Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions v1.c11.35

v1.c11.35

V.P. ii. 3, 11. *Chatvāri Bhārate varshe yugāny attra mahāmune* | *kṛitaḿ tretā dvāparaś cha kaliś chānyatra na kvachit* | 12. *Tapas tapyanti yatayo juhvate chāttra yajvinaḥ* | *dānāni chāttra dīyante paralokārtham ādarāt* | *purushair yajna-purusho Jambu-dvīpe sadejyate* | *yajnair yajnamayo Vishṇur anya-dvīpeshu chānyathā* | 13. *Attrāpi Bhārataṁ śreshṭhaṁ Jambu-dvīpe mahāmune* | *yato hi karma-bhūr eshā ato 'nyāḥ bhoga-bhūmayaḥ* | *attra janma-sahasrāṇāṁ sahasrair api sattamam* | *kadachil labhate jantur mānushyaṁ punya-sanchayam* | *gāyanti devāḥ kila gītakāni* "*dhan-yās tu ye Bhārata-bhūmi-bhāge* | *svargāpavargasya dahe tu bhūte bhavanti bhūyaḥ purushāḥ suratvāt* | 14. *Karmāṇy asankalpita-tat-phalāni sannyasya Vishṇau paramātma-rūpe* | *avāpya tāṁ karma-mahīm anante tasmin layaṁ ye tv amalāḥ prayānti* | 15. *Jānīma naitat kva vayaṁ vilīne svarga-prade karmaṇi deha-bandham* | *prāpsyāma dhanyāḥ khalu te manushyāḥ ye Bhārate nendriya-viprahīṇāḥ*" |