Padma Purana — Bhumi Khanda — Chapter 35
PdP 2 35.1
रंभोवाच- ब्रह्मा अव्यक्तसंभूतस्तस्माज्जज्ञे प्रजापतिः । अत्रिर्नाम स धर्मात्मा तस्य पुत्रो महामनाः
raṃbhovāca- brahmā avyaktasaṃbhūtastasmājjajñe prajāpatiḥ | atrirnāma sa dharmātmā tasya putro mahāmanāḥ
Rambhā said: Brahmā arose from the unmanifest; from him was born the Lord of creatures named Atri, righteous of soul; his son was great-minded—
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PdP 2 35.2
अंगो नाम अयं भद्रे नंदनं वनमागतः । इंद्रस्य संपदं दृष्ट्वा लीलातेजसमुत्तमाम्
aṃgo nāma ayaṃ bhadre naṃdanaṃ vanamāgataḥ | iṃdrasya saṃpadaṃ dṛṣṭvā līlātejasamuttamām
this one named Aṅga, O good lady, who has come to the Nandana forest, having seen Indra's opulence, supreme in the splendour of its delights.
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PdP 2 35.3
कृता स्पृहा अनेनापि इंद्रस्य सदृशे पदे । ईदृशो हि यदा पुत्रो मम स्याद्धर्मसंयुतः
kṛtā spṛhā anenāpi iṃdrasya sadṛśe pade | īdṛśo hi yadā putro mama syāddharmasaṃyutaḥ
By him too a longing was formed for a station like Indra's: "When such a son, endowed with dharma, shall be mine,
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PdP 2 35.4
सुश्रेयो मे भवेज्जन्म यशः कीर्ति समन्वितम् । आराधितो हृषीकेशस्तपोभिर्नियमैस्तथा
suśreyo me bhavejjanma yaśaḥ kīrti samanvitam | ārādhito hṛṣīkeśastapobhirniyamaistathā
my birth would become most excellent, attended with glory and fame." So Hṛṣīkeśa was propitiated by austerities and by observances.
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PdP 2 35.5
सुप्रसन्ने हृषीकेशे वरं याचितवानयम् । इंद्रस्य सदृशं पुत्रं विष्णुतेजः पराक्रमम्
suprasanne hṛṣīkeśe varaṃ yācitavānayam | iṃdrasya sadṛśaṃ putraṃ viṣṇutejaḥ parākramam
When Hṛṣīkeśa was well pleased, this one asked for a boon: "A son like Indra, with Viṣṇu's radiance and valour,
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PdP 2 35.6
वैष्णवं सर्वपापघ्नं देहि मे मधुसूदन । दत्तवान्स तदा पुत्रमीदृशं सर्वधारकम्
vaiṣṇavaṃ sarvapāpaghnaṃ dehi me madhusūdana | dattavānsa tadā putramīdṛśaṃ sarvadhārakam
a devotee of Viṣṇu, destroyer of all sins—grant me (that), O Madhusūdana." Then he granted such a son, the supporter of all.
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PdP 2 35.7
तदाप्रभृति विप्रेंद्रः पुण्यां कन्यां प्रपश्यति । यथा त्वं चारुसर्वांगी तथायं परिपश्यति
tadāprabhṛti vipreṃdraḥ puṇyāṃ kanyāṃ prapaśyati | yathā tvaṃ cārusarvāṃgī tathāyaṃ paripaśyati
From that time on the best of brahmins looks out for a meritorious maiden; just as you are lovely in every limb, so does he look about (for such a one).
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PdP 2 35.8
एनं गच्छ वरारोहे अस्मात्पुत्रो भविष्यति । पुण्यात्मा पुण्यधर्मज्ञो विष्णुतेजः पराक्रमः
enaṃ gaccha varārohe asmātputro bhaviṣyati | puṇyātmā puṇyadharmajño viṣṇutejaḥ parākramaḥ
Go to him, O fair-hipped one; from him a son will be born to you — one of meritorious soul, knowing the holy law, with the might and splendour of Viṣṇu.
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PdP 2 35.9
एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं तथाहं पृच्छिता त्वया । अयं भर्ता भवत्यर्हो भवेदेव न संशयः
etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ tathāhaṃ pṛcchitā tvayā | ayaṃ bhartā bhavatyarho bhavedeva na saṃśayaḥ
All this has been told to you, just as I was asked by you. This man becomes a worthy husband; he will indeed be so, there is no doubt.
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PdP 2 35.10
सुशंखस्यापि यः शापो वृथा सोऽपि भविष्यति । अस्माज्जाते महाभागे पुत्रे धर्मप्रचारिणि
suśaṃkhasyāpi yaḥ śāpo vṛthā so'pi bhaviṣyati | asmājjāte mahābhāge putre dharmapracāriṇi
Even that curse of Suśaṅkha's will become fruitless, once a son is born from him to you, O greatly fortunate one — a son who spreads the law.
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PdP 2 35.11
भविष्यसि सुखी भद्रे सत्यं सत्यं वदाम्यहम् । सुक्षेत्रे कृषिकारस्तु बीजं वपति तत्परः
bhaviṣyasi sukhī bhadre satyaṃ satyaṃ vadāmyaham | sukṣetre kṛṣikārastu bījaṃ vapati tatparaḥ
You will be happy, good lady; truly, truly I say it. In a good field the farmer sows the seed, intent upon it.
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PdP 2 35.12
स तथा भुंजते देवि यथा बीजं तथा फलम् । अन्यथा नैव जायेत तत्सर्वं सदृशं भवेत्
sa tathā bhuṃjate devi yathā bījaṃ tathā phalam | anyathā naiva jāyeta tatsarvaṃ sadṛśaṃ bhavet
He enjoys accordingly, O goddess: as the seed, so the fruit. It could not be born otherwise; all that turns out alike (in kind).
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PdP 2 35.13
अयमेष महाभागस्तपस्वी पुण्यवीर्यवान् । अस्य वीर्यात्समुत्पन्नो अस्यैवगुणसंपदा
ayameṣa mahābhāgastapasvī puṇyavīryavān | asya vīryātsamutpanno asyaivaguṇasaṃpadā
This very man is greatly blessed, an ascetic, of holy virility. Sprung from his virility, and with the wealth of his very qualities—
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PdP 2 35.14
युक्तः पुत्रो महातेजाःसर्वदेहभृतां वरः । भविष्यति महाभाग्यो युक्तात्मा योगतत्ववित्
yuktaḥ putro mahātejāḥsarvadehabhṛtāṃ varaḥ | bhaviṣyati mahābhāgyo yuktātmā yogatatvavit
—a son endowed (with them), of great splendour, best of all who bear bodies, will come to be: of great fortune, self-controlled, knower of the truth of yoga.
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PdP 2 35.15
एवं हि वाक्यं तु निशम्य बाला रंभाप्रियोक्तं शिवदायकं तत् । विचिंत्य बुद्ध्येह सुनीथया तदा तत्त्वार्थमेतत्परिसत्यमेव हि
evaṃ hi vākyaṃ tu niśamya bālā raṃbhāpriyoktaṃ śivadāyakaṃ tat | viciṃtya buddhyeha sunīthayā tadā tattvārthametatparisatyameva hi
Having heard this speech, dear-spoken by Rambhā and bestowing good, the girl then, reflecting here with her intelligence — Sunīthā (thought) that this, the true purport, was entirely true indeed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain