Padma Purana — Patala Khanda — Chapter 101
PdP 5 101.1
यम उवाच- अथ कालकटाक्षेण लक्षितो नृपतिस्तदा । मृतोऽतिरतिसेवोत्थ क्षयक्षीणकलेवरः
yama uvāca- atha kālakaṭākṣeṇa lakṣito nṛpatistadā | mṛto'tiratisevottha kṣayakṣīṇakalevaraḥ
Yama said: Then the king, marked by the sidelong glance of Time, died, his body wasted by the consumption that arose from excessive indulgence in pleasure.
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PdP 5 101.2
नीयमानो यमगणैस्ताड्यमानो मुहुर्मुहुः । क्रन्दमानो महारावान्स स्मरन्निजपातकम्
nīyamāno yamagaṇaistāḍyamāno muhurmuhuḥ | krandamāno mahārāvānsa smarannijapātakam
Being led away by Yama's hosts and beaten again and again, crying out with great wails, he remembered his own sin.
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PdP 5 101.3
विष्णुदूतैः समागम्य ताडयित्वा ममानुगान् । धर्मवानयमित्युक्त्वा विमानमथ रोपितः
viṣṇudūtaiḥ samāgamya tāḍayitvā mamānugān | dharmavānayamityuktvā vimānamatha ropitaḥ
Then the messengers of Viṣṇu came and beat my followers, and saying "This man is possessed of dharma," they set him upon a celestial car.
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PdP 5 101.4
नीतो हरिपुरं भूपः स्तूयमानोऽप्सरोगणैः । प्रातःस्नानेन वैशाखमासस्य क्षीणपातकः
nīto haripuraṃ bhūpaḥ stūyamāno'psarogaṇaiḥ | prātaḥsnānena vaiśākhamāsasya kṣīṇapātakaḥ
The king was taken to the city of Hari, praised by throngs of apsarases, his sin destroyed by the morning bath of the month of Vaiśākha.
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PdP 5 101.5
अथ धर्मविहीनोऽयमिति मत्वा च तैः पुनः । देवदूतैर्निदेशेन विष्णोर्भूमिपतिस्तदा । अदूरादेव निरयवर्त्मना स समाहितः
atha dharmavihīno'yamiti matvā ca taiḥ punaḥ | devadūtairnideśena viṣṇorbhūmipatistadā | adūrādeva nirayavartmanā sa samāhitaḥ
Then, thinking again "This man is devoid of dharma," the gods' messengers, by the command of Viṣṇu, placed the lord of the earth close by, upon the road to hell.
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PdP 5 101.6
स गच्छन्नपि शुश्राव जीवानां क्रंदतां पुनः । निरये पच्यमानानामारावं विविधं तदा
sa gacchannapi śuśrāva jīvānāṃ kraṃdatāṃ punaḥ | niraye pacyamānānāmārāvaṃ vividhaṃ tadā
Even as he went, he heard then the manifold outcry of the beings wailing, cooked in hell.
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PdP 5 101.7
पापिनां क्वथ्यमानानामाक्रंदमतिदारुणम् । श्रुत्वा विस्मयवान्विप्र राजाभूदतिदुःखितः
pāpināṃ kvathyamānānāmākraṃdamatidāruṇam | śrutvā vismayavānvipra rājābhūdatiduḥkhitaḥ
Hearing the exceedingly dreadful cry of the sinners being boiled, the king, O brahmin, was amazed and became greatly distressed.
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PdP 5 101.8
प्रोवाच दूताः किमयमाक्रंदो दारुणः श्रुतः । पुनर्न श्रूयते तन्मे कारणं वक्तुमर्हथ
provāca dūtāḥ kimayamākraṃdo dāruṇaḥ śrutaḥ | punarna śrūyate tanme kāraṇaṃ vaktumarhatha
He said: "Messengers, what is this dreadful cry that was heard? Now it is heard no more — you should tell me the reason for that."
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PdP 5 101.9
दूता ऊचु- जंतवस्त्यक्तमर्यादाः पापास्त्वाचारवर्जिताः । निरयेषु च घोरेषु तामिस्रादिषु पातिताः
dūtā ūcu- jaṃtavastyaktamaryādāḥ pāpāstvācāravarjitāḥ | nirayeṣu ca ghoreṣu tāmisrādiṣu pātitāḥ
The messengers said: "Creatures who have abandoned the bounds (of conduct), sinful, devoid of right practice, are cast into the terrible hells, Tāmisra and the rest.
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PdP 5 101.10
कृतपातकिनस्त्वत्र प्राणत्यागादनंतरम् । याम्यं पंथानमाश्रित्य दुःखमश्नंति दारुणम्
kṛtapātakinastvatra prāṇatyāgādanaṃtaram | yāmyaṃ paṃthānamāśritya duḥkhamaśnaṃti dāruṇam
Here those who have committed sins, immediately after giving up their breath, take the road of Yama and undergo dreadful suffering.
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PdP 5 101.11
यमस्य पुरुषैर्घोरैः कृष्यमाणा इतस्ततः । अंधकारे निपतिता भक्ष्यंते ह्यतिदारुणैः
yamasya puruṣairghoraiḥ kṛṣyamāṇā itastataḥ | aṃdhakāre nipatitā bhakṣyaṃte hyatidāruṇaiḥ
Dragged here and there by Yama's terrible men, fallen into darkness, they are devoured by exceedingly dreadful (creatures):
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PdP 5 101.12
श्वभिः शृगालैः क्रव्यादैः काककंकबकादिभिः । अग्नितुंडैर्वृकव्याघ्रैर्भुजगैर्वृश्चिकादिभिः
śvabhiḥ śṛgālaiḥ kravyādaiḥ kākakaṃkabakādibhiḥ | agnituṃḍairvṛkavyāghrairbhujagairvṛścikādibhiḥ
by dogs, jackals, flesh-eaters, crows, herons, cranes and the like, by fire-mouthed ones, wolves, tigers, snakes, scorpions and the rest;
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PdP 5 101.13
अग्निना दाह्यमानाश्च तुद्यमानाश्च कंटकैः । क्रकचैः पाट्यमानाश्च पीड्यमानाश्च तृष्णया
agninā dāhyamānāśca tudyamānāśca kaṃṭakaiḥ | krakacaiḥ pāṭyamānāśca pīḍyamānāśca tṛṣṇayā
(They are) burned by fire and pierced with thorns, split apart with saws and tormented by thirst,
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PdP 5 101.14
क्षुधया बाध्यमानाश्च घोरैर्व्याधिगणैस्तथा । पूयशोणितगंधेन मूर्छ्यमानाः पदेपदे
kṣudhayā bādhyamānāśca ghorairvyādhigaṇaistathā | pūyaśoṇitagaṃdhena mūrchyamānāḥ padepade
and afflicted by hunger and by hosts of dreadful diseases, fainting at every step from the stench of pus and blood.
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PdP 5 101.15
क्वाथ्यंते च क्वचित्तैलैस्ताड्यन्ते मुशलैः क्वचित् । आयसीषु प्रपच्यंते शिलासु क्वचिदेव च
kvāthyaṃte ca kvacittailaistāḍyante muśalaiḥ kvacit | āyasīṣu prapacyaṃte śilāsu kvacideva ca
In one place they are boiled in oils, in another they are beaten with pestles; in some places they are cooked on iron (plates), and in some on stones.
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PdP 5 101.16
क्वचिद्वांतमथाश्नंति क्वचित्पूयमसृक्क्वचित् । क्वचिद्विष्ठां क्वचिन्मांसं पूतिगंधिषु दारुणम्
kvacidvāṃtamathāśnaṃti kvacitpūyamasṛkkvacit | kvacidviṣṭhāṃ kvacinmāṃsaṃ pūtigaṃdhiṣu dāruṇam
In one place they eat vomit, in another pus, in another blood; in one place excrement, in another flesh — dreadful (fare) amid putrid stenches.
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PdP 5 101.17
कृमिभिर्भक्ष्यमाणाश्च वह्नितुंडैः क्वचित्क्वचित् । केशशोणितमांसासृग्वसास्थिनिकरेषु च
kṛmibhirbhakṣyamāṇāśca vahnituṃḍaiḥ kvacitkvacit | keśaśoṇitamāṃsāsṛgvasāsthinikareṣu ca
And here and there they are devoured by worms and by fire-beaked (creatures), (and cast) into heaps of hair, blood, flesh, gore, fat and bones,
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PdP 5 101.18
अस्थिताः कुणपाः कीर्णाः कृमिभिर्भक्षिताः स्फुटम् । काककंकमहागृध्रवदनैर्ध्वंसितेषु च
asthitāḥ kuṇapāḥ kīrṇāḥ kṛmibhirbhakṣitāḥ sphuṭam | kākakaṃkamahāgṛdhravadanairdhvaṃsiteṣu ca
and (into places) where corpses lie scattered, plainly eaten by worms, and destroyed by the beaks of crows, herons and great vultures,
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PdP 5 101.19
शिवदुर्गंधनीरंध्र संघट्टशतकोटिषु । करपत्रशिलापत्रतप्त निस्तैलकेषु च
śivadurgaṃdhanīraṃdhra saṃghaṭṭaśatakoṭiṣu | karapatraśilāpatratapta nistailakeṣu ca
and in the hundred-crore crushings (of hells) of foul-smelling jackals and holeless (darkness), and in (the hells) of hand-saws, stone-slabs and heated oil-less (cauldrons),
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PdP 5 101.20
लोहतैलवसास्तंभ कूटशाल्मलसद्मसु । क्षुरकंटककीलोग्र ज्वालास्तंभविभातिषु
lohatailavasāstaṃbha kūṭaśālmalasadmasu | kṣurakaṃṭakakīlogra jvālāstaṃbhavibhātiṣu
in the dwellings of iron, oil, fat, pillars, mallets and the silk-cotton tree, and in (places) shining with razors, thorns, spikes and fierce pillars of flame,
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PdP 5 101.21
तप्तं वैतरणीपूयपूरितेषु पृथक्पृथक् । असिपत्रवनोत्कृत्त नरनारीस्तनेषु च
taptaṃ vaitaraṇīpūyapūriteṣu pṛthakpṛthak | asipatravanotkṛtta naranārīstaneṣu ca
in (places) filled, each separately, with the hot pus of the Vaitaraṇī, and among men and women cut up in the forest of sword-leaves,
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PdP 5 101.22
घोरांधकारग्रहणदारुणेषु मुहुर्मुहुः । पापच्यमानाः क्रंदंतो दारुणैर्विविधैर्वधैः
ghorāṃdhakāragrahaṇadāruṇeṣu muhurmuhuḥ | pāpacyamānāḥ kraṃdaṃto dāruṇairvividhairvadhaiḥ
and in (hells) made terrible by the grip of dreadful darkness — again and again they are cooked, crying out under manifold cruel killings;
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PdP 5 101.23
कंठेषु बद्धपाशाश्च भुजगावेष्टिताः क्वचित् । पीड्यमानास्तथा यंत्रैः कृष्यमाणाश्च जानुभिः
kaṃṭheṣu baddhapāśāśca bhujagāveṣṭitāḥ kvacit | pīḍyamānāstathā yaṃtraiḥ kṛṣyamāṇāśca jānubhiḥ
with nooses bound on their necks, in one place entwined by serpents, likewise crushed by machines and dragged along on their knees,
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PdP 5 101.24
भग्नपृष्ठशिरोग्रीवाः स्तब्धकंठाः सुदारुणाः । कूटागारे भ्राम्यमाणाः शरीरैर्यातनाक्षमैः
bhagnapṛṣṭhaśirogrīvāḥ stabdhakaṃṭhāḥ sudāruṇāḥ | kūṭāgāre bhrāmyamāṇāḥ śarīrairyātanākṣamaiḥ
their backs, heads and necks broken, their throats stiffened, most piteous, whirled about in the house of mallets with bodies (that must) endure the torments —
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PdP 5 101.25
पीड्यंते पापिनो राजन्क्रंदमाना विकर्मिणः । सहितं विषयास्वादैः क्रंदनं तैर्विधीयते
pīḍyaṃte pāpino rājankraṃdamānā vikarmiṇaḥ | sahitaṃ viṣayāsvādaiḥ kraṃdanaṃ tairvidhīyate
thus, O king, the sinners, the doers of wrong, are tortured, wailing; the wailing they make is (the measure of) what went with their tasting of pleasures.
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PdP 5 101.26
भुज्यते च कृतं पूर्वमेतत्सर्वैश्च जंतुभिः । परस्त्रीषु कृतः संगः प्रीतये दुःखदो हि सः
bhujyate ca kṛtaṃ pūrvametatsarvaiśca jaṃtubhiḥ | parastrīṣu kṛtaḥ saṃgaḥ prītaye duḥkhado hi saḥ
And by all these creatures what was formerly done is (now) experienced; the union made with others' wives, (done) for pleasure, is indeed what gives pain.
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PdP 5 101.27
मुहूर्तविषयास्वादो जातोऽनेकाब्ददुःखदः । वपुषस्तव राजेंद्र प्रातःस्नानस्य माधवे
muhūrtaviṣayāsvādo jāto'nekābdaduḥkhadaḥ | vapuṣastava rājeṃdra prātaḥsnānasya mādhave
A moment's tasting of a sense-object has become the giver of many years' pain. But of your body, O lord of kings, which bathed at dawn in (the month of) Mādhava
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PdP 5 101.28
विधिना पावनस्यैते प्राप्य स्पर्शं च मारुतः । लब्धसौख्याः क्षणं जाता महसाप्यायितास्तव
vidhinā pāvanasyaite prāpya sparśaṃ ca mārutaḥ | labdhasaukhyāḥ kṣaṇaṃ jātā mahasāpyāyitāstava
according to the rule, these (sinners), having gained the touch of the purifying wind (from it), obtained happiness for a moment and were refreshed by your splendour.
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PdP 5 101.29
आक्रंदरहितास्तेन जातास्ते निरये स्थिताः । नामापि पुण्यशीलानां श्रुतं सौख्याय कीर्तितम्
ākraṃdarahitāstena jātāste niraye sthitāḥ | nāmāpi puṇyaśīlānāṃ śrutaṃ saukhyāya kīrtitam
By that they became free from wailing, though remaining in hell. Even the name of those of meritorious conduct, when heard, is declared to bring happiness;
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PdP 5 101.30
जायते तद्वपुस्पर्शवायुस्पर्शः सुखावहः । यम उवाच- इति दूतवचः श्रुत्वा स राजा करुणानिधिः
jāyate tadvapusparśavāyusparśaḥ sukhāvahaḥ | yama uvāca- iti dūtavacaḥ śrutvā sa rājā karuṇānidhiḥ
the touch of the wind that has touched their body comes to bring pleasure. Yama said: Having heard these words of the messengers, that king, a treasury of compassion,
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PdP 5 101.31
प्रत्युवाच हतान्दूतान्विष्णोरद्भुतकर्मणः । कोमलं हृदयं नूनं साधूनां नवनीतवत्
pratyuvāca hatāndūtānviṣṇoradbhutakarmaṇaḥ | komalaṃ hṛdayaṃ nūnaṃ sādhūnāṃ navanītavat
replied to the beaten messengers of Viṣṇu of wondrous deeds: "Surely the heart of the good is soft, like fresh butter,
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PdP 5 101.32
वह्निसंतापसंतप्तं तद्यथा द्रवति स्फुटम् । राजोवाच- नार्तं जंतुमहं हित्वा पीडितुं गंतुमुत्सहे
vahnisaṃtāpasaṃtaptaṃ tadyathā dravati sphuṭam | rājovāca- nārtaṃ jaṃtumahaṃ hitvā pīḍituṃ gaṃtumutsahe
for, heated by the burning of fire, it plainly melts." The king said: "I cannot bear to abandon a suffering creature and go while he is tormented.
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PdP 5 101.33
तं पापिष्ठं धिगार्तानामार्तिं शक्तो न हंति यः । मदंगसंगमोच्छिष्टवायुस्पर्शेन ते यदि
taṃ pāpiṣṭhaṃ dhigārtānāmārtiṃ śakto na haṃti yaḥ | madaṃgasaṃgamocchiṣṭavāyusparśena te yadi
Shame on that most wicked man who, though able, does not destroy the affliction of the afflicted! If, by the touch of the breeze left over from contact with my body, those
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PdP 5 101.34
जंतवः सुखिनो जातास्तस्मात्तत्र नयंतु माम् । पवित्रयंति जननीमवनीमपि ते नराः
jaṃtavaḥ sukhino jātāstasmāttatra nayaṃtu mām | pavitrayaṃti jananīmavanīmapi te narāḥ
creatures have become happy, then let them lead me there. Such men purify their mother, and the earth as well.
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PdP 5 101.35
परतापच्छिदो ये तु चंदना इव चंदनम् । परोपकृतये ये तु पीड्यंते कृतिनो हि ते
paratāpacchido ye tu caṃdanā iva caṃdanam | paropakṛtaye ye tu pīḍyaṃte kṛtino hi te
But those who cut off the burning pain of others, as sandalwood does (its cooling), and those who let themselves be pained for the benefit of others — they indeed are the ones who have accomplished something.
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PdP 5 101.36
संतस्त एव ये लोके परदुःखविदारणाः । आर्तानामार्तिनाशार्थं प्राणा येषां तृणोपमाः
saṃtasta eva ye loke paraduḥkhavidāraṇāḥ | ārtānāmārtināśārthaṃ prāṇā yeṣāṃ tṛṇopamāḥ
Just those are the good in the world who tear away the suffering of others, whose own lives are like straw when it comes to destroying the affliction of the afflicted.
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PdP 5 101.37
तैरियं धार्यते भूमिर्नरैः परहितोद्यतैः । मनसो यत्सुखं नित्यं तत्स्वर्गो नरकोपमः
tairiyaṃ dhāryate bhūmirnaraiḥ parahitodyataiḥ | manaso yatsukhaṃ nityaṃ tatsvargo narakopamaḥ
By them, by men bent on the good of others, this earth is upheld. Whatever pleasure is merely of one's own mind, always — that heaven is like hell.
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PdP 5 101.38
तस्मात्परसुखेनैव सुखिनः साधवः सदा । वरं निरयपातोऽत्र वरं प्राणवियोजनम्
tasmātparasukhenaiva sukhinaḥ sādhavaḥ sadā | varaṃ nirayapāto'tra varaṃ prāṇaviyojanam
Therefore the good are always happy only through the happiness of others. Better here a fall into hell, better the parting from life,
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PdP 5 101.39
न पुनः क्षणमार्तानामार्तिनाशमृते सुखम् । दूता ऊचु- जंतवो निरये घोरे पच्यंते तेत्र पापिनः
na punaḥ kṣaṇamārtānāmārtināśamṛte sukham | dūtā ūcu- jaṃtavo niraye ghore pacyaṃte tetra pāpinaḥ
but not a moment's happiness without the destruction of the afflicted ones' affliction. The messengers said: Creatures are cooked in the dreadful hell — the sinners are there.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 101.40
स्वकर्मैवोपजीवंति मोहस्थानं न विद्यते । यैर्न दत्तं न च हुतं तीर्थे स्नानं न वा कृतम्
svakarmaivopajīvaṃti mohasthānaṃ na vidyate | yairna dattaṃ na ca hutaṃ tīrthe snānaṃ na vā kṛtam
They subsist on nothing but their own deeds; there is no room for confusion. Those by whom nothing was given, nothing offered in the fire, no bath taken at a holy ford,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 101.41
पुनर्नोपकृतं भक्त्या सुकृतं न कृतं परम् । नेष्टं न तप्तं नो जप्तं यैर्न हृष्टतया नृप
punarnopakṛtaṃ bhaktyā sukṛtaṃ na kṛtaṃ param | neṣṭaṃ na taptaṃ no japtaṃ yairna hṛṣṭatayā nṛpa
and again, no help rendered with devotion, no other good deed performed, who did not sacrifice, nor practise austerity, nor recite prayers with gladness, O king —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 101.42
परस्मिन्निह घोरेषु पच्यंते निरयेषु ते । दुःशीला ये दुराचारा विहाराहारनिंदिताः
parasminniha ghoreṣu pacyaṃte nirayeṣu te | duḥśīlā ye durācārā vihārāhāraniṃditāḥ
they are cooked here in the other world, in the dreadful hells: those of bad character, of evil conduct, blameworthy in their pastimes and in their food,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 101.43
परापकारिणः पापकारिणो दुर्विहारिणः । विदारिणो हि मर्मोक्त्या पापाः परहृदां हि ये
parāpakāriṇaḥ pāpakāriṇo durvihāriṇaḥ | vidāriṇo hi marmoktyā pāpāḥ parahṛdāṃ hi ye
harmers of others, doers of evil, of evil pastimes, the sinners who indeed tear open the hearts of others by speaking of their tender points —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 101.44
निरये ते विपच्यंते ये परस्त्रीविहारिणः । एहि नूनं महीपाल गच्छामो हरिमंदिरम्
niraye te vipacyaṃte ye parastrīvihāriṇaḥ | ehi nūnaṃ mahīpāla gacchāmo harimaṃdiram
and those who consort with other men's wives are cooked in hell. Come now, O protector of the earth, let us go to Hari's palace.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 101.45
न ते पुण्यवता युक्तमिहस्था तु मतः परम् । राजोवाच- यद्यहं सुकृती दूताः कस्मादस्मिन्महाभये
na te puṇyavatā yuktamihasthā tu mataḥ param | rājovāca- yadyahaṃ sukṛtī dūtāḥ kasmādasminmahābhaye
It is not fitting for you, a man of merit, to remain here any longer — so it is held. The king said: If I am a doer of good deeds, O messengers, why (have I been brought) into this place of great terror,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 5 101.46
नारके पथि वा नीतः किं वा मे सुकृतं परम् । मयापि न कृतं तादृक्सुकृतं कामशालिना
nārake pathi vā nītaḥ kiṃ vā me sukṛtaṃ param | mayāpi na kṛtaṃ tādṛksukṛtaṃ kāmaśālinā
into hell, or led along this road? Or what great good deed of mine is there? For I too, being full of desire, have done no such good deed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 101.47
कथं पुरि हरेर्गंता संशयानोऽहमस्मि वै । दूता ऊचु- सुकृतं न कृतं सत्यं त्वया कामवशात्मना
kathaṃ puri harergaṃtā saṃśayāno'hamasmi vai | dūtā ūcu- sukṛtaṃ na kṛtaṃ satyaṃ tvayā kāmavaśātmanā
How then shall I go to Hari's city? I am indeed in doubt. The messengers said: True, no good deed was done by you, whose mind was in the power of desire;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 101.48
नेष्टं यज्ञैर्न वा यज्ञावशिष्टं भवताशितम् । किंतु माधवमासे यद्विधिना वत्सरत्रयम्
neṣṭaṃ yajñairna vā yajñāvaśiṣṭaṃ bhavatāśitam | kiṃtu mādhavamāse yadvidhinā vatsaratrayam
you did not sacrifice with sacrifices, nor did you eat what was left over from a sacrifice; but in the month of Mādhava, for three years, according to the rule,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 101.49
प्रातः स्नात्वा गुरुवचः प्रेरितेन पुरा त्वया । भक्त्या संपूजितो विष्णुर्विश्वेशो मधुसूदनः
prātaḥ snātvā guruvacaḥ preritena purā tvayā | bhaktyā saṃpūjito viṣṇurviśveśo madhusūdanaḥ
having bathed at dawn, prompted by your teacher's word, you formerly worshipped Viṣṇu with devotion — the lord of the universe, the slayer of Madhu,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 101.50
महापापातिपापौघ निहंता भक्तवत्सलः । सर्वधर्मैकसारेण तेनैकेन नरेश्वर
mahāpāpātipāpaugha nihaṃtā bhaktavatsalaḥ | sarvadharmaikasāreṇa tenaikena nareśvara
the destroyer of the flood of great sins and worse sins, tender toward his devotees. By that one thing alone, the single essence of all duties, O lord of men,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 101.51
नीयते पुण्यभवनं पूज्यमानो मरुद्गणैः । महतामपि पापानां निहंता माधवोऽर्चितः
nīyate puṇyabhavanaṃ pūjyamāno marudgaṇaiḥ | mahatāmapi pāpānāṃ nihaṃtā mādhavo'rcitaḥ
(you) are being led to the mansion of merit, honoured by the hosts of Maruts. Mādhava, when worshipped, is the destroyer even of great sins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 101.52
तथैव माधवो मासो मर्त्यानां विधिनोदितः । यथैव विस्फुलिंगेन ज्वाल्यते तृणसंचयः
tathaiva mādhavo māso martyānāṃ vidhinoditaḥ | yathaiva visphuliṃgena jvālyate tṛṇasaṃcayaḥ
Just so the month of Mādhava is enjoined by ordinance for mortals. Just as a heap of grass is set ablaze by a single spark,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 101.53
प्रातःस्नानेन वैशाखे तथाघौघोऽपि दह्यते । तावद्वपुषि पापानि प्रभवंति महान्त्यपि
prātaḥsnānena vaiśākhe tathāghaugho'pi dahyate | tāvadvapuṣi pāpāni prabhavaṃti mahāntyapi
So too, by the morning bath in Vaiśākha, even a whole mass of sin is burnt up. Sins, even great ones, keep arising in the body only so long —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 101.54
यावन्न माधवे मासि तीर्थे मज्जति चोषसि । वैशाखे मासि यो युक्तो यथोक्तनियमैर्नरः
yāvanna mādhave māsi tīrthe majjati coṣasi | vaiśākhe māsi yo yukto yathoktaniyamairnaraḥ
— as one does not plunge into a sacred ford at dawn in the month of Mādhava. The man who in the month of Vaiśākha is devoted to the observances as prescribed,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 101.55
हरिभक्त्यैव पापौघैर्मुक्तोऽच्युतगृहं व्रजेत् । आजन्मनो हि सुकृतं यत्त्वया न पुरा कृतम्
haribhaktyaiva pāpaughairmukto'cyutagṛhaṃ vrajet | ājanmano hi sukṛtaṃ yattvayā na purā kṛtam
freed from the masses of his sins by devotion to Hari alone, goes to the house of Acyuta. But that meritorious act, done from birth onward, you did not perform before;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 101.56
तेन त्वं निरयस्थानमार्गं नीतो नरेश्वर । अथ भूमिपते तूर्णमस्माभिस्तु मरुद्गणैः
tena tvaṃ nirayasthānamārgaṃ nīto nareśvara | atha bhūmipate tūrṇamasmābhistu marudgaṇaiḥ
by that (lack) you were led onto the road to the place of hell, O lord of men. But now, O lord of the earth, quickly, praised by us the host of Maruts,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 101.57
स्तूयमानो विमानेन गच्छ गोविंदमंदिरम्
stūyamāno vimānena gaccha goviṃdamaṃdiram
being praised, go by celestial car to the palace of Govinda.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition