Padma Purana — Patala Khanda — Chapter 79
PdP 5 79.1
ईश्वर उवाच- शालग्रामे मणौयंत्रे मंडले प्रतिमासु च । नित्यं तु श्रीहरेः पूजा केवले भवनेन तु
īśvara uvāca- śālagrāme maṇauyaṃtre maṃḍale pratimāsu ca | nityaṃ tu śrīhareḥ pūjā kevale bhavanena tu
Īśvara said: In a śālagrāma, in a jewel, in a yantra, in a maṇḍala, and in images — the worship of Śrī Hari (may be performed) constantly; but in a mere (stone) by (its own) existence alone.
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PdP 5 79.2
गंडक्यामेकदेशे तु शालग्रामस्थलं महत् । पाषाणं तद्भवं पातु शालग्राममिति स्थितम्
gaṃḍakyāmekadeśe tu śālagrāmasthalaṃ mahat | pāṣāṇaṃ tadbhavaṃ pātu śālagrāmamiti sthitam
In one region on the Gaṇḍakī there is the great Śālagrāma place; may the stone that arises there protect (us) — it is established (by the name) "śālagrāma."
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PdP 5 79.3
शालग्रामशिलास्पर्शात्कोटिजन्माघनाशनम् । किं पुनः पूजनं तत्र हरेः सांनिध्यकारणम्
śālagrāmaśilāsparśātkoṭijanmāghanāśanam | kiṃ punaḥ pūjanaṃ tatra hareḥ sāṃnidhyakāraṇam
By the mere touch of a śālagrāma stone the sins of ten million births are destroyed; how much more the worship there, which is the cause of Hari's presence.
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PdP 5 79.4
शालग्रामैकयजनाच्छतलिंगीफलं लभेत् । बहुभिर्जन्मभिः पुण्यैर्यदिकृष्णशिलां लभेत्
śālagrāmaikayajanācchataliṃgīphalaṃ labhet | bahubhirjanmabhiḥ puṇyairyadikṛṣṇaśilāṃ labhet
By a single sacrifice with a śālagrāma one would obtain the fruit of a hundred liṅgas; if, through the merits of many births, one obtains a black stone —
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PdP 5 79.5
गोष्पदेन च चिह्नेन जनुस्तेन समाप्यते । आदौ शिलां परीक्षेत स्निग्धां श्रेष्ठां च मेचकाम्
goṣpadena ca cihnena janustena samāpyate | ādau śilāṃ parīkṣeta snigdhāṃ śreṣṭhāṃ ca mecakām
and with the mark of a cow's hoofprint, by that (stone) his birth is brought to completion. First one should examine the stone: smooth and dark is best.
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PdP 5 79.6
आकृष्णा मध्यमा प्रोक्ता मिश्रा मिश्रफलप्रदा । सदा काष्ठे स्थितो वह्निर्मथनेन प्रकाश्यते
ākṛṣṇā madhyamā proktā miśrā miśraphalapradā | sadā kāṣṭhe sthito vahnirmathanena prakāśyate
The one that is somewhat black is said to be middling; the mixed one gives mixed fruit. Fire always resides in wood, and is made manifest by churning;
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PdP 5 79.7
यथा तथा हरिर्व्यापी शालग्रामे प्रतीयते । प्रत्यहं द्वादशशिलाः शालग्रामस्य योऽर्चयेत्
yathā tathā harirvyāpī śālagrāme pratīyate | pratyahaṃ dvādaśaśilāḥ śālagrāmasya yo'rcayet
just so Hari, being all-pervading, is recognized as present in the śālagrāma. Whoever daily worships twelve stones of the śālagrāma,
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PdP 5 79.8
द्वारवत्याः शिलायुक्ताः स वैकुंठे महीयते । शालग्रामशिलायां तु गह्वरं लक्षते नरः
dvāravatyāḥ śilāyuktāḥ sa vaikuṃṭhe mahīyate | śālagrāmaśilāyāṃ tu gahvaraṃ lakṣate naraḥ
together with stones from Dvāravatī, he is honoured in Vaikuṇṭha. And when a man observes a hollow in a śālagrāma stone,
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PdP 5 79.9
पितरस्तस्य तिष्ठंति तृप्ताः कल्पांतकं दिवि । वैकुंठभवनं तत्र यत्र द्वारावती शिला
pitarastasya tiṣṭhaṃti tṛptāḥ kalpāṃtakaṃ divi | vaikuṃṭhabhavanaṃ tatra yatra dvārāvatī śilā
his ancestors remain satisfied in heaven until the end of the kalpa. There is the dwelling of Vaikuṇṭha, where the Dvārāvatī stone is.
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PdP 5 79.10
मृतो विष्णुपुरं याति तत्तीर्थं योजनत्रयम् । जपः पूजा च होमश्च सर्वं कोटिगुणं भवेत्
mṛto viṣṇupuraṃ yāti tattīrthaṃ yojanatrayam | japaḥ pūjā ca homaśca sarvaṃ koṭiguṇaṃ bhavet
One who dies (there) goes to Viṣṇu's city; that sacred place extends three yojanas. Recitation, worship, and oblation — everything becomes ten-million-fold.
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PdP 5 79.11
मनस्कामसमाभीष्टं क्रोशमात्रं न संशयः । कीटकोऽपि मृतिं याति वैकुंठभवनं यतः
manaskāmasamābhīṣṭaṃ krośamātraṃ na saṃśayaḥ | kīṭako'pi mṛtiṃ yāti vaikuṃṭhabhavanaṃ yataḥ
Within just a krośa (all) that is wished for by the mind's desire (is granted) — there is no doubt. Even a worm goes to death (there), since it is the dwelling of Vaikuṇṭha.
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PdP 5 79.12
शालग्रामशिलायां यो मूल्यमुद्घाटयेन्नरः । विक्रेता चानुमंता च यः परीक्षानुमोदकः
śālagrāmaśilāyāṃ yo mūlyamudghāṭayennaraḥ | vikretā cānumaṃtā ca yaḥ parīkṣānumodakaḥ
The man who sets a price on a śālagrāma stone, and the seller, and the one who consents, and he who approves the appraisal —
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PdP 5 79.13
सर्वे ते नरकं यांति यावत्सूर्यश्च संप्लवः । अतस्तद्वर्जयेद्देवि चक्रक्रयणविक्रयम्
sarve te narakaṃ yāṃti yāvatsūryaśca saṃplavaḥ | atastadvarjayeddevi cakrakrayaṇavikrayam
all of them go to hell as long as the sun (endures) and until the deluge. Therefore, O Goddess, one should shun that buying and selling of the cakra (stone).
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PdP 5 79.14
शालग्रामोद्भवो देवो यो देवो द्वारकोद्भवः । उभयोः संगमो यत्र मुक्तिस्तत्र न संशयः
śālagrāmodbhavo devo yo devo dvārakodbhavaḥ | ubhayoḥ saṃgamo yatra muktistatra na saṃśayaḥ
The god who arises from the Śālagrāma and the god who arises from Dvārakā — where the two of them come together, there is liberation, without doubt.
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PdP 5 79.15
द्वारकोद्भवचक्राढ्यो बहुचक्रेण चिह्नितः । चक्रासनशिलाकारचित्स्वरूपो निरंजनः
dvārakodbhavacakrāḍhyo bahucakreṇa cihnitaḥ | cakrāsanaśilākāracitsvarūpo niraṃjanaḥ
Rich in the cakra (stone) that arises from Dvārakā, marked with many cakras, having the form of a stone with the cakra as its seat, whose nature is consciousness, spotless —
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PdP 5 79.16
नमोऽस्त्वोंकाररूपाय सदानंदस्वरूपिणे । शालग्राममहाभाग भक्तस्यानुग्रहं कुरु
namo'stvoṃkārarūpāya sadānaṃdasvarūpiṇe | śālagrāmamahābhāga bhaktasyānugrahaṃ kuru
Homage be to him whose form is the syllable Om, whose nature is eternal bliss. O Śālagrāma, greatly blessed one, grant your favour to (your) devotee —
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PdP 5 79.17
तवानुग्रहकामस्य ऋणग्रस्तस्य मे प्रभो । अतः परं प्रवक्ष्यामि तिलकस्य विधिं मुदा
tavānugrahakāmasya ṛṇagrastasya me prabho | ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi tilakasya vidhiṃ mudā
to me, who long for your grace and am beset by debt, O Lord. Next I shall gladly declare the rule for the tilaka,
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PdP 5 79.18
यच्छ्रुत्वा मानवाः सर्वे विष्णुसारूप्यमाप्नुयुः । ललाटे केशवं विद्यात्कंठे श्रीपुरुषोत्तमम्
yacchrutvā mānavāḥ sarve viṣṇusārūpyamāpnuyuḥ | lalāṭe keśavaṃ vidyātkaṃṭhe śrīpuruṣottamam
which, when heard, would make all men attain a form like Viṣṇu's. On the forehead one should know Keśava, on the throat Śrī Puruṣottama,
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PdP 5 79.19
नाभौ नारायणं देवं वैकुंठं हृदये तथा । दामोदरं वामपार्श्वे दक्षिणे च त्रिविक्रमम्
nābhau nārāyaṇaṃ devaṃ vaikuṃṭhaṃ hṛdaye tathā | dāmodaraṃ vāmapārśve dakṣiṇe ca trivikramam
on the navel the god Nārāyaṇa, and likewise Vaikuṇṭha on the heart, Dāmodara on the left side and Trivikrama on the right,
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PdP 5 79.20
मूर्ध्नि चैव हृषीकेशं पद्मनाभं च पृष्ठतः । कर्णयोर्यमुनां गंगां बाह्वोः कृष्णं हरिं तथा
mūrdhni caiva hṛṣīkeśaṃ padmanābhaṃ ca pṛṣṭhataḥ | karṇayoryamunāṃ gaṃgāṃ bāhvoḥ kṛṣṇaṃ hariṃ tathā
and Hṛṣīkeśa on the head, and Padmanābha on the back, Yamunā and Gaṅgā on the two ears, and Kṛṣṇa and Hari on the two arms.
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PdP 5 79.21
यथास्थानेषु तुष्यंति देवता द्वादश स्मृताः । द्वादशैतानि नामानि कर्तव्ये तिलके पठेत्
yathāsthāneṣu tuṣyaṃti devatā dvādaśa smṛtāḥ | dvādaśaitāni nāmāni kartavye tilake paṭhet
The twelve deities, when remembered in their proper places, are pleased; one should recite these twelve names when the tilaka is to be made.
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PdP 5 79.22
सर्वपापविशुद्धात्मा विष्णुलोकं स गच्छति । ऊर्द्ध्वपुंड्रमूर्द्ध्वरेखं ललाटे यस्य दृश्यते
sarvapāpaviśuddhātmā viṣṇulokaṃ sa gacchati | ūrddhvapuṃḍramūrddhvarekhaṃ lalāṭe yasya dṛśyate
(His) self purified of all sins, he goes to the world of Viṣṇu. He on whose forehead an upright mark, an upright line, is seen —
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PdP 5 79.23
चांडालोऽपि स शुद्धात्मा पूज्य एव न संशयः । यस्योर्द्ध्वपुंड्रं दृश्येत न ललाटे नरस्य हि
cāṃḍālo'pi sa śuddhātmā pūjya eva na saṃśayaḥ | yasyorddhvapuṃḍraṃ dṛśyeta na lalāṭe narasya hi
— even if a caṇḍāla, he is of purified self, indeed to be honoured, without doubt. But the man on whose forehead the upright mark is not to be seen —
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PdP 5 79.24
तद्दर्शनं न कर्त्तव्यं दृष्ट्वा सूर्यं निरीक्षयेत् । त्रिपुंड्रं यस्य विप्रस्य ऊर्द्ध्वपुंड्रं न दृश्यते
taddarśanaṃ na karttavyaṃ dṛṣṭvā sūryaṃ nirīkṣayet | tripuṃḍraṃ yasya viprasya ūrddhvapuṃḍraṃ na dṛśyate
— one should not look at him; having seen (him), one should gaze at the sun. The brahmin who has the tripuṇḍra (and) on whom no upright mark is seen —
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PdP 5 79.25
तं दृष्ट्वाप्यथवा स्पृष्ट्वा सचैलं स्नानमाचरेत् । सांतरालं प्रकर्त्तव्यं पुंड्रं हरिपदाकृति
taṃ dṛṣṭvāpyathavā spṛṣṭvā sacailaṃ snānamācaret | sāṃtarālaṃ prakarttavyaṃ puṃḍraṃ haripadākṛti
— having seen or else touched him, one should bathe together with one's clothes. The mark is to be made with a gap in the middle, in the shape of Hari's foot.
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PdP 5 79.26
निरंतरालं यः कुर्यादूर्द्ध्वपुंड्रं द्विजाधमः । ललाटे तस्य सततं शुनःपादो न संशयः
niraṃtarālaṃ yaḥ kuryādūrddhvapuṃḍraṃ dvijādhamaḥ | lalāṭe tasya satataṃ śunaḥpādo na saṃśayaḥ
That lowest of the twice-born who makes the upright mark without a gap — on his forehead there is always a dog's foot, without doubt.
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PdP 5 79.27
नासादिकेशपर्यंतमूर्द्ध्वपुंड्रं सुशोभनम् । मध्ये छिद्रसमायुक्तं तं विद्याद्धरिमंदिरम्
nāsādikeśaparyaṃtamūrddhvapuṃḍraṃ suśobhanam | madhye chidrasamāyuktaṃ taṃ vidyāddharimaṃdiram
The upright mark reaching from the nose up to the hair is very beautiful; provided with an opening in the middle, one should know it as the temple of Hari.
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PdP 5 79.28
वामभागे स्थितो ब्रह्मा दक्षिणे तु सदाशिवः । मध्ये विष्णुं विजानीयात्तस्मान्मध्यं न लेपयेत्
vāmabhāge sthito brahmā dakṣiṇe tu sadāśivaḥ | madhye viṣṇuṃ vijānīyāttasmānmadhyaṃ na lepayet
On the left side stands Brahmā, on the right Sadāśiva; in the middle one should know Viṣṇu (to be) — therefore one should not smear the middle.
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PdP 5 79.29
वीक्ष्यादर्शे जले वापि यो विदध्यात्प्रयत्नतः । ऊर्द्ध्वपुंड्रं महाभागः सयाति परमां गतिम्
vīkṣyādarśe jale vāpi yo vidadhyātprayatnataḥ | ūrddhvapuṃḍraṃ mahābhāgaḥ sayāti paramāṃ gatim
He who, looking into a mirror or into water, carefully makes the upright mark, (that) greatly fortunate one goes to the highest goal.
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PdP 5 79.30
अग्निरापश्च वेदाश्च चंद्रादित्यौ तथानिलः । विप्राणां नित्यमेते हि कर्णे तिष्ठंति दक्षिणे
agnirāpaśca vedāśca caṃdrādityau tathānilaḥ | viprāṇāṃ nityamete hi karṇe tiṣṭhaṃti dakṣiṇe
Fire, and the waters, and the Vedas, the moon and the sun, and likewise the wind — these indeed dwell always in the right ear of brahmins.
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PdP 5 79.31
गंगा च दक्षिणे श्रोत्रे नासिकायां हुताशनः । उभयोरपि संस्पर्शात्तत्क्षणादेव शुध्यति
gaṃgā ca dakṣiṇe śrotre nāsikāyāṃ hutāśanaḥ | ubhayorapi saṃsparśāttatkṣaṇādeva śudhyati
And the Gaṅgā (dwells) in the right ear, the fire-eater (fire) in the nose; from touching both, one becomes pure that very instant.
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PdP 5 79.32
कृत्वा चैवोदकं शंखे वैष्णवानां महात्मनाम् । तुलसीमिश्रितं दद्यात्पिबेन्मूर्ध्नाभिवंदयेत्
kṛtvā caivodakaṃ śaṃkhe vaiṣṇavānāṃ mahātmanām | tulasīmiśritaṃ dadyātpibenmūrdhnābhivaṃdayet
And having put water in a conch, mixed with tulasī, (the water) of the great-souled Vaiṣṇavas, he should offer (it); he should drink (it) and reverence (it) with his head.
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PdP 5 79.33
प्राश्नीयात्प्रोक्षयेद्देहं पुत्रमित्रपरिग्रहम् । विष्णोः पादोदकं पीतं कोटिजन्माघनाशनम्
prāśnīyātprokṣayeddehaṃ putramitraparigraham | viṣṇoḥ pādodakaṃ pītaṃ koṭijanmāghanāśanam
He should sip (it) and should sprinkle (his) body, his sons, friends and household. The water from Viṣṇu's feet, when drunk, destroys the sin of ten million births.
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PdP 5 79.34
तदेवाष्टगुणं पापं भूमौ बिंदुनिपातनात् । जलशंखं करे कृत्वा स्तुत्वा नत्वा प्रदक्षिणम्
tadevāṣṭaguṇaṃ pāpaṃ bhūmau biṃdunipātanāt | jalaśaṃkhaṃ kare kṛtvā stutvā natvā pradakṣiṇam
That same sin (becomes) eightfold from letting a drop fall on the ground. Having taken the conch of water in the hand, having praised, bowed, (and made) circumambulation —
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PdP 5 79.35
सततं धार्यते वारि तेनाप्तं जन्मनः फलम् । शंखो यस्य गृहे नास्ति घंटा वा गरुडान्विता
satataṃ dhāryate vāri tenāptaṃ janmanaḥ phalam | śaṃkho yasya gṛhe nāsti ghaṃṭā vā garuḍānvitā
— the water is constantly carried; by that the fruit of (one's) birth is obtained. He in whose house there is no conch, or bell furnished with a Garuḍa —
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PdP 5 79.36
पुरतो वासुदेवस्य न स भागवतः कलौ । यानैर्वा पादुकाभिर्वा यानं भगवतो गृहे
purato vāsudevasya na sa bhāgavataḥ kalau | yānairvā pādukābhirvā yānaṃ bhagavato gṛhe
— before Vāsudeva, he is no Bhāgavata in the Kali age. (Likewise) travelling in the Lord's house with vehicles or with sandals;
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PdP 5 79.37
देवोत्सवेष्वसेवा च अप्रणामस्तदग्रतः । उच्छिष्टे चैव चाशौचे भगवद्वंदनादिकम्
devotsaveṣvasevā ca apraṇāmastadagrataḥ | ucchiṣṭe caiva cāśauce bhagavadvaṃdanādikam
and not serving at the festivals of the god, and not bowing down before him; and saluting the Lord and so forth while (one's mouth is) with food-remnants or while impure;
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PdP 5 79.38
एकहस्तप्रणामश्च तत्पुरस्तात्प्रदक्षिणम् । पादप्रसारणं चाग्रे तथा पर्यंकसेवनम्
ekahastapraṇāmaśca tatpurastātpradakṣiṇam | pādaprasāraṇaṃ cāgre tathā paryaṃkasevanam
and salutation with one hand, and circumambulation in front of him, and stretching out the feet before (him), and likewise the use of a couch;
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PdP 5 79.39
शयनं भक्षणं चापि मिथ्याभाषणमेव च । उच्चैर्भाषामिथो जल्पो रोदनानि च विग्रहः
śayanaṃ bhakṣaṇaṃ cāpi mithyābhāṣaṇameva ca | uccairbhāṣāmitho jalpo rodanāni ca vigrahaḥ
lying down, and also eating, and indeed speaking falsehood; loud speech, chatter with one another, weepings, and quarrel;
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PdP 5 79.40
निग्रहानुग्रहौ चैव स्त्रीषु च क्रूरभाषणम् । केवलावरणं चैव परनिंदापरस्तुतिः
nigrahānugrahau caiva strīṣu ca krūrabhāṣaṇam | kevalāvaraṇaṃ caiva paraniṃdāparastutiḥ
and punishing and favouring, and harsh speech to women, and covering (oneself) with only (a single garment), blaming others, praising others;
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PdP 5 79.41
अश्लीलभाषणं चैव अधोवायुविमोक्षणम् । शक्तौ गौणोपचारश्च अनिवेदितभक्षणम्
aślīlabhāṣaṇaṃ caiva adhovāyuvimokṣaṇam | śaktau gauṇopacāraśca aniveditabhakṣaṇam
and obscene speech, and releasing the downward wind; and, though able, (offering) an inferior form of service, and eating what has not been offered;
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PdP 5 79.42
तत्तत्कालोद्भवानां च फलादीनामनर्पणम् । विनियुक्तावशिष्टस्य प्रदानं व्यंजनस्य यत्
tattatkālodbhavānāṃ ca phalādīnāmanarpaṇam | viniyuktāvaśiṣṭasya pradānaṃ vyaṃjanasya yat
And the failure to offer fruits and the like that come up in their respective seasons; and the giving of a condiment that is left over from what has already been used.
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PdP 5 79.43
स्पष्टीकृत्याशनं चैव परनिंदा परस्तुतिः । गुरौ मौनं निजस्तोत्रं देवतानिंदनं तथा
spaṣṭīkṛtyāśanaṃ caiva paraniṃdā parastutiḥ | gurau maunaṃ nijastotraṃ devatāniṃdanaṃ tathā
And eating after making (it) evident; blaming others, praising others; silence toward the teacher, praise of oneself, and reviling of the deity.
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PdP 5 79.44
अपराधास्तथा विष्णोर्द्वात्रिंशत्परिकीर्तिताः
aparādhāstathā viṣṇordvātriṃśatparikīrtitāḥ
Thus the offences against Viṣṇu are declared to be thirty-two.
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PdP 5 79.45
अपराधसहस्राणि क्रियंतेऽहर्निशं मया । तवाहमिति मां मत्वा क्षमस्व मधुसूदन
aparādhasahasrāṇi kriyaṃte'harniśaṃ mayā | tavāhamiti māṃ matvā kṣamasva madhusūdana
Thousands of offences are committed by me day and night; thinking of me as "he is yours," forgive (me), O Madhusūdana.
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PdP 5 79.46
इति मंत्रं समुच्चार्य प्रणमेद्दंडवद्भुवि । अपराधसहस्राणि क्षमते सर्वदा हरिः
iti maṃtraṃ samuccārya praṇameddaṃḍavadbhuvi | aparādhasahasrāṇi kṣamate sarvadā hariḥ
Having uttered this mantra aloud, one should bow to the ground like a staff; Hari always forgives thousands of offences.
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PdP 5 79.47
सायंप्रातर्द्विजातीनां श्रुत्युक्तमशनं तथा । विष्णुभक्तावशिष्टस्य दिनपापात्प्रमुच्यते
sāyaṃprātardvijātīnāṃ śrutyuktamaśanaṃ tathā | viṣṇubhaktāvaśiṣṭasya dinapāpātpramucyate
And the eating of the twice-born at evening and morning as prescribed by scripture; (by eating) what is left over from Viṣṇu's offering one is freed from the day's sin.
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PdP 5 79.48
अन्नं ब्रह्मा रसो विष्णुः खादयेन्मांसमुच्चरन् । एवं ज्ञात्वा तु यो भुंक्ते सोऽन्नदोषैर्न लिप्यते
annaṃ brahmā raso viṣṇuḥ khādayenmāṃsamuccaran | evaṃ jñātvā tu yo bhuṃkte so'nnadoṣairna lipyate
The food is Brahmā, the flavour is Viṣṇu; one who says "let (him) eat" (makes it) flesh. But he who eats knowing thus is not tainted by the faults of food.
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PdP 5 79.49
अलाबुं वर्त्तुलाकारं मसूरं च सवल्कलम् । तालं शुक्लं च वृंताकं न खादेद्वैष्णवो नरः
alābuṃ varttulākāraṃ masūraṃ ca savalkalam | tālaṃ śuklaṃ ca vṛṃtākaṃ na khādedvaiṣṇavo naraḥ
A round-shaped gourd, lentils with their husk, palm(-fruit), and the white brinjal — a Vaiṣṇava man should not eat (these).
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PdP 5 79.50
वटाश्वत्थार्कपत्रेषु कुंभी तिंदुकपत्रयोः । कोविदारे कदंबे च न खादेद्वैष्णवो नरः
vaṭāśvatthārkapatreṣu kuṃbhī tiṃdukapatrayoḥ | kovidāre kadaṃbe ca na khādedvaiṣṇavo naraḥ
On leaves of the banyan, the aśvattha, and the arka, on the kumbhī and the tinduka leaf, on the kovidāra and the kadamba (leaf) — a Vaiṣṇava man should not eat.
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PdP 5 79.51
श्रावणे वर्जयेच्छाकं दधि भाद्रपदे त्यजेत् । आश्विने मासि दुग्धं च कार्त्तिके चामिषं त्यजेत्
śrāvaṇe varjayecchākaṃ dadhi bhādrapade tyajet | āśvine māsi dugdhaṃ ca kārttike cāmiṣaṃ tyajet
In Śrāvaṇa one should avoid greens; in Bhādrapada one should give up curds; and in the month of Āśvina milk, and in Kārttika flesh-food.
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PdP 5 79.52
दग्धमन्नं तु जंबीरं यद्विष्णोरनिवेदितम् । बीजपूरं च शाकं चप्रत्यक्षलवणं तथा
dagdhamannaṃ tu jaṃbīraṃ yadviṣṇoraniveditam | bījapūraṃ ca śākaṃ capratyakṣalavaṇaṃ tathā
Burnt food, and lemon, and whatever has not been offered to Viṣṇu, and citron, and greens, and likewise salt (taken) directly —
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PdP 5 79.53
यदि दैवाच्च भुंजीत तदा तन्नाम संस्मरेत् । हैमंतिकं सिता स्विन्नं धान्यं मुद्गास्तिला यवाः
yadi daivācca bhuṃjīta tadā tannāma saṃsmaret | haimaṃtikaṃ sitā svinnaṃ dhānyaṃ mudgāstilā yavāḥ
— if by chance one should eat (these), then one should call His name to mind. Winter grain, sugar, what is steamed, grain, mung beans, sesame, barley,
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PdP 5 79.54
कलाप कंगु नीवाराः शाकं च हिलमोचिका । कालशाकं च वास्तूकं मूलकं रक्तकेतरत्
kalāpa kaṃgu nīvārāḥ śākaṃ ca hilamocikā | kālaśākaṃ ca vāstūkaṃ mūlakaṃ raktaketarat
kalāpa, kaṅgu millet, wild rice, and the potherb hilamocikā, and kālaśāka and vāstūka, and radish other than the red one,
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PdP 5 79.55
लवणे सिंधुसामुद्रे गव्ये च दधिसर्पिषी । पयोनुद्धृतसारं च पनसाम्रहरीतकी
lavaṇe siṃdhusāmudre gavye ca dadhisarpiṣī | payonuddhṛtasāraṃ ca panasāmraharītakī
the two salts, rock-salt and sea-salt, and curds and clarified butter from the cow, and milk whose cream has not been removed, jackfruit, mango, harītakī,
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PdP 5 79.56
पिप्पली जीरकं चैव नागरंगक तिंतिडी । कदलीलवली धात्री फलान्यगुडमैक्षवम्
pippalī jīrakaṃ caiva nāgaraṃgaka tiṃtiḍī | kadalīlavalī dhātrī phalānyaguḍamaikṣavam
long pepper and cumin, and orange, tamarind, plantain, lavalī, āmalakī fruits, and unrefined sugar of the sugar-cane —
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PdP 5 79.57
अतैलपक्वं मुनयो हविष्यान्नं प्रचक्षते । तुलसीपत्रपुष्पाद्यैर्माल्यं वहति यो नरः
atailapakvaṃ munayo haviṣyānnaṃ pracakṣate | tulasīpatrapuṣpādyairmālyaṃ vahati yo naraḥ
— (all this), not cooked in oil, the sages declare to be haviṣya food. The man who wears a garland of tulasī leaves, flowers and the like —
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PdP 5 79.58
विष्णुं तमपि जानीयात्सत्यं सत्यं न संशयः । धात्रीवृक्षं समारोप्य विष्णुतुल्यो भवेन्नरः
viṣṇuṃ tamapi jānīyātsatyaṃ satyaṃ na saṃśayaḥ | dhātrīvṛkṣaṃ samāropya viṣṇutulyo bhavennaraḥ
— him too one should know as Viṣṇu: truly, truly, there is no doubt. Having planted an āmalakī tree, a man becomes equal to Viṣṇu.
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PdP 5 79.59
कुरुक्षेत्रं विजानीयात्सार्द्धं हस्तशतत्रयम् । तुलसीकाष्ठघटितै रुद्राक्षाकारकारितैः
kurukṣetraṃ vijānīyātsārddhaṃ hastaśatatrayam | tulasīkāṣṭhaghaṭitai rudrākṣākārakāritaiḥ
One should know three hundred and fifty hasta (of ground around it) as Kurukṣetra. With (beads) fashioned from tulasī wood, made in the shape of rudrākṣas,
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PdP 5 79.60
निर्मितां मालिकां कंठे निधायार्चनमारभेत् । तथामलकमालां च सम्यक्पुष्करमालिकाम्
nirmitāṃ mālikāṃ kaṃṭhe nidhāyārcanamārabhet | tathāmalakamālāṃ ca samyakpuṣkaramālikām
— placing on his neck the garland so made, he should begin the worship; likewise a garland of āmalaka and a proper garland of lotus-seeds.
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PdP 5 79.61
कंठे मालां च यत्नेन धारयेद्विष्णुपूजकः । निर्माल्यं तुलसीमालां शिरस्यपि च धारयेत्
kaṃṭhe mālāṃ ca yatnena dhārayedviṣṇupūjakaḥ | nirmālyaṃ tulasīmālāṃ śirasyapi ca dhārayet
The worshipper of Viṣṇu should carefully wear the garland on his neck; and the tulasī garland (left over) from the offering he should wear even on his head.
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PdP 5 79.62
निर्माल्यचंदनेनांगमंकयेत्तस्य नामभिः । ललाटे च गदा धार्या मूर्ध्नि चापं शरस्तथा
nirmālyacaṃdanenāṃgamaṃkayettasya nāmabhiḥ | lalāṭe ca gadā dhāryā mūrdhni cāpaṃ śarastathā
With the sandal paste from the offering-remnants let him mark his body with His names; on the forehead the mace is to be borne, and on the head the bow and the arrow.
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PdP 5 79.63
नंदकं चैव हृन्मध्ये शंखं चक्रं भुजद्वये । शंखचक्रान्वितो विप्रः श्मशाने म्रियते यदि
naṃdakaṃ caiva hṛnmadhye śaṃkhaṃ cakraṃ bhujadvaye | śaṃkhacakrānvito vipraḥ śmaśāne mriyate yadi
And the Nandaka (sword) in the middle of the chest, the conch and the discus on the two arms; if a brahmin marked with conch and discus dies in a cremation ground,
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PdP 5 79.64
प्रयागे या गतिः प्रोक्ता सा गतिस्तस्य निश्चिता । यो धृत्वा तुलसीपत्रं शिरसा विष्णुतत्परः
prayāge yā gatiḥ proktā sā gatistasya niścitā | yo dhṛtvā tulasīpatraṃ śirasā viṣṇutatparaḥ
the goal that is declared (for dying) at Prayāga — that goal is assured for him. He who, wearing a tulasī leaf on his head, intent on Viṣṇu,
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PdP 5 79.65
करोति सर्वकार्याणि फलमाप्नोति चाक्षयम् । तुलसीकाष्ठमालाभिर्भूषितः कर्म आचरन्
karoti sarvakāryāṇi phalamāpnoti cākṣayam | tulasīkāṣṭhamālābhirbhūṣitaḥ karma ācaran
performs all his duties, obtains imperishable fruit; adorned with garlands of tulasī wood, one performing rites —
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PdP 5 79.66
पितॄणां देवतानां च कृतं कोटिगुणं भवेत् । निवेद्य केशवे मालां तुलसीकाष्ठनिर्मिताम्
pitṝṇāṃ devatānāṃ ca kṛtaṃ koṭiguṇaṃ bhavet | nivedya keśave mālāṃ tulasīkāṣṭhanirmitām
what is done for the ancestors and for the gods becomes ten million times (as great). Having offered to Keśava a garland made of tulasī wood,
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PdP 5 79.67
वहते यो नरो भक्त्या तस्य नश्यति पातकम् । पाद्यादिभिरथाभ्यर्च्य इमं मंत्रमुदीरयेत्
vahate yo naro bhaktyā tasya naśyati pātakam | pādyādibhirathābhyarcya imaṃ maṃtramudīrayet
the man who wears it with devotion — his sin is destroyed. Then, having worshipped (the garland) with water for the feet and the rest, let him utter this mantra:
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PdP 5 79.68
या दृष्टा निखिलाघसंघशमनी स्पृष्टा वपुः पावनी । रोगाणामभिवंदिता निरसनी सिक्तांतकत्रासिनी । प्रत्यासत्ति विधायिनी भगवतः कृष्णस्य संरोपिता । न्यस्ता तच्चरणे विमुक्तिफलदा तस्यै तुलस्यै नमः
yā dṛṣṭā nikhilāghasaṃghaśamanī spṛṣṭā vapuḥ pāvanī | rogāṇāmabhivaṃditā nirasanī siktāṃtakatrāsinī | pratyāsatti vidhāyinī bhagavataḥ kṛṣṇasya saṃropitā | nyastā taccaraṇe vimuktiphaladā tasyai tulasyai namaḥ
She who, when seen, quells the whole mass of sins; when touched, purifies the body; when reverenced, drives away diseases; when watered, terrifies Death; when planted, brings about nearness to Lord Kṛṣṇa; when laid at His feet, gives the fruit of liberation — homage to that Tulasī.
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