इत्थं द्वंद्वविनिर्मुक्तः स येषां वाचको नृप
Thus, O King, he for whom the reciter is free from duality,
आत्मना तु कथं वीर सुखमिच्छेद्विचक्षणः
How, O wise one, can a person himself desire happiness?
वाचकश्रावकाणां च तस्माद्द्वंद्वं विघातयेत्
Therefore, one should remove discord between the reciter and the listeners.
इत्थं पूज्यः सदा व्यासः श्रेयोऽर्थं प्रथमं नृप
Thus Vyasa should always be honored first, O King, for the sake of supreme good.
श्रावकाणां तथा राजन्वाचकः पूज्य उच्यते
Likewise, O King, the reciter is said to be worthy of honor by the listeners.
सौराणां च यथा भानुः शैवानां शंकरो यथा
Just as the Sun is for the worshippers of Surya, and Shiva for the followers of Shiva,
दक्षिणां ददता नित्यं श्रोतव्यं भूतिमिच्छता 1.216.
One who always desires prosperity should listen, giving gifts as prescribed.
यदा दातुं न शक्नोति माषकं कांचनस्य तु
When one is unable to give, even a single grain of gold should be offered.
तदभावे हिरण्यं च वित्तशाठ्यविवर्जितः
In the absence of that, gold may be given, free from any deceit regarding wealth.
इत्येषा दक्षिणा नित्या मासिमासि भवेन्नृप
Thus, O king, this is the perpetual gift to be offered every month.
अमले वाससी राजन्गंधमाल्यविभूषणे
With pure garments, royal fragrance, garlands, and ornaments,
ज्ञात्वा सर्वसमाप्तिं तु पूजयेच्छ्रावको धुवम्
Having understood the completion of all rites, the devotee should indeed offer worship.
नैमित्तिकां च नित्यां च दक्षि णामप्रदाय च
Both occasional and regular gifts must be given, without withholding the prescribed donation.
यथा च दक्षिणाहीनाद्यज्ञान्न फलमश्नुते
Just as a sacrifice without a gift yields no result,
चतुर्गुणा भवेद्राजन्या नित्या दक्षिणा विभो
O illustrious one, the regular gift for royalty should be fourfold.
इत्येष कथितो राजन्पुराणश्रवणे विधिः
Thus, O king, this rule concerning the hearing of the Purāṇa has been declared.
स्नानं दानं जपो होमः पितृदेवाभिपूजनम् 1.216.
Bathing, charity, recitation, oblation, and honoring ancestors and deities—
फलदं नृपशार्दूल पुराणश्रवणं तथा
—and likewise, O tiger among kings, listening to the Purāṇa is fruitful.
यथोक्तं तु यथा जीवं यथोक्तं ब्रह्मवादिना
As has been stated, so should it be practiced, as declared by the knower of Brahman.
यथाश्रुतं महाबाहो तथेदं कथितं तव
O mighty-armed one, just as it was heard, so has this been related to you.
तथा च सप्तमीकल्पः सर्वपापभयापहः
Thus, the observance of the Saptamī rite removes all sin and fear.
भगलोकं समासाद्य त्रिषु लोकेषु गीयते
Having attained the world of Bhaga, it is praised in the three worlds.
तस्मादपि महाबाहो गच्छेल्लोकं दिवाकरम्
Therefore, O mighty-armed one, one attains the world of the Sun.
ऋतस्य च ततो गच्छेत्कंजजस्य ततः परम्
From there, one goes to the realm of truth, and then further to the lotus-born's abode.
श्रवणात्फलमाप्नोति पितामहवचो यथा
By hearing, one obtains the fruit, just as the word of the grandsire declares.
इति श्रीभविष्ये महापुराणे ब्राह्मे पर्वणि सप्तमीकल्पे सौरधर्मे आदित्यमाहात्म्यवाचकमाहात्म्यपुराण श्रवण विधिवर्णनं नाम षोडशाधिकद्विशततमोऽध्यायः
Thus ends the two hundred sixteenth chapter, named 'Description of the Procedure for Hearing the Glory of the Sun,' in the Saptamī section of the Sauradharma, in the Brāhma Parvan of the glorious Bhaviṣya Mahāpurāṇa.
ब्रह्मोवाच व्योम्नः परं तिष्ठति यस्तु मग्नः स मुच्यते रुद्र इहापि दिंडी
Brahma said: Whoever, immersed, stands beyond the sky, is freed here, O Rudra, even from this punishment.
स्थित्वा पुरा ब्रह्मशिरः किलासौ प्रगृह्य तत्तस्य शिरःकपालम्
Long ago, having seized the head of Brahma, he stood, and thus that skull became his.
नग्नो यदा दारुवने मुनीनां दृष्ट्वा च तं भैक्ष्यचरं सुरेशम् विहाय दिंडिः स तु तान्सुरर्षींस्ततो रवेर्लोकमथाजगाम
When, naked, he was seen by the sages in the forest of wood, and as the Lord of gods wandered for alms, he abandoned that punishment and then went to the world of the Sun, leaving those divine sages.
आगच्छमानं प्रमथास्तमूचुर्देवेश नित्यं भ्रमसे किमर्थम्
As he was approaching, the Pramathas said to him: 'O Lord of gods, why do you wander endlessly?'