Padma Purana — Patala Khanda — Chapter 103
PdP 5 103.1
यम उवाच- एतन्माधवमासस्य समासात्किंचिदीरितम् । माहात्म्यं पूर्णिमायाश्च विशेषाद्द्विजसत्तम
yama uvāca- etanmādhavamāsasya samāsātkiṃcidīritam | māhātmyaṃ pūrṇimāyāśca viśeṣāddvijasattama
Yama said: This much, O best of the twice-born, has been told in brief of the greatness of the month of Mādhava, and especially of its full-moon day.
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PdP 5 103.2
वैशाखमासे मधुसूदनस्य प्रियं य एनं पठतीतिहासम् । स याति कृष्णालयमाशुपूतः कल्पाननेकानिह मोदते च
vaiśākhamāse madhusūdanasya priyaṃ ya enaṃ paṭhatītihāsam | sa yāti kṛṣṇālayamāśupūtaḥ kalpānanekāniha modate ca
Whoever recites in the month of Vaiśākha this narrative, dear to Madhusūdana, he, swiftly purified, goes to the abode of Kṛṣṇa and rejoices there for many aeons.
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PdP 5 103.3
धन्यं यशस्यमायुष्यमिदं स्वस्त्ययनं महत् । स्वर्ग्यं श्रीदं सौमनस्यं प्रशस्यमघमर्षणम्
dhanyaṃ yaśasyamāyuṣyamidaṃ svastyayanaṃ mahat | svargyaṃ śrīdaṃ saumanasyaṃ praśasyamaghamarṣaṇam
This (narrative) bestows wealth, fame and long life; it is a great means of well-being, leading to heaven, granting prosperity, gladdening the mind, praiseworthy, wiping away sin.
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PdP 5 103.4
इदं माधवमासस्य माहात्म्यं माधवप्रियम् । चरित्रं भूपतेस्तस्य संवादं चावयोरपि
idaṃ mādhavamāsasya māhātmyaṃ mādhavapriyam | caritraṃ bhūpatestasya saṃvādaṃ cāvayorapi
This greatness of the month of Mādhava (Vaiśākha), dear to Mādhava, and the story of that king, and this our own conversation as well—
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PdP 5 103.5
श्रुत्वा पठित्वा विधिवदनुमोद्य मनःप्रियम् । भवेद्भक्तिर्भगवति यया स्यात्पापसंक्षयः
śrutvā paṭhitvā vidhivadanumodya manaḥpriyam | bhavedbhaktirbhagavati yayā syātpāpasaṃkṣayaḥ
—having heard it, recited it, and duly assented to it, dear to the heart, there arises devotion to the Lord, by which comes the destruction of sins.
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PdP 5 103.6
अथ गच्छ महीदेव देवलोकाद्यथेच्छया । निपात्य भुवि वैदेहं रुदंत्यद्यापि बांधवाः
atha gaccha mahīdeva devalokādyathecchayā | nipātya bhuvi vaidehaṃ rudaṃtyadyāpi bāṃdhavāḥ
Now go, O god upon earth, from the world of the gods as you wish; having cast (you) down on the earth, your kinsmen in Videha are weeping even now.
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PdP 5 103.7
विलप्यमानैरपि बंधुभिस्तैर्न यावदग्नौ तव तच्छरीरम् । प्रक्षिप्यते हंत जवैर्न तावद्याहि स्वयं सुप्त इव प्रबुद्धः
vilapyamānairapi baṃdhubhistairna yāvadagnau tava taccharīram | prakṣipyate haṃta javairna tāvadyāhi svayaṃ supta iva prabuddhaḥ
So long as that body of yours has not yet been thrown into the fire by those lamenting kinsmen—alas, before that, go swiftly, of yourself, like one who wakes from sleep.
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PdP 5 103.8
ममप्रसादादिह पुण्ययोगः श्रुतो यथावत्तमिमं विधेहि । विधानतो वै समये समंते समागमोंऽते भविता सुरैश्च
mamaprasādādiha puṇyayogaḥ śruto yathāvattamimaṃ vidhehi | vidhānato vai samaye samaṃte samāgamoṃ'te bhavitā suraiśca
By my favor this conjunction of merit has here been heard by you just as it is; carry it out. Performed according to the rule, at the proper season, at the end of your full term there will be union with the gods.
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PdP 5 103.9
सूत उवाच- इति देववचः श्रुत्वा नत्वा धर्माधिपं ततः । पुनः पपात स इह परितुष्टमना द्विजः
sūta uvāca- iti devavacaḥ śrutvā natvā dharmādhipaṃ tataḥ | punaḥ papāta sa iha parituṣṭamanā dvijaḥ
Sūta said: Having thus heard the god's words and bowed to the lord of dharma, that brahmin, his mind wholly satisfied, fell down again there.
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PdP 5 103.10
धर्मराजप्रसादेन ततस्तत्र महीतले । संसुप्तइव चोत्तस्थौ बंधुवर्गसमन्वितः
dharmarājaprasādena tatastatra mahītale | saṃsuptaiva cottasthau baṃdhuvargasamanvitaḥ
Then, by the grace of the King of Dharma, there on the surface of the earth he rose up as though he had been asleep, together with his throng of kinsmen.
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PdP 5 103.11
विधिमेनं द्विजो भूमौ वर्षेवर्षे च स स्वयम् । स्वयं च कारयामास माधवस्नापनं जनम्
vidhimenaṃ dvijo bhūmau varṣevarṣe ca sa svayam | svayaṃ ca kārayāmāsa mādhavasnāpanaṃ janam
That brahmin himself (performed) this rite on earth year after year, and himself had people perform the bathing (in honor) of Mādhava.
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PdP 5 103.12
यमब्राह्मणसंवादो मयायं परिकीर्तितः । तस्य माधवमासस्य पुण्यस्नानप्रसङ्गतः
yamabrāhmaṇasaṃvādo mayāyaṃ parikīrtitaḥ | tasya mādhavamāsasya puṇyasnānaprasaṅgataḥ
This conversation of Yama and the brahmin has been proclaimed by me in connection with the holy bathing of that month of Mādhava.
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PdP 5 103.13
वैशाखमासे सततं हरिप्रिये स्नानं विदध्याच्च ददाति भक्त्या । दानं च होमं सुकृतं तथा बुधो हरेःपदं तस्य नदुर्ल्लभं कदा
vaiśākhamāse satataṃ haripriye snānaṃ vidadhyācca dadāti bhaktyā | dānaṃ ca homaṃ sukṛtaṃ tathā budho hareḥpadaṃ tasya nadurllabhaṃ kadā
The wise man who in the month of Vaiśākha, dear to Hari, constantly performs bathing and with devotion gives gifts and offers oblations and good works—when would the abode of Hari be hard for him to reach?
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PdP 5 103.14
यःशृणोत्येकचित्तेनमाहात्म्यंमेषसूर्यजम् । सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तो याति विष्णोः परं पदम्
yaḥśṛṇotyekacittenamāhātmyaṃmeṣasūryajam | sarvapāpavinirmukto yāti viṣṇoḥ paraṃ padam
He who with single-minded attention hears the greatness (of the month) born of the sun's being in Aries, freed from all sins, goes to the supreme abode of Viṣṇu.
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PdP 5 103.15
ऋषय ऊचुः - सूतसूत महाप्राज्ञ त्वयाऽतिकरुणात्मना । वैशाखमासमाहात्म्यं कीर्तितं पापनाशनम्
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ - sūtasūta mahāprājña tvayā'tikaruṇātmanā | vaiśākhamāsamāhātmyaṃ kīrtitaṃ pāpanāśanam
The seers said: Sūta, O Sūta, greatly wise, by you, whose nature is exceedingly compassionate, the greatness of the month of Vaiśākha, destroyer of sin, has been proclaimed.
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PdP 5 103.16
नियमा मधुहन्तुर्ये माधवे कथितास्त्वया । पूजनं स्नानदानाद्यं श्रौतस्मार्तविधानतः
niyamā madhuhanturye mādhave kathitāstvayā | pūjanaṃ snānadānādyaṃ śrautasmārtavidhānataḥ
The observances of the slayer of Madhu that have been told by you (as being) in the month of Mādhava—worship, bathing, giving and the rest, according to the śrauta and smārta prescriptions—
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PdP 5 103.17
यथा च माधवो देवः प्रीयते पापनाशनः । अधुना श्रोतुमिच्छामो ध्यानं तस्य महात्मनः
yathā ca mādhavo devaḥ prīyate pāpanāśanaḥ | adhunā śrotumicchāmo dhyānaṃ tasya mahātmanaḥ
—and how the god Mādhava, the destroyer of sin, is pleased: now we wish to hear the meditation upon that great one,
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PdP 5 103.18
कृष्णस्य भक्तवृन्दानां प्रियस्य भवतारणम्
kṛṣṇasya bhaktavṛndānāṃ priyasya bhavatāraṇam
—upon Kṛṣṇa, dear to the hosts of devotees, (a meditation) that carries (one) across existence.
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PdP 5 103.19
सूत उवाच- शृणुध्वं मुनयः सर्वे कृष्णस्य जगदात्मनः । गोगोपगोपीप्राणस्य वृन्दावनचरस्य च
sūta uvāca- śṛṇudhvaṃ munayaḥ sarve kṛṣṇasya jagadātmanaḥ | gogopagopīprāṇasya vṛndāvanacarasya ca
Sūta said: Hear, all you sages, of Kṛṣṇa, the self of the world, the life-breath of the cows, cowherds and cowherd women, who roams in Vṛndāvana.
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PdP 5 103.20
एकदा नारदः पृष्टो गौतमेन द्विजोत्तमाः । स तस्मै प्राह यद्ध्यानं तद्वक्ष्ये पापनाशनम्
ekadā nāradaḥ pṛṣṭo gautamena dvijottamāḥ | sa tasmai prāha yaddhyānaṃ tadvakṣye pāpanāśanam
Once Nārada was questioned by Gautama, O best of brahmins; the meditation which he told to him, that, the destroyer of sin, I shall declare.
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PdP 5 103.21
नारद उवाच- सुमप्रकरसौरभोद्गलितमाध्विकाद्युल्लसत्सुशाखिनवपल्लवप्रकरनम्र शोभायुतम् । प्रफुल्लनवमञ्जरीललितवल्लरीवेष्टितं स्मरेत सततं शिवं शितमतिः सुवृन्दावनम्
nārada uvāca- sumaprakarasaurabhodgalitamādhvikādyullasatsuśākhinavapallavaprakaranamra śobhāyutam | praphullanavamañjarīlalitavallarīveṣṭitaṃ smareta satataṃ śivaṃ śitamatiḥ suvṛndāvanam
Nārada said: One of cooled mind should constantly call to mind the auspicious, lovely Vṛndāvana—endowed with the beauty of fine trees bent low with masses of new shoots, gleaming with honey and the like dripping forth from the fragrance of its heaps of blossoms, and wreathed with charming creepers of fresh full-blown clusters of buds;
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PdP 5 103.22
विकाशि सुमनोरसास्वदनमंजुलैः संचरच्छिलीमुखमुखोद्गतैर्मुखरितान्तरं झंकृतैः । कपोतशुकसारिकापरभृतादिभिः पत्रिभिर्विराणितमितस्ततो भुजगशत्रुनृत्याकुलम्
vikāśi sumanorasāsvadanamaṃjulaiḥ saṃcaracchilīmukhamukhodgatairmukharitāntaraṃ jhaṃkṛtaiḥ | kapotaśukasārikāparabhṛtādibhiḥ patribhirvirāṇitamitastato bhujagaśatrunṛtyākulam
—its interior made noisy with the humming that issues from the mouths of bees moving about, charming as they taste the juice of the opened flowers; resounding here and there with birds—doves, parrots, mynas, cuckoos and the rest—and thronged with the dancing of the peacocks (foes of snakes);
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PdP 5 103.23
कलिन्ददुहितुश्च लल्लहरिविप्लुषां वाहिभिर्विनिद्र सरसीरुहोदररजश्च योद्धूसरैः । प्रदीपित मनोभवव्रजविलासिनी वाससां विलोलनपरैर्निषेवितमनारतं मारुतैः
kalindaduhituśca lallaharivipluṣāṃ vāhibhirvinidra sarasīruhodararajaśca yoddhūsaraiḥ | pradīpita manobhavavrajavilāsinī vāsasāṃ vilolanaparairniṣevitamanārataṃ mārutaiḥ
—and ceaselessly waited upon by breezes that carry the spray of the playing waves of Kalinda's daughter (the Yamunā), grey with the pollen blown from the hearts of the unclosed lotuses, kindling desire, and intent on tossing about the garments of the wanton women of Vraja;
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PdP 5 103.24
प्रवालनवपल्लवं मरकतच्छदं मौक्तिकप्रभाप्रकरकोरकं कमलरागनानाफलम् । स्थविष्ठमखिलर्तुभिः सततसेवितं कामदं तदन्तरपिकल्पकाङ्घ्रिपमुदञ्चितं चिन्तयेत्
pravālanavapallavaṃ marakatacchadaṃ mauktikaprabhāprakarakorakaṃ kamalarāganānāphalam | sthaviṣṭhamakhilartubhiḥ satatasevitaṃ kāmadaṃ tadantarapikalpakāṅghripamudañcitaṃ cintayet
One should meditate on the raised-up wish-granting kalpa tree there: its fresh shoots coral, its leaves emerald, its buds masses of pearl-radiance, its various fruits of lotus-ruby hue, exceedingly stout, constantly attended by all the seasons, giving whatever is desired.
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PdP 5 103.25
सुहेमशिखराचलेउदितभानुवद्भासुरामधोऽस्य कनकस्थलीममृतशीकरासारिणः । प्रदीप्तमणिकुट्टिमां कुसुमरेणुपुञ्जोज्ज्वलां स्मरेत्पुनरतन्द्रितो विगतषट्तरङ्गांबुधः
suhemaśikharācaleuditabhānuvadbhāsurāmadho'sya kanakasthalīmamṛtaśīkarāsāriṇaḥ | pradīptamaṇikuṭṭimāṃ kusumareṇupuñjojjvalāṃ smaretpunaratandrito vigataṣaṭtaraṅgāṃbudhaḥ
Below it, again — undrowsy, the six waves (of the ocean of existence) gone from him — let him recall the golden ground of that (tree) which pours down showers of nectar-drops, gleaming like the sun risen upon a mountain with fine golden peaks, its pavement of blazing gems, radiant with heaps of flower-pollen.
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PdP 5 103.26
तद्रत्नकुट्टिमनिविष्टमहिष्ठयोगपीठेऽष्टपत्रमरुणं कमलं विचिन्त्य । उद्यद्विरोचनसरोचिरमुष्यमध्ये संचिन्तयेत्सुखनिविष्टमथोमुकुन्दम्
tadratnakuṭṭimaniviṣṭamahiṣṭhayogapīṭhe'ṣṭapatramaruṇaṃ kamalaṃ vicintya | udyadvirocanasarociramuṣyamadhye saṃcintayetsukhaniviṣṭamathomukundam
Having imagined, on the great yoga-seat set upon that jewelled pavement, a red eight-petalled lotus, one should then meditate in its midst on Mukunda, comfortably seated, more lovely than the rising sun.
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PdP 5 103.27
सुत्रामहेति दलिताञ्जनमेघपुञ्जप्रत्यग्रनीलजलजन्मसमानभासम् । सुस्निग्धनीलघनकुञ्चितकेशजालं राजन्मनोज्ञशितिकण्ठशिखण्डचूडम्
sutrāmaheti dalitāñjanameghapuñjapratyagranīlajalajanmasamānabhāsam | susnigdhanīlaghanakuñcitakeśajālaṃ rājanmanojñaśitikaṇṭhaśikhaṇḍacūḍam
(He is) of a radiance like a mass of rain-cloud of crushed collyrium and like a freshly-opened blue water-lotus; with a mass of very glossy, dark, thick, curling hair; crowned with the shining, charming plume of a peacock.
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PdP 5 103.28
रोलम्बलालितसुरद्रुमसूनुसंपद्युक्तं समुत्कचनवोत्पलकर्णपूरम् । लोलालिभिः स्फुरितभालतलप्रदीप्तगोरोचनातिलकमुज्ज्वलचिल्लिचापम्
rolambalālitasuradrumasūnusaṃpadyuktaṃ samutkacanavotpalakarṇapūram | lolālibhiḥ sphuritabhālatalapradīptagorocanātilakamujjvalacillicāpam
Endowed with the wealth of blossoms of the celestial tree, caressed by bees; wearing a freshly-opened blue lotus as ear-ornament; with a gorocanā mark blazing on the surface of his brow that flickers with restless bees; with brilliant bow-like eyebrows.
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PdP 5 103.29
आपूर्णशारदगताङ्क शशाङ्कबिम्बकान्ताननं कमलपत्रविशालनेत्रम् । रत्नस्फुरन्मकरकुण्डलरश्मिदीप्तगण्डस्थलीमुकुरमुन्नतचारुनासम्
āpūrṇaśāradagatāṅka śaśāṅkabimbakāntānanaṃ kamalapatraviśālanetram | ratnasphuranmakarakuṇḍalaraśmidīptagaṇḍasthalīmukuramunnatacārunāsam
His lovely face like the orb of the full autumn moon with its mark; his eyes wide as lotus petals; the surfaces of his cheeks mirrors lit by the rays of his gem-flashing makara earrings; his nose high and handsome.
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PdP 5 103.30
सिन्दूरसुन्दरतराधरमिन्दुकुन्दमन्दारमन्दहसितद्युतिदीपिताशम् । वन्यप्रवालकुसुमप्रचयावकॢप्तग्रैवेयकोज्ज्वलमनोहरकम्बुकण्ठम्
sindūrasundaratarādharamindukundamandāramandahasitadyutidīpitāśam | vanyapravālakusumapracayāvakḷptagraiveyakojjvalamanoharakambukaṇṭham
His lower lip lovelier than vermilion; the quarters lit by the light of his gentle smile, (bright as) moon, jasmine and mandāra flowers; his conch-like neck charming and brilliant with a neck-ornament fashioned from a gathering of wild coral-red blossoms.
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PdP 5 103.31
मत्तभ्रमद्भ्रमरघुष्टविलम्बमानं संतानकप्रसरदामपरिष्कृतांसम् । हारावलीभगणराजितपीवरोरुव्योमस्थलीलसितकौस्तुभभानुमन्तम्
mattabhramadbhramaraghuṣṭavilambamānaṃ saṃtānakaprasaradāmapariṣkṛtāṃsam | hārāvalībhagaṇarājitapīvaroruvyomasthalīlasitakaustubhabhānumantam
His shoulders adorned with a spreading garland of santānaka flowers that hangs down, humming with intoxicated roving bees; bearing the sun of the Kaustubha gem shining in the sky-expanse of his broad chest, which is arrayed with rows of necklaces like clusters of stars.
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PdP 5 103.32
श्रीवत्सलक्षणसुलक्षितमुन्नतांसमाजानुपीनपरिवृत्तसुजातबाहुम् । आबन्धुरोदरमुदारगभीरनाभिं भृङ्गाङ्गनानि करमंजुलरोमराजिम्
śrīvatsalakṣaṇasulakṣitamunnatāṃsamājānupīnaparivṛttasujātabāhum | ābandhurodaramudāragabhīranābhiṃ bhṛṅgāṅganāni karamaṃjularomarājim
Well marked with the mark of Śrīvatsa; high-shouldered; with well-formed, plump, rounded arms reaching to the knees; his belly gently curved, his navel noble and deep, the line of hair on him charming like a swarm of female bees.
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PdP 5 103.33
नानामणिप्रघटिताङ्गदकङ्कणोर्मि ग्रैवेयसारसननूपुरतुन्दबन्धम् । दिव्याङ्गरागपरिपिञ्जरिताङ्गयष्टिमापीतवस्त्रपरिवीतनितम्बबिम्बम्
nānāmaṇipraghaṭitāṅgadakaṅkaṇormi graiveyasārasananūpuratundabandham | divyāṅgarāgaparipiñjaritāṅgayaṣṭimāpītavastraparivītanitambabimbam
With armlets, bracelets, finger-rings, neck-ornament, girdle, anklets and waist-band wrought of many gems; his slender body made tawny with divine unguents; the orb of his hips wrapped round in yellow cloth.
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PdP 5 103.34
चारूरुजानुमनुवृत्तमनोज्ञजङ्घं कान्तोन्नतप्रपदनिन्दित कूर्मकान्तिम् । माणिक्यदर्पणलसन्नखराजराजद्रक्ताङ्गुलिच्छदनुसुन्दरपादपद्मम्
cārūrujānumanuvṛttamanojñajaṅghaṃ kāntonnataprapadanindita kūrmakāntim | māṇikyadarpaṇalasannakharājarājadraktāṅgulicchadanusundarapādapadmam
With handsome thighs and knees, and charming tapering shins; the beauty of his lovely high insteps putting the tortoise's sheen to shame; his beautiful lotus-feet with red toes, resplendent with nails gleaming like ruby mirrors.
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PdP 5 103.35
मत्स्याङ्कुशारिदरकेतुयवाब्जवज्रैः संलक्षितारुणकराङ्घ्रितलाभिरामम् । लावण्यसारसमुदायविनिर्मिताङ्गं सौन्दर्यनिन्दितमनोभव देहकान्तिम्
matsyāṅkuśāridaraketuyavābjavajraiḥ saṃlakṣitāruṇakarāṅghritalābhirāmam | lāvaṇyasārasamudāyavinirmitāṅgaṃ saundaryaninditamanobhava dehakāntim
Delightful with reddish palms and soles marked with fish, goad, discus, conch, banner, barley-grain, lotus and thunderbolt; his body fashioned from the whole essence of loveliness; the beauty of his form shaming Kāma by its comeliness.
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PdP 5 103.36
आस्यारविन्दपरिपूरितवेणुरन्ध्रलोलत्कराङ्गुलिसमीरितदिव्यरागैः । शश्वद्भवैः कृतनिविष्टसमस्तजन्तुसंतानसंनतिमनन्तसुखाम्बुराशिम्
āsyāravindaparipūritaveṇurandhralolatkarāṅgulisamīritadivyarāgaiḥ | śaśvadbhavaiḥ kṛtaniviṣṭasamastajantusaṃtānasaṃnatimanantasukhāmburāśim
Who, by the divine melodies sounded by his fingers moving upon the holes of the flute filled from his lotus mouth, makes the whole succession of creatures, ever coming into being, bow down absorbed (in him) — an ocean of endless bliss.
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PdP 5 103.37
गोभिर्मुखाम्बुजविलीनविलोचनाभिरूधोभरस्खलितमन्थरमन्दगाभिः । दन्ताग्रदष्टपरिशिष्टतृणाङ्कुराभिरालम्बिवालधिलताभिरथाभिवीतम्
gobhirmukhāmbujavilīnavilocanābhirūdhobharaskhalitamantharamandagābhiḥ | dantāgradaṣṭapariśiṣṭatṛṇāṅkurābhirālambivāladhilatābhirathābhivītam
Then encircled by cows whose eyes are dissolved in his lotus-face, who go slowly and sluggishly, stumbling under the burden of their udders, with grass-shoots left half-bitten at the tips of their teeth, and with their tail-creepers hanging down.
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PdP 5 103.38
संप्रस्नुतस्तनविभूषणपूर्णनिश्चलास्याद्दृढक्षरितफेनिलदुग्धमुग्धैः । वेणुप्रवर्तितमनोहरमन्दगीतदत्तोच्चकर्णयुगलैरपितर्णकैश्च
saṃprasnutastanavibhūṣaṇapūrṇaniścalāsyāddṛḍhakṣaritapheniladugdhamugdhaiḥ | veṇupravartitamanoharamandagītadattoccakarṇayugalairapitarṇakaiśca
And by calves, sweet with the foaming milk that trickles steadily from the udders flowing over, their mouths full and motionless, both ears held up high at the charming soft song set going on the flute.
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PdP 5 103.39
प्रत्यग्रशृङ्गमृदुमस्तकसंप्रहारसंरम्भभावनविलोलखुराग्रपातैः । आमेदुरैर्बहुलसास्नगलैरुदग्रपुच्छैश्च वत्सतरवत्सतरीनिकायैः
pratyagraśṛṅgamṛdumastakasaṃprahārasaṃrambhabhāvanavilolakhurāgrapātaiḥ | āmedurairbahulasāsnagalairudagrapucchaiśca vatsataravatsatarīnikāyaiḥ
And by troops of young bulls and heifers, with brand-new horns, the tips of their hooves falling restlessly in the excitement of butting their soft heads together, well-fattened, with thick dewlaps on their necks and tails held high.
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PdP 5 103.40
हम्भारवक्षुभितदिग्वलयैर्महद्भिरध्युक्षभिः पृथुककुद्भरभारखिन्नैः । उत्तम्भितश्रुतिपुटीपरिपीतवंशध्वानामृतोद्धतविकासिविशालघोणैः
hambhāravakṣubhitadigvalayairmahadbhiradhyukṣabhiḥ pṛthukakudbharabhārakhinnaiḥ | uttambhitaśrutipuṭīparipītavaṃśadhvānāmṛtoddhatavikāsiviśālaghoṇaiḥ
By great bulls that shake the circle of the horizons with their bellowing, wearied by the load of their broad humps, their wide nostrils flaring and opened by the nectar of the flute's sound drunk in through their upraised ear-cups.
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PdP 5 103.41
गोपैः समानगुणशीलवयोविलासवेशैश्च मूर्छितकलस्वनवेणुवीणैः । मन्दोच्चतारपटुगानपरैर्विलोलदोर्वल्लरीललितलास्यविधानदक्षैः
gopaiḥ samānaguṇaśīlavayovilāsaveśaiśca mūrchitakalasvanaveṇuvīṇaiḥ | mandoccatārapaṭugānaparairviloladorvallarīlalitalāsyavidhānadakṣaiḥ
And by cowherds of like qualities, character, age, grace and dress, with flutes and lutes of sweet swooning tone, given to skilled singing low, high and shrill, expert in performing graceful dance with their creeper-like arms tossing.
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PdP 5 103.42
जङ्घान्तपीवरकटीरतटीनिबद्धव्यालोलकिङ्किणिघटारणितैरटद्भिः । मुग्धैस्तरक्षुनखकल्पितकान्तभूषैरव्यक्तमंजुवचनैः पृथुकैः परीतम्
jaṅghāntapīvarakaṭīrataṭīnibaddhavyālolakiṅkiṇighaṭāraṇitairaṭadbhiḥ | mugdhaistarakṣunakhakalpitakāntabhūṣairavyaktamaṃjuvacanaiḥ pṛthukaiḥ parītam
Surrounded by little boys running about with the jangling of clusters of swinging bells tied to the plump slopes of their hips down to their calves, artless, with pretty ornaments made of hyena claws, their sweet speech still indistinct.
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PdP 5 103.43
अथ सुललितगोपसुन्दरीणां पृथुकबरीषनितम्बमन्थराणाम् । गुरुकुचभरभंगुरावलग्नत्रिवलिविजृम्भितरोमराजिभाजाम्
atha sulalitagopasundarīṇāṃ pṛthukabarīṣanitambamantharāṇām | gurukucabharabhaṃgurāvalagnatrivalivijṛmbhitaromarājibhājām
Then, of the lovely cowherd women, slow with their broad braids and hips, possessing lines of body-hair spread out over the three folds at their waists bent under the weight of heavy breasts —
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PdP 5 103.44
तदतिरुचिरचारुवेणुवाद्यामृतरसपल्लविताङ्गजाङ्घ्रिपस्य । मुकुलविमलरम्यरूढरोमोद्गमसमलंकृतगात्रवल्लरीणाम्
tadatiruciracāruveṇuvādyāmṛtarasapallavitāṅgajāṅghripasya | mukulavimalaramyarūḍharomodgamasamalaṃkṛtagātravallarīṇām
— of him whose Love-tree (the body-born god) has put forth shoots from the nectar-juice of that most lovely, charming flute-playing; (and) of those women whose creeper-like limbs are adorned all over by the risen thrill of body-hair, bud-like, spotless and delightful —
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PdP 5 103.45
तदतिरुचिर मन्दहासचन्द्रातपपरिजृम्भितरागवारिराशेः । तरलतरतरङ्गभङ्गविप्रुट्प्रकरघनश्रमबिन्दुसंततानाम्
tadatirucira mandahāsacandrātapaparijṛmbhitarāgavārirāśeḥ | taralatarataraṅgabhaṅgavipruṭprakaraghanaśramabindusaṃtatānām
— of him who is a mass of the waters of passion swollen by the moonlight of that most lovely gentle smile; of those women who are covered with thick, continuous drops of sweat like a scatter of spray from the breaking of very tremulous waves —
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PdP 5 103.46
तदतिललितमन्दचिल्लिचापच्युतनिशितेक्षणमारबाणवृष्ट्या । दलितसकलमर्मविह्वलाङ्गप्रविसृतदुःसहवेपथुव्यथानाम्
tadatilalitamandacillicāpacyutaniśitekṣaṇamārabāṇavṛṣṭyā | dalitasakalamarmavihvalāṅgapravisṛtaduḥsahavepathuvyathānām
— of those women in whom, by the rain of Love's arrows, the sharp glances loosed from the bow of that most graceful, gently curved eyebrow, every vital spot is split, their limbs faint, and an unbearable pain of trembling spreads through them —
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PdP 5 103.47
तदतिरुचिरवेषरूपशोभामृतरसपानविधानलालसानाम् । प्रणयसलिलपूरवाहिनीनामलसविलोलविलोचनाम्बुजानाम्
tadatiruciraveṣarūpaśobhāmṛtarasapānavidhānalālasānām | praṇayasalilapūravāhinīnāmalasavilolavilocanāmbujānām
— of those women who are eager for the drinking of the nectar-juice of the beauty of that most lovely dress and form, who are rivers running with a flood of the water of love, whose eye-lotuses are languid and rolling —
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PdP 5 103.48
विस्रंसत्कबरीकलापविगलत्फुल्लत्प्रसूनास्रवन् । माध्वीलम्पटचञ्चरीकघटयासंसेवितानां मुहुः । मारोन्मादमदस्खलन्मृदुगिरामालोलकाञ्च्युल्लस-। न्नीवीविश्लथमानचीनसिचयान्तार्चिर्नितम्बत्विषाम्
visraṃsatkabarīkalāpavigalatphullatprasūnāsravan | mādhvīlampaṭacañcarīkaghaṭayāsaṃsevitānāṃ muhuḥ | māronmādamadaskhalanmṛdugirāmālolakāñcyullasa-| nnīvīviślathamānacīnasicayāntārcirnitambatviṣām
— of those women who are constantly attended, again and again, by a swarm of bees greedy for the honey trickling from the blossoming flowers that fall from their loosening masses of braided hair; whose soft speech falters with the intoxication of Love's frenzy; the sheen of whose hips gleams out at the edge of the Chinese silk garment slackening at the knot, with its restless girdle —
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PdP 5 103.49
स्खलितलसितपादाम्भोजमन्दाभिघातच्छुरितमणितुलाकोट्याकुलाशामुखानाम् । चलदधरदलानांकुड्मलापक्ष्मलाक्षि- द्वयसरसिरुहाणामुल्लसत्कुण्डलानाम्
skhalitalasitapādāmbhojamandābhighātacchuritamaṇitulākoṭyākulāśāmukhānām | caladadharadalānāṃkuḍmalāpakṣmalākṣi- dvayasarasiruhāṇāmullasatkuṇḍalānām
— of those women who fill the faces of the quarters with the jewelled anklets sounding at the gentle striking of their stumbling, graceful lotus-feet; whose petal-lips quiver, whose two eye-lotuses have bud-like thick lashes, whose earrings swing —
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PdP 5 103.50
द्राघिष्ठश्वसनसमीरणाभितापप्रम्लानीभवदरुणौष्ठपल्लवानाम् । नानोपायनविलसत्कराम्बुजानामालीभिः सततनिषेवितं समन्तात्
drāghiṣṭhaśvasanasamīraṇābhitāpapramlānībhavadaruṇauṣṭhapallavānām | nānopāyanavilasatkarāmbujānāmālībhiḥ satataniṣevitaṃ samantāt
— of those women whose reddish lip-buds are withering from the heat of the wind of their very long sighs, whose lotus-hands gleam with various gifts: (he is) constantly attended on every side by these companions.
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PdP 5 103.51
तासामायतलोलनीलनयनव्याकोशलीनाम्बुज- स्रग्भिः संपरिपूजिताखिलतनुं नानाविलासास्पदम् । तन्मुग्धाननपङ्कजप्रविगलन्माध्वीरसास्वादिनीं- बिभ्राणं प्रणयान्मदाक्षिमधुहृन्मालां मनोहारिणीम्
tāsāmāyatalolanīlanayanavyākośalīnāmbuja- sragbhiḥ saṃparipūjitākhilatanuṃ nānāvilāsāspadam | tanmugdhānanapaṅkajapravigalanmādhvīrasāsvādinīṃ- bibhrāṇaṃ praṇayānmadākṣimadhuhṛnmālāṃ manohāriṇīm
(Meditate on) him whose whole body is worshipped with the garlands of the opened, clinging lotuses that are their long, restless dark eyes, the seat of manifold play, bearing out of love a heart-stealing garland that steals the honey of their intoxicated eyes and tastes the honey-juice trickling from their lovely face-lotuses.
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PdP 5 103.52
गोपीगोपपशूनां बहिः स्मरेदग्रतोऽस्य गीर्वाणघटांवित्तार्थिनीं विरिञ्चित्रिनयनशतमन्युपूर्विकां स्तोत्रपराम्
gopīgopapaśūnāṃ bahiḥ smaredagrato'sya gīrvāṇaghaṭāṃvittārthinīṃ viriñcitrinayanaśatamanyupūrvikāṃ stotraparām
Outside the cowherd women, the cowherds and the cattle, one should recall, in front of him, the throng of gods seeking wealth, headed by Brahmā, the three-eyed one and Indra, intent on praise.
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PdP 5 103.53
तद्वद्दक्षिणतो मुनिनिकरं दृढधर्मवाञ्छया समाम्नायपरम् । योगीन्द्रानथ पृष्ठे मुमुक्षमाणान्समाधिना तु सनकाद्यान्
tadvaddakṣiṇato muninikaraṃ dṛḍhadharmavāñchayā samāmnāyaparam | yogīndrānatha pṛṣṭhe mumukṣamāṇānsamādhinā tu sanakādyān
Likewise, to the south, the host of sages devoted to the Veda out of desire for firm dharma; and then, behind, the lords of yoga—Sanaka and the rest—seeking release through absorption.
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PdP 5 103.54
सव्ये सकान्तानथ यक्षसिद्धगन्धर्वविद्याधरचारणांश्च । सकिन्नरानप्सरसश्च मुख्याः कामार्थिनीर्नर्तनगीतवाद्यैः
savye sakāntānatha yakṣasiddhagandharvavidyādharacāraṇāṃśca | sakinnarānapsarasaśca mukhyāḥ kāmārthinīrnartanagītavādyaiḥ
On the left, the Yakṣas, Siddhas, Gandharvas, Vidyādharas and Cāraṇas together with their wives, and the Kinnaras, and the chief Apsarases seeking love with dancing, singing and instrumental music.
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PdP 5 103.55
शङ्खेन्दुकुन्दधवलं सकलागमज्ञं सौदामिनीततिपिशङ्गजटाकलापम् । तत्पादपङ्कजगताममलां च भक्तिं वाञ्छन्तमुज्झिततरान्यसमस्तसङ्गम्
śaṅkhendukundadhavalaṃ sakalāgamajñaṃ saudāminītatipiśaṅgajaṭākalāpam | tatpādapaṅkajagatāmamalāṃ ca bhaktiṃ vāñchantamujjhitatarānyasamastasaṅgam
(And recall Śiva,) white as conch, moon and jasmine, knower of all the scriptures, his mass of matted locks tawny as a bank of lightning, desiring spotless devotion directed to those lotus-feet, having utterly abandoned every other attachment;
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PdP 5 103.56
नानाविध श्रुतिगुणान्वितसप्तरागग्रामत्रयीगतमनोहरमूर्छनाभिः । संप्रीणयन्तमुदिताभिरपि प्रभक्त्या संचिन्तयन्नभसि मां द्रुहिणप्रसूतम्
nānāvidha śrutiguṇānvitasaptarāgagrāmatrayīgatamanoharamūrchanābhiḥ | saṃprīṇayantamuditābhirapi prabhaktyā saṃcintayannabhasi māṃ druhiṇaprasūtam
and recall me, the son of Brahmā, in the sky, gladdening (him) with charming mūrchanās belonging to the seven rāgas endowed with the qualities of the various śrutis and to the three grāmas, joyful and full of devotion.
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PdP 5 103.57
इति ध्यात्वाऽत्मानं पटुविशदधीर्नन्दतनयं नरो बुद्ध्यैवाऽर्घप्रभृतिभिरनिन्द्योपहृतिभिः । यजेद्भूयो भक्त्या स्ववपुषि बहिष्ठैश्च विभवैरिति प्रोक्तं सर्वं यदभिलषितं भूसुरवराः
iti dhyātvā'tmānaṃ paṭuviśadadhīrnandatanayaṃ naro buddhyaivā'rghaprabhṛtibhiranindyopahṛtibhiḥ | yajedbhūyo bhaktyā svavapuṣi bahiṣṭhaiśca vibhavairiti proktaṃ sarvaṃ yadabhilaṣitaṃ bhūsuravarāḥ
Having thus meditated on himself as the son of Nanda, a man of keen and clear understanding should worship (him) with the mind, with water for the feet and the other faultless offerings, and again with devotion in his own body and with outward means. Thus all that was desired has been declared, O best of the gods on earth.
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