pari-kulkarni/itihasa-sanskrit-en-filtered huggingface dataset:
Sanskrit: अवशिष्टमल्पकालं मन्वानाः पुरुषर्षभाः॥ वपुरन्यदिवाकार्षुरुत्साहामर्षचेष्टितैः।
English: Thinking that only a short time remained (of their exile) those foremost of men, influenced by rage and hope and by resorting to various exertions and endeavours made their bodies assume almost different shapes.
Sanskrit: कस्यचित् त्वथ कालस्य व्यासः सत्यवतीसुतः॥ आजगाम महायोगी पाण्डवानवलोककः। तमागतमभिप्रेक्ष्य कुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः॥ प्रत्युद्गम्य महात्मानं प्रत्यगृह्णाद् यथाविधि।
English: After a while the son of Satyavati, Vyasa, the great Yogi came there to see the Pandavas. Seeing him coming, the son of Kunti, Yudhishthira, went forward and duly received that high-souled one.
Sanskrit: तमासीनमुपासीनः शुश्रूषुर्नियतेन्द्रियः॥ तोषयन् प्रणिपातेन व्यासं पाण्डवनन्दनः।
English: Having gratified Vyasa by bowing down to him, the self-controlled Pandava (Yudhishthira), when the Rishi sat down, sat down before him with the desire of listening to him.
Sanskrit: तानवेक्ष्य कृशान् पौत्रान् वने वन्येन जीवतः॥ महर्षिरनुकम्पार्थमब्रवीद्वाष्पगद्गदम्।
English: Seeing his grandson lean and living on forest produce, that great Rishi, moved by compassion spoke thus in accents choked with tears.
Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर महाबाहो शृणु धर्मभृतां वर॥ नातप्ततपसो लोके प्राप्नुवन्ति महासुखम्। सुखदुःखे हि पुरुषः पर्यायेणोपसेवते॥
English: "O mighty armed Yudhishthira, O foremost of all virtuous men, lear; those men who do not perform asceticism never obtain great happiness in this world; men experience happiness and misery by turn.
Sanskrit: न ह्यनन्तं सुखं कश्चित् प्राप्नोति पुरुषर्षभ। प्रज्ञावांस्त्वेव पुरुषः संयुक्तः परया धिया॥ उदयास्तमनज्ञो हि न हृष्यति न शोचति।
English: O foremost of the Bharatas, no man ever enjoys unmixed happiness. A wise man, possessing high wisdom, knowing that life has its ups and downs, is neither filled with joy nor with grief.
Sanskrit: सुखमापतितं सेवेद् दुःखमापतितं वहेत्॥ कालप्राप्तमुपासीत सस्यानामिव कर्षकः।
English: When happiness comes one should enjoy it and when misery comes one should bear it. As a sower of crops must wait for the (proper) season (to gather his crops).
Sanskrit: तपसो हि परं नास्ति तपसा विन्दते महत्॥ नासाध्यं तपस: किंचिदिति बुद्ध्यस्व भारत।
English: There is nothing superior to asceticism. Asceticism produces great results. descendant of Bharata, know that there is nothing which asceticism cannot produce.
Sanskrit: सत्यमार्जवमक्रोधः संविभागो दमः शमः।।१७। अनसूयाविहिंसा च शौचमिन्द्रियसंयमः। पावनानि महाराज नराणां पुण्यकर्मणाम्॥
English: Truth, sincerity, freedom from anger, justice, self-control, restraint of faculties, immunity from malice, guilelessness, sanctity and mortification of the senses, these, O great king, purify a man of pure acts.
Sanskrit: अधर्मरुचयो मूढास्तिर्यग्गतिपरायणाः। कृच्छ्रां योनिमनुप्राप्ता न सुखं विन्दते जनाः॥
English: Foolish persons, addicted to vice and bestial ways, obtain the birth of beasts in after life and they never enjoy happiness.
Sanskrit: इह यत् क्रियते कर्म तत् परत्रोपयुज्यते। तस्माच्छरीरं युञ्जीत तपसा नियमेन च॥
English: The fruits of acts done in this world are obtained in the next world. Therefore one restrains his body by asceticism and the observance of vows.
Sanskrit: यथाशक्ति प्रयच्छेत सम्पूज्याभिप्रणम्य च। काले प्राप्ते च हृष्टात्मा राजन् विगतमत्सरः॥
English: O king, being free from guile and with a cheerful spirit, one, according to his power, bestows gifts after bowing down to the recipient and paying him homage.
Sanskrit: सत्यवादी लभेतायुरनायासमथार्जवम्। अक्रोधनोऽनसूयश्च निर्वृतिं लभते पराम्॥ दान्तः शमपरः शश्वत् परिक्लेशं न विन्दति। न च तप्यति दान्तात्मा दृष्ट्वा परगतां श्रियम्॥
English: A truthful man obtains a life which is free from all trouble. A person, free from anger, attains to sincerity and one free from malice obtains supreme contentments. A man who has subdued his senses and his inner faculties never knows tribulation, nor is a person of subdued senses affected by sorrow at the sight of other's prosperity.
Sanskrit: संविभक्ता च दाता च भोगवान् सुखवान् नरः। भवत्यहिंसकश्चैव परमारोग्यमश्नुते॥
English: A man who gives every one his due and he who gives boons obtains happiness and every object of enjoyment, while a man who is free from envy reaps perfect ease.
Sanskrit: मान्यमानयिता जन्म कुले महति विन्दति। व्यसनैर्न त संयोगं प्राप्नोति विजितेन्द्रियः॥
English: He who honours those to whom honour is due obtains birth in an illustrious family and he who has subdued his senses never mects with any misfortune.
Sanskrit: शुभानुशयबुद्धिर्हि संयुक्तः कालधर्मणा। प्रादुर्भवति तद्योगात् कल्याणमतिरेव सः॥
English: A man whose mind follows good after death is born on that account possessing a virtuous mind.
Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर उवाच भगवन् दानधर्माणां तपसो वा महामुने। किंस्विद् बहुगुणं प्रेत्य किं वा दुष्करमुच्यते॥
English: Yudhishthira said : O great Rishi, O exalted one, of the bestowal of gifts and asceticism which is of greater efficacy in the next world and which is more difficult to be practised.
Sanskrit: व्यास उवाच दानान्न दुष्करं तात पृथिव्यामस्ति किंचन। अर्थ च महती तृष्णा स च दुःखेन लभ्यते॥
English: Vyasa said : O child, there is nothing in this world more difficult to practise than charity. Men thirst for wealth and obtain it with great difficulty.
Sanskrit: परित्यज्य प्रियान् प्राणान् धनार्थं हि महामते। प्रविशन्ति नरा वीराः समुद्रमटवीं तथा॥
English: O high-minded one, even abandoning (the hope of) dear life itself, heroic men enter into the depths of the sea and the forest for wealth.
Sanskrit: कृषिगोरक्ष्यमित्येके प्रतिपद्यन्ति मानवाः। पुरुषाः प्रेष्यतामेके निर्गच्छन्ति धनार्थिनः॥
English: For wealth some take to agriculture, some to the tending of the kine and some serve others. Therefore it is extremely difficult to part with wealth which is obtained with such great difficulty.
Sanskrit: तस्माद् दुःखार्जितस्यैव परित्यागः सुदुष्करः। न दुष्करतरं दानात् तस्माद् दानं मतं मम॥
English: As there is nothing harder to practise than charity, in my opinion, even bestowal of boons is superior to every thing.
Sanskrit: विशेषस्त्वत्र विज्ञेयो न्यायेनोपार्जितं धनम्। पात्रे काले च देशे च साधुभ्यः प्रतिपादयेत्॥
English: Specially this is to be remembered that wellgotten gains should in proper time and place be given away to pious men.
Sanskrit: अन्यायात् समुपात्तेन दानधर्मो धनेन यः। क्रियते न स कर्तारं त्रायते महतो भयात्॥
English: But the bestowal of ill-gotten wealth can never rescue the giver from the great fear (of the evil of rebirth).
Sanskrit: पात्रे दानं स्वल्पमपि काले दत्तं युधिष्ठिर। मनसा हि विशुद्धेन प्रेत्यानन्तफलं स्मृतम्॥ अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम्। व्रीहिद्रोणपरित्यागाद् यत् फलं प्राप मुद्गलः॥
English: O Yudhishthira, it has been said that by bestowing in a pure spirit even a slight gift in due time and to a fit recipient a man obtains inexhaustible fruits in the next world. In this connection a story is told about the fruit obtained by Mudgala by giving away only a Drona of corn.
Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर उवाच व्रीहिद्रोणः परित्यक्तः कथं तेन महात्मना। कस्मै दत्तश्च भगवन् विधिना केन चास्थ मे॥
English: Yudhisthira said: O exalted one, why did that highsouled one give away a Drona of corn? To whom and in what prescribed way he gave it. Tell me this.
Sanskrit: प्रत्यक्षधर्मा भगवान् यस्य तुष्टो हि कर्मभिः। सफलं तस्य जन्माहं मन्ये सद्धर्मचारिणः॥
English: O exalted one, I consider the life of that virtuous man as having borne fruits with whose acts the supreme one himself is well-pleased.
Sanskrit: व्यास उवाच शिलोच्छवृत्तिर्धर्मात्मा मुद्गलः संयतेन्द्रियः। आसीद् राजन् कुरुक्षेत्रे सत्यवागनसूयकः॥
English: Vyasa said : O king, there lived in Kurukshetra a virtuous man, named Mudgala. He was truthful and free from malice. He was self-controlled. He led the Sila and Uncha modes of life.
Sanskrit: अतिथिव्रती क्रियावांश्च कापोती वृत्तिमास्थितः। सत्रमिष्टीकृतं नाम समुपास्ते महातपाः॥ सपुत्रदारो हि मुनिः पक्षाहारो बभूव ह। कपोतवृत्त्या पक्षण व्रीहिद्रोणमुपार्जयत्॥
English: Although leading his life like a pigeon that great ascetic entertained his guests, celebrated the sacrefice called Ishtikhita and performed other rites. That Rishi, with his wife and son, ate for a fortnight and during the other fortnight he led the life of a pigeon collecting (but) a drona of corn.
Sanskrit: दर्श च पौर्णमासं च कुर्वन् विगतमत्सरः। देवतातिथिशेषेण कुरुते देहयापनम्॥
English: Celebrating the Darsa and Paurnamashya sacrifices that guileless Rishi used to pass his days by taking the food that remained after the deities and the guests had eaten.
Sanskrit: तस्येन्द्रः सहितो देवैः साक्षात् त्रिभुवनेश्वरः। प्रत्यगृह्णान्महाराज भागं पर्वणि पर्वणि॥
English: In (all) auspicious lunar days, the lord of the three worlds, Indra accompained by the celestials, O great king, used to partake the food offered at his sacrifice.
Sanskrit: स पर्वकालं कृत्वा तु मुनिवृत्त्या समन्वितः। अतिथिभ्यो ददावनं प्रहृष्टेनान्तरात्मना॥
English: On such (auspicious) days that Rishi leading the life of a Muni cheerfully entertained his guests also with food.
Sanskrit: व्रीहिद्रोणस्य तद्ध्यस्य ददतोऽन्नं महात्मनः। शिष्टं मात्सर्यहीनस्य वर्धतेऽतिथिदर्शनात्॥
English: As that high-souled one distributed his food with great speed, the reaminder of the Drona of corn increased as soon as (fresh) guests appeared.
Sanskrit: तच्छतान्यपि भुञ्जन्ति ब्राह्मणानां मनीषिणाम्। मुनेस्त्यागविशुद्ध्या तु तदन्नं वृद्धिमृच्छति॥
English: By virtue of the pure spirit in which the Rishi gave away (food), it increased so much that hundreds upon hundreds of leanred Brahmanas were fed with it.
Sanskrit: तं तु शुश्राव धर्मिष्ठं मुद्गलं संशितव्रतम्। दुर्वासा नृप दिग्वासास्तमथाभ्याजगाम ह॥ बिभ्रच्चानियतं वेषमुन्मत्त इव पाण्डव। विकचः परुषा वाचो व्याहरन् विविधा मुनिः॥
English: O king (once upon a time) having heard of the virtuous and bow-observing Mudgala, the naked Rishi Durvasa, with his dress like that of a maniac and his head bare of hair, came there, O Pandava, uttering various insulting words.
Sanskrit: अभिगम्याथ तं विप्रमुवाच मुनिसत्तमः। अन्नार्थिनमनुप्राप्तं विद्धि मां द्विजसत्तम॥
English: Having arrived there, that foremost of Rishis spoke thus to that Brahimana, “O best of Brahmanas, know that I have come here for food.
Sanskrit: स्वागतं तेऽस्त्विति मुनि मुद्गलः प्रत्यभाषत। पाद्यमाचमनीयं च प्रतिपाद्यार्थ्यमुत्तमम्॥ प्रादात् स तापसायान्नं क्षुधितायातिथिव्रती। उन्मत्ताय परां श्रद्धामास्थाय स धृतव्रतः॥ ततस्तदन्नं रसवत् स एव क्षुधयान्वितः। बुभुजे कृत्स्नमुन्मत्तः प्रादात् तस्मै च मुद्गलः॥
English: The Rishi Mudgala replied by saying “Welcome.” Offered to that hungry, mad ascetic, water to wash his feet and mouth; that Rishi, ever observant of the vow of feeding guests, then placed before him excellent food. Affected by hunger, the mad Rishi ate up all the food given to him. Then Mudgala gave him more food.
Sanskrit: भुक्त्वा चान्नं ततः सर्वमुच्छिष्टेनात्मनस्ततः। अथाङ्गं लिलिपेऽनेन यथागतमगाच्च सः॥
English: Having eaten up all that food, he besmeared his body with the uncleaned remainder and went away as he had come.
Sanskrit: एवं द्वितीये सम्प्राप्ते यथाकाले मनीषिणाः। आगम्य बुभुजे सर्वमन्नमुच्छोपजीविनः॥
English: In this manner during the next sea-son, he came again and ate up all the food given to him by that wise Rishi leading the Unccha mode of life.
Sanskrit: निराहारस्तु स मुनिरुञ्छमार्जयते पुनः। न चैनं विक्रियां नेतुमशकन्मुद्गलं क्षुधा।॥
English: Thereupon without eating any food himself, the Rishi Mudgala again became engaged in collecting corn, following the Unccha mode. Hunger could not disturb his equanimity,
Sanskrit: न क्रोधो न च मात्सर्यं नावमानो न सम्भ्रमः। सपुत्रदारमुञ्छन्तमाविवेश द्विजोत्तमम्॥
English: Nor could anger or guile or sense of degradation or agitationenter into the heart of that best of Brahmanas leading the Unccha mode of life along with his son and his wife.
Sanskrit: तथा तमुच्छधर्माणं दुर्वासा मुनिसत्तमम्। उपतस्थे यथाकालं षट्कृत्वः कृतनिश्चयः॥ न चास्य मनसा कंचिद् विकारं ददृशे मुनिः। शुद्ध सत्त्वस्य शुद्धं स ददृशे निर्मलं मनः॥
English: In ths way Durvasa during successive seasons came for several times before that best of sages living according to the Unccha mode of life. But that rishi could not perceive any senses agitation in the heart of Mudgala. He found the heart of that virtuous-minded Rishi always pure.
Sanskrit: तमुवाच ततः प्रीतः स मुनिर्मुद्गलं ततः। त्वत्समो नास्ति लोकेऽस्मिन् दाता मात्सर्यवर्जितः॥२३।
English: Thereupon becoming very much pleased he thus spoke to the Rishi Mudgala, There is no other simpleand charitable being like you on earth.
Sanskrit: क्षुद् धर्मसंज्ञा प्रणुदत्यादत्ते धैर्यमेव च। रसानुसारिणी जिह्वा कर्षत्येव रसान् प्रति॥
English: The pangs of hunger drive away all sense of virtue and deprive people of patience. The gongues, that always love, delicacies, attract men towards them.
Sanskrit: आहारप्रभवाः प्राणा मनो दुर्निग्रहं चलम्। मनसश्चेन्द्रियाणां चाप्यैकाग्यं निश्चितं तपः॥
English: Life is sustained by food. The mind is however fickle and it is hard to keep it in subjection. The concentration of mind and the control of the constitute (true) asceticism.
Sanskrit: श्रमेणोपार्जितं त्यक्तुं दुःखं शुद्धेन चेतसा। तत् सर्वं भवता साधो यथावदुपपादितम्॥
English: It is very hard to abandon in a pure spirit a thing earned by pain. O virtuous one, but all this has been duly achieved by you.
Sanskrit: प्रीताः स्मोऽनुगृहीताश्च समेत्य भवता सह। इन्द्रियाभिजयो धैर्यं संविभागो दमः शमः॥ दरा सत्यं च धर्मश्च त्वयि सर्वं प्रतिष्ठितम्। जितास्ते कर्मभिर्लोकाः प्राप्तोऽसि परमां गतिम्॥
English: In your company we feel obliged and gratified. Self-restraint, Self-restraint, fortitude, justice, control of the senses and of the faculties, mercy and virtue are all established in you. You have conquered all the worlds by your deeds, you have obtained the highest state.
Sanskrit: अहो दानं विधुष्टं ते सुमहत् स्वर्गवासिभिः। सशरीरो भवान् गन्ता स्वर्ग सुचरितव्रत॥
English: Even the dwellers of heaven are proclaiming your great deeds of charity. O vow-observing Rishi, you shall go to heaven in your own body.
Sanskrit: इत्येवं वदतस्तस्य तदा दुर्वाससो मुनेः। देवदूतो विमानेन मुद्गलं प्रत्युपस्थितः॥ हंससारसयुक्तेन किङ्किणीजालमालिना। कामगेन विचित्रेण दिव्यगन्धवता तथा॥
English: When the Rishi Durvasa was thus speaking, celestial messenger appeared before Mudgala in a car yoked with swans and cranes, adorned with numerous bells, scented with divine fragrance, picturesquely painted and possessing the power of going everywhere at will.
Sanskrit: उवाच चैनं विप्रर्षि विमानं कर्मभिर्जितम्। समुपारोह संसिद्धि प्राप्तोऽसि परमां मुने॥
English: He spoke thus to the Brahmanas. Ascend this car. O Rishis, the result of your acts, you have obtained the fruit of your asceticism.
Sanskrit: तमेवंवादिनमृषिदेवदूतमुवाच हा इच्छामि भवता प्रोक्तान् गुणान् स्वर्गनिवासिनाम्॥ के गुणास्तत्र वसतां किं तपः कश्च निश्चयः। स्वर्गे तत्र सुखं किं च दोषो वा देवदूतक॥
English: When the celestial messenger was thus talking, the Rishi told him, O celestial messenger, I desire that you should describe to methe attributes of those that live there. What is their asceticism and what is their purpose? What is the happiness in heaven and what are its defects?
Sanskrit: सतां साप्तपदं मैत्रमाहुः सन्तः कुलोचिताः। मित्रतां च पुरस्कृत्य पृच्छामि त्वामहं विभो॥ यदत्र तथ्यं पथ्यं च तद् ब्रवीह्यविचारयन्। श्रुत्वा तथा करिष्यामि व्यवसायं गिरा तव।॥
English: O lord, it has been declared by nobly born virtuous men that friendship with five men is formed by only walking with them seven faces. In the name of friendship, I ask you, tell me the truth and that which is good for me to know. Hearing you, I shall according to your words fix the course I ought to follow.
Sanskrit: देवदूत उवाच महर्षे आर्यबुद्धिस्त्वं यः स्वर्गसुखमुत्तमम्। सम्प्राप्तं बहु मन्तव्यं विमृशस्यबुधो यथा॥
English: The celestial messenger said: O great Rishi, you are very simple, for having obtained that celestial bliss which brings great honour, you are still delebrating like an unwise person.
Sanskrit: उपरिष्टादसौ लोको योऽयं स्वरिति संज्ञितः। ऊर्ध्वगः सत्पथः शश्वद् देवयानचरो मुने॥
English: O Rishi, that which is known in the world by the name of heaven exists above us. It is high, it is furnished with excellent paths and is always frequented by celestial cars.
Sanskrit: नातप्ततपसः पुंसो नामहायज्ञयाजिनः। नानृता नास्तिकाश्चैव तत्र गच्छन्ति मुद्गल॥
English: O sage, atheists and untruthful persons, those that have not performed asceticism and those that have not performed great sacrifices, cannot go there.
Sanskrit: धर्मात्मानो जितात्मानः शान्ता दान्ता विमत्सराः। दानधर्मरता मर्त्याः शूराश्चाहवलक्षणाः॥ तत्र गच्छन्ति धर्माग्र्यं कृत्वा शमदमात्मकम्। लोकान् पुण्यकृतां ब्रह्मन् सद्भिराचरितान् नृभिः॥
English: Only virtuous souls and those of subdued minds and those that have their faculties under control and those that have controlled their senses and those that are free from malice and persons intent on the practice of charity and heroes and men bearing marks of battle, after having subdued senses and faculties and performed the most meritorious rites, attain to those regions, O Brahmana, capable of beings obtained only by virtuous acts and inhabitatedd by pious men.
Sanskrit: देवाः साध्यास्तथा विश्वे तथैव च महर्षयः। यामा धामाश्च मौद्गल्य गन्धर्वाप्सरसस्तथा।॥ एषां देवनिकायानां पृथक् पृथगनेकशः। भास्वन्त: कामसम्पन्ना लोकास्तेजोमयाः शुभाः॥
English: O Mudgala, there are established separately myriads of beautiful, shinning and respendent worlds bestowing every object of desire owned by those celestial beings, the gods, the Sadhyas, the Vishvadevas, the great sages, the Yamas, the Dhamas and the Gandharvas and the Apsaras.
Sanskrit: त्रयस्त्रिंशत्सहस्राणि योजनानि हिरण्मयः। मेरुः पर्वतराट् यत्र देवोद्यानानि मुद्गल॥ नन्दनादीनि पुण्यानि विहाराः पुण्यकर्मणाम्। न क्षुत्पिपासे न ग्लानिर्न शीतोष्णे भयं तथा॥
English: There is that foremost of mountains, the golden Meru extending thirty-three thousand Yojanas. O Mudgala, there are also the celestial gardens. With Nandan at their head here sport the persons of meritorious acts. Neither hunger nor thirst nor heat or cold nor fear.
Sanskrit: बीभत्समशुभं वापि तत्र किंचिन्न विद्यते। मनोज्ञाः सर्वतो गन्धाः सुखस्पर्शाश्च सर्वशः॥ शब्दाः श्रुतिमनोचाह्याः सर्वतस्तत्र वै मुने। न शोको न जरा तत्र नायासपरिदेवने।॥
English: Nor anything that is disgusting and inauspicious is there. Delightful fragrance is everywhere and breezes are delicious and sounds are captivating both to the ear and mind; there is no grief, no old age; nor labour nor repentance is there.
Sanskrit: ईदृशः स मुने लोकः स्वकर्मफलहेतुकः। सुकृतैस्तत्र पुरुषाः सम्भवन्त्यात्मकर्मभिः॥
English: O Rishi, the world obtained as the fruit of one's (good) acts is like this. Men go there by virtue of their meritorious acts.
Sanskrit: तैजसानि शरीराणि भवन्त्यत्रोपपद्यताम्। कर्मजान्येव मौद्गल्य न मातृपितृजान्युत॥
English: Men that live there look resplendant and O Mudgala, solely by virtue of their own acts and not through the me its of fathers or mothers.
Sanskrit: न संस्वेदो न दौर्गन्ध्यं पुरीषं मूत्रमेव च। तेषां न च रजो वस्त्रं बाधते तत्र वै मुने॥
English: O Rishi, there is neither sweat nor stench, nor exeretion nor urine. There dust does not soil one's clothes.
Sanskrit: न म्लायन्ति स्रजस्तेषां दिव्यगन्धा मनोरमाः। संयुज्यन्ते विमानैश्च ब्रह्मन्नेवंविधैश्च ते॥
English: There excellent garments full of celestial fragrance never fade. O Brahmana, there are such cars as this (one I have brought).
Sanskrit: ईर्ष्याशोकक्लमापेता मोहमात्सर्यवर्जिताः। सुखं स्वर्गजितस्तत्र वर्तयन्ते महामुने॥
English: O great Rishi, being free from envy and grief and fatigue and ignorance and malice, men, who have gone to heaven, live in that region in great happiness.
Sanskrit: तेषां तथाविधानां तु लोकानां मुनिपुङ्गवा उपर्युपरि लोकस्य लोका दिव्या गुणान्विताः॥
English: O foremost of Rishis, higher and higher over such regions, there are others possessing higher celestial virtues.
Sanskrit: पुरस्ताद् ब्राह्मणास्तत्र लोकास्तेजोमयाः शुभाः। यत्र यान्त्यषयो ब्रह्मन् पूताः स्वैः कर्मभिः शुभैः॥
English: Of these, the charming and effulgent region of Brahma is the highest. O Brahmana, there go the Rishis that have been purified by their meritorious acts.
Sanskrit: ऋभवो नाम तत्रान्ये देवानामपि देवताः। तेषां लोकात् परतरे यान् यजन्तीह देवताः॥
English: There live certain beings called Ribhus, they are the gods of the gods. Their region is highly blessed and they are adored even by the celestials.
Sanskrit: स्वयंप्रभास्ते भास्वन्तो लोका: कामदुधाः परे। न तेषां स्त्रीकृतस्तापो न लोकैश्वर्यमत्सरः॥
English: They shine in their own effulgence and they bestow every object of desire. They suffer no pangs arising from women. They do not possess worldly wealth and they are free from ill.
Sanskrit: न वर्तयन्त्याहुतिभिस्ते नाष्यमृतभोजनाः। तथा दिव्यशरीरास्ते न च विग्रहमूर्तयः॥
English: They do not live on oblations or on ambrosia. They possess such celestial forms that they cannot be perceived by the senses.
Sanskrit: न सुखे सुखकामास्ते देवदेवाः सनातनाः। न कल्पपरिवर्तेषु परिवर्तन्ति ते तथा॥
English: Those everlasting gods of the gods do not desire happiness for happiness sake, nor do they undergo any change at the change of a Kalpa.
Sanskrit: जरा मृत्युः कुतस्तेषां हर्षः प्रीतिः सुखं न च। न दुःखं न सुखं चापि रागद्वेषौ कुतो मुने॥
English: Old, age, death they have none; for them there is neither ecstacy, nor joy nor happiness. They have neither happiness nor misery, O Rishi, anger and aversion they have none.
Sanskrit: देवानामपि मौद्गल्य काक्षिता सा गतिः परा। दुष्प्रापा परमा सिद्धिरगम्या कामगोचरैः॥
English: O Mudgala, their supreme state is coveted even by the celestial. The great emancipation, which is very difficult to attain, can never be acquired by people subject to desire.
Sanskrit: त्रयस्त्रिंशदिमे देवा येषां लोका मनीषिभिः। गम्यन्ते नियमैः श्रेष्ठैर्दानैर्वा विधिपूर्वकैः॥
English: The number of these gods is thirty-three. To their region go wise men after having observed excellent vows or bestowed gifts according to the ordiance.
Sanskrit: सेयं दानकृता व्युष्टिरनुप्राप्ता सुखं त्वया। तां भुक्ष्व सुकृतैर्लब्धां तपसा द्योतितप्रभः॥ एतत् स्वर्गसुखं विप्र लोका नानाविधास्तथा। गुणाः स्वर्गस्य प्रोक्तास्ते दोषानपि निबोध मे॥
English: You have easily acquired that success by your charities, your effulgence is displayed by virtue of your asceticism. (Now) enjoy that condition which is obtained by your meritorious acts. Such, O Brahmana, is bliss of heaven containing many worlds. Thus have I described to you the blessing of the celestial, region. Now hear some of its disadvantages.
Sanskrit: कृतस्य कर्मणस्तत्र भुज्यते यत् फलं दिवि। न चान्यत् क्रियते कर्म मूलच्छेदेन भुज्यते॥ सोऽत्र दोषो मम मतस्तस्यान्ते पतनं च यत्। सुखव्याप्तमनस्कानां पतनं यच्च मुद्गल॥
English: O Mudgala, in the celestial region a person, while enjoying the fruits of acts he had already performed, cannot perform any other new acts. He must enjoy the fruits of the former life till they are completely exhausted and besides he is liable to fall after he has entirely exhausted his merit, these are in my opinion the disadvantages of heaven. The fall of persons whose minds have been once steeped in happiness must be called a great draw back (of heaven).
Sanskrit: असंतोषः परीतापो दृष्ट्वा दीप्ततराः श्रियः। यद् भवत्यवरे स्थाने स्थितानां तत् सुदुष्करम्॥
English: The discontent and regret that must follow ones stay in an inferior place after he has enjoyed more auspicious and effulgent regions must be very difficult to bear.
Sanskrit: संज्ञामोहश्च पततां रजसा च प्रधर्षणम्। प्रम्लानेषु च माल्येषु ततः पिपतिषोर्भयम्॥
English: The consciousness of those about to fall is stupified and it is also agitated by emotions. As the garlands of those about to fall fade away, fear possesses their hearts.
Sanskrit: आब्रह्मभवनादेते दोषा मौद्गल्य दारुणाः। नाकलोके सुकृतिनां गुणास्त्वयुतशो नृणाम्॥
English: O Mudgala, these are the great draw backs that exist even in the region of Brahma. In the celestial region the virtues, of men who have performed righteous acts, are countless.
Sanskrit: अयं त्वन्यो गुणः श्रेष्ठश्च्युतानां स्वर्गतो मुने। शुभानुशययोगेन मनुष्येषूपजायते॥
English: O Rishi, this is another of the attributes of the fallen that by reason of their merits, they take birth amongst men.
Sanskrit: तत्रापि स महाभागः सुखभागभिजायते। न चेत् सम्बुध्यते तत्र गच्छत्यधमतां ततः॥ इह यत् क्रियते कर्म तत् परत्रोपभुज्यते। कर्मभूमिरियं ब्रह्मन् फलभूमिरसौ मता॥
English: O Rishi, then they obtain high fortune and happiness. If one however cannot acquire knowledge, he takes an inferior birth. The fruits of acts performed in this world are reaped in the next. O Brahmana, this worid has been declared to be one of acts.