स शत्रुर्मे सुरगुरुः परो विश्वे निशाकर यत्र लोकाश्च धर्मिष्ठास्तत्र धर्मः सनातनः 2.58.
That teacher of the gods is my enemy, O moon, yet where the righteous dwell, there is eternal dharma.
यतो धर्मस्ततः कृष्णो यतः कृष्णस्ततो जयः
Where there is dharma, there is Kṛṣṇa; where there is Kṛṣṇa, there is victory.
हिंसकाः प्रलयं यान्ति धर्मो रक्षति धार्मिकम्
The violent meet destruction; dharma protects the righteous.
तथाऽपि नहि रक्षन्ति धर्मघ्नं पापिनं जनम्
Yet even so, dharma does not protect the destroyer of dharma, the sinful person.
ब्रह्महत्याषोडशांश पातकं च भवेद्ध्रुवम्
The sin incurred is certainly a sixteenth part of the sin of killing a Brahmin.
विप्रपत्नीसतीनां च गमनं वै बलेन चेत्
If one forcibly approaches the wife of a Brahmin or a virtuous woman,
धर्म्मं चर महाभाग ब्राह्मणीं त्यज साम्प्रतम्
Practice righteousness, O fortunate one, and now abandon the Brahmin woman.
उपायेन च ते पापं दूरीभूतं भवेन्ननु
By means, indeed, your sin will become distant from you.
शस्त्रहीनं च भीतं च दीनं च शरणार्थिनम्
One who is weaponless, fearful, destitute, and seeking refuge,
राजसूयशतानां च रक्षिता लभते फलम्
The protector of a hundred Rājasūya sacrifices attains the fruit.
इत्युक्त्वा वै दैत्यगुरुः स्वर्गे मन्दाकिनीतटे 2.58.
Having spoken thus, the teacher of the demons, on the bank of the Mandākinī in heaven,
विष्णुपादाब्जजातेन तन्नैवेद्यं शुभप्रदम्
The offering born from the lotus feet of Viṣṇu brings auspiciousness.
क्रोडे कृत्वा तु तं भीतं सज्जितं पापकर्मणा
Having placed the fearful one, prepared for sinful deeds, on his lap,
शुक्र उवाच सत्यं व्रतफलं चैव सत्यं सत्यवचः फलम्
Śukra said: Truth is the fruit of vows, and truth is the fruit of truthful speech.
तीर्थस्नानफलं सत्यं सत्यं दानफलं यदि
The fruit of bathing at holy places is truth, and so is the fruit of giving, if it is truth.
विप्रं त्रिसन्ध्याहीनं या विष्णुपूजाविही नकम्
A Brahmin who neglects the three sandhyā rituals and is devoid of Viṣṇu worship,
स्वभार्य्यावञ्चनं कृत्वा यः प्रयाति परस्त्रियम्
He who deceives his own wife and goes to another woman,
वाचा वा ताडयेत्कान्तं दुश्शीला दुर्मुखा च या
Or who strikes his beloved with words, if she is immoral or ill-tempered,
अनैवेद्यं वृथान्नं च यश्च भुङ्क्ते हरेर्द्विजः
And the twice-born who eats food not offered to Hari, or useless food,
अम्बुवाच्यं भूखननं यः करोति नरा धमः
He who performs water rituals or digs the earth, O man of Dharma,
स्वकान्तं वञ्चयित्वा च या याति परपूरुषम् 2.58.
She who deceives her own husband and goes to another man,
कीर्त्तिं करोति रजसा परकीर्त्तिं विलुप्य च
He creates his own fame with passion, having destroyed the fame of another.
पितरं मातरं भार्य्यां यो न पुष्णाति पातकी
He who does not support his father, mother, or wife is a sinner.
कुलटान्नमवीरान्नमृतुस्नातान्नमेव च
Food from an adulteress, food from a coward, and food from one who has bathed after her period—
स यातु तेन पापेन कुम्भीपाकं चतुर्युगम्
He, because of that sin, shall go to Kumbhīpāka hell for four ages.
दिवसे यो ग्राम्यधर्मं महापापी करोति च
Whoever, in the daytime, commits village-dharma (sexual acts) is a great sinner.
तं यातु चन्द्रपापं च महाघोरं च पापिनम्
Let that most wicked sinner go to Candrapāpa, the terrible hell.
मुखं श्रोणीं स्तनं चापि यः पश्यति परस्त्रियाः
He who looks at the face, hips, or breasts of another man's wife—
स यातु लालाभक्षं च चन्द्रपापाच्चतुर्युगम्
He shall go to eat saliva in Candrapāpa for four ages.
कुरुते ग्राम्यधर्मं च यातु तं चन्द्रकिल्बिषम् 2.58.
Whoever engages in village-dharma shall go to Candrakilbiṣa.