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युधिष्ठिर उवाच॥
Yudhiṣṭhira said.
गतीनामुत्तमा प्राप्तिः कथिता जापकेष्विह। एकैवैषा गतिस्तेषामुत यान्त्यपरामपि ॥१२-१९०-१॥
Among all paths, the highest attainment is described here for those who recite. For them, there is only this one path, yet they also reach another.
भीष्म उवाच॥
Bhīṣma said.
शृणुष्वावहितो राजञ्जापकानां गतिं विभो। यथा गच्छन्ति निरयमनेकं पुरुषर्षभ ॥१२-१९०-२॥
O king, listen attentively to the fate of the chanters, O mighty one, as they go to various hells, O best of men.
यथोक्तमेतत्पूर्वं यो नानुतिष्ठति जापकः। एकदेशक्रियश्चात्र निरयं स निगच्छति ॥१२-१९०-३॥
If a reciter does not follow what has been previously stated, or performs only partially here, he goes to hell.
अवज्ञानेन कुरुते न तुष्यति न शोचति। ईदृशो जापको याति निरयं नात्र संशयः ॥१२-१९०-४॥
A reciter who acts with disrespect neither pleases nor grieves, but such a person certainly goes to hell; there is no doubt about this.
अहङ्कारकृतश्चैव सर्वे निरयगामिनः। परावमानी पुरुषो भविता निरयोपगः ॥१२-१९०-५॥
All those who act out of ego, and all who insult others, will go to hell; a man who is arrogant and disparages others will surely attain hell.
अभिध्यापूर्वकं जप्यं कुरुते यश्च मोहितः। यत्राभिध्यां स कुरुते तं वै निरयमृच्छति ॥१२-१९०-६॥
If a deluded person performs recitation with malice, wherever he harbors malice, he certainly goes to hell.
अथैश्वर्यप्रवृत्तः सञ्जापकस्तत्र रज्यते। स एव निरयस्तस्य नासौ तस्मात्प्रमुच्यते ॥१२-१९०-७॥
Now, the one who is engaged in sovereignty and causes others to recite becomes attached there. He himself is the cause of his own downfall; he is not released from that.
रागेण जापको जप्यं कुरुते तत्र मोहितः। यत्रास्य रागः पतति तत्र तत्रोपजायते ॥१२-१९०-८॥
The reciter, deluded by attachment, performs the mantra. Wherever his attachment falls, there it arises again and again.
दुर्बुद्धिरकृतप्रज्ञश्चले मनसि तिष्ठति। चलामेव गतिं याति निरयं वाधिगच्छति ॥१२-१९०-९॥
A person of wicked intellect and undeveloped wisdom remains in an unsteady mind; such a one attains only instability or even descends to hell.
अकृतप्रज्ञको बालो मोहं गच्छति जापकः। स मोहान्निरयं याति तत्र गत्वानुशोचति ॥१२-१९०-१०॥
A reciter who lacks developed wisdom, like a child, falls into delusion. Due to this delusion, he goes to hell and, having reached there, regrets his actions.
दृढग्राही करोमीति जप्यं जपति जापकः। न सम्पूर्णो न वा युक्तो निरयं सोऽधिगच्छति ॥१२-१९०-११॥
If a reciter, thinking 'I do this firmly', recites the mantra but is neither complete nor properly qualified, he attains hell.
युधिष्ठिर उवाच॥
Yudhishthira said.
अनिमित्तं परं यत्तदव्यक्तं ब्रह्मणि स्थितम्। सद्भूतो जापकः कस्मात्स शरीरमथाविशेत् ॥१२-१९०-१२॥
Why should the one who has realized the supreme, unmanifest, causeless reality established in Brahman, having become real, again enter the body?
भीष्म उवाच॥
Bhīṣma said.
दुष्प्रज्ञानेन निरया बहवः समुदाहृताः। प्रशस्तं जापकत्वं च दोषाश्चैते तदात्मकाः ॥१२-१९०-१३॥
Many hells have been described due to faulty understanding; being a reciter is praiseworthy, and these faults are of that nature.
