Padma Purana — Bhumi Khanda — Chapter 75
PdP 2 75.1
सुकर्मोवाच- विष्णुं कृष्णं हरिं रामं मुकुंदं मधुसूदनम् । नारायणं विष्णुरूपं नारसिंहं तमच्युतम्
sukarmovāca- viṣṇuṃ kṛṣṇaṃ hariṃ rāmaṃ mukuṃdaṃ madhusūdanam | nārāyaṇaṃ viṣṇurūpaṃ nārasiṃhaṃ tamacyutam
Sukarman said: Viṣṇu, Kṛṣṇa, Hari, Rāma, Mukunda, Madhusūdana, Nārāyaṇa, him whose form is Viṣṇu, Narasiṃha, Acyuta,
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PdP 2 75.2
केशवं पद्मनाभं च वासुदेवं च वामनम् । वाराहं कमठं मत्स्यं हृषीकेशं सुराधिपम्
keśavaṃ padmanābhaṃ ca vāsudevaṃ ca vāmanam | vārāhaṃ kamaṭhaṃ matsyaṃ hṛṣīkeśaṃ surādhipam
Keśava and Padmanābha, and Vāsudeva and Vāmana, the Boar, the Tortoise, the Fish, Hṛṣīkeśa, the lord of the gods,
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PdP 2 75.3
विश्वेशं विश्वरूपं च अनंतमनघं शुचिम् । पुरुषं पुष्कराक्षं च श्रीधरं श्रीपतिं हरिम्
viśveśaṃ viśvarūpaṃ ca anaṃtamanaghaṃ śucim | puruṣaṃ puṣkarākṣaṃ ca śrīdharaṃ śrīpatiṃ harim
the lord of the universe and him whose form is the universe, the endless, the sinless, the pure, the Person and the lotus-eyed, Śrīdhara, Śrīpati, Hari,
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PdP 2 75.4
श्रीनिवासं पीतवासं माधवं मोक्षदं प्रभुम् । इत्येवं हि समुच्चारं नामभिर्मानवाः सदा
śrīnivāsaṃ pītavāsaṃ mādhavaṃ mokṣadaṃ prabhum | ityevaṃ hi samuccāraṃ nāmabhirmānavāḥ sadā
Śrīnivāsa, the yellow-robed, Mādhava, the giver of liberation, the lord — thus indeed men always make utterance with (these) names.
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PdP 2 75.5
प्रकुर्वंति नराः सर्वे बालवृद्धाः कुमारिकाः । स्त्रियो हरिं सुगायंति गृहकर्मरताः सदा
prakurvaṃti narāḥ sarve bālavṛddhāḥ kumārikāḥ | striyo hariṃ sugāyaṃti gṛhakarmaratāḥ sadā
All men do so, children and old people and young girls; and the women, ever engaged in household work, sing sweetly of Hari.
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PdP 2 75.6
आसने शयने याने ध्याने वचसि माधवम् । क्रीडमानास्तथा बाला गोविंदं प्रणमंति ते
āsane śayane yāne dhyāne vacasi mādhavam | krīḍamānāstathā bālā goviṃdaṃ praṇamaṃti te
In sitting, in lying down, in going, in meditation, in speech (they have) Mādhava; and the children too, while playing, bow to Govinda.
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PdP 2 75.7
दिवारात्रौ सुमधुरं ब्रुवंति हरिनाम च । विष्णूच्चारो हि सर्वत्र श्रूयते द्विजसत्तम
divārātrau sumadhuraṃ bruvaṃti harināma ca | viṣṇūccāro hi sarvatra śrūyate dvijasattama
By day and night they utter very sweetly the name of Hari; indeed everywhere the utterance of 'Viṣṇu' is heard, O best of the twice-born.
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PdP 2 75.8
वैष्णवेन प्रभावेण मर्त्या वर्तंति भूतले । प्रासादकलशाग्रेषु देवतायतनेषु च
vaiṣṇavena prabhāveṇa martyā vartaṃti bhūtale | prāsādakalaśāgreṣu devatāyataneṣu ca
By the power of Vaiṣṇavism mortals live on the face of the earth; and on the tips of the finials of palaces and in the abodes of the gods,
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PdP 2 75.9
यथा सूर्यस्य बिंबानि तथा चक्राणि भांति च । वैकुंठे दृश्यते भावस्तद्भावं जगतीतले
yathā sūryasya biṃbāni tathā cakrāṇi bhāṃti ca | vaikuṃṭhe dṛśyate bhāvastadbhāvaṃ jagatītale
as the orbs of the sun, so do the discuses shine; the state that is seen in Vaikuṇṭha — that same state (is) on the surface of the world.
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PdP 2 75.10
तेन राज्ञा कृतं विप्र पुण्यं चापि महात्मना । विष्णुलोकस्य समतां तथानीतं महीतलम्
tena rājñā kṛtaṃ vipra puṇyaṃ cāpi mahātmanā | viṣṇulokasya samatāṃ tathānītaṃ mahītalam
By that king, O brahmin, by that great-souled one, merit was done, and thus the surface of the earth was brought to equality with the world of Viṣṇu.
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PdP 2 75.11
नहुषस्यापि पुत्रेण वैष्णवेन ययातिना । उभयोर्लोकयोर्भावमेकीभूतं महीतलम्
nahuṣasyāpi putreṇa vaiṣṇavena yayātinā | ubhayorlokayorbhāvamekībhūtaṃ mahītalam
And by Nahuṣa's son too, the Vaiṣṇava Yayāti, the surface of the earth was made one with the condition of both worlds.
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PdP 2 75.12
भूतलस्यापि विष्णोश्च अंतरं नैव दृश्यते । विष्णूच्चारं तु वैकुंठे यथा कुर्वंति वैष्णवाः
bhūtalasyāpi viṣṇośca aṃtaraṃ naiva dṛśyate | viṣṇūccāraṃ tu vaikuṃṭhe yathā kurvaṃti vaiṣṇavāḥ
No difference at all is seen between the earth's surface and Viṣṇu('s world): just as the Vaiṣṇavas in Vaikuṇṭha utter the name of Viṣṇu,
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PdP 2 75.13
भूतले तादृशोच्चारं प्रकुर्वंति च मानवाः । उभयोर्लोकयोर्विप्र एकभावः प्रदृश्यते
bhūtale tādṛśoccāraṃ prakurvaṃti ca mānavāḥ | ubhayorlokayorvipra ekabhāvaḥ pradṛśyate
so on the surface of the earth men make that same utterance; in both worlds, O brahmin, a single condition is seen.
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PdP 2 75.14
जरारोगभयं नास्ति मृत्युहीना नरा बभुः । दानभोगप्रभावश्च अधिको दृश्यते भुवि
jarārogabhayaṃ nāsti mṛtyuhīnā narā babhuḥ | dānabhogaprabhāvaśca adhiko dṛśyate bhuvi
There is no fear of old age or disease; men became free of death; and the power of giving and of enjoyment is seen to be greater on earth.
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PdP 2 75.15
पुत्राणां तु सुखं पुण्यमधिकं पौत्रजं नराः । प्रभुंजंति सुखेनापि मानवा भुवि सत्तम
putrāṇāṃ tu sukhaṃ puṇyamadhikaṃ pautrajaṃ narāḥ | prabhuṃjaṃti sukhenāpi mānavā bhuvi sattama
Men (enjoy) the happiness of sons and the still greater merit born of grandsons; and the humans on earth enjoy (it) with ease, O best of the good.
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PdP 2 75.16
विष्णोः प्रसाददानेन उपदेशेन तस्य च । सर्वव्याधिविनिर्मुक्ता मानवा वैष्णवाः सदा
viṣṇoḥ prasādadānena upadeśena tasya ca | sarvavyādhivinirmuktā mānavā vaiṣṇavāḥ sadā
By the granting of Viṣṇu's favour and by his instruction, the human Vaiṣṇavas are always freed from every disease.
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PdP 2 75.17
स्वर्गलोकप्रभावो हि कृतो राज्ञा महीतले । पंचविंशप्रमाणेन वर्षाणि नृपसत्तम
svargalokaprabhāvo hi kṛto rājñā mahītale | paṃcaviṃśapramāṇena varṣāṇi nṛpasattama
Indeed the majesty of the world of heaven was produced by that king on the surface of the earth, with the measure of twenty-five years, O best of kings.
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PdP 2 75.18
गदैर्हीना नराः सर्वे ज्ञानध्यानपरायणाः । यज्ञदानपराः सर्वे दयाभावाश्च मानवाः
gadairhīnā narāḥ sarve jñānadhyānaparāyaṇāḥ | yajñadānaparāḥ sarve dayābhāvāśca mānavāḥ
All men were free of illnesses, devoted to knowledge and meditation; all were intent on sacrifice and giving, and the people were compassionate by nature.
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PdP 2 75.19
उपकाररताः पुण्या धन्यास्ते कीर्तिभाजनाः । सर्वे धर्मपरा विप्र विष्णुध्यानपरायणाः
upakāraratāḥ puṇyā dhanyāste kīrtibhājanāḥ | sarve dharmaparā vipra viṣṇudhyānaparāyaṇāḥ
Devoted to helping (others), meritorious, fortunate, they were vessels of fame; all were intent on dharma, O brahmin, and devoted to the meditation on Viṣṇu.
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PdP 2 75.20
राज्ञा तेनोपदिष्टास्ते संजाता वैष्णवा भुवि । विष्णुरुवाच- श्रूयतां नृपशार्दूल चरित्रं तस्य भूपतेः
rājñā tenopadiṣṭāste saṃjātā vaiṣṇavā bhuvi | viṣṇuruvāca- śrūyatāṃ nṛpaśārdūla caritraṃ tasya bhūpateḥ
Instructed by that king, they became Vaiṣṇavas on earth. Viṣṇu said: Let the deeds of that lord of the earth be heard, O tiger among kings.
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PdP 2 75.21
सर्वधर्मपरो नित्यं विष्णुभक्तश्च नाहुषिः । अब्दानां तत्र लक्षं हि तस्याप्येवं गतं भुवि
sarvadharmaparo nityaṃ viṣṇubhaktaśca nāhuṣiḥ | abdānāṃ tatra lakṣaṃ hi tasyāpyevaṃ gataṃ bhuvi
Nahuṣa's son was always intent on all dharma and a devotee of Viṣṇu; a hundred thousand years passed for him too in that way on earth.
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PdP 2 75.22
नूतनो दृश्यते कायः पंचविंशाब्दिको यथा । पंचविंशाब्दिको भाति रूपेण वयसा तदा
nūtano dṛśyate kāyaḥ paṃcaviṃśābdiko yathā | paṃcaviṃśābdiko bhāti rūpeṇa vayasā tadā
(His) body appeared new, as if twenty-five years old; he shone then as a twenty-five-year-old in form and in age.
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PdP 2 75.23
प्रबलः प्रौढिसंपन्नः प्रसादात्तस्य चक्रिणः । मानुषा भुवमास्थाय यमं नैव प्रयांति ते
prabalaḥ prauḍhisaṃpannaḥ prasādāttasya cakriṇaḥ | mānuṣā bhuvamāsthāya yamaṃ naiva prayāṃti te
He was strong and endowed with full maturity, by the favour of that bearer of the discus; men, dwelling on the earth, did not go to Yama at all.
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PdP 2 75.24
रागद्वेषविनिर्मुक्ताः क्लेशपाशविवर्जिताः । सुखिनो दानपुण्यैश्च सर्वधर्मपरायणाः
rāgadveṣavinirmuktāḥ kleśapāśavivarjitāḥ | sukhino dānapuṇyaiśca sarvadharmaparāyaṇāḥ
They were free from passion and hatred, released from the bonds of affliction, happy through gifts and merits, and wholly devoted to all dharma.
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PdP 2 75.25
विस्तारं तेजनाः सर्वे संतत्यापि गता नृप । यथा दूर्वावटाश्चैव विस्तारं यांति भूतले
vistāraṃ tejanāḥ sarve saṃtatyāpi gatā nṛpa | yathā dūrvāvaṭāścaiva vistāraṃ yāṃti bhūtale
All those people also came to expansion through progeny, O king, just as clumps of dūrva grass spread out over the earth's surface.
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PdP 2 75.26
यथा ते मानवाः सर्वे पुत्रपौत्रैः प्रविस्तृताः । मृत्युदोषविहीनास्ते चिरं जीवंति वै जनाः
yathā te mānavāḥ sarve putrapautraiḥ pravistṛtāḥ | mṛtyudoṣavihīnāste ciraṃ jīvaṃti vai janāḥ
Thus all those humans were extended through sons and grandsons; free of the flaw of death, those people lived a long time.
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PdP 2 75.27
स्थिरकायाश्च सुखिनो जरारोगविवर्जिताः । पंचविंशाब्दिकाः सर्वे नरा दृश्यंति भूतले
sthirakāyāśca sukhino jarārogavivarjitāḥ | paṃcaviṃśābdikāḥ sarve narā dṛśyaṃti bhūtale
With steady bodies, happy, free of old age and disease, all men on the earth's surface appeared to be twenty-five years old.
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PdP 2 75.28
सत्याचारपराः सर्वे विष्णुध्यानपरायणाः । एवं सर्वे च मर्त्यास्ते प्रसादात्तस्य चक्रिणः
satyācāraparāḥ sarve viṣṇudhyānaparāyaṇāḥ | evaṃ sarve ca martyāste prasādāttasya cakriṇaḥ
All were intent on truthful conduct and devoted to the meditation on Viṣṇu; thus all those mortals, by the favour of that bearer of the discus,
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PdP 2 75.29
संजाता मानवाः सर्वे दानभोगपरायणाः । मृतो न श्रूयते लोके मर्त्यः कोपि नरोत्तम
saṃjātā mānavāḥ sarve dānabhogaparāyaṇāḥ | mṛto na śrūyate loke martyaḥ kopi narottama
all those humans became devoted to giving and to enjoyment; not one mortal in the world was heard of as dead, O best of men.
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PdP 2 75.30
शोकं नैव प्रपश्यंति दोषं नैव प्रयांति ते । यद्रूपं स्वर्गलोकस्य तद्रूपं भूतलस्य च
śokaṃ naiva prapaśyaṃti doṣaṃ naiva prayāṃti te | yadrūpaṃ svargalokasya tadrūpaṃ bhūtalasya ca
They see no sorrow and incur no fault; whatever the form of the world of heaven is, that is the form of the earth's surface too.
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PdP 2 75.31
संजातं मानवश्रेष्ठ प्रसादात्तस्य चक्रिणः । विभ्रष्टा यमदूतास्ते विष्णुदूतैश्च ताडिताः
saṃjātaṃ mānavaśreṣṭha prasādāttasya cakriṇaḥ | vibhraṣṭā yamadūtāste viṣṇudūtaiśca tāḍitāḥ
It has come about, O best of men, by the grace of that bearer of the discus: those messengers of Yama were driven off and beaten by the messengers of Viṣṇu.
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PdP 2 75.32
रुदमाना गताः सर्वे धर्मराजं परस्परम् । तत्सर्वं कथितं दूतैश्चेष्टितं भूपतेस्तु तैः
rudamānā gatāḥ sarve dharmarājaṃ parasparam | tatsarvaṃ kathitaṃ dūtaiśceṣṭitaṃ bhūpatestu taiḥ
Weeping, they all went together to the King of Dharma, and all of it was told by the messengers—what had been done by that king.
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PdP 2 75.33
अमृत्युभूतलं जातं दानभोगेन भास्करे । नहुषस्यात्मजेनापि कृतं देवययातिना
amṛtyubhūtalaṃ jātaṃ dānabhogena bhāskare | nahuṣasyātmajenāpi kṛtaṃ devayayātinā
The earth's surface has become deathless through giving and enjoyment, O sun-born one; and this was done by the son of Nahuṣa, the divine Yayāti.
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PdP 2 75.34
विष्णुभक्तेन पुण्येन स्वर्गरूपं प्रदर्शितम् । एवमाकर्णितं सर्वं धर्मराजेन वै तदा
viṣṇubhaktena puṇyena svargarūpaṃ pradarśitam | evamākarṇitaṃ sarvaṃ dharmarājena vai tadā
By that devotee of Viṣṇu, through merit, a form (of the world) like heaven has been displayed. Thus was it all heard by the King of Dharma then.
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PdP 2 75.35
धर्मराजस्तदा तत्र दूतेभ्यः श्रुतविस्तरः । चिंतयामास सर्वार्थं श्रुत्वैवंनृपचेष्टितम्
dharmarājastadā tatra dūtebhyaḥ śrutavistaraḥ | ciṃtayāmāsa sarvārthaṃ śrutvaivaṃnṛpaceṣṭitam
Then the King of Dharma, having heard the full account there from the messengers, pondered the whole matter, having thus heard of the king's doings.
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