Padma Purana — Patala Khanda — Chapter 91

PdP 5 91.1

नारद उवाच-। देवशर्मा महाप्राज्ञः समं सुमनसा तया । तीर्थे कनखले पुण्ये गंगायामतिविश्रुते

nārada uvāca-| devaśarmā mahāprājñaḥ samaṃ sumanasā tayā | tīrthe kanakhale puṇye gaṃgāyāmativiśrute

Nārada said: Devaśarman, the very wise, together with that Sumanas (his wife), at the holy ford of Kanakhala on the most renowned Gaṅgā —

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PdP 5 91.2

वैशाखे विधिना स्नानं चक्रे मेषस्थिते रवौ । पूजयामास विधिवन्मधुसूदनमच्युतम्

vaiśākhe vidhinā snānaṃ cakre meṣasthite ravau | pūjayāmāsa vidhivanmadhusūdanamacyutam

— performed the bath according to rule in (the month of) Vaiśākha, when the sun stood in Aries, and worshipped, as prescribed, Madhusūdana, the imperishable one.

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PdP 5 91.3

यमैः सनियमैर्युक्तः शक्त्या किंचिद्ददौ ततः । हविष्यभुग्भूमिशायी ब्रह्मचर्यव्रतस्थितः

yamaiḥ saniyamairyuktaḥ śaktyā kiṃciddadau tataḥ | haviṣyabhugbhūmiśāyī brahmacaryavratasthitaḥ

Endowed with the restraints together with the observances, he then gave what little he could according to his means; eating (only) sacrificial food, sleeping on the ground, established in the vow of chastity,

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PdP 5 91.4

कृच्छ्रादि तपसा क्षामो ध्यायन्नारायणं हृदि । तत्र प्राप्य स वैशाखीं दत्वा मधुतिलादिकम्

kṛcchrādi tapasā kṣāmo dhyāyannārāyaṇaṃ hṛdi | tatra prāpya sa vaiśākhīṃ datvā madhutilādikam

emaciated by austerities such as the kṛcchra fast, meditating on Nārāyaṇa in his heart — having attained the Vaiśākha (observance) there, he gave honey, sesame and the rest,

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PdP 5 91.5

विप्रेभ्यो भोजनं दत्वा भक्त्या धेनुं सदक्षिणाम् । अच्छिद्रं प्रार्थयामास तत्र स्नानस्य भूसुरान्

viprebhyo bhojanaṃ datvā bhaktyā dhenuṃ sadakṣiṇām | acchidraṃ prārthayāmāsa tatra snānasya bhūsurān

and having given food to the brahmins and, with devotion, a milk-cow along with a gift-fee, he begged the earth-gods (brahmins) there for the unflawedness of his bathing (rite).

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PdP 5 91.6

सापि साध्वी च सुश्रोणी पतिभक्तिपरायणा । पतिं शुश्रूषते नित्यं स्नात्वा संपूज्य केशवम्

sāpi sādhvī ca suśroṇī patibhaktiparāyaṇā | patiṃ śuśrūṣate nityaṃ snātvā saṃpūjya keśavam

And she too, virtuous, fair-hipped, wholly devoted to her husband, served her husband daily, having bathed and worshipped Keśava.

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PdP 5 91.7

तौ दंपती ततो यातौ स्वगेहं साधुहर्षितम् । कृतकृत्यावथात्मानौ मन्यमानावसंशयम्

tau daṃpatī tato yātau svagehaṃ sādhuharṣitam | kṛtakṛtyāvathātmānau manyamānāvasaṃśayam

Then the two, husband and wife, went to their own home, well pleased, and considered themselves, without doubt, to have accomplished their purpose.

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PdP 5 91.8

तेन पुण्यप्रभावेण कालेन कियता किल । बभूवुरमितास्तस्य धनधान्यानि संपदः

tena puṇyaprabhāveṇa kālena kiyatā kila | babhūvuramitāstasya dhanadhānyāni saṃpadaḥ

By the power of that merit, indeed after some time, his wealth, grain and possessions became boundless.

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PdP 5 91.9

तनया विनयोपेताश्चत्वारः श्रुतिकोविदाः । धर्मज्ञा वैष्णवा नित्यं पितृमातृपरायणाः

tanayā vinayopetāścatvāraḥ śrutikovidāḥ | dharmajñā vaiṣṇavā nityaṃ pitṛmātṛparāyaṇāḥ

Four sons, endowed with modesty, learned in the Vedas, knowers of dharma, Vaiṣṇavas, ever devoted to father and mother,

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PdP 5 91.10

बभूवुरमितप्रज्ञाः पुरुषार्थाय बोधिताः । विख्याता विधितत्त्वज्ञा ब्रह्मज्ञा ब्रह्मतत्पराः

babhūvuramitaprajñāḥ puruṣārthāya bodhitāḥ | vikhyātā vidhitattvajñā brahmajñā brahmatatparāḥ

were born, of measureless wisdom, awakened to the goal of human life, famed, knowers of the true nature of ritual injunction, knowers of brahman, intent on brahman,

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PdP 5 91.11

समग्रगुणसंपन्नाः संप्रतिष्ठंति कीर्तयः

samagraguṇasaṃpannāḥ saṃpratiṣṭhaṃti kīrtayaḥ

possessed of every virtue; (their) glories stand firmly established.

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PdP 5 91.12

तौ दंपती सुतसमग्रसमृद्धसौख्यं पुण्योदयं समुपयुज्य ततश्चिरेण । स्थानं परं परममीयतुरस्य भक्त्या श्रीमाधवे च सुकृतस्य नृपप्रसादात्

tau daṃpatī sutasamagrasamṛddhasaukhyaṃ puṇyodayaṃ samupayujya tataścireṇa | sthānaṃ paraṃ paramamīyaturasya bhaktyā śrīmādhave ca sukṛtasya nṛpaprasādāt

Then the two, husband and wife, having long enjoyed the happiness of full prosperity in sons, the fruit that arose from their merit, went to the highest supreme abode — through their devotion to him, to blessed Mādhava, and by the king's favour toward the meritorious (deed).

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PdP 5 91.13

यथैव माधवः साक्षाद्विद्यालक्ष्मी धवः स्मृतः । तथैव माधवो मासो मधुसूदनवल्लभः

yathaiva mādhavaḥ sākṣādvidyālakṣmī dhavaḥ smṛtaḥ | tathaiva mādhavo māso madhusūdanavallabhaḥ

Just as Mādhava is held to be, in person, the husband of Vidyā and Lakṣmī, so too the month Mādhava (Vaiśākha) is dear to Madhusūdana.

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PdP 5 91.14

इदं माधवमाहात्म्यं किंचित्संक्षेपतोऽनघ । मया ते कथितं वीर यत्पुरा च पितुः श्रुतम्

idaṃ mādhavamāhātmyaṃ kiṃcitsaṃkṣepato'nagha | mayā te kathitaṃ vīra yatpurā ca pituḥ śrutam

This greatness of Mādhava, somewhat in brief, O sinless one, has been told by you [read: by me to you], O hero — that which I formerly heard from my father.

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