तस्य सर्वार्थसिद्धिः स्यात्पापं सर्वं विलीयते । विमुक्तः सर्वपापेभ्यो विष्णुलोकं सगच्छति
He attains success in all endeavors; all his sins are dissolved. Freed from all sins, he goes to the world of Vishnu.
इति श्रीपद्मपुराणे भूमिखंडे वेनोपाख्याने गुरुतीर्थे च्यवनचरित्रे पंचनवतितमोऽध्यायः
Thus ends the ninety-fifth chapter in the story of Cyavana at the holy place of the Guru, in the Vena narrative of the Bhumi Khanda of the glorious Padma Purana.
सुबाहुरुवाच- कीदृशैः कर्मभिः प्रेत्य गच्छंति नरकं नराः । स्वर्गं तु कीदृशैः प्रेत्य तन्मे त्वं वक्तुमर्हसि
Subahu said: By what kinds of actions do people go to hell after death? And by what kinds of actions do they go to heaven after death? You should tell me this.
जैमिनिरुवाच- ब्राह्मण्यं पुण्यमुत्सृज्य ये द्विजा लोभमोहिताः । कुकर्माण्युपजीवंति ते वै निरयगामिनः
Jaimini said: Those twice-born who, abandoning righteousness and virtue, are deluded by greed and infatuation and live by wicked deeds—indeed, they go to hell.
नास्तिका भिन्नमर्यादाः कंदर्पविषयोन्मुखाः । दांभिकाश्च कृतघ्नाश्च ते वै निरयगामिनः
Atheists, those who transgress boundaries, those intent on sensual pleasures, hypocrites, and the ungrateful—these indeed go to hell.
ब्राह्मणेभ्यः प्रतिश्रुत्य न प्रयच्छंति ये धनम् । ब्रह्मस्वानां च हर्तारो नरा निरयगामिनः
Those who, having promised wealth to Brahmins, do not give it, and those who steal Brahmin property—such people go to hell.
पुरुषाः पिशुनाश्चैव मानिनोऽनृतवादिनः । असंबद्धप्रलापाश्च ते वै निरयगामिनः
Men who are slanderers, arrogant, liars, and those who speak irrelevant or incoherent words—these indeed go to hell.
ये परस्वापहर्तारः परदूषणसूचकाः । परस्त्रीगामिनो ये च ते वै निरयगामिनः
Those who steal others’ property, who falsely accuse others, and those who consort with other men’s wives—these indeed go to hell.
प्राणिनां प्राणहिंसायां ये नरा निरताः सदा । परनिंदारता ये वै ते वै निरयगामिनः
Those men who are always engaged in harming the lives of living beings, and those who delight in slandering others—these indeed go to hell.
सुकूपानां तडागानां प्रपानां च परंतप । सरसां चैव भेत्तारो नरा निरयगामिनः
O scorcher of foes, men who destroy good wells, ponds, drinking places, and lakes—these people go to hell.
विपर्यस्यंति ये दाराञ्छिशून्भृत्यातिथींस्तथा । उत्सन्नपितृदेवेज्या नरा निरयगामिनः
Those who violate their wives, children, servants, and guests, and those whose ancestral and divine worship is neglected—these people go to hell.
प्रव्रज्यादूषका राजन्ये चैवाश्रमदूषकाः । सखीनां दूषकाश्चैव ते वै निरयगामिनः
Those who corrupt the order of renunciants, those who defile the order of rulers, and those who corrupt their friends—these indeed go to hell.
आद्यं पुरुषमीशानं सर्वलोकमहेश्वरम् । न चिंतयंति ये विष्णुं ते वै निरयगामिनः
Those who do not contemplate Vishnu, the primordial person, the Lord of all worlds and the great Lord—these indeed go to hell.
प्रयाजानां मखानां च कन्यानां सुहृदां तथा । साधूनां च गुरूणां च दूषका निरयगामिनः
Those who defile the preliminary rites, sacrifices, maidens, friends, the virtuous, and teachers—these go to hell.
काष्ठैर्वा शंकुभिर्वापि शून्यैरश्मभिरेव वा । ये मार्गानुपरुंधंति ते वै निरयगामिनः
Those who obstruct roads with wood, stakes, or even with empty stones—these indeed go to hell.
सर्वभूतेष्वविश्वस्ताः कामेनार्तास्तथैव च । सर्वभूतेषु जिह्माश्च ते वै निरयगामिनः
Those who are distrustful of all beings, tormented by desire, and crooked towards all beings—these indeed go to hell.
आगतान्भोजनार्थं तु ब्राह्मणान्वृत्तिकर्शितान् । प्रतिषेधं च कुर्वंति ते वै निरयगामिनः
Those who prevent Brahmins, who have come for food and are afflicted by hunger, from eating—these indeed go to hell.
क्षेत्रवृत्तिगृहच्छेदं प्रीतिच्छेदं च ये नराः । आशाच्छेदं प्रकुर्वंति ते वै निरयगामिनः
Those men who destroy fields, houses, affection, or hope—these indeed go to hell.
शस्त्राणां चैव कर्त्तारः शल्यानां धनुषां तथा । विक्रेतारश्च राजेंद्र नरा निरयगामिनः
O king, those who make weapons, arrows, and bows, and those who sell them—these men go to hell.
अनाथं विक्लवं दीनं रोगार्त्तं वृद्धमेव च । नानुकंपंति ये मूढास्ते वै निरयगामिनः
Those fools who show no compassion to the helpless, the distressed, the poor, the sick, or the elderly—these indeed go to hell.
नियमान्पूर्वमादाय ये पश्चादजितेंद्रियाः । अतिक्रामंति चांचल्यात्ते वै निरयगामिनः
Those who first take vows and then, with uncontrolled senses, break them out of fickleness—these indeed go to hell.
इत्येते कथिता राजन्नरा निरयगामिनः । स्वर्गलोकस्य गंतारो ये जनास्तान्निबोध मे
Thus, O king, I have described the men who go to hell. Now listen to me as I tell of those who attain the heavenly worlds.
सत्येन तपसा क्षांत्या दानेनाध्ययनेन च । ये धर्ममनुवर्तंते ते नराः स्वर्गगामिनः
Those men who follow righteousness through truth, austerity, forbearance, charity, and study—they go to heaven.
ये च होमपरा ध्यानदेवतार्चनतत्पराः । आददाना महात्मानस्ते नराः स्वर्गगामिनः
Those who are devoted to sacrificial offerings, meditation, and worship of deities, and who are great-souled—these men go to heaven.
शुचयश्च शुचौ देशे वासुदेवपरायणाः । पठंति विष्णुं गायंति ते नराः स्वर्गगामिनः
Those pure men, in a pure place, devoted to Vāsudeva, who recite and sing of Viṣṇu—they go to heaven.
मातापित्रोश्च शुश्रूषां ये कुर्वंति सदादृताः । वर्जयंति दिवास्वप्नं ते नराः स्वर्गगामिनः
Those who always serve their mother and father with respect, and avoid sleeping during the day—these men go to heaven.
सर्वहिंसानिवृत्ताश्च साधुसंगाश्च ये नराः । सर्वस्यापि हिते युक्तास्ते नराः स्वर्गगामिनः
Those men who refrain from all violence, associate with the virtuous, and are engaged in the welfare of all—these men go to heaven.
सर्वलोभनिवृत्ताश्च सर्वसाहाश्च ये नराः । सर्वस्याश्रयभूताश्च ते नराः स्वर्गगामिनः
Those men who are free from all greed, who are courageous, and who are a refuge for all—these men go to heaven.
शुश्रूषाभिस्तपोभिश्च गुरूणां मानदा नराः । प्रतिग्रहनिवृत्ता ये ते नराः स्वर्गगामिनः
Those men who honor their teachers with service and austerity, and who refrain from accepting gifts—these men go to heaven.
सहस्रपरिवेष्टारस्तथैव च सहस्रदाः । त्रातारश्च सहस्राणां ते नराः स्वर्गगामिनः
Those who feed thousands, who give thousands in charity, and who protect thousands—these men go to heaven.