Padma Purana — Bhumi Khanda — Chapter 50
PdP 2 50.1
सुकलोवाच- तस्यास्तु वचनं श्रुत्वा गोभिलो वाक्यमब्रवीत् । भवती शप्तुकामासि कस्मान्मे कारणं वद
sukalovāca- tasyāstu vacanaṃ śrutvā gobhilo vākyamabravīt | bhavatī śaptukāmāsi kasmānme kāraṇaṃ vada
Sukala said: Hearing her words, Gobhila spoke these words: "You wish to curse (me); tell me, on what account? What is my cause (of offence)?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 50.2
केन दोषेण लिप्तोस्मि यस्मात्त्वं शप्तुमुद्यता । गोभिलो नाम दैत्योस्मि पौलस्त्यस्य भटः शुभे
kena doṣeṇa liptosmi yasmāttvaṃ śaptumudyatā | gobhilo nāma daityosmi paulastyasya bhaṭaḥ śubhe
"By what fault am I tainted, for which you are set upon cursing (me)? I am a Daitya named Gobhila, a soldier of Paulastya (Rāvaṇa), O fair one.
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PdP 2 50.3
दैत्याचारेण वर्तामि जाने विद्यामनुत्तमाम् । वेदशास्त्रार्थवेत्तास्मि कलासु निपुणः पुनः
daityācāreṇa vartāmi jāne vidyāmanuttamām | vedaśāstrārthavettāsmi kalāsu nipuṇaḥ punaḥ
I live by the practice of the Daityas; I know the unsurpassed knowledge; I am a knower of the meaning of the Vedas and the treatises, and moreover skilled in the arts.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 50.4
एवं सर्वं विजानामि दैत्याचारं शृणुष्व मे । परस्वं परदारांश्च बलाद्भुंजामि नान्यथा
evaṃ sarvaṃ vijānāmi daityācāraṃ śṛṇuṣva me | parasvaṃ paradārāṃśca balādbhuṃjāmi nānyathā
Thus I know everything. Hear from me the practice of the Daityas: another's property and another's wives I enjoy by force, not otherwise.
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PdP 2 50.5
वयं दैत्याः समाकर्ण्य दैत्याचारेण सांप्रतम् । वर्त्तामो ज्ञानिभावेन सत्यं सत्यं वदाम्यहम्
vayaṃ daityāḥ samākarṇya daityācāreṇa sāṃpratam | varttāmo jñānibhāvena satyaṃ satyaṃ vadāmyaham
"We are Daityas; having heard (this), we now conduct ourselves according to the Daitya way while (only) appearing to be men of knowledge — truly, truly I speak."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 2 50.6
ब्राह्मणानां हि च्छिद्राणि विपश्यामो दिने दिने । तेषां हि तपसो नाशं विघ्नैः कुर्मो न संशयः
brāhmaṇānāṃ hi cchidrāṇi vipaśyāmo dine dine | teṣāṃ hi tapaso nāśaṃ vighnaiḥ kurmo na saṃśayaḥ
"Day after day we watch for the weak points of the brahmins; and with obstacles we bring their austerity to ruin — there is no doubt of it."
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PdP 2 50.7
छिद्रं प्राप्य वयं देवि नाशयामो न संशयः । ब्राह्मणाञ्छ्रूयतां भद्रे देवयज्ञं वरानने
chidraṃ prāpya vayaṃ devi nāśayāmo na saṃśayaḥ | brāhmaṇāñchrūyatāṃ bhadre devayajñaṃ varānane
"Getting hold of a weak point, O goddess, we destroy (them), no doubt of it. Let (the matter of) the brahmins be heard, O good lady, (and) the sacrifice to the gods, O fair-faced one."
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PdP 2 50.8
नाशयामो वयं यज्ञान्धर्मयज्ञं न संशयः । सुब्राह्मणान्परित्यज्य देवं नारायणं प्रभुम्
nāśayāmo vayaṃ yajñāndharmayajñaṃ na saṃśayaḥ | subrāhmaṇānparityajya devaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ prabhum
"We destroy the sacrifices, (and) the sacrifice of dharma, no doubt of it — abandoning good brahmins and the lord Nārāyaṇa, the god."
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PdP 2 50.9
पतिव्रतां महाभागां सुमतिं भर्तृतत्पराम् । दूरेणापि परित्यज्य तिष्ठामो नात्र संशयः
pativratāṃ mahābhāgāṃ sumatiṃ bhartṛtatparām | dūreṇāpi parityajya tiṣṭhāmo nātra saṃśayaḥ
"Avoiding even at a distance a wife devoted to her husband, greatly blessed, right-minded, intent upon her husband, we keep our place — there is no doubt here."
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PdP 2 50.10
तेजो देवि सुविप्रस्य हरेश्चैव महात्मनः । नार्याः पतिव्रतायाश्च सोढुं दैत्याश्च न क्षमाः
tejo devi suviprasya hareścaiva mahātmanaḥ | nāryāḥ pativratāyāśca soḍhuṃ daityāśca na kṣamāḥ
"The Daityas, O goddess, are not able to endure the fiery power of a good brahmin, of Hari the great-souled one, and of a woman devoted to her husband."
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PdP 2 50.11
पतिव्रताभयेनापि विष्णोः सुब्राह्मणस्य च । नश्यंति दानवाः सर्वे दूरं राक्षसपुंगवाः
pativratābhayenāpi viṣṇoḥ subrāhmaṇasya ca | naśyaṃti dānavāḥ sarve dūraṃ rākṣasapuṃgavāḥ
"Out of fear of a husband-devoted woman, and of Viṣṇu and of a good brahmin, all the Dānavas, (even) the bulls among Rākṣasas, flee far away."
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PdP 2 50.12
अहं दानवधर्मेण विचरामि महीतलम् । कस्मात्त्वं शप्तुकामासि मम दोषो विचार्यताम्
ahaṃ dānavadharmeṇa vicarāmi mahītalam | kasmāttvaṃ śaptukāmāsi mama doṣo vicāryatām
"I roam the surface of the earth according to the law of the Dānavas. Why do you wish to curse me? Let my fault be examined."
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PdP 2 50.13
पद्मावत्युवाच- मम धर्मः सुकायश्च त्वयैव परिनाशितः । अहं पतिव्रता साध्वी पतिकामा तपस्विनी
padmāvatyuvāca- mama dharmaḥ sukāyaśca tvayaiva parināśitaḥ | ahaṃ pativratā sādhvī patikāmā tapasvinī
Padmāvatī said: "My dharma and my fair body have been utterly destroyed by you alone. I am devoted to my husband, virtuous, desiring (only) my husband, an ascetic woman,"
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PdP 2 50.14
स्वमार्गे संस्थिता पाप मायया परिनाशिता । तस्मात्त्वामप्यहं दुष्ट आधक्ष्यामि न संशयः
svamārge saṃsthitā pāpa māyayā parināśitā | tasmāttvāmapyahaṃ duṣṭa ādhakṣyāmi na saṃśayaḥ
"standing firm in my own path, O wicked one, (and) I have been ruined by trickery. Therefore, O evil one, I shall burn you too — there is no doubt."
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PdP 2 50.15
गोभिल उवाच- धर्ममेव प्रवक्ष्यामि भवती यदि मन्यते । अग्निचिद्ब्राह्मणस्यापि श्रूयतां नृपनंदिनी
gobhila uvāca- dharmameva pravakṣyāmi bhavatī yadi manyate | agnicidbrāhmaṇasyāpi śrūyatāṃ nṛpanaṃdinī
Gobhila said: "I shall declare dharma itself, if your ladyship agrees. Let it be heard, O daughter of a king, (the dharma) even of the brahmin who has piled the fire."
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PdP 2 50.16
जुह्वन्देवं द्विकालं यो न त्यजेदग्निमंदिरम् । स चाग्निहोत्री भवति यजत्येव दिनेदिने
juhvandevaṃ dvikālaṃ yo na tyajedagnimaṃdiram | sa cāgnihotrī bhavati yajatyeva dinedine
"He who, offering to the god at the two times (of day), does not abandon the fire-house — he becomes an agnihotrin, he sacrifices day after day indeed."
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PdP 2 50.17
अन्यच्चैवं प्रवक्ष्यामि भृत्यधर्मं वरानने । मनसा कर्मणा वाचा विशुद्धो योऽपि नित्यशः
anyaccaivaṃ pravakṣyāmi bhṛtyadharmaṃ varānane | manasā karmaṇā vācā viśuddho yo'pi nityaśaḥ
"And I shall declare another (dharma) thus, the dharma of a servant, O fair-faced one: he who is ever pure in mind, act, and speech,"
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PdP 2 50.18
नित्यमादेशकारी यः पश्चात्तिष्ठति चाग्रतः । स भृत्यः कथ्यते देवि पुण्यभागी न संशयः
nityamādeśakārī yaḥ paścāttiṣṭhati cāgrataḥ | sa bhṛtyaḥ kathyate devi puṇyabhāgī na saṃśayaḥ
"who always does what is commanded, and stands behind (or) in front — he is called a servant, O goddess, and he has a share of merit, no doubt."
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PdP 2 50.19
यः पुत्रो गुणवाञ्ज्ञाता पितरं पालयेच्छुभः । मातरं च विशेषेण मनसा काय कर्मभिः
yaḥ putro guṇavāñjñātā pitaraṃ pālayecchubhaḥ | mātaraṃ ca viśeṣeṇa manasā kāya karmabhiḥ
"That son who is virtuous, knowing, auspicious, who would care for his father, and especially his mother, with mind, body, and deeds —"
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PdP 2 50.20
तस्य भागीरथी स्नानमहन्यहनि जायते । अन्यथा कुरुते यो हि स पापीयान्न संशयः
tasya bhāgīrathī snānamahanyahani jāyate | anyathā kurute yo hi sa pāpīyānna saṃśayaḥ
"for him a bath in the Bhāgīrathī comes about day after day. But he who acts otherwise is exceedingly sinful, no doubt."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 50.21
अन्यच्चैवं प्रवक्ष्यामि पतिव्रतमनुत्तमम् । वाचा सुमनसा चैव कर्मणा शृणु भामिनि
anyaccaivaṃ pravakṣyāmi pativratamanuttamam | vācā sumanasā caiva karmaṇā śṛṇu bhāmini
"And I shall declare another thing thus, the highest fidelity to a husband, by speech, by a good mind, and by act — listen, O lady."
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PdP 2 50.22
शुश्रूषां कुरुते या हि भर्तुश्चैव दिन दिने । तुष्टे भर्त्तरि या प्रीता न त्यजेत्क्रोधनं पुनः
śuśrūṣāṃ kurute yā hi bhartuścaiva dina dine | tuṣṭe bharttari yā prītā na tyajetkrodhanaṃ punaḥ
"She who renders service to her husband day after day; who, when her husband is pleased, is glad, and does not again give up (her) angry one;"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 2 50.23
तस्य दोषं न गृह्णाति ताडिता तुष्यते पुनः । भर्त्तुः कर्मसु सर्वेषु पुरतस्तिष्ठते सदा
tasya doṣaṃ na gṛhṇāti tāḍitā tuṣyate punaḥ | bharttuḥ karmasu sarveṣu puratastiṣṭhate sadā
"who does not hold his fault against him, and, though struck, is content again; who always stands ready before (him) in all her husband's tasks —"
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PdP 2 50.24
सा चापि कथ्यते नारी पतिव्रतपरायणा । पतितोपि पितापुत्रैर्बहुदोषसमन्वितः
sā cāpi kathyate nārī pativrataparāyaṇā | patitopi pitāputrairbahudoṣasamanvitaḥ
"she too is called a woman devoted to her husband. Even a fallen (husband), full of many faults, together with (his) father and sons,"
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PdP 2 50.25
कस्मादपि च न त्याज्यः कुष्ठितः क्रुधितोऽपि वा । एवं पुत्राः शुश्रूषंति पितरं मातरं किल
kasmādapi ca na tyājyaḥ kuṣṭhitaḥ krudhito'pi vā | evaṃ putrāḥ śuśrūṣaṃti pitaraṃ mātaraṃ kila
And he is not to be abandoned for any reason, even if leprous or angry; thus do sons wait upon their father and mother indeed.
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PdP 2 50.26
ते यांति परमं लोकं तद्विष्णोः परमं पदम् । एवं हि स्वामिनं ये वै उपाचरंति भृत्यकाः
te yāṃti paramaṃ lokaṃ tadviṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam | evaṃ hi svāminaṃ ye vai upācaraṃti bhṛtyakāḥ
They go to the highest world, that supreme abode of Viṣṇu; and just so, those servants who wait upon their master —
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PdP 2 50.27
पत्युर्लोकं प्रयांत्येते प्रसादात्स्वामिनस्तदा । अग्निं नैव त्यजेद्विप्रो ब्रह्मलोकं प्रयाति सः
patyurlokaṃ prayāṃtyete prasādātsvāminastadā | agniṃ naiva tyajedvipro brahmalokaṃ prayāti saḥ
these then go to the master's world by the master's favour. A brahmin should never abandon the (sacred) fire; he goes to Brahmā's world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 50.28
अग्नित्यागकरो विप्रो वृषलीपतिरुच्यते । स्वामिद्रोही भवेद्भृत्यः स्वामित्यागान्न संशयः
agnityāgakaro vipro vṛṣalīpatirucyate | svāmidrohī bhavedbhṛtyaḥ svāmityāgānna saṃśayaḥ
A brahmin who abandons the fire is called the husband of a low-caste woman; a servant becomes a betrayer of his master by abandoning his master — there is no doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 50.29
अग्निं च पितरं चैव न त्यजेत्स्वामिनं शुभे । सदा विप्रः सुतो भृत्यः सत्यं सत्यं वदाम्यहम्
agniṃ ca pitaraṃ caiva na tyajetsvāminaṃ śubhe | sadā vipraḥ suto bhṛtyaḥ satyaṃ satyaṃ vadāmyaham
One should not abandon the fire, nor the father, nor the master, O fair one — the brahmin, the son, the servant, always: truly, truly I say it.
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PdP 2 50.30
परित्यज्य प्रगच्छंति ते यांति नरकार्णवम् । पतितं व्याधितं देवि विकलं कुष्ठिनं तथा
parityajya pragacchaṃti te yāṃti narakārṇavam | patitaṃ vyādhitaṃ devi vikalaṃ kuṣṭhinaṃ tathā
Having abandoned (them) they depart, and they go to the ocean of hell. One fallen, one diseased, O goddess, one maimed, and one leprous,
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PdP 2 50.31
सर्वकर्मविहीनं च गतवित्तादिसंचयम् । भर्तारं न त्यजेन्नारी यदि श्रेय इहेच्छति
sarvakarmavihīnaṃ ca gatavittādisaṃcayam | bhartāraṃ na tyajennārī yadi śreya ihecchati
and one bereft of all action, whose store of wealth and the rest is gone — such a husband a woman should not abandon, if she desires her welfare here.
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PdP 2 50.32
त्यक्त्वा कांतं व्रजेन्नारी अन्यत्कार्यमिहेच्छति । सा मता पुंश्चली लोके सर्वधर्मबहिष्कृता
tyaktvā kāṃtaṃ vrajennārī anyatkāryamihecchati | sā matā puṃścalī loke sarvadharmabahiṣkṛtā
A woman who leaves her husband and goes off, who here desires some other business — she is held in the world to be a wanton, cast out from all duty.
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PdP 2 50.33
गते भर्तरि या ग्रामं भोगं शृंगारमेव च । लौल्याच्च कुरुते नारी पुंश्चली वदते जनः
gate bhartari yā grāmaṃ bhogaṃ śṛṃgārameva ca | laulyācca kurute nārī puṃścalī vadate janaḥ
The woman who, when her husband has gone (away), goes to the village and out of wantonness indulges in pleasure and adornment — people call her a wanton.
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PdP 2 50.34
एवं धर्मं विजानामि वेदशास्त्रैश्च संमतम् । दानवा राक्षसाः प्रेता धात्रा सृष्टा यदादितः
evaṃ dharmaṃ vijānāmi vedaśāstraiśca saṃmatam | dānavā rākṣasāḥ pretā dhātrā sṛṣṭā yadāditaḥ
Thus I know the law, and it is approved by the Vedas and the treatises. When at the beginning dānavas, rākṣasas and pretas were created by the Creator,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 50.35
तत्रेह कारणं सर्वं प्रवक्ष्यामि न संशयः । ब्राह्मणा दानवाश्चैव पिशाचाश्चैव राक्षसाः
tatreha kāraṇaṃ sarvaṃ pravakṣyāmi na saṃśayaḥ | brāhmaṇā dānavāścaiva piśācāścaiva rākṣasāḥ
I shall declare here the whole cause of that, without doubt. Brahmins, and dānavas, and piśācas, and rākṣasas —
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PdP 2 50.36
धर्मार्थं सकलं प्रोक्तमधीतं तैस्तु सुंदरि । विंदंति सकलं सर्वे आचरंति न दानवाः
dharmārthaṃ sakalaṃ proktamadhītaṃ taistu suṃdari | viṃdaṃti sakalaṃ sarve ācaraṃti na dānavāḥ
the whole (teaching) has been declared for the sake of dharma, and studied by them, O beautiful one; all of them understand it entirely, but the dānavas do not practise it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 50.37
विधिहीनं प्रकुर्वंति दानवा ज्ञानवर्जिताः । अन्यायेन व्रजंत्येते मानवा विधिवर्जिताः
vidhihīnaṃ prakurvaṃti dānavā jñānavarjitāḥ | anyāyena vrajaṃtyete mānavā vidhivarjitāḥ
The dānavas, devoid of knowledge, act contrary to the rule; and these men, devoid of the rule, proceed by injustice.
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PdP 2 50.38
तेषां शासनहेत्वर्थं कृता एतेपि नान्यथा । विधिहीनं प्रकुर्वंति ये हि धर्मं नराधमाः
teṣāṃ śāsanahetvarthaṃ kṛtā etepi nānyathā | vidhihīnaṃ prakurvaṃti ye hi dharmaṃ narādhamāḥ
For the purpose of chastising them these too were made, not otherwise. Those lowest of men who practise dharma contrary to the rule —
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PdP 2 50.39
तान्वयं शासयामो वै दंडेन महता किल । भवत्या दारुणं कर्म कृतमेव सुनिर्घृणम्
tānvayaṃ śāsayāmo vai daṃḍena mahatā kila | bhavatyā dāruṇaṃ karma kṛtameva sunirghṛṇam
them indeed we chastise with a great punishment. By you a cruel deed has been done, utterly pitiless.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 50.40
गार्हस्थ्यं च परित्यज्य अत्रायाता किमर्थतः । वदस्येवं मुखेनापि अहं हि पतिदेवता
gārhasthyaṃ ca parityajya atrāyātā kimarthataḥ | vadasyevaṃ mukhenāpi ahaṃ hi patidevatā
Having abandoned household life, for what purpose have you come here? Yet you speak thus with your mouth: "Indeed I have my husband as my god."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 50.41
कर्मणा नास्ति तद्दृष्टं पतिदैवत्यमेव ते । भर्तारं तं परित्यज्य किमर्थं त्वमिहागता
karmaṇā nāsti taddṛṣṭaṃ patidaivatyameva te | bhartāraṃ taṃ parityajya kimarthaṃ tvamihāgatā
By your action that is not seen — that having-the-husband-as-god of yours. Abandoning that husband, for what purpose have you come here?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 50.42
शृंगारं भूषणं वेषं कृत्वा तिष्ठसि निर्घृणा । किमर्थं हि कृतं पापे कस्यहेतोर्वदस्व मे
śṛṃgāraṃ bhūṣaṇaṃ veṣaṃ kṛtvā tiṣṭhasi nirghṛṇā | kimarthaṃ hi kṛtaṃ pāpe kasyahetorvadasva me
Having made yourself up with adornment, ornament and dress, you stand there, pitiless one. For what purpose was it done, O sinful woman? On whose account? Tell me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 50.43
निःशंका वर्त्तसे चापि प्रमत्ता गिरिकानने । मया त्वं साधिता पापा दंडेन महता शृणु
niḥśaṃkā varttase cāpi pramattā girikānane | mayā tvaṃ sādhitā pāpā daṃḍena mahatā śṛṇu
And you go about without fear, heedless, in the mountain forest. You are dealt with by me, sinful woman, with a great punishment — listen!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 50.44
अधर्मचारिणी दुष्टा पतिं त्यक्त्वा समागता । क्वास्ते तत्पतिदेवत्वं दर्शय त्वं ममाग्रतः
adharmacāriṇī duṣṭā patiṃ tyaktvā samāgatā | kvāste tatpatidevatvaṃ darśaya tvaṃ mamāgrataḥ
Behaving unlawfully, wicked, you have come here having abandoned your husband. Where is that having-the-husband-as-god? Show it before me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 50.45
भवती पुंश्चली नाम यया त्यक्तः स्वकः पतिः । पृथक्छय्या यदा नारी तदा सा पुंश्चली मता
bhavatī puṃścalī nāma yayā tyaktaḥ svakaḥ patiḥ | pṛthakchayyā yadā nārī tadā sā puṃścalī matā
You are called a wanton woman, since your own husband was abandoned by you; when a woman keeps a separate bed, then she is held to be a wanton.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 50.46
योजनानां शतैकस्य सोन्तरेण प्रवर्त्तते । क्वास्ति ते पतिदैवत्यं पुंश्चल्याचारचारिणी
yojanānāṃ śataikasya sontareṇa pravarttate | kvāsti te patidaivatyaṃ puṃścalyācāracāriṇī
She lives at a remove of a full hundred yojanas (from him): where then is your having-the-husband-as-god, you who behave with the conduct of a harlot?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 2 50.47
निर्लज्जे निर्घृणे दुष्टे किं मे वदसि संमुखी । तपसः क्वास्ति ते भावः क्व तेजोबलमेव च
nirlajje nirghṛṇe duṣṭe kiṃ me vadasi saṃmukhī | tapasaḥ kvāsti te bhāvaḥ kva tejobalameva ca
Shameless one, pitiless one, wicked one, what are you saying to my face? Where is that disposition of austerity in you, and where the strength of your fiery power?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 50.48
दर्शयस्व ममाद्यैव बलवीर्यपराक्रमम् । पद्मावत्युवाच- स्नेहेनापि समानीता श्रूयतामसुराधम
darśayasva mamādyaiva balavīryaparākramam | padmāvatyuvāca- snehenāpi samānītā śrūyatāmasurādhama
Show me this very day your strength, valour and prowess! Padmāvatī said: I was brought away even out of affection — let it be heard, basest of asuras —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 50.49
भर्तुर्गेहादहं पित्रा क्वास्ते तत्र च पातकम् । नैव कामान्न लोभाच्च न मोहान्न च मत्सरात्
bharturgehādahaṃ pitrā kvāste tatra ca pātakam | naiva kāmānna lobhācca na mohānna ca matsarāt
— from my husband's house, by my father: where is any sin in that? Not from lust, nor from greed, nor from delusion, nor from envy
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 50.50
आगताहं पतिं त्यक्त्वा पतिभावेन संस्थिता । भर्तृरूपच्छलेनापि त्वयैव परिवंचिता
āgatāhaṃ patiṃ tyaktvā patibhāvena saṃsthitā | bhartṛrūpacchalenāpi tvayaiva parivaṃcitā
have I come, having left my husband; I stayed (with you) in the belief that you were my husband. By you indeed I was utterly deceived through the trick of my husband's form.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 50.51
भवंतं माथुरं ज्ञात्वा गताहं सम्मुखं तव । मायाविनं यदा जाने त्वामेवं दानवाधम
bhavaṃtaṃ māthuraṃ jñātvā gatāhaṃ sammukhaṃ tava | māyāvinaṃ yadā jāne tvāmevaṃ dānavādhama
Thinking you the man of Mathurā, I came before you; but now that I know you to be a wielder of illusion in this way, basest of dānavas,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 50.52
एकेन हुंकृतेनैव भस्मीभूतं करोम्यहम् । गोभिल उवाच- चक्षुर्हीना न पश्यंति मानवाः शृणु सांप्रतम्
ekena huṃkṛtenaiva bhasmībhūtaṃ karomyaham | gobhila uvāca- cakṣurhīnā na paśyaṃti mānavāḥ śṛṇu sāṃpratam
with a single "hum!" uttered I shall reduce you to ashes. Gobhila said: Men who lack eyes do not see — listen now.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 50.53
धर्मनेत्रविहीना त्वं कथं जानासि मामिह । यदा ते भाव उत्पन्नः पितुर्गेहं प्रति शृणु
dharmanetravihīnā tvaṃ kathaṃ jānāsi māmiha | yadā te bhāva utpannaḥ piturgehaṃ prati śṛṇu
You, who are deprived of the eye of dharma, how do you know me here? Listen: when the desire arose in you for your father's house,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 50.54
पतिध्यानं परित्यज्य मुक्ता ध्यानेन त्वं तदा । ज्ञाननेत्रं तदा नष्टं स्फुटं च हृदये तव
patidhyānaṃ parityajya muktā dhyānena tvaṃ tadā | jñānanetraṃ tadā naṣṭaṃ sphuṭaṃ ca hṛdaye tava
then, giving up meditation on your husband, you were released from that meditation; then the eye of knowledge was destroyed and burst apart in your heart.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 50.55
कथं मां त्वं विजानासि ज्ञानचक्षुर्हता भुवि । कस्या माता पिता भ्राता कस्याः स्वजनबांधवाः
kathaṃ māṃ tvaṃ vijānāsi jñānacakṣurhatā bhuvi | kasyā mātā pitā bhrātā kasyāḥ svajanabāṃdhavāḥ
How do you know me, you whose eye of knowledge is slain here on earth? Whose is a mother, a father, a brother; whose are kinsmen and relations?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 50.56
सर्वस्थाने पतिर्ह्येको भार्यायास्तु न संशयः । इत्युक्त्वा हि प्रहस्यैव गोभिलो दानवाधमः
sarvasthāne patirhyeko bhāryāyāstu na saṃśayaḥ | ityuktvā hi prahasyaiva gobhilo dānavādhamaḥ
For a wife has, in every place, one husband alone — of that there is no doubt. Having said this, laughing aloud, Gobhila, the basest of dānavas, (spoke):
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 50.57
न भयं विद्यते तेऽद्य ममापि शृणु पुंश्चलि । किं भवेत्तव शापेन वृथैव परिकंपसे
na bhayaṃ vidyate te'dya mamāpi śṛṇu puṃścali | kiṃ bhavettava śāpena vṛthaiva parikaṃpase
No danger exists for you today, nor for me either — listen, wanton woman. What will come about by your curse? You tremble to no purpose.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 50.58
ममगेहं समाश्रित्य भुंक्ष्व भोगान्मनोऽनुगान् । पद्मावत्युवाच- गच्छ पापसमाचार किं त्वं वदसि निर्घृणः
mamagehaṃ samāśritya bhuṃkṣva bhogānmano'nugān | padmāvatyuvāca- gaccha pāpasamācāra kiṃ tvaṃ vadasi nirghṛṇaḥ
Take shelter in my house and enjoy pleasures that follow your desire. Padmāvatī said: Go, you of sinful conduct! What is this you say, pitiless one?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 50.59
सतीभावेन संस्थास्मि पतिव्रतपरायणा । धक्ष्यामि त्वां महापाप यद्येवं तु वदिष्यसि
satībhāvena saṃsthāsmi pativrataparāyaṇā | dhakṣyāmi tvāṃ mahāpāpa yadyevaṃ tu vadiṣyasi
I shall remain in the state of a virtuous wife, wholly devoted to fidelity to my husband. I shall burn you up, great sinner, if you speak in this way.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 50.60
एवमुक्त्वा तथैकांते निषसाद महीतले । दुःखेन महताविष्टां तामुवाच स गोभिलः
evamuktvā tathaikāṃte niṣasāda mahītale | duḥkhena mahatāviṣṭāṃ tāmuvāca sa gobhilaḥ
Having spoken thus, she sat down apart on the ground. To her, possessed by great grief, that Gobhila said:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 50.61
तवोदरे मया न्यस्तं स्ववीर्यं सुकृतं शुभे । तस्मादुत्पत्स्यते पुत्रस्त्रैलोक्यक्षोभकारकः
tavodare mayā nyastaṃ svavīryaṃ sukṛtaṃ śubhe | tasmādutpatsyate putrastrailokyakṣobhakārakaḥ
My own seed has been placed by me in your womb — well accomplished, fair lady! From it will be born a son who will bring turmoil upon the three worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 50.62
एवमुक्त्वा जगामाथ गोभिलो दानवस्तदा । गते तस्मिन्दुराचारे दानवे पापचारिणी
evamuktvā jagāmātha gobhilo dānavastadā | gate tasmindurācāre dānave pāpacāriṇī
Having said this, the dānava Gobhila then departed. When that ill-conducted dānava had gone, she, (called) an evildoer,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 2 50.63
दुःखेन महताविष्टा नृपकन्या रुरोद ह
duḥkhena mahatāviṣṭā nṛpakanyā ruroda ha
possessed by great grief, the king's daughter wept aloud.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition