अन्योन्यातिथितामेतु बिसस्तैन्यं करोति यः। एककूपे वसेद्ग्रामे ब्राह्मणो वृषलीपतिः
Let him take food as a guest from one another, whoever has stolen the lotus roots. Let a Brahmin, lord of a low-caste woman, dwell alone in a village with a single well.
तस्य सालोक्यतां यातु बिसस्तैन्यं करोति यः। भरद्वाज उवाच। नृशंसस्सोऽस्तु सर्वेषु समृध्या चाप्यहंकृतः
Let him attain the same world as such a one, whoever has stolen the lotus roots. Bharadvāja said: Let him be cruel to all and arrogant in prosperity.
मत्सरी पिशुनश्चैव बिसस्तैन्यं करोति यः। प्रत्याक्रोशत्ववाक्रुष्टस्ताडयत्वन्यताडितः३५० 1.19.
Let him be envious and slanderous, whoever has stolen the lotus roots. Let him be insulted when he insults, and struck when he strikes another.
विक्रीणातु रसांश्चैव बिसस्तैन्यं करोति यः। गौतम उवाच। अतिथिं त्वागतं प्राप्य पाकभेदं करोतु सः
Let him sell juices, whoever has stolen the lotus roots. Gautama said: Let him, upon receiving a guest, serve food of inferior quality.
शूद्रान्नं च सदाश्नातु बिसस्तैन्यं करोति यः। दत्वा दानं कीर्तयतु परभार्यासु तुष्यतु
Let him always eat food prepared by a Śūdra, whoever has stolen the lotus roots. Let him boast after giving gifts and find pleasure in other men's wives.
एकाकीमिष्टमश्नीयाद्बिसस्तैन्यं करोति यः। विश्वामित्र उवाच। नित्यकामपरः सोस्तु दिवसे चैव मैथुनी
Let him eat his favorite food alone, whoever has stolen the lotus roots. Viśvāmitra said: Let him always be devoted to desire and engage in sexual acts during the day.
नित्यं तु पातकी चैव बिसस्तैन्यं करोति यः। परापवादं वदतु परदारांश्च सेवतु
Let him always be a sinner, whoever has stolen the lotus roots. Let him speak ill of others and consort with other men's wives.
परनिंदारतश्चास्तु बिसस्तैन्यं करोति यः। मातरं पितरं चैव सोवमन्यतु दुर्मतिः
Let him be devoted to slandering others, whoever has stolen the lotus roots. Let him, being of wicked mind, disrespect his mother and father.
समातर्यन्यबुद्धिस्याद् बिसस्तैन्यं करोति यः। परपाकं सदाश्नातु परनारीं च सेवतु
Let him regard his mother as another's, whoever has stolen the lotus roots. Let him always eat food prepared by others and consort with other men's wives.
वेदविक्रयकृच्चास्तु बिसस्तैन्यं करोति यः। जमदग्निरुवाच। परस्य यातु प्रेष्यत्वं स तु जन्मनि जन्मनि
Let him be one who sells the Vedas, whoever has stolen the lotus roots. Jamadagni said: Let him become the servant of another, birth after birth.
सर्वधर्मक्रियाहीनो बिसस्तैन्यं करोति यः। शुनःसख उवाच। न्यायेन वेदानध्येतु गृहस्थोस्तु प्रियातिथिः
Let him be devoid of all righteous acts, whoever has stolen the lotus roots. Śunaḥsakha said: Let him study the Vedas lawfully and be a householder who welcomes guests with affection.
सत्यं वदतु वाजस्रं बिसस्तैन्यं करोति यः। अग्निं जुहोतु विधिवद्यज्ञं यजतु नित्यशः
Let him always speak the truth, whoever has stolen the lotus roots. Let him offer oblations to the fire according to rule and perform sacrifices continually.
ब्रह्मणस्सदनं यातु बिसस्तैन्यं करोति यः। ऋषय ऊचुः। इष्टमेव द्विजातीनां यदिदं शपथीकृतं
Whoever commits the theft of lotus stalks should go to the abode of Brahma. The sages said: This oath taken by the twice-born is indeed proper.
त्वया कृतं बिसस्तैन्यं सर्वेषां नः शुनःसख। शुनःसख उवाच। मया ह्यंतर्हितान्यासन्बिसानीमानि वो द्विजाः
You have committed the theft of lotus stalks, O friend of Śunah, for all of us. Śunahsakha said: Indeed, I concealed these lotus stalks for you, O twice-born.
धर्मं च श्रोतुकामेन जानीध्वं मां च वासवम्। अलोभादक्षयालोका जिता वो मुनिसत्तमाः
Desiring to hear about dharma, know me also as Vāsava. O best of sages, you have conquered worlds by non-greed and imperishable vision.
विमानमधितिष्ठध्वं गच्छामस्त्रिदशालयम्। ततो महर्षयस्ते तु विज्ञायाथ पुरंदरम्
Ascend the celestial vehicle; let us go to the abode of the gods. Then the great sages, having understood, approached Purandara.
ऊचुः पुरंदरं चेदं वाक्यं वाक्यविशारदाः। इहागत्य नरो यस्तु मध्यमं पुष्करं विशेत्
They spoke these words to Purandara, skilled in speech: Whoever, having come here, enters the middle Puṣkara as a man—
त्रिरात्रोपोषितो भूत्वा लभेदावश्यकं फलम्। द्वादशवार्षिकीदीक्षा स्मृता यातु वनौकसां
Having fasted for three nights, he attains the desired result. The twelve-year vow is remembered among the dwellers of the forest.
तस्याः फलं समग्रं च लभेदिह न संशयः। नासौ दुर्गतिमाप्नोति स्वगणैः सह मोदते
He attains the complete fruit of that vow here, without doubt. He does not fall into misfortune; he rejoices with his companions.
विरिञ्चिस्थानमासाद्य तिष्ठेद्वै ब्रह्मणो दिनम्। पुलस्त्य उवाच। इंद्रेण सह संप्रीतास्तदा जग्मुस्त्रिविष्टपम्
Having reached the place of Virinci, he remains for a day of Brahma. Pulastya said: Then, together with Indra, they joyfully went to heaven.
एवं विलोभ्यमानास्ते लोभैर्बहुविधैरिह। नैव लोभं तथा चक्रुस्तेन जग्मुस्त्रिविष्टपम्
Thus, though tempted here by many kinds of greed, they did not succumb to greed and therefore went to heaven.
इदं यः शृणुयान्नित्यमृषीणां चरितं शुभम्। विमुक्तः सर्वपापेभ्यः स्वर्गलोके महीयते
Whoever hears this auspicious account of the sages daily, freed from all sins, is honored in the world of heaven.
भीष्म उवाच। अत्याश्चर्यवती रम्या कथेयं पापनाशिनी। विस्तरेण च मे ब्रूहि याथातथ्येन पृच्छतः
Bhīṣma said: This story is wondrous and delightful, a destroyer of sin. Tell it to me in detail, as it truly is, since I ask.
माहात्म्यं मध्यमस्यापि ऋषिभिः परिकीर्तितम्। फलं चान्नस्य कथितं माहात्म्यं च दमस्य तु
The greatness of the middle region has been praised by the sages. The fruit of food has been spoken of, as well as the greatness of restraint.
विष्णुना च पदन्यासः कृतो यत्र महामुने। कनीयसस्तथोत्पत्तिर्यथाभूता वदस्व मे
And where Viṣṇu placed his foot, O great sage, and the origin of the youngest—tell me as it truly happened.
पुलस्त्य उवाच। पुरा रथंतरे कल्पे राजासीत्पुष्पवाहनः। नाम्ना लोकेषु विख्यातस्तेजसा सूर्यसन्निभः
Pulastya said: In the ancient Rathaṃtara cycle, there was a king named Puṣpavāhana, renowned in the worlds, radiant like the sun.
तपसा तस्य तुष्टेन चतुर्वक्त्रेण भारत। कमलं कांचनं दत्तं यथाकामगमं नृप
By his austerity, he pleased the four-faced one, O Bhārata, and received a golden lotus, able to go wherever he wished, O king.
सप्तद्वीपानि लोकं च यथेष्टं विचरत्सदा। कल्पादौ तु समं द्वीपं तस्य पुष्करवासिना
He always wandered as he pleased through the seven islands and the world. At the beginning of the cycle, the island was shared with the inhabitants of Puṣkara.
लोकेन पूजितं तस्मात्पुष्करद्वीपमुच्यते। तदेव ब्रह्मणा दत्तं यानमस्य ततोंबुजम्
Because it was honored by the people, it is called Puṣkara Island. That vehicle, a lotus, was given to him by Brahma.
पुष्पवाहन इत्याहुस्तस्मात्तं देवदानवाः। नौपम्यमस्तीह जगत्त्रयेपि ब्रह्मांबुजस्थस्य च तस्य राज्ञः
Therefore, the gods and demons called him Puṣpavāhana. There is no equal in the three worlds to the king who dwells on Brahma's lotus.