Vishnu Purana — Amsha 3 — Chapter 18
ViP 3 18.1
तपस्य् अभिरतान् सो ऽथ मायामोहो महासुरान् मैत्रेय ददृशे गत्वा नर्मदातीरसंश्रयान् ॥
tapasy abhiratān so 'tha māyāmoho mahāsurān maitreya dadṛśe gatvā narmadātīrasaṃśrayān //
Then that Māyāmoha, having gone, saw, O Maitreya, the great Asuras engaged in asceticism, taking their station on the bank of the Narmadā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.2
ततो दिगम्बरो मुण्डो बर्हिपत्रधरो द्विज मायामोहो ऽसुरान् श्लक्ष्णम् इदं वचनम् अब्रवीत् ॥
tato digambaro muṇḍo barhipatradharo dvija māyāmoho 'surān ślakṣṇam idaṃ vacanam abravīt //
Then, naked, shaven-headed, carrying a peacock feather, O twice-born, Māyāmoha spoke this smooth speech to the Asuras:
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ViP 3 18.3
भो दैत्यपतयो ब्रूत यदर्थं तप्यते तपः ऐहिकं वाथ पारत्र्यं तपसः फलम् इच्छथ ॥
bho daityapatayo brūta yadarthaṃ tapyate tapaḥ aihikaṃ vātha pāratryaṃ tapasaḥ phalam icchatha //
"Ho, lords of the Daityas! Tell (me) for what purpose this austerity is practised. Do you desire the fruit of austerity in this world, or in the next?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.4
पारत्र्यफललाभाय तपश्चर्या महामते अस्माभिर् इयम् आरब्धा किं वा ते ऽत्र विवक्षितम् ॥
pāratryaphalalābhāya tapaścaryā mahāmate asmābhir iyam ārabdhā kiṃ vā te 'tra vivakṣitam //
"For the gaining of a fruit in the next world, O greatly wise one, this practice of austerity has been undertaken by us. Or what is it you wish to say on this?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.5
कुरुध्वं मम वाक्यानि यदि मुक्तिम् अभीप्सथ अर्हध्वं धर्मम् एतं च मुक्तिद्वारम् असंवृतम् ॥
kurudhvaṃ mama vākyāni yadi muktim abhīpsatha arhadhvaṃ dharmam etaṃ ca muktidvāram asaṃvṛtam //
Follow my words, if you desire liberation; and accept this dharma, the unobstructed door to liberation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.6
धर्मो विमुक्तेर् अर्हो ऽयं नैतस्माद् अपरः परः अत्रैवावस्थिताः स्वर्गं विमुक्तिं वा गमिष्यथ ॥
dharmo vimukter arho 'yaṃ naitasmād aparaḥ paraḥ atraivāvasthitāḥ svargaṃ vimuktiṃ vā gamiṣyatha //
This dharma is worthy of (i.e., leads to) liberation; there is no other higher than it. Standing firm in it alone you will go to heaven or to liberation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.7
अर्हध्वं धर्मम् एतं च सर्वे यूयं महाबलाः ॥
arhadhvaṃ dharmam etaṃ ca sarve yūyaṃ mahābalāḥ //
And accept this dharma, all of you, O mighty ones.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.8
एवंप्रकारैर् बहुभिर् युक्तिदर्शनवर्धितैः मायामोहेन दैत्यास् ते वेदमार्गाद् अपाकृताः ॥
evaṃprakārair bahubhir yuktidarśanavardhitaiḥ māyāmohena daityās te vedamārgād apākṛtāḥ //
By many (arguments) of this kind, reinforced by reasoning and illustration, those Daityas were turned aside from the path of the Veda by Māyāmoha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.9
धर्मायैतद् अधर्माय सद् एतन् न सद् इत्य् अपि विमुक्तये त्व् इदं नैतद् विमुक्तिं संप्रयच्छति ॥
dharmāyaitad adharmāya sad etan na sad ity api vimuktaye tv idaṃ naitad vimuktiṃ saṃprayacchati //
"This is for dharma, (this) for adharma; this is real, and also not real; but this is for liberation, (and) this does not confer liberation" —
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ViP 3 18.10
परमार्थो ऽयम् अत्यर्थं परमार्थो न चाप्य् अयम् ॥
paramārtho 'yam atyarthaṃ paramārtho na cāpy ayam //
"This is supremely the highest truth, and yet this is not the highest truth;
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ViP 3 18.11
कार्यम् एतद् अकार्यं च नैतद् एवं स्फुटं त्व् इदम् दिग्वाससाम् अयं धर्मो धर्मो ऽयं बहुवाससाम् ॥
kāryam etad akāryaṃ ca naitad evaṃ sphuṭaṃ tv idam digvāsasām ayaṃ dharmo dharmo 'yaṃ bahuvāsasām //
this is to be done and this is not to be done; this is not so, but this is evident; this is the dharma of the naked (sky-clad) ones, this is the dharma of those who wear many garments" —
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ViP 3 18.12
इत्य् अनेकान्तवादं च मायामोहेन नैकधा तेन दर्शयता दैत्याः स्वधर्मांस् त्याजिता द्विज ॥
ity anekāntavādaṃ ca māyāmohena naikadhā tena darśayatā daityāḥ svadharmāṃs tyājitā dvija //
thus, O twice-born, by that Māyāmoha displaying in manifold ways a doctrine of non-absolutism, the Daityas were made to abandon their own dharma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.13
अर्हथेमं महाधर्मं मायामोहेन ते यतः प्रोक्तास् तम् आश्रिता धर्मम् अर्हतास् तेन ते ऽभवन् ॥
arhathemaṃ mahādharmaṃ māyāmohena te yataḥ proktās tam āśritā dharmam arhatās tena te 'bhavan //
Since they were told by Māyāmoha, "Accept (arhatha) this great dharma," they, resorting to that dharma, thereby became Arhatas.
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ViP 3 18.14
त्रयीधर्मसमुत्सर्गं मायामोहेन ते ऽसुराः कारितास् तन्मया ह्य् आसंस् तथान्ये तत्प्रबोधिताः ॥
trayīdharmasamutsargaṃ māyāmohena te 'surāḥ kāritās tanmayā hy āsaṃs tathānye tatprabodhitāḥ //
Those Asuras were made by Māyāmoha to abandon the dharma of the three Vedas, for they became devoted to it; and others too were instructed by them.
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ViP 3 18.15
तैर् अप्य् अन्ये परे तैश् च तैर् अप्य् अन्ये परे च तैः अल्पैर् अहोभिः संत्यक्ता तैर् दैत्यैः प्रायशस् त्रयी ॥
tair apy anye pare taiś ca tair apy anye pare ca taiḥ alpair ahobhiḥ saṃtyaktā tair daityaiḥ prāyaśas trayī //
And by them others still, and by these yet others, and by them again others — in a few days the three Vedas were for the most part abandoned by those Daityas.
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ViP 3 18.16
पुनश् च रक्ताम्बरधृङ् मायामोहो ऽजितेक्षणः अन्यान् आहासुरान् गत्वा मृद्वल्पमधुराक्षरम् ॥
punaś ca raktāmbaradhṛṅ māyāmoho 'jitekṣaṇaḥ anyān āhāsurān gatvā mṛdvalpamadhurākṣaram //
And again Māyāmoha, wearing a red garment, with unconquered gaze, went and addressed other Asuras in soft, few, sweet syllables:
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ViP 3 18.17
स्वर्गार्थं यदि वो वाञ्छा निर्वाणार्थम् अथासुराः तद् अलं पशुघातादिदुष्टधर्मं निबोधत ॥
svargārthaṃ yadi vo vāñchā nirvāṇārtham athāsurāḥ tad alaṃ paśughātādiduṣṭadharmaṃ nibodhata //
"If you have a desire for heaven, or for nirvāṇa, O Asuras, then enough (of that): understand that the killing of animals and the like is an evil dharma.
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ViP 3 18.18
विज्ञानमयम् एवैतद् अशेषम् अवगच्छत बुध्यध्वं मे वचः सम्यग् बुधैर् एवम् उदीरितम् ॥
vijñānamayam evaitad aśeṣam avagacchata budhyadhvaṃ me vacaḥ samyag budhair evam udīritam //
Understand that all this is made of consciousness alone; comprehend my words rightly — thus have they been declared by the wise (buddhas).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.19
जगद् एतद् अनाधारं भ्रान्तिज्ञानार्थतत्परम् रागादिदुष्टम् अत्यर्थं भ्राम्यते भवसंकटे ॥
jagad etad anādhāraṃ bhrāntijñānārthatatparam rāgādiduṣṭam atyarthaṃ bhrāmyate bhavasaṃkaṭe //
This world is without support, intent upon the objects of erroneous cognition, exceedingly corrupted by passion and the rest, and it wanders in the strait of existence."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.20
एवं बुध्यत बुध्यध्वं बुध्यतैवम् इतीरयन् मायामोहः स दैत्येयान् धर्मम् अत्याजयन् निजम् ॥
evaṃ budhyata budhyadhvaṃ budhyataivam itīrayan māyāmohaḥ sa daityeyān dharmam atyājayan nijam //
"Understand thus, understand, understand in this way" — so declaring, that Māyāmoha made the sons of the Daityas abandon their own dharma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.21
नानाप्रकारवचनं स तेषां युक्तियोजितम् तथा तथावदद् धर्मं तत्यजुस् ते यथा यथा ॥
nānāprakāravacanaṃ sa teṣāṃ yuktiyojitam tathā tathāvadad dharmaṃ tatyajus te yathā yathā //
He spoke to them speech of many kinds, fitted with reasoning, telling them dharma in such and such a way, just as they abandoned (their own) dharma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
ViP 3 18.22
ते ऽप्य् अन्येषां तथैवोचुर् अन्यैर् अन्ये तथोदिताः मैत्रेय तत्यजुर् धर्मं वेदस्मृत्युदितं परम् ॥
te 'py anyeṣāṃ tathaivocur anyair anye tathoditāḥ maitreya tatyajur dharmaṃ vedasmṛtyuditaṃ param //
They too spoke in the very same way to others, and others, being so addressed by others, O Maitreya, abandoned the supreme dharma declared in the Veda and the Smṛti.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.23
अन्यान् अप्य् अन्यपाषण्डप्रकारैर् बहुभिर् द्विज दैतेयान् मोहयाम् आस मायामोहो ऽतिमोहकृत् ॥
anyān apy anyapāṣaṇḍaprakārair bahubhir dvija daiteyān mohayām āsa māyāmoho 'timohakṛt //
Other Daityas too, O twice-born, Māyāmoha, the maker of great delusion, deluded by many other kinds of heresy.
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ViP 3 18.24
स्वल्पेनैव हि कालेन मायामोहेन ते ऽसुराः मोहितास् तत्यजुः सर्वां त्रयीमार्गाश्रितां कथाम् ॥
svalpenaiva hi kālena māyāmohena te 'surāḥ mohitās tatyajuḥ sarvāṃ trayīmārgāśritāṃ kathām //
For in a very short time those Asuras, deluded by Māyāmoha, abandoned every discourse based on the path of the three Vedas.
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ViP 3 18.25
केचिद् विनिन्दां वेदानां देवानाम् अपरे द्विज यज्ञकर्मकलापस्य तथान्ये च द्विजन्मनाम् ॥
kecid vinindāṃ vedānāṃ devānām apare dvija yajñakarmakalāpasya tathānye ca dvijanmanām //
Some (took up) the reviling of the Vedas, others that of the gods, O twice-born one, others that of the whole body of sacrificial rites, and still others that of the twice-born.
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ViP 3 18.26
नैतद् युक्तिसहं वाक्यं हिंसा धर्माय नेष्यते हवींष्य् अनलदग्धानि फलायेत्य् अर्भकोदितम् ॥
naitad yuktisahaṃ vākyaṃ hiṃsā dharmāya neṣyate havīṃṣy analadagdhāni phalāyety arbhakoditam //
This statement does not bear up under reasoning, (namely) that violence is approved for the sake of dharma; and (to say) that oblations burnt up by fire are for the sake of a (future) reward is a child's utterance.
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ViP 3 18.27
यज्ञैर् अनेकैर् देवत्वम् अवाप्येन्द्रेण भुज्यते शम्यादि यदि चेत् काष्ठं तद्वरं पत्रभुक् पशुः ॥
yajñair anekair devatvam avāpyendreṇa bhujyate śamyādi yadi cet kāṣṭhaṃ tadvaraṃ patrabhuk paśuḥ //
Godhood, obtained by many sacrifices, is enjoyed by Indra — but if the (offered) fuel is śamī-wood and the like, then a leaf-eating beast is better (at it) than he.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
ViP 3 18.28
निहतस्य पशोर् यज्ञे स्वर्गप्राप्तिर् यदीष्यते स्वपिता यजमानेन किं नु तस्मान् न हन्यते ॥
nihatasya paśor yajñe svargaprāptir yadīṣyate svapitā yajamānena kiṃ nu tasmān na hanyate //
If the attainment of heaven is held to come to a beast slain at a sacrifice, why then is his own father not slain by the sacrificer?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.29
तृप्तये जायते पुंसो भुक्तम् अन्येन चेत् ततः दद्याच् छ्राद्धं श्रद्धयान्नं न वहेयुः प्रवासिनः ॥
tṛptaye jāyate puṃso bhuktam anyena cet tataḥ dadyāc chrāddhaṃ śraddhayānnaṃ na vaheyuḥ pravāsinaḥ //
If what is eaten by one person serves for the satisfaction of (another) man, then one should give the śrāddha food with faith — travellers need not carry provisions.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.30
जनश्रद्धेयम् इत्य् एतद् अवगम्य ततो ऽत्र वः उपेक्षा श्रेयसी वाक्यं रोचतां यन् मयेरितम् ॥
janaśraddheyam ity etad avagamya tato 'tra vaḥ upekṣā śreyasī vākyaṃ rocatāṃ yan mayeritam //
Understanding that this is (only) what the common people believe, indifference toward it is better for you; let the statement I have uttered be to your liking.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.31
न ह्य् आप्तवादा नभसो निपतन्ति महासुराः युक्तिमद् वचनं ग्राह्यं मयान्यैश् च भवद्विधैः ॥
na hy āptavādā nabhaso nipatanti mahāsurāḥ yuktimad vacanaṃ grāhyaṃ mayānyaiś ca bhavadvidhaiḥ //
For the words of authorities do not drop from the sky, O great asuras; a statement backed by reasoning is to be accepted by me and by others like you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.32
मायामोहेन ते दैत्याः प्रकारैर् बहुभिस् तथा व्युत्थापिता यथा नैषां त्रयीं कश्चिद् अरोचयत् ॥
māyāmohena te daityāḥ prakārair bahubhis tathā vyutthāpitā yathā naiṣāṃ trayīṃ kaścid arocayat //
In this way those Daityas were made to rise up (against the Vedas) by Māyāmoha in many ways, so that not one of them found the triple Veda pleasing.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.33
इत्थम् उन्मार्गयातेषु तेषु दैत्येषु ते ऽमराः उद्योगं परमं कृत्वा युद्धाय समुपस्थिताः ॥
ittham unmārgayāteṣu teṣu daityeṣu te 'marāḥ udyogaṃ paramaṃ kṛtvā yuddhāya samupasthitāḥ //
When the Daityas had thus gone onto the wrong path, those immortals, having made the greatest effort, came forward for battle.
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ViP 3 18.34
ततो देवासुरं युद्धं पुनर् एवाभवद् द्विज हताश् च ते ऽसुरा देवैः सन्मार्गपरिपन्थिनः ॥
tato devāsuraṃ yuddhaṃ punar evābhavad dvija hatāś ca te 'surā devaiḥ sanmārgaparipanthinaḥ //
Then, O twice-born one, the war of gods and asuras took place once again, and those asuras, opposers of the good path, were slain by the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.35
सद्धर्मकवचस् तेषाम् अभूद् यः प्रथमं द्विज तेन रक्षाभवत् पूर्वं नेशुर् नष्टे च तत्र ते ॥
saddharmakavacas teṣām abhūd yaḥ prathamaṃ dvija tena rakṣābhavat pūrvaṃ neśur naṣṭe ca tatra te //
The armour of true dharma which they formerly had, O twice-born one — by that there was protection for them before; and when that was destroyed, they perished.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.36
ततो मैत्रेय तन्मार्गवर्तिनो ये ऽभवञ् जनाः नग्नास् ते तैर् यतस् त्यक्तं त्रयीसंवरणं वृथा ॥
tato maitreya tanmārgavartino ye 'bhavañ janāḥ nagnās te tair yatas tyaktaṃ trayīsaṃvaraṇaṃ vṛthā //
Then, Maitreya, the people who came to follow that path (of theirs) were 'naked', since by them the covering of the triple Veda had been cast off to no purpose.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.37
ब्रह्मचारी गृहस्थश् च वानप्रस्थस् तथाश्रमाः परिव्राड् वा चतुर्थो ऽत्र पञ्चमो नोपपद्यते ॥
brahmacārī gṛhasthaś ca vānaprasthas tathāśramāḥ parivrāḍ vā caturtho 'tra pañcamo nopapadyate //
The student, the householder, and the forest-dweller are the (three) stages of life, and the wandering ascetic is the fourth here; a fifth is not admitted.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.38
यस् तु संत्यज्य गार्हस्थ्यं वानप्रस्थो न जायते परिव्राड् वापि मैत्रेय स नग्नः पापकृन् नरः ॥
yas tu saṃtyajya gārhasthyaṃ vānaprastho na jāyate parivrāḍ vāpi maitreya sa nagnaḥ pāpakṛn naraḥ //
But he who, having abandoned the householder's state, does not become a forest-dweller or a wandering ascetic, Maitreya, that man is 'naked', a doer of evil.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.39
नित्यानां कर्मणां विप्र तस्य हानिर् अहर्निशम् अकुर्वन् विहितं कर्म शक्तः पतति तद्दिने ॥
nityānāṃ karmaṇāṃ vipra tasya hānir aharniśam akurvan vihitaṃ karma śaktaḥ patati taddine //
For him, O brahmin, there is day and night a lapse of the obligatory rites; one who, though able, does not perform the prescribed rite falls (from his state) on that very day.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.40
प्रायश्चित्तेन महता शुद्धिं प्राप्नोत्य् अनापदि पक्षं नित्यक्रियाहानेः कर्ता मैत्रेय मानवः ॥
prāyaścittena mahatā śuddhiṃ prāpnoty anāpadi pakṣaṃ nityakriyāhāneḥ kartā maitreya mānavaḥ //
A man who causes a lapse of the daily rites for a fortnight, Maitreya, attains purification, when there is no emergency, only by a great expiation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.41
संवत्सरं क्रियाहानिर् यस्य पुंसो ऽभिजायते तस्यावलोकनात् सूर्यो निरीक्ष्यः साधुभिः सदा ॥
saṃvatsaraṃ kriyāhānir yasya puṃso 'bhijāyate tasyāvalokanāt sūryo nirīkṣyaḥ sādhubhiḥ sadā //
When a man's lapse of rites lasts a year, the sun must always be looked at by good people after they have looked at him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.42
स्पृष्टे स्नानं सचैलस्य शुद्धिहेतुर् महामुने पुंसो भवति तस्योक्ता न शुद्धिः पापकर्मणः ॥
spṛṣṭe snānaṃ sacailasya śuddhihetur mahāmune puṃso bhavati tasyoktā na śuddhiḥ pāpakarmaṇaḥ //
When he has been touched, a bath with one's clothes on is the means of purification, O great sage; but for that man of evil deeds himself no purification is prescribed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.43
देवर्षिपितृभूतानि यस्य निःश्वस्य वेश्मनि प्रयान्त्य् अनर्चितान्य् अत्र न तस्मात् पापकृन् नरः ॥
devarṣipitṛbhūtāni yasya niḥśvasya veśmani prayānty anarcitāny atra na tasmāt pāpakṛn naraḥ //
Gods, sages, ancestors and (other) beings, sighing, depart unhonoured from the house of such a man; there is no greater sinner than he.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.44
देवादिनिःश्वासहतं शरीरं यस्य वेश्म च न तेन संकरं कुर्याद् गृहासनपरिच्छदैः ॥
devādiniḥśvāsahataṃ śarīraṃ yasya veśma ca na tena saṃkaraṃ kuryād gṛhāsanaparicchadaiḥ //
With him whose body and house are stricken by the sighing of the gods and the rest one should not mingle by (sharing) house, seat, or belongings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.45
संभाषणानुप्रश्नादि सहास्यं चैव कुर्वतः जायते तुल्यता पुंसस् तेनैव द्विज वत्सरम् ॥
saṃbhāṣaṇānupraśnādi sahāsyaṃ caiva kurvataḥ jāyate tulyatā puṃsas tenaiva dvija vatsaram //
For a man who engages with him in conversation, questioning and the rest, and in laughter as well, equality with that very (fallen) one arises within a year, O twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.46
अथ भुङ्क्ते गृहे तस्य करोत्य् आस्यां तथासने शेते चाप्य् एकशयने स सद्यस् तत्समो भवेत् ॥
atha bhuṅkte gṛhe tasya karoty āsyāṃ tathāsane śete cāpy ekaśayane sa sadyas tatsamo bhavet //
But if he eats in his house, or takes his seat there upon his seat, and sleeps in one bed (with him), he at once becomes his equal.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.47
देवतापितृभूतानि तथानभ्यर्च्य यो ऽतिथीन् भुङ्क्ते स पातकं भुङ्क्ते निष्कृतिस् तस्य कीदृशी ॥
devatāpitṛbhūtāni tathānabhyarcya yo 'tithīn bhuṅkte sa pātakaṃ bhuṅkte niṣkṛtis tasya kīdṛśī //
He who eats without having first honoured the gods, the ancestors, the beings, and likewise guests, eats sin; what sort of expiation can there be for him?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.48
ब्राह्मणाद्याश् च ये वर्णाः स्वधर्माद् अन्यतोमुखम् यान्ति ते नग्नसंज्ञां तु हीनकर्मस्व् अवस्थिताः ॥
brāhmaṇādyāś ca ye varṇāḥ svadharmād anyatomukham yānti te nagnasaṃjñāṃ tu hīnakarmasv avasthitāḥ //
And those classes, beginning with the brahmins, who turn away from their own duty in another direction—they, abiding in degraded practices, bear the name 'naked' (nagna).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.49
चतुर्णां यत्र वर्णानां मैत्रेयात्यन्तसंकरः तत्रास्या साधुवृत्तीनाम् उपघाताय जायते ॥
caturṇāṃ yatra varṇānāṃ maitreyātyantasaṃkaraḥ tatrāsyā sādhuvṛttīnām upaghātāya jāyate //
Where there is an extreme confusion of the four classes, Maitreya, there it comes about for the ruin of those of good conduct.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
ViP 3 18.50
अनभ्यर्च्य ऋषीन् देवान् पितृभूतातिथींस् तथा यो भुङ्क्ते तस्य संभाषात् पतन्ति नरके नराः ॥
anabhyarcya ṛṣīn devān pitṛbhūtātithīṃs tathā yo bhuṅkte tasya saṃbhāṣāt patanti narake narāḥ //
He who eats without having honoured the seers, the gods, the ancestors, the beings and guests—by conversing with him men fall into hell.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.51
तस्माद् एतान् नरो नग्नांस् त्रयीसंत्यागदूषितान् सर्वदा वर्जयेत् प्राज्ञ आलापस्पर्शनादिषु ॥
tasmād etān naro nagnāṃs trayīsaṃtyāgadūṣitān sarvadā varjayet prājña ālāpasparśanādiṣu //
Therefore a wise man should always avoid these 'naked' ones, defiled by their abandonment of the three Vedas, in speaking, touching, and the like.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.52
श्रद्धावद्भिः कृतं यत्नाद् देवान् पितृपितामहान् न प्रीणयति तच् छ्राद्धं यद्य् एभिर् अवलोकितम् ॥
śraddhāvadbhiḥ kṛtaṃ yatnād devān pitṛpitāmahān na prīṇayati tac chrāddhaṃ yady ebhir avalokitam //
A śrāddha performed with effort by faithful men does not gratify the gods, the fathers and the grandfathers, if it has been looked upon by these (people).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.53
श्रूयते च पुरा ख्यातो राजा शतधनुर् भुवि पत्नी च शैब्या तस्याभूद् अतिधर्मपरायणा ॥
śrūyate ca purā khyāto rājā śatadhanur bhuvi patnī ca śaibyā tasyābhūd atidharmaparāyaṇā //
And it is heard that formerly there was on earth a renowned king, Śatadhanu, and his wife was Śaibyā, exceedingly devoted to duty.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.54
पतिव्रता महाभागा सत्यशौचदयान्विता सर्वलक्षणसंपन्ना संपन्ना विनयेन च ॥
pativratā mahābhāgā satyaśaucadayānvitā sarvalakṣaṇasaṃpannā saṃpannā vinayena ca //
Devoted to her husband, of great fortune, endowed with truth, purity and compassion, possessed of every auspicious mark, and endowed with modesty.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.55
स तु राजा तया सार्धं देवदेवं जनार्दनम् आराधयाम् आस विभुं परमेण समाधिना ॥
sa tu rājā tayā sārdhaṃ devadevaṃ janārdanam ārādhayām āsa vibhuṃ parameṇa samādhinā //
That king, together with her, worshipped the god of gods, Janārdana, the all-pervading, with the highest concentration.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.56
होमैर् जपैस् तथा दानैर् उपवासैश् च भक्तितः पूजाभिश् चानुदिवसं तन्मना नान्यमानसः ॥
homair japais tathā dānair upavāsaiś ca bhaktitaḥ pūjābhiś cānudivasaṃ tanmanā nānyamānasaḥ //
With oblations, with muttered prayers, with gifts and with fasts, devotedly, and with acts of worship day after day, his mind fixed on him, thinking of nothing else.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.57
एकदा तु समं स्नातौ तौ तु भार्यापती जले भागीरथ्याः समुत्तीर्णौ कार्त्तिक्यां समुपोषितौ पाषण्डिनम् अपश्येताम् आयान्तं संमुखं द्विज ॥
ekadā tu samaṃ snātau tau tu bhāryāpatī jale bhāgīrathyāḥ samuttīrṇau kārttikyāṃ samupoṣitau pāṣaṇḍinam apaśyetām āyāntaṃ saṃmukhaṃ dvija //
Once, when the two, wife and husband, had bathed together in the water of the Bhāgīrathī and come up out of it, fasting on the Kārttika full-moon day, they saw a heretic coming toward them, O twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.58
चापाचार्यस्य तस्यासौ सखा राज्ञो महात्मनः अतस् तद्गौरवात् तेन सहालापम् अथाकरोत् ॥
cāpācāryasya tasyāsau sakhā rājño mahātmanaḥ atas tadgauravāt tena sahālāpam athākarot //
He was a friend of the archery teacher of that great-souled king; therefore, out of respect for the teacher, he engaged in conversation with him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.59
न तु सा वाग्यता देवी तस्य पत्नी यतव्रता उपोषितास्मीति रविं तस्मिन् दृष्टे ददर्श च ॥
na tu sā vāgyatā devī tasya patnī yatavratā upoṣitāsmīti raviṃ tasmin dṛṣṭe dadarśa ca //
But the queen, his wife, keeping her vow, did not speak; and when he had been seen, she looked at the sun, (saying to herself) 'I am fasting.'
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.60
समागम्य यथान्यायं दम्पती तौ यथाविधि विष्णोः पूजादिकं सर्वं कृतवन्तौ द्विजोत्तम ॥
samāgamya yathānyāyaṃ dampatī tau yathāvidhi viṣṇoḥ pūjādikaṃ sarvaṃ kṛtavantau dvijottama //
Having come home in the proper manner, the couple performed the whole worship of Viṣṇu and the rest according to the rule, O best of twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.61
कालेन गच्छता राजा ममारासौ सपत्नजित् अन्वारुरोह तं देवी चितास्थं भूपतिं पतिम् ॥
kālena gacchatā rājā mamārāsau sapatnajit anvāruroha taṃ devī citāsthaṃ bhūpatiṃ patim //
In the course of time that king, conqueror of his rivals, died; and the queen mounted the pyre after her husband, the lord of the earth, who lay upon it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.62
स तु तेनापचारेण श्वा जज्ञे वसुधाधिपः उपोषितेन पाषण्डसंभाषो यः कृतो ऽभवत् ॥
sa tu tenāpacāreṇa śvā jajñe vasudhādhipaḥ upoṣitena pāṣaṇḍasaṃbhāṣo yaḥ kṛto 'bhavat //
But that lord of the earth, on account of that transgression—the conversation with a heretic which he had held while fasting—was born as a dog.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.63
सापि जातिस्मरा जज्ञे काशिराजसुता शुभा सर्वविज्ञानसंपन्ना सर्वलक्षणभूषिता ॥
sāpi jātismarā jajñe kāśirājasutā śubhā sarvavijñānasaṃpannā sarvalakṣaṇabhūṣitā //
And she was born as the lovely daughter of the king of Kāśi, remembering her former birth, endowed with all knowledge and adorned with all auspicious marks.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.64
तां पिता दातुकामो ऽभूद् वराय विनिवारितः तयैव तन्व्या विरतो विवाहारम्भतो नृपः ॥
tāṃ pitā dātukāmo 'bhūd varāya vinivāritaḥ tayaiva tanvyā virato vivāhārambhato nṛpaḥ //
Her father wished to give her to a bridegroom, but was prevented; by that slender lady herself the king was made to desist from undertaking the marriage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.65
ततः सा दिव्यया दृष्ट्या दृष्ट्वा श्वानं निजं पतिम् वैदिशाख्यं पुरं गत्वा तदवस्थं ददर्श तम् ॥
tataḥ sā divyayā dṛṣṭyā dṛṣṭvā śvānaṃ nijaṃ patim vaidiśākhyaṃ puraṃ gatvā tadavasthaṃ dadarśa tam //
Then she, seeing with her divine sight that her own husband (had become) a dog, went to the city called Vaidiśa and saw him there in that condition.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.66
तं दृष्ट्वैव महाभागा श्वानभूतं पतिं तथा ददौ तस्मै वराहारं सत्कारप्रवणं शुभम् ॥
taṃ dṛṣṭvaiva mahābhāgā śvānabhūtaṃ patiṃ tathā dadau tasmai varāhāraṃ satkārapravaṇaṃ śubham //
As soon as the greatly fortunate (lady) saw her husband thus become a dog, she gave him excellent food, auspicious and offered with respectful care.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.67
भुञ्जन् दत्तं तया सो ऽन्नम् अतिमिष्टम् अभीप्सितम् श्वजातिललितं कुर्वन् बहु चाटु चकार वै ॥
bhuñjan dattaṃ tayā so 'nnam atimiṣṭam abhīpsitam śvajātilalitaṃ kurvan bahu cāṭu cakāra vai //
Eating the exceedingly sweet and desirable food given by her, he fawned much upon her, doing the playful things natural to the canine kind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.68
अतीव व्रीडिता बाला कुर्वता चाटु तेन सा प्रणामपूर्वम् आहेदं दयितं तं कुयोनिजम् ॥
atīva vrīḍitā bālā kurvatā cāṭu tena sā praṇāmapūrvam āhedaṃ dayitaṃ taṃ kuyonijam //
The young woman, extremely ashamed at his fawning upon her, first bowed and then spoke thus to her beloved, born in an evil womb:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.69
स्मर्यतां तन् महाराज दाक्षिण्यललितं त्वया येन श्वयोनिम् आपन्नो मम चाटुकरो भवान् ॥
smaryatāṃ tan mahārāja dākṣiṇyalalitaṃ tvayā yena śvayonim āpanno mama cāṭukaro bhavān //
"Let that be remembered by you, great king — that trifling with courtesy by which you, having come to a dog's womb, now fawn upon me."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
ViP 3 18.70
पाषण्डिनं समाभाष्य तीर्थस्नानाद् अनन्तरम् प्राप्तो ऽसि कुत्सितां योनिं किं न स्मरसि तत् प्रभो ॥
pāṣaṇḍinaṃ samābhāṣya tīrthasnānād anantaram prāpto 'si kutsitāṃ yoniṃ kiṃ na smarasi tat prabho //
"Having conversed with a heretic right after your bath at the sacred ford, you have obtained a contemptible birth — do you not remember that, my lord?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.71
तयैवं स्मारिते तत्र पूर्वजातिकृते तदा दध्यौ चिरम् अथावाप निर्वेदम् अतिदुर्लभम् ॥
tayaivaṃ smārite tatra pūrvajātikṛte tadā dadhyau ciram athāvāpa nirvedam atidurlabham //
When he had thus been made to remember by her what had been done in his former birth, he brooded for a long while and then attained that most hard-won disgust with the world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.72
निर्विण्णचित्तः स ततो निर्गम्य नगराद् बहिः मरुप्रपतनं कृत्वा शार्गालीं योनिम् आगतः ॥
nirviṇṇacittaḥ sa tato nirgamya nagarād bahiḥ maruprapatanaṃ kṛtvā śārgālīṃ yonim āgataḥ //
His mind full of that disgust, he then went out beyond the city, and by throwing himself down (from a height) onto the desert ground he came to the womb of a jackal.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.73
सापि द्वितीये संप्राप्ते वर्षे दिव्येन चक्षुषा ज्ञात्वा सृगालं तं द्रष्टुं ययौ कोलाहलं गिरिम् ॥
sāpi dvitīye saṃprāpte varṣe divyena cakṣuṣā jñātvā sṛgālaṃ taṃ draṣṭuṃ yayau kolāhalaṃ girim //
And she too, when the second year had come, knowing by her divine eye that he was a jackal, went to Mount Kolāhala to see him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.74
तत्रापि दृष्ट्वा तं प्राह शार्गालीं योनिम् आगतम् भर्तारम् अपि चार्वङ्गी तनया पृथिवीक्षितः ॥
tatrāpi dṛṣṭvā taṃ prāha śārgālīṃ yonim āgatam bhartāram api cārvaṅgī tanayā pṛthivīkṣitaḥ //
And there too the fair-limbed daughter of the king, having seen him, her husband, come to the womb of a jackal, said (to him):
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.75
अपि स्मरसि राजेन्द्र श्वयोनिस्थस्य यन् मया प्रोक्तं ते पूर्वचरितं पाषण्डालापसंश्रयम् ॥
api smarasi rājendra śvayonisthasya yan mayā proktaṃ te pūrvacaritaṃ pāṣaṇḍālāpasaṃśrayam //
"Do you remember, best of kings, what I told you when you were in the dog's birth — your former deed, which consisted in conversation with a heretic?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.76
पुनस् तयोक्तं तज् ज्ञात्वा सत्यं सत्यवतां वरः कानने स निराहारस् तत्याज स्वं कलेवरम् ॥
punas tayoktaṃ taj jñātvā satyaṃ satyavatāṃ varaḥ kānane sa nirāhāras tatyāja svaṃ kalevaram //
Knowing that what she had said again was true, that best of the truthful gave up his own body in the forest, taking no food.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.77
भूयस् ततो वृकं जातं गत्वा तं निर्जने वने स्मारयाम् आस भर्तारं पूर्ववृत्तम् अनिन्दिता ॥
bhūyas tato vṛkaṃ jātaṃ gatvā taṃ nirjane vane smārayām āsa bhartāraṃ pūrvavṛttam aninditā //
Then again, going to him when he had been born as a wolf in a deserted forest, the blameless (lady) reminded her husband of what had happened before:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.78
न त्वं वृको महाभाग राजा शतधनुर् भवान् श्वा भूत्वा त्वं शृगालो ऽभूर् वृकत्वं साम्प्रतं गतः ॥
na tvaṃ vṛko mahābhāga rājā śatadhanur bhavān śvā bhūtvā tvaṃ śṛgālo 'bhūr vṛkatvaṃ sāmprataṃ gataḥ //
"You are no wolf, greatly fortunate one: you are King Śatadhanu. Having been a dog, you became a jackal, and now you have come to wolfhood."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.79
स्मारितेन यथा व्यक्तस् तेनात्मा गृध्रतां गतः अपापा सा पुनश् चैनं बोधयाम् आस भामिनी ॥
smāritena yathā vyaktas tenātmā gṛdhratāṃ gataḥ apāpā sā punaś cainaṃ bodhayām āsa bhāminī //
When he had been reminded, as his (true) self became clear to him, he passed to the state of a vulture; and that sinless, beautiful woman again awakened him:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
ViP 3 18.80
नरेन्द्र स्मर्यताम् आत्मा ह्य् अलं ते गृध्रचेष्टया पाषण्डालापजातो ऽयं दोषो यद् गृध्रतां गतः ॥
narendra smaryatām ātmā hy alaṃ te gṛdhraceṣṭayā pāṣaṇḍālāpajāto 'yaṃ doṣo yad gṛdhratāṃ gataḥ //
"Lord of men, let your (true) self be remembered — enough of this vulture's behaviour of yours! This fault, that you have come to vulture-hood, arose from conversation with a heretic."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.81
ततः काकत्वम् आपन्नं समनन्तरजन्मनि उवाच तन्वी भर्तारम् उपलभ्यात्मयोगतः ॥
tataḥ kākatvam āpannaṃ samanantarajanmani uvāca tanvī bhartāram upalabhyātmayogataḥ //
Then, in the birth immediately following, when he had come to the state of a crow, the slender lady, having found her husband by her own yogic power, said:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.82
अशेषा भूभृतः पूर्वं वश्या यस्मै बलिं ददुः स त्वं काकत्वम् आपन्नो जातो ऽद्य बलिभुक् प्रभो ॥
aśeṣā bhūbhṛtaḥ pūrvaṃ vaśyā yasmai baliṃ daduḥ sa tvaṃ kākatvam āpanno jāto 'dya balibhuk prabho //
"He to whom formerly all the kings of the earth, subject (to him), gave tribute — you, having come to the state of a crow, have today become an eater of offerings, my lord!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.83
एवम् एव च काकत्वे स्मारितः स पुरातनम् तत्याज भूपतिः प्राणान् मयूरत्वम् अवाप च ॥
evam eva ca kākatve smāritaḥ sa purātanam tatyāja bhūpatiḥ prāṇān mayūratvam avāpa ca //
And in just this way, when he was reminded of the past while in crow-hood, that king gave up his life-breaths and attained the state of a peacock.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.84
मयूरत्वे ततः सा वै चकारानुगतं शुभा दत्तैः प्रतिक्षणं भोज्यैर् बाला तज्जातिभोजनैः ॥
mayūratve tataḥ sā vai cakārānugataṃ śubhā dattaiḥ pratikṣaṇaṃ bhojyair bālā tajjātibhojanaiḥ //
Then, when he was a peacock, that auspicious young woman made him follow her, by food given at every moment, food suited to that species.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.85
ततस् तु जनको राजा वाजिमेधं महाक्रतुम् चकार तस्यावभृथे स्नापयाम् आस तं तदा ॥
tatas tu janako rājā vājimedhaṃ mahākratum cakāra tasyāvabhṛthe snāpayām āsa taṃ tadā //
Then king Janaka performed the horse sacrifice, the great rite, and at its concluding (avabhṛtha) bath he bathed him at that time.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.86
सस्नौ स्वयं च तन्वङ्गी स्मारयाम् आस चापि तम् यथासौ श्वशृगालाद्या योनीर् जग्राह पार्थिवः ॥
sasnau svayaṃ ca tanvaṅgī smārayām āsa cāpi tam yathāsau śvaśṛgālādyā yonīr jagrāha pārthivaḥ //
And she herself, the slender-limbed one, bathed, and she made him remember how that (former) king had taken on the wombs of a dog, a jackal, and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.87
स्मृतजन्मक्रमः सो ऽथ तत्याज स्वं कलेवरम् जज्ञे च जनकस्यैव पुत्रो ऽसौ सुमहात्मनः ॥
smṛtajanmakramaḥ so 'tha tatyāja svaṃ kalevaram jajñe ca janakasyaiva putro 'sau sumahātmanaḥ //
Then he, remembering the sequence of his births, gave up his own body, and was born as a son of that same greatly noble Janaka.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.88
ततः सा पितरं तन्वी विवाहार्थम् अचोदयत् स चापि कारयाम् आस पिता तस्याः स्वयंवरम् ॥
tataḥ sā pitaraṃ tanvī vivāhārtham acodayat sa cāpi kārayām āsa pitā tasyāḥ svayaṃvaram //
Then the slender one urged her father for the sake of marriage, and her father had a self-choice (svayaṃvara) held.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.89
स्वयंवरे कृते सा तं संप्राप्तं पतिम् आत्मनः वरयाम् आस भूयो ऽपि भर्तृभावेन भामिनी ॥
svayaṃvare kṛte sā taṃ saṃprāptaṃ patim ātmanaḥ varayām āsa bhūyo 'pi bhartṛbhāvena bhāminī //
When the svayaṃvara was held, that lovely woman chose him, her own husband who had arrived (there), once again as her husband.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.90
बुभुजे च तया सार्धं संभोगान् नृपनन्दनः पितर्य् उपरते राज्यं विदेहेषु चकार सः ॥
bubhuje ca tayā sārdhaṃ saṃbhogān nṛpanandanaḥ pitary uparate rājyaṃ videheṣu cakāra saḥ //
And the prince enjoyed pleasures together with her; and when his father had passed away, he ruled the kingdom among the Videhas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.91
इयाज यज्ञान् सुबहून् ददौ दानानि चार्थिनाम् पुत्रान् उत्पादयाम् आस युयुधे च सहारिभिः ॥
iyāja yajñān subahūn dadau dānāni cārthinām putrān utpādayām āsa yuyudhe ca sahāribhiḥ //
He performed very many sacrifices, gave gifts to suppliants, begot sons, and fought with enemies.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.92
राज्यं कृत्वा यथान्यायं पालयित्वा वसुंधराम् तत्याज स प्रियान् प्राणान् संग्रामे धर्मतो नृपः ॥
rājyaṃ kṛtvā yathānyāyaṃ pālayitvā vasuṃdharām tatyāja sa priyān prāṇān saṃgrāme dharmato nṛpaḥ //
Having ruled the kingdom according to law and protected the earth, that king gave up his dear life-breaths in battle, in accordance with dharma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.93
ततश् चितास्थं तं भूयो भर्तारं सा शुभेक्षणा अन्वारुरोह विधिवद् यथापूर्वं मुदावती ॥
tataś citāsthaṃ taṃ bhūyo bhartāraṃ sā śubhekṣaṇā anvāruroha vidhivad yathāpūrvaṃ mudāvatī //
Then she of the lovely eyes, joyful, duly mounted after her husband, who lay on the pyre, once again, as before.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.94
ततो ऽवाप तया सार्धं राजपुत्र्या स पार्थिवः ऐन्द्रान् अतीत्य वै लोकांल् लोकान् कामदुहो ऽक्षयान् ॥
tato 'vāpa tayā sārdhaṃ rājaputryā sa pārthivaḥ aindrān atītya vai lokāṃl lokān kāmaduho 'kṣayān //
Then that king, together with her, the princess, attained worlds surpassing Indra's — imperishable worlds that yield all desires.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.95
स्वर्गाक्षयत्वम् अतुलं दाम्पत्यम् अतिदुर्लभम् प्राप्तं पुण्यफलं प्राप्य संशुद्धिं तां द्विजोत्तम ॥
svargākṣayatvam atulaṃ dāmpatyam atidurlabham prāptaṃ puṇyaphalaṃ prāpya saṃśuddhiṃ tāṃ dvijottama //
(They obtained) unequalled imperishability in heaven and a most rare wedded union — that fruit of merit was obtained, O best of twice-born, having attained that purification.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
ViP 3 18.96
एष पाषण्डसंभाषदोषः प्रोक्तो मया द्विज तथाश्वमेधावभृथस्नानमाहात्म्यम् एव च ॥
eṣa pāṣaṇḍasaṃbhāṣadoṣaḥ prokto mayā dvija tathāśvamedhāvabhṛthasnānamāhātmyam eva ca //
This, O twice-born, has been declared by me: the fault of conversing with heretics, and likewise the greatness of the avabhṛtha bath of the horse sacrifice.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.97
तस्मात् पाषण्डिभिः पापैर् आलापस्पर्शनं त्यजेत् विशेषतः क्रियाकाले यज्ञादौ चापि दीक्षितः ॥
tasmāt pāṣaṇḍibhiḥ pāpair ālāpasparśanaṃ tyajet viśeṣataḥ kriyākāle yajñādau cāpi dīkṣitaḥ //
Therefore one should avoid speech with and touch of sinful heretics, especially at the time of rites, and also when consecrated for a sacrifice and the like.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.98
क्रियाहानिर् गृहे यस्य मासम् एकं प्रजायते तस्यावलोकनात् सूर्यं पश्येत मतिमान् नरः ॥
kriyāhānir gṛhe yasya māsam ekaṃ prajāyate tasyāvalokanāt sūryaṃ paśyeta matimān naraḥ //
A man of sense, upon seeing him in whose house the lapse of rites occurs for one whole month, should (then) look at the sun.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.99
किं पुनर् यैस् तु संत्यक्ता त्रयी सर्वात्मना द्विज परान्नभोजिभिः पापैर् वेदवादविरोधिभिः ॥
kiṃ punar yais tu saṃtyaktā trayī sarvātmanā dvija parānnabhojibhiḥ pāpair vedavādavirodhibhiḥ //
How much more (so), O twice-born, with those by whom the triple Veda has been abandoned entirely — sinners who eat others' food and who contradict the doctrine of the Vedas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.100
पाषण्डिनो विकर्मस्थान् बैडालव्रतिकाञ् छठान् हैतुकान् बकवृत्तींश् च वाङ्मात्रेणापि नार्चयेत् ॥
pāṣaṇḍino vikarmasthān baiḍālavratikāñ chaṭhān haitukān bakavṛttīṃś ca vāṅmātreṇāpi nārcayet //
Heretics, those engaged in forbidden acts, those of cat-like vows, cheats, sophists, and those who behave like herons — one should not honour them even by mere speech.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.101
दूराद् अपास्तः संपर्कस् सहास्यापि च पापिभिः पाषण्डिभिर् दुराचारैस् तस्मात् तान् परिवर्जयेत् ॥
dūrād apāstaḥ saṃparkas sahāsyāpi ca pāpibhiḥ pāṣaṇḍibhir durācārais tasmāt tān parivarjayet //
Contact, and even laughter, with these sinners, heretics of evil conduct, is to be cast off from afar; therefore one should shun them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.102
एते नग्नास् तवाख्याता दृष्ट्या श्राद्धोपघातकाः येषां संभाषणात् पुंसां दिनपुण्यं प्रणश्यति ॥
ete nagnās tavākhyātā dṛṣṭyā śrāddhopaghātakāḥ yeṣāṃ saṃbhāṣaṇāt puṃsāṃ dinapuṇyaṃ praṇaśyati //
These naked ones have been described to you as ruining a śrāddha by their (mere) glance, by conversing with whom a man's merit of the day perishes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.103
एते पाषण्डिनः पापा न ह्य् एतान् आलपेद् बुधः पुण्यं नश्यति संभाषाद् एतेषां तद्दिनोद्भवम् ॥
ete pāṣaṇḍinaḥ pāpā na hy etān ālaped budhaḥ puṇyaṃ naśyati saṃbhāṣād eteṣāṃ taddinodbhavam //
These heretics are sinful; the wise man should not speak to them; by conversation with them the merit arising on that day is destroyed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 3 18.104
पुंसां जटाधरणमौण्ड्यवतां वृथैव मोघाशिनाम् अखिलशौचनिराकृतानाम् तोयप्रदानपितृपिण्डबहिष्कृतानां संभाषणाद् अपि नरा नरकं प्रयान्ति ॥
puṃsāṃ jaṭādharaṇamauṇḍyavatāṃ vṛthaiva moghāśinām akhilaśaucanirākṛtānām toyapradānapitṛpiṇḍabahiṣkṛtānāṃ saṃbhāṣaṇād api narā narakaṃ prayānti //
Men go to hell merely from conversing with those men who wear matted locks or shaven heads to no purpose, who eat in vain, who have rejected all purity, and who are excluded from the offering of water and the ancestral rice-balls.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition