Padma Purana — Brahma Khanda — Chapter 14
PdP 4 14.1
शौनक उवाच। कथयस्व महाप्राज्ञ ब्राह्मणस्य कृपार्णव । माहात्म्यं सर्ववर्णानां श्रेष्ठस्य कृपया च मे
śaunaka uvāca| kathayasva mahāprājña brāhmaṇasya kṛpārṇava | māhātmyaṃ sarvavarṇānāṃ śreṣṭhasya kṛpayā ca me
Śaunaka said: Tell (me), O greatly wise one, O ocean of compassion, and out of kindness to me, the greatness of the brāhmaṇa, who is the best of all the classes.
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PdP 4 14.2
सूत उवाच। ब्राह्मणः सर्ववर्णानां गुरुरेव द्विजोत्तम । सर्वामराश्रयो ज्ञेयः साक्षान्नारायणः प्रभुः
sūta uvāca| brāhmaṇaḥ sarvavarṇānāṃ gurureva dvijottama | sarvāmarāśrayo jñeyaḥ sākṣānnārāyaṇaḥ prabhuḥ
Sūta said: The brāhmaṇa is indeed the guru of all the classes, O best of the twice-born; he is to be known as the refuge of all the immortals, as Lord Nārāyaṇa himself.
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PdP 4 14.3
कुर्यात्प्रणामं यो विप्रं हरिबुद्ध्या तु भूसुरम् । भक्त्या तस्य द्विजश्रेष्ठ वर्द्धते संपदादिकम्
kuryātpraṇāmaṃ yo vipraṃ haribuddhyā tu bhūsuram | bhaktyā tasya dvijaśreṣṭha varddhate saṃpadādikam
He who makes obeisance with devotion to a brāhmaṇa, that god-on-earth, thinking of him as Hari — for him, O best of the twice-born, wealth and the rest increase.
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PdP 4 14.4
न नमेद्ब्राह्मणं दृष्ट्वा हेलयापि च गर्वितः । छेदनं तु तस्य शिरः कर्तुमिच्छेत्सदा हरिः
na namedbrāhmaṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā helayāpi ca garvitaḥ | chedanaṃ tu tasya śiraḥ kartumicchetsadā hariḥ
(But) he who, being puffed up, does not bow on seeing a brāhmaṇa, even out of negligence — Hari always wishes to cut off his head.
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PdP 4 14.5
कृतापराधं विप्रं ये द्विषंति पापबुद्धयः । हरिं द्विषंति ते ज्ञेया निरयं यांति दारुणम्
kṛtāparādhaṃ vipraṃ ye dviṣaṃti pāpabuddhayaḥ | hariṃ dviṣaṃti te jñeyā nirayaṃ yāṃti dāruṇam
Those of sinful mind who hate a brāhmaṇa who has committed an offence — they are to be known as hating Hari; they go to a dreadful hell.
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PdP 4 14.6
यः कर्तुं प्रार्थनां विप्रं पश्येत्क्रोधेन चागतम् । कृतांतश्चक्षुषोस्तस्य तप्तसूचीं ददाति वै
yaḥ kartuṃ prārthanāṃ vipraṃ paśyetkrodhena cāgatam | kṛtāṃtaścakṣuṣostasya taptasūcīṃ dadāti vai
He who sees a brāhmaṇa come to make a request (and looks at him) with anger — into both his eyes Death (Yama) surely thrusts a heated needle.
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PdP 4 14.7
कुरुते भूसुरं मूढो भर्त्सनं यो नराधमः । यमदूता मुखे तस्य तप्तलोहं ददंति च
kurute bhūsuraṃ mūḍho bhartsanaṃ yo narādhamaḥ | yamadūtā mukhe tasya taptalohaṃ dadaṃti ca
That basest of men, the fool, who reviles a god-on-earth — Yama's messengers put heated iron into his mouth.
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PdP 4 14.8
येषां निकेतने भुंक्ते क्ष्मासुरो वै तपोधनः । सुपर्वाणैः स्वयं कृष्णो भुंक्ते तेषां निकेतने
yeṣāṃ niketane bhuṃkte kṣmāsuro vai tapodhanaḥ | suparvāṇaiḥ svayaṃ kṛṣṇo bhuṃkte teṣāṃ niketane
In whose house a god-on-earth rich in austerity eats, in their house Kṛṣṇa himself eats along with the gods.
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PdP 4 14.9
नश्यंति सर्वपापानि द्विजहत्यादिकानि च । कणमात्रं भजेद्यस्तु विप्रांघ्रिसलिलं नरः
naśyaṃti sarvapāpāni dvijahatyādikāni ca | kaṇamātraṃ bhajedyastu viprāṃghrisalilaṃ naraḥ
All sins, including the killing of a brāhmaṇa, perish for that man who partakes of even a drop of the water from a brāhmaṇa's feet.
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PdP 4 14.10
यो नरश्चरणौधौतं कुर्याद्धस्तेन भक्तितः । द्विजातेर्वच्मि सत्यं ते स मुक्तः सर्वपातकैः
yo naraścaraṇaudhautaṃ kuryāddhastena bhaktitaḥ | dvijātervacmi satyaṃ te sa muktaḥ sarvapātakaiḥ
The man who with devotion washes the feet of a twice-born with his hand — I tell you truly, he is freed from all sins.
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PdP 4 14.11
पुत्रहीना च या नारी मृतवत्सा च यांगना । सपुत्रा जीववत्सा सा द्विजपद्मांघ्रिसेवनात्
putrahīnā ca yā nārī mṛtavatsā ca yāṃganā | saputrā jīvavatsā sā dvijapadmāṃghrisevanāt
And the woman who is without a son, and the woman whose children have died — she becomes possessed of a son, with a living child, through service of the lotus-feet of a brāhmaṇa.
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PdP 4 14.12
ब्रह्मांडे यानि तीर्थानि तानि तीर्थानि सागरे । उदधौ यानि तीर्थानि तिष्ठंति द्विजपादयोः । द्विजांघ्रिसलिलैर्नित्यं सेचितं यस्य मस्तकम्
brahmāṃḍe yāni tīrthāni tāni tīrthāni sāgare | udadhau yāni tīrthāni tiṣṭhaṃti dvijapādayoḥ | dvijāṃghrisalilairnityaṃ secitaṃ yasya mastakam
Whatever sacred fords there are in the universe, those fords are in the ocean; whatever fords are in the sea, they abide in the feet of a twice-born. He whose head is constantly sprinkled with the water from a brāhmaṇa's feet —
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PdP 4 14.13
स स्नातः सर्वतीर्थेषु स मुक्तः सर्वपातकैः । शृणु शौनक वक्ष्यामि माहात्म्यं पापनाशनम्
sa snātaḥ sarvatīrtheṣu sa muktaḥ sarvapātakaiḥ | śṛṇu śaunaka vakṣyāmi māhātmyaṃ pāpanāśanam
he has bathed in all the sacred fords, he is freed from all sins. Listen, Śaunaka: I shall tell the greatness that destroys sin,
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PdP 4 14.14
विप्रपादोदकस्याहमितिहासं तपोधन । आसीत्पुरा द्विजश्रेष्ठ वैश्यवृत्तिपरायणः
viprapādodakasyāhamitihāsaṃ tapodhana | āsītpurā dvijaśreṣṭha vaiśyavṛttiparāyaṇaḥ
the tale of the water from a brāhmaṇa's feet, O you whose wealth is austerity. Formerly, O best of the twice-born, there was a man devoted to the livelihood of a vaiśya,
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PdP 4 14.15
शूद्रो भीमो द्वापरे च ब्रह्महत्यासहस्रकृत् । निष्ठुरः सर्वदा तुष्टः समहान्वैश्यया पुनः
śūdro bhīmo dvāpare ca brahmahatyāsahasrakṛt | niṣṭhuraḥ sarvadā tuṣṭaḥ samahānvaiśyayā punaḥ
a śūdra named Bhīma, in the Dvāpara age, who had committed a thousand slayings of brāhmaṇas, harsh, always self-satisfied; and he consorted with a vaiśya woman.
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PdP 4 14.16
शूद्राचारपरिभ्रष्टो भीमोऽसौ गुरुतल्पगः । प्रत्येकं वच्मि किं तस्य दस्योः संख्या न विद्यते
śūdrācāraparibhraṣṭo bhīmo'sau gurutalpagaḥ | pratyekaṃ vacmi kiṃ tasya dasyoḥ saṃkhyā na vidyate
That Bhīma, fallen away even from the conduct of a śūdra, defiled his teacher's bed. Why should I recount (his sins) one by one? Of that robber there is no counting
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PdP 4 14.17
पापानां मुनिशार्दूल भीमस्य दुष्टचेतसः । एकदा स गतः कश्चिद्ब्राह्मणस्य निवेशनम्
pāpānāṃ muniśārdūla bhīmasya duṣṭacetasaḥ | ekadā sa gataḥ kaścidbrāhmaṇasya niveśanam
Of (all) sinners, O tiger among sages, of Bhīma of evil mind (this is the tale): once he went to the dwelling of a certain brahmin.
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PdP 4 14.18
गत्वा तं तस्य गेहात्तु द्रव्यं नेतुं मनो दधे । तत्रोवास ब्राह्मणस्य बहिर्द्वारसमीपतः
gatvā taṃ tasya gehāttu dravyaṃ netuṃ mano dadhe | tatrovāsa brāhmaṇasya bahirdvārasamīpataḥ
Having gone (there), he set his mind on carrying off the goods from that man's house; he settled down there near the outer door of the brahmin.
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PdP 4 14.19
दैन्ययुक्तं वचः प्राह क्ष्मासुरं स तपोधनम् । भो स्वामिन्शृणु मे वाक्यं दयालुरिव मन्यते
dainyayuktaṃ vacaḥ prāha kṣmāsuraṃ sa tapodhanam | bho svāminśṛṇu me vākyaṃ dayāluriva manyate
He spoke words full of humility to that earth-god (brahmin), rich in austerity: "Ho, master, hear my words — he seems compassionate!"
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PdP 4 14.20
क्षुधार्तोऽहं देहि चान्नं प्राणा यास्यंति मे द्रुतम्
kṣudhārto'haṃ dehi cānnaṃ prāṇā yāsyaṃti me drutam
"I am afflicted with hunger; give me food, (or) my life-breaths will quickly depart."
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PdP 4 14.21
ब्राह्मण उवाच- क्षुधार्त्त शृणु मे कश्चिद्वाक्यं कर्तुं न विद्यते । पाकं मे तंडुलानि त्वं नीत्वा भुंक्ष्व यथासुखम्
brāhmaṇa uvāca- kṣudhārtta śṛṇu me kaścidvākyaṃ kartuṃ na vidyate | pākaṃ me taṃḍulāni tvaṃ nītvā bhuṃkṣva yathāsukham
The brahmin said: "O one afflicted with hunger, hear me: there is no one to do (the cooking) for me. Take my rice grains, cook it, and eat as you please."
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PdP 4 14.22
नास्ति मे जनको माता नास्ति सूनुः सहोदरः । नास्ति जाया मातृबंधुर्मृताः सर्वे विहाय माम्
nāsti me janako mātā nāsti sūnuḥ sahodaraḥ | nāsti jāyā mātṛbaṃdhurmṛtāḥ sarve vihāya mām
"I have no father, no mother, no son, no brother; I have no wife, no kin on my mother's side — all have died, leaving me behind.
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PdP 4 14.23
तिष्ठाम्येको गृहेऽकर्मा भाग्यहीनोतिथे हरिः । एको मे वसतौ चास्ति न जाने तद्विना किल
tiṣṭhāmyeko gṛhe'karmā bhāgyahīnotithe hariḥ | eko me vasatau cāsti na jāne tadvinā kila
I dwell alone in the house, without rites, luckless; Hari is (my only) guest. Only he is in my dwelling; indeed without him I know no one."
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PdP 4 14.24
भीम उवाच।मम कश्चिद्द्विजश्रेष्ठ नास्ति सेवां तवापि च । शूद्रोऽहं निलये जात्या कृत्वा स्थास्यामि ते सदा
bhīma uvāca|mama kaściddvijaśreṣṭha nāsti sevāṃ tavāpi ca | śūdro'haṃ nilaye jātyā kṛtvā sthāsyāmi te sadā
Bhīma said: "I have nobody, O best of the twice-born, nor have you (anyone); I am a śūdra by birth — I shall stay in your house and always do service for you."
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PdP 4 14.25
सूत उवाच।इति तस्य वचः श्रुत्वा सानंदः क्ष्मासुरस्तदा । पाकं विधाय तूर्णं स ददावन्नं तपोधन
sūta uvāca|iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā sānaṃdaḥ kṣmāsurastadā | pākaṃ vidhāya tūrṇaṃ sa dadāvannaṃ tapodhana
Sūta said: Hearing his words, that earth-god was then delighted; and having quickly prepared the cooking, he gave him food, O you rich in austerity.
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PdP 4 14.26
सोऽपि हर्षसमायुक्तस्तस्थौ तत्र द्विजालये । सेवां कुर्वन्स्नेहयुक्तां भूसुरस्य मनोहराम्
so'pi harṣasamāyuktastasthau tatra dvijālaye | sevāṃ kurvansnehayuktāṃ bhūsurasya manoharām
He too, filled with joy, remained there in the brahmin's house, rendering to that earth-god a service full of affection and charming.
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PdP 4 14.27
अद्य श्वो वा हनिष्यामि द्रव्यमस्य ममापि च । नेतुं यदा करिष्यामि नेष्यामि नात्र संशयः
adya śvo vā haniṣyāmi dravyamasya mamāpi ca | netuṃ yadā kariṣyāmi neṣyāmi nātra saṃśayaḥ
"Today or tomorrow I shall kill (him), and his goods will be mine too; when I make (an occasion) to carry (them) off, I shall carry them off — no doubt of it."
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PdP 4 14.28
परामृश्य च हृद्यंतः कृत्वा तस्य क्रियां वदेत् । पादधौतादिकं चासौ शिरसा गतपातकः
parāmṛśya ca hṛdyaṃtaḥ kṛtvā tasya kriyāṃ vadet | pādadhautādikaṃ cāsau śirasā gatapātakaḥ
Reflecting thus inwardly in his heart, having done service for him, he would speak (kindly); and he (took) the water from washing his feet and the rest upon his head, his sins gone.
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PdP 4 14.29
आचम्यांघ्रिजलं दध्रेच्छद्मना प्रतिदिनं द्विजः । एकदा हारकः कश्चिद्द्रव्यं नेतुं समागतः
ācamyāṃghrijalaṃ dadhrecchadmanā pratidinaṃ dvijaḥ | ekadā hārakaḥ kaściddravyaṃ netuṃ samāgataḥ
Day after day the brahmin, sipping (it), held with dissimulation the water of (his) feet. Once a certain thief came to carry off the goods.
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PdP 4 14.30
उत्पाट्य रात्रावररं गतोऽसौ तद्गृहांतरम् । दृष्ट्वा भीमं प्रहारार्थं दंडहस्तः समागतः
utpāṭya rātrāvararaṃ gato'sau tadgṛhāṃtaram | dṛṣṭvā bhīmaṃ prahārārthaṃ daṃḍahastaḥ samāgataḥ
Having broken open the door at night, he entered the interior of that house; seeing Bhīma, he came at him with a club in hand to strike him.
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PdP 4 14.31
हारको मस्तकं तस्य छित्त्वा तूर्णं पलायितः । अथ तस्य भटा विष्णोः शंखचक्रगदाधराः
hārako mastakaṃ tasya chittvā tūrṇaṃ palāyitaḥ | atha tasya bhaṭā viṣṇoḥ śaṃkhacakragadādharāḥ
The thief cut off his head and quickly fled. Then the servants of Viṣṇu, bearing conch, discus and mace,
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PdP 4 14.32
समायातास्तथा नेतुं भीमं तं वीतकिल्बिषम् । स्यंदनं चागतं दिव्यं राजहंसयुतं द्विज
samāyātāstathā netuṃ bhīmaṃ taṃ vītakilbiṣam | syaṃdanaṃ cāgataṃ divyaṃ rājahaṃsayutaṃ dvija
came thus to carry off that Bhīma, whose sin was gone; and a divine chariot yoked with royal geese arrived, O twice-born one.
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PdP 4 14.33
तत्रारूढो ययौ विष्णोर्भवनं दुर्लभं किल । माहात्म्यं भूमिदेवस्य मया ते तत्प्रकीर्तितम् । शृणुयाद्यो नरो भक्त्या तस्य पातकनाशनम्
tatrārūḍho yayau viṣṇorbhavanaṃ durlabhaṃ kila | māhātmyaṃ bhūmidevasya mayā te tatprakīrtitam | śṛṇuyādyo naro bhaktyā tasya pātakanāśanam
Mounted upon it he went to Viṣṇu's abode, hard indeed to attain. Thus the greatness of the earth-god (brahmin) has been proclaimed by me to you; whatever man hears it with devotion, it destroys his sin.
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