Padma Purana — Srishti Khanda — Chapter 50
PdP 1 50.1
भीष्म उवाच-। यत्पुण्यमधिकं लोके सर्वदा सर्वसंमतम्। तद्वदस्वेच्छया विप्र यत्कृतं पूर्वपूर्वकैः
bhīṣma uvāca-| yatpuṇyamadhikaṃ loke sarvadā sarvasaṃmatam| tadvadasvecchayā vipra yatkṛtaṃ pūrvapūrvakaiḥ
Bhīṣma said: That merit which is greatest in the world, and always approved by all — tell it at your pleasure, O brahmin, (tell) what was done by the men of old.
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PdP 1 50.2
पुलस्त्य उवाच-। एकदा तु द्विजाः सर्वे व्यासशिष्यास्सहादरात्। व्यासं प्रणम्य पप्रच्छु धर्मं मां च यथा भवान्
pulastya uvāca-| ekadā tu dvijāḥ sarve vyāsaśiṣyāssahādarāt| vyāsaṃ praṇamya papracchu dharmaṃ māṃ ca yathā bhavān
Pulastya said: Once all the twice-born, the pupils of Vyāsa, together and with reverence, bowed to Vyāsa and asked about dharma, as you (ask) me.
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PdP 1 50.3
द्विजा ऊचुः-। पुण्यात्पुण्यतमं लोके सर्वधर्मेषु चोत्तमम्। किं कृत्वा मानवा स्वर्गं भुंजते चाक्षयं वद
dvijā ūcuḥ-| puṇyātpuṇyatamaṃ loke sarvadharmeṣu cottamam| kiṃ kṛtvā mānavā svargaṃ bhuṃjate cākṣayaṃ vada
The twice-born said: What is more meritorious than the meritorious in the world, and best among all duties — say by doing what men enjoy imperishable heaven.
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PdP 1 50.4
लभ्यं चाकष्टकं शुद्धं वर्णानां मर्त्यवासिनाम्। गुरूणां च लघूनां च साध्यमेकं क्रतुं वद
labhyaṃ cākaṣṭakaṃ śuddhaṃ varṇānāṃ martyavāsinām| gurūṇāṃ ca laghūnāṃ ca sādhyamekaṃ kratuṃ vada
Tell (us) of one rite, attainable without hardship, pure, (fit) for the classes that dwell among mortals, and achievable by the great and by the lowly (alike).
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PdP 1 50.5
यद्यत्कृत्वा च देवानां पूज्यो नाके भवेन्नरः। तत्तद्वद च नो ब्रह्मन्प्रसादी भव धर्मतः
yadyatkṛtvā ca devānāṃ pūjyo nāke bhavennaraḥ| tattadvada ca no brahmanprasādī bhava dharmataḥ
And by doing what a man becomes worthy of honour among the gods in heaven — tell us each of these, O brahmin; be gracious to us in accordance with dharma.
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PdP 1 50.6
व्यास उवाच-। पंचाख्यानं वदिष्यामि शृणुध्वं तत्र पूर्वतः। पंचानामेककं कृत्वा विंदेन्मोक्षं दिवं यशः
vyāsa uvāca-| paṃcākhyānaṃ vadiṣyāmi śṛṇudhvaṃ tatra pūrvataḥ| paṃcānāmekakaṃ kṛtvā viṃdenmokṣaṃ divaṃ yaśaḥ
Vyāsa said: I shall relate five accounts; listen to them (in order) from the first. Doing (even) one of the five, one wins liberation, heaven and fame.
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PdP 1 50.7
पित्रोरर्चाऽथ पत्युश्च साम्यं सर्वजनेषु च। मित्राद्रोहो विष्णुभक्तिरेते पंच महामखाः
pitrorarcā'tha patyuśca sāmyaṃ sarvajaneṣu ca| mitrādroho viṣṇubhaktirete paṃca mahāmakhāḥ
Honouring one's parents, and one's husband; equality toward all people; not betraying a friend; devotion to Viṣṇu — these are the five great sacrifices.
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PdP 1 50.8
प्राक्पित्रोरर्चया विप्रा यद्धर्मं साधयेन्नरः। न तत्क्रतुशतैरेव तीर्थयात्रादिभिर्भुवि
prākpitrorarcayā viprā yaddharmaṃ sādhayennaraḥ| na tatkratuśataireva tīrthayātrādibhirbhuvi
O brahmins, the merit that a man accomplishes first of all by honouring his parents — that (is not gained) by hundreds of sacrifices nor by pilgrimages and the like on earth.
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PdP 1 50.9
पिता धर्मः पिता स्वर्गः पिता हि परमं तपः। पितरि प्रीतिमापन्ने प्रीयंते सर्वदेवताः
pitā dharmaḥ pitā svargaḥ pitā hi paramaṃ tapaḥ| pitari prītimāpanne prīyaṃte sarvadevatāḥ
The father is dharma, the father is heaven, the father indeed is the highest austerity; when the father is brought to satisfaction, all the deities are pleased.
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PdP 1 50.10
पितरो यस्य तृप्यंति सेवया च गुणेन च। तस्य भागीरथी स्नानमहन्यहनि वर्तते
pitaro yasya tṛpyaṃti sevayā ca guṇena ca| tasya bhāgīrathī snānamahanyahani vartate
He whose parents are satisfied by service and by (his) virtue — for him a bath in the Bhāgīrathī takes place day after day.
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PdP 1 50.11
सर्वतीर्थमयी माता सर्वदेवमयः पिता। मातरं पितरं चैव यस्तु कुर्यात्प्रदक्षिणम्
sarvatīrthamayī mātā sarvadevamayaḥ pitā| mātaraṃ pitaraṃ caiva yastu kuryātpradakṣiṇam
The mother consists of all sacred fords, the father consists of all the gods. Whoever makes circumambulation of his mother and father,
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PdP 1 50.12
प्रदक्षिणीकृता तेन सप्तद्वीपा वसुंधरा। जानुनी च करौ यस्य पित्रोः प्रणमतः शिरः
pradakṣiṇīkṛtā tena saptadvīpā vasuṃdharā| jānunī ca karau yasya pitroḥ praṇamataḥ śiraḥ
by him the earth with its seven continents has been circumambulated. He whose two knees, two hands, and head, as he bows to his parents,
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PdP 1 50.13
निपतंति पृथिव्यां च सोक्षयं लभते दिवं। तयोश्चरणयोर्यावद्रजश्चिह्नानि मस्तके
nipataṃti pṛthivyāṃ ca sokṣayaṃ labhate divaṃ| tayoścaraṇayoryāvadrajaścihnāni mastake
(As his knees, his hands, and his head) fall to the earth (in salutation to his parents), he attains imperishable heaven. As long as the marks of the dust of their two feet (remain) on his head,
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PdP 1 50.14
प्रतीके च विलग्नानि तावत्पूतः सुतस्तयोः। पादारविंदसलिलं यः पित्रोः पिबते सुतः
pratīke ca vilagnāni tāvatpūtaḥ sutastayoḥ| pādāraviṃdasalilaṃ yaḥ pitroḥ pibate sutaḥ
and cling to his forehead, for that long is that son purified by the two of them. The son who drinks the water from the lotus-feet of his parents —
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PdP 1 50.15
तस्य पापक्षयं याति जन्मकोटिशतार्जितं। धन्योसौ मानवो लोके पूतोसौ सर्वकल्मषात्
tasya pāpakṣayaṃ yāti janmakoṭiśatārjitaṃ| dhanyosau mānavo loke pūtosau sarvakalmaṣāt
his sin, accumulated over a hundred crores of births, goes to destruction. Blessed is that man in the world, purified of every defilement.
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PdP 1 50.16
विनायकत्वमाप्नोति जन्मनैकेन मानवः। पितरौ लंघयेद्यस्तु वचोभिः पुरुषाधमः
vināyakatvamāpnoti janmanaikena mānavaḥ| pitarau laṃghayedyastu vacobhiḥ puruṣādhamaḥ
By a single birth a man attains the state of a leader (of his kind); but the lowest of men who transgresses against his parents with (harsh) words —
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PdP 1 50.17
निरये च वसेत्तावद्यावदाभूतसंप्लवं। पित्रोरनर्चनं कृत्वा भुंक्ते यस्तु सुताधमः
niraye ca vasettāvadyāvadābhūtasaṃplavaṃ| pitroranarcanaṃ kṛtvā bhuṃkte yastu sutādhamaḥ
he dwells in hell for as long as until the dissolution of beings. And the base son who eats after having failed to honour his parents
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PdP 1 50.18
क्रिमिकूपेथ नरके कल्पांतमुपतिष्ठति। रोगिणं चापि वृद्धं च पितरं वृत्तिकर्शितम्
krimikūpetha narake kalpāṃtamupatiṣṭhati| rogiṇaṃ cāpi vṛddhaṃ ca pitaraṃ vṛttikarśitam
stands then in the hell called the Worm-Pit until the end of the kalpa. And whoever abandons a father who is sick, or aged, or worn down by the struggle for a living,
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PdP 1 50.19
विकलं नेत्रकर्णाभ्यां त्यक्त्वा गच्छेच्च रौरवम्। अंत्यजातिषु म्लेच्छेषु चांडालेष्वपि जायते
vikalaṃ netrakarṇābhyāṃ tyaktvā gacchecca rauravam| aṃtyajātiṣu mleccheṣu cāṃḍāleṣvapi jāyate
or crippled in eyes and ears — abandoning (him) he goes to the Raurava hell, and is born among the lowest castes, among barbarians, and even among caṇḍālas.
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PdP 1 50.20
पित्रोरपोषणं कृत्वा सर्वपुण्यक्षयो भवेत्। नाराध्य पितरौ पुत्रस्तीर्थदेवान्भजन्नपि
pitrorapoṣaṇaṃ kṛtvā sarvapuṇyakṣayo bhavet| nārādhya pitarau putrastīrthadevānbhajannapi
Having failed to sustain one's parents, one suffers the loss of all merit. A son who, without having served his parents, worships holy places and gods,
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PdP 1 50.21
तयोर्न फलमाप्नोति कीटवद्रमते महीम्। कथयामि पुरावृत्तं विप्राः शृणुत यत्नतः
tayorna phalamāpnoti kīṭavadramate mahīm| kathayāmi purāvṛttaṃ viprāḥ śṛṇuta yatnataḥ
obtains no fruit from these two; he crawls upon the earth like a worm. I shall recount what happened long ago; brahmins, listen attentively.
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PdP 1 50.22
यं श्रुत्वा न पुनर्मोहं प्रयास्यथ पुनर्भुवि। पुरासीच्च द्विजः कश्चिन्नरोत्तम इति स्मृतः
yaṃ śrutvā na punarmohaṃ prayāsyatha punarbhuvi| purāsīcca dvijaḥ kaścinnarottama iti smṛtaḥ
Having heard it, you will not fall into confusion again upon the earth. Long ago there was a certain twice-born, known as Narottama,
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PdP 1 50.23
स्वपितरावनादृत्य गतोसौ तीर्थसेवया। ततः सर्वाणि तीर्थानि गच्छतो ब्राह्मणस्य च
svapitarāvanādṛtya gatosau tīrthasevayā| tataḥ sarvāṇi tīrthāni gacchato brāhmaṇasya ca
who, disregarding his own parents, went off to frequent the holy places. Then, as the brahmin visited all the holy places,
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PdP 1 50.24
आकाशे स्नानचेलानि प्रशुष्यंति दिने दिने। अहंकारोऽविशत्तस्य मानसे ब्राह्मणस्य च
ākāśe snānacelāni praśuṣyaṃti dine dine| ahaṃkāro'viśattasya mānase brāhmaṇasya ca
day after day his bathing-garments would dry in the air. And egotism entered the mind of that brahmin:
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PdP 1 50.25
मत्समो नास्ति वै कश्चित्पुण्यकर्मा महायशाः। इत्युक्ते चानने तस्य अहदच्च बकस्तदा
matsamo nāsti vai kaścitpuṇyakarmā mahāyaśāḥ| ityukte cānane tasya ahadacca bakastadā
"There is truly no one equal to me in meritorious deeds and great renown." And when this had been said by his mouth, a crane laughed.
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PdP 1 50.26
क्रोधाच्चैवेरितस्तस्य स शशाप द्विजो बकम्। पपात च बकः पृथ्व्यां स भस्मीभूतविग्रहः
krodhāccaiveritastasya sa śaśāpa dvijo bakam| papāta ca bakaḥ pṛthvyāṃ sa bhasmībhūtavigrahaḥ
Driven by anger at that, the twice-born cursed the crane, and the crane fell to the earth with its body reduced to ashes.
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PdP 1 50.27
भीर्द्विजेंद्रं महामोहः प्राविशच्चांतकर्मणि। ततः पापाच्च विप्रस्य चेलं खं च न गच्छति
bhīrdvijeṃdraṃ mahāmohaḥ prāviśaccāṃtakarmaṇi| tataḥ pāpācca viprasya celaṃ khaṃ ca na gacchati
When the deed was done, fear and great delusion entered the chief of the twice-born. Then, because of the brahmin's sin, his garment no longer went into the sky.
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PdP 1 50.28
विषादमगमत्सद्यस्ततः खं तमुवाच ह। गच्छ बाडव चांडालं मूकं परमधार्मिकम्
viṣādamagamatsadyastataḥ khaṃ tamuvāca ha| gaccha bāḍava cāṃḍālaṃ mūkaṃ paramadhārmikam
At once he fell into despair; then the sky spoke to him: "Go, brahmin, to a mute caṇḍāla, supremely righteous.
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PdP 1 50.29
तत्र धर्मं च जानीषे क्षेमं ते तद्वचो भवेत्। खाच्च तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा गतोसौ मूकमंदिरम्
tatra dharmaṃ ca jānīṣe kṣemaṃ te tadvaco bhavet| khācca tadvacanaṃ śrutvā gatosau mūkamaṃdiram
There you will learn dharma; his word will be your welfare." Hearing that speech from the sky, he went to the mute man's house.
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PdP 1 50.30
शुश्रूषंतं च पितरौ सर्वारंभान्ददर्श सः। ददतं शीतकाले च सम्यगुष्णं जलं तयोः
śuśrūṣaṃtaṃ ca pitarau sarvāraṃbhāndadarśa saḥ| dadataṃ śītakāle ca samyaguṣṇaṃ jalaṃ tayoḥ
He saw him serving his parents in every undertaking: giving them water properly warmed in the cold season,
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PdP 1 50.31
तैलतापनतांबूलं तथा तूलवतीं पटीम्। नित्याशनं च मिष्टान्नं दुग्धखंडं तथैव च
tailatāpanatāṃbūlaṃ tathā tūlavatīṃ paṭīm| nityāśanaṃ ca miṣṭānnaṃ dugdhakhaṃḍaṃ tathaiva ca
oil, a warming (fire), betel, and a cotton-padded cloth; regular meals and sweet food, and likewise milk and sugar;
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PdP 1 50.32
दापयंतं वसंते च मधुमालां सुगंधिकां। अन्यानि यानि भोग्यानि कृत्यानि विविधानि च
dāpayaṃtaṃ vasaṃte ca madhumālāṃ sugaṃdhikāṃ| anyāni yāni bhogyāni kṛtyāni vividhāni ca
and in spring having a fragrant garland of spring flowers given (to them), and whatever other enjoyable things and various services there were,
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PdP 1 50.33
उष्णे चावीजयत्सोपि नित्यं च पितरावपि। ततस्तयोः प्रचर्यां च कृत्वा भुंक्तेथ सर्वदा
uṣṇe cāvījayatsopi nityaṃ ca pitarāvapi| tatastayoḥ pracaryāṃ ca kṛtvā bhuṃktetha sarvadā
In the heat he too would fan them, and (he served) both parents constantly; then, having performed service to those two, he would always eat.
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PdP 1 50.34
श्रमस्य वारणं कुर्यात्संतापस्य तथैव च। एभिः पुण्यैः स्थितो विष्णुस्तस्य गेहोदरे चिरम्
śramasya vāraṇaṃ kuryātsaṃtāpasya tathaiva ca| ebhiḥ puṇyaiḥ sthito viṣṇustasya gehodare ciram
He would ward off (their) fatigue, and likewise their distress. Because of these merits Viṣṇu remained long inside his house.
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PdP 1 50.35
अंतरिक्षे च क्रीडंतमाधारस्तंभवर्जिते। तस्यापि भवने नित्यं स्थितं त्रिभुवनेश्वरं
aṃtarikṣe ca krīḍaṃtamādhārastaṃbhavarjite| tasyāpi bhavane nityaṃ sthitaṃ tribhuvaneśvaraṃ
And (he saw) him playing in mid-air, without any supporting pillar — in that man's house too the lord of the three worlds ever abiding,
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PdP 1 50.36
विप्ररूपधरं कांतं नान्यैर्भूतं च सत्परम्। तेजोमयं महासत्वं शोभयंतं च मंदिरं
viprarūpadharaṃ kāṃtaṃ nānyairbhūtaṃ ca satparam| tejomayaṃ mahāsatvaṃ śobhayaṃtaṃ ca maṃdiraṃ
bearing the form of a brahmin, lovely, not perceived by others, supremely real, made of radiance, of great power, lighting up the house.
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PdP 1 50.37
दृष्ट्वा विस्मयमापन्नो विप्रः प्रोवाच मूककम्। विप्र उवाच-। आसन्नं च ममागच्छ त्वयैवेच्छामि शाश्वतं
dṛṣṭvā vismayamāpanno vipraḥ provāca mūkakam| vipra uvāca-| āsannaṃ ca mamāgaccha tvayaivecchāmi śāśvataṃ
Seeing (this) the brahmin, filled with amazement, spoke to Mūka. The brahmin said: Come near to me; from you alone I desire the eternal.
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PdP 1 50.38
हितं मे सर्वलोकानां तत्वतो वक्तुमर्हसि। मूक उवाच-। पित्रोरर्चां करोम्यद्य कथमायामि तेंतिकं
hitaṃ me sarvalokānāṃ tatvato vaktumarhasi| mūka uvāca-| pitrorarcāṃ karomyadya kathamāyāmi teṃtikaṃ
You ought to tell me truly what is beneficial for all the worlds. Mūka said: Today I am performing the worship of my parents; how can I come into your presence?
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PdP 1 50.39
अर्चयित्वा तु पितरौ कृत्यं ते करवाणि वै। तिष्ठ मे द्वारदेशे च आतिथ्यं ते करोम्यहम्
arcayitvā tu pitarau kṛtyaṃ te karavāṇi vai| tiṣṭha me dvāradeśe ca ātithyaṃ te karomyaham
But when I have worshipped my parents I shall indeed do your business. Stay at my doorway; I will offer you hospitality.
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PdP 1 50.40
इत्युक्ते चैव चांडाले चुकोप ब्राह्मणस्तदा। ब्राह्मणं मां परित्यज्य किं कार्यमधिकं तव
ityukte caiva cāṃḍāle cukopa brāhmaṇastadā| brāhmaṇaṃ māṃ parityajya kiṃ kāryamadhikaṃ tava
When the cāṇḍāla had spoken thus, the brahmin then grew angry: "Abandoning me, a brahmin, what task of yours is greater?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.41
मूक उवाच-। किं कुप्यसि वृथा विप्र न बकोहं तवाधुना। कोपस्सिद्ध्यति ते तावद्बकेनान्यत्र किंचन
mūka uvāca-| kiṃ kupyasi vṛthā vipra na bakohaṃ tavādhunā| kopassiddhyati te tāvadbakenānyatra kiṃcana
Mūka said: Why are you angry in vain, brahmin? I am no crane to you now. Your anger avails only so far as it did with the crane — elsewhere it avails nothing.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 50.42
गगने स्नानशाटी ते न शुष्यति न तिष्ठति। वचनं खात्ततः श्रुत्वा मद्गृहं चागतो भवान्
gagane snānaśāṭī te na śuṣyati na tiṣṭhati| vacanaṃ khāttataḥ śrutvā madgṛhaṃ cāgato bhavān
In the sky your bathing cloth neither dries nor stays. Having then heard a voice from the sky, you came to my house.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 50.43
तिष्ठ तिष्ठ वदिष्यामि नोचेद्गच्छ पतिव्रतां। तां च दृष्ट्वा द्विजश्रेष्ठ दयितं ते फलिष्यति
tiṣṭha tiṣṭha vadiṣyāmi nocedgaccha pativratāṃ| tāṃ ca dṛṣṭvā dvijaśreṣṭha dayitaṃ te phaliṣyati
Stay, stay — I will speak; otherwise, go to the wife devoted to her husband. And on seeing her, best of brahmins, what you cherish will bear fruit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.44
ततस्तस्यगृहाद्विष्णुर्द्विजरूपधरो विभुः। विनिस्सृत्य द्विजं प्राह गेहं तस्याः प्रयाम्यहं
tatastasyagṛhādviṣṇurdvijarūpadharo vibhuḥ| vinissṛtya dvijaṃ prāha gehaṃ tasyāḥ prayāmyahaṃ
Then Viṣṇu, the all-pervading one bearing a brahmin's form, having come out of that man's house, said to the brahmin: I am going to her house.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.45
स विमृश्य द्विजश्रेष्ठस्तेन सार्धं चचाल ह। गच्छंतं तमुवाचेदं हरिं विप्रेति विस्मितः
sa vimṛśya dvijaśreṣṭhastena sārdhaṃ cacāla ha| gacchaṃtaṃ tamuvācedaṃ hariṃ vipreti vismitaḥ
That best of brahmins, having reflected, walked along with him; and amazed, taking Hari for a brahmin, he said this to him as he went:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.46
किर्थं च त्वया विप्र चांडालस्य गृहोदरे। सदा संस्थीयते तात योषाजनवृते मुदा
kirthaṃ ca tvayā vipra cāṃḍālasya gṛhodare| sadā saṃsthīyate tāta yoṣājanavṛte mudā
For what purpose, brahmin, is a stay always made by you, sir, inside a cāṇḍāla's house, gladly, surrounded by womenfolk?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 50.47
हरिरुवाच-। इदानीं मानसं शुद्धं न भूतं भवतो ध्रुवम्। पतिव्रतादिकं दृष्ट्वा पश्चाज्ज्ञास्यसि मां किल
hariruvāca-| idānīṃ mānasaṃ śuddhaṃ na bhūtaṃ bhavato dhruvam| pativratādikaṃ dṛṣṭvā paścājjñāsyasi māṃ kila
Hari said: At present your mind has surely not become pure. After you have seen the devoted wife and the rest, you will indeed know me afterwards.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.48
विप्र उवाच-। पतिव्रता च का तात किं वा तस्याश्श्रुतं महत्। येनाहं तत्र गच्छामि कारणं वद मे द्विज
vipra uvāca-| pativratā ca kā tāta kiṃ vā tasyāśśrutaṃ mahat| yenāhaṃ tatra gacchāmi kāraṇaṃ vada me dvija
The brahmin said: And who is this devoted wife, sir, or what great thing is heard of her, for which I should go there? Tell me the reason, twice-born one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.49
हरिरुवाच-। नदीनां जाह्नवी श्रेष्ठा प्रमदानां पतिव्रता। मनुष्याणां प्रजापालो देवानां च जनार्दनः
hariruvāca-| nadīnāṃ jāhnavī śreṣṭhā pramadānāṃ pativratā| manuṣyāṇāṃ prajāpālo devānāṃ ca janārdanaḥ
Hari said: Among rivers the Jāhnavī is best, among women the wife devoted to her husband; among men the protector of his subjects, and among gods Janārdana.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.50
पतिव्रता च या नारि पत्युर्नित्यं हिते रता। कुलद्वयस्य पुरुषानुद्धरेत्सा शतं शतं५० 1.50.
pativratā ca yā nāri patyurnityaṃ hite ratā| kuladvayasya puruṣānuddharetsā śataṃ śataṃ50 1.50.
And the woman who is devoted to her husband, ever intent on her husband's welfare — she lifts up a hundred and a hundred men of both lineages,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.51
स्वर्गं भुनक्ति तावच्च यावदाभूतसंप्लवं। स्वर्गाद्भ्रष्टो भवेद्वास्याः सार्वभौमो नृपः पतिः
svargaṃ bhunakti tāvacca yāvadābhūtasaṃplavaṃ| svargādbhraṣṭo bhavedvāsyāḥ sārvabhaumo nṛpaḥ patiḥ
and she enjoys heaven for as long as until the dissolution of created beings. Or, if fallen from heaven, her husband becomes a king ruling the whole earth,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.52
अस्यैव महिषी भूत्वा सुखं विंदेदनंतरं। पुनः पुनः स्वर्गराज्यं तस्य तस्या न संशयः
asyaiva mahiṣī bhūtvā sukhaṃ viṃdedanaṃtaraṃ| punaḥ punaḥ svargarājyaṃ tasya tasyā na saṃśayaḥ
and becoming the chief queen of this very man she thereafter obtains happiness; again and again heavenly kingship belongs to him and to her — there is no doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.53
एवं जन्मशतं प्राप्य अंते मोक्षो भवेद्ध्रुवम्। विप्र उवाच-। पतिव्रता भवेत्कावा तस्याः किं वा च लक्षणं
evaṃ janmaśataṃ prāpya aṃte mokṣo bhaveddhruvam| vipra uvāca-| pativratā bhavetkāvā tasyāḥ kiṃ vā ca lakṣaṇaṃ
Thus, having attained a hundred births, at the end release will surely come. The brahmin said: Who would be a woman devoted to her husband, and what are her marks?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.54
ब्रूहि मे द्विजशार्दूल यथा जानामि तत्त्वतः। हरिरुवाच-। पुत्राच्छतगुणं स्नेहाद्राजानं च भयादथ
brūhi me dvijaśārdūla yathā jānāmi tattvataḥ| hariruvāca-| putrācchataguṇaṃ snehādrājānaṃ ca bhayādatha
Tell me, tiger among the twice-born, so that I may know it truly. Hari said: With affection a hundred times greater than for a son, and with fear (as toward) a king,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.55
आराधयेत्पतिं शौरिं या पश्येत्सा पतिव्रता। कार्ये दासी रतौ वेश्या भोजने जननीसमा
ārādhayetpatiṃ śauriṃ yā paśyetsā pativratā| kārye dāsī ratau veśyā bhojane jananīsamā
she who would worship her husband and look upon (him) as Śauri (Kṛṣṇa) — she is devoted to her husband: a servant in work, a courtesan in love-making, like a mother in feeding,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.56
विपत्सु मंत्रिणी भर्तुः सा च भार्या पतिव्रता। भर्तुराज्ञां न लंघेद्या मनो वाक्कायकर्मभिः
vipatsu maṃtriṇī bhartuḥ sā ca bhāryā pativratā| bharturājñāṃ na laṃghedyā mano vākkāyakarmabhiḥ
a counsellor to her husband in misfortunes — she is a wife devoted to her husband. She who does not transgress her husband's command by mind, speech, or bodily acts,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.57
भुक्ते पत्यौ सदा चात्ति सा च भार्या पतिव्रता। यस्यां यस्यांतु शय्यायां पतिः स्वपिति यत्नतः
bhukte patyau sadā cātti sā ca bhāryā pativratā| yasyāṃ yasyāṃtu śayyāyāṃ patiḥ svapiti yatnataḥ
and always eats when her husband has eaten — she is a wife devoted to her husband. On whatever bed her husband carefully sleeps,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.58
तत्र तत्र च साभर्तुरर्चां करोति नित्यशः। नैव मत्सरमायाति न कार्पण्यं न मानिनी
tatra tatra ca sābharturarcāṃ karoti nityaśaḥ| naiva matsaramāyāti na kārpaṇyaṃ na māninī
there and there she constantly performs worship of her husband; she does not fall into jealousy, nor into meanness, nor is she proud.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.59
मानेऽमाने समानं च या पश्येत्सा पतिव्रता। सुवेषं या नरं दृष्ट्वा भ्रातरं पितरं सुतं
māne'māne samānaṃ ca yā paśyetsā pativratā| suveṣaṃ yā naraṃ dṛṣṭvā bhrātaraṃ pitaraṃ sutaṃ
And she who regards honour and dishonour as the same — she is devoted to her husband. She who, seeing a well-dressed man, (regards him as) a brother, a father, a son,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.60
मन्यते च परं साध्वी सा च भार्या पतिव्रता। तां गच्छ द्विजशार्दूल वदकामं यथा तव
manyate ca paraṃ sādhvī sā ca bhāryā pativratā| tāṃ gaccha dvijaśārdūla vadakāmaṃ yathā tava
and the virtuous woman thinks of another (man thus) — she is a wife devoted to her husband. Go to her, tiger among the twice-born, and speak your wish as you will.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.61
तस्य पत्न्योऽष्ट तिष्ठंति तन्मध्ये वरवर्णिनी। रूपयौवनसंपन्ना दयायुक्ता यशस्विनी
tasya patnyo'ṣṭa tiṣṭhaṃti tanmadhye varavarṇinī| rūpayauvanasaṃpannā dayāyuktā yaśasvinī
He has eight wives; among them (is one) of excellent complexion, endowed with beauty and youth, full of compassion, illustrious,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.62
शुभा नामेति विख्याता गत्वा तां पृच्छ ते हितं। एवमुक्त्वा तु भगवांस्तत्रैवांतरधीयत
śubhā nāmeti vikhyātā gatvā tāṃ pṛccha te hitaṃ| evamuktvā tu bhagavāṃstatraivāṃtaradhīyata
known by the name Śubhā; go and ask her what is good for you. Having said this, the Lord vanished on that very spot.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.63
तस्यैवादृश्यतां दृष्ट्वा विस्मितोभूद्द्विजस्तदा। स च साध्वीगृहं गत्वा पप्रच्छाथ पतिव्रतां
tasyaivādṛśyatāṃ dṛṣṭvā vismitobhūddvijastadā| sa ca sādhvīgṛhaṃ gatvā papracchātha pativratāṃ
Seeing his disappearance, the twice-born was then amazed. And he went to the virtuous woman's house and questioned the devoted wife.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.64
अतिथेर्वचनंश्रुत्वागृहान्निःसृत्यसंभ्रमात्। दृष्ट्वा द्विजं सती तत्र द्वारदेशे स्थिताभवत्
atithervacanaṃśrutvāgṛhānniḥsṛtyasaṃbhramāt| dṛṣṭvā dvijaṃ satī tatra dvāradeśe sthitābhavat
Hearing the guest's words, she came out of the house in haste; seeing the brahmin, the virtuous woman stood there in the doorway.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.65
तां च दृष्ट्वा द्विजश्रेष्ठ उवाच वचनं मुदा। प्रियं ममहितं ब्रूहि यथादृष्टं त्वमेव हि
tāṃ ca dṛṣṭvā dvijaśreṣṭha uvāca vacanaṃ mudā| priyaṃ mamahitaṃ brūhi yathādṛṣṭaṃ tvameva hi
And seeing her, the best of the twice-born spoke words with joy: "Tell me what is dear and good for me, as you have indeed seen it yourself."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.66
पतिव्रतोवाच-। सांप्रतं पत्युरर्चास्ति न चास्माकं स्वतंत्रता। पश्चात्कार्यं करिष्यामि गृहाणातिथ्यमद्य वै
pativratovāca-| sāṃprataṃ patyurarcāsti na cāsmākaṃ svataṃtratā| paścātkāryaṃ kariṣyāmi gṛhāṇātithyamadya vai
The devoted wife said: At present there is the worship of my husband, and we have no independence; afterwards I shall do the task — today accept hospitality.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.67
विप्र उवाच-। मम देहे क्षुधा नास्ति पिपासाद्य न च श्रमः। अभीष्टं वद कल्याणि नोचेच्छापं ददामि ते
vipra uvāca-| mama dehe kṣudhā nāsti pipāsādya na ca śramaḥ| abhīṣṭaṃ vada kalyāṇi nocecchāpaṃ dadāmi te
The brahmin said: In my body there is no hunger, no thirst today, and no weariness. Speak what I desire, good lady; if not, I shall lay a curse upon you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.68
तमुवाच तदा सापि न बकोहं द्विजोत्तम। गच्छ धर्मतुलाधारं पृच्छ तं ते हितं द्विज
tamuvāca tadā sāpi na bakohaṃ dvijottama| gaccha dharmatulādhāraṃ pṛccha taṃ te hitaṃ dvija
Then she too said to him: I am not the crane, best of the twice-born. Go and ask him who holds the scales of dharma; he (will tell) you what is good, brahmin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.69
इत्युक्त्वा सा महाभागा प्रययौ च गृहोदरम्। तत्रापश्यद्द्विजो विप्रं यथा चांडालवेश्मनि
ityuktvā sā mahābhāgā prayayau ca gṛhodaram| tatrāpaśyaddvijo vipraṃ yathā cāṃḍālaveśmani
Having said this, that greatly blessed woman went into the interior of the house. There the twice-born saw a brahmin, as (if) in an outcaste's dwelling.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.70
विमृश्य विस्मयापन्नस्तेन सार्धं ययौ द्विजः। तिष्ठंतं च द्विजं तं च सोपश्यद्धृष्टमानसम्
vimṛśya vismayāpannastena sārdhaṃ yayau dvijaḥ| tiṣṭhaṃtaṃ ca dvijaṃ taṃ ca sopaśyaddhṛṣṭamānasam
Having reflected, the twice-born, filled with astonishment, went along with him; and he saw that brahmin standing there with a delighted mind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.71
स चोवाच मुदा विप्रं दृष्ट्वा तं तां सतीं च सः। देशांतरे च यद्वृत्तं तया च कथितं किल
sa covāca mudā vipraṃ dṛṣṭvā taṃ tāṃ satīṃ ca saḥ| deśāṃtare ca yadvṛttaṃ tayā ca kathitaṃ kila
And he, seeing him, joyfully spoke to the brahmin, and (also of) that virtuous woman: what had happened in another country had indeed been told by her.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 50.72
कथं जानाति मद्वृत्तं चांडालोपि पतिव्रता। अतो मे विस्मयस्तात किमाश्चर्यं परं महत्
kathaṃ jānāti madvṛttaṃ cāṃḍālopi pativratā| ato me vismayastāta kimāścaryaṃ paraṃ mahat
How does she, a devoted wife, though an outcaste, know my doings? Hence my astonishment, dear sir — what greater marvel is there?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.73
हरिउवाच-। ज्ञायते कारणं तात सर्वेषां भूतभावनैः। अतिपुण्यात्सदाचाराद्यतस्त्वं विस्मयं गतः
hariuvāca-| jñāyate kāraṇaṃ tāta sarveṣāṃ bhūtabhāvanaiḥ| atipuṇyātsadācārādyatastvaṃ vismayaṃ gataḥ
Hari said: The cause of all is known, dear one, by those who ponder (all) beings; (it is) from great merit and good conduct — on account of which you have come to amazement.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 50.74
किमुक्तश्च तया त्वं च वद तत्सांप्रतं मुने। विप्र उवाच-। प्रष्टुं धर्मतुलाधारं सा च मां समुपादिशत्
kimuktaśca tayā tvaṃ ca vada tatsāṃprataṃ mune| vipra uvāca-| praṣṭuṃ dharmatulādhāraṃ sā ca māṃ samupādiśat
And what did she say to you? Tell that now, O sage. The brahmin said: She directed me to go and ask Dharmatulādhāra (the upholder of the scale of dharma).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.75
हरिरुवाच-। आगच्छ मुनिशार्दूल अहं गच्छामि तं प्रति। गच्छंतं च हरिं प्राह तुलाधारः क्व तिष्ठति
hariruvāca-| āgaccha muniśārdūla ahaṃ gacchāmi taṃ prati| gacchaṃtaṃ ca hariṃ prāha tulādhāraḥ kva tiṣṭhati
Hari said: Come, tiger among sages, I am going to him. And (the brahmin) said to Hari as he was going: Where does Tulādhāra dwell?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.76
हरिरुवाच-। जनानां निकरो यत्र बहुद्रव्यसुविक्रये। विक्रीणाति च क्रीणाति तुलाधारस्ततस्ततः
hariruvāca-| janānāṃ nikaro yatra bahudravyasuvikraye| vikrīṇāti ca krīṇāti tulādhārastatastataḥ
Hari said: Where there is a throng of people at the fine selling of many goods — there Tulādhāra sells and buys, here and there.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.77
जनो यवान्रसं स्नेहं कूटमन्नस्य संचयं। सर्वं तस्य मुखादेव गृह्णाति च ददात्यपि
jano yavānrasaṃ snehaṃ kūṭamannasya saṃcayaṃ| sarvaṃ tasya mukhādeva gṛhṇāti ca dadātyapi
People take barley, juice, oil, kūṭa(?), a store of grain — everything — from his mouth alone, and also give (it).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 50.78
सत्यं त्यक्त्वानृतं किंचित्प्राणांते समुपस्थिते। नोक्तं नरवरश्रेष्ठस्तेनधर्मतुलाधरः
satyaṃ tyaktvānṛtaṃ kiṃcitprāṇāṃte samupasthite| noktaṃ naravaraśreṣṭhastenadharmatulādharaḥ
Abandoning truth, he has never spoken any falsehood, even when the end of life was at hand, O best of the best of men; therefore (he is) Dharmatulādhara, the holder of the scale of dharma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 50.79
इत्युक्ते तु तमद्राक्षीद्विक्रीणंतं रसान्बहून्। मलपंकधरं मर्त्यं दंतकुड्मलपंकिलम्
ityukte tu tamadrākṣīdvikrīṇaṃtaṃ rasānbahūn| malapaṃkadharaṃ martyaṃ daṃtakuḍmalapaṃkilam
When this had been said, he saw him selling many liquids — a mortal covered with dirt and mud, his teeth-buds smeared with filth,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.80
तत्र वस्तुधनोत्थां च भाषंतं विविधां गिरम्। वृतं बहुविधैर्मर्त्यैः स्त्रीभिः पुंभिश्च सर्वतः
tatra vastudhanotthāṃ ca bhāṣaṃtaṃ vividhāṃ giram| vṛtaṃ bahuvidhairmartyaiḥ strībhiḥ puṃbhiśca sarvataḥ
and there (he saw him) speaking manifold speech arising from goods and money, surrounded on every side by many kinds of mortals, women and men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.81
कथं कथमिति प्राह स तं मधुरया गिरा। धर्मस्य मे समुद्देशं वद प्राप्तोंऽतिकं हि ते
kathaṃ kathamiti prāha sa taṃ madhurayā girā| dharmasya me samuddeśaṃ vada prāptoṃ'tikaṃ hi te
"How? How?" — thus he spoke to him with a sweet voice: "Tell me the instruction concerning dharma, for I have come to you."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 50.82
तुलाधार उवाच-। यावज्जनाः प्रतिष्ठंति ममैव सन्निधौ द्विज। तावन्मे स्वस्थता नास्ति यावच्च रात्रियामकः
tulādhāra uvāca-| yāvajjanāḥ pratiṣṭhaṃti mamaiva sannidhau dvija| tāvanme svasthatā nāsti yāvacca rātriyāmakaḥ
Tulādhāra said: So long as people stand in my very presence, O twice-born, so long I have no ease — and (that lasts) as long as the watches of the night.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 50.83
तच्चोपदेशमादाय गच्छ धर्माकरं प्रति। बकस्य मरणे दोषं खे च वस्त्राविशोषणम्
taccopadeśamādāya gaccha dharmākaraṃ prati| bakasya maraṇe doṣaṃ khe ca vastrāviśoṣaṇam
So take that instruction and go to Dharmākara: the fault in the killing of a crane, and the not-drying of a garment in the open air —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 50.84
सर्वं तत्र च जानीषे सज्जनाद्रोहकं व्रज। तत्र तस्योपदेशेन तव कामः फलिष्यति
sarvaṃ tatra ca jānīṣe sajjanādrohakaṃ vraja| tatra tasyopadeśena tava kāmaḥ phaliṣyati
all that you will learn there; go to Sajjana the non-injurer. There, by his instruction, your desire will bear fruit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 50.85
इत्युक्त्वा तुलाधारः करोति क्रयविक्रयौ। तथा तात गमिष्यामि सज्जनाद्रोहकं प्रति
ityuktvā tulādhāraḥ karoti krayavikrayau| tathā tāta gamiṣyāmi sajjanādrohakaṃ prati
Having said this, Tulādhāra carries on his buying and selling. (The brahmin said:) "So be it, sir, I shall go to Sajjanādrohaka;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.86
तुलाधारसमुद्देशान्न जानामि तदालयम्। हरिरुवाच-। एह्यागच्छ गमिष्यामि त्वया सार्द्धं च तद्गृहम्
tulādhārasamuddeśānna jānāmi tadālayam| hariruvāca-| ehyāgaccha gamiṣyāmi tvayā sārddhaṃ ca tadgṛham
but from Tulādhāra's directions I do not know his dwelling." Hari said: Come, come along, I shall go with you to his house.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.87
अथ वर्त्मनि गच्छंतमुवाच ब्राह्मणो हरिं। विप्र उवाच-। तुलाधारे च न स्नानं न देवपितृतर्पणम्
atha vartmani gacchaṃtamuvāca brāhmaṇo hariṃ| vipra uvāca-| tulādhāre ca na snānaṃ na devapitṛtarpaṇam
Then, as they went on the road, the brahmin said to Hari. The brahmin said: In Tulādhāra there is no bathing, no offering of water to gods and ancestors,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.88
मलदिग्धं च गात्रं तु सर्वं चेलमलक्षणम्। कथं जानाति मद्वृत्तं देशांतरसमुद्भवम्
maladigdhaṃ ca gātraṃ tu sarvaṃ celamalakṣaṇam| kathaṃ jānāti madvṛttaṃ deśāṃtarasamudbhavam
and his body is smeared with dirt, and his whole garment is without any mark (of cleanliness). How does he know my conduct, which arose in another country?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.89
अतो मे विस्मयस्तात सर्वं त्वं वद कारणम्। हरिरुवाच-। सत्येन समभावेन जितं तेन जगत्त्रयम्
ato me vismayastāta sarvaṃ tvaṃ vada kāraṇam| hariruvāca-| satyena samabhāvena jitaṃ tena jagattrayam
Hence my amazement, sir; tell me the whole reason. Hari said: By truth and by equal-mindedness the three worlds have been conquered by him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.90
तेनातृप्यंत पितरो देवा मुनिगणैः सह। भूतभव्य प्रवृत्तं च तेन जानाति धार्मिकः
tenātṛpyaṃta pitaro devā munigaṇaiḥ saha| bhūtabhavya pravṛttaṃ ca tena jānāti dhārmikaḥ
By that the ancestors, and the gods together with the hosts of sages, were satisfied; and by that the righteous man knows what has come to pass in the past and the future.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 50.91
नास्ति सत्यात्परो धर्मो नानृतात्पातकं परम्। विशेषे समभावस्य पुरुषस्यानघस्य च
nāsti satyātparo dharmo nānṛtātpātakaṃ param| viśeṣe samabhāvasya puruṣasyānaghasya ca
There is no dharma higher than truth, and no sin greater than falsehood — especially in the case of a man who is even-minded and free from fault.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 50.92
अरौ मित्रेप्युदासीने मनो यस्य समं व्रजेत्। सर्वपापक्षयस्तस्य विष्णुसायुज्यतां व्रजेत्
arau mitrepyudāsīne mano yasya samaṃ vrajet| sarvapāpakṣayastasya viṣṇusāyujyatāṃ vrajet
He whose mind goes equally toward enemy, friend, and the indifferent one — his sins are all destroyed, and he attains union with Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.93
एवं यो वर्तते नित्यं कुलकोटिं समुद्धरेत्। सत्यं दमः शमश्चैव धैर्यं स्थैर्यमलोभता
evaṃ yo vartate nityaṃ kulakoṭiṃ samuddharet| satyaṃ damaḥ śamaścaiva dhairyaṃ sthairyamalobhatā
He who conducts himself thus constantly delivers a crore of his lineage. Truth, self-control, calm, firmness, steadiness, freedom from greed,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.94
अनाश्चर्यमनालस्यं तस्मिन्सर्वं प्रतिष्ठितम्। तेन वै देवलोकस्य नरलोकस्य सर्वशः
anāścaryamanālasyaṃ tasminsarvaṃ pratiṣṭhitam| tena vai devalokasya naralokasya sarvaśaḥ
freedom from astonishment, freedom from sloth — all this is established in him. Through him indeed, of the world of the gods and of the world of men, in every way,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 50.95
वृत्तं जानाति धर्मज्ञस्तस्यदेहे स्थितो हरिः। लोके तस्य समो नास्ति समः सत्यार्जवेषु च
vṛttaṃ jānāti dharmajñastasyadehe sthito hariḥ| loke tasya samo nāsti samaḥ satyārjaveṣu ca
he, the knower of dharma, knows the conduct; in his body Hari abides. In the world there is none equal to him, equal (to him) in truth and uprightness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.96
स च धर्ममयः साक्षात्तेनैव धारितं जगत्। द्विज उवाच-। ज्ञातं मे त्वत्प्रसादाच्च तुलाधारस्य कारणम्
sa ca dharmamayaḥ sākṣāttenaiva dhāritaṃ jagat| dvija uvāca-| jñātaṃ me tvatprasādācca tulādhārasya kāraṇam
And he is dharma embodied, visibly; by him alone the world is upheld. The brahmin said: By your grace the reason for (the name) Tulādhāra is known to me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.97
अद्रोहकस्य यद्वृत्तं तद्ब्रूहि त्वं यदीच्छसि। हरिरुवाच-। पुरैव राजपुत्रस्य कुलस्त्रीनवयौवना
adrohakasya yadvṛttaṃ tadbrūhi tvaṃ yadīcchasi| hariruvāca-| puraiva rājaputrasya kulastrīnavayauvanā
Tell, if you are willing, what the conduct of Adrohaka (the non-injurer) was. Hari said: Long ago a prince had a wife of good family, in fresh youth,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.98
पत्नीव कामदेवस्य शचीव वासवस्य च। तस्य प्राणसमा भार्या सुन्दरी नाम सुन्दरी
patnīva kāmadevasya śacīva vāsavasya ca| tasya prāṇasamā bhāryā sundarī nāma sundarī
like the wife of Kāmadeva, like Śacī of Vāsava (Indra) — his wife, dear as life, a beautiful woman named Sundarī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.99
अकस्मात्पार्थिवस्यैव कार्ये गन्तुं समुद्यतः। मनसालोचितं तेन प्राणेभ्योपि गरीयसीम्
akasmātpārthivasyaiva kārye gantuṃ samudyataḥ| manasālocitaṃ tena prāṇebhyopi garīyasīm
Suddenly he was made ready to go on the king's business. He pondered in his mind about her who was weightier even than his life:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.100
कस्मिन्स्थाने स्थापयामि यतो रक्षा भवेद्ध्रुवम्। इत्यालोच्यैव सहसा त्वागतोस्य गृहं प्रति १०० 1.50.
kasminsthāne sthāpayāmi yato rakṣā bhaveddhruvam| ityālocyaiva sahasā tvāgatosya gṛhaṃ prati 100 1.50.
"In what place shall I put (her), so that her protection would be assured?" Having thought thus, he came at once to his (Adrohaka's) house.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.101
उक्तं च तादृशं वाक्यं श्रुत्वा स विस्मयंगतः। न तातस्ते न च भ्राता न चाहं तव बान्धवः
uktaṃ ca tādṛśaṃ vākyaṃ śrutvā sa vismayaṃgataḥ| na tātaste na ca bhrātā na cāhaṃ tava bāndhavaḥ
And having heard such a speech spoken, he was struck with amazement: "I am not your father, nor your brother, nor am I your kinsman;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.102
पितृमातृकुलस्यैव तस्या न हि सुहृज्जनः। कथं च मद्गृहे तात स्थित्या स्वस्थो भविष्यसि
pitṛmātṛkulasyaiva tasyā na hi suhṛjjanaḥ| kathaṃ ca madgṛhe tāta sthityā svastho bhaviṣyasi
nor indeed am I a friend of her father's or mother's family. And how, sir, will you be at ease with (her) staying in my house?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 50.103
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे तेन चोक्तं वाक्यं यथोचितम्। लोके त्वत्सदृशो नास्ति धर्मज्ञो विजितेन्द्रियः
etasminnantare tena coktaṃ vākyaṃ yathocitam| loke tvatsadṛśo nāsti dharmajño vijitendriyaḥ
Meanwhile a fitting speech was spoken by him (the prince): "In the world there is none like you, a knower of dharma, one who has conquered his senses."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.104
स चाह तं च सर्वज्ञं वक्तुं नार्हसि दूषणम्। त्रैलोक्यमोहिनीं भार्यां कः पुमान्रक्षितुं क्षमः
sa cāha taṃ ca sarvajñaṃ vaktuṃ nārhasi dūṣaṇam| trailokyamohinīṃ bhāryāṃ kaḥ pumānrakṣituṃ kṣamaḥ
And he said to him: "O all-knowing one, you ought not to speak (such) blame. What man is capable of guarding a wife who bewitches the three worlds?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 50.105
राजपुत्र उवाच-। धरण्यां परिविज्ञाय त्वागतोहं तवान्तिकम्। एषा तिष्ठतु तेऽगारे व्रजामि निजमन्दिरम्
rājaputra uvāca-| dharaṇyāṃ parivijñāya tvāgatohaṃ tavāntikam| eṣā tiṣṭhatu te'gāre vrajāmi nijamandiram
The prince said: Having searched over the earth I have come to you. Let her remain in your house; I am going to my own dwelling.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.106
इत्युक्ते स पुनः प्राह नगरेऽस्मिन्प्रशोभने। बहुकामुक संपूर्णे कथं रक्षा भवेत्स्त्रियाः
ityukte sa punaḥ prāha nagare'sminpraśobhane| bahukāmuka saṃpūrṇe kathaṃ rakṣā bhavetstriyāḥ
When this was said he spoke again: "In this splendid city, full of many lovers, how can a woman be protected?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.107
स चोवाच पुनस्तं च कुरु रक्षां व्रजाम्यहम्। गृहस्थस्सङ्कटादाह धर्मस्य राजपुत्रकम्
sa covāca punastaṃ ca kuru rakṣāṃ vrajāmyaham| gṛhasthassaṅkaṭādāha dharmasya rājaputrakam
And he (the prince) said to him again: "Do the guarding; I am going." The householder, out of a difficulty concerning dharma, said to the prince:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.108
करोम्यनुचितं कार्यं स्वदास्यमुचितं हितम्। सदा चैवेदृशी भार्या स्थातव्या मद्गृहे पितः
karomyanucitaṃ kāryaṃ svadāsyamucitaṃ hitam| sadā caivedṛśī bhāryā sthātavyā madgṛhe pitaḥ
"I am doing an improper task; my own servitude would be the proper and wholesome thing. And is such a wife always to stay in my house, father?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 50.109
अरक्षारक्षणे देव वदाभीष्टं कुरु प्रियम्। मम तल्पे मया सार्धं शयानं भार्यया सह
arakṣārakṣaṇe deva vadābhīṣṭaṃ kuru priyam| mama talpe mayā sārdhaṃ śayānaṃ bhāryayā saha
As to guarding the unguardable, lord, say your wish and do what pleases you. On my bed, together with me, lying beside my wife —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 50.110
मन्यसे दैवतं स्वं चेत्तिष्ठेन्नोचेत्तु गच्छतु। क्षणं विमृश्य तं प्राह राजपुत्रः पुनस्तदा
manyase daivataṃ svaṃ cettiṣṭhennocettu gacchatu| kṣaṇaṃ vimṛśya taṃ prāha rājaputraḥ punastadā
if you consider that your own godly (duty), let her stay; if not, let her go." Having reflected a moment, the prince then spoke to him again:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.111
बाढमेतद्वचस्तात यथाभीष्टं तथा कुरु। ततो भार्यां जगादाथ अस्य वाक्याच्छिवाशिवम्
bāḍhametadvacastāta yathābhīṣṭaṃ tathā kuru| tato bhāryāṃ jagādātha asya vākyācchivāśivam
"Very well, sir, (so be) this word; do as you wish." Then he told his wife the good and the ill of that man's words.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.112
कर्तव्यं च न ते दोष आज्ञया मम सुंदरि। एतदुक्त्वा गतः सोपि भूपतेः शासनात्पितुः
kartavyaṃ ca na te doṣa ājñayā mama suṃdari| etaduktvā gataḥ sopi bhūpateḥ śāsanātpituḥ
"And it is to be done; no fault is yours, since it is by my command, O lovely one." Having said this, he too departed at the order of his father the king.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.113
अनंतरं क्षपायां च यदुक्तं च तथाकृतम्। योषितोर्मध्यगः सोपि नित्यं स्वपिति धार्मिकः
anaṃtaraṃ kṣapāyāṃ ca yaduktaṃ ca tathākṛtam| yoṣitormadhyagaḥ sopi nityaṃ svapiti dhārmikaḥ
Thereafter, in the night, what had been said was done accordingly; and that righteous man sleeps every night lying between the two women.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.114
धर्मान्न चलते सोपि स्वभार्यापरभार्ययोः। संस्पर्शात्स्वस्त्रियश्चास्य कामाभिलषितं मनः
dharmānna calate sopi svabhāryāparabhāryayoḥ| saṃsparśātsvastriyaścāsya kāmābhilaṣitaṃ manaḥ
Yet he does not stray from dharma, (even) from the touch of his own wife and of another's wife; and (only) toward his own woman is his mind desirous with passion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 50.115
तस्याः संसर्गतश्चैव दुहितैव प्रमन्यते। स्तनौ तस्यास्तु पृष्ठे च लगन्तौ च पुनःपुनः
tasyāḥ saṃsargataścaiva duhitaiva pramanyate| stanau tasyāstu pṛṣṭhe ca lagantau ca punaḥpunaḥ
And through contact with her, she comes to be regarded as a daughter indeed; but her two breasts press against his back again and again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 50.116
बालकस्येव पुत्रस्य स्तनौ मातुः समन्यते। तस्या अंगानि चांगेषु लगंति च पुनःपुनः
bālakasyeva putrasya stanau mātuḥ samanyate| tasyā aṃgāni cāṃgeṣu lagaṃti ca punaḥpunaḥ
As a mother's breasts to a little boy, her son, so are they regarded; and her limbs cling to his limbs again and again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.117
ततो मातुस्सुतस्येव सोमन्यत दिने दिने। तस्य योषासुसंसर्गो निवृत्तस्त्वभवत्ततः
tato mātussutasyeva somanyata dine dine| tasya yoṣāsusaṃsargo nivṛttastvabhavattataḥ
Then, day by day, she was regarded as a mother is by a son; and thereupon his attachment to women ceased.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.118
एवं संवत्सरस्यार्द्धे तत्पतिश्चागतः पुरं। अपृच्छत्तं च लोकेषु तस्या वृत्तमथोदितम्
evaṃ saṃvatsarasyārddhe tatpatiścāgataḥ puraṃ| apṛcchattaṃ ca lokeṣu tasyā vṛttamathoditam
Thus, at the half of a year, her husband came back to the city; he asked about her among the people, and her conduct was then reported.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.119
केचिद्भद्रं बोधयन्तो युवानोपि सुविस्मिताः। केचिदाहुस्त्वया दत्ता तया सार्द्धं स्वपित्यसौ
kecidbhadraṃ bodhayanto yuvānopi suvismitāḥ| kecidāhustvayā dattā tayā sārddhaṃ svapityasau
Some, declaring it a good thing—young men too, greatly astonished; and some said: 'She whom you gave (him)—with her he sleeps.'
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 50.120
स्त्रीपुंसोरेकसंसर्गात्शांतता तु कथं भवेत्। तस्यां यस्याभिलाषोस्ति न पृष्टस्स वदेद्युवा
strīpuṃsorekasaṃsargātśāṃtatā tu kathaṃ bhavet| tasyāṃ yasyābhilāṣosti na pṛṣṭassa vadedyuvā
'From the constant contact of a woman and a man, how could there be quietness (of desire)? He who has longing for her, that young man, would not say so unless asked.'
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 50.121
लोकानां कुश्रुतिर्वार्ता तेन पुण्यबलाच्छ्रुता। जनापवादमोक्षार्थं बुद्धिस्तस्याभवच्छुभा
lokānāṃ kuśrutirvārtā tena puṇyabalācchrutā| janāpavādamokṣārthaṃ buddhistasyābhavacchubhā
That ill-sounding gossip of the people was heard by him, by the force of (his) merit; and to be released from the people's censure a pure resolve arose in him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.122
दारूणि स्वयमाहृत्याजिज्वलत्स महानलम्। एतस्मिन्नंतरे तात राजपुत्रः प्रतापवान्
dārūṇi svayamāhṛtyājijvalatsa mahānalam| etasminnaṃtare tāta rājaputraḥ pratāpavān
Having himself brought firewood, he kindled a great fire; and in the meantime, dear one, the majestic prince
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.123
आगमत्तद्गृहं सद्यः सोपश्यत्तं च योषितम्। प्रोत्फुल्लवदनां नारीं प्रविषादगतं नरं
āgamattadgṛhaṃ sadyaḥ sopaśyattaṃ ca yoṣitam| protphullavadanāṃ nārīṃ praviṣādagataṃ naraṃ
came at once to that house, and he saw that woman: the woman with a beaming face, and the man sunk in deep dejection.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.124
अनयोर्मानसं ज्ञात्वा राजपुत्रोवदद्वचः। किं न संभाषसे मां च मित्रकं चिरमागतम्
anayormānasaṃ jñātvā rājaputrovadadvacaḥ| kiṃ na saṃbhāṣase māṃ ca mitrakaṃ ciramāgatam
Understanding the mind of these two, the prince spoke these words: 'Why do you not converse with me, your friend, who has come after a long time?'
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.125
अब्रवीत्सोपि धर्मात्मा राजपुत्रमनष्टधीः। यत्कृतं दुष्करं कर्म मया त्वद्धितकारणात्
abravītsopi dharmātmā rājaputramanaṣṭadhīḥ| yatkṛtaṃ duṣkaraṃ karma mayā tvaddhitakāraṇāt
And he too, of righteous soul, his mind unshaken, said to the prince: 'The hard deed that was done by me for the sake of your welfare—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.126
सर्वं व्यर्थमहं मन्ये जनानां च प्रवादतः। अद्य वह्निमहं यास्ये प्रपश्यंतु नरास्सुराः
sarvaṃ vyarthamahaṃ manye janānāṃ ca pravādataḥ| adya vahnimahaṃ yāsye prapaśyaṃtu narāssurāḥ
all of it I consider useless, because of the talk of the people. Today I shall go into the fire; let men and gods look on.'
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.127
इत्युक्त्वा स महाभागः प्रविवेश हुताशनम्। विशतस्तस्य वह्नौ न कुसुमं चिकुरालये
ityuktvā sa mahābhāgaḥ praviveśa hutāśanam| viśatastasya vahnau na kusumaṃ cikurālaye
Having said this, that greatly fortunate one entered the fire; and as he entered the fire, not even a flower in his hair was (burnt).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.128
नांगमस्यानलोधाक्षीन्न च वस्त्रं न कुंतलम्। खे च देवा मुदा सर्वेसाधुसाध्विति चाब्रुवन्
nāṃgamasyānalodhākṣīnna ca vastraṃ na kuṃtalam| khe ca devā mudā sarvesādhusādhviti cābruvan
The fire did not burn his body, nor his garment, nor his hair; and in the sky all the gods joyfully cried, 'Well done, well done!'
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.129
अपतन्पुष्पवर्षाणि तस्य मूर्ध्नि समंततः। यैर्यैश्च दुष्कृतं वाक्यं गदितं तावुभौ प्रति
apatanpuṣpavarṣāṇi tasya mūrdhni samaṃtataḥ| yairyaiśca duṣkṛtaṃ vākyaṃ gaditaṃ tāvubhau prati
Showers of flowers fell upon his head on every side; and all those by whom an evil word had been spoken against those two—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.130
तेषां मुखे प्रजायंते कुष्ठानि विविधानि च। तत्रागत्य च देवाश्च वह्नेराकृष्यतं मुदा
teṣāṃ mukhe prajāyaṃte kuṣṭhāni vividhāni ca| tatrāgatya ca devāśca vahnerākṛṣyataṃ mudā
on their faces there arose leprous sores of various kinds; and the gods, having come there, joyfully drew him out of the fire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.131
अपूजयन्सुपुष्पैश्च मुनयो विस्मयं गताः। सर्वैर्मुनिवरैरेवं मनुष्यैर्विविधैस्तदा
apūjayansupuṣpaiśca munayo vismayaṃ gatāḥ| sarvairmunivarairevaṃ manuṣyairvividhaistadā
And the sages, filled with wonder, worshipped (him) with fine flowers; thus by all the best of sages and by men of various sorts, then,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.132
अर्च्यते तु महातेजाः स च सर्वानपूजयत्। सज्जनाद्रोहकं नाम कृतं देवासुरैर्नृभिः
arcyate tu mahātejāḥ sa ca sarvānapūjayat| sajjanādrohakaṃ nāma kṛtaṃ devāsurairnṛbhiḥ
the man of great splendour is honoured, and he in turn honoured them all; the thing called non-injury to good people was performed by gods, asuras and men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 50.133
तस्य पादरजः पूता सस्यपूर्णा धराभवत्। सुराश्चाहुश्च तं तत्र भार्या ते संप्रगृह्यताम्
tasya pādarajaḥ pūtā sasyapūrṇā dharābhavat| surāścāhuśca taṃ tatra bhāryā te saṃpragṛhyatām
By the dust of his feet the earth became purified and full of grain; and the gods said to him there: "Let your wife be taken back (by you)."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.134
एतस्य सदृशो लोके न भूतो न भविष्यति। नास्तीति सांप्रतं पृथ्व्यां कामलोभाजितः पुमान्
etasya sadṛśo loke na bhūto na bhaviṣyati| nāstīti sāṃprataṃ pṛthvyāṃ kāmalobhājitaḥ pumān
His like has not been in the world, nor will be; there is at present no man on earth (like him) who has conquered desire and greed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.135
देवासुरमनुष्याणां रक्षसां मृगपक्षिणाम्। कीटादीनां च सर्वेषां काम एष सुदुर्जयः
devāsuramanuṣyāṇāṃ rakṣasāṃ mṛgapakṣiṇām| kīṭādīnāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ kāma eṣa sudurjayaḥ
For gods, demons, and men, for rākṣasas, beasts and birds, and for insects and all the rest, this desire is very hard to conquer.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.136
कामाल्लोभात्तथाक्रोधान्नित्यं सत्त्वेषु जायते। संसारबंधकः कामो ह्यकामो न क्वचिद्भवेत्
kāmāllobhāttathākrodhānnityaṃ sattveṣu jāyate| saṃsārabaṃdhakaḥ kāmo hyakāmo na kvacidbhavet
From desire, from greed, and likewise from anger, (it) is constantly born among living beings; desire is the binder to saṃsāra — one free of desire would be nowhere (found).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.137
अनेनैव जितं सर्वं भुवनानि चतुर्दश। अमुष्य हृदये नित्यं वासुदेवो मुदास्थितः
anenaiva jitaṃ sarvaṃ bhuvanāni caturdaśa| amuṣya hṛdaye nityaṃ vāsudevo mudāsthitaḥ
By this one alone all has been conquered, (and) the fourteen worlds; in his heart Vāsudeva ever dwells with delight.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.138
एवं स्पृष्ट्वाथ दृष्ट्वा तं मनुष्याः सर्वकल्मषात्। पूयंते ह्यनघाश्चैव लभंते चाक्षयां दिवम्
evaṃ spṛṣṭvātha dṛṣṭvā taṃ manuṣyāḥ sarvakalmaṣāt| pūyaṃte hyanaghāścaiva labhaṃte cākṣayāṃ divam
Thus, having touched and seen him, men are purified of all defilement and become sinless, and they obtain the imperishable heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.139
एवमुक्त्वा गता देवा विमानैश्च दिवं मुदा। मनुष्याः प्रययुस्तुष्टा दंपती स्वगृहं तथा
evamuktvā gatā devā vimānaiśca divaṃ mudā| manuṣyāḥ prayayustuṣṭā daṃpatī svagṛhaṃ tathā
Having spoken thus, the gods went joyfully to heaven in their celestial cars; the men, satisfied, departed, and the couple likewise (went) to their own house.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.140
दिव्यं चक्षुस्तदा तस्य चासीद्देवान्स पश्यति। त्रैलोक्यस्य च वार्त्तां च जानाति लीलया भृशम्
divyaṃ cakṣustadā tasya cāsīddevānsa paśyati| trailokyasya ca vārttāṃ ca jānāti līlayā bhṛśam
Then he had divine sight, and he sees the gods; and he knows the tidings of the three worlds fully, with ease.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.141
ततस्तस्य च वीथ्यां च दृष्टस्तेन सहैव सः। स पप्रच्छ मुदा तं च धर्मोद्देशं हितं वद
tatastasya ca vīthyāṃ ca dṛṣṭastena sahaiva saḥ| sa papraccha mudā taṃ ca dharmoddeśaṃ hitaṃ vada
Then on his street he was seen by him, together with him; and he joyfully asked him: "Tell (me) a beneficial statement of dharma."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 50.142
सज्जनाद्रोह उवाच-। गच्छ बाडव धर्मज्ञ वैष्णवं पुरुषोत्तमम्। तं च दृष्ट्वा त्वभीष्टं ते सांप्रतं च फलिष्यति
sajjanādroha uvāca-| gaccha bāḍava dharmajña vaiṣṇavaṃ puruṣottamam| taṃ ca dṛṣṭvā tvabhīṣṭaṃ te sāṃprataṃ ca phaliṣyati
Sajjanādroha said: Go, brahmin, knower of dharma, to the Vaiṣṇava, the best of men; and having seen him, your wish will presently bear fruit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.143
बकस्य निधनं यद्वा वस्त्रस्याशोषणं तथा। जानीषे चापरो यश्च कामस्तेऽस्ति हृदिस्थितः
bakasya nidhanaṃ yadvā vastrasyāśoṣaṇaṃ tathā| jānīṣe cāparo yaśca kāmaste'sti hṛdisthitaḥ
Whether it be the killing of the crane, or the not-drying of the garment, and whatever other desire of yours abides in your heart — (that) you (will) know.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 50.144
एतच्छ्रुत्वा तु वचनमागतो वैष्णवं प्रति। विष्णुरूपद्विजेनैव सार्द्धं तेन मुदा ययौ
etacchrutvā tu vacanamāgato vaiṣṇavaṃ prati| viṣṇurūpadvijenaiva sārddhaṃ tena mudā yayau
Having heard this speech he came toward the Vaiṣṇava, and went joyfully together with that brahmin who had the form of Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.145
अपश्यत्पुरुषं शुद्धं ज्वलंतं च पुरःस्थितम्। सर्वलक्षणसंपूर्णं दीप्यमानं स्वतेजसा
apaśyatpuruṣaṃ śuddhaṃ jvalaṃtaṃ ca puraḥsthitam| sarvalakṣaṇasaṃpūrṇaṃ dīpyamānaṃ svatejasā
He saw a pure man, blazing, standing before (him), complete in all (auspicious) marks, shining with his own splendour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.146
अब्रवीत्स च धर्मात्मा ध्यानस्थं च हरेः प्रियम्। वदनो यद्यद्वृत्तं वै दूरात्त्वां चागतो ह्यहम्
abravītsa ca dharmātmā dhyānasthaṃ ca hareḥ priyam| vadano yadyadvṛttaṃ vai dūrāttvāṃ cāgato hyaham
And that righteous one spoke to (him), the beloved of Hari, who was absorbed in meditation: "Speaking of whatever has happened — I have indeed come to you from afar."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 50.147
वैष्णव उवाच-। प्रसन्नस्ते सुरश्रेष्ठो दानवारीश्वरः सदा। दृष्ट्वा त्वां च मनोऽस्माकं हृष्यतीवाधुना द्विज
vaiṣṇava uvāca-| prasannaste suraśreṣṭho dānavārīśvaraḥ sadā| dṛṣṭvā tvāṃ ca mano'smākaṃ hṛṣyatīvādhunā dvija
The Vaiṣṇava said: The best of gods, the lord of the foes of the dānavas, is ever gracious to you; and on seeing you our mind, O brahmin, is as it were delighted now.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.148
कल्याणं चातुलं तेद्य फलिष्यति मनोरथः। सुरवर्त्मनि ते नित्यं चेलं शुष्यति नान्यथा
kalyāṇaṃ cātulaṃ tedya phaliṣyati manorathaḥ| suravartmani te nityaṃ celaṃ śuṣyati nānyathā
Immeasurable welfare (will be) yours today, (and) your heart's wish will bear fruit; on the gods' road your cloth will always dry, not otherwise.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 50.149
दृष्ट्वा देवं सुरश्रेष्ठं मम गेहे हरिं स्थितम्। इत्युक्ते वैष्णवेनाथ स तु तं पुनब्रवीत्
dṛṣṭvā devaṃ suraśreṣṭhaṃ mama gehe hariṃ sthitam| ityukte vaiṣṇavenātha sa tu taṃ punabravīt
"Having seen the god, the best of the gods, Hari, standing in my house—" When this had been said by the Vaiṣṇava, he then said to him again:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 50.150
क्वासौ विष्णुः स्थितो नित्यं दर्शयाद्य प्रसादतः। वैष्णव उवाच-। अस्मिन्देवगृहे रम्ये प्रविश्य परमेश्वरम्१५० 1.50.
kvāsau viṣṇuḥ sthito nityaṃ darśayādya prasādataḥ| vaiṣṇava uvāca-| asmindevagṛhe ramye praviśya parameśvaram150 1.50.
"Where does that Viṣṇu ever abide? Show (him) today, out of your favour." The Vaiṣṇava said: Entering into this lovely temple, the Supreme Lord —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.151
तं दृष्ट्वा किल्बिषाद्धोरान्मुच्यसे जन्मबंधानत्। तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा प्रविश्य सदनं प्रति
taṃ dṛṣṭvā kilbiṣāddhorānmucyase janmabaṃdhānat| tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā praviśya sadanaṃ prati
having seen him, you are freed from dreadful sin and from the bondage of birth. Having heard that speech of his, entering into the house,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.152
अपश्यत्तं द्विजं विष्णुं तिष्ठंतं पद्मतल्पके। शिरसैव प्रवंद्याथ जग्राह चरणौ मुदा
apaśyattaṃ dvijaṃ viṣṇuṃ tiṣṭhaṃtaṃ padmatalpake| śirasaiva pravaṃdyātha jagrāha caraṇau mudā
the brahmin saw that Viṣṇu standing on a lotus couch; and having bowed with his head, he joyfully grasped his feet.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.153
प्रसादी भव देवेश न ज्ञातस्त्वं पुरा मया। इहामुत्र च देवेश तवाहं किंकरः प्रभो
prasādī bhava deveśa na jñātastvaṃ purā mayā| ihāmutra ca deveśa tavāhaṃ kiṃkaraḥ prabho
“Be gracious, lord of gods; formerly I did not know you. Here and in the world beyond, O lord of gods, I am your servant, O master.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.154
अनुग्रहश्च मे दृष्टो भवतो मधुसूदन। रूपं ते द्रष्टुमिच्छामि यदि चास्ति कृपा मयि
anugrahaśca me dṛṣṭo bhavato madhusūdana| rūpaṃ te draṣṭumicchāmi yadi cāsti kṛpā mayi
“And your favour has been seen by me, O Madhusūdana. I wish to see your (own) form, if you have compassion for me.”
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.155
विष्णुरुवाच-। अस्ति मे त्वयि भूदेव प्रियत्वं च सदैव हि। स्नेहात्पुण्यवतामेव दर्शनं कारितं मया
viṣṇuruvāca-| asti me tvayi bhūdeva priyatvaṃ ca sadaiva hi| snehātpuṇyavatāmeva darśanaṃ kāritaṃ mayā
Viṣṇu said: I do indeed have affection for you, O god of the earth, and always so; out of love I have granted the sight (of myself) only to those who possess merit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.156
दर्शनात्स्पर्शनाद्ध्यानात्कीर्तनाद्भाषणात्तथा। सकृत्पुण्यवतामेव स्वर्गं चाक्षयमश्नुते
darśanātsparśanāddhyānātkīrtanādbhāṣaṇāttathā| sakṛtpuṇyavatāmeva svargaṃ cākṣayamaśnute
By seeing, by touching, by meditating, by praising, and likewise by speaking (of me) even once, those who possess merit attain an imperishable heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.157
नित्यमेव तु संसर्गात्सर्वपापक्षयो भवेत्। भुक्त्वा सुखमनंत च मद्देहे प्रविलीयते
nityameva tu saṃsargātsarvapāpakṣayo bhavet| bhuktvā sukhamanaṃta ca maddehe pravilīyate
But from constant association all sins are destroyed; having enjoyed endless happiness, (such a one) dissolves into my body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.158
स्नात्वा च पुण्यतीर्थेषु दृष्ट्वा मां चैव सर्वतः। दृष्ट्वा पुण्यवतां देशान्मम देहे विलीयते
snātvā ca puṇyatīrtheṣu dṛṣṭvā māṃ caiva sarvataḥ| dṛṣṭvā puṇyavatāṃ deśānmama dehe vilīyate
And by bathing in holy fording-places and seeing me everywhere, and by seeing the regions of the meritorious, one dissolves into my body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.159
कथयित्वा कथां पुण्यां लोकानामग्रतः सदा। स चैव नरशार्दूल मद्देहे प्रविलीयते
kathayitvā kathāṃ puṇyāṃ lokānāmagrataḥ sadā| sa caiva naraśārdūla maddehe pravilīyate
By always reciting the holy story before people, he too, O tiger among men, dissolves into my body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.160
उपोष्य वासरेस्माकं श्रुत्वा मच्चरितं ध्रुवम्। रात्रौ जागरणं कृत्वा मद्देहे प्रविलीयते
upoṣya vāsaresmākaṃ śrutvā maccaritaṃ dhruvam| rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ kṛtvā maddehe pravilīyate
By fasting on our day and surely hearing my deeds, and by keeping vigil at night, one dissolves into my body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.161
अत्यंतघोषणो नृत्यगीतवाद्यादिकैस्सदा। नामस्मरन्द्विजश्रेष्ठ मद्देहे प्रविलीयते
atyaṃtaghoṣaṇo nṛtyagītavādyādikaissadā| nāmasmarandvijaśreṣṭha maddehe pravilīyate
He who is exceedingly loud (in praise) with dance, song, instrumental music and the rest, always remembering the name, O best of brahmins, dissolves into my body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.162
मद्भक्तस्तीर्थभूतश्च त्वमेव बकमारणात्। यत्पापं तस्य मोक्षाय सखे स्थित्वा उवाच ह
madbhaktastīrthabhūtaśca tvameva bakamāraṇāt| yatpāpaṃ tasya mokṣāya sakhe sthitvā uvāca ha
You yourself are my devotee and have become a holy place, since (you were) from the killing of the crane — for the release from that sin, friend, standing there he spoke.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 50.163
गच्छ मूकं महात्मानं तीर्थं पुण्यवतां वरम्। मूकस्य दर्शनात्तात सर्वे दृष्टा महाजनाः
gaccha mūkaṃ mahātmānaṃ tīrthaṃ puṇyavatāṃ varam| mūkasya darśanāttāta sarve dṛṣṭā mahājanāḥ
Go to Mūka, the great-souled one, a holy place, the best of the meritorious; by the sight of Mūka, my dear, all the great people have been seen.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.164
तेषां च दर्शनादेव तथा संभाषणान्मम। ममसंपर्कभावाच्च मद्गृहं चागतो भवान्
teṣāṃ ca darśanādeva tathā saṃbhāṣaṇānmama| mamasaṃparkabhāvācca madgṛhaṃ cāgato bhavān
And just by seeing them and likewise by conversing with me, and through the state of contact with me, you have come to my house.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.165
जन्मकोटिसहस्रेभ्यो यस्य पापक्षयो भवेत्। स मां पश्यति धर्मज्ञो यथा तेन प्रसन्नता
janmakoṭisahasrebhyo yasya pāpakṣayo bhavet| sa māṃ paśyati dharmajño yathā tena prasannatā
He whose sin, accumulated over thousands of crores of births, is destroyed — that knower of dharma sees me, just as (there is) graciousness through him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 50.166
ममैवानुग्रहाद्वत्सअहंदृष्टस्त्वयानघ। तस्माद्वरं गृहाण त्वं यत्ते मनसि वर्तते
mamaivānugrahādvatsaahaṃdṛṣṭastvayānagha| tasmādvaraṃ gṛhāṇa tvaṃ yatte manasi vartate
It is only by my grace, child, that I have been seen by you, O sinless one; therefore take a boon, whatever is in your mind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.167
विप्र उवाच-। अस्माकं सर्वथा नाथ मानसं त्वयि तिष्ठतु। त्वदृते सर्वलोकेश कदाचिन्न तु रोचताम्
vipra uvāca-| asmākaṃ sarvathā nātha mānasaṃ tvayi tiṣṭhatu| tvadṛte sarvalokeśa kadācinna tu rocatām
The brahmin said: In every way, O lord, let our mind rest in you; apart from you, O lord of all worlds, let nothing ever be pleasing (to us).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.168
माधव उवाच-। यस्मादेतादृशी बुद्धिः स्फुरते ते सदानघ। तस्मान्मत्सदृशान्भोगान्मद्गेहे संप्रलप्स्यसे
mādhava uvāca-| yasmādetādṛśī buddhiḥ sphurate te sadānagha| tasmānmatsadṛśānbhogānmadgehe saṃpralapsyase
Mādhava said: Since such an intention arises in you always, O sinless one, therefore you shall obtain enjoyments equal to mine in my abode.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.169
किंतु ते पितरौ पूजामाप्नुतो न त्वयानघ। पूजयित्वा तु पितरौ पश्चाद्यास्यसि मत्तनुम्
kiṃtu te pitarau pūjāmāpnuto na tvayānagha| pūjayitvā tu pitarau paścādyāsyasi mattanum
But your two parents have not received worship from you, O sinless one; only after worshipping your parents will you afterwards come to my body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.170
तयोर्निश्श्वासवातेन मन्युना च भृशं पुनः। तपः क्षरति ते नित्यं तस्मात्पूजय तौ द्विज
tayorniśśvāsavātena manyunā ca bhṛśaṃ punaḥ| tapaḥ kṣarati te nityaṃ tasmātpūjaya tau dvija
By the wind of their sighing and by their anger, again and again, your austerity is constantly dripping away; therefore worship those two, O brahmin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.171
मन्युर्निपतते यस्मिन्पुत्रे पित्रोश्च नित्यशः। तन्निरयं नाबाधेहं न धाता न च शंकरः
manyurnipatate yasminputre pitrośca nityaśaḥ| tannirayaṃ nābādhehaṃ na dhātā na ca śaṃkaraḥ
The son upon whom the anger of his parents constantly falls — that hell I do not ward off (for him), nor does the Creator, nor Śaṃkara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 50.172
तस्मात्त्वं पितरौ गच्छ कुरु पूजां प्रयत्नतः। ततस्त्वं हितयोरेव प्रसादान्मत्पदं व्रज
tasmāttvaṃ pitarau gaccha kuru pūjāṃ prayatnataḥ| tatastvaṃ hitayoreva prasādānmatpadaṃ vraja
Therefore go to your parents and perform worship diligently; then, by the grace of those two who wish you well, come to my abode.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.173
इत्युक्ते तु द्विजश्रेष्ठः पुनराह जगद्गुरुम्। प्रसन्नो यदि मे नाथ रूपं स्वं दर्शयाच्युत
ityukte tu dvijaśreṣṭhaḥ punarāha jagadgurum| prasanno yadi me nātha rūpaṃ svaṃ darśayācyuta
When this was said, the best of the twice-born spoke again to the world's teacher: "If you are pleased with me, O Lord, show (me) your own form, O Acyuta."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.174
ततो द्विजप्रणयतः प्रसन्नहृदयो वशी। रूपं स्वं दर्शयामास ब्रह्मण्यो ब्रह्मकर्मणे
tato dvijapraṇayataḥ prasannahṛdayo vaśī| rūpaṃ svaṃ darśayāmāsa brahmaṇyo brahmakarmaṇe
Then, out of affection for the brahmin, the self-controlled one, glad of heart, the friend of brahmins, showed his own form for the sake of the brahmin's rite.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.175
शंखचक्रगदापद्मधारणं पुरुषोत्तमम्। कारणं सर्वलोकस्य तेजसा पूरयज्जगत्
śaṃkhacakragadāpadmadhāraṇaṃ puruṣottamam| kāraṇaṃ sarvalokasya tejasā pūrayajjagat
(He showed) the highest Person, bearing conch, discus, mace and lotus, the cause of all the worlds; he filled the world with his radiance.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.176
प्रणम्य दंडवद्विप्र उवाच पुनरच्युतम्। अद्य मे सफलं जन्म अद्य मे चक्षुषी शिवे
praṇamya daṃḍavadvipra uvāca punaracyutam| adya me saphalaṃ janma adya me cakṣuṣī śive
Bowing down like a staff, the brahmin spoke again to Acyuta: "Today my birth has borne fruit; today my two eyes are blessed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.177
अद्य मे च करौ श्लाघ्यौ धन्योहं जगदीश्वर। अद्य मे पुरुषा यांति ब्रह्मलोकं सनातनम्
adya me ca karau ślāghyau dhanyohaṃ jagadīśvara| adya me puruṣā yāṃti brahmalokaṃ sanātanam
And today my two hands are praiseworthy; I am fortunate, O Lord of the world. Today my (fore)fathers go to the eternal world of Brahmā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.178
नंदंति बांधवा मेद्य त्वत्प्रसादाज्जनार्दन। इदानीं च प्रसिद्धा मे सर्वे चैव मनोरथाः
naṃdaṃti bāṃdhavā medya tvatprasādājjanārdana| idānīṃ ca prasiddhā me sarve caiva manorathāḥ
Today my kinsmen rejoice through your grace, O Janārdana; and now all my heart's desires have been accomplished.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.179
किंतु मे विस्मयो नाथ मूकादि ज्ञानिनो भृशम्। कथं जानंति मद्वृत्तं देशांतरमुपस्थितम्
kiṃtu me vismayo nātha mūkādi jñānino bhṛśam| kathaṃ jānaṃti madvṛttaṃ deśāṃtaramupasthitam
But I have great wonder, O Lord, about the knowledge of Mūka and the others: how do they know my doings, (though I was) present in another country?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.180
तस्य गेहोदराकाशे स्थितो विप्रोतिशोभनः। तथा पतिव्रता गेहे तुलाधारशिरस्यपि
tasya gehodarākāśe sthito viprotiśobhanaḥ| tathā pativratā gehe tulādhāraśirasyapi
"In the space within his house there stands a most resplendent brahmin, and likewise in the house of the devoted wife, and on the head of Tulādhāra,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.181
तथा मित्राद्रोहकस्य त्वं च वैष्णवमंदिरे। अनुग्रहाच्च मे विप्र तत्त्वतो वक्तुमर्हसि
tathā mitrādrohakasya tvaṃ ca vaiṣṇavamaṃdire| anugrahācca me vipra tattvato vaktumarhasi
and likewise (in the house) of him who does no harm to a friend, and you too in the Vaiṣṇava's dwelling: out of grace to me, O brahmin, you should tell (me) this as it truly is."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.182
श्रीभगवानुवाच-। पित्रोर्भक्तः सदा मूकः पतिव्रता शुभा च सा। सत्यवादी तुलाधारः समः सर्वजनेषु च
śrībhagavānuvāca-| pitrorbhaktaḥ sadā mūkaḥ pativratā śubhā ca sā| satyavādī tulādhāraḥ samaḥ sarvajaneṣu ca
The Blessed Lord said: Mūka is always devoted to his parents; she is a good and faithful wife; Tulādhāra is a speaker of truth and impartial toward all people;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.183
लोभकामजिदद्रोहो मद्भक्तो वैष्णवः स्मृतः। संप्रीतोहं गुणैरेषां तिष्ठाम्यावसथे मुदा
lobhakāmajidadroho madbhakto vaiṣṇavaḥ smṛtaḥ| saṃprītohaṃ guṇaireṣāṃ tiṣṭhāmyāvasathe mudā
Adroha has conquered greed and desire; the Vaiṣṇava is known as my devotee. I am well pleased by their qualities, and gladly I dwell in (their) houses,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.184
भारतीकमलाभ्यां च सहितो द्विजसत्तम। विप्र उवाच-। महापातकिसंसर्गान्नराश्चैवातिपातकाः
bhāratīkamalābhyāṃ ca sahito dvijasattama| vipra uvāca-| mahāpātakisaṃsargānnarāścaivātipātakāḥ
together with Bhāratī and Kamalā, O best of the twice-born. The brahmin said: Men become great sinners through contact with those guilty of the great sins —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.185
इति जल्पंति धर्मज्ञाः स्मृतिशास्त्रेषु सर्वदा। पुराणागमवेदेषु कथं त्वं तिष्ठसे गृहे
iti jalpaṃti dharmajñāḥ smṛtiśāstreṣu sarvadā| purāṇāgamavedeṣu kathaṃ tvaṃ tiṣṭhase gṛhe
thus those who know dharma always declare in the treatises of smṛti, in the Purāṇas, the Āgamas and the Vedas. How then do you dwell in (such a) house?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.186
श्रीभगवानुवाच-। कल्याणानां च सर्वेषां कर्त्ता मूको जगत्त्रये। वृत्तस्थो योपि चाण्डालस्तं देवा ब्राह्मणं विदुः
śrībhagavānuvāca-| kalyāṇānāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ karttā mūko jagattraye| vṛttastho yopi cāṇḍālastaṃ devā brāhmaṇaṃ viduḥ
The Blessed Lord said: Mūka is the doer of all auspicious things in the three worlds; even a caṇḍāla who is established in (right) conduct — him the gods know as a brahmin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.187
मूकस्य सदृशो नास्ति लोकेषु पुण्यकर्मतः। पित्रोर्भक्तिपरे नित्यं जितं तेन जगत्त्रयम्
mūkasya sadṛśo nāsti lokeṣu puṇyakarmataḥ| pitrorbhaktipare nityaṃ jitaṃ tena jagattrayam
There is none in the worlds equal to Mūka in meritorious action; by him, ever intent on devotion to his parents, the three worlds have been won.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.188
तयोर्भक्त्या त्वहं तुष्टः सर्वदेवगणैः सह। तिष्ठामि द्विजरूपेण तस्य गेहोदरे च खे
tayorbhaktyā tvahaṃ tuṣṭaḥ sarvadevagaṇaiḥ saha| tiṣṭhāmi dvijarūpeṇa tasya gehodare ca khe
Pleased by his devotion to those two, I, together with all the hosts of gods, dwell in the form of a brahmin in the space within his house,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.189
तथा पतिव्रता गेहे तुलाधारस्य मंदिरे। अद्रोहकस्य भवने वैष्णवस्य च वेश्मनि
tathā pativratā gehe tulādhārasya maṃdire| adrohakasya bhavane vaiṣṇavasya ca veśmani
and likewise in the house of the faithful wife, in the dwelling of Tulādhāra, in the home of Adroha, and in the abode of the Vaiṣṇava.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.190
सदा तिष्ठामि धर्मज्ञ मुहूर्तं न त्यजाम्यहम्। तेन पश्यंति मां नित्यं ये त्वन्ये पापकृज्जनाः
sadā tiṣṭhāmi dharmajña muhūrtaṃ na tyajāmyaham| tena paśyaṃti māṃ nityaṃ ye tvanye pāpakṛjjanāḥ
There I dwell always, O knower of dharma; I do not leave (them) for a moment. Therefore they see me constantly, whereas the other people, the doers of evil, (do not).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.191
पुण्यत्वाच्च त्वया दृष्टो ममानुग्रहकारणात्। पित्रोर्भक्तिपरः शुद्धश्चांडालो देवतां गतः
puṇyatvācca tvayā dṛṣṭo mamānugrahakāraṇāt| pitrorbhaktiparaḥ śuddhaścāṃḍālo devatāṃ gataḥ
And because of your merit, and by reason of my grace, you have seen (me). The pure caṇḍāla intent on devotion to his parents has attained godhood.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.193
तस्य वै मानसे नित्यं वर्तेऽहतभावनः। स तज्जानाति त्वद्वृत्तं तथा पतिव्रतादयः
tasya vai mānase nityaṃ varte'hatabhāvanaḥ| sa tajjānāti tvadvṛttaṃ tathā pativratādayaḥ
Indeed I abide always in his mind, with unbroken presence; therefore he knows your doings, and so too the faithful wife and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 50.194
तेषां वृत्तं वदिष्यामि शृणु त्वं चानुपूर्वशः। यच्छ्रुत्वा सर्वथा मर्त्यो मुच्यते जन्मबंधनात्
teṣāṃ vṛttaṃ vadiṣyāmi śṛṇu tvaṃ cānupūrvaśaḥ| yacchrutvā sarvathā martyo mucyate janmabaṃdhanāt
I shall tell (you) of their conduct; listen, you, in due order — hearing which a mortal is in every way freed from the bondage of birth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.195
पितुर्मातुः परं तीर्थं देवदेवेषु नैव हि। पित्रोरर्चा कृता येन स एव पुरुषोत्तमः
piturmātuḥ paraṃ tīrthaṃ devadeveṣu naiva hi| pitrorarcā kṛtā yena sa eva puruṣottamaḥ
There is no higher place of pilgrimage than father and mother, not even among the gods of gods. He by whom worship of his parents has been performed — he alone is the best of men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.196
पित्रोराज्ञा च देवस्य गुरोराज्ञा समं फलं। आराधनाद्दिवो राज्यं बाधया रौरवं व्रजेत्
pitrorājñā ca devasya gurorājñā samaṃ phalaṃ| ārādhanāddivo rājyaṃ bādhayā rauravaṃ vrajet
The command of the parents, of the god, and the command of the teacher have equal fruit; from serving (them) one gains the kingdom of heaven, by thwarting (them) one goes to the Raurava hell.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.197
स चास्माकं हृदिस्थोऽपि तस्याहं हृदये स्थितः। आवयोरंतरं नास्ति परत्रेह च मत्समः
sa cāsmākaṃ hṛdistho'pi tasyāhaṃ hṛdaye sthitaḥ| āvayoraṃtaraṃ nāsti paratreha ca matsamaḥ
And he dwells in my heart, and I abide in his heart; there is no difference between us two, and yonder and here he is equal to me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.198
मदग्रे मत्पुरे रम्ये सर्वैश्च बांधवैः सह। सभुंजीताक्षयं भोगमंते मयि च लीयते
madagre matpure ramye sarvaiśca bāṃdhavaiḥ saha| sabhuṃjītākṣayaṃ bhogamaṃte mayi ca līyate
In my presence, in my delightful city, together with all his kinsmen, he shall enjoy imperishable enjoyment, and in the end he merges into me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.199
अतएव हि मूकोसौ वार्त्तां त्रैलोक्यसंभवाम्। जानाति नरशार्दूल एष ते विस्मयः कुतः
ataeva hi mūkosau vārttāṃ trailokyasaṃbhavām| jānāti naraśārdūla eṣa te vismayaḥ kutaḥ
For just this reason, O tiger among men, that dumb one knows the news arising in the three worlds; whence this astonishment of yours?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.200
द्विज उवाच-। मोहादज्ञानतो वापि न कृत्वा पितुरर्चनं। ज्ञात्वा वा किं च कर्तव्यं सदसज्जगदीश्वर२०० 1.50.
dvija uvāca-| mohādajñānato vāpi na kṛtvā piturarcanaṃ| jñātvā vā kiṃ ca kartavyaṃ sadasajjagadīśvara200 1.50.
The twice-born said: If one has not performed the worship of one's parents, whether out of delusion or out of ignorance, or (has failed to do so) even knowingly, what then is to be done, O Lord of the world of good and evil?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 50.201
श्रीभगवानुवाच-। दिनैकं मासपक्षौ वा पक्षार्धं वाथ वत्सरं। पित्रोर्भक्तिः कृता येन स च गच्छेन्ममालयं
śrībhagavānuvāca-| dinaikaṃ māsapakṣau vā pakṣārdhaṃ vātha vatsaraṃ| pitrorbhaktiḥ kṛtā yena sa ca gacchenmamālayaṃ
The Blessed Lord said: For a single day, for a month, for a fortnight, or for half a fortnight, or for a year — he by whom devotion to his parents has been performed, he too goes to my abode.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.202
कारयित्वा मनः कष्टमवश्यं नरकं व्रजेत्। न कृता वाकृता वा स्यात्पित्रोरर्चा परं पुरा
kārayitvā manaḥ kaṣṭamavaśyaṃ narakaṃ vrajet| na kṛtā vākṛtā vā syātpitrorarcā paraṃ purā
Having caused (their) mind distress, he inevitably goes to hell. Formerly, worship of the parents may have been performed or not performed — that is the higher matter.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 50.203
वृषोत्सर्गं नरः कृत्वा पितृभक्ति फलं लभेत्। अन्नं वस्त्रं तथा गव्यं सामिषं च निरामिषम्
vṛṣotsargaṃ naraḥ kṛtvā pitṛbhakti phalaṃ labhet| annaṃ vastraṃ tathā gavyaṃ sāmiṣaṃ ca nirāmiṣam
A man, having performed the release of a bull, obtains the fruit of devotion to his parents: food, clothing, and cow-products, both with meat and without meat.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.204
सर्वं लक्षगुणं प्रोक्तं ज्ञातिभ्यो यत्प्रदीयते। सर्वस्वेन कृतं श्राद्धं येन पुत्रेण धीमता
sarvaṃ lakṣaguṇaṃ proktaṃ jñātibhyo yatpradīyate| sarvasvena kṛtaṃ śrāddhaṃ yena putreṇa dhīmatā
All that is given to kinsmen is declared to be a hundred-thousand-fold. That wise son by whom a śrāddha has been performed with his whole property —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.205
जातिस्मरत्वं प्राप्नोति पितृभक्तिफलं लभेत्। श्राद्धात्परो महायज्ञस्त्रैलोक्ये तु न विद्यते
jātismaratvaṃ prāpnoti pitṛbhaktiphalaṃ labhet| śrāddhātparo mahāyajñastrailokye tu na vidyate
— he attains the power of remembering (his former) births, and obtains the fruit of devotion to the ancestors. There exists in the three worlds no great sacrifice higher than the śrāddha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.206
अत्र यद्दीयते किंचित्सर्वं चाक्षयमश्नुते। अन्यस्मिंश्चायुतं विद्धि ज्ञातिभ्यो लक्षमुच्यते
atra yaddīyate kiṃcitsarvaṃ cākṣayamaśnute| anyasmiṃścāyutaṃ viddhi jñātibhyo lakṣamucyate
Whatever little is given here, all of it he enjoys as imperishable. Know it to be ten thousand-fold in another case; to kinsmen it is said to be a hundred thousand-fold.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 50.207
पिण्डे कोटिगुणं प्रोक्तं द्विजायानन्तमुच्यते। गंगाजले गयायां च प्रयागे पुष्करे तथा
piṇḍe koṭiguṇaṃ proktaṃ dvijāyānantamucyate| gaṃgājale gayāyāṃ ca prayāge puṣkare tathā
In the case of the rice-ball it is declared to be ten-million-fold; for a brahmin it is said to be endless — in the water of the Gaṅgā, at Gayā, at Prayāga, and likewise at Puṣkara,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.208
वाराणस्यां सिद्धकुंडे गंगासागर संगमे। अन्नपिंडं प्रदद्याद्यस्तस्य मुक्तिर्भवेद्ध्रुवम्
vārāṇasyāṃ siddhakuṃḍe gaṃgāsāgara saṃgame| annapiṃḍaṃ pradadyādyastasya muktirbhaveddhruvam
at Vārāṇasī, at Siddhakuṇḍa, at the confluence of the Gaṅgā and the ocean — he who offers a ball of food (there), for him release certainly comes about.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.209
पितरश्चाक्षयं स्वर्गं लभंते जन्मनः फलम्। भागीरथ्यां विशेषेण यस्तु दद्यात्तिलोदकम्
pitaraścākṣayaṃ svargaṃ labhaṃte janmanaḥ phalam| bhāgīrathyāṃ viśeṣeṇa yastu dadyāttilodakam
And the ancestors obtain imperishable heaven, the fruit of (their) birth. Especially on the Bhāgīrathī, he who offers water with sesame,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.210
मुक्तिमार्गं स चाप्नोति पिंडदाने तु किं पुनः। नदीतीरेषु साहस्रं नदे त्वयुतमिष्यते
muktimārgaṃ sa cāpnoti piṃḍadāne tu kiṃ punaḥ| nadītīreṣu sāhasraṃ nade tvayutamiṣyate
he obtains the path of release — how much more so in the giving of rice-balls! On the banks of rivers it is held to be a thousandfold, but at a great river ten thousandfold.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 50.211
सामान्यफलसंसर्गाच्छ्राद्धं शतगुणं भवेत्। अमायां च युगाद्यायां ग्रहणे सूर्यचंद्रयोः
sāmānyaphalasaṃsargācchrāddhaṃ śataguṇaṃ bhavet| amāyāṃ ca yugādyāyāṃ grahaṇe sūryacaṃdrayoḥ
By the conjunction of common fruits the śrāddha becomes a hundredfold. And on the new-moon day, on the first day of a yuga, at an eclipse of the sun or the moon,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 50.212
पार्वणं कुरुते यस्तु सोक्षयं लोकमश्नुते। पितरस्तस्य तुष्यंति सर्वे समायुतं प्रति
pārvaṇaṃ kurute yastu sokṣayaṃ lokamaśnute| pitarastasya tuṣyaṃti sarve samāyutaṃ prati
he who performs the parvaṇ (rite) enjoys an imperishable world; all his ancestors are satisfied for a full ten thousand years.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.213
आशिषं दयितं दत्वा भोग्यं चानंतमात्मजे। ततः पर्वणि पुत्रैश्च कर्त्तव्यं पार्वणं मुदा
āśiṣaṃ dayitaṃ datvā bhogyaṃ cānaṃtamātmaje| tataḥ parvaṇi putraiśca karttavyaṃ pārvaṇaṃ mudā
Having given to their son a cherished blessing and endless enjoyment — therefore the parvaṇ rite should be performed with joy by sons at the parvaṇ (junctures).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.214
पित्रोर्यज्ञमिमं कृत्वा मुच्यते जन्मबंधनात्। अहन्यहनि यच्छ्राद्धं नित्यश्राद्धमिति स्मृतम्
pitroryajñamimaṃ kṛtvā mucyate janmabaṃdhanāt| ahanyahani yacchrāddhaṃ nityaśrāddhamiti smṛtam
Having performed this sacrifice for the fathers, one is freed from the bondage of birth. The śrāddha (offered) day after day is called the "perpetual śrāddha."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.215
श्रद्धया कारयेद्यस्तु सोऽक्षयं लोकमश्नुते। तथैवापरपक्षे च काम्यश्राद्धं विधानतः
śraddhayā kārayedyastu so'kṣayaṃ lokamaśnute| tathaivāparapakṣe ca kāmyaśrāddhaṃ vidhānataḥ
And whoever has it performed with faith attains the imperishable world. Likewise, in the dark fortnight, the optional (wish-fulfilling) śrāddha (is to be done) according to the rule.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.216
कृत्वा कामं स चाप्नोति यद्वा मनसि वर्तते। आषाढीमवधिं कृत्वा यस्तु पक्षस्तु पंचमः
kṛtvā kāmaṃ sa cāpnoti yadvā manasi vartate| āṣāḍhīmavadhiṃ kṛtvā yastu pakṣastu paṃcamaḥ
Having performed (it), he obtains the desire, whatever is in his mind. Taking the full moon of Āṣāḍha as the limit, that fortnight which is the fifth—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 50.217
तत्र श्राद्धं प्रकुर्वीत कन्यां गच्छतु वा न वा। कन्यां गते सवितरि यान्यहानि तु षोडश
tatra śrāddhaṃ prakurvīta kanyāṃ gacchatu vā na vā| kanyāṃ gate savitari yānyahāni tu ṣoḍaśa
—in it one should perform the śrāddha, whether or not (the sun) enters Virgo. And the sixteen days that fall when the sun has entered Virgo—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.218
काम्यश्राद्धं महापुण्यमिदं तस्यागतं शिवम्
kāmyaśrāddhaṃ mahāpuṇyamidaṃ tasyāgataṃ śivam
—this greatly meritorious optional śrāddha (performed then) becomes auspicious for him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 50.219
अभावात्कृष्णपक्षादौ तुलायां कर्तुमर्हति। अमावृश्चिकमायाति नैराश्यं पितरो गताः
abhāvātkṛṣṇapakṣādau tulāyāṃ kartumarhati| amāvṛścikamāyāti nairāśyaṃ pitaro gatāḥ
For want (of that time) he may perform it at the beginning of the dark fortnight, while (the sun is) in Libra. (But when) the new moon comes into Scorpio, the fathers have gone away in disappointment.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 50.220
पुनःस्वभवनं यांति शापं दत्वा सुदारुणम्। पितृशापेन पुत्रस्य नष्टं सर्वमिति स्मृतम्
punaḥsvabhavanaṃ yāṃti śāpaṃ datvā sudāruṇam| pitṛśāpena putrasya naṣṭaṃ sarvamiti smṛtam
They go back to their own abode, having pronounced a most terrible curse; and by the curse of the fathers everything of the son is destroyed, so it is taught.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.221
धनं पुत्रा यशः काम्यमभीष्टमायुरेव च। सर्वाण्येतानि लभ्यंते जन्मजन्मसु मानवैः
dhanaṃ putrā yaśaḥ kāmyamabhīṣṭamāyureva ca| sarvāṇyetāni labhyaṃte janmajanmasu mānavaiḥ
Wealth, sons, fame, what is desired, what is longed for, and long life too—all these are obtained by men, birth after birth,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.222
पितॄणां च वरेणैव तस्मान्मैनं परित्यजेत्। विवाहव्रतयज्ञादौ कृत्वा नांदीमुखं द्विजः
pitṝṇāṃ ca vareṇaiva tasmānmainaṃ parityajet| vivāhavratayajñādau kṛtvā nāṃdīmukhaṃ dvijaḥ
by the boon of the fathers alone; therefore one should not neglect this. Having performed the nāndīmukha rite at a marriage, a vow, a sacrifice and so forth, the twice-born
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.223
अक्षयं लभते पुण्यं गोत्रं तस्य प्रवर्द्धते। एतद्विपर्ययो यस्य स याति नरकं नरः
akṣayaṃ labhate puṇyaṃ gotraṃ tasya pravarddhate| etadviparyayo yasya sa yāti narakaṃ naraḥ
gains imperishable merit, and his lineage increases. But the man for whom it is the reverse of this goes to hell.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.224
कुलक्षयो भवेत्तस्य स जीवो दुःखितो भवेत्। ततस्तु पूजयेदग्रे गणेशं शंभुनंदनम्
kulakṣayo bhavettasya sa jīvo duḥkhito bhavet| tatastu pūjayedagre gaṇeśaṃ śaṃbhunaṃdanam
His family will perish, and that soul will become miserable. Then, first of all, one should worship Gaṇeśa, the son of Śambhu,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.225
परं षोडशमातॄश्च तत्पश्चात्पितृसंचयम्। नांदीमुखेषु सर्वेषु प्रपितामहपूर्वकम्
paraṃ ṣoḍaśamātṝśca tatpaścātpitṛsaṃcayam| nāṃdīmukheṣu sarveṣu prapitāmahapūrvakam
then the sixteen mothers, and after that the assembly of the fathers. In all the nāndīmukha (rites) the great-grandfather comes first.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.226
नांदीमुखे द्विजान्सर्वान्स्थापयेत्प्राङ्मुखान्सुधीः। उच्चारयेन्नमोवाक्यं स्वधा चान्यत्र योजयेत्
nāṃdīmukhe dvijānsarvānsthāpayetprāṅmukhānsudhīḥ| uccārayennamovākyaṃ svadhā cānyatra yojayet
At the nāndīmukha the wise man should seat all the brahmins facing east; he should utter the word "namaḥ," and employ "svadhā" elsewhere.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.227
ग्रहणे चंद्रसूर्यस्य दत्वा पिंडोदकं नरः। अक्षयं लभते स्वर्गं पितॄणां पुष्टिवर्द्धनम्
grahaṇe caṃdrasūryasya datvā piṃḍodakaṃ naraḥ| akṣayaṃ labhate svargaṃ pitṝṇāṃ puṣṭivarddhanam
At an eclipse of the moon or the sun, a man who has given the rice-ball and water gains imperishable heaven and the increase of the fathers' nourishment.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.228
तत्र स्नानं न कुर्याद्यः शक्त्या पिंडोदकं नरः। न ददाति पितॄणां तु चांडालत्वं स गच्छति
tatra snānaṃ na kuryādyaḥ śaktyā piṃḍodakaṃ naraḥ| na dadāti pitṝṇāṃ tu cāṃḍālatvaṃ sa gacchati
The man who does not bathe then, and who does not give the rice-ball and water to the fathers according to his ability, attains the state of a cāṇḍāla.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.229
सर्वं भूमिसमं दानं सर्वे व्याससमा द्विजाः। सर्वं गंगासमं तोयं राहुग्रस्ते निशाकरे
sarvaṃ bhūmisamaṃ dānaṃ sarve vyāsasamā dvijāḥ| sarvaṃ gaṃgāsamaṃ toyaṃ rāhugraste niśākare
Every gift is equal to (the gift of) land, all brahmins are equal to Vyāsa, all water is equal to the Ganges, when the night-maker (moon) is seized by Rāhu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.230
इंदोर्लक्षगुणं प्रोक्तं दशलक्षं तु भास्करे। गंगातोये तु संप्राप्त इंदोः कोटी रवेर्दश
iṃdorlakṣaguṇaṃ proktaṃ daśalakṣaṃ tu bhāskare| gaṃgātoye tu saṃprāpta iṃdoḥ koṭī raverdaśa
In the case of the moon it is said to be a hundred-thousandfold, but in the case of the sun a millionfold; and when one has reached the water of the Ganges, a crore for the moon and ten (crores) for the sun.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 50.231
गवां शतसहस्रस्य सम्यग्दत्तस्य यत्फलम्। तत्फलं जाह्नवीस्नाने राहुग्रस्ते निशाकरे
gavāṃ śatasahasrasya samyagdattasya yatphalam| tatphalaṃ jāhnavīsnāne rāhugraste niśākare
Whatever fruit belongs to a hundred thousand cows properly given, that fruit (comes) from bathing in the Jāhnavī when the night-maker is seized by Rāhu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.232
चंद्रसूर्यग्रहे चैव अवगाहति जाह्नवीं। स स्नातस्सर्वतीर्थेषु किमर्थमटते महीम्
caṃdrasūryagrahe caiva avagāhati jāhnavīṃ| sa snātassarvatīrtheṣu kimarthamaṭate mahīm
And he who plunges into the Jāhnavī at an eclipse of the moon or the sun has bathed in all the sacred fords—why should he roam the earth?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.233
सूर्यग्रहः सूर्यवारे सोमे सोमग्रहस्तथा। चूडामणिरिति ख्यातस्तत्रानंतफलं स्मृतम्
sūryagrahaḥ sūryavāre some somagrahastathā| cūḍāmaṇiriti khyātastatrānaṃtaphalaṃ smṛtam
A solar eclipse on a Sunday, and likewise a lunar eclipse on a Monday, is known as "crest-jewel"; therein the fruit is said to be endless.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.234
समुपोष्य तयोः पूर्वे पुण्यतीर्थे तु यः पुमान्। दत्वा पिंडोदकं दानं सत्यलोके प्रतिष्ठितः
samupoṣya tayoḥ pūrve puṇyatīrthe tu yaḥ pumān| datvā piṃḍodakaṃ dānaṃ satyaloke pratiṣṭhitaḥ
The man who fasts on the earlier of those two (eclipses) at a holy bathing-place, and gives the gift of a rice-ball and water (to the ancestors), is established in Satyaloka.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.235
द्विज उवाच-। पितुरेव महायज्ञः श्राद्धं च भवतेरितं। ताता पश्चिमकालादौ किं कर्त्तव्यं सुतेन हि
dvija uvāca-| pitureva mahāyajñaḥ śrāddhaṃ ca bhavateritaṃ| tātā paścimakālādau kiṃ karttavyaṃ sutena hi
The twice-born said: The great sacrifice, and the śrāddha, has been declared by you to be for the father alone. Sir, what indeed is to be done by a son at the time of the end (of life) and thereafter?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 50.236
किं कृत्वा च परं श्रेयो जन्मजन्मसु लभ्यते। पुत्रेण धीमता देव यत्नतो वक्तुमर्हसि
kiṃ kṛtvā ca paraṃ śreyo janmajanmasu labhyate| putreṇa dhīmatā deva yatnato vaktumarhasi
And by doing what is the highest good obtained in birth after birth by a wise son? O god, you should take care to tell (this).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.237
श्रीभगवानुवाच-। पूर्वे वयसि संप्राप्ते पिता पुत्र इति स्मृतः। उत्तरे च सुतस्तातः पालनान्न तु पूजनात्
śrībhagavānuvāca-| pūrve vayasi saṃprāpte pitā putra iti smṛtaḥ| uttare ca sutastātaḥ pālanānna tu pūjanāt
The blessed Lord said: When the earlier age has come, the father is regarded as (like) a son; and in the later (age) the son is the father — by reason of nurturing, not by reason of (ritual) honouring.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 50.238
देववत्पूजयेत्तातं स्नेहं कुर्याच्च पुत्रवत्। न लंघयेद्वचस्तस्य मनसापि कदाचन
devavatpūjayettātaṃ snehaṃ kuryācca putravat| na laṃghayedvacastasya manasāpi kadācana
He should honour his father as a god and show him affection as (to) a son; he should never, even in thought, transgress his word.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.239
आतुरस्य पितुः पुत्रो यस्तु कुर्यात्प्रतिक्रियां। सोक्षयं लभते स्वर्गं सदा देवैः प्रपूज्यते
āturasya pituḥ putro yastu kuryātpratikriyāṃ| sokṣayaṃ labhate svargaṃ sadā devaiḥ prapūjyate
The son who renders service to an ailing father obtains imperishable heaven and is always honoured by the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.240
मुमूर्षोरपिता तस्य पश्यतो मृत्युलक्षणम्। कृत्वा च यजनं पुत्रो देवानां तुल्यतां व्रजेत्
mumūrṣorapitā tasya paśyato mṛtyulakṣaṇam| kṛtvā ca yajanaṃ putro devānāṃ tulyatāṃ vrajet
And when his father is about to die, (the son) seeing the signs of death and performing the sacrifice, attains equality with the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.241
विधिनानशने नैव पितुः स्वर्गं ददाति यः। पुत्रस्य तस्य धीरस्य शृणु वक्ष्यामि यद्गुणम्
vidhinānaśane naiva pituḥ svargaṃ dadāti yaḥ| putrasya tasya dhīrasya śṛṇu vakṣyāmi yadguṇam
(But) he who does not, according to rule, give his father heaven by (the rite of) fasting-unto-death — hear, I shall tell what merit belongs to that steadfast son.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 50.242
अश्वमेधसहस्राणि राजसूयशतानि च। भवेदनशने पुण्यं तीर्थकोटिगुणं तयोः
aśvamedhasahasrāṇi rājasūyaśatāni ca| bhavedanaśane puṇyaṃ tīrthakoṭiguṇaṃ tayoḥ
A thousand horse-sacrifices and a hundred rājasūyas — such would be the merit in fasting-unto-death, (and) in those two (rites) a merit ten million times that of a holy bathing-place.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 50.243
भागीरथ्या जले चैव यो मृतः पुरुषोत्तमः। पयोधररसं मातुर्न पिबेन्मुक्ततां व्रजेत्
bhāgīrathyā jale caiva yo mṛtaḥ puruṣottamaḥ| payodhararasaṃ māturna pibenmuktatāṃ vrajet
And that best of men who has died in the water of the Bhāgīrathī will not drink the milk of a mother (again), (but) attains liberation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.244
वाराणस्यां त्यजेद्यस्तु प्राणांश्चैव यदृच्छया। अभीष्टं च फलं भुक्त्वा मद्देहे प्रविलीयते
vārāṇasyāṃ tyajedyastu prāṇāṃścaiva yadṛcchayā| abhīṣṭaṃ ca phalaṃ bhuktvā maddehe pravilīyate
And he who gives up his life at Vārāṇasī, of his own accord, having enjoyed the fruit he desired, dissolves into my body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.245
या गतिर्योगयुक्तानां मुनीनामूर्द्ध्वरेतसां। सा गतिस्त्यजतः प्राणान्ब्रह्मपुत्रेषु सप्तसु
yā gatiryogayuktānāṃ munīnāmūrddhvaretasāṃ| sā gatistyajataḥ prāṇānbrahmaputreṣu saptasu
The goal that belongs to sages joined in yoga, whose seed is drawn upward — that same goal belongs to one who gives up his life among the seven sons of Brahmā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 50.246
लोहितस्य विशेषेण तीरोत्तरसमाश्रितः। विधिना यस्त्यजेत्प्राणान्स च मत्समतां व्रजेत्
lohitasya viśeṣeṇa tīrottarasamāśritaḥ| vidhinā yastyajetprāṇānsa ca matsamatāṃ vrajet
Especially at the Lohita, resorting to the north bank, he who gives up his life according to rule attains equality with me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 50.247
तस्यैव चोर्वशीकेशे पुण्यतीर्थे द्विजोत्तम। मृतोत्पन्नः समाप्नोति सर्वं दोषैर्न लिप्यते
tasyaiva corvaśīkeśe puṇyatīrthe dvijottama| mṛtotpannaḥ samāpnoti sarvaṃ doṣairna lipyate
And at that same (river's) Urvaśīkeśa, a holy bathing-place, O best of the twice-born, one who dies (there) attains everything (in his next) birth and is not stained by faults.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 50.248
गृहस्याभ्यंतरे यस्य प्राणत्यागो भवेद्ध्रुवम्। यावद्ग्रंथिर्गृहे तिष्ठेत्तावद्बंधो भवे तनौ
gṛhasyābhyaṃtare yasya prāṇatyāgo bhaveddhruvam| yāvadgraṃthirgṛhe tiṣṭhettāvadbaṃdho bhave tanau
He whose giving-up of life occurs inside a house — that is certain: as long as the knot remains in the house, so long is there bondage for the body in (its) existence.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 50.249
हायनेहायने चापि एकैकं परिहीयते। पश्यतां पुत्रबंधूनां वंधने नास्ति निष्कृतिः
hāyanehāyane cāpi ekaikaṃ parihīyate| paśyatāṃ putrabaṃdhūnāṃ vaṃdhane nāsti niṣkṛtiḥ
And year after year one (knot) after another falls away; while the sons and kinsmen look on, there is no release from the bondage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 50.250
पर्वते कानने दुर्गे स्थाने वा जलवर्जिते। मृतो दुर्गतिमाप्नोति कीटादौ जायते पुनः २५० 1.50.
parvate kānane durge sthāne vā jalavarjite| mṛto durgatimāpnoti kīṭādau jāyate punaḥ 250 1.50.
One who dies on a mountain, in a forest, in an impassable place, or in a spot devoid of water, attains a bad destiny and is born again among worms and the like.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.251
संस्कारश्च भवेद्यस्य मृतस्य परवासरे। षष्टिर्वर्षसहस्राणि कुंभीपाके प्रतिष्ठति
saṃskāraśca bhavedyasya mṛtasya paravāsare| ṣaṣṭirvarṣasahasrāṇi kuṃbhīpāke pratiṣṭhati
And he whose funeral rite, once dead, takes place on the following day, dwells sixty thousand years in the Kumbhīpāka (hell).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.252
अस्पृश्यस्पर्शनादेव उच्छिष्टः पतितो मृतः। सुचिरं नरके स्थित्वा म्लेच्छजातिषु जायते
aspṛśyasparśanādeva ucchiṣṭaḥ patito mṛtaḥ| suciraṃ narake sthitvā mlecchajātiṣu jāyate
One who dies with food-remnants (in his mouth), fallen, merely from touching an untouchable, having stayed a very long time in hell, is born among barbarian races.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.253
तथैव बहुकीटेषु जायते सत्त्वजातिषु। तस्मान्न चिरकालेषु जानीयात्पुण्यपातकम्
tathaiva bahukīṭeṣu jāyate sattvajātiṣu| tasmānna cirakāleṣu jānīyātpuṇyapātakam
So too he is born among many worms, among (lower) classes of living beings. Therefore one should recognise merit and sin as not (bearing fruit only) after long times.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 50.254
पुण्यात्पुण्यप्रयोगैश्च सर्वेषां मर्त्यवासिनाम्। मरणे या गतिः पुंसां गतिर्भवति तादृशी
puṇyātpuṇyaprayogaiśca sarveṣāṃ martyavāsinām| maraṇe yā gatiḥ puṃsāṃ gatirbhavati tādṛśī
From merit and from the applications of merit, for all who dwell among mortals — whatever course men have at death, such does (their) course become.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 50.255
पुण्यतीर्थे मृतो यस्तु विष्णोर्नामानि चिंतयन्। पापात्पूतो व्रजेत्स्वर्गं सर्वदोषैर्न लिप्यते
puṇyatīrthe mṛto yastu viṣṇornāmāni ciṃtayan| pāpātpūto vrajetsvargaṃ sarvadoṣairna lipyate
But he who dies at a holy ford while calling to mind the names of Viṣṇu goes to heaven purified of sin, and is not smeared by any faults.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.256
पितुर्मृतस्य देहं तु वहेद्यस्तु सुतो बली। पदेपदेश्वमेधस्य फलं प्राप्नोत्यसंशयम्
piturmṛtasya dehaṃ tu vahedyastu suto balī| padepadeśvamedhasya phalaṃ prāpnotyasaṃśayam
And the strong son who carries the body of his dead father obtains, at every step, the fruit of a horse-sacrifice — of this there is no doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.257
प्राक्चितौ च पितुर्देहे मुखाग्निं कारयेत्सुतः। विधिना मंत्रपूतेन पश्चाद्देहं दहेत्पुनः
prākcitau ca piturdehe mukhāgniṃ kārayetsutaḥ| vidhinā maṃtrapūtena paścāddehaṃ dahetpunaḥ
And on the father's body, (placed) first on the pyre, the son should perform the fire-in-the-mouth (rite); with the procedure purified by mantra he should thereafter burn the body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.258
लोभमोहसमायुक्तं पापपुण्यसमावृतम्। दहेयं सर्वगात्राणि दिव्यान्लोकान्स गच्छतु
lobhamohasamāyuktaṃ pāpapuṇyasamāvṛtam| daheyaṃ sarvagātrāṇi divyānlokānsa gacchatu
"(This body) joined with greed and delusion, enveloped in sin and merit — may I burn all its limbs; may he go to the divine worlds."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.259
दग्ध्वा च लंघयेत्पुत्रोप्यस्थिसंचयनं प्रति। दशाहे समनुप्राप्ते चार्द्रवस्त्रं परित्यजेत्
dagdhvā ca laṃghayetputropyasthisaṃcayanaṃ prati| daśāhe samanuprāpte cārdravastraṃ parityajet
And having burned (the body), the son should proceed to the gathering of the bones; and when the tenth day has arrived he should give up the wet garment.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 50.260
छित्वा च लोहितं चेलं वह्नौ चाथ जले क्षिपेत्। ततश्चैकादशाहे च श्राद्धं कुर्याद्विचक्षणः
chitvā ca lohitaṃ celaṃ vahnau cātha jale kṣipet| tataścaikādaśāhe ca śrāddhaṃ kuryādvicakṣaṇaḥ
And having cut up the red cloth, he should throw it into fire or into water; then on the eleventh day the discerning man should perform the śrāddha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.261
प्रेतस्य देहपुष्ट्यर्थं ब्राह्मणैकं तु भोजयेत्। दानं दद्याच्च विधिवद्वस्त्रं पीठं च पादुकाम्
pretasya dehapuṣṭyarthaṃ brāhmaṇaikaṃ tu bhojayet| dānaṃ dadyācca vidhivadvastraṃ pīṭhaṃ ca pādukām
For the sake of nourishing the body of the departed he should feed one brahmin, and should give as a gift, according to the rule, a garment, a seat, and sandals;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.262
सर्वोपकरणैस्तुल्यं धरादिगजवाजिकम्। कृष्णां गां च प्रदद्यात्तु सर्वपापविमुक्तये
sarvopakaraṇaistulyaṃ dharādigajavājikam| kṛṣṇāṃ gāṃ ca pradadyāttu sarvapāpavimuktaye
equipped with all the requisites, (a gift of) land and the rest, an elephant and a horse; and he should give a black cow, for release from all sins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.263
चतुर्थाहे त्रिपक्षे च षण्मासे चाब्दिके तथा। द्वादश प्रतिमास्यानि श्राद्धान्ये तानि षोडश
caturthāhe tripakṣe ca ṣaṇmāse cābdike tathā| dvādaśa pratimāsyāni śrāddhānye tāni ṣoḍaśa
On the fourth day, at three fortnights, at six months, and likewise at the year, and the twelve monthly ones: these śrāddhas are the sixteen.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.264
यस्यैतानि न संतीह यथाशक्ति च श्रद्धया। पिशाचत्वं स्थिरं तस्य दत्तैः श्राद्धशतैरपि
yasyaitāni na saṃtīha yathāśakti ca śraddhayā| piśācatvaṃ sthiraṃ tasya dattaiḥ śrāddhaśatairapi
He for whom these do not exist here — (performed) according to ability and with faith — his state as a piśāca is fixed, even though hundreds of śrāddhas be given.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.265
अब्दमंबुघटं दद्यादन्नं चामिषसंयुतं। नित्यानित्यमभावाच्च क्षपन्मासं क्षमापयेत्
abdamaṃbughaṭaṃ dadyādannaṃ cāmiṣasaṃyutaṃ| nityānityamabhāvācca kṣapanmāsaṃ kṣamāpayet
For a year he should give a pot of water and food together with meat; and because of the absence of the regular and the occasional (offerings?), he should make amends month by month.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 50.266
सपिंडीकरणश्राद्धं गते संवत्सरे बुधः। पार्वणस्य विधानेन कारयेद्द्विजसत्तमः
sapiṃḍīkaraṇaśrāddhaṃ gate saṃvatsare budhaḥ| pārvaṇasya vidhānena kārayeddvijasattamaḥ
When the year has passed, the wise man, best of the twice-born, should have the sapiṇḍīkaraṇa śrāddha performed according to the rule of the pārvaṇa rite.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.267
पितुरब्दमशौचं स्यान्मातुः षण्मासमेव च। त्रिमासं तु स्त्रियश्चैव तदर्द्धं भ्रातृपुत्रयोः
piturabdamaśaucaṃ syānmātuḥ ṣaṇmāsameva ca| trimāsaṃ tu striyaścaiva tadarddhaṃ bhrātṛputrayoḥ
For a father the impurity should be a year; for a mother just six months; for a wife three months; and half of that for a brother and a son.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.268
सपिंडानामशौचं स्याद्यावद्गेहे स तिष्ठति। पुत्रस्य यन्निषिद्धं तु शृणु तात वदाम्यहम्
sapiṃḍānāmaśaucaṃ syādyāvadgehe sa tiṣṭhati| putrasya yanniṣiddhaṃ tu śṛṇu tāta vadāmyaham
For those sharing the piṇḍa there is impurity as long as he (the corpse) remains in the house. Now hear, my son, what is forbidden to the son; I shall tell it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.269
ब्रह्मचारी सदाचारी न गच्छेच्च स्त्रियं क्वचित्। सप्तघट्याः परं चैव नवघट्याश्च पूर्वतः
brahmacārī sadācārī na gacchecca striyaṃ kvacit| saptaghaṭyāḥ paraṃ caiva navaghaṭyāśca pūrvataḥ
Chaste and of good conduct, he should not go to a woman at all. Beyond seven ghaṭīs and before nine ghaṭīs —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 50.270
स कालः कुतपो ज्ञेयः पितॄणां दत्तमक्षयम्। श्राद्धे त्रीणि पवित्राणि दौहित्रं कुतपस्तिलाः
sa kālaḥ kutapo jñeyaḥ pitṝṇāṃ dattamakṣayam| śrāddhe trīṇi pavitrāṇi dauhitraṃ kutapastilāḥ
that time is to be known as the kutapa; what is given then to the fathers is imperishable. In a śrāddha three things are purifying: a daughter's son, the kutapa (hour), and sesame seeds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.271
त्रीणि चात्र प्रशंसंति सत्यमक्रोधमत्वराम्। सायं संध्यां परान्नं च पुनर्भोजनमैथुनम्
trīṇi cātra praśaṃsaṃti satyamakrodhamatvarām| sāyaṃ saṃdhyāṃ parānnaṃ ca punarbhojanamaithunam
And here they commend three things: truth, freedom from anger, and absence of haste. Evening twilight, another's food, eating a second time, and sexual intercourse,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.272
दानं प्रतिग्रहं चैव श्राद्धं कृत्वा विवर्जयेत्। अकर्तव्यशतं कृत्वा श्राद्धं कुर्याद्विचक्षणः
dānaṃ pratigrahaṃ caiva śrāddhaṃ kṛtvā vivarjayet| akartavyaśataṃ kṛtvā śrāddhaṃ kuryādvicakṣaṇaḥ
and giving and receiving — these he should avoid after performing the śrāddha. Having (first) done the hundred things not to be done, the discerning man may perform the śrāddha,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 50.273
तच्च कर्तव्यतामेति स्वयमुक्तं विरिंचिना। शृणु पुत्र पुरावृत्तं बहूनां च वदाम्यहम्
tacca kartavyatāmeti svayamuktaṃ viriṃcinā| śṛṇu putra purāvṛttaṃ bahūnāṃ ca vadāmyaham
and that becomes something to be done, as was said by Viriñci (Brahmā) himself. Hear, son, what happened of old; I shall tell of many (such cases).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 50.274
गुरोर्गोहननं कृत्वा ददुः श्राद्धं ययुर्दिवम्। तेषां च कीर्त्तनादेव श्राद्धं भवति चाक्षयम्
gurorgohananaṃ kṛtvā daduḥ śrāddhaṃ yayurdivam| teṣāṃ ca kīrttanādeva śrāddhaṃ bhavati cākṣayam
Having killed the teacher's cow, they gave the śrāddha offering and went to heaven; and by the mere recital of their (story) the śrāddha becomes imperishable.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.275
वसिष्ठस्य मुनेः शिष्या ब्राह्मणास्सप्त सुव्रताः। पितृश्राद्धे समायाते होमधेनुं गुरोः प्रियाम्
vasiṣṭhasya muneḥ śiṣyā brāhmaṇāssapta suvratāḥ| pitṛśrāddhe samāyāte homadhenuṃ guroḥ priyām
Seven brahmins of good vows were the pupils of the sage Vasiṣṭha. When the śrāddha for the fathers had come round, (they took) the teacher's beloved oblation-cow —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.276
प्रार्थयित्वा गृहं नीत्वा सप्तभिर्भ्रातृभिर्मुदा। गव्यार्थं पितृयज्ञे तां धेनुं हत्वा विमृश्य च
prārthayitvā gṛhaṃ nītvā saptabhirbhrātṛbhirmudā| gavyārthaṃ pitṛyajñe tāṃ dhenuṃ hatvā vimṛśya ca
having asked (for her) and led (her) home joyfully with his seven brothers, and having deliberated, killing that cow at the ancestral sacrifice for the sake of cow-products —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.277
ददुर्मांसं च विप्रे च शेषं विप्रांस्त्वभोजयन्। समाप्य पितृकर्माणि वत्सं संगृह्यते द्विजाः
dadurmāṃsaṃ ca vipre ca śeṣaṃ viprāṃstvabhojayan| samāpya pitṛkarmāṇi vatsaṃ saṃgṛhyate dvijāḥ
They gave the flesh to a brahmin, and fed brahmins with the remainder; having completed the ancestral rites, the twice-born took hold of the calf,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.278
गुरौ समर्पयामासुर्धेनुर्व्याघ्रेण भक्षिता। ततस्तपोर्बलादेव ज्ञात्वा तेषां च कारणम्
gurau samarpayāmāsurdhenurvyāghreṇa bhakṣitā| tatastaporbalādeva jñātvā teṣāṃ ca kāraṇam
and presented (it) to the teacher, (saying) "The cow has been eaten by a tiger." Then, by the power of his austerity, knowing the reason of (what) they (had done),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.279
स शशाप ततः शिष्यांश्चाडालाश्च भविष्यथ। वेपमानास्ततो विप्राः कृतांजलिपुटाः स्थिताः
sa śaśāpa tataḥ śiṣyāṃścāḍālāśca bhaviṣyatha| vepamānāstato viprāḥ kṛtāṃjalipuṭāḥ sthitāḥ
he thereupon cursed the pupils: "You shall become Cāṇḍālas!" Then the brahmins stood trembling with hands folded in supplication.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.280
धेनोर्मांसंप्रदातारः पितृकृत्ये सदानघ। अकर्तव्यसहस्राणि महांति पातकानि च
dhenormāṃsaṃpradātāraḥ pitṛkṛtye sadānagha| akartavyasahasrāṇi mahāṃti pātakāni ca
"Those who offer the flesh of a cow in the rite for the fathers, O sinless one, always (do) thousands of things not to be done and great sins —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 50.281
कुर्वंतः पितृकार्येषु पापात्पूता दिवं गताः। श्रुतं बहुविधं नाथ मुखात्ते च पुरातनम्
kurvaṃtaḥ pitṛkāryeṣu pāpātpūtā divaṃ gatāḥ| śrutaṃ bahuvidhaṃ nātha mukhātte ca purātanam
(yet) doing (them) in the rites for the fathers, they were purified of sin and went to heaven. Much of many kinds, O lord, has been heard from your mouth, and of ancient times.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 50.282
क्षंतुमर्हसि धर्मज्ञ शापस्यांतो विधीयताम्। वसिष्ठ उवाच-। शापो वोथ यथा पाप्मा न तु धर्मविचारणात्
kṣaṃtumarhasi dharmajña śāpasyāṃto vidhīyatām| vasiṣṭha uvāca-| śāpo votha yathā pāpmā na tu dharmavicāraṇāt
You ought to forgive, O knower of dharma; let an end be set to the curse." Vasiṣṭha said: "The curse (stands) upon you as sin does, but not from a consideration of dharma."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 50.283
चांडालादौ समुत्पन्नाः पुरावृत्तं स्मरिष्यथ। न च वो ज्ञानलोपश्च स्मृतिशास्त्रमनष्टकम्
cāṃḍālādau samutpannāḥ purāvṛttaṃ smariṣyatha| na ca vo jñānalopaśca smṛtiśāstramanaṣṭakam
"Born among Cāṇḍālas and the like, you shall remember what happened before; and there will be no loss of knowledge for you, and the tradition and scriptures will not perish.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.284
पापयोनिं समुत्तीर्य पश्चान्मोक्षं गमिष्यथ। ततः प्राणान्परित्यज्य गुरुशापात्तु ते द्विजाः
pāpayoniṃ samuttīrya paścānmokṣaṃ gamiṣyatha| tataḥ prāṇānparityajya guruśāpāttu te dvijāḥ
Having crossed over the sinful birth, afterwards you shall go to liberation." Then those twice-born, abandoning their lives because of the teacher's curse,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.285
जाताश्चांडालयोनौ तु सर्वे ज्ञानसमन्विताः। स्तन्यं तैस्तु न पीतं वै स्मरद्भिः पूर्वजन्म तत्
jātāścāṃḍālayonau tu sarve jñānasamanvitāḥ| stanyaṃ taistu na pītaṃ vai smaradbhiḥ pūrvajanma tat
were born in a Cāṇḍāla womb, all endowed with knowledge; and no breast-milk was drunk by them, since they remembered that former birth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.286
मृता जाता मृगाः सर्वे चक्रवाकाः पुनर्वने। हंसास्तु मानसे तीर्थे शुक्ला जाताः पुनर्द्विजाः
mṛtā jātā mṛgāḥ sarve cakravākāḥ punarvane| haṃsāstu mānase tīrthe śuklā jātāḥ punardvijāḥ
Having died, they were all born as deer, again in the forest as cakravāka birds; and as white swans at the Mānasa holy lake the twice-born were born again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.287
मुमूर्षवो महाभागा मृतास्ते खेदकारणात्। तस्मिन्काले महाराजो धर्मकेतुरिति स्मृतः
mumūrṣavo mahābhāgā mṛtāste khedakāraṇāt| tasminkāle mahārājo dharmaketuriti smṛtaḥ
Those greatly fortunate ones, wishing to die, died out of grief. At that time there was a great king known as Dharmaketu,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.288
ययौ स्नातुं ततस्तीर्थं सदारः सपरिच्छदः। ततो हंसास्त्रयो मोहाद्राज्यं भोग्यं तु योषितः
yayau snātuṃ tatastīrthaṃ sadāraḥ saparicchadaḥ| tato haṃsāstrayo mohādrājyaṃ bhogyaṃ tu yoṣitaḥ
who then went to that holy place to bathe, with his wife and his retinue. Thereupon three of the swans, out of delusion, (thought of) kingship and women to be enjoyed
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.289
भक्ष्याणि चिंतयंतश्च लोकांतरमयुस्तदा। ज्ञात्वा वेदं च वेदांगं मोक्षं यास्यामहे वयम्
bhakṣyāṇi ciṃtayaṃtaśca lokāṃtaramayustadā| jñātvā vedaṃ ca vedāṃgaṃ mokṣaṃ yāsyāmahe vayam
and of foods; thinking (thus) they then went to the other world. (The other four thought:) "Having learned the Veda and the Vedāṅgas, we shall go to liberation."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.290
चिंतयंतो गता अन्ये ततो लोकांतरं प्रति। अथ त्रयो नृपा जाताश्चत्वारो विप्रसत्तमाः
ciṃtayaṃto gatā anye tato lokāṃtaraṃ prati| atha trayo nṛpā jātāścatvāro viprasattamāḥ
Thinking (thus) the others too then went to the other world. Then three were born as kings and four as the best of brahmins,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.291
कुरुक्षेत्रे ततो वेदान्वेदांगानि समंततः। तपोबलाद्विदंति स्म वार्तां चामुत्र चेह च
kurukṣetre tato vedānvedāṃgāni samaṃtataḥ| tapobalādvidaṃti sma vārtāṃ cāmutra ceha ca
then in Kurukṣetra they knew the Vedas and the Vedāṅgas completely by the power of their austerity, and the tidings of the next world and of this.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.292
त्रयो राजकुले जाता राजानो मदमोहिताः। ज्ञानलोपात्परं लोकं न जानंति हिताहितम्
trayo rājakule jātā rājāno madamohitāḥ| jñānalopātparaṃ lokaṃ na jānaṃti hitāhitam
The three born in a royal family were kings deluded by pride; through the loss of knowledge they did not know the world beyond, nor what was good and bad.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.293
ते च विप्राश्च संदेहादाहूय चेटकं स्वकम्। राज्ञो गच्छ स्वकार्पण्यात्पत्रं देहि च संभ्रमात्
te ca viprāśca saṃdehādāhūya ceṭakaṃ svakam| rājño gaccha svakārpaṇyātpatraṃ dehi ca saṃbhramāt
And those brahmins, out of doubt, summoning their own servant (said): "Go, out of our own wretchedness, to the kings, and deliver a letter at once."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 50.294
सप्त व्याधा दशार्णेषु मृगाः कालंजरे गिरौ। चक्रवाकाः शरद्वीपे हंसाः सरसि मानसे
sapta vyādhā daśārṇeṣu mṛgāḥ kālaṃjare girau| cakravākāḥ śaradvīpe haṃsāḥ sarasi mānase
The seven hunters (were born) among the Daśārṇas, (then as) deer on Mount Kālaṃjara, (then as) cakravāka birds on Śaradvīpa, (then as) geese on Lake Mānasa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.295
तेपि जाताः कुरुक्षेत्रे ब्राह्मणा वेदपारगाः। प्रस्थिता दूतमध्वानं यूयं किमवसीदथ
tepi jātāḥ kurukṣetre brāhmaṇā vedapāragāḥ| prasthitā dūtamadhvānaṃ yūyaṃ kimavasīdatha
They too were born in Kurukṣetra as brahmins who had mastered the Vedas; they have set out upon the messenger's road — why do you (still) sink down?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 50.296
गृहीत्वा चेटको लेखं राज्ञस्तु समदर्शयत्। दृष्ट्वा लेखं तु राजानो राज्यं त्यक्त्वा ययुर्द्विजान्
gṛhītvā ceṭako lekhaṃ rājñastu samadarśayat| dṛṣṭvā lekhaṃ tu rājāno rājyaṃ tyaktvā yayurdvijān
The servant took the letter and showed it to the kings; and the kings, seeing the letter, abandoned their kingdom and went to the brahmins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.297
श्रुत्वा वाक्यं ततस्तेषां गतास्ते च तपोधनाः। अचिरेणैव कालेन मोक्षं याताश्च तैस्सह
śrutvā vākyaṃ tatasteṣāṃ gatāste ca tapodhanāḥ| acireṇaiva kālena mokṣaṃ yātāśca taissaha
Then, having heard their words, those rich in austerity departed, and in no long time they attained liberation together with them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.298
य इदं शृणुयाच्छ्राद्धे सप्तव्याधादिकं द्विज। अक्षयं चान्नपानं च पितॄणामुपतिष्ठति
ya idaṃ śṛṇuyācchrāddhe saptavyādhādikaṃ dvija| akṣayaṃ cānnapānaṃ ca pitṝṇāmupatiṣṭhati
Whoever, O brahmin, hears this (story) of the seven hunters and the rest at a śrāddha, for him imperishable food and drink is present for the ancestors.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.299
द्विज उवाच-। वित्तहीनस्य विप्रस्य पितृकार्यं कथं भवेत्। तपस्विनो वनस्थस्य गृहस्थस्य च केशव
dvija uvāca-| vittahīnasya viprasya pitṛkāryaṃ kathaṃ bhavet| tapasvino vanasthasya gṛhasthasya ca keśava
The brahmin said: How can the rite for the ancestors be performed by a brahmin who has no wealth — by an ascetic, a forest-dweller, or a householder, O Keśava?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.300
भगवानुवाच-। तृणकाष्ठार्जनं कृत्वा प्रार्थयित्वा वराटकम्। करोति पितृकार्याणि ततो लक्षगुणं भवेत् ३०० 1.50.
bhagavānuvāca-| tṛṇakāṣṭhārjanaṃ kṛtvā prārthayitvā varāṭakam| karoti pitṛkāryāṇi tato lakṣaguṇaṃ bhavet 300 1.50.
The Lord said: Having gathered grass and firewood, having begged for a cowrie, he performs the rites for the ancestors — thereby it becomes a hundred thousand times (as meritorious).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.301
अकर्तव्यं शतं कृत्वा पितृश्राद्धं करोति यः। सर्वपापक्षयस्तस्य स्वर्गं याति च मानवः
akartavyaṃ śataṃ kṛtvā pitṛśrāddhaṃ karoti yaḥ| sarvapāpakṣayastasya svargaṃ yāti ca mānavaḥ
Whoever, having done a hundred things that ought not to be done, performs the śrāddha for the ancestors — all his sins are destroyed, and that man goes to heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.302
सर्वाभावे पितृतिथौ गोभ्यो घासं ददाति यः। फलं च पिंडदानस्य संप्राप्नोत्यधिकं नरः
sarvābhāve pitṛtithau gobhyo ghāsaṃ dadāti yaḥ| phalaṃ ca piṃḍadānasya saṃprāpnotyadhikaṃ naraḥ
When there is nothing at all, whoever on the ancestral (anniversary) day gives fodder to cows, that man obtains even more than the fruit of offering the piṇḍa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.303
पुरा वैराटविषये रुरोदातीव दीनकः। पितृतिथौ स्वयं प्राप्ते सर्वाभावाच्च रोदिति
purā vairāṭaviṣaye rurodātīva dīnakaḥ| pitṛtithau svayaṃ prāpte sarvābhāvācca roditi
Formerly, in the land of Vairāṭa, a wretched poor man wept greatly; when the ancestral day itself arrived, he wept because he had nothing at all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.304
रुदित्वा सुचिरं सोपि पप्रच्छ कोविदं द्विजं। ब्रह्मन्पितृतिथावद्य किंस्वित्कृत्वा हितं भवेत्
ruditvā suciraṃ sopi papraccha kovidaṃ dvijaṃ| brahmanpitṛtithāvadya kiṃsvitkṛtvā hitaṃ bhavet
Having wept a long while, he asked a learned brahmin: "O brahmin, on the ancestral day today, what should be done for it to be beneficial?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.305
वराटकश्च मे नास्ति धनं ब्रह्मविदांवर। उपदेशं च मे देहि येन धर्मे स्थितो ह्यहम्
varāṭakaśca me nāsti dhanaṃ brahmavidāṃvara| upadeśaṃ ca me dehi yena dharme sthito hyaham
I have not a cowrie, nor wealth, O best of the knowers of brahman; give me instruction by which I may stand firm in dharma."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.306
द्विज उवाच-। गच्छ शीघ्रं वने तात मुहूर्ते कुतपेऽधुना। घासं पितरमुद्दिश्य गवे देहीति सत्वरम्
dvija uvāca-| gaccha śīghraṃ vane tāta muhūrte kutape'dhunā| ghāsaṃ pitaramuddiśya gave dehīti satvaram
The brahmin said: Go quickly to the forest, my son, now in the kutapa hour, and promptly give fodder to a cow, dedicating it to your father.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.307
ततस्तस्योपदेशेन गृहीत्वा घासपूलकम्। गवे दत्वा यथाहृष्टः पुष्ट्यर्थं पितुरेव च
tatastasyopadeśena gṛhītvā ghāsapūlakam| gave datvā yathāhṛṣṭaḥ puṣṭyarthaṃ pitureva ca
Then, by his instruction, he took a bundle of fodder and gave it to a cow, delighted as could be, for the nourishment of his father alone.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.308
एतत्पुण्यप्रसादेन गतोसौ सुरमंदिरम्। स्वर्गं च सुचिरं भुक्त्वा उत्पन्नो धनिनां कुले
etatpuṇyaprasādena gatosau suramaṃdiram| svargaṃ ca suciraṃ bhuktvā utpanno dhanināṃ kule
By the grace of this merit he went to the mansion of the gods, and having enjoyed heaven a long while, he was born in a family of the wealthy.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.309
धनवान्स पुरा पुण्यात्पितृयज्ञस्य कारणात्। स ददाति पितुः पिंडं सर्वस्वेन धनेन च
dhanavānsa purā puṇyātpitṛyajñasya kāraṇāt| sa dadāti pituḥ piṃḍaṃ sarvasvena dhanena ca
He was wealthy by reason of his former merit, from the sacrifice to the ancestors; and he gives the piṇḍa to his father with all he has and with his wealth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.310
तत्रैकजन्मनोभ्यासाद्गतोसौ विष्णुमंदिरम्। भुक्त्वानन्तसुखं तत्र सार्वभौमोभवन्नृपः
tatraikajanmanobhyāsādgatosau viṣṇumaṃdiram| bhuktvānantasukhaṃ tatra sārvabhaumobhavannṛpaḥ
There, by the practice of that single birth, he went to the mansion of Viṣṇu; and having enjoyed endless happiness there, he became a universal sovereign king.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.311
पितृयज्ञात्परो यस्माद्धर्मो नास्ति कथंचन। तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन शक्त्या कुर्यादमत्सरः
pitṛyajñātparo yasmāddharmo nāsti kathaṃcana| tasmātsarvaprayatnena śaktyā kuryādamatsaraḥ
Since there is in no way any dharma higher than the sacrifice to the ancestors, therefore one should perform it with every effort, according to one's ability, free of grudging.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.312
यः पठेद्धर्मसंतानं जनानामग्रतो नरः। विष्णुपद्या जले स्नानं प्रति लोके च लभ्यते
yaḥ paṭheddharmasaṃtānaṃ janānāmagrato naraḥ| viṣṇupadyā jale snānaṃ prati loke ca labhyate
The man who recites this continuity of dharma before people obtains, in each world, a bath in the water of Viṣṇu's stream.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 50.313
जन्मजन्मकृतो येन महापातकसंचयः। तत्सर्वं प्रलयं याति सकृदुच्चरिते श्रुते
janmajanmakṛto yena mahāpātakasaṃcayaḥ| tatsarvaṃ pralayaṃ yāti sakṛduccarite śrute
The whole accumulation of great sins committed by him birth after birth goes to destruction when this is once uttered or heard.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 50.912
तस्मात्तेन सह प्रीत्या तिष्ठामि तस्य मंदिरे। पुनः पुनः कथालापं करोमि द्विजनंदन
tasmāttena saha prītyā tiṣṭhāmi tasya maṃdire| punaḥ punaḥ kathālāpaṃ karomi dvijanaṃdana
Therefore I stay with affection in his house together with him, and again and again I hold converse (with him), O delight of the twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition