Padma Purana · Chapter 1.48

brahmovāca-/
ataḥ paraṃ tu viprarṣe cāṃḍālapatito dvijaḥ/
pralapya ca bahūnśokānjagāma kaśyapaṃ munim

gatvovāca muniśreṣṭha vadāsmākaṃ hitaṃ vacaḥ/
yathā pāpādvimucyehaṃ muniśreṣṭha tathā kuru

tamuvāca mahātejā īṣaddhāsyaḥ samaṃtataḥ/
kaśyapa uvāca-/
saṃdarśanācca mlecchānāmupaśāṃtosi vai svayam

gāyatryāśca japairhomairvrataiścāṃdrāyaṇadibhiḥ/
smara nityaṃ hareḥ pādamupoṣya harivāsaram

aharniśaṃ harerdhyānaṃ praṇāmaṃ kuru taṃ prabhum/
tīrthasnānena maṃtreṇa paṃkasyāṃtaṃ gamiṣyasi

tataḥ pāpakṣayādeva brāhmaṇatvaṃ ca lapsyase/
vratairvṛṣādhikairmokṣaṃ nāśayankalmaṣaṃ dvija

munestasya vacaḥ śrutvā kṛtakṛtyo'bhavattadā/
puṇyaṃ sa vividhaṃ kṛtvāpunarbrahmatvamāptavān

tatastaptvā tapastīvraṃsvarlokaṃ ciramabhyagāt/
sadvṛttasyākhilaṃ pāpaṃ kṣayaṃ yāti dine dine

asadvṛttasya puṇyaṃ hi kṣayaṃ yātyaṃjanopamam/
anācārāddhato vipra ācārātsuratāṃ vrajet

tataḥ kaṃṭhagataiḥ prāṇairācāraṃ kurute dvijaḥ/
karmaṇā manasāṃgena sadācāraṃ sadā kuru

kaśyapasyopadeśena sa vinīto'bhavaddvijaḥ/
ācāraṃ tu punaḥ kṛtvā tapastaptatvā divaṃ gataḥ

anācārī hato vipraḥ svargalokeṣu garhitaḥ/
ācāraṃ tu punaḥ kṛtvā suraloke mahīyate

nārada uvāca-/
prāpnuvaṃti gatiṃ lokāḥ pūjayitvā dvijottamān/
dvijānāṃ pīḍanaṃ kṛtvā gatiṃ gacchati kāṃ prabho

brahmovāca-/
kṣudhā saṃtaptadehānāṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ mahātmanām/
nārcayecchaktito bhaktyā sa yāti narakaṃ naraḥ

paruṣeṇa krośayitvā krodhādyastu visarjayet/
sa yāti narakaṃ ghoraṃ mahārauravakṛcchrakam

sannivṛttastataḥ kīṭādyantyajātiṣu jāyate/
tato rogī daridrastu kṣudhayā paripīḍitaḥ

nāvamanyettato vipraṃ kṣudhayā gṛhamāgatam/
na dadāmīti yo brūyāddevāgnibrāhmaṇeṣu saḥ

tiryagyoniśataṃ gatvā cāṃḍālyamupagacchati/
pādamudyamya yo vipraṃ haṃti gāṃ pitarau gurum

raurave niyato vāsastasya nāstīha niṣkṛtiḥ/
yadi puṇyādbhavejjanma sa eva paṃgutāṃ vrajet

atidīno viṣādī ca duḥkhaśokābhipīḍitaḥ/
evaṃ janmatrayaṃ prāpya bhavettasya ca niṣkṛtiḥ

muṣṭicapeṭakīlaiśca hanyādvipraṃ tu yaḥ pumān/
tāpane raurave ghore kalpāṃtaṃ sopi tiṣṭhati

atha janma samāsādya kukkuraḥ krūracaṃḍakaḥ/
aṃtyajātiṣu jātopi daridraḥ kukṣiśūlavān

pādamudyacchate vā yastasya pāde śilīpadaḥ/
khaṃjo vā maṃdajaṃgho vā khaṇḍapādo bhavennaraḥ

pakṣavātena cāṃgāni prakaṃpaṃte sadaiva hi/
mātaraṃ pitaraṃ vipraṃ snātakaṃ ca tapasvinam

hatvā gurugaṇaṃ krodhātkuṃbhīpāke ciraṃ bhavet/
uṣitvā caiva jāyeta kīṭajātiṣu tatparam

viruddhaṃ paruṣaṃ vākyaṃ yo vadeddhi dvijātiṣu/
aṣṭau kuṣṭhāḥ prajāyaṃte tasya dehe dṛḍhaṃ suta

vicarcikātha dadrūśca maṃḍalaḥ śukti sidhmakau/
kālakuṣṭhastathā śuklastaruṇaścātidāruṇaḥ

tato bhiṣakprayoge ca pāpātpuṇyaṃ palāyate/
apuṇyājjalarekheva tenaiva nidhanaṃ vrajet

eṣāṃ madhye mahākuṣṭhāstraya eva prakīrtitāḥ/
kālakuṣṭhastathā śuklastaruṇaścātidāruṇaḥ

mahāpātakabhāvānāṃ jñānātsaṃsargatopi vā/
atipātakināmeva trayo dehe bhavaṃti vai

saṃsargātsahasaṃbaṃdhādrogaḥ saṃcarate nṛṇām/
dūrātparityajeddhīraḥ spṛṣṭvā snānaṃ samācaret

patitaṃ kuṣṭhasaṃyuktaṃ cāṃḍālaṃ ca gavāśinam/
śvānaṃ rajasvalāṃ bhillaṃ spṛṣṭvā snānaṃ samācaret

duritasyānurūpeṇa dehe kuṣṭhā vyavasthitāḥ/
ihaloke paratraivāpyatra nāsti tu saṃśayaḥ

nyāyenopārjitāṃ vṛttiṃ brahmasvaṃ harate tu yaḥ/
akṣayaṃ narakaṃ prāpya punarjanma na vidyate

piśuno yastu viprāṇāṃ raṃdhrānveṣaṇatatparaḥ/
taṃ dṛṣṭvāpyathavā spṛṣṭvā sacelo jalamāviśet

brahmasvaṃ praṇayādbhuktaṃ dahatyāsaptamaṃ kulam/
vikrameṇa tu bhuṃjāno daśapūrvāndaśāparān

na viṣaṃ viṣamityāhurbrahmasvaṃ viṣamucyate/
viṣamekākinaṃ haṃti brahmasvaṃ putrapautrakam

mohācca mātaraṃ gatvā brāhmaṇīṃ ca gurostriyam/
patitvā raurave ghore punarutpattidurlabhaḥ

pataṃti pitarastasya kuṃbhīpāketha tāpane/
avīcikālasūtre ca mahārauravaraurave

kadācidapi vā teṣāṃ niṣkṛtiṃ nānumenire/
prāṇaṃ hatvā dvijātīnāṃ svayaṃ yātyapunarbhavam

pataṃti puruṣāstasya raurave ca sahasraśaḥ/
nārada uvāca-/
sarveṣāmeva viprāṇāṃ vadhe ca pātakaṃ samam

viṣamaṃ vā kutastiṣṭhettattvato vaktumarhasi/
brahmovāca-/
hatvā vipraṃ dhruvaṃ putra pātakaṃ yadudāhṛtam

labhate brahmahā ghoraṃ vaktavyaṃ cāparaṃ śṛṇu/
lakṣakoṭisahasrāṇāṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ vadhaṃ bhajet

vedaśāstrayutaṃ hatvā śrotriyaṃ vijiteṃdriyam/
vipraṃ ca vaiṣṇavaṃ hatvā tasmāddaśaguṇottaram

svavaṃśānpātayitvā tu punarjanma na viṃdate/
trivedaṃ snātakaṃ hatvā vadhasyāṃtaṃ na vindate

śrotriyaṃ ca sadācāraṃ tīrthamaṃtraprapūtakam/
īdṛśaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ hantuḥ pāpasyāṃto na vidyate

apakāraṃ samuddiśya dvijaḥ prāṇānparityajet/
dṛśyate yena cānyena brahmahā sa bhavennaraḥ

vacobhiḥ paruṣairvṛttaiḥ pīḍitastāḍito dvijaḥ/
yamuddiśya tyajetprāṇāṃstamāhurbrahmaghātinam

ṛṣayo munayo devāḥ sarve brahmavidastathā/
deśānāṃ pārthivānāṃ ca sa ca vadhyo bhavediha

ato brahmavadhaṃ prāpya pitṛbhiḥ saha pacyate/
prāyopaveśakaṃ vipraṃ budhaḥ saṃmānayeddhruvam५०

doṣaiścāpi vinirmuktamuddiśya prāṇamutsṛjet/
sa pralipto vadhairghorairna tu yaṃ parikīrtayet

ātmaghātaṃ drumārohaṃ koṭarai rūpajīvinaṃ/
yaḥ kuryādātmanoghātaṃ svavaṃśe brahmahā bhavet

bhrūṇaṃ ca ghātayedyastu śiśuṃ vā āturaṃ gurum/
brahmahā svayameva syānna tu yaṃ parikīrtayet

mārayecca sagotraṃ vā brāhmaṇaṃ brāhmaṇādhamaḥ/
tasyaiva tadbhavetpāpaṃ na tu yaṃ parikīrttayet

pīḍayitvā dvijaṃ śūdraḥ svakāryaṃ cāpi sādhayet/
tatrāpāpe ca śūdrasya pātakaṃ nānyathā bhavet

tātkālika vadhaṃ hatvā haṃtāramātatāyinaṃ/
na ca haṃtā ca tatpāpairlipyate dvijasattama

ātatāyinamāyāṃtamapi vedāṃtagaṃ raṇe/
jighāṃsaṃtaṃ jighāṃsecca na tena brahmahā bhavet

agnido garadaścaiva dhanahārī ca suptaghaḥ/
kṣetradārāpahārī ca ṣaḍete hyātatāyinaḥ

khalo rājavadhodyogī pitṝṇāṃ ca vadhe rataḥ/
anuyāyī nṛpo rājñaścatvāraścātatāyinaḥ

tatkṣaṇānna mṛtaṃ vipraṃ punarhaṃtuṃ na yujyate/
purnahatvā vadhaṃ ghoraṃ jñānātprāpnoti niścitaṃ

loke viprasamo nāsti pūjanīyo jagadguruḥ/
hatvā taṃ yadbhavetpāpaṃ tatparaṃ ca na vidyate

devavatpūjanīyosau devāsuragaṇairnaraiḥ/
brāhmaṇasya samo nāsti triṣu lokeṣu niścitaṃ

nārada uvāca-/
kāṃ vṛttiṃ samupāśritya jīvitavyaṃ dvijena hi/
apānena suraśreṣṭha tatvato vaktumarhasi

brahmovāca-/
ayācitā ca yā bhikṣā praśastā sā prakīrtitā/
uñchavṛttistato bhadrā subhadrā sarvavṛttiṣu

yāmāśritya muniśreṣṭhā gacchaṃti brahmaṇaḥ padam/
dakṣiṇā yajñaśeṣāṇāṃ grāhyā yajñagatena hi

pāṭhanaṃ yājanaṃ kṛtvā grahītavyaṃ dhanaṃ dvijaiḥ/
pāṭhayitvā paṭhitvā ca kṛtvā svastyayanaṃ śubhaṃ

brāhmaṇānāmidaṃ jīvyaṃ śiṣṭā vṛttiḥ pratigrahaḥ/
śāstropajīvino dhanyā dhanyā vṛkṣopajīvinaḥ

dhanyā vṛkṣalatājīvyā vāṭīsasyopajīvinaḥ/
anna jaṃtu vadhe pāpaṃ tasya doṣopaśāṃtaye

navadhānyāni śastāni viprebhyaḥ saṃpradāpayet/
na cetprāṇivadhe hyatra kṣīyaṃte cāyuṣo dhruvaṃ

tasmāddadyātsubahūni pitṛdevadvijātiṣu/
abhāvātkṣattriyāvṛttirbrāhmaṇairūpajīvyate

nyāyayuddheṣu yoddhavyaṃ caredvīravrataṃ śubham/
sa tayā ca dvijo vṛtyā yaddhanaṃ labhate nṛpāt

pitṛyajñādidāneṣu medhyaṃ taddhanamucyate/
samabhyaseddhanurvidyāṃ vedayuktāṃ sadānaghaḥ

śaktikuṃtagadākhaḍga parighāṇāṃ samaṃtataḥ/
aśvārohaṃ gajārohamaiṃdrajālamamānakaṃ

rathabhūmigataṃ yuddhaṃ yuktaṃ sarvatra kārayet/
dvija deva dhruvāṇāṃ ca strīṇāṃ vṛttaṃ tapasvinām

sādhu sādhvī gurūṇāṃ ca nṛpāṇāṃ rakṣaṇāddhruvam/
yatpuṇyaṃ labhyate śūraiḥ kathaṃ tadbrahmavādibhiḥ

sarvapāpakṣayaṃ kṛtvā sokṣayaṃ svargamaśnute/
sammukhe nyāyayuddhe ca pataṃti brāhmaṇā raṇe

te vrajaṃti paraṃ sthānaṃ na gamyaṃ brahmavādināṃ/
dharmayuddhasya yadvṛttaṃ śṛṇu puṇyaṃ yathārthataḥ

saṃmukhena prayudhyaṃte na ca gacchaṃti kātaraṃ/
na bhagnaṃ pṛṣṭhato ghnaṃti niḥśastraṃ prapalāyitam

ayudhyamānaṃ bhīruṃ ca patitaṃ gatakalmaṣaṃ/
asacchūdraṃ stutiprītamāhave śaraṇāgatam

hatvā ca narakaṃ yāṃti durvṛttā jayakāṃkṣiṇaḥ/
eṣā ca kṣattriyā vṛttiḥ sadācāraistu gīyate

yāmāśritya divaṃ yāṃti sarvakṣatriyakuṃjarāḥ/
dharmayuddhe śubho mṛtyuḥ saṃmukhe kṣattriyasya ca

atra pūto bhavetsopi sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate/
sa tiṣṭhetsvargaloke ca prāsāde ratnabhūṣite

jāṃbūnadamayastaṃbhe ratnabhūṣitabhūtale/
iṣṭadravyaiḥ susaṃpūrṇe divyavastropaśobhite

purataḥ kalpavṛkṣāśca tiṣṭhaṃti sarvadāyinaḥ/
vāpīkūpataṭākādyairudyānairupaśobhite

yauvanāḍhyāśca sevaṃte taṃ devapurakanyakāḥ/
tasyāgrato mudā nityaṃ nṛtyaṃtyapsarasāṃ gaṇāḥ

gītaṃ gāyaṃti gaṃdharvā devāśca stutipāṭhakāḥ/
evaṃ krameṇa kalpāṃte sārvabhaumo bhavennṛpaḥ

sarvabhogaikakartā ca nīruṅmanmathavigrahaḥ/
tasya patnyaḥ prarūpāḍhyāḥ sadaiva yauvanānvitāḥ

dharmaśīlāḥ sutāḥ śubhrāḥ samṛddhāḥ pitṛsaṃmatāḥ/
evaṃ krameṇa bhuṃjaṃti saptajanmasu kṣatriyāḥ

anyāyena tu yoddhārastiṣṭhaṃti narake ciram/
evaṃ ca kṣatriyā vṛttirbrāhmaṇairupajīvyate

vaiśyaiḥ śūdraistathānyaiśca aṃtyajairmlecchajātibhiḥ/
ye ca yodhāḥ prayudhyaṃte nyāyayuddhena sarvadā

tepi yāṃti paraṃ sthānaṃ sarve varṇā dvijātayaḥ/
na śūro yo dvijo bhīrurastraśastravivarjitaḥ

vipattau vaiśyavṛtiṃ ca kārayeddvijasattamaḥ/
vaiśyavṛttiṃ vaṇigbhāvaṃ kṛṣiṃ caiva tathāparaiḥ

kārayetkṛṣivāṇijyaṃ viprakarma na ca tyajet/
vaṇigbhāvānmṛṣātyuktau durgatiṃ prāpnuyāddvijaḥ/
ārdradravyaṃ parityajya brāhmaṇo labhate śivam/
samutpādya tato vṛttiṃ dadyādviprāya sarvaśaḥ

pitṛyajñe tathā cāgnau juhuyādvidhivaddvijaḥ/
tule'satyaṃ na karttavyaṃ tulādharmapratiṣṭhitā

chalabhāvaṃ tule kṛtvā narakaṃ pratipadyate/
atulaṃ cāpi yaddravyaṃ tatra mithyā parityajet

evaṃ mithyā na karttavyā mṛṣā pāpaprasūtikā/
nāsti satyātparodharmo nānṛtātpātakaṃ param

ataḥ sarveṣu kāryeṣu satyameva viśiṣyate/
aśvamedhasahasraṃ tu satyaṃ ca tulayā dhṛtam

aśvamedhasahasrāddhi satyameva viśiṣyate/
yo vadetsarvakāryeṣu satyaṃ mithyā parityajet

sa nistarati durgāṇi svargamakṣayamaśnute/
vāṇijyaṃ kārayedvipro mithyā'vaśyaṃ parityajet१००

vṛddhiṃ ca nikṣipettīrthe svayaṃ śeṣaṃ tu bhojayet/
dehakleśāttatsahasraguṇaṃ bhavati sarvadā

arthārjanavidhau martyā viśaṃti viṣame jale/
kāṃtāramaṭavīṃ caiva śvāpadaiḥ sevitāṃ tathā

giriṃ giriguhāṃ durgāṃ mlecchānāṃ śastrapātinām/
gṛhaṃ pratibhayaṃ sthānaṃ dhanalobhātsamaṃtataḥ

sutadārānparityajya dūraṃ gacchaṃti lobhinaḥ/
skaṃdhe bhāraṃ vahaṃtyanye taryāṃ cakre nipātanaiḥ

kṣepaṇībhirmahāduḥkhaissadā prāṇavyayena ca/
arthasya saṃcayaḥ putra prāṇātpriyataro mahān

ebhirnyāyārjitaṃ vittaṃ vaṇigbhāvena yatnataḥ/
pitṛdevadvijātibhyo dattaṃ cākṣayamaśnute

etau doṣau mahāṃtau ca vāṇijye lābhakarmaṇi/
lobhānāmaparityāgo mṛṣā grāhyaśca vikrayaḥ

etau doṣo parityajya kuryādarthārjanaṃ budhaḥ/
akṣayaṃ labhate dānādvaṇigdoṣairna lipyate

puṇyakarmarato vipraḥ kṛṣiṃ hi parikārayet/
vāhayeddivasasyārdhaṃ balīvardacatuṣṭayam

abhāvāttritayaṃ caiva aviśrāmaṃ na kārayet/
cārayecca tṛṇe'cchinnai coravyāghravivarjite

dadyādghāsaṃ yatheṣṭaṃ ca nityamātarpayetsvayam/
goṣṭhaṃ ca kārayettasya kiṃcidvighnavivarjitam

sadā gomayamūtrābhyāṃ vighasaiśca vivarjitam/
na malaṃ nikṣipedgoṣṭhe sarvadevaniketane

ātmanaḥ śayanīyasya sadṛśaṃ kārayedbudhaḥ/
samaṃ nirvāpayedyatnācchītavātarajastathā

prāṇasya sadṛśaṃ paśyedgāṃ ca sāmānyavigraham/
asya dehe sukhaṃduḥkhaṃ tathā tasyaiva kalpate

anena vidhinā yastu kṛṣikarmāṇi kārayet/
sa ca govāhanairdoṣairna lipyeta dhanī bhavet

durbalaṃ pīḍayedyastu tathaiva gadasaṃyutam/
atibālātivṛddhaṃ ca sa gohatyāṃ samālabhet

viṣamaṃ vāhayedyastu durbalaṃ sabalaṃ tathā/
sa gohatyāsamaṃ pāpaṃ prāpnotīha na saṃśayaḥ

yo vāhayedvinā sasyaṃ khādaṃtaṃ gāṃ nivārayet/
mohāttṛṇaṃ jalaṃ vāpi sa gohatyāsamaṃ labhet

saṃkrāṃtyāṃ paurṇamāsyāṃ cāmāvāsyāyāṃ tathaiva ca/
halasya vāhanātpāpaṃ gavāmayutahatyayā

amūṣu pūjayedyastu sitaiścitrādibhirnaraḥ/
kajjalaiḥ kusumaistailaiḥ sokṣayaṃ svargamaśnute

ghāsamuṣṭiṃ paragave yo dadāti sadāhnikam/
sarvapāpakṣayasyasya svargaṃ cākṣayamaśnute

yathā viprastathā gauśca dvayoḥ pūjāphalaṃ samam/
vicāre brāhmaṇo mukhyo nṛṇāṃ gāvaḥ paśau tathā

nārada uvāca-/
vipro brahmamukhe jātaḥ kathito me tvayānagha/
kathaṃ gobhiḥ samo nātha vismayo me vidhe dhruvam

brahmovāca-/
śṛṇu cātra yathātathyaṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ gavāṃ yathā/
ekapiṃḍakriyaikyaṃ tu puruṣairnirmitaṃ purā

purā brahmamukhodbhūtaṃ kūṭaṃ tejomayaṃ mahat/
caturbhāgaprajātaṃ tadvedognirgaurdvijastathā

prāktejaḥ saṃbhavo vedo vahnireva tathaiva ca/
parato gaustathā vipro jātaścaiva pṛthakpṛthak

tatra sṛṣṭā mayā cādau vedāścatvāra ekaśaḥ/
sthityarthaṃ sarvalokānāṃ bhuvanānāṃ samaṃtataḥ

agnirhavyāni bhuṃjīta devahetostathā dvijaḥ/
ājyaṃ goprabhavaṃ viddhi tasmādete prasūtakāḥ

na saṃti yadi lokeṣu catvāromī mahattarāḥ/
tadākhilaṃ ca bhuvanaṃ naṣṭaṃ sthāvarajaṃgamam

ebhirdhṛtāḥ sadā lokāḥ pratiṣṭhaṃti svabhāvataḥ/
svabhāvo brahmarūposāvete brahmamayāḥ smṛtāḥ

tasmādgauḥ pūjanīyosau vipra devāsurairapi/
udāraḥ sarvakāryeṣu jātastathyo guṇākaraḥ

sarvadevamayaḥ sākṣātsarvasatvānukaṃpakaḥ/
asya kāryaṃ mayā sṛṣṭaṃ puraiva poṣaṇaṃ prati

ataeva mayā dattaṃ varaṃ cātisuśobhanam/
ekajanmani te mokṣastavāstviti viniścitam

atraiva ye mṛtā gāvastvāgacchaṃti mamālayam/
pāpasya kaṇamātraṃ tu teṣāṃ dehena tiṣṭhati

devī gaurdhenukā devāścādidevī triśaktikā/
prasādādyasya yajñānāṃ prabhavo hi viniścitaḥ

gavāṃ sarvapavitrāṇi punaṃti sakalaṃ jagat/
mūtraṃ gorgomayaṃ kṣīraṃ dadhisarpistathaiva ca

amīṣāṃ bhakṣaṇe pāpaṃ na tiṣṭhati kalevare/
tasmādghṛtaṃ dadhi kṣīraṃ nityaṃ khādaṃti dhārmikāḥ

viśiṣṭaṃ sarvadravyeṣu gavyamiṣṭaṃ paraṃ śubham/
yasyāsye bhojanaṃ nāsti tasya mūrtistu pūtikā

annādyaṃ paṃcarātreṇa saptarātreṇa vai payaḥ/
dadhi viṃśatirātreṇa ghṛtaṃ syānmāsamekakam

agavyairyastu bhuṃkte vai māsamekaṃ niraṃtaram/
bhojane tasya martyasya pretāḥ khādaṃti caiva hi

paramānnaṃ paraṃ śuddhaṃ svinnaṃ cātapataṇḍulaiḥ/
bhuktvā tu yatkṛtaṃ puṇyaṃ koṭikoṭiguṇaṃ bhavet

anyaccāpi ca yaddravyaṃ haviṣyaṃ śāstranirmitam/
tadbhuktavā yatkṛtaṃ karma sarvaṃ lakṣaguṇaṃ bhavet

nirāmiṣaṃ ca yatkiṃcittasmādyadyatphalaṃ labhet/
tasmādgauḥ sarvakāryeṣu śasta eko yugeyuge

sarvadā sarvakāmeṣu dharmakāmārthamokṣadaḥ/
nārada uvāca-/
keṣu kiṃ vā prayogeṇa paraṃ puṇyaṃ prakīrtitaṃ

vada tatsarvalokeśa yathā jānāmi tatvataḥ/
brahmovāca/
sakṛtpradakṣiṇaṃ kṛtvā godhanaṃ cābhivaṃdayet

sarvapāpairvinirmuktaḥ svargaṃ cākṣayamaśnute/
surācāryo yathā vaṃdyaḥ pūjyosau mādhavo yathā

saptapradakṣiṇaṃ kṛtvā caiśvaryātpākaśāsanaḥ/
kalya utthāya gomadhye pātraṃ gṛhya sahodakam

niṣiṃcedyo gavāṃ śṛṃgaṃ mastakenaiva tajjalam/
pratīccheta nirāhārastasya puṇyaṃ nibodhata

śrūyaṃte yāni tīrthāni triṣu lokeṣu nārada/
siddhacāraṇayuktāni sevitāni maharṣibhiḥ

abhiṣekassamasteṣāṃ gavāṃ śṛṃgodakasya ca/
prātarutthāya yo martyaḥ spṛśedgāṃ ca ghṛtaṃ madhu१५०

sarṣapāṃśca priyaṃgūṃśca kalmaṣātpratimucyate/
ghṛtakṣīrapradā gāvo ghṛtayonyo ghṛtodbhavāḥ

ghṛtanadyo ghṛtāvartāstā me saṃtu sadā gṛhe/
ghṛtaṃ me sarvagātreṣu ghṛtaṃ me manasi sthitam

gāvo mamāgrato nityaṃ gāvaḥ pṛṣṭhata eva ca/
gāvaśca sarvagātreṣu gavāṃmadhye vasāmyaham

ityācamya japenmaṃtraṃ sāyaṃprātaridaṃ śuciḥ/
sarvapāpakṣayastasya svarloke pūjito bhavet

yathā gauśca tathā vipro yathāviprastathā hariḥ/
hariryathā tathā gaṃgā etena hyavṛṣāḥ smṛtāḥ

gāvo baṃdhurmanuṣyāṇāṃ manuṣyā bāṃdhavā gavām/
gauśca yasmingṛhe nāsti tadbaṃdhurahitaṃ gṛham

gomukhe cāśritā vedāḥ saṣaḍaṃgapadakramāḥ/
śṛṃgayośca sthitau nityaṃ sahaiva harikeśavau

udare'vasthitaḥ skaṃdaḥ śīrṣe brahmā sthitaḥ sadā/
vṛṣaddhvajo lalāṭe ca śṛṃgāgra iṃdra eva ca

karṇayoraśvinau devau cakṣuṣośśaśibhāskarau/
daṃteṣu garuḍo devo jihvāyāṃ ca sarasvatī

apāne sarvatīrthāni prasrāve caiva jāhnavī/
ṛṣayo romakūpeṣu mukhataḥ pṛṣṭhato yamaḥ

dhanado varuṇaścaiva dakṣiṇaṃ pārśvamāśritau/
vāmapārśve sthitā yakṣāstejasvaṃto mahābalāḥ

mukhamadhye ca gaṃdharvā nāsāgre pannagāstathā/
khurāṇāṃ paścime pārśve'psarasaśca samāśritāḥ

gomaye vasate lakṣmīrgomūtre sarvamaṃgalā/
pādāgre khecarā vedyā haṃbhāśabde prajāpatiḥ

catvāraḥ sāgarāḥ pūrṇā dhenūnāṃ ca staneṣu vai/
gāṃ ca spṛśati yo nityaṃ snāto bhavati nityaśaḥ

ato martyaḥ prapuṣṭaistu sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate/
gavāṃ rajaḥ khuroddhūtaṃ śirasā yastu dhārayet

sa ca tīrthajale snātaḥ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate/
nārada uvāca-/
gavāṃ ca daśavarṇānāṃ kasya dāne ca kiṃphalam

brūhi tattvaṃ guruśreṣṭha parameṣṭhinpriyaṃ yadi/
brahmovāca-/
śvetāṃ gāṃ brāhmaṇe datvā mānavaśceśvaro bhavet

prāsāde vasate nityaṃ bhogī ca sukhamedhate/
dhūmrā tu svargakāṃtāra saṃsāre pāpamokṣiṇī

akṣayaṃ kapilādānaṃ kṛṣṇāṃ datvā na sīdati/
pāṃḍurā durlabhā loke gaurī ca kulanaṃdinī

raktākṣī rūpakāmasya dhanakāmasya nīlikā/
ekāṃ ca kapilāṃ datvā sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

yattu bālyakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ yauvane vārdhake kṛtam/
vācākṛtaṃ karmakṛtaṃ manasā yatpraciṃtitaṃ

agamyāgamanaṃ caiva mitradrohe ca pātakam/
mānakūṭaṃ tulākūṭaṃ kanyānṛtaṃ gavānṛtam

sarvaṃ ca nāśayetkṣipraṃ kapilāṃ yaḥ prayacchati/
daśayojanavistīrṇā mahāpārā mahānadī

nārā ca jalakāṃtāre prasṛte codakārṇave/
yāvadvatsasya dvau pādau mukhaṃ yāvanna jāyate

tāvadgauḥ pṛthivī jñeyā yāvadgarbhaṃ na muṃcati/
suvarṇaśṛṃgīṃ vastrāḍhyāṃ sarvālaṃkārabhūṣitām

tāmrapṛṣṭhīṃ raupyakhurāṃ tathā kāṃsyopadohanām/
śobhitāṃ gaṃdhapuṣpaiśca sarvālaṃkārabhūṣitāṃ

īdṛśīṃ kapilāṃ dadyāddvijātau vedapārage/
sarvapāpakṣayastasya viṣṇuloke'cyuto bhavet

tasyāṃ tu duhyamānāyāṃ bhūmau pataṃti biṃdavaḥ/
ārāmādi vijāyaṃte bahupuṣpaphalottamāḥ

yatra kāmaphalā vṛkṣā nadyaḥ pāyasakardamāḥ/
prāsādāścāpi sauvarṇāstatra gacchaṃti gopradāḥ

daśadhenūśca yo dadyādekaṃ caiva dhuraṃdharaṃ/
samānaṃ tu phalaṃ proktaṃ brahmaṇā samudāhṛtam

ekaṃ ca daśabhirdadyātsahasrāṇāṃ śataṃ phalam/
tasyānusārato vedyaṃ phalaṃ nārada yatnataḥ

pitṝnuddiśya yaḥ putro vṛṣaṃ ca mokṣayedbhuvi/
pitaro viṣṇulokeṣu mahīyaṃte yathepsitam

catasro vatsataryaśca ekasyaiva vṛṣasya ca/
mokṣyaṃte sarvataḥ putra vidhireṣa sanātanaḥ

yāvaṃti caiva romāṇi tasya tāsāṃ ca sarvaśaḥ/
tāvadvarṣasahasrāṇi svargaṃ bhujaṃti mānavāḥ

lāṃgūlena vṛṣo yacca jalaṃ cotkṣipati dhruvaṃ/
tattoyaṃ tu sahasrābdaṃ pitṝṇāmamṛtaṃ bhavet

khureṇa karṣayedbhūmiṃ tato loṣṭhaṃ ca kardamaḥ/
pitṛbhyaśca svadhā tatra lakṣakoṭiguṇaṃ bhavet

vidyamāne ca janake yadi mātā vinaśyati/
caṃdanenāṃkitā dhenustasyāḥ svargāya dīyate

dātā caiva pitṝṇāṃ ca ṛṇaṃ caiva pramuṃcati/
akṣayaṃ labhate svargaṃ pūjito maghavā yathā

sarvalakṣaṇasaṃyuktā taruṇā gauḥ payasvinī/
samāprasūtikā bhadrā sā ca gauḥ pṛthivī smṛtā

tasya dānena maṃtrasya pṛthvīdānasamaṃ phalaṃ/
śatakratusamo martyaḥ kulamuddharate śataṃ

gavāṃ ca haraṇaṃ kṛtvā mṛte gorathavatsake/
krimipūrṇe sa kūpe ca tiṣṭhedābhūtasaṃplavaṃ

gavāṃ caiva vadhaṃ kṛtvā pitṛbhiḥ saha pacyate/
raurave narake ghore tāvatkālaṃ pratikriyā

gopracāraprabhagnaśca ṣaṃḍavāhanabaṃdhanaḥ/
akṣayaṃ narakaṃ prāyānpunarjanmani janmani

sakṛcca śrāvayedyastu kathāṃ puṇyatamāmimāṃ/
sarvapāpakṣayastasya devaiśca saha modate

ya idaṃ śṛṇuyādvāpi paraṃ puṇyatamaṃ mahat/
saptajanmakṛtātpāpānmucyate tatkṣaṇena hi

iti śrīpādmapurāṇe prathame sṛṣṭikhaṃḍe gomāhātmyaṃ nāmāṣṭacatvāriṃśattamo'dhyāyaḥ