काश्यपे दुर्गते नीचे देवब्राह्मणनिन्दके । मूर्खे चैवानभिज्ञे च न च स्वप्नं प्रकाशयेत्
But to a wicked, fallen, low person, one who reviles gods or brahmins, a fool, or one unlearned, the dream should not be revealed.
अश्वत्थे गणके विप्रे पितृदेवासनेषु च । आर्ये च वैष्णवे मित्रे दिवा स्वप्नं प्रकाशयेत्
In the presence of a sacred fig tree, an astrologer, a brahmin, on a seat of ancestors or gods, to an honorable person, a Vaishnava, or a friend, the dream should be revealed during the day.
इति ते पुण्यमाख्यातं कथितं पापनाशनम् । धन्यं यशस्यमायुष्यं किं भूयः श्रोतुमिच्छसि
Thus, the meritorious account has been told to you, which destroys sin, brings fortune, fame, and long life. What more do you wish to hear?
इति श्रीब्रह्मo महाo श्रीकृष्णजन्मखo उत्तo नारदनाo भगवन्नन्दसंo द्व्यशीतितमोऽध्यायः
Thus ends the eighty-second chapter in the glorious Brahmavaivarta Purana, in the section concerning the birth of Sri Krishna, the conversation between Narada and the blessed Nanda.
अथ त्र्यशीतितमोऽध्यायः नन्द उवाच वेदानां कारणं त्वं च ब्रह्मादीनां च पुत्रक । सर्वं कथय भद्रं ते कं पृच्छामि त्वया विना
Nanda said: You are the cause of the Vedas and also of Brahma and the others, my son. Tell me everything, may good be yours; whom else can I ask but you?
विप्राणां यो हि धर्मश्च क्षत्रविद्शूद्रकर्मणाम् । संन्यासिनां च यो धर्मो यतीनां ब्रह्मचारिणाम्
What is the dharma of the Brahmins, and the duties of Kshatriyas and Shudras? What is the dharma for renunciants, ascetics, and celibates?
विप्राणां विधवास्त्रीणां वैष्णवानां सतामपि । पतिव्रतानां स्त्रीणां च तत्सर्व वक्तुमर्हसि
You should also speak about the duties of Brahmins, widows, Vaishnavas, the virtuous, and women devoted to their husbands.
गृहिणां गृहिणीनां च शिष्याणां च विशेषतः । पुत्राणां चापि कन्यानां पितरं मातरं प्रति
And the duties of householders, their wives, disciples especially, and of sons and daughters towards their father and mother.
स्त्रीजातिश्च कतिविधा भक्तः कतिविधः प्रभो । ब्रह्माण्डं च कतिविधं वदनं च किमात्मकम्
How many kinds of women are there, O Lord, and how many kinds of devotees? How many universes are there, and what is the nature of the mouth?
श्रीभगवानुवाच संध्यापूतः सदा विप्रः कुरुते मम सेवनम् । नित्यं भुङ्कते मत्प्रसादमनिवेद्य कदा च न
The Blessed Lord said: A Brahmin purified by sandhya who always serves Me, always partakes of My offered food, and never eats without offering.
अन्नं विष्ठा जलं यद्विष्णोरनिवेदितम् । विष्णुप्रसादभोजी च जीवन्मुक्तश्च ब्राह्मणः
Food not offered to Vishnu is like excrement, and water likewise; but a Brahmin who eats Vishnu's prasada is liberated while living.
नित्यं तपस्यानिरतः शुचिः शान्तश्च शास्त्रवित् । व्रततीर्थाश्रितो धर्मी नानाध्यापनसंयुतः
He is always engaged in austerity, pure, peaceful, learned in the scriptures, devoted to vows and pilgrimages, righteous, and engaged in teaching various subjects.
विष्णुमन्त्रं गृहीत्वा च कृत्वा च गुरुसेवनम् । गुहीत्वा तदनुज्ञां च पश्चाद्भवति स गृही
Having received the Vishnu-mantra and served the guru, and having obtained the guru's permission, only then does one become a householder.
दक्षिणां नित्यबूजानां गुरवे च निवेदयेत् । गुरूणां पोषणं नित्यं कर्तव्यं नात्र संशयः
One should always offer dakshina to the guru and to those who perform daily worship; there is no doubt that the guru must always be supported.
सर्वेषामपि वन्द्यानां पिता चैव महान् गुरुः । पितुः शतगुणैर्माता मातुः शतगुणैः सुरः
Among all who are worthy of reverence, the father is a great guru; the mother is a hundred times greater than the father, and the gods are a hundred times greater than the mother.
मन्त्रदस्तन्त्रदश्चैव सृराणां च चतुर्गुणः । नारायणाश्च भगवान्गुरुः प्रत्यक्ष ईश्वरः
The giver of mantras and the teacher of tantra are four times greater than the gods; Lord Narayana Himself is the guru, the manifest Lord.
उद्देशे दीयते तस्मै सुरायेति श्रुतौ श्रुतम् । प्रत्यक्षभोक्ता स्वगुरुः स्वयं देही जनार्दनः
It is stated in the scriptures that in the act of teaching, the gods are present; one's own guru is the direct enjoyer, and Janardana Himself is embodied therein.
गुरुर्ब्रह्मा गुरुर्विष्णुर्गुरुरेव स्वयं शिवः । गुरौ च सर्वदेवाश्च तिष्ठन्ति सततं मुदा
The guru is Brahma, the guru is Vishnu, the guru is indeed Shiva Himself; all the gods always reside joyfully in the guru.
गुरौ तुष्टे हरिस्तुष्टो यस्मिंस्तुष्टे च देवता । गुरुः पुत्रसमं स्नेहं शिष्येषु न करिष्यति
When the guru is pleased, Hari is pleased, and when he is pleased, so are the gods; but the guru should not show affection for disciples as for his own son.
लभते ब्रह्महत्यां च भुङ्क्ते कृत्वा च नाऽऽशिषम् । स्वधर्मनिरतो विप्रो ब्राह्मणश्च सदा शुचिः
If he does, he incurs the sin of killing a Brahmin and suffers without receiving blessings; a Brahmin devoted to his own dharma is always pure.
विष्णुसेवी सदा विप्रस्तदन्योऽप्यशुचिः सदा । ब्राह्मणो वृषवाहश्च शूद्राणां सूपकारकः
A Brahmin who always serves Vishnu is pure; any other is always impure. The Brahmin is the carrier of the bull, and the Shudra is the cook.
ब्राह्मणो देवलश्चैव संध्याहीनश्च दुर्बलः । ब्राह्मणश्च दिवाशायी शूद्रश्राद्धान्नभोजनः
A Brahmin who is like Devala but neglects sandhya is weak; a Brahmin who sleeps during the day or eats food from a Shudra's shraddha is likewise.
शूद्राणां शवदाही च ते च शूद्रसमा द्विजाः । शालग्राममहामन्त्रं कृत्वा पूजां विधानतः
Those who cremate corpses among the Shudras, and those twice-born who are like Shudras, having performed worship according to the prescribed method with the great mantra of Shalagrama—
भुङ्क्ते नंवेद्यशेषं च तत्पादोदकमेव च । हरेः पादोदकं पीत्वा तीर्थस्नायी भवेन्नरः
—do not partake of what is not offered, nor of leftovers, and only drink the water from the feet of Hari; by drinking Hari’s foot-water, a person becomes as one who has bathed at a holy place.
मुच्यते सर्वपापेम्यो विष्णुलोकं स गच्छति । स स्नातः सर्वतीर्थेषु सर्वयज्ञेषु दीक्षितः
He is freed from all sins and attains the realm of Vishnu; he is as one who has bathed at all holy places and is initiated in all sacrifices.
शालग्रामशिलातोयैर्योऽभिषेकं समाचरेत् । गङ्गाजलाद्दशगुणं शालग्रामजलं व्रज
Whoever performs ablution with the water from the Shalagrama stone, that Shalagrama water is ten times greater than Ganga water.
नित्यं भुङ्क्ते च यो विप्रो जीवन्मुक्तः सुरैः समः । विप्राणां नित्यकृत्यं च विष्णोर्नैवेद्यभोजनम्
The Brahmin who daily partakes of it becomes liberated while living, equal to the gods; the daily duty of Brahmins is to eat Vishnu’s consecrated offering.
यत्नेन पूजनं तस्य तत्पाजोदकमेवनम् । नित्यं त्रिसंध्यं कुरुते भक्त्या च मम पूजनम्
With effort, worship is to be performed for him, and only his worship-water is to be used; he always performs the three daily sandhyas and worships me with devotion.
एकादश्यां न भुङ्क्ते च मम वै जन्मवासरे । शिवरात्रौ च हे तात श्रीरामनवमीदिने
He does not eat on Ekadashi, nor on my birthday, nor on Shiva’s night, nor, O dear one, on the day of Sri Rama’s birth.
न च भुङ्क्ते व्रती यो हि जीवन्मुक्तो हि स द्विजः । पृथिव्यां यानि तीर्थानि तस्य पादे च तानि च
The one who observes vows and does not eat on those days is liberated while living, O twice-born; all the holy places on earth are at his feet.