Padma Purana — Svarga Khanda — Chapter 50
PdP 3 50.1
ऋषय ऊचुः- भवता कथितं सर्वं यत्किंचित्पृष्टमेव च । इदानीमपि पृच्छाम एकं वद महामते
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ- bhavatā kathitaṃ sarvaṃ yatkiṃcitpṛṣṭameva ca | idānīmapi pṛcchāma ekaṃ vada mahāmate
The seers said: You have told everything that was asked. Even now we ask one thing more: tell us, O greatly wise one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 3 50.2
एतेषां खलु तीर्थानां सेवनाद्यत्फलं लभेत् । सर्वेषां किल कृत्वैकं कर्म केन च लभ्यते
eteṣāṃ khalu tīrthānāṃ sevanādyatphalaṃ labhet | sarveṣāṃ kila kṛtvaikaṃ karma kena ca labhyate
That fruit which one would obtain from resorting to these sacred fords — by which single act performed can the (fruit) of all of them be obtained?
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PdP 3 50.3
एतन्नो ब्रूहि सर्वज्ञ कर्मैवं यदि वर्तते । सूत उवाच- कर्मयोगः किल प्रोक्तो वर्णानां द्विजपूर्वशः
etanno brūhi sarvajña karmaivaṃ yadi vartate | sūta uvāca- karmayogaḥ kila prokto varṇānāṃ dvijapūrvaśaḥ
Tell us this, O all-knowing one, if such an act exists. The Sūta said: The path of action has indeed been declared for the classes, beginning with the twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 3 50.4
नानाविधो महाभागास्तत्र चैकं विशिष्यते । हरिभक्तिः कृता येन मनसा वचसा गिरा
nānāvidho mahābhāgāstatra caikaṃ viśiṣyate | haribhaktiḥ kṛtā yena manasā vacasā girā
It is of many kinds, O greatly fortunate ones, and among them one is preeminent: devotion to Hari performed with mind, with speech, with word.
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PdP 3 50.5
जितं तेन जितं तेन जितमेव न संशयः । हरिरेव समाराध्यः सर्वदेवेश्वरेश्वरः
jitaṃ tena jitaṃ tena jitameva na saṃśayaḥ | harireva samārādhyaḥ sarvadeveśvareśvaraḥ
By him it is won, by him it is won, indeed it is won — there is no doubt. Hari alone is to be worshipped, the lord of the lords of all gods.
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PdP 3 50.6
हरिनाममहामंत्रैर्नश्येत्पापपिशाचकम् । हरेः प्रदक्षिणं कृत्वा सकृदप्यमलाशयाः
harināmamahāmaṃtrairnaśyetpāpapiśācakam | hareḥ pradakṣiṇaṃ kṛtvā sakṛdapyamalāśayāḥ
By the great mantras that are Hari's names the goblin of sin perishes. Having circumambulated Hari even once, those of pure intent
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PdP 3 50.7
सर्वतीर्थसमाप्लावं लभंते यन्न संशयः । प्रतिमां च हरेर्दृष्ट्वा सर्वतीर्थफलं लभेत्
sarvatīrthasamāplāvaṃ labhaṃte yanna saṃśayaḥ | pratimāṃ ca harerdṛṣṭvā sarvatīrthaphalaṃ labhet
obtain the (merit of) bathing in all the sacred fords — of that there is no doubt. And by seeing an image of Hari one gains the fruit of all the fords.
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PdP 3 50.8
विष्णुनामपरं जप्त्वा सर्वमंत्रफलं लभेत् । विष्णुप्रसादतुलसीमाघ्राय द्विजसत्तमाः
viṣṇunāmaparaṃ japtvā sarvamaṃtraphalaṃ labhet | viṣṇuprasādatulasīmāghrāya dvijasattamāḥ
By muttering the supreme name of Viṣṇu one gains the fruit of all mantras. By smelling the tulasī offered to Viṣṇu, O best of the twice-born,
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PdP 3 50.9
प्रचंडं विकरालं तद्यमस्यास्यं न पश्यति । सकृत्प्रणामी कृष्णस्य मातुः स्तन्यं पिबेन्नहि
pracaṃḍaṃ vikarālaṃ tadyamasyāsyaṃ na paśyati | sakṛtpraṇāmī kṛṣṇasya mātuḥ stanyaṃ pibennahi
one does not behold that fierce and terrible mouth of Yama. He who bows even once to Kṛṣṇa will not (again) drink a mother's milk.
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PdP 3 50.10
हरिपादे मनो येषां तेभ्यो नित्यं नमोनमः । पुल्कसः श्वपचो वापि ये चान्ये म्लेच्छजातयः
haripāde mano yeṣāṃ tebhyo nityaṃ namonamaḥ | pulkasaḥ śvapaco vāpi ye cānye mlecchajātayaḥ
To those whose mind is on Hari's feet, homage again and again forever. Even a pulkasa or a dog-cooker, or others of barbarian birth —
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PdP 3 50.11
तेऽपि वंद्या महाभागा हरिपादैकसेवकाः । किं पुनर्ब्राह्मणाः पुण्या भक्ता राजर्षयस्तथा
te'pi vaṃdyā mahābhāgā haripādaikasevakāḥ | kiṃ punarbrāhmaṇāḥ puṇyā bhaktā rājarṣayastathā
they too are to be revered, greatly fortunate, if they serve Hari's feet alone; how much more the meritorious brahmins who are devotees, and the royal seers.
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PdP 3 50.12
हरौ भक्तिं विधायैव गर्भवासं न पश्यति । हरेरग्रे स्वनैरुच्चैर्नृत्यंस्तन्नामकृन्नरः
harau bhaktiṃ vidhāyaiva garbhavāsaṃ na paśyati | hareragre svanairuccairnṛtyaṃstannāmakṛnnaraḥ
Simply by rendering devotion to Hari one does not (again) see dwelling in a womb. The man who dances before Hari with loud cries, uttering his name,
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PdP 3 50.13
पुनाति भुवनं विप्रा गंगादि सलिलं यथा । दर्शनात्स्पर्शनात्तस्य आलापादपि भक्तितः
punāti bhuvanaṃ viprā gaṃgādi salilaṃ yathā | darśanātsparśanāttasya ālāpādapi bhaktitaḥ
purifies the world, O brahmins, as does the water of the Gaṅgā and the rest. By seeing him, by touching him, even by conversing with him with devotion,
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PdP 3 50.14
ब्रह्महत्यादिभिः पापैर्मुच्यते नात्र संशयः । हरेः प्रदक्षिणं कुर्वन्नुच्चैस्तन्नामकृन्नरः
brahmahatyādibhiḥ pāpairmucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ | hareḥ pradakṣiṇaṃ kurvannuccaistannāmakṛnnaraḥ
one is freed from sins such as the killing of a brahmin — there is no doubt here. The man who, circumambulating Hari, utters his name aloud,
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PdP 3 50.15
करतालादिसंधानं सुस्वरं कलशब्दितम् । ब्रह्महत्यादिकं पापं तेनैव करतालितम्
karatālādisaṃdhānaṃ susvaraṃ kalaśabditam | brahmahatyādikaṃ pāpaṃ tenaiva karatālitam
joining in with hand-clapping and the like, sweet-toned, resounding pleasantly — by that very act the sin of brahmin-killing and the rest is clapped away.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 3 50.16
हरिभक्तिकथामुक्त्वा ख्यायिकां शृणुयाच्च यः । तस्य संदर्शनादेव पूतो भवति मानवः
haribhaktikathāmuktvā khyāyikāṃ śṛṇuyācca yaḥ | tasya saṃdarśanādeva pūto bhavati mānavaḥ
He who, having spoken a tale of devotion to Hari, also listens to the narrative — merely by the sight of him a man becomes purified.
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PdP 3 50.17
किं पुनस्तस्य पापानामाशंका मुनिपुंगवाः । तीर्थानां च परं तीर्थं कृष्णनाम महर्षयः
kiṃ punastasya pāpānāmāśaṃkā munipuṃgavāḥ | tīrthānāṃ ca paraṃ tīrthaṃ kṛṣṇanāma maharṣayaḥ
How much more, then, (is there) any fear of sins for such a one, O bulls among sages? And the supreme tīrtha of all tīrthas is Kṛṣṇa's name, O great seers.
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PdP 3 50.18
तीर्थीकुर्वंति जगतीं गृहीतं कृष्णनाम यैः । तस्मान्मुनिवराः पुण्यं नातः परतरं विदुः
tīrthīkurvaṃti jagatīṃ gṛhītaṃ kṛṣṇanāma yaiḥ | tasmānmunivarāḥ puṇyaṃ nātaḥ parataraṃ viduḥ
Those by whom Kṛṣṇa's name has been taken up make the whole world into a place of pilgrimage; therefore, best of sages, (the wise) know no merit higher than this.
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PdP 3 50.19
विष्णुप्रसादनिर्माल्यं भुक्त्वा धृत्वा च मस्तके । विष्णुरेव भवेन्मर्त्यो यमशोकविनाशनः
viṣṇuprasādanirmālyaṃ bhuktvā dhṛtvā ca mastake | viṣṇureva bhavenmartyo yamaśokavināśanaḥ
Having eaten what has been offered to Viṣṇu as prasāda and worn (his) used garland-remnants upon the head, a mortal becomes Viṣṇu himself, destroyer of the grief of Yama.
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PdP 3 50.20
अर्चनीयो नमस्कार्यो हरिरेव न संशयः । ये महाविष्णुमव्यक्तं देवं वापि महेश्वरम्
arcanīyo namaskāryo harireva na saṃśayaḥ | ye mahāviṣṇumavyaktaṃ devaṃ vāpi maheśvaram
Hari alone is to be worshipped and bowed to — there is no doubt. Those who (see) the great unmanifest Viṣṇu, or the god Maheśvara (too),
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PdP 3 50.21
एकीभावेन पश्यंति न तेषां पुनरुद्भवः । तस्मादनादिनिधनं विष्णुमात्मानमव्ययम्
ekībhāvena paśyaṃti na teṣāṃ punarudbhavaḥ | tasmādanādinidhanaṃ viṣṇumātmānamavyayam
see (them) as being one — for them there is no rebirth. Therefore Viṣṇu, without beginning or end, the Self, imperishable,
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PdP 3 50.22
हरिं चैकं प्रपश्यध्वं पूजयध्वं तथैव हि । ये समानं प्रपश्यंति हरिं वै देवतांतरम्
hariṃ caikaṃ prapaśyadhvaṃ pūjayadhvaṃ tathaiva hi | ye samānaṃ prapaśyaṃti hariṃ vai devatāṃtaram
and Hari as one — see (him thus), and worship (him) just so. Those who look upon Hari as equal to some other deity,
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PdP 3 50.23
ते यांति नरकान्घोरांन्न तांस्तु गणयेद्धीरः । मूर्खं वा पंडितं वापि ब्राह्मणं केशवप्रियम्
te yāṃti narakānghorāṃnna tāṃstu gaṇayeddhīraḥ | mūrkhaṃ vā paṃḍitaṃ vāpi brāhmaṇaṃ keśavapriyam
they go to terrible hells; the steadfast man should not count them (among the living). Whether a fool or a learned man, a brahmin dear to Keśava,
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PdP 3 50.24
श्वपाकं वा मोचयति नारायणः स्वयं प्रभुः । नारायणात्परो नास्ति पापराशि दवानलः
śvapākaṃ vā mocayati nārāyaṇaḥ svayaṃ prabhuḥ | nārāyaṇātparo nāsti pāparāśi davānalaḥ
or even a dog-cooker (outcaste) — Nārāyaṇa, the Lord himself, sets (him) free. There is nothing higher than Nārāyaṇa, the forest-fire to the heap of sins.
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PdP 3 50.25
कृत्वापि पातकं घोरं कृष्णनाम्ना विमुच्यते । स्वयं नारायणो देवः स्वनाम्नि जगतां गुरुः
kṛtvāpi pātakaṃ ghoraṃ kṛṣṇanāmnā vimucyate | svayaṃ nārāyaṇo devaḥ svanāmni jagatāṃ guruḥ
Even after committing a terrible sin, one is released by Kṛṣṇa's name. The god Nārāyaṇa himself, the teacher of the worlds, in his own name
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PdP 3 50.26
आत्मनोऽभ्यधिकां शक्तिं स्थापयामास सुव्रताः । अत्र ये विवदंते वै आयासलघुदर्शनात्
ātmano'bhyadhikāṃ śaktiṃ sthāpayāmāsa suvratāḥ | atra ye vivadaṃte vai āyāsalaghudarśanāt
established a power greater than himself, O you of good vows. Those who dispute this, because the exertion appears slight,
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PdP 3 50.27
फलानां गौरवाच्चापि ते यांति नरकं बहु । तस्माद्धरौ भक्तिमान्स्याद्धरिनामपरायणः
phalānāṃ gauravāccāpi te yāṃti narakaṃ bahu | tasmāddharau bhaktimānsyāddharināmaparāyaṇaḥ
and because the fruits (promised) are weighty, they go to many a hell. Therefore let one be devoted to Hari, given over to Hari's name.
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PdP 3 50.28
पूजकं पृष्ठतो रक्षेन्नामिनं वक्षसि प्रभुः । हरिनाममहावज्रं पापपर्वतदारणे
pūjakaṃ pṛṣṭhato rakṣennāminaṃ vakṣasi prabhuḥ | harināmamahāvajraṃ pāpaparvatadāraṇe
The Lord guards the worshipper from behind, but the one who utters (his) name upon his own breast. Hari's name is the great thunderbolt for splitting the mountain of sin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 3 50.29
तस्य पादौ तु सफलौ तदर्थं गतिशालिनौ । तावेव धन्यावाख्यातौ यौ तु पूजाकरौ करौ
tasya pādau tu saphalau tadarthaṃ gatiśālinau | tāveva dhanyāvākhyātau yau tu pūjākarau karau
His two feet are fruitful, which move for that purpose; and those two hands alone are declared blessed which perform the worship.
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PdP 3 50.30
उत्तमांगमुत्तमांगं तद्धरौ नम्रमेव यत् । सा जिह्वा या हरिं स्तौति तन्मनस्तत्पदानुगम्
uttamāṃgamuttamāṃgaṃ taddharau namrameva yat | sā jihvā yā hariṃ stauti tanmanastatpadānugam
That is the highest limb among highest limbs (the head) which is bowed to Hari; that is the tongue which praises Hari, that the mind which follows after his feet.
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PdP 3 50.31
तानि लोमानि चोच्यंते यानि तन्नाम्नि चोत्थितम् । कुर्वंति तच्च नेत्रांबु यदच्युतप्रसंगतः
tāni lomāni cocyaṃte yāni tannāmni cotthitam | kurvaṃti tacca netrāṃbu yadacyutaprasaṃgataḥ
And those are (rightly) called body-hairs which rise up at his name; and (those eyes) make that tear-water which comes from contact with Acyuta.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 3 50.32
अहो लोका अतितरां दैवदोषेण वंचिताः । नामोच्चारणमात्रेण मुक्तिदं न भजंति वै
aho lokā atitarāṃ daivadoṣeṇa vaṃcitāḥ | nāmoccāraṇamātreṇa muktidaṃ na bhajaṃti vai
Alas, people are exceedingly cheated by an adverse fate: they do not worship him who grants liberation by the mere uttering of his name.
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PdP 3 50.33
वंचितास्ते च कलुषाः स्त्रीणां संगप्रसंगतः । प्रतिष्ठंति च लोमानि येषां नो कृष्णशब्दने
vaṃcitāste ca kaluṣāḥ strīṇāṃ saṃgaprasaṃgataḥ | pratiṣṭhaṃti ca lomāni yeṣāṃ no kṛṣṇaśabdane
And those foul ones are cheated by their addiction to the company of women, whose body-hairs do not stand erect at the sound of "Kṛṣṇa."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 3 50.34
ते मूर्खा ह्यकृतात्मानः पुत्रशोकादि विह्वलाः । रुदंति बहुलालापैर्न कृष्णाक्षरकीर्तने
te mūrkhā hyakṛtātmānaḥ putraśokādi vihvalāḥ | rudaṃti bahulālāpairna kṛṣṇākṣarakīrtane
Those fools, undisciplined in self, overwhelmed by grief for a son and the like, weep with much wailing, but not at the chanting of Kṛṣṇa's syllables.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 3 50.35
जिह्वां लब्ध्वापि लोकेऽस्मिन्कृष्णनामजपेन्नहि । लब्ध्वापि मुक्तिसोपानं हेलयैव च्यवंति ते
jihvāṃ labdhvāpi loke'sminkṛṣṇanāmajapennahi | labdhvāpi muktisopānaṃ helayaiva cyavaṃti te
Though he has obtained a tongue in this world, he does not murmur Kṛṣṇa's name; though they have obtained the stairway to liberation, they fall away out of sheer neglect.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 3 50.36
तस्माद्यत्नेन वै विष्णुं कर्मयोगेन मानवः । कर्मयोगार्च्चितो विष्णुः प्रसीदत्येव नान्यथा
tasmādyatnena vai viṣṇuṃ karmayogena mānavaḥ | karmayogārccito viṣṇuḥ prasīdatyeva nānyathā
Therefore let a man (worship) Viṣṇu with effort, by the yoga of works; Viṣṇu, worshipped by the yoga of works, is indeed pleased, and not otherwise.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 3 50.37
तीर्थादप्यधिकं तीर्थं विष्णोर्भजनमुच्यते । सर्वेषां खलु तीर्थानां स्नानपानावगाहनैः
tīrthādapyadhikaṃ tīrthaṃ viṣṇorbhajanamucyate | sarveṣāṃ khalu tīrthānāṃ snānapānāvagāhanaiḥ
The worship of Viṣṇu is called a place of pilgrimage greater even than a place of pilgrimage. Indeed, by bathing in, drinking from, and immersing oneself in all the sacred fords—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 3 50.38
यत्फलं लभते मर्त्यस्तत्फलं कृष्णसेवनात् । यजंते कर्मयोगेन धन्या एव नरा हरिम्
yatphalaṃ labhate martyastatphalaṃ kṛṣṇasevanāt | yajaṃte karmayogena dhanyā eva narā harim
—whatever fruit a mortal obtains, that same fruit (comes) from serving Kṛṣṇa. Blessed indeed are those men who worship Hari by the discipline of action.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 3 50.39
तस्माद्भजध्वं मुनयः कृष्णं परममंगलम्
tasmādbhajadhvaṃ munayaḥ kṛṣṇaṃ paramamaṃgalam
Therefore, O sages, worship Kṛṣṇa, the supreme auspiciousness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition