Padma Purana — Bhumi Khanda — Chapter 57
PdP 2 57.1
विष्णुरुवाच- क्रीडा सतीरूप धरा प्रभूत्वा गेहं गता चारु पतिव्रतायाः । तामागतां सत्यस्वरूपयुक्ता सा सादरं वाक्यमुवाच धन्या
viṣṇuruvāca- krīḍā satīrūpa dharā prabhūtvā gehaṃ gatā cāru pativratāyāḥ | tāmāgatāṃ satyasvarūpayuktā sā sādaraṃ vākyamuvāca dhanyā
Viṣṇu said: Krīḍā, having taken on the form of a chaste woman, came fittingly to the house of the devoted wife. To her who had come, that blessed woman, endowed with the nature of truth, spoke words respectfully.
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PdP 2 57.2
वाक्यैः सुपुण्यैः परिपूजिता सा उवाच क्रीडा सुकलां विहस्य । मायानुगं विश्वविमोहनं सती प्रत्युत्तरं सत्यप्रमेयुक्तम्
vākyaiḥ supuṇyaiḥ paripūjitā sā uvāca krīḍā sukalāṃ vihasya | māyānugaṃ viśvavimohanaṃ satī pratyuttaraṃ satyaprameyuktam
She, honoured with most holy words, Krīḍā, laughing, spoke to Sukalā a reply that followed upon illusion, that deluded the world, (yet seemed) to the chaste woman furnished with the proof of truth.
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PdP 2 57.3
ममापि भर्ता प्रबलो गुणज्ञो धीरः सविद्यो महिमाप्रयुक्तः । त्यक्त्वा गतः पापतरांसुपुण्यो मामेव नाथः शृणु पुण्यकीर्तिः
mamāpi bhartā prabalo guṇajño dhīraḥ savidyo mahimāprayuktaḥ | tyaktvā gataḥ pāpatarāṃsupuṇyo māmeva nāthaḥ śṛṇu puṇyakīrtiḥ
"My husband too is powerful, a knower of virtues, steadfast, learned, invested with greatness; that very holy lord abandoned me and went off to a far more sinful (woman)—hear this, O you of holy fame."
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PdP 2 57.4
वाक्यैस्तु पुण्यैरबलास्वभावादाकर्ण्य सर्वं सुकला समुक्तम् । संशुद्धभावां च विचिंत्य चाह कस्माद्गतः सुंदरि तेऽद्य नाथः
vākyaistu puṇyairabalāsvabhāvādākarṇya sarvaṃ sukalā samuktam | saṃśuddhabhāvāṃ ca viciṃtya cāha kasmādgataḥ suṃdari te'dya nāthaḥ
Hearing all that was spoken with holy words, Sukalā, from a woman's own nature, and reflecting on her (visitor's) wholly pure disposition, said: "Why, O beautiful one, has your lord gone away from you today?"
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PdP 2 57.5
विहाय ते रूपमतीव सत्यमाचक्ष्व सर्वं भवती सुभर्तुः । ध्यानोपयुक्ता सकलं करोति सखीस्वरूपा गृहमागता मे
vihāya te rūpamatīva satyamācakṣva sarvaṃ bhavatī subhartuḥ | dhyānopayuktā sakalaṃ karoti sakhīsvarūpā gṛhamāgatā me
"Give up your form and tell me everything quite truly—you belong to a good husband." (Krīḍā,) applied to meditation, does everything; in the form of a friend she has come to my house.
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PdP 2 57.6
क्रीडा बभाषे शृणु सत्यमेतं चरित्रभावं मम भर्त्तुरस्य । अहं प्रिये यस्य सदैव युक्ता यमिच्छते तं प्रतिसांत्वयामि
krīḍā babhāṣe śṛṇu satyametaṃ caritrabhāvaṃ mama bhartturasya | ahaṃ priye yasya sadaiva yuktā yamicchate taṃ pratisāṃtvayāmi
Krīḍā said: Hear this truth, the character and disposition of this husband of mine. I, dear one, am the one always joined to him; whomever he desires, that one I win over for him.
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PdP 2 57.7
कर्तुः सुपुण्यं वचनं सुभर्तुर्ध्यानोपयुक्ता सकलं करोमि । एकांतशीला सगुणानुरूपा शुश्रूषयैकस्तमिहैव देवि
kartuḥ supuṇyaṃ vacanaṃ subharturdhyānopayuktā sakalaṃ karomi | ekāṃtaśīlā saguṇānurūpā śuśrūṣayaikastamihaiva devi
Carrying out the highly meritorious word of (my) good husband, given to meditation, I do everything; keeping to solitude, conforming to (his) qualities, alone by service to him right here, O lady.
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PdP 2 57.8
मम पूर्व विपाकोऽयं संप्रत्येव प्रवर्तते । यतस्त्यक्त्वा गतो भर्त्ता मामेवं मंदभागिनीम्
mama pūrva vipāko'yaṃ saṃpratyeva pravartate | yatastyaktvā gato bharttā māmevaṃ maṃdabhāginīm
This is the ripening of my former (deeds) that is now taking effect, since my husband abandoned me — me of such scant fortune — and went away.
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PdP 2 57.9
सखे न धारये जीवं स्वकीय कायमेव च । पत्याहीनाः कथं नार्यः सुजीवंति च निर्घृणाः
sakhe na dhāraye jīvaṃ svakīya kāyameva ca | patyāhīnāḥ kathaṃ nāryaḥ sujīvaṃti ca nirghṛṇāḥ
Friend, I cannot hold on to my life nor to my own body. How do women bereft of a husband go on living well, without compassion (for themselves)?
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PdP 2 57.10
रूपशृंगारसौभाग्यं सुखं संपच्च नान्यथा । नारीणां हि महाभागो भर्ता शास्त्रेषु गीयते
rūpaśṛṃgārasaubhāgyaṃ sukhaṃ saṃpacca nānyathā | nārīṇāṃ hi mahābhāgo bhartā śāstreṣu gīyate
Beauty, adornment, good fortune, happiness and prosperity — (these come) not otherwise; for in the scriptures the husband is proclaimed to be the great portion of women.
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PdP 2 57.11
तया सर्वं समाकर्ण्य यदुक्तं क्रीडया तदा । सत्यभावं विदित्वा सा मेने संभाषितं तदा
tayā sarvaṃ samākarṇya yaduktaṃ krīḍayā tadā | satyabhāvaṃ viditvā sā mene saṃbhāṣitaṃ tadā
Having listened to all that was then said by Krīḍā, and taking it to be truthful, she then assented to what had been spoken.
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PdP 2 57.12
विश्वस्ता सा महाभागा सुकला पतिदेवता । तामुवाच पुनः सर्वमात्मचेष्टानुगं वचः
viśvastā sā mahābhāgā sukalā patidevatā | tāmuvāca punaḥ sarvamātmaceṣṭānugaṃ vacaḥ
That greatly fortunate Sukalā, for whom the husband was her deity, now trusting (her), spoke to her again every word that followed her own state of mind.
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PdP 2 57.13
समासेन समाख्यातं पूर्ववृत्तांतमात्मनः । यथा भर्ता गतो यात्रां पुण्यसाधनतत्परः
samāsena samākhyātaṃ pūrvavṛttāṃtamātmanaḥ | yathā bhartā gato yātrāṃ puṇyasādhanatatparaḥ
In brief she recounted her own earlier story: how her husband had gone off on a journey, intent on the accomplishing of merit;
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PdP 2 57.14
आत्मदुःखं सुसत्यं च तप एव मनस्विनि । बोधिता क्रीडया सा तु समाश्वास्य पतिव्रता
ātmaduḥkhaṃ susatyaṃ ca tapa eva manasvini | bodhitā krīḍayā sā tu samāśvāsya pativratā
and her own sorrow, all too real, and her very austerity, O spirited one. But she, the devoted wife, was instructed by Krīḍā, who comforted her.
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PdP 2 57.15
सूत उवाच- एकदा तु तया प्रोक्तं क्रीडया सुकलां प्रति । सखे पश्य वनं सौम्यं दिव्यवृक्षैरलंकृतम्
sūta uvāca- ekadā tu tayā proktaṃ krīḍayā sukalāṃ prati | sakhe paśya vanaṃ saumyaṃ divyavṛkṣairalaṃkṛtam
Sūta said: Once Krīḍā said to Sukalā: "Friend, look at this pleasant grove, adorned with divine trees.
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PdP 2 57.16
तत्र तीर्थं परं पुण्यमस्ति पातकनाशनम् । नानावल्लीवितानैश्च सुपुष्पैः परिशोभितम्
tatra tīrthaṃ paraṃ puṇyamasti pātakanāśanam | nānāvallīvitānaiśca supuṣpaiḥ pariśobhitam
There is a supremely holy bathing-place there, destroyer of sins, beautified with canopies of many creepers and with fine flowers.
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PdP 2 57.17
आवाभ्यामपि गंतव्यं पुण्यहेतोर्वरानने । समाकर्ण्य तया सार्द्धं सुकला मायया तदा
āvābhyāmapi gaṃtavyaṃ puṇyahetorvarānane | samākarṇya tayā sārddhaṃ sukalā māyayā tadā
We two also should go, for the sake of merit, O fair-faced one." Having heard (this), Sukalā then, along with her, by (that) illusion,
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PdP 2 57.18
प्रविवेश वनं दिव्यं नंदनोपममेव सा । सर्वर्तुकुसुमोपेतं कोकिलाशतनादितम्
praviveśa vanaṃ divyaṃ naṃdanopamameva sā | sarvartukusumopetaṃ kokilāśatanāditam
entered that divine grove, the very likeness of Nandana, furnished with flowers of every season, resounding with hundreds of cuckoos,
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PdP 2 57.19
गीयमानं सुमधुरैर्नादैर्मधुकरैरपि । कूजद्भिः पक्षिभिः पुण्यैः पुण्यध्वनिसमाकुलम्
gīyamānaṃ sumadhurairnādairmadhukarairapi | kūjadbhiḥ pakṣibhiḥ puṇyaiḥ puṇyadhvanisamākulam
sung over by the honey-bees too with most sweet notes, thronged with holy sound from the holy birds that were calling,
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PdP 2 57.20
चंदनादिकवृक्षैश्च सौरभैश्च विराजितम् । सर्वभोगैः सुसंपूर्णं माधव्या माधवेन वै
caṃdanādikavṛkṣaiśca saurabhaiśca virājitam | sarvabhogaiḥ susaṃpūrṇaṃ mādhavyā mādhavena vai
resplendent with sandal and other trees and with fragrances, well filled with every enjoyment — (a grove made) by Mādhavī and Mādhava indeed,
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PdP 2 57.21
रचितं मोहनायैव सुकलायाश्च कारणात् । तया सार्धं प्रविष्टा सा तद्वनं सर्वभावनम्
racitaṃ mohanāyaiva sukalāyāśca kāraṇāt | tayā sārdhaṃ praviṣṭā sā tadvanaṃ sarvabhāvanam
fashioned just for deluding, and on Sukalā's account. Together with her she entered that grove that produced every (delight).
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PdP 2 57.22
ददर्श सौख्यदं पुण्यं मायाभावं न विंदति । वीक्षमाणा वनं दिव्यं तया सह जनेश्वर
dadarśa saukhyadaṃ puṇyaṃ māyābhāvaṃ na viṃdati | vīkṣamāṇā vanaṃ divyaṃ tayā saha janeśvara
She saw it as pleasure-giving and holy; she does not detect its illusory nature. As she gazed at the divine grove together with her, O lord of men,
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PdP 2 57.23
शक्रोपि चाभ्ययात्तत्र देवमूर्तिविराजितः । तया दूत्या समं प्राप्तः कामस्तत्र समागतः
śakropi cābhyayāttatra devamūrtivirājitaḥ | tayā dūtyā samaṃ prāptaḥ kāmastatra samāgataḥ
Śakra too came there, resplendent in a divine form; and Kāma, arriving with that female messenger, came there too.
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PdP 2 57.24
सर्वभोगपतिर्भूत्वा कामलीलासमाकुलः । काममाह समाभाष्य एषा सा सुकुला गता
sarvabhogapatirbhūtvā kāmalīlāsamākulaḥ | kāmamāha samābhāṣya eṣā sā sukulā gatā
Having become the lord of all enjoyments, thick with the play of desire, he addressed Kāma and said: "This is that Sukalā, who has come.
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PdP 2 57.25
प्रहरस्व महाभाग क्रीडायाः पुरतः स्थिताम् । मायां कृत्वा समानीता क्रीडया तव संनिधौ
praharasva mahābhāga krīḍāyāḥ purataḥ sthitām | māyāṃ kṛtvā samānītā krīḍayā tava saṃnidhau
Strike her, O greatly fortunate one, as she stands before Krīḍā; by working an illusion, Krīḍā has brought her into your presence.
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PdP 2 57.26
पौरुषं दर्शयाद्यैव यद्यस्ति कुरु निश्चितम् । काम उवाच- आत्मरूपं दर्शयस्व चतुरं लीलयान्वितम्
pauruṣaṃ darśayādyaiva yadyasti kuru niścitam | kāma uvāca- ātmarūpaṃ darśayasva caturaṃ līlayānvitam
"Show your manliness this very day; if you have any, do it for certain!" Kāma said: "Show your own form, clever and endowed with playfulness,
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PdP 2 57.27
येनाहं प्रहराम्येतां पंचबाणैः सहस्रदृक् । इंद्र उवाच- क्वास्ते ते पौरुषं मूढ येन लोकं विडंबसे
yenāhaṃ praharāmyetāṃ paṃcabāṇaiḥ sahasradṛk | iṃdra uvāca- kvāste te pauruṣaṃ mūḍha yena lokaṃ viḍaṃbase
by which I, thousand-eyed one, may strike her with my five arrows." Indra said: "Where is that manliness of yours, fool, by which you mock the world?
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PdP 2 57.28
ममाधारपरोभूत्वा योद्धुमिच्छसि सांप्रतम् । काम उवाच- तेनापि देवदेवेन महादेवेन शूलिना
mamādhāraparobhūtvā yoddhumicchasi sāṃpratam | kāma uvāca- tenāpi devadevena mahādevena śūlinā
Having become dependent on my support, you now wish to fight?" Kāma said: "By that very God of gods, the great god who bears the trident,
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PdP 2 57.29
पूर्वमेव हृतं रूपं ममकायो न विद्यते । इच्छाम्यहं यदा नारीं हंतुं शृणुष्व सांप्रतम्
pūrvameva hṛtaṃ rūpaṃ mamakāyo na vidyate | icchāmyahaṃ yadā nārīṃ haṃtuṃ śṛṇuṣva sāṃpratam
my form was taken away long ago; I have no body of my own. When I wish to slay a woman, hear now (how I do it):
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PdP 2 57.30
पुंसां कायं समाश्रित्य आत्मरूपं प्रदर्शये । पुमांसं वा सहस्राक्ष नार्याः कार्यं समाश्रये
puṃsāṃ kāyaṃ samāśritya ātmarūpaṃ pradarśaye | pumāṃsaṃ vā sahasrākṣa nāryāḥ kāryaṃ samāśraye
Taking recourse to the body of men, I display my own form; or, thousand-eyed one, for the business of a woman I take recourse to a man.
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PdP 2 57.31
पूर्वदृष्टा यदा नारी तामेव परिचिंतयेत् । चिंत्यमानस्य पुंसस्तु नार्यारूपं पुनःपुनः
pūrvadṛṣṭā yadā nārī tāmeva pariciṃtayet | ciṃtyamānasya puṃsastu nāryārūpaṃ punaḥpunaḥ
When a woman has been seen before, (a man) keeps thinking of her alone; and for the man who is thinking (of her), the woman's form (arises) again and again.
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PdP 2 57.32
अदृष्टं तु समाश्रित्य पुंसमुन्मादयाम्यहम् । तथाप्युन्मादयाम्येवं नारीरूपं न संशयः
adṛṣṭaṃ tu samāśritya puṃsamunmādayāmyaham | tathāpyunmādayāmyevaṃ nārīrūpaṃ na saṃśayaḥ
But taking recourse to what has not been seen, I drive a man mad; and even so I drive (him) mad in this way—the form of a woman, no doubt of it.
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PdP 2 57.33
संस्मरणात्स्मरो नाम मम जातं सुरेश्वर । तां दृष्ट्वा तादृशोरंग वस्तुरूपं समाश्रये
saṃsmaraṇātsmaro nāma mama jātaṃ sureśvara | tāṃ dṛṣṭvā tādṛśoraṃga vasturūpaṃ samāśraye
From (this) remembering, my name Smara ("Remembrance") arose, O lord of the gods. Having seen her, O Uraṅga (?), I take recourse to the form of that very object of such a kind.
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PdP 2 57.34
आत्मतेजः प्रकाशेन बाध्यबाधकतां व्रजेत् । नारीरूपं समाश्रित्य धीरं पुरुषं प्रमोहयेत्
ātmatejaḥ prakāśena bādhyabādhakatāṃ vrajet | nārīrūpaṃ samāśritya dhīraṃ puruṣaṃ pramohayet
By the shining forth of his own energy he attains the state of being the obstructed and the obstructor; taking recourse to a woman's form, he deludes even a steadfast man.
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PdP 2 57.35
पुरुषं तु समाश्रित्य भावयामि सुयोषितम् । रूपहीनोस्मि हे इंद्र अस्मद्रूपं समाश्रयेत्
puruṣaṃ tu samāśritya bhāvayāmi suyoṣitam | rūpahīnosmi he iṃdra asmadrūpaṃ samāśrayet
Taking recourse to a man, I make a beautiful woman appear (to him). I am without a form, O Indra; (whoever) would resort to my form—
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PdP 2 57.36
तवरूपं समाश्रित्य तां साधये यथेप्सिताम् । एवमुक्त्वा स देवेंद्रं कायं तस्य महात्मनः
tavarūpaṃ samāśritya tāṃ sādhaye yathepsitām | evamuktvā sa deveṃdraṃ kāyaṃ tasya mahātmanaḥ
—taking recourse to your form, I shall win her over as desired." Having spoken thus to the lord of the gods, (he entered) the body of that great one.
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PdP 2 57.37
सखासौ माधवस्यापि समाश्रित्य सुमायुधः
sakhāsau mādhavasyāpi samāśritya sumāyudhaḥ
That friend of Mādhava too, the one whose weapon is the flowers, having taken recourse (to it),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 2 57.38
तामेव हंतुं कुसुमायुधोपि साध्वीं सुपुण्यां कृकलस्य भार्याम् । समुत्सुकस्तिष्ठति बाणलक्षं तस्याश्च कायं नयनैर्विलोक्य
tāmeva haṃtuṃ kusumāyudhopi sādhvīṃ supuṇyāṃ kṛkalasya bhāryām | samutsukastiṣṭhati bāṇalakṣaṃ tasyāśca kāyaṃ nayanairvilokya
the flower-arrowed one, eager to strike down that very virtuous, most meritorious wife of Kṛkala, stands (there), having with his eyes surveyed her body as the target for his arrow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition