The Deeds for Which One Becomes Soilless

1. O you very intelligent one, tell me, due to which act (of a man) he becomes sonless (i.e. does not have a son), and due to (i.e. by doing) which (act) he would have a son. Siita said:

2. Formerly this was asked by the magnanimous Narada from Brahma. O best sage, listen to what he said (then). Narada said:

3-5. O grandsire, O very wise one, O you who have mastered all the truth, O you lotus-born, tell me by (i.e. doing) which deed a mortal would become sonless; due to what sin a woman would be barren. O you who are intent on the well-being of all creatures, tell me, who am listening. Due to which deed a daugther is born, or an important son is born; due to what a child is stillborn. A woman bringing forth a stillborn child is extremely unhappy. O Brahman, tell me due to which religious merit a son would be born. Brahma said:

6-7. I shall tell you in brief. Listen to it attentively. You are asking about an amazing account. Listen (to it). It is said that a brahmana who would snatch away or would cause to snatch away (i.e. who has snatched away or has caused to snatch away) the means of subsistence of a brahmana, would be sonless.

8-9. That man who in this existence would devoutly listen to a Purana, or would make a present of a land with a crop on it, or who would give a golden cow of many qualities and giving profuse milk along with a present, so also one who would give a golden image (of a deity to a brahmana), would certainly get a son.

10. That woman who would in her former birth deceitfully kill (i.e. who has deceitfully killed) the child of someone else, would certainly be sonless.

11-12. That woman who, endowed with devotion, would make a present of a golden image (of a deity), and would devoutly drink the water (flowing) from the feet of a brahmana, would listen to a Purana, or would offer a large present (to a brahmana), would have many children, and would have her children alive. There is no doubt about this.

13-15. A man or a woman who would not take out a child drowning in water, would certainly be sonless in this world. He who would give a bull, a pumpkin gourd with gold and cloth or would observe the auspicious vow for having a child, or would offer (the image of) a fair virgin, or would listen to a Purana destroying all sins, would have a son.

16-17. That man who in his previous existence would disappoint a guest or would angrily punish him (i.e. who has disappointed or angrily punished a guest), would certainly be sonless. A man should devoutly honour a brahmana and a guest. He should give food, water, and (should construct) an auspicious temple.

18. That woman or that man who would cause (i.e. who has caused) abortion in her or his previous existence would certainly have a stillborn child.

19. That woman who along with her husband, would observe (a fast on) the day of (i.e. sacred to) Vishnu, would have good sons and would be a favourite wife of her husband in every existence.

20-21. A man who would make wealth with cows, or a shudra who, being infatuated, would kidnap a brahmana-woman, would be born impotent due to (that) act. O brahmana, a daughter is born due to (that) act. O brahmana, a daughter is born by the power of the religious merit (to him) who, having committed this sin, later performs (acts of) religious merit.

22-25. O brahmana, in Tretayuga there was a king by name Shridhara. He was sonless (but) wealthy. His wife was Hemaprabhavati. He asked Vyasa who knew all sacred texts, who desired the well-being of all people, and who had come to him: "O brahmana, how (is it that) I am sonless?" (Seated) on a seat made of gold etc. and offered by the king, he, having heard the polite words of the king, answered thus: The king and the queen, being delighted washed his feet, and drank the water (with which) his feet (were washed), and which destroyed all sins. Vyasa said:

26-29. O king, hear (about) what you have asked me, (also about) the deed due to which you arc sonless. This your queen also is sonless and you observe the vow of having one wife (only). In your former existence, you, the moon, were known by the name Varatanu. Your wife of a fair body was known by the name Sankari. Once you were going along a path. Though you saw the son of a low (-caste person) drowning in water, you contemptuously went ahead. The son died. By the power of your great religious merit, you became king and queen. (But) as a result of that deed, you would (i.e. did) not have a son. The king said:

30. O lord, due to which (act of) religious merit, would a son be born (to us)? For, the life of persons having no son is fruitless.

31-32. Give a gift of a pumpkin gourd with gold, cloth and a bull. Observe vow for obtaining a child, give (the image) of a fair virgin, and also listen to a Purana. Then a son, destroying all sins, will be born. Brahma said:

33-34. Hearing this, the king gave an excellent gift as told by Vyasa, and with his sins destroyed listened to a Purana. Then within a year a son honoured by all was born (to them). The king became a sovereign emperor, handsome and the chief of his family. Suta said:

35-38. He who having no son, would devoutly listen to this, and make excellent presents, gets a son. I have told (this to you) in brief. O brahmana, that woman who would devoutly honour a brahmana according to the rules laid down in the sacred texts, would always have good sons. (So also the man) who would devoutly put on the book (of the Purana) gold, silver, cloth, garland of flowers and sandal — which destroy all sins (would get good sons). A cruel son would be born to the fool who in his former existence has killed a brahmana or a child, and would be a brahmana after seven existences.

1. O Suta, tell me who am listening, due to which (acts of) religious merit Vaikuntha is obtained (by a man), for you are a boat in the ocean of the worldly existence. Suta said:

2-7. O best sage doing auspicious (things) for all, (you have asked) well. I shall tell you in brief (the rite) destroying all sins. Listen, O best brahmana, hear about the merit of him who would give a house made of clay to a brahmana devoted to Vishnu. That brahmana, free from all sins, would always live in a palatial building in Vishnu's heaven. He is honoured in Vishnu's heaven. He who would present a palatial building to a brahmana devotee of Vishnu, would, on reaching Vishnu's abode, certainly be a resident of heaven. O brahmana, he, with a crore of (members of) his family ultimately goes to Vishnu's city, and staying in a palatial golden building, he would enjoy pleasures as he pleases. (Even) the Creator, the cause of all, is unable to measure the religious merit that one would get by causing a brahmana to settle well (in his life), O sage.

8. Dust particles are (i.e. can be) counted; drops of rains are (i.e. can be) counted; (but) ths fruit (obtained) by settling well a brahmana (in his life) cannot be guaged even by the Creator.

9-23. O great sage, listen to what Brahma, the Creator, the origin of the mundane existence, told Narada, when he was formerly asked by him. O brahmana, formerly in Dvapara age, there was a woman by name Cancalapangi; she was very beautiful, her hair was excellent, her eyes were like that of a female deer, her waist was charming, and her smile was lovely. Once she went to another country. Full of all sins, and causing people to fall into hell due to her contact (like that) of liquor, she went to a temple. For a moment she sat there and ate a tambula. Through curiosity she threw the remaining powder on the lowly part of a wall. Then desiring (to secure) a paramour, and to secure wealth (from him) she went to the city. The prostitute rashly made an appointment with some paramour. Being fascinated she went to the appointed place (in) the forest at night. The merchant (her paramour) did not come to the rendezvous. She expected (him) and thought to herself: 'How (is it) that my lover has not come? Has he been eaten up by serpents or tigers? How has he, beside himself due to passion, gone (elsewhere) leaving the place of appointment? Is he hankering after some other unknown woman?' O brahmana, thinking (like) this in her mind she through the fear of the fort-guard did not arrive into the city as the public road was covered with darkness. O brahmana, in the meanwhile a hungry tiger that took up any form that he liked, that was sent by the god of death, came there and forcibly ate her up. Then the messengers of Yamuna's brother (i e. Yama), whose forms were fearful, whose bodies resembled mountain-peaks, came there to take her (to Yama's abode) due to her sinful deed. Their feet were crooked, their faces were crooked, their noses were projecting, and they had many jaws. O brahmana, taking leather straps and hammers the very frantic messengers tied up that licentious harlot with leather straps. The messengers of the magnanimous Vishnu who holds a conch, a disc, a mace and a lotus, that were going along the path saw her. They resembled black clouds, their lotus-like faces were throbbing, they formed a group, their noses were charming, and they were adorned with divine ear-rings. The messengers of Vishnu said:

24-27. Who are you of deformed forms, who appear like demons? Where are you going carrying this excellent (lady), the most beloved of Vishnu? Hearing these words of them, they (i e. Yama's messengers) went (away) quickly. Then those very powerful messengers of Vishnu, who were full of anger, struck the messengers of Yama, the lord of the world, with multitudes of weapons like the disc, having the brilliance of that of a crore of suns. All the warriors of Yama ran away, crying; and O brahmana, they who were frightened, narrated the entire account to Yama. Yama too, having heard that account, said to Chitragupta: Dharma (i.e. Yama) said:

28. O minister, due to which (act of) religious merit has the prostitute gone to (i.e. obtained) salvation? Tell all this according to its merit, to me who am asking (you). Chitragupta said:

29-32. From her birth she had earned very many sins; but, O lord of the world, hear if she might have some merit (to her credit). O lord of Dharma, once (this) prostitute, adorned with all ornaments, seeking wealth and looking for a paramour, went to a certain city. There (i.e. in that city) having remained in the temple, and having eaten a tambula, she threw, out of curiosity, the remaining powder on a wall, By the power of that merit the harlot with her sins gone (away), and free from your punishment, goes to Vaikuntha. Suta said:

33-37. Hearing these words the messengers and Yama also set their mind on other work, O brahmana. That harlot also, mounted in a divine chariot yoked with royal swans and surrounded by Vishnu's servants, went to Vishnu's world. O brahmana, she by the order of Vishnu stayed along with a crore (member* of) her family in a palatial building and enjoyed many pleasures. O best brahmana, I do not know (i.e. cannot judge) the merit of him who devoutly and carefully puts powder into Vishnu's temple (to beautify it). He who would devoutly recite (this) chapter or listen to it with respect, is freed from all sins and goes to Vishnu's abode.

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