Padma Purana — Brahma Khanda — Chapter 20
PdP 4 20.1
शौनक उवाच। सुकृतं किं तथा प्राह कृत्वा संसारसागरात् । तरिष्यंति कलौ सूत तमोन्धकूपमंडुकाः
śaunaka uvāca| sukṛtaṃ kiṃ tathā prāha kṛtvā saṃsārasāgarāt | tariṣyaṃti kalau sūta tamondhakūpamaṃḍukāḥ
Śaunaka said: What meritorious act did he declare, O Sūta, by performing which those frogs in the blind well of darkness will cross over the ocean of worldly existence in the Kali age?
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PdP 4 20.2
सूत उवाच। राधाकृष्णप्रिये चौर्जे प्रातःस्नानं समाचरेत् । राधादामोदरं भक्त्या कुर्यात्पूजां समाहिता
sūta uvāca| rādhākṛṣṇapriye caurje prātaḥsnānaṃ samācaret | rādhādāmodaraṃ bhaktyā kuryātpūjāṃ samāhitā
Sūta said: In the month of Ūrja (Kārttika), dear to Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa, one should perform the morning bath; with devotion and concentration she should perform the worship of Rādhā and Dāmodara.
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PdP 4 20.3
त्यक्त्वामिषादिकं ब्रह्मन्पतिसेवापरायणा । सा याति श्रीहरेः स्थानं गोलोकाख्यं सुदुर्ल्लभम्
tyaktvāmiṣādikaṃ brahmanpatisevāparāyaṇā | sā yāti śrīhareḥ sthānaṃ golokākhyaṃ sudurllabham
Having given up meat and the like, O brahmin, and being devoted to the service of her husband, she goes to Śrī Hari's abode called Goloka, which is very hard to attain.
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PdP 4 20.4
राधादामोदराभ्यां या धूपदीपं तु कार्तिके । दद्यात्सा भवनं विष्णोर्याति वै त्यक्तपातकाः
rādhādāmodarābhyāṃ yā dhūpadīpaṃ tu kārtike | dadyātsā bhavanaṃ viṣṇoryāti vai tyaktapātakāḥ
The woman who in Kārttika offers incense and a lamp to Rādhā and Dāmodara goes to the dwelling of Viṣṇu, her sins abandoned.
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PdP 4 20.5
योषिद्या कार्त्तिके विप्र दद्याद्वस्त्रं निकेतने । राधादामोदराभ्यां तु वसेत्सा श्रीहरेश्चिरम्
yoṣidyā kārttike vipra dadyādvastraṃ niketane | rādhādāmodarābhyāṃ tu vasetsā śrīhareściram
The woman who in Kārttika, O brahmin, gives cloth in the temple to Rādhā and Dāmodara dwells long with Śrī Hari.
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PdP 4 20.6
राधादामोदराभ्यां सा पुष्पं माल्यं सुवासितम् । कार्तिके मासि सा दद्याद्याति वैकुंठमंदिरम्
rādhādāmodarābhyāṃ sā puṣpaṃ mālyaṃ suvāsitam | kārtike māsi sā dadyādyāti vaikuṃṭhamaṃdiram
The woman who in the month of Kārttika offers a flower and a fragrant garland to Rādhā and Dāmodara goes to the mansion of Vaikuṇṭha.
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PdP 4 20.7
गंधं या चापि नैवेद्यं दद्याद्वै शर्करादिकम् । राधादामोदराभ्यां सा गच्छेद्वै विष्णुमंदिरम्
gaṃdhaṃ yā cāpi naivedyaṃ dadyādvai śarkarādikam | rādhādāmodarābhyāṃ sā gacchedvai viṣṇumaṃdiram
And she who offers perfume and a food-offering — sugar and the like — to Rādhā and Dāmodara goes to Viṣṇu's abode.
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PdP 4 20.8
यत्किंचिद्यच्छति ब्रह्मन्कार्तिके च द्विजातये । राधादामोदरप्रीत्यै तस्याः पुण्याक्षयं भवेत्
yatkiṃcidyacchati brahmankārtike ca dvijātaye | rādhādāmodaraprītyai tasyāḥ puṇyākṣayaṃ bhavet
Whatever she gives to a twice-born in Kārttika, O brahmin, for the pleasure of Rādhā and Dāmodara, her merit from it becomes imperishable.
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PdP 4 20.9
या नारी कार्तिके भक्त्या राधादामोदरं द्विज । प्रातः सपर्यां सा याति न कुर्य्यान्निरयं चिरम्
yā nārī kārtike bhaktyā rādhādāmodaraṃ dvija | prātaḥ saparyāṃ sā yāti na kuryyānnirayaṃ ciram
The woman who in Kārttika with devotion performs the morning worship of Rādhā and Dāmodara, O twice-born, does not go to hell for a long time.
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PdP 4 20.10
कदाचिज्जन्मभूमौ सा विधवा प्रति जन्मनि । भवेच्चासाद्य पूर्व्वं वै चाप्रिया स्वामिनोऽपि च
kadācijjanmabhūmau sā vidhavā prati janmani | bhaveccāsādya pūrvvaṃ vai cāpriyā svāmino'pi ca
Sometimes, in the land of her birth, she becomes a widow in birth after birth, having formerly incurred (this), and also disliked by her husband.
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PdP 4 20.11
पुरा त्रेतायुगे विप्र वृषलो नाम शंकरः । सौराष्ट्रदेशवासी च तस्य जाया कलिप्रिया
purā tretāyuge vipra vṛṣalo nāma śaṃkaraḥ | saurāṣṭradeśavāsī ca tasya jāyā kalipriyā
Formerly, in the Tretā age, O brahmin, there was a śūdra named Śaṃkara, a resident of the Saurāṣṭra country, and his wife was fond of quarrel.
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PdP 4 20.12
जाराकांक्षी सदा नाम्ना तृणवन्मन्यते पतिम् । असौ पतिर्न मे योग्यो मे स्वामी परपूरुषः
jārākāṃkṣī sadā nāmnā tṛṇavanmanyate patim | asau patirna me yogyo me svāmī parapūruṣaḥ
Always longing for a paramour, she reckoned her husband as no better than a blade of grass: "This is no fit husband for me; my (real) lord is another man."
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PdP 4 20.13
इति मत्वा सदा तस्मै चोच्छिष्टं तु ददाति वै । नीचसंगान्महामूढा मद्यमांसं चखाद ह
iti matvā sadā tasmai cocchiṣṭaṃ tu dadāti vai | nīcasaṃgānmahāmūḍhā madyamāṃsaṃ cakhāda ha
Thinking thus, she always gives him her leavings; through the company of the low, the great fool ate meat and drank liquor.
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PdP 4 20.14
स्वामिनो भर्त्सनां नित्यं कुर्यात्कामं तु निष्ठुरा । पादरज्जुर्भवेच्चासौ कस्माद्वै न मृतोऽपि च
svāmino bhartsanāṃ nityaṃ kuryātkāmaṃ tu niṣṭhurā | pādarajjurbhaveccāsau kasmādvai na mṛto'pi ca
Harsh, she would constantly rebuke her husband as she pleased: "May he become a noose for (my) feet — why is he not dead even now?"
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PdP 4 20.15
मृते तस्मिन्नहं भोगं करिष्यामि यदृच्छया । विचार्येति हृदा मूढा जारेणैकेन सा तदा
mṛte tasminnahaṃ bhogaṃ kariṣyāmi yadṛcchayā | vicāryeti hṛdā mūḍhā jāreṇaikena sā tadā
"When he is dead I shall enjoy myself at will." Having thus pondered in her heart, the fool then, with one paramour,
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PdP 4 20.16
अन्यदेशं गमिष्यावः संकेतमकरोद्द्विज । सुप्तस्य स्वामिनो रात्रौ चासिना तद्गलं द्विज
anyadeśaṃ gamiṣyāvaḥ saṃketamakaroddvija | suptasya svāmino rātrau cāsinā tadgalaṃ dvija
(said) "We two shall go to another country" — she made an assignation, O twice-born; and at night, with a sword, (she cut) the throat of her sleeping husband, O twice-born.
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PdP 4 20.17
छित्त्वा जारकृते सापि संकेतस्य स्थलं गता । आगतं जारपुरुषं द्वीपिना भक्षितं द्विज
chittvā jārakṛte sāpi saṃketasya sthalaṃ gatā | āgataṃ jārapuruṣaṃ dvīpinā bhakṣitaṃ dvija
Having cut (it) for the paramour's sake, she went to the place of the tryst; and the paramour who had come was eaten by a leopard, O twice-born.
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PdP 4 20.18
दृष्ट्वा सा रोदनं कृत्वा मूर्च्छिता निपपात ह । चिरादाश्वस्य सा मूढा करुणं विललाप ह
dṛṣṭvā sā rodanaṃ kṛtvā mūrcchitā nipapāta ha | cirādāśvasya sā mūḍhā karuṇaṃ vilalāpa ha
Seeing (that), she wept and fell down in a faint; after a long time, having recovered, the fool lamented piteously.
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PdP 4 20.19
कलिप्रियोवाच। स्वकीयं स्वामिनं हत्वा चागता परपूरुषम् । तं जारं स्वामिनं दैवात्शार्दूलो भक्षयन्मम । किं करोमि क्व गच्छामि विधात्रा वंचितास्म्यहम्
kalipriyovāca| svakīyaṃ svāminaṃ hatvā cāgatā parapūruṣam | taṃ jāraṃ svāminaṃ daivātśārdūlo bhakṣayanmama | kiṃ karomi kva gacchāmi vidhātrā vaṃcitāsmyaham
Kalipriyā said: Having killed my own husband, I came to another man; and that paramour, my (new) lord, a tiger by fate has devoured. What shall I do, where shall I go? I have been cheated by the Creator.
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PdP 4 20.20
सूत उवाच। ततः कलिप्रिया ब्रह्मनागता स्वगृहं प्रति । लपने स्वामिनो दत्वा मुखं च विललाप सा
sūta uvāca| tataḥ kalipriyā brahmanāgatā svagṛhaṃ prati | lapane svāmino datvā mukhaṃ ca vilalāpa sā
Sūta said: Then Kalipriyā, O brahmin, came back to her own house, and setting her face upon her husband's, she lamented.
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PdP 4 20.21
कलिप्रियोवाच। हा नाथ किं कृतं कर्म्म मया हंतातिदारुणम् । कं लोकं वा गमिष्यामि वद स्वामिन्मनाग्गिरम्
kalipriyovāca| hā nātha kiṃ kṛtaṃ karmma mayā haṃtātidāruṇam | kaṃ lokaṃ vā gamiṣyāmi vada svāminmanāggiram
Kalipriyā said: Alas, lord, what a deed I have done — oh, most cruel! To what world shall I go? Speak, husband, a little word.
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PdP 4 20.22
भर्त्सनां तु यथाकामं कुर्य्याच्चाहं सुनिंदिता । किंचिन्न वदसि स्वामिन्नेनो यन्मे न विद्यते
bhartsanāṃ tu yathākāmaṃ kuryyāccāhaṃ suniṃditā | kiṃcinna vadasi svāminneno yanme na vidyate
"Let him rebuke (me) as he pleases" — and I am utterly blameworthy. You say nothing, husband — as if no sin of mine existed.
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PdP 4 20.23
सूत उवाच। ननाम चरणे तस्य गतान्यनगरं प्रति । तत्र प्रविष्टा सा योषिद्दृष्ट्वा पुण्यजनान्बहून्
sūta uvāca| nanāma caraṇe tasya gatānyanagaraṃ prati | tatra praviṣṭā sā yoṣiddṛṣṭvā puṇyajanānbahūn
Sūta said: She bowed at his feet and went off to another city. Having entered there, that woman saw many holy people,
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PdP 4 20.24
ऊर्जे स्नानपरान्प्रातर्नर्मदायां च वैष्णवान् । तत्र नद्यां स्त्रियश्चापि राधादामोदरं द्विज
ūrje snānaparānprātarnarmadāyāṃ ca vaiṣṇavān | tatra nadyāṃ striyaścāpi rādhādāmodaraṃ dvija
Vaiṣṇavas intent on bathing at dawn in the Narmadā in the month of Ūrja (Kārttika); and there in the river the women too (worshipped) Rādhā and Dāmodara, O twice-born,
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PdP 4 20.25
सपर्यां च कृतां चैव शंखनादैर्महोत्सवैः । गंधपुष्पैर्धूपदीपैर्वस्त्रैर्नानाविधैः फलैः
saparyāṃ ca kṛtāṃ caiva śaṃkhanādairmahotsavaiḥ | gaṃdhapuṣpairdhūpadīpairvastrairnānāvidhaiḥ phalaiḥ
and worship performed with blasts of conches and great festivities, with scents and flowers, incense and lamps, garments and fruits of many kinds,
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PdP 4 20.26
मुखवासैर्भक्तियुक्ता दृष्ट्वा सा विनयान्विता । पप्रच्छ ब्रूत यूयं मे किमेतत्क्रियते स्त्रियः
mukhavāsairbhaktiyuktā dṛṣṭvā sā vinayānvitā | papraccha brūta yūyaṃ me kimetatkriyate striyaḥ
and with mouth-perfumes — seeing (this), she, filled with devotion and humble, asked: "Tell me, you women, what is this that is being done?"
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PdP 4 20.27
स्त्रिय ऊचुः - सर्वमासोत्तमे चोर्जे राधादामोदरौ शुभौ । पूजां कृत्वा वयं मातः सर्वपापहरां शुभाम्
striya ūcuḥ - sarvamāsottame corje rādhādāmodarau śubhau | pūjāṃ kṛtvā vayaṃ mātaḥ sarvapāpaharāṃ śubhām
The women said: In Ūrja, best of all months, we, mother, perform the auspicious worship of the fair Rādhā and Dāmodara, which removes all sins.
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PdP 4 20.28
कोटिजन्मार्जितं पापं नष्टं प्राप्तं निकेतनम् । सपर्य्यामामिषं त्यक्त्वा कृत्वा सा च हरेर्द्दिने
koṭijanmārjitaṃ pāpaṃ naṣṭaṃ prāptaṃ niketanam | saparyyāmāmiṣaṃ tyaktvā kṛtvā sā ca harerddine
Sin amassed over ten million births is destroyed and (his) abode is attained. And she, giving up meat, performed the worship on Hari's day.
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PdP 4 20.29
निधनत्वं पौर्णमास्यां गता सा निर्मला द्विज । किंकराश्चागतास्तूर्णं यमस्य निलयं प्रति
nidhanatvaṃ paurṇamāsyāṃ gatā sā nirmalā dvija | kiṃkarāścāgatāstūrṇaṃ yamasya nilayaṃ prati
She met her death on the full-moon day, purified, O twice-born; and the servants of Yama came swiftly (to take her) to his abode.
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PdP 4 20.30
नेतुं तां क्रोधसंयुक्ता बबंधुश्चर्मरज्जुभिः । तदागता विष्णुदूता विमानं स्वर्णनिर्मितम्
netuṃ tāṃ krodhasaṃyuktā babaṃdhuścarmarajjubhiḥ | tadāgatā viṣṇudūtā vimānaṃ svarṇanirmitam
Filled with rage, they bound her with leather ropes to lead her away; then came Viṣṇu's messengers with a chariot made of gold,
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PdP 4 20.31
शंखचक्रगदापद्मधारिणो वनमालिनः । निजघ्नुश्चक्रधाराभिर्यमदूताः पलायिताः
śaṃkhacakragadāpadmadhāriṇo vanamālinaḥ | nijaghnuścakradhārābhiryamadūtāḥ palāyitāḥ
bearing conch, discus, mace and lotus, wearing forest-garlands; they struck with the edges of their discuses, and Yama's messengers fled.
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PdP 4 20.32
राजहंसयुते विप्र विमाने स्वर्णनिर्मिते । आरूढा सा गता तैस्तु वेष्टिता विष्णुमंदिरम्
rājahaṃsayute vipra vimāne svarṇanirmite | ārūḍhā sā gatā taistu veṣṭitā viṣṇumaṃdiram
Mounted, O brahmin, on the golden aerial car yoked with royal geese, she went, surrounded by them, to Viṣṇu's abode.
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PdP 4 20.33
तत्र तस्थौ चिरं भोगं कृत्वा सा वै यथेप्सितम् । या कुर्यात्कार्त्तिके विप्र राधादामोदरार्चनम्
tatra tasthau ciraṃ bhogaṃ kṛtvā sā vai yathepsitam | yā kuryātkārttike vipra rādhādāmodarārcanam
There she remained a long time, enjoying pleasures just as she desired. The woman who, O brahmin, performs in Kārttika the worship of Rādhā and Dāmodara—
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PdP 4 20.34
याति पूजा त्यक्तपापाद्गोलोकाख्यं मनोहरम् । य इदं शृणुयाद्भक्त्या या च नारी समाहिता । कोटिजन्मार्जितं पापं तस्य तस्या विनश्यति
yāti pūjā tyaktapāpādgolokākhyaṃ manoharam | ya idaṃ śṛṇuyādbhaktyā yā ca nārī samāhitā | koṭijanmārjitaṃ pāpaṃ tasya tasyā vinaśyati
—her worship (bears fruit): freed of sin she goes to the lovely (world) called Goloka. And whatever man hears this with devotion, and whatever woman (hears it) attentively, the sin amassed over ten million births is destroyed for him and for her.
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