Padma Purana — Bhumi Khanda — Chapter 38
PdP 2 38.1
सूत उवाच- एवं संबोधितो वेनः पापभावं गतः किल । पुरुषेण तेन जैनेन महापापेन मोहितः
sūta uvāca- evaṃ saṃbodhito venaḥ pāpabhāvaṃ gataḥ kila | puruṣeṇa tena jainena mahāpāpena mohitaḥ
Sūta said: Thus instructed, Vena indeed fell into a sinful state, deluded by that Jaina man of great sin.
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PdP 2 38.2
नमस्कृत्य ततः पादौ तस्यैव च दुरात्मनः । वेदधर्मं परित्यज्य सत्यधर्मादिकां क्रियाम्
namaskṛtya tataḥ pādau tasyaiva ca durātmanaḥ | vedadharmaṃ parityajya satyadharmādikāṃ kriyām
Then, having bowed to the feet of that very evil-souled one, abandoning the dharma of the Vedas and the observances beginning with truthfulness —
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PdP 2 38.3
सुयज्ञानां निवृत्तिः स्याद्वेदानां हितथैव च । पुण्यशास्त्रमयो धर्मस्तदा नैव प्रवर्तितः
suyajñānāṃ nivṛttiḥ syādvedānāṃ hitathaiva ca | puṇyaśāstramayo dharmastadā naiva pravartitaḥ
there came about a cessation of the good sacrifices and likewise of the Vedas; dharma, which consists of the scriptures of merit, was then not carried on at all.
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PdP 2 38.4
सर्वपापमयो लोकः संजातस्तस्य शासनात् । नैव यागाश्च वेदाश्च धर्मशास्त्रार्थमुत्तमम्
sarvapāpamayo lokaḥ saṃjātastasya śāsanāt | naiva yāgāśca vedāśca dharmaśāstrārthamuttamam
By his rule the world became wholly sinful; there were no sacrifices and no Vedas, nor the excellent purport of the dharma-treatises,
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PdP 2 38.5
न दानाध्ययनं विप्रास्तस्मिञ्छासति पार्थिवे । एवं धर्मप्रलोपोभून्महत्पापं प्रवर्तितम्
na dānādhyayanaṃ viprāstasmiñchāsati pārthive | evaṃ dharmapralopobhūnmahatpāpaṃ pravartitam
no giving, no recitation, no brahmins, while that lord of earth was ruling. Thus dharma was destroyed and great sin was set going.
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PdP 2 38.6
अंगेन वार्यमाणस्तु अन्यथा कुरुते भृशम् । न ननाम पितुः पादौ मातुश्चैव दुरात्मवान्
aṃgena vāryamāṇastu anyathā kurute bhṛśam | na nanāma pituḥ pādau mātuścaiva durātmavān
Though restrained by Aṅga, he acted all the more otherwise; the evil-souled one did not bow to the feet of his father, nor of his mother.
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PdP 2 38.7
सनकस्यापि विप्रस्य अहमेकः प्रतापवान् । पित्रा निवार्यमाणश्च मात्रा चैव दुरात्मवान्
sanakasyāpi viprasya ahamekaḥ pratāpavān | pitrā nivāryamāṇaśca mātrā caiva durātmavān
(He said,) "Even over the brahmin Sanaka, I alone am the mighty one!" And though restrained by his father and by his mother, the evil-souled one
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PdP 2 38.8
न करोति शुभं पुण्यं तीर्थदानादिकं कदा । आत्मभावानुरूपं च बहुकालं महायशाः
na karoti śubhaṃ puṇyaṃ tīrthadānādikaṃ kadā | ātmabhāvānurūpaṃ ca bahukālaṃ mahāyaśāḥ
never does auspicious merit — pilgrimage, giving and the like; but for a long time (he acted) in accordance with his own disposition, (that man) of great renown.
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PdP 2 38.9
पुनः सर्वैर्विचार्यैवं कस्मात्पापी व्यजायत । अंगप्रजापतेः पुत्रो वंशलाञ्छनमागतः
punaḥ sarvairvicāryaivaṃ kasmātpāpī vyajāyata | aṃgaprajāpateḥ putro vaṃśalāñchanamāgataḥ
Again all considered thus: how was he born a sinner, the son of Aṅga the Prajāpati, become a blot upon the lineage?
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PdP 2 38.10
पुनः पप्रच्छ धर्मात्मा सुतां मृत्योर्महात्मनः । कस्य दोषात्समुत्पन्नो वद सत्यं मम प्रिये
punaḥ papraccha dharmātmā sutāṃ mṛtyormahātmanaḥ | kasya doṣātsamutpanno vada satyaṃ mama priye
Again the righteous one asked the daughter of great-souled Mṛtyu: "By whose fault has he been born (so)? Tell me the truth, my dear."
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PdP 2 38.11
सुनीथोवाच- पूर्वमेव स्ववृत्तांतमात्मपुण्यं च नंदिनी । समाचष्ट च अंगाय मम दोषान्महामते
sunīthovāca- pūrvameva svavṛttāṃtamātmapuṇyaṃ ca naṃdinī | samācaṣṭa ca aṃgāya mama doṣānmahāmate
Sunīthā said: Long before, Nandinī related to Aṅga my own story and my own merit — and my faults, O great-minded one.
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PdP 2 38.12
बाल्ये कृतं मया पापं सुशंखस्य महात्मनः । तपसि संस्थितस्यापि नान्यत्किंचित्कृतं मया
bālye kṛtaṃ mayā pāpaṃ suśaṃkhasya mahātmanaḥ | tapasi saṃsthitasyāpi nānyatkiṃcitkṛtaṃ mayā
In my childhood a sin was committed by me against the great-souled Suśaṅkha, though he was established in austerity; nothing else was done by me.
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PdP 2 38.13
शप्ताहं कुप्यता तेन दुष्टा ते संततिर्भवेत् । इति जाने महाभाग तेनायं दुष्टतां गतः
śaptāhaṃ kupyatā tena duṣṭā te saṃtatirbhavet | iti jāne mahābhāga tenāyaṃ duṣṭatāṃ gataḥ
I was cursed by him in his anger: "May your offspring be wicked!" So I know, greatly fortunate one, that it is by this that he has come to wickedness.
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PdP 2 38.14
समाकर्ण्य महातेजास्तया सह वनं ययौ । गते तस्मिन्महाभागे सभार्ये च वने तदा
samākarṇya mahātejāstayā saha vanaṃ yayau | gate tasminmahābhāge sabhārye ca vane tadā
Having heard (this), the greatly splendid one went with her to the forest. And when that greatly fortunate one had gone to the forest with his wife, then
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PdP 2 38.15
सप्तैते ऋषयस्तत्र वेनपार्श्वं गतास्तथा । समाहूय ततः प्रोचुरंगस्य तनयं प्रति
saptaite ṛṣayastatra venapārśvaṃ gatāstathā | samāhūya tataḥ procuraṃgasya tanayaṃ prati
These seven seers went there, to Vena's side, and having summoned (him) they then spoke concerning the son of Aṅga:
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PdP 2 38.16
ऋषय ऊचुः- मा वेन साहसं कार्षीःप्रजापालो भवानिह । त्वया सर्वमिदं लोकं त्रैलोक्यं सचराचरम्
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ- mā vena sāhasaṃ kārṣīḥprajāpālo bhavāniha | tvayā sarvamidaṃ lokaṃ trailokyaṃ sacarācaram
The seers said: Vena, do not act rashly; be here a protector of your subjects. By you (must) all this world, the three worlds with (all) that moves and moves not (be guarded).
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PdP 2 38.17
धर्मे चैव महाभाग सकलं हि प्रतिष्ठितम् । पापकर्मपरित्यज्य पुण्यं कर्म समाचर
dharme caiva mahābhāga sakalaṃ hi pratiṣṭhitam | pāpakarmaparityajya puṇyaṃ karma samācara
And it is upon dharma, greatly fortunate one, that everything indeed rests. Abandoning sinful action, practise meritorious action.
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PdP 2 38.18
एवमुक्तेषु तेष्वेव प्रहसन्वाक्यमब्रवीत् । वेन उवाच- अहमेव परो धर्मोऽहमेवार्हः सनातनः
evamukteṣu teṣveva prahasanvākyamabravīt | vena uvāca- ahameva paro dharmo'hamevārhaḥ sanātanaḥ
When they had spoken thus, he, laughing, uttered these words. Vena said: I myself am the supreme dharma; I myself am the eternal Arhat.
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PdP 2 38.19
अहं धाता अहं गोप्ता अहं वेदार्थ एव च । अहं धर्मो महापुण्यो जैनधर्मः सनातनः
ahaṃ dhātā ahaṃ goptā ahaṃ vedārtha eva ca | ahaṃ dharmo mahāpuṇyo jainadharmaḥ sanātanaḥ
I am the ordainer, I am the protector, and I am the very meaning of the Vedas; I am dharma, of great merit, the eternal Jain dharma.
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PdP 2 38.20
मामेव कर्मणा विप्रा भजध्वं धर्मरूपिणम् । ऋषय उचुः- ब्राह्मणाः क्षत्त्रिया वैश्यास्त्रयोवर्णा द्विजातयः
māmeva karmaṇā viprā bhajadhvaṃ dharmarūpiṇam | ṛṣaya ucuḥ- brāhmaṇāḥ kṣattriyā vaiśyāstrayovarṇā dvijātayaḥ
Brahmins, by (your) rites worship me alone, who have dharma for my form. The seers said: Brahmins, Kṣatriyas, Vaiśyas — three classes are twice-born.
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PdP 2 38.21
सर्वेषामेव वर्णानां श्रुतिरेषा सनातनी । वेदाचारेण वर्तंते तेन जीवंति जंतवः
sarveṣāmeva varṇānāṃ śrutireṣā sanātanī | vedācāreṇa vartaṃte tena jīvaṃti jaṃtavaḥ
For all the classes alike this śruti is the eternal one; they live by the practice of the Veda, and by that creatures survive.
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PdP 2 38.22
ब्रह्मवंशात्समुद्भूतो भवान्ब्राह्मण एव च । पश्चाद्राजा पृथिव्याश्च संजातः कृतविक्रमः
brahmavaṃśātsamudbhūto bhavānbrāhmaṇa eva ca | paścādrājā pṛthivyāśca saṃjātaḥ kṛtavikramaḥ
You yourself, arisen from the lineage of Brahmā, are a brahmin; afterwards you became king of the earth, performing feats of valour.
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PdP 2 38.23
राजपुण्येन राजेंद्र सुखं जीवंति वै द्विजाः । राज्ञः पापेन नश्यंति तस्मात्पुण्यं समाचर
rājapuṇyena rājeṃdra sukhaṃ jīvaṃti vai dvijāḥ | rājñaḥ pāpena naśyaṃti tasmātpuṇyaṃ samācara
By the king's merit, lord of kings, the twice-born live happily; by the king's sin they perish. Therefore practise merit.
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PdP 2 38.24
समादृतस्त्वया धर्मः कृतश्चापि नराधिप । त्रेतायुगस्य कर्मापि द्वापरस्य तथा नहि
samādṛtastvayā dharmaḥ kṛtaścāpi narādhipa | tretāyugasya karmāpi dvāparasya tathā nahi
The dharma honoured and also practised by you, ruler of men, is not even the rite of the Tretā age, nor likewise of the Dvāpara.
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PdP 2 38.25
कलेश्चैव प्रवेशं तु वर्त्तयिष्यंति मानवाः । जैनधर्मं समाश्रित्य सर्वे पापप्रमोहिताः
kaleścaiva praveśaṃ tu varttayiṣyaṃti mānavāḥ | jainadharmaṃ samāśritya sarve pāpapramohitāḥ
Men will bring about the very entry of the Kali (age), all of them deluded by sin, resorting to the Jain dharma.
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PdP 2 38.26
वेदाचारं परित्यज्य पापं यास्यंति मानवाः । पापस्य मूलमेवं वै जैनधर्मं न संशयः
vedācāraṃ parityajya pāpaṃ yāsyaṃti mānavāḥ | pāpasya mūlamevaṃ vai jainadharmaṃ na saṃśayaḥ
Abandoning the practice of the Veda, men will go to sin; thus the root of sin is indeed the Jain dharma, (there is) no doubt.
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PdP 2 38.27
अनेन मुग्धा राजेंद्र महामोहेन पातिताः । मानवाः पापसंघातास्तेषां नाशाय नान्यथा
anena mugdhā rājeṃdra mahāmohena pātitāḥ | mānavāḥ pāpasaṃghātāsteṣāṃ nāśāya nānyathā
Bewildered by this, lord of kings, cast down by this great delusion, men will be aggregates of sin — for their destruction, and not otherwise,
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PdP 2 38.28
भविष्यत्येव गोविंदः सर्वपापापहारकः । स्वेच्छारूपं समासाद्य संहरिष्यति पातकात्
bhaviṣyatyeva goviṃdaḥ sarvapāpāpahārakaḥ | svecchārūpaṃ samāsādya saṃhariṣyati pātakāt
Govinda will surely come to be, the remover of all sin; assuming a form at his own will, he will draw (them) away from sin.
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PdP 2 38.29
पापेषु संगतेष्वेवं म्लेच्छनाशाय वै पुनः । कल्किरेव स्वयं देवो भविष्यति न संशयः
pāpeṣu saṃgateṣvevaṃ mlecchanāśāya vai punaḥ | kalkireva svayaṃ devo bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ
When sins have thus gathered, again, for the destruction of the barbarians, the god himself will become Kalki — (there is) no doubt.
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PdP 2 38.30
व्यवहारं कलेश्चैव त्यज पुण्यं समाश्रय । वर्तयस्व हि सत्येन प्रजापालो भवस्व हि
vyavahāraṃ kaleścaiva tyaja puṇyaṃ samāśraya | vartayasva hi satyena prajāpālo bhavasva hi
Abandon the conduct of the Kali (age); take refuge in merit. Live indeed by truth; be a protector of your subjects.
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PdP 2 38.31
वेन उवाच- अहं ज्ञानवतां श्रेष्ठः सर्वं ज्ञातं मया इह । योऽन्यथा वर्तते चैव स दंड्यो भवति ध्रुवम्
vena uvāca- ahaṃ jñānavatāṃ śreṣṭhaḥ sarvaṃ jñātaṃ mayā iha | yo'nyathā vartate caiva sa daṃḍyo bhavati dhruvam
Vena said: I am the best of those who possess knowledge; everything here is known by me. And whoever behaves otherwise, he certainly becomes liable to punishment.
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PdP 2 38.32
अत्यर्थं भाषमाणं तं राजानं पापचेतनम् । कुपितास्ते महात्मानः सर्वे वै ब्रह्मणः सुताः
atyarthaṃ bhāṣamāṇaṃ taṃ rājānaṃ pāpacetanam | kupitāste mahātmānaḥ sarve vai brahmaṇaḥ sutāḥ
At that king of sinful mind, speaking excessively, those great-souled ones, all the sons of Brahmā, became angry.
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PdP 2 38.33
कुपितेष्वेव विप्रेषु वेनो राजा महात्मसु । ब्रह्मशापभयात्तेषां वल्मीकं प्रविवेश ह
kupiteṣveva vipreṣu veno rājā mahātmasu | brahmaśāpabhayātteṣāṃ valmīkaṃ praviveśa ha
When the great-souled brahmins were angered, King Vena, from fear of their brahminical curse, entered an anthill.
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PdP 2 38.34
अथ ते मुनयः क्रुद्धा वेनं पश्यंति सर्वतः । ज्ञात्वा प्रनष्टं भूपं तं वल्मीकस्थं सुसांप्रतम्
atha te munayaḥ kruddhā venaṃ paśyaṃti sarvataḥ | jñātvā pranaṣṭaṃ bhūpaṃ taṃ valmīkasthaṃ susāṃpratam
Then those angry sages look for Vena everywhere; and having learned that the king had disappeared, that he was right then present inside the anthill,
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PdP 2 38.35
बलादानिन्युस्तं विप्राः क्रूरं तं पापचेतनम् । दृष्ट्वा च पापकर्माणं मुनयः सुसमाहिताः
balādāninyustaṃ viprāḥ krūraṃ taṃ pāpacetanam | dṛṣṭvā ca pāpakarmāṇaṃ munayaḥ susamāhitāḥ
The brahmins brought him by force, that cruel one of sinful mind; and seeing that doer of evil deeds, the sages, wholly composed,
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PdP 2 38.36
सव्यं पाणिं ममंथुस्ते भूपस्य जातमन्यवः । तस्माज्जातो महाह्रस्वो नीलवर्णो भयंकरः
savyaṃ pāṇiṃ mamaṃthuste bhūpasya jātamanyavaḥ | tasmājjāto mahāhrasvo nīlavarṇo bhayaṃkaraḥ
and with anger arisen in them, churned the left hand of that king; from it was born a very short being, dark of colour, terrifying,
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PdP 2 38.37
बर्बरो रक्तनेत्रस्तु बाणपाणिर्धनुर्द्धरः । सर्वेषामेव पापानां निषादानां बभूव ह
barbaro raktanetrastu bāṇapāṇirdhanurddharaḥ | sarveṣāmeva pāpānāṃ niṣādānāṃ babhūva ha
a barbarian, red-eyed, with an arrow in his hand and holding a bow; he became (the progenitor) of all the sinful Niṣādas —
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PdP 2 38.38
धाता पालयिता राजा म्लेच्छानां तु विशेषतः । तं दृष्ट्वा पापकर्माणमृषयस्तु महामते
dhātā pālayitā rājā mlecchānāṃ tu viśeṣataḥ | taṃ dṛṣṭvā pāpakarmāṇamṛṣayastu mahāmate
the establisher, the protector, the king, and especially of the Mlecchas. Seeing him of sinful deeds, the seers, O great-minded one,
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PdP 2 38.39
ममंथुर्दक्षिणं पाणिं वेनस्यापि महात्मनः । तस्माज्जातो महात्मा स येन दुग्धा वसुंधरा
mamaṃthurdakṣiṇaṃ pāṇiṃ venasyāpi mahātmanaḥ | tasmājjāto mahātmā sa yena dugdhā vasuṃdharā
churned the right hand of Vena, the great-souled; from it was born that great soul by whom the earth was milked,
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PdP 2 38.40
पृथुर्नाम महाप्राज्ञो राजराजो महाबलः । तस्य पुण्यप्रसादाच्च वेनो धर्मार्थकोविदः
pṛthurnāma mahāprājño rājarājo mahābalaḥ | tasya puṇyaprasādācca veno dharmārthakovidaḥ
Pṛthu by name, of great wisdom, king of kings, of great strength; and by the favour of his merit Vena, skilled in dharma and artha,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 38.41
चक्रवर्तिपदं भुक्त्वा प्रसादात्तस्य चक्रिणः । जगाम वैष्णवं लोकं तद्विष्णोः परमं पदम्
cakravartipadaṃ bhuktvā prasādāttasya cakriṇaḥ | jagāma vaiṣṇavaṃ lokaṃ tadviṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam
having enjoyed the rank of a universal sovereign, by the grace of that bearer of the discus went to the Vaiṣṇava world, that supreme abode of Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition