Varaha Purana — Chapter 195
VrP 195.1
अथ यमलोकस्थपापिवर्णनम् ।। नाचिकेत उवाच ।। कथ्यमानं मया विप्राः शृण्वन्तु तपसि स्थिताः ।। नमश्च तस्मै देवाय धर्मराजाय धीमते ० ।। सर्वमैथुनकर्ता च अगम्यागमने रतः ।। मायिका रतिकाश्चैव तुलाधाराश्च ये नराः
atha yamalokasthapāpivarṇanam || nāciketa uvāca || kathyamānaṃ mayā viprāḥ śṛṇvantu tapasi sthitāḥ || namaśca tasmai devāya dharmarājāya dhīmate 0 || sarvamaithunakartā ca agamyāgamane rataḥ || māyikā ratikāścaiva tulādhārāśca ye narāḥ
Now, the description of the sinners dwelling in Yama's world. Naciketas said: Let (you) who are established in ascetic practice, O brahmins, listen to what is being told by me. And homage to that god, the wise Dharmarāja. (There are) the man who copulates with everyone and who takes pleasure in going to women he may not go to, deceivers and lechers, and those men who are holders of the scales (i.e. cheating traders),
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VrP 195.2
संसारं तु यथाशक्ति कथ्यमानं निबोधत ।। असत्यवादिनो ये च जन्तुस्त्रीबालघातकाः
saṃsāraṃ tu yathāśakti kathyamānaṃ nibodhata || asatyavādino ye ca jantustrībālaghātakāḥ
Understand the round of rebirth as it is being told, according to (my) ability: those who speak untruth, and killers of creatures, women and children,
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VrP 195.3
तथा ब्रह्महणः पापा ये च विश्वासघातकाः ।। ये ये शठाः कृतघ्नाश्च लोलुपाः पारदारिकाः
tathā brahmahaṇaḥ pāpā ye ca viśvāsaghātakāḥ || ye ye śaṭhāḥ kṛtaghnāśca lolupāḥ pāradārikāḥ
likewise the sinful slayers of brahmins, and those who betray trust; whoever are crooked and ungrateful, the greedy, the adulterers,
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VrP 195.4
कन्यानां दूषका ये च ये च पापरता नराः ।। वेदानां दूषकाश्चैव वेदमार्गविहिंसकाः
kanyānāṃ dūṣakā ye ca ye ca pāparatā narāḥ || vedānāṃ dūṣakāścaiva vedamārgavihiṃsakāḥ
and those who defile maidens, and those men devoted to sin, and those who defile the Vedas and do violence to the Vedic path,
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VrP 195.5
शूद्राणां याजकाश्चैव हाहाभूता द्विजातयः ।। अयाज्ययाजकाश्चैव ये ये कुष्ठयुता नराः
śūdrāṇāṃ yājakāścaiva hāhābhūtā dvijātayaḥ || ayājyayājakāścaiva ye ye kuṣṭhayutā narāḥ
and those who officiate as priests for śūdras, twice-born men who have become objects of outcry, and those who sacrifice for men not fit to have sacrifices performed, and whatever men are afflicted with leprosy,
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VrP 195.6
सुरापो ब्रह्महा चैव यो द्विजो वीरघातकः ।। तथा वार्धुषिका ये च जिह्मप्रेक्षाश्च ये नराः
surāpo brahmahā caiva yo dvijo vīraghātakaḥ || tathā vārdhuṣikā ye ca jihmaprekṣāśca ye narāḥ
the liquor-drinker, and the brahmin-slayer, and the twice-born who kills a hero; likewise those who are usurers, and those men whose glance is crooked,
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VrP 195.7
मातृत्यागी पितृत्यागी यः स्वसाध्वीं परित्यजेत् ।। गुरुद्वेषी दुराचारो दूताश्चाव्यक्तभाषिणः
mātṛtyāgī pitṛtyāgī yaḥ svasādhvīṃ parityajet || gurudveṣī durācāro dūtāścāvyaktabhāṣiṇaḥ
one who abandons his mother, one who abandons his father, one who would forsake his own virtuous wife, one who hates his teacher, one of evil conduct, and messengers who speak indistinctly,
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VrP 195.8
गृहक्षेत्रहरा ये च सेतुबन्धविनाशकाः।। अपुत्राश्चाप्यदाराश्च श्रद्धया च विवर्जिताः
gṛhakṣetraharā ye ca setubandhavināśakāḥ|| aputrāścāpyadārāśca śraddhayā ca vivarjitāḥ
and those who seize houses and fields, and those who destroy dams and dikes, and the sonless and the wifeless, and those devoid of faith,
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VrP 195.9
अशौचा निर्दयाः पापा हिंसका व्रतभञ्जकाः ।। सोमविक्रयिणश्चैव स्त्रीजितः सर्वविक्रयी
aśaucā nirdayāḥ pāpā hiṃsakā vratabhañjakāḥ || somavikrayiṇaścaiva strījitaḥ sarvavikrayī
the impure, the pitiless, the sinful, the injurers, the breakers of vows, and the sellers of soma, the man ruled by his wife, the man who sells everything,
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VrP 195.12
१ ।। सर्वपापसुसङ्गाश्च चिन्तका येऽतिवैरिणः ।। स्वाम्यर्थे न हता ये च ये च युद्धपराङ्मुखाः
1 || sarvapāpasusaṅgāśca cintakā ye'tivairiṇaḥ || svāmyarthe na hatā ye ca ye ca yuddhaparāṅmukhāḥ
and those closely attached to every sin, and those who plot, being extreme enemies, and those who were not slain for their master's sake, and those who turned their backs on battle,
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VrP 195.13
परवित्तापहारी च राजघाती च यो नरः ।। अशक्तः पापघोषश्च तथा ये ह्यग्निजीविनः
paravittāpahārī ca rājaghātī ca yo naraḥ || aśaktaḥ pāpaghoṣaśca tathā ye hyagnijīvinaḥ
and the man who carries off another's wealth, and the man who kills a king; the powerless one, and the one who proclaims sin, and likewise those who live by fire,
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VrP 195.14
शुश्रूषया च मुक्ता ये लिङ्गिनः पापकर्मिणः ।। पात्रकारी चक्रिणश्च नरा ये चाप्यधार्मिकाः
śuśrūṣayā ca muktā ye liṅginaḥ pāpakarmiṇaḥ || pātrakārī cakriṇaśca narā ye cāpyadhārmikāḥ
those who are free from (any) service (to elders), the bearers of (sectarian) marks who do evil deeds, the maker of vessels and the wheel-users (potters), and those men who are unrighteous,
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VrP 195.15
देवागारांश्च सत्राणि तीर्थविक्रयिणस्तथा ।। व्रतविद्वेषिणो ये च तथाऽसद्वादिनो नराः
devāgārāṃśca satrāṇi tīrthavikrayiṇastathā || vratavidveṣiṇo ye ca tathā'sadvādino narāḥ
and those who sell temples of the gods, alms-houses and holy places, and those who hate (religious) vows, and likewise men who speak what is not true,
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VrP 195.16
मिथ्या च नखरोमाणि धारयन्ति च ये नराः ।। कूटा वक्रस्वभावाश्च कूटशासनकारिणः
mithyā ca nakharomāṇi dhārayanti ca ye narāḥ || kūṭā vakrasvabhāvāśca kūṭaśāsanakāriṇaḥ
and those men who wear nails and hair falsely (i.e. as a false mark of asceticism), the deceitful and those of crooked nature, and those who issue forged edicts,
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VrP 195.17
अज्ञानादव्रती यश्च यश्चाश्रमबहिष्कृतः ।। विप्रकीर्णप्रतिग्राही सूचकस्तीर्थनाशकः
ajñānādavratī yaśca yaścāśramabahiṣkṛtaḥ || viprakīrṇapratigrāhī sūcakastīrthanāśakaḥ
and one who, through ignorance, keeps no vow, and one who has been expelled from his (proper) stage of life, one who accepts gifts indiscriminately, the informer, the destroyer of holy places,
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VrP 195.18
कलही च प्रतर्क्यश्च निष्ठुरश्च नराधमः।। एते चान्ये च बहवो ह्यनिर्दिष्टाः सहस्रशः
kalahī ca pratarkyaśca niṣṭhuraśca narādhamaḥ|| ete cānye ca bahavo hyanirdiṣṭāḥ sahasraśaḥ
and the quarreler, and the disputatious one, and the harsh man, lowest of men — these and many others, thousands, not (here) specified:
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VrP 195.19
स्त्रियो नराश्च गच्छन्ति यत्र तच्छृणुतामलाः ।। कुर्वन्तीह यथा सर्वे तत्र गत्वा यमालये
striyo narāśca gacchanti yatra tacchṛṇutāmalāḥ || kurvantīha yathā sarve tatra gatvā yamālaye
hear, O spotless ones, where the women and men go, and how all of them act there, having gone to Yama's abode.
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VrP 195.21
पप्रच्छुर्विस्मयाविष्टा नाचिकेतमृषिं तदा ।। ऋषय ऊचुः ।। त्वया सर्वं यथा दृष्टं ब्रूहि तत्र विदां वर
papracchurvismayāviṣṭā nāciketamṛṣiṃ tadā || ṛṣaya ūcuḥ || tvayā sarvaṃ yathā dṛṣṭaṃ brūhi tatra vidāṃ vara
Then, filled with wonder, they asked the sage Naciketas. The sages said: Tell (us), best of the knowing, all as it was seen there by you:
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VrP 195.22
यथास्वरूपः कालोऽसौ येन सर्वं प्रवर्त्तते ।। इह कर्माणि यः कृत्वा पुरुषो ह्यल्पचेतनः
yathāsvarūpaḥ kālo'sau yena sarvaṃ pravarttate || iha karmāṇi yaḥ kṛtvā puruṣo hyalpacetanaḥ
of what nature is that Time by which everything proceeds; (and what happens to) the man of little understanding who, having done deeds here...
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VrP 195.23
वारयेत्स तदा तं तु ब्रह्मलोके च स प्रभुः ।। कल्पान्तं पच्यमानोऽपि दह्यमानोपि वा पुनः
vārayetsa tadā taṃ tu brahmaloke ca sa prabhuḥ || kalpāntaṃ pacyamāno'pi dahyamānopi vā punaḥ
he would then hold him back; and that lord (is) in the world of Brahmā. Even though being cooked, or again being burned, until the end of the kalpa,
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VrP 195.24
न नाशो हि शरीरस्य तस्मिन्देशे तपोधनाः ।। यस्य यस्य हि यत्कर्म पच्यमानः पुनः पुनः
na nāśo hi śarīrasya tasmindeśe tapodhanāḥ || yasya yasya hi yatkarma pacyamānaḥ punaḥ punaḥ
For in that region there is no destruction of the body, O you whose wealth is austerity; whatever the deed of each man may be, (for that) he is cooked again and again.
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VrP 195.25
अवश्यं चैव गन्तव्यं तस्य पार्श्वं पुनःपुनः ।। न तु त्रासाद्द्विजः शक्तस्तत्र गन्तुं हि कश्चन
avaśyaṃ caiva gantavyaṃ tasya pārśvaṃ punaḥpunaḥ || na tu trāsāddvijaḥ śaktastatra gantuṃ hi kaścana
And one must inevitably go to his (Yama's) side again and again; yet out of terror no twice-born one here is able to go there.
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VrP 195.26
न गच्छन्ति च ये तत्र दानेन निगमेन च ।। वैतरण्याश्च यद्रूपं किंतोयं च वहत्यसौ
na gacchanti ca ye tatra dānena nigamena ca || vaitaraṇyāśca yadrūpaṃ kiṃtoyaṃ ca vahatyasau
And (tell us) who are those who do not go there, by gift and by (following) scripture; and what is the form of the Vaitaraṇī, and what water does she carry?
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VrP 195.27
रौरवो वा कथं विप्र किंरूपं कूटशाल्मलेः ।। कीदृशा वा हि ते दूताः किं कार्याः किं पराक्रमाः
rauravo vā kathaṃ vipra kiṃrūpaṃ kūṭaśālmaleḥ || kīdṛśā vā hi te dūtāḥ kiṃ kāryāḥ kiṃ parākramāḥ
And how is the Raurava (hell), O brahmin, and of what form is the Kūṭaśālmali? And of what sort are those messengers, what are their tasks, what their powers?
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VrP 195.28
किं च किंच तु कुर्वाणाः किंच किंच समाचरन् ।। न चेतो लभते जन्तुच्छादितं पूर्वतेजसा
kiṃ ca kiṃca tu kurvāṇāḥ kiṃca kiṃca samācaran || na ceto labhate jantucchāditaṃ pūrvatejasā
Doing what and what, and practising what and what (do they act)? A creature does not obtain understanding, (its mind) being covered by its former energy.
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VrP 195.29
धृतिं न लभते किंचित्तैस्तैर्दोषैः सुवासिताः ।। दोषं सत्यमजानन्तस्तथा मोहेन मोहिताः
dhṛtiṃ na labhate kiṃcittaistairdoṣaiḥ suvāsitāḥ || doṣaṃ satyamajānantastathā mohena mohitāḥ
One obtains no steadiness at all; (they are) thoroughly perfumed by those very faults, not knowing the fault and the truth, and thus deluded by delusion.
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VrP 195.31
परं परमजानन्तो रमन्ते कस्य मायया ।। क्लिश्यन्ते बहवस्तत्र कृत्वा पापमचेतसः
paraṃ paramajānanto ramante kasya māyayā || kliśyante bahavastatra kṛtvā pāpamacetasaḥ
Not knowing the supreme as supreme, by whose illusion do they take pleasure? Many, mindless, having done evil, suffer there.
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VrP 195.32
एतत्कथय वत्स त्वं यतः प्रत्यक्षदर्शिवान्
etatkathaya vatsa tvaṃ yataḥ pratyakṣadarśivān
Tell this, my child, since you have seen it with your own eyes.
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VrP 195.195
भूम्यामनृतवादी च वेदजीवी च यो द्विजः ।। नक्षत्री च निमित्ती च चाण्डालाध्यापकस्तथा तानि वै कथयिष्यामि श्रूयतां द्विजसत्तमाः ।। वैशम्पायन उवाच ।। एवं तस्य वचः श्रुत्वा सर्व एव तपोधनाः बोद्धव्यं नावबुध्यन्ते गुणानां तु गुणोत्तरम् ।। हाहाभूताश्च चिंतार्त्ताः सर्वदोषसमन्विताः
bhūmyāmanṛtavādī ca vedajīvī ca yo dvijaḥ || nakṣatrī ca nimittī ca cāṇḍālādhyāpakastathā tāni vai kathayiṣyāmi śrūyatāṃ dvijasattamāḥ || vaiśampāyana uvāca || evaṃ tasya vacaḥ śrutvā sarva eva tapodhanāḥ boddhavyaṃ nāvabudhyante guṇānāṃ tu guṇottaram || hāhābhūtāśca ciṃtārttāḥ sarvadoṣasamanvitāḥ
And the twice-born who speaks untruth on earth, and who lives by (selling) the Veda, and the astrologer and the reader of omens, and likewise the teacher of Caṇḍālas — these indeed I shall tell of; let it be heard, O best of the twice-born. Vaiśampāyana said: Having thus heard his speech, all those rich in austerity — they do not comprehend what should be comprehended, that which among qualities is the highest quality; and crying 'alas, alas', afflicted with anxiety, filled with every fault (they were).
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