Padma Purana — Bhumi Khanda — Chapter 74
PdP 2 74.1
सुकर्मोवाच- दूतास्तु ग्रामेषु वदंति सर्वे द्वीपेषु देशेष्वथ पत्तनेषु । लोकाः शृणुध्वं नृपतेस्तदाज्ञां सर्वप्रभावैर्हरिमर्चयंतु
sukarmovāca- dūtāstu grāmeṣu vadaṃti sarve dvīpeṣu deśeṣvatha pattaneṣu | lokāḥ śṛṇudhvaṃ nṛpatestadājñāṃ sarvaprabhāvairharimarcayaṃtu
Sukarman said: And the messengers all proclaim in the villages, in the islands, in the countries and in the towns: "Hear, O people, that command of the king: with all your might, worship Hari!"
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PdP 2 74.2
दानैश्च यज्ञैर्बहुभिस्तपोभिर्धर्माभिलाषैर्यजनैर्मनोभिः । ध्यायंतु लोका मधुसूदनं तु आदेशमेवं नृपतेस्तु तस्य
dānaiśca yajñairbahubhistapobhirdharmābhilāṣairyajanairmanobhiḥ | dhyāyaṃtu lokā madhusūdanaṃ tu ādeśamevaṃ nṛpatestu tasya
"With gifts and with many sacrifices, with austerities, with longings for dharma, with offerings and with (their) minds, let the people meditate on the Slayer of Madhu" — such was the injunction of that king.
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PdP 2 74.3
एवं सुघुष्टं सकलं तु पुण्यमाकर्ण्य तं भूमितलेषु लोकैः । तदाप्रभृत्येव यजंति विष्णुं ध्यायंति गायंति जपंति मर्त्याः
evaṃ sughuṣṭaṃ sakalaṃ tu puṇyamākarṇya taṃ bhūmitaleṣu lokaiḥ | tadāprabhṛtyeva yajaṃti viṣṇuṃ dhyāyaṃti gāyaṃti japaṃti martyāḥ
Thus, when that wholly meritorious (proclamation) was well cried out and heard by the people over the surfaces of the earth, from that time onward mortals sacrifice to Viṣṇu, meditate (on him), sing (of him) and mutter (his name).
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PdP 2 74.4
वेदप्रणीतैश्च सुसूक्तमंत्रैः स्तोत्रैः सुपुण्यैरमृतोपमानैः । श्रीकेशवं तद्गतमानसास्ते व्रतोपवासैर्नियमैश्च दानैः
vedapraṇītaiśca susūktamaṃtraiḥ stotraiḥ supuṇyairamṛtopamānaiḥ | śrīkeśavaṃ tadgatamānasāste vratopavāsairniyamaiśca dānaiḥ
With well-composed hymnic mantras handed down in the Veda, with most holy praises like unto nectar, with vows and fasts, with observances and with gifts, they, their minds gone to him, (worship) glorious Keśava —
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PdP 2 74.5
विहाय दोषान्निजकायचित्तवागुद्भवान्प्रेमरताः समस्ताः । लक्ष्मीनिवासं जगतां निवासं श्रीवासुदेवं परिपूजयंति
vihāya doṣānnijakāyacittavāgudbhavānpremaratāḥ samastāḥ | lakṣmīnivāsaṃ jagatāṃ nivāsaṃ śrīvāsudevaṃ paripūjayaṃti
— abandoning the faults arisen from their own body, mind and speech, all of them, devoted in love, fully worship glorious Vāsudeva, the abode of Lakṣmī, the abode of the worlds.
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PdP 2 74.6
इत्याज्ञातस्य भूपस्य वर्तते क्षितिमंडले । वैष्णवेनापि भावेन जनाः सर्वे जयंति ते
ityājñātasya bhūpasya vartate kṣitimaṃḍale | vaiṣṇavenāpi bhāvena janāḥ sarve jayaṃti te
Thus the command of that king holds sway over the circle of the earth, and all those people prevail through a Vaiṣṇava disposition as well.
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PdP 2 74.7
नामभिः कर्मभिर्विष्णुं यजंते ज्ञानकोविदाः । तद्ध्यानास्तद्व्यवसिता विष्णुपूजापरायणाः
nāmabhiḥ karmabhirviṣṇuṃ yajaṃte jñānakovidāḥ | taddhyānāstadvyavasitā viṣṇupūjāparāyaṇāḥ
Those skilled in knowledge worship Viṣṇu with (his) names and with (ritual) acts, meditating on him, resolved upon him, wholly given to the worship of Viṣṇu.
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PdP 2 74.8
यावद्भूमंडलं सर्वं यावत्तपति भास्करः । तावद्धि मानवा लोकाः सर्वे भागवता बभुः
yāvadbhūmaṃḍalaṃ sarvaṃ yāvattapati bhāskaraḥ | tāvaddhi mānavā lokāḥ sarve bhāgavatā babhuḥ
As far as the whole circle of the earth (extends), as far as the sun burns, so far all the human folk became devotees of the Lord.
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PdP 2 74.9
विष्णोर्ध्यानप्रभावेण पूजास्तोत्रेण नामतः । आधिव्याधिविहीनास्ते संजाता मानवास्तदा
viṣṇordhyānaprabhāveṇa pūjāstotreṇa nāmataḥ | ādhivyādhivihīnāste saṃjātā mānavāstadā
By the power of meditation on Viṣṇu, by worship, by praise, by (his) name, those men then became free of mental affliction and disease.
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PdP 2 74.10
वीतशोकाश्च पुण्याश्च सर्वे चैव तपोधनाः । संजाता वैष्णवा विप्र प्रसादात्तस्य चक्रिणः
vītaśokāśca puṇyāśca sarve caiva tapodhanāḥ | saṃjātā vaiṣṇavā vipra prasādāttasya cakriṇaḥ
With grief gone, meritorious, all of them rich in austerity, they became Vaiṣṇavas, O brahmin, by the grace of that bearer of the discus.
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PdP 2 74.11
आमयैश्च विहीनास्ते दोषैरोषैश्च वर्जिताः । सर्वैश्वर्यसमापन्नाः सर्वरोगविवर्जिताः
āmayaiśca vihīnāste doṣairoṣaiśca varjitāḥ | sarvaiśvaryasamāpannāḥ sarvarogavivarjitāḥ
They were free of sicknesses, rid of faults and of anger, endowed with every lordly power, free from every disease.
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PdP 2 74.12
प्रसादात्तस्य देवस्य संजाता मानवास्तदा । अमराः निर्जराः सर्वे धनधान्यसमन्विताः
prasādāttasya devasya saṃjātā mānavāstadā | amarāḥ nirjarāḥ sarve dhanadhānyasamanvitāḥ
By the grace of that god, men then became immortal, ageless, all of them possessed of wealth and grain.
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PdP 2 74.13
मर्त्या विष्णुप्रसादेन पुत्रपौत्रैरलंकृताः । तेषामेव महाभाग गृहद्वारेषु नित्यदा
martyā viṣṇuprasādena putrapautrairalaṃkṛtāḥ | teṣāmeva mahābhāga gṛhadvāreṣu nityadā
By Viṣṇu's grace mortals were adorned with sons and grandsons; and at the doors of their houses, O greatly fortunate one, always —
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PdP 2 74.14
कल्पद्रुमाः सुपुण्यास्ते सर्वकामफलप्रदाः । सर्वकामदुघा गावः सचिंतामणयस्तथा
kalpadrumāḥ supuṇyāste sarvakāmaphalapradāḥ | sarvakāmadughā gāvaḥ saciṃtāmaṇayastathā
— (there stood) most holy wish-granting trees, yielding the fruit of every desire, and cows milking forth every desire, and along with them wish-granting gems.
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PdP 2 74.15
संति तेषां गृहे पुण्याः सर्वकामप्रदायकाः । अमरा मानवा जाताः पुत्रपौत्रैरलंकृताः
saṃti teṣāṃ gṛhe puṇyāḥ sarvakāmapradāyakāḥ | amarā mānavā jātāḥ putrapautrairalaṃkṛtāḥ
In their houses there are holy (things) that bestow every desire; men became immortal, adorned with sons and grandsons.
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PdP 2 74.16
सर्वदोषविहीनास्ते विष्णोश्चैव प्रसादतः । सर्वसौभाग्यसंपन्नाः पुण्यमंगलसंयुताः
sarvadoṣavihīnāste viṣṇoścaiva prasādataḥ | sarvasaubhāgyasaṃpannāḥ puṇyamaṃgalasaṃyutāḥ
They were free of every fault, indeed by Viṣṇu's grace endowed with every good fortune, joined with merit and auspiciousness,
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PdP 2 74.17
सुपुण्या दानसंपन्ना ज्ञानध्यानपरायणाः । न दुर्भिक्षं न च व्याधिर्नाकालमरणं नृणाम्
supuṇyā dānasaṃpannā jñānadhyānaparāyaṇāḥ | na durbhikṣaṃ na ca vyādhirnākālamaraṇaṃ nṛṇām
most meritorious, rich in giving, wholly given to knowledge and meditation; there was no famine, no disease, no untimely death for men.
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PdP 2 74.18
तस्मिञ्शासति धर्मज्ञे ययातौ नृपतौ तदा । वैष्णवा मानवाः सर्वे विष्णुव्रतपरायणाः
tasmiñśāsati dharmajñe yayātau nṛpatau tadā | vaiṣṇavā mānavāḥ sarve viṣṇuvrataparāyaṇāḥ
While that knower of dharma, King Yayāti, was then ruling, all men were Vaiṣṇavas, wholly given to the observances of Viṣṇu.
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PdP 2 74.19
तद्ध्यानास्तद्गताः सर्वे संजाता भावतत्पराः । तेषां गृहाणि दिव्यानि पुण्यानि द्विजसत्तम
taddhyānāstadgatāḥ sarve saṃjātā bhāvatatparāḥ | teṣāṃ gṛhāṇi divyāni puṇyāni dvijasattama
All became meditators on him, gone to him, intent upon devotion to him; their houses were divine and holy, O best of brahmins,
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PdP 2 74.20
पताकाभिः सुशुक्लाभिः शंखयुक्तानि तानि वै । गदांकितध्वजाभिश्च नित्यं चक्रांकितानि च
patākābhiḥ suśuklābhiḥ śaṃkhayuktāni tāni vai | gadāṃkitadhvajābhiśca nityaṃ cakrāṃkitāni ca
Those (houses) indeed are provided with conches and with very white banners, and with flags marked with the mace, and always marked with the discus.
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PdP 2 74.21
पद्मांकितानि भासंते विमानप्रतिमानि च । गृहाणि भित्तिभागेषु चित्रितानि सुचित्रकैः
padmāṃkitāni bhāsaṃte vimānapratimāni ca | gṛhāṇi bhittibhāgeṣu citritāni sucitrakaiḥ
They shine marked with lotuses, and (they are) like celestial cars; the houses, on the sections of their walls, are painted with fine pictures.
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PdP 2 74.22
सर्वत्र गृहद्वारेषु पुण्यस्थानेषु सत्तमाः । वनानि संति दिव्यानि शाद्वलानि शुभानि च
sarvatra gṛhadvāreṣu puṇyasthāneṣu sattamāḥ | vanāni saṃti divyāni śādvalāni śubhāni ca
Everywhere, at the house-doors, in the holy places, O best of men, there are divine groves, grassy and lovely.
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PdP 2 74.23
तुलस्या च द्विजश्रेष्ठ तेषु केशवमंदिरैः । भासंते पुण्यदिव्यानि गृहाणि प्राणिनां सदा
tulasyā ca dvijaśreṣṭha teṣu keśavamaṃdiraiḥ | bhāsaṃte puṇyadivyāni gṛhāṇi prāṇināṃ sadā
And with tulasī, O best of the twice-born, and with shrines of Keśava in them, the holy and divine houses of living beings shine always.
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PdP 2 74.24
सर्वत्र वैष्णवो भावो मंगलो बहु दृश्यते । शंखशब्दाश्च भूलोके मिथः स्फोटरवैः सखे
sarvatra vaiṣṇavo bhāvo maṃgalo bahu dṛśyate | śaṃkhaśabdāśca bhūloke mithaḥ sphoṭaravaiḥ sakhe
Everywhere the Vaiṣṇava mood, auspicious, is much to be seen; and the sounds of conches, O friend, in the mortal world, with mutually bursting roars.
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PdP 2 74.25
श्रूयंते तत्र विप्रेंद्र दोषपापविनाशकाः । शंखस्वस्तिकपद्मानि गृहद्वारेषु भित्तिषु
śrūyaṃte tatra vipreṃdra doṣapāpavināśakāḥ | śaṃkhasvastikapadmāni gṛhadvāreṣu bhittiṣu
(These) are heard there, O lord of brahmins, destroyers of faults and sins. Conches, svastikas and lotuses upon the house-doors and on the walls,
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PdP 2 74.26
विष्णुभक्त्या च नारीभिर्लिखितानि द्विजोत्तम । गीतरागसुवर्णैश्च मूर्च्छना तानसुस्वरैः
viṣṇubhaktyā ca nārībhirlikhitāni dvijottama | gītarāgasuvarṇaiśca mūrcchanā tānasusvaraiḥ
drawn by the women out of devotion to Viṣṇu, O best of the twice-born; and with the fine notes of song-melodies, with mūrcchanās, tānas and sweet tones,
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PdP 2 74.27
गायंति केशवं लोका विष्णुध्यानपरायणाः
gāyaṃti keśavaṃ lokā viṣṇudhyānaparāyaṇāḥ
the people sing of Keśava, wholly devoted to meditation on Viṣṇu.
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PdP 2 74.28
हरिं मुरारिं प्रवदंति केशवं प्रीत्या जितं माधवमेव चान्ये । श्रीनारसिंहं कमलेक्षणं तं गोविंदमेकं कमलापतिं च
hariṃ murāriṃ pravadaṃti keśavaṃ prītyā jitaṃ mādhavameva cānye | śrīnārasiṃhaṃ kamalekṣaṇaṃ taṃ goviṃdamekaṃ kamalāpatiṃ ca
(Some) with love proclaim Hari, Murāri, Keśava, (and) the victorious one; and others Mādhava alone; (some) that Śrī Narasiṃha, the lotus-eyed, (some) Govinda alone, and the lord of Kamalā;
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PdP 2 74.29
कृष्णं शरण्यं शरणं जपंति रामं च जप्यैः परिपूजयंति । दंडप्रणामैः प्रणमंति विष्णुं तद्ध्यानयुक्ताः परवैष्णवास्ते
kṛṣṇaṃ śaraṇyaṃ śaraṇaṃ japaṃti rāmaṃ ca japyaiḥ paripūjayaṃti | daṃḍapraṇāmaiḥ praṇamaṃti viṣṇuṃ taddhyānayuktāḥ paravaiṣṇavāste
they murmur Kṛṣṇa, the refuge, as (their) refuge, and they worship Rāma with muttered prayers; they bow to Viṣṇu with prostrations at full length — those supreme Vaiṣṇavas, intent on meditation upon him.
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