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Padma Purana — Bhumi Khanda — Chapter 73

PdP 2 73.1

पिप्पल उवाच- गते तस्मिन्महाभागे दूत इंद्रस्य वै पुनः । किं चकार स धर्मात्मा ययातिर्नहुषात्मजः

pippala uvāca- gate tasminmahābhāge dūta iṃdrasya vai punaḥ | kiṃ cakāra sa dharmātmā yayātirnahuṣātmajaḥ

Pippala said: When that greatly fortunate messenger of Indra had gone, what further did that righteous Yayāti, son of Nahuṣa, do?

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PdP 2 73.2

सुकर्मोवाच- तस्मिन्गते देववरस्य दूते स चिंतयामास नरेंद्रसूनुः । आहूय दूतान्प्रवरान्स सत्वरं धर्मार्थयुक्तं वच आदिदेश

sukarmovāca- tasmingate devavarasya dūte sa ciṃtayāmāsa nareṃdrasūnuḥ | āhūya dūtānpravarānsa satvaraṃ dharmārthayuktaṃ vaca ādideśa

Sukarman said: When that messenger of the best of the gods had gone, the son of the king pondered; summoning his foremost messengers, he swiftly gave them a command joined with dharma and purpose.

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PdP 2 73.3

गच्छंतु दूताः प्रवराः पुरोत्तमे देशेषु द्वीपेष्वखिलेषु लोके । कुर्वंतु वाक्यं मम धर्मयुक्तं व्रजंतु लोकाः सुपथा हरेश्च

gacchaṃtu dūtāḥ pravarāḥ purottame deśeṣu dvīpeṣvakhileṣu loke | kurvaṃtu vākyaṃ mama dharmayuktaṃ vrajaṃtu lokāḥ supathā hareśca

"Let the foremost messengers go to the best of cities, to the countries, to all the islands in the world; let them carry out my dharma-filled word, and let people travel by the good path of Hari.

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PdP 2 73.4

भावैः सुपुण्यैरमृतोपमानैर्ध्यानैश्च ज्ञानैर्यजनैस्तपोभिः । यज्ञैश्च दानैर्मधुसूदनैकमर्चंतु लोका विषयान्विहाय

bhāvaiḥ supuṇyairamṛtopamānairdhyānaiśca jñānairyajanaistapobhiḥ | yajñaiśca dānairmadhusūdanaikamarcaṃtu lokā viṣayānvihāya

With very meritorious dispositions like unto nectar, with meditations, with knowledge, with worship, with austerities, with sacrifices and with gifts, let the people, abandoning the objects of sense, worship the slayer of Madhu alone.

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PdP 2 73.5

सर्वत्र पश्यंत्वसुरारिमेकं शुष्केषु चार्द्रेष्वपि स्थावरेषु । अभ्रेषु भूमौ सचराचरेषु स्वीयेषु कायेष्वपि जीवरूपम्

sarvatra paśyaṃtvasurārimekaṃ śuṣkeṣu cārdreṣvapi sthāvareṣu | abhreṣu bhūmau sacarācareṣu svīyeṣu kāyeṣvapi jīvarūpam

Let them see everywhere the one enemy of the asuras — in dry things and in moist, in immobile things, in the clouds, on the earth, in things moving and unmoving, and in their own bodies too as the form of life.

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PdP 2 73.6

देवं तमुद्दिश्य ददंतु दानमातिथ्यभावैः परिपैत्रिकैश्च । नारायणं देववरं यजध्वं दोषैर्विमुक्ता अचिराद्भविष्यथ

devaṃ tamuddiśya dadaṃtu dānamātithyabhāvaiḥ paripaitrikaiśca | nārāyaṇaṃ devavaraṃ yajadhvaṃ doṣairvimuktā acirādbhaviṣyatha

Designating that god, let them give gifts with the attitudes of hospitality and with the rites for the ancestors. Worship Nārāyaṇa, the best of the gods: you will soon be freed from faults.

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PdP 2 73.7

यो मामकं वाक्यमिहैव मानवो लोभाद्विमोहादपि नैव कारयेत् । स शास्यतां यास्यति निर्घृणो ध्रुवं ममापि चौरो हि यथा निकृष्टः

yo māmakaṃ vākyamihaiva mānavo lobhādvimohādapi naiva kārayet | sa śāsyatāṃ yāsyati nirghṛṇo dhruvaṃ mamāpi cauro hi yathā nikṛṣṭaḥ

Whatever man here shall not, out of greed or out of delusion, carry out my word, let that pitiless one be punished; surely he goes (to punishment) from me too, like a thief who is degraded."

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

PdP 2 73.8

आकर्ण्य वाक्यं नृपतेश्च दूताःसंहृष्टभावाः सकलां च पृथ्वीम् । आचख्युरेवं नृपतेः प्रणीतमादेशभावं सकलं प्रजासु

ākarṇya vākyaṃ nṛpateśca dūtāḥsaṃhṛṣṭabhāvāḥ sakalāṃ ca pṛthvīm | ācakhyurevaṃ nṛpateḥ praṇītamādeśabhāvaṃ sakalaṃ prajāsu

Having heard the king's word, the messengers, with delighted hearts, proclaimed thus throughout the whole earth to the people the entire content of the command issued by the king:

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PdP 2 73.9

विप्रादिमर्त्या अमृतं सुपुण्यमानीतमेवं भुवि तेन राज्ञा । पिबंतु पुण्यं परिवैष्णवाख्यं दोषैर्विहीनं परिणाममिष्टम्

viprādimartyā amṛtaṃ supuṇyamānītamevaṃ bhuvi tena rājñā | pibaṃtu puṇyaṃ parivaiṣṇavākhyaṃ doṣairvihīnaṃ pariṇāmamiṣṭam

"O mortals, brahmins and the rest — thus has the very meritorious nectar been brought to earth by that king; drink the holy (nectar) called wholly-Vaiṣṇava, free of faults, whose outcome is desirable.

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PdP 2 73.10

श्रीकेशवं क्लेशहरं वरेण्यमानंदरूपं परमार्थमेवम् । नामामृतं दोषहरं सुराज्ञा आनीतमस्त्येव पिबंतु लोकाः

śrīkeśavaṃ kleśaharaṃ vareṇyamānaṃdarūpaṃ paramārthamevam | nāmāmṛtaṃ doṣaharaṃ surājñā ānītamastyeva pibaṃtu lokāḥ

Śrī Keśava, remover of affliction, most excellent, of the form of bliss, thus the highest goal — the nectar of (his) name, remover of faults, has indeed been brought by the good king: let the people drink it.

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PdP 2 73.11

सखड्गपाणिं मधुसूदनाख्यं तं श्रीनिवासं सगुणं सुरेशम् । नामामृतं दोषहरं सुराज्ञा आनीतमस्त्येव पिबंतु लोकाः

sakhaḍgapāṇiṃ madhusūdanākhyaṃ taṃ śrīnivāsaṃ saguṇaṃ sureśam | nāmāmṛtaṃ doṣaharaṃ surājñā ānītamastyeva pibaṃtu lokāḥ

Him with sword in hand, named Madhusūdana, the abode of Śrī, endowed with qualities, lord of the gods — the nectar of (his) name, remover of faults, has indeed been brought by the good king: let the people drink it.

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PdP 2 73.12

श्रीपद्मनाथं कमलेक्षणं च आधाररूपं जगतां महेशम् । नामामृतं दोषहरं सुराज्ञा आनीतमस्त्येव पिबंतु लोकाः

śrīpadmanāthaṃ kamalekṣaṇaṃ ca ādhārarūpaṃ jagatāṃ maheśam | nāmāmṛtaṃ doṣaharaṃ surājñā ānītamastyeva pibaṃtu lokāḥ

Śrī Padmanātha, the lotus-eyed, the form that is the support of the worlds, the great lord — the nectar of (his) name, remover of faults, has indeed been brought by the good king: let the people drink it.

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PdP 2 73.13

पापापहं व्याधिविनाशरूपमानंददं दानवदैत्यनाशनम् । नामामृतं दोषहरं सुराज्ञा आनीतमस्त्येव पिबंतु लोकाः

pāpāpahaṃ vyādhivināśarūpamānaṃdadaṃ dānavadaityanāśanam | nāmāmṛtaṃ doṣaharaṃ surājñā ānītamastyeva pibaṃtu lokāḥ

Remover of sin, of the nature of the destruction of disease, giver of bliss, destroyer of Dānavas and Daityas — the nectar of (his) name, remover of faults, has indeed been brought by the good king: let the people drink it.

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PdP 2 73.14

यज्ञांगरूपं चरथांगपाणिं पुण्याकरं सौख्यमनंतरूपम् । नामामृतं दोषहरं सुराज्ञा आनीतमस्त्येव पिबंतु लोकाः

yajñāṃgarūpaṃ carathāṃgapāṇiṃ puṇyākaraṃ saukhyamanaṃtarūpam | nāmāmṛtaṃ doṣaharaṃ surājñā ānītamastyeva pibaṃtu lokāḥ

Him whose form is the limbs of sacrifice, who bears the wheel in his hand, the mine of merit, happiness, of endless form — the nectar of (his) name, remover of faults, has indeed been brought by the good king: let the people drink it.

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PdP 2 73.15

विश्वाधिवासं विमलं विरामं रामाभिधानं रमणं मुरारिम् । नामामृतं दोषहरं सुराज्ञा आनीतमस्त्येव पिबंतु लोकाः

viśvādhivāsaṃ vimalaṃ virāmaṃ rāmābhidhānaṃ ramaṇaṃ murārim | nāmāmṛtaṃ doṣaharaṃ surājñā ānītamastyeva pibaṃtu lokāḥ

The dwelling of the universe, the stainless, the (final) rest, him named Rāma, the delighter, the foe of Mura — the nectar of (his) name, remover of faults, has indeed been brought by the good king: let the people drink it.

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PdP 2 73.16

आदित्यरूपं तमसां विनाशं बंधस्यनाशं मतिपंकजानाम् । नामामृतं दोषहरं सुराज्ञा आनीतमस्त्येव पिबंतु लोकाः

ādityarūpaṃ tamasāṃ vināśaṃ baṃdhasyanāśaṃ matipaṃkajānām | nāmāmṛtaṃ doṣaharaṃ surājñā ānītamastyeva pibaṃtu lokāḥ

Him whose form is the sun, the destruction of darknesses, the destroyer of bondage, (the sun) of the lotuses of the mind — the nectar of (his) name, remover of faults, has indeed been brought by the good king: let the people drink it.

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PdP 2 73.17

नामामृतं सत्यमिदं सुपुण्यमधीत्य यो मानव विष्णुभक्तः । प्रभातकाले नियतो महात्मा स याति मुक्तिं न हि कारणं च

nāmāmṛtaṃ satyamidaṃ supuṇyamadhītya yo mānava viṣṇubhaktaḥ | prabhātakāle niyato mahātmā sa yāti muktiṃ na hi kāraṇaṃ ca

This nectar of the Name is true and most meritorious: the man who is a devotee of Viṣṇu and, self-restrained and great-souled, recites it at daybreak — he goes to liberation, and there is no (other) cause (needed).

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