Padma Purana — Bhumi Khanda — Chapter 107
PdP 2 107.1
कुंजल उवाच- अथासौ नारदः स्वर्गादायुराजानमागतः । आगत्य कथयामास कस्माद्राजन्प्रशोचसे
kuṃjala uvāca- athāsau nāradaḥ svargādāyurājānamāgataḥ | āgatya kathayāmāsa kasmādrājanpraśocase
Kuñjala said: Then that Nārada came from heaven to King Āyu, and having come he said: "Why, O king, do you grieve?
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PdP 2 107.2
पुत्रापहरणं तेऽद्य क्षेमं जातं महामते । देवादीनां महाराज एवं ज्ञात्वा तु मा शुचः
putrāpaharaṇaṃ te'dya kṣemaṃ jātaṃ mahāmate | devādīnāṃ mahārāja evaṃ jñātvā tu mā śucaḥ
The carrying off of your son today has turned out well, O you of great mind — (it is the doing) of the gods and the rest, great king; knowing this, do not mourn.
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PdP 2 107.3
सर्वज्ञः सगुणो भूत्वा सर्वविज्ञानसंयुतः । सर्वकलाभिसंपूर्ण आगमिष्यति ते सुतः
sarvajñaḥ saguṇo bhūtvā sarvavijñānasaṃyutaḥ | sarvakalābhisaṃpūrṇa āgamiṣyati te sutaḥ
Your son will come back all-knowing, endowed with excellences, possessed of every branch of knowledge, complete in all the arts.
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PdP 2 107.4
येनाप्यपहृतस्तेऽद्य बालो देवगुणोपमः । आत्मगेहे महाराज कालो नीतो न संशयः
yenāpyapahṛtaste'dya bālo devaguṇopamaḥ | ātmagehe mahārāja kālo nīto na saṃśayaḥ
And he by whom your boy, like the gods in his qualities, has been carried off today — he has brought Time (i.e. his own death) into his own house, great king, without doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 2 107.5
तस्याप्यंतं स वै कर्त्ता महावीर्यो महाबलः । स त्वामभ्येष्यते भूप शिवस्य सुतया सह
tasyāpyaṃtaṃ sa vai karttā mahāvīryo mahābalaḥ | sa tvāmabhyeṣyate bhūpa śivasya sutayā saha
Of him too (your son) will be the ender, he of great valour and great strength; he will come to you, O king, together with the daughter of Śiva.
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PdP 2 107.6
इंद्रोपेंद्रसमः पुत्रो भविष्यति स्वतेजसा । इंद्रत्वं भोक्ष्यते सोऽपि निजैश्च पुण्यकर्मभिः
iṃdropeṃdrasamaḥ putro bhaviṣyati svatejasā | iṃdratvaṃ bhokṣyate so'pi nijaiśca puṇyakarmabhiḥ
By his own energy your son will become equal to Indra and Upendra; and he too will enjoy the rank of Indra through his own meritorious deeds.
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PdP 2 107.7
एवमाभाष्य राजानमायुं देवर्षिसत्तमः । जगाम सहसा तस्य पश्यतः सानुगस्य ह
evamābhāṣya rājānamāyuṃ devarṣisattamaḥ | jagāma sahasā tasya paśyataḥ sānugasya ha
Having spoken thus to King Āyu, that best of divine sages departed at once, while he and his attendants looked on.
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PdP 2 107.8
गते तस्मिन्महाभागे नारदे देवसंमिते । आयुरागत्य तां राज्ञीं तत्सर्वं विन्यवेदयत्
gate tasminmahābhāge nārade devasaṃmite | āyurāgatya tāṃ rājñīṃ tatsarvaṃ vinyavedayat
When that greatly blessed Nārada, the equal of the gods, had gone, Āyu came and reported all of it to the queen.
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PdP 2 107.9
दत्तात्रेयेण यो दत्तः पुत्रो देववरोत्तमः । स वै राज्ञि कुशल्यास्ते विष्णोश्चैव प्रसादतः
dattātreyeṇa yo dattaḥ putro devavarottamaḥ | sa vai rājñi kuśalyāste viṣṇoścaiva prasādataḥ
"The son who was granted by Dattātreya, most excellent of the gods' boons — he indeed is well, O queen, and that by the grace of Viṣṇu.
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PdP 2 107.10
येनाप्यसौ हृतः पुत्रः सगुणो मे वरानने । शिरस्तस्य गृहीत्वा तु पुनरेवागमिष्यति
yenāpyasau hṛtaḥ putraḥ saguṇo me varānane | śirastasya gṛhītvā tu punarevāgamiṣyati
"And he by whom that son of mine, endowed with virtues, was carried off, O fair-faced one — taking that one's head, he will come back again.
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PdP 2 107.11
इत्याह नारदो भद्रे मा कृथाः शोकमेव च । त्यज चैनं महामोहं कार्यधर्मविनाशनम्
ityāha nārado bhadre mā kṛthāḥ śokameva ca | tyaja cainaṃ mahāmohaṃ kāryadharmavināśanam
"So Nārada said, good lady; do not grieve, and give up this great delusion, which destroys duty and what must be done."
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PdP 2 107.12
भर्तुर्वाक्यं निशम्यैवं राज्ञी इंदुमती ततः । हर्षेणापि समाविष्टा पुत्रस्यागमनं प्रति
bharturvākyaṃ niśamyaivaṃ rājñī iṃdumatī tataḥ | harṣeṇāpi samāviṣṭā putrasyāgamanaṃ prati
Then, having heard her husband's words thus, queen Indumatī was filled with joy at the coming of her son.
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PdP 2 107.13
यथोक्तं देवऋषिणा तत्तथैव भविष्यति । दत्तात्रेयेण मे दत्तस्तनपो ह्यजरामरः
yathoktaṃ devaṛṣiṇā tattathaiva bhaviṣyati | dattātreyeṇa me dattastanapo hyajarāmaraḥ
"What was said by the divine sage — just that will come to pass. He who was given to me by Dattātreya is free from age and death.
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PdP 2 107.14
भविष्यति न संदेहः प्रतिभात्येनमेव हि । इत्येवं चिंतयित्वा तु ननाम द्विजपुंगवम्
bhaviṣyati na saṃdehaḥ pratibhātyenameva hi | ityevaṃ ciṃtayitvā tu nanāma dvijapuṃgavam
"It will be so, there is no doubt; indeed just this appears (certain) to me." Having thus reflected, she bowed to the bull among brahmins.
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PdP 2 107.15
नमोस्तु तस्मै परिसिद्धिदाय अत्रेः सुपुत्राय महात्मने च । यस्य प्रसादेन मया सुपुत्रः प्राप्तः सुधीरः सुगुणः सुपुण्यः
namostu tasmai parisiddhidāya atreḥ suputrāya mahātmane ca | yasya prasādena mayā suputraḥ prāptaḥ sudhīraḥ suguṇaḥ supuṇyaḥ
"Homage be to him, the giver of complete success, the good son of Atri and the great-souled one, by whose grace a good son was obtained by me — very steadfast, of good qualities, of great merit."
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PdP 2 107.16
एवमुक्त्वा तु सा देवी विरराम सुदुःखिता । आगमिष्यंतमाज्ञाय नहुषं तनयं पुनः
evamuktvā tu sā devī virarāma suduḥkhitā | āgamiṣyaṃtamājñāya nahuṣaṃ tanayaṃ punaḥ
Having spoken thus, that lady fell silent, deeply pained, though she knew that her son Nahuṣa would come again.
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