Padma Purana — Bhumi Khanda — Chapter 29

PdP 2 29.1

पृथुरुवाच- हते चैव महापापे एकस्मिन्पापचारिणि । लोकाः सुखेन जीवंति साधवः पुण्यदर्शिनः

pṛthuruvāca- hate caiva mahāpāpe ekasminpāpacāriṇi | lokāḥ sukhena jīvaṃti sādhavaḥ puṇyadarśinaḥ

Pṛthu said: When a single great sinner, a doer of evil, is slain, the worlds live happily — the good, who look to merit.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 2 29.2

तस्मादेकं प्रहर्तव्यं पापिष्ठं पापचेतनम् । तस्मात्त्वां हि हनिष्यामि सर्वसत्त्वप्रणाशिनीम्

tasmādekaṃ prahartavyaṃ pāpiṣṭhaṃ pāpacetanam | tasmāttvāṃ hi haniṣyāmi sarvasattvapraṇāśinīm

Therefore that one alone is to be struck down, the most wicked, of evil mind; therefore I shall indeed slay you, destroyer of all creatures.

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PdP 2 29.3

त्वया बीजानि सर्वाणि लुप्तान्येतानि सांप्रतम् । ग्रासं कृत्वा स्थिरीभूत्वा प्रजां हत्वा क्व यास्यसि

tvayā bījāni sarvāṇi luptānyetāni sāṃpratam | grāsaṃ kṛtvā sthirībhūtvā prajāṃ hatvā kva yāsyasi

By you all these seeds have now been carried off; having made (them) your food and become immobile, having killed the people, where will you go?

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PdP 2 29.4

हते पापे दुराचारे सुखं जीवंतिसाधवः । तस्मात्पापं प्रहंतव्यं सत्यमेवं न संशयः

hate pāpe durācāre sukhaṃ jīvaṃtisādhavaḥ | tasmātpāpaṃ prahaṃtavyaṃ satyamevaṃ na saṃśayaḥ

When the evil, ill-conducted one is slain, the good live in happiness; therefore evil is to be struck down — this is truly so, there is no doubt.

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PdP 2 29.5

पालितव्यं प्रयत्नेन यस्माद्धर्मः प्रवर्द्धते । भवत्या तु महत्पापं प्रजासंक्षयकारकम्

pālitavyaṃ prayatnena yasmāddharmaḥ pravarddhate | bhavatyā tu mahatpāpaṃ prajāsaṃkṣayakārakam

(What is good) is to be protected with effort, since by it dharma increases; but by you a great sin (has been done), one that brings about the destruction of the people.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

PdP 2 29.6

एकस्यार्थेन यो हन्यादात्मनो वा परस्य वा । लोकोपतापकं हत्वा न भवेत्तस्य पातकम्

ekasyārthena yo hanyādātmano vā parasya vā | lokopatāpakaṃ hatvā na bhavettasya pātakam

Whoever should kill for the sake of one — of himself or of another — having slain one who torments the world, no sin would attach to him.

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PdP 2 29.7

सुखमेष्यंति बहवो यस्मिंस्तु निहते शुभे । वसुधे निहते दुष्टे पातकं नोपपातकम्

sukhameṣyaṃti bahavo yasmiṃstu nihate śubhe | vasudhe nihate duṣṭe pātakaṃ nopapātakam

When that auspicious (deed) is done by which the slaying of one occurs, many will attain happiness; O Vasudhā, when a wicked one is slain there is no sin, not even a minor sin.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

PdP 2 29.8

प्रजानिमित्तं त्वामेव हनिष्यामि न संशयः । यदि मे पुण्यसंयुक्तं वचनं न करिष्यति

prajānimittaṃ tvāmeva haniṣyāmi na saṃśayaḥ | yadi me puṇyasaṃyuktaṃ vacanaṃ na kariṣyati

For the sake of the people I shall slay you, without doubt, if you will not carry out my word, which is joined with merit.

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PdP 2 29.9

जगतोऽस्य हितार्थाय साधु चैव वसुंधरे । हनिष्ये त्वां शितैर्बाणैर्मद्वाक्यात्तु पराङ्मुखीम्

jagato'sya hitārthāya sādhu caiva vasuṃdhare | haniṣye tvāṃ śitairbāṇairmadvākyāttu parāṅmukhīm

For the welfare and the good of this world, O Vasundharā, I shall slay you with sharpened arrows if you turn your face away from my word.

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PdP 2 29.10

स्वीयेन तेजसा चैव पुण्यां त्रैलोक्यवासिनीम् । प्रजां चैव धरिष्यामि धर्मेणापि न संशयः

svīyena tejasā caiva puṇyāṃ trailokyavāsinīm | prajāṃ caiva dhariṣyāmi dharmeṇāpi na saṃśayaḥ

And by my own power I shall sustain the meritorious people who dwell in the three worlds, and (sustain them) by dharma too, without doubt.

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PdP 2 29.11

मच्छासनं समास्थाय धर्मयुक्तं वसुंधरे । इमाः प्रजा आज्ञया मे संजीवय सदैव हि

macchāsanaṃ samāsthāya dharmayuktaṃ vasuṃdhare | imāḥ prajā ājñayā me saṃjīvaya sadaiva hi

Abiding by my command, which is joined with dharma, O Vasundharā, by my order bring these creatures to life again, always.

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PdP 2 29.12

एवं मे शासनं भद्रे अद्य यर्हि करिष्यसि । ततः प्रीतोऽस्मि ते नित्यं गोपायिष्यामि सर्वदा

evaṃ me śāsanaṃ bhadre adya yarhi kariṣyasi | tataḥ prīto'smi te nityaṃ gopāyiṣyāmi sarvadā

Thus, good lady, when today you carry out my command, then I am pleased with you and shall protect you always, forever.

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PdP 2 29.13

त्वामेव हि न संदेह अन्ये चैव नृपोत्तमाः । धेनुरूपेण सा पृथ्वी बाणांचितकलेवरा

tvāmeva hi na saṃdeha anye caiva nṛpottamāḥ | dhenurūpeṇa sā pṛthvī bāṇāṃcitakalevarā

You indeed, no doubt (shall be protected), and other best of kings too. That Earth, in the form of a cow, her body studded with arrows,

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PdP 2 29.14

उवाचेदं पृथुं वैन्यं धर्माधारं महामतिम् । धरण्युवाच-। तवादेशं महाराज सत्यपुण्यार्थसंयुतम्

uvācedaṃ pṛthuṃ vainyaṃ dharmādhāraṃ mahāmatim | dharaṇyuvāca-| tavādeśaṃ mahārāja satyapuṇyārthasaṃyutam

said this to Pṛthu the son of Vena, the support of dharma, of great mind. The Earth said: Your command, great king, joined with truth and the purpose of merit,

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PdP 2 29.15

प्रजानिमित्तमत्यर्थं विधास्यामि न संशयः । उद्यमेनापि पुण्येन उपायेन नरेश्वर

prajānimittamatyarthaṃ vidhāsyāmi na saṃśayaḥ | udyamenāpi puṇyena upāyena nareśvara

I shall carry out most fully for the sake of the people, without doubt. Even by exertion, by merit, by contrivance, O lord of men,

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PdP 2 29.16

समारंभाः प्रसिद्ध्यंति पुण्याश्चैवाप्युपक्रमाः । उपायं पश्य राजेंद्र येन त्वं सत्यवान्भवेः

samāraṃbhāḥ prasiddhyaṃti puṇyāścaivāpyupakramāḥ | upāyaṃ paśya rājeṃdra yena tvaṃ satyavānbhaveḥ

undertakings succeed, and meritorious enterprises (as well). Look to the means, O chief of kings, by which you may become one whose word is true,

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PdP 2 29.17

धारयेथाः प्रजाश्चेमा येन सर्वाः प्रवर्द्धये । संलग्नाश्चोत्तमा बाणा ममांगे ते शिलाशिताः

dhārayethāḥ prajāścemā yena sarvāḥ pravarddhaye | saṃlagnāścottamā bāṇā mamāṃge te śilāśitāḥ

and by which you may sustain all these creatures, so that they may increase. Those excellent arrows of yours, whetted on stone, are stuck fast in my body:

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PdP 2 29.18

समुद्धर स्वयं राजंश्छल्यंति भृशमेव ते । समां कुरु महाराज तिष्ठेन्मयि यथा पयः

samuddhara svayaṃ rājaṃśchalyaṃti bhṛśameva te | samāṃ kuru mahārāja tiṣṭhenmayi yathā payaḥ

draw them out yourself, O king — they pain me exceedingly. Make (me) level, great king, so that the milk may stay in me.

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PdP 2 29.19

सूत उवाच-। धनुषोग्रेण ताञ्छैलान्नानारूपान्गुरूंस्तथा । उत्सारयंस्ततः सर्वां समरूपां चकार सः

sūta uvāca-| dhanuṣogreṇa tāñchailānnānārūpāngurūṃstathā | utsārayaṃstataḥ sarvāṃ samarūpāṃ cakāra saḥ

The Sūta said: With the tip of his bow, driving away those mountains of various forms and those heavy ones, he then made her wholly level in form.

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PdP 2 29.20

तदाप्रभृति ते शैला वृद्धिमापुर्द्विजोत्तमाः । तस्या अंगात्स्वयं बाणान्स्वकीयान्नृपनंदनः

tadāprabhṛti te śailā vṛddhimāpurdvijottamāḥ | tasyā aṃgātsvayaṃ bāṇānsvakīyānnṛpanaṃdanaḥ

From that time on those mountains attained growth, O best of brahmins. The king's son, from her body, his own arrows himself—

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PdP 2 29.21

समुद्धृत्य ततो वैन्यः प्रीतेन मनसा तदा । गर्ताश्च कंदराश्चैव बाणाघातैः समीकृताः

samuddhṛtya tato vainyaḥ prītena manasā tadā | gartāśca kaṃdarāścaiva bāṇāghātaiḥ samīkṛtāḥ

— tr. refused: cyber

PdP 2 29.22

एवं पृथ्वद्यंसमां सर्वां चकार पुण्यवर्द्धनः । समीकृत्य महाभागो वत्सं तस्या व्यकल्पयत्

evaṃ pṛthvadyaṃsamāṃ sarvāṃ cakāra puṇyavarddhanaḥ | samīkṛtya mahābhāgo vatsaṃ tasyā vyakalpayat

Thus he, the increaser of merit, made the whole earth level; and having leveled it, the greatly fortunate one appointed a calf for her.

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PdP 2 29.23

मनुं स्वायंभुवं पूर्वं परिचिंत्य पुनः पुनः । अतीतेष्वथ सर्वेषु मन्वंतरेषु सत्तमाः

manuṃ svāyaṃbhuvaṃ pūrvaṃ pariciṃtya punaḥ punaḥ | atīteṣvatha sarveṣu manvaṃtareṣu sattamāḥ

Having pondered again and again on Svāyambhuva Manu of former times — for when all the past manvantaras had gone by, O most excellent ones —

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PdP 2 29.24

विषमत्वं गता भूमिः पंथा नासीच्च कुत्रचित् । समानि विषमाण्येवं स्वयमासन्द्विजोत्तमाः

viṣamatvaṃ gatā bhūmiḥ paṃthā nāsīcca kutracit | samāni viṣamāṇyevaṃ svayamāsandvijottamāḥ

The earth had fallen into unevenness, and nowhere was there a path; thus the level places became uneven of themselves, O best of the twice-born.

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PdP 2 29.25

पूर्वं मनोश्चाक्षुषस्य प्राप्ते चैवांतरे तदा । जाते पूर्वविसर्गे च विषमे च धरातले

pūrvaṃ manoścākṣuṣasya prāpte caivāṃtare tadā | jāte pūrvavisarge ca viṣame ca dharātale

Formerly, when the interval (manvantara) of Cākṣuṣa Manu had arrived, and when the earlier emission (of creation) had taken place, and the surface of the earth was uneven —

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PdP 2 29.26

ग्रामाणां च पुराणां च पत्तनानां तथैव च । देशानां क्षेत्रपन्नानां मर्यादा न हि दृश्यते

grāmāṇāṃ ca purāṇāṃ ca pattanānāṃ tathaiva ca | deśānāṃ kṣetrapannānāṃ maryādā na hi dṛśyate

Of villages, of cities, and likewise of market-towns, of countries and of fields (and) settlements, no boundary at all was to be seen.

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PdP 2 29.27

कृषिर्नैव न वाणिज्यं न गोरक्षा प्रवर्तते । नानृतं भाषते कश्चिन्न लोभो न च मत्सरः

kṛṣirnaiva na vāṇijyaṃ na gorakṣā pravartate | nānṛtaṃ bhāṣate kaścinna lobho na ca matsaraḥ

Neither agriculture nor trade nor cattle-keeping is carried on; no one speaks falsehood, there is no greed and no envy.

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PdP 2 29.28

नाभिमानं च वै पापं न करोति कदा किल । वैवस्वतस्य संप्राप्ते अंतरे द्विजसत्तम

nābhimānaṃ ca vai pāpaṃ na karoti kadā kila | vaivasvatasya saṃprāpte aṃtare dvijasattama

Nor does anyone ever indulge in pride or commit evil, when the interval (manvantara) of Vaivasvata has arrived, O best of the twice-born.

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PdP 2 29.29

वैन्यस्य संभवात्पूर्वं प्रजानामेव संभवः । इमाः प्रजा द्विजाः सर्वा निवासं समरोचयन् पृथूपाख्याने एकोनत्रिंशोऽध्यायः

vainyasya saṃbhavātpūrvaṃ prajānāmeva saṃbhavaḥ | imāḥ prajā dvijāḥ sarvā nivāsaṃ samarocayan pṛthūpākhyāne ekonatriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ

Before the birth of Vainya (Pṛthu, son of Vena) the creatures had already come into being. All these creatures, O twice-born ones, chose their dwelling as they pleased. — the twenty-ninth chapter in the account of Pṛthu.

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PdP 2 29.30

क्वचिद्भूमौ गिरौ क्वापि नदीतीरेषु वै तदा । कुंजेषु सर्वतीर्थेषु सागरस्य तटेषु च

kvacidbhūmau girau kvāpi nadītīreṣu vai tadā | kuṃjeṣu sarvatīrtheṣu sāgarasya taṭeṣu ca

Then, some on the plains, some on a mountain, some indeed on the banks of rivers, in thickets, at all the sacred fords, and on the shores of the ocean —

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PdP 2 29.31

निवासं चक्रिरे सर्वाः प्रजाः पुण्येन वै तदा । तासामाहारः संजातः फलमूलमधुस्तथा

nivāsaṃ cakrire sarvāḥ prajāḥ puṇyena vai tadā | tāsāmāhāraḥ saṃjātaḥ phalamūlamadhustathā

There, then, all the people made their dwellings, by their merit; and their food came to be fruits, roots, and honey.

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PdP 2 29.32

महता कृच्छ्रेण तासामाहारश्च द्विजोत्तमाः । पृथुर्वैन्यः समालोक्य प्रजानां कष्टमेव हि

mahatā kṛcchreṇa tāsāmāhāraśca dvijottamāḥ | pṛthurvainyaḥ samālokya prajānāṃ kaṣṭameva hi

— tr. refused: cyber

PdP 2 29.33

स्वायंभुवो मनुर्वत्सः कल्पितस्तेन भूभुजा । स्वपाणिः कल्पितस्तेन पात्रमेवं महामते

svāyaṃbhuvo manurvatsaḥ kalpitastena bhūbhujā | svapāṇiḥ kalpitastena pātramevaṃ mahāmate

Manu Svāyambhuva was appointed the calf by that lord of the earth, and his own hand he made the vessel, O great-minded one.

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PdP 2 29.34

स पृथुः पुरुषव्याघ्रो दुदोह वसुधां तदा । सर्वसस्यमयं क्षीरं ससर्वान्नं गुणान्वितम्

sa pṛthuḥ puruṣavyāghro dudoha vasudhāṃ tadā | sarvasasyamayaṃ kṣīraṃ sasarvānnaṃ guṇānvitam

Then that Pṛthu, a tiger among men, milked the earth: (he drew forth) milk consisting of all grains, containing every kind of food, endowed with good qualities.

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PdP 2 29.35

तेन पुण्येन चान्नेन सुधाकल्पेन ताः प्रजाः । तृप्तिं नयंति देवान्वै प्रजाः पितॄंस्तथापरान्

tena puṇyena cānnena sudhākalpena tāḥ prajāḥ | tṛptiṃ nayaṃti devānvai prajāḥ pitṝṃstathāparān

— tr. refused: cyber

PdP 2 29.36

प्रसादात्तस्य वैन्यस्य सुखं जीवंति ताः प्रजाः । देवेभ्यश्च पितृभ्यश्च दत्वा चान्नं प्रजास्ततः

prasādāttasya vainyasya sukhaṃ jīvaṃti tāḥ prajāḥ | devebhyaśca pitṛbhyaśca datvā cānnaṃ prajāstataḥ

By the grace of that son of Vena those creatures live happily; and the people, having then given food both to the gods and to the ancestors—

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PdP 2 29.37

ब्राह्मणेभ्यो विशेषेणअतिथिभ्यस्तथैव च । पश्चाद्भुंजंति पुण्यास्ताः प्रजाः सर्वा द्विजोत्तमाः

brāhmaṇebhyo viśeṣeṇaatithibhyastathaiva ca | paścādbhuṃjaṃti puṇyāstāḥ prajāḥ sarvā dvijottamāḥ

And to brahmins especially, and likewise to guests, (having given food) — afterwards those meritorious people eat, all those people being the best of the twice-born.

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PdP 2 29.38

यज्ञैश्चान्ये यजंत्येव तर्पयंति जनार्दनम् । तेन चान्नेन देवेशं तृप्तिं गच्छंति देवताः

yajñaiścānye yajaṃtyeva tarpayaṃti janārdanam | tena cānnena deveśaṃ tṛptiṃ gacchaṃti devatāḥ

Others indeed worship with sacrifices and gratify Janārdana; and by that food (offered to) the Lord of the gods, the deities attain satisfaction.

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PdP 2 29.39

पुनर्वर्षति पर्जन्यः प्रेषितो माधवेन च । तस्मात्पुण्या महौषध्यः संभवंति सुपुण्यदाः

punarvarṣati parjanyaḥ preṣito mādhavena ca | tasmātpuṇyā mahauṣadhyaḥ saṃbhavaṃti supuṇyadāḥ

Again the rain-cloud rains, sent by Mādhava; from that arise the holy great herbs, which bestow much merit.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 2 29.40

सस्यजातानि सर्वाणि पृथुर्वैन्यः प्रजापतिः । तेनान्नेन प्रजाः सर्वा वर्तंतेऽद्यापि नित्यशः

sasyajātāni sarvāṇi pṛthurvainyaḥ prajāpatiḥ | tenānnena prajāḥ sarvā vartaṃte'dyāpi nityaśaḥ

All the kinds of grain (were brought forth by) Pṛthu, son of Vena, the lord of creatures; by that food all beings live even now, continually.

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PdP 2 29.41

ऋषिभिश्चैव मिलितैर्दुग्धा चेयं वसुंधरा । पुनर्विप्रैर्महाभाग्यैः सत्यवद्भिः सुरैस्तथा

ṛṣibhiścaiva militairdugdhā ceyaṃ vasuṃdharā | punarviprairmahābhāgyaiḥ satyavadbhiḥ suraistathā

And this earth was milked by the seers assembled together, and again by brahmins of great good fortune, truth-speakers, and likewise by the gods.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 2 29.42

सोमो वत्सस्वरूपोभूद्दोग्धा देवगुरुः स्वयम् । ऊर्जं क्षीरं पयः कल्पं येन जीवंति चामराः

somo vatsasvarūpobhūddogdhā devaguruḥ svayam | ūrjaṃ kṣīraṃ payaḥ kalpaṃ yena jīvaṃti cāmarāḥ

Soma became the calf, and the teacher of the gods (Bṛhaspati) himself was the milker; the milk was vigour, the drink of the age, by which the immortals live.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

PdP 2 29.43

तेषां सत्येन पुण्येन सर्वे जीवंति जंतवः । सत्यपुण्ये प्रवर्तंते ऋषिदुग्धा वसुंधरा

teṣāṃ satyena puṇyena sarve jīvaṃti jaṃtavaḥ | satyapuṇye pravartaṃte ṛṣidugdhā vasuṃdharā

By their truth and merit all living beings live; earth, milked by the seers, proceeds in truth and merit.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 2 29.44

अथातः संप्रवक्ष्यामि यथा दुग्धा इयं धरा । पितृभिश्च पुरा वत्स विधिना येन वै तदा

athātaḥ saṃpravakṣyāmi yathā dugdhā iyaṃ dharā | pitṛbhiśca purā vatsa vidhinā yena vai tadā

And now I shall relate how this earth was milked, my son, by the fathers of old, and by what rite it was done then.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 2 29.45

सुपात्रं राजतं कृत्वा स्वधा क्षीरं सुधान्वितम् । परिकल्प्य यमं वत्सं दोग्धा चांतक एव सः

supātraṃ rājataṃ kṛtvā svadhā kṣīraṃ sudhānvitam | parikalpya yamaṃ vatsaṃ dogdhā cāṃtaka eva saḥ

Making a fine silver vessel, the milk being svadhā mixed with nectar, appointing Yama as the calf, the milker was Antaka (Death) himself.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 2 29.46

नागैः सर्पैस्ततो दुग्धा तक्षकं वत्समेव च । अलाबुपात्रमादाय विषं क्षीरं द्विजोत्तमाः

nāgaiḥ sarpaistato dugdhā takṣakaṃ vatsameva ca | alābupātramādāya viṣaṃ kṣīraṃ dvijottamāḥ

Then she was milked by the nāgas and the serpents, with Takṣaka as the calf; taking a gourd vessel, the milk was poison, O best of the twice-born.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 2 29.47

नागानां तु तथा दोग्धा धृतराष्ट्रः प्रतापवान् । सर्पा नागा द्विजश्रेष्ठास्तेन वर्तंति चातुलाः

nāgānāṃ tu tathā dogdhā dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ pratāpavān | sarpā nāgā dvijaśreṣṭhāstena vartaṃti cātulāḥ

And the milker of the nāgas was the mighty Dhṛtarāṣṭra; by that the serpents and the nāgas, O best of the twice-born, subsist without equal.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 2 29.48

नागा वर्तंति तेनापि ह्यत्युग्रेण द्विजोत्तमाः । विषेण घोररूपेण सर्पाश्चैव भयानकाः

nāgā vartaṃti tenāpi hyatyugreṇa dvijottamāḥ | viṣeṇa ghorarūpeṇa sarpāścaiva bhayānakāḥ

By that too the nāgas live, O best of the twice-born—by that most fierce poison of dreadful form—and the terrifying serpents as well.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 2 29.49

तेनैव वर्तयंत्युग्रा महाकाया महाबलाः । तदाहारास्तदाचारास्तद्वीर्यास्तत्पराक्रमाः

tenaiva vartayaṃtyugrā mahākāyā mahābalāḥ | tadāhārāstadācārāstadvīryāstatparākramāḥ

By that very (poison) the fierce ones, huge-bodied and of great strength, sustain themselves; that is their food, that their practice, that their potency, that their prowess.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 2 29.50

अथातः संप्रवक्ष्यामि यथा दुग्धा वसुंधरा । असुरैर्दानवैः सर्वैः कल्पयित्वा द्विजोत्तमाः

athātaḥ saṃpravakṣyāmi yathā dugdhā vasuṃdharā | asurairdānavaiḥ sarvaiḥ kalpayitvā dvijottamāḥ

And now I shall relate how the earth was milked by the asuras and all the dānavas, having appointed (calf, vessel and milker), O best of the twice-born.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 2 29.51

पात्रमत्रान्नसदृशमायसं सर्वकामिकम् । क्षीरं मायामयं कृत्वा सर्वारातिविनाशनम्

pātramatrānnasadṛśamāyasaṃ sarvakāmikam | kṣīraṃ māyāmayaṃ kṛtvā sarvārātivināśanam

Here the vessel was of iron, resembling food, granting all desires; the milk they made was composed of magic, destructive of all foes.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 2 29.52

तेषामभूत्स वै वत्सो विरोचनः प्रतापवान् । ऋत्विग्द्विमूर्द्धा दैत्यानां मधुर्दोग्धा महाबलः

teṣāmabhūtsa vai vatso virocanaḥ pratāpavān | ṛtvigdvimūrddhā daityānāṃ madhurdogdhā mahābalaḥ

Their calf was the mighty Virocana; the priest was Dvimūrdhan, and the milker of the daityas was the greatly strong Madhu.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 2 29.53

तया हि मायया दैत्याः प्रवर्त्तंते महाबलाः । महाप्रज्ञा महाकाया महातेजः पराक्रमाः

tayā hi māyayā daityāḥ pravarttaṃte mahābalāḥ | mahāprajñā mahākāyā mahātejaḥ parākramāḥ

By that magic indeed the daityas carry on, mighty in strength, of great wisdom, of huge bodies, of great splendour and prowess.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 2 29.54

तद्बलं पौरुषं तेषां तेन जीवंति दानवाः । तयैते माययाद्यापि सर्वमाया द्विजोत्तमाः

tadbalaṃ pauruṣaṃ teṣāṃ tena jīvaṃti dānavāḥ | tayaite māyayādyāpi sarvamāyā dvijottamāḥ

That is their strength and manliness; by that the dānavas live; by that magic even today these possessors of every magic, O best of the twice-born,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 2 29.55

प्रवर्तंते मितप्रज्ञास्ते तदेषामिदं बलम् । तथा तु दुग्धा यक्षैः सा सर्वाधारासु मेदिनी

pravartaṃte mitaprajñāste tadeṣāmidaṃ balam | tathā tu dugdhā yakṣaiḥ sā sarvādhārāsu medinī

carry on, they of measured wisdom—that is this strength of theirs. And likewise that earth, the support of all, was milked by the yakṣas.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

PdP 2 29.56

इति शुश्रुम विप्रेंद्राः पुराकल्पे महात्मभिः । अंतर्धानमयं क्षीरमयस्पात्रे सुविस्तरे

iti śuśruma vipreṃdrāḥ purākalpe mahātmabhiḥ | aṃtardhānamayaṃ kṣīramayaspātre suvistare

Thus we have heard, O chief brahmins, that in a former age, by the great-souled ones, the milk consisting of invisibility (was drawn) into a very broad iron vessel.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 2 29.57

वैश्रवणो महाप्राज्ञस्तदा वत्सः प्रकल्पितः । मणिधरस्य पिता पुण्यः प्राज्ञो बुद्धिमतां वरः

vaiśravaṇo mahāprājñastadā vatsaḥ prakalpitaḥ | maṇidharasya pitā puṇyaḥ prājño buddhimatāṃ varaḥ

Then Vaiśravaṇa of great wisdom was appointed as the calf—the meritorious, wise father of Maṇidhara, best among the intelligent.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 2 29.58

दोग्धा रजतनाभस्तु तस्याश्चासीन्महामतिः । सर्वज्ञः सर्वधर्मज्ञो यक्षराजसुतो बली

dogdhā rajatanābhastu tasyāścāsīnmahāmatiḥ | sarvajñaḥ sarvadharmajño yakṣarājasuto balī

But her milker was Rajatanābha of great mind, all-knowing, knower of all duties, the strong son of the yakṣa king,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 2 29.59

अष्टबाहुर्महातेजा द्विशीर्षः सुमहातपाः । यक्षावर्तंत तेनापि सर्वदैव द्विजोत्तमाः

aṣṭabāhurmahātejā dviśīrṣaḥ sumahātapāḥ | yakṣāvartaṃta tenāpi sarvadaiva dvijottamāḥ

eight-armed, of great splendour, two-headed, of very great austerity; and by that too the yakṣas subsisted always, O best of the twice-born.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 2 29.60

पुनर्दुग्धा इयं पृथ्वी राक्षसैश्च महाबलैः । तथा चैषा पिशाचैश्च सातुरैर्दग्धवारिभिः

punardugdhā iyaṃ pṛthvī rākṣasaiśca mahābalaiḥ | tathā caiṣā piśācaiśca sāturairdagdhavāribhiḥ

Again this earth was milked by the rākṣasas of great strength, and likewise by the piśācas, who were afflicted and whose water was burnt up.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

PdP 2 29.61

उत्प्लुतं नृकपालं तं शावपात्रमयः कृतम् । सुप्रजां भोक्तुकामास्ते तीव्रकोपपराक्रमाः

utplutaṃ nṛkapālaṃ taṃ śāvapātramayaḥ kṛtam | suprajāṃ bhoktukāmāste tīvrakopaparākramāḥ

That human skull, torn off, was made into a vessel of corpse-flesh; those (beings), of fierce wrath and violence, desiring to consume the good progeny (of the earth).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

PdP 2 29.62

दोग्धा रजतनाभस्तु तेषामासीन्महाबलः । सुमाली नाम वत्सश्च शोणितं क्षीरमेव च

dogdhā rajatanābhastu teṣāmāsīnmahābalaḥ | sumālī nāma vatsaśca śoṇitaṃ kṣīrameva ca

Their milker was the greatly powerful Rajatanābha, and the calf was named Sumālī; and the milk was blood itself.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 2 29.63

रक्षांसि यातुधानाश्च पिशाचाश्च महाबलाः । यक्षास्तेन च जीवंति भूतसङ्घाश्च दारुणाः

rakṣāṃsi yātudhānāśca piśācāśca mahābalāḥ | yakṣāstena ca jīvaṃti bhūtasaṅghāśca dāruṇāḥ

And by that the rākṣasas, the sorcerers, the mighty piśācas, the yakṣas and the dreadful hosts of spirits live.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 2 29.64

गंधर्वैरप्सरोभिश्च पुनर्दुग्धा वसुंधरा । कृत्वा वत्सं सुविद्वांसं तैश्च चित्ररथं पुनः

gaṃdharvairapsarobhiśca punardugdhā vasuṃdharā | kṛtvā vatsaṃ suvidvāṃsaṃ taiśca citrarathaṃ punaḥ

Again the Earth was milked by the gandharvas and the apsarases, having made the very learned Citraratha the calf.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 2 29.65

दुदुहुः पद्मपात्रे तु गांधर्वं गीतसंकुलम् । सुरुचिर्नाम गंधर्वस्तेषामासीन्महामतिः

duduhuḥ padmapātre tu gāṃdharvaṃ gītasaṃkulam | surucirnāma gaṃdharvasteṣāmāsīnmahāmatiḥ

And they milked out, into a lotus-leaf vessel, the gandharva (milk) thronged with song; and their (milker) was a gandharva named Suruci, of great intelligence.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 2 29.66

दोग्धा पुण्यतमश्चैव तस्याश्च द्विजसत्तमाः । शुचिगीतं महात्मानः सुक्षीरं दुदुहुस्तदा

dogdhā puṇyatamaścaiva tasyāśca dvijasattamāḥ | śucigītaṃ mahātmānaḥ sukṣīraṃ duduhustadā

And her milker was the most meritorious one, O best of the twice-born; then those great-souled ones milked out the good milk that was pure song.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

PdP 2 29.67

गंधर्वास्तेन जीवंति अन्याश्चाप्सरसस्तथा । पर्वतैश्च महापुण्यैर्दुग्धा चेयं वसुंधरा

gaṃdharvāstena jīvaṃti anyāścāpsarasastathā | parvataiśca mahāpuṇyairdugdhā ceyaṃ vasuṃdharā

By that the gandharvas live, and likewise the other apsarases. And this Earth was milked by the greatly meritorious mountains.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 2 29.68

रत्नानि विविधान्येव ओषधीश्चामृतोपमाः । वत्सश्चैव महाभागो हिमवान्परिकल्पितः

ratnāni vividhānyeva oṣadhīścāmṛtopamāḥ | vatsaścaiva mahābhāgo himavānparikalpitaḥ

(They milked) gems of many kinds and herbs like nectar; and the greatly fortunate Himavān was appointed the calf.

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PdP 2 29.69

मेरुर्दोग्धा च संजातः पात्रं कृत्वा तु शैलजम् । तेन क्षीरेण संवृद्धाः शैलाः सर्वे महौजसः

merurdogdhā ca saṃjātaḥ pātraṃ kṛtvā tu śailajam | tena kṣīreṇa saṃvṛddhāḥ śailāḥ sarve mahaujasaḥ

And Meru became the milker, having made the vessel out of stone; by that milk all the mountains of great might grew strong.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 2 29.70

पुनर्दुग्धा महावृक्षैः पुण्यैः कल्पद्रुमादिभिः । पालाशं पात्रामानिन्युश्छिन्नदग्धप्ररोहणम्

punardugdhā mahāvṛkṣaiḥ puṇyaiḥ kalpadrumādibhiḥ | pālāśaṃ pātrāmāninyuśchinnadagdhaprarohaṇam

Again she was milked by the great trees, the meritorious wish-granting trees and the rest; they brought a vessel of palāśa wood, (the milk being) the sprouting again of what is cut and burnt.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

PdP 2 29.71

शालो दुदोह पुष्पांगः प्लक्षो वत्सोऽभवत्तदा । गुह्यकैश्चारणैः सिद्धैर्विद्याधरगणैस्तदा

śālo dudoha puṣpāṃgaḥ plakṣo vatso'bhavattadā | guhyakaiścāraṇaiḥ siddhairvidyādharagaṇaistadā

The Śāla with its flowering limbs did the milking, and the Plakṣa then became the calf. And then by the guhyakas, the cāraṇas, the siddhas and the throngs of vidyādharas—

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 2 29.72

दुग्धा चेयं सर्वधात्री सर्वकामप्रदायिनी । यं यमिच्छंति ये लोकाः पात्रवत्सविशेषणैः

dugdhā ceyaṃ sarvadhātrī sarvakāmapradāyinī | yaṃ yamicchaṃti ye lokāḥ pātravatsaviśeṣaṇaiḥ

—this all-supporting one, the granter of all desires, was milked. Whatever the various worlds wish for, by their particular vessels and calves,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 2 29.73

तैस्तैस्तेषां ददात्येव क्षीरं सद्भावमीदृशम् । इयं धात्री विधात्री तु इयं श्रेष्ठा वसुंधरा

taistaisteṣāṃ dadātyeva kṣīraṃ sadbhāvamīdṛśam | iyaṃ dhātrī vidhātrī tu iyaṃ śreṣṭhā vasuṃdharā

by just those she gives them the milk—such is her true nature. She is the supporter, she the ordainer, she the most excellent Earth.

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PdP 2 29.74

सर्वकामदुघा धेनुरियं पुण्यैरलंकृता । इयं ज्येष्ठा प्रतिष्ठा तु इयं सृष्टिरियं प्रजा

sarvakāmadughā dhenuriyaṃ puṇyairalaṃkṛtā | iyaṃ jyeṣṭhā pratiṣṭhā tu iyaṃ sṛṣṭiriyaṃ prajā

She is the cow that yields all desires, adorned with meritorious things; she is the eldest, she the foundation, she the creation, she the offspring.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 2 29.75

पावनी पुण्यदा पुण्या सर्वसस्य प्ररोहिणी । चराचरस्य सर्वस्य प्रतिष्ठा योनिरेव च

pāvanī puṇyadā puṇyā sarvasasya prarohiṇī | carācarasya sarvasya pratiṣṭhā yonireva ca

Purifying, giver of merit, holy, the sprouter of all grain; she is the foundation and the very womb of all that moves and does not move.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 2 29.76

महालक्ष्मीरियं विद्या सर्वविश्वमयी सदा । सर्वकामदुघा दोग्ध्री सर्वबीजप्ररोहिणी

mahālakṣmīriyaṃ vidyā sarvaviśvamayī sadā | sarvakāmadughā dogdhrī sarvabījaprarohiṇī

She is Mahālakṣmī, she is knowledge, ever composed of the whole universe; the yielder that milks forth all desires, the sprouter of all seeds.

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PdP 2 29.77

सर्वेषां श्रेयसां माता सर्वलोकधरा इयम् । पंचानामपि भूतानां प्रकाशो रूपमेव च

sarveṣāṃ śreyasāṃ mātā sarvalokadharā iyam | paṃcānāmapi bhūtānāṃ prakāśo rūpameva ca

She is the mother of all good things, the bearer of all the worlds; and she is the manifestation and the very form of the five elements.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 2 29.78

असीदियं समुद्रांता मेदिनीति परिश्रुता । मधुकैटभयोः कृत्स्ना मेदसा समभिप्लुता

asīdiyaṃ samudrāṃtā medinīti pariśrutā | madhukaiṭabhayoḥ kṛtsnā medasā samabhiplutā

This (earth), bounded by the ocean, came to be widely known as Medinī: she was entirely flooded over with the fat of Madhu and Kaiṭabha.

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PdP 2 29.79

तेनेयं मेदिनी नाम प्रोच्यते ब्रह्मवादिभिः । ततोभ्युपगमात्प्राज्ञ पृथोर्वैन्यस्य सत्तमाः

teneyaṃ medinī nāma procyate brahmavādibhiḥ | tatobhyupagamātprājña pṛthorvainyasya sattamāḥ

For that reason she is called Medinī by those who expound the Veda. Then, O wise one, O best of men, through her submission to Pṛthu the son of Vena,

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PdP 2 29.80

दुहितृत्वमनुप्राप्ता देवी पृथ्वीति चोच्यते । तेन राज्ञा द्विजश्रेष्ठाः पालितेयं वसुंधरा

duhitṛtvamanuprāptā devī pṛthvīti cocyate | tena rājñā dvijaśreṣṭhāḥ pāliteyaṃ vasuṃdharā

she attained the status of his daughter, and so the goddess is called Pṛthvī. By that king, O best of the twice-born, this Earth was protected.

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PdP 2 29.81

ग्रामाधारं गृहाणां च पुरपत्तनमालिनी । सस्याकरवती स्फीता सर्वतीर्थमयी द्विजाः

grāmādhāraṃ gṛhāṇāṃ ca purapattanamālinī | sasyākaravatī sphītā sarvatīrthamayī dvijāḥ

(She is) the support of villages and of houses, garlanded with cities and towns, abounding in crops and mines, prosperous, made up of all sacred fords, O twice-born ones.

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PdP 2 29.82

एवं वसुमती देवी सर्वलोकमयी सदा । एवं प्रभावो राजेंद्रः पुराणे परिपठ्यते

evaṃ vasumatī devī sarvalokamayī sadā | evaṃ prabhāvo rājeṃdraḥ purāṇe paripaṭhyate

Thus the goddess Vasumatī (the earth) is always constituted of all the worlds; such is the power of that lord of kings, as is recited in the Purāṇa.

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PdP 2 29.83

पृथुर्वैन्यो महाभागः सर्वकर्मप्रकाशकः । यथा विष्णुर्यथा ब्रह्मा यथा रुद्रः सनातनः

pṛthurvainyo mahābhāgaḥ sarvakarmaprakāśakaḥ | yathā viṣṇuryathā brahmā yathā rudraḥ sanātanaḥ

Pṛthu, son of Vena, of great fortune, the revealer of all rites — as Viṣṇu, as Brahmā, as the eternal Rudra (are).

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PdP 2 29.84

नमस्कार्यास्त्रयो देवा देवाद्यैर्ब्रह्मवादिभिः । ब्राह्मणैर्ऋषिभिः सर्वैर्नमस्कार्यो नृपोत्तमः

namaskāryāstrayo devā devādyairbrahmavādibhiḥ | brāhmaṇairṛṣibhiḥ sarvairnamaskāryo nṛpottamaḥ

(Just as) those three gods are to be saluted by the gods and others and by the expounders of the Veda, so the best of kings is to be saluted by the brahmins and by all the seers.

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PdP 2 29.85

वर्णानामाश्रमाणां यः स्थापकः सर्वलोकधृक् । पार्थिवैश्च महाभागैः पार्थिवत्वमिहेप्सुभिः

varṇānāmāśramāṇāṃ yaḥ sthāpakaḥ sarvalokadhṛk | pārthivaiśca mahābhāgaiḥ pārthivatvamihepsubhiḥ

He who is the establisher of the classes and the stages of life, the upholder of all the worlds, (is to be saluted) by kings of great fortune who desire kingship here.

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PdP 2 29.86

आदिराजो नमस्कार्यः पृथुर्वैन्यः प्रतापवान् । धनुर्वेदार्थिभिर्योधैः सदैव जयकांक्षिभिः

ādirājo namaskāryaḥ pṛthurvainyaḥ pratāpavān | dhanurvedārthibhiryodhaiḥ sadaiva jayakāṃkṣibhiḥ

The first king, Pṛthu son of Vena, majestic, is to be saluted by warriors seeking the science of archery and ever desiring victory.

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PdP 2 29.87

नमस्कार्यो महाराजो वृत्तिदाता महीभृताम् । एवं पात्रविशेषाश्च मया ख्याता द्विजोत्तमाः

namaskāryo mahārājo vṛttidātā mahībhṛtām | evaṃ pātraviśeṣāśca mayā khyātā dvijottamāḥ

The great king, the giver of livelihood to rulers of the earth, is to be saluted. Thus the particular vessels have been declared by me, O best of the twice-born.

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PdP 2 29.88

वत्सानां सुविशेषाश्च दोग्धॄणां भवदग्रतः । क्षीरस्यापि विशेषं तु यथोद्दिष्टं हि भूभुजा

vatsānāṃ suviśeṣāśca dogdhṝṇāṃ bhavadagrataḥ | kṣīrasyāpi viśeṣaṃ tu yathoddiṣṭaṃ hi bhūbhujā

And the particular calves and the milkers (have been told) before you; and the particularity of the milk too, as it was designated by the ruler of the earth,

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PdP 2 29.89

समाख्यातं तथाग्रे च भवतां वै यथार्थतः । धन्यं यशस्यमारोग्यं पुण्यं पापप्रणाशनम्

samākhyātaṃ tathāgre ca bhavatāṃ vai yathārthataḥ | dhanyaṃ yaśasyamārogyaṃ puṇyaṃ pāpapraṇāśanam

has been fully declared before you according to the fact — (a story) bringing wealth, fame, health, merit, and the destruction of sin.

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PdP 2 29.90

पृथोर्वैन्यस्य चरितं यः शृणोति द्विजोत्तमाः । तस्य भागीरथी स्नानमहन्यहनि जायते

pṛthorvainyasya caritaṃ yaḥ śṛṇoti dvijottamāḥ | tasya bhāgīrathī snānamahanyahani jāyate

He who hears the deeds of Pṛthu, son of Vena, O best of the twice-born, for him there comes to be a bath in the Bhāgīrathī day after day.

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PdP 2 29.91

सर्वपापविशुद्धात्मा विष्णुलोकं प्रयाति सः

sarvapāpaviśuddhātmā viṣṇulokaṃ prayāti saḥ

With his self purified of all sin, he goes to the world of Viṣṇu.

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