Padma Purana — Bhumi Khanda — Chapter 123
PdP 2 123.1
सिद्ध उवाच- श्रूयतामभिधास्यामि ज्ञानरूपं तवाग्रतः । ज्ञानस्य नास्ति वै देहो हस्तौ पादौ च चक्षुषी
siddha uvāca- śrūyatāmabhidhāsyāmi jñānarūpaṃ tavāgrataḥ | jñānasya nāsti vai deho hastau pādau ca cakṣuṣī
The Siddha said: Let it be heard — I shall declare before you the nature of knowledge. Knowledge has no body, no hands or feet or eyes,
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PdP 2 123.2
नासाकर्णौ न ज्ञानस्य नास्ति चैवास्थिसंग्रहः । केन दृष्टं तु वै ज्ञानं कानि लिंगानि तस्य वै
nāsākarṇau na jñānasya nāsti caivāsthisaṃgrahaḥ | kena dṛṣṭaṃ tu vai jñānaṃ kāni liṃgāni tasya vai
knowledge has no nose or ears, nor has it any assemblage of bones; by what, then, is knowledge seen, and what are its marks?
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PdP 2 123.3
आकारैर्वर्जितं नित्यं सर्वं वेत्ति स सर्ववित् । दिवाप्रकाशकः सूर्यो रात्रौ प्रकाशयेच्छशी
ākārairvarjitaṃ nityaṃ sarvaṃ vetti sa sarvavit | divāprakāśakaḥ sūryo rātrau prakāśayecchaśī
Devoid of shapes, eternal, it knows everything: it is the all-knowing. The sun is the illuminator by day, the moon gives light by night,
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PdP 2 123.4
गृहं प्रकाशयेद्दीपो लोकमध्ये स्थिता अमी । तत्पदं केन वै धाम्ना दृश्यते शृणु सत्तम
gṛhaṃ prakāśayeddīpo lokamadhye sthitā amī | tatpadaṃ kena vai dhāmnā dṛśyate śṛṇu sattama
a lamp lights up a house — these are the (lights) established within the world. But by what light is that state seen? Listen, O best of men.
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PdP 2 123.5
न विंदंति हि मूढास्ते मोहिता विष्णुमायया । कायमध्ये स्थितं ज्ञानं ध्यानदीप्तमनौपमम्
na viṃdaṃti hi mūḍhāste mohitā viṣṇumāyayā | kāyamadhye sthitaṃ jñānaṃ dhyānadīptamanaupamam
Those fools do not find it, bewildered by Viṣṇu's māyā: the knowledge that abides within the body, kindled by meditation, beyond compare.
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PdP 2 123.6
तत्पदं तेन दृश्येत चंद्रसूर्यादिभिर्न च । हस्तपादौ विना ज्ञानमचक्षुः कर्णवर्जितम्
tatpadaṃ tena dṛśyeta caṃdrasūryādibhirna ca | hastapādau vinā jñānamacakṣuḥ karṇavarjitam
By that is that state seen, and not by moon, sun and the rest. Knowledge is without hands and feet, without eyes, lacking ears;
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PdP 2 123.7
तस्य सर्वत्र गतिरस्ति सर्वं गृह्णाति पश्यति । सर्वमाघ्राति विप्रेंद्र शृणोत्येवं न संशयः
tasya sarvatra gatirasti sarvaṃ gṛhṇāti paśyati | sarvamāghrāti vipreṃdra śṛṇotyevaṃ na saṃśayaḥ
it has motion everywhere, it grasps and sees everything, it smells everything, O best of brahmins, and it hears — so it is, without doubt.
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PdP 2 123.8
नास्ति ज्ञानसमो दीपः सर्वांधकारनाशने । स्वर्गे भूमौ च पाताले स्थाने स्थाने च दृश्यते
nāsti jñānasamo dīpaḥ sarvāṃdhakāranāśane | svarge bhūmau ca pātāle sthāne sthāne ca dṛśyate
There is no lamp equal to knowledge for destroying all darkness; in heaven, on earth and in the netherworld it is seen in place after place.
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PdP 2 123.9
कायमध्ये स्थितं ज्ञानं न विंदंति कुबुद्धयः । ज्ञानस्थानं प्रवक्ष्यामि यस्माज्ज्ञानं प्रजायते
kāyamadhye sthitaṃ jñānaṃ na viṃdaṃti kubuddhayaḥ | jñānasthānaṃ pravakṣyāmi yasmājjñānaṃ prajāyate
Men of poor wit do not find the knowledge that abides within the body. I shall declare the seat of knowledge, from which knowledge arises.
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PdP 2 123.10
प्राणिनां हृदये नित्यं निहितं सर्वदा द्विज । कामादीन्सुमहाभोगान्महामोहादिकांस्तथा
prāṇināṃ hṛdaye nityaṃ nihitaṃ sarvadā dvija | kāmādīnsumahābhogānmahāmohādikāṃstathā
It is always lodged in the heart of living beings at all times, O twice-born. Desire and the rest, the great objects of enjoyment, and great delusion and the like —
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PdP 2 123.11
विवेकवह्निना सर्वान्दिधक्षति सदैव यः । सर्वशांतिमयोभूत्वा इंद्रियार्थं प्रमर्द्दयेत्
vivekavahninā sarvāndidhakṣati sadaiva yaḥ | sarvaśāṃtimayobhūtvā iṃdriyārthaṃ pramarddayet
he who ever seeks to burn them all up with the fire of discrimination, becoming wholly made of peace, should crush the objects of the senses.
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PdP 2 123.12
ततस्तु जायते ज्ञानं सर्वतत्त्वार्थदर्शकम् । तत्त्वमूलमिदं ज्ञानं निर्मलं सर्वदर्शकम्
tatastu jāyate jñānaṃ sarvatattvārthadarśakam | tattvamūlamidaṃ jñānaṃ nirmalaṃ sarvadarśakam
Then knowledge arises, which shows the meaning of all the principles; this knowledge is rooted in reality, spotless, revealing everything.
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PdP 2 123.13
तस्माच्छांतिं कुरुष्व त्वं सर्वसौख्यप्रवर्द्धिनीम् । समः शत्रौ च मित्रे च यथात्मनि तथापरे
tasmācchāṃtiṃ kuruṣva tvaṃ sarvasaukhyapravarddhinīm | samaḥ śatrau ca mitre ca yathātmani tathāpare
Therefore make peace, which increases every happiness; be the same toward foe and friend — as toward yourself, so toward another.
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PdP 2 123.14
भव स्वनियतो नित्यं जिताहारो जितेंद्रियः । मैत्रं नैव प्रकर्तव्यं वैरं दूरे परित्यजेत्
bhava svaniyato nityaṃ jitāhāro jiteṃdriyaḥ | maitraṃ naiva prakartavyaṃ vairaṃ dūre parityajet
Be always self-controlled, with food mastered and senses mastered. No friendship at all should be made, and one should forsake enmity far away.
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PdP 2 123.15
निःसंगो निःस्पृहो भूत्वा एकांतस्थानमाश्रितः । सर्वप्रकाशको ज्ञानी सर्वदर्शी भविष्यसि
niḥsaṃgo niḥspṛho bhūtvā ekāṃtasthānamāśritaḥ | sarvaprakāśako jñānī sarvadarśī bhaviṣyasi
Having become free of attachment and free of longing, resorting to a solitary place, you will become a knower who illumines all and sees all.
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PdP 2 123.16
एकस्थानस्थितो वत्स त्रैलोक्ये यद्भविष्यति । वृत्तांतं वेत्स्यसि त्वं तु मत्प्रसादान्न संशयः
ekasthānasthito vatsa trailokye yadbhaviṣyati | vṛttāṃtaṃ vetsyasi tvaṃ tu matprasādānna saṃśayaḥ
Remaining in a single place, my child, whatever is to happen in the three worlds — that course of events you will know, by my grace, without doubt.
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PdP 2 123.17
कुंजल उवाच- सिद्धेन तेन मे विप्र ज्ञानरूपं प्रकाशितम् । तस्य वाक्ये स्थितो नित्यं तद्भावेनापि भावितः
kuṃjala uvāca- siddhena tena me vipra jñānarūpaṃ prakāśitam | tasya vākye sthito nityaṃ tadbhāvenāpi bhāvitaḥ
Kuñjala said: By that adept, O brahmin, the form of knowledge was revealed to me; abiding always in his word, I was made to be of that very nature.
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PdP 2 123.18
त्रैलोक्ये वर्त्तते यद्यदेकस्थाने स्थितो ह्यहम् । तत्तदेव प्रजानामि प्रसादात्तस्य सद्गुरोः
trailokye varttate yadyadekasthāne sthito hyaham | tattadeva prajānāmi prasādāttasya sadguroḥ
Whatever occurs in the three worlds, though I remain in one place, just that I know, by the grace of that true teacher.
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PdP 2 123.19
एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातमात्मवृत्तांतमेव हि । अन्यत्किं ते प्रवक्ष्यामि तद्ब्रूहि द्विजसत्तम
etatte sarvamākhyātamātmavṛttāṃtameva hi | anyatkiṃ te pravakṣyāmi tadbrūhi dvijasattama
All this, my own history indeed, has been told to you. What else shall I declare to you? Say that, O best of the twice-born.
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PdP 2 123.20
च्यवन उवाच- कीरयोनिं कथं प्राप्तो भवाञ्ज्ञानवतां वरः । तन्मे त्वं कारणं ब्रूहि सर्वसंदेहनाशनम्
cyavana uvāca- kīrayoniṃ kathaṃ prāpto bhavāñjñānavatāṃ varaḥ | tanme tvaṃ kāraṇaṃ brūhi sarvasaṃdehanāśanam
Cyavana said: How did you, the best of those possessing knowledge, come to a parrot's birth? Tell me the cause of that, which destroys all my doubt.
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PdP 2 123.21
कुंजल उवाच- संसर्गाज्जायते पापं संसर्गात्पुण्यमेव हि । तस्माद्विवर्जयेच्छुद्धो भव्यं विरुद्धमेव च
kuṃjala uvāca- saṃsargājjāyate pāpaṃ saṃsargātpuṇyameva hi | tasmādvivarjayecchuddho bhavyaṃ viruddhameva ca
Kuñjala said: From association evil arises, and from association merit as well. Therefore one who is pure should avoid both what is favourable and what is opposed.
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PdP 2 123.22
लुब्धकेनापि पापेन केनाप्येकः शुकः शिशुः । बंधयित्वा समानीतो विक्रयार्थं समुद्यतः
lubdhakenāpi pāpena kenāpyekaḥ śukaḥ śiśuḥ | baṃdhayitvā samānīto vikrayārthaṃ samudyataḥ
By some wicked fowler a single young parrot, having been bound, was brought along and offered for sale.
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PdP 2 123.23
चाटुकांर सुरूपं तं पटुवाक्यं समीक्ष्य च । गृहीतो ब्राह्मणैकेन मम प्रीत्या समर्पितः
cāṭukāṃra surūpaṃ taṃ paṭuvākyaṃ samīkṣya ca | gṛhīto brāhmaṇaikena mama prītyā samarpitaḥ
Seeing him to be flattering (in speech), handsome, and clever of tongue, he was acquired by a certain brahmin and presented to me out of affection.
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PdP 2 123.24
ज्ञानध्यानस्थितो नित्यमहमेव द्विजोत्तम । समे बालस्वभावेन कौतुकात्करसंस्थितः
jñānadhyānasthito nityamahameva dvijottama | same bālasvabhāvena kautukātkarasaṃsthitaḥ
I myself was always established in knowledge and meditation, O best of the twice-born; he, with a child's nature, out of playfulness settled on my hand.
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PdP 2 123.25
तस्य कौतुकवाक्यैर्वा मुग्धोऽहं द्विजसत्तम । शुकस्य पुत्ररूपस्य नित्यं तत्परमानसः
tasya kautukavākyairvā mugdho'haṃ dvijasattama | śukasya putrarūpasya nityaṃ tatparamānasaḥ
By his coaxing words, O best of the twice-born, I was infatuated; my mind was always intent upon that parrot, who was like a son (to me).
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PdP 2 123.26
मामेवं वदते सोपि ताततातेति आस्यताम् । स्नातुं गच्छ महाभाग देवमर्चय सांप्रतम्
māmevaṃ vadate sopi tātatāteti āsyatām | snātuṃ gaccha mahābhāga devamarcaya sāṃpratam
And he would say to me thus: "Papa, papa, be seated! Go to bathe, O greatly fortunate one; worship the god now."
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PdP 2 123.27
इत्यादिचाटुकैर्वाक्यैर्मामेवं परिभाषयेत् । तस्यवाक्यविनोदेन विस्मृतं ज्ञानमुत्तमम्
ityādicāṭukairvākyairmāmevaṃ paribhāṣayet | tasyavākyavinodena vismṛtaṃ jñānamuttamam
With such flattering words as these he would address me; through the diversion of his talk, the highest knowledge was forgotten.
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PdP 2 123.28
पुष्पार्थं फलभोगार्थं गतोहं वनमेव च । नीतः शुको बिडालेन मम दुःखस्य हेतवे
puṣpārthaṃ phalabhogārthaṃ gatohaṃ vanameva ca | nītaḥ śuko biḍālena mama duḥkhasya hetave
For the sake of flowers and for the enjoyment of fruit I went into the forest; the parrot was carried off by a cat, to become the cause of my grief.
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PdP 2 123.29
मम संसर्गिभिः सर्वैर्वयस्यैः साधुचारिभिः । बिडालेन हतः पक्षी तेनैव भक्षितो हि सः
mama saṃsargibhiḥ sarvairvayasyaiḥ sādhucāribhiḥ | biḍālena hataḥ pakṣī tenaiva bhakṣito hi saḥ
(I was told) by all my associates, my companions of good conduct: the bird was killed by a cat, and by that very one he was eaten.
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PdP 2 123.30
श्रुत्वा मृत्युं गतं विप्र शुकं तं चाटुकारकम् । महता दुःखभावेन असुखेनातिदुःखितः
śrutvā mṛtyuṃ gataṃ vipra śukaṃ taṃ cāṭukārakam | mahatā duḥkhabhāvena asukhenātiduḥkhitaḥ
Having heard, O brahmin, that the parrot, that flatterer, had come to his death, I was exceedingly grieved with a great state of sorrow, with no happiness.
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PdP 2 123.31
तस्य दुःखेन मुग्धोस्मि तीव्रेणापि सुपीडितः । महता मोहजालेन बद्धोऽहं द्विजपुंगव
tasya duḥkhena mugdhosmi tīvreṇāpi supīḍitaḥ | mahatā mohajālena baddho'haṃ dvijapuṃgava
By grief for him I was stupefied, sorely afflicted by its sharpness; I was bound by a great net of delusion, O bull among the twice-born.
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PdP 2 123.32
प्रालपं रामचंद्रेति शुकराजेति पंडित । श्लोकराजेति तं विप्र मोहाच्चलितमानसः
prālapaṃ rāmacaṃdreti śukarājeti paṃḍita | ślokarājeti taṃ vipra mohāccalitamānasaḥ
I raved, "O Rāmacandra! O king of parrots! O learned one! O king of verses!" — thus, O brahmin, my mind unsettled by delusion.
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PdP 2 123.33
ततोऽहं दुःखसंतप्तः संजातः स्वेनकर्मणा । वियोगेनापि विप्रेंद्र शुकस्य शृणु सांप्रतम्
tato'haṃ duḥkhasaṃtaptaḥ saṃjātaḥ svenakarmaṇā | viyogenāpi vipreṃdra śukasya śṛṇu sāṃpratam
Then I became scorched with grief by my own deed; hear now, O chief of brahmins, of (what came) from the separation from the parrot.
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PdP 2 123.34
विस्मृतं तन्मया ज्ञानं सिद्धेनापि प्रकाशितम् । संस्मरञ्छोकसंतप्तस्तं शुकं चाटुकारकम्
vismṛtaṃ tanmayā jñānaṃ siddhenāpi prakāśitam | saṃsmarañchokasaṃtaptastaṃ śukaṃ cāṭukārakam
That knowledge, though it had been revealed (to me) by the adept, was forgotten by me; (and) remembering that coaxing, sweet-talking parrot, scorched with grief,
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PdP 2 123.35
वत्सवत्सेति नित्यं वै प्रलपञ्छृणु भार्गव । गद्यपद्यमयैर्वाक्यैः संस्कृताक्षरसंयुतैः
vatsavatseti nityaṃ vai pralapañchṛṇu bhārgava | gadyapadyamayairvākyaiḥ saṃskṛtākṣarasaṃyutaiḥ
constantly crying out "Child! child!"—listen, O Bhārgava—with utterances made of prose and verse, furnished with polished (saṃskṛta) syllables:
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PdP 2 123.36
त्वां विना कश्च मां वत्स बोधयिष्यति सांप्रतम् । कथाभिस्तु विचित्राभिः पक्षिराजप्रसाद्य माम्
tvāṃ vinā kaśca māṃ vatsa bodhayiṣyati sāṃpratam | kathābhistu vicitrābhiḥ pakṣirājaprasādya mām
"Without you, child, who now will instruct me? Who will gratify me with wonderfully varied tales, O king of birds?
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PdP 2 123.37
अस्मिन्सुनिर्जनोद्याने विहाय क्व गतो भवान् । केन दोषेण लिप्तोस्मि तन्मे कथय सांप्रतम्
asminsunirjanodyāne vihāya kva gato bhavān | kena doṣeṇa liptosmi tanme kathaya sāṃpratam
"Having abandoned (me) in this utterly deserted garden, where have you gone, sir? By what fault am I tainted? Tell me that now."
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PdP 2 123.38
एवंविधैरहं वाक्यैः करुणैस्तैस्तु मोहितः । एवमादि प्रलप्याहं शोकेनापि सुपीडितः
evaṃvidhairahaṃ vākyaiḥ karuṇaistaistu mohitaḥ | evamādi pralapyāhaṃ śokenāpi supīḍitaḥ
With such piteous utterances as these I was bewildered; babbling this and the like, I was sorely afflicted with grief.
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PdP 2 123.39
मृतोहं तेन मोहेन तद्भावेनापि मोहितः । मरणे यादृशो भावो मतिश्चासीच्च यादृशी
mṛtohaṃ tena mohena tadbhāvenāpi mohitaḥ | maraṇe yādṛśo bhāvo matiścāsīcca yādṛśī
I died through that delusion, bewildered too by that (mental) state. Whatever the state of mind at death, and whatever the thought,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 123.40
तादृशेनापि भावेन जातोऽहं द्विजसत्तम । गर्भवासो मया प्राप्तो ज्ञानस्मृतिविधायकः
tādṛśenāpi bhāvena jāto'haṃ dvijasattama | garbhavāso mayā prāpto jñānasmṛtividhāyakaḥ
by just such a state was I born (again), O best of the twice-born; and the dwelling in the womb that I obtained was one that produced knowledge and recollection.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 123.41
स्मृतं पूर्वकृतं कर्म स्वयमेव विचेष्टितम् । मया पापेन मूढेन किं कृतं ह्यकृतात्मना
smṛtaṃ pūrvakṛtaṃ karma svayameva viceṣṭitam | mayā pāpena mūḍhena kiṃ kṛtaṃ hyakṛtātmanā
The deed done before, brought about by myself alone, was remembered: "What have I, sinful and deluded, with an undisciplined self, done!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 123.42
गर्भयोगसमारूढः पुनस्तं चिंतयाम्यहम् । तेन मे निर्मलं ज्ञानं जातं वै सर्वदर्शकम्
garbhayogasamārūḍhaḥ punastaṃ ciṃtayāmyaham | tena me nirmalaṃ jñānaṃ jātaṃ vai sarvadarśakam
Established in the yoga (practised) in the womb, I thought of him again; by that there arose in me spotless knowledge that reveals everything.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 123.43
गुरोस्तस्य प्रसादाच्च प्राप्तं वै ज्ञानमुत्तमम् । तस्यवाक्योदकैः स्वच्छैः कायस्य मलमेव च
gurostasya prasādācca prāptaṃ vai jñānamuttamam | tasyavākyodakaiḥ svacchaiḥ kāyasya malameva ca
And by the grace of that teacher the highest knowledge was indeed obtained; by the clear waters of his words the filth of the body too—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 123.44
सबाह्याभ्यंतरं विप्र क्षालितं निर्मलं कृतम् । तिर्यक्त्वं च मया प्राप्तं शुकजातिसमुद्भवम्
sabāhyābhyaṃtaraṃ vipra kṣālitaṃ nirmalaṃ kṛtam | tiryaktvaṃ ca mayā prāptaṃ śukajātisamudbhavam
outer along with inner, O brahmin—was washed away and made clean. Yet I obtained the state of an animal, arising in the parrot species,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 123.45
शुकस्य ध्यानभावेन मरणे समुपस्थिते । तस्मिन्काले मृतो विप्र तद्भावेनापि भावितः
śukasya dhyānabhāvena maraṇe samupasthite | tasminkāle mṛto vipra tadbhāvenāpi bhāvitaḥ
because of my meditative absorption on the parrot when death drew near; at that moment I died, O brahmin, being wholly formed by that state of mind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 123.46
तादृशोऽस्मि पुनर्जातः शुकरूपो महीतले । मरणे यादृशो भावः प्राणिनां परिजायते
tādṛśo'smi punarjātaḥ śukarūpo mahītale | maraṇe yādṛśo bhāvaḥ prāṇināṃ parijāyate
Such have I become, born again on earth in the form of a parrot. Whatever state of mind arises for living beings at death,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 123.47
तादृशाः स्युस्तु सत्वास्ते तद्रूपास्तत्परायणाः । तद्गुणास्तत्स्वरूपास्ते भावभूता भवंति हि
tādṛśāḥ syustu satvāste tadrūpāstatparāyaṇāḥ | tadguṇāstatsvarūpāste bhāvabhūtā bhavaṃti hi
just such do those beings become—having that form, devoted to that, having its qualities, having its own nature; they come to be made of that (final) state of mind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 123.48
मृत्यकालस्य विप्रेंद्र भावेनापि न संशयः । अतुलं प्राप्तवाञ्ज्ञानमहमत्र महामते
mṛtyakālasya vipreṃdra bhāvenāpi na saṃśayaḥ | atulaṃ prāptavāñjñānamahamatra mahāmate
By the disposition of the moment of death, O chief of brahmins, there is no doubt (of this). Here I have obtained incomparable knowledge, O great-minded one,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 123.49
तेन सर्वं विपश्यामि यद्भूतं यद्भविष्यति । वर्तमानं महाप्राज्ञ ज्ञानेनापि महामते
tena sarvaṃ vipaśyāmi yadbhūtaṃ yadbhaviṣyati | vartamānaṃ mahāprājña jñānenāpi mahāmate
and by it I see everything—what has been and what will be, and the present, O greatly wise, O great-minded one, by that knowledge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 123.50
सर्वं विदाम्यहं ह्यत्र संस्थितोपि न संशयः । तारणाय मनुष्याणां संसारे परिवर्तताम्
sarvaṃ vidāmyahaṃ hyatra saṃsthitopi na saṃśayaḥ | tāraṇāya manuṣyāṇāṃ saṃsāre parivartatām
I know everything here, though I remain (in this body)—there is no doubt—for the sake of ferrying across the men who revolve in the round of existence.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 123.51
नास्ति तीर्थं गुरुसमं बंधच्छेदकरं द्विज । एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं शृणु भार्गवनंदन
nāsti tīrthaṃ gurusamaṃ baṃdhacchedakaraṃ dvija | etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ śṛṇu bhārgavanaṃdana
There is no place of pilgrimage equal to the teacher, who cuts through bondage, O twice-born. All this has been declared to you; listen, son of Bhṛgu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 123.52
यत्त्वया पृच्छितं विप्र तत्ते सर्वं प्रकाशितम् । स्थलजाच्चोदकात्सर्वं बाह्यं मलं प्रणश्यति
yattvayā pṛcchitaṃ vipra tatte sarvaṃ prakāśitam | sthalajāccodakātsarvaṃ bāhyaṃ malaṃ praṇaśyati
What you asked, O brahmin, all that has been made clear to you. By water from the ground all outer filth perishes;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 123.53
जन्मांतरकृतान्पापान्गुरुतीर्थं प्रणाशयेत् । संसारतारणायैव जंगमं तीर्थमुत्तमम्
janmāṃtarakṛtānpāpāngurutīrthaṃ praṇāśayet | saṃsāratāraṇāyaiva jaṃgamaṃ tīrthamuttamam
but the pilgrimage-place that is the teacher destroys the sins done in other births. For the very crossing of the round of existence, the moving place of pilgrimage is the highest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 123.54
विष्णुरुवाच- शुक एवं महाप्राज्ञश्च्यवनाय महात्मने । तत्त्वं प्रकाशयित्वा तु विरराम नृपोत्तम
viṣṇuruvāca- śuka evaṃ mahāprājñaścyavanāya mahātmane | tattvaṃ prakāśayitvā tu virarāma nṛpottama
Viṣṇu said: Thus the greatly wise Śuka, having revealed the truth to the great-souled Cyavana, fell silent, O best of kings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 123.55
एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं जंगमं तीर्थमुत्तमम् । वरं वरय भद्रं ते यत्ते मनसि वर्त्तते
etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ jaṃgamaṃ tīrthamuttamam | varaṃ varaya bhadraṃ te yatte manasi varttate
All this has been declared to you — the supreme moving place of pilgrimage. Choose a boon; blessings on you; whatever is in your mind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 123.56
वेन उवाच- नाहं राज्यस्य कामार्थी नान्यत्किंचित्प्रकामये । सदेहो गंतुमिच्छामि तव कायं जनार्दन
vena uvāca- nāhaṃ rājyasya kāmārthī nānyatkiṃcitprakāmaye | sadeho gaṃtumicchāmi tava kāyaṃ janārdana
Vena said: I do not desire a kingdom, nor do I wish for anything else; I wish to go, with my body, into your body, Janārdana.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 123.57
एवं वरमहं मन्ये यदि दातुमिहेच्छसि । विष्णुरुवाच- यज त्वमश्वमेधेन राजसूयेन भूपते
evaṃ varamahaṃ manye yadi dātumihecchasi | viṣṇuruvāca- yaja tvamaśvamedhena rājasūyena bhūpate
"This is the boon I have in mind, if you are willing to grant (it) here." Viṣṇu said: "Sacrifice, O king, with the horse-sacrifice and with the rājasūya;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 123.58
गो भू स्वर्णाम्बुधान्यानां कुरु दानं महामते । दानान्नश्यति वै पापं ब्रह्मवध्यादिघोरकम्
go bhū svarṇāmbudhānyānāṃ kuru dānaṃ mahāmate | dānānnaśyati vai pāpaṃ brahmavadhyādighorakam
Make gifts of cows, land, gold, water and grain, O greatly wise one; for by giving, sin is destroyed, even such dreadful sin as the killing of a brahmin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 123.59
चतुर्वर्गस्तु दानेन सिद्ध्यत्येव न संशयः । तस्माद्दानं प्रकर्तव्यं मामुद्दिश्य च भूपते
caturvargastu dānena siddhyatyeva na saṃśayaḥ | tasmāddānaṃ prakartavyaṃ māmuddiśya ca bhūpate
The fourfold aim (of life) is indeed accomplished by giving — there is no doubt of it. Therefore, O king, giving should be practised, and with reference to me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 123.60
यादृशेनापि भावेन मामुद्दिश्य ददाति यः । तादृशं तस्य वै भावं सत्यमेवं करोम्यहम्
yādṛśenāpi bhāvena māmuddiśya dadāti yaḥ | tādṛśaṃ tasya vai bhāvaṃ satyamevaṃ karomyaham
— tr. refused: cyber
PdP 2 123.61
ऋषीणां दर्शनात्स्पर्शाद्भ्रष्टस्ते पापसंचयः । आगमिष्यसि यज्ञांते मम देहं न संशयः
ṛṣīṇāṃ darśanātsparśādbhraṣṭaste pāpasaṃcayaḥ | āgamiṣyasi yajñāṃte mama dehaṃ na saṃśayaḥ
"By the sight and the touch of the sages your accumulated sin has fallen away; at the end of the sacrifice you will come to my body (i.e. attain me) — there is no doubt."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 123.62
एवमाभाष्य तं वेनमंतर्द्धानं गतो हरिः
evamābhāṣya taṃ venamaṃtarddhānaṃ gato hariḥ
Having spoken thus to that Vena, Hari vanished (from sight).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition