Padma Purana — Bhumi Khanda — Chapter 18
PdP 2 18.1
सोमशर्मोवाच- पूर्वजन्मकृतं पापं त्वयाख्यातं च मे मुने । शूद्रत्वेन तु विप्रेन्द्र मयैव परिवर्जितम्
somaśarmovāca- pūrvajanmakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ tvayākhyātaṃ ca me mune | śūdratvena tu viprendra mayaiva parivarjitam
Somaśarman said: The sin committed in a former birth you have told me, O sage; but by my very (birth) in the state of a śūdra, chief of brahmins, it was cast off.
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PdP 2 18.2
विप्रत्वं हि मया प्राप्तं तत्कथं द्विजसत्तम । तत्सर्वं कारणं ब्रूहि ज्ञानविज्ञानपंडित
vipratvaṃ hi mayā prāptaṃ tatkathaṃ dvijasattama | tatsarvaṃ kāraṇaṃ brūhi jñānavijñānapaṃḍita
And brahminhood has been attained by me — how did that come about, best of the twice-born? Tell me all the cause of it, O you who are learned in knowledge and discernment.
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PdP 2 18.3
वसिष्ठ उवाच-। यत्त्वया चेष्टितं पूर्वं कर्मधर्माश्रितंद्विज । तदहं संप्रवक्ष्यामि श्रूयतां यदि मन्यसे
vasiṣṭha uvāca-| yattvayā ceṣṭitaṃ pūrvaṃ karmadharmāśritaṃdvija | tadahaṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi śrūyatāṃ yadi manyase
Vasiṣṭha said: What you did formerly, grounded in (right) action and dharma, O twice-born, that I shall relate in full; let it be heard, if you so wish.
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PdP 2 18.4
ब्राह्मणः कश्चिदनघः सदाचारः सुपंडितः । विष्णुभक्तस्तु धर्मात्मा नित्यं विष्णुपरायणः
brāhmaṇaḥ kaścidanaghaḥ sadācāraḥ supaṃḍitaḥ | viṣṇubhaktastu dharmātmā nityaṃ viṣṇuparāyaṇaḥ
There was a certain brahmin, sinless, of good conduct, very learned, a devotee of Viṣṇu, righteous in soul, ever intent on Viṣṇu.
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PdP 2 18.5
यात्राव्याजेन तीर्थानां भ्रमत्येकः समेदिनीम् । अटमानः समायातस्तव गेहं महामतिः
yātrāvyājena tīrthānāṃ bhramatyekaḥ samedinīm | aṭamānaḥ samāyātastava gehaṃ mahāmatiḥ
On the pretext of a pilgrimage to the sacred fords he wandered alone over the earth; and in his roaming that great-minded one came to your house.
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PdP 2 18.6
याचितं स्थानमेकं वै वासार्थं द्विजसत्तम । तवैव भार्यया दत्तं त्वया च सह पुत्रकैः
yācitaṃ sthānamekaṃ vai vāsārthaṃ dvijasattama | tavaiva bhāryayā dattaṃ tvayā ca saha putrakaiḥ
He asked for a single spot to stay in, O best of the twice-born; and it was given by your own wife, and by you together with your little sons.
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PdP 2 18.7
एयतामेयतां ब्रह्मन्सुखेन सुगृहे मम । वैष्णवं ब्राह्मणं पुण्यमित्युवाच पुनः पुनः
eyatāmeyatāṃ brahmansukhena sugṛhe mama | vaiṣṇavaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ puṇyamityuvāca punaḥ punaḥ
"Come, come, brahmin, at your ease into my fine house" — a Vaiṣṇava brahmin is a source of merit — so (you) said again and again.
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PdP 2 18.8
सुखेन स्थीयतामत्र गृहोयं तव सुव्रत । अद्य धन्योस्म्यहं पुण्यमद्य तीर्थमहं गतः
sukhena sthīyatāmatra gṛhoyaṃ tava suvrata | adya dhanyosmyahaṃ puṇyamadya tīrthamahaṃ gataḥ
"Stay here at your ease; this house is yours, O man of good vows. Today I am blessed, today (I have gained) merit, today I have gone to a sacred ford.
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PdP 2 18.9
अद्य तीर्थफलं प्राप्तं तवांघ्रिद्वयदर्शनात् । गवां स्थानं वरं पुण्यं निवासाय निवेदितम्
adya tīrthaphalaṃ prāptaṃ tavāṃghridvayadarśanāt | gavāṃ sthānaṃ varaṃ puṇyaṃ nivāsāya niveditam
Today the fruit of a pilgrimage is won by me from the sight of your two feet." The place of the cows, excellent and holy, was offered (to him) for his lodging.
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PdP 2 18.10
अंगसंवाहनं कृत्वा पादौ चैव प्रमर्दितौ । क्षालितौ चपुनस्तोयैः स्नातः पादोदकेन हि
aṃgasaṃvāhanaṃ kṛtvā pādau caiva pramarditau | kṣālitau capunastoyaiḥ snātaḥ pādodakena hi
Having massaged (his) limbs, (his) feet too were rubbed, and washed again with water; indeed (you) bathed in the water from (his) feet.
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PdP 2 18.11
सद्यो घृतं दधिक्षीरमन्नं तक्रं प्रदत्तवान् । तस्मै च ब्राह्मणायैव भवानित्थं महात्मने
sadyo ghṛtaṃ dadhikṣīramannaṃ takraṃ pradattavān | tasmai ca brāhmaṇāyaiva bhavānitthaṃ mahātmane
At once (you) gave ghee, curds, milk, food and buttermilk — thus did you (act) toward that brahmin, the great-souled one.
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PdP 2 18.12
एवं संतोषितो विप्रस्त्वया च सह भार्यया । पुत्रैः सार्धं महाभागो वैष्णवो ज्ञानपंडितः
evaṃ saṃtoṣito viprastvayā ca saha bhāryayā | putraiḥ sārdhaṃ mahābhāgo vaiṣṇavo jñānapaṃḍitaḥ
Thus was the brahmin satisfied by you together with your wife and with your sons — (he) the greatly blessed one, a Vaiṣṇava, learned in knowledge.
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PdP 2 18.13
अथ प्रभाते संप्राप्ते दिने पुण्ये सुभाग्यदे । आषाढस्य तु शुद्धस्यैकादशी पापनाशनी
atha prabhāte saṃprāpte dine puṇye subhāgyade | āṣāḍhasya tu śuddhasyaikādaśī pāpanāśanī
Then, when morning came, on that holy day that bestows good fortune — the eleventh of the bright (fortnight) of Āṣāḍha, destroyer of sin —
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PdP 2 18.14
तस्मिन्दिने सुसंप्राप्ता सर्वपातकनाशिनी । यस्यां देवो हृषीकेशो योगनिद्रां प्रगच्छति
tasmindine susaṃprāptā sarvapātakanāśinī | yasyāṃ devo hṛṣīkeśo yoganidrāṃ pragacchati
on that day arrived (the ekādaśī), destroyer of all sins, on which the god Hṛṣīkeśa goes into yogic sleep.
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PdP 2 18.15
तां प्राप्य च ततो लोकास्तत्यजुर्बुद्धिपंडिताः । गृहस्य सर्वकर्माणि विष्णुध्यानरता द्विज
tāṃ prāpya ca tato lokāstatyajurbuddhipaṃḍitāḥ | gṛhasya sarvakarmāṇi viṣṇudhyānaratā dvija
And having reached that (day), the people, wise in understanding, gave up all the household tasks, being devoted to meditation on Viṣṇu, O twice-born.
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PdP 2 18.16
उत्सवं परमं चक्रुर्गीतमंगलवादनैः । स्तुवंति ब्राह्मणाः सर्वे वेदैः स्तोत्रैः सुमंगलैः
utsavaṃ paramaṃ cakrurgītamaṃgalavādanaiḥ | stuvaṃti brāhmaṇāḥ sarve vedaiḥ stotraiḥ sumaṃgalaiḥ
They held a supreme festival with songs and auspicious music; all the brahmins praise (him) with Vedas and with most auspicious hymns.
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PdP 2 18.17
एवं महोत्सवं प्राप्य स च ब्राह्मणसत्तमः । तस्मिन्दिने स्थितस्तत्र संप्राप्तं समुपोषणम्
evaṃ mahotsavaṃ prāpya sa ca brāhmaṇasattamaḥ | tasmindine sthitastatra saṃprāptaṃ samupoṣaṇam
Thus, having come upon that great festival, that best of brahmins stayed there on that day; the fast was duly observed.
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PdP 2 18.18
एकादश्यास्तु माहात्म्यं पठितं ब्राह्मणेन वै । भार्या पुत्रैः सुतैः सार्द्धं श्रुतं धर्ममनुत्तमम् ऐंद्रे सुमनोपाख्याने अष्टादशोऽध्यायः
ekādaśyāstu māhātmyaṃ paṭhitaṃ brāhmaṇena vai | bhāryā putraiḥ sutaiḥ sārddhaṃ śrutaṃ dharmamanuttamam aiṃdre sumanopākhyāne aṣṭādaśo'dhyāyaḥ
And the greatness of the ekādaśī was recited by the brahmin; together with (your) wife and sons and children this most excellent dharma was heard. [Colophon: the eighteenth chapter in the Aindra (section), in the story of Sumanas.]
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PdP 2 18.19
श्रुते तस्मिन्महापुण्ये भार्या पुत्रैस्तु प्रेरितः । संसर्गादस्य विप्रस्य व्रतमेतत्समाचर
śrute tasminmahāpuṇye bhāryā putraistu preritaḥ | saṃsargādasya viprasya vratametatsamācara
When that greatly meritorious (account) had been heard, (you were) urged by (your) wife and sons: "Through association with this brahmin, perform this vow!"
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PdP 2 18.20
तदाकर्ण्य महद्वाक्यं सर्वपुण्यप्रदायकम् । व्रतमेतं करिष्यामि इति निश्चितमानसः
tadākarṇya mahadvākyaṃ sarvapuṇyapradāyakam | vratametaṃ kariṣyāmi iti niścitamānasaḥ
Hearing that great utterance, bestower of all merit, (he was) resolved in mind: "I shall perform this vow."
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PdP 2 18.21
भार्या पुत्रैः समं गत्वा नद्यां स्नानं कृतं त्वया । हृष्टेन मनसा विप्र पूजितो मधुसूदनः
bhāryā putraiḥ samaṃ gatvā nadyāṃ snānaṃ kṛtaṃ tvayā | hṛṣṭena manasā vipra pūjito madhusūdanaḥ
Going with (your) wife and sons, you bathed in the river; with a joyful mind, O brahmin, Madhusūdana was worshipped,
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PdP 2 18.22
सर्वोपहारैः पुण्यैश्च गंधधूपादिभिस्तथा । रात्रौ जागरणं कृत्वा नृत्यगीतादिभिस्तथा
sarvopahāraiḥ puṇyaiśca gaṃdhadhūpādibhistathā | rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ kṛtvā nṛtyagītādibhistathā
with all holy offerings and with perfume, incense and the rest; and having kept vigil at night with dance, song and the like,
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PdP 2 18.23
ब्राह्मणस्य प्रसंगेन नद्यां स्नानं पुनः कृतम् । पूजितो देवदेवेशः पुष्पधूपादिमंगलैः
brāhmaṇasya prasaṃgena nadyāṃ snānaṃ punaḥ kṛtam | pūjito devadeveśaḥ puṣpadhūpādimaṃgalaiḥ
at the brahmin's instance the bathing in the river was done again; the Lord of the gods of gods was worshipped with auspicious flowers, incense and the rest.
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PdP 2 18.24
भक्त्या प्रणम्य गोविंदं स्नापयित्वा पुनः पुनः । निर्वापं तादृशं दत्तं ब्राह्मणाय महात्मने
bhaktyā praṇamya goviṃdaṃ snāpayitvā punaḥ punaḥ | nirvāpaṃ tādṛśaṃ dattaṃ brāhmaṇāya mahātmane
Having bowed with devotion to Govinda and bathed (him) again and again, such an offering of food was given to the great-souled brahmin.
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PdP 2 18.25
भक्त्या प्रणम्य तं विप्रं दत्ता तस्मै सुदक्षिणा । कृतवान्पारणं विप्र पुत्रैर्भार्यादिभिः समम्
bhaktyā praṇamya taṃ vipraṃ dattā tasmai sudakṣiṇā | kṛtavānpāraṇaṃ vipra putrairbhāryādibhiḥ samam
Having bowed with devotion to that brahmin, a good gift was given to him; you broke the fast, O brahmin, together with (your) sons, wife and the rest.
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PdP 2 18.26
प्रेषितो भक्तिपूर्वेण सद्भावेन त्वयैव सः । एवं व्रतं समाचीर्णं त्वया वै द्विजसत्तम
preṣito bhaktipūrveṇa sadbhāvena tvayaiva saḥ | evaṃ vrataṃ samācīrṇaṃ tvayā vai dvijasattama
He was sent off by you yourself with devotion and with true feeling; thus the vow was fully performed by you, O best of the twice-born.
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PdP 2 18.27
संगत्या ब्राह्मणस्यैव विष्णोश्चैव प्रसादतः । भवान्ब्राह्मणतां प्राप्तः सत्यधर्मसमन्वितः
saṃgatyā brāhmaṇasyaiva viṣṇoścaiva prasādataḥ | bhavānbrāhmaṇatāṃ prāptaḥ satyadharmasamanvitaḥ
By the very association with the brahmin, and by the grace of Viṣṇu, you attained brahminhood, endowed with truth and dharma.
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PdP 2 18.28
तस्य व्रतस्य भावेन त्वया प्राप्तं महत्कुलम् । भूसुराणां महाप्राज्ञं सत्यधर्मसमाविलम्
tasya vratasya bhāvena tvayā prāptaṃ mahatkulam | bhūsurāṇāṃ mahāprājñaṃ satyadharmasamāvilam
By the power of that vow you obtained a great lineage — that of the earth-gods (brahmins), of great wisdom, filled with truth and dharma.
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PdP 2 18.29
तस्मै तु ब्राह्मणायैव वैष्णवाय महात्मने । श्रद्धया सत्यभावेन दत्तमन्नं सुसंस्कृतम्
tasmai tu brāhmaṇāyaiva vaiṣṇavāya mahātmane | śraddhayā satyabhāvena dattamannaṃ susaṃskṛtam
And to that brahmin, a Vaiṣṇava, the great-souled one, well-prepared food was given with faith and with true feeling.
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PdP 2 18.30
तस्य दानस्य भावेन मिष्टान्नमुपतिष्ठति । महामोहैः प्रमुग्धो हि तृष्णया व्यापितं मनः
tasya dānasya bhāvena miṣṭānnamupatiṣṭhati | mahāmohaiḥ pramugdho hi tṛṣṇayā vyāpitaṃ manaḥ
By the force of that gift, sweet food comes to (him). But the mind, bewildered by great delusions, is pervaded by craving.
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PdP 2 18.31
पूर्वजन्मनि ते विप्र अर्थमेव प्रसंचितम् । न दत्तं ब्राह्मणेभ्यो हि दीनेष्वन्येषु वै त्वया
pūrvajanmani te vipra arthameva prasaṃcitam | na dattaṃ brāhmaṇebhyo hi dīneṣvanyeṣu vai tvayā
In (your) former birth, brahmin, wealth alone was amassed by you; it was not given to brahmins, nor indeed to the poor or to others.
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PdP 2 18.32
दारेषु पुत्रलोभेन म्रियमाणेन वै तदा । तस्य पापस्य भावेन दारिद्रं त्वामुपाविशत्
dāreṣu putralobhena mriyamāṇena vai tadā | tasya pāpasya bhāvena dāridraṃ tvāmupāviśat
And then, dying with a longing for a son by (your) wife — by the force of that sin, poverty entered you.
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PdP 2 18.33
पुत्रलोभं परित्यज्य स्नेहं त्यक्त्वा प्रदूरतः । अपुत्रवान्भवाञ्जातस्तस्य पापस्य वै फलम्
putralobhaṃ parityajya snehaṃ tyaktvā pradūrataḥ | aputravānbhavāñjātastasya pāpasya vai phalam
Abandoning the longing for a son, casting affection far away — you were born without a son: that indeed is the fruit of that sin.
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PdP 2 18.34
सुपुत्रं च कुलं विप्र धनधान्यवरस्त्रियः । सुजन्ममरणं चैव सुभोगाः सुखमेव च
suputraṃ ca kulaṃ vipra dhanadhānyavarastriyaḥ | sujanmamaraṇaṃ caiva subhogāḥ sukhameva ca
A good son, a (good) family, brahmin, wealth, grain, excellent wives, a good birth and death, good enjoyments, and happiness itself;
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PdP 2 18.35
राज्यं स्वर्गश्च मोक्षश्च यद्यद्दुर्लभमेव च । प्रसादात्तस्य देवस्य विष्णोश्चैव महात्मनः
rājyaṃ svargaśca mokṣaśca yadyaddurlabhameva ca | prasādāttasya devasya viṣṇoścaiva mahātmanaḥ
kingship, heaven, and liberation, and whatever else is hard to obtain — (all this comes) by the grace of that god, the great-souled Viṣṇu.
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PdP 2 18.36
तस्मादाराध्य गोविन्दं नारायणमनामयम् । प्राप्स्यसि त्वं परं स्थानं तद्विष्णोः परमं पदम्
tasmādārādhya govindaṃ nārāyaṇamanāmayam | prāpsyasi tvaṃ paraṃ sthānaṃ tadviṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam
Therefore, having worshipped Govinda, Nārāyaṇa the free from ill, you will attain the highest abode, that supreme station of Viṣṇu.
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PdP 2 18.37
सुपुत्र त्वं धनं धान्यं सुभोगान्सुखमेव च । पूर्वजन्मकृतं सर्वं यत्त्वया परिचेष्टितम्
suputra tvaṃ dhanaṃ dhānyaṃ subhogānsukhameva ca | pūrvajanmakṛtaṃ sarvaṃ yattvayā pariceṣṭitam
(You will have) a good son, wealth, grain, good enjoyments, and happiness itself. All that was done in (your) former birth, whatever was performed by you —
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PdP 2 18.38
तन्मया कथितं विप्र तवाग्रे परिनिष्ठितम् । एवं ज्ञात्वा महाभाग नारायणपरो भव
tanmayā kathitaṃ vipra tavāgre pariniṣṭhitam | evaṃ jñātvā mahābhāga nārāyaṇaparo bhava
that has been told by you—rather, by me—brahmin, fully set forth before you. Knowing it thus, greatly fortunate one, become devoted to Nārāyaṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 18.39
ब्रह्मात्मजेनापि महानुभावः स विप्रवर्यः परिबोधितो हि । हर्षेणयुक्तः स महानुभावो भक्त्या वसिष्ठं प्रणिपत्य तत्र
brahmātmajenāpi mahānubhāvaḥ sa vipravaryaḥ paribodhito hi | harṣeṇayuktaḥ sa mahānubhāvo bhaktyā vasiṣṭhaṃ praṇipatya tatra
So that greatly majestic best of brahmins was fully instructed by the son of Brahmā; filled with joy, that man of great dignity bowed there with devotion to Vasiṣṭha,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 18.40
आमंत्र्य विप्रं स जगाम गेहं तां प्राप्य भार्यां सुमनां प्रहर्षः । सर्वं हि वृत्तं ममपूर्वचेष्टितं तेनैव विप्रेण तव प्रसादात्
āmaṃtrya vipraṃ sa jagāma gehaṃ tāṃ prāpya bhāryāṃ sumanāṃ praharṣaḥ | sarvaṃ hi vṛttaṃ mamapūrvaceṣṭitaṃ tenaiva vipreṇa tava prasādāt
and having taken leave of the brahmin he went home; reaching that wife Sumanā, (he was) full of delight: "Indeed all that happened, my former doings, (were told) by that very brahmin through your grace."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 2 18.41
भद्रे वसिष्ठेन विकाशनीतमद्यैव मोहं परिनाशितं मे । आराधयिष्ये मधुसूदनं हि यास्यामि मोक्षं परमं पदं तत्
bhadre vasiṣṭhena vikāśanītamadyaiva mohaṃ parināśitaṃ me | ārādhayiṣye madhusūdanaṃ hi yāsyāmi mokṣaṃ paramaṃ padaṃ tat
"Good lady, by Vasiṣṭha (my) delusion has this very day been opened up and destroyed for me. I shall worship Madhusūdana; I shall go to liberation, that supreme station."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 2 18.42
आकर्ण्य वाक्यं परमं महांतं सुमंगलं मंगलदायकं हि । हर्षेण युक्ता तमुवाच कांतं पुण्योसि विप्रेण विबोधितोऽसि
ākarṇya vākyaṃ paramaṃ mahāṃtaṃ sumaṃgalaṃ maṃgaladāyakaṃ hi | harṣeṇa yuktā tamuvāca kāṃtaṃ puṇyosi vipreṇa vibodhito'si
Having heard (this) supreme, great, most auspicious speech, indeed a giver of auspiciousness, she, filled with joy, said to her husband: "You are blessed; you have been awakened by the brahmin."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition