Padma Purana — Bhumi Khanda — Chapter 11
PdP 2 11.1
ऋषय ऊचुः- सर्वज्ञेन त्वया प्रोक्तं दैत्यदानवसंगरम् । इदानीं श्रोतुमिच्छामः सुव्रतस्य महात्मनः
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ- sarvajñena tvayā proktaṃ daityadānavasaṃgaram | idānīṃ śrotumicchāmaḥ suvratasya mahātmanaḥ
The sages said: By you, the all-knowing, the battle of the Daityas and Dānavas has been told; now we wish to hear of the great-souled Suvrata—
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PdP 2 11.2
कस्य पुत्रो महाप्राज्ञः कस्य गोत्रसमुद्भवः । किं तपस्तस्य विप्रस्य कथमाराधितो हरिः
kasya putro mahāprājñaḥ kasya gotrasamudbhavaḥ | kiṃ tapastasya viprasya kathamārādhito hariḥ
whose son was that greatly wise one, of whose lineage was he born? What was that brahmin's austerity, and how was Hari propitiated (by him)?
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PdP 2 11.3
सूत उवाच- कथा प्रज्ञाप्रभावेण पूर्वमेव यथा श्रुता । तथा विप्राः प्रवक्ष्यामि सुव्रतस्य महात्मनः
sūta uvāca- kathā prajñāprabhāveṇa pūrvameva yathā śrutā | tathā viprāḥ pravakṣyāmi suvratasya mahātmanaḥ
Sūta said: As the story was formerly heard by the power of (my) understanding, so, O brahmins, I shall relate it—that of the great-souled Suvrata,
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PdP 2 11.4
चरितं पावनं दिव्यं वैष्णवं श्रेयआवहम् । भवतामग्रतः सर्वं विष्णोश्चैव प्रसादतः
caritaṃ pāvanaṃ divyaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ śreyaāvaham | bhavatāmagrataḥ sarvaṃ viṣṇoścaiva prasādataḥ
a purifying, divine, Vaiṣṇava tale, bringing welfare—all of it, before you, and by the grace of Viṣṇu.
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PdP 2 11.5
पूर्वकल्पे महाभागाः सुक्षेत्रे पापनाशने । रेवातीरे सुपुण्ये च तीर्थे वामनसंज्ञके
pūrvakalpe mahābhāgāḥ sukṣetre pāpanāśane | revātīre supuṇye ca tīrthe vāmanasaṃjñake
In a former kalpa, O greatly fortunate ones, in a good region that destroys sin, on the very holy bank of the Revā, at the sacred place named Vāmana,
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PdP 2 11.6
कौशिकस्य कुले जातः सोमशर्मा द्विजोत्तमः । स तु पुत्रविहीनस्तु बहुदुःखसमन्वितः
kauśikasya kule jātaḥ somaśarmā dvijottamaḥ | sa tu putravihīnastu bahuduḥkhasamanvitaḥ
Born in the family of Kauśika was Somaśarman, a foremost twice-born; but he was without a son and beset with much sorrow.
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PdP 2 11.7
दारिद्रेण स दुःखेन सर्वदैवप्रपीडितः । पुत्रोपायं धनस्यापि दिवारात्रौ प्रचिंतयेत्
dāridreṇa sa duḥkhena sarvadaivaprapīḍitaḥ | putropāyaṃ dhanasyāpi divārātrau praciṃtayet
Afflicted by that misery of poverty, oppressed by fate in every way, day and night he would ponder a means to a son and to wealth as well.
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PdP 2 11.8
एकदा तु प्रिया तस्य सुमना नाम सुव्रता । भर्तारं चिंतयोपेतमधोमुखमलक्षयत्
ekadā tu priyā tasya sumanā nāma suvratā | bhartāraṃ ciṃtayopetamadhomukhamalakṣayat
Now one day his dear wife, Sumanā by name, of good vows, noticed her husband beset by brooding, his face downcast.
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PdP 2 11.9
समालोक्य तदा कांतं तमुवाच तपस्विनी । दुःखजालैरसंख्यैस्तु तव चित्तं प्रधर्षितम्
samālokya tadā kāṃtaṃ tamuvāca tapasvinī | duḥkhajālairasaṃkhyaistu tava cittaṃ pradharṣitam
Then, having looked upon her beloved, that ascetic woman said to him: "Your mind is overpowered by countless nets of sorrow.
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PdP 2 11.10
व्यामोहेन प्रमूढोसि त्यज चिंतां महामते । मम दुःखं समाचक्ष्व स्वस्थो भव सुखं व्रज
vyāmohena pramūḍhosi tyaja ciṃtāṃ mahāmate | mama duḥkhaṃ samācakṣva svastho bhava sukhaṃ vraja
You are stupefied by delusion; abandon this brooding, O great-minded one. Tell me your sorrow, be at ease, go to happiness.
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PdP 2 11.11
नास्ति चिंतासमं दुःखं कायशोषणमेव हि । यश्चिंतां त्यज्य वर्तेत स सुखेन प्रमोदते
nāsti ciṃtāsamaṃ duḥkhaṃ kāyaśoṣaṇameva hi | yaściṃtāṃ tyajya varteta sa sukhena pramodate
There is no sorrow equal to brooding — it is the very withering of the body. He who lives having given up brooding rejoices in happiness.
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PdP 2 11.12
चिंतायाः कारणं विप्र कथयस्व ममाग्रतः । प्रियावाक्यं समाकर्ण्य सोमशर्माब्रवीत्प्रियाम्
ciṃtāyāḥ kāraṇaṃ vipra kathayasva mamāgrataḥ | priyāvākyaṃ samākarṇya somaśarmābravītpriyām
Tell me, brahmin, in my presence, the cause of your brooding." Having heard his wife's words, Somaśarman spoke to his beloved.
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PdP 2 11.13
सोमशर्मोवाच-। इच्छया चिंतितं भद्रे चिंता दुःखस्य कारणम् । तत्सर्वं तु प्रवक्ष्यामि श्रुत्वा चैवावधार्यताम्
somaśarmovāca-| icchayā ciṃtitaṃ bhadre ciṃtā duḥkhasya kāraṇam | tatsarvaṃ tu pravakṣyāmi śrutvā caivāvadhāryatām
Somaśarman said: What is brooded on arises from desire, good lady; brooding is the cause of sorrow. But I shall tell you all that; hear it and take it to heart.
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PdP 2 11.14
न जाने केन पापेन धनहीनोस्मि सुव्रते । तथा पुत्रविहीनश्च एतद्दुःखस्य कारणम्
na jāne kena pāpena dhanahīnosmi suvrate | tathā putravihīnaśca etadduḥkhasya kāraṇam
I do not know through what sin I am destitute of wealth, O woman of good vows, and likewise without a son — this is the cause of my sorrow.
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PdP 2 11.15
सुमनोवाच- श्रूयतामभिधास्यामि सर्वसंदेहनाशनम् । स्वरूपमुपदेशस्य सर्वविज्ञानदर्शनम्
sumanovāca- śrūyatāmabhidhāsyāmi sarvasaṃdehanāśanam | svarūpamupadeśasya sarvavijñānadarśanam
Sumanā said: Listen — I shall declare what destroys all doubt, the very nature of the teaching, the seeing of all knowledge.
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PdP 2 11.16
लोभः पापस्य बीजं हि मोहो मूलं च तस्य हि । असत्यं तस्य वै स्कंधो माया शाखा सुविस्तरा
lobhaḥ pāpasya bījaṃ hi moho mūlaṃ ca tasya hi | asatyaṃ tasya vai skaṃdho māyā śākhā suvistarā
Greed indeed is the seed of sin, and delusion is its root; falsehood is its trunk, illusion its widely spreading branch.
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PdP 2 11.17
दंभकौटिल्यपत्राणि कुबुद्ध्या पुष्पितः सदा । अनृतं तस्य सौगंधं फलमज्ञानमेव च चिंतामोहौ परित्यज्य अनुवर्तस्व च द्विज । संसारे नास्ति संबंधः केन सार्धं महामते
daṃbhakauṭilyapatrāṇi kubuddhyā puṣpitaḥ sadā | anṛtaṃ tasya saugaṃdhaṃ phalamajñānameva ca ciṃtāmohau parityajya anuvartasva ca dvija | saṃsāre nāsti saṃbaṃdhaḥ kena sārdhaṃ mahāmate
Hypocrisy and crookedness are its leaves; by bad thinking it is ever in flower; untruth is its fragrance, and ignorance its fruit. Abandoning brooding and delusion, conform (to this), O twice-born; in the round of existence there is no lasting bond with anyone, O great-minded one.
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PdP 2 11.18
छद्मपाखंडशौर्येर्ष्याः क्रूराः कूटाश्च पापिनः । पक्षिणो मोहवृक्षस्य मायाशाखा समाश्रिताः
chadmapākhaṃḍaśauryerṣyāḥ krūrāḥ kūṭāśca pāpinaḥ | pakṣiṇo mohavṛkṣasya māyāśākhā samāśritāḥ
Deceit, false piety, aggression and envy — cruel, crooked, sinful — are the birds of the tree of delusion, perched on its branch of illusion.
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PdP 2 11.19
अज्ञानं सुफलं तस्य रसोऽधर्मः फलस्य हि । तृष्णोदकेन संवृद्धाऽश्रद्धा तस्य द्रवः प्रिय
ajñānaṃ suphalaṃ tasya raso'dharmaḥ phalasya hi | tṛṣṇodakena saṃvṛddhā'śraddhā tasya dravaḥ priya
Ignorance is its fine fruit, and unrighteousness is the fruit's juice; grown up by the water of craving, faithlessness is its sap, my dear.
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PdP 2 11.20
अधर्मः सुरसस्तस्य उत्कटो मधुरायते । यादृशैश्च फलैश्चैव सुफलो लोभपादपः
adharmaḥ surasastasya utkaṭo madhurāyate | yādṛśaiśca phalaiścaiva suphalo lobhapādapaḥ
Unrighteousness is its sweet juice, which, being pungent, tastes sweet; and with such fruits the greed-tree is well-fruited.
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PdP 2 11.21
अस्यच्छायां समाश्रित्य यो नरः परितुष्यते । फलानि तस्य चाश्नाति सुपक्वानि दिनेदिने
asyacchāyāṃ samāśritya yo naraḥ parituṣyate | phalāni tasya cāśnāti supakvāni dinedine
The man who, taking refuge in its shade, is content, eats its well-ripened fruits day after day.
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PdP 2 11.22
फलानां तु रसेनापि अधर्मेण तु पालितः । स संतुष्टो भवेन्मर्त्यः पतनायाभिगच्छति
phalānāṃ tu rasenāpi adharmeṇa tu pālitaḥ | sa saṃtuṣṭo bhavenmartyaḥ patanāyābhigacchati
Nourished by the juice of those fruits and by unrighteousness, that mortal becomes contented — and moves toward his fall.
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PdP 2 11.23
तस्माच्चिंतां परित्यज्य पुमाँल्लोभं न कारयेत् । धनपुत्रकलत्राणां चिंतामेकां न कारयेत्
tasmācciṃtāṃ parityajya pumā~llobhaṃ na kārayet | dhanaputrakalatrāṇāṃ ciṃtāmekāṃ na kārayet
Therefore, giving up brooding, a man should not indulge greed; he should not entertain even a single anxious thought about wealth, sons, and wives.
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PdP 2 11.24
यो हि विद्वान्भवेत्कांत मूर्खाणां पथमेति हि । मूर्खश्चिंतयते नित्यं कथमर्थं ममैव हि
yo hi vidvānbhavetkāṃta mūrkhāṇāṃ pathameti hi | mūrkhaściṃtayate nityaṃ kathamarthaṃ mamaiva hi
He who is learned, my husband, follows the path of fools indeed; the fool constantly broods, "How shall I get wealth for myself?"
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PdP 2 11.25
सुभार्यामिह विंदामि कथं पुत्रानहं लभे । एवं चिंतयते नित्यं दिवारात्रौ विमोहितः
subhāryāmiha viṃdāmi kathaṃ putrānahaṃ labhe | evaṃ ciṃtayate nityaṃ divārātrau vimohitaḥ
"How shall I find a good wife here, how shall I obtain sons?" — thus, bewildered, he broods constantly, day and night.
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PdP 2 11.26
क्षणमेकं प्रपश्येत चिंतामध्ये महत्सुखम् । पुनश्चैतन्यमायाति महादुःखेन पीड्यते
kṣaṇamekaṃ prapaśyeta ciṃtāmadhye mahatsukham | punaścaitanyamāyāti mahāduḥkhena pīḍyate
For a single moment (he) may glimpse great pleasure in the midst of his brooding; then consciousness returns, and he is tormented by great suffering.
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PdP 2 11.28
मित्राश्च बांधवाः पुत्राः पितृमातृसभृत्यकाः । संबंधिनो भवंत्येव कलत्राणि तथैव च
mitrāśca bāṃdhavāḥ putrāḥ pitṛmātṛsabhṛtyakāḥ | saṃbaṃdhino bhavaṃtyeva kalatrāṇi tathaiva ca
Friends, kinsmen, sons, fathers, mothers and servants — they all become relations, and wives likewise.
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PdP 2 11.29
सोमशर्मोवाच- संबंधः कीदृशो भद्रे तथा विस्तरतो वद । येन संबंधिनः सर्वे धनपुत्रादिबांधवाः
somaśarmovāca- saṃbaṃdhaḥ kīdṛśo bhadre tathā vistarato vada | yena saṃbaṃdhinaḥ sarve dhanaputrādibāṃdhavāḥ
Somaśarman said: What sort of thing is (this) relation, good lady? Tell it in detail — that by which all become relations: wealth, sons, and the rest of the kin.
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PdP 2 11.30
सुमनोवाच- ऋणसंबंधिनः केचित्केचिन्न्यासापहारकाः । लाभप्रदा भवंत्येके उदासीनास्तथापरे
sumanovāca- ṛṇasaṃbaṃdhinaḥ kecitkecinnyāsāpahārakāḥ | lābhapradā bhavaṃtyeke udāsīnāstathāpare
Sumanas said: Some are connected by debt, some are stealers of a deposit; some become givers of gain, and others are indifferent.
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PdP 2 11.31
भेदैश्चतुर्भिर्जायंते पुत्रमित्रस्त्रियस्तथा । भार्या पिता च माता च भृत्याः स्वजनबांधवाः
bhedaiścaturbhirjāyaṃte putramitrastriyastathā | bhāryā pitā ca mātā ca bhṛtyāḥ svajanabāṃdhavāḥ
By these four distinctions are born sons, friends and women, and wife, father and mother, servants, one's own people and kinsmen.
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PdP 2 11.32
स्वेनस्वेन हि जायंते संबंधेन महीतले । न्यासापहारभावेन यस्य येन कृतं भुवि
svenasvena hi jāyaṃte saṃbaṃdhena mahītale | nyāsāpahārabhāvena yasya yena kṛtaṃ bhuvi
For (they) are born on the earth each by his own (kind of) connection — by the fact of a deposit or its theft, by whom (it was) done to whom in this world.
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PdP 2 11.33
न्यासस्वामी भवेत्पुत्रो गुणवान्रूपवान्भुवि । येनैवापह्रतं न्यासं तस्य गेहे न संशयः
nyāsasvāmī bhavetputro guṇavānrūpavānbhuvi | yenaivāpahrataṃ nyāsaṃ tasya gehe na saṃśayaḥ
The owner of the deposit becomes a son, endowed with virtues and beauty, in the house of the very man by whom the deposit was stolen — there is no doubt of it.
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PdP 2 11.34
न्यासापहरणाद्दुःखं स दत्वा दारुणं गतः । न्यासस्वामी सुपुत्रोभून्न्यासापहारकस्य च
nyāsāpaharaṇādduḥkhaṃ sa datvā dāruṇaṃ gataḥ | nyāsasvāmī suputrobhūnnyāsāpahārakasya ca
Having given cruel suffering by the theft of the deposit, he departed; (then) the owner of the deposit became a good son of the very stealer of the deposit,
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PdP 2 11.35
गुणवान्रूपवांश्चैव सर्वलक्षणसंयुतः । भक्तिं तु दर्शयंस्तस्य पुत्रो भूत्वा दिनेदिने
guṇavānrūpavāṃścaiva sarvalakṣaṇasaṃyutaḥ | bhaktiṃ tu darśayaṃstasya putro bhūtvā dinedine
virtuous and handsome and endowed with all (auspicious) marks, becoming his son and displaying devotion to him day after day —
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PdP 2 11.36
प्रियवाङ्मधुरो रोगी बहुस्नेहं विदर्शयन् । स्वीयं द्रव्यं समुद्गृह्य प्रीतिमुत्पाद्य चोत्तमाम्
priyavāṅmadhuro rogī bahusnehaṃ vidarśayan | svīyaṃ dravyaṃ samudgṛhya prītimutpādya cottamām
sweet, of pleasant speech, (then) sick, showing much affection; having taken back his own property and having produced the highest fondness (in the other),
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PdP 2 11.37
यथा येन प्रदत्तं स्यान्न्यासस्य हरणात्पुरा । दुःखमेव महाभाग दारुणं प्राणनाशनम्
yathā yena pradattaṃ syānnyāsasya haraṇātpurā | duḥkhameva mahābhāga dāruṇaṃ prāṇanāśanam
just as, formerly, by the theft of the deposit, suffering was inflicted by him — cruel suffering, destroying life, O greatly fortunate one —
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PdP 2 11.38
तादृशं तस्य सौहृद्यात्पुत्रो भूत्वा महागुणैः । अल्पायुषस्तथा भूत्वा मरणं चोपगच्छति
tādṛśaṃ tasya sauhṛdyātputro bhūtvā mahāguṇaiḥ | alpāyuṣastathā bhūtvā maraṇaṃ copagacchati
such (suffering he inflicts): having become, out of affection for him, his son with great virtues, and being short-lived, he goes to death.
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PdP 2 11.39
दुःखं दत्वा प्रयात्येवं भूत्वाभूत्वा पुनःपुनः । यदा हा पुत्रपुत्रेति प्रलापं हि करोति सः
duḥkhaṃ datvā prayātyevaṃ bhūtvābhūtvā punaḥpunaḥ | yadā hā putraputreti pralāpaṃ hi karoti saḥ
Having given suffering he thus departs, being born again and again; and when that (father) laments, "Alas, my son, my son!" —
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PdP 2 11.40
तदा हास्यं करोत्येव कस्य पुत्रो हि कः पिता । अनेनापहृतं न्यासं मदीयस्योपकारणम्
tadā hāsyaṃ karotyeva kasya putro hi kaḥ pitā | anenāpahṛtaṃ nyāsaṃ madīyasyopakāraṇam
then (the departed one) only laughs: "Whose son indeed, and who is the father? By this man was stolen the deposit that was the means of my (livelihood)."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 2 11.41
द्रव्यापहरणेनापि न मे प्राणा गताः किल । दुःखेन महता चैव असह्येन च वै पुरा
dravyāpaharaṇenāpi na me prāṇā gatāḥ kila | duḥkhena mahatā caiva asahyena ca vai purā
"And even by the theft of my property my life was not lost, indeed — formerly, by great and unbearable suffering."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 2 11.42
तथा दुःखं प्रदत्वाहं द्रव्यमुद्गृह्य चोत्तमम् । गंतास्मि सुभृशं चाद्य कस्याहं सुत ईदृशः
tathā duḥkhaṃ pradatvāhaṃ dravyamudgṛhya cottamam | gaṃtāsmi subhṛśaṃ cādya kasyāhaṃ suta īdṛśaḥ
"So, having given (him) suffering and having taken back my excellent property, I shall depart utterly this very day. Whose son am I, such as I am?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 11.43
न चैष मे पिता पुत्रः पूर्वमेव न कस्यचित् । पिशाचत्वं मया दत्तमस्यैवेति दुरात्मनः
na caiṣa me pitā putraḥ pūrvameva na kasyacit | piśācatvaṃ mayā dattamasyaiveti durātmanaḥ
"This one is not my father, nor am I (his) son; formerly indeed I was no one's. Ghost-hood is what I have given to this evil-souled man" — (thus).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 2 11.44
एवमुक्त्वा प्रयात्येवं तं प्रहस्य पुनःपुनः । प्रयात्यनेन मार्गेण दुःखं दत्वा सुदारुणम्
evamuktvā prayātyevaṃ taṃ prahasya punaḥpunaḥ | prayātyanena mārgeṇa duḥkhaṃ datvā sudāruṇam
Having spoken thus he departs, laughing at him again and again; by this path he goes off, having inflicted most cruel suffering.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 11.45
एवं न्यासं समुद्धर्तुः पुत्राः कांत भवंति वै । संसारे दुःखबहुला दृश्यंते यत्रतत्र च
evaṃ nyāsaṃ samuddhartuḥ putrāḥ kāṃta bhavaṃti vai | saṃsāre duḥkhabahulā dṛśyaṃte yatratatra ca
Thus, my beloved, sons become (sons) of the one who carried off a deposit; in the round of existence they are seen, full of suffering, here and there.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 11.46
ऋणसंबंधिनः पुत्रान्प्रवक्ष्यामि तवाग्रतः
ṛṇasaṃbaṃdhinaḥ putrānpravakṣyāmi tavāgrataḥ
I shall now declare before you the sons who are connected by debt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition