Padma Purana — Patala Khanda — Chapter 88

PdP 5 88.1

सुमनोवाच- ऋणसंबंधिनं पुत्रं प्रवक्ष्यामि तवाग्रतः । ऋणं यस्य गृहीत्वा यः प्रयाति मरणं किल

sumanovāca- ṛṇasaṃbaṃdhinaṃ putraṃ pravakṣyāmi tavāgrataḥ | ṛṇaṃ yasya gṛhītvā yaḥ prayāti maraṇaṃ kila

Sumanas said: I shall declare before you the son who is connected with a debt—the one who dies after having taken someone's debt.

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PdP 5 88.2

अर्थदाता सुतो भूत्वा भ्रातावाथ पिता प्रिया । मित्ररूपेण वर्तेत अंतर्दुष्टः सदैव सः

arthadātā suto bhūtvā bhrātāvātha pitā priyā | mitrarūpeṇa varteta aṃtarduṣṭaḥ sadaiva saḥ

Having become the giver of wealth, (he is born as) a son, or a brother, or a father, or a wife; he behaves in the guise of a friend, but is always inwardly wicked.

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PdP 5 88.3

गुणं नैव प्रपश्येत स क्रूरो निष्ठुराकृतिः । जल्पते निष्ठुरं वाक्यं सदैव स्वजनेषु च

guṇaṃ naiva prapaśyeta sa krūro niṣṭhurākṛtiḥ | jalpate niṣṭhuraṃ vākyaṃ sadaiva svajaneṣu ca

He sees no virtue (in anyone); he is cruel, harsh in appearance, and always speaks harsh words among his own people.

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PdP 5 88.4

मिष्टं मिष्टं समश्नाति भोगान्भुंजति नित्यशः । द्यूतकर्मरतो नित्यं चौरकर्मणि सस्पृहः

miṣṭaṃ miṣṭaṃ samaśnāti bhogānbhuṃjati nityaśaḥ | dyūtakarmarato nityaṃ caurakarmaṇi saspṛhaḥ

He eats only the sweetest things and constantly enjoys pleasures; he is always addicted to gambling and eager for thievery.

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PdP 5 88.7

गृहाद्द्रव्यं चोरयति वार्यमाणः स कुप्यति । पितरं मातरं चैव कुत्सते च दिनेदिने

gṛhāddravyaṃ corayati vāryamāṇaḥ sa kupyati | pitaraṃ mātaraṃ caiva kutsate ca dinedine

He steals property from the house, and when restrained he grows angry; and day after day he reviles his father and mother.

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PdP 5 88.8

एवं संक्षीयते द्रव्यमेवमेतद्वदत्यपि । गृहं क्षेत्रादिकं सर्वं ममैव हि न संशयः

evaṃ saṃkṣīyate dravyamevametadvadatyapi | gṛhaṃ kṣetrādikaṃ sarvaṃ mamaiva hi na saṃśayaḥ

Thus the property is used up, and he even says this: "The house, the fields and all the rest are surely mine—there is no doubt."

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PdP 5 88.9

पितरं मातरं चैव हिनस्त्येव दिने दिने । सुदंडैर्मुशलैश्चैव केशोत्पाटैश्च दारुणैः

pitaraṃ mātaraṃ caiva hinastyeva dine dine | sudaṃḍairmuśalaiścaiva keśotpāṭaiśca dāruṇaiḥ

Day after day he strikes his father and mother with stout sticks and pestles and with cruel tearings of the hair.

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PdP 5 88.10

मृते तु तस्मिन्पितरि मातरि चातिनिष्ठुरः । निःस्नेहो निष्ठुरश्चैव जायते नात्र संशयः

mṛte tu tasminpitari mātari cātiniṣṭhuraḥ | niḥsneho niṣṭhuraścaiva jāyate nātra saṃśayaḥ

And when that father and mother have died, he is exceedingly harsh; he becomes loveless and cruel—there is no doubt here.

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PdP 5 88.11

श्राद्धकार्याणि दानानि न करोति सदैव सः । एवंविधाः प्रियाः पुत्रा भवंति च महीपते

śrāddhakāryāṇi dānāni na karoti sadaiva saḥ | evaṃvidhāḥ priyāḥ putrā bhavaṃti ca mahīpate

He never performs the śrāddha rites or the gifts. Such, O lord of the earth, are the sons (called) 'dear ones'.

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PdP 5 88.12

रिपुं पुत्रं प्रवक्ष्यामि तवाग्रे द्विजसत्तम । बाल्येवयसि संप्राप्ते पुत्रत्वे वर्तते सदा

ripuṃ putraṃ pravakṣyāmi tavāgre dvijasattama | bālyevayasi saṃprāpte putratve vartate sadā

I shall declare before you, O best of the twice-born, the son who is an enemy: when he is still of tender age he always behaves as a son.

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PdP 5 88.13

पितरं मातरं चैव क्रीडमानो हि ताडयेत् । ताडयित्वा प्रयात्येवं प्रहस्यैवं पुनः पुनः

pitaraṃ mātaraṃ caiva krīḍamāno hi tāḍayet | tāḍayitvā prayātyevaṃ prahasyaivaṃ punaḥ punaḥ

While playing he strikes his father and mother; having struck (them) he runs off thus, laughing again and again.

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PdP 5 88.14

पुनरायाति तं तत्र पितरं मातरं पुनः । सक्रोधो वर्तते नित्यं कुत्सते च दिनेदिने

punarāyāti taṃ tatra pitaraṃ mātaraṃ punaḥ | sakrodho vartate nityaṃ kutsate ca dinedine

He comes back there again to that father and mother; he is always full of anger and reviles (them) day after day.

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PdP 5 88.15

एवं संवर्तते नित्यं वैरकर्मणि संपदा । पितरं ताडयित्वा च मातरं च ततः पुनः

evaṃ saṃvartate nityaṃ vairakarmaṇi saṃpadā | pitaraṃ tāḍayitvā ca mātaraṃ ca tataḥ punaḥ

Thus he constantly engages, with full measure, in acts of enmity; and having struck his father and his mother, then again

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PdP 5 88.16

प्रयात्येवं स दुष्टात्मा पूर्ववैरानुभावतः । अथातः संप्रवक्ष्यामि यथालभ्यं भवेत्प्रियम्

prayātyevaṃ sa duṣṭātmā pūrvavairānubhāvataḥ | athātaḥ saṃpravakṣyāmi yathālabhyaṃ bhavetpriyam

that evil-souled one goes off, by the force of former enmity. Now next I shall declare how one may come by a dear (son).

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PdP 5 88.17

जातमात्रं प्रियं कुर्याद्बाल्ये क्रीडनताडनैः । वयः प्राप्य प्रियं कुर्यान्मातृपित्रोरनंतरम्

jātamātraṃ priyaṃ kuryādbālye krīḍanatāḍanaiḥ | vayaḥ prāpya priyaṃ kuryānmātṛpitroranaṃtaram

As soon as born he gives pleasure, and in childhood by his play and his little blows; and having reached (full) age he gives pleasure to his mother and father continually.

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PdP 5 88.18

भक्त्या संतोषयेन्नित्यं तावुभौ परितोषयेत् । स्नेहेन वचसा चैव प्रियसंभाषणेन च

bhaktyā saṃtoṣayennityaṃ tāvubhau paritoṣayet | snehena vacasā caiva priyasaṃbhāṣaṇena ca

With devotion he should always gratify them; he should fully please them both—with affection, with speech, and with kindly conversation.

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PdP 5 88.19

मृतौ गुरू समाज्ञाय स्नेहेन रुदते पुनः । श्राद्धकर्माणि सर्वाणि पिंडदानादिकां क्रियाम्

mṛtau gurū samājñāya snehena rudate punaḥ | śrāddhakarmāṇi sarvāṇi piṃḍadānādikāṃ kriyām

When his elders are dead, learning of it, he weeps again out of affection; all the śrāddha rites, the offering of piṇḍas and the rest of the ceremony—

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PdP 5 88.20

करोत्येवसुदुःखार्तस्तेभ्यो यात्रां प्रयच्छति । ऋणत्रयान्वितः स्नेहान्मोचयेद्यस्तु निश्चितः

karotyevasuduḥkhārtastebhyo yātrāṃ prayacchati | ṛṇatrayānvitaḥ snehānmocayedyastu niścitaḥ

He does (all this), greatly afflicted with grief, and he grants them the (funeral) journey; bound by the three debts, out of affection, he who is resolved would release (them).

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PdP 5 88.21

यस्माल्लभ्यं भवेत्कांत प्रयच्छति न संशयः । पुत्रो भूत्वा महाप्राज्ञ अनेनविधिना किल

yasmāllabhyaṃ bhavetkāṃta prayacchati na saṃśayaḥ | putro bhūtvā mahāprājña anenavidhinā kila

From whom something may be obtained, to him he gives, (my) beloved — there is no doubt; having become a son, O greatly wise one, by this rule indeed.

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PdP 5 88.22

उदासीनं प्रवक्ष्यामि तवाग्रे प्रिय सांप्रतम् । उदासीनेन भावेन सदैव परिवर्तते

udāsīnaṃ pravakṣyāmi tavāgre priya sāṃpratam | udāsīnena bhāvena sadaiva parivartate

Now, before you, dear one, I shall describe the indifferent (person): he always conducts himself with an attitude of indifference.

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PdP 5 88.23

ददाति नैव गृह्णाति न च कुप्यति तुष्यति । नो वा प्रयाति संत्यज्य उदासीनो द्विजोत्तम

dadāti naiva gṛhṇāti na ca kupyati tuṣyati | no vā prayāti saṃtyajya udāsīno dvijottama

He neither gives nor takes, nor is he angry nor pleased, nor does he go away abandoning (anything) — such is the indifferent one, O best of the twice-born.

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PdP 5 88.24

भृत्याश्चापि समाख्याताः पशवस्तुरगास्तथा । गजा महिष्यो दास्यश्च ऋणसंबंधिनस्त्वमी

bhṛtyāścāpi samākhyātāḥ paśavasturagāstathā | gajā mahiṣyo dāsyaśca ṛṇasaṃbaṃdhinastvamī

Servants too are declared (to be such), and cattle and horses, elephants, she-buffaloes and female slaves — these are connected by (former) debt.

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PdP 5 88.25

गृहीतमाययैकेन आवाभ्यां तु न कस्य हि । न्यासमेवं न कस्यापि कृतं वै पूर्वजन्मनि

gṛhītamāyayaikena āvābhyāṃ tu na kasya hi | nyāsamevaṃ na kasyāpi kṛtaṃ vai pūrvajanmani

By one (of us) it was taken through illusion; but by us two (nothing was taken) from anyone at all; nor was any deposit thus made with anyone in a former birth.

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PdP 5 88.26

राधयामि न कस्यापि क्षणं कांत शृणुष्व हि । न वैरमस्ति केनापि पूर्वजन्मनि वै कृतम्

rādhayāmi na kasyāpi kṣaṇaṃ kāṃta śṛṇuṣva hi | na vairamasti kenāpi pūrvajanmani vai kṛtam

I gratify no one even for a moment, beloved — listen indeed; nor is there any enmity contracted with anyone in a former birth.

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PdP 5 88.27

आबाल्येन तु विप्रेंद्र न च त्यक्तो मया पतिः । एवं ज्ञात्वा शमं गच्छ त्यज चिंतामनर्थिकीम्

ābālyena tu vipreṃdra na ca tyakto mayā patiḥ | evaṃ jñātvā śamaṃ gaccha tyaja ciṃtāmanarthikīm

From childhood on, O chief of brahmins, my husband has not been abandoned by me; knowing this, become calm, give up useless worry.

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PdP 5 88.28

हृतं नैव च कस्यापि नैव दत्तं त्वया पुनः । कथं ते धनमायाति विस्मयं व्रज मा विभो

hṛtaṃ naiva ca kasyāpi naiva dattaṃ tvayā punaḥ | kathaṃ te dhanamāyāti vismayaṃ vraja mā vibho

Nothing has been taken by you from anyone, nor again has anything been given by you; how then should wealth come to you? Do not be astonished, O lord.

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PdP 5 88.29

प्राप्तमेव हि यत्रैव रक्षितुश्च न तिष्ठति । एवं ज्ञात्वा शमं गच्छ त्यज चिंतामनर्थिकीम्

prāptameva hi yatraiva rakṣituśca na tiṣṭhati | evaṃ jñātvā śamaṃ gaccha tyaja ciṃtāmanarthikīm

Indeed, wherever (a thing) has been obtained, it does not stay even for one who guards it; knowing this, become calm, give up useless worry.

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PdP 5 88.30

कस्य पुत्राः प्रिया भार्या कस्य स्वजनबांधवाः । कः कस्य नास्ति संसारे न संबंधो द्विजोत्तम

kasya putrāḥ priyā bhāryā kasya svajanabāṃdhavāḥ | kaḥ kasya nāsti saṃsāre na saṃbaṃdho dvijottama

Whose are sons, whose the dear wife, whose one's own people and kinsmen? Who belongs to whom? In this world there is no (real) relationship, O best of the twice-born.

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PdP 5 88.31

मायामोहेन संमूढा मानवाः पापचेतनाः । इदं गृहमयं पुत्र इयं भार्या ममैव हि

māyāmohena saṃmūḍhā mānavāḥ pāpacetanāḥ | idaṃ gṛhamayaṃ putra iyaṃ bhāryā mamaiva hi

Deluded by the bewilderment of illusion, men of sinful mind (think): 'This is my house, this my son, this my wife — mine alone.'

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PdP 5 88.32

अनृतं दृश्यते कांत संसारस्य हि बंधनम्

anṛtaṃ dṛśyate kāṃta saṃsārasya hi baṃdhanam

What is seen is false, beloved — it is indeed the bondage of worldly existence.

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