Padma Purana — Bhumi Khanda — Chapter 52
PdP 2 52.1
शिवशर्मोवाच-। मंगले श्रूयतां वाक्यं यदि पृच्छसि सांप्रतम् । यदर्थं हि त्वया पृष्टं तन्निबोध वरानने
śivaśarmovāca-| maṃgale śrūyatāṃ vākyaṃ yadi pṛcchasi sāṃpratam | yadarthaṃ hi tvayā pṛṣṭaṃ tannibodha varānane
Śivaśarman said: Maṅgalā, let the words be heard, since you now ask; understand, fair-faced one, that for which you have asked.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 52.2
इयं हि सांप्रतं प्राप्ता वराकी भिक्षुरूपिणी । वसुदत्तस्य विप्रस्य सुतेयं चारुलोचने
iyaṃ hi sāṃprataṃ prāptā varākī bhikṣurūpiṇī | vasudattasya viprasya suteyaṃ cārulocane
This poor wretch who has now arrived in the guise of a beggar — she, bright-eyed one, is the daughter of the brahmin Vasudatta.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 52.3
सुदेवा नाम भद्रेयं मम जाया प्रिया सदा । केनापि कारणेनैव देशं त्यक्त्वा समागता
sudevā nāma bhadreyaṃ mama jāyā priyā sadā | kenāpi kāraṇenaiva deśaṃ tyaktvā samāgatā
Sudevā is her name, good lady; she is my wife, ever dear. For some reason she left her country and has come here.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 52.4
ममदुःखेन दग्धेयं वियोगेन वरानने । मां ज्ञात्वा तु समायाता भिक्षुरूपेण ते गृहम्
mamaduḥkhena dagdheyaṃ viyogena varānane | māṃ jñātvā tu samāyātā bhikṣurūpeṇa te gṛham
She is burnt, fair-faced one, by grief over me, by separation; recognizing me, she has come to your house in the form of a beggar.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 52.5
एवं ज्ञात्वा त्वया भद्रे आतिथ्यं परिशोभितम् । कर्त्तव्यं न च संदेह इच्छंत्या मम सुप्रियम्
evaṃ jñātvā tvayā bhadre ātithyaṃ pariśobhitam | karttavyaṃ na ca saṃdeha icchaṃtyā mama supriyam
Knowing this, good lady, hospitality must be shown her in full honour — and there is no doubt (of it), since you desire what is very dear to me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 52.6
भर्तुर्वाक्यं निशम्यैव मंगला पतिदेवता । हर्षेण महताविष्टा स्वयमेव सुमंगला
bharturvākyaṃ niśamyaiva maṃgalā patidevatā | harṣeṇa mahatāviṣṭā svayameva sumaṃgalā
As soon as she heard her husband's words, Maṅgalā, to whom her husband was her deity, filled with great joy, she herself, the very auspicious one,
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PdP 2 52.7
स्नानाच्छादन भोज्यं च मम चक्रे वरानने । रत्नकांचनयुक्तैश्चाभरणैश्च पतिव्रता
snānācchādana bhojyaṃ ca mama cakre varānane | ratnakāṃcanayuktaiścābharaṇaiśca pativratā
provided me with bathing, clothing, and food, O fair-faced one, and, devoted wife that she was, with ornaments set with jewels and gold.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 52.8
अहं हि भूषिता भद्रे तयैव पतिकाम्यया । तयाहं भूषिता देवि मानस्नानैश्च भोजनैः
ahaṃ hi bhūṣitā bhadre tayaiva patikāmyayā | tayāhaṃ bhūṣitā devi mānasnānaiśca bhojanaiḥ
Indeed I was adorned, good lady, by her, out of love for her husband; by her I was adorned, O goddess, with honours, baths, and meals.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 52.9
भर्त्राहं मानिता देवि जातं दुःखमनंतकम् । ममोरसि महातीव्रं सर्वप्राणविनाशनम्
bhartrāhaṃ mānitā devi jātaṃ duḥkhamanaṃtakam | mamorasi mahātīvraṃ sarvaprāṇavināśanam
I was honoured by (my) husband, O goddess, (and yet) endless sorrow arose — in my breast a most piercing (pain), destroying all my vital breaths.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 2 52.10
तस्या मानो मया दृष्टो दुःखमात्मगतं तथा । चिंता मे दारुणा जाता यया प्राणा व्रजंति मे
tasyā māno mayā dṛṣṭo duḥkhamātmagataṃ tathā | ciṃtā me dāruṇā jātā yayā prāṇā vrajaṃti me
Her being honoured was seen by me, and likewise the sorrow that came over myself; a terrible anxiety arose in me, through which my vital breaths are departing.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 52.11
कदापि वचनं दत्तं न मया पापया शुभम् । अस्यैव विप्रवर्यस्य आचरंत्या च दुष्कृतम्
kadāpi vacanaṃ dattaṃ na mayā pāpayā śubham | asyaiva vipravaryasya ācaraṃtyā ca duṣkṛtam
Never once did I, sinful woman, give a kind word to this best of brahmins, and I behaved wickedly (toward him).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 52.12
पादप्रक्षालनं नैव अंगसंवाहनं नहि । एकांतं न मया दत्तं तस्यैव हि महात्मनः
pādaprakṣālanaṃ naiva aṃgasaṃvāhanaṃ nahi | ekāṃtaṃ na mayā dattaṃ tasyaiva hi mahātmanaḥ
No washing of (his) feet, no rubbing of (his) limbs; nor did I ever grant privacy to him, that great-souled one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 52.13
संभाषां कथमस्यैव करिष्ये पापनिश्चया । रात्रौ चैव तदा तत्र पतिता दुःखसागरे
saṃbhāṣāṃ kathamasyaiva kariṣye pāpaniścayā | rātrau caiva tadā tatra patitā duḥkhasāgare
How shall I, resolved on sin, hold conversation with him? And so that night, there, I sank into an ocean of sorrow.
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PdP 2 52.14
एवं हि चिंतमानायाः स्फुटितं हृदयं मम । गताः प्राणास्तदा कायं परित्यज्य वरानने
evaṃ hi ciṃtamānāyāḥ sphuṭitaṃ hṛdayaṃ mama | gatāḥ prāṇāstadā kāyaṃ parityajya varānane
As I brooded thus, my heart burst; then my vital breaths departed, abandoning the body, O fair-faced one.
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PdP 2 52.15
तत्र दूताः समायाता धर्मराजस्य वै तदा । वीराश्च दारुणाः क्रूरा गदाचक्रासिधारिणः
tatra dūtāḥ samāyātā dharmarājasya vai tadā | vīrāśca dāruṇāḥ krūrā gadācakrāsidhāriṇaḥ
Then the messengers of the King of Dharma came there — heroes, dreadful and cruel, bearing maces, discs and swords.
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PdP 2 52.16
तैस्तु बद्धा महाभागे शृंखलैर्दृढबंधनैः । नीता यमपुरं तैस्तु रुदमाना सुदुःखिता
taistu baddhā mahābhāge śṛṃkhalairdṛḍhabaṃdhanaiḥ | nītā yamapuraṃ taistu rudamānā suduḥkhitā
By them I was bound, O greatly fortunate one, with chains that fetter fast, and by them I was led to Yama's city, weeping and grievously afflicted.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 52.17
मुद्गरैस्ताड्यमानाहं दुर्गमार्गेण पीडिता । भर्त्स्यमाना यमस्याग्रे तैस्तत्राहं प्रवेशिता
mudgaraistāḍyamānāhaṃ durgamārgeṇa pīḍitā | bhartsyamānā yamasyāgre taistatrāhaṃ praveśitā
Beaten with mallets, tormented along a hard road, and reviled, I was brought by them there before Yama.
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PdP 2 52.18
दृष्टाहं यमराजेन सक्रोधेन महात्मना । अंगारसंचये क्षिप्ता क्षिप्ता नरकसंचये
dṛṣṭāhaṃ yamarājena sakrodhena mahātmanā | aṃgārasaṃcaye kṣiptā kṣiptā narakasaṃcaye
I was looked upon by King Yama, the great-souled one, in anger; I was flung into a heap of embers, flung into the mass of hells.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 52.19
लोहस्य पुरुषं कृत्वा अग्निना परितापितः । ममोरसि समुत्क्षिप्तो निजभर्तुश्च वंचनात्
lohasya puruṣaṃ kṛtvā agninā paritāpitaḥ | mamorasi samutkṣipto nijabhartuśca vaṃcanāt
Making a man of iron and heating it thoroughly with fire, (it) was thrown upon my breast, because of my deceiving my own husband.
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PdP 2 52.20
नानापीडातिसंतप्ता नरकाग्निप्रतापिता । तैलद्रोण्यां परिक्षिप्ता करम्भवालुकोपरि
nānāpīḍātisaṃtaptā narakāgnipratāpitā | tailadroṇyāṃ parikṣiptā karambhavālukopari
Scorched with manifold torments, burned by the fire of hell, I was flung into a vat of oil and onto hot gruel-sand.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 2 52.21
असिपत्रैश्च संच्छिन्ना जलमंत्रेण वाहिता । कूटशाल्मलिवृक्षेषु क्षिप्ता तेन महात्मना
asipatraiśca saṃcchinnā jalamaṃtreṇa vāhitā | kūṭaśālmalivṛkṣeṣu kṣiptā tena mahātmanā
I was cut to pieces by sword-leaves, and carried along by a water-spell; I was flung by that great one onto the trees of the Kūṭaśālmali (hell).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 2 52.22
पूयशोणितविष्ठायां पतिता कृमिसंकुले । सर्वेषु नरकेष्वेवं क्षिप्ताहं नृपनंदिनि
pūyaśoṇitaviṣṭhāyāṃ patitā kṛmisaṃkule | sarveṣu narakeṣvevaṃ kṣiptāhaṃ nṛpanaṃdini
I fell into pus, blood and excrement, swarming with worms; thus was I flung into all the hells, O daughter of the king.
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PdP 2 52.23
पीडायुक्तेषु तीव्रेषु तेनैवापि महात्मना । करपत्रैः पाटिताहं शक्तिभिस्ताडिता भृशम्
pīḍāyukteṣu tīvreṣu tenaivāpi mahātmanā | karapatraiḥ pāṭitāhaṃ śaktibhistāḍitā bhṛśam
(Flung) by that same great one into the fierce, pain-filled (hells), I was sawn apart with saws and struck hard with spears.
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PdP 2 52.24
अन्येष्वेव नरकेषु पातिता नृपनंदिनि । योनिगर्तेषु क्षिप्तास्मि पतिता दुःखसंकटे
anyeṣveva narakeṣu pātitā nṛpanaṃdini | yonigarteṣu kṣiptāsmi patitā duḥkhasaṃkaṭe
And I was cast down into yet other hells, O daughter of the king; I was thrown into the pits of the womb, fallen into the straits of suffering.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 2 52.25
धर्मराजेन तेनाहं नरकेषु निपातिता । वल्गुनीयोनिमासाद्य भुक्तं दुःखं सुदारुणम्
dharmarājena tenāhaṃ narakeṣu nipātitā | valgunīyonimāsādya bhuktaṃ duḥkhaṃ sudāruṇam
By that King of Dharma I was cast down into the hells; and having come into the womb of a bat, I endured most dreadful suffering.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 2 52.26
गताहं क्रौष्टुकीं योनिं शुनीयोनिं पुनर्गता । सकुक्कुटीं च मार्जारीमाखुयोनिं गता ह्यहम्
gatāhaṃ krauṣṭukīṃ yoniṃ śunīyoniṃ punargatā | sakukkuṭīṃ ca mārjārīmākhuyoniṃ gatā hyaham
I went to the womb of a jackal-bitch, and again went to the womb of a dog; and I went to the wombs of a hen, a she-cat, and a mouse.
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PdP 2 52.27
एवं योनिविशेषेषु पापयोनिषु तेन च । क्षिप्तास्मि धर्मराजेन पीडिता सर्वयोनिषु
evaṃ yoniviśeṣeṣu pāpayoniṣu tena ca | kṣiptāsmi dharmarājena pīḍitā sarvayoniṣu
Thus into these particular wombs, sinful wombs, I was cast by him, the King of Dharma, and tormented in all wombs.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 52.28
तेनैवाहं कृता भूमौ शूकरी नृपनंदिनि । तवहस्ते महाभागे संति तीर्थान्यनेकशः
tenaivāhaṃ kṛtā bhūmau śūkarī nṛpanaṃdini | tavahaste mahābhāge saṃti tīrthānyanekaśaḥ
By him I was made a sow on earth, O daughter of the king. In your hand, O greatly fortunate one, there are many sacred waters.
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PdP 2 52.29
तेनोदकेन सिक्तास्मि त्वयैव वरवर्णिनि । मम पापं गतं देवि प्रसादात्तव सुंदरि
tenodakena siktāsmi tvayaiva varavarṇini | mama pāpaṃ gataṃ devi prasādāttava suṃdari
I have been sprinkled with that water by you yourself, O lady of excellent complexion; my sin is gone, O goddess, by your grace, O beautiful one.
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PdP 2 52.30
तवैव तेजःपुण्येन जातं ज्ञानं वरानने । इदानीं मामुद्धरस्व पतितां नरकसंकटे
tavaiva tejaḥpuṇyena jātaṃ jñānaṃ varānane | idānīṃ māmuddharasva patitāṃ narakasaṃkaṭe
By your very splendour and merit, knowledge has arisen (in me), O lady of lovely face; now lift me up, fallen as I am into the straits of hell.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 52.31
यदा नोद्धरसे देवि पुनर्यास्यामि दारुणम् । नरकं च महाभागे त्राहि मां दुःखभागिनीम्
yadā noddharase devi punaryāsyāmi dāruṇam | narakaṃ ca mahābhāge trāhi māṃ duḥkhabhāginīm
If you do not lift me up, O goddess, I shall go again to dreadful hell; O greatly blessed one, save me, who have a share of suffering.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 52.32
गताहं पापभावेन दीनाहं च निराश्रया । सुदेवोवाच- किं कृतं हि मया भद्रे सुकृतं पुण्यसंभवम्
gatāhaṃ pāpabhāvena dīnāhaṃ ca nirāśrayā | sudevovāca- kiṃ kṛtaṃ hi mayā bhadre sukṛtaṃ puṇyasaṃbhavam
I have come (to this state) through a sinful disposition, and I am wretched and without refuge. Sudevā said: What good deed, born of merit, has indeed been done by me, O good lady,
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PdP 2 52.33
येनाहमुद्धरे त्वां वै तन्मे त्वं वद सांप्रतम् । शूकर्युवाच- अयं राजा महाभाग इक्ष्वाकुर्मनुनंदनः
yenāhamuddhare tvāṃ vai tanme tvaṃ vada sāṃpratam | śūkaryuvāca- ayaṃ rājā mahābhāga ikṣvākurmanunaṃdanaḥ
by which I might lift you up? Tell me that now. The sow said: This king, O greatly blessed one, is Ikṣvāku, the son of Manu.
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PdP 2 52.34
विष्णुरेष महाप्राज्ञो भवती श्रीर्हि नान्यथा । पतिव्रता महाभागा पतिव्रतपरायणा
viṣṇureṣa mahāprājño bhavatī śrīrhi nānyathā | pativratā mahābhāgā pativrataparāyaṇā
He is Viṣṇu, the greatly wise one, and you are Śrī, not otherwise — devoted to your husband, greatly blessed, wholly intent upon fidelity to your husband.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 52.35
त्वं सती सर्वदा भद्रे सर्वतीर्थमयी प्रिया । देवि सर्वमयी नित्यं सर्वदेवमयी सदा
tvaṃ satī sarvadā bhadre sarvatīrthamayī priyā | devi sarvamayī nityaṃ sarvadevamayī sadā
You are ever a faithful wife, O good lady, made of all sacred fords, beloved; O goddess, you are always made of all things, always made of all the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 52.36
महापतिव्रता लोक एका त्वं नृपतेः प्रिया । यया शुश्रूषितो भर्ता भवत्या हि अहर्निशम्
mahāpativratā loka ekā tvaṃ nṛpateḥ priyā | yayā śuśrūṣito bhartā bhavatyā hi aharniśam
In the world you alone are the great devoted wife, the beloved of the king, you by whom your husband has been served day and night.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 52.37
एकस्य दिवसस्यापि पुण्यं देहि वरानने । पति शुश्रूषितस्यापि यदि मे कुरुषे प्रियम्
ekasya divasasyāpi puṇyaṃ dehi varānane | pati śuśrūṣitasyāpi yadi me kuruṣe priyam
Give me the merit of even a single day, O lady of lovely face — of even (one day's) service to your husband — if you would do me a kindness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 52.38
मम माता पिता त्वं वै त्वं मे गुरुः सनातनः । अहं पापा दुराचारा असत्या ज्ञानवर्जिता
mama mātā pitā tvaṃ vai tvaṃ me guruḥ sanātanaḥ | ahaṃ pāpā durācārā asatyā jñānavarjitā
You are indeed my mother and father, you are my eternal teacher; I am sinful, of evil conduct, untruthful, devoid of knowledge.
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PdP 2 52.39
मामुद्धर महाभागे भीताहं यमताडनैः । सुकलोवाच- एवं श्रुत्वा तया प्रोक्तं समालोक्य नृपं तदा
māmuddhara mahābhāge bhītāhaṃ yamatāḍanaiḥ | sukalovāca- evaṃ śrutvā tayā proktaṃ samālokya nṛpaṃ tadā
Lift me up, O greatly blessed one; I am afraid of the beatings of Yama. Sukalā said: Having heard what was thus spoken by her, then, looking at the king,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 52.40
किं करोमि महाराज एषा किं वदते पशुः । इक्ष्वाकुरुवाच- एनां दुःखां वराकीं वै पापयोनिं गतां शुभे
kiṃ karomi mahārāja eṣā kiṃ vadate paśuḥ | ikṣvākuruvāca- enāṃ duḥkhāṃ varākīṃ vai pāpayoniṃ gatāṃ śubhe
(she said:) "What shall I do, great king? What is this beast saying?" Ikṣvāku said: This wretched suffering creature, fallen into a sinful birth, O lovely one —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 52.41
समुद्धरस्व पुण्यैस्त्वं महच्छ्रेयो भविष्यति । एवमुक्ता वरा नारी सुदेवा चारुमंगला
samuddharasva puṇyaistvaṃ mahacchreyo bhaviṣyati | evamuktā varā nārī sudevā cārumaṃgalā
lift her up with your merits; great good will come of it. Thus addressed, the excellent woman Sudevā, of lovely auspiciousness,
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PdP 2 52.42
उवाचैकाब्दपुण्यं ते मया दत्तं वरानने । एवमुक्तेन वाक्येन तया देव्या हि तत्क्षणात्
uvācaikābdapuṇyaṃ te mayā dattaṃ varānane | evamuktena vākyena tayā devyā hi tatkṣaṇāt
said: "The merit of one year is given by me to you, O lady of lovely face." By that sentence thus spoken by that goddess, in that very instant
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PdP 2 52.43
रूपयौवनसंपन्ना दिव्यमालाविभूषिता । दिव्यदेहा च संभूता तेजोज्वालासमावृता
rūpayauvanasaṃpannā divyamālāvibhūṣitā | divyadehā ca saṃbhūtā tejojvālāsamāvṛtā
she became endowed with beauty and youth, adorned with a divine garland, and she came to have a divine body, encompassed by blazing radiance,
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PdP 2 52.44
सर्वभूषणशोभाढ्या नानारत्नैश्च शोभिता । संजाता दिव्यरूपा सा दिव्यगंधानुलेपना
sarvabhūṣaṇaśobhāḍhyā nānāratnaiśca śobhitā | saṃjātā divyarūpā sā divyagaṃdhānulepanā
rich in the splendour of every ornament and made beautiful with various jewels; she became of divine form, anointed with divine fragrance.
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PdP 2 52.45
दिव्यं विमानमारूढा अंतरिक्षं गता सती । तामुवाच ततो राज्ञीं प्रणतानतकंधरा
divyaṃ vimānamārūḍhā aṃtarikṣaṃ gatā satī | tāmuvāca tato rājñīṃ praṇatānatakaṃdharā
Mounted on a divine celestial car, the good woman went into the sky; then, her neck bowed low in obeisance, she said to the queen:
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PdP 2 52.46
स्वस्त्यस्तु ते महाभागे प्रसादात्तव सुंदरि । व्रजामि पातकान्मुक्ता स्वर्गं पुण्यतमं शुभम्
svastyastu te mahābhāge prasādāttava suṃdari | vrajāmi pātakānmuktā svargaṃ puṇyatamaṃ śubham
"May there be well-being for you, O greatly blessed one; by your grace, O beautiful one, freed from sin I go to the auspicious, most meritorious heaven."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 52.47
प्रणम्यैवं गता स्वर्गं सुदेवा शृणु सत्तम । एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं सुकलाया निवेदितम्
praṇamyaivaṃ gatā svargaṃ sudevā śṛṇu sattama | etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ sukalāyā niveditam
Having thus bowed down she went to heaven — Sudevā (did so); listen, O best of the good. All this, told to Sukalā, has been related to you.
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