Why Men Suffer Blindness, Disease and Deformity

Verse 1 (13.220.1)

भगवन्देवदेवेश मम प्रीतिविवर्धन । जात्यन्धाश्चैव दृश्यन्ते जाता वा नष्टचक्षुषः । केन कर्मविपाकेन तन्मे शंसितुमर्हसि ॥

bhagavandevadeveśa mama prītivivardhana | jātyandhāścaiva dṛśyante jātā vā naṣṭacakṣuṣaḥ | kena karmavipākena tanme śaṃsitumarhasi

“Blessed lord, god of gods, you who increase my joy: some people are seen who are blind from birth, or who have lost their sight after being born. By what ripening of deeds does this come about? Please 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 1778-1780. Removed a stray backtick (wiki mark) from the first line.

Verse 2 (13.220.2)

हन्त ते कथयिष्यामि शृणु कल्याणि कारणम् ॥

hanta te kathayiṣyāmi śṛṇu kalyāṇi kāraṇam

“Well then, auspicious lady, listen; I shall tell you 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), line 1781.

Verse 3 (13.220.3)

ये पुरा कामकारेण परवेश्मसु लोलुपाः । परस्त्रियोऽभिवीक्षन्ते दुष्टेनैव स्वचक्षुषाः ॥

ye purā kāmakāreṇa paraveśmasu lolupāḥ | parastriyo'bhivīkṣante duṣṭenaiva svacakṣuṣāḥ

“Those who in a former life, moved by wilful desire and greedy in other men's houses, look at other men's wives with their own corrupt eyes,”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1782-1783. Corrected कामकारेणि → कामकारेण (misprint in Wikisource; instrumental ending written ‑णि; the critical edition has a different word here, kāmarāgeṇa, but the evident form of the Wikisource word is कामकारेण).

Verse 4 (13.220.4)

अन्धीकुर्वन्ति यन्मर्त्यान्क्रोधलोभसमन्विताः । लक्षणज्ञाश्च रूपेषु अयथावत्प्रदर्शकाः ॥

andhīkurvanti yanmartyānkrodhalobhasamanvitāḥ | lakṣaṇajñāśca rūpeṣu ayathāvatpradarśakāḥ

“and those who, filled with anger and greed, make other men blind, and who, though skilled in reading signs and forms, point them out falsely,”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1784-1785.

Verse 5 (13.220.5)

एवं युक्तसमाचाराः कालधर्मवशास्तु ते । दण्डिता यमदण्डेन निरयस्थाश्चिरं प्रिये ॥

evaṃ yuktasamācārāḥ kāladharmavaśāstu te | daṇḍitā yamadaṇḍena nirayasthāściraṃ priye

“living in this way, they come under the law of time, are punished with Yama's rod, and remain long in hell, my dear.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1786-1787.

Verse 6 (13.220.6)

यदि चेन्मानुषं जन्म लभेरंस्ते तथापि वा । स्वभावतो वा जाता वा अन्धा एव भवन्ति ते । अक्षिरोगयुता वाऽपि नास्ति तत्र विचारणा ॥

yadi cenmānuṣaṃ janma labheraṃste tathāpi vā | svabhāvato vā jātā vā andhā eva bhavanti te | akṣirogayutā vā'pi nāsti tatra vicāraṇā

“If they should obtain human birth, then whether born so or by their nature they are blind, or else afflicted with diseases of the eyes; about this there is no doubt.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1788-1790.

Verse 7 (13.220.7)

मुखरोगयुताः केचिद्दृश्यन्ते सततं नराः । दन्तकण्ठकपोलस्थैर्व्याधिभिर्बहुपीडिताः ॥

mukharogayutāḥ keciddṛśyante satataṃ narāḥ | dantakaṇṭhakapolasthairvyādhibhirbahupīḍitāḥ

“Some men are seen constantly suffering from diseases of the mouth, sorely afflicted by ailments seated in the teeth, the throat and the cheeks.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1791-1792.

Verse 8 (13.220.8)

आदिप्रभृति वै मर्त्या जाता वाऽप्यथ कारणात् । केन कर्मविपाकेन तन्मे शंसितुमर्हसि ॥

ādiprabhṛti vai martyā jātā vā'pyatha kāraṇāt | kena karmavipākena tanme śaṃsitumarhasi

“Whether mortals are so from the very beginning or become so later for some reason, by what ripening of deeds is it? Please 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 1793-1794.

Verse 9 (13.220.9)

हन्त ते कथयिष्यामि शृणु देवि समाहिता ॥

hanta te kathayiṣyāmi śṛṇu devi samāhitā

“Well then, goddess, I shall tell you; listen with attention.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), line 1795.

Verse 10 (13.220.10)

कुवक्तारस्तु ये देवि जिह्वया कटुकं भृशम् । असत्यं परुषं घोरं गुरून्प्रति परान्प्रति ॥

kuvaktārastu ye devi jihvayā kaṭukaṃ bhṛśam | asatyaṃ paruṣaṃ ghoraṃ gurūnprati parānprati

“Those, goddess, who are foul-mouthed, whose tongues speak bitterly, falsely, harshly and dreadfully to their elders and to others,”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1796-1797.

Verse 11 (13.220.11)

जिह्वाबाधां तदाऽन्येषां कुर्वते कोपकारणात् । प्रायशोऽनृतभूयिष्ठा नराः कार्यवशेन वा । तेषां जिह्वाप्रदेशस्था व्याधयः सम्भवन्ति ते ॥

jihvābādhāṃ tadā'nyeṣāṃ kurvate kopakāraṇāt | prāyaśo'nṛtabhūyiṣṭhā narāḥ kāryavaśena vā | teṣāṃ jihvāpradeśasthā vyādhayaḥ sambhavanti te

“and who in anger torment others with their tongue, men for the most part full of falsehood, or speaking it as it suits their purpose, in them diseases arise in the region of the tongue.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1798-1800.

Verse 12 (13.220.12)

कुश्रोतारस्तु ये चार्यं परेषां कर्णनाशकाः । कर्णरोगान्बहुविधाँल्लभन्ते ते पुनर्भवे ॥

kuśrotārastu ye cāryaṃ pareṣāṃ karṇanāśakāḥ | karṇarogānbahuvidhām̐llabhante te punarbhave

“And those who are bad listeners to what is noble and who ruin the hearing of others receive many kinds of ear-disease in their next birth.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1801-1802.

Verse 13 (13.220.13)

दन्तरोगशिरोरोगकर्णरोगास्तथैव च । अन्ये दुःखाश्रिता दोषाः सर्वे चात्मकृतं फलम् ॥

dantarogaśirorogakarṇarogāstathaiva ca | anye duḥkhāśritā doṣāḥ sarve cātmakṛtaṃ phalam

“Diseases of the teeth, the head and the ears, and other faults that bring suffering, all these are the fruit of one's own deeds.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1803-1804.

Verse 14 (13.220.14)

पीड्यन्ते सततं देव मानुषेष्वेव केचन । कुक्षिपक्षाश्रितैर्दोषैर्व्याधिभिश्चोदराश्रितैः ॥

pīḍyante satataṃ deva mānuṣeṣveva kecana | kukṣipakṣāśritairdoṣairvyādhibhiścodarāśritaiḥ

“Some among humankind are constantly tormented, O lord, by faults seated in the belly and the flanks, and by ailments of the abdomen.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1805-1806.

Verse 15 (13.220.15)

तीक्ष्णशूलैश्च पीड्यन्ते नरा दुःखपरिप्लुताः । केन कर्मविपाकेन तन्मे शंसितुमर्हसि ॥

tīkṣṇaśūlaiśca pīḍyante narā duḥkhapariplutāḥ | kena karmavipākena tanme śaṃsitumarhasi

“Men are tormented by sharp pains and plunged in misery. By what ripening of deeds? Please 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 1807-1808. Corrected तीक्ष्णिशूलैश्च → तीक्ष्णशूलैश्च (misprint in Wikisource; a stray short ‑ि in the compound; critical edition tīkṣṇaśūlaiś ca).

Verse 16 (13.220.16)

ये पुरा मनुजा देवि कामक्रोधवशा भृशम् । आत्मार्थमेव चाहारं भुञ्जन्ते निरपेक्षकाः ॥

ye purā manujā devi kāmakrodhavaśā bhṛśam | ātmārthameva cāhāraṃ bhuñjante nirapekṣakāḥ

“Those men, goddess, who in a former life, in the grip of desire and anger, ate food for themselves alone, caring nothing for others,”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1809-1810.

Verse 17 (13.220.17)

अभक्ष्याहारदानैश्च विश्वस्तानां विषप्रदाः । अभक्ष्यभक्षदाश्चैव शौचमङ्गलवर्जिताः ॥

abhakṣyāhāradānaiśca viśvastānāṃ viṣapradāḥ | abhakṣyabhakṣadāścaiva śaucamaṅgalavarjitāḥ

“who gave forbidden food, who gave poison to those who trusted them, who fed others what ought not to be eaten, and who lacked purity and auspicious conduct,”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1811-1812.

Verse 18 (13.220.18)

मांसयुक्तसमाचाराः पुनर्जन्मनि शोभने । कथञ्चित्प्राप्य मानुष्यं तत्र ते व्याधिपीडिताः ॥

māṃsayuktasamācārāḥ punarjanmani śobhane | kathañcitprāpya mānuṣyaṃ tatra te vyādhipīḍitāḥ

“and who lived on the practice of eating meat: in their next birth, fair one, if somehow they obtain human birth, they are afflicted there by disease.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1813-1814.

Verse 19 (13.220.19)

तैस्तैर्बहुविधाकारैर्व्याधिभिर्दुःखसंश्रिताः । भवन्त्येवं तथा देवि यथा चैवं तथा कृतम् ॥

taistairbahuvidhākārairvyādhibhirduḥkhasaṃśritāḥ | bhavantyevaṃ tathā devi yathā caivaṃ tathā kṛtam

“Suffering in misery from diseases of many kinds, they become so, goddess, exactly as they acted.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1815-1816.

Verse 20 (13.220.20)

दृश्यन्ते सततं देव व्याधिभिर्मेहनाश्रितैः । पीड्यमानास्तथा मर्त्या अश्मरीशर्करादिभिः । केन कर्मविपाकेन तन्मे शंसितुमर्हसि ॥

dṛśyante satataṃ deva vyādhibhirmehanāśritaiḥ | pīḍyamānāstathā martyā aśmarīśarkarādibhiḥ | kena karmavipākena tanme śaṃsitumarhasi

“Men are seen constantly oppressed, O lord, by diseases seated in the urinary organ, by stone, gravel and the like. By what ripening of deeds? Please 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 1817-1819.

Verse 21 (13.220.21)

ये पुरा मनुजा देवि परदारप्रधर्षकाः । तिर्यग्योनिषु धूर्ता वै मैथुनार्थं चरन्ति च ॥

ye purā manujā devi paradārapradharṣakāḥ | tiryagyoniṣu dhūrtā vai maithunārthaṃ caranti ca

“Those men, goddess, who in a former life violated other men's wives roam about as cunning creatures in animal wombs, for the sake of coupling.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1820-1821.

Verse 22 (13.220.22)

कामदोषेण ये धूर्ताः कन्यासु विधवासु च । बलात्कारेण गच्छन्ति रूपदर्पसमन्विताः ॥

kāmadoṣeṇa ye dhūrtāḥ kanyāsu vidhavāsu ca | balātkāreṇa gacchanti rūpadarpasamanvitāḥ

“Rogues who, through the fault of lust, proud of their beauty, force themselves on maidens and on widows,”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1822-1823. Corrected कामदोषेणि → कामदोषेण (misprint in Wikisource; instrumental ending written ‑णि; critical edition kāmadoṣeṇa).

Verse 23 (13.220.23)

तादृशा मरणं पुनर्जन्मनि शोभने । यदि चेन्मानुषं जन्म लभेरंस्ते तथाविधाः । मेहनस्थैस्तथा घोरैः पीड्यन्ते व्याधिभिः प्रिये ॥

tādṛśā maraṇaṃ punarjanmani śobhane | yadi cenmānuṣaṃ janma labheraṃste tathāvidhāḥ | mehanasthaistathā ghoraiḥ pīḍyante vyādhibhiḥ priye

“such men die, fair one, and in their next birth, if they obtain human birth of that kind, they are tormented by dreadful diseases seated in the urinary organ, my dear.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1824-1826. Corrected व्यधिभिः → व्याधिभिः (misprint in Wikisource; dropped ā; critical edition vyādhibhiḥ).

Verse 24 (13.220.24)

भगवन्मानुषाः केचिद्दृश्यन्ते शोषिणः कृशाः । केन कर्मविपाकेन तन्मे शंसितुमर्हसि ॥

bhagavanmānuṣāḥ keciddṛśyante śoṣiṇaḥ kṛśāḥ | kena karmavipākena tanme śaṃsitumarhasi

“Lord, some humans are seen withered and thin. By what ripening of deeds? Please 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 1827-1828.

Verse 25 (13.220.25)

ये पुरा मनुजा देवि मांसलुब्धाः सुलोलुपाः । आत्मार्थे स्वादुगृद्धाश्च परभोगोपतापिनः ॥

ye purā manujā devi māṃsalubdhāḥ sulolupāḥ | ātmārthe svādugṛddhāśca parabhogopatāpinaḥ

“Those men, goddess, who in a former life were greedy for meat and gluttonous, longing for tasty food for themselves, and pained at the enjoyments of others,”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1829-1830.

Verse 26 (13.220.26)

अभ्यसूयाश्चोपतापाः परभोगेषु ये नराः । एवं युक्तसमाचाराः पुनर्जन्मनि शोभने ॥

abhyasūyāścopatāpāḥ parabhogeṣu ye narāḥ | evaṃ yuktasamācārāḥ punarjanmani śobhane

“and those who burned with envy at the enjoyments of others: living in this way, in their next birth, fair 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 1831-1832.

Verse 27 (13.220.27)

शोषव्याधियुतास्तत्र नरा धमनिसंतताः । भवन्त्येव नरा देवि पापकर्मोपभोगिनः ॥

śoṣavyādhiyutāstatra narā dhamanisaṃtatāḥ | bhavantyeva narā devi pāpakarmopabhoginaḥ

“are afflicted there with wasting disease, their veins standing out. So, goddess, do men who did evil deeds enjoy the fruit of 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 1833-1834. Corrected शेषव्याधि → शोषव्याधि (misprint in Wikisource; the passage concerns emaciated men, and the critical edition reads śoṣavyādhi).

Verse 28 (13.220.28)

भगवन्मानुषाः केचित्क्लिश्यन्ते कण्ठरोगिणः । केन कर्मविपाकेन तन्मे शंसितुमर्हसि ॥

bhagavanmānuṣāḥ kecitkliśyante kaṇṭharogiṇaḥ | kena karmavipākena tanme śaṃsitumarhasi

“Lord, some humans suffer from diseases of the throat. By what ripening of deeds? Please 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 1835-1836.

Verse 29 (13.220.29)

ये पुरा मनुजा देवि परेषां रूपनाशनाः । आघातवधबन्धैश्च वृथा दण्डेन मोहिताः ॥

ye purā manujā devi pareṣāṃ rūpanāśanāḥ | āghātavadhabandhaiśca vṛthā daṇḍena mohitāḥ

“Those men, goddess, who in a former life destroyed the beauty of others, deluded into needless punishment by beatings, killings and bindings,”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1837-1838.

Verse 30 (13.220.30)

इष्टनाशकरा ये तु अपथ्याहारदा नराः । चिकित्सका वा दुष्टाश्च द्वेषलोभसमन्विताः ॥

iṣṭanāśakarā ye tu apathyāhāradā narāḥ | cikitsakā vā duṣṭāśca dveṣalobhasamanvitāḥ

“who ruined what others held dear, who gave unwholesome food, or who as wicked physicians were full of hatred and 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 1839-1840. Corrected दुष्टास्च → दुष्टाश्च (misprint in Wikisource; स्च typed for श्च; critical edition duṣṭāś ca).

Verse 31 (13.220.31)

निर्दयाः प्राणिहिंसायां मलदाश्चित्तनाशनाः । एवंयुक्तसमाचाराः पुनर्जन्मनि शोभने ॥

nirdayāḥ prāṇihiṃsāyāṃ maladāścittanāśanāḥ | evaṃyuktasamācārāḥ punarjanmani śobhane

“pitiless in killing living beings, givers of filth, destroyers of minds: living in this way, in their next birth, fair 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 1841-1842.

Verse 32 (13.220.32)

यदि वै मानुषं जन्म लभेरंस्तेषु दुःखिताः । अत्र ते क्लेशसंयुक्ताः कण्ठरोगशतैर्वृताः ॥

yadi vai mānuṣaṃ janma labheraṃsteṣu duḥkhitāḥ | atra te kleśasaṃyuktāḥ kaṇṭharogaśatairvṛtāḥ

“if they obtain human birth, they are wretched in it; here they are beset by affliction, surrounded by hundreds of throat 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 1843-1844.

Verse 33 (13.220.33)

केचित्त्वग्दोषसंयुक्ता व्रणकुष्ठैश्च संयुताः । श्वित्रकुष्ठयुता वाऽपि बहुधा कृच्छ्रसंयुताः । भवन्त्येव नरा देवि यथा तेन कृतं फलम् ॥

kecittvagdoṣasaṃyuktā vraṇakuṣṭhaiśca saṃyutāḥ | śvitrakuṣṭhayutā vā'pi bahudhā kṛcchrasaṃyutāḥ | bhavantyeva narā devi yathā tena kṛtaṃ phalam

“Some are afflicted with skin disorders, with sores and leprosy, or with white leprosy, suffering hardship in many ways. Men become so, goddess, as the fruit of what each has done.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1845-1847.

Verse 34 (13.220.34)

भगवन्मानुषाः केचिदङ्गहीनाश्च पङ्गवः । केन कर्मविपाकेन तन्मे शंसितुमर्हसि ॥

bhagavanmānuṣāḥ kecidaṅgahīnāśca paṅgavaḥ | kena karmavipākena tanme śaṃsitumarhasi

“Lord, some humans are deficient in limbs, and some are lame. By what ripening of deeds? Please 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 1848-1849. Corrected पङ्गव । → पङ्गवः । (misprint in Wikisource; dropped visarga; critical edition paṅgavaḥ).

Verse 35 (13.220.35)

ये पुरा मनुजा देवि लोभमोहसमावृताः । प्राणिनां प्राणहिंसार्थमङ्गविघ्नं प्रकुर्वते । शस्त्रेणोत्कृत्य वा देवि प्राणिनां चेष्टनाशकाः ॥

ye purā manujā devi lobhamohasamāvṛtāḥ | prāṇināṃ prāṇahiṃsārthamaṅgavighnaṃ prakurvate | śastreṇotkṛtya vā devi prāṇināṃ ceṣṭanāśakāḥ

“Those men, goddess, who in a former life, wrapped in greed and delusion, maimed the limbs of living beings so as to take their lives, or cut them with a weapon and destroyed their power to move,”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1850-1852.

Verse 36 (13.220.36)

एवं युक्तसमाचाराः पुनर्जन्मनि शोभने । तदङ्गहीना वै प्रेत्य भवन्त्येव न संशयः । स्वभावतो वा जाता वा पङ्गवश्च भवन्ति ते ॥

evaṃ yuktasamācārāḥ punarjanmani śobhane | tadaṅgahīnā vai pretya bhavantyeva na saṃśayaḥ | svabhāvato vā jātā vā paṅgavaśca bhavanti te

“living in this way, in their next birth, fair one, after death they become deprived of those very limbs; there is no doubt of it. Whether born so or by their nature, they become lame.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1853-1855.

Verse 37 (13.220.37)

भगवन्मानुषाः केचिद्ग्रन्थिभिः पिलकैस्तथा । क्लिश्यमानाः प्रदृश्यन्ते तन्मे शंसितुमर्हसि ॥

bhagavanmānuṣāḥ kecidgranthibhiḥ pilakaistathā | kliśyamānāḥ pradṛśyante tanme śaṃsitumarhasi

“Lord, some humans are seen suffering from lumps and boils. Please tell me why.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1856-1857.

Verse 38 (13.220.38)

ये पुरा मनुजा देवि ग्रन्थिभेदकरा नृणाम् । मुष्टिप्रहारपरुषा नृशंसाः पापकारिणः । पाटकास्तोटकाश्चैव शूलतुन्नास्तथैव च ॥

ye purā manujā devi granthibhedakarā nṛṇām | muṣṭiprahāraparuṣā nṛśaṃsāḥ pāpakāriṇaḥ | pāṭakāstoṭakāścaiva śūlatunnāstathaiva ca

“Those men, goddess, who in a former life burst the lumps of others, rough with blows of the fist, cruel evildoers, tearers and stabbers, and men pricked with spikes,”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1858-1860.

Verse 39 (13.220.39)

एवंयुक्तसमाचाराः पुनर्जन्मनि शोभने । ग्रन्थिभिः पिलकैश्चैव क्लिश्यन्ते भृशदुःखिताः ॥

evaṃyuktasamācārāḥ punarjanmani śobhane | granthibhiḥ pilakaiścaiva kliśyante bhṛśaduḥkhitāḥ

“living in this way, in their next birth, fair one, they are tormented by lumps and boils and are greatly distressed.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1861-1862.

Verse 40 (13.220.40)

भगवन्मानुषाः केचित्पादरोगसमन्विताः । दृश्यन्ते सततं देव तन्मे शंसितुमर्हसि ॥

bhagavanmānuṣāḥ kecitpādarogasamanvitāḥ | dṛśyante satataṃ deva tanme śaṃsitumarhasi

“Lord, some humans are seen constantly afflicted by diseases of the feet. Please tell me why.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1863-1864.

Verse 41 (13.220.41)

ये पुरा मनुजा देवि क्रोधलोभसमन्विताः । मनुजा देवतास्थानं स्वपादैर्भ्रंशयन्त्युत । जानुभिः पार्ष्णिभिश्चैव प्राणिहिंसां प्रकुर्वते ॥

ye purā manujā devi krodhalobhasamanvitāḥ | manujā devatāsthānaṃ svapādairbhraṃśayantyuta | jānubhiḥ pārṣṇibhiścaiva prāṇihiṃsāṃ prakurvate

“Those men, goddess, who in a former life, filled with anger and greed, knocked down the shrines of the gods with their feet, and with their knees and heels did violence to living beings,”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1865-1867.

Verse 42 (13.220.42)

एवंयुक्तसमाचाराः पुनर्जन्मनि शोभने । पादरोगैर्बहुविधैर्बाध्यन्ते विपदादिभिः ॥

evaṃyuktasamācārāḥ punarjanmani śobhane | pādarogairbahuvidhairbādhyante vipadādibhiḥ

“living in this way, in their next birth, fair one, they are afflicted by many diseases of the feet, by misfortunes and the like.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1868-1869.

Verse 43 (13.220.43)

भगवन्मानुषाः केचिद्दृश्यन्ते बहवो भुवि । वातजैः पित्तजै रोगैर्युगपत्सान्निपातकैः ॥

bhagavanmānuṣāḥ keciddṛśyante bahavo bhuvi | vātajaiḥ pittajai rogairyugapatsānnipātakaiḥ

“Lord, many people on earth are seen with disorders born of wind and of bile, and of all the humours together,”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1870-1871.

Verse 44 (13.220.44)

रोगैर्बहुविधैर्देव क्लिश्यमानाः सुदुःखिताः । असमस्तैः समस्तैश्च आढ्या वा दुर्गतास्तथा । केन कर्मविपाकेन तन्मे शंसितुमर्हसि ॥

rogairbahuvidhairdeva kliśyamānāḥ suduḥkhitāḥ | asamastaiḥ samastaiśca āḍhyā vā durgatāstathā | kena karmavipākena tanme śaṃsitumarhasi

“tormented in great misery by diseases of many kinds, single or combined; some of them rich, some in poverty. By what ripening of deeds? Please 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 1872-1874.

Verse 45 (13.220.45)

तदहं ते प्रवक्ष्यामि शृणु कल्याणि कारणम् ॥

tadahaṃ te pravakṣyāmi śṛṇu kalyāṇi kāraṇam

“I shall tell you that; listen, auspicious one, 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), line 1875.

Verse 46 (13.220.46)

ये पुरा मनुजा देवि त्वासुरं भावमाश्रिताः । स्ववशाः कोपनपरा गुरुविद्वेषिणस्तथा ॥

ye purā manujā devi tvāsuraṃ bhāvamāśritāḥ | svavaśāḥ kopanaparā guruvidveṣiṇastathā

“Those men, goddess, who in a former life took to a demonic nature, self-willed, given to anger, and hating their elders,”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1876-1877.

Verse 47 (13.220.47)

परेषां दुःखजनका मनोवाक्कायकर्मभिः । छिन्दन्भिन्दन्स्तुदन्नेव नित्यं प्राणिषु निर्दयाः ॥

pareṣāṃ duḥkhajanakā manovākkāyakarmabhiḥ | chindanbhindanstudanneva nityaṃ prāṇiṣu nirdayāḥ

“who caused pain to others by thought, word, body and deed, ever cutting, splitting and piercing living beings without pity,”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1878-1879.

Verse 48 (13.220.48)

एवंयुक्तसमाचाराः पुनर्जन्मनि शोभने । यदि वै मानुषं जन्म लभेरंस्ते तथाविधाः । तत्र ते बहुभिर्घोरैस्तप्यन्ते व्याधिभिः प्रिये ॥

evaṃyuktasamācārāḥ punarjanmani śobhane | yadi vai mānuṣaṃ janma labheraṃste tathāvidhāḥ | tatra te bahubhirghoraistapyante vyādhibhiḥ priye

“living in this way, in their next birth, fair one, if they obtain human birth of that kind, they are scorched there by many dreadful diseases, my dear.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1880-1882.

Verse 49 (13.220.49)

केचिद्वातादिसंयुक्ताः केचित्काससमन्विताः । ज्वरातिसारतृष्णाभिः पीड्यमानास्तथा परे ॥

kecidvātādisaṃyuktāḥ kecitkāsasamanvitāḥ | jvarātisāratṛṣṇābhiḥ pīḍyamānāstathā pare

“Some are afflicted with wind-disorders, some with cough, and others are tormented by fever, dysentery and thirst;”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1883-1884.

Verse 50 (13.220.50)

पादगुल्मैश्च बहुभिः श्लेष्मदोषसमन्विताः । पादरोगैश्च विविधैर्व्रणकुष्ठभगंदरैः । आढ्या वा दुर्गता वाऽपि दृश्यन्ते व्याधिपीडिताः ॥

pādagulmaiśca bahubhiḥ śleṣmadoṣasamanvitāḥ | pādarogaiśca vividhairvraṇakuṣṭhabhagaṃdaraiḥ | āḍhyā vā durgatā vā'pi dṛśyante vyādhipīḍitāḥ

“with many swellings of the feet and disorders of phlegm, with various diseases of the feet, with sores, leprosy and fistula, they are seen oppressed by disease, whether rich or poor.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1885-1887.

Verse 51 (13.220.51)

एवमात्मकृतं कर्म भुञ्जन्ते तत्रतत्र ते । अभिभूतुं न शक्यं हि केनचित्स्वकृतं फलम् । इति ते कथितं देवि भूयः श्रोतुं किमिच्छसि ॥

evamātmakṛtaṃ karma bhuñjante tatratatra te | abhibhūtuṃ na śakyaṃ hi kenacitsvakṛtaṃ phalam | iti te kathitaṃ devi bhūyaḥ śrotuṃ kimicchasi

“Thus they enjoy here and there the fruit of the deeds they themselves did. No one can overcome the fruit of his own deed. This is what I have told 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 1888-1890.