Padma Purana — Bhumi Khanda — Chapter 62
PdP 2 62.1
विष्णुरुवाच- कुंडलस्याश्रमं गत्वा सत्यधर्म समाकुलम् । सुकर्माणं ततो दृष्ट्वा पितृमातृपरायणम्
viṣṇuruvāca- kuṃḍalasyāśramaṃ gatvā satyadharma samākulam | sukarmāṇaṃ tato dṛṣṭvā pitṛmātṛparāyaṇam
Viṣṇu said: Having gone to the hermitage of Kuṇḍala, filled with true dharma, and then seeing Sukarman, devoted to his father and mother,
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PdP 2 62.2
शुश्रूषंतं महात्मानं गुरूसत्यपराक्रमम् । महारूपं महातेजं महाज्ञानसमाकुलम्
śuśrūṣaṃtaṃ mahātmānaṃ gurūsatyaparākramam | mahārūpaṃ mahātejaṃ mahājñānasamākulam
the great-souled one serving (them), whose valour was truth toward his elders, of great form, great splendour, filled with great knowledge—
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PdP 2 62.3
मातापित्रोः पदांते तमुपविष्टं ददर्श सः । महाभक्त्यान्वितं शांतं सर्वज्ञानमहानिधिम्
mātāpitroḥ padāṃte tamupaviṣṭaṃ dadarśa saḥ | mahābhaktyānvitaṃ śāṃtaṃ sarvajñānamahānidhim
he saw him seated at the feet of his mother and father, endowed with great devotion, calm, a great treasury of all knowledge.
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PdP 2 62.4
कुंडलस्यापि पुत्रेण सुकर्मणा महात्मना । आगतं पिप्पलं दृष्ट्वा द्वारदेशे महामतिम्
kuṃḍalasyāpi putreṇa sukarmaṇā mahātmanā | āgataṃ pippalaṃ dṛṣṭvā dvāradeśe mahāmatim
And by Kuṇḍala's son, the great-souled Sukarman, seeing the very intelligent Pippala arrived at the doorway—
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PdP 2 62.5
आसनात्तूर्णमुत्थाय अभ्युत्थानं कृतं पुनः । आगच्छ त्वं महाभाग विद्याधर महामते
āsanāttūrṇamutthāya abhyutthānaṃ kṛtaṃ punaḥ | āgaccha tvaṃ mahābhāga vidyādhara mahāmate
rising quickly from his seat, he again performed the act of standing up (in welcome): "Come, greatly fortunate one, O Vidyādhara of great mind!"
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PdP 2 62.6
आसनं पाद्यमर्घं च ददौ तस्मै महामतिः । निर्विघ्नोऽसि महाप्राज्ञ कुशलेन प्रवर्त्तसे
āsanaṃ pādyamarghaṃ ca dadau tasmai mahāmatiḥ | nirvighno'si mahāprājña kuśalena pravarttase
The very intelligent one gave him a seat, water for the feet, and the guest-offering: "You are free of obstacles, O greatly wise one; you fare well."
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PdP 2 62.7
निरामयं च पप्रच्छ पिप्पलं तं समागतम् । यस्मादागमनं तेद्य तत्सर्वं प्रवदाम्यहम्
nirāmayaṃ ca papraccha pippalaṃ taṃ samāgatam | yasmādāgamanaṃ tedya tatsarvaṃ pravadāmyaham
And he asked after the health of that Pippala who had come: "Whatever the reason for your coming here today, I shall declare it all."
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PdP 2 62.8
वर्षाणां च सहस्राणि त्रीणि यावत्त्वया तपः । तप्तमेव महाभाग सुरेभ्यः प्राप्तवान्वरम्
varṣāṇāṃ ca sahasrāṇi trīṇi yāvattvayā tapaḥ | taptameva mahābhāga surebhyaḥ prāptavānvaram
"For three thousand years austerity was performed by you, O greatly fortunate one, and you obtained a boon from the gods.
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PdP 2 62.9
वश्यत्वं च त्वया प्राप्तं कामचारस्तथैव च । तेन मत्तो न जानासि गर्वमुद्वहसे वृथा
vaśyatvaṃ ca tvayā prāptaṃ kāmacārastathaiva ca | tena matto na jānāsi garvamudvahase vṛthā
And you have obtained the power of control and likewise movement at will; intoxicated by that you do not understand, and you bear pride in vain.
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PdP 2 62.10
दृष्ट्वा ते चेष्टितं सर्वं सारसेन महात्मना । ममाभिधानं कथितं मम ज्ञानमनुत्तमम्
dṛṣṭvā te ceṣṭitaṃ sarvaṃ sārasena mahātmanā | mamābhidhānaṃ kathitaṃ mama jñānamanuttamam
All your doings having been seen by the great-souled crane, my name was told (to you), and my unsurpassed knowledge."
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PdP 2 62.11
पिप्पल उवाच- योसौ मां सारसो विप्र सरित्तीरे प्रयुक्तवान् । सर्वं ज्ञानं वदेन्मां हि स तु कः प्रभुरीश्वरः
pippala uvāca- yosau māṃ sāraso vipra sarittīre prayuktavān | sarvaṃ jñānaṃ vadenmāṃ hi sa tu kaḥ prabhurīśvaraḥ
Pippala said: That crane who, O brahmin, urged me on the river bank, (saying) that he would tell me all knowledge—who is he, the lord, the master?
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PdP 2 62.12
सुकर्मोवाच- भवंतमुक्तवान्यो वै सरित्तीरे तु सारसः । ब्रह्माणं त्वं महाज्ञानं तं विद्धि परमेश्वरम्
sukarmovāca- bhavaṃtamuktavānyo vai sarittīre tu sārasaḥ | brahmāṇaṃ tvaṃ mahājñānaṃ taṃ viddhi parameśvaram
Sukarman said: He who spoke to you, the crane on the river bank—know him to be Brahmā, of great knowledge, the supreme lord.
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PdP 2 62.13
अन्यत्किं पृच्छसे ब्रूहि तमेवं प्रवदाम्यहम् । विष्णुरुवाच- एवमुक्तः स धर्मात्मा सुकर्मा नृपनंदन
anyatkiṃ pṛcchase brūhi tamevaṃ pravadāmyaham | viṣṇuruvāca- evamuktaḥ sa dharmātmā sukarmā nṛpanaṃdana
Say what else you ask; I shall declare that to you thus. Viṣṇu said: Thus addressed, that righteous Sukarman, O delight of kings—
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PdP 2 62.14
पिप्पल उवाच- त्वयि वश्यं जगत्सर्वमिति शुश्रुम भूतले । तन्मे त्वं कौतुकं विप्र दर्शयस्व प्रयत्नतः
pippala uvāca- tvayi vaśyaṃ jagatsarvamiti śuśruma bhūtale | tanme tvaṃ kautukaṃ vipra darśayasva prayatnataḥ
Pippala said: We have heard on earth that the whole world is subject to you; show me that wonder, O brahmin, with effort.
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PdP 2 62.15
पश्य कौतुकमेवाद्य त्वं वश्यावश्यकारणम् । तमुवाच स धर्मात्मा सुकर्मा पिप्पलं प्रति
paśya kautukamevādya tvaṃ vaśyāvaśyakāraṇam | tamuvāca sa dharmātmā sukarmā pippalaṃ prati
"See this very wonder today, the cause of what is subject and not subject"—thus that righteous Sukarman said to Pippala.
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PdP 2 62.16
अथ सस्मार वै देवान्सुकर्मा प्रत्ययाय वै । इंद्राद्या लोकपालाश्च देवाश्चाग्निपुरोगमाः
atha sasmāra vai devānsukarmā pratyayāya vai | iṃdrādyā lokapālāśca devāścāgnipurogamāḥ
Then Sukarman called the gods to mind, for the sake of proof; and Indra and the rest, the world-guardians, and the gods with Agni at their head—
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PdP 2 62.17
समागताः समाहूता नाना विद्याधरास्तथा । सुकर्माणं ततः प्रोचुर्देवाश्चाग्निपुरोगमाः
samāgatāḥ samāhūtā nānā vidyādharāstathā | sukarmāṇaṃ tataḥ procurdevāścāgnipurogamāḥ
summoned, they came together, and likewise the various Vidyādharas; then the gods with Agni at their head said to Sukarman:
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PdP 2 62.18
कस्मात्स्मृतास्त्वया विप्र ततोर्थकारणं वद । सुकर्मोवाच- अयमेष सुसंप्राप्तो विद्याधरो हि पिप्पलः
kasmātsmṛtāstvayā vipra tatorthakāraṇaṃ vada | sukarmovāca- ayameṣa susaṃprāpto vidyādharo hi pippalaḥ
"Why have we been called to mind by you, brahmin? Tell the reason and purpose of it." Sukarman said: This one here who has arrived is the Vidyādhara Pippala,
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PdP 2 62.19
मामेवं भाषते विप्र वश्यावश्यत्वकारणम् । प्रत्ययार्थं समाहूता अस्यैव च महात्मनः
māmevaṃ bhāṣate vipra vaśyāvaśyatvakāraṇam | pratyayārthaṃ samāhūtā asyaiva ca mahātmanaḥ
"He speaks of me in this way, O brahmin — (that I am) the cause of his being subject or not subject to control. (The gods) were summoned for the sake of proof, and for the sake of this great one himself."
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PdP 2 62.20
स्वंस्वं स्थानं प्रगच्छध्वमित्युवाच सुरान्प्रति । तमूचुस्ते ततो देवाः सुकर्माणं महामतिम्
svaṃsvaṃ sthānaṃ pragacchadhvamityuvāca surānprati | tamūcuste tato devāḥ sukarmāṇaṃ mahāmatim
"Go each to your own place" — so he said to the gods. Then those gods said to Sukarman of great mind:
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PdP 2 62.21
अस्माकं दर्शनं व्रिप्र न मोघं जायते वरम् । वरं वरय भद्रं ते मनसा यद्धिरोचते
asmākaṃ darśanaṃ vripra na moghaṃ jāyate varam | varaṃ varaya bhadraṃ te manasā yaddhirocate
"O brahmin, the sight of us does not turn out fruitless — (it yields) a boon. Choose a boon, good fortune to you: whatever pleases your mind,
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PdP 2 62.22
तत्ते दद्मो न संदेहस्त्वेवमूचुः सुरोत्तमाः । भक्त्या प्रणम्य तान्देवान्ययाचे स द्विजोत्तमः
tatte dadmo na saṃdehastvevamūcuḥ surottamāḥ | bhaktyā praṇamya tāndevānyayāce sa dvijottamaḥ
that we shall give you, (there is) no doubt" — thus spoke those best of gods. Bowing to those gods with devotion, that best of the twice-born asked:
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PdP 2 62.23
अचलां दत्त देवेंद्रा सुःभक्तिं भावसंयुताम् । मातापित्रोश्च मे नित्यं तद्वै वरमनुत्तमम्
acalāṃ datta deveṃdrā suḥbhaktiṃ bhāvasaṃyutām | mātāpitrośca me nityaṃ tadvai varamanuttamam
"O lords of the gods, grant (me) unwavering good devotion, joined with true feeling, and (devotion) to my mother and father always — that indeed is the unsurpassed boon.
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PdP 2 62.24
पिता मे वैष्णवं लोकं प्रयात्वेतद्वरोत्तमम् । तद्वन्माता च देवेशा वरमन्यं न याचये
pitā me vaiṣṇavaṃ lokaṃ prayātvetadvarottamam | tadvanmātā ca deveśā varamanyaṃ na yācaye
May my father go to the world of Viṣṇu — this is the best boon; and likewise my mother, O lords of the gods. I ask for no other boon."
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PdP 2 62.25
देवा ऊचुः- पितृभक्तोसि विप्रेंद्र भक्त्या तव वयं द्विज । सुकर्मञ्छ्रूयतां वाक्यं प्रीत्या युक्ता सदैव ते
devā ūcuḥ- pitṛbhaktosi vipreṃdra bhaktyā tava vayaṃ dvija | sukarmañchrūyatāṃ vākyaṃ prītyā yuktā sadaiva te
The gods said: "You are devoted to your father, chief of brahmins; by your devotion we (are won), O twice-born. Sukarman, let the word be heard: (it is) always joined with affection for you.
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PdP 2 62.26
एवमुक्त्वा गता देवाः स्वर्लोकं नृपनंदन । सर्वमैश्वर्यमेतेन तस्याग्रे परिदर्शितम्
evamuktvā gatā devāḥ svarlokaṃ nṛpanaṃdana | sarvamaiśvaryametena tasyāgre paridarśitam
Having spoken thus the gods went to heaven, O son of the king. All this lordly power was displayed by him before that one.
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PdP 2 62.27
दृष्टं तु पिप्पलेनापि कौतुकं च महाद्भुतम् । तमुवाच स धर्मात्मा पिप्पलं कुंडलात्मजम्
dṛṣṭaṃ tu pippalenāpi kautukaṃ ca mahādbhutam | tamuvāca sa dharmātmā pippalaṃ kuṃḍalātmajam
And the marvel, greatly wonderful, was seen by Pippala too. That righteous one said to Pippala, the son of Kuṇḍala:
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PdP 2 62.28
अर्वाचीनं त्विदं रूपं पराचीनं च कीदृशम् । प्रभावमुभयोश्चैव वदस्व वदतां वर
arvācīnaṃ tvidaṃ rūpaṃ parācīnaṃ ca kīdṛśam | prabhāvamubhayoścaiva vadasva vadatāṃ vara
"This form is the nearer one — and what is the farther one like? Tell (me) the power of both, O best of speakers."
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PdP 2 62.29
सुकर्मोवाच- पराचीनस्य रूपस्य लिंगमेव वदामि ते । येनलोकाः प्रमोदंते इंद्राद्याः सचराचराः
sukarmovāca- parācīnasya rūpasya liṃgameva vadāmi te | yenalokāḥ pramodaṃte iṃdrādyāḥ sacarācarāḥ
Sukarman said: "I shall tell you the very mark of the farther form, by which the worlds rejoice, Indra and the rest, with all that moves and does not move.
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PdP 2 62.30
अयमेव जगन्नाथः सर्वगो व्यापकः प्रभुः । अस्य रूपं न दृष्टं हि केनाप्येव हि योगिना
ayameva jagannāthaḥ sarvago vyāpakaḥ prabhuḥ | asya rūpaṃ na dṛṣṭaṃ hi kenāpyeva hi yoginā
This very one is the Lord of the world, going everywhere, all-pervading, the master. His form has indeed not been seen by any yogin whatever.
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PdP 2 62.31
श्रुतिरेव वदत्येवं तं वक्तुं शंकितेव सा । अपाणिपादनासश्च अकर्णो मुखवर्जितः
śrutireva vadatyevaṃ taṃ vaktuṃ śaṃkiteva sā | apāṇipādanāsaśca akarṇo mukhavarjitaḥ
Śruti itself speaks thus, as if hesitant to tell of him: he is without hands, feet, and nose, without ears, devoid of a mouth,
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PdP 2 62.32
सर्वं पश्यति वै कर्म कृतं त्रैलोक्यवासिनाम् । तेषामुक्तमकर्णश्च स शृणोति सुसाक्ष्यदः
sarvaṃ paśyati vai karma kṛtaṃ trailokyavāsinām | teṣāmuktamakarṇaśca sa śṛṇoti susākṣyadaḥ
(yet) he sees every deed done by the dwellers in the three worlds; and earless, he hears what they say, being the good giver of witness.
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PdP 2 62.33
गतिहीनो व्रजेत्सोपि स हि सर्वत्र दृश्यते । पाणिहीनोपि गृह्णाति पादहीनः प्रधावति
gatihīno vrajetsopi sa hi sarvatra dṛśyate | pāṇihīnopi gṛhṇāti pādahīnaḥ pradhāvati
Though without motion, he moves; indeed he is seen everywhere. Though without hands he grasps; footless, he runs.
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PdP 2 62.34
सर्वत्र दृश्यते विप्र व्यापकः पादवर्जितः । यं न पश्यंति देवेंद्रा मुनयस्तत्त्वदर्शिनः
sarvatra dṛśyate vipra vyāpakaḥ pādavarjitaḥ | yaṃ na paśyaṃti deveṃdrā munayastattvadarśinaḥ
He is seen everywhere, O brahmin, pervading, though devoid of feet — he whom the lords of the gods and the sages who see the truth do not see;
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PdP 2 62.35
स च पश्यति तान्सर्वान्सत्यासत्यपदे स्थितान् । व्यापकं विमलं सिद्धं सिद्धिदं सर्वनायकम्
sa ca paśyati tānsarvānsatyāsatyapade sthitān | vyāpakaṃ vimalaṃ siddhaṃ siddhidaṃ sarvanāyakam
and he sees them all, standing in the place of truth and untruth — (him who is) pervading, stainless, perfected, the giver of perfection, the leader of all,
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PdP 2 62.36
यं जानाति महायोगी व्यासो धर्मार्थकोविदः । तेजोमूर्तिः स चाकाशमेकवर्णमनंतकम्
yaṃ jānāti mahāyogī vyāso dharmārthakovidaḥ | tejomūrtiḥ sa cākāśamekavarṇamanaṃtakam
whom the great yogin Vyāsa, skilled in dharma and its meaning, knows: he is the embodiment of light and (like) space, of one colour, endless.
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PdP 2 62.37
तदेतन्निर्मलं रूपं श्रुतिराख्याति निश्चितम् । व्यासश्चैव हि जानाति मार्कंडेयश्च तत्पदम्
tadetannirmalaṃ rūpaṃ śrutirākhyāti niścitam | vyāsaścaiva hi jānāti mārkaṃḍeyaśca tatpadam
This is that stainless form which śruti declares for certain; and Vyāsa indeed knows that state, and Mārkaṇḍeya (knows it).
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PdP 2 62.38
अर्वाचीनं प्रवक्ष्यामि शृणुष्वैकाग्रमानसः । यदा संहृत्य भूतात्मा स्वयमेकः प्रगच्छति
arvācīnaṃ pravakṣyāmi śṛṇuṣvaikāgramānasaḥ | yadā saṃhṛtya bhūtātmā svayamekaḥ pragacchati
I shall declare the nearer (form); listen with a one-pointed mind. When the Self of beings, having withdrawn (all), goes forth alone by himself,
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PdP 2 62.39
अप्सु शय्यां समास्थाय शेषभोगासनस्थितः । तमाश्रित्य स्वपित्येको बहुकालं जनार्दनः
apsu śayyāṃ samāsthāya śeṣabhogāsanasthitaḥ | tamāśritya svapityeko bahukālaṃ janārdanaḥ
Having taken his bed upon the waters, seated on the coil of Śeṣa as his seat, resting on him Janārdana sleeps alone for a long time.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 62.40
जलांधकारसंतप्तो मार्कंडेयो महामुनिः । स्थानमिच्छन्स योगात्मा निर्विण्णो भ्रमणेन सः
jalāṃdhakārasaṃtapto mārkaṃḍeyo mahāmuniḥ | sthānamicchansa yogātmā nirviṇṇo bhramaṇena saḥ
Mārkaṇḍeya, the great sage, tormented by the darkness of the waters, that man of yogic soul, wearied by his wandering, sought a place (to rest).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 62.41
भ्रममाणः स ददृशे शेषपर्यंकशायिनम् । सूर्यकोटिप्रतीकाशं दिव्याभरणभूषितम्
bhramamāṇaḥ sa dadṛśe śeṣaparyaṃkaśāyinam | sūryakoṭipratīkāśaṃ divyābharaṇabhūṣitam
As he wandered, he saw (the Lord) lying on the couch of Śeṣa, resembling ten million suns, adorned with divine ornaments,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 62.42
दिव्यमाल्यांबरधरं सर्वव्यापिनमीश्वरम् । योगनिद्रा गतं कांतं शंखचक्रगदाधरम्
divyamālyāṃbaradharaṃ sarvavyāpinamīśvaram | yoganidrā gataṃ kāṃtaṃ śaṃkhacakragadādharam
wearing divine garlands and garments, the all-pervading Lord, gone into yogic sleep, lovely, bearing conch, discus and mace.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 62.43
एका नारी महाभागा कृष्णांजनचयोपमा । दंष्ट्राकरालवदना भीमरूपा द्विजोत्तम
ekā nārī mahābhāgā kṛṣṇāṃjanacayopamā | daṃṣṭrākarālavadanā bhīmarūpā dvijottama
(And there was) one woman, greatly blessed, like a mass of black collyrium, her face fearsome with tusks, of terrifying form, O best of the twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 62.44
तयोक्तोसौ मुनिश्रेष्ठो मा भैरिति महामुनिः । पद्मपत्रं सुविस्तीर्णं पंचयोजनमायतम्
tayoktosau muniśreṣṭho mā bhairiti mahāmuniḥ | padmapatraṃ suvistīrṇaṃ paṃcayojanamāyatam
That best of sages, the great sage, was told by her, "Do not fear" — (and she took) a lotus leaf, very broad, five yojanas in extent.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 62.45
तस्मिन्पत्रे महादेव्या मार्कण्डेयो निवेशितः । केशवे सति सुप्तेपि नास्त्यत्र च भयं तव
tasminpatre mahādevyā mārkaṇḍeyo niveśitaḥ | keśave sati suptepi nāstyatra ca bhayaṃ tava
On that leaf Mārkaṇḍeya was set down by the great goddess: "Since Keśava exists, even though asleep, you have no fear here."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 62.46
तामुवाच स योगींद्र का त्वं भवसि भामिनि । अस्मिन्विनिर्जिते चैका भवती परिबृंहिता
tāmuvāca sa yogīṃdra kā tvaṃ bhavasi bhāmini | asminvinirjite caikā bhavatī paribṛṃhitā
That lord of yogins said to her: "Who are you, O lovely woman? When this (all) has been overcome, you alone remain, grown great."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 2 62.47
पृष्टैवं मुनिना देवी सादरं प्राह भूसुर । नागभोगांकपर्यंके स यः स्वपिति केशवः
pṛṣṭaivaṃ muninā devī sādaraṃ prāha bhūsura | nāgabhogāṃkaparyaṃke sa yaḥ svapiti keśavaḥ
Questioned thus by the sage, the goddess spoke respectfully, O earth-god: "He who sleeps on the couch of the serpent's coiled lap, that Keśava —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 62.48
अस्याहं वैष्णवी शक्तिः कालरात्रिरिहोच्यते । मामेवं विद्धि विप्रेंद्र सर्वमायासमन्विताम्
asyāhaṃ vaiṣṇavī śaktiḥ kālarātririhocyate | māmevaṃ viddhi vipreṃdra sarvamāyāsamanvitām
I am his Vaiṣṇavī power, here called Kālarātrī. Know me thus, O best of brahmins, as endowed with all illusion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 62.49
महामाया पुराणेषु जगन्मोहाय कथ्यते । इत्युक्त्वा सा गता देवी अंतर्धानं हि पिप्पलः
mahāmāyā purāṇeṣu jaganmohāya kathyate | ityuktvā sā gatā devī aṃtardhānaṃ hi pippalaḥ
In the Purāṇas I am called Mahāmāyā, for the deluding of the world." Having said this the goddess vanished, O Pippala.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 62.50
देव्यामनुगतायां तु मार्कंडेयस्य पश्यतः । तस्य नाभ्यां समुत्पन्नं पंकजं हाटकप्रभम्
devyāmanugatāyāṃ tu mārkaṃḍeyasya paśyataḥ | tasya nābhyāṃ samutpannaṃ paṃkajaṃ hāṭakaprabham
And when the goddess had departed, while Mārkaṇḍeya looked on, from his (Viṣṇu's) navel there arose a lotus with the sheen of gold.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 62.51
तस्माज्जज्ञे महातेजा ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः । तस्माद्विजज्ञिरे लोकाः सर्वे स्थावरजंगमाः
tasmājjajñe mahātejā brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ | tasmādvijajñire lokāḥ sarve sthāvarajaṃgamāḥ
From that was born the greatly splendid Brahmā, grandfather of the worlds; from him were born all the worlds, moving and unmoving,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 62.52
इंद्राद्या लोकपालाश्च देवाश्चाग्निपुरोगमाः । अर्वाचीनं स्वरूपं तु दर्शितं हि मया नृप
iṃdrādyā lokapālāśca devāścāgnipurogamāḥ | arvācīnaṃ svarūpaṃ tu darśitaṃ hi mayā nṛpa
and Indra and the other world-guardians, and the gods with Agni at their head. Thus the nearer form has been shown by me, O king.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 62.53
अर्वाचीनस्वरूपोयं पराचीनो निराश्रयः । यदा स दर्शयेत्कायं कायरूपा भवंति ते
arvācīnasvarūpoyaṃ parācīno nirāśrayaḥ | yadā sa darśayetkāyaṃ kāyarūpā bhavaṃti te
This is the nearer form; the farther one is without support. When he displays a body, they come to have bodily form.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 62.54
ब्रह्माद्याः सर्वलोकाश्च अर्वाचीना हि पिप्पल । अर्वाचीना अमी लोका ये भवंति जगत्त्रये
brahmādyāḥ sarvalokāśca arvācīnā hi pippala | arvācīnā amī lokā ye bhavaṃti jagattraye
Brahmā and all the worlds are indeed of the nearer sort, O Pippala; of the nearer sort are these worlds which exist in the three realms.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 62.55
पराचीनः स भूतात्मा यं सुपश्यंति योगिनः । मोक्षरूपं परं स्थानं परब्रह्मस्वरूपकम्
parācīnaḥ sa bhūtātmā yaṃ supaśyaṃti yoginaḥ | mokṣarūpaṃ paraṃ sthānaṃ parabrahmasvarūpakam
That Self of beings is the farther one, whom the yogins behold well — the supreme abode whose form is liberation, having the nature of the supreme Brahman,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 62.56
अव्यक्तमक्षरं हंसं शुद्धं सिद्धिसमन्वितम् । पराचीनस्य यद्रूपं विद्याधर तवाग्रतः
avyaktamakṣaraṃ haṃsaṃ śuddhaṃ siddhisamanvitam | parācīnasya yadrūpaṃ vidyādhara tavāgrataḥ
unmanifest, imperishable, the Swan, pure, endowed with perfection: that which is the form of the farther one, O Vidyādhara, (has been set) before you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 62.57
सर्वमेव मया ख्यातमन्यत्किं ते वदाम्यहम् । पिप्पल उवाच- कस्मादेतन्महाज्ञानमुद्भूतं तव सुव्रत
sarvameva mayā khyātamanyatkiṃ te vadāmyaham | pippala uvāca- kasmādetanmahājñānamudbhūtaṃ tava suvrata
All indeed has been declared by me; what else shall I tell you? Pippala said: From what has this great knowledge arisen in you, O you of good vows?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 62.58
अर्वाचीनगतिं विद्वान्पराचीनगतिं तथा । त्रैलोक्यस्य परं ज्ञानं त्वय्येवं परिवर्तते
arvācīnagatiṃ vidvānparācīnagatiṃ tathā | trailokyasya paraṃ jñānaṃ tvayyevaṃ parivartate
Knowing the course of the nearer and likewise the course of the farther, the supreme knowledge of the three worlds thus turns about in you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 62.59
तपसो नैव पश्यामि परां निष्ठां हि सुव्रत । यजनंयाजनंतीर्थंतपोवाकृतवानसि
tapaso naiva paśyāmi parāṃ niṣṭhāṃ hi suvrata | yajanaṃyājanaṃtīrthaṃtapovākṛtavānasi
"I do not at all see the supreme limit of (your) austerity, O you of good vows: have you performed sacrificing, officiating at sacrifice, pilgrimage, or austerity?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 62.60
तत्प्रभावं वदस्वैवं केन ज्ञानं तवाखिलम् । सुकर्मोवाच- तप एव न जानामि न कृतं कायशोषणम्
tatprabhāvaṃ vadasvaivaṃ kena jñānaṃ tavākhilam | sukarmovāca- tapa eva na jānāmi na kṛtaṃ kāyaśoṣaṇam
Tell (me) thus of its power — by what (means is) all your knowledge (obtained)?" Sukarman said: "I know no austerity at all; no drying-up of the body has been done (by me),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 62.61
यजनं याजनं वापि न जाने तीर्थसाधनम् । न मया साधितं ध्यानं पुण्यकालं सुकर्मजम्
yajanaṃ yājanaṃ vāpi na jāne tīrthasādhanam | na mayā sādhitaṃ dhyānaṃ puṇyakālaṃ sukarmajam
nor do I know sacrificing or officiating at sacrifice, nor the practice of pilgrimage; no meditation has been accomplished by me, nor (the observance of) holy times born of good works.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 62.62
स्फुटमेकं प्रजानामि पितृमातृप्रपूजनम् । उभयोरपि हस्तेन मातापित्रोस्तु नित्यशः माहात्म्ये द्विषष्टितमोऽध्यायः
sphuṭamekaṃ prajānāmi pitṛmātṛprapūjanam | ubhayorapi hastena mātāpitrostu nityaśaḥ māhātmye dviṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ
One thing I know clearly: the worship of father and mother — of both, mother and father, constantly with my (own) hand. (Colophon: the sixty-second chapter in the Māhātmya.)
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 62.63
पादप्रक्षालनं पुण्यं स्वयमेव करोम्यहम् । अंगसंवाहनं स्नानं भोजनादिकमेव च
pādaprakṣālanaṃ puṇyaṃ svayameva karomyaham | aṃgasaṃvāhanaṃ snānaṃ bhojanādikameva ca
I myself perform the meritorious washing of (their) feet, and the massaging of (their) limbs, (their) bathing, feeding and so forth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 62.64
त्रिकालेध्यानसंलीनः साधयामि दिनेदिने । पादोदकं तयोश्चैव मातापित्रोर्दिनेदिने
trikāledhyānasaṃlīnaḥ sādhayāmi dinedine | pādodakaṃ tayoścaiva mātāpitrordinedine
Absorbed in meditation at the three (junctures of the) day, I accomplish (this) day by day; and (I take) the water from the feet of those two, mother and father, day by day.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 62.65
भक्तिभावेन विंदामि पूजयामि सुभावतः । गुरू मे जीवमानौ तु यावत्कालं हि पिप्पल
bhaktibhāvena viṃdāmi pūjayāmi subhāvataḥ | gurū me jīvamānau tu yāvatkālaṃ hi pippala
With a feeling of devotion I obtain (it), and I worship (them) with good disposition. As long as my elders are living, O Pippala,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 62.66
तावत्कालं हि मे लाभो ह्यतुलश्च प्रजायते । त्रिकालं पूजयाम्येतौ शुद्धभावेन चेतसा
tāvatkālaṃ hi me lābho hyatulaśca prajāyate | trikālaṃ pūjayāmyetau śuddhabhāvena cetasā
for just so long does incomparable gain accrue to me. Thrice a day I worship these two with a pure-hearted disposition.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 62.67
स्वच्छंदलीलासंचारी वर्ताम्येव हि पिप्पल । किं मे चान्येन तपसा किं मे कायस्य शोषणैः
svacchaṃdalīlāsaṃcārī vartāmyeva hi pippala | kiṃ me cānyena tapasā kiṃ me kāyasya śoṣaṇaiḥ
Roaming at will in free play, that is just how I live, O Pippala. What need have I of any other austerity? What need of drying up my body?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 62.68
किं मे सुतीर्थयात्राभिरन्यैः पुण्यैश्च सांप्रतम् । मखानामेव सर्वेषां यत्फलं प्राप्यते द्विज
kiṃ me sutīrthayātrābhiranyaiḥ puṇyaiśca sāṃpratam | makhānāmeva sarveṣāṃ yatphalaṃ prāpyate dvija
What need have I now of pilgrimages to good holy places, or of other meritorious acts? For the fruit that is gained from all sacrifices, O twice-born,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 62.69
तत्फलं तु मया दृष्टं पितुः शुश्रूषणादपि । मातुः शुश्रूषणं तद्वत्पुत्राणां गतिदायकम्
tatphalaṃ tu mayā dṛṣṭaṃ pituḥ śuśrūṣaṇādapi | mātuḥ śuśrūṣaṇaṃ tadvatputrāṇāṃ gatidāyakam
that fruit I have seen (to come) even from the service of one's father; likewise service to one's mother is what grants sons (a good) destiny.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 62.70
सर्वकर्मसुसर्वस्वं सारभूतं जगत्रये । पुत्रस्य जायते लोको मातुः शुश्रूषणादपि
sarvakarmasusarvasvaṃ sārabhūtaṃ jagatraye | putrasya jāyate loko mātuḥ śuśrūṣaṇādapi
It is the whole substance of all rites, the essence in the three worlds: a (heavenly) world comes to be for a son even from service to his mother,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 62.71
पितुः शुश्रूषणे तद्वन्महत्पुण्यं प्रजायते । तत्र गंगा गयातीर्थं तत्र पुष्करमेव च
pituḥ śuśrūṣaṇe tadvanmahatpuṇyaṃ prajāyate | tatra gaṃgā gayātīrthaṃ tatra puṣkarameva ca
and likewise great merit arises in the service of one's father. There is the Gaṅgā, there the holy place of Gayā, there indeed Puṣkara,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 62.72
यत्र मातापिता तिष्ठेत्पुत्रस्यापि न संशयः । अन्यानि तत्र तीर्थानि पुण्यानि विविधानि च
yatra mātāpitā tiṣṭhetputrasyāpi na saṃśayaḥ | anyāni tatra tīrthāni puṇyāni vividhāni ca
where mother and father abide — for a son there is no doubt of it; and other holy places too, various and meritorious,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 62.73
भवंत्येतानि पुत्रस्य पितुः शुश्रूषणादपि । पितुः शुश्रूषणात्तस्य दानस्य तपसः फलम्
bhavaṃtyetāni putrasya pituḥ śuśrūṣaṇādapi | pituḥ śuśrūṣaṇāttasya dānasya tapasaḥ phalam
all these come to be for a son even from the service of his father. From the service of the father (comes) to him the fruit of giving and of austerity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 62.74
सत्पुत्रस्य भवेद्विप्र अन्य धर्मः श्रमायते । पितुः शुश्रूषणात्पुण्यं पुत्रः प्राप्नोत्यनुत्तमम्
satputrasya bhavedvipra anya dharmaḥ śramāyate | pituḥ śuśrūṣaṇātpuṇyaṃ putraḥ prāpnotyanuttamam
For a good son it comes about, O brahmin — other duty is (mere) toil. From service to his father a son obtains unsurpassed merit,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 62.75
स्वकर्मणस्तु सर्वस्वमिहैव च परत्र च । जीवमानौ गुरूत्वेतौ स्वमातापितरौ तथा
svakarmaṇastu sarvasvamihaiva ca paratra ca | jīvamānau gurūtvetau svamātāpitarau tathā
indeed the whole of his own (religious) work, here and in the world beyond. When these two elders, one's own mother and father, are living,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 62.76
शुश्रूषते सुतो भूत्वा तस्य पुण्यफलं शृणु । देवास्तस्यापि तुष्यंति ऋषयः पुण्यवत्सलाः
śuśrūṣate suto bhūtvā tasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu | devāstasyāpi tuṣyaṃti ṛṣayaḥ puṇyavatsalāḥ
and a son, being (a true) son, serves (them) — hear the fruit of his merit. The gods are pleased with him, and the seers who are fond of merit;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 62.77
त्रयोलोकास्तु तुष्यंति पितुः शुश्रूषणादिह । मातापित्रोस्तु यः पादौ नित्यमेव हि क्षालयेत्
trayolokāstu tuṣyaṃti pituḥ śuśrūṣaṇādiha | mātāpitrostu yaḥ pādau nityameva hi kṣālayet
the three worlds are pleased here through service to one's father. And whoever daily washes the feet of his mother and father,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 62.78
तस्य भागीरथीस्नानमहन्यहनि जायते । पुण्यैर्मिष्टान्नपानैर्यः पितरं मातरं तथा
tasya bhāgīrathīsnānamahanyahani jāyate | puṇyairmiṣṭānnapānairyaḥ pitaraṃ mātaraṃ tathā
for him a bathing in the Bhāgīrathī takes place day after day. And whoever, with pure sweet food and drink, (serves) his father and mother
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 62.79
भक्त्या भोजयते नित्यं तस्य पुण्यं वदाम्यहम् । अश्वमेधस्य यज्ञस्य फलं पुत्रस्य जायते
bhaktyā bhojayate nityaṃ tasya puṇyaṃ vadāmyaham | aśvamedhasya yajñasya phalaṃ putrasya jāyate
(He) who with devotion feeds (them) constantly — I shall declare his merit: the fruit of a horse-sacrifice accrues to such a son.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 62.80
तांबूलैश्छादनैश्चैव पानैश्चाशनकैस्तथा । भक्त्या चान्नेन पुण्येन गुरू येनाभिपूजितौ
tāṃbūlaiśchādanaiścaiva pānaiścāśanakaistathā | bhaktyā cānnena puṇyena gurū yenābhipūjitau
By whom the two elders have been worshipped with betel-rolls, with clothing, with drinks and with foods, and with food (given) in devotion and merit —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 62.81
सर्वज्ञानी भवेत्सोपि यशःकीर्तिमवाप्नुयात् । मातरं पितरं दृष्ट्वा हर्षात्संभाषयेत्सुतः
sarvajñānī bhavetsopi yaśaḥkīrtimavāpnuyāt | mātaraṃ pitaraṃ dṛṣṭvā harṣātsaṃbhāṣayetsutaḥ
He too becomes all-knowing, and would obtain fame and renown. Seeing his mother and father, the son should speak with them out of joy.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 62.82
निधयस्तस्य संतुष्टास्तस्य गेहे वसंति ते । गावः सौहृद्यमायांति पुत्रस्य सुखदाः सदा
nidhayastasya saṃtuṣṭāstasya gehe vasaṃti te | gāvaḥ sauhṛdyamāyāṃti putrasya sukhadāḥ sadā
The treasures, well pleased with him, dwell in his house; cows come to friendship (with him), always giving pleasure to such a son.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain