Padma Purana — Bhumi Khanda — Chapter 66

PdP 2 66.1

ययातिरुवाच- पापात्पतति कायोयं धर्माच्च शृणु मातले । विशेषं न च पश्यामि पुण्यस्यापि महीतले

yayātiruvāca- pāpātpatati kāyoyaṃ dharmācca śṛṇu mātale | viśeṣaṃ na ca paśyāmi puṇyasyāpi mahītale

Yayāti said: This body falls away through sin and through dharma too—listen, Mātali; and I see no distinction (made) for merit either, here on earth.

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PdP 2 66.2

पुनः प्रजायते कायो यथा हि पतनं पुरा । कथमुत्पद्यते देहस्तन्मे विस्तरतो वद

punaḥ prajāyate kāyo yathā hi patanaṃ purā | kathamutpadyate dehastanme vistarato vada

The body comes into being again, just as before there was falling; how does the body arise? Tell me that in detail.

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PdP 2 66.3

मातलिरुवाच- अथ नारकिणां पुंसामधर्मादेव केवलात् । क्षणमात्रेण भूतेभ्यः शरीरमुपजायते

mātaliruvāca- atha nārakiṇāṃ puṃsāmadharmādeva kevalāt | kṣaṇamātreṇa bhūtebhyaḥ śarīramupajāyate

Mātali said: Now for hellish men, from demerit alone, a body arises out of the elements in a mere instant.

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PdP 2 66.4

तद्वद्धर्मेण चैकेन देवानामौपपादिकम् । सद्यः प्रजायते दिव्यं शरीरं भूतसारतः

tadvaddharmeṇa caikena devānāmaupapādikam | sadyaḥ prajāyate divyaṃ śarīraṃ bhūtasārataḥ

In the same way, by merit alone, the gods have spontaneous (birth): at once a divine body is born from the essence of the elements.

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PdP 2 66.5

कर्मणा व्यतिमिश्रेण यच्छरीरं महात्मनाम् । तद्रूपपरिणामेन विज्ञेयं हि चतुर्विधम्

karmaṇā vyatimiśreṇa yaccharīraṃ mahātmanām | tadrūpapariṇāmena vijñeyaṃ hi caturvidham

But the body of the great ones (that comes) from mixed karma — that, by the transformation of its form, is to be known as fourfold.

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PdP 2 66.6

उद्भिज्जाः स्थावरा ज्ञेयास्तृणगुल्मादि रूपिणः । कृमिकीटपतंगाद्याः स्वेदजानामदेहिनः

udbhijjāḥ sthāvarā jñeyāstṛṇagulmādi rūpiṇaḥ | kṛmikīṭapataṃgādyāḥ svedajānāmadehinaḥ

The sprouting ones, the immobile, are to be known as having the forms of grass, shrubs and the like; worms, insects, moths and so on are of the sweat-born, bodiless ones.

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PdP 2 66.7

अंडजाः पक्षिणः सर्वे सर्पा नक्राश्च भूपते । जरायुजाश्च विज्ञेया मानुषाश्च चतुष्पदाः

aṃḍajāḥ pakṣiṇaḥ sarve sarpā nakrāśca bhūpate | jarāyujāśca vijñeyā mānuṣāśca catuṣpadāḥ

Egg-born are all birds, snakes and crocodiles, O lord of the earth; and men and four-footed creatures are to be known as womb-born (born from the placenta).

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PdP 2 66.8

तत्र सिक्ता जलैर्भूमिर्रक्ते उष्मविपाचिता । वायुना धम्यमाना च क्षेत्रे बीजं प्रपद्यते

tatra siktā jalairbhūmirrakte uṣmavipācitā | vāyunā dhamyamānā ca kṣetre bījaṃ prapadyate

There, the ground, moistened with water, cooked by heat in blood, and fanned by the wind — (thus) the seed goes into the field.

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PdP 2 66.9

यथा उप्तानि बीजानि संसिक्तान्यंभसा पुनः । उपगम्य मृदुत्वं च मूलभावं व्रजंति च

yathā uptāni bījāni saṃsiktānyaṃbhasā punaḥ | upagamya mṛdutvaṃ ca mūlabhāvaṃ vrajaṃti ca

Just as seeds that have been sown, again moistened with water, attain softness and pass into the state of root,

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PdP 2 66.10

तन्मूलादंकुरोत्पत्तिरंकुरात्पर्णसंभवः । पर्णान्नालं ततः कांडं कांडाच्च प्रभवः पुनः

tanmūlādaṃkurotpattiraṃkurātparṇasaṃbhavaḥ | parṇānnālaṃ tataḥ kāṃḍaṃ kāṃḍācca prabhavaḥ punaḥ

from that root arises the shoot, from the shoot comes the leaf, from the leaf the stalk, then the stem, and from the stem again the outgrowth;

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PdP 2 66.11

प्रभवाच्च भवेत्क्षीरं क्षीरात्तंदुलसंभवः । तंदुलाच्च ततः पक्वा भवंत्योषधयस्तथा

prabhavācca bhavetkṣīraṃ kṣīrāttaṃdulasaṃbhavaḥ | taṃdulācca tataḥ pakvā bhavaṃtyoṣadhayastathā

and from the outgrowth comes the milky sap, from the sap arises the grain, and from the grain, then, the plants become ripe.

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PdP 2 66.12

यवाद्याः शालिपर्यंताः श्रेष्ठाः सप्तदश स्मृताः । ओषध्यः फलसाराढ्याः शेषा क्षुद्रा प्रःकीर्तिताः

yavādyāḥ śāliparyaṃtāḥ śreṣṭhāḥ saptadaśa smṛtāḥ | oṣadhyaḥ phalasārāḍhyāḥ śeṣā kṣudrā praḥkīrtitāḥ

Beginning with barley and ending with rice, seventeen are held to be the best plants, rich in the substance of fruit; the rest are declared to be minor.

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PdP 2 66.13

एता लूना मर्दिताश्च मुनिभिः पूर्वसंस्कृताः । शूर्पोलूखलपात्राद्यैः स्थालिकोदकवह्निभिः

etā lūnā marditāśca munibhiḥ pūrvasaṃskṛtāḥ | śūrpolūkhalapātrādyaiḥ sthālikodakavahnibhiḥ

These, reaped and crushed by the sages, prepared beforehand with winnowing-basket, mortar, vessels and the like, with pots, water and fires,

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PdP 2 66.14

षड्विधा हि स्वभेदेन परिणामं व्रजंति ताः । अन्योन्यरससंयोगादनेकस्वादतां गताः

ṣaḍvidhā hi svabhedena pariṇāmaṃ vrajaṃti tāḥ | anyonyarasasaṃyogādanekasvādatāṃ gatāḥ

they undergo transformation in six ways according to their own kinds, and by the combination of one flavour with another they attain manifold tastiness:

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PdP 2 66.15

भक्ष्यं भोज्यं पेयलेह्यं चोष्यं खाद्यं च भूपते । तासां भेदाः षडंगाश्च मधुराद्याश्च षड्गुणाः

bhakṣyaṃ bhojyaṃ peyalehyaṃ coṣyaṃ khādyaṃ ca bhūpate | tāsāṃ bhedāḥ ṣaḍaṃgāśca madhurādyāśca ṣaḍguṇāḥ

what is chewed, what is eaten, what is drunk, what is licked, what is sucked, and what is bitten, O lord of the earth — these are their six divisions, six parts; and there are six qualities, sweet and the rest.

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PdP 2 66.16

तदन्नं पिंडकवलैर्ग्रासैर्भुक्तं च देहिभिः । अन्नमूलाशये सर्वप्राणान्स्थापयति क्रमात्

tadannaṃ piṃḍakavalairgrāsairbhuktaṃ ca dehibhiḥ | annamūlāśaye sarvaprāṇānsthāpayati kramāt

That food, eaten by embodied beings in lumps, mouthfuls and morsels, in due order establishes all the vital airs in the receptacle at the root of the food.

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PdP 2 66.17

अपक्वं भुक्तमाहारं स वायुः कुरुते द्विधा । संप्रविश्यान्नमध्ये च पक्वं कृत्वा पृथग्गुणम्

apakvaṃ bhuktamāhāraṃ sa vāyuḥ kurute dvidhā | saṃpraviśyānnamadhye ca pakvaṃ kṛtvā pṛthagguṇam

That wind makes the uncooked food that has been eaten twofold: entering into the midst of the food and cooking it, (it makes) its parts separate.

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PdP 2 66.18

अग्नेरूर्ध्वं जलं स्थाप्य तदन्नं च जलोपरि । जलस्याधः स्वयं प्राणः स्थित्वाग्निं धमते शनैः

agnerūrdhvaṃ jalaṃ sthāpya tadannaṃ ca jalopari | jalasyādhaḥ svayaṃ prāṇaḥ sthitvāgniṃ dhamate śanaiḥ

Placing water above the fire, and that food upon the water, the vital air itself, staying below the water, slowly fans the fire.

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PdP 2 66.19

वायुना धम्यमानोग्निरत्युष्णं कुरुते जलम् । तदन्नमुष्णयोगेन समंतात्पच्यते पुनः

vāyunā dhamyamānogniratyuṣṇaṃ kurute jalam | tadannamuṣṇayogena samaṃtātpacyate punaḥ

The fire, fanned by the wind, makes the water very hot; and by the application of that heat the food is cooked on all sides.

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PdP 2 66.20

द्विधा भवति तत्पक्वं पृथक्किट्टं पृथग्रसः । मलैर्द्वादशभिः किट्टं भिन्नं देहाद्बहिर्व्रजेत्

dvidhā bhavati tatpakvaṃ pṛthakkiṭṭaṃ pṛthagrasaḥ | malairdvādaśabhiḥ kiṭṭaṃ bhinnaṃ dehādbahirvrajet

That cooked (food) becomes twofold: the dregs separately, the juice separately. The dregs, divided into twelve excretions, pass out of the body.

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PdP 2 66.21

कर्णाक्षि नासिका जिह्वा दंतोष्ठ प्रजनं गुदा । मलान्स्रवेदथ स्वेदो विण्मूत्रं द्वादश स्मृताः

karṇākṣi nāsikā jihvā daṃtoṣṭha prajanaṃ gudā | malānsravedatha svedo viṇmūtraṃ dvādaśa smṛtāḥ

Ear, eye, nose, tongue, tooth, lip, genital, anus — these discharge excretions; then sweat, faeces and urine: twelve are reckoned.

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PdP 2 66.22

हृत्पद्मे प्रतिबद्धाश्च सर्वनाड्यः समंततः । तासां मुखेषु तं सूक्ष्मं प्राणः स्थापयते रसम्

hṛtpadme pratibaddhāśca sarvanāḍyaḥ samaṃtataḥ | tāsāṃ mukheṣu taṃ sūkṣmaṃ prāṇaḥ sthāpayate rasam

All the channels are bound on every side to the lotus of the heart; at their openings the vital air deposits that subtle juice.

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PdP 2 66.23

रसेन तेन ता नाडीः प्राणः पूरयते पुनः । संतर्पयंति ता नाड्यः पूर्णा देहं समंततः

rasena tena tā nāḍīḥ prāṇaḥ pūrayate punaḥ | saṃtarpayaṃti tā nāḍyaḥ pūrṇā dehaṃ samaṃtataḥ

With that fluid the breath fills those channels again; and those channels, being full, nourish the body all around.

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PdP 2 66.24

ततः स नाडीमध्यस्थः शारीरेणोष्मणा रसः । पच्यते पच्यमानश्च भवेत्पाकद्वयं पुनः

tataḥ sa nāḍīmadhyasthaḥ śārīreṇoṣmaṇā rasaḥ | pacyate pacyamānaśca bhavetpākadvayaṃ punaḥ

Then that fluid, situated in the middle of the channels, is cooked by the body's heat; and being cooked, a twofold cooking again occurs.

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PdP 2 66.25

त्वङ्मांसास्थि मज्जा मेदो रुधिरं च प्रजायते । रक्ताल्लोमानि मांसं च केशाः स्नायुश्च मांसतः

tvaṅmāṃsāsthi majjā medo rudhiraṃ ca prajāyate | raktāllomāni māṃsaṃ ca keśāḥ snāyuśca māṃsataḥ

Skin, flesh, bone, marrow, fat and blood are produced; from blood, body-hair and flesh; and from flesh, head-hair and sinew.

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PdP 2 66.26

स्नायोर्मज्जा तथास्थीनि वसा मज्जास्थिसंभवा । मज्जाकारेण वैकल्यं शुक्रं च प्रसवात्मकम्

snāyormajjā tathāsthīni vasā majjāsthisaṃbhavā | majjākāreṇa vaikalyaṃ śukraṃ ca prasavātmakam

From sinew, marrow; likewise bones; grease arising from marrow and bone; and by the transformation of marrow, defectiveness(?) and semen, which is generative in nature.

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PdP 2 66.27

इति द्वादश शान्तस्य परिणामाः प्रकीर्तिताः । शुक्रं तस्य परीणामः शुक्राद्देहस्य संभवः

iti dvādaśa śāntasya pariṇāmāḥ prakīrtitāḥ | śukraṃ tasya parīṇāmaḥ śukrāddehasya saṃbhavaḥ

Thus twelve transformations of the quiescent (element) have been declared. Semen is its transformation, and from semen comes the origin of the body.

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PdP 2 66.28

ऋतुकाले यदा शुक्रं निर्दोषं योनिसंस्थितम् । तदा तद्वायुसंसृष्टं स्त्रीरक्तेनैकतां व्रजेत्

ṛtukāle yadā śukraṃ nirdoṣaṃ yonisaṃsthitam | tadā tadvāyusaṃsṛṣṭaṃ strīraktenaikatāṃ vrajet

When, at the time of the menstrual period, faultless semen is lodged in the womb, then, joined with the wind, it becomes one with the woman's blood.

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PdP 2 66.29

विसर्गकाले शुक्रस्य जीवः कारणसंयुतः । नित्यं प्रविशते योनिं कर्मभिः स्वैर्नियंत्रितः

visargakāle śukrasya jīvaḥ kāraṇasaṃyutaḥ | nityaṃ praviśate yoniṃ karmabhiḥ svairniyaṃtritaḥ

At the time of the emission of the semen, the living soul, joined with its cause, always enters the womb, constrained by its own deeds.

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PdP 2 66.30

शुक्रस्य सह रक्तस्य एकाहात्कललं भवेत् । पंचरात्रेण कलले बुद्बुदत्वं ततो भवेत्

śukrasya saha raktasya ekāhātkalalaṃ bhavet | paṃcarātreṇa kalale budbudatvaṃ tato bhavet

From the semen together with the blood, in one day a fluid mass (kalala) comes to be; in five nights, the fluid mass then acquires the state of a bubble.

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PdP 2 66.31

मांसत्वं मासमात्रेण पंचधा जायते पुनः । ग्रीवा शिरश्च स्कंधश्च पृष्ठवंशस्तथोदरम्

māṃsatvaṃ māsamātreṇa paṃcadhā jāyate punaḥ | grīvā śiraśca skaṃdhaśca pṛṣṭhavaṃśastathodaram

In just a month there is the state of flesh, and again it becomes fivefold: the neck, the head, the shoulder, the spine, and the belly.

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PdP 2 66.32

पाणीपादौ तथा पार्श्वौ कटिर्गात्रं तथैव च । मासद्वयेन पर्वाणि क्रमशः संभवंति च

pāṇīpādau tathā pārśvau kaṭirgātraṃ tathaiva ca | māsadvayena parvāṇi kramaśaḥ saṃbhavaṃti ca

The hands and feet, likewise the two sides, the hips, and the body too; in two months the joints come into being in order.

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PdP 2 66.33

त्रिभिर्मासैः प्रजायंते शतशोंकुरसंधयः । मासैश्चतुर्भिर्जायंते अंगुल्यादि यथाक्रमम्

tribhirmāsaiḥ prajāyaṃte śataśoṃkurasaṃdhayaḥ | māsaiścaturbhirjāyaṃte aṃgulyādi yathākramam

In three months the sprouting joints are produced by the hundreds; in four months the fingers and the rest are produced in order.

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PdP 2 66.34

मुखं नासा च कर्णौ च मासैर्जायंति पंचभिः । दंतपंक्तिस्तथा जिह्वा जायते तु नखाः पुनः

mukhaṃ nāsā ca karṇau ca māsairjāyaṃti paṃcabhiḥ | daṃtapaṃktistathā jihvā jāyate tu nakhāḥ punaḥ

The mouth, the nose and the two ears are produced in five months; the row of teeth and the tongue are produced, and also the nails.

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PdP 2 66.35

कर्णयोश्च भवेच्छिद्रं षण्मासाभ्यंतरे पुनः । पायुर्मेढ्रमुपस्थं च शिश्नश्चाप्युपजायते

karṇayośca bhavecchidraṃ ṣaṇmāsābhyaṃtare punaḥ | pāyurmeḍhramupasthaṃ ca śiśnaścāpyupajāyate

And within six months the opening of the ears comes to be; and the anus, the penis, the genital region and the member also arise.

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PdP 2 66.36

संधयो ये च गात्रेषु मासैर्जायंति सप्तभिः । अंगप्रत्यंगसंपूर्णं शिरः केशसमन्वितम्

saṃdhayo ye ca gātreṣu māsairjāyaṃti saptabhiḥ | aṃgapratyaṃgasaṃpūrṇaṃ śiraḥ keśasamanvitam

And the joints that are in the limbs are produced in seven months; (and) the head, complete with major and minor parts, furnished with hair.

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PdP 2 66.37

विभक्तावयवस्पष्टं पुनर्मासाष्टमे भवेत् । पंचात्मक समायुक्तः परिपक्वः स तिष्ठति

vibhaktāvayavaspaṣṭaṃ punarmāsāṣṭame bhavet | paṃcātmaka samāyuktaḥ paripakvaḥ sa tiṣṭhati

Again, in the eighth month it becomes distinct, with its parts differentiated; joined with the five elements, it remains fully matured.

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PdP 2 66.38

मातुराहारवीर्येण षड्विधेन रसेन च । नाभिसूत्रनिबद्धेन वर्द्धते स दिनेदिने

māturāhāravīryeṇa ṣaḍvidhena rasena ca | nābhisūtranibaddhena varddhate sa dinedine

By the potency of the mother's food and by the sixfold fluid, bound by the navel-cord, it grows day by day.

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PdP 2 66.39

ततः स्मृतिं लभेज्जीवः संपूर्णोस्मिञ्छरीरके । सुखं दुःखं विजानाति निद्रां स्वप्नं पुराकृतम्

tataḥ smṛtiṃ labhejjīvaḥ saṃpūrṇosmiñcharīrake | sukhaṃ duḥkhaṃ vijānāti nidrāṃ svapnaṃ purākṛtam

Then, when this little body is complete, the living soul gains memory; it knows pleasure and pain, sleep, dream, and what was done before.

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PdP 2 66.40

मृतश्चाहं पुनर्जातो जातश्चाहं पुनर्मृतः । नानायोनिसहस्राणि मया दृष्टान्यनेकधा

mṛtaścāhaṃ punarjāto jātaścāhaṃ punarmṛtaḥ | nānāyonisahasrāṇi mayā dṛṣṭānyanekadhā

"I died and was born again; having been born, I died again; thousands of various wombs have been seen by me in many ways.

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PdP 2 66.41

अधुना जातमात्रोहं प्राप्तसंस्कार एव च । ततः श्रेयः करिष्यामि येन गर्भे न संभवः

adhunā jātamātrohaṃ prāptasaṃskāra eva ca | tataḥ śreyaḥ kariṣyāmi yena garbhe na saṃbhavaḥ

Now I am just born, and I have indeed attained (this) formation. Therefore I shall do what is good, by which there will be no coming to be in a womb (again)."

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PdP 2 66.42

गर्भस्थश्चिंतयत्येवमहं गर्भाद्विनिःसृतः । अध्येष्यामि परं ज्ञानं संसारविनिवर्तकम्

garbhasthaściṃtayatyevamahaṃ garbhādviniḥsṛtaḥ | adhyeṣyāmi paraṃ jñānaṃ saṃsāravinivartakam

Thus, while in the womb, it thinks: "Once I have come out of the womb, I shall study the supreme knowledge that turns back transmigration."

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PdP 2 66.43

अवश्यं गर्भदुःखेन महता परिपीडितः । जीवः कर्मवशादास्ते मोक्षोपायं विचिंतयेत्

avaśyaṃ garbhaduḥkhena mahatā paripīḍitaḥ | jīvaḥ karmavaśādāste mokṣopāyaṃ viciṃtayet

Inevitably, sorely afflicted by the great suffering of the womb, the living being remains there by force of its karma; (so) let it ponder the means of release.

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PdP 2 66.44

यथा गिरिवराक्रांतः कश्चिद्दुःखेन तिष्ठति । तथा जरायुणा देही दुःखं तिष्ठति दुःखितः

yathā girivarākrāṃtaḥ kaścidduḥkhena tiṣṭhati | tathā jarāyuṇā dehī duḥkhaṃ tiṣṭhati duḥkhitaḥ

Just as someone crushed under a great mountain stays there in pain, so the embodied one, wrapped in the placenta, stays there in pain, afflicted.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 2 66.45

पतितः सागरे यद्वद्दुःखमास्ते समाकुलः । गर्भोदकेन सिक्तांगस्तथास्ते व्याकुलात्मकः

patitaḥ sāgare yadvadduḥkhamāste samākulaḥ | garbhodakena siktāṃgastathāste vyākulātmakaḥ

Just as one fallen into the ocean remains in distress, overwhelmed, so (the being), its limbs drenched with the amniotic fluid, remains there with a troubled mind.

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PdP 2 66.46

लोहकुंभे यथा न्यस्तः पच्यते कश्चिदग्निना । गर्भकुंभे तथाक्षिप्तः पच्यते जठराग्निना

lohakuṃbhe yathā nyastaḥ pacyate kaścidagninā | garbhakuṃbhe tathākṣiptaḥ pacyate jaṭharāgninā

As someone placed in an iron pot is cooked by fire, so (the being), cast into the pot of the womb, is cooked by the fire of the belly.

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PdP 2 66.47

सूचीभिरग्निवर्णाभिर्भिन्नगात्रो निरंतरम् । यद्दुःखं जायते तस्य तद्गर्भेष्टगुणं भवेत्

sūcībhiragnivarṇābhirbhinnagātro niraṃtaram | yadduḥkhaṃ jāyate tasya tadgarbheṣṭaguṇaṃ bhavet

The pain that arises for one whose limbs are pierced without pause by needles of the colour of fire—that (pain), in the womb, would be eightfold.

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PdP 2 66.48

गर्भवासात्परं वासं कष्टं नैवास्ति कुत्रचित् । देहिनां दुःखमतुलं सुघोरमपि संकटम्

garbhavāsātparaṃ vāsaṃ kaṣṭaṃ naivāsti kutracit | dehināṃ duḥkhamatulaṃ sughoramapi saṃkaṭam

There is nowhere any dwelling more painful than dwelling in the womb: an incomparable suffering of embodied beings, most terrible, a narrow strait.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 2 66.49

इत्येतद्गर्भदुःखं हि प्राणिनां परिकीर्तितम् । चरस्थिराणां सर्वेषामात्मगर्भानुरूपतः

ityetadgarbhaduḥkhaṃ hi prāṇināṃ parikīrtitam | carasthirāṇāṃ sarveṣāmātmagarbhānurūpataḥ

Thus this suffering of the womb has been proclaimed for living creatures—for all that move and stand still—according to the nature of each one's own womb.

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PdP 2 66.50

गर्भात्कोटिगुणापीडा योनियंत्रनिपीडनात् । संमूर्च्छितस्य जायेत जायमानस्य देहिनः

garbhātkoṭiguṇāpīḍā yoniyaṃtranipīḍanāt | saṃmūrcchitasya jāyeta jāyamānasya dehinaḥ

A pain ten million times (greater) than (that of) the womb arises, from the crushing press of the birth-passage, for the embodied being that is being born and has fainted away.

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PdP 2 66.51

इक्षुवत्पीड्यमानस्य पापमुद्गरपेषणात् । गर्भान्निष्क्रममाणस्य प्रबलैः सूतिवायुभिः

ikṣuvatpīḍyamānasya pāpamudgarapeṣaṇāt | garbhānniṣkramamāṇasya prabalaiḥ sūtivāyubhiḥ

(A pain) of one being pressed like a sugarcane, from the pounding of the mallet of (its own) evil deeds, as it comes out of the womb driven by the powerful birth-winds—

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 2 66.52

जायते सुमहद्दुःखं परित्राणं न विंदति । यंत्रेण पीड्यमानाः स्युर्निःसाराश्च यथेक्षवः

jāyate sumahadduḥkhaṃ paritrāṇaṃ na viṃdati | yaṃtreṇa pīḍyamānāḥ syurniḥsārāśca yathekṣavaḥ

—a very great suffering arises, and it finds no rescue. Just as sugarcanes, pressed by the machine, become sapless,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 2 66.53

तथा शरीरं योनिस्थं पात्यते यंत्रपीडनात् । अस्थिमद्वर्तुलाकारं स्नायुबंधनवेष्टितम्

tathā śarīraṃ yonisthaṃ pātyate yaṃtrapīḍanāt | asthimadvartulākāraṃ snāyubaṃdhanaveṣṭitam

so the body, situated in the birth-passage, is dropped down by the pressing of the press—(a body) having bones, round in shape, wrapped about with the bindings of sinews,

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PdP 2 66.54

रक्तमांसवसालिप्तं विण्मूत्रद्रव्यभाजनम् । केशलोमनखच्छन्नं रोगायतनमुत्तमम्

raktamāṃsavasāliptaṃ viṇmūtradravyabhājanam | keśalomanakhacchannaṃ rogāyatanamuttamam

smeared with blood, flesh and fat, a vessel of the stuff of dung and urine, covered with hair, down and nails, the foremost seat of diseases,

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PdP 2 66.55

वदनैकमहाद्वारं गवाक्षाष्टकभूषितम् । ओष्ठद्वयकपाटं तु दंतजिह्वागलान्वितम्

vadanaikamahādvāraṃ gavākṣāṣṭakabhūṣitam | oṣṭhadvayakapāṭaṃ tu daṃtajihvāgalānvitam

having the mouth as its one great door, adorned with eight windows, with the two lips as its door-panels, furnished with teeth, tongue and throat,

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PdP 2 66.56

नाडीस्वेदप्रवाहं च कफपित्तपरिप्लुतम् । जराशोकसमाविष्टं कालवक्त्रानलेस्थितम्

nāḍīsvedapravāhaṃ ca kaphapittapariplutam | jarāśokasamāviṣṭaṃ kālavaktrānalesthitam

with a flow of sweat from its channels, flooded with phlegm and bile, beset by old age and grief, standing in the fire of Time's mouth,

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PdP 2 66.57

कामक्रोधसमाक्रांतं श्वसनैश्चोपमर्दितम् । भोगतृष्णातुरं गूढं रागद्वेष वशानुगम्

kāmakrodhasamākrāṃtaṃ śvasanaiścopamarditam | bhogatṛṣṇāturaṃ gūḍhaṃ rāgadveṣa vaśānugam

overcome by desire and anger, oppressed by the breaths, sick with thirst for enjoyments, hidden, subject to the sway of attraction and aversion,

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PdP 2 66.58

सवर्णितांगप्रत्यंगं जरायु परिवेष्टितम् । संकटेनाविविक्तेन योनिमार्गेण निर्गतम्

savarṇitāṃgapratyaṃgaṃ jarāyu pariveṣṭitam | saṃkaṭenāviviktena yonimārgeṇa nirgatam

its limbs and lesser limbs coloured over, enveloped by the placenta, come forth by the narrow, unclean passage of the womb,

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PdP 2 66.59

विण्मूत्ररक्तसिक्तांगं षट्कौशिकसमुद्भवम् । अस्थिपंजरसंघातं ज्ञेयमस्मिन्कलेवरे

viṇmūtraraktasiktāṃgaṃ ṣaṭkauśikasamudbhavam | asthipaṃjarasaṃghātaṃ jñeyamasminkalevare

its limbs drenched with dung, urine and blood, arisen from the six sheaths—in this body a mass of a cage of bones is to be known:

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PdP 2 66.60

शतत्रयं शताधिकं पंचपेशी शतानि च । सार्धाभिस्तिसृभिश्छन्नं समंताद्रोमकोटिभिः

śatatrayaṃ śatādhikaṃ paṃcapeśī śatāni ca | sārdhābhistisṛbhiśchannaṃ samaṃtādromakoṭibhiḥ

three hundred (bones) and a hundred more, and five hundred muscles; it is covered all over by three and a half crores of hairs.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

PdP 2 66.61

शरीरं स्थूलसूक्ष्माभिर्दृश्यादृश्याभिरंततः । एताभिर्मांसनाडीभिः कोटिभिस्तत्समन्वितम्

śarīraṃ sthūlasūkṣmābhirdṛśyādṛśyābhiraṃtataḥ | etābhirmāṃsanāḍībhiḥ koṭibhistatsamanvitam

The body is endlessly furnished with these crores of flesh-channels, gross and fine, visible and invisible.

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PdP 2 66.62

प्रस्वेदमशुचिं ताभिरंतरस्थं च तेन हि । द्वात्रिंशद्दशनाः प्रोक्ता विंशतिश्च नखाः स्मृताः

prasvedamaśuciṃ tābhiraṃtarasthaṃ ca tena hi | dvātriṃśaddaśanāḥ proktā viṃśatiśca nakhāḥ smṛtāḥ

And through them, indeed, comes the impure sweat that stands within it. The teeth are declared to be thirty-two, and the nails are held to be twenty.

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PdP 2 66.63

पित्तस्य कुडवं ज्ञेयं कफस्यार्धाढकं तथा । वसायाश्च पलाः पंच तदर्धं फलकस्य च

pittasya kuḍavaṃ jñeyaṃ kaphasyārdhāḍhakaṃ tathā | vasāyāśca palāḥ paṃca tadardhaṃ phalakasya ca

Of bile one should know (the measure to be) a kuḍava, and of phlegm half an āḍhaka; and of fat five palas, and half of that of the phalaka.

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PdP 2 66.64

पंचार्बुद पला ज्ञेयाः पलानि दश मेदसः । पलत्रयं महारक्तं मज्जा रक्ताच्चतुर्गुणा

paṃcārbuda palā jñeyāḥ palāni daśa medasaḥ | palatrayaṃ mahāraktaṃ majjā raktāccaturguṇā

Five palas of arbuda are to be known, ten palas of fat-tissue; the great blood is three palas, marrow is four times the blood.

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PdP 2 66.65

शुक्रार्धकुडवं ज्ञेयं तदर्धं देहिनां बलम् । मांसस्य चैकं पिंडेन पलसाहस्रमुच्यते

śukrārdhakuḍavaṃ jñeyaṃ tadardhaṃ dehināṃ balam | māṃsasya caikaṃ piṃḍena palasāhasramucyate

Semen is to be known as half a kuḍava, and half of that is the strength of embodied beings; and of flesh, taken as one lump, a thousand palas is said (to be the measure).

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PdP 2 66.66

रक्तं पलशतं ज्ञेयं विण्मूत्रं चाप्रमाणतः । इति देहगृहे राजन्वासः स्यान्नित्यमात्मनः

raktaṃ palaśataṃ jñeyaṃ viṇmūtraṃ cāpramāṇataḥ | iti dehagṛhe rājanvāsaḥ syānnityamātmanaḥ

Blood is to be known as a hundred palas, while feces and urine are without measure. Thus, O king, in the house of the body is the self's perpetual dwelling.

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PdP 2 66.67

अशुद्धं च विशुद्धस्य कर्मबंधविनिर्मितम् । शुक्रशोणितसंयोगाद्देहः संजायते क्वचित्

aśuddhaṃ ca viśuddhasya karmabaṃdhavinirmitam | śukraśoṇitasaṃyogāddehaḥ saṃjāyate kvacit

And (it is) impure, (the dwelling) of the pure one, fashioned by the bondage of karma; from the union of semen and blood the body somehow comes into being.

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PdP 2 66.68

नित्यं विण्मूत्रसंयुक्तस्तेनायमशुचिः स्मृतः । यथा वै विष्ठया पूर्णः शुचिः सांतर्बहिर्घटः

nityaṃ viṇmūtrasaṃyuktastenāyamaśuciḥ smṛtaḥ | yathā vai viṣṭhayā pūrṇaḥ śuciḥ sāṃtarbahirghaṭaḥ

It is always joined with feces and urine; for that reason this (body) is declared impure — just as a pot filled with excrement, though clean within and without.

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PdP 2 66.69

शौचेन शोध्यमानोपि देहोयमशुचिर्भवेत् । यं प्राप्यातिपवित्राणि पंचगव्य हवींषि च

śaucena śodhyamānopi dehoyamaśucirbhavet | yaṃ prāpyātipavitrāṇi paṃcagavya havīṃṣi ca

Even when cleansed by purificatory acts, this body remains impure; things exceedingly pure — the five cow-products and oblations — on coming into contact with it,

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PdP 2 66.70

अशुचित्वं प्रयांत्याशु देहोयमशुचिस्ततः । हृद्यान्यप्यन्नपानानि यं प्राप्य सुरभीणि च

aśucitvaṃ prayāṃtyāśu dehoyamaśucistataḥ | hṛdyānyapyannapānāni yaṃ prāpya surabhīṇi ca

at once become impure; therefore this body is impure. Even pleasing foods and drinks, and fragrant things, on coming into contact with it,

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PdP 2 66.71

अशुचित्वं प्रयांत्याशु कोऽन्य स्यादशुचिस्ततः । हे जनाः किं न पश्यध्वं यन्निर्याति दिनेदिने

aśucitvaṃ prayāṃtyāśu ko'nya syādaśucistataḥ | he janāḥ kiṃ na paśyadhvaṃ yanniryāti dinedine

at once become impure; what else, then, could be (called) impure? O people, why do you not see what issues forth day after day?

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PdP 2 66.72

देहानुगो मलः पूतिस्तदाधारः कथं शुचिः । देहः संशोध्यमानोपि पंचगव्यकुशांबुभिः

dehānugo malaḥ pūtistadādhāraḥ kathaṃ śuciḥ | dehaḥ saṃśodhyamānopi paṃcagavyakuśāṃbubhiḥ

The filth that accompanies the body is foul-smelling; how can its container be pure? Though the body be thoroughly cleansed with the five cow-products and with kuśa-water,

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PdP 2 66.73

घृष्यमाण इवांगारो निर्मलत्वं न गच्छति । स्रोतांसि यस्य सततं प्रवहंति गिरेरिव

ghṛṣyamāṇa ivāṃgāro nirmalatvaṃ na gacchati | srotāṃsi yasya satataṃ pravahaṃti gireriva

like a coal that is scrubbed, it does not attain spotlessness. That (body) whose channels flow constantly as from a mountain,

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PdP 2 66.74

कफमूत्राद्यमशुचिः स देहः शुध्यते कथम् । सर्वाशुचिनिधानस्य शरीरस्य न विद्यते

kaphamūtrādyamaśuciḥ sa dehaḥ śudhyate katham | sarvāśucinidhānasya śarīrasya na vidyate

unclean with phlegm, urine and the rest — how is that body purified? For the body, the repository of all impurity, there is not

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PdP 2 66.75

शुचिरेकप्रदेशोपि शुचिर्न स्यादृतेऽपि वा । दिवा वा यदि वा रात्रौ मृत्तोयैः शोध्यते करः

śucirekapradeśopi śucirna syādṛte'pi vā | divā vā yadi vā rātrau mṛttoyaiḥ śodhyate karaḥ

even a single pure spot; nor would it be pure even apart (from that). Whether by day or by night the hand is cleansed with earth and water;

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PdP 2 66.76

तथापि शुचिभाङ्नस्यान्न विरज्यंति ते नराः । कायोयमग्र्यधूपाद्यैर्यत्नेनापि सुसंस्कृतः

tathāpi śucibhāṅnasyānna virajyaṃti te narāḥ | kāyoyamagryadhūpādyairyatnenāpi susaṃskṛtaḥ

yet even so it does not become pure, (and) those men are not repelled by it. This body, though carefully perfumed with the finest incense and the like,

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PdP 2 66.77

न जहाति स्वभावं हि श्वपुच्छमिव नामितम् । तथा जात्यैव कृष्णोर्णा न शुक्ला जातु जायते

na jahāti svabhāvaṃ hi śvapucchamiva nāmitam | tathā jātyaiva kṛṣṇorṇā na śuklā jātu jāyate

does not give up its own nature, like a dog's tail that has been bent (straight). So too wool that is black by its very birth never becomes white;

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PdP 2 66.78

संशोध्यमानापि तथा भवेन्मूर्तिर्न निर्मला । जिघ्रन्नपि स्वदुर्गंधं पश्यन्नपि मलं स्वकम्

saṃśodhyamānāpi tathā bhavenmūrtirna nirmalā | jighrannapi svadurgaṃdhaṃ paśyannapi malaṃ svakam

so too this form, though cleansed, does not become spotless. Even while smelling his own foul odour, even while seeing his own filth,

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PdP 2 66.79

न विरज्यति लोकोऽयं पीडयन्नपि नासिकाम् । अहो मोहस्य माहात्म्यं येन व्यामोहितं जगत्

na virajyati loko'yaṃ pīḍayannapi nāsikām | aho mohasya māhātmyaṃ yena vyāmohitaṃ jagat

this world is not repelled, even while it pinches its nose. Ah, the might of delusion, by which the world is bewildered!

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PdP 2 66.80

जिघ्रन्पश्यन्स्वकान्दोषान्कायस्य न विरज्यते । स्वदेहस्य विगंधेन विरज्येत न यो नरः

jighranpaśyansvakāndoṣānkāyasya na virajyate | svadehasya vigaṃdhena virajyeta na yo naraḥ

Smelling and seeing the body's own defects, he is not repelled. The man who would not be repelled by the stench of his own body —

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PdP 2 66.81

विरागकारणं तस्य किमन्यदुपदिश्यते । सर्वमेव जगत्पूतं देहमेवाशुचिः परम्

virāgakāraṇaṃ tasya kimanyadupadiśyate | sarvameva jagatpūtaṃ dehamevāśuciḥ param

what other cause of detachment could be taught to him? The whole world is pure; the body alone is supremely impure,

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PdP 2 66.82

यन्मलावयवस्पर्शाच्छुचिरप्यशुचिर्भवेत् । गंधलेपापनोदाय शौचं देहस्य कीर्तितम्

yanmalāvayavasparśācchucirapyaśucirbhavet | gaṃdhalepāpanodāya śaucaṃ dehasya kīrtitam

since by contact with a portion of its filth even what is pure becomes impure. It is to remove the smell and the smear that the cleansing of the body is prescribed.

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PdP 2 66.83

द्वयस्यापगमात्पश्चाद्भावशुद्ध्या विशुद्ध्यति । गंगातोयेन सर्वेण मृद्भारैर्गात्रलेपनैः

dvayasyāpagamātpaścādbhāvaśuddhyā viśuddhyati | gaṃgātoyena sarveṇa mṛdbhārairgātralepanaiḥ

Only after the removal of the two does (a man) become pure through purity of disposition. With all the water of the Ganges, with loads of earth, with smearings of the body —

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PdP 2 66.84

मर्त्यो दुर्गंधदेहोसौ भावदुष्टो न शुध्यति । तीर्थस्नानैस्तपोभिश्च दुष्टात्मा न च शुध्यति

martyo durgaṃdhadehosau bhāvaduṣṭo na śudhyati | tīrthasnānaistapobhiśca duṣṭātmā na ca śudhyati

this mortal, whose body stinks, if corrupt in disposition, is not purified; and by bathings at holy fords and by austerities the corrupt-souled one is likewise not purified.

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PdP 2 66.85

स्वमूर्तिः क्षालिता तीर्थे न शुद्धिमधिगच्छति । अंतर्भावप्रदुष्टस्य विशतोपि हुताशनम्

svamūrtiḥ kṣālitā tīrthe na śuddhimadhigacchati | aṃtarbhāvapraduṣṭasya viśatopi hutāśanam

His own body, washed at a holy ford, does not attain purity. For one who is thoroughly corrupt in his inner disposition, even entering the fire (brings)

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PdP 2 66.86

न स्वर्गो नापवर्गश्च देहनिर्दहनं परम् । भावशुद्धिः परं शौचं प्रमाणं सर्वकर्मसु

na svargo nāpavargaśca dehanirdahanaṃ param | bhāvaśuddhiḥ paraṃ śaucaṃ pramāṇaṃ sarvakarmasu

neither heaven nor release; it is nothing more than the burning up of the body. Purity of disposition is the highest cleanness, the standard in all rites.

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PdP 2 66.87

अन्यथा लिंग्यते कांता भावेन दुहितान्यथा । मनसा भिद्यते वृत्तिरभिन्नेष्वपि वस्तुषु

anyathā liṃgyate kāṃtā bhāvena duhitānyathā | manasā bhidyate vṛttirabhinneṣvapi vastuṣu

One embraces a beloved woman in one way, and a daughter in another, by disposition; by the mind the mode (of feeling) is differentiated, even where the objects are not different.

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PdP 2 66.88

अन्यथैव सती पुत्रं चिंतयेदन्यथा पतिम् । यथायथा स्वभावस्य महाभाग उदाहृतम्

anyathaiva satī putraṃ ciṃtayedanyathā patim | yathāyathā svabhāvasya mahābhāga udāhṛtam

A virtuous wife thinks of a son in one way and of her husband in quite another; just as it has been declared, O greatly fortunate one, of (each one's) own nature.

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PdP 2 66.89

परिष्वक्तोपि यद्भार्यां भावहीनां न कारयेत् । नाद्याद्विविधमन्नाद्यं रस्यानि सुरभीणि च

pariṣvaktopi yadbhāryāṃ bhāvahīnāṃ na kārayet | nādyādvividhamannādyaṃ rasyāni surabhīṇi ca

Even when embraced, (a man) would not have his wife act (thus) if she lacks the disposition; nor would he eat the various foods, the savoury and fragrant things.

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PdP 2 66.90

अभावेन नरस्तस्माद्भावः सर्वत्र कारणम् । चित्तं शोधय यत्नेन किमन्यैर्बाह्यशोधनैः

abhāvena narastasmādbhāvaḥ sarvatra kāraṇam | cittaṃ śodhaya yatnena kimanyairbāhyaśodhanaiḥ

For a man (does not do so) through absence of disposition; therefore disposition is everywhere the cause. Purify the mind with effort — what use are other, external cleansings?

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PdP 2 66.91

भावतः शुचिशुद्धात्मा स्वर्गं मोक्षं च विंदति । ज्ञानामलांभसा पुंसः सवैराग्यमृदापुनः

bhāvataḥ śuciśuddhātmā svargaṃ mokṣaṃ ca viṃdati | jñānāmalāṃbhasā puṃsaḥ savairāgyamṛdāpunaḥ

He who is pure and clean of soul by disposition obtains both heaven and release. By the stainless water of knowledge, and again by the earth that is dispassion, a man's

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PdP 2 66.92

अविद्या रागविण्मूत्र लेपो नश्येद्विशोधनैः । एवमेतच्छरीरं हि निसर्गादशुचिं विदुः

avidyā rāgaviṇmūtra lepo naśyedviśodhanaiḥ | evametaccharīraṃ hi nisargādaśuciṃ viduḥ

smearing of dung and urine, namely ignorance and passion, would be destroyed by (such) cleansings. Thus indeed they know this body to be impure by its very nature.

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PdP 2 66.93

विद्यादसार निःसारं कदलीसारसन्निभम् । ज्ञात्वैवं दोषवद्देहं यः प्राज्ञः शिथिली भवेत्

vidyādasāra niḥsāraṃ kadalīsārasannibham | jñātvaivaṃ doṣavaddehaṃ yaḥ prājñaḥ śithilī bhavet

One should know (it to be) without substance, sapless, like the pith of a plantain tree. The wise man who, having thus known the body to be full of defects, becomes slack (in attachment to it) —

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PdP 2 66.94

सोतिक्रामति संसारं दृढग्राहोवतिष्ठति । एवमेतन्महाकष्टं जन्मदुःखं प्रकीर्तितम्

sotikrāmati saṃsāraṃ dṛḍhagrāhovatiṣṭhati | evametanmahākaṣṭaṃ janmaduḥkhaṃ prakīrtitam

he crosses beyond saṃsāra; (but) he who holds on firmly remains (in it). Thus has this greatly painful suffering of birth been proclaimed.

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PdP 2 66.95

पुंसामज्ञानदोषेण नानाकर्मवशेन च । गर्भस्थस्य मतिर्यासीत्सा जातस्य प्रणश्यति

puṃsāmajñānadoṣeṇa nānākarmavaśena ca | garbhasthasya matiryāsītsā jātasya praṇaśyati

Through men's defect of ignorance and by the force of their various deeds, whatever awareness there was while (the child) was in the womb perishes once it is born.

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PdP 2 66.96

सुमूर्च्छितस्य दुःखेन योनियंत्रनिपीडनात् । बाह्येन वायुना चास्य मोहसंगेन देहिनाम्

sumūrcchitasya duḥkhena yoniyaṃtranipīḍanāt | bāhyena vāyunā cāsya mohasaṃgena dehinām

of one utterly swooning with pain from the crushing pressure of the machine that is the womb, and by the outer wind, through embodied beings' contact with delusion —

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PdP 2 66.97

स्पृष्टमात्रस्य घोरेण ज्वरः समुपजायते । तेन ज्वरेण महता महामोहः प्रजायते

spṛṣṭamātrasya ghoreṇa jvaraḥ samupajāyate | tena jvareṇa mahatā mahāmohaḥ prajāyate

of one merely touched (by it) a dreadful fever arises; and by that great fever a great delusion is produced.

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PdP 2 66.98

संमूढस्य स्मृतिभ्रंशः शीघ्रं संजायते पुनः । स्मृतिभ्रंशात्ततस्तस्य पूर्वकर्मवशेन च

saṃmūḍhasya smṛtibhraṃśaḥ śīghraṃ saṃjāyate punaḥ | smṛtibhraṃśāttatastasya pūrvakarmavaśena ca

For the utterly deluded one, loss of memory quickly arises once more; and then, from that loss of memory and by the force of former deeds,

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PdP 2 66.99

रतिः संजायते तस्य जंतोस्तत्रैव जन्मनि । रक्तो मूढश्च लोकोयमकार्ये संप्रवर्त्तते

ratiḥ saṃjāyate tasya jaṃtostatraiva janmani | rakto mūḍhaśca lokoyamakārye saṃpravarttate

attachment arises in that creature to that very birth; and this world, passionate and deluded, sets about what should not be done.

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PdP 2 66.100

न चात्मानं विजानाति न परं न च दैवतम् । न शृणोति परं श्रेयः सचक्षुरपि नेक्षते

na cātmānaṃ vijānāti na paraṃ na ca daivatam | na śṛṇoti paraṃ śreyaḥ sacakṣurapi nekṣate

He does not know himself, nor another, nor the deity; he does not hear of the highest good, and though possessing eyes he does not see.

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PdP 2 66.101

समे पथि शनैर्गच्छन्स्खलतीव पदेपदे । सत्यां बुद्धौ न जानाति बोध्यमानो बुधैरपि

same pathi śanairgacchanskhalatīva padepade | satyāṃ buddhau na jānāti bodhyamāno budhairapi

Going slowly on level ground he stumbles, as it were, at every step; though he has intelligence he does not understand, even when instructed by the wise.

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PdP 2 66.102

संसारे क्लिश्यते तेन नरो लोभवशानुगः । गर्भस्मृतेरभावे च शास्त्रमुक्तं शिवेन च

saṃsāre kliśyate tena naro lobhavaśānugaḥ | garbhasmṛterabhāve ca śāstramuktaṃ śivena ca

Thereby a man, following the sway of greed, is afflicted in saṃsāra; and because of the absence of memory of the womb, the teaching was uttered by Śiva —

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PdP 2 66.103

तद्दुःखकथनार्थाय स्वर्गमोक्षप्रसाधकम् । येन तस्मिञ्छिवे ज्ञाते धर्मकामार्थसाधने

tadduḥkhakathanārthāya svargamokṣaprasādhakam | yena tasmiñchive jñāte dharmakāmārthasādhane

For the sake of telling of that suffering, (this teaching) which brings about heaven and liberation (was spoken) — by which, when that Śiva, the accomplisher of dharma, pleasure and wealth, has been known,

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PdP 2 66.104

न कुर्वंत्यात्मनः श्रेयस्तदत्र महदद्भुतम् । अव्यक्तेंद्रियबुद्धित्वाद्बाल्येदुःखं महत्पुनः

na kurvaṃtyātmanaḥ śreyastadatra mahadadbhutam | avyakteṃdriyabuddhitvādbālyeduḥkhaṃ mahatpunaḥ

(men) still do not effect their own welfare — that here is a great marvel. And again, because the senses and intellect are unmanifest (in infancy), in childhood the suffering is great.

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PdP 2 66.105

इच्छन्नपि न शक्नोति वक्तुं कर्तुं न सत्कृती । दंतजन्ममहद्दुःखं लौल्येन वायुना तथा

icchannapi na śaknoti vaktuṃ kartuṃ na satkṛtī | daṃtajanmamahadduḥkhaṃ laulyena vāyunā tathā

Though he wishes it, he is unable to speak, nor, though well-intentioned, to act; the growing of teeth is great suffering, and likewise (suffering) from greed and from wind (in the body).

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PdP 2 66.106

बालरोगैश्च विविधैः पीडाबालग्रहैरपि । तृड्बुभुक्षा परीतांगः क्वचित्तिष्ठति गच्छति

bālarogaiśca vividhaiḥ pīḍābālagrahairapi | tṛḍbubhukṣā parītāṃgaḥ kvacittiṣṭhati gacchati

And (there is) affliction from the various diseases of children and also from the demons that seize children; his limbs encompassed by thirst and hunger, he sometimes stands still, sometimes goes.

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PdP 2 66.107

विण्मूत्रभक्षणाद्यं च मोहाद्बालः समाचरेत् । कौमारः कर्णवेधेन मातापित्रोश्च ताडनैः

viṇmūtrabhakṣaṇādyaṃ ca mohādbālaḥ samācaret | kaumāraḥ karṇavedhena mātāpitrośca tāḍanaiḥ

And out of confusion the child would eat excrement, urine and the like. Boyhood (brings suffering) through the piercing of the ears and through the beatings of mother and father,

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PdP 2 66.108

अक्षराध्ययनाद्यैश्च दुःखं गुर्वादिशासनात् । प्रमत्तेंद्रियवृत्तेश्च कामरागप्रपीडिनः

akṣarādhyayanādyaiśca duḥkhaṃ gurvādiśāsanāt | pramatteṃdriyavṛtteśca kāmarāgaprapīḍinaḥ

and through learning letters and so forth, suffering (comes) from the chastisement of teachers and elders; and for one whose sensory activity is heedless, tormented by desire and passion,

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PdP 2 66.109

रोगार्दितस्य सततं कुतः सौख्यं हि यौवने । ईर्ष्यासु महद्दुःखं मोहाद्दुःखं प्रजायते

rogārditasya satataṃ kutaḥ saukhyaṃ hi yauvane | īrṣyāsu mahadduḥkhaṃ mohādduḥkhaṃ prajāyate

for one constantly afflicted by disease, whence indeed is there happiness in youth? In jealousies there is great suffering; from delusion suffering arises.

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PdP 2 66.110

तत्रस्यात्कुपितस्यैव रागो दुःखाय केवलम् । रात्रौ न विंदते निद्रा कामाग्नि परिखेदितः

tatrasyātkupitasyaiva rāgo duḥkhāya kevalam | rātrau na viṃdate nidrā kāmāgni parikheditaḥ

There, for one who is (or: who has become) angry, passion is only for suffering; by night he finds no sleep, worn out by the fire of desire.

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PdP 2 66.111

दिवा वापि कुतः सौख्यमर्थोपार्जनचिंतया । स्त्रीष्वायासितदेहस्य ये पुंसः शुक्रबिंदवः

divā vāpi kutaḥ saukhyamarthopārjanaciṃtayā | strīṣvāyāsitadehasya ye puṃsaḥ śukrabiṃdavaḥ

And by day too, whence is there happiness, with the anxiety of earning wealth? Those drops of semen of a man whose body is exhausted upon women —

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PdP 2 66.112

न ते सुखाय मंतव्याः स्वेदजा इव बिंदवः । कृमिभिस्ताड्यमानस्य कुष्ठिनः पामरस्य च

na te sukhāya maṃtavyāḥ svedajā iva biṃdavaḥ | kṛmibhistāḍyamānasya kuṣṭhinaḥ pāmarasya ca

they are not to be reckoned as (leading to) pleasure, being like drops born of sweat. Of one being bitten by worms, of a leprous man and of one with the itch,

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PdP 2 66.113

कंडूयनाग्नितापेन यत्सुखं स्त्रीषु तद्विदुः । यादृशं मन्यते सौख्यमर्थोपार्जनचिंतया

kaṃḍūyanāgnitāpena yatsukhaṃ strīṣu tadviduḥ | yādṛśaṃ manyate saukhyamarthopārjanaciṃtayā

the pleasure (that comes) by the scratching and burning heat — such they know to be the pleasure in women. Whatever happiness he supposes (to come) from the anxiety of earning wealth,

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PdP 2 66.114

तादृशं स्त्रीषु मंतव्यमधिकं नैव विद्यते । मर्त्यस्य वेदना सैव यां विना चित्तनिर्वृतिः

tādṛśaṃ strīṣu maṃtavyamadhikaṃ naiva vidyate | martyasya vedanā saiva yāṃ vinā cittanirvṛtiḥ

just such is to be reckoned (the happiness) in women; nothing greater at all exists. That very thing is the mortal's pain, without which there is no calming of the mind.

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PdP 2 66.115

ततोन्योन्यं पुरा प्राप्तमंते सैवान्यथा भवेत् । तदेवं जरया ग्रस्तमामया व्यपिनप्रियम्

tatonyonyaṃ purā prāptamaṃte saivānyathā bhavet | tadevaṃ jarayā grastamāmayā vyapinapriyam

Thereafter, mutually, what was formerly attained becomes at the end otherwise. So this beloved (body), seized by old age, is pervaded by diseases;

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PdP 2 66.116

अपूर्ववत्समात्मानं जरया परिपीडितम् । यः पश्यन्न विरज्येत कोन्यस्तस्मादचेतनः

apūrvavatsamātmānaṃ jarayā paripīḍitam | yaḥ paśyanna virajyeta konyastasmādacetanaḥ

He who, seeing himself utterly afflicted by old age as though unprecedented, would not become disgusted (with it) — who else is more unconscious than he?

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PdP 2 66.117

जराभिभूतोपि जंतुः पत्नीपुत्रादिबांधवैः । अशक्तत्वाद्दुराचारैर्भृत्यैश्च परिभूयते

jarābhibhūtopi jaṃtuḥ patnīputrādibāṃdhavaiḥ | aśaktatvāddurācārairbhṛtyaiśca paribhūyate

Even a creature overcome by old age is despised, because of his powerlessness, by his relatives — wife, sons and the rest — and by ill-behaved servants.

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PdP 2 66.118

न धर्ममर्थं कामं च मोक्षं च जरयायुतः । शक्तः साधयितुं तस्माद्युवा धर्मं समाचरेत्

na dharmamarthaṃ kāmaṃ ca mokṣaṃ ca jarayāyutaḥ | śaktaḥ sādhayituṃ tasmādyuvā dharmaṃ samācaret

One joined with old age is not able to accomplish dharma, wealth, pleasure, or liberation; therefore let a young man practise dharma.

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PdP 2 66.119

वातपित्तकफादीनां वैषम्यं व्याधिरुच्यते । वातादीनां समूहेन देहोयं परिकीर्तितः

vātapittakaphādīnāṃ vaiṣamyaṃ vyādhirucyate | vātādīnāṃ samūhena dehoyaṃ parikīrtitaḥ

The imbalance of wind, bile, phlegm and the rest is called disease; and this body is declared to be (constituted) by the aggregate of wind and the rest.

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PdP 2 66.120

तस्माद्व्याधिमयं ज्ञेयं शरीरमिदमात्मनः । वाताद्यव्यतिरिक्तत्वाद्व्याधीनां पंजरस्य च

tasmādvyādhimayaṃ jñeyaṃ śarīramidamātmanaḥ | vātādyavyatiriktatvādvyādhīnāṃ paṃjarasya ca

Therefore this body of one's own is to be known as consisting of disease, since the diseases and the cage (of the body) are not distinct from wind and the rest.

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PdP 2 66.121

रोगैर्नानाविधैर्याति देही दुःखान्यनेकधा । तानि च स्वात्मवेद्यानि किमन्यत्कथयाम्यहम्

rogairnānāvidhairyāti dehī duḥkhānyanekadhā | tāni ca svātmavedyāni kimanyatkathayāmyaham

Through diseases of many kinds the embodied one undergoes sufferings in many ways; and those are to be known from one's own experience — what else should I say?

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PdP 2 66.122

एकोत्तरं मृत्युशतमस्मिन्देहे प्रतिष्ठितम् । तत्रैकः कालसंयुक्तः शेषाश्चागंतवः स्मृताः

ekottaraṃ mṛtyuśatamasmindehe pratiṣṭhitam | tatraikaḥ kālasaṃyuktaḥ śeṣāścāgaṃtavaḥ smṛtāḥ

A hundred and one deaths are established in this body; among them one is joined with (its proper) time, and the rest are held to be incidental.

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PdP 2 66.123

ये त्विहागंतवः प्रोक्तास्ते प्रशाम्यंति भेषजैः । जपहोमप्रदानैश्च कालमृत्युर्न शाम्यति

ye tvihāgaṃtavaḥ proktāste praśāmyaṃti bheṣajaiḥ | japahomapradānaiśca kālamṛtyurna śāmyati

But those (deaths) that are here called adventitious are allayed by medicines, and by muttered prayer, oblation and giving; the death that comes with (appointed) time is not allayed.

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PdP 2 66.124

यदि वापमृत्युर्न स्याद्विषास्वादादशंकितः । न चात्ति पुरुषस्तस्मादपमृत्योर्बिभेति सः

yadi vāpamṛtyurna syādviṣāsvādādaśaṃkitaḥ | na cātti puruṣastasmādapamṛtyorbibheti saḥ

Or (consider): if there were no untimely death, a man would be unafraid of tasting poison; but he does not eat (it), and therefore he fears untimely death.

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PdP 2 66.125

विविधा व्याधयस्तत्र सर्पाद्याः प्राणिनस्तथा । विषाणि चाभिचाराश्च मृत्योर्द्वाराणि देहिनाम्

vividhā vyādhayastatra sarpādyāḥ prāṇinastathā | viṣāṇi cābhicārāśca mṛtyordvārāṇi dehinām

Therein diseases of many kinds, and creatures such as snakes, and poisons and sorceries are the doors of death for embodied beings.

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PdP 2 66.126

पीडितं सर्वरोगाद्यैरपि धन्वंतरिः स्वयम् । स्वस्थीकर्तुं न शक्नोति कालप्राप्तं न चान्यथा

pīḍitaṃ sarvarogādyairapi dhanvaṃtariḥ svayam | svasthīkartuṃ na śaknoti kālaprāptaṃ na cānyathā

One afflicted by all the diseases and the rest even Dhanvantari himself cannot restore to health; one whose time has come cannot be made otherwise.

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PdP 2 66.127

नौषधं न तपो दानं न माता न च बांधवाः । शक्नुवंति परित्रातुं नरं कालेन पीडितम्

nauṣadhaṃ na tapo dānaṃ na mātā na ca bāṃdhavāḥ | śaknuvaṃti paritrātuṃ naraṃ kālena pīḍitam

Neither medicine, nor austerity, nor giving, nor mother, nor kinsmen are able to rescue a man afflicted by Time.

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PdP 2 66.128

रसायन तपो जाप्ययोगसिद्धैर्महात्मभिः । अवांतरितशांतिः स्यात्कालमृत्युमवाप्नुयात्

rasāyana tapo jāpyayogasiddhairmahātmabhiḥ | avāṃtaritaśāṃtiḥ syātkālamṛtyumavāpnuyāt

By great souls perfected in elixirs, austerity, recitation and yoga there may be an allaying of the intervening (deaths); (still) one meets the death that comes at (its) time.

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PdP 2 66.129

जायते योनिकीटेषु मृतः कर्मवशात्पुनः । देहभेदेन यः पश्येद्वियोगं कर्मसंक्षयात्

jāyate yonikīṭeṣu mṛtaḥ karmavaśātpunaḥ | dehabhedena yaḥ paśyedviyogaṃ karmasaṃkṣayāt

Having died, he is born again among the worms of the wombs by the force of his deeds; but he who should see, in the splitting of the body, a separation (of the self) through the exhaustion of karma —

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PdP 2 66.130

मरणं तद्विनिर्दिष्टं न नाशः परमार्थतः । महातमः प्रविष्टस्य छिद्यमानेषु मर्मसु

maraṇaṃ tadvinirdiṣṭaṃ na nāśaḥ paramārthataḥ | mahātamaḥ praviṣṭasya chidyamāneṣu marmasu

— that is declared to be death; in the highest truth there is no annihilation. Of one who has entered the great darkness, while his vital points are being cut apart —

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PdP 2 66.131

यद्दुःखं मरणे जंतोर्न तस्येहोपमा क्वचित् । हा तात मातः कांतेति क्रंदत्येवं सुदुःखितः

yadduḥkhaṃ maraṇe jaṃtorna tasyehopamā kvacit | hā tāta mātaḥ kāṃteti kraṃdatyevaṃ suduḥkhitaḥ

The pain a creature has at death — for that there is no comparison anywhere here; 'Ah father, ah mother, ah beloved!' thus, in great pain, he cries out.

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PdP 2 66.132

मंडूक इव सर्पेण ग्रस्यते मृत्युना जगत् । बांधवैः स परित्यक्तः प्रियैश्च परिवारितः

maṃḍūka iva sarpeṇa grasyate mṛtyunā jagat | bāṃdhavaiḥ sa parityaktaḥ priyaiśca parivāritaḥ

As a frog by a snake, so is the world swallowed by death; he is abandoned by his kinsmen even while surrounded by those dear to him.

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PdP 2 66.133

निःश्वसन्दीर्घमुष्णं च मुखेन परिशुष्यता । खट्वायां परिवृत्तो हि मुह्यते च मुहुर्मुहुः

niḥśvasandīrghamuṣṇaṃ ca mukhena pariśuṣyatā | khaṭvāyāṃ parivṛtto hi muhyate ca muhurmuhuḥ

Breathing long and hot with a mouth that is drying up, tossed about on the bed, he swoons again and again.

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PdP 2 66.134

संमूढः क्षिपतेत्यर्थं हस्तपादावितस्ततः । खट्वातो वांछते भूमिं भूमेः खट्वां पुनर्महीम्

saṃmūḍhaḥ kṣipatetyarthaṃ hastapādāvitastataḥ | khaṭvāto vāṃchate bhūmiṃ bhūmeḥ khaṭvāṃ punarmahīm

Utterly bewildered, he flings his hands and feet about excessively; from the bed he longs for the ground, from the ground for the bed, and again for the earth.

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PdP 2 66.135

विवशस्त्यक्तलज्जश्च मूत्रविष्ठानुलेपितः । याचमानश्च सलिलं शुष्ककंठोष्ठतालुकः

vivaśastyaktalajjaśca mūtraviṣṭhānulepitaḥ | yācamānaśca salilaṃ śuṣkakaṃṭhoṣṭhatālukaḥ

Powerless, shame abandoned, smeared with urine and excrement, and begging for water, his throat, lips and palate dry.

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PdP 2 66.136

चिंतयानः स्ववित्तानि कस्यैतानि मृते मयि । यमदूतैर्नीयमानः कालपाशेन कर्षितः

ciṃtayānaḥ svavittāni kasyaitāni mṛte mayi | yamadūtairnīyamānaḥ kālapāśena karṣitaḥ

Brooding on his own possessions — 'Whose will these be when I am dead?' — he is led away by Yama's messengers, dragged by the noose of Time.

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PdP 2 66.137

म्रियते पश्यतामेवं गलो घुरुघुरायते । जीवस्तृणजलौकेव देहाद्देहं विशेत्क्रमात्

mriyate paśyatāmevaṃ galo ghurughurāyate | jīvastṛṇajalaukeva dehāddehaṃ viśetkramāt

Thus he dies as they look on, his throat rattling; the living self, like a leech on a blade of grass, passes step by step from body into body.

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PdP 2 66.138

प्राप्नोत्युत्तरमंगं च देहं त्यजति पूर्वकम् । मरणात्प्रार्थनाद्दुःखमधिकं हि विवेकिनाम्

prāpnotyuttaramaṃgaṃ ca dehaṃ tyajati pūrvakam | maraṇātprārthanādduḥkhamadhikaṃ hi vivekinām

It reaches the next body and lets go of the former one. For the discerning, indeed, the pain of begging is greater than that of dying.

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PdP 2 66.139

क्षणिकं मरणे दुःखमनंतं प्रार्थनाकृतम् । जगतां पतिरर्थित्वाद्विष्णुर्वामनतां गतः

kṣaṇikaṃ maraṇe duḥkhamanaṃtaṃ prārthanākṛtam | jagatāṃ patirarthitvādviṣṇurvāmanatāṃ gataḥ

The pain at death is momentary; that caused by begging is endless. The lord of the worlds, Viṣṇu, because of asking became a dwarf.

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PdP 2 66.140

अधिकः कोपरस्तस्माद्यो न यास्यति लाघवम् । ज्ञातं मयेदमधुना मृत्योर्भवति यद्गुरुः

adhikaḥ koparastasmādyo na yāsyati lāghavam | jñātaṃ mayedamadhunā mṛtyorbhavati yadguruḥ

What else is greater than that (begging), which does not bring one to belittlement? This I have now understood, that (begging) is heavier than death.

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PdP 2 66.141

न परं प्रार्थयेद्भूयस्तृष्णालाघवकारणम् । आदौ दुःखं तथा मध्ये दुःखमंते च दारुणम्

na paraṃ prārthayedbhūyastṛṣṇālāghavakāraṇam | ādau duḥkhaṃ tathā madhye duḥkhamaṃte ca dāruṇam

One should not beg further from another — the cause, through craving, of belittlement: at the start pain, in the middle likewise, and at the end (pain) that is cruel.

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PdP 2 66.142

निसर्गात्सर्वभूतानामिति दुःख परंपरा । वर्तमानान्यतीतानि दुःखान्येतानि यानि तु

nisargātsarvabhūtānāmiti duḥkha paraṃparā | vartamānānyatītāni duḥkhānyetāni yāni tu

By nature, for all beings, such is the succession of pain. But these pains, the present ones and the past ones, which (there are) —

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PdP 2 66.143

न नरः शोचयेज्जन्म न विरज्यति तेन वै । अत्याहारान्महद्दुःखमल्पाहारात्तदंतरम्

na naraḥ śocayejjanma na virajyati tena vai | atyāhārānmahadduḥkhamalpāhārāttadaṃtaram

A man does not grieve over birth, nor does he become detached because of it. From too much food comes great suffering; from too little food, something less than that.

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PdP 2 66.144

त्रुटते भोजने कंठो भोजने च कुतः सुखम् । क्षुधा हि सर्वरोगाणां व्याधिः श्रेष्ठतमः स्मृतः

truṭate bhojane kaṃṭho bhojane ca kutaḥ sukham | kṣudhā hi sarvarogāṇāṃ vyādhiḥ śreṣṭhatamaḥ smṛtaḥ

In eating the throat is torn open — and where is there pleasure in eating? For hunger is reckoned the very worst of all diseases.

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PdP 2 66.145

सच्छांतौषधलेपेन क्षणमात्रं प्रशाम्यति । क्षुद्व्याधि वेदना तीव्रा निःशेषबलकृंतनी

sacchāṃtauṣadhalepena kṣaṇamātraṃ praśāmyati | kṣudvyādhi vedanā tīvrā niḥśeṣabalakṛṃtanī

By the application of a good soothing medicine it is quieted for a mere moment; the pain of the disease of hunger is fierce, cutting away one's strength entirely.

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PdP 2 66.146

तयाभिभूतो म्रियते यथान्यैर्व्याधिभिर्नरः । तद्रसेपि हि किं सौख्यं जिह्वाग्रपरिवर्तिनि

tayābhibhūto mriyate yathānyairvyādhibhirnaraḥ | tadrasepi hi kiṃ saukhyaṃ jihvāgraparivartini

Overcome by it a man dies, just as (he dies) of other diseases. And what happiness is there even in that flavour as it rolls on the tip of the tongue?

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PdP 2 66.147

तत्क्षणादर्धकालेन कंठं प्राप्य निवर्तते । इति क्षुद्व्याधितप्तानामन्नमोषधवत्स्मृतम्

tatkṣaṇādardhakālena kaṃṭhaṃ prāpya nivartate | iti kṣudvyādhitaptānāmannamoṣadhavatsmṛtam

In that instant, in half that time, having reached the throat it turns back. Thus for those tormented by the disease of hunger food is held to be like medicine.

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PdP 2 66.148

न तत्सुखाय मंतव्यं परमार्थेन पंडितैः । मृतोपमश्च यः शेते सर्वकार्यविवर्जितः

na tatsukhāya maṃtavyaṃ paramārthena paṃḍitaiḥ | mṛtopamaśca yaḥ śete sarvakāryavivarjitaḥ

That is not to be considered happiness by the wise in the ultimate sense. And he who lies down like a dead man, free of all activity —

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PdP 2 66.149

तत्रापि च कुतः सौख्यं तमसा चोदितात्मनः । प्रबोधेपि कुतः सौख्यं कार्येषूपहतात्मनः

tatrāpi ca kutaḥ saukhyaṃ tamasā coditātmanaḥ | prabodhepi kutaḥ saukhyaṃ kāryeṣūpahatātmanaḥ

even there, where is the happiness of one whose self is driven by darkness (tamas)? And in waking too, where is the happiness of one whose self is battered by tasks?

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PdP 2 66.150

कृषिवाणिज्यसेवाद्य गोरक्षादि परश्रमैः । प्रातर्मूत्रपुरीषाभ्यां मध्याह्ने क्षुत्पिपासया

kṛṣivāṇijyasevādya gorakṣādi paraśramaiḥ | prātarmūtrapurīṣābhyāṃ madhyāhne kṣutpipāsayā

by farming, trade, service and the rest, by cattle-tending and other great labours; in the morning by urine and faeces, at midday by hunger and thirst,

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PdP 2 66.151

तृप्ताः काम्येन बाध्यंते निद्रया निशि जंतवः । अर्थस्योपार्जने दुःखं दुःखमर्जितरक्षणे

tṛptāḥ kāmyena bādhyaṃte nidrayā niśi jaṃtavaḥ | arthasyopārjane duḥkhaṃ duḥkhamarjitarakṣaṇe

when sated, creatures are oppressed by desire, and at night by sleep. In earning wealth there is suffering, suffering in guarding what has been earned,

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PdP 2 66.152

नाशे दुःखं व्यये दुःखमर्थस्यैव कुतः सुखम् । चौरेभ्यः सलिलेभ्योग्नेः स्वजनात्पार्थिवादपि

nāśe duḥkhaṃ vyaye duḥkhamarthasyaiva kutaḥ sukham | caurebhyaḥ salilebhyogneḥ svajanātpārthivādapi

in its loss suffering, in its spending suffering — where then is any happiness in wealth at all? From thieves, from floods, from fire, from one's own kin, and even from the king,

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PdP 2 66.153

भयमर्थवतां नित्यं मृत्योर्देहभृतामिव । खे यथा पक्षिभिर्मांसं भक्ष्यते श्वापदैर्भुवि

bhayamarthavatāṃ nityaṃ mṛtyordehabhṛtāmiva | khe yathā pakṣibhirmāṃsaṃ bhakṣyate śvāpadairbhuvi

fear is constant for those who have wealth, as death is for those who bear bodies. Just as flesh is eaten in the sky by birds, on the earth by beasts of prey,

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PdP 2 66.154

जले च भक्ष्यते मत्स्यैस्तथा सर्वत्र वित्तवान् । विमोहयंति संपत्सु वारयंति विपत्सु च

jale ca bhakṣyate matsyaistathā sarvatra vittavān | vimohayaṃti saṃpatsu vārayaṃti vipatsu ca

and in the water by fishes, so is the man of wealth (devoured) everywhere. (Riches) bewilder in prosperity, and hold one back in adversity,

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PdP 2 66.155

खेदयंत्यर्जने काले कदार्थाः स्युः सुखावहाः । प्रागर्थपतिरुद्विग्नः पश्चात्सर्वार्थनिःस्पृहः

khedayaṃtyarjane kāle kadārthāḥ syuḥ sukhāvahāḥ | prāgarthapatirudvignaḥ paścātsarvārthaniḥspṛhaḥ

and they wear one down at the time of acquiring: how should such miserable things bring happiness? Earlier the master of wealth is agitated; later he is without craving for any wealth.

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PdP 2 66.156

तयोरर्थपतिर्दुःखी सुखी मन्येर्विरक्तधीः । वसंतग्रीष्मतापेन दारुणं वर्षपर्वसु

tayorarthapatirduḥkhī sukhī manyerviraktadhīḥ | vasaṃtagrīṣmatāpena dāruṇaṃ varṣaparvasu

Of the two, the master of wealth is unhappy, while the one whose mind is detached is happy. With the heat of spring and summer, (and) harshly in the seasons of rain,

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PdP 2 66.157

वातातपेन वृष्ट्या च कालेप्येवं कुतः सुखम् । विवाहविस्तरे दुःखं तद्गर्भोद्वहने पुनः

vātātapena vṛṣṭyā ca kālepyevaṃ kutaḥ sukham | vivāhavistare duḥkhaṃ tadgarbhodvahane punaḥ

by wind and heat and by rain — thus in the seasons too, where is happiness? In the elaborate business of a wedding there is suffering, and again in carrying that pregnancy,

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PdP 2 66.158

सूतिवैषम्यदुःखैश्च दुखं विष्ठादिकर्मभिः । दन्ताक्षिरोगे पुत्रस्य हा कष्टं किं करोम्यहम्

sūtivaiṣamyaduḥkhaiśca dukhaṃ viṣṭhādikarmabhiḥ | dantākṣiroge putrasya hā kaṣṭaṃ kiṃ karomyaham

and with the pains of a difficult delivery, and suffering in the tasks of (cleaning) excrement and the like; when the son has disease of the teeth or eyes — "Alas, what misery! What am I to do?"

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PdP 2 66.159

गावो नष्टाः कृषिर्भग्ना भार्या च प्रपलायिता । अमी प्राघूर्णिकाः प्राप्ता भयं मे शंसिनो गृहान्

gāvo naṣṭāḥ kṛṣirbhagnā bhāryā ca prapalāyitā | amī prāghūrṇikāḥ prāptā bhayaṃ me śaṃsino gṛhān

"The cows are lost, the ploughing has failed, and the wife has run away. These guests have arrived — there is fear for me from those who announce (their coming) to the house."

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PdP 2 66.160

बालापत्या च मे भार्या कः करिष्यति रंधनम् । विवाहकाले कन्यायाः कीदृशश्च वरो भवेत्

bālāpatyā ca me bhāryā kaḥ kariṣyati raṃdhanam | vivāhakāle kanyāyāḥ kīdṛśaśca varo bhavet

"And my wife has an infant child: who will do the cooking? And at the time of my daughter's marriage, what sort of bridegroom will there be?"

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PdP 2 66.161

एतच्चिंताभिभूतानां कुतः सौख्यं कुटुंबिनाम्

etacciṃtābhibhūtānāṃ kutaḥ saukhyaṃ kuṭuṃbinām

For householders overwhelmed by such worry, where is happiness?

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PdP 2 66.162

कुटुंबचिंताकुलितस्य पुंसः श्रुतं च शीलं च गुणाश्च सर्वे । अपक्वकुंभे निहिता इवापः प्रयांति देहेन समं विनाशनम्

kuṭuṃbaciṃtākulitasya puṃsaḥ śrutaṃ ca śīlaṃ ca guṇāśca sarve | apakvakuṃbhe nihitā ivāpaḥ prayāṃti dehena samaṃ vināśanam

For a man distracted by cares for his family, his learning, his good conduct and all his virtues go to destruction together with the body, like water put into an unbaked pot.

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PdP 2 66.163

राज्येपि हि कुतः सौख्यं संधिविग्रहचिंतया । पुत्रादपि भयं यत्र तत्र सौख्यं हि कीदृशम्

rājyepi hi kutaḥ saukhyaṃ saṃdhivigrahaciṃtayā | putrādapi bhayaṃ yatra tatra saukhyaṃ hi kīdṛśam

Even in kingship, where is happiness, with the worry of peace and war? Where there is fear even from one's own son, what sort of happiness can there be there?

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PdP 2 66.164

स्वजातीयाद्भयं प्रायः सर्वेषामेव देहिनाम् । एकद्रव्याभिलाषित्वाच्छुनामिव परस्परम्

svajātīyādbhayaṃ prāyaḥ sarveṣāmeva dehinām | ekadravyābhilāṣitvācchunāmiva parasparam

For all embodied beings the fear comes generally from one of their own kind, since they crave the same object — like dogs with one another.

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PdP 2 66.165

न प्रविश्य वनं कश्चिन्नृपः ख्यातोस्ति भूतले । निखिलं यस्तिरस्कृत्य सुखं तिष्ठति निर्भयः

na praviśya vanaṃ kaścinnṛpaḥ khyātosti bhūtale | nikhilaṃ yastiraskṛtya sukhaṃ tiṣṭhati nirbhayaḥ

There is no king renowned on earth who, without entering the forest, overpowers everything and dwells happily, free from fear.

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PdP 2 66.166

युद्धे बाहुसहस्रं हि पातयामास भूतले । श्रीमतः कार्तवीर्यस्य ऋषिपुत्रः प्रतापवान्

yuddhe bāhusahasraṃ hi pātayāmāsa bhūtale | śrīmataḥ kārtavīryasya ṛṣiputraḥ pratāpavān

For in battle the valorous son of the sage (Paraśurāma) struck down to the ground the thousand arms of the illustrious Kārtavīrya.

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PdP 2 66.167

ऋषिपुत्रस्य रामस्य रामो दशरथात्मजः । जघान वीर्यमतुलमूर्ध्वगं सुमहात्मनः

ṛṣiputrasya rāmasya rāmo daśarathātmajaḥ | jaghāna vīryamatulamūrdhvagaṃ sumahātmanaḥ

And Rāma, the son of Daśaratha, destroyed the incomparable, exalted valour of that great soul, Rāma the sage's son.

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PdP 2 66.168

जरासंधेन रामस्य तेजसा नाशितं यशः । जरासंधस्य भीमेन तस्यापि पवनात्मजः

jarāsaṃdhena rāmasya tejasā nāśitaṃ yaśaḥ | jarāsaṃdhasya bhīmena tasyāpi pavanātmajaḥ

By Jarāsaṃdha's might Rāma's (Balarāma's) fame was ruined; and Jarāsaṃdha's by Bhīma, and his (Bhīma's) too by the son of the Wind.

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PdP 2 66.169

हनुमानपि सूर्येण विक्षिप्तः पतितः क्षितौ । निवातकवचान्सर्वदानवान्बलदर्पितान्

hanumānapi sūryeṇa vikṣiptaḥ patitaḥ kṣitau | nivātakavacānsarvadānavānbaladarpitān

Hanumān too was flung away by the Sun and fell to the ground. (And) all the Nivātakavaca demons, proud of their strength —

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PdP 2 66.170

हतवानर्जुनः श्रीमान्गोपालैः स विनिर्जितः । सूर्यः प्रतापयुक्तोऽपि मेघैः संछाद्यते क्वचित्

hatavānarjunaḥ śrīmāngopālaiḥ sa vinirjitaḥ | sūryaḥ pratāpayukto'pi meghaiḥ saṃchādyate kvacit

— the illustrious Arjuna slew, yet he was defeated by cowherds. The sun, though endowed with burning power, is somewhere covered over by clouds.

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PdP 2 66.171

क्षिप्यते वायुना मेघो वायोर्वीर्यं नगैर्जितम् । दह्यंते वह्निना शैलाः स वह्निः शाम्यते जलैः

kṣipyate vāyunā megho vāyorvīryaṃ nagairjitam | dahyaṃte vahninā śailāḥ sa vahniḥ śāmyate jalaiḥ

The cloud is driven off by the wind; the wind's force is overcome by mountains; mountains are burnt by fire; that fire is quenched by waters.

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PdP 2 66.172

तज्जलं शोष्यते सूर्यैस्ते सूर्याः सह वारिणा । त्रैलोक्येन समस्ताश्च नश्यंति ब्रह्मणो दिने

tajjalaṃ śoṣyate sūryaiste sūryāḥ saha vāriṇā | trailokyena samastāśca naśyaṃti brahmaṇo dine

That water is dried up by the suns; those suns, together with the water and with the three worlds, all perish at (the end of) Brahmā's day.

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PdP 2 66.173

ब्रह्मापि त्रिदशैः सार्धमुपसंह्रियते पुनः । परार्धद्वयकालांते शिवेन परमात्मना

brahmāpi tridaśaiḥ sārdhamupasaṃhriyate punaḥ | parārdhadvayakālāṃte śivena paramātmanā

Brahmā too, along with the gods, is in turn withdrawn at the end of the period of two parārdhas by Śiva, the supreme Self.

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PdP 2 66.174

एवं नैवास्ति संसारे यच्च सर्वोत्तमं बलम् । विहायैकं जगन्नाथं परमात्मानमव्ययम्

evaṃ naivāsti saṃsāre yacca sarvottamaṃ balam | vihāyaikaṃ jagannāthaṃ paramātmānamavyayam

Thus in the round of existence there is no power that is supreme over all — except the one Lord of the world, the imperishable supreme Self.

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PdP 2 66.175

ज्ञात्वा सातिशयं सर्वमतिमानं विवर्जयेत् । एवंभूते जगत्यस्मिन्कः सुरः पंडितोपि वा

jñātvā sātiśayaṃ sarvamatimānaṃ vivarjayet | evaṃbhūte jagatyasminkaḥ suraḥ paṃḍitopi vā

Knowing that everything has something surpassing it, one should give up pride. In a world of such a kind, who is a god, or even a learned man?

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PdP 2 66.176

न ह्यस्ति सर्ववित्कश्चिन्न वा मूर्खोपि सर्वतः । यावद्यस्तु विजानाति तावत्तत्र स पंडितः

na hyasti sarvavitkaścinna vā mūrkhopi sarvataḥ | yāvadyastu vijānāti tāvattatra sa paṃḍitaḥ

For no one is all-knowing, nor is anyone a fool in every respect: as much as a man understands, so far is he learned in that.

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PdP 2 66.177

समाधाने तु सर्वत्र प्रभावः सदृशः स्मृतः । वित्तस्यातिशयत्वेन प्रभावः कस्यचित्क्वचित्

samādhāne tu sarvatra prabhāvaḥ sadṛśaḥ smṛtaḥ | vittasyātiśayatvena prabhāvaḥ kasyacitkvacit

But in the settling (of matters), power is everywhere reckoned to be alike; through superiority of wealth, someone has power somewhere.

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PdP 2 66.178

दानवैर्निर्जिता देवास्ते दैवैर्निजिताः पुनः । इत्यन्योन्यं श्रितो लोको भाग्यैर्जयपराजयैः

dānavairnirjitā devāste daivairnijitāḥ punaḥ | ityanyonyaṃ śrito loko bhāgyairjayaparājayaiḥ

The gods were conquered by the demons, and they again were conquered by the gods; thus the world is dependent upon one another, with victories and defeats through (their) fortunes.

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PdP 2 66.179

एवं वस्त्रयुगं राज्ञां प्रस्थमात्रांबुभोजनम् । यानं शय्यासनं चैव शेषं दुःखाय केवलम्

evaṃ vastrayugaṃ rājñāṃ prasthamātrāṃbubhojanam | yānaṃ śayyāsanaṃ caiva śeṣaṃ duḥkhāya kevalam

So too for kings: a pair of garments, a mere prastha-measure of water and food, a conveyance, a bed and a seat — the rest is only for sorrow.

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PdP 2 66.180

सप्तमे चापि भवने खट्वामात्र परिग्रहः । उदकुंभसहस्रेभ्यः क्लेशायास प्रविस्तरः

saptame cāpi bhavane khaṭvāmātra parigrahaḥ | udakuṃbhasahasrebhyaḥ kleśāyāsa pravistaraḥ

And even in a seventh-storey mansion one's holding is only the size of a cot; out of thousands of water-jars, the abundance is (only) trouble and toil.

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PdP 2 66.181

प्रत्यूषे तूर्यनिर्घोषः समं पुरनिवासिभिः । राज्येभिमानमात्रं हि ममेदं वाद्यते गृहे

pratyūṣe tūryanirghoṣaḥ samaṃ puranivāsibhiḥ | rājyebhimānamātraṃ hi mamedaṃ vādyate gṛhe

At dawn the blare of instruments (sounds) alike for the city's dwellers; it is mere conceit in kingship (to think) 'this is being played in my house.'

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PdP 2 66.182

सर्वमाभरणं भारः सर्वमालेपनं मलम् । सर्वं प्रलपितं गीतं नृत्यमुन्मत्तचेष्टितम्

sarvamābharaṇaṃ bhāraḥ sarvamālepanaṃ malam | sarvaṃ pralapitaṃ gītaṃ nṛtyamunmattaceṣṭitam

All ornament is a burden, all unguent is dirt, all song is babbling, dance is the behaviour of a madman.

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PdP 2 66.183

इत्येवं राज्यसंभोगैः कुतः सौख्यं विचारतः । नृपाणां विग्रहे चिंता वान्योन्यविजिगीषया

ityevaṃ rājyasaṃbhogaiḥ kutaḥ saukhyaṃ vicārataḥ | nṛpāṇāṃ vigrahe ciṃtā vānyonyavijigīṣayā

Thus, on reflection, where is there happiness in the enjoyments of kingship? For kings there is anxiety in war, or from the wish to conquer one another.

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PdP 2 66.184

प्रायेण श्रीमदालेपान्नहुषाद्या महानृपाः । स्वर्गं प्राप्ता निपतिताः कः श्रिया विंदते सुखम्

prāyeṇa śrīmadālepānnahuṣādyā mahānṛpāḥ | svargaṃ prāptā nipatitāḥ kaḥ śriyā viṃdate sukham

Generally, through the smearing (i.e. intoxication) of the arrogance of prosperity, great kings such as Nahuṣa, having reached heaven, have fallen. Who finds happiness through fortune?

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PdP 2 66.185

स्वर्गेपि च कुतः सौख्यं दृष्ट्वा दीप्तां परश्रियम् । उपर्युपरि देवानामन्योन्यातिशयस्थिताम्

svargepi ca kutaḥ saukhyaṃ dṛṣṭvā dīptāṃ paraśriyam | uparyupari devānāmanyonyātiśayasthitām

And even in heaven where is happiness, when one sees the blazing prosperity of another—that of the gods, ranged one above the other, each surpassing the other?

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PdP 2 66.186

नरैः पुण्यफलं स्वर्गे मूलच्छेदेन भुज्यते । न चान्यत्क्रियते कर्म सोऽत्र दोषः सुदारुणः

naraiḥ puṇyaphalaṃ svarge mūlacchedena bhujyate | na cānyatkriyate karma so'tra doṣaḥ sudāruṇaḥ

In heaven the fruit of merit is enjoyed by men with (its) root cut off, and no other karma is performed (there); that is the very cruel defect in this.

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PdP 2 66.187

छिन्नमूलतरुर्यद्वद्दिवसैः पतति क्षितौ । पुण्यस्य संक्षयात्तद्वन्निपतंति दिवौकसः

chinnamūlataruryadvaddivasaiḥ patati kṣitau | puṇyasya saṃkṣayāttadvannipataṃti divaukasaḥ

Just as a tree whose root is cut falls to the ground within days, so, when merit is exhausted, the dwellers in heaven fall down.

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PdP 2 66.188

सुखाभिलाषनिष्ठानां सुखभोगादि संप्लवैः । अकस्मात्पतितं दुःखं कष्टं स्वर्गेदिवौकसाम्

sukhābhilāṣaniṣṭhānāṃ sukhabhogādi saṃplavaiḥ | akasmātpatitaṃ duḥkhaṃ kaṣṭaṃ svargedivaukasām

For those intent on the craving for pleasure, immersed in the enjoyment of pleasures and the like, suffering falls suddenly—a hardship for the heaven-dwellers in heaven.

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PdP 2 66.189

इति स्वर्गेऽपि देवानां नास्ति सौख्यं विचारतः । क्षयश्च विषयासिद्धौ स्वर्गे भोगाय कर्मणाम्

iti svarge'pi devānāṃ nāsti saukhyaṃ vicārataḥ | kṣayaśca viṣayāsiddhau svarge bhogāya karmaṇām

Thus, on reflection, even in heaven there is no happiness for the gods; and there is destruction (of merit) when the objects (of desire) are not obtained—in heaven karmas serve (only) for enjoyment.

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PdP 2 66.190

तत्र दुःखं महत्कष्टं नरकाग्निषु देहिनाम् । घोरैश्च विविधैर्भावैर्वाङ्मनः काय संभवैः

tatra duḥkhaṃ mahatkaṣṭaṃ narakāgniṣu dehinām | ghoraiśca vividhairbhāvairvāṅmanaḥ kāya saṃbhavaiḥ

There (in hell) there is great, harsh suffering for embodied beings in the fires of the hells, and through dreadful states of various kinds arising from speech, mind and body.

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PdP 2 66.191

कुठारच्छेदनं तीव्रं वल्कलानां च तक्षणम् । पर्णशाखाफलानां च पातश्चंडेन वायुना

kuṭhāracchedanaṃ tīvraṃ valkalānāṃ ca takṣaṇam | parṇaśākhāphalānāṃ ca pātaścaṃḍena vāyunā

(For trees there is) the fierce cutting by the axe, and the stripping of the bark, and the falling of leaves, branches and fruits by a violent wind;

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PdP 2 66.192

उन्मूलनान्नदीभिश्च गजैरन्यैश्च देहिभिः । दावाग्निहिमशोषैश्च दुःखं स्थावरजातिषु

unmūlanānnadībhiśca gajairanyaiśca dehibhiḥ | dāvāgnihimaśoṣaiśca duḥkhaṃ sthāvarajātiṣu

and from being uprooted by rivers, by elephants and by other embodied beings, and from forest fires, frost and drying up—such is the suffering among the immobile species.

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PdP 2 66.193

तद्वद्भुजंगसर्पाणां क्रोधे दुःखं च दारुणम् । दुष्टानां घातनं लोके पाशेन च निबंधनम्

tadvadbhujaṃgasarpāṇāṃ krodhe duḥkhaṃ ca dāruṇam | duṣṭānāṃ ghātanaṃ loke pāśena ca nibaṃdhanam

Likewise for coiling snakes there is terrible suffering when (people) are angry; in the world the wicked ones are killed and bound with a noose.

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PdP 2 66.194

अकस्माज्जन्ममरणं कीटानां च मुहुर्मुहुः । सरीसृपनिकायानामेवं दुःखान्यनेकधा

akasmājjanmamaraṇaṃ kīṭānāṃ ca muhurmuhuḥ | sarīsṛpanikāyānāmevaṃ duḥkhānyanekadhā

And for worms there is birth and death suddenly, again and again; thus the sufferings of the classes of creeping creatures are of many kinds.

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PdP 2 66.195

पशूनामात्मशमनं दंडताडनमेव च । नासावेधेन संत्रासः प्रतोदेन सुताडनम्

paśūnāmātmaśamanaṃ daṃḍatāḍanameva ca | nāsāvedhena saṃtrāsaḥ pratodena sutāḍanam

For cattle there is the subduing of themselves and beating with the stick, terror through the piercing of the nose, and severe striking with the goad;

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PdP 2 66.196

वेत्रकाष्ठादिनिगडैरंकुशेनांगबंधनम् । भावेन मनसा क्लेशैर्भिक्षा युवादिपीडनम्

vetrakāṣṭhādinigaḍairaṃkuśenāṃgabaṃdhanam | bhāvena manasā kleśairbhikṣā yuvādipīḍanam

the binding of limbs with fetters of cane, wood and the like, and with the hook; distress in feeling and in mind; the affliction of begging, of the young, and so on.

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PdP 2 66.197

आत्मयूथवियोगैश्च बलान्नयनबंधने । पशूनां संति कायानामेवं दुःखान्यनेकशः

ātmayūthaviyogaiśca balānnayanabaṃdhane | paśūnāṃ saṃti kāyānāmevaṃ duḥkhānyanekaśaḥ

And by separation from their own herd, when they are led and bound by force—thus there are manifold sufferings for the bodies of cattle.

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PdP 2 66.198

वर्षाशीतातपाद्दुःखं सुकष्टं ग्रहपक्षिणाम् । क्लेशमानाति कायानामेवं दुःखान्यनेकधा

varṣāśītātapādduḥkhaṃ sukaṣṭaṃ grahapakṣiṇām | kleśamānāti kāyānāmevaṃ duḥkhānyanekadhā

From rain, cold and heat there is suffering, very hard, for beasts of prey and birds; thus the sufferings of bodies that endure affliction are of many kinds.

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PdP 2 66.199

गर्भवासे महद्दुःखं जन्मदुःखं तथा नृणाम् । सुबाल्यदुःखं चाज्ञानं कौमारे गुरुशासनम्

garbhavāse mahadduḥkhaṃ janmaduḥkhaṃ tathā nṛṇām | subālyaduḥkhaṃ cājñānaṃ kaumāre guruśāsanam

There is great suffering in dwelling in the womb, and likewise the suffering of birth, for men; the suffering of infancy is ignorance, and in boyhood the discipline of the teacher;

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PdP 2 66.200

यौवने कामरागाभ्यां दुःखं चैवेर्ष्यया पुनः । कृषिवाणिज्यसेवाद्यैर्गोरक्षादिक कर्मभिः

yauvane kāmarāgābhyāṃ duḥkhaṃ caiverṣyayā punaḥ | kṛṣivāṇijyasevādyairgorakṣādika karmabhiḥ

in youth suffering from desire and passion, and again from envy, and through farming, trade, service and the rest, through works such as cattle-tending;

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PdP 2 66.201

वृद्धभावे च जरया व्याधिभिश्च प्रपीडनात् । मरणे च महद्दुःखं प्रार्थनायां ततोधिकम्

vṛddhabhāve ca jarayā vyādhibhiśca prapīḍanāt | maraṇe ca mahadduḥkhaṃ prārthanāyāṃ tatodhikam

and in old age from old age and from being oppressed by diseases; and at death great suffering, and in begging (for one's needs) even more than that.

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PdP 2 66.202

राजाग्निजलदाघातचौरशत्रु भयं महत् । अर्थस्यार्जनरक्षायां भयं नाशे व्यये पुनः

rājāgnijaladāghātacauraśatru bhayaṃ mahat | arthasyārjanarakṣāyāṃ bhayaṃ nāśe vyaye punaḥ

There is great fear of the king, of fire, of the blow of water, of thieves and enemies; there is fear in the earning and guarding of wealth, and again in its loss and expenditure.

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PdP 2 66.203

कार्पण्यं मत्सरो दम्भो धनाधिक्ये भयं महत् । अकार्ये संप्रवृत्तिश्च दुःखानि धनिनां सदा

kārpaṇyaṃ matsaro dambho dhanādhikye bhayaṃ mahat | akārye saṃpravṛttiśca duḥkhāni dhanināṃ sadā

Miserliness, envy, hypocrisy, and great fear when wealth increases; and engagement in what ought not to be done — the sorrows of the rich are constant.

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PdP 2 66.204

भृत्यवृत्तिः कुसीदं च दासत्वं परतंत्रता । इष्टानिष्टाभियोगश्च संयोगाश्च सहस्रशः

bhṛtyavṛttiḥ kusīdaṃ ca dāsatvaṃ parataṃtratā | iṣṭāniṣṭābhiyogaśca saṃyogāśca sahasraśaḥ

Living as a servant, usury, slavery, dependence on others, being pressed by (contact with) the wanted and the unwanted, and associations by the thousand;

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PdP 2 66.205

दुर्भिक्षं दुर्भगत्वं च मूर्खत्वं च दरिद्रता । अधरोत्तरभागश्च नारकं राजविक्रमम्

durbhikṣaṃ durbhagatvaṃ ca mūrkhatvaṃ ca daridratā | adharottarabhāgaśca nārakaṃ rājavikramam

Famine, ill fortune, stupidity, poverty, the state of being lower or higher (than others), hell, and the king's violence;

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PdP 2 66.206

अन्योन्याभिभवं दुःखमन्यांन्यतो भयं महत् । अन्योन्याच्च प्रकोपश्च राज्ञो दुःखं महीभृताम्

anyonyābhibhavaṃ duḥkhamanyāṃnyato bhayaṃ mahat | anyonyācca prakopaśca rājño duḥkhaṃ mahībhṛtām

The suffering of mutual oppression, great fear from one another, and rage arising from one another — such is the sorrow of kings, the lords of the earth.

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PdP 2 66.207

अनित्यतात्र भावानां कृतकाम्यस्य देहिनः । अन्योन्य मर्मभेदाच्च अन्योन्य करपीडनात्

anityatātra bhāvānāṃ kṛtakāmyasya dehinaḥ | anyonya marmabhedācca anyonya karapīḍanāt

Here there is the impermanence of things, for the embodied one who has done what he desired — from the piercing of one another's vital points and from the crushing of one another by the hand (or: by taxation).

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PdP 2 66.208

लुब्धाश्च पापभेदेन अन्योन्यस्य च भक्षणम् । इत्येवमादिभिर्दुःखैर्यस्माद्भीतं चराचरम्

lubdhāśca pāpabhedena anyonyasya ca bhakṣaṇam | ityevamādibhirduḥkhairyasmādbhītaṃ carācaram

And the greedy, through the divisions of sin, devour one another. Since by such sorrows as these all that moves and does not move is afraid —

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PdP 2 66.209

निरयादि मनुष्यांतं तस्मात्सर्वं त्यजेद्बुधः । स्कंधात्स्कंधेन यन्भारं विश्रामं मन्यते यथा

nirayādi manuṣyāṃtaṃ tasmātsarvaṃ tyajedbudhaḥ | skaṃdhātskaṃdhena yanbhāraṃ viśrāmaṃ manyate yathā

—from hell up to the human (state), therefore let the wise man abandon it all. Just as one thinks it a rest to (shift) a burden from shoulder to shoulder,

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PdP 2 66.210

तद्वत्सर्वमिदं लोके दुःखं दुःखेन शाम्यति । अन्योन्यातिशयोपेताः सर्वदा भोगसंप्लवाः

tadvatsarvamidaṃ loke duḥkhaṃ duḥkhena śāmyati | anyonyātiśayopetāḥ sarvadā bhogasaṃplavāḥ

so all this in the world: sorrow is quieted by sorrow. Floods of enjoyment always come each surpassing the other.

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PdP 2 66.211

धर्मक्षयाच्च देवानां दिवि दुःखमवस्थितम् । नानायोनिसहस्रेषु संभवः पुण्यसंक्षयात्

dharmakṣayācca devānāṃ divi duḥkhamavasthitam | nānāyonisahasreṣu saṃbhavaḥ puṇyasaṃkṣayāt

And through the wasting away of merit, sorrow exists even for the gods in heaven; when their merit is exhausted, birth (comes to them) among thousands of various wombs.

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PdP 2 66.212

रोगाश्च विविधाकारा देवलोकेऽपि संस्मृताः । यज्ञस्य हि शिरश्छिन्नमश्विभ्यां संधितं पुनः

rogāśca vividhākārā devaloke'pi saṃsmṛtāḥ | yajñasya hi śiraśchinnamaśvibhyāṃ saṃdhitaṃ punaḥ

And diseases of various kinds are recorded even in the world of the gods: for the head of Yajña was cut off and joined on again by the two Aśvins.

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PdP 2 66.213

तेन दोषेण यज्ञस्य शिरोरोगः सदैव हि । मार्तंडभानोः कुष्ठं च वरुणस्य जलोदरम्

tena doṣeṇa yajñasya śirorogaḥ sadaiva hi | mārtaṃḍabhānoḥ kuṣṭhaṃ ca varuṇasya jalodaram

By that defect, Yajña has head-disease forever; and leprosy belongs to Mārtaṇḍa the sun, and dropsy to Varuṇa;

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PdP 2 66.214

पूष्णोदशनवैकल्यं भुजस्तंभः शचीपतेः । सुमहान्क्षयरोगश्च सोमस्य परिकीर्तितः

pūṣṇodaśanavaikalyaṃ bhujastaṃbhaḥ śacīpateḥ | sumahānkṣayarogaśca somasya parikīrtitaḥ

to Pūṣan a defect of the teeth, to Śacī's lord (Indra) a stiffening of the arm; and a very great wasting disease is declared of Soma.

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PdP 2 66.215

ज्वरश्च सुमहानासीद्दक्षस्यापि प्रजापतेः । कल्पेकल्पे च देवानां महतामपि संक्षयः

jvaraśca sumahānāsīddakṣasyāpi prajāpateḥ | kalpekalpe ca devānāṃ mahatāmapi saṃkṣayaḥ

And a very great fever befell even Dakṣa Prajāpati; and in kalpa after kalpa there is the destruction even of the great gods.

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PdP 2 66.216

परार्धद्वयकालांते ब्रह्मणश्चाप्यनित्यता । दक्षस्य दुहितां पौत्रीं ब्रह्मा कामितवान्पुनः

parārdhadvayakālāṃte brahmaṇaścāpyanityatā | dakṣasya duhitāṃ pautrīṃ brahmā kāmitavānpunaḥ

At the end of a period of two half-parts (of Brahmā's life) there is impermanence even for Brahmā; and Brahmā, moreover, desired the daughter (and) granddaughter of Dakṣa.

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PdP 2 66.217

क्रोधेन च जयां देवीं योगज्ञां शप्तवान्प्रभुः । कामक्रोधौ स्थितौ यत्र तत्र दोषास्तदात्मकाः

krodhena ca jayāṃ devīṃ yogajñāṃ śaptavānprabhuḥ | kāmakrodhau sthitau yatra tatra doṣāstadātmakāḥ

And the Lord in anger cursed the goddess Jayā, who knew yoga. Where desire and anger abide, there the faults are of that same nature,

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PdP 2 66.218

दुःखानि च समस्तानि संस्थितानि न संशयः । विशीर्णजन्ममरणं सर्वाशित्वं हविर्भुजः

duḥkhāni ca samastāni saṃsthitāni na saṃśayaḥ | viśīrṇajanmamaraṇaṃ sarvāśitvaṃ havirbhujaḥ

and all sorrows are established (there) — no doubt of it. (Consider) the shattered birth and death (of gods), and the eating of everything by the fire-god who consumes the oblation;

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PdP 2 66.219

स्त्रीवधः कामसक्तिश्च सारथ्यं पांडवे बले । रुद्रेण त्रिपुरं दग्धं दक्षयज्ञो विनाशितः

strīvadhaḥ kāmasaktiśca sārathyaṃ pāṃḍave bale | rudreṇa tripuraṃ dagdhaṃ dakṣayajño vināśitaḥ

the killing of a woman, attachment to desire, the charioteering in the Pāṇḍava army; the burning of Tripura by Rudra, the destruction of Dakṣa's sacrifice;

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PdP 2 66.220

स्कंदस्य जन्म वै शुक्रात्क्रीडादीनां सहस्रशः । एवं त्रयोपि रागाद्यैर्दोषैर्देवाः समन्विताः

skaṃdasya janma vai śukrātkrīḍādīnāṃ sahasraśaḥ | evaṃ trayopi rāgādyairdoṣairdevāḥ samanvitāḥ

the birth of Skanda from semen, and thousands of sports and the like. Thus all three (gods) too are attended by faults such as passion.

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PdP 2 66.221

एभ्यः परः प्रभुः शांतः परिपूर्णः स मुक्तिदः । एवमेतज्जगत्सर्वमन्योन्यातिशये स्थितम्

ebhyaḥ paraḥ prabhuḥ śāṃtaḥ paripūrṇaḥ sa muktidaḥ | evametajjagatsarvamanyonyātiśaye sthitam

Higher than these is the Lord, tranquil, wholly complete, the giver of liberation. Thus this whole world stands in a state of surpassing one another;

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PdP 2 66.222

दुःखैराकुलितं ज्ञात्वा निर्वेदं परमं व्रजेत् । निर्वेदाच्च विरागः स्याद्विरागाज्ज्ञानसंभवः

duḥkhairākulitaṃ jñātvā nirvedaṃ paramaṃ vrajet | nirvedācca virāgaḥ syādvirāgājjñānasaṃbhavaḥ

knowing it to be crowded with sorrows, one should attain the highest disgust (with it). From disgust comes dispassion, from dispassion the arising of knowledge.

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PdP 2 66.223

ज्ञानेन तत्परं ज्ञानं शिवं मुक्तिमवाप्नुयात् । समस्तदुःखनिर्मुक्त स्वस्थात्मा स सुखी तदा

jñānena tatparaṃ jñānaṃ śivaṃ muktimavāpnuyāt | samastaduḥkhanirmukta svasthātmā sa sukhī tadā

Through knowledge (one attains) that highest knowledge, the auspicious (state), and would reach liberation; freed from all sorrow, self-abiding, he is then happy.

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PdP 2 66.224

सर्वज्ञः परिपूर्णश्च मुक्त इत्यभिधीयते । मातलिरुवाच- एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं यत्त्वया परिपृच्छितम्

sarvajñaḥ paripūrṇaśca mukta ityabhidhīyate | mātaliruvāca- etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ yattvayā paripṛcchitam

He is called omniscient, wholly complete, and liberated. Mātali said: All this that you asked about has been told to you.

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PdP 2 66.225

धर्माधर्मविवेको हि सर्वज्ञानसमुद्भवः । इंद्रलोके प्रगंतव्यं देवराजस्य शासनात्

dharmādharmaviveko hi sarvajñānasamudbhavaḥ | iṃdraloke pragaṃtavyaṃ devarājasya śāsanāt

For the discrimination between right and wrong is the source of all knowledge. (Now) we must go to Indra's world, by the command of the king of the gods.

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