The Fruit of Deeds, Here and Hereafter

Verse 1 (13.224.1)

भगवन्देवदेवेश लोकपालनमस्कृत । प्रसादात्ते महादेव श्रुता मे कर्मणां गतिः ॥

bhagavandevadeveśa lokapālanamaskṛta | prasādātte mahādeva śrutā me karmaṇāṃ gatiḥ

Lord, God of gods, honoured by the guardians of the world! By your grace I have heard the course of 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 2207-2208.

Verse 2 (13.224.2)

सङ्गृहीतं च तत्सर्वं तत्वतोऽमृतसंनिभम् । कर्मणा ग्रथितं सर्वमिति वेद शुभाशुभम् ॥

saṅgṛhītaṃ ca tatsarvaṃ tatvato'mṛtasaṃnibham | karmaṇā grathitaṃ sarvamiti veda śubhāśubham

I have taken all of it in truly, like nectar: I know that everything, good and bad, is strung together by 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 2209-2210.

Verse 3 (13.224.3)

गोवत्सवच्च जननीं निम्नं सलिलवत्तथा । कर्तारं स्वकृतं कर्म नित्यं तदनुधावति ॥

govatsavacca jananīṃ nimnaṃ salilavattathā | kartāraṃ svakṛtaṃ karma nityaṃ tadanudhāvati

As a calf runs after its mother, as water runs to low ground, so a man's own deed always runs after its doer.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2211-2212.

Verse 4 (13.224.4)

कृतस्य कर्मणश्चेह नाशो नास्तीति निश्चयः । अशुभस्य शुभस्यापि तदप्युपगतं मया ॥

kṛtasya karmaṇaśceha nāśo nāstīti niścayaḥ | aśubhasya śubhasyāpi tadapyupagataṃ mayā

I am convinced that a deed once done is never destroyed, whether bad or good; that too I have grasped.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2213-2214.

Verse 5 (13.224.5)

भूय एव महादेव वरद प्रीतिवर्धन । कर्मणां गतिमाश्रित्य संशयान्मोक्तुमर्हसि ॥

bhūya eva mahādeva varada prītivardhana | karmaṇāṃ gatimāśritya saṃśayānmoktumarhasi

Yet once more, Mahadeva, giver of boons, increaser of joy, relying on the course of deeds you ought to free me from my doubts.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2215-2216.

Verse 6 (13.224.6)

यत्ते विवक्षितं देवि गुह्यमप्यसितेक्षणे । तत्सर्वं निर्विशंका त्वं पृच्छ मां शुभलक्षणे ॥

yatte vivakṣitaṃ devi guhyamapyasitekṣaṇe | tatsarvaṃ nirviśaṃkā tvaṃ pṛccha māṃ śubhalakṣaṇe

Whatever you wish to ask, goddess, even if it is secret, O dark-eyed one, ask me all of it without fear, O woman of fair marks.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2217-2218.

Verse 7 (13.224.7)

एवं व्यवस्थिते लोके कर्मणा वृषभध्वज । कृत्वा तत्पुरुषः कर्म शुभं वा यदि वेतरत् ॥

evaṃ vyavasthite loke karmaṇā vṛṣabhadhvaja | kṛtvā tatpuruṣaḥ karma śubhaṃ vā yadi vetarat

O bearer of the bull banner, the world being thus ordered, when a man has done a deed, good or otherwise,

Note on the text: Corrected कर्ममां → कर्मणा (misprint in Wikisource; ma for ṇā; CE karmaṇā). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2219-2220.

Verse 8 (13.224.8)

कर्मणः सुकृतस्येह कदा भुङ्क्ते फलं पुनः । इह वा प्रेत्य वा देव तन्मे शंसितुमर्हसि ॥

karmaṇaḥ sukṛtasyeha kadā bhuṅkte phalaṃ punaḥ | iha vā pretya vā deva tanme śaṃsitumarhasi

when does he enjoy the fruit of the good deed he has done: here, or after death, O god? 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 2221-2222.

Verse 9 (13.224.9)

स्थाने संशयितं देवि तद्धि गुह्यतमं नृषु । त्वत्प्रियार्थं प्रवक्ष्यामि देवि गुह्यं शुभानने ॥

sthāne saṃśayitaṃ devi taddhi guhyatamaṃ nṛṣu | tvatpriyārthaṃ pravakṣyāmi devi guhyaṃ śubhānane

You have rightly asked, goddess; this is the most secret matter among men. For your pleasure I shall tell this secret, O fair-faced 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 2223-2224.

Verse 10 (13.224.10)

पूर्वदेहकृतं कर्म भुञ्जते तदिह प्रजाः । इहैव यत्कृतं पुंसां तत्परत्र फलिष्यति । एषा व्यवस्थितिर्देवि मानुषेष्वेव दृश्यते ॥

pūrvadehakṛtaṃ karma bhuñjate tadiha prajāḥ | ihaiva yatkṛtaṃ puṃsāṃ tatparatra phaliṣyati | eṣā vyavasthitirdevi mānuṣeṣveva dṛśyate

The deed done in a former body, people enjoy the fruit of here. What men do here bears fruit in the world beyond. This is the order seen among human beings alone.

Note on the text: Corrected फलिष्यतै → फलिष्यति (misprint in Wikisource; ending damaged; CE phaliṣyati). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2225-2227.

Verse 11 (13.224.11)

देवानामसुराणां च अमरत्वात्तपोबलात् । एकेनैव शरीरेण भुज्यते कर्मणां फलम् । मानुषैर्न तथा देवि अन्तरं त्वेतदिष्यते ॥

devānāmasurāṇāṃ ca amaratvāttapobalāt | ekenaiva śarīreṇa bhujyate karmaṇāṃ phalam | mānuṣairna tathā devi antaraṃ tvetadiṣyate

For gods and demons, because of their immortality and the power of austerity, the fruit of deeds is enjoyed in one single body. It is not so with human beings, goddess; this is the difference that is admitted.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 2228-2230.