इति श्रीब्रह्मवैवर्त्ते महापुराणे द्वितीये प्रकृतिखण्डे नारदनारायणसंवादान्तर्गतहरगौरीसंवादे राधोपाख्याने सुयज्ञोपाख्यानं नाम पञ्चाशत्तमोऽध्यायः
Thus ends the fiftieth chapter, named 'The Story of Suyajña,' in the narrative of Rādhā within the dialogue of Hara and Gaurī, which is part of the conversation between Nārada and Nārāyaṇa, in the Prakṛti section of the great Brahmavaivarta Purāṇa.
श्रीपार्वत्युवाच नीतिज्ञा नीतिवचनं तन्मां व्याख्यातुमर्हसि
Śrī Pārvatī said: You who know righteousness, you ought to explain to me that teaching on righteousness.
श्रीमहादेव उवाच क्रमेण वक्तुमारेभे मुनिसंघो वरानने
Śrī Mahādeva said: O beautiful-faced one, the assembly of sages began to speak in turn.
सनत्कुमार उवाच सुशीलं च महैश्वर्यं पितरोऽग्निः सुरास्तथा
Sanatkumāra said: Good conduct and great prosperity, as well as the ancestors, fire, and the gods,
आगता नृपगेहेभ्यः कृत्वा भ्रष्टश्रियं नृपम्
Having come from the houses of kings, they caused the king to lose his splendor.
ब्राह्मणानां तु हृदयं कोमलं नवनीतवत्
The hearts of brāhmaṇas are as soft as fresh butter.
क्षमस्वागच्छ विप्रेन्द्र शुद्धं कुरु नृपालयम्
Forgive, approach, O best of brāhmaṇas, purify the royal abode.
भृगुरुवाच पितरस्तस्य देवाश्च वह्निश्चैव तथैव च
Bhṛgu said: The ancestors, the gods, and likewise fire,
निराशाः प्रतिगच्छन्ति चातिथेरप्रतिग्रहात्
Depart disappointed when a guest is not received or honored.
स्त्रीघ्नैर्गोघ्नैः कृतघ्नैश्च ब्रह्मघ्नैर्गुरुतल्पगैः
By those who kill women, cows, or are ungrateful, who slay brāhmaṇas, or violate the teacher's bed,
पुलस्त्य उवाच दत्त्वा स्वपापं तस्मै तत्पुण्यमादाय गच्छति ।। 2.51.
Pulastya said: Having given his own sin to him, he departs, taking that person's merit.
क्षमस्व नृपदोषं च गच्छ वत्स यथासुखम्
Forgive the king's fault and go, child, as you please.
पुलह उवाच विप्रस्त्रिसन्ध्याहीनो यः श्रीहीनः क्षत्रियो भवेत्
Pulaha said: A Brahmin who neglects the three daily sandhyā rituals becomes a Kṣatriya deprived of prosperity.
एकादशीविहीनश्च विष्णुनैवेद्यवञ्चितः
One who neglects the eleventh day observance and is deprived of Viṣṇu's offering of food—
क्रतुरुवाच दीक्षाहीनो भवेत्सोऽपि ब्राह्मणं योऽवमन्यते
Kratu said: One who lacks initiation and disrespects a Brahmin—
धनहीनः पुत्रहीनो भार्य्याहीनो भवेद्ध्रुवम्
He will certainly become poor, childless, and without a wife.
अङ्गिरा उवाच वृषवाहो भवेत्सोऽपि भारते सप्तजन्मसु
Aṅgirā said: He will be an ox-bearer in Bhārata for seven births.
मरीचिरुवाच विष्णुभक्तिविहीनश्च स भवेद्योऽवमन्यते
Marīci said: One who lacks devotion to Viṣṇu and shows disrespect—
कश्यप उवाच विष्णुमन्त्रविहीनश्च तत्पूजाविरतो भवेत्
Kaśyapa said: One who lacks Viṣṇu mantras and ceases to worship Him—
प्रचेता उवाच पितृभक्तिविहीनस्स्यात्स भवेद्भारते भुवि
Pracetas said: One who lacks devotion to his ancestors will be so on the earth of Bhārata.
प्राप्नोति कौञ्जरीं योनिं स मूढः सप्तजन्मसु 2.51.
That deluded one attains the womb of a she-elephant for seven births.
दुर्वासा उवाच दृष्ट्वा शीघ्रं न प्रणमेत्स भवेत्सूकरो भुवि
Durvāsas said: Seeing but not quickly bowing, he becomes a pig on earth.
मिथ्यासाक्षी च भवति तथा विश्वासघातकः
He becomes a false witness and a betrayer of trust.
राजोवाच सर्वं कृत्वा च विस्पष्टं मां मूढं बोधयन्त्वहो
The king said: Having done everything clearly, alas, let them enlighten me, the deluded one.
स्त्रीघ्नगोघ्नकृतघ्नानां गुरुस्त्रीगामिनां तथा
For those who kill women, cows, or benefactors, and for teachers who consort with women—
वसिष्ठ उवाच यवयावकभोजी च करेण च जलं पिबेत्
Vasiṣṭha said: They should eat barley and wild grains, and drink water with their hands.
तदा धेनुशतं दिव्यं ब्राह्मणेभ्यः सदक्षिणम्
Then, a hundred divine cows with proper gifts should be given to Brahmins.
प्रायश्चित्ते तु वै चीर्णे सर्वपापान्न मुच्यते
But even after performing penance, one is not freed from all sins.
आतिदेशिकहत्यायां तदर्धं फलमश्नुते
For the indirect killing, one experiences half the result.
शुक्र उवाच षष्टिवर्षसहस्राणि कालसूत्रे वसेद्ध्रुवम्
Śukra said: For six thousand years, one certainly dwells in Kālasūtra.