Padma Purana — Bhumi Khanda — Chapter 84
PdP 2 84.1
सुकर्मोवाच- एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं चरित्रं पापनाशनम् । पुत्राणां तारकं दिव्यं बहुपुण्यप्रदायकम्
sukarmovāca- etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ caritraṃ pāpanāśanam | putrāṇāṃ tārakaṃ divyaṃ bahupuṇyapradāyakam
Sukarman said: All this has been told to you — the tale that destroys sin, divine, a rescuer of sons, bestowing much merit.
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PdP 2 84.2
प्रत्यक्षं दृश्यते लोके ययातिचरितं श्रुतम् । पूरुणाप्तं महद्राज्यं दुर्गतिं गतवांस्तुरुः
pratyakṣaṃ dṛśyate loke yayāticaritaṃ śrutam | pūruṇāptaṃ mahadrājyaṃ durgatiṃ gatavāṃsturuḥ
The story of Yayāti that you have heard is seen (borne out) plainly in the world: Pūru obtained a great kingdom, while Turu came to a bad end.
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PdP 2 84.3
पितृप्रसादात्कोपाच्च यथा जातं तथा पुनः । पुत्राणां तारकं पुण्यं यशस्यं धनधान्यदम्
pitṛprasādātkopācca yathā jātaṃ tathā punaḥ | putrāṇāṃ tārakaṃ puṇyaṃ yaśasyaṃ dhanadhānyadam
As it came about, so again (it happens) through a father's favor and through his anger; (this tale) is a rescuer of sons, meritorious, conferring fame, granting wealth and grain.
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PdP 2 84.4
शापयुक्ताविमौ चोभौ तुरुश्च यदुरेव च । पितृमातृसमं नास्ति अभीष्टफलदायकम्
śāpayuktāvimau cobhau turuśca yadureva ca | pitṛmātṛsamaṃ nāsti abhīṣṭaphaladāyakam
These two both were bound by a curse — Turu and Yadu as well. There is nothing equal to father and mother in granting the desired fruit.
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PdP 2 84.5
साभिलाषेण भावेन पिता पुत्रं समाह्वयेत् । माता च पुत्रपुत्रेति तस्य पुण्यफलं शृणु
sābhilāṣeṇa bhāvena pitā putraṃ samāhvayet | mātā ca putraputreti tasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu
Should a father call his son with a feeling of affection, and a mother (call) "son, son" — hear the fruit of merit of that.
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PdP 2 84.6
समाहूतो यथा पुत्रः प्रयाति मातरं प्रति । यो याति हर्षसंयुक्तो गंगास्नानफलं लभेत्
samāhūto yathā putraḥ prayāti mātaraṃ prati | yo yāti harṣasaṃyukto gaṃgāsnānaphalaṃ labhet
As a son, when called, goes toward his mother — he who goes filled with joy gains the fruit of bathing in the Gaṅgā.
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PdP 2 84.7
पादप्रक्षालनं यस्तु कुरुते च महायशाः । सर्वतीर्थफलं भुंक्ते प्रसादात्तु तयोः सुतः
pādaprakṣālanaṃ yastu kurute ca mahāyaśāḥ | sarvatīrthaphalaṃ bhuṃkte prasādāttu tayoḥ sutaḥ
And that son of great renown who performs the washing of (their) feet enjoys the fruit of all sacred fords, by the grace of those two.
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PdP 2 84.8
अंगसंवाहनाच्चान्यदश्वमेधफलं लभेत् । भोजनाच्छादनस्नानैर्गुरुं यः पोषयेत्सुतः
aṃgasaṃvāhanāccānyadaśvamedhaphalaṃ labhet | bhojanācchādanasnānairguruṃ yaḥ poṣayetsutaḥ
And from massaging their limbs he obtains another fruit, that of the horse-sacrifice; and the son who nourishes his elder with food, clothing and bathing—
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PdP 2 84.9
पृथ्वीदानसमं पुण्यं तत्पुत्रे हि प्रजायते । सर्वतीर्थमयी गंगा तथा माता न संशयः
pṛthvīdānasamaṃ puṇyaṃ tatputre hi prajāyate | sarvatīrthamayī gaṃgā tathā mātā na saṃśayaḥ
—merit equal to the gift of the earth arises for that son. The Ganges is made of all sacred fords, and so too is the mother—there is no doubt.
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PdP 2 84.10
बहुपुण्यमयः सिंधुर्यथा लोके प्रतिष्ठितः । अस्मिल्लोँके पिता तद्वत्पुराणकवयो विदुः
bahupuṇyamayaḥ siṃdhuryathā loke pratiṣṭhitaḥ | asmillo~ke pitā tadvatpurāṇakavayo viduḥ
As the ocean, full of much merit, is established in the world, so is the father in this world—thus the ancient seers know.
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PdP 2 84.11
सुकर्मोवाच- भ्रंशते क्रोशते यस्तु पितरं मातरं पुनः । स पुत्रो नरकं याति रौरवाख्यं न संशयः
sukarmovāca- bhraṃśate krośate yastu pitaraṃ mātaraṃ punaḥ | sa putro narakaṃ yāti rauravākhyaṃ na saṃśayaḥ
Sukarman said: But he who reviles and again shouts at his father and mother—that son goes to hell, the one called Raurava, without doubt.
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PdP 2 84.12
मातरं पितरं वृद्धौ गृहस्थो यो न पोषयेत् । स पुत्रो नरकं याति वेदनां प्राप्नुयाद्ध्रुवम्
mātaraṃ pitaraṃ vṛddhau gṛhastho yo na poṣayet | sa putro narakaṃ yāti vedanāṃ prāpnuyāddhruvam
The householder who does not support his mother and father in their old age—that son goes to hell and surely obtains torment.
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PdP 2 84.13
कुत्सते पापकर्ता यो गुरुं पुत्रः सुदुर्मतिः । निष्कृतिर्नैव दृष्टा वै पुराणैः कविभिः कदा
kutsate pāpakartā yo guruṃ putraḥ sudurmatiḥ | niṣkṛtirnaiva dṛṣṭā vai purāṇaiḥ kavibhiḥ kadā
The very evil-minded son, a doer of evil, who reviles his elder—for him no expiation has ever been seen by the ancient seers.
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PdP 2 84.14
एवंज्ञात्वाह्यहंविप्रपूजयामिदिनेदिने । मातरं पितरं नित्यं भक्त्या नमितकंधरः
evaṃjñātvāhyahaṃviprapūjayāmidinedine | mātaraṃ pitaraṃ nityaṃ bhaktyā namitakaṃdharaḥ
Knowing this, O brahmin, I honour my mother and father day after day, constantly, with devotion, my neck bent (in reverence).
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PdP 2 84.15
कृत्याकृत्यं वदेच्चैव समाहूय गुरुर्मम । तत्करोम्यविचारेण शक्त्या स्वस्य च पिप्पल
kṛtyākṛtyaṃ vadeccaiva samāhūya gururmama | tatkaromyavicāreṇa śaktyā svasya ca pippala
And when my elder, having summoned me, tells me what is to be done and what is not to be done, I do that without deliberation, according to my own capacity, O Pippala.
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PdP 2 84.16
तेन मे परमं ज्ञानं संजातं गतिदायकम् । एतयोश्च प्रसादेन संसारे परिवर्तते
tena me paramaṃ jñānaṃ saṃjātaṃ gatidāyakam | etayośca prasādena saṃsāre parivartate
By that, supreme knowledge, the giver of (a good) destination, has arisen in me; and by the grace of these two it turns about in the round of rebirth.
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PdP 2 84.17
यच्चकिंचित्प्रकुर्वंति मानवा भुवि संस्थिताः । गृहस्थस्तदहं जाने यच्च स्वर्गे प्रवर्तते
yaccakiṃcitprakurvaṃti mānavā bhuvi saṃsthitāḥ | gṛhasthastadahaṃ jāne yacca svarge pravartate
Whatever men established on earth do, and whatever goes on in heaven, I, a householder, know that.
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PdP 2 84.18
नागानां च इहस्थोपि चारं जानामि पिप्पल । एतयोश्च प्रसादाच्च त्रैलोक्यं मम वश्यताम्
nāgānāṃ ca ihasthopi cāraṃ jānāmi pippala | etayośca prasādācca trailokyaṃ mama vaśyatām
Though staying here, I know the movement of the Nāgas too, O Pippala; and by the grace of these two the three worlds are in my power.
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PdP 2 84.19
गतं विद्याधरश्रेष्ठ भवानर्चतु माधवम् । विष्णुरुवाच- एवं संचोदितस्तेन पिप्पलो हि स्वकर्मणा
gataṃ vidyādharaśreṣṭha bhavānarcatu mādhavam | viṣṇuruvāca- evaṃ saṃcoditastena pippalo hi svakarmaṇā
—(the three worlds) have come (into my power), O best of Vidyādharas; let your honour worship Mādhava. Vishnu said: Thus urged by him, Pippala indeed, by his own deed,
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PdP 2 84.20
आनम्य तं द्विजश्रेष्ठं लज्जितोऽपि दिवं ययौ । सुकर्मासोऽपि धर्मात्मा गुरुं शुश्रूषते नृप
ānamya taṃ dvijaśreṣṭhaṃ lajjito'pi divaṃ yayau | sukarmāso'pi dharmātmā guruṃ śuśrūṣate nṛpa
having bowed to that best of brahmins, though ashamed, went to heaven; and Sukarman too, righteous in soul, kept serving his elder, O king.
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PdP 2 84.21
एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं पितृतीर्थानुगं मया । अन्यत्किं ते प्रवक्ष्यामि वद वेन महामते
etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ pitṛtīrthānugaṃ mayā | anyatkiṃ te pravakṣyāmi vada vena mahāmate
All this, which follows upon (the account of) the father's sacred ford, has been declared to you by me. What else shall I tell you? Speak, Vena, O great-minded one.
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