The Fruits of Karma: Wealth, Age, Beauty and Fortune

Verse 1 (13.218.1)

भगवन्देवदेवेश त्र्यक्ष भो वृषभध्वज । मानुषास्त्रिविधा देव दृश्यन्ते सततं विभो ॥

bhagavandevadeveśa tryakṣa bho vṛṣabhadhvaja | mānuṣāstrividhā deva dṛśyante satataṃ vibho

O Lord, chief of the gods, three-eyed, bearer of the bull banner! Men are always seen to be of three kinds, O mighty one:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1616-1617.

Verse 2 (13.218.2)

आसीना एव भुञ्जन्ते स्थानैश्वर्यपरिग्रहैः । अपरे यत्नपूर्वं तु लभन्ते भोगसङ्ग्रहम् ॥

āsīnā eva bhuñjante sthānaiśvaryaparigrahaiḥ | apare yatnapūrvaṃ tu labhante bhogasaṅgraham

some enjoy merely sitting still, through position, lordship and possessions; others win a store of enjoyments only by effort;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1618-1619.

Verse 3 (13.218.3)

अपरे यतमानाश्च न लभन्ते तु किञ्चन । केन कर्मविपाकेन तन्मे शंसितुमर्हसि ॥

apare yatamānāśca na labhante tu kiñcana | kena karmavipākena tanme śaṃsitumarhasi

and others, though they strive, obtain nothing at all. By what ripening of action is this so? You ought to tell me.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1620-1621.

Verse 4 (13.218.4)

न्यायतस्त्वं महाभागे श्रोतुकामाऽसि भामिनि ॥

nyāyatastvaṃ mahābhāge śrotukāmā'si bhāmini

You are right to wish to hear it, O fortunate lady, O radiant one.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1622.

Verse 5 (13.218.5)

ये लोके मानुषा देवि दानधर्मपरायणाः । पात्राणि विधिवज्ज्ञात्वा दूरतोप्यनुमानतः ॥

ye loke mānuṣā devi dānadharmaparāyaṇāḥ | pātrāṇi vidhivajjñātvā dūratopyanumānataḥ

In the world, O goddess, there are men devoted to the dharma of giving, who, knowing worthy recipients as they should, can tell them even from afar by inference,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1623-1624.

Verse 6 (13.218.6)

अभिगम्य स्वयं तत्र ग्राहयन्ति प्रसाद्य च । दानादि चेङ्गितैरेव तैरविज्ञातमेव वा ॥

abhigamya svayaṃ tatra grāhayanti prasādya ca | dānādi ceṅgitaireva tairavijñātameva vā

who go to them in person and win them over so that they accept, and who give gifts by mere signs, or even in a way unknown to the recipients,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1625-1626.

Verse 7 (13.218.7)

पुनर्जन्मनि ते देवि तादृशाः शोभना नराः । अयत्नतस्तु तान्येव फलानि प्राप्नुवन्त्युत ॥

punarjanmani te devi tādṛśāḥ śobhanā narāḥ | ayatnatastu tānyeva phalāni prāpnuvantyuta

such good men, O goddess, in a later birth obtain those very fruits without effort,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1627-1628.

Verse 8 (13.218.8)

आसीना एव भुञ्जन्ते भोगान्सुकृतभोगिनः ॥

āsīnā eva bhuñjante bhogānsukṛtabhoginaḥ

and, enjoying the fruit of their good deeds, they sit and take their pleasures.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1629.

Verse 9 (13.218.9)

अपरे ये च दानानि ददत्येव प्रयाचिताः । यदायदाऽर्थिने दत्त्वा पुनर्दानं च याचिताः ॥

apare ye ca dānāni dadatyeva prayācitāḥ | yadāyadā'rthine dattvā punardānaṃ ca yācitāḥ

Others give gifts only when asked: whenever, having given to a petitioner, they are asked for a gift again,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1630-1631.

Verse 10 (13.218.10)

तावत्कालं ततो देवि पुनर्जन्मनि ते नराः । यत्नतः श्रमसंयुक्ताः पुनस्तान्प्राप्नुवन्ति च ॥

tāvatkālaṃ tato devi punarjanmani te narāḥ | yatnataḥ śramasaṃyuktāḥ punastānprāpnuvanti ca

for just that length of time, O goddess, those men in a later birth obtain them again, but only with effort and toil.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1632-1633.

Verse 11 (13.218.11)

याचिता अपि केचित्तु अदत्त्वैव कथञ्चन । अभ्यसूयापरा मर्त्या लोभोपहतचेतसः ॥

yācitā api kecittu adattvaiva kathañcana | abhyasūyāparā martyā lobhopahatacetasaḥ

Some, even when asked, somehow never give; they are mortals given to envy, their minds ruined by greed.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1634-1635.

Verse 12 (13.218.12)

ते पुनर्जन्मनि शुभे यतन्तो बहुधा नराः । न प्राप्नुवन्ति मनुजा मार्गन्तस्तेऽपि किञ्चन ॥

te punarjanmani śubhe yatanto bahudhā narāḥ | na prāpnuvanti manujā mārgantaste'pi kiñcana

In a later good birth, though they strive in many ways and go seeking, those men obtain nothing at all.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1636-1637.

Verse 13 (13.218.13)

नानुप्तं रोहते सस्यं तद्वद्दानफलं विदुः । यद्यद्ददाति पुरुषस्तत्तत्प्राप्नोति केवलम् ॥

nānuptaṃ rohate sasyaṃ tadvaddānaphalaṃ viduḥ | yadyaddadāti puruṣastattatprāpnoti kevalam

Seed that is not sown does not sprout; in the same way they know the fruit of giving: whatever a man gives, that alone he obtains.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1638-1639.

Verse 14 (13.218.14)

इति ते कथितं देवि भूयः श्रोतुं किमिच्छसि ॥

iti te kathitaṃ devi bhūyaḥ śrotuṃ kimicchasi

Thus it has been told to you, goddess; what more do you wish to hear?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1640.

Verse 15 (13.218.15)

भगवन्भगनेत्रघ्न केचिद्वार्धकसंयुताः । अभोगयोग्यकाले तु भोगांश्चैव धनानि च ॥

bhagavanbhaganetraghna kecidvārdhakasaṃyutāḥ | abhogayogyakāle tu bhogāṃścaiva dhanāni ca

O Lord, destroyer of Bhaga's eyes! Some men, when old, at a time unfit for enjoyment, obtain enjoyments and riches,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1641-1642.

Verse 16 (13.218.16)

लभन्ते स्थविरा भूता भोगैश्वर्यं यतस्ततः । केन कर्मविपाकेन तन्मे शंसितुमर्हसि ॥

labhante sthavirā bhūtā bhogaiśvaryaṃ yatastataḥ | kena karmavipākena tanme śaṃsitumarhasi

and gain lordship over pleasures from whatever quarter. By what ripening of action is this so? You ought to tell me.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1643-1644.

Verse 17 (13.218.17)

हन्त ते कथयिष्यामि शृणु तत्वं समाहिता ॥

hanta te kathayiṣyāmi śṛṇu tatvaṃ samāhitā

Well then, I shall tell you; listen to the truth with a collected mind.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1645.

Verse 18 (13.218.18)

धर्मकार्यं चिरं कालं विस्मृत्य धनसंयुताः । प्राणान्तकाले सम्प्राप्ते व्याधिभिश्च निपीडिताः ॥

dharmakāryaṃ ciraṃ kālaṃ vismṛtya dhanasaṃyutāḥ | prāṇāntakāle samprāpte vyādhibhiśca nipīḍitāḥ

Having long forgotten their duty to dharma though they possessed wealth, when the time of death arrives and they are tormented by diseases,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1646-1647.

Verse 19 (13.218.19)

आरभन्ते पुनर्धर्मं दातुं दानानि वा नराः । ते पुनर्जन्मनि शुभे भूत्वा दुःखपरिप्लुताः ॥

ārabhante punardharmaṃ dātuṃ dānāni vā narāḥ | te punarjanmani śubhe bhūtvā duḥkhapariplutāḥ

those men begin again to follow dharma or to give gifts; then, born in a later good birth, they are flooded with sorrow,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1648-1649.

Verse 20 (13.218.20)

अतीतयौवने काले स्थविरत्वमुपागताः । लभन्ते पूर्वदत्तानां फलानि शुभलक्षणे ॥

atītayauvane kāle sthaviratvamupāgatāḥ | labhante pūrvadattānāṃ phalāni śubhalakṣaṇe

and when their youth has passed and they have reached old age, O auspicious lady, they obtain the fruits of what they gave before.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1650-1651.

Verse 21 (13.218.21)

एतत्कर्मफलं देवि कालयोगाद्भवत्युत ॥

etatkarmaphalaṃ devi kālayogādbhavatyuta

This is the fruit of action, goddess; it comes about through the working of time.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1652.

Verse 22 (13.218.22)

भोगयुक्ता महादेव केचिद्व्याधिपरिप्लुताः । असमर्थाश्च तान्भोक्तं भवन्ति किमु कारणम् ॥

bhogayuktā mahādeva kecidvyādhipariplutāḥ | asamarthāśca tānbhoktaṃ bhavanti kimu kāraṇam

Some, O Mahadeva, possess enjoyments yet are overwhelmed by disease and unable to enjoy them. What is the cause of this?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1653-1654.

Verse 23 (13.218.23)

व्याधियोगपरिक्लिष्टा ये निराशाः स्वजीविते । आरभन्ते तदा कर्तुं दानानि शुभलक्षणे ॥

vyādhiyogaparikliṣṭā ye nirāśāḥ svajīvite | ārabhante tadā kartuṃ dānāni śubhalakṣaṇe

Those who, tormented by sickness and despairing of their own lives, then begin to give gifts, O auspicious lady,

Note on the text: Corrected स्वजविते → स्वजीविते (misprint in Wikisource; जवि is not a Sanskrit word here; the evident word is जीवित, CE svajīvite). Corrected दानानि शुभलक्षणम् → दानानि शुभलक्षणे (misprint in Wikisource; शुभलक्षणम् does not agree with the sentence, the vocative शुभलक्षणे is required, CE śubhalakṣaṇe). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1655-1656.

Verse 24 (13.218.24)

ते पुनर्जन्मनि शुभे प्राप्य तानि फलान्युत । असमर्थाश्च तान्भोक्तुं व्याधितास्ते भवन्त्युत ॥

te punarjanmani śubhe prāpya tāni phalānyuta | asamarthāśca tānbhoktuṃ vyādhitāste bhavantyuta

in a later good birth obtain those fruits, but being ill they become unable to enjoy them.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1657-1658.

Verse 25 (13.218.25)

भगवन्देवदेवेश मानुषेष्वेव केचन । रूपयुक्ताः प्रदृश्यन्ते शुभाङ्गाः प्रियदर्शनाः । केन कर्मविपाकेन तन्मे शंसितुमर्हसि ॥

bhagavandevadeveśa mānuṣeṣveva kecana | rūpayuktāḥ pradṛśyante śubhāṅgāḥ priyadarśanāḥ | kena karmavipākena tanme śaṃsitumarhasi

O Lord, chief of the gods! Among men some are seen who are endowed with beauty, fair-limbed and pleasing to look upon. By what ripening of action is this so? You ought to tell me.

Note on the text: Corrected शुभाङ्गा प्रियदर्शनाः → शुभाङ्गाः प्रियदर्शनाः (misprint in Wikisource; dropped visarga; the word agrees with the plural प्रदृश्यन्ते, CE śubhāṅgāḥ). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1659-1661.

Verse 26 (13.218.26)

हन्त ते कथयिष्यामि शृणु तत्वं समाहिता ॥

hanta te kathayiṣyāmi śṛṇu tatvaṃ samāhitā

Well then, I shall tell you; listen to the truth with a collected mind.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1662.

Verse 27 (13.218.27)

ये पुरा मनुजा देवि लज्जायुक्ताः प्रियंवदाः । शक्ताः सुमधुरा नित्यं भूत्वा चैव स्वभावतः ॥

ye purā manujā devi lajjāyuktāḥ priyaṃvadāḥ | śaktāḥ sumadhurā nityaṃ bhūtvā caiva svabhāvataḥ

Those men, O goddess, who in former times were modest and sweet of speech, capable, and by nature always very gentle,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1663-1664.

Verse 28 (13.218.28)

अमांसभोजिनश्चैव सदा प्राणिदयायुताः । प्रतिकर्मप्रदा वाऽपि वस्त्रदा धर्मकारणात् । भूमिशुद्धिकरा वाऽपि कारणादग्निपूजकाः ॥

amāṃsabhojinaścaiva sadā prāṇidayāyutāḥ | pratikarmapradā vā'pi vastradā dharmakāraṇāt | bhūmiśuddhikarā vā'pi kāraṇādagnipūjakāḥ

who never ate meat and were always full of compassion for living beings, who gave bodily care to others or gave clothes for the sake of dharma, who cleansed the ground, or worshipped the fire for a good reason,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1665-1667.

Verse 29 (13.218.29)

एवं युक्तसमाचाराः पुनर्जन्मनि ते नराः । रूपेण स्पृहणीयास्तु भवन्त्येव न संशयः ॥

evaṃ yuktasamācārāḥ punarjanmani te narāḥ | rūpeṇa spṛhaṇīyāstu bhavantyeva na saṃśayaḥ

men of such conduct become, in a later birth, enviable for their beauty; there is no doubt of it.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1668-1669.

Verse 30 (13.218.30)

विरूपाश्च प्रदृश्यन्ते मानुषेष्वेव केचन । केन कर्मविपाकेन तन्मे शंसितुमर्हसि ॥

virūpāśca pradṛśyante mānuṣeṣveva kecana | kena karmavipākena tanme śaṃsitumarhasi

Some among men are seen to be ugly. By what ripening of action is this so? You ought to tell me.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1670-1671.

Verse 31 (13.218.31)

तदहं ते प्रवक्ष्यामि शृणु कल्याणि कारणम् ॥

tadahaṃ te pravakṣyāmi śṛṇu kalyāṇi kāraṇam

I shall tell you that; listen, O gracious lady, to the cause.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1672.

Verse 32 (13.218.32)

रूपयोगात्पुरा मर्त्या दर्पाहंकारसंयुताः । विरूपहासकाश्चैव स्तुतिनिन्दादिभिर्भृशम् ॥

rūpayogātpurā martyā darpāhaṃkārasaṃyutāḥ | virūpahāsakāścaiva stutinindādibhirbhṛśam

In former times mortals who, proud of their beauty, were full of arrogance and conceit, and who bitterly mocked the deformed with praise and blame and the like,

Note on the text: Corrected विरूपहासकास्चैव → विरूपहासकाश्चैव (misprint in Wikisource; स्च is a broken conjunct for श्च; CE virūpahāsakāś caiva). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1673-1674.

Verse 33 (13.218.33)

परोपतापनाश्चैव मांसादाश्च तथैव च । अभ्यसूयापराश्चैव अशुद्धाश्च तथा नराः ॥

paropatāpanāścaiva māṃsādāśca tathaiva ca | abhyasūyāparāścaiva aśuddhāśca tathā narāḥ

who tormented others, ate meat, were envious and impure,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1675-1676.

Verse 34 (13.218.34)

एवं युक्तसमाचारा यमलोके सुदण्डिताः । कथंचित्प्राप्य मानुष्यं तत्र ते रूपवर्जिताः । विरूपाः सम्भवन्त्येव नास्ति तत्र विचारणा ॥

evaṃ yuktasamācārā yamaloke sudaṇḍitāḥ | kathaṃcitprāpya mānuṣyaṃ tatra te rūpavarjitāḥ | virūpāḥ sambhavantyeva nāsti tatra vicāraṇā

men of such conduct, severely punished in the world of Yama, somehow regain human birth, and there they are born without beauty, ugly; there is no question about it.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1677-1679.

Verse 35 (13.218.35)

भगवन्देवदेवेश केचित्सौभाग्यसंयुताः । रूपभोग्यविहीनाश्च दृश्यन्ते प्रमदाप्रियाः । केन कर्मविपाकेन तन्मे शंसितुमर्हसि ॥

bhagavandevadeveśa kecitsaubhāgyasaṃyutāḥ | rūpabhogyavihīnāśca dṛśyante pramadāpriyāḥ | kena karmavipākena tanme śaṃsitumarhasi

O Lord, chief of the gods! Some are seen who have good fortune and are dear to women, yet lack beauty and means of enjoyment. By what ripening of action is this so? You ought to tell me.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1680-1682.

Verse 36 (13.218.36)

ये पुरा मनुजा देवि सौम्यशीलाः प्रियंवदाः । स्वदारैरेव संतुष्टा दारेषु समवृत्तयः ॥

ye purā manujā devi saumyaśīlāḥ priyaṃvadāḥ | svadāraireva saṃtuṣṭā dāreṣu samavṛttayaḥ

Those men, O goddess, who in former times were gentle in character and sweet of speech, content with their own wives and even-minded toward them,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1683-1684.

Verse 37 (13.218.37)

दाक्षिण्येनैव वर्तन्ते प्रमदास्वप्रियास्वपि । न तु प्रत्यादिशन्त्येव स्त्रीदोषान्गुणसंश्रितान् ॥

dākṣiṇyenaiva vartante pramadāsvapriyāsvapi | na tu pratyādiśantyeva strīdoṣānguṇasaṃśritān

who behave with courtesy even toward women who are not dear to them, and who do not repudiate them for the faults that go along with their virtues,

Note on the text: Wikisource गुणसंश्रितान् (Appendix I guhyasaṃśritān, 'attached to what is private') is kept as a variant. Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1685-1686.

Verse 38 (13.218.38)

अन्नपानीयदाः काले नृणां स्वादुप्रदाश्च ये । स्वदारवर्तिनश्चैव धृतिमन्तो निरत्ययाः ॥

annapānīyadāḥ kāle nṛṇāṃ svādupradāśca ye | svadāravartinaścaiva dhṛtimanto niratyayāḥ

who gave food and drink to men in due season and gave them sweet things, who stayed with their own wives, steadfast and blameless,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1687-1688.

Verse 39 (13.218.39)

एवं युक्तसमाचाराः पुनर्जन्मनि शोभने । मानुषास्ते भवन्त्येव सततं सुभगा भृशम् । अर्थादृतेऽपि ते देवि भवन्ति प्रमदाप्रियाः ॥

evaṃ yuktasamācārāḥ punarjanmani śobhane | mānuṣāste bhavantyeva satataṃ subhagā bhṛśam | arthādṛte'pi te devi bhavanti pramadāpriyāḥ

men of such conduct, in a later fair birth, become men who are always exceedingly fortunate; even without wealth, goddess, they are dear to women.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1689-1691.

Verse 40 (13.218.40)

दुर्भगाः सम्प्रदृश्यन्ते आढ्या भोगयुता अपि । केन कर्मविपाकेन तन्मे शंसितुमर्हसि ॥

durbhagāḥ sampradṛśyante āḍhyā bhogayutā api | kena karmavipākena tanme śaṃsitumarhasi

Some are seen to be unfortunate and disliked, though rich and possessed of enjoyments. By what ripening of action is this so? You ought to tell me.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1692-1693.

Verse 41 (13.218.41)

तदहं ते प्रवक्ष्यामि शृणु सर्वं समाहिता ॥

tadahaṃ te pravakṣyāmi śṛṇu sarvaṃ samāhitā

I shall tell you that; listen to all of it with a collected mind.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1694.

Verse 42 (13.218.42)

ये पुरा मनुजा देवि स्वदारेष्वनपेक्षया । यथेष्टवृत्तयश्चैव निर्लज्जा वीतसम्भ्रमाः ॥

ye purā manujā devi svadāreṣvanapekṣayā | yatheṣṭavṛttayaścaiva nirlajjā vītasambhramāḥ

Those men, O goddess, who in former times were careless of their own wives, who lived as they pleased, shameless and without scruple,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1695-1696.

Verse 43 (13.218.43)

परेषां विप्रियकरा वाङ्मनःकायकर्मभिः । निराश्रया निरानन्दाः स्त्रीणां हृदयकोपनाः ॥

pareṣāṃ vipriyakarā vāṅmanaḥkāyakarmabhiḥ | nirāśrayā nirānandāḥ strīṇāṃ hṛdayakopanāḥ

who caused displeasure to others by word, mind, body and deed, who gave no shelter and no joy, and who stirred the hearts of women to anger,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1697-1698.

Verse 44 (13.218.44)

एवं युक्तसमाचाराः पुनर्जन्मनि ते नराः । दुर्भगास्तु भवन्त्येव स्त्रीणां हृदयविप्रियाः ॥

evaṃ yuktasamācārāḥ punarjanmani te narāḥ | durbhagāstu bhavantyeva strīṇāṃ hṛdayavipriyāḥ

men of such conduct, in a later birth, become unfortunate, unloved in the hearts of women,

Note on the text: Corrected पनर्जन्मनि → पुनर्जन्मनि (misprint in Wikisource; dropped akshara; CE punarjanmani). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1699-1700.

Verse 45 (13.218.45)

नास्ति तेषां रतिसुखं स्वदारेष्वपि किञ्चन ॥

nāsti teṣāṃ ratisukhaṃ svadāreṣvapi kiñcana

and they have no pleasure of love at all, even with their own wives.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1701.