of purified self, endowed with faith, and given to austerity and to (Vedic) recitation — these are the qualities of the sāttvika (man).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.95
एवं सञ्चिन्तयानस्तु न शोकं कर्तुमर्हसि ॥ त्यज शोकं महाभाग शोकः सर्वविनाशनः
evaṃ sañcintayānastu na śokaṃ kartumarhasi || tyaja śokaṃ mahābhāga śokaḥ sarvavināśanaḥ
Reflecting thus, you ought not to grieve. Abandon grief, O greatly fortunate one; grief destroys everything.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.96
शोको दहति गात्राणि बुद्धिः शोकेन नश्यति ॥ लज्जा धृतिश्च धर्मश्च श्रीः कीर्तिश्च स्मृतिर्नयः
śoko dahati gātrāṇi buddhiḥ śokena naśyati || lajjā dhṛtiśca dharmaśca śrīḥ kīrtiśca smṛtirnayaḥ
Grief burns the limbs; by grief the intellect perishes; modesty, firmness, righteousness, prosperity, fame, memory and prudent conduct —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.97
त्यजन्ति सर्वधर्मश्च शोकेनोपहतं नरम्॥ एवं शोकं त्यजित्वा तु निःशोको भव पुत्रक
tyajanti sarvadharmaśca śokenopahataṃ naram|| evaṃ śokaṃ tyajitvā tu niḥśoko bhava putraka
— and all duties abandon the man who is stricken by grief. So, having cast off grief, be free of grief, dear son.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.98
मूढ: स्नेहप्रभावेण कृत्वा हिंसानृते तथा ॥ पच्यते नरके घोरे ह्यात्मदोषैर्वसुन्धरे
mūḍha: snehaprabhāveṇa kṛtvā hiṃsānṛte tathā || pacyate narake ghore hyātmadoṣairvasundhare
A deluded man, through the power of affection, committing violence and falsehood, is cooked in a terrible hell by his own faults, O Earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.99
स्नेहं सर्वेषु संयम्य बुद्धिं धर्मे नियोजयेत् ॥ धर्मलोक हितार्थाय शृणु सत्यं ब्रवीम्यहम्
snehaṃ sarveṣu saṃyamya buddhiṃ dharme niyojayet || dharmaloka hitārthāya śṛṇu satyaṃ bravīmyaham
Restraining affection toward all, one should fix the mind on dharma. For the sake of benefit in the world of dharma — listen, I speak the truth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 187.102
१ ॥ कुशास्तरणशायी च दिशः सर्वा न पश्यति॥ लब्धस्मृतिर्मुहूर्तं तु यावज्जीवो न पश्यति
1 || kuśāstaraṇaśāyī ca diśaḥ sarvā na paśyati|| labdhasmṛtirmuhūrtaṃ tu yāvajjīvo na paśyati
...And lying on a spread of kuśa grass he does not see any of the directions; though he regains awareness for a moment, as long as (he) lives he does not see.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 187.103
वाचयेत्स्नेहभावेन भूमिदेवा द्विजातयः ॥ सुवर्णं च हिरण्यं च यथोत्पन्नेन माधवि
vācayetsnehabhāvena bhūmidevā dvijātayaḥ || suvarṇaṃ ca hiraṇyaṃ ca yathotpannena mādhavi
With a feeling of affection one should have (the brahmins) recite — the twice-born, who are gods upon earth — (giving) gold and wrought gold according to what one has obtained, O Mādhavī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 187.104
परलोकहितार्थाय गोप्रदानं विशिष्यते ॥ सर्वदेवमया गाव ईश्वरेणावतारिताः
paralokahitārthāya gopradānaṃ viśiṣyate || sarvadevamayā gāva īśvareṇāvatāritāḥ
For the sake of welfare in the other world the gift of a cow is preeminent; cows, made of all the gods, were brought down (to earth) by the Lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.105
अमृतं क्षरयन्त्यश्च प्रचरन्ति महीतले ॥ एतासां चैव दानेन शीघ्रं मुच्येत किल्बिषात्
amṛtaṃ kṣarayantyaśca pracaranti mahītale || etāsāṃ caiva dānena śīghraṃ mucyeta kilbiṣāt
And they roam upon the surface of the earth streaming forth nectar; by the gift of these one would quickly be freed from sin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.106
पश्चाछ्रुतिपथं दिव्यमुत्कर्णेन च श्रावयेत् ॥ यावत्प्राणान्प्रमुञ्चेत कृत्वा कर्म सुदुष्करम्
paścāchrutipathaṃ divyamutkarṇena ca śrāvayet || yāvatprāṇānpramuñceta kṛtvā karma suduṣkaram
Afterwards one should cause the divine path of scripture to be heard by (him) with ear raised (attentive), until he releases his breaths, having performed the very difficult rite.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 187.107
दृष्ट्वा सुविह्वलं ह्येनं मम मार्गानुसारिणम्॥ प्रयाणकाले तु नरो मन्त्रेण विधिपूर्वकम्
dṛṣṭvā suvihvalaṃ hyenaṃ mama mārgānusāriṇam|| prayāṇakāle tu naro mantreṇa vidhipūrvakam
Seeing him greatly distressed and following my path, at the time of departure a man should, with the mantra and according to rule —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 187.108
मंत्रेणानेन कर्तव्यं सर्वसंसारमोक्षणम् ॥ मधुपर्कं त्वरन् गृह्य चेमं मन्त्रमुदाहरेत्
maṃtreṇānena kartavyaṃ sarvasaṃsāramokṣaṇam || madhuparkaṃ tvaran gṛhya cemaṃ mantramudāharet
— with this mantra the release from all transmigration is to be effected; hastening, one should take the honey-mixture and utter this mantra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 187.109
मन्त्रः- ॐ गृह्णीष्व मे सुविमलं मधुपर्कमाद्यं संसारनाशनकरं त्वमृतेन तुल्यम् ॥ नारायणेन रचितं भगवत्प्रियाणां दाहे च शान्तिकरणं सुरलोकपूज्यम्
mantraḥ- oṃ gṛhṇīṣva me suvimalaṃ madhuparkamādyaṃ saṃsāranāśanakaraṃ tvamṛtena tulyam || nārāyaṇena racitaṃ bhagavatpriyāṇāṃ dāhe ca śāntikaraṇaṃ suralokapūjyam
The mantra: Oṃ, receive from me this most pure, excellent honey-mixture, destroyer of transmigration, equal to nectar, prepared by Nārāyaṇa, which makes peace at the burning of those dear to the Lord, and is honoured in the world of the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 187.111
एवं विनिस्सृते प्राणे संसारं च न गच्छति ॥ नष्टसंज्ञं समुद्दिश्य ज्ञात्वा मृत्युवशङ्गतम्
evaṃ vinissṛte prāṇe saṃsāraṃ ca na gacchati || naṣṭasaṃjñaṃ samuddiśya jñātvā mṛtyuvaśaṅgatam
When the breath departs thus, he does not go to transmigration. Having recognised one whose consciousness is gone and who has come under the power of death, having designated him (for the rite),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 187.112
महावनस्पतिं गत्वा गन्धांश्च विविधानपि ॥ घृततैलसमायुक्तं कृत्वा वै देहशोधनम्
mahāvanaspatiṃ gatvā gandhāṃśca vividhānapi || ghṛtatailasamāyuktaṃ kṛtvā vai dehaśodhanam
having gone to a great tree (for wood) and (fetched) various fragrant substances, together with ghee and oil, having performed the purification of the body,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 187.113
तेजोऽव्ययकरं चास्य तत्सर्वं परिकल्प्य च ॥ दक्षिणायां शिरः कृत्वा सलिले सन्निधाप्य च
tejo'vyayakaraṃ cāsya tatsarvaṃ parikalpya ca || dakṣiṇāyāṃ śiraḥ kṛtvā salile sannidhāpya ca
and having arranged all that, which produces for him undiminishing splendour, placing the head toward the south and setting (the body) down in water,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 187.114
तीर्थाद्यावाह्नं कृत्वा स्नापनं तस्य कारयेत् ॥ गयादीनि च तीर्थानि ये च पुण्याः शिलोच्चयाः
tīrthādyāvāhnaṃ kṛtvā snāpanaṃ tasya kārayet || gayādīni ca tīrthāni ye ca puṇyāḥ śiloccayāḥ
having invoked the sacred fords and the rest, one should have the bathing of him performed: the sacred fords beginning with Gayā, and the holy heaps of rock (mountains),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 187.115
कुरुक्षेत्रं च गङ्गा च यमुना च सरिद्वरा॥ कौशिकी च पयोष्णी च सर्वपापप्रणाशिनी
kurukṣetraṃ ca gaṅgā ca yamunā ca saridvarā|| kauśikī ca payoṣṇī ca sarvapāpapraṇāśinī
and Kurukṣetra, and the Gaṅgā, and the Yamunā best of rivers, and the Kauśikī, and the Payoṣṇī which destroys all sins,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.116
गण्डकी भद्रनामा च सरयूर्बलदा तथा ॥ वनानि नव वाराहे तीर्थे पिण्डारके तथा
gaṇḍakī bhadranāmā ca sarayūrbaladā tathā || vanāni nava vārāhe tīrthe piṇḍārake tathā
The Gaṇḍakī, and she named Bhadrā, and the Sarayū, and likewise the Baladā; the nine forests in the Vārāha (region), and likewise at the sacred ford Piṇḍāraka —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 187.117
| पृथिव्यां यानि तीर्थानि चत्वारः सागरास्तथा ॥ सर्वाणि मनसा ध्यात्वा स्नानमेवं तु कारयेत्
| pṛthivyāṃ yāni tīrthāni catvāraḥ sāgarāstathā || sarvāṇi manasā dhyātvā snānamevaṃ tu kārayet
— whatever sacred fords there are on the earth, and the four oceans: having called all of them to mind, one should perform the bathing in this way.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.118
प्राणैर्हृतं तु तं ज्ञात्वा चितां कृत्वा विधानतः ॥ तस्या उपरि संस्थाप्य दक्षिणाग्रं शिरस्तथा
prāṇairhṛtaṃ tu taṃ jñātvā citāṃ kṛtvā vidhānataḥ || tasyā upari saṃsthāpya dakṣiṇāgraṃ śirastathā
Knowing him to have been carried off by (the departure of) his breaths, and having built the pyre according to the prescription, having laid (him) upon it with the head pointing southward,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.119
दिव्यानग्निमुखान्ध्यात्वा गृह्य हस्ते हुताशनम् ॥ प्रज्वाल्य विधिवत्तत्र मन्त्रमेतमुदाहरेत्
divyānagnimukhāndhyātvā gṛhya haste hutāśanam || prajvālya vidhivattatra mantrametamudāharet
having meditated on the divine fire-mouths, taking the fire in (his) hand and kindling it there as prescribed, he should pronounce this mantra:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.121
धर्माधर्मसमायुक्तो लोभमोहसमावृतः ॥ दह चैतस्य गात्राणि देवलोकं स गच्छतु
dharmādharmasamāyukto lobhamohasamāvṛtaḥ || daha caitasya gātrāṇi devalokaṃ sa gacchatu
"He was bound up with dharma and with what is contrary to dharma, wrapped about with greed and delusion; burn up this man's limbs — let him go to the world of the gods."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.122
एवमुक्त्वा ततः शीघ्रं कृत्वा चैव प्रदक्षिणाम् ॥ ज्वलमानं तदा वह्निं शिरःस्थाने प्रदापयेत्
evamuktvā tataḥ śīghraṃ kṛtvā caiva pradakṣiṇām || jvalamānaṃ tadā vahniṃ śiraḥsthāne pradāpayet
Having spoken thus, and then quickly having made the circumambulation, he should then have the blazing fire applied at the place of the head.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.123
चातुर्वर्ण्येषु संस्कारमेवं भवति पुत्रक ॥ गात्राणि वाससी चैव प्रक्षाल्य विनिवर्तयेत्
cāturvarṇyeṣu saṃskāramevaṃ bhavati putraka || gātrāṇi vāsasī caiva prakṣālya vinivartayet
Among the four classes the funeral rite is thus, my son. Having washed the limbs and the two garments, he should turn back (go home).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.124
मृतं नाम तथोद्दिश्य दद्यात्पिण्डं महीतले॥ तदाप्रभृति चाशेोचं देवकर्म न कारयेत्
mṛtaṃ nāma tathoddiśya dadyātpiṇḍaṃ mahītale|| tadāprabhṛti cāśeocaṃ devakarma na kārayet
And naming the dead man and designating (the offering) for him, he should offer the rice-ball upon the ground. From then on there is impurity, and he should not perform rites for the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 187.187
निद्रां मायामयीं कृत्वा जागर्मि च स्वपामि वा ।। विष्णुमायामयं कृत्वा जानासि त्वं न धारिणि मुहूर्त्तं ध्यानमास्थाय भाषितो वचनं मया ।। शीघ्रमुत्पादय ब्रह्मन्देवतासुरमानुषान् शीर्णपर्णाम्बुभक्षश्च शिशिरे च जलेशयः ।। स कृच्छ्रे फलभक्षश्च पुनश्चान्द्रायणं चरन् प्रददौ श्रीमते पिण्डं नामगोत्रमुदाहरन् ।। तत्कृत्वा स मुनिश्रेष्ठो धर्मसंकल्पमात्मनः कथं ते मुनयः शापात्प्रदहेयुर्न मामिति ।। सदेवासुरगन्धर्वपिशाचोरगराक्षसाः तत्प्रविश्याश्रमपदं भ्राजमानं स्वतेजसा ।। तं दृष्ट्वा पूजयामास स्वागतेनाथ धर्मवित् भीतो गद्गदया वाचा निःश्वसंश्च मुहुर्मुहुः ।। सव्रीडो भाषते विप्रः कारुण्येन समन्वितः ध्यायमानस्ततोऽप्याशु आजगाम तपोधनम् ।। पुत्रशोकेन सन्तप्तं पुत्रं दृष्ट्वा तपोधनम् सात्त्विकं मुक्तियानाय यान्ति वेदविदो जनाः।। धर्मज्ञानं तथैश्वर्यं वैराग्यमिति सात्विकम् चातुर्वर्णस्य वक्ष्यामि यश्च स्वायंभुवोऽब्रवीत् ॥ नेमिप्रभृतिनामेवं येन श्राद्धं प्रवर्त्तते तत एतेन मन्त्रेण दद्याद्वै मधुपर्ककम् ॥ मृत्युकाले तु पुरुषो परलोकसुखावहम् कृत्वा सुदुष्करं कर्म जानता वाप्यजानता॥ मृत्युकालवशं प्राप्य नरः पंचत्वमागतः
nidrāṃ māyāmayīṃ kṛtvā jāgarmi ca svapāmi vā || viṣṇumāyāmayaṃ kṛtvā jānāsi tvaṃ na dhāriṇi muhūrttaṃ dhyānamāsthāya bhāṣito vacanaṃ mayā || śīghramutpādaya brahmandevatāsuramānuṣān śīrṇaparṇāmbubhakṣaśca śiśire ca jaleśayaḥ || sa kṛcchre phalabhakṣaśca punaścāndrāyaṇaṃ caran pradadau śrīmate piṇḍaṃ nāmagotramudāharan || tatkṛtvā sa muniśreṣṭho dharmasaṃkalpamātmanaḥ kathaṃ te munayaḥ śāpātpradaheyurna māmiti || sadevāsuragandharvapiśācoragarākṣasāḥ tatpraviśyāśramapadaṃ bhrājamānaṃ svatejasā || taṃ dṛṣṭvā pūjayāmāsa svāgatenātha dharmavit bhīto gadgadayā vācā niḥśvasaṃśca muhurmuhuḥ || savrīḍo bhāṣate vipraḥ kāruṇyena samanvitaḥ dhyāyamānastato'pyāśu ājagāma tapodhanam || putraśokena santaptaṃ putraṃ dṛṣṭvā tapodhanam sāttvikaṃ muktiyānāya yānti vedavido janāḥ|| dharmajñānaṃ tathaiśvaryaṃ vairāgyamiti sātvikam cāturvarṇasya vakṣyāmi yaśca svāyaṃbhuvo'bravīt || nemiprabhṛtināmevaṃ yena śrāddhaṃ pravarttate tata etena mantreṇa dadyādvai madhuparkakam || mṛtyukāle tu puruṣo paralokasukhāvaham kṛtvā suduṣkaraṃ karma jānatā vāpyajānatā|| mṛtyukālavaśaṃ prāpya naraḥ paṃcatvamāgataḥ
"Having made sleep, which is made of illusion — I wake and I sleep; having made (it) consist of Viṣṇu's illusion, you do not know it, O Dhāriṇī. Abiding a moment in meditation, the word was spoken by me: quickly bring forth, O Brahmā, gods, demons and men." Eating fallen leaves and water, and lying in water in the cold season, he in his austerity ate fruits, and again performing the cāndrāyaṇa observance, he gave the rice-ball to the illustrious one, pronouncing the name and lineage; having done that, that best of sages (made) his own resolve of dharma: "How may those sages not burn me up with a curse?" — together with gods, demons, gandharvas, piśācas, serpents and rākṣasas. Having entered that hermitage, blazing with his own splendour, and seeing him, the knower of dharma then honoured him with a welcome; frightened, with a stammering voice, and sighing again and again, ashamed, the brahmin speaks, filled with compassion. Then, being meditated upon, he too came swiftly to the ascetic; seeing the son, the ascetic, burnt with grief for a son... Those people who know the Veda go to the sāttvika (state) for the sake of liberation. Knowledge of dharma, and lordship, and dispassion — that is sāttvika. I shall declare (the rite) of the four classes, and what the Self-born said: thus, beginning with the rim(?), by which name the śrāddha proceeds; then with this mantra he should indeed give the honey-mixture. But at the time of death a man (should do) what brings happiness in the other world. Having done a very hard deed, whether knowingly or unknowingly, a man, coming under the sway of the time of death, has reached the fivefold dissolution (has died)."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain