Padma Purana — Srishti Khanda — Chapter 15
PdP 1 15.1
भीष्म उवाच। किं कृतं ब्रह्मणा ब्रह्मन्प्रेष्य वाराणसीपुरीम्। जनार्दनेन किं कर्म शंकरेण च यन्मुने
bhīṣma uvāca| kiṃ kṛtaṃ brahmaṇā brahmanpreṣya vārāṇasīpurīm| janārdanena kiṃ karma śaṃkareṇa ca yanmune
Bhīṣma said: What did Brahmā do, O brahmin, after sending (him) to the city of Vārāṇasī? And what deed (was done) by Janārdana and by Śaṃkara, O sage?
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PdP 1 15.2
कथं यज्ञः कृतस्तेन कस्मिंस्तीर्थे वदस्व मे। के सदस्या ऋत्विजश्च सर्वांस्तान्प्रब्रवीहि मे
kathaṃ yajñaḥ kṛtastena kasmiṃstīrthe vadasva me| ke sadasyā ṛtvijaśca sarvāṃstānprabravīhi me
How was the sacrifice performed by him, and at which sacred place? Tell me. Who were the assembly-members and who the officiating priests? Declare them all to me.
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PdP 1 15.3
के देवास्तर्पितास्तेन एतन्मे कौतुकं महत्। पुलस्त्य उवाच। श्रीनिधानं पुरं मेरोः शिखरे रत्नचित्रितम्
ke devāstarpitāstena etanme kautukaṃ mahat| pulastya uvāca| śrīnidhānaṃ puraṃ meroḥ śikhare ratnacitritam
Which gods were gratified by him? This is a great curiosity of mine. Pulastya said: On the peak of Meru (there is) a city, a treasury of splendour, variegated with jewels,
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PdP 1 15.4
अनेकाश्चर्यनिलयंबहुपादपसंकुलम्। विचित्रधातुभिश्चित्रं स्वच्छस्फटिकनिर्मलम्
anekāścaryanilayaṃbahupādapasaṃkulam| vicitradhātubhiścitraṃ svacchasphaṭikanirmalam
an abode of many marvels, crowded with many trees, bright with varied minerals, spotless as clear crystal,
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PdP 1 15.5
लतावितानशोभाढ्यं शिखिशब्दविनादितम्। मृगेन्द्ररववित्रस्त गजयूथसमाकुलम्
latāvitānaśobhāḍhyaṃ śikhiśabdavināditam| mṛgendraravavitrasta gajayūthasamākulam
rich in the beauty of canopies of creepers, resounding with the cries of peacocks, thronged with herds of elephants startled by the roaring of lions,
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PdP 1 15.6
निर्झरांबुप्रपातोत्थ शीकरासारशीतलम्। वाताहततरुव्रात प्रसन्नापानचित्रितम्
nirjharāṃbuprapātottha śīkarāsāraśītalam| vātāhatataruvrāta prasannāpānacitritam
cooled by showers of spray risen from the falling of waters of the cascades, adorned with the pleasant drinking-places (amid) masses of trees shaken by the wind,
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PdP 1 15.7
मृगनाभिवरामोद वासिताशेषकाननम्। लतागृहरतिश्रान्त सुप्तविद्याधराध्वगम्
mṛganābhivarāmoda vāsitāśeṣakānanam| latāgṛharatiśrānta suptavidyādharādhvagam
its whole forest perfumed with the fine fragrance of musk, where travelling Vidyādharas sleep, worn out by love-making in bowers of creepers,
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PdP 1 15.8
प्रगीतकिन्नरव्रात मधुरध्वनिनादितम्। तस्मिन्ननेकविन्यास शोभिताशेषभूमिकम्
pragītakinnaravrāta madhuradhvanināditam| tasminnanekavinyāsa śobhitāśeṣabhūmikam
resounding with the sweet sound of throngs of singing Kinnaras — in that (city), whose every floor is adorned with manifold arrangements,
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PdP 1 15.9
वैराजं नाम भवनं ब्रह्मणः परमेष्ठिनः। तत्र दिव्यांगनोद्गीत मधुरध्वनि नादिता
vairājaṃ nāma bhavanaṃ brahmaṇaḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ| tatra divyāṃganodgīta madhuradhvani nāditā
(there is) the palace named Vairāja, belonging to Brahmā, the supreme lord. There, (a hall) resounding with the sweet sound of the singing of celestial women,
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PdP 1 15.10
पारिजाततरूत्पन्न मंजरीदाममालिनी। रत्नरश्मिसमूहोत्थ बहुवर्णविचित्रिता
pārijātatarūtpanna maṃjarīdāmamālinī| ratnaraśmisamūhottha bahuvarṇavicitritā
garlanded with wreaths of blossom-clusters grown on the Pārijāta tree, variegated with many colours arising from the massed rays of jewels,
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PdP 1 15.11
विन्यस्तस्तंभकोटिस्तु निर्मलादर्शशोभिता। अप्सरोनृत्यविन्यास विलासोल्लासलासिता
vinyastastaṃbhakoṭistu nirmalādarśaśobhitā| apsaronṛtyavinyāsa vilāsollāsalāsitā
with rows of pillars set in place, adorned with spotless mirrors, made to dance with the play and exuberance of the dance-postures of the Apsarases,
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PdP 1 15.12
बह्वातोद्यसमुत्पन्नसमूहस्वननादिता। लयतालयुतानेक गीतवादित्र शोभिता
bahvātodyasamutpannasamūhasvananāditā| layatālayutāneka gītavāditra śobhitā
resounding with the massed sound produced by many musical instruments, adorned with many songs and instruments joined in rhythm and time —
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PdP 1 15.13
सभा कांतिमती नाम देवानां शर्मदायिका। ऋषिसंघसमायुक्ता मुनिवृंदनिषेविता
sabhā kāṃtimatī nāma devānāṃ śarmadāyikā| ṛṣisaṃghasamāyuktā munivṛṃdaniṣevitā
(that) hall named Kāntimatī, bestower of happiness on the gods, filled with hosts of seers, frequented by throngs of sages,
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PdP 1 15.14
द्विजातिसामशब्देन नादिताऽऽनंददायिनी। तस्यां निविष्टो देवेशस्संध्यासक्तः पितामहः
dvijātisāmaśabdena nāditā''naṃdadāyinī| tasyāṃ niviṣṭo deveśassaṃdhyāsaktaḥ pitāmahaḥ
resounding with the Sāman-chant of the twice-born, giving joy: seated in it, the lord of gods, the Grandfather, intent on the twilight devotions,
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PdP 1 15.15
ध्यायति स्म परं देवं येनेदं निर्मितं जगत्। ध्यायतो बुद्धिरुत्पन्ना कथं यज्ञं करोम्यहम्
dhyāyati sma paraṃ devaṃ yenedaṃ nirmitaṃ jagat| dhyāyato buddhirutpannā kathaṃ yajñaṃ karomyaham
was meditating on the supreme God by whom this world was fashioned. As he meditated, a thought arose: "How shall I perform a sacrifice?
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PdP 1 15.16
कस्मिन्स्थाने मया यज्ञः कार्यः कुत्र धरातले। काशीप्रयागस्तुंगा च नैमिषं शृंखलं तथा
kasminsthāne mayā yajñaḥ kāryaḥ kutra dharātale| kāśīprayāgastuṃgā ca naimiṣaṃ śṛṃkhalaṃ tathā
In what place must the sacrifice be performed by me, where on the surface of the earth? Kāśī, Prayāga, Stuṅgā, Naimiṣa, and Śṛṅkhala likewise,
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PdP 1 15.17
कांची भद्रा देविका च कुरुक्षेत्रं सरस्वती। प्रभासादीनि तीर्थानि पृथिव्यामिह मध्यतः
kāṃcī bhadrā devikā ca kurukṣetraṃ sarasvatī| prabhāsādīni tīrthāni pṛthivyāmiha madhyataḥ
Kāñcī, Bhadrā, and Devikā, Kurukṣetra, Sarasvatī, Prabhāsa and the rest — (these) sacred places (are) here in the middle of the earth.
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PdP 1 15.18
क्षेत्राणि पुण्यतीर्थानि संति यानीह सर्वशः। मदादेशाच्च रुद्रेण कृतान्यन्यानि भूतले
kṣetrāṇi puṇyatīrthāni saṃti yānīha sarvaśaḥ| madādeśācca rudreṇa kṛtānyanyāni bhūtale
There are here in every direction holy fields and sacred places, and others were made on the earth by Rudra at my command.
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PdP 1 15.19
यथाहं सर्वदेवेषु आदिदेवो व्यवस्थितः। तथा चैकं परं तीर्थमादिभूतं करोम्यहम्
yathāhaṃ sarvadeveṣu ādidevo vyavasthitaḥ| tathā caikaṃ paraṃ tīrthamādibhūtaṃ karomyaham
"Just as I am established among all the gods as the first god, so shall I make one supreme sacred place, primordial in nature."
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PdP 1 15.20
अहं यत्र समुत्पन्नः पद्मं तद्विष्णुनाभिजम्। पुष्करं प्रोच्यते तीर्थमृषिभिर्वेदपाठकैः
ahaṃ yatra samutpannaḥ padmaṃ tadviṣṇunābhijam| puṣkaraṃ procyate tīrthamṛṣibhirvedapāṭhakaiḥ
"The lotus in which I was born, sprung from Viṣṇu's navel — that sacred place is called Puṣkara by the seers who recite the Vedas."
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PdP 1 15.21
एवं चिंतयतस्तस्य ब्रह्मणस्तु प्रजापतेः। मतिरेषा समुत्पन्ना व्रजाम्येष धरातले
evaṃ ciṃtayatastasya brahmaṇastu prajāpateḥ| matireṣā samutpannā vrajāmyeṣa dharātale
As Brahmā, the Lord of creatures, thought thus, this resolve arose (in him): "I shall go down to the surface of the earth."
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PdP 1 15.22
प्राक्स्थानं स समासाद्य प्रविष्टस्तद्वनोत्तमम्। नानाद्रुमलताकीर्णं नानापुष्पोपशोभितम्
prāksthānaṃ sa samāsādya praviṣṭastadvanottamam| nānādrumalatākīrṇaṃ nānāpuṣpopaśobhitam
Reaching the eastern region, he entered that excellent forest, strewn with many kinds of trees and creepers, adorned with many kinds of flowers,
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PdP 1 15.23
नानापक्षिरवाकीर्णं नानामृगगणाकुलम्। द्रुमपुष्पभरामोदैर्वासयद्यत्सुरासुरान्
nānāpakṣiravākīrṇaṃ nānāmṛgagaṇākulam| drumapuṣpabharāmodairvāsayadyatsurāsurān
filled with the cries of many birds, crowded with herds of many kinds of deer — which perfumed both gods and demons with the fragrances of its mass of tree-blossoms;
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PdP 1 15.24
बुद्धिपूर्वमिव न्यस्तैः पुष्पैर्भूषितभूतलम्। नानागंधरसैः पक्वापक्वैश्च षडृतूद्भवैः
buddhipūrvamiva nyastaiḥ puṣpairbhūṣitabhūtalam| nānāgaṃdharasaiḥ pakvāpakvaiśca ṣaḍṛtūdbhavaiḥ
its ground adorned with flowers laid down as if deliberately, and with fruits of many fragrances and flavours, ripe and unripe, arising in (all) six seasons,
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PdP 1 15.25
फलैः सुवर्णरूपाढ्यैर्घ्राणदृष्टिमनोहरैः। जीर्णं पत्रं तृणं यत्र शुष्ककाष्ठफलानि च
phalaiḥ suvarṇarūpāḍhyairghrāṇadṛṣṭimanoharaiḥ| jīrṇaṃ patraṃ tṛṇaṃ yatra śuṣkakāṣṭhaphalāni ca
fruits rich in golden hue, delighting the nose, the eye and the mind — where the withered leaf, the grass, and dry sticks and fruits
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PdP 1 15.26
बहिः क्षिपति जातानि मारुतोनुग्रहादिव। नानापुष्पसमूहानां गंधमादाय मारुतः
bahiḥ kṣipati jātāni mārutonugrahādiva| nānāpuṣpasamūhānāṃ gaṃdhamādāya mārutaḥ
it casts outside as they arise, as if by the wind's favour; and the wind, taking up the fragrance of the masses of many flowers,
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PdP 1 15.27
शीतलो वाति खं भूमिं दिशो यत्राभिवासयन्। हरितस्निग्ध निश्छिद्रैरकीटकवनोत्कटैः
śītalo vāti khaṃ bhūmiṃ diśo yatrābhivāsayan| haritasnigdha niśchidrairakīṭakavanotkaṭaiḥ
blows cool there, perfuming the sky, the earth and the directions; (adorned) with green, glossy, gapless (trees), free of insects, towering in the forest,
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PdP 1 15.28
वृक्षैरनेकसंज्ञैर्यद्भूषितं शिखरान्वितैः। अरोगैर्दर्शनीयैश्च सुवृत्तैः कैश्चिदुज्ज्वलैः
vṛkṣairanekasaṃjñairyadbhūṣitaṃ śikharānvitaiḥ| arogairdarśanīyaiśca suvṛttaiḥ kaiścidujjvalaiḥ
which was adorned with trees of many names, crowned with high tops, healthy and fair to see, well-rounded, some of them gleaming —
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PdP 1 15.29
कुटुंबमिव विप्राणामृत्विग्भिर्भाति सर्वतः। शोभंते धातुसंकाशैरंकुरैः प्रावृता द्रुमाः
kuṭuṃbamiva viprāṇāmṛtvigbhirbhāti sarvataḥ| śobhaṃte dhātusaṃkāśairaṃkuraiḥ prāvṛtā drumāḥ
it shines on every side like the household of brahmins with its officiating priests; the trees, covered with sprouts resembling (bright) minerals, shine
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PdP 1 15.30
कुलीनैरिव निश्छिद्रैः स्वगुणैः प्रावृता नराः। पवनाविद्धशिखरैः स्पृशंतीव परस्परम्
kulīnairiva niśchidraiḥ svaguṇaiḥ prāvṛtā narāḥ| pavanāviddhaśikharaiḥ spṛśaṃtīva parasparam
like men of good family, flawless, clothed in their own virtues; with their tops tossed by the wind they seem to touch one another,
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PdP 1 15.31
आजिघ्रंती वचाऽन्योन्यं पुष्पशाखावतंसकाः। नागवृक्षाः क्वचित्पुष्पैर्द्रुमवानीरकेसरैः
ājighraṃtī vacā'nyonyaṃ puṣpaśākhāvataṃsakāḥ| nāgavṛkṣāḥ kvacitpuṣpairdrumavānīrakesaraiḥ
smelling each other, as it were, with speech, their flowering branches for ear-ornaments; in places the nāga trees, with flowers, with the trees' vānīra-filaments,
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PdP 1 15.32
नयनैरिव शोभंते चंचलैः कृष्णतारकैः। पुष्पसंपन्नशिखराः कर्णिकारद्रुमाः क्वचित्
nayanairiva śobhaṃte caṃcalaiḥ kṛṣṇatārakaiḥ| puṣpasaṃpannaśikharāḥ karṇikāradrumāḥ kvacit
shine as if with flickering eyes with dark pupils; in places the karṇikāra trees, their tops laden with blossoms,
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PdP 1 15.33
युग्मयुग्माद्विधा चेह शोभन्त इव दंपती। सुपुष्पप्रभवाटोपैस्सिंदुवार द्रुपंक्तयः
yugmayugmādvidhā ceha śobhanta iva daṃpatī| supuṣpaprabhavāṭopaissiṃduvāra drupaṃktayaḥ
and here, arranged two by two, they shine like husband and wife; with the swelling profusion of their fine flowers, the rows of sinduvāra trees
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PdP 1 15.34
मूर्तिमत्य इवाभांति पूजिता वनदेवताः। क्वचित्क्वचित्कुंदलताः सपुष्पाभरणोज्वलाः
mūrtimatya ivābhāṃti pūjitā vanadevatāḥ| kvacitkvacitkuṃdalatāḥ sapuṣpābharaṇojvalāḥ
appear like forest goddesses embodied and worshipped; here and there the kunda creepers, bright with their flower-ornaments,
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PdP 1 15.35
दिक्षु वृक्षेषु शोभंते बालचंद्रा इवोच्छ्रिताः। सर्जार्जुनाः क्वचिद्भान्ति वनोद्देशेषु पुष्पिताः
dikṣu vṛkṣeṣu śobhaṃte bālacaṃdrā ivocchritāḥ| sarjārjunāḥ kvacidbhānti vanoddeśeṣu puṣpitāḥ
shine in all directions on the trees, raised up like new moons; in places the sarja and arjuna trees, in flower, gleam in the forest tracts,
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PdP 1 15.36
धौतकौशेयवासोभिः प्रावृताः पुरुषा इव। अतिमुक्तकवल्लीभिः पुष्पिताभिस्तथा द्रुमाः
dhautakauśeyavāsobhiḥ prāvṛtāḥ puruṣā iva| atimuktakavallībhiḥ puṣpitābhistathā drumāḥ
like men clad in washed silk garments; likewise the trees, with flowering atimuktaka vines
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PdP 1 15.37
उपगूढा विराजंते स्वनारीभिरिव प्रियाः। अपरस्परसंसक्तैः सालाशोकाश्च पल्लवैः
upagūḍhā virājaṃte svanārībhiriva priyāḥ| aparasparasaṃsaktaiḥ sālāśokāśca pallavaiḥ
embraced, look splendid like lovers with their own women; and the sāla and aśoka trees, with their shoots not clinging to one another,
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PdP 1 15.38
हस्तैर्हस्तान्स्पृशंतीव सुहृदश्चिरसंगताः। फलपुष्पभरानम्राः पनसाः सरलार्जुनाः
hastairhastānspṛśaṃtīva suhṛdaścirasaṃgatāḥ| phalapuṣpabharānamrāḥ panasāḥ saralārjunāḥ
seem to touch hands with hands like friends met after long; the panasa, sarala and arjuna trees, bent low under their load of fruit and flowers,
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PdP 1 15.39
अन्योन्यमर्चयंतीव पुष्पैश्चैव फलैस्तथा। मारुतावेगसंश्लिष्टैः पादपास्सालबाहुभिः
anyonyamarcayaṃtīva puṣpaiścaiva phalaistathā| mārutāvegasaṃśliṣṭaiḥ pādapāssālabāhubhiḥ
With flowers and likewise with fruits (they seem) to honour one another — the trees, whose sal-branch arms are pressed together by the force of the wind.
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PdP 1 15.40
अभ्याशमागतं लोकं प्रतिभावैरिवोत्थिताः। पुष्पाणामवरोधेन सुशोभार्थं निवेशिताः
abhyāśamāgataṃ lokaṃ pratibhāvairivotthitāḥ| puṣpāṇāmavarodhena suśobhārthaṃ niveśitāḥ
As though risen up to greet, with tokens of welcome, the people who have come near — (the trees) arranged for great beauty by the mass of their flowers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 15.41
वसंतमहमासाद्य पुरुषान्स्पर्द्धयंति हि। पुष्पशोभाभरनतैः शिखरैर्वायुकंपितैः
vasaṃtamahamāsādya puruṣānsparddhayaṃti hi| puṣpaśobhābharanataiḥ śikharairvāyukaṃpitaiḥ
For having attained the festival of spring they rival men — with their crests bent under the burden of the splendour of flowers, shaken by the wind.
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PdP 1 15.42
नृत्यंतीव नराः प्रीताः स्रगलंकृतशेखराः। शृंगाग्रपवनक्षिप्ताः पुष्पावलियुता द्रुमाः
nṛtyaṃtīva narāḥ prītāḥ sragalaṃkṛtaśekharāḥ| śṛṃgāgrapavanakṣiptāḥ puṣpāvaliyutā drumāḥ
(They seem) to dance like delighted men with garland-adorned head-dresses — the trees bearing rows of flowers, tossed by the wind at their topmost tips.
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PdP 1 15.43
सवल्लीकाः प्रनृत्यंति मानवा इव सप्रियाः। स्वपुष्पनतवल्लीभिः पादपाः क्वचिदावृताः
savallīkāḥ pranṛtyaṃti mānavā iva sapriyāḥ| svapuṣpanatavallībhiḥ pādapāḥ kvacidāvṛtāḥ
Together with their creepers they dance like men with their beloveds; in places the trees are covered over by creepers bent down with their own flowers.
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PdP 1 15.44
भांति तारागणैश्चित्रैः शरदीव नभस्तलम्। द्रुमाणामथवाग्रेषु पुष्पिता मालती लताः
bhāṃti tārāgaṇaiścitraiḥ śaradīva nabhastalam| drumāṇāmathavāgreṣu puṣpitā mālatī latāḥ
They shine as the vault of heaven does in autumn with its varied hosts of stars; or else, upon the tips of the trees, the flowering mālatī creepers
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PdP 1 15.45
शेखराइव शोभंते रचिता बुद्धिपूर्वकम्। हरिताः कांचनच्छायाः फलिताः पुष्पिता द्रुमाः
śekharāiva śobhaṃte racitā buddhipūrvakam| haritāḥ kāṃcanacchāyāḥ phalitāḥ puṣpitā drumāḥ
shine like head-dresses arranged with deliberate design. Green, with a golden sheen, the trees bear fruit and flower,
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PdP 1 15.46
सौहृदं दर्शयंतीव नराः साधुसमागमे। पुष्पकिंजल्ककपिला गताः सर्वदिशासु च
sauhṛdaṃ darśayaṃtīva narāḥ sādhusamāgame| puṣpakiṃjalkakapilā gatāḥ sarvadiśāsu ca
(and seem) to display friendship like men at a gathering of the good; tawny with the filaments of flowers, they extend in all directions.
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PdP 1 15.47
कदंबपुष्पस्य जयं घोषयंतीव षट्पदाः। क्वचित्पुष्पासवक्षीबाः संपतंति ततस्ततः
kadaṃbapuṣpasya jayaṃ ghoṣayaṃtīva ṣaṭpadāḥ| kvacitpuṣpāsavakṣībāḥ saṃpataṃti tatastataḥ
The bees, as it were, proclaim the victory of the kadamba flower; in places, drunk on the liquor of the blossoms, they fly hither and thither.
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PdP 1 15.48
पुंस्कोकिलगणावृक्ष गहनेष्विव सप्रियाः। शिरीषपुष्पसंकाशाः शुका मिथुनशः क्वचित्
puṃskokilagaṇāvṛkṣa gahaneṣviva sapriyāḥ| śirīṣapuṣpasaṃkāśāḥ śukā mithunaśaḥ kvacit
Flocks of male cuckoos (are) in the tree-thickets, as if with their beloveds; in places parrots, resembling śirīṣa flowers, (are) in pairs;
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PdP 1 15.49
कीर्तयंति गिरश्चित्राः पूजिता ब्राह्मणा यथा। सहचारिसुसंयुक्ता मयूराश्चित्रबर्हिणः
kīrtayaṃti giraścitrāḥ pūjitā brāhmaṇā yathā| sahacārisusaṃyuktā mayūrāścitrabarhiṇaḥ
they utter varied cries, like honoured brahmins reciting; peacocks with dappled tail-feathers, well joined with their mates,
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PdP 1 15.50
वनांतेष्वपि नृत्यंति शोभंत इव नर्त्तकाः। कूजंतःपक्षिसंघाता नानारुतविराविणः५० 1.15.
vanāṃteṣvapi nṛtyaṃti śobhaṃta iva narttakāḥ| kūjaṃtaḥpakṣisaṃghātā nānārutavirāviṇaḥ50 1.15.
dance even in the forest glades and shine like dancers; flocks of birds, cooing, sounding with manifold cries,
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PdP 1 15.51
कुर्वंति रमणीयं वै रमणीयतरं वनम्। नानामृगगणाकीर्णं नित्यं प्रमुदितांडजम्
kurvaṃti ramaṇīyaṃ vai ramaṇīyataraṃ vanam| nānāmṛgagaṇākīrṇaṃ nityaṃ pramuditāṃḍajam
make the lovely forest lovelier still — (the forest) strewn with herds of many kinds of deer, its birds ever delighted.
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PdP 1 15.52
तद्वनं नंदनसमं मनोदृष्टिविवर्द्धनम्। पद्मयोनिस्तु भगवांस्तथा रूपं वनोत्तमम्
tadvanaṃ naṃdanasamaṃ manodṛṣṭivivarddhanam| padmayonistu bhagavāṃstathā rūpaṃ vanottamam
That forest, equal to Nandana, enlarging mind and sight — and the Lord born from the lotus (saw) that best of forests, so formed,
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PdP 1 15.53
ददर्शादर्शवद्दृष्ट्या सौम्ययापा पयन्निव। ता वृक्षपंक्तयः सर्वा दृष्ट्वा देवं तथागतम्
dadarśādarśavaddṛṣṭyā saumyayāpā payanniva| tā vṛkṣapaṃktayaḥ sarvā dṛṣṭvā devaṃ tathāgatam
he beheld (it) with a gentle gaze as in a mirror, as though drinking (it in); and all those rows of trees, having seen the god come thus,
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PdP 1 15.54
निवेद्य ब्रह्मणे भक्त्या मुमुचुः पुष्पसंपदः। पुष्पप्रतिग्रहं कृत्वा पादपानां पितामहः
nivedya brahmaṇe bhaktyā mumucuḥ puṣpasaṃpadaḥ| puṣpapratigrahaṃ kṛtvā pādapānāṃ pitāmahaḥ
offering (them) to Brahmā with devotion, released their wealth of flowers. Having accepted the flowers of the trees, the Grandfather
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PdP 1 15.55
वरं वृणीध्वं भद्रं वः पादपानित्युवाच सः। एवमुक्ता भगवता तरवो निरवग्रहाः
varaṃ vṛṇīdhvaṃ bhadraṃ vaḥ pādapānityuvāca saḥ| evamuktā bhagavatā taravo niravagrahāḥ
said this: "Choose a boon, blessings on you, O trees!" Thus addressed by the Lord, the trees, unhindered,
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PdP 1 15.56
ऊचुः प्रांजलयः सर्वे नमस्कृत्वा विरिंचनम्। वरं ददासि चेद्देव प्रपन्नजनवत्सल
ūcuḥ prāṃjalayaḥ sarve namaskṛtvā viriṃcanam| varaṃ dadāsi ceddeva prapannajanavatsala
all spoke with joined palms, having bowed to Viriñcana: "If you grant a boon, O god, O you who are fond of those who take refuge with you,
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PdP 1 15.57
इहैव भगवन्नित्यं वने संनिहितो भव। एष नः परमः कामः पितामह नमोस्तु ते
ihaiva bhagavannityaṃ vane saṃnihito bhava| eṣa naḥ paramaḥ kāmaḥ pitāmaha namostu te
then, Lord, be always present right here in this forest. This is our highest wish, O Grandfather; homage be to you.
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PdP 1 15.58
त्वं चेद्वससि देवेश वनेस्मिन्विश्वभावन। सर्वात्मना प्रपन्नानां वांछतामुत्तमं वरम्
tvaṃ cedvasasi deveśa vanesminviśvabhāvana| sarvātmanā prapannānāṃ vāṃchatāmuttamaṃ varam
If you, O lord of gods, dwell in this forest, O creator of the universe, (that is) the highest boon for us who have taken refuge with our whole being and who desire (it).
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PdP 1 15.59
वरकोटिभिरन्याभिरलं नो दीयतां वरम्। सन्निधानेन तीर्थेभ्य इदं स्यात्प्रवरं महत्
varakoṭibhiranyābhiralaṃ no dīyatāṃ varam| sannidhānena tīrthebhya idaṃ syātpravaraṃ mahat
"Enough of other boons by the crore — let this boon be given us: that by (your) presence this may become the great foremost one among sacred fords."
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PdP 1 15.60
ब्रह्मोवाच। उत्तमं सर्वक्षेत्राणां पुण्यमेतद्भविष्यति। नित्यं पुष्पफलोपेता नित्यसुस्थिरयौवनाः
brahmovāca| uttamaṃ sarvakṣetrāṇāṃ puṇyametadbhaviṣyati| nityaṃ puṣpaphalopetā nityasusthirayauvanāḥ
Brahmā said: This will become the meritorious best of all sacred precincts. (The trees here shall be) ever furnished with flowers and fruit, ever of firm and steady youth,
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PdP 1 15.61
कामगाः कामरूपाश्च कामरूपफलप्रदाः। कामसंदर्शनाः पुंसां तपःसिद्ध्युज्वला नृणाम्
kāmagāḥ kāmarūpāśca kāmarūpaphalapradāḥ| kāmasaṃdarśanāḥ puṃsāṃ tapaḥsiddhyujvalā nṛṇām
moving at will, taking shape at will, giving fruit of whatever shape is wished, showing themselves at will to men, radiant with the accomplishment of austerity for mortals.
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PdP 1 15.62
श्रिया परमया युक्ता मत्प्रसादाद्भविष्यथ। एवं स वरदो ब्रह्मा अनुजग्राह पादपान्
śriyā paramayā yuktā matprasādādbhaviṣyatha| evaṃ sa varado brahmā anujagrāha pādapān
"By my favour you shall become endowed with the highest splendour." Thus he, Brahmā the giver of boons, showed grace to the trees.
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PdP 1 15.63
स्थित्वा वर्ष सहस्रं तु पुष्करं प्रक्षिपद्भुवि। क्षितिर्निपतिता तेन व्यकंपत रसातलम्
sthitvā varṣa sahasraṃ tu puṣkaraṃ prakṣipadbhuvi| kṣitirnipatitā tena vyakaṃpata rasātalam
Having remained a thousand years, he cast the lotus down upon the earth; the earth, struck by its falling, shook, and the netherworld trembled.
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PdP 1 15.64
विवशास्तत्यजुर्वेलां सागराः क्षुभितोर्मयः। शक्राशनि हतानीव व्याघ्र व्याला वृतानि च
vivaśāstatyajurvelāṃ sāgarāḥ kṣubhitormayaḥ| śakrāśani hatānīva vyāghra vyālā vṛtāni ca
The oceans, with their waves churned up, helplessly abandoned their shores; and (the forests) filled with tigers and serpents (were) as if struck by Indra's thunderbolt.
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PdP 1 15.65
शिखराण्यप्यशीर्यंत पर्वतानां सहस्रशः। देवसिद्धविमानानि गंधर्वनगराणि च
śikharāṇyapyaśīryaṃta parvatānāṃ sahasraśaḥ| devasiddhavimānāni gaṃdharvanagarāṇi ca
The peaks of the mountains too crumbled by the thousand; and the flying palaces of gods and siddhas, and the cities of the gandharvas,
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PdP 1 15.66
प्रचेलुर्बभ्रमुः पेतुर्विविशुश्च धरातलम्। कपोतमेघाः खात्पेतुः पुटसंघातदर्शिनः
pracelurbabhramuḥ peturviviśuśca dharātalam| kapotameghāḥ khātpetuḥ puṭasaṃghātadarśinaḥ
trembled, whirled about, fell, and sank into the surface of the earth; dove-grey clouds fell from the sky, showing clustered masses.
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PdP 1 15.67
ज्योतिर्गणांश्छादयंतो बभूवुस्तीव्र भास्कराः। महता तस्य शब्देन मूकांधबधिरीकृतम्
jyotirgaṇāṃśchādayaṃto babhūvustīvra bhāskarāḥ| mahatā tasya śabdena mūkāṃdhabadhirīkṛtam
The suns became fierce, blotting out the hosts of stars; and by that great sound (all) was rendered mute, blind and deaf.
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PdP 1 15.68
बभूव व्याकुलं सर्वं त्रैलोक्यं सचराचरम्। सुरासुराणां सर्वेषां शरीराणि मनांसि च
babhūva vyākulaṃ sarvaṃ trailokyaṃ sacarācaram| surāsurāṇāṃ sarveṣāṃ śarīrāṇi manāṃsi ca
All the three worlds with their moving and unmoving (beings) became confounded, and (so did) the bodies and minds of all the gods and asuras.
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PdP 1 15.69
अवसेदुश्च किमिति किमित्येतन्न जज्ञिरे। धैर्यमालंब्य सर्वेऽथ ब्रह्माणं चाप्यलोकयन्
avaseduśca kimiti kimityetanna jajñire| dhairyamālaṃbya sarve'tha brahmāṇaṃ cāpyalokayan
And they sank down (in dismay) and could not make out "What is this? What is it?" Then, all taking hold of their courage, they looked about for Brahmā.
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PdP 1 15.70
न च ते तमपश्यंत कुत्र ब्रह्मागतो ह्यभूत्। किमर्थं कंपिता भूमिर्निमित्तोत्पातदर्शनम्
na ca te tamapaśyaṃta kutra brahmāgato hyabhūt| kimarthaṃ kaṃpitā bhūmirnimittotpātadarśanam
But they did not see him — where had Brahmā gone? Why has the earth been shaken? (What is) this appearance of an ominous portent?
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PdP 1 15.71
तावद्विष्णुर्गतस्तत्र यत्र देवा व्यवस्थिताः। प्रणिपत्य इदं वाक्यमुक्तवंतो दिवौकसः
tāvadviṣṇurgatastatra yatra devā vyavasthitāḥ| praṇipatya idaṃ vākyamuktavaṃto divaukasaḥ
Just then Viṣṇu went there where the gods stood assembled; and the dwellers of heaven, bowing down, spoke these words:
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PdP 1 15.72
किमेतद्भगवन्ब्रूहि निमित्तोत्पातदर्शनम्। त्रैलोक्यं कंपितं येन संयुक्तं कालधर्मणा
kimetadbhagavanbrūhi nimittotpātadarśanam| trailokyaṃ kaṃpitaṃ yena saṃyuktaṃ kāladharmaṇā
"Tell (us), Lord, what this appearance of an ominous portent is, by which the three worlds have been shaken, as though overtaken by the law of Time.
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PdP 1 15.73
जातकल्पावसानं तु भिन्नमर्यादसागरम्। चत्वारो दिग्गजाः किं तु बभूवुरचलाश्चलाः
jātakalpāvasānaṃ tu bhinnamaryādasāgaram| catvāro diggajāḥ kiṃ tu babhūvuracalāścalāḥ
Has the end of the aeon come, with the oceans breaking their bounds? And why have the four elephants of the quarters, (once) unmoving, become unsteady?
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PdP 1 15.74
समावृता धरा कस्मात्सप्तसागरवारिणा। उत्पत्तिर्नास्ति शब्दस्य भगवन्निः प्रयोजना
samāvṛtā dharā kasmātsaptasāgaravāriṇā| utpattirnāsti śabdasya bhagavanniḥ prayojanā
Why is the earth engulfed by the waters of the seven seas? A sound does not arise without a cause, Lord.
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PdP 1 15.75
यादृशो वा स्मृतः शब्दो न भूतो न भविष्यति। त्रैलोक्यमाकुलं येन चक्रे रौद्रेण चोद्यता
yādṛśo vā smṛtaḥ śabdo na bhūto na bhaviṣyati| trailokyamākulaṃ yena cakre raudreṇa codyatā
Such a sound as is (now) remembered has never been nor will be, by which, raised in fury, the three worlds were thrown into turmoil.
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PdP 1 15.76
शुभोऽशुभो वा शब्दोरेयं त्रैलोक्यस्य दिवौकसाम्। भगवन्यदि जानासि किमेतत्कथयस्व नः
śubho'śubho vā śabdoreyaṃ trailokyasya divaukasām| bhagavanyadi jānāsi kimetatkathayasva naḥ
Is this sound auspicious or inauspicious for the three worlds and for the dwellers of heaven? Lord, if you know, tell us what this is."
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PdP 1 15.77
एवमुक्तोऽब्रवीद्विष्णुः परमेणानुभावितः। मा भैष्ट मरुतः सर्वे शृणुध्वं चात्र कारणम्
evamukto'bravīdviṣṇuḥ parameṇānubhāvitaḥ| mā bhaiṣṭa marutaḥ sarve śṛṇudhvaṃ cātra kāraṇam
Addressed thus, Viṣṇu, inspired by the Supreme, said: "Do not fear, all you Maruts, and hear the cause of this.
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PdP 1 15.78
निश्चयेनानुविज्ञाय वक्ष्याम्येष यथाविधम्। पद्महस्तो हि भगवान्ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः
niścayenānuvijñāya vakṣyāmyeṣa yathāvidham| padmahasto hi bhagavānbrahmā lokapitāmahaḥ
Having ascertained it with certainty, I shall tell it as it is: the lord Brahmā, lotus in hand, the grandfather of the worlds,
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PdP 1 15.79
भूप्रदेशे पुण्यराशौ यज्ञं कर्तुं व्यवस्थितः। अवरोहे पर्वतानां वने चातीवशोभने
bhūpradeśe puṇyarāśau yajñaṃ kartuṃ vyavasthitaḥ| avarohe parvatānāṃ vane cātīvaśobhane
In a tract of earth that was a heap of merit he took his place to perform a sacrifice, at the foot (descent) of the mountains and in an exceedingly lovely forest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 15.80
कमलं तस्य हस्तात्तु पतितं धरणीतले। तस्य शब्दो महानेष येन यूयं प्रकंपिताः
kamalaṃ tasya hastāttu patitaṃ dharaṇītale| tasya śabdo mahāneṣa yena yūyaṃ prakaṃpitāḥ
But a lotus fell from his hand to the surface of the earth; that great sound was its (sound), by which you were made to tremble.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.81
तत्रासौ तरुवृंदेन पुष्पामोदाभिनंदितः। अनुगृह्याथ भगवान्वनं तत्समृगांडजम्
tatrāsau taruvṛṃdena puṣpāmodābhinaṃditaḥ| anugṛhyātha bhagavānvanaṃ tatsamṛgāṃḍajam
There he was greeted by the multitude of trees with the fragrance of their flowers; and then the Lord favoured that forest with its beasts and birds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.82
जगतोऽनुग्रहार्थाय वासं तत्रान्वरोचयत्। पुष्करं नाम तत्तीर्थं क्षेत्रं वृषभमेव च
jagato'nugrahārthāya vāsaṃ tatrānvarocayat| puṣkaraṃ nāma tattīrthaṃ kṣetraṃ vṛṣabhameva ca
For the sake of favouring the world he chose to dwell there; that sacred place named Puṣkara, and the holy field Vṛṣabha,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.83
जनितं तद्भगवता लोकानां हितकारिणा। ब्रह्माणं तत्र वै गत्वा तोषयध्वं मया सह
janitaṃ tadbhagavatā lokānāṃ hitakāriṇā| brahmāṇaṃ tatra vai gatvā toṣayadhvaṃ mayā saha
— that was brought into being by the Lord, the doer of good to the worlds. Go there and, together with me, propitiate Brahmā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.84
आराध्यमानो भगवान्प्रदास्यति वरान्वरान्। इत्युक्त्वा भगवान्विष्णुः सह तैर्देवदानवैः
ārādhyamāno bhagavānpradāsyati varānvarān| ityuktvā bhagavānviṣṇuḥ saha tairdevadānavaiḥ
When worshipped, the Lord will grant boon after boon. Having said this, Lord Viṣṇu, together with those gods and demons,
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PdP 1 15.85
जगाम तद्वनोद्देशं यत्रास्ते स तु कंजजः। प्रहृष्टास्तुष्टमनसः कोकिलालापलापिताः
jagāma tadvanoddeśaṃ yatrāste sa tu kaṃjajaḥ| prahṛṣṭāstuṣṭamanasaḥ kokilālāpalāpitāḥ
went to that region of the forest where the lotus-born one dwelt; delighted, with contented minds, addressed by the calls of cuckoos,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.86
पुष्पोच्चयोज्ज्वलं शस्तं विविशुर्ब्रह्मणो वनम्। संप्राप्तं सर्वदेवैस्तु वनं नंदनसंमितम्
puṣpoccayojjvalaṃ śastaṃ viviśurbrahmaṇo vanam| saṃprāptaṃ sarvadevaistu vanaṃ naṃdanasaṃmitam
they entered Brahmā's forest, praiseworthy and bright with masses of flowers; and the forest, equal to Nandana, reached by all the gods,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.87
पद्मिनीमृगपुष्पाढ्यं सुदृढं शुशुभे तदा। प्रविश्याथ वनं देवाः सर्वपुष्पोपशोभितम्
padminīmṛgapuṣpāḍhyaṃ sudṛḍhaṃ śuśubhe tadā| praviśyātha vanaṃ devāḥ sarvapuṣpopaśobhitam
rich in lotus-pools, deer and flowers, and very firm, shone then. Then, the gods having entered the forest adorned with every kind of flower,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.88
इह देवोस्तीति देवा बभ्रमुश्च दिदृक्षवः। मृगयंतस्ततस्ते तु सर्वे देवाः सवासवाः
iha devostīti devā babhramuśca didṛkṣavaḥ| mṛgayaṃtastataste tu sarve devāḥ savāsavāḥ
the gods wandered about, eager to see, (saying) "the god is here!"; and all those gods, with Vāsava, searching there,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.89
अद्भुतस्य वनस्यांतं न ते ददृशुराशुगाः। विचिन्वद्भिस्तदा देवं दैवैर्वायुर्विलोकितः
adbhutasya vanasyāṃtaṃ na te dadṛśurāśugāḥ| vicinvadbhistadā devaṃ daivairvāyurvilokitaḥ
swift-going though they were, did not see the end of that wondrous forest; then, as the gods searched for the god, Vāyu was noticed (by them).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.90
स तानुवाच ब्रह्माणं न द्रक्ष्यथ तपो विना। तदा खिन्ना विचिन्वंतस्तस्मिन्पर्वतरोधसि
sa tānuvāca brahmāṇaṃ na drakṣyatha tapo vinā| tadā khinnā vicinvaṃtastasminparvatarodhasi
He said to them: "You will not see Brahmā without austerity." Then, dejected, searching on that mountain slope,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.91
दक्षिणे चोत्तरे चैव अंतराले पुनः पुनः। वायूक्तं हृदये कृत्वा वायुस्तानब्रवीत्पुनः
dakṣiṇe cottare caiva aṃtarāle punaḥ punaḥ| vāyūktaṃ hṛdaye kṛtvā vāyustānabravītpunaḥ
in the south and in the north and again and again in the space between, keeping Vāyu's words in their heart — Vāyu spoke to them again:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.92
त्रिविधो दर्शनोपायो विरिंचेरस्य सर्वदा। श्रद्धा ज्ञानेन तपसा योगेन च निगद्यते
trividho darśanopāyo viriṃcerasya sarvadā| śraddhā jñānena tapasā yogena ca nigadyate
"Threefold is the means of seeing this Viriñca (Brahmā) at all times: it is declared (to be) by faith, by knowledge, by austerity, and by yoga.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 15.93
सकलं निष्कलं चैव देवं पश्यंति योगिनः। तपस्विनस्तु सकलं ज्ञानिनो निष्कलं परम्
sakalaṃ niṣkalaṃ caiva devaṃ paśyaṃti yoginaḥ| tapasvinastu sakalaṃ jñānino niṣkalaṃ param
Yogins see the god both with parts and without parts; ascetics (see him) with parts, men of knowledge the partless supreme.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.94
समुत्पन्ने तु विज्ञाने मंदश्रद्धो न पश्यति। भक्त्या परमया क्षिप्रं ब्रह्म पश्यंति योगिनः
samutpanne tu vijñāne maṃdaśraddho na paśyati| bhaktyā paramayā kṣipraṃ brahma paśyaṃti yoginaḥ
But when discernment has arisen, one of weak faith does not see; by supreme devotion yogins quickly see Brahmā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.95
द्रष्टव्यो निर्विकारोऽसौ प्रधानपुरुषेश्वरः। कर्मणा मनसा वाचा नित्ययुक्ताः पितामहम्
draṣṭavyo nirvikāro'sau pradhānapuruṣeśvaraḥ| karmaṇā manasā vācā nityayuktāḥ pitāmaham
He, the changeless lord of pradhāna and puruṣa, is to be seen; by act, by mind, by speech ever intent (upon) the Grandfather,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.96
तपश्चरत भद्रं वो ब्रह्माराधनतत्पराः। ब्राह्मीं दीक्षां प्रपन्नानां भक्तानां च द्विजन्मनाम्
tapaścarata bhadraṃ vo brahmārādhanatatparāḥ| brāhmīṃ dīkṣāṃ prapannānāṃ bhaktānāṃ ca dvijanmanām
practise austerity — good fortune to you — devoted to the worship of Brahmā. Of the twice-born devotees who have taken up the Brāhmī initiation
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.97
सर्वकालं स जानाति दातव्यं दर्शनं मया। वायोस्तु वचनं श्रुत्वा हितमेतदवेत्य च
sarvakālaṃ sa jānāti dātavyaṃ darśanaṃ mayā| vāyostu vacanaṃ śrutvā hitametadavetya ca
he knows at every time (that) the vision is to be granted by me." Hearing Vāyu's words and recognising this as their benefit,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 15.98
ब्रह्मेच्छाविष्टमतयो वाक्पतिं च ततोऽब्रुवन्। प्रज्ञानविबुधास्माकं ब्राह्मीं दीक्षां विधत्स्व नः
brahmecchāviṣṭamatayo vākpatiṃ ca tato'bruvan| prajñānavibudhāsmākaṃ brāhmīṃ dīkṣāṃ vidhatsva naḥ
their minds filled with longing for Brahmā, they then said to the lord of speech: "O you wise in knowledge, perform for us the Brāhmī initiation."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.99
स दिदीक्षयिषुः क्षिप्रममरान्ब्रह्मदीक्षया। वेदोक्तेन विधानेन दीक्षयामास तान्गुरुः
sa didīkṣayiṣuḥ kṣipramamarānbrahmadīkṣayā| vedoktena vidhānena dīkṣayāmāsa tānguruḥ
Wishing quickly to initiate the immortals with the brahmic initiation, that teacher initiated them by the procedure declared in the Veda.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.100
विनीतवेषाः प्रणता अंतेवासित्वमाययुः। ब्रह्मप्रसादं संप्राप्ताः पौष्करं ज्ञानमीरितम्१०० 1.15.
vinītaveṣāḥ praṇatā aṃtevāsitvamāyayuḥ| brahmaprasādaṃ saṃprāptāḥ pauṣkaraṃ jñānamīritam100 1.15.
Of modest garb and bowed low, they entered into pupilship; having obtained Brahmā's favour, the knowledge called Pauṣkara was declared (to them).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.101
यज्ञं चकार विधिना धिषणोध्वर्युसत्तमः। पद्मं कृत्वा मृणालाढ्यं पद्मदीक्षाप्रयोगतः
yajñaṃ cakāra vidhinā dhiṣaṇodhvaryusattamaḥ| padmaṃ kṛtvā mṛṇālāḍhyaṃ padmadīkṣāprayogataḥ
Dhiṣaṇā (Bṛhaspati), best of adhvaryu priests, performed the sacrifice according to rule, having made a lotus rich in stalks, by the application of the lotus-initiation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 15.102
अनुजग्राह देवांस्तान्सुरेच्छा प्रेरितो मुनिः। तेभ्यो ददौ विवेकिभ्यः स वेदोक्तावधानवित्
anujagrāha devāṃstānsurecchā prerito muniḥ| tebhyo dadau vivekibhyaḥ sa vedoktāvadhānavit
The sage, urged by the gods' wish, showed favour to those gods; he, who knew the attentiveness prescribed by the Veda, gave to them, the discerning ones,
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PdP 1 15.103
दीक्षां वै विस्मयं त्यक्त्वा बृहस्पतिरुदारधीः। एकमग्निं च संस्कृत्य महात्मा त्रिदिवौकसाम्
dīkṣāṃ vai vismayaṃ tyaktvā bṛhaspatirudāradhīḥ| ekamagniṃ ca saṃskṛtya mahātmā tridivaukasām
— the initiation indeed. Casting aside amazement, Bṛhaspati of noble mind, the great soul, having consecrated a single fire for the dwellers of heaven,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.104
प्रादादांगिरसस्तुष्टो जाप्यं वेदोदितं तु यत्। त्रिसुपर्णं त्रिमधु च पावमानीं च पावनीम्
prādādāṃgirasastuṣṭo jāpyaṃ vedoditaṃ tu yat| trisuparṇaṃ trimadhu ca pāvamānīṃ ca pāvanīm
the son of Aṅgiras, pleased, bestowed whatever muttered prayer is declared in the Veda: the Trisuparṇa and the Trimadhu, and the purifying Pāvamānī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.105
स हि जाप्यादिकं सर्वमशिक्षयदुदारधीः। आपो हिष्ठेति यत्स्नानं ब्राह्मं तत्परिपठ्यते
sa hi jāpyādikaṃ sarvamaśikṣayadudāradhīḥ| āpo hiṣṭheti yatsnānaṃ brāhmaṃ tatparipaṭhyate
For he of noble mind taught them everything, beginning with the muttered prayers; that bath which (is done) with the verse "āpo hi ṣṭhā" is recited as the brahmic (bath).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.106
पापघ्नं दुष्टशमनं पुष्टिश्रीबलवर्द्धनम्। सिद्धिदं कीर्तिदं चैव कलिकल्मषनाशनम्
pāpaghnaṃ duṣṭaśamanaṃ puṣṭiśrībalavarddhanam| siddhidaṃ kīrtidaṃ caiva kalikalmaṣanāśanam
It destroys sin, quells the wicked, increases nourishment, prosperity, and strength; it grants attainment and grants fame, and destroys the taint of the Kali age.
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PdP 1 15.107
तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन ब्राह्मस्नानं समाचरेत्। कुर्वंतो मौनिनो दांता दीक्षिताः क्षपितेंद्रियाः
tasmātsarvaprayatnena brāhmasnānaṃ samācaret| kurvaṃto maunino dāṃtā dīkṣitāḥ kṣapiteṃdriyāḥ
Therefore with every effort one should perform the brahmic bath. Performing (it), silent, self-controlled, consecrated, with the senses subdued,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.108
सर्वे कमंडलुयुता मुक्तकक्षाक्षमालिनः। दंडिनश्चीरवस्त्राश्च जटाभिरतिशोभिताः
sarve kamaṃḍaluyutā muktakakṣākṣamālinaḥ| daṃḍinaścīravastrāśca jaṭābhiratiśobhitāḥ
all provided with water-pots, with the armpit free (of the upper garment), wearing rosaries, carrying staffs and clad in bark garments, greatly adorned with matted locks,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.109
स्नानाचारासनरताः प्रयत्नध्यानधारिणः। मनो ब्रह्मणि संयोज्य नियताहारकांक्षिणः
snānācārāsanaratāḥ prayatnadhyānadhāriṇaḥ| mano brahmaṇi saṃyojya niyatāhārakāṃkṣiṇaḥ
devoted to bathing, to observance and to the (yogic) postures, maintaining meditation with effort, joining the mind to Brahman, seeking a restricted diet,
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PdP 1 15.110
अतिष्ठन्दर्शनालापसंगध्यानविवर्जिताः। एवं व्रतधराः सर्वे त्रिकालं स्नानकारिणः
atiṣṭhandarśanālāpasaṃgadhyānavivarjitāḥ| evaṃ vratadharāḥ sarve trikālaṃ snānakāriṇaḥ
they remained free of gazing, conversing, company and (worldly) brooding. Thus all of them, holding to the vow, bathing at the three times (of day),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.111
भक्त्या परमया युक्ता विधिना परमेण च। कालेन महता ध्यानाद्देवज्ञानमनोगताः
bhaktyā paramayā yuktā vidhinā parameṇa ca| kālena mahatā dhyānāddevajñānamanogatāḥ
endowed with the highest devotion and with the highest observance, after a long time became, through meditation, ones whose minds went to the knowledge of the god.
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PdP 1 15.112
ब्रह्मध्यानाग्निनिर्दग्धा यदा शुद्धैकमानसाः। अविर्बभूव भगवान्सर्वेषां दृष्टिगोचरः
brahmadhyānāgninirdagdhā yadā śuddhaikamānasāḥ| avirbabhūva bhagavānsarveṣāṃ dṛṣṭigocaraḥ
When, burnt up by the fire of meditation on Brahman, they were of pure and single mind, the Lord became manifest, within the sight of them all.
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PdP 1 15.113
तेजसाप्यायितास्तस्य बभूवुर्भ्रांतचेतसः। ततोवलंब्य ते धैर्यमिष्टं देवं यथाविधि
tejasāpyāyitāstasya babhūvurbhrāṃtacetasaḥ| tatovalaṃbya te dhairyamiṣṭaṃ devaṃ yathāvidhi
Filled with his radiance, they became bewildered in mind; then, taking hold of steadiness, (they worshipped) the god of their desire according to rule,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.114
षडंगवेदयोगेन हृष्टचित्तास्तु तत्पराः। शिरोगतैरंजलिभिः शिरोभिश्च महीं गताः
ṣaḍaṃgavedayogena hṛṣṭacittāstu tatparāḥ| śirogatairaṃjalibhiḥ śirobhiśca mahīṃ gatāḥ
and by the yoga of the Veda with its six limbs, with joyful minds and intent upon him, with hands joined at their heads and their heads laid to the earth,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.115
तुष्टुवुः सृष्टिकर्त्तारं स्थितिकर्तारमीश्वरम्। देवा ऊचुः। ब्रह्मणे ब्रह्मदेहाय ब्रह्मण्यायाऽजिताय च
tuṣṭuvuḥ sṛṣṭikarttāraṃ sthitikartāramīśvaram| devā ūcuḥ| brahmaṇe brahmadehāya brahmaṇyāyā'jitāya ca
they praised the maker of creation, the maker of continuance, the Lord. The gods said: To Brahmā, to him whose body is the Veda, to the friend of brahmins and the unconquered one,
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PdP 1 15.116
नमस्कुर्मः सुनियताः क्रतुवेदप्रदायिने। लोकानुकंपिने देव सृष्टिरूपाय वै नमः
namaskurmaḥ suniyatāḥ kratuvedapradāyine| lokānukaṃpine deva sṛṣṭirūpāya vai namaḥ
we, well restrained, make obeisance — to the giver of sacrifice and Veda. O god who has compassion on the worlds, homage indeed to him whose form is creation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.117
भक्तानुकंपिनेत्यर्थं वेदजाप्यस्तुताय च। बहुरूपस्वरूपाय रूपाणां शतधारिणे
bhaktānukaṃpinetyarthaṃ vedajāpyastutāya ca| bahurūpasvarūpāya rūpāṇāṃ śatadhāriṇe
To him who is compassionate to the devoted, and thus to him who is praised by the Veda's recitations, to him whose own form is many forms, to the bearer of a hundred forms,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 15.118
सावित्रीपतये देव गायत्रीपतये नमः। पद्मासनाय पद्माय पद्मवक्त्राय ते नमः
sāvitrīpataye deva gāyatrīpataye namaḥ| padmāsanāya padmāya padmavaktrāya te namaḥ
O god, to the lord of Sāvitrī, to the lord of Gāyatrī, homage; to you seated on the lotus, to the lotus one, to the lotus-faced, homage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.119
वरदाय वरार्हाय कूर्माय च मृगाय च। जटामकुटयुक्ताय स्रुवस्रुचनिधारिणे
varadāya varārhāya kūrmāya ca mṛgāya ca| jaṭāmakuṭayuktāya sruvasrucanidhāriṇe
Homage to the giver of boons, to him who deserves the best, to the tortoise and to the deer, to him crowned with a coil of matted hair, to the bearer of the sruva and the sruc ladles.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.120
मृगांकमृगधर्माय धर्मनेत्राय ते नमः। विश्वनाम्नेऽथ विश्वाय विश्वेशाय नमोनमः
mṛgāṃkamṛgadharmāya dharmanetrāya te namaḥ| viśvanāmne'tha viśvāya viśveśāya namonamaḥ
Homage to you, marked with the deer, whose law is the deer(?), whose eye is the law. Homage, homage to him whose name is the All, to the All, to the Lord of the All.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 15.121
धर्मनेत्रत्राणमस्मादधिकं कर्तुमर्हसि। वाङ्मनःकायभावैस्त्वां प्रपन्नास्स्मः पितामह
dharmanetratrāṇamasmādadhikaṃ kartumarhasi| vāṅmanaḥkāyabhāvaistvāṃ prapannāssmaḥ pitāmaha
You are able to provide protection for the eye of dharma greater than this; with speech, mind, body and thought we have taken refuge in you, O Grandfather.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 15.122
एवं स्तुतस्तदा देवैर्ब्रह्मा ब्रह्मविदां वरः। प्रदास्यामि स्मृतो बाढममोघं दर्शनं हि वः
evaṃ stutastadā devairbrahmā brahmavidāṃ varaḥ| pradāsyāmi smṛto bāḍhamamoghaṃ darśanaṃ hi vaḥ
Thus praised then by the gods, Brahmā, best of the knowers of brahman, (said:) "When remembered I shall certainly grant (boons); indeed my appearing to you is not without effect."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.123
ब्रुवंतु वांछितं पुत्राः प्रदास्यामि वरान्वरान्। एवमुक्ता भगवता देवा वचनमब्रुवन्
bruvaṃtu vāṃchitaṃ putrāḥ pradāsyāmi varānvarān| evamuktā bhagavatā devā vacanamabruvan
"Speak your wish, sons; I shall bestow the choicest of boons." Addressed thus by the Blessed One, the gods spoke these words:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.124
एष एवाद्य भगवन्सुपर्याप्तो महान्वरः। जनितो नः सुशब्दोयं कमलं क्षिपता त्वया
eṣa evādya bhagavansuparyāpto mahānvaraḥ| janito naḥ suśabdoyaṃ kamalaṃ kṣipatā tvayā
"This alone, O Blessed One, is today a great boon, fully sufficient: this auspicious sound has been produced for us by you when you flung the lotus.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.125
किमर्थं कंपिता भूमिर्लोकाश्चाकुलिताः कृताः। नैतन्निरर्थकं देव उच्यतामत्र कारणम्
kimarthaṃ kaṃpitā bhūmirlokāścākulitāḥ kṛtāḥ| naitannirarthakaṃ deva ucyatāmatra kāraṇam
For what purpose was the earth made to tremble and the worlds thrown into confusion? This is not without purpose, O God; let the reason for it be told."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.126
ब्रह्मोवाच। युष्मद्धितार्थमेतद्वै पद्मं विनिहितं मया। देवतानां च रक्षार्थं श्रूयतामत्र कारणम्
brahmovāca| yuṣmaddhitārthametadvai padmaṃ vinihitaṃ mayā| devatānāṃ ca rakṣārthaṃ śrūyatāmatra kāraṇam
Brahmā said: For your benefit indeed this lotus was cast down by me, and for the protection of the gods; hear the reason for it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.127
असुरो वज्रनाभोऽयं बालजीवापहारकः। अवस्थितस्त्ववष्टभ्य रसातलतलाश्रयम्
asuro vajranābho'yaṃ bālajīvāpahārakaḥ| avasthitastvavaṣṭabhya rasātalatalāśrayam
This asura Vajranābha, who carries off the lives of children, was stationed (there), having taken firm hold of his lair at the bottom of Rasātala.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 15.128
युष्मदागमनं ज्ञात्वा तपस्थान्निहितायुधान्। हंतुकामो दुराचारः सेंद्रानपि दिवौकसः
yuṣmadāgamanaṃ jñātvā tapasthānnihitāyudhān| haṃtukāmo durācāraḥ seṃdrānapi divaukasaḥ
Knowing of your arrival, (and that you were) engaged in austerity with your weapons laid aside, the evil-doer wished to slay the dwellers of heaven, even along with Indra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.129
घातः कमलपातेन मया तस्य विनिर्मितः। स राज्यैश्वर्यदर्पिष्टस्तेनासौ निहतो मया
ghātaḥ kamalapātena mayā tasya vinirmitaḥ| sa rājyaiśvaryadarpiṣṭastenāsau nihato mayā
His killing was brought about by me by the dropping of the lotus; he was swollen with pride in his kingdom and lordship, and for that reason he was slain by me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.130
लोकेऽस्मिन्समये भक्ता ब्राह्मणा वेदपारगाः। मैव ते दुर्गतिं यांतु लभंतां सुगतिं पुनः
loke'sminsamaye bhaktā brāhmaṇā vedapāragāḥ| maiva te durgatiṃ yāṃtu labhaṃtāṃ sugatiṃ punaḥ
In this world at this time there are devoted brāhmaṇas who have gone to the far shore of the Veda; may they not go to an evil destiny, may they rather attain a good destiny.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.131
देवानां दानवानां च मनुष्योरगरक्षसाम्। भूतग्रामस्य सर्वस्य समोस्मि त्रिदिवौकसः
devānāṃ dānavānāṃ ca manuṣyoragarakṣasām| bhūtagrāmasya sarvasya samosmi tridivaukasaḥ
Toward gods and dānavas, toward men, serpents and rākṣasas, toward the whole host of beings, I am impartial, O dwellers of the triple heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.132
युष्मद्धितार्थं पापोऽसौ मया मंत्रेण घातितः। प्राप्तः पुण्यकृतान्लोकान्कमलस्यास्य दर्शनात्
yuṣmaddhitārthaṃ pāpo'sau mayā maṃtreṇa ghātitaḥ| prāptaḥ puṇyakṛtānlokānkamalasyāsya darśanāt
For your benefit that sinner was killed by me with a mantra; through the sight of this lotus he attained the worlds won by merit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.133
यन्मया पद्ममुक्तं तु तेनेदं पुष्करं भुवि। ख्यातं भविष्यते तीर्थं पावनं पुण्यदं महत्
yanmayā padmamuktaṃ tu tenedaṃ puṣkaraṃ bhuvi| khyātaṃ bhaviṣyate tīrthaṃ pāvanaṃ puṇyadaṃ mahat
And because the lotus (padma) was released by me, this Puṣkara on earth will become a renowned holy place, purifying, greatly bestowing merit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.134
पृथिव्यां सर्वजंतूनां पुण्यदं परिपठ्यते। कृतो ह्यनुग्रहो देवा भक्तानां भक्तिमिच्छताम्
pṛthivyāṃ sarvajaṃtūnāṃ puṇyadaṃ paripaṭhyate| kṛto hyanugraho devā bhaktānāṃ bhaktimicchatām
On earth it is declared to be merit-giving for all creatures; for a favour has indeed been done, O gods, to the devotees who desire devotion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.135
वनेस्मिन्नित्यवासेन वृक्षैरभ्यर्थितेन च। महाकालो वनेऽत्रागादागतस्य ममानघाः
vanesminnityavāsena vṛkṣairabhyarthitena ca| mahākālo vane'trāgādāgatasya mamānaghāḥ
By (my) constant dwelling in this forest, and because I was entreated by the trees, Mahākāla came here to the forest, to me who had come, O sinless ones.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 15.136
तपस्यतां च भवतां महज्ज्ञानं प्रदर्शितम्। कुरुध्वं हृदये देवाः स्वार्थं चैव परार्थकम्
tapasyatāṃ ca bhavatāṃ mahajjñānaṃ pradarśitam| kurudhvaṃ hṛdaye devāḥ svārthaṃ caiva parārthakam
And to you who practise austerity great knowledge has been shown; hold in your heart, O gods, both your own good and the good of others.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.137
भवद्भिर्दर्शनीयं तु नानारूपधरैर्भुवि। द्विषन्वै ज्ञानिनं विप्रं पापेनैवार्दितो नरः
bhavadbhirdarśanīyaṃ tu nānārūpadharairbhuvi| dviṣanvai jñāninaṃ vipraṃ pāpenaivārdito naraḥ
But you should be seen on earth bearing various forms. A man who hates a brahmin possessed of knowledge is afflicted by sin (and)
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 15.138
न विमुच्येत पापेन जन्मकोटिशतैरपि। वेदांगपारगं विप्रं न हन्यान्न च दूषयेत्
na vimucyeta pāpena janmakoṭiśatairapi| vedāṃgapāragaṃ vipraṃ na hanyānna ca dūṣayet
would not be released from that sin even by hundreds of crores of births. One should not kill nor speak ill of a brahmin who has mastered the Vedas and their ancillary sciences.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.139
एकस्मिन्निहते यस्मात्कोटिर्भवति घातिता। एकं वेदांतगं विप्रं भोजयेच्छ्रद्धयान्वितः
ekasminnihate yasmātkoṭirbhavati ghātitā| ekaṃ vedāṃtagaṃ vipraṃ bhojayecchraddhayānvitaḥ
Since by killing one (such Brahmin) ten million are killed, one should feed one Brahmin who has reached the end of the Veda, being filled with faith.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.140
तस्य भुक्ता भवेत्कोटिर्विप्राणां नात्र संशयः। यः पात्रपूरणीं भिक्षां यतीनां तु प्रयच्छति
tasya bhuktā bhavetkoṭirviprāṇāṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ| yaḥ pātrapūraṇīṃ bhikṣāṃ yatīnāṃ tu prayacchati
By him ten million Brahmins have been fed — there is no doubt in this. And he who gives to ascetics alms that fill their begging bowl,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.141
विमुक्तः सर्वपापेभ्यो नाऽसौ दुर्गतिमाप्नुयात्। यथाहं सर्वदेवानां ज्येष्ठः श्रेष्ठः पितामहः
vimuktaḥ sarvapāpebhyo nā'sau durgatimāpnuyāt| yathāhaṃ sarvadevānāṃ jyeṣṭhaḥ śreṣṭhaḥ pitāmahaḥ
(that man,) freed from all sins, would not come to an evil destiny. Just as I am the eldest, the best, the grandfather of all the gods,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.142
तथा ज्ञानी सदा पूज्यो निर्ममो निः परिग्रहः। संसारबंधमोक्षार्थं ब्रह्मगुप्तमिदं व्रतम्
tathā jñānī sadā pūjyo nirmamo niḥ parigrahaḥ| saṃsārabaṃdhamokṣārthaṃ brahmaguptamidaṃ vratam
so the knower (of truth), free of the sense of 'mine' and free of possessions, is always to be honoured. This vow, guarded by Brahmā, is for the sake of release from the bondage of transmigration,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.143
मया प्रणीतं विप्राणामपुनर्भवकारणम्। अग्निहोत्रमुपादाय यस्त्यजेदजितेंद्रियः
mayā praṇītaṃ viprāṇāmapunarbhavakāraṇam| agnihotramupādāya yastyajedajiteṃdriyaḥ
laid down by me for Brahmins, the cause of no further rebirth. He who, having taken up the Agnihotra, abandons it, his senses unsubdued,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.144
रौरवं स प्रयात्याशु प्रणीतो यमकिंकरैः। लोकयात्रावितंडश्च क्षुद्रं कर्म करोति यः
rauravaṃ sa prayātyāśu praṇīto yamakiṃkaraiḥ| lokayātrāvitaṃḍaśca kṣudraṃ karma karoti yaḥ
he swiftly goes to the Raurava (hell), led there by Yama's servants; and he who, wrangling for the sake of a worldly living, does base work,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 15.145
स रागचित्तः शृंगारी नारीजन धनप्रियः। एकभोजी सुमिष्टाशी कृषिवाणिज्यसेवकः
sa rāgacittaḥ śṛṃgārī nārījana dhanapriyaḥ| ekabhojī sumiṣṭāśī kṛṣivāṇijyasevakaḥ
he whose mind is on passion, adorned with finery, fond of women and wealth, eating alone, eating very sweet food, given to agriculture and trade,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.146
अवेदो वेदनिंदी च परभार्यां च सेवते। इत्यादिदोषदुष्टो यस्तस्य संभाषणादपि
avedo vedaniṃdī ca parabhāryāṃ ca sevate| ityādidoṣaduṣṭo yastasya saṃbhāṣaṇādapi
without Veda-study, a reviler of the Veda, and resorting to another's wife — he who is corrupted by such faults as these, even from conversing with him
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.147
नरो नरकगामी स्याद्यश्च सद्व्रतदूषकः। असंतुष्टं भिन्नचित्तं दुर्मतिं पापकारिणम्
naro narakagāmī syādyaśca sadvratadūṣakaḥ| asaṃtuṣṭaṃ bhinnacittaṃ durmatiṃ pāpakāriṇam
a man would go to hell; and he who is a defiler of good vows — (such a one,) discontented, of divided mind, evil-minded, a doer of sin,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.148
न स्पृशेदंगसंगेन स्पृष्ट्वा स्नानेन शुद्ध्यति। एवमुक्त्वा स भगवान्ब्रह्मा तैरमरैः सह
na spṛśedaṃgasaṃgena spṛṣṭvā snānena śuddhyati| evamuktvā sa bhagavānbrahmā tairamaraiḥ saha
one should not touch by contact of the body; having touched (him), one is purified by bathing. Having spoken thus, that lord Brahmā, together with those immortals,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.149
क्षेत्रं निवेशयामास यथावत्कथयामि ते। उत्तरे चंद्रनद्यास्तु प्राची यावत्सरस्वती
kṣetraṃ niveśayāmāsa yathāvatkathayāmi te| uttare caṃdranadyāstu prācī yāvatsarasvatī
established the sacred field; I shall tell you of it as it is. To the north of the Candra river, and eastward as far as the Sarasvatī,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.150
पूर्वं तु नंदनात्कृत्स्नं यावत्कल्पं सपुष्करम्। वेदी ह्येषा कृता यज्ञे ब्रह्मणा लोककारिणा१५० 1.15.
pūrvaṃ tu naṃdanātkṛtsnaṃ yāvatkalpaṃ sapuṣkaram| vedī hyeṣā kṛtā yajñe brahmaṇā lokakāriṇā150 1.15.
and to the east the whole (region) from Nandana up to Kalpa, together with Puṣkara — this indeed was made an altar at the sacrifice by Brahmā, the maker of the worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 15.151
ज्येष्ठं तु प्रथमं ज्ञेयं तीर्थं त्रैलोक्यपावनम्। ख्यातं तद्ब्रह्मदैवत्यं मध्यमं वैष्णवं तथा
jyeṣṭhaṃ tu prathamaṃ jñeyaṃ tīrthaṃ trailokyapāvanam| khyātaṃ tadbrahmadaivatyaṃ madhyamaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ tathā
The first is to be known as the eldest holy place, purifier of the three worlds; that is renowned as having Brahmā for its deity, and the middle one likewise as Vaiṣṇava,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.152
कनिष्ठं रुद्रदैवत्यं ब्रह्मपूर्वमकारयत्। आद्यमेतत्परं क्षेत्रं गुह्यं वेदेषु पठ्यते
kaniṣṭhaṃ rudradaivatyaṃ brahmapūrvamakārayat| ādyametatparaṃ kṣetraṃ guhyaṃ vedeṣu paṭhyate
the youngest as having Rudra for its deity; (Brahmā) had it made with Brahmā's (portion) first. This supreme field is the primordial one, recited as a secret in the Vedas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 15.153
अरण्यं पुष्कराख्यं तु ब्रह्मा सन्निहितः प्रभुः। अनुग्रहो भूमिभागे कृतो वै ब्रह्मणा स्वयम्
araṇyaṃ puṣkarākhyaṃ tu brahmā sannihitaḥ prabhuḥ| anugraho bhūmibhāge kṛto vai brahmaṇā svayam
And in the forest called Puṣkara the lord Brahmā is present; a favour was indeed shown to that portion of the earth by Brahmā himself,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.154
अनुग्रहार्थं विप्राणां सर्वेषां भूमिचारिणाम्। सुवर्णवज्रपर्यंता वेदिकांका मही कृता
anugrahārthaṃ viprāṇāṃ sarveṣāṃ bhūmicāriṇām| suvarṇavajraparyaṃtā vedikāṃkā mahī kṛtā
for the sake of favouring the Brahmins and all who move upon the earth. The earth was made marked with an altar, bounded by gold and diamond,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 15.155
विचित्रकुट्टिमारत्नैः कारिता सर्वशोभना। रमते तत्र भगवान्ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः
vicitrakuṭṭimāratnaiḥ kāritā sarvaśobhanā| ramate tatra bhagavānbrahmā lokapitāmahaḥ
made all-beautiful with variegated inlaid pavements and jewels. There the lord Brahmā, grandfather of the worlds, takes his pleasure;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.156
विष्णुरुद्रौ तथा देवौ वसवोप्यश्विनावपि ?। मरुतश्च महेंद्रेण रमंते च दिवौकसः
viṣṇurudrau tathā devau vasavopyaśvināvapi ?| marutaśca maheṃdreṇa ramaṃte ca divaukasaḥ
and the two gods Viṣṇu and Rudra, and the Vasus too, and the Aśvins as well, and the Maruts with great Indra, and the dwellers in heaven take their pleasure (there).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.157
एतत्ते तथ्यमाख्यातं लोकानुग्रहकारणम्। संहितानुक्रमेणात्र मंत्रैश्च विधिपूर्वकम्
etatte tathyamākhyātaṃ lokānugrahakāraṇam| saṃhitānukrameṇātra maṃtraiśca vidhipūrvakam
This truth has been declared to you, which is the cause of favour to the worlds. Here, following the order of the Saṃhitā, with mantras and according to rule,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.158
वेदान्पठंति ये विप्रा गुरुशुश्रूषणे रताः। वसंति ब्रह्मसामीप्ये सर्वे तेनानुभाविताः
vedānpaṭhaṃti ye viprā guruśuśrūṣaṇe ratāḥ| vasaṃti brahmasāmīpye sarve tenānubhāvitāḥ
those Brahmins who recite the Vedas, devoted to the service of their teacher, dwell in the nearness of Brahmā, all of them made powerful by him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.159
भीष्म उवाच। भगवन्केन विधिना अरण्ये पुष्करे नरैः। ब्रह्मलोकमभीप्सद्भिर्वस्तव्यं क्षेत्रवासिभिः
bhīṣma uvāca| bhagavankena vidhinā araṇye puṣkare naraiḥ| brahmalokamabhīpsadbhirvastavyaṃ kṣetravāsibhiḥ
Bhīṣma said: Blessed one, by what rule should men who desire the world of Brahmā, dwelling in the sacred field, live in the Puṣkara forest?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.160
किं मनुष्यैरुतस्त्रीभिरुत वर्णाश्रमान्वितैः। वसद्भिः किमनुष्ठेयमेतत्सर्वं ब्रवीहि मे
kiṃ manuṣyairutastrībhiruta varṇāśramānvitaiḥ| vasadbhiḥ kimanuṣṭheyametatsarvaṃ bravīhi me
What (should be done) by men, and by women, and by those belonging to the (various) classes and life-stages? What is to be performed by those dwelling (there)? Tell me all this.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.161
पुलस्त्य उवाच। नरैः स्त्रीभिश्च वस्तव्यं वर्णाश्रमनिवासिभिः। स्वधर्माचारनिरतैर्दंभमोहविवर्जितैः
pulastya uvāca| naraiḥ strībhiśca vastavyaṃ varṇāśramanivāsibhiḥ| svadharmācāraniratairdaṃbhamohavivarjitaiḥ
Pulastya said: Men and women should dwell (there), abiding in their classes and life-stages, devoted to the practice of their own duty, free of hypocrisy and delusion,
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PdP 1 15.162
कर्मणा मनसा वाचा ब्रह्मभक्तैर्जितेंद्रियैः। अनसूयुभिरक्षुद्रैः सर्वभूतहिते रतैः
karmaṇā manasā vācā brahmabhaktairjiteṃdriyaiḥ| anasūyubhirakṣudraiḥ sarvabhūtahite rataiḥ
devoted to Brahmā in deed, thought, and word, with senses subdued, free of envy, not mean-spirited, intent on the welfare of all beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.163
भीष्म उवाच। किं कुर्वाणो नरः कर्म ब्रह्मभक्तस्त्विहोच्यते। कीदृशा ब्रह्मभक्ताश्च स्मृता नॄणां वदस्व मे
bhīṣma uvāca| kiṃ kurvāṇo naraḥ karma brahmabhaktastvihocyate| kīdṛśā brahmabhaktāśca smṛtā nṝṇāṃ vadasva me
Bhīṣma said: Doing what act is a man here called devoted to Brahmā? And of what kind are those men remembered as devotees of Brahmā? Tell me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.164
पुलस्त्य उवाच। त्रिविधा भक्तिरुद्दिष्टा मनोवाक्कायसंभवा। लौकिकी वैदिकी चापि भवेदाध्यात्मिकी तथा
pulastya uvāca| trividhā bhaktiruddiṣṭā manovākkāyasaṃbhavā| laukikī vaidikī cāpi bhavedādhyātmikī tathā
Pulastya said: Devotion is declared to be of three kinds, arising from mind, speech, and body; and it may also be worldly, Vedic, or pertaining to the self.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.165
ध्यानधारणया बुद्ध्या वेदार्थस्मरणे हि यत्। ब्रह्मप्रीतिकरी चैषा मानसी भक्तिरुच्यते
dhyānadhāraṇayā buddhyā vedārthasmaraṇe hi yat| brahmaprītikarī caiṣā mānasī bhaktirucyate
That which (is done) by meditation and concentration, with the intellect, in recalling the meaning of the Veda — this, which produces the pleasure of Brahmā, is called mental devotion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.166
मंत्रवेदनमस्कारैरग्निश्राद्धादिचिंतनैः। जाप्यैश्चावश्यकैश्चैव वाचिकी भक्तिरिष्यते
maṃtravedanamaskārairagniśrāddhādiciṃtanaiḥ| jāpyaiścāvaśyakaiścaiva vācikī bhaktiriṣyate
By mantras, Vedic recitation and obeisances, by attending to the fire-rites, śrāddhas and the rest, and by muttered prayers and obligatory observances — verbal devotion is intended.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.167
व्रतोपवासनियतैश्चितेंद्रियनिरोधिभिः। भूषणैर्हेमरत्नाढ्यैस्तथा चांद्रायणादिभिः
vratopavāsaniyataiściteṃdriyanirodhibhiḥ| bhūṣaṇairhemaratnāḍhyaistathā cāṃdrāyaṇādibhiḥ
By (persons) restrained with vows and fasts, restraining mind and senses, by ornaments rich in gold and jewels, and likewise by the cāndrāyaṇa and other (penances),
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PdP 1 15.168
ब्रह्मकृच्छ्रोपवासैश्च तथाचान्यैः शुभव्रतैः। कायिकीभक्तिराख्याता त्रिविधा तु द्विजन्मनाम्
brahmakṛcchropavāsaiśca tathācānyaiḥ śubhavrataiḥ| kāyikībhaktirākhyātā trividhā tu dvijanmanām
and by the brahma-kṛcchra fast and by other auspicious vows — bodily devotion is declared; thus threefold is (the devotion) of the twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.169
गोघृतक्षीरदधिभिः रत्नदीपकुशोदकैः। गंधैर्माल्यैश्च विविधैर्धातुभिश्चोपपादितैः
goghṛtakṣīradadhibhiḥ ratnadīpakuśodakaiḥ| gaṃdhairmālyaiśca vividhairdhātubhiścopapāditaiḥ
With cow's ghee, milk and curds, with jewels, lamps, kuśa grass and water, with perfumes and garlands and various metals brought (as offerings),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.170
घृतगुग्गुलुधूपैश्च कृष्णागरुसुगंधिभिः। भूषणैर्हेमरत्नाढ्यैश्चित्राभिः स्रग्भिरेव च
ghṛtagugguludhūpaiśca kṛṣṇāgarusugaṃdhibhiḥ| bhūṣaṇairhemaratnāḍhyaiścitrābhiḥ sragbhireva ca
and with ghee, guggulu and incense, with fragrant black aloe-wood, with ornaments rich in gold and gems, and with variegated wreaths,
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PdP 1 15.171
नृत्यवादित्रगीतैश्च सर्वरत्नोपहारकैः। भक्ष्यभोज्यान्नपानैश्च या पूजा क्रियते नरैः
nṛtyavāditragītaiśca sarvaratnopahārakaiḥ| bhakṣyabhojyānnapānaiśca yā pūjā kriyate naraiḥ
and with dance, instrumental music and song, with offerings of every kind of jewel, and with foods to chew, foods to eat, grain and drink — the worship which is performed by men,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.172
पितामहं समुद्दिश्य भक्तिस्सा लौकिकी मता। वेदमंत्रहविर्योगैर्भक्तिर्या वैदिकी मता
pitāmahaṃ samuddiśya bhaktissā laukikī matā| vedamaṃtrahaviryogairbhaktiryā vaidikī matā
directed toward the Grandfather (Brahmā) — that devotion is held to be worldly. The devotion which (is performed) by the applications of Vedic mantras and oblations is held to be Vedic.
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PdP 1 15.173
दर्शे वा पौर्णमास्यां वा कर्तव्यमग्निहोत्रकम्। प्रशस्तं दक्षिणादानं पुरोडाशं चरुक्रिया
darśe vā paurṇamāsyāṃ vā kartavyamagnihotrakam| praśastaṃ dakṣiṇādānaṃ puroḍāśaṃ carukriyā
On the new moon or on the full moon the agnihotra is to be performed; commended are the giving of a sacrificial fee, the puroḍāśa cake, and the preparation of the caru offering,
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PdP 1 15.174
इष्टिर्धृतिः सोमपानां यज्ञीयं कर्म सर्वशः। ऋग्यजुःसामजाप्यानि संहिताध्ययनानि च
iṣṭirdhṛtiḥ somapānāṃ yajñīyaṃ karma sarvaśaḥ| ṛgyajuḥsāmajāpyāni saṃhitādhyayanāni ca
the iṣṭi, the sustaining(?), the soma-drinkings, sacrificial work in every form, the mutterings of the Ṛg, Yajus and Sāman, and the recitations of the Saṃhitās —
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PdP 1 15.175
क्रियंते विधिमुद्दिश्य सा भक्तिर्वैदिकीष्यते। अग्नि भूम्यनिलाकाशांबुनिशाकरभास्करम्
kriyaṃte vidhimuddiśya sā bhaktirvaidikīṣyate| agni bhūmyanilākāśāṃbuniśākarabhāskaram
(when these) are performed with the injunction in view, that is regarded as Vedic devotion. Fire, earth, wind, ether, water, the moon and the sun —
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PdP 1 15.176
समुद्दिश्य कृतं कर्म तत्सर्वं ब्रह्मदैवतम्। आध्यात्मिकी तु द्विविधा ब्रह्मभक्तिः स्थिता नृप
samuddiśya kṛtaṃ karma tatsarvaṃ brahmadaivatam| ādhyātmikī tu dvividhā brahmabhaktiḥ sthitā nṛpa
the act done with (these) in view — all that has Brahmā as its deity. But the devotion to Brahmā that pertains to the self is established as twofold, O king:
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PdP 1 15.177
संख्याख्या योगजा चान्या विभागं तत्र मे शृणु। चतुर्विंशतितत्वानि प्रधानादीनि संख्यया
saṃkhyākhyā yogajā cānyā vibhāgaṃ tatra me śṛṇu| caturviṃśatitatvāni pradhānādīni saṃkhyayā
the one called Sāṃkhya, and the other born of Yoga; hear from me the division therein. The twenty-four principles, beginning with the primal matter, according to Sāṃkhya,
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PdP 1 15.178
अचेतनानि भोग्यानि पुरुषः पंचविंशकः। चेतनः पुरुषो भोक्ता न कर्ता तस्य कर्मणः
acetanāni bhogyāni puruṣaḥ paṃcaviṃśakaḥ| cetanaḥ puruṣo bhoktā na kartā tasya karmaṇaḥ
are unconscious and objects of enjoyment; the puruṣa is the twenty-fifth. The conscious puruṣa is the enjoyer, not the doer of that action.
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PdP 1 15.179
आत्मा नित्योऽव्ययश्चैव अधिष्ठाता प्रयोजकः। अव्यक्तः पुरुषो नित्यः कारणं च पितामहः
ātmā nityo'vyayaścaiva adhiṣṭhātā prayojakaḥ| avyaktaḥ puruṣo nityaḥ kāraṇaṃ ca pitāmahaḥ
The Self is eternal and imperishable, the presiding one, the instigator; the Unmanifest, the Person, eternal, the cause, and the Grandfather.
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PdP 1 15.180
तत्वसर्गो भावसर्गो भूतसर्गश्च तत्त्वतः। संख्यया परिसंख्याय प्रधानं च गुणात्मकम्
tatvasargo bhāvasargo bhūtasargaśca tattvataḥ| saṃkhyayā parisaṃkhyāya pradhānaṃ ca guṇātmakam
The creation of the principles, the creation of the states (bhāva), and the creation of beings, in truth—having enumerated (them) by number, and the pradhāna, which consists of the guṇas.
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PdP 1 15.181
साधर्म्यमानमैश्वर्यं प्रधानं च विधर्मि च। कारणत्वं च ब्रह्मत्वं काम्यत्वमिदमुच्यते
sādharmyamānamaiśvaryaṃ pradhānaṃ ca vidharmi ca| kāraṇatvaṃ ca brahmatvaṃ kāmyatvamidamucyate
Similarity (of properties), measure, lordship, the pradhāna, and what is of contrary properties; being a cause, being brahman—this is called desirability (kāmyatva).
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PdP 1 15.182
प्रयोज्यत्वं प्रधानस्य वैधर्म्यमिदमुच्यते। सर्वत्रकर्तृस्यद्ब्रह्मपुरुषस्याप्यकर्तृता
prayojyatvaṃ pradhānasya vaidharmyamidamucyate| sarvatrakartṛsyadbrahmapuruṣasyāpyakartṛtā
Being subject to employment belongs to the pradhāna—this is called (its) difference of property; being everywhere the agent is brahman's, while for the Person there is non-agency.
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PdP 1 15.183
चेतनत्वं प्रधाने च साधर्म्यमिदमुच्यते। तत्वांतरं च तत्वानां कर्मकारणमेव च
cetanatvaṃ pradhāne ca sādharmyamidamucyate| tatvāṃtaraṃ ca tatvānāṃ karmakāraṇameva ca
And sentience in the pradhāna—this is called similarity of property; and (there is) a distinction of principles among the principles, and (their) being the cause of action.
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PdP 1 15.184
प्रयोजनं च नैयोज्यमैश्वर्यं तत्वसंख्यया। संख्यास्तीत्युच्यते प्राज्ञैर्विनिश्चित्यार्थचिंतकैः
prayojanaṃ ca naiyojyamaiśvaryaṃ tatvasaṃkhyayā| saṃkhyāstītyucyate prājñairviniścityārthaciṃtakaiḥ
And purpose, and being (something) to be employed, and lordship, by the enumeration of the principles—'the enumeration (Sāṃkhya) exists,' so it is said by the wise, by those who reflect on the meaning after determining (it).
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PdP 1 15.185
इति तत्वस्य संभारं तत्वसंख्या च तत्वतः। ब्रह्मतत्वाधिकं चापि श्रुत्वा तत्वं विदुर्बुधाः
iti tatvasya saṃbhāraṃ tatvasaṃkhyā ca tatvataḥ| brahmatatvādhikaṃ cāpi śrutvā tatvaṃ vidurbudhāḥ
Thus (is) the full array of the principle and the enumeration of the principles in truth; and having heard also what exceeds the brahman-principle, the wise know the truth.
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PdP 1 15.186
सांख्यकृद्भक्तिरेषा च सद्भिराध्यात्मिकी कृता। योगजामपि भक्तानां शृणु भक्तिं पितामहे
sāṃkhyakṛdbhaktireṣā ca sadbhirādhyātmikī kṛtā| yogajāmapi bhaktānāṃ śṛṇu bhaktiṃ pitāmahe
And this is the devotion produced by Sāṃkhya, made by the good as pertaining to the Self; hear now also the devotion of devotees toward the Grandfather that is born of yoga.
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PdP 1 15.187
प्राणायामपरो नित्यं ध्यानवान्नियतेंद्रियः। भैक्ष्यभक्षी व्रती वापि सर्वप्रत्याहृतेंद्रियः
prāṇāyāmaparo nityaṃ dhyānavānniyateṃdriyaḥ| bhaikṣyabhakṣī vratī vāpi sarvapratyāhṛteṃdriyaḥ
Constantly devoted to breath-control, given to meditation, with the senses restrained, eating alms-food, or else keeping a vow, with all the senses withdrawn—
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PdP 1 15.188
धारणं हृदये कुर्याद्ध्यायमानः प्रजेश्वरम्। हृत्पद्मकर्णिकासीनं रक्तवक्त्रं सुलोचनम्
dhāraṇaṃ hṛdaye kuryāddhyāyamānaḥ prajeśvaram| hṛtpadmakarṇikāsīnaṃ raktavaktraṃ sulocanam
—he should practice concentration in the heart, meditating on the Lord of creatures, seated on the pericarp of the heart-lotus, red-faced, fair-eyed,
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PdP 1 15.189
परितो द्योतितमुखं ब्रह्मसूत्रकटीतटम्। चतुर्वक्त्रं चतुर्बाहुं वरदाभयहस्तकम्
parito dyotitamukhaṃ brahmasūtrakaṭītaṭam| caturvaktraṃ caturbāhuṃ varadābhayahastakam
his face shining all around, his hips girt with the sacred thread, four-faced, four-armed, with hands (making) the boon-granting and fear-dispelling (gestures).
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PdP 1 15.190
योगजा मानसी सिद्धिर्ब्रह्मभक्तिः परा स्मृता। य एवं भक्तिमान्देवे ब्रह्मभक्तः स उच्यते
yogajā mānasī siddhirbrahmabhaktiḥ parā smṛtā| ya evaṃ bhaktimāndeve brahmabhaktaḥ sa ucyate
Mental attainment born of yoga is held to be the supreme devotion to Brahmā; whoever has devotion thus to the god is called a devotee of Brahmā.
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PdP 1 15.191
वृत्तिं च शृणु राजेंद्र या स्मृता क्षेत्रवासिनाम्। स्वयं देवेन विप्राणां विष्ण्वादीनां समागमे
vṛttiṃ ca śṛṇu rājeṃdra yā smṛtā kṣetravāsinām| svayaṃ devena viprāṇāṃ viṣṇvādīnāṃ samāgame
And hear, O best of kings, the mode of life that is enjoined for those who dwell in the sacred field—by the god himself, for the brahmins, at the assembly of Viṣṇu and the others,
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PdP 1 15.192
कथिता विस्तरात्पूर्वं सर्वेषां तत्र सन्निधौ। निर्ममा निरहंकारा निःसंगा निष्परिग्रहाः
kathitā vistarātpūrvaṃ sarveṣāṃ tatra sannidhau| nirmamā nirahaṃkārā niḥsaṃgā niṣparigrahāḥ
it was told at length formerly in the presence of them all: (they are) free from the sense of 'mine', free from egoism, unattached, taking no possessions,
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PdP 1 15.193
बंधुवर्गे च निःस्नेहास्समलोष्टाश्मकांचनाः। भूतानां कर्मभिर्नित्यैर्विविधैरभयप्रदाः
baṃdhuvarge ca niḥsnehāssamaloṣṭāśmakāṃcanāḥ| bhūtānāṃ karmabhirnityairvividhairabhayapradāḥ
without affection toward the circle of kinsmen, regarding clod, stone and gold alike, granting freedom from fear to beings by their constant and manifold acts,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.194
प्राणायामपरा नित्यं परध्यानपरायणाः। याजिनः शुचयो नित्यं यतिधर्मपरायणाः
prāṇāyāmaparā nityaṃ paradhyānaparāyaṇāḥ| yājinaḥ śucayo nityaṃ yatidharmaparāyaṇāḥ
always intent on breath-control, wholly given to meditation on the Supreme, sacrificers, ever pure, wholly given to the duty of ascetics,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.195
सांख्ययोगविधिज्ञाश्च धर्मज्ञाश्छिन्नसंशयाः। यजंते विधिनानेन ये विप्राः क्षेत्रवासिनः
sāṃkhyayogavidhijñāśca dharmajñāśchinnasaṃśayāḥ| yajaṃte vidhinānena ye viprāḥ kṣetravāsinaḥ
knowers of the rules of Sāṃkhya and Yoga, knowers of dharma, with doubts cut away—those brahmins dwelling in the sacred field who sacrifice by this rule:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.196
अरण्ये पौष्करे तेषां मृतानां सत्फलं शृणु। व्रजंति ते सुदुष्प्रापं ब्रह्मसायुज्यमक्षयम्
araṇye pauṣkare teṣāṃ mṛtānāṃ satphalaṃ śṛṇu| vrajaṃti te suduṣprāpaṃ brahmasāyujyamakṣayam
hear the good fruit of them when they die in the Puṣkara forest: they go to the imperishable union with brahman, which is very hard to attain,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.197
यत्प्राप्य न पुनर्जन्म लभन्ते मृत्युदायकम्। पुनरावर्तनं हित्वा ब्राह्मीविद्यां समास्थिताः
yatprāpya na punarjanma labhante mṛtyudāyakam| punarāvartanaṃ hitvā brāhmīvidyāṃ samāsthitāḥ
having attained which they do not again obtain birth, the giver of death; abandoning return (to the world), they are established in the knowledge of brahman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.198
पुनरावृत्तिरन्येषां प्रपंचाश्रमवासिनाम्। गार्हस्थ्यविधिमाश्रित्य षट्कर्मनिरतः सदा
punarāvṛttiranyeṣāṃ prapaṃcāśramavāsinām| gārhasthyavidhimāśritya ṣaṭkarmanirataḥ sadā
For others, dwellers in the stages of life amid the manifold world, there is return. Relying on the rule of householdership, ever devoted to the six acts,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.199
जुहोति विधिना सम्यङ्मंत्रैर्यज्ञे निमंत्रितः। अधिकं फलमाप्नोति सर्वदुःखविवर्जितः
juhoti vidhinā samyaṅmaṃtrairyajñe nimaṃtritaḥ| adhikaṃ phalamāpnoti sarvaduḥkhavivarjitaḥ
When invited to a sacrifice, he offers oblations according to the rule, properly, with the mantras; he obtains abundant fruit and is freed from all suffering.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.200
सर्वलोकेषु चाप्यस्य गतिर्न प्रतिहन्यते। दिव्येनैश्वर्ययोगेन स्वारूढः सपरिग्रहः२०० 1.15.
sarvalokeṣu cāpyasya gatirna pratihanyate| divyenaiśvaryayogena svārūḍhaḥ saparigrahaḥ200 1.15.
— tr. refused: cyber
PdP 1 15.201
बालसूर्यप्रकाशेन विमानेन सुवर्चसा। वृतः स्त्रीणां सहस्रैस्तु स्वंच्छदगमनालयः
bālasūryaprakāśena vimānena suvarcasā| vṛtaḥ strīṇāṃ sahasraistu svaṃcchadagamanālayaḥ
With a resplendent aerial chariot shining like the newly risen sun, surrounded by thousands of women, he moves and dwells wherever he pleases;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.202
विचरत्यनिवार्येण सर्वलोकान्यदृच्छया। स्पृहणीयतमः पुंसां सर्वधर्मोत्तमो धनी
vicaratyanivāryeṇa sarvalokānyadṛcchayā| spṛhaṇīyatamaḥ puṃsāṃ sarvadharmottamo dhanī
— tr. refused: cyber
PdP 1 15.203
स्वर्गच्युतः प्रजायेत कुले महति रूपवान्। धर्मज्ञो धर्मभक्तश्च सर्वविद्यार्थपारगः
svargacyutaḥ prajāyeta kule mahati rūpavān| dharmajño dharmabhaktaśca sarvavidyārthapāragaḥ
Fallen from heaven, he would be born in a great family, handsome, knowing dharma and devoted to dharma, and one who has gone to the far shore of the meaning of all the sciences.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.204
तथैव ब्रह्मचर्येण गुरुशुश्रूषणेन च। वेदाध्ययनसंयुक्तो भैक्ष्यवृतिर्जितेन्द्रियः
tathaiva brahmacaryeṇa guruśuśrūṣaṇena ca| vedādhyayanasaṃyukto bhaikṣyavṛtirjitendriyaḥ
Likewise, through chastity and through service to his teacher, engaged in the study of the Vedas, living on alms, with his senses subdued —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.205
नित्यं सत्यव्रते युक्तः स्वधर्मेष्वप्रमादवान्। सर्वकामसमृद्धेन सर्वकामावलंबिना
nityaṃ satyavrate yuktaḥ svadharmeṣvapramādavān| sarvakāmasamṛddhena sarvakāmāvalaṃbinā
(He is) always committed to the vow of truth, and unremitting in his own duties; by a (celestial car) rich in all objects of desire, affording every desire —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.206
सूर्येणेव द्वितीयेन विमानेनानिवारितः। गुह्यकानामब्रह्माख्य गणाः परमसंमताः
sūryeṇeva dvitīyena vimānenānivāritaḥ| guhyakānāmabrahmākhya gaṇāḥ paramasaṃmatāḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
PdP 1 15.207
अप्रमेयबलैश्वर्या देवदानवपूजिताः। तेषां स समता याति तुल्यैश्वर्यसमन्वितः
aprameyabalaiśvaryā devadānavapūjitāḥ| teṣāṃ sa samatā yāti tulyaiśvaryasamanvitaḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
PdP 1 15.208
देवदानवमर्त्येषु भवत्यनियतायुधः। वर्षकोटिसहस्राणि वर्षकोटिशतानि च
devadānavamartyeṣu bhavatyaniyatāyudhaḥ| varṣakoṭisahasrāṇi varṣakoṭiśatāni ca
Among gods, demons, and mortals he becomes one whose weapons are unchecked, for thousands of crores of years and hundreds of crores of years.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.209
एवमैश्वर्यसंयुक्तो विष्णुलोके महीयते। उषित्वाऽसौ विभूत्यैवं यदा प्रच्यवते पुनः
evamaiśvaryasaṃyukto viṣṇuloke mahīyate| uṣitvā'sau vibhūtyaivaṃ yadā pracyavate punaḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
PdP 1 15.210
विष्णुलोकात्स्वकृत्येन स्वर्गस्थानेषु जायते
viṣṇulokātsvakṛtyena svargasthāneṣu jāyate
— tr. refused: cyber
PdP 1 15.211
पुष्करारण्यमासाद्य ब्रह्मचर्याश्रमे स्थितः। अभ्यासेन तु वेदानां वसति म्रियतेपि वा
puṣkarāraṇyamāsādya brahmacaryāśrame sthitaḥ| abhyāsena tu vedānāṃ vasati mriyatepi vā
— tr. refused: cyber
PdP 1 15.212
मृतोऽसौ याति दिव्येन विमानेन स्वतेजसा। पूर्णचंद्रप्रकाशेन शशिवत्प्रियदर्शनः
mṛto'sau yāti divyena vimānena svatejasā| pūrṇacaṃdraprakāśena śaśivatpriyadarśanaḥ
When he dies, he goes by a divine chariot (that shines) with his own splendour, with the radiance of the full moon, and he is as pleasant to look upon as the moon.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.213
रुद्रलोकं समासाद्य गुह्यकैः सह मोदते। ऐश्वर्यं महदाप्नोति सर्वस्य जगतः प्रभुः
rudralokaṃ samāsādya guhyakaiḥ saha modate| aiśvaryaṃ mahadāpnoti sarvasya jagataḥ prabhuḥ
Having reached the world of Rudra, he rejoices together with the Guhyakas; he obtains great lordship, (becoming) the master of the whole world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.214
भुक्त्वा युगसहस्राणि रुद्रलोके महीयते। प्रच्युतस्तु पुनस्तस्माद्रुद्रलोकात्क्रमेण तु
bhuktvā yugasahasrāṇi rudraloke mahīyate| pracyutastu punastasmādrudralokātkrameṇa tu
— tr. refused: cyber
PdP 1 15.215
नित्यं प्रमुदितस्तत्र भुक्त्वा सुखमनामयम्। द्विजानां सदने दिव्ये कुले महति जायते
nityaṃ pramuditastatra bhuktvā sukhamanāmayam| dvijānāṃ sadane divye kule mahati jāyate
Ever delighted there, having enjoyed pleasure free of illness, he is born in a divine dwelling of twice-born (brahmins), in a great family.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.216
मानुषेषु स धर्म्मात्मा सुरूपो वाक्पतिर्भवेत्। स्पृहणीयवपुः स्त्रीणाम्महाभोगपतिर्बली
mānuṣeṣu sa dharmmātmā surūpo vākpatirbhavet| spṛhaṇīyavapuḥ strīṇāmmahābhogapatirbalī
Among men that one, righteous in nature, would be handsome and a master of speech, with a body desirable to women, a lord of great enjoyments, and strong.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.217
वानप्रस्थसमाचारी ग्राम्यौषधिविवर्जितः। सर्वलोकेषु चाप्यस्य गतिर्न प्रतिहन्यते
vānaprasthasamācārī grāmyauṣadhivivarjitaḥ| sarvalokeṣu cāpyasya gatirna pratihanyate
Practising the observances of a forest-dweller, abstaining from village-grown plants (cultivated food) — and his passage is not blocked in any of the worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.218
शीर्णपर्णफलाहारः पुष्पमूलांबुभोजनः। कापोतेनाश्मकुट्टेन दंतोलूखलिकेन च
śīrṇaparṇaphalāhāraḥ puṣpamūlāṃbubhojanaḥ| kāpotenāśmakuṭṭena daṃtolūkhalikena ca
Eating fallen leaves and fruit, feeding on flowers, roots and water, by the pigeon's manner (of gleaning), by crushing (his food) with a stone, and by using his teeth as a mortar —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.219
वृत्युपायेन जीवेत चीरवल्कलवाससा। जटीत्रिषवणस्नायी त्यक्तदोषस्तु दंडवान्
vṛtyupāyena jīveta cīravalkalavāsasā| jaṭītriṣavaṇasnāyī tyaktadoṣastu daṃḍavān
He should live by whatever means of subsistence (he finds), clothed in rags and bark; wearing matted hair, bathing at the three junctures of the day, free of faults, and carrying a staff.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.220
कृच्छ्रव्रतपरो यस्तु श्वपचो यदि वा परः। जलशायी पंचतपा वर्षास्वभ्रावगाहकः
kṛcchravrataparo yastu śvapaco yadi vā paraḥ| jalaśāyī paṃcatapā varṣāsvabhrāvagāhakaḥ
He who is devoted to arduous vows, whether he be a dog-cooker or any other, lying in water, (enduring) the five fires, and in the rains plunging into the open sky (i.e. remaining exposed).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 15.221
कीटकंटकपाषाणभूम्यां तु शयनं तथा। स्थानवीरासनरतः संविभागी दृढव्रतः
kīṭakaṃṭakapāṣāṇabhūmyāṃ tu śayanaṃ tathā| sthānavīrāsanarataḥ saṃvibhāgī dṛḍhavrataḥ
And likewise sleeping on ground (full of) insects, thorns, and stones; devoted to standing (postures) and the hero's seat, sharing (his food), firm in his vows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.222
अरण्यौषधिभोक्ता च सर्वभूताभयप्रदः। नित्यं धर्मार्जनरतो जितक्रोधो जितेंद्रियः
araṇyauṣadhibhoktā ca sarvabhūtābhayapradaḥ| nityaṃ dharmārjanarato jitakrodho jiteṃdriyaḥ
And eating forest herbs, granting safety to all beings, always intent on acquiring merit, having conquered anger, having conquered the senses,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.223
ब्रह्मभक्तः क्षेत्रवासी पुष्करे वसते मुनिः। सर्वसंगपरित्यागी स्वारामो विगतस्पृहः
brahmabhaktaḥ kṣetravāsī puṣkare vasate muniḥ| sarvasaṃgaparityāgī svārāmo vigataspṛhaḥ
devoted to Brahmā, dwelling in the holy field—such a sage dwells in Puṣkara, abandoning all attachments, taking delight in himself, free of longing.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.224
यश्चात्र वसते भीष्म शृणु तस्यापि या गतिः। तरुणार्कप्रकाशेन वेदिकास्तंभशोभिना
yaścātra vasate bhīṣma śṛṇu tasyāpi yā gatiḥ| taruṇārkaprakāśena vedikāstaṃbhaśobhinā
And whoever dwells here, Bhīṣma, hear what course (awaits) even him: in (a celestial car) with the radiance of the young sun, splendid with its altar-platform and pillars,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.225
ब्रह्मभक्तो विमानेन याति कामप्रचारिणाम्। विराजमानो नभसि द्वितीय इव चंद्रमाः
brahmabhakto vimānena yāti kāmapracāriṇām| virājamāno nabhasi dvitīya iva caṃdramāḥ
the devotee of Brahmā goes by a celestial car of those that move at will, shining in the sky like a second moon.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.226
गीतवादित्रनृत्यज्ञैर्गंधर्वाप्सरसांगणैः। अप्सरोभिः समायुक्तो वर्षकोटिशतान्यसौ
gītavāditranṛtyajñairgaṃdharvāpsarasāṃgaṇaiḥ| apsarobhiḥ samāyukto varṣakoṭiśatānyasau
Together with troupes of gandharvas and apsarases skilled in song, instrumental music, and dance, and with apsarases, he (dwells there) for hundreds of tens of millions of years.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.227
यस्य कस्यापि देवस्य लोकं यात्यनिवारितः। ब्रह्मणोऽनुग्रहेणैव तत्रतत्र विराजते
yasya kasyāpi devasya lokaṃ yātyanivāritaḥ| brahmaṇo'nugraheṇaiva tatratatra virājate
He goes unhindered to the world of whatever god (he wishes); by the grace of Brahmā alone he shines in each of those places.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.228
ब्रह्मलोकाच्च्युतश्चापि विष्णुलोकं स गच्छति। विष्णुलोकात्परिभ्रष्टो रुद्रलोकं स गच्छति
brahmalokāccyutaścāpi viṣṇulokaṃ sa gacchati| viṣṇulokātparibhraṣṭo rudralokaṃ sa gacchati
And even when fallen from the world of Brahmā, he goes to the world of Viṣṇu; fallen from the world of Viṣṇu, he goes to the world of Rudra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.229
तस्मादपि च्युतः स्थानाद्द्वीपेषु स हि जायते। स्वर्गेषु च तथान्येषु भोगान्भुक्त्वा यथेप्सितान्
tasmādapi cyutaḥ sthānāddvīpeṣu sa hi jāyate| svargeṣu ca tathānyeṣu bhogānbhuktvā yathepsitān
Fallen from that station too, he is indeed born in the (celestial) islands, and likewise in the other heavens, having enjoyed pleasures as he desired.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.230
भुक्त्वैश्वर्यं ततस्तेषु पुनर्मर्त्येषु जायते। राजा वा राजपुत्रो वा जायते धनवान्सुखी
bhuktvaiśvaryaṃ tatasteṣu punarmartyeṣu jāyate| rājā vā rājaputro vā jāyate dhanavānsukhī
Having enjoyed lordship among those (worlds), he is then born again among mortals; he is born a king or a king's son, wealthy and happy,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.231
सुरूपः सुभगः कांतः कीर्तिमान्भक्तिभावितः। ब्राह्मणाः क्षत्रिया वैश्याः शूद्रा वा क्षेत्रवासिनः
surūpaḥ subhagaḥ kāṃtaḥ kīrtimānbhaktibhāvitaḥ| brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyā vaiśyāḥ śūdrā vā kṣetravāsinaḥ
handsome, fortunate, lovely, renowned, filled with devotion. Brāhmaṇas, kṣatriyas, vaiśyas, or śūdras who dwell in the holy field—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.232
स्वधर्मनिरता राजन्सुवृत्ताश्चिरजीविनः। सर्वात्मना ब्रह्मभक्ता भूतानुग्रहकारिणः
svadharmaniratā rājansuvṛttāścirajīvinaḥ| sarvātmanā brahmabhaktā bhūtānugrahakāriṇaḥ
devoted to their own duty, O king, of good conduct, long-lived, with their whole being devoted to Brahmā, doing kindness to (all) beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.233
पुष्करे तु महाक्षेत्रे ये वसंति मुमुक्षवः। मृतास्ते ब्रह्मभवनं विमानैर्यांति शोभनैः
puṣkare tu mahākṣetre ye vasaṃti mumukṣavaḥ| mṛtāste brahmabhavanaṃ vimānairyāṃti śobhanaiḥ
And those seekers of liberation who dwell in the great holy field of Puṣkara, when dead they go to Brahmā's abode in shining celestial cars,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.234
अप्सरोगणसंघुष्टैः कामगैः कामरूपिभिः। अथवा सर्वदीप्ताग्नौ स्वशरीरं जुहोति यः
apsarogaṇasaṃghuṣṭaiḥ kāmagaiḥ kāmarūpibhiḥ| athavā sarvadīptāgnau svaśarīraṃ juhoti yaḥ
(cars) resounding with troupes of apsarases, moving at will, taking any form at will. Or else, whoever offers his own body into an all-blazing fire,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.235
ब्रह्मध्यायी महासत्वस्स ब्रह्मभवनं व्रजेत्। ब्रह्मलोकोऽक्षयस्तस्य शाश्वतो विभवैः सह
brahmadhyāyī mahāsatvassa brahmabhavanaṃ vrajet| brahmaloko'kṣayastasya śāśvato vibhavaiḥ saha
meditating on Brahmā, of great strength—he goes to Brahmā's abode; for him the world of Brahmā is imperishable, eternal, together with (its) splendours,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.236
सर्वलोकोत्तमो रम्यो भवतीष्टार्थसाधकः। पुष्करे तु महापुण्ये प्राणान्ये सलिले त्यजन्
sarvalokottamo ramyo bhavatīṣṭārthasādhakaḥ| puṣkare tu mahāpuṇye prāṇānye salile tyajan
highest of all worlds, delightful; it becomes the accomplisher of his desired ends. And those who give up their lives in the water at greatly meritorious Puṣkara—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.237
तेषामप्यक्षयो भीष्म ब्रह्मलोको महात्मनाम्। साक्षात्पश्यंति ते देवं सर्वदुःखविनाशनम्
teṣāmapyakṣayo bhīṣma brahmaloko mahātmanām| sākṣātpaśyaṃti te devaṃ sarvaduḥkhavināśanam
for those great souls too, Bhīṣma, the world of Brahmā is imperishable; they behold directly the god who destroys all sorrow,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.238
सर्वामरयुतं देवं रुद्रविष्णुगणैर्युतम्। अनाशके मृताश्शूद्राः पुष्करे तु वने नराः
sarvāmarayutaṃ devaṃ rudraviṣṇugaṇairyutam| anāśake mṛtāśśūdrāḥ puṣkare tu vane narāḥ
the god surrounded by all the immortals, attended by the hosts of Rudra and Viṣṇu. And śūdras, men who die by fasting in the Puṣkara forest,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.239
हंसयुक्तैस्ततो यांति विमानैरर्कसप्रभैः। नानारत्नसुवर्णाढ्यैर्दृढैर्गंधाधिवासितैः
haṃsayuktaistato yāṃti vimānairarkasaprabhaiḥ| nānāratnasuvarṇāḍhyairdṛḍhairgaṃdhādhivāsitaiḥ
Then they travel in celestial cars drawn by geese, bright as the sun, rich with many jewels and gold, sturdy, perfumed with fragrances,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.240
अनौपम्यगुणैरन्यैरप्सरोगीतनादितैः। पताकाध्वजविन्यस्तैर्नानाघण्टानिनादितैः
anaupamyaguṇairanyairapsarogītanāditaiḥ| patākādhvajavinyastairnānāghaṇṭānināditaiḥ
(cars) with incomparable qualities, others resounding with the songs of apsarases, set about with banners and flags, ringing with many bells,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.241
बह्वाश्चर्यसमोपेतैः क्रीडाविज्ञानशालिभिः। सुप्रभैर्गुणसंपन्नैर्मयूरवरवाहिभिः
bahvāścaryasamopetaiḥ krīḍāvijñānaśālibhiḥ| suprabhairguṇasaṃpannairmayūravaravāhibhiḥ
furnished with many marvels, abounding in sports and arts, of fine radiance, endowed with (all) merits, borne by excellent peacocks —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.242
ब्रह्मलोके नरा धीरा रमंते नाशके मृताः। तत्रोषित्वा चिरं कालं भुक्त्वा भोगान्यथेप्सितान्
brahmaloke narā dhīrā ramaṃte nāśake mṛtāḥ| tatroṣitvā ciraṃ kālaṃ bhuktvā bhogānyathepsitān
steadfast men who have died by fasting rejoice in the world of Brahmā. Having dwelt there a long time and enjoyed pleasures as desired,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.243
धनी विप्नकुले भोगी जायते मर्त्यमागतः। कारीषीं साधयेद्यस्तु पुष्करे तु वने नरः
dhanī vipnakule bhogī jāyate martyamāgataḥ| kārīṣīṃ sādhayedyastu puṣkare tu vane naraḥ
coming (back) to the mortal world he is born wealthy, an enjoyer, in a brahmin family. But the man who accomplishes the kārīṣī (cow-dung fast) in the Puṣkara forest,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 15.244
सर्वलोकान्परित्यज्य ब्रह्मलोकं स गच्छति। ब्रह्मलोके वसेत्तावद्यावत्कल्पक्षयो भवेत्
sarvalokānparityajya brahmalokaṃ sa gacchati| brahmaloke vasettāvadyāvatkalpakṣayo bhavet
he leaves behind all the worlds and goes to the world of Brahmā; he dwells in Brahmā's world as long as until the destruction of the kalpa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.245
नैव पश्यति मर्त्यं हि क्लिश्यमानं स्वकर्मभिः। गतिस्तस्याऽप्रतिहता तिर्यगूर्ध्वमधस्तथा
naiva paśyati martyaṃ hi kliśyamānaṃ svakarmabhiḥ| gatistasyā'pratihatā tiryagūrdhvamadhastathā
He does not see the mortal (world), tormented by its own deeds; his going is unobstructed — sideways, upward, and downward.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.246
स पूज्यः सर्वलोकेषु यशो विस्तारयन्वशी। सदाचारविधिप्रज्ञः सर्वेन्द्रिय मनोहरः
sa pūjyaḥ sarvalokeṣu yaśo vistārayanvaśī| sadācāravidhiprajñaḥ sarvendriya manoharaḥ
He is to be honoured in all the worlds, self-controlled, spreading his fame, knowing the rules of good conduct, delighting the mind and all the senses.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.247
नृत्यवादित्रगीतज्ञः सुभगः प्रियदर्शनः। नित्यमम्लानकुसुमो दिव्याभरणभूषितः
nṛtyavāditragītajñaḥ subhagaḥ priyadarśanaḥ| nityamamlānakusumo divyābharaṇabhūṣitaḥ
He knows dance, instrumental music and song, is fortunate, pleasant to look upon, ever wearing unwithered flowers, adorned with divine ornaments.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.248
नीलोत्पलदलश्यामो नीलकुंचितमूर्द्धजः। अजघन्याः सुमध्याश्च सर्वसौभाग्यपूरिताः
nīlotpaladalaśyāmo nīlakuṃcitamūrddhajaḥ| ajaghanyāḥ sumadhyāśca sarvasaubhāgyapūritāḥ
Dark as the petal of a blue lotus, with dark curling hair — and (the women there) have faultless hips and fine waists, and are filled with every good fortune,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.249
सर्वैश्वर्यगुणोपेता यौवनेनातिगर्विताः। स्त्रियः सेवंति तत्रस्थाः शयने रमयंति च
sarvaiśvaryaguṇopetā yauvanenātigarvitāḥ| striyaḥ sevaṃti tatrasthāḥ śayane ramayaṃti ca
endowed with all the qualities of sovereignty, exceedingly proud of their youth: women stationed there serve (him) and delight (him) on the couch.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.250
वीणावेणुनिनादैश्च सुप्तः संप्रतिबुध्यते। महोत्सवसुखं भुंक्ते दुःप्राप्यमकृतात्मभिः२५० 1.15.
vīṇāveṇuninādaiśca suptaḥ saṃpratibudhyate| mahotsavasukhaṃ bhuṃkte duḥprāpyamakṛtātmabhiḥ250 1.15.
Asleep, he is awakened by the sounds of lutes and flutes; he enjoys the happiness of a great festival, hard to attain for those whose selves are unperfected,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.251
प्रसादाद्देवदेवस्य ब्रह्मणः शुभकारिणः। भीष्म उवाच। आचाराः परमा धर्माः क्षेत्रधर्मपरायणाः
prasādāddevadevasya brahmaṇaḥ śubhakāriṇaḥ| bhīṣma uvāca| ācārāḥ paramā dharmāḥ kṣetradharmaparāyaṇāḥ
by the grace of the god of gods, Brahmā, the doer of good. Bhīṣma said: Observances are the highest duties, devoted to the duty of the (holy) place.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 15.252
स्वधर्माचारनिरता जितक्रोधा जितेंद्रियाः। ब्रह्मलोकं व्रजंतीति नैतच्चित्रं मतं मम
svadharmācāraniratā jitakrodhā jiteṃdriyāḥ| brahmalokaṃ vrajaṃtīti naitaccitraṃ mataṃ mama
That those devoted to the practice of their own duty, who have conquered anger and conquered their senses, go to Brahmā's world — this is no wonder, in my opinion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.253
असंशयं च गच्छंति लोकानन्यानपि द्विजाः। विना पद्मोपवासेन तथैव नियमेन च
asaṃśayaṃ ca gacchaṃti lokānanyānapi dvijāḥ| vinā padmopavāsena tathaiva niyamena ca
And without doubt twice-born men go to other worlds too, even without the lotus-fast and likewise without (such) restraint.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.254
स्त्रियो म्लेछाश्च शूद्राश्च पक्षिणः पशवो मृगाः। मूका जडान्धबधिरास्तपो नियमवर्जिताः
striyo mlechāśca śūdrāśca pakṣiṇaḥ paśavo mṛgāḥ| mūkā jaḍāndhabadhirāstapo niyamavarjitāḥ
Women, and barbarians, and śūdras, birds, cattle, deer, the mute, the dull, the blind and the deaf, who are without austerity and restraint —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.255
तेषां वद गतिं विप्र पुष्करे ये त्ववस्थिताः। पुलस्त्य उवाच। स्त्रियो म्लेच्छाश्च शूद्राश्च पशवः पक्षिणो मृगाः
teṣāṃ vada gatiṃ vipra puṣkare ye tvavasthitāḥ| pulastya uvāca| striyo mlecchāśca śūdrāśca paśavaḥ pakṣiṇo mṛgāḥ
tell (me), brahmin, the destiny of those who abide in Puṣkara. Pulastya said: Women and barbarians and śūdras, cattle, birds, deer —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.256
पुष्करे तु मृता भीष्म ब्रह्मलोकं व्रजंति ते। शरीरैर्दिव्यरूपैस्तु विमानै रविसप्रभैः
puṣkare tu mṛtā bhīṣma brahmalokaṃ vrajaṃti te| śarīrairdivyarūpaistu vimānai ravisaprabhaiḥ
having died at Puṣkara, Bhīṣma, they go to the world of Brahmā, with bodies of divine form, in celestial cars bright as the sun,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.257
दिव्यव्यूहसमायुक्तैः सुवर्णवरकेतनैः। सुवर्णवज्रसोपानमणिस्तंभविभूषितैः
divyavyūhasamāyuktaiḥ suvarṇavaraketanaiḥ| suvarṇavajrasopānamaṇistaṃbhavibhūṣitaiḥ
(cars) joined with divine arrays, with excellent golden banners, adorned with stairways of gold and diamond and pillars of gems,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.258
सर्वकामोपभोगाढ्यैः कामगैः कामरूपिभिः। नानारसाढ्यं गच्छंति स्त्रीसहस्रसमाकुलाः
sarvakāmopabhogāḍhyaiḥ kāmagaiḥ kāmarūpibhiḥ| nānārasāḍhyaṃ gacchaṃti strīsahasrasamākulāḥ
rich in every desired enjoyment, going where one wills, taking what form one wills; thronged by thousands of women they go, (to a place) rich in many delights,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.259
ब्रह्मलोकं महात्मानो लोकानन्यान्यथेप्सितान्। ब्रह्मलोकाच्च्युताश्चापि क्रमाद्द्वीपेषु यांति ते
brahmalokaṃ mahātmāno lokānanyānyathepsitān| brahmalokāccyutāścāpi kramāddvīpeṣu yāṃti te
(They go), those great souls, to the world of Brahmā and to whatever other worlds they wish; and when they fall from the world of Brahmā they go, in order, to the (island-)continents.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.260
कुले महति विस्तीर्णे धनी भवति स द्विजः। तिर्यग्योनि गता ये तु सर्पकीटपिपीलिकाः
kule mahati vistīrṇe dhanī bhavati sa dvijaḥ| tiryagyoni gatā ye tu sarpakīṭapipīlikāḥ
That twice-born becomes wealthy in a great and widespread family. But those who have gone to the animal wombs — snakes, worms, ants —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.261
स्थलजा जलजाश्चैव स्वेदांडोद्भिज्जरायुजाः। सकामा वाप्यकामा वा पुष्करे तु वने मृताः
sthalajā jalajāścaiva svedāṃḍodbhijjarāyujāḥ| sakāmā vāpyakāmā vā puṣkare tu vane mṛtāḥ
land-born and water-born, born of sweat, of eggs, of sprouts, of the womb, whether with desire or without desire, who have died in the Puṣkara forest —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.262
सूर्यप्रभविमानस्था ब्रह्मलोकं प्रयांति ते। कलौ युगे महाघोरे प्रजाः पापसमीरिताः
sūryaprabhavimānasthā brahmalokaṃ prayāṃti te| kalau yuge mahāghore prajāḥ pāpasamīritāḥ
they, seated in celestial cars with the splendour of the sun, go to the world of Brahmā. In the greatly terrible Kali age creatures are driven by sin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.263
नान्येनास्मिन्नुपायेन धर्मः स्वर्गश्च लभ्यते। वसंति पुष्करे ये तु ब्रह्मार्चनरता नराः
nānyenāsminnupāyena dharmaḥ svargaśca labhyate| vasaṃti puṣkare ye tu brahmārcanaratā narāḥ
By no other means in this (age) are dharma and heaven obtained. But those men who dwell in Puṣkara, delighting in the worship of Brahmā —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.264
कलौ युगे कृतार्थास्ते क्लिश्यंत्यन्ये निरर्थकाः। रात्रौ करोति यत्पापं नरः पंचभिरिंद्रियैः
kalau yuge kṛtārthāste kliśyaṃtyanye nirarthakāḥ| rātrau karoti yatpāpaṃ naraḥ paṃcabhiriṃdriyaiḥ
they have attained their purpose in the Kali age; the others suffer to no purpose. Whatever sin a man commits at night with the five senses,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.265
कर्मणा मनसा वाचा कामक्रोधवशानुगाः। प्रातः स जलमासाद्य पुष्करे तु पितामहम्
karmaṇā manasā vācā kāmakrodhavaśānugāḥ| prātaḥ sa jalamāsādya puṣkare tu pitāmaham
by act, by mind, by speech, (men) being subject to desire and anger — in the morning, having reached the water at Puṣkara, (having approached) the Grandfather,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.266
अभिगम्य शुचिर्भूत्त्वा तस्मात्पापात्प्रमुच्यते। उदयेऽर्कस्य चारभ्य यावद्दर्शनमूर्ध्वगम्
abhigamya śucirbhūttvā tasmātpāpātpramucyate| udaye'rkasya cārabhya yāvaddarśanamūrdhvagam
having approached (him) and become pure, he is released from that sin. Beginning from the rising of the sun until (its) appearance high overhead,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.267
मानसाख्ये प्रसंचिंत्य ब्रह्मयोगे हरेदघम्। दृष्ट्वा विरिंचिं मध्याह्ने नरः पापात्प्रमुच्यते
mānasākhye prasaṃciṃtya brahmayoge haredagham| dṛṣṭvā viriṃciṃ madhyāhne naraḥ pāpātpramucyate
having meditated at (the tīrtha) called Mānasa in the yoga of Brahmā, he would take away his sin; by seeing Viriñci at midday a man is released from sin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.268
मध्याह्नास्तमयान्तं यदिंद्रियैः पापमाचरेत्। पितामहस्य संध्यायां दर्शनादेव मुच्यते
madhyāhnāstamayāntaṃ yadiṃdriyaiḥ pāpamācaret| pitāmahasya saṃdhyāyāṃ darśanādeva mucyate
Whatever sin one may commit with the senses from midday until sunset, one is released from it simply by the sight of the Grandfather at twilight.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.269
शब्दादीन्विषयान्सर्वान्भुंजानोपि सकामतः। यः पुष्करे ब्रह्मभक्तो निवसेत्तपसि स्थितः
śabdādīnviṣayānsarvānbhuṃjānopi sakāmataḥ| yaḥ puṣkare brahmabhakto nivasettapasi sthitaḥ
Even while enjoying with desire all the sense-objects, sound and the rest, he who, devoted to Brahmā, dwells in Puṣkara established in ascetic practice —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.270
पुष्करारण्यमध्यस्थो मिष्टान्नास्वादभोजनः। त्रिकालमपि भुंजानो वायुभक्षसमो मतः
puṣkarāraṇyamadhyastho miṣṭānnāsvādabhojanaḥ| trikālamapi bhuṃjāno vāyubhakṣasamo mataḥ
dwelling in the midst of the Puṣkara forest, taking his meals with a taste of sweet food, even eating at all three times (of the day), he is held equal to one who feeds on air.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.271
वसंति पुष्करे ये तु नराः सुकृतकर्मिणः। ते लभंते महाभोगान्क्षेत्रस्यास्य प्रभावतः
vasaṃti puṣkare ye tu narāḥ sukṛtakarmiṇaḥ| te labhaṃte mahābhogānkṣetrasyāsya prabhāvataḥ
Those men of meritorious deeds who dwell in Puṣkara obtain great enjoyments through the power of this holy field.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.272
यथा महोदधेस्तुल्यो न चान्योऽस्ति जलाशयः। तथा वै पुष्करस्यापि समं तीर्थं न विद्यते
yathā mahodadhestulyo na cānyo'sti jalāśayaḥ| tathā vai puṣkarasyāpi samaṃ tīrthaṃ na vidyate
Just as there is no other body of water equal to the great ocean, so indeed there is no tīrtha equal to Puṣkara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.273
पुष्करारण्यसदृशं तीर्थं नास्त्यधिकं गुणैः। अथ तेऽन्यान्प्रवक्ष्यामि क्षेत्रे येऽस्मिन्व्यवस्थिताः
puṣkarāraṇyasadṛśaṃ tīrthaṃ nāstyadhikaṃ guṇaiḥ| atha te'nyānpravakṣyāmi kṣetre ye'sminvyavasthitāḥ
There is no tīrtha like the Puṣkara forest, none superior in virtues. Now I shall tell you of the others who are established in this holy field.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.274
विष्णुना सहिताः सर्व इंद्राद्याश्च दिवौकसः। गजवक्त्रः कुमारश्च रेवंतः सदिवाकरः
viṣṇunā sahitāḥ sarva iṃdrādyāśca divaukasaḥ| gajavaktraḥ kumāraśca revaṃtaḥ sadivākaraḥ
All (of them) together with Viṣṇu, and the sky-dwellers headed by Indra; the elephant-faced one, Kumāra, and Revanta along with the Sun,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.275
शिवदूती तथा देवी कन्या क्षेमंकरी सदा। अलं तपोभिर्नियमैः सुक्रियार्चनकारिणाम्
śivadūtī tathā devī kanyā kṣemaṃkarī sadā| alaṃ tapobhirniyamaiḥ sukriyārcanakāriṇām
Śivadūtī, and likewise the goddess, the maiden Kṣemaṅkarī, always. Enough of austerities and observances for those who perform good rites and worship (here)!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.276
व्रतोपवासकर्माणि कृत्वान्यत्र महांत्यपि। ज्येष्ठे तु पुष्करारण्ये यस्तिष्ठति निरुद्यमः
vratopavāsakarmāṇi kṛtvānyatra mahāṃtyapi| jyeṣṭhe tu puṣkarāraṇye yastiṣṭhati nirudyamaḥ
Even having performed great vow-and-fasting observances elsewhere — but he who stays without exertion in the eldest Puṣkara forest,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.277
लभते सर्वकामित्वं योऽत्रैवास्ते द्विजः सदा। पितामहसमं याति स्थानं परममव्ययम्
labhate sarvakāmitvaṃ yo'traivāste dvijaḥ sadā| pitāmahasamaṃ yāti sthānaṃ paramamavyayam
he obtains the fulfilment of all desires; the twice-born who always stays right here goes to the supreme imperishable abode, equal to the Grandfather's.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.278
कृते द्वादशभिर्वर्षैस्त्रेतायां हायनेन तु। मासेन द्वापरे भीष्म अहोरात्रेण तत्कलौ
kṛte dvādaśabhirvarṣaistretāyāṃ hāyanena tu| māsena dvāpare bhīṣma ahorātreṇa tatkalau
In the Kṛta age by twelve years, in the Tretā by one year, in the Dvāpara by a month, O Bhīṣma, and in the Kali by a day and a night,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.279
फलं संप्राप्यते लोके क्षेत्रेस्मिंस्तीर्थवासिभिः। इत्येवं देवदेवेन पुरोक्तं ब्रह्मणा मम
phalaṃ saṃprāpyate loke kṣetresmiṃstīrthavāsibhiḥ| ityevaṃ devadevena puroktaṃ brahmaṇā mama
(This) fruit is obtained in the world by those dwelling at the sacred fords in this holy field; thus was it declared to me of old by Brahmā, the god of gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.280
नातः परतरं किंचित्क्षेत्रमस्तीह भूतले। तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेनारण्यमेतत्समाश्रयेत्
nātaḥ parataraṃ kiṃcitkṣetramastīha bhūtale| tasmātsarvaprayatnenāraṇyametatsamāśrayet
There is no holy field here on earth higher than this; therefore with every effort one should resort to this forest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.281
गृहस्थो ब्रह्मचारी च वानप्रस्थोऽथ भिक्षुकः। यथोक्तकारिणः सर्वे गच्छंति परमां गतिम्
gṛhastho brahmacārī ca vānaprastho'tha bhikṣukaḥ| yathoktakāriṇaḥ sarve gacchaṃti paramāṃ gatim
The householder, the student of the Veda, the forest-dweller, and then the mendicant — all of them, if they act as prescribed, go to the highest goal.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.282
एकस्मिन्नाश्रमे धर्मं योऽनुतिष्ठेद्यथाविधि। अकामद्वेषसंयुक्तः स परत्र महीयते
ekasminnāśrame dharmaṃ yo'nutiṣṭhedyathāvidhi| akāmadveṣasaṃyuktaḥ sa paratra mahīyate
He who, in any one of the stages of life, practices its duty according to rule, free from desire and hatred, is magnified in the world beyond.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.283
चतुष्पथाहि निःश्रेणी ब्रह्मणेह प्रतिष्ठिता। एतामाश्रित्य निश्रेणीं ब्रह्मलोके महीयते
catuṣpathāhi niḥśreṇī brahmaṇeha pratiṣṭhitā| etāmāśritya niśreṇīṃ brahmaloke mahīyate
For a ladder with four steps has been set up here by Brahmā; resorting to this ladder, one is magnified in the world of Brahmā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.284
आयुषोऽपि चतुर्भागं ब्रह्मचार्यनसूयकः। गुरौ वा गुरुपुत्रे वा वसेद्धर्मार्थकोविदः
āyuṣo'pi caturbhāgaṃ brahmacāryanasūyakaḥ| gurau vā guruputre vā vaseddharmārthakovidaḥ
For a fourth part of his life, too, one who is free from spite, a student of the Veda, well versed in the meaning of dharma, should dwell with his teacher or with his teacher's son.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.285
कर्मातिरेकेण गुरोरध्येतव्यं बुभूषता। दक्षिणानां प्रदापी स्यादाहूतो गुरुमाश्रयेत्
karmātirekeṇa guroradhyetavyaṃ bubhūṣatā| dakṣiṇānāṃ pradāpī syādāhūto gurumāśrayet
One who wishes to thrive should study over and above the work (done) for the teacher; he should be a giver of teacher's fees, and when called should attend upon the teacher.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 15.286
जघन्यशायी पूर्वं स्यादुत्थायी गुरुवेश्मनि। यच्च शिष्येण कर्त्तव्यं कार्यमासेवनादिकम्
jaghanyaśāyī pūrvaṃ syādutthāyī guruveśmani| yacca śiṣyeṇa karttavyaṃ kāryamāsevanādikam
In the teacher's house he should be the last to lie down and the first to rise; and whatever task is to be done by a pupil, such as attendance and the rest —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.287
कृतमित्येव तत्सर्वं कृत्वा तिष्ठेत्तु पार्श्वतः। किंकरः सर्वकारी च सर्वकर्मसुकोविदः
kṛtamityeva tatsarvaṃ kṛtvā tiṣṭhettu pārśvataḥ| kiṃkaraḥ sarvakārī ca sarvakarmasukovidaḥ
having done all that so that it is done, he should stand at (the teacher's) side, a servant, doing everything, and well skilled in all tasks.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.288
शुचिर्दक्षो गुणोपेतो ब्रूयादिष्टमथोत्तरम्। चक्षुषा गुरुमव्यग्रो निरीक्षेत जितेंद्रियः
śucirdakṣo guṇopeto brūyādiṣṭamathottaram| cakṣuṣā gurumavyagro nirīkṣeta jiteṃdriyaḥ
Pure, capable, endowed with good qualities, he should speak an agreeable reply; unagitated, with his senses subdued, he should look upon the teacher with his eye.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.289
नाऽभुक्तवति चाश्नीयादपीतवति नो पिबेत्। न तिष्ठति तथासीत न सुप्तेनैव संविशेत्
nā'bhuktavati cāśnīyādapītavati no pibet| na tiṣṭhati tathāsīta na suptenaiva saṃviśet
He should not eat when (the teacher) has not eaten, nor drink when he has not drunk; he should not sit while he stands, nor lie down while he is asleep.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 15.290
उत्तानाभ्यां च पाणिभ्यां पादावस्य मृदु स्पृशेत्। दक्षिणं दक्षिणेनैव सव्यं सव्येन पीडयेत्
uttānābhyāṃ ca pāṇibhyāṃ pādāvasya mṛdu spṛśet| dakṣiṇaṃ dakṣiṇenaiva savyaṃ savyena pīḍayet
And with his palms turned upward he should touch his (teacher's) feet gently; he should press the right with the right hand and the left with the left.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.291
अभिवाद्य गुरुं ब्रूयादभिधां स्वां ब्रुवन्निति। इदं करिष्ये भगवन्निदं चापि मया कृतम्
abhivādya guruṃ brūyādabhidhāṃ svāṃ bruvanniti| idaṃ kariṣye bhagavannidaṃ cāpi mayā kṛtam
Having saluted the teacher he should speak, stating his own name thus: "This I shall do, O lord, and this too has been done by me."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.292
इति सर्वं च विज्ञाप्य निवेद्य गुरवे धनम्। कुर्यात्कृतं च तत्सर्वमाख्येयं गुरवे पुनः
iti sarvaṃ ca vijñāpya nivedya gurave dhanam| kuryātkṛtaṃ ca tatsarvamākhyeyaṃ gurave punaḥ
Having thus made everything known, and having presented his wealth to the teacher, he should act; and all that has been done should again be reported to the teacher.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.293
यांस्तु गंधान्रसान्वापि ब्रह्मचारी न सेवते। सेवेत तान्समावृत्य इति धर्मेषु निश्चयः
yāṃstu gaṃdhānrasānvāpi brahmacārī na sevate| seveta tānsamāvṛtya iti dharmeṣu niścayaḥ
But those scents and flavours which a student of the Veda does not enjoy — he may enjoy them once he has returned home; such is the settled rule in the dharma texts.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.294
ये केचिद्विस्तरेणोक्ता नियमा ब्रह्मचारिणः। तान्सर्वाननुगृह्णीयाद्भक्तश्शिष्यश्च वै गुरोः
ye kecidvistareṇoktā niyamā brahmacāriṇaḥ| tānsarvānanugṛhṇīyādbhaktaśśiṣyaśca vai guroḥ
Whatever rules for the Veda-student have been declared at length — a pupil devoted to his teacher should accept them all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.295
स एव गुरवे प्रीतिमुपकृत्य यथाबलम्। अग्राम्येष्वाश्रमेष्वेव शिष्यो वर्तेत कर्मणा
sa eva gurave prītimupakṛtya yathābalam| agrāmyeṣvāśrameṣveva śiṣyo varteta karmaṇā
He alone, having rendered service to the teacher's satisfaction according to his ability, should as a pupil conduct himself by his acts within the stages of life that are not rustic.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 15.296
वेदवेदौ तथा वेदान्वेदार्थांश्च तथा द्विजः। भिक्षाभुगप्यधःशायी समधीत्य गुरोर्मुखात्
vedavedau tathā vedānvedārthāṃśca tathā dvijaḥ| bhikṣābhugapyadhaḥśāyī samadhītya gurormukhāt
The twice-born, eating alms and sleeping on the ground, having studied from his teacher's mouth the Veda, the two Vedas, likewise the Vedas and the meanings of the Vedas,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 15.297
वेदव्रतोपयोगी च चतुर्थांशेन योगतः। गुरवे दक्षिणां दत्वा समावर्तेद्यथाविधि
vedavratopayogī ca caturthāṃśena yogataḥ| gurave dakṣiṇāṃ datvā samāvartedyathāvidhi
and being engaged in the Veda-observances, duly with a fourth part (of his life), having given the fee to his teacher, he should return home as prescribed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 15.298
धर्मान्वितैर्युतो दारैरग्नीनावाह्य पूजयेत्। द्वितीयमायुषो भागं गृहमेधी समाचरेत्
dharmānvitairyuto dārairagnīnāvāhya pūjayet| dvitīyamāyuṣo bhāgaṃ gṛhamedhī samācaret
Joined with a wife endowed with righteousness, he should invoke the sacred fires and worship them; the second part of his life he should pass as a householder maintaining the home.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.299
गृहस्थवृत्तयः पूर्वं चतस्रो मुनिभिः कृताः। कुसूलधान्या प्रथमा कुंभीधान्या द्वितीयका
gṛhasthavṛttayaḥ pūrvaṃ catasro munibhiḥ kṛtāḥ| kusūladhānyā prathamā kuṃbhīdhānyā dvitīyakā
Four modes of life for the householder were formerly established by the sages: the first is (living on) grain stored in a granary, the second (living on) grain kept in a jar.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.300
अश्वस्तनी तृतीयोक्ता कापोत्यथ चतुर्थिका। तासां परापरा श्रेष्ठा धर्मतो लोकजित्तमा३०० 1.15.
aśvastanī tṛtīyoktā kāpotyatha caturthikā| tāsāṃ parāparā śreṣṭhā dharmato lokajittamā300 1.15.
The third is called "having nothing for tomorrow," and the fourth is the "dove-like." Of these, each later one is better than the earlier, and by right conduct the best conqueror of the worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 15.301
षट्कर्मवर्त्तकस्त्वेकस्त्रिभिरन्यः प्रसर्पते। द्वाभ्यां चैव चतुर्थस्तु द्विजः स ब्रह्मणि स्थितः
ṣaṭkarmavarttakastvekastribhiranyaḥ prasarpate| dvābhyāṃ caiva caturthastu dvijaḥ sa brahmaṇi sthitaḥ
One (kind of brahmin) practises the six acts; another proceeds with three; and the fourth (lives) by two — that twice-born is established in brahman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 15.302
गृहमेधिव्रतादन्यन्महत्तीर्थं न चक्षते। नात्मार्थे पाचयेदन्नं न वृथा घातयेत्पशुम्
gṛhamedhivratādanyanmahattīrthaṃ na cakṣate| nātmārthe pācayedannaṃ na vṛthā ghātayetpaśum
They declare that there is no great place of pilgrimage other than the householder's vow. He should not cook food for his own sake, nor kill an animal in vain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.303
प्राणी वा यदि वाप्राणी संस्काराद्यज्ञमर्हति। न दिवा प्रस्वपेज्जातु न पूर्वापररात्रयोः
prāṇī vā yadi vāprāṇī saṃskārādyajñamarhati| na divā prasvapejjātu na pūrvāpararātrayoḥ
Whether it has breath or not, (a thing) becomes fit for sacrifice by consecration. He should never sleep by day, nor in the first and last parts of the night.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.304
न भुंजीतांतराकाले नानृतं तु वदेदिह। न चाप्यश्नन्वसेद्विप्रो गृहे कश्चिदपूजितः
na bhuṃjītāṃtarākāle nānṛtaṃ tu vadediha| na cāpyaśnanvasedvipro gṛhe kaścidapūjitaḥ
He should not eat at an improper interval, nor should he speak untruth here; nor should a brahmin remain in the house eating while anyone (there) goes unhonoured.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.305
तथास्यातिथयः पूज्या हव्यकव्यवहाः स्मृताः। वेदविद्याव्रतस्नाता श्रोत्रिया वेदपारगाः
tathāsyātithayaḥ pūjyā havyakavyavahāḥ smṛtāḥ| vedavidyāvratasnātā śrotriyā vedapāragāḥ
Likewise his guests are to be honoured — those said to convey the offerings to gods and to ancestors: those versed in the Veda, those who have completed the bath at the end of their vow of study, learned in sacred texts, and those who have gone to the far shore of the Veda.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.306
स्वकर्मजीविनोदांताः क्रियावंतस्तपस्विनः। तेषां हव्यं च कव्यं चाप्यर्हणार्थं विधीयते
svakarmajīvinodāṃtāḥ kriyāvaṃtastapasvinaḥ| teṣāṃ havyaṃ ca kavyaṃ cāpyarhaṇārthaṃ vidhīyate
Those who live by their own proper work, the self-restrained, the performers of rites, the ascetics — for them the offering to the gods and the offering to the ancestors is ordained, for the sake of honouring (them).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.307
नश्वरैस्संप्रयातस्य स्वधर्मापगतस्य च। अपविद्धाग्निहोत्रस्य गुरोर्वालीककारिणः
naśvaraissaṃprayātasya svadharmāpagatasya ca| apaviddhāgnihotrasya gurorvālīkakāriṇaḥ
(But) for one who has gone about with perishable (or: base) men, and for one fallen from his own duty, for one who has cast aside the Agnihotra, for one who acts falsely toward his teacher,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 15.308
असत्याभिनिवेशस्य नाधिकारोस्ति कर्मणोः। संविभागोत्र भूतानां सर्वेषामेव शिष्यते
asatyābhiniveśasya nādhikārosti karmaṇoḥ| saṃvibhāgotra bhūtānāṃ sarveṣāmeva śiṣyate
and for one attached to untruth, there is no entitlement to the two rites. Here, however, a share (of food) is enjoined for all beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 15.309
तथैवापचमानेभ्यः प्रदेयं गृहमेधिना। विघसाशी भवेन्नित्यं नित्यं चामृतभोजनः
tathaivāpacamānebhyaḥ pradeyaṃ gṛhamedhinā| vighasāśī bhavennityaṃ nityaṃ cāmṛtabhojanaḥ
Likewise the householder must give to those who do not cook (for themselves). He should always be an eater of leftovers, and always one who eats what is immortal.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.310
अमृतं यज्ञशेषं स्याद्भोजनं हविषा समम्। संभुक्तशेषं योश्नाति तमाहुर्विघसाशिनम्
amṛtaṃ yajñaśeṣaṃ syādbhojanaṃ haviṣā samam| saṃbhuktaśeṣaṃ yośnāti tamāhurvighasāśinam
What remains of the sacrifice would be the immortal food, equal to the oblation; and one who eats what is left over after (others) have eaten — him they call an eater of leftovers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.311
स्वदारनिरतो दांतो दक्षोत्यर्थं जितेंद्रियः। ऋत्विक्पुरोहिताचार्यमातुलातिथिसंहतैः
svadāranirato dāṃto dakṣotyarthaṃ jiteṃdriyaḥ| ṛtvikpurohitācāryamātulātithisaṃhataiḥ
Devoted to his own wife, restrained, exceedingly capable, with senses conquered — with the officiating priest, the family priest, the teacher, the maternal uncle, the guest, and those associated (with them),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 15.312
वृद्धबालातुरैर्वैद्यैर्ज्ञातिसंबंधि बांधवैः। मात्रा पित्रा च जामात्रा भ्रात्रा पुत्रेण भार्यया
vṛddhabālāturairvaidyairjñātisaṃbaṃdhi bāṃdhavaiḥ| mātrā pitrā ca jāmātrā bhrātrā putreṇa bhāryayā
with the aged, children, the sick, physicians, kinsmen, relations by marriage, and cousins, with mother, father, son-in-law, brother, son, wife,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.313
दुहित्रा दासवर्गेण विवादं न समाचरेत्। एतान्विमुच्य संवादान्सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते
duhitrā dāsavargeṇa vivādaṃ na samācaret| etānvimucya saṃvādānsarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate
with daughter and with the class of servants, he should not engage in quarrel. Avoiding disputes with these, he is released from all sins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.314
एतैर्जितैस्तु जयति सर्वलोकान्न संशयः। आचार्यो ब्रह्मलोकेशः प्राजापत्य प्रभुः पिता
etairjitaistu jayati sarvalokānna saṃśayaḥ| ācāryo brahmalokeśaḥ prājāpatya prabhuḥ pitā
And by these being won over, he wins all the worlds — there is no doubt. The teacher is the lord of Brahmā's world, the father is the master of Prajāpati's (world);
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.315
अतिथिः सर्वलोकेश ऋत्विग्वेदाश्रयः प्रभुः। जामाताप्सरसांलोके ज्ञातयो वैश्वदेविकाः
atithiḥ sarvalokeśa ṛtvigvedāśrayaḥ prabhuḥ| jāmātāpsarasāṃloke jñātayo vaiśvadevikāḥ
the guest is lord of all worlds; the officiating priest is master, whose seat is the Veda; the son-in-law (belongs) to the world of the apsarases; kinsmen (belong) to the Viśvadevas;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 15.316
संबंधि बांधवा दिक्षु पृथिव्यां मातृमातुलौ। वृद्धबालातुराश्चैव आकाशे प्रभविष्णवः
saṃbaṃdhi bāṃdhavā dikṣu pṛthivyāṃ mātṛmātulau| vṛddhabālāturāścaiva ākāśe prabhaviṣṇavaḥ
relations by marriage and cousins (are lords) in the quarters; mother and maternal uncle on the earth; and the aged, children, and the sick are potent in the sky.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 15.317
पुरोधा ऋषिलोकेशः संश्रितास्साध्यलोकपाः। अश्विलोकपतिर्वैद्यो भ्राता तु वसुलोकपः
purodhā ṛṣilokeśaḥ saṃśritāssādhyalokapāḥ| aśvilokapatirvaidyo bhrātā tu vasulokapaḥ
The family priest is lord of the world of the seers; dependents are guardians of the Sādhya world; the physician is lord of the world of the Aśvins; and the brother is guardian of the world of the Vasus.
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PdP 1 15.318
चंद्रलोकेश्वरी भार्या दुहिताप्सरसां गृहे। भ्राता ज्येष्ठः समः पित्रा भार्या पुत्र स्वकातनुः
caṃdralokeśvarī bhāryā duhitāpsarasāṃ gṛhe| bhrātā jyeṣṭhaḥ samaḥ pitrā bhāryā putra svakātanuḥ
The wife is mistress of the moon-world; the daughter (belongs) in the house of the apsarases; the eldest brother is equal to the father; wife and son are one's own body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 15.319
कायस्था दासवर्गाश्च दुहिता कृपणं परम्। तस्मादेतैरधिक्षिप्तः सहेन्नित्यमसंज्वरः
kāyasthā dāsavargāśca duhitā kṛpaṇaṃ param| tasmādetairadhikṣiptaḥ sahennityamasaṃjvaraḥ
Scribes and the body of servants, and a daughter — (these are) the utmost wretchedness; therefore, when abused by these, one should always bear it without fever (of anger).
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PdP 1 15.320
गृहधर्मरतो विद्वान्धर्मनिष्ठो जितक्लमः। नारभेद्बहुकार्याणि धर्मवान्किंचिदारभेत्
gṛhadharmarato vidvāndharmaniṣṭho jitaklamaḥ| nārabhedbahukāryāṇi dharmavānkiṃcidārabhet
Devoted to the duties of the household, learned, steadfast in dharma, having overcome weariness, he should not undertake many affairs; a man of dharma should undertake (only) a little.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.321
गृहस्थवृत्तयस्तिस्रस्तासां निश्रेयसं परं। परस्परं तथैवाहुश्चातुराश्रम्यमेव च
gṛhasthavṛttayastisrastāsāṃ niśreyasaṃ paraṃ| parasparaṃ tathaivāhuścāturāśramyameva ca
There are three modes of livelihood for the householder; of these the highest is that (which leads) to final welfare; and they speak likewise of them in relation to one another, and of the system of the four stages of life.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 15.322
ये चोक्तानि यमास्तेषां सर्वं कार्यं बुभूषुणा। कुंभधान्यैरुंच्छशिलैः कापोतीं वृत्तिमाश्रितैः
ye coktāni yamāsteṣāṃ sarvaṃ kāryaṃ bubhūṣuṇā| kuṃbhadhānyairuṃcchaśilaiḥ kāpotīṃ vṛttimāśritaiḥ
And whatever restraints have been stated — all of that is to be done by one who wishes to prosper: by those who keep a jarful of grain, by gleaners of dropped ears, by those who have taken up the dove's manner of living.
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PdP 1 15.323
यस्मिंश्चैते वसंत्यर्थास्तद्राष्ट्रमभिवर्धते। पूर्वापरान्दशपरान्पुनाति च पितामहान्
yasmiṃścaite vasaṃtyarthāstadrāṣṭramabhivardhate| pūrvāparāndaśaparānpunāti ca pitāmahān
In whomever these values reside, that realm increases; and he purifies the forefathers, ten before and ten after.
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PdP 1 15.324
गृहस्थवृत्तिमप्येतां वर्तयेद्यो गतव्यथः। स चक्रधरलोकानां समानाम्प्राप्नुयाद्गतिम्
gṛhasthavṛttimapyetāṃ vartayedyo gatavyathaḥ| sa cakradharalokānāṃ samānāmprāpnuyādgatim
Whoever, his affliction gone, should also carry on this householder's manner of living, he would attain a goal equal (to that) of the worlds of the discus-bearer.
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PdP 1 15.325
जितेंद्रियाणामथवा गतिरेषा विधीयते। स्वर्गलोको गृहस्थानां प्रतिष्ठा नियतात्मनां
jiteṃdriyāṇāmathavā gatireṣā vidhīyate| svargaloko gṛhasthānāṃ pratiṣṭhā niyatātmanāṃ
Or else this goal is laid down for those who have conquered their senses; heaven is the standing-place of householders of disciplined selves.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.326
ब्रह्मणाभिहता श्रेणी ह्येषा यस्याः प्रमुच्यते। द्वितीयां क्रमशः प्राप्य स्वर्गलोके महीयते
brahmaṇābhihatā śreṇī hyeṣā yasyāḥ pramucyate| dvitīyāṃ kramaśaḥ prāpya svargaloke mahīyate
For this is the series set out by Brahmā, from which one is released; reaching the second (stage) in order, one is exalted in the world of heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 15.327
तृतीयामपि वक्ष्यामि वानप्रस्थाश्रमं शृणु। गृहस्थस्तु यदा पश्येद्वलीपलितमात्मनः
tṛtīyāmapi vakṣyāmi vānaprasthāśramaṃ śṛṇu| gṛhasthastu yadā paśyedvalīpalitamātmanaḥ
I shall speak of the third as well: hear the forest-dweller's stage. When a householder sees his own wrinkles and grey hair,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.328
अपत्यस्यैव चापत्यं वनमेव तदाश्रयेत्। गृहस्थव्रतखिन्नानां वानप्रस्थाश्रमौकसां
apatyasyaiva cāpatyaṃ vanameva tadāśrayet| gṛhasthavratakhinnānāṃ vānaprasthāśramaukasāṃ
and the offspring of his offspring, then he should resort to the forest. Of those wearied by the householder's observance, who dwell in the forest-dweller's stage,
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PdP 1 15.329
श्रूयतां भीष्म भद्रं ते सर्वलोकाश्रयात्मनां। दीक्षापूर्वं निवृत्तानां पुण्यदेशनिवासिनां
śrūyatāṃ bhīṣma bhadraṃ te sarvalokāśrayātmanāṃ| dīkṣāpūrvaṃ nivṛttānāṃ puṇyadeśanivāsināṃ
let it be heard, Bhīṣma — blessings on you — of those whose selves are a refuge for all the world, who have withdrawn after (due) initiation, who dwell in holy regions,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.330
प्रज्ञाबलयुजां पुंसां सत्यशौचक्षमावतां। तृतीयमायुषो भागं वानप्रस्थाश्रमे वसन्
prajñābalayujāṃ puṃsāṃ satyaśaucakṣamāvatāṃ| tṛtīyamāyuṣo bhāgaṃ vānaprasthāśrame vasan
of men joined with wisdom and strength, possessing truth, purity and forbearance — dwelling the third portion of his life in the forest-dweller's stage,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.331
तानेवाग्नीन्परिचरेद्यजमानो दिवौकसः। नियतो नियताहारो विष्णुभक्तिप्रसक्तिमान्
tānevāgnīnparicaredyajamāno divaukasaḥ| niyato niyatāhāro viṣṇubhaktiprasaktimān
he should tend those same fires, sacrificing to the dwellers in heaven, self-restrained, restrained in food, devotedly attached to Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.332
तदाग्निहोत्रमात्राणि यज्ञांगानि च सर्वशः। अकृष्टं वै व्रीहियवं नीवारं विघसानि च
tadāgnihotramātrāṇi yajñāṃgāni ca sarvaśaḥ| akṛṣṭaṃ vai vrīhiyavaṃ nīvāraṃ vighasāni ca
Then (he keeps) only the agnihotra requisites and the appurtenances of sacrifice in every way; unploughed rice and barley, wild nīvāra grain, and the remnants of food —
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PdP 1 15.333
ग्रीष्मे हविष्यं प्रायच्छेत्स माघेष्वपि पंचसु। वानप्रस्थाश्रमेप्येताश्चतस्रो वृत्तयः स्मृताः
grīṣme haviṣyaṃ prāyacchetsa māgheṣvapi paṃcasu| vānaprasthāśramepyetāścatasro vṛttayaḥ smṛtāḥ
in the hot season he should present the sacrificial food, and also in the five (months?) of Māgha. In the forest-dweller's stage too these four modes of livelihood are handed down.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 15.334
सद्यः प्रभक्षकाः केचित्केचिन्मासिकसंचयान्। वार्षिकान्संचयान्केचित्केचिद्द्वादशवार्षिकान्
sadyaḥ prabhakṣakāḥ kecitkecinmāsikasaṃcayān| vārṣikānsaṃcayānkecitkeciddvādaśavārṣikān
Some eat at once (what they get); some (keep) stores for a month; some yearly stores, some for twelve years —
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PdP 1 15.335
कुर्वन्त्यतिथिपूजार्थं यज्ञतन्त्रार्थमेव च। अभ्रावकाशा वर्षासु हेमंते जलसंश्रयाः
kurvantyatithipūjārthaṃ yajñatantrārthameva ca| abhrāvakāśā varṣāsu hemaṃte jalasaṃśrayāḥ
they make (these) for the honouring of guests and for the sake of the sacrificial procedures. In the rains they stay out under the open sky, in the cold season they take to water,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.336
ग्रीष्मे पंचाग्नितपसः शरद्यमृतभोजनाः। भूमौ विपरिवर्तंते तिष्ठंति प्रपदैरपि
grīṣme paṃcāgnitapasaḥ śaradyamṛtabhojanāḥ| bhūmau viparivartaṃte tiṣṭhaṃti prapadairapi
in the hot season they practise the austerity of the five fires, in autumn they eat (only) what is amṛta; they roll about on the ground, and they stand on tiptoe.
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PdP 1 15.337
स्थानासने च वर्तन्ते वसनेष्वपि संस्थिते। दंतोलूखलिनः केचिदश्मकुट्टास्तथा परे
sthānāsane ca vartante vasaneṣvapi saṃsthite| daṃtolūkhalinaḥ kecidaśmakuṭṭāstathā pare
They keep to standing and sitting (postures), and also remain in (wet) garments; some use their teeth for a mortar, others crush (their food) with stones.
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PdP 1 15.338
शुक्लपक्षे पिबन्त्येके यवागूं क्वथितां क्वचित्। कृष्णपक्षे पिबंत्येके भुंजते च यथागमम्
śuklapakṣe pibantyeke yavāgūṃ kvathitāṃ kvacit| kṛṣṇapakṣe pibaṃtyeke bhuṃjate ca yathāgamam
Some drink barley-gruel, boiled, during the bright fortnight in some place; some drink during the dark fortnight, and they eat according to the injunction.
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PdP 1 15.339
मूलैरेके फलैरेके जलैरेके दृढव्रताः। वर्त्तयंति यथान्यायं वैखानस धृतव्रताः
mūlaireke phalaireke jalaireke dṛḍhavratāḥ| varttayaṃti yathānyāyaṃ vaikhānasa dhṛtavratāḥ
Some on roots, some on fruits, some on water — firm in their vows, the Vaikhānasas who have taken up vows sustain themselves according to rule.
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PdP 1 15.340
एताश्चान्याश्च विविधा दीक्षास्तेषां मनस्विनां। चतुर्थश्चौपनिषदो धर्मः साधारणो मतः
etāścānyāśca vividhā dīkṣāsteṣāṃ manasvināṃ| caturthaścaupaniṣado dharmaḥ sādhāraṇo mataḥ
These and various others are the consecrations of those thoughtful ones; and the fourth, the Upaniṣadic dharma, is held to be common (to all).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.341
वानप्रस्थो गृहस्थश्च सततोन्यः प्रवर्त्तते। तस्मिन्नेव युगे तात विप्रैः सर्वार्थदर्शिभिः
vānaprastho gṛhasthaśca satatonyaḥ pravarttate| tasminneva yuge tāta vipraiḥ sarvārthadarśibhiḥ
The forest-dweller and the householder — (and) yet another proceeds constantly; in that very age, dear one, by brahmins who see all aims.
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PdP 1 15.342
अगस्त्यश्च सप्तर्षयो मधुच्छंदो गवेषणः। सांकृतिः सदिवो भांडिर्यवप्रोथो ह्यथर्वणः
agastyaśca saptarṣayo madhucchaṃdo gaveṣaṇaḥ| sāṃkṛtiḥ sadivo bhāṃḍiryavaprotho hyatharvaṇaḥ
And Agastya, the seven seers, Madhucchandas, Gaveṣaṇa, Sāṃkṛti, Sadiva, Bhāṇḍi, Yavaprotha, and Atharvaṇa;
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PdP 1 15.343
अहोवीर्यस्तथा काम्यः स्थाणुर्मेधातिथिर्बुधः। मनोवाकः शिनीवाकः शून्यपालो कृतव्रणः
ahovīryastathā kāmyaḥ sthāṇurmedhātithirbudhaḥ| manovākaḥ śinīvākaḥ śūnyapālo kṛtavraṇaḥ
Ahovīrya and likewise Kāmya, Sthāṇu, Medhātithi, Budha, Manovāka, Śinīvāka, Śūnyapāla, Kṛtavraṇa;
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PdP 1 15.344
एते कर्मसु विद्वांसस्ततः स्वर्गमुपागमन्। एते प्रत्यक्षधर्माणस्तथा यायावरागणाः
ete karmasu vidvāṃsastataḥ svargamupāgaman| ete pratyakṣadharmāṇastathā yāyāvarāgaṇāḥ
these, learned in the rites, thereafter went to heaven; these are the ones whose dharma is manifest, and likewise the troops of wandering (yāyāvara) ascetics.
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PdP 1 15.345
ऋषीणामुग्रतपसां धर्मनैपुण्यदर्शिनाम्। सुरेश्वरं समाराध्य ब्राह्मणा वनमाश्रिताः
ṛṣīṇāmugratapasāṃ dharmanaipuṇyadarśinām| sureśvaraṃ samārādhya brāhmaṇā vanamāśritāḥ
Of the seers of fierce austerity, who see the fine points of dharma — the brahmins, having propitiated the lord of the gods, took refuge in the forest.
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PdP 1 15.346
अपास्योपरता मायां ब्राह्मणा वनमाश्रिताः। अनक्षत्रास्तथा धृष्या दृश्यन्ते प्रोषिता गणाः
apāsyoparatā māyāṃ brāhmaṇā vanamāśritāḥ| anakṣatrāstathā dhṛṣyā dṛśyante proṣitā gaṇāḥ
Having cast off illusion, the brahmins ceased (from action) and took refuge in the forest; and (these) troops are seen, without stars, bold, gone away (from home).
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PdP 1 15.347
जरया तु परिद्यूना व्याधिना परिपीडिताः। चतुर्थं त्वाश्रमं शेषं वानप्रस्थाश्रमाद्ययुः
jarayā tu paridyūnā vyādhinā paripīḍitāḥ| caturthaṃ tvāśramaṃ śeṣaṃ vānaprasthāśramādyayuḥ
But worn down by old age and sorely afflicted by disease, they went from the forest-dweller's stage to the fourth, the remaining, stage of life.
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PdP 1 15.348
सद्यस्कारी सुनिर्वाप्य सर्ववेदसदक्षिणाम्। आत्मयाजी सौम्यमतिरात्मक्रीडात्मसंश्रयः
sadyaskārī sunirvāpya sarvavedasadakṣiṇām| ātmayājī saumyamatirātmakrīḍātmasaṃśrayaḥ
Performing the same-day rite, having duly poured out the offering of the sarvavedasa sacrifice together with its priestly fee, sacrificing in the self, gentle of mind, taking his sport in the self, resting on the self —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 15.349
आत्मन्यग्निं समाधाय त्यक्त्वासर्वपरिग्रहम्। सद्यस्कश्च यजेद्यज्ञानिष्टिं चैवेह सर्वदा
ātmanyagniṃ samādhāya tyaktvāsarvaparigraham| sadyaskaśca yajedyajñāniṣṭiṃ caiveha sarvadā
having deposited the fire within himself, having abandoned all possessions, as a performer of the same-day rite he should offer sacrifices and the iṣṭi here always.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 15.350
सदैव याजिनां यज्ञानात्मनीज्या प्रवर्त्तते। त्रीनेवाग्नींस्त्यजेत्सम्यगात्मन्येवात्मना क्षणात्३५० 1.15.
sadaiva yājināṃ yajñānātmanījyā pravarttate| trīnevāgnīṃstyajetsamyagātmanyevātmanā kṣaṇāt350 1.15.
For those who sacrifice always, the sacrifice proceeds as an offering within the self; he should rightly abandon the three fires in an instant, in himself, by himself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 15.351
प्राप्नुयाद्येन वा यच्च तत्प्राश्नीयादकुत्सयन्। केशलोमनखान्न्यस्येद्वानप्रस्थाश्रमे रतः
prāpnuyādyena vā yacca tatprāśnīyādakutsayan| keśalomanakhānnyasyedvānaprasthāśrame rataḥ
By whatever means he may obtain whatever, that he should eat without disparaging it; devoted to the forest-dweller's stage, he should lay aside hair, body-hair and nails.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.352
आश्रमादाश्रमं सद्यः पूतो गच्छति कर्मभिः। अभयं सर्वभूतेभ्यो यो दत्वा प्रव्रजेद्द्विजः
āśramādāśramaṃ sadyaḥ pūto gacchati karmabhiḥ| abhayaṃ sarvabhūtebhyo yo datvā pravrajeddvijaḥ
Purified by his acts, he goes at once from stage to stage; the twice-born who goes forth (as a renouncer) after granting freedom from fear to all beings —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.353
लोकास्तेजोमयास्तस्य प्रेत्य चानंत्यमश्नुते। सुशीलवृत्तो व्यपनीतकल्मषो न चेह नामुत्र चरन्तुमीहते
lokāstejomayāstasya pretya cānaṃtyamaśnute| suśīlavṛtto vyapanītakalmaṣo na ceha nāmutra carantumīhate
his worlds are made of light, and after death he attains what has no end; of good character and conduct, with his stain removed, he seeks to act neither here nor hereafter.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.354
अरोषमोहो गतसंधिविग्रहः स चेदुदासीनवदात्मचिंतया। यमेषु चैवान्यगतेषु न व्यथः स्वशास्त्रशून्यो हृदिनात्मविभ्रमः
aroṣamoho gatasaṃdhivigrahaḥ sa cedudāsīnavadātmaciṃtayā| yameṣu caivānyagateṣu na vyathaḥ svaśāstraśūnyo hṛdinātmavibhramaḥ
Free from anger and delusion, having done with alliance and hostility, if he is as one indifferent, through contemplation of the self; and unshaken when the restraints have gone elsewhere, empty of any doctrine of his own, with no wandering of the self in his heart —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 15.355
भवेद्यथेष्टागतिरात्मयाजिनी निस्संशये धर्मपरे जितेन्द्रिये। अतःपरं श्रेष्ठमतीवसद्गुणैरधिष्ठितं त्रीनतिवर्त्य चाश्रमान्
bhavedyatheṣṭāgatirātmayājinī nissaṃśaye dharmapare jitendriye| ataḥparaṃ śreṣṭhamatīvasadguṇairadhiṣṭhitaṃ trīnativartya cāśramān
there would be movement at will for the self-sacrificing (soul), in one free of doubt, intent on dharma, his senses conquered; higher than this is the best (stage), established by exceedingly good qualities, once one has passed beyond the three stages of life.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 15.356
चतुर्थमुक्तं परमाश्रमं शृणु प्रकीर्त्यमानं परमं परायणम्। प्राप्य संस्कारमेताभ्यामाश्रमाभ्यां ततः परम्
caturthamuktaṃ paramāśramaṃ śṛṇu prakīrtyamānaṃ paramaṃ parāyaṇam| prāpya saṃskārametābhyāmāśramābhyāṃ tataḥ param
Hear of the fourth, called the highest stage of life, as it is proclaimed — supreme, the final resort; having gained the consecration by means of these two stages, then (one passes) beyond.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 15.357
यत्कार्यं परमात्मार्थं तत्त्वमेकमनाः शृणु। काषायं धारयित्वा तु श्रेणीस्थानेषु च त्रिषु
yatkāryaṃ paramātmārthaṃ tattvamekamanāḥ śṛṇu| kāṣāyaṃ dhārayitvā tu śreṇīsthāneṣu ca triṣu
Hear with a single mind that truth, what is to be done for the sake of the supreme Self: having worn the ochre garment, and in the three stations of the sequence —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 15.358
यो व्रजेच्च परं स्थानं पारिव्राज्यमनुत्तमम्। तद्भावनेन संन्यस्य वर्तनं श्रूयतां तथा
yo vrajecca paraṃ sthānaṃ pārivrājyamanuttamam| tadbhāvanena saṃnyasya vartanaṃ śrūyatāṃ tathā
and he who would go to the supreme state, the unsurpassed life of wandering — having renounced with that intent, let his manner of living now be heard.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.359
एक एव चरेद्धर्मं सिध्यर्थमसहायवान्। एकश्चरति यः पश्यन्न जहाति न हीयते
eka eva careddharmaṃ sidhyarthamasahāyavān| ekaścarati yaḥ paśyanna jahāti na hīyate
Let him practise dharma quite alone, without a helper, for the sake of attainment; he who walks alone, seeing (clearly), neither abandons (anything) nor is himself diminished.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.360
अनग्निरनिकेतस्तु ग्रामं भिक्षार्थमाश्रयेत्। अश्वस्तनविधानः स्यान्मुनिर्भावसमन्वितः
anagniraniketastu grāmaṃ bhikṣārthamāśrayet| aśvastanavidhānaḥ syānmunirbhāvasamanvitaḥ
Without (sacrificial) fire and without a dwelling, he should approach a village only to beg; he should make no provision for the morrow, being a silent sage endowed with (right) disposition.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.361
लघ्वाशी नियताहारः सकृदन्नं निषेवयेत्। कपालं वृक्षमूलानि कुचेलमसहायता
laghvāśī niyatāhāraḥ sakṛdannaṃ niṣevayet| kapālaṃ vṛkṣamūlāni kucelamasahāyatā
Eating lightly, with food restricted, he should take food but once; a skull-bowl, tree-roots (for shelter), poor clothing, being without companions —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.362
उपेक्षा सर्वभूतानामेतावद्भिक्षु लक्षणम्। यस्मिन्वाचः प्रविशंति कूपे प्राप्ता मृता इव
upekṣā sarvabhūtānāmetāvadbhikṣu lakṣaṇam| yasminvācaḥ praviśaṃti kūpe prāptā mṛtā iva
indifference toward all beings: just this much is the mark of a mendicant. He into whom words enter as though they had fallen dead into a well,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.363
न वक्तारं पुनर्यांति स कैवल्याश्रमे वसेत्। नैव पश्येन्न शृणुयादवाच्यं जातु कस्यचित्
na vaktāraṃ punaryāṃti sa kaivalyāśrame vaset| naiva paśyenna śṛṇuyādavācyaṃ jātu kasyacit
and do not return again to the speaker — he may dwell in the state of aloneness. He should never see nor listen to what is unfit to be spoken of anyone.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.364
ब्राह्मणानां विशेषेण नैतद्भूयात्कथंचन। यद्ब्राह्मणस्यानुकूलं तदेव सततं वदेत्
brāhmaṇānāṃ viśeṣeṇa naitadbhūyātkathaṃcana| yadbrāhmaṇasyānukūlaṃ tadeva satataṃ vadet
Especially of brahmins, let this never happen in any way; whatever is agreeable to a brahmin, just that he should always say.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.365
तूष्णीमासीत निंदायां कुर्वन्भैषज्यमात्मनः। येन पूर्णमिवाकाशं भवत्येकेन सर्वदा
tūṣṇīmāsīta niṃdāyāṃ kurvanbhaiṣajyamātmanaḥ| yena pūrṇamivākāśaṃ bhavatyekena sarvadā
When reviled he should remain silent, making of it a medicine for himself; he by whom alone (the void) becomes always as if a filled-up space —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 15.366
शून्यं येन समाकीर्णं तं देवा ब्राह्मणं विदुः
śūnyaṃ yena samākīrṇaṃ taṃ devā brāhmaṇaṃ viduḥ
by whom the void is filled up — him the gods know as a brahmin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.367
येनकेन चिदाछिन्नो येनकेन चिदाशितः। यत्र क्वचन शायी च तं देवा ब्राह्मणं विदुः
yenakena cidāchinno yenakena cidāśitaḥ| yatra kvacana śāyī ca taṃ devā brāhmaṇaṃ viduḥ
Covered with whatever comes, fed with whatever comes, and lying down wherever it may be — him the gods know as a brahmin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.368
अहेरिव जनाद्भीतः सुहृदो नरकादिव। कृपणादिव नारीभ्यस्तं देवा ब्राह्मणं विदुः
aheriva janādbhītaḥ suhṛdo narakādiva| kṛpaṇādiva nārībhyastaṃ devā brāhmaṇaṃ viduḥ
Afraid of people as of a snake, of a friend as of hell, of women as of a miser — him the gods know as a brahmin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 15.369
न हृष्येत विषीदेत मानितो मानितस्तथा। सर्वभूतेष्वभयदस्तं देवा ब्राह्मणं विदुः
na hṛṣyeta viṣīdeta mānito mānitastathā| sarvabhūteṣvabhayadastaṃ devā brāhmaṇaṃ viduḥ
He should neither rejoice nor grow dejected, whether honoured or unhonoured; he who gives freedom from fear to all beings — him the gods know as a brahmin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.370
नाभिनंदेत मरणं नाभिनंदेत जीवितम्। कालमेव निरीक्षेत निर्देशं कृषको यथा
nābhinaṃdeta maraṇaṃ nābhinaṃdeta jīvitam| kālameva nirīkṣeta nirdeśaṃ kṛṣako yathā
He should not welcome death, nor should he welcome life; he should merely await the (right) time, as a farmer awaits the appointed order.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 15.371
अनभ्याहतचित्तश्च दांतश्चाहतधीस्तथा। विमुक्तः सर्वपापेभ्यो नरो गच्छेत्ततो दिवम्
anabhyāhatacittaśca dāṃtaścāhatadhīstathā| vimuktaḥ sarvapāpebhyo naro gacchettato divam
With mind unassailed, restrained, and with his understanding unstruck, a man freed from all sins goes thence to heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.372
अभयं सर्वभूतेभ्यो भूतानामभयं यतः। तस्य देहविमुक्तस्य भयं नास्ति कुतश्चन
abhayaṃ sarvabhūtebhyo bhūtānāmabhayaṃ yataḥ| tasya dehavimuktasya bhayaṃ nāsti kutaścana
(There is) no fear from all beings, and since (there is) no fear for beings (from him), for him, released from the body, there is no fear from any quarter.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.373
यथा नागपदेऽन्यानि पदानि पदगामिनाम्। सर्वाण्येवावलीयंते तथा ज्ञानानि चेतसि
yathā nāgapade'nyāni padāni padagāminām| sarvāṇyevāvalīyaṃte tathā jñānāni cetasi
As the other footprints of creatures that go on foot are all absorbed in the elephant's footprint, so are (all) knowledges (absorbed) in the mind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.374
एवं सर्वमहिंसायां धर्मोऽर्थश्च महीयते। मृतः स नित्यं भवति यो हिंसां प्रतिपद्यते
evaṃ sarvamahiṃsāyāṃ dharmo'rthaśca mahīyate| mṛtaḥ sa nityaṃ bhavati yo hiṃsāṃ pratipadyate
Thus everything, both dharma and wealth, is magnified in non-injury; he who takes to injury is dead forever.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.375
अहिंसकस्ततः सम्यग्धृतिमान्नियतेंद्रियः। शरण्यस्सर्वभूतानां गतिमाप्नोत्यनुत्तमाम्
ahiṃsakastataḥ samyagdhṛtimānniyateṃdriyaḥ| śaraṇyassarvabhūtānāṃ gatimāpnotyanuttamām
Therefore one who does no harm, rightly firm, with senses controlled, a refuge for all beings, attains the highest goal.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.376
एवं प्रज्ञानतृप्तस्य निर्भयस्य मनीषिणः। न मृत्युरधिकोभावः सोमृतत्वं च गच्छति
evaṃ prajñānatṛptasya nirbhayasya manīṣiṇaḥ| na mṛtyuradhikobhāvaḥ somṛtatvaṃ ca gacchati
Thus for the thoughtful man, satisfied in knowledge and free from fear, death is no superior power, and he goes to immortality.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 15.377
विमुक्तः सर्वसंगेभ्यो मुनिराकाशवत्स्थितः। विष्णुप्रियकरः शांतस्तं देवा ब्राह्मणं विदुः
vimuktaḥ sarvasaṃgebhyo munirākāśavatsthitaḥ| viṣṇupriyakaraḥ śāṃtastaṃ devā brāhmaṇaṃ viduḥ
Released from all attachments, the sage who abides like space, doing what is dear to Viṣṇu, at peace — him the gods know as a brahmin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.378
जीवितं यस्य धर्मार्थं धर्मोरत्यर्थमेव च। अहोरात्रादि पुण्यार्थं तं देवा ब्राह्मणं विदुः
jīvitaṃ yasya dharmārthaṃ dharmoratyarthameva ca| ahorātrādi puṇyārthaṃ taṃ devā brāhmaṇaṃ viduḥ
He whose life is for the sake of dharma, and whose dharma is for the sake of delight (in it) alone, and whose days and nights and the rest are for the sake of merit — him the gods know as a brahmin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 15.379
निवारितसमारंभं निर्नमस्कारमस्तुतिम्। अक्षीणं क्षीणकर्माणं तं देवा ब्राह्मणं विदुः
nivāritasamāraṃbhaṃ nirnamaskāramastutim| akṣīṇaṃ kṣīṇakarmāṇaṃ taṃ devā brāhmaṇaṃ viduḥ
(Him whose) undertakings are held in check, who is without salutation and without praise, who is undiminished though his works are spent — him the gods know as a brāhmaṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 15.380
सर्वाणि भूतानि सुखं रमंते सर्वाणि दुःखानि भृशं भवंति। तेषां भवोत्पादनजातखेदः कुर्यात्तु कर्माणि च श्रद्दधानः
sarvāṇi bhūtāni sukhaṃ ramaṃte sarvāṇi duḥkhāni bhṛśaṃ bhavaṃti| teṣāṃ bhavotpādanajātakhedaḥ kuryāttu karmāṇi ca śraddadhānaḥ
All beings delight in pleasure, (and) all sorrows come to them abundantly; (yet) one whose weariness is born of the producing of their existence should nevertheless perform the rites, being full of faith.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 15.381
दानं हि भूताभयदक्षिणायाः सर्वाणि दानान्यधितिष्ठतीह। तीक्ष्णे तनुं यः प्रथमं जुहोति सोनंतमाप्नोत्यभयं प्रजाभ्यः
dānaṃ hi bhūtābhayadakṣiṇāyāḥ sarvāṇi dānānyadhitiṣṭhatīha| tīkṣṇe tanuṃ yaḥ prathamaṃ juhoti sonaṃtamāpnotyabhayaṃ prajābhyaḥ
For the gift consisting of the sacrificial fee of fearlessness to (all) beings stands above all gifts here. He who first offers his own body into the sharp (fire) obtains endless freedom from fear from (all) creatures.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 15.382
उत्तानमास्येन हविर्जुहोति अनंतमाप्नोत्यभितः प्रतिष्ठाम्। तस्यांगसंगादभिनिष्कृतं च वैश्वानरं सर्वमिदं प्रपेदे
uttānamāsyena havirjuhoti anaṃtamāpnotyabhitaḥ pratiṣṭhām| tasyāṃgasaṃgādabhiniṣkṛtaṃ ca vaiśvānaraṃ sarvamidaṃ prapede
(He who) offers the oblation with his mouth turned upward obtains endless standing on every side; and by the contact of his body all this Vaiśvānara (fire), (thus) fully released, is attained.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 15.383
प्रादेशमात्रं हृदभिस्रुतं यत्तस्मिन्प्राणेनात्मयाजी जुहोति। तस्याग्निहोत्रे हुतमात्मसंस्थं सर्वेषु लोकेषु सदैव तेषु
prādeśamātraṃ hṛdabhisrutaṃ yattasminprāṇenātmayājī juhoti| tasyāgnihotre hutamātmasaṃsthaṃ sarveṣu lokeṣu sadaiva teṣu
That which, a span in measure, flows toward the heart — therein the self-sacrificer offers with his breath; for him what is offered in the agnihotra rests in the self, in all those worlds always.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 15.384
देवं विधातुं त्रिवृतं सुवर्णं ये वै विदुस्तं परमार्थभूतम्। ते सर्वभूतेषु महीयमाना देवाः समर्था अमृतं व्रजंति
devaṃ vidhātuṃ trivṛtaṃ suvarṇaṃ ye vai vidustaṃ paramārthabhūtam| te sarvabhūteṣu mahīyamānā devāḥ samarthā amṛtaṃ vrajaṃti
Those who indeed know that god, the ordainer, threefold, golden, as being the highest reality — they, magnified among all beings, gods and capable, go to immortality.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 15.385
वेदांश्च वेद्यं च विधिं च कृत्स्नमथो निरुक्तं परमार्थतां च। सर्वं शरीरात्मनि यः प्रवेद तस्याभिसर्वे प्रचरंति नित्यम्
vedāṃśca vedyaṃ ca vidhiṃ ca kṛtsnamatho niruktaṃ paramārthatāṃ ca| sarvaṃ śarīrātmani yaḥ praveda tasyābhisarve pracaraṃti nityam
The Vedas and what is to be known, and the whole ritual ordinance, and etymology and the state of highest truth — he who knows all this within the self that is (his) body, for him all these are ever present.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 15.386
भूमावसक्तं दिवि चाप्रमेयं हिरण्मयं तं च समंडलांते। प्रदक्षिणं दक्षिणमंतरिक्षे यो वेदनाप्यात्मनि दीप्तरश्मिः
bhūmāvasaktaṃ divi cāprameyaṃ hiraṇmayaṃ taṃ ca samaṃḍalāṃte| pradakṣiṇaṃ dakṣiṇamaṃtarikṣe yo vedanāpyātmani dīptaraśmiḥ
That golden one, fixed in the earth and immeasurable in heaven, at the end of the (sun's) orb, moving to the right, southern in the mid-air — he who knows (it) also within himself (becomes) one of blazing rays.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 15.387
आवर्तमानं च विवर्तमानं षण्नेमि यद्द्वादशारं त्रिपर्व। यस्येदमास्यं परिपाति विश्वं तत्कालचक्रं निहितं गुहायाम्
āvartamānaṃ ca vivartamānaṃ ṣaṇnemi yaddvādaśāraṃ triparva| yasyedamāsyaṃ paripāti viśvaṃ tatkālacakraṃ nihitaṃ guhāyām
That which revolves and turns about, six-rimmed, twelve-spoked, with three joints, whose mouth here devours the whole universe — that wheel of time is set down in the cave (of the heart).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 15.388
यतः प्रसादं जगतः शरीरं सर्वांश्च लोकानधिगच्छतीह। तस्मिन्हि संतर्पयतीह देवान्स वै विमुक्तो भवतीह नित्यम्
yataḥ prasādaṃ jagataḥ śarīraṃ sarvāṃśca lokānadhigacchatīha| tasminhi saṃtarpayatīha devānsa vai vimukto bhavatīha nityam
From which (source) he here attains grace, the body of the world, and all the worlds — in that (state) he satisfies the gods here; he indeed becomes forever released here.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 15.389
तेजोमयो नित्यमतः पुराणो लोके भवत्यर्थभयादुपैति। भूतानि यस्मान्नभयं व्रजंति भूतेभ्यो यो नो द्विजते कदाचित्
tejomayo nityamataḥ purāṇo loke bhavatyarthabhayādupaiti| bhūtāni yasmānnabhayaṃ vrajaṃti bhūtebhyo yo no dvijate kadācit
Thence he becomes made of splendour, eternal, ancient, in the world; out of fear (for his own) purposes he draws near (?). He from whom beings go without fear, and who never shrinks from any being —
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PdP 1 15.390
अगर्हणीयो न च गर्हतेन्यान्स वै विप्रः प्रवरं स्वात्मनीक्षेत्। विनीतमोहोप्यपनीतकल्मषो न चेह नामुत्र च योर्थमृच्छति
agarhaṇīyo na ca garhatenyānsa vai vipraḥ pravaraṃ svātmanīkṣet| vinītamohopyapanītakalmaṣo na ceha nāmutra ca yorthamṛcchati
— not to be blamed, and not blaming others: he indeed is the brahmin; let him behold the highest within his own self. His delusion is subdued, his stain removed, and he seeks no object either here or hereafter.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 15.391
अरोषमोहः समलोष्टकांचनः प्रहीणशोको गतसंधिविग्रहः। अपेतनिंदास्तुतिरप्रियाप्रियश्चरन्नुदासीनवदेव भिक्षुः
aroṣamohaḥ samaloṣṭakāṃcanaḥ prahīṇaśoko gatasaṃdhivigrahaḥ| apetaniṃdāstutirapriyāpriyaścarannudāsīnavadeva bhikṣuḥ
Free of anger and delusion, regarding clod and gold alike, his grief abandoned, past making peace and making war, beyond blame and praise, indifferent to the disagreeable and the agreeable — the mendicant wanders just like one uninvolved.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition