Padma Purana — Brahma Khanda — Chapter 17
PdP 4 17.1
शौनक उवाच। विष्णुपादोदकस्यापि माहात्म्यं पापनाशनम् । कथयस्व महाप्राज्ञ समूलं मे कृपार्णव
śaunaka uvāca| viṣṇupādodakasyāpi māhātmyaṃ pāpanāśanam | kathayasva mahāprājña samūlaṃ me kṛpārṇava
Śaunaka said: Tell me, O greatly wise one, O ocean of compassion, from its root, the sin-destroying greatness of the water from Viṣṇu's feet as well.
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PdP 4 17.2
सूत उवाच। समस्तपातकध्वंसि विष्णुपादोदकं शुभम् । कणमात्रं वहेद्यस्तु सर्वतीर्थफलं लभेत्
sūta uvāca| samastapātakadhvaṃsi viṣṇupādodakaṃ śubham | kaṇamātraṃ vahedyastu sarvatīrthaphalaṃ labhet
Sūta said: Auspicious is the water from Viṣṇu's feet, destroyer of all sins; whoever should carry even a drop of it obtains the fruit of all sacred fords.
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PdP 4 17.3
विष्णुपादोदकं ब्रह्मन्स्पर्शतः पापनाशनम् । अकालमरणं नास्ति गंगास्नानफलं लभेत्
viṣṇupādodakaṃ brahmansparśataḥ pāpanāśanam | akālamaraṇaṃ nāsti gaṃgāsnānaphalaṃ labhet
The water from Viṣṇu's feet, O brahmin, destroys sin by (mere) touch; there is no untimely death, and one obtains the fruit of bathing in the Gaṅgā.
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PdP 4 17.4
विष्णुपादोदकं पापी यः पिबेत्तस्य किल्बिषम् । शरीरस्थं क्षयं याति कृतं ब्रह्मन्न संशयः
viṣṇupādodakaṃ pāpī yaḥ pibettasya kilbiṣam | śarīrasthaṃ kṣayaṃ yāti kṛtaṃ brahmanna saṃśayaḥ
When a sinner drinks the water from Viṣṇu's feet, the sin residing in his body that he has committed goes to destruction, O brahmin — there is no doubt.
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PdP 4 17.5
तुलसीपर्णसंयुक्तं विष्णुपादोदकं द्विज । यो वहेच्छिरसा भक्त्या चांते याति हरेर्गृहम्
tulasīparṇasaṃyuktaṃ viṣṇupādodakaṃ dvija | yo vahecchirasā bhaktyā cāṃte yāti harergṛham
He who with devotion carries on his head the water from Viṣṇu's feet joined with a tulasī leaf, O twice-born one, goes at the end to Hari's abode.
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PdP 4 17.6
मेरुतुल्यसुवर्णानि दत्त्वा यत्फलमाप्यते । हरिपादोदकं स्पृष्ट्वा प्राप्यते तत्फलं नरैः
merutulyasuvarṇāni dattvā yatphalamāpyate | haripādodakaṃ spṛṣṭvā prāpyate tatphalaṃ naraiḥ
Whatever fruit is obtained by giving gold equal (in bulk) to Mount Meru, that fruit is gained by men through touching the water from Hari's feet.
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PdP 4 17.7
धेनुकोटिसहस्राणि यत्फलं लभते नरैः । दत्वा पादोदकं स्पृष्ट्वा तत्फलं प्राप्यते ध्रुवम्
dhenukoṭisahasrāṇi yatphalaṃ labhate naraiḥ | datvā pādodakaṃ spṛṣṭvā tatphalaṃ prāpyate dhruvam
Whatever fruit a man gains by giving thousands of crores of cows, that same fruit is surely obtained by touching the water of (Hari's) feet.
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PdP 4 17.8
यज्ञकोटिसहस्राणि कृत्वा यत्फलमाप्यते । हरिपादोदकं स्पृष्ट्वा तस्मात्कोटिगुणं नरैः
yajñakoṭisahasrāṇi kṛtvā yatphalamāpyate | haripādodakaṃ spṛṣṭvā tasmātkoṭiguṇaṃ naraiḥ
Whatever fruit is obtained by performing thousands of crores of sacrifices, by touching the water from Hari's feet men (obtain) a crore times more than that.
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PdP 4 17.9
कोटिकन्याप्रदानेन यत्फलं लभ्यते जनैः । विष्णुपादोदकं स्पृष्ट्वा फलं तस्माद्द्विजाधिकम्
koṭikanyāpradānena yatphalaṃ labhyate janaiḥ | viṣṇupādodakaṃ spṛṣṭvā phalaṃ tasmāddvijādhikam
Whatever fruit is gained by people through giving away a crore of maidens (in marriage), the fruit from touching the water of Viṣṇu's feet is greater than that, O twice-born one.
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PdP 4 17.10
दंतिकोटिप्रदानेन सप्तिकोटिप्रदानतः । यत्फलं लभते मर्त्यः स्पृष्ट्वा पादोदकं हरेः
daṃtikoṭipradānena saptikoṭipradānataḥ | yatphalaṃ labhate martyaḥ spṛṣṭvā pādodakaṃ hareḥ
The fruit that a mortal gains by the gift of a crore of elephants, by the gift of a crore of horses — (that he gains) by touching the water of Hari's feet.
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PdP 4 17.11
दत्वा मर्त्यः सप्तद्वीपां ससस्यां यत्फलं लभेत् । विष्णुपादोदकं स्पृष्ट्वा तस्माद्विप्राधिकं लभेत्
datvā martyaḥ saptadvīpāṃ sasasyāṃ yatphalaṃ labhet | viṣṇupādodakaṃ spṛṣṭvā tasmādviprādhikaṃ labhet
Whatever fruit a mortal would gain by giving away the seven continents with their crops, by touching the water of Viṣṇu's feet he gains more than that, O brahmin.
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PdP 4 17.12
शृणु विप्र प्रवक्ष्यामि संक्षेपेणाधिकं किमु । विष्णुपादोदकं स्पृष्ट्वा पापी याति हरेर्गृहम्
śṛṇu vipra pravakṣyāmi saṃkṣepeṇādhikaṃ kimu | viṣṇupādodakaṃ spṛṣṭvā pāpī yāti harergṛham
Listen, O brahmin, I shall declare it in brief — what more (need be said)? By touching the water of Viṣṇu's feet even a sinner goes to Hari's abode.
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PdP 4 17.13
शौनक उवाच। स्पृष्ट्वा पीत्वा पुरा केन प्राणिना प्रापि वै गृहम् । कथयस्व हरेः सूत मम त्वं चानुकंपया
śaunaka uvāca| spṛṣṭvā pītvā purā kena prāṇinā prāpi vai gṛham | kathayasva hareḥ sūta mama tvaṃ cānukaṃpayā
Śaunaka said: By which living being in former times, having touched and drunk (it), was Hari's abode attained? Tell me that, Sūta, out of your compassion for me.
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PdP 4 17.14
सूत उवाच। पुरा त्रेतायुगे पापी नाम्ना विप्रः सुदर्शनः । जनार्द्दनदिने नित्यमश्नीयात्स द्विजोत्तम
sūta uvāca| purā tretāyuge pāpī nāmnā vipraḥ sudarśanaḥ | janārddanadine nityamaśnīyātsa dvijottama
Sūta said: Long ago in the Tretā age there was a sinful brahmin named Sudarśana; on Janārdana's day (i.e. the ekādaśī) he would always eat, O best of the twice-born.
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PdP 4 17.15
शास्त्रनिंदाकरो नित्यं व्रतनिंदाकरः सदा । असावन्यं न जानाति केवलं स्वोदरं विना
śāstraniṃdākaro nityaṃ vrataniṃdākaraḥ sadā | asāvanyaṃ na jānāti kevalaṃ svodaraṃ vinā
(He was) always a reviler of the scriptures, forever a reviler of vows; he knew nothing else but his own belly alone.
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PdP 4 17.16
एकदा प्राप्तकालस्तु निधनं प्राप्तवान्द्विज । यमदूताः समायाता बद्ध्वा नीतो यमालयम्
ekadā prāptakālastu nidhanaṃ prāptavāndvija | yamadūtāḥ samāyātā baddhvā nīto yamālayam
Then one day, his time having come, he met his death, O brahmin; the messengers of Yama arrived, bound him and led him to Yama's abode.
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PdP 4 17.17
तं दृष्ट्वा यमुनाभ्राता पप्रच्छ सचिवं रुषा । भोऽमात्य चास्य यत्पुण्यं पापं वद समूलतः
taṃ dṛṣṭvā yamunābhrātā papraccha sacivaṃ ruṣā | bho'mātya cāsya yatpuṇyaṃ pāpaṃ vada samūlataḥ
Seeing him, the brother of the Yamunā (Yama) angrily asked his minister: "Ho, minister, tell me from the root what merit and what sin this man has.
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PdP 4 17.18
असौ विप्रो महापापी क्रूरकर्म्मेव दृश्यते
asau vipro mahāpāpī krūrakarmmeva dṛśyate
This brahmin is a great sinner; he looks as though (his) deeds were cruel."
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PdP 4 17.19
चित्रगुप्त उवाच। आकर्णय चास्य पापं पुण्यं नास्त्यणुमात्रकम् । वासरेऽपि हरेर्नित्यमकरोद्भोजनं विभो
citragupta uvāca| ākarṇaya cāsya pāpaṃ puṇyaṃ nāstyaṇumātrakam | vāsare'pi harernityamakarodbhojanaṃ vibho
Citragupta said: Listen to his sin — of merit there is not so much as an atom. Even on Hari's day, O lord, he always took food.
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PdP 4 17.20
वासरे कमलाभर्तुश्चाश्नीयाद्यो नराधमः । पुरीषं सोऽश्नीयाद्राजन्निरयं याति दारुणम्
vāsare kamalābhartuścāśnīyādyo narādhamaḥ | purīṣaṃ so'śnīyādrājannirayaṃ yāti dāruṇam
That lowest of men who eats on the day of the Lord of Kamalā (Viṣṇu) — he eats excrement, O king, and goes to a terrible hell.
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PdP 4 17.21
मन्वंतरशतं देहि स्थानं तु निरयेऽप्यमुम् । ग्रामक्रोडस्य योनौ हि ततो जन्म भविष्यति
manvaṃtaraśataṃ dehi sthānaṃ tu niraye'pyamum | grāmakroḍasya yonau hi tato janma bhaviṣyati
Assign him a place in hell for a hundred manvantaras; thereafter his birth will be in the womb of a village hog.
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PdP 4 17.22
सूत उवाच। यमाज्ञया ततो विप्र तस्य दूतैर्भयंकरैः । पातितस्तु पुरीषे वै मन्वंतरशताधिकम्
sūta uvāca| yamājñayā tato vipra tasya dūtairbhayaṃkaraiḥ | pātitastu purīṣe vai manvaṃtaraśatādhikam
Sūta said: Then, O brahmin, by Yama's command he was flung by his terrifying messengers into excrement for more than a hundred manvantaras.
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PdP 4 17.23
ततो मुक्तोऽभवच्चासौ पृथिव्यां ग्रामसूकरः । चिरं नरकमश्नीयाद्धरिवासरभोजनात्
tato mukto'bhavaccāsau pṛthivyāṃ grāmasūkaraḥ | ciraṃ narakamaśnīyāddharivāsarabhojanāt
Then he was released and became a village pig on earth; for a long time he had to eat hell because of eating on Hari's day.
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PdP 4 17.24
ततो विप्र प्राप्तकालः पंचत्वं स जगाम ह । काकयोनौ पुनर्जन्म लेभेऽसौ विड्भुजः सदा
tato vipra prāptakālaḥ paṃcatvaṃ sa jagāma ha | kākayonau punarjanma lebhe'sau viḍbhujaḥ sadā
Then, O brahmin, his time having come, he went to death, and he obtained birth again in the womb of a crow, forever an eater of filth.
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PdP 4 17.25
एकस्मिन्दिवसे विप्र श्रीहरेश्चरणोदकम् । द्वारदेशेस्थितं पीत्वा सर्वपापविवर्जितः
ekasmindivase vipra śrīhareścaraṇodakam | dvāradeśesthitaṃ pītvā sarvapāpavivarjitaḥ
On one day, O brahmin, having drunk the water from Śrī Hari's feet that stood at the doorway, he became freed of all sin.
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PdP 4 17.26
तस्मिन्नेव दिने काकः पतितः शबरस्य च । काले मृत्युदशां प्राप्तो व्याधेन वायसोपि च
tasminneva dine kākaḥ patitaḥ śabarasya ca | kāle mṛtyudaśāṃ prāpto vyādhena vāyasopi ca
On that very day the crow fell (into the hands) of a hunter, and in time the crow too met the state of death by the hunter.
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PdP 4 17.27
आगते स्यंदने दिव्ये राजहंसयुते शुभे । आरुह्य बलिभुग्विप्र ययौ स हरिमंदिरम्
āgate syaṃdane divye rājahaṃsayute śubhe | āruhya balibhugvipra yayau sa harimaṃdiram
When a divine, auspicious chariot yoked with royal geese had come, the eater of offerings (the crow) mounted it, O brahmin, and went to Hari's abode.
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PdP 4 17.28
पादोदकस्य माहात्म्यं कथितं पापनाशनम् । यः शृणोति नरः पापी तस्य पापं विनश्यति
pādodakasya māhātmyaṃ kathitaṃ pāpanāśanam | yaḥ śṛṇoti naraḥ pāpī tasya pāpaṃ vinaśyati
The greatness of the foot-water, destroyer of sin, has been told; whatever sinful man hears it, his sin perishes.
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