Padma Purana — Srishti Khanda — Chapter 60
PdP 1 60.1
स्कंदउवाच- अपरस्यापि पृच्छामि फलस्य पूततां तरोः। सर्वलोकहितार्थाय वद नो जगदीश्वर
skaṃdauvāca- aparasyāpi pṛcchāmi phalasya pūtatāṃ taroḥ| sarvalokahitārthāya vada no jagadīśvara
Skanda said: I ask also about the purity of the fruit of another tree; for the welfare of all the world, tell us, O lord of the universe.
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PdP 1 60.2
ईश्वर उवाच- धात्रीफलं परं पूतं सर्वलोकेषु विश्रुतम्। यस्य रोपान्नरो नारी मुच्यते जन्मबंधनात्
īśvara uvāca- dhātrīphalaṃ paraṃ pūtaṃ sarvalokeṣu viśrutam| yasya ropānnaro nārī mucyate janmabaṃdhanāt
Īśvara said: The dhātrī (āmalaka) fruit is supremely pure, renowned in all the worlds; by planting it, a man or a woman is released from the bondage of birth.
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PdP 1 60.3
पावनं वासुदेवस्य फलं प्रीतिकरं शुभम्। अस्य भक्षणमात्रेण मुच्यते सर्वकल्मषात्
pāvanaṃ vāsudevasya phalaṃ prītikaraṃ śubham| asya bhakṣaṇamātreṇa mucyate sarvakalmaṣāt
Purifying, dear to Vāsudeva, auspicious is that fruit; merely by eating it one is freed from all sin.
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PdP 1 60.4
भक्षणे च भवेदायुः पाने वै धर्मसंचयः। अलक्ष्मीनाशनं स्नाने सर्वैश्वर्यमवाप्नुयात्
bhakṣaṇe ca bhavedāyuḥ pāne vai dharmasaṃcayaḥ| alakṣmīnāśanaṃ snāne sarvaiśvaryamavāpnuyāt
In eating it there is long life; in drinking (its juice) an accumulation of merit; in bathing (with it) the destruction of misfortune — one would obtain all lordship.
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PdP 1 60.5
यस्मिन्गृहे महासेन धात्री तिष्ठति सर्वदा। तस्मिन्गृहे न गच्छंति प्रेता दैतेय राक्षसाः
yasmingṛhe mahāsena dhātrī tiṣṭhati sarvadā| tasmingṛhe na gacchaṃti pretā daiteya rākṣasāḥ
In whatever house, O Mahāsena, the dhātrī stands always, into that house ghosts, Daityas and Rākṣasas do not enter.
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PdP 1 60.6
न गंगा न गया चैव न काशी न च पुष्करम्। एकैव हि नृणां धात्री संप्राप्ते हरिवासरे
na gaṃgā na gayā caiva na kāśī na ca puṣkaram| ekaiva hi nṛṇāṃ dhātrī saṃprāpte harivāsare
Neither the Gaṅgā, nor Gayā, nor Kāśī, nor Puṣkara — the dhātrī alone (avails) for men when Hari's day arrives.
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PdP 1 60.7
एकादश्यां पक्षयुगे धात्रीस्नानं करोति यः। सर्वपापक्षयं यांति विष्णुलोके महीयते
ekādaśyāṃ pakṣayuge dhātrīsnānaṃ karoti yaḥ| sarvapāpakṣayaṃ yāṃti viṣṇuloke mahīyate
Whoever performs the āmalakī bath on the eleventh day in both fortnights — (his) sins all go to destruction, and he is honoured in Viṣṇu's world.
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PdP 1 60.8
धात्रीफलं सदा सेव्यं भक्षणे स्नान एव च। नियतं पारणे विष्णोः स्नानमात्रे हरेर्दिने
dhātrīphalaṃ sadā sevyaṃ bhakṣaṇe snāna eva ca| niyataṃ pāraṇe viṣṇoḥ snānamātre harerdine
The āmalakī fruit is always to be resorted to, both in eating and in bathing; it is prescribed at the breaking of the fast of Viṣṇu (and) merely for bathing on Hari's day.
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PdP 1 60.9
संयते पारणे चैव धात्र्येकस्पर्शने नरः। भुक्त्वा तु लंघयेद्यस्तु एकादश्यां सितासिते
saṃyate pāraṇe caiva dhātryekasparśane naraḥ| bhuktvā tu laṃghayedyastu ekādaśyāṃ sitāsite
(...) at the restrained breaking of the fast, and at a single touch of the āmalakī, a man — but he who, having eaten, would skip (the fast) on the eleventh of the bright or dark (fortnight) ...
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PdP 1 60.10
एकेनैवोपवासेन कृतेन तु षडानन। सप्तजन्मकृतात्पापान्मुच्यते नात्र संशयः
ekenaivopavāsena kṛtena tu ṣaḍānana| saptajanmakṛtātpāpānmucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ
By just one fast performed, O six-faced one, (a man) is freed from the sin committed in seven births; there is no doubt in this.
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PdP 1 60.11
अक्षयं लभते स्वर्गं विष्णुसायुज्यमाव्रजेत्। तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन धात्रीव्रतं समाचर
akṣayaṃ labhate svargaṃ viṣṇusāyujyamāvrajet| tasmātsarvaprayatnena dhātrīvrataṃ samācara
He obtains imperishable heaven and goes to union with Viṣṇu; therefore, with every effort, carry out the observance of the āmalakī.
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PdP 1 60.12
धात्रीद्रवेण सततं यस्य केशाः सुरंजिताः। न पिबेत्स पुनर्मातुः स्तनं कश्चित्षडानन
dhātrīdraveṇa satataṃ yasya keśāḥ suraṃjitāḥ| na pibetsa punarmātuḥ stanaṃ kaścitṣaḍānana
He whose hair is constantly well-dyed with the juice of the āmalakī — such a one, O six-faced one, will not again drink his mother's breast.
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PdP 1 60.13
धात्रीदर्शनसंस्पर्शान्नाम्न उच्चारणेपि वा। वरदः संमुखो विष्णुः संतुष्टो भवति प्रियः
dhātrīdarśanasaṃsparśānnāmna uccāraṇepi vā| varadaḥ saṃmukho viṣṇuḥ saṃtuṣṭo bhavati priyaḥ
From seeing and touching the āmalakī, or even from uttering its name, Viṣṇu the boon-giver becomes present before (one), satisfied and well-disposed.
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PdP 1 60.14
धात्रीफलं च यत्रास्ते तत्र तिष्ठति केशवः। तत्र ब्रह्मा स्थिरा पद्मा तस्मात्तां तु गृहे न्यसेत्
dhātrīphalaṃ ca yatrāste tatra tiṣṭhati keśavaḥ| tatra brahmā sthirā padmā tasmāttāṃ tu gṛhe nyaset
And where the āmalakī fruit is, there Keśava abides; there is Brahmā, and Padmā (Lakṣmī) is steady — therefore one should set it (the fruit) in the house.
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PdP 1 60.15
अलक्ष्मीर्नश्यते तत्र यत्र धात्री प्रतिष्ठति। संतुष्टास्सर्वदेवाश्च न त्यजंति क्षणं मुदा
alakṣmīrnaśyate tatra yatra dhātrī pratiṣṭhati| saṃtuṣṭāssarvadevāśca na tyajaṃti kṣaṇaṃ mudā
Misfortune perishes there where the āmalakī is established; and all the gods, satisfied, do not for a moment leave (that place) out of gladness.
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PdP 1 60.16
धात्रीफलेन नैवेद्यं यो ददाति महाधनम्। तस्य तुष्टो भवेद्विष्णुर्नान्यैः क्रतुशतैरपि
dhātrīphalena naivedyaṃ yo dadāti mahādhanam| tasya tuṣṭo bhavedviṣṇurnānyaiḥ kratuśatairapi
He who offers the food-offering, that great treasure, with the āmalakī fruit — with him Viṣṇu becomes satisfied, (as he does) not even by hundreds of other sacrifices.
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PdP 1 60.17
स्नात्वा धात्रीद्रवेणैव पूजयेद्यस्तु माधवम्। सोभीष्टफलमाप्नोति यद्वा मनसि वर्तते
snātvā dhātrīdraveṇaiva pūjayedyastu mādhavam| sobhīṣṭaphalamāpnoti yadvā manasi vartate
He who, having bathed with the juice of the āmalakī, worships Mādhava, obtains the desired fruit, whatever is in his mind.
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PdP 1 60.18
तथैव लक्षणं स्मृत्वा पूजयित्वा फलेन तु। सुवर्णशतसाहस्रं फलमेति नरोत्तमः
tathaiva lakṣaṇaṃ smṛtvā pūjayitvā phalena tu| suvarṇaśatasāhasraṃ phalameti narottamaḥ
Likewise, recalling the (proper) mark and having worshipped with the fruit, the best of men attains a reward of a hundred thousand (pieces of) gold.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 60.19
या गतिर्ज्ञानिनां स्कंद मुनीनां योगसेविनाम्। गतिं तां समवाप्नोति धात्रीसेवा रतो नरः
yā gatirjñānināṃ skaṃda munīnāṃ yogasevinām| gatiṃ tāṃ samavāpnoti dhātrīsevā rato naraḥ
That goal which belongs to the knowers, O Skanda, and to the sages devoted to yoga — that goal the man intent on the service of the āmalakī attains.
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PdP 1 60.20
तीर्थसेवाभिगमने व्रतैश्च विविधैस्तथा। सा गतिर्लभ्यते पुंसां धात्रीफलसुसेवया
tīrthasevābhigamane vrataiśca vividhaistathā| sā gatirlabhyate puṃsāṃ dhātrīphalasusevayā
That goal which (is won) by resorting to and visiting sacred fords and by various observances is obtained by men through the good service of the āmalakī fruit.
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PdP 1 60.21
प्रीतिश्च सर्वदेवानां देवीनां नो गणस्य च। संमुखा वरदा स्नाने धात्रीफलनिषेवणे
prītiśca sarvadevānāṃ devīnāṃ no gaṇasya ca| saṃmukhā varadā snāne dhātrīphalaniṣevaṇe
And there is the favour of all the gods, of the goddesses, and of our troop; they are present before (one) and boon-giving when there is bathing with and use of the āmalakī fruit.
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PdP 1 60.22
ग्रहा दुष्टाश्च ये केचिदुग्राश्च दैत्यराक्षसाः। सर्वे न दुष्टतां यांतिधात्रीफल सुसेवनात्
grahā duṣṭāśca ye kecidugrāśca daityarākṣasāḥ| sarve na duṣṭatāṃ yāṃtidhātrīphala susevanāt
Whatever malignant planets there are, and the fierce Daityas and Rākṣasas — none of them turn malignant, because of the good use of the āmalakī fruit.
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PdP 1 60.23
सर्वयज्ञेषु कार्येषु शस्तं चामलकीफलम्। सर्वदेवस्य पूजायां वर्जयित्वा रविं सुत
sarvayajñeṣu kāryeṣu śastaṃ cāmalakīphalam| sarvadevasya pūjāyāṃ varjayitvā raviṃ suta
In all sacrifices and rites the āmalakī fruit is commended, and in the worship of every god, excepting the Sun, O son.
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PdP 1 60.24
तस्माद्रविदिने तात सप्तम्यां च विशेषतः। धात्रीफलानि सततं दूरतः परिवर्जयेत्
tasmādravidine tāta saptamyāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ| dhātrīphalāni satataṃ dūrataḥ parivarjayet
Therefore on the Sun's day, dear one, and especially on the seventh, one should always avoid āmalakī fruits from afar.
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PdP 1 60.25
यस्तु स्नाति तथाश्नाति धात्रीं च रविवासरे। आयुर्वित्तं कलत्रं च सर्वं तस्य विनश्यति
yastu snāti tathāśnāti dhātrīṃ ca ravivāsare| āyurvittaṃ kalatraṃ ca sarvaṃ tasya vinaśyati
But he who bathes with and eats the āmalakī on a Sunday — his lifespan, wealth and wife, all of it, perishes.
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PdP 1 60.26
संक्रान्तौ च भृगोर्वारे षष्ठ्यां प्रतिपिदि(?) ध्रुवम्। नवम्यां चाप्यमायां च धात्रीं दूरात्परित्यजेत्
saṃkrāntau ca bhṛgorvāre ṣaṣṭhyāṃ pratipidi(?) dhruvam| navamyāṃ cāpyamāyāṃ ca dhātrīṃ dūrātparityajet
And at the sun's passage (into a new sign), on Friday, on the sixth, and on the first (?), assuredly, and on the ninth and on the new-moon day, one should shun the āmalakī from afar.
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PdP 1 60.27
नासिकाकर्णतुंडेषु मृतस्य चिकुरेषु वा। तिष्ठेद्धात्रीफलं यस्य स याति विष्णुमंदिरम्
nāsikākarṇatuṃḍeṣu mṛtasya cikureṣu vā| tiṣṭheddhātrīphalaṃ yasya sa yāti viṣṇumaṃdiram
If an āmalaka fruit rests in the nostrils, the ears, the mouth, or in the hair of a dead man, he goes to Viṣṇu's abode.
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PdP 1 60.28
धात्रीसंपर्कमात्रेण मृतो यात्यच्युतालयम्। सर्वपापक्षयस्तस्य स्वर्गं याति रथेन तु
dhātrīsaṃparkamātreṇa mṛto yātyacyutālayam| sarvapāpakṣayastasya svargaṃ yāti rathena tu
By mere contact with the āmalaka a dead man goes to the dwelling of the Imperishable; all his sins are destroyed and he goes to heaven in a chariot.
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PdP 1 60.29
धात्रीद्रवं नरो लिप्त्वा यस्तु स्नानं समाचरेत्। पदेपदेश्वमेधस्य फलं प्राप्नोति धार्मिकः
dhātrīdravaṃ naro liptvā yastu snānaṃ samācaret| padepadeśvamedhasya phalaṃ prāpnoti dhārmikaḥ
The righteous man who smears himself with āmalaka juice and then performs his bath obtains, at every step, the reward of a horse sacrifice.
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PdP 1 60.30
अस्य दर्शनमात्रेण ये वै पापिष्ठजंतवः। सर्वे ते प्रपलायंते ग्रहा दुष्टाश्च दारुणाः
asya darśanamātreṇa ye vai pāpiṣṭhajaṃtavaḥ| sarve te prapalāyaṃte grahā duṣṭāśca dāruṇāḥ
At the mere sight of him, whatever most sinful creatures there are, they all flee away, and the evil and dreadful planets (too).
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PdP 1 60.31
पुरैकः पुल्कसः स्कंद मृगयार्थं वनं गतः। मृगपक्षिगणान्हत्वा तृषया परिपीडितः
puraikaḥ pulkasaḥ skaṃda mṛgayārthaṃ vanaṃ gataḥ| mṛgapakṣigaṇānhatvā tṛṣayā paripīḍitaḥ
Once, Skanda, a certain Pulkasa went into the forest to hunt; having killed many deer and birds, he was tormented by thirst.
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PdP 1 60.32
क्षुधयामलकीवृक्षं पुरः पीनफलान्वितम्। दृष्ट्वा संरुह्य सहसा चखाद फलमुत्तमम्
kṣudhayāmalakīvṛkṣaṃ puraḥ pīnaphalānvitam| dṛṣṭvā saṃruhya sahasā cakhāda phalamuttamam
Out of hunger, seeing before him an āmalakī tree laden with plump fruit, he climbed it at once and ate the excellent fruit.
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PdP 1 60.33
ततो दैवात्सवृक्षाग्रान्निपपात महीतले। वेदनागाढसंविद्धः पंचत्वमगमत्तदा
tato daivātsavṛkṣāgrānnipapāta mahītale| vedanāgāḍhasaṃviddhaḥ paṃcatvamagamattadā
Then, by fate, he fell from the top of that tree to the ground; pierced deeply by the pain, he thereupon met his death.
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PdP 1 60.34
ततः प्रेतगणाः सर्वे रक्षोभूतगणास्तथा। तनुं वोढुं मुदा सर्वे ये वै शमनसेवकाः
tataḥ pretagaṇāḥ sarve rakṣobhūtagaṇāstathā| tanuṃ voḍhuṃ mudā sarve ye vai śamanasevakāḥ
Then all the hosts of ghosts, and likewise the hosts of rākṣasas and bhūtas, all who are servants of Yama, (came) gladly to carry off the body.
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PdP 1 60.35
न शक्नुवंति चांडालं मृतं द्रष्टुं महाबलाः। अन्योन्यं विग्रहस्तेषां ममायमिति भाषताम्
na śaknuvaṃti cāṃḍālaṃ mṛtaṃ draṣṭuṃ mahābalāḥ| anyonyaṃ vigrahasteṣāṃ mamāyamiti bhāṣatām
Those mighty ones were not able (even) to look at the dead Caṇḍāla; a quarrel arose among them, each saying "He is mine."
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PdP 1 60.36
ग्रहीतुं चापि नेतुं च न शक्तास्ते परस्परम्। ततस्ते तु समालोक्य गता मुनिगणान्प्रति
grahītuṃ cāpi netuṃ ca na śaktāste parasparam| tataste tu samālokya gatā munigaṇānprati
They were not able, one after another, either to seize him or to lead him away; then, having looked upon him, they went to the assemblies of sages.
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PdP 1 60.37
प्रेता ऊचुः- किमर्थं मुनयो धीराश्चांडालं पापकारिणम्। प्रेक्षितुं न वयं शक्ता न चापि यमसेवकाः
pretā ūcuḥ- kimarthaṃ munayo dhīrāścāṃḍālaṃ pāpakāriṇam| prekṣituṃ na vayaṃ śaktā na cāpi yamasevakāḥ
The ghosts said: For what reason, O steadfast sages, are we unable to look at this sin-doing Caṇḍāla — nor are Yama's servants able?
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PdP 1 60.38
म्रियंते पातिता ये च स्थिरैर्युद्धपराङ्मुखाः। साहसैः पातिता भीता वज्राग्निकाष्ठपीडिताः
mriyaṃte pātitā ye ca sthirairyuddhaparāṅmukhāḥ| sāhasaiḥ pātitā bhītā vajrāgnikāṣṭhapīḍitāḥ
Those who die struck down, who turn their backs on battle against the steadfast, those felled by violence, the terrified, those crushed by lightning, fire, or wood;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 60.39
सिंहव्याघ्रहता मर्त्या व्याघ्रैर्वा जलजंतुभिः। जलस्थलस्थिताः प्रेताः वृक्षपर्वतपातिताः
siṃhavyāghrahatā martyā vyāghrairvā jalajaṃtubhiḥ| jalasthalasthitāḥ pretāḥ vṛkṣaparvatapātitāḥ
mortals killed by lions and tigers, or by tigers, or by water-creatures; ghosts lying in water or on land, those made to fall from trees or mountains;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.40
पशुपक्षिहता ये च कारागारे गरे मृताः। आत्मघातमृता ये च श्राद्धादिकर्मवर्जिताः
paśupakṣihatā ye ca kārāgāre gare mṛtāḥ| ātmaghātamṛtā ye ca śrāddhādikarmavarjitāḥ
those killed by beasts or birds, those dead in prison or by poison, those dead by suicide, and those deprived of śrāddha and the other rites;
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PdP 1 60.41
गूढकर्ममृता धूर्ता गुरुविप्रनृपद्विषः। पाषंडाः कौलिकाः क्रूरा गरदाः कूटसाक्षिणः
gūḍhakarmamṛtā dhūrtā guruvipranṛpadviṣaḥ| pāṣaṃḍāḥ kaulikāḥ krūrā garadāḥ kūṭasākṣiṇaḥ
those dead in secret deeds, cheats, haters of teachers, brahmins and kings, heretics, Kaulikas, the cruel, poisoners, false witnesses,
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PdP 1 60.42
आशौचान्नस्य भोक्तारः प्रेतभोग्या न संशयः। ममायमिति भाषंतो नेतुं तं च न शक्नुमः
āśaucānnasya bhoktāraḥ pretabhogyā na saṃśayaḥ| mamāyamiti bhāṣaṃto netuṃ taṃ ca na śaknumaḥ
and eaters of food (given) during impurity — these, without doubt, are the ghosts' fare. Yet though we say "He is mine," we cannot carry him off.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.43
आदित्य इव दुष्प्रेक्ष्यः किंवा कस्य प्रभावतः। मुनय ऊचुः- अनेन भक्षितं प्रेताः पक्वं चामलकीफलम्
āditya iva duṣprekṣyaḥ kiṃvā kasya prabhāvataḥ| munaya ūcuḥ- anena bhakṣitaṃ pretāḥ pakvaṃ cāmalakīphalam
He is as hard to look at as the sun — by whose power, or by what, is this? The sages said: O ghosts, a ripe āmalakī fruit was eaten by this man.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.44
तत्संगं यांति तस्यैव फलानि प्रचुराणि च। तेनैव कारणेनायं दुष्प्रेक्ष्यो भवतां ध्रुवम्
tatsaṃgaṃ yāṃti tasyaiva phalāni pracurāṇi ca| tenaiva kāraṇenāyaṃ duṣprekṣyo bhavatāṃ dhruvam
Abundant fruits of that very tree came into contact with him; for that very reason he is surely hard for you to look upon.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.45
वृक्षाग्रपतितस्याथ प्राणः स्नेहान्न च त्यजेत्। नायं चारेण सूर्यस्य न चान्ये पापकारिणः
vṛkṣāgrapatitasyātha prāṇaḥ snehānna ca tyajet| nāyaṃ cāreṇa sūryasya na cānye pāpakāriṇaḥ
Now the breath of one who has fallen from a treetop should not depart out of affection(?); neither by the course of the sun (is he taken), nor are other evildoers (like him).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 60.46
धात्रीभक्षणमात्रेण पापात्पूतो व्रजेद्दिवम्। प्रेता ऊचुः- पृच्छामो वो ह्यविज्ञानान्न वयं निंदकाः क्वचित्
dhātrībhakṣaṇamātreṇa pāpātpūto vrajeddivam| pretā ūcuḥ- pṛcchāmo vo hyavijñānānna vayaṃ niṃdakāḥ kvacit
By merely eating the āmalaka he is purified of sin and goes to heaven. The ghosts said: We ask you out of ignorance; we are in no way revilers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.47
विष्णुलोकाद्विमानं तु यावन्नैवात्र गच्छति। उच्यतां मुनिशार्दूला वो द्रुतं मनसि स्थितम्
viṣṇulokādvimānaṃ tu yāvannaivātra gacchati| ucyatāṃ muniśārdūlā vo drutaṃ manasi sthitam
But so long as the celestial car from Viṣṇu's world does not come here — O tigers among sages, let what stands in your mind be told quickly.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.48
यावद्द्विजा न घोषंति वेदमंत्रादिकल्पितम्। घोष्यंते यत्र वेदाश्च मंत्राणि विविधानि च
yāvaddvijā na ghoṣaṃti vedamaṃtrādikalpitam| ghoṣyaṃte yatra vedāśca maṃtrāṇi vividhāni ca
So long as the twice-born do not chant what is framed of Vedic mantras and the rest — for where the Vedas are chanted, and mantras of many kinds,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.49
पुराणस्मृतयो यत्र क्षणं स्थातुं न शक्नुमः। यज्ञहोमजपस्थानदेवतार्चनकर्मणाम्
purāṇasmṛtayo yatra kṣaṇaṃ sthātuṃ na śaknumaḥ| yajñahomajapasthānadevatārcanakarmaṇām
and the Purāṇas and Smṛtis, there we cannot stay for a moment; of the acts of sacrifice, oblation, muttering (of prayers), holy places and worship of the gods —
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PdP 1 60.50
पुरतो वै न तिष्ठामस्तस्माद्वृत्तं समुच्यताम्। किं वै कृत्वा प्रेतयोनिं लभंते हि नरा द्विजाः५० 1.60.
purato vai na tiṣṭhāmastasmādvṛttaṃ samucyatām| kiṃ vai kṛtvā pretayoniṃ labhaṃte hi narā dvijāḥ50 1.60.
before them, indeed, we cannot stand. Therefore let (our) conduct be told: by doing what, O twice-born, do men obtain birth as pretas?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.51
श्रोतुमिच्छामहे सम्यक्कथं वै विकृतं वपुः। द्विजा ऊचुः- शीतवातातपक्लेशैः क्षुत्पिपासाविशेषकैः
śrotumicchāmahe samyakkathaṃ vai vikṛtaṃ vapuḥ| dvijā ūcuḥ- śītavātātapakleśaiḥ kṣutpipāsāviśeṣakaiḥ
We wish to hear rightly how the body (becomes) deformed. The twice-born said: By the torments of cold, wind and heat, and especially by hunger and thirst,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.52
अन्यैरपि च दुःखैर्ये पीडिताः कूटसाक्षिणः। वधबंधप्रमीताश्च प्रेतास्ते निरयं गताः
anyairapi ca duḥkhairye pīḍitāḥ kūṭasākṣiṇaḥ| vadhabaṃdhapramītāśca pretāste nirayaṃ gatāḥ
and by other sufferings as well, those false witnesses who are afflicted, and those who have perished by killing and imprisonment — those pretas have gone to hell.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 60.53
छिद्रान्वेषपरा ये च द्विजानां कर्मघातिनः। तथैव च गुरूणां च ते प्रेताश्चापुनर्भवाः
chidrānveṣaparā ye ca dvijānāṃ karmaghātinaḥ| tathaiva ca gurūṇāṃ ca te pretāścāpunarbhavāḥ
And those who are bent on hunting for faults, who ruin the rites of the twice-born and likewise of teachers — they are pretas, and (for them there is) no rebirth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 60.54
दीयमाने द्विजाग्र्ये तु दातारं प्रतिविध्यति। चिरं प्रेतत्वमाश्रित्य नरकान्न निवर्तते
dīyamāne dvijāgrye tu dātāraṃ pratividhyati| ciraṃ pretatvamāśritya narakānna nivartate
But when (a gift) is being given to a foremost brahmin, (he who) strikes at the giver, having taken on pretahood for long, does not return from the hells.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 60.55
परस्य वाऽत्मनो वा गां कृत्वा पीडनवाहने। न पालयंति ये मूढास्ते प्रेताः कर्मजा भुवि
parasya vā'tmano vā gāṃ kṛtvā pīḍanavāhane| na pālayaṃti ye mūḍhāste pretāḥ karmajā bhuvi
Those fools who, having put a cow — another's or their own — to oppressive labour and to draught, do not tend it: they are pretas on earth, born of their own deeds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 60.56
हीनप्रतिज्ञाश्चासत्यास्तथा भग्नव्रता नराः। नलिनीदलभुक्ताश्च ते प्रेताः कर्मजा भुवि
hīnapratijñāścāsatyāstathā bhagnavratā narāḥ| nalinīdalabhuktāśca te pretāḥ karmajā bhuvi
Men who fall short of their promises, who are untruthful, and likewise who have broken their vows, and those who have eaten off lotus leaves: they are pretas on earth, born of their own deeds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 60.57
विक्रीणन्ति सुतां शुद्धां स्त्रियं साध्वीमकंटकाम्। पितृव्यमातुलादेश्च ते प्रेताः कर्मजा भुवि
vikrīṇanti sutāṃ śuddhāṃ striyaṃ sādhvīmakaṃṭakām| pitṛvyamātulādeśca te pretāḥ karmajā bhuvi
(Those who) sell a pure daughter, a virtuous and faultless woman, or (the daughter) of a paternal uncle, maternal uncle and so on: they are pretas on earth, born of their own deeds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 60.58
एते चान्ये च बहवः प्रेता जाताः स्वकर्मभिः। प्रेता ऊचुः- न भवंति कथं प्रेताः कर्मणा केन वा द्विजाः
ete cānye ca bahavaḥ pretā jātāḥ svakarmabhiḥ| pretā ūcuḥ- na bhavaṃti kathaṃ pretāḥ karmaṇā kena vā dvijāḥ
These and many others have become pretas through their own deeds. The pretas said: How do (people) not become pretas, and by what act, O twice-born?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.59
हिताय वदनस्तूर्णं सर्वलोकहितं परम्। द्विजा ऊचुः- येन चैव कृतं स्नानं जले तीर्थस्य धीमता
hitāya vadanastūrṇaṃ sarvalokahitaṃ param| dvijā ūcuḥ- yena caiva kṛtaṃ snānaṃ jale tīrthasya dhīmatā
Speak quickly, for (our) welfare, that which is the supreme good of all the world. The twice-born said: By whom, being wise, a bath has been taken in the water of a holy ford,
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PdP 1 60.60
नमस्कृतं परं लिगं न प्रेतो जायते नरः। एकादश्यामुपोष्यैव द्वादश्यां च विशेषतः
namaskṛtaṃ paraṃ ligaṃ na preto jāyate naraḥ| ekādaśyāmupoṣyaiva dvādaśyāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ
and the supreme liṅga has been saluted — such a man is not born a preta. Fasting on the eleventh (day), and especially on the twelfth,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.61
पूजयित्वा हरिं मर्त्याः प्रेतत्वं न व्रजंति वै। वेदाक्षरप्रसूतैश्च स्तोत्रमंत्रादिभिस्तथा
pūjayitvā hariṃ martyāḥ pretatvaṃ na vrajaṃti vai| vedākṣaraprasūtaiśca stotramaṃtrādibhistathā
having worshipped Hari, mortals do not go to pretahood. And likewise with hymns and mantras and the rest, sprung from the syllables of the Veda,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.62
देवानां पूजने रक्ता न वै प्रेता भवंति ते। श्रुत्वा पौराणिकं वाक्यं दिव्यं च धर्मसंहितम्
devānāṃ pūjane raktā na vai pretā bhavaṃti te| śrutvā paurāṇikaṃ vākyaṃ divyaṃ ca dharmasaṃhitam
those who delight in the worship of the gods do not become pretas. Having heard the word of the Purāṇas, divine and containing dharma,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.63
पाठयित्वा पठित्वा च पिशाचत्वं न गच्छति। व्रतैश्च विविधैः पूताः पद्माक्षधारणैस्तथा
pāṭhayitvā paṭhitvā ca piśācatvaṃ na gacchati| vrataiśca vividhaiḥ pūtāḥ padmākṣadhāraṇaistathā
and having recited it and had it recited, one does not go to the state of a piśāca. And those purified by various vows and by wearing lotus-seed (beads),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.64
जप्त्वा पद्माक्षमालायां प्रेतत्वं नैव गच्छति। धात्रीफलद्रवैः स्नात्वा नित्यं तद्भक्षणे रताः
japtvā padmākṣamālāyāṃ pretatvaṃ naiva gacchati| dhātrīphaladravaiḥ snātvā nityaṃ tadbhakṣaṇe ratāḥ
having muttered (prayers) on a lotus-seed rosary, one does not go to pretahood at all. Bathing with the juices of āmalakī fruit, ever intent on eating it,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.65
तेन विष्णुं सुसंपूज्य न गछंति पिशाचताम्। प्रेता ऊचुः- सतां संदर्शनात्पुण्यमिति पौराणिका विदुः
tena viṣṇuṃ susaṃpūjya na gachaṃti piśācatām| pretā ūcuḥ- satāṃ saṃdarśanātpuṇyamiti paurāṇikā viduḥ
and by that worshipping Viṣṇu well, they do not come to the state of a piśāca. The pretas said: The knowers of the Purāṇas hold that merit (arises) from the sight of the good.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.66
तस्माद्वो दर्शनं जातं हितं नः कर्तुमर्हथ। प्रेतभावाद्यथामुक्तिः सर्वेषां नो भविष्यति
tasmādvo darśanaṃ jātaṃ hitaṃ naḥ kartumarhatha| pretabhāvādyathāmuktiḥ sarveṣāṃ no bhaviṣyati
Therefore the sight of you has come about (for us); you ought to do us good, so that release from the state of pretas will be ours, for all of us.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.67
व्रतोपदेशकं धीरा युष्माकं शरणागताः। ततो दयालवः सर्वे तानूचुर्द्विजसत्तमाः
vratopadeśakaṃ dhīrā yuṣmākaṃ śaraṇāgatāḥ| tato dayālavaḥ sarve tānūcurdvijasattamāḥ
"(We are) come to you for refuge, O steadfast ones, for instruction in the vow." Then all those most excellent twice-born, being compassionate, said to them:
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PdP 1 60.68
धात्रीणां भक्षणं शीघ्रं कुर्वतां मुक्तिहेतवे। प्रेता ऊचुः। धात्रीणां दर्शने विप्रा वयं स्थातुं न शक्नुमः
dhātrīṇāṃ bhakṣaṇaṃ śīghraṃ kurvatāṃ muktihetave| pretā ūcuḥ| dhātrīṇāṃ darśane viprā vayaṃ sthātuṃ na śaknumaḥ
"Quickly eat āmalaka (dhātrī) fruits, for the sake of (your) liberation." The pretas said: "O brahmins, at the sight of the āmalakas we cannot stand (our ground)."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.69
कथं तेषां फलानां च शक्ता वै भक्षणेधुना। द्विजा ऊचुः- अस्माकं वचनेनात्र धात्रीणां भक्षणं शिवम्
kathaṃ teṣāṃ phalānāṃ ca śaktā vai bhakṣaṇedhunā| dvijā ūcuḥ- asmākaṃ vacanenātra dhātrīṇāṃ bhakṣaṇaṃ śivam
"How then are we now able to eat those fruits?" The brahmins said: "By our word, here the eating of the āmalakas will be auspicious;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.70
फलिष्यति परं लोकं तस्माद्गंतुं समर्हथ। अथ तेभ्यो वरं लब्ध्वा धात्रीवृक्षं पिशाचकैः
phaliṣyati paraṃ lokaṃ tasmādgaṃtuṃ samarhatha| atha tebhyo varaṃ labdhvā dhātrīvṛkṣaṃ piśācakaiḥ
(it) will bear fruit — the highest world; therefore you are fit to go (there)." Then, having received that boon from them, the piśācas (approached) the āmalaka tree,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.71
समारुह्य फलं प्राप्य भक्षितं लीलया तदा। ततो देवालयात्तूर्णं रथं पीनसुशोभनम्
samāruhya phalaṃ prāpya bhakṣitaṃ līlayā tadā| tato devālayāttūrṇaṃ rathaṃ pīnasuśobhanam
and having climbed it and got the fruit, they ate it then with ease. Then swiftly from the temple a chariot, stout and beautiful,
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PdP 1 60.72
आगतं तं समारुह्य सचांडालपिशाचकाः। गतास्ते त्रिदिवं पुत्र व्रतैर्यज्ञैः सुदुर्लभम्
āgataṃ taṃ samāruhya sacāṃḍālapiśācakāḥ| gatāste tridivaṃ putra vratairyajñaiḥ sudurlabham
came; mounting it, the piśācas together with the caṇḍāla went, my son, to heaven, which is very hard to win by vows and sacrifices.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.73
स्कंद उवाच-। धात्रीभक्षणमात्रेण पुण्यं लब्ध्वा दिवं गताः। तद्भक्षिणः कथं स्वर्गं न गच्छंति नरादयः
skaṃda uvāca-| dhātrībhakṣaṇamātreṇa puṇyaṃ labdhvā divaṃ gatāḥ| tadbhakṣiṇaḥ kathaṃ svargaṃ na gacchaṃti narādayaḥ
Skanda said: By the mere eating of the āmalaka they gained merit and went to heaven; how is it that men and others who eat it do not go to heaven?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.74
ईश्वर उवाच- पूर्वं ते ज्ञानलोपाच्च न जानंति हिताहितम्। उच्छिष्टं श्वभिरुत्स्पृष्टं श्लेष्ममूत्रं शकृत्तु वा
īśvara uvāca- pūrvaṃ te jñānalopācca na jānaṃti hitāhitam| ucchiṣṭaṃ śvabhirutspṛṣṭaṃ śleṣmamūtraṃ śakṛttu vā
Īśvara said: Formerly, from the lapse of (their) knowledge, they do not know what is good and what is harmful; leftover food touched by dogs, or phlegm, urine, or dung —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.75
मत्वा च मोहिताः श्रेष्ठं प्रेतादंति सदैव हि। शकृच्छौचजलं वांतं बलिसूकरकुक्कुटैः
matvā ca mohitāḥ śreṣṭhaṃ pretādaṃti sadaiva hi| śakṛcchaucajalaṃ vāṃtaṃ balisūkarakukkuṭaiḥ
thinking it best, the deluded pretas eat it constantly indeed: dung, water used for cleansing, vomit, (food defiled) by strong(?) pigs and cocks,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 60.76
मृतके सूतके जप्यं न त्यक्तं येन केनचित्। तस्यान्नं च जलं प्रेताः खादंति तु सदैव हि
mṛtake sūtake japyaṃ na tyaktaṃ yena kenacit| tasyānnaṃ ca jalaṃ pretāḥ khādaṃti tu sadaiva hi
and (the food of him) by whom, at a death or a birth (in the family), the muttered recitation has not been given up, whoever he be — his food and water the pretas indeed always devour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 60.77
दुर्दांता गृहिणी यस्य शुचिसंयमवर्जिता। गुरुनिःसारिता दुष्टा संति प्रेताश्च तत्र वै
durdāṃtā gṛhiṇī yasya śucisaṃyamavarjitā| guruniḥsāritā duṣṭā saṃti pretāśca tatra vai
He whose wife is ill-disciplined, devoid of purity and restraint, driven out by her elders and wicked — there too the pretas dwell.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.78
अपुङ्गवाः कुलैर्जात्या बलोत्साहविवर्जिताः। बधिराश्च कृशा दीनाः पिशाचाः कर्मजातयः
apuṅgavāḥ kulairjātyā balotsāhavivarjitāḥ| badhirāśca kṛśā dīnāḥ piśācāḥ karmajātayaḥ
Not eminent in family or birth, devoid of strength and vigour, deaf, emaciated, wretched — these are the piśācas, castes (produced) by (their) deeds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.79
क्षणं च मंगलं नास्ति दुःखैर्देहयुता भृशम्। तेनैव विकृताकाराः सर्वभोगविवर्जिताः
kṣaṇaṃ ca maṃgalaṃ nāsti duḥkhairdehayutā bhṛśam| tenaiva vikṛtākārāḥ sarvabhogavivarjitāḥ
They have not a moment of well-being; their bodies are utterly bound up with sorrows; by that very (karma) they are deformed in shape and deprived of all enjoyments,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.80
नग्नका रोगसंतप्ता मृता रूक्षा मलीमसाः। एते चान्ये च दुःखार्ताः सदैव प्रेतजातयः
nagnakā rogasaṃtaptā mṛtā rūkṣā malīmasāḥ| ete cānye ca duḥkhārtāḥ sadaiva pretajātayaḥ
naked, scorched by disease, (as if) dead, dry and grimy — these and others afflicted with pain are always the preta-classes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.81
तेन कर्मविपाकेन जायंते काममीदृशाः। पितृमातृगुरूणां च देवनिंदापराश्च ये
tena karmavipākena jāyaṃte kāmamīdṛśāḥ| pitṛmātṛgurūṇāṃ ca devaniṃdāparāśca ye
By that ripening of (their) deeds they are indeed born like this. And those given to reviling father, mother, teachers and the gods,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.82
पाषंडाः कौलिकाः पापास्ते प्रेताः कर्मजा भुवि। गलपाशैर्जलैः शस्त्रैर्गरलैरात्मघातकाः
pāṣaṃḍāḥ kaulikāḥ pāpāste pretāḥ karmajā bhuvi| galapāśairjalaiḥ śastrairgaralairātmaghātakāḥ
heretics, kaulikas, sinners — they are pretas on earth, (so) born of their deeds; those who kill themselves by the noose about the neck, by water, by weapons, by poisons —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.83
इहलोके च ते प्रेताश्चांडालादिषु संभवाः। अंत्यजाः पतिताश्चैव पापरोगमृताश्च ये
ihaloke ca te pretāścāṃḍālādiṣu saṃbhavāḥ| aṃtyajāḥ patitāścaiva pāparogamṛtāśca ye
in this world they are pretas, born among caṇḍālas and the like; and the lowest-born and the fallen, and those who die of a disease caused by sin,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.84
अंत्यजैर्घातिता युद्धे ते प्रेता निश्चिता भुवि। महापातकसंयुक्ता विवाहे च बहिष्कृताः
aṃtyajairghātitā yuddhe te pretā niścitā bhuvi| mahāpātakasaṃyuktā vivāhe ca bahiṣkṛtāḥ
those slain in battle by the lowest-born — they are certainly pretas on earth; those charged with the great sins, and those excluded from marriage,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.85
शौर्यात्साहसिका ये च ते प्रेताः कर्मजा भुवि। राजद्रोहकरा ये च पितॄणां द्रोहचिंतकाः
śauryātsāhasikā ye ca te pretāḥ karmajā bhuvi| rājadrohakarā ye ca pitṝṇāṃ drohaciṃtakāḥ
and those who out of bravery are reckless — they are pretas on earth, (so) born of their deeds; and those who commit treason against the king, and those who plot harm to their ancestors,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.86
ध्यानाध्ययनहीनाश्च व्रतैर्देवार्चनादिभिः। अमंत्राः स्नानहीनाश्च गुरुस्त्रीगमने रताः
dhyānādhyayanahīnāśca vratairdevārcanādibhiḥ| amaṃtrāḥ snānahīnāśca gurustrīgamane ratāḥ
and those lacking meditation and study, (and lacking) vows, worship of the gods and the rest; those without mantras, those who omit bathing, those addicted to going in to the teacher's wife,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.87
तथैव चांत्यजस्त्रीषु दुर्गतासु च संगताः। मृताः क्रूरोपवासेन म्लेच्छदेशस्थिता मृताः
tathaiva cāṃtyajastrīṣu durgatāsu ca saṃgatāḥ| mṛtāḥ krūropavāsena mlecchadeśasthitā mṛtāḥ
And likewise those who have consorted with women of the lowest castes and with women fallen into misery; those who have died from cruel fasting, and those who have died while dwelling in the land of the mlecchas—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.88
म्लेच्छभाषायुताशुद्धास्तथाम्लेच्छोपजीविनः। अनुवर्तंति ये म्लेच्छान्स्त्रीधनैरुपजीवकाः
mlecchabhāṣāyutāśuddhāstathāmlecchopajīvinaḥ| anuvartaṃti ye mlecchānstrīdhanairupajīvakāḥ
those who are impure through being addicted to the speech of the mlecchas, and likewise those who live off the mlecchas, those who wait upon the mlecchas, and those who live off women's wealth—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.89
स्त्रियो यैश्च न रक्ष्यंते ते प्रेता नात्र संशयः। क्षुधासंतप्तदेहं तु श्रांतं विप्रं गृहागतम्
striyo yaiśca na rakṣyaṃte te pretā nātra saṃśayaḥ| kṣudhāsaṃtaptadehaṃ tu śrāṃtaṃ vipraṃ gṛhāgatam
and those by whom women are not protected—these become pretas, there is no doubt of it. But (one who), when a brahmin has come to his house, exhausted, his body scorched with hunger,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.90
गुणपुण्यातिथिं त्यक्त्वा पिशाचत्वं व्रजंति ते। विक्रीणंति च वै गाश्च म्लेच्छेषु च गवाशिषु
guṇapuṇyātithiṃ tyaktvā piśācatvaṃ vrajaṃti te| vikrīṇaṃti ca vai gāśca mleccheṣu ca gavāśiṣu
turns away that guest of merit and virtue—such men go to the state of a piśāca. And those who sell cows among the mlecchas who eat cows,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.91
प्रेतलोके सुखं स्थित्वा ते च यांत्यपुनर्भवम्। अशौचाभ्यंतरे ये च जाताश्च पशवो मृताः
pretaloke sukhaṃ sthitvā te ca yāṃtyapunarbhavam| aśaucābhyaṃtare ye ca jātāśca paśavo mṛtāḥ
(they too become pretas). Having dwelt happily in the world of the pretas, they too go to non-rebirth. And those who are born within the period of impurity, and the cattle that die (then),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 60.92
चिरं प्रेताः पिशाचाश्च मृता जाताः पुनः पुनः। जातकर्ममुखैश्चैव संस्कारैर्ये विविर्जिताः
ciraṃ pretāḥ piśācāśca mṛtā jātāḥ punaḥ punaḥ| jātakarmamukhaiścaiva saṃskārairye vivirjitāḥ
(become) pretas and piśācas for a long time, dying and being born again and again. And those who are deprived of the sacraments beginning with the birth-rite,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.93
एकैकस्मिश्च संस्कारे प्रेतत्वं परिहीयते। स्नानसंध्यासुरार्चाभिर्वेदयज्ञव्रताक्षरैः
ekaikasmiśca saṃskāre pretatvaṃ parihīyate| snānasaṃdhyāsurārcābhirvedayajñavratākṣaraiḥ
—with each single sacrament (performed) the state of a preta is diminished. Those who from birth are without bathing, the twilight prayers, worship of the gods, the Veda, sacrifice, vows, and the (sacred) syllables,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.94
आजन्मवर्जिताः पापास्ते प्रेताश्चापुनर्भवाः। भोजनोच्छिष्टपात्राणि यानि देहमलानि च
ājanmavarjitāḥ pāpāste pretāścāpunarbhavāḥ| bhojanocchiṣṭapātrāṇi yāni dehamalāni ca
those sinners are pretas from whom there is no return (to a better birth). And those who throw down in a sacred bathing place the vessels with the leavings of food and the filth of the body,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.95
निपातयंति ये तीर्थे ते प्रेता नात्र संशयः। दानमानार्चनैर्नैव यैर्विप्रा भुवि तर्पिताः
nipātayaṃti ye tīrthe te pretā nātra saṃśayaḥ| dānamānārcanairnaiva yairviprā bhuvi tarpitāḥ
—they are pretas, there is no doubt of it. And those by whom brahmins on earth have not been gratified with gifts, honour, and worship,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.96
पितरो गुरवश्चैव प्रेतास्ते कर्मजा भृशम्। पतिं त्यक्त्वा च या नार्यो वसंति चेतरैर्जनैः
pitaro guravaścaiva pretāste karmajā bhṛśam| patiṃ tyaktvā ca yā nāryo vasaṃti cetarairjanaiḥ
nor (their) fathers and teachers—they become pretas indeed, born of their (own) deeds. And those women who, abandoning their husband, live with other men,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.97
प्रेतलोके चिरं स्थित्वा जायंते चांत्ययोनिषु। पतिं च वंचयित्वा या विषयेंद्रियमोहिताः
pretaloke ciraṃ sthitvā jāyaṃte cāṃtyayoniṣu| patiṃ ca vaṃcayitvā yā viṣayeṃdriyamohitāḥ
having remained long in the world of the pretas, are born in the lowest wombs. And those women who, deceiving their husband, deluded by the objects of the senses,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.98
मिष्टं चादंति याः पापास्तास्तु प्रेताश्चिरं भुवि। विण्मूत्रभक्षका ये च ब्रह्मस्व भक्षणे रताः
miṣṭaṃ cādaṃti yāḥ pāpāstāstu pretāściraṃ bhuvi| viṇmūtrabhakṣakā ye ca brahmasva bhakṣaṇe ratāḥ
eat the sweet food (themselves)—those sinful women (become) pretas for a long time on earth. And those who eat excrement and urine, and those who delight in consuming what belongs to brahmins,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.99
अभक्ष्यभक्षकाश्चान्ये ते प्रेताश्चापुनर्भवाः। बलाद्ये परवस्तूनि गृह्णंति न ददत्यपि
abhakṣyabhakṣakāścānye te pretāścāpunarbhavāḥ| balādye paravastūni gṛhṇaṃti na dadatyapi
and others who eat what should not be eaten—they are pretas from whom there is no return. Those who take others' goods by force and do not give (anything) either,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.100
अतिथीनवमन्यंते प्रेता निरयमास्थिताः। तस्मादामलकीं भुक्त्वा स्नात्वा तस्य द्रवेण च १०० 1.60.
atithīnavamanyaṃte pretā nirayamāsthitāḥ| tasmādāmalakīṃ bhuktvā snātvā tasya draveṇa ca 100 1.60.
(and) who slight guests, become pretas fixed in hell. Therefore, having eaten the āmalakī and having bathed with its juice,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.101
सर्वपापाद्विनिर्मुक्तो विष्णुलोके महीयते। तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन सेवयामलकीं शिवाम्
sarvapāpādvinirmukto viṣṇuloke mahīyate| tasmātsarvaprayatnena sevayāmalakīṃ śivām
(a man) freed from all sin is honoured in the world of Viṣṇu. Therefore with every effort serve the auspicious āmalakī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.102
य इदं शृणुयान्नित्यं पुण्याख्यानमिदं शुभम्। सर्वपाप प्रपूतात्मा विष्णुलोके महीयते
ya idaṃ śṛṇuyānnityaṃ puṇyākhyānamidaṃ śubham| sarvapāpa prapūtātmā viṣṇuloke mahīyate
Whoever constantly hears this auspicious, meritorious narrative, his self wholly purified of all sin, is honoured in the world of Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.103
श्रावयेत्सततं लोके वैष्णवेषु विशेषतः। स याति विष्णुसायुज्यमिति पौराणिका विदुः
śrāvayetsatataṃ loke vaiṣṇaveṣu viśeṣataḥ| sa yāti viṣṇusāyujyamiti paurāṇikā viduḥ
(And whoever) constantly causes it to be heard in the world, especially among the Vaiṣṇavas, he attains union with Viṣṇu—so the knowers of the Purāṇas know.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.104
स्कंद उवाच- महीरुह फलं ज्ञातं प्रपूतं द्विविधं प्रभो। इदानीं श्रोतुमिच्छामि पत्रं पुष्पं सुमोक्षदम्
skaṃda uvāca- mahīruha phalaṃ jñātaṃ prapūtaṃ dvividhaṃ prabho| idānīṃ śrotumicchāmi patraṃ puṣpaṃ sumokṣadam
Skanda said: The fruit of the tree, purifying, of two kinds, is (now) known, O Lord. Now I wish to hear of the leaf and the flower that grant good liberation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.105
ईश्वर उवाच- सर्वेभ्यः पत्रपुष्पेभ्यः सत्तमा तुलसी शिवा। सर्वकामप्रदा शुद्धा वैष्णवी विष्णुसुप्रिया
īśvara uvāca- sarvebhyaḥ patrapuṣpebhyaḥ sattamā tulasī śivā| sarvakāmapradā śuddhā vaiṣṇavī viṣṇusupriyā
Īśvara said: Of all leaves and flowers the best is the auspicious tulasī—granting every desire, pure, belonging to Viṣṇu, greatly dear to Viṣṇu,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.106
भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदा मुख्या सर्वलोकपरा शुभा। यामाश्रित्य गताः स्वर्गमक्षयं मुनिसत्तमाः
bhuktimuktipradā mukhyā sarvalokaparā śubhā| yāmāśritya gatāḥ svargamakṣayaṃ munisattamāḥ
granting enjoyment and liberation, foremost, beyond all worlds, auspicious—resorting to whom the best of sages have gone to imperishable heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.107
हितार्थं सर्वलोकानां विष्णुनारोपिता पुरा। तुलसीपत्रपुष्पं च सर्वधर्मप्रतिष्ठितम्
hitārthaṃ sarvalokānāṃ viṣṇunāropitā purā| tulasīpatrapuṣpaṃ ca sarvadharmapratiṣṭhitam
For the benefit of all the worlds she was planted long ago by Viṣṇu; and the tulasī leaf and flower is established (as the basis) of all dharma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.108
यथा विष्णोः प्रियालक्ष्मीर्यथाहं प्रिय एव च। तथेयं तुलसीदेवी चतुर्थो नोपपद्यते
yathā viṣṇoḥ priyālakṣmīryathāhaṃ priya eva ca| tatheyaṃ tulasīdevī caturtho nopapadyate
As Lakṣmī is dear to Viṣṇu, and as I too am dear (to him), so is this goddess Tulasī; a fourth does not exist.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.109
तुलसीपत्रमेकं तु शतहेमफलप्रदम्। नान्यैः पुष्पैस्तथापत्रैर्नान्यैर्गंधानुलेपनैः
tulasīpatramekaṃ tu śatahemaphalapradam| nānyaiḥ puṣpaistathāpatrairnānyairgaṃdhānulepanaiḥ
A single tulasī leaf yields the fruit of a hundred (measures of) gold. Not by other flowers, nor by other leaves, nor by other perfumes and unguents
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.110
तुष्यते दैत्यहा विष्णुस्तुलस्याश्च दलैर्विना। अनेन पूजितो येन हरिर्नित्यं पराशया
tuṣyate daityahā viṣṇustulasyāśca dalairvinā| anena pūjito yena harirnityaṃ parāśayā
is Viṣṇu, the slayer of the demons, pleased, if without the leaves of the tulasī. By whom Hari has been worshipped daily with this, with the highest intent —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.111
तेन दत्तं हुतं ज्ञातं कृतं यज्ञव्रतादिकम्। जन्मजन्मनि भासित्वं सुखं भाग्यं यशः श्रियं
tena dattaṃ hutaṃ jñātaṃ kṛtaṃ yajñavratādikam| janmajanmani bhāsitvaṃ sukhaṃ bhāgyaṃ yaśaḥ śriyaṃ
by him has (all) giving, oblation, knowing, and the performance of sacrifices, vows and the rest been done; in birth after birth (he obtains) radiance, happiness, good fortune, fame, prosperity,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.112
कुलं शीलं कलत्रं च पुत्रं दुहितरं तथा। धनं राज्यमरोगत्वं ज्ञानं विज्ञानमेव च
kulaṃ śīlaṃ kalatraṃ ca putraṃ duhitaraṃ tathā| dhanaṃ rājyamarogatvaṃ jñānaṃ vijñānameva ca
family, good character, a wife, a son and likewise a daughter, wealth, sovereignty, freedom from disease, knowledge and discernment too,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.113
वेदवेदांगशास्त्रं च पुराणागमसंहिताः। सर्वं करगतं मन्ये तुलस्याभ्यर्चने हरेः
vedavedāṃgaśāstraṃ ca purāṇāgamasaṃhitāḥ| sarvaṃ karagataṃ manye tulasyābhyarcane hareḥ
and the Veda, the Vedāṅgas, the śāstra, the Purāṇas, the Āgamas and the Saṃhitās — all this I consider to be in one's hand when Hari is worshipped with tulasī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.114
यथा गंगा पवित्रांगी सुरलोके विमोक्षदा। यथा भागीरथी पुण्या तथैवं तुलसी शिवा
yathā gaṃgā pavitrāṃgī suraloke vimokṣadā| yathā bhāgīrathī puṇyā tathaivaṃ tulasī śivā
As the Gaṅgā is of pure body and grants release in the world of the gods, as the Bhāgīrathī is holy, just so is the auspicious tulasī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.115
किं च गंगाजले नैव किंच पुष्करसेवया। तुलसीदलमिश्रेण जलेनैव प्रमोद्यते
kiṃ ca gaṃgājale naiva kiṃca puṣkarasevayā| tulasīdalamiśreṇa jalenaiva pramodyate
And what (is the need) of Gaṅgā water, and what of resorting to Puṣkara? By water alone mixed with a tulasī leaf (Hari) is gladdened.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.116
माधवः संमुखो यस्य जन्मजन्मसुधीमतः। तस्य श्रद्धा भवेछ्रुत्वा तुलस्या हरिमर्चितुम्
mādhavaḥ saṃmukho yasya janmajanmasudhīmataḥ| tasya śraddhā bhavechrutvā tulasyā harimarcitum
He of good understanding, birth after birth, to whom Mādhava is turned favourably — his faith arises, upon hearing (this), to worship Hari with tulasī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.117
यो मंजरीदलैरेव तुलस्या विष्णुमर्चयेत्। तस्य पुण्यफलं स्कन्द कथितुं नैव शक्यते
yo maṃjarīdalaireva tulasyā viṣṇumarcayet| tasya puṇyaphalaṃ skanda kathituṃ naiva śakyate
He who worships Viṣṇu with just the blossom-clusters and leaves of the tulasī — the fruit of his merit, O Skanda, cannot be told.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.118
तत्र केशवसान्निध्यं यत्रास्ति तुलसीवनम्। तत्र ब्रह्मा च कमला सर्वदेवगणैः सह
tatra keśavasānnidhyaṃ yatrāsti tulasīvanam| tatra brahmā ca kamalā sarvadevagaṇaiḥ saha
There is the presence of Keśava where there is a tulasī grove; there too are Brahmā and Kamalā together with all the hosts of the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.119
तस्मात्तां संनिकृष्टे तु सदा देवीं प्रपूजयेत्। स्तोत्रमंत्रादिकं यद्वा सर्वमानंत्यमश्नुते
tasmāttāṃ saṃnikṛṣṭe tu sadā devīṃ prapūjayet| stotramaṃtrādikaṃ yadvā sarvamānaṃtyamaśnute
Therefore one should always worship that goddess close at hand; whatever hymn, mantra and the rest (one recites), all of it attains endlessness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 60.120
ये च प्रेताश्च कूश्मांडाः पिशाचा ब्रह्मराक्षसाः। भूतदैत्यादयस्तत्र पलायंते सदैव हि
ye ca pretāśca kūśmāṃḍāḥ piśācā brahmarākṣasāḥ| bhūtadaityādayastatra palāyaṃte sadaiva hi
And those pretas, and the kūṣmāṇḍas, piśācas, brahmarākṣasas, bhūtas, daityas and the rest always flee from there.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.121
अलक्ष्मीर्नाशिनी घूर्णा या डाकिन्यादि मातरः। सर्वाः संकोचितां यांति दृष्ट्वा तु तुलसीदलं
alakṣmīrnāśinī ghūrṇā yā ḍākinyādi mātaraḥ| sarvāḥ saṃkocitāṃ yāṃti dṛṣṭvā tu tulasīdalaṃ
Alakṣmī, Nāśinī, Ghūrṇā, and those mothers beginning with the Ḍākinīs — all of them go shrunken away upon seeing a tulasī leaf.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.122
ब्रह्महत्यादयः पापव्याधयः पापसंभवाः। कुमंत्रिणा कृता ये च सर्वे नश्यंति तत्र वै
brahmahatyādayaḥ pāpavyādhayaḥ pāpasaṃbhavāḥ| kumaṃtriṇā kṛtā ye ca sarve naśyaṃti tatra vai
Brahmin-murder and the other sins, the diseases arising from sin, and those (evils) caused by a bad counsellor — all perish there indeed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.123
भूतले वापि तं येन हर्यर्थं तुलसीवनम्। कृतं क्रतुशतं तेन विधिवत्प्रियदक्षिणम्
bhūtale vāpi taṃ yena haryarthaṃ tulasīvanam| kṛtaṃ kratuśataṃ tena vidhivatpriyadakṣiṇam
And by whom a tulasī grove has been made on the earth for Hari's sake, by him a hundred sacrifices have been performed according to rule, with welcome gifts to the priests.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.124
हरिलिंगेषु चान्येषु सालग्रामशिलासु च। तुलसीग्रहणं कृत्वा विष्णोः सायुज्यमाव्रजेत्
hariliṃgeṣu cānyeṣu sālagrāmaśilāsu ca| tulasīgrahaṇaṃ kṛtvā viṣṇoḥ sāyujyamāvrajet
Having placed tulasī upon the liṅgas of Hari and upon others, and upon the sālagrāma stones, one would attain union with Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 60.125
नंदंति पुरुषास्तस्य माधवार्थे क्षितौ तु यः। तुलसीं रोपयेद्धीरः स याति माधवालयम्
naṃdaṃti puruṣāstasya mādhavārthe kṣitau tu yaḥ| tulasīṃ ropayeddhīraḥ sa yāti mādhavālayam
Men rejoice for him who, steadfast, plants tulasī in the ground for Mādhava's sake; he goes to Mādhava's abode.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.126
पूजयित्वा हरिं देवं निर्माल्यं तुलसीदलम्। धारयेद्यः स्वशीर्षे तु पापात्पूतो दिवं व्रजेत्
pūjayitvā hariṃ devaṃ nirmālyaṃ tulasīdalam| dhārayedyaḥ svaśīrṣe tu pāpātpūto divaṃ vrajet
He who, having worshipped the god Hari, bears on his own head the tulasī leaf left over from the offering, purified of sin, goes to heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.127
पूजने कीर्त्तने ध्याने रोपणे धारणे कलौ। तुलसी दहते पापं र्स्वर्गं मोक्षं ददाति च
pūjane kīrttane dhyāne ropaṇe dhāraṇe kalau| tulasī dahate pāpaṃ rsvargaṃ mokṣaṃ dadāti ca
In the Kali age, when worshipped, praised, meditated upon, planted, or worn, the tulasī burns up sin and grants heaven and liberation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.128
उपदेशं दिशेदस्याः स्वयमाचरते पुनः
upadeśaṃ diśedasyāḥ svayamācarate punaḥ
(Whoever) gives instruction about her, and himself practises (it) as well —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.129
स याति परमं स्थानं माधवस्य निकेतनम्। हरेः प्रियकरं यच्च तन्मे प्रियतरं भवेत्
sa yāti paramaṃ sthānaṃ mādhavasya niketanam| hareḥ priyakaraṃ yacca tanme priyataraṃ bhavet
— he goes to the highest abode, the dwelling of Mādhava. And whatever gives pleasure to Hari, that would be dearer still to me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.130
सर्वेषामपि देवानां देवीनां च समंततः। श्राद्धेषु यज्ञकार्येषु पर्णमेकं षडानन
sarveṣāmapi devānāṃ devīnāṃ ca samaṃtataḥ| śrāddheṣu yajñakāryeṣu parṇamekaṃ ṣaḍānana
For all the gods, and for the goddesses too, on every side, at śrāddha rites and at sacrificial acts, (offer) a single leaf, O six-faced one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.131
तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन तुलसीसेवनं कुरु। तुलसी सेविता येन तेन सर्वं तु सेवितम्
tasmātsarvaprayatnena tulasīsevanaṃ kuru| tulasī sevitā yena tena sarvaṃ tu sevitam
Therefore with every effort perform the service of the tulasī; by whom the tulasī is served, by him everything indeed is served.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.132
गुरुं विप्रं देवतीर्थं तस्मात्सेवय षण्मुख। शिखायां तुलसीं कृत्वा यस्तु प्राणान्परित्यजेत्
guruṃ vipraṃ devatīrthaṃ tasmātsevaya ṣaṇmukha| śikhāyāṃ tulasīṃ kṛtvā yastu prāṇānparityajet
Therefore serve the teacher, the brahmin, the deity, and the holy place, O six-mouthed one. He who, having placed a tulasī in his hair-lock, gives up his life-breaths —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.133
दुष्कृतौघाद्विनिर्मुक्तः स्वर्गमेति निरामयम्। राजसूयादिभिर्यज्ञैर्व्रतैश्च विविधैर्यमैः
duṣkṛtaughādvinirmuktaḥ svargameti nirāmayam| rājasūyādibhiryajñairvrataiśca vividhairyamaiḥ
— freed from the flood of his misdeeds, he goes to a heaven free of affliction. That state which is attained by steadfast men through sacrifices such as the rājasūya, and through various vows and restraints —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.134
या गतिः प्राप्यते धीरैः तुलसीसेविनां भवेत्। तुलसीदलेन चैकेन पूजयित्वा हरिं नरः
yā gatiḥ prāpyate dhīraiḥ tulasīsevināṃ bhavet| tulasīdalena caikena pūjayitvā hariṃ naraḥ
— that state comes to those who serve the tulasī. And a man who has worshipped Hari with a single tulasī leaf
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.135
वैष्णवत्वमवाप्नोति किमन्यैः शास्त्रविस्तरैः। न पिबेत्स पयो मातुस्तुलस्याः कोटिसंख्यकैः
vaiṣṇavatvamavāpnoti kimanyaiḥ śāstravistaraiḥ| na pibetsa payo mātustulasyāḥ koṭisaṃkhyakaiḥ
attains the state of a Vaiṣṇava — what need of other expanses of scripture? He would not (again) drink his mother's milk... by tens of millions of tulasī (leaves)...
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 60.136
अर्चितः केशवो येन शाखामृदुलपल्लवैः। भावयेत्पुरुषान्मर्त्यः शतशोथ सहस्रशः
arcitaḥ keśavo yena śākhāmṛdulapallavaiḥ| bhāvayetpuruṣānmartyaḥ śataśotha sahasraśaḥ
By whom Keśava has been worshipped with the soft young shoots of her branches — a mortal should imagine men by hundreds and by thousands,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 60.137
पूजयित्वा हरिं नित्यं कोमलैस्तुलसीदलैः। प्रधानतो गुणास्तात तुलस्या गदिता मया
pūjayitvā hariṃ nityaṃ komalaistulasīdalaiḥ| pradhānato guṇāstāta tulasyā gaditā mayā
having worshipped Hari daily with tender tulasī leaves. The virtues of the tulasī have been told by me, dear one, in their principal (points).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.138
निखिलं पुरुकालेन गुणं वक्तुं न शक्नुमः। यस्त्विदं शृणुयान्नित्यमाख्यानं पुण्यसंचयम्
nikhilaṃ purukālena guṇaṃ vaktuṃ na śaknumaḥ| yastvidaṃ śṛṇuyānnityamākhyānaṃ puṇyasaṃcayam
Even in a long time we are not able to state her virtue in full. But he who constantly listens to this narrative, a store of merit,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.139
पूर्वजन्मकृतात्पापान्मुच्यते जन्मबंधनात्। सकृत्पठनमात्रेण वह्निष्टोमफलं लभेत्
pūrvajanmakṛtātpāpānmucyate janmabaṃdhanāt| sakṛtpaṭhanamātreṇa vahniṣṭomaphalaṃ labhet
is freed from the sin committed in a former birth and from the bondage of birth. By merely reciting it once one obtains the fruit of the agniṣṭoma sacrifice.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.140
न तस्य व्याधयः पुत्र मूर्खत्वं न कदाचन। सर्वदा जयमाप्नोति न गच्छेत्स पराजयं
na tasya vyādhayaḥ putra mūrkhatvaṃ na kadācana| sarvadā jayamāpnoti na gacchetsa parājayaṃ
He has no diseases, my son, nor ever any stupidity; he always attains victory and does not meet with defeat.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.141
लेखस्तिष्ठेद्गृहे यस्य तस्य लक्ष्मीः प्रवर्तते। न चाधयो न च प्रेता न शोको नावमानना
lekhastiṣṭhedgṛhe yasya tasya lakṣmīḥ pravartate| na cādhayo na ca pretā na śoko nāvamānanā
In whose house the written text abides, in his house Lakṣmī comes to dwell; and no anxieties, no ghosts, no grief, no humiliation
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 60.142
न तिष्ठंति क्षणं तत्र यत्रेयं वर्तते लिपिः
na tiṣṭhaṃti kṣaṇaṃ tatra yatreyaṃ vartate lipiḥ
remain for a moment there, where this writing is present.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition