Varaha Purana — Chapter 204
VrP 204.1
अथ दूतप्रेषणवर्णनम् ।। ऋषिरुवाच ।। इदं चैवापरं तस्य वदतो हि मया श्रुतम् ।। चित्रगुप्तस्य विप्रेन्द्रा वचनं लोकशासिनः
atha dūtapreṣaṇavarṇanam || ṛṣiruvāca || idaṃ caivāparaṃ tasya vadato hi mayā śrutam || citraguptasya viprendrā vacanaṃ lokaśāsinaḥ
Now the description of the sending of the messengers. The seer said: And this further word of his I heard as he spoke, O best of brahmins — the word of Citragupta, the chastiser of the worlds:
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VrP 204.2
दूरेऽसाविति किं कार्यं न क्षयोऽस्त्यस्य कर्मणः ।। किं कृपां कुरुते तस्मिन्गृहाण जहि मा व्यथः
dūre'sāviti kiṃ kāryaṃ na kṣayo'styasya karmaṇaḥ || kiṃ kṛpāṃ kurute tasmingṛhāṇa jahi mā vyathaḥ
"'He is far away' — what of that? There is no exhausting of this (man's) karma. Why do you show pity toward him? Seize him, strike him, do not waver.
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VrP 204.3
व्रीडितः किम्भवाञ्ज्ञातं किं तिष्ठति पराङ्मुखः ।। किं न गच्छसि वेगेन किं त्वया सुचिरं कृतम्
vrīḍitaḥ kimbhavāñjñātaṃ kiṃ tiṣṭhati parāṅmukhaḥ || kiṃ na gacchasi vegena kiṃ tvayā suciraṃ kṛtam
Are you embarrassed? What have you found out? Why do you stand there with your face turned away? Why do you not go at once? What have you been doing all this long while?
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VrP 204.4
गच्छ गच्छ पुनस्तत्र शीघ्रं चैनमिहानय ।। अशक्तोऽस्मीति किं रोषमर्हन्ते दर्पमीदृशम्
gaccha gaccha punastatra śīghraṃ cainamihānaya || aśakto'smīti kiṃ roṣamarhante darpamīdṛśam
Go, go back there and quickly bring him here. 'I am unable' — what is this anger? Do (such as you) deserve such insolence?
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VrP 204.5
किं त्वं वदसि दुर्बुद्धे विवाहस्तस्य वर्त्तते ।। ऊर्ध्वरेतास्तपस्वीति त्वं मां भाषयसे कथम्
kiṃ tvaṃ vadasi durbuddhe vivāhastasya varttate || ūrdhvaretāstapasvīti tvaṃ māṃ bhāṣayase katham
What are you saying, dull-witted one — that his wedding is taking place? How do you say to me, 'He is a chaste ascetic who retains his seed'?
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VrP 204.6
किं त्वं वदसि गर्ह्यं च मुहूर्त्तं परिपालय ।। रमते कान्तया सार्द्धमिति किं त्वं प्रभाषसे
kiṃ tvaṃ vadasi garhyaṃ ca muhūrttaṃ paripālaya || ramate kāntayā sārddhamiti kiṃ tvaṃ prabhāṣase
Why do you say what is blameworthy — 'Wait a moment'? Why do you tell me, 'He is enjoying himself with his beloved'?
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VrP 204.7
पतिव्रतेति साध्वीति रहस्यं भाषसे पुनः।। किं किं वदसि बालो हि निशि चैवागतो गृहम्
pativrateti sādhvīti rahasyaṃ bhāṣase punaḥ|| kiṃ kiṃ vadasi bālo hi niśi caivāgato gṛham
'She is devoted to her husband, she is virtuous' — again you speak of a private matter. What, what are you saying? 'He is a child, and he has come home at night.'
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VrP 204.8
आनीयते कथं ज्ञात्वा भोक्तुकामं कथं हरे ।। जलशायिनं कथं चैव दातुकामं कथं हरे
ānīyate kathaṃ jñātvā bhoktukāmaṃ kathaṃ hare || jalaśāyinaṃ kathaṃ caiva dātukāmaṃ kathaṃ hare
Knowing what, how is he to be brought? He wishes to eat — how then, alas? He is lying in the water — how then? He wishes to give — how then, alas?
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VrP 204.9
धार्मिका यूयमेवात्र अहमेको नृशंसवत् ।। यात यात तथा दृष्ट्वा यथाकालोऽनतिक्रमेत्
dhārmikā yūyamevātra ahameko nṛśaṃsavat || yāta yāta tathā dṛṣṭvā yathākālo'natikramet
You people here are the righteous ones; I alone am like a cruel man. Go, go, and look to it, so that the appointed time is not overstepped."
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VrP 204.12
नरकानुगतस्त्वं हि व्याधिभूतः समाश्रयः ।। अतीसारो भव त्वं हि त्वं छर्दिस्त्वं पुनर्भवः।।।। कर्णरोगो विषूची च नित्यरोगश्च सम्भवः ।। ज्वरो भव महाघोरो जले ग्राहो दुरासदः
narakānugatastvaṃ hi vyādhibhūtaḥ samāśrayaḥ || atīsāro bhava tvaṃ hi tvaṃ chardistvaṃ punarbhavaḥ|||| karṇarogo viṣūcī ca nityarogaśca sambhavaḥ || jvaro bhava mahāghoro jale grāho durāsadaḥ
"You who have gone to hell, become disease, become (its) abode! Be you dysentery, be you vomiting, be you relapse; and ear-disease and cholera and chronic sickness arise. Become a most dreadful fever, an unapproachable crocodile in the water;
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VrP 204.13
वातव्याधिस्तथा घोरस्तथैव त्वं जलोदरः।। अपस्मारस्त्वमुन्मादो वातरोगस्तथैव च
vātavyādhistathā ghorastathaiva tvaṃ jalodaraḥ|| apasmārastvamunmādo vātarogastathaiva ca
and likewise the dreadful wind-disease; and likewise be you dropsy, be you epilepsy, madness, and rheumatic ailment too;
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VrP 204.14
विभ्रमस्त्वं भवेच्छीघ्रं विष्टम्भश्च पुनर्भव ।। व्याधिर्भव महाघोरो ह्ययं तृष्णां तु विन्दतु
vibhramastvaṃ bhavecchīghraṃ viṣṭambhaśca punarbhava || vyādhirbhava mahāghoro hyayaṃ tṛṣṇāṃ tu vindatu
Be you delirium, at once; and become obstruction (of the bowels) again; become a most terrible disease — and let this one meet with thirst.
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VrP 204.15
यथाकालं यथादृष्टं तावत्कालोऽत्र तिष्ठतु ।। कालसंहरणे वापि शुभस्यागमनेऽपि वा
yathākālaṃ yathādṛṣṭaṃ tāvatkālo'tra tiṣṭhatu || kālasaṃharaṇe vāpi śubhasyāgamane'pi vā
According to the (appointed) time, according to what has been seen, let the (allotted) time stand there just so long — whether at the drawing-in of time or at the coming of what is auspicious.
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VrP 204.16
यूयं च कृतकर्माणस्ततो मोक्षमवाप्स्यथ ।। द्रुतं द्रवत वेगेन सर्वे गच्छत मा चिरम्
yūyaṃ ca kṛtakarmāṇastato mokṣamavāpsyatha || drutaṃ dravata vegena sarve gacchata mā ciram
And you, having done your work, shall then obtain release. Run swiftly, with speed; all of you, go, do not delay.
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VrP 204.17
वराज्ञा धर्मराजस्य या मया समुदाहृता ।। एकाहं क्षपयेस्तत्र द्विरात्रं तत्र मा चिरम्
varājñā dharmarājasya yā mayā samudāhṛtā || ekāhaṃ kṣapayestatra dvirātraṃ tatra mā ciram
This is the chief command of Dharmarāja which I have proclaimed: one may spend a single day there, or two nights there — no longer.
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VrP 204.18
त्रिरात्रं वै चतूरात्रं षड्रात्रं दशरात्रकम् ।। पक्षं वा मासमेकं वा बहून्मासांस्तथापि वा
trirātraṃ vai catūrātraṃ ṣaḍrātraṃ daśarātrakam || pakṣaṃ vā māsamekaṃ vā bahūnmāsāṃstathāpi vā
Three nights indeed, four nights, six nights, ten nights, or a fortnight, or a single month, or even many months —
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VrP 204.19
क्षपयित्वा यथाकालं ततो मोक्षमवाप्स्यथ ।। भूतात्मा मोहवांस्तत्र करुणः कष्टमेव च
kṣapayitvā yathākālaṃ tato mokṣamavāpsyatha || bhūtātmā mohavāṃstatra karuṇaḥ kaṣṭameva ca
having spent (that time) according to the appointed term, you shall then obtain release. There the embodied self is bewildered, pitiable, and in distress.
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VrP 204.21
विनियोगा मया सूक्ता यथापूर्वं यथाश्रुतम् ।। जाग्रतं वा प्रमत्तं वा यथा कालो न सम्पतेत्
viniyogā mayā sūktā yathāpūrvaṃ yathāśrutam || jāgrataṃ vā pramattaṃ vā yathā kālo na sampatet
The assignments have been well stated by me, as before, as (I) have heard them — so that the (appointed) time may not fall upon (a man) whether he is awake or heedless.
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VrP 204.22
यत्नात्तथा तु कर्त्तव्यं भवद्भिर्मम शासनात् ।। अभयं चात्र यच्छामि ब्राह्मणेभ्यो न संशयः
yatnāttathā tu karttavyaṃ bhavadbhirmama śāsanāt || abhayaṃ cātra yacchāmi brāhmaṇebhyo na saṃśayaḥ
So it is to be done with effort by you, by my command; and here I grant safety to brahmins — there is no doubt of it.
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VrP 204.23
तस्माद्यात ऋषिभ्यश्च स्त्रीभ्यश्चैव महाबलाः ।। यातनाया न भेतव्यमहमाज्ञापयामि वः
tasmādyāta ṛṣibhyaśca strībhyaścaiva mahābalāḥ || yātanāyā na bhetavyamahamājñāpayāmi vaḥ
Therefore go, O mighty ones, (even) to sages and to women; you must not fear the torment — I command you.
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VrP 204.24
यथावाच्यं च कुरुत यथा कालो न गच्छति ।। यथाकामं प्रकुरुत यच्च दृष्टं यथा तथा
yathāvācyaṃ ca kuruta yathā kālo na gacchati || yathākāmaṃ prakuruta yacca dṛṣṭaṃ yathā tathā
And do as is to be said, so that the (appointed) time does not pass; act according to (your) will, and as has been seen, just so.
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VrP 204.25
मयाज्ञप्ता विशेषेण मृत्युना सह सङ्गतः ।। यथा वीरो महातेजाश्चित्रगुप्तो महायशाः
mayājñaptā viśeṣeṇa mṛtyunā saha saṅgataḥ || yathā vīro mahātejāścitragupto mahāyaśāḥ
You have been commanded by me in particular, in concert with Mṛtyu (Death) — as (has) the hero of great splendour, the greatly renowned Citragupta.
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VrP 204.26
यथाब्रवीत्स्वयं रुद्रो यथा शक्रः शचीपतिः ।। यथाज्ञापयते ब्रह्मा चित्रगुप्तस्तथा प्रभुः
yathābravītsvayaṃ rudro yathā śakraḥ śacīpatiḥ || yathājñāpayate brahmā citraguptastathā prabhuḥ
As Rudra himself has said, as Śakra the lord of Śacī (has said), as Brahmā commands — so too does the lord Citragupta.
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VrP 204.204
शीघ्रं त्वं भव सर्पो हि व्याघ्रस्त्वं च सरीसृपः ।। जले ग्राहो भव त्वं हि त्वं कृमिस्त्वं सरीसृपः यस्मिन्यस्मिंस्तु कालेऽहं यावतश्च श्रयाम्यहम् ।। तस्मिंस्तस्मिन्महाकालं यूयं तत्कर्त्तुमर्हथ
śīghraṃ tvaṃ bhava sarpo hi vyāghrastvaṃ ca sarīsṛpaḥ || jale grāho bhava tvaṃ hi tvaṃ kṛmistvaṃ sarīsṛpaḥ yasminyasmiṃstu kāle'haṃ yāvataśca śrayāmyaham || tasmiṃstasminmahākālaṃ yūyaṃ tatkarttumarhatha
Quickly become you a serpent; and you a tiger, and (you) a creeping thing; become you a crocodile in the water; you a worm, you a reptile. At whatever time and for however long I take recourse (to a decision), at that very time you ought to do that for a long duration.
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