Padma Purana — Patala Khanda — Chapter 39
PdP 5 39.1
शेष उवाच। निनदत्सुमृदंगेषु वीणानादेषु सर्वतः । मुक्तो वाहस्ततो देव पुरं देवविनिर्मितम्
śeṣa uvāca| ninadatsumṛdaṃgeṣu vīṇānādeṣu sarvataḥ | mukto vāhastato deva puraṃ devavinirmitam
Śeṣa said: While fine drums resounded and the sounds of vīṇās (rose) on all sides, the horse was then released, O god, (and went to) a city built by the gods.
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PdP 5 39.2
यत्र स्फाटिक कुड्यानां रचनाभिर्गृहा नृणाम् । हसंति विंध्यं विमलं पर्वतं नागसेवितम्
yatra sphāṭika kuḍyānāṃ racanābhirgṛhā nṛṇām | hasaṃti viṃdhyaṃ vimalaṃ parvataṃ nāgasevitam
There the houses of men, by the arrangement of their crystal walls, mock the spotless Vindhya mountain frequented by elephants.
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PdP 5 39.3
राजतानि गृहाण्यत्र दृश्यंते प्रकृतेरपि । विचित्रमणिसन्नद्धा नानामाणिक्यगोपुराः
rājatāni gṛhāṇyatra dṛśyaṃte prakṛterapi | vicitramaṇisannaddhā nānāmāṇikyagopurāḥ
There silver houses are seen even in the countryside, set with wondrous gems, with gateways of various rubies.
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PdP 5 39.4
पद्मिन्यो यत्र लोकानां गेहे गेहे मनोहराः । हरंति चित्तानि नृणां मुखपद्मकलेक्षिताः
padminyo yatra lokānāṃ gehe gehe manoharāḥ | haraṃti cittāni nṛṇāṃ mukhapadmakalekṣitāḥ
There the lotus-like women of the people, charming, in house after house, steal the minds of men, gazed upon (as they are) with their lotus-faces.
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PdP 5 39.5
पद्मरागमणिर्यत्र गेहे गेहे सुभूमिषु । बद्धः संलक्ष्यते विप्र तदोष्ठस्पर्धया नु किम्
padmarāgamaṇiryatra gehe gehe subhūmiṣu | baddhaḥ saṃlakṣyate vipra tadoṣṭhaspardhayā nu kim
There the ruby is seen set in house after house in the fine floors, O brahmin — is it out of rivalry with their lips?
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PdP 5 39.6
क्रीडाशैलाः प्रत्यगारं नीलरत्नविनिर्मिताः । कुर्वंति शंकां मेघस्य मयूराणां कलापिनाम्
krīḍāśailāḥ pratyagāraṃ nīlaratnavinirmitāḥ | kurvaṃti śaṃkāṃ meghasya mayūrāṇāṃ kalāpinām
The pleasure-hills in every house, made of blue gems, create the suspicion of a cloud in the tail-feathered peacocks.
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PdP 5 39.7
हंसा यत्र नृणां गेहे स्फाटिकेषु नियंत्रिताः । कुर्वंति मेघान्नो भीतिं मानसं न स्मरंति च
haṃsā yatra nṛṇāṃ gehe sphāṭikeṣu niyaṃtritāḥ | kurvaṃti meghānno bhītiṃ mānasaṃ na smaraṃti ca
Where the geese in men's houses, kept confined in crystal (enclosures), have no fear of the clouds and do not remember Lake Mānasa.
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PdP 5 39.8
निरंतरं शिवस्थाने ध्वस्तं चंद्रिकया तमः । शुक्लकृष्णविभेदो न पक्षयोस्तत्र वै नृणाम्
niraṃtaraṃ śivasthāne dhvastaṃ caṃdrikayā tamaḥ | śuklakṛṣṇavibhedo na pakṣayostatra vai nṛṇām
In Śiva's place the darkness is unceasingly destroyed by the moonlight; there is indeed no distinction of bright and dark fortnight there for men.
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PdP 5 39.9
तत्र वीरमणी राजा धार्मिकेष्वग्रणीर्महान् । राज्यं करोति विपुलं सर्वभोगसमन्वितम्
tatra vīramaṇī rājā dhārmikeṣvagraṇīrmahān | rājyaṃ karoti vipulaṃ sarvabhogasamanvitam
There King Vīramaṇi, great and foremost among the righteous, rules an extensive kingdom furnished with every enjoyment.
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PdP 5 39.10
तस्य पुत्रो महाशूरो नाम्ना रुक्मांगदो बली । वनिताभिर्गतो रम्यदेहाभिः क्रीडितुं वनम्
tasya putro mahāśūro nāmnā rukmāṃgado balī | vanitābhirgato ramyadehābhiḥ krīḍituṃ vanam
His son, a great hero, mighty, named Rukmāṅgada, went to the forest to play, with women of lovely bodies.
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PdP 5 39.11
तासां मंजीरसंरावः कंकणानां रवस्तथा । मनो हरति कामस्य किमन्यस्य कथात्र भोः
tāsāṃ maṃjīrasaṃrāvaḥ kaṃkaṇānāṃ ravastathā | mano harati kāmasya kimanyasya kathātra bhoḥ
The jingling of their anklets and likewise the sound of their bracelets steals away the mind of Kāma (himself) — what talk, sir, is there of anyone else here?
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PdP 5 39.12
वनं जगाम सुमहत्सुपुष्पनगसंयुतम् । सदाशिवकृतस्थानमृतुषट्कैर्विराजितम्
vanaṃ jagāma sumahatsupuṣpanagasaṃyutam | sadāśivakṛtasthānamṛtuṣaṭkairvirājitam
He came to a very great forest set with fine flowering trees, a place made by Sadāśiva, resplendent with (all) six seasons.
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PdP 5 39.13
चंपका यत्र बहुशः फुल्लकोरकशोभिताः । कुर्वंति कामिनां तत्र हृच्छयार्तिं विलोकिताः
caṃpakā yatra bahuśaḥ phullakorakaśobhitāḥ | kurvaṃti kāmināṃ tatra hṛcchayārtiṃ vilokitāḥ
Where the campaka trees, many of them, adorned with open buds, when looked at cause in lovers there the pain of love's fever.
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PdP 5 39.14
चूताः फलादिभिर्नम्रा मंजरीकोटिसंयुताः । नागाः पुन्नागवृक्षाश्च शालास्तालास्तमालकाः
cūtāḥ phalādibhirnamrā maṃjarīkoṭisaṃyutāḥ | nāgāḥ punnāgavṛkṣāśca śālāstālāstamālakāḥ
Mango trees bent down with their fruit and the rest, bearing crores of blossom-clusters; nāga and punnāga trees, and śāla, tāla and tamāla trees.
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PdP 5 39.15
कोकिलानां समारावा यत्र च श्रुतिगोचराः । सदा मधुपझंकार गतनिद्राः सुमल्लिकाः
kokilānāṃ samārāvā yatra ca śrutigocarāḥ | sadā madhupajhaṃkāra gatanidrāḥ sumallikāḥ
And where the massed cries of cuckoos came within hearing, and fine jasmines whose sleep was gone from the humming of bees.
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PdP 5 39.16
दाडिमानां समूहाश्च कर्णिकारैः समन्विताः । केतकीकानकीवन्यवृक्षराजिविराजिताः
dāḍimānāṃ samūhāśca karṇikāraiḥ samanvitāḥ | ketakīkānakīvanyavṛkṣarājivirājitāḥ
And clusters of pomegranates together with karṇikāra trees, resplendent with rows of ketakī, kānakī and forest trees.
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PdP 5 39.17
तस्मिन्वने प्रमदसंयुतचित्तवृत्तिर्गायन्कलं मधुरवाग्विचिकीर्षयोच्चैः । उद्यत्कुचाभिरभितो वनिताभिरागाच्छोभानिधान वपुरुद्गतभीर्विवेश
tasminvane pramadasaṃyutacittavṛttirgāyankalaṃ madhuravāgvicikīrṣayoccaiḥ | udyatkucābhirabhito vanitābhirāgācchobhānidhāna vapurudgatabhīrviveśa
In that forest he, the workings of his mind joined with delight, singing sweetly and loudly from a wish to display sweet speech, came surrounded on all sides by women with upraised breasts, and entered — his body a treasure-house of beauty, without any fear.
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PdP 5 39.18
काश्चित्तं नृत्यविद्याभिस्तोषयंति स्म शोभनम् । काश्चिद्गानकलाभिश्च काश्चिद्वाक्चतुरोचितैः
kāścittaṃ nṛtyavidyābhistoṣayaṃti sma śobhanam | kāścidgānakalābhiśca kāścidvākcaturocitaiḥ
Some of them pleased that handsome one with their skill in dancing, some with their arts of song, and some with clever and apt speech.
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PdP 5 39.19
भ्रूसंज्ञया पराः काश्चित्तोषयामासुरुन्मदाः । परिरंभणचातुर्यैस्तं हृष्टं विदधुः स्त्रियः
bhrūsaṃjñayā parāḥ kāścittoṣayāmāsurunmadāḥ | pariraṃbhaṇacāturyaistaṃ hṛṣṭaṃ vidadhuḥ striyaḥ
Some others, wild with passion, pleased him with signals of their brows; the women made him delighted with their adroitness in embracing.
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PdP 5 39.20
ताभिः पुष्पोच्चयं कृत्वा भूषयामास ताः स्त्रियः । वाण्या कोमलया शंसन्रेमे कामवपुर्धरः
tābhiḥ puṣpoccayaṃ kṛtvā bhūṣayāmāsa tāḥ striyaḥ | vāṇyā komalayā śaṃsanreme kāmavapurdharaḥ
Gathering a heap of flowers, he adorned those women with them, and praising them with gentle speech he took his pleasure, he who bore a body like Kāma's.
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PdP 5 39.21
एवं प्रवृत्ते समये राजराजस्य धीमतः । प्रायात्तद्वनदेशं स हयः परमशोभनः
evaṃ pravṛtte samaye rājarājasya dhīmataḥ | prāyāttadvanadeśaṃ sa hayaḥ paramaśobhanaḥ
While the time was passing thus, that supremely splendid horse of the wise king of kings came to that region of the forest.
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PdP 5 39.22
तं स्वर्णपत्ररचितैकललाटदेशं । गंगासमं घुसृणकुंकुम पिंजरांगम् । गत्यासमं पवनवेगतिरस्करिण्या । दृष्ट्वा स्त्रियः परमकौतुकधामदेहम्
taṃ svarṇapatraracitaikalalāṭadeśaṃ | gaṃgāsamaṃ ghusṛṇakuṃkuma piṃjarāṃgam | gatyāsamaṃ pavanavegatiraskariṇyā | dṛṣṭvā striyaḥ paramakautukadhāmadeham
Him — with a single golden plate fixed on his forehead, equal to the Gaṅgā, his limbs tawny with saffron and kuṅkuma, unmatched in a gait that outstripped the wind's speed — the women, seeing that body which was a seat of the highest wonder,
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PdP 5 39.23
ऊचुः पतिं कमलमध्यपिशंगवर्णा -। स्ताम्राधरप्रतिभयाहतविद्रुमाभाः । दंतव्रजप्रमितहास्यसुशोभिवक्त्राः । कामस्य बाणनयनादिविमोहनाभाः
ūcuḥ patiṃ kamalamadhyapiśaṃgavarṇā -| stāmrādharapratibhayāhatavidrumābhāḥ | daṃtavrajapramitahāsyasuśobhivaktrāḥ | kāmasya bāṇanayanādivimohanābhāḥ
spoke to their husband — they whose colour was golden like the centre of a lotus, whose coppery lower lips by their brilliance outshone the sheen of coral, whose faces shone beautifully with smiles measured out by the rows of their teeth, whose loveliness bewildered even Kāma's arrows and eyes and the rest:
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PdP 5 39.24
स्त्रिय ऊचुः। कांतकोयं महानर्वास्वर्णपत्रैकशोभितः । कस्य वा भाति शोभाढ्यो गृहाण स्वबलादिमम्
striya ūcuḥ| kāṃtakoyaṃ mahānarvāsvarṇapatraikaśobhitaḥ | kasya vā bhāti śobhāḍhyo gṛhāṇa svabalādimam
The women said: Beloved, whose is this great horse, adorned with a single golden plate? Or whose is he that he shines so rich in beauty? Take him by your own strength.
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PdP 5 39.25
शेष उवाच। तदुक्तं वच आकर्ण्य लीलाललितलोचनः । जग्राह हयमेकेन करपद्मेन लीलया
śeṣa uvāca| taduktaṃ vaca ākarṇya līlālalitalocanaḥ | jagrāha hayamekena karapadmena līlayā
Śeṣa said: Hearing that speech spoken, he whose eyes were lovely with playfulness seized the horse in sport with a single lotus-hand.
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PdP 5 39.26
वाचयित्वा स्वर्णपत्रं स्पष्टवर्णसमन्वितम् । जहास महिलामध्ये जगाद वचनं पुनः
vācayitvā svarṇapatraṃ spaṣṭavarṇasamanvitam | jahāsa mahilāmadhye jagāda vacanaṃ punaḥ
Having had the golden plate read out, which bore clearly written letters, he laughed in the midst of the women and spoke again:
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PdP 5 39.27
रुक्मांगद उवाच। पृथिव्यां नास्ति मे पित्रा समः शौर्येण च श्रिया । तस्मिन्कथं विधत्ते स उत्सेकं रामभूमिपः
rukmāṃgada uvāca| pṛthivyāṃ nāsti me pitrā samaḥ śauryeṇa ca śriyā | tasminkathaṃ vidhatte sa utsekaṃ rāmabhūmipaḥ
Rukmāṅgada said: On earth there is none equal to my father in valour and in splendour. How then does that king Rāma show such arrogance toward him?
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PdP 5 39.28
यस्य रक्षां प्रकुरुते सदा रुद्रः पिनाकधृक् । यं देवा दानवा यक्षा नमंति मणिमौलिभिः
yasya rakṣāṃ prakurute sadā rudraḥ pinākadhṛk | yaṃ devā dānavā yakṣā namaṃti maṇimaulibhiḥ
— (my father) whose protection Rudra, bearer of the Pināka, always undertakes, and to whom gods, dānavas and yakṣas bow with their jewel-crowned (heads).
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PdP 5 39.29
कुरुताद्वाजिमेधं वै जनको मे महाबलः । या त्वेष वाजिशालायां बध्नंतु मम वै भटाः
kurutādvājimedhaṃ vai janako me mahābalaḥ | yā tveṣa vājiśālāyāṃ badhnaṃtu mama vai bhaṭāḥ
Let my mighty father perform the horse sacrifice; and let my soldiers tether this (horse) in my own horse-stable.
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PdP 5 39.30
इति वाक्यं समाकर्ण्य महिलास्ता मनोहराः । प्रहर्षवदना जाताः कांतं तु परिरेभिरे
iti vākyaṃ samākarṇya mahilāstā manoharāḥ | praharṣavadanā jātāḥ kāṃtaṃ tu parirebhire
Hearing this speech, those charming women became joyous of face and embraced their beloved.
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PdP 5 39.31
गृहीत्वा च हयं पुत्रो राज्ञो वीरमणेर्महान् । पुरं पत्नीसमायुक्तो महोत्साहमवीविशत्
gṛhītvā ca hayaṃ putro rājño vīramaṇermahān | puraṃ patnīsamāyukto mahotsāhamavīviśat
And having seized the horse, the great son of king Vīramaṇi, together with his wives, entered the city with great exultation.
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PdP 5 39.32
मृदंगध्वनिषु प्रोच्चैराहतेषु समंततः । बंदिभिः संस्तुतः प्रागात्स्वपितुर्मंदिरं महत्
mṛdaṃgadhvaniṣu proccairāhateṣu samaṃtataḥ | baṃdibhiḥ saṃstutaḥ prāgātsvapiturmaṃdiraṃ mahat
While the sounds of mṛdaṅgas were being struck up loudly on all sides, praised by the bards, he went to his father's great palace.
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PdP 5 39.33
तस्मै स कथयामास हयं नीतं रघोः पतेः । वाजिमेधाय निर्मुक्तं स्वच्छंदगतिमद्भुतम्
tasmai sa kathayāmāsa hayaṃ nītaṃ raghoḥ pateḥ | vājimedhāya nirmuktaṃ svacchaṃdagatimadbhutam
He told him that the horse of the lord of the Raghus had been carried off — (the horse) released for the horse sacrifice, wondrous, moving at its own will,
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PdP 5 39.34
रक्षितं शत्रुसूदेन महाबलसमेतिना । तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं तस्य नृपो वीरमणिर्महान्
rakṣitaṃ śatrusūdena mahābalasametinā | tacchrutvā vacanaṃ tasya nṛpo vīramaṇirmahān
guarded by the slayer of foes (Śatrughna), who was accompanied by a great army. Hearing that speech of his, the great king Vīramaṇi
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PdP 5 39.35
नातिप्रशंसयामास तत्कर्म सुमहामतिः । नीत्वा पुनः समायांतं चौरस्येव विचेष्टितम्
nātipraśaṃsayāmāsa tatkarma sumahāmatiḥ | nītvā punaḥ samāyāṃtaṃ caurasyeva viceṣṭitam
did not much praise that deed, he of very great understanding — (the son's) having led (the horse) away and come back again, a conduct like a thief's.
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PdP 5 39.36
कथयामास जामात्रे शिवायाद्भुतकर्मणे । अर्धांगनाधरायांगभूषाय चंद्रधारिणे
kathayāmāsa jāmātre śivāyādbhutakarmaṇe | ardhāṃganādharāyāṃgabhūṣāya caṃdradhāriṇe
He told (it) to his son-in-law Śiva, of wondrous deeds, who holds (a woman as) half his body, whose ornament is (that) body, the wearer of the moon.
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PdP 5 39.37
तेन संमंत्रयामास नृपो वीरमणिर्महान् । पुत्रसृष्टं महत्कर्म विनिंद्यं महतां मतः
tena saṃmaṃtrayāmāsa nṛpo vīramaṇirmahān | putrasṛṣṭaṃ mahatkarma viniṃdyaṃ mahatāṃ mataḥ
With him the great king Vīramaṇi took counsel — (about) the great deed accomplished by his son, blameworthy in the judgement of the great.
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PdP 5 39.38
शिव उवाच। राजन्पुत्रेण भवतः कृतं कर्म महाद्भुतम् । यो जहार महावाहंरामचंद्रस्य धीमतः
śiva uvāca| rājanputreṇa bhavataḥ kṛtaṃ karma mahādbhutam | yo jahāra mahāvāhaṃrāmacaṃdrasya dhīmataḥ
Śiva said: King, a most wondrous deed has been done by your son, who carried off the great mount of the wise Rāmacandra.
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PdP 5 39.39
अद्य युद्धं महद्भाति सुरासुरविमोहनम् । शत्रुघ्नेन महाराज्ञा वीरकोट्येकरक्षिणा
adya yuddhaṃ mahadbhāti surāsuravimohanam | śatrughnena mahārājñā vīrakoṭyekarakṣiṇā
Today a great battle appears (imminent), bewildering gods and asuras, with the great king Śatrughna, sole protector of a crore of heroes.
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PdP 5 39.40
मया यो ध्रियते स्वांते जिह्वया प्रोच्यते हि यः । तस्य रामस्ययज्ञांगं जहार तव पुत्रकः
mayā yo dhriyate svāṃte jihvayā procyate hi yaḥ | tasya rāmasyayajñāṃgaṃ jahāra tava putrakaḥ
He who is held by me within my heart, he who is uttered by my tongue — of that Rāma your little son has carried off a limb of the sacrifice.
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PdP 5 39.41
परमत्र महाँल्लाभो भविष्यतितरां रणे । यद्रामचरणांभोजं द्रक्ष्यामः स्वीयसेवितम्
paramatra mahā~llābho bhaviṣyatitarāṃ raṇe | yadrāmacaraṇāṃbhojaṃ drakṣyāmaḥ svīyasevitam
But here there will be an exceedingly great gain in the battle: that we shall see Rāma's lotus-foot, served by his own people.
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PdP 5 39.42
अत्र यत्नो महान्कार्यो हयस्य परिरक्षणे । नयिष्यंति बलाद्वाहं मया रक्षितमप्यमुम्
atra yatno mahānkāryo hayasya parirakṣaṇe | nayiṣyaṃti balādvāhaṃ mayā rakṣitamapyamum
In this matter great effort must be made in guarding the horse; they will lead the mount away by force, even though it be guarded by me.
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PdP 5 39.43
तस्मादिमं महाराज राज्येन सह सन्नतः । वाजिनं भोजनं दत्वा प्रेक्षस्वांघ्रियुगं ततः
tasmādimaṃ mahārāja rājyena saha sannataḥ | vājinaṃ bhojanaṃ datvā prekṣasvāṃghriyugaṃ tataḥ
Therefore, great king, bowing down together with your kingdom, having given back the horse and (given) food, then behold his pair of feet.
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PdP 5 39.44
इति वाक्यं समाकर्ण्य शिवस्य स नृपोत्तमः । उवाच तं सुरेंद्रादिवंद्यपादांबुजद्वयम्
iti vākyaṃ samākarṇya śivasya sa nṛpottamaḥ | uvāca taṃ sureṃdrādivaṃdyapādāṃbujadvayam
Hearing this speech of Śiva, that best of kings said to him whose pair of lotus feet is to be revered by Indra and the rest:
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PdP 5 39.45
वीरमणिरुवाच। क्षत्रियाणामयं धर्मो यत्प्रतापस्य रक्षणम् । तदसौ क्रांतुमुद्युक्तः क्रतुना हयसंज्ञिना
vīramaṇiruvāca| kṣatriyāṇāmayaṃ dharmo yatpratāpasya rakṣaṇam | tadasau krāṃtumudyuktaḥ kratunā hayasaṃjñinā
Vīramaṇi said: This is the dharma of kṣatriyas, that one's prowess be guarded; and this (Rāma) is bent on overrunning (the earth) by means of the rite called the horse (sacrifice).
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PdP 5 39.46
तस्माद्रक्ष्यः स्वप्रतापो येनकेनापि मानिना । यावच्छक्यं कर्म कृत्वा शरीरव्ययकारिणा
tasmādrakṣyaḥ svapratāpo yenakenāpi māninā | yāvacchakyaṃ karma kṛtvā śarīravyayakāriṇā
Therefore one's own prowess must be guarded by any man of self-respect whatsoever, doing what deed he can, even at the expense of his body.
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PdP 5 39.47
सर्वं कृतं सुतेनेदं गृहीतोऽश्व पुनर्यतः । कोपितं रामभूपालं समयार्हं कुरु प्रभो
sarvaṃ kṛtaṃ sutenedaṃ gṛhīto'śva punaryataḥ | kopitaṃ rāmabhūpālaṃ samayārhaṃ kuru prabho
"All this has been brought about by (your) son, since the horse has been seized once again. King Rāma has been provoked; do what suits the occasion, O lord."
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PdP 5 39.48
क्षत्त्रियाणामिदं कर्म कर्तव्यार्हं भवेन्नहि । यदकस्माद्रिपोः पादौ प्रणमेद्भयविह्वलः
kṣattriyāṇāmidaṃ karma kartavyārhaṃ bhavennahi | yadakasmādripoḥ pādau praṇamedbhayavihvalaḥ
This deed would not be fit to be done by kṣatriyas — that one should suddenly, overwhelmed with fear, bow down at an enemy's feet.
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PdP 5 39.49
रिपवो विहसंत्येनं कातरोऽयं नृपाधमः । क्षुद्रः प्राकृतवन्नीचो नतवान्भयविह्वलः
ripavo vihasaṃtyenaṃ kātaro'yaṃ nṛpādhamaḥ | kṣudraḥ prākṛtavannīco natavānbhayavihvalaḥ
(His) enemies laugh at him: "This lowest of kings is a coward; petty, base like a common man, he bowed down overwhelmed with fear."
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PdP 5 39.50
तस्माद्भवान्यथायोग्यं योद्धव्ये समुपस्थिते । यद्विधेयं विचार्यैव कर्तव्यं भक्तरक्षणम्
tasmādbhavānyathāyogyaṃ yoddhavye samupasthite | yadvidheyaṃ vicāryaiva kartavyaṃ bhaktarakṣaṇam
Therefore, when a battle is at hand, you must, after due deliberation, do what is fitting and what ought to be done — the protection of (your) devotee.
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PdP 5 39.51
शेष उवाच। इति वाक्यं समाकर्ण्य चंद्रचूडोवदद्वचः । प्रहसन्मेघगंभीरवाण्या संमोहयन्मनः
śeṣa uvāca| iti vākyaṃ samākarṇya caṃdracūḍovadadvacaḥ | prahasanmeghagaṃbhīravāṇyā saṃmohayanmanaḥ
Śeṣa said: Having heard this speech, Candracūḍa spoke, laughing, in a voice deep as a thundercloud, bewildering the mind.
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PdP 5 39.52
यदि देवास्त्रयस्त्रिंशत्कोटयः समुपस्थिताः । तथापि त्वत्तः केनाश्वो गृह्यते मम रक्षितुः
yadi devāstrayastriṃśatkoṭayaḥ samupasthitāḥ | tathāpi tvattaḥ kenāśvo gṛhyate mama rakṣituḥ
"Even if the thirty-three crores of gods were to present themselves, even so, by whom could the horse be taken from you, while I am (its) protector?"
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PdP 5 39.53
यदि रामः समागत्य स्वात्मानं दर्शयिष्यति । तदाहं चरणौ तस्य प्रणमामि सुकोमलौ
yadi rāmaḥ samāgatya svātmānaṃ darśayiṣyati | tadāhaṃ caraṇau tasya praṇamāmi sukomalau
"If Rāma comes and shows himself in person, then I shall bow down at his two very tender feet."
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PdP 5 39.54
स्वामिना न हि योद्धव्यं महान नय उच्यते । अन्ये वीरास्तृणप्रायाः किंचित्कर्तुं न वै क्षमाः
svāminā na hi yoddhavyaṃ mahāna naya ucyate | anye vīrāstṛṇaprāyāḥ kiṃcitkartuṃ na vai kṣamāḥ
"With the Lord one must indeed not fight — that is called the great policy. The other heroes are like so much straw; they are truly not able to do anything."
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PdP 5 39.55
तस्माद्युद्ध्यस्व राजेंद्र रक्षके मयि सुस्थिते । को गृह्णाति बलाद्वाहं त्रिलोकी यदि संगता
tasmādyuddhyasva rājeṃdra rakṣake mayi susthite | ko gṛhṇāti balādvāhaṃ trilokī yadi saṃgatā
"Therefore fight, O lord of kings, while I stand firm as (your) protector. Who can take the horse by force, even if the three worlds should come together?"
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PdP 5 39.56
शेष उवाच। एतद्वचः परं श्रुत्वा चंद्रचूडस्य भूमिपः । जहर्ष मानसेऽत्यंतं युद्धकर्मणि कौतुकी
śeṣa uvāca| etadvacaḥ paraṃ śrutvā caṃdracūḍasya bhūmipaḥ | jaharṣa mānase'tyaṃtaṃ yuddhakarmaṇi kautukī
Śeṣa said: Having heard this excellent speech of Candracūḍa, the king rejoiced exceedingly in his mind, eager for the business of battle.
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