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Chapter 6

अध्यायः 6

Amsha II — Bhuvana Kosha, Chapter 6

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Of the different hells, or divisions of Naraka, below Patala; the crimes punished in them respectively; efficacy of expiation; meditation on Vishnu the most effective expiation - Verse 1

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 2 · Verse 6.1

ततश च नरकान विप्र भुवो ऽधः सलिलस्य च पापिनो येषु पात्यन्ते ताञ छृणुष्व महामुने ।।

tataś ca narakān vipra bhuvo 'dhaḥ salilasya ca pāpino yeṣu pātyante tāñ chṛṇuṣva mahāmune ||

Then, O Brahmin, listen to the great sage about the hells below and the waters, where the sinful fall.

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Of the different hells, or divisions of Naraka, below Patala; the crimes punished in them respectively; efficacy of expiation; meditation on Vishnu the most effective expiation - Verse 2

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 2 · Verse 6.2

रौरवः सूकरो रोधस तालो विशसनस तथा महाज्वालस तप्तकुम्भो लवणो ऽथ विलोहितः ।।

rauravaḥ sūkaro rodhas tālo viśasanas tathā mahājvālas taptakumbho lavaṇo 'tha vilohitaḥ ||

Raurava, the pig, the rod, the talo, and the great flame, the heated pot, and the salty and the reddish.

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Of the different hells, or divisions of Naraka, below Patala; the crimes punished in them respectively; efficacy of expiation; meditation on Vishnu the most effective expiation - Verse 3

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 2 · Verse 6.3

रुधिराम्भो वैतरणी कृमिशः कृमिभोजनः असिपत्रवनं कृष्णो लालाभक्षश च दारुणः ।।

rudhirāmbho vaitaraṇī kṛmiśaḥ kṛmibhojanaḥ asipatravanaṃ kṛṣṇo lālābhakṣaś ca dāruṇaḥ ||

The blood-filled Vaitarani, infested with worms, is a dreadful place where Krishna, the eater of the red fruit, resides.

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Of the different hells, or divisions of Naraka, below Patala; the crimes punished in them respectively; efficacy of expiation; meditation on Vishnu the most effective expiation - Verse 4

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 2 · Verse 6.4

तथा पूयवहः पापो वह्निज्वालो ह्य अधःशिराः संदंशः कृष्णसूत्रश च तमश चावीचिर एव च ।।

tathā pūyavahaḥ pāpo vahnijvālo hy adhaḥśirāḥ saṃdaṃśaḥ kṛṣṇasūtraś ca tamaś cāvīcir eva ca ||

Also, the sin that carries filth, the flame of hell, and the biting of the black thread, and the darkness of Avīci.

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Of the different hells, or divisions of Naraka, below Patala; the crimes punished in them respectively; efficacy of expiation; meditation on Vishnu the most effective expiation - Verse 5

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 2 · Verse 6.5

श्वभोजनो ऽथाप्रतिष्ठो अवीचिश च तथापरः इत्य एवमादयश चान्ये नरका भृशदारुणाः ।।

śvabhojano 'thāpratiṣṭho avīciś ca tathāparaḥ ity evamādayaś cānye narakā bhṛśadāruṇāḥ ||

The dog-eater and the one who lacks stability, and Avīci, and others like them, are indeed very dreadful hells.

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Of the different hells, or divisions of Naraka, below Patala; the crimes punished in them respectively; efficacy of expiation; meditation on Vishnu the most effective expiation - Verse 6

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 2 · Verse 6.6

यमस्य विषये घोराः शस्त्राग्निभयदायिनः पतन्ति येषु पुरुषाः पापकर्मरतास तु ये ।।

yamasya viṣaye ghorāḥ śastrāgnibhayadāyinaḥ patanti yeṣu puruṣāḥ pāpakarmaratās tu ye ||

In the realm of Yama, there are terrifying ones that instill fear of weapons and fire, where those who are absorbed in sinful deeds fall.

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Of the different hells, or divisions of Naraka, below Patala; the crimes punished in them respectively; efficacy of expiation; meditation on Vishnu the most effective expiation - Verse 7

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 2 · Verse 6.7

कूटसाक्षी तथासम्यक पक्षपातेन यो वदेत यश चान्यद अनृतं वक्ति स नरो याति रौरवम ।।

kūṭasākṣī tathāsamyak pakṣapātena yo vadet yaś cānyad anṛtaṃ vakti sa naro yāti rauravam ||

The one who speaks deceitfully with false witnesses and with bias, and who speaks any untruth, goes to Raurava.

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Of the different hells, or divisions of Naraka, below Patala; the crimes punished in them respectively; efficacy of expiation; meditation on Vishnu the most effective expiation - Verse 8

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 2 · Verse 6.8

भ्रूणहा गुरुहन्ता च गोघ्नश च मुनिसत्तम यान्ति ते नरकं रोधं यश चोच्छ्वासनिरोधकः ।।

bhrūṇahā guruhantā ca goghnaś ca munisattama yānti te narakaṃ rodhaṃ yaś cocchvāsanirodhakaḥ ||

Those who kill a fetus, a teacher, or a cow, O best of sages, go to hell, as does one who obstructs the breath of others.

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Of the different hells, or divisions of Naraka, below Patala; the crimes punished in them respectively; efficacy of expiation; meditation on Vishnu the most effective expiation - Verse 9

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 2 · Verse 6.9

सुरापो ब्रह्महा हर्ता सुवर्णस्य च सूकरे प्रयाति नरके यश च तैः संसर्गम उपैति वै ।।

surāpo brahmahā hartā suvarṇasya ca sūkare prayāti narake yaś ca taiḥ saṃsargam upaiti vai ||

The drinker of alcohol, the killer of a Brahmin, the thief of gold, and the butcher go to hell, and one who associates with them also suffers.

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Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 2 · Verse 6.10

राजन्यवैश्यहा ताले तथैव गुरुतल्पगः तप्तकुम्भे स्वसागामी हन्ति राजभटांश च यः ।।

rājanyavaiśyahā tāle tathaiva gurutalpagaḥ taptakumbhe svasāgāmī hanti rājabhaṭāṃś ca yaḥ ||

Those who kill Kshatriyas and Vaishyas, and those who harm the teacher, as well as those who kill their own kin, go to hell.

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Of the different hells, or divisions of Naraka, below Patala; the crimes punished in them respectively; efficacy of expiation; meditation on Vishnu the most effective expiation - Verse 11

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 2 · Verse 6.11

साध्वीविक्रयकृद बन्धपालः केसरिविक्रयी तप्तलोहे पतन्त्य एते यश च भक्तं परित्यजेत ।।

sādhvīvikrayakṛd bandhapālaḥ kesarivikrayī taptalohe patanty ete yaś ca bhaktaṃ parityajet ||

The seller of a virtuous woman, the keeper of a prisoner, and the seller of saffron, all of them fall into hot iron, and one who abandons a devotee does the same.

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Of the different hells, or divisions of Naraka, below Patala; the crimes punished in them respectively; efficacy of expiation; meditation on Vishnu the most effective expiation - Verse 12

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 2 · Verse 6.12

स्नुषां सुतां चापि गत्वा महाज्वाले निपात्यते अवमन्ता गुरूणां यो यश चाक्रोष्टा नराधमः ।।

snuṣāṃ sutāṃ cāpi gatvā mahājvāle nipātyate avamantā gurūṇāṃ yo yaś cākroṣṭā narādhamaḥ ||

One who insults his daughter-in-law or son, falls into a great blaze, as does one who disrespects the teachers.

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Of the different hells, or divisions of Naraka, below Patala; the crimes punished in them respectively; efficacy of expiation; meditation on Vishnu the most effective expiation - Verse 13

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 2 · Verse 6.13

वेददूषयिता यश च वेदविक्रयकश च यः अगम्यगामी यश च स्यात ते यान्ति लवणं द्विज ।।

vedadūṣayitā yaś ca vedavikrayakaś ca yaḥ agamyagāmī yaś ca syāt te yānti lavaṇaṃ dvija ||

He who corrupts the Vedas and he who sells them, who is unapproachable and who is also approachable, they go to the salt (i.e., suffer) O twice-born.

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Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 2 · Verse 6.14

चौरो विमोहे पतति मर्यादादूषकस तथा ।।

cauro vimohe patati maryādādūṣakas tathā ||

The thief falls into confusion, similarly he who corrupts the limits.

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Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 2 · Verse 6.15

देवद्विजपितृद्वेष्टा रत्नदूषयिता च यः स याति कृमिभक्षे वै कृमिशे च दुरिष्टकृत ।।

devadvijapitṛdveṣṭā ratnadūṣayitā ca yaḥ sa yāti kṛmibhakṣe vai kṛmiśe ca duriṣṭakṛt ||

He who hates the deities, the twice-born, and the ancestors, and who corrupts the gems, he goes to the worm-eaters, indeed to the wretched.

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Of the different hells, or divisions of Naraka, below Patala; the crimes punished in them respectively; efficacy of expiation; meditation on Vishnu the most effective expiation - Verse 16

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 2 · Verse 6.16

पितृदेवातिथीन यस तु पर्यश्नाति नराधमः लालाभक्षे स यात्य उग्रे शरकर्ता च वेधके ।।

pitṛdevātithīn yas tu paryaśnāti narādhamaḥ lālābhakṣe sa yāty ugre śarakartā ca vedhake ||

He who neglects the deities, ancestors, and guests, is a lowly man; he who eats the leaves goes to the fierce, and the arrow-maker and the piercer.

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Of the different hells, or divisions of Naraka, below Patala; the crimes punished in them respectively; efficacy of expiation; meditation on Vishnu the most effective expiation - Verse 17

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 2 · Verse 6.17

करोति कर्णिनो यश च यश च खड्गादिकृन नरः प्रयान्त्य एते विशसने नरके भृशदारुणे ।।

karoti karṇino yaś ca yaś ca khaḍgādikṛn naraḥ prayānty ete viśasane narake bhṛśadāruṇe ||

He who makes the earthenware and he who makes weapons, these men go to the very terrible hell.

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Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 2 · Verse 6.18

असत्प्रतिग्रहीता तु नरके यात्य अधोमुखे अयाज्ययाजकस तत्र तथा नक्षत्रसूचकः ।।

asatpratigrahītā tu narake yāty adhomukhe ayājyayājakas tatra tathā nakṣatrasūcakaḥ ||

One who accepts what is not given to him goes to hell, along with the unoffered priest and the one who indicates the stars.

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Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 2 · Verse 6.19

वेगी पूयवहं चैको याति मिष्टान्नभुङ नरः ।।

vegī pūyavahaṃ caiko yāti miṣṭānnabhuṅ naraḥ ||

A person who is swift and consumes food that is impure goes to the realm of the sweet dishes.

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Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 2 · Verse 6.20

लाक्षामांसरसानां च तिलानां लवणस्य च विक्रेता ब्राह्मणो याति तम एव नरकं द्विज ।।

lākṣāmāṃsarasānāṃ ca tilānāṃ lavaṇasya ca vikretā brāhmaṇo yāti tam eva narakaṃ dvija ||

A Brahmin who sells lac, meat, sesame, and salt goes to that very hell.

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Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 2 · Verse 6.21

मार्जारकुक्कुटच्छागश्ववराहविहंगमान पोषयन नरकं याति तम एव द्विजसत्तम ।।

mārjārakukkuṭacchāgaśvavarāhavihaṃgamān poṣayan narakaṃ yāti tam eva dvijasattama ||

One who raises cats, chickens, goats, horses, and birds goes to that very hell, O best of the twice-born.

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Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 2 · Verse 6.22

रङ्गोपजीवी कैवर्तः कुण्डाशी गरदस तथा सूची माहिषिकश चैव पर्वगामी च यो द्विजः ।।

raṅgopajīvī kaivartaḥ kuṇḍāśī garadas tathā sūcī māhiṣikaś caiva parvagāmī ca yo dvijaḥ ||

The one who lives by performing plays, the fisherman, the one who digs wells, and the one who uses nets, as well as the one who goes to the mountains, is also a twice-born.

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Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 2 · Verse 6.23

अगारदाही मित्रघ्नः शाकुनिर ग्रामयाजकः रुधिरान्धे पतन्त्य एते सोमं विक्रीणते च ये ।।

agāradāhī mitraghnaḥ śākunir grāmayājakaḥ rudhirāndhe patanty ete somaṃ vikrīṇate ca ye ||

Those who burn the house, kill friends, and are village priests, these blind ones fall and sell the moon.

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Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 2 · Verse 6.24

मधुहा ग्रामहन्ता च याति वैतरणीं नरः ।।

madhuhā grāmahantā ca yāti vaitaraṇīṃ naraḥ ||

The one who destroys the village and the honey-eater goes to the Vaitarani river.

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Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 2 · Verse 6.25

धनयौवनमत्तास तु मर्यादाभेदिनो हि ये ते कृष्णे यान्त्य अशौचाश च कुहकाजीविनश च ये ।।

dhanayauvanamattās tu maryādābhedino hi ye te kṛṣṇe yānty aśaucāś ca kuhakājīvinaś ca ye ||

Those who are intoxicated by wealth and youth, who break boundaries, go to Krishna, and those who are impure and live as deceivers.

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Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 2 · Verse 6.26

असिपत्रवनं याति वनच्छेदी वृथैव यः औरभ्रिको मृगव्याधो वह्निज्वाले पतन्ति वै ।।

asipatravanaṃ yāti vanacchedī vṛthaiva yaḥ aurabhriko mṛgavyādho vahnijvāle patanti vai ||

The one who cuts the forest goes to the forest of leaves; the hunter of deer falls into the flames.

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Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 2 · Verse 6.27

यान्त्य एते द्विज तत्रैव यश चापाकेषु वह्निदः ।।

yānty ete dvija tatraiva yaś cāpākeṣu vahnidaḥ ||

These two-legged beings go there, and those who are fire-bearers also.

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Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 2 · Verse 6.28

व्रतेषु लोपको यश च स्वाश्रमाद विच्युतश च यः संदंशयातनामध्ये पततस ताव उभाव अपि ।।

vrateṣu lopako yaś ca svāśramād vicyutaś ca yaḥ saṃdaṃśayātanāmadhye patatas tāv ubhāv api ||

Those who are lost in vows, and those who are expelled from their own ashram, fall into the middle of the snake bite.

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Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 2 · Verse 6.29

दिवा स्वप्नेषु स्कन्दन्ते ये नरा ब्रह्मचारिणः पुत्रैर अध्यापिता ये च ते पतन्ति श्वभोजने ।।

divā svapneṣu skandante ye narā brahmacāriṇaḥ putrair adhyāpitā ye ca te patanti śvabhojane ||

Those men who are brahmacārins and who fall asleep during the day, taught by their sons, fall into the feast of dogs.

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Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 2 · Verse 6.30

एते चान्ये च नरकाः शतशो ऽथ सहस्रशः येषु दुष्कृतकर्माणः पच्यन्ते यातनागताः ।।

ete cānye ca narakāḥ śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ yeṣu duṣkṛtakarmāṇaḥ pacyante yātanāgatāḥ ||

There are hundreds and thousands of hells where those who have committed sinful deeds are cooked, destined for torment.

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Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 2 · Verse 6.31

तथैव पापान्य एतानि तथान्यानि सहस्रशः भुज्यन्ते यानि पुरुषैर नरकान्तरगोचरैः ।।

tathaiva pāpāny etāni tathānyāni sahasraśaḥ bhujyante yāni puruṣair narakāntaragocaraiḥ ||

Similarly, these and other sins, in thousands, are consumed by men who are within the reach of hell.

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Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 2 · Verse 6.32

वर्णाश्रमविरुद्धं च कर्म कुर्वन्ति ये नराः कर्मणा मनसा वाचा निरयेषु पतन्ति ते ।।

varṇāśramaviruddhaṃ ca karma kurvanti ye narāḥ karmaṇā manasā vācā nirayeṣu patanti te ||

Those men who perform actions contrary to the varṇāśrama fall into hell through their actions, mind, and speech.

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Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 2 · Verse 6.33

अधःशिरोभिर दृश्यन्ते नारकैर दिवि देवताः देवाश चाधोमुखान सर्वान अधः पश्यन्ति नारकान ।।

adhaḥśirobhir dṛśyante nārakair divi devatāḥ devāś cādhomukhān sarvān adhaḥ paśyanti nārakān ||

The deities in heaven are seen with their heads down by the Narakas. All the gods, looking down, see the Narakas.

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Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 2 · Verse 6.34

स्थावराः कृमयो ऽब्जाश च पक्षिणः पशवो नराः धार्मिकास त्रिदशास तद्वन मोक्षिणश च यथाक्रमम ।।

sthāvarāḥ kṛmayo 'bjāś ca pakṣiṇaḥ paśavo narāḥ dhārmikās tridaśās tadvan mokṣiṇaś ca yathākramam ||

The immobile beings, worms, lotus plants, birds, animals, and humans, as well as the righteous and the celestial beings, attain liberation in due order.

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Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 2 · Verse 6.35

सहस्रभागप्रथमा द्वितीयानुक्रमास तथा सर्वे ह्य एते महाभाग यावन मुक्तिसमाश्रयाः ।।

sahasrabhāgaprathamā dvitīyānukramās tathā sarve hy ete mahābhāga yāvan muktisamāśrayāḥ ||

The first of the thousand parts and the second sequence, all these great souls are those who attain liberation.

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Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 2 · Verse 6.36

यावन्तो जन्तवः स्वर्गे तावन्तो नरकौकसः पापकृद याति नरकं प्रायश्चित्तपराङ्मुखः ।।

yāvanto jantavaḥ svarge tāvanto narakaukasaḥ pāpakṛd yāti narakaṃ prāyaścittaparāṅmukhaḥ ||

As many beings are in heaven, so many are in Naraka. The sinful person goes to Naraka, facing the consequences of his actions.

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Of the different hells, or divisions of Naraka, below Patala; the crimes punished in them respectively; efficacy of expiation; meditation on Vishnu the most effective expiation - Verse 37

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 2 · Verse 6.37

पापानाम अनुरूपाणि प्रायश्चित्तानि यद यथा तथा तथैव संस्मृत्य प्रोक्तानि परमर्षिभिः ।।

pāpānām anurūpāṇi prāyaścittāni yad yathā tathā tathaiva saṃsmṛtya proktāni paramarṣibhiḥ ||

The atonements for sins are prescribed according to their nature, as stated by the great sages.

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Of the different hells, or divisions of Naraka, below Patala; the crimes punished in them respectively; efficacy of expiation; meditation on Vishnu the most effective expiation - Verse 38

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 2 · Verse 6.38

पापे गुरूणि गुरुणि स्वल्पान्य अल्पे च तद्विदः प्रायश्चित्तानि मैत्रेय जगुः स्वायंभुवादयः ।।

pāpe gurūṇi guruṇi svalpāny alpe ca tadvidaḥ prāyaścittāni maitreya jaguḥ svāyaṃbhuvādayaḥ ||

Those who know the truth say that for sins, the penances are few and small.

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Of the different hells, or divisions of Naraka, below Patala; the crimes punished in them respectively; efficacy of expiation; meditation on Vishnu the most effective expiation - Verse 39

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 2 · Verse 6.39

प्रायश्चित्तान्य अशेषाणि तपःकर्मात्मकानि वै यानि तेषाम अशेषाणां कृष्णानुस्मरणं परम ।।

prāyaścittāny aśeṣāṇi tapaḥkarmātmakāni vai yāni teṣām aśeṣāṇāṃ kṛṣṇānusmaraṇaṃ param ||

The penances that are countless and based on austerity are indeed the supreme remembrance of Krishna for those who are countless.

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Of the different hells, or divisions of Naraka, below Patala; the crimes punished in them respectively; efficacy of expiation; meditation on Vishnu the most effective expiation - Verse 40

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 2 · Verse 6.40

कृते पापे ऽनुतापो वै यस्य पुंसः प्रजायते प्रायश्चित्तं तु तस्यैकं हरिसंस्मरणं परम ।।

kṛte pāpe 'nutāpo vai yasya puṃsaḥ prajāyate prāyaścittaṃ tu tasyaikaṃ harisaṃsmaraṇaṃ param ||

For the sins committed, the remorse of a person arises, but the supreme atonement for him is the remembrance of Hari.

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Of the different hells, or divisions of Naraka, below Patala; the crimes punished in them respectively; efficacy of expiation; meditation on Vishnu the most effective expiation - Verse 41

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 2 · Verse 6.41

प्रातर निशि तथा संध्यामध्याह्नादिषु संस्मरन नारायणम अवाप्नोति सद्यः पापक्षयं नरः ।।

prātar niśi tathā saṃdhyāmadhyāhnādiṣu saṃsmaran nārāyaṇam avāpnoti sadyaḥ pāpakṣayaṃ naraḥ ||

By remembering Narayana in the morning, at night, and during the sandhya and noon, a person quickly attains the destruction of sins.

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Of the different hells, or divisions of Naraka, below Patala; the crimes punished in them respectively; efficacy of expiation; meditation on Vishnu the most effective expiation - Verse 42

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 2 · Verse 6.42

विष्णुसंस्मरणात क्षीणसमस्तक्लेशसंचयः मुक्तिं प्रयाति स्वर्गाप्तिस तस्य विघ्नो ऽनुमीयते ।।

viṣṇusaṃsmaraṇāt kṣīṇasamastakleśasaṃcayaḥ muktiṃ prayāti svargāptis tasya vighno 'numīyate ||

By remembering Vishnu, all accumulated troubles diminish, and he attains liberation; obstacles for him are minimized.

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Of the different hells, or divisions of Naraka, below Patala; the crimes punished in them respectively; efficacy of expiation; meditation on Vishnu the most effective expiation - Verse 43

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 2 · Verse 6.43

वासुदेवे मनो यस्य जपहोमार्चनादिषु तस्यान्तरायो मैत्रेय देवेन्द्रत्वादिकं फलम ।।

vāsudeve mano yasya japahomārcanādiṣu tasyāntarāyo maitreya devendratvādikaṃ phalam ||

Whose mind is focused on Vasudeva through chanting, sacrifices, and worship, the results for him, O Maitreya, are the divine status and other fruits.

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Of the different hells, or divisions of Naraka, below Patala; the crimes punished in them respectively; efficacy of expiation; meditation on Vishnu the most effective expiation - Verse 44

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 2 · Verse 6.44

क्व नाकपृष्ठगमनं पुनरावृत्तिलक्षणम क्व जपो वासुदेवेति मुक्तिबीजम अनुत्तमम ।।

kva nākapṛṣṭhagamanaṃ punarāvṛttilakṣaṇam kva japo vāsudeveti muktibījam anuttamam ||

Where is the ascent to the heavenly realm, and where is the characteristic of rebirth? Where is the chanting of Vasudeva, which is the supreme seed of liberation?

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Of the different hells, or divisions of Naraka, below Patala; the crimes punished in them respectively; efficacy of expiation; meditation on Vishnu the most effective expiation - Verse 45

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 2 · Verse 6.45

तस्माद अहर्निशं विष्णुं संस्मरन पुरुषो मुने न याति नरकं शुद्धः संक्षीणाखिलपातकः ।।

tasmād aharniśaṃ viṣṇuṃ saṃsmaran puruṣo mune na yāti narakaṃ śuddhaḥ saṃkṣīṇākhilapātakaḥ ||

Therefore, one who constantly remembers Vishnu, O sage, does not go to hell; he is pure and has diminished all sins.

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Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 2 · Verse 6.46

मनःप्रीतिकरः स्वर्गो नरकस तद्विपर्ययः नरकस्वर्गसंज्ञे वै पापपुण्ये द्विजोत्तम ।।

manaḥprītikaraḥ svargo narakas tadviparyayaḥ narakasvargasaṃjñe vai pāpapuṇye dvijottama ||

Heaven is pleasing to the mind, while hell is its opposite; the terms hell and heaven refer to the merits and demerits of a twice-born.

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Of the different hells, or divisions of Naraka, below Patala; the crimes punished in them respectively; efficacy of expiation; meditation on Vishnu the most effective expiation - Verse 47

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 2 · Verse 6.47

वस्त्व एकम एव दुःखाय सुखायेर्ष्योद्भवाय च कोपाय च यतस तस्माद वस्तु वस्त्वात्मकं कुतः ।।

vastv ekam eva duḥkhāya sukhāyerṣyodbhavāya ca kopāya ca yatas tasmād vastu vastvātmakaṃ kutaḥ ||

The one substance is indeed for suffering, for happiness, for envy, and for anger; from where then is that substance which is of the nature of substance?

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Of the different hells, or divisions of Naraka, below Patala; the crimes punished in them respectively; efficacy of expiation; meditation on Vishnu the most effective expiation - Verse 48

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 2 · Verse 6.48

तद एव प्रीतये भूत्वा पुनर दुःखाय जायते तद एव कोपाय यतः प्रसादाय च जायते ।।

tad eva prītaye bhūtvā punar duḥkhāya jāyate tad eva kopāya yataḥ prasādāya ca jāyate ||

That which is for the sake of pleasure, again gives rise to sorrow; that which is for anger, also gives rise to grace.

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Of the different hells, or divisions of Naraka, below Patala; the crimes punished in them respectively; efficacy of expiation; meditation on Vishnu the most effective expiation - Verse 49

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 2 · Verse 6.49

तस्माद दुःखात्मकं नास्ति न च किंचित सुखात्मकम मनसः परिणामो ऽयं सुखदुःखादिलक्षणः ।।

tasmād duḥkhātmakaṃ nāsti na ca kiṃcit sukhātmakam manasaḥ pariṇāmo 'yaṃ sukhaduḥkhādilakṣaṇaḥ ||

Therefore, there is no essence of sorrow, nor anything that is essentially happy; this transformation of the mind is characterized by happiness and sorrow.

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Of the different hells, or divisions of Naraka, below Patala; the crimes punished in them respectively; efficacy of expiation; meditation on Vishnu the most effective expiation - Verse 50

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 2 · Verse 6.50

ज्ञानम एव परं ब्रह्म ज्ञानं बन्धाय चेष्यते ज्ञानात्मकम इदं विश्वं न ज्ञानाद विद्यते परम ।।

jñānam eva paraṃ brahma jñānaṃ bandhāya ceṣyate jñānātmakam idaṃ viśvaṃ na jñānād vidyate param ||

Knowledge is indeed the supreme Brahman; knowledge is sought for bondage; this universe is of the nature of knowledge, and nothing exists beyond knowledge.

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Of the different hells, or divisions of Naraka, below Patala; the crimes punished in them respectively; efficacy of expiation; meditation on Vishnu the most effective expiation - Verse 51

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 2 · Verse 6.51

विद्याविद्येति मैत्रेय ज्ञानम एवोपधारय ।।

vidyāvidyeti maitreya jñānam evopadhāraya ||

O Maitreya, understand that knowledge is indeed the distinction between knowledge and ignorance.

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Of the different hells, or divisions of Naraka, below Patala; the crimes punished in them respectively; efficacy of expiation; meditation on Vishnu the most effective expiation - Verse 52

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 2 · Verse 6.52

एवम एतन मयाख्यातं भवतो मण्डलं भुवः पातालानि च सर्वाणि तथैव नरका द्विज ।।

evam etan mayākhyātaṃ bhavato maṇḍalaṃ bhuvaḥ pātālāni ca sarvāṇi tathaiva narakā dvija ||

Thus, this has been described by me as your realm, O twice-born, including all the nether worlds and hells.

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Of the different hells, or divisions of Naraka, below Patala; the crimes punished in them respectively; efficacy of expiation; meditation on Vishnu the most effective expiation - Verse 53

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 2 · Verse 6.53

समुद्राः पर्वताश चैव द्वीपा वर्षाणि निम्नगाः संक्षेपात सर्वम आख्यातं किं भूयः श्रोतुम इच्छसि ।।

samudrāḥ parvatāś caiva dvīpā varṣāṇi nimnagāḥ saṃkṣepāt sarvam ākhyātaṃ kiṃ bhūyaḥ śrotum icchasi ||

The oceans, mountains, islands, and lowlands are all briefly described. What more do you wish to hear?

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