Padma Purana — Bhumi Khanda — Chapter 54
PdP 2 54.1
विष्णुरुवाच- एवमुक्ता गता दूती तया सुकलया तदा । समासेन सुसंप्रोक्तमवधार्य पुरंदरः
viṣṇuruvāca- evamuktā gatā dūtī tayā sukalayā tadā | samāsena susaṃproktamavadhārya puraṃdaraḥ
Viṣṇu said: Addressed thus by that Sukalā, the messenger departed then; and Puraṃdara, having taken in what had been so well spoken in brief,
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PdP 2 54.2
तदर्थं भाषितं तस्याः सत्यधर्मसमन्वितम् । आलोच्य साहसं धैर्यं ज्ञानमेव पुरंदरः
tadarthaṃ bhāṣitaṃ tasyāḥ satyadharmasamanvitam | ālocya sāhasaṃ dhairyaṃ jñānameva puraṃdaraḥ
(and) having considered her speech on that matter, joined with truth and dharma, (and) her boldness, her firmness, and her very knowledge — Puraṃdara (thought):
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PdP 2 54.3
ईदृशं हि वदेत्का हि नारी भूत्वा महीतले । योगरूपं सुसंशिष्टं न्यायोदैः क्षालितं वचः
īdṛśaṃ hi vadetkā hi nārī bhūtvā mahītale | yogarūpaṃ susaṃśiṣṭaṃ nyāyodaiḥ kṣālitaṃ vacaḥ
"What woman, being (born) on the earth, would speak such a thing — a speech in the form of yoga, well put together, washed clean with (the waters of) reason?"
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PdP 2 54.4
पवित्रेयं महाभागा सत्यरूपा न संशयः । त्रैलोक्यस्य समस्तस्य धुरं धर्तुं भवेत्क्षमा
pavitreyaṃ mahābhāgā satyarūpā na saṃśayaḥ | trailokyasya samastasya dhuraṃ dhartuṃ bhavetkṣamā
"This woman is pure, greatly blessed, of the very form of truth, no doubt; she would be able to bear the burden of the whole triple world."
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PdP 2 54.5
एतदर्थं विचार्यैव जिष्णुः कंदर्पमब्रवीत् । त्वया सह गमिष्यामि द्रष्टुं तां कृकलप्रियाम्
etadarthaṃ vicāryaiva jiṣṇuḥ kaṃdarpamabravīt | tvayā saha gamiṣyāmi draṣṭuṃ tāṃ kṛkalapriyām
Having reflected on just this matter, Jiṣṇu (Indra) said to Kaṃdarpa: "I will go with you to see her, the beloved of Kṛkala."
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PdP 2 54.6
प्रत्युवाच सहस्राक्षं मन्मथो बलदर्पितः । गम्यतां तत्र देवेश यत्रास्ते सा पतिव्रता
pratyuvāca sahasrākṣaṃ manmatho baladarpitaḥ | gamyatāṃ tatra deveśa yatrāste sā pativratā
Manmatha, proud of his power, replied to the Thousand-eyed one: "Let us go there, O lord of the gods, where that devoted wife dwells."
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PdP 2 54.7
मानं वीर्यं बलं धैर्यं तस्याः सत्यं पतिव्रतम् । गत्वाहं नाशयिष्यामि कियन्मात्रा सुरेश्वर
mānaṃ vīryaṃ balaṃ dhairyaṃ tasyāḥ satyaṃ pativratam | gatvāhaṃ nāśayiṣyāmi kiyanmātrā sureśvara
"Her pride, her potency, her strength, her firmness, her truth, her wifely devotion — I shall go and destroy them; how much does she amount to, O lord of the gods?"
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PdP 2 54.8
समाकर्ण्य सहस्राक्षो वचनं मन्मथस्य च । भो भोनंग शृणुष्व त्वमधिकं भाषितं मुधा
samākarṇya sahasrākṣo vacanaṃ manmathasya ca | bho bhonaṃga śṛṇuṣva tvamadhikaṃ bhāṣitaṃ mudhā
Having heard the speech of Manmatha, the Thousand-eyed one (said): "Ho, ho, Bodiless one, listen: you have spoken too much, and in vain."
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PdP 2 54.9
सुदृढा सत्यवीर्येण सुस्थिरा धर्मकर्मभिः । सुकलेयमजेया वै तत्र ते पौरुषं नहि
sudṛḍhā satyavīryeṇa susthirā dharmakarmabhiḥ | sukaleyamajeyā vai tatra te pauruṣaṃ nahi
"This Sukalā is very firm through the potency of truth, very steady through acts of dharma, and unconquerable indeed; your manly power has no place there."
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PdP 2 54.10
इत्याकर्ण्य ततः क्रुद्धो मन्मथस्त्विन्द्रमब्रवीत् । ऋषीणां देवतानां च बलं मया प्रणाशितम्
ityākarṇya tataḥ kruddho manmathastvindramabravīt | ṛṣīṇāṃ devatānāṃ ca balaṃ mayā praṇāśitam
Hearing this, Manmatha, then angry, said to Indra: "The strength of sages and of gods has been destroyed by me."
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PdP 2 54.11
अस्या बलं कियन्मात्रं भवता मम कथ्यते । पश्यतस्तव देवेश नाशयिष्यामि तां स्त्रियम्
asyā balaṃ kiyanmātraṃ bhavatā mama kathyate | paśyatastava deveśa nāśayiṣyāmi tāṃ striyam
"How much is her strength, that it is spoken of to me by you? While you look on, O lord of the gods, I shall destroy that woman."
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PdP 2 54.12
नवनीतं यथा चाग्नेस्तेजो दृष्ट्वा द्रवं व्रजेत् । तथेमां द्रावयिष्यामि स्वेन रूपेण तेजसा
navanītaṃ yathā cāgnestejo dṛṣṭvā dravaṃ vrajet | tathemāṃ drāvayiṣyāmi svena rūpeṇa tejasā
"As butter, on seeing the heat of fire, would go to melting, so shall I melt her by my own beauty and blazing power."
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PdP 2 54.13
गच्छ तत्र महत्कार्यमुपस्थं सांप्रतं ध्रुवम् । कस्मात्कुत्ससि मे तेजस्त्रैलोक्यस्य विनाशनम्
gaccha tatra mahatkāryamupasthaṃ sāṃprataṃ dhruvam | kasmātkutsasi me tejastrailokyasya vināśanam
"Go there; a great task has now presented itself, assuredly. Why do you disparage my power, which destroys the three worlds?"
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PdP 2 54.14
विष्णुरुवाच- आकर्ण्य वाक्यं तु मनोभवस्य एतामसाध्यां तव कामजाने । धैर्यं समुद्यम्य च पुण्यदेहां पुण्येन पुण्यां बहुपुण्यचाराम्
viṣṇuruvāca- ākarṇya vākyaṃ tu manobhavasya etāmasādhyāṃ tava kāmajāne | dhairyaṃ samudyamya ca puṇyadehāṃ puṇyena puṇyāṃ bahupuṇyacārām
Viṣṇu said: But having heard the words of the mind-born one (Kāma) — "Know, O Kāma, that she is unattainable by you" — and mustering up firmness, (he set out toward) her of holy body, holy through merit, whose conduct was abundantly holy.
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PdP 2 54.15
पश्यामि ते पौरुषमुग्रवीर्यमितो हि गत्वा तु धनुष्मता वै । तेनापि सार्धं प्रजगाम भूयो रत्या च दूत्या च पतिव्रतां ताम्
paśyāmi te pauruṣamugravīryamito hi gatvā tu dhanuṣmatā vai | tenāpi sārdhaṃ prajagāma bhūyo ratyā ca dūtyā ca pativratāṃ tām
"I shall see your prowess and fierce valour, going from here together with the bowman." And so with him too he went once more, with Rati and with the messenger-woman, to that devoted wife.
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PdP 2 54.16
एकां सुपुण्यां स्वगृहस्थितां तां ध्यानेन पत्युश्चरणे नियुक्ताम् । यथा सुयोगी प्रविधाय चित्तं विकल्पहीनं न च कल्पयेत
ekāṃ supuṇyāṃ svagṛhasthitāṃ tāṃ dhyānena patyuścaraṇe niyuktām | yathā suyogī pravidhāya cittaṃ vikalpahīnaṃ na ca kalpayeta
(They came to) that one woman of great merit, staying in her own house, fixed by meditation upon her husband's feet, just as a good yogi, having set his mind free of all alternatives, forms no further notion.
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PdP 2 54.17
अत्यद्भुतं रूपमनंततेजोयुतं चकाराथ सतीप्रमोहम् । नीलांचितं भोगयुतं महात्मा झषध्वजश्चैव पुरंदरश्च
atyadbhutaṃ rūpamanaṃtatejoyutaṃ cakārātha satīpramoham | nīlāṃcitaṃ bhogayutaṃ mahātmā jhaṣadhvajaścaiva puraṃdaraśca
Then he made a most marvellous form, endowed with endless splendour, to bewilder the chaste woman — dark-tinged, replete with delights — he the great-souled one whose banner is the fish, and Indra as well.
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PdP 2 54.18
दृष्ट्वा सुलीलं पुरुषं महांतं चरंतमेवं परिकामभावम् । जाया हि वैश्यस्य महात्मनस्तु मेने न सा रूपयुतं गुणज्ञम्
dṛṣṭvā sulīlaṃ puruṣaṃ mahāṃtaṃ caraṃtamevaṃ parikāmabhāvam | jāyā hi vaiśyasya mahātmanastu mene na sā rūpayutaṃ guṇajñam
Seeing the graceful, great man moving about thus in a manner wholly of desire, the wife of the great-souled merchant did not regard him, endowed with beauty though he was and knowing of every quality.
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PdP 2 54.19
अंभो यथा पद्मदले गतं वै प्रयाति मुक्ताफलकस्य कीर्तिम् । तद्वत्स्वभावः परिसत्ययुक्तो जज्ञे च तस्यास्तु पतिव्रतायाः
aṃbho yathā padmadale gataṃ vai prayāti muktāphalakasya kīrtim | tadvatsvabhāvaḥ parisatyayukto jajñe ca tasyāstu pativratāyāḥ
As water that has gone onto a lotus-leaf goes on to attain the renown of a pearl, so was the nature of that devoted wife, wholly joined with truth.
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PdP 2 54.20
अनेन दूती परिप्रेषिता पुरा यामां युवत्या ह गुणज्ञमेनम् । लीलास्वरूपं बहुधात्मभावं ममैष सर्वं परिदर्शयेच्च
anena dūtī paripreṣitā purā yāmāṃ yuvatyā ha guṇajñamenam | līlāsvarūpaṃ bahudhātmabhāvaṃ mamaiṣa sarvaṃ paridarśayecca
"By him a messenger-woman was sent to me before — this man who knows the qualities, sent by that young woman — whose form is play, whose nature is manifold: let him show me all of it."
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PdP 2 54.21
ममैव कालं प्रबलं विचिंत्यागतो हि मे कांतगुणैश्च सत्खलः । रत्यासमेतस्तु कथं च जीवेत्सत्याश्मभारेण प्रमर्दितश्च
mamaiva kālaṃ prabalaṃ viciṃtyāgato hi me kāṃtaguṇaiśca satkhalaḥ | ratyāsametastu kathaṃ ca jīvetsatyāśmabhāreṇa pramarditaśca
"Reckoning my season to be at its height, this fine rogue has come to me with a lover's charms. Joined with Rati as he is, how could he live, crushed by the weight of the stone of truth?"
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PdP 2 54.22
ममापि भावं परिगृह्य कांतो जीवेत्कियान्वापि सुबुद्धियुक्तः । शून्यो हि कायो मम चास्ति सद्यश्चेष्टाविहीनो मृतकल्प एव
mamāpi bhāvaṃ parigṛhya kāṃto jīvetkiyānvāpi subuddhiyuktaḥ | śūnyo hi kāyo mama cāsti sadyaśceṣṭāvihīno mṛtakalpa eva
"Even if he took on my own disposition, how long could a lover live, however well endowed with intelligence? For my body is empty, and at once devoid of motion, just like a dead thing."
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PdP 2 54.23
कायस्य ग्रामस्य प्रजाः प्रनष्टाः सुविक्रियाख्यं परिगृह्य कर्म । ममाधिकेनापि समं सुकांतं स ऊर्द्ध्वशोभामनयच्च कामः
kāyasya grāmasya prajāḥ pranaṣṭāḥ suvikriyākhyaṃ parigṛhya karma | mamādhikenāpi samaṃ sukāṃtaṃ sa ūrddhvaśobhāmanayacca kāmaḥ
"The inhabitants of the village that is the body have perished, having taken up the act called great agitation; and even with what is more than mine, together with the fair lover, Kāma brought it to a higher splendour."
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PdP 2 54.24
यदामृतो बलवान्हर्षयुक्तः स्वयंदृशा वै परिनृत्यमानः । तथा अनेनापि प्रभाषयेद्भुतं यो मां हि वाञ्छत्यपि भोक्तुकामः
yadāmṛto balavānharṣayuktaḥ svayaṃdṛśā vai parinṛtyamānaḥ | tathā anenāpi prabhāṣayedbhutaṃ yo māṃ hi vāñchatyapi bhoktukāmaḥ
"When one who is undying, strong and full of joy dances about by his own gaze, so let this one too proclaim the marvel — he who longs for me, wishing to enjoy me."
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PdP 2 54.25
एवं विचार्यैव तदा महासती सत्याख्यरज्ज्वा दृढबद्धचेतना । गृहं स्वकीयं प्रविवेश सा तदा तत्तस्यभावं नियमेन वेत्तुम्
evaṃ vicāryaiva tadā mahāsatī satyākhyarajjvā dṛḍhabaddhacetanā | gṛhaṃ svakīyaṃ praviveśa sā tadā tattasyabhāvaṃ niyamena vettum
Having reflected thus, the great chaste woman then, her mind firmly bound by the rope called truth, entered her own house, so as to know for certain what his intent was.
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