Padma Purana — Bhumi Khanda — Chapter 68
PdP 2 68.1
ययातिरुवाच- अधर्मस्य फलं सूत श्रुतं सर्वं मया विभो । धर्मस्यापि फलं ब्रूहि श्रोतुं कौतूहलं मम
yayātiruvāca- adharmasya phalaṃ sūta śrutaṃ sarvaṃ mayā vibho | dharmasyāpi phalaṃ brūhi śrotuṃ kautūhalaṃ mama
Yayāti said: O charioteer, O mighty one, the fruit of unrighteousness has all been heard by me. Tell the fruit of righteousness too; I am eager to hear it.
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PdP 2 68.2
मातलिरुवाच- अथ पापैरिमे यांति यमलोकं चतुर्विधाः । संत्रासजननं घोरं विवशाः सर्वदेहिनः
mātaliruvāca- atha pāpairime yāṃti yamalokaṃ caturvidhāḥ | saṃtrāsajananaṃ ghoraṃ vivaśāḥ sarvadehinaḥ
Mātali said: Now, by (their) sins these of four kinds go to Yama's world, which is terrible and productive of terror — all embodied beings, helpless.
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PdP 2 68.3
गर्भस्थैर्जायमानैश्च बालैस्तरुणमध्यमैः । पुंस्त्रीनपुंसकैर्वृद्धैर्यातव्यं जंतुभिस्ततः
garbhasthairjāyamānaiśca bālaistaruṇamadhyamaiḥ | puṃstrīnapuṃsakairvṛddhairyātavyaṃ jaṃtubhistataḥ
By beings in the womb and by those being born, by children, by the young and the middle-aged, by men, women and neuters, and by the aged — by all creatures that journey must then be made.
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PdP 2 68.4
शुभाशुभफलं तत्र देहिनां प्रविचार्यते । चित्रगुप्तादिभिः सर्वैर्मध्यस्थैः सर्वदर्शिभिः
śubhāśubhaphalaṃ tatra dehināṃ pravicāryate | citraguptādibhiḥ sarvairmadhyasthaiḥ sarvadarśibhiḥ
There the good and bad fruit of embodied beings is examined in detail by Citragupta and all the rest, who are impartial and see everything.
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PdP 2 68.5
न तेत्र प्राणिनः संति ये न यांति यमक्षयम् । अवश्यं हि कृतं कर्म भोक्तव्यं तद्विचारितम्
na tetra prāṇinaḥ saṃti ye na yāṃti yamakṣayam | avaśyaṃ hi kṛtaṃ karma bhoktavyaṃ tadvicāritam
There are no living beings who do not go to Yama's abode; for the deed that has been done must necessarily be experienced once it has been adjudged.
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PdP 2 68.6
ये तत्र शुभकर्माणः सौम्यचित्तादयान्विताः । ते नरा यांति सौम्येन पथा यमनिकेतनम्
ye tatra śubhakarmāṇaḥ saumyacittādayānvitāḥ | te narā yāṃti saumyena pathā yamaniketanam
Those there who are of good deeds, endowed with a gentle mind and the like — those men go to Yama's dwelling by a gentle path.
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PdP 2 68.7
यः प्रदद्याच्च विप्राणामुपानत्काष्ठपादुके । स विमानेन महता सुखं याति यमालयम्
yaḥ pradadyācca viprāṇāmupānatkāṣṭhapāduke | sa vimānena mahatā sukhaṃ yāti yamālayam
And he who gives brahmins shoes and wooden sandals goes happily to Yama's abode in a great aerial car.
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PdP 2 68.8
छत्रदानेन गच्छंति पथा साभ्रेण देहिनः । दिव्यवस्त्रपरीधाना यांति वस्त्रप्रदायिनः
chatradānena gacchaṃti pathā sābhreṇa dehinaḥ | divyavastraparīdhānā yāṃti vastrapradāyinaḥ
By the gift of a parasol embodied beings go along a path with clouds (for shade); those who give clothing go clad in divine garments.
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PdP 2 68.9
शिबिकायाः प्रदानेन विमानेन सुखं व्रजेत् । सुखासनप्रदानेन सुखं यांति यमालयम्
śibikāyāḥ pradānena vimānena sukhaṃ vrajet | sukhāsanapradānena sukhaṃ yāṃti yamālayam
By the gift of a palanquin one would travel happily in an aerial car; by the gift of a comfortable seat they go happily to Yama's abode.
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PdP 2 68.10
आरामकर्ता छायासु शीतलासु सुखं व्रजेत् । यांति पुष्पकयानेन पुष्पारामप्रदायिनः
ārāmakartā chāyāsu śītalāsu sukhaṃ vrajet | yāṃti puṣpakayānena puṣpārāmapradāyinaḥ
One who makes a pleasure-garden travels happily amid cool shade; those who give flower-gardens go by a flower-chariot.
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PdP 2 68.11
देवायतनकर्ता च यतीनामाश्रमस्य च । अनाथमंडपानां च क्रीडन्याति गृहोत्तमैः
devāyatanakartā ca yatīnāmāśramasya ca | anāthamaṃḍapānāṃ ca krīḍanyāti gṛhottamaiḥ
And one who builds a temple for the gods, and a hermitage for ascetics, and pavilions for the destitute, goes sporting in the finest houses.
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PdP 2 68.12
देवाग्निगुरुविप्राणां मातापित्रोश्च पूजकः
devāgniguruviprāṇāṃ mātāpitrośca pūjakaḥ
(So too) one who honours the gods, the (sacred) fire, the guru and the brahmins, and his mother and father.
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PdP 2 68.13
विप्रेषु दीनेषु गुणान्वितेषु यच्छ्रद्धया स्वल्पमपि प्रदत्तम् । तत्सर्वकामान्समुपैति लोके श्राद्धे च दानं प्रवदंति संतः
vipreṣu dīneṣu guṇānviteṣu yacchraddhayā svalpamapi pradattam | tatsarvakāmānsamupaiti loke śrāddhe ca dānaṃ pravadaṃti saṃtaḥ
Whatever, even a little, is given with faith to brahmins, to the wretched, and to those endowed with virtues — that attains all desires in the world; and the good declare that giving at a śrāddha (is likewise).
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PdP 2 68.14
श्रद्धादानेन विज्ञेयमपि वालाग्रमात्रकम् । यत्पात्रादि चतुष्टयं श्रद्धा तेषु सदा मम
śraddhādānena vijñeyamapi vālāgramātrakam | yatpātrādi catuṣṭayaṃ śraddhā teṣu sadā mama
By a gift given with faith, even a thing no bigger than the tip of a hair is to be recognized (as great); as for the set of four — the recipient and the rest — faith among them is always mine.
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PdP 2 68.15
श्रद्धीयते सदा तस्माच्छ्रद्धायास्तत्फलं भवेत् । गुणान्वितेषु दीनेषु यच्छत्यावसथान्यपि
śraddhīyate sadā tasmācchraddhāyāstatphalaṃ bhavet | guṇānviteṣu dīneṣu yacchatyāvasathānyapi
Since faith is always placed (in them), the fruit of it comes from faith; and (whoever) gives even dwelling-places to the poor who are endowed with virtues —
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PdP 2 68.16
स प्रयाति सर्वकामं स्थानं पैतामहं नृप । श्रद्धयायेन विप्राय दत्तं काकिणिमात्रकम्
sa prayāti sarvakāmaṃ sthānaṃ paitāmahaṃ nṛpa | śraddhayāyena viprāya dattaṃ kākiṇimātrakam
— he goes, O king, to the ancestral abode where all desires are fulfilled. By whom even the worth of a kākiṇī coin is given with faith to a brahmin,
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PdP 2 68.17
सस्याद्दिव्यतिथिर्भूप देवानां कीर्तिवर्धनः । तस्माच्छ्रद्धान्वितैर्देयं तत्फलं भवति ध्रुवम्
sasyāddivyatithirbhūpa devānāṃ kīrtivardhanaḥ | tasmācchraddhānvitairdeyaṃ tatphalaṃ bhavati dhruvam
he becomes a divine guest, O ruler of the earth, one who increases the renown of the gods. Therefore it should be given by those endowed with faith; that fruit comes about assuredly.
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