Padma Purana — Brahma Khanda — Chapter 16
PdP 4 16.1
शौनक उवाच । कर्मणा केन भोः सूत चैनसां संक्षयो भवेत् । श्रीहरेश्च कृपा भूयात्तद्वदस्वानुकंपया
śaunaka uvāca | karmaṇā kena bhoḥ sūta cainasāṃ saṃkṣayo bhavet | śrīhareśca kṛpā bhūyāttadvadasvānukaṃpayā
Śaunaka said: By what act, O Sūta, may there be a complete destruction of sins, and may the grace of Śrī Hari come to be? Tell that out of compassion.
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PdP 4 16.2
सूत उवाच । शृणु शौनक वक्ष्यामि शृण्वतां पापनाशनम् । येन विष्णोः कृपा स्याद्वै वृजिनक्षयकारिणी
sūta uvāca | śṛṇu śaunaka vakṣyāmi śṛṇvatāṃ pāpanāśanam | yena viṣṇoḥ kṛpā syādvai vṛjinakṣayakāriṇī
Sūta said: Listen, Śaunaka, I shall tell (what) destroys the sins of those who hear it, by which there comes about Viṣṇu's grace, which makes sin perish.
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PdP 4 16.3
पौर्णमास्यां तु यो विप्र भक्तिभावसमन्वितः । कुर्य्यान्नानाविधानेन सपर्य्यां श्रीजगद्विभोः
paurṇamāsyāṃ tu yo vipra bhaktibhāvasamanvitaḥ | kuryyānnānāvidhānena saparyyāṃ śrījagadvibhoḥ
He who on the full-moon day, O brahmin, endowed with a devotional disposition, performs worship of the glorious Lord of the world with manifold rites —
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PdP 4 16.4
कलुषं तस्य नश्येत कोटिजन्मार्जितं मुने । तस्मिन्श्रीरमणस्यास्य कृपा जाता भवेद्ध्रुवम्
kaluṣaṃ tasya naśyeta koṭijanmārjitaṃ mune | tasminśrīramaṇasyāsya kṛpā jātā bhaveddhruvam
His impurity, amassed through ten million births, would perish, O sage; in him the grace of this Beloved of Śrī (Viṣṇu) would surely have arisen.
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PdP 4 16.5
द्वादश्यामन्नदानं यो भक्त्या कुर्याद्द्विजातये । तस्य नश्यंति पापानि तमांसी वारुणोदये
dvādaśyāmannadānaṃ yo bhaktyā kuryāddvijātaye | tasya naśyaṃti pāpāni tamāṃsī vāruṇodaye
He who with devotion makes a gift of food to a brahmin on the twelfth day — his sins perish, as darkness (does) at the rising of the sun.
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PdP 4 16.6
यो नरः श्रीहरिं कुर्यात्स्नपनं पयसा द्विज । तत्प्रीतिः श्रीहरेः सद्यो द्वादश्यां शर्करादिभिः
yo naraḥ śrīhariṃ kuryātsnapanaṃ payasā dvija | tatprītiḥ śrīhareḥ sadyo dvādaśyāṃ śarkarādibhiḥ
The man who performs the bathing of Śrī Hari with milk, O twice-born — thereby there is at once the pleasure of Śrī Hari, (as also) on the twelfth with sugar and the rest.
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PdP 4 16.7
मंत्रं विना तु यो विप्र दद्याच्छ्रीहरये किल । पाषाणसदृशं पुष्पं दाता याति अधोगतिम्
maṃtraṃ vinā tu yo vipra dadyācchrīharaye kila | pāṣāṇasadṛśaṃ puṣpaṃ dātā yāti adhogatim
But he who, O brahmin, offers to Śrī Hari without a mantra — the flower is like a stone, and the giver goes to a downward course.
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PdP 4 16.8
क्ष्मासुराय च मूर्खाय पाषाणसदृशं तु यत् । दद्याद्दानं नरो यो वै तस्य पुण्यं न विद्यते
kṣmāsurāya ca mūrkhāya pāṣāṇasadṛśaṃ tu yat | dadyāddānaṃ naro yo vai tasya puṇyaṃ na vidyate
And the man who gives to an earth-god (a brahmin) who is a fool a gift that is like a stone — for him there is no merit.
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PdP 4 16.9
विद्याहीनो द्विजो मोहाद्दानं गृह्णाति मूढधीः । कालानलं यथा जीर्णं तेन स निरयं व्रजेत्
vidyāhīno dvijo mohāddānaṃ gṛhṇāti mūḍhadhīḥ | kālānalaṃ yathā jīrṇaṃ tena sa nirayaṃ vrajet
A twice-born devoid of learning, dull-witted, takes a gift out of delusion; as (he would swallow) the fire of time undigested, by that he would go to hell.
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PdP 4 16.10
यथा दारुमयो हस्ती मृगश्चित्रमयो यथा । विद्याहीनो द्विजो विप्र त्रयस्ते नामधारकाः
yathā dārumayo hastī mṛgaścitramayo yathā | vidyāhīno dvijo vipra trayaste nāmadhārakāḥ
As an elephant made of wood, and as a deer made (only) of a picture, so is a twice-born devoid of learning, O brahmin: those three bear (only) the name.
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PdP 4 16.11
यथाध्वनिस्थितं वारि पवनार्केण शुद्ध्यति । भक्त्या तु पार्षदं दृष्ट्वा तस्य नश्यति कल्मषम्
yathādhvanisthitaṃ vāri pavanārkeṇa śuddhyati | bhaktyā tu pārṣadaṃ dṛṣṭvā tasya naśyati kalmaṣam
As water standing on the road is purified by the wind and the sun, so, on seeing an attendant (of Hari) with devotion, one's stain perishes.
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PdP 4 16.12
यो नरश्चाश्विने मासि सघृतान्पूर्णिमा दिने । दद्याच्छ्रीहरये लाजान्क्रीडार्थं तु वराटिकाम्
yo naraścāśvine māsi saghṛtānpūrṇimā dine | dadyācchrīharaye lājānkrīḍārthaṃ tu varāṭikām
And the man who, in the month of Āśvina, on the day of the full moon, offers to Śrī Hari parched grains with ghee, and a cowrie for the sake of (his) play —
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PdP 4 16.13
भक्त्या याति हरेः स्थानं पुनरावृत्तिवर्जितः । न दद्याद्यो नरो मोहात्तस्मिन्न तुष्टिदो हरिः
bhaktyā yāti hareḥ sthānaṃ punarāvṛttivarjitaḥ | na dadyādyo naro mohāttasminna tuṣṭido hariḥ
— (that man) goes by devotion to Hari's abode, freed from returning again; but the man who out of delusion does not give, with him Hari is not pleased.
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PdP 4 16.14
वराटिकां यावतीं यो हरये पौर्णिमादिने । तावद्दिनं हरेः स्थानं चाश्विने संवसेद्ध्रुवम्
varāṭikāṃ yāvatīṃ yo haraye paurṇimādine | tāvaddinaṃ hareḥ sthānaṃ cāśvine saṃvaseddhruvam
However many cowries a man (gives) to Hari on the full-moon day in Āśvina, for that many days he surely dwells in Hari's abode.
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PdP 4 16.15
करवीरपुरे ह्यासीत्पुरा शूद्रोऽपि निर्द्दयः । कालद्विजो द्विजश्रेष्ठ नाम्ना पापी भयंकरः
karavīrapure hyāsītpurā śūdro'pi nirddayaḥ | kāladvijo dvijaśreṣṭha nāmnā pāpī bhayaṃkaraḥ
Long ago in the city of Karavīra there was a merciless śūdra, O best of the twice-born, named Kāladvija, a sinner, a terror.
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PdP 4 16.16
स्वकार्यनिरतः सोऽपि स्वामिकार्यप्रणाशकः । एकदा पंचतां यातो यमदूता भयंकराः
svakāryanirataḥ so'pi svāmikāryapraṇāśakaḥ | ekadā paṃcatāṃ yāto yamadūtā bhayaṃkarāḥ
He too was intent on his own business and a ruiner of his master's business. One day he came to death, and the terrifying messengers of Yama
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PdP 4 16.17
आगतास्तं समानेतुं यमस्यतु निकेतनम् । बद्ध्वा निन्युश्च तं दृष्ट्वा पृष्टवान्सचिवं यमः
āgatāstaṃ samānetuṃ yamasyatu niketanam | baddhvā ninyuśca taṃ dṛṣṭvā pṛṣṭavānsacivaṃ yamaḥ
came to fetch him to Yama's dwelling; and having bound him they led him away, and Yama, seeing him, asked his minister.
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PdP 4 16.18
यम उवाच । अस्य किं विद्यतेऽमात्य कर्मापि च शुभाशुभम् । कथयस्व समूलं तु चित्रगुप्त विचक्षण
yama uvāca | asya kiṃ vidyate'mātya karmāpi ca śubhāśubham | kathayasva samūlaṃ tu citragupta vicakṣaṇa
Yama said: What deed of his, minister, is there, whether good or bad? Tell it from the root, O discerning Citragupta.
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PdP 4 16.19
चित्रगुप्त उवाच। असौ पापी दुराचारः स्वामिकार्यप्रणाशकः । नास्ति पुण्यं चाणुमात्रं नरके परिपच्यताम्
citragupta uvāca| asau pāpī durācāraḥ svāmikāryapraṇāśakaḥ | nāsti puṇyaṃ cāṇumātraṃ narake paripacyatām
Citragupta said: This one is a sinner, ill-conducted, a ruiner of his master's business; there is not merit even the size of an atom. Let him be cooked thoroughly in hell.
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PdP 4 16.20
शतमन्वन्तरं राजन्नागयोनौ च निष्ठुरः । पाषाणे जन्म चासाद्य गृहे स्थातुं निरंतरम्
śatamanvantaraṃ rājannāgayonau ca niṣṭhuraḥ | pāṣāṇe janma cāsādya gṛhe sthātuṃ niraṃtaram
For a hundred manvantaras, O king, (let) the harsh one (dwell) in the serpent-womb, and having obtained birth within a stone, remain in that dwelling continually.
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PdP 4 16.21
सूत उवाच । तावत्कालं ततो विप्र निरये स पपात ह । ततोऽप्यश्मगृहे नागयोनौ जातः सुदुःखितः
sūta uvāca | tāvatkālaṃ tato vipra niraye sa papāta ha | tato'pyaśmagṛhe nāgayonau jātaḥ suduḥkhitaḥ
Sūta said: Then, O brahmin, for that long a time he fell into hell; and after that too, in a stone dwelling, he was born in the serpent-womb, greatly wretched.
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PdP 4 16.22
एकदा चाश्विने मासि पौर्णमासीदिने द्विज । लाजान्वराटिका नागो बिलात्प्राक्षेपयद्बहिः
ekadā cāśvine māsi paurṇamāsīdine dvija | lājānvarāṭikā nāgo bilātprākṣepayadbahiḥ
Once, in the month of Āśvina, on the full-moon day, O twice-born, the serpent threw parched grains and a cowrie out from its hole.
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PdP 4 16.23
पतिता सा हरेरग्रे पापमस्य स्वयं हरिः । तूर्णं तु नाशयामास दयालुर्दुःखनाशकः
patitā sā hareragre pāpamasya svayaṃ hariḥ | tūrṇaṃ tu nāśayāmāsa dayālurduḥkhanāśakaḥ
That fell before Hari, and Hari himself, the compassionate destroyer of suffering, swiftly destroyed his sin.
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PdP 4 16.24
कदाचित्प्राप्तकालस्तु पंचत्वं स जगाम ह । यमदूतास्तमानेतुं चागता बहुशो द्विज
kadācitprāptakālastu paṃcatvaṃ sa jagāma ha | yamadūtāstamānetuṃ cāgatā bahuśo dvija
At some time, when his time had come, he passed into death; and Yama's messengers came in great numbers to fetch him, O twice-born one.
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PdP 4 16.25
बद्ध्वा नेतुं यदा चक्रुर्यमस्य सदनं प्रति । तदागता विष्णुदूताः शंखचक्रगदाधराः
baddhvā netuṃ yadā cakruryamasya sadanaṃ prati | tadāgatā viṣṇudūtāḥ śaṃkhacakragadādharāḥ
When, having bound him, they set about leading (him) toward Yama's abode, then came Viṣṇu's messengers, bearing conch, discus and mace.
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PdP 4 16.26
पाशं छित्त्वा रथे दिव्ये तमाशुगतकिल्बिषम् । तत्र चारोपयामासुः यमदूताः पलायिताः
pāśaṃ chittvā rathe divye tamāśugatakilbiṣam | tatra cāropayāmāsuḥ yamadūtāḥ palāyitāḥ
Cutting the noose, they set him — whose sin had swiftly departed — upon a divine chariot there; and Yama's messengers fled.
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PdP 4 16.27
ततो निकेतनं विष्णोर्नागस्तैर्वेष्टितो ययौ । तत्र तस्थौ हरेरग्रे पुनरावर्त्तिवर्जितः
tato niketanaṃ viṣṇornāgastairveṣṭito yayau | tatra tasthau hareragre punarāvarttivarjitaḥ
Then the serpent, surrounded by them, went to Viṣṇu's dwelling; there he stood before Hari, freed from returning again.
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PdP 4 16.28
भक्त्या यो हरये दद्याल्लाजांश्च सघृतान्द्विज । वराटिकां तस्य पुण्यं न जाने किं भवेद्ध्रुवम्
bhaktyā yo haraye dadyāllājāṃśca saghṛtāndvija | varāṭikāṃ tasya puṇyaṃ na jāne kiṃ bhaveddhruvam
He who with devotion should offer to Hari parched grain together with ghee, O twice-born one — I do not know what his merit would surely be, (even) for a cowrie's worth.
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PdP 4 16.29
य इमं शृणुयाद्विप्र चाध्यायं पापनाशनम् । तस्य नश्यंति पापानि श्रीहरेः कृपयापि च
ya imaṃ śṛṇuyādvipra cādhyāyaṃ pāpanāśanam | tasya naśyaṃti pāpāni śrīhareḥ kṛpayāpi ca
Whoever, O brahmin, should hear this chapter, which destroys sin, his sins perish, and that too by Śrī Hari's grace.
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