Prakṛti-khaṇḍa · Chapter 26
Sourceनारायण उवाच ।। सावित्रीवचनं श्रुत्वा जगाम विस्मयं यमः । प्रहस्य वक्तुमारेभे कर्मपाकं च जीविनाम् ।। १ ।। यम उवाच ।। कन्या द्वादशवर्षीया वत्से त्वं वयसाऽधुना ।। ज्ञानं ते पूर्वविदुषां योगिनां ज्ञानिनां परम् ।। २ ।। सावित्रीवरदानेन त्वं सावित्रीकला सति ।। प्राप्ता पुरा भूभृता च तपसा तत्समा शुभे ।। ३ ।। यथा श्रीः श्रीपतेः क्रोडे भवानी च भवोरसि ।। यथा राधा च श्रीकृष्णे सावित्री ब्रह्मवक्षसि ।। ४ ।। धर्मोरसि यथा मूर्त्तिः शतरूपा मनौ यथा ।। कर्दमे देवहूतिश्च वसिष्ठेऽरुन्धती यथा ।। ५ ।। अदितिः कश्यपे चापि यथाऽहल्या च गौतमे ।। यथा शची महेन्द्रे च यथा चन्द्रे च रोहिणी ।। ६ ।। यथा रतिः कामदेवे यथा स्वाहा हुताशने ।। यथा स्वधा च पितृषु यथा संज्ञा दिवाकरे ।। ७ ।। वरुणानी च वरुणे यज्ञे च दक्षिणा यथा ।। यथा धरा वराहे च देवसेना च कार्तिके ।। ८ ।। सौभाग्या सुप्रिया त्वं च भव सत्यवति प्रिये ।। इति तुभ्यं वरं दत्तमपरं च यदीप्सितम् ।। वृणु देवि महाभागे सर्वं दास्यामि निश्चितम् ।। ९ ।। सावित्र्युवाच ।। सत्यवदौरसेनैव पुत्राणां शतकं मम ।। भविष्यति महाभाग वरमेतन्मदीप्सितम् ।। 2.26.१० ।। मत्पितुः पुत्रशतकं श्वशुरस्य च चक्षुषी ।। राज्यलाभो भवत्वेव वरमेवं मदीप्सितम् ।। ११ ।। अन्ते सत्यवता सार्द्धं यास्यामि हरिमन्दिरम् ।। समतीते लक्षवर्षे देहीमं मे जगत्प्रभो ।। १२ ।। जीवकर्मविपाकं च श्रोतुं कौतूहलं च मे ।। विश्वविस्तारबीजं च तन्मे व्याख्यातुमर्हसि ।। १३ ।। यम उवाच ।। भविष्यति महासाध्वि सर्वं मानसिकं तव ।। जीवकर्म्मविपाकं च कथयामि निशामय ।। १४ ।। शुभानामशुभानां च कर्म्मणां जन्म भारते ।। पुण्यक्षेत्रेऽत्र सर्वत्र नान्यत्र भुञ्जते जनाः ।। १५ ।। सुरा दैत्या दानवाश्च गन्धर्वा राक्षसादयः ।। नराश्च कर्म्मजनका न सर्वे समजीविनः ।। १६ ।। विशिष्टजीविनः कर्म्म भुञ्जते सर्वयोनिषु ।। विशेषतो मानवाश्च भ्रमन्ति सर्वयोनिषु ।। ।। १७ ।। शुभाशुभं भुञ्जते च कर्म पूर्वार्जितं परम् ।। शुभेन कर्मणा यान्ति ते स्वर्गादिकमेव च ।। १८ ।। कर्म्मणा चाशुभेनैव भ्रमन्ति नरकेषु च ।। कर्म्मनिर्मूलने मुक्तिः सा चोक्ता द्विविधा मता ।। १९।। निर्वाणरूपा सेवा च कृष्णस्य परमात्मनः ।। कुकर्मणा जीवश्चारोगी शुभकर्मणा ।। 2.26.२० ।। दीर्घजीवी च क्षीणायुः सुखी दुःखी च निश्चितम् ।। अन्धादयश्चाङ्गहीनाः कुत्सितेन च कर्मणा ।। २१ ।। सिद्ध्यादिकमवाप्नोति सर्वोत्कृष्टेन कर्म्मणा ।। सामान्यं कथितं सर्वं विशेषं शृणु सुन्दरि ।। २२ ।। सुदुर्लभं सुभोग्यं च पुराणेषु श्रुतिष्वपि ।। २३ ।। दुर्लभा मानवी जातिः सर्वजातिषु भारते ।। सर्वाभ्यो ब्राह्मणः श्रेष्ठः प्रशस्तः सर्वकर्म्मसु।।२४।। विष्णुभक्तो द्विजश्चैव गरीयान्भारते ततः ।। निष्कामश्च सकामश्च वैष्णवो द्विविधः सति ।।२५।। सकामश्च प्रधानश्च निष्कामो भक्त एव च ।। कर्मभोगी सकामश्च निष्कामो निरुपद्रवः ।। २६ ।। स याति देहं त्यक्ता च पदं विष्णोर्निरामयम् ।। पुनरागमनं नास्ति तेषां निष्कामिणां सति ।। २७ ।। ये सेवन्ते च द्विभुजं कृष्णमात्मानमीश्वरम् ।। गोलोकं यान्ति ते भक्ता दिव्यरूपविधारिणः ।। २८ ।। ये च नारायणं भक्ताः सेवन्ते च चतुर्भुजम् ।। वैकुण्ठं यान्ति ते सर्वे दिव्यरूपविधारिणः ।।२९ ।। सकामिनो वैष्णवाश्च गत्वा वैकुण्ठमेव च ।। भारतं पुनरायान्ति तेषां जन्म द्विजातिषु ।। 2.26.३० ।। कालेन ते च निष्कामा भविष्यन्ति क्रमेण च ।। भक्तिं च निर्मलां बुद्धिं तेभ्यो दास्यति निश्चितम् ।। ३१ ।। ब्राह्मणाद्वैष्णवादन्ये सकामाः सर्वजन्मसु ।। न तेषां निर्मला बुद्धिर्विष्णुभक्तिविवर्जिताः ।। ३२ ।। तीर्थाश्रिता द्विजा ये च तपस्यानिरताः सति ।। ते यान्ति ब्रह्मलोकं च पुनरायान्ति भारतम् ।।३३।। स्वधर्मनिरता विप्राः सूर्य्यभक्ताश्च भारते ।। व्रजन्ति सूर्यलोकं ते पुनरायान्ति भारतम् ।। ३४ ।। स्वधर्मनिरता विप्राः शैवाः शाक्ताश्च गाणपाः ।। ते यान्ति शिवलोकं च पुनरायान्ति भारतम् ।। ३५ ।। ये विप्रा अन्यदेवेष्टाः स्वधर्मनिरताः सति ।। ते गत्वा शक्रलोकं च पुनरायान्ति भारतम् ।। ३६ ।। हरिभक्ताश्च निष्कामाः स्वधर्म्मरहिता द्विजाः ।। तेऽपि यान्ति हरेर्लोकं क्रमाद्भक्तिबलादहो ।।३७ ।। स्वधर्म्मरहिता विप्रा देवान्यसेविनः सदा ।। भ्रष्टाचाराश्च बालाश्च ते यांति नरकं ध्रुवम् ।। ३८ ।। स्वधर्म्मनिरताश्चैवं वर्णाश्चत्वार एव च ।। भवन्त्येव शुभस्यैव कर्मणः फलभागिनः ।। ३९ ।। स्वधर्म्मरहितास्ते च नरकं यान्ति हि ध्रुवम्।। भारते च भवन्त्येव कर्म्मणः फलभागिनः।।2.26.४०।। स्वधर्मनिरता विप्राः स्वधर्मनिरताय च।। कन्यां ददति विप्राय चन्द्रलोकं व्रजन्ति ते ।।४१।। वसंति तत्र ते साध्वि यावदिन्द्राश्चतुर्दश।। सालङ्कृताया दानेन द्विगुणं फलमुच्यते ।।४२।। सकामा यांति तल्लोकं न निष्कामाश्च वैष्णवाः ।। ते प्रयांति विष्णुलोकं फलसन्धानवर्जिताः ।। ४३ ।। गव्यं च रजतं भार्यां वस्त्रं सस्यं फलं जलम् ।। ये ददत्येव विप्रेभ्यस्तल्लोकं हि व्रजन्ति च ।।४४।। वसंति ते च तल्लोकं यावन्मन्वन्तरं सति ।। कालं च सुचिरं वासं कुर्वंति तत्र ते जनाः ।। ४५ ।। ये ददति सुवर्णं च गां च ताम्रादिकं सति ।। ते यांति सूर्यलोकं च शुचये ब्राह्मणाय च ।। ४६ ।। वसन्ति तत्र ते लोके वर्षाणामयुतं सति ।। विपुले च चिरं वासं कुर्वंति च निरामयाः ।।४७ ।। ददाति भूमिं विप्रेभ्यो धान्यानि विपुलानि च ।। स याति विष्णुलोकं च श्वेतद्वीपं मनोहरम्।।४८।। तत्रैव निवसत्येव यावच्चन्द्रदिवाकरौ ।। विपुलं विपुले वासं करोति पुण्यवान्सति ।। ४९ ।। गृहं ददंति विप्राय ये जना भक्तिपूर्वकम् ।। ते यांति सुरलोकं च चिरं तत्र भवंति ते ।।2.26.५०।। गृहरेणुप्रमाणाब्दं दानं पुण्यदिने यदि ।। विपुलं विपुले वासं कुर्वंति मानवाः सति।।५१।। यस्मै यस्मै च देवाय यो ददाति गृहं नरः।। स याति तस्य लोकं च रेणुमानाब्दमेव च ।। ५२ ।। सौधे चतुर्गुणं पुण्यं पूर्त्ते शतगुणं फलम् ।। प्रकृष्टेऽष्टगुणं तस्मादित्याह कमलोद्भवः ।। ५३ ।। यो ददाति तडागं च सर्वभूताय भारते ।। स याति जनलोकं च वर्षाणामयुतं सति।। ५४ ।। वाप्यां फलं शतगुणं प्राप्नोति मानवस्ततः ।। तथा सेतुप्रदानेन तडागस्य फलं लभेत् ।। ५५ ।। धनुश्चतुःसहस्रेण दैर्घ्यमानेन निश्चितम् ।। न्यूना वा तावती प्रस्थे सा वापी परिकीर्त्तिता ।। ५६ ।। दशवापीसमा कन्या यदि पात्रे प्रदीयते ।। फलं ददाति द्विगुणं यदि सालंकृता भवेत्।। ५७ ।। तत्फलं च तडागे च पङ्कोद्धारेण तत्फलम् ।। वाप्याश्च पंकोद्धारेण वापीतुल्यफलं लभेत् ।। ५८ ।। अश्वत्थवृक्षमारोप्य प्रतिष्ठां च करोति यः ।। स याति तपसो लोकं वर्षाणामयुतं परम् ।। ५९ ।। पुष्पोद्यानं यो ददाति सावित्रि सर्वभूतये ।। स वसेद्ध्रुवलोके च वर्षाणामयुतं ध्रुवम्।।2.26.६०।। यो ददाति विमानं च विष्णवे भारते सति ।। विष्णुलोके वसेत्सोऽपि यावन्मन्वन्तरं परम्।।६१।। चित्रयुक्ते च विपुले फलं तस्य चतुर्गुणम्।। रथार्धं शिबिकादाने फलमेव लभेद्ध्रुवम् ।। ६२ ।। यो ददाति भक्तियुक्तो हरये दोलमन्दिरम् ।। विष्णुलोके वसेत्सोऽपि यावन्मन्वतरं परम् ।। ६३ ।। राजमार्गं सौधयुक्तं यः करोति पतिव्रते ।। वर्षाणामयुतं सोऽपि शक्रलोके महीयते।। ६४ ।। ब्राह्मणेभ्योऽपि देवेभ्यो दाने समफलं लभेत् ।। यच्च दत्तं हि तद्भोक्तुर्न दत्तं नोपतिष्ठते ।। ६५ ।। भुक्त्वा स्वर्गादिकं सौख्यं पुनरायान्ति भारते ।। लभेद्विप्रकुलेष्वेव क्रमेणैवोत्तमादिषु ।। ६६ ।। भारते पुण्यवान्विप्रो भुक्त्वा स्वर्गादिकं परम् ।। पुनः सोऽपि भवेद्विप्रो न पुनः क्षत्रियादयः।।६७।। क्षत्रियो वाऽपि वैश्यो वा कल्पकोटिशतेन च ।। तपसा ब्राह्मणत्वं च न प्राप्नोति श्रुतौ श्रुतम् ।।६८।। स्वधर्मरहिता विप्रा नानायोनिं व्रजन्ति च ।। भुक्त्वा च कर्मभागं च विप्रयोनिं लभेत्पुनः।।६९।। नाभुक्तं क्षीयते कर्म्म कल्पकोटिशतैरपि ।। अवश्यवमेव भोक्तव्यं कल्पकोटिशतैरपि ।। 2.26.७० ।। अवश्यमेव भोक्तव्यं कृतं कर्म शुभाशुभम्।। देवतीर्थे सहायेन कायव्यूहेन शुध्यति।।७१।। एतत्ते कथितं सर्वं किं भूयः श्रोतुमिच्छसि।।७२।। इति श्रीब्रह्मवैवर्त्ते महापुराण द्वितीये प्रकृतिखण्डे सावित्र्युपाख्याने कर्मविपाके कर्मानुरूपस्थानगमनं नाम षड्विंशोऽध्यायः।।२६।।
nārāyaṇa uvāca || sāvitrīvacanaṃ śrutvā jagāma vismayaṃ yamaḥ | prahasya vaktumārebhe karmapākaṃ ca jīvinām || 1 || yama uvāca || kanyā dvādaśavarṣīyā vatse tvaṃ vayasā'dhunā || jñānaṃ te pūrvaviduṣāṃ yogināṃ jñānināṃ param || 2 || sāvitrīvaradānena tvaṃ sāvitrīkalā sati || prāptā purā bhūbhṛtā ca tapasā tatsamā śubhe || 3 || yathā śrīḥ śrīpateḥ kroḍe bhavānī ca bhavorasi || yathā rādhā ca śrīkṛṣṇe sāvitrī brahmavakṣasi || 4 || dharmorasi yathā mūrttiḥ śatarūpā manau yathā || kardame devahūtiśca vasiṣṭhe'rundhatī yathā || 5 || aditiḥ kaśyape cāpi yathā'halyā ca gautame || yathā śacī mahendre ca yathā candre ca rohiṇī || 6 || yathā ratiḥ kāmadeve yathā svāhā hutāśane || yathā svadhā ca pitṛṣu yathā saṃjñā divākare || 7 || varuṇānī ca varuṇe yajñe ca dakṣiṇā yathā || yathā dharā varāhe ca devasenā ca kārtike || 8 || saubhāgyā supriyā tvaṃ ca bhava satyavati priye || iti tubhyaṃ varaṃ dattamaparaṃ ca yadīpsitam || vṛṇu devi mahābhāge sarvaṃ dāsyāmi niścitam || 9 || sāvitryuvāca || satyavadaurasenaiva putrāṇāṃ śatakaṃ mama || bhaviṣyati mahābhāga varametanmadīpsitam || 2.26.10 || matpituḥ putraśatakaṃ śvaśurasya ca cakṣuṣī || rājyalābho bhavatveva varamevaṃ madīpsitam || 11 || ante satyavatā sārddhaṃ yāsyāmi harimandiram || samatīte lakṣavarṣe dehīmaṃ me jagatprabho || 12 || jīvakarmavipākaṃ ca śrotuṃ kautūhalaṃ ca me || viśvavistārabījaṃ ca tanme vyākhyātumarhasi || 13 || yama uvāca || bhaviṣyati mahāsādhvi sarvaṃ mānasikaṃ tava || jīvakarmmavipākaṃ ca kathayāmi niśāmaya || 14 || śubhānāmaśubhānāṃ ca karmmaṇāṃ janma bhārate || puṇyakṣetre'tra sarvatra nānyatra bhuñjate janāḥ || 15 || surā daityā dānavāśca gandharvā rākṣasādayaḥ || narāśca karmmajanakā na sarve samajīvinaḥ || 16 || viśiṣṭajīvinaḥ karmma bhuñjate sarvayoniṣu || viśeṣato mānavāśca bhramanti sarvayoniṣu || || 17 || śubhāśubhaṃ bhuñjate ca karma pūrvārjitaṃ param || śubhena karmaṇā yānti te svargādikameva ca || 18 || karmmaṇā cāśubhenaiva bhramanti narakeṣu ca || karmmanirmūlane muktiḥ sā coktā dvividhā matā || 19|| nirvāṇarūpā sevā ca kṛṣṇasya paramātmanaḥ || kukarmaṇā jīvaścārogī śubhakarmaṇā || 2.26.20 || dīrghajīvī ca kṣīṇāyuḥ sukhī duḥkhī ca niścitam || andhādayaścāṅgahīnāḥ kutsitena ca karmaṇā || 21 || siddhyādikamavāpnoti sarvotkṛṣṭena karmmaṇā || sāmānyaṃ kathitaṃ sarvaṃ viśeṣaṃ śṛṇu sundari || 22 || sudurlabhaṃ subhogyaṃ ca purāṇeṣu śrutiṣvapi || 23 || durlabhā mānavī jātiḥ sarvajātiṣu bhārate || sarvābhyo brāhmaṇaḥ śreṣṭhaḥ praśastaḥ sarvakarmmasu||24|| viṣṇubhakto dvijaścaiva garīyānbhārate tataḥ || niṣkāmaśca sakāmaśca vaiṣṇavo dvividhaḥ sati ||25|| sakāmaśca pradhānaśca niṣkāmo bhakta eva ca || karmabhogī sakāmaśca niṣkāmo nirupadravaḥ || 26 || sa yāti dehaṃ tyaktā ca padaṃ viṣṇornirāmayam || punarāgamanaṃ nāsti teṣāṃ niṣkāmiṇāṃ sati || 27 || ye sevante ca dvibhujaṃ kṛṣṇamātmānamīśvaram || golokaṃ yānti te bhaktā divyarūpavidhāriṇaḥ || 28 || ye ca nārāyaṇaṃ bhaktāḥ sevante ca caturbhujam || vaikuṇṭhaṃ yānti te sarve divyarūpavidhāriṇaḥ ||29 || sakāmino vaiṣṇavāśca gatvā vaikuṇṭhameva ca || bhārataṃ punarāyānti teṣāṃ janma dvijātiṣu || 2.26.30 || kālena te ca niṣkāmā bhaviṣyanti krameṇa ca || bhaktiṃ ca nirmalāṃ buddhiṃ tebhyo dāsyati niścitam || 31 || brāhmaṇādvaiṣṇavādanye sakāmāḥ sarvajanmasu || na teṣāṃ nirmalā buddhirviṣṇubhaktivivarjitāḥ || 32 || tīrthāśritā dvijā ye ca tapasyāniratāḥ sati || te yānti brahmalokaṃ ca punarāyānti bhāratam ||33|| svadharmaniratā viprāḥ sūryyabhaktāśca bhārate || vrajanti sūryalokaṃ te punarāyānti bhāratam || 34 || svadharmaniratā viprāḥ śaivāḥ śāktāśca gāṇapāḥ || te yānti śivalokaṃ ca punarāyānti bhāratam || 35 || ye viprā anyadeveṣṭāḥ svadharmaniratāḥ sati || te gatvā śakralokaṃ ca punarāyānti bhāratam || 36 || haribhaktāśca niṣkāmāḥ svadharmmarahitā dvijāḥ || te'pi yānti harerlokaṃ kramādbhaktibalādaho ||37 || svadharmmarahitā viprā devānyasevinaḥ sadā || bhraṣṭācārāśca bālāśca te yāṃti narakaṃ dhruvam || 38 || svadharmmaniratāścaivaṃ varṇāścatvāra eva ca || bhavantyeva śubhasyaiva karmaṇaḥ phalabhāginaḥ || 39 || svadharmmarahitāste ca narakaṃ yānti hi dhruvam|| bhārate ca bhavantyeva karmmaṇaḥ phalabhāginaḥ||2.26.40|| svadharmaniratā viprāḥ svadharmaniratāya ca|| kanyāṃ dadati viprāya candralokaṃ vrajanti te ||41|| vasaṃti tatra te sādhvi yāvadindrāścaturdaśa|| sālaṅkṛtāyā dānena dviguṇaṃ phalamucyate ||42|| sakāmā yāṃti tallokaṃ na niṣkāmāśca vaiṣṇavāḥ || te prayāṃti viṣṇulokaṃ phalasandhānavarjitāḥ || 43 || gavyaṃ ca rajataṃ bhāryāṃ vastraṃ sasyaṃ phalaṃ jalam || ye dadatyeva viprebhyastallokaṃ hi vrajanti ca ||44|| vasaṃti te ca tallokaṃ yāvanmanvantaraṃ sati || kālaṃ ca suciraṃ vāsaṃ kurvaṃti tatra te janāḥ || 45 || ye dadati suvarṇaṃ ca gāṃ ca tāmrādikaṃ sati || te yāṃti sūryalokaṃ ca śucaye brāhmaṇāya ca || 46 || vasanti tatra te loke varṣāṇāmayutaṃ sati || vipule ca ciraṃ vāsaṃ kurvaṃti ca nirāmayāḥ ||47 || dadāti bhūmiṃ viprebhyo dhānyāni vipulāni ca || sa yāti viṣṇulokaṃ ca śvetadvīpaṃ manoharam||48|| tatraiva nivasatyeva yāvaccandradivākarau || vipulaṃ vipule vāsaṃ karoti puṇyavānsati || 49 || gṛhaṃ dadaṃti viprāya ye janā bhaktipūrvakam || te yāṃti suralokaṃ ca ciraṃ tatra bhavaṃti te ||2.26.50|| gṛhareṇupramāṇābdaṃ dānaṃ puṇyadine yadi || vipulaṃ vipule vāsaṃ kurvaṃti mānavāḥ sati||51|| yasmai yasmai ca devāya yo dadāti gṛhaṃ naraḥ|| sa yāti tasya lokaṃ ca reṇumānābdameva ca || 52 || saudhe caturguṇaṃ puṇyaṃ pūrtte śataguṇaṃ phalam || prakṛṣṭe'ṣṭaguṇaṃ tasmādityāha kamalodbhavaḥ || 53 || yo dadāti taḍāgaṃ ca sarvabhūtāya bhārate || sa yāti janalokaṃ ca varṣāṇāmayutaṃ sati|| 54 || vāpyāṃ phalaṃ śataguṇaṃ prāpnoti mānavastataḥ || tathā setupradānena taḍāgasya phalaṃ labhet || 55 || dhanuścatuḥsahasreṇa dairghyamānena niścitam || nyūnā vā tāvatī prasthe sā vāpī parikīrttitā || 56 || daśavāpīsamā kanyā yadi pātre pradīyate || phalaṃ dadāti dviguṇaṃ yadi sālaṃkṛtā bhavet|| 57 || tatphalaṃ ca taḍāge ca paṅkoddhāreṇa tatphalam || vāpyāśca paṃkoddhāreṇa vāpītulyaphalaṃ labhet || 58 || aśvatthavṛkṣamāropya pratiṣṭhāṃ ca karoti yaḥ || sa yāti tapaso lokaṃ varṣāṇāmayutaṃ param || 59 || puṣpodyānaṃ yo dadāti sāvitri sarvabhūtaye || sa vaseddhruvaloke ca varṣāṇāmayutaṃ dhruvam||2.26.60|| yo dadāti vimānaṃ ca viṣṇave bhārate sati || viṣṇuloke vasetso'pi yāvanmanvantaraṃ param||61|| citrayukte ca vipule phalaṃ tasya caturguṇam|| rathārdhaṃ śibikādāne phalameva labheddhruvam || 62 || yo dadāti bhaktiyukto haraye dolamandiram || viṣṇuloke vasetso'pi yāvanmanvataraṃ param || 63 || rājamārgaṃ saudhayuktaṃ yaḥ karoti pativrate || varṣāṇāmayutaṃ so'pi śakraloke mahīyate|| 64 || brāhmaṇebhyo'pi devebhyo dāne samaphalaṃ labhet || yacca dattaṃ hi tadbhokturna dattaṃ nopatiṣṭhate || 65 || bhuktvā svargādikaṃ saukhyaṃ punarāyānti bhārate || labhedviprakuleṣveva krameṇaivottamādiṣu || 66 || bhārate puṇyavānvipro bhuktvā svargādikaṃ param || punaḥ so'pi bhavedvipro na punaḥ kṣatriyādayaḥ||67|| kṣatriyo vā'pi vaiśyo vā kalpakoṭiśatena ca || tapasā brāhmaṇatvaṃ ca na prāpnoti śrutau śrutam ||68|| svadharmarahitā viprā nānāyoniṃ vrajanti ca || bhuktvā ca karmabhāgaṃ ca viprayoniṃ labhetpunaḥ||69|| nābhuktaṃ kṣīyate karmma kalpakoṭiśatairapi || avaśyavameva bhoktavyaṃ kalpakoṭiśatairapi || 2.26.70 || avaśyameva bhoktavyaṃ kṛtaṃ karma śubhāśubham|| devatīrthe sahāyena kāyavyūhena śudhyati||71|| etatte kathitaṃ sarvaṃ kiṃ bhūyaḥ śrotumicchasi||72|| iti śrībrahmavaivartte mahāpurāṇa dvitīye prakṛtikhaṇḍe sāvitryupākhyāne karmavipāke karmānurūpasthānagamanaṃ nāma ṣaḍviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ||26||
English translation
Narayana said—On hearing the words of Savitrl, Yama was surprised and he then smiled and started speaking on the reward given to the humans as a result of their actions.
Yama said—O daughter, though you are at present a girl of twelve years age yet you possess intelligence of a great yogi of ancient times besides the intellectuals.
O damsel, in earlier times, your father performed a great tapas and got you as a boon from goddess Savitrl. You have achieved intelligence and beauty because you are born of the ray of Savitrl.
Therefore as LaksmI achieves glory in the lap of Visnu, BhavanI in the lap of Siva, Radha in the lap of Krsna, Savitrl in the lap of Brahma, MOrti in the lap of Dhanna, Satarupa in the lap of Manu, Dcvahuti in the lap of Kardama, Amndhatl in the lap of Vasistha, Aditi in the lap of Kas'yapa, Ahalya in the lap of Gautama, IndranI in the lap of Indra, Rohini in the lap of Candrama, Rati in the lap of Kamadeva, Svaha in the lap of Agni, Svadha with the Pitris, Sahjna with the Sun.
ggr snr gnl g g gnf^i Vaamani in the lap of Varuna, daksind in the lap of yqyna, PrthivI in the lap of the Varaha incaniation of the lord and Devsena in the lap of Karttikeya feel glorious, similarly, O dear one, you will also become glorious in the lap of the fortunate Satyavan, I bestow this boon on you, O goddess, O virtuous one, what more can you ask from me? Whatever else is desired by you. I shall surely give you.
Savitrl said—O lord, I should get sons with the company of my husband Satyavan, This is my desire. Besides this, the eye-sight of my father-in-law may be restored and my father should be bestowed with a hundred sons. I should get back my kingdom. You kindly fulfil this desire of mine.
O lord of the universe. I, after enjoying the company of my husband Satyavan for a lakh of years, should proceed to the abode of Visnu.
This is the boon I require from you. O lord, you kindly enlighten me on the process of the soul crossing the ocean of this universe. You kindly tell me. I am quite anxious to listen to it. You kindly tell me.
Yama said—O immensely chaste lady, all your desires wil be fulfilled. I am now telling you about the reward of the deeds of the people.
You listen to it. In the land of Bharata, there emerge good and bad deeds and the people have to reap the harvest of their good or bad deeds, here itself and nowhere else.
All the gods, the demons, the Danavas, Gandharvas, Raksasas and humans have to face the reward of their actions but this is not equal for all.
Out of them only the humans perfonn the deeds or otherwise it is only in human form that one has to perfonn the good or bad deeds but the reward of the same good or bad deeds has to be faced in heaven or hell. The humans specially have to reap the harvest of their deeds in many births. They have to suffer for the misdeeds committed by them in their earlier births. As a result of performing the good deeds they go to heaven and by performing the bad deeds they have to go to hell. By not performing, one is freed from the result of the actions and achieves salvation. O chaste lady, salvation too is of two types, one is the salvation from birth and death and the other results in devotion of lord Krsna.
By perfonning bad deeds one attracts ailments and by performing good deeds, he is freed from the ailment. Because of the good or bad deeds he attains long life, short life, pleasure or pain.
The one who performs bad deeds is bom deformed, blind, deaf or having other deformities. The one who performs good deeds, meets with success.Thus, I have told you about the reward of ordinary deeds. Now you listen from me to something special which has been termed as difficult to get in the snitis.
For all the regions, it is difficult to be bom on the sacred land of Bharata. O chaste lady of all the castes, the Brahmanas are the best and have been commended for their noble deeds in the land of Bharata. Such of the Brahmanas as are devoted to lord Vinsu are considered to be the best. The Vaisnavas are also of two types: those who perform selfless deeds and those who perfonn deeds with some desire in their mind.
The Vaisnavas who perform deeds with definite desire, treat their, actions as more important but the selfless devotees of lord Visnu give importance only to the devotion. The Vais navas with desires has to face the result of his actions, whereas the selfless Vaisnava is free IVom the result •of his good or bad actions.
The selfless devotee of Visnu, after his death, achieves the abode of Visnu and being selfless, he never comes back from that place.
Such of the Brahmanas as engage themselves in tapas while dwelling at the sacred place, achieve Brahmaloka and after the completion of their prescribed period they have to return several times over to the land of Bhtota.
Those of the people that following their own dharmas adore the sun, go to Suryaloka and return to the land of Bharata after some time.
Such of the devotees as adore the two armed | lord Krsna, proceed to Goloka after death taking: to a divine form.
Such of the devotees as meditate upon the four; armed Visnu, taking to divine form, go to But the Vaisnavas who adore Visnu purposefully, have to come back to the land of Bharata, after staying in Vaikuntha and are reborn as Brahmanas. After the passage of time they also get turned into selfless devotees of lord Visnu because the lord also bestows on them his devotion and spotless wisdom.
Besides the Vaisnavas 'all other devotees of Visnu adore him purposefully but because they do not have the deep devotion of the lord in their minds, their wisdom does not become spotless.
Similarly following their own Dharma such of the Brahmanas as adore Siva, DurgS and Ganesa proceed to the abode of Sivaloka and return after some time.
iferansr fegnm: wi4i[fenfen:i Such of the Brahmanas as adore other dharmas, go to Indraloka and then return after sometime. Such of the selfless devotee Brahmanas as are devoted to their own family- gods, also achieve the abode of Visnu on the strength of their devotion.
Such of the Brahmanas as are devoid of their own dharma and adore some demi-god besides having a polluted and wicked mind surely fall into the hell.
Therefore the people of all the four varanas if they adore their respectives gods, surely reap the good results of the same.
In case they fall from their dharma they surely go to the hell, because in the land of Bharata one has to reap the harvest of his good or bad deeds.
A Brahmana who gets devoted to his own dharma and gives away his own daughter to the followers of the same dharma, goes to Candraloka. remains there up to the duration of the life of fourteen Indras. O chaste lady, in case a daughter adorned with all the oimaments is given away in marriage, one gets double the merit for the same.
But a Brahmana with a mind filled with desires cannot equate with a selfless Vaisnava.
Such people remain seperate because of their desire for the good deeds performed by them and then proceed to the abode of lord Visnu.
Such of the people who give away in charity the cow's milk, silver, clothes, fruit, the food and water also go to the same loka and remain there up to a manvantara. Thus they reside there for a The noble Brahmana when he gives away gold, the cow, copper in charity, goes to heaven.
He resides there for ten thousand years.
Thereafter without any obstruction he stays there for a long time.
The one who gives away in charity, the land, immense riches to a Brahmana, he goes to the Visnuloka as well as Svetadvipa. They dwell i there up to the life of the sun and moon. He, the meritorious lives there for a long time.
The one who gives away to a Brahmana with devotion a house in charity, goes to heaven and stays there for a long time.
If someone gives away in charity at an auspicious day an account book, he resides in the heaven for a period of the dust of that house still remains. Thus whosoever gives away in charity in favour of any god, goes to the abode of the same god and resides there for a long time.
In case one performs charity in a temple instead of his own house, he gets four times the merit. The one who constructs a step-well or a tank gets a hundred times more merit and in case the same is done at a sacred place the merit is multiplied to eight times. This has been ordained by Brahma.
In the land of Bharata whosoever constructs a tank and gives it away in charity he gets a hundred times the merit. The one who constructs a bridge, earns the merit of constructing a tank.
The size of the tank should be four thousand dhanusas (one dhanusa is four feet in length and four feet in breadth) Such pf the tanks which are smaller than this size are called step-wells.
if one gives away his daughter to a competent person he earns the merit of constructing ten step-wells. If the daughter is given away in marriage adorned with all the ornaments, one earns double the merit.
gjfrfw 'jt: i The merit one earns by constructing a tank, the same merit is earned by him by repairing it. One who plants a PIpala tree and consecrates it, he resides in Tapoloka for a thousand years.
O Savitrl, the one who grows a beautiful garden and orchard and opens it for the use of the people, he remains in the Dhnivaloka for ten thousand years. There is no doubt about it.
In the land of Bharata, the one who gives away in charity a chariot to lord Visnu resides in his abode for a manvantara. If ^ chariot is given iiway in charity fully decorated with paintings llowers, one earns four times the merit and if a palanquin {pdlaki) is given away in charity, one gets half of the merit of donating the chariot.
The one who constructs a temple for lord Vis nu, resides in the abode of the lord for a manvantara, O chaste lady, the one who constructs a road and also provides shelters in appropriate places, resides in Indraloka for ten Thus by giving away charities to Brahmanas and the gods, one earns equal merit. The merit one earns by performing charity in earlier births is received by him in the subsequent births. The one which is not given, how can it be received?
Such of the people are reborn on earth after enjoying all pleasures of the heaven, in the race of Brahmanas and others. The meritorious Brahmanas are reborn in the land of Bharata after enjoying all the pleasures of heaven but the same rule does not apply to the Ksatriyas.
The Ksatriyas and the Vaisyas can achieve Brahmana-hood by performing tapas for a crore of kalpas. This has been ordained in the Vedas.
The Brahmana who is deprived of all his dharma, wander in many births and facing the result of his own deeds ultimately is reborn.
After the passing of the crores of kalpas the effect of deeds do not vanish and one has to bear the same. One has to face the reward of his good or bad deeds. A person gets purified with the help of the gods and taking baths in the sacred places. O chaste lady, I have told you everything.
What more do you want to listen to from me?
Chapter-aligned complete witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource revision 117751 (2017-08-14T02:34:14Z); Shanti Lal Nagar English scan pages n331–n337: https://archive.org/details/brahma-vaivarta-purana-all-four-kandas-english-translation/page/n331/mode/1up. The historic English OCR transcription is lightly normalized; no verse-by-verse alignment is asserted.