Padma Purana — Bhumi Khanda — Chapter 91
PdP 2 91.1
कुंजल उवाच- ब्रह्महत्याभिभूतस्तु सहस्राक्षो यदा पुरा । गौतमस्य प्रियासंगादगम्यागमनं महत्
kuṃjala uvāca- brahmahatyābhibhūtastu sahasrākṣo yadā purā | gautamasya priyāsaṃgādagamyāgamanaṃ mahat
Kuñjala said: When formerly the Thousand-eyed one was overcome by the killing of a brahmin, and, through union with Gautama's beloved, the great (sin of) going to a woman not to be approached
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PdP 2 91.2
संजातं पातकं तस्य त्यक्तो देवैश्च ब्राह्मणैः । सहस्राक्षस्तपस्तेपे निरालंबो निराश्रयः
saṃjātaṃ pātakaṃ tasya tyakto devaiśca brāhmaṇaiḥ | sahasrākṣastapastepe nirālaṃbo nirāśrayaḥ
had arisen — that sin of his — and he was abandoned by the gods and the brahmins, the Thousand-eyed one performed austerity, without support and without refuge.
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PdP 2 91.3
तपोंते देवताः सर्वा ऋषयो यक्षकिन्नराः । देवराजस्य पूजार्थमभिषेकं प्रचक्रिरे
tapoṃte devatāḥ sarvā ṛṣayo yakṣakinnarāḥ | devarājasya pūjārthamabhiṣekaṃ pracakrire
At the end of the austerity all the deities, the seers, the yakṣas and kinnaras, for the honouring of the king of the gods, performed a consecration (bathing).
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PdP 2 91.4
देशं मालवकं नीत्वा देवराजं सुतोत्तम । चक्रे स्नानं महाभाग कुंभैरुदकपूरितैः
deśaṃ mālavakaṃ nītvā devarājaṃ sutottama | cakre snānaṃ mahābhāga kuṃbhairudakapūritaiḥ
Having brought the king of the gods to the Mālava country, O best of sons, they performed his bathing, O greatly fortunate one, with jars filled with water.
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PdP 2 91.5
स्नापितुं प्रथमं नीतो वाराणस्यां स्वयं ततः । प्रयागे तु सहस्राक्ष अर्घतीर्थे ततः पुनः
snāpituṃ prathamaṃ nīto vārāṇasyāṃ svayaṃ tataḥ | prayāge tu sahasrākṣa arghatīrthe tataḥ punaḥ
He was first taken to be bathed at Vārāṇasī itself, then at Prayāga, and then again the Thousand-eyed one at the Arghatīrtha,
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PdP 2 91.6
पुष्करेण महात्मासौ स्नापितः स्वयमेव हि । ब्रह्मादिभिः सुरैः सर्वैर्मुनिवृंदैर्द्विजोत्तम
puṣkareṇa mahātmāsau snāpitaḥ svayameva hi | brahmādibhiḥ suraiḥ sarvairmunivṛṃdairdvijottama
and that great-souled one was bathed by Puṣkara itself, indeed, by Brahmā and all the gods and by the throngs of sages, O best of the twice-born,
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PdP 2 91.7
नागैर्वृक्षैर्नागसर्पैर्गंधर्वैस्तु सकिन्नरैः । स्नापितो देवराजस्तु वेदमंत्रैः सुसंस्कृतः
nāgairvṛkṣairnāgasarpairgaṃdharvaistu sakinnaraiḥ | snāpito devarājastu vedamaṃtraiḥ susaṃskṛtaḥ
by the nāgas, by the trees, by the nāga-serpents, by the gandharvas together with the kinnaras — thus the king of the gods was bathed, well consecrated with Vedic mantras,
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PdP 2 91.8
मुनिभिः सर्वपापघ्नैस्तस्मिन्काले द्विजोत्तम । शुद्धे तस्मिन्महाभागे सहस्राक्षे महात्मनि
munibhiḥ sarvapāpaghnaistasminkāle dvijottama | śuddhe tasminmahābhāge sahasrākṣe mahātmani
and by the sages who destroy all sin, at that time, O best of the twice-born. When that greatly fortunate, great-souled Thousand-eyed one had been purified,
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PdP 2 91.9
ब्रह्महत्या गता तस्य अगम्यागमनं तथा । ब्रह्महत्या ततो नष्टा अगम्यागमनेन च
brahmahatyā gatā tasya agamyāgamanaṃ tathā | brahmahatyā tato naṣṭā agamyāgamanena ca
his brahmin-killing departed, and likewise the going to a woman not to be approached; the brahmin-killing then perished, together with the going to the forbidden woman,
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PdP 2 91.10
पापेन तेन घोरेण सार्द्धमिंद्रस्य भूतले । सुप्रसन्नः सहस्राक्षस्तीर्थेभ्यो हि वरं ददौ
pāpena tena ghoreṇa sārddhamiṃdrasya bhūtale | suprasannaḥ sahasrākṣastīrthebhyo hi varaṃ dadau
together with that dreadful sin of Indra's, (all left) upon the earth. Well pleased, the Thousand-eyed one gave a boon to the sacred fords:
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PdP 2 91.11
भवंतस्तीर्थराजानो भविष्यथ न संशयः । मत्प्रसादात्पवित्राश्च यस्मादहं विमोक्षितः
bhavaṃtastīrtharājāno bhaviṣyatha na saṃśayaḥ | matprasādātpavitrāśca yasmādahaṃ vimokṣitaḥ
"You shall become kings among the sacred fords, there is no doubt; and by my grace (you shall be) pure, since I have been set free
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PdP 2 91.12
सुघोरात्किल्बिषादत्र युष्माभिर्विमलैरहम् । एवं तेभ्यो वरं दत्वा मालवाय वरं ददौ
sughorātkilbiṣādatra yuṣmābhirvimalairaham | evaṃ tebhyo varaṃ datvā mālavāya varaṃ dadau
here from most dreadful defilement by you who are stainless." Having thus given them a boon, he gave a boon to Mālava:
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PdP 2 91.13
यस्मात्त्वया मलं मेऽद्य विधृतं श्रमदायकम् । तस्मात्त्वमन्नपानैश्च धनधान्यैरलंकृतः
yasmāttvayā malaṃ me'dya vidhṛtaṃ śramadāyakam | tasmāttvamannapānaiśca dhanadhānyairalaṃkṛtaḥ
"Since by you today my defilement, which caused (me) weariness, has been taken up, therefore you shall be adorned with food and drink and with wealth and grain
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PdP 2 91.14
भविष्यसि न संदेहो मत्प्रसादान्न संशयः । सुदुःकालैर्विना त्वं तु भविष्यसि सुपुण्यवान्
bhaviṣyasi na saṃdeho matprasādānna saṃśayaḥ | suduḥkālairvinā tvaṃ tu bhaviṣyasi supuṇyavān
— you shall become (so), there is no doubt; by my grace, there is no doubt. Free of hard times, you shall become very meritorious."
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PdP 2 91.15
एवं तस्मै वरं दत्वा देवराजः पुरंदरः । क्षेत्राणि सर्वतीर्थानि देशो मालवकस्तथा
evaṃ tasmai varaṃ datvā devarājaḥ puraṃdaraḥ | kṣetrāṇi sarvatīrthāni deśo mālavakastathā
Having thus granted him a boon, Puraṃdara, the king of the gods, (and) the sacred fields, all the pilgrimage places, and likewise the Mālava country —
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PdP 2 91.16
आखंडलेन सार्द्धं ते स्वस्थानं प्रतिजग्मिरे । सूत उवाच- तदाप्रभृति चत्वारः प्रयागः पुष्करस्तथा
ākhaṃḍalena sārddhaṃ te svasthānaṃ pratijagmire | sūta uvāca- tadāprabhṛti catvāraḥ prayāgaḥ puṣkarastathā
— they went back to their own places together with Ākhaṇḍala (Indra). Sūta said: From that time on, the four — Prayāga, and Puṣkara,
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PdP 2 91.17
वाराणसी चार्घतीर्थं प्राप्ता राजत्वमुत्तमम्
vārāṇasī cārghatīrthaṃ prāptā rājatvamuttamam
and Vārāṇasī and Arghatīrtha — attained the highest sovereignty.
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PdP 2 91.18
कुंजल उवाच- अस्ति पंचालदेशेषु विदुरो नाम क्षत्रियः । तेन मोहप्रसंगेन ब्राह्मणो निहतः पुराः
kuṃjala uvāca- asti paṃcāladeśeṣu viduro nāma kṣatriyaḥ | tena mohaprasaṃgena brāhmaṇo nihataḥ purāḥ
Kuñjala said: In the Pañcāla lands there is a kṣatriya named Vidura. By him, in a fit of delusion, a brahmin was formerly killed.
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PdP 2 91.19
शिखासूत्रविहीनस्तु तिलकेन विवर्जितः । भिक्षार्थमटतेसोऽपि ब्रह्मघ्नोहं समागतः
śikhāsūtravihīnastu tilakena vivarjitaḥ | bhikṣārthamaṭateso'pi brahmaghnohaṃ samāgataḥ
Lacking topknot and sacred thread, and without the (forehead) mark, he wanders about for alms: "I am a brahmin-slayer come (here)."
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PdP 2 91.20
ब्रह्मघ्नाय सुरापाय भिक्षा चान्नं प्रदीयताम् । गृहेष्वेवं समस्तेषु भ्रमते याचते पुरा
brahmaghnāya surāpāya bhikṣā cānnaṃ pradīyatām | gṛheṣvevaṃ samasteṣu bhramate yācate purā
"Let alms and food be given to a brahmin-slayer, a drinker of liquor!" — thus he formerly roamed and begged at all the houses.
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PdP 2 91.21
एवं सर्वेषु तीर्थेषु अटित्वैव समागतः । ब्रह्महत्या न तस्यापि प्रयाति द्विजसत्तम
evaṃ sarveṣu tīrtheṣu aṭitvaiva samāgataḥ | brahmahatyā na tasyāpi prayāti dvijasattama
Having thus wandered among all the pilgrimage places, he came back (again); yet even so his brahmin-murder does not depart, O best of the twice-born.
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PdP 2 91.22
वृक्षच्छायां समाश्रित्यदह्यमानेन चेतसा । संस्थितो विदुरः पापो दुःखशोकसमन्वितः
vṛkṣacchāyāṃ samāśrityadahyamānena cetasā | saṃsthito viduraḥ pāpo duḥkhaśokasamanvitaḥ
Taking shelter in the shade of a tree, with a burning mind, the sinful Vidura settled down, filled with pain and grief.
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PdP 2 91.23
चंद्रशर्मा ततो विप्रो महामोहेन पीडितः । न्यवसन्मागधे देशे गुरुघातकरश्च सः
caṃdraśarmā tato vipro mahāmohena pīḍitaḥ | nyavasanmāgadhe deśe gurughātakaraśca saḥ
Then (there was) a brahmin, Candraśarmā, afflicted by great delusion; he dwelt in the Magadha country, and he was a slayer of his teacher.
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PdP 2 91.24
स्वजनैर्बंधुवर्गैश्च परित्यक्तो दुरात्मवान् । स हि तत्र समायातो यत्रासौ विदुरः स्थितः
svajanairbaṃdhuvargaiśca parityakto durātmavān | sa hi tatra samāyāto yatrāsau viduraḥ sthitaḥ
Abandoned by his own people and by the circle of his kinsmen, that evil-natured man came to the place where Vidura was staying,
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PdP 2 91.25
शिखासूत्रविहीनस्तु विप्रलिंगैर्विवर्जितः । तदासौ पृच्छितस्तेन विदुरेण दुरात्मना
śikhāsūtravihīnastu vipraliṃgairvivarjitaḥ | tadāsau pṛcchitastena vidureṇa durātmanā
lacking topknot and sacred thread, and devoid of the marks of a brahmin. Then he was questioned by that evil-souled Vidura:
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PdP 2 91.26
भवान्को हि समायातोः दुर्भगो दग्धमानसः । विप्रलिंगविहीनस्तु कस्मात्त्वं भ्रमसे महीम्
bhavānko hi samāyātoḥ durbhago dagdhamānasaḥ | vipraliṃgavihīnastu kasmāttvaṃ bhramase mahīm
"Who indeed are you who have come, ill-fated, with a burnt-out mind? And why do you, bereft of the marks of a brahmin, wander over the earth?"
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PdP 2 91.27
विदुरेणोक्तमात्रस्तु चंद्रशर्मा द्विजाधमः । आचष्टे सर्वमेवापि यथापूर्वकृतं स्वकम्
vidureṇoktamātrastu caṃdraśarmā dvijādhamaḥ | ācaṣṭe sarvamevāpi yathāpūrvakṛtaṃ svakam
As soon as Vidura had spoken, Candraśarmā, lowest of the twice-born, related everything just as he had formerly done it himself —
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PdP 2 91.28
पातकं च महाघोरं वसता च गुरोर्गृहे । महामोहगतेनापि क्रोधेनाकुलितेन च
pātakaṃ ca mahāghoraṃ vasatā ca gurorgṛhe | mahāmohagatenāpi krodhenākulitena ca
and the utterly dreadful sin (committed) while dwelling in his teacher's house, by one gone into great delusion and agitated by anger:
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PdP 2 91.29
गुरोर्घातः कृतः पूर्वं तेन दग्धोस्मि सांप्रतम् । चंद्रशर्मा च वृत्तांतमुक्त्वा सर्वमपृच्छत
gurorghātaḥ kṛtaḥ pūrvaṃ tena dagdhosmi sāṃpratam | caṃdraśarmā ca vṛttāṃtamuktvā sarvamapṛcchata
"The slaying of my teacher was done by me before; by that I am now burnt up." And Candraśarmā, having told the whole account, asked (in turn):
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PdP 2 91.30
भवान्को हि सुदुःखात्मा वृक्षच्छायां समाश्रितः । विदुरेण समासेन आत्मपापं निवेदितम्
bhavānko hi suduḥkhātmā vṛkṣacchāyāṃ samāśritaḥ | vidureṇa samāsena ātmapāpaṃ niveditam
"Who indeed are you, of very sorrowful soul, who have taken shelter in the shade of the tree?" By Vidura his own sin was declared in brief.
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PdP 2 91.31
अथ कश्चिद्द्विजः प्राप्तस्तृतीयः श्रमकर्षितः । वेदशर्मेति वै नाम बहुपातकसंचयः
atha kaściddvijaḥ prāptastṛtīyaḥ śramakarṣitaḥ | vedaśarmeti vai nāma bahupātakasaṃcayaḥ
Then a certain twice-born, a third one, arrived, worn out with exhaustion, named Vedaśarmā, an accumulation of many sins.
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PdP 2 91.32
द्वाभ्यामपि सुसंपृष्टः को भवान्दुःखिताकृतिः । कस्माद्भ्रमसि वै पृथ्वीं वद भावं त्वमात्मनः
dvābhyāmapi susaṃpṛṣṭaḥ ko bhavānduḥkhitākṛtiḥ | kasmādbhramasi vai pṛthvīṃ vada bhāvaṃ tvamātmanaḥ
He was closely questioned by the two: "Who are you, of sorrowful appearance? Why indeed do you wander the earth? Tell (us) your own condition."
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PdP 2 91.33
वेदशर्मा ततः सर्वमात्मचेष्टितमेव च । कथयामास ताभ्यां वै ह्यगम्यागमनं कृतम्
vedaśarmā tataḥ sarvamātmaceṣṭitameva ca | kathayāmāsa tābhyāṃ vai hyagamyāgamanaṃ kṛtam
Then Vedaśarmā told them everything, his own doing — that intercourse with a forbidden woman had been committed (by him).
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PdP 2 91.34
धिक्कृतः सर्वलोकैश्च अन्यैः स्वजनबांधवैः । तेन पापेन संलिप्तो भ्रमाम्येवं महीमिमाम्
dhikkṛtaḥ sarvalokaiśca anyaiḥ svajanabāṃdhavaiḥ | tena pāpena saṃlipto bhramāmyevaṃ mahīmimām
"Reproached by all people and by others, my own folk and kinsmen, smeared with that sin, I thus wander over this earth."
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PdP 2 91.35
वंजुलो नाम वैश्योथ सुरापायी समागतः । स गोघ्नश्च विशेषेण तैश्च पृष्टो यथा पुरा
vaṃjulo nāma vaiśyotha surāpāyī samāgataḥ | sa goghnaśca viśeṣeṇa taiśca pṛṣṭo yathā purā
Then a vaiśya named Vañjula, a drinker of liquor, arrived; and he was in particular a killer of cows, and he was questioned by them as (had been done) before.
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PdP 2 91.36
तेन आवेदितं सर्वं पातकं यत्पुराकृतम् । तैराकर्णितमन्यैश्च सर्वं तस्यप्रभाषितम्
tena āveditaṃ sarvaṃ pātakaṃ yatpurākṛtam | tairākarṇitamanyaiśca sarvaṃ tasyaprabhāṣitam
By him was declared the whole sin that he had formerly committed; and all that was spoken by him was heard by them and by others.
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PdP 2 91.37
एवं चत्वारःपापिष्ठा एकस्थानं समागताः । कः कस्यापि न संपर्कं भोजनाच्छादनेन च
evaṃ catvāraḥpāpiṣṭhā ekasthānaṃ samāgatāḥ | kaḥ kasyāpi na saṃparkaṃ bhojanācchādanena ca
Thus four most sinful men came together in one place; none of them had any contact with any other, whether by food or by clothing,
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PdP 2 91.38
करोति च महाभाग वार्तां चक्रुः परस्परम् । न विशंत्यासने चैके न स्वपंत्येकसंस्तरे
karoti ca mahābhāga vārtāṃ cakruḥ parasparam | na viśaṃtyāsane caike na svapaṃtyekasaṃstare
—(nor did any) do so, O greatly fortunate one; (yet) they conversed with one another. They did not sit down on one seat, nor did they sleep on one bed.
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PdP 2 91.39
एवं दुःखसमाविष्टा नानातीर्थेषु वै गताः । तेषां तु पापका घोरा न नश्यंति च नंदन
evaṃ duḥkhasamāviṣṭā nānātīrtheṣu vai gatāḥ | teṣāṃ tu pāpakā ghorā na naśyaṃti ca naṃdana
Thus, filled with sorrow, they went to many different sacred fords; but their dreadful sins were not destroyed, O son.
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PdP 2 91.40
सामर्थ्यं नास्ति तीर्थानां महापातकनाशने । विदुराद्यास्ततस्ते तु गताः कालंजरं गिरिम्
sāmarthyaṃ nāsti tīrthānāṃ mahāpātakanāśane | vidurādyāstataste tu gatāḥ kālaṃjaraṃ girim
The sacred fords have no power to destroy the great sins. Therefore Vidura and the others went to Mount Kālañjara.
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