काचित्पातयते नारी काचिदुद्धरते कुलम्। तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन कुलजामुद्वहेद्बुधः
One woman brings down a family, another uplifts it; therefore, a wise man should marry a woman of good lineage with all effort.
कुलद्वयं समा नारी समयित्वा तु तिष्ठति। साध्वी तारयते वंशान्दुष्टा पातयति ध्रुवम्
A woman, equal to both families, remains after uniting them; a virtuous one saves the lineages, but a wicked one certainly destroys them.
दारेष्वधीनं स्वर्गं च कुलं पंकं यशोऽयशः। पुत्रं दुहितरं मित्रं संसारे कथयंति च
Heaven, family, impurity, fame and infamy, son, daughter, and friend—all these are said to depend upon the wife in this world.
तस्मादेकां द्वितीयां वा वामामुद्वाहयेद्बुधः। संतानार्थात्तु कामाच्च बहुदोषाश्रिता च सा
Therefore, a wise man may marry one or a second woman; for the sake of progeny and desire, though she is associated with many faults.
रजस्वलां च वनितां नावगच्छति यः पतिः। ब्रह्महा भ्रूणहा सोपि दुर्गतिं चाधिगच्छति
A husband who does not recognize his wife during her menstruation attains the fate of a murderer of a Brahmin or a fetus, and falls into misfortune.
यो मोहाद्दुर्भगां कृत्वा साध्वीं त्यजति पापकृत्। तस्या वधेन यत्पापं तद्भुक्त्वा नरकं व्रजेत्
He who, out of delusion, makes a virtuous wife unfortunate and abandons her, having suffered the sin of her death, goes to hell.
वनिताहरणं कृत्वा चांडलकुलतां व्रजेत्। तथैव वनिताहानात्पतितो जायते नरः
Having abducted a woman, one attains the status of an outcaste; likewise, from abandoning a woman, a man becomes fallen.
रामां विन्यस्य स्कंधे च चिरं यमपुरे वसेत्। मलमूत्रं शिरोदेशे नित्यं तस्य च संपतेत्
Placing a woman upon his shoulder, he dwells long in the realm of Yama; filth and urine constantly fall upon his head.
एवं वर्षसहस्राणि भारं वहति दुर्मतिः। पुनर्यावन्ति लोमानि तावत्स रौरवं व्रजेत्
Thus, for thousands of years, the wicked one bears the burden; then, for as many hairs as he has, he enters the Raurava hell.
पुनः कीटेषु संतीर्णस्तदा मानुषतां व्रजेत्। ततश्च कलहं शोकं प्राप्नोति पूर्वकल्मषात्
Again, having passed through insects, he attains human birth; then, because of previous sin, he experiences quarrel and sorrow.
एवं जन्मत्रयं प्राप्य मुच्यते पातकान्नरः। तत्कालं नरकं भुक्त्वा सा तु काकी तु वञ्चकी
Thus, after obtaining three births, a man is freed from sin; having suffered hell at that time, she becomes a deceitful crow.
उच्छिष्टनरकं भुक्त्वा मानुषे विधवा भवेत्। यः पुनश्चांत्यजां गच्छेन्म्लेछां वा पुल्कसां नरः
Having suffered the hell of leftovers, she becomes a widow among humans; and the man who goes to an outcaste, foreigner, or barbarian woman—
द्वित्रिचतुर्गुणं भुक्त्वा तत्र संचीर्णवंचकः। मातरं गुरुभार्यां च ब्राह्मणीं महिषीं तथा
Having suffered two, three, or four times the punishment, the deceiver there approaches his mother, his teacher's wife, a Brahmin woman, or a queen.
अन्यां वा प्रभुपत्नीं च गत्वा यात्यपुनर्भवं। भगिनीं तत्पुत्रभार्यां तथा दुहितरं स्नुषाम्
Or, having approached another's wife or the wife of a lord, he attains non-return; likewise, his sister, his son's wife, his daughter, or his daughter-in-law.
पितृव्यां मातुलानीं तु तथैव च पितृष्वसाम्। मातृष्वस्रादिकामन्यां गत्वा नास्ति च निष्कृतिः
His paternal aunt, maternal uncle's wife, and likewise his father's sister; having approached any such maternal relative, there is no expiation.
ब्रह्महा स भवेदंधो वचसा जडतां व्रजेत्। कर्णयोर्बधिरो जातश्च्यवते नास्ति निष्कृतिः
He becomes a Brahmin-slayer, blind, and attains speechlessness; he becomes deaf in both ears, falls, and there is no expiation.
उक्त्वा अश्लीलमत्यर्थमखिलं स्त्रीकृतेन हि। द्विज उवाच- एवं दुष्कृतमासाद्य कथं मोक्षो भवेत्पुनः
Having spoken excessively obscene words, all caused by women— The twice-born said: Having committed such evil, how can liberation be attained again?
तत्समाचक्ष्व भगवन्श्रोतुमिच्छामि तत्त्वतः। श्रीभगवानुवाच। तासां च गमनं कृत्वा तप्तां लोहस्य पुत्तलद्यं
Tell me that, O Lord, I wish to hear the truth. The Blessed Lord said: Having gone to those women, one must enter a molten iron statue.
समालिंग्य त्यजेत्प्राणं शुचिर्लोकांतरं व्रजेत्। यो वै गृहाश्रमं त्यक्त्वा मच्चित्तो जायते नरः
Embracing death, the pure one departs to another world; whoever, abandoning the householder's stage, is born with his mind fixed on me—
नित्यं स्मरति गोविंदं सर्वपापक्षयो भवेत्। ब्रह्महत्यायुतं तेन कृतं गुर्वंगनागमात्
He who always remembers Govinda, all his sins are destroyed; even ten thousand acts of killing a Brahmin, or transgressions with a teacher's wife—
शतं शतसहस्रं च पैष्टीमद्यस्य भक्षणात्। स्वर्णादेर्हरणं कृत्वा तेषां संसर्गकं चिरं५० 1.52.
A hundred, a hundred thousand, from eating forbidden meat, from stealing gold and the like, and from prolonged association with such acts—
एतान्यन्यानि पापानि महान्ति पातकानि च। अग्निं प्राप्य यथा तूलं तृणं शुष्कं प्रणश्यति
These and other great sins and offenses, just as cotton or dry grass is consumed by fire—
तस्मान्मन्नामगोविंदं स्मृत्वा पूतो भवेन्नरः। यो वा गृहाश्रमे तिष्ठेन्नित्यं गोविंदघोषणम्
Therefore, remembering my name, Govinda, a person becomes purified; even one who remains in the householder's stage, constantly proclaiming Govinda—
कृत्वा च पूजयित्वा च स पापात्सन्तरो भवेत्। भागीरथी तटे रम्ये खगस्य ग्रहणे शिवे
Having done so and worshipped, he crosses over sin; on the beautiful bank of the Bhagirathi, at the capture of the bird, in the presence of Shiva—
गवां कोटिप्रदानेन यत्फलं लभते नरः। तत्फलं समवाप्नोति सहस्रं चाधिकं च यत्
The fruit that a person obtains by giving away ten million cows, that fruit he attains, and a thousand times more—
गोविंदकीर्तने तात मत्पुरे चाक्षयं वसेत्। कामात्स भवने स्थित्वा सार्वभौमो भवेन्नृपः
By praising Govinda, O dear one, he dwells eternally in my city; by desire, remaining in his house, he becomes a universal sovereign, a king—
पुराणेमत्कथां श्रुत्वा मत्सादृश्यं लभेन्नरः। कथयित्वा पुराणं च विष्णुसायुज्यतां व्रजेत्
Having heard my story from the Purāṇa, a person attains likeness to me; and by reciting the Purāṇa, he reaches union with Vishnu—
तस्मान्नित्यं च श्रोतव्यं पुराणं धर्मसंचयं। श्रावितव्यं प्रयत्नेन लोके विष्णुतनुं व्रजेत्
Therefore, the Purāṇa, which accumulates dharma, should always be heard; it should be made heard with effort, so that in this world one attains the form of Vishnu—
अन्यद्वा स्त्रीकृते दोषे यथायोगं भवेद्ध्रुवं। निशामय प्रवक्ष्यामि तत्वतो द्विजनंदन
For any other fault committed for the sake of a woman, the appropriate result surely occurs; listen, O delight of the twice-born, I will declare it truly—
सर्वबीजस्य दानेन सांबुकुंभं महाफलम्। दद्याद्विप्राय पुण्याहे सद्यःपूतो भवेत्क्षणात्
By giving all kinds of seeds in a full pot, which is a great fruit, to a Brahmin on a holy day, one is instantly purified—