Why Men Are Dwarfed, Mad, Childless, Poor or Impotent

Verse 1 (13.221.1)

भगवन्देवदेवेश भूतपाल नमोस्तु ते । ह्रस्वाङ्गाश्चैव वक्राङ्गाः कुब्जा वामनकास्तथा ॥

bhagavandevadeveśa bhūtapāla namostu te | hrasvāṅgāścaiva vakrāṅgāḥ kubjā vāmanakāstathā

“Blessed lord, god of gods, protector of beings, I bow to you. Some are seen with short limbs, with crooked limbs, hunchbacked and dwarfish,”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1891-1892.

Verse 2 (13.221.2)

अपरे मानुषा देव दृश्यन्ते कुणिबाहवः । केन कर्मविपाकेन तन्मे शंसितुमर्हसि ॥

apare mānuṣā deva dṛśyante kuṇibāhavaḥ | kena karmavipākena tanme śaṃsitumarhasi

“and others among men, O god, are seen with crippled arms. 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 1893-1894.

Verse 3 (13.221.3)

ये पुरा मनुजा देवि लोभमोहसमन्विताः । धान्यमानान्विकुर्वन्ति क्रयविक्रयकारणात् ॥

ye purā manujā devi lobhamohasamanvitāḥ | dhānyamānānvikurvanti krayavikrayakāraṇāt

“Those men, goddess, who in a former life, filled with greed and delusion, falsified the measures of grain for the sake of buying and selling,”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1895-1896.

Verse 4 (13.221.4)

तुलादोषं तदा देवि धृतमानेषु नित्यशः । अर्धापकर्षणं चैव सर्वेषां क्रयविक्रये ॥

tulādoṣaṃ tadā devi dhṛtamāneṣu nityaśaḥ | ardhāpakarṣaṇaṃ caiva sarveṣāṃ krayavikraye

“who, goddess, always cheated with the scales and the standard weights, and who in all their buying and selling took away half of the due,”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1897-1898. Corrected कुलदोषं → तुलादोषं (misprint in Wikisource; the context is false weights in trade; critical edition tulādoṣaṃ).

Verse 5 (13.221.5)

अङ्गदोषकरा ये तु परेषां कोपकारणात् । मांसादाश्चैव ये मूर्खा अयथावत्प्रथाः सदा ॥

aṅgadoṣakarā ye tu pareṣāṃ kopakāraṇāt | māṃsādāścaiva ye mūrkhā ayathāvatprathāḥ sadā

“who in anger did harm to the limbs of others, and the foolish meat-eaters who were always improper in their ways,”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1899-1900.

Verse 6 (13.221.6)

एवंयुक्तसमाचाराः पुनर्जन्मनि शोभने । ह्रस्वाङ्गा वामनाश्चैव कुब्जाश्चैव भवन्ति ते ॥

evaṃyuktasamācārāḥ punarjanmani śobhane | hrasvāṅgā vāmanāścaiva kubjāścaiva bhavanti te

“living in this way, in their next birth, fair one, they become short-limbed, dwarfish and hunchbacked.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1901-1902.

Verse 7 (13.221.7)

भगवन्मानुषाः केचिद्दृश्यन्ते मानुषेषु वै । उन्मत्ताश्च पिशाचाश्च पर्यटन्तो यतस्ततः । केन कर्मविपाकेन तन्मे शंसितुमर्हसि ॥

bhagavanmānuṣāḥ keciddṛśyante mānuṣeṣu vai | unmattāśca piśācāśca paryaṭanto yatastataḥ | kena karmavipākena tanme śaṃsitumarhasi

“Lord, some humans are seen among men who are mad, or like goblins, wandering here and there. 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 1903-1905.

Verse 8 (13.221.8)

ये पुरा मनुजा देवि दर्पाहंकारसंयुताः । बहुधा प्रलपन्त्येव हसन्ति च परान्भृशम् ॥

ye purā manujā devi darpāhaṃkārasaṃyutāḥ | bahudhā pralapantyeva hasanti ca parānbhṛśam

“Those men, goddess, who in a former life were possessed by pride and conceit, who babbled in many ways and laughed greatly at 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 1906-1907.

Verse 9 (13.221.9)

मोहयन्ति परान्भोगैर्मदनैर्लोभकारणात् । वृद्धान्गुरूंश्च ये मूर्खा वृथैवापहसन्ति च । शौण्डा विदग्धाः शास्त्रेषु सदैवानृतवादिनः ॥

mohayanti parānbhogairmadanairlobhakāraṇāt | vṛddhāngurūṃśca ye mūrkhā vṛthaivāpahasanti ca | śauṇḍā vidagdhāḥ śāstreṣu sadaivānṛtavādinaḥ

“who bewildered others with pleasures and intoxicants out of greed, fools who for nothing mocked the old and their elders, drunkards, clever in the scriptures, yet always speaking falsehood,”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1908-1910.

Verse 10 (13.221.10)

एवंयुक्तसमाचाराः पुनर्जन्मनि शोभने । उन्मत्ताश्च पिशाचाश्च भवन्त्येव न संशयः ॥

evaṃyuktasamācārāḥ punarjanmani śobhane | unmattāśca piśācāśca bhavantyeva na saṃśayaḥ

“living in this way, in their next birth, fair one, they become madmen and goblins; 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 1911-1912.

Verse 11 (13.221.11)

भगवन्मानुषाः केचिन्निरपत्याः सुदुःखिताः । यतन्तो न लभन्त्येव अपत्यानि यतस्ततः । केन कर्मविपाकेन तन्मे शंसितुमर्हसि ॥

bhagavanmānuṣāḥ kecinnirapatyāḥ suduḥkhitāḥ | yatanto na labhantyeva apatyāni yatastataḥ | kena karmavipākena tanme śaṃsitumarhasi

“Lord, some people are childless and very unhappy; strive as they may, they obtain no children wherever they turn. 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 1913-1915.

Verse 12 (13.221.12)

ये पुरा मनुजा देवि सर्वप्राणिषु निर्दयाः । घ्नन्ति बालांश्च भुञ्जन्ते मृगाणां पक्षिणामपि ॥

ye purā manujā devi sarvaprāṇiṣu nirdayāḥ | ghnanti bālāṃśca bhuñjante mṛgāṇāṃ pakṣiṇāmapi

“Those men, goddess, who in a former life were pitiless toward all creatures, who killed the young and ate the young of beasts and of birds as well,”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1916-1917.

Verse 13 (13.221.13)

गुरुविद्वेषिणश्चैव परपुत्राभ्यसूयकाः । पितृपूजां न कुर्वन्ति यथोक्तां चाष्टकादिभिः ॥

guruvidveṣiṇaścaiva paraputrābhyasūyakāḥ | pitṛpūjāṃ na kurvanti yathoktāṃ cāṣṭakādibhiḥ

“who hated their elders, who envied the sons of others, and who did not perform the worship of the ancestors as prescribed, with the Ashtaka rites and the rest,”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1918-1919.

Verse 14 (13.221.14)

एवंयुक्तसमाचाराः पुनर्जन्मनि शोभने । मानुष्यं वा चिरात्प्राप्य निरपत्या भवन्ति ते । पुत्रशोकयुताश्चापि नास्ति तत्र विचारणा ॥

evaṃyuktasamācārāḥ punarjanmani śobhane | mānuṣyaṃ vā cirātprāpya nirapatyā bhavanti te | putraśokayutāścāpi nāsti tatra vicāraṇā

“living in this way, in their next birth, fair one, even if after a long time they obtain human birth, they are childless and stricken with grief for sons; there is no question 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 1920-1922.

Verse 15 (13.221.15)

भगवन्मानुषाः केचित्प्रदृश्यन्ते सुदुःखिताः । उद्वेगवासनिरताः सोद्वेगाश्च यतव्रताः ॥

bhagavanmānuṣāḥ kecitpradṛśyante suduḥkhitāḥ | udvegavāsaniratāḥ sodvegāśca yatavratāḥ

“Lord, some people are seen in great distress, fond of dwelling in anxiety, restless, though they keep their vows,”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1923-1924.

Verse 16 (13.221.16)

नित्यं शोकसमाविष्टा दुर्गताश्च तथैव च । केन कर्मविपाकेन तन्मे शंसितुमर्हसि ॥

nityaṃ śokasamāviṣṭā durgatāśca tathaiva ca | kena karmavipākena tanme śaṃsitumarhasi

“always overcome by grief, and in poverty as well. 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 1925-1926.

Verse 17 (13.221.17)

ये पुरा मनुजा नित्यमुत्क्रोशनपरायणाः । भीषयन्ति परानित्यं विकुर्वन्ति तथैव च ॥

ye purā manujā nityamutkrośanaparāyaṇāḥ | bhīṣayanti parānityaṃ vikurvanti tathaiva ca

“Those men, goddess, who in a former life were always given to shouting at others, who frightened others and mistreated them likewise,”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1927-1928.

Verse 18 (13.221.18)

ऋणवृद्धिकराश्चैव दरिद्रेभ्यो यथेष्टतः । ऋणार्थमभिगच्छन्ति सततं वृद्धिरूपकाः ॥

ṛṇavṛddhikarāścaiva daridrebhyo yatheṣṭataḥ | ṛṇārthamabhigacchanti satataṃ vṛddhirūpakāḥ

“who, as they pleased, swelled the debts of the poor with interest, and who kept coming to them for the debt in the guise of interest-gatherers,”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1929-1930.

Verse 19 (13.221.19)

उद्विजन्ते हि तान्दृष्ट्वा धारकाः स्वार्थकारणात् । अतिवृद्धिर्न कर्तव्या दरिद्रेभ्यो यथेष्टतः ॥

udvijante hi tāndṛṣṭvā dhārakāḥ svārthakāraṇāt | ativṛddhirna kartavyā daridrebhyo yatheṣṭataḥ

“The debtors are alarmed on seeing them, each for his own sake. Excessive interest should not be exacted from the poor, as one pleases.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1931-1932.

Verse 20 (13.221.20)

ये श्वभिः क्रीडमानाश्च त्रासयन्ति वने मृगान् । प्राणिहिंसां तथा देवि कुर्वन्ति च यतस्ततः ॥

ye śvabhiḥ krīḍamānāśca trāsayanti vane mṛgān | prāṇihiṃsāṃ tathā devi kurvanti ca yatastataḥ

“Those who, playing with dogs, frighten the beasts of the forest, and who do violence to living creatures here and there,”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1933-1934.

Verse 21 (13.221.21)

येषां गृहेषु वै श्वानस्त्रासयन्ति वृथा नरान् । एवंयुक्तसमाचाराः कालधर्मगताः पुनः ॥

yeṣāṃ gṛheṣu vai śvānastrāsayanti vṛthā narān | evaṃyuktasamācārāḥ kāladharmagatāḥ punaḥ

“and those in whose houses dogs needlessly frighten people: living in this way, they come again under the law 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 1935-1936.

Verse 22 (13.221.22)

पीडिता यमदण्डेन निरयस्थाश्चिरं प्रिये । कथञ्चित्प्राप्य मानुष्यं तत्र ते दुःखसंयुताः ॥

pīḍitā yamadaṇḍena nirayasthāściraṃ priye | kathañcitprāpya mānuṣyaṃ tatra te duḥkhasaṃyutāḥ

“are punished with Yama's rod and remain long in hell, my dear; if somehow they obtain human birth, they are full of misery there,”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1937-1938.

Verse 23 (13.221.23)

कुदेशे दुःखभूयिष्ठे व्याघातशतसङ्कुले । जायन्ते तत्र शोचन्तः सोद्वेगाश्च यतस्ततः ॥

kudeśe duḥkhabhūyiṣṭhe vyāghātaśatasaṅkule | jāyante tatra śocantaḥ sodvegāśca yatastataḥ

“in a bad country, full of suffering and crowded with hundreds of obstacles; they are born there grieving and anxious wherever they go.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1939-1940.

Verse 24 (13.221.24)

भगवन्मानुषाः केचिदैश्वर्यज्ञानसंयुताः । म्लेच्छभूमिषु दृश्यन्ते म्लेच्छैश्वर्यसमन्विताः । केन कर्मविपाकेन तन्मे शंसितुमर्हसि ॥

bhagavanmānuṣāḥ kecidaiśvaryajñānasaṃyutāḥ | mlecchabhūmiṣu dṛśyante mlecchaiśvaryasamanvitāḥ | kena karmavipākena tanme śaṃsitumarhasi

“Lord, some humans possessed of power and knowledge are seen in the lands of the barbarians, endowed with barbarian sovereignty. 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 1941-1943.

Verse 25 (13.221.25)

ये पुरा मनुजा देवि धनधान्यसमन्विताः । अयथावत्प्रयच्छन्ति श्रद्धावर्जितमेव वा ॥

ye purā manujā devi dhanadhānyasamanvitāḥ | ayathāvatprayacchanti śraddhāvarjitameva vā

“Those men, goddess, who in a former life, rich in wealth and grain, gave improperly, or without faith,”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1944-1945.

Verse 26 (13.221.26)

अपात्रेभ्यश्च ये दानं शौचमङ्गलवर्जिताः । ददत्येव च ये मूर्खाः श्लाघयाऽवज्ञयाऽपि वा ॥

apātrebhyaśca ye dānaṃ śaucamaṅgalavarjitāḥ | dadatyeva ca ye mūrkhāḥ ślāghayā'vajñayā'pi vā

“who gave gifts to unworthy persons, lacking purity and good conduct, foolish men who gave with boasting or with contempt,”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1946-1947.

Verse 27 (13.221.27)

एवंयुक्तसमाचाराः पुनर्जन्मनि शोभने । कुदेशे म्लेच्छभूयिष्ठे दुर्गमे वनसंकटे । म्लेच्छाधिपत्यं सम्प्राप्य जायन्ते तत्रतत्र वै ॥

evaṃyuktasamācārāḥ punarjanmani śobhane | kudeśe mlecchabhūyiṣṭhe durgame vanasaṃkaṭe | mlecchādhipatyaṃ samprāpya jāyante tatratatra vai

“living in this way, in their next birth, fair one, in a bad country thick with barbarians, hard to reach and thronged with forest thickets, having attained rule over barbarians, they are born here and there.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1948-1950.

Verse 28 (13.221.28)

भगवन्भगनेत्रघ्न मानुषेषु च केचन । क्लीबा नपुंसकाश्चैव दृश्यन्ते षण्डकास्तथा ॥

bhagavanbhaganetraghna mānuṣeṣu ca kecana | klībā napuṃsakāścaiva dṛśyante ṣaṇḍakāstathā

“Lord, destroyer of Bhaga's eyes, some among men are seen as impotent, neuter and eunuchs,”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1951-1952.

Verse 29 (13.221.29)

नीचकर्मरता नीचा नीचसौख्यास्तथा भुवि । केन कर्मविपाकेन तन्मे शंसितुमर्हसि ॥

nīcakarmaratā nīcā nīcasaukhyāstathā bhuvi | kena karmavipākena tanme śaṃsitumarhasi

“low in their deeds, low themselves, and low in their pleasures on earth. 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 1953-1954. Corrected नीचसक्यास्तथा → नीचसौख्यास्तथा (misprint in Wikisource; सक्या is not a word; critical edition nīcasaukhyās tathā).

Verse 30 (13.221.30)

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 1955.

Verse 31 (13.221.31)

ये पुरा मनुजा भूत्वा घोरकर्मरतास्तथा । पशुपुंस्त्वोपघातेन जीवन्ति च रमन्ति च ॥

ye purā manujā bhūtvā ghorakarmaratāstathā | paśupuṃstvopaghātena jīvanti ca ramanti ca

“Those who in a former life, being men given to dreadful deeds, live and take their pleasure by destroying the virility of animals,”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1956-1957. Corrected पशुपंस्त्वोपगातेन → पशुपुंस्त्वोपघातेन (misprint in Wikisource; wrong vowel and consonant (पं‑, ‑गा‑); critical edition paśupuṃstvopaghātena, the destroying of virility).

Verse 32 (13.221.32)

पुंस्त्वोपघातिनश्चैव नराणां कोपकारणात् । ये धूर्ताः स्त्रीषु गच्छन्ति अयथावद्यथेष्टतः ॥

puṃstvopaghātinaścaiva narāṇāṃ kopakāraṇāt | ye dhūrtāḥ strīṣu gacchanti ayathāvadyatheṣṭataḥ

“and who in anger destroy the virility of men, rogues who go to women improperly, as they please,”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1958-1959.

Verse 33 (13.221.33)

कामविघ्नकरा ये तु द्वेषपैशुन्यकारणात् । एवंयुक्तसमाचाराः कालधर्मं गतास्तु ते । दण्डिता यमदण्डेन निरयस्थाश्चिरं प्रिये ॥

kāmavighnakarā ye tu dveṣapaiśunyakāraṇāt | evaṃyuktasamācārāḥ kāladharmaṃ gatāstu te | daṇḍitā yamadaṇḍena nirayasthāściraṃ priye

“and who obstruct the pleasures of others out of hatred and slander: living in this way, they pass 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 1960-1962. Line 2 (एवंयुक्तसमाचाराः कालधर्मं गतास्तु ते) differs from the critical edition's corresponding line (…punarjanmani śobhane): a recension variant, kept as printed.

Verse 34 (13.221.34)

यदि चेन्मानुषं जन्म लभेरंस्ते तथाविधाः । क्लीबा वर्षवराश्चैव षण्डकाश्च भवन्ति ते ॥

yadi cenmānuṣaṃ janma labheraṃste tathāvidhāḥ | klībā varṣavarāścaiva ṣaṇḍakāśca bhavanti te

“If persons of that kind should obtain human birth, they become impotent, eunuchs and neuters.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1963-1964.

Verse 35 (13.221.35)

नीचकर्मपरा लोके निर्लज्जा वीतसम्भ्रमाः । परान्दीनान्बहिष्कृत्य ते भवन्ति स्वकर्मणा ॥

nīcakarmaparā loke nirlajjā vītasambhramāḥ | parāndīnānbahiṣkṛtya te bhavanti svakarmaṇā

“Intent on low deeds in the world, shameless, unabashed, having cast out the wretched and others, they become so through their 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 1965-1966.

Verse 36 (13.221.36)

यदि चेत्सम्प्रपश्येरंस्ते मुच्यन्ते हि कल्मषात् । अत्रापि ते प्रमाद्येयुः पतन्ति नरकालये ॥

yadi cetsamprapaśyeraṃste mucyante hi kalmaṣāt | atrāpi te pramādyeyuḥ patanti narakālaye

“If they were to reflect, they would be freed from the stain; but even here they grow careless, and they fall into the abode of hell.”

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1967-1968.

Verse 37 (13.221.37)

स्त्रीणामपि तथा देवि यथा पुंसां तु कर्मजम् । इति ते कथितं देवि भूयः श्रोतुं किमिच्छसि ॥

strīṇāmapi tathā devi yathā puṃsāṃ tu karmajam | iti te kathitaṃ devi bhūyaḥ śrotuṃ kimicchasi

“It is the same for women, goddess, as for men, for what is born of their deeds. 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 1969-1970.