दानं नैव त्वया दत्तं शास्त्रं नैव परिश्रुतम् । कृतं नैव त्वया तीर्थं न च यात्रा महामते
You never gave charity, nor listened to scripture; you did not undertake pilgrimages nor journeys, O great-minded one.
एवं कृतस्त्वया विप्र कृषिमार्गः पुनःपुनः । पशूनां पालनं पूर्वंग च्छंश्चैव द्विजोत्तम
Thus, O Brahmin, you repeatedly followed the path of agriculture; formerly, you tended cattle and goats, O best of twice-born.
महिषीणां तथाश्वीनां पालनं च पुनःपुनः । एवं पूर्वं कृतं कर्म त्वयैव च द्विजोत्तम
You also repeatedly tended buffaloes and horses; such actions were performed by you in the past, O best of Brahmins.
विपुलं तु धनं तद्वल्लोभेन परिसंचितम् । तस्य व्ययस्तु पुण्येन न कृतस्तु त्वया कदा
A great amount of wealth was accumulated by you through greed; its expenditure for merit was never made by you.
पात्रे दानं न दत्तं हि दृष्ट्वा वा दुर्बलं च तत् । कृषिं कृत्वा न दत्तं तु भवता धनमेव हि
Charity was not given to the worthy, even seeing their weakness; after farming, you kept the wealth for yourself.
गोमयं हि त्विदं सर्वं पशूनां संचयं च वै । विक्रयित्वा धनं विप्र संचितं विपुलं त्वया
All this cow dung and the collection of cattle, indeed, was sold by you, O Brahmin, and a great wealth was amassed.
तक्रं घृतं तथा क्षीरं विक्रीतं सततं दधि । दुष्कालश्चिंतितो विप्र मोहितो विष्णुमायया
Buttermilk, ghee, and milk were constantly sold, as was curd; you worried about hard times, O Brahmin, deluded by Vishnu's illusion.
कृत्वा महार्घमेवैतद्धनं ब्राह्मणसत्तम । निर्दयेन त्वया दानं न दत्तं तु तदा किल
Having made this wealth exceedingly valuable, O foremost Brahmin, you never gave charity, acting without compassion.
देवानां पूजनं विप्र भवता न कृतं सदा । पर्वाणि प्राप्य विप्रेभ्यो द्रव्यं नैव समर्पितम्
Worship of the gods was never performed by you, O Brahmin; even upon festivals, you did not offer gifts to Brahmins.
श्राद्धकालं च संप्राप्य श्रद्धया न कृतं त्वया । भार्या वदति ते साध्वी दिनमध्ये समागते
When the time for ancestral rites arrived, you did not perform them with faith; your virtuous wife speaks to you in the midst of the day.
श्वशुरश्राद्धकालश्च श्वश्र्वाश्चैव महामते । तच्छ्रुत्वा तद्वचस्तेषां गृहं त्यक्त्वा पलायसे
O wise one, when the time comes for the ancestral rites of your father-in-law and mother-in-law, upon hearing of it, you abandon their house and flee.
धर्ममार्गो न दृष्टो हि श्रुतो नैव कदा त्वया । लोभो मातापिता भ्राता लोभः स्वजनबांधवाः
You have never seen nor heard of the path of righteousness; greed alone is your mother, father, brother, and all your relatives.
पालितो लोभ एवैकस्त्यक्त्वा धर्मं सदैव हि । तस्माद्दुःखी भवाञ्जातो दारिद्रेणाति पीडितः
You have always upheld only greed, abandoning righteousness; therefore, you have been born miserable, afflicted greatly by poverty.
दिनेदिने महातृष्णा हृदये ते प्रवर्त्तते । यदायदा गृहे द्रव्यं वृद्धिमायाति ते सदा
Day by day, great craving arises in your heart; whenever wealth in your house increases, it is always so.
तृष्णया दह्यमानस्तु तदा त्वं वह्निरूपया । रात्रौ वा त्वं प्रसुप्तस्तु लोभं चिंतयसेऽधिकम्
Burned by craving, which takes the form of fire, even at night while you sleep, you think ever more about greed.
दिनं प्राप्य महामोहैर्व्यापितो हि सदैव हि । सहस्रं लक्षतः कोटिः कदावार्बुदमेव च
Each day, you are always occupied with great delusions; you wonder, 'When will a thousand, a hundred thousand, a crore, or even ten million be mine?'
भविष्यति कदा खर्वो निखर्वश्चाथ मे गृहे । एवं सहस्रलक्षं च कोटिरर्बुदमेव च
'When will a kharva or nikharva come into my house?' In this way, you think of thousands, lakhs, crores, and even arbudas.
खर्वो निखर्वः संजातस्तृष्णा नैव प्रगच्छति । एवं कालं परित्यज्य वृद्धिमायाति सर्वदा
Even when a kharva or nikharva is gained, your craving does not subside; thus, forsaking time itself, it always increases.
नैव दत्तं हुतं विप्र भुक्तं नैव कदा त्वया । निश्चितं भूमिमध्ये तत्क्षिप्तं पुत्रानजानते
You have never given, offered, or enjoyed anything, O Brahmin; whatever is buried in the earth, your sons do not know of it.
अन्यमेवमुपायं तु द्रव्यागमनकारणात् । कुरुषे सर्वदा विप्र लोकान्पृच्छसि बुद्धिमान्
For the sake of acquiring wealth, you always seek out other means, O Brahmin, and you question people, being clever.
खनित्रमंजनं वादं धातुवादमतःपरम् । पृच्छमानो भ्रमस्येकस्तृष्णया परिमोहितः
You inquire about mining, alchemy, and other such doctrines; deluded by craving, you wander alone.
सर्वांश्चिंतयसे नित्यं कल्पान्सिद्धि प्रदायकान् । प्रवेशं चित्रवर्णानां चिंतामणिं च पृच्छसि
You constantly think of all methods that grant success; you ask about entering lands of various colors and about the wish-fulfilling gem.
तृष्णानलेनदग्धोसि सुखं नैव प्रगच्छसि । तृष्णानलप्रदीप्तोसि हाहाभूतोऽप्रचेतनः
Burned by the fire of craving, you never attain happiness; inflamed by the fire of craving, you become bewildered and senseless, crying out in distress.
एवंभूतोसि विप्रेंद्र गतस्त्वं कालवश्यताम् । दारपुत्रेषु तद्द्रव्यं पृच्छमानेषु वै त्वया
O best of Brahmins, thus you have come under the sway of time; while you inquire about that wealth for your wife and sons.
कथितं नैव तद्दत्तं प्राणांस्त्यक्त्वा गतो यमम् । एवं सर्वंम याख्यातं वृत्तांतं तव पूर्वकम्
That wealth was never given as told; abandoning your life, you went to Yama. Thus, I have recounted your previous story in full.
अनेन कर्मणा विप्र निर्धनोसि दरिद्रवान् । संसारे यस्य सत्पुत्रा भक्तिमंतः सदैव हि
By this action, O Brahmin, you became poor and destitute; in this world, one whose sons are devoted always has devotion.
सुशीला ज्ञानसंपन्नाः सत्यधर्मरताः सदा । संभवंति गृहे तस्य यस्य विष्णुः प्रसीदति
Those whose children are virtuous, endowed with knowledge, and always devoted to truth and righteousness, are born in the house of one whom Vishnu favors.
धनं धान्यं कलत्रं तु पुत्रपौत्रमनंतकम् । सभुंक्ते मर्त्यलोके वै यस्य विष्णुः प्रसन्नवान्
He enjoys endless wealth, grain, wife, sons, and grandsons in the mortal world, whose Vishnu is pleased with.
विना विष्णोः प्रसादेन दाराः पुत्रा भवंति न । सुजन्म च कुले विप्र तद्विष्णोः परमं पदम्
Without the grace of Vishnu, wives and sons do not arise; nor is noble birth in a family, O Brahmin. That supreme abode of Vishnu is the cause.
इति श्रीपद्मपुराणे पातालखंडे वैशाखमासमाहात्म्ये देवशर्मोपाख्याने एकोननवतितमोऽध्यायः
Thus ends the eighty-ninth chapter, called the story of Devaśarman, in the section on the greatness of the month of Vaiśākha, in the Pātāla-khaṇḍa of the glorious Padma Purāṇa.