Paradise

The person who bathes at the confluence of the Ganga and the Saraswati earns the merit of the horse-sacrifice and also ascends to heaven.

These five are the men of Brahman, the gatekeepers of the heavenly world. Whoever knows these five men of Brahman, gatekeepers of the heavenly world, in this way—in his family a hero is born, and he attains the heavenly world, whoever knows these five men of Brahman, gatekeepers of the heavenly world, in this way.

ते वा एते पञ्च ब्रह्मपुरुषाः स्वर्गस्य लोकस्य द्वारपाः स य एतानेवं पञ्च ब्रह्मपुरुषान्स्वर्गस्य लोकस्य द्वारपान्वेदास्य कुले वीरो जायते प्रतिपद्यते स्वर्गं लोकं य एतानेवं पञ्च ब्रह्मपुरुषान्स्वर्गस्य लोकस्य द्वारपान्वेद

That man who will worship me in the tirtha Sapta-Saraswat, there will be nothing unattainable for him in this life or the next. Without a doubt, he will go to the region called Saraswat in heaven after death.

In the world of heaven there is no fear at all; you are not there, and one does not fear old age. Having crossed beyond both hunger and thirst, passing over sorrow, one rejoices in the world of heaven.

स्वर्गे लोके न भयं किंचनास्ति न तत्र त्वं न जरया बिभेति । उभे तीर्त्वाऽशनायापिपासे शोकातिगो मोदते स्वर्गलोके ॥ १२॥

I bow to the Supreme Lord, who dispels fear and is the destroyer of time, the king of yogis, and the storehouse of good qualities. He is beyond the realm of Maya, the Lord of the celestials, intent on killing evil-doers, and the only protector of the Brahmins.

अभयहर˜अ¯ कालमत्तेभसि¯ह¯ योग्¶न्द्र¯ ज्ञानगम्य¯ गु˜अनिधिमजित¯ निर्गु˜अ¯ निर्विकारम्, मायात्¶त¯ सुरेश¯ खलवधनिरत¯ ब्रह्मवृन्दैकदेव¯ वन्दे कन्दावदात¯ सरसिजनयन¯ देवमुर्व्¶शरूउपम्.

Place the joys of heaven and the bliss of liberation on one side of the scale, and they will all be outweighed by a moment's joy derived from communion with the saints.

तात स्वर्ग अपबर्ग सुख धरिअ तुला एक अ¯ग, तुल न ताहि सकल मिलि जो सुख लव सतस¯ग.४.

The moment the water of the Ganges touched their remains, their spirits were absolved from the sin of insulting a holy sage and ascended to heaven.

गगाम्बुना स्पृष्ट्वा तेषां शवानां पापम् ऋषिद्रोहात् तीर्थीकृत्य गतः स्वर्गं

Wealth, home, and kingdom are but sources of sorrow for a woman without her lord.

प्राननाथ करुनायतन सुंदर सुखद सुजान, तुम्ह बिनु रघुकुल कुमुद बिधु सुरपुर नरक समान

I would rather be infamous worldwide and lose my good name, and even be damned to perdition and give up heaven

भरतहि होइ न राजमदु बिधि हरि हर पद पाइ, कबहु कि काजी सीकरनि छीरसिंधु बिनसाइ

He measured the entire earth and covered the heaven with another step. For the third step, Lord Vamana planted his foot on the blessed demon and sent him down to the subterranean region known as Sutala, where he became the sovereign.

At the sound of cheers, the praises sung by the bards, the recitation of the Vedic texts, and the beating of kettledrums, the wise immortals rejoiced and rained down flowers from the trees of paradise.

जय धुनि बंदी बेद धुनि मंगल गान निसान, सुनि हरषहिं बरषहिं बिबुध सुरतरु सुमन सुजान

Ayodhya grants an abode in Rama's heaven; it is celebrated throughout all the worlds and is the holiest of the holy.

सुनि नारद के बचन तब सब कर मिआ बिषाद, छन महु ब्यापेउ सकल पुर घर घर यह संबाद Wहेन् थेय् हेअर्द् नारदऽस् एxप्लनतिओन्, थे सद्नेस्स् ओफ़् अल्ल् wअस् दिस्पेर्सेद्. इन् अ

Whoever knows God in this world, as it were, lives in a paradise, the vastness of which is like the vastness of the heavens and the earth. This paradise's fruits can be plucked without any envy, and its size is not reduced by the number of people occupying it.

Even if God hadn't created heaven or hell, He still deserves to be worshiped.

Paradise is for those who intend to sin but then remember that God's eye is upon them and restrain themselves.

The Koran states, 'We offered the responsibility of free will to the heavens, the earth, and the mountains, but they refused to accept it. However, humanity took it on.

The Prophet said, "Death is a bridge that unites friends," and "The world is a paradise for the faithless, but a prison for the faithful."

He travels through the various divine realms every day, riding celestial vehicles, surrounded by beautiful celestial beings.

He experiences bliss, accompanied by deities in heaven, like a deity himself.

The learned person who recites this sacred history to an audience becomes purified of all sins, achieves heaven, and attains the status of Brahma.

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