Padma Purana — Bhumi Khanda — Chapter 100

PdP 2 100.1

विष्णुरुवाच- नर्मदायास्तटे रम्ये वटे तिष्ठति वै पिता । विज्वलोऽपि समायातः पितरं प्रणिपत्य सः

viṣṇuruvāca- narmadāyāstaṭe ramye vaṭe tiṣṭhati vai pitā | vijvalo'pi samāyātaḥ pitaraṃ praṇipatya saḥ

Viṣṇu said: On the lovely bank of the Narmadā, at the banyan tree, his father indeed dwells. Vijvala too came there and, bowing down to his father, he —

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PdP 2 100.2

वासुदेवाभिधानस्य स्तोत्रस्यापि महामतिः । समाचष्टे स धर्मात्मा महिमानं पितुः पुरः

vāsudevābhidhānasya stotrasyāpi mahāmatiḥ | samācaṣṭe sa dharmātmā mahimānaṃ pituḥ puraḥ

— that righteous one of great intelligence recounted before his father the greatness of the hymn named after Vāsudeva.

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PdP 2 100.3

यथा विष्णुः समागत्य ददौ तस्मै वरं शुभम् । तत्सर्वं कथयामास सुप्रसन्नेन चेतसा

yathā viṣṇuḥ samāgatya dadau tasmai varaṃ śubham | tatsarvaṃ kathayāmāsa suprasannena cetasā

How Viṣṇu came and gave him an auspicious boon — all that he related with a thoroughly gladdened mind.

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PdP 2 100.4

कुंजलोपि च वृत्तांतं समाकर्ण्य स भूपतेः । हर्षेण महताविष्टः पुत्रमालिंग्य विज्वलम्

kuṃjalopi ca vṛttāṃtaṃ samākarṇya sa bhūpateḥ | harṣeṇa mahatāviṣṭaḥ putramāliṃgya vijvalam

And Kuñjala too, having heard the account concerning the king, filled with great joy, embracing his son Vijvala,

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PdP 2 100.5

आह पुण्यं कृतं वत्स त्वया राज्ञे महात्मने । उपकारं महापुण्यं वासुदेवस्य कीर्तनात्

āha puṇyaṃ kṛtaṃ vatsa tvayā rājñe mahātmane | upakāraṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ vāsudevasya kīrtanāt

said: "A meritorious thing has been done by you, child, for the great-souled king — a great and meritorious service, through the proclaiming of Vāsudeva('s name)."

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PdP 2 100.6

एवमाभाष्य तं पुत्रमाशीर्भिरभिनंद्य च । पुत्रं देवसमोपेतं स्तुत्वा चैव पुनः पुनः

evamābhāṣya taṃ putramāśīrbhirabhinaṃdya ca | putraṃ devasamopetaṃ stutvā caiva punaḥ punaḥ

Having spoken thus to that son and greeted him with blessings, and having praised again and again his son who had attained equality with the gods,

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PdP 2 100.7

स्थितः सरित्तटे रम्ये च्यवनस्योपपश्यतः । एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं तेषां वृत्तं महात्मनाम्

sthitaḥ sarittaṭe ramye cyavanasyopapaśyataḥ | etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ teṣāṃ vṛttaṃ mahātmanām

he remained on the lovely river bank, in the sight of Cyavana. All this has been told to you — the story of those great-souled ones,

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PdP 2 100.8

वैष्णवानां महाराज अन्यत्किं ते वदाम्यहम् । वेन उवाच- अमृतं शंखपात्रेण पानार्थं मम चार्पितम्

vaiṣṇavānāṃ mahārāja anyatkiṃ te vadāmyaham | vena uvāca- amṛtaṃ śaṃkhapātreṇa pānārthaṃ mama cārpitam

— of the Vaiṣṇavas, O great king. What else shall I tell you? Vena said: Nectar has been offered to me in a conch vessel for drinking.

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PdP 2 100.9

तस्मात्कस्य न च श्रद्धा पातुं मर्त्यस्य भूतले । उत्तमं वैष्णवं ज्ञानं पानानामिह सर्वदा

tasmātkasya na ca śraddhā pātuṃ martyasya bhūtale | uttamaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ jñānaṃ pānānāmiha sarvadā

Therefore what mortal on earth would have no eagerness to drink (it)? The highest Vaiṣṇava knowledge is here always (the best) of drinks.

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PdP 2 100.10

त्वयैवं कथ्यमानस्य पाने तृप्तिर्न जायते । श्रोतुं हि देवदेवेश मम श्रद्धा विवर्द्धते

tvayaivaṃ kathyamānasya pāne tṛptirna jāyate | śrotuṃ hi devadeveśa mama śraddhā vivarddhate

In drinking (this) as it is thus told by you, no satiety arises; indeed, O Lord of the lords of gods, my eagerness to hear grows greater.

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PdP 2 100.11

कथयस्व प्रसादान्मे कुंजलस्यापि चेष्टितम् । महात्मना किमुक्तं च चतुर्थं तनयं प्रति

kathayasva prasādānme kuṃjalasyāpi ceṣṭitam | mahātmanā kimuktaṃ ca caturthaṃ tanayaṃ prati

Out of favour to me, tell (me) the doings of Kuñjala too, and what was said by that great-souled one to his fourth son.

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PdP 2 100.12

तत्त्वं सुविस्तरादेव कृपया कथयस्व मे । श्रीभगवानुवाच- श्रूयतामभिधास्यामि चरित्रं कुंजलस्य च

tattvaṃ suvistarādeva kṛpayā kathayasva me | śrībhagavānuvāca- śrūyatāmabhidhāsyāmi caritraṃ kuṃjalasya ca

Kindly tell me that truth in full detail. The Blessed Lord said: Let it be heard; I shall tell the story of Kuñjala,

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PdP 2 100.13

बहुश्रेयः समायुक्तं चरित्रं च्यवनस्य च । इदं पुण्यं नरश्रेष्ठ आख्यानं पापनाशनम्

bahuśreyaḥ samāyuktaṃ caritraṃ cyavanasya ca | idaṃ puṇyaṃ naraśreṣṭha ākhyānaṃ pāpanāśanam

(I shall tell) the story of Kuñjala, endowed with much good, and the story of Cyavana too. This is a meritorious narrative, O best of men, destroying sins.

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PdP 2 100.14

यः शृणोति नरो भक्त्या गोसहस्रफलं लभेत्

yaḥ śṛṇoti naro bhaktyā gosahasraphalaṃ labhet

The man who listens (to it) with devotion would obtain the fruit of (giving) a thousand cows.

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