Padma Purana — Svarga Khanda — Chapter 31

PdP 3 31.1

नारदउवाच- ततो हृष्टमनाः सोऽथ दूतं पप्रच्छ तं पथि । संदेहं हृदि कृत्वा तु विस्मयं परमं गतः । विचारयन्हृदि स्वर्गः कस्य हेतोः फलं मम

nāradauvāca- tato hṛṣṭamanāḥ so'tha dūtaṃ papraccha taṃ pathi | saṃdehaṃ hṛdi kṛtvā tu vismayaṃ paramaṃ gataḥ | vicārayanhṛdi svargaḥ kasya hetoḥ phalaṃ mama

Nārada said: Then he, glad at heart, asked that messenger on the way, holding a doubt in his heart and having reached the greatest astonishment, pondering in his heart: "Heaven — for what reason is this fruit mine?"

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PdP 3 31.2

विकुंडल उवाच- हे दूतवर पृच्छामि संशयं त्वामहं परम् । आवां जातौ कुले तुल्ये तुल्यं कर्म तथा कृतम्

vikuṃḍala uvāca- he dūtavara pṛcchāmi saṃśayaṃ tvāmahaṃ param | āvāṃ jātau kule tulye tulyaṃ karma tathā kṛtam

Vikuṇḍala said: O best of messengers, I ask you a great doubt (of mine). We two were born in the same family, and we did the same deeds alike.

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PdP 3 31.3

दुर्मृत्युरपि तुल्योभूत्तुल्यो दृष्टो यमस्तथा । कथं स नरके क्षिप्तस्तुल्यकर्म्मा ममाग्रजः

durmṛtyurapi tulyobhūttulyo dṛṣṭo yamastathā | kathaṃ sa narake kṣiptastulyakarmmā mamāgrajaḥ

Our untimely death too was the same, and Yama was seen alike (by us both); how then was my elder brother, whose deeds were the same, cast into hell,

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PdP 3 31.4

ममाभवत्कथं नाकमिति मे छिंधि संशयम् । देवदूत न पश्यामि मम स्वर्गस्य कारणम्

mamābhavatkathaṃ nākamiti me chiṃdhi saṃśayam | devadūta na paśyāmi mama svargasya kāraṇam

while heaven came to me? Cut off this doubt of mine. O messenger of the gods, I see no cause for my (going to) heaven.

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PdP 3 31.5

देवदूत उवाच- माता पिता सुतो जाया स्वसा भ्राता विकुंडल । जन्महेतोरियं संज्ञा जंतोः कर्म्मोपभुक्तये

devadūta uvāca- mātā pitā suto jāyā svasā bhrātā vikuṃḍala | janmahetoriyaṃ saṃjñā jaṃtoḥ karmmopabhuktaye

The messenger of the gods said: Mother, father, son, wife, sister, brother — O Vikuṇḍala, these designations exist for the sake of birth, so that a creature may consume (the fruit of) its deeds.

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PdP 3 31.6

एकस्मिन्पादपे यद्वच्छकुनानां समागमः । यद्यत्समीहितं कर्म कुरुते पूर्वभावितः

ekasminpādape yadvacchakunānāṃ samāgamaḥ | yadyatsamīhitaṃ karma kurute pūrvabhāvitaḥ

Just as birds come together on a single tree (and then part), so whatever deed one desires, one does, impelled by former (dispositions);

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PdP 3 31.7

तस्य तस्य फलं भुंक्ते कर्म्मणः पुरुषः सदा । सत्यं वदामि ते प्रीत्या नरैः कर्म्म शुभाशुभम्

tasya tasya phalaṃ bhuṃkte karmmaṇaḥ puruṣaḥ sadā | satyaṃ vadāmi te prītyā naraiḥ karmma śubhāśubham

and of each and every such deed a man always enjoys the fruit. I tell you the truth out of affection: deeds good and bad done by men —

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PdP 3 31.8

स्वकृतं भुज्यते वैश्य कालेकाले पुनःपुनः । एकः करोति कर्माणि एकस्तत्फलमश्नुते

svakṛtaṃ bhujyate vaiśya kālekāle punaḥpunaḥ | ekaḥ karoti karmāṇi ekastatphalamaśnute

what one has done oneself is experienced, O vaiśya, again and again at each due time. One person does the deeds, and that same one consumes their fruit.

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PdP 3 31.9

अन्यो न लिप्यते वैश्य कर्मणान्यस्य कुत्रचित् । अपतन्नरके पापैस्तवभ्राता सुदारुणैः । त्वं च धर्मेण धर्मज्ञ स्वर्गं प्राप्नोषि शाश्वतम्

anyo na lipyate vaiśya karmaṇānyasya kutracit | apatannarake pāpaistavabhrātā sudāruṇaiḥ | tvaṃ ca dharmeṇa dharmajña svargaṃ prāpnoṣi śāśvatam

Another is nowhere tainted, O vaiśya, by another's deed. Your brother has fallen into hell through very dreadful sins; and you, O knower of dharma, attain everlasting heaven through dharma.

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PdP 3 31.10

विकुंडल उवाच- आबाल्यान्मम पापेषु न पुण्येषु रतं मनः । अस्मिञ्जन्मनि हे दूत दुष्कृतं हि कृतं मया

vikuṃḍala uvāca- ābālyānmama pāpeṣu na puṇyeṣu rataṃ manaḥ | asmiñjanmani he dūta duṣkṛtaṃ hi kṛtaṃ mayā

Vikuṇḍala said: From childhood my mind was set on sins, not on meritorious acts; in this birth, O messenger, only evil has been done by me.

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PdP 3 31.11

देवदूत न जानामि सुकृतं कर्म चात्मनः । यदि जानासि मत्पुण्यं तन्मे त्वं कृपया वद

devadūta na jānāmi sukṛtaṃ karma cātmanaḥ | yadi jānāsi matpuṇyaṃ tanme tvaṃ kṛpayā vada

O messenger of the gods, I know of no good deed of my own. If you know any merit of mine, please tell it to me out of kindness.

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PdP 3 31.12

देवदूत उवाच- शृणु वैश्य प्रवक्ष्यामि यत्त्वया पुण्यमर्जितम् । जानामि तदहं सर्वं न त्वं वेत्सि सुनिश्चितम्

devadūta uvāca- śṛṇu vaiśya pravakṣyāmi yattvayā puṇyamarjitam | jānāmi tadahaṃ sarvaṃ na tvaṃ vetsi suniścitam

The messenger of the gods said: Listen, vaiśya, I shall tell what merit was earned by you. I know all of it; you certainly do not know it.

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PdP 3 31.13

हरिमित्रसुतो विप्रः सुमित्रो वेदपारगः । आसीत्तस्याश्रमः पुण्यो यमुना दक्षिणेतटे

harimitrasuto vipraḥ sumitro vedapāragaḥ | āsīttasyāśramaḥ puṇyo yamunā dakṣiṇetaṭe

There was a brahmin, Sumitra, son of Harimitra, versed to the end in the Vedas; his holy hermitage was on the southern bank of the Yamunā.

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PdP 3 31.14

तेन सख्यं वने तस्मिंस्तव जातं विशांवर । तत्संगेन त्वया स्नातं माघमासद्वयं तथा

tena sakhyaṃ vane tasmiṃstava jātaṃ viśāṃvara | tatsaṃgena tvayā snātaṃ māghamāsadvayaṃ tathā

In that forest a friendship with him arose for you, O best of merchants; and in his company you bathed (through) two months of Māgha,

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PdP 3 31.15

कालिंदी पुण्यपानीये सर्वपापहरे वरे । तत्तीर्थे लोकविख्याते नाम्ना पापप्रणाशने

kāliṃdī puṇyapānīye sarvapāpahare vare | tattīrthe lokavikhyāte nāmnā pāpapraṇāśane

in the Kālindī, whose water is holy, excellent, remover of all sins — at that ford famed in the world by the name Pāpapraṇāśana ("Destroyer of Sin").

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PdP 3 31.16

एकेन सर्वपापेभ्यो विमुक्तस्त्वं विशांपते । द्वितीयमाघपुण्येन प्राप्तः स्वर्गस्त्वयानघ

ekena sarvapāpebhyo vimuktastvaṃ viśāṃpate | dvitīyamāghapuṇyena prāptaḥ svargastvayānagha

By the one (Māgha) you were freed from all sins, O lord of merchants; by the merit of the second Māgha heaven was attained by you, O sinless one.

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PdP 3 31.17

त्वं तत्पुण्यप्रभावेण मोदस्व सततं दिवि । नरकेषु तव भ्राता महतीं पापयातनाम्

tvaṃ tatpuṇyaprabhāveṇa modasva satataṃ divi | narakeṣu tava bhrātā mahatīṃ pāpayātanām

By the power of that merit rejoice forever in heaven; but your brother, in the hells, (suffers) great torment for his sin,

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PdP 3 31.18

छिद्यमानोऽसिपत्रैश्च भिद्यमानस्तु मुद्गरैः । चूर्ण्यमानः शिलापृष्ठे तप्तांगारेषु भर्जितः

chidyamāno'sipatraiśca bhidyamānastu mudgaraiḥ | cūrṇyamānaḥ śilāpṛṣṭhe taptāṃgāreṣu bharjitaḥ

being cut by sword-leaves, being smashed by mallets, being ground on a slab of stone, roasted on hot coals.

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PdP 3 31.19

इति दूतवचः श्रुत्वा भ्रातृदुःखेन दुःखितः । पुलकांकित सर्वांगो दीनोऽसौ विनयान्वितः

iti dūtavacaḥ śrutvā bhrātṛduḥkhena duḥkhitaḥ | pulakāṃkita sarvāṃgo dīno'sau vinayānvitaḥ

Hearing these words of the messenger, grieved by his brother's suffering, all his limbs marked with bristling hair, dejected and full of humility,

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PdP 3 31.20

उवाच तं देवदूतं मधुरं निपुणं वचः । मैत्री सप्तपदी साधो सतां भवति सत्फला

uvāca taṃ devadūtaṃ madhuraṃ nipuṇaṃ vacaḥ | maitrī saptapadī sādho satāṃ bhavati satphalā

he spoke to that messenger of the gods sweet and apt words: "Friendship of seven steps, O good sir, bears good fruit among the good.

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PdP 3 31.21

मित्रभावं विचिंत्य त्वं मामुपाकर्तुमर्हसि । ततो हि श्रोतुमिच्छामि सर्वज्ञस्त्वं मतो मम

mitrabhāvaṃ viciṃtya tvaṃ māmupākartumarhasi | tato hi śrotumicchāmi sarvajñastvaṃ mato mama

Considering this friendly feeling, you ought to do me a favour. Therefore I wish to hear (from you), for in my view you are all-knowing.

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PdP 3 31.22

यमलोकं न पश्यंति कर्मणा केन मानवाः । गच्छंति निरयं येन तन्मे त्वं कृपया वद

yamalokaṃ na paśyaṃti karmaṇā kena mānavāḥ | gacchaṃti nirayaṃ yena tanme tvaṃ kṛpayā vada

By what action do men not see the world of Yama, and by what do they go to hell? Tell me that, out of kindness.

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PdP 3 31.23

देवदूत उवाच- सम्यक्पृष्टं त्वया वैश्य नष्टपापोऽसि सांप्रतम् । विशुद्धे हृदये पुंसां बुद्धिः श्रेयसि जायते

devadūta uvāca- samyakpṛṣṭaṃ tvayā vaiśya naṣṭapāpo'si sāṃpratam | viśuddhe hṛdaye puṃsāṃ buddhiḥ śreyasi jāyate

The divine messenger said: You have asked well, merchant; your sin is destroyed now. When the heart of men is purified, the mind turns toward what is good.

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PdP 3 31.24

यद्यप्यवसरोनास्ति मम सेवापरस्य वै । तथापि च तव स्नेहात्प्रवक्ष्यामि यथामति

yadyapyavasaronāsti mama sevāparasya vai | tathāpi ca tava snehātpravakṣyāmi yathāmati

Although I, who am intent upon (my) duty, have no leisure, still, out of affection for you, I shall speak as far as my understanding goes.

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PdP 3 31.25

कर्मणा मनसा वाचा सर्वावस्थासु सर्वदा । परपीडां न कुर्वंति न ते यांति यमालयम्

karmaṇā manasā vācā sarvāvasthāsu sarvadā | parapīḍāṃ na kurvaṃti na te yāṃti yamālayam

Those who, by act, by mind, by speech, in all conditions and at all times, do no harm to others — they do not go to Yama's abode.

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PdP 3 31.26

न वेदैर्न च दानैश्च न तपोभिर्न चाध्वरैः । कथंचित्स्वर्गतिं यांति पुरुषाः प्राणिहिंसकाः

na vedairna ca dānaiśca na tapobhirna cādhvaraiḥ | kathaṃcitsvargatiṃ yāṃti puruṣāḥ prāṇihiṃsakāḥ

Not by the Vedas, nor by gifts, nor by austerities, nor by sacrifices do men who injure living beings in any way attain the way to heaven.

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PdP 3 31.27

अहिंसा परमो धर्मो ह्यहिंसैव परं तपः । अहिंसा परमं दानमित्याहुर्मुनयः सदा

ahiṃsā paramo dharmo hyahiṃsaiva paraṃ tapaḥ | ahiṃsā paramaṃ dānamityāhurmunayaḥ sadā

Non-injury is the highest duty; non-injury alone is the highest austerity; non-injury is the highest gift — so the sages always say.

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PdP 3 31.28

मशकान्सरीसृपान्दंशान्यूकाद्यान्मानवांस्तथा । आत्मौपम्येन पश्यंति मानवा ये दयालवः

maśakānsarīsṛpāndaṃśānyūkādyānmānavāṃstathā | ātmaupamyena paśyaṃti mānavā ye dayālavaḥ

Those men who are compassionate, who look upon mosquitoes, creeping things, gadflies, lice and the like, and human beings too, as (they look upon) themselves —

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PdP 3 31.29

तप्तांगारमयस्कीलं मादंप्रेतरंगिणीम् । दुर्गतिं नैव गच्छंति कृतांतस्य च ते नराः

taptāṃgāramayaskīlaṃ mādaṃpretaraṃgiṇīm | durgatiṃ naiva gacchaṃti kṛtāṃtasya ca te narāḥ

those men do not go to the evil courses of Death — Taptāṅgāra, Ayaskīla, (and) the river of ghosts of intoxication(?).

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PdP 3 31.30

भूतानि येऽत्र हिंसंति जलस्थलचराणि च । जीवनार्थं च ते यांति कालसूत्रं च दुर्गतिम्

bhūtāni ye'tra hiṃsaṃti jalasthalacarāṇi ca | jīvanārthaṃ ca te yāṃti kālasūtraṃ ca durgatim

Those who here injure creatures that move in water and on land, and (do so) for the sake of their livelihood, they go to Kālasūtra, an evil state.

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PdP 3 31.31

श्वमांसभोजनास्तत्र पूयशोणितपायिनः । मज्जंतश्च वसापंके दष्टाः कीटैरधोमुखैः

śvamāṃsabhojanāstatra pūyaśoṇitapāyinaḥ | majjaṃtaśca vasāpaṃke daṣṭāḥ kīṭairadhomukhaiḥ

There they eat dog's flesh and drink pus and blood, and they sink head-downward in a mire of fat, bitten by worms.

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PdP 3 31.32

परस्परं च खादंतो ध्वांते चान्योन्य घातिनः । वसंति कल्पानेकांस्ते रुदंतो दारुणं रवम्

parasparaṃ ca khādaṃto dhvāṃte cānyonya ghātinaḥ | vasaṃti kalpānekāṃste rudaṃto dāruṇaṃ ravam

Devouring one another and killing each other in the darkness, they dwell for many kalpas, crying out with a terrible sound.

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PdP 3 31.33

कृमियोनि शतं गत्वा स्थावराः स्युश्चिरं तु ते । ततोच्छंति ते क्रूरास्तिर्यग्योनि शतेषु च

kṛmiyoni śataṃ gatvā sthāvarāḥ syuściraṃ tu te | tatocchaṃti te krūrāstiryagyoni śateṣu ca

Having passed through a hundred worm-births, they become immobile (plants) for a long time; then those cruel ones dwell in hundreds of animal births.

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PdP 3 31.34

पश्चाद्भवंति जातांधाः काणाः कुब्जाश्च पंगवः । दरिद्राश्चांगहीनाश्च मानुषाः प्राणिहिंसकाः

paścādbhavaṃti jātāṃdhāḥ kāṇāḥ kubjāśca paṃgavaḥ | daridrāścāṃgahīnāśca mānuṣāḥ prāṇihiṃsakāḥ

Afterwards the men who injured living beings are born blind, one-eyed, hunchbacked and lame, poor and lacking limbs.

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PdP 3 31.35

तस्माद्वैश्य परत्रेह कर्मणा मनसा गिरा । लोकद्वयसुखप्रेप्सुर्धर्मज्ञो न तदाचरेत्

tasmādvaiśya paratreha karmaṇā manasā girā | lokadvayasukhaprepsurdharmajño na tadācaret

Therefore, merchant, one who knows dharma and desires happiness in both worlds should not do that here or hereafter, by act, by mind, or by word.

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PdP 3 31.36

लोकद्वयेन विंदंति सुखानि प्राणिहिंसकाः । येन हिंसन्ति भूतानि न ते बिभ्यति कुत्रचित्

lokadvayena viṃdaṃti sukhāni prāṇihiṃsakāḥ | yena hiṃsanti bhūtāni na te bibhyati kutracit

Those who injure living beings do not obtain happiness in either world; those who injure creatures are not free from fear anywhere.

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PdP 3 31.37

प्रविशंति यथा नद्यः समुद्रमृजुवक्रगाः । सर्वे धर्मा अहिंसायां प्रविशंति तथा दृढम्

praviśaṃti yathā nadyaḥ samudramṛjuvakragāḥ | sarve dharmā ahiṃsāyāṃ praviśaṃti tathā dṛḍham

Just as rivers, flowing straight or crooked, enter the ocean, so surely do all duties enter into non-injury.

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PdP 3 31.38

स स्नातः सर्वतीर्थेषु सर्वयज्ञेषु दीक्षितः । अभयं येन भूतेभ्यो दत्तमत्र विंशांवर

sa snātaḥ sarvatīrtheṣu sarvayajñeṣu dīkṣitaḥ | abhayaṃ yena bhūtebhyo dattamatra viṃśāṃvara

He by whom freedom from fear is given to living beings here has bathed in all sacred fords and is consecrated in all sacrifices, O best of merchants.

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PdP 3 31.39

ये नियोगांश्च शास्त्रोक्तान्धर्माधर्म विमिश्रितान् । पालयंतीह ये वैश्य न ते यांति यमालयम्

ye niyogāṃśca śāstroktāndharmādharma vimiśritān | pālayaṃtīha ye vaiśya na te yāṃti yamālayam

Those who here maintain the injunctions declared in the scriptures, mixed of dharma and non-dharma — those, merchant, do not go to Yama's abode.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 3 31.40

ब्रह्मचारी गृहस्थश्च वानप्रस्थो यतिस्तथा । स्वधर्मनिरताः सर्वे नाकपृष्ठे वसंति ते

brahmacārī gṛhasthaśca vānaprastho yatistathā | svadharmaniratāḥ sarve nākapṛṣṭhe vasaṃti te

The student, the householder, the forest-dweller and the ascetic — all who delight in their own duty dwell on the vault of heaven.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 3 31.41

यथोक्तचारिणः सर्वे वर्णाश्रमसमन्विताः । नरा जितेंद्रिया यांति ब्रह्मलोकं तु शाश्वतम्

yathoktacāriṇaḥ sarve varṇāśramasamanvitāḥ | narā jiteṃdriyā yāṃti brahmalokaṃ tu śāśvatam

All men who act as prescribed, established in their class and stage of life, who have conquered their senses, go to the eternal world of Brahmā.

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PdP 3 31.42

इष्टापूर्तरता ये च पंचयज्ञरताश्च ये । दयान्विताश्च ये नित्यं नेक्षंते ते यमालयम्

iṣṭāpūrtaratā ye ca paṃcayajñaratāśca ye | dayānvitāśca ye nityaṃ nekṣaṃte te yamālayam

Those who are devoted to sacrifices and works of public charity, and those devoted to the five (daily) sacrifices, and those who are always full of compassion — they do not see the abode of Yama.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 3 31.43

इंद्रियार्थनिवृत्ता ये समर्था वेदवादिनः । अग्निपूजारता नित्यं ते विप्राः स्वर्गगामिनः

iṃdriyārthanivṛttā ye samarthā vedavādinaḥ | agnipūjāratā nityaṃ te viprāḥ svargagāminaḥ

Those who have turned away from the objects of the senses, who are capable, who expound the Vedas, and who are always devoted to the worship of fire — those brahmins go to heaven.

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PdP 3 31.44

अदीनवदनाः शूराः शत्रुभिः परिवेष्टिताः । आहवेषु विपन्ना ये तेषां मार्गो दिवाकरः

adīnavadanāḥ śūrāḥ śatrubhiḥ pariveṣṭitāḥ | āhaveṣu vipannā ye teṣāṃ mārgo divākaraḥ

Heroes with undejected faces, surrounded by enemies, who perish in battles — for them the sun is the road.

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PdP 3 31.45

अनाथ स्त्री द्विजार्थे च शरणागतपालने । प्राणांस्त्यजंति ये वैश्य न च्यवंति दिवस्तु ते

anātha strī dvijārthe ca śaraṇāgatapālane | prāṇāṃstyajaṃti ye vaiśya na cyavaṃti divastu te

Those who give up their lives for a helpless woman, for a brahmin's sake, or in protecting one who has come for refuge — those, O Vaiśya, do not fall from heaven.

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PdP 3 31.46

पंग्वंधबालवृद्धांश्च रोग्यनाथदरिद्रितान् । ये पुष्णंति सदा वैश्य ते मोदंति सदा दिवि

paṃgvaṃdhabālavṛddhāṃśca rogyanāthadaridritān | ye puṣṇaṃti sadā vaiśya te modaṃti sadā divi

Those who always nourish the lame, the blind, children and the aged, the sick, the helpless and the destitute — those, O Vaiśya, rejoice forever in heaven.

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PdP 3 31.47

गां दृष्ट्वा पंकनिर्मग्नां रोगमग्नं द्विजं तथा । उद्धरंति नरा ये च तेषां लोकोऽश्वमेधिनाम्

gāṃ dṛṣṭvā paṃkanirmagnāṃ rogamagnaṃ dvijaṃ tathā | uddharaṃti narā ye ca teṣāṃ loko'śvamedhinām

And those men who, seeing a cow sunk in mud, or likewise a brahmin sunk in disease, pull (them) out — theirs is the world of those who have performed the horse sacrifice.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 3 31.48

गोग्रासं ये प्रयच्छंति ये शुश्रूषंति गाः सदा । येनारोहंति गोपृष्ठे ते स्वर्लोकनिवासिनः

gogrāsaṃ ye prayacchaṃti ye śuśrūṣaṃti gāḥ sadā | yenārohaṃti gopṛṣṭhe te svarlokanivāsinaḥ

Those who offer a mouthful of fodder to cows, who always tend cows, (and) by which they mount on a cow's back — they are dwellers in the world of heaven.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

PdP 3 31.49

गर्तमात्रं तु ये चक्रुर्यत्र गौरतृषा भवेत् । यमलोकमदृष्ट्वैव ते यांति स्वर्गतिं नराः

gartamātraṃ tu ye cakruryatra gauratṛṣā bhavet | yamalokamadṛṣṭvaiva te yāṃti svargatiṃ narāḥ

But those who have dug even a mere pit where a cow's thirst may be (quenched) — those men go to heaven without ever seeing Yama's world.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 3 31.50

अग्निपूजा देवपूजा गुरुपूजा रताश्च ये । द्विजपूजा रता नित्यं ते विप्राः स्वर्गगामिनः

agnipūjā devapūjā gurupūjā ratāśca ye | dvijapūjā ratā nityaṃ te viprāḥ svargagāminaḥ

Those who are devoted to the worship of fire, the worship of the gods, and the worship of the teacher, and who are always devoted to the worship of brahmins — those brahmins go to heaven.

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PdP 3 31.51

वापीकूपतडागादौ धर्मस्यांतो न विद्यते । पिबंति स्वेच्छया यत्र जलस्थल चरास्तदा

vāpīkūpataḍāgādau dharmasyāṃto na vidyate | pibaṃti svecchayā yatra jalasthala carāstadā

In (making) stepwells, wells, tanks and the like, no end of the merit is found — where creatures moving in water and on land drink at their pleasure.

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PdP 3 31.52

नित्यं दानपरः सोऽत्र कथ्यते विबुधैरपि । यथायथा च पानीयं पिबंति प्राणिनो भृशम्

nityaṃ dānaparaḥ so'tra kathyate vibudhairapi | yathāyathā ca pānīyaṃ pibaṃti prāṇino bhṛśam

Here he is called by the wise a man perpetually intent on giving; and just as much as living beings drink the water abundantly,

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PdP 3 31.53

तथातथाऽक्षयः स्वर्गो धर्मबुद्ध्या विशां वर । प्राणिनां जीवनं वारि प्राणा वारिणि संस्थिताः

tathātathā'kṣayaḥ svargo dharmabuddhyā viśāṃ vara | prāṇināṃ jīvanaṃ vāri prāṇā vāriṇi saṃsthitāḥ

just so much is heaven imperishable (for him) through his righteous intention, O best of the Vaiśyas. Water is the life of living beings; the breaths are established in water.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 3 31.54

नित्यस्नानेन पूयंते येऽपि पातकिनो नराः । प्रातःस्नानं हरेद्वैश्य बाह्माभ्यंतरजं मलम्

nityasnānena pūyaṃte ye'pi pātakino narāḥ | prātaḥsnānaṃ haredvaiśya bāhmābhyaṃtarajaṃ malam

Even men who are sinners are purified by daily bathing; the morning bath, O Vaiśya, removes the dirt arising outwardly and inwardly.

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PdP 3 31.55

प्रातःस्नानेन निष्पापो नरो न निरयं व्रजेत् । स्नानं विना तु यो भुंक्ते मलाशी स सदा नरः

prātaḥsnānena niṣpāpo naro na nirayaṃ vrajet | snānaṃ vinā tu yo bhuṃkte malāśī sa sadā naraḥ

By the morning bath a man becomes sinless and does not go to hell; but he who eats without bathing is a man who always eats filth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 3 31.56

अस्नायी यो नरस्तस्य विमुखा पितृदेवताः । स्नानहीनो नरः पापः स्नानहीनो नरोऽशुचिः

asnāyī yo narastasya vimukhā pitṛdevatāḥ | snānahīno naraḥ pāpaḥ snānahīno naro'śuciḥ

The man who does not bathe — the fathers and the deities turn their faces away from him; a man lacking the bath is sinful, a man lacking the bath is impure.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 3 31.57

अस्नायी नरकं भुंक्ते पुंस्कीटादिषु जायते । ये पुनः स्रोतसि स्नानमाचरंतीह पर्वणि

asnāyī narakaṃ bhuṃkte puṃskīṭādiṣu jāyate | ye punaḥ srotasi snānamācaraṃtīha parvaṇi

He who does not bathe suffers hell and is born among worms and the like. But those who here perform the bath in a flowing stream on the (sacred) junctures of the month —

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PdP 3 31.58

ते नैव नरकं यांति न जायंते कुयोनिषु । दुःस्वप्ना दुष्टचिंताश्च वंध्या भवंति सर्वदा

te naiva narakaṃ yāṃti na jāyaṃte kuyoniṣu | duḥsvapnā duṣṭaciṃtāśca vaṃdhyā bhavaṃti sarvadā

they do not go to hell at all, nor are they born in evil wombs; bad dreams and evil thoughts always become fruitless (for them).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 3 31.59

प्रातःस्नानेन शुद्धानां पुरुषाणां विशांवर । तिलांश्च तिलपात्रांश्च तिलप्रस्थं यथाविधि

prātaḥsnānena śuddhānāṃ puruṣāṇāṃ viśāṃvara | tilāṃśca tilapātrāṃśca tilaprasthaṃ yathāvidhi

For men purified by the morning bath, O best of the Vaiśyas, (who give) sesame seeds, vessels of sesame, and a prastha-measure of sesame according to rule —

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PdP 3 31.60

दत्त्वा प्रेतपतेर्भूमौ न व्रजंति नराः क्वचित् । पृथिवीं कांचनं गां च दत्वा दानानि षोडश

dattvā pretapaterbhūmau na vrajaṃti narāḥ kvacit | pṛthivīṃ kāṃcanaṃ gāṃ ca datvā dānāni ṣoḍaśa

having given (these), men never go to the land of the lord of the dead. Having given earth, gold and a cow, and the sixteen gifts,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 3 31.61

गत्वा न विनिवर्तंते स्वर्गलोकाद्विकुंडल । पुण्यासु तिथिषु प्राज्ञो व्यतीपाते च संक्रमे

gatvā na vinivartaṃte svargalokādvikuṃḍala | puṇyāsu tithiṣu prājño vyatīpāte ca saṃkrame

having gone (there), they do not return from the world of heaven, O Vikuṇḍala. On holy lunar days, and at a vyatīpāta, and at a solstitial/zodiacal transit, the wise man,

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PdP 3 31.62

स्नात्वा दत्त्वा च यत्किंचिन्नैव मज्जति दुर्गतौ । नैवाक्रामंति दातारो दारुणं रौरवं पथम् । इहलोके न जायंते कुले धनविवर्जिते

snātvā dattvā ca yatkiṃcinnaiva majjati durgatau | naivākrāmaṃti dātāro dāruṇaṃ rauravaṃ patham | ihaloke na jāyaṃte kule dhanavivarjite

Having bathed and given whatever (little), one does not sink in an evil state; givers do not tread the terrible Raurava road; in this world they are not born in a family destitute of wealth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 3 31.63

सत्यवादी सदा मौनी प्रियवादी च यो नरः । अक्रोधनः समाचारो नातिवाद्यनसूयकः

satyavādī sadā maunī priyavādī ca yo naraḥ | akrodhanaḥ samācāro nātivādyanasūyakaḥ

The man who speaks truth, is always silent, and speaks kindly, who is free of anger, of good conduct, not given to overspeaking, not envious—

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PdP 3 31.64

सदा दाक्षिण्यसंपन्नः सदा भूतदयान्वितः । गोप्ता च परमर्माणां वक्ता परगुणस्य च

sadā dākṣiṇyasaṃpannaḥ sadā bhūtadayānvitaḥ | goptā ca paramarmāṇāṃ vaktā paraguṇasya ca

always endowed with courtesy, always full of compassion for beings, a concealer of others' weak points and a proclaimer of others' virtues,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 3 31.65

परस्वं तृणमात्रं च मनसापि न यो हरेत् । न पश्यंति विशांश्रेष्ठ ह्येते नरकयातनाम्

parasvaṃ tṛṇamātraṃ ca manasāpi na yo haret | na paśyaṃti viśāṃśreṣṭha hyete narakayātanām

and who would not take another's property, even a mere blade of grass, even in thought—these, O best of the Vaiśyas, do not see the torment of hell.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 3 31.66

परापवादी पाखंडः पापेभ्योऽपि मतोऽधिकः । पच्यते नरके तावद्यावदाभूतसंप्लवम्

parāpavādī pākhaṃḍaḥ pāpebhyo'pi mato'dhikaḥ | pacyate narake tāvadyāvadābhūtasaṃplavam

One who slanders others, a hypocrite, is held to be worse even than sinners; he is cooked in hell until the dissolution of beings.

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PdP 3 31.67

वक्ता परुषवाक्यानां मंतव्यो नरकागतः । संदेहो न विशांश्रेष्ठ पुनर्याति च दुर्गतिम्

vaktā paruṣavākyānāṃ maṃtavyo narakāgataḥ | saṃdeho na viśāṃśreṣṭha punaryāti ca durgatim

A speaker of harsh words is to be considered as one who has come from hell; there is no doubt, O best of the Vaiśyas, that he goes again to an evil state.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 3 31.68

न तीर्थैर्न तपोभिश्च कृतघ्नस्यास्ति निष्कृतिः । सहते यातनां घोरां स नरो नरके चिरम्

na tīrthairna tapobhiśca kṛtaghnasyāsti niṣkṛtiḥ | sahate yātanāṃ ghorāṃ sa naro narake ciram

Neither by holy fords nor by austerities is there expiation for an ingrate; that man endures dreadful torment in hell for a long time.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 3 31.69

पृथिव्यां यानि तीर्थानि तेषु मज्जति यो नरः । जितेंद्रियो जिताहारो न स याति यमालयम्

pṛthivyāṃ yāni tīrthāni teṣu majjati yo naraḥ | jiteṃdriyo jitāhāro na sa yāti yamālayam

Whatever holy fords there are on earth, the man who immerses himself in them, with senses subdued and food restrained, does not go to Yama's abode.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 3 31.70

न तीर्थे पातकं कुर्यान्न च तीर्थोपजीवनम् । तीर्थे प्रतिग्रहस्त्याज्यस्त्याज्यो धर्मस्य विक्रयः

na tīrthe pātakaṃ kuryānna ca tīrthopajīvanam | tīrthe pratigrahastyājyastyājyo dharmasya vikrayaḥ

One should not commit a mortal sin at a holy ford, nor make a living off the ford; at a ford the accepting of gifts is to be abandoned, and the selling of dharma is to be abandoned.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 3 31.71

दुर्जरं पातकं तीर्थे दुर्जरश्च प्रतिग्रहः । तीर्थे च दुर्जरं सर्वमेतत्किन्नरकं व्रजेत्

durjaraṃ pātakaṃ tīrthe durjaraśca pratigrahaḥ | tīrthe ca durjaraṃ sarvametatkinnarakaṃ vrajet

Sin at a holy ford is hard to digest, and accepting gifts (there) is hard to digest; at a ford all this is hard to digest—why should one (then) go to hell?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

PdP 3 31.72

सकृद्गंगांभसि स्नातः पूतो गांगेयवारिणा । न नरो नरकं याति अपि पातकराशिकृत्

sakṛdgaṃgāṃbhasi snātaḥ pūto gāṃgeyavāriṇā | na naro narakaṃ yāti api pātakarāśikṛt

Once bathed in the water of the Ganges, purified by the Gāṅgeya water, a man does not go to hell, even if he has amassed a heap of sins.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 3 31.73

व्रतदानतपो यज्ञाः पवित्राणीतराणि च । गंगाबिंद्वभिषिक्तस्य न समा इति नः श्रुतम्

vratadānatapo yajñāḥ pavitrāṇītarāṇi ca | gaṃgābiṃdvabhiṣiktasya na samā iti naḥ śrutam

Vows, gifts, austerities, sacrifices and the other purifying things are not equal to (the merit) of one sprinkled with a drop of Ganges water—so we have heard.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 3 31.74

अन्यतीर्थसमां गंगां यो ब्रवीति नराधमः । स याति नरकं वैश्य दारुणं रौरवं महत्

anyatīrthasamāṃ gaṃgāṃ yo bravīti narādhamaḥ | sa yāti narakaṃ vaiśya dāruṇaṃ rauravaṃ mahat

The vile man who says that the Ganges is equal to another holy ford—he goes, O Vaiśya, to the terrible great hell Raurava.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 3 31.75

धर्मद्रवं ह्यपां बीजं वैकुंठचरणच्युतम् । धृतं मूर्ध्नि महेशेन यद्गांगममलं जलम्

dharmadravaṃ hyapāṃ bījaṃ vaikuṃṭhacaraṇacyutam | dhṛtaṃ mūrdhni maheśena yadgāṃgamamalaṃ jalam

The pure Gāṅga water, which is the liquid of dharma, the seed of the waters, fallen from the feet of (Viṣṇu of) Vaikuṇṭha, borne on his head by Maheśa—

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PdP 3 31.76

तद्ब्रह्मैव न संदेहो निर्गुणं प्रकृतेः परम् । तेन किं समतां गच्छेदपि ब्रह्मांडगोचरे

tadbrahmaiva na saṃdeho nirguṇaṃ prakṛteḥ param | tena kiṃ samatāṃ gacchedapi brahmāṃḍagocare

that is Brahman itself, no doubt, without qualities, beyond primal matter; what within the range of the cosmic egg could come to equality with it?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 3 31.77

गंगागंगेति यो ब्रूयाद्योजनानां शतैरपि । नरो न नरकं याति किं तया सदृशं भवेत् । नान्येन दह्यते सद्यः क्रिया नरकदायिनी

gaṃgāgaṃgeti yo brūyādyojanānāṃ śatairapi | naro na narakaṃ yāti kiṃ tayā sadṛśaṃ bhavet | nānyena dahyate sadyaḥ kriyā narakadāyinī

The man who says "Ganges, Ganges" even from hundreds of leagues away does not go to hell; what could be like her? By nothing else is an act that yields hell burnt away at once.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 3 31.78

गंगांभसि प्रयत्नेन स्नातव्यं तेन मानवैः । प्रतिगृह निवृत्तो यः प्रतिग्रहक्षमोऽपि सन् । स द्विजो द्योतते वैश्य तारारूपश्चिरं दिवि

gaṃgāṃbhasi prayatnena snātavyaṃ tena mānavaiḥ | pratigṛha nivṛtto yaḥ pratigrahakṣamo'pi san | sa dvijo dyotate vaiśya tārārūpaściraṃ divi

Therefore men should with effort bathe in the water of the Ganges. He who abstains from accepting gifts even though he is fit to accept them—that twice-born, O Vaiśya, shines long in heaven in the form of a star.

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PdP 3 31.79

गामुद्धरंति ये पंकाद्ये रक्षंति च रोगिणः । म्रियंते गोगृहे ये च तेषां नभसि तारकाः । यमलोकं न पश्यंति प्राणायामपरायणाः

gāmuddharaṃti ye paṃkādye rakṣaṃti ca rogiṇaḥ | mriyaṃte gogṛhe ye ca teṣāṃ nabhasi tārakāḥ | yamalokaṃ na paśyaṃti prāṇāyāmaparāyaṇāḥ

Those who lift a cow out of the mud, those who protect the sick, and those who die in a cow-pen—for them there are stars in the sky. Those devoted to breath-control do not see Yama's world.

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PdP 3 31.80

अपि दुष्कृतकर्माणस्तैरेव हतकिल्बिषाः । दिवसे दिवसे वैश्य प्राणायामास्तु षोडश । अपि ब्रह्महणं साक्षात्पुनंत्यहरहः कृताः

api duṣkṛtakarmāṇastaireva hatakilbiṣāḥ | divase divase vaiśya prāṇāyāmāstu ṣoḍaśa | api brahmahaṇaṃ sākṣātpunaṃtyaharahaḥ kṛtāḥ

Even doers of evil deeds have their taint destroyed by those very (breath-controls). Sixteen breath-controls each day, O Vaiśya, performed day after day, purify even an actual slayer of a brahmin.

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PdP 3 31.81

तपांसि यानि तप्यंते व्रतानि नियमाश्च ये । गोसहस्रप्रदानं च प्राणायामस्तु तत्समः

tapāṃsi yāni tapyaṃte vratāni niyamāśca ye | gosahasrapradānaṃ ca prāṇāyāmastu tatsamaḥ

Whatever austerities are practised, and whatever vows and observances, and the gift of a thousand cows—breath-control is equal to that.

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PdP 3 31.82

अब्बिंदुं यः कुशाग्रेण मासेमासे नरः पिबेत् । संवत्सरशतं साग्रं प्राणायामस्तु तत्समः

abbiṃduṃ yaḥ kuśāgreṇa māsemāse naraḥ pibet | saṃvatsaraśataṃ sāgraṃ prāṇāyāmastu tatsamaḥ

Should a man drink but a drop of water from the tip of a kuśa blade once each month for a full hundred years — a single breath-restraint (prāṇāyāma) equals that.

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PdP 3 31.83

पातकं तु महद्यच्च तथा क्षुद्रोपपातकम् । प्राणायामैः क्षणात्सर्वं भस्मसात्कुरुते नरः

pātakaṃ tu mahadyacca tathā kṣudropapātakam | prāṇāyāmaiḥ kṣaṇātsarvaṃ bhasmasātkurute naraḥ

Whatever great sin there is, and likewise the lesser and secondary offences — by breath-restraints a man reduces them all to ashes in an instant.

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PdP 3 31.84

मातृवत्परदारान्ये मन्यंते वै नरोत्तमाः । न ते यांति नरश्रेष्ठ कदाचिद्यम यातनाम्

mātṛvatparadārānye manyaṃte vai narottamāḥ | na te yāṃti naraśreṣṭha kadācidyama yātanām

Those best of men who regard others' wives as (they would) their mother — they never go, O best of men, to the torments of Yama.

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PdP 3 31.85

मनसापि परेषां यः कलत्राणि न सेवते । सह लोकद्वये नास्ति तेन वैश्य धरा धृता

manasāpi pareṣāṃ yaḥ kalatrāṇi na sevate | saha lokadvaye nāsti tena vaiśya dharā dhṛtā

He who does not resort to the wives of others even in thought — by him, O Vaiśya, the earth is upheld in both worlds; there is none (like him).

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PdP 3 31.86

तस्माद्धर्म्मान्वितैस्त्याज्यं परदारोपसेवनम् । नयंति परदारास्तु नरकानेकविंशतिम्

tasmāddharmmānvitaistyājyaṃ paradāropasevanam | nayaṃti paradārāstu narakānekaviṃśatim

Therefore resorting to others' wives is to be abandoned by those possessed of dharma; for others' wives lead (a man) to the twenty-one hells.

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PdP 3 31.87

लोभो न जायते येषां परदारेषु मानसे । ते यांति देवलोकं तु न यमं वैश्यसत्तम

lobho na jāyate yeṣāṃ paradāreṣu mānase | te yāṃti devalokaṃ tu na yamaṃ vaiśyasattama

Those in whose mind no craving arises for others' wives — they go to the world of the gods and not to Yama, O best of Vaiśyas.

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PdP 3 31.88

शश्वत्क्रोधनिदानेषु यः क्रोधेन न जीयते । जितस्वर्गः स मंतव्यः पुरुषोऽक्रोधनो भुवि

śaśvatkrodhanidāneṣu yaḥ krodhena na jīyate | jitasvargaḥ sa maṃtavyaḥ puruṣo'krodhano bhuvi

He who, amid perpetual occasions for anger, is not overcome by anger — that man, free of anger, is to be considered on earth one who has won heaven.

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PdP 3 31.89

मातरं पितरं पुत्र आराधयति देववत् । अप्राप्ते वार्द्धके काले न याति च यमालयम्

mātaraṃ pitaraṃ putra ārādhayati devavat | aprāpte vārddhake kāle na yāti ca yamālayam

A son honours his mother and father as gods; (even) when old age has not yet come upon them (in time), he does not go to Yama's abode.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

PdP 3 31.90

पितुश्चाधिकभावेन येऽर्चयंति गुरुं नराः । भवंत्यतिथयो लोके ब्रह्मणस्ते विशांवर

pituścādhikabhāvena ye'rcayaṃti guruṃ narāḥ | bhavaṃtyatithayo loke brahmaṇaste viśāṃvara

Those men who worship their teacher with a regard greater (even) than for their father — they become guests in the world of Brahmā, O best of merchants.

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PdP 3 31.91

इह चैव स्त्रियो धन्याः शीलस्य परिरक्षणात् । शीलभंगे च नारीणां यमलोकः सुदारुणः

iha caiva striyo dhanyāḥ śīlasya parirakṣaṇāt | śīlabhaṃge ca nārīṇāṃ yamalokaḥ sudāruṇaḥ

And here (in this world) too women are fortunate through the full guarding of their good conduct; but when women's good conduct is broken, Yama's world is most terrible.

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PdP 3 31.92

शीलं रक्ष्यं सदा स्त्रीभिर्दुष्टसंगविवर्जनात् । शीलेन हि परः स्वर्गः स्त्रीणां वैश्य न संशयः

śīlaṃ rakṣyaṃ sadā strībhirduṣṭasaṃgavivarjanāt | śīlena hi paraḥ svargaḥ strīṇāṃ vaiśya na saṃśayaḥ

Good conduct is always to be guarded by women by avoiding bad company; for by good conduct comes the highest heaven for women, O Vaiśya — there is no doubt.

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PdP 3 31.93

शूद्रस्य पाकयज्ञेन निषिद्धाचरणेन च । दुर्गतिर्विहिता वैश्य तस्य सा नारकी गतिः

śūdrasya pākayajñena niṣiddhācaraṇena ca | durgatirvihitā vaiśya tasya sā nārakī gatiḥ

For a śūdra, through the cooked-food sacrifice and through performing what is forbidden, an evil course is ordained, O Vaiśya; that course of his is hellish.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

PdP 3 31.94

विचारयंति ये शास्त्रं वेदाभ्यासरताश्च ये । पुराणं संहितां ये च श्रावयंति पठंति च

vicārayaṃti ye śāstraṃ vedābhyāsaratāśca ye | purāṇaṃ saṃhitāṃ ye ca śrāvayaṃti paṭhaṃti ca

Those who reflect upon the scriptures, and those devoted to the study of the Vedas, and those who recite the Purāṇas and the Saṃhitās aloud (to others) and read them,

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PdP 3 31.95

व्याकुर्वंति स्मृतिर्ये च ये धर्मप्रतिबोधकाः । वेदांतेषु निषण्णा ये तैरियं जगती धृता

vyākurvaṃti smṛtirye ca ye dharmapratibodhakāḥ | vedāṃteṣu niṣaṇṇā ye tairiyaṃ jagatī dhṛtā

and those who expound the Smṛtis, and those who awaken (others) to dharma, and those settled in the Vedāntas — by them this earth is upheld.

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PdP 3 31.96

तत्तदभ्यासमाहात्म्यैः सर्वे ते हतकिल्बिषाः । गच्छंति ब्रह्मणो लोकं यत्र मोहो न विद्यते

tattadabhyāsamāhātmyaiḥ sarve te hatakilbiṣāḥ | gacchaṃti brahmaṇo lokaṃ yatra moho na vidyate

By the greatness of each of those practices, all of them, their guilt destroyed, go to the world of Brahmā, where delusion does not exist.

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PdP 3 31.97

ज्ञानमज्ञाय यो दद्याद्वेदशास्त्रसमुद्भवम् । अपि वेदास्तमर्चंति भवबंधविदारणम्

jñānamajñāya yo dadyādvedaśāstrasamudbhavam | api vedāstamarcaṃti bhavabaṃdhavidāraṇam

He who gives to one who does not know it the knowledge that arises from the Veda and the scriptures — even the Vedas honour him, the sunderer of the bonds of existence.

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PdP 3 31.98

श्रूयतामद्भुतं ह्येतद्रहस्यं वैश्यसत्तम । सम्मतं धर्मराजस्य सर्वलोकामृतप्रदम्

śrūyatāmadbhutaṃ hyetadrahasyaṃ vaiśyasattama | sammataṃ dharmarājasya sarvalokāmṛtapradam

Let this wonderful secret be heard, O best of Vaiśyas — approved by the King of Dharma, bestowing the nectar (of immortality) on all the worlds.

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PdP 3 31.99

न यमं यमलोकं च न भूतान्घोरदर्शनान् । पश्यंति वैष्णवा नूनं सत्यं सत्यं मयोदितम्

na yamaṃ yamalokaṃ ca na bhūtānghoradarśanān | paśyaṃti vaiṣṇavā nūnaṃ satyaṃ satyaṃ mayoditam

Neither Yama nor Yama's world, nor the beings of dreadful appearance, do the Vaiṣṇavas behold — surely this is spoken by me as truth, as truth.

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PdP 3 31.100

प्राहास्मान्यमुना भ्राता सदैव हि पुनःपुनः । भवद्भिर्वैष्णवास्त्याज्या न ते स्युर्ममगोचराः

prāhāsmānyamunā bhrātā sadaiva hi punaḥpunaḥ | bhavadbhirvaiṣṇavāstyājyā na te syurmamagocarāḥ

Our brother Yama has told us, again and again always: "The Vaiṣṇavas are to be left alone by you; let them not come within my range."

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PdP 3 31.101

स्मरंति ये सकृद्भूताः प्रसंगेनापि केशवम् । ते विध्वस्ताखिलाघौघा यांति विष्णोः परं पदम्

smaraṃti ye sakṛdbhūtāḥ prasaṃgenāpi keśavam | te vidhvastākhilāghaughā yāṃti viṣṇoḥ paraṃ padam

Those beings who remember Keśava even once, even incidentally — with their whole flood of sins shattered, they go to the supreme abode of Viṣṇu.

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PdP 3 31.102

दुराचारो दुष्कृतोऽपि सदाचाररतोऽपि यः । भवद्भिः स सदा त्याज्यो विष्णुं च भजते नरः

durācāro duṣkṛto'pi sadācārarato'pi yaḥ | bhavadbhiḥ sa sadā tyājyo viṣṇuṃ ca bhajate naraḥ

The man who is of evil conduct and an evildoer, or who is devoted to good conduct, and who worships Viṣṇu — he is always to be shunned by you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

PdP 3 31.103

वैष्णवो यद्गृहे भुंक्ते येषां वैष्णवसंगतिः । तेऽपि वः परिवार्याः स्युस्तत्संगहतकिल्बिषाः

vaiṣṇavo yadgṛhe bhuṃkte yeṣāṃ vaiṣṇavasaṃgatiḥ | te'pi vaḥ parivāryāḥ syustatsaṃgahatakilbiṣāḥ

In whosever house a Vaiṣṇava eats, and those who have the company of a Vaiṣṇava — they too must be avoided by you, their sins destroyed by that association.

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PdP 3 31.104

इत्थं वैश्यानुशास्त्यस्मान्देवो दंडधरः सदा । अतो नो वैष्णवा यांति राजधानीं यमस्य तु

itthaṃ vaiśyānuśāstyasmāndevo daṃḍadharaḥ sadā | ato no vaiṣṇavā yāṃti rājadhānīṃ yamasya tu

Thus does the god who bears the rod (Yama) always instruct us, O merchant; therefore we do not take Vaiṣṇavas to Yama's capital.

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PdP 3 31.105

विष्णुभक्तिं विना नॄणां पापिष्ठानां विशां वर । उपायो नास्ति नास्त्यन्यः संतर्तुं नरकांबुधिम्

viṣṇubhaktiṃ vinā nṝṇāṃ pāpiṣṭhānāṃ viśāṃ vara | upāyo nāsti nāstyanyaḥ saṃtartuṃ narakāṃbudhim

Apart from devotion to Viṣṇu, O best of merchants, there is for most sinful men no means — none other — to cross over the ocean of hell.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 3 31.106

श्वपाकमपि नेक्षेत लोकेष्टं वैश्य वैष्णवम् । वैष्णवो वर्णबाह्योऽपि पुनाति भुवनत्रयम्

śvapākamapi nekṣeta lokeṣṭaṃ vaiśya vaiṣṇavam | vaiṣṇavo varṇabāhyo'pi punāti bhuvanatrayam

O merchant, one should not look upon a Vaiṣṇava as a dog-cooker (an outcaste), for he is dear to the world; a Vaiṣṇava, even if outside the varṇas, purifies the three worlds.

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PdP 3 31.107

एतावता लमघनिर्हरणाय पुंसां संकीर्तनं भगवतो गुणकर्मनाम्नाम् । विक्रुश्य पुत्र मघवान्यदजामिलोऽपि नारायणेति म्रियमाण इयाय मुक्तिम्

etāvatā lamaghanirharaṇāya puṃsāṃ saṃkīrtanaṃ bhagavato guṇakarmanāmnām | vikruśya putra maghavānyadajāmilo'pi nārāyaṇeti mriyamāṇa iyāya muktim

This much suffices for the removal of men's sins: the full chanting of the Lord's qualities, deeds, and names — since, my son, even Ajāmila, crying out as he lay dying, "Nārāyaṇa!", attained liberation.

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PdP 3 31.108

नरके तु चिरं मग्नाः पूर्वे ये च कुलद्वये । तदैव यांति ते स्वर्गं यदार्चंति मुदा हरिम्

narake tu ciraṃ magnāḥ pūrve ye ca kuladvaye | tadaiva yāṃti te svargaṃ yadārcaṃti mudā harim

And those forebears in the two lines of the family who have long been sunk in hell — they go to heaven at that very moment when (their descendants) joyfully worship Hari.

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PdP 3 31.109

विष्णुभक्तस्य ये दासा वैष्णवान्न भुजश्च ये । ते तु क्रतुभुजां वैश्य गतिं यांति निराकुलाः

viṣṇubhaktasya ye dāsā vaiṣṇavānna bhujaśca ye | te tu kratubhujāṃ vaiśya gatiṃ yāṃti nirākulāḥ

Those who are servants of a devotee of Viṣṇu, and those who eat a Vaiṣṇava's food — they, O merchant, go untroubled to the state of those who partake of sacrifice.

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PdP 3 31.110

प्रार्थर्यद्वैष्णवस्यान्नं प्रयत्नेन विचक्षणः । सर्वपापविशुद्ध्यर्थं तदभावे जलं पिबेत्

prārtharyadvaiṣṇavasyānnaṃ prayatnena vicakṣaṇaḥ | sarvapāpaviśuddhyarthaṃ tadabhāve jalaṃ pibet

The discerning man should diligently ask for a Vaiṣṇava's food, for the sake of purification from all sins; in its absence he should drink (the Vaiṣṇava's) water.

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PdP 3 31.111

गोविंदेति जपन्मंत्रं कुत्रचिन्म्रियते यदि । स नरो न यमं पश्येत्तं च नेक्षामहे वयम्

goviṃdeti japanmaṃtraṃ kutracinmriyate yadi | sa naro na yamaṃ paśyettaṃ ca nekṣāmahe vayam

If anywhere a man dies while reciting the mantra "Govinda," that man does not see Yama, and we do not look upon him.

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PdP 3 31.112

सांगं समुद्रं सध्यानं सऋषिः छंददैवतम् । दीक्षयाविधिवन्मंत्रं जपेद्वै द्वादशाक्षरम्

sāṃgaṃ samudraṃ sadhyānaṃ saṛṣiḥ chaṃdadaivatam | dīkṣayāvidhivanmaṃtraṃ japedvai dvādaśākṣaram

With its ancillaries, with its mudrās, with its meditation, with its seer, metre and deity, one should duly recite, with initiation, the twelve-syllable mantra.

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PdP 3 31.113

अष्टाक्षरं च मंत्रेशं ये जपंति नरोत्तमाः । तान्दृष्ट्वा ब्रह्महा शुद्ध्यद्भ्राजते विष्णुवत्स्वयम्

aṣṭākṣaraṃ ca maṃtreśaṃ ye japaṃti narottamāḥ | tāndṛṣṭvā brahmahā śuddhyadbhrājate viṣṇuvatsvayam

And those best of men who recite the eight-syllable lord of mantras — on seeing them a killer of a brahmin is purified, and himself shines like Viṣṇu.

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PdP 3 31.114

शंखिनश्चक्रिणो भूत्वा ब्रह्माभ्यंतरगामिनः । वसंति वैष्णवे लोके विष्णुरूपेण ते नराः

śaṃkhinaścakriṇo bhūtvā brahmābhyaṃtaragāminaḥ | vasaṃti vaiṣṇave loke viṣṇurūpeṇa te narāḥ

Becoming bearers of conch and discus, entering within Brahman, those men dwell in Viṣṇu's world in the form of Viṣṇu.

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PdP 3 31.115

हृदि सूर्ये जले वाथ प्रतिमा स्थंडिलेपि च । समभ्यर्च्य हरिं यांति नरास्तद्वैष्णवं पदम्

hṛdi sūrye jale vātha pratimā sthaṃḍilepi ca | samabhyarcya hariṃ yāṃti narāstadvaiṣṇavaṃ padam

Having worshipped Hari in the heart, or in the sun, or in water, or in an image, or on a prepared altar-ground, men go to that Vaiṣṇava abode.

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PdP 3 31.116

अथवा सर्वदा पूज्यो वासुदेवो मुमुक्षुभिः । शालग्रामे मणौ चक्रे वज्रकीटविनिर्मिते

athavā sarvadā pūjyo vāsudevo mumukṣubhiḥ | śālagrāme maṇau cakre vajrakīṭavinirmite

Or else Vāsudeva is always to be worshipped by those who seek liberation — in a śālagrāma, in a gem, in a discus (stone) fashioned by the diamond-worm.

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PdP 3 31.117

अधिष्ठानं हि तद्विष्णोः सर्वपापप्रणाशनम् । सर्वपुण्यप्रदं वैश्य सर्वेषामपि मुक्तिदम्

adhiṣṭhānaṃ hi tadviṣṇoḥ sarvapāpapraṇāśanam | sarvapuṇyapradaṃ vaiśya sarveṣāmapi muktidam

For that is Viṣṇu's seat, destroyer of all sins, bestower of all merit, O merchant, and granting liberation to all alike.

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PdP 3 31.118

यः पूजयेद्धरिं चक्रे शालग्रामशिलोद्भवे । राजसूयसहस्रेण तेनेष्टं प्रतिवासरे

yaḥ pūjayeddhariṃ cakre śālagrāmaśilodbhave | rājasūyasahasreṇa teneṣṭaṃ prativāsare

He who worships Hari in the discus arisen in a śālagrāma stone — by him a thousand rājasūya sacrifices are offered each day.

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PdP 3 31.119

सदामनंति वेदांता ब्रह्मनिर्वाणमच्युतम् । तत्प्रसादो भवेन्नॄणां शालग्रामशिलार्चनात्

sadāmanaṃti vedāṃtā brahmanirvāṇamacyutam | tatprasādo bhavennṝṇāṃ śālagrāmaśilārcanāt

The Vedāntas always declare Acyuta to be the extinction (nirvāṇa) that is Brahman; his grace comes to men from worship of the śālagrāma stone.

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PdP 3 31.120

महाकाष्ठस्थितो वह्निर्मखस्थाने प्रकाशते । यथा तथा हरिर्व्यापी शालग्रामे प्रकाशते

mahākāṣṭhasthito vahnirmakhasthāne prakāśate | yathā tathā harirvyāpī śālagrāme prakāśate

As fire, residing within a great log, becomes manifest at the place of sacrifice, so all-pervading Hari becomes manifest in the śālagrāma.

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PdP 3 31.121

अपि पापसमाचाराः कर्म्मण्यनधिकारिणः । शालग्रामार्चका वैश्य नैव यांति यमालयम्

api pāpasamācārāḥ karmmaṇyanadhikāriṇaḥ | śālagrāmārcakā vaiśya naiva yāṃti yamālayam

Even those of sinful conduct, unqualified for ritual action, if they worship the śālagrāma, O merchant, do not go to Yama's abode.

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PdP 3 31.122

न तथा रमते लक्ष्म्यां न तथा स्वपुरे हरिः । शालग्रामशिलाचक्रे यथा स रमते सदा

na tathā ramate lakṣmyāṃ na tathā svapure hariḥ | śālagrāmaśilācakre yathā sa ramate sadā

Hari does not delight so in Lakṣmī, nor so in his own city, as he ever delights in the disc of the śālagrāma stone.

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PdP 3 31.123

अग्निहोत्रं कृतं तेन दत्ता पृथ्वी ससागरा । येनार्चितो हरिश्चक्रे शालग्रामशिलोद्भवे

agnihotraṃ kṛtaṃ tena dattā pṛthvī sasāgarā | yenārcito hariścakre śālagrāmaśilodbhave

By him the fire-oblation has been performed and the earth with its oceans given, by whom Hari has been worshipped in the disc arisen from the śālagrāma stone.

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PdP 3 31.124

शिला द्वादश भो वैश्य शालग्रामशिलोद्भवाः । विधिवत्पूजिता येन तस्य पुण्यं वदामि ते

śilā dvādaśa bho vaiśya śālagrāmaśilodbhavāḥ | vidhivatpūjitā yena tasya puṇyaṃ vadāmi te

O vaiśya, the twelve stones arisen from the śālagrāma stone — by whom they are worshipped according to rule, his merit I declare to you.

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PdP 3 31.125

कोटिद्वादशलिंगैस्तु पूजितैः स्वर्णपंकजैः । यत्स्याद्द्वादशकालेषु दिनेनैकेन तद्भवेत्

koṭidvādaśaliṃgaistu pūjitaiḥ svarṇapaṃkajaiḥ | yatsyāddvādaśakāleṣu dinenaikena tadbhavet

Whatever (merit) there would be from twelve crores of liṅgas worshipped with golden lotuses at the twelve (sacred) times, that comes about in a single day.

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PdP 3 31.126

यः पुनः पूजयेद्भक्त्या शालग्रामशिला शतम् । उषित्वा स हरेर्लोके चक्रवर्त्तीह जायते

yaḥ punaḥ pūjayedbhaktyā śālagrāmaśilā śatam | uṣitvā sa harerloke cakravarttīha jāyate

And he who with devotion worships a hundred śālagrāma stones, having dwelt in Hari's world, is born here as an emperor.

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PdP 3 31.127

कामैः क्रोधैः प्रलोभैश्च व्याप्तो यत्र नराधमः । सोऽपि याति हरेर्लोकं शालग्रामशिलार्चनात्

kāmaiḥ krodhaiḥ pralobhaiśca vyāpto yatra narādhamaḥ | so'pi yāti harerlokaṃ śālagrāmaśilārcanāt

That lowest of men who is pervaded by desires, angers and greeds — even he goes to Hari's world through the worship of the śālagrāma stone.

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PdP 3 31.128

यः पूजयेच्च गोविंदं शालग्रामे मुदा नरः । आभूतसंप्लवं यावन्न स प्रच्यवते दिवः

yaḥ pūjayecca goviṃdaṃ śālagrāme mudā naraḥ | ābhūtasaṃplavaṃ yāvanna sa pracyavate divaḥ

And the man who with gladness worships Govinda in a śālagrāma does not fall from heaven until the dissolution of beings.

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PdP 3 31.129

विना तीर्थैर्विना दानैर्विना यज्ञैर्विना मतिम् । मुक्तिं यांति नरा वैश्य शालग्रामशिलार्चनात्

vinā tīrthairvinā dānairvinā yajñairvinā matim | muktiṃ yāṃti narā vaiśya śālagrāmaśilārcanāt

Without pilgrimage places, without gifts, without sacrifices, without (right) thought, men attain liberation, O vaiśya, through the worship of the śālagrāma stone.

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PdP 3 31.130

नरकं गर्भवासं च तिर्यक्त्वं कृमियोनिताम् । न याति वैश्य पापोऽपि शालग्रामशिलार्चकः

narakaṃ garbhavāsaṃ ca tiryaktvaṃ kṛmiyonitām | na yāti vaiśya pāpo'pi śālagrāmaśilārcakaḥ

Hell, dwelling in a womb, the state of an animal, and birth as a worm — the worshipper of the śālagrāma stone does not go to these, O vaiśya, even if he is a sinner.

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PdP 3 31.131

दीक्षाविधान मंत्रज्ञो यश्चक्रे बलिमाहरेत् । गंगा गोदावरी रेवा नद्यो मुक्तिप्रदाश्च याः

dīkṣāvidhāna maṃtrajño yaścakre balimāharet | gaṃgā godāvarī revā nadyo muktipradāśca yāḥ

He who, knowing the rite of initiation and the mantras, offers the food-oblation upon the disc — the Gaṅgā, the Godāvarī, the Revā, and whatever rivers grant liberation,

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PdP 3 31.132

निवसंति हिताः सर्वाः शालग्रामशिला जले । नैवेद्यैर्विविधैः पुष्पैर्धूपदीपैर्विलेपनैः

nivasaṃti hitāḥ sarvāḥ śālagrāmaśilā jale | naivedyairvividhaiḥ puṣpairdhūpadīpairvilepanaiḥ

all these beneficent (rivers) dwell in the water of the śālagrāma stone. With various food-offerings, flowers, incense, lamps and unguents,

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PdP 3 31.133

गीतवादित्रस्तोत्राद्यैः शालग्रामशिलार्चनम् । कुरुते मानवो यस्तु कलौ भक्तिपरायणः

gītavāditrastotrādyaiḥ śālagrāmaśilārcanam | kurute mānavo yastu kalau bhaktiparāyaṇaḥ

with song, instrumental music, hymns and the rest, the man who, devoted to bhakti in the Kali age, performs the worship of the śālagrāma stone

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PdP 3 31.134

कल्पकोटिसहस्राणि रमते सन्निधौ हरेः । लिंगैस्तु कोटिभिर्दृष्टैर्यत्फलं पूजितैस्तु तैः

kalpakoṭisahasrāṇi ramate sannidhau hareḥ | liṃgaistu koṭibhirdṛṣṭairyatphalaṃ pūjitaistu taiḥ

delights for thousands of crores of kalpas in Hari's presence. Whatever fruit (comes) from crores of liṅgas seen and worshipped,

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PdP 3 31.135

शालग्रामशिलायास्तु ह्येकेनाह्ना हि तत्फलम् । सकृदभ्यर्चिते लिंगे शालग्रामशिलोद्भवे

śālagrāmaśilāyāstu hyekenāhnā hi tatphalam | sakṛdabhyarcite liṃge śālagrāmaśilodbhave

that fruit (comes) from a śālagrāma stone in a single day. When the liṅga arisen from the śālagrāma stone is worshipped even once,

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PdP 3 31.136

मुक्तिं प्रयांति मनुजा नूनं सांख्येन वर्जिताः । शालग्रामशिलारूपी यत्र तिष्ठति केशवः

muktiṃ prayāṃti manujā nūnaṃ sāṃkhyena varjitāḥ | śālagrāmaśilārūpī yatra tiṣṭhati keśavaḥ

men surely attain liberation, (even) those devoid of Sāṃkhya (knowledge). Where Keśava stands in the form of the śālagrāma stone,

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PdP 3 31.137

तत्र देवाः सुरा यक्षा भुवनानि चतुर्दश । शालग्रामशिलायां तु यः श्राद्धं कुरुते नरः

tatra devāḥ surā yakṣā bhuvanāni caturdaśa | śālagrāmaśilāyāṃ tu yaḥ śrāddhaṃ kurute naraḥ

there are the gods, the suras, the yakṣas, and the fourteen worlds. And the man who performs the śrāddha upon a śālagrāma stone —

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PdP 3 31.138

पितरस्तस्य तिष्ठंति तृप्ताः कल्पशतं दिवि । ये पिबंति नरा नित्यं शालग्रामशिलाजलम्

pitarastasya tiṣṭhaṃti tṛptāḥ kalpaśataṃ divi | ye pibaṃti narā nityaṃ śālagrāmaśilājalam

his forefathers remain satisfied in heaven for a hundred kalpas. Those men who constantly drink the water of the śālagrāma stone —

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PdP 3 31.139

पंचगव्यसहस्रैस्तु सेवितैः किं प्रयोजनम् । कोटितीर्थसहस्रैस्तु सेवितैः किं प्रयोजनम्

paṃcagavyasahasraistu sevitaiḥ kiṃ prayojanam | koṭitīrthasahasraistu sevitaiḥ kiṃ prayojanam

what use is there in a thousand pañcagavyas consumed? What use in a thousand crores of pilgrimage places visited,

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PdP 3 31.140

तोयं यदि पिबेत्पुण्यं शालग्रामशिलांगजम् । शालग्राम शिला यत्र तत्तीर्थं योजनत्रयम्

toyaṃ yadi pibetpuṇyaṃ śālagrāmaśilāṃgajam | śālagrāma śilā yatra tattīrthaṃ yojanatrayam

if one drinks the holy water that has come from the body of the śālagrāma stone? Where the śālagrāma stone is, that is a sacred place for three yojanas.

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PdP 3 31.141

तत्र दानं च होमं च सर्वं कोटिगुणं भवेत् । शालग्रामशिला तोयं यः पिबेद्बिंदुना समम्

tatra dānaṃ ca homaṃ ca sarvaṃ koṭiguṇaṃ bhavet | śālagrāmaśilā toyaṃ yaḥ pibedbiṃdunā samam

There gift and oblation, all of it, becomes a crore-fold. He who drinks the śālagrāma stone's water, even a drop of it,

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PdP 3 31.142

मातृस्तन्यं पुनर्नैव स पिबेद्विष्णुभाङ्नरः । शालग्राम समीपे तु क्रोशमात्रं समंततः

mātṛstanyaṃ punarnaiva sa pibedviṣṇubhāṅnaraḥ | śālagrāma samīpe tu krośamātraṃ samaṃtataḥ

that man will never again drink his mother's milk; he becomes a partaker of Viṣṇu. And in the vicinity of a śālagrāma, for the measure of a krośa all around,

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PdP 3 31.143

कीटकोपि मृतो याति वैकुंठं भवनं परम् । शालग्रामशिलाचक्रं यो दद्याद्दानमुत्तमम्

kīṭakopi mṛto yāti vaikuṃṭhaṃ bhavanaṃ param | śālagrāmaśilācakraṃ yo dadyāddānamuttamam

even an insect, when it dies, goes to Vaikuṇṭha, the supreme abode. Whoever gives as a gift a śālagrāma stone with a discus (mark) — the highest of gifts —

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PdP 3 31.144

भूचक्रं तेन दत्तं स्यात्सशैलवनकाननम् । शालग्रामशिलाया यो मूल्यमुत्पादयेन्नरः

bhūcakraṃ tena dattaṃ syātsaśailavanakānanam | śālagrāmaśilāyā yo mūlyamutpādayennaraḥ

by him the whole circle of the earth, with its mountains, woods and forests, has been given. And the man who sets a price on a śālagrāma stone,

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PdP 3 31.145

विक्रेता चानुमंता यः परीक्षासु च मोदते । ते सर्वे नरकं यांति यावदाभूतसंप्लवम्

vikretā cānumaṃtā yaḥ parīkṣāsu ca modate | te sarve narakaṃ yāṃti yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam

and the seller, and the one who consents (to it), and he who takes pleasure in appraisals — all these go to hell until the dissolution of the elements.

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PdP 3 31.146

ततः संवर्जयेद्वैश्य चक्रस्य क्रयविक्रयम् । बहुनोक्तेन किं वैश्य कर्तव्यं पापभीरुणा

tataḥ saṃvarjayedvaiśya cakrasya krayavikrayam | bahunoktena kiṃ vaiśya kartavyaṃ pāpabhīruṇā

Therefore, Vaiśya, one should wholly avoid the buying and selling of the discus(-marked stone). What need of much talk, Vaiśya, about what should be done by one who fears sin?

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PdP 3 31.147

स्मरणं वासुदेवस्य सर्वपापहरं हरेः । तपस्तप्त्वा नरो घोरमरण्ये नियतेंद्रियः

smaraṇaṃ vāsudevasya sarvapāpaharaṃ hareḥ | tapastaptvā naro ghoramaraṇye niyateṃdriyaḥ

The remembrance of Vāsudeva, of Hari, removes all sins. Having practised terrible austerity in the forest with senses restrained, a man

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PdP 3 31.148

यत्फलं समवाप्नोति तन्नत्वा गरुडध्वजम् । कृत्वापि बहुशः पापं नरो मोहसमन्वितः

yatphalaṃ samavāpnoti tannatvā garuḍadhvajam | kṛtvāpi bahuśaḥ pāpaṃ naro mohasamanvitaḥ

obtains a certain fruit — that (same fruit he gains) by bowing to him whose banner is Garuḍa. Even having committed sin many times, a man beset by delusion

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PdP 3 31.149

न याति नरकं गत्वा सर्वपापहरं हरिम् । पृथिव्यां यानि तीर्थानि पुण्यान्यायतनानि च

na yāti narakaṃ gatvā sarvapāpaharaṃ harim | pṛthivyāṃ yāni tīrthāni puṇyānyāyatanāni ca

does not go to hell, having gone to Hari who removes all sins. Whatever sacred fords there are on earth, and holy sanctuaries,

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PdP 3 31.150

तानि सर्वाण्यवाप्नोति विष्णोर्नामानुकीर्तनात् । देवं शार्ङ्गधरं विष्णुं ये प्रपन्नाः परायणाः

tāni sarvāṇyavāpnoti viṣṇornāmānukīrtanāt | devaṃ śārṅgadharaṃ viṣṇuṃ ye prapannāḥ parāyaṇāḥ

he obtains all of those by the repeated recitation of Viṣṇu's name. Those who have taken refuge in the god Viṣṇu, bearer of the bow (Śārṅga), making him their highest resort —

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PdP 3 31.151

न तेषां यमसालोक्यं न ते स्युर्नरकौकसः । वैष्णवः पुरुषो वैश्य शिवनिंदां करोति यः

na teṣāṃ yamasālokyaṃ na te syurnarakaukasaḥ | vaiṣṇavaḥ puruṣo vaiśya śivaniṃdāṃ karoti yaḥ

for them there is no dwelling in Yama's world; they will not be inhabitants of hell. But a Vaiṣṇava man, Vaiśya, who reviles Śiva,

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PdP 3 31.152

न विंदेद्वैष्णवं लोकं स याति नरकं महत् । उपोष्यैकादशीमेकां प्रसंगेनापि मानवः

na viṃdedvaiṣṇavaṃ lokaṃ sa yāti narakaṃ mahat | upoṣyaikādaśīmekāṃ prasaṃgenāpi mānavaḥ

does not attain the Vaiṣṇava world; he goes to the great hell. Having fasted on a single eleventh day, even incidentally, a man

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PdP 3 31.153

न याति यातनां यामीमिति लोमशतः श्रुतम् । नेदृशं पावनं किंचित्त्रिषु लोकेषु विद्यते

na yāti yātanāṃ yāmīmiti lomaśataḥ śrutam | nedṛśaṃ pāvanaṃ kiṃcittriṣu lokeṣu vidyate

does not undergo Yama's torment — so it was heard from Lomaśa. There is nothing so purifying to be found in the three worlds.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 3 31.154

उभयं पद्मनाभस्य दिनं पातकनाशनम् । तावत्पापानि देहेऽस्मिन्वसंतीह विशांवर

ubhayaṃ padmanābhasya dinaṃ pātakanāśanam | tāvatpāpāni dehe'sminvasaṃtīha viśāṃvara

Both (the eleventh days) — the day of the Lotus-naveled one destroys sins. So long, O best of merchants, do sins dwell here in this body,

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PdP 3 31.155

यावन्नोपवसेज्जंतुः पद्मनाभदिनं शुभम् । अश्वमेधसहस्राणि राजसूयशतानि च

yāvannopavasejjaṃtuḥ padmanābhadinaṃ śubham | aśvamedhasahasrāṇi rājasūyaśatāni ca

as a creature does not fast on the auspicious day of the Lotus-naveled one. A thousand horse-sacrifices and a hundred rājasūyas

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PdP 3 31.156

एकादश्युपवासस्य कलां नार्हंति षोडशीम् । एकादशेंद्रियैः पापं यत्कृतं वैश्य मानवैः

ekādaśyupavāsasya kalāṃ nārhaṃti ṣoḍaśīm | ekādaśeṃdriyaiḥ pāpaṃ yatkṛtaṃ vaiśya mānavaiḥ

are not worth a sixteenth part of the ekādaśī fast. Whatever sin is committed by men with the eleven senses, Vaiśya,

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PdP 3 31.157

एकादश्युपवासेन तत्सर्वं विलयं व्रजेत् । एकादशीसमं किंचित्पुण्यं लोके न विद्यते

ekādaśyupavāsena tatsarvaṃ vilayaṃ vrajet | ekādaśīsamaṃ kiṃcitpuṇyaṃ loke na vidyate

all that goes to dissolution by the ekādaśī fast. There is no merit in the world equal to the ekādaśī.

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PdP 3 31.158

व्याजेनापि कृता यैस्तु वशं यांति न भास्करेः । स्वर्गमोक्षप्रदा ह्येषा शरीरारोग्यदायिनी

vyājenāpi kṛtā yaistu vaśaṃ yāṃti na bhāskareḥ | svargamokṣapradā hyeṣā śarīrārogyadāyinī

Those by whom it is kept even on a pretext do not come under the sway of the Sun's son (Yama). For it bestows heaven and liberation, and gives health of body;

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PdP 3 31.159

सुकलत्रप्रदा ह्येषा जीवत्पुत्रप्रदायिनी । न गंगा न गया वैश्य न काशी न च पुष्करम्

sukalatrapradā hyeṣā jīvatputrapradāyinī | na gaṃgā na gayā vaiśya na kāśī na ca puṣkaram

it grants a good wife and gives living sons. Neither the Gaṅgā, nor Gayā, Vaiśya, nor Kāśī, nor Puṣkara,

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PdP 3 31.160

न चापि वैष्णवं क्षेत्रं तुल्यं हरिदिनेन तु । यमुना चन्द्रभागा न तुल्या हरिदिनेन तु

na cāpi vaiṣṇavaṃ kṣetraṃ tulyaṃ haridinena tu | yamunā candrabhāgā na tulyā haridinena tu

nor even a Vaiṣṇava holy field, is equal to Hari's day; the Yamunā and the Candrabhāgā are not equal to Hari's day,

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PdP 3 31.161

अनायासेन येनात्र प्राप्यते वैष्णवं पदम् । रात्रौ जागरणं कृत्वा समुपोष्य हरेर्दिने

anāyāsena yenātra prāpyate vaiṣṇavaṃ padam | rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ kṛtvā samupoṣya harerdine

since by it the Vaiṣṇava station is attained here without effort. Having kept vigil at night and fasted on Hari's day,

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PdP 3 31.162

दश वै पैतृके पक्षे मातृके दश पूर्वजाः । प्रियाया दश ये वैश्य तानुद्धरति निश्चितम्

daśa vai paitṛke pakṣe mātṛke daśa pūrvajāḥ | priyāyā daśa ye vaiśya tānuddharati niścitam

Ten forebears on the father's side, ten on the mother's, and ten of the wife's, O Vaiśya — those he certainly rescues.

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PdP 3 31.163

द्वंद्वसंग परित्यक्ता नागारि कृतकेतनाः । स्रग्विणः पीतवसनाः प्रयांति हरिमंदिरम्

dvaṃdvasaṃga parityaktā nāgāri kṛtaketanāḥ | sragviṇaḥ pītavasanāḥ prayāṃti harimaṃdiram

Having abandoned attachment to the pairs (of opposites), and (become) foes of ill fortune (?) with a dwelling made ready, wearing garlands and yellow garments, they go to the mansion of Hari.

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PdP 3 31.164

बालत्वे यौवने वापि वार्द्धके वा विशांवर । उपोष्यैकादशीं नूनं नैति पापोऽतिदुर्गतिम्

bālatve yauvane vāpi vārddhake vā viśāṃvara | upoṣyaikādaśīṃ nūnaṃ naiti pāpo'tidurgatim

Whether in childhood, in youth, or in old age, O best of men, by fasting on the eleventh day a sinner surely does not come to the worst evil state.

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PdP 3 31.165

उपोष्येह त्रिरात्राणि कृत्वा वा तीर्थमज्जनम् । दत्वा हेमतिलान्गाश्च स्वर्गं यांतीह मानवाः

upoṣyeha trirātrāṇi kṛtvā vā tīrthamajjanam | datvā hematilāngāśca svargaṃ yāṃtīha mānavāḥ

By fasting here for three nights, or by bathing at a holy ford, and by giving gold, sesame, and coals(?), men go to heaven.

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PdP 3 31.166

तीर्थे स्नांति न ये वैश्य न दत्तं कांचनं च यैः । नैव तप्तं तपः किंचित्ते स्युः सर्वत्र दुःखिताः

tīrthe snāṃti na ye vaiśya na dattaṃ kāṃcanaṃ ca yaiḥ | naiva taptaṃ tapaḥ kiṃcitte syuḥ sarvatra duḥkhitāḥ

Those who do not bathe at a holy ford, O Vaiśya, and by whom no gold has been given, and by whom no austerity at all has been performed — they will be wretched everywhere.

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PdP 3 31.167

संक्षिप्य कथितं धर्म्मं नरकस्य निरूपणम् । अद्रोहः सर्वभूतेषु वाङ्मनः काय कर्मभिः

saṃkṣipya kathitaṃ dharmmaṃ narakasya nirūpaṇam | adrohaḥ sarvabhūteṣu vāṅmanaḥ kāya karmabhiḥ

Concisely (I have) told the dharma and the description of hell: non-injury toward all beings by the actions of speech, mind, and body;

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PdP 3 31.168

इंद्रियाणां निरोधश्च दानं च हरिसेवनम् । वर्णाश्रमक्रियाणां च पालनं विधितः सदा

iṃdriyāṇāṃ nirodhaśca dānaṃ ca harisevanam | varṇāśramakriyāṇāṃ ca pālanaṃ vidhitaḥ sadā

and restraint of the senses, and giving, and service to Hari, and always maintaining, according to rule, the duties of the classes and stages of life.

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PdP 3 31.169

स्वर्गार्थी सर्वदा वैश्य तपोदानं न कीर्तयेत् । यथाशक्ति तथा दद्यादात्मनो हितकाम्यया

svargārthī sarvadā vaiśya tapodānaṃ na kīrtayet | yathāśakti tathā dadyādātmano hitakāmyayā

One who desires heaven should never proclaim his austerity and his giving, O Vaiśya; he should give according to his ability, out of desire for his own good.

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PdP 3 31.170

उपानद्वस्त्रमन्नानि पत्रं मूलं फलं जलम् । अवंध्यं दिवसं कार्य्यं दरिद्रेणापि वैश्यक

upānadvastramannāni patraṃ mūlaṃ phalaṃ jalam | avaṃdhyaṃ divasaṃ kāryyaṃ daridreṇāpi vaiśyaka

Sandals, cloth, foods, a leaf, a root, a fruit, water — even by a poor man, O Vaiśya, the day should be made not barren.

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PdP 3 31.171

इहलोके परे चैव न दत्तं नोपतिष्ठते । दातारो नैव पश्यंति तां तां वै यमयातनाम्

ihaloke pare caiva na dattaṃ nopatiṣṭhate | dātāro naiva paśyaṃti tāṃ tāṃ vai yamayātanām

In this world and in the next, what is not given does not stand by (one); but givers do not see those various torments of Yama.

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PdP 3 31.172

दीर्घायुषो धनाढ्याश्च भवंतीह पुनःपुनः । किमत्र बहुनोक्तेन यांत्यधर्मेण दुर्गतिम्

dīrghāyuṣo dhanāḍhyāśca bhavaṃtīha punaḥpunaḥ | kimatra bahunoktena yāṃtyadharmeṇa durgatim

Again and again they become long-lived and rich in wealth here. What (need) of much speaking here — by unrighteousness they go to an evil state.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 3 31.173

आरोहंति दिवं धर्म्मे नराः सर्वत्र सर्वदा

ārohaṃti divaṃ dharmme narāḥ sarvatra sarvadā

Men rise to heaven through dharma, everywhere and always.

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PdP 3 31.174

तेन बालत्वमारभ्य कर्तव्यो धर्मसंग्रहः । इति ते कथितं सर्वं किमन्यच्छ्रोतुमिच्छसि

tena bālatvamārabhya kartavyo dharmasaṃgrahaḥ | iti te kathitaṃ sarvaṃ kimanyacchrotumicchasi

Therefore, beginning from childhood, the accumulation of dharma should be made. Thus all has been told to you; what else do you wish to hear?

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PdP 3 31.175

विकुंडल उवाच- श्रुत्वा त्वद्वचनं सौम्य प्रसन्नं चित्तमेव मे । गंगोदं पापहं सद्यः पापहारि सतां वचः

vikuṃḍala uvāca- śrutvā tvadvacanaṃ saumya prasannaṃ cittameva me | gaṃgodaṃ pāpahaṃ sadyaḥ pāpahāri satāṃ vacaḥ

Vikuṇḍala said: Having heard your speech, gentle one, my mind is indeed made glad. The water of the Gaṅgā destroys sin at once; the speech of the good takes away sin.

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PdP 3 31.176

उपकर्तुं प्रियं वक्तुं गुणो नैसर्गिकः सताम् । शीतांशुः क्रियते केन शीतलोऽमृतमंडलः

upakartuṃ priyaṃ vaktuṃ guṇo naisargikaḥ satām | śītāṃśuḥ kriyate kena śītalo'mṛtamaṃḍalaḥ

To do a kindness, to speak what is pleasing — that is the natural quality of the good. By whom is the cool-rayed one, the orb of nectar, made cool?

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PdP 3 31.177

देवदूत ततो ब्रूहि कारुण्यान्मम पृच्छतः । नरकान्निष्कृतिः सद्यो भ्रातुर्मे जायते कथम्

devadūta tato brūhi kāruṇyānmama pṛcchataḥ | narakānniṣkṛtiḥ sadyo bhrāturme jāyate katham

Therefore, messenger of the gods, tell me, who ask, out of compassion: how does release from hell come about at once for my brother?

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PdP 3 31.178

इति तस्य वचः श्रुत्वा देवदूतो जगाद ह । ध्यानं दृष्ट्वा क्षणं ध्यात्वा तन्मैत्री रज्जुबन्धनः

iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā devadūto jagāda ha | dhyānaṃ dṛṣṭvā kṣaṇaṃ dhyātvā tanmaitrī rajjubandhanaḥ

Having heard his words thus, the divine messenger spoke; seeing (his) absorption and reflecting a moment, (he,) bound by the rope of friendship for him, (said):

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

PdP 3 31.179

यत्ते वैश्याष्टमे पुण्यं त्वया जन्मनि संचितम् । तद्भ्रात्रे दीयतां सर्वं स्वर्गं तस्य यदीच्छसि

yatte vaiśyāṣṭame puṇyaṃ tvayā janmani saṃcitam | tadbhrātre dīyatāṃ sarvaṃ svargaṃ tasya yadīcchasi

"The merit that was accumulated by you, O Vaiśya, in the eighth birth — let all that be given to your brother, if you desire heaven for him."

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PdP 3 31.180

विकुंडल उवाच- किं तत्पुण्यं कथं जातं किं जन्म च पुरातनम् । तत्सर्वं कथ्यतां दूत ततो दास्यामि सत्वरम्

vikuṃḍala uvāca- kiṃ tatpuṇyaṃ kathaṃ jātaṃ kiṃ janma ca purātanam | tatsarvaṃ kathyatāṃ dūta tato dāsyāmi satvaram

Vikuṇḍala said: What is that merit, how did it arise, and what was that former birth? Let all that be told, O messenger; then I will give it at once.

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PdP 3 31.181

देवदूत उवाच- शृणु वैश्य प्रवक्ष्यामि तत्पुण्यं च सहेतुकम् । पुरा मधुवने पुण्ये ऋषिरासीच्च शाकुनिः

devadūta uvāca- śṛṇu vaiśya pravakṣyāmi tatpuṇyaṃ ca sahetukam | purā madhuvane puṇye ṛṣirāsīcca śākuniḥ

The divine messenger said: Listen, Vaiśya, I will declare that merit together with its cause. Long ago, in the holy Madhuvana, there was a seer named Śākuni.

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PdP 3 31.182

तपोऽध्ययन संपन्नस्तेजसां ब्रह्मणा समः । जज्ञिरे तस्य रेवत्यां नव पुत्रा ग्रहा इव

tapo'dhyayana saṃpannastejasāṃ brahmaṇā samaḥ | jajñire tasya revatyāṃ nava putrā grahā iva

Endowed with austerity and study, equal to Brahmā in radiance, nine sons were born to him by Revatī, like the planets.

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PdP 3 31.183

ध्रुवः शीलो बुधस्तारो ज्योतिष्मानुत पंचमः । अग्निहोत्ररता ह्येते गृहधर्मेषु रेमिरे

dhruvaḥ śīlo budhastāro jyotiṣmānuta paṃcamaḥ | agnihotraratā hyete gṛhadharmeṣu remire

Dhruva, Śīla, Budha, Tāra, and Jyotiṣmān as the fifth — these, devoted to the fire-offering, took delight in the duties of the household.

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PdP 3 31.184

निर्मोहो जितकामश्च ध्यानकोशो गुणाधिकः । एते गृहविरक्ताश्च चत्वारो द्विजसूनवः

nirmoho jitakāmaśca dhyānakośo guṇādhikaḥ | ete gṛhaviraktāśca catvāro dvijasūnavaḥ

Nirmoha, Jitakāma, Dhyānakośa, and Guṇādhika — these four sons of the brahmin were averse to household life.

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PdP 3 31.185

चतुर्थाश्रममापन्नाः सर्वकामविनिस्पृहाः । ग्रामैकवासिनः सर्वे निःसंगा निष्परिग्रहाः

caturthāśramamāpannāḥ sarvakāmavinispṛhāḥ | grāmaikavāsinaḥ sarve niḥsaṃgā niṣparigrahāḥ

Having entered the fourth stage of life, free of longing for all desires, all dwelling but one (night) in a village, unattached, owning nothing.

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PdP 3 31.186

निराशा निष्प्रयत्नाश्च सम लोष्टाश्मकांचनाः । येनकेनचिदाच्छन्ना येनकेनचिदाशिताः

nirāśā niṣprayatnāśca sama loṣṭāśmakāṃcanāḥ | yenakenacidācchannā yenakenacidāśitāḥ

Without hope and without striving, regarding a clod, a stone, and gold as the same, covered by whatever (came to hand), fed by whatever (came to hand).

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PdP 3 31.187

सायंग्रहास्तथा नित्यं विष्णुध्यानपरायणाः । जितनिद्रा जिताहारा वातशीतसहिष्णवः

sāyaṃgrahāstathā nityaṃ viṣṇudhyānaparāyaṇāḥ | jitanidrā jitāhārā vātaśītasahiṣṇavaḥ

Likewise always taking (food only) in the evening, intent on meditation upon Viṣṇu, having conquered sleep, having conquered appetite, enduring wind and cold.

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PdP 3 31.188

पश्यंतो विष्णुरूपेण जगत्सर्वं चराचरम् । चरंति लीलया पृथ्वद्यंतेऽन्योन्यं मौनमास्थिताः

paśyaṃto viṣṇurūpeṇa jagatsarvaṃ carācaram | caraṃti līlayā pṛthvadyaṃte'nyonyaṃ maunamāsthitāḥ

Seeing the whole world, moving and unmoving, in the form of Viṣṇu, they roam the earth in play, and among themselves they abide in silence.

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PdP 3 31.189

न कुर्वंति क्रियां कांचिदर्थमात्रं हि योगिनः । दृष्टज्ञाना असंदेहाश्चिद्विकार विशारदाः

na kurvaṃti kriyāṃ kāṃcidarthamātraṃ hi yoginaḥ | dṛṣṭajñānā asaṃdehāścidvikāra viśāradāḥ

The yogins perform no action at all beyond what is needed; their knowledge is direct, they are free of doubt, expert in the modifications of consciousness.

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PdP 3 31.190

एवं ते तव विप्रस्य पूर्वमष्टमजन्मनि । तिष्ठतो मध्यदेशेषु पुत्रदारकुटुंबिनः

evaṃ te tava viprasya pūrvamaṣṭamajanmani | tiṣṭhato madhyadeśeṣu putradārakuṭuṃbinaḥ

Thus, in your eighth birth before this, when you were a brahmin dwelling in the Middle Country with sons, wife, and household,

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PdP 3 31.191

गेहं तावकमाजग्मुर्मध्याह्ने क्षुत्पिपासिताः । वैश्वदेवांतरे काले त्वया दृष्टा गृहांगणे

gehaṃ tāvakamājagmurmadhyāhne kṣutpipāsitāḥ | vaiśvadevāṃtare kāle tvayā dṛṣṭā gṛhāṃgaṇe

they came to your house at midday, hungry and thirsty; at the time of the Vaiśvadeva offering they were seen by you in the courtyard of the house.

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PdP 3 31.192

सगद्गदं साश्रुनेत्रं सहर्षं च ससंभ्रमम् । दंडवत्प्रणिपातेन बहुमानपुरःसरम्

sagadgadaṃ sāśrunetraṃ saharṣaṃ ca sasaṃbhramam | daṃḍavatpraṇipātena bahumānapuraḥsaram

With a faltering voice, with tearful eyes, with joy and with eager haste, with a prostration like a staff, with great honour foremost,

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PdP 3 31.193

प्रणम्य चरणौ मूर्ध्ना कृत्वा पाणियुगाञ्जलिम् । तदाभिनन्दिताः सर्वे तया सूनृतया गिरा

praṇamya caraṇau mūrdhnā kṛtvā pāṇiyugāñjalim | tadābhinanditāḥ sarve tayā sūnṛtayā girā

having bowed to their feet with your head, having made a cupped-hand salutation with both hands — then they were all greeted with that kindly speech:

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PdP 3 31.194

अद्य मे सफलं जन्म जीवितं सफलं तथा । अद्य विष्णुः प्रसन्नो मे सनाथोऽद्यास्मि पावनः

adya me saphalaṃ janma jīvitaṃ saphalaṃ tathā | adya viṣṇuḥ prasanno me sanātho'dyāsmi pāvanaḥ

"Today my birth has borne fruit, and my life has borne fruit; today Viṣṇu is pleased with me; today I have a protector, I am purified."

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PdP 3 31.195

धन्योऽस्म्यद्य गृहं धन्यं धन्या अद्य कुटुंबिनः । ममाद्य पितरो धन्या धन्या गावः श्रुतं धनम्

dhanyo'smyadya gṛhaṃ dhanyaṃ dhanyā adya kuṭuṃbinaḥ | mamādya pitaro dhanyā dhanyā gāvaḥ śrutaṃ dhanam

"Today I am blessed, my house is blessed, blessed today are my household folk; blessed today are my ancestors, blessed are the cows, the sacred learning, the wealth,"

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PdP 3 31.196

यद्दृष्टौ भवतां पादौ तापत्रयहरौ मया । भवतां दर्शनं यस्माद्धन्यस्यैव हरेरिव

yaddṛṣṭau bhavatāṃ pādau tāpatrayaharau mayā | bhavatāṃ darśanaṃ yasmāddhanyasyaiva hareriva

"since your feet, which remove the three afflictions, have been seen by me; because the sight of you belongs only to the blessed, as (does the sight) of Hari."

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PdP 3 31.197

एवं संपूज्य कृत्वा तु पादप्रक्षालनं तथा । धृतं मूर्ध्नि विशांश्रेष्ठ श्रद्धया परया तदा

evaṃ saṃpūjya kṛtvā tu pādaprakṣālanaṃ tathā | dhṛtaṃ mūrdhni viśāṃśreṣṭha śraddhayā parayā tadā

Having thus honoured (them) and washed their feet, (the water) was then held on your head, O best of merchants, with the highest faith.

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PdP 3 31.198

यत्र पादोदकं वैश्य श्रद्धया शिरसा धृतम् । गंधपुष्पाक्षतैर्धूपैर्दीपैर्भावपुरःसरम्

yatra pādodakaṃ vaiśya śraddhayā śirasā dhṛtam | gaṃdhapuṣpākṣatairdhūpairdīpairbhāvapuraḥsaram

Where, O merchant, the water from (their) feet is held on the head with faith, and with perfumes, flowers, unbroken rice, incense, and lamps, feeling foremost,

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PdP 3 31.199

संपूज्य सुंदरान्नेन भोजिता यतयस्तथा । तृप्ताः परमहंसास्ते विश्रांता मंदिरे निशि

saṃpūjya suṃdarānnena bhojitā yatayastathā | tṛptāḥ paramahaṃsāste viśrāṃtā maṃdire niśi

having honoured (them), the ascetics were fed with fine food; those supreme swans, satisfied, rested that night in the house,

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PdP 3 31.200

ध्यायंतश्च परं ब्रह्म यज्ज्योतिर्ज्योतिषां मतम् । तेषामातिथ्यजं पुण्यं जातं यत्ते विशांवर

dhyāyaṃtaśca paraṃ brahma yajjyotirjyotiṣāṃ matam | teṣāmātithyajaṃ puṇyaṃ jātaṃ yatte viśāṃvara

meditating on the supreme Brahman, which is held to be the light of lights. The merit born of hospitality to them which accrued to you, O best of merchants,

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PdP 3 31.201

न तद्वक्त्रसहस्रेण वक्तुं शक्नोम्यहं खलु । भूतानां प्राणिनः श्रेष्ठाः प्राणिनां मतिजीविनः

na tadvaktrasahasreṇa vaktuṃ śaknomyahaṃ khalu | bhūtānāṃ prāṇinaḥ śreṣṭhāḥ prāṇināṃ matijīvinaḥ

that indeed I am not able to tell with a thousand mouths. Among beings, the living are highest; among the living, those who live by intelligence.

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PdP 3 31.202

मतिमत्सु सुराः श्रेष्ठा नरेषु ब्रह्मजातयः । ब्राह्मणेषु च विद्वांसो विद्वत्सु कृतबुद्धयः

matimatsu surāḥ śreṣṭhā nareṣu brahmajātayaḥ | brāhmaṇeṣu ca vidvāṃso vidvatsu kṛtabuddhayaḥ

Among the intelligent, the gods are best; among men, those of brahmin birth; and among brahmins, the learned; among the learned, those whose understanding is accomplished.

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PdP 3 31.203

कृतबुद्धिषु कर्तारः कर्तृषु ब्रह्मवेदिनः । अतएव सुपूज्यास्ते तस्माच्छ्रेष्ठा जगत्त्रये

kṛtabuddhiṣu kartāraḥ kartṛṣu brahmavedinaḥ | ataeva supūjyāste tasmācchreṣṭhā jagattraye

Among those whose understanding is accomplished, the doers; among doers, the knowers of brahman. For just this reason they are highly worthy of worship, and therefore best in the three worlds.

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PdP 3 31.204

तत्संगतिर्विशांश्रेष्ठ महापातकनाशिनी । विश्रांता गृहिणो गेहे संतुष्टा ब्रह्मवेदिनः

tatsaṃgatirviśāṃśreṣṭha mahāpātakanāśinī | viśrāṃtā gṛhiṇo gehe saṃtuṣṭā brahmavedinaḥ

Association with them, O best of the people, destroys great sins. Knowers of brahman who have rested and are content in a householder's house

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PdP 3 31.205

आजन्मसंचितं पापं नाशयंतीक्षणेन वै । संचितं यद्गृहस्थस्य पापमामरणांतिकम्

ājanmasaṃcitaṃ pāpaṃ nāśayaṃtīkṣaṇena vai | saṃcitaṃ yadgṛhasthasya pāpamāmaraṇāṃtikam

destroy in an instant the sin accumulated since birth. Whatever sin a householder has accumulated up to the moment of death,

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PdP 3 31.206

विनिर्दहति तत्सर्वमेकरात्रोषितो यतिः । स्वभ्रात्रे देहि तत्पुण्यं नरकाद्येन मुच्यते

vinirdahati tatsarvamekarātroṣito yatiḥ | svabhrātre dehi tatpuṇyaṃ narakādyena mucyate

an ascetic who has lodged (with him) for a single night burns it all away. Give that merit to your own brother, whereby he is released from hell.

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PdP 3 31.207

इति दूतवचः श्रुत्वा ददौ पुण्यं स सत्वरम् । हृष्टेन चेतसा भ्राता निरयात्सोऽपि निर्गतः

iti dūtavacaḥ śrutvā dadau puṇyaṃ sa satvaram | hṛṣṭena cetasā bhrātā nirayātso'pi nirgataḥ

Having heard these words of the messenger, he quickly gave the merit with a delighted mind, and the brother too came out of hell.

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PdP 3 31.208

देवैस्तु पुष्पवर्षेण पूजितौ च दिवंगतौ । ताभ्यां संपूजितः सम्यग्गतो दूतो यथागतः

devaistu puṣpavarṣeṇa pūjitau ca divaṃgatau | tābhyāṃ saṃpūjitaḥ samyaggato dūto yathāgataḥ

Honoured by the gods with a rain of flowers, the two went to heaven; and the messenger, well honoured by them, went off just as he had come.

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PdP 3 31.209

अखिलभुवनबोधं देवदूतस्यवाक्यं निगमवचनतुल्यं वैश्यपुत्रो निशम्य । स्वकृतसुकृतदानाद्भ्रातरं तारयित्वा सुरपतिवरलोकं तेन सार्द्धं जगाम

akhilabhuvanabodhaṃ devadūtasyavākyaṃ nigamavacanatulyaṃ vaiśyaputro niśamya | svakṛtasukṛtadānādbhrātaraṃ tārayitvā surapativaralokaṃ tena sārddhaṃ jagāma

Having heard the divine messenger's speech, which enlightens the whole world and is equal to the word of scripture, the vaiśya's son, having rescued his brother by the gift of the merit he himself had made, went together with him to the excellent world of the lord of the gods.

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PdP 3 31.210

इतिहासमिमं राजन्यः पठेच्छृणुयादपि । स गोसहस्रदानस्य विशोको लभते फलम्

itihāsamimaṃ rājanyaḥ paṭhecchṛṇuyādapi | sa gosahasradānasya viśoko labhate phalam

Whatever royal person should read or even hear this story, he becomes free of sorrow and obtains the fruit of the gift of a thousand cows.

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