Padma Purana — Patala Khanda — Chapter 100

PdP 5 100.1

श्रीराजोवाच- क्षीरोदजलतुल्याभिः शीतलामलदृष्टिभिः । तथ्याभिश्च विचित्राभिस्त्वया गीर्भिः प्रबोधितः

śrīrājovāca- kṣīrodajalatulyābhiḥ śītalāmaladṛṣṭibhiḥ | tathyābhiśca vicitrābhistvayā gīrbhiḥ prabodhitaḥ

The king said: By your words — like the water of the ocean of milk, cooling and clear to look upon, true and manifold — I have been awakened.

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PdP 5 100.2

असागरोत्थं पीयूषमद्रव्यं व्यसनौषधम् । त्वयाहं पायितः सौम्य भवरोगनिवारणम्

asāgarotthaṃ pīyūṣamadravyaṃ vyasanauṣadham | tvayāhaṃ pāyitaḥ saumya bhavaroganivāraṇam

Nectar not risen from the ocean, without substance, a medicine for calamity — you have made me drink it, gentle one: the remedy for the disease of worldly existence.

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PdP 5 100.3

हर्षप्रदो नृणां पापहानिकृज्जीवनौषधम् । जरामृत्युहरो विप्र सद्भिः किल समागमः

harṣaprado nṛṇāṃ pāpahānikṛjjīvanauṣadham | jarāmṛtyuharo vipra sadbhiḥ kila samāgamaḥ

Bestowing joy on men, destroying sin, a medicine (that gives) life, taking away old age and death — such indeed, O brahmin, is meeting with the good.

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PdP 5 100.4

यानि यानि दुरापानि वांछितानि महीतले । प्राप्यंते तानि तान्येव साधूनामेव संगमात्

yāni yāni durāpāni vāṃchitāni mahītale | prāpyaṃte tāni tānyeva sādhūnāmeva saṃgamāt

Whatever things are hard to obtain and desired on earth, those very things are obtained just from association with the good.

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PdP 5 100.5

यः स्नातः पापहरया साधुसंगम गंगया । किं तस्य दानैः किं तीर्थैः किं तपोभिः किमध्वरैः

yaḥ snātaḥ pāpaharayā sādhusaṃgama gaṃgayā | kiṃ tasya dānaiḥ kiṃ tīrthaiḥ kiṃ tapobhiḥ kimadhvaraiḥ

He who has bathed in the Ganges that is the company of the good, which takes away sin — what need has he of gifts, of pilgrimage places, of austerities, of sacrifices?

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PdP 5 100.6

निमज्ज्योन्मज्जतान्नॄणां भवाब्धौ परमायनम् । संतो धर्मविदः शांता नौर्दृढे वाप्सुमज्जताम्

nimajjyonmajjatānnṝṇāṃ bhavābdhau paramāyanam | saṃto dharmavidaḥ śāṃtā naurdṛḍhe vāpsumajjatām

For men sinking and rising up in the ocean of existence, the highest refuge — the good, knowers of dharma, tranquil, are a firm boat for those drowning in the waters.

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PdP 5 100.7

यो मे भावःपुरा ह्यासीत्कामैकसुखलालसः । दर्शनाद्वचनात्तेऽद्य विपरीतोऽभवद्विभो

yo me bhāvaḥpurā hyāsītkāmaikasukhalālasaḥ | darśanādvacanātte'dya viparīto'bhavadvibho

That disposition of mine which formerly was greedy for the single pleasure of desire has today, from seeing you and from your words, become the opposite, O lord.

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PdP 5 100.8

एकजन्मसुखस्यार्थे सहस्राणि विलोपयेत् । प्राज्ञो जन्मसहस्राणि संचिनोत्येकजन्मना

ekajanmasukhasyārthe sahasrāṇi vilopayet | prājño janmasahasrāṇi saṃcinotyekajanmanā

For the sake of the pleasure of one birth (a fool) ruins thousands (of births); the wise man gathers up thousands of births by a single birth.

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PdP 5 100.9

हाहा कामरसास्वाद सुखलालसचेतसा । मया मूढेन न कृतं किंचिदात्महितं द्विज

hāhā kāmarasāsvāda sukhalālasacetasā | mayā mūḍhena na kṛtaṃ kiṃcidātmahitaṃ dvija

Alas, alas! With a mind greedy for the pleasure of tasting the savour of desire, I, a fool, have done nothing at all for my own good, O twice-born one.

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PdP 5 100.10

अहो मे मनसो मोहो येनात्मा योषितां कृते । पातितो व्यसने घोरे दुःखोदर्के दुरत्यये

aho me manaso moho yenātmā yoṣitāṃ kṛte | pātito vyasane ghore duḥkhodarke duratyaye

Ah, the delusion of my mind, by which my self was cast, for the sake of women, into a dreadful calamity, one ending in sorrow and hard to cross.

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PdP 5 100.11

भगवन्परितुष्टोऽस्मि बोधितो वचनेन ते । उपदेशप्रदानेन मामुद्धर्तुमिहार्हसि

bhagavanparituṣṭo'smi bodhito vacanena te | upadeśapradānena māmuddhartumihārhasi

Sir, I am wholly satisfied, awakened by your speech; by granting instruction you ought here to lift me up.

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PdP 5 100.12

पुरा चरितपुण्योऽहं भवता बोधितोऽस्मि यत् । त्वत्पादरजसा वापि विशेषादपि पावितः

purā caritapuṇyo'haṃ bhavatā bodhito'smi yat | tvatpādarajasā vāpi viśeṣādapi pāvitaḥ

Since I, having performed merit in the past, have been awakened by you, and moreover have been purified by the dust of your feet in a special way—

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PdP 5 100.13

विधिं माधवमासस्य ब्रूहि मे वदतां वर । सर्वपापक्षयकरो यस्त्वया परिकीर्तितः

vidhiṃ mādhavamāsasya brūhi me vadatāṃ vara | sarvapāpakṣayakaro yastvayā parikīrtitaḥ

tell me the procedure for the month of Mādhava (Vaiśākha), O best of speakers—that (procedure) which destroys all sins, which has been proclaimed by you.

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PdP 5 100.14

किं दानं तत्र किं स्नानं को देवो नियमास्तु के । एतदाचक्ष्व विप्रर्षे दुरितोत्तारणाय मे

kiṃ dānaṃ tatra kiṃ snānaṃ ko devo niyamāstu ke | etadācakṣva viprarṣe duritottāraṇāya me

What gift (is to be given) in it, what bathing, which deity, and what the observances are—declare this, O seer among brahmins, for my deliverance from evil.

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PdP 5 100.15

यम उवाच- इत्येवमुक्तो भगवान्कश्यपः स दयानिधिः । प्रोवाच वचनं विप्र धर्म्यं विश्वहितं शुभम्

yama uvāca- ityevamukto bhagavānkaśyapaḥ sa dayānidhiḥ | provāca vacanaṃ vipra dharmyaṃ viśvahitaṃ śubham

Yama said: Addressed thus, the venerable Kaśyapa, that treasury of compassion, spoke a word, O brahmin, that was righteous, beneficial to all, and auspicious.

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PdP 5 100.16

कश्यप उवाच- पूर्वापरसमाधान क्षमबुद्ध्या च ते नृप । पृष्टं प्राज्ञे न वक्तव्यं नाधमे पापमानसे

kaśyapa uvāca- pūrvāparasamādhāna kṣamabuddhyā ca te nṛpa | pṛṣṭaṃ prājñe na vaktavyaṃ nādhame pāpamānase

Kaśyapa said: You have asked, O king, with an intelligence capable of connecting what comes before and after; (such a thing) is not to be told to one (merely) clever, nor to a base man of sinful mind.

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PdP 5 100.17

पापप्रवृत्तस्य तथा दत्वा भूप शुभां मतिम् । विद्यादानफलं सम्यक्प्राप्यते नात्र संशयः

pāpapravṛttasya tathā datvā bhūpa śubhāṃ matim | vidyādānaphalaṃ samyakprāpyate nātra saṃśayaḥ

And likewise, O king, by giving a good understanding to one bent on sin, the fruit of the gift of knowledge is fully obtained—there is no doubt here.

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PdP 5 100.18

नापृष्टः कस्यचिद्ब्रूयान्न चान्यायेन पृच्छतः । जानन्नपि हि मेधावी जडवल्लोकमाचरेत्

nāpṛṣṭaḥ kasyacidbrūyānna cānyāyena pṛcchataḥ | jānannapi hi medhāvī jaḍavallokamācaret

One should not speak to anyone unasked, nor to one who asks improperly; indeed, though he knows, the wise man should move about in the world like a dullard.

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PdP 5 100.19

विदुषामपि शिष्याणां पुत्राणां च क्रियावताम् । अपृष्टमपि वक्तव्यं श्रेयः श्रद्धावतां हितम्

viduṣāmapi śiṣyāṇāṃ putrāṇāṃ ca kriyāvatām | apṛṣṭamapi vaktavyaṃ śreyaḥ śraddhāvatāṃ hitam

But to learned pupils and to sons who perform the rites, even what is not asked should be told—what is best and beneficial for those who have faith.

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PdP 5 100.20

सांप्रतं शुद्धहृदयो जातस्त्वं वचनान्मम । पुराचरितपुण्येन केनापि च महीपते

sāṃprataṃ śuddhahṛdayo jātastvaṃ vacanānmama | purācaritapuṇyena kenāpi ca mahīpate

Now you have become pure of heart through my words, and also through some merit performed in the past, O lord of the earth.

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PdP 5 100.21

पापावस्थं शरीरं तद्गतं तव ममाश्रयात् । श्रवणाद्धर्मशास्त्रस्य धर्मावस्थं तु तेऽभवत्

pāpāvasthaṃ śarīraṃ tadgataṃ tava mamāśrayāt | śravaṇāddharmaśāstrasya dharmāvasthaṃ tu te'bhavat

That body of yours which was in a sinful state has, by resort to me and by the hearing of the treatise on dharma, become established in dharma.

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PdP 5 100.22

पापावस्थमधर्माख्यं धर्मज्ञानविवर्जितम् । अपरं सद्व्रतं यद्धि विज्ञेयं तद्धि धार्मिकम्

pāpāvasthamadharmākhyaṃ dharmajñānavivarjitam | aparaṃ sadvrataṃ yaddhi vijñeyaṃ taddhi dhārmikam

The sinful state is called adharma, devoid of the knowledge of dharma; the other, which consists of good observance, is to be known as righteous.

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PdP 5 100.23

धर्माधर्मोपभोगाय तत्तृतीयमतींद्रियम् । तत्त्रिभेदं शरीरं हि धर्म्मविद्भिरिहोच्यते

dharmādharmopabhogāya tattṛtīyamatīṃdriyam | tattribhedaṃ śarīraṃ hi dharmmavidbhirihocyate

For the experiencing of dharma and adharma, that third one is beyond the senses; thus the body is said here by the knowers of dharma to be of these three kinds.

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PdP 5 100.24

यावता धर्मभोगश्च मुक्तिश्चैतत्त्रिभेदकम् । पापावस्थं शरीरं तत्पापसंज्ञं तदुच्यते

yāvatā dharmabhogaśca muktiścaitattribhedakam | pāpāvasthaṃ śarīraṃ tatpāpasaṃjñaṃ taducyate

Inasmuch as there is enjoyment of dharma and (there is) liberation—this makes the threefold division; the body in the sinful state is called by the name 'sinful'.

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PdP 5 100.25

इदानीं गुरुभक्तिं च कुर्वतश्च वचो मम । शृण्वतो धर्मरूपं तु शरीरं ते व्यवस्थितम्

idānīṃ gurubhaktiṃ ca kurvataśca vaco mama | śṛṇvato dharmarūpaṃ tu śarīraṃ te vyavasthitam

Now, as you practise devotion to the teacher and listen to my words, your body has become established in the form of dharma.

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PdP 5 100.26

तेनैव शुद्धिरमला जाता धर्मक्रियोचिता । दैवेन देहिनां नाम चेतांसि चरितानि च

tenaiva śuddhiramalā jātā dharmakriyocitā | daivena dehināṃ nāma cetāṃsi caritāni ca

By that very (means) a spotless purity has arisen, fit for the performance of dharma. By fate, indeed, the minds and the deeds of embodied beings—

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PdP 5 100.27

शरीराणि च पुष्यंति कालेकाले विपर्ययम् । सांप्रतं भवतश्चेतो नूनं धर्मे प्रवर्तते

śarīrāṇi ca puṣyaṃti kālekāle viparyayam | sāṃprataṃ bhavataśceto nūnaṃ dharme pravartate

—and their bodies too—foster reversal from time to time. At present your mind is surely set upon dharma.

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PdP 5 100.28

तेन त्वां कारयिष्यामि माधवस्नानमुत्तमम् । यम उवाच-। ततस्तु कारितस्तेन कश्यपेन पुरोधसा

tena tvāṃ kārayiṣyāmi mādhavasnānamuttamam | yama uvāca-| tatastu kāritastena kaśyapena purodhasā

Therefore I shall have you perform the excellent bathing of Mādhava. Yama said: Then it was caused to be done by that Kaśyapa, the family priest—

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PdP 5 100.29

स नृपो माधवे मासि स्नानं दानं च पूजनम् । यथादृष्टं पुरा शास्त्रे वैशाखस्नानजं विधिम्

sa nṛpo mādhave māsi snānaṃ dānaṃ ca pūjanam | yathādṛṣṭaṃ purā śāstre vaiśākhasnānajaṃ vidhim

—that king (performed), in the month of Mādhava, bathing, giving, and worship, according to the rule arising from the Vaiśākha bathing as seen of old in the scripture.

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PdP 5 100.30

स मुनिः प्रत्युवाचासौ भूपाय च यथोदितम् । श्रावितः स्तोत्रसारं च पाठितो हरिमेधसः

sa muniḥ pratyuvācāsau bhūpāya ca yathoditam | śrāvitaḥ stotrasāraṃ ca pāṭhito harimedhasaḥ

That sage replied to the king as it had been declared; and he was made to hear the essence of the hymn (of praise) and was made to recite that of Harimedhas.

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PdP 5 100.31

श्रुते यस्मिन्नधीते च स सम्यक्फलमाप्नुयात्

śrute yasminnadhīte ca sa samyakphalamāpnuyāt

When it is heard and when it is recited, one obtains the fruit in full.

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PdP 5 100.32

स कारितस्तेन विशुद्धभावो राजापि चक्रे विधिवत्तदानीम् । श्रीमाधवेमासि विधानमीड्यं ततो यथाकर्णितमादरेण

sa kāritastena viśuddhabhāvo rājāpi cakre vidhivattadānīm | śrīmādhavemāsi vidhānamīḍyaṃ tato yathākarṇitamādareṇa

Being made (to do so) by him, the king too, of purified disposition, then performed it duly — in the month of Śrī Mādhava (Vaiśākha) the praiseworthy observance — thereafter, with care, just as he had heard it.

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PdP 5 100.33

प्रातःस्नानं च पाद्यं च ह्यर्घं च हरिपूजनम् । नैवेद्यं भक्तिभावेन चकार स नृपोत्तमः

prātaḥsnānaṃ ca pādyaṃ ca hyarghaṃ ca haripūjanam | naivedyaṃ bhaktibhāvena cakāra sa nṛpottamaḥ

The morning bath, and water for the feet, and the arghya offering, and the worship of Hari, and the food-offering — that best of kings performed (these) with a devoted heart.

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PdP 5 100.34

दानं यथा नियमपालनमादरेण वैशाखमादिविदधाति विधानमेवम् । यो भक्तितोऽन्वहमसौ प्रतिवर्षमेवं कृत्वा प्रयाति हरिधाम महीसुराग्र्यः

dānaṃ yathā niyamapālanamādareṇa vaiśākhamādividadhāti vidhānamevam | yo bhaktito'nvahamasau prativarṣamevaṃ kṛtvā prayāti haridhāma mahīsurāgryaḥ

Whoever, with devotion, day after day thus performs the giving, the keeping of the vow with care, and so the Vaiśākha observance from its beginning, and does so every year — that foremost of earth-gods (brahmins) goes to the abode of Hari.

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PdP 5 100.35

अथेतरेषु मासेषु कामिनीकुचकेलिवान् । भोगैकलालसो भूयो भवत्येवं यथारुचि

athetareṣu māseṣu kāminīkucakelivān | bhogaikalālaso bhūyo bhavatyevaṃ yathāruci

But in the other months he was again given to love-play at the breasts of beautiful women, eager for enjoyment alone, thus (living) as he pleased.

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PdP 5 100.36

न धर्मनियमं राजकार्येषु न विचारणम् । करोति कामवशगो हित्वा मासं स माधवम्

na dharmaniyamaṃ rājakāryeṣu na vicāraṇam | karoti kāmavaśago hitvā māsaṃ sa mādhavam

Once he had left behind the month of Mādhava, he, subject to desire, observed no rule of dharma nor gave any consideration to the affairs of the kingdom.

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PdP 5 100.37

महतामपि विप्राग्र्य दुर्निवार्यो मनोभवः । शरीरसहजो नूनमनादिर्वासनाक्रमः

mahatāmapi viprāgrya durnivāryo manobhavaḥ | śarīrasahajo nūnamanādirvāsanākramaḥ

O foremost of brahmins, even for the great, the mind-born (god of desire) is hard to ward off; born together with the body, the succession of latent impressions is surely beginningless.

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PdP 5 100.38

केशकज्जलशालिन्यो दुःस्पर्शा लोचनप्रियाः । यस्मादग्निशिखा नार्यो दहंति तृणवन्नरम्

keśakajjalaśālinyo duḥsparśā locanapriyāḥ | yasmādagniśikhā nāryo dahaṃti tṛṇavannaram

Adorned with (dark) hair and collyrium, dangerous to touch, dear to the eyes — since women are flames of fire, they burn a man as if he were grass.

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PdP 5 100.39

घोरः शत्रुः शरीरस्थः पुंसां कामो यथोचितम् । मोहधूममयः पापो न केषामंधकारितम्

ghoraḥ śatruḥ śarīrasthaḥ puṃsāṃ kāmo yathocitam | mohadhūmamayaḥ pāpo na keṣāmaṃdhakāritam

A terrible enemy dwelling in the body of men is desire, as is fitting (to call it); made of the smoke of delusion, sinful — for whom has it not produced blindness?

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