Padma Purana — Bhumi Khanda — Chapter 71
PdP 2 71.1
ययातिरुवाच- यत्त्वया सर्वमाख्यातं धर्माधर्ममनुत्तमम् । शृण्वतोऽथ मम श्रद्धा पुनरेव प्रवर्तते
yayātiruvāca- yattvayā sarvamākhyātaṃ dharmādharmamanuttamam | śṛṇvato'tha mama śraddhā punareva pravartate
Yayāti said: Since all this, the supreme (teaching on) right and wrong, has been told by you, as I listen my faith arises again.
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PdP 2 71.2
देवानां लोकसंस्थानां वद संख्याः प्रकीर्तिताः । यस्य पुण्यप्रसंगेन येन प्राप्तं च मातले
devānāṃ lokasaṃsthānāṃ vada saṃkhyāḥ prakīrtitāḥ | yasya puṇyaprasaṃgena yena prāptaṃ ca mātale
Tell (me) the reckonings that are declared of the worlds' arrangements of the gods — by whose accumulation of merit and by whom (each) is attained, O Mātali.
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PdP 2 71.3
मातलिरुवाच- योगयुक्तं प्रवक्ष्यामि तपसा यदुपार्जितम् । देवानां लोकसंस्थानं सुखभोगप्रदायकम्
mātaliruvāca- yogayuktaṃ pravakṣyāmi tapasā yadupārjitam | devānāṃ lokasaṃsthānaṃ sukhabhogapradāyakam
Mātali said: I shall declare the arrangement of the worlds of the gods, joined with yoga, which is earned by austerity, and which bestows the enjoyment of pleasure.
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PdP 2 71.4
धर्मभावं प्रवक्ष्यामि आयासैरर्जितं पृथक् । उपरिष्टाच्च लोकानां स्वरूपं चाप्यनुक्रमात्
dharmabhāvaṃ pravakṣyāmi āyāsairarjitaṃ pṛthak | upariṣṭācca lokānāṃ svarūpaṃ cāpyanukramāt
I shall declare the state of dharma, earned separately by (various) exertions, and also the nature of the worlds above, in order.
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PdP 2 71.5
तत्राष्टगुणमैश्वर्यं पार्थिवं पिशिताशिनाम् । तस्मात्सद्यो गतानां च नराणां तत्समं स्मृतम्
tatrāṣṭaguṇamaiśvaryaṃ pārthivaṃ piśitāśinām | tasmātsadyo gatānāṃ ca narāṇāṃ tatsamaṃ smṛtam
Therein the earthly lordship of the flesh-eaters is eightfold; and for men who have gone (there) directly from that, it is reckoned equal to that.
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PdP 2 71.6
रक्षसां षोडशगुणं पार्थिवानां च तद्विधम् । एवं निरवशेषं च यच्छेषं कुलतेजसाम्
rakṣasāṃ ṣoḍaśaguṇaṃ pārthivānāṃ ca tadvidham | evaṃ niravaśeṣaṃ ca yaccheṣaṃ kulatejasām
For the rākṣasas it is sixteenfold, and of the earthly ones it is of that kind; thus without remainder, and whatever remains of the splendours of the (several) families.
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PdP 2 71.7
गंधर्वाणां च वायव्यं याक्षं च सकलं स्मृतम् । पांचभौतिकमिंद्रस्य चत्वारिंशद्गुणं महत्
gaṃdharvāṇāṃ ca vāyavyaṃ yākṣaṃ ca sakalaṃ smṛtam | pāṃcabhautikamiṃdrasya catvāriṃśadguṇaṃ mahat
And of the gandharvas (the lordship) is of air, and that of the yakṣas is reckoned complete; Indra's is of the five elements, great and fortyfold.
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PdP 2 71.8
सोमस्य मानसं दिव्यं विश्वेशं पांचभौतिकम् । सौम्यं प्रजापतीशानामहंकारगुणाधिकम्
somasya mānasaṃ divyaṃ viśveśaṃ pāṃcabhautikam | saumyaṃ prajāpatīśānāmahaṃkāraguṇādhikam
Soma's is mental and divine; that of the Lord of All is of the five elements; that of the lords of creatures is lunar (gentle), exceeding in the quality of ego.
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PdP 2 71.9
चतुष्षष्टिगुणं ब्राह्मं बौधमैश्वर्यमुत्तमम् । विष्णोः प्राधानिकं तंत्रमैश्वर्यं ब्रह्मणः पदम्
catuṣṣaṣṭiguṇaṃ brāhmaṃ baudhamaiśvaryamuttamam | viṣṇoḥ prādhānikaṃ taṃtramaiśvaryaṃ brahmaṇaḥ padam
Brahmā's is sixty-fourfold; the lordship (born) of awakening is highest; Viṣṇu's is the system belonging to the primal matter — the lordship is Brahman's station.
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PdP 2 71.10
श्रीमच्छिवपुरे दिव्ये ऐश्वर्यं सर्वकामिकम् । अनंतगुणमैश्वर्यं शिवस्यात्मगुणं महत्
śrīmacchivapure divye aiśvaryaṃ sarvakāmikam | anaṃtaguṇamaiśvaryaṃ śivasyātmaguṇaṃ mahat
In the glorious divine city of Śiva the lordship fulfils all desires; Śiva's lordship is of infinite qualities, great, consisting of his own nature.
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PdP 2 71.11
आदिमध्यांतरहितं विशुद्धं तत्त्वलक्षणम् । सर्वावभासकं सूक्ष्ममनौपम्यं परात्परम्
ādimadhyāṃtarahitaṃ viśuddhaṃ tattvalakṣaṇam | sarvāvabhāsakaṃ sūkṣmamanaupamyaṃ parātparam
(It is) without beginning, middle or end, wholly pure, marked by reality, illuminating all, subtle, incomparable, higher than the highest,
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PdP 2 71.12
सुसंपूर्णं जगद्वेषं पशुपाशाविमोक्षणम् । यो यत्स्थानमनुप्राप्तस्तस्य भोगस्तदात्मकः
susaṃpūrṇaṃ jagadveṣaṃ paśupāśāvimokṣaṇam | yo yatsthānamanuprāptastasya bhogastadātmakaḥ
wholly complete, encompassing the world, releasing the fetters of the bound soul. Whoever reaches whatever place, his enjoyment is of that (place's) nature.
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PdP 2 71.13
विमानं तत्समानं च भवेदीशप्रसादतः । नानारूपाणि ताराणां दृश्यंते कोटयस्त्विमा
vimānaṃ tatsamānaṃ ca bhavedīśaprasādataḥ | nānārūpāṇi tārāṇāṃ dṛśyaṃte koṭayastvimā
And the celestial car will be equal to that, by the Lord's grace. These crores of stars are seen in various forms.
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PdP 2 71.14
अष्टविंशतिरेवं ते संदीप्ताः सुकृतात्मनाम् । ये कुर्वंति नमस्कारमीश्वराय क्वचित्क्वचित्
aṣṭaviṃśatirevaṃ te saṃdīptāḥ sukṛtātmanām | ye kurvaṃti namaskāramīśvarāya kvacitkvacit
Thus twenty-eight of them shine brightly, (belonging) to those of good deeds, who make obeisance to the Lord now and again.
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PdP 2 71.15
संपर्कात्कौतुकाल्लोभात्तद्विमानं लभंति ते । नामसंकीर्तनाद्वापि प्रसंगेन शिवस्य यः
saṃparkātkautukāllobhāttadvimānaṃ labhaṃti te | nāmasaṃkīrtanādvāpi prasaṃgena śivasya yaḥ
Through contact, through curiosity, through greed, they obtain that celestial car; or whoever, even by chanting the name, incidentally (thinks) of Śiva,
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PdP 2 71.16
कुर्याद्वापि नमस्कारं न तस्य विलयो भवेत् । इत्येता गतयस्तत्र महत्यः शिवकर्मणि
kuryādvāpi namaskāraṃ na tasya vilayo bhavet | ityetā gatayastatra mahatyaḥ śivakarmaṇi
Or if (a man) merely makes obeisance, he shall not perish. These are the great courses (of destiny) there, in the worship of Śiva.
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PdP 2 71.17
कर्मणाभ्यंतरेणापि पुंसामीशानभावतः । प्रसंगेनापि ये कुर्युः शंकरस्मरणं नराः
karmaṇābhyaṃtareṇāpi puṃsāmīśānabhāvataḥ | prasaṃgenāpi ye kuryuḥ śaṃkarasmaraṇaṃ narāḥ
Even by a deed done inwardly, through men's devotion to Īśāna—those men who, even casually, call Śaṃkara to mind—
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PdP 2 71.18
तैर्लभ्यं त्वतुलं सौख्यं किं पुनस्तत्परायणैः । विष्णुचिंतां प्रकुर्वंति ध्यानेन गतमानसाः
tairlabhyaṃ tvatulaṃ saukhyaṃ kiṃ punastatparāyaṇaiḥ | viṣṇuciṃtāṃ prakurvaṃti dhyānena gatamānasāḥ
—by them incomparable happiness is to be obtained; how much more by those wholly devoted to him! (Those who) practise meditation on Viṣṇu, their minds gone (to him) by contemplation,
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PdP 2 71.19
ते यांति परमं स्थानं तद्विष्णोः परमं पदम् । शैवं च वैष्णवं रूपमेकरूपं नरोत्तम
te yāṃti paramaṃ sthānaṃ tadviṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam | śaivaṃ ca vaiṣṇavaṃ rūpamekarūpaṃ narottama
they go to the highest abode, that supreme station of Viṣṇu. The Śaiva form and the Vaiṣṇava form are one form, O best of men.
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PdP 2 71.20
द्वयोश्च अंतरं नास्ति एकरूपमहात्मनोः । शिवाय विष्णुरूपाय शिवरूपाय विष्णवे
dvayośca aṃtaraṃ nāsti ekarūpamahātmanoḥ | śivāya viṣṇurūpāya śivarūpāya viṣṇave
And there is no difference between the two, the two great souls of a single form: to Śiva who has Viṣṇu's form, to Viṣṇu who has Śiva's form (be homage).
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PdP 2 71.21
शिवस्य हृदयं विष्णुर्विष्णोश्च हृदयं शिवः । एकमूर्तिस्त्रयो देवा ब्रह्मविष्णुमहेश्वराः
śivasya hṛdayaṃ viṣṇurviṣṇośca hṛdayaṃ śivaḥ | ekamūrtistrayo devā brahmaviṣṇumaheśvarāḥ
Viṣṇu is Śiva's heart, and Śiva is Viṣṇu's heart. The three gods, Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Maheśvara, are one embodiment.
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PdP 2 71.22
त्रयाणामंतरं नास्ति गुणभेदाः प्रकीर्तिताः । शिवभक्तोसि राजेंद्र तथा भागवतोसि वै
trayāṇāmaṃtaraṃ nāsti guṇabhedāḥ prakīrtitāḥ | śivabhaktosi rājeṃdra tathā bhāgavatosi vai
There is no difference among the three; (only) distinctions of the guṇas are proclaimed. You are a devotee of Śiva, O lord of kings, and likewise you are indeed a Bhāgavata.
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PdP 2 71.23
तेन देवाः प्रसन्नास्ते ब्रह्मविष्णुमहेश्वराः । सुप्रीता वरदा राजन्कर्मणस्तव सुव्रत
tena devāḥ prasannāste brahmaviṣṇumaheśvarāḥ | suprītā varadā rājankarmaṇastava suvrata
Therefore those gods, Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Maheśvara, are pleased with you—well satisfied and granting boons, O king of good vows, because of your deeds.
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PdP 2 71.24
इंद्रादेशात्समायातः सन्निधौ तव मानद । ऐंद्रमेनं पदं याहि पश्चाद्ब्राह्मं महेश्वरम्
iṃdrādeśātsamāyātaḥ sannidhau tava mānada | aiṃdramenaṃ padaṃ yāhi paścādbrāhmaṃ maheśvaram
By Indra's command I have come into your presence, O giver of honour. Go to this station of Indra, and afterwards to that of Brahmā and of Maheśvara;
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PdP 2 71.25
वैष्णवं च प्रयाहि त्वं दाहप्रलयवर्जितम् । अनेनापि विमानेन दिव्येन सर्वगामिना
vaiṣṇavaṃ ca prayāhi tvaṃ dāhapralayavarjitam | anenāpi vimānena divyena sarvagāminā
and you shall go to the Vaiṣṇava (abode), free from burning and from dissolution, by this very divine chariot that goes everywhere.
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PdP 2 71.26
दिव्यमूर्तिरतो भुंक्ष्व दिव्यभोगान्मनोरमान् । समारुह्य विमानं त्वं पुष्पकं सुखगामिनम्
divyamūrtirato bhuṃkṣva divyabhogānmanoramān | samāruhya vimānaṃ tvaṃ puṣpakaṃ sukhagāminam
With a divine body, therefore, enjoy delightful divine pleasures, mounting the chariot Puṣpaka that travels pleasantly.
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PdP 2 71.27
सुकर्मोवाच- एवमुक्त्वा द्विजश्रेष्ठ मौनवान्मातलिस्तदा । राजानं धर्मतत्त्वज्ञं ययातिं नहुषात्मजम्
sukarmovāca- evamuktvā dvijaśreṣṭha maunavānmātalistadā | rājānaṃ dharmatattvajñaṃ yayātiṃ nahuṣātmajam
Sukarman said: Having spoken thus, O best of the twice-born, Mātali then fell silent (before) the king Yayāti, son of Nahuṣa, who knew the truth of dharma.
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