Padma Purana — Svarga Khanda — Chapter 59
PdP 3 59.1
व्यास उवाच- एवं वनाश्रमे स्थित्वा तृतीयं भागमायुषः । चतुर्थं चायुषो भागं संन्यासेन नयेत्क्रमात्
vyāsa uvāca- evaṃ vanāśrame sthitvā tṛtīyaṃ bhāgamāyuṣaḥ | caturthaṃ cāyuṣo bhāgaṃ saṃnyāsena nayetkramāt
Vyāsa said: Having thus dwelt in the forest stage of life for a third part of his lifespan, he should pass the fourth part of his lifespan, in due order, in renunciation.
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PdP 3 59.2
अग्नीनात्मनि संस्थाप्य द्विजः प्रव्रजितो भवेत् । योगाभ्यासरतः शांतो ब्रह्मविद्यापरायणः
agnīnātmani saṃsthāpya dvijaḥ pravrajito bhavet | yogābhyāsarataḥ śāṃto brahmavidyāparāyaṇaḥ
Having established the (sacrificial) fires within himself, the twice-born should become a wanderer, devoted to the practice of yoga, calm, wholly intent on the knowledge of Brahman.
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PdP 3 59.3
यदा मनसि संपन्नं वैराग्यं सर्ववस्तुषु । तदा संन्यासमिच्छेच्च पतितः स्याद्विपर्यये
yadā manasi saṃpannaṃ vairāgyaṃ sarvavastuṣu | tadā saṃnyāsamicchecca patitaḥ syādviparyaye
When dispassion toward all things has become complete in his mind, then he should desire renunciation; in the contrary case he would be fallen.
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PdP 3 59.4
प्राजापत्यां निरूप्येष्टिमाग्नेयीमथवा पुनः । दांतः शुक्लकषायोसौ ब्रह्माश्रममुपाश्रयेत्
prājāpatyāṃ nirūpyeṣṭimāgneyīmathavā punaḥ | dāṃtaḥ śuklakaṣāyosau brahmāśramamupāśrayet
Having performed the offering to Prajāpati, or else again the one to Agni, self-controlled, wearing white or ochre, he should take up the Brahman stage of life.
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PdP 3 59.5
ज्ञानसंन्यासिनः केचिद्वेदसंन्यासिनोऽपरे । कर्मसंन्यासिनस्त्वन्ये त्रिविधाः परिकीर्तिताः
jñānasaṃnyāsinaḥ kecidvedasaṃnyāsino'pare | karmasaṃnyāsinastvanye trividhāḥ parikīrtitāḥ
Some are renouncers through knowledge, others renouncers of the Veda, and yet others renouncers of ritual action: they are declared to be of three kinds.
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PdP 3 59.6
यः सर्वत्र विनिर्मुक्तो निर्द्वंद्वश्चैव निर्भयः । प्रोच्यते ज्ञानसंन्यासी आत्मन्येव व्यवस्थितः
yaḥ sarvatra vinirmukto nirdvaṃdvaścaiva nirbhayaḥ | procyate jñānasaṃnyāsī ātmanyeva vyavasthitaḥ
He who is wholly freed in every respect, beyond the pairs of opposites and without fear, is called a renouncer through knowledge, established in the self alone.
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PdP 3 59.7
वेदमेवाभ्यसेन्नित्यं निराशीर्निष्परिग्रहः । प्रोच्यते वेदसंन्यासी मुमुक्षुर्विजितेंद्रियः
vedamevābhyasennityaṃ nirāśīrniṣparigrahaḥ | procyate vedasaṃnyāsī mumukṣurvijiteṃdriyaḥ
He should constantly practise the Veda alone, without desires and without possessions: such a one, seeking release and having conquered his senses, is called a renouncer of the Veda.
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PdP 3 59.8
यस्त्वग्निमात्मसाकृत्वा ब्रह्मार्पणपरो द्विजः । ज्ञेयः स कर्मसंन्यासी महायज्ञपरायणः
yastvagnimātmasākṛtvā brahmārpaṇaparo dvijaḥ | jñeyaḥ sa karmasaṃnyāsī mahāyajñaparāyaṇaḥ
But the twice-born who, having made the fire into his own self, is intent on offering to Brahman—he is to be known as a renouncer of ritual action, wholly given to the great sacrifice.
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PdP 3 59.9
त्रयाणामपि चैतेषां ज्ञानी त्वभ्यधिको मतः । न तस्य विद्यते कार्यं न लिंगं वा विपश्चितः
trayāṇāmapi caiteṣāṃ jñānī tvabhyadhiko mataḥ | na tasya vidyate kāryaṃ na liṃgaṃ vā vipaścitaḥ
Of these three, the one who has knowledge is held to be superior; for that wise one there exists no duty to be done, nor any outward mark.
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PdP 3 59.10
निर्ममो निर्भयः शांतो निर्द्वंद्वः पर्णभोजनः । जीर्णकौपीनवासाः स्यान्नग्नो वा ध्यानतत्परः
nirmamo nirbhayaḥ śāṃto nirdvaṃdvaḥ parṇabhojanaḥ | jīrṇakaupīnavāsāḥ syānnagno vā dhyānatatparaḥ
Free of the sense of mine, fearless, calm, beyond the pairs of opposites, eating leaves, he should be clothed in a worn-out loincloth, or naked, wholly intent on meditation.
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PdP 3 59.11
ब्रह्मचारी जिताहारो ग्रामादन्नं समाहरेत् । अध्यात्मरतिरासीत निरपेक्षो निराशिषः
brahmacārī jitāhāro grāmādannaṃ samāharet | adhyātmaratirāsīta nirapekṣo nirāśiṣaḥ
Chaste, with his food controlled, he should gather food from a village; he should sit taking delight in the supreme Self, without dependence, without wishes.
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PdP 3 59.12
आत्मनैव सहायेन सुखार्थं विचरेदिह । नाभिनंदेत मरणं नाभिनंदेत जीवनम्
ātmanaiva sahāyena sukhārthaṃ vicarediha | nābhinaṃdeta maraṇaṃ nābhinaṃdeta jīvanam
With the self alone as his companion he should wander here for the sake of happiness; he should not welcome death, nor should he welcome life.
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PdP 3 59.13
कालमेव प्रतीक्षेत निर्देशं भृतको यथा । नाध्येतव्यं न वर्तव्यं श्रोतव्यं न कदाचन
kālameva pratīkṣeta nirdeśaṃ bhṛtako yathā | nādhyetavyaṃ na vartavyaṃ śrotavyaṃ na kadācana
He should simply await his time, as a hired servant awaits his orders; nothing is to be studied, nothing to be told, nothing ever to be listened to.
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PdP 3 59.14
एवं ज्ञानपरो योगी ब्रह्मभूयाय कल्पते । एकवासाथ वा विद्वान्कौपीनाच्छादनोपि वा
evaṃ jñānaparo yogī brahmabhūyāya kalpate | ekavāsātha vā vidvānkaupīnācchādanopi vā
Thus the yogin devoted to knowledge becomes fit for the state of Brahman; the wise one may have a single garment, or only a loincloth for covering.
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PdP 3 59.15
मुंडी शिखी वाथ भवेत्त्रिदंडी निष्परिग्रहः । काषायवासाः सततं ध्यानयोगपरायणः
muṃḍī śikhī vātha bhavettridaṃḍī niṣparigrahaḥ | kāṣāyavāsāḥ satataṃ dhyānayogaparāyaṇaḥ
Or he may be shaven-headed, or wear a topknot, bearing the triple staff, without possessions, clad always in ochre, wholly given to the yoga of meditation.
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PdP 3 59.16
ग्रामांते वृक्षमूले वा वसेद्देवालयेपि वा । समः शत्रौ तथा मित्रे तथा मानापमानयोः
grāmāṃte vṛkṣamūle vā vaseddevālayepi vā | samaḥ śatrau tathā mitre tathā mānāpamānayoḥ
He should dwell at the edge of a village, or at the root of a tree, or even in a temple, the same toward an enemy and toward a friend, and the same in honour and dishonour.
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PdP 3 59.17
भैक्ष्येण वर्तयेन्नित्यं नैकान्नादी भवेत्क्वच्चित् । यस्तु मोहेन वान्यस्मादेकान्नादी भवेद्यतिः
bhaikṣyeṇa vartayennityaṃ naikānnādī bhavetkvaccit | yastu mohena vānyasmādekānnādī bhavedyatiḥ
He should always live by begging; he should never be one who eats the food of a single (household). But the ascetic who, through delusion or for some other reason, becomes an eater of a single one's food—
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PdP 3 59.18
न तस्य निष्कृतिः काचिद्धर्मशास्त्रेषु दृश्यते । रागद्वेषवियुक्तात्मा समलोष्टाश्मकांचनः
na tasya niṣkṛtiḥ kāciddharmaśāstreṣu dṛśyate | rāgadveṣaviyuktātmā samaloṣṭāśmakāṃcanaḥ
—for him no expiation whatever is found in the treatises on dharma. (Let him be) one whose self is free of attraction and aversion, regarding a clod, a stone, and gold as the same.
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PdP 3 59.19
प्राणिहिंसानिवृत्तश्च मौनी स्यात्सर्वनिस्पृहः । दृष्टिपूतं न्यसेत्पादं वस्त्रपूतं जलं पिबेत्
prāṇihiṃsānivṛttaśca maunī syātsarvanispṛhaḥ | dṛṣṭipūtaṃ nyasetpādaṃ vastrapūtaṃ jalaṃ pibet
And, having desisted from harming living beings, he should keep silence, free of all craving; he should set down his foot only where he has looked, and drink water strained through a cloth.
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PdP 3 59.20
सत्यपूतां वदेद्वाणीं मनःपूतं समाचरेत् । नैकत्र निवसेद्देशे वर्षाभ्योन्यत्र भिक्षुकः
satyapūtāṃ vadedvāṇīṃ manaḥpūtaṃ samācaret | naikatra nivaseddeśe varṣābhyonyatra bhikṣukaḥ
He should speak speech purified by truth, and act in what is purified by the mind; a mendicant should not dwell in one place, except during the rains.
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PdP 3 59.21
स्नात्वा शौचयुतो नित्यं कमंडलुकरः शुचिः । ब्रह्मचर्यरतो नित्यं वनवासरतो भवेत्
snātvā śaucayuto nityaṃ kamaṃḍalukaraḥ śuciḥ | brahmacaryarato nityaṃ vanavāsarato bhavet
Having bathed, always endowed with purity, water-pot in hand, clean, ever devoted to chastity, he should be devoted to dwelling in the forest.
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PdP 3 59.22
मोक्षशास्त्रेषु निरतो ब्रह्मसूत्री जितेंद्रियः । दंभाहंकारनिर्मुक्तो निंदापैशुन्यवर्जितः
mokṣaśāstreṣu nirato brahmasūtrī jiteṃdriyaḥ | daṃbhāhaṃkāranirmukto niṃdāpaiśunyavarjitaḥ
Intent upon the scriptures of liberation, wearing the sacred thread, his senses subdued, free of hypocrisy and egotism, avoiding slander and backbiting—
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PdP 3 59.23
आत्मज्ञानगुणोपेतो यदि मोक्षमवाप्नुयात् । अभ्यसेत्सततं देवं प्रणवाख्यं सनातनम्
ātmajñānaguṇopeto yadi mokṣamavāpnuyāt | abhyasetsatataṃ devaṃ praṇavākhyaṃ sanātanam
—possessed of the virtue of knowledge of the self, if he would attain liberation, he should constantly practise (the recitation of) the eternal deity called the praṇava (Om).
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PdP 3 59.24
स्नात्वाचम्य विधानेन शुचिर्देवालयादिषु । यज्ञोपवीती शांतात्मा कुशपाणिः समाहितः
snātvācamya vidhānena śucirdevālayādiṣu | yajñopavītī śāṃtātmā kuśapāṇiḥ samāhitaḥ
Having bathed and sipped water according to the rule, pure, in temples and such places, wearing the sacrificial thread, of tranquil mind, kuśa grass in hand, concentrated,
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PdP 3 59.25
धौतकाषायवसनो तस्मिञ्छन्नतनूरुहः । अधियज्ञं ब्रह्मजपेदाधिदैविकमेव च
dhautakāṣāyavasano tasmiñchannatanūruhaḥ | adhiyajñaṃ brahmajapedādhidaivikameva ca
clad in washed ochre garments, with his body hair covered by it, he should recite the brahman-text relating to sacrifice and also that relating to the deities,
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PdP 3 59.26
आध्यात्मिकं च सततं वेदान्ताभिहितं च यत् । पुत्रेषु चाथ निवसन्ब्रह्मचारी यतिर्मुनिः
ādhyātmikaṃ ca satataṃ vedāntābhihitaṃ ca yat | putreṣu cātha nivasanbrahmacārī yatirmuniḥ
and constantly that which concerns the self and is declared in the Vedānta; and dwelling among (his) sons, the chaste ascetic, the silent sage,
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PdP 3 59.27
वेदमेवाभ्यसेन्नित्यं स याति परमां गतिम् । अहिंसासत्यमस्तेयं ब्रह्मचर्यं तपः परम्
vedamevābhyasennityaṃ sa yāti paramāṃ gatim | ahiṃsāsatyamasteyaṃ brahmacaryaṃ tapaḥ param
should study the Veda alone always—he goes to the highest goal. Non-injury, truth, non-stealing, chastity, supreme austerity,
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PdP 3 59.28
क्षमादया च संतोषो व्रतान्यस्य विशेषतः । वेदांतज्ञाननिष्ठो वा पंचयज्ञान्समाहितः
kṣamādayā ca saṃtoṣo vratānyasya viśeṣataḥ | vedāṃtajñānaniṣṭho vā paṃcayajñānsamāhitaḥ
patience, compassion, and contentment—these are his observances especially. Either established in the knowledge of Vedānta, or, concentrated, (performing) the five sacrifices,
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PdP 3 59.29
कुर्य्यादहरहः स्नात्वा भिक्षार्थे नैव तेन हि । होममंत्रान्जपेन्नित्यं कालेकाले समाहितः
kuryyādaharahaḥ snātvā bhikṣārthe naiva tena hi | homamaṃtrānjapennityaṃ kālekāle samāhitaḥ
he should do (them) day by day, having bathed, and not indeed for the sake of alms by that means; he should constantly murmur the oblation-mantras, concentrated at each proper time.
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PdP 3 59.30
स्वाध्यायं चान्वहं कुर्य्यात्सावित्रीं संध्ययोर्जपेत् । ध्यायीत सततं देवमेकांतं परमेश्वरम्
svādhyāyaṃ cānvahaṃ kuryyātsāvitrīṃ saṃdhyayorjapet | dhyāyīta satataṃ devamekāṃtaṃ parameśvaram
And he should do his own recitation daily, and murmur the Sāvitrī at the two twilights; he should meditate constantly on the god, the sole Supreme Lord.
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PdP 3 59.31
एकान्नं वर्जयेन्नित्यं कामं क्रोधं परिग्रहम् । एकवासा द्विवासा वा शिखी यज्ञोपवीतवान् । कमंडलुकरो विद्वांस्त्रिदंडो याति तत्परम्
ekānnaṃ varjayennityaṃ kāmaṃ krodhaṃ parigraham | ekavāsā dvivāsā vā śikhī yajñopavītavān | kamaṃḍalukaro vidvāṃstridaṃḍo yāti tatparam
He should always avoid food from a single (household), and desire, anger, and acquisition; wearing one garment or two, with a topknot, bearing the sacred thread, water-pot in hand, learned, with the triple staff, he goes to that highest (state).
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