Varaha Purana — Chapter 210

VrP 210.1

पुनः पतिव्रतामाहात्म्यवर्णनम् ।। नारद उवाच ।। रहस्यं धर्ममाख्यानं त्वयोक्तं तु महायशः ।। स्त्रीणां माहात्म्यमुद्दिश्य भास्करस्य मतं यथा

punaḥ pativratāmāhātmyavarṇanam || nārada uvāca || rahasyaṃ dharmamākhyānaṃ tvayoktaṃ tu mahāyaśaḥ || strīṇāṃ māhātmyamuddiśya bhāskarasya mataṃ yathā

Again, the description of the greatness of the wife devoted to her husband. Nārada said: A secret account of dharma has been told by you, O greatly renowned one, concerning the greatness of women, according to the view of the Sun.

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VrP 210.2

इदं हि सर्वभूतेषु परं कौतूहलं मम ।। तदहं श्रोतुमिच्छामि कथयस्व महातपाः

idaṃ hi sarvabhūteṣu paraṃ kautūhalaṃ mama || tadahaṃ śrotumicchāmi kathayasva mahātapāḥ

This is my greatest curiosity among all beings; that I wish to hear — tell it, O great ascetic.

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VrP 210.3

ये नरा दुःखसन्तप्तास्तपस्तीव्रं समाश्रिताः ।। नानाव्रतशतोपायैः सुखहेतोर्महाप्रभ

ye narā duḥkhasantaptāstapastīvraṃ samāśritāḥ || nānāvrataśatopāyaiḥ sukhahetormahāprabha

Those men who, scorched by sorrow, have taken to fierce austerity by hundreds of various vows as their means, for the sake of happiness, O greatly radiant one —

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VrP 210.4

मनसा निश्चितात्मानस्त्यक्त्वा सर्वप्रियाप्रियम् ।।। कांक्षन्ते बहवः केचित्केनचिद्विनिहन्यते

manasā niścitātmānastyaktvā sarvapriyāpriyam ||| kāṃkṣante bahavaḥ kecitkenacidvinihanyate

Their minds resolved, having given up everything dear and undear, many go on longing; (yet) one is struck down by something or other.

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VrP 210.5

श्रुता लोके श्रुतिस्तात श्रेयोधर्मा हि नित्यशः।। सम्यक्कृच्छ्राश्रितस्याथ कथं पापे मतिर्भवेत्

śrutā loke śrutistāta śreyodharmā hi nityaśaḥ|| samyakkṛcchrāśritasyātha kathaṃ pāpe matirbhavet

The revealed word (śruti) is heard in the world, dear one, and it always sets forth the dharma that leads to the good; then how should a mind bent on sin arise in one who has rightly undertaken the hard observances?

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VrP 210.6

कस्यैतच्चेष्टितं तात कर्त्ता कारयितापि वा ।। कः कर्षति जगच्चैको भूतग्रामं चतुर्विधम्

kasyaitacceṣṭitaṃ tāta karttā kārayitāpi vā || kaḥ karṣati jagaccaiko bhūtagrāmaṃ caturvidham

Whose doing is this, dear one, and who is the doer or the one who causes it to be done? Who, alone, draws along the world, the fourfold host of beings?

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VrP 210.7

कं वा द्वेषं पुरस्कृत्य मतिस्तस्य प्रवर्त्तते ।। सुखदुःखादि लोकेऽस्मिन्प्रकरोति सुदारुणम्

kaṃ vā dveṣaṃ puraskṛtya matistasya pravarttate || sukhaduḥkhādi loke'sminprakaroti sudāruṇam

Or, putting what hatred first, does his mind set to work, so that it produces the exceedingly cruel pleasure and pain and the rest in this world?

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VrP 210.8

यद्येवं तु मया गुह्यं दुर्विज्ञेयं सुरैरपि ।। शक्यं श्रोतुं महाराज तदाख्याहि तपोधन

yadyevaṃ tu mayā guhyaṃ durvijñeyaṃ surairapi || śakyaṃ śrotuṃ mahārāja tadākhyāhi tapodhana

If this secret, hard to know even for the gods, can be heard by me, great king, then tell it, O you whose wealth is austerity.

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VrP 210.9

नारदेनैवमुक्तस्तु धर्मराजो महामनाः ।। विनयात्प्रश्रितं वाक्यमिदमाह महामुनिम्

nāradenaivamuktastu dharmarājo mahāmanāḥ || vinayātpraśritaṃ vākyamidamāha mahāmunim

Thus addressed by Nārada, the great-minded King of Dharma spoke this word, humbly and out of modesty, to the great sage.

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VrP 210.11

न कश्चिद्दृश्यते लोके कर्त्ता कारयितापि वा ।। यद्वै परमधर्मात्मन् यस्मिन्कर्म प्रतिष्ठितम्

na kaściddṛśyate loke karttā kārayitāpi vā || yadvai paramadharmātman yasminkarma pratiṣṭhitam

No one is seen in the world as the doer or as the one who makes (another) do—that, O you whose self is the highest dharma, in which karma is established.

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VrP 210.12

यस्य वै कीर्त्त्यते नाम येन चाज्ञाप्यते जगत् ।। व्यवहरामि वचश्चाहं यः करोति स्वयं कृतम्

yasya vai kīrttyate nāma yena cājñāpyate jagat || vyavaharāmi vacaścāhaṃ yaḥ karoti svayaṃ kṛtam

He whose name is proclaimed, and by whom the world is commanded—and I too speak the word: it is he himself who does what he has done.

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VrP 210.13

दिव्येऽस्मिन् सदसि ब्रह्मन् ब्रह्मर्षिगणसंवृते ।। यथाश्रुतं यथादृष्टं कथयिष्याम्यहं विभो

divye'smin sadasi brahman brahmarṣigaṇasaṃvṛte || yathāśrutaṃ yathādṛṣṭaṃ kathayiṣyāmyahaṃ vibho

In this divine assembly, O brahmin, thronged with hosts of brahmin-sages, I shall tell it as I have heard it and as I have seen it, O mighty one.

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VrP 210.14

स्वकर्म भुज्यते तात सम्भूतैर्यत्कृतं स्वयम् ।। आत्मानं पातयत्यात्मा किञ्चित्कर्म च कारयेत्

svakarma bhujyate tāta sambhūtairyatkṛtaṃ svayam || ātmānaṃ pātayatyātmā kiñcitkarma ca kārayet

One's own deed is enjoyed, dear one—whatever the born (beings) have themselves done; the self casts the self down, and (the self) also makes it do some deed.

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VrP 210.15

वायुना भाविता संज्ञा संसारे सा दृढीकृता ।। तामेव भजते जन्तुः सुकृतं वाथ दुष्कृतम्

vāyunā bhāvitā saṃjñā saṃsāre sā dṛḍhīkṛtā || tāmeva bhajate jantuḥ sukṛtaṃ vātha duṣkṛtam

The notion brought into being by the wind (of breath/impulse) is made firm in the round of rebirth; a creature clings to just that, whether it be well done or ill done.

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VrP 210.16

अभिघाताभिभूतस्तु आत्मनात्मानमुद्धरेत् ।। आत्मा शत्रुश्च बन्धुश्च न कश्चिद्बन्धुरात्मनः

abhighātābhibhūtastu ātmanātmānamuddharet || ātmā śatruśca bandhuśca na kaścidbandhurātmanaḥ

But when overwhelmed by blows, one should lift oneself up by oneself; the self is both enemy and kinsman—no one else is a kinsman to the self.

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VrP 210.17

बन्धुं बन्धुपरिक्लेशं निर्मितं पूर्वकर्मभिः ।। जगत्यामुपभुङ्क्ते वै जीवा योनिशतैरपि

bandhuṃ bandhuparikleśaṃ nirmitaṃ pūrvakarmabhiḥ || jagatyāmupabhuṅkte vai jīvā yoniśatairapi

The kinsman, and the affliction that comes from kinsmen, are fashioned by former deeds; living beings indeed undergo them on earth through hundreds of births.

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VrP 210.18

मिथ्याप्रवृत्तः शब्दोऽयं जगद्भ्रमति सर्वशः ।। यावत्तत्कुरुते कर्म तावत्कर्म स्वयंकृतम्

mithyāpravṛttaḥ śabdo'yaṃ jagadbhramati sarvaśaḥ || yāvattatkurute karma tāvatkarma svayaṃkṛtam

This word, falsely put about, (that) the world wanders everywhere in all ways—(the truth is that) whatever deed one does, that much deed is self-made.

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VrP 210.19

यथा यथा क्षयं याति ह्यशुभं पुरुषस्य वै ।। तथा तथा शुभा बुद्धिर्मनुजस्य प्रवर्त्तते

yathā yathā kṣayaṃ yāti hyaśubhaṃ puruṣasya vai || tathā tathā śubhā buddhirmanujasya pravarttate

Just as the unmeritorious in a man goes to destruction, so does an auspicious understanding arise in a human being.

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VrP 210.21

शुभाशुभकरीं बुद्धिं लभते पौर्वदैहिकीम् ।। दुष्कृतैः कर्मभिर्देही शुभैर्वा स्वयमर्जितैः।। क्लेशक्षयं पापहरं शुभं कर्म करोत्यथ

śubhāśubhakarīṃ buddhiṃ labhate paurvadaihikīm || duṣkṛtaiḥ karmabhirdehī śubhairvā svayamarjitaiḥ|| kleśakṣayaṃ pāpaharaṃ śubhaṃ karma karotyatha

The embodied one obtains an understanding that produces good and evil, an understanding belonging to his former body, through the evil deeds or the good deeds he has himself earned; and then he performs the auspicious deed that destroys affliction and takes away sin.

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VrP 210.22

शुभाशुभं नरः प्राप्य कर्माकर्म तथैव च।। विवृते विमले कर्मण्यमरेषु महीयते

śubhāśubhaṃ naraḥ prāpya karmākarma tathaiva ca|| vivṛte vimale karmaṇyamareṣu mahīyate

A man, having met with good and evil, and likewise with action and inaction, when his karma has unfolded and become pure, is honoured among the immortals.

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VrP 210.23

स्वर्गः शुभफलप्राप्तिर्निरयः पापसंभवः ।। नैव कश्चित्प्रदाता च नापहर्ता प्रदृश्यते

svargaḥ śubhaphalaprāptirnirayaḥ pāpasaṃbhavaḥ || naiva kaścitpradātā ca nāpahartā pradṛśyate

Heaven is the obtaining of the fruit of good; hell arises from sin. No giver at all, and no taker-away, is to be seen.

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VrP 210.24

नारद उवाच ।। यद्येवं स्वकृतं कर्म समन्वेति शुभाशुभम् ।। शुभस्येह भवेदवृद्धिरशुभस्य क्षयोऽपि वा

nārada uvāca || yadyevaṃ svakṛtaṃ karma samanveti śubhāśubham || śubhasyeha bhavedavṛddhiraśubhasya kṣayo'pi vā

Nārada said: If it is thus, that a deed one has done oneself, good or bad, follows one, then here there could be no increase of the good, nor any destruction of the bad.

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VrP 210.25

मनसा कर्मणा वापि तपसा चरितेन वा ।। यथा न रोहते जन्तुस्तथा त्वं वक्तुमर्हसि

manasā karmaṇā vāpi tapasā caritena vā || yathā na rohate jantustathā tvaṃ vaktumarhasi

By mind, or by deed, or by austerity, or by (good) conduct—how a creature does not grow (again), that you ought to tell me.

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VrP 210.26

यम उवाच ।। इदं पुण्यं पवित्रं च ह्यशुभानां शुभप्रदम् ।। कीर्त्तयिष्यामि ते सम्यक्पापदोषक्षयं सदा

yama uvāca || idaṃ puṇyaṃ pavitraṃ ca hyaśubhānāṃ śubhapradam || kīrttayiṣyāmi te samyakpāpadoṣakṣayaṃ sadā

Yama said: This (teaching) is meritorious and purifying, and bestows good on those who are without good; I shall recount it to you fully, (as) the ever-sure destruction of the faults of sin.

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VrP 210.27

प्रणम्य शिरसा सम्यक्पापपुण्यकराय च ।। कर्तृणे जगतो नित्यं विश्वस्य जगतो ह्यहम्

praṇamya śirasā samyakpāpapuṇyakarāya ca || kartṛṇe jagato nityaṃ viśvasya jagato hyaham

Bowing my head duly to him who is the maker of sin and merit, and to him who is ever the creator of the world, of the whole universe—(so do) I.

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VrP 210.28

येन सृष्टमिदं सर्वं त्रैलोक्यं सचराचरम् ।। अनादिमध्यनिधनं दुर्विज्ञेयं सुरासुरैः

yena sṛṣṭamidaṃ sarvaṃ trailokyaṃ sacarācaram || anādimadhyanidhanaṃ durvijñeyaṃ surāsuraiḥ

By whom all this threefold world with its moving and unmoving (beings) was created—(he who is) without beginning, middle, or end, hard for gods and demons to know.

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VrP 210.29

यः समः सर्वभूतेषु जितात्मा शान्तमानसः ।। स पापेभ्यो विमुच्येत ज्ञानवान्सर्ववेदवित्

yaḥ samaḥ sarvabhūteṣu jitātmā śāntamānasaḥ || sa pāpebhyo vimucyeta jñānavānsarvavedavit

He who is the same toward all beings, self-conquered, with a calmed mind—he would be freed from sins, (being) a knower and one who knows all the Vedas.

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VrP 210.31

गुणागुणपरिज्ञाता ह्यक्षयस्य क्षयस्य च ।। ध्याने नैव ह्यसंमूढः स पापेभ्यः प्रमुच्यते

guṇāguṇaparijñātā hyakṣayasya kṣayasya ca || dhyāne naiva hyasaṃmūḍhaḥ sa pāpebhyaḥ pramucyate

He who fully discerns virtue and non-virtue, and the imperishable and the perishable, and who is not deluded in meditation—he is released from sins.

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VrP 210.32

स्वदेहे परदेहे च सुखदुःखेन नित्यशः ।। विचारज्ञो भवद्येस्तु स मुच्येतैनसा ध्रुवम्

svadehe paradehe ca sukhaduḥkhena nityaśaḥ || vicārajño bhavadyestu sa mucyetainasā dhruvam

He who is a knower of discrimination regarding pleasure and pain, constantly, in his own body and in another's body—he is surely freed from wrongdoing.

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VrP 210.33

अहिंस्रः सर्वभूतेषु तृष्णाक्रोधविवर्जितः ।। शुभन्यायः सदा यश्च स पापेभ्यः प्रमुच्यते

ahiṃsraḥ sarvabhūteṣu tṛṣṇākrodhavivarjitaḥ || śubhanyāyaḥ sadā yaśca sa pāpebhyaḥ pramucyate

He who is non-injuring toward all beings, free of craving and anger, and always of auspicious conduct—he is released from sins.

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VrP 210.34

प्राणायामैश्च निर्गृह्य त्वधः सन्धारणानि च ।। व्यवस्थितमना यस्तु स पापेभ्यः प्रमुच्यते

prāṇāyāmaiśca nirgṛhya tvadhaḥ sandhāraṇāni ca || vyavasthitamanā yastu sa pāpebhyaḥ pramucyate

He who, restraining (the breaths) by breath-controls and (practising) the fixings (of breath) downward, has a mind (thereby) settled—he is released from sins.

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VrP 210.35

निराशः सर्वतस्तिष्ठेदिष्टार्थेषु न लोलुपः।। परीतात्मा त्यजेत्प्राणान्सर्वपापात्प्रमुच्यते

nirāśaḥ sarvatastiṣṭhediṣṭārtheṣu na lolupaḥ|| parītātmā tyajetprāṇānsarvapāpātpramucyate

He should remain free of expectation in every way, not greedy for desired objects; (and if) with self encompassed (in control) he gives up his life-breaths, he is freed from all sin.

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VrP 210.36

श्रद्दधानो जितक्रोधः परद्रव्यविवर्जकः ।। अनसूयश्च यो मर्त्यः स पापेभ्यः प्रमुच्यते

śraddadhāno jitakrodhaḥ paradravyavivarjakaḥ || anasūyaśca yo martyaḥ sa pāpebhyaḥ pramucyate

The mortal who is full of faith, has conquered anger, avoids others' property, and is without envy—he is released from sins.

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VrP 210.37

गुरुशुश्रूषया युक्तस्त्वहिंसानिरतश्च यः ।। अक्षुद्रशीलस्तु नरः स पापेभ्यः प्रमुच्यते

guruśuśrūṣayā yuktastvahiṃsānirataśca yaḥ || akṣudraśīlastu naraḥ sa pāpebhyaḥ pramucyate

The man who is engaged in service to his teacher and devoted to non-injury, and whose character is not mean—he is released from sins.

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VrP 210.38

प्रशस्तानि च यः कुर्यादप्रशस्तानि वर्जयेत् ।। मङ्गले परमो यश्च स पापेभ्यः प्रमुच्यते

praśastāni ca yaḥ kuryādapraśastāni varjayet || maṅgale paramo yaśca sa pāpebhyaḥ pramucyate

He who does what is commended and avoids what is not commended, and who is supreme in (performing) auspicious rites—he is released from sins.

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VrP 210.39

योऽभिगच्छति तीर्थानि विशुद्धेनान्तरात्मना ।। पापादुपरतो नित्यं स पापेभ्यः प्रमुच्यते

yo'bhigacchati tīrthāni viśuddhenāntarātmanā || pāpāduparato nityaṃ sa pāpebhyaḥ pramucyate

He who goes to the sacred fords with a wholly purified inner self, ever abstaining from sin—he is released from sins.

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VrP 210.41

नारद उवाच ।। एतच्छ्रेयोहितं चैव सर्वेषां वै परन्तप ।। उपपन्नं च युक्तं च तत्त्वया समुदाहृतम्

nārada uvāca || etacchreyohitaṃ caiva sarveṣāṃ vai parantapa || upapannaṃ ca yuktaṃ ca tattvayā samudāhṛtam

Nārada said: This is indeed excellent and beneficial for all, O scorcher of foes; and what you have set forth is fitting and reasonable.

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VrP 210.42

विविधैः कारणोपायैः सम्यक्तत्त्वार्थदर्शितैः ।। संशयोऽभून्मम पुरा स त्वया नाशितः प्रभो

vividhaiḥ kāraṇopāyaiḥ samyaktattvārthadarśitaiḥ || saṃśayo'bhūnmama purā sa tvayā nāśitaḥ prabho

By various causes and means, shown to accord fully with the true nature of things—the doubt that I had before, that you have destroyed, O lord.

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VrP 210.43

ततोऽप्यल्पतरश्चेत्स्यादुपायो योगवित्तम ।। कथ्यतां मे महाभाग येन पापं प्रणश्यति

tato'pyalpataraścetsyādupāyo yogavittama || kathyatāṃ me mahābhāga yena pāpaṃ praṇaśyati

If there be a means slighter even than that, O best of knowers of yoga, tell it to me, O greatly fortunate one—that by which sin perishes.

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VrP 210.44

दुष्करं पूर्वमुक्तं हि योगधर्मस्य साधनम् ।। पापापहरणं लोके यदन्यत्सुखसाधनम्

duṣkaraṃ pūrvamuktaṃ hi yogadharmasya sādhanam || pāpāpaharaṇaṃ loke yadanyatsukhasādhanam

For what was said before, the accomplishing of the yoga-discipline, is hard to do; (tell me) what other easy means there is in the world for the removal of sin,

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VrP 210.45

अल्पोपायकरं चैव सुखोपायं च सर्वशः ।। येन पापकृतान्दोषानपोहति सुदारुणान्

alpopāyakaraṃ caiva sukhopāyaṃ ca sarvaśaḥ || yena pāpakṛtāndoṣānapohati sudāruṇān

and (what) requires little effort as a means and is in every way a pleasant means, by which one drives away the most terrible faults produced by sin,

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VrP 210.46

आत्मायत्ताश्च ये नित्यं न च विस्तारविस्तरः ।। गुणैश्च विविधैर्युक्ता इहलोके परत्र च

ātmāyattāśca ye nityaṃ na ca vistāravistaraḥ || guṇaiśca vividhairyuktā ihaloke paratra ca

(means) which are always dependent on oneself and involve no elaborate extension, and are joined with manifold virtues in this world and the next.

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VrP 210.47

कर्मणामशुभानां च विविधोत्पत्तिजन्मनाम् ।। यः समर्थः स्फोटयितुं तन्मे ब्रूहि महातपाः

karmaṇāmaśubhānāṃ ca vividhotpattijanmanām || yaḥ samarthaḥ sphoṭayituṃ tanme brūhi mahātapāḥ

Tell me that, O greatly austere one, which is able to shatter the inauspicious deeds that arise and are born in various ways.

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VrP 210.48

यम उवाच ।। यथा स भगवानाह धर्ममेतं प्रजापतिः ।। तदहं भावयिष्यामि नमस्कृत्य स्वयम्भुवम्

yama uvāca || yathā sa bhagavānāha dharmametaṃ prajāpatiḥ || tadahaṃ bhāvayiṣyāmi namaskṛtya svayambhuvam

Yama said: As that lord Prajāpati declared this dharma, so shall I set it forth, having made obeisance to the Self-existent One.

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VrP 210.49

लोकानां श्रेयसोऽर्थं तु पापानां तु विनाशनम् ।। क्रियाकारनियोगं च प्रोच्यमानं निबोध मे

lokānāṃ śreyaso'rthaṃ tu pāpānāṃ tu vināśanam || kriyākāraniyogaṃ ca procyamānaṃ nibodha me

Learn from me the ordinance of rite and action as it is being declared, for the welfare of the worlds and for the destruction of sins.

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VrP 210.51

प्राप्नुयादीप्सितान्कामान्पापैर्मुक्तो यथासुखम् ।। यः कुर्याद्धर्मसंयुक्तं विशुद्धेनान्तरात्मना

prāpnuyādīpsitānkāmānpāpairmukto yathāsukham || yaḥ kuryāddharmasaṃyuktaṃ viśuddhenāntarātmanā

He who, with a wholly purified inner self, would perform what is joined with dharma, freed from his sins would attain his desired wishes at his ease.

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VrP 210.52

यस्तु कारयते रूपं शिशुमारं प्रजापतिम् ।। दृष्ट्वा नमस्येत्प्रयतः स पापेभ्यः प्रमुच्यते

yastu kārayate rūpaṃ śiśumāraṃ prajāpatim || dṛṣṭvā namasyetprayataḥ sa pāpebhyaḥ pramucyate

But he who has the form of the porpoise (śiśumāra), Prajāpati, made, and, self-restrained, having seen it, makes obeisance—he is released from his sins.

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VrP 210.53

यदा तस्य शरीरस्थं सोमं पश्येत्समाहितः ।। महापातकनाशस्तु तदा तस्य विधीयते

yadā tasya śarīrasthaṃ somaṃ paśyetsamāhitaḥ || mahāpātakanāśastu tadā tasya vidhīyate

When, concentrated, he sees the moon situated in its body, then the destruction of his great sins is ordained.

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VrP 210.54

ललाटे तूत्थितं दृष्ट्वा मुच्यते च स पातकैः ।। कण्ठस्थं पातकैः सर्वैर्ह्रदिस्थं च कृताकृतैः

lalāṭe tūtthitaṃ dṛṣṭvā mucyate ca sa pātakaiḥ || kaṇṭhasthaṃ pātakaiḥ sarvairhradisthaṃ ca kṛtākṛtaiḥ

But seeing (it) risen on the forehead, he is freed from his sins; (seeing it) placed at the throat, from all sins; and placed at the heart, from things done and left undone.

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VrP 210.55

मनसा कर्मणा वाचा यत्किंचित्कलुषं कृतम् ।। उदरस्थं तु तं दृष्ट्वा मुच्यते नात्र संशयः

manasā karmaṇā vācā yatkiṃcitkaluṣaṃ kṛtam || udarasthaṃ tu taṃ dṛṣṭvā mucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ

Whatever impurity has been done by mind, by act, by speech—seeing it placed in the belly, he is freed; there is no doubt here.

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VrP 210.56

वाङ्मनोभिः कृतानां तु पापानां विप्रमोक्षणम् ।। यदा लांगलकण्ठे तु स्थितं पश्येद्दिवाकरम्

vāṅmanobhiḥ kṛtānāṃ tu pāpānāṃ vipramokṣaṇam || yadā lāṃgalakaṇṭhe tu sthitaṃ paśyeddivākaram

And there is complete release from the sins committed by speech and mind, when one sees the sun standing at the neck of the plough (or: at the neck of the Lāṅgala constellation).

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VrP 210.57

तदा स दुष्कृतान्सर्वान्विनाशयति मानवः ।। यदा सोमं गुरुं सर्वं यः कुर्यात्तु प्रदक्षिणम्

tadā sa duṣkṛtānsarvānvināśayati mānavaḥ || yadā somaṃ guruṃ sarvaṃ yaḥ kuryāttu pradakṣiṇam

Then that man destroys all his misdeeds; when one circumambulates the moon and Jupiter (guru) entirely,

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VrP 210.58

ध्यायेत ह्यक्षयं यस्तु स पापेभ्यः प्रमुच्यते ।। भृगुर्बुधः शनैश्चारो लोहिताङ्गश्च वीर्यवान्

dhyāyeta hyakṣayaṃ yastu sa pāpebhyaḥ pramucyate || bhṛgurbudhaḥ śanaiścāro lohitāṅgaśca vīryavān

and meditates on the imperishable, he is released from his sins; (also) Venus, Mercury, Saturn, and the mighty Red-limbed one (Mars).

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VrP 210.59

सौम्यरूपो यदा चन्द्रः कुरुते च प्रदक्षिणाम् ।। हृदि कृत्वा तु तत्पापं यो ध्यायेदक्षरं शुचिः

saumyarūpo yadā candraḥ kurute ca pradakṣiṇām || hṛdi kṛtvā tu tatpāpaṃ yo dhyāyedakṣaraṃ śuciḥ

When the moon of gentle form makes a circumambulation, and one who is pure, placing that sin in his heart, meditates on the imperishable syllable—

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VrP 210.61

जघनस्थं शुचिर्दृष्ट्वा नरश्चन्द्रमसं मुने ।। नमस्येत्प्रयतो भूत्वा सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते

jaghanasthaṃ śucirdṛṣṭvā naraścandramasaṃ mune || namasyetprayato bhūtvā sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

When a pure man, O sage, has seen the moon standing at the hips, and, self-restrained, makes obeisance, he is released from all sins.

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VrP 210.62

आर्द्रस्थमार्द्रकर्मा तु ध्यात्वा चाष्टशताक्षरम् ।। यदा चन्द्रश्च सूर्यश्च द्वावन्योऽन्यं प्रपश्यतः

ārdrasthamārdrakarmā tu dhyātvā cāṣṭaśatākṣaram || yadā candraśca sūryaśca dvāvanyo'nyaṃ prapaśyataḥ

But one whose acts are (done) with wet (hands), having meditated a hundred and eight times on the syllable (upon the moon) standing in Ārdrā; when the moon and the sun, the two, look upon each other—

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VrP 210.63

सम्पूर्णौ विमलौ सम्यग्भ्राजमानौ स्वतेजसा ।। कृत्वा हृदि तथा पापं यो ध्यायेत्परमव्ययम्

sampūrṇau vimalau samyagbhrājamānau svatejasā || kṛtvā hṛdi tathā pāpaṃ yo dhyāyetparamavyayam

—both full, spotless, shining forth well with their own radiance—and one, placing his sin in his heart, meditates on the supreme imperishable (one),

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VrP 210.64

वामनं ब्राह्मणं दृष्ट्वा वाराहं च जलोत्थितम् ।। धरणी चोद्धृता येन सिंहं चापि महामुने

vāmanaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā vārāhaṃ ca jalotthitam || dharaṇī coddhṛtā yena siṃhaṃ cāpi mahāmune

having seen the Dwarf, the brahmin, and the Boar risen from the water, by whom the earth was lifted up, and also the Lion, O great sage,

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VrP 210.69

नमस्येद्वै पयोभक्षः स पापेभ्यः प्रमुच्यते ।। प्राणायामं च यः कुर्यात्सोऽपि पापात्प्रमुच्यते

namasyedvai payobhakṣaḥ sa pāpebhyaḥ pramucyate || prāṇāyāmaṃ ca yaḥ kuryātso'pi pāpātpramucyate

—he should make obeisance, living on milk: he is released from his sins. And whoever performs breath-restraint, he too is released from sin.

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VrP 210.210

यम उवाच ।। देवर्षे श्रूयतां पुण्यं यद्ब्रवीषि महामुने ।। त्वदुक्त्या मे कथयतः शृणुष्वावहितोऽनघ संसारे प्राप्तदोषस्य जायमानस्य देहिनः ।। पततां च गतो भावः पापकर्मक्षयेन तु तत्त्वार्थं वेत्ति यः सम्यक्पुरुषं प्रकृतिं तथा ।। ज्ञात्वा वा यो न मुह्येत पदं प्राप्नोति शाश्वतम् उत्थाय ब्राह्मणं गच्छेन्नरो भक्त्या समन्वितः ।। अभिगम्य प्रदानेन स पापेभ्यः प्रमुच्यते कैवल्यमभिसम्पन्ने श्रद्दधानो भवेन्नरः ।। अनन्यमानसः कुर्याद्यथा धर्मानुशासनम् तदा निर्मलतां याति चन्द्रमाः शारदो यथा ।। प्राणायामशतं कृत्वा सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते

yama uvāca || devarṣe śrūyatāṃ puṇyaṃ yadbravīṣi mahāmune || tvaduktyā me kathayataḥ śṛṇuṣvāvahito'nagha saṃsāre prāptadoṣasya jāyamānasya dehinaḥ || patatāṃ ca gato bhāvaḥ pāpakarmakṣayena tu tattvārthaṃ vetti yaḥ samyakpuruṣaṃ prakṛtiṃ tathā || jñātvā vā yo na muhyeta padaṃ prāpnoti śāśvatam utthāya brāhmaṇaṃ gacchennaro bhaktyā samanvitaḥ || abhigamya pradānena sa pāpebhyaḥ pramucyate kaivalyamabhisampanne śraddadhāno bhavennaraḥ || ananyamānasaḥ kuryādyathā dharmānuśāsanam tadā nirmalatāṃ yāti candramāḥ śārado yathā || prāṇāyāmaśataṃ kṛtvā sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

Yama said: Let the meritorious (teaching) be heard, O divine seer; since you ask, O great sage, listen attentively, O sinless one, as I speak at your word. For the embodied being who, being born, has incurred fault in the round of existence, and for those who fall, a (better) state is reached through the wearing away of sinful action. He who rightly knows the true meaning—Spirit and Nature—or who, having known, is not deluded, attains the everlasting station. A man, filled with devotion, should rise and go to a brahmin; having approached him, by a gift he is released from his sins. When absoluteness has been attained, a man should become faithful; with an undivided mind he should act according to the instruction of dharma. Then he goes to spotlessness, like the autumn moon; having performed a hundred breath-restraints, he is released from all sins.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain