Padma Purana — Bhumi Khanda — Chapter 108
PdP 2 108.1
कुंजल उवाच- ब्रह्मपुत्रो महातेजा वशिष्ठस्तपतां वरः । नहुषं तं समाहूय इदं वचनमब्रवीत्
kuṃjala uvāca- brahmaputro mahātejā vaśiṣṭhastapatāṃ varaḥ | nahuṣaṃ taṃ samāhūya idaṃ vacanamabravīt
Kuñjala said: The son of Brahmā, of great splendour, Vasiṣṭha, best of ascetics, summoning that Nahuṣa, spoke this word:
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PdP 2 108.2
वनं गच्छ स्वशीघ्रेण वन्यमानय पुष्कलम् । समाकर्ण्य मुनेर्वाक्यं नहुषो वनमाययौ
vanaṃ gaccha svaśīghreṇa vanyamānaya puṣkalam | samākarṇya munervākyaṃ nahuṣo vanamāyayau
"Go quickly to the forest yourself and bring abundant forest produce." Having heard the sage's words, Nahuṣa went to the forest.
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PdP 2 108.3
तत्र किंचित्सुवृत्तांतं शुश्राव नहुषो बलः । अयमेष स धर्मात्मा नहुषो नाम वीर्यवान्
tatra kiṃcitsuvṛttāṃtaṃ śuśrāva nahuṣo balaḥ | ayameṣa sa dharmātmā nahuṣo nāma vīryavān
There the strong Nahuṣa heard a certain fine piece of news: "This is he, that righteous one, Nahuṣa by name, the valorous,
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PdP 2 108.4
आयोः पुत्रो महाप्राज्ञो बाल्यान्मात्रा वियोजितः । अस्यैवातिवियोगेन आयुभार्या प्ररोदिति
āyoḥ putro mahāprājño bālyānmātrā viyojitaḥ | asyaivātiviyogena āyubhāryā praroditi
"the son of Āyu, of great wisdom, separated from his mother in childhood. It is out of this very extreme separation from him that Āyu's wife weeps aloud.
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PdP 2 108.5
अशोकसुंदरी तेपे तपः परमदुष्करम् । कदा पश्यति सा देवी पुत्रमिंदुमती शुभा
aśokasuṃdarī tepe tapaḥ paramaduṣkaram | kadā paśyati sā devī putramiṃdumatī śubhā
"Aśokasundarī performed the most difficult austerity. When will that fair goddess Indumatī see her son,
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PdP 2 108.6
नाहुषं नाम धर्मज्ञं हृतं पूर्वं तु दानवैः । तपस्तेपे निरालंबा शिवस्य तनया वरा
nāhuṣaṃ nāma dharmajñaṃ hṛtaṃ pūrvaṃ tu dānavaiḥ | tapastepe nirālaṃbā śivasya tanayā varā
"the one named Nāhuṣa, knower of dharma, who was formerly carried off by the Dānavas? Śiva's excellent daughter, without support, performed austerity —
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PdP 2 108.7
अशोकसुंदरी बाला आयुपुत्रस्य कारणात् । अनेनापि कदा सा हि संगता तु भविष्यति
aśokasuṃdarī bālā āyuputrasya kāraṇāt | anenāpi kadā sā hi saṃgatā tu bhaviṣyati
"the young Aśokasundarī, for the sake of Āyu's son. And when will she be united with him?"
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PdP 2 108.8
एवं सांसारिकं वाक्यं दिवि चारणभाषितम् । शुश्राव स हि धर्मात्मा नहुषो विभ्रमान्वितः
evaṃ sāṃsārikaṃ vākyaṃ divi cāraṇabhāṣitam | śuśrāva sa hi dharmātmā nahuṣo vibhramānvitaḥ
Such worldly talk, spoken by the Cāraṇas in the sky, that righteous Nahuṣa heard, and was filled with bewilderment.
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PdP 2 108.9
स गत्वा वन्यमादाय वशिष्ठस्याश्रमं प्रति । वन्यं निवेद्य धर्मात्मा वशिष्ठाय महात्मने
sa gatvā vanyamādāya vaśiṣṭhasyāśramaṃ prati | vanyaṃ nivedya dharmātmā vaśiṣṭhāya mahātmane
Having gone and taken forest produce, he (came) to Vasiṣṭha's hermitage, and that righteous one, having presented the forest produce to the great-souled Vasiṣṭha,
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PdP 2 108.10
बद्धांजलिपुटोभूत्वा भक्त्या नमितकंधरः । तमुवाच महाप्राज्ञं वशिष्ठं तपतां वरम्
baddhāṃjalipuṭobhūtvā bhaktyā namitakaṃdharaḥ | tamuvāca mahāprājñaṃ vaśiṣṭhaṃ tapatāṃ varam
with his hands folded in reverence, his neck bowed in devotion, spoke to that greatly wise Vasiṣṭha, best of ascetics:
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PdP 2 108.11
भगवञ्छ्रूयतां वाक्यमपूर्वं चारणेरितम् । एष वै नहुषो नाम्ना आयुपुत्रो वियोजितः
bhagavañchrūyatāṃ vākyamapūrvaṃ cāraṇeritam | eṣa vai nahuṣo nāmnā āyuputro viyojitaḥ
"Lord, let a strange speech uttered by the Cāraṇas be heard: 'This one indeed, Nahuṣa by name, the son of Āyu, was separated
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PdP 2 108.12
मात्रा सह सुदुःखैस्तु इंदुमत्या हि दानवैः । शिवस्य तनया बाला तपस्तेपे सुदुश्चरम्
mātrā saha suduḥkhaistu iṃdumatyā hi dānavaiḥ | śivasya tanayā bālā tapastepe suduścaram
(Separated) together with his mother Indumatī by the Dānavas, with much suffering — (and) Śiva's daughter, a young girl, performed austerity most hard to practise,
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PdP 2 108.13
निमित्तमस्य धीरस्य नहुषस्येति वै गुरो । एवमाभाषितं तैस्तु तत्सर्वं हि मया श्रुतम्
nimittamasya dhīrasya nahuṣasyeti vai guro | evamābhāṣitaṃ taistu tatsarvaṃ hi mayā śrutam
and the occasion (of it) was this steadfast Nahuṣa, O teacher. Thus was it spoken by them, and all of that was heard by me.
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PdP 2 108.14
कोसावायुः स धर्मात्मा कासा त्विंदुमती शुभा । अशोकसुंदरी कासा नहुषेति क उच्यते
kosāvāyuḥ sa dharmātmā kāsā tviṃdumatī śubhā | aśokasuṃdarī kāsā nahuṣeti ka ucyate
Who is that Āyu, the righteous one? And who is the fair Indumatī? Who is Aśokasundarī? And who is called Nahuṣa?
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PdP 2 108.15
एतन्मे संशयं जातं तद्भवांश्छेत्तुमर्हति । अन्यः कोपि महाप्राज्ञः कुत्रासौ नहुषेति च
etanme saṃśayaṃ jātaṃ tadbhavāṃśchettumarhati | anyaḥ kopi mahāprājñaḥ kutrāsau nahuṣeti ca
This doubt has arisen in me; you ought to cut it away — and (is there) some other man of great wisdom (called Nahuṣa)? Where is that Nahuṣa?
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PdP 2 108.16
तत्सर्वं तात मे ब्रूहि कारणांतरमेव हि । वशिष्ठ उवाच- आयु राजा स धर्मात्मा सप्तद्वीपाधिपो बली
tatsarvaṃ tāta me brūhi kāraṇāṃtarameva hi | vaśiṣṭha uvāca- āyu rājā sa dharmātmā saptadvīpādhipo balī
Tell me all that, dear sir, and the (further) reason as well. Vasiṣṭha said: Āyu was a king, righteous of soul, mighty, lord of the seven continents.
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PdP 2 108.17
भार्या इंदुमती तस्य सत्यरूपा यशस्विनी । तस्यामुत्पादितः पुत्रो भवान्वै गुणमंदिरम्
bhāryā iṃdumatī tasya satyarūpā yaśasvinī | tasyāmutpāditaḥ putro bhavānvai guṇamaṃdiram
His wife was Indumatī, of truthful form, illustrious; on her was begotten a son — yourself indeed, the abode of virtues,
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PdP 2 108.18
आयुना राजराजेन सोमवंशस्य भूषणम् । हरस्य कन्या सुश्रोणी गुणरूपैरलंकृता
āyunā rājarājena somavaṃśasya bhūṣaṇam | harasya kanyā suśroṇī guṇarūpairalaṃkṛtā
by Āyu the king of kings, (a son who is) the ornament of the lunar dynasty. Hara's daughter, fair-hipped, adorned with virtues and beauty,
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PdP 2 108.19
अशोकसुंदरी नाम्ना सुभगा चारुहासिनी । तस्य हेतोस्तपस्तेपे निरालंबा तपोवने
aśokasuṃdarī nāmnā subhagā cāruhāsinī | tasya hetostapastepe nirālaṃbā tapovane
Aśokasundarī by name, blessed, of charming smile — for the sake of that (union) she performed austerity, without support, in the penance-grove.
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PdP 2 108.20
तस्या भर्ता भवान्सृष्टो धात्रा योगेन निश्चितः । गंगायास्तीरमाश्रित्य ध्यानयोग समाश्रिता
tasyā bhartā bhavānsṛṣṭo dhātrā yogena niścitaḥ | gaṃgāyāstīramāśritya dhyānayoga samāśritā
You were created as her husband, determined by the Creator through (his) yoga; taking her stand on the bank of the Gaṅgā, she resorted to the yoga of meditation.
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PdP 2 108.21
हुंडश्च दानवेंद्रो यो दृष्ट्वा चैकाकिनीं सतीम् । तपसा प्रज्वलंतीं च सुभगां कमलेक्षणाम्
huṃḍaśca dānaveṃdro yo dṛṣṭvā caikākinīṃ satīm | tapasā prajvalaṃtīṃ ca subhagāṃ kamalekṣaṇām
And Huṇḍa, that lord of the Dānavas, seeing the chaste woman alone, blazing with austerity, blessed, lotus-eyed,
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PdP 2 108.22
रूपौदार्यगुणोपेतां कामबाणैः प्रपीडितः । तां बभाषेऽन्तिकं गत्वा मम भार्या भवेति च
rūpaudāryaguṇopetāṃ kāmabāṇaiḥ prapīḍitaḥ | tāṃ babhāṣe'ntikaṃ gatvā mama bhāryā bhaveti ca
endowed with beauty, nobility and virtue — tormented by the arrows of desire, he went near and said to her: "Become my wife."
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PdP 2 108.23
एवं सा तद्वचः श्रुत्वा तमुवाच तपस्विनी । मा हुंड साहसं कार्षीर्मा जल्पस्व पुनः पुनः
evaṃ sā tadvacaḥ śrutvā tamuvāca tapasvinī | mā huṃḍa sāhasaṃ kārṣīrmā jalpasva punaḥ punaḥ
Thus, having heard that speech of his, the ascetic woman said to him: "Huṇḍa, do not commit this rashness, do not babble again and again.
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PdP 2 108.24
अप्राप्याहं त्वया वीर परभार्या विशेषतः । दैवेन मे पुरा सृष्ट आयुपुत्रो महाबलः
aprāpyāhaṃ tvayā vīra parabhāryā viśeṣataḥ | daivena me purā sṛṣṭa āyuputro mahābalaḥ
I am not to be attained by you, O hero — especially (as I am) another's wife. Long ago the mighty son of Āyu was created for me by fate,
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PdP 2 108.25
नहुषो नाम मेधावी भविष्यति न संशयः । देवदत्तो महातेजा अन्यथा त्वं करिष्यसि
nahuṣo nāma medhāvī bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ | devadatto mahātejā anyathā tvaṃ kariṣyasi
named Nahuṣa, wise — he shall come to be, there is no doubt; god-given, of great splendour. If you act otherwise,
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PdP 2 108.26
ततः शाप्रं पदास्यामि येन भस्मी भविष्यसि । एवमाकर्ण्य तद्वाक्यं कामबाणैः प्रपीडितः
tataḥ śāpraṃ padāsyāmi yena bhasmī bhaviṣyasi | evamākarṇya tadvākyaṃ kāmabāṇaiḥ prapīḍitaḥ
then I shall lay a curse (on you), by which you will become ashes." Having heard that speech thus, tormented by the arrows of desire,
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PdP 2 108.27
व्याजेनापि हृता तेन प्रणीता निजमंदिरे । ज्ञात्वा तया महाभाग शप्तोऽसौ दानवाधमः
vyājenāpi hṛtā tena praṇītā nijamaṃdire | jñātvā tayā mahābhāga śapto'sau dānavādhamaḥ
she was carried off by him, even by a trick, and led to his own palace. Having come to know (this), O greatly fortunate one, that lowest of Dānavas was cursed by her:
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PdP 2 108.28
नहुषस्यैव हस्तेन तव मृत्युर्भविष्यति । अजाते त्वयि संजाता वदसे त्वं यथैव तत्
nahuṣasyaiva hastena tava mṛtyurbhaviṣyati | ajāte tvayi saṃjātā vadase tvaṃ yathaiva tat
"Your death shall come about by Nahuṣa's very hand." (He said:) "You speak thus of that (one) as though he were already born, when you are (still) unborn" — (or: he being unborn).
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PdP 2 108.29
स त्वमायुसुतो वीर हृतो हुंडेन पापिना । सूदेन रक्षितो दास्या प्रेषितो मम चाश्रमम्
sa tvamāyusuto vīra hṛto huṃḍena pāpinā | sūdena rakṣito dāsyā preṣito mama cāśramam
You are that son of Āyu, O hero, carried off by the sinful Huṇḍa, protected by the cook, and sent by the maidservant to my hermitage.
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PdP 2 108.30
भवंतं वनमध्ये च दृष्ट्वा चारणकिन्नरैः । यत्तु वै श्रावितं वत्स मया ते कथितं पुनः
bhavaṃtaṃ vanamadhye ca dṛṣṭvā cāraṇakinnaraiḥ | yattu vai śrāvitaṃ vatsa mayā te kathitaṃ punaḥ
And having seen you in the midst of the forest, what was made to be heard by the Cāraṇas and Kinnaras — that, dear child, I have told you again.
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PdP 2 108.31
जहि तं पापकर्तारं हुंडाख्यं दानवाधमम् । नेत्राभ्यां हि प्रमुंचंतीमश्रूणि परिमार्जय
jahi taṃ pāpakartāraṃ huṃḍākhyaṃ dānavādhamam | netrābhyāṃ hi pramuṃcaṃtīmaśrūṇi parimārjaya
Slay that doer of evil deeds, the lowest of Dānavas named Huṇḍa; wipe away the tears of her who is shedding them from both her eyes.
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PdP 2 108.32
इतो गत्वा प्रपश्य त्वं गंगातीरं महाबलम् । निपात्य दानवेंद्रं तं कारागृहात्समानय
ito gatvā prapaśya tvaṃ gaṃgātīraṃ mahābalam | nipātya dānaveṃdraṃ taṃ kārāgṛhātsamānaya
Going from here, look upon the bank of the Ganges, you of great strength; having struck down that lord of the Dānavas, bring her out of the prison-house.
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PdP 2 108.33
अशोकसुंदरी याहि तस्या भर्ता भवस्व हि । एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं प्रश्नस्यास्य हि कारणम्
aśokasuṃdarī yāhi tasyā bhartā bhavasva hi | etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ praśnasyāsya hi kāraṇam
Go to Aśokasundarī and become her husband. All this has been told to you—indeed, the reason for this question (of yours).
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PdP 2 108.34
आभाष्य नहुषं विप्रो विरराम महामतिः
ābhāṣya nahuṣaṃ vipro virarāma mahāmatiḥ
Having spoken thus to Nahuṣa, the brahmin of great wisdom fell silent.
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PdP 2 108.35
आकर्ण्य सर्वं मुनिना प्रयुक्तमाश्चर्यभूतं स हि चिंत्यमानः । तस्यांतमेकः परिकर्तुकाम आयोः सुतः कोपमथो चकार
ākarṇya sarvaṃ muninā prayuktamāścaryabhūtaṃ sa hi ciṃtyamānaḥ | tasyāṃtamekaḥ parikartukāma āyoḥ sutaḥ kopamatho cakāra
Having heard all that was set forth by the sage, which was marvellous, he indeed, pondering, wishing to make an end of him single-handed, the son of Āyu then gave way to anger.
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