Padma Purana — Srishti Khanda — Chapter 80
PdP 1 80.1
वैशंपायन उवाच- श्रुतो ग्रहेश्वरस्यैष प्रभावस्त्वत्प्रसादतः। रव्यादीनां ग्रहाणां च साधनं नो वद द्विज
vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca- śruto graheśvarasyaiṣa prabhāvastvatprasādataḥ| ravyādīnāṃ grahāṇāṃ ca sādhanaṃ no vada dvija
Vaiśaṃpāyana said: This power of the Lord of the planets has been heard by your grace; now tell us, O twice-born one, the means (of propitiating) the planets beginning with the Sun.
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PdP 1 80.2
के ते रव्यादयस्तेषां कथं तोषः कथं प्रियम्। काले देशे तु संप्राप्ते दर्शनं तच्छिवाशिवम्
ke te ravyādayasteṣāṃ kathaṃ toṣaḥ kathaṃ priyam| kāle deśe tu saṃprāpte darśanaṃ tacchivāśivam
Who are those beginning with the Sun? How are they pleased, how (won over as) dear? And when the time and place have arrived, what is that auspicious or inauspicious appearance of theirs?
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PdP 1 80.3
व्यास उवाच-। ग्रहादयो ये लोके तु भुंजंति पुण्यपातकम्। शिवाशिवं च कुर्वंति विश्वकर्मक्षयाय वै
vyāsa uvāca-| grahādayo ye loke tu bhuṃjaṃti puṇyapātakam| śivāśivaṃ ca kurvaṃti viśvakarmakṣayāya vai
Vyāsa said: Those planets and the rest who in the world consume merit and sin, and bring about good and ill, do so indeed for the exhaustion of the deeds of all.
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PdP 1 80.4
सूरः कालोंतको ज्ञेयो जनेषु च ग्रहेषु च। तिग्मसौम्याच्च योगात्स निग्रहानुग्रहे प्रभुः
sūraḥ kāloṃtako jñeyo janeṣu ca graheṣu ca| tigmasaumyācca yogātsa nigrahānugrahe prabhuḥ
The Sun is to be known as Time and the Ender, both among men and among the planets; and by his fierce or mild conjunction he is master in restraining and in favouring.
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PdP 1 80.5
ग्रहभावाच्च तस्यैव संतोषं निगदाम्यहम्। उदुम्बरपलाशाभ्यां पल्लवाभ्यां जुहोति यः
grahabhāvācca tasyaiva saṃtoṣaṃ nigadāmyaham| udumbarapalāśābhyāṃ pallavābhyāṃ juhoti yaḥ
And I shall declare the (means of) satisfying him in his very state of being a planet: he who offers oblation with shoots of the udumbara and the palāśa,
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PdP 1 80.6
आकृष्णेनेति मंत्रेण मूलकेनाथ शांतये। जुहुयादाज्ययुक्ताभ्यामभीष्टफलहेतवे
ākṛṣṇeneti maṃtreṇa mūlakenātha śāṃtaye| juhuyādājyayuktābhyāmabhīṣṭaphalahetave
with the mantra beginning "ā kṛṣṇena," and then with the root(-mantra) for appeasement — he should offer them mixed with ghee, for the sake of the desired fruit,
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PdP 1 80.7
शांतये सर्वरोगाणां वधबंधविमोचने। एकैकेन तु मंत्रेण होतव्यं च शतंशतम्
śāṃtaye sarvarogāṇāṃ vadhabaṃdhavimocane| ekaikena tu maṃtreṇa hotavyaṃ ca śataṃśatam
for the appeasement of all diseases, for release from death and from bondage. And with each single mantra a hundred oblations each are to be offered.
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PdP 1 80.8
शितं चच्छागलं दद्यात्सूरायादित्यवासरे। भोजयेद्ब्राह्मणान्शक्त्या हव्यकव्यैर्मनोहरैः
śitaṃ cacchāgalaṃ dadyātsūrāyādityavāsare| bhojayedbrāhmaṇānśaktyā havyakavyairmanoharaiḥ
And on a Sunday one should give a white goat to the Sun; one should feed brahmins according to one's means with delightful offerings for gods and ancestors.
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PdP 1 80.9
सप्तम्यां च सिते पक्षे पंचदश्यां तथैव च। रोगाद्विमुच्यते रोगी न रोगात्कृच्छ्रमेष्यति
saptamyāṃ ca site pakṣe paṃcadaśyāṃ tathaiva ca| rogādvimucyate rogī na rogātkṛcchrameṣyati
And on the seventh day of the bright fortnight, and likewise on the fifteenth, the sick man is freed from his disease, and he will not come to distress from disease.
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PdP 1 80.10
परमं चामरं सत्वमाब्रह्मस्तंबमात्रके। ब्रह्मांडे चाणुमात्रे च सूरः संभावयिष्यते
paramaṃ cāmaraṃ satvamābrahmastaṃbamātrake| brahmāṃḍe cāṇumātre ca sūraḥ saṃbhāvayiṣyate
The supreme, deathless being—from Brahmā down to a clump of grass, in the cosmic egg and in what is the size of an atom—the Sun is to be conceived (as that).
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PdP 1 80.11
संहारांतं क्रमात्सर्वमुत्पत्तिस्थितिकारणात्। प्राणसर्गे जनानां स पाता विश्वचरस्तनौ
saṃhārāṃtaṃ kramātsarvamutpattisthitikāraṇāt| prāṇasarge janānāṃ sa pātā viśvacarastanau
All of it in sequence, ending in dissolution, from (him who is) the cause of origination and continuance; in the giving forth of the life-breath of creatures he is the protector, moving through the universe (and) in the body.
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PdP 1 80.12
मृत्युकाले तनोर्मध्यात्प्राणेन सह गच्छति। शीर्षान्तस्थः सदा चंद्रो द्विरष्टकलया युतः
mṛtyukāle tanormadhyātprāṇena saha gacchati| śīrṣāntasthaḥ sadā caṃdro dviraṣṭakalayā yutaḥ
At the time of death he goes out from the middle of the body together with the breath. The moon, endowed with twice-eight (sixteen) digits, always stands at the end of the head.
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PdP 1 80.13
अहर्निशं सुधावृष्टिं देहे वर्षत्यधोमुखः। जंतवस्तेन जीवंति महासत्वानुमात्रकाः
aharniśaṃ sudhāvṛṣṭiṃ dehe varṣatyadhomukhaḥ| jaṃtavastena jīvaṃti mahāsatvānumātrakāḥ
Facing downward, day and night he rains a shower of nectar into the body; by that living creatures live, from great beings down to those of atomic size.
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PdP 1 80.14
उर्व्यां सस्यानि पुष्णाति तथा स्थावरजंगमान्। एताभ्यां पुष्पवद्भ्यां च धारितं जनितं जगत्
urvyāṃ sasyāni puṣṇāti tathā sthāvarajaṃgamān| etābhyāṃ puṣpavadbhyāṃ ca dhāritaṃ janitaṃ jagat
On the earth he nourishes the crops, and likewise things stationary and moving; by these two, who are like flowers(?), the world is sustained and generated.
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PdP 1 80.15
तयोराराधनात्पुष्टिः सदा पुण्यापरार्धिका। साधयेत्सर्वकार्याणि साधकः सर्वदा शुचिः
tayorārādhanātpuṣṭiḥ sadā puṇyāparārdhikā| sādhayetsarvakāryāṇi sādhakaḥ sarvadā śuciḥ
From the worship of those two comes nourishment, always yielding more than half its merit(?); ever pure, the practitioner should accomplish all his aims.
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PdP 1 80.16
न पूजयति यो मोहात्सुधांशुं मानवाधमः। आयुस्तस्य क्षयं याति नरकं चाधिगच्छति
na pūjayati yo mohātsudhāṃśuṃ mānavādhamaḥ| āyustasya kṣayaṃ yāti narakaṃ cādhigacchati
That lowest of men who out of delusion does not worship the nectar-rayed one—his lifespan comes to destruction and he goes to hell.
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PdP 1 80.17
निष्कलंक कलाधार गंगाधर शिरोमणे। द्वितीयायां जगन्नाथ तुभ्यं चंद्र नमोस्तु ते
niṣkalaṃka kalādhāra gaṃgādhara śiromaṇe| dvitīyāyāṃ jagannātha tubhyaṃ caṃdra namostu te
O spotless one, O bearer of the digits, O bearer of the Gaṅgā(?), O crest-jewel, O Lord of the world, on the second day—homage be to you, O Moon.
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PdP 1 80.18
तिथिमन्यामनुप्राप्य नमस्कारं विधोरपि। प्रकरोति नरो यस्तु सोभीष्टं फलमाप्नुयात्
tithimanyāmanuprāpya namaskāraṃ vidhorapi| prakaroti naro yastu sobhīṣṭaṃ phalamāpnuyāt
But the man who, on reaching some other lunar day, makes obeisance to the moon as well—he would obtain the desired fruit.
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PdP 1 80.19
अत्रिनेत्रोद्भव श्रीमन्क्षीरोद मथनोद्भव। महेशमुकटावास तुभ्यं चंद्र नमोस्तुते
atrinetrodbhava śrīmankṣīroda mathanodbhava| maheśamukaṭāvāsa tubhyaṃ caṃdra namostute
O you arisen from Atri's eye, O glorious one, O you arisen from the churning of the ocean of milk, O dweller in Maheśa's crown—homage be to you, O Moon.
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PdP 1 80.20
दिव्यरूप नमस्तुभ्यं सुधाकर जगत्पते। शुक्लपक्षे तथा कृष्णे त्रियामायां विदुर्बुधाः
divyarūpa namastubhyaṃ sudhākara jagatpate| śuklapakṣe tathā kṛṣṇe triyāmāyāṃ vidurbudhāḥ
Homage to you, O one of divine form, O maker of nectar, O lord of the world—in the bright fortnight and likewise in the dark, in the night, so the wise know.
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PdP 1 80.21
ऊँ ह्रां ह्रीं सोमाय नमः इति जप्यमंत्रः। प्रभाते जपनीयः-। एवं यः पूजयेत्सोमं श्रावयेच्च शृणोति वा। स पीयूषसमो लोके भवेज्जन्मनि जन्मनि
ū~ hrāṃ hrīṃ somāya namaḥ iti japyamaṃtraḥ| prabhāte japanīyaḥ-| evaṃ yaḥ pūjayetsomaṃ śrāvayecca śṛṇoti vā| sa pīyūṣasamo loke bhavejjanmani janmani
"Oṃ hrāṃ hrīṃ, homage to Soma"—this is the mantra to be muttered; it is to be muttered at dawn. He who thus worships Soma, and causes (this) to be heard or hears it, becomes in the world equal to nectar, birth after birth.
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PdP 1 80.22
एवं सहस्रनाम्ना यः स्तौति पूजयते भुवि। सोऽक्षयं लभते स्वर्गं पुनरावृत्तिदुर्लभम्
evaṃ sahasranāmnā yaḥ stauti pūjayate bhuvi| so'kṣayaṃ labhate svargaṃ punarāvṛttidurlabham
He who thus praises and worships (him) on earth with the thousand names obtains imperishable heaven, hard to reach, from which there is no return.
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PdP 1 80.23
इति सोमपूजा-। पित्तले भाजने कांस्ये दधिपूर्णे घृते शिवे। न्यूनोऽधिकस्तु विभवाच्छ्रुत्वा कर्मविमत्सरः
iti somapūjā-| pittale bhājane kāṃsye dadhipūrṇe ghṛte śive| nyūno'dhikastu vibhavācchrutvā karmavimatsaraḥ
Thus the worship of Soma. In a brass vessel or a bell-metal one filled with curds, in auspicious ghee—less or more according to one's means—having heard (this), a man free of grudging (should give).
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PdP 1 80.24
स्वर्णे वा राजते वारे सौम्ये कृष्णभवे बुधम्। संस्थाप्य सर्वसंस्थाने दद्याद्बहुसुताय च
svarṇe vā rājate vāre saumye kṛṣṇabhave budham| saṃsthāpya sarvasaṃsthāne dadyādbahusutāya ca
Or in a gold or silver (vessel), on Wednesday, in the dark fortnight, having installed Budha in the place where all is set out, he should give (it) to one who has many sons.
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PdP 1 80.25
परं भवति सौभाग्यं पीयूषादधिकं भृशम्। स्त्रीणां च पुरुषाणां च न दौर्भाग्यं कदाचन
paraṃ bhavati saubhāgyaṃ pīyūṣādadhikaṃ bhṛśam| strīṇāṃ ca puruṣāṇāṃ ca na daurbhāgyaṃ kadācana
Supreme good fortune arises, far exceeding nectar; and for women and for men there is never ill fortune.
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PdP 1 80.26
रूपसौभाग्यकामोहं दधिपूर्णं च भाजनम्। ददामि कांस्यपात्रस्थं देहि सौभाग्यरूपकम्
rūpasaubhāgyakāmohaṃ dadhipūrṇaṃ ca bhājanam| dadāmi kāṃsyapātrasthaṃ dehi saubhāgyarūpakam
"Desiring beauty and good fortune, I give this vessel filled with curds, set in a bell-metal dish: grant me good fortune and beauty."
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PdP 1 80.27
द्विजाय वाक्यपूर्वेण दद्याद्विमत्सरो नरः। शक्तितो दक्षिणा देया तथा वस्त्रादिकं नवम्
dvijāya vākyapūrveṇa dadyādvimatsaro naraḥ| śaktito dakṣiṇā deyā tathā vastrādikaṃ navam
With this formula first, the man, free of grudging, should give (it) to a brahmin; a fee should be given according to his means, and likewise new clothing and the like.
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PdP 1 80.28
भोज्यान्नं सर्वसम्पूर्णं तांबूलं सुमनोहरम्। पुष्पमालादिकं दद्याद्रूपसौभाग्यहेतवे
bhojyānnaṃ sarvasampūrṇaṃ tāṃbūlaṃ sumanoharam| puṣpamālādikaṃ dadyādrūpasaubhāgyahetave
(He) should give food fit for eating, complete in every way, most delightful betel, and garlands of flowers and the like, for the sake of beauty and good fortune.
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PdP 1 80.29
एवं यः कुरुते दानं सोमोद्दिष्टं द्विजातये। स्वर्लोके नरलोके वा रूपसौभाग्यभुग्भवेत्
evaṃ yaḥ kurute dānaṃ somoddiṣṭaṃ dvijātaye| svarloke naraloke vā rūpasaubhāgyabhugbhavet
Whoever thus makes a gift to a twice-born, dedicated to Soma (the Moon), becomes an enjoyer of beauty and good fortune, whether in heaven or in the world of men.
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