Padma Purana — Bhumi Khanda — Chapter 81
PdP 2 81.1
सुकर्मोवाच- यथेंद्रोसौ महाप्राज्ञः सदा भीतो महात्मनः । ययातेर्विक्रमं दृष्ट्वा दानपुण्यादिकं बहु
sukarmovāca- yatheṃdrosau mahāprājñaḥ sadā bhīto mahātmanaḥ | yayātervikramaṃ dṛṣṭvā dānapuṇyādikaṃ bahu
Sukarman said: Since that greatly wise Indra was always afraid of the great-souled one, seeing Yayāti's prowess and his abundant gifts, merits and the rest,
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PdP 2 81.2
मेनकां प्रेषयामास अप्सरां दूतकर्मणि । गच्छ भद्रे महाभागे ममादेशं वदस्व हि
menakāṃ preṣayāmāsa apsarāṃ dūtakarmaṇi | gaccha bhadre mahābhāge mamādeśaṃ vadasva hi
he sent Menakā, the apsaras, on the business of a messenger: "Go, good lady, greatly fortunate one, and speak my command.
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PdP 2 81.3
कामकन्यामितो गत्वा देवराजवचो वद । येनकेनाप्युपायेन राजानं त्वमिहानय
kāmakanyāmito gatvā devarājavaco vada | yenakenāpyupāyena rājānaṃ tvamihānaya
Going from here to the daughter of Kāma, tell her the word of the king of the gods: by whatever means, do you bring the king here."
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PdP 2 81.4
एवं श्रुत्वा गता सा च मेनका तत्र प्रेषिता । समाचष्ट तु तत्सर्वं देवराजस्य भाषितम्
evaṃ śrutvā gatā sā ca menakā tatra preṣitā | samācaṣṭa tu tatsarvaṃ devarājasya bhāṣitam
Having heard this, Menakā, sent there, went and reported all that, the speech of the king of the gods.
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PdP 2 81.5
एवमुक्ता गता सा च मेनका तत्प्रचोदिता । गतायां मेनकायां तु रतिपुत्री मनस्विनी
evamuktā gatā sā ca menakā tatpracoditā | gatāyāṃ menakāyāṃ tu ratiputrī manasvinī
Having been thus addressed, Menakā, urged by that, went (back); and when Menakā had gone, the spirited daughter of Rati
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PdP 2 81.6
राजानं धर्मसंकेतं प्रत्युवाच यशस्विनी । राजंस्त्वयाहमानीता सत्यवाक्येन वै पुरा
rājānaṃ dharmasaṃketaṃ pratyuvāca yaśasvinī | rājaṃstvayāhamānītā satyavākyena vai purā
the illustrious lady answered the king, (who was) bound by dharma's agreement: "O king, formerly I was brought by you by a truthful promise,
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PdP 2 81.7
स्वकरश्चांतरे दत्तो भवनं च समाहृता । यद्यद्वदाम्यहं राजंस्तत्तत्कार्यं हि वै त्वया
svakaraścāṃtare datto bhavanaṃ ca samāhṛtā | yadyadvadāmyahaṃ rājaṃstattatkāryaṃ hi vai tvayā
and your hand was given in the meanwhile, and a house was made ready: 'Whatever I say, O king, that indeed must be done by you.'
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PdP 2 81.8
तदेवं हि त्वया वीर न कृतं भाषितं मम । त्वामेवं तु परित्यक्ष्ये यास्यामि पितृमंदिरम्
tadevaṃ hi tvayā vīra na kṛtaṃ bhāṣitaṃ mama | tvāmevaṃ tu parityakṣye yāsyāmi pitṛmaṃdiram
But this, O hero, my word, has not been carried out by you; so I shall abandon you and go to my father's house."
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PdP 2 81.9
राजोवाच- यथोक्तं हि त्वया भद्रे तत्ते कर्त्ता न संशयः । असाध्यं तु परित्यज्य साध्यं देवि वदस्व मे
rājovāca- yathoktaṃ hi tvayā bhadre tatte karttā na saṃśayaḥ | asādhyaṃ tu parityajya sādhyaṃ devi vadasva me
The king said: What has been said by you, good lady — that I shall do for you, no doubt of it. But leaving aside the impossible, tell me, goddess, what can be done.
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PdP 2 81.10
अश्रुबिंदुमत्युवाच- एतदर्थे महीकांत भवानिह मया वृतः । सर्वलक्षणसंपन्नः सर्वधर्मसमन्वितः
aśrubiṃdumatyuvāca- etadarthe mahīkāṃta bhavāniha mayā vṛtaḥ | sarvalakṣaṇasaṃpannaḥ sarvadharmasamanvitaḥ
Aśrubindumatī said: For this very purpose, O lord of the earth, you were chosen here by me — endowed with all (auspicious) marks, possessed of all dharmas,
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PdP 2 81.11
सर्वं साध्यमिति ज्ञात्वा सर्वधर्तारमेव च । कर्त्तारं सर्वधर्माणां स्रष्टारं पुण्यकर्मणाम्
sarvaṃ sādhyamiti jñātvā sarvadhartārameva ca | karttāraṃ sarvadharmāṇāṃ sraṣṭāraṃ puṇyakarmaṇām
knowing (you to be) one for whom everything is achievable, and indeed the upholder of all, the doer of all duties, the creator of meritorious deeds,
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PdP 2 81.12
त्रैलोक्यसाधकं ज्ञात्वा त्रैलोक्येऽप्रतिमं च वै । विष्णुभक्तमहं जाने वैष्णवानां महावरम्
trailokyasādhakaṃ jñātvā trailokye'pratimaṃ ca vai | viṣṇubhaktamahaṃ jāne vaiṣṇavānāṃ mahāvaram
Knowing (you to be) the accomplisher of the three worlds and without equal in the three worlds, I know you as a devotee of Viṣṇu, the great chief of the Vaiṣṇavas.
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PdP 2 81.13
इत्याशया मया भर्त्ता भवानंगीकृतः पुरा । यस्य विष्णुप्रसादोऽस्ति स सर्वत्र परिव्रजेत्
ityāśayā mayā bharttā bhavānaṃgīkṛtaḥ purā | yasya viṣṇuprasādo'sti sa sarvatra parivrajet
With this expectation you were formerly accepted by me as (my) husband: he who has Viṣṇu's favour may wander everywhere.
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PdP 2 81.14
दुर्लभं नास्ति राजेंद्र त्रैलोक्ये सचराचरे । सर्वेष्वेव सुलोकेषु विद्यते तव सुव्रत
durlabhaṃ nāsti rājeṃdra trailokye sacarācare | sarveṣveva sulokeṣu vidyate tava suvrata
There is nothing hard to obtain (for you), O best of kings, in the three worlds with their moving and unmoving (beings); in all the good worlds it exists for you, O you of good vows.
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PdP 2 81.15
विष्णोश्चैव प्रसादेन गगने गतिरुत्तमा । मर्त्यलोकं समासाद्य त्वयैव वसुधाधिप
viṣṇoścaiva prasādena gagane gatiruttamā | martyalokaṃ samāsādya tvayaiva vasudhādhipa
And by Viṣṇu's favour (you have) the highest course in the sky; having come to the world of mortals, by you alone, O lord of the earth,
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PdP 2 81.16
जरापलितहीनास्तु मृत्युहीना जनाः कृताः । गृहद्वारेषु सर्वेषु मर्त्यानां च नरर्षभ
jarāpalitahīnāstu mṛtyuhīnā janāḥ kṛtāḥ | gṛhadvāreṣu sarveṣu martyānāṃ ca nararṣabha
people have been made free of old age and grey hair and free of death, at all the house-doors of mortals, O bull among men.
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PdP 2 81.17
कल्पद्रुमा अनेकाश्च त्वयैव परिकल्पिताः । येषां गृहेषु मर्त्यानां मुनयः कामधेनवः
kalpadrumā anekāśca tvayaiva parikalpitāḥ | yeṣāṃ gṛheṣu martyānāṃ munayaḥ kāmadhenavaḥ
And many wish-fulfilling trees have been arranged by you alone, in whose (i.e., the mortals') houses (there are) sages and wish-granting cows —
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PdP 2 81.18
त्वयैव प्रेषिता राजन्स्थिरीभूताः सदा कृताः । सुखिनः सर्वकामैश्च मानवाश्च त्वया कृताः
tvayaiva preṣitā rājansthirībhūtāḥ sadā kṛtāḥ | sukhinaḥ sarvakāmaiśca mānavāśca tvayā kṛtāḥ
sent by you alone, O king, they have been made ever fixed (there); and men have been made happy by you with all their desires (fulfilled).
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PdP 2 81.19
गृहैकमध्ये साहस्रं कुलीनानां प्रदृश्यते । एवं वंशविवृद्धिश्च मानवानां त्वया कृता
gṛhaikamadhye sāhasraṃ kulīnānāṃ pradṛśyate | evaṃ vaṃśavivṛddhiśca mānavānāṃ tvayā kṛtā
Within a single house a thousand of the well-born are seen; thus the increase of lineage of men has been brought about by you.
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PdP 2 81.20
यमस्यापि विरोधेन इंद्रस्य च नरोत्तम । व्याधिपापविहीनस्तु मर्त्यलोकस्त्वया कृतः
yamasyāpi virodhena iṃdrasya ca narottama | vyādhipāpavihīnastu martyalokastvayā kṛtaḥ
Even in opposition to Yama and to Indra, O best of men, the world of mortals has been made free of disease and sin by you.
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PdP 2 81.21
स्वतेजसाहंकारेण स्वर्गरूपं तु भूतलम् । दर्शितं हि महाराज त्वत्समो नास्ति भूपतिः
svatejasāhaṃkāreṇa svargarūpaṃ tu bhūtalam | darśitaṃ hi mahārāja tvatsamo nāsti bhūpatiḥ
By your own splendour and pride the earth's surface has been shown to be in the form of heaven, O great king; there is no lord of the earth equal to you.
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PdP 2 81.22
नरो नैव प्रसूतो हि नोत्पत्स्यति भवादृशः । भवंतमित्यहं जाने सर्वधर्मप्रभाकरम्
naro naiva prasūto hi notpatsyati bhavādṛśaḥ | bhavaṃtamityahaṃ jāne sarvadharmaprabhākaram
No man like you has been born nor will be born; thus I know you to be the sun of all dharmas.
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PdP 2 81.23
तस्मान्मया कृतो भर्ता वदस्वैवं ममाग्रतः । नर्ममुक्त्वा नृपेंद्र त्वं वद सत्यं ममाग्रतः
tasmānmayā kṛto bhartā vadasvaivaṃ mamāgrataḥ | narmamuktvā nṛpeṃdra tvaṃ vada satyaṃ mamāgrataḥ
Therefore you were made (my) husband by me — speak thus before me; leaving off jest, O lord of kings, speak the truth before me.
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PdP 2 81.24
यदि ते सत्यमस्तीह धर्ममस्ति नराधिप । देवलोकेषु मे नास्ति गगने गतिरुत्तमा
yadi te satyamastīha dharmamasti narādhipa | devalokeṣu me nāsti gagane gatiruttamā
If you have truth here, if you have dharma, O ruler of men — (yet) I have no (access) to the worlds of the gods, no highest course in the sky.
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PdP 2 81.25
सत्यं त्यक्त्वा यदा च त्वं नैव स्वर्गं गमिष्यसि । तदा कूटं तव वचो भविष्यति न संशयः
satyaṃ tyaktvā yadā ca tvaṃ naiva svargaṃ gamiṣyasi | tadā kūṭaṃ tava vaco bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ
And when, having abandoned truth, you shall not go to heaven, then your word will have been false — no doubt of it.
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PdP 2 81.26
पूर्वंकृतं हि यच्छ्रेयो भस्मीभूतं भविष्यति । राजोवाच- सत्यमुक्तं त्वया भद्रे साध्यासाध्यं न चास्ति मे
pūrvaṃkṛtaṃ hi yacchreyo bhasmībhūtaṃ bhaviṣyati | rājovāca- satyamuktaṃ tvayā bhadre sādhyāsādhyaṃ na cāsti me
For whatever merit was earned before will become ashes. The king said: What you have said is true, good lady; for me there is nothing achievable or unachievable (i.e., nothing beyond me).
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PdP 2 81.27
सर्वंसाध्यं सुलोकं मे सुप्रसादाज्जगत्पते । स्वर्गं देवि यतो नैमि तत्र मे कारणं शृणु
sarvaṃsādhyaṃ sulokaṃ me suprasādājjagatpate | svargaṃ devi yato naimi tatra me kāraṇaṃ śṛṇu
Every world is attainable by me, and a good world, by the fine favour of the Lord of the world; but hear from me the reason why, O goddess, I do not go to heaven.
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PdP 2 81.28
आगंतुं तु न दास्यंति लोके मर्त्ये च देवताः । ततो मे मानवाः सर्वे प्रजाः सर्वा वरानने
āgaṃtuṃ tu na dāsyaṃti loke martye ca devatāḥ | tato me mānavāḥ sarve prajāḥ sarvā varānane
The gods will not permit (me) to come (again) to the world of mortals; then all my men, all my subjects, O fair-faced one,
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PdP 2 81.29
मृत्युयुक्ता भविष्यंति मया हीना न संशयः । गंतुं स्वर्गं न वाञ्छामि सत्यमुक्तं वरानने
mṛtyuyuktā bhaviṣyaṃti mayā hīnā na saṃśayaḥ | gaṃtuṃ svargaṃ na vāñchāmi satyamuktaṃ varānane
deprived of me, will become subject to death — no doubt of it. I do not wish to go to heaven; the truth has been spoken, O fair-faced one.
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PdP 2 81.30
देव्युवाच-। लोकान्दृष्ट्वा महाराज आगमिष्यसि वै पुनः । पूरयस्व ममाद्यत्वं जातां श्रद्धां महातुलाम्
devyuvāca-| lokāndṛṣṭvā mahārāja āgamiṣyasi vai punaḥ | pūrayasva mamādyatvaṃ jātāṃ śraddhāṃ mahātulām
The goddess said: Having seen the worlds, O great king, you will surely come back again; fulfil now for me the faith that has arisen (in me), so greatly incomparable.
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PdP 2 81.31
राजोवाच-। सर्वमेवं करिष्यामि यत्त्वयोक्तं न संशयः । समालोक्य महातेजा ययातिर्नहुषात्मजः
rājovāca-| sarvamevaṃ kariṣyāmi yattvayoktaṃ na saṃśayaḥ | samālokya mahātejā yayātirnahuṣātmajaḥ
The king said: I shall do all this that has been said by you, no doubt. Having looked (at her), the greatly splendid Yayāti, son of Nahuṣa,
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PdP 2 81.32
एवमुक्त्वा प्रियां राजा चिंतयामास वै तदा । अंतर्जलचरो मत्स्यः सोपि जाले न बध्यते
evamuktvā priyāṃ rājā ciṃtayāmāsa vai tadā | aṃtarjalacaro matsyaḥ sopi jāle na badhyate
Having spoken thus to his beloved, the king then fell to thinking: "The fish that moves within the water — even it is not caught in the net."
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PdP 2 81.33
मरुत्समानवेगोपि मृगः प्राप्नोति बंधनम् । योजनानां सहस्रस्थमामिषं वीक्षते खगः
marutsamānavegopi mṛgaḥ prāpnoti baṃdhanam | yojanānāṃ sahasrasthamāmiṣaṃ vīkṣate khagaḥ
Though its speed equals the wind's, the deer meets with capture; the bird sees a piece of flesh a thousand leagues away,
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PdP 2 81.34
सकंठलग्नपाशं च न पश्येद्दैवमोहितः । कालः समविषमकृत्कालः सन्मानहानिदः
sakaṃṭhalagnapāśaṃ ca na paśyeddaivamohitaḥ | kālaḥ samaviṣamakṛtkālaḥ sanmānahānidaḥ
and yet, bewildered by fate, it does not see the snare fastened at its own neck. Time is the maker of the even and the uneven; Time takes away the honour of the good.
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PdP 2 81.35
परिभावकरः कालो यत्रकुत्रापि तिष्ठतः । नरं करोति दातारं याचितारं च वै पुनः
paribhāvakaraḥ kālo yatrakutrāpi tiṣṭhataḥ | naraṃ karoti dātāraṃ yācitāraṃ ca vai punaḥ
Time brings contempt upon (a man), wherever he may abide; it makes a man a giver, and then again a beggar.
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PdP 2 81.36
भूतानि स्थावरादीनि दिवि वा यदि वा भुवि । सर्वं कलयते कालः कालो ह्येक इदं जगत्
bhūtāni sthāvarādīni divi vā yadi vā bhuvi | sarvaṃ kalayate kālaḥ kālo hyeka idaṃ jagat
Beings, immobile and the rest, whether in heaven or on earth — Time reckons (and consumes) them all; Time alone is this world.
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PdP 2 81.37
अनादिनिधनो धाता जगतः कारणं परम् । लोकान्कालः स पचति वृक्षे फलमिवाहितम्
anādinidhano dhātā jagataḥ kāraṇaṃ param | lokānkālaḥ sa pacati vṛkṣe phalamivāhitam
Without beginning or end, the ordainer, the supreme cause of the world — that Time ripens the worlds, as it ripens a fruit set on a tree.
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PdP 2 81.38
न मंत्रा न तपो दानं न मित्राणि न बांधवाः । शक्नुवंति परित्रातुं नरं कालेन पीडितम्
na maṃtrā na tapo dānaṃ na mitrāṇi na bāṃdhavāḥ | śaknuvaṃti paritrātuṃ naraṃ kālena pīḍitam
Neither spells, nor austerity, nor giving, nor friends, nor kinsmen are able to rescue a man oppressed by Time.
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PdP 2 81.39
त्रयः कालकृताः पाशाः शक्यंते नातिवर्तितुम् । विवाहो जन्ममरणं यदा यत्र तु येन च
trayaḥ kālakṛtāḥ pāśāḥ śakyaṃte nātivartitum | vivāho janmamaraṇaṃ yadā yatra tu yena ca
Three are the bonds made by Time that cannot be got past: marriage, birth, and death — as to when, where, and by what (they come).
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PdP 2 81.40
यथा जलधरा व्योम्नि भ्राम्यंते मातरिश्वना । तथेदं कर्मयुक्तेन कालेन भ्राम्यते जगत्
yathā jaladharā vyomni bhrāmyaṃte mātariśvanā | tathedaṃ karmayuktena kālena bhrāmyate jagat
As the rain-clouds are driven about in the sky by the wind, so is this world driven about by Time joined with (the fruits of) action.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 81.41
सुकर्मोवाच-। कालोऽयं कर्मयुक्तस्तु यो नरैः समुपासितः । कालस्तु प्रेरयेत्कर्म न तं कालः करोति सः
sukarmovāca-| kālo'yaṃ karmayuktastu yo naraiḥ samupāsitaḥ | kālastu prerayetkarma na taṃ kālaḥ karoti saḥ
Sukarman said: This Time is joined with action, and it is worshipped by men; but Time sets action in motion — it is not Time that makes it (action).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 2 81.42
उपद्रवा घातदोषाः सर्पाश्च व्याधयस्ततः । सर्वे कर्मनियुक्तास्ते प्रचरंति च मानुषे
upadravā ghātadoṣāḥ sarpāśca vyādhayastataḥ | sarve karmaniyuktāste pracaraṃti ca mānuṣe
Calamities, deadly faults, snakes and diseases too — all these, appointed by (past) action, range over mankind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 81.43
सुखस्य हेतवो ये च उपायाः पुण्यमिश्रिताः । ते सर्वे कर्मसंयुक्ता न पश्येयुः शुभाशुभम्
sukhasya hetavo ye ca upāyāḥ puṇyamiśritāḥ | te sarve karmasaṃyuktā na paśyeyuḥ śubhāśubham
And those causes of happiness, and the means mingled with merit — all these are bound up with (past) action; they take no notice of good or ill.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 2 81.44
कर्मदा यदि वा लोके कर्मसंबधि बांधवाः । कर्माणि चोदयंतीह पुरुषं सुखदुःखयोः
karmadā yadi vā loke karmasaṃbadhi bāṃdhavāḥ | karmāṇi codayaṃtīha puruṣaṃ sukhaduḥkhayoḥ
Whether the givers of action, or kinsmen connected with action, in the world — it is (past) actions that here drive a man toward pleasure and pain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 2 81.45
सुवर्णं रजतं वापि यथा रूपं विनिश्चितम् । तथा निबध्यते जंतुः स्वकर्मणि वशानुगः
suvarṇaṃ rajataṃ vāpi yathā rūpaṃ viniścitam | tathā nibadhyate jaṃtuḥ svakarmaṇi vaśānugaḥ
Just as gold or silver is fixed in a determinate shape, so a creature is bound in its own action, following its sway.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 81.46
पंचैतानीह सृज्यंते गर्भस्थस्यैव देहिनः । आयुः कर्म च वित्तं च विद्यानिधनमेव च
paṃcaitānīha sṛjyaṃte garbhasthasyaiva dehinaḥ | āyuḥ karma ca vittaṃ ca vidyānidhanameva ca
These five are created here for an embodied being while still in the womb: lifespan, action, wealth, learning, and death.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 81.47
यथा मृत्पिंडतः कर्ता कुरुते यद्यदिच्छति । तथा पूर्वकृतं कर्म कर्तारमनुगच्छति
yathā mṛtpiṃḍataḥ kartā kurute yadyadicchati | tathā pūrvakṛtaṃ karma kartāramanugacchati
Just as a maker fashions whatever he wishes out of a lump of clay, so the action done before follows after the doer.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 81.48
देवत्वमथ मानुष्यं पशुत्वं पक्षिता तथा । तिर्यक्त्वं स्थावरत्वं च प्राप्यते च स्वकर्मभिः
devatvamatha mānuṣyaṃ paśutvaṃ pakṣitā tathā | tiryaktvaṃ sthāvaratvaṃ ca prāpyate ca svakarmabhiḥ
Godhood, or humanity, the state of a beast, and likewise of a bird, the animal state and the immobile state — all are attained through one's own actions.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 81.49
स एव तत्तथा भुंक्ते नित्यं विहितमात्मना । आत्मना विहितं दुःखं चात्मना विहितं सुखम्
sa eva tattathā bhuṃkte nityaṃ vihitamātmanā | ātmanā vihitaṃ duḥkhaṃ cātmanā vihitaṃ sukham
He himself thus enjoys, always, what has been ordained by himself: the pain ordained by oneself, and the pleasure ordained by oneself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 81.50
गर्भशय्यामुपादाय भुंजते पूर्वदैहिकम् । संत्यजंति स्वकं कर्म न क्वचित्पुरुषा भुवि
garbhaśayyāmupādāya bhuṃjate pūrvadaihikam | saṃtyajaṃti svakaṃ karma na kvacitpuruṣā bhuvi
Taking up the bed of the womb, (beings) enjoy what belongs to the former body; nowhere on earth do men abandon their own action.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 81.51
बलेन प्रज्ञया वापि समर्थाः कर्तुमन्यथा । सुकृतान्युपभुंजंति दुःखानि च सुखानि च
balena prajñayā vāpi samarthāḥ kartumanyathā | sukṛtānyupabhuṃjaṃti duḥkhāni ca sukhāni ca
Even those able, by strength or by wisdom, to make it otherwise, enjoy the fruits of what they have done — the pains and the pleasures.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 81.52
हेतुं प्राप्य नरो नित्यं कर्मबंधैस्तु बध्यते । यथा धेनुसहस्रेषु वत्सो विंदति मातरम्
hetuṃ prāpya naro nityaṃ karmabaṃdhaistu badhyate | yathā dhenusahasreṣu vatso viṃdati mātaram
Having found its cause, a man is always bound by the bonds of (his) deeds; just as among thousands of cows the calf finds its own mother,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 81.53
तथा शुभाशुभं कर्म कर्तारमनुगच्छति । उपभोगादृते यस्य नाश एव न विद्यते
tathā śubhāśubhaṃ karma kartāramanugacchati | upabhogādṛte yasya nāśa eva na vidyate
so does the deed, good or bad, follow after its doer — the deed whose destruction simply does not occur apart from its being experienced.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 81.54
प्राक्तनं बंधनं कर्म कोन्यथा कर्तुमर्हति । सुशीघ्रमपि धावंतं विधानमनुधावति
prāktanaṃ baṃdhanaṃ karma konyathā kartumarhati | suśīghramapi dhāvaṃtaṃ vidhānamanudhāvati
Who is able to make the former binding deed otherwise? Even upon one who runs very fast, the ordinance (of fate) runs after him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 81.55
शेते सह शयानेन पुरा कर्म यथाकृतम् । उपतिष्ठति तिष्ठंतं गच्छंतमनुगच्छति
śete saha śayānena purā karma yathākṛtam | upatiṣṭhati tiṣṭhaṃtaṃ gacchaṃtamanugacchati
The deed as formerly done lies down together with him who lies down, stands beside him who stands, and follows him who goes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 81.56
करोति कुर्वतः कर्मच्छायेवानु विधीयते । यथा छायातपौ नित्यं सुसंबद्धौ परस्परम्
karoti kurvataḥ karmacchāyevānu vidhīyate | yathā chāyātapau nityaṃ susaṃbaddhau parasparam
It acts along with him who acts; the deed is disposed after (him) like a shadow. As shade and sunlight are always closely bound to each other,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 81.57
तद्वत्कर्म च कर्ता च सुसंबद्धौ परस्परम् । ग्रहा रोगा विषाः सर्पाः शाकिन्यो राक्षसास्तथा
tadvatkarma ca kartā ca susaṃbaddhau parasparam | grahā rogā viṣāḥ sarpāḥ śākinyo rākṣasāstathā
just so the deed and the doer are closely bound to each other. Planets, diseases, poisons, snakes, śākinīs and likewise rākṣasas —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 81.58
पीडयंति नरं पश्चात्पीडितं पूर्वकर्मणा । येन यत्रोपभोक्तव्यं सुखं वा दुःखमेव वा
pīḍayaṃti naraṃ paścātpīḍitaṃ pūrvakarmaṇā | yena yatropabhoktavyaṃ sukhaṃ vā duḥkhameva vā
they afflict a man afterwards, (a man already) afflicted by his former deed. By whom and where whatever is to be experienced, whether pleasure or pain,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 81.59
स तत्र बद्ध्वा रज्ज्वा वै बलाद्दैवेन नीयते । दैवः प्रभुर्हि भूतानां सुखदुःखोपपादने
sa tatra baddhvā rajjvā vai balāddaivena nīyate | daivaḥ prabhurhi bhūtānāṃ sukhaduḥkhopapādane
there he is bound with a rope and led by force by fate; for fate is the lord of beings in the bringing about of pleasure and pain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 81.60
अन्यथा चिंत्यते कर्म जाग्रता स्वपतापि वा । अन्यथा स तथा प्राज्ञ दैव एवं जिघांसति
anyathā ciṃtyate karma jāgratā svapatāpi vā | anyathā sa tathā prājña daiva evaṃ jighāṃsati
A deed is thought out in one way, whether by one waking or by one sleeping; (yet it turns out) otherwise, O wise one — thus does fate wish to strike (it) down.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 2 81.61
शस्त्राग्नि विष दुर्गेभ्यो रक्षितव्यं च रक्षति । अरक्षितं भवेत्सत्यं तदेवं दैवरक्षितम्
śastrāgni viṣa durgebhyo rakṣitavyaṃ ca rakṣati | arakṣitaṃ bhavetsatyaṃ tadevaṃ daivarakṣitam
And (a man) guards what is to be guarded from weapons, fire, poison and difficult straits; but truly what is guarded by fate would be, even though unguarded, just so (safe).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 2 81.62
दैवेन नाशितं यत्तु तस्य रक्षा न दृश्यते । यथा पृथिव्यां बीजानि उप्तानि च धनानि च
daivena nāśitaṃ yattu tasya rakṣā na dṛśyate | yathā pṛthivyāṃ bījāni uptāni ca dhanāni ca
But for that which has been destroyed by fate, no protection is seen. As in the earth seeds are sown, and treasures (buried),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 81.63
तथैवात्मनि कर्माणि तिष्ठंति प्रभवंति च । तैलक्षयाद्यथा दीपो निर्वाणमधिगच्छति
tathaivātmani karmāṇi tiṣṭhaṃti prabhavaṃti ca | tailakṣayādyathā dīpo nirvāṇamadhigacchati
just so do deeds abide in the self and come forth (from it). As a lamp, from the exhaustion of its oil, goes to extinction,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 81.64
कर्मक्षयात्तथा जंतुः शरीरान्नाशमृच्छति । कर्मक्षयात्तथा मृत्युस्तत्त्वविद्भिरुदाहृतः
karmakṣayāttathā jaṃtuḥ śarīrānnāśamṛcchati | karmakṣayāttathā mṛtyustattvavidbhirudāhṛtaḥ
so a creature, from the exhaustion of its deeds, comes to destruction from the body; thus death has been declared by the knowers of truth to be from the exhaustion of deeds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 81.65
विविधाः प्राणिनस्तस्य मृत्यो रोगाश्च हेतवः । तथा मम विपाकोयं पूर्वं कृतस्य नान्यथा
vividhāḥ prāṇinastasya mṛtyo rogāśca hetavaḥ | tathā mama vipākoyaṃ pūrvaṃ kṛtasya nānyathā
The various living beings and diseases are the causes of that death of his. So this is for me the ripening of what was formerly done — it is not otherwise.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 81.66
संप्राप्तो नात्र संदेहः स्त्रीरूपोऽयं न संशयः । क्व मे गेहं समायाता नाटका नटनर्तकाः
saṃprāpto nātra saṃdehaḥ strīrūpo'yaṃ na saṃśayaḥ | kva me gehaṃ samāyātā nāṭakā naṭanartakāḥ
It has come upon (me), there is no doubt here; this has the form of a woman, there is no uncertainty. Where (was it that) actors, dancers and players came to my house?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 2 81.67
तेषां संगप्रसंगेन जरा देहं समाश्रिता । सर्वं कर्मकृतं मन्ये यन्मे संभावितं ध्रुवम्
teṣāṃ saṃgaprasaṃgena jarā dehaṃ samāśritā | sarvaṃ karmakṛtaṃ manye yanme saṃbhāvitaṃ dhruvam
By the occasion of association with them, old age has settled upon (my) body. I consider all of it to be made by deeds — whatever has surely befallen me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 81.68
तस्मात्कर्मप्रधानं च उपायाश्च निरर्थकाः । पुरा वै देवराजेन मदर्थे दूतसत्तमः
tasmātkarmapradhānaṃ ca upāyāśca nirarthakāḥ | purā vai devarājena madarthe dūtasattamaḥ
Therefore the deed is foremost, and (all other) means are without purpose. Formerly, indeed, by the king of the gods, for my sake, the best of messengers
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 81.69
प्रेषितो मातलिर्नाम न कृतं तस्य तद्वचः । तस्य कर्मविपाकोऽयं दृश्यते सांप्रतं मम
preṣito mātalirnāma na kṛtaṃ tasya tadvacaḥ | tasya karmavipāko'yaṃ dṛśyate sāṃprataṃ mama
named Mātali was sent; that word of his was not carried out. This is the ripening of that deed of mine, now seen.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 81.70
इति चिंतापरो भूत्वा दुःखेन महतान्वितः । यद्यस्याहि वचः प्रीत्या न करोमि हि सर्वथा
iti ciṃtāparo bhūtvā duḥkhena mahatānvitaḥ | yadyasyāhi vacaḥ prītyā na karomi hi sarvathā
Having become thus absorbed in thought, filled with great sorrow (he said): "If out of affection I do not in any way carry out his word,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 81.71
सत्यधर्मावुभावेतौ यास्यतस्तौ न संशयः । सदृशं च समायातं यद्दृष्टं मम कर्मणा
satyadharmāvubhāvetau yāsyatastau na saṃśayaḥ | sadṛśaṃ ca samāyātaṃ yaddṛṣṭaṃ mama karmaṇā
these two, Truth and Dharma, will both depart — of that there is no doubt. And what has been seen by me has come about as befits my deed;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 2 81.72
भविष्यति न संदेहो दैवो हि दुरतिक्रमः । एवं चिंतापरो भूत्वा ययातिः पृथिवीपतिः
bhaviṣyati na saṃdeho daivo hi duratikramaḥ | evaṃ ciṃtāparo bhūtvā yayātiḥ pṛthivīpatiḥ
"(So) it will be, there is no doubt, for fate is hard to overcome." Thus becoming absorbed in worry, Yayāti, the lord of the earth,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 81.73
कृष्णं क्लेशापहं देवं जगाम शरणं हरिम् । ध्यात्वा नत्वा ततः स्तुत्वा मनसा मधुसूदनम्
kṛṣṇaṃ kleśāpahaṃ devaṃ jagāma śaraṇaṃ harim | dhyātvā natvā tataḥ stutvā manasā madhusūdanam
went for refuge to Kṛṣṇa, Hari, the god who takes away affliction; having meditated on, bowed to, and then praised Madhusūdana in his mind,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 2 81.74
त्राहि मां शरणं प्राप्तस्त्वामहं कमलाप्रिय
trāhi māṃ śaraṇaṃ prāptastvāmahaṃ kamalāpriya
(he said:) "Protect me! I have come to you for refuge, O beloved of Kamalā (Lakṣmī)."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition