त्वया दृष्टो मया दृष्टो ह्यं चेति कलिः कृतः
You saw me, and I saw you—thus, the contest was made.
न ममेति तवेत्युक्त्वा ह्यादित्यं तीर्थमुत्तमम्
Saying, 'Not mine, but yours,' I went to the supreme holy place of the Sun.
तत्र मुक्ता मया प्राणाः सूर्यतीर्थे महौजसि
There, at the mighty holy place of the Sun, I released my life-breath.
जातस्तव सुतो मातस्तदेतद्दिनमुत्तमम् 138.
Mother, your son was born; this is that most auspicious day.
व्यतीतानि च गुह्यं ते कथनं मम चैव यत्
The secret of what has passed, and my own story, I have told you.
अहं कर्म करिष्यामि गच्छ तात नमोऽस्तु ते
I shall perform my duty; go, dear one, salutations to you.
विष्णुप्रोक्तानि कर्माणि यं यं कारयिता भवान्
Whatever deeds are declared by Viṣṇu, those you should have performed.
वटमाला यथान्यायं कर्मसंसारमोक्षणम्
The garland of banyan leaves, as is proper, brings liberation from the cycle of actions.
कृत्वा तु विपुलं कर्म ततः पंचत्वमागताः
Having performed great deeds, they then attained death.
विमुक्ताः सर्वसंसाराच्छ्वेतद्वीपमुपागताः
Freed from all worldly existence, they reached the White Island.
सर्वः श्रिया युतस्तत्र रोगव्याधिविवर्जितः
There, all are endowed with prosperity, free from disease and illness.
मोदन्ते तु यथान्यायं प्रसादात्क्षेत्रजान्मम
They rejoice there, as is proper, by the grace born of my field.
पुनरन्यत्प्रवक्ष्यामि यद्वृत्तं सौकरे मम
Again, I shall tell another story of what happened in my boar incarnation.
तिर्यग्योनिविनिर्मुक्ताः श्वेतद्वीपमुपागताः 138.
Freed from birth among animals, they reached the White Island.
स कुलं तारयेत्तूर्णं दश पूर्वान्दशावरान्
He quickly delivers his lineage—ten ancestors before and ten after.
न पठेत्पिशुनानां च एकाकी तु पठेद्गृहे
One should not recite among slanderers, but may recite alone at home.
वैष्णवानां च पुरतो यै व शास्त्रगुणान्विताः
And before the Vaiṣṇavas, those who are endowed with the virtues of the scriptures—
इति श्रीवराहपुराणे खञ्जरीटोपाख्यानं नामाष्टत्रिंशदधिकशततमोऽध्यायः
Thus ends the one hundred thirty-eighth chapter, named 'The Story of Khañjarīṭa,' in the glorious Varāha Purāṇa.
अथ सौकरमाहात्म्यम् शृणु तत्त्वेन मे देवि लिप्यमानस्य यत्फलम्
Now, the greatness of the boar—listen from me, O goddess, to the true result of what is being written.
गृहीत्वा गोमयं भूमे मम वेश्मोपलेपयेत्
Taking cow dung, one should plaster the ground of my abode.
तावद्वर्षसहस्राणि दिव्यानि दिवि मोदते
For as many thousands of divine years, one delights in heaven.
जायते विपुले शुद्धे धनधान्यसमाकुले
One is born in a vast and pure family, abundant in wealth and grain.
कुशद्वीपमनुप्राप्य सहस्राणि च जीवति
Having attained the Kuśa Island, one lives for thousands of years.
कुशद्वीपात्परिभ्रष्टो मम कर्मपरायणः
Falling from Kuśa Island, devoted to my deeds—
तेन तस्य प्रभावेण मम कर्मपरायणः
By the power of that, devoted to my deeds—
देवि कारयते सर्वं मम चायतनानि च
O goddess, he causes all my shrines and abodes to be established.
गोमयस्य तु वक्ष्यामि तच्छृणुष्व वसुन्धरे
Now I shall speak about cow dung; listen to that, O Vasundharā.
समीपे यदि वा दूरे गत्वा नयति गोमयम् 139.
Whether nearby or far away, whoever brings cow dung—
गोमयानां च नेता वै स्वर्गलोके महीयते
The leader of those who bring cow dung is honored in the heavenly world.
एकादशसहस्राणि एकादशशतानि च
For eleven thousand and eleven hundred years—