Padma Purana — Bhumi Khanda — Chapter 72
PdP 2 72.1
पिप्पल उवाच- मातलेश्च वचः श्रुत्वा स राजा नहुषात्मजः । किं चकार महाप्राज्ञस्तन्मे विस्तरतो वद
pippala uvāca- mātaleśca vacaḥ śrutvā sa rājā nahuṣātmajaḥ | kiṃ cakāra mahāprājñastanme vistarato vada
Pippala said: And having heard Mātali's words, what did that king, the son of Nahuṣa, greatly wise, do? Tell me that in detail.
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PdP 2 72.2
सर्वपुण्यमयी पुण्या कथेयं पापनाशिनी । श्रोतुमिच्छाम्यहं प्राज्ञ नैव तृप्यामि सर्वदा
sarvapuṇyamayī puṇyā katheyaṃ pāpanāśinī | śrotumicchāmyahaṃ prājña naiva tṛpyāmi sarvadā
This holy tale, full of all merit, destroys sin. I wish to hear it, O wise one; I am never at all sated.
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PdP 2 72.3
सुकर्मोवाच- सर्वधर्मभृतां श्रेष्ठो ययातिर्नृपसत्तमः । तमुवाचागतं दूतं मातलिं शक्रसारथिम्
sukarmovāca- sarvadharmabhṛtāṃ śreṣṭho yayātirnṛpasattamaḥ | tamuvācāgataṃ dūtaṃ mātaliṃ śakrasārathim
Sukarman said: Yayāti, best of kings, the foremost of all upholders of dharma, spoke to the messenger who had come, Mātali, the charioteer of Śakra.
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PdP 2 72.4
ययातिरुवाच- शरीरं नैव त्यक्ष्यामि गमिष्ये न दिवं पुनः । शरीरेण विना दूत पार्थिवेन न संशयः
yayātiruvāca- śarīraṃ naiva tyakṣyāmi gamiṣye na divaṃ punaḥ | śarīreṇa vinā dūta pārthivena na saṃśayaḥ
Yayāti said: I will not abandon my body, nor will I go again to heaven without (this) earthly body, O messenger—there is no doubt of it.
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PdP 2 72.5
यद्यप्येवं महादोषाः कायस्यैव प्रकीर्तिताः । पूर्वं चापि समाख्यातं त्वया सर्वं गुणागुणम्
yadyapyevaṃ mahādoṣāḥ kāyasyaiva prakīrtitāḥ | pūrvaṃ cāpi samākhyātaṃ tvayā sarvaṃ guṇāguṇam
Even though great faults of the body have thus been proclaimed, and though formerly too all its merits and demerits were recounted by you—
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PdP 2 72.6
नाहं त्यक्ष्ये शरीरं वै नागमिष्ये दिवं पुनः । इत्याचक्ष्व इतो गत्वा देवदेवं पुरंदरम्
nāhaṃ tyakṣye śarīraṃ vai nāgamiṣye divaṃ punaḥ | ityācakṣva ito gatvā devadevaṃ puraṃdaram
I shall not abandon the body, nor shall I go again to heaven: so tell Purandara, the god of gods, when you have gone from here.
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PdP 2 72.7
एकाकिना हि जीवेन कायेनापि महामते । नैव सिद्धिं प्रयात्येवं सांसारिकमिहैव हि
ekākinā hi jīvena kāyenāpi mahāmate | naiva siddhiṃ prayātyevaṃ sāṃsārikamihaiva hi
For by the living soul alone, or by the body alone, O great-minded one, one does not attain success—such is the worldly condition, here indeed.
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PdP 2 72.8
नैव प्राणं विना कायो जीवः कायं विना नहि । उभयोश्चापि मित्रत्वं नयिष्ये नाशमिंद्र न
naiva prāṇaṃ vinā kāyo jīvaḥ kāyaṃ vinā nahi | ubhayoścāpi mitratvaṃ nayiṣye nāśamiṃdra na
There is no body without breath, nor any living soul without a body. I shall not lead the friendship of the two to destruction, O Indra—no.
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PdP 2 72.9
यस्य प्रसादभावाद्वै सुखमश्नाति केवलम् । शरीरस्याप्ययं प्राणो भोगानन्यान्मनोनुगान्
yasya prasādabhāvādvai sukhamaśnāti kevalam | śarīrasyāpyayaṃ prāṇo bhogānanyānmanonugān
It is by (the body's) gracious disposition that (the living being) enjoys happiness at all; and this breath belongs to the body too, and the other enjoyments that follow the mind.
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PdP 2 72.10
एवं ज्ञात्वा स्वर्गभोग्यं न भोज्यं देवदूतक । संभवंति महादुष्टा व्याधयो दुःखदायकाः
evaṃ jñātvā svargabhogyaṃ na bhojyaṃ devadūtaka | saṃbhavaṃti mahāduṣṭā vyādhayo duḥkhadāyakāḥ
Knowing this, O messenger of the gods, the enjoyment of heaven is not to be enjoyed; (there) arise most wicked diseases that bring suffering.
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PdP 2 72.11
मातले किल्बिषाच्चैव जरादोषात्प्रजायते । पश्य मे पुण्यसंयुक्तं कायं षोडशवार्षिकम्
mātale kilbiṣāccaiva jarādoṣātprajāyate | paśya me puṇyasaṃyuktaṃ kāyaṃ ṣoḍaśavārṣikam
O Mātali, (disease) is born from sin and from the fault of old age. Look at my body, joined with merit, (as of) a sixteen-year-old.
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PdP 2 72.12
जन्मप्रभृति मे कायः शतार्धाब्दं प्रयाति च । तथापि नूतनो भावः कायस्यापि प्रजायते
janmaprabhṛti me kāyaḥ śatārdhābdaṃ prayāti ca | tathāpi nūtano bhāvaḥ kāyasyāpi prajāyate
From birth my body goes on for half a hundred years; and even so a fresh condition of the body arises.
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PdP 2 72.13
मम कालो गतो दूत अब्दा प्रनंत्यमनुत्तमम् । यथा षोडशवर्षस्य कायः पुंसः प्रशोभते
mama kālo gato dūta abdā pranaṃtyamanuttamam | yathā ṣoḍaśavarṣasya kāyaḥ puṃsaḥ praśobhate
My time has passed, O messenger — unsurpassed years beyond counting; just as the body of a man of sixteen years shines,
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PdP 2 72.14
तथा मे शोभते देहो बलवीर्यसमन्वितः । नैव ग्लानिर्न मे हानिर्न श्रमो व्याधयो जरा
tathā me śobhate deho balavīryasamanvitaḥ | naiva glānirna me hānirna śramo vyādhayo jarā
so does my body shine, endowed with strength and vigour; I have no weariness, no decline, no fatigue, no diseases, no old age.
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PdP 2 72.15
मातले मम कायेपि धर्मोत्साहेन वर्द्धते । सर्वामृतमयं दिव्यमौषधं परमौषधम्
mātale mama kāyepi dharmotsāhena varddhate | sarvāmṛtamayaṃ divyamauṣadhaṃ paramauṣadham
O Mātali, in my body too (this) grows through zeal for dharma: the divine medicine made wholly of nectar, the supreme medicine.
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PdP 2 72.16
पापव्याधिप्रणाशार्थं धर्माख्यं हि कृतम्पुरा । तेन मे शोधितः कायो गतदोषस्तु जायते
pāpavyādhipraṇāśārthaṃ dharmākhyaṃ hi kṛtampurā | tena me śodhitaḥ kāyo gatadoṣastu jāyate
For the destruction of the disease that is sin, that which is called dharma was performed long ago; by that my body has been purified, and it becomes free of faults.
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PdP 2 72.17
हृषीकेशस्य संध्यानं नामोच्चारणमुत्तमम् । एतद्रसायनं दूत नित्यमेवं करोम्यहम्
hṛṣīkeśasya saṃdhyānaṃ nāmoccāraṇamuttamam | etadrasāyanaṃ dūta nityamevaṃ karomyaham
Meditation upon Hṛṣīkeśa and the excellent uttering of (his) name — this is the elixir, O messenger, which I perform thus daily.
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PdP 2 72.18
तेन मे व्याधयो दोषाः पापाद्याः प्रलयं गताः । विद्यमाने हि संसारे कृष्णनाम्नि महौषधे
tena me vyādhayo doṣāḥ pāpādyāḥ pralayaṃ gatāḥ | vidyamāne hi saṃsāre kṛṣṇanāmni mahauṣadhe
By that, my diseases, faults, sins and the rest have gone to dissolution. Though the great medicine, Kṛṣṇa's name, exists in the world,
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PdP 2 72.19
मानवा मरणं यांति पापव्याधि प्रपीडिताः । न पिबंति महामूढाः कृष्ण नाम रसायनम्
mānavā maraṇaṃ yāṃti pāpavyādhi prapīḍitāḥ | na pibaṃti mahāmūḍhāḥ kṛṣṇa nāma rasāyanam
men go to death, tormented by the disease of sin; the great fools do not drink the elixir that is Kṛṣṇa's name.
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PdP 2 72.20
तेन ध्यानेन ज्ञानेन पूजाभावेन मातले । सत्येन दानपुण्येन मम कायो निरामयः
tena dhyānena jñānena pūjābhāvena mātale | satyena dānapuṇyena mama kāyo nirāmayaḥ
By that meditation, by knowledge, by the attitude of worship, O Mātali, by truth, by the merit of giving, my body is free of disease.
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PdP 2 72.21
पापर्द्धेरामयाः पीडाः प्रभवंति शरीरिणः । पीडाभ्यो जायते मृत्युः प्राणिनां नात्र संशयः
pāparddherāmayāḥ pīḍāḥ prabhavaṃti śarīriṇaḥ | pīḍābhyo jāyate mṛtyuḥ prāṇināṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ
From the increase of sin, diseases and pains arise for the embodied one; from pains comes the death of living beings — there is no doubt of this.
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PdP 2 72.22
तस्माद्धर्मः प्रकर्तव्यः पुण्यसत्याश्रयैर्नरैः । पंचभूतात्मकः कायः शिरासंधिविजर्जरः
tasmāddharmaḥ prakartavyaḥ puṇyasatyāśrayairnaraiḥ | paṃcabhūtātmakaḥ kāyaḥ śirāsaṃdhivijarjaraḥ
Therefore dharma is to be practised by men who take refuge in merit and truth. The body consists of the five elements and is worn out with veins and joints.
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PdP 2 72.23
एवं संधीकृतो मर्त्यो हेमकारीव टंकणैः । तत्र भाति महानग्निर्द्धातुरेव चरः सदा
evaṃ saṃdhīkṛto martyo hemakārīva ṭaṃkaṇaiḥ | tatra bhāti mahānagnirddhātureva caraḥ sadā
Thus the mortal is jointed together, as a goldsmith (joins) with borax; there a great fire shines, and the humour indeed moves always.
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PdP 2 72.24
शतखंडमये विप्र यः संधत्ते सबुद्धिमान् । हरेर्नाम्ना च दिव्येन सौभाग्येनापि पिप्पल
śatakhaṃḍamaye vipra yaḥ saṃdhatte sabuddhimān | harernāmnā ca divyena saubhāgyenāpi pippala
O brahmin, in that which is made of a hundred pieces, he who joins (them) is the wise one — by the divine name of Hari and by good fortune too, O Pippala.
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PdP 2 72.25
पंचात्मका हि ये खंडाः शतसंधिविजर्जराः । तेन संधारिताः सर्वे कायो धातुसमो भवेत्
paṃcātmakā hi ye khaṃḍāḥ śatasaṃdhivijarjarāḥ | tena saṃdhāritāḥ sarve kāyo dhātusamo bhavet
Those pieces which are of five kinds and are worn out with a hundred joints — all being held together by that, the body becomes like (solid) metal.
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PdP 2 72.26
हरेः पूजोपचारेण ध्यानेन नियमेन च । सत्यभावेन दानेन नूत्नः कायो विजायते
hareḥ pūjopacāreṇa dhyānena niyamena ca | satyabhāvena dānena nūtnaḥ kāyo vijāyate
By the rites of worship of Hari, by meditation and by observance, by truthfulness and by giving, the body is born anew.
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PdP 2 72.27
दोषा नश्यंति कायस्य व्याधयः शृणु मातले । बाह्याभ्यंतरशौचं हि दुर्गंधिर्नैव जायते
doṣā naśyaṃti kāyasya vyādhayaḥ śṛṇu mātale | bāhyābhyaṃtaraśaucaṃ hi durgaṃdhirnaiva jāyate
The faults of the body perish, and the diseases — hear, Mātali: there is outer and inner purity, and no foul smell arises.
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PdP 2 72.28
शुचिस्ततो भवेत्सूत प्रसादात्तस्य चक्रिणः । नाहं स्वर्गं गमिष्यामि स्वर्गमत्र करोम्यहम्
śucistato bhavetsūta prasādāttasya cakriṇaḥ | nāhaṃ svargaṃ gamiṣyāmi svargamatra karomyaham
Thereby one becomes pure, O charioteer, by the grace of that bearer of the discus. I shall not go to heaven; I make heaven here.
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PdP 2 72.29
तपसा चैव भावेन स्वधर्मेण महीतलम् । स्वर्गरूपं करिष्यामि प्रसादात्तस्य चक्रिणः
tapasā caiva bhāvena svadharmeṇa mahītalam | svargarūpaṃ kariṣyāmi prasādāttasya cakriṇaḥ
"By austerity, by devotion, and by (fulfilling) my own duty I shall make the surface of the earth into the very form of heaven, by the grace of that bearer of the discus."
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PdP 2 72.30
एवं ज्ञात्वा प्रयाहि त्वं कथयस्व पुरंदरम् । सुकर्मोवाच- समाकर्ण्य ततः सूतो नृपतेः परिभाषितम्
evaṃ jñātvā prayāhi tvaṃ kathayasva puraṃdaram | sukarmovāca- samākarṇya tataḥ sūto nṛpateḥ paribhāṣitam
"Knowing this, go forth and tell Indra." Sukarman said: Then the charioteer, having heard the king's speech,
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PdP 2 72.31
आशीर्भिरभिनंद्याथ आमंत्र्य नृपतिं गतः । सर्वं निवेदयामास इंद्राय च महात्मने
āśīrbhirabhinaṃdyātha āmaṃtrya nṛpatiṃ gataḥ | sarvaṃ nivedayāmāsa iṃdrāya ca mahātmane
greeting (him) with blessings and taking leave of the king, went (away); and he reported everything to the great-souled Indra.
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PdP 2 72.32
समाकर्ण्य सहस्राक्षो ययातेस्तु महात्मनः । तस्याथ चिंतयामासानयनार्थं दिवं प्रति
samākarṇya sahasrākṣo yayātestu mahātmanaḥ | tasyātha ciṃtayāmāsānayanārthaṃ divaṃ prati
Having heard (it), the thousand-eyed one then pondered how to bring that great-souled Yayāti to heaven.
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