Padma Purana — Patala Khanda — Chapter 81
PdP 5 81.1
ऋषय ऊचु- सूत जीव चिरं साधो श्रीकृष्णचरितामृतम् । त्वया प्रकाशितं सर्वं भक्तानां भवतारणम्
ṛṣaya ūcu- sūta jīva ciraṃ sādho śrīkṛṣṇacaritāmṛtam | tvayā prakāśitaṃ sarvaṃ bhaktānāṃ bhavatāraṇam
The sages said: O Sūta, live long, O good man! The nectar of Śrī Kṛṣṇa's deeds has all been made manifest by you — the ferrying of devotees across existence.
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PdP 5 81.2
श्रीकृष्णलीलां निखिलां ब्रूहि दैनंदिनीं प्रभो । ययाकर्णितया साधो कृष्णे भक्तिर्विवर्द्धते
śrīkṛṣṇalīlāṃ nikhilāṃ brūhi dainaṃdinīṃ prabho | yayākarṇitayā sādho kṛṣṇe bhaktirvivarddhate
Tell the whole day-by-day play of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, O lord, by hearing which, O good man, devotion to Kṛṣṇa increases.
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PdP 5 81.3
गुरोः शिष्यस्य मंत्रस्य विधानं लक्षणं पृथक् । वदास्माकं महाभाग त्वं हि नः परमः सुहृत्
guroḥ śiṣyasya maṃtrasya vidhānaṃ lakṣaṇaṃ pṛthak | vadāsmākaṃ mahābhāga tvaṃ hi naḥ paramaḥ suhṛt
Tell us the rule and the marks, separately, of the guru, of the disciple, and of the mantra, O greatly fortunate one; for you are our supreme friend.
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PdP 5 81.4
सूत उवाच- एकदा यमुनातीरे समासीनं जगद्गुरुम् । नारदः प्रणिपत्याह देवदेवं सदाशिवम्
sūta uvāca- ekadā yamunātīre samāsīnaṃ jagadgurum | nāradaḥ praṇipatyāha devadevaṃ sadāśivam
Sūta said: Once, on the bank of the Yamunā, Nārada, bowing down to the teacher of the world, the God of gods, the ever-auspicious Śiva, seated there, spoke.
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PdP 5 81.5
नारद उवाच- देवदेव महादेव सर्वज्ञ जगदीश्वर । भगवद्धर्मतत्त्वज्ञ कृष्णमंत्रविदां वर
nārada uvāca- devadeva mahādeva sarvajña jagadīśvara | bhagavaddharmatattvajña kṛṣṇamaṃtravidāṃ vara
Nārada said: God of gods, Mahādeva, all-knowing lord of the world, knower of the truth of the Lord's dharma, best of those who know the Kṛṣṇa mantras!
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PdP 5 81.6
कृष्णमंत्रा मया लब्धास्त्वत्तो ये च पितुः परे । ते सर्वे साधितास्तत्वान्मंत्रराजादयो मया
kṛṣṇamaṃtrā mayā labdhāstvatto ye ca pituḥ pare | te sarve sādhitāstatvānmaṃtrarājādayo mayā
The Kṛṣṇa mantras that I received from you, and the others from my father — all of them, beginning with the king of mantras, have truly been mastered by me,
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PdP 5 81.7
बहुवर्षसहस्रैस्तु शाकमूलफलाशिना । शुष्कपर्णांबुवाय्वादि भोजिना च निराशिना
bahuvarṣasahasraistu śākamūlaphalāśinā | śuṣkaparṇāṃbuvāyvādi bhojinā ca nirāśinā
through many thousands of years, by one eating (only) herbs, roots and fruits, and living on dry leaves, water, air and the like, and free of desires,
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PdP 5 81.8
स्त्रीणां संदर्शनालापवर्जिना भूमिशायिना । कामादिषड्गुणं जित्वा बाह्येंद्रियनियम्यता
strīṇāṃ saṃdarśanālāpavarjinā bhūmiśāyinā | kāmādiṣaḍguṇaṃ jitvā bāhyeṃdriyaniyamyatā
by one abstaining from the sight of and conversation with women, sleeping on the ground, having conquered the six qualities beginning with desire, keeping the outer senses restrained.
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PdP 5 81.9
एवंकृतेऽपि नैवात्मा संतुष्टो मम शंकर । तद्ब्रूहि यत्प्रसिध्येत संस्काराद्यैर्विना प्रभो
evaṃkṛte'pi naivātmā saṃtuṣṭo mama śaṃkara | tadbrūhi yatprasidhyeta saṃskārādyairvinā prabho
Yet even when this has been done, my mind is not satisfied, O Śaṃkara; so tell (me) that which would succeed without initiatory rites and the rest, O lord,
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PdP 5 81.10
सकृदुच्चारणादेव ददाति फलमुत्तमम् । यदि योग्योऽस्मि देवेश तदा मे कृपया वद
sakṛduccāraṇādeva dadāti phalamuttamam | yadi yogyo'smi deveśa tadā me kṛpayā vada
(that) which gives the highest fruit merely from being uttered once. If I am worthy, O lord of gods, then tell it to me out of compassion.
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PdP 5 81.11
शिव उवाच- साधु पृष्टं महाभाग त्वया लोकहितैषिणा । सुगोप्यमपि वक्ष्यामि मंत्रचिंतामणिं तव
śiva uvāca- sādhu pṛṣṭaṃ mahābhāga tvayā lokahitaiṣiṇā | sugopyamapi vakṣyāmi maṃtraciṃtāmaṇiṃ tava
Śiva said: Well have you asked, greatly fortunate one, desiring the welfare of the world; though it be well guarded as a secret, I shall tell you the wish-granting jewel of mantras.
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PdP 5 81.12
रहस्यानां रहस्यं यद्गुह्यानां गुह्यमुत्तमम् । न मया कथितं देव्यै नाग्रजेभ्यः पुरा तव
rahasyānāṃ rahasyaṃ yadguhyānāṃ guhyamuttamam | na mayā kathitaṃ devyai nāgrajebhyaḥ purā tava
That which is the secret of secrets, the highest hidden thing of hidden things, has not been told by me to the Goddess, nor formerly to your elder brothers.
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PdP 5 81.13
वक्ष्यामि युगलं तुभ्यं कृष्णमंत्रमनुत्तमम् । मंत्रचिंतामणिर्नाम युगलं द्वयमेव च
vakṣyāmi yugalaṃ tubhyaṃ kṛṣṇamaṃtramanuttamam | maṃtraciṃtāmaṇirnāma yugalaṃ dvayameva ca
I shall declare to you the "Pair," the unsurpassed Kṛṣṇa mantra. Its names are "Wish-granting Jewel of Mantras," "the Pair," and also "the Twofold,"
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PdP 5 81.14
पर्याया अस्य मंत्रस्य तथा पंचपदीति च । गोपीजनपदं वल्लभां तं तु चरणानिति
paryāyā asya maṃtrasya tathā paṃcapadīti ca | gopījanapadaṃ vallabhāṃ taṃ tu caraṇāniti
these are the alternative names of this mantra, and likewise "the Five-worded." The word gopījana, and vallabha, then caraṇa,
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PdP 5 81.15
शरणं च प्रपद्ये च एष पंचपदात्मकः । मंत्रचिंतामणिः प्रोक्तः षोडशार्णो महामनुः
śaraṇaṃ ca prapadye ca eṣa paṃcapadātmakaḥ | maṃtraciṃtāmaṇiḥ proktaḥ ṣoḍaśārṇo mahāmanuḥ
and śaraṇaṃ and prapadye — this (mantra) consists of five words; it is called the wish-granting jewel of mantras, the great mantra of sixteen syllables.
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PdP 5 81.16
नमो गोपीजनेत्युक्त्वा वल्लभाभ्यां वदेत्ततः । पदद्वयात्मको मंत्रो दशार्णः खलु कथ्यते
namo gopījanetyuktvā vallabhābhyāṃ vadettataḥ | padadvayātmako maṃtro daśārṇaḥ khalu kathyate
Having said "namo gopījana," one should then say "vallabhābhyām": that mantra, consisting of two words, is indeed said to be of ten syllables.
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PdP 5 81.17
एतां पंचपदीं जप्त्वा श्रद्धयाश्रद्धया सकृत् । कृष्णप्रियाणां सान्निध्यं गच्छत्येव न संशयः
etāṃ paṃcapadīṃ japtvā śraddhayāśraddhayā sakṛt | kṛṣṇapriyāṇāṃ sānnidhyaṃ gacchatyeva na saṃśayaḥ
Having muttered this five-worded (mantra) once, with faith or without faith, one goes indeed into the presence of Kṛṣṇa's beloved ones — there is no doubt.
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PdP 5 81.18
न पुरश्चरणप्रेक्षा नास्य न्यासविधिक्रमः । न देशकालनियमो नारिमित्रादिशोधनम्
na puraścaraṇaprekṣā nāsya nyāsavidhikramaḥ | na deśakālaniyamo nārimitrādiśodhanam
For it there is no consideration of a preliminary observance, no sequence of rules for the ritual assignment (of syllables to the body), no restriction of place and time, no examination of enemy, friend and the rest.
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PdP 5 81.19
सर्वेऽधिकारिणश्चात्र चंडालांता मुनीश्वर । स्त्रियः शूद्रादयश्चापि जडमूकादि पंगवः
sarve'dhikāriṇaścātra caṃḍālāṃtā munīśvara | striyaḥ śūdrādayaścāpi jaḍamūkādi paṃgavaḥ
And here all are entitled, down to the caṇḍālas, O lord of sages: women, śūdras and the rest, and also the dull, the mute and such, and the lame,
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PdP 5 81.20
अन्ये हूणाः किराताश्च पुलिंदाः पुष्कसास्तथा । आभीराय वनाः कंकाः खसाद्याः पापयोनयः
anye hūṇāḥ kirātāśca puliṃdāḥ puṣkasāstathā | ābhīrāya vanāḥ kaṃkāḥ khasādyāḥ pāpayonayaḥ
others too — Hūṇas, Kirātas, Pulindas and Puṣkasas, Ābhīras, Yavanas, Kaṅkas, Khasas and the rest, those of sinful birth,
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PdP 5 81.21
दंभाहंकारपरमाः पापाः पैशुन्यतत्पराः । गोब्राह्मणादि हंतारो महोपपातकान्विताः
daṃbhāhaṃkāraparamāḥ pāpāḥ paiśunyatatparāḥ | gobrāhmaṇādi haṃtāro mahopapātakānvitāḥ
those given over to hypocrisy and egotism, sinners intent on slander, killers of cows and brahmins and the like, those attended by great and minor sins,
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PdP 5 81.22
ज्ञानवैराग्यरहिताः श्रवणादिविवर्जिताः । एते चान्ये च सर्वे स्युर्मनोरस्याधिकारिणः
jñānavairāgyarahitāḥ śravaṇādivivarjitāḥ | ete cānye ca sarve syurmanorasyādhikāriṇaḥ
those devoid of knowledge and dispassion, those lacking hearing (of scripture) and the rest — these and all others may be entitled to this mantra.
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PdP 5 81.23
यदि भक्तिर्भवेदेषां कृष्णे सर्वेश्वरेश्वरे । तदाधिकारिणः सर्वे नान्यथा मुनिसत्तम
yadi bhaktirbhavedeṣāṃ kṛṣṇe sarveśvareśvare | tadādhikāriṇaḥ sarve nānyathā munisattama
If they have devotion to Kṛṣṇa, the lord of all lords, then all are entitled; not otherwise, O best of sages.
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PdP 5 81.24
याज्ञिको दाननिरतः सर्वतंत्रोपसेवकः । सत्यवादी यतिर्वापि वेदवेदांगपारगः
yājñiko dānanirataḥ sarvataṃtropasevakaḥ | satyavādī yatirvāpi vedavedāṃgapāragaḥ
A performer of sacrifices, one devoted to giving, a servant of all the tantras, a speaker of truth, or even an ascetic, one who has gone to the far shore of the Vedas and the auxiliary sciences,
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PdP 5 81.25
ब्रह्मनिष्ठः कुलीनो वा तपस्वी व्रततत्परः । अत्राधिकारी न भवेत्कृष्णभक्तिविवर्जितः
brahmaniṣṭhaḥ kulīno vā tapasvī vratatatparaḥ | atrādhikārī na bhavetkṛṣṇabhaktivivarjitaḥ
Though devoted to Brahman, or well-born, or an ascetic intent upon vows, one who is devoid of devotion to Kṛṣṇa is not qualified in this matter.
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PdP 5 81.26
तस्मादकृष्णभक्ताय कृतघ्नाय न मानिने । न च श्रद्धाविहीनाय वक्तव्यं नास्तिकाय च
tasmādakṛṣṇabhaktāya kṛtaghnāya na mānine | na ca śraddhāvihīnāya vaktavyaṃ nāstikāya ca
Therefore (this) is not to be told to one who is not a devotee of Kṛṣṇa, nor to an ingrate, nor to a proud man, nor to one lacking faith, nor to an unbeliever.
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PdP 5 81.27
न चाशुश्रूषवे वाच्यं नासंवत्सरसेविने । श्रीकृष्णेऽनन्यभक्ताय दंभलोभविवर्जिने
na cāśuśrūṣave vācyaṃ nāsaṃvatsarasevine | śrīkṛṣṇe'nanyabhaktāya daṃbhalobhavivarjine
Nor is it to be told to one who has no wish to serve, nor to one who has not served for a year; (but) to one who has undivided devotion to Śrī Kṛṣṇa and is free of hypocrisy and greed,
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PdP 5 81.28
कामक्रोधविमुक्ताय देयमेतत्प्रयत्नतः । ऋषिश्चैवाहमेतस्य गायत्रीछंद उच्यते
kāmakrodhavimuktāya deyametatprayatnataḥ | ṛṣiścaivāhametasya gāyatrīchaṃda ucyate
to one freed from desire and anger, this is to be given with care. And I myself am the seer of this (mantra); the metre is said to be gāyatrī.
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PdP 5 81.29
देवता बल्लवीकांतो मंत्रस्य परिकीर्तितः । सप्रियस्य हरेर्दास्ये विनियोग उदाहृतः
devatā ballavīkāṃto maṃtrasya parikīrtitaḥ | sapriyasya harerdāsye viniyoga udāhṛtaḥ
The deity of the mantra is declared to be the beloved of the cowherd women; its ritual application is stated to be servitude to Hari together with his beloved.
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PdP 5 81.30
आचक्राद्यैस्तथा मंत्रैः पंचांगानि प्रकल्पयेत् । अथवापि स्वबीजेन करांगन्यासकौ चरेत्
ācakrādyaistathā maṃtraiḥ paṃcāṃgāni prakalpayet | athavāpi svabījena karāṃganyāsakau caret
With the mantras beginning "ā cakra..." and the rest one should assign the five limbs; or else with one's own seed-syllable one should perform the placing on the hands and on the limbs.
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PdP 5 81.31
मंत्रस्य प्रथमो वर्णो बिंदुना मूर्ध्निभूषितः । गमित्येवं भवेद्बीजं नमः शक्तिरिहोदिता
maṃtrasya prathamo varṇo biṃdunā mūrdhnibhūṣitaḥ | gamityevaṃ bhavedbījaṃ namaḥ śaktirihoditā
The first letter of the mantra, adorned on its crest with a dot — thus "gaṃ" would be the seed-syllable; "namaḥ" is here stated to be the power (śakti).
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PdP 5 81.32
अंतिमार्णैर्दशांगानि तैरेव च तथार्चनम् । गंधपुष्पादिभिस्तच्च जलैरेवाप्यसंभवे
aṃtimārṇairdaśāṃgāni taireva ca tathārcanam | gaṃdhapuṣpādibhistacca jalairevāpyasaṃbhave
The ten limbs (are assigned) with the final syllables, and the worship likewise with those very (syllables); and that (worship is done) with fragrant substances, flowers and the rest, or with water alone if they are not available.
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PdP 5 81.33
न्यासपूर्वविधानेन कर्तव्यं हरितुष्टये । अतएवास्य मंत्रस्य न्यासाद्यन्ये वदंति च
nyāsapūrvavidhānena kartavyaṃ harituṣṭaye | ataevāsya maṃtrasya nyāsādyanye vadaṃti ca
It is to be performed, with the procedure in which nyāsa comes first, for the pleasure of Hari. For just this reason others too speak of nyāsa and the rest for this mantra,
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PdP 5 81.34
सकृदुच्चारणादेव कृतकृत्यत्वदायिनः । तथापि दशधा नित्यं जपाद्यर्थं प्रविन्यसेत्
sakṛduccāraṇādeva kṛtakṛtyatvadāyinaḥ | tathāpi daśadhā nityaṃ japādyarthaṃ pravinyaset
(mantras) which by a single utterance alone confer the state of having accomplished all that is to be done; even so, one should perform the placing tenfold daily for the sake of recitation and the rest.
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PdP 5 81.35
अथ ध्यानं प्रवक्ष्यामि मंत्रस्यास्य द्विजोत्तम । पीतांबरं घनश्यामं द्विभुजं वनमालिनम्
atha dhyānaṃ pravakṣyāmi maṃtrasyāsya dvijottama | pītāṃbaraṃ ghanaśyāmaṃ dvibhujaṃ vanamālinam
Now I shall declare the meditation upon this mantra, O best of the twice-born: (him who is) clad in yellow, dark as a dense cloud, two-armed, wearing a garland of forest flowers,
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PdP 5 81.36
बर्हिबर्हकृतोत्तंसं शशिकोटिनिभाननम् । घूर्णायमाननयनं कर्णिकारावतंसिनम्
barhibarhakṛtottaṃsaṃ śaśikoṭinibhānanam | ghūrṇāyamānanayanaṃ karṇikārāvataṃsinam
whose crest-ornament is made of a peacock's feather, whose face is like a crore of moons, whose eyes are rolling, who wears a karṇikāra blossom as an ear-ornament,
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PdP 5 81.37
अभितश्चंदनेनाथ मध्ये कुंकुमबिंदुना । रचितं तिलकं भाले बिभ्रतं मंडलाकृतिम्
abhitaścaṃdanenātha madhye kuṃkumabiṃdunā | racitaṃ tilakaṃ bhāle bibhrataṃ maṃḍalākṛtim
bearing on his brow a tilaka, circular in form, made with sandal paste on either side and with a drop of kuṃkuma in the middle,
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PdP 5 81.38
तरुणादित्यसंकाशं कुंडलाभ्यां विराजितम् । घर्माम्बुकणिकाराजद्दर्पणाभकपोलकम्
taruṇādityasaṃkāśaṃ kuṃḍalābhyāṃ virājitam | gharmāmbukaṇikārājaddarpaṇābhakapolakam
resembling the young sun, resplendent with his two earrings, his cheeks like mirrors gleaming with beads of sweat,
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PdP 5 81.39
प्रियास्य न्यस्तनयनं लीलापांगोन्नतभ्रुवम् । अग्रभागन्यस्तमुक्ता विस्फुरत्प्रोच्चनासिकम्
priyāsya nyastanayanaṃ līlāpāṃgonnatabhruvam | agrabhāganyastamuktā visphuratproccanāsikam
his eyes fixed on his beloved's face, his brows arched in a playful sidelong glance, his high nose flashing with a pearl set at its tip,
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PdP 5 81.40
दशनज्योत्स्नया राजत्पक्वबिंबफलाधरम् । केयूरांगदसद्रत्नमुद्रिकाभिर्लसत्करम्
daśanajyotsnayā rājatpakvabiṃbaphalādharam | keyūrāṃgadasadratnamudrikābhirlasatkaram
his lower lip like a ripe bimba fruit, shining with the moonlight of his teeth, his hands gleaming with armlets, bracelets and rings of fine jewels,
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PdP 5 81.41
बिभ्रतं मुरलद्यं वामे पाणौ पद्मं तथैव च । कांचीदामस्फुरन्मध्यं नूपुराभ्यां लसत्पदम्
bibhrataṃ muraladyaṃ vāme pāṇau padmaṃ tathaiva ca | kāṃcīdāmasphuranmadhyaṃ nūpurābhyāṃ lasatpadam
holding the flute as his foremost (ornament), and likewise a lotus in his left hand, his waist flashing with a girdle-chain, his feet gleaming with a pair of anklets,
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PdP 5 81.42
रतिकेलिरसावेश चपलं चपलेक्षणम् । हसंतं प्रियया सार्द्धं हासयंतं च तां मुहुः
ratikelirasāveśa capalaṃ capalekṣaṇam | hasaṃtaṃ priyayā sārddhaṃ hāsayaṃtaṃ ca tāṃ muhuḥ
restless from being absorbed in the savour of amorous play, his eyes darting, laughing with his beloved and making her laugh again and again —
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PdP 5 81.43
इत्थं कल्पतरोर्मूले रत्नसिंहासनोपरि । वृंदारण्ये स्मरेत्कृष्णं संस्थितं प्रियया सह
itthaṃ kalpatarormūle ratnasiṃhāsanopari | vṛṃdāraṇye smaretkṛṣṇaṃ saṃsthitaṃ priyayā saha
thus at the foot of a wish-granting tree, upon a jewelled lion-throne, in the Vṛndā forest, one should call to mind Kṛṣṇa seated with his beloved.
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PdP 5 81.44
वामपार्श्वे स्थितां तस्य राधिकां च स्मरेत्ततः । नीलचोलकसंवीतां तप्तहेमसमप्रभाम्
vāmapārśve sthitāṃ tasya rādhikāṃ ca smarettataḥ | nīlacolakasaṃvītāṃ taptahemasamaprabhām
And then one should call to mind Rādhikā, standing at his left side, wrapped in a blue bodice, with a radiance like molten gold,
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PdP 5 81.45
पट्टांचलेनावृतार्द्ध सुस्मेराननपंकजाम् । कांतवक्त्रे न्यस्तनेत्रां चकोरी चंचलेक्षणाम्
paṭṭāṃcalenāvṛtārddha susmerānanapaṃkajām | kāṃtavaktre nyastanetrāṃ cakorī caṃcalekṣaṇām
(Her) half-covered lotus face, sweetly smiling beneath the border of her silk garment, her eyes fixed on her lover's face, her glances darting like a cakorī bird's.
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PdP 5 81.46
अंगुष्ठतर्जनीभ्यां च निजकांतमुखांबुजे । अर्पयंतीं पूगफलं पर्णचूर्णसमन्वितम्
aṃguṣṭhatarjanībhyāṃ ca nijakāṃtamukhāṃbuje | arpayaṃtīṃ pūgaphalaṃ parṇacūrṇasamanvitam
And with thumb and forefinger (she is) placing into her own beloved's lotus mouth a betel nut together with powdered leaf.
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PdP 5 81.47
मुक्ताहारस्फुरच्चारु पीनोन्नतपयोधराम् । क्षीणमध्यां पृथुश्रोणीं किंकिणीजालमंडिताम्
muktāhārasphuraccāru pīnonnatapayodharām | kṣīṇamadhyāṃ pṛthuśroṇīṃ kiṃkiṇījālamaṃḍitām
(Her) full, high breasts lovely with a glittering pearl necklace, her waist slender, her hips broad, adorned with a net of tiny bells.
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PdP 5 81.48
रत्नताटंककेयूरमुद्रा वलयधारिणीम् । रणत्कटकमंजीर रत्नपादांगुलीयकाम्
ratnatāṭaṃkakeyūramudrā valayadhāriṇīm | raṇatkaṭakamaṃjīra ratnapādāṃgulīyakām
(She is) wearing jewelled earrings, armlets, a signet ring and bangles, with tinkling bracelets and anklets and jewelled toe-rings.
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PdP 5 81.49
लावण्यसारमुग्धांगीं सर्वावयवसुंदरीम् । आनंदरससंमग्नां प्रसन्नां नवयौवनाम्
lāvaṇyasāramugdhāṃgīṃ sarvāvayavasuṃdarīm | ānaṃdarasasaṃmagnāṃ prasannāṃ navayauvanām
(Her) limbs charming with the very essence of loveliness, beautiful in every part, immersed in the savour of bliss, serene, in fresh youth.
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PdP 5 81.50
सख्यश्च तस्या विप्रेंद्र तत्समानवयोगुणाः । तत्सेवनपराभाव्याश्चामरव्यजनादिभिः
sakhyaśca tasyā vipreṃdra tatsamānavayoguṇāḥ | tatsevanaparābhāvyāścāmaravyajanādibhiḥ
And her girl-companions, O best of brahmins, equal to her in age and qualities, are to be conceived as devoted to serving her with fly-whisks, fans and the like.
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PdP 5 81.51
अथ तुभ्यं प्रवक्ष्यामि मंत्रार्थं शृणु नारद । बहिरंगैः प्रपंचस्य स्वांशैर्मायादि शक्तिभिः
atha tubhyaṃ pravakṣyāmi maṃtrārthaṃ śṛṇu nārada | bahiraṃgaiḥ prapaṃcasya svāṃśairmāyādi śaktibhiḥ
Now I shall declare to you the meaning of the mantra; listen, Nārada. By the external (potencies), which are her own portions—the powers, māyā and the rest, (that constitute) the manifest world,
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PdP 5 81.52
अंतरंगैस्तथा नित्यविभूतैस्तैश्चिदादिभिः । गोपनादुच्यते गोपी राधिका कृष्णवल्लभा । देवी कृष्णमयी प्रोक्ता राधिका परदेवता
aṃtaraṃgaistathā nityavibhūtaistaiścidādibhiḥ | gopanāducyate gopī rādhikā kṛṣṇavallabhā | devī kṛṣṇamayī proktā rādhikā paradevatā
and likewise by the internal ones, those eternal opulences consisting of consciousness and the rest—because of (her) concealing (them), Rādhikā, Kṛṣṇa's beloved, is called Gopī. The goddess Rādhikā is declared to be made of Kṛṣṇa, the supreme deity.
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PdP 5 81.53
सर्वलक्ष्मीस्वरूपा सा कृष्णाह्लादस्वरूपिणी । ततः सा प्रोच्यते विप्र ह्लादिनीति मनीषिभिः
sarvalakṣmīsvarūpā sā kṛṣṇāhlādasvarūpiṇī | tataḥ sā procyate vipra hlādinīti manīṣibhiḥ
She is the very form of all Lakṣmīs, the embodiment of Kṛṣṇa's delight; therefore, O brahmin, she is called Hlādinī by the wise.
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PdP 5 81.54
तत्कलाकोटिकोट्यंश दुर्गाद्यास्त्रिगुणात्मिकाः । सा तु साक्षान्महालक्ष्मीः कृष्णो नारायणः प्रभुः
tatkalākoṭikoṭyaṃśa durgādyāstriguṇātmikāḥ | sā tu sākṣānmahālakṣmīḥ kṛṣṇo nārāyaṇaḥ prabhuḥ
Durgā and the rest, made of the three guṇas, are portions of a ten-million-times-ten-million part of a fraction of her. But she is Mahālakṣmī herself, and Kṛṣṇa is Lord Nārāyaṇa.
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PdP 5 81.55
नैतयोर्विद्यते भेदः स्वल्पोऽपि मुनिसत्तम । इयं दुर्गा हरी रुद्रः कृष्णः शक्र इयं शची
naitayorvidyate bhedaḥ svalpo'pi munisattama | iyaṃ durgā harī rudraḥ kṛṣṇaḥ śakra iyaṃ śacī
Between these two there exists not even the slightest difference, O best of sages. She is Durgā, Hari is Rudra; Kṛṣṇa is Śakra, she is Śacī.
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PdP 5 81.56
सावित्रीयं हरिर्ब्रह्मा धूमोर्णासौ यमो हरिः । बहुना किं मुनिश्रेष्ठ विना ताभ्यां न किंचन
sāvitrīyaṃ harirbrahmā dhūmorṇāsau yamo hariḥ | bahunā kiṃ muniśreṣṭha vinā tābhyāṃ na kiṃcana
She is Sāvitrī, Hari is Brahmā; she is Dhūmorṇā, Hari is Yama. What need of much (talk), O foremost of sages: apart from those two there is nothing at all.
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PdP 5 81.57
चिदचिल्लक्षणं सर्वं राधाकृष्णमयं जगत् । इत्थं सर्वं तयोरेव विभूतिं विद्धि नारद
cidacillakṣaṇaṃ sarvaṃ rādhākṛṣṇamayaṃ jagat | itthaṃ sarvaṃ tayoreva vibhūtiṃ viddhi nārada
The whole world, marked as conscious and unconscious, is made of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa. Thus know all of it to be the opulence of those two alone, Nārada.
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PdP 5 81.58
न शक्यते मया वक्तुं वर्षकोटिशतैरपि । त्रैलोक्ये पृथिवी मान्या जंबूद्वीपं ततोवरम्
na śakyate mayā vaktuṃ varṣakoṭiśatairapi | trailokye pṛthivī mānyā jaṃbūdvīpaṃ tatovaram
It cannot be told by me even in ten billion years. In the three worlds the earth is honoured; better than that is Jambūdvīpa.
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PdP 5 81.59
तत्रापि भारतं वर्षं तत्रापि मथुरापुरी । तत्र वृंदावनं नाम तत्र गोपीकदंबकम्
tatrāpi bhārataṃ varṣaṃ tatrāpi mathurāpurī | tatra vṛṃdāvanaṃ nāma tatra gopīkadaṃbakam
And there, Bhārata-varṣa; and there, the city of Mathurā; there, the place named Vṛndāvana; there, the throng of gopīs.
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PdP 5 81.60
तत्र राधासखीवर्गस्तत्रापि राधिका वरा । सांनिध्याधिक्यतस्तस्या आधिक्यं स्याद्यथोत्तरम्
tatra rādhāsakhīvargastatrāpi rādhikā varā | sāṃnidhyādhikyatastasyā ādhikyaṃ syādyathottaram
There, the company of Rādhā's companions; and among them Rādhikā is the best. By the greater nearness to her, the greater excellence arises, each higher than the last.
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PdP 5 81.61
पृथिवी प्रभृतीनां तु नान्यत्किंचिदिहोदितम् । सैषा हि राधिका गोपी जनस्तस्याः सखीगणः
pṛthivī prabhṛtīnāṃ tu nānyatkiṃcidihoditam | saiṣā hi rādhikā gopī janastasyāḥ sakhīgaṇaḥ
But of the earth and the rest nothing else (than this) has been said here. She indeed is Rādhikā the gopī; the 'people' (jana) are her band of companions.
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PdP 5 81.62
तस्याः सखीसमूहस्य वल्लभौ प्राणनायकौ । राधाकृष्णौ तयोः पादाः शरणं स्यादिहाश्रये
tasyāḥ sakhīsamūhasya vallabhau prāṇanāyakau | rādhākṛṣṇau tayoḥ pādāḥ śaraṇaṃ syādihāśraye
The two beloved lords of the life-breath of her company of companions are Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa; their feet are the refuge—so here in (the word) 'āśraya'.
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PdP 5 81.63
प्रपद्ये गतवानस्मि जीवोऽहं भृशदुःखितः । सोऽहं यः शरणं प्राप्तो मम तस्य यदस्ति च
prapadye gatavānasmi jīvo'haṃ bhṛśaduḥkhitaḥ | so'haṃ yaḥ śaraṇaṃ prāpto mama tasya yadasti ca
'I take refuge' (means) 'I have gone (to them)'; I am a living being, greatly afflicted. I am he who has attained refuge; and whatever is mine and his,
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PdP 5 81.64
सर्वं ताभ्यां तदर्थं हि तद्भोग्यं न ह्यहं मम । इत्यसौ कथितो विप्र मंत्रस्यार्थः समासतः
sarvaṃ tābhyāṃ tadarthaṃ hi tadbhogyaṃ na hyahaṃ mama | ityasau kathito vipra maṃtrasyārthaḥ samāsataḥ
all is theirs, is for their sake, is to be enjoyed by them; I am not my own. Thus, O brahmin, this meaning of the mantra has been told in brief.
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PdP 5 81.65
युगलार्थस्तथा न्यासः प्रपत्तिः शरणागतिः । आत्मार्पणमिमे पंच पर्यायास्ते मयोदिताः
yugalārthastathā nyāsaḥ prapattiḥ śaraṇāgatiḥ | ātmārpaṇamime paṃca paryāyāste mayoditāḥ
The meaning of the couple, likewise surrender (nyāsa), prapatti, taking refuge, and the offering of oneself — these five synonyms have been declared by me.
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PdP 5 81.66
अयमेव चिंतनीयो दिवानक्तमतंद्रितैः
ayameva ciṃtanīyo divānaktamataṃdritaiḥ
This very (thing) is to be pondered day and night by those who are not slothful.
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