Padma Purana — Bhumi Khanda — Chapter 61
PdP 2 61.1
वेन उवाच- भार्यातीर्थं समाख्यातं सर्वतीर्थोत्तमोत्तमम् । पितृतीर्थं समाख्याहि पुत्राणां तारणं परम्
vena uvāca- bhāryātīrthaṃ samākhyātaṃ sarvatīrthottamottamam | pitṛtīrthaṃ samākhyāhi putrāṇāṃ tāraṇaṃ param
Vena said: The tīrtha that is the wife has been declared, the best of the best of all tīrthas; now declare the tīrtha that is the father, the supreme means of deliverance for sons.
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PdP 2 61.2
विष्णुरुवाच- कुरुक्षेत्रे महाक्षेत्रे कुंडलो नाम ब्राह्मणः । सुकर्मा नाम सत्पुत्रः कुंडलस्य महात्मनः
viṣṇuruvāca- kurukṣetre mahākṣetre kuṃḍalo nāma brāhmaṇaḥ | sukarmā nāma satputraḥ kuṃḍalasya mahātmanaḥ
Viṣṇu said: In Kurukṣetra, the great field, there was a brahmin named Kuṇḍala; the good son of the great-souled Kuṇḍala was named Sukarmā.
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PdP 2 61.3
गुरू तस्य महावृद्धौ धर्मज्ञौ शास्त्रकोविदौ । द्वावेतौ तु महात्मानौ जरया परिपीडितौ
gurū tasya mahāvṛddhau dharmajñau śāstrakovidau | dvāvetau tu mahātmānau jarayā paripīḍitau
His two elders were very aged, knowers of dharma, skilled in the scriptures; these two great-souled ones were sorely afflicted by old age.
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PdP 2 61.4
तयोः शुश्रूषणं चक्रे भक्त्या च परया ततः । धर्मज्ञो भावसंयुक्तो अहर्निशमनारतम्
tayoḥ śuśrūṣaṇaṃ cakre bhaktyā ca parayā tataḥ | dharmajño bhāvasaṃyukto aharniśamanāratam
Then he rendered service to those two with supreme devotion — that knower of dharma, filled with (right) feeling, unceasingly day and night.
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PdP 2 61.5
तस्माद्वेदानधीते स पितुः शास्त्राण्यनेकशः । सर्वाचारपरो दक्षो धर्मज्ञो ज्ञानवत्सलः
tasmādvedānadhīte sa pituḥ śāstrāṇyanekaśaḥ | sarvācāraparo dakṣo dharmajño jñānavatsalaḥ
From him, his father, he studied the Vedas and the treatises many times over — devoted to every observance, capable, a knower of dharma, fond of knowledge.
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PdP 2 61.6
अंगसंवाहनं चक्रे गुर्वोश्च स्वयमेव सः । पादप्रक्षालनं चैव स्नानभोजनकीं क्रियाम्
aṃgasaṃvāhanaṃ cakre gurvośca svayameva saḥ | pādaprakṣālanaṃ caiva snānabhojanakīṃ kriyām
He himself performed the massaging of the limbs of the two elders, and the washing of their feet, and the business of their bathing and eating.
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PdP 2 61.7
भक्त्या चैव स्वभावेन तद्ध्याने तन्मयो भवेत् । मातापित्रोश्च राजेंद्र उपचर्यां प्रकारयेत्
bhaktyā caiva svabhāvena taddhyāne tanmayo bhavet | mātāpitrośca rājeṃdra upacaryāṃ prakārayet
And by devotion and by his own nature he would become absorbed in meditation on them; and, O lord of kings, he would carry out the attendance upon his mother and father.
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PdP 2 61.8
सूत उवाच- तद्वर्तमानकाले तु बभूव नृपसत्तम । पिप्पलो नाम वै विप्रः कश्यपस्य महात्मनः
sūta uvāca- tadvartamānakāle tu babhūva nṛpasattama | pippalo nāma vai vipraḥ kaśyapasya mahātmanaḥ
Sūta said: At that same time, O best of kings, there was a brahmin named Pippala, (son) of the great-souled Kaśyapa.
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PdP 2 61.9
तपस्तेपे निराहारो जितात्मा जितमत्सरः । दयादानदमोपेतः कामं क्रोधं विजित्य सः
tapastepe nirāhāro jitātmā jitamatsaraḥ | dayādānadamopetaḥ kāmaṃ krodhaṃ vijitya saḥ
He practised austerity without food, self-controlled, having conquered envy, endowed with compassion, giving and restraint, having overcome desire and anger.
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PdP 2 61.10
दशारण्यगतो धीमाञ्ज्ञानशांतिपरायणः । सर्वेंद्रियाणि संयम्य तपस्तेपे महामनाः
daśāraṇyagato dhīmāñjñānaśāṃtiparāyaṇaḥ | sarveṃdriyāṇi saṃyamya tapastepe mahāmanāḥ
Gone to the Daśa forest, wise, intent on knowledge and peace, restraining all his senses, that great-minded one practised austerity.
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PdP 2 61.11
तपःप्रभावतस्तस्य जंतवो गतविग्रहाः । वसंति सुयुगे तत्र एकोदरगता इव
tapaḥprabhāvatastasya jaṃtavo gatavigrahāḥ | vasaṃti suyuge tatra ekodaragatā iva
By the power of his austerity the creatures there, their hostility gone, dwelt in a good age as if they were lodged in a single belly.
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PdP 2 61.12
तत्तपस्तस्य मुनयो दृष्ट्वा विस्मयमाययुः । नेदृशं केनचित्तप्तं यथासौ तप्यते मुनिः
tattapastasya munayo dṛṣṭvā vismayamāyayuḥ | nedṛśaṃ kenacittaptaṃ yathāsau tapyate muniḥ
Seeing that austerity of his, the sages fell into amazement: "No such (austerity) has been practised by anyone as this sage practises."
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PdP 2 61.13
देवाश्च इंद्रप्रमुखाः परं विस्मयमाययुः । अहो अस्य तपस्तीव्रं शमश्चेंद्रियसंयमः
devāśca iṃdrapramukhāḥ paraṃ vismayamāyayuḥ | aho asya tapastīvraṃ śamaśceṃdriyasaṃyamaḥ
And the gods, with Indra at their head, fell into the greatest amazement: "Ah, fierce is his austerity, and his calm, and his restraint of the senses!"
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PdP 2 61.14
निर्विकारो निरुद्वेगः कामक्रोधविवर्जितः । शीतवातातपसहो धराधर इवस्थितः
nirvikāro nirudvegaḥ kāmakrodhavivarjitaḥ | śītavātātapasaho dharādhara ivasthitaḥ
Unchanging, unagitated, free of desire and anger, enduring cold, wind and heat, he stood like a mountain.
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PdP 2 61.15
विषये विमुखो धीरो मनसोतीतसंग्रहम् । न शृणोति यथा शब्दं कस्यचिद्द्विजसत्तमः
viṣaye vimukho dhīro manasotītasaṃgraham | na śṛṇoti yathā śabdaṃ kasyaciddvijasattamaḥ
Turned away from objects of sense, steadfast, with his mind beyond grasping (at them), that best of brahmins does not, as it were, hear anyone's speech.
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PdP 2 61.16
संस्थानं तादृशं गत्वा स्थित्वा एकाग्रमानसः । ब्रह्मध्यानमयो भूत्वा सानंदमुखपंकजः
saṃsthānaṃ tādṛśaṃ gatvā sthitvā ekāgramānasaḥ | brahmadhyānamayo bhūtvā sānaṃdamukhapaṃkajaḥ
Having gone to such a station and remained there with one-pointed mind, becoming wholly meditation on Brahman, his lotus-face full of bliss —
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PdP 2 61.17
अश्मकाष्ठमयो भूत्वा निश्चेष्टो गिरिवत्स्थितः । स्थाणुवद्दृश्यते चासौ सुस्थिरो धर्मवत्सलः
aśmakāṣṭhamayo bhūtvā niśceṣṭo girivatsthitaḥ | sthāṇuvaddṛśyate cāsau susthiro dharmavatsalaḥ
— becoming (as if) made of stone and wood, motionless, standing like a mountain, he is seen like a tree-stump, well-settled, devoted to dharma.
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PdP 2 61.18
तपःक्लिष्टशरीरोति श्रद्धावाननसूयकः । एवं वर्षसहस्रैकं संजातं तस्य धीमतः
tapaḥkliṣṭaśarīroti śraddhāvānanasūyakaḥ | evaṃ varṣasahasraikaṃ saṃjātaṃ tasya dhīmataḥ
His body much worn by austerity, full of faith, without spite — thus one thousand years passed for that wise one.
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PdP 2 61.19
पिपीलिकाभिर्बह्वीभिः कृतं मृद्भारसंचयम् । तस्योपरि महाकायं वल्मीकं निजमंदिरम्
pipīlikābhirbahvībhiḥ kṛtaṃ mṛdbhārasaṃcayam | tasyopari mahākāyaṃ valmīkaṃ nijamaṃdiram
By many ants a heap of loads of earth was made; above him (arose) a huge anthill, his own dwelling.
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PdP 2 61.20
वल्मीकोदरमध्यस्थो जडीभूत इवस्थितः । स एवं पिप्पलो विप्रस्तपते सुमहत्तपः
valmīkodaramadhyastho jaḍībhūta ivasthitaḥ | sa evaṃ pippalo viprastapate sumahattapaḥ
Seated in the middle of the anthill's interior, he remained as if turned to stone; thus that brahmin Pippala practised very great austerity.
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PdP 2 61.21
कृष्णसर्पैस्तु सर्वत्र वेष्टितो द्विजसत्तमः । तमुग्रतेजसं विप्रं प्रदशंति विषोल्बणाः
kṛṣṇasarpaistu sarvatra veṣṭito dvijasattamaḥ | tamugratejasaṃ vipraṃ pradaśaṃti viṣolbaṇāḥ
But the best of the twice-born was encircled on all sides by black serpents; they, full of venom, bit that brahmin of fierce fiery power.
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PdP 2 61.22
संप्राप्य गात्रमर्माणि विषं तस्य न भेदयेत् । तेजसा तस्य विप्रस्य नागाः शांतिमथागमन्
saṃprāpya gātramarmāṇi viṣaṃ tasya na bhedayet | tejasā tasya viprasya nāgāḥ śāṃtimathāgaman
Though reaching the vital points of his body, the venom would not pierce him; by the fiery power of that brahmin the snakes then came to quiescence.
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PdP 2 61.23
तस्य कायात्समुद्भूता अर्चिषो दीप्ततेजसः । नानारूपाः सुबहुशो दृश्यंते च पृथक्पृथक्
tasya kāyātsamudbhūtā arciṣo dīptatejasaḥ | nānārūpāḥ subahuśo dṛśyaṃte ca pṛthakpṛthak
From his body arose flames of blazing brilliance; of many forms, very numerous, they are seen each separately.
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PdP 2 61.24
यथा वह्नेः खरतरास्तथाविधा नरोत्तम । यथामेघोदरे सूर्यः प्रविष्टो भाति रश्मिभिः
yathā vahneḥ kharatarāstathāvidhā narottama | yathāmeghodare sūryaḥ praviṣṭo bhāti raśmibhiḥ
As (the flames) of fire (are) sharper, of such a kind (were they), O best of men; as the sun entered within a cloud shines with its rays,
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PdP 2 61.25
वल्मीकस्थस्तथाविप्रः पिप्पलो भाति तेजसा । सर्पा दशंति विप्रं तं सक्रोधा दशनैरपि
valmīkasthastathāvipraḥ pippalo bhāti tejasā | sarpā daśaṃti vipraṃ taṃ sakrodhā daśanairapi
so the brahmin Pippala, seated in the anthill, shone with fiery power; the snakes, full of anger, bite that brahmin even with their teeth,
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PdP 2 61.26
न भिंदंति च दंष्ट्राग्राच्चर्म भित्त्वा नृपोत्तम । एवं वर्षसहस्रैकं तप आचरतस्ततः
na bhiṃdaṃti ca daṃṣṭrāgrāccarma bhittvā nṛpottama | evaṃ varṣasahasraikaṃ tapa ācaratastataḥ
but they do not pierce (him), splitting the skin with the tips of their fangs, O best of kings. Thus, as he practised austerity for a thousand years,
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PdP 2 61.27
गतं तु राजराजेंद्र मुनेस्तस्य महात्मनः । त्रिकालं साध्यमानस्य शीतवर्षातपान्वितः
gataṃ tu rājarājeṃdra munestasya mahātmanaḥ | trikālaṃ sādhyamānasya śītavarṣātapānvitaḥ
the time passed, O lord of kings, of that great-souled sage, who accomplished (his practice) at the three times (of day), enduring cold, rain and heat.
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PdP 2 61.28
गतः कालो महाराज पिप्पलस्य महात्मनः । तद्वच्च वायुभक्षं तु कृतं तेन महात्मना
gataḥ kālo mahārāja pippalasya mahātmanaḥ | tadvacca vāyubhakṣaṃ tu kṛtaṃ tena mahātmanā
The time passed, great king, of the great-souled Pippala; and likewise feeding on air was practised by that great soul.
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PdP 2 61.29
त्रीणि वर्षसहस्राणि गतानि तस्य तप्यतः । तस्य मूर्ध्नि ततो देवैः पुष्पवृष्टिः कृता पुरा
trīṇi varṣasahasrāṇi gatāni tasya tapyataḥ | tasya mūrdhni tato devaiḥ puṣpavṛṣṭiḥ kṛtā purā
Three thousand years passed while he performed austerity; then, of old, a rain of flowers was made by the gods upon his head.
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PdP 2 61.30
ब्रह्मज्ञोसि महाभाग धर्मज्ञोसि न संशयः । सर्वज्ञानमयोऽसि त्वं संजातः स्वेनकर्मणा
brahmajñosi mahābhāga dharmajñosi na saṃśayaḥ | sarvajñānamayo'si tvaṃ saṃjātaḥ svenakarmaṇā
"You are a knower of brahman, O greatly fortunate one; you are a knower of dharma, there is no doubt; you are made of all knowledge, having become so by your own deed.
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PdP 2 61.31
यं यं त्वं वांछसे कामं तं तं प्राप्स्यसि नान्यथा । सर्वकामप्रसिद्धस्त्वं स्वत एव भविष्यसि
yaṃ yaṃ tvaṃ vāṃchase kāmaṃ taṃ taṃ prāpsyasi nānyathā | sarvakāmaprasiddhastvaṃ svata eva bhaviṣyasi
Whatever desire you wish for, that very one you shall obtain, not otherwise; you will become of yourself one in whom all desires are fulfilled."
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PdP 2 61.32
समाकर्ण्य महद्वाक्यं पिप्पलोपि महामनाः । प्रणम्य देवताः सर्वा भक्त्या नमितकंधरः
samākarṇya mahadvākyaṃ pippalopi mahāmanāḥ | praṇamya devatāḥ sarvā bhaktyā namitakaṃdharaḥ
Having heard that great speech, the great-minded Pippala too, bowing to all the deities with devotion, his neck bent,
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PdP 2 61.33
हर्षेण महताविष्टो वचनं प्रत्युवाच सः । इदं विश्वं जगत्सर्वं ममवश्यं यथा भवेत्
harṣeṇa mahatāviṣṭo vacanaṃ pratyuvāca saḥ | idaṃ viśvaṃ jagatsarvaṃ mamavaśyaṃ yathā bhavet
filled with great joy, replied with these words: "That this entire universe, this whole world, may become subject to me—
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PdP 2 61.34
तथा कुरुध्वं देवेंद्रा विद्याधरो भवाम्यहम् । एवमुक्त्वा स मेधावी विरराम नृपोत्तम
tathā kurudhvaṃ deveṃdrā vidyādharo bhavāmyaham | evamuktvā sa medhāvī virarāma nṛpottama
so bring it about, O chiefs of the gods; let me become a Vidyādhara." Having spoken thus, that wise one fell silent, O best of kings.
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PdP 2 61.35
एवमस्त्विति ते प्रोचुर्द्विजश्रेष्ठं सुरास्तदा । दत्वा वरं महाभाग जग्मुस्तस्मै महात्मने
evamastviti te procurdvijaśreṣṭhaṃ surāstadā | datvā varaṃ mahābhāga jagmustasmai mahātmane
"So be it," the gods then said to that best of the twice-born; having given the boon, O greatly fortunate one, they went (away) from that great soul.
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PdP 2 61.36
गतेषु तेषु देवेषु पिप्पलो द्विजसत्तमः । ब्रह्मण्यं साधयेन्नित्यं विश्ववश्यं प्रचिंतयेत्
gateṣu teṣu deveṣu pippalo dvijasattamaḥ | brahmaṇyaṃ sādhayennityaṃ viśvavaśyaṃ praciṃtayet
When those gods had gone, Pippala, the best of the twice-born, would constantly accomplish what pertains to brahman, and would meditate on the subjection of the universe.
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PdP 2 61.37
तदाप्रभृति राजेंद्र पिप्पलो द्विजसत्तमः । विद्याधरपदं लब्ध्वा कामगामी महीयते
tadāprabhṛti rājeṃdra pippalo dvijasattamaḥ | vidyādharapadaṃ labdhvā kāmagāmī mahīyate
From that time on, O lord of kings, Pippala, the best of the twice-born, having obtained the station of a Vidyādhara, is honoured, going wherever he wishes.
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PdP 2 61.38
एवं स पिप्पलो विप्रो विद्याधरपदं गतः । संजातो देवलोकेशः सर्वशास्त्रविशारदः
evaṃ sa pippalo vipro vidyādharapadaṃ gataḥ | saṃjāto devalokeśaḥ sarvaśāstraviśāradaḥ
Thus that brahmin Pippala attained the station of a Vidyādhara, and became a lord of the world of the gods, skilled in all the scriptures.
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PdP 2 61.39
एकदा तु महातेजाः पिप्पलः पर्यचिंतयत् । विश्ववश्यं भवेत्सर्वं मम दत्तो वरोत्तमः
ekadā tu mahātejāḥ pippalaḥ paryaciṃtayat | viśvavaśyaṃ bhavetsarvaṃ mama datto varottamaḥ
But once the greatly resplendent Pippala reflected: "Let the whole universe be subject to me — the best of boons has been granted me."
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PdP 2 61.40
तदर्थं प्रत्ययं कर्तुमुद्यतो द्विजपुंगवः । यं यं चिंतयते कर्तुं तं तं हि वशमानयेत्
tadarthaṃ pratyayaṃ kartumudyato dvijapuṃgavaḥ | yaṃ yaṃ ciṃtayate kartuṃ taṃ taṃ hi vaśamānayet
To that end the bull among brahmins set out to make a test: whatever he thought of doing, that very thing he would bring under his sway.
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PdP 2 61.41
एवं स प्रत्यये जाते मनसा पर्यकल्पयत् । द्वितीयो नास्ति वै लोके मत्समः पुरुषोत्तमः
evaṃ sa pratyaye jāte manasā paryakalpayat | dvitīyo nāsti vai loke matsamaḥ puruṣottamaḥ
Thus, when the proof had come about, he reckoned in his mind: "There is indeed no second man in the world equal to me, the best of men."
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PdP 2 61.42
सूत उवाच- एवं हि कल्पमानस्य पिप्पलस्य महात्मनः । ज्ञात्वा मानसिकं भावं सारसस्तमुवाच ह
sūta uvāca- evaṃ hi kalpamānasya pippalasya mahātmanaḥ | jñātvā mānasikaṃ bhāvaṃ sārasastamuvāca ha
Sūta said: Now, as the great-souled Pippala was reckoning thus, a sārasa crane, knowing his inner (lit. mental) mood, spoke to him.
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PdP 2 61.43
सरस्तीरगतो राजन्सुस्वरं व्यंजनान्वितम् । स्वनं सौष्ठवसंयुक्तमुक्तवान्पिप्पलं प्रति
sarastīragato rājansusvaraṃ vyaṃjanānvitam | svanaṃ sauṣṭhavasaṃyuktamuktavānpippalaṃ prati
Standing on the lake's shore, O king, it uttered toward Pippala a sound sweet-toned, furnished with consonants (i.e. articulate) and endowed with elegance.
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PdP 2 61.44
कस्मादुद्वहसे गर्वमेवं त्वं परमात्मकम् । सर्ववश्यात्मिकीं सिद्धिं नाहं मन्ये तवैव हि
kasmādudvahase garvamevaṃ tvaṃ paramātmakam | sarvavaśyātmikīṃ siddhiṃ nāhaṃ manye tavaiva hi
"Why do you carry such pride, taking yourself for the Supreme Self? I do not consider that the power of subjecting all things is yours at all.
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PdP 2 61.45
वश्यावश्यमिदं कर्म अर्वाचीनं प्रशस्यते । पराचीनं न जानासि पिप्पल त्वं हि मूढधीः
vaśyāvaśyamidaṃ karma arvācīnaṃ praśasyate | parācīnaṃ na jānāsi pippala tvaṃ hi mūḍhadhīḥ
This act of subjecting and not subjecting is praised (only as) the nearer/lower (matter); you do not know the farther, Pippala, for your wit is dull.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 2 61.46
वर्षाणां तु सहस्राणि यावत्त्रीणि त्वया तपः । समाचीर्णं ततो गर्वं कुरुषे किं मुधा द्विज
varṣāṇāṃ tu sahasrāṇi yāvattrīṇi tvayā tapaḥ | samācīrṇaṃ tato garvaṃ kuruṣe kiṃ mudhā dvija
For as many as three thousand years austerity was performed by you; why then, brahmin, do you take pride in it for nothing?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 61.47
कुंडलस्य सुतो धीरः सुकर्मानाम यः सुधीः । वश्यावश्यं जगत्सर्वं तस्यासीच्छृणु सांप्रतम्
kuṃḍalasya suto dhīraḥ sukarmānāma yaḥ sudhīḥ | vaśyāvaśyaṃ jagatsarvaṃ tasyāsīcchṛṇu sāṃpratam
Kuṇḍala's son, steadfast and wise, named Sukarman — the whole world, subject and unsubject, was his; hear now.
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PdP 2 61.48
अर्वाचीनं पराचीनं स वै जानाति बुद्धिमान् । लोके नास्ति महाज्ञानी तत्समः शृणु पिप्पल
arvācīnaṃ parācīnaṃ sa vai jānāti buddhimān | loke nāsti mahājñānī tatsamaḥ śṛṇu pippala
That wise one indeed knows the near and the far; there is no great knower in the world equal to him — hear, Pippala.
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PdP 2 61.49
न कुंडलस्य पुत्रेण सदृशस्त्वं सुकर्मणा । न दत्तं तेन वै दानं न ज्ञानं परिचिंतितम्
na kuṃḍalasya putreṇa sadṛśastvaṃ sukarmaṇā | na dattaṃ tena vai dānaṃ na jñānaṃ pariciṃtitam
You are not the equal of Kuṇḍala's son Sukarman: no gift was given by him, no knowledge pondered,
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PdP 2 61.50
हुतयज्ञादिकं कर्म न कृतं तेन वै कदा । न गतस्तीर्थयात्रायां न च वह्नेरुपासनम्
hutayajñādikaṃ karma na kṛtaṃ tena vai kadā | na gatastīrthayātrāyāṃ na ca vahnerupāsanam
no rite such as oblation and sacrifice was ever performed by him; he did not go on pilgrimage to holy fords, nor (did he practise) the tending of the fire.
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PdP 2 61.51
स कदा कृतवान्विप्र धर्मसेवार्थमुत्तमम् । स्वच्छंदचारी ज्ञानात्मा पितृमातृसुहृत्सदा
sa kadā kṛtavānvipra dharmasevārthamuttamam | svacchaṃdacārī jñānātmā pitṛmātṛsuhṛtsadā
When, brahmin, did he do any excellent (act) for the sake of practising dharma? Roaming as he pleased, his nature knowledge itself, ever friend to father and mother,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 2 61.52
वेदाध्ययनसंपन्नः सर्वशास्त्रार्थकोविदः । यादृशं तस्य वै ज्ञानं बालस्यापि सुकर्मणः
vedādhyayanasaṃpannaḥ sarvaśāstrārthakovidaḥ | yādṛśaṃ tasya vai jñānaṃ bālasyāpi sukarmaṇaḥ
accomplished in the study of the Veda, skilled in the meaning of all the scriptures — such as is the knowledge of that Sukarman, even as a boy,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 61.53
तादृशं नास्ति ते ज्ञानं वृथा त्वं गर्वमुद्वहेः । पिप्पल उवाच- को भवान्पक्षिरूपेण मामेवं परिकुत्सयेत्
tādṛśaṃ nāsti te jñānaṃ vṛthā tvaṃ garvamudvaheḥ | pippala uvāca- ko bhavānpakṣirūpeṇa māmevaṃ parikutsayet
such knowledge you do not have; in vain would you carry pride." Pippala said: "Who are you, that in the form of a bird you thus revile me?
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PdP 2 61.54
कस्मान्निंदसि मे ज्ञानं पराचीनं तु कीदृशम् । तन्मे विस्तरतो ब्रूहि त्वयि ज्ञानं कथं भवेत्
kasmānniṃdasi me jñānaṃ parācīnaṃ tu kīdṛśam | tanme vistarato brūhi tvayi jñānaṃ kathaṃ bhavet
Why do you blame my knowledge? And what sort of thing is 'the farther'? Tell me that at length — how could there be knowledge in you?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 61.55
अर्वाचीनगतिं सर्वां पराचीनस्य सांप्रतम् । वद त्वमंडजश्रेष्ठ ज्ञानपूर्वं सुविस्तरम्
arvācīnagatiṃ sarvāṃ parācīnasya sāṃpratam | vada tvamaṃḍajaśreṣṭha jñānapūrvaṃ suvistaram
Tell now, best of the egg-born, the whole course of the nearer and of the farther, at full length and grounded in knowledge.
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PdP 2 61.56
किं वा ब्रह्मा च विष्णुश्च किं वा रुद्रो भविष्यसि । सारस उवाच- नास्ति ते तपसो भावः फलं नास्ति च तस्य तु
kiṃ vā brahmā ca viṣṇuśca kiṃ vā rudro bhaviṣyasi | sārasa uvāca- nāsti te tapaso bhāvaḥ phalaṃ nāsti ca tasya tu
Or will you turn out to be Brahmā, or Viṣṇu, or Rudra?" The sārasa said: "There is no substance in your austerity, and no fruit of it either;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 61.57
त्वया न परितप्तस्य तपसः सांप्रतं शृणु । कुंडलस्यापि पुत्रस्य बालस्यापि यथा गुणः
tvayā na paritaptasya tapasaḥ sāṃprataṃ śṛṇu | kuṃḍalasyāpi putrasya bālasyāpi yathā guṇaḥ
hear now about the austerity that was not (truly) burned through by you. As is the merit of Kuṇḍala's son, even as a boy,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 2 61.58
तथा ते नास्ति वै ज्ञानं परिज्ञातं न तत्पदम् । इतो गत्वापि पृच्छ त्वं मम रूपं द्विजोत्तम
tathā te nāsti vai jñānaṃ parijñātaṃ na tatpadam | ito gatvāpi pṛccha tvaṃ mama rūpaṃ dvijottama
such knowledge you do not have, nor is that station known (to you). Go from here and ask him about my form, best of brahmins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 61.59
स वदिष्यति धर्मात्मा सर्वं ज्ञानं तवैव हि । विष्णुरुवाच- एवमाकर्ण्य तत्सर्वं सारसेन प्रभाषितम्
sa vadiṣyati dharmātmā sarvaṃ jñānaṃ tavaiva hi | viṣṇuruvāca- evamākarṇya tatsarvaṃ sārasena prabhāṣitam
"That righteous one will tell you all knowledge indeed." Viṣṇu said: Having heard all that thus spoken by the crane,
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PdP 2 61.60
निर्जगाम स वेगेन दशारण्यं महाश्रमम्
nirjagāma sa vegena daśāraṇyaṃ mahāśramam
he went forth swiftly to Daśāraṇya, the great hermitage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition