Padma Purana — Bhumi Khanda — Chapter 6

PdP 2 6.1

सूत उवाच- कश्यपस्य च भार्यान्या दनुर्नाम तपस्विनी । पुत्रशोकेन संतप्ता संप्राप्ता दितिमंदिरम्

sūta uvāca- kaśyapasya ca bhāryānyā danurnāma tapasvinī | putraśokena saṃtaptā saṃprāptā ditimaṃdiram

Sūta said: Kaśyapa had another wife, an ascetic woman named Danu; burning with grief for her sons, she came to Diti's house.

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PdP 2 6.2

रोदमाना प्रणम्यैव पादपद्मयुगं तदा । दुःखेन महता प्राप्ता दितिस्तां प्रत्यबोधयत्

rodamānā praṇamyaiva pādapadmayugaṃ tadā | duḥkhena mahatā prāptā ditistāṃ pratyabodhayat

Weeping, having bowed to the pair of (Diti's) lotus-feet, she arrived then in great sorrow; Diti roused her (to speak).

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PdP 2 6.3

दितिरुवाच- तवैव हि महाभागे किमिदं रोदकारणम् । पुत्रिण्यश्चैकपुत्रेण लोके नार्यो भवंति वै

ditiruvāca- tavaiva hi mahābhāge kimidaṃ rodakāraṇam | putriṇyaścaikaputreṇa loke nāryo bhavaṃti vai

Diti said: O greatly fortunate one, what is this cause of your weeping? In the world women are indeed called mothers even by having a single son;

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PdP 2 6.4

भवती शतपुत्राणां गुणिनामपि भामिनि । माता त्वमसि कल्याणि शुंभादीनां महात्मनाम्

bhavatī śataputrāṇāṃ guṇināmapi bhāmini | mātā tvamasi kalyāṇi śuṃbhādīnāṃ mahātmanām

but you, O lady, are the mother of a hundred sons, and virtuous ones at that — you, O auspicious one, of the great-souled Śumbha and the rest.

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PdP 2 6.5

कस्माद्दुःखं त्वया प्राप्तमेतन्मे कारणं वद । हिरण्यकशिपू राजा हिरण्याक्षो महाबलः

kasmādduḥkhaṃ tvayā prāptametanme kāraṇaṃ vada | hiraṇyakaśipū rājā hiraṇyākṣo mahābalaḥ

From what has this sorrow come upon you? Tell me its cause. King Hiraṇyakaśipu, and Hiraṇyākṣa of great strength —

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PdP 2 6.6

यस्याः पुत्रौ महात्मानौ महाबलपराक्रमौ । कस्माद्दुःखं महज्जातं तस्माच्चैव सखे वद

yasyāḥ putrau mahātmānau mahābalaparākramau | kasmādduḥkhaṃ mahajjātaṃ tasmāccaiva sakhe vada

she whose two sons, great-souled, of great strength and valour (they are) — from what has great sorrow arisen for that (mother)? Tell (me), friend.

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PdP 2 6.7

आख्याहि कारणं सर्वं यस्माद्रोदिषि सांप्रतम् । एवमाभाष्य तां देवीं विरराम मनस्विनी

ākhyāhi kāraṇaṃ sarvaṃ yasmādrodiṣi sāṃpratam | evamābhāṣya tāṃ devīṃ virarāma manasvinī

Tell (me) the whole cause for which you now weep. Having spoken thus to that lady, the thoughtful one fell silent.

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PdP 2 6.8

दनुरुवाच- पश्य पश्य महाभागे सपत्न्याश्च मनोरथम् । परिपूर्णं कृतं तेन देवदेवेन चक्रिणा

danuruvāca- paśya paśya mahābhāge sapatnyāśca manoratham | paripūrṇaṃ kṛtaṃ tena devadevena cakriṇā

Danu said: Look, look, O greatly fortunate one, at the wish of your co-wife — it has been made completely fulfilled by that god of gods, the discus-bearer.

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PdP 2 6.9

यथापूर्वं वरो दत्तो ह्यदित्यै देवि विष्णुना । तथेदानीं च पुत्राय तस्या दत्तो वरो महान्

yathāpūrvaṃ varo datto hyadityai devi viṣṇunā | tathedānīṃ ca putrāya tasyā datto varo mahān

As formerly a boon was given to Aditi by Viṣṇu, O goddess, so now too a great boon has been given to her son.

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PdP 2 6.10

कश्यपाद्विश्रुतो जातस्त्रैलोक्यपालकः सुतः । इंद्रत्वं तस्य वै दत्तं तव पुत्राद्विहृत्य च

kaśyapādviśruto jātastrailokyapālakaḥ sutaḥ | iṃdratvaṃ tasya vai dattaṃ tava putrādvihṛtya ca

A renowned son was born from Kaśyapa, protector of the three worlds; and Indra-ship was given to him, having been taken away from your son.

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PdP 2 6.11

मनोरथैस्तु संपूर्णा अदितिः सुखवर्द्धिनी । कनीयान्वसुदत्तश्च तस्याः पुत्रश्च संप्रति

manorathaistu saṃpūrṇā aditiḥ sukhavarddhinī | kanīyānvasudattaśca tasyāḥ putraśca saṃprati

Aditi is filled with her wishes (fulfilled), increasing in happiness; and her younger son Vasudatta now

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PdP 2 6.12

ऐंद्रं पदं सुदुष्प्राप्यं देवैः सार्द्धं भुनक्ति च । दितिरुवाच- कस्मात्पदात्परिभ्रष्टो मम पुत्रो महामतिः

aiṃdraṃ padaṃ suduṣprāpyaṃ devaiḥ sārddhaṃ bhunakti ca | ditiruvāca- kasmātpadātparibhraṣṭo mama putro mahāmatiḥ

enjoys, together with the gods, the station of Indra, so hard to attain. Diti said: Why has my son, of great mind, fallen from his station?

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PdP 2 6.13

अन्ये च दानवा दैत्यास्तेजोभ्रष्टाः कथं सखे । तस्य त्वं कारणं ब्रूहि विस्तरेण यशस्विनि

anye ca dānavā daityāstejobhraṣṭāḥ kathaṃ sakhe | tasya tvaṃ kāraṇaṃ brūhi vistareṇa yaśasvini

And how, friend, have the other Dānavas and Daityas been stripped of their splendour? Tell me the cause of that in detail, O illustrious one.

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PdP 2 6.14

तामाभाष्य दितिर्वाक्यं विरराम सुदुःखिता । दनुरुवाच- देवाश्च दानवाः सर्वे सक्रोधाः संगरं गताः

tāmābhāṣya ditirvākyaṃ virarāma suduḥkhitā | danuruvāca- devāśca dānavāḥ sarve sakrodhāḥ saṃgaraṃ gatāḥ

Having spoken this speech to her, Diti fell silent, greatly grieved. Danu said: All the gods and the Dānavas, full of wrath, went to battle.

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PdP 2 6.15

तत्र युद्धं महज्जातं दैत्यसंक्षयकारकम् । देवैश्च विष्णुना युद्धे मम पुत्रा निपातिताः

tatra yuddhaṃ mahajjātaṃ daityasaṃkṣayakārakam | devaiśca viṣṇunā yuddhe mama putrā nipātitāḥ

There a great battle took place, bringing about the destruction of the Daityas; and in that battle my sons were struck down by the gods and by Viṣṇu.

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PdP 2 6.16

तथैव तव पुत्रास्ते देवदेवेन चक्रिणा । वने गतान्यथा सिंहो द्रावयेत्स्वेन तेजसा

tathaiva tava putrāste devadevena cakriṇā | vane gatānyathā siṃho drāvayetsvena tejasā

And just so your sons (were struck down) by that god of gods, the discus-bearer — as a lion in the forest would drive (beasts) off by his own might.

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PdP 2 6.17

तथा ते मामकाः पुत्रा निहताः शङ्खपाणिना । कालनेमिमुखं सैन्यं दुर्जयं ससुरासुरैः

tathā te māmakāḥ putrā nihatāḥ śaṅkhapāṇinā | kālanemimukhaṃ sainyaṃ durjayaṃ sasurāsuraiḥ

So too were my sons slain by (him who) bears the conch in his hand; the army headed by Kālanemi, unconquerable even by gods and demons together,

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PdP 2 6.18

नाशितं मर्दितं सर्वं द्रावितं विकलीकृतम् । स्वैरर्चिभिर्यथा वह्निस्तृणानि ज्वालयेद्वने

nāśitaṃ marditaṃ sarvaṃ drāvitaṃ vikalīkṛtam | svairarcibhiryathā vahnistṛṇāni jvālayedvane

was all destroyed, crushed, put to flight, made helpless — as fire with its own flames would burn up the grasses in a forest,

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PdP 2 6.19

तथा दैत्यगणान्सर्वान्निर्दहत्येव केशवः । मम पुत्रा मृता देवि बहुशस्तव नंदनाः

tathā daityagaṇānsarvānnirdahatyeva keśavaḥ | mama putrā mṛtā devi bahuśastava naṃdanāḥ

so does Keśava burn up all the hosts of the Daityas. My sons are dead, O goddess, and many of yours too.

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PdP 2 6.20

वह्निं प्राप्य यथा सर्वे शलभा यांति संक्षयम् । तथा ते दानवाः सर्वे हरिं प्राप्य क्षयं गताः

vahniṃ prāpya yathā sarve śalabhā yāṃti saṃkṣayam | tathā te dānavāḥ sarve hariṃ prāpya kṣayaṃ gatāḥ

As all moths, coming upon a fire, meet their destruction, so all those Dānavas, coming upon Hari, went to destruction.

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PdP 2 6.21

एवमेतं हि वृत्तांतं दितिः शुश्राव दारुणम् । दितिरुवाच- वज्रपातोपमं भद्रे वदस्येवं कथं मम

evametaṃ hi vṛttāṃtaṃ ditiḥ śuśrāva dāruṇam | ditiruvāca- vajrapātopamaṃ bhadre vadasyevaṃ kathaṃ mama

Thus indeed did Diti hear this dreadful account. Diti said: How can you speak to me thus, good lady — (words) like the fall of a thunderbolt?

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PdP 2 6.22

एवमाभाष्य तां देवी मूर्च्छिता निपपात ह । हा हा कष्टमिदं जातं बहुदुःखं प्रतापकम्

evamābhāṣya tāṃ devī mūrcchitā nipapāta ha | hā hā kaṣṭamidaṃ jātaṃ bahuduḥkhaṃ pratāpakam

Having spoken thus to her, the goddess fell down in a swoon: "Alas, alas, this calamity has come to pass, full of much grief and burning pain!"

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PdP 2 6.23

रुरोद करुणं साथ पुत्रशोकसुपीडिता । तां दृष्ट्वा स मुनिश्रेष्ठ उवाच वचनं शुभम्

ruroda karuṇaṃ sātha putraśokasupīḍitā | tāṃ dṛṣṭvā sa muniśreṣṭha uvāca vacanaṃ śubham

Then she wept piteously, sorely afflicted by grief for her sons. Seeing her, that best of sages spoke auspicious words.

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PdP 2 6.24

मा रोदिषि च भद्रं ते नैवं शोचंति त्वद्विधाः । सत्ववंतो महाभागे लोभमोहेन वर्जिताः

mā rodiṣi ca bhadraṃ te naivaṃ śocaṃti tvadvidhāḥ | satvavaṃto mahābhāge lobhamohena varjitāḥ

Do not weep — may it be well with you; those like you do not grieve so. (They are) possessed of strength, O greatly fortunate one, free of greed and delusion.

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PdP 2 6.25

कस्य पुत्रा हि संसारे कस्य देवी सुबांधवाः । नास्तिकस्येह केनापि तत्सर्वं श्रूयतां प्रिये

kasya putrā hi saṃsāre kasya devī subāṃdhavāḥ | nāstikasyeha kenāpi tatsarvaṃ śrūyatāṃ priye

Whose are sons, indeed, in this round of existence, whose, O goddess, are good kinsmen? Here, for a nonbeliever, (there are) none by any means; let all that be heard, my dear.

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PdP 2 6.26

दक्षस्यापि सुता यूयं सुन्दर्यश्चैव मामकाः । भवतीनामहं भर्ता कामनापूरकः शुभे

dakṣasyāpi sutā yūyaṃ sundaryaścaiva māmakāḥ | bhavatīnāmahaṃ bhartā kāmanāpūrakaḥ śubhe

You are the daughters of Dakṣa, and beautiful ones, and mine; I am the husband of you (ladies), the fulfiller of (your) desires, O lovely one.

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PdP 2 6.27

योजकः पालकश्चैव रक्षकोस्मि वरानने । कस्माद्वैरं कृतं क्रूरैरसुरैरजितात्मभिः

yojakaḥ pālakaścaiva rakṣakosmi varānane | kasmādvairaṃ kṛtaṃ krūrairasurairajitātmabhiḥ

I am the uniter, the protector, and the guardian, O fair-faced one. Why then was enmity made by the cruel Asuras, whose selves were unsubdued?

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PdP 2 6.28

तव पुत्रा महाभागे सत्यधर्मविवर्जिताः । तेन दोषेण ते सर्वे तव दोषेण वै शुभे

tava putrā mahābhāge satyadharmavivarjitāḥ | tena doṣeṇa te sarve tava doṣeṇa vai śubhe

Your sons, O greatly fortunate one, were devoid of truth and dharma; by that fault they all — indeed by your fault, O auspicious one —

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PdP 2 6.29

निहता वासुदेवेन दैवतैस्तु निपातिताः । तस्माच्छोको न कर्तव्यः सत्यमोक्षविनाशनः

nihatā vāsudevena daivataistu nipātitāḥ | tasmācchoko na kartavyaḥ satyamokṣavināśanaḥ

were slain by Vāsudeva and struck down by the gods. Therefore grief should not be indulged in, for it destroys truth and liberation.

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PdP 2 6.30

शोको हि नाशयेत्पुण्यं क्षयात्पुण्यस्य नश्यति । तस्माच्छोकं परित्यज विघ्नरूपं वरानने

śoko hi nāśayetpuṇyaṃ kṣayātpuṇyasya naśyati | tasmācchokaṃ parityaja vighnarūpaṃ varānane

For grief destroys merit, and by the loss of merit one perishes; therefore abandon grief, which is a form of obstruction, O fair-faced one.

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PdP 2 6.31

आत्मदोषप्रभावेण दानवा मरणं गताः । देवा निमित्तभूताश्च नाशिताः स्वेन कर्मणा

ātmadoṣaprabhāveṇa dānavā maraṇaṃ gatāḥ | devā nimittabhūtāśca nāśitāḥ svena karmaṇā

By the force of their own faults the Dānavas went to death; the gods were (only) the instrumental cause, and they were destroyed by their own deeds.

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PdP 2 6.32

एवं ज्ञात्वा महाभागे समागच्छ सुखं प्रति । एवमुक्त्वा महायोगी तां प्रियां दुःखभागिनीम्

evaṃ jñātvā mahābhāge samāgaccha sukhaṃ prati | evamuktvā mahāyogī tāṃ priyāṃ duḥkhabhāginīm

Knowing this, O greatly fortunate one, come toward happiness. Having spoken thus to her, his beloved who had grief for her portion, the great yogin

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PdP 2 6.33

विषादाच्च निवृत्तोसौ विरराम महामतिः

viṣādācca nivṛttosau virarāma mahāmatiḥ

— he of great mind, turned back from despondency, fell silent.

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