नान्यं या मनसा पश्येन्मृत्युद्वारं न पश्यति
She who does not look upon another with her mind does not see the door of death.
पतिं न त्यजते चित्तान्मृत्युद्वारं न पश्यति
She who does not abandon her husband in her heart does not see the door of death.
गृहं मार्जयते नित्यं मृत्युद्वारं न पश्यति
She who always keeps the house clean does not see the door of death.
शौचाचारसमायुक्ता सापि मृत्युं न पश्यति
She who is endowed with purity and good conduct does not see death.
वर्त्तते च हिते भर्त्तुर्मृत्युद्वारं न पश्यति
She who acts for her husband's welfare does not see the door of death.
मानुषाणां च भार्या वै तत्र देशे तु दृश्यते 209.
Among human beings, such a wife is indeed seen in that land.
मया तस्मात्तु विप्रर्षे यथावृत्तं यथाश्रुतम्
Therefore, O sage among the twice-born, I have related to you all that happened and all that I have heard.
इति श्रीवराहपुराणे संसारचक्रे पतिव्रतामाहात्म्यंनाम नवाधिकद्विशततमोऽध्यायः
Thus ends the two hundred and ninth chapter, called 'The Greatness of the Devoted Wife' in the cycle of worldly existence, in the glorious Varaha Purana.
पुनः पतिव्रतामाहात्म्यवर्णनम् रहस्यं धर्ममाख्यानं त्वयोक्तं तु महायशः
Once again, the greatness of the devoted wife is described; you have spoken of the secret and righteous teaching, O illustrious one.
इदं हि सर्वभूतेषु परं कौतूहलं मम
Indeed, among all beings, this is the highest source of curiosity for me.
ये नरा दुःखसन्तप्तास्तपस्तीव्रं समाश्रिताः
Those men who are afflicted by suffering and have taken refuge in intense austerity,
मनसा निश्चितात्मानस्त्यक्त्वा सर्वप्रियाप्रियम्
Having resolved their minds, they abandon all that is dear and not dear.
श्रुता लोके श्रुतिस्तात श्रेयोधर्मा हि नित्यशः
O dear one, the tradition has been heard in the world; indeed, the path of virtue is always superior.
कस्यैतच्चेष्टितं तात कर्त्ता कारयितापि वा
Whose action is this, O dear one? Who is the doer or the instigator?
कं वा द्वेषं पुरस्कृत्य मतिस्तस्य प्रवर्त्तते
By harboring what hatred does his mind act in this way?
यद्येवं तु मया गुह्यं दुर्विज्ञेयं सुरैरपि
If so, then by me a secret, difficult to comprehend even for the gods, is being asked.
नारदेनैवमुक्तस्तु धर्मराजो महामनाः
Thus addressed by Narada, the great-minded king of righteousness,
यम उवाच त्वदुक्त्या मे कथयतः शृणुष्वावहितोऽनघ ।। 210.
Yama spoke: By your words, I shall tell you; listen attentively, O sinless one.
न कश्चिद्दृश्यते लोके कर्त्ता कारयितापि वा
No one is seen in the world as the doer or the instigator.
यस्य वै कीर्त्त्यते नाम येन चाज्ञाप्यते जगत्
Whose name is praised, by whom the world is commanded,
दिव्येऽस्मिन् सदसि ब्रह्मन् ब्रह्मर्षिगणसंवृते
In this divine assembly, O Brahman, surrounded by the hosts of Brahmarshis,
स्वकर्म भुज्यते तात सम्भूतैर्यत्कृतं स्वयम्
Each one experiences his own actions, O dear one, which have arisen and been performed by himself.
वायुना भाविता संज्ञा संसारे सा दृढीकृता
The consciousness shaped by the wind is firmly established in worldly existence.
अभिघाताभिभूतस्तु आत्मनात्मानमुद्धरेत्
Even when overwhelmed by affliction, one should uplift oneself by one's own self.
बन्धुं बन्धुपरिक्लेशं निर्मितं पूर्वकर्मभिः
A relative, a source of affliction to relatives, is created by previous actions.
मिथ्याप्रवृत्तः शब्दोऽयं जगद्भ्रमति सर्वशः
This word, set in motion falsely, causes the world to wander in every way.
यथा यथा क्षयं याति ह्यशुभं पुरुषस्य वै
Just as, little by little, the inauspicious of a person comes to an end,
संसारे प्राप्तदोषस्य जायमानस्य देहिनः 210.
for the embodied being, born into the world, who has acquired faults,
शुभाशुभकरीं बुद्धिं लभते पौर्वदैहिकीम् क्लेशक्षयं पापहरं शुभं कर्म करोत्यथ
he attains an intellect inclined to good and evil, shaped by previous bodies; when suffering is exhausted, he performs virtuous deeds that remove sin.
शुभाशुभं नरः प्राप्य कर्माकर्म तथैव च
A man, having obtained good and evil, likewise performs action and inaction.