Padma Purana — Bhumi Khanda — Chapter 63
PdP 2 63.1
सुकर्मोवाच- तयोश्चापि द्विजश्रेष्ठ मातापित्रोश्च स्नातयोः । पुत्रस्यापि हि सर्वांगे पतंत्यंबुकणा यदा
sukarmovāca- tayoścāpi dvijaśreṣṭha mātāpitrośca snātayoḥ | putrasyāpi hi sarvāṃge pataṃtyaṃbukaṇā yadā
Sukarman said: When those two, the mother and father, best of the twice-born, are bathing, and drops of the water fall on the son's whole body as well —
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PdP 2 63.2
सर्वतीर्थसमं स्नानं पुत्रस्यापि सुजायते । पतितं विकलं वृद्धमशक्तं सर्वकर्मसु
sarvatīrthasamaṃ snānaṃ putrasyāpi sujāyate | patitaṃ vikalaṃ vṛddhamaśaktaṃ sarvakarmasu
a bath equal to (bathing at) all sacred fords comes about for that son too. (One's father) fallen, maimed, aged, incapable in all actions,
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PdP 2 63.3
व्याधितं कुष्ठिनं तातं मातरं च तथाविधाम् । उपाचरति यः पुत्रस्तस्य पुण्यं वदाम्यहम्
vyādhitaṃ kuṣṭhinaṃ tātaṃ mātaraṃ ca tathāvidhām | upācarati yaḥ putrastasya puṇyaṃ vadāmyaham
diseased, leprous — and one's mother in the same condition — the son who tends (them): I shall declare his merit.
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PdP 2 63.4
विष्णुस्तस्य प्रसन्नात्मा जायते नात्र संशयः । प्रयाति वैष्णवं लोकं यदप्राप्यं हि योगिभिः
viṣṇustasya prasannātmā jāyate nātra saṃśayaḥ | prayāti vaiṣṇavaṃ lokaṃ yadaprāpyaṃ hi yogibhiḥ
Viṣṇu becomes gracious-hearted toward him — no doubt of it here; he goes to Viṣṇu's world, which is indeed unattainable even by yogins.
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PdP 2 63.5
पितरौ विकलौ दीनौ वृद्धावेतौ गुरू सुतः । महागदेन संप्राप्तौ परित्यजति पापधीः
pitarau vikalau dīnau vṛddhāvetau gurū sutaḥ | mahāgadena saṃprāptau parityajati pāpadhīḥ
When these two elders, his parents, maimed, wretched, aged, and afflicted with a great disease, are abandoned by the son of sinful mind —
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PdP 2 63.6
पुत्रो नरकमाप्नोति दारुणं कृमिसंकुलम् । वृद्धाभ्यां च समाहूतो गुरूभ्यामिह सांप्रतम्
putro narakamāpnoti dāruṇaṃ kṛmisaṃkulam | vṛddhābhyāṃ ca samāhūto gurūbhyāmiha sāṃpratam
that son attains a terrible hell teeming with worms. And when, here and now, he is summoned by the two aged elders
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PdP 2 63.7
न प्रयाति सुतो भूत्वा तस्य पापं वदाम्यहम् । विष्ठाशी जायते मूढो ग्रामघ्रोणी न संशयः
na prayāti suto bhūtvā tasya pāpaṃ vadāmyaham | viṣṭhāśī jāyate mūḍho grāmaghroṇī na saṃśayaḥ
and, being their son, does not go — I shall declare his sin: the fool is born an eater of dung, a village pig, no doubt.
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PdP 2 63.8
यावज्जन्मसहस्रं तु पुनः श्वा चाभिजायते । पुत्रगेहेस्थितौ वृद्धौ माता च जनकस्तथा
yāvajjanmasahasraṃ tu punaḥ śvā cābhijāyate | putragehesthitau vṛddhau mātā ca janakastathā
And for a full thousand births he is born again as a dog. When the aged pair, the mother and likewise the father, are staying in the son's house,
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PdP 2 63.9
अभोजयित्वा तावन्नं स्वयमत्ति च यः सुतः । मूत्रं विष्ठां स भुंजीत यावज्जन्मसहस्रकम्
abhojayitvā tāvannaṃ svayamatti ca yaḥ sutaḥ | mūtraṃ viṣṭhāṃ sa bhuṃjīta yāvajjanmasahasrakam
and the son, without having fed them, himself eats the food, he shall eat urine and dung for a full thousand births.
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PdP 2 63.10
कृष्णसर्पो भवेत्पापी यावज्जन्मशतद्वयम् । मातरंपितरं वृद्धमवज्ञाय प्रवर्त्तते
kṛṣṇasarpo bhavetpāpī yāvajjanmaśatadvayam | mātaraṃpitaraṃ vṛddhamavajñāya pravarttate
The sinner would become a black serpent for two hundred births. (He) who acts in contempt of his aged mother and father
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PdP 2 63.11
ग्राहोपि जायते दुष्टो जन्मकोटिशतैरपि । तावेतौ कुत्सते पुत्रः कटुकैर्वचनैरपि
grāhopi jāyate duṣṭo janmakoṭiśatairapi | tāvetau kutsate putraḥ kaṭukairvacanairapi
is born a wicked crocodile even for a hundred crores of births. (When) a son reviles these two even with harsh words,
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PdP 2 63.12
स च पापी भवेद्व्याघ्रः पश्चादृक्षः प्रजायते । मातरंपितरं पुत्रो यो न मन्येत दुष्टधीः
sa ca pāpī bhavedvyāghraḥ paścādṛkṣaḥ prajāyate | mātaraṃpitaraṃ putro yo na manyeta duṣṭadhīḥ
that sinner becomes a tiger, and afterwards is born a bear. The son of evil mind who would not honour his mother and father
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PdP 2 63.13
कुंभीपाके वसेत्तावद्यावद्युगसहस्रकम् । नास्ति मातृसमं तीर्थं पुत्राणां च पितुः समम्
kuṃbhīpāke vasettāvadyāvadyugasahasrakam | nāsti mātṛsamaṃ tīrthaṃ putrāṇāṃ ca pituḥ samam
dwells in the Kumbhīpāka hell for a full thousand ages. There is no sacred ford equal to a mother, nor, for sons, one equal to a father,
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PdP 2 63.14
तारणाय हितायैव इहैव च परत्र च । तस्मादहं महाप्राज्ञ पितृदेवं प्रपूजये
tāraṇāya hitāyaiva ihaiva ca paratra ca | tasmādahaṃ mahāprājña pitṛdevaṃ prapūjaye
for deliverance and for welfare, both here and in the world beyond. Therefore, O greatly wise one, I worship my father as a god,
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PdP 2 63.15
मातृदेवं सर्वदेव योगयोगी तथाभवम् । मातृपितृप्रसादेन संजातं ज्ञानमुत्तमम्
mātṛdevaṃ sarvadeva yogayogī tathābhavam | mātṛpitṛprasādena saṃjātaṃ jñānamuttamam
and my mother as a god — as all gods; thus I became a yogin of yoga. By the grace of mother and father the highest knowledge arose (in me),
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PdP 2 63.16
त्रिलोकीयं समस्ता तु संयाता मम वश्यताम् । अर्वाचीनगतिं जाने देवस्यास्य महात्मनः
trilokīyaṃ samastā tu saṃyātā mama vaśyatām | arvācīnagatiṃ jāne devasyāsya mahātmanaḥ
and this whole triple world has come under my sway. I know the nearer course of this great-souled god,
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PdP 2 63.17
वासुदेवस्य तस्यैव पराचीनां महामते । सर्वं ज्ञानं समुद्भूतं पितृमातृप्रसादतः
vāsudevasya tasyaiva parācīnāṃ mahāmate | sarvaṃ jñānaṃ samudbhūtaṃ pitṛmātṛprasādataḥ
O great-minded one, all the knowledge that lies beyond, of that very Vāsudeva, arose (in me) through the favour of father and mother.
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PdP 2 63.18
को न पूजयते विद्वान्पितरं मातरं तथा । सांगोपांगैरधीतैस्तैः श्रुतिशास्त्रसमन्वितैः
ko na pūjayate vidvānpitaraṃ mātaraṃ tathā | sāṃgopāṃgairadhītaistaiḥ śrutiśāstrasamanvitaiḥ
What learned man would not honour his father and likewise his mother — (learned) by those (texts) studied with their limbs and sub-limbs, together with the Vedic revelation and the treatises?
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PdP 2 63.19
वेदैरपि च किं विप्रा पिता येन न पूजितः । माता न पूजिता येन तस्य वेदा निरर्थकाः
vedairapi ca kiṃ viprā pitā yena na pūjitaḥ | mātā na pūjitā yena tasya vedā nirarthakāḥ
And of what use are the Vedas, O brahmins, to him by whom the father has not been honoured? He by whom the mother has not been honoured — his Vedas are without purpose.
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PdP 2 63.20
यज्ञैश्च तपसा विप्र किं दानैः किं च पूजनैः । प्रयाति तस्य वैफल्यं न माता येन पूजिता
yajñaiśca tapasā vipra kiṃ dānaiḥ kiṃ ca pūjanaiḥ | prayāti tasya vaiphalyaṃ na mātā yena pūjitā
And what, brahmin, (is gained) by sacrifices, by austerity, what by gifts and what by acts of worship? It all comes to fruitlessness for him by whom the mother has not been honoured.
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PdP 2 63.21
न पिता पूजितो येन जीवमानो गृहे स्थितः । एष पुत्रस्य वै धर्मस्तथा तीर्थं नरेष्विह
na pitā pūjito yena jīvamāno gṛhe sthitaḥ | eṣa putrasya vai dharmastathā tīrthaṃ nareṣviha
(And likewise for him) by whom the father was not honoured while he was alive and living in the house. This indeed is the son's duty, and thus his place of pilgrimage among men here.
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PdP 2 63.22
एष पुत्रस्य वै मोक्षस्तथा जन्मफलं शुभम् । एष पुत्रस्य वै यज्ञो दानमेव न संशयः
eṣa putrasya vai mokṣastathā janmaphalaṃ śubham | eṣa putrasya vai yajño dānameva na saṃśayaḥ
This indeed is the son's liberation, and the auspicious fruit of his birth; this indeed is the son's sacrifice and his gift-giving too — there is no doubt.
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PdP 2 63.23
पितरं पूजयेन्नित्यं भक्त्या भावेन तत्परः । तस्य जातं समस्तं तद्यदुक्तं पूर्वमेव हि
pitaraṃ pūjayennityaṃ bhaktyā bhāvena tatparaḥ | tasya jātaṃ samastaṃ tadyaduktaṃ pūrvameva hi
One should always honour one's father, devoted to him with devotion and with (sincere) feeling; for such a man all that has come about which was stated before.
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PdP 2 63.24
दानस्यापि फलं तेन तीर्थस्यापि न संशयः । यज्ञस्यापि फलं प्राप्तं माता येनाप्युपासिता
dānasyāpi phalaṃ tena tīrthasyāpi na saṃśayaḥ | yajñasyāpi phalaṃ prāptaṃ mātā yenāpyupāsitā
By him the fruit of gift-giving is (gained), and of pilgrimage too, without doubt; and the fruit of sacrifice has been obtained by him by whom the mother has been served.
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PdP 2 63.25
पिता येन सुभक्त्या च नित्यमेवाप्युपासितः । तस्य सर्वा सुसंसिद्धा यज्ञाद्याः पुण्यदाः क्रियाः
pitā yena subhaktyā ca nityamevāpyupāsitaḥ | tasya sarvā susaṃsiddhā yajñādyāḥ puṇyadāḥ kriyāḥ
He by whom the father has been served daily with good devotion — for him all the merit-giving rites, sacrifices and the rest, are well accomplished.
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PdP 2 63.26
एतदर्थं समाज्ञातं धर्मशास्त्रं श्रुतं मया । पितृभक्तिपरो नित्यं भवेत्पुत्रो हि पिप्पल
etadarthaṃ samājñātaṃ dharmaśāstraṃ śrutaṃ mayā | pitṛbhaktiparo nityaṃ bhavetputro hi pippala
For this purpose the treatise on dharma has been made known, (and) heard by me: a son should always be devoted to devotion to his father, O Pippala.
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PdP 2 63.27
तुष्टे पितरि संप्राप्तं यदुराज्ञा पुरा सुखम् । रुष्टे पितरि च प्राप्तं महत्पापं पुरा शृणु
tuṣṭe pitari saṃprāptaṃ yadurājñā purā sukham | ruṣṭe pitari ca prāptaṃ mahatpāpaṃ purā śṛṇu
When the father was pleased, King Yadu formerly obtained happiness; and when the father was angry, great sin was formerly incurred — listen.
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PdP 2 63.28
रुरुणा पौरवेणापि पित्रा शप्तेन भूतले । एवं ज्ञानं मया चाप्तं द्वावेतौ यदुपासितौ
ruruṇā pauraveṇāpi pitrā śaptena bhūtale | evaṃ jñānaṃ mayā cāptaṃ dvāvetau yadupāsitau
And by Ruru the Paurava too, who was cursed by his father on the earth. Thus knowledge was obtained by me — that these two are to be served.
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PdP 2 63.29
एतयोश्च प्रसादेन प्राप्तं फलमनुत्तमम्
etayośca prasādena prāptaṃ phalamanuttamam
And by the favour of these two the unsurpassed fruit is obtained.
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