Padma Purana — Bhumi Khanda — Chapter 21
PdP 2 21.1
सूत उवाच- एकदा व्यास देवोऽसौ ब्रह्माणं जगतः पतिम् । सुव्रताख्यानकं सर्वं पप्रच्छातीव विस्मितः
sūta uvāca- ekadā vyāsa devo'sau brahmāṇaṃ jagataḥ patim | suvratākhyānakaṃ sarvaṃ papracchātīva vismitaḥ
Sūta said: Once, O Vyāsa, that god (Vyāsa) asked Brahmā, the lord of the world, exceedingly amazed, the whole tale of Suvrata.
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PdP 2 21.2
व्यास उवाच- लोकात्मँल्लोकविन्यास देवदेव महाप्रभो । सुव्रतस्याथ चरितं श्रोतुमिच्छामि सांप्रतम्
vyāsa uvāca- lokātma~llokavinyāsa devadeva mahāprabho | suvratasyātha caritaṃ śrotumicchāmi sāṃpratam
Vyāsa said: O Soul of the worlds, O Arranger of the worlds, O God of gods, O great lord, I now wish to hear the deeds of Suvrata.
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PdP 2 21.3
ब्रह्मोवाच- पाराशर्यमहाभाग श्रूयतां पुण्यमुत्तमम् । सुव्रतस्य सुविप्रस्य तपश्चर्यासमन्वितम्
brahmovāca- pārāśaryamahābhāga śrūyatāṃ puṇyamuttamam | suvratasya suviprasya tapaścaryāsamanvitam
Brahmā said: O greatly fortunate son of Parāśara, let the supreme holy (story) of Suvrata, the excellent brāhmaṇa, together with his practice of austerity, be heard.
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PdP 2 21.4
सुव्रतो नाम मेधावी बाल्यादपि स चिंतयन् । गर्भे नारायणं देवं दृष्टवान्पुरुषोत्तमम्
suvrato nāma medhāvī bālyādapi sa ciṃtayan | garbhe nārāyaṇaṃ devaṃ dṛṣṭavānpuruṣottamam
There was an intelligent (man) named Suvrata; even from childhood, meditating, he had seen the god Nārāyaṇa, the highest Person, (already) in the womb.
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PdP 2 21.5
स पूर्वकर्माभ्यासेन हरेर्ध्यानं गतस्तदा । शंखचक्रधरं देवं पद्मनाभं सुपुण्यदम्
sa pūrvakarmābhyāsena harerdhyānaṃ gatastadā | śaṃkhacakradharaṃ devaṃ padmanābhaṃ supuṇyadam
Through the practice of former deeds he then attained meditation on Hari, the god bearing conch and discus, the lotus-navelled, the giver of great merit.
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PdP 2 21.6
ध्यायते चिंतयेत्सो हि गीते ज्ञाने प्रपाठने । एवं देवं हरिं ध्यायन्सदैव द्विजसत्तमः
dhyāyate ciṃtayetso hi gīte jñāne prapāṭhane | evaṃ devaṃ hariṃ dhyāyansadaiva dvijasattamaḥ
He would meditate and think (of him) in song, in knowledge, in reciting; thus that best of the twice-born ever meditated on the god Hari.
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PdP 2 21.7
क्रीडत्येवं सदा डिंभैः सार्द्धं च बालकोत्तमः । बालकानां स्वकं नाम हरेश्चैव महात्मनः
krīḍatyevaṃ sadā ḍiṃbhaiḥ sārddhaṃ ca bālakottamaḥ | bālakānāṃ svakaṃ nāma hareścaiva mahātmanaḥ
That best of boys thus always played together with the (other) children; and he made Hari's own name, (the name) of the great-souled one, the name of the children—
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PdP 2 21.8
चकार स हि मेधावी पुण्यात्मा पुण्यवत्सलः । समाह्वयति वै मित्रं हरेर्नाम्ना महामतिः
cakāra sa hi medhāvī puṇyātmā puṇyavatsalaḥ | samāhvayati vai mitraṃ harernāmnā mahāmatiḥ
so that intelligent one did, holy of soul, fond of what is holy; the great-minded one would call his friend by a name of Hari.
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PdP 2 21.9
भोभोः केशव एह्येहि एहि माधवचक्रधृक् । क्रीडस्व च मया सार्धं त्वमेव पुरुषोत्तम
bhobhoḥ keśava ehyehi ehi mādhavacakradhṛk | krīḍasva ca mayā sārdhaṃ tvameva puruṣottama
"Ho, ho, Keśava, come, come! Come, Mādhava, discus-bearer! Play with me, you indeed, O highest Person!
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PdP 2 21.10
सममेवं प्रगंतव्यमावाभ्यां मधुसूदन । एवमेव समाह्वानं नामभिश्च हरेर्द्विजः
samamevaṃ pragaṃtavyamāvābhyāṃ madhusūdana | evameva samāhvānaṃ nāmabhiśca harerdvijaḥ
"We two must go together thus, Madhusūdana." Just so did the brāhmaṇa call (them) by the names of Hari,
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PdP 2 21.11
क्रीडने पठने हास्ये शयने गीतप्रेक्षणे । याने च ह्यासने ध्याने मंत्रे ज्ञाने सुकर्मसु
krīḍane paṭhane hāsye śayane gītaprekṣaṇe | yāne ca hyāsane dhyāne maṃtre jñāne sukarmasu
in playing, in reciting, in laughter, in sleeping, in song and in looking on, in going and in sitting, in meditation, in mantra, in knowledge, in good works.
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PdP 2 21.12
पश्यत्येवं वदत्येवं जगन्नाथं जनार्दनम् । स ध्यायते तमेकं हि विश्वनाथं महेश्वरम्
paśyatyevaṃ vadatyevaṃ jagannāthaṃ janārdanam | sa dhyāyate tamekaṃ hi viśvanāthaṃ maheśvaram
Thus he sees, thus he speaks of Janārdana, the Lord of the world; he meditates on him alone, the Lord of the universe, the great Lord.
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PdP 2 21.13
तृणे काष्ठे च पाषाणे शुष्के सार्द्रे हि केशवम् । पश्यत्येवं स धर्मात्मा गोविंदं कमलेक्षणम्
tṛṇe kāṣṭhe ca pāṣāṇe śuṣke sārdre hi keśavam | paśyatyevaṃ sa dharmātmā goviṃdaṃ kamalekṣaṇam
In grass, in wood, and in stone, in what is dry and in what is moist, that righteous one sees thus Keśava, Govinda, the lotus-eyed.
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PdP 2 21.14
आकाशे भूमिमध्ये तु पर्वतेषु वनेषु च । जले स्थले च पाषाणे जीवेष्वेव महामतिः
ākāśe bhūmimadhye tu parvateṣu vaneṣu ca | jale sthale ca pāṣāṇe jīveṣveva mahāmatiḥ
In the sky, in the midst of the earth, on mountains and in forests, in water and on dry land and in stone, and in living beings — (so does) that great-minded one (see him).
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PdP 2 21.15
नृसिंहं पश्यते विप्रः सुव्रतः सुमनासुतः । बालक्रीडां समासाद्य रमत्येवं दिनेदिने
nṛsiṃhaṃ paśyate vipraḥ suvrataḥ sumanāsutaḥ | bālakrīḍāṃ samāsādya ramatyevaṃ dinedine
The brahmin Suvrata, the son of Sumanā, sees Nṛsiṃha; taking up children's play, he delights thus day after day.
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PdP 2 21.16
गीतैश्च गायते कृष्णं सुरागैर्मधुराक्षरैः । तालैर्लयसमायुक्तैः सुस्वरैर्मूर्च्छनान्वितैः
gītaiśca gāyate kṛṣṇaṃ surāgairmadhurākṣaraiḥ | tālairlayasamāyuktaiḥ susvarairmūrcchanānvitaiḥ
And he sings of Kṛṣṇa with songs, with fine melodies of sweet syllables, with rhythmic beats joined to measure, with lovely notes furnished with modulations.
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PdP 2 21.17
सुव्रत उवाच- ध्यायंति वेदविदुषः सततं सुरारिं यस्यांगमध्ये सकलं हि विश्वम् । योगेश्वरं सकलपापविनाशनं च व्रजामि शरणं मधुसूदनस्य
suvrata uvāca- dhyāyaṃti vedaviduṣaḥ satataṃ surāriṃ yasyāṃgamadhye sakalaṃ hi viśvam | yogeśvaraṃ sakalapāpavināśanaṃ ca vrajāmi śaraṇaṃ madhusūdanasya
Suvrata said: (He) whom the knowers of the Veda constantly meditate on, the foe of the (demonic) gods, within whose body is the whole universe — the lord of yoga, the destroyer of all sin: I go to the refuge of Madhusūdana.
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PdP 2 21.18
लोकेषु यो हि सकलेष्वनुवर्तते यो लोकाश्च यस्मिन्निवसंति सर्वे । दोषैर्विहीनमखिलैः परमेश्वरं तं तस्यैव पादयुगलं सततं नमामि
lokeṣu yo hi sakaleṣvanuvartate yo lokāśca yasminnivasaṃti sarve | doṣairvihīnamakhilaiḥ parameśvaraṃ taṃ tasyaiva pādayugalaṃ satataṃ namāmi
He who indeed follows through in all the worlds, and in whom all the worlds dwell — him, the supreme Lord, free of all faults: to that one's very pair of feet I bow continually.
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PdP 2 21.19
नारायणं गुणनिधानमनंतवीर्यं वेदांतशुद्धमतयः प्रपठंति नित्यम् । संसारसागरमनंतमगाधदुर्गमुत्तारणार्थमखिलं शरणं प्रपद्ये
nārāyaṇaṃ guṇanidhānamanaṃtavīryaṃ vedāṃtaśuddhamatayaḥ prapaṭhaṃti nityam | saṃsārasāgaramanaṃtamagādhadurgamuttāraṇārthamakhilaṃ śaraṇaṃ prapadye
Nārāyaṇa, the treasury of virtues, of endless valour, whom those whose minds are purified by the Vedānta recite daily — for the sake of crossing over the endless, unfathomable, hard-to-pass ocean of saṃsāra, I go wholly to (his) refuge.
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PdP 2 21.20
योगींद्र मानससरोवरराजहंसं शुद्धं प्रभावमखिलं सततं हि यस्य । तस्यैव पादयुगलं विमलं विशालं दीनस्य मेऽसुररिपो कुरु तस्य रक्षाम्
yogīṃdra mānasasarovararājahaṃsaṃ śuddhaṃ prabhāvamakhilaṃ satataṃ hi yasya | tasyaiva pādayugalaṃ vimalaṃ viśālaṃ dīnasya me'suraripo kuru tasya rakṣām
O lord of yogins, (he who is) the royal swan on the Mānasa lake, whose whole power is ever pure — his very pair of feet, spotless and vast: O foe of the demons, grant protection to wretched me by that (pair).
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PdP 2 21.21
ध्यायेऽखिलस्य भुवनं स्वपतिं च देवं दुःखांधकारदलनार्थमिहैव चंद्रम् । लोकस्य पालनकृते परिणीतधर्मं सत्यान्वितं सकललोकगुरुं सुरेशम्
dhyāye'khilasya bhuvanaṃ svapatiṃ ca devaṃ duḥkhāṃdhakāradalanārthamihaiva caṃdram | lokasya pālanakṛte pariṇītadharmaṃ satyānvitaṃ sakalalokaguruṃ sureśam
I meditate on the God who is the world's own lord of all, the very moon here for the splitting of the darkness of sorrow, who has taken on dharma for the protection of the world, endowed with truth, the teacher of all worlds, the lord of the gods.
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PdP 2 21.22
गायाम्यहं सुरसगीतकतालमानैः श्रीरंगमेकमनिशं भुवनस्य देवम् । अज्ञाननाशकमलं च दिनेशतुल्यमानंदकंदमखिलं महिमा समेतम्
gāyāmyahaṃ surasagītakatālamānaiḥ śrīraṃgamekamaniśaṃ bhuvanasya devam | ajñānanāśakamalaṃ ca dineśatulyamānaṃdakaṃdamakhilaṃ mahimā sametam
I sing, with sweet songs' beats and measures, of Śrīraṅga alone, unceasingly, the God of the world, the destroyer of ignorance, faultless, equal to the sun, the root of bliss, entire, endowed with greatness.
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PdP 2 21.23
संपूर्णमेवममृतस्यकलानिधानं तं गीतकौशलमनन्यरसैः प्रगाये । युक्तं स्वयोगकरणैः परमार्थदृष्टिं विश्वं स पश्यति चराचरमेव नित्यम्
saṃpūrṇamevamamṛtasyakalānidhānaṃ taṃ gītakauśalamananyarasaiḥ pragāye | yuktaṃ svayogakaraṇaiḥ paramārthadṛṣṭiṃ viśvaṃ sa paśyati carācarameva nityam
Thus, with unrivalled feelings and with skill in song, I sing of him who is complete, the storehouse of the portions of nectar (amṛta), joined with the practices of his own yoga, whose vision is of the highest truth; he sees the universe, moving and unmoving, ever (as that).
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PdP 2 21.24
पश्यंति नैव यमिहाथ सुपापलोकास्तं केशवं शरणमेवमुपैति नित्यम्
paśyaṃti naiva yamihātha supāpalokāstaṃ keśavaṃ śaraṇamevamupaiti nityam
Whom the very sinful people here do not see at all — to that Keśava one thus goes for refuge constantly.
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PdP 2 21.25
कराभ्यां वाद्यमानस्तु तालं तालसमन्वितम् । गीतेनगायते कृष्णं बालकैः सह मोदते
karābhyāṃ vādyamānastu tālaṃ tālasamanvitam | gītenagāyate kṛṣṇaṃ bālakaiḥ saha modate
And with his two hands beating out the beat, joined with the rhythm, he sings of Kṛṣṇa with song, and rejoices together with the boys.
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PdP 2 21.26
एवं क्रीडारतो नित्यं बालभावेन वै तदा । सुव्रतः सुमनापुत्रो विष्णुध्यानपरायणः
evaṃ krīḍārato nityaṃ bālabhāvena vai tadā | suvrataḥ sumanāputro viṣṇudhyānaparāyaṇaḥ
Thus Suvrata, the son of Sumanā, intent on the meditation of Viṣṇu, was then constantly devoted to play in the manner of a child.
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PdP 2 21.27
क्रीडमानं प्राह माता सुव्रतं चारुलक्षणम् । भोजनं कुरु मे वत्स क्षुधा त्वां परिपीडयेत्
krīḍamānaṃ prāha mātā suvrataṃ cārulakṣaṇam | bhojanaṃ kuru me vatsa kṣudhā tvāṃ paripīḍayet
The mother spoke to Suvrata of lovely features while he was playing: "Take food, my child, lest hunger afflict you."
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PdP 2 21.28
तामुवाच पुनः प्राज्ञः सुमना मातरं पुनः । महामृतेन तृप्तोस्मि हरिध्यानरसेन वै
tāmuvāca punaḥ prājñaḥ sumanā mātaraṃ punaḥ | mahāmṛtena tṛptosmi haridhyānarasena vai
To her, to his mother Sumanā, the wise one spoke again: "I am satisfied with the great nectar, with the savour of meditation on Hari."
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PdP 2 21.29
भोजनासनमारूढो मिष्टमन्नं प्रपश्यति । इदमन्नं स्वयं विष्णुरात्मा ह्यन्नं समाश्रितः
bhojanāsanamārūḍho miṣṭamannaṃ prapaśyati | idamannaṃ svayaṃ viṣṇurātmā hyannaṃ samāśritaḥ
Seated at the meal, he looks at the sweet food (and says): "This food is Viṣṇu himself; the Self has entered into the food."
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PdP 2 21.30
आत्मरूपेण यो विष्णुरनेनान्नेन तृप्यतु । क्षीरसागरसंवासो यस्यैव परिसंस्थितः
ātmarūpeṇa yo viṣṇuranenānnena tṛpyatu | kṣīrasāgarasaṃvāso yasyaiva parisaṃsthitaḥ
"Let Viṣṇu, who is in the form of the Self, be satisfied by this food." (He) whose dwelling is set in the ocean of milk —
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PdP 2 21.31
जलेनानेन पुण्येन तृप्तिमायातु केशवः । तांबूलचंदनैर्गंधैरेभिः पुष्पैर्मनोहरैः
jalenānena puṇyena tṛptimāyātu keśavaḥ | tāṃbūlacaṃdanairgaṃdhairebhiḥ puṣpairmanoharaiḥ
"May Keśava come to satisfaction by this pure water; by these betel, sandal-paste, fragrances, and lovely flowers —"
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PdP 2 21.32
आत्मस्वरूपेण तृप्तस्तृप्तिमायातु केशवः । शयने याति धर्मात्मा तदा कृष्णं प्रचिंतयेत्
ātmasvarūpeṇa tṛptastṛptimāyātu keśavaḥ | śayane yāti dharmātmā tadā kṛṣṇaṃ praciṃtayet
"— satisfied in his own form as the Self, may Keśava come to satisfaction." When the righteous one goes to bed, he then meditates on Kṛṣṇa.
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PdP 2 21.33
योगनिद्रान्वितं कृष्णं तमहं शरणं गतः । भोजनाच्छादनेष्वेवमासने शयने द्विजः
yoganidrānvitaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ tamahaṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ | bhojanācchādaneṣvevamāsane śayane dvijaḥ
"To that Kṛṣṇa, wrapped in yogic sleep, I have gone for refuge" — thus at eating and clothing, at sitting and at lying down, the twice-born
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PdP 2 21.34
चिंतयेद्वासुदेवं तं तस्मै सर्वं प्रकल्पयेत् । तारुण्यं प्राप्य धर्मात्मा कामभोगान्विहाय वै
ciṃtayedvāsudevaṃ taṃ tasmai sarvaṃ prakalpayet | tāruṇyaṃ prāpya dharmātmā kāmabhogānvihāya vai
should think of that Vāsudeva, and dedicate everything to him. Having reached youth, the righteous one, forsaking the enjoyments of desire,
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PdP 2 21.35
स युक्तः केशवध्याने वैडूर्यपर्वतोत्तमे । यत्र सिद्धेश्वरं लिंगं वैष्णवं पापनाशनम्
sa yuktaḥ keśavadhyāne vaiḍūryaparvatottame | yatra siddheśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ pāpanāśanam
he, joined to meditation on Keśava on the best of mountains, Vaiḍūrya, where (is) the Siddheśvara liṅga, Vaiṣṇava, destroyer of sin,
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PdP 2 21.36
रुद्रमोंकारसंज्ञं च ध्यात्वा चैव महेश्वरम् । ब्रह्मणा वर्द्धितं देवं नर्मदादक्षिणे तटे
rudramoṃkārasaṃjñaṃ ca dhyātvā caiva maheśvaram | brahmaṇā varddhitaṃ devaṃ narmadādakṣiṇe taṭe
and having meditated on Rudra, called Oṃkāra, Maheśvara, the god magnified by Brahmā, on the southern bank of the Narmadā,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 21.37
सिद्धेश्वरं समाश्रित्य तपोभावं व्यचिंतयत्
siddheśvaraṃ samāśritya tapobhāvaṃ vyaciṃtayat
taking refuge with Siddheśvara, he pondered upon the state of ascetic practice.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition