Padma Purana — Patala Khanda — Chapter 18
PdP 5 18.1
ब्राह्मण उवाच। राजंस्त्वं शृणु यद्वृत्तं नीले पर्वतसत्तमे । यच्छ्रद्दधानाः पुरुषा यांति ब्रह्म सनातनम्
brāhmaṇa uvāca| rājaṃstvaṃ śṛṇu yadvṛttaṃ nīle parvatasattame | yacchraddadhānāḥ puruṣā yāṃti brahma sanātanam
The brahmin said: O king, hear from you (i.e., listen) to what took place on Nīla, the best of mountains, believing which men attain the eternal Brahman.
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PdP 5 18.2
मया पर्यटता तत्र गतं नीलाभिधे गिरौ । गंगासागरतोयेन क्षालितप्रांगणे मुहुः
mayā paryaṭatā tatra gataṃ nīlābhidhe girau | gaṃgāsāgaratoyena kṣālitaprāṃgaṇe muhuḥ
As I wandered, I went there, to the mountain named Nīla, whose courtyard is washed again and again by the water of the Gaṅgā and the ocean.
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PdP 5 18.3
तत्र भिल्ला मया दृष्टाः पर्वताग्रे धनुर्भृतः । चतुर्भुजा मूलफलैर्भक्ष्यैर्निर्वाहितक्लमाः
tatra bhillā mayā dṛṣṭāḥ parvatāgre dhanurbhṛtaḥ | caturbhujā mūlaphalairbhakṣyairnirvāhitaklamāḥ
There I saw Bhillas on the mountain top, bearing bows, four-armed, their weariness relieved by edible roots and fruits.
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PdP 5 18.4
तदा मे मनसि क्षिप्रं संशयः सुमहानभूत् । चतुर्भुजाः किमेते वै धनुर्बाणधरा नराः
tadā me manasi kṣipraṃ saṃśayaḥ sumahānabhūt | caturbhujāḥ kimete vai dhanurbāṇadharā narāḥ
Then at once a very great doubt arose in my mind: are these four-armed men, bearing bow and arrows, really (what they seem)?
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PdP 5 18.5
वैकुंठवासिनां रूपं दृश्यते विजितात्मनाम् । कथमेतैरुपालब्धं ब्रह्माद्यैरपि दुर्ल्लभम्
vaikuṃṭhavāsināṃ rūpaṃ dṛśyate vijitātmanām | kathametairupālabdhaṃ brahmādyairapi durllabham
The form of the dwellers in Vaikuṇṭha, of those who have conquered themselves, is seen (here); how has it been obtained by these, when it is hard to get even for Brahmā and the rest?
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PdP 5 18.6
शंखचक्रगदाशार्ङ्गपद्मोल्लसितपाणयः । वनमालापरीतांगा विष्णुभक्ता इवांतिके
śaṃkhacakragadāśārṅgapadmollasitapāṇayaḥ | vanamālāparītāṃgā viṣṇubhaktā ivāṃtike
With hands gleaming with conch, discus, mace, the Śārṅga bow and lotus, their bodies encircled by forest-garlands, (they were) like devotees of Viṣṇu close at hand.
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PdP 5 18.7
संशयाविष्टचित्तेन मया पृष्टं तदा नृप । यूयं के बत युष्माभिर्लब्धं चातुर्भुजं कथम्
saṃśayāviṣṭacittena mayā pṛṣṭaṃ tadā nṛpa | yūyaṃ ke bata yuṣmābhirlabdhaṃ cāturbhujaṃ katham
With my mind filled with doubt I then asked, O king: "Who are you, pray? And how was four-armedness obtained by you?"
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PdP 5 18.8
तदा तैर्बहु हास्यं तु कृत्वा मां प्रतिभाषितम् । ब्राह्मणोऽयं न जानाति पिंडमाहात्म्यमद्भुतम्
tadā tairbahu hāsyaṃ tu kṛtvā māṃ pratibhāṣitam | brāhmaṇo'yaṃ na jānāti piṃḍamāhātmyamadbhutam
Then, laughing a great deal, they replied to me: "This brahmin does not know the wondrous greatness of the piṇḍa (the offered ball of food)."
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PdP 5 18.9
इति श्रुत्वाऽवदं चाहं कः पिंडः कस्य दीयते । तन्मम ब्रूत धर्मिष्ठाश्चतुर्भुजशरीरिणः
iti śrutvā'vadaṃ cāhaṃ kaḥ piṃḍaḥ kasya dīyate | tanmama brūta dharmiṣṭhāścaturbhujaśarīriṇaḥ
Hearing this I said: "What piṇḍa is it, and to whom is it given? Tell me that, you most righteous ones with four-armed bodies."
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PdP 5 18.10
तदा मद्वाक्यमाकर्ण्य कथितं तैर्महात्मभिः । सर्वं तत्र तु यद्वृत्तं चतुर्भुजभवादिकम्
tadā madvākyamākarṇya kathitaṃ tairmahātmabhiḥ | sarvaṃ tatra tu yadvṛttaṃ caturbhujabhavādikam
Then, having heard my words, all that had happened there, beginning with the coming-to-be of the four arms, was told by those great-souled ones.
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PdP 5 18.11
किराता ऊचुः। शृणु ब्राह्मण वृत्तांतमस्माकं पृथुकः शिशुः । नित्यं जंबूफलादीनि भक्षयन्क्रीडया चरन्
kirātā ūcuḥ| śṛṇu brāhmaṇa vṛttāṃtamasmākaṃ pṛthukaḥ śiśuḥ | nityaṃ jaṃbūphalādīni bhakṣayankrīḍayā caran
The Kirātas said: Hear, brahmin, our story. A small child of ours, always eating rose-apple fruits and the like, roamed about in play.
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PdP 5 18.12
एकदा रममाणस्तु गिरिशृंगं मनोरमम् । समारुरोह शिशुभिः समंतात्परिवारितः
ekadā ramamāṇastu giriśṛṃgaṃ manoramam | samāruroha śiśubhiḥ samaṃtātparivāritaḥ
One day, while playing, he climbed a delightful mountain peak, surrounded on all sides by (other) children.
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PdP 5 18.13
तदा तत्र ददर्शाहं देवायतनमद्भुतम् । गारुत्मतादिमणिभिः खचितं स्वर्णभित्तिकम्
tadā tatra dadarśāhaṃ devāyatanamadbhutam | gārutmatādimaṇibhiḥ khacitaṃ svarṇabhittikam
"Then and there I saw a wondrous temple of the god, inlaid with emeralds and other gems, with walls of gold,
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PdP 5 18.14
स्वकांत्यातिमिरश्रेणीं दारयद्रविवद्भृशम् । दृष्ट्वा विस्मयमापेदे किमिदं कस्य वै गृहम्
svakāṃtyātimiraśreṇīṃ dārayadravivadbhṛśam | dṛṣṭvā vismayamāpede kimidaṃ kasya vai gṛham
exceedingly splitting apart the mass of darkness by its own radiance, like the sun. Seeing it, (I/he) fell into amazement: "What is this? Whose house indeed?"
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PdP 5 18.15
गत्वा विलोकयामीति किमिदं महतां पदम् । इति संचिंत्य गेहांतर्जगाम बहुभाग्यतः
gatvā vilokayāmīti kimidaṃ mahatāṃ padam | iti saṃciṃtya gehāṃtarjagāma bahubhāgyataḥ
"Let me go and look at it — what is this abode of great ones?" — thinking thus, through great good fortune he went inside the house.
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PdP 5 18.16
ददर्श तत्र देवेशं सुरासुरनमस्कृतम् । किरीटहारकेयूरग्रैवेयाद्यैर्विराजितम्
dadarśa tatra deveśaṃ surāsuranamaskṛtam | kirīṭahārakeyūragraiveyādyairvirājitam
There he saw the lord of the gods, saluted by gods and demons, resplendent with crown, necklace, armlets, neck-ornaments and the rest,
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PdP 5 18.17
मनोहरावतंसौ च धारयंतं सुनिर्मलौ । पादपद्मे तुलसिका गंधमत्तषडंघ्रिके
manoharāvataṃsau ca dhārayaṃtaṃ sunirmalau | pādapadme tulasikā gaṃdhamattaṣaḍaṃghrike
and wearing two lovely, very pure earrings; on his lotus-feet the tulasī, with bees intoxicated by its fragrance;
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PdP 5 18.18
शंखचक्रगदाशार्ङ्ग पद्माद्यैर्मूर्तिसंयुतैः । उपासितांघ्रिं श्रीमूर्तिं नारदाद्यैः सुसेवितम्
śaṃkhacakragadāśārṅga padmādyairmūrtisaṃyutaiḥ | upāsitāṃghriṃ śrīmūrtiṃ nāradādyaiḥ susevitam
his feet attended by the conch, discus, mace, bow, lotus and the rest, embodied in (their own) forms — the glorious image, well served by Nārada and the others.
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PdP 5 18.19
केचिद्गायंति नृत्यंति हसंति परमाद्भुतम् । प्रीणयंति महाराजं सर्वलोकैकवंदितम्
kecidgāyaṃti nṛtyaṃti hasaṃti paramādbhutam | prīṇayaṃti mahārājaṃ sarvalokaikavaṃditam
Some sing, some dance, some laugh — most wondrous; they gratify the great king, the one alone praised by all the worlds.
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PdP 5 18.20
हरिं वीक्ष्य मदीयोर्भस्तत्र संजग्मिवान्मुने । देवास्तत्र विधायोच्चैः पूजां धूपादिसंयताम्
hariṃ vīkṣya madīyorbhastatra saṃjagmivānmune | devāstatra vidhāyoccaiḥ pūjāṃ dhūpādisaṃyatām
Seeing Hari, my ... came together there, O sage. The gods there, performing aloud worship furnished with incense and the rest,
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PdP 5 18.21
नैवेद्यं श्रीप्रियस्यार्थे कृत्वा नीराजनं ततः । जग्मुः स्वं स्वं गृहं राजन्कृपां पश्यंत आदरात्
naivedyaṃ śrīpriyasyārthe kṛtvā nīrājanaṃ tataḥ | jagmuḥ svaṃ svaṃ gṛhaṃ rājankṛpāṃ paśyaṃta ādarāt
and making a food-offering for the sake of the beloved of Śrī, and then the lamp-waving, went each to his own home, O king, gazing reverently upon (his) grace.
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PdP 5 18.22
महाभाग्यवशात्तेन प्राप्तं नैवेद्यसिक्थकम् । पतितं ब्रह्मदेवाद्यैर्दुर्ल्लभं सुरमानुषैः
mahābhāgyavaśāttena prāptaṃ naivedyasikthakam | patitaṃ brahmadevādyairdurllabhaṃ suramānuṣaiḥ
By force of great good fortune a fragment of that food-offering, fallen (from the plate), hard to obtain even for Brahmā and the other gods, for gods and men, was got by him.
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PdP 5 18.23
तद्भक्षणं च कृत्वाथो श्रीमूर्तिमवलोक्य च । चतुर्भुजत्वमाप्तं वै पृथुकेन सुशोभिना
tadbhakṣaṇaṃ ca kṛtvātho śrīmūrtimavalokya ca | caturbhujatvamāptaṃ vai pṛthukena suśobhinā
And then, having eaten it and having gazed upon the glorious image, four-armedness was indeed attained by the beautiful child.
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PdP 5 18.24
तदास्माभिर्गृहं प्राप्तो बालको वीक्षितो मुहुः । चतुर्भुजत्वं संप्राप्तः शंखचक्रादिधारकः
tadāsmābhirgṛhaṃ prāpto bālako vīkṣito muhuḥ | caturbhujatvaṃ saṃprāptaḥ śaṃkhacakrādidhārakaḥ
Then the boy, having reached home, was looked at again and again by us: he had attained four-armedness, bearing conch, discus and the rest.
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PdP 5 18.25
अस्माभिः पृष्टमेतस्य किमेतज्जातमद्भुतम् । तदा प्रोवाच नः सर्वान्बालकः परमाद्भुतम्
asmābhiḥ pṛṣṭametasya kimetajjātamadbhutam | tadā provāca naḥ sarvānbālakaḥ paramādbhutam
He was asked by us: "What is this wonder that has happened?" Then the boy told us all something most wondrous.
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PdP 5 18.26
शिखराग्रे गतः पूर्वं तत्र दृष्टः सुरेश्वरः । तत्र नैवेद्यसिक्थं तु मया प्राप्तं मनोहरम्
śikharāgre gataḥ pūrvaṃ tatra dṛṣṭaḥ sureśvaraḥ | tatra naivedyasikthaṃ tu mayā prāptaṃ manoharam
"I had gone before to the top of the peak; there the lord of the gods was seen; and there a lovely fragment of the food-offering was obtained by me.
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PdP 5 18.27
तस्य भक्षणमात्रेण कारणेन तु सांप्रतम् । चतुर्भुजत्वं संप्राप्तो विस्मयेन समन्वितः
tasya bhakṣaṇamātreṇa kāraṇena tu sāṃpratam | caturbhujatvaṃ saṃprāpto vismayena samanvitaḥ
Merely by eating that, for that very reason, I have now attained four-armedness, and am filled with amazement.
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PdP 5 18.28
तच्छ्रुत्वा तु वचस्तस्य सद्यः संप्राप्तविस्मयैः । अस्माभिरप्यसौ दृष्टो देवः परमदुर्ल्लभः
tacchrutvā tu vacastasya sadyaḥ saṃprāptavismayaiḥ | asmābhirapyasau dṛṣṭo devaḥ paramadurllabhaḥ
And on hearing that speech of his, we too, at once seized with amazement, saw that god who is most hard to obtain.
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PdP 5 18.29
अन्नादिकं तत्र भुक्तं सर्वस्वादसमन्वितम् । वयं चतुर्भुजा जाता देवस्य कृपया पुनः । गत्वा त्वमपि देवस्य दर्शनं कुरु सत्तम
annādikaṃ tatra bhuktaṃ sarvasvādasamanvitam | vayaṃ caturbhujā jātā devasya kṛpayā punaḥ | gatvā tvamapi devasya darśanaṃ kuru sattama
There we ate food and the rest, endowed with every flavour, and by the god's grace we became four-armed. You too, best of men, go and take the sight of the god.
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PdP 5 18.30
भुक्त्वा तत्रान्नसिक्थं तु भव विप्र चतुर्भुजः । त्वया पृष्टं यदाश्चर्यं तदुक्तं वाडवर्षभ
bhuktvā tatrānnasikthaṃ tu bhava vipra caturbhujaḥ | tvayā pṛṣṭaṃ yadāścaryaṃ taduktaṃ vāḍavarṣabha
Having eaten there a morsel of the food, become four-armed, O brahmin. The marvel you asked about has been told, O bull among brahmins.
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