किं त्वं वदसि गर्ह्यं च मुहूर्त्तं परिपालय
Why do you speak what is blameworthy? Wait for a moment.
पतिव्रतेति साध्वीति रहस्यं भाषसे पुनः
You call her 'devoted to her husband,' 'virtuous,' and again you speak in secret.
आनीयते कथं ज्ञात्वा भोक्तुकामं कथं हरे
How is he brought, knowing he desires to enjoy? How, O Hari?
धार्मिका यूयमेवात्र अहमेको नृशंसवत्
You are all righteous here; I alone act cruelly.
शीघ्रं त्वं भव सर्पो हि व्याघ्रस्त्वं च सरीसृपः 204.
Quickly, you become a serpent, and you, a tiger; you, a reptile.
नरकानुगतस्त्वं हि व्याधिभूतः समाश्रयः ज्वरो भव महाघोरो जले ग्राहो दुरासदः
You have entered hell, afflicted by disease; become a terrible fever, a formidable crocodile in water.
वातव्याधिस्तथा घोरस्तथैव त्वं जलोदरः
Become a fierce wind-disease, and likewise, you become dropsy.
विभ्रमस्त्वं भवेच्छीघ्रं विष्टम्भश्च पुनर्भव
Become confusion quickly, and again become obstruction.
यथाकालं यथादृष्टं तावत्कालोऽत्र तिष्ठतु
Let the time remain here as is appropriate and as is seen.
यूयं च कृतकर्माणस्ततो मोक्षमवाप्स्यथ
And you, having performed your actions, will then attain liberation.
वराज्ञा धर्मराजस्य या मया समुदाहृता
The boon-command of Dharma's king which I have declared—
त्रिरात्रं वै चतूरात्रं षड्रात्रं दशरात्रकम्
Three nights, or four nights, six nights, or ten nights—
क्षपयित्वा यथाकालं ततो मोक्षमवाप्स्यथ
After passing the time as is appropriate, then you will attain liberation.
यस्मिन्यस्मिंस्तु कालेऽहं यावतश्च श्रयाम्यहम् 204.
At whatever time I am, and as long as I remain—
विनियोगा मया सूक्ता यथापूर्वं यथाश्रुतम्
The instructions have been given by me as before, just as they were heard.
यत्नात्तथा तु कर्त्तव्यं भवद्भिर्मम शासनात्
Therefore, you must act accordingly with effort, by my command.
तस्माद्यात ऋषिभ्यश्च स्त्रीभ्यश्चैव महाबलाः
Therefore, go to the sages and to the women, O mighty ones.
यथावाच्यं च कुरुत यथा कालो न गच्छति
Do what must be said, so that the proper time does not pass.
मयाज्ञप्ता विशेषेण मृत्युना सह सङ्गतः
I have especially instructed you, together with Mṛtyu.
यथाब्रवीत्स्वयं रुद्रो यथा शक्रः शचीपतिः
Just as Rudra himself has spoken, and as Śakra, lord of Śacī, has said.
इति श्रीवराहपुराणे संसारचक्रे दूतप्रेषणं नाम चतुरधिकद्विशततमोऽध्यायः
Thus ends the two hundred and fourth chapter, called 'The Sending of the Messenger,' in the Saṃsāra Cycle of the glorious Varāha Purāṇa.
अथ शुभाशुभ फलानुकीर्तनवर्णनम् इदमन्यत्पुरा विप्राः श्रूयतां तस्य भाषितम्
Now, the description of the results of good and bad deeds; listen, O brāhmaṇas, to this other speech of his from ancient times.
अयं तु भवतां यातु यातु स्वर्गं महीक्षिताम्
Let this one of yours go, let him go to heaven, O kings of the earth.
अयं नागो भवेच्छीघ्रमयं तु परमां गतिम्
Let this serpent quickly attain the highest state.
क्लिश्यतो रुदतश्चैव वदतश्च पुनःपुनः
For one who suffers, who weeps, and who speaks again and again,
दारत्यागी त्वधर्मिष्ठः पुत्रपौत्रविवर्जितः
One who abandons his wife, who is unrighteous, and is deprived of sons and grandsons,
मुच्यतां त इमे सर्वे ह्यतीतानागतास्तथा
Let all these be released, both those who have passed and those yet to come.
आगमे च विपत्तौ च सर्वधर्मानुपालकाः
In both prosperity and adversity, those who uphold all dharmas,
बहुसुन्दरनार्यङ्के ह्याद्ये परमधार्मिकम्
On the lap of a very beautiful woman, the foremost one, supremely righteous,
त्रिविष्टपे परिक्लेशो वासो ह्यस्याक्षयो भवेत्
In heaven, his residence will be free from suffering and inexhaustible.