Padma Purana — Bhumi Khanda — Chapter 14
PdP 2 14.1
सोमशर्मोवाच- एवंविधं महापुण्यं धर्मव्याख्यानमुत्तमम् । कथं जानासि भद्रे त्वं कस्माच्चैव त्वया श्रुतम्
somaśarmovāca- evaṃvidhaṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ dharmavyākhyānamuttamam | kathaṃ jānāsi bhadre tvaṃ kasmāccaiva tvayā śrutam
Somaśarman said: Such an exposition of dharma as this, most meritorious and excellent — how do you know it, good lady, and from whom did you hear it?
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PdP 2 14.2
सुमनोवाच-। भार्गवाणां कुले जातः पिता मम महामते । च्यवनो नाम विख्यातः सर्वज्ञानविशारदः
sumanovāca-| bhārgavāṇāṃ kule jātaḥ pitā mama mahāmate | cyavano nāma vikhyātaḥ sarvajñānaviśāradaḥ
Sumanā said: My father, O great-minded one, was born in the family of the Bhārgavas, renowned by the name Cyavana, skilled in all knowledge.
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PdP 2 14.3
तस्याहं प्रिय कन्या वै प्राणादपि च वल्लभा । यत्रयत्र व्रजत्येष तीर्थारामेषु सुव्रत
tasyāhaṃ priya kanyā vai prāṇādapi ca vallabhā | yatrayatra vrajatyeṣa tīrthārāmeṣu suvrata
I am his daughter, dear one, dearer to him even than his life; and wherever he goes, among sacred fords and groves, O you of good vows,
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PdP 2 14.4
सभासु च मुनीनां तु देवतायतनेषु च । तेन सार्द्धं व्रजाम्येका क्रीडमाना सदैव हि
sabhāsu ca munīnāṃ tu devatāyataneṣu ca | tena sārddhaṃ vrajāmyekā krīḍamānā sadaiva hi
and in the assemblies of sages and in the temples of the gods — with him I alone go, always playing.
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PdP 2 14.5
कौशिकान्वयसंभूतो वेदशर्मा महामतिः । पितुर्मम सखा दैवादटमानः समागतः
kauśikānvayasaṃbhūto vedaśarmā mahāmatiḥ | piturmama sakhā daivādaṭamānaḥ samāgataḥ
Vedaśarman, of great mind, born in the lineage of the Kauśikas, my father's friend, wandering about, came by chance.
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PdP 2 14.6
दुःखेन महताविष्टश्चिंतयानो मुहुर्मुहुः । समागतं महात्मानं तमुवाच पिता मम
duḥkhena mahatāviṣṭaściṃtayāno muhurmuhuḥ | samāgataṃ mahātmānaṃ tamuvāca pitā mama
Possessed by great grief, brooding again and again — to that great soul who had come my father spoke:
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PdP 2 14.7
भवंतं दुःखसंतप्तमिति जानामि सुव्रत । कस्माद्दुःखी भवाञ्जातस्तस्मात्त्वं कारणं वद
bhavaṃtaṃ duḥkhasaṃtaptamiti jānāmi suvrata | kasmādduḥkhī bhavāñjātastasmāttvaṃ kāraṇaṃ vada
"I know that you are burnt with sorrow, O you of good vows. Why have you become sorrowful? Tell me the reason for it."
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PdP 2 14.8
एतद्वाक्यं ततः श्रुत्वा च्यवनस्य महात्मनः । तमुवाच महात्मानं पितरं मम सुव्रतः
etadvākyaṃ tataḥ śrutvā cyavanasya mahātmanaḥ | tamuvāca mahātmānaṃ pitaraṃ mama suvrataḥ
Then, hearing this speech of the great-souled Cyavana, that man of good vows spoke to my great-souled father:
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PdP 2 14.9
वेदशर्मा महाप्राज्ञ सर्वदुःखस्य कारणम् । मम भार्या महासाध्वी पातिव्रत्यपरायणा
vedaśarmā mahāprājña sarvaduḥkhasya kāraṇam | mama bhāryā mahāsādhvī pātivratyaparāyaṇā
"Vedaśarman (am I), O greatly wise one; the cause of all (my) sorrow is: my wife, a very virtuous woman, devoted to fidelity to her husband —
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PdP 2 14.10
अपुत्रा सा हि संजाता मम वंशो न विद्यते । एतत्ते कारणं प्रोक्तं प्रश्नितोस्मि यतस्त्वया
aputrā sā hi saṃjātā mama vaṃśo na vidyate | etatte kāraṇaṃ proktaṃ praśnitosmi yatastvayā
she has become without a son, and (so) no lineage of mine exists. This reason has been told to you, since I was asked by you."
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PdP 2 14.11
एतस्मिन्नंतरे प्राप्तः कश्चित्सिद्धः समागतः । मम पित्रा तथा तेन ह्युत्थाय वेदशर्मणा
etasminnaṃtare prāptaḥ kaścitsiddhaḥ samāgataḥ | mama pitrā tathā tena hyutthāya vedaśarmaṇā
In the meantime a certain siddha arrived and came near; and by my father and by that Vedaśarman, both rising up,
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PdP 2 14.12
द्वाभ्यामपि च सिद्धोसौ पूजितो भक्तिपूर्वकैः । उपहारैस्स भोज्यान्नैर्वचनैर्मधुराक्षरैः
dvābhyāmapi ca siddhosau pūjito bhaktipūrvakaiḥ | upahāraissa bhojyānnairvacanairmadhurākṣaraiḥ
that siddha was honoured by the two with devotion — with offerings, with food to be eaten, and with words of sweet syllables.
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PdP 2 14.13
द्वाभ्यामन्तर्गतं पृष्टं पूर्वोक्तं च यथा त्वया । उभौ तौ प्राह धर्मात्मा ससखं पितरं मम
dvābhyāmantargataṃ pṛṣṭaṃ pūrvoktaṃ ca yathā tvayā | ubhau tau prāha dharmātmā sasakhaṃ pitaraṃ mama
By the two he was asked about the inner matter, just as was told before by you; and that righteous one spoke to them both, to my father together with his friend:
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PdP 2 14.14
धर्मस्य कारणं सर्वं मयोक्तं ते तथा किल । धर्मेण प्राप्यते पुत्रो धनं धान्यं तथा स्त्रियः
dharmasya kāraṇaṃ sarvaṃ mayoktaṃ te tathā kila | dharmeṇa prāpyate putro dhanaṃ dhānyaṃ tathā striyaḥ
"The whole ground of dharma has been declared by me to you, just so indeed: by dharma a son is obtained, and wealth, grain, and wives."
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PdP 2 14.15
ततस्तेन कृतं धर्मं संपूर्णं वेदशर्मणा । तस्माद्धर्मात्सुसंजातं महत्सौख्यं सपुत्रकम्
tatastena kṛtaṃ dharmaṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ vedaśarmaṇā | tasmāddharmātsusaṃjātaṃ mahatsaukhyaṃ saputrakam
Then dharma was performed in full by that Vedaśarman; and from that dharma there arose great happiness, together with a son.
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PdP 2 14.16
तेन संगप्रसंगेन ममैष मतिनिश्चयः । यथा कांत तव प्रोक्तं मयैव च परं शुभम्
tena saṃgaprasaṃgena mamaiṣa matiniścayaḥ | yathā kāṃta tava proktaṃ mayaiva ca paraṃ śubham
By that association and contact this became my settled conviction, just as it has been told to you, beloved, by me — supremely auspicious.
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PdP 2 14.17
तस्माच्छ्रुतं महासिद्धात्सर्वसंदेहनाशनम् । विप्रधर्मं समाश्रित्य अनुवर्त्तस्व सर्वदा
tasmācchrutaṃ mahāsiddhātsarvasaṃdehanāśanam | vipradharmaṃ samāśritya anuvarttasva sarvadā
Therefore, (having) heard from that great siddha (what is) the destroyer of all doubt, take refuge in the dharma of the brahmins and follow it always.
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PdP 2 14.18
सोमशर्मोवाच- धर्मेण कीदृशो मृत्युर्जन्म चैव वदस्व मे । उभयोर्लक्षणं कांते तत्सर्वं हि वदस्व मे
somaśarmovāca- dharmeṇa kīdṛśo mṛtyurjanma caiva vadasva me | ubhayorlakṣaṇaṃ kāṃte tatsarvaṃ hi vadasva me
Somaśarman said: Tell me, what sort of death—and birth too—comes about through dharma? Tell me all of it, dear lady, the marks of both.
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PdP 2 14.19
सुमनोवाच- सत्य शौच क्षमा शांति तीर्थपुण्यादिकैस्तथा । धर्मश्च पालितो येन तस्य मृत्युं वदाम्यहम्
sumanovāca- satya śauca kṣamā śāṃti tīrthapuṇyādikaistathā | dharmaśca pālito yena tasya mṛtyuṃ vadāmyaham
Sumanas said: I shall tell you the death of the one by whom dharma has been guarded with truth, purity, patience, calm, and with the merit of pilgrimage places and the like.
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PdP 2 14.20
रोगो न जायते तस्य न च पीडा कलेवरे । न श्रमो वै न च ग्लानिर्न च स्वेदो भ्रमस्तथा
rogo na jāyate tasya na ca pīḍā kalevare | na śramo vai na ca glānirna ca svedo bhramastathā
No disease arises in him, nor pain in the body, nor weariness, nor faintness, nor sweat, nor dizziness.
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PdP 2 14.21
दिव्यरूपधरा भूत्वा गंधर्वा ब्राह्मणास्तथा । वेदपाठसमायुक्ता गीतज्ञानविशारदाः
divyarūpadharā bhūtvā gaṃdharvā brāhmaṇāstathā | vedapāṭhasamāyuktā gītajñānaviśāradāḥ
Taking on divine forms, gandharvas and also brahmins, endowed with the recitation of the Vedas and skilled in the knowledge of song,
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PdP 2 14.22
तस्य पार्श्वं समायांति स्तुतिं कुर्वंति चातुलाम् । स्वस्थो हि आसने युक्तो देवपूजारतः किल
tasya pārśvaṃ samāyāṃti stutiṃ kurvaṃti cātulām | svastho hi āsane yukto devapūjārataḥ kila
come to his side and make unequalled praise (of him); he indeed, being well, seated on his seat, is devoted to the worship of the gods.
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PdP 2 14.23
तीर्थं च लभते प्राज्ञः स्नानार्थं धर्मतत्परः । अग्न्यागारे च गोस्थाने देवतायतनेषु च
tīrthaṃ ca labhate prājñaḥ snānārthaṃ dharmatatparaḥ | agnyāgāre ca gosthāne devatāyataneṣu ca
And the wise man, intent on dharma, obtains a sacred bathing place for his bath; and in the fire-house, in the cow-pen, and in the temples of the gods,
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PdP 2 14.24
आरामे च तडागे च यत्राश्वत्थो वटस्तथा । ब्रह्मवृक्षं समाश्रित्य श्रीवृक्षं च तथा पुनः
ārāme ca taḍāge ca yatrāśvattho vaṭastathā | brahmavṛkṣaṃ samāśritya śrīvṛkṣaṃ ca tathā punaḥ
and in a garden and at a pond, and where there is an aśvattha tree or a banyan; resorting to a brahma-tree, and again to a śrī-tree (bilva),
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PdP 2 14.25
अश्वस्थानं समाश्रित्य गजस्थानगतो नरः । अशोकं चूतवृक्षं च समाश्रित्य यदास्थितः
aśvasthānaṃ samāśritya gajasthānagato naraḥ | aśokaṃ cūtavṛkṣaṃ ca samāśritya yadāsthitaḥ
resorting to a horse-stall, or a man gone to an elephant-stall, or when he stands having resorted to an aśoka or a mango tree,
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PdP 2 14.26
संनिधौ ब्राह्मणानां च राजवेश्मगतोथवा । रणभूमिं समाश्रित्य पूर्वं यत्र मृतो भवेत्
saṃnidhau brāhmaṇānāṃ ca rājaveśmagatothavā | raṇabhūmiṃ samāśritya pūrvaṃ yatra mṛto bhavet
or in the presence of brahmins, or gone into a king's dwelling, or resorting to a battlefield where formerly someone died—
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PdP 2 14.27
मृत्युस्थानानि पुण्यानि केवलं धर्मकारणम् । गोग्रहं तु सुसंप्राप्य तथा चामरकंटकम्
mṛtyusthānāni puṇyāni kevalaṃ dharmakāraṇam | gograhaṃ tu susaṃprāpya tathā cāmarakaṃṭakam
these are meritorious places of death, having dharma alone as their cause; and having duly reached a cattle-raid (rescue), and likewise Amarakaṇṭaka,
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PdP 2 14.28
शुद्धधर्मकरो नित्यं धर्मतो धर्मवत्सलः । एवं स्थानं समाप्नोति यदा मृत्युं समाश्रितः
śuddhadharmakaro nityaṃ dharmato dharmavatsalaḥ | evaṃ sthānaṃ samāpnoti yadā mṛtyuṃ samāśritaḥ
he who constantly performs pure dharma, dear to dharma by reason of dharma—thus he attains (such) a place, when he meets with death.
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PdP 2 14.29
मातरं पश्यते पुण्यं पितरं च नरोत्तमः । भ्रातरं श्रेयसा युक्तमन्यं स्वजनबांधवम्
mātaraṃ paśyate puṇyaṃ pitaraṃ ca narottamaḥ | bhrātaraṃ śreyasā yuktamanyaṃ svajanabāṃdhavam
That best of men sees his meritorious mother and his father, and his brother endowed with excellence, and other kinsmen and relatives,
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PdP 2 14.30
बंदीजनैस्तथा पुण्यैः स्तूयमानं पुनःपुनः । पापिष्ठं नैव पश्येत मातृपित्रादिकं पुनः
baṃdījanaistathā puṇyaiḥ stūyamānaṃ punaḥpunaḥ | pāpiṣṭhaṃ naiva paśyeta mātṛpitrādikaṃ punaḥ
and (himself) being praised again and again by meritorious bards; but he does not see any evil-doer, nor again any wicked mother, father, or the like.
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PdP 2 14.31
गीतं गायंति गंधर्वाः स्तुवंतिस्तावकाः स्तवैः । मंत्रपाठैस्तथा विप्रा माता स्नेहेन पूजयेत्
gītaṃ gāyaṃti gaṃdharvāḥ stuvaṃtistāvakāḥ stavaiḥ | maṃtrapāṭhaistathā viprā mātā snehena pūjayet
The gandharvas sing a song, the praisers laud (him) with hymns, and the brahmins with recitations of mantras; his mother worships (him) with affection,
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PdP 2 14.32
पितास्वजनवर्गाश्च धर्मात्मानं महामतिम् । एवं दूताः समाख्याताः पुण्यस्थानानि ते विभो
pitāsvajanavargāśca dharmātmānaṃ mahāmatim | evaṃ dūtāḥ samākhyātāḥ puṇyasthānāni te vibho
and his father and the company of his kinsmen (honour) that man of dharma, of great mind. Thus the messengers have been declared to you, O lord, and the meritorious places.
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PdP 2 14.33
प्रत्यक्षान्पश्यते दूतान्हास्यस्नेहसमाविलान् । न च स्वप्नेन मोहेन क्लेदयुक्तेन नैव सः
pratyakṣānpaśyate dūtānhāsyasnehasamāvilān | na ca svapnena mohena kledayuktena naiva saḥ
He sees the messengers directly, suffused with laughter and affection; and he is not (afflicted) by sleep, by delusion, or by any wetness (of discharge).
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PdP 2 14.34
धर्मराजो महाप्राज्ञो भवंतं तु समाह्वयेत् । एह्येहि त्वं महाभाग यत्र धर्मः स तिष्ठति
dharmarājo mahāprājño bhavaṃtaṃ tu samāhvayet | ehyehi tvaṃ mahābhāga yatra dharmaḥ sa tiṣṭhati
The great and wise King of Dharma calls you: "Come, come, greatly fortunate one, to where dharma itself stands."
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PdP 2 14.35
तस्य मोहो न च भ्रांतिर्न ग्लानिः स्मृतिविभ्रमः । जायते नात्र संदेहः प्रसन्नात्मा स तिष्ठति
tasya moho na ca bhrāṃtirna glāniḥ smṛtivibhramaḥ | jāyate nātra saṃdehaḥ prasannātmā sa tiṣṭhati
For him there arises no delusion, no confusion, no faintness, no failure of memory—there is no doubt of this; he remains with a serene mind.
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PdP 2 14.36
ज्ञानविज्ञानसंपन्नः स्मरन्देवं जनार्दनम् । तैः सार्द्धं तु प्रयात्येवं संतुष्टो हृष्टमानसः
jñānavijñānasaṃpannaḥ smarandevaṃ janārdanam | taiḥ sārddhaṃ tu prayātyevaṃ saṃtuṣṭo hṛṣṭamānasaḥ
Endowed with knowledge and discernment, remembering the god Janārdana, he goes forth together with them thus, contented and glad at heart.
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PdP 2 14.37
एकत्वं जायते तत्र त्यजतः स्वंकलेवरम् । दशमद्वारमाश्रित्य आत्मा तस्य स गच्छति
ekatvaṃ jāyate tatra tyajataḥ svaṃkalevaram | daśamadvāramāśritya ātmā tasya sa gacchati
There, as he gives up his own body, oneness arises; his soul goes out by way of the tenth door.
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PdP 2 14.38
शिबिका तस्य आयाति हंसयानं मनोहरम् । विमानमेव चायाति हयो वा गज उत्तमः
śibikā tasya āyāti haṃsayānaṃ manoharam | vimānameva cāyāti hayo vā gaja uttamaḥ
A palanquin comes for him, a lovely swan-vehicle; and a celestial car comes, or a horse, or a splendid elephant.
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PdP 2 14.39
छत्रेण ध्रियमाणेन चामरैर्व्यजनैस्तथा । वीज्यमानः स पुण्यात्मा पुण्यैरेवं समंततः
chatreṇa dhriyamāṇena cāmarairvyajanaistathā | vījyamānaḥ sa puṇyātmā puṇyairevaṃ samaṃtataḥ
With a parasol held (over him), and with yak-tail whisks and fans, that meritorious soul is fanned all around by his own merits.
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PdP 2 14.40
गीयमानस्तु धर्मात्मा स्तूयमानस्तु पंडितैः । बंदिभिश्चारणैर्दिव्यैर्ब्राह्मणैर्वेदपारगैः
gīyamānastu dharmātmā stūyamānastu paṃḍitaiḥ | baṃdibhiścāraṇairdivyairbrāhmaṇairvedapāragaiḥ
That righteous soul is sung of and praised by the learned, by bards, by divine chanters, and by brahmins who have gone to the far shore of the Vedas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 14.41
साधुभिः स्तूयमानस्तु सर्वसौख्यसमन्वितः । यथादानप्रभावेण फलमाप्नोति तत्र सः
sādhubhiḥ stūyamānastu sarvasaukhyasamanvitaḥ | yathādānaprabhāveṇa phalamāpnoti tatra saḥ
Praised by the good, endowed with every happiness, he obtains there the fruit according to the power of his giving.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 14.42
आरामवाटिकामध्ये स प्रयाति सुखेन वै । अप्सरोभिः समाकीर्णो दिव्याभिर्मंगलैर्युतः
ārāmavāṭikāmadhye sa prayāti sukhena vai | apsarobhiḥ samākīrṇo divyābhirmaṃgalairyutaḥ
He proceeds happily amid pleasure-groves and gardens, thronged by divine apsarases, attended by auspicious things.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 14.43
देवैः संस्तूयमानस्तु धर्मराजं प्रपश्यति । देवाश्च धर्मसंयुक्ता जग्मुः संमुखमेव तम्
devaiḥ saṃstūyamānastu dharmarājaṃ prapaśyati | devāśca dharmasaṃyuktā jagmuḥ saṃmukhameva tam
Praised by the gods, he beholds the King of Dharma; and the gods, joined with dharma, went right up to meet him.
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PdP 2 14.44
एह्येहि वै महाभाग भुंक्ष्व भोगान्मनोनुगान् । एवं स पश्यते धर्मं सौम्यरूपं महामतिम्
ehyehi vai mahābhāga bhuṃkṣva bhogānmanonugān | evaṃ sa paśyate dharmaṃ saumyarūpaṃ mahāmatim
"Come, come, greatly fortunate one, enjoy pleasures that follow your wish!" Thus he sees Dharma, of gentle form and great wisdom.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 14.45
स्वस्य पुण्यप्रभावेण भुंक्ते च स्वर्गमेव सः । भोगक्षयात्सधर्मात्मा पुनर्जन्म प्रयाति वै
svasya puṇyaprabhāveṇa bhuṃkte ca svargameva saḥ | bhogakṣayātsadharmātmā punarjanma prayāti vai
By the power of his own merit he indeed enjoys heaven; and when the enjoyments are exhausted, that soul of good dharma goes to birth again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 14.46
निजधर्मप्रसादात्स कुलं पुण्यं प्रयाति वै । ब्राह्मणस्य सुपुण्यस्य क्षत्रियस्य तथैव च
nijadharmaprasādātsa kulaṃ puṇyaṃ prayāti vai | brāhmaṇasya supuṇyasya kṣatriyasya tathaiva ca
By the favour of his own dharma he goes to a meritorious family — that of a brahmin of great merit, or likewise of a kṣatriya,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 14.47
धनाढ्यस्य सुपुण्यस्य वैश्यस्यैव महामते । धर्मेण मोदते तत्र पुनः पुण्यं करोति सः
dhanāḍhyasya supuṇyasya vaiśyasyaiva mahāmate | dharmeṇa modate tatra punaḥ puṇyaṃ karoti saḥ
or of a wealthy and highly meritorious vaiśya, O greatly wise one. There he rejoices through dharma, and again he performs merit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition