Ashvamedhika Parva · Adhyaya 100

The Road to Yama's City and How the Righteous Travel It

Yudhishthira asks Krishna how far the world of Yama lies, what the road is like, and how men cross it. Krishna says it is eighty-six thousand yojanas of waterless, shelterless way, and describes the terrors with which the soul, drawn on by Yama's messengers, is driven along it: the wicked go beaten, wounded, devoured and starving, thieves, killers and those who rob Brahmins suffer worst. Yudhishthira faints at the account and, on reviving, asks how men may cross in comfort. Krishna lists the gifts, fasts, vows, pilgrimages and virtues by which the righteous ride in splendid cars, honoured by apsarases and Gandharvas, to Yama's city, and ends with those who worship him or Shiva with single-minded devotion.

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युधिष्ठिर उवाच · Yudhishthira said

Verse 1 (14.100.1)

देवदेवेश दैत्यघ्न परं कौतूहलं हि मे । एतत्कथय सर्वज्ञ त्वद्भक्तस्य च केशव । मानुषस्य च लोकस्य धर्मलोकस्य चान्तरम् ॥

devadeveśa daityaghna paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi me | etatkathaya sarvajña tvadbhaktasya ca keśava | mānuṣasya ca lokasya dharmalokasya cāntaram

O God of gods, slayer of the Daityas, my curiosity is great. Tell me this, O all-knowing Keshava, for I am your devotee: the distance between the world of men and the world of dharma,

Note on the text: Corrected दैत्यघ्नि → दैत्यघ्न (misprint in Wikisource; vocative; the critical edition reads daityaghna). Not a numbered verse of the critical edition proper: this adhyaya is part of Appendix I No. 4 (the Vaishnavadharma passage inserted after 14.96.15), printed inline at 14,096.015d@004_0579–0581. Speaker: Yudhishthira (heading युधिष्ठिर उवाच on the page).

Verse 2 (14.100.2)

कीदृशं किंप्रमाणं वा किमधिष्ठानमेव च । तरन्ति मानुषा देव केनोपायेन माधव ॥

kīdṛśaṃ kiṃpramāṇaṃ vā kimadhiṣṭhānameva ca | taranti mānuṣā deva kenopāyena mādhava

what it is like, how long it is, what its support is, and by what means, O Madhava, men cross it.

Verse 3 (14.100.3)

त्वगस्थिमांसनिर्मुक्ते पञ्चभूतविवर्जिते । कथयस्व महादेव सुखदुःखमशेषतः ॥

tvagasthimāṃsanirmukte pañcabhūtavivarjite | kathayasva mahādeva sukhaduḥkhamaśeṣataḥ

Tell me fully, great God, of the pleasure and pain of one who is stripped of skin, bone and flesh and bereft of the five elements,

Verse 4 (14.100.4)

जीवस्य कर्मलोकेषु कर्मभिस्तु शुभाशुभैः । अनुबद्धस्य तैः पाशैर्नीयमानस्य दारुणैः ॥

jīvasya karmalokeṣu karmabhistu śubhāśubhaiḥ | anubaddhasya taiḥ pāśairnīyamānasya dāruṇaiḥ

of the soul in the worlds of action, bound by the cruel fetters of its good and evil deeds and led along by them,

Verse 5 (14.100.5)

मृत्युदूतैर्दुराधर्षैर्घोरैर्घोरपराक्रमैः । वध्यस्याक्षिप्यमाणस्य विद्रुतस्य यमाज्ञया ॥

mṛtyudūtairdurādharṣairghorairghoraparākramaiḥ | vadhyasyākṣipyamāṇasya vidrutasya yamājñayā

hurried along by the dread messengers of death, invincible, terrible, fierce in their might, doomed, driven and fleeing at Yama's command.

Note on the text: Corrected घोरपरक्रमैः → घोरपराक्रमैः (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads ghoraparākramaiḥ). Not a numbered verse of the critical edition proper: this adhyaya is part of Appendix I No. 4 (the Vaishnavadharma passage inserted after 14.96.15), printed inline at 14,096.015d@004_0588–0589.

Verse 6 (14.100.6)

पुण्यपापकृदातिष्ठेत्सुखदुःखमशेषतः । यमदूतैर्दुराधर्षैर्नीयते वा कथं पुनः । किं वा तत्र गता देव कर्म कुर्वन्ति मानवाः ॥

puṇyapāpakṛdātiṣṭhetsukhaduḥkhamaśeṣataḥ | yamadūtairdurādharṣairnīyate vā kathaṃ punaḥ | kiṃ vā tatra gatā deva karma kurvanti mānavāḥ

The doer of good and evil would endure pleasure and pain in full. And how is he led along by Yama's invincible messengers? And what deeds do men do when they have gone there?

Note on the text: Corrected द्रुराधर्षैर् → दुराधर्षैर् (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads durādharṣaiḥ). Not a numbered verse of the critical edition proper: this adhyaya is part of Appendix I No. 4 (the Vaishnavadharma passage inserted after 14.96.15), printed inline at 14,096.015d@004_0590–0592. Wikisource reads पुण्यपापकृदातिष्ठेत् (CE: puṇyapāpakṛtaṃ tiṣṭhet); kept as a recension reading.

Verse 7 (14.100.7)

कथं धर्मपरा यान्ति देवताद्विजपूजकाः । कथं वा पापकर्माणो यान्ति प्रेतपुरं नराः ॥

kathaṃ dharmaparā yānti devatādvijapūjakāḥ | kathaṃ vā pāpakarmāṇo yānti pretapuraṃ narāḥ

How do those devoted to dharma, who worship the gods and Brahmins, go; and how do men of evil deeds go to the city of the dead?

Note on the text: Corrected कतं → कथं (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads kathaṃ). Not a numbered verse of the critical edition proper: this adhyaya is part of Appendix I No. 4 (the Vaishnavadharma passage inserted after 14.96.15), printed inline at 14,096.015d@004_0593–0594.

Verse 8 (14.100.8)

किं रूपं किं प्रमाणं वा वर्णः को वाऽस्य केशव । जीवस्य गच्छतो नित्यं यमलोकं ब्रवीहि मे ॥

kiṃ rūpaṃ kiṃ pramāṇaṃ vā varṇaḥ ko vā'sya keśava | jīvasya gacchato nityaṃ yamalokaṃ bravīhi me

What is its form, what its measure, what its colour, O Keshava, for the soul that is ever going to Yama's world? Tell me.

वासुदेव उवाच · Vasudeva (Krishna) said

Verse 9 (14.100.9)

शृणु राजन्यथावृत्तं यन्मां त्वं परिपृच्छसि । तत्तेऽहं कथयिष्यामि मद्भक्तस्य नरेश्वर ॥

śṛṇu rājanyathāvṛttaṃ yanmāṃ tvaṃ paripṛcchasi | tatte'haṃ kathayiṣyāmi madbhaktasya nareśvara

Listen, O king, as it truly is, to what you ask me. I shall tell it to you, O lord of men, for you are my devotee.

Note on the text: Corrected यथावृतं → यथावृत्तं (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads yathāvṛttaṃ). Not a numbered verse of the critical edition proper: this adhyaya is part of Appendix I No. 4 (the Vaishnavadharma passage inserted after 14.96.15), printed inline at 14,096.015d@004_0597–0598. Speaker: Krishna. The page prints no heading here (the input carried भगवान् over from adhyaya 99); given as Vasudeva (Krishna), as for unheaded Krishna speech elsewhere in the parva.

Verse 10 (14.100.10)

षडशीतिसहस्राणि योजनानां युधिष्ठिर । मानुष्यस्य च लोकस्य यमलोकस्य चान्तरम् ॥

ṣaḍaśītisahasrāṇi yojanānāṃ yudhiṣṭhira | mānuṣyasya ca lokasya yamalokasya cāntaram

The distance between the world of men and the world of Yama is eighty-six thousand yojanas, Yudhishthira.

Verse 11 (14.100.11)

न तत्र वृक्षच्छाया वा न तटाकं सरोपि वा । न वाप्यो दीर्घिका वाऽपि न कूपो वा युधिष्ठिर ॥

na tatra vṛkṣacchāyā vā na taṭākaṃ saropi vā | na vāpyo dīrghikā vā'pi na kūpo vā yudhiṣṭhira

On that road there is no shade of trees, no tank, nor even a lake, no stepped well, no long pond, and no ordinary well, Yudhishthira.

Verse 12 (14.100.12)

न मण्टपं सभा वाऽपि न प्रपा न निकेतनम् । न पर्वतो नदी वाऽपि न भूमेर्विवरं क्वचित् ॥

na maṇṭapaṃ sabhā vā'pi na prapā na niketanam | na parvato nadī vā'pi na bhūmervivaraṃ kvacit

No pavilion, no hall, no water-shed, no dwelling, no mountain, no river, nor any cleft in the earth anywhere.

Verse 13 (14.100.13)

न ग्रामो नाश्रमो वाऽपि नोद्यानं वा वनानि च । न किंचिदाश्रयस्थानं पथि तस्मिन्युधिष्ठिर ॥

na grāmo nāśramo vā'pi nodyānaṃ vā vanāni ca | na kiṃcidāśrayasthānaṃ pathi tasminyudhiṣṭhira

No village, no hermitage, no garden, no forest, no shelter of any kind on that road, Yudhishthira.

Verse 14 (14.100.14)

जन्तोर्हि प्राप्तकालस्य वेदनार्तस्य वै भृशम् । कारणैस्त्यक्तदेहस्य प्राणैः कण्ठगतैः पुनः ॥

jantorhi prāptakālasya vedanārtasya vai bhṛśam | kāraṇaistyaktadehasya prāṇaiḥ kaṇṭhagataiḥ punaḥ

When a creature's time has come, grievously tormented by pain, its body forsaken by its faculties, its breath rising into its throat,

Verse 15 (14.100.15)

शरीराच्चाल्यते जीवो ह्यवशो मातरिश्वना । निर्गतो वायुभूतस्तु षट्कोशात्तु कलेवरात् ॥

śarīrāccālyate jīvo hyavaśo mātariśvanā | nirgato vāyubhūtastu ṣaṭkośāttu kalevarāt

the soul, helpless, is shaken loose from the body by the wind, and departs, become wind, from its six-sheathed frame.

Verse 16 (14.100.16)

शरीरमन्यत्तद्रूपं तद्वर्णं तत्प्रमाणतः । अदृश्यं तत्प्रविष्टस्तु सोप्यदृष्टोऽथ केनचित् ॥

śarīramanyattadrūpaṃ tadvarṇaṃ tatpramāṇataḥ | adṛśyaṃ tatpraviṣṭastu sopyadṛṣṭo'tha kenacit

It has another body, of the same form, colour and measure, which is invisible; having entered it, the soul is itself unseen by anyone.

Verse 17 (14.100.17)

सोन्तरात्मा देहवतामष्टाङ्गो यस्तु संचरेत् । छेदनाद्भेदनाद्दाहात्ताडनाद्वा न नश्यति ॥

sontarātmā dehavatāmaṣṭāṅgo yastu saṃcaret | chedanādbhedanāddāhāttāḍanādvā na naśyati

That inner self of embodied beings, eightfold, which travels on, is not destroyed by cutting, splitting, burning or beating.

Verse 18 (14.100.18)

नाना रूपधरैर्घोरैः प्रचण्डैश्चण्डसाधनैः । नीयमानो दुराधर्षैर्यमदूतैर्यमाज्ञया ॥

nānā rūpadharairghoraiḥ pracaṇḍaiścaṇḍasādhanaiḥ | nīyamāno durādharṣairyamadūtairyamājñayā

Led along by Yama's messengers at Yama's command, dreadful, fierce, wearing many forms, unassailable, with savage instruments,

Note on the text: Corrected घौरैः → घोरैः (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads ghoraiḥ). Corrected प्रचण्डेश्चण्ड → प्रचण्डैश्चण्ड (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads pracaṇḍaiś caṇḍa). Not a numbered verse of the critical edition proper: this adhyaya is part of Appendix I No. 4 (the Vaishnavadharma passage inserted after 14.96.15), printed inline at 14,096.015d@004_0615–0616.

Verse 19 (14.100.19)

पुत्रदारमयैः पाशैः संनिरुद्धोऽवशो बलात् । स्वकर्मभिश्चानुगतः कृतैः सुकृतदुष्कृतैः ॥

putradāramayaiḥ pāśaiḥ saṃniruddho'vaśo balāt | svakarmabhiścānugataḥ kṛtaiḥ sukṛtaduṣkṛtaiḥ

bound forcibly and helplessly with the fetters of sons and wives, and followed by the good and bad deeds it has done,

Note on the text: Corrected संनिरूद्धो → संनिरुद्धो (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads saṃniruddho). Not a numbered verse of the critical edition proper: this adhyaya is part of Appendix I No. 4 (the Vaishnavadharma passage inserted after 14.96.15), printed inline at 14,096.015d@004_0617–0618.

Verse 20 (14.100.20)

आक्रन्दमानः करुणं बन्धुभिर्दुःखपीडितैः । त्यक्त्वा बन्धुजनं सर्वं निरपेक्षस्तु गच्छति ॥

ākrandamānaḥ karuṇaṃ bandhubhirduḥkhapīḍitaiḥ | tyaktvā bandhujanaṃ sarvaṃ nirapekṣastu gacchati

wailing piteously among its kinsmen stricken with grief, it leaves all its relatives behind and goes, indifferent.

Verse 21 (14.100.21)

मातृभिः पितृभिश्चैव भ्रातृभिर्मातुलैस्तथा । दारैः पुत्रैर्वयस्यैश्च रुदद्भिस्त्यज्यते पुनः ॥

mātṛbhiḥ pitṛbhiścaiva bhrātṛbhirmātulaistathā | dāraiḥ putrairvayasyaiśca rudadbhistyajyate punaḥ

Abandoned yet again by mothers, fathers, brothers, maternal uncles, wives, sons and friends, as they weep,

Verse 22 (14.100.22)

अदृश्यमानस्तैर्दीनैरश्रुपूर्णमुखेक्षणैः । स्वशरीरं परित्यज्य वायुभूतस्तु गच्छति ॥

adṛśyamānastairdīnairaśrupūrṇamukhekṣaṇaiḥ | svaśarīraṃ parityajya vāyubhūtastu gacchati

unseen by those wretched ones, whose faces and eyes are full of tears, it leaves its own body and goes, become wind.

Verse 23 (14.100.23)

अन्धकारमपारं तं महाघोरं तमोवृतम् । दुःखान्तं दुष्प्रतारं च दुर्गमं पापकर्मणाम् ॥

andhakāramapāraṃ taṃ mahāghoraṃ tamovṛtam | duḥkhāntaṃ duṣpratāraṃ ca durgamaṃ pāpakarmaṇām

That darkness is boundless, most terrible, wrapped in gloom, ending in sorrow, hard to cross, hard to traverse for evildoers,

Note on the text: Corrected महाघेरं → महाघोरं (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads mahāghoraṃ). Not a numbered verse of the critical edition proper: this adhyaya is part of Appendix I No. 4 (the Vaishnavadharma passage inserted after 14.96.15), printed inline at 14,096.015d@004_0625–0626.

Verse 24 (14.100.24)

दुःसहायं दुरन्तं च दुर्निरीक्षं दुरासदम् । दुरापमतिदुःखं च पापिष्ठानां नरोत्तम ॥

duḥsahāyaṃ durantaṃ ca durnirīkṣaṃ durāsadam | durāpamatiduḥkhaṃ ca pāpiṣṭhānāṃ narottama

without a helper, without end, dreadful to behold, hard to approach, extremely painful for the most sinful, O best of men.

Verse 25 (14.100.25)

ऋषिभिः कथ्यमानं तत्पारंपर्येण पार्थिव । त्रासं जनयति प्रायः श्रूयमाणं कथास्वपि ॥

ṛṣibhiḥ kathyamānaṃ tatpāraṃparyeṇa pārthiva | trāsaṃ janayati prāyaḥ śrūyamāṇaṃ kathāsvapi

Told by the sages in unbroken tradition, O king, it commonly causes terror even when only heard of in tales.

Note on the text: Corrected जनचति → जनयति (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads janayati). Not a numbered verse of the critical edition proper: this adhyaya is part of Appendix I No. 4 (the Vaishnavadharma passage inserted after 14.96.15), printed inline at 14,096.015d@004_0629–0630.

Verse 26 (14.100.26)

अवश्यं चैव गन्तव्यं तदध्वानं युधिष्ठिर । प्राप्तकालेन संत्यज्य बन्धून्भोगान्धनानि च ॥

avaśyaṃ caiva gantavyaṃ tadadhvānaṃ yudhiṣṭhira | prāptakālena saṃtyajya bandhūnbhogāndhanāni ca

That road must certainly be travelled, Yudhishthira, when one's time has come, leaving behind kinsmen, pleasures and wealth.

Verse 27 (14.100.27)

जरायुजैरण्डजैश्च स्वेदजैरुद्भिदैस्तथा । जङ्गमैः स्थिरसंज्ञैश्च गन्तव्यं यमसादनम् ॥

jarāyujairaṇḍajaiśca svedajairudbhidaistathā | jaṅgamaiḥ sthirasaṃjñaiśca gantavyaṃ yamasādanam

By beings born from the womb, from eggs, from sweat and from sprouts, by moving things and by what are called stationary, the abode of Yama must be reached.

Verse 28 (14.100.28)

देवासुरैर्मनुष्याद्यैर्वैवस्वतवशानुगैः । स्त्रीपुंनपुंसकैश्चापि पृथिव्यां जीवसंज्ञितैः ॥

devāsurairmanuṣyādyairvaivasvatavaśānugaiḥ | strīpuṃnapuṃsakaiścāpi pṛthivyāṃ jīvasaṃjñitaiḥ

By gods and demons, by men and the rest who follow Vaivasvata's sway, by females, males and neuters, by all on earth that bear the name of living beings,

Verse 29 (14.100.29)

मध्यमैर्युवभिर्वाऽपि बालैर्वृद्धैस्तथैव च । जातमात्रैश्च गर्भस्थैर्गन्तव्यः स महापथः ॥

madhyamairyuvabhirvā'pi bālairvṛddhaistathaiva ca | jātamātraiśca garbhasthairgantavyaḥ sa mahāpathaḥ

by the middle-aged and the young, by children and the old, by the newborn and by those still in the womb, that great road must be travelled.

Verse 30 (14.100.30)

पूर्वाह्णे वाऽपराह्णे वा सन्ध्याकालेऽथवा पुनः । प्रदोषे वाऽर्धरात्रे वा प्रत्युषे वाऽप्युपस्थिते ॥

pūrvāhṇe vā'parāhṇe vā sandhyākāle'thavā punaḥ | pradoṣe vā'rdharātre vā pratyuṣe vā'pyupasthite

In the forenoon or the afternoon, at twilight or again at dusk, at midnight or when dawn is at hand,

Verse 31 (14.100.31)

प्रवासस्थैर्वनस्थैर्वा पर्वतस्थैर्जले स्थितैः । क्षेत्रस्थैर्वा नभःस्थैर्वा गृहमध्यगतैरपि ॥

pravāsasthairvanasthairvā parvatasthairjale sthitaiḥ | kṣetrasthairvā nabhaḥsthairvā gṛhamadhyagatairapi

whether away from home or in the forest, on a mountain or in water, in a field or in the sky or in the middle of the house,

Note on the text: Corrected नभःस्थेर्वा → नभःस्थैर्वा (misprint in Wikisource; instrumental plural required by the construction). Not a numbered verse of the critical edition proper: this adhyaya is part of Appendix I No. 4 (the Vaishnavadharma passage inserted after 14.96.15), printed inline at 14,096.015d@004_0641–0642.

Verse 32 (14.100.32)

भुञ्जद्भिर्वा पिबद्भिर्वा खादद्भिर्वा नरोत्तम । आसीनैर्वा स्थितैर्वापि शयनीयगतैरपि । जाग्रद्भिर्वा प्रसुप्तैर्वा गन्तव्यः स महापथः ॥

bhuñjadbhirvā pibadbhirvā khādadbhirvā narottama | āsīnairvā sthitairvāpi śayanīyagatairapi | jāgradbhirvā prasuptairvā gantavyaḥ sa mahāpathaḥ

whether eating, drinking or chewing, O best of men, whether sitting, standing or lying on a bed, whether awake or asleep, that great road must be travelled.

Verse 33 (14.100.33)

मृत्युदूतैर्दुराधर्षैः प्रचण्डैश्चण्डशासनैः । आक्षिप्यमाणा ह्यवशाः प्रयान्ति यमसादनम् ॥

mṛtyudūtairdurādharṣaiḥ pracaṇḍaiścaṇḍaśāsanaiḥ | ākṣipyamāṇā hyavaśāḥ prayānti yamasādanam

Dragged along by the messengers of death, invincible, fierce, harsh in their commands, helpless, they go to Yama's abode.

Note on the text: Corrected चण्डसासनैः → चण्डशासनैः (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads caṇḍaśāsanaiḥ). Not a numbered verse of the critical edition proper: this adhyaya is part of Appendix I No. 4 (the Vaishnavadharma passage inserted after 14.96.15), printed inline at 14,096.015d@004_0646–0647.

Verse 34 (14.100.34)

क्वचिद्भीतैः क्वचिन्मत्तैः प्रस्खलद्भिः क्वचित्क्वचित् । क्रन्दद्भिर्वेदनार्तैस्तु गन्तव्यं यमसादनम् ॥

kvacidbhītaiḥ kvacinmattaiḥ praskhaladbhiḥ kvacitkvacit | krandadbhirvedanārtaistu gantavyaṃ yamasādanam

Sometimes frightened, sometimes dazed, stumbling now and again, crying out in agony of pain, they must go to Yama's abode.

Verse 35 (14.100.35)

निर्भर्त्स्यमानैरुद्विग्नैर्विधूतैर्भयविह्वलैः । तुद्यमानशरीरैश्च गन्तव्यं तर्जितैस्तथा ॥

nirbhartsyamānairudvignairvidhūtairbhayavihvalaiḥ | tudyamānaśarīraiśca gantavyaṃ tarjitaistathā

Reviled, agitated, shaken, panic-stricken, their bodies pricked and threatened, they must go.

Note on the text: Corrected रुद्विग्रैर् → रुद्विग्नैर् (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads udvignaiḥ). Not a numbered verse of the critical edition proper: this adhyaya is part of Appendix I No. 4 (the Vaishnavadharma passage inserted after 14.96.15), printed inline at 14,096.015d@004_0650–0651.

Verse 36 (14.100.36)

कण्टकाकीर्णमार्गेण तप्तवालुकपांसुना । दह्यमानैस्तु गन्तव्यं नरैर्दानविवर्जितैः ॥

kaṇṭakākīrṇamārgeṇa taptavālukapāṃsunā | dahyamānaistu gantavyaṃ narairdānavivarjitaiḥ

By a road strewn with thorns, with hot sand and dust, burning as they go, they must travel, men who gave no gifts.

Verse 37 (14.100.37)

काष्ठोपलशिलाघातैर्दण्डोल्मुककशाङ्कुशैः । हन्यमानैर्यमपुरं गन्तव्यं धर्मवर्जितैः ॥

kāṣṭhopalaśilāghātairdaṇḍolmukakaśāṅkuśaiḥ | hanyamānairyamapuraṃ gantavyaṃ dharmavarjitaiḥ

Struck with logs, stones and rocks, with clubs, firebrands, whips and goads, they must go to Yama's city, those without dharma.

Verse 38 (14.100.38)

मेदःशोणितपूयाद्यैर्वक्त्रैर्गात्रैश्च सव्रणैः । दग्धक्षतजकीर्णैश्च गन्तव्यं जीवघातकैः ॥

medaḥśoṇitapūyādyairvaktrairgātraiśca savraṇaiḥ | dagdhakṣatajakīrṇaiśca gantavyaṃ jīvaghātakaiḥ

With faces and bodies covered in fat, blood and pus and gashed with wounds, scorched and spattered with blood, they must go, those who killed living beings.

Verse 39 (14.100.39)

वेदनार्तैश्च कूजद्भिर्विक्रोशद्भिश्च विस्वरम् । वेदनार्तैः पतद्भिश्च गन्तव्यं जीवघातकैः ॥

vedanārtaiśca kūjadbhirvikrośadbhiśca visvaram | vedanārtaiḥ patadbhiśca gantavyaṃ jīvaghātakaiḥ

Crying out in pain, shrieking and wailing discordantly, falling in torment, they must go, those who slaughtered living beings.

Note on the text: Corrected वेदनार्तैस्च → वेदनार्तैश्च (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct). Not a numbered verse of the critical edition proper: this adhyaya is part of Appendix I No. 4 (the Vaishnavadharma passage inserted after 14.96.15), printed inline at 14,096.015d@004_0659–0660; CE has one more line, @004_0658 (krandadbhiś ca rudadbhiś ca krośadbhiś cāpi visvanam), before the first line, which is not on the page.

Verse 40 (14.100.40)

भग्नपादोरुहस्ताङ्गैर्भग्नजङ्घाशिरोधरैः । छिन्नकर्णोष्ठनासैश्च गन्तव्यं जीवघातकैः ॥

bhagnapādoruhastāṅgairbhagnajaṅghāśirodharaiḥ | chinnakarṇoṣṭhanāsaiśca gantavyaṃ jīvaghātakaiḥ

With broken feet, thighs, hands and limbs, broken shins and necks, with ears, lips and noses cut off, they must go, the slayers of living beings.

Note on the text: Corrected भग्रपादोरुहस्तङ्गैर्भग्रजङ्घा → भग्नपादोरुहस्ताङ्गैर्भग्नजङ्घा (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads bhagnapādoruhastāṅgair bhagnadantaśirodharaiḥ; the nasal ग्र for ग्न is a misprint). Not a numbered verse of the critical edition proper: this adhyaya is part of Appendix I No. 4 (the Vaishnavadharma passage inserted after 14.96.15), printed inline at 14,096.015d@004_0661–0662.

Verse 41 (14.100.41)

शक्तिभिर्भिण्डिपालैश्च शङ्कुतोमरसायकैः । तुद्यमानैस्तु शूलाग्रैर्गन्तव्यं जीवघातकैः ॥

śaktibhirbhiṇḍipālaiśca śaṅkutomarasāyakaiḥ | tudyamānaistu śūlāgrairgantavyaṃ jīvaghātakaiḥ

Pierced by spears, bhindipalas, stakes, lances and arrows, and by the points of tridents, they must go, the slayers of living beings.

Verse 42 (14.100.42)

श्वभिर्व्याघ्रैर्वृकैः काकैर्भक्ष्यमाणाः समन्ततः । तुद्यमानाश्च गच्छन्ति राक्षसैर्मांसघातिभिः ॥

śvabhirvyāghrairvṛkaiḥ kākairbhakṣyamāṇāḥ samantataḥ | tudyamānāśca gacchanti rākṣasairmāṃsaghātibhiḥ

Devoured on all sides by dogs, tigers, wolves and crows, and pricked by flesh-eating Rakshasas, they go.

Verse 43 (14.100.43)

महिषैश्च मृगैश्चापि सूकरैः पृषतैस्तथा । भक्ष्यमाणैस्तदध्वानं गन्तव्यं मांसखादिभिः ॥

mahiṣaiśca mṛgaiścāpi sūkaraiḥ pṛṣataistathā | bhakṣyamāṇaistadadhvānaṃ gantavyaṃ māṃsakhādibhiḥ

Devoured by buffaloes, deer, boars and spotted deer, that road must be travelled by eaters of flesh.

Verse 44 (14.100.44)

सूचीसुतीक्ष्णतुण्डाभिर्मक्षिकाभिः समन्ततः । तुद्यमानैश्च गन्तव्यं पापिष्ठैर्बालघातकैः ॥

sūcīsutīkṣṇatuṇḍābhirmakṣikābhiḥ samantataḥ | tudyamānaiśca gantavyaṃ pāpiṣṭhairbālaghātakaiḥ

Pricked on all sides by flies with beaks as sharp as needles, the worst of sinners, the killers of children, must go.

Verse 45 (14.100.45)

विस्रब्धं स्वामिनं मित्रं स्त्रियं वा घ्रन्ति ये नराः । शस्त्रैर्निर्भिद्यमानैश्च गन्तव्यं यमसादनम् ॥

visrabdhaṃ svāminaṃ mitraṃ striyaṃ vā ghranti ye narāḥ | śastrairnirbhidyamānaiśca gantavyaṃ yamasādanam

Those men who kill a trusting master, a friend or a woman must go to Yama's abode with their bodies cut by weapons.

Verse 46 (14.100.46)

खादयन्ति च ये जीवान्दुःखमापादयन्ति च । राक्षसैश्च श्वभिश्चैव भक्ष्यमाणा व्रजन्ति च ॥

khādayanti ca ye jīvānduḥkhamāpādayanti ca | rākṣasaiśca śvabhiścaiva bhakṣyamāṇā vrajanti ca

Those who have living creatures eaten and inflict suffering go along devoured by Rakshasas and dogs.

Verse 47 (14.100.47)

ये हरन्ति च वस्त्राणि शय्यां प्रावरणानि च । ते यान्ति विद्रुता नग्नाः पिशाचा इव तत्पथं ॥

ye haranti ca vastrāṇi śayyāṃ prāvaraṇāni ca | te yānti vidrutā nagnāḥ piśācā iva tatpathaṃ

Those who steal garments, beds and coverings go along that road naked and fleeing, like pishachas.

Verse 48 (14.100.48)

गाश्च धान्यं हिरण्यं वा बलात्क्षेत्रं गृहं तथा । ये हरन्ति दुरात्मानः परस्वं पापकारिणः ॥

gāśca dhānyaṃ hiraṇyaṃ vā balātkṣetraṃ gṛhaṃ tathā | ye haranti durātmānaḥ parasvaṃ pāpakāriṇaḥ

Cows, grain, gold, or a field or a house taken by force: the wicked, sinful men who seize another's property

Verse 49 (14.100.49)

पाषाणैरुल्मुकैर्दण्डैः काष्ठघातैश्च झर्झरैः । हन्यमानैः क्षताकीर्णैर्गन्तव्यं तैर्यमालयम् ॥

pāṣāṇairulmukairdaṇḍaiḥ kāṣṭhaghātaiśca jharjharaiḥ | hanyamānaiḥ kṣatākīrṇairgantavyaṃ tairyamālayam

must go to Yama's abode struck with stones, firebrands, clubs, blows of wood and rods, and covered with wounds.

Note on the text: Corrected चर्झरैः → झर्झरैः (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads jharjharaiḥ). Corrected नन्तव्यं → गन्तव्यं (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads gantavyaṃ). Not a numbered verse of the critical edition proper: this adhyaya is part of Appendix I No. 4 (the Vaishnavadharma passage inserted after 14.96.15), printed inline at 14,096.015d@004_0679–0680.

Verse 50 (14.100.50)

ब्रह्मस्वं ये हरन्तीह नरा नरकनिर्भयाः । आक्रोशन्तीह ये नित्यं प्रहरन्ति च ये द्विजान् ॥

brahmasvaṃ ye harantīha narā narakanirbhayāḥ | ākrośantīha ye nityaṃ praharanti ca ye dvijān

The men who steal a Brahmin's property and fear no hell, who always abuse Brahmins and strike them,

Verse 51 (14.100.51)

शुष्ककण्ठा निबद्धास्ते छिन्नजिह्वाक्षिनासिकाः । पूयशोणितदुर्गन्धा भक्ष्यमाणाश्च जंबुकैः ॥

śuṣkakaṇṭhā nibaddhāste chinnajihvākṣināsikāḥ | pūyaśoṇitadurgandhā bhakṣyamāṇāśca jaṃbukaiḥ

are bound, their throats parched, their tongues, eyes and noses cut off, stinking of pus and blood, and are devoured by jackals.

Note on the text: Not a numbered verse of the critical edition proper: this adhyaya is part of Appendix I No. 4 (the Vaishnavadharma passage inserted after 14.96.15), printed inline at 14,096.015d@004_0683–0684. Wikisource reads भक्ष्यमाणाश्च जंबुकैः (CE: bhakṣyante kākajambukaiḥ); kept as a recension reading.

Verse 52 (14.100.52)

चण्डालैर्भीषणैश्चण्डैस्तुद्यमानाः समन्ततः । क्रोशन्तः करुणं घोरं गच्छन्ति यमसादनम् ॥

caṇḍālairbhīṣaṇaiścaṇḍaistudyamānāḥ samantataḥ | krośantaḥ karuṇaṃ ghoraṃ gacchanti yamasādanam

Pricked on all sides by fierce and terrible Chandalas, crying out piteously and dreadfully, they go to Yama's abode.

Note on the text: Corrected यमासादनम् → यमसादनम् (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads yamasādanam). Not a numbered verse of the critical edition proper: this adhyaya is part of Appendix I No. 4 (the Vaishnavadharma passage inserted after 14.96.15), printed inline at 14,096.015d@004_0685–0686.

Verse 53 (14.100.53)

तत्र चापि गताः पापा विष्ठाकूपेष्वनेकशः । जीवन्तो वर्षकोटीस्तु क्लिश्यन्ते वेदनात्ततः ॥

tatra cāpi gatāḥ pāpā viṣṭhākūpeṣvanekaśaḥ | jīvanto varṣakoṭīstu kliśyante vedanāttataḥ

There too the sinners, falling again and again into pits of excrement, live on for crores of years and suffer pain.

Verse 54 (14.100.54)

ततश्च मुक्ताः कालेन लोके चास्मिन्नराधमाः । विष्ठाक्रिमित्वं गच्छन्ति जन्मकोटिशतं नृप ॥

tataśca muktāḥ kālena loke cāsminnarādhamāḥ | viṣṭhākrimitvaṃ gacchanti janmakoṭiśataṃ nṛpa

Then, released after a time, those lowest of men become worms in excrement in this world, for a hundred crore births, O king.

Verse 55 (14.100.55)

विद्यमानधनैर्यैस्तु लोभडंभानृतान्वितैः । श्रोत्रियेभ्यो न दत्तानि दानानि कुरुपुङ्गव ॥

vidyamānadhanairyaistu lobhaḍaṃbhānṛtānvitaiḥ | śrotriyebhyo na dattāni dānāni kurupuṅgava

Those who, though they have wealth, are full of greed, hypocrisy and falsehood, and have given no gifts to learned Brahmins, O best of the Kurus,

Verse 56 (14.100.56)

ग्रीवापाशनिबद्धास्ते हन्यमानाश्च राक्षसैः । क्षुत्पिपासाश्रमार्तास्तु यान्ति प्रेतपुरं नराः ॥

grīvāpāśanibaddhāste hanyamānāśca rākṣasaiḥ | kṣutpipāsāśramārtāstu yānti pretapuraṃ narāḥ

bound by nooses at the neck and beaten by Rakshasas, tormented by hunger, thirst and weariness, those men go to the city of the dead.

Verse 57 (14.100.57)

अदत्तदाना गच्छन्ति शुष्ककण्ठास्यतालुकाः । अन्नं पानीयसहितं प्रार्थयन्तः पुनःपुनः ॥

adattadānā gacchanti śuṣkakaṇṭhāsyatālukāḥ | annaṃ pānīyasahitaṃ prārthayantaḥ punaḥpunaḥ

Those who gave no gifts go with throats, mouths and palates parched, begging again and again for food and water.

Verse 58 (14.100.58)

स्वामिन्बुभुक्षातृष्णार्ता गन्तुं नैवाद्य शक्नुमः । ममान्नं दीयतां स्वामिन्पानीयं दीयतां मम । इति ब्रुवन्तस्तैर्दूतैः प्राप्यन्ते वै यमालयम् ॥

svāminbubhukṣātṛṣṇārtā gantuṃ naivādya śaknumaḥ | mamānnaṃ dīyatāṃ svāminpānīyaṃ dīyatāṃ mama | iti bruvantastairdūtaiḥ prāpyante vai yamālayam

'Lord, we are tormented by hunger and thirst and cannot go on today. Give me food, lord; give me water.' Crying out thus, they are brought by those messengers to Yama's abode.

Note on the text: Corrected स्वामिन्बुभक्षा → स्वामिन्बुभुक्षा (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads bubhukṣā). Not a numbered verse of the critical edition proper: this adhyaya is part of Appendix I No. 4 (the Vaishnavadharma passage inserted after 14.96.15), printed inline at 14,096.015d@004_0697–0699.

वैशम्पायन उवाच · Vaishampayana said

Verse 59 (14.100.59)

तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं विष्णोः पपात भुवि पाण्डवः । निस्संज्ञो भयसंत्रस्तो मूर्छया समभिप्लुतः ॥

tacchrutvā vacanaṃ viṣṇoḥ papāta bhuvi pāṇḍavaḥ | nissaṃjño bhayasaṃtrasto mūrchayā samabhiplutaḥ

Hearing these words of Vishnu, the Pandava fell to the ground, senseless, trembling with fear, overwhelmed by a swoon.

Verse 60 (14.100.60)

ततो लब्ध्वा शनैः संज्ञां समाश्वस्तोच्युतेन सः । नेत्रे प्रक्षाल्य तोयेन भूयः केशवमब्रवीत् ॥

tato labdhvā śanaiḥ saṃjñāṃ samāśvastocyutena saḥ | netre prakṣālya toyena bhūyaḥ keśavamabravīt

Then, slowly regaining consciousness, comforted by Achyuta, he washed his eyes with water and spoke again to Keshava.

युधिष्ठिर उवाच · Yudhishthira said

Verse 61 (14.100.61)

भीतोस्म्यहं महादेव श्रुत्वा मार्गस्य विस्तरम् । केनोपायेन तं मार्गं तरन्ति पुरुषाः सुखम् ॥

bhītosmyahaṃ mahādeva śrutvā mārgasya vistaram | kenopāyena taṃ mārgaṃ taranti puruṣāḥ sukham

I am afraid, great God, having heard the length of that road. By what means do men cross that road in comfort?

Note on the text: Not a numbered verse of the critical edition proper: this adhyaya is part of Appendix I No. 4 (the Vaishnavadharma passage inserted after 14.96.15), printed inline at 14,096.015d@004_0704–0705. Speaker: Yudhishthira. These are his own words, printed under the Vaishampayana heading of verse 59 without a new heading, so they are given to Yudhishthira.

वासुदेव उवाच · Vasudeva (Krishna) said

Verse 62 (14.100.62)

इह ये धार्मिका लोके जीवघातविवर्जिताः । गुरुशुश्रूषणे युक्ता देवब्राह्मणपूजकाः ॥

iha ye dhārmikā loke jīvaghātavivarjitāḥ | guruśuśrūṣaṇe yuktā devabrāhmaṇapūjakāḥ

Those in this world who are righteous, free from harming living beings, devoted to serving their elders, worshippers of the gods and Brahmins,

Note on the text: Corrected जीवगात → जीवघात (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads jīvaghāta). Not a numbered verse of the critical edition proper: this adhyaya is part of Appendix I No. 4 (the Vaishnavadharma passage inserted after 14.96.15), printed inline at 14,096.015d@004_0706–0707. Speaker: Krishna; no heading is printed on the page.

Verse 63 (14.100.63)

अस्मान्मानुष्यलोकात्ते सभार्याः सहबान्धवाः । यमध्वानं तु गच्छन्ति यथावत्तं निबोध मे ॥

asmānmānuṣyalokātte sabhāryāḥ sahabāndhavāḥ | yamadhvānaṃ tu gacchanti yathāvattaṃ nibodha me

depart from this human world with their wives and kinsmen to the road of Yama. Learn from me exactly how they go.

Note on the text: Corrected समार्याः → सभार्याः (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads sabhāryāḥ). Not a numbered verse of the critical edition proper: this adhyaya is part of Appendix I No. 4 (the Vaishnavadharma passage inserted after 14.96.15), printed inline at 14,096.015d@004_0708–0709.

Verse 64 (14.100.64)

ब्राह्मणेभ्यः प्रदानानि नानारूपाणि पाण्डव । ये प्रयच्छन्ति विप्रेभ्यस्ते सुखं यान्ति तत्फलम् ॥

brāhmaṇebhyaḥ pradānāni nānārūpāṇi pāṇḍava | ye prayacchanti viprebhyaste sukhaṃ yānti tatphalam

Gifts of many kinds to Brahmins, Pandava: those who give them to Brahmins go happily and reach the fruit of them.

Note on the text: Not a numbered verse of the critical edition proper: this adhyaya is part of Appendix I No. 4 (the Vaishnavadharma passage inserted after 14.96.15), printed inline at 14,096.015d@004_0710–0711. Wikisource reads यान्ति तत्फलम् (CE: yānti tatpatham); kept as a recension reading.

Verse 65 (14.100.65)

अन्नं ये च प्रयच्छन्ति ब्राह्मणेभ्यः सुसंस्कृतम् । श्रोत्रियेभ्यो विशेषेण प्रीत्या परमया युताः ॥

annaṃ ye ca prayacchanti brāhmaṇebhyaḥ susaṃskṛtam | śrotriyebhyo viśeṣeṇa prītyā paramayā yutāḥ

And those who give well-prepared food to Brahmins, especially to learned ones, with supreme affection,

Note on the text: Corrected क्षोत्रियेभ्यो → श्रोत्रियेभ्यो (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads śrotriyebhyo). Not a numbered verse of the critical edition proper: this adhyaya is part of Appendix I No. 4 (the Vaishnavadharma passage inserted after 14.96.15), printed inline at 14,096.015d@004_0712–0713.

Verse 66 (14.100.66)

ते विमानैर्महात्मानो यान्ति चित्रैर्यमालयम् । सेव्यमाना वरस्त्रीभिरप्सरोभिर्महापथम् ॥

te vimānairmahātmāno yānti citrairyamālayam | sevyamānā varastrībhirapsarobhirmahāpatham

those great souls go to Yama's abode in splendid aerial cars, served along the great road by lovely women, by apsarases.

Verse 67 (14.100.67)

ये च नित्यं प्रभाषन्ते सत्यं निष्कल्मषं वचः । ते च यान्त्यमलाभ्राभैर्विमानैर्वृषयोजितैः ॥

ye ca nityaṃ prabhāṣante satyaṃ niṣkalmaṣaṃ vacaḥ | te ca yāntyamalābhrābhairvimānairvṛṣayojitaiḥ

And those who always speak true and spotless words also go in cars as bright as clear clouds, drawn by bulls.

Verse 68 (14.100.68)

कपिलाद्यानि पुण्यानि गोप्रदानानि ये नराः । ब्राह्मणेभ्यः प्रयच्छन्ति श्रोत्रियेभ्यो विशेषतः ॥

kapilādyāni puṇyāni gopradānāni ye narāḥ | brāhmaṇebhyaḥ prayacchanti śrotriyebhyo viśeṣataḥ

Those men who give meritorious cows, the Kapila and the others, to Brahmins, especially to learned ones,

Verse 69 (14.100.69)

ते यान्त्यमलवर्णाभैर्विमानैर्वृषयोजितैः । वैवस्वतपुरं प्राप्य ह्यप्सरोभिर्निषेविताः ॥

te yāntyamalavarṇābhairvimānairvṛṣayojitaiḥ | vaivasvatapuraṃ prāpya hyapsarobhirniṣevitāḥ

go in cars of spotless hue, drawn by bulls, and on reaching the city of Vaivasvata are attended by apsarases.

Verse 70 (14.100.70)

उपानहौ च च्छत्रं च शयनान्यासनानि च । विप्रेभ्यो ये प्रयच्छन्ति वस्त्राण्याभरणानि च ॥

upānahau ca cchatraṃ ca śayanānyāsanāni ca | viprebhyo ye prayacchanti vastrāṇyābharaṇāni ca

Sandals, an umbrella, beds, seats, garments and ornaments: those who give these to Brahmins

Verse 71 (14.100.71)

ते यान्त्यश्वैर्वृषैर्वाऽपि कुञ्जरैरप्यलङ्कृताः । धर्मराजपुरं रम्यं सौवर्णच्छत्रशोभिताः ॥

te yāntyaśvairvṛṣairvā'pi kuñjarairapyalaṅkṛtāḥ | dharmarājapuraṃ ramyaṃ sauvarṇacchatraśobhitāḥ

go adorned, on horses, bulls or elephants, to Dharmaraja's lovely city, shining with golden umbrellas.

Verse 72 (14.100.72)

ये च भक्ष्याणि दास्यन्ति भोज्यं पेयं तथैव च । स्निग्धान्नान्यपि विप्रेभ्यः श्रद्धया परया युताः ॥

ye ca bhakṣyāṇi dāsyanti bhojyaṃ peyaṃ tathaiva ca | snigdhānnānyapi viprebhyaḥ śraddhayā parayā yutāḥ

Those who will give things to eat, things to chew, drink, and rich, oily dishes to Brahmins, endowed with supreme faith,

Note on the text: Corrected स्निग्धान्नान्यापि → स्निग्धान्नान्यपि (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads snigdhānnāny api). Not a numbered verse of the critical edition proper: this adhyaya is part of Appendix I No. 4 (the Vaishnavadharma passage inserted after 14.96.15), printed inline at 14,096.015d@004_0726–0727.

Verse 73 (14.100.73)

ते यान्ति काञ्चनैर्यानैः सुखं वैवस्वतालयम् । वरस्त्रीभिर्यथाकामं सेव्यमानाः सहस्रशः ॥

te yānti kāñcanairyānaiḥ sukhaṃ vaivasvatālayam | varastrībhiryathākāmaṃ sevyamānāḥ sahasraśaḥ

go happily to Vaivasvata's abode in golden vehicles, served by thousands of lovely women as they wish.

Note on the text: Corrected काञ्चनार्यानैः → काञ्चनैर्यानैः (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads kāñcanair yānaiḥ). Not a numbered verse of the critical edition proper: this adhyaya is part of Appendix I No. 4 (the Vaishnavadharma passage inserted after 14.96.15), printed inline at 14,096.015d@004_0728–0729.

Verse 74 (14.100.74)

ये च क्षीरं प्रयच्छन्ति घृतं दधि गुडं मधु । ब्राह्मणेभ्यः प्रयत्नेन श्रद्दधानाः सुसंस्कृताः ॥

ye ca kṣīraṃ prayacchanti ghṛtaṃ dadhi guḍaṃ madhu | brāhmaṇebhyaḥ prayatnena śraddadhānāḥ susaṃskṛtāḥ

Those who give milk, ghee, curd, jaggery and honey to Brahmins with care, faithful and of refined character,

Verse 75 (14.100.75)

चक्रवाकप्रयुक्तैस्तु यानै रुक्ममयैः शुभैः । यान्ति गन्धर्ववादित्रैः सेव्यमाना यमालयम् ॥

cakravākaprayuktaistu yānai rukmamayaiḥ śubhaiḥ | yānti gandharvavāditraiḥ sevyamānā yamālayam

go to Yama's abode in splendid golden vehicles yoked with chakravaka birds, served by Gandharvas with music.

Verse 76 (14.100.76)

ये फलानि प्रयच्छन्ति पुष्पाणि सुरभीणि च । हंसयुक्तैर्विमानैस्तु यान्ति धर्मपुरं नराः ॥

ye phalāni prayacchanti puṣpāṇi surabhīṇi ca | haṃsayuktairvimānaistu yānti dharmapuraṃ narāḥ

Those who give fruits and fragrant flowers go to the city of Dharma in cars yoked with swans.

Verse 77 (14.100.77)

ये प्रयच्छन्ति विप्रेभ्यो विचित्रान्नं घृताप्लुतम् । ते व्रजन्त्यमलाभ्राभैर्विमानैर्वायुवेगिभिः । पुरं तत्प्रेतनाथस्य नानाजनसमाकुलम् ॥

ye prayacchanti viprebhyo vicitrānnaṃ ghṛtāplutam | te vrajantyamalābhrābhairvimānairvāyuvegibhiḥ | puraṃ tatpretanāthasya nānājanasamākulam

Those who give Brahmins varied food steeped in ghee go in spotless cars, bright as clouds, swift as the wind, to that city of the Lord of the Departed, crowded with many people.

Note on the text: Corrected व्रजनत्यमलाभ्राभैर् → व्रजन्त्यमलाभ्राभैर् (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads vrajanty amalābhrābhair). Not a numbered verse of the critical edition proper: this adhyaya is part of Appendix I No. 4 (the Vaishnavadharma passage inserted after 14.96.15), printed inline at 14,096.015d@004_0736–0738.

Verse 78 (14.100.78)

पानीयं ये प्रयच्छन्ति सर्वभूतप्रजीवनम् । ते सुतृप्ताः सुखं यान्ति भवनैर्हंसचोदितैः ॥

pānīyaṃ ye prayacchanti sarvabhūtaprajīvanam | te sutṛptāḥ sukhaṃ yānti bhavanairhaṃsacoditaiḥ

Those who give water, the sustainer of all beings, go well satisfied and happy in mansions drawn by swans.

Verse 79 (14.100.79)

ये तिलं तिलधेनुं वा घृतधेनुमथापि च । श्रोत्रियेभ्यः प्रयच्छन्ति सौम्यभावसमन्विताः ॥

ye tilaṃ tiladhenuṃ vā ghṛtadhenumathāpi ca | śrotriyebhyaḥ prayacchanti saumyabhāvasamanvitāḥ

Those who give sesame, or a cow made of sesame, or a cow made of ghee, to learned Brahmins, with gentle hearts,

Note on the text: Corrected धृतधेनु → घृतधेनु (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads ghṛtadhenum). Not a numbered verse of the critical edition proper: this adhyaya is part of Appendix I No. 4 (the Vaishnavadharma passage inserted after 14.96.15), printed inline at 14,096.015d@004_0741–0742.

Verse 80 (14.100.80)

सूर्यमण्डलसंकाशैर्यानैस्ते यान्ति निर्मलैः । गीयमानैस्तु गन्धर्वैर्वैवस्वतपुरं नृप ॥

sūryamaṇḍalasaṃkāśairyānaiste yānti nirmalaiḥ | gīyamānaistu gandharvairvaivasvatapuraṃ nṛpa

go in spotless vehicles shining like the orb of the sun, sung to by Gandharvas, to the city of Vaivasvata, O king.

Note on the text: Not a numbered verse of the critical edition proper: this adhyaya is part of Appendix I No. 4 (the Vaishnavadharma passage inserted after 14.96.15), printed inline at 14,096.015d@004_0743–0744. Wikisource reads सूर्यमण्डलसंकाशैः (CE: somamaṇḍalasaṃkāśaiḥ); kept as a recension reading.

Verse 81 (14.100.81)

येषां वाप्यश्च कूपाश्च तटाकानि सरांसि च । दीर्घिकाः पुष्करिण्यश्च सजलाश्च जलाशयाः ॥

yeṣāṃ vāpyaśca kūpāśca taṭākāni sarāṃsi ca | dīrghikāḥ puṣkariṇyaśca sajalāśca jalāśayāḥ

Those who have wells, tanks, lakes, ponds, long pools, lotus-pools and reservoirs full of water,

Verse 82 (14.100.82)

यानैस्ते यान्ति चन्द्राभैर्दिव्यघण्टानिनादितैः । चामरैस्तालवृन्तैश्च वीज्यमाना महाप्रभाः । नित्यतृप्ता महात्मानो गच्छन्ति यमसादनम् ॥

yānaiste yānti candrābhairdivyaghaṇṭānināditaiḥ | cāmaraistālavṛntaiśca vījyamānā mahāprabhāḥ | nityatṛptā mahātmāno gacchanti yamasādanam

go in moon-bright vehicles with divine bells ringing, fanned with chamaras and palm-leaf fans, resplendent, ever satisfied great souls, to Yama's abode.

Verse 83 (14.100.83)

येषां देवगृहाणीह चित्राण्यायतनानि च । मनोहराणि कान्तानि दर्शनीयानि भान्ति च ॥

yeṣāṃ devagṛhāṇīha citrāṇyāyatanāni ca | manoharāṇi kāntāni darśanīyāni bhānti ca

Those who have temples of the gods here and lovely sanctuaries, charming, delightful, beautiful to behold,

Verse 84 (14.100.84)

ते व्रजन्त्यमलाभ्राभैर्विमानैर्वायुवेगिभिः । पुरं तत्प्रेतनाथस्य नानाजनपदाकुलम् ॥

te vrajantyamalābhrābhairvimānairvāyuvegibhiḥ | puraṃ tatpretanāthasya nānājanapadākulam

go in spotless cars, bright as clouds, swift as the wind, to that city of the Lord of the Departed, teeming with many settlements.

Note on the text: Not a numbered verse of the critical edition proper: this adhyaya is part of Appendix I No. 4 (the Vaishnavadharma passage inserted after 14.96.15), printed inline at 14,096.015d@004_0752–0753. Wikisource reads नानाजनपदाकुलम् (CE: nānājanasamākulam); kept as a recension reading.

Verse 85 (14.100.85)

वैवस्वतं च पश्यन्ति सुखचित्तं सुखस्थितम् । यमेन पूजिता यान्ति देवसालोक्यतां ततः ॥

vaivasvataṃ ca paśyanti sukhacittaṃ sukhasthitam | yamena pūjitā yānti devasālokyatāṃ tataḥ

They see Vaivasvata, cheerful and comfortably seated; honoured by Yama, they then attain dwelling with the gods.

Verse 86 (14.100.86)

देवानुद्दिश्य लोकेषु प्रपासु करकोद्धृतम् । शीतलं सलिलं रम्यं तृषितेभ्यो दिशन्ति ये । ते तु तृप्तिं परां यान्ति प्राप्य सौख्यं महापथम् ॥

devānuddiśya lokeṣu prapāsu karakoddhṛtam | śītalaṃ salilaṃ ramyaṃ tṛṣitebhyo diśanti ye | te tu tṛptiṃ parāṃ yānti prāpya saukhyaṃ mahāpatham

Those who, for the sake of the gods, give in the water-sheds of the world cool, pleasant water drawn up in jars to the thirsty reach supreme satisfaction, and find joy on the great road.

Note on the text: Corrected तृप्ति परां → तृप्तिं परां (misprint in Wikisource; missing anusvara; the critical edition reads tṛptiṃ parāṃ). Not a numbered verse of the critical edition proper: this adhyaya is part of Appendix I No. 4 (the Vaishnavadharma passage inserted after 14.96.15), printed inline at 14,096.015d@004_0756–0758.

Verse 87 (14.100.87)

काष्ठपादुकदा यान्ति तदध्वानं सुखं नराः । सौवर्णमणिपीठे तु पादं कृत्वा रथोत्तमे ॥

kāṣṭhapādukadā yānti tadadhvānaṃ sukhaṃ narāḥ | sauvarṇamaṇipīṭhe tu pādaṃ kṛtvā rathottame

Givers of wooden sandals go along that road in comfort, setting their feet on a golden, jewelled footstool in a splendid chariot.

Note on the text: Corrected स्थोत्तमे → रथोत्तमे (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads rathottame). Not a numbered verse of the critical edition proper: this adhyaya is part of Appendix I No. 4 (the Vaishnavadharma passage inserted after 14.96.15), printed inline at 14,096.015d@004_0759–0760. Wikisource reads पीठे … पादं (CE: pīṭheṣu … pādau); kept as a recension reading.

Verse 88 (14.100.88)

आरामान्वृक्षषण्डांश्च रोपयन्ति च ये नराः । संवर्धयन्ति चाव्यग्रं फलपुष्पोपशोभितम् ॥

ārāmānvṛkṣaṣaṇḍāṃśca ropayanti ca ye narāḥ | saṃvardhayanti cāvyagraṃ phalapuṣpopaśobhitam

Men who plant groves and clusters of trees and tend them without flagging until they are adorned with fruit and flowers,

Verse 89 (14.100.89)

वृक्षच्छायासु रम्यासु शीतलासु स्वलङ्कृताः । यान्ति ते वाहनैर्दिव्यैः पूज्यमाना मुहुर्मुहुः ॥

vṛkṣacchāyāsu ramyāsu śītalāsu svalaṅkṛtāḥ | yānti te vāhanairdivyaiḥ pūjyamānā muhurmuhuḥ

go, well adorned, in divine vehicles, honoured again and again, in the lovely cool shade of trees,

Verse 90 (14.100.90)

सेव्यमानाः सुरूपाभिरुत्तमाभिः प्रयत्नतः । स्त्रीभिः कनकवर्णाभिर्यथाकामं यथासुखम् ॥

sevyamānāḥ surūpābhiruttamābhiḥ prayatnataḥ | strībhiḥ kanakavarṇābhiryathākāmaṃ yathāsukham

served with care by excellent, beautiful women of golden hue, as they wish and in comfort.

Verse 91 (14.100.91)

अश्वयानं तु गोयानं हस्तियानमथापि च । ये प्रयच्छन्ति विप्रेभ्यो विमानैः कनकोपमैः ॥

aśvayānaṃ tu goyānaṃ hastiyānamathāpi ca | ye prayacchanti viprebhyo vimānaiḥ kanakopamaiḥ

A horse-carriage, a cow-carriage, an elephant-carriage: those who give these to Brahmins go in cars like gold.

Verse 92 (14.100.92)

सुवर्णं रजतं वाऽपि विद्रुमं मौक्तिकं तथा । ये प्रयच्छन्ति ते यान्ति विमानैः कनकोज्ज्वलैः । ते व्रजन्ति वरस्त्रीभिः सेव्यमाना यथासुखम् ॥

suvarṇaṃ rajataṃ vā'pi vidrumaṃ mauktikaṃ tathā | ye prayacchanti te yānti vimānaiḥ kanakojjvalaiḥ | te vrajanti varastrībhiḥ sevyamānā yathāsukham

Gold, silver, coral or pearls: those who give these go in cars bright as gold; they go served by lovely women, in comfort.

Verse 93 (14.100.93)

भूमिदा यान्ति तं लोकं सर्वकामैः सुतर्पिताः । उदितादित्यसंकाशैर्विमानैर्वृषयोजितैः ॥

bhūmidā yānti taṃ lokaṃ sarvakāmaiḥ sutarpitāḥ | uditādityasaṃkāśairvimānairvṛṣayojitaiḥ

Givers of land go to that world, fully gratified in every desire, in cars yoked with bulls, shining like the risen sun.

Verse 94 (14.100.94)

कन्यां ये च प्रयच्छन्ति विप्राय श्रोत्रियाय च । दिव्यकन्यावृता यान्ति विमानैस्ते यमालयम् ॥

kanyāṃ ye ca prayacchanti viprāya śrotriyāya ca | divyakanyāvṛtā yānti vimānaiste yamālayam

Those who give a maiden to a Brahmin learned in the Veda go to Yama's abode in cars, surrounded by divine maidens.

Verse 95 (14.100.95)

सुगन्धान्गन्धसंयोगान्पुष्पाणि सुरभीणि च । प्रयच्छन्ति द्विजाग्रेभ्यो भक्त्या परमया युताः ॥

sugandhāngandhasaṃyogānpuṣpāṇi surabhīṇi ca | prayacchanti dvijāgrebhyo bhaktyā paramayā yutāḥ

Fragrances, perfumes and sweet-smelling flowers: those who give them to the best of Brahmins with supreme devotion,

Note on the text: Corrected भक्तया → भक्त्या (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct). Not a numbered verse of the critical edition proper: this adhyaya is part of Appendix I No. 4 (the Vaishnavadharma passage inserted after 14.96.15), printed inline at 14,096.015d@004_0776–0777.

Verse 96 (14.100.96)

सुगन्धाः सुष्ठुवेषाश्च सुप्रभाः स्रग्विभूषणाः । यान्ति धर्मपुरं यानैर्विचित्रैरप्यलङ्कृताः ॥

sugandhāḥ suṣṭhuveṣāśca suprabhāḥ sragvibhūṣaṇāḥ | yānti dharmapuraṃ yānairvicitrairapyalaṅkṛtāḥ

fragrant, handsomely dressed, radiant, wearing garlands and ornaments, go to the city of Dharma adorned with splendid vehicles.

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (Appendix I No. 4, 14,096.015d@004_0778): Wikisource's first line is a repeat of its second line (सुगन्धाः धर्मपुरं यानैर्विचित्रैरप्यलङ्कृताः); the line is replaced by CE sugandhāḥ suṣṭhuveṣāś ca suprabhāḥ sragvibhūṣaṇāḥ. Not a numbered verse of the critical edition proper: this adhyaya is part of Appendix I No. 4 (the Vaishnavadharma passage inserted after 14.96.15), printed inline at 14,096.015d@004_0778–0779.

Verse 97 (14.100.97)

दीपदा यान्ति यानैश्च द्योतयन्तो दिशो दश । आदित्यसदृशाकारैर्दीप्यमाना इवाग्नयः ॥

dīpadā yānti yānaiśca dyotayanto diśo daśa | ādityasadṛśākārairdīpyamānā ivāgnayaḥ

Givers of lamps go in vehicles, lighting up the ten directions, in forms like the sun, blazing like fires.

Note on the text: Corrected दीपया → दीपदा (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads dīpadā). Not a numbered verse of the critical edition proper: this adhyaya is part of Appendix I No. 4 (the Vaishnavadharma passage inserted after 14.96.15), printed inline at 14,096.015d@004_0780–0781.

Verse 98 (14.100.98)

गृहावसथदातारो गृहैः काञ्चनवेदिकैः । व्रजन्ति बालसूर्याभैर्धर्मराजपुरं नराः ॥

gṛhāvasathadātāro gṛhaiḥ kāñcanavedikaiḥ | vrajanti bālasūryābhairdharmarājapuraṃ narāḥ

Givers of lodging for guests go in houses with golden platforms, bright as the young sun, to Dharmaraja's city.

Verse 99 (14.100.99)

जलभाजनदातारः कुण्डिकाकरकप्रदाः । पूज्यमाना वरस्त्रीभिर्यान्ति तृप्ता महागजैः ॥

jalabhājanadātāraḥ kuṇḍikākarakapradāḥ | pūjyamānā varastrībhiryānti tṛptā mahāgajaiḥ

Givers of water-vessels, of pitchers and water-jars, honoured by lovely women, go satisfied on great elephants.

Verse 100 (14.100.100)

पादाभ्यङ्गं शिरोभ्यङ्गं पानं पादोदकं तथा । ये प्रयच्छन्ति विप्रेभ्यस्ते यान्त्यश्वैर्यमालयम् ॥

pādābhyaṅgaṃ śirobhyaṅgaṃ pānaṃ pādodakaṃ tathā | ye prayacchanti viprebhyaste yāntyaśvairyamālayam

Those who give Brahmins foot-anointing, head-anointing, drink and foot-water go to Yama's abode on horses.

Note on the text: Corrected शिरोभ्यह्गं → शिरोभ्यङ्गं (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads śirobhyaṅgaṃ). Not a numbered verse of the critical edition proper: this adhyaya is part of Appendix I No. 4 (the Vaishnavadharma passage inserted after 14.96.15), printed inline at 14,096.015d@004_0786–0787.

Verse 101 (14.100.101)

विश्रामायन्ति ये विप्राञ्श्रान्तानध्वनि कर्शितान् । चक्रवाकप्रयुक्तेन यान्ति यानेन तेऽपि च ॥

viśrāmāyanti ye viprāñśrāntānadhvani karśitān | cakravākaprayuktena yānti yānena te'pi ca

Those who give rest to Brahmins weary and worn on the road go also in a vehicle yoked with chakravaka birds.

Verse 102 (14.100.102)

स्वागतेन च यो विप्रान्पूजयेदासनेन च । स गच्छति तदध्वानं सुखं परमनिर्वृतः ॥

svāgatena ca yo viprānpūjayedāsanena ca | sa gacchati tadadhvānaṃ sukhaṃ paramanirvṛtaḥ

He who honours Brahmins with a welcome and a seat goes on that road in comfort, supremely content.

Verse 103 (14.100.103)

नमो ब्रह्मण्यदेवेति यो मां दृष्ट्वाऽभिवादयेत् । व्रतवत् प्रयतो नित्यं स सुखं तत्पदं व्रजेत् ॥

namo brahmaṇyadeveti yo māṃ dṛṣṭvā'bhivādayet | vratavat prayato nityaṃ sa sukhaṃ tatpadaṃ vrajet

He who, on seeing me, salutes with the words 'Homage to the God of Brahmins', ever restrained, as if keeping a vow, goes happily to that abode.

Note on the text: Corrected व्रतीवं → व्रतवत् (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads vratavat). Not a numbered verse of the critical edition proper: this adhyaya is part of Appendix I No. 4 (the Vaishnavadharma passage inserted after 14.96.15), printed inline at 14,096.015d@004_0792–0793.

Verse 104 (14.100.104)

नमः सर्वसहाभ्यश्चेत्यभिख्याय दिनेदिने । नमस्करोति नित्यं गां स सुखं याति तत्पथं ॥

namaḥ sarvasahābhyaścetyabhikhyāya dinedine | namaskaroti nityaṃ gāṃ sa sukhaṃ yāti tatpathaṃ

He who each day says 'Homage to the all-enduring ones' and always bows to the cow goes happily on that road.

Note on the text: Not a numbered verse of the critical edition proper: this adhyaya is part of Appendix I No. 4 (the Vaishnavadharma passage inserted after 14.96.15), printed inline at 14,096.015d@004_0794–0795. Wikisource reads नमः सर्वसहाभ्यः … नमस्करोति नित्यं गाम् (CE: namaḥ sarvasabhābhyaḥ … namaskaroti gobhyo yaḥ); kept as a recension reading.

Verse 105 (14.100.105)

नमोस्तु प्रियदत्तायेत्येवंवादी दिनेदिने । भूमिमाक्रमते प्रातः शयनादुत्थितश्च यः ॥

namostu priyadattāyetyevaṃvādī dinedine | bhūmimākramate prātaḥ śayanādutthitaśca yaḥ

He who each day says 'Homage to Priyadatta' and, rising from his bed in the morning, steps upon the earth,

Note on the text: Corrected सयनादुत्थितश्च → शयनादुत्थितश्च (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads śayanād utthitaś ca). Not a numbered verse of the critical edition proper: this adhyaya is part of Appendix I No. 4 (the Vaishnavadharma passage inserted after 14.96.15), printed inline at 14,096.015d@004_0796–0797.

Verse 106 (14.100.106)

सर्वकामैः स तृप्तात्मा सर्वभूषणभूषितः । याति यानेन दिव्येन सुखं वैवस्वतालयम् ॥

sarvakāmaiḥ sa tṛptātmā sarvabhūṣaṇabhūṣitaḥ | yāti yānena divyena sukhaṃ vaivasvatālayam

satisfied in every desire, adorned with every ornament, goes happily in a divine vehicle to Vaivasvata's abode.

Note on the text: Corrected सुकं → सुखं (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads sukhaṃ). Not a numbered verse of the critical edition proper: this adhyaya is part of Appendix I No. 4 (the Vaishnavadharma passage inserted after 14.96.15), printed inline at 14,096.015d@004_0798–0799.

Verse 107 (14.100.107)

अनन्तराशिनो ये तु डंभानृतविवर्जिताः । तेऽपि सारसयुक्तेन यान्ति यानेन वै सुखम् ॥

anantarāśino ye tu ḍaṃbhānṛtavivarjitāḥ | te'pi sārasayuktena yānti yānena vai sukham

Those who eat only at intervals, free from hypocrisy and falsehood, also go happily in a vehicle yoked with cranes.

Note on the text: Corrected अनत्तराशिनो → अनन्तराशिनो (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads anantarāśino). Not a numbered verse of the critical edition proper: this adhyaya is part of Appendix I No. 4 (the Vaishnavadharma passage inserted after 14.96.15), printed inline at 14,096.015d@004_0800–0801.

Verse 108 (14.100.108)

ये चाप्येकेन भुक्तेन डंभानृतविवर्जिताः । हंसयुक्तैर्विमानैस्तु सुखं यान्ति यमालयम् ॥

ye cāpyekena bhuktena ḍaṃbhānṛtavivarjitāḥ | haṃsayuktairvimānaistu sukhaṃ yānti yamālayam

Those who live on a single meal, free from hypocrisy and falsehood, go happily to Yama's abode in cars yoked with swans.

Verse 109 (14.100.109)

चतुर्थेन च भुक्तेन वर्तन्ते ये जितेन्द्रियाः । यान्ति ते धर्मनगरं यानैर्बर्हिणयोजितैः ॥

caturthena ca bhuktena vartante ye jitendriyāḥ | yānti te dharmanagaraṃ yānairbarhiṇayojitaiḥ

The self-controlled who live on one meal in four go to the city of Dharma in vehicles yoked with peacocks.

Verse 110 (14.100.110)

तृतीयदिवसेनेह भुञ्जते ये जितेन्द्रियाः । तेऽपि हस्तिरथं यान्ति तत्पथं कनकोज्ज्वलैः ॥

tṛtīyadivaseneha bhuñjate ye jitendriyāḥ | te'pi hastirathaṃ yānti tatpathaṃ kanakojjvalaiḥ

The self-controlled who eat here only on the third day go also on that road in elephant-drawn chariots, resplendent as gold.

Verse 111 (14.100.111)

षष्ठान्नकालिको यस्तु वर्षमेकं तु वर्तते । कामक्रोधविनिर्मुक्तः शुचिर्नित्यं जितेन्द्रियः । स याति कुञ्जरस्थैस्तु जयशब्दरवैर्युतः ॥

ṣaṣṭhānnakāliko yastu varṣamekaṃ tu vartate | kāmakrodhavinirmuktaḥ śucirnityaṃ jitendriyaḥ | sa yāti kuñjarasthaistu jayaśabdaravairyutaḥ

One who for a year eats only at the sixth meal-time, free from desire and anger, pure, ever self-controlled, goes mounted on an elephant, accompanied by cries of victory.

Note on the text: Corrected कामक्रोधवनिर्मुक्तः → कामक्रोधविनिर्मुक्तः (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads kāmakrodhavinirmuktaḥ). Not a numbered verse of the critical edition proper: this adhyaya is part of Appendix I No. 4 (the Vaishnavadharma passage inserted after 14.96.15), printed inline at 14,096.015d@004_0808–0810.

Verse 112 (14.100.112)

पक्षोपवासिनो यान्ति यानैः शार्दूलयोजितैः । धर्मराजपुरं रम्यं दिव्यस्त्रीगणसेवितम् ॥

pakṣopavāsino yānti yānaiḥ śārdūlayojitaiḥ | dharmarājapuraṃ ramyaṃ divyastrīgaṇasevitam

Those who fast for a fortnight go in vehicles yoked with tigers to Dharmaraja's lovely city, served by hosts of divine women.

Note on the text: Corrected धर्मराजपूरं → धर्मराजपुरं (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads dharmarājapuraṃ). Not a numbered verse of the critical edition proper: this adhyaya is part of Appendix I No. 4 (the Vaishnavadharma passage inserted after 14.96.15), printed inline at 14,096.015d@004_0811–0812.

Verse 113 (14.100.113)

ये च मासोपवासं वै कुर्वते संयतेन्द्रियाः । तेऽपि सूर्योदयप्रख्यैर्यान्ति यानैर्यमालयम् ॥

ye ca māsopavāsaṃ vai kurvate saṃyatendriyāḥ | te'pi sūryodayaprakhyairyānti yānairyamālayam

And those who, with senses restrained, fast for a month go to Yama's abode in vehicles bright as the rising sun.

Note on the text: Corrected सूर्यादय → सूर्योदय (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads sūryodaya). Not a numbered verse of the critical edition proper: this adhyaya is part of Appendix I No. 4 (the Vaishnavadharma passage inserted after 14.96.15), printed inline at 14,096.015d@004_0813–0814.

Verse 114 (14.100.114)

अग्निप्रवेशं यश्चापि कुरुते मद्गतात्मना । स यात्यग्निप्रकाशेन विमानेन यमालयम् ॥

agnipraveśaṃ yaścāpi kurute madgatātmanā | sa yātyagniprakāśena vimānena yamālayam

He who enters the fire with his mind set on me goes to Yama's abode in a car blazing like fire.

Note on the text: Not a numbered verse of the critical edition proper: this adhyaya is part of Appendix I No. 4 (the Vaishnavadharma passage inserted after 14.96.15), printed inline at 14,096.015d@004_0815–0816; CE has six more lines after this verse, @004_0817–0822 (prāṇāṃs tyajati yo vipro … svaśarīraṃ hi gṛdhrāṇāṃ …), which are not on the page and are not added.

Verse 115 (14.100.115)

गोकृते स्त्रीकृते चैव हता विप्रकृतेऽपि च । ते यान्त्यमरकन्याभिः सेव्यमाना रविप्रभाः ॥

gokṛte strīkṛte caiva hatā viprakṛte'pi ca | te yāntyamarakanyābhiḥ sevyamānā raviprabhāḥ

Those who are slain for the sake of a cow, a woman or a Brahmin go, radiant as the sun, served by celestial maidens.

Note on the text: Corrected हत्वा → हता (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads hatā ("those who are slain"); the gerund has no construction here). Not a numbered verse of the critical edition proper: this adhyaya is part of Appendix I No. 4 (the Vaishnavadharma passage inserted after 14.96.15), printed inline at 14,096.015d@004_0823–0824.

Verse 116 (14.100.116)

ये च कुर्वन्ति मद्भक्तास्तीर्थयात्रां जितेन्द्रियाः । ते पन्थानं महात्मानो यानैर्यान्ति सुनिर्वृताः ॥

ye ca kurvanti madbhaktāstīrthayātrāṃ jitendriyāḥ | te panthānaṃ mahātmāno yānairyānti sunirvṛtāḥ

My devotees who, self-controlled, make pilgrimages, those great souls go on that path in vehicles, perfectly content.

Verse 117 (14.100.117)

ये यजन्ति द्विजश्रेष्ठाः क्रतुभिर्भूरिदक्षिणैः । हंससारससंयुक्तैर्यानैस्ते यान्ति तत्पथम् ॥

ye yajanti dvijaśreṣṭhāḥ kratubhirbhūridakṣiṇaiḥ | haṃsasārasasaṃyuktairyānaiste yānti tatpatham

Those best of the twice-born who sacrifice with rites rich in gifts go on that path in vehicles yoked with swans and cranes.

Verse 118 (14.100.118)

परपीडामकृत्वैव भृत्यान्बिभ्रति ये नराः । तत्पथं ससुखं यान्ति विमानैः काञ्चनोज्ज्वलैः ॥

parapīḍāmakṛtvaiva bhṛtyānbibhrati ye narāḥ | tatpathaṃ sasukhaṃ yānti vimānaiḥ kāñcanojjvalaiḥ

Men who support their dependents without causing pain to others go happily on that path in cars bright as gold.

Verse 119 (14.100.119)

ये समाः सर्वभूतेषु जीवानामभयप्रदाः । क्रोधलोभविनिर्मुक्ता निगृहीतेन्द्रियास्तथा ॥

ye samāḥ sarvabhūteṣu jīvānāmabhayapradāḥ | krodhalobhavinirmuktā nigṛhītendriyāstathā

Those who are impartial to all beings, who give living creatures freedom from fear, free from anger and greed, with their senses restrained,

Verse 120 (14.100.120)

पूर्णचन्द्रप्रतीकाशैर्विमानैस्ते महाप्रभाः । यान्ति वैवस्वतपुरं देवगन्धर्वसेविताः ॥

pūrṇacandrapratīkāśairvimānaiste mahāprabhāḥ | yānti vaivasvatapuraṃ devagandharvasevitāḥ

go in cars like the full moon, radiant, to Vaivasvata's city, attended by gods and Gandharvas.

Verse 121 (14.100.121)

ये मामेकान्तभावेन देवं त्र्यंबकमेव वा । पूजयन्ति नमस्यन्ति स्तुवन्ति च दिनेदिने । धर्मराजपुरं यान्ति यानैस्तेऽर्कसमप्रभैः ॥

ye māmekāntabhāvena devaṃ tryaṃbakameva vā | pūjayanti namasyanti stuvanti ca dinedine | dharmarājapuraṃ yānti yānaiste'rkasamaprabhaiḥ

Those who worship me with exclusive devotion, or the god Tryambaka, bow to me and praise me day after day, go to Dharmaraja's city in cars of sun-like splendour.

Verse 122 (14.100.122)

पूजितास्तत्र धर्मेण स्वयं माल्यादिभिः शुभैः । यान्त्येव धर्मलोकं वा रुद्रलोकमथापि वा ॥

pūjitāstatra dharmeṇa svayaṃ mālyādibhiḥ śubhaiḥ | yāntyeva dharmalokaṃ vā rudralokamathāpi vā

Honoured there by Dharma himself with auspicious garlands and the like, they go on either to the world of dharma or to the world of Rudra.

Note on the text: Not a numbered verse of the critical edition proper: this adhyaya is part of Appendix I No. 4 (the Vaishnavadharma passage inserted after 14.96.15), printed inline at 14,096.015d@004_0838–0839. Wikisource reads धर्मलोकम् (CE: mama lokam); kept as a recension reading. Last verse of the adhyaya; the colophon follows on the page (वैष्णवधर्मपर्वणि शततमोऽध्यायः).

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