Padma Purana — Svarga Khanda — Chapter 60
PdP 3 60.1
व्यास उवाच- एवं त्वाश्रमनिष्ठानां यतीनां नियतात्मनाम् । भैक्ष्येण वर्तनं प्रोक्तं फलमूलैरथापि वा
vyāsa uvāca- evaṃ tvāśramaniṣṭhānāṃ yatīnāṃ niyatātmanām | bhaikṣyeṇa vartanaṃ proktaṃ phalamūlairathāpi vā
Vyāsa said: Thus for ascetics established in the (fourth) stage of life, self-restrained, subsistence by begged food has been declared, or else by fruits and roots.
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PdP 3 60.2
एककालं चरेद्भैक्ष्यं न प्रसज्येत विस्तरम् । भैक्ष्ये प्रसक्तो हि यतिर्विषयेष्वपि सज्जति
ekakālaṃ caredbhaikṣyaṃ na prasajyeta vistaram | bhaikṣye prasakto hi yatirviṣayeṣvapi sajjati
He should go for alms at one time (of day) and not become attached to (getting) much; for an ascetic attached to alms becomes attached to sense-objects too.
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PdP 3 60.3
सप्तागारं चरेद्भैक्ष्यमलाभे न पुनश्चरेत् । गोदोहमात्रं तिष्ठेत कालं भिक्षुरधोमुखः
saptāgāraṃ caredbhaikṣyamalābhe na punaścaret | godohamātraṃ tiṣṭheta kālaṃ bhikṣuradhomukhaḥ
He should go for alms to seven houses; if he gets nothing he should not go again. The mendicant should wait, face downcast, for the time it takes to milk a cow.
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PdP 3 60.4
भिक्षेत्युक्त्वा सकृत्तूष्णीमादद्याद्वाग्यतः शुचिः । प्रक्ष्याल्य पाणी पादौ च समाचम्य यथाविधि
bhikṣetyuktvā sakṛttūṣṇīmādadyādvāgyataḥ śuciḥ | prakṣyālya pāṇī pādau ca samācamya yathāvidhi
Having said 'alms' once, he should silently receive, restrained in speech, pure; having washed his hands and feet and sipped water according to the rule,
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PdP 3 60.5
आदित्यं दर्शयित्वान्नं भुंजीत प्राङ्मुखो नरः । हुत्वा प्राणाहुतीः पंच ग्रासानष्टौ समाहितः
ādityaṃ darśayitvānnaṃ bhuṃjīta prāṅmukho naraḥ | hutvā prāṇāhutīḥ paṃca grāsānaṣṭau samāhitaḥ
having shown the food to the sun, the man should eat facing east; having offered as oblation the five breath-offerings, eight mouthfuls, concentrated,
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PdP 3 60.6
आचम्य देवं ब्रह्माणं ध्यायेत परमेश्वरम् । आलाबुदारुपात्रे च मृण्मयं वैणवं तथा
ācamya devaṃ brahmāṇaṃ dhyāyeta parameśvaram | ālābudārupātre ca mṛṇmayaṃ vaiṇavaṃ tathā
having sipped water, he should meditate on the god Brahmā, the Supreme Lord. A vessel of gourd, of wood, of clay, and likewise of bamboo—
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PdP 3 60.7
चत्वारि यतिपात्राणि मनुराह प्रजापतिः । प्राग्रात्रे मध्यरात्रे च पररात्रे तथैव च
catvāri yatipātrāṇi manurāha prajāpatiḥ | prāgrātre madhyarātre ca pararātre tathaiva ca
these four are the ascetic's vessels, said Manu, the lord of creatures. In the first part of the night, in the middle of the night, and likewise in the last part of the night,
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PdP 3 60.8
संध्यासूक्तिविशेषेण चिंतयेन्नित्यमीश्वरम् । कृत्वा हृत्पद्मनिलये विश्वाख्यं विश्वसंभवम्
saṃdhyāsūktiviśeṣeṇa ciṃtayennityamīśvaram | kṛtvā hṛtpadmanilaye viśvākhyaṃ viśvasaṃbhavam
By means of the special utterance (sūkti) at the twilight hours, one should constantly meditate on the Lord, having placed in the dwelling that is the lotus of the heart him who is called the All and who is the origin of the All—
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PdP 3 60.9
आत्मानं सर्वभूतानां परस्तात्तमसः स्थितम् । सर्वस्याधारमव्यक्तमानंदं ज्योतिरव्ययम्
ātmānaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ parastāttamasaḥ sthitam | sarvasyādhāramavyaktamānaṃdaṃ jyotiravyayam
(him who is) the self of all beings, standing beyond darkness, the support of everything, unmanifest, bliss, imperishable light,
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PdP 3 60.10
प्रधानपुरुषातीतमाकाशं दहनं शिवम् । तदंतं सर्वभावानामीश्वरं ब्रह्मरूपिणम्
pradhānapuruṣātītamākāśaṃ dahanaṃ śivam | tadaṃtaṃ sarvabhāvānāmīśvaraṃ brahmarūpiṇam
beyond the primal matter (pradhāna) and the puruṣa, space, the burning one, Śiva, the end of all existent things, the Lord, whose form is brahman.
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PdP 3 60.11
ॐकारांतेथवात्मानं समाप्य परमात्मनि । आकाशे देवमीशानं ध्यायीताकाशमध्यगम्
oṃkārāṃtethavātmānaṃ samāpya paramātmani | ākāśe devamīśānaṃ dhyāyītākāśamadhyagam
Or else, having merged the self, at the end of the syllable OṂ, in the supreme Self, one should meditate on the god Īśāna in space, dwelling in the midst of space,
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PdP 3 60.12
कारणं सर्वभावानामानंदैकसमाश्रयम् । पुराणपुरुषं विष्णुं ध्यायन्मुच्येत बंधनात्
kāraṇaṃ sarvabhāvānāmānaṃdaikasamāśrayam | purāṇapuruṣaṃ viṣṇuṃ dhyāyanmucyeta baṃdhanāt
the cause of all existent things, the sole resort of bliss—meditating on Viṣṇu, the ancient Person, one would be freed from bondage.
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PdP 3 60.13
यद्वा गुहादौ प्रकृतौ जगत्संमोहनालये । विचिंत्य परमं व्योम सर्वभूतैककारणम्
yadvā guhādau prakṛtau jagatsaṃmohanālaye | viciṃtya paramaṃ vyoma sarvabhūtaikakāraṇam
Or else, having meditated on the supreme void, the single cause of all beings, (as being) in the cave and so forth, in prakṛti, the abode that bewilders the world—
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PdP 3 60.14
जीवनं सर्वभूतानां यत्र लोकः प्रलीयते । आनंदं ब्रह्मणः सूक्ष्मं यत्पश्यंति मुमुक्षवः
jīvanaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ yatra lokaḥ pralīyate | ānaṃdaṃ brahmaṇaḥ sūkṣmaṃ yatpaśyaṃti mumukṣavaḥ
(that void which is) the life of all beings, in which the world dissolves, the bliss, the subtle (essence) of brahman, which those who desire release behold—
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PdP 3 60.15
तन्मध्ये निहितं ब्रह्म केवलं ज्ञानलक्षणम् । अनंतं सत्यमीशानं विचिंत्यासीत वाग्यतः
tanmadhye nihitaṃ brahma kevalaṃ jñānalakṣaṇam | anaṃtaṃ satyamīśānaṃ viciṃtyāsīta vāgyataḥ
in the midst of that is set brahman, alone, having knowledge as its mark, endless, true, the Lord: having meditated (on it) one should sit with speech restrained.
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PdP 3 60.16
गुह्याद्गुह्यतमं ज्ञानं यतीनामेतदीरितम् । योवतिष्ठेत्सदानेन सोश्नुते योगमैश्वरम्
guhyādguhyatamaṃ jñānaṃ yatīnāmetadīritam | yovatiṣṭhetsadānena sośnute yogamaiśvaram
This knowledge, more secret than the secret, has been declared for ascetics; whoever should abide by it constantly attains the yoga of the Lord.
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PdP 3 60.17
तस्माज्ज्ञानरतो नित्यमात्मविद्यापरायणः । ज्ञानं समभ्यसेद्ब्रह्म येन मुच्येत बंधनात्
tasmājjñānarato nityamātmavidyāparāyaṇaḥ | jñānaṃ samabhyasedbrahma yena mucyeta baṃdhanāt
Therefore, ever delighting in knowledge, devoted to the science of the self, one should practise the knowledge of brahman, by which one would be freed from bondage.
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PdP 3 60.18
मत्वा पृथक्त्वमात्मानं सर्वस्मादेव केवलम् । आनंदमक्षरं ज्ञानं ध्यायेत च ततः परम्
matvā pṛthaktvamātmānaṃ sarvasmādeva kevalam | ānaṃdamakṣaraṃ jñānaṃ dhyāyeta ca tataḥ param
Having understood the self to be separate, indeed distinct from everything, one should meditate on the bliss, the imperishable, knowledge, and on what is beyond that.
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PdP 3 60.19
यस्माद्भवंति भूतानि यज्ज्ञात्वा नेह जायते । स तस्मादीश्वरो देवः परस्ताद्योधितिष्ठति
yasmādbhavaṃti bhūtāni yajjñātvā neha jāyate | sa tasmādīśvaro devaḥ parastādyodhitiṣṭhati
That from which beings arise, knowing which one is not born here (again)—that is the Lord, the god who stands beyond it.
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PdP 3 60.20
यदंतरे तद्गमनं शाश्वतं शिवमव्ययम् । य इदं स्वपरोक्षस्तु स देवः स्यान्महेश्वरः
yadaṃtare tadgamanaṃ śāśvataṃ śivamavyayam | ya idaṃ svaparokṣastu sa devaḥ syānmaheśvaraḥ
Within which is that going (goal), eternal, auspicious, unchanging—he who is this, yet imperceptible to himself, would be the god Maheśvara.
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PdP 3 60.21
व्रतानि यानि भिक्षूणां तथैवायं व्रतानि च । एकैकातिक्रमेणैव प्रायश्चित्तं विधीयते
vratāni yāni bhikṣūṇāṃ tathaivāyaṃ vratāni ca | ekaikātikrameṇaiva prāyaścittaṃ vidhīyate
Whatever vows there are for mendicants, these too are the vows (here); by the transgression of each single one, an expiation is prescribed.
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PdP 3 60.22
उपेत्य च स्त्रियं कामात्प्रायश्चित्तं समाहितः । प्राणायामसमायुक्तं कुर्य्यात्सांतपनं शुचिः
upetya ca striyaṃ kāmātprāyaścittaṃ samāhitaḥ | prāṇāyāmasamāyuktaṃ kuryyātsāṃtapanaṃ śuciḥ
And having approached a woman out of desire, (the ascetic), collected and pure, should perform as expiation the sāṃtapana penance joined with breath-controls.
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PdP 3 60.23
ततश्चरेत नियमात्कृच्छ्रं संयतमानसः । पुनराश्रममागम्य चरेद्भिक्षुरतंद्रितः
tataścareta niyamātkṛcchraṃ saṃyatamānasaḥ | punarāśramamāgamya caredbhikṣurataṃdritaḥ
Then, with mind restrained, he should perform the kṛcchra penance according to rule; returning again to his stage of life, the mendicant should live unwearied.
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PdP 3 60.24
न धर्मयुक्तमनृतं हिनस्तीति मनीषिणः । तथापि च न कर्तव्यः प्रसंगो ह्येष दारुणः
na dharmayuktamanṛtaṃ hinastīti manīṣiṇaḥ | tathāpi ca na kartavyaḥ prasaṃgo hyeṣa dāruṇaḥ
The wise say that an untruth joined to dharma does no harm; even so, it is not to be done, for this indulgence is dreadful.
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PdP 3 60.25
एकरात्रोपवासश्च प्राणायामशतं तथा । उक्त्वानृतं प्रकर्तव्यं यतिना धर्मलिप्सुना
ekarātropavāsaśca prāṇāyāmaśataṃ tathā | uktvānṛtaṃ prakartavyaṃ yatinā dharmalipsunā
A one-night fast and likewise a hundred breath-controls are to be performed by an ascetic who has spoken an untruth out of a desire for dharma.
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PdP 3 60.26
परमापद्गतेनापि न कार्यं स्तेयमन्यतः । स्तेयादभ्यधिकः कश्चिन्नास्त्यधर्म इति स्मृतिः
paramāpadgatenāpi na kāryaṃ steyamanyataḥ | steyādabhyadhikaḥ kaścinnāstyadharma iti smṛtiḥ
Even by one fallen into the utmost distress, theft from another is not to be committed; the tradition is that there is no unrighteousness greater than theft.
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PdP 3 60.28
हिंसा चैवापरा तृष्णा याच्ञात्मज्ञाननाशिका । यदेतद्द्रविणं नाम प्राणा ह्येते बहिश्चराः २७ द्रविण। स तस्य हरते प्राणान्यो यस्य हरते धनम् । एवं कृत्वा स दुष्टात्मा भिन्नवृत्तो व्रतच्युतः
hiṃsā caivāparā tṛṣṇā yācñātmajñānanāśikā | yadetaddraviṇaṃ nāma prāṇā hyete bahiścarāḥ 27 draviṇa| sa tasya harate prāṇānyo yasya harate dhanam | evaṃ kṛtvā sa duṣṭātmā bhinnavṛtto vratacyutaḥ
And (theft is) violence; another (fault is) craving, and begging, which destroys knowledge of the self. For this thing called wealth—these are the breaths moving outside (a man). He robs the breaths of the man whose wealth he takes. Having done so, that evil-souled one is of broken conduct, fallen from his vow.
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PdP 3 60.29
भूयो निर्वेदमापन्नश्चरेद्भिक्षुरतंद्रितः । अकस्मादेव हिंसां तु यदि भिक्षुः समाचरेत्
bhūyo nirvedamāpannaścaredbhikṣurataṃdritaḥ | akasmādeva hiṃsāṃ tu yadi bhikṣuḥ samācaret
Having again come to (world-)weariness, let the mendicant wander unwearied; but if a mendicant should commit an act of violence, even unintentionally,
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PdP 3 60.30
कुर्यात्कृच्छ्रातिकृच्छ्रं तु चांद्रायणमथापि वा । स्कंदेतेंद्रियदौर्बल्यात्स्त्रियं दृष्ट्वा यतिर्यदि
kuryātkṛcchrātikṛcchraṃ tu cāṃdrāyaṇamathāpi vā | skaṃdeteṃdriyadaurbalyātstriyaṃ dṛṣṭvā yatiryadi
he should perform the kṛcchra-atikṛcchra, or else the cāndrāyaṇa. If an ascetic, through weakness of the senses, emits (semen) upon seeing a woman,
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PdP 3 60.31
तेन धारयितव्या वै प्राणायामास्तु षोडश । दिवास्कंदे त्रिरात्रं स्यात्प्राणायामशतं बुधाः
tena dhārayitavyā vai prāṇāyāmāstu ṣoḍaśa | divāskaṃde trirātraṃ syātprāṇāyāmaśataṃ budhāḥ
then sixteen breath-restraints must be held by him; if he emits by day, let it be three nights and a hundred breath-restraints, O wise ones.
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PdP 3 60.32
एकान्ने मधुमांसे च नवश्राद्धे तथैव च । प्रत्यक्षलवणे चोक्तं प्राजापत्यं विशोधनम्
ekānne madhumāṃse ca navaśrāddhe tathaiva ca | pratyakṣalavaṇe coktaṃ prājāpatyaṃ viśodhanam
In the case of food from a single (donor), of honey and meat, and likewise of a fresh śrāddha, and of salt (taken) directly, the prājāpatya (penance) is declared as the purification.
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PdP 3 60.33
ध्याननिष्ठस्य सततं नश्यते सर्वपातकम् । तस्मान्नारायणं ध्यात्वा तस्य ध्यानपरो भवेत्
dhyānaniṣṭhasya satataṃ naśyate sarvapātakam | tasmānnārāyaṇaṃ dhyātvā tasya dhyānaparo bhavet
For one constantly fixed in meditation every sin perishes; therefore, having meditated on Nārāyaṇa, one should be devoted to meditation on him.
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PdP 3 60.34
यद्ब्रह्मणः परं ज्योतिः प्रविष्टाक्षरमव्ययम् । योंतरात्मा परं ब्रह्म स विज्ञेयो महेश्वरः
yadbrahmaṇaḥ paraṃ jyotiḥ praviṣṭākṣaramavyayam | yoṃtarātmā paraṃ brahma sa vijñeyo maheśvaraḥ
That which is the light beyond Brahman, the imperishable, unchanging, that has entered (all) — he who is the inner self, the supreme Brahman, he is to be known as Maheśvara.
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PdP 3 60.35
एष देवो महादेवः केवलः परमं शिवः । तदेवाक्षरमद्वैतं तदा नित्यं परं पदम्
eṣa devo mahādevaḥ kevalaḥ paramaṃ śivaḥ | tadevākṣaramadvaitaṃ tadā nityaṃ paraṃ padam
This god is Mahādeva, the sole one, the supreme, Śiva; that very imperishable is without a second, that then is the eternal supreme abode.
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PdP 3 60.36
तस्मान्महीयते देवे स्वधाम्नि ज्ञानसंज्ञिते । आत्मयोगात्परे तत्वे महादेवस्ततः स्मृतः
tasmānmahīyate deve svadhāmni jñānasaṃjñite | ātmayogātpare tatve mahādevastataḥ smṛtaḥ
Therefore he is magnified in the god, in his own abode called knowledge; because of union with the Self in the supreme reality he is thence called Mahādeva.
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PdP 3 60.37
नान्यं देवं महादेवाद्व्यतिरिक्तं प्रपश्यति । तमेवात्मानमन्वेति यः स याति परं पदम्
nānyaṃ devaṃ mahādevādvyatiriktaṃ prapaśyati | tamevātmānamanveti yaḥ sa yāti paraṃ padam
One does not behold any other god distinct from Mahādeva; he who follows after him alone as the Self, he goes to the supreme abode.
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PdP 3 60.38
मन्यंते ये स्वमात्मानं विभिन्नं परमेश्वरात् । न ते पश्यंति तं देवं वृथा तेषां परिश्रमः
manyaṃte ye svamātmānaṃ vibhinnaṃ parameśvarāt | na te paśyaṃti taṃ devaṃ vṛthā teṣāṃ pariśramaḥ
Those who think their own self to be separate from the Supreme Lord — they do not see that god; their toil is in vain.
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PdP 3 60.39
एकमेव परं ब्रह्म विज्ञेयं तत्त्वमव्ययम् । स देवस्तु महादेवो नैतद्विज्ञाय बध्यते
ekameva paraṃ brahma vijñeyaṃ tattvamavyayam | sa devastu mahādevo naitadvijñāya badhyate
The supreme Brahman alone is the one imperishable reality to be known; and that god is Mahādeva — knowing this, one is not bound.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 3 60.40
तस्माद्यतेत नियतं यतिः संयतमानसः । ज्ञानयोगरतः शांतो महादेवपरायणः
tasmādyateta niyataṃ yatiḥ saṃyatamānasaḥ | jñānayogarataḥ śāṃto mahādevaparāyaṇaḥ
Therefore let the ascetic strive constantly, with mind restrained, delighting in the yoga of knowledge, tranquil, having Mahādeva as his highest goal.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 3 60.41
एष वः कथितो विप्रा यतीनामाश्रमः शुभः । पितामहेन मुनिना विभुना पूर्वमीरितः
eṣa vaḥ kathito viprā yatīnāmāśramaḥ śubhaḥ | pitāmahena muninā vibhunā pūrvamīritaḥ
This auspicious order of life of the ascetics has been told to you, O brahmins, as it was formerly declared by the all-pervading sage, the Grandfather.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 3 60.42
नापुत्रशिष्ययोगिभ्यो दद्यादेवमनुत्तमम् । ज्ञानं स्वयंभुवा प्रोक्तं यतिधर्म्माश्रयं शिवम्
nāputraśiṣyayogibhyo dadyādevamanuttamam | jñānaṃ svayaṃbhuvā proktaṃ yatidharmmāśrayaṃ śivam
One should not give this unsurpassed thing to those who are not sons, pupils, or yogins — the knowledge declared by the Self-existent, auspicious, resting on the duty of ascetics.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 3 60.43
इति यतिनियमानामेतदुक्तं विधानं सुरवरपरितोषे यद्भवेदेकहेतुः । न भवति पुनरेषामुद्भवो वा विनाशः प्रतिहितमनसो ये नित्यमेवाचरंति
iti yatiniyamānāmetaduktaṃ vidhānaṃ suravaraparitoṣe yadbhavedekahetuḥ | na bhavati punareṣāmudbhavo vā vināśaḥ pratihitamanaso ye nityamevācaraṃti
Thus has this ordinance of the ascetics' observances been told, which would be the sole cause of the satisfaction of the best of the gods; and for those who, with mind set upon it, practise it constantly, there is no more arising or destruction.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition