Varaha Purana — Chapter 209
VrP 209.1
अथ पतिव्रतामाहात्म्य वर्णनम् ।। नारद उवाच ।। कर्मणा केन राजेन्द्र तपसा वा तपोधनाः ।। उत्तमां च गतिं यांति कृष्णवासः प्रशंस मे
atha pativratāmāhātmya varṇanam || nārada uvāca || karmaṇā kena rājendra tapasā vā tapodhanāḥ || uttamāṃ ca gatiṃ yāṃti kṛṣṇavāsaḥ praśaṃsa me
Now the description of the greatness of the woman devoted to her husband. Nārada said: By what deed, foremost of kings, or by what austerity, do those rich in austerity reach the highest state? O dark-clad one, declare it to me.
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VrP 209.2
एवमुक्तस्तु धर्मात्मा नारदेनाब्रवीत्तदा ।। यम उवाच ।। न तस्य नियमो विप्र तपो नैव च सुव्रत
evamuktastu dharmātmā nāradenābravīttadā || yama uvāca || na tasya niyamo vipra tapo naiva ca suvrata
Addressed thus by Nārada, the righteous one then spoke. Yama said: For that there is no (special) observance, brahmin, nor austerity either, O you of good vows,
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VrP 209.3
उपवासो न दानं वा न देवो वा महामुने ।। यादृशी तु भवेद्विप्र शृणु तत्त्वं समासतः
upavāso na dānaṃ vā na devo vā mahāmune || yādṛśī tu bhavedvipra śṛṇu tattvaṃ samāsataḥ
no fasting, nor giving, nor any deity, great sage; but hear in brief the truth of what sort (of woman) she must be, brahmin.
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VrP 209.4
प्रसुप्ते या प्रस्वपिति जागर्ति विबुधे स्वयम् ।। भुङ्क्ते तु भोजिते विप्र सा मृत्युं जयति धुवम्
prasupte yā prasvapiti jāgarti vibudhe svayam || bhuṅkte tu bhojite vipra sā mṛtyuṃ jayati dhuvam
She who falls asleep when (her husband) is asleep, who wakes of herself when he is awake, and who eats, brahmin, (only) when he has been fed — she surely conquers death.
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VrP 209.5
मौने मौना भवेद्या तु स्थिते तिष्ठति या स्वयम् ।। सा मृत्युं जायते विप्र नान्यत्पश्यामि किंचन
maune maunā bhavedyā tu sthite tiṣṭhati yā svayam || sā mṛtyuṃ jāyate vipra nānyatpaśyāmi kiṃcana
She who becomes silent when he is silent, who herself stays when he stays — she conquers death, brahmin; I see nothing else (that does so).
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VrP 209.6
एकदृष्टिरेकमना भर्त्तुर्वचनकारिणी ।। तस्या बिभीमहे सर्वे ये तथान्ये तपोधन
ekadṛṣṭirekamanā bhartturvacanakāriṇī || tasyā bibhīmahe sarve ye tathānye tapodhana
Single in her gaze, single in her mind, doing her husband's word — of her we all are afraid, we and the others too, O you rich in austerity.
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VrP 209.7
देवानामपि सा साध्वी पूज्या परमशोभना ।। भर्त्रा चाभिहिता यापि न प्रत्याख्यायिनी भवेत्
devānāmapi sā sādhvī pūjyā paramaśobhanā || bhartrā cābhihitā yāpi na pratyākhyāyinī bhavet
That virtuous woman, supremely lovely, is to be honoured even by the gods; and she too who, when addressed by her husband, does not become one who refuses.
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VrP 209.8
वर्त्तमानापि विप्रेन्द्र प्रत्याख्यातापि वा सदा ।। न दैवतं सम्प्रयाति पत्युरन्यं कदाचन
varttamānāpi viprendra pratyākhyātāpi vā sadā || na daivataṃ samprayāti patyuranyaṃ kadācana
Whether she is kept (in favour), O chief of brahmins, or is always rejected, she never resorts to any deity other than her husband.
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VrP 209.9
सा न मृत्युमुखं याति एवं या स्त्री पतिव्रता ।। एवं या तु भवेन्नित्यं भर्त्तुः प्रियहिते रता
sā na mṛtyumukhaṃ yāti evaṃ yā strī pativratā || evaṃ yā tu bhavennityaṃ bharttuḥ priyahite ratā
She does not go to the mouth of death — such a woman, devoted to her husband; and she who is thus always intent on her husband's pleasure and welfare.
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VrP 209.11
एष माता पिता बन्धुरेष मे दैवतं परम् ।। एवं शुश्रूषते या तु सा मां विजयते सदा
eṣa mātā pitā bandhureṣa me daivataṃ param || evaṃ śuśrūṣate yā tu sā māṃ vijayate sadā
"He is my mother, my father, my kinsman; he is my highest deity" — she who serves (him) thus always overcomes me.
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VrP 209.12
पतिव्रता तु या साध्वी तस्यां चाहं कृताञ्जलिः ।। भर्तारमनुध्यायन्ती भर्त्तारमनुगच्छती
pativratā tu yā sādhvī tasyāṃ cāhaṃ kṛtāñjaliḥ || bhartāramanudhyāyantī bharttāramanugacchatī
But the virtuous woman who is devoted to her husband — before her I stand with folded hands; she who meditates upon her husband, who follows after her husband,
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VrP 209.13
भर्त्तारमनुशोचन्ती मृत्युद्वारं न पश्यति ।। गीतवादित्रनृत्यानि प्रेक्षणीयान्यनेकशः
bharttāramanuśocantī mṛtyudvāraṃ na paśyati || gītavāditranṛtyāni prekṣaṇīyānyanekaśaḥ
who grieves for her husband, does not see the door of death. Songs, instrumental music, dances, and the many things worth watching —
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VrP 209.14
न शृणोति न पश्येद्या मृत्युद्वारं न पश्यति ।। स्नान्ती च तिष्ठती वापि कुर्वन्ती वा प्रसाधनम्
na śṛṇoti na paśyedyā mṛtyudvāraṃ na paśyati || snāntī ca tiṣṭhatī vāpi kurvantī vā prasādhanam
she who neither listens to them nor looks at them does not see the door of death; and whether bathing, or standing, or making her toilette,
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VrP 209.15
नान्यं या मनसा पश्येन्मृत्युद्वारं न पश्यति ।। देवता अर्चयन्तं वा भुज्यमानमपि द्विज
nānyaṃ yā manasā paśyenmṛtyudvāraṃ na paśyati || devatā arcayantaṃ vā bhujyamānamapi dvija
she who does not look upon another (man) even in her mind does not see the door of death; whether he is worshipping the gods or is eating, O twice-born,
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VrP 209.16
पतिं न त्यजते चित्तान्मृत्युद्वारं न पश्यति ।। भानौ चानुदिते वापि उत्थाय च तपोधन
patiṃ na tyajate cittānmṛtyudvāraṃ na paśyati || bhānau cānudite vāpi utthāya ca tapodhana
she who does not let her husband go from her thought does not see the door of death; and having risen even before the sun has risen, O you rich in austerity,
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VrP 209.17
गृहं मार्जयते नित्यं मृत्युद्वारं न पश्यति ।। चक्षुर्देहश्च भावश्च यस्या नित्यं सुसंवृतम्
gṛhaṃ mārjayate nityaṃ mṛtyudvāraṃ na paśyati || cakṣurdehaśca bhāvaśca yasyā nityaṃ susaṃvṛtam
she who sweeps the house daily does not see the door of death; she whose eye and body and disposition are always well guarded,
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VrP 209.18
शौचाचारसमायुक्ता सापि मृत्युं न पश्यति।। भर्त्तुर्मुखं प्रपश्येद्या भर्त्तुश्चित्तानुसारिणी
śaucācārasamāyuktā sāpi mṛtyuṃ na paśyati|| bhartturmukhaṃ prapaśyedyā bharttuścittānusāriṇī
who is joined with purity and (good) conduct — she too does not see death; she who gazes upon her husband's face, who follows her husband's mind,
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VrP 209.19
वर्त्तते च हिते भर्त्तुर्मृत्युद्वारं न पश्यति ।। एवं कीर्त्तिमतां लोके दृश्यन्ते दिवि देवताः
varttate ca hite bhartturmṛtyudvāraṃ na paśyati || evaṃ kīrttimatāṃ loke dṛśyante divi devatāḥ
and who acts for her husband's welfare, does not see the door of death. So it is that in this world the deities in heaven are seen (to be) among those of (such) renown.
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VrP 209.21
मया तस्मात्तु विप्रर्षे यथावृत्तं यथाश्रुतम् ।। गुह्यमेतत्ततो दृष्ट्वा पूजयामि पतिव्रताः
mayā tasmāttu viprarṣe yathāvṛttaṃ yathāśrutam || guhyametattato dṛṣṭvā pūjayāmi pativratāḥ
Therefore by me, O brahmin seer, (it has been told) as it happened and as it was heard; this is a secret, and so, having seen it, I honour women devoted to their husbands.
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VrP 209.209
अनुवेष्टनभावेन भर्त्तारमनुगच्छति ।। सा तु मृत्युमुखद्वारं न गच्छेद्ब्रह्मसम्भव मानुषाणां च भार्या वै तत्र देशे तु दृश्यते ।। कथितैव पुरा विप्र आदित्येन पतिव्रता
anuveṣṭanabhāvena bharttāramanugacchati || sā tu mṛtyumukhadvāraṃ na gacchedbrahmasambhava mānuṣāṇāṃ ca bhāryā vai tatra deśe tu dṛśyate || kathitaiva purā vipra ādityena pativratā
By way of clinging close (to him) she follows her husband; she does not go to the door of death's mouth, O you sprung from Brahmā. And among men indeed such a wife is seen in that region; the wife devoted to her husband was indeed described long ago, brahmin, by the Sun.
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