Varaha Purana — Chapter 206
VrP 206.1
अथ शुभकर्मफलोदय प्रकरणम् ।। ऋषिरुवाच ।। चित्रगुप्तस्य सन्देशो वदतो यो मया श्रुतः ।। श्रूयतां वै महाभागास्तपःसिद्धा द्विजोत्तमाः
atha śubhakarmaphalodaya prakaraṇam || ṛṣiruvāca || citraguptasya sandeśo vadato yo mayā śrutaḥ || śrūyatāṃ vai mahābhāgāstapaḥsiddhā dvijottamāḥ
Now the section on the arising of the fruit of good deeds. The seer said: The message of Citragupta which I heard as he spoke it — let it be heard, O greatly fortunate ones, best of the twice-born, perfected in austerity.
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VrP 206.2
इमं सर्वातिथिं दान्तं सर्वभूतानुकम्पकम् ।। समान्नदानदातारं शेषभोजनभोजिनम्
imaṃ sarvātithiṃ dāntaṃ sarvabhūtānukampakam || samānnadānadātāraṃ śeṣabhojanabhojinam
This man, host to all guests, self-controlled, compassionate to all beings, a giver of gifts of food equally (to all), who eats what is left over —
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VrP 206.3
मुञ्च मुञ्च महाभृत्य चैष धर्मस्य निर्णयः ।। अहं कालेन सार्द्धं हि मृत्युना प्रकृतस्तथा
muñca muñca mahābhṛtya caiṣa dharmasya nirṇayaḥ || ahaṃ kālena sārddhaṃ hi mṛtyunā prakṛtastathā
release him, release him, great servant; and this is the settled rule of dharma. For I, together with Time and with Death, have been brought forth (thus).
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VrP 206.4
मम स्थास्यन्ति पार्श्वेषु पापा वै विकृतास्तथा ।। एनं गास्यन्ति गन्धर्वा गगनेऽप्सरसस्तथा
mama sthāsyanti pārśveṣu pāpā vai vikṛtāstathā || enaṃ gāsyanti gandharvā gagane'psarasastathā
At my sides shall stand the sinners, and the deformed ones; but him the gandharvas will sing of, and the apsarases in the sky.
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VrP 206.5
दीयतामासनं दिव्यं तथान्यद्यानमेव च । अन्यान्यान्कामयेत्कामान्मनसा यानि चेच्छति
dīyatāmāsanaṃ divyaṃ tathānyadyānameva ca | anyānyānkāmayetkāmānmanasā yāni cecchati
Let a divine seat be given him, and also another conveyance, and whatever other pleasures he might desire, which he wishes for in his mind.
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VrP 206.6
तत्तु शीघ्रं प्रदातव्यं धर्मराजस्य शासनात् ।। अक्रियाणि तु दानानि पूर्वं दत्तानि धीमता
tattu śīghraṃ pradātavyaṃ dharmarājasya śāsanāt || akriyāṇi tu dānāni pūrvaṃ dattāni dhīmatā
And that is to be given quickly, by the command of the King of Dharma; but the gifts given formerly by that wise man were (given) without expectation of return.
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VrP 206.7
प्रेक्षतां च महाभागो भोक्तुं चैव सहानुगः ।। तिष्ठत्येषोऽत्र वै वीरो ममादेशान्महायशाः
prekṣatāṃ ca mahābhāgo bhoktuṃ caiva sahānugaḥ || tiṣṭhatyeṣo'tra vai vīro mamādeśānmahāyaśāḥ
And let the greatly fortunate one look on and eat, together with his followers; this hero of great fame stands here by my command.
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VrP 206.8
यावत्स्वर्गाद्विमानानि समागच्छन्ति कृत्स्नशः ।। ततः स प्रवरैर्यानैः सानुगः सपरिच्छदः
yāvatsvargādvimānāni samāgacchanti kṛtsnaśaḥ || tataḥ sa pravarairyānaiḥ sānugaḥ saparicchadaḥ
Until the celestial cars come from heaven in their entirety; then he, with excellent vehicles, with his followers and his retinue,
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VrP 206.9
देवानां भवनं यातु दैवतैरभिपूजितः ।। तत्रैव रमतां वीरो यावल्लोको हि धार्यते
devānāṃ bhavanaṃ yātu daivatairabhipūjitaḥ || tatraiva ramatāṃ vīro yāvalloko hi dhāryate
let him go to the dwelling of the gods, honoured by the deities; let the hero take his delight right there, as long as the world is sustained.
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VrP 206.11
नैककन्याप्रदातारं नैकयज्ञकृतं तथा ।। पूज्यतां सर्वकामैस्तु पदं गच्छतु वैष्णवम्
naikakanyāpradātāraṃ naikayajñakṛtaṃ tathā || pūjyatāṃ sarvakāmaistu padaṃ gacchatu vaiṣṇavam
(This man) who gave away many maidens and likewise performed many sacrifices — let him be honoured with all objects of desire; let him go to the station of Viṣṇu.
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VrP 206.12
तत्रैष रमतां धीरः सहस्रमयुतं समाः ।। ततो वै मानुषे लोके आद्ये वै जायतां कुले
tatraiṣa ramatāṃ dhīraḥ sahasramayutaṃ samāḥ || tato vai mānuṣe loke ādye vai jāyatāṃ kule
Let this steadfast one take his delight there for ten thousand years; then let him be born in the world of men, in a foremost family.
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VrP 206.13
भूतानुकम्पको ह्येष क्रियतामस्य चार्च्चनम् ।। वर्षाणामयुतं चायं तत्र तिष्ठतु देववत्
bhūtānukampako hyeṣa kriyatāmasya cārccanam || varṣāṇāmayutaṃ cāyaṃ tatra tiṣṭhatu devavat
For this one is compassionate to living beings: let worship be offered to him; and let him remain there for ten thousand years, like a god.
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VrP 206.14
जायते तु ततः पश्चात्सर्वमानुषपूजितः ।। उपानहौ च छत्रं च जलभाजनमेव च
jāyate tu tataḥ paścātsarvamānuṣapūjitaḥ || upānahau ca chatraṃ ca jalabhājanameva ca
And afterwards he is born, honoured by all men. Sandals, and a parasol, and a water-vessel too —
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VrP 206.15
असकृद्येन दत्तानि तस्मै पूजां प्रयच्छथ ।। सभा यत्र प्रवर्त्तन्ते यस्मिन्देशे सहस्रशः
asakṛdyena dattāni tasmai pūjāṃ prayacchatha || sabhā yatra pravarttante yasmindeśe sahasraśaḥ
to him by whom these were given more than once, offer worship. In whatever region assemblies are held by the thousand,
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VrP 206.16
हस्तेन संस्पृशत्येष मृदुना शीतलेन च ।। विद्याधरस्तथा ह्येष नित्यं मुदितमानसः
hastena saṃspṛśatyeṣa mṛdunā śītalena ca || vidyādharastathā hyeṣa nityaṃ muditamānasaḥ
this one touches with his hand, soft and cool; and so he becomes a Vidyādhara, ever glad at heart.
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VrP 206.17
महापद्मानि चत्वारि तस्मिंस्तिष्ठन्तु नित्यशः ।। ततश्च्युतश्च कालेन मानुषं लोकमास्थितः
mahāpadmāni catvāri tasmiṃstiṣṭhantu nityaśaḥ || tataścyutaśca kālena mānuṣaṃ lokamāsthitaḥ
Let four great lotuses (of years) abide with him perpetually; and then, fallen from there in course of time, having reached the world of men,
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VrP 206.18
बहुसुन्दरनारीके कुले जन्म समाप्नुयात् ।। दधि क्षीरं घृतं चैव येन दत्तं द्विजातिषु
bahusundaranārīke kule janma samāpnuyāt || dadhi kṣīraṃ ghṛtaṃ caiva yena dattaṃ dvijātiṣu
let him obtain birth in a family with many beautiful women. And he by whom curds, milk and ghee have been given to the twice-born —
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VrP 206.19
एष वा यातु नः पार्श्वमस्मै पूजां प्रयच्छथ ।। नीयतां नीयतां शीघ्रं यत्रयत्र न चालयेत्
eṣa vā yātu naḥ pārśvamasmai pūjāṃ prayacchatha || nīyatāṃ nīyatāṃ śīghraṃ yatrayatra na cālayet
let this one come to our side; offer worship to him. Let him be led, led quickly, wherever (anyone) would not disturb (him).
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VrP 206.21
ततः पश्चादयं यातु यत्र लोकोऽनसूयकः ।। तत्रैव रमतां धीरो बहुवर्षशतान्ययम्
tataḥ paścādayaṃ yātu yatra loko'nasūyakaḥ || tatraiva ramatāṃ dhīro bahuvarṣaśatānyayam
Then afterwards let him go where the people are free from envy; there let this steadfast one take his pleasure for many hundreds of years.
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VrP 206.22
बहुसुन्दरनारीभिः सेव्यमानो महातपाः ।। अमराख्यो भवेत्तत्र गोलोकेषु समाहितः
bahusundaranārībhiḥ sevyamāno mahātapāḥ || amarākhyo bhavettatra golokeṣu samāhitaḥ
Attended by many beautiful women, this man of great austerity, named 'immortal', shall be there, composed, in the Goloka worlds.
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VrP 206.23
इदमेवापरं चैव चित्रगुप्तस्य भाषितम् ।। सर्वदेवमया देव्यः सर्ववेदमयास्तथा
idamevāparaṃ caiva citraguptasya bhāṣitam || sarvadevamayā devyaḥ sarvavedamayāstathā
And this very same is another thing spoken by Citragupta: the goddesses (the cows) are made of all the gods and likewise of all the Vedas.
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VrP 206.24
अमृतं धारयन्त्यश्च प्रचरन्ति महीतले ।। तीर्थानां परमं तीर्थमतस्तीर्थं न विद्यते
amṛtaṃ dhārayantyaśca pracaranti mahītale || tīrthānāṃ paramaṃ tīrthamatastīrthaṃ na vidyate
And bearing nectar they move about upon the earth; (they are) the highest holy place among holy places — beyond this there is no holy place.
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VrP 206.25
पवित्रं च पवित्राणां पुष्टीनां पुष्टिरेव च ।। तस्मात्पुरस्तु दातव्यं गवां वै मेध्यकारणात्
pavitraṃ ca pavitrāṇāṃ puṣṭīnāṃ puṣṭireva ca || tasmātpurastu dātavyaṃ gavāṃ vai medhyakāraṇāt
(It is) the purifier of pure things, and the nourishment of nourishments; therefore (this) should be given first, because of the purity of cows.
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VrP 206.26
दघ्ना हि त्रिदशाः सर्वे क्षीरेण च महेश्वरः ।। घृतेन पावको नित्यं पायसेन पितामहः
daghnā hi tridaśāḥ sarve kṣīreṇa ca maheśvaraḥ || ghṛtena pāvako nityaṃ pāyasena pitāmahaḥ
For with curds (are gratified) all the thirty gods, and with milk Maheśvara, with ghee the Fire always, and with milk-rice the Grandfather (Brahmā).
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VrP 206.27
सकृद्दत्तेन प्रीयन्ते वर्षाणां हि त्रयोदश ।। तां दत्त्वा चैव पीत्वा च प्रीतो मेध्यस्तु जायते
sakṛddattena prīyante varṣāṇāṃ hi trayodaśa || tāṃ dattvā caiva pītvā ca prīto medhyastu jāyate
By a single gift they are pleased for thirteen years; having given it and having drunk it, one becomes gratified and pure.
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VrP 206.28
पंचगव्येन पीतेन वाजिमेधफलं लभेत् ।। गव्यं तु परमं मेध्यं गव्यादन्यन्न विद्यते
paṃcagavyena pītena vājimedhaphalaṃ labhet || gavyaṃ tu paramaṃ medhyaṃ gavyādanyanna vidyate
By drinking the five products of the cow one would obtain the fruit of a horse-sacrifice; what comes from the cow is the supreme purifier — there is nothing other than what comes from the cow.
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VrP 206.29
thumb|गौ दन्तेषु मरुतो देवा जिह्वायां तु सरस्वती ।। खुरमध्ये तु गन्धर्वाः खुराग्रेषु तु पन्नगाः
thumb|gau danteṣu maruto devā jihvāyāṃ tu sarasvatī || khuramadhye tu gandharvāḥ khurāgreṣu tu pannagāḥ
In (the cow's) teeth are the Maruts, the gods; on her tongue Sarasvatī; in the middle of her hooves the Gandharvas, and at the tips of her hooves the serpents.
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VrP 206.31
अपाने सर्वतीर्थानि प्रस्रावे जाह्नवी नदी ।। नानाद्वीपसमाकीर्णाश्चत्वारः सागरास्तथा
apāne sarvatīrthāni prasrāve jāhnavī nadī || nānādvīpasamākīrṇāścatvāraḥ sāgarāstathā
In her hindquarters are all the holy fords, in her urine the river Jāhnavī (Ganges), and likewise the four oceans strewn with many islands.
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VrP 206.32
ऋषयो रोमकूपेषु गोमये पद्मधारिणी ।। रोमे वसन्ति विद्याश्च त्वक्केशेष्वयनद्वयम्
ṛṣayo romakūpeṣu gomaye padmadhāriṇī || rome vasanti vidyāśca tvakkeśeṣvayanadvayam
In her hair-pores are the seers, in her dung the lotus-bearing (goddess); in her hair dwell the sciences, and in her skin and hair the two solstices.
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VrP 206.33
धैर्यं धृतिश्च शान्तिश्च पुष्टिर्वृद्धिस्तथैव च ।। स्मृतिर्मेधा तथा लज्जा वपुः कीर्त्तिस्तथैव च
dhairyaṃ dhṛtiśca śāntiśca puṣṭirvṛddhistathaiva ca || smṛtirmedhā tathā lajjā vapuḥ kīrttistathaiva ca
Firmness, steadfastness, calm, nourishment, and increase as well; memory, intelligence, and modesty, bodily form and fame as well —
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VrP 206.34
विद्या शान्तिर्मतिश्चैव सन्ततिः परमा तथा ।। गच्छन्तमनुगच्छन्ति ह्येता गावो न संशयः
vidyā śāntirmatiścaiva santatiḥ paramā tathā || gacchantamanugacchanti hyetā gāvo na saṃśayaḥ
knowledge, peace, and thought, and supreme progeny: these follow after one who walks along — (such) are the cows, there is no doubt.
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VrP 206.35
यत्र गावो जगत्तत्र देवदेवपुरोगमाः ।। यत्र गावस्तत्र लक्ष्मीः सांख्यधर्मश्च शाश्वतः
yatra gāvo jagattatra devadevapurogamāḥ || yatra gāvastatra lakṣmīḥ sāṃkhyadharmaśca śāśvataḥ
Where the cows are, there is the world, with the God of gods at its head; where the cows are, there is Lakṣmī and the eternal Sāṃkhya teaching.
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VrP 206.36
सर्वरूपेषु ता गावस्तिष्ठन्त्यभिमतास्तथा ।। भवनेषु विशालेषु सर्वप्रासादपङ्क्तिषु
sarvarūpeṣu tā gāvastiṣṭhantyabhimatāstathā || bhavaneṣu viśāleṣu sarvaprāsādapaṅktiṣu
In all forms those cows abide, held in high esteem, in spacious dwellings, in all the rows of palaces.
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VrP 206.37
स्त्रियश्च पुरुषाश्चैव रक्षन्तश्च सुयन्त्रिताः ।। शयनासनपानेषु ह्युपविष्टाः सहस्रशः
striyaśca puruṣāścaiva rakṣantaśca suyantritāḥ || śayanāsanapāneṣu hyupaviṣṭāḥ sahasraśaḥ
And women and men, guarding (them) and well restrained, are seated by the thousands amid beds, seats and drinks.
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VrP 206.38
क्रीडन्ति विविधैर्भोगैर्भोगेषु च सहस्रशः ।। तत्र पानगृहेष्वन्ये पुष्पमालाविभूषिताः
krīḍanti vividhairbhogairbhogeṣu ca sahasraśaḥ || tatra pānagṛheṣvanye puṣpamālāvibhūṣitāḥ
They play with manifold enjoyments and among enjoyments by the thousands; there others, in the drinking-houses, are adorned with garlands of flowers.
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VrP 206.39
भक्ष्याणां विविधानां च भोजनानां च संचयात् ।। शयनासनपानानि वाजिनो वारणांस्तथा
bhakṣyāṇāṃ vividhānāṃ ca bhojanānāṃ ca saṃcayāt || śayanāsanapānāni vājino vāraṇāṃstathā
From the accumulation of manifold foods to be eaten and of dishes (they obtain) beds, seats and drinks, horses and likewise elephants.
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VrP 206.41
उद्यानेषु तथा चान्या भवनेषु च पुण्यतः ।। अनेन सदृशं नास्ति ह्यस्मादन्यन्न विद्यते
udyāneṣu tathā cānyā bhavaneṣu ca puṇyataḥ || anena sadṛśaṃ nāsti hyasmādanyanna vidyate
And so others (are) in the gardens and in the dwellings, by reason of merit; there is nothing equal to this, and nothing other than this exists.
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VrP 206.42
अहो सूत्रकृतं शिल्पमहोरत्नैरलंकृतम् ।। एवं गृहाद्गृहं गच्छन्नहं तत्र ततस्तमः
aho sūtrakṛtaṃ śilpamahoratnairalaṃkṛtam || evaṃ gṛhādgṛhaṃ gacchannahaṃ tatra tatastamaḥ
"Ah, the craftsmanship laid out by the measuring-line! Ah, it is adorned with jewels!" — thus, as I went from house to house there, thereafter (came) darkness.
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VrP 206.43
ततस्तु निखिलं सम्यग्दृष्ट्वा कर्म महोदयम् ।। पुनरेवागतः पार्श्वं यमस्य द्विजसत्तमाः
tatastu nikhilaṃ samyagdṛṣṭvā karma mahodayam || punarevāgataḥ pārśvaṃ yamasya dvijasattamāḥ
Then, having properly seen the whole of that karma of great consequence, I came again to Yama's side, O best of the twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 206.206
स कृतार्थः सदा लोके यत्रैषोऽभिप्रयास्यति ।। तत्र मेध्यं पवित्रं च यत्र स्थास्यत्ययं शुचिः गोरसस्य तु पूर्णानि भाजनानि सहस्रशः ।। यत्र दत्त्वा च पीत्वा च बान्धवेभ्यो विभागशः सर्वसन्धिषु साध्याश्च चन्द्रादित्यौ तु लोचने ।। ककुदे सर्वक्षत्राणि लांगूले धर्म आश्रितः अपश्यन्विविधास्तत्र स्त्रियश्च शुभलोचना ।। शोभयन्ति स्त्रियः काश्चिज्जलक्रीडा गतास्तथा
sa kṛtārthaḥ sadā loke yatraiṣo'bhiprayāsyati || tatra medhyaṃ pavitraṃ ca yatra sthāsyatyayaṃ śuciḥ gorasasya tu pūrṇāni bhājanāni sahasraśaḥ || yatra dattvā ca pītvā ca bāndhavebhyo vibhāgaśaḥ sarvasandhiṣu sādhyāśca candrādityau tu locane || kakude sarvakṣatrāṇi lāṃgūle dharma āśritaḥ apaśyanvividhāstatra striyaśca śubhalocanā || śobhayanti striyaḥ kāścijjalakrīḍā gatāstathā
He is ever successful in the world, wherever this (cow) will go; and pure and purifying is that place where this clean one will stand. Where, having given and drunk, vessels full of the cow's milk by the thousands are distributed to kinsmen in shares. In all her joints are the Sādhyas, the moon and sun are her eyes; in her hump are all the kṣatras, in her tail dharma is lodged. There he saw women of many kinds, fair-eyed; some women were adorning (themselves), and some had gone to play in the water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain