Padma Purana — Bhumi Khanda — Chapter 3

PdP 2 3.1

सूत उवाच- प्रस्थितस्तेन मार्गेण प्रविष्टो गगनांतरे । स दृष्टो देवदेवेन सहस्राक्षेण धीमता

sūta uvāca- prasthitastena mārgeṇa praviṣṭo gaganāṃtare | sa dṛṣṭo devadevena sahasrākṣeṇa dhīmatā

Sūta said: Having set out by that road, he entered into the sky, and he was seen by the god of gods, the wise thousand-eyed one.

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PdP 2 3.2

उद्यमं तस्य वै ज्ञात्वा चक्रे विघ्नं सुराधिराट् । मेनिकांतामुवाचेदं गच्छ त्वं मम शासनात्

udyamaṃ tasya vai jñātvā cakre vighnaṃ surādhirāṭ | menikāṃtāmuvācedaṃ gaccha tvaṃ mama śāsanāt

Knowing indeed his undertaking, the overlord of the gods made an obstacle; he said this to Menakā: "Go, you, at my command."

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PdP 2 3.3

समाचरस्वास्य शीघ्रं गत्वा विघ्नं सुमध्यमे । अस्यैव विप्रवर्यस्य पुत्रस्य शिवशर्मणः

samācarasvāsya śīghraṃ gatvā vighnaṃ sumadhyame | asyaiva vipravaryasya putrasya śivaśarmaṇaḥ

Go quickly and put an obstacle in his way, O fair-waisted one — in the way of this very best of brahmins, the son of Śivaśarman.

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PdP 2 3.4

तथा कुरुष्व भद्रं ते यथा नायाति मे गृहम् । एवमाकर्ण्य तद्वाक्यं मेनिका प्रस्थिता त्वरात्

tathā kuruṣva bhadraṃ te yathā nāyāti me gṛham | evamākarṇya tadvākyaṃ menikā prasthitā tvarāt

Act so — blessings on you — that he does not come to my house. Hearing that speech of his, Menakā set out in haste.

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PdP 2 3.5

सूत उवाच- रूपौदार्यगुणोपेता सर्वालंकारभूषिता । नंदनस्य वनस्यांते दोलायां समुपस्थिता

sūta uvāca- rūpaudāryaguṇopetā sarvālaṃkārabhūṣitā | naṃdanasya vanasyāṃte dolāyāṃ samupasthitā

Sūta said: Endowed with the qualities of beauty and nobility, adorned with every ornament, she took her place on a swing at the edge of the Nandana grove.

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PdP 2 3.6

सुस्वरेण प्रगायंती गीतं वीणास्वरोपमम् । तेन दृष्टा विशालाक्षी चतुरा चारुलोचना

susvareṇa pragāyaṃtī gītaṃ vīṇāsvaropamam | tena dṛṣṭā viśālākṣī caturā cārulocanā

Singing aloud in a sweet voice a song like the sound of a vīṇā, she was seen by him — the wide-eyed, clever, lovely-eyed one.

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PdP 2 3.7

व्यवसायं ततो ज्ञात्वा तस्या विघ्नमनुत्तमम् । इंद्रेण प्रेषिता चैषा न च भद्रकरा भवेत्

vyavasāyaṃ tato jñātvā tasyā vighnamanuttamam | iṃdreṇa preṣitā caiṣā na ca bhadrakarā bhavet

Then, recognizing her effort (to be) a most formidable obstacle: "And she has been sent by Indra, and will do no good."

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PdP 2 3.8

एवं ज्ञात्वा जगामाथ सत्वरेण द्विजोत्तमः । तया दृष्टस्तथा पृष्टः क्व यास्यसि महामते

evaṃ jñātvā jagāmātha satvareṇa dvijottamaḥ | tayā dṛṣṭastathā pṛṣṭaḥ kva yāsyasi mahāmate

Knowing this, the best of the twice-born then went on in haste. Seen by her, he was thus questioned: "Where will you go, O great-minded one?"

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PdP 2 3.9

विष्णुशर्मा तदोवाच मेनिकां कामचारिणीम् । इंद्रलोकं प्रयास्यामि पितुरर्थे त्वरान्वितः

viṣṇuśarmā tadovāca menikāṃ kāmacāriṇīm | iṃdralokaṃ prayāsyāmi piturarthe tvarānvitaḥ

Then Viṣṇuśarman said to Menakā, who went where she pleased: "I shall go to Indra's world for my father's sake, filled with haste."

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PdP 2 3.10

मेनिका विष्णुशर्माणं प्रत्युवाच प्रियं पुनः । कामबाणैः प्रभिन्नाहं त्वामद्य शरणं गता

menikā viṣṇuśarmāṇaṃ pratyuvāca priyaṃ punaḥ | kāmabāṇaiḥ prabhinnāhaṃ tvāmadya śaraṇaṃ gatā

Menakā answered her beloved Viṣṇuśarman again: "I am pierced through by the arrows of desire; today I have come to you for refuge."

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PdP 2 3.11

रक्षस्व द्विजशार्दूल यदि धर्ममिहेच्छसि । यावद्धि त्वं मया दृष्टः कामाकुलितचेतसा

rakṣasva dvijaśārdūla yadi dharmamihecchasi | yāvaddhi tvaṃ mayā dṛṣṭaḥ kāmākulitacetasā

"Protect (me), O tiger among brahmins, if you desire dharma here. For from the moment you were seen by me, my mind being agitated with desire—"

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PdP 2 3.12

कामानलेन संदग्धा तावदेव न संशयः । संभ्रांता कामसंतप्ता प्रसादसुमुखो भव

kāmānalena saṃdagdhā tāvadeva na saṃśayaḥ | saṃbhrāṃtā kāmasaṃtaptā prasādasumukho bhava

"—that very moment I was burnt up by the fire of desire, there is no doubt. Bewildered and scorched by desire (am I): be of gracious countenance."

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PdP 2 3.13

विष्णुशर्मोवाच- चरित्रं देवदेवस्य विदितं मे वरानने । भवत्याश्चप्रजानामिनाहंचैतादृशःशुभे

viṣṇuśarmovāca- caritraṃ devadevasya viditaṃ me varānane | bhavatyāścaprajānāmināhaṃcaitādṛśaḥśubhe

Viṣṇuśarman said: The conduct of the god of gods is known to me, O fair-faced one; and I know of ladies (like you) — I am not of that sort, O auspicious one.

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PdP 2 3.14

भवत्यास्तेजसा रूपैरन्ये मुह्यंति शोभने । विश्वामित्रादयो देवि पुत्रोहं शिवशर्मणः

bhavatyāstejasā rūpairanye muhyaṃti śobhane | viśvāmitrādayo devi putrohaṃ śivaśarmaṇaḥ

By your radiance and your forms others are bewildered, O lovely one — Viśvāmitra and the rest, O goddess; (but) I am the son of Śivaśarman.

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PdP 2 3.15

योगसिद्धिं गतस्यापि तपः सिद्धस्य चाबले । कामादयो महादोषा आदावेव विनिर्जिताः

yogasiddhiṃ gatasyāpi tapaḥ siddhasya cābale | kāmādayo mahādoṣā ādāveva vinirjitāḥ

Even for one who has attained the perfection of yoga and is accomplished in ascetic practice, O weak one, the great faults, desire and the rest, are conquered at the very beginning.

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PdP 2 3.16

अन्यं भज विशालाक्षि इंद्रलोकं व्रजाम्यहम् । एवमुक्त्वा जगामाथ त्वरितो द्विजसत्तमः

anyaṃ bhaja viśālākṣi iṃdralokaṃ vrajāmyaham | evamuktvā jagāmātha tvarito dvijasattamaḥ

Take another, O wide-eyed one; I am going to Indra's world. Having spoken thus, the best of the twice-born then went on in haste.

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PdP 2 3.17

निष्फला मेनका जाता पृष्टा देवेन वज्रिणा । विभीषां दर्शयामास नानारूपां पुनः पुनः

niṣphalā menakā jātā pṛṣṭā devena vajriṇā | vibhīṣāṃ darśayāmāsa nānārūpāṃ punaḥ punaḥ

Menakā became fruitless (in her attempt), and was questioned by the god who bears the thunderbolt. He displayed terrifying apparitions of many forms, again and again.

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PdP 2 3.18

यथानलेन संदग्धास्तृणानां संचया द्विजाः । भस्मीभूता भवंत्येव तथा तास्ता विभीषिकाः

yathānalena saṃdagdhāstṛṇānāṃ saṃcayā dvijāḥ | bhasmībhūtā bhavaṃtyeva tathā tāstā vibhīṣikāḥ

As heaps of grass burnt by fire, O twice-born ones, do indeed become ash, so those terrifying apparitions,

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PdP 2 3.19

विप्रस्य तेजसा तस्य पितृभक्तस्य सत्तमाः । प्रलयं गतास्तु घोरास्ता दारुणा भीषिका द्विजाः

viprasya tejasā tasya pitṛbhaktasya sattamāḥ | pralayaṃ gatāstu ghorāstā dāruṇā bhīṣikā dvijāḥ

by the splendour of that brahmin devoted to his father, O best of men — those dreadful, cruel apparitions went to dissolution, O twice-born ones.

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PdP 2 3.20

स विघ्नान्दर्शयामास सहस्राक्षः पुनः पुनः । तेजसाऽनाशयद्विप्रः स्वकीयेन महायशाः

sa vighnāndarśayāmāsa sahasrākṣaḥ punaḥ punaḥ | tejasā'nāśayadvipraḥ svakīyena mahāyaśāḥ

The thousand-eyed one displayed obstacles again and again; (but) the brahmin of great fame destroyed (them) by his own fiery power.

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PdP 2 3.21

एवं विघ्नान्बहूंस्तस्य इंद्रस्यापि महात्मनः । नाशयामास मेधावी तपसस्तेजसापि वा

evaṃ vighnānbahūṃstasya iṃdrasyāpi mahātmanaḥ | nāśayāmāsa medhāvī tapasastejasāpi vā

Thus the wise one destroyed the many obstacles of that great-souled Indra as well, by the power of his austerity.

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PdP 2 3.22

नष्टेषु तेषु विघ्नेषु दारुणेषु महत्सु च । ज्ञात्वा तस्य कृतान्विघ्नान्दारुणान्भीषणाकृतीन्

naṣṭeṣu teṣu vighneṣu dāruṇeṣu mahatsu ca | jñātvā tasya kṛtānvighnāndāruṇānbhīṣaṇākṛtīn

When those obstacles, terrible and great, had been destroyed—and having learned of the dreadful, frightful-shaped obstacles made by him (Indra)—

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PdP 2 3.23

अथ क्रुद्धो महातेजा विष्णुशर्मा द्विजोत्तमः । इंद्रं प्रति महाभागो रागरक्तांतलोचनः

atha kruddho mahātejā viṣṇuśarmā dvijottamaḥ | iṃdraṃ prati mahābhāgo rāgaraktāṃtalocanaḥ

then the greatly fiery Viṣṇuśarman, best of the twice-born, the greatly fortunate, grew angry at Indra, his eye-corners red with passion:

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PdP 2 3.24

इंद्र लोकादहं चेंद्रं पातयिष्यामि नान्यथा । निजधर्मे रतस्याद्य यो विघ्नं तु समाचरेत्

iṃdra lokādahaṃ ceṃdraṃ pātayiṣyāmi nānyathā | nijadharme ratasyādya yo vighnaṃ tu samācaret

"O Indra, I shall cast Indra down from (his) world, and not otherwise! Whoever today would work an obstacle for one devoted to his own duty—

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PdP 2 3.25

तस्य दंडं प्रदास्यामि यो वै हन्यात्स हन्यते । एवमन्यं करिष्यामि देवानां पालकं पुनः

tasya daṃḍaṃ pradāsyāmi yo vai hanyātsa hanyate | evamanyaṃ kariṣyāmi devānāṃ pālakaṃ punaḥ

—to him I shall deal out punishment: he who would slay is (himself) slain. Thus I shall make another one, again, the protector of the gods."

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PdP 2 3.26

एवं समुद्यतो विप्र इंद्रनाशाय सत्तमः । तावदेव समायातो देवेंद्रः पाकशासनः

evaṃ samudyato vipra iṃdranāśāya sattamaḥ | tāvadeva samāyāto deveṃdraḥ pākaśāsanaḥ

While the brahmin, the most excellent one, was thus set upon the destruction of Indra, just then the lord of the gods, the chastiser of Pāka, arrived.

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PdP 2 3.27

भो भो विप्र महाप्राज्ञ तपसा नियमेन च । दमेन सत्यशौचाभ्यां त्वत्समो नास्ति चापरः

bho bho vipra mahāprājña tapasā niyamena ca | damena satyaśaucābhyāṃ tvatsamo nāsti cāparaḥ

"Ho, ho, brahmin, greatly wise one! In austerity and in observance, in self-control, in truth and purity, there is no other equal to you.

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PdP 2 3.28

अनया पितृभक्त्या ते जितोहं दैवतैः सह । ममापराधं त्वं सर्वं क्षंतुमर्हसि सत्तम

anayā pitṛbhaktyā te jitohaṃ daivataiḥ saha | mamāparādhaṃ tvaṃ sarvaṃ kṣaṃtumarhasi sattama

By this devotion of yours to your father I have been conquered, together with the gods. You ought to forgive all my offence, O most excellent one.

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PdP 2 3.29

वरं वरय भद्रं ते दुर्लभं च ददाम्यहम् । विष्णुशर्मा तदोवाच देवराजं तथागतम्

varaṃ varaya bhadraṃ te durlabhaṃ ca dadāmyaham | viṣṇuśarmā tadovāca devarājaṃ tathāgatam

Choose a boon—blessings on you—and I shall give even what is hard to obtain." Then Viṣṇuśarman said to the king of the gods who had so come:

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PdP 2 3.30

विप्रतेजो महेंद्रेद्रं असह्यं देवदैवतैः । पितृभक्तस्य देवेश दुःसहं सर्वथा विभो

vipratejo maheṃdredraṃ asahyaṃ devadaivataiḥ | pitṛbhaktasya deveśa duḥsahaṃ sarvathā vibho

"A brahmin's fiery power, O great Indra, is not to be borne by the gods and the deities; that of one devoted to his father, O lord of gods, is in every way hard to endure, O mighty one.

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PdP 2 3.31

तेजोभंगो न कर्त्तव्यो ब्राह्मणानां महात्मनाम् । पुत्रपौत्रैः समस्तैस्तु ब्रह्मविष्णुहरान्पुनः

tejobhaṃgo na karttavyo brāhmaṇānāṃ mahātmanām | putrapautraiḥ samastaistu brahmaviṣṇuharānpunaḥ

The fiery power of great-souled brahmins must not be broken; for with all their sons and grandsons they in turn destroy Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Hara—

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PdP 2 3.32

नाशयंते न संदेहो यदि रुष्टा द्विजोत्तमाः । नागच्छेद्यद्भवानद्य तदा राज्यमनुत्तमम्

nāśayaṃte na saṃdeho yadi ruṣṭā dvijottamāḥ | nāgacchedyadbhavānadya tadā rājyamanuttamam

—there is no doubt (of it), if the best of the twice-born are angered. Had you not come today, then the unsurpassed kingship—

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PdP 2 3.33

आत्मतपः प्रभावेण अन्यस्मै त्वं महात्मने । दातुकामस्तु संजातो रोषपूर्णेन चक्षुषा

ātmatapaḥ prabhāveṇa anyasmai tvaṃ mahātmane | dātukāmastu saṃjāto roṣapūrṇena cakṣuṣā

—by the power of my own austerity I was minded to give to another great-souled one, with an eye full of rage.

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PdP 2 3.34

भवानद्य समायातो वरं दातुमिहेच्छसि । अमृतं देहि देवेंद्र पितृभक्तिं तथाचलाम्

bhavānadya samāyāto varaṃ dātumihecchasi | amṛtaṃ dehi deveṃdra pitṛbhaktiṃ tathācalām

You have come today; you wish here to grant a boon. Give me the nectar of immortality, O Indra of the gods, and likewise unshakable devotion to my father.

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PdP 2 3.35

एवंविधं वरं देहि यदि तुष्टोसि शत्रुहन् । एवं ददामि पुण्यं ते वरं चामृतसंयुतम्

evaṃvidhaṃ varaṃ dehi yadi tuṣṭosi śatruhan | evaṃ dadāmi puṇyaṃ te varaṃ cāmṛtasaṃyutam

Grant a boon of this kind, if you are pleased, O slayer of foes." "So I give you this meritorious boon, together with the nectar."

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PdP 2 3.36

एवमाभाष्य तं विप्रममृतं दत्तवान्स्वयम् । सकुंभं दत्तवांस्तस्मै प्रीयमाणेन चात्मना

evamābhāṣya taṃ vipramamṛtaṃ dattavānsvayam | sakuṃbhaṃ dattavāṃstasmai prīyamāṇena cātmanā

Having spoken thus to that brahmin, he himself gave the nectar; he gave it to him together with the jar, with a gladdened heart.

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PdP 2 3.37

अचला ते भवेद्विप्र भक्तिः पितरि सर्वदा । एवमाभाष्य तं विप्रं विसृज्य च सहस्रदृक्

acalā te bhavedvipra bhaktiḥ pitari sarvadā | evamābhāṣya taṃ vipraṃ visṛjya ca sahasradṛk

"May your devotion to your father be unshakable always, brahmin." Having thus addressed that brahmin, and taking leave (of him), the thousand-eyed one

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PdP 2 3.38

प्रसन्नोभूच्च तद्दृष्ट्वा विप्रतेजः सुदुःसहम् । विष्णुशर्मा ततो गत्वा पितरं वाक्यमब्रवीत्

prasannobhūcca taddṛṣṭvā vipratejaḥ suduḥsaham | viṣṇuśarmā tato gatvā pitaraṃ vākyamabravīt

became gracious, seeing that hardly endurable fiery power of the brahmin. Then Viṣṇuśarman went and spoke these words to his father:

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PdP 2 3.39

तात इंद्रात्समानीतममृतं व्याधिनाशनम् । अनेनापि महाभाग नीरुजो भव सर्वदा

tāta iṃdrātsamānītamamṛtaṃ vyādhināśanam | anenāpi mahābhāga nīrujo bhava sarvadā

"Father, the nectar that destroys disease has been brought from Indra. By this, O greatly fortunate one, be free of sickness forever.

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PdP 2 3.40

अमृतेन त्वमद्यैव परां तृप्तिमवाप्नुहि । एतद्वाक्यं महच्छ्रुत्वा शिवशर्मा सुतस्य हि

amṛtena tvamadyaiva parāṃ tṛptimavāpnuhi | etadvākyaṃ mahacchrutvā śivaśarmā sutasya hi

"By this nectar may you this very day attain the highest satisfaction." Having heard this great utterance of his son, Śivaśarman...

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PdP 2 3.41

सुतान्सर्वान्समाहूय प्रीयमाणेन चेतसा । पितृभक्ताः सुता यूयं मद्वाक्यपरिपालकाः

sutānsarvānsamāhūya prīyamāṇena cetasā | pitṛbhaktāḥ sutā yūyaṃ madvākyaparipālakāḥ

...calling together all (his) sons with a delighted mind (said): "You sons are devoted to your father and observers of my word.

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PdP 2 3.42

वरं वृणुध्वं सुप्रीताः पुत्रका दुर्लभं भुवि । एवमाभाषितं तस्य शुश्रुवुः सर्वसंमताः

varaṃ vṛṇudhvaṃ suprītāḥ putrakā durlabhaṃ bhuvi | evamābhāṣitaṃ tasya śuśruvuḥ sarvasaṃmatāḥ

Choose a boon, well pleased, my sons—one hard to obtain on earth." Thus addressed by him, they, all of one mind, listened.

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PdP 2 3.43

ते सर्वे तु समालोच्य पितरं प्रत्यथाब्रुवन् । अस्माकं जीवताम्माता गता या यममंदिरम्

te sarve tu samālocya pitaraṃ pratyathābruvan | asmākaṃ jīvatāmmātā gatā yā yamamaṃdiram

But all of them, having deliberated, then said to their father: "Our mother, who went to Yama's abode while we were living—

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PdP 2 3.44

नीरुजा भवनाद्देवी प्रसादात्तव सुव्रता । भवान्पिता इयं माता जन्मजन्मांतरे पितः

nīrujā bhavanāddevī prasādāttava suvratā | bhavānpitā iyaṃ mātā janmajanmāṃtare pitaḥ

—let the goddess, of good vows, become free of illness by your favour. Father, may you be the father and she the mother in birth after birth,

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PdP 2 3.45

वयं सुता भवेमेति सर्वे पुण्यकृतस्तथा । शिवशर्मोवाच- अद्यैवापि मृता माता भवतां पुत्रवत्सला

vayaṃ sutā bhavemeti sarve puṇyakṛtastathā | śivaśarmovāca- adyaivāpi mṛtā mātā bhavatāṃ putravatsalā

and may we be the sons"—thus (said) all those doers of merit. Śivaśarman said: "Though your mother, fond of her sons, died this very day,

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PdP 2 3.46

जीवमाना सुहृष्टा सा एष्यते नात्र संशयः । एवमुक्ते शुभे वाक्ये ऋषिणा शिवशर्मणा

jīvamānā suhṛṣṭā sā eṣyate nātra saṃśayaḥ | evamukte śubhe vākye ṛṣiṇā śivaśarmaṇā

she will come alive and greatly delighted—there is no doubt here." When this auspicious word had been spoken by the sage Śivaśarman,

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PdP 2 3.47

तेषां माता समायाता प्रहृष्टा वाक्यमब्रवीत् । एतदर्थं समुत्पन्नं सुवीर्यं तनयं सुतम्

teṣāṃ mātā samāyātā prahṛṣṭā vākyamabravīt | etadarthaṃ samutpannaṃ suvīryaṃ tanayaṃ sutam

their mother came, and greatly delighted spoke these words: "For this purpose is a valiant son begotten,

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PdP 2 3.48

नराः सत्पुत्रमिच्छंति कुलवंशप्रभावकम् । स्त्रियो लोके महाभागाः सुपुण्याः पुण्यवत्सलाः

narāḥ satputramicchaṃti kulavaṃśaprabhāvakam | striyo loke mahābhāgāḥ supuṇyāḥ puṇyavatsalāḥ

men desire a good son who gives lustre to the family line; and in the world women of great fortune, of much merit, fond of merit,

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PdP 2 3.49

सुतमिच्छंति सर्वत्र पुण्यांगं पुण्यसाधकम् । कुक्षिं यस्या गतो गर्भः सुपुण्यः परिवर्त्तते

sutamicchaṃti sarvatra puṇyāṃgaṃ puṇyasādhakam | kukṣiṃ yasyā gato garbhaḥ supuṇyaḥ parivarttate

everywhere desire a son of meritorious limbs, an accomplisher of merit. She in whose womb a very meritorious embryo goes and grows,

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PdP 2 3.50

पुण्यान्पुत्रान्प्रसूयेत सा नारी पुण्यभागिनी । कुलाचारं कुलाधारं पितृमातृप्रतारकम्

puṇyānputrānprasūyeta sā nārī puṇyabhāginī | kulācāraṃ kulādhāraṃ pitṛmātṛpratārakam

that woman, a sharer in merit, would bring forth meritorious sons—(a son) who is the custom of the family, the support of the family, the ferryman of father and mother.

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PdP 2 3.51

विना पुण्यैः कथं नारी संप्राप्नोति सुतोत्तमम् । न जाने कीदृशैः पुण्यैरेष भर्ता सुपुण्यभाक्

vinā puṇyaiḥ kathaṃ nārī saṃprāpnoti sutottamam | na jāne kīdṛśaiḥ puṇyaireṣa bhartā supuṇyabhāk

Without merits, how does a woman obtain an excellent son? I do not know by what sort of merits this husband, richly endowed with merit,

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PdP 2 3.52

संजातो धर्मवीर्योपि धर्मात्मा धर्मवत्सलः । यस्य वीर्यान्मया प्राप्ता यूयं पुत्रास्ततोधिकाः

saṃjāto dharmavīryopi dharmātmā dharmavatsalaḥ | yasya vīryānmayā prāptā yūyaṃ putrāstatodhikāḥ

was born—having the power of dharma, dharma-souled, fond of dharma—by whose virility I obtained you, sons, superior even to him.

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PdP 2 3.53

एवं पुण्यप्रभावोयं भवंतः पुण्यवत्सलाः । मम पुत्रास्तु संजाताः पितृभक्तिपरायणाः

evaṃ puṇyaprabhāvoyaṃ bhavaṃtaḥ puṇyavatsalāḥ | mama putrāstu saṃjātāḥ pitṛbhaktiparāyaṇāḥ

Such is this power of merit: you, fond of merit, have been born as my sons, wholly devoted to reverence for your father.

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PdP 2 3.54

अहो लोकेषु पुण्यैश्च सुपुत्रः परिलभ्यते । एकैकशोधिकाः पंच मया प्राप्ता महाशयाः

aho lokeṣu puṇyaiśca suputraḥ parilabhyate | ekaikaśodhikāḥ paṃca mayā prāptā mahāśayāḥ

Ah, in the worlds a good son is obtained by merits! Five great-minded ones, each surpassing the other, have been obtained by me,

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PdP 2 3.55

यज्वानः पुण्यशीलाश्च तपस्तेजः पराक्रमाः । एवं संवर्धितास्ते तु तया मात्रा पुनः पुनः

yajvānaḥ puṇyaśīlāśca tapastejaḥ parākramāḥ | evaṃ saṃvardhitāste tu tayā mātrā punaḥ punaḥ

performers of sacrifice, of meritorious conduct, (rich in) austerity, splendour and valour." Thus they were reared again and again by that mother.

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PdP 2 3.56

हर्षेण महताविष्टाः प्रणेमुर्मातरं सुताः । पुत्रा ऊचुः- सुपुण्यैः प्राप्यते माता सन्माता सुपिता किल

harṣeṇa mahatāviṣṭāḥ praṇemurmātaraṃ sutāḥ | putrā ūcuḥ- supuṇyaiḥ prāpyate mātā sanmātā supitā kila

Possessed by great joy, the sons bowed to their mother. The sons said: "By great merits indeed is a mother obtained, a good mother and a good father.

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PdP 2 3.57

भवती पुण्यकृन्माता नो भाग्यैस्तु प्रवर्तिता । यस्या गर्भोदरं प्राप्य सुपुण्यैश्च प्रवर्द्धिताः

bhavatī puṇyakṛnmātā no bhāgyaistu pravartitā | yasyā garbhodaraṃ prāpya supuṇyaiśca pravarddhitāḥ

Your ladyship is a merit-making mother, brought about by our good fortunes—having reached the belly of whose womb we were reared with great merits.

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PdP 2 3.58

जन्मजन्मनि त्वं माता पिता चैव भविष्यथः । पितोवाच- शृणुध्वं मामकाः पुत्राः सुवरं पुण्यदायकम्

janmajanmani tvaṃ mātā pitā caiva bhaviṣyathaḥ | pitovāca- śṛṇudhvaṃ māmakāḥ putrāḥ suvaraṃ puṇyadāyakam

In birth after birth you two shall be mother and father." The father said: "Hear, my sons, of an excellent boon that bestows merit.

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PdP 2 3.59

मयि तुष्टे सुता भोगा ननु भुंजंतु चाक्षयान् । पुत्रा ऊचुः- यदि तात प्रसन्नोसि वरं दातुमिहेच्छसि

mayi tuṣṭe sutā bhogā nanu bhuṃjaṃtu cākṣayān | putrā ūcuḥ- yadi tāta prasannosi varaṃ dātumihecchasi

Since I am pleased, let my sons enjoy imperishable pleasures." The sons said: "If, father, you are gracious and wish to give a boon here,

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PdP 2 3.60

अस्मान्प्रेषय गोलोकं वैष्णवं दाहवर्जितम् । पितोवाच- गच्छध्वं वैष्णवं लोकं यूयं विगतकल्मषाः

asmānpreṣaya golokaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ dāhavarjitam | pitovāca- gacchadhvaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ lokaṃ yūyaṃ vigatakalmaṣāḥ

"Send us to Goloka, the world of Viṣṇu, which is free from burning." The father said: "Go, you (all), to the Vaiṣṇava world, your sins gone,

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PdP 2 3.61

मत्प्रसादात्तपोभिश्च पितृभक्त्यानया स्वया । एवमुक्ते तु तेनापि सुवाक्ये ऋषिणा ततः

matprasādāttapobhiśca pitṛbhaktyānayā svayā | evamukte tu tenāpi suvākye ṛṣiṇā tataḥ

by my favour, and by (your) austerities, and by this your own devotion to (your) father." And when that good speech had been spoken thus by the sage, then

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PdP 2 3.62

शंखचक्रगदापाणिर्गरुडारूढ आगतः । सपुत्रं शिवशर्माणमित्युवाच पुनः पुनः

śaṃkhacakragadāpāṇirgaruḍārūḍha āgataḥ | saputraṃ śivaśarmāṇamityuvāca punaḥ punaḥ

(the Lord), conch, discus and mace in hand, mounted on Garuḍa, came, and spoke thus again and again to Śivaśarman together with his sons:

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PdP 2 3.63

सपुत्रेण त्वयाद्यैव जितो भक्त्यास्मि वै द्विज । पुत्रैः सार्द्धं समागच्छ चतुर्भिः पुण्यकारिभिः

saputreṇa tvayādyaiva jito bhaktyāsmi vai dvija | putraiḥ sārddhaṃ samāgaccha caturbhiḥ puṇyakāribhiḥ

"This very day I have indeed been won by you and your sons through devotion, O twice-born one. Come along together with (your) four merit-making sons,

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PdP 2 3.64

अनया भार्यया सार्द्धं पुण्यया पतिकाम्यया । शिवशर्मोवाच- अमी गच्छंतु पुत्रा मे वैष्णवं लोकमुत्तमम्

anayā bhāryayā sārddhaṃ puṇyayā patikāmyayā | śivaśarmovāca- amī gacchaṃtu putrā me vaiṣṇavaṃ lokamuttamam

together with this meritorious wife who desires (only) her husband." Śivaśarman said: "Let these sons of mine go to the excellent Vaiṣṇava world;

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PdP 2 3.65

कंचित्कालं तु नेष्यामि भूमौ वै भार्यया सह । अनेनापि सुपुत्रेण अंत्येन सोमशर्मणा

kaṃcitkālaṃ tu neṣyāmi bhūmau vai bhāryayā saha | anenāpi suputreṇa aṃtyena somaśarmaṇā

but I shall pass some time on earth together with (my) wife, and with this good son too, the youngest, Somaśarman."

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PdP 2 3.66

एवमुक्ते शुभे वाक्ये ऋषिणा सत्यभाषिणा । तानुवाचाथ देवेशः सुपुत्राञ्छिवशर्मणः

evamukte śubhe vākye ṛṣiṇā satyabhāṣiṇā | tānuvācātha deveśaḥ suputrāñchivaśarmaṇaḥ

When this auspicious speech had thus been spoken by the truth-speaking sage, then the Lord of gods said to them, the good sons of Śivaśarman:

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PdP 2 3.67

गच्छंतु मोक्षदं लोकं दाहप्रलयवर्जितम् । एवमुक्ते ततो विप्राश्चत्वारः सत्यचेतसः

gacchaṃtu mokṣadaṃ lokaṃ dāhapralayavarjitam | evamukte tato viprāścatvāraḥ satyacetasaḥ

"Let them go to the liberation-giving world, which is free from burning and dissolution." When this had been said, then the four Brahmins, whose minds were set on truth,

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PdP 2 3.68

विष्णुरूपधराः सर्वे बभूवुस्तत्क्षणादपि । इंद्रनीलसमावर्णैः शंखचक्रगदाधराः

viṣṇurūpadharāḥ sarve babhūvustatkṣaṇādapi | iṃdranīlasamāvarṇaiḥ śaṃkhacakragadādharāḥ

all of them, that very instant, took on the form of Viṣṇu—of a colour like sapphire, bearing conch, discus and mace,

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PdP 2 3.69

सर्वाभरणसौभाग्या विष्णुरूपा महौजसः । हारकंकणशोभाढ्या रत्नमालाभिशोभिताः

sarvābharaṇasaubhāgyā viṣṇurūpā mahaujasaḥ | hārakaṃkaṇaśobhāḍhyā ratnamālābhiśobhitāḥ

blessed with every ornament, of Viṣṇu's form, of great vigour, richly adorned with the splendour of necklaces and bracelets, resplendent with jewelled garlands,

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PdP 2 3.70

सूर्यतेजःप्रतीकाशास्तेजोज्वालाभिरावृताः । प्रविष्टा वैष्णवं कायं पश्यतः शिवशर्मणः

sūryatejaḥpratīkāśāstejojvālābhirāvṛtāḥ | praviṣṭā vaiṣṇavaṃ kāyaṃ paśyataḥ śivaśarmaṇaḥ

resembling the radiance of the sun, wrapped round with blazing flames of light, they entered the body of Viṣṇu, while Śivaśarman looked on.

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PdP 2 3.71

दीपं दीपा यथा यांति तद्वल्लीना महामते । गतास्ते वैष्णवं धाम पितृभक्त्या द्विजोत्तमाः

dīpaṃ dīpā yathā yāṃti tadvallīnā mahāmate | gatāste vaiṣṇavaṃ dhāma pitṛbhaktyā dvijottamāḥ

As lamps go into a lamp, so were they merged, O greatly wise one; those best of twice-born ones went to Viṣṇu's abode by devotion to their father.

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PdP 2 3.72

प्रभावं तु प्रवक्ष्यामि सुसत्यं सोमशर्मणः

prabhāvaṃ tu pravakṣyāmi susatyaṃ somaśarmaṇaḥ

But (now) I shall declare the wholly true power of Somaśarman.

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