Padma Purana — Svarga Khanda — Chapter 54
PdP 3 54.1
व्यास उवाच- वेदं वेदौ तथा वेदान्वेदांगानि तथा द्विजाः । अधीत्य चाधिगम्यार्थं ततः स्नायाद्द्विजोत्तमः
vyāsa uvāca- vedaṃ vedau tathā vedānvedāṃgāni tathā dvijāḥ | adhītya cādhigamyārthaṃ tataḥ snāyāddvijottamaḥ
Vyāsa said: Having studied one Veda, or two Vedas, or (all) the Vedas, and likewise the limbs of the Veda, O twice-born, and having grasped their meaning, the best of the twice-born should then take the (concluding) bath.
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PdP 3 54.2
गुरवे तु धनं दत्वा स्नायीत तदनुज्ञया । तीर्णव्रतोथ युक्तात्मा शक्तो वा स्नातुमर्हति
gurave tu dhanaṃ datvā snāyīta tadanujñayā | tīrṇavratotha yuktātmā śakto vā snātumarhati
But having given wealth to the teacher, he should bathe with his permission; one who has completed his vows and is self-controlled, or one who is capable, is fit to bathe.
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PdP 3 54.3
वैणवीं धारयेद्यष्टिमंतर्वासस्तथोत्तरम् । यज्ञोपवीतद्वितयं सोदकं च कमंडलुम्
vaiṇavīṃ dhārayedyaṣṭimaṃtarvāsastathottaram | yajñopavītadvitayaṃ sodakaṃ ca kamaṃḍalum
He should carry a bamboo staff, an inner garment and likewise an upper one, a pair of sacred threads, and a water-pot with water,
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PdP 3 54.4
छत्रं चोष्णीषममलं पादुके चाप्युपानहौ । रौक्मे च कुंडले धार्ये कृत्तकेशनखः शुचिः
chatraṃ coṣṇīṣamamalaṃ pāduke cāpyupānahau | raukme ca kuṃḍale dhārye kṛttakeśanakhaḥ śuciḥ
an umbrella and a clean turban, wooden sandals and also shoes; and two golden earrings are to be worn; (he should be) with hair and nails trimmed, pure.
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PdP 3 54.5
अन्यत्र कांचनाद्विप्रो न रक्तां बिभृयात्स्रजम् । शुक्लांबरधरो नित्यं सुगंधः प्रियदर्शनः
anyatra kāṃcanādvipro na raktāṃ bibhṛyātsrajam | śuklāṃbaradharo nityaṃ sugaṃdhaḥ priyadarśanaḥ
Except one of gold, a brahmin should not wear a red garland; he should always wear white garments, be fragrant and pleasant to look upon.
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PdP 3 54.6
न जीर्ण मलवद्वासा भवेद्वै विभवे सति । न रक्तमुल्बणं चान्य धृतं वासो न कुंडलम्
na jīrṇa malavadvāsā bhavedvai vibhave sati | na raktamulbaṇaṃ cānya dhṛtaṃ vāso na kuṃḍalam
He should not wear worn-out, dirty clothes when he has the means; nor a red or gaudy one, nor another's garment that has been worn, nor (another's) earring.
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PdP 3 54.7
नोपानहौ स्रजं चाथ पादुके च प्रयोजयेत् । उपवीतमलंकारं दर्शयन्कृष्णमाजिनम्
nopānahau srajaṃ cātha pāduke ca prayojayet | upavītamalaṃkāraṃ darśayankṛṣṇamājinam
Nor should he make use of (another's) shoes, garland, or sandals; (nor) the sacred thread, an ornament, (nor) display a black antelope skin.
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PdP 3 54.8
नापसव्यं परीदध्याद्वासो न विकृतं वसेत् । आहरेद्विधिवद्दारान्सदृशानात्मनः शुभान्
nāpasavyaṃ parīdadhyādvāso na vikṛtaṃ vaset | āharedvidhivaddārānsadṛśānātmanaḥ śubhān
He should not put on his garment reversed (right to left), nor wear it in an unseemly way. He should take, according to rule, an auspicious wife suited to himself,
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PdP 3 54.9
रूपलक्षणसंयुक्तान्योनिदोषविवर्जितान् । अपितृगोत्रजभवामन्यमानुषगोत्रजाम्
rūpalakṣaṇasaṃyuktānyonidoṣavivarjitān | apitṛgotrajabhavāmanyamānuṣagotrajām
endowed with beauty and (auspicious) marks, free from defect of birth, not born in the father's gotra, born in another human's gotra.
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PdP 3 54.10
आहरेद्ब्राह्मणो भार्यां शीलशौचसमन्विताम् । ऋतुकालाभिगामी स्याद्यावत्पुत्रोभिजायते
āharedbrāhmaṇo bhāryāṃ śīlaśaucasamanvitām | ṛtukālābhigāmī syādyāvatputrobhijāyate
A brahmin should take a wife endowed with good conduct and purity; he should approach her at the season, until a son is born.
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PdP 3 54.11
वर्जयेत्प्रतिषिद्धानि प्रयत्नेन दिनानि तु । षष्ठ्यष्टमीं पंचदशीं द्वादशीं च चतुर्दशीम्
varjayetpratiṣiddhāni prayatnena dināni tu | ṣaṣṭhyaṣṭamīṃ paṃcadaśīṃ dvādaśīṃ ca caturdaśīm
But he should carefully avoid the forbidden days: the sixth, the eighth, the fifteenth, the twelfth, and the fourteenth.
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PdP 3 54.12
ब्रह्मचारी भवेन्नित्यं तद्वज्जन्मत्रयाहनि । आदधीत विवाहाग्निं जुहुयाज्जातवेदसम्
brahmacārī bhavennityaṃ tadvajjanmatrayāhani | ādadhīta vivāhāgniṃ juhuyājjātavedasam
He should always remain continent (on those days), and likewise on the days of the three birth(-stars?). He should establish the marriage fire and offer oblations to Fire (Jātavedas).
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PdP 3 54.13
एतानि स्नातको नित्यं पावनानि च पावयेत् । वेदोदितं स्वकं कर्म्म नित्यं कुर्यादतंद्रितः
etāni snātako nityaṃ pāvanāni ca pāvayet | vedoditaṃ svakaṃ karmma nityaṃ kuryādataṃdritaḥ
The bathed graduate (snātaka) should ever (perform) these purifying acts and (thereby) purify (himself); untiring, he should ever do his own work as declared in the Veda.
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PdP 3 54.14
अकुर्वाणः पतत्याशु नरकानतिभीषणान् । अभ्यसेत्प्रयतो वेदं महायज्ञान्न हापयेत्
akurvāṇaḥ patatyāśu narakānatibhīṣaṇān | abhyasetprayato vedaṃ mahāyajñānna hāpayet
Not doing (them) he swiftly falls into most terrifying hells; restrained, he should recite the Veda and should not let the great sacrifices lapse.
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PdP 3 54.15
कुर्याद्गृह्याणि कार्याणि संध्योपासनमेव च । सख्यं समाधिकैः कुर्यादुपेयादीश्वरं सदा
kuryādgṛhyāṇi kāryāṇi saṃdhyopāsanameva ca | sakhyaṃ samādhikaiḥ kuryādupeyādīśvaraṃ sadā
He should perform the domestic rites and the worship at the twilights; he should make friendship with those equal or superior (to himself), and should always approach the Lord.
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PdP 3 54.16
दैवतान्यभिगच्छेत कुर्य्याद्भार्य्याभिपोषणम् । न धर्मं ख्यापयेद्विद्वान्न पापं गूहयेदपि
daivatānyabhigaccheta kuryyādbhāryyābhipoṣaṇam | na dharmaṃ khyāpayedvidvānna pāpaṃ gūhayedapi
He should go to (worship) the deities, and should maintain his wife; the learned man should not proclaim his own merit, nor should he conceal his sin.
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PdP 3 54.17
कुर्वीतात्महितं नित्यं सर्वभूतानुकंपकः । वयसः कर्म्मणोऽर्थस्य श्रुतस्याभिजनस्य च
kurvītātmahitaṃ nityaṃ sarvabhūtānukaṃpakaḥ | vayasaḥ karmmaṇo'rthasya śrutasyābhijanasya ca
Compassionate to all beings, he should always do what benefits himself; of age, of action, of wealth, of learning and of birth —
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PdP 3 54.18
देशवाग्बुद्धिसारूप्यमाचरन्विचरेत्सदा । श्रुतिस्मृत्युदितं सम्यक्साधुभिर्यश्च सेवितः
deśavāgbuddhisārūpyamācaranvicaretsadā | śrutismṛtyuditaṃ samyaksādhubhiryaśca sevitaḥ
— practising conformity of place, speech and thought (to these), he should always move about; (that conduct) which is declared in śruti and smṛti and rightly followed by the good —
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PdP 3 54.19
तमाचारं निषेवेत नेहेतान्यत्र कर्हिचित् । येनास्य पितरो याता येन याताः पितामहाः
tamācāraṃ niṣeveta nehetānyatra karhicit | yenāsya pitaro yātā yena yātāḥ pitāmahāḥ
— that conduct he should follow; he should never desire anything else. That by which his fathers went, by which his grandfathers went,
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PdP 3 54.20
तेन यायात्सतां मार्गं तेन गच्छन्न दुष्यति । नित्यं स्वाध्यायशीलः स्यान्नित्यं यज्ञोपवीतवान्
tena yāyātsatāṃ mārgaṃ tena gacchanna duṣyati | nityaṃ svādhyāyaśīlaḥ syānnityaṃ yajñopavītavān
by that he should go, the path of the good; going by that he is not defiled. He should be constantly given to private recitation, and always wearing the sacrificial thread.
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PdP 3 54.21
सत्यवादी जितक्रोधो लोभमोहविवर्जितः । सावित्रीजाप निरतः श्राद्धकृन्मुच्यते गृही
satyavādī jitakrodho lobhamohavivarjitaḥ | sāvitrījāpa nirataḥ śrāddhakṛnmucyate gṛhī
Speaking truth, with anger conquered, free of greed and delusion, devoted to the muttering of the Sāvitrī, performing the śrāddha rites — such a householder is released.
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PdP 3 54.22
मातापित्रोर्हिते युक्तो ब्राह्मणस्य हिते रतः । दाता यज्वा देवभक्तो ब्रह्मलोके महीयते
mātāpitrorhite yukto brāhmaṇasya hite rataḥ | dātā yajvā devabhakto brahmaloke mahīyate
Intent on the welfare of mother and father, devoted to the welfare of the brahmin, a giver, a sacrificer, devoted to the gods — he is magnified in the world of Brahmā.
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PdP 3 54.23
त्रिवर्गसेवी सततं देवानां च समर्चनम् । कुर्यादहरहर्नित्यं नमस्येत्प्रयतः सुरान्
trivargasevī satataṃ devānāṃ ca samarcanam | kuryādaharaharnityaṃ namasyetprayataḥ surān
Constantly pursuing the three aims, and the full worship of the gods he should do day after day; restrained, he should bow to the gods.
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PdP 3 54.24
विभागशीलः सततं क्षमायुक्तो दयालुकः । गृहस्थस्तु समाख्यातो न गृहेण गृही भवेत्
vibhāgaśīlaḥ satataṃ kṣamāyukto dayālukaḥ | gṛhasthastu samākhyāto na gṛheṇa gṛhī bhavet
Constantly given to sharing (his goods), endowed with patience, compassionate — such a one is called a householder; one does not become a householder by (merely having) a house.
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PdP 3 54.25
क्षमा दया च विज्ञानं सत्यं चैव दमः शमः । अध्यात्मनित्यता ज्ञानमेतद्ब्राह्मणलक्षणम्
kṣamā dayā ca vijñānaṃ satyaṃ caiva damaḥ śamaḥ | adhyātmanityatā jñānametadbrāhmaṇalakṣaṇam
Patience, compassion, discernment, truth, self-restraint, calm, constancy in what concerns the self, knowledge — this is the mark of a brahmin.
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PdP 3 54.26
एतस्मान्न प्रमाद्येत विशेषेण द्विजोत्तमः । यथाशक्ति चरन्धर्म्मं निंदितानि विवर्जयेत्
etasmānna pramādyeta viśeṣeṇa dvijottamaḥ | yathāśakti carandharmmaṃ niṃditāni vivarjayet
From this the best of the twice-born should especially not be negligent; practising dharma to the best of his power, he should avoid what is blamed.
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PdP 3 54.27
विधूय मोहकलिलं लब्ध्वा योगमनुत्तमम् । गृहस्थो मुच्यते बंधान्नात्र कार्याविचारणा
vidhūya mohakalilaṃ labdhvā yogamanuttamam | gṛhastho mucyate baṃdhānnātra kāryāvicāraṇā
Having shaken off the mire of delusion and attained the unsurpassed yoga, the householder is released from bonds; here there is no need to deliberate.
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PdP 3 54.28
विगर्हित जय क्षेप हिंसा बंधवधात्मनाम् । अन्यमन्यु समुत्थानां दोषाणां मर्षणं क्षमा
vigarhita jaya kṣepa hiṃsā baṃdhavadhātmanām | anyamanyu samutthānāṃ doṣāṇāṃ marṣaṇaṃ kṣamā
The enduring of faults arising from another's anger — abuse, being overcome, reviling, injury, binding and killing of oneself — is patience.
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PdP 3 54.29
स्वदुःखेष्वेव कारुण्यं परदुःखेषु सौहृदम् । दयेति मुनयः प्राहुः साक्षाद्धर्मस्य साधनम्
svaduḥkheṣveva kāruṇyaṃ paraduḥkheṣu sauhṛdam | dayeti munayaḥ prāhuḥ sākṣāddharmasya sādhanam
Pity in one's own sorrows, and fellow-feeling in the sorrows of others — this the sages have called compassion, the direct means to dharma.
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PdP 3 54.30
चतुर्दशानां विद्यानां धारणा हि परार्थतः । विज्ञानमिति तद्विद्याद्येन धर्मो विवर्धते
caturdaśānāṃ vidyānāṃ dhāraṇā hi parārthataḥ | vijñānamiti tadvidyādyena dharmo vivardhate
The holding of the fourteen branches of learning for the sake of others — let him know that as discernment, by which dharma increases.
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PdP 3 54.31
अधीत्य विधिवद्विद्यामर्थं चैवोपलभ्यते । धर्मकार्याणि कुर्वीत ह्येतद्विज्ञानमुच्यते
adhītya vidhivadvidyāmarthaṃ caivopalabhyate | dharmakāryāṇi kurvīta hyetadvijñānamucyate
Having duly studied a science, wealth too is obtained; he should perform the works of dharma — this indeed is called discernment.
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PdP 3 54.32
सत्येन लोकं जयति सत्यं तत्परमं पदम् । यथा भूता प्रमादं तु सत्यमाहुर्मनीषिणः
satyena lokaṃ jayati satyaṃ tatparamaṃ padam | yathā bhūtā pramādaṃ tu satyamāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ
By truth one conquers the world; truth is that highest state. The wise call truth the speaking of things as they really are.
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PdP 3 54.33
दमः शरीरोपरतिः शमः प्रज्ञाप्रसादतः । अध्यात्ममक्षरं विद्या यत्र गत्वा न शोचति
damaḥ śarīroparatiḥ śamaḥ prajñāprasādataḥ | adhyātmamakṣaraṃ vidyā yatra gatvā na śocati
Self-restraint is the cessation of bodily (activity); tranquillity comes from the clarity of the understanding. The imperishable pertaining to the Self is (true) knowledge, going where one does not grieve.
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PdP 3 54.34
यया स देवोभगवान्विद्यया विद्यते परः । साक्षादेव हृषीकेशस्तज्ज्ञानमिति कीर्तितम्
yayā sa devobhagavānvidyayā vidyate paraḥ | sākṣādeva hṛṣīkeśastajjñānamiti kīrtitam
That knowledge by which the supreme Lord, the god, is known — Hṛṣīkeśa himself, directly — that is proclaimed to be (true) knowledge.
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PdP 3 54.35
तन्निष्ठस्तत्परो विद्वान्नित्यमक्रोधनः शुचिः । महायज्ञपरो विप्रो लभते तदनुत्तमम्
tanniṣṭhastatparo vidvānnityamakrodhanaḥ śuciḥ | mahāyajñaparo vipro labhate tadanuttamam
A learned brahmin, fixed on that, devoted to that, always free from anger, pure, intent on the great sacrifices, attains that unsurpassed (state).
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PdP 3 54.36
धर्मस्यायतनं यत्नाच्छरीरं परिपालयेत् । नहि देहं विना विष्णुः पुरुषैर्विद्यतेपरः
dharmasyāyatanaṃ yatnāccharīraṃ paripālayet | nahi dehaṃ vinā viṣṇuḥ puruṣairvidyateparaḥ
One should carefully protect the body, the seat of dharma; for without a body the supreme Viṣṇu is not found by men.
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PdP 3 54.37
नित्यं धर्मार्थकामेषु युज्येत नियतो द्विजः । न धर्मवर्जितं काममर्थं वा मनसा स्मरेत्
nityaṃ dharmārthakāmeṣu yujyeta niyato dvijaḥ | na dharmavarjitaṃ kāmamarthaṃ vā manasā smaret
A twice-born, self-controlled, should always be engaged in dharma, wealth, and pleasure; he should not even in thought call to mind a pleasure or a gain devoid of dharma.
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PdP 3 54.38
सीदन्नपि हि धर्मेण न त्वधर्मं समाचरेत् । धर्मो हि भगवान्देवो गतिः सर्वेषु जंतुषु
sīdannapi hi dharmeṇa na tvadharmaṃ samācaret | dharmo hi bhagavāndevo gatiḥ sarveṣu jaṃtuṣu
Even if he is sinking (into ruin) through dharma, he should still not practise unrighteousness; for dharma is the divine Lord, the (final) resort of all creatures.
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PdP 3 54.39
भूतानांप्रियकारीस्यान्नपरद्रो हकर्मधीः । न वेददेवतानिंदां कुर्य्यात्तैश्च न संवसेत्
bhūtānāṃpriyakārīsyānnaparadro hakarmadhīḥ | na vedadevatāniṃdāṃ kuryyāttaiśca na saṃvaset
He should be a doer of what is dear to (all) beings, with no mind for deeds that injure others; he should not revile the Vedas or the gods, nor dwell together with those who do.
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PdP 3 54.40
यस्त्विमं नियतो मर्त्यो धर्माध्यायं पठेच्छुचिः । अध्यापयेच्छ्रावयेद्वा ब्रह्मलोके महीयते
yastvimaṃ niyato martyo dharmādhyāyaṃ paṭhecchuciḥ | adhyāpayecchrāvayedvā brahmaloke mahīyate
But the mortal who, self-controlled and pure, recites this chapter on dharma, or teaches it, or causes it to be heard, is honoured in the world of Brahmā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition