Padma Purana — Srishti Khanda — Chapter 21
PdP 1 21.1
पुलस्त्य उवाच।। आसीत्पुरा बृहत्कल्पे धर्ममूर्तिर्जनाधिपः।। सुहृच्छक्रस्य निहता येन दैत्यास्सहस्रशः
pulastya uvāca|| āsītpurā bṛhatkalpe dharmamūrtirjanādhipaḥ|| suhṛcchakrasya nihatā yena daityāssahasraśaḥ
Pulastya said: Formerly, in the Bṛhatkalpa, there was a ruler of men named Dharmamūrti, a friend of Indra, by whom demons were slain in thousands.
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PdP 1 21.2
सोमसूर्यादयो यस्य तेजसा विगतप्रभाः।। भवंति शतशो येन दानवाश्च पराजिताः
somasūryādayo yasya tejasā vigataprabhāḥ|| bhavaṃti śataśo yena dānavāśca parājitāḥ
By whose radiance the moon, the sun and the rest became bereft of brightness, and by whom the Dānavas were defeated by hundreds.
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PdP 1 21.3
यथेच्छरूपधारी च मानुषोप्यपराजितः।। तस्य भानुमती भार्या सती त्रैलोक्यसुंदरी
yatheccharūpadhārī ca mānuṣopyaparājitaḥ|| tasya bhānumatī bhāryā satī trailokyasuṃdarī
And he took on whatever form he wished, and though human he was unconquered. His wife was Bhānumatī, a faithful woman, the beauty of the three worlds,
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PdP 1 21.4
लक्ष्मीसदृशरूपेण निर्जितामरसुंदरी।। राज्ञस्तस्याग्रमहिषी प्राणेभ्योपि गरीयसी
lakṣmīsadṛśarūpeṇa nirjitāmarasuṃdarī|| rājñastasyāgramahiṣī prāṇebhyopi garīyasī
who, with a beauty like Lakṣmī's, surpassed the beautiful women of the gods — that king's chief queen, dearer to him even than his own life.
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PdP 1 21.5
दशनारीसहस्राणां मध्ये श्रीरिव राजते।। नृपकोटिसहस्रेण न कदाचित्समुच्यते
daśanārīsahasrāṇāṃ madhye śrīriva rājate|| nṛpakoṭisahasreṇa na kadācitsamucyate
In the midst of ten thousand women she shone like Śrī; and by a thousand crores of kings she could never be described (equalled).
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PdP 1 21.6
कदाचिदास्थानगतः पप्रच्छ स्वपुरोहितम्।। विस्मयेनावृतो नत्वा वसिष्ठमृषिसत्तमम्
kadācidāsthānagataḥ papraccha svapurohitam|| vismayenāvṛto natvā vasiṣṭhamṛṣisattamam
Once, seated in his assembly hall, filled with wonder, he bowed and asked his own family priest, Vasiṣṭha, best of seers:
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PdP 1 21.7
भगवन्केन धर्मेण मम लक्ष्मीरनुत्तमा।। कस्माच्च विपुलं तेजो मच्छरीरे सदोत्तमम्
bhagavankena dharmeṇa mama lakṣmīranuttamā|| kasmācca vipulaṃ tejo maccharīre sadottamam
"Reverend one, by what merit is my prosperity unsurpassed? And from what cause is there in my body this abundant, ever-excellent radiance?"
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PdP 1 21.8
वसिष्ठ उवाच।। पुरा लीलावती नाम वेश्या शिवपरायणा।। तया दत्तश्चतुर्दश्यां पुष्करे लवणाचलः
vasiṣṭha uvāca|| purā līlāvatī nāma veśyā śivaparāyaṇā|| tayā dattaścaturdaśyāṃ puṣkare lavaṇācalaḥ
Vasiṣṭha said: Long ago there was a courtesan named Līlāvatī, devoted to Śiva. By her, on the fourteenth day, at Puṣkara a mountain of salt was given,
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PdP 1 21.9
हेमवृक्षामरैः सार्द्धं यथावद्विधिपूर्वकं।। शूद्रः सुवर्णकारश्च कर्मकृत्सोऽभवत्तदा
hemavṛkṣāmaraiḥ sārddhaṃ yathāvadvidhipūrvakaṃ|| śūdraḥ suvarṇakāraśca karmakṛtso'bhavattadā
together with golden trees and immortals (images of gods), duly according to the rule. And there was then a śūdra goldsmith who did the work,
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PdP 1 21.10
भृत्यो लीलावतीगेहे तेन हैमा विनिर्मिताः।। तरवो हेमपुष्पाश्च श्रद्धायुक्तेन पार्थिव
bhṛtyo līlāvatīgehe tena haimā vinirmitāḥ|| taravo hemapuṣpāśca śraddhāyuktena pārthiva
a servant in Līlāvatī's house; by him, filled with faith, O king, the golden trees and golden flowers were fashioned.
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PdP 1 21.11
अतिरूपेण संपन्ना घटितास्ते सुशोभनाः।। धर्मकार्यमिति ज्ञात्वा न गृहीतं च वेतनम्
atirūpeṇa saṃpannā ghaṭitāste suśobhanāḥ|| dharmakāryamiti jñātvā na gṛhītaṃ ca vetanam
Endowed with surpassing beauty, they were wrought most splendidly; and knowing it to be a work of dharma, he took no wage.
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PdP 1 21.12
उज्ज्वालिताश्च ते पत्न्या सुवर्णमयपादपाः।। लीलावतीगृहे चापि परिचर्या च पार्थिव
ujjvālitāśca te patnyā suvarṇamayapādapāḥ|| līlāvatīgṛhe cāpi paricaryā ca pārthiva
And those golden trees were made to shine by his wife; and in Līlāvatī's house too, O king, service was rendered
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PdP 1 21.13
कृता ताभ्यामशाठ्येन द्विजशुश्रूषणादिका।। सा च लीलावती वेश्या कालेन महतानघ
kṛtā tābhyāmaśāṭhyena dvijaśuśrūṣaṇādikā|| sā ca līlāvatī veśyā kālena mahatānagha
by those two without guile — attendance upon brahmins and the like. And that courtesan Līlāvatī, after a great length of time, O sinless one,
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PdP 1 21.14
सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्ता जगाम शिवमंदिरम्।। योऽसौ सुवर्णकारश्च दरिद्रोप्यतिसत्त्ववान्
sarvapāpavinirmuktā jagāma śivamaṃdiram|| yo'sau suvarṇakāraśca daridropyatisattvavān
freed from all sin, went to Śiva's abode. And that goldsmith, poor but of great goodness,
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PdP 1 21.15
न मूल्यमादाद्वेश्यातः स भवानिह सांप्रतम्।। सप्तद्वीपपतिर्जातः सूर्यायुतसमप्रभः
na mūlyamādādveśyātaḥ sa bhavāniha sāṃpratam|| saptadvīpapatirjātaḥ sūryāyutasamaprabhaḥ
who took no payment from the courtesan — he is you, here now, born lord of the seven continents, with the brilliance of ten thousand suns.
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PdP 1 21.16
यया सुवर्णकारस्य तरवो हेमनिर्मिताः।। सम्यगुज्ज्वलिताः पत्न्या सेयं भानुमती तव
yayā suvarṇakārasya taravo hemanirmitāḥ|| samyagujjvalitāḥ patnyā seyaṃ bhānumatī tava
And she by whom, as his wife, the goldsmith's trees made of gold were well polished — she is this Bhānumatī of yours.
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PdP 1 21.17
तस्मान्नृलोकेष्वपराजितस्त्वमारोग्यसौभाग्ययुता च लक्ष्मीः।। तस्मात्त्वमप्यत्र विधानपूर्वं धान्याचलादीन्नृपते कुरुष्व
tasmānnṛlokeṣvaparājitastvamārogyasaubhāgyayutā ca lakṣmīḥ|| tasmāttvamapyatra vidhānapūrvaṃ dhānyācalādīnnṛpate kuruṣva
Therefore you are unconquered in the worlds of men, and your fortune is joined with health and good luck. Therefore you too, O king, make here, with due rite, the mountain of grain and the rest.
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PdP 1 21.18
पुलस्त्य उवाच।। तथेति संपूज्य सुधर्ममूर्तिर्वचो वसिष्ठस्य ददौ च सर्वान्।। धान्याचलादीन्विधिनास्मरारेर्लोकं गतोसौ सुरपूज्यमानः त एव पूजने मंत्रास्त एवोपस्कराः स्मृताः।। ग्रहाणां लोकपालानां ब्रह्मादीनां च सर्वतः
pulastya uvāca|| tatheti saṃpūjya sudharmamūrtirvaco vasiṣṭhasya dadau ca sarvān|| dhānyācalādīnvidhināsmarārerlokaṃ gatosau surapūjyamānaḥ ta eva pūjane maṃtrāsta evopaskarāḥ smṛtāḥ|| grahāṇāṃ lokapālānāṃ brahmādīnāṃ ca sarvataḥ
Pulastya said: Saying "so be it," the good Dharmamūrti honoured Vasiṣṭha's words and gave all of them — the mountain of grain and the rest — according to rule; and he went, honoured by the gods, to the world of the foe of Kāma (Śiva). The mantras in the worship are just these, and just these are held to be the implements, for the planets, the guardians of the worlds, and Brahmā and the others, in every case.
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PdP 1 21.19
पश्येद्यदीमानुपनीयमानान्स्पृशेन्मनुष्यैरिह दीयमानान्।। शृणोति भक्त्याथ मतिं ददाति विकल्मषः सोपि दिवं प्रयाति
paśyedyadīmānupanīyamānānspṛśenmanuṣyairiha dīyamānān|| śṛṇoti bhaktyātha matiṃ dadāti vikalmaṣaḥ sopi divaṃ prayāti
If a man should see these (mountains) being brought forward, or touch them as they are given here by men, or if he listens with devotion and then gives his assent — he too, freed of sin, goes to heaven.
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PdP 1 21.20
दुःस्वप्नप्रशममुपैति पठ्यमानैः शैलेंद्रैर्भवभयभेदनैर्मनुष्यः।। यः कुर्यात्किमु नृपपुंगवेह सम्यक्शांतात्मा सकलगिरींद्रसंप्रदानम्
duḥsvapnapraśamamupaiti paṭhyamānaiḥ śaileṃdrairbhavabhayabhedanairmanuṣyaḥ|| yaḥ kuryātkimu nṛpapuṃgaveha samyakśāṃtātmā sakalagirīṃdrasaṃpradānam
A man attains the calming of evil dreams merely by these mountain-kings being recited, for they shatter the fear of existence; how much more, O bull among kings, does one who here, with a wholly tranquil self, properly makes the gift of all the mountain-kings.
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PdP 1 21.21
भीष्म उवाच।। किमभीष्टवियोगशोकसंधानलमुद्धर्तुमुपोषणं व्रतं वा।। विभवध्रुवकारिभूतलेस्मिन्भवभीतेरपि सूदनं च पुंसः
bhīṣma uvāca|| kimabhīṣṭaviyogaśokasaṃdhānalamuddhartumupoṣaṇaṃ vrataṃ vā|| vibhavadhruvakāribhūtalesminbhavabhīterapi sūdanaṃ ca puṃsaḥ
Bhīṣma said: What fasting or what vow is capable of lifting (a man) out of the grief that comes of separation from what he loves — and is also the destroyer of a man's fear of existence, on this earth which makes prosperity seem permanent?
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PdP 1 21.22
पुलस्त्य उवाच।। परिपृष्टमिदं जगत्प्रियं ते विबुधानामपि दुर्लभं महत्त्वात्।। तव भक्तिमतस्तथापि वक्ष्ये व्रतमिंद्रासुरमानवेषु गुह्यम्
pulastya uvāca|| paripṛṣṭamidaṃ jagatpriyaṃ te vibudhānāmapi durlabhaṃ mahattvāt|| tava bhaktimatastathāpi vakṣye vratamiṃdrāsuramānaveṣu guhyam
Pulastya said: What you have asked about is dear to the world, and hard to obtain even for the gods because of its greatness; nevertheless, since you are full of devotion, I shall tell you the vow that is a secret among Indra, the asuras and men.
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PdP 1 21.23
पुण्यमाश्वयुजे मासि विशोकद्वादशीव्रतम्।। दशम्यां लघुभुग्विद्वान्प्रारभेत यमेन तु
puṇyamāśvayuje māsi viśokadvādaśīvratam|| daśamyāṃ laghubhugvidvānprārabheta yamena tu
In the month of Āśvayuja (falls) the meritorious Viśokā-dvādaśī vow; the learned man should begin it on the tenth, eating little, and with self-restraint.
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PdP 1 21.24
उदङ्मुखः प्राङ्मुखो वा दंतधावनपूर्वकम्।। एकादश्यां निराहारः सम्यगभ्यर्च्य केशवम्
udaṅmukhaḥ prāṅmukho vā daṃtadhāvanapūrvakam|| ekādaśyāṃ nirāhāraḥ samyagabhyarcya keśavam
Facing north or facing east, beginning with the cleaning of the teeth, taking no food on the eleventh, having duly worshipped Keśava,
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PdP 1 21.25
श्रियं चाभ्यर्च्य विधिवद्भोक्ष्येऽहं चापरेहनि।। एवं नियमकृत्सुप्त्वा प्रातरुत्थाय मानवः
śriyaṃ cābhyarcya vidhivadbhokṣye'haṃ cāparehani|| evaṃ niyamakṛtsuptvā prātarutthāya mānavaḥ
and having worshipped Śrī according to rule, (he declares:) "I shall eat on the following day." The man who thus undertakes the observance, having slept and risen at dawn,
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PdP 1 21.26
स्नानं सर्वौषधैः कुर्यात्पंचगव्यजलेन तु।। शुभ्रमाल्यांबरधरःपूजयेच्छ्रीशमुत्पलैः
snānaṃ sarvauṣadhaiḥ kuryātpaṃcagavyajalena tu|| śubhramālyāṃbaradharaḥpūjayecchrīśamutpalaiḥ
should bathe with all the herbs and with water mixed with the five products of the cow; wearing bright garlands and garments, he should worship the Lord of Śrī with lotuses.
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PdP 1 21.27
विशोकाय नमः पादौ जंघे च वरदाय वै।। श्रीशाय जानुनी तद्वदूरू च जलशायिने
viśokāya namaḥ pādau jaṃghe ca varadāya vai|| śrīśāya jānunī tadvadūrū ca jalaśāyine
"Homage to Viśoka" — the feet; and the shanks to Varada; the knees to Śrīśa, and likewise the thighs to him who lies on the waters;
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PdP 1 21.28
कंदर्पाय नमो गुह्यं माधवाय नमः कटिं।। दामोदरायेत्युदरं पार्श्वे च विपुलायवै
kaṃdarpāya namo guhyaṃ mādhavāya namaḥ kaṭiṃ|| dāmodarāyetyudaraṃ pārśve ca vipulāyavai
"Homage to Kandarpa" — the private parts; "homage to Mādhava" — the loins; "to Dāmodara" — thus the belly; and the sides to Vipula;
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PdP 1 21.29
नाभिं च पद्मनाभाय हृदयं मन्मथाय वै।। श्रीधराय विभोर्वक्षः करौ मधुभिदे नमः
nābhiṃ ca padmanābhāya hṛdayaṃ manmathāya vai|| śrīdharāya vibhorvakṣaḥ karau madhubhide namaḥ
and the navel to Padmanābha, the heart to Manmatha, the Lord's chest to Śrīdhara, the two hands with "homage to the slayer of Madhu";
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PdP 1 21.30
वैकुण्ठाय नमः कंठमास्यं पद्ममुखायवै।। नासामशोकनिधये वासुदेवाय चाक्षिणी
vaikuṇṭhāya namaḥ kaṃṭhamāsyaṃ padmamukhāyavai|| nāsāmaśokanidhaye vāsudevāya cākṣiṇī
"Homage to Vaikuṇṭha" — the throat; the face to Padmamukha; the nose to the Treasury of Freedom from Sorrow, and the two eyes to Vāsudeva;
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PdP 1 21.31
ललाटं वामनायेति हरये च पुनर्भ्रुवौ।। अलकं माधवायेति किरीटं विश्वरूपिणे
lalāṭaṃ vāmanāyeti haraye ca punarbhruvau|| alakaṃ mādhavāyeti kirīṭaṃ viśvarūpiṇe
the forehead with "to Vāmana", and again the eyebrows to Hari; the lock of hair with "to Mādhava", the diadem to him whose form is the universe;
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PdP 1 21.32
नमः सर्वात्मने तद्वच्छिर इत्यभिपूजयेत्।। एवं संपूज्य गोविंदं धूपमाल्यानुलेपनैः
namaḥ sarvātmane tadvacchira ityabhipūjayet|| evaṃ saṃpūjya goviṃdaṃ dhūpamālyānulepanaiḥ
and likewise the head with "homage to the Self of all" — thus should he worship (him). Having thus worshipped Govinda with incense, garlands and unguents,
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PdP 1 21.33
ततस्तु मंडलं कृत्वा स्थंडिलं कारयेन्मृदा।। चतुरश्रं समंताच्च रत्निमात्रमुदक्प्लवम्
tatastu maṃḍalaṃ kṛtvā sthaṃḍilaṃ kārayenmṛdā|| caturaśraṃ samaṃtācca ratnimātramudakplavam
then, after making a circle, he should have an altar made of clay, four-cornered, a cubit on every side, sloping toward the north,
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PdP 1 21.35
श्लक्ष्णं हृद्यं च परितो वप्रत्रयसमावृतम्।। त्रिरंगुलोच्छ्रितावप्रास्तद्विस्तारो द्विरंगुलः३४ (पा. – च्छिता)।। स्थंडिलस्योपरिष्टात्तु भित्तिरष्टांगुला भवेत्।। नदी वालुकया सूर्ये लक्ष्म्याः प्रतिकृतिं न्यसेत्
ślakṣṇaṃ hṛdyaṃ ca parito vapratrayasamāvṛtam|| triraṃgulocchritāvaprāstadvistāro dviraṃgulaḥ34 (pā. – cchitā)|| sthaṃḍilasyopariṣṭāttu bhittiraṣṭāṃgulā bhavet|| nadī vālukayā sūrye lakṣmyāḥ pratikṛtiṃ nyaset
smooth and pleasing, enclosed all round by three ramparts; the ramparts are three fingers high and their thickness is two fingers. Above the altar there should be a wall eight fingers (high). With river sand he should set down an image of Lakṣmī upon the (figure of the) sun.
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PdP 1 21.36
स्थंडिले सूर्यमध्यस्थ लक्ष्मीमभ्यर्चयेद्बुधः।। नमो देव्यै नमः शांत्यै नमो लक्ष्म्यै नमः श्रिये
sthaṃḍile sūryamadhyastha lakṣmīmabhyarcayedbudhaḥ|| namo devyai namaḥ śāṃtyai namo lakṣmyai namaḥ śriye
The wise man should worship Lakṣmī, who stands in the middle of the sun on the altar: "Homage to the Goddess, homage to Śānti, homage to Lakṣmī, homage to Śrī;
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PdP 1 21.37
नमस्तुष्ट्यै नमः पुष्ट्यै सृष्ट्यै दृष्ट्यै नमो नमः।। विशोका दुःखनाशा यविशोका वरदास्तु ते
namastuṣṭyai namaḥ puṣṭyai sṛṣṭyai dṛṣṭyai namo namaḥ|| viśokā duḥkhanāśā yaviśokā varadāstu te
homage to Tuṣṭi, homage to Puṣṭi, homage, homage to Sṛṣṭi and to Dṛṣṭi. Viśokā, destroyer of sorrow — may Viśokā be a giver of boons: homage to you."
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PdP 1 21.38
विशोका मेस्तु संपत्त्यै विशोका सर्वसिद्धये।। ततः शुभ्रांबरैः सूर्यं वेष्ट्य संपूजयेत्फलैः
viśokā mestu saṃpattyai viśokā sarvasiddhaye|| tataḥ śubhrāṃbaraiḥ sūryaṃ veṣṭya saṃpūjayetphalaiḥ
"May Viśokā bring me prosperity, may Viśokā bring all success." Then, having wrapped the sun (image) in white cloths, he should worship it with fruits,
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PdP 1 21.39
भक्ष्यैर्नानाविधैस्तद्वत्सुवर्णकमलेन च।। राजतीषु च पात्रीषु न्यसेद्दर्भोदकं बुधः
bhakṣyairnānāvidhaistadvatsuvarṇakamalena ca|| rājatīṣu ca pātrīṣu nyaseddarbhodakaṃ budhaḥ
and likewise with foods of many kinds and with a golden lotus; and in silver dishes the wise man should set water with darbha grass.
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PdP 1 21.40
ततस्तु नृत्यगीतानि कारयेत्सकलां निशाम्।। यामत्रये व्यतीते तु तत उत्थाय मानवः
tatastu nṛtyagītāni kārayetsakalāṃ niśām|| yāmatraye vyatīte tu tata utthāya mānavaḥ
Then he should have dancing and singing performed the whole night through; and when three watches (of the night) have passed, the man should rise up,
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PdP 1 21.41
अभिगम्य च विप्राणां मिथुनानि च पूजयेत्।। शक्तितस्त्रीणि चैकं वा वस्त्रमाल्यानुलेपनैः
abhigamya ca viprāṇāṃ mithunāni ca pūjayet|| śaktitastrīṇi caikaṃ vā vastramālyānulepanaiḥ
and, having approached, he should honour couples of brahmins — three, or a single one, according to his means — with garments, garlands and unguents.
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PdP 1 21.42
शयनस्थानि पूज्यानि नमोस्तु जलशायिने।। ततस्तु गीतवाद्येन रात्र्यां जागरणे कृते
śayanasthāni pūjyāni namostu jalaśāyine|| tatastu gītavādyena rātryāṃ jāgaraṇe kṛte
The things placed on the bed are to be worshipped (with the words) "Homage to him who sleeps upon the water." Then, when the vigil has been kept through the night with song and instrumental music,
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PdP 1 21.43
प्रभाते च ततः स्नानं कृत्वा दांपत्यमर्चयेत्।। भोजयेच्च यथाशक्ति वित्तशाठ्येन वर्जितः
prabhāte ca tataḥ snānaṃ kṛtvā dāṃpatyamarcayet|| bhojayecca yathāśakti vittaśāṭhyena varjitaḥ
then at dawn, having bathed, he should honour the married couple, and he should feed (them) according to his means, avoiding miserliness with his wealth.
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PdP 1 21.44
भक्त्याश्रुत्वापुराणानितद्दिनंचातिवाहयेत्।। अनेन विधिना सर्वं मासिमासि समाचरेत्
bhaktyāśrutvāpurāṇānitaddinaṃcātivāhayet|| anena vidhinā sarvaṃ māsimāsi samācaret
Having with devotion listened to the Purāṇas, he should pass that day; by this rule he should perform the whole (observance) month after month.
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PdP 1 21.45
व्रतांते शयनं दद्याद्गुडधेनुसमन्वितं।। सोपधानं सविश्रामं स्वास्तरावरणं शुभं
vratāṃte śayanaṃ dadyādguḍadhenusamanvitaṃ|| sopadhānaṃ saviśrāmaṃ svāstarāvaraṇaṃ śubhaṃ
At the end of the vow he should give a bed together with a jaggery-cow, with pillow, with a rest (for the feet?), with a good spread and covering, auspicious.
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PdP 1 21.46
यथालक्ष्मीर्नरेश त्वां न परित्यज्य गच्छति।। तथा सुरूपतारोग्यमशोकं चास्तु मे सदा
yathālakṣmīrnareśa tvāṃ na parityajya gacchati|| tathā surūpatārogyamaśokaṃ cāstu me sadā
"As Lakṣmī, O lord of men, does not go off forsaking you, so may beauty, health and freedom from sorrow be mine always.
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PdP 1 21.47
यथा देवेन रहिता न लक्ष्मीर्जायते क्वचित्।। तथा विशोकता मेऽस्तु भक्तिरग्य्रा च केशवे
yathā devena rahitā na lakṣmīrjāyate kvacit|| tathā viśokatā me'stu bhaktiragyrā ca keśave
As Lakṣmī is never born bereft of the god, so may I be free of sorrow, and may I have foremost devotion to Keśava."
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PdP 1 21.48
मंत्रेणानेन शयनं गुडधेनुसमन्वितं।। सूर्यश्च लक्ष्म्या सहितो दातव्यो भूतिमिच्छता
maṃtreṇānena śayanaṃ guḍadhenusamanvitaṃ|| sūryaśca lakṣmyā sahito dātavyo bhūtimicchatā
With this mantra the bed, together with the jaggery-cow, and the Sun together with Lakṣmī, are to be given by one who desires prosperity.
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PdP 1 21.49
उत्पलं करवीरं वाप्यम्लानं चैव कुंकुमं।। केतकं सिंधुवारं च मल्लिकागंधपाटला
utpalaṃ karavīraṃ vāpyamlānaṃ caiva kuṃkumaṃ|| ketakaṃ siṃdhuvāraṃ ca mallikāgaṃdhapāṭalā
Blue lotus, oleander, and also the amlāna flower, saffron, ketaka, sindhuvāra, jasmine and fragrant pāṭalā,
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PdP 1 21.50
कदंबं कुब्जकं जाती शस्तान्येतानि सर्वदा।। भीष्म उवाच।। गुडधेनुविधानं च समाचक्ष्व मुनीश्वर५० 1.21.
kadaṃbaṃ kubjakaṃ jātī śastānyetāni sarvadā|| bhīṣma uvāca|| guḍadhenuvidhānaṃ ca samācakṣva munīśvara50 1.21.
kadamba, kubjaka, and jātī — these are commended at all times. Bhīṣma said: Declare too the rite of the jaggery-cow, O lord of sages;
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PdP 1 21.51
किं रूपा केन मंत्रेण दातव्या तदिहोच्यतां।। पुलस्त्य उवाच।। गुडधेनुविधानस्य यद्रूपमिह यत्फलम्
kiṃ rūpā kena maṃtreṇa dātavyā tadihocyatāṃ|| pulastya uvāca|| guḍadhenuvidhānasya yadrūpamiha yatphalam
of what form, and with what mantra, is she to be given — let that be told here. Pulastya said: What form the rite of the jaggery-cow has here, and what its fruit,
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PdP 1 21.52
तदिदानीं प्रवक्ष्यामि सर्वपापविनाशनम्।। कृष्णाजिनं चतुर्हस्तं प्राग्ग्रीवं विन्यसेद्भुवि
tadidānīṃ pravakṣyāmi sarvapāpavināśanam|| kṛṣṇājinaṃ caturhastaṃ prāggrīvaṃ vinyasedbhuvi
that I shall now declare, (the rite) which destroys all sins. He should lay on the ground a black antelope skin, four cubits (long), with its neck to the east,
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PdP 1 21.53
गोमयेनानुलिप्तायां दर्भानास्तीर्य सर्वतः।। लघ्वेणकाजिनं तद्वत्वत्सं च परिकल्पयेत्
gomayenānuliptāyāṃ darbhānāstīrya sarvataḥ|| laghveṇakājinaṃ tadvatvatsaṃ ca parikalpayet
on (ground) smeared with cow dung, having strewn darbha grass all about; and likewise he should fashion a calf out of a small antelope hide.
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PdP 1 21.54
प्राङ्मुखीं कल्पयेद्धेनुं मृदा वा गां सवत्सकां।। उत्तमा गुडधेनुः स्यात्सदा भारचतुष्टयं
prāṅmukhīṃ kalpayeddhenuṃ mṛdā vā gāṃ savatsakāṃ|| uttamā guḍadhenuḥ syātsadā bhāracatuṣṭayaṃ
He should fashion the cow facing east, or (make) a cow with its calf out of clay; the best jaggery-cow should always be of four bhāras (of jaggery),
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PdP 1 21.55
वत्सं भारेण कुर्वीत भाराभ्यां मध्यमा स्मृता।। अर्द्धभारेण वत्सस्स्यात्कनिष्ठा भारकेण तु
vatsaṃ bhāreṇa kurvīta bhārābhyāṃ madhyamā smṛtā|| arddhabhāreṇa vatsassyātkaniṣṭhā bhārakeṇa tu
and one should make the calf with one bhāra; with two bhāras she is reckoned middling, and the calf then would be of half a bhāra; the least is with one bhāra,
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PdP 1 21.56
चतुर्थांशे नवत्सः स्याद्गृहवित्तानुसारतः।। धेनुवत्सौ कृतौ चोभौ सितसूक्ष्मांबरावृतौ
caturthāṃśe navatsaḥ syādgṛhavittānusārataḥ|| dhenuvatsau kṛtau cobhau sitasūkṣmāṃbarāvṛtau
and the calf would be a quarter part (of that), according to the wealth of the household. And both cow and calf, once made, are to be draped in fine white cloth,
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PdP 1 21.57
शुक्तिकर्णाविक्षुपादौ शुचिमुक्ताफलेक्षणौ।। सितसूत्रसिराजालौ सितकंबलकंबलौ
śuktikarṇāvikṣupādau śucimuktāphalekṣaṇau|| sitasūtrasirājālau sitakaṃbalakaṃbalau
with shells for ears, sugarcane for legs, bright pearls for eyes, with nets of veins made of white thread, with white blankets for their coverings,
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PdP 1 21.58
ताम्रगंडकपृष्ठौ द्वौ सितचामरलोमकौ।। विद्रुमभ्रूयुगावेतौ नवनीतस्तनान्वितौ
tāmragaṃḍakapṛṣṭhau dvau sitacāmaralomakau|| vidrumabhrūyugāvetau navanītastanānvitau
the two of them with copper cheeks and backs, with white chowrie-hair for their coats, these two with pairs of coral eyebrows, furnished with fresh butter for udders,
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PdP 1 21.59
काञ्चनाक्षियुगोपेताविन्द्रनीलकनीनिकौ।। क्षौमपुच्छौ कांस्यदोहौ शुभ्रातिकमनीयकौ
kāñcanākṣiyugopetāvindranīlakanīnikau|| kṣaumapucchau kāṃsyadohau śubhrātikamanīyakau
provided with pairs of golden eyes with sapphire pupils, with linen tails, with bronze milking-pails, bright and exceedingly lovely,
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PdP 1 21.60
सुवर्णशृंगाभरणौ राजताढ्य खुरौ च तौ।। नानाफलसमायुक्तौ घ्राणगंधकरंडकौ
suvarṇaśṛṃgābharaṇau rājatāḍhya khurau ca tau|| nānāphalasamāyuktau ghrāṇagaṃdhakaraṃḍakau
Those two (cows) have their horns ornamented with gold and their hooves overlaid with silver; they are furnished with various fruits and with caskets of fragrance for the nose.
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PdP 1 21.61
इत्येवं रचयित्वा तु धूपदीपैस्तथार्चयेत्।। या लक्ष्मीस्सर्वभूतानां या च देवेष्ववस्थिता
ityevaṃ racayitvā tu dhūpadīpaistathārcayet|| yā lakṣmīssarvabhūtānāṃ yā ca deveṣvavasthitā
Having arranged (it) thus, one should then worship with incense and lamps: "She who is the Lakṣmī of all beings, and she who abides among the gods—"
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PdP 1 21.62
धेनुरूपेण सा देवी मम पापं व्यपोहतु।। विष्णोर्वक्षसि या लक्ष्मीः स्वाहा या च विभावसौ
dhenurūpeṇa sā devī mama pāpaṃ vyapohatu|| viṣṇorvakṣasi yā lakṣmīḥ svāhā yā ca vibhāvasau
"—may that goddess, in the form of a cow, drive away my sin. The Lakṣmī who is on Viṣṇu's breast, and the Svāhā who is in the fire,"
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PdP 1 21.63
चंद्रार्कशक्रशक्तिर्या सा धेनुर्वरदास्तु मे।। स्वधा त्वं पितृमुख्यानां स्वाहा यज्ञभुजां यतः
caṃdrārkaśakraśaktiryā sā dhenurvaradāstu me|| svadhā tvaṃ pitṛmukhyānāṃ svāhā yajñabhujāṃ yataḥ
"—she who is the power of the moon, the sun and Indra, may that cow be a granter of boons to me. You are the svadhā of the chief among the fathers, and the svāhā of the eaters of the sacrifice, since"
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PdP 1 21.64
सर्वपापहरा धेनुस्तस्माद्भूतिं प्रयच्छ मे।। एवमामंत्र्य तां धेनुं ब्राह्मणाय निवेदयेत्
sarvapāpaharā dhenustasmādbhūtiṃ prayaccha me|| evamāmaṃtrya tāṃ dhenuṃ brāhmaṇāya nivedayet
"—the cow is the remover of all sins; therefore grant me prosperity." Having thus invoked that cow, he should present it to a brahmin.
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PdP 1 21.65
विधानमेतद्धेनूनां सर्वासामपि पठ्यते।। यास्तु पापविनाशिन्यः पठ्यंते दश धेनवः
vidhānametaddhenūnāṃ sarvāsāmapi paṭhyate|| yāstu pāpavināśinyaḥ paṭhyaṃte daśa dhenavaḥ
This procedure is prescribed for all the (kinds of) cows as well. The ten cows that are declared to be destroyers of sin—
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PdP 1 21.66
तासां स्वरूपं वक्ष्यामि नामानि च नराधिप।। प्रथमा गुडधेनुः स्याद्घृतधेनुरथापरा
tāsāṃ svarūpaṃ vakṣyāmi nāmāni ca narādhipa|| prathamā guḍadhenuḥ syādghṛtadhenurathāparā
—their form and their names I shall tell, O ruler of men. The first would be the jaggery-cow, and the next the ghee-cow;
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PdP 1 21.67
तिलधेनुस्तृतीया च चतुर्थी जलनामिका।। क्षीरधेनुः पंचमी च मधुधेनुस्तथापरा
tiladhenustṛtīyā ca caturthī jalanāmikā|| kṣīradhenuḥ paṃcamī ca madhudhenustathāparā
and the third is the sesame-cow, the fourth is named water; the fifth is the milk-cow, and the next the honey-cow;
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PdP 1 21.68
सप्तमी शर्कराधेनुरष्टमी दधिकल्पिता।। रसधेनुश्च नवमी दशमी स्यात्स्वरूपतः
saptamī śarkarādhenuraṣṭamī dadhikalpitā|| rasadhenuśca navamī daśamī syātsvarūpataḥ
the seventh is the sugar-cow, the eighth is fashioned of curds; and the ninth is the juice-cow, while the tenth would be (a cow) in its own natural form.
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PdP 1 21.69
कुंभास्स्यू रसधेनूनामितरासां स्वराशयः।। सुवर्णधेनुं चाप्यत्र केचिदिच्छंति मानवाः
kuṃbhāssyū rasadhenūnāmitarāsāṃ svarāśayaḥ|| suvarṇadhenuṃ cāpyatra kecidicchaṃti mānavāḥ
For the juice-cows there should be pots; for the others, heaps of the substance itself. And here some people wish for a gold cow as well.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 21.70
नवनीतेन तैलैश्च तथान्येपि महर्षयः।। एतदेवविधानं स्यात्त एवोपस्करास्स्मृताः
navanītena tailaiśca tathānyepi maharṣayaḥ|| etadevavidhānaṃ syātta evopaskarāssmṛtāḥ
And other great sages (approve of cows made) with fresh butter and with oils; the procedure would be just this same one, and just those (items) are held to be the accessories.
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PdP 1 21.71
मंत्रावाहनसंयुक्ताः सदा पर्वणि पर्वणि।। यथा श्राद्धं प्रदातव्या भुक्तिमुक्तिफलप्रदाः
maṃtrāvāhanasaṃyuktāḥ sadā parvaṇi parvaṇi|| yathā śrāddhaṃ pradātavyā bhuktimuktiphalapradāḥ
Joined with the mantra of invocation, they are to be given at every festival day, as a śrāddha is; they bestow the fruit of enjoyment and liberation.
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PdP 1 21.72
गुडधेनुप्रसंगेन सर्वास्तव मयोदिताः।। अशेषयज्ञफलदाः सर्वपापहराः शुभाः
guḍadhenuprasaṃgena sarvāstava mayoditāḥ|| aśeṣayajñaphaladāḥ sarvapāpaharāḥ śubhāḥ
In connection with the jaggery-cow all (these) have been told to you by me—auspicious ones, removing all sins, giving the fruit of every sacrifice.
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PdP 1 21.73
व्रतानामुत्तमं यस्माद्विशोकद्वादशीव्रतम्।। तदंगत्वेन चैवात्र गुडधेनुः प्रशस्यते
vratānāmuttamaṃ yasmādviśokadvādaśīvratam|| tadaṃgatvena caivātra guḍadhenuḥ praśasyate
Since the Viśokā Dvādaśī vow is the best of vows, the jaggery-cow is here commended as a part of it.
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PdP 1 21.74
अयने विषुवे पुण्ये व्यतीपाते तथा पुनः।। गुडधेन्वादयो देया उपरागादिपर्वसु
ayane viṣuve puṇye vyatīpāte tathā punaḥ|| guḍadhenvādayo deyā uparāgādiparvasu
At a solstice, at a holy equinox, and again at a vyatīpāta, the jaggery-cow and the rest are to be given at eclipses and other conjunctions.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.75
विशोकद्वादशी चैषा सर्वपापहरा शुभा।। यामुपोष्य नरो याति तद्विष्णोः परमं पदम्
viśokadvādaśī caiṣā sarvapāpaharā śubhā|| yāmupoṣya naro yāti tadviṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam
And this Viśokā Dvādaśī is auspicious, removing all sins; having fasted on it a man goes to that supreme abode of Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.76
इहलोके स सौभाग्यमायुरारोग्यमेव च।। वैष्णवं पुरमाप्नोति मरणे स्मरणं हरेः
ihaloke sa saubhāgyamāyurārogyameva ca|| vaiṣṇavaṃ puramāpnoti maraṇe smaraṇaṃ hareḥ
In this world he (obtains) good fortune, long life and health; he obtains the city of Viṣṇu, and at death the remembrance of Hari.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.77
नवार्बुदसहस्राणि दश चाष्टौ च धर्मवित्।। न शोकदुःखदौर्गत्यं तस्य संजायते नृप
navārbudasahasrāṇi daśa cāṣṭau ca dharmavit|| na śokaduḥkhadaurgatyaṃ tasya saṃjāyate nṛpa
Nine thousand arbudas, and ten and eight (more), O knower of dharma—no grief, sorrow or misfortune arises for him, O king.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 21.78
नारी वा कुरुते या तु विशोकद्वादशीमिमां।। नृत्यगीतपरा नित्यं सापि तत्फलमाप्नुयात्
nārī vā kurute yā tu viśokadvādaśīmimāṃ|| nṛtyagītaparā nityaṃ sāpi tatphalamāpnuyāt
And a woman who performs this Viśokā Dvādaśī, constantly devoted to dance and song—she too would obtain that fruit,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.79
यस्मादग्रे हरेर्नृत्यमनन्तं गीतवादनम्।। इति पठति य इत्थं यः शृणोतीह सम्यक्।। मधुमुरनरकारेरर्चनं वाथ पश्येत्
yasmādagre harernṛtyamanantaṃ gītavādanam|| iti paṭhati ya itthaṃ yaḥ śṛṇotīha samyak|| madhumuranarakārerarcanaṃ vātha paśyet
since before Hari there is dance and endless song and music. Whoever recites (this) thus, whoever here hears it rightly, or beholds the worship of the foe of Madhu, Mura and Naraka,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.80
मतिमपि च जनानां यो ददातीन्द्रलोके।। स वसति विबुधौघैः पूज्यते कल्पमेकम्।। भीष्म उवाच।। भगवन्श्रोतुमिच्छामि दानमाहात्म्यमुत्तमम्
matimapi ca janānāṃ yo dadātīndraloke|| sa vasati vibudhaughaiḥ pūjyate kalpamekam|| bhīṣma uvāca|| bhagavanśrotumicchāmi dānamāhātmyamuttamam
and who gives understanding to people — he dwells in Indra's world and is honoured by hosts of gods for one kalpa. Bhīṣma said: Lord, I wish to hear the supreme greatness of giving,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.81
यदक्षयं परे लोके देवर्षिगणपूजितम्।। पुलस्त्य उवाच।। मेरोः प्रदानं वक्ष्यामि दशधा नृपसत्तम
yadakṣayaṃ pare loke devarṣigaṇapūjitam|| pulastya uvāca|| meroḥ pradānaṃ vakṣyāmi daśadhā nṛpasattama
which is imperishable in the world beyond and is honoured by the throngs of gods and sages. Pulastya said: I shall declare the gift of Meru in its ten kinds, O best of kings,
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PdP 1 21.82
यत्प्रदातानंतलोकान्प्राप्नोति सुरपूजितान्।। पुराणेषु च वेदेषु यज्ञेष्वायतनेषु च
yatpradātānaṃtalokānprāpnoti surapūjitān|| purāṇeṣu ca vedeṣu yajñeṣvāyataneṣu ca
by giving which one attains endless worlds honoured by the gods. In the Purāṇas, in the Vedas, in sacrifices and in temples —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.83
न तत्फलमधीतेषु कृतेष्विह यदश्नुते।। तस्माद्दानं प्रवक्ष्यामि पर्वतानामनुक्रमात्
na tatphalamadhīteṣu kṛteṣviha yadaśnute|| tasmāddānaṃ pravakṣyāmi parvatānāmanukramāt
that fruit which one enjoys here (from the mountain-gifts) is not (obtained) from studying and performing those. Therefore I shall declare the gift of the mountains in order.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.84
प्रथमो धान्यशैलः स्यादिद्वतीयो लवणाचलः।। गुडाचलस्तृतीयस्तु चतुर्थो हेमपर्वतः
prathamo dhānyaśailaḥ syādidvatīyo lavaṇācalaḥ|| guḍācalastṛtīyastu caturtho hemaparvataḥ
The first would be the grain-mountain, the second the salt-mountain, the third the molasses-mountain, the fourth the gold-mountain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.85
पंचमस्तिलशैलस्स्यात्षष्टः कार्प्पासपर्वतः।। सप्तमो घृतशैलः स्याद्रत्नशैलस्तथाष्टमः
paṃcamastilaśailassyātṣaṣṭaḥ kārppāsaparvataḥ|| saptamo ghṛtaśailaḥ syādratnaśailastathāṣṭamaḥ
The fifth would be the sesame-mountain, the sixth the cotton-mountain, the seventh would be the ghee-mountain, and the eighth the jewel-mountain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.86
राजतो नवमस्तद्वद्दशमः शर्कराचलः।। वक्ष्ये विधानमेतेषां यथावदनुपूर्वशः
rājato navamastadvaddaśamaḥ śarkarācalaḥ|| vakṣye vidhānameteṣāṃ yathāvadanupūrvaśaḥ
Likewise the ninth is of silver, and the tenth is the sugar-mountain. I shall declare the procedure for these properly and in order.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.87
अयनो वेपुण्ये व्यतीपाते दिनक्षये।। शुक्लपक्षे तृतीयायामुपरागेश शिक्षये
ayano vepuṇye vyatīpāte dinakṣaye|| śuklapakṣe tṛtīyāyāmuparāgeśa śikṣaye
At an (equinox or) solstice, on an auspicious lunar mansion, at a vyatīpāta conjunction, on a day of (tithi-)loss, in the bright fortnight on the third day, at an eclipse (?) I teach (this);
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 21.88
विवाहोत्सवयज्ञेषु द्वादश्यामथवा पुनः।। शुक्लायां पंचदश्यां वा पुण्यर्क्षे वा विधानतः
vivāhotsavayajñeṣu dvādaśyāmathavā punaḥ|| śuklāyāṃ paṃcadaśyāṃ vā puṇyarkṣe vā vidhānataḥ
at weddings, festivals and sacrifices, or again on the twelfth, or on the fifteenth of the bright fortnight, or under an auspicious asterism, according to the rule —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.89
धान्यशैलादयो देयाः कार्तिक्यां ज्येष्ठपुष्करे।। तीर्थेष्वायतने वापि गोष्ठे वा भवनांगणे
dhānyaśailādayo deyāḥ kārtikyāṃ jyeṣṭhapuṣkare|| tīrtheṣvāyatane vāpi goṣṭhe vā bhavanāṃgaṇe
the grain-mountain and the rest are to be given, on the full moon of Kārttika, at Jyeṣṭha-Puṣkara, at sacred fords or in a temple, or in a cow-pen or in the courtyard of a house.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.90
मंडपं कारयेद्भक्त्या चतुरश्रमुदङ्मुखम्।। प्रागुदक्प्रवणं पुण्यं प्राङ्मुखं वा विधानतः
maṃḍapaṃ kārayedbhaktyā caturaśramudaṅmukham|| prāgudakpravaṇaṃ puṇyaṃ prāṅmukhaṃ vā vidhānataḥ
One should have a pavilion made with devotion, four-cornered, facing north, sloping to the east and north — auspicious — or facing east, according to the rule.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.91
गोमयेनानुलिप्तायां भूमावास्तीर्य वै कुशान्।। तन्मध्ये पर्वतं कुयाद्विष्कंभं पर्वतान्वितम्
gomayenānuliptāyāṃ bhūmāvāstīrya vai kuśān|| tanmadhye parvataṃ kuyādviṣkaṃbhaṃ parvatānvitam
On ground smeared with cow-dung, having spread out kuśa grass, in the middle of it one should make the mountain, together with the supporting mountains.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.92
धान्यद्रोणसहस्रेण भवेद्गिरिरिहोत्तमः।। मध्यमः पंचशतकैः कनिष्ठश्च त्रिभिः शतैः
dhānyadroṇasahasreṇa bhavedgiririhottamaḥ|| madhyamaḥ paṃcaśatakaiḥ kaniṣṭhaśca tribhiḥ śataiḥ
With a thousand droṇas of grain the mountain here would be of the highest grade, the middling with five hundred, and the least with three hundred.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.93
मेरुर्महाव्रीहिमयस्तु मध्ये सुवर्णवृक्षत्रयसंयुतः स्यात्।। मूर्द्धन्यवस्थानमथांबरेण कार्यं त्वनेकं च पुनर्द्विजाग्र्यैः
merurmahāvrīhimayastu madhye suvarṇavṛkṣatrayasaṃyutaḥ syāt|| mūrddhanyavasthānamathāṃbareṇa kāryaṃ tvanekaṃ ca punardvijāgryaiḥ
But Meru should be made of great rice-grain, in the middle furnished with three golden trees; and on its summit a station is to be made with cloth, and again many (of them) by the foremost of brahmins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 21.94
चत्वारि शृंगाणि च राजतानि नितंबभागा अपि राजतास्स्युः।। पूर्वेण मुक्ताफलवज्रयुक्तो याम्येन गोमेदकपद्मरागैः
catvāri śṛṃgāṇi ca rājatāni nitaṃbabhāgā api rājatāssyuḥ|| pūrveṇa muktāphalavajrayukto yāmyena gomedakapadmarāgaiḥ
And its four peaks are of silver, and the slope-portions too should be of silver; on the east it is furnished with pearls and diamonds, on the south with gomeda stones and rubies,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.95
पश्चाच्च गारुत्मतनीलरत्नैः सौम्येन वैडूर्यकपुष्परागैः।। श्रीखंडखंडैरभितः प्रवालैर्लतान्वितो मौक्तिकप्रस्तराढ्यः
paścācca gārutmatanīlaratnaiḥ saumyena vaiḍūryakapuṣparāgaiḥ|| śrīkhaṃḍakhaṃḍairabhitaḥ pravālairlatānvito mauktikaprastarāḍhyaḥ
and on the west with emeralds and sapphires, on the north with cat's-eye gems and topazes; all around, with pieces of sandalwood and coral, provided with creepers and abounding in slabs of pearl.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.96
ब्रह्माथ विष्णुर्भगवान्पुरारिर्दिवाकरोप्यत्र हिरण्मयः स्यात्।। तथेक्षुवंशावृतकंदरस्तु घृतोदकप्रस्रवणो दिशासु
brahmātha viṣṇurbhagavānpurārirdivākaropyatra hiraṇmayaḥ syāt|| tathekṣuvaṃśāvṛtakaṃdarastu ghṛtodakaprasravaṇo diśāsu
And here Brahmā, the Lord Viṣṇu, the foe of Pura (Śiva) and the sun too should be made of gold; likewise its caverns are covered with clumps of sugarcane, and it has streams of ghee and water in (all) directions.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.97
शुभ्रांबराण्यंबुधरावलिस्यात्पूर्वेण पीतानि च दक्षिणेन।। वासांसि पश्चादथ कर्बुराणि रक्तानि चैवोत्तरतो घनानि
śubhrāṃbarāṇyaṃbudharāvalisyātpūrveṇa pītāni ca dakṣiṇena|| vāsāṃsi paścādatha karburāṇi raktāni caivottarato ghanāni
There should be a row of clouds — white garments on the east, yellow ones on the south, then on the west variegated cloths, and on the north red thick ones.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.98
रौप्यान्महेंद्रप्रमुखांस्तथाऽष्टौ संस्थाप्य लोकाधिपतीन्क्रमेण।। नानावनाली च समंततः स्यान्मनोरमम्माल्यविलेपनं च
raupyānmaheṃdrapramukhāṃstathā'ṣṭau saṃsthāpya lokādhipatīnkrameṇa|| nānāvanālī ca samaṃtataḥ syānmanoramammālyavilepanaṃ ca
Having set up in order the eight silver world-guardians beginning with Mahendra, there should also be all around a delightful row of various groves, and garlands and unguents.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.99
वितानकं चोपरि पंचवर्णमम्लानपुष्पाभरणं सितं च।। इत्थं निवेश्यामरशैलमग्र्यं मेरोस्तु विष्कंभगिरीन्क्रमेण
vitānakaṃ copari paṃcavarṇamamlānapuṣpābharaṇaṃ sitaṃ ca|| itthaṃ niveśyāmaraśailamagryaṃ merostu viṣkaṃbhagirīnkrameṇa
And above, a canopy of five colours, white, adorned with unfaded flowers. Having thus installed the foremost mountain of the gods, then (one installs) Meru's supporting mountains in order,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.100
तुरीयभागेन चतुर्दिशं च संस्थापयेत्पुष्पविलेपनाढ्यम्।। पूर्वेण मंदरमनेकफलैश्चयुक्तं कामेन कांचनमयेन विराजमानम्१०० 1.21.
turīyabhāgena caturdiśaṃ ca saṃsthāpayetpuṣpavilepanāḍhyam|| pūrveṇa maṃdaramanekaphalaiścayuktaṃ kāmena kāṃcanamayena virājamānam100 1.21.
And with a fourth part (of the materials) one should set (mountains) in the four directions, rich in flowers and unguent. In the east, Mandara, furnished with many fruits, shining with a Kāma (image) made of gold.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 21.101
याम्येन गंधमदनो विनिवेशनीयो गोधूमसंचयमयः कलधौतवांश्च।। हैमेन यज्ञपतिना घृतमानसेन वस्त्रेणराजतवनैश्च स संयुतः स्यात्
yāmyena gaṃdhamadano viniveśanīyo godhūmasaṃcayamayaḥ kaladhautavāṃśca|| haimena yajñapatinā ghṛtamānasena vastreṇarājatavanaiśca sa saṃyutaḥ syāt
In the south Gandhamādana is to be placed, made of a heap of wheat and (adorned) with silver; with a golden lord of sacrifice (Agni), with a lake of ghee, with cloth and with silver groves let it be provided.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 21.102
पश्चात्तिलाचलमनेकसुगंधपुष्पसौवर्णपिप्पलहिरण्मयहंसयुक्तम्।। आकारयेद्रजतपुष्पवनेन तद्वद्वस्त्रान्वितं दधिसितोदसरस्तथाग्रे
paścāttilācalamanekasugaṃdhapuṣpasauvarṇapippalahiraṇmayahaṃsayuktam|| ākārayedrajatapuṣpavanena tadvadvastrānvitaṃ dadhisitodasarastathāgre
In the west (one should make) the sesame mountain, furnished with many fragrant flowers, a golden pippala tree and golden geese; one should fashion it likewise with a grove of silver flowers, provided with cloth, and in front a lake of curds and white water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 21.103
संस्थाप्यतं विपुलशैलमथोत्तरेण शैलं सुपार्श्वमपि माषमयं सवस्त्रम्।। पुष्पैश्च हेमवटपादपशेखरं तमाकारयेत्कनककेतुविराजमानम्
saṃsthāpyataṃ vipulaśailamathottareṇa śailaṃ supārśvamapi māṣamayaṃ savastram|| puṣpaiśca hemavaṭapādapaśekharaṃ tamākārayetkanakaketuvirājamānam
That Vipula mountain is to be placed (there); and then in the north the mountain Supārśva too, made of māṣa beans, with cloth; and with flowers one should make it crested with a golden banyan tree, resplendent with a golden banner.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 21.104
माक्षीकभद्रसरसा च वनेन तद्वद्रौप्येण भासुरवितानयुतं विधाय।। होमश्चतुर्भिरथ वेदपुराणविद्भिर्दांतैरनिंद्यचरिताकृतिभिर्द्विजेंद्रैः
mākṣīkabhadrasarasā ca vanena tadvadraupyeṇa bhāsuravitānayutaṃ vidhāya|| homaścaturbhiratha vedapurāṇavidbhirdāṃtairaniṃdyacaritākṛtibhirdvijeṃdraiḥ
And likewise, having made the Bhadra lake of honey and the grove of silver, and furnished it with a gleaming canopy — then the fire-offering (is performed) by four chief twice-born, knowers of the Veda and Purāṇa, self-restrained, blameless in conduct and appearance.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 21.105
पूर्वेण हस्तमितमत्र विधाय कुंडं कार्यस्तिलैर्यवघृतेन समित्कुशैश्च।। रात्रौ च जागरमनुद्धतगीतरूपैरावाहनं च कथयामि शिलोच्चयानाम्
pūrveṇa hastamitamatra vidhāya kuṃḍaṃ kāryastilairyavaghṛtena samitkuśaiśca|| rātrau ca jāgaramanuddhatagītarūpairāvāhanaṃ ca kathayāmi śiloccayānām
Having made here in the east a fire-pit a cubit in measure, (the offering) is to be performed with sesame, barley, ghee, kindling sticks and kuśa grass; and at night a vigil with songs that are not boisterous. And I shall tell the invocation of the mountains.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.106
त्वं सर्वदेवगणधामनिधे विरुद्धमस्मद्गृहेष्वमरपर्वत नाशयाशु।। क्षेमं विधत्स्व कुरु शांतिमनुत्तमां च संपूजितः परमभक्तिमता मया हि
tvaṃ sarvadevagaṇadhāmanidhe viruddhamasmadgṛheṣvamaraparvata nāśayāśu|| kṣemaṃ vidhatsva kuru śāṃtimanuttamāṃ ca saṃpūjitaḥ paramabhaktimatā mayā hi
"You, O immortal mountain, treasury and abode of all the hosts of gods — quickly destroy what is adverse in our houses; grant welfare and make peace unsurpassed, for you have been worshipped by me who am filled with the highest devotion."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.107
त्वमेव भगवानीशो ब्रह्मा विष्णुर्दिवाकरः।। मूर्तामूर्तमयं बीजमतः पाहि सनातन
tvameva bhagavānīśo brahmā viṣṇurdivākaraḥ|| mūrtāmūrtamayaṃ bījamataḥ pāhi sanātana
"You yourself are the Blessed Lord, Brahmā, Viṣṇu, the sun; you are the seed consisting of the embodied and the unembodied — therefore protect (me), O eternal one."
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PdP 1 21.108
यस्मात्त्वं लोकपालानां विश्वमूर्तेश्च मंदिरम्।। रुद्रादित्यवसूनां च तस्माच्छान्तिं प्रयच्छ मे
yasmāttvaṃ lokapālānāṃ viśvamūrteśca maṃdiram|| rudrādityavasūnāṃ ca tasmācchāntiṃ prayaccha me
"Since you are the dwelling of the world-guardians and of him whose form is the universe, and of the Rudras, Ādityas and Vasus, therefore grant me peace."
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PdP 1 21.109
यस्मादशून्यममरैर्नारीभिश्च शिरस्तव।। तस्मान्मामुद्धरामुष्माद्दुःखसंसारसागरात्
yasmādaśūnyamamarairnārībhiśca śirastava|| tasmānmāmuddharāmuṣmādduḥkhasaṃsārasāgarāt
"Since your summit is not empty of gods and of women, therefore lift me up out of this ocean of the suffering of transmigration."
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PdP 1 21.110
एवमभ्यर्च्य तं मेरुं मंदरं चाभिपूजयेत्।। यस्माच्चैत्ररथेन त्वं भद्राश्वेन च पर्वत
evamabhyarcya taṃ meruṃ maṃdaraṃ cābhipūjayet|| yasmāccaitrarathena tvaṃ bhadrāśvena ca parvata
Having thus worshipped that Meru, one should also worship Mandara: "Since you, O mountain, with the Caitraratha (grove) and with Bhadrāśva...
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PdP 1 21.111
शोभसे मंदर क्षिप्रमतस्तुष्टिकरो भव।। यस्माच्चूडामणिर्जंबूद्वीपे त्वं गंधमादन
śobhase maṃdara kṣipramatastuṣṭikaro bhava|| yasmāccūḍāmaṇirjaṃbūdvīpe tvaṃ gaṃdhamādana
...shine, O Mandara, therefore quickly become a giver of satisfaction. Since you, O Gandhamādana, are the crest-jewel of Jambūdvīpa...
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PdP 1 21.112
गंधर्वगणशोभावांस्ततः कीर्तिर्दृढास्तु मे।। यस्मात्त्वं केतुमालेन वैभ्राजेन वनेन च
gaṃdharvagaṇaśobhāvāṃstataḥ kīrtirdṛḍhāstu me|| yasmāttvaṃ ketumālena vaibhrājena vanena ca
...possessing the splendour of the throngs of Gandharvas, therefore may my fame be firm. Since you, with the Ketumāla and with the Vaibhrāja grove...
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PdP 1 21.113
हिरण्मयाश्मशोभावांस्तस्मात्पुष्टिर्ध्रुवास्तु मे।। उत्तरैः कुरुभिर्यस्मात्सावित्रेण वनेन च
hiraṇmayāśmaśobhāvāṃstasmātpuṣṭirdhruvāstu me|| uttaraiḥ kurubhiryasmātsāvitreṇa vanena ca
...possess the splendour of golden rocks, therefore may my prosperity be steady. Since by the northern Kurus and by the Sāvitra grove...
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PdP 1 21.114
सुपार्श्व राजसे नित्यमतः श्रीरक्षयास्तु मे।। एवमामंत्र्य तान्सर्वान्प्रभाते विमले पुनः
supārśva rājase nityamataḥ śrīrakṣayāstu me|| evamāmaṃtrya tānsarvānprabhāte vimale punaḥ
...you shine forever, O Supārśva, therefore may my wealth be imperishable." Having thus addressed them all, again in the clear morning,
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PdP 1 21.115
स्नात्वा तु गुरवे दद्यान्मध्यमं पर्वतोत्तमं।। विष्कंभपर्वतान्दद्यादृत्विग्भ्यः क्रमशो नृप
snātvā tu gurave dadyānmadhyamaṃ parvatottamaṃ|| viṣkaṃbhaparvatāndadyādṛtvigbhyaḥ kramaśo nṛpa
having bathed, one should give the middle, best mountain to the teacher; the buttress mountains he should give to the officiating priests in order, O king.
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PdP 1 21.116
गावो देयाश्चतुर्विंशदथवा दश पार्थिव।। शक्तितः सप्तचाष्टौ वा पंच दद्यादशक्तिमान्
gāvo deyāścaturviṃśadathavā daśa pārthiva|| śaktitaḥ saptacāṣṭau vā paṃca dadyādaśaktimān
Twenty-four cows are to be given, or ten, O prince; according to ability seven or eight, or one unable may give five.
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PdP 1 21.117
एकापि गुरवे देया कपिलाथ पयस्विनी।। पर्वतानामशेषाणामेष एव विधिः स्मृतः
ekāpi gurave deyā kapilātha payasvinī|| parvatānāmaśeṣāṇāmeṣa eva vidhiḥ smṛtaḥ
Even a single tawny milch cow may be given to the teacher. This same rule is declared for all the mountains without exception.
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PdP 1 21.119
स्वमंत्रेणैव सर्वेषु होमः शैलेषु पठ्यते।। उपवासी भवेन्नित्यमशक्तौ नक्तमिष्यते
svamaṃtreṇaiva sarveṣu homaḥ śaileṣu paṭhyate|| upavāsī bhavennityamaśaktau naktamiṣyate
For all the mountains the fire-offering is prescribed with its own mantra. One should always fast; if unable, a single night meal is permitted.
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PdP 1 21.120
विधानं सर्वशैलानां क्रमशः शृणु पार्थिव।। दानेषु चैव ये मंत्राः पर्वतेषु यथा फलम्
vidhānaṃ sarvaśailānāṃ kramaśaḥ śṛṇu pārthiva|| dāneṣu caiva ye maṃtrāḥ parvateṣu yathā phalam
Hear in order, O prince, the rite of all the mountains, and what mantras there are in the gifts, and what the fruit is in (the case of) the mountains.
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PdP 1 21.121
अन्नं ब्रह्म यतः प्रोक्तमन्नं प्राणाः प्रकीर्तिताः।। अन्नाद्भवंति भूतानि जगदन्नेन वर्धते
annaṃ brahma yataḥ proktamannaṃ prāṇāḥ prakīrtitāḥ|| annādbhavaṃti bhūtāni jagadannena vardhate
Since food is declared to be brahman, and food is proclaimed to be the vital breaths — from food beings come into being, and by food the world grows.
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PdP 1 21.122
अन्नमेव यतो लक्ष्मीरन्नमेव जनार्दनः।। धान्यपर्वतरूपेण पाहि तस्मान्नगोत्तम
annameva yato lakṣmīrannameva janārdanaḥ|| dhānyaparvatarūpeṇa pāhi tasmānnagottama
Since food itself is Lakṣmī and food itself is Janārdana, therefore, O best of mountains, protect (me) in the form of a mountain of grain.
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PdP 1 21.123
अनेन विधिना यस्तु दद्याद्धान्यमयं गिरिम्।। मन्वंतरशतं साग्रं देवलोके महीयते
anena vidhinā yastu dadyāddhānyamayaṃ girim|| manvaṃtaraśataṃ sāgraṃ devaloke mahīyate
He who, by this rule, gives a mountain made of grain is honoured in the world of the gods for a full hundred manvantaras.
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PdP 1 21.124
अप्सरोगणगंधर्वैराकीर्णेन विराजितः।। विमानेन दिवः पृष्ठमायाति नृपसत्तम
apsarogaṇagaṃdharvairākīrṇena virājitaḥ|| vimānena divaḥ pṛṣṭhamāyāti nṛpasattama
Resplendent in a celestial car thronged with hosts of apsarases and gandharvas, he goes to the surface of heaven, O best of kings.
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PdP 1 21.125
कर्मक्षये राजराज्यमाप्नोतीह न संशयः।। अथातः संप्रवक्ष्यामि लवणाचलमुत्तमम्
karmakṣaye rājarājyamāpnotīha na saṃśayaḥ|| athātaḥ saṃpravakṣyāmi lavaṇācalamuttamam
When his karma is exhausted he obtains here the kingship of kings — there is no doubt. Now next I shall declare the excellent mountain of salt,
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PdP 1 21.126
यत्प्रदानान्नरो लोकमाप्नोति शिवसंयुतम्।। उत्तमः षोडशद्रोणैः कर्तव्यो लवणाचलः
yatpradānānnaro lokamāpnoti śivasaṃyutam|| uttamaḥ ṣoḍaśadroṇaiḥ kartavyo lavaṇācalaḥ
by the giving of which a man attains the world joined with Śiva. The best salt-mountain is to be made with sixteen droṇas;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.127
मध्यमश्च तदर्धेन चतुर्भिरधमस्स्मृतः।। वित्तहीनो यथाशक्ति द्रोणादूर्द्ध्वं च कारयेत्
madhyamaśca tadardhena caturbhiradhamassmṛtaḥ|| vittahīno yathāśakti droṇādūrddhvaṃ ca kārayet
the middling with half of that, and the lowest is held to be of four (droṇas); one lacking wealth should have it made according to his ability, above a droṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.128
चतुर्थांशेन विष्कंभपर्वतान्कारयेत्पृथक्।। विधानं पूर्ववत्कुर्याद्ब्रह्मादीनां च सर्वदा
caturthāṃśena viṣkaṃbhaparvatānkārayetpṛthak|| vidhānaṃ pūrvavatkuryādbrahmādīnāṃ ca sarvadā
With a fourth part he should have the buttress-mountains made separately; and he should always perform the rite for Brahmā and the rest as before.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.129
तद्वद्धेममयं सर्वलोकपालनिवेशनम्।। सरांसि वनवृक्षादि तद्वच्चान्यान्निनिवेशयेत्
tadvaddhemamayaṃ sarvalokapālaniveśanam|| sarāṃsi vanavṛkṣādi tadvaccānyānniniveśayet
Likewise (he should set up) the settlement of all the world-guardians made of gold; and he should likewise install lakes, forest trees and the rest, and the others.
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PdP 1 21.130
कुर्याज्जागरमत्रापि दानमंत्रान्निबोधत।। सौभाग्यरससंयुक्तो यतोयं लवणे रसः
kuryājjāgaramatrāpi dānamaṃtrānnibodhata|| saubhāgyarasasaṃyukto yatoyaṃ lavaṇe rasaḥ
Here too he should keep the night-vigil. Learn the mantras of the gift: since this taste in salt is joined with the essence of good fortune,
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PdP 1 21.131
तदात्मकत्वेन च मां पाह्यापन्नं नगोत्तम।। यस्मादन्ये रसाः सर्वे नोत्कटा लवणं विना
tadātmakatvena ca māṃ pāhyāpannaṃ nagottama|| yasmādanye rasāḥ sarve notkaṭā lavaṇaṃ vinā
by (your) being of that nature protect me who am fallen into distress, O best of mountains; since all other tastes are not pungent without salt,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.132
प्रियश्च शिवयोर्नित्यं तस्माच्छांतिप्रदो भव।। विष्णुदेहसमुद्भूतो यस्मादारोग्यवर्धनः
priyaśca śivayornityaṃ tasmācchāṃtiprado bhava|| viṣṇudehasamudbhūto yasmādārogyavardhanaḥ
and (salt) is ever dear to Śiva and Pārvatī, therefore be a giver of peace to me; since, arisen from the body of Viṣṇu, it increases health,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.133
तस्मात्पर्वतरूपेण पाहि संसारसागरात्।। अनेन विधिना यस्तु दद्याल्लवणपर्वतम्
tasmātparvatarūpeṇa pāhi saṃsārasāgarāt|| anena vidhinā yastu dadyāllavaṇaparvatam
therefore, in the form of a mountain, protect (me) from the ocean of worldly existence. He who by this rule gives a mountain of salt
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PdP 1 21.134
उमालोके वसेत्कल्पं ततो याति परां गतिम्।। अतः परं प्रवक्ष्यामि गुडपर्वतमुत्तमम्
umāloke vasetkalpaṃ tato yāti parāṃ gatim|| ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi guḍaparvatamuttamam
dwells for a kalpa in the world of Umā, and thereafter goes to the highest state. Next after this I shall declare the excellent mountain of molasses,
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PdP 1 21.135
यत्प्रदानान्नरः स्वर्गं प्राप्नोति सुरपूजितः।। उत्तमो दशभिर्भारैर्मध्यमः पंचभिर्मतः
yatpradānānnaraḥ svargaṃ prāpnoti surapūjitaḥ|| uttamo daśabhirbhārairmadhyamaḥ paṃcabhirmataḥ
by the giving of which a man, honoured by the gods, attains heaven. The best is (made) with ten bhāras, the middling is held to be with five,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.136
त्रिभिर्भारैः कनिष्ठः स्यात्तदर्धेनाल्पवित्तवान्।। तद्वदामंत्रणं पूजां हैमवृक्षान्सुरार्चनं
tribhirbhāraiḥ kaniṣṭhaḥ syāttadardhenālpavittavān|| tadvadāmaṃtraṇaṃ pūjāṃ haimavṛkṣānsurārcanaṃ
with three bhāras it would be the least, and with half of that for one of little wealth. Likewise (he should perform) the invitation, the worship, the golden trees, the honouring of the gods,
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PdP 1 21.137
विष्कंभपर्वतांस्तद्वत्सरांसि वनदेवताः।। होमं जागरणं तद्वल्लोकपालाधिवासनम्
viṣkaṃbhaparvatāṃstadvatsarāṃsi vanadevatāḥ|| homaṃ jāgaraṇaṃ tadvallokapālādhivāsanam
likewise the buttress-mountains, the lakes, the forest deities, the fire-oblation, the vigil, and likewise the installation of the world-guardians.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.138
धान्यपर्वतवत्कुर्यादिमं मंत्रमुदीरयेत्।। यथा देवेषु विश्वात्मा प्रवरोयं जनार्दनः
dhānyaparvatavatkuryādimaṃ maṃtramudīrayet|| yathā deveṣu viśvātmā pravaroyaṃ janārdanaḥ
He should do as with the mountain of grain, and should utter this mantra: "As among the gods this Janārdana, the Self of all, is foremost,
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PdP 1 21.139
सामवेदस्तु वेदानां महादेवस्तु योगिनां।। प्रणवः सर्वमंत्राणां नारीणां पार्वती यथा
sāmavedastu vedānāṃ mahādevastu yogināṃ|| praṇavaḥ sarvamaṃtrāṇāṃ nārīṇāṃ pārvatī yathā
and as the Sāmaveda among the Vedas, Mahādeva among yogins, the praṇava among all mantras, and Pārvatī among women,
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PdP 1 21.140
तथा रसानां प्रवरः सदैवेक्षुरसो मतः।। मम तस्मात्परां लक्ष्मीं ददातु गुडपर्वतः
tathā rasānāṃ pravaraḥ sadaivekṣuraso mataḥ|| mama tasmātparāṃ lakṣmīṃ dadātu guḍaparvataḥ
so sugarcane juice is ever held to be the foremost of savours: therefore let the mountain of molasses grant me the highest prosperity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.141
यस्मात्सौभाग्यदायिन्या धाम त्वं गुडपर्वत।। निर्मितश्चासि पार्वत्या तस्मान्मां पाहि सर्वदा
yasmātsaubhāgyadāyinyā dhāma tvaṃ guḍaparvata|| nirmitaścāsi pārvatyā tasmānmāṃ pāhi sarvadā
Since you, O molasses-mountain, are the abode of her who bestows good fortune, and since you were fashioned by Pārvatī, therefore protect me always.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.142
अनेन विधिना यस्तु दद्याद्गुडमयं गिरिम्।। संपूज्यमानो गंधर्वैर्गौरीलोके महीयते
anena vidhinā yastu dadyādguḍamayaṃ girim|| saṃpūjyamāno gaṃdharvairgaurīloke mahīyate
But whoever gives a mountain made of molasses by this rite is honored in Gaurī's world, worshipped by the gandharvas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.143
पुनः कल्पशतांते च सप्तद्वीपाधिपो भवेत्।। आयुरारोग्यसंपन्नः शत्रुभिश्चापराजितः
punaḥ kalpaśatāṃte ca saptadvīpādhipo bhavet|| āyurārogyasaṃpannaḥ śatrubhiścāparājitaḥ
And again, at the end of a hundred kalpas, he becomes lord of the seven continents, endowed with long life and health, and unconquered by enemies.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.144
अथ पापहरं वक्ष्ये सुवर्णाचलमुत्तमम्।। यस्य प्रदानाद्भवनं वैरिंचं यांति मानवाः
atha pāpaharaṃ vakṣye suvarṇācalamuttamam|| yasya pradānādbhavanaṃ vairiṃcaṃ yāṃti mānavāḥ
Now I shall declare the excellent mountain of gold, which removes sin, by the giving of which men go to Brahmā's abode.
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PdP 1 21.145
उत्तमः पलसाहस्रो मध्यमः पंचभिः शतैः।। तदर्धेनाधमस्तद्वदल्पवित्तोपि मानवः
uttamaḥ palasāhasro madhyamaḥ paṃcabhiḥ śataiḥ|| tadardhenādhamastadvadalpavittopi mānavaḥ
The best (consists) of a thousand palas, the middling of five hundred, the lowest of half of that; likewise a man of little wealth too
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PdP 1 21.146
दद्यादेकपलादूर्द्ध्वं यथाशक्ति विमत्सरः।। धान्यपर्वतवत्सर्वं विदध्याद्राजसत्तम
dadyādekapalādūrddhvaṃ yathāśakti vimatsaraḥ|| dhānyaparvatavatsarvaṃ vidadhyādrājasattama
should give upwards of a single pala according to his ability, free of grudging. Everything should be arranged as with the grain-mountain, O best of kings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.147
विष्कंभशैलांस्तद्वच्च ऋत्विग्भ्यः प्रतिपादयेत्।। नमस्ते सर्वबीजाय ब्रह्मगर्भाय वै नमः
viṣkaṃbhaśailāṃstadvacca ṛtvigbhyaḥ pratipādayet|| namaste sarvabījāya brahmagarbhāya vai namaḥ
And likewise he should present the supporting mountains to the officiating priests: "Homage to you, the seed of all; homage indeed to him whose womb is Brahmā."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.148
यस्मादनंतफलदस्तस्मात्पाहि शिलोच्चय।। यस्मादग्नेरपत्यं त्वं यस्मात्पुत्रो जगत्पतेः
yasmādanaṃtaphaladastasmātpāhi śiloccaya|| yasmādagnerapatyaṃ tvaṃ yasmātputro jagatpateḥ
Since you are the giver of endless fruit, therefore protect (me), O heap of rock; since you are the offspring of Fire, since you are the son of the lord of the world,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.149
हेमपर्वतरूपेण तस्मात्पाहि नगोत्तम।। अनेन विधिना यस्तु दद्यात्कनकपर्वतम्
hemaparvatarūpeṇa tasmātpāhi nagottama|| anena vidhinā yastu dadyātkanakaparvatam
in the form of a golden mountain — therefore protect (me), O best of mountains. But whoever gives a mountain of gold by this rite,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.150
स याति परमं ब्रह्म लोकमानंदकारकम्।। तत्र कल्पशतं तिष्ठेत्ततो याति परां गतिम्१५० 1.21.
sa yāti paramaṃ brahma lokamānaṃdakārakam|| tatra kalpaśataṃ tiṣṭhettato yāti parāṃ gatim150 1.21.
he goes to the supreme Brahman, the world that produces bliss; there he abides a hundred kalpas, and then he goes to the highest goal.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.151
अथातः संप्रवक्ष्यामि तिलशैलं विधानतः।। यत्प्रदानान्नरो याति विष्णुलोकमनुत्तमम्
athātaḥ saṃpravakṣyāmi tilaśailaṃ vidhānataḥ|| yatpradānānnaro yāti viṣṇulokamanuttamam
Now next I shall fully declare the sesame-mountain according to rule, by the giving of which a man goes to the unsurpassed world of Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.152
उत्तमो दशभिर्द्रोणैर्मध्यमः पंचभिः स्मृतः।। त्रिभिः कनिष्ठो राजेंद्र तिलशैलः प्रकीर्तितः
uttamo daśabhirdroṇairmadhyamaḥ paṃcabhiḥ smṛtaḥ|| tribhiḥ kaniṣṭho rājeṃdra tilaśailaḥ prakīrtitaḥ
The best is with ten droṇas, the middling is held to be with five, the least with three: thus the sesame-mountain is proclaimed, O lord of kings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.153
पूर्ववच्चापरं सर्वं विष्कंभपर्वतादिकम्।। दानमंत्रं प्रवक्ष्यामि यथा च नृपपुंगव
pūrvavaccāparaṃ sarvaṃ viṣkaṃbhaparvatādikam|| dānamaṃtraṃ pravakṣyāmi yathā ca nṛpapuṃgava
All the rest, beginning with the supporting mountains, is as before. I shall declare the gift-mantra, and how (it is done), O bull among kings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.154
यस्मान्मधुवधे विष्णोर्देहस्वेदसमुद्भवाः।। तिलाः कुशाश्च माषाश्च तस्माच्छांतिप्रदो भव
yasmānmadhuvadhe viṣṇordehasvedasamudbhavāḥ|| tilāḥ kuśāśca māṣāśca tasmācchāṃtiprado bhava
Since, at the slaying of Madhu, sesame seeds, kuśa grass and beans arose from the sweat of Viṣṇu's body, therefore be a giver of peace.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.155
हव्यकव्येषु यस्माच्च तिला एव हि रक्षणम्।। लक्ष्मीं च कुरु शैलेंद्र तिलाचल नमोस्तु ते
havyakavyeṣu yasmācca tilā eva hi rakṣaṇam|| lakṣmīṃ ca kuru śaileṃdra tilācala namostu te
And since in offerings to gods and to the ancestors sesame seeds alone are the protection, grant prosperity too, O lord of mountains; homage to you, O sesame-mountain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.156
इत्यामंत्र्य च यो दद्यात्तिलाचलमनुत्तमम्।। स वैष्णवं पदं याति पुनरावृत्तिदुर्लभम्
ityāmaṃtrya ca yo dadyāttilācalamanuttamam|| sa vaiṣṇavaṃ padaṃ yāti punarāvṛttidurlabham
And whoever, having thus addressed (it), gives the unsurpassed sesame-mountain, he goes to the station of Viṣṇu, from which return is hard to come by.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.157
कार्पासपर्वतश्चैव विंशद्भारैरिहोत्तमः।। दशभिर्मध्यमः प्रोक्तः कनिष्ठः पंचभिर्मतः
kārpāsaparvataścaiva viṃśadbhārairihottamaḥ|| daśabhirmadhyamaḥ proktaḥ kaniṣṭhaḥ paṃcabhirmataḥ
And the cotton-mountain here is best with twenty bhāras; with ten it is called middling, with five it is held to be the least.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.158
भारेणाल्पधनो दद्याद्वित्तशाठ्यविवर्जितः।। धान्यपर्वतवत्सर्वमासाद्यं राजसत्तम
bhāreṇālpadhano dadyādvittaśāṭhyavivarjitaḥ|| dhānyaparvatavatsarvamāsādyaṃ rājasattama
A man of little wealth should give (one) with a single bhāra, avoiding miserliness with his money. Everything is to be arranged as with the grain-mountain, O best of kings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.159
प्रभातायां च शर्वर्यां दद्यादिदमुदीरयेत्।। त्वमेवावरणं यस्माल्लोकानामिह सर्वदा
prabhātāyāṃ ca śarvaryāṃ dadyādidamudīrayet|| tvamevāvaraṇaṃ yasmāllokānāmiha sarvadā
And when the night has brightened into dawn he should make the gift and utter this: "Since you alone are always here the covering of the worlds,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.160
कार्पासाद्रे नमस्तस्मादघौघ ध्वंसनो भव।। इति कार्पासशैलेंद्रं यो दद्याच्छर्वसंनिधौ
kārpāsādre namastasmādaghaugha dhvaṃsano bhava|| iti kārpāsaśaileṃdraṃ yo dadyāccharvasaṃnidhau
therefore homage to you, O cotton-mountain; be the destroyer of the flood of sin." Whoever thus gives the lord of cotton-mountains in the presence of Śarva
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.161
रुद्रलोके वसेत्कल्पं ततो राजा भवेदिह।। अथातः संप्रवक्ष्यामि घृताचलमनुत्तमम्
rudraloke vasetkalpaṃ tato rājā bhavediha|| athātaḥ saṃpravakṣyāmi ghṛtācalamanuttamam
(He) dwells in Rudra's world for a kalpa, and then becomes a king here. Now next I shall proclaim the unsurpassed mountain of ghee.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.162
तेजोमयं घृतं पुण्यंमहापातकनाशनम्।। विंशत्या घृतकुंभानामुत्तमः स्याद्घृताचलः
tejomayaṃ ghṛtaṃ puṇyaṃmahāpātakanāśanam|| viṃśatyā ghṛtakuṃbhānāmuttamaḥ syādghṛtācalaḥ
Ghee is made of radiance and is meritorious, destroying the great sins. With twenty pots of ghee the ghee-mountain would be of the highest (grade).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.163
दशभिर्मध्यमः प्रोक्तः पंचभिस्त्वधमः स्मृतः।। अल्पवित्तोपि कुर्वीत द्वाभ्यामिह विधानतः
daśabhirmadhyamaḥ proktaḥ paṃcabhistvadhamaḥ smṛtaḥ|| alpavittopi kurvīta dvābhyāmiha vidhānataḥ
With ten it is called middling, and with five it is reckoned lowest. Even one of little wealth should make it here, according to the rule, with two.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.164
विष्कम्भपर्वतांस्तद्वच्चतुर्भागेन कल्पयेत्।। शालितंडुलपात्राणि कुंभोपरि निवेशयेत्
viṣkambhaparvatāṃstadvaccaturbhāgena kalpayet|| śālitaṃḍulapātrāṇi kuṃbhopari niveśayet
Likewise he should fashion the supporting (surrounding) mountains with a fourth part; he should set vessels of śāli rice upon the pots.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.165
कारयेत्संहतानुच्चान्यथाशोभं विधानतः।। वेष्टयेच्छुक्लवासोभिरिक्षुदंडफलादिकैः
kārayetsaṃhatānuccānyathāśobhaṃ vidhānataḥ|| veṣṭayecchuklavāsobhirikṣudaṃḍaphalādikaiḥ
He should have them made compact and not tall, as (is) fitting, according to the rule; he should wrap (them) with white cloths, with sugarcane stalks, fruits and the like.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.166
धान्यपर्वतवत्संर्वं विधानमिह पठ्यते।। अधिवासनपूर्वं हि तद्वद्धोमसुरार्चनम्
dhānyaparvatavatsaṃrvaṃ vidhānamiha paṭhyate|| adhivāsanapūrvaṃ hi tadvaddhomasurārcanam
The whole procedure here is recited as with the grain-mountain: preceded by the installation (adhivāsana), and likewise the oblation and the worship of the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.167
प्रभातायां च शर्वर्यां गुरवे विनिवेदयेत्।। विष्कंभपर्वतांस्तद्वदृत्विग्भ्यः शांतमानसः
prabhātāyāṃ ca śarvaryāṃ gurave vinivedayet|| viṣkaṃbhaparvatāṃstadvadṛtvigbhyaḥ śāṃtamānasaḥ
And when the night has brightened into dawn he should present (it) to the teacher, and likewise the flanking mountains to the officiating priests, with a calm mind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.168
संयोगाद्घृतमुत्पन्नं यस्मादमृततेजसि।। तस्माद्घृतार्चिर्विश्वात्मा प्रीयतामत्र शंकर
saṃyogādghṛtamutpannaṃ yasmādamṛtatejasi|| tasmādghṛtārcirviśvātmā prīyatāmatra śaṃkara
Since ghee has arisen from union in the radiance of the nectar (of immortality), therefore may the flame-of-ghee, the Self of all, Śaṃkara, be pleased here.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 21.169
यस्मात्तेजोमयं ब्रह्म घृते चैव व्यवस्थितम्।। घृतपर्वतरूपेण तस्मान्नः पाहि भूधर
yasmāttejomayaṃ brahma ghṛte caiva vyavasthitam|| ghṛtaparvatarūpeṇa tasmānnaḥ pāhi bhūdhara
Since the brahman made of radiance is established in ghee too, therefore, in the form of a ghee-mountain, protect us, O bearer of the earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.170
अनेन विधिना दद्याद्घृताचलमनुत्तमम्।। महापातकयुक्तोपि लोकमायाति शांभवम्
anena vidhinā dadyādghṛtācalamanuttamam|| mahāpātakayuktopi lokamāyāti śāṃbhavam
If (one) gives the unsurpassed ghee-mountain by this rule, even one bound to a great sin comes to Śambhu's world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.171
हंससारसयुक्तेन किंकिणीजालमालिना।। विमानेनाप्सरोभिश्च सिद्धविद्याधरैर्वृतः
haṃsasārasayuktena kiṃkiṇījālamālinā|| vimānenāpsarobhiśca siddhavidyādharairvṛtaḥ
By a celestial car yoked with geese and cranes, garlanded with nets of little bells, surrounded by apsarases and by siddhas and vidyādharas,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.172
विचरेत्पितृभिः सार्धं यावदाभूतसंप्लवम्।। अथातः संप्रवक्ष्यामि रत्नाचलमनुत्तमम्
vicaretpitṛbhiḥ sārdhaṃ yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam|| athātaḥ saṃpravakṣyāmi ratnācalamanuttamam
he shall roam together with the ancestors until the dissolution of beings. Now next I shall proclaim the unsurpassed mountain of jewels.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.173
मुक्ताफलसहस्रेण पर्वतस्स्यादनुत्तमः।। मध्यमः पंचशतिकस्त्रिशतेनाधमः स्मृतः
muktāphalasahasreṇa parvatassyādanuttamaḥ|| madhyamaḥ paṃcaśatikastriśatenādhamaḥ smṛtaḥ
With a thousand pearls the mountain would be of the highest (grade); the middling one has five hundred, and with three hundred it is reckoned lowest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.174
चतुर्थांशेन विष्कंभ पर्वताः स्युः समन्ततः।। पूर्वेण वज्रगोमेदैर्दक्षिणेनेंद्रनीलकैः
caturthāṃśena viṣkaṃbha parvatāḥ syuḥ samantataḥ|| pūrveṇa vajragomedairdakṣiṇeneṃdranīlakaiḥ
With a fourth part the flanking mountains should be (made) all around: on the east with diamonds and gomeda stones, on the south with sapphires.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.175
पुष्यरागैर्युतः कार्यो विद्वद्भिर्गंधमादनः।। वैडूर्यविद्रुमैः पश्चात्संमिश्रो विपुलाचलः
puṣyarāgairyutaḥ kāryo vidvadbhirgaṃdhamādanaḥ|| vaiḍūryavidrumaiḥ paścātsaṃmiśro vipulācalaḥ
Gandhamādana is to be made by the learned as furnished with topazes; on the west the Vipula mountain is mixed of beryls and corals.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.176
पद्मरागैः स सौवर्णैरुत्तरेणापि विन्यसेत्।। धान्यपर्वतवत्सर्वमत्रापि परिकल्पयेत्
padmarāgaiḥ sa sauvarṇairuttareṇāpi vinyaset|| dhānyaparvatavatsarvamatrāpi parikalpayet
With rubies together with gold he should set it (the mountain) also on the north. Here too he should arrange everything as with the grain-mountain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.177
तद्वदावाहनं कृत्वा वृक्षान्देवांश्च कांचनान्।। पूजयेत्पुष्पगन्धाद्यैः प्रभाते स्याद्विसर्जनम्
tadvadāvāhanaṃ kṛtvā vṛkṣāndevāṃśca kāṃcanān|| pūjayetpuṣpagandhādyaiḥ prabhāte syādvisarjanam
Having likewise performed the invocation, he should worship the golden trees and gods with flowers, perfumes and the rest; at dawn the dismissal should take place.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.178
पूर्ववद्गुरुऋत्विग्भ्य इमं मंत्रमुदीरयेत्।। यथा देवगणाः सर्वे सर्वरत्नेष्ववस्थिताः
pūrvavadguruṛtvigbhya imaṃ maṃtramudīrayet|| yathā devagaṇāḥ sarve sarvaratneṣvavasthitāḥ
As before, to the teacher and the officiating priests he should utter this mantra: "As all the hosts of gods are established in all jewels,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.179
त्वं च रत्नमयो नित्यमतः पाहि महाचल।। यस्माद्रत्नप्रदानेन तुष्टिमेति जनार्दनः
tvaṃ ca ratnamayo nityamataḥ pāhi mahācala|| yasmādratnapradānena tuṣṭimeti janārdanaḥ
so you too are ever made of jewels — therefore protect (us), O great mountain. Since by the gift of jewels Janārdana comes to satisfaction,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.180
पूजामंत्रप्रसादेन तस्मान्नः पाहि पर्वत।। अनेन विधिना यस्तु दद्याद्रत्नमयं गिरिम्
pūjāmaṃtraprasādena tasmānnaḥ pāhi parvata|| anena vidhinā yastu dadyādratnamayaṃ girim
therefore, by the grace of the worship and the mantra, protect us, O mountain." But he who gives a mountain made of jewels by this rule —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.181
स याति वैष्णवं लोकममरेश्वरपूजितः।। यावत्कल्पशतं साग्रं वसेत्तत्र नराधिप
sa yāti vaiṣṇavaṃ lokamamareśvarapūjitaḥ|| yāvatkalpaśataṃ sāgraṃ vasettatra narādhipa
He goes to the world of Viṣṇu, honoured by the lord of the immortals; he dwells there, O king of men, for a full hundred kalpas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.182
रूपारोग्यगुणोपेतः सप्तद्वीपाधिपो भवेत्।। ब्रह्महत्यादिकं किंचिदत्रामुत्राथवा कृतम्
rūpārogyaguṇopetaḥ saptadvīpādhipo bhavet|| brahmahatyādikaṃ kiṃcidatrāmutrāthavā kṛtam
Endowed with beauty, health and (good) qualities, he becomes the lord of the seven continents. Whatever was done—the killing of a brahmin and the rest—here or in the other (world),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.183
तत्सर्वं नाशमायाति गिरिर्वज्राहतो यथा।। अथातः संप्रवक्ष्यामि रौप्याचलमनुत्तमम्
tatsarvaṃ nāśamāyāti girirvajrāhato yathā|| athātaḥ saṃpravakṣyāmi raupyācalamanuttamam
all that goes to destruction, like a mountain struck by the thunderbolt. Now next I shall declare the most excellent silver mountain,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.184
यत्प्रदानान्नरो याति सोमलोकं नरोत्तम।। दशभिः पलसाहस्रैरुत्तमो रजताचलः
yatpradānānnaro yāti somalokaṃ narottama|| daśabhiḥ palasāhasrairuttamo rajatācalaḥ
by the gift of which a man goes to the world of the moon, O best of men. With ten thousand palas the silver mountain is of the highest (grade);
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.185
पंचभिर्मध्यमः प्रोक्तस्तदर्धेनाधमः स्मृतः।। अशक्तो विंशतेरूर्द्ध्वं कारयेच्छक्तितः सदा
paṃcabhirmadhyamaḥ proktastadardhenādhamaḥ smṛtaḥ|| aśakto viṃśaterūrddhvaṃ kārayecchaktitaḥ sadā
with five (thousand) it is said to be middling, and with half of that it is reckoned inferior. One who is unable should always have (it) made above twenty (palas) according to his capacity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.186
विष्कंभपर्वतांस्तद्वत्तुरीयांशेन कल्पयेत्।। पूर्ववद्राजतान्कुर्यान्मंदरादीन्विधानतः
viṣkaṃbhaparvatāṃstadvatturīyāṃśena kalpayet|| pūrvavadrājatānkuryānmaṃdarādīnvidhānataḥ
The supporting mountains he should likewise fashion with a quarter part; he should make Mandara and the rest of silver, as before, according to the rule.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.187
कलधौतमयांस्तद्वल्लोकेशान्कारयेद्बुधः।। ब्रह्मविष्ण्वर्कवान्कार्यो नितंबोत्र हिरण्मयः
kaladhautamayāṃstadvallokeśānkārayedbudhaḥ|| brahmaviṣṇvarkavānkāryo nitaṃbotra hiraṇmayaḥ
Likewise the wise man should have the world-guardians made of silver; here Brahmā, Viṣṇu and the Sun are to be made, and the slope (of the mountain) golden.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 21.188
राजतं स्यात्तदन्येषां पर्वतांना च कांचनम्।। शेषं च पूर्ववत्कुर्याद्धोमजागरणादिकम्
rājataṃ syāttadanyeṣāṃ parvatāṃnā ca kāṃcanam|| śeṣaṃ ca pūrvavatkuryāddhomajāgaraṇādikam
Silver should be (used) for the others, and gold for the mountains; and the rest—the oblation, the night-vigil and so on—he should perform as before.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 21.189
दद्यात्तद्वत्प्रभाते तु गुरवे रौप्यपर्वतम्।। विष्कंभशैलानृत्विग्भ्यः पूज्य वस्त्रविभूषणैः
dadyāttadvatprabhāte tu gurave raupyaparvatam|| viṣkaṃbhaśailānṛtvigbhyaḥ pūjya vastravibhūṣaṇaiḥ
Likewise at dawn he should give the silver mountain to the teacher, and the supporting mountains to the officiating priests, after honouring (them) with garments and ornaments.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.190
इमं मंत्रं पठन्दद्याद्दर्भपाणिर्विमत्सरः।। पितॄणां वल्लभं यस्मादिन्दोर्वा शंकरस्य च
imaṃ maṃtraṃ paṭhandadyāddarbhapāṇirvimatsaraḥ|| pitṝṇāṃ vallabhaṃ yasmādindorvā śaṃkarasya ca
Reciting this mantra he should give (it), with darbha grass in his hand, free of envy: "Since (you are) dear to the fathers, or to the moon, or to Śaṅkara,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.191
रजतं पाहि तस्मान्नः शोकसंसारसागरात्।। इत्थं निवेश्य यो दद्याद्रजताचलमुत्तमम्
rajataṃ pāhi tasmānnaḥ śokasaṃsārasāgarāt|| itthaṃ niveśya yo dadyādrajatācalamuttamam
O silver (mountain), therefore protect us from the ocean of transmigration and sorrow." He who, having set (it) up thus, gives the excellent silver mountain,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.192
गवामयुतसाहस्रफलमाप्नोति मानवः।। सोमलोके सगंधर्वैः किन्नराप्सरसांगणैः
gavāmayutasāhasraphalamāpnoti mānavaḥ|| somaloke sagaṃdharvaiḥ kinnarāpsarasāṃgaṇaiḥ
that man obtains the fruit of ten million cows; in the world of the moon, with gandharvas, kinnaras and troops of apsarases,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.193
पूज्यमानो वसेद्विद्वान्यावदाभूतसंप्लवम्।। अथातः संप्रवक्ष्यामि शर्कराचलमुत्तमम्
pūjyamāno vasedvidvānyāvadābhūtasaṃplavam|| athātaḥ saṃpravakṣyāmi śarkarācalamuttamam
the learned man dwells honoured until the dissolution of beings. Now next I shall declare the most excellent mountain of sugar,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.194
यस्य प्रदानाद्विष्ण्वर्करुद्रास्तुष्यंति सर्वदा।। अष्टभिः शर्कराभारैरुत्तमः स्यान्महाचलः
yasya pradānādviṣṇvarkarudrāstuṣyaṃti sarvadā|| aṣṭabhiḥ śarkarābhārairuttamaḥ syānmahācalaḥ
by the gift of which Viṣṇu, the Sun and Rudra are ever pleased. With eight loads of sugar the great mountain would be of the highest (grade);
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.195
चतुर्भिर्मध्यमः प्रोक्तो भाराभ्यामधमः स्मृतः।। भारेण चार्द्धभारेणकुर्याद्यः स्वल्पवित्तवान्
caturbhirmadhyamaḥ prokto bhārābhyāmadhamaḥ smṛtaḥ|| bhāreṇa cārddhabhāreṇakuryādyaḥ svalpavittavān
with four it is said to be middling, with two loads it is reckoned inferior. And one who has little wealth should make (it) with one load or half a load.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.196
विष्कंभपर्वतान्कुर्यात्तुरीयांशेन मानवः।। धान्यपर्वतवत्सर्वं हैमांबरसुसंयुतम्
viṣkaṃbhaparvatānkuryātturīyāṃśena mānavaḥ|| dhānyaparvatavatsarvaṃ haimāṃbarasusaṃyutam
A man should make the supporting mountains with a quarter part; everything as with the grain mountain, well furnished with gold and garments.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.197
मेरोरुपरितः स्थाप्यं हैमं तत्र तरुत्रयम्।। मंदारः पारिजातश्च तृतीयः कल्पपादपः
meroruparitaḥ sthāpyaṃ haimaṃ tatra tarutrayam|| maṃdāraḥ pārijātaśca tṛtīyaḥ kalpapādapaḥ
Above Meru a triad of golden trees is to be placed there: Mandāra, Pārijāta, and third the wish-granting tree,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.198
एतद्वृक्षत्रयं मूर्ध्नि सर्वेष्वपि निवेशयेत्।। हरिचंदनसंतानौ पूर्वपश्चिमभागयोः
etadvṛkṣatrayaṃ mūrdhni sarveṣvapi niveśayet|| haricaṃdanasaṃtānau pūrvapaścimabhāgayoḥ
This triad of trees he should set on the summit in all (the mountains) too; Haricandana and Santāna in the eastern and western parts
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.199
निवेश्यौ सर्वशैलेषु विशेषाच्छर्कराचले।। मंदरे कामदेवस्तु प्रत्यग्वक्त्रः सदा भवेत्
niveśyau sarvaśaileṣu viśeṣāccharkarācale|| maṃdare kāmadevastu pratyagvaktraḥ sadā bhavet
are to be set in all the mountains, and especially in the sugar mountain. On Mandara let Kāmadeva always be, facing west.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.200
गंधमादनशृंगे तु धनदः स्यादुदङ्मुखः।। प्राङ्मुखो वेदमूर्त्तिस्तु हंसः स्याद्विपुलाचले२०० 1.21.
gaṃdhamādanaśṛṃge tu dhanadaḥ syādudaṅmukhaḥ|| prāṅmukho vedamūrttistu haṃsaḥ syādvipulācale200 1.21.
But on the peak of Gandhamādana let the giver of wealth (Kubera) be, facing north; and on Vipulācala let the Veda-embodied Haṃsa be, facing east.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.201
हैमी भवेत्सुपार्श्वे तु सुरभी दक्षिणामुखी।। धान्यपर्वतवत्सर्वमावाहनमखादिकम्
haimī bhavetsupārśve tu surabhī dakṣiṇāmukhī|| dhānyaparvatavatsarvamāvāhanamakhādikam
On Supārśva let there be a golden cow Surabhi, facing south; all the invocation, the offering-rite and the rest (is done) just as for the mountain of grain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 21.202
कृत्वाथ गुरवे दद्यान्मध्यमं पर्वतोत्तमम्।। ऋत्विग्भ्यश्चतुरः शैलानिमान्मंत्रानुदीरयेत्
kṛtvātha gurave dadyānmadhyamaṃ parvatottamam|| ṛtvigbhyaścaturaḥ śailānimānmaṃtrānudīrayet
Having done (this), he should then give the middle one, the best of the mountains, to the teacher, and four mountains to the officiating priests; (and) he should utter these mantras:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.203
सौभाग्यामृतसारोयं परमः शर्कराचलः।। तस्मादानंदकारी त्वं भवशैलेंद्र सर्वदा
saubhāgyāmṛtasāroyaṃ paramaḥ śarkarācalaḥ|| tasmādānaṃdakārī tvaṃ bhavaśaileṃdra sarvadā
"This supreme mountain of sugar is the essence of the nectar of good fortune; therefore, O lord of mountains, be a giver of joy to me always.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.204
अमृतं पिबतां ये तु पतिता भुवि शीकराः।। देवानां तत्समुत्थस्त्वं पाहि नः शर्कराचल
amṛtaṃ pibatāṃ ye tu patitā bhuvi śīkarāḥ|| devānāṃ tatsamutthastvaṃ pāhi naḥ śarkarācala
The drops that fell to the earth from the gods as they drank the nectar — you have arisen from that; protect us, O mountain of sugar.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.205
मनोभवधनुर्मध्यादुद्भूता शर्करा पुनः।। तन्मयोसि महाशैल पाहि संसारसागरात्
manobhavadhanurmadhyādudbhūtā śarkarā punaḥ|| tanmayosi mahāśaila pāhi saṃsārasāgarāt
Again, sugar arose from the middle of the bow of the mind-born god (Kāma); you are made of that, O great mountain — protect (me) from the ocean of transmigration."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.206
यो दद्याच्छर्कराशैलमनेन विधिना नरः।। सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः प्रयाति ब्रह्ममंदिरम्
yo dadyāccharkarāśailamanena vidhinā naraḥ|| sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ prayāti brahmamaṃdiram
The man who gives a mountain of sugar by this rule is freed from all sins and goes to the abode of Brahmā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.207
चंद्रसूर्यप्रतीकाशमधिरुह्यानुजीविभिः।। सहैव यानमुत्तिष्ठेत्ततो विष्णुप्रभो दिवि
caṃdrasūryapratīkāśamadhiruhyānujīvibhiḥ|| sahaiva yānamuttiṣṭhettato viṣṇuprabho divi
Having mounted a vehicle resembling the moon and the sun, together with his dependents he rises up; then, radiant as Viṣṇu, (he dwells) in heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.208
ततः कल्पशतांते तु सप्तद्वीपाधिपो भवेत्।। आयुरारोग्यसंपन्नो यावज्जन्मायुतत्रयम्
tataḥ kalpaśatāṃte tu saptadvīpādhipo bhavet|| āyurārogyasaṃpanno yāvajjanmāyutatrayam
Then, at the end of a hundred kalpas, he becomes lord of the seven continents, endowed with long life and health, for as many as thirty thousand births.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.209
भोजनं शक्तितः कुर्यात्सर्वशैलेष्वमत्सरः।। स्वयं चाक्षारलवणमश्नीयात्तदनुज्ञया
bhojanaṃ śaktitaḥ kuryātsarvaśaileṣvamatsaraḥ|| svayaṃ cākṣāralavaṇamaśnīyāttadanujñayā
In (the rites of) all the mountains he should provide feeding according to his means, without grudging; and he himself, with their permission, should eat food without soda-salt or salt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.210
पर्वतोपस्करान्सर्वान्प्रापयेद्ब्राह्मणालयम्।। एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं शैलदानमनुत्तमम्
parvatopaskarānsarvānprāpayedbrāhmaṇālayam|| etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ śailadānamanuttamam
He should convey all the accessories of the mountain to the brahmin's dwelling. All this most excellent gift of mountains has been declared to you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.211
यदन्यद्रोचते तुभ्यं तन्मां पृच्छस्व पार्थिव।। भीष्म उवाच।। भगवन्भवसंसारसागरोत्तारकारकम्
yadanyadrocate tubhyaṃ tanmāṃ pṛcchasva pārthiva|| bhīṣma uvāca|| bhagavanbhavasaṃsārasāgarottārakārakam
Whatever else pleases you, ask that of me, O king. Bhīṣma said: Lord, (tell me of something) that brings about the crossing over of the ocean of worldly existence —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.212
किंचिद्व्रतं समाचक्ष्व स्वर्गारोग्यफलप्रदम्।। पुलस्त्य उवाच।। सौरधर्मं प्रवक्ष्यामि नाम्ना कल्याणसप्तमीम्
kiṃcidvrataṃ samācakṣva svargārogyaphalapradam|| pulastya uvāca|| sauradharmaṃ pravakṣyāmi nāmnā kalyāṇasaptamīm
declare some observance that yields the fruit of heaven and health. Pulastya said: I shall proclaim the religion of the Sun, (the observance) named the Auspicious Seventh,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.213
विशोकसप्तमीं तद्वत्तृतीयां फलसप्तमीम्।। शर्करासप्तमीं कुर्यात्तथा कमलसप्तमीम्
viśokasaptamīṃ tadvattṛtīyāṃ phalasaptamīm|| śarkarāsaptamīṃ kuryāttathā kamalasaptamīm
and likewise the Sorrowless Seventh, the third (being) the Fruit Seventh; one should perform the Sugar Seventh and also the Lotus Seventh,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.214
मंदारसप्तमीं षष्ठीं सप्तमीं शुभसप्तमीम्।। सर्वाः पुण्यफलाः प्रोक्ताः सर्वा देवर्षिपूजिताः
maṃdārasaptamīṃ ṣaṣṭhīṃ saptamīṃ śubhasaptamīm|| sarvāḥ puṇyaphalāḥ proktāḥ sarvā devarṣipūjitāḥ
the Mandāra Seventh, the Sixth-and-Seventh, (and) the Fair Seventh. All are declared to bear merit as their fruit, all are honoured by gods and sages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 21.215
विधानमासां वक्ष्यामि यथावदनुपूर्वशः।। यदा तु शुक्लसप्तम्यामादित्यस्य दिनं भवेत्
vidhānamāsāṃ vakṣyāmi yathāvadanupūrvaśaḥ|| yadā tu śuklasaptamyāmādityasya dinaṃ bhavet
I shall state the procedure of these in due order, as it is. When on a seventh of the bright fortnight the day of the Sun (Sunday) falls,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.216
सा तु कल्याणिनी नाम विजया च निगद्यते।। प्रातर्गव्येन पयसा स्नानं नद्यां समाचरेत्
sā tu kalyāṇinī nāma vijayā ca nigadyate|| prātargavyena payasā snānaṃ nadyāṃ samācaret
that (day) is called Kalyāṇinī and also Vijayā. In the morning one should perform bathing in a river with cow's milk.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.217
शुक्लांबरधरः पद्ममक्षतैः परिकल्पयेत्।। प्राङ्मुखोष्टदलं मध्ये तद्वद्वृत्तां च कर्णिकाम्
śuklāṃbaradharaḥ padmamakṣataiḥ parikalpayet|| prāṅmukhoṣṭadalaṃ madhye tadvadvṛttāṃ ca karṇikām
Wearing white garments, he should lay out a lotus with unbroken rice grains, facing east, with eight petals, and in the middle likewise a round pericarp.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.218
पुष्पाक्षताद्भिर्देवेशं विन्यसेत्सर्वतः क्रमात्।। पूर्वेण तपनायेति मार्तंडायेति वै ततः
puṣpākṣatādbhirdeveśaṃ vinyasetsarvataḥ kramāt|| pūrveṇa tapanāyeti mārtaṃḍāyeti vai tataḥ
With flowers, rice grains and water he should install the lord of gods on all sides in order: in the east with "to Tapana," then with "to Mārtaṇḍa,"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.219
याम्ये दिवाकरायेति विधात्र इति नैर्ऋते।। पश्चिमे वरुणायेति भास्करायेति चानिले
yāmye divākarāyeti vidhātra iti nairṛte|| paścime varuṇāyeti bhāskarāyeti cānile
in the south with "to Divākara," in the southwest with "to Vidhātṛ," in the west with "to Varuṇa," and in the northwest with "to Bhāskara,"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.220
सौम्ये विकर्तनायेति देवायेत्यष्टमे दले।। आदावंते च मध्ये चनमोस्तु परमात्मने
saumye vikartanāyeti devāyetyaṣṭame dale|| ādāvaṃte ca madhye canamostu paramātmane
in the north with "to Vikartana," and on the eighth petal with "to Deva"; and at the beginning, at the end, and in the middle, "homage to the Supreme Self."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.221
मंत्रैरेतैस्समभ्यर्च्य नमस्कारांत दापितैः।। शुक्लैर्वस्त्रैः फलैर्भक्ष्यैर्धूपमाल्यानुलेपनैः
maṃtrairetaissamabhyarcya namaskārāṃta dāpitaiḥ|| śuklairvastraiḥ phalairbhakṣyairdhūpamālyānulepanaiḥ
Having worshipped well with these mantras, which are recited ending in salutation, with white garments, fruits, edible offerings, incense, garlands and unguents—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 21.222
स्थंडिले पूजयेद्भक्त्या गुडेन लवणेन वै।। ततो व्याहृतिमंत्रेण विसृज्य द्विजपुंगवान्
sthaṃḍile pūjayedbhaktyā guḍena lavaṇena vai|| tato vyāhṛtimaṃtreṇa visṛjya dvijapuṃgavān
—(he) should worship with devotion on the altar-ground with molasses and with salt; then, having dismissed the foremost of brahmins with the vyāhṛti mantra,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.223
शक्तितस्तर्पयेद्भक्त्या गुडक्षीरघृतादिभिः।। तिलपात्रं हिरण्यं च ब्राह्मणाय निवेदयेत्
śaktitastarpayedbhaktyā guḍakṣīraghṛtādibhiḥ|| tilapātraṃ hiraṇyaṃ ca brāhmaṇāya nivedayet
he should satisfy (them) with devotion according to his ability with molasses, milk, ghee and the rest, and should present to a brahmin a vessel of sesame seeds and gold.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.224
एवं नियमकृत्सुप्त्वा प्रातरुत्थाय मानवः।। कृतस्नानजपो विप्रैः सहैव घृतपायसम्
evaṃ niyamakṛtsuptvā prātarutthāya mānavaḥ|| kṛtasnānajapo vipraiḥ sahaiva ghṛtapāyasam
Thus having slept keeping the observance, a man rising at dawn, having performed his bath and muttered prayers, together with brahmins (takes) ghee and milk-rice,
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PdP 1 21.225
भुक्त्वा च वेदविदुषि वैडालव्रतवर्जिते।। घृतपात्रं सकनकं सोदकुंभं निवेदयेत्
bhuktvā ca vedaviduṣi vaiḍālavratavarjite|| ghṛtapātraṃ sakanakaṃ sodakuṃbhaṃ nivedayet
and having eaten, he should present to one learned in the Veda and free of cat-like (hypocritical) vows a vessel of ghee together with gold and with a water-pot.
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PdP 1 21.226
प्रीयतामत्र भगवान्परमात्मा दिवाकरः।। अनेन विधिना सर्वं मासिमासि समाचरेत्
prīyatāmatra bhagavānparamātmā divākaraḥ|| anena vidhinā sarvaṃ māsimāsi samācaret
"May the Lord, the Supreme Self, the Maker of Day, be pleased herewith." By this rule he should perform everything month after month.
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PdP 1 21.227
ततस्त्रयोदशे मासि गाश्च दद्यात्त्रयोदश।। वस्त्रालंकारसंयुक्ताः स्वर्णशृंगाः पयस्विनीः
tatastrayodaśe māsi gāśca dadyāttrayodaśa|| vastrālaṃkārasaṃyuktāḥ svarṇaśṛṃgāḥ payasvinīḥ
Then in the thirteenth month he should give thirteen cows, furnished with cloths and ornaments, with gilded horns, yielding milk.
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PdP 1 21.228
एकामपि प्रदद्याच्च वित्तहीनो विमत्सरः।। न वित्तशाठ्यं कुर्वीत यतो मोहात्पतत्यधः
ekāmapi pradadyācca vittahīno vimatsaraḥ|| na vittaśāṭhyaṃ kurvīta yato mohātpatatyadhaḥ
One lacking wealth should give even one, free of grudging; he should not practise miserliness with wealth, since through such delusion one falls downward.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.229
अनेन विधिना यस्तु कुर्यात्कल्याणसप्तमीं।। सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः सूर्यलोके महीयते
anena vidhinā yastu kuryātkalyāṇasaptamīṃ|| sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ sūryaloke mahīyate
But he who performs the Kalyāṇa-saptamī by this rule is freed from all sins and is honoured in the world of the Sun.
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PdP 1 21.230
आयुरारोग्यमैश्वर्यमनंतमिह जायते।। सर्वपापहरा चेयं सर्वदैवतपूजिता
āyurārogyamaiśvaryamanaṃtamiha jāyate|| sarvapāpaharā ceyaṃ sarvadaivatapūjitā
Long life, health, and endless lordship arise for him here; and this (observance) removes all sins and is honoured by all the gods.
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PdP 1 21.231
सर्वदुष्टोपशमनी सदा कल्याणसप्तमी।। इमामनंतफलदां यस्तु कल्याणसप्तमीं
sarvaduṣṭopaśamanī sadā kalyāṇasaptamī|| imāmanaṃtaphaladāṃ yastu kalyāṇasaptamīṃ
The Kalyāṇa-saptamī ever allays all evils. And whoever (observes) this Kalyāṇa-saptamī, giver of endless fruit—
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PdP 1 21.232
शृणोति यः पठेद्वापि स च पापैः प्रमुच्यते।। विशोकसप्तमीं तद्वद्वक्ष्यामि नृपसत्तम
śṛṇoti yaḥ paṭhedvāpi sa ca pāpaiḥ pramucyate|| viśokasaptamīṃ tadvadvakṣyāmi nṛpasattama
—who hears or also recites (of) it, he too is released from sins. Likewise I shall declare the Viśoka-saptamī, O best of kings,
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PdP 1 21.233
यामुपोष्य नरः शोकं न कदाचिदिहाश्नुते।। माघे कृष्णतिलै स्नातः पंचम्यां शुक्लपक्षतः
yāmupoṣya naraḥ śokaṃ na kadācidihāśnute|| māghe kṛṣṇatilai snātaḥ paṃcamyāṃ śuklapakṣataḥ
by fasting on which a man never here experiences sorrow: in Māgha, in the bright fortnight, bathed with black sesame, on the fifth,
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PdP 1 21.234
कृताहारः कृसरया दंतधावनपूर्वकम्।। उपवासव्रतं कृत्वा ब्रह्मचारी निशि स्वपेत्
kṛtāhāraḥ kṛsarayā daṃtadhāvanapūrvakam|| upavāsavrataṃ kṛtvā brahmacārī niśi svapet
having taken food of kṛsarā (sesame-and-rice gruel) after first cleaning the teeth, and having undertaken the fasting vow, he should sleep at night as a celibate.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.235
ततः प्रभात उत्थाय कृतस्नानजपः शुचिः।। कृत्वा तु कांचनं पद्ममर्कायेति प्रपूजयेत्
tataḥ prabhāta utthāya kṛtasnānajapaḥ śuciḥ|| kṛtvā tu kāṃcanaṃ padmamarkāyeti prapūjayet
Then rising at daybreak, pure, having bathed and muttered prayers, having made a golden lotus, he should worship it with (the mantra) "to Arka",
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PdP 1 21.236
करवीरेण रक्तेन रक्तवस्त्रयुगेन च।। यथा विशोकं भुवनं त्वयैवादित्य सर्वदा
karavīreṇa raktena raktavastrayugena ca|| yathā viśokaṃ bhuvanaṃ tvayaivāditya sarvadā
with red oleander and with a pair of red garments: "As the world is ever free of sorrow through you alone, O Āditya,
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PdP 1 21.237
तथा विशोकता मे स्यात्त्वद्भक्तिः प्रतिजन्म च।। एवं सपूज्य षष्ठ्यां तु भक्त्या संपूजयेद्द्विजान्
tathā viśokatā me syāttvadbhaktiḥ pratijanma ca|| evaṃ sapūjya ṣaṣṭhyāṃ tu bhaktyā saṃpūjayeddvijān
so may freedom from sorrow be mine, and devotion to you in every birth." Having thus worshipped, on the sixth he should honour brahmins with devotion.
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PdP 1 21.238
स्वयं संप्राश्य गोमूत्रमुत्थाय कृतनैत्यकः।। संपूज्य विप्रान्यत्नेन गुडपात्रसमन्वितम्
svayaṃ saṃprāśya gomūtramutthāya kṛtanaityakaḥ|| saṃpūjya viprānyatnena guḍapātrasamanvitam
Himself having sipped cow's urine, and rising (next day) having done the daily rites, having carefully honoured the brahmins, together with a vessel of molasses
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PdP 1 21.239
सद्वस्त्रयुग्मं पद्मं च ब्राह्मणाय निवेदयेत्।। अतैललवणं भुक्त्वा सप्तम्यां मौनसंयुतः
sadvastrayugmaṃ padmaṃ ca brāhmaṇāya nivedayet|| atailalavaṇaṃ bhuktvā saptamyāṃ maunasaṃyutaḥ
he should present a pair of good garments and the lotus to a brahmin; having eaten food without oil and salt, on the seventh, keeping silence,
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PdP 1 21.240
ततः पुराणश्रवणं कर्त्तव्यं भूतिमिच्छता।। अनेन विधिना सर्वमुभयोरपि पक्षयोः
tataḥ purāṇaśravaṇaṃ karttavyaṃ bhūtimicchatā|| anena vidhinā sarvamubhayorapi pakṣayoḥ
then the hearing of Purāṇa should be performed by one desiring prosperity. By this rule (he should do) everything in both fortnights,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.241
कुर्याद्यावत्पुनर्माघशुक्लपक्षस्य सप्तमी।। व्रतांते कलशं दद्यात्सुवर्णकमलान्वितम्
kuryādyāvatpunarmāghaśuklapakṣasya saptamī|| vratāṃte kalaśaṃ dadyātsuvarṇakamalānvitam
(One) should do (this) until the seventh (day) of the bright fortnight of Māgha comes again. At the end of the vow one should give a water-jar together with a golden lotus.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.242
शय्यां सोपस्करां दद्यात्कपिलां च पयस्विनीं।। अनेन विधिना यस्तु वित्तशाठ्येन वर्जितः
śayyāṃ sopaskarāṃ dadyātkapilāṃ ca payasvinīṃ|| anena vidhinā yastu vittaśāṭhyena varjitaḥ
He should give a bed with its furnishings, and a tawny cow yielding milk. Whoever, by this rule, free from stinginess with his wealth,
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PdP 1 21.243
विशोकसप्तमीं कुर्यात्स याति परमां गतिम्।। यावज्जन्मसहस्राणां साग्रं कोटिशतं भवेत्
viśokasaptamīṃ kuryātsa yāti paramāṃ gatim|| yāvajjanmasahasrāṇāṃ sāgraṃ koṭiśataṃ bhavet
performs the Viśokā Seventh, he goes to the highest state. For as many as a hundred crores of thousands of births and more,
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PdP 1 21.244
तावन्न शोकमाप्नोति रोगदौर्गत्यवर्जितः।। यं यं कामयते कामं तं तं प्राप्नोति पुष्कलम्
tāvanna śokamāpnoti rogadaurgatyavarjitaḥ|| yaṃ yaṃ kāmayate kāmaṃ taṃ taṃ prāpnoti puṣkalam
for that long he does not meet with sorrow, being free of disease and misfortune. Whatever desire he desires, that he obtains in abundance.
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PdP 1 21.245
निष्कामं कुरुते यस्तु स परं ब्रह्म गच्छति।। यः पठेच्छृणुयाद्वापि विशोकाख्यां तु सप्तमीम्
niṣkāmaṃ kurute yastu sa paraṃ brahma gacchati|| yaḥ paṭhecchṛṇuyādvāpi viśokākhyāṃ tu saptamīm
But he who performs (it) without desire goes to the supreme Brahman. He who recites, or even hears, (the account of) the Seventh called Viśokā—
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PdP 1 21.246
सोपींद्रलोकमासाद्य न दुःखी जायते क्वचित्।। अन्यामपि प्रवक्ष्यामि नाम्ना तु फलसप्तमीम्
sopīṃdralokamāsādya na duḥkhī jāyate kvacit|| anyāmapi pravakṣyāmi nāmnā tu phalasaptamīm
he too, having reached Indra's world, is never born to sorrow. I shall declare yet another (observance), the Seventh named after fruit (Phalasaptamī),
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PdP 1 21.247
यामुपोष्य नरः पापैर्विमुक्तः स्वर्गभाग्भवेत्।। मार्गशीर्षे शुभे मासि पंचम्यां नियतव्रतः
yāmupoṣya naraḥ pāpairvimuktaḥ svargabhāgbhavet|| mārgaśīrṣe śubhe māsi paṃcamyāṃ niyatavrataḥ
by fasting on which a man, released from his sins, becomes a sharer of heaven. In the auspicious month of Mārgaśīrṣa, on the fifth day, with vow duly held,
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PdP 1 21.248
षष्ठीमुपोष्य कमलं कारयित्वा तु कांचनम्।। शर्करासंयुतं दद्याद्ब्राह्मणाय कुटुंबिने
ṣaṣṭhīmupoṣya kamalaṃ kārayitvā tu kāṃcanam|| śarkarāsaṃyutaṃ dadyādbrāhmaṇāya kuṭuṃbine
having fasted on the sixth, and having had a lotus made of gold, he should give it together with sugar to a householder brahmin.
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PdP 1 21.249
रूपं च कांचनं कृत्वा फलस्यैकस्य धर्मवित्।। दद्याद्द्विकालवेलायां भानुर्मे प्रीयतामिति
rūpaṃ ca kāṃcanaṃ kṛtvā phalasyaikasya dharmavit|| dadyāddvikālavelāyāṃ bhānurme prīyatāmiti
And the knower of dharma, having made a golden image of a single fruit, should give it at the time of the two junctures (of the day), saying, "May the Sun be pleased with me."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.250
शक्त्या तु विप्रान्संपूज्य सप्तम्यां क्षीरभोजनम्।। कृत्वा कुर्यात्फलत्यागं यावत्स्यात्कृष्णसप्तमी२५० 1.21.
śaktyā tu viprānsaṃpūjya saptamyāṃ kṣīrabhojanam|| kṛtvā kuryātphalatyāgaṃ yāvatsyātkṛṣṇasaptamī250 1.21.
Having honoured brahmins according to his means, and having made a meal of milk on the seventh, he should practise the renunciation of fruit until the dark-fortnight seventh comes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.251
तामुपोष्याथ विधिवदनेनैव क्रमेण तु।। तद्वद्धेमफलं दत्वा सुवर्णकमलान्वितम्
tāmupoṣyātha vidhivadanenaiva krameṇa tu|| tadvaddhemaphalaṃ datvā suvarṇakamalānvitam
Then, having fasted on that (day) duly by this very sequence, and having likewise given a golden fruit together with a golden lotus,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.252
शर्करापात्रसंयुक्तं वस्त्रमालासमन्वितम्।। संवत्सरमनेनैव विधिनोभयसप्तमीम्
śarkarāpātrasaṃyuktaṃ vastramālāsamanvitam|| saṃvatsaramanenaiva vidhinobhayasaptamīm
joined with a vessel of sugar and furnished with a garment and a garland—(so) for a year, by this very rule, the seventh of both (fortnights)—
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PdP 1 21.253
उपोष्य दद्यात्क्रमशः सूर्यमंत्रमुदीरयेत्।। भानुरर्को रविर्ब्रह्मा सूर्यः शुक्रो हरिः शिवः
upoṣya dadyātkramaśaḥ sūryamaṃtramudīrayet|| bhānurarko ravirbrahmā sūryaḥ śukro hariḥ śivaḥ
having fasted, he should give (the gifts) in order and should utter the Sun-mantra: Bhānu, Arka, Ravi, Brahmā, Sūrya, Śukra, Hari, Śiva,
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PdP 1 21.254
श्रीमान्विभावसुस्त्वष्टा वरुणः प्रीयतामिति।। प्रतिमासं च सप्तम्यामेकैकं नाम कीर्त्तयेत्
śrīmānvibhāvasustvaṣṭā varuṇaḥ prīyatāmiti|| pratimāsaṃ ca saptamyāmekaikaṃ nāma kīrttayet
Śrīmān, Vibhāvasu, Tvaṣṭā, Varuṇa—"may (he) be pleased." And each month, on the seventh, he should proclaim one name each.
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PdP 1 21.255
प्रतिपक्षं फलत्यागमेतत्कुर्वन्समाचरेत्।। व्रतांते विप्रमिथुनं पूजयेद्वस्त्रभूषणैः
pratipakṣaṃ phalatyāgametatkurvansamācaret|| vratāṃte vipramithunaṃ pūjayedvastrabhūṣaṇaiḥ
In each fortnight he should carry out this renunciation of fruit while doing (the observance). At the end of the vow he should honour a brahmin couple with garments and ornaments.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.256
शर्कराकलशं दद्याद्धेमपद्मफलान्वितम्।। यथा न विफलः कामस्त्वद्भक्तानां सदा भवेत्
śarkarākalaśaṃ dadyāddhemapadmaphalānvitam|| yathā na viphalaḥ kāmastvadbhaktānāṃ sadā bhavet
He should give a jar of sugar together with a golden lotus and fruit, (saying:) "As the desire of your devotees is never fruitless,
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PdP 1 21.257
तथानंतफलावाप्तिरस्तु मे जन्मजन्मनि।। इमामनंतफलदां यः कुर्यात्फलसप्तमीम्
tathānaṃtaphalāvāptirastu me janmajanmani|| imāmanaṃtaphaladāṃ yaḥ kuryātphalasaptamīm
so may there be for me the attainment of endless fruit in birth after birth." Whoever performs this Fruit-Seventh, giver of endless fruit,
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PdP 1 21.258
भूतभव्यांश्च पुरुषांस्तारयेदेकविंशतिम्।। यः शृणोति पठेद्वापि सोपि कल्याणभाग्भवेत्
bhūtabhavyāṃśca puruṣāṃstārayedekaviṃśatim|| yaḥ śṛṇoti paṭhedvāpi sopi kalyāṇabhāgbhavet
he would carry across twenty-one men, past and future. He who hears or recites (it), he too becomes a sharer of good fortune;
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PdP 1 21.259
सर्वपापविशुद्धात्मा सूर्यलोके महीयते।। सुरापानादिकं किंञ्चिदत्रामुत्र च वा कृतम्
sarvapāpaviśuddhātmā sūryaloke mahīyate|| surāpānādikaṃ kiṃñcidatrāmutra ca vā kṛtam
his self purified of all sin, he is honoured in the world of the Sun. Whatever has been done—drinking liquor and the like—here or elsewhere,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.260
तत्सर्वं नाशमायाति यः कुर्यात्फलसप्तमीम्।। शर्करासप्तमीं वक्ष्ये तद्वत्कल्मषनाशिनीम्
tatsarvaṃ nāśamāyāti yaḥ kuryātphalasaptamīm|| śarkarāsaptamīṃ vakṣye tadvatkalmaṣanāśinīm
all that comes to destruction for him who performs the Fruit-Seventh. I shall declare the Sugar-Seventh, likewise destroying stain,
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PdP 1 21.261
आयुरारोग्यमैश्वर्यं ययानंतं प्रजायते।। माधवस्य सिते पक्षे सप्तम्यां नियतव्रतः
āyurārogyamaiśvaryaṃ yayānaṃtaṃ prajāyate|| mādhavasya site pakṣe saptamyāṃ niyatavrataḥ
(That seventh) by which endless long life, health and lordship come about: in the bright fortnight of Mādhava, on the seventh, with vow duly held,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.262
प्रातः स्नात्वा तिलैः शुभ्रैः शुद्धमाल्यानुलेपनः।। स्थंडिले पद्ममालिख्य कुंकुमेन सकर्णिकम्
prātaḥ snātvā tilaiḥ śubhraiḥ śuddhamālyānulepanaḥ|| sthaṃḍile padmamālikhya kuṃkumena sakarṇikam
having bathed at dawn with white sesame, wearing pure garlands and unguents, having drawn on the levelled altar-ground a lotus with saffron, complete with its pericarp,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.263
तस्मिन्नमः सवित्रेति गंधपुष्पं निवेदयेत्।। स्थापयेदुदकुंभं च शर्करापात्रसंयुतम्
tasminnamaḥ savitreti gaṃdhapuṣpaṃ nivedayet|| sthāpayedudakuṃbhaṃ ca śarkarāpātrasaṃyutam
on it he should offer perfume and flowers with (the words) "Homage to Savitṛ"; and he should set down a water-jar together with a vessel of sugar,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.264
शुक्लवस्त्रैरलंकृत्य शुक्लमाल्यानुलेपनैः।। स्वर्णपुष्पसमायुक्तं मंत्रेणानेन पूजयेत्
śuklavastrairalaṃkṛtya śuklamālyānulepanaiḥ|| svarṇapuṣpasamāyuktaṃ maṃtreṇānena pūjayet
having adorned (it) with white cloths, with white garlands and unguents; joined with a golden flower, he should worship (it) with this mantra:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.265
विश्ववेदमयो यस्मात्त्वं वेदेषु च पठ्यसे।। त्वमेवामृतसर्वस्वमतः शांतिं प्रयच्छ मे
viśvavedamayo yasmāttvaṃ vedeṣu ca paṭhyase|| tvamevāmṛtasarvasvamataḥ śāṃtiṃ prayaccha me
"Since you consist of all the Vedas and are recited in the Vedas, you alone are the whole substance of nectar — therefore grant me peace."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.266
पंचगव्यं ततः पीत्वा स्वपेत्तत्पार्श्वतः क्षितौ।। सौरसूक्तं जपन्नास्ते पुराणश्रवणेन च
paṃcagavyaṃ tataḥ pītvā svapettatpārśvataḥ kṣitau|| saurasūktaṃ japannāste purāṇaśravaṇena ca
Then, having drunk the five products of the cow, he should sleep on the ground beside it; he stays reciting the hymn to the Sun and listening to the Purāṇas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.267
अहोरात्रे गते पश्चादष्टम्यां कृतनैत्यकः।। तत्सर्वं वेदविदुषे ब्राह्मणाय निवेदयेत्
ahorātre gate paścādaṣṭamyāṃ kṛtanaityakaḥ|| tatsarvaṃ vedaviduṣe brāhmaṇāya nivedayet
Then, when the day and night have passed, on the eighth, having done the daily rites, he should present all that to a brahmin learned in the Veda.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.268
भोजयेच्छक्तितो विप्रान्शर्कराघृतपायसैः।। भुंजीतातैललवणं स्वयमप्यथ वाग्यतः
bhojayecchaktito viprānśarkarāghṛtapāyasaiḥ|| bhuṃjītātailalavaṇaṃ svayamapyatha vāgyataḥ
He should feed brahmins according to his means with sugar, ghee and milk-rice; and he himself too should eat food without oil and salt, keeping silence.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.269
अनेन विधिना सर्वं मासिमासि समाचरेत्।। संवत्सरांते शयनं शर्कराकलशान्वितम्
anena vidhinā sarvaṃ māsimāsi samācaret|| saṃvatsarāṃte śayanaṃ śarkarākalaśānvitam
By this procedure he should perform the whole (rite) month after month; at the year's end, a bed together with a pot of sugar,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.270
सर्वोपस्करसंयुक्तं तथैकांगां पयस्विनीम्।। गृहं च शक्तिमान्दद्यात्समस्तोपस्करान्वितम्
sarvopaskarasaṃyuktaṃ tathaikāṃgāṃ payasvinīm|| gṛhaṃ ca śaktimāndadyātsamastopaskarānvitam
furnished with all appurtenances, and likewise a single milch cow; and one who is able should give a house too, provided with all appurtenances.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.271
सहस्रेणाथ निष्काणां कृत्वा दद्याच्छतेन वा।। दशभिर्वा त्रिभिर्वापि निष्केणैकेन वा पुनः
sahasreṇātha niṣkāṇāṃ kṛtvā dadyācchatena vā|| daśabhirvā tribhirvāpi niṣkeṇaikena vā punaḥ
Then, having made it with a thousand niṣkas he should give it, or with a hundred, or with ten, or with three, or again with a single niṣka.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.272
पद्मं स्वशक्तितो दद्यात्पूर्ववन्मंत्रपाठनम्।। वित्तशाठ्यं न कुर्वीत कुर्वन्दोषान्समश्नुते
padmaṃ svaśaktito dadyātpūrvavanmaṃtrapāṭhanam|| vittaśāṭhyaṃ na kurvīta kurvandoṣānsamaśnute
He should give a lotus according to his means, with recitation of the mantra as before; he should not be stingy with wealth — doing so, he incurs faults.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.273
अमृतं पिबतो वक्त्रात्सूर्यस्यामृतबिंदवः।। समुत्पेतुर्द्धरण्यां ये शालिमुद्गेक्षवस्तु ते
amṛtaṃ pibato vaktrātsūryasyāmṛtabiṃdavaḥ|| samutpeturddharaṇyāṃ ye śālimudgekṣavastu te
From the mouth of the Sun as he drank the nectar, drops of nectar flew forth upon the earth; those are rice, mung beans, and sugarcane.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.274
शर्करायारसस्तस्मादिक्षुसारोमृतात्मवान्।। इष्टारवेरतः पुण्या शर्करा हव्यकव्ययोः
śarkarāyārasastasmādikṣusāromṛtātmavān|| iṣṭāraverataḥ puṇyā śarkarā havyakavyayoḥ
Therefore the juice that becomes sugar, the essence of the cane, has nectar for its nature; hence sugar, dear to the Sun, is holy in the offerings to gods and to the ancestors.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 21.275
शर्करासप्तमी चेयं वाजिमेधफलप्रदा।। सर्वदुष्टोपशमनी पुत्रपौत्रविवर्धिनी
śarkarāsaptamī ceyaṃ vājimedhaphalapradā|| sarvaduṣṭopaśamanī putrapautravivardhinī
And this Sugar-Seventh bestows the fruit of a horse sacrifice; it quells all evils and increases sons and grandsons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.276
यः कुर्यात्परया भक्त्या स परं ब्रह्म गच्छति।। कल्पमेकं वसेत्स्वर्गे ततो याति परं पदम्
yaḥ kuryātparayā bhaktyā sa paraṃ brahma gacchati|| kalpamekaṃ vasetsvarge tato yāti paraṃ padam
He who performs it with supreme devotion goes to the supreme Brahman; he dwells in heaven for one kalpa, and thereafter goes to the highest state.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.277
इदमनघ शृणोति यः स्मरेद्वा परिपठतीह सुरेश्वरस्य लोके।। मतिमपि च ददाति सोपि देवैरमरपुरे परिपूज्यते मुनीन्द्रैः
idamanagha śṛṇoti yaḥ smaredvā paripaṭhatīha sureśvarasya loke|| matimapi ca dadāti sopi devairamarapure paripūjyate munīndraiḥ
O sinless one, whoever hears this, or remembers it, or recites it through here, and whoever gives his mind to it as well — he too is worshipped in the city of the immortals by the gods and by the foremost sages, in the world of the lord of gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 21.278
अतः परं प्रवक्ष्यामि तद्वत्कमलसप्तमीम्।। यस्यास्संकीर्त्तनादेव तुष्यतीह दिवाकरः
ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi tadvatkamalasaptamīm|| yasyāssaṃkīrttanādeva tuṣyatīha divākaraḥ
Next after this I shall proclaim, likewise, the Lotus-Seventh, at the mere praising of which the Sun is pleased here.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.279
वसंतामलसप्तम्यां सुस्नातो गौरसर्षपैः।। तिलपात्रे च सौवर्णं निधाय कमलं शुभम्
vasaṃtāmalasaptamyāṃ susnāto gaurasarṣapaiḥ|| tilapātre ca sauvarṇaṃ nidhāya kamalaṃ śubham
On the seventh of the bright (fortnight) in spring, well bathed with white mustard, having placed a fine golden lotus in a vessel of sesame,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.280
वस्त्रयुग्मावृतं कृत्वा गंधपुष्पैरथार्चयेत्।। नमस्ते पद्महस्ताय नमस्ते विश्वधारिणे
vastrayugmāvṛtaṃ kṛtvā gaṃdhapuṣpairathārcayet|| namaste padmahastāya namaste viśvadhāriṇe
having wrapped it in a pair of cloths, he should then worship it with perfume and flowers: "Homage to you, holder of the lotus in your hand; homage to you, bearer of the universe;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.281
दिवाकर नमस्तेस्तु प्रभाकर नमोस्तुते।। ततो द्विकालवेलायामुदकुंभसमन्वितम्
divākara namastestu prabhākara namostute|| tato dvikālavelāyāmudakuṃbhasamanvitam
"Homage be to you, Maker of Day; homage to you, Maker of Light!" Then, at the time of the two junctures (of the day), (an offering) together with a water-pot —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.282
विप्राय दद्यात्संपूज्य वस्त्रमाल्यविभूषणैः।। शक्तितः कपिलां दद्यादलंकृत्य विधानतः
viprāya dadyātsaṃpūjya vastramālyavibhūṣaṇaiḥ|| śaktitaḥ kapilāṃ dadyādalaṃkṛtya vidhānataḥ
he should give (it) to a brahmin, having honoured him with clothes, garlands and ornaments; according to his ability he should give a tawny (kapilā) cow, adorned according to the prescription.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.283
अहोरात्रे गते पश्चादष्टम्यां भोजयेद्द्विजान्।। यथाशक्ति च भुंजीत विमांसं तैलवर्जितं
ahorātre gate paścādaṣṭamyāṃ bhojayeddvijān|| yathāśakti ca bhuṃjīta vimāṃsaṃ tailavarjitaṃ
When a day and a night have passed, afterwards, on the eighth (day), he should feed the twice-born; and according to his ability let him eat (food) free of meat and free of oil.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.284
अनेन विधिना शुक्लसप्तम्यां मासि मासि च।। सर्वं समाचरेद्भक्त्या वित्तशाठ्यविवर्जितः
anena vidhinā śuklasaptamyāṃ māsi māsi ca|| sarvaṃ samācaredbhaktyā vittaśāṭhyavivarjitaḥ
By this procedure, on the seventh of the bright (fortnight) month after month, he should perform everything with devotion, avoiding stinginess with his wealth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.285
व्रतांते शयनं दद्यात्सुवर्णकमलान्वितम्
vratāṃte śayanaṃ dadyātsuvarṇakamalānvitam
At the end of the vow he should give a bed together with a golden lotus.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.286
गाश्च प्रदद्याच्छक्त्या तु सुवर्णस्य पयस्विनीः।। भाजनासनदीपादीन्दद्यादिष्टानुपस्करान्
gāśca pradadyācchaktyā tu suvarṇasya payasvinīḥ|| bhājanāsanadīpādīndadyādiṣṭānupaskarān
And he should give, according to his means, milk-giving cows made of gold; he should give vessels, seats, lamps and the like — the desired utensils.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.287
अनेन विधिना यस्तु कुर्यात्कमलसप्तमीम्।। लक्ष्मीमनंतामभ्येति सूर्यलोके च मोदते
anena vidhinā yastu kuryātkamalasaptamīm|| lakṣmīmanaṃtāmabhyeti sūryaloke ca modate
He who performs the Lotus-Seventh by this procedure attains endless prosperity and rejoices in the world of the Sun.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.288
कल्पेकल्पे ततो लोकान्सप्त गत्वा पृथक्पृथक्।। अप्सरोभिः परिवृतस्ततो याति परां गतिं
kalpekalpe tato lokānsapta gatvā pṛthakpṛthak|| apsarobhiḥ parivṛtastato yāti parāṃ gatiṃ
Then, in each kalpa, having gone to the seven worlds one after another, surrounded by apsarases, he then goes to the highest goal.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.289
पश्येदिमां यः शृणुयान्मुहूर्ते पठेच्च भक्त्याथ मतिं ददाति।। सोप्यत्र लक्ष्मीममलामवाप्य गंधर्वविद्याधरलोकमेति
paśyedimāṃ yaḥ śṛṇuyānmuhūrte paṭhecca bhaktyātha matiṃ dadāti|| sopyatra lakṣmīmamalāmavāpya gaṃdharvavidyādharalokameti
He who looks upon this, who hears it, and who recites it with devotion at the (proper) hour, and then gives his mind (to it) — he too, obtaining spotless prosperity here, goes to the world of the gandharvas and vidyādharas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.290
अतः परं प्रवक्ष्यामि सर्वपापप्रणाशिनीम्।। सर्वकामप्रदां पुण्यां नाम्ना मंदारसप्तमीं
ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi sarvapāpapraṇāśinīm|| sarvakāmapradāṃ puṇyāṃ nāmnā maṃdārasaptamīṃ
Next I shall declare (the observance) that destroys all sins, grants all desires, and is meritorious, called the Mandāra-Seventh.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.291
माघस्यामलपक्षे तु पंचम्यां लघुभुङ्नरः।। दंतकाष्ठं ततः कृत्वा षष्ठीमुपवसेद्बुधः
māghasyāmalapakṣe tu paṃcamyāṃ laghubhuṅnaraḥ|| daṃtakāṣṭhaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā ṣaṣṭhīmupavasedbudhaḥ
In the bright fortnight of Māgha, on the fifth, a man should eat lightly; then, having used the tooth-stick, the wise man should fast on the sixth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.292
विप्रान्संपूजयित्वा तु मंदारं प्रार्थयेन्निशि।। ततः प्रभात उत्थाय कृत्वा स्नानं पुनर्द्विजान्
viprānsaṃpūjayitvā tu maṃdāraṃ prārthayenniśi|| tataḥ prabhāta utthāya kṛtvā snānaṃ punardvijān
Having duly honoured brahmins, he should at night make his request (of/for) the mandāra; then, rising at dawn and having bathed, (he should) again (honour) the twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.293
भोजयेच्छक्तितः कुर्यान्मंदारकुसुमाष्टकं।। सौवर्णं पुरुषं तद्वत्पद्महस्तं सुशोभनं
bhojayecchaktitaḥ kuryānmaṃdārakusumāṣṭakaṃ|| sauvarṇaṃ puruṣaṃ tadvatpadmahastaṃ suśobhanaṃ
He should feed (them) according to his ability, and should make a set of eight mandāra flowers, and likewise a beautiful golden man holding a lotus.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.294
पद्मं कृष्णतिलैः कृत्वा ताम्रपात्रेष्टपत्रकं।। हेममंदारकुसुमैर्भास्करायेति पूर्वतः
padmaṃ kṛṣṇatilaiḥ kṛtvā tāmrapātreṣṭapatrakaṃ|| hemamaṃdārakusumairbhāskarāyeti pūrvataḥ
Having made a lotus with black sesame seeds on a copper plate, with the desired (number of) petals, with golden mandāra flowers (he should worship) on the east (petal) with "To Bhāskara" —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.295
नमस्कारेण तद्वच्च सूर्यायेत्यमले दले।। दक्षिणे तद्वदर्काय तथार्यम्णे च नैर्ऋते
namaskāreṇa tadvacca sūryāyetyamale dale|| dakṣiṇe tadvadarkāya tathāryamṇe ca nairṛte
and likewise with an act of homage, with "To Sūrya" on the spotless petal; on the south likewise "To Arka," and "To Aryaman" on the southwest;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.296
पश्चिमे वेदधाम्ने च वायव्ये चंडभानवे।। पूष्णे चोत्तरतः पूज्य आनंदायेति तत्परम्
paścime vedadhāmne ca vāyavye caṃḍabhānave|| pūṣṇe cottarataḥ pūjya ānaṃdāyeti tatparam
and on the west "To Vedadhāman," on the northwest "To Caṇḍabhānu," and on the north he should worship "To Pūṣan," and after that "To Ānanda."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.297
कर्णिकायां च पुरुषः स्थाप्यः सर्वात्मनेपि च।। शुक्लवस्त्रैः समावेष्ट्य भक्ष्यैर्माल्यफलादिभिः
karṇikāyāṃ ca puruṣaḥ sthāpyaḥ sarvātmanepi ca|| śuklavastraiḥ samāveṣṭya bhakṣyairmālyaphalādibhiḥ
And in the pericarp the (golden) man is to be placed, with "To the Self of all" as well; having wrapped (it) round with white cloths, with foods, garlands, fruits and the rest —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.298
एवमभ्यर्च्य तत्सर्वं दद्याद्वेदविदे पुनः।। भुंजीतातैललवणं वाग्यतः प्राङ्मुखो गृही
evamabhyarcya tatsarvaṃ dadyādvedavide punaḥ|| bhuṃjītātailalavaṇaṃ vāgyataḥ prāṅmukho gṛhī
having thus worshipped, he should then give all that to one who knows the Veda; and the householder, restrained in speech and facing east, should eat (food) without oil and salt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.299
अनेन विधिना सर्वं सप्तम्यां मासिमासि च।। कुर्यात्संवत्सरं यावद्वित्तशाठ्यविवर्जितः
anena vidhinā sarvaṃ saptamyāṃ māsimāsi ca|| kuryātsaṃvatsaraṃ yāvadvittaśāṭhyavivarjitaḥ
By this procedure he should do everything on the seventh, month after month, for a full year, avoiding stinginess with his wealth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.300
एतदेव व्रतांते तु निधाय कलशोपरि।। गोभिर्विभवतः सार्द्धं दातव्यं भूतिमिच्छता३०० 1.21.
etadeva vratāṃte tu nidhāya kalaśopari|| gobhirvibhavataḥ sārddhaṃ dātavyaṃ bhūtimicchatā300 1.21.
And at the end of the vow this very (image), placed upon a water-jar, is to be given, together with cows according to one's means, by one who desires prosperity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.301
नमो मंदारनाथाय मंदारभवनाय च।। त्वं रवे तारयस्वास्मानस्मात्संसारसागरात्
namo maṃdāranāthāya maṃdārabhavanāya ca|| tvaṃ rave tārayasvāsmānasmātsaṃsārasāgarāt
"Homage to the lord of the mandāra, and to him whose dwelling is the mandāra. Do you, O Sun, carry us across from this ocean of transmigration."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.302
अनेन विधिना यस्तु कुर्यान्मंदारसप्तमीम्।। विपाप्मा स सुखी मर्त्यः कल्पं च दिवि मोदते
anena vidhinā yastu kuryānmaṃdārasaptamīm|| vipāpmā sa sukhī martyaḥ kalpaṃ ca divi modate
Whoever performs the Mandāra Seventh by this rite, that mortal, freed of evil and happy, rejoices in heaven for a kalpa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.303
इमामघौघपटलभीषणध्वांतदीपिकां।। गच्छन्संगृह्य संसारशर्वर्यां न स्खलेन्नरः
imāmaghaughapaṭalabhīṣaṇadhvāṃtadīpikāṃ|| gacchansaṃgṛhya saṃsāraśarvaryāṃ na skhalennaraḥ
A man who goes forward having taken up this lamp for the terrifying darkness that is the mass of heaped-up sins does not stumble in the night of transmigration.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.304
मंदारसप्तमीमेतामीप्सितार्थफलप्रदां।। यः पठेच्छृणुयाद्वापि सोपि पापैः प्रमुच्यते
maṃdārasaptamīmetāmīpsitārthaphalapradāṃ|| yaḥ paṭhecchṛṇuyādvāpi sopi pāpaiḥ pramucyate
Whoever recites or even hears this Mandāra Seventh, which grants the fruit that is desired, he too is released from sins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.305
अथान्यामपि वक्ष्यामि शोभनां शुभसप्तमीं।। यामुपोष्य नरो रोगशोकौघात्तु प्रमुच्यते
athānyāmapi vakṣyāmi śobhanāṃ śubhasaptamīṃ|| yāmupoṣya naro rogaśokaughāttu pramucyate
Now I shall declare another as well, the auspicious Śobhana Seventh, by fasting on which a man is released from the flood of disease and sorrow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.306
पुण्यमाश्वयुजे मासि कृतस्नानजपः शुचिः।। वाचयित्वा ततो विप्रानारभेच्छुभसप्तमीं
puṇyamāśvayuje māsi kṛtasnānajapaḥ śuciḥ|| vācayitvā tato viprānārabhecchubhasaptamīṃ
In the holy month of Āśvayuja, having bathed and made his recitation, pure, and having then had the brahmins pronounce (their blessing), he should begin the Auspicious Seventh.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.307
कपिलां पूजयेद्भक्त्या गंधमाल्यानुलेपनैः।। नमामि सूर्यसंभूतामशेषभुवनालयां
kapilāṃ pūjayedbhaktyā gaṃdhamālyānulepanaiḥ|| namāmi sūryasaṃbhūtāmaśeṣabhuvanālayāṃ
He should worship a tawny cow with devotion, with perfumes, garlands and unguents (saying): "I bow to her who was born of the Sun, the abode of the whole world,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.308
त्वामहं शुभकल्याणि स्वशरीरविशुद्धये।। अथ कृत्वा तिलप्रस्थं ताम्रपात्रेणसंयुतम्
tvāmahaṃ śubhakalyāṇi svaśarīraviśuddhaye|| atha kṛtvā tilaprasthaṃ tāmrapātreṇasaṃyutam
to you, O auspicious and blessed one, for the purification of my own body." Then, having made ready a prastha of sesame together with a copper vessel,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.309
कांचनं वृषभं तद्वद्वस्त्रमाल्यगुडान्वितं।। सोपधानं च विश्रामभाजनासनसंयुतम्
kāṃcanaṃ vṛṣabhaṃ tadvadvastramālyaguḍānvitaṃ|| sopadhānaṃ ca viśrāmabhājanāsanasaṃyutam
likewise a golden bull, furnished with cloth, garland and jaggery, together with a cushion and a resting-vessel and a seat,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 21.311
फलैर्नानाविधैर्भक्ष्यैः घृतपायससंयुतैः।। दद्याद्द्विकालवेलायामर्यमा प्रीयतामिति३१० विकाल।। पंचगव्यं च संप्राश्य स्वपेद्भूमावसंस्तरे।। ततः प्रभाते संजाते भक्त्या संतर्पयेद्द्विजान्
phalairnānāvidhairbhakṣyaiḥ ghṛtapāyasasaṃyutaiḥ|| dadyāddvikālavelāyāmaryamā prīyatāmiti310 vikāla|| paṃcagavyaṃ ca saṃprāśya svapedbhūmāvasaṃstare|| tataḥ prabhāte saṃjāte bhaktyā saṃtarpayeddvijān
with various fruits and eatables, together with ghee and rice-pudding, he should give (these) at the twilight hour, (saying) "may Aryaman be pleased." And having partaken of the five products of the cow, he should sleep on the ground without a spread bed. Then, when morning has come, he should with devotion gratify the twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.312
अनेन विधिना दद्यान्मासिमासि सदा नरः।। वाससी वृषभं हैमं तद्वद्गां कांचनोद्भवाम्
anena vidhinā dadyānmāsimāsi sadā naraḥ|| vāsasī vṛṣabhaṃ haimaṃ tadvadgāṃ kāṃcanodbhavām
By this rule a man should always give, month after month, a pair of garments, a golden bull, and likewise a cow made of gold.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.313
संवत्सरांते शयनमिक्षुदंडगुडान्वितम्।। ताम्रपात्रे तिलप्रस्थं सौवर्णं वृषभं तथा
saṃvatsarāṃte śayanamikṣudaṃḍaguḍānvitam|| tāmrapātre tilaprasthaṃ sauvarṇaṃ vṛṣabhaṃ tathā
At the end of the year, a bed together with sugarcane stalks and molasses; a prastha of sesame in a copper vessel, and likewise a golden bull.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.314
दद्याद्वेदविदे सर्वं विश्वात्मा प्रीयतामिति।। अनेन विधिना विद्वान्कुर्याद्यः शुभसप्तमीम्
dadyādvedavide sarvaṃ viśvātmā prīyatāmiti|| anena vidhinā vidvānkuryādyaḥ śubhasaptamīm
He should give all this to one learned in the Veda, saying, "May the Soul of All be pleased." The learned man who observes the Auspicious Seventh by this rule —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.315
तस्य श्रीर्विमला कीर्त्तिर्भवेज्जन्मनि जन्मनि।। अप्सरोगणगंधर्वैः पूज्यमानः सुरालये
tasya śrīrvimalā kīrttirbhavejjanmani janmani|| apsarogaṇagaṃdharvaiḥ pūjyamānaḥ surālaye
his fortune and fame become spotless birth after birth; and honoured by hosts of apsarases and gandharvas in the abode of the gods,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.316
वसेद्गणाधिपो भूत्वा यावदाभूतसंप्लवम्।। कल्पादाववतीर्णश्च सप्तद्वीपाधिपो भवेत्
vasedgaṇādhipo bhūtvā yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam|| kalpādāvavatīrṇaśca saptadvīpādhipo bhavet
he dwells as a lord of hosts until the dissolution of all beings; and, descending at the beginning of a kalpa, he becomes lord of the seven continents.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.317
भ्रूणहत्यासहस्रस्य ब्रह्महत्याशतस्य च।। नाशायालमियं पुण्या पठ्यते शुभसप्तमी
bhrūṇahatyāsahasrasya brahmahatyāśatasya ca|| nāśāyālamiyaṃ puṇyā paṭhyate śubhasaptamī
This meritorious Auspicious Seventh is proclaimed sufficient for the destruction of a thousand slayings of embryos and a hundred slayings of brahmins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.318
इमां पठेद्यः शृणुयान्मुहूर्तं पश्येत्प्रसंगादपि दीयमानम्।। सोप्यत्र सर्वाघविमुक्तदेहः प्राप्नोति विद्याधरनायकत्वम्
imāṃ paṭhedyaḥ śṛṇuyānmuhūrtaṃ paśyetprasaṃgādapi dīyamānam|| sopyatra sarvāghavimuktadehaḥ prāpnoti vidyādharanāyakatvam
Whoever reads this, or hears it for a moment, or even by chance sees (the gifts) being given — he too, his body freed from every sin, attains the leadership of the vidyādharas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 21.319
यावत्समास्सप्त नरः करोति यः सप्तमीं सप्तविधानयुक्ताम्।। स सप्तलोकाधिपतिः क्रमेण भूत्वा पदं याति परं मुरारेः
yāvatsamāssapta naraḥ karoti yaḥ saptamīṃ saptavidhānayuktām|| sa saptalokādhipatiḥ krameṇa bhūtvā padaṃ yāti paraṃ murāreḥ
The man who for seven years performs the Seventh with its sevenfold procedure — he, becoming step by step the lord of the seven worlds, goes to the supreme station of Murāri.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition