Padma Purana — Patala Khanda — Chapter 96
PdP 5 96.1
ऋषय ऊचुः - सूतसूतमहाप्राज्ञ जीवजीव शतंसमाः । यद्वयं पुण्यसमयं श्राविता जगतो हितम्
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ - sūtasūtamahāprājña jīvajīva śataṃsamāḥ | yadvayaṃ puṇyasamayaṃ śrāvitā jagato hitam
The seers said: O Sūta, son of a Sūta, greatly wise one, live on, live on for a hundred years, since you have caused us to hear of a holy season, a benefit to the world.
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PdP 5 96.2
वद भूयोऽपि भूयिष्ठं पिबामस्तावकं वचः । पायंपायं न तृप्यामो वयं सूत तदुत्तमम्
vada bhūyo'pi bhūyiṣṭhaṃ pibāmastāvakaṃ vacaḥ | pāyaṃpāyaṃ na tṛpyāmo vayaṃ sūta taduttamam
Speak yet again, more fully; we drink your speech. Drinking it again and again we are not sated, Sūta — that highest (speech).
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PdP 5 96.3
सूत उवाच- अत्राप्युदाहरंतीममितिहासं पुरातनम् । संवादमादिलोकस्य जगतां जगदीशितुः
sūta uvāca- atrāpyudāharaṃtīmamitihāsaṃ purātanam | saṃvādamādilokasya jagatāṃ jagadīśituḥ
Sūta said: On this too they relate this ancient tale, the conversation of the first (being) of the world with the Lord of the worlds.
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PdP 5 96.4
षट्सहस्राणिचोच्छ्रायो विस्तारेण पुनस्त्रयम् । एवं नवसहस्राणि योजनानां विधाय च
ṣaṭsahasrāṇicocchrāyo vistāreṇa punastrayam | evaṃ navasahasrāṇi yojanānāṃ vidhāya ca
Six thousand (yojanas) in height and again three in breadth — having thus made nine thousand yojanas (in all),
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PdP 5 96.5
वामया दंष्ट्रया गृह्य उद्धृतादौ वसुंधरा । दिव्यवर्षसहस्रं वै दंष्ट्रया धारिता मही
vāmayā daṃṣṭrayā gṛhya uddhṛtādau vasuṃdharā | divyavarṣasahasraṃ vai daṃṣṭrayā dhāritā mahī
the earth, seized with the left tusk, was lifted up at the beginning; for a thousand divine years the earth was held on the tusk.
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PdP 5 96.6
धर्माख्यानप्रसंगेन सोवाच विनयाद्विभुम् । पृथिव्युवाच- एते द्वादश मासा वै षष्टिर्दिनशतत्रयम्
dharmākhyānaprasaṃgena sovāca vinayādvibhum | pṛthivyuvāca- ete dvādaśa māsā vai ṣaṣṭirdinaśatatrayam
In the course of the telling of dharma she spoke to the Lord out of humility. The Earth said: These are the twelve months, indeed three hundred and sixty days.
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PdP 5 96.7
एषां किमुत्तमं पुण्यं प्रियं च तव केशव । पवित्रः कार्तिको मासस्तुलासंस्थे दिवाकरे
eṣāṃ kimuttamaṃ puṇyaṃ priyaṃ ca tava keśava | pavitraḥ kārtiko māsastulāsaṃsthe divākare
Which of these is the most meritorious and dear to you, Keśava? (You say:) the month of Kārttika is pure, when the sun stands in Libra;
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PdP 5 96.8
मकरस्थे रवौ मासः पुराणे पावनः स्मृतः । मेषस्थे माधवो मासो भास्करे पठ्यते बुधैः
makarasthe ravau māsaḥ purāṇe pāvanaḥ smṛtaḥ | meṣasthe mādhavo māso bhāskare paṭhyate budhaiḥ
when the sun is in Capricorn, that month is remembered in the Purāṇa as purifying; when the sun is in Aries, the month Mādhava (Vaiśākha) is so declared by the wise.
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PdP 5 96.9
मार्गशीर्षोऽपि मासानां पावनः परिकीर्तितः । एवं मासाः पवित्रास्ते वासराः केपि कीर्तिताः
mārgaśīrṣo'pi māsānāṃ pāvanaḥ parikīrtitaḥ | evaṃ māsāḥ pavitrāste vāsarāḥ kepi kīrtitāḥ
Mārgaśīrṣa too is proclaimed purifying among the months. Thus those months are pure, and certain days too are celebrated —
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PdP 5 96.10
युगादयो युगांताश्च तथा कल्पादयोऽपि च । सर्वेभ्योऽप्यधिकं मासमेतेभ्यो वद पावनम्
yugādayo yugāṃtāśca tathā kalpādayo'pi ca | sarvebhyo'pyadhikaṃ māsametebhyo vada pāvanam
the beginnings of ages and the ends of ages, and likewise the beginnings of kalpas. Tell (me) of the month that is purifying beyond all of these.
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PdP 5 96.11
सर्वयज्ञमय श्रीमन्नेकं निश्चित्य मे वद । वराह उवाच- विधिनाविधिनाचैव ये यजंति नराधमाः
sarvayajñamaya śrīmannekaṃ niścitya me vada | varāha uvāca- vidhināvidhinācaiva ye yajaṃti narādhamāḥ
O glorious one who consists of all sacrifices, determine one for me and tell me. The Boar said: Whatever lowest of men worship, with rite or without rite,
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PdP 5 96.12
माधवे मासि मां भक्त्या तैश्च पूज्योऽस्म्यहं सदा । हिरण्याक्षो वरारोहे माधवे तु मधुर्हत
mādhave māsi māṃ bhaktyā taiśca pūjyo'smyahaṃ sadā | hiraṇyākṣo varārohe mādhave tu madhurhata
me with devotion in the month Mādhava, by them too I am always to be worshipped. Hiraṇyākṣa, O fair-hipped one, and Madhu were slain in Mādhava.
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PdP 5 96.13
आदिदैत्यावुभावेतौ हत्वा त्वं तु समुद्धृता । त्रेतायुगे त्रयी धर्मो ज्ञानवर्णव्यवस्थितिः
ādidaityāvubhāvetau hatvā tvaṃ tu samuddhṛtā | tretāyuge trayī dharmo jñānavarṇavyavasthitiḥ
Having slain both these primeval demons, you were lifted up. In the Tretā age the threefold (Veda) is dharma, and the ordering of knowledge and classes
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PdP 5 96.14
माधवे मासि संभूता तेन मे माधवःप्रियः । त्रेतायुगं तृतीयायां शुक्लायां मासि माधवे
mādhave māsi saṃbhūtā tena me mādhavaḥpriyaḥ | tretāyugaṃ tṛtīyāyāṃ śuklāyāṃ māsi mādhave
came into being in the month Mādhava; therefore Mādhava is dear to me. The Tretā age (began) on the third day of the bright fortnight in the month Mādhava,
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PdP 5 96.15
प्रवृत्तं च त्रयी धर्माः प्रवृत्तास्ते प्रवर्द्धिताः । अक्षया सोच्यते लोके तृतीया हरिवल्लभा
pravṛttaṃ ca trayī dharmāḥ pravṛttāste pravarddhitāḥ | akṣayā socyate loke tṛtīyā harivallabhā
and the duties of the threefold Veda began; once begun they increased. That third day, beloved of Hari, is called Akṣayā (imperishable) in the world.
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PdP 5 96.16
स्नाने दानार्चने श्राद्धे जपे पूर्वजतर्प्पणे । येऽर्चयंति यवैर्विष्णुं श्राद्धं कुर्वंति यत्नतः
snāne dānārcane śrāddhe jape pūrvajatarppaṇe | ye'rcayaṃti yavairviṣṇuṃ śrāddhaṃ kurvaṃti yatnataḥ
In bathing, giving, worship, śrāddha, muttered prayer, and the libation to ancestors — those who worship Viṣṇu with barley and diligently perform the śrāddha,
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PdP 5 96.17
तेषां ददाम्यहं सर्वं यन्मनोऽभीष्टमुत्तमम् । ये ददंत्यपि दानानि धन्यास्ते धार्मिका नराः
teṣāṃ dadāmyahaṃ sarvaṃ yanmano'bhīṣṭamuttamam | ye dadaṃtyapi dānāni dhanyāste dhārmikā narāḥ
to them I give everything, whatever excellent thing their heart desires. Those righteous men who also bestow gifts are blessed.
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PdP 5 96.18
ये यजंति हरेर्नित्यमध्वरैर्विविधैरपि । माधवे यजते यो मां तेभ्यस्तदधिकं फलम्
ye yajaṃti harernityamadhvarairvividhairapi | mādhave yajate yo māṃ tebhyastadadhikaṃ phalam
Those who constantly worship Hari with sacrifices of many kinds — (yet) for one who worships me in Mādhava the fruit is greater than theirs.
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PdP 5 96.19
स्नानं दानं जपो होमस्तपो यज्ञ व्रतादिकम् । वैशाखे यत्कृतं देवि तस्य पुण्यफलं शृणु
snānaṃ dānaṃ japo homastapo yajña vratādikam | vaiśākhe yatkṛtaṃ devi tasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu
Bathing, giving, muttered prayer, oblation, austerity, sacrifice, vows and the like — hear, O goddess, the meritorious fruit of what is done in Vaiśākha.
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PdP 5 96.20
मन्वंतराणां कोट्यस्तु दशपंच च सप्त च । मत्सान्निध्यगतास्तेपि तिष्ठंति भयवर्जिताः
manvaṃtarāṇāṃ koṭyastu daśapaṃca ca sapta ca | matsānnidhyagatāstepi tiṣṭhaṃti bhayavarjitāḥ
For ten, five and seven crores of manvantaras they too remain in my presence, free from fear.
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PdP 5 96.21
यद्यपि स्युर्ग्रहाः सर्वे क्रूरा जन्मव्ययाष्टकाः । प्रातःस्नानेन वैशाखे सर्वे सौम्या भवंति ते
yadyapi syurgrahāḥ sarve krūrā janmavyayāṣṭakāḥ | prātaḥsnānena vaiśākhe sarve saumyā bhavaṃti te
Even if all the planets should be malignant, standing in the (houses of) birth, of loss, and the eighth, by the morning bath in Vaiśākha they all become benign.
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PdP 5 96.22
वैशाखे मासि यो विप्रान्भोजयेद्भक्तितत्परः । सिक्थेसिक्थे भवेत्तृप्तिः पितॄणां युगसंख्यया
vaiśākhe māsi yo viprānbhojayedbhaktitatparaḥ | sikthesikthe bhavettṛptiḥ pitṝṇāṃ yugasaṃkhyayā
Whoever, intent on devotion, feeds brahmins in the month of Vaiśākha — with each and every morsel there comes satisfaction of the ancestors for the number of ages (yuga).
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PdP 5 96.23
यच्छंति तत्र मधुराधिकभोजनानि ये वायवाशन तिलोदक भोजनानि । छत्रांबराणि चरणोचितरक्षणानि धन्यास्त एव परितोषकराहि विष्णोः
yacchaṃti tatra madhurādhikabhojanāni ye vāyavāśana tilodaka bhojanāni | chatrāṃbarāṇi caraṇocitarakṣaṇāni dhanyāsta eva paritoṣakarāhi viṣṇoḥ
Those who bestow there abundant sweet foods, and foods (that are) light fare, sesame and water, and umbrellas and garments and coverings suited to the feet — they alone are blessed, for they bring the full satisfaction of Viṣṇu.
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PdP 5 96.24
विशेषादिह दातव्यास्तिला मधुसमन्विताः । धर्माय बृहते दीर्घ दुरितक्षय हेतवे
viśeṣādiha dātavyāstilā madhusamanvitāḥ | dharmāya bṛhate dīrgha duritakṣaya hetave
Especially here sesame seeds mixed with honey are to be given, for the sake of great and lasting merit, as a cause of the destruction of sin.
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PdP 5 96.25
एवंकृते तु यत्पुण्यं प्राप्यते मनुजैश्च तैः । तत्कैर्गणयितुं शक्यं वर्षकोटिशतैरपि
evaṃkṛte tu yatpuṇyaṃ prāpyate manujaiśca taiḥ | tatkairgaṇayituṃ śakyaṃ varṣakoṭiśatairapi
But the merit that is obtained by those men when this is so done — by whom could that be counted, even in hundreds of millions of years?
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PdP 5 96.26
पुत्रपौत्रादिसंपत्ति दीर्घायूंषि यथेप्सितम् । इहाप्नोति परत्रापि मामेव प्रतिपद्यते
putrapautrādisaṃpatti dīrghāyūṃṣi yathepsitam | ihāpnoti paratrāpi māmeva pratipadyate
He obtains here wealth of sons and grandsons and so forth, and long life as desired, and in the next world too he attains Me alone.
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PdP 5 96.27
अनेकजन्मार्जित पातकावली विलीयते माधव मज्जनेन । जनस्य तत्रोषसि पुण्यतीर्थे यथाविधानं श्रयते तथा वा
anekajanmārjita pātakāvalī vilīyate mādhava majjanena | janasya tatroṣasi puṇyatīrthe yathāvidhānaṃ śrayate tathā vā
The mass of sins amassed over many births dissolves through the bath in (the month of) Mādhava, when at dawn there at a holy ford a man resorts (to it) according to the prescribed rule, or so (as best he can).
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PdP 5 96.28
यः परित्यज्य वैशाखं व्रतमन्यदुपाचरेत् । स करस्थं महारत्नं हित्वा लोष्टं हि याचते
yaḥ parityajya vaiśākhaṃ vratamanyadupācaret | sa karasthaṃ mahāratnaṃ hitvā loṣṭaṃ hi yācate
He who abandons the Vaiśākha observance and practises another — he, casting away a great jewel that is in his hand, begs for a lump of clay.
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PdP 5 96.29
सूतउवाच- एवं स भगवान्पूर्वमादिदेवो वदद्विभुः । माधवं मासमुद्दिश्य जगत्यां जगतीधरः
sūtauvāca- evaṃ sa bhagavānpūrvamādidevo vadadvibhuḥ | mādhavaṃ māsamuddiśya jagatyāṃ jagatīdharaḥ
Sūta said: Thus did that Lord, the primal God, the all-pervading upholder of the world, formerly speak upon the earth with reference to the month of Mādhava.
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PdP 5 96.30
किमत्र बहुनोक्तेन न तदस्ति महीसुराः । यदप्राप्यं भवेन्मासि माधवे माधवार्चनात्
kimatra bahunoktena na tadasti mahīsurāḥ | yadaprāpyaṃ bhavenmāsi mādhave mādhavārcanāt
What need of much speech here? O gods on earth (brahmins), there is nothing that cannot be obtained in the month of Mādhava by the worship of Mādhava.
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PdP 5 96.31
शृणुध्वं च पुरावृत्तमिहार्थे परमाद्भुतम् । ब्राह्मणस्य च संवादं यमस्य च महात्मनः
śṛṇudhvaṃ ca purāvṛttamihārthe paramādbhutam | brāhmaṇasya ca saṃvādaṃ yamasya ca mahātmanaḥ
And hear the most wonderful (event) that happened of old in this matter: the conversation of a brahmin and of the great-souled Yama.
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PdP 5 96.32
मध्यदेशे महाग्रामो ब्राह्मणानां बभूव ह । गंगायमुनयोर्मध्ये यामुनस्य गिरेरधः
madhyadeśe mahāgrāmo brāhmaṇānāṃ babhūva ha | gaṃgāyamunayormadhye yāmunasya gireradhaḥ
In the Middle Country there was a great village of brahmins, between the Gaṅgā and the Yamunā, below the Yāmuna mountain.
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PdP 5 96.33
विद्वांसस्तत्र भूयिष्ठा ब्राह्मणाश्चावसंस्तदा । अथ प्राह यमः कंचित्पुरुषं कृष्णपिंगलम्
vidvāṃsastatra bhūyiṣṭhā brāhmaṇāścāvasaṃstadā | atha prāha yamaḥ kaṃcitpuruṣaṃ kṛṣṇapiṃgalam
Very many learned brahmins dwelt there at that time. Then Yama spoke to a certain man, dark-tawny (in colour),
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PdP 5 96.34
रक्ताक्षमूर्द्ध्वरोमाणं काकजंघाक्षिनासिकम् । गच्छ त्वं भो महाग्रामं गत्वा ब्राह्मणमानय
raktākṣamūrddhvaromāṇaṃ kākajaṃghākṣināsikam | gaccha tvaṃ bho mahāgrāmaṃ gatvā brāhmaṇamānaya
red-eyed, with hair standing up, with the shanks, eyes and nose of a crow: "Go, sir, to that great village, and having gone, bring a brahmin —
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PdP 5 96.35
वसिष्ठगोत्रसंभूतं नामतो यज्ञदत्तकम् । शमे निविष्टं विद्वांसं यज्ञकर्मविशारदम्
vasiṣṭhagotrasaṃbhūtaṃ nāmato yajñadattakam | śame niviṣṭaṃ vidvāṃsaṃ yajñakarmaviśāradam
one born in the Vasiṣṭha lineage, Yajñadatta by name, settled in tranquillity, learned, skilled in the rites of sacrifice.
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PdP 5 96.36
नचान्यमानयेथास्त्वं सगोत्रं तस्य पार्श्वतः । सहितादृग्गुणस्तेन तुल्योऽध्ययन जन्मना
nacānyamānayethāstvaṃ sagotraṃ tasya pārśvataḥ | sahitādṛgguṇastena tulyo'dhyayana janmanā
And you must not bring another, of the same lineage, (living) at his side, who is together with him of like qualities, equal (to him) in study and in birth,
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PdP 5 96.37
आकृत्या च तथा चिह्नैः समस्तेनैव सत्तमः । तमानय यथोद्दिष्टा पूजा कार्या हि तस्य मे
ākṛtyā ca tathā cihnaiḥ samastenaiva sattamaḥ | tamānaya yathoddiṣṭā pūjā kāryā hi tasya me
and in form and likewise in marks altogether the very best of men. Bring that one (the first); for the worship as prescribed is to be done by me for him."
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PdP 5 96.38
स गत्वा प्रतिकूलं तु चकार यमशासनम् । तमेव मानयामास प्रतिषिद्धो यमेन यः
sa gatvā pratikūlaṃ tu cakāra yamaśāsanam | tameva mānayāmāsa pratiṣiddho yamena yaḥ
But he, having gone, did the opposite of Yama's command: he honoured (i.e. fetched) precisely the one whom Yama had forbidden.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.39
तस्मै यमः समुत्थाय पूजां कृत्वा च धर्मवित् । प्रोवाच नीयतामेष सोऽन्य आनीयतामिति
tasmai yamaḥ samutthāya pūjāṃ kṛtvā ca dharmavit | provāca nīyatāmeṣa so'nya ānīyatāmiti
Yama, the knower of dharma, rose up for him and, having done him worship, said: "Let this one be taken back; let that other be brought."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.40
सूत उवाच- एवमुक्ते तु वचने धर्मराजेन स द्विजः । उवाच धर्मराजं तं निर्विण्णो गमनाय वै
sūta uvāca- evamukte tu vacane dharmarājena sa dvijaḥ | uvāca dharmarājaṃ taṃ nirviṇṇo gamanāya vai
Sūta said: When this word had been spoken by the King of Dharma, that twice-born, dejected at (the prospect of) going, said to that King of Dharma:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.41
ब्राह्मण उवाच- कस्मादहमिहानीतः कस्मात्प्रेरयसे पुनः । गंतुं नैवोत्सहे तत्र मर्त्यलोकं पुनः प्रभो
brāhmaṇa uvāca- kasmādahamihānītaḥ kasmātprerayase punaḥ | gaṃtuṃ naivotsahe tatra martyalokaṃ punaḥ prabho
The brahmin said: Why have I been brought here, and why do you send me back again? I have no wish at all to go there, to the world of mortals, again, O lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.42
यम उवाच- इह क्षीणायुषां पुंसां वासः पुण्यवतां भवेत् । अयं वै धर्मराजस्य लोको धर्मः प्रकीर्तितः
yama uvāca- iha kṣīṇāyuṣāṃ puṃsāṃ vāsaḥ puṇyavatāṃ bhavet | ayaṃ vai dharmarājasya loko dharmaḥ prakīrtitaḥ
Yama said: Here is the dwelling for meritorious men whose lifespan is spent. This indeed is the world of the King of Dharma, proclaimed as (the world of) dharma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.43
सौख्यभूमिरियं सर्वा धर्मराजोऽहमीश्वरः । पुण्यापुण्यानुसारेण जंतूनां सुखदुःखदः
saukhyabhūmiriyaṃ sarvā dharmarājo'hamīśvaraḥ | puṇyāpuṇyānusāreṇa jaṃtūnāṃ sukhaduḥkhadaḥ
This whole (region) is a land of happiness; I am the King of Dharma, the lord, who gives creatures pleasure and pain according to their merit and demerit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.44
पापिनां यमरूपोऽस्मि नृणां निरयदायकः । तथा पुण्यवतां सौख्य स्वर्गदो धर्म मूर्तिमान्
pāpināṃ yamarūpo'smi nṛṇāṃ nirayadāyakaḥ | tathā puṇyavatāṃ saukhya svargado dharma mūrtimān
To sinful men I am in the form of Yama, the giver of hell; and to the meritorious I am, O happy one, the giver of heaven, dharma embodied.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.45
गच्छ विप्र त्वमद्यैव निलयं स्वं यथागतः । अद्यापि दशवर्षाणामायुस्ते परिवर्तते
gaccha vipra tvamadyaiva nilayaṃ svaṃ yathāgataḥ | adyāpi daśavarṣāṇāmāyuste parivartate
Go, brahmin, this very day to your own dwelling, just as you came; even now ten years of lifespan remain in turn for you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.46
क्षये तवायुषः प्राप्तिर्लोकस्यास्य भविष्यति । प्रष्टव्यं च त्वया ह्यन्यत्पृच्छस्व प्रब्रवीमि ते
kṣaye tavāyuṣaḥ prāptirlokasyāsya bhaviṣyati | praṣṭavyaṃ ca tvayā hyanyatpṛcchasva prabravīmi te
When your lifespan is spent, the attainment of this world will come about. And if there is anything else to be asked by you, ask; I shall tell you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.47
ब्राह्मण उवाच- यत्कृत्वा सुमहत्पुण्यं स्वर्गः स्याद्ब्रूहि तन्मम । सर्वस्य हि प्रमाणंत्वं धर्माधर्मविनिश्चये
brāhmaṇa uvāca- yatkṛtvā sumahatpuṇyaṃ svargaḥ syādbrūhi tanmama | sarvasya hi pramāṇaṃtvaṃ dharmādharmaviniścaye
The brahmin said: Tell me that by doing which very great merit and heaven would come about; for you are the authority for everyone in determining what is dharma and what is not.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.48
यदि देव मया सम्यग्गंतव्यं निजमंदिरे । तद्ब्रूहि कर्मणा केन पतंति नरके नराः
yadi deva mayā samyaggaṃtavyaṃ nijamaṃdire | tadbrūhi karmaṇā kena pataṃti narake narāḥ
If, O god, I must indeed go to my own house, then tell (me): by what deed do men fall into hell,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.49
व्रजंति केन वै स्वर्गं तत्सर्वं कृपया वद । यम उवाच- कर्मणा मनसा वाचा ये धर्मविमुखा नराः
vrajaṃti kena vai svargaṃ tatsarvaṃ kṛpayā vada | yama uvāca- karmaṇā manasā vācā ye dharmavimukhā narāḥ
and by what do they go to heaven? Speak all that out of kindness. Yama said: Those men who by deed, mind and speech are turned away from dharma,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.50
विष्णुभक्तिविहीना ये ते वै निरयगामिनः । पश्यंति भेदबुद्ध्या ये ब्रह्माणं शंकरं हरिम्
viṣṇubhaktivihīnā ye te vai nirayagāminaḥ | paśyaṃti bhedabuddhyā ye brahmāṇaṃ śaṃkaraṃ harim
those who lack devotion to Viṣṇu — they indeed go to hell; those who look upon Brahmā, Śaṃkara and Hari with a mind that divides (them),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.51
विरक्ता विष्णुविद्यासु नरा निरयगामिनः । कुलदेशोचितं कर्म यस्त्यक्त्वान्यत्समाचरेत्
viraktā viṣṇuvidyāsu narā nirayagāminaḥ | kuladeśocitaṃ karma yastyaktvānyatsamācaret
(and) men averse to the sciences concerning Viṣṇu, go to hell. Whoever abandons the work proper to his family and region and practises another —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.52
कामाद्वा यदि वा मोहात्स याति नरकं नरः । अयाज्ययाजकश्चैव याज्यानां च विवर्जकः
kāmādvā yadi vā mohātsa yāti narakaṃ naraḥ | ayājyayājakaścaiva yājyānāṃ ca vivarjakaḥ
that man, whether from desire or from delusion, goes to hell; likewise one who sacrifices for those for whom one should not, and who refuses those for whom one should,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.53
विरतो विष्णुविद्यासु स भुंक्ते नरकान्बहून् । अदत्वा पितृदेवेभ्यो विप्रेभ्यो मर्त्यबंधुषु
virato viṣṇuvidyāsu sa bhuṃkte narakānbahūn | adatvā pitṛdevebhyo viprebhyo martyabaṃdhuṣu
(and) one averse to the sciences concerning Viṣṇu — he experiences many hells. Without giving to the ancestors, the gods, the brahmins and among mortal kinsmen,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.54
सधनो म्रियते पापः स याति नरकान्बहून् । सर्वाण्यन्नानि सिद्धानि पाकभेदं करोति यः
sadhano mriyate pāpaḥ sa yāti narakānbahūn | sarvāṇyannāni siddhāni pākabhedaṃ karoti yaḥ
the sinner who dies possessed of wealth goes to many hells. He who, when all the food is cooked, makes a distinction in the cooking,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 5 96.55
अवैश्वदेवं भुंजीत स याति नरकं चिरम् । बहुद्रोहेण भूतानां येऽजयंति धनं द्विज
avaiśvadevaṃ bhuṃjīta sa yāti narakaṃ ciram | bahudroheṇa bhūtānāṃ ye'jayaṃti dhanaṃ dvija
(and) eats without the vaiśvadeva offering — he goes to hell for a long time. Those who, O twice-born, gain wealth by much injury to living beings,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.56
धनवंतो निरयगा दांभिका दुःखभागिनः । नास्तिक्यादथ वा लोभान्मोहात्काले यथोदिते
dhanavaṃto nirayagā dāṃbhikā duḥkhabhāginaḥ | nāstikyādatha vā lobhānmohātkāle yathodite
those wealthy, hypocritical ones go to hell and get a share of suffering. Those who, from unbelief, or greed, or delusion, at the appointed time
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.57
भक्त्या न श्राद्धदा ये स्युः पच्यंते नरकेषु ते । दीयमानस्य वित्तस्य ब्राह्मणेभ्यस्तु पापकृत्
bhaktyā na śrāddhadā ye syuḥ pacyaṃte narakeṣu te | dīyamānasya vittasya brāhmaṇebhyastu pāpakṛt
do not give the śrāddha offering with devotion, are cooked in the hells. But the evildoer (who obstructs) wealth being given to brahmins —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.58
विघ्नमाचरते योऽसौ नरो निरयगो भवेत् । सामान्य दक्षिणां लब्ध्वा गृह्णात्येको विमोहतः
vighnamācarate yo'sau naro nirayago bhavet | sāmānya dakṣiṇāṃ labdhvā gṛhṇātyeko vimohataḥ
that man who causes obstruction becomes one who goes to hell. Having received a fee meant to be shared, one who takes it alone out of delusion,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.59
नास्तिक्यभावनिरतो नरः स्यान्नरकालये । असहिष्णुतया तस्य गुणानां कारणं भवेत्
nāstikyabhāvanirato naraḥ syānnarakālaye | asahiṣṇutayā tasya guṇānāṃ kāraṇaṃ bhavet
(and) the man devoted to an unbelieving disposition, would be in the abode of hell. Through his intolerance of (others') virtues there comes about a cause —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 5 96.60
महत्पापं समुत्पन्नं कारणं नरकस्य तत् । निर्दोषां सुहृदां भार्यां त्यजन्कालेन याति यः
mahatpāpaṃ samutpannaṃ kāraṇaṃ narakasya tat | nirdoṣāṃ suhṛdāṃ bhāryāṃ tyajankālena yāti yaḥ
a great sin arises, and that is a cause of hell. Whoever, abandoning a faultless wife of his friends, in due course goes (away) —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 5 96.61
न वहेत यशस्तेषां स नरो नरके पतेत् । अधर्मं धर्ममिति यो वदन्मोहवशं गतः
na vaheta yaśasteṣāṃ sa naro narake patet | adharmaṃ dharmamiti yo vadanmohavaśaṃ gataḥ
(so) their fame would not endure; that man would fall into hell. He who, fallen under delusion, says of unrighteousness "this is righteousness" —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 5 96.62
हैतुको नास्तिको यस्तु स नरो निरयालयः । मनसा योऽन्यभावेन वचसा चान्यथा वदेत्
haituko nāstiko yastu sa naro nirayālayaḥ | manasā yo'nyabhāvena vacasā cānyathā vadet
— a mere sophist, a denier — that man's dwelling is hell. He who, having one thing in his mind, speaks otherwise with his speech,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.63
हृदयं कलुषं कुर्यात्स नरो नरके वसेत् । अवमन्य च ये यांति भगवत्कीर्तनं नराः
hṛdayaṃ kaluṣaṃ kuryātsa naro narake vaset | avamanya ca ye yāṃti bhagavatkīrtanaṃ narāḥ
and would make (another's) heart foul — that man will dwell in hell. And the men who go away, having slighted the singing of the Lord's praise,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.64
ते यांति नरकं घोरं तेन पापेन कर्मणा । पश्यंतो भगवद्द्वारं नामशास्त्र परिच्छदम्
te yāṃti narakaṃ ghoraṃ tena pāpena karmaṇā | paśyaṃto bhagavaddvāraṃ nāmaśāstra paricchadam
they go to the terrible hell by that sinful deed. Seeing the Lord's gateway, whose covering is the scripture of (his) name,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 5 96.65
अकृत्वा तत्प्रणामादि ते यांति नरकौकसः । विनापराधेन नराः कृत्वा पत्न्यधिवेदनम्
akṛtvā tatpraṇāmādi te yāṃti narakaukasaḥ | vināparādhena narāḥ kṛtvā patnyadhivedanam
and not making obeisance and the rest to it, they go, hell's inhabitants. Men who, though (their wife is) without fault, take a further wife,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.66
त्यजंति सुकलत्रं ये ते यांति नरके नराः । न शृणोति गुरोर्वाक्यं धर्मशास्त्रं च यो नरः
tyajaṃti sukalatraṃ ye te yāṃti narake narāḥ | na śṛṇoti gurorvākyaṃ dharmaśāstraṃ ca yo naraḥ
those men who abandon a good wife go to hell. And the man who does not heed the word of his teacher and the dharma-scripture,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.67
परेषां चेतसः क्लेशकारी निरयगो भवेत् । पश्यतां बंधु बालानां प्रकर्षी मिष्टमश्नुते
pareṣāṃ cetasaḥ kleśakārī nirayago bhavet | paśyatāṃ baṃdhu bālānāṃ prakarṣī miṣṭamaśnute
one who causes affliction to the minds of others becomes a goer to hell. He who, in the sight of kinsmen's children, snatches and eats the sweet food,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.68
स याति नरकं घोरं केवलोदरपूरकः । तुला मकर मेषेषु प्रातः स्नानं न यश्चरेत्
sa yāti narakaṃ ghoraṃ kevalodarapūrakaḥ | tulā makara meṣeṣu prātaḥ snānaṃ na yaścaret
he goes to the terrible hell, a mere filler of his own belly. He who does not perform the morning bath in (the months of) Libra, Capricorn and Aries
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.69
नद्यादिषु च नास्तिक्यस्तस्य स्यान्नरकालयः । वैष्णवं जनमालोक्य नाभ्युत्थानं करोति यः
nadyādiṣu ca nāstikyastasya syānnarakālayaḥ | vaiṣṇavaṃ janamālokya nābhyutthānaṃ karoti yaḥ
in rivers and the like, being a denier — for him there will be a dwelling in hell. He who, on seeing a Vaiṣṇava person, does not rise up
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.70
प्रणयादरतो विप्र स नरो नरकातिथिः । काष्ठैर्वा शंकुभिर्वापि शूलैरश्मभिरेव च
praṇayādarato vipra sa naro narakātithiḥ | kāṣṭhairvā śaṃkubhirvāpi śūlairaśmabhireva ca
out of affection and respect — that man, O brahmin, is hell's guest. With logs, or with stakes, or with spikes, or indeed with stones,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.71
ये मार्गांश्चैव रुंधंति ते वै निरयगामिनः । आद्यं पुरुषमीशानं सर्वलोकमहेश्वरम्
ye mārgāṃścaiva ruṃdhaṃti te vai nirayagāminaḥ | ādyaṃ puruṣamīśānaṃ sarvalokamaheśvaram
those who block the roads, they indeed are goers to hell. The primal Person, the ruler, the great lord of all worlds —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.72
न चिन्तयंति ये विष्णुं ते वै निरयगामिनः । क्षेत्रवृत्ति गृहच्छेदं प्रीतिच्छेदं च ये नराः
na cintayaṃti ye viṣṇuṃ te vai nirayagāminaḥ | kṣetravṛtti gṛhacchedaṃ prīticchedaṃ ca ye narāḥ
those who do not think upon Viṣṇu, they indeed are goers to hell. Those men who cut off (another's) field-livelihood, his house, and his affection,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.73
आशाच्छेदं च कुर्वंति ते नरा नरकौकसः । आगतान्भोजनार्थं च ब्राह्मणान्वृत्तिकर्शितान्
āśācchedaṃ ca kurvaṃti te narā narakaukasaḥ | āgatānbhojanārthaṃ ca brāhmaṇānvṛttikarśitān
and who cut off (his) hope — those men are hell's inhabitants. And brahmins worn thin for want of livelihood, who have come for food —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.74
यः परीक्षेत मूढात्मा स ज्ञेयो नरकातिथिः । अनाथं वैष्णवं दीनं रोगार्तं वृद्धमेव च
yaḥ parīkṣeta mūḍhātmā sa jñeyo narakātithiḥ | anāthaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ dīnaṃ rogārtaṃ vṛddhameva ca
the deluded-minded man who would put them to the test is to be known as hell's guest. A Vaiṣṇava without protector, poor, afflicted by disease, or aged —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.75
नानुकंपंति ये मूढास्ते वै निरयगामिनः । नियमांस्तु समादाय ये पश्चादजितेंद्रियाः
nānukaṃpaṃti ye mūḍhāste vai nirayagāminaḥ | niyamāṃstu samādāya ye paścādajiteṃdriyāḥ
the fools who feel no pity (for such), they indeed are goers to hell. Those who, having taken up observances, afterwards, their senses unsubdued,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.76
विलोपयंति तान्भूयस्ते वै निरयगामिनः । शृणु विप्र यथा यांति नराः स्वर्गं दयालवः
vilopayaṃti tānbhūyaste vai nirayagāminaḥ | śṛṇu vipra yathā yāṃti narāḥ svargaṃ dayālavaḥ
break them off again, they indeed are goers to hell. Hear, brahmin, how compassionate men go to heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.77
समासेनैव वक्ष्यामि किंचित्ते गौरवादहम् । येऽर्चयंति हरिं देवंजिष्णुं विष्णुं सनातनम्
samāsenaiva vakṣyāmi kiṃcitte gauravādaham | ye'rcayaṃti hariṃ devaṃjiṣṇuṃ viṣṇuṃ sanātanam
I will tell you something of it in brief, out of regard (for you). Those who worship Hari, the god, the victorious one, Viṣṇu the everlasting,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.78
नारायणमजं कृष्णं विष्वक्सेनं चतुर्भुजम् । ध्यायंति पुरुषं दिव्यमच्युतं ये स्मरंति च
nārāyaṇamajaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ viṣvaksenaṃ caturbhujam | dhyāyaṃti puruṣaṃ divyamacyutaṃ ye smaraṃti ca
Nārāyaṇa, the unborn, Kṛṣṇa, Viṣvaksena, the four-armed — those who meditate upon and remember the divine, imperishable Person,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.79
लभंते तेऽच्युतस्थानं श्रुतिरेषा पुरातनी । इदमेवहि मांगल्यमिदमेव धनार्जनम्
labhaṃte te'cyutasthānaṃ śrutireṣā purātanī | idamevahi māṃgalyamidameva dhanārjanam
they obtain the station of Acyuta: this is the ancient revealed teaching. This alone is auspiciousness, this alone is the winning of wealth,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.80
जीवितस्य फलं चैतद्यद्दामोदरकीर्तनम् । कीर्तनाद्देवदेवस्य विष्णोरमिततेजसः
jīvitasya phalaṃ caitadyaddāmodarakīrtanam | kīrtanāddevadevasya viṣṇoramitatejasaḥ
and this is the fruit of living, namely the praising of Dāmodara. From the praising of the god of gods, Viṣṇu of measureless splendour,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.81
दुरितानि विलीयंते तमांसीव दिनोदये । गाथां गायंति ये नित्यं वैष्णवीं श्रद्धयान्विताः
duritāni vilīyaṃte tamāṃsīva dinodaye | gāthāṃ gāyaṃti ye nityaṃ vaiṣṇavīṃ śraddhayānvitāḥ
(their) evil deeds dissolve away, like darknesses at the rising of the day. Those who, filled with faith, constantly sing the Vaiṣṇava song,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.82
स्वाध्यायनिरता नित्यं ते नराः स्वर्गगामिनः । सर्वान्क्लेशान्परित्यज्य विष्णुमेव स्तुवंति ये
svādhyāyaniratā nityaṃ te narāḥ svargagāminaḥ | sarvānkleśānparityajya viṣṇumeva stuvaṃti ye
and are constantly devoted to the recitation of scripture — those men go to heaven. Those who, abandoning all troubles, praise Viṣṇu alone,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.83
स्वधर्मनिरता धीरास्ते नराः स्वर्गगामिनः । वासुदेवजपासक्तानपि पापकृतो जनान्
svadharmaniratā dhīrāste narāḥ svargagāminaḥ | vāsudevajapāsaktānapi pāpakṛto janān
and who, steadfast, are devoted to their own duty — those men go to heaven. Even those people who commit sins, (if they are) attached to the muttering of Vāsudeva's name —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.84
नोपसर्पन्ति तान्विप्र यमदूताश्च दारुणाः । नान्यत्पश्यन्ति जंतूनां विहाय हरिकीर्तनम्
nopasarpanti tānvipra yamadūtāśca dāruṇāḥ | nānyatpaśyanti jaṃtūnāṃ vihāya harikīrtanam
the terrible messengers of Yama do not approach them, O brahmin. They see nothing else for living beings, apart from the praising of Hari,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.85
सर्वपापप्रशमनं प्रायश्चित्तं द्विजोत्तम । ये याचिताः प्रहृष्यंति प्रियं दत्वा वदंति च
sarvapāpapraśamanaṃ prāyaścittaṃ dvijottama | ye yācitāḥ prahṛṣyaṃti priyaṃ datvā vadaṃti ca
as an expiation that quells all sin, O best of the twice-born. Those who, when asked, rejoice, and who give what is dear and speak (kindly),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.86
त्यक्तदानफला ये च ते नराःस्वर्गगामिनः । वर्जयंति दिवास्वापं नराः सर्वसहाश्च ये
tyaktadānaphalā ye ca te narāḥsvargagāminaḥ | varjayaṃti divāsvāpaṃ narāḥ sarvasahāśca ye
and who have relinquished the fruit of their giving — those men go to heaven. Those men who avoid sleeping by day, and who endure everything,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.87
पर्वण्याश्रयभूता ये ते मर्त्याः स्वर्गगामिनः । द्विषतामपि ये दोषान्न वदंति कदाचन
parvaṇyāśrayabhūtā ye te martyāḥ svargagāminaḥ | dviṣatāmapi ye doṣānna vadaṃti kadācana
who are a refuge (to others) on the festival days — those mortals go to heaven. Those who never speak the faults even of those who hate them,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.88
कीर्तयंति गुणांश्चैव ते नराः स्वर्गगामिनः । ये परेषां श्रियं दृष्ट्वा न वितप्यंति मत्सरात्
kīrtayaṃti guṇāṃścaiva te narāḥ svargagāminaḥ | ye pareṣāṃ śriyaṃ dṛṣṭvā na vitapyaṃti matsarāt
and who proclaim (their) virtues — those men go to heaven. Those who, seeing the prosperity of others, are not tormented by envy,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.89
प्रहृष्टाश्चाभिनंदंति ते नराः स्वर्गगामिनः । प्रवृत्तौ च निवृत्तौ च श्रुतिशास्त्रोक्तमेव च
prahṛṣṭāścābhinaṃdaṃti te narāḥ svargagāminaḥ | pravṛttau ca nivṛttau ca śrutiśāstroktameva ca
but delighted, congratulate (them) — those men go to heaven. And what is declared by the Veda and the treatises, both in engagement (in action) and in withdrawal —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.90
आदरंति प्रतीता ये ते नराः स्वर्गगामिनः । यस्मिन्कस्मिन्कुले जाता दयावंतो यशस्विनः
ādaraṃti pratītā ye te narāḥ svargagāminaḥ | yasminkasminkule jātā dayāvaṃto yaśasvinaḥ
those who, being confident (in it), honour it — those men go to heaven. Born in whatever family, (if they are) compassionate and of good repute,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.91
सानुक्रोशाः सदाचारास्ते नराः स्वर्गगामिनः । ये पूताः परदारांश्च कर्मणा मनसा गिरा
sānukrośāḥ sadācārāste narāḥ svargagāminaḥ | ye pūtāḥ paradārāṃśca karmaṇā manasā girā
merciful and of good conduct — those men go to heaven. Those who are pure (and do not) — by deed, by mind, by speech —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.92
रमयंति न सत्वस्थास्तेनराः स्वर्गगामिनः । सदा कर्मयथोक्तेन कुर्वंति विहितानि च
ramayaṃti na satvasthāstenarāḥ svargagāminaḥ | sadā karmayathoktena kurvaṃti vihitāni ca
take pleasure in others' wives, being established in goodness — those men go to heaven. Those who always perform the prescribed rites in accordance with what is enjoined,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.93
आत्मशक्तिं च विज्ञाय ते नराः स्वर्गगामिनः । मनो वाक्कायिके धर्मे श्रद्धां यः कुरुते सदा
ātmaśaktiṃ ca vijñāya te narāḥ svargagāminaḥ | mano vākkāyike dharme śraddhāṃ yaḥ kurute sadā
and having understood their own capacity — those men go to heaven. He who always places faith in the duty (that is) of mind, speech and body,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.94
साधूनां संमतो यश्च स भवेद्देवतातिथिः । वचोवेगं मनोवेगं यो वेगमुदरोद्भवम्
sādhūnāṃ saṃmato yaśca sa bhaveddevatātithiḥ | vacovegaṃ manovegaṃ yo vegamudarodbhavam
and who is approved of by the good — he becomes a guest of the gods. He who (endures) the urge of speech, the urge of the mind, the urge arising from the belly,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.95
उपस्थवेगं सहते स स्वर्गी जायते नरः । येषां गुणेषु संतोषो वाणी येषां श्रुतं प्रति
upasthavegaṃ sahate sa svargī jāyate naraḥ | yeṣāṃ guṇeṣu saṃtoṣo vāṇī yeṣāṃ śrutaṃ prati
and endures the urge of the genitals — that man is born as one belonging to heaven. Those whose contentment is in virtues, whose speech is directed to sacred learning,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.96
परमार्थे मतिर्येषां ते शिष्टाः स्वर्गगामिनः । व्रतं रक्षंति ये कोपाच्छ्रियं रक्षंति मत्सरात्
paramārthe matiryeṣāṃ te śiṣṭāḥ svargagāminaḥ | vrataṃ rakṣaṃti ye kopācchriyaṃ rakṣaṃti matsarāt
whose thought is on the highest goal — those cultivated ones go to heaven. Those who guard their vow from anger, guard their prosperity from envy,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.97
विद्यां मानापमानाभ्यामात्मानं तु प्रमादतः । मतिं रक्षंति ये लोभान्मनो रक्षंति कामतः
vidyāṃ mānāpamānābhyāmātmānaṃ tu pramādataḥ | matiṃ rakṣaṃti ye lobhānmano rakṣaṃti kāmataḥ
(guard) their learning from honour and dishonour, and the self from heedlessness, who guard their judgement from greed, guard the mind from desire,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.98
धर्मं रक्षंति दुःसंगात्ते नराः स्वर्गगामिनः । एकादश्यां च विधिवदुपवासपरायणाः
dharmaṃ rakṣaṃti duḥsaṃgātte narāḥ svargagāminaḥ | ekādaśyāṃ ca vidhivadupavāsaparāyaṇāḥ
and guard their duty from bad company — those men go to heaven. And those, O brahmin, who are devoted to fasting according to rule on the eleventh day,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.99
शुक्लेऽसिते च ये विप्र ते नराः स्वर्गगामिनः । मातेव सर्वबालानामौषधं रोगिणा मिव
śukle'site ca ye vipra te narāḥ svargagāminaḥ | māteva sarvabālānāmauṣadhaṃ rogiṇā miva
in the bright and in the dark (fortnight) — those men go to heaven. Like a mother to all children, like medicine to the sick,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.100
रक्षार्थं सर्वलोकानां निर्मितैकादशी तिथिः । एकादशी समं किंचित्पादत्राणं न विद्यते 5.96.
rakṣārthaṃ sarvalokānāṃ nirmitaikādaśī tithiḥ | ekādaśī samaṃ kiṃcitpādatrāṇaṃ na vidyate 5.96.
the lunar day of the eleventh has been fashioned for the protection of all the worlds. There is no safeguard whatever equal to the eleventh.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 5 96.101
तामुपोष्य विधानेन पुरुषाः स्वर्गगामिनः । एकादशेन्द्रियैः पापं यत्कृतं भवति द्विज
tāmupoṣya vidhānena puruṣāḥ svargagāminaḥ | ekādaśendriyaiḥ pāpaṃ yatkṛtaṃ bhavati dvija
Having fasted on it according to the prescribed rule, men go to heaven; whatever sin is committed by the eleven senses, O twice-born,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.102
नरो निर्द्धूय तत्तूर्णं प्रीतः स्वर्गतिमान्भवेत् । अश्वमेधसहस्राणि राजसूयशतानि च
naro nirddhūya tattūrṇaṃ prītaḥ svargatimānbhavet | aśvamedhasahasrāṇi rājasūyaśatāni ca
a man, shaking that off at once, becomes glad and attains the way to heaven. Thousands of horse-sacrifices and hundreds of rājasūyas
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.103
एकादश्युपवासस्य कलां नार्हंति षोडशीम् । एकतः क्रतवः सर्वे सर्वतीर्थतपांसि च
ekādaśyupavāsasya kalāṃ nārhaṃti ṣoḍaśīm | ekataḥ kratavaḥ sarve sarvatīrthatapāṃsi ca
do not equal a sixteenth part of the fast of the eleventh day. On one side all the sacrifices, and (the merit of) all sacred fords and austerities,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.104
महादानादिदानानि व्रतं वैष्णवमेकतः । वैष्णवव्रतजो धर्मो धर्मो यज्ञादिसंभवः
mahādānādidānāni vrataṃ vaiṣṇavamekataḥ | vaiṣṇavavratajo dharmo dharmo yajñādisaṃbhavaḥ
the great gifts and the other gifts — and on the other side the Vaiṣṇava vow; the merit born of the Vaiṣṇava vow, and the merit arising from sacrifices and the rest:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.105
एकत्र तुलितौ धात्रा तत्र पूर्वो भवेद्गुरुः । हरिवासर भक्तानामच्युतानंतभाषिणाम्
ekatra tulitau dhātrā tatra pūrvo bhavedguruḥ | harivāsara bhaktānāmacyutānaṃtabhāṣiṇām
when the Creator weighed the two together, of these the former proved the weightier. Of those devoted to Hari's day, who utter (the names) Acyuta and Ananta,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.106
नाहं शास्ता विशेषेण तेभ्यो विप्र बिभेम्यहम् । येषां पुत्रश्च पौत्रश्च एकादश्यामुपोषितः
nāhaṃ śāstā viśeṣeṇa tebhyo vipra bibhemyaham | yeṣāṃ putraśca pautraśca ekādaśyāmupoṣitaḥ
I am not their chastiser in particular; rather, O brahmin, I fear them — those whose son and grandson have fasted on the eleventh day.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.107
सहात्मना स पुरुषाञ्छतमुद्धरते बलात् । उपोषणं ततः कुर्यात्पक्षयोरुभयोरपि
sahātmanā sa puruṣāñchatamuddharate balāt | upoṣaṇaṃ tataḥ kuryātpakṣayorubhayorapi
Along with himself he forcibly rescues a hundred men. Therefore one should keep the fast in both fortnights;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.108
एकादश्यां स पुरुषो भुक्तिमुक्त्येकभाजनम् । जया च विजया चैव जयंती पापनाशिनी
ekādaśyāṃ sa puruṣo bhuktimuktyekabhājanam | jayā ca vijayā caiva jayaṃtī pāpanāśinī
(fasting) on the eleventh day, that man becomes the sole vessel of enjoyment and liberation. Jayā, and Vijayā, and Jayantī, Pāpanāśinī,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.109
त्रिस्पृशा वंजुली चैव पक्षसंवर्धिनी वरा । तिलदुग्धा परा ज्ञेया अखंडद्वादशी तथा
trispṛśā vaṃjulī caiva pakṣasaṃvardhinī varā | tiladugdhā parā jñeyā akhaṃḍadvādaśī tathā
Trispṛśā, and Vañjulī, Pakṣasaṃvardhinī the excellent, then Tiladugdhā is to be known, and likewise Akhaṇḍadvādaśī,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.110
मनोरथाख्या च परा भीमद्वादशिका तथा । इत्येवमादयो भेदा द्वादश्याः संत्यनेकशः
manorathākhyā ca parā bhīmadvādaśikā tathā | ityevamādayo bhedā dvādaśyāḥ saṃtyanekaśaḥ
and another called Manoratha, and likewise Bhīmadvādaśikā — such and other varieties of the twelfth day exist, many of them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.111
व्रतेष्वेतेषु ये शक्ता ज्ञेयास्ते ब्रह्मणि स्थिताः । श्रोतारो धर्मशास्त्राणां धर्मप्रत्यय संगताः
vrateṣveteṣu ye śaktā jñeyāste brahmaṇi sthitāḥ | śrotāro dharmaśāstrāṇāṃ dharmapratyaya saṃgatāḥ
Those who are capable in these vows are to be known as established in Brahman; (they are) hearers of the treatises on dharma, endowed with faith in dharma,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.112
प्रियंकराश्च बालानां स्वर्गलोकं व्रजंति ते । मासिमास्येकदिवसे दर्शे श्राद्धव्रता नराः
priyaṃkarāśca bālānāṃ svargalokaṃ vrajaṃti te | māsimāsyekadivase darśe śrāddhavratā narāḥ
and doers of what is dear to children — they go to the world of heaven. Men who on one day each month, on the new moon, keep the vow of the śrāddha,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.113
तृप्यंति पितरो येषां ते धन्याः स्वर्गगामिनः । भोजनेषूपपन्नेषु भोज्यं यच्छंति सादरात्
tṛpyaṃti pitaro yeṣāṃ te dhanyāḥ svargagāminaḥ | bhojaneṣūpapanneṣu bhojyaṃ yacchaṃti sādarāt
and by whom the ancestors are satisfied — they are fortunate, going to heaven. Those who, when meals are ready at hand, respectfully offer food
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.114
अभिन्नमुखरागेण शिष्टास्ते स्वर्गगामिनः
abhinnamukharāgeṇa śiṣṭāste svargagāminaḥ
with a face whose colour does not alter — those well-behaved ones go to heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.115
ये भक्तिमंतो मधुसूदनस्य नारायणस्याखिलनायकस्य । सत्येन हीना रजसापि युक्ता गच्छंति ते नाकमनंतपुण्याः
ye bhaktimaṃto madhusūdanasya nārāyaṇasyākhilanāyakasya | satyena hīnā rajasāpi yuktā gacchaṃti te nākamanaṃtapuṇyāḥ
Those who are devoted to Madhusūdana, to Nārāyaṇa the lord of all — even though lacking in truthfulness and joined with passion, they go to heaven, their merit endless.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.116
वितस्तां यमुनां सीतां पुण्यां गोदावरीं नदीम् । सेवंते ये शुभाचाराः स्नानदानपरायणाः
vitastāṃ yamunāṃ sītāṃ puṇyāṃ godāvarīṃ nadīm | sevaṃte ye śubhācārāḥ snānadānaparāyaṇāḥ
Those of good conduct, devoted to bathing and giving, who frequent the Vitastā, the Yamunā, the Sītā, and the holy river Godāvarī —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.117
न ते पश्यंति पंथानं नरकस्य कदाचन । ये नर्मदायामिह शर्मदायां मज्जंति तुष्यंत्यपि दर्शनेन
na te paśyaṃti paṃthānaṃ narakasya kadācana | ye narmadāyāmiha śarmadāyāṃ majjaṃti tuṣyaṃtyapi darśanena
they never see the road to hell. Those who plunge here into the Narmadā, the giver of welfare — or are even gladdened by the sight of it —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.118
विधूय पापानि महेशलोकं गच्छंति ते तत्र चिरं रमंते
vidhūya pāpāni maheśalokaṃ gacchaṃti te tatra ciraṃ ramaṃte
shaking off their sins, they go to the world of Maheśa; there they take pleasure for a long time.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.119
स्नाताश्चर्मनदी तीरे त्रिरात्रं नियता नराः । व्यासाश्रमे विशेषेण ते नरा नाकिनः स्मृताः
snātāścarmanadī tīre trirātraṃ niyatā narāḥ | vyāsāśrame viśeṣeṇa te narā nākinaḥ smṛtāḥ
Men who, restrained, have bathed for three nights on the bank of the Carmaṇvatī river — and especially at Vyāsa's hermitage — those men are declared to be dwellers in heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.120
गंगाजले प्रयागे च केदारे पुष्करे तथा । व्यासाश्रमे प्रभासे च मृतास्ते विष्णुगामिनः
gaṃgājale prayāge ca kedāre puṣkare tathā | vyāsāśrame prabhāse ca mṛtāste viṣṇugāminaḥ
Those who have died in the water of the Gaṅgā, at Prayāga, at Kedāra, and at Puṣkara, at Vyāsa's hermitage and at Prabhāsa, go to Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.121
द्वारवत्यां कुरुक्षेत्रे योगाभ्यासेन वा मृताः । हरिरित्यक्षरं वक्त्रे येषां ते न पुनर्भवाः
dvāravatyāṃ kurukṣetre yogābhyāsena vā mṛtāḥ | harirityakṣaraṃ vaktre yeṣāṃ te na punarbhavāḥ
Those who die at Dvāravatī, at Kurukṣetra, or through the practice of yoga, and those in whose mouth is the syllable "Hari" — they are not born again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.122
त्रिरात्रमपि ये विप्र द्वारवत्यां पुरि स्थिताः । मज्जंति गोमती तीरे धन्यास्ते केशवप्रियाः
trirātramapi ye vipra dvāravatyāṃ puri sthitāḥ | majjaṃti gomatī tīre dhanyāste keśavapriyāḥ
Those, O brahmin, who stay even three nights in the city of Dvāravatī and bathe on the bank of the Gomatī — blessed are they, dear to Keśava.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.123
नरनारायणावासे त्रिरात्रं ये समाश्रिताः । मर्त्यलोके च नंदायां धन्यास्ते केशवप्रियाः
naranārāyaṇāvāse trirātraṃ ye samāśritāḥ | martyaloke ca naṃdāyāṃ dhanyāste keśavapriyāḥ
Those who take refuge for three nights at the dwelling of Nara and Nārāyaṇa, and, in the world of mortals, at the Nandā — blessed are they, dear to Keśava.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.124
षण्मासमुषिता विप्र पुरुषोत्तमसंनिधौ । ते नूनमच्युतात्मानो दृष्ट्वा स्युरघहारिणः
ṣaṇmāsamuṣitā vipra puruṣottamasaṃnidhau | te nūnamacyutātmāno dṛṣṭvā syuraghahāriṇaḥ
Those who have dwelt six months in the presence of Puruṣottama, O brahmin — they, surely, become one in self with Acyuta and, (once) seen, remove sins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 5 96.125
अनेक जन्मार्जितपुण्यतोये मज्जंति तोये मणिकर्णिकायाः । नमंति विश्वेशमवाप्यकाशीं ते वै मयापीह भवंति वंद्याः
aneka janmārjitapuṇyatoye majjaṃti toye maṇikarṇikāyāḥ | namaṃti viśveśamavāpyakāśīṃ te vai mayāpīha bhavaṃti vaṃdyāḥ
They bathe in the water of Maṇikarṇikā, water (which is) merit amassed through many births; having reached Kāśī they bow to Viśveśa — they indeed become worthy of reverence here even by me.
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PdP 5 96.126
पूजयित्वा हरिं ये तु भूमौ दर्भ तिलैः सह । तिलान्विकीर्य लोहं च दत्वा धेनुं पयस्विनीम्
pūjayitvā hariṃ ye tu bhūmau darbha tilaiḥ saha | tilānvikīrya lohaṃ ca datvā dhenuṃ payasvinīm
But those who, having worshipped Hari on the ground together with darbha grass and sesame, having scattered sesame and given iron and a milk-giving cow,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.127
ये मृता विधिवद्विप्र ते नराः स्वर्गगामिनः । उत्पाद्य पुत्रान्संस्थाप्य पितृपैतामहे पदे
ye mṛtā vidhivadvipra te narāḥ svargagāminaḥ | utpādya putrānsaṃsthāpya pitṛpaitāmahe pade
who then die according to the rule, O brahmin — those men go to heaven. Having begotten sons and established (them) in the station of father and grandfather,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.128
निर्ममा निरहंकारा ये मृतास्तेऽपि नाकिनः । स्तैन्यान्निवृत्ताः सततं संतुष्टाः स्वधनेन च
nirmamā nirahaṃkārā ye mṛtāste'pi nākinaḥ | stainyānnivṛttāḥ satataṃ saṃtuṣṭāḥ svadhanena ca
those who die free of possessiveness and free of egoism, they too are dwellers in heaven. Those who have turned away from theft, always content with their own wealth,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.129
स्वभाग्येनोपजीवंति ते नराः स्वर्गगामिनः । श्लक्ष्णां वाणीं निराबाधां मधुरोपाय वर्जिताम्
svabhāgyenopajīvaṃti te narāḥ svargagāminaḥ | ślakṣṇāṃ vāṇīṃ nirābādhāṃ madhuropāya varjitām
and who live upon their own portion — those men go to heaven. (Those who with) smooth speech, harmless, devoid of sweet (but self-serving) devices,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 5 96.130
स्वागतेनाभिभाषंते ते नराः स्वर्गगामिनः । शुभानामशुभानां च कर्मणां फलसंचये
svāgatenābhibhāṣaṃte te narāḥ svargagāminaḥ | śubhānāmaśubhānāṃ ca karmaṇāṃ phalasaṃcaye
address (others) with a welcome — those men go to heaven. And regarding the accumulation of the fruits of good and bad deeds,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.131
विपाकज्ञाश्च ये विप्र ते नराः स्वर्गगामिनः । धनधर्मप्रवृत्तानां धर्ममार्गानुयायिनाम्
vipākajñāśca ye vipra te narāḥ svargagāminaḥ | dhanadharmapravṛttānāṃ dharmamārgānuyāyinām
those who know the ripening (of deeds), O brahmin — those men go to heaven. Of those engaged in wealth and dharma, who follow the path of dharma,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.132
प्रोत्साहं वर्धयंते ये मोदंते दिवि ते नराः । हेमंते वह्निदो यश्च तथा ग्रीष्मे जलप्रदः
protsāhaṃ vardhayaṃte ye modaṃte divi te narāḥ | hemaṃte vahnido yaśca tathā grīṣme jalapradaḥ
those who increase (their) encouragement rejoice in heaven; and he who gives fire in winter and likewise water in summer,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.133
वर्षा स्वाश्रमदाता च स स्वर्गे मोदते चिरम् । पुण्यकालेषु सर्वेषु नित्य नैमित्तिकादिषु
varṣā svāśramadātā ca sa svarge modate ciram | puṇyakāleṣu sarveṣu nitya naimittikādiṣu
and who gives shelter in the rains — he rejoices long in heaven. At all meritorious times, at the regular and occasional (rites) and the rest,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.134
भक्त्या यः कुरुते श्राद्धं स नूनं सुरलोकभाक्
bhaktyā yaḥ kurute śrāddhaṃ sa nūnaṃ suralokabhāk
he who performs the śrāddha with devotion surely has a share in the world of the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.135
दानं दरिद्रस्य विभोः क्षमित्वं यूनां तपो ज्ञानवतां च मौनम् । इच्छानिवृत्तिश्च सुखोचितानां दया च भूतेषु दिवं नयंति
dānaṃ daridrasya vibhoḥ kṣamitvaṃ yūnāṃ tapo jñānavatāṃ ca maunam | icchānivṛttiśca sukhocitānāṃ dayā ca bhūteṣu divaṃ nayaṃti
Giving on the part of a poor man, forbearance on the part of one who is powerful, austerity of the young, silence of those who have knowledge, cessation of desire in those accustomed to pleasure, and compassion toward living beings — these lead to heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.136
द्विविधः कर्मसंबंधः पापपुण्यसमुद्भवः । सत्यमेव समाश्रित्य क्रियते ह्यत्र निर्णयः
dvividhaḥ karmasaṃbaṃdhaḥ pāpapuṇyasamudbhavaḥ | satyameva samāśritya kriyate hyatra nirṇayaḥ
The bond of action is of two kinds, arising from sin and from merit; relying on truth alone, the determination is made here.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.137
तपोध्यानसमायुक्तं तारणाय भवांबुधेः । पापं तु पतनायोक्तं सत्यमेव न संशयः
tapodhyānasamāyuktaṃ tāraṇāya bhavāṃbudheḥ | pāpaṃ tu patanāyoktaṃ satyameva na saṃśayaḥ
That which is joined with austerity and meditation is for crossing over the ocean of existence, but sin is declared to be for falling — this is the very truth, there is no doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.138
बलेन परिचारेण शौर्येणाभियुतस्य च । पुण्यहीनस्य वै पुंसस्तद्बलादिव लीयते
balena paricāreṇa śauryeṇābhiyutasya ca | puṇyahīnasya vai puṃsastadbalādiva līyate
For a man endowed with strength, with attendance, and with valour, but destitute of merit, that strength, as it were, dissolves.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.139
उन्नता गिरि दुर्गेषु वृक्षाः संति सुपुष्टकाः । पतंति वातवेगेन समूलास्तु घना अपि
unnatā giri durgeṣu vṛkṣāḥ saṃti supuṣṭakāḥ | pataṃti vātavegena samūlāstu ghanā api
In mountain fastnesses there are tall, well-nourished trees; yet even the dense ones fall, roots and all, by the force of the wind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.140
सत्यधर्मविहीनास्ते तथा यांति यमालयम् । सामान्यं सर्वजंतूंनां बलं धर्मस्तु केवलः
satyadharmavihīnāste tathā yāṃti yamālayam | sāmānyaṃ sarvajaṃtūṃnāṃ balaṃ dharmastu kevalaḥ
So those devoid of truth and dharma go to the abode of Yama. Strength is common to all creatures, but dharma alone (is what counts),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.141
येन संतरते जंतुरिहलोके परत्र च । मया सर्वमिदं सम्यक्स्वर्गमार्ग प्रदायकम्
yena saṃtarate jaṃturihaloke paratra ca | mayā sarvamidaṃ samyaksvargamārga pradāyakam
(That) by which a creature crosses over, both in this world and beyond — all this, which bestows the path to heaven, has been fully (declared) by me,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 96.142
समासेन समाख्यातं किं भूयः श्रोतुमिच्छसि
samāsena samākhyātaṃ kiṃ bhūyaḥ śrotumicchasi
— declared in brief. What further do you wish to hear?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition