Padma Purana — Srishti Khanda — Chapter 58
PdP 1 58.1
व्यास उवाच- शाखिनामेव सर्वेषां फलं वक्ष्यामि यादृशम्। तच्छृणुध्वं महाभागा रोपणे च पृथक्पृथक्
vyāsa uvāca- śākhināmeva sarveṣāṃ phalaṃ vakṣyāmi yādṛśam| tacchṛṇudhvaṃ mahābhāgā ropaṇe ca pṛthakpṛthak
Vyāsa said: I shall tell just what the fruit of all trees is; hear that, greatly fortunate ones, and (the fruit) in planting each one separately.
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PdP 1 58.2
यस्तु रोपयते तीरे पुण्यवृक्षान्समंततः। तस्य पुण्यफलं ज्ञातुं कथितुं नैव शक्यते
yastu ropayate tīre puṇyavṛkṣānsamaṃtataḥ| tasya puṇyaphalaṃ jñātuṃ kathituṃ naiva śakyate
But he who plants meritorious trees all around on a bank — the fruit of his merit cannot be known or told.
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PdP 1 58.3
अन्यत्र रोपणं कृत्वा शाखिनां यत्फलं लभेत्। ततो जलसमीपे तु लक्षकोटिगुणं भवेत्
anyatra ropaṇaṃ kṛtvā śākhināṃ yatphalaṃ labhet| tato jalasamīpe tu lakṣakoṭiguṇaṃ bhavet
Whatever fruit one would obtain by planting trees elsewhere, than that it becomes a hundred-thousand-fold, ten-million-fold, near water.
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PdP 1 58.4
स्वयं पुष्करिणी तीरे त्वनंतं फलमश्नुते। तस्माच्छतगुणं ब्रूमः शाखिनां पुण्यकारिणाम्
svayaṃ puṣkariṇī tīre tvanaṃtaṃ phalamaśnute| tasmācchataguṇaṃ brūmaḥ śākhināṃ puṇyakāriṇām
On the bank of a lotus pond one oneself enjoys endless fruit; a hundred times that, we say, is (the fruit) of merit-producing trees.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 58.5
अश्वत्थरोपणं कृत्वा जलाशयसमीपतः। यत्फलं लभते मर्त्यो न तत्क्रतुशतैरपि
aśvattharopaṇaṃ kṛtvā jalāśayasamīpataḥ| yatphalaṃ labhate martyo na tatkratuśatairapi
Having planted an aśvattha near a reservoir of water, the fruit a mortal obtains — that (is not gained) even by a hundred sacrifices.
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PdP 1 58.6
पतंति यानि पत्राणि जले पर्वणि पर्वणि। तानि पिंडसमानीह पितॄणामक्षयं ययुः
pataṃti yāni patrāṇi jale parvaṇi parvaṇi| tāni piṃḍasamānīha pitṝṇāmakṣayaṃ yayuḥ
Whatever leaves fall into the water at each new-moon juncture, those here, equal to funeral rice-balls, go to the ancestors imperishably.
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PdP 1 58.7
खादंति पतगास्तत्र फलानि कामतो ध्रुवम्। ब्रह्मभक्ष्यसमं तस्य पुण्यं भवति चाक्षयम्
khādaṃti patagāstatra phalāni kāmato dhruvam| brahmabhakṣyasamaṃ tasya puṇyaṃ bhavati cākṣayam
Birds there eat the fruits at will, assuredly; his merit becomes equal to (feeding) brahmins with food, and imperishable.
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PdP 1 58.8
अश्वत्थेनैव भक्ष्येण रोपणेनैव यत्फलम्। तद्वै क्रतुशतैर्नैव पुत्रैरेव शतैरपि
aśvatthenaiva bhakṣyeṇa ropaṇenaiva yatphalam| tadvai kratuśatairnaiva putraireva śatairapi
The fruit that comes just from the aśvattha, from (its being) food, and from the planting itself — that indeed (is not gained) by a hundred sacrifices, nor even by a hundred sons.
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PdP 1 58.9
उष्णेच्छायां प्रगृह्णंति गावो देवद्विजातयः। कर्तुः पितृगणानां च स्वर्गो भवति चाक्षयः
uṣṇecchāyāṃ pragṛhṇaṃti gāvo devadvijātayaḥ| kartuḥ pitṛgaṇānāṃ ca svargo bhavati cākṣayaḥ
In the heat, cows, gods and twice-born ones take (its) shade; heaven becomes imperishable for the doer and for the hosts of his ancestors.
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PdP 1 58.10
कर्तुं स्वस्थस्य वै विघ्नमक्षयत्वान्न शक्यते। तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन रोपयेद्वृक्षमाधवम्
kartuṃ svasthasya vai vighnamakṣayatvānna śakyate| tasmātsarvaprayatnena ropayedvṛkṣamādhavam
No obstacle can be made for the doer who is secure, because of (this merit's) imperishability. Therefore with every effort one should plant the Mādhava tree (the aśvattha).
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PdP 1 58.11
एकं वृक्षं समारोप्य नरः स्वर्गान्न हीयते। तस्मादेव महावृक्षं रोपयध्वं द्विजोत्तमाः
ekaṃ vṛkṣaṃ samāropya naraḥ svargānna hīyate| tasmādeva mahāvṛkṣaṃ ropayadhvaṃ dvijottamāḥ
Having planted a single tree, a man does not fall from heaven; therefore plant a great tree, best of the twice-born.
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PdP 1 58.12
जलानां निकटे रम्ये रसानां क्रयविक्रये। मार्गे जलाशये वृक्षान्रोपयेद्यो महाशयः
jalānāṃ nikaṭe ramye rasānāṃ krayavikraye| mārge jalāśaye vṛkṣānropayedyo mahāśayaḥ
In a pleasant spot near waters, where liquids are bought and sold, on a road, at a reservoir — the great-minded man who plants trees,
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PdP 1 58.13
अश्वत्थादीन्समारोप्य स्वर्गं याति मनोरमम्। अर्चयित्वा तु यत्पुण्यं प्रवक्ष्यामि द्विजातयः
aśvatthādīnsamāropya svargaṃ yāti manoramam| arcayitvā tu yatpuṇyaṃ pravakṣyāmi dvijātayaḥ
Having planted aśvattha trees and the rest, (a man) goes to delightful heaven. And I shall declare, O twice-born ones, what merit there is in worshipping (such a tree).
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PdP 1 58.14
स्नात्वाश्वत्थं स्पृशेद्यस्तु सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते। अस्नातो यः स्पृशेन्मर्त्यो लभते स्नानजं फलम्
snātvāśvatthaṃ spṛśedyastu sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate| asnāto yaḥ spṛśenmartyo labhate snānajaṃ phalam
Whoever, having bathed, touches an aśvattha is released from all sins; and the mortal who touches it without having bathed obtains the fruit that arises from bathing.
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PdP 1 58.15
दृष्ट्वा च नाशयेत्पापं स्पृष्ट्वा लक्ष्मीं प्रपद्यते। प्रदक्षिणे भवेदायुः सदाश्वत्थ नमोस्तु ते
dṛṣṭvā ca nāśayetpāpaṃ spṛṣṭvā lakṣmīṃ prapadyate| pradakṣiṇe bhavedāyuḥ sadāśvattha namostu te
By seeing (it) one destroys sin; by touching (it) one attains prosperity; on circumambulating (it) there is long life — homage be to you always, O aśvattha!
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PdP 1 58.16
चलद्दलाय वृक्षाय सदा विष्णुस्थिताय च। बोधिसत्वाय योग्याय सदाश्वत्थ नमोस्तु ते
caladdalāya vṛkṣāya sadā viṣṇusthitāya ca| bodhisatvāya yogyāya sadāśvattha namostu te
To the tree with trembling leaves, in which Viṣṇu ever abides, to the bodhisattva, to the worthy one — homage be to you always, O aśvattha!
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PdP 1 58.17
अश्वत्थाय तु हव्यं तु पयो नैवेद्यमेव च। पुष्पं धूपं दीपकं च दत्वा स्वर्गान्न हीयते
aśvatthāya tu havyaṃ tu payo naivedyameva ca| puṣpaṃ dhūpaṃ dīpakaṃ ca datvā svargānna hīyate
Having given to the aśvattha an oblation, milk, and a food-offering, and flowers, incense, and a lamp, (a man) does not fall away from heaven.
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PdP 1 58.18
सपुत्रं चाक्षयं विद्धि धनवृद्धियशस्करम्। विजयं मानदं भद्रमश्वत्थस्य प्रपूजनम्
saputraṃ cākṣayaṃ viddhi dhanavṛddhiyaśaskaram| vijayaṃ mānadaṃ bhadramaśvatthasya prapūjanam
Know the worship of the aśvattha to be (a thing) attended with sons and imperishable, producing increase of wealth and fame, (bringing) victory, giving honour, auspicious.
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PdP 1 58.19
यज्जप्तं च हुतं स्तोत्रं यन्त्रमंत्रादिकं च यत्। सर्वं कोटिगुणं प्रोक्तं मूले चलदलस्य च
yajjaptaṃ ca hutaṃ stotraṃ yantramaṃtrādikaṃ ca yat| sarvaṃ koṭiguṇaṃ proktaṃ mūle caladalasya ca
Whatever is muttered, offered in fire, (any) hymn of praise, and whatever diagram, mantra and the like — all that is declared to be ten-million-fold at the root of the trembling-leaved (tree).
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PdP 1 58.20
यस्य मूले स्थितो विष्णुर्मध्ये तिष्ठति शंकरः। अग्रभागे स्थितो ब्रह्मा कस्तं जगति नार्चयेत्
yasya mūle sthito viṣṇurmadhye tiṣṭhati śaṃkaraḥ| agrabhāge sthito brahmā kastaṃ jagati nārcayet
At whose root Viṣṇu stands, in whose middle Śaṃkara abides, in whose upper part Brahmā stands — who in the world would not worship it?
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PdP 1 58.21
सोमवारे त्वमायां च स्नानं यन्मौनिना कृतम्। दानस्य गोसहस्रस्य फलं चाश्वत्थवंदने
somavāre tvamāyāṃ ca snānaṃ yanmauninā kṛtam| dānasya gosahasrasya phalaṃ cāśvatthavaṃdane
The bathing that is done in silence on a Monday and on the new-moon day, and the fruit of a gift of a thousand cows — (that is the fruit) in the salutation of the aśvattha.
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PdP 1 58.22
सप्तप्रदक्षिणेनैव गवामयुतजं फलम्। प्रचुराल्लक्षकोटिश्च तस्मात्कार्या हि सा सदा
saptapradakṣiṇenaiva gavāmayutajaṃ phalam| pracurāllakṣakoṭiśca tasmātkāryā hi sā sadā
By seven circumambulations alone (comes) the fruit born of ten thousand cows, and by abundant (circumambulations) a hundred thousand and ten million; therefore that (circumambulation) should always be done.
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PdP 1 58.23
यत्किंचिद्दीयते तत्र फलमूलजलादिकम्। सर्वं तच्चाक्षयफलं जन्मजन्मसु जायते
yatkiṃciddīyate tatra phalamūlajalādikam| sarvaṃ taccākṣayaphalaṃ janmajanmasu jāyate
Whatever little is given there — fruit, roots, water and the like — all that becomes fruit that is imperishable, birth after birth.
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PdP 1 58.24
अहोश्वत्थसमो नास्ति वृक्षरूपी हरिर्भुवि। यथा पूज्यो द्विजो लोके यथा गावो यथामराः
ahośvatthasamo nāsti vṛkṣarūpī harirbhuvi| yathā pūjyo dvijo loke yathā gāvo yathāmarāḥ
Ah! there is nothing on earth equal to the aśvattha, (which is) Hari in the form of a tree. As a brahmin is to be honoured in the world, as cows are, as the gods are,
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PdP 1 58.25
तथाश्वत्थवृक्षरूपी देवः पूज्यतमः स्मृतः। रोपणे रक्षणे स्पर्शे पूजाकर्मणि वै सदा
tathāśvatthavṛkṣarūpī devaḥ pūjyatamaḥ smṛtaḥ| ropaṇe rakṣaṇe sparśe pūjākarmaṇi vai sadā
so the god in the form of the aśvattha tree is held to be most worthy of worship; in planting, in protecting, in touching, and in the act of worship, always
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PdP 1 58.26
ददाति वित्तं पुत्रांश्च स्वर्गं मोक्षं पुनः क्रमात्। किंचिच्छेदं तु यः कुर्यादश्वत्थस्य तनौ नरः
dadāti vittaṃ putrāṃśca svargaṃ mokṣaṃ punaḥ kramāt| kiṃcicchedaṃ tu yaḥ kuryādaśvatthasya tanau naraḥ
he gives wealth, sons, heaven, and again liberation, in due order. But the man who makes even a small cut in the body of an aśvattha
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PdP 1 58.27
कल्पैकं निरयं भुक्त्वा चांडालादौ प्रजायते। मूलच्छेदेन तस्यैव स च यात्यपुनर्भवम्
kalpaikaṃ nirayaṃ bhuktvā cāṃḍālādau prajāyate| mūlacchedena tasyaiva sa ca yātyapunarbhavam
having suffered hell for one kalpa, is born among caṇḍālas and the like; and by cutting the very root of it he goes to (a state of) no rebirth (i.e. destruction).
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PdP 1 58.28
पुरुषास्तस्य तिष्ठंति रौरवे घोरदर्शने। अश्वत्थस्यैकवृक्षस्य रोपणे यत्फलं भवेत्
puruṣāstasya tiṣṭhaṃti raurave ghoradarśane| aśvatthasyaikavṛkṣasya ropaṇe yatphalaṃ bhavet
His (ancestral) men remain in the Raurava hell, terrible to look upon. Whatever fruit there may be in the planting of a single aśvattha tree,
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PdP 1 58.29
तथैव चंपकेर्के च त्रयाणां रोपणेपि च। अष्टौ बिल्वस्य वृक्षाश्च न्यग्रोधाश्चैव सप्त च
tathaiva caṃpakerke ca trayāṇāṃ ropaṇepi ca| aṣṭau bilvasya vṛkṣāśca nyagrodhāścaiva sapta ca
the same too in the planting of three campaka and arka trees, and of eight bilva trees, and of seven banyans,
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PdP 1 58.30
निंबस्य दशवृक्षाश्च फलं चैषां समं भवेत्। एकैकस्य फलं चोक्तं वृक्षाणां रोपणे द्विजाः
niṃbasya daśavṛkṣāśca phalaṃ caiṣāṃ samaṃ bhavet| ekaikasya phalaṃ coktaṃ vṛkṣāṇāṃ ropaṇe dvijāḥ
and of ten nimba trees — the fruit of these would be equal. And the fruit of each single one of the trees in planting has been declared, O twice-born ones.
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PdP 1 58.31
एवं बुध्वा तु धर्मात्मा यः कुर्यात्कृत्रिमं वनम्। कल्पकोटिसहस्राणि कल्पकोटिशतानि च
evaṃ budhvā tu dharmātmā yaḥ kuryātkṛtrimaṃ vanam| kalpakoṭisahasrāṇi kalpakoṭiśatāni ca
Knowing this, the righteous-souled man who makes an artificial grove — for thousands of ten millions of kalpas and hundreds of ten millions of kalpas
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PdP 1 58.32
नाकमेति स चूतस्य समारोप्य सहस्रकम्। ततो द्वित्रिगुणेनैव न्यूने वा प्रचुरेपि वा
nākameti sa cūtasya samāropya sahasrakam| tato dvitriguṇenaiva nyūne vā pracurepi vā
he goes to heaven, having planted a thousand mango trees; and thereafter (the fruit is) twofold or threefold, whether (the number planted) be less or greater.
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PdP 1 58.33
भुंक्ते भुक्त्वा पुनः कुर्यान्नृपो वाथ सदीश्वरः। स्वर्गं भोग्यं ततो राज्यं कल्याणं मंगलं शुभम्
bhuṃkte bhuktvā punaḥ kuryānnṛpo vātha sadīśvaraḥ| svargaṃ bhogyaṃ tato rājyaṃ kalyāṇaṃ maṃgalaṃ śubham
He enjoys (it), and having enjoyed it he may become a king again, or a lord of the good; heaven is (his) to enjoy, then a kingdom, welfare, auspiciousness, good fortune.
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PdP 1 58.34
आरोग्यं शौर्यसंपन्नमारामादेव जायते। फलानि यस्य खादंति जंतवोथ सहस्रशः
ārogyaṃ śauryasaṃpannamārāmādeva jāyate| phalāni yasya khādaṃti jaṃtavotha sahasraśaḥ
Health endowed with valour arises from the grove itself; (of the tree) whose fruits creatures eat, by the thousands,
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PdP 1 58.35
आश्रिता विहगाः कीटाः पतगाः शलभादयः। छायाश्रिताश्च ये सत्वास्तत्संख्याताः पृथग्जनाः
āśritā vihagāḥ kīṭāḥ patagāḥ śalabhādayaḥ| chāyāśritāśca ye satvāstatsaṃkhyātāḥ pṛthagjanāḥ
the birds, insects, flying creatures, locusts and the rest that resort (to it), and whatever beings resort to its shade — as many as these are the ordinary people (who become its servants).
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PdP 1 58.36
तस्य किंकरतां यांति शतशो देवतार्चिताः। ये च वृक्षा महासत्वास्सर्वे ते देवरूपिणः
tasya kiṃkaratāṃ yāṃti śataśo devatārcitāḥ| ye ca vṛkṣā mahāsatvāssarve te devarūpiṇaḥ
By the hundreds, honoured by the gods, they attain servanthood to him; and those trees which are great beings — all of them have the form of gods.
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PdP 1 58.37
तदर्चा पितृवत्कार्या शुश्रूषां जलपिंडकम्। मर्त्यलोके च ते पुत्रास्तस्य जन्मनि जन्मनि
tadarcā pitṛvatkāryā śuśrūṣāṃ jalapiṃḍakam| martyaloke ca te putrāstasya janmani janmani
Worship of them is to be performed as for the ancestors — attendance, water and rice-ball; and in the world of mortals they become his sons birth after birth,
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PdP 1 58.38
सुरूपाः सुविनीताश्च सदापुण्यक्रिया शुभाः। एवं गणेशतां यांति जंतवश्चूतलग्नकाः
surūpāḥ suvinītāśca sadāpuṇyakriyā śubhāḥ| evaṃ gaṇeśatāṃ yāṃti jaṃtavaścūtalagnakāḥ
handsome and well-behaved, auspicious, ever engaged in meritorious acts. Thus the creatures attached to the mango tree attain the state of Gaṇeśa (or: lordship over the hosts).
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PdP 1 58.39
धात्री हरीतकी चान्ये कटुतिक्ताम्लसंभवाः। सर्वे चारामतः शुद्धाः फलदाः शिवदाः सदा
dhātrī harītakī cānye kaṭutiktāmlasaṃbhavāḥ| sarve cārāmataḥ śuddhāḥ phaladāḥ śivadāḥ sadā
The emblic myrobalan, the yellow myrobalan, and others of pungent, bitter and sour kind — all these, coming from a grove, are pure, ever giving fruit and giving welfare.
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PdP 1 58.40
प्रासादा यत्र सौवर्णाः सर्वरत्नविभूषिताः। सर्वाभरणसंयुक्ता विमानाश्चानिलोपमाः
prāsādā yatra sauvarṇāḥ sarvaratnavibhūṣitāḥ| sarvābharaṇasaṃyuktā vimānāścānilopamāḥ
Where there are golden palaces adorned with all jewels, and celestial cars fitted with every ornament, swift as the wind,
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PdP 1 58.41
शातकुंभमया वृक्षाः सदैव सर्वदायिनः। सर्वर्तुसुखदाः सौम्यकन्यका अप्सरस्समाः
śātakuṃbhamayā vṛkṣāḥ sadaiva sarvadāyinaḥ| sarvartusukhadāḥ saumyakanyakā apsarassamāḥ
trees made of gold, always giving everything, giving pleasure in every season, and gentle maidens like apsarases —
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PdP 1 58.42
गीतनृत्यपराधीरास्तत्र तिष्ठंति वृक्षदाः। पुष्करिण्यो विशेषेण खातान्यन्यानि यानि च
gītanṛtyaparādhīrāstatra tiṣṭhaṃti vṛkṣadāḥ| puṣkariṇyo viśeṣeṇa khātānyanyāni yāni ca
there stand, steadfast and devoted to song and dance, the givers of trees; and (so too for) lotus-ponds especially, and whatever other excavations there are.
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PdP 1 58.43
शुद्धोपलांतरचिता नद्यः पायसकर्द्दमाः। पुनर्दुग्धसफेनाश्च अन्नादिषड्रसान्विताः
śuddhopalāṃtaracitā nadyaḥ pāyasakarddamāḥ| punardugdhasaphenāśca annādiṣaḍrasānvitāḥ
Rivers set about with pure stones, with mud of milk-rice, and again foaming with milk, endowed with the six flavours of food and the rest.
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PdP 1 58.44
मर्त्यलोके यथा भोग्यं पुनः स्वर्गे पुनर्भुवि। पुनरेव तदभ्यासात्खातमारामकं पुनः
martyaloke yathā bhogyaṃ punaḥ svarge punarbhuvi| punareva tadabhyāsātkhātamārāmakaṃ punaḥ
As (there is) enjoyment in the world of mortals, so again in heaven, and again on earth; and again by the repetition of that (merit) an excavation and a grove (are his) once more.
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PdP 1 58.45
यथा पुण्यादिकं कृत्वा स्वर्गमर्त्याधिपः पुमान्। अशक्तस्तु प्रपां कृत्वा पुष्करिण्याः फलं लभेत्
yathā puṇyādikaṃ kṛtvā svargamartyādhipaḥ pumān| aśaktastu prapāṃ kṛtvā puṣkariṇyāḥ phalaṃ labhet
Just as a man, having performed merit and the rest, becomes lord of heaven and of mortals, so one who is unable, by making a water-booth, obtains the fruit of a lotus-pond.
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PdP 1 58.46
प्रपाया लक्षणं चात्र सर्वपापहरं परं। सर्वभोगप्रदं शुद्धं स्वर्गापवर्गदं स्थिरं
prapāyā lakṣaṇaṃ cātra sarvapāpaharaṃ paraṃ| sarvabhogapradaṃ śuddhaṃ svargāpavargadaṃ sthiraṃ
And here the characteristic of the water-booth (is told): supreme, removing all sins, bestowing all enjoyments, pure, granting heaven and liberation, lasting.
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PdP 1 58.47
लक्षणं च प्रवक्ष्यामि प्रपायाः कीर्तिवर्धनम्। निर्जलेऽध्वनि पृक्ते च स्थाने कृत्वा च मंडपम्
lakṣaṇaṃ ca pravakṣyāmi prapāyāḥ kīrtivardhanam| nirjale'dhvani pṛkte ca sthāne kṛtvā ca maṃḍapam
I shall declare the characteristics of the water-booth, which increases fame: on a waterless road, and in a frequented place, having made a pavilion,
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PdP 1 58.48
बहुपान्थे समायाते ग्रीष्मवर्षाशरत्स्वपि। अगरुकादि सौगंध्यं जलं पूगं सचंद्रकम्
bahupānthe samāyāte grīṣmavarṣāśaratsvapi| agarukādi saugaṃdhyaṃ jalaṃ pūgaṃ sacaṃdrakam
when many travellers have arrived, in summer, the rains and autumn too, (giving) water made fragrant with aloe-wood and the like, areca nut with camphor,
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PdP 1 58.49
आसनं चैव तांबूलं दत्वा स्वर्गान्न हीयते। एवं वर्षत्रयेणैव पुष्करिण्याः फलं लभेत्
āsanaṃ caiva tāṃbūlaṃ datvā svargānna hīyate| evaṃ varṣatrayeṇaiva puṣkariṇyāḥ phalaṃ labhet
and a seat, and betel — having given (these) one does not fall from heaven; thus in just three years one obtains the fruit of a lotus-pond.
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PdP 1 58.50
स्वर्गाच्चैवाच्युतो मर्त्यो देवैरपि प्रपूज्यते। मासमेकं तु यो दद्यात्प्रपां ग्रीष्मेथ निर्जले५० 1.58.
svargāccaivācyuto martyo devairapi prapūjyate| māsamekaṃ tu yo dadyātprapāṃ grīṣmetha nirjale50 1.58.
And a mortal, fallen from heaven, is worshipped even by the gods. But he who for one month gives a water-booth in summer in a waterless place —
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PdP 1 58.51
कल्पैकं तु वसेत्स्वर्गे स्वर्गाद्भ्रष्टो महीयते। प्रपादास्तत्र तिष्ठंति यत्र पुष्करिणीप्रदाः
kalpaikaṃ tu vasetsvarge svargādbhraṣṭo mahīyate| prapādāstatra tiṣṭhaṃti yatra puṣkariṇīpradāḥ
he dwells in heaven for one kalpa, and fallen from heaven he is honoured; the givers of water-booths dwell there where the givers of lotus-ponds do.
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PdP 1 58.52
नोचेद्धर्मघटो देयः पुण्यः पापक्षयाय च। एष धर्मघटो ज्ञेयो ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवात्मकः
noceddharmaghaṭo deyaḥ puṇyaḥ pāpakṣayāya ca| eṣa dharmaghaṭo jñeyo brahmaviṣṇuśivātmakaḥ
If not, a merit-jar should be given, meritorious and for the destruction of sin; this merit-jar is to be known as consisting of Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Śiva.
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PdP 1 58.53
तवप्रसादात्सफलाः मम संतु मनोरथाः। स्वर्णमाषं चतुर्भागं दक्षिणार्थं घटस्य च
tavaprasādātsaphalāḥ mama saṃtu manorathāḥ| svarṇamāṣaṃ caturbhāgaṃ dakṣiṇārthaṃ ghaṭasya ca
"By your grace may my wishes bear fruit." And a quarter of a gold māṣa (is given) as the fee for the pot.
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PdP 1 58.54
एवं वर्षत्रयेणैव प्रपादानफलं लभेत्। यः पठेच्छ्रावयेद्वापि पुष्करिण्यादिजं फलम्
evaṃ varṣatrayeṇaiva prapādānaphalaṃ labhet| yaḥ paṭhecchrāvayedvāpi puṣkariṇyādijaṃ phalam
Thus in only three years he obtains the fruit of the gift of a water-booth; and whoever recites or has (this) recited (obtains) the fruit that arises from (making) a pond and the like.
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PdP 1 58.55
साक्षात्पापाद्भवेन्मुक्तस्तत्प्रसादात्तु सद्गतिः। जनेषु श्रावयेद्यस्तु पुण्याख्यानमिदं शुभम्
sākṣātpāpādbhavenmuktastatprasādāttu sadgatiḥ| janeṣu śrāvayedyastu puṇyākhyānamidaṃ śubham
He becomes released from sin outright, and by that grace (comes) a good destiny; and whoever has this auspicious meritorious tale recited among people —
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PdP 1 58.56
कल्पकोटिसहस्राणि सुरलोके स तिष्ठति
kalpakoṭisahasrāṇi suraloke sa tiṣṭhati
— he abides in the world of the gods for a thousand crores of kalpas.
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