Padma Purana — Srishti Khanda — Chapter 46
PdP 1 46.1
श्री भीष्म उवाच-। नरसिंहस्य माहात्म्यं विस्तरेण त्वयेरितं। तथा भवस्य माहात्म्यं भैरवस्याभिधीयताम्
śrī bhīṣma uvāca-| narasiṃhasya māhātmyaṃ vistareṇa tvayeritaṃ| tathā bhavasya māhātmyaṃ bhairavasyābhidhīyatām
Śrī Bhīṣma said: The greatness of Narasiṃha has been recounted by you at length; now let the greatness of Bhava, of Bhairava, be told.
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PdP 1 46.2
पुलस्त्य उवाच। तस्यापि देवदेवस्य शृणु त्वं कर्म चोत्तमं। आसीद्दैत्योंधको नाम भिन्नांजनचयोपमः
pulastya uvāca| tasyāpi devadevasya śṛṇu tvaṃ karma cottamaṃ| āsīddaityoṃdhako nāma bhinnāṃjanacayopamaḥ
Pulastya said: Hear too the excellent deed of that God of gods. There was a demon named Andhaka, resembling a heap of crushed collyrium.
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PdP 1 46.3
तपसा महता युक्तो ह्यवध्यस्त्रिदिवौकसाम्। स कदाचिन्महादेवं पार्वत्या सहितं विभुं
tapasā mahatā yukto hyavadhyastridivaukasām| sa kadācinmahādevaṃ pārvatyā sahitaṃ vibhuṃ
Endowed with great austerity, he was indeed unslayable by the dwellers of the third heaven. Once, (seeing) the mighty Mahādeva together with Pārvatī,
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PdP 1 46.4
क्रीडमानं तदा दृष्ट्वा हर्तुं देवीं प्रचक्रमे। एतां देवीं हराम्यद्य वियोगे मृत्युमेष्यति
krīḍamānaṃ tadā dṛṣṭvā hartuṃ devīṃ pracakrame| etāṃ devīṃ harāmyadya viyoge mṛtyumeṣyati
seeing (him) then at play, he set about carrying off the Goddess: "I shall today carry off this goddess; in separation (from her) he will meet death.
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PdP 1 46.5
ततः स्थिरा भवित्री मे भार्यैषा लोकसुंदरी। बिबौष्ठं चारुवदनं चारुकांततरं मुखं
tataḥ sthirā bhavitrī me bhāryaiṣā lokasuṃdarī| bibauṣṭhaṃ cāruvadanaṃ cārukāṃtataraṃ mukhaṃ
Then this beauty of the world shall be my wife for good — her face with bimba-red lips, lovely of countenance, exceedingly charming.
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PdP 1 46.6
यद्येषा न भवेद्भार्या जीविते किं प्रयोजनम्। एतां मतिमथास्थाय मंत्रिभिः सह मंत्र्य च
yadyeṣā na bhavedbhāryā jīvite kiṃ prayojanam| etāṃ matimathāsthāya maṃtribhiḥ saha maṃtrya ca
If she does not become my wife, what use is living?" Then, adopting this resolve, and taking counsel with his ministers,
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PdP 1 46.7
चक्रे योगं ससैन्यस्य सेनापतिमभाषत। आनयस्व रथं मह्यं जैत्रं देवनिपातनम्
cakre yogaṃ sasainyasya senāpatimabhāṣata| ānayasva rathaṃ mahyaṃ jaitraṃ devanipātanam
he made preparation together with his army, and said to his general: "Bring me my chariot, the victorious one that fells the gods.
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PdP 1 46.8
जयिष्ये त्रिदशान्सर्वान्विष्णुरुद्रपुरोगमान्। हरिष्ये पर्वतसुतां तया मेऽपहृतं मनः
jayiṣye tridaśānsarvānviṣṇurudrapurogamān| hariṣye parvatasutāṃ tayā me'pahṛtaṃ manaḥ
I shall conquer all the thirty (gods) headed by Viṣṇu and Rudra; I shall carry off the mountain's daughter, by whom my mind has been stolen."
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PdP 1 46.9
मंत्रिणा तस्य चाख्यातः कनकस्य वधस्सुरैः। परभार्यानुरक्तस्य कृतो देवैः सवासवैः
maṃtriṇā tasya cākhyātaḥ kanakasya vadhassuraiḥ| parabhāryānuraktasya kṛto devaiḥ savāsavaiḥ
And by his minister was reported the slaying of Kanaka by the gods — brought about by the gods along with Vāsava, since he was enamoured of another's wife.
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PdP 1 46.10
ततः कोपपरीतात्मा हन्मि देवान्सशंकरान्। तं हत्वा दानवं शक्रो भयादंधासुरस्य च
tataḥ kopaparītātmā hanmi devānsaśaṃkarān| taṃ hatvā dānavaṃ śakro bhayādaṃdhāsurasya ca
Then, his mind gripped by rage: "I shall slay the gods together with Śaṃkara." Having killed that Dānava, Śakra, out of fear of the demon Andhaka,
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PdP 1 46.11
जगाम शरणान्वेषी कैलासं शंकरालयं। दृष्ट्वा प्रणम्य देवेशं चंद्रार्द्धकृतशेखरं
jagāma śaraṇānveṣī kailāsaṃ śaṃkarālayaṃ| dṛṣṭvā praṇamya deveśaṃ caṃdrārddhakṛtaśekharaṃ
went seeking refuge to Kailāsa, Śaṃkara's abode; and having seen and bowed to the lord of gods, whose crest is made of the half-moon,
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PdP 1 46.12
भीतो विज्ञापयामास धृतसाहस्रलोचनः। अभयं देहि मे देव दानवादंधकादहं
bhīto vijñāpayāmāsa dhṛtasāhasralocanaḥ| abhayaṃ dehi me deva dānavādaṃdhakādahaṃ
in fear he made known (his plight), holding his thousand eyes (steady): "Grant me safety, O God, from the Dānava Andhaka —
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PdP 1 46.13
बिभेमि तस्य पुत्रोद्य मया युधि निपातितः। तद्यावन्न स जानाति हतं पुत्रं महासुरः
bibhemi tasya putrodya mayā yudhi nipātitaḥ| tadyāvanna sa jānāti hataṃ putraṃ mahāsuraḥ
I am afraid. His son has today been felled by me in battle. Therefore, so long as the great asura does not know that his son is slain,
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PdP 1 46.14
तावत्तत्रस्थ एवाशु हन्यतां मद्भयावहः। स्त्रीलौल्याद्दानवः क्रूरः परभार्यापहारकः
tāvattatrastha evāśu hanyatāṃ madbhayāvahaḥ| strīlaulyāddānavaḥ krūraḥ parabhāryāpahārakaḥ
for so long let him be quickly slain right where he is, he who brings fear to me — the cruel Dānava, an abductor of others' wives out of lust for women.
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PdP 1 46.15
सर्वथा घातनीयस्ते भवता सुरसत्तम। शक्रस्यैवं वचः श्रुत्वा शरण्यः शंकरस्तदा
sarvathā ghātanīyaste bhavatā surasattama| śakrasyaivaṃ vacaḥ śrutvā śaraṇyaḥ śaṃkarastadā
In every way he must be slain by you, O best of gods." Hearing this speech of Śakra, Śaṃkara, the giver of refuge, then
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PdP 1 46.16
ददावभयमेवासौ मा भैरिति शतक्रतोः। दत्ताभयोथ कैलासादाजगाम कुशस्थलीम्
dadāvabhayamevāsau mā bhairiti śatakratoḥ| dattābhayotha kailāsādājagāma kuśasthalīm
granted safety indeed to Śatakratu, saying "Do not fear." Then, having granted safety, he came from Kailāsa to Kuśasthalī,
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PdP 1 46.17
वृतो भूतगणैरीशो वधार्थमंधकस्य तु। कृत्वा रूपं महाकायं विश्वरूपं सुभैरवं
vṛto bhūtagaṇairīśo vadhārthamaṃdhakasya tu| kṛtvā rūpaṃ mahākāyaṃ viśvarūpaṃ subhairavaṃ
the Lord surrounded by hosts of spirits, for the sake of Andhaka's death, having made a form huge of body, all-formed, exceedingly terrible,
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PdP 1 46.18
सर्पैर्ज्वलद्भिर्धावद्भिर्भीमं भीमभुजंगवत्। जटासटाभिराकाशं फणिरत्नशिखार्चिषा
sarpairjvaladbhirdhāvadbhirbhīmaṃ bhīmabhujaṃgavat| jaṭāsaṭābhirākāśaṃ phaṇiratnaśikhārciṣā
dreadful with blazing, darting serpents, like a dreadful snake, (filling) the sky with his matted mane and with the flaming radiance of the jewels on the hoods' crests,
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PdP 1 46.19
दहन्नतीवतेजोभिः कालाग्निरिव संक्षये। मुखैर्दंष्ट्रांकुरांकैश्च द्वितीयेन्दुकलोज्ज्वलैः
dahannatīvatejobhiḥ kālāgniriva saṃkṣaye| mukhairdaṃṣṭrāṃkurāṃkaiśca dvitīyendukalojjvalaiḥ
burning (the sky) with his exceedingly fierce energies, like the fire of Time at the dissolution; with faces marked by sprouting fangs, bright as a sliver of the second-day moon,
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PdP 1 46.20
पातालोदररूपाभैर्भैरवारावनादिभिः। भुजैरनेकसाहस्रैर्बहुशस्त्रकृतग्रहः
pātālodararūpābhairbhairavārāvanādibhiḥ| bhujairanekasāhasrairbahuśastrakṛtagrahaḥ
(with mouths) whose look was like the cavern of Pātāla, uttering fearful roars; with many thousands of arms in which many weapons were grasped,
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PdP 1 46.21
बह्वाभरणभूषाढ्यै रणे घोरनिनादिभिः। सिंहचर्मपरीधानं व्याघ्रत्वगुत्तरीयकं
bahvābharaṇabhūṣāḍhyai raṇe ghoraninādibhiḥ| siṃhacarmaparīdhānaṃ vyāghratvaguttarīyakaṃ
(with arms) rich in the ornamentation of many ornaments, making a dreadful noise in the battle; wearing a lion's skin as a garment, with a tiger's hide as an upper wrap,
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PdP 1 46.22
गजाजिनकृताटोपं पतद्भृंगरवाकुलं। ईदृग्रूपं विधायेशो दनुदैत्यभयावहं
gajājinakṛtāṭopaṃ patadbhṛṃgaravākulaṃ| īdṛgrūpaṃ vidhāyeśo danudaityabhayāvahaṃ
his swagger made with an elephant's hide, thronged with the humming of alighting bees — having assumed such a form, bringing terror to the Dānava demons, the Lord
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PdP 1 46.23
अवातरन्महीं भीमो दनूनां क्षयकारकः। अंधासुरोपि दनुजः पुत्रं श्रुत्वा हतं युधि
avātaranmahīṃ bhīmo danūnāṃ kṣayakārakaḥ| aṃdhāsuropi danujaḥ putraṃ śrutvā hataṃ yudhi
— the fearsome one, the destroyer of the sons of Danu — descended to the earth. And Andhāsura too, the son of Danu, hearing that his son had been slain in the fight,
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PdP 1 46.24
क्रोधेन तमसाविष्टो रणतूर्याण्यचोदयत्। संहत्यावहितः प्राप्तो यत्र ते त्रिदशाः स्थिताः
krodhena tamasāviṣṭo raṇatūryāṇyacodayat| saṃhatyāvahitaḥ prāpto yatra te tridaśāḥ sthitāḥ
possessed by rage and by darkness, had the war-drums sounded; assembling (his forces) and alert, he arrived where those thirty gods were stationed,
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PdP 1 46.25
महत्या सेनया सार्द्धं रथवारणयुक्तया। ते देवा दानवान्वीक्ष्य महाहवकृतादरान्
mahatyā senayā sārddhaṃ rathavāraṇayuktayā| te devā dānavānvīkṣya mahāhavakṛtādarān
together with a great army furnished with chariots and elephants. Those gods, seeing the Dānavas bent upon a great battle,
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PdP 1 46.26
व्यपयाततनुत्राणाः शंभुं शरणमन्वयुः। मा भैरिति च तान्देवो देवानुक्त्वा त्रिलोचनः
vyapayātatanutrāṇāḥ śaṃbhuṃ śaraṇamanvayuḥ| mā bhairiti ca tāndevo devānuktvā trilocanaḥ
cast off their body-armour and went to Śambhu for refuge; and the three-eyed god, saying to those gods, "Do not fear,"
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PdP 1 46.27
गृहीत्वा शूलमातिष्ठद्दंष्ट्रारवधरो रुषा। अंधकेनाथ रुष्टेन शतकोटिशरैर्गणाः
gṛhītvā śūlamātiṣṭhaddaṃṣṭrāravadharo ruṣā| aṃdhakenātha ruṣṭena śatakoṭiśarairgaṇāḥ
took up his spear and stood, baring his fangs and roaring in wrath. Then by the enraged Andhaka the hosts (of Śiva) were, with a hundred crore arrows,
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PdP 1 46.28
निहताश्चापि देवानां बहूनामेकताकृतां। सस्फुलिंगार्चिषो वह्नेर्मुंचमानः पिनाकधृक्
nihatāścāpi devānāṃ bahūnāmekatākṛtāṃ| sasphuliṃgārciṣo vahnermuṃcamānaḥ pinākadhṛk
struck down, and so too many of the gods who had joined into one (body). Then, emitting the sparks and flames of fire, the bearer of the Pināka
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PdP 1 46.29
शरैः समावृतं चक्रे अंधकं रथगं ततः। दनुनाथो रथस्थोथ शिथिलः शिथिलायुधः
śaraiḥ samāvṛtaṃ cakre aṃdhakaṃ rathagaṃ tataḥ| danunātho rathasthotha śithilaḥ śithilāyudhaḥ
made Andhaka, who was mounted on his chariot, wholly enveloped in arrows; then the lord of the Danus, standing in his chariot, grew slack, his weapons slackened.
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PdP 1 46.30
निमंत्र्य दानवान्सर्वान्स योद्धुमुपचक्रमे। बहुधा तद्बलं भग्नं विविधायुधयोधिभिः
nimaṃtrya dānavānsarvānsa yoddhumupacakrame| bahudhā tadbalaṃ bhagnaṃ vividhāyudhayodhibhiḥ
Summoning all the Dānavas, he set about fighting; that army was broken in many places by the fighters with their various weapons,
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PdP 1 46.31
युधि वीरैर्हतं देवैः स्थाणुना सख्यमाश्रितैः। दानवश्चांधकः सैन्यं भिन्नं दृष्ट्वा कृतं सुरैः
yudhi vīrairhataṃ devaiḥ sthāṇunā sakhyamāśritaiḥ| dānavaścāṃdhakaḥ sainyaṃ bhinnaṃ dṛṣṭvā kṛtaṃ suraiḥ
slain in the fight by the heroes, by the gods who had taken to alliance with Sthāṇu. And the Dānava Andhaka, seeing his army shattered, brought to this state by the gods,
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PdP 1 46.32
आत्मानं च महेशेन निरुद्धं बाणकोटिभिः। विह्वलीभूतदेहोसौ धैर्यमालंब्य केवलम्
ātmānaṃ ca maheśena niruddhaṃ bāṇakoṭibhiḥ| vihvalībhūtadehosau dhairyamālaṃbya kevalam
and himself hemmed in by Maheśa with crores of arrows — his body become reeling, holding on to steadfastness alone —
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PdP 1 46.33
पिनाकं चैव रुद्रस्य गृह्य रुद्रमताडयत्। पिनाकस्याभिघातेन रुद्रो भूमिमथागमत्
pinākaṃ caiva rudrasya gṛhya rudramatāḍayat| pinākasyābhighātena rudro bhūmimathāgamat
seized Rudra's own Pināka and struck Rudra with it; by the blow of the Pināka Rudra then went down to the ground.
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PdP 1 46.34
भूमौ निपातिते देवे चलितं भुवनत्रयं। तत्यजुः सागरा वेलां पर्वताः शिखराणि च
bhūmau nipātite deve calitaṃ bhuvanatrayaṃ| tatyajuḥ sāgarā velāṃ parvatāḥ śikharāṇi ca
When the god had been felled to the ground, the three worlds shook; the oceans abandoned their shore-line, and the mountains their peaks.
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PdP 1 46.35
नक्षत्राणि वियोगीनि जग्मुर्मुक्तान्यनेकशः। पतिते भुवि देवेशे अंधको गदया पुनः
nakṣatrāṇi viyogīni jagmurmuktānyanekaśaḥ| patite bhuvi deveśe aṃdhako gadayā punaḥ
The stars, coming apart, went loose in many directions. When the lord of the gods had fallen to the earth, Andhaka again with his club
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PdP 1 46.36
जघान रुषितो नागं हत्वा तं पातयद्भुवि। शिवं त्यक्त्वा नागराजः प्रपलाय्यान्यतो गतः
jaghāna ruṣito nāgaṃ hatvā taṃ pātayadbhuvi| śivaṃ tyaktvā nāgarājaḥ prapalāyyānyato gataḥ
in fury struck the serpent, and having struck it, made it fall to the ground; the serpent-king, abandoning Śiva, fled and went elsewhere.
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PdP 1 46.37
मुहूर्त्ताच्चेतनां लब्ध्वा उत्थितः परमेश्वरः। गृहीत्वा परशुं दिव्यं दानवं नैव पश्यति
muhūrttāccetanāṃ labdhvā utthitaḥ parameśvaraḥ| gṛhītvā paraśuṃ divyaṃ dānavaṃ naiva paśyati
After a moment, regaining consciousness, the Supreme Lord rose up; taking up his divine axe, he does not see the Dānava at all,
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PdP 1 46.38
कृत्वा तु तामसीं मायां मायाशतविशारदः। तया विमोहिते देवे क्व नु वै दानवो गतः
kṛtvā tu tāmasīṃ māyāṃ māyāśataviśāradaḥ| tayā vimohite deve kva nu vai dānavo gataḥ
for he who was expert in a hundred illusions had made a dark illusion. While the god was bewildered by it — where indeed has the Dānava gone?
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PdP 1 46.39
शंभोर्भयमथो प्राप्य किं नु पापः करिष्यति। तमसा छादिता यावद्देवा व्याकुलतां गताः
śaṃbhorbhayamatho prāpya kiṃ nu pāpaḥ kariṣyati| tamasā chāditā yāvaddevā vyākulatāṃ gatāḥ
Having come by fear of Śambhu, what will the wicked one do? So long as they were covered by the darkness, the gods fell into confusion.
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PdP 1 46.40
संभ्रांतमानसानीकास्तदोचुः कार्यगौरवात्। एतस्मिन्नंतरे सूर्यस्तेजोरूपो व्यवस्थितः
saṃbhrāṃtamānasānīkāstadocuḥ kāryagauravāt| etasminnaṃtare sūryastejorūpo vyavasthitaḥ
With minds bewildered, the armies then spoke, because of the gravity of the matter; and in that very interval the Sun took his stand in the form of radiance.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.41
उत्तस्थौ नररूपेण कुर्वन्वितिमिरा दिशः। नष्टे तमसि हृष्टाङ्गे खद्योते प्रकटे स्थिते
uttasthau nararūpeṇa kurvanvitimirā diśaḥ| naṣṭe tamasi hṛṣṭāṅge khadyote prakaṭe sthite
He rose up in human form, making the directions free of darkness; when the darkness had perished and the light-giver stood manifest, with limbs delighted—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 46.42
देवा मुदमवापुस्ते स्पष्टाननविलोचनाः। उद्दीप्तास्तु सुराः सर्वे गणाः स्कंदपुरोगमाः
devā mudamavāpuste spaṣṭānanavilocanāḥ| uddīptāstu surāḥ sarve gaṇāḥ skaṃdapurogamāḥ
—those gods obtained joy, their faces and eyes now clear; and all the gods blazed up, and the hosts with Skanda at their head,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.43
स्तुवंति विविधैस्तोत्रैः नररूपं दिवाकरम्। अनौपम्यं जगद्व्यापि ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवात्परम्
stuvaṃti vividhaistotraiḥ nararūpaṃ divākaram| anaupamyaṃ jagadvyāpi brahmaviṣṇuśivātparam
and they praise with various hymns the maker of day in human form, the incomparable one, pervading the world, higher than Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Śiva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.44
स्निग्धविद्रुमसच्छायं सिंदूरारुणसप्रभम्। प्रभासंतं तदा दृष्ट्वा पंचांगालिंगितावनिः
snigdhavidrumasacchāyaṃ siṃdūrāruṇasaprabham| prabhāsaṃtaṃ tadā dṛṣṭvā paṃcāṃgāliṃgitāvaniḥ
Then, seeing him shining, with the sheen of glossy coral, glowing red as vermilion, (Śiva) touched the earth in an embrace with his five limbs.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.45
पुनः प्रणामप्रवणं प्रणिधानपुरःसरम्। आलोक्य स्निग्धया दृष्ट्या देवदेवं त्रिलोचनः
punaḥ praṇāmapravaṇaṃ praṇidhānapuraḥsaram| ālokya snigdhayā dṛṣṭyā devadevaṃ trilocanaḥ
And again, bent to obeisance, with concentration going before, the three-eyed one, having beheld the god of gods with a tender gaze,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.46
उवाच स्निग्धगंभीर वाचा देवं शनैर्हरः। पूरयन्निव तेजोभिर्भगवान्भुवनत्रयम्
uvāca snigdhagaṃbhīra vācā devaṃ śanairharaḥ| pūrayanniva tejobhirbhagavānbhuvanatrayam
Hara slowly spoke to the god with a tender, deep voice—the Lord, as if filling the three worlds with his radiances:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.47
दैत्यमायाभिपन्नानां दर्शनाकुलचेतसाम्। प्राणिनामिदमेवैकमविसंवादि दैवतम्
daityamāyābhipannānāṃ darśanākulacetasām| prāṇināmidamevaikamavisaṃvādi daivatam
"For living beings overcome by the demon's illusion, whose minds are confounded as to what they see, this alone is the one deity that does not fail.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.48
अयमेव च संसारसागरात्सकलादपि। सत्त्वानुत्तारयन्देवः कर्णधाराय ते प्रभुः
ayameva ca saṃsārasāgarātsakalādapi| sattvānuttārayandevaḥ karṇadhārāya te prabhuḥ
And this very god, carrying creatures across the whole ocean of transmigration, is the lord (fit) to be your helmsman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.49
यजंतो जंतवो भक्त्या यं देवं विविधाः सदा। निःश्रेयसाय कल्पंते तं नतो भास्करं विभुम्
yajaṃto jaṃtavo bhaktyā yaṃ devaṃ vividhāḥ sadā| niḥśreyasāya kalpaṃte taṃ nato bhāskaraṃ vibhum
The god whom manifold creatures, ever worshipping with devotion, are made fit for the highest welfare—to him, the mighty Bhāskara, I bow."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.50
यस्तूदयाद्रिशिखरे मकुटायमानलीलागभस्तिभिरलं कुसुमप्रकाशैः। व्याप्य स्वदीधितिगणैः प्रदिशो दिशश्च देदीप्यते स सविता विभवाय लोके1.46.
yastūdayādriśikhare makuṭāyamānalīlāgabhastibhiralaṃ kusumaprakāśaiḥ| vyāpya svadīdhitigaṇaiḥ pradiśo diśaśca dedīpyate sa savitā vibhavāya loke1.46.
But he who, on the peak of the mountain of sunrise, with playful rays that form a crown, abundantly, with flower-like brilliance, pervading with his own masses of beams the directions and the intermediate directions, blazes forth—that Savitṛ (is) for the world's prosperity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.51
ब्रह्मेंद्ररुद्रमरुदच्युतवह्निपाथो नाथ प्रयोगनिपुणैश्च ऋषींद्रसंघैः। श्रेयोर्थिभिः प्रतिदिनं दिवसांगरागैर्दिव्यांगरागपरिलिप्त समस्तदैहैः
brahmeṃdrarudramarudacyutavahnipātho nātha prayoganipuṇaiśca ṛṣīṃdrasaṃghaiḥ| śreyorthibhiḥ pratidinaṃ divasāṃgarāgairdivyāṃgarāgaparilipta samastadaihaiḥ
O Lord, path of Brahmā, Indra, Rudra, the Maruts, Acyuta and Fire—and by the throngs of chief seers skilled in ritual practice, who seek the good, day by day with the day's unguents, their whole bodies smeared with divine unguent,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 46.52
पूज्यं वपुस्तव सदा प्रलये हि वेदैर्गीर्भिर्विचित्रपदमंडलमंडिताभिः। ये त्वां स्तुवंति परसद्मनि सद्महीना नित्यं प्रसारितकरा भुवि ते भवंति
pūjyaṃ vapustava sadā pralaye hi vedairgīrbhirvicitrapadamaṃḍalamaṃḍitābhiḥ| ye tvāṃ stuvaṃti parasadmani sadmahīnā nityaṃ prasāritakarā bhuvi te bhavaṃti
your body is ever to be worshipped, and at the dissolution too, by the Vedas, by utterances adorned with wondrous circles of words. Those who, houseless, praise you in the highest abode, they become ones whose hands are ever stretched out on earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 46.53
ये दद्रुकुष्ठपिटिकादिभिरर्दितांगाः शीर्णत्वचः कुनखिनश्च्युतकेशनाशाः। देवेश तेपि तवपादनता भवंति सद्यो द्विरष्टशरदाकृतयो मनुष्याः
ye dadrukuṣṭhapiṭikādibhirarditāṃgāḥ śīrṇatvacaḥ kunakhinaścyutakeśanāśāḥ| deveśa tepi tavapādanatā bhavaṃti sadyo dviraṣṭaśaradākṛtayo manuṣyāḥ
Those whose limbs are tormented by ringworm, leprosy, pustules and the like, whose skin is cracked, whose nails are diseased, whose hair and noses have fallen away—O Lord of gods, they too, bowed to your feet, become at once men with the form of sixteen years.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.54
सामेति सामगगणा हि मखार्थकं त्वामध्वर्यवस्त्वृगिति बह्वृचमुख्यपूगाः। त्वामेवमार्यमिति कार्यविदोधिगंतुं नागाश्च वेति पितरोप्यथ सर्वगंधम्
sāmeti sāmagagaṇā hi makhārthakaṃ tvāmadhvaryavastvṛgiti bahvṛcamukhyapūgāḥ| tvāmevamāryamiti kāryavidodhigaṃtuṃ nāgāśca veti pitaropyatha sarvagaṃdham
For the throngs of Sāma-singers (call) you 'Sāman', the purpose of the sacrifice; the Adhvaryus (call you) 'Yajus'; the companies of the foremost Ṛgvedins, 'Ṛc'; those who know the rites, so as to reach you, (call) you 'Ārya'; and the Nāgas 'Ve', and the fathers too 'the all-fragrant'.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 46.55
मायेति चोपनिषदर्कषडेव देवा मर्त्यास्तथा वयमिवेह उपासतेऽमी। गंधर्वकिन्नरगणाः सहचारणैस्तु रूपं तथा च भगवन्प्रतिपद्यसे त्वम्
māyeti copaniṣadarkaṣaḍeva devā martyāstathā vayamiveha upāsate'mī| gaṃdharvakinnaragaṇāḥ sahacāraṇaistu rūpaṃ tathā ca bhagavanpratipadyase tvam
And the Upaniṣads (call you) 'Māyā'; the six solar deities, and mortals such as we here, worship you; and so do the throngs of gandharvas and kinnaras together with the cāraṇas—and accordingly, O Lord, you assume (that) form.
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PdP 1 46.56
येनार्चयंति सततं भवतोर्च्यमर्चिस्तेर्चिष्प्रतापितदिगंबरवित्तहीनाः। क्षुत्क्षामकंठजठराघटखर्परेण भिक्षामटंति परवेश्मसुतेर्थहीनाः
yenārcayaṃti satataṃ bhavatorcyamarcisterciṣpratāpitadigaṃbaravittahīnāḥ| kṣutkṣāmakaṃṭhajaṭharāghaṭakharpareṇa bhikṣāmaṭaṃti paraveśmasuterthahīnāḥ
By which (worship) they constantly worship you who are worthy of worship, O Radiance—naked and destitute, scorched by your beams, their throats and bellies shrunken with hunger, who wander for alms with a potsherd for a pot at the houses of others, bereft of holy places.
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PdP 1 46.57
उत्फुल्लकोकनदकोशविशालनेत्रमीषद्विलासलुलिताञ्चितपिंगतारम्। कामं प्रशस्ततरसुंदरहाररम्यमुत्तुंगपीवरपयोधरभारखिन्नं
utphullakokanadakośaviśālanetramīṣadvilāsalulitāñcitapiṃgatāram| kāmaṃ praśastatarasuṃdarahāraramyamuttuṃgapīvarapayodharabhārakhinnaṃ
(A throng of women) with eyes wide as the cups of full-blown red lotuses, their tawny pupils slightly rolling with playfulness and arched, exceedingly lovely with most excellent beautiful necklaces, wearied by the burden of high, full breasts,
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PdP 1 46.58
रंभोपमोरु पृथुपीननितंबबिंबानद्धक्वणन्मणिरणद्रशनाकलापं। बृंदं ललाटतटकोटिपटांतलंबि हेमांचलांचितमुखं कुलपालिकानाम्
raṃbhopamoru pṛthupīnanitaṃbabiṃbānaddhakvaṇanmaṇiraṇadraśanākalāpaṃ| bṛṃdaṃ lalāṭataṭakoṭipaṭāṃtalaṃbi hemāṃcalāṃcitamukhaṃ kulapālikānām
with thighs like plantain stems, with a girdle of jingling jewels sounding, fastened over broad, full, orb-like hips—a throng of women of good family, their faces set off by the golden hem hanging from the edge of the cloth at the brow's expanse,
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PdP 1 46.59
कांतं गृहेषु कलगद्गदभाषितानां झंकारनूपुररवेणविरावितानाम्। तेषां कृशानुकरमिन्दुसमानकांतं यैरर्चितोसि भगवन्भवमोचनस्त्वं
kāṃtaṃ gṛheṣu kalagadgadabhāṣitānāṃ jhaṃkāranūpuraraveṇavirāvitānām| teṣāṃ kṛśānukaramindusamānakāṃtaṃ yairarcitosi bhagavanbhavamocanastvaṃ
lovely in their homes, speaking with sweet faltering words, resounding with the jingling ring of their anklets—by whom, O Lord, you who release from worldly existence have been worshipped with fire-offering, lovely as the moon.
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PdP 1 46.60
ब्रह्मा त्वमेव हरिरस्यनिलोऽनलोसि रुद्रोंऽतकोसि वरुणोऽस्यमराधिपोसि। सोमोसि वायुरसि भूरसि चेश्वरोसि यज्ञोसि वित्तपतिरस्यपराजितोसि
brahmā tvameva harirasyanilo'nalosi rudroṃ'takosi varuṇo'syamarādhiposi| somosi vāyurasi bhūrasi ceśvarosi yajñosi vittapatirasyaparājitosi
You alone are Brahmā, you are Hari, the wind, you are fire; you are Rudra, you are Yama, you are Varuṇa, you are the lord of the immortals; you are Soma, you are Vāyu, you are the earth, and you are the Lord; you are the sacrifice, you are the lord of wealth (Kubera), you are the unconquered one.
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PdP 1 46.61
ते सप्तसप्तिसुरवाहरणेन मुक्ता भूमावथेति तरसोरुतरंतरीताः। व्योमैतदंतरहितं परितो हि गत्वा गच्छंति न श्रमदं हिमनागपीमे
te saptasaptisuravāharaṇena muktā bhūmāvatheti tarasorutaraṃtarītāḥ| vyomaitadaṃtarahitaṃ parito hi gatvā gacchaṃti na śramadaṃ himanāgapīme
Those seven horses, freed by (their) carrying of the gods, then upon the earth, swiftly, crossing over widely — having gone all around through this unbroken sky, they go without fatigue, these snow-mountains too.
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PdP 1 46.62
ध्यानैकयोगनिरताश्च समाधिभावात्ध्यात्वा पदं तव तुरीयमनंतमूर्ते। मुक्तामयास्तनुभृतो न भियाभियुक्तास्तद्ब्रह्मशाश्वतमचिंत्यमनाद्यनंतं
dhyānaikayoganiratāśca samādhibhāvātdhyātvā padaṃ tava turīyamanaṃtamūrte| muktāmayāstanubhṛto na bhiyābhiyuktāstadbrahmaśāśvatamaciṃtyamanādyanaṃtaṃ
And those intent on the single yoga of meditation, by the condition of samādhi, having meditated on your fourth station, O you of endless form — the embodied ones, made of liberation, are not beset by fear; that Brahman is eternal, unthinkable, without beginning or end,
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PdP 1 46.63
जन्मादिरोगरहितं परमं पुराणमीशं जरामरणशोकभयातिरिक्तम्। स्थूलानुभावनगणागणितं विशुद्धं वेदांतवादिभिरलं परिमन्यते यत्
janmādirogarahitaṃ paramaṃ purāṇamīśaṃ jarāmaraṇaśokabhayātiriktam| sthūlānubhāvanagaṇāgaṇitaṃ viśuddhaṃ vedāṃtavādibhiralaṃ parimanyate yat
free of the disease that begins with birth, supreme, ancient, the Lord, beyond old age, death, sorrow and fear, not to be counted by the reckonings of gross conception, wholly pure — that which the speakers of Vedānta fully contemplate.
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PdP 1 46.64
त्वामग्निपुंजवपुषं तपसां निवासं याता दिवं सुचिरकालमुपास्यभक्ताः। भानो सुरासुरसमूहशिरोनिघृष्ट पादारविंदयुगलामलचारुमूर्त्ते
tvāmagnipuṃjavapuṣaṃ tapasāṃ nivāsaṃ yātā divaṃ sucirakālamupāsyabhaktāḥ| bhāno surāsurasamūhaśironighṛṣṭa pādāraviṃdayugalāmalacārumūrtte
You, whose body is a mass of fire, the dwelling of austerities — devotees, having worshipped (you) for a very long time, have gone to heaven; O Bhānu, whose pure and lovely form has its pair of lotus-feet rubbed by the heads of the throngs of gods and demons,
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PdP 1 46.65
भूतेशभूतवरदा सकृदव्ययात्मन्व्योमाट्टहाससवितर्भुवनैकदीप। ऋक्साममंत्रयजुषामधिवास नाम सृष्टिस्थितिप्रलयकारणलोकपाल
bhūteśabhūtavaradā sakṛdavyayātmanvyomāṭṭahāsasavitarbhuvanaikadīpa| ṛksāmamaṃtrayajuṣāmadhivāsa nāma sṛṣṭisthitipralayakāraṇalokapāla
O Lord of beings, giver of boons to beings, O undecaying self, at once; O laughter of the sky, O Savitṛ, O sole lamp of the world; O dwelling-place of the Ṛk, Sāman, mantras and Yajus by name; O Lokapāla, cause of creation, maintenance and dissolution,
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PdP 1 46.66
दीनस्य देव कृपणस्य भवेभवे मे मग्नस्य चारुदविचार मनोरथानि। शश्वद्यतीश्वर शशी करकंकघोरोत्पातो जरामरणशोकरुगांतरस्य
dīnasya deva kṛpaṇasya bhavebhave me magnasya cārudavicāra manorathāni| śaśvadyatīśvara śaśī karakaṃkaghorotpāto jarāmaraṇaśokarugāṃtarasya
O god, of me who am wretched, miserable, sunk in birth after birth — (fulfil) my heart's desires, O you of fair reflection; ever, O lord of ascetics, moon(-like), whose hand (wards off) the terrible calamity, (put) an end to the sickness of old age, death and sorrow.
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PdP 1 46.67
यः प्रातः सायमिदं मध्याह्ने वा पठेच्च दीप्तांशोः। सालोक्यं याति रवेः प्राप्नोति धर्मार्थकामांश्च
yaḥ prātaḥ sāyamidaṃ madhyāhne vā paṭhecca dīptāṃśoḥ| sālokyaṃ yāti raveḥ prāpnoti dharmārthakāmāṃśca
He who recites this (hymn) of the blazing-rayed one at dawn, at evening, or at midday goes to the same world as the sun and obtains dharma, wealth and pleasure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.68
नित्यं तस्माच्च सूर्याच्च मनसोभिहितं च यत्। नमस्ते देवदेवेश भक्तानामभयंकर
nityaṃ tasmācca sūryācca manasobhihitaṃ ca yat| namaste devadeveśa bhaktānāmabhayaṃkara
...and constantly from that sun, and whatever is uttered in mind: homage to you, O lord of the gods of gods, giver of fearlessness to your devotees.
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PdP 1 46.69
सुब्रह्मण्य नमस्ते तु सर्वदेवनमस्कृत। तिग्मांशो वै नमस्तुभ्यं जगतश्चक्षुषे नमः
subrahmaṇya namaste tu sarvadevanamaskṛta| tigmāṃśo vai namastubhyaṃ jagataścakṣuṣe namaḥ
Homage to you, O Subrahmaṇya, saluted by all the gods; homage indeed to you, O sharp-rayed one; homage to the eye of the world.
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PdP 1 46.70
प्रभाकर नमस्तेस्तु भानो जय जगत्पते। अनेन दनुमुख्येन पीडितोहं जगत्पते
prabhākara namastestu bhāno jaya jagatpate| anena danumukhyena pīḍitohaṃ jagatpate
Homage to you, O maker of light; O Bhānu, be victorious, O lord of the world! I am oppressed by this chief of Danu's brood, O lord of the world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.71
किं करोमि कथं चैनं घातयामि दिवाकर। सूर्य उवाच-। जय शूलेन पापिष्ठं मायाशतविशारदम्
kiṃ karomi kathaṃ cainaṃ ghātayāmi divākara| sūrya uvāca-| jaya śūlena pāpiṣṭhaṃ māyāśataviśāradam
What shall I do, and how shall I slay him, O day-maker? The Sun said: Conquer with the trident that most sinful one, skilled in a hundred illusions.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.72
जयं प्राप्नुहि देवेश हत्वा शूलेन चांधकम्। गृह्य शूलं ततो दूरमाक्षिप्य हर तेजसा
jayaṃ prāpnuhi deveśa hatvā śūlena cāṃdhakam| gṛhya śūlaṃ tato dūramākṣipya hara tejasā
Attain victory, O lord of gods, by killing Andhaka with the trident. Then, O Hara, taking up the trident and flinging (him) far off, (destroy him) with your fiery power.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 46.73
ततोन्धकस्त्रिशूलेनाताडयत्पापकर्मकृत्। तस्मिन्युद्धे तथा रुद्रो ह्यन्धकेनाभिपीडितः
tatondhakastriśūlenātāḍayatpāpakarmakṛt| tasminyuddhe tathā rudro hyandhakenābhipīḍitaḥ
Then Andhaka, the doer of evil deeds, struck (him) with the trident; and in that battle Rudra was likewise hard pressed by Andhaka.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.74
मुमोच बाणमुत्युग्रं नाम्ना पाशुपतं हि यत्। पिनाकमानम्य दोर्भ्यां पिनाकी शंकरः स्वयम्
mumoca bāṇamutyugraṃ nāmnā pāśupataṃ hi yat| pinākamānamya dorbhyāṃ pinākī śaṃkaraḥ svayam
He released a most fierce arrow, that which is called Pāśupata; bending the Pināka bow with his two arms, Śaṃkara the Pināka-bearer himself (did so).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.75
रुद्रबाणविनिर्भेदाद्रुधिरादन्धकस्य तु। अंधकाश्च समुत्पन्नाश्शतशोथ सहस्रशः
rudrabāṇavinirbhedādrudhirādandhakasya tu| aṃdhakāśca samutpannāśśataśotha sahasraśaḥ
And from the blood of Andhaka, at the piercing by Rudra's arrow, Andhakas arose by hundreds and then by thousands.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.76
तेषां विदार्यमाणानां रुधिरादपरे पुनः। बभूवुरंधका घोरा यैर्व्याप्तमखिलं जगत्
teṣāṃ vidāryamāṇānāṃ rudhirādapare punaḥ| babhūvuraṃdhakā ghorā yairvyāptamakhilaṃ jagat
And as those were being torn apart, from their blood again terrible Andhakas came into being, by whom the whole world was pervaded.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.77
तं तु मायाविनं दृष्ट्वा देवदेवस्तदांधकम्। पानार्थमंधकस्यास्रं ससृजे मातृकास्तदा
taṃ tu māyāvinaṃ dṛṣṭvā devadevastadāṃdhakam| pānārthamaṃdhakasyāsraṃ sasṛje mātṛkāstadā
Seeing that Andhaka to be a master of illusion, the god of gods then created the Mothers for the drinking of Andhaka's blood.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.78
माहेश्वरीं तथा ब्राह्मीं शौरीं वा बाडवीं तथा। सौपर्णीमथ वायव्यां शंखिनीं तैत्तिरीं तथा
māheśvarīṃ tathā brāhmīṃ śaurīṃ vā bāḍavīṃ tathā| sauparṇīmatha vāyavyāṃ śaṃkhinīṃ taittirīṃ tathā
Māheśvarī and Brāhmī, Śaurī and Bāḍavī, then Sauparṇī, Vāyavī, Śaṅkhinī and Taittirī,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.79
सौरीं सौम्यां शिवदूतीं चामुंडामथ वारुणीं। वाराहीं नारसिंहीं च वैष्णवीं च विभावरीं
saurīṃ saumyāṃ śivadūtīṃ cāmuṃḍāmatha vāruṇīṃ| vārāhīṃ nārasiṃhīṃ ca vaiṣṇavīṃ ca vibhāvarīṃ
Saurī, Saumyā, Śivadūtī, Cāmuṇḍā, then Vāruṇī, Vārāhī and Nārasiṃhī, Vaiṣṇavī and Vibhāvarī,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.80
शतानंदां भगानंदां पिच्छिलां भगमालिनीं। बालामतिबलां रक्तां सुरभीं मुखमंडिताम्
śatānaṃdāṃ bhagānaṃdāṃ picchilāṃ bhagamālinīṃ| bālāmatibalāṃ raktāṃ surabhīṃ mukhamaṃḍitām
Śatānandā, Bhagānandā, Picchilā, Bhagamālinī, Bālā, Atibalā, Raktā, Surabhī, Mukhamaṇḍitā —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.81
मातृनंदां सुनंदां च बिडानीं शकुनीं तथा। रेवतीं च महापुण्यां तथैव शिखिपट्टिकां
mātṛnaṃdāṃ sunaṃdāṃ ca biḍānīṃ śakunīṃ tathā| revatīṃ ca mahāpuṇyāṃ tathaiva śikhipaṭṭikāṃ
Mātṛnandā and Sunandā, Biḍānī and likewise Śakunī, and Revatī the greatly meritorious, and likewise Śikhipaṭṭikā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.82
शूलेन च ततो दैत्यं बिभेद त्रिपुरांतकः। निर्गतं रुधिरं तस्मात्पपुस्ता मातरस्तदा
śūlena ca tato daityaṃ bibheda tripurāṃtakaḥ| nirgataṃ rudhiraṃ tasmātpapustā mātarastadā
And then the ender of Tripura split the demon with his trident; the blood that flowed from him the Mothers then drank.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.83
नीरक्तो हि तदा दैत्यश्शुष्कतां प्राप भूपते। शूले प्रोतस्तदा दैत्यो दिव्यवर्षसहस्रकम्
nīrakto hi tadā daityaśśuṣkatāṃ prāpa bhūpate| śūle protastadā daityo divyavarṣasahasrakam
Drained of blood, O king, the demon then became dry; impaled on the trident the demon (remained) for a thousand divine years,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.84
महाबलेन रुद्रेण विधृतोपि मृतो नहि। स्तुतस्तेन तदा शंभुर्भक्त्या दैत्येन सुव्रत
mahābalena rudreṇa vidhṛtopi mṛto nahi| stutastena tadā śaṃbhurbhaktyā daityena suvrata
and though held (there) by Rudra of great strength, he did not die; then, O you of good vows, Śambhu was praised by that demon with devotion:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.85
नमोस्तु शंभो भवनाशहेतो नमोस्तु ते देव वरप्रसीद। त्वं भू जलाग्नीरनभोर्कसोमयज्वाष्टमूर्तिर्भवभावनोलम्
namostu śaṃbho bhavanāśaheto namostu te deva varaprasīda| tvaṃ bhū jalāgnīranabhorkasomayajvāṣṭamūrtirbhavabhāvanolam
"Homage to you, Śambhu, cause of the destruction of existence; homage to you, O god — be gracious, grant a boon. You are earth, water, fire, wind, sky, sun, moon and the sacrificer — the eight-formed one, ample in bringing existence into being."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 46.86
त्वां वै बाणो बहुवाद्येन तोष्य प्राप्तश्चैश्यं स्वे पुरे तत्स्वरक्ष्यम्। रक्षोधीशो बाहुभिस्तोल्यशैलं युष्मत्क्रांतक्लिष्टरूपो ह्यनौषीत्
tvāṃ vai bāṇo bahuvādyena toṣya prāptaścaiśyaṃ sve pure tatsvarakṣyam| rakṣodhīśo bāhubhistolyaśailaṃ yuṣmatkrāṃtakliṣṭarūpo hyanauṣīt
"Bāṇa indeed, having pleased you with much music, obtained lordship in his own city, that being under your protection; and the lord of the demons (Rāvaṇa), lifting the mountain with his arms, his form crushed when trodden down by you, cried out."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 46.87
प्राप्तोप्यैश्यं सर्वरक्षोगणानां पुत्रं चापि प्रोर्जितं शक्रबंधम्। भवभयहर हर परम उदार मम सुखकरण निखिल सुरसार
prāptopyaiśyaṃ sarvarakṣogaṇānāṃ putraṃ cāpi prorjitaṃ śakrabaṃdham| bhavabhayahara hara parama udāra mama sukhakaraṇa nikhila surasāra
"Though he had obtained lordship over all the hosts of demons, and (had) a son of great power who bound Indra — O Hara, remover of the fear of existence, supreme, generous, maker of my happiness, essence of all the gods,"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 46.88
जितमरुदभिमतवितरणपार तव पदकमलमिहारणसार। तवेश पादपंकजं करोति यो नरो हृदि सदेशतस्य वांछितं ददासि भक्तिभावितः
jitamarudabhimatavitaraṇapāra tava padakamalamihāraṇasāra| taveśa pādapaṃkajaṃ karoti yo naro hṛdi sadeśatasya vāṃchitaṃ dadāsi bhaktibhāvitaḥ
"O you who have conquered the wind(?), who reach the limit of granting what is desired, your lotus foot here is the essence in battle. O Lord, whatever man keeps your lotus foot always in his heart, to him, being pleased by (his) devotion, you give what he wishes."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 46.89
मुनीश्वराः पुरा हरं भवंतमेवमादरात्प्रपूज्य लिंगरूपिणं समापिता मनोरथान्। भवोद्भवैकरूपिणं प्रपंचपंचकाकृतिं विचिंत्यवृक्षकोटरस्थ एष जीवजीवनं
munīśvarāḥ purā haraṃ bhavaṃtamevamādarātprapūjya liṃgarūpiṇaṃ samāpitā manorathān| bhavodbhavaikarūpiṇaṃ prapaṃcapaṃcakākṛtiṃ viciṃtyavṛkṣakoṭarastha eṣa jīvajīvanaṃ
"Of old the lords among sages, having worshipped you, Hara, thus with reverence in your liṅga form, had their heart's desires fulfilled; and this one (i.e. I), dwelling in the hollow of a tree, meditating on you who are the one form of arising and existence, whose shape is the fivefold manifold, (found you to be) the life of living beings."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 46.90
भवेद्भवाङ्घ्रिचिंतनाप्तसर्वकामईश्वर त्वदीय किंकरान्विते पदे पदे समागतः। मूढोहं नाभिजानामि त्वां स्तोतुं भक्तवत्सल
bhavedbhavāṅghriciṃtanāptasarvakāmaīśvara tvadīya kiṃkarānvite pade pade samāgataḥ| mūḍhohaṃ nābhijānāmi tvāṃ stotuṃ bhaktavatsala
"O Lord, in whom all desires are obtained by meditation on Bhava's feet, (may it be so); at every step I have come among those attended by your servants. Fool that I am, I do not know how to praise you, O you who are fond of your devotees."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 46.91
सदीश्वरेण मनसाप्यनुकंप्यो रणं गतः। इति स्तुतो महेशस्तु भक्त्या दैत्येन सादरं
sadīśvareṇa manasāpyanukaṃpyo raṇaṃ gataḥ| iti stuto maheśastu bhaktyā daityena sādaraṃ
"By the everlasting Lord he who has gone to battle is to be shown compassion even in thought." Thus, when Maheśa had been praised with devotion and reverence by the demon,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 46.92
गणेशतां ददौ तस्मै नाम भृंगीरिटीति च। एष ते महिमा भूप हरस्य भवहारिणः
gaṇeśatāṃ dadau tasmai nāma bhṛṃgīriṭīti ca| eṣa te mahimā bhūpa harasya bhavahāriṇaḥ
he granted him the state of being a lord of hosts, and the name Bhṛṅgīriṭi. This, O king, is the greatness of Hara, remover of worldly existence,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.93
कथितो विघ्नविघ्नाख्यस्तत्पराणां सुखावहः। भीष्म उवाच। मनुष्यस्यापि देवत्वं सुखं राज्यं धनं यशः
kathito vighnavighnākhyastatparāṇāṃ sukhāvahaḥ| bhīṣma uvāca| manuṣyasyāpi devatvaṃ sukhaṃ rājyaṃ dhanaṃ yaśaḥ
which has been told, called the obstacle to obstacles, bringing happiness to those devoted to him. Bhīṣma said: For a man too — divinity, happiness, kingship, wealth, fame,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.94
जयं भोग्यं तथारोग्यमायुर्विद्यां श्रियं सुतं। बंधुवर्ग शिवं सर्वं ब्रूहि मे विप्रसत्तम
jayaṃ bhogyaṃ tathārogyamāyurvidyāṃ śriyaṃ sutaṃ| baṃdhuvarga śivaṃ sarvaṃ brūhi me viprasattama
victory, enjoyment, and likewise health, long life, learning, prosperity, a son, a circle of kinsmen, welfare — all this tell me, O best of brahmins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.95
पुलस्त्य उवाच। एभिर्गुणैर्युतः श्रीमान्सदैवब्राह्मणो भुवि। त्रैलोक्ये तु सदा मेध्यो विप्रदेवो युगेयुगे
pulastya uvāca| ebhirguṇairyutaḥ śrīmānsadaivabrāhmaṇo bhuvi| trailokye tu sadā medhyo vipradevo yugeyuge
Pulastya said: Endowed with these qualities, the brahmin on earth is always glorious; and in the three worlds the brahmin-god is ever pure, in age after age.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.96
पूजयित्वा द्विजान्देवाः स्वर्गं भुंजंति चाक्षयं। धरामवंति राजानो लोकावित्तं सुखं शिवं
pūjayitvā dvijāndevāḥ svargaṃ bhuṃjaṃti cākṣayaṃ| dharāmavaṃti rājāno lokāvittaṃ sukhaṃ śivaṃ
Having worshipped the twice-born, the gods enjoy imperishable heaven; kings protect the earth, (and gain) the worlds, wealth, happiness and welfare.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.97
लोके विप्र समो नास्ति देवानामपि दैवतं। स च धर्ममयः साक्षाद्भुवि मुक्तिप्रदो भृशं
loke vipra samo nāsti devānāmapi daivataṃ| sa ca dharmamayaḥ sākṣādbhuvi muktiprado bhṛśaṃ
In the world there is none equal to a brahmin — he is the deity even of the gods; and he, made of dharma, is on earth directly a great giver of liberation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.98
लोकानां स गुरुः पूज्यस्तीर्थभूतोऽनघो जनः। सर्वदेवालयः सत्वो निर्मितो ब्रह्मणा पुरा
lokānāṃ sa guruḥ pūjyastīrthabhūto'nagho janaḥ| sarvadevālayaḥ satvo nirmito brahmaṇā purā
He is the teacher of the worlds, to be worshipped, become a place of pilgrimage, a sinless person; a being who is the abode of all the gods, fashioned of old by Brahmā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.99
इममर्थं पुरा पृष्टो नारदेन पितामहः। कस्मिंस्तु पूजिते ब्रह्मन्प्रसादी माधवो भवेत्
imamarthaṃ purā pṛṣṭo nāradena pitāmahaḥ| kasmiṃstu pūjite brahmanprasādī mādhavo bhavet
On this matter the Grandfather was formerly asked by Nārada: "O Brahmā, by whose being worshipped does Mādhava become favourable?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.100
ब्रह्मोवाच -। यस्य विप्राः प्रसीदंति तस्य विष्णुः प्रसीदति। तस्माद्ब्राह्मण शुश्रूषुः परं ब्रह्माधिगच्छति1.46.
brahmovāca -| yasya viprāḥ prasīdaṃti tasya viṣṇuḥ prasīdati| tasmādbrāhmaṇa śuśrūṣuḥ paraṃ brahmādhigacchati1.46.
Brahmā said: He with whom the brahmins are pleased—with him Viṣṇu is pleased. Therefore one who is eager to serve a brahmin attains the supreme Brahman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.101
विष्णुर्ब्राह्मणदेहेषु सदा वसति नान्यथा। तस्माद्ब्राह्मणपूजायां विष्णुस्तुष्यति तत्क्षणात्
viṣṇurbrāhmaṇadeheṣu sadā vasati nānyathā| tasmādbrāhmaṇapūjāyāṃ viṣṇustuṣyati tatkṣaṇāt
Viṣṇu always dwells in the bodies of brahmins, not otherwise. Therefore, when a brahmin is honoured, Viṣṇu is pleased that very instant.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.102
विप्रान्यः पूजयेन्नित्यं दानमानार्चनादिभिः। कृतं क्रतुशतं तेन विध्युक्तं प्रियदक्षिणम्
viprānyaḥ pūjayennityaṃ dānamānārcanādibhiḥ| kṛtaṃ kratuśataṃ tena vidhyuktaṃ priyadakṣiṇam
Whoever constantly honours brahmins with gifts, respect, worship and the like—by him a hundred sacrifices have been performed according to rule, with welcome (sacrificial) fees.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.103
ब्राह्मणस्य मुखं क्षेत्रमनूषरमकण्टकम्। वापयेत्सर्वबीजानि सा कृषिस्सार्वकालिकी
brāhmaṇasya mukhaṃ kṣetramanūṣaramakaṇṭakam| vāpayetsarvabījāni sā kṛṣissārvakālikī
The mouth of a brahmin is a field neither saline nor thorny; one should sow all seeds (there)—that is tillage yielding at every season.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.104
अभिगम्य तु यद्दत्तं यच्च दानं मनोरमं। विद्यते सागरस्यांतो दानस्यांतो न विद्यते
abhigamya tu yaddattaṃ yacca dānaṃ manoramaṃ| vidyate sāgarasyāṃto dānasyāṃto na vidyate
But (as for) what is given after approaching (him), and whatever gift is pleasing—the ocean has an end, (but) of that gift no end is found.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.105
मनसापि न हिंसंति भूदेवमाततायिनं। मनोनुकूलतां यांति देवैरपि च दुर्लभां
manasāpi na hiṃsaṃti bhūdevamātatāyinaṃ| manonukūlatāṃ yāṃti devairapi ca durlabhāṃ
They do not injure, even in thought, an assailant who is a god on earth; they attain accord of mind, hard to win even for the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 46.106
गृहे यस्यागतो विद्वान्नैराश्यं नोपगच्छति। सर्वपापक्षयस्तस्य चाक्षयं स्वर्गमश्नुते
gṛhe yasyāgato vidvānnairāśyaṃ nopagacchati| sarvapāpakṣayastasya cākṣayaṃ svargamaśnute
He at whose house a learned (brahmin) who has come does not meet with disappointment—for him there is destruction of all sins, and he obtains imperishable heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.107
काले देशे च पात्रे च विप्रे यच्चार्पयेद्वसु। तद्धनं चाक्षयं विद्धि जन्मजन्मनि तिष्ठति
kāle deśe ca pātre ca vipre yaccārpayedvasu| taddhanaṃ cākṣayaṃ viddhi janmajanmani tiṣṭhati
Whatever wealth one bestows on a brahmin at the (right) time, place, and (in a worthy) vessel—know that wealth to be imperishable: it abides birth after birth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.108
न च दारिद्र्यतामेति नातुरो न च कातरः। मनोनुकूलां प्रमदामर्चयित्वा द्विजान्लभेत्
na ca dāridryatāmeti nāturo na ca kātaraḥ| manonukūlāṃ pramadāmarcayitvā dvijānlabhet
And he does not come to poverty, nor is he sick, nor is he a coward; having honoured brahmins, one would obtain a wife agreeable to his mind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.109
कृत्वा साहसकर्माणि दद्याद्विप्राय पर्वसु। तद्दानं सुगुणं प्रोक्तमभयं लाभ एव च
kṛtvā sāhasakarmāṇi dadyādviprāya parvasu| taddānaṃ suguṇaṃ proktamabhayaṃ lābha eva ca
Having done deeds of daring, one should give to a brahmin on the festival days; that gift is declared to be of excellent quality—it is indeed safety and profit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 46.110
विप्रपादतलोद्घृष्टि क्षती भवति यः करः। स करः श्रीकरो नाम अन्यः कर्मकरः करः
viprapādatalodghṛṣṭi kṣatī bhavati yaḥ karaḥ| sa karaḥ śrīkaro nāma anyaḥ karmakaraḥ karaḥ
The hand that becomes chafed and abraded by (rubbing) the soles of a brahmin's feet—that hand is called 'wealth-making'; any other hand is a labourer's hand.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 46.111
विप्रपादरजः पूताः पूतास्तज्जलबिन्दुभिः। विपद्भिश्च सदा पापैर्मुक्ता यांति त्रिविष्टपम्
viprapādarajaḥ pūtāḥ pūtāstajjalabindubhiḥ| vipadbhiśca sadā pāpairmuktā yāṃti triviṣṭapam
Purified by the dust of brahmins' feet, purified by the drops of water (from washing them), and released from calamities and from sins, they always go to heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.112
विप्रपादरजः पूताः शुचयो गृह चत्वराः। पुण्यक्षेत्रसमास्ते स्युः प्रशस्ता यज्ञकर्मसु
viprapādarajaḥ pūtāḥ śucayo gṛha catvarāḥ| puṇyakṣetrasamāste syuḥ praśastā yajñakarmasu
Purified by the dust of brahmins' feet, the courtyards of a house are clean; they become equal to a holy place, commended for the rites of sacrifice.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.113
आदौ ब्रह्ममुखाद्विप्रः समुद्भूतः पुरानघः। वेदास्तत्रैव संजाताः सृष्टिसंस्थिति हेतवः
ādau brahmamukhādvipraḥ samudbhūtaḥ purānaghaḥ| vedāstatraiva saṃjātāḥ sṛṣṭisaṃsthiti hetavaḥ
In the beginning, of old, the sinless brahmin arose from the mouth of Brahmā; and the Vedas too were born there, the causes of creation's continuance.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.114
तस्माद्विप्रमुखे वेदाश्चार्पिताः पुरुषेण हि। पूजार्थं सर्वलोकानां सर्वयज्ञार्थतो ध्रुवम्
tasmādvipramukhe vedāścārpitāḥ puruṣeṇa hi| pūjārthaṃ sarvalokānāṃ sarvayajñārthato dhruvam
Therefore the Vedas were indeed placed by the Puruṣa in the brahmin's mouth, for the worship of all the worlds, surely for the sake of all sacrifices.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.115
पितृयज्ञे विवाहे च वह्निकार्येषु शांतिषु। प्रशस्ता ब्राह्मणा नित्यं सर्व स्वस्त्ययनेषु च
pitṛyajñe vivāhe ca vahnikāryeṣu śāṃtiṣu| praśastā brāhmaṇā nityaṃ sarva svastyayaneṣu ca
At the sacrifice to the fathers, at a marriage, in the fire rites, in the propitiatory ceremonies, brahmins are always commended, and in all rites for well-being.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.116
देवा भुंजंति हव्यानि बलिप्रेतादयोऽसुराः। पितरश्चैव कव्यानि विप्रस्यैव मुखाद्र्धुवम्
devā bhuṃjaṃti havyāni balipretādayo'surāḥ| pitaraścaiva kavyāni viprasyaiva mukhādrdhuvam
The gods eat the oblations, and the asuras—Bali, the pretas and the rest—and the fathers the funeral offerings, surely through the brahmin's mouth alone.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.117
देवेभ्यश्च पितृभ्यश्च यो दद्याद्यज्ञकर्मसु। दानं होमं बलिं चैव विना विप्रेण निष्फलम्
devebhyaśca pitṛbhyaśca yo dadyādyajñakarmasu| dānaṃ homaṃ baliṃ caiva vinā vipreṇa niṣphalam
Whatever one gives in the sacrificial rites to the gods and to the fathers—gift, oblation, and offering—is fruitless without a brahmin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.118
भुंजंति चासुरास्तत्र प्रेता दैत्याश्च राक्षसाः। तस्माद्ब्राह्मणमाहूय तेषु कर्माणि कारयेत्
bhuṃjaṃti cāsurāstatra pretā daityāśca rākṣasāḥ| tasmādbrāhmaṇamāhūya teṣu karmāṇi kārayet
And there the asuras, the pretas, the daityas and the rākṣasas consume it. Therefore one should summon a brahmin and have the rites performed through them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.119
काले देशे च पात्रे च लक्षकोटिगुणं भवेत्। श्रद्धया च द्विजं दृष्ट्वा प्रकुर्यादभिवादनम्
kāle deśe ca pātre ca lakṣakoṭiguṇaṃ bhavet| śraddhayā ca dvijaṃ dṛṣṭvā prakuryādabhivādanam
At the (right) time, place, and (with a worthy) recipient it becomes a hundred-thousand- and ten-million-fold. And on seeing a brahmin one should make salutation with faith.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.120
दीर्घायुस्तस्य वाक्येन चिरंजीवी भवेन्नरः। अनभिवादनाद्विप्र द्वेषादश्रद्धयापि च
dīrghāyustasya vākyena ciraṃjīvī bhavennaraḥ| anabhivādanādvipra dveṣādaśraddhayāpi ca
By his (the brahmin's) word "long-lived!" a man becomes long-living. But from failing to salute (him), O brahmin, from hatred, and from lack of faith as well —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.121
आयुः क्षीणं भवेत्पुंसां भूतिनाशश्च दुर्गतिः। आयुर्वृद्धिर्यशोवृद्धिर्वृद्धिर्विद्या धनस्य च
āyuḥ kṣīṇaṃ bhavetpuṃsāṃ bhūtināśaśca durgatiḥ| āyurvṛddhiryaśovṛddhirvṛddhirvidyā dhanasya ca
men's lifespan becomes diminished, and there is loss of prosperity and an evil course. Growth of life, growth of fame, growth of learning and of wealth —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.122
पूजयित्वा द्विजान्श्रेष्ठो भवेन्नास्त्यत्र संशयः। न विप्रपादोदककर्दमानि न वेदशास्त्रप्रतिघोषितानि
pūjayitvā dvijānśreṣṭho bhavennāstyatra saṃśayaḥ| na viprapādodakakardamāni na vedaśāstrapratighoṣitāni
(these) one gains by honouring brahmins, and becomes foremost; there is no doubt in this. Those (houses) that have no mud (made) by the water of brahmins' feet, in which no Veda and śāstra are chanted aloud,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.123
स्वाहा स्वधा स्वस्तिविवर्जितानि श्मशानतुल्यानि गृहाणि तानि। नारद उवाच। कश्च पूज्यतमो विप्रो ह्यपूज्यो वाथ को भवेत्
svāhā svadhā svastivivarjitāni śmaśānatulyāni gṛhāṇi tāni| nārada uvāca| kaśca pūjyatamo vipro hyapūjyo vātha ko bhavet
(houses) devoid of svāhā, svadhā and svasti — those houses are the equal of cremation grounds. Nārada said: And which brahmin is most worthy of worship, or who would be unworthy of worship?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.124
विप्रस्य लक्षणं ब्रूहि याथातथ्यं गुरोरपि। ब्रह्मोवाच-। पूज्यः श्रोत्रियको नित्यं सदाचारसमन्वितः
viprasya lakṣaṇaṃ brūhi yāthātathyaṃ gurorapi| brahmovāca-| pūjyaḥ śrotriyako nityaṃ sadācārasamanvitaḥ
Tell (me) the mark of a brahmin as it truly is, and of a teacher too. Brahmā said: A śrotriya endowed with good conduct is always to be honoured,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.125
सद्वृत्तः कलुषैर्मुक्तस्तीर्थभूतो जनोऽनघः। नारद उवाच-। जातः कः श्रोत्रियस्तात सत्कुले वाप्यसत्कुले
sadvṛttaḥ kaluṣairmuktastīrthabhūto jano'naghaḥ| nārada uvāca-| jātaḥ kaḥ śrotriyastāta satkule vāpyasatkule
of good behaviour, freed from defilements, become a place of pilgrimage (in himself), a faultless person. Nārada said: Who is a śrotriya, father — one born in a good family or even in a bad family,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.126
सदसत्कर्मकर्ता वा कः पूज्यो भुवि बाडवः। ब्रह्मोवाच-। सत्श्रोत्रियकुले जातो ह्यक्रियो नैव पूजितः
sadasatkarmakartā vā kaḥ pūjyo bhuvi bāḍavaḥ| brahmovāca-| satśrotriyakule jāto hyakriyo naiva pūjitaḥ
or a doer of good or bad deeds — which brahmin on earth is to be honoured? Brahmā said: One born in a good śrotriya family, but performing no rites, is not honoured at all;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.127
असत्क्षेत्रकुले पूज्यो व्यास वैभांडकौ यथा। क्षत्रियाणां कुले जातो विश्वामित्रोस्ति मत्समः
asatkṣetrakule pūjyo vyāsa vaibhāṃḍakau yathā| kṣatriyāṇāṃ kule jāto viśvāmitrosti matsamaḥ
(while) one born in a family of unworthy stock is to be honoured, as were Vyāsa and Vaibhāṇḍaka (Ṛṣyaśṛṅga); Viśvāmitra, born in the family of kṣatriyas, is (yet) equal to me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.128
वेश्यापुत्रो वसिष्ठश्च अन्ये सिद्धा द्विजादयः। तस्मात्सच्छोत्रियादीनां शृणु पुत्रक लक्षणम्
veśyāputro vasiṣṭhaśca anye siddhā dvijādayaḥ| tasmātsacchotriyādīnāṃ śṛṇu putraka lakṣaṇam
And Vasiṣṭha was the son of a courtesan, and other perfected ones (were) brahmins and the like. Therefore, my son, hear the mark of true śrotriyas and the rest,
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PdP 1 46.130
धरायां तीर्थभूतानां सर्वपापहराय च। जन्मना ब्राह्मणो ज्ञेयः संस्कारैर्द्विज उच्यते१२९ द्विज। विद्यया याति विप्रत्वं त्रिभिः श्रोत्रियलक्षणम् विप्र। विद्यापूतो मंत्रपूतो वेदपूतस्तथैव च
dharāyāṃ tīrthabhūtānāṃ sarvapāpaharāya ca| janmanā brāhmaṇo jñeyaḥ saṃskārairdvija ucyate129 dvija| vidyayā yāti vipratvaṃ tribhiḥ śrotriyalakṣaṇam vipra| vidyāpūto maṃtrapūto vedapūtastathaiva ca
of those who are (living) places of pilgrimage on earth, (and hear it) for the removal of all sins. By birth one is to be known as a brāhmaṇa, by the sacraments he is called dvija (twice-born); by learning he attains the state of vipra; by (all) three (comes) the mark of a śrotriya. Purified by learning, purified by mantra, and likewise purified by the Veda,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 46.131
तीर्थस्नानादिभिर्मेध्यो विप्रः पूज्यतमः स्मृतः। नारायणे सदा भक्तः शुद्धांतःकरणस्तथा
tīrthasnānādibhirmedhyo vipraḥ pūjyatamaḥ smṛtaḥ| nārāyaṇe sadā bhaktaḥ śuddhāṃtaḥkaraṇastathā
pure through bathing at holy fords and the like — such a vipra is held to be most worthy of worship: ever devoted to Nārāyaṇa, and with his inner faculty purified,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.132
जितेंद्रियो जितक्रोधस्समः सर्वजनेषु च। गुरुदेवातिथेर्भक्तः पित्रोः शुश्रूषणे रतः
jiteṃdriyo jitakrodhassamaḥ sarvajaneṣu ca| gurudevātitherbhaktaḥ pitroḥ śuśrūṣaṇe rataḥ
with senses conquered, with anger conquered, and impartial toward all people; devoted to teacher, deity and guest, intent on the service of his parents,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.133
परदारे मनो यस्य कदाचिन्नैव मोदते। पुराणकथको नित्यं धर्माख्यानस्य संततिः
paradāre mano yasya kadācinnaiva modate| purāṇakathako nityaṃ dharmākhyānasya saṃtatiḥ
whose mind never takes pleasure in another's wife; a constant reciter of the Purāṇas, a continuum of the telling of dharma,
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PdP 1 46.134
अस्यैव दर्शनान्नित्यमश्वमेधादिजं फलम्। संलापे गतिमेत्यस्य भागीरथ्या प्लवस्य च
asyaiva darśanānnityamaśvamedhādijaṃ phalam| saṃlāpe gatimetyasya bhāgīrathyā plavasya ca
from the mere sight of him one always (gains) the fruit arising from the horse-sacrifice and the like; in conversation with him one attains the destination (that comes) of a plunge in the Bhāgīrathī.
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PdP 1 46.135
व्रतैश्च विविधैः पूतो नित्यस्नानद्विजार्चनैः। मित्रामित्रे दयालुः स्यात्समः सर्वजनेषु च
vrataiśca vividhaiḥ pūto nityasnānadvijārcanaiḥ| mitrāmitre dayāluḥ syātsamaḥ sarvajaneṣu ca
Purified by manifold vows, by daily bathing and worship of brahmins; let him be compassionate toward friend and foe alike, and impartial toward all people;
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PdP 1 46.136
परस्वं न हरेद्यस्तु तृणमप्यटवीगतम्। कामक्रोधादिनिर्मुक्त इंद्रियैरजितः पुमान्
parasvaṃ na haredyastu tṛṇamapyaṭavīgatam| kāmakrodhādinirmukta iṃdriyairajitaḥ pumān
one who would not take another's property, not even a blade of grass lying in the forest; a man freed from desire, anger and the rest, unconquered by (his) senses,
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PdP 1 46.137
परदारान्न गृह्णाति मनसापि गृहागतान्। नारद उवाच-। गायत्र्या लक्षणं किं वा प्रत्येकाक्षरजं गुणम्
paradārānna gṛhṇāti manasāpi gṛhāgatān| nārada uvāca-| gāyatryā lakṣaṇaṃ kiṃ vā pratyekākṣarajaṃ guṇam
who does not take other men's wives, even in thought, even when they come to his house. Nārada said: What is the character of the Gāyatrī, and the quality arising from each single syllable?
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PdP 1 46.138
कुक्षिचरणगोत्राणां तस्या ब्रूहि सुनिश्चयम्। ब्रह्मोवाच-। छंदो गायत्री गायत्र्याः सविता देवता ध्रुवम्
kukṣicaraṇagotrāṇāṃ tasyā brūhi suniścayam| brahmovāca-| chaṃdo gāyatrī gāyatryāḥ savitā devatā dhruvam
Tell (me) with certainty her womb (kukṣi), her school (caraṇa) and her gotra. Brahmā said: The metre is gāyatrī; of the Gāyatrī the deity is assuredly Savitṛ;
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PdP 1 46.139
शुक्लवर्णात्वग्निमुखा विश्वामित्र ऋषिस्तथा। ब्रह्मणश्शिरआरूढा शिखा विष्णु हृदि स्थिता
śuklavarṇātvagnimukhā viśvāmitra ṛṣistathā| brahmaṇaśśiraārūḍhā śikhā viṣṇu hṛdi sthitā
she is white in colour, fire-faced, and Viśvāmitra is her seer; she is mounted upon the head of Brahmā, she is the crest-lock, she abides in Viṣṇu's heart.
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PdP 1 46.140
उपनयने नियोगः स्यात्सांख्यायन सगोत्रजा। त्रैलोक्यचरणा ज्ञेया पृथिवीकुक्षि संस्थिता
upanayane niyogaḥ syātsāṃkhyāyana sagotrajā| trailokyacaraṇā jñeyā pṛthivīkukṣi saṃsthitā
Her employment is at the initiation (upanayana); she is born of the Sāṅkhyāyana gotra; her school (caraṇa) is to be known as the three worlds, and her womb is set in the earth.
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PdP 1 46.141
चतुर्विंशतिस्थाने च पादादौ मस्तकांतके। चतुर्विंशत्यक्षरं न्यस्य ब्रह्मलोकं स विंदति
caturviṃśatisthāne ca pādādau mastakāṃtake| caturviṃśatyakṣaraṃ nyasya brahmalokaṃ sa viṃdati
And in the twenty-four places, from the feet up to the head, having placed the twenty-four syllables (there), he attains the world of Brahmā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.142
प्रत्यर्णदेवतां ज्ञात्वा विष्णुसायुज्यमाप्नुयात्। अपरं च प्रवक्ष्यामि गायत्र्या लक्षणं ध्रुवं
pratyarṇadevatāṃ jñātvā viṣṇusāyujyamāpnuyāt| aparaṃ ca pravakṣyāmi gāyatryā lakṣaṇaṃ dhruvaṃ
Knowing the deity of each single syllable, he would attain union with Viṣṇu. And I shall declare another thing, the fixed characteristic of the Gāyatrī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.143
सप्तपंच तथा ब्रह्म यजुरष्टादशाक्षरम्। ज्वलनादिहकारांतं जले स्थित्वा शतं जपेत्
saptapaṃca tathā brahma yajuraṣṭādaśākṣaram| jvalanādihakārāṃtaṃ jale sthitvā śataṃ japet
Seven and five, and likewise the Brahmā(-mantra), the eighteen-syllabled yajus, beginning with 'jvalana' and ending with the syllable 'ha' — standing in water, one should recite it a hundred times.
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PdP 1 46.144
उपपातककोट्या तु तथातिपातकैरपि। ब्रह्महत्यादिभिः पापैर्मुक्ता यांति ममालयं
upapātakakoṭyā tu tathātipātakairapi| brahmahatyādibhiḥ pāpairmuktā yāṃti mamālayaṃ
Freed from a crore of minor sins, and likewise from the very great sins, from the sins beginning with the killing of a brahmin, they go to my abode.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.145
ॐअग्नेर्वाक्पुंसि यजुर्वेदेन जुष्टात्सोमं पिब स्वाहा। विष्णुमंत्रं महामंत्रं तथा माहेश्वरस्य च
oṃagnervākpuṃsi yajurvedena juṣṭātsomaṃ piba svāhā| viṣṇumaṃtraṃ mahāmaṃtraṃ tathā māheśvarasya ca
'Oṃ, of Agni is speech; in the male, by the Yajurveda; drink the soma that has been enjoyed — svāhā.' (And so too) the mantra of Viṣṇu, the great mantra, and likewise that of Maheśvara,
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PdP 1 46.146
देवीसूर्यगणेशानां तथा क्रतुभुजां सुत। यस्य कस्य कुले जातो गुणवानेव तैर्गुणैः
devīsūryagaṇeśānāṃ tathā kratubhujāṃ suta| yasya kasya kule jāto guṇavāneva tairguṇaiḥ
and (the mantras) of the Goddess, the Sun, and Gaṇeśa, and of those who partake of the sacrifice, O son. Born in whosoever's family, one is possessed of merit just by those merits.
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PdP 1 46.147
साक्षाद्ब्रह्ममयो विप्रः पूजनीयः प्रयत्नतः। दानं दद्याच्च विधिवत्सदा पर्वणि पर्वणि
sākṣādbrahmamayo vipraḥ pūjanīyaḥ prayatnataḥ| dānaṃ dadyācca vidhivatsadā parvaṇi parvaṇi
A brahmin, being Brahman incarnate, is to be worshipped with effort; and one should give a gift according to rule always, at each festival day.
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PdP 1 46.148
अक्षयं लभते दाता जन्मकोटिशतान्प्रति। स्वाध्यायनिरतो विप्रो यः पठेत्पाठयेत्परान्
akṣayaṃ labhate dātā janmakoṭiśatānprati| svādhyāyanirato vipro yaḥ paṭhetpāṭhayetparān
The giver obtains an imperishable (reward) for hundreds of crores of births. The brahmin devoted to his own recitation, who recites and causes others to recite,
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PdP 1 46.149
धर्मं च श्रावयेल्लोके सदाचारं श्रुतिं स्मृतिं। पुराणसंहितां नूनं तथैव धर्मसंहितां
dharmaṃ ca śrāvayelloke sadācāraṃ śrutiṃ smṛtiṃ| purāṇasaṃhitāṃ nūnaṃ tathaiva dharmasaṃhitāṃ
and who should cause the dharma to be heard in the world — good conduct, śruti, smṛti, the collections of the Purāṇas, indeed, and likewise the collections of dharma —
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PdP 1 46.150
श्रावयित्वा तु लोकेषु श्रावयित्वा द्विजातिषु। उर्व्यां विष्णुसमः सोपि पूजनीयो नरैः सुरैः1.46.
śrāvayitvā tu lokeṣu śrāvayitvā dvijātiṣu| urvyāṃ viṣṇusamaḥ sopi pūjanīyo naraiḥ suraiḥ1.46.
having caused (them) to be heard among the people, having caused (them) to be heard among the twice-born, he too on earth is equal to Viṣṇu, to be worshipped by men and by gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.151
यद्बलं चाक्षयं तस्य तीर्थभूतानघस्य च। समानमर्चनं कृत्वा नरो यात्यच्युतालयं
yadbalaṃ cākṣayaṃ tasya tīrthabhūtānaghasya ca| samānamarcanaṃ kṛtvā naro yātyacyutālayaṃ
And whatever imperishable power belongs to him who is sinless and has become a place of pilgrimage — having performed worship equal (to that of Viṣṇu), a man goes to the abode of Acyuta.
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PdP 1 46.152
कदाचित्क्रियते पापं विप्रः पापैर्न लिप्यते। चांडालस्य गृहे निष्ठौ भास्करज्वलनौ यथा
kadācitkriyate pāpaṃ vipraḥ pāpairna lipyate| cāṃḍālasya gṛhe niṣṭhau bhāskarajvalanau yathā
If a sin is at some time committed, the brahmin is not smeared by sins, just as the sun and fire (are not) by spittle in the house of a Cāṇḍāla.
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PdP 1 46.153
याजनाध्यापनाद्यौनात्तथैवासत्प्रतिग्रहात्। विप्राणां न भवेद्दोषो ज्वलनार्कसमा द्विजाः
yājanādhyāpanādyaunāttathaivāsatpratigrahāt| viprāṇāṃ na bhaveddoṣo jvalanārkasamā dvijāḥ
From officiating at sacrifices, from teaching, from marriage-alliance, and likewise from accepting gifts from the unworthy, no fault arises for brahmins: the twice-born are like fire and the sun.
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PdP 1 46.154
तान्प्रतिग्रहजान्दोषान्प्राणायाम व्यवस्थिताः। नाशयंतीह पापानि वायुर्मेघमिवांबरे
tānpratigrahajāndoṣānprāṇāyāma vyavasthitāḥ| nāśayaṃtīha pāpāni vāyurmeghamivāṃbare
Those faults born of accepting gifts — established in breath-control, (the brahmins) destroy them here, and (all) sins, as the wind (destroys) a cloud in the sky.
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PdP 1 46.155
गायत्रीं यो जपेन्नित्यं प्राणायामसमन्वितां। प्रत्यक्षरामरैर्युक्तां स्वाङ्गे विन्यस्य तामपि
gāyatrīṃ yo japennityaṃ prāṇāyāmasamanvitāṃ| pratyakṣarāmarairyuktāṃ svāṅge vinyasya tāmapi
He who daily recites the Gāyatrī joined with breath-control, joined with the immortals of each syllable, placing her too in his own limbs —
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PdP 1 46.156
सर्वपापाद्विनिर्मुक्तो जन्मकोटिकृतादपि। ब्रह्मणः पदवीं प्राप्य स गच्छेत्प्रकृतेः परम्
sarvapāpādvinirmukto janmakoṭikṛtādapi| brahmaṇaḥ padavīṃ prāpya sa gacchetprakṛteḥ param
released from every sin, even from that done in a crore of births, having reached the station of Brahman, he would go beyond Prakṛti.
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PdP 1 46.157
प्राणायामयुतां तस्माद्गायत्रीं जप नारद। नारद उवाच-। प्राणायामाः कथं ब्रह्मन्प्रत्येकाक्षरदेवताः
prāṇāyāmayutāṃ tasmādgāyatrīṃ japa nārada| nārada uvāca-| prāṇāyāmāḥ kathaṃ brahmanpratyekākṣaradevatāḥ
Therefore recite the Gāyatrī joined with breath-control, Nārada. Nārada said: How, O Brahmā, are the breath-controls, and the deities of each single syllable,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.158
तेषां न्यासं तथांगेषु वद तात यथाक्रमम्। ब्रह्मोवाच-। गुददेशेत्वपानस्याद्धृदि प्राणोस्ति देहिनः
teṣāṃ nyāsaṃ tathāṃgeṣu vada tāta yathākramam| brahmovāca-| gudadeśetvapānasyāddhṛdi prāṇosti dehinaḥ
and their placement in the limbs — tell (me), father, in due order. Brahmā said: The apāna of an embodied being is in the region of the anus, the prāṇa is in the heart.
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PdP 1 46.159
तस्माद्गुदं समाकुंच्य प्राणेन सह योजयेत्। पूरकेण तदा पुत्र कृत्वा कुंभकमुत्तमं
tasmādgudaṃ samākuṃcya prāṇena saha yojayet| pūrakeṇa tadā putra kṛtvā kuṃbhakamuttamaṃ
Therefore, contracting the anus, one should join (the apāna) together with the prāṇa; then, O son, by the in-breath, having made the excellent retention,
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PdP 1 46.160
प्राणायामत्रयं कृत्वा गायत्रीं संजपेदिद्वजः। अनेनैव जपेद्यस्तु महापातकसंचयः
prāṇāyāmatrayaṃ kṛtvā gāyatrīṃ saṃjapedidvajaḥ| anenaiva japedyastu mahāpātakasaṃcayaḥ
having done the three breath-controls, the twice-born should recite the Gāyatrī. Whoever recites by just this (method), his accumulation of great sins (is destroyed).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 46.161
सकृदुच्चारितेनैव क्षयं यात्युपपातकं। प्रतिवर्णस्वरं ज्ञात्वा विन्यस्येद्यः कलेवरे
sakṛduccāritenaiva kṣayaṃ yātyupapātakaṃ| prativarṇasvaraṃ jñātvā vinyasyedyaḥ kalevare
By a single utterance alone a lesser sin is destroyed. And he who, knowing the accent of each syllable, sets (them) down upon his body —
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PdP 1 46.162
स जनो ब्रह्मतामेति फलं वक्तुं न शक्नुमः। प्रत्यक्षरस्य यद्दैवं शृणु पुत्र वदाम्यहं
sa jano brahmatāmeti phalaṃ vaktuṃ na śaknumaḥ| pratyakṣarasya yaddaivaṃ śṛṇu putra vadāmyahaṃ
that man attains the state of Brahman; we are not able to tell the fruit (of it). Hear, son, what the deity of each single syllable is; I shall tell (it).
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PdP 1 46.163
यज्जप्त्वा च पुनर्मातुस्तनं न पिबति द्विजः। आग्नेयं प्रथमं ज्ञेयं वायव्यं तु द्वितीयकम्
yajjaptvā ca punarmātustanaṃ na pibati dvijaḥ| āgneyaṃ prathamaṃ jñeyaṃ vāyavyaṃ tu dvitīyakam
Having recited which, the twice-born does not again suck his mother's breast. The first (syllable) is to be known as belonging to Agni, the second as belonging to Vāyu,
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PdP 1 46.164
तृतीयं सूर्यदैवत्यं चतुर्थं वैयतं तथा। पंचमं यमदैवत्यं वारुणं षष्ठमुच्यते
tṛtīyaṃ sūryadaivatyaṃ caturthaṃ vaiyataṃ tathā| paṃcamaṃ yamadaivatyaṃ vāruṇaṃ ṣaṣṭhamucyate
the third has the Sun for its deity, and the fourth belongs to Vaiyata; the fifth has Yama for its deity, and the sixth is said to belong to Varuṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 46.165
सप्तमं बार्हस्पत्यं तु पार्जन्यं चाष्टमं विदुः। ऐन्द्रं च नवमं ज्ञेयं गांधर्वं दशमं तथा
saptamaṃ bārhaspatyaṃ tu pārjanyaṃ cāṣṭamaṃ viduḥ| aindraṃ ca navamaṃ jñeyaṃ gāṃdharvaṃ daśamaṃ tathā
But the seventh belongs to Bṛhaspati, and the eighth they know as belonging to Parjanya; the ninth is to be known as Indra's, and likewise the tenth as belonging to the Gandharvas.
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PdP 1 46.166
पौष्णमेकादशं विद्धि मैत्रं द्वादशकं स्मृतं। त्वाष्ट्रं त्रयोदशं ज्ञेयं वासवं तु चतुर्दशं
pauṣṇamekādaśaṃ viddhi maitraṃ dvādaśakaṃ smṛtaṃ| tvāṣṭraṃ trayodaśaṃ jñeyaṃ vāsavaṃ tu caturdaśaṃ
Know the eleventh as belonging to Pūṣan; the twelfth is recorded as Mitra's; the thirteenth is to be known as Tvaṣṭṛ's, and the fourteenth as belonging to Vāsava (Indra).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.167
मारुतं पंचदशकं सौम्यं षोडशकं स्मृतं। आंगिरसं सप्तदशं वैश्वदेवमतः परं
mārutaṃ paṃcadaśakaṃ saumyaṃ ṣoḍaśakaṃ smṛtaṃ| āṃgirasaṃ saptadaśaṃ vaiśvadevamataḥ paraṃ
The fifteenth belongs to the Maruts, the sixteenth is recorded as belonging to Soma, the seventeenth as belonging to Aṅgiras, and the next after that to the All-Gods (Viśvedevas).
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PdP 1 46.168
आश्विनं चैकोनविंशं प्राजापत्यं तु विंशकं। सर्वदेवमयं ज्ञेयमेकविंशकमक्षरं
āśvinaṃ caikonaviṃśaṃ prājāpatyaṃ tu viṃśakaṃ| sarvadevamayaṃ jñeyamekaviṃśakamakṣaraṃ
And the nineteenth belongs to the Aśvins, while the twentieth belongs to Prajāpati; the twenty-first syllable is to be known as consisting of all the gods.
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PdP 1 46.169
रौद्रं द्वाविंशकं ज्ञेयं ब्राह्मं ज्ञेयमतः परं। वैष्णवं तु चतुर्विंशमेता अक्षरदेवताः
raudraṃ dvāviṃśakaṃ jñeyaṃ brāhmaṃ jñeyamataḥ paraṃ| vaiṣṇavaṃ tu caturviṃśametā akṣaradevatāḥ
The twenty-second is to be known as Rudra's, the next after that is to be known as Brahmā's, and the twenty-fourth as Viṣṇu's: these are the deities of the syllables.
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PdP 1 46.170
जपकाले तु संचिंत्य तासु सायुज्यतां व्रजेत्। ज्ञात्वा तु देवतास्तस्य वाङ्मयं विदितं भवेत्
japakāle tu saṃciṃtya tāsu sāyujyatāṃ vrajet| jñātvā tu devatāstasya vāṅmayaṃ viditaṃ bhavet
Meditating on them at the time of recitation, one would go to union with them; and when their deities are known, that (mantra's) verbal essence becomes known (to him).
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PdP 1 46.171
सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तो ब्रह्मणः पदवीं व्रजेत्। गायत्रीं विन्यसेत्पूर्वं शरीरे चात्मनो बुधः
sarvapāpavinirmukto brahmaṇaḥ padavīṃ vrajet| gāyatrīṃ vinyasetpūrvaṃ śarīre cātmano budhaḥ
Freed from all sins, he would go to the station of Brahman. The wise man should first set down the Gāyatrī on his own body,
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PdP 1 46.172
चतुर्विंशति स्थानेषु आपादमस्तकेषु च। तत्कारं विन्यसेद्योगी पदांगुष्ठे विचक्षणः
caturviṃśati sthāneṣu āpādamastakeṣu ca| tatkāraṃ vinyasedyogī padāṃguṣṭhe vicakṣaṇaḥ
in twenty-four places, from the feet to the head. The discerning yogin should set down the syllable 'tat' on the big toe of the foot,
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PdP 1 46.173
सकारं गुल्फदेशे तु विकारं जंघयोर्न्यसेत्। तुकारं जानुमध्ये च वकारं चोरुदेशतः
sakāraṃ gulphadeśe tu vikāraṃ jaṃghayornyaset| tukāraṃ jānumadhye ca vakāraṃ corudeśataḥ
the syllable 'sa' on the region of the ankle, and he should place the syllable 'vi' on the shanks, the syllable 'tur' in the middle of the knees, and the syllable 'va' on the region of the thighs,
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PdP 1 46.174
रेकारं गुह्यदेशे तु णिकारं वृषणे न्यसेत्। यंकारं कटिदेशे तु भकारं नाभिमण्डले
rekāraṃ guhyadeśe tu ṇikāraṃ vṛṣaṇe nyaset| yaṃkāraṃ kaṭideśe tu bhakāraṃ nābhimaṇḍale
the syllable 're' on the private region, and he should place the syllable 'ṇi' on the testicles, the syllable 'yaṃ' on the region of the hips, and the syllable 'bha' on the circle of the navel,
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PdP 1 46.175
गोकारं जठरे न्यस्य देकारं स्तनयोर्न्यसेत्। वकारं हृदये न्यस्य स्यकारं करदेशतः
gokāraṃ jaṭhare nyasya dekāraṃ stanayornyaset| vakāraṃ hṛdaye nyasya syakāraṃ karadeśataḥ
having placed the syllable 'go' on the belly, he should place the syllable 'de' on the two breasts; having placed the syllable 'va' on the heart, (he should place) the syllable 'sya' on the region of the hands,
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PdP 1 46.176
धीकारं वदने न्यस्य मकारं तालुके न्यसेत्। हिकारं नासिकाग्रे च धिकारं चक्षुषोर्न्यसेत्
dhīkāraṃ vadane nyasya makāraṃ tāluke nyaset| hikāraṃ nāsikāgre ca dhikāraṃ cakṣuṣornyaset
having placed the syllable 'dhī' on the mouth, he should place the syllable 'ma' on the palate, the syllable 'hi' on the tip of the nose, and he should place the syllable 'dhi' on the two eyes,
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PdP 1 46.177
योकारं तु भ्रुवोर्मध्ये योकारं च ललाटके। नःकारं तु मुखे पूर्वे प्रकारं दक्षिणे मुखे
yokāraṃ tu bhruvormadhye yokāraṃ ca lalāṭake| naḥkāraṃ tu mukhe pūrve prakāraṃ dakṣiṇe mukhe
the syllable 'yo' in the middle of the eyebrows, and the syllable 'yo' on the forehead, the syllable 'naḥ' on the face toward the east, the syllable 'pra' on the face toward the south,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.178
चोकारं पश्चिमे न्यस्य दकारं चोत्तरे न्यसेत्। यात्कारं मूर्ध्नि विन्यस्य सर्वव्यापी व्यवस्थितः
cokāraṃ paścime nyasya dakāraṃ cottare nyaset| yātkāraṃ mūrdhni vinyasya sarvavyāpī vyavasthitaḥ
having placed the syllable 'co' on the west and the syllable 'da' on the north; and having set the syllable 'yāt' on the crown of the head, he stands established as pervading all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.179
एतान्विन्यस्य धर्मात्मा ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवात्मकः। महायोगी महाज्ञानी परं निर्वाणकं व्रजेत्
etānvinyasya dharmātmā brahmaviṣṇuśivātmakaḥ| mahāyogī mahājñānī paraṃ nirvāṇakaṃ vrajet
Having set these down, one whose self is righteousness, whose self is Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Śiva, a great yogin, a great knower, would go to the supreme extinction (nirvāṇa).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.180
संध्याकाले पुनर्न्यासं शृणु त्वं तद्यथार्थतः। ॐभूरिति हृदये न्यस्य ॐभुवश्शिरसि न्यसेत्
saṃdhyākāle punarnyāsaṃ śṛṇu tvaṃ tadyathārthataḥ| oṃbhūriti hṛdaye nyasya oṃbhuvaśśirasi nyaset
Hear now, as it truly is, the further placing (of syllables) at the time of the twilight worship: having placed 'oṃ bhūḥ' on the heart, he should place 'oṃ bhuvaḥ' on the head,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.181
ॐस्वः शिखायै तत्सवितुर्वरेण्यमिति कलेवरे। ॐभर्गो देवस्य धीमहीति नेत्रयोः
oṃsvaḥ śikhāyai tatsaviturvareṇyamiti kalevare| oṃbhargo devasya dhīmahīti netrayoḥ
“oṃ svaḥ” — for the topknot; “tat savitur vareṇyam” — on the body; “oṃ bhargo devasya dhīmahi” — on the two eyes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.182
ॐधियो यो नः प्रचोदयादिति करयोर्न्यसेत्। ॐआपो ज्योती रसोमृतं ब्रह्म भूर्भुवःस्वरोम्। इत्युदकस्पर्शमात्रेण पापात्पूतो व्रजेद्धरिं
oṃdhiyo yo naḥ pracodayāditi karayornyaset| oṃāpo jyotī rasomṛtaṃ brahma bhūrbhuvaḥsvarom| ityudakasparśamātreṇa pāpātpūto vrajeddhariṃ
“oṃ dhiyo yo naḥ pracodayāt” — this he should place on the two hands. “oṃ āpo jyotī raso 'mṛtaṃ brahma bhūr bhuvaḥ svar om” — merely by touching water with this, purified of sin, he goes to Hari.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.183
ॐभूः ॐभुवः ॐस्वः ॐमहः ॐजनः ॐतपः ॐसत्यम्। ॐतत्सवितुर्वरेण्यं भर्गो देवस्य धीमहि धियो यो नः प्रचोदयात्। ॐआपो ज्योती रसोमृतं ब्रह्म भूर्भुवःस्वरोम्। इति सव्याहृति सप्रणवां द्वादश ॐकारां संध्याकाले कुंभकेन वारत्रयं जप्त्वा। सूर्योपस्थाने सावित्रीं चतुर्विंशत्यक्षरां जप्त्वा। महाविद्याधिको भवति ब्रह्मत्वं लभते
oṃbhūḥ oṃbhuvaḥ oṃsvaḥ oṃmahaḥ oṃjanaḥ oṃtapaḥ oṃsatyam| oṃtatsaviturvareṇyaṃ bhargo devasya dhīmahi dhiyo yo naḥ pracodayāt| oṃāpo jyotī rasomṛtaṃ brahma bhūrbhuvaḥsvarom| iti savyāhṛti sapraṇavāṃ dvādaśa oṃkārāṃ saṃdhyākāle kuṃbhakena vāratrayaṃ japtvā| sūryopasthāne sāvitrīṃ caturviṃśatyakṣarāṃ japtvā| mahāvidyādhiko bhavati brahmatvaṃ labhate
“oṃ bhūḥ, oṃ bhuvaḥ, oṃ svaḥ, oṃ mahaḥ, oṃ janaḥ, oṃ tapaḥ, oṃ satyam. oṃ tat savitur vareṇyaṃ bhargo devasya dhīmahi dhiyo yo naḥ pracodayāt. oṃ āpo jyotī raso 'mṛtaṃ brahma bhūr bhuvaḥ svar om.” Having, at the time of saṃdhyā, muttered thus three times with breath-retention the twelve oṃkāras together with the vyāhṛtis and the praṇava, and having muttered the twenty-four-syllabled Sāvitrī at the attendance upon the sun, he becomes eminent in the great knowledge and attains brahman-hood.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.184
षट्कुक्षिलक्षणां पुत्र गायत्रीं शृणु यत्नतः। यां ज्ञात्वा तु परं ब्रह्मस्थानं गच्छति वै द्विजः
ṣaṭkukṣilakṣaṇāṃ putra gāyatrīṃ śṛṇu yatnataḥ| yāṃ jñātvā tu paraṃ brahmasthānaṃ gacchati vai dvijaḥ
Hear attentively, my son, the Gāyatrī characterised as six-bellied, by knowing which a twice-born goes indeed to the supreme abode of Brahman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.185
ॐतत्सवितुर्वरेणियं भर्गो देवस्य धीमहि धियो यो नः प्रचोदयात्
oṃtatsaviturvareṇiyaṃ bhargo devasya dhīmahi dhiyo yo naḥ pracodayāt
“oṃ tat savitur vareṇyaṃ bhargo devasya dhīmahi dhiyo yo naḥ pracodayāt.”
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.186
अथ गायत्री पंचशीर्षलक्षणम्। ॐभूः ॐभुवः ॐस्वः ॐमहः ॐजनः ॐतपः ॐसत्यम्। ॐतत्सवितुर्वरेण्यं भर्गो देवस्य धीमहि धियो यो नः प्रचोदयात्
atha gāyatrī paṃcaśīrṣalakṣaṇam| oṃbhūḥ oṃbhuvaḥ oṃsvaḥ oṃmahaḥ oṃjanaḥ oṃtapaḥ oṃsatyam| oṃtatsaviturvareṇyaṃ bhargo devasya dhīmahi dhiyo yo naḥ pracodayāt
Now the Gāyatrī characterised as five-headed: “oṃ bhūḥ, oṃ bhuvaḥ, oṃ svaḥ, oṃ mahaḥ, oṃ janaḥ, oṃ tapaḥ, oṃ satyam. oṃ tat savitur vareṇyaṃ bhargo devasya dhīmahi dhiyo yo naḥ pracodayāt.”
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.187
सव्याहृतिं तु गायत्रीं पुनर्न्यासं तु कारयेत्। सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तो विष्णुसायुज्यतां व्रजेत्
savyāhṛtiṃ tu gāyatrīṃ punarnyāsaṃ tu kārayet| sarvapāpavinirmukto viṣṇusāyujyatāṃ vrajet
But he should perform the placing again of the Gāyatrī together with the vyāhṛtis; freed from all sin he would go to union with Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.188
ॐभूः पादाभ्याम् ॐभुवः जानुभ्याम् ॐस्वः कट्याम् ॐमहः नाभौ ॐजनः हृदये न्यसेत् ॐतपः करयोः ॐसत्यं ललाटे। ॐतत्सवितुर्वरेणियं भर्गो देवस्य धीमहि धियो यो नः प्रचोदयात्। इति शिखायाम्
oṃbhūḥ pādābhyām oṃbhuvaḥ jānubhyām oṃsvaḥ kaṭyām oṃmahaḥ nābhau oṃjanaḥ hṛdaye nyaset oṃtapaḥ karayoḥ oṃsatyaṃ lalāṭe| oṃtatsaviturvareṇiyaṃ bhargo devasya dhīmahi dhiyo yo naḥ pracodayāt| iti śikhāyām
“oṃ bhūḥ” on the two feet, “oṃ bhuvaḥ” on the two knees, “oṃ svaḥ” on the hip, “oṃ mahaḥ” on the navel, “oṃ janaḥ” he should place on the heart, “oṃ tapaḥ” on the two hands, “oṃ satyam” on the forehead; “oṃ tat savitur vareṇyaṃ bhargo devasya dhīmahi dhiyo yo naḥ pracodayāt” — this on the topknot.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.189
एवं विप्रो न जानाति स एव ब्राह्मणाधमः। न तस्य क्षीयते पाप्मा भवेद्भूरिप्रतिग्रहः
evaṃ vipro na jānāti sa eva brāhmaṇādhamaḥ| na tasya kṣīyate pāpmā bhavedbhūripratigrahaḥ
The brahmin who does not know (it) thus, he alone is the lowest of brahmins; his sin is not destroyed, and he would become one who accepts much (in gifts).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.190
इमां यो वेत्ति गायत्रीं सर्वबीजसमन्विताम्। स वेत्ति चतुरो वेदान्योगज्ञानं जपत्रयम्
imāṃ yo vetti gāyatrīṃ sarvabījasamanvitām| sa vetti caturo vedānyogajñānaṃ japatrayam
He who knows this Gāyatrī, endowed with all the seed-syllables, he knows the four Vedas, the knowledge of yoga, and the threefold muttering.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.191
य एनां नैव जानाति स शूद्रात्परतः स्मृतः। तस्यापूतस्य विप्रस्य न देयं पितृपार्वणम्
ya enāṃ naiva jānāti sa śūdrātparataḥ smṛtaḥ| tasyāpūtasya viprasya na deyaṃ pitṛpārvaṇam
He who does not know it at all is declared to be beyond (i.e. lower than) a śūdra; to such an unpurified brahmin the ancestral pārvaṇa offering should not be given.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.192
न स्नानफलदः कश्चित्सर्वं च निष्फलं भवेत्। विद्या वित्तं तथा जन्म द्विजत्वं कारणं यतः
na snānaphaladaḥ kaścitsarvaṃ ca niṣphalaṃ bhavet| vidyā vittaṃ tathā janma dvijatvaṃ kāraṇaṃ yataḥ
No one (of them) is a giver of the fruit of bathing, and the whole would become fruitless — since learning, wealth, and likewise birth are the cause of twice-born status.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 46.193
निष्फलं सकलं तस्य मेध्यं पुष्पं यथाऽशुचौ। चतुर्वेदाश्च गायत्री पुरा वै तुलिता मया
niṣphalaṃ sakalaṃ tasya medhyaṃ puṣpaṃ yathā'śucau| caturvedāśca gāyatrī purā vai tulitā mayā
For him everything is fruitless, like a pure flower (fallen) on something unclean. Formerly indeed the four Vedas and the Gāyatrī were weighed by me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.194
चतुर्वेदात्परा गुर्वी गायत्री मोक्षदा स्मृता। दशभिर्जन्मजनितं शतेन च पुरा कृतम्
caturvedātparā gurvī gāyatrī mokṣadā smṛtā| daśabhirjanmajanitaṃ śatena ca purā kṛtam
The Gāyatrī is held to be higher and weightier than the four Vedas, and a giver of liberation. By ten (recitations) what was generated by birth, and by a hundred what was done before,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.195
त्रियुगं तु सहस्रेण गायत्री हंति किल्बिषम्। गायत्रीमक्षमालायां सायं प्रातश्च यो जपेत्
triyugaṃ tu sahasreṇa gāyatrī haṃti kilbiṣam| gāyatrīmakṣamālāyāṃ sāyaṃ prātaśca yo japet
but by a thousand the Gāyatrī destroys the sin of three ages. And he who mutters the Gāyatrī on a rosary evening and morning
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.196
चतुर्णामपि वेदानां फलं प्राप्नोत्यसंशयम्। त्रिसंध्यं यो जपेन्नित्यं गायत्रीं हायनं द्विजः
caturṇāmapi vedānāṃ phalaṃ prāpnotyasaṃśayam| trisaṃdhyaṃ yo japennityaṃ gāyatrīṃ hāyanaṃ dvijaḥ
obtains, without doubt, the fruit of all four Vedas. The twice-born who mutters the Gāyatrī constantly at the three saṃdhyās for a year —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.197
तस्य पापं क्षयं याति जन्मकोटिसमुद्भवम्। गायत्र्युच्चारमात्रेण पापकूटात्पुनाति च
tasya pāpaṃ kṣayaṃ yāti janmakoṭisamudbhavam| gāyatryuccāramātreṇa pāpakūṭātpunāti ca
his sin, arisen in a crore of births, goes to destruction; and merely by uttering the Gāyatrī it purifies (him) from the heap of sin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.198
स्वर्गापवर्गमाप्नोति जप्त्वा नित्यं द्विजोत्तमः। वासुदेवस्य मंत्राणि जपेद्यस्तु दिनेदिने
svargāpavargamāpnoti japtvā nityaṃ dvijottamaḥ| vāsudevasya maṃtrāṇi japedyastu dinedine
Muttering (it) constantly, the best of the twice-born attains heaven and final release. And he who day after day mutters the mantras of Vāsudeva
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.199
प्रणमेच्च हरेः पादौ स गच्छेदपवर्गिताम्। वासुदेवस्य स्तोत्राणि मुखे चापि कथोत्तमा
praṇamecca hareḥ pādau sa gacchedapavargitām| vāsudevasya stotrāṇi mukhe cāpi kathottamā
and bows to the feet of Hari, he would go to the state of release. And (if) the praises of Vāsudeva are in his mouth, and excellent narration (too),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.200
पंकस्य लवमात्रं तु तस्य देहे न तिष्ठति। वेदशास्त्रावगाहेन त्रिस्रोतः स्नानजं फलम्1.46.
paṃkasya lavamātraṃ tu tasya dehe na tiṣṭhati| vedaśāstrāvagāhena trisrotaḥ snānajaṃ phalam1.46.
then not even a drop of mud (of sin) remains in his body. By plunging into the Veda and the śāstras (comes) the fruit born of bathing in the triple stream.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 46.201
धर्मपाठकृतां लोके यज्ञकोटिफलं लभेत्। एवं विप्रगुणान्वक्तुं न शक्नोमि द्विजोत्तम
dharmapāṭhakṛtāṃ loke yajñakoṭiphalaṃ labhet| evaṃ vipraguṇānvaktuṃ na śaknomi dvijottama
Those who in this world make recitation of dharma obtain the fruit of ten million sacrifices. Thus I am not able to tell (all) the virtues of a brahmin, O best of the twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 46.202
विश्वरूपश्च को देही समूर्तो हरिरेव च। यस्य शापाद्विनाशः स्यादायुर्विद्या यशो धनम्
viśvarūpaśca ko dehī samūrto harireva ca| yasya śāpādvināśaḥ syādāyurvidyā yaśo dhanam
And who is (this) embodied being of universal form? He is Hari himself in bodily shape — by whose curse there comes destruction of lifespan, learning, fame and wealth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 46.203
वरदानात्समायांति सर्वाः संपत्तयस्तथा। विष्णुर्ब्रह्मण्यतामेति सदा विप्र प्रसादतः
varadānātsamāyāṃti sarvāḥ saṃpattayastathā| viṣṇurbrahmaṇyatāmeti sadā vipra prasādataḥ
And by (his) granting of boons all forms of prosperity come together; Viṣṇu too, O brahmin, always attains his state of favour toward brahmins through (a brahmin's) grace.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 46.204
नमो ब्रह्मण्यदेवाय गोब्राह्मणहिताय च। जगद्धिताय कृष्णाय गोविंदाय नमो नमः
namo brahmaṇyadevāya gobrāhmaṇahitāya ca| jagaddhitāya kṛṣṇāya goviṃdāya namo namaḥ
Homage to the god who favours brahmins, to him who is the benefactor of cows and brahmins, to Kṛṣṇa the benefactor of the world, to Govinda, homage, homage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.205
मंत्रेणैवं हरिं यस्तु पूजयेत्सततं नरः। प्रसादी च हरिस्तस्य विष्णुसायुज्यतां व्रजेत्
maṃtreṇaivaṃ hariṃ yastu pūjayetsatataṃ naraḥ| prasādī ca haristasya viṣṇusāyujyatāṃ vrajet
The man who constantly worships Hari with this mantra — Hari is gracious to him, and he goes to union with Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.206
य इदं शृणुयात्पुण्यमाख्यानं धर्मविग्रहम्। तस्य पापं क्षयं याति जन्मजन्मकृतं च यत्
ya idaṃ śṛṇuyātpuṇyamākhyānaṃ dharmavigraham| tasya pāpaṃ kṣayaṃ yāti janmajanmakṛtaṃ ca yat
Whoever hears this meritorious narrative, which is the very body of dharma, his sin, whatever was done birth after birth, goes to destruction.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.207
यः पठेत्पाठयेद्वापि उपदेष्टा जनस्य च। न तस्य पुनरावृत्तिः स्वर्गमक्षयमश्नुते
yaḥ paṭhetpāṭhayedvāpi upadeṣṭā janasya ca| na tasya punarāvṛttiḥ svargamakṣayamaśnute
He who recites it, or has it recited, or is an instructor of people in it — for him there is no returning (to rebirth); he attains imperishable heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 46.208
धनं धान्यं लभेदत्र राज्यभोगानरोगिताम्। सत्सुतं च शुभां कीर्तिं देववद्रमते दिवि
dhanaṃ dhānyaṃ labhedatra rājyabhogānarogitām| satsutaṃ ca śubhāṃ kīrtiṃ devavadramate divi
Here he obtains wealth, grain, the enjoyments of kingship, freedom from disease, a good son and fair fame, and he takes his delight in heaven like a god.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition