Padma Purana — Patala Khanda — Chapter 54

PdP 5 54.1

शेष उवाच। गतः प्रातःक्रियां कर्तुं समिधस्तत्क्रियार्हकाः । आनेतुं जानकीसूनुर्वृतो मुनिसुतैर्लवः

śeṣa uvāca| gataḥ prātaḥkriyāṃ kartuṃ samidhastatkriyārhakāḥ | ānetuṃ jānakīsūnurvṛto munisutairlavaḥ

Shesha said: To perform the morning rite, Janaki's son Lava went, surrounded by the sons of the sages, to fetch firewood fit for that rite.

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PdP 5 54.2

ददर्श तत्र यज्ञाश्वं स्वर्णपत्रेण चिह्नितम् । कुंकुमागरुकस्तूरी दिव्यगंधेन वासितम्

dadarśa tatra yajñāśvaṃ svarṇapatreṇa cihnitam | kuṃkumāgarukastūrī divyagaṃdhena vāsitam

There he saw the sacrificial horse, marked with a golden plate, perfumed with the divine fragrance of saffron, agaru and musk.

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PdP 5 54.3

विलोक्य जातकुतुको मुनिपुत्रानुवाच सः । अर्वा कस्य मनोवेगः प्राप्तो दैवान्मदाश्रमम्

vilokya jātakutuko muniputrānuvāca saḥ | arvā kasya manovegaḥ prāpto daivānmadāśramam

Seeing it, his curiosity aroused, he said to the sages' sons: "Whose horse, swift as thought, has by fate come to my hermitage?

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PdP 5 54.4

आगच्छंतु मया सार्धं प्रेक्षंतां मा भयं कृथाः । इत्युक्त्वा स लवस्तूर्णं वाहस्य निकटे गतः

āgacchaṃtu mayā sārdhaṃ prekṣaṃtāṃ mā bhayaṃ kṛthāḥ | ityuktvā sa lavastūrṇaṃ vāhasya nikaṭe gataḥ

"Let (them) come along with me and look; do not be afraid." Having said this, Lava quickly went near the horse.

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PdP 5 54.5

स रराज समीपस्थो वाहस्य रघुवंशजः । धनुर्बाणधरः स्कंधे जयंत इव दुर्जयः

sa rarāja samīpastho vāhasya raghuvaṃśajaḥ | dhanurbāṇadharaḥ skaṃdhe jayaṃta iva durjayaḥ

Standing close to the horse, that scion of the Raghu line shone, bearing bow and arrows on his shoulder, unconquerable like Jayanta.

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PdP 5 54.6

गत्वा मुनिसुतैः सार्धं वाचयामास पत्रकम् । भालस्थितं स्पष्टवर्णराजिराजितमुत्तमम्

gatvā munisutaiḥ sārdhaṃ vācayāmāsa patrakam | bhālasthitaṃ spaṣṭavarṇarājirājitamuttamam

Having gone there with the sages' sons, he read out the excellent plaque set on (the horse's) forehead, adorned with a row of clear letters:

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PdP 5 54.7

विवस्वतो महान्वंशः सर्वलोकेषु विश्रुतः । यत्र कोपि पराबाधी न परद्रव्यलंपटः

vivasvato mahānvaṃśaḥ sarvalokeṣu viśrutaḥ | yatra kopi parābādhī na paradravyalaṃpaṭaḥ

"Great is the lineage of the Sun, renowned in all the worlds, in which no one is an oppressor of others nor greedy for others' goods.

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PdP 5 54.8

सूर्यवंशध्वजो धन्वी धनुर्दीक्षा गुरुर्गुरुः । यं देवाः सामराः सर्वे नमंति मणिमौलिभिः

sūryavaṃśadhvajo dhanvī dhanurdīkṣā gururguruḥ | yaṃ devāḥ sāmarāḥ sarve namaṃti maṇimaulibhiḥ

"The banner of the solar race, the bowman, the guru of gurus in the initiation into archery, whom all the gods together with the immortals bow to with their jewelled crowns —

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PdP 5 54.9

तस्यात्मजो वीर बलदर्पहारी रघूद्वहः । रामचंद्रो महाभागः सर्वशूरशिरोमणिः

tasyātmajo vīra baladarpahārī raghūdvahaḥ | rāmacaṃdro mahābhāgaḥ sarvaśūraśiromaṇiḥ

His son, O hero, is the destroyer of the pride of the strong, the upholder of Raghu's line, Rāmacandra, greatly blessed, the crest-jewel of all warriors.

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PdP 5 54.10

तन्माता कोशलनृपपुत्रीरत्नसमुद्भवा । तस्याः कुक्षिभवं रत्नं रामः शत्रुक्षयंकरः

tanmātā kośalanṛpaputrīratnasamudbhavā | tasyāḥ kukṣibhavaṃ ratnaṃ rāmaḥ śatrukṣayaṃkaraḥ

His mother arose from the jewel that was the daughter of the king of Kosala; the jewel born from her womb is Rāma, the maker of enemies' destruction.

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PdP 5 54.11

करोति हयमेधं स ब्राह्मणेन सुशिक्षितः । रावणाभिधविप्रेंद्र वधपापापनुत्तये

karoti hayamedhaṃ sa brāhmaṇena suśikṣitaḥ | rāvaṇābhidhavipreṃdra vadhapāpāpanuttaye

Well instructed by a brahmin, he performs a horse sacrifice, to remove the sin of the killing of the foremost of brahmins named Rāvaṇa.

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PdP 5 54.12

मोचितस्तेन वाहानां मुख्योऽसौ याज्ञिको हयः । महाबलपरीवारो परिखाभिः सुरक्षितः

mocitastena vāhānāṃ mukhyo'sau yājñiko hayaḥ | mahābalaparīvāro parikhābhiḥ surakṣitaḥ

By him this sacrificial horse, chief among mounts, has been set loose, with a great army for its retinue, well guarded by trenches.

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PdP 5 54.13

तद्रक्षकोऽस्ति मद्भ्राता शत्रुघ्नो लवणांतकः । हस्त्यश्वरथपादातसंघसेनासमन्वितः

tadrakṣako'sti madbhrātā śatrughno lavaṇāṃtakaḥ | hastyaśvarathapādātasaṃghasenāsamanvitaḥ

Its guardian is my brother Śatrughna, the slayer of Lavaṇa, accompanied by an army of massed elephants, horses, chariots and foot-soldiers.

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PdP 5 54.14

यस्य राज्ञ इति श्रेष्ठो मानो जायेत्स्वकान्मदात् । शूरा वयं धनुर्धारि श्रेष्ठा वयमिहोत्कटाः

yasya rājña iti śreṣṭho māno jāyetsvakānmadāt | śūrā vayaṃ dhanurdhāri śreṣṭhā vayamihotkaṭāḥ

(And) whatever king's overweening pride should arise from his own intoxication, thus: 'We are heroes, bow-bearers, we are the best, the fierce ones here' —

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PdP 5 54.15

ते गृह्णंतु बलाद्वाहं रत्नमालाविभूषितम् । मनोवेगं कामजवं सर्वगत्याधिभास्वरम्

te gṛhṇaṃtu balādvāhaṃ ratnamālāvibhūṣitam | manovegaṃ kāmajavaṃ sarvagatyādhibhāsvaram

let such men seize by force the horse adorned with a garland of jewels, swift as thought, rapid as desire, shining in every movement.

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PdP 5 54.16

ततो मोचयिता भ्राता शत्रुघ्नो लीलया हठात् । शरासनविनिर्मुक्त वत्सदंतकृतव्यथात्

tato mocayitā bhrātā śatrughno līlayā haṭhāt | śarāsanavinirmukta vatsadaṃtakṛtavyathāt

Then his brother Śatrughna will set it free, effortlessly and by force, (freeing it) from the pain inflicted by the calf-tooth arrow discharged from his bow.

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PdP 5 54.17

ये क्षत्रियाः क्षत्रियकन्यकायां । जाताश्च सत्क्षेत्रकुलेषु सत्सु । गृह्णंतु ते तद्विपरीतदेहा । नमंतु राज्यं रघवे निवेद्य

ye kṣatriyāḥ kṣatriyakanyakāyāṃ | jātāśca satkṣetrakuleṣu satsu | gṛhṇaṃtu te tadviparītadehā | namaṃtu rājyaṃ raghave nivedya

Those who are kṣatriyas, born of a kṣatriya maiden and in good families of good stock — let them seize (the horse); those whose bodies are otherwise, let them bow down, having made over their kingdom to the descendant of Raghu.

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PdP 5 54.18

इति संवाच्य कुपितो लवः शस्त्रधनुर्धरः । उवाच मुनिपुत्रांस्तान्रोषगद्गदभाषितः

iti saṃvācya kupito lavaḥ śastradhanurdharaḥ | uvāca muniputrāṃstānroṣagadgadabhāṣitaḥ

Having read out this (proclamation), Lava, enraged, bearing weapon and bow, spoke to those sons of the sages, his speech choked with anger.

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PdP 5 54.19

पश्यत क्षिप्रमेतस्य धृष्टत्वं क्षत्रियस्य वै । लिलेख यो भालपत्रे स्वप्रतापबलं नृपः

paśyata kṣiprametasya dhṛṣṭatvaṃ kṣatriyasya vai | lilekha yo bhālapatre svapratāpabalaṃ nṛpaḥ

See at once the insolence of this kṣatriya, this king who has written the strength of his own valour on a plate upon the (horse's) forehead.

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PdP 5 54.20

कोऽसौ रामः कः शत्रुघ्नः कीटाः स्वल्पबलाश्रिताः । क्षत्रियाणां कुले जाता एते न वयमुत्तमाः

ko'sau rāmaḥ kaḥ śatrughnaḥ kīṭāḥ svalpabalāśritāḥ | kṣatriyāṇāṃ kule jātā ete na vayamuttamāḥ

Who is that Rāma? Who is Śatrughna? Worms, dependent on scanty strength! Are these ones born in the lineage of kṣatriyas, and not we the superior ones?

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PdP 5 54.21

एतस्य वीरसूर्माता जानकी न कुशप्रसूः । या रत्नं कुशसंज्ञं तु दधाराग्निमिवारणिः

etasya vīrasūrmātā jānakī na kuśaprasūḥ | yā ratnaṃ kuśasaṃjñaṃ tu dadhārāgnimivāraṇiḥ

Is Jānakī, this man's mother who bore a hero, not also the bearer of Kuśa — she who held the jewel named Kuśa as the fire-drill holds fire?

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PdP 5 54.22

इदानीं क्षत्रियत्वादि दर्शयिष्यामि सर्वतः । यदि क्षत्रियभूरेष भविष्यति च शत्रुहा

idānīṃ kṣatriyatvādi darśayiṣyāmi sarvataḥ | yadi kṣatriyabhūreṣa bhaviṣyati ca śatruhā

Now I shall display in every way (whether he has) kṣatriya-hood and the rest: if this slayer of foes shall prove to be of kṣatriya birth,

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PdP 5 54.23

गृहीष्यति मया बद्धं वाहं यज्ञक्रियोचितम् । नोचेत्क्षत्रत्वमुन्मुच्य कुशस्य चरणार्चकः

gṛhīṣyati mayā baddhaṃ vāhaṃ yajñakriyocitam | nocetkṣatratvamunmucya kuśasya caraṇārcakaḥ

he will seize the horse bound by me, fit for the sacrificial rite; if not, then, casting off his kṣatriya status, he becomes a worshipper of Kuśa's feet.

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PdP 5 54.24

अधुना मद्धनुर्मुक्तैः शरैः सुप्तो भविष्यति । अन्ये ये च महावीरा रणमंडलभूषणाः

adhunā maddhanurmuktaiḥ śaraiḥ supto bhaviṣyati | anye ye ca mahāvīrā raṇamaṃḍalabhūṣaṇāḥ

Now he will be laid to sleep by the arrows loosed from my bow, and so too the others who are great heroes, ornaments of the battle-circle.

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PdP 5 54.25

इत्यादिवाक्यमुच्चार्य लवो जग्राह तं हयम् । तृणीकृत्य नृपान्सर्वांश्चापबाणधरो वरः

ityādivākyamuccārya lavo jagrāha taṃ hayam | tṛṇīkṛtya nṛpānsarvāṃścāpabāṇadharo varaḥ

Having spoken these and such words, Lava, that excellent one bearing bow and arrows, seized that horse, reckoning all kings as straw.

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PdP 5 54.26

तदा मुनिसुताः प्रोचुर्लवं हयजिहीर्षकम् । अयोध्यानृपती रामो महाबलपराक्रमः

tadā munisutāḥ procurlavaṃ hayajihīrṣakam | ayodhyānṛpatī rāmo mahābalaparākramaḥ

Then the sons of the sages said to Lava, who wished to take the horse: 'Rāma, king of Ayodhyā, of great strength and prowess —

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PdP 5 54.27

तस्य वाहं न गृह्णाति शक्रोऽपि स्वबलोद्धतः । मा गृहाण शृणुष्वेदं मद्वाक्यं हितसंयुतम्

tasya vāhaṃ na gṛhṇāti śakro'pi svabaloddhataḥ | mā gṛhāṇa śṛṇuṣvedaṃ madvākyaṃ hitasaṃyutam

not even Śakra, puffed up with his own power, seizes his horse. Do not seize it; hear this word of mine, which is for your good.'

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PdP 5 54.28

इत्युक्तं स श्रुतौ धृत्वा जगाद स द्विजात्मजान् । यूयं बलं न जानीथ क्षत्रियाणां द्विजोत्तमाः

ityuktaṃ sa śrutau dhṛtvā jagāda sa dvijātmajān | yūyaṃ balaṃ na jānītha kṣatriyāṇāṃ dvijottamāḥ

Holding in his ears what was thus said, he spoke to those sons of the twice-born: 'You do not know the strength of kṣatriyas, O best of the twice-born.'

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PdP 5 54.29

क्षत्रिया वीर्यशौंडीर्या द्विजा भोजनशालिनः । तस्माद्यूयं गृहे गत्वा भुंजंतु जननी हृतम्

kṣatriyā vīryaśauṃḍīryā dvijā bhojanaśālinaḥ | tasmādyūyaṃ gṛhe gatvā bhuṃjaṃtu jananī hṛtam

"Kṣatriyas are bold in valour, brahmins excel at eating; therefore go you to the house and eat what your mother has brought."

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PdP 5 54.30

इत्युक्तास्तेऽभवंस्तूष्णीं प्रेक्षंतस्तत्पराक्रमम् । लवस्य मुनिपुत्रास्ते संतस्थुर्दूरतो बहिः

ityuktāste'bhavaṃstūṣṇīṃ prekṣaṃtastatparākramam | lavasya muniputrāste saṃtasthurdūrato bahiḥ

Addressed thus, they fell silent, watching his prowess; those sons of sages stood outside, far away from Lava.

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PdP 5 54.31

एवं व्यतिकरे वृत्ते सेवकास्तस्य भूपतेः । आयातास्तं हयं बद्धं दृष्ट्वा प्रोचुस्तदा लवम्

evaṃ vyatikare vṛtte sevakāstasya bhūpateḥ | āyātāstaṃ hayaṃ baddhaṃ dṛṣṭvā procustadā lavam

When this altercation had thus taken place, the servants of that king arrived, and seeing the horse tied up they then said to Lava:

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PdP 5 54.32

बबंध को हयमहो रुष्टः कस्य च धर्मराट् । को बाणव्रजमध्यस्थः प्राप्स्यते परमां व्यथाम्

babaṃdha ko hayamaho ruṣṭaḥ kasya ca dharmarāṭ | ko bāṇavrajamadhyasthaḥ prāpsyate paramāṃ vyathām

"Who has bound the horse? Aho! And with whom is the King of Dharma angered? Who is it that, standing in the midst of a swarm of arrows, will get the utmost pain?"

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PdP 5 54.33

तदा लवो जगादाशु मया बद्धोऽश्व उत्तमः । यो मोचयति तस्याशु रुष्टो भ्राता कुशो महान्

tadā lavo jagādāśu mayā baddho'śva uttamaḥ | yo mocayati tasyāśu ruṣṭo bhrātā kuśo mahān

Then Lava said at once: "The excellent horse has been bound by me; whoever releases it — at him my great brother Kuśa is straightway angered."

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PdP 5 54.34

यमः करिष्यति किमु ह्यागतोऽपि स्वयं प्रभुः । नत्वा गमिष्यति क्षिप्रं शरवृष्ट्या सुतोषितः

yamaḥ kariṣyati kimu hyāgato'pi svayaṃ prabhuḥ | natvā gamiṣyati kṣipraṃ śaravṛṣṭyā sutoṣitaḥ

"What indeed will Yama do? Even if the Lord himself should come, he will bow and go away quickly, well satisfied with a rain of arrows."

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PdP 5 54.35

शेष उवाच। इति वाक्यं समाकर्ण्य बालोयमिति तेब्रुवन् । समागता मोचयितुं हयं बद्धं तु ये हरेः

śeṣa uvāca| iti vākyaṃ samākarṇya bāloyamiti tebruvan | samāgatā mocayituṃ hayaṃ baddhaṃ tu ye hareḥ

Śeṣa said: Hearing this speech, they said, "This is (only) a boy" — they who had come together to release the bound horse of Hari.

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PdP 5 54.36

तान्वैमोचयितुं प्राप्ताञ्छत्रुघ्नस्य च सेवकान् । कोदंडं करयोर्धृत्वा क्षुरप्रान्सममूमुचत्

tānvaimocayituṃ prāptāñchatrughnasya ca sevakān | kodaṃḍaṃ karayordhṛtvā kṣuraprānsamamūmucat

Holding his bow in both hands, he loosed razor-edged arrows at those servants of Śatrughna who had come to set it free.

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PdP 5 54.37

ते छिन्नबाहवः शोकाच्छत्रुघ्नं प्रतिसंगताः । पृष्टास्ते जगदुः सर्वे लवात्स्वभुजकृंतनम्

te chinnabāhavaḥ śokācchatrughnaṃ pratisaṃgatāḥ | pṛṣṭāste jagaduḥ sarve lavātsvabhujakṛṃtanam

With their arms severed, in grief they went back to Śatrughna; and being questioned, they all told of the cutting off of their arms by Lava.

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