Brahma Vaivarta Purana Chapter 18:101-110

Brahma Vaivarta Purana

Vipra-patni-mokñana

Delivering the Wives of the Brähmanas

Chapter 18: Verse 101-110

ENGLISH TRANSLATION 101.After long grieving, the sage, who was the best of all knowers of the Vedas, consulted with his brothers, and spoke to the wives. 102.Çri Aìgirä said: Please listen, and I will speak the truth. The Vedas say that one must experience what one's karma ordains. 103.Now your destined association with us is ended. The Vedas say that when the fruits of karma are exhausted they cannot be regained. 104.O beloveds, the results of good and bad karma in this world must be experienced. If they are not experienced, they do not perish even after a billion births. 105.He who again enjoys with a wife that has been enjoyed by another is the lowest of men. He burns in hell for as long as the sun and moon shine in the sky. 106.A woman enjoyed by another is not worthy to assist in yajïas for the demigods and pitäs. Such a sinful woman is worthy only to burn in hell. If her husband embraces her, his power, glory, and wealth are at once destroyed. 107.Lord Brahmä says that the demigods and pitäs are not pleased with the yajïas offered by such a husband. 108.For this reason an intelligent man carefully protects his wife. Otherwise he becomes a sinner and goes to hell. 109.A wise man protects his wife at every step. A wife trusted by her husband is a box of faults. 110.One should always protect a cooking pot and a wife. If others touch them, they become impure. If only the owner touches them, they remain pure.