सूत उवाच। पुरा त्रेतायुगे पापी नाम्ना विप्रः सुदर्शनः । जनार्द्दनदिने नित्यमश्नीयात्स द्विजोत्तम
Sūta said: Long ago, in the Tretā Yuga, there was a sinful brāhmaṇa named Sudarśana, who would eat every day on the day of Janārdana, O best of twice-born.
शास्त्रनिंदाकरो नित्यं व्रतनिंदाकरः सदा । असावन्यं न जानाति केवलं स्वोदरं विना
He constantly reviled the scriptures and always disparaged vows; he recognized no one but himself and cared only for his own belly.
एकदा प्राप्तकालस्तु निधनं प्राप्तवान्द्विज । यमदूताः समायाता बद्ध्वा नीतो यमालयम्
Once, when his time had come, that brāhmaṇa met his death; the messengers of Yama arrived, bound him, and took him to the abode of Yama.
तं दृष्ट्वा यमुनाभ्राता पप्रच्छ सचिवं रुषा । भोऽमात्य चास्य यत्पुण्यं पापं वद समूलतः
Seeing him, the brother of Yamunā angrily questioned his minister: 'O minister, tell me in detail the merits and sins of this one.'
असौ विप्रो महापापी क्रूरकर्म्मेव दृश्यते
This brāhmaṇa is a great sinner and is seen to have committed only cruel deeds.
चित्रगुप्त उवाच। आकर्णय चास्य पापं पुण्यं नास्त्यणुमात्रकम् । वासरेऽपि हरेर्नित्यमकरोद्भोजनं विभो
Citragupta said: Hear now of his sins; he has not even the smallest merit. Yet, O Lord, he ate food every day on the day of Hari.
वासरे कमलाभर्तुश्चाश्नीयाद्यो नराधमः । पुरीषं सोऽश्नीयाद्राजन्निरयं याति दारुणम्
O King, the wretch who eats on the day of the Lotus-eyed Lord should eat excrement and go to a terrible hell.
मन्वंतरशतं देहि स्थानं तु निरयेऽप्यमुम् । ग्रामक्रोडस्य योनौ हि ततो जन्म भविष्यति
Assign him a place in hell for a hundred manvantaras; after that, he will be born from the womb of a village pig.
सूत उवाच। यमाज्ञया ततो विप्र तस्य दूतैर्भयंकरैः । पातितस्तु पुरीषे वै मन्वंतरशताधिकम्
Sūta said: By Yama’s command, the terrifying messengers threw that brāhmaṇa into excrement for more than a hundred manvantaras.
ततो मुक्तोऽभवच्चासौ पृथिव्यां ग्रामसूकरः । चिरं नरकमश्नीयाद्धरिवासरभोजनात्
Then, released from there, he was born on earth as a village pig, and for a long time he ate filth because of eating on Hari’s day.
ततो विप्र प्राप्तकालः पंचत्वं स जगाम ह । काकयोनौ पुनर्जन्म लेभेऽसौ विड्भुजः सदा
Then, O brāhmaṇa, when his time came, he died and was born again as a crow, always an eater of filth.
एकस्मिन्दिवसे विप्र श्रीहरेश्चरणोदकम् । द्वारदेशेस्थितं पीत्वा सर्वपापविवर्जितः
One day, O brāhmaṇa, he drank the water that had washed the feet of Śrī Hari, which was situated at the threshold, and was freed from all sins.
तस्मिन्नेव दिने काकः पतितः शबरस्य च । काले मृत्युदशां प्राप्तो व्याधेन वायसोपि च
On that very day, the crow fell at the house of a Śabara, and at that time, struck by disease, the crow met its death.
आगते स्यंदने दिव्ये राजहंसयुते शुभे । आरुह्य बलिभुग्विप्र ययौ स हरिमंदिरम्
When a splendid chariot, yoked with royal swans, arrived, the brāhmaṇa, eater of offerings, mounted it and went to the abode of Hari.
पादोदकस्य माहात्म्यं कथितं पापनाशनम् । यः शृणोति नरः पापी तस्य पापं विनश्यति
The greatness of the water that has washed the feet is thus told, which destroys sin; whoever, even if sinful, hears this, his sin is destroyed.
शौनक उवाच। अगम्यागमनं सूत कुर्याद्यो वै विमोहितः । तस्य शुद्धिर्भवेत्केन कथयस्व समूलतः
Śaunaka said: O Sūta, if someone, deluded, approaches a woman he must not, how can he be purified? Tell me in detail.
सूत उवाच। अभिगच्छति चांडालीं श्वपाकीं यो द्विजोत्तमः । उपवासत्रयं कुर्यात्प्राजापत्यं चरेत्ततः
Sūta said: If a twice-born approaches a caṇḍālī or a woman who eats dog’s flesh, he should perform a three-day fast and then undertake the prājāpatya penance.
सशिखं वपनं चैव दद्याद्गोद्वयमेव च । यथार्थदक्षिणां दत्वा शुद्धिमाप्नोति स द्विजः
He should shave his head, leaving the śikhā, and give two cows with proper gifts; having given the appropriate fee, that brāhmaṇa attains purity.
क्षत्त्रियो वापि चांडालीं वैश्यो वा यदि गच्छति । प्राजापत्यं सकृच्छ्रं च दद्याद्गोमिथुनद्वयम्
If a Kshatriya or a Vaishya goes to a Chandali woman, he should perform the Prajapatya penance once and give two pairs of cattle.
अनुगच्छति शूद्रो हि श्वपाकीं च तपोधन । चतुर्गोमिथुनं दद्यात्प्राजापत्यं व्रतं चरेत्
If a Shudra approaches a woman who cooks dog-meat, O ascetic, he should give four pairs of cattle and observe the Prajapatya vow.
मातरं यदि वा गच्छेद्भगिनीं स्वसुतामपि । वधूं च मोहितो गच्छंस्त्रीणि कृच्छ्राण्यथाचरेत्
If one goes to his mother, sister, daughter, or is deluded and goes to his daughter-in-law, he should undertake three Kricchra penances.
चांद्रायणत्रयं कृत्वा दद्याद्गोमिथुनत्रयम् । सशिखं वपनं कृत्वा पंचगव्यं पिबेत्ततः
Having performed three Chandrayana vows, he should give three pairs of cattle; after shaving his head with the tuft, he should then drink Panchagavya.
हुते ह्यग्नौ तथाप्यत्र शुद्ध्यत्येवं तपोधन । पितृदारान्द्विजश्रेष्ठ मातुश्च भगिनीं तथा
When the fire has been offered, even then, O ascetic, he becomes purified in this way; O best of twice-born, regarding the wife of the father, the mother, and the sister likewise.
गुरुपत्नीं मातुलानीं भ्रातुर्भार्यां स्वगोत्रजाम् । यदि गच्छति मोहेन प्राजापत्यद्वयं चरेत्
If, out of delusion, one goes to the wife of the teacher, the wife of the maternal uncle, the wife of a brother, or a woman of one's own lineage, he should perform the Prajapatya vow twice.
चांद्रायणत्रयं ब्रह्मन्पंचगोमिथुनानि च । विप्रेभ्यो दक्षिणां दद्याच्छुध्यते नात्र संशयः
O Brahman, having performed three Chandrayana vows and given five pairs of cattle, he should give a gift to the Brahmins; there is no doubt he becomes purified.
गां च गच्छति यो मूढ उपवासत्रयं चरेत् । धेनुं दत्त्वा तथा चान्नं शुद्ध्यत्यत्र न संशयः
He who, out of folly, goes to a cow should observe three fasts; by giving a cow and also food, he is purified—of this there is no doubt.
वेश्यां खरीं शूकरीं च कपिं तुं महिषीं द्विज । आकंठतः समाक्षिप्य गोमयोदककर्द्दमे
O twice-born, if one forcibly embraces a prostitute, a she-ass, a sow, a monkey, or a she-buffalo, up to the neck in a mixture of cow dung, water, and mud—
तत्र तिष्ठेन्निराहारो त्रिरात्रेणैव शुद्ध्यति । सशिखं वपनं कृत्वा त्रिरात्रमुपवासयेत्
There, remaining without food, he becomes purified in three nights; after shaving his head with the tuft, he should fast for three nights.
एकरात्रं जले स्थित्वा शुद्ध्यत्येव न संशयः । ब्राह्मणीं तु यदा गच्छेत्यो नरः काममोहितः
By standing in water for one night, he is certainly purified, without doubt. But if a man, overcome by desire, goes to a Brahmin woman—
प्राजापत्यत्रयं कुर्य्याच्चांद्रायणत्रयं तथा । गोत्रयं तु तथा दद्याच्छुद्ध्यत्येव तपोधन
He should perform three Prajapatya penances, three Chandrayana vows, and also give three cows; O ascetic, he is certainly purified.