Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 14.100
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14.100.1
देवदेवेश दैत्यघ्नि परं कौतूहलं हि मे ।
एतत्कथय सर्वज्ञ त्वद्भक्तस्य च केशव।
मानुषस्य च लोकस्य धर्मलोकस्य चान्तरम् ॥ १४.१००.१ ॥
O god of gods, slayer of the demons, I have great curiosity about this. O all-knowing Keśava, tell this to your devotee: what is the difference between the world of men and the world of dharma?
14.100.2
कीदृशं किंप्रमाणं वा किमधिष्ठानमेव च ।
तरन्ति मानुषा देव केनोपायेन माधव ॥ १४.१००.२ ॥
What is it like, what is its measure, or what is its foundation? O god, by what means do men cross over it, O Mādhava?
14.100.3
त्वगस्थिमांसनिर्मुक्ते पञ्चभूतविवर्जिते ।
कथयस्व महादेव सुखदुःखमशेषतः ॥ १४.१००.३ ॥
Freed from skin, bone and flesh, devoid of the five elements, tell me, O great god, pleasure and pain in their entirety.
14.100.4
जीवस्य कर्मलोकेषु कर्मभिस्तु शुभाशुभैः ।
अनुबद्धस्य तैः पाशैर्नीयमानस्य दारुणैः ॥ १४.१००.४ ॥
Of the living being bound in the worlds of action by good and bad deeds, bound and dragged along by those terrible nooses.
14.100.5
मृत्युदूतैर्दुराधर्षैर्घोरैर्घोरपरक्रमैः ।
वध्यस्याक्षिप्यमाणस्य विद्रुतस्य यमाज्ञया ॥ १४.१००.५ ॥
Of the one destined to be slain, dragged away and fleeing at Yama's command, by the messengers of death, irresistible, terrible, of dreadful might.
14.100.6
पुण्यपापकृदातिष्ठेत्सुखदुःखमशेषतः ।
यमदूतैर्द्रुराधर्षैर्नीयते वा कथं पुनः।
किं वा तत्र गता देव कर्म कुर्वन्ति मानवाः ॥ १४.१००.६ ॥
He who has done merit and sin must undergo pleasure and pain in full. Or how is he again led away, irresistible to Yama's messengers? Or, O god, what action do men perform when they have gone there?
14.100.7
कथं धर्मपरा यान्ति देवताद्विजपूजकाः ।
कतं वा पापकर्माणो यान्ति प्रेतपुरं नराः ॥ १४.१००.७ ॥
How do those devoted to dharma, who worship the gods and the brahmins, go? Or how do men of sinful deeds go to the city of the dead?
14.100.8
किं रूपं किं प्रमाणं वा वर्णः को वाऽस्य केशव ।
जीवस्य गच्छतो नित्यं यमलोकं ब्रवीहि मे ॥ १४.१००.८ ॥
O Keśava, what is the form of the living being that constantly goes to the world of Yama, what is its measure, or what is its colour? Tell me.
14.100.9
शृणु राजन्यथावृतं यन्मां त्वं परिपृच्छसि ।
तत्तेऽहं कथयिष्यामि मद्भक्तस्य नरेश्वर ॥ १४.१००.९ ॥
Listen, O king, as it truly is, what you ask of me. O lord of men, I will tell you that concerning my devotee.
14.100.10
षडशीतिसहस्राणि योजनानां युधिष्ठिर ।
मानुष्यस्य च लोकस्य यमलोकस्य चान्तरम् ॥ १४.१००.१० ॥
O Yudhiṣṭhira, the distance between the world of humans and the world of Yama is eighty-six thousand yojanas.
14.100.11
न तत्र वृक्षच्छाया वा न तटाकं सरोपि वा ।
न वाप्यो दीर्घिका वाऽपि न कूपो वा युधिष्ठिर ॥ १४.१००.११ ॥
There, O Yudhiṣṭhira, there is no shade of a tree, no pond, no lake, no stepwell, no long pond, nor even a well.
14.100.12
न मण्टपं सभा वाऽपि न प्रपा न निकेतनम् ।
न पर्वतो नदी वाऽपि न भूमेर्विवरं क्वचित् ॥ १४.१००.१२ ॥
There is no pavilion, no assembly hall, no water-shelter, no dwelling; no mountain, no river, and no cavity anywhere in the earth.
14.100.13
न ग्रामो नाश्रमो वाऽपि नोद्यानं वा वनानि च ।
न किंचिदाश्रयस्थानं पथि तस्मिन्युधिष्ठिर ॥ १४.१००.१३ ॥
Yudhiṣṭhira, on that road there is no village, no hermitage, no garden, nor forests; there is no place of refuge at all.
14.100.14
जन्तोर्हि प्राप्तकालस्य वेदनार्तस्य वै भृशम् ।
कारणैस्त्यक्तदेहस्य प्राणैः कण्ठगतैः पुनः ॥ १४.१००.१४ ॥
For a living being whose time has come, greatly afflicted by pain, whose body has been abandoned by its causes, and whose breaths have again reached the throat—
14.100.15
शरीराच्चाल्यते जीवो ह्यवशो मातरिश्वना ।
निर्गतो वायुभूतस्तु षट्कोशात्तु कलेवरात् ॥ १४.१००.१५ ॥
The living self is moved helplessly from the body by the wind; having become wind itself, it departs from that body of six sheaths.
14.100.16
शरीरमन्यत्तद्रूपं तद्वर्णं तत्प्रमाणतः ।
अदृश्यं तत्प्रविष्टस्तु सोप्यदृष्टोऽथ केनचित् ॥ १४.१००.१६ ॥
That is another body, of the same form, the same colour, and the same size; it enters unseen, and he too is seen by no one.
14.100.17
सोन्तरात्मा देहवतामष्टाङ्गो यस्तु संचरेत् ।
छेदनाद्भेदनाद्दाहात्ताडनाद्वा न नश्यति। ॥ १४.१००.१७ ॥
That inner self of embodied beings, which moves about with eight limbs, does not perish even when cut, pierced, burned, or struck.
14.100.18
नाना रूपधरैर्घौरैः प्रचण्डेश्चण्डसाधनैः ।
नीयमानो दुराधर्षैर्यमदूतैर्यमाज्ञया ॥ १४.१००.१८ ॥
At Yama's command he is led away by the messengers of Yama, bearing many forms, terrible, fierce, armed with savage instruments, and not to be resisted.
14.100.19
पुत्रदारमयैः पाशैः संनिरूद्धोऽवशो बलात् ।
स्वकर्मभिश्चानुगतः कृतैः सुकृतदुष्कृतैः ॥ १४.१००.१९ ॥
Bound by nooses made of sons and wives, powerless and forced, followed by the deeds he has done, good and evil.
14.100.20
आक्रन्दमानः करुणं बन्धुभिर्दुःखपीडितैः ।
त्यक्त्वा बन्धुजनं सर्वं निरपेक्षस्तु गच्छति ॥ १४.१००.२० ॥
Crying out piteously among his kinsmen, afflicted with sorrow, yet he abandons all his kin and goes away, indifferent.
14.100.21
मातृभिः पितृभिश्चैव भ्रातृभिर्मातुलैस्तथा ।
दारैः पुत्रैर्वयस्यैश्च रुदद्भिस्त्यज्यते पुनः ॥ १४.१००.२१ ॥
Mothers, fathers, brothers and maternal uncles, likewise wives, sons and companions weeping, he is abandoned once more.
14.100.22
अदृश्यमानस्तैर्दीनैरश्रुपूर्णमुखेक्षणैः ।
स्वशरीरं परित्यज्य वायुभूतस्तु गच्छति ॥ १४.१००.२२ ॥
Unseen by those wretched ones with faces and eyes full of tears, he abandons his own body and goes on, become wind.
14.100.23
अन्धकारमपारं तं महाघेरं तमोवृतम् ।
दुःखान्तं दुष्प्रतारं च दुर्गमं पापकर्मणाम् ॥ १४.१००.२३ ॥
That boundless darkness, very terrible and wrapped in gloom, ending in suffering, hard to cross and inaccessible to those who do evil deeds.
14.100.24
दुःसहायं दुरन्तं च दुर्निरीक्षं दुरासदम् ।
दुरापमतिदुःखं च पापिष्ठानां नरोत्तम ॥ १४.१००.२४ ॥
O best of men, for the most sinful it is unbearable, endless, hard to look upon, hard to approach, hard to obtain, and exceedingly painful.
14.100.25
ऋषिभिः कथ्यमानं तत्पारंपर्येण पार्थिव ।
त्रासं जनचति प्रायः श्रूयमाणं कथास्वपि ॥ १४.१००.२५ ॥
O king, that which is told by the sages through unbroken tradition generally produces fear even when heard in stories.
14.100.26
अवश्यं चैव गन्तव्यं तदध्वानं युधिष्ठिर ।
प्राप्तकालेन संत्यज्य बन्धून्भोगान्धनानि च ॥ १४.१००.२६ ॥
O Yudhiṣṭhira, that path must surely be taken; when the appointed time comes, one must abandon kinsmen, enjoyments and wealth.
14.100.27
जरायुजैरण्डजैश्च स्वेदजैरुद्भिदैस्तथा ।
जङ्गमैः स्थिरसंज्ञैश्च गन्तव्यं यमसादनम् ॥ १४.१००.२७ ॥
By beings born from the womb, born from eggs, born from sweat, and sprouting from the earth, and by moving and so-called stationary beings, the abode of Yama must be gone to.
14.100.28
देवासुरैर्मनुष्याद्यैर्वैवस्वतवशानुगैः ।
स्त्रीपुंनपुंसकैश्चापि पृथिव्यां जीवसंज्ञितैः ॥ १४.१००.२८ ॥
By gods and demons, by humans and others, by those who follow the authority of Vaivasvata, by women, men and neuters, and by all who on earth are called living beings.
14.100.29
मध्यमैर्युवभिर्वाऽपि बालैर्वृद्धैस्तथैव च ।
जातमात्रैश्च गर्भस्थैर्गन्तव्यः स महापथः ॥ १४.१००.२९ ॥
By the middle-aged, the young, children, the old, and likewise by newborns and those in the womb, that great path must be gone.
14.100.30
पूर्वाह्णे वाऽपराह्णे वा सन्ध्याकालेऽथवा पुनः ।
प्रदोषे वाऽर्धरात्रे वा प्रत्युषे वाऽप्युपस्थिते ॥ १४.१००.३० ॥
Whether in the forenoon or the afternoon, at twilight, at dusk, at midnight, or even at dawn, when it has arrived (death comes).
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प्रवासस्थैर्वनस्थैर्वा पर्वतस्थैर्जले स्थितैः ।
क्षेत्रस्थैर्वा नभःस्थेर्वा गृहमध्यगतैरपि ॥ १४.१००.३१ ॥
Even for those who are abroad, in the forest, on the mountains, standing in water, in the fields, in the sky, or inside the middle of a house.
14.100.32
भुञ्जद्भिर्वा पिबद्भिर्वा खादद्भिर्वा नरोत्तम ।
आसीनैर्वा स्थितैर्वापि शयनीयगतैरपि।
जाग्रद्भिर्वा प्रसुप्तैर्वा गन्तव्यः स महापथः ॥ १४.१००.३२ ॥
O best of men, whether eating, drinking or chewing, sitting or standing, gone to bed, awake or asleep, one must go along that great path.
14.100.33
मृत्युदूतैर्दुराधर्षैः प्रचण्डैश्चण्डसासनैः ।
आक्षिप्यमाणा ह्यवशाः प्रयान्ति यमसादनम् ॥ १४.१००.३३ ॥
Dragged away by the messengers of death, hard to withstand, fierce, of harsh command, the helpless go forth to the seat of Yama.
14.100.34
क्वचिद्भीतैः क्वचिन्मत्तैः प्रस्खलद्भिः क्वचित्क्वचित् ।
क्रन्दद्भिर्वेदनार्तैस्तु गन्तव्यं यमसादनम् ॥ १४.१००.३४ ॥
Sometimes frightened, sometimes intoxicated, stumbling now and then, wailing, tormented by pain, one must go to the seat of Yama.
14.100.35
निर्भर्त्स्यमानैरुद्विग्रैर्विधूतैर्भयविह्वलैः ।
तुद्यमानशरीरैश्च गन्तव्यं तर्जितैस्तथा ॥ १४.१००.३५ ॥
Reviled, agitated, shaking, confused by fear, their bodies pierced, threatened, thus they must go.
14.100.36
कण्टकाकीर्णमार्गेण तप्तवालुकपांसुना ।
दह्यमानैस्तु गन्तव्यं नरैर्दानविवर्जितैः ॥ १४.१००.३६ ॥
Along a path strewn with thorns, through hot sand and dust, burning, men lacking in giving must indeed go.
14.100.37
काष्ठोपलशिलाघातैर्दण्डोल्मुककशाङ्कुशैः ।
हन्यमानैर्यमपुरं गन्तव्यं धर्मवर्जितैः ॥ १४.१००.३७ ॥
Struck with blows of wood, stones and rocks, and beaten with staves, burning brands, whips and goads, men devoid of dharma must go to the city of Yama.
14.100.38
मेदःशोणितपूयाद्यैर्वक्त्रैर्गात्रैश्च सव्रणैः ।
दग्धक्षतजकीर्णैश्च गन्तव्यं जीवघातकैः ॥ १४.१००.३८ ॥
With mouths filled with fat, blood and pus, and bodies full of wounds, burnt and strewn with blood from injuries, those who slew living beings must go.
14.100.39
वेदनार्तैस्च कूजद्भिर्विक्रोशद्भिश्च विस्वरम् ।
वेदनार्तैः पतद्भिश्च गन्तव्यं जीवघातकैः ॥ १४.१००.३९ ॥
Tormented by pain, crying out and wailing in harsh voices, falling in agony, those who slew living beings must go.
14.100.40
भग्रपादोरुहस्तङ्गैर्भग्रजङ्घाशिरोधरैः ।
छिन्नकर्णोष्ठनासैश्च गन्तव्यं जीवघातकैः ॥ १४.१००.४० ॥
With feet, thighs, hands and limbs broken, shins and necks shattered, ears, lips and noses cut off, those who slew living beings must go.
14.100.41
शक्तिभिर्भिण्डिपालैश्च शङ्कुतोमरसायकैः ।
तुद्यमानैस्तु शूलाग्रैर्गन्तव्यं जीवघातकैः ॥ १४.१००.४१ ॥
Pierced by spears, iron darts, stakes, javelins and arrows, and stabbed by the points of tridents, those who slew living beings must go.
14.100.42
श्वभिर्व्याघ्रैर्वृकैः काकैर्भक्ष्यमाणाः समन्ततः ।
तुद्यमानाश्च गच्छन्ति राक्षसैर्मांसघातिभिः ॥ १४.१००.४२ ॥
Devoured on all sides by dogs, tigers, wolves and crows, and tormented by flesh-eating rākṣasas, they go on.
14.100.43
महिषैश्च मृगैश्चापि सूकरैः पृषतैस्तथा ।
भक्ष्यमाणैस्तदध्वानं गन्तव्यं मांसखादिभिः ॥ १४.१००.४३ ॥
Devoured also by buffaloes, deer, boars and spotted deer, the flesh-eaters must go along that path.
14.100.44
सूचीसुतीक्ष्णतुण्डाभिर्मक्षिकाभिः समन्ततः ।
तुद्यमानैश्च गन्तव्यं पापिष्ठैर्बालघातकैः ॥ १४.१००.४४ ॥
Pricked on all sides by flies with needle-sharp, very keen stings, the most sinful child-killers must go.
14.100.45
विस्रब्धं स्वामिनं मित्रं स्त्रियं वा घ्रन्ति ये नराः ।
शस्त्रैर्निर्भिद्यमानैश्च गन्तव्यं यमसादनम् ॥ १४.१००.४५ ॥
Men who kill a master who trusts them, a friend, or a woman must go to the abode of Yama, pierced through by weapons.
14.100.46
खादयन्ति च ये जीवान्दुःखमापादयन्ति च ।
राक्षसैश्च श्वभिश्चैव भक्ष्यमाणा व्रजन्ति च ॥ १४.१००.४६ ॥
Those who devour living beings and cause them suffering go on, devoured by rākṣasas and dogs.
14.100.47
ये हरन्ति च वस्त्राणि शय्यां प्रावरणानि च ।
ते यान्ति विद्रुता नग्नाः पिशाचा इव तत्पथं ॥ १४.१००.४७ ॥
Those who steal garments, beds and coverings go, naked and fleeing like goblins, along that path.
14.100.48
गाश्च धान्यं हिरण्यं वा बलात्क्षेत्रं गृहं तथा ।
ये हरन्ति दुरात्मानः परस्वं पापकारिणः ॥ १४.१००.४८ ॥
Those evil-minded sinners who forcibly seize cows, grain, gold, field or house are robbers of another's property.
14.100.49
पाषाणैरुल्मुकैर्दण्डैः काष्ठघातैश्च चर्झरैः ।
हन्यमानैः क्षताकीर्णैर्नन्तव्यं तैर्यमालयम् ॥ १४.१००.४९ ॥
Struck with stones, burning brands, clubs, blows of wood and cudgels, covered with wounds, they must be led by them to the abode of Yama.
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ब्रह्मस्वं ये हरन्तीह नरा नरकनिर्भयाः ।
आक्रोशन्तीह ये नित्यं प्रहरन्ति च ये द्विजान् ॥ १४.१००.५० ॥
Those men who here, fearless of hell, steal the property of brahmins, who revile constantly here, and who strike the twice-born.
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शुष्ककण्ठा निबद्धास्ते छिन्नजिह्वाक्षिनासिकाः ।
पूयशोणितदुर्गन्धा भक्ष्यमाणाश्च जंबुकैः ॥ १४.१००.५१ ॥
With dried throats, bound, their tongues, eyes and noses cut off, foul with pus and blood, being devoured by jackals.
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चण्डालैर्भीषणैश्चण्डैस्तुद्यमानाः समन्ततः ।
क्रोशन्तः करुणं घोरं गच्छन्ति यमासादनम् ॥ १४.१००.५२ ॥
Tormented on all sides by terrible and fierce outcastes, crying out piteously and horribly, they go to the abode of Yama.
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तत्र चापि गताः पापा विष्ठाकूपेष्वनेकशः ।
जीवन्तो वर्षकोटीस्तु क्लिश्यन्ते वेदनात्ततः ॥ १४.१००.५३ ॥
There too the sinners, having gone many times into pits of excrement, living for tens of millions of years, suffer torment from pain.
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ततश्च मुक्ताः कालेन लोके चास्मिन्नराधमाः ।
विष्ठाक्रिमित्वं गच्छन्ति जन्मकोटिशतं नृप ॥ १४.१००.५४ ॥
Then, released in time, the lowest of men in this world, O king, go into the state of excrement-worms for a hundred million births.
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विद्यमानधनैर्यैस्तु लोभडंभानृतान्वितैः ।
श्रोत्रियेभ्यो न दत्तानि दानानि कुरुपुङ्गव ॥ १४.१००.५५ ॥
Those who, though possessing wealth and filled with greed, pride and falsehood, did not give gifts to learned brahmins, O bull of the Kurus.
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ग्रीवापाशनिबद्धास्ते हन्यमानाश्च राक्षसैः ।
क्षुत्पिपासाश्रमार्तास्तु यान्ति प्रेतपुरं नराः ॥ १४.१००.५६ ॥
Bound by nooses about their necks, struck by demons, and tormented by hunger, thirst and exhaustion, those men go to the city of the dead.
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अदत्तदाना गच्छन्ति शुष्ककण्ठास्यतालुकाः ।
अन्नं पानीयसहितं प्रार्थयन्तः पुनःपुनः ॥ १४.१००.५७ ॥
Those who gave no gifts go with dry throats, mouths and palates, begging again and again for food together with water.
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स्वामिन्बुभक्षातृष्णार्ता गन्तुं नैवाद्य शक्नुमः ।
ममान्नं दीयतां स्वामिन्पानीयं दीयतां मम।
इति ब्रुवन्तस्तैर्दूतैः प्राप्यन्ते वै यमालयम् ॥ १४.१००.५८ ॥
"Lord, afflicted by hunger and thirst, we cannot even walk today. Lord, let food be given to me, let water be given to me," speaking thus, they are led by the messengers to the abode of Yama.
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तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं विष्णोः पपात भुवि पाण्डवः ।
निस्संज्ञो भयसंत्रस्तो मूर्छया समभिप्लुतः ॥ १४.१००.५९ ॥
Hearing those words of Viṣṇu, the Pāṇḍava fell to the ground, senseless, terrified with fear, overcome by a swoon.
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ततो लब्ध्वा शनैः संज्ञां समाश्वस्तोच्युतेन सः ।
नेत्रे प्रक्षाल्य तोयेन भूयः केशवमब्रवीत् ॥ १४.१००.६० ॥
Then, slowly regaining consciousness and comforted by Acyuta, he washed his eyes with water and again spoke to Keśava.
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भीतोस्म्यहं महादेव श्रुत्वा मार्गस्य विस्तरम् ।
केनोपायेन तं मार्गं तरन्ति पुरुषाः सुखम् ॥ १४.१००.६१ ॥
O Mahādeva, having heard the extent of that path, I am afraid. By what means do men cross that path with ease?
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इह ये धार्मिका लोके जीवगातविवर्जिताः ।
गुरुशुश्रूषणे युक्ता देवब्राह्मणपूजकाः ॥ १४.१००.६२ ॥
Those in this world who are righteous, who abstain from harming living beings, who are devoted to serving their teacher, and who honor gods and brahmins—
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अस्मान्मानुष्यलोकात्ते समार्याः सहबान्धवाः ।
यमध्वानं तु गच्छन्ति यथावत्तं निबोध मे ॥ १४.१००.६३ ॥
From this human world, those noble ones go with their kinsmen along the road of Yama. Hear it from me exactly as it is.
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ब्राह्मणेभ्यः प्रदानानि नानारूपाणि पाण्डव ।
ये प्रयच्छन्ति विप्रेभ्यस्ते सुखं यान्ति तत्फलम् ॥ १४.१००.६४ ॥
O Pāṇḍava, those who give various kinds of gifts to brahmins attain happiness as their fruit.
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अन्नं ये च प्रयच्छन्ति ब्राह्मणेभ्यः सुसंस्कृतम् ।
क्षोत्रियेभ्यो विशेषेण प्रीत्या परमया युताः ॥ १४.१००.६५ ॥
Those who, endowed with supreme affection, give well-prepared food to brahmins, especially to the learned brahmins versed in the Veda:
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ते विमानैर्महात्मानो यान्ति चित्रैर्यमालयम् ।
सेव्यमाना वरस्त्रीभिरप्सरोभिर्महापथम् ॥ १४.१००.६६ ॥
Those great-souled ones go in wondrous celestial chariots to the abode of Yama, attended by excellent women and apsarases, along that great path.
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ये च नित्यं प्रभाषन्ते सत्यं निष्कल्मषं वचः ।
ते च यान्त्यमलाभ्राभैर्विमानैर्वृषयोजितैः ॥ १४.१००.६७ ॥
Those who always speak true and stainless words also go in stainless, cloud-bright celestial chariots yoked to bulls.
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कपिलाद्यानि पुण्यानि गोप्रदानानि ये नराः ।
ब्राह्मणेभ्यः प्रयच्छन्ति श्रोत्रियेभ्यो विशेषतः ॥ १४.१००.६८ ॥
Men who give the meritorious cow-gifts, beginning with the Kapilā cows, to brahmins, especially to learned brahmins.
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ते यान्त्यमलवर्णाभैर्विमानैर्वृषयोजितैः ।
वैवस्वतपुरं प्राप्य ह्यप्सरोभिर्निषेविताः ॥ १४.१००.६९ ॥
Those of stainless hue go in celestial chariots yoked to bulls, reaching the city of Vaivasvata (Yama), attended by apsarases.
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उपानहौ च च्छत्रं च शयनान्यासनानि च ।
विप्रेभ्यो ये प्रयच्छन्ति वस्त्राण्याभरणानि च ॥ १४.१००.७० ॥
Those who give brahmins sandals, an umbrella, beds, seats, garments and ornaments.
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ते यान्त्यश्वैर्वृषैर्वाऽपि कुञ्जरैरप्यलङ्कृताः ।
धर्मराजपुरं रम्यं सौवर्णच्छत्रशोभिताः ॥ १४.१००.७१ ॥
Adorned with horses, bulls or elephants, and graced by golden umbrellas, they go to the lovely city of Dharmarāja.
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ये च भक्ष्याणि दास्यन्ति भोज्यं पेयं तथैव च ।
स्निग्धान्नान्यापि विप्रेभ्यः श्रद्धया परया युताः ॥ १४.१००.७२ ॥
Those who, filled with supreme faith, give brahmins food to be eaten, meals, drinks and rich, oily grain.
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ते यान्ति काञ्चनार्यानैः सुखं वैवस्वतालयम् ।
वरस्त्रीभिर्यथाकामं सेव्यमानाः सहस्रशः ॥ १४.१००.७३ ॥
They go happily in golden chariots to the abode of Vaivasvata, attended by thousands of excellent women as they desire.
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ये च क्षीरं प्रयच्छन्ति घृतं दधि गुडं मधु ।
ब्राह्मणेभ्यः प्रयत्नेन श्रद्दधानाः सुसंस्कृताः ॥ १४.१००.७४ ॥
Those who, full of faith and well-refined, carefully give milk, ghee, curds, molasses and honey to brahmins.
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चक्रवाकप्रयुक्तैस्तु यानै रुक्ममयैः शुभैः ।
यान्ति गन्धर्ववादित्रैः सेव्यमाना यमालयम् ॥ १४.१००.७५ ॥
In golden auspicious vehicles yoked with cakravāka birds, attended by gandharva music, they go to the abode of Yama.
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ये फलानि प्रयच्छन्ति पुष्पाणि सुरभीणि च ।
हंसयुक्तैर्विमानैस्तु यान्ति धर्मपुरं नराः ॥ १४.१००.७६ ॥
Those who give fruits and fragrant flowers go in vimānas yoked with swans to the city of Dharma.
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ये प्रयच्छन्ति विप्रेभ्यो विचित्रान्नं घृताप्लुतम् ।
ते व्रजनत्यमलाभ्राभैर्विमानैर्वायुवेगिभिः।
पुरं तत्प्रेतनाथस्य नानाजनसमाकुलम्। ॥ १४.१००.७७ ॥
Those who give brahmins varied food soaked in ghee go in vimānas swift as the wind and bright as spotless clouds to that city of the lord of the dead, crowded with many people.
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पानीयं ये प्रयच्छन्ति सर्वभूतप्रजीवनम् ।
ते सुतृप्ताः सुखं यान्ति भवनैर्हंसचोदितैः ॥ १४.१००.७८ ॥
Those who give water, the life of all beings, go happily, fully satisfied, in mansions drawn by swans.
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ये तिलं तिलधेनुं वा धृतधेनुमथापि च ।
श्रोत्रियेभ्यः प्रयच्छन्ति सौम्यभावसमन्विताः ॥ १४.१००.७९ ॥
Those who, endowed with a gentle disposition, give sesame, a cow made of sesame, or a cow made of ghee to learned Brahmins.
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सूर्यमण्डलसंकाशैर्यानैस्ते यान्ति निर्मलैः ।
गीयमानैस्तु गन्धर्वैर्वैवस्वतपुरं नृप ॥ १४.१००.८० ॥
O king, in spotless vehicles resembling the disc of the sun, sung of by the Gandharvas, they go to the city of Vaivasvata, Yama.
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येषां वाप्यश्च कूपाश्च तटाकानि सरांसि च ।
दीर्घिकाः पुष्करिण्यश्च सजलाश्च जलाशयाः ॥ १४.१००.८१ ॥
For whom there are step-wells, wells, ponds, lakes, long reservoirs, lotus-ponds, and water-filled reservoirs.
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यानैस्ते यान्ति चन्द्राभैर्दिव्यघण्टानिनादितैः ।
चामरैस्तालवृन्तैश्च वीज्यमाना महाप्रभाः।
नित्यतृप्ता महात्मानो गच्छन्ति यमसादनम् ॥ १४.१००.८२ ॥
In vehicles bright as the moon, resounding with divine bells, fanned with yak-tail whisks and palm-leaf fans, the great-souled, ever-satisfied, of great splendour, go to the abode of Yama.
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येषां देवगृहाणीह चित्राण्यायतनानि च ।
मनोहराणि कान्तानि दर्शनीयानि भान्ति च ॥ १४.१००.८३ ॥
For whom there are temples of the gods and wondrous shrines here, which shine charming, lovely and worth seeing.
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ते व्रजन्त्यमलाभ्राभैर्विमानैर्वायुवेगिभिः ।
पुरं तत्प्रेतनाथस्य नानाजनपदाकुलम् ॥ १४.१००.८४ ॥
They go in celestial chariots bright as spotless clouds and swift as the wind to the city of the lord of the dead, crowded with many realms and peoples.
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वैवस्वतं च पश्यन्ति सुखचित्तं सुखस्थितम् ।
यमेन पूजिता यान्ति देवसालोक्यतां ततः ॥ १४.१००.८५ ॥
They see Vaivasvata Yama, happy in mind and abiding in happiness; honoured by Yama, they then attain the state of dwelling together with the gods.
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देवानुद्दिश्य लोकेषु प्रपासु करकोद्धृतम् ।
शीतलं सलिलं रम्यं तृषितेभ्यो दिशन्ति ये।
ते तु तृप्ति परां यान्ति प्राप्य सौख्यं महापथम् ॥ १४.१००.८६ ॥
Those who, for the sake of the gods, give cool and pleasant water drawn from a pitcher to the thirsty at roadside water-booths in the worlds attain supreme satisfaction and obtain the great path of happiness.
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काष्ठपादुकदा यान्ति तदध्वानं सुखं नराः ।
सौवर्णमणिपीठे तु पादं कृत्वा स्थोत्तमे ॥ १४.१००.८७ ॥
Men who give wooden sandals travel that road in comfort, and having set their feet upon an excellent seat of gold and jewels, they stand there.
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आरामान्वृक्षषण्डांश्च रोपयन्ति च ये नराः ।
संवर्धयन्ति चाव्यग्रं फलपुष्पोपशोभितम् ॥ १४.१००.८८ ॥
Those men who plant gardens and groves of trees, and tend them steadily until they are adorned with fruit and flowers.
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वृक्षच्छायासु रम्यासु शीतलासु स्वलङ्कृताः ।
यान्ति ते वाहनैर्दिव्यैः पूज्यमाना मुहुर्मुहुः। ॥ १४.१००.८९ ॥
Well adorned, in the pleasant cool shade of trees, they travel on divine vehicles, honoured again and again.
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सेव्यमानाः सुरूपाभिरुत्तमाभिः प्रयत्नतः ।
स्त्रीभिः कनकवर्णाभिर्यथाकामं यथासुखम् ॥ १४.१००.९० ॥
Attended carefully by excellent, beautiful women golden in hue, they live as they desire and at ease.
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अश्वयानं तु गोयानं हस्तियानमथापि च ।
ये प्रयच्छन्ति विप्रेभ्यो विमानैः कनकोपमैः ॥ १४.१००.९१ ॥
Those who give to brahmins horse-carts, ox-carts, or elephant-carts go in celestial chariots resembling gold.
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सुवर्णं रजतं वाऽपि विद्रुमं मौक्तिकं तथा ।
ये प्रयच्छन्ति ते यान्ति विमानैः कनकोज्ज्वलैः।
ते व्रजन्ति वरस्त्रीभिः सेव्यमाना यथासुखम् ॥ १४.१००.९२ ॥
Those who give gold, silver, coral, or pearls go in celestial chariots brilliant as gold; attended by excellent women, they go at ease.
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भूमिदा यान्ति तं लोकं सर्वकामैः सुतर्पिताः ।
उदितादित्यसंकाशैर्विमानैर्वृषयोजितैः ॥ १४.१००.९३ ॥
Givers of land go to that world, fully satisfied in all desires, in celestial chariots like the rising sun, yoked to bulls.
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कन्यां ये च प्रयच्छन्ति विप्राय श्रोत्रियाय च ।
दिव्यकन्यावृता यान्ति विमानैस्ते यमालयम् ॥ १४.१००.९४ ॥
Those who give a maiden to a brahmin or a learned man of the Veda go to the abode of Yama in celestial chariots, surrounded by divine maidens.
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सुगन्धान्गन्धसंयोगान्पुष्पाणि सुरभीणि च ।
प्रयच्छन्ति द्विजाग्रेभ्यो भक्तया परमया युताः ॥ १४.१००.९५ ॥
Endowed with supreme devotion, those who give fragrances, blends of scents, and fragrant flowers to the foremost of the twice-born.
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सुगन्धाः धर्मपुरं यानैर्विचित्रैरप्यलङ्कृताः ।
यान्ति धर्मपुरं यानैर्विचित्रैरप्यलङ्कृताः ॥ १४.१००.९६ ॥
The fragrant ones go to the city of Dharma, adorned with wondrous vehicles; adorned with wondrous vehicles, they go to the city of Dharma.
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दीपया यान्ति यानैश्च द्योतयन्तो दिशो दश ।
आदित्यसदृशाकारैर्दीप्यमाना इवाग्नयः ॥ १४.१००.९७ ॥
They go with lamps and in vehicles, lighting up the ten directions, with forms like the sun, shining like fires.
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गृहावसथदातारो गृहैः काञ्चनवेदिकैः ।
व्रजन्ति बालसूर्याभैर्धर्मराजपुरं नराः ॥ १४.१००.९८ ॥
Men who gave houses and dwellings go to the city of the King of Dharma, in houses with golden altars, radiant as the morning sun.
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जलभाजनदातारः कुण्डिकाकरकप्रदाः ।
पूज्यमाना वरस्त्रीभिर्यान्ति तृप्ता महागजैः ॥ १४.१००.९९ ॥
Givers of water vessels, pitchers and water jars, honored by excellent women, go satisfied on great elephants.
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पादाभ्यङ्गं शिरोभ्यह्गं पानं पादोदकं तथा ।
ये प्रयच्छन्ति विप्रेभ्यस्ते यान्त्यश्वैर्यमालयम् ॥ १४.१००.१०० ॥
Those who offer Brahmins the anointing of feet and head, drink, and water for washing the feet, go on horses to the abode of Yama.
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विश्रामायन्ति ये विप्राञ्श्रान्तानध्वनि कर्शितान् ।
चक्रवाकप्रयुक्तेन यान्ति यानेन तेऽपि च ॥ १४.१००.१०१ ॥
Those who give rest to Brahmins weary and exhausted on the road go in a vehicle yoked with cakravāka birds, they too.
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स्वागतेन च यो विप्रान्पूजयेदासनेन च ।
स गच्छति तदध्वानं सुखं परमनिर्वृतः ॥ १४.१००.१०२ ॥
He who honors Brahmins with a welcome and with a seat goes that road happily, supremely content.
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नमो ब्रह्मण्यदेवेति यो मां दृष्ट्वाऽभिवादयेत् ।
व्रतीवं प्रयतो नित्यं स सुखं तत्पदं व्रजेत् ॥ १४.१००.१०३ ॥
He who, seeing me, greets me saying, "Homage to the god devoted to brahmins," and who is always restrained like one who keeps a vow, reaches that state in happiness.
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नमः सर्वसहाभ्यश्चेत्यभिख्याय दिनेदिने ।
नमस्करोति नित्यं गां स सुखं याति तत्पथं ॥ १४.१००.१०४ ॥
He who, day after day, declares, "Homage to the all-enduring cow," and always bows down to the cow, goes happily along that path.
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नमोस्तु प्रियदत्तायेत्येवंवादी दिनेदिने ।
भूमिमाक्रमते प्रातः सयनादुत्थितश्च यः ॥ १४.१००.१०५ ॥
He who, saying day after day, "Homage to the giver of what is dear," rises in the morning from his bed and sets foot upon the earth.
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सर्वकामैः स तृप्तात्मा सर्वभूषणभूषितः ।
याति यानेन दिव्येन सुकं वैवस्वतालयम् ॥ १४.१००.१०६ ॥
Satisfied in spirit with all desires and adorned with all ornaments, he goes happily in a divine vehicle to the abode of Vaivasvata (Yama).
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अनत्तराशिनो ये तु डंभानृतविवर्जिताः ।
तेऽपि सारसयुक्तेन यान्ति यानेन वै सुखम् ॥ १४.१००.१०७ ॥
Those who eat sparingly and are free from pretense and falsehood also go happily in a vehicle yoked with cranes.
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ये चाप्येकेन भुक्तेन डंभानृतविवर्जिताः ।
हंसयुक्तैर्विमानैस्तु सुखं यान्ति यमालयम् ॥ १४.१००.१०८ ॥
Those who eat only one meal and are free from pretense and falsehood also go happily to the abode of Yama in celestial chariots yoked with swans.
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चतुर्थेन च भुक्तेन वर्तन्ते ये जितेन्द्रियाः ।
यान्ति ते धर्मनगरं यानैर्बर्हिणयोजितैः ॥ १४.१००.१०९ ॥
Those who, having conquered their senses, live by eating only at the fourth meal, go to the city of dharma in vehicles yoked with peacocks.
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तृतीयदिवसेनेह भुञ्जते ये जितेन्द्रियाः ।
तेऽपि हस्तिरथं यान्ति तत्पथं कनकोज्ज्वलैः ॥ १४.१००.११० ॥
Those here who, having conquered their senses, eat only every third day, also go along that path, gleaming with gold, in elephant-chariots.
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षष्ठान्नकालिको यस्तु वर्षमेकं तु वर्तते ।
कामक्रोधवनिर्मुक्तः शुचिर्नित्यं जितेन्द्रियः।
स याति कुञ्जरस्थैस्तु जयशब्दरवैर्युतः ॥ १४.१००.१११ ॥
He who, eating only at the sixth-meal time, lives for a single year, freed from desire and anger, always pure and having conquered his senses, goes with cries of victory, accompanied by those standing on elephants.
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पक्षोपवासिनो यान्ति यानैः शार्दूलयोजितैः ।
धर्मराजपूरं रम्यं दिव्यस्त्रीगणसेवितम् ॥ १४.१००.११२ ॥
Those who fast for fortnights go in vehicles yoked with tigers to the delightful city of the king of dharma, attended by bands of divine women.
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ये च मासोपवासं वै कुर्वते संयतेन्द्रियाः ।
तेऽपि सूर्यादयप्रख्यैर्यान्ति यानैर्यमालयम् ॥ १४.१००.११३ ॥
Those who, with senses restrained, perform a month's fast, also go to the abode of Yama in vehicles bright as the sun and the like.
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अग्निप्रवेशं यश्चापि कुरुते मद्गतात्मना ।
स यात्यग्निप्रकाशेन विमानेन यमालयम् ॥ १४.१००.११४ ॥
He who, with mind fixed on me, performs entry into fire, goes to the abode of Yama in an aerial car bright as fire.
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गोकृते स्त्रीकृते चैव हत्वा विप्रकृतेऽपि च ।
ते यान्त्यमरकन्याभिः सेव्यमाना रविप्रभाः ॥ १४.१००.११५ ॥
Those who are slain for the sake of cows, for the sake of women, or for a Brahmin, go radiant as the sun, attended by the maidens of the immortals.
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ये च कुर्वन्ति मद्भक्तास्तीर्थयात्रां जितेन्द्रियाः ।
ते पन्थानं महात्मानो यानैर्यान्ति सुनिर्वृताः ॥ १४.१००.११६ ॥
Those great-souled devotees of mine who, with senses mastered, make pilgrimage, go along that path in vehicles, fully content.
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ये यजन्ति द्विजश्रेष्ठाः क्रतुभिर्भूरिदक्षिणैः ।
हंससारससंयुक्तैर्यानैस्ते यान्ति तत्पथम् ॥ १४.१००.११७ ॥
The best of the twice-born who sacrifice with rites and abundant fees go along that path in vehicles yoked with swans and cranes.
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परपीडामकृत्वैव भृत्यान्बिभ्रति ये नराः ।
तत्पथं ससुखं यान्ति विमानैः काञ्चनोज्ज्वलैः ॥ १४.१००.११८ ॥
Men who support their servants without causing pain to others go happily along that path in celestial chariots brilliant with gold.
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ये समाः सर्वभूतेषु जीवानामभयप्रदाः ।
क्रोधलोभविनिर्मुक्ता निगृहीतेन्द्रियास्तथा। ॥ १४.१००.११९ ॥
Those who are even-minded toward all beings, who give fearlessness to living things, who are freed from anger and greed, and whose senses are restrained.
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पूर्णचन्द्रप्रतीकाशैर्विमानैस्ते महाप्रभाः ।
यान्ति वैवस्वतपुरं देवगन्धर्वसेविताः ॥ १४.१००.१२० ॥
In vehicles resembling the full moon, greatly radiant, they go to the city of Vaivasvata, attended by gods and gandharvas.
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ये मामेकान्तभावेन देवं त्र्यंबकमेव वा ।
पूजयन्ति नमस्यन्ति स्तुवन्ति च दिनेदिने।
धर्मराजपुरं यान्ति यानैस्तेऽर्कसमप्रभैः ॥ १४.१००.१२१ ॥
Those who worship me, or the three-eyed god, with single devotion, bow to him and praise him day after day, go to the city of the king of Dharma in vehicles bright as the sun.
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पूजितास्तत्र धर्मेण स्वयं माल्यादिभिः शुभैः ।
यान्त्येव धर्मलोकं वा रुद्रलोकमथापि वा ॥ १४.१००.१२२ ॥
Honoured there by Dharma himself with garlands and other auspicious offerings, they go to the world of Dharma or else to the world of Rudra.