Padma Purana — Brahma Khanda — Chapter 2
PdP 4 2.1
सूत उवाच- शृणु शौनक वक्ष्यामि चान्यधर्म्मं पुरातनम् । व्यासजैमिनिसंवादं श्रोतॄणां पापनाशनम्
sūta uvāca- śṛṇu śaunaka vakṣyāmi cānyadharmmaṃ purātanam | vyāsajaiminisaṃvādaṃ śrotṝṇāṃ pāpanāśanam
Sūta said: Listen, Śaunaka; I shall declare yet another ancient dharma, the dialogue of Vyāsa and Jaimini, which destroys the sins of those who hear it.
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PdP 4 2.2
जैमिनिरुवाच- कर्म्मणा हि गुरो केन मंदिरं जगतीपतेः । याति तत्कथयस्वाद्य नरः पापी च मे प्रभो नाम द्वितीयोऽध्यायः
jaiminiruvāca- karmmaṇā hi guro kena maṃdiraṃ jagatīpateḥ | yāti tatkathayasvādya naraḥ pāpī ca me prabho nāma dvitīyo'dhyāyaḥ
Jaimini said: By what deed, O teacher, does a man, even a sinner, go to the mansion of the Lord of the world? Tell me that today, O lord. — (Thus) the second chapter.
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PdP 4 2.3
व्यास उवाच- श्रीकृष्णमंदिरे यो वै लेपनं कुरुते नरः । सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः श्रांतो याति हरेर्गृहम्
vyāsa uvāca- śrīkṛṣṇamaṃdire yo vai lepanaṃ kurute naraḥ | sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ śrāṃto yāti harergṛham
Vyāsa said: The man who indeed does the plastering (of the floor) in Śrī Kṛṣṇa's temple is freed from all sins and, weary, goes to Hari's house.
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PdP 4 2.4
यश्चांबुलेपनं कुर्यात्संक्षेपाच्छृणु जैमिने । तस्यपुण्यमहं वच्मि मंदिरे जगतीपतेः
yaścāṃbulepanaṃ kuryātsaṃkṣepācchṛṇu jaimine | tasyapuṇyamahaṃ vacmi maṃdire jagatīpateḥ
And he who performs the anointing with water — hear of it in brief, Jaimini; I declare his merit (earned) in the temple of the Lord of the world.
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PdP 4 2.5
तत्र यावंति पश्यंति रजांसि च द्विजोत्तम । तावत्कल्पसहस्राणि स वसेद्विष्णुमंदिरे
tatra yāvaṃti paśyaṃti rajāṃsi ca dvijottama | tāvatkalpasahasrāṇi sa vasedviṣṇumaṃdire
However many dust-motes they see there, O best of the twice-born, for that many thousands of kalpas he dwells in Viṣṇu's abode.
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PdP 4 2.6
पुरासीद्दंडको नाम्ना चौरो लोकभयप्रदः । ब्रह्मस्वहारी मित्रघ्नो युगे द्वापरसंज्ञके
purāsīddaṃḍako nāmnā cauro lokabhayapradaḥ | brahmasvahārī mitraghno yuge dvāparasaṃjñake
Formerly there was a thief named Daṇḍaka, who caused fear to the world, a stealer of brahmins' property, a slayer of friends, in the age called Dvāpara.
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PdP 4 2.7
असत्यभाषी क्रूरश्च परस्त्रीगमने रतः । गोमांसाशी सुरापश्च पाखंडजनसंगभाक्
asatyabhāṣī krūraśca parastrīgamane rataḥ | gomāṃsāśī surāpaśca pākhaṃḍajanasaṃgabhāk
A speaker of untruth, cruel, given to going with other men's wives, an eater of cow's flesh, a drinker of liquor, and keeping company with heretical people.
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PdP 4 2.8
वृत्तिच्छेदी द्विजातीनां न्यासापहारकस्तथा । शरणागतहंता च वेश्याविभ्रमलोलुपः
vṛtticchedī dvijātīnāṃ nyāsāpahārakastathā | śaraṇāgatahaṃtā ca veśyāvibhramalolupaḥ
One who cut off the livelihood of the twice-born, and likewise a taker of deposits (entrusted to him), a killer of those who came for refuge, and greedy for the wanton play of harlots.
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PdP 4 2.9
एकदा स द्विजश्रेष्ठ कस्यचिद्विष्णुमंदिरम् । जगाम हरणार्थाय विष्णोर्द्रव्यं स मूढधीः
ekadā sa dvijaśreṣṭha kasyacidviṣṇumaṃdiram | jagāma haraṇārthāya viṣṇordravyaṃ sa mūḍhadhīḥ
Once, O best of the twice-born, that dull-witted man went to someone's temple of Viṣṇu in order to steal Viṣṇu's property.
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PdP 4 2.10
अथ द्वारि प्रविश्यासावंघ्रिः कर्द्दमसंयुतः । प्रोच्छितः सकलं निम्ने भूमौ देवगृहस्य च
atha dvāri praviśyāsāvaṃghriḥ karddamasaṃyutaḥ | procchitaḥ sakalaṃ nimne bhūmau devagṛhasya ca
Then, as he entered at the door, his foot, covered with mud, was wiped clean entirely on the low ground of the god's house.
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PdP 4 2.11
तेनैव कर्म्मणा भूमिर्निम्नरिक्ता बभूव ह । लोहस्य च शलाकाभ्यां मुद्घाट्यत्वररंमुदा
tenaiva karmmaṇā bhūmirnimnariktā babhūva ha | lohasya ca śalākābhyāṃ mudghāṭyatvararaṃmudā
By that very act the ground became emptied of its hollow; and with two iron rods (the door) was quickly opened by him in his glee.
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PdP 4 2.12
प्रविवेश हरेर्गेहं वितानवरशोभितम् । रत्नकांचनदीपाढ्यं परिध्वस्त महत्तमम्
praviveśa harergehaṃ vitānavaraśobhitam | ratnakāṃcanadīpāḍhyaṃ paridhvasta mahattamam
He entered Hari's house, adorned with a splendid canopy, rich with jewels, gold and lamps, its great darkness dispelled.
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PdP 4 2.13
नानापुष्पसुगंधाढ्यं नानापात्रसमाकुलम् । सुवासितस्य तैलस्य गंधेन परिपूरितम्
nānāpuṣpasugaṃdhāḍhyaṃ nānāpātrasamākulam | suvāsitasya tailasya gaṃdhena paripūritam
(a house) rich with the fragrance of various flowers, crowded with vessels of many kinds, filled with the scent of perfumed oil.
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PdP 4 2.14
अनेनहारकेणाथ पर्य्यंके सुमनोहरे । शायितो राधया सार्द्धं दृष्टः पीतांबरोऽच्युतः
anenahārakeṇātha paryyaṃke sumanohare | śāyito rādhayā sārddhaṃ dṛṣṭaḥ pītāṃbaro'cyutaḥ
Then by this thief, on a most charming couch, Acyuta clad in yellow was seen lying together with Rādhā.
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PdP 4 2.15
प्रणम्य राधिकानाथं निष्पापः सोऽभवत्तदा । नेष्याम्यथ न नेष्यामि अनेन किं भवेन्मम
praṇamya rādhikānāthaṃ niṣpāpaḥ so'bhavattadā | neṣyāmyatha na neṣyāmi anena kiṃ bhavenmama
Having bowed to the Lord of Rādhikā he then became free of sin: "Shall I carry (it) off, or shall I not carry (it) off? What good would come to me from this?"
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PdP 4 2.16
सेवां कर्त्तुमशक्तोऽहं यतश्चौरोऽस्मि सर्वदा । द्रव्येण कार्यमस्तीति तन्नेतुं कृतवान्मनः
sevāṃ karttumaśakto'haṃ yataścauro'smi sarvadā | dravyeṇa kāryamastīti tannetuṃ kṛtavānmanaḥ
"I am unable to perform service, since I am a thief always; there is business to be done with goods" — so he made up his mind to take it.
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PdP 4 2.17
पातयित्वांशुकं भूमौ कौशेयं कमलापतेः । बबंध वस्तुजातं च पाणौ कृत्वा सकंपितः
pātayitvāṃśukaṃ bhūmau kauśeyaṃ kamalāpateḥ | babaṃdha vastujātaṃ ca pāṇau kṛtvā sakaṃpitaḥ
Having pulled down to the ground the silk garment of the Lord of Kamalā, he bundled up the collection of things and, taking it in his hand, he trembled.
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PdP 4 2.18
विष्णोर्मायापतेश्चाथ तानि सर्वाणि जैमिने । कृत्वा शब्दं सुघोरं च पतितान्यथ तानि वै
viṣṇormāyāpateścātha tāni sarvāṇi jaimine | kṛtvā śabdaṃ sughoraṃ ca patitānyatha tāni vai
Then, O Jaimini, all those things belonging to Viṣṇu, the lord of māyā, making a most terrible noise, fell down.
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PdP 4 2.19
परित्यज्य सुनिद्रां च धावंत इति किन्वहो । आगता बहुशो लोकाश्चोरो द्रव्यं जवेन च
parityajya sunidrāṃ ca dhāvaṃta iti kinvaho | āgatā bahuśo lokāścoro dravyaṃ javena ca
Abandoning their sound sleep and running up, (crying) "What is this, oh!", people came in great numbers, and the thief (took) the goods in haste.
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PdP 4 2.20
त्यक्त्वा धनं च चौरोऽपि त्रस्तः किंचिज्जगाम ह । दंशितः कालसर्पेण मृतोऽसौ गतकिल्बिषः
tyaktvā dhanaṃ ca cauro'pi trastaḥ kiṃcijjagāma ha | daṃśitaḥ kālasarpeṇa mṛto'sau gatakilbiṣaḥ
And the thief too, abandoning the wealth, went off a little way in terror; bitten by a deadly serpent, he died, his sin gone.
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PdP 4 2.21
यमाज्ञया तस्य दूताः पाशमुद्गरपाणयः । आगतास्तं समानेतुं दंष्ट्रिणश्चर्मवाससः
yamājñayā tasya dūtāḥ pāśamudgarapāṇayaḥ | āgatāstaṃ samānetuṃ daṃṣṭriṇaścarmavāsasaḥ
By Yama's command his messengers, with nooses and mallets in their hands, came to fetch him — fanged, clothed in hides.
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PdP 4 2.22
बबंधुश्चर्मपाशेन निन्युर्दुर्गमवर्त्मना । दृष्ट्वा तं शमनः क्रुद्धः पप्रच्छ सचिवं प्रति
babaṃdhuścarmapāśena ninyurdurgamavartmanā | dṛṣṭvā taṃ śamanaḥ kruddhaḥ papraccha sacivaṃ prati
They bound him with a leather noose and led him along a road hard to travel; seeing him, Yama in anger asked his minister:
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PdP 4 2.23
यम उवाच- अनेन किं कृतं कर्म पापं वा पुण्यमेव वा । समूलं वद हे प्राज्ञ चित्रगुप्त ममाग्रतः
yama uvāca- anena kiṃ kṛtaṃ karma pāpaṃ vā puṇyameva vā | samūlaṃ vada he prājña citragupta mamāgrataḥ
Yama said: What deed has been done by this man, sinful or indeed meritorious? Tell it from the root before me, O wise Citragupta.
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PdP 4 2.24
चित्रगुप्त उवाच- सृष्टानि यानि पापानि विधात्रा पृथिवीतले । कृतान्यनेन मूढेन सत्यमेतन्मयोदितम्
citragupta uvāca- sṛṣṭāni yāni pāpāni vidhātrā pṛthivītale | kṛtānyanena mūḍhena satyametanmayoditam
Citragupta said: Whatever sins have been created by the Creator on the face of the earth, they have (all) been committed by this fool; what I have said is the truth.
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PdP 4 2.25
किंत्वाकर्णय लोकेश सुकृतं चास्य वर्त्तते । मन्येऽहं यमुनाभ्रातः सर्वपापविलोपि तत्
kiṃtvākarṇaya lokeśa sukṛtaṃ cāsya varttate | manye'haṃ yamunābhrātaḥ sarvapāpavilopi tat
But hear, lord of the world: there is also a good deed of his; I think, O brother of the Yamunā, that it destroys all his sins.
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PdP 4 2.26
धर्मराज उवाच- किं पुण्यं वर्त्ततेऽमात्य वद सारं ममांतिके । श्रुत्वैवं तद्विधास्यामि यत्र योग्यो भवेदसौ
dharmarāja uvāca- kiṃ puṇyaṃ varttate'mātya vada sāraṃ mamāṃtike | śrutvaivaṃ tadvidhāsyāmi yatra yogyo bhavedasau
Dharmarāja said: What merit does he have, minister? Tell me its essence in my presence; hearing it, I shall so arrange matters that he goes where he is fit (to go).
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PdP 4 2.27
यमस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा सभयश्चित्रगुप्तकः । कृत्वा हस्तांजलिं प्राह चात्मनः स्वामिने द्विज
yamasya vacanaṃ śrutvā sabhayaścitraguptakaḥ | kṛtvā hastāṃjaliṃ prāha cātmanaḥ svāmine dvija
Hearing Yama's words, Citragupta, with fear, made a joining of his hands and spoke to his own master, O twice-born one.
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PdP 4 2.28
चित्रगुप्त उवाच- हरणार्थं हरेर्द्रव्यं गतोऽसौ पापिनां वरः । प्रोज्झितः कर्द्दमो राजन्पादयोर्द्वारतो हरेः
citragupta uvāca- haraṇārthaṃ harerdravyaṃ gato'sau pāpināṃ varaḥ | projjhitaḥ karddamo rājanpādayordvārato hareḥ
Citragupta said: This best of sinners went to steal Hari's property; (but) the mud was scraped off his feet at Hari's door, O king.
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PdP 4 2.29
बभूव लिप्ता सा भूमिर्बिलच्छिद्र विवर्जिता । तेन पुण्यप्रभावेण निर्गतं पातकं महत् । वैकुंठं प्रतियोग्योऽसौ निर्गतस्तव दंडतः
babhūva liptā sā bhūmirbilacchidra vivarjitā | tena puṇyaprabhāveṇa nirgataṃ pātakaṃ mahat | vaikuṃṭhaṃ pratiyogyo'sau nirgatastava daṃḍataḥ
That ground became smeared (with it), freed of hole and crack; by the power of that merit his great sin has gone out. He is fit for Vaikuṇṭha; he has passed beyond your punishment.
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PdP 4 2.30
व्यास उवाच- श्रुत्वा स वचनं तस्य पीठं कनकनिर्मितम् । ददौ तस्मै चोपविष्टस्तत्र पूज्योयमेनसः
vyāsa uvāca- śrutvā sa vacanaṃ tasya pīṭhaṃ kanakanirmitam | dadau tasmai copaviṣṭastatra pūjyoyamenasaḥ
Vyāsa said: Hearing his words, he gave him a seat made of gold, and (Yama), who was to be honoured by the sinner, sat down there.
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PdP 4 2.31
ननाम शिरसा तं वै प्रोवाच विनयान्वितः । यम उवाच- पवित्रं मंदिरं मेऽद्य पादयोस्तद्धि रेणुभिः
nanāma śirasā taṃ vai provāca vinayānvitaḥ | yama uvāca- pavitraṃ maṃdiraṃ me'dya pādayostaddhi reṇubhiḥ
He bowed to him with his head and, full of humility, spoke. Yama said: My dwelling is purified today by the dust of your feet.
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PdP 4 2.32
कृतार्थोऽस्मि कृतार्थोऽस्मि कृतार्थोऽस्मि न संशयः । इदानीं गच्छ भो साधो हरेर्मंदिरमुत्तमम्
kṛtārtho'smi kṛtārtho'smi kṛtārtho'smi na saṃśayaḥ | idānīṃ gaccha bho sādho harermaṃdiramuttamam
I am fulfilled, I am fulfilled, I am fulfilled—there is no doubt. Now go, good sir, to the excellent abode of Hari,
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PdP 4 2.33
नानाभोगसमायुक्तं जन्ममृत्युनिवारणम् । व्यास उवाच- इत्युक्त्वा धर्मराजोऽसौ स्यंदने स्वर्णनिर्मिते
nānābhogasamāyuktaṃ janmamṛtyunivāraṇam | vyāsa uvāca- ityuktvā dharmarājo'sau syaṃdane svarṇanirmite
which is furnished with manifold enjoyments and puts an end to birth and death. Vyāsa said: Having said this, that Dharmarāja, in a chariot made of gold,
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PdP 4 2.34
राजहंसयुते दिव्ये तमारोप्य गतैनसम् । समस्तसुखदं स्थानं प्रेषयामास चक्रिणः
rājahaṃsayute divye tamāropya gatainasam | samastasukhadaṃ sthānaṃ preṣayāmāsa cakriṇaḥ
divine and yoked with royal geese, mounted him, whose sin was gone, and sent him to the abode of the Discus-bearer, which gives every happiness.
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PdP 4 2.35
एवं प्रविष्टो वैकुंठे तत्र तस्थौ सुखं चिरम् । लेपनं ये प्रकुर्वंति भक्त्या तु हरिमंदिरम्
evaṃ praviṣṭo vaikuṃṭhe tatra tasthau sukhaṃ ciram | lepanaṃ ye prakurvaṃti bhaktyā tu harimaṃdiram
Thus, having entered Vaikuṇṭha, he dwelt there happily for a long time. Those who with devotion plaster (the floor of) Hari's temple—
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PdP 4 2.36
तेषां किं वा भविष्यति न जानेऽहं द्विजोत्तम । य इदं शृणुयाद्भक्त्या पठेद्यो वा समाहितः
teṣāṃ kiṃ vā bhaviṣyati na jāne'haṃ dvijottama | ya idaṃ śṛṇuyādbhaktyā paṭhedyo vā samāhitaḥ
what will come to be for them? I do not know, O best of the twice-born. Whoever hears this with devotion, or recites it with concentrated mind,
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PdP 4 2.37
कोटिजन्मार्जितं पापं नश्यत्येव न संशयः
koṭijanmārjitaṃ pāpaṃ naśyatyeva na saṃśayaḥ
his sin accumulated over ten million births is destroyed—there is no doubt.
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