Padma Purana — Bhumi Khanda — Chapter 106
PdP 2 106.1
कुंजल उवाच- आयुभार्या महाभागा स्वर्भानोस्तनया सुतम् । अपश्यंती सुबालं तं देवोपममनौपमम्
kuṃjala uvāca- āyubhāryā mahābhāgā svarbhānostanayā sutam | apaśyaṃtī subālaṃ taṃ devopamamanaupamam
Kuñjala said: The greatly fortunate wife of Āyu, the daughter of Svarbhānu, not seeing that son, that fine boy, godlike and incomparable,
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PdP 2 106.2
हाहाकारं महत्कृत्वा रुरोद वरवर्णिनी । केन मे लक्षणोपेतो हृतो बालः सुलक्षणः
hāhākāraṃ mahatkṛtvā ruroda varavarṇinī | kena me lakṣaṇopeto hṛto bālaḥ sulakṣaṇaḥ
raised a great cry of woe, and that woman of lovely colour wept: "By whom has my boy, endowed with (auspicious) marks, well-marked, been carried off?
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PdP 2 106.3
तपसा दानयज्ञैश्च नियमैर्दुष्करैः सुतः । संप्राप्तो हि मया वत्स कष्टैश्च दारुणैः पुनः
tapasā dānayajñaiśca niyamairduṣkaraiḥ sutaḥ | saṃprāpto hi mayā vatsa kaṣṭaiśca dāruṇaiḥ punaḥ
By austerity, by gifts and sacrifices, and by hard observances a son was obtained by me, my child, and again by terrible hardships;
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PdP 2 106.4
दत्तात्रेयेण पुण्येन संतुष्टेन महात्मना । दत्तः पुत्रो हृतः केन रुरोद करुणान्विता
dattātreyeṇa puṇyena saṃtuṣṭena mahātmanā | dattaḥ putro hṛtaḥ kena ruroda karuṇānvitā
the son given by the meritorious, great-souled Dattātreya when he was pleased — by whom has he been carried off?" (So) she wept, filled with pity.
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PdP 2 106.5
हा पुत्र वत्स मे तात हा बालगुणमंदिर । क्वासि केनापनीतोसि मम शब्दः प्रदीयताम्
hā putra vatsa me tāta hā bālaguṇamaṃdira | kvāsi kenāpanītosi mama śabdaḥ pradīyatām
"Alas, son, my child, my dear one! Alas, temple of childhood's virtues! Where are you? By whom have you been carried away? Let a word be given to me!
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PdP 2 106.6
सोमवंशस्य सर्वस्य भूषणोसि न संशयः । केन त्वमपनीतोसि मम प्राणैः समन्वितः
somavaṃśasya sarvasya bhūṣaṇosi na saṃśayaḥ | kena tvamapanītosi mama prāṇaiḥ samanvitaḥ
Without doubt you are the ornament of the whole lunar dynasty. By whom have you, together with my very life-breaths, been carried away?
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PdP 2 106.7
राजसुलक्षणैर्दिव्यैः संपूर्णः कमलेक्षणः । केनाद्यापहृतो वत्सः किं करोमि क्व याम्यहम्
rājasulakṣaṇairdivyaiḥ saṃpūrṇaḥ kamalekṣaṇaḥ | kenādyāpahṛto vatsaḥ kiṃ karomi kva yāmyaham
Filled with divine marks of royalty, lotus-eyed — by whom has the child been carried off today? What am I to do, where shall I go?
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PdP 2 106.8
स्फुटं जानाम्यहं कर्म ह्यन्यजन्मनि यत्कृतम् । न्यासनाशः कृतः कस्य तस्मात्पुत्रो हृतो मम
sphuṭaṃ jānāmyahaṃ karma hyanyajanmani yatkṛtam | nyāsanāśaḥ kṛtaḥ kasya tasmātputro hṛto mama
Clearly I know it is a deed done in another birth: whose deposit did I destroy, that my son has been taken from me?
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PdP 2 106.9
किं वा छलं कृतं कस्य पूर्वजन्मनि पापया । कर्मणस्तस्य वै दुःखमनुभुंजामि नान्यथा
kiṃ vā chalaṃ kṛtaṃ kasya pūrvajanmani pāpayā | karmaṇastasya vai duḥkhamanubhuṃjāmi nānyathā
Or what fraud did I, a sinful woman, commit against someone in a former birth? Truly I am undergoing the sorrow of that deed, it cannot be otherwise.
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PdP 2 106.10
रत्नापहारिणी जाता पुत्ररत्नं हृतं मम । तस्माद्दैवेन मे दिव्य अनौपम्य गुणाकरः
ratnāpahāriṇī jātā putraratnaṃ hṛtaṃ mama | tasmāddaivena me divya anaupamya guṇākaraḥ
I was a stealer of a jewel, (and so) my jewel of a son has been taken from me; therefore by fate my divine, incomparable mine of virtues (is gone).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 2 106.11
किं वा वितर्कितो विप्रः कर्मणस्तस्य वै फलम् । प्राप्तं मया न संदेहः पुत्रशोकान्वितं भृशम्
kiṃ vā vitarkito vipraḥ karmaṇastasya vai phalam | prāptaṃ mayā na saṃdehaḥ putraśokānvitaṃ bhṛśam
Or was a brahmin (falsely) suspected (by me)? Truly the fruit of that deed has been obtained by me, without doubt, deeply attended with grief for a son.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 2 106.12
किं वा शिशुविरोधश्च कृतो जन्मांतरे मया । तस्य पापस्य भुंजामि कर्मणः फलमीदृशम्
kiṃ vā śiśuvirodhaśca kṛto janmāṃtare mayā | tasya pāpasya bhuṃjāmi karmaṇaḥ phalamīdṛśam
Or was hostility toward an infant done by me in another birth? Such is the fruit of that sinful deed that I am now consuming.
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PdP 2 106.13
याचमानस्य चैवाग्रे वैश्वदेवस्य कर्मणः । किं वापि नार्पितं चान्नं व्याहृतीभिर्हुतं द्विजैः
yācamānasya caivāgre vaiśvadevasya karmaṇaḥ | kiṃ vāpi nārpitaṃ cānnaṃ vyāhṛtībhirhutaṃ dvijaiḥ
Or was food not given in the presence of one begging, at the rite of the Vaiśvadeva offering, when the twice-born had made the oblation with the vyāhṛti formulas?
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PdP 2 106.14
एवं सुदेवमानाच्च स्वर्भानोस्तनया तदा । इंदुमती महाभाग शोकेन करुणाकुला
evaṃ sudevamānācca svarbhānostanayā tadā | iṃdumatī mahābhāga śokena karuṇākulā
Thus, O greatly fortunate one, Indumatī, the daughter of Svarbhānu, out of regard for Sudeva, distraught with pitiable grief,
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PdP 2 106.15
पतिता मूर्च्छिता शोकाद्विह्वलत्वं गता सती । निःश्वासान्मुंचमाना सा वत्सहीना यथा हि गौः
patitā mūrcchitā śokādvihvalatvaṃ gatā satī | niḥśvāsānmuṃcamānā sā vatsahīnā yathā hi gauḥ
fell down, fainted from grief, and the good woman came to a state of agitation, releasing deep sighs, like a cow bereft of her calf.
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PdP 2 106.16
आयू राजा स शोकेन दुःखेन महतान्वितः । बालं श्रुत्वा हृतं तं तु धैर्यं तत्याज पार्थिवः
āyū rājā sa śokena duḥkhena mahatānvitaḥ | bālaṃ śrutvā hṛtaṃ taṃ tu dhairyaṃ tatyāja pārthivaḥ
King Āyu too, filled with grief and great pain, when he heard that the boy had been carried off, that lord of the earth abandoned his composure.
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PdP 2 106.17
तपसश्च फलं नास्ति नास्ति दानस्य वै फलम् । यस्मादेवं हृतः पुत्रस्तस्मान्नास्ति न संशयः
tapasaśca phalaṃ nāsti nāsti dānasya vai phalam | yasmādevaṃ hṛtaḥ putrastasmānnāsti na saṃśayaḥ
"There is no fruit of austerity, and no fruit of giving; since the son has been carried off in this way, therefore there is none — no doubt of it.
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PdP 2 106.18
दत्तात्रेयः प्रसादेन वरं मे दत्तवान्पुरा । अजेयं च जयोपेतं पुत्रं सर्वगुणान्वितम्
dattātreyaḥ prasādena varaṃ me dattavānpurā | ajeyaṃ ca jayopetaṃ putraṃ sarvaguṇānvitam
Dattātreya, out of favour, formerly granted me a boon: a son unconquerable, endowed with victory, possessed of every virtue.
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PdP 2 106.19
तस्य वरप्रदानस्य कथं विघ्नो ह्यजायत । इति चिंतापरो राजा दुःखितः प्रारुदद्भृशम्
tasya varapradānasya kathaṃ vighno hyajāyata | iti ciṃtāparo rājā duḥkhitaḥ prārudadbhṛśam
How has an obstruction arisen to that granting of the boon?" Thus the king, absorbed in worry and stricken, wept bitterly.
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