Padma Purana — Bhumi Khanda — Chapter 65

PdP 2 65.1

ययातिरुवाच- धर्मस्य रक्षकः कायो मातले चात्मना सह । नाकमेष न प्रयाति तन्मे त्वं कारणं वद

yayātiruvāca- dharmasya rakṣakaḥ kāyo mātale cātmanā saha | nākameṣa na prayāti tanme tvaṃ kāraṇaṃ vada

Yayāti said: The body is the guardian of dharma, Mātali, together with the self; (yet) it does not go to heaven—tell me the reason for that.

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PdP 2 65.2

मातलिरुवाच- पंचानामपि भूतानां संगतिर्नास्ति भूपते । आत्मना सह वर्तंते संगत्या नैव पंच ते

mātaliruvāca- paṃcānāmapi bhūtānāṃ saṃgatirnāsti bhūpate | ātmanā saha vartaṃte saṃgatyā naiva paṃca te

Mātali said: Even for the five elements there is no (permanent) union, O lord of the earth; they abide together with the self, but those five are not (united) by (real) conjunction.

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PdP 2 65.3

सर्वेषां तत्र संघातः कायग्रामे प्रवर्तते । जरया पीडिताः सर्वेः स्वंस्वं स्थानं प्रयांति ते

sarveṣāṃ tatra saṃghātaḥ kāyagrāme pravartate | jarayā pīḍitāḥ sarveḥ svaṃsvaṃ sthānaṃ prayāṃti te

There an aggregation of them all takes place in the village that is the body; afflicted by old age they all go, each to its own place.

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PdP 2 65.4

यथा रसाधिका पृथ्वी महाराज प्रकल्पिता । रसैः क्लिन्ना ततः पृथ्वी मृदुत्वं याति भूपते

yathā rasādhikā pṛthvī mahārāja prakalpitā | rasaiḥ klinnā tataḥ pṛthvī mṛdutvaṃ yāti bhūpate

Just as the earth, great king, is ordained to have an excess of moisture, and then, soaked with moisture, the earth becomes soft, O lord of the earth—

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PdP 2 65.5

भिद्यते पिपीलिकाभिर्मूषिकाभिस्तथैव च । छिद्राण्येव प्रजायंते वल्मीकाश्च महोदराः

bhidyate pipīlikābhirmūṣikābhistathaiva ca | chidrāṇyeva prajāyaṃte valmīkāśca mahodarāḥ

it is broken up by ants and likewise by mice; holes arise in it, and anthills with great bellies—

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PdP 2 65.6

तद्वत्काये प्रजायंते गंडमाला विचार्चिकाः । कृमिभिर्भिद्यमानश्च काय एष नरोत्तम

tadvatkāye prajāyaṃte gaṃḍamālā vicārcikāḥ | kṛmibhirbhidyamānaśca kāya eṣa narottama

just so there arise in the body scrofulous swellings and skin eruptions; and this body is broken up by worms, O best of men.

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PdP 2 65.7

गुल्मास्तत्र प्रजायंते सद्यः पीडाकरास्तदा । एभिर्दोषैः समायुक्तः कायोयं नहुषात्मज । कथं प्राणसमायोगाद्दिवं याति नरेश्वर

gulmāstatra prajāyaṃte sadyaḥ pīḍākarāstadā | ebhirdoṣaiḥ samāyuktaḥ kāyoyaṃ nahuṣātmaja | kathaṃ prāṇasamāyogāddivaṃ yāti nareśvara

Tumours arise there, at once causing pain; joined with these defects, this body, O son of Nahuṣa—how, by its conjunction with the vital breaths, should it go to heaven, O lord of men?

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PdP 2 65.8

काये पार्थिवभागोऽयं समानार्थं प्रतिष्ठितः । न कायः स्वर्गमायाति यथा पृथ्वी तथास्थितः

kāye pārthivabhāgo'yaṃ samānārthaṃ pratiṣṭhitaḥ | na kāyaḥ svargamāyāti yathā pṛthvī tathāsthitaḥ

In the body this earthy portion is established for the sake of equality; the body does not go to heaven—it stands just as the earth does.

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PdP 2 65.9

एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं दोषौघैः पार्थिवस्य यः

etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ doṣaughaiḥ pārthivasya yaḥ

All this, which (belongs) to the earthy (body) with its floods of defects, has been declared to you.

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PdP 2 65.65

माहात्म्ये पंचषष्टितमोऽध्यायः

māhātmye paṃcaṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ

The sixty-fifth chapter in the Māhātmya.

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