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Padma Purana — Bhumi Khanda — Chapter 22

PdP 2 22.1

व्यास उवाच- प्रश्नमेकं महाभाग करिष्ये सांप्रतं वद । त्वयैव पूर्वमुक्तं हि सुव्रतं च प्रतीश्वरम्

vyāsa uvāca- praśnamekaṃ mahābhāga kariṣye sāṃprataṃ vada | tvayaiva pūrvamuktaṃ hi suvrataṃ ca pratīśvaram

Vyāsa said: O greatly fortunate one, I shall put one question now; speak. For it was said by you before, about Suvrata and the sovereign lord,

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PdP 2 22.2

पूर्वाभ्यासेन संध्यायन्नारायणमनामयम् । कस्यां ज्ञात्यां समुत्पन्नः सुव्रतः पूर्वजन्मनि

pūrvābhyāsena saṃdhyāyannārāyaṇamanāmayam | kasyāṃ jñātyāṃ samutpannaḥ suvrataḥ pūrvajanmani

who, by his former practice, was meditating on the flawless Nārāyaṇa — in what family was Suvrata born in his former birth?

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PdP 2 22.3

तन्मे त्वं सांप्रतं ब्रूहि कथमाराधितो हरिः । अनेनापि स देवेश कोयं पुण्यसमाविलः

tanme tvaṃ sāṃprataṃ brūhi kathamārādhito hariḥ | anenāpi sa deveśa koyaṃ puṇyasamāvilaḥ

Tell me that now: how was Hari worshipped (by him)? And by him too — O lord of gods, who is this one filled with merit?

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PdP 2 22.4

ब्रह्मोवाच- वैदिशे नगरे पुण्ये सर्वऋद्धिसमाकुले । तत्र राजा महातेजा ऋतध्वजसुतो बली

brahmovāca- vaidiśe nagare puṇye sarvaṛddhisamākule | tatra rājā mahātejā ṛtadhvajasuto balī

Brahmā said: In the holy city of Vaidiśa, abounding in every prosperity — there (was) a king of great splendour, the mighty son of Ṛtadhvaja.

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PdP 2 22.5

तस्यात्मजो महाप्राज्ञो रुक्मभूषणविश्रुतः । संध्यावली तस्य भार्या धर्मपत्नी यशस्विनी

tasyātmajo mahāprājño rukmabhūṣaṇaviśrutaḥ | saṃdhyāvalī tasya bhāryā dharmapatnī yaśasvinī

His son was very wise, famed as Rukmabhūṣaṇa; his wife was Saṃdhyāvalī, his lawful wife, illustrious.

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PdP 2 22.6

तस्यां पुत्रं समुत्पाद्य स आत्मसदृशं ततः । तस्य धर्मांगदं नाम चकार नृपनंदनः

tasyāṃ putraṃ samutpādya sa ātmasadṛśaṃ tataḥ | tasya dharmāṃgadaṃ nāma cakāra nṛpanaṃdanaḥ

Having begotten in her a son like himself, that son of the king then gave him the name Dharmāṅgada.

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PdP 2 22.7

सर्वलक्षणसंपन्नः पितृभक्तिपरायणः । रुक्मांगदस्य तनयो योयं भगवतां वरः

sarvalakṣaṇasaṃpannaḥ pitṛbhaktiparāyaṇaḥ | rukmāṃgadasya tanayo yoyaṃ bhagavatāṃ varaḥ

Endowed with all (auspicious) marks, devoted wholly to obedience to his father — this son of Rukmāṅgada is the best of the venerable ones,

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PdP 2 22.8

पितुः सौख्याय येनापि मोहिन्यै तु शिरो ददे । वैष्णवेन च धर्मेण पितृभक्त्या तु तस्य हि

pituḥ saukhyāya yenāpi mohinyai tu śiro dade | vaiṣṇavena ca dharmeṇa pitṛbhaktyā tu tasya hi

by whom, for his father's happiness, his head was given to Mohinī. And by his Vaiṣṇava observance and by his devotion to his father,

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PdP 2 22.9

सुप्रसन्नो हृषीकेशः सकायो वैष्णवं पदम् । नीतस्तु सर्वधर्मज्ञो वैष्णवः सात्वतां वरः

suprasanno hṛṣīkeśaḥ sakāyo vaiṣṇavaṃ padam | nītastu sarvadharmajño vaiṣṇavaḥ sātvatāṃ varaḥ

Hṛṣīkeśa being well pleased, he was led, together with his body, to the Vaiṣṇava station — he the knower of all dharmas, a Vaiṣṇava, best of the Sātvatas.

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PdP 2 22.10

धर्मांगदो महाप्राज्ञः प्रज्ञाज्ञानविशारदः । तत्रस्थो वै महाप्राज्ञो धर्मोसौ धर्मभूषणः

dharmāṃgado mahāprājñaḥ prajñājñānaviśāradaḥ | tatrastho vai mahāprājño dharmosau dharmabhūṣaṇaḥ

Dharmāṅgada, of great wisdom, skilled in insight and knowledge, dwelling there, of great wisdom — he (is) Dharma adorned with dharma,

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PdP 2 22.11

दिव्यान्मनोनुगान्भोगान्मोदमानः प्रभुंजति । पूर्णे युगसहस्रांते धर्मो वै धर्मभूषणः

divyānmanonugānbhogānmodamānaḥ prabhuṃjati | pūrṇe yugasahasrāṃte dharmo vai dharmabhūṣaṇaḥ

and rejoicing he enjoys divine pleasures that follow his wish. At the end of a full thousand yugas, Dharma, adorned with dharma,

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PdP 2 22.12

तस्मात्पदात्परिभ्रष्टो विष्णोश्चैव प्रसादतः । सुव्रतो नाम मेधावी सुमनानंदवर्द्धनः

tasmātpadātparibhraṣṭo viṣṇoścaiva prasādataḥ | suvrato nāma medhāvī sumanānaṃdavarddhanaḥ

fallen from that station, and yet by the grace of Viṣṇu, (became) the intelligent one named Suvrata, increasing the joy of the good-minded,

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PdP 2 22.13

सोमशर्मस्य तनयः श्रेष्ठो भगवतां वरः । तपश्चचार मेधावी विष्णुध्यानपरोभवत्

somaśarmasya tanayaḥ śreṣṭho bhagavatāṃ varaḥ | tapaścacāra medhāvī viṣṇudhyānaparobhavat

the son of Somaśarman, foremost, the best of the venerable ones. The intelligent one performed austerity and became intent on meditation on Viṣṇu.

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PdP 2 22.14

कामक्रोधादिकान्दोषान्परित्यज्य द्विजोत्तमः । संयम्यचैन्द्रियं वर्गं तपस्तेपे निरंतरम्

kāmakrodhādikāndoṣānparityajya dvijottamaḥ | saṃyamyacaindriyaṃ vargaṃ tapastepe niraṃtaram

Abandoning the faults beginning with desire and anger, that best of the twice-born, restraining the group of the senses, performed austerity unceasingly,

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PdP 2 22.15

वैडूर्यपर्वतश्रेष्ठे सिद्धेश्वरस्य सन्निधौ । एकीकृत्य मनश्चायं संयोज्य विष्णुना सह

vaiḍūryaparvataśreṣṭhe siddheśvarasya sannidhau | ekīkṛtya manaścāyaṃ saṃyojya viṣṇunā saha

on the best of mountains, Vaiḍūrya, in the presence of Siddheśvara, making his mind one and joining it with Viṣṇu.

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PdP 2 22.16

एवं वर्षशतं स्थित्वा ध्यानेनास्य महात्मनः । सुप्रसन्नो जगन्नाथः शंखचक्रगदाधरः

evaṃ varṣaśataṃ sthitvā dhyānenāsya mahātmanaḥ | suprasanno jagannāthaḥ śaṃkhacakragadādharaḥ

Having remained thus for a hundred years in the meditation of this great-souled one, the Lord of the world, bearer of conch, discus and mace, became well pleased.

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PdP 2 22.17

तस्मै वरं ददावन्यं सलक्ष्म्या सह केशवः । भोभोः सुव्रत धर्मात्मन्बुध्यस्व विबुधांवर

tasmai varaṃ dadāvanyaṃ salakṣmyā saha keśavaḥ | bhobhoḥ suvrata dharmātmanbudhyasva vibudhāṃvara

Keśava, together with Lakṣmī, granted him an incomparable boon: "Ho, ho, you of good vows, righteous one, know (this), O best of the wise!"

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PdP 2 22.18

वरं वरय भद्रं ते कृष्णोऽहं ते समागतः । एवमाकर्ण्य मेधावी विष्णोर्वाक्यमनुत्तमम्

varaṃ varaya bhadraṃ te kṛṣṇo'haṃ te samāgataḥ | evamākarṇya medhāvī viṣṇorvākyamanuttamam

"Choose a boon; blessings on you—I, Kṛṣṇa, have come to you." Hearing thus the most excellent speech of Viṣṇu, the wise one—

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PdP 2 22.19

हर्षेण महताविष्टो दृष्ट्वा देवं जनार्दनम् । बद्धांजलिपुटो भूत्वा प्रणाममकरोत्तदा

harṣeṇa mahatāviṣṭo dṛṣṭvā devaṃ janārdanam | baddhāṃjalipuṭo bhūtvā praṇāmamakarottadā

—filled with great joy at seeing the god Janārdana, he made a cup of his joined palms and then made obeisance.

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PdP 2 22.20

सुव्रत उवाच- संसारसागरमतीव महासुदुःखजालोर्मिभिर्विविधमोहचयैस्तरंगैः । संपूर्णमस्ति निजदोषगुणैस्तु प्राप्तस्तस्मात्समुद्धर जनार्दनमाशुदीनम्

suvrata uvāca- saṃsārasāgaramatīva mahāsuduḥkhajālormibhirvividhamohacayaistaraṃgaiḥ | saṃpūrṇamasti nijadoṣaguṇaistu prāptastasmātsamuddhara janārdanamāśudīnam

Suvrata said: The ocean of worldly existence is utterly filled with waves that are nets of great suffering, with heaps of manifold delusion as its billows—(and filled) with the qualities and faults that are one's own; (into it) I have fallen, therefore, Janārdana, quickly lift up this wretched one.

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PdP 2 22.21

कर्मांबुदे महति गर्जतिवर्षतीव विद्युल्लतोल्लसतिपातकसंचयैर्मे । मोहांधकारपटलैर्मम नास्ति दृष्टिर्दीनस्य तस्य मधुसूदन देहि हस्तम्

karmāṃbude mahati garjativarṣatīva vidyullatollasatipātakasaṃcayairme | mohāṃdhakārapaṭalairmama nāsti dṛṣṭirdīnasya tasya madhusūdana dehi hastam

In the vast cloud of karma that thunders and rains, the lightning-vine flashes upon me with masses of sins; because of the layers of the darkness of delusion I have no sight—to me, wretched as I am, O Madhusūdana, give your hand.

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PdP 2 22.22

संसारकाननघनं बहुदुःखवृक्षैः संसेव्यमानमपि मोहमयैश्च सिंहैः । संदीप्तमस्ति करुणाबहुवह्नितेजः संतप्यमानमनिशं परिपाहि कृष्ण

saṃsārakānanaghanaṃ bahuduḥkhavṛkṣaiḥ saṃsevyamānamapi mohamayaiśca siṃhaiḥ | saṃdīptamasti karuṇābahuvahnitejaḥ saṃtapyamānamaniśaṃ paripāhi kṛṣṇa

The forest of worldly existence is dense with many trees of suffering, and is haunted too by lions made of delusion; it is ablaze—(let there be) the radiance of the many fires of compassion. I am scorched without cease: protect me utterly, Kṛṣṇa.

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PdP 2 22.23

संसारवृक्षमतिजीर्णमपीह उच्चं मायासुकंदकरुणा बहुदुःखशाखम् । जायादिसंगच्छदनं फलितं मुरारे तत्राधिरूढपतितं भगवन्हि रक्ष

saṃsāravṛkṣamatijīrṇamapīha uccaṃ māyāsukaṃdakaruṇā bahuduḥkhaśākham | jāyādisaṃgacchadanaṃ phalitaṃ murāre tatrādhirūḍhapatitaṃ bhagavanhi rakṣa

The tree of worldly existence here, though very decayed, is tall, its sweet root is illusion (and) compassion, its many branches are sufferings, its foliage is attachment to wife and the rest, and it has borne fruit, O Murāri; I had climbed it and have fallen there—O Lord, save me!

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PdP 2 22.24

दुःखानलैर्विविधमोहमयैः सुधूमैः शोकैर्वियोगमरणांतिक सन्निभैश्च । दग्धोस्मि कृष्ण सततं मम देहि मोक्षं ज्ञानांबुदैः समभिषिंच सदैव मां त्वम्

duḥkhānalairvividhamohamayaiḥ sudhūmaiḥ śokairviyogamaraṇāṃtika sannibhaiśca | dagdhosmi kṛṣṇa satataṃ mama dehi mokṣaṃ jñānāṃbudaiḥ samabhiṣiṃca sadaiva māṃ tvam

By the fires of suffering, whose thick smoke is manifold delusion, and by griefs resembling separation and the end that is death, I am burned, Kṛṣṇa, continually: grant me release; sprinkle me ever with the rain-clouds of knowledge.

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PdP 2 22.25

घोरांधकारपटले महतीव गर्ते संसारनाम्निपतितं सततं हि कृष्ण । त्वं सत्कृपो मम हि दीनभयातुरस्य तस्माद्विरज्यशरणं तव आगतोस्मि

ghorāṃdhakārapaṭale mahatīva garte saṃsāranāmnipatitaṃ satataṃ hi kṛṣṇa | tvaṃ satkṛpo mama hi dīnabhayāturasya tasmādvirajyaśaraṇaṃ tava āgatosmi

Into the pit called worldly existence, huge, wrapped in a layer of terrible darkness, I have fallen—continually indeed, Kṛṣṇa. You have true compassion for me, wretched and afflicted with fear; therefore, having turned away (from it), I have come to your refuge.

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PdP 2 22.26

त्वामेव ये नियतमानसभावयुक्ता ध्यायंति ज्ञानमनसा पदवीं लभंते । नत्वैव पादयुगलं च महासुपुण्यं यद्देवकिन्नरगणाः परिचिंतयंति

tvāmeva ye niyatamānasabhāvayuktā dhyāyaṃti jñānamanasā padavīṃ labhaṃte | natvaiva pādayugalaṃ ca mahāsupuṇyaṃ yaddevakinnaragaṇāḥ pariciṃtayaṃti

Those who, endowed with a controlled state of mind, meditate on you alone attain the (highest) path by a mind of knowledge, having bowed to the pair of your feet, greatly and truly holy, on which the hosts of gods and kinnaras meditate.

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PdP 2 22.27

नान्यं वदामि न भजामि न चिंतयामि त्वत्पादपद्मयुगलं सततं नमामि । कामं त्वमेव मम पूरय मेद्य कृष्ण दूरेण यातु मम पातकसंचयस्ते

nānyaṃ vadāmi na bhajāmi na ciṃtayāmi tvatpādapadmayugalaṃ satataṃ namāmi | kāmaṃ tvameva mama pūraya medya kṛṣṇa dūreṇa yātu mama pātakasaṃcayaste

I speak of no other, worship no other, think of no other; I bow continually to the pair of your lotus feet. Fulfil my desire, you yourself, today, Kṛṣṇa; let the mass of my sins go far away by your (grace).

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PdP 2 22.28

दासोस्मि देव तव किंकरजन्मजन्म त्वत्पादपद्मयुगलं सततं स्मरामि

dāsosmi deva tava kiṃkarajanmajanma tvatpādapadmayugalaṃ satataṃ smarāmi

I am your slave, O god, a servant birth after birth; I remember continually the pair of your lotus feet.

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PdP 2 22.29

यदि कृष्ण प्रसन्नोसि देहि मे सुवरं प्रभो । मन्मातापितरौ कृष्ण सकायौ मंदिरे नय

yadi kṛṣṇa prasannosi dehi me suvaraṃ prabho | manmātāpitarau kṛṣṇa sakāyau maṃdire naya

If, Kṛṣṇa, you are pleased, grant me a good boon, O Lord: lead my mother and father, Kṛṣṇa, with their bodies, to your abode,

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PdP 2 22.30

आत्मनश्च महादेव मयासह न संशयः । श्रीकृष्ण उवाच- एवं ते परमं कार्यं भविष्यति न संशयः

ātmanaśca mahādeva mayāsaha na saṃśayaḥ | śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca- evaṃ te paramaṃ kāryaṃ bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ

and myself too, great god, along with me—no doubt of it. Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: So shall this supreme purpose of yours come to be, without doubt.

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PdP 2 22.31

तस्य तुष्टो हृषीकेशो भक्त्या तस्य प्रतोषितः । प्रयातौ वैष्णवं लोकं दाहप्रलयवर्जितौ

tasya tuṣṭo hṛṣīkeśo bhaktyā tasya pratoṣitaḥ | prayātau vaiṣṇavaṃ lokaṃ dāhapralayavarjitau

Hṛṣīkeśa was pleased with him, gratified by his devotion; the two went to the Vaiṣṇava world, free from burning and dissolution.

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PdP 2 22.32

सुव्रतेन समं तौ द्वौ सुमना सोमशर्मकौ । यावत्कल्पद्वयं प्राप्तं तावत्स सुव्रतो द्विजः

suvratena samaṃ tau dvau sumanā somaśarmakau | yāvatkalpadvayaṃ prāptaṃ tāvatsa suvrato dvijaḥ

Together with Suvrata those two, Sumanā and Somaśarman—and for as long as two kalpas were reached, so long that twice-born Suvrata

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PdP 2 22.33

बुभुजे बुभुजे दिव्याँल्लोकांश्चैव महामते । देवकार्यार्थमत्रैव काश्यपस्य गृहं पुनः

bubhuje bubhuje divyā~llokāṃścaiva mahāmate | devakāryārthamatraiva kāśyapasya gṛhaṃ punaḥ

enjoyed and enjoyed the divine worlds, O great-minded one; then, for the sake of the gods' business, (he came) again to Kāśyapa's house here itself,

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PdP 2 22.34

अवतीर्णो महाप्राज्ञो वचनात्तस्य चक्रिणः । ऐंद्रं पदं हि यो भुंक्ते विष्णोश्चैव प्रसादतः

avatīrṇo mahāprājño vacanāttasya cakriṇaḥ | aiṃdraṃ padaṃ hi yo bhuṃkte viṣṇoścaiva prasādataḥ

descended, greatly wise, by the word of that discus-bearer. He who indeed enjoys the station of Indra, and that by Viṣṇu's grace,

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PdP 2 22.35

वसुदत्तेति विख्यातः सर्वदेवैर्नमस्कृतः । ऐंद्रं पदं हि यो भुंक्ते सांप्रतं वासवो दिवि

vasudatteti vikhyātaḥ sarvadevairnamaskṛtaḥ | aiṃdraṃ padaṃ hi yo bhuṃkte sāṃprataṃ vāsavo divi

is renowned as Vasudatta, saluted by all the gods; he who enjoys the station of Indra is at present Vāsava in heaven.

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PdP 2 22.36

एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं सृष्टिसंबंधकारणम् । अन्यदेवं प्रवक्ष्यामि यदेव परिपृच्छसि

etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ sṛṣṭisaṃbaṃdhakāraṇam | anyadevaṃ pravakṣyāmi yadeva paripṛcchasi

All this has been told to you, the cause connected with creation; now I shall declare something else, just what you are asking about.

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PdP 2 22.37

व्यास उवाच- धर्माङ्गदो महाप्राज्ञो रुक्माङ्गदसुतो बली । आद्ये कृतयुगे जातः सृष्टिकाले स वासवः

vyāsa uvāca- dharmāṅgado mahāprājño rukmāṅgadasuto balī | ādye kṛtayuge jātaḥ sṛṣṭikāle sa vāsavaḥ

Vyāsa said: Dharmāṅgada, of great wisdom, the mighty son of Rukmāṅgada, was born in the first Kṛta age; at the time of creation he was Vāsava (Indra).

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PdP 2 22.38

तत्कथं देवदेवेश अन्यो धर्माङ्गदो भुवि । अन्यो रुक्मांङ्गदो राजा किं चायं त्रिदशाधिपः

tatkathaṃ devadeveśa anyo dharmāṅgado bhuvi | anyo rukmāṃṅgado rājā kiṃ cāyaṃ tridaśādhipaḥ

Then how, O lord of the gods of gods, is there another Dharmāṅgada on earth, and another king Rukmāṅgada, and how is this one the ruler of the thirty (gods)?

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PdP 2 22.39

एतन्मे संशयं जातं तद्भवान्वक्तुमर्हति । ब्रह्मोवाच- हंत ते कथयिष्यामि सर्वसंदेहनाशनम्

etanme saṃśayaṃ jātaṃ tadbhavānvaktumarhati | brahmovāca- haṃta te kathayiṣyāmi sarvasaṃdehanāśanam

This doubt has arisen in me; you ought to explain it. Brahmā said: Well then, I shall tell you what destroys all doubt.

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PdP 2 22.40

देवस्य लीलासृष्ट्यर्थे वर्तते द्विजसत्तम । यथा वाराश्च पक्षाश्च मासाश्च ऋतवो यथा

devasya līlāsṛṣṭyarthe vartate dvijasattama | yathā vārāśca pakṣāśca māsāśca ṛtavo yathā

It exists for the sake of the god's play-creation, O best of the twice-born — just as days and fortnights and months and seasons,

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PdP 2 22.41

संवत्सराश्च मनवस्तथा यांति युगाः पुनः । पश्चात्कल्पः समायाति व्रजाम्येवं जनार्दनम्

saṃvatsarāśca manavastathā yāṃti yugāḥ punaḥ | paścātkalpaḥ samāyāti vrajāmyevaṃ janārdanam

and years and Manus, and likewise the ages, pass and come again; afterwards a kalpa arrives, and thus I go to Janārdana.

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PdP 2 22.42

अहमेव महाप्राज्ञ मयि यांति चराचराः । पुनः सृजति योगात्मा पूर्ववद्विश्वमेव हि

ahameva mahāprājña mayi yāṃti carācarāḥ | punaḥ sṛjati yogātmā pūrvavadviśvameva hi

I myself, O greatly wise one — into me the moving and unmoving go; and again the Yoga-souled one creates the whole universe just as before.

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PdP 2 22.43

पुनरहं पुनर्वेदाः पुनस्ते देवता द्विजाः । तथा भूपाश्च ते सर्वे स्वचरित्रसमाविलाः

punarahaṃ punarvedāḥ punaste devatā dvijāḥ | tathā bhūpāśca te sarve svacaritrasamāvilāḥ

Again I (come to be), again the Vedas, again those deities and the twice-born, and likewise all those kings, stained through with their own deeds,

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PdP 2 22.44

प्रभवंति महाभाग विद्वांस्तत्र न मुह्यति । पूर्वकल्पे महाभागो यथा रुक्मांगदो नृपः

prabhavaṃti mahābhāga vidvāṃstatra na muhyati | pūrvakalpe mahābhāgo yathā rukmāṃgado nṛpaḥ

come into being, O greatly fortunate one — a wise man is not confused about that. As in the previous kalpa there was the greatly fortunate king Rukmāṅgada,

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PdP 2 22.45

तथा धर्मांगदश्चायं संजातः ख्यातिमान्द्विजः । रामादयो महाप्राज्ञा ययातिर्नहुषस्तथा

tathā dharmāṃgadaścāyaṃ saṃjātaḥ khyātimāndvijaḥ | rāmādayo mahāprājñā yayātirnahuṣastathā

so too this Dharmāṅgada has been born, O renowned twice-born one; and Rāma and the others, greatly wise, and Yayāti, and Nahuṣa likewise,

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PdP 2 22.46

मन्वादयो महात्मानः प्रभवंति लयंति च । ऐंद्रं पदं प्रभुंजंति राजानो धर्मतत्पराः

manvādayo mahātmānaḥ prabhavaṃti layaṃti ca | aiṃdraṃ padaṃ prabhuṃjaṃti rājāno dharmatatparāḥ

the great-souled Manu and the rest come into being and dissolve; kings intent on dharma enjoy the station of Indra.

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PdP 2 22.47

यथा धर्मांगदो वीरः प्रभुंजति महत्पदम् । एवं वेदाश्च देवाश्च पुराणाः स्मृतिपूर्वकाः

yathā dharmāṃgado vīraḥ prabhuṃjati mahatpadam | evaṃ vedāśca devāśca purāṇāḥ smṛtipūrvakāḥ

As the hero Dharmāṅgada enjoys that high station, so too the Vedas and the gods and the Purāṇas along with the Smṛtis (come again).

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PdP 2 22.48

एतत्तु सर्वमाख्यातं तवाग्रे द्विजसत्तम । चरितं सुव्रतस्याथ पुण्यं सुगतिदायकम्

etattu sarvamākhyātaṃ tavāgre dvijasattama | caritaṃ suvratasyātha puṇyaṃ sugatidāyakam

All this has been told in your presence, O best of the twice-born — the meritorious career of Suvrata, which bestows a good destiny.

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PdP 2 22.49

अव्यक्तं तु महाभाग प्रब्रवीमि तवाग्रतः

avyaktaṃ tu mahābhāga prabravīmi tavāgrataḥ

But the unmanifest, O greatly fortunate one, I (now) declare before you.

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