विषयिन्मांसमदिरे नित्यपापविवर्धिके
Indulgence in sensual pleasures, meat, and wine ever increases sin.
तस्मात्त्वं प्रभुमीशानं विष्णुं जिष्णुं जगत्पतिम् 3.2.21.
Therefore, you should worship the supreme lord Viṣṇu, the victorious, the lord of the universe.
नास्तिकत्वं देवनिंदा परित्यज्य मतिं कुरु
Abandon atheism and reviling of the gods; set your mind rightly.
आत्मनोंगानि देवाश्च सर्वजीवगुहाशयाः
The gods dwell within the limbs of the self and in the hearts of all living beings.
इति ते वचनं श्रुत्वा गतास्तीर्थान्तरं प्रति
Hearing these words, they went to another holy place.
वर्षांते च महादेवो विद्यां संजीवनीं ददौ
At the end of the year, the great god gave them the knowledge of reviving the dead.
मृतव्याघ्रास्थिनि श्रेष्ठं मंत्रपूतांबु चाक्षिपत्
He sprinkled mantra-purified water on the best of tiger bones.
तस्योपर्य्येव कुलटो मंत्रपूतं पयोऽक्षिपत्
Then the libertine poured mantra-purified milk upon them.
विषयी चाक्षिपच्चैव तस्योपरि जलं शुभम्
The sensualist also poured pure water upon them.
सुप्तं व्याघ्रं च संज्ञाय नास्तिकस्तु जलं ददौ
The atheist, seeing the tiger asleep, poured water upon it.
सूत उवाच राजन्मूर्खो हि कस्तेषां श्रुत्वा राजाब्रवीदिदम्
Sūta said: O King, having heard this, the king spoke these words—who among them is truly the fool?
बोधितो येन स व्याघ्रः स मूर्खस्त्वधिको मतः 3.2.21.
He who instructed the tiger is considered even more foolish.
इति श्रीभविष्ये महापुराणे प्रतिसर्गपर्वणि चतुर्युगखण्डापरपर्याये कलियुगीयेतिहा ससमुच्चय एकविंशोऽध्यायः
Thus ends the twenty-first chapter, the summary of the Kali Yuga narrative, in the Caturyuga Section of the Pratisarga Parvan of the illustrious Bhaviṣya Mahāpurāṇa.
अहं पूर्वभवे चासं क्षत्रसिंहो महीपतिः
In a previous birth, I was Kṣatrasiṃha, a king.
तस्य ग्रामे वसद्विप्रो वेदवेदांगपारगः
In his village lived a brāhmaṇa, learned in the Vedas and their branches.
उभकौ तनयौ तस्य सर्वविद्याविशारदौ शाक्तोऽभवत्तदनुजो मोहनो नाम श्रुतः
He had two sons, both skilled in all branches of knowledge; the younger, known as Mohana, became devoted to Śakti.
कदाचित्क्षत्रसिंहस्तु यज्ञार्थी यज्ञहेतवे स्वयं च कारयामास च्छागमेधं सुरप्रियम्
Once, Kṣatrasiṃha, desiring a sacrifice for the sake of the ritual, himself arranged a goat-sacrifice, dear to the gods.
शंभुदत्तस्तु वृद्धात्मा शिवभक्तिपरायणः
Śaṃbhudatta, of mature spirit, was devoted to the worship of Śiva.
हव्यैः सुसंस्कृतै रम्यैश्चकार हवनं मुदा
With well-prepared and delightful offerings, he joyfully performed the fire-ritual.
लीलाधरस्तु तं दृष्ट्वा छागं च मरणोन्मुखम्
Līladhara, seeing that goat about to meet its death,
दारुणं नरकं योग्यमनया जीवहिंसया
thought, 'Such violence against life leads to a terrible hell.'
इति श्रुत्वा वचस्तस्य ज्येष्ठबंधोश्च मोहनः
Hearing these words of his elder brother, Mohana—
पुरा सत्ययुगे भ्रातर्ब्राह्मणा यज्ञतत्पराः 3.2.22.१
In the former Satya Yuga, O brother, brāhmaṇas were devoted to sacrifice.
तिलाधिकमजं मत्वा हव्ये ते तु मनो दधुः
Considering sesame superior to a goat, they set their minds on offering it in the fire.
ऊचुस्ते मधुरं वाक्यं त्वन्मतं निष्फलप्रदम्
They spoke sweet words: 'Your opinion yields no fruit.'
एतस्मिन्नंतरे तत्र पितृयोनिरमावसुः
At that moment, a pitṛ named Amāvasu appeared there.
विमानं परमारुह्य मुनीन्प्रोवाच निर्भयः
Ascending a splendid aerial chariot, he addressed the sages without fear.
इति श्रुत्वा वचस्तस्य तथा कृत्वा शिवं ययुः
Hearing his words, they acted accordingly and attained auspiciousness.
इति श्रुत्वा वचो घोरं लीलाधर उदारधीः
Having heard those dreadful words, Liladhara, of noble intellect,
रजोगुणमयो लोकस्त्रेतायां संबभूव ह
The world, composed of the quality of passion, arose in the Treta age.