Padma Purana — Patala Khanda — Chapter 99
PdP 5 99.1
यम उवाच- बभूव भूपतिः पूर्वं ख्यातो नाम्ना महीरथः । पूर्वपुण्यफलावाप्त प्रभूतैश्वर्यसंपदः
yama uvāca- babhūva bhūpatiḥ pūrvaṃ khyāto nāmnā mahīrathaḥ | pūrvapuṇyaphalāvāpta prabhūtaiśvaryasaṃpadaḥ
Yama said: Formerly there was a king renowned by the name of Mahīratha, who had obtained abundant wealth of sovereignty as the fruit of merit earned before.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 99.2
केवलं कामकलना ललना ललितस्थितः । तदेकव्यसनासक्तिर्न धर्मार्थ व्यवस्थितः
kevalaṃ kāmakalanā lalanā lalitasthitaḥ | tadekavyasanāsaktirna dharmārtha vyavasthitaḥ
He was given over solely to dalliance with women and the pursuit of pleasure; attached to that one vice alone, he was not established in dharma and artha.
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PdP 5 99.3
मंत्रिणि न्यस्य राज्यश्रीर्बुभुजे विषयान्नृपः । स कामिनी सहचरो राज्यकार्यपराङ्मुखः
maṃtriṇi nyasya rājyaśrīrbubhuje viṣayānnṛpaḥ | sa kāminī sahacaro rājyakāryaparāṅmukhaḥ
Having entrusted the royal fortune to his minister, the king enjoyed the objects of sense; a companion of amorous women, he turned his back on the business of the kingdom.
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PdP 5 99.4
न प्रजा न धनं धर्मं नार्थं कार्यं च पश्यति । केवलं कामिनीकेलि कलनोचितवासनः
na prajā na dhanaṃ dharmaṃ nārthaṃ kāryaṃ ca paśyati | kevalaṃ kāminīkeli kalanocitavāsanaḥ
He looked to neither his subjects nor wealth nor dharma, nor to artha nor to duty; his inclination was solely bent upon dalliance and sport with women.
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PdP 5 99.5
अथ कालेन महता पुरोधास्तस्य कश्यपः । वचः प्रोवाच तं धर्म्यमिति चेतस्यचिंतयत्
atha kālena mahatā purodhāstasya kaśyapaḥ | vacaḥ provāca taṃ dharmyamiti cetasyaciṃtayat
Then, after a long time, his house-priest Kaśyapa spoke to him a word in accord with dharma, having thought thus in his mind:
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PdP 5 99.6
न वारयति यो मोहादधर्मान्नृपतिं गुरुः । सोपि तत्पापभुक्तस्माद्बोधनीयः पुरोधसा
na vārayati yo mohādadharmānnṛpatiṃ guruḥ | sopi tatpāpabhuktasmādbodhanīyaḥ purodhasā
"A preceptor who out of delusion does not restrain the king from unrighteous acts, he too partakes of that sin; therefore the king must be admonished by the house-priest."
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PdP 5 99.7
बोधितोऽप्यवजानाति स चेद्वाक्यं पुरोधसः । पुरोधास्तत्र निर्दोषो राजा स्यात्सर्वदोषभाक्
bodhito'pyavajānāti sa cedvākyaṃ purodhasaḥ | purodhāstatra nirdoṣo rājā syātsarvadoṣabhāk
If, though admonished, he disregards the house-priest's word, then the house-priest is free of fault there, and the king becomes the bearer of all the fault.
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PdP 5 99.8
शृणु राजन्मम गुरोर्वचो धर्मार्थसंहितम् । अभिन्नार्थमुपेतार्थमिच्छारागादि वर्जितम्
śṛṇu rājanmama gurorvaco dharmārthasaṃhitam | abhinnārthamupetārthamicchārāgādi varjitam
Hear, O king, the word of me, your preceptor, joined with dharma and profit, its meaning undivided, its meaning apt, free of desire, passion and the rest.
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PdP 5 99.9
अयमेव परो धर्मो यद्गुरोर्वचसि स्थितिः । गुर्वाज्ञायालवो राज्ञामायुः श्री सौख्यवर्द्धनः
ayameva paro dharmo yadgurorvacasi sthitiḥ | gurvājñāyālavo rājñāmāyuḥ śrī saukhyavarddhanaḥ
This alone is the highest dharma, that one abide by the preceptor's word; obedience to the preceptor's command increases kings' lifespan, prosperity and happiness.
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PdP 5 99.10
न विप्रास्तर्पिता दानैर्विष्णुर्नाराधितस्त्वया । न व्रतं न तपः किंचिन्न तीर्थं हि कृतं त्वया
na viprāstarpitā dānairviṣṇurnārādhitastvayā | na vrataṃ na tapaḥ kiṃcinna tīrthaṃ hi kṛtaṃ tvayā
Brahmins have not been gratified by you with gifts, Viṣṇu has not been worshipped by you; no vow, no austerity whatsoever, and indeed no pilgrimage has been performed by you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 99.11
हरिनाम त्वया कामवशगेन न चिंतितम् । हा त्वया भीरुसंगत्या न विद्वत्संगतिः कृता
harināma tvayā kāmavaśagena na ciṃtitam | hā tvayā bhīrusaṃgatyā na vidvatsaṃgatiḥ kṛtā
Hari's name has not been thought of by you, subject as you are to desire; alas, through consorting with timid women you have not made the company of the wise.
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PdP 5 99.12
स्मरचामरवाहिन्यो वल्लभाः कस्य न प्रियाः । किंतु ताः पवनोल्लोलकदलीदलवच्चलाः
smaracāmaravāhinyo vallabhāḥ kasya na priyāḥ | kiṃtu tāḥ pavanollolakadalīdalavaccalāḥ
Beloved women, fans of the god of love, to whom are they not dear? But they are fickle as plantain leaves tossed by the wind.
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PdP 5 99.13
तरंगतरलैरर्थैर्भोगैर्भ्रूभंगभंगुरैः । मुहूर्तपेयैस्तारुण्यैर्न तृप्यंते महाशयाः
taraṃgataralairarthairbhogairbhrūbhaṃgabhaṃguraiḥ | muhūrtapeyaistāruṇyairna tṛpyaṃte mahāśayāḥ
With riches unsteady as waves, with enjoyments as fragile as the bending of an eyebrow, with youth that can be drunk but for a moment—the great-minded are not satisfied.
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PdP 5 99.14
किं विद्यया च तपसा किं त्यागेन नयेन वा । किं विविक्तेन मनसा स्त्रीभिर्यस्य हृतं मनः
kiṃ vidyayā ca tapasā kiṃ tyāgena nayena vā | kiṃ viviktena manasā strībhiryasya hṛtaṃ manaḥ
What use is learning, or austerity, what use renunciation or statecraft, what use a mind kept apart, for one whose mind has been stolen by women?
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PdP 5 99.15
एक एव सुहृद्धर्मो निधनेष्वनुयाति यः । सर्वमन्यच्छरीरेण समं नाशं गमिष्यति
eka eva suhṛddharmo nidhaneṣvanuyāti yaḥ | sarvamanyaccharīreṇa samaṃ nāśaṃ gamiṣyati
Dharma alone is the friend that follows one at death; everything else will go to destruction together with the body.
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PdP 5 99.16
धर्मं शनैः संचिनुयाद्वल्मीकमिव पुत्तिकाः । धर्मेण हि सहायेन तमस्तरति दुस्तरम्
dharmaṃ śanaiḥ saṃcinuyādvalmīkamiva puttikāḥ | dharmeṇa hi sahāyena tamastarati dustaram
One should gather dharma little by little, as ants build an anthill; for with dharma as companion one crosses the darkness hard to cross.
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PdP 5 99.17
अनिलोल्लासितोत्ताल जलकल्लोल चंचलम् । किं न जानासि राजेंद्र नृणां जीवित विभ्रमम्
anilollāsitottāla jalakallola caṃcalam | kiṃ na jānāsi rājeṃdra nṛṇāṃ jīvita vibhramam
Do you not know, best of kings, that the fluctuation of men's life is unsteady as a high water-wave tossed up by the wind?
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PdP 5 99.18
विनयो रत्नमुकुटः सत्यधर्मौ च कुंडले । त्यागश्च कंकणो येषां किं तेषां जडमंडनैः
vinayo ratnamukuṭaḥ satyadharmau ca kuṃḍale | tyāgaśca kaṃkaṇo yeṣāṃ kiṃ teṣāṃ jaḍamaṃḍanaiḥ
Those whose jewelled crown is modesty, whose two earrings are truth and dharma, and whose bracelet is liberality—what need have they of inert ornaments?
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PdP 5 99.19
मृतं शरीरमुत्सृज्य काष्ठलोष्टसमं भुवि । विमुखा बांधवा यांति धर्मस्तमनुगच्छति
mṛtaṃ śarīramutsṛjya kāṣṭhaloṣṭasamaṃ bhuvi | vimukhā bāṃdhavā yāṃti dharmastamanugacchati
Abandoning the dead body on the ground like a log or a clod, the kinsmen go away with averted faces; dharma follows him.
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PdP 5 99.20
गम्यमानेषु सर्वेषु क्षीयमाणे तथायुषि । जीविते लुप्यमाने च किमुत्थाय न धावसि
gamyamāneṣu sarveṣu kṣīyamāṇe tathāyuṣi | jīvite lupyamāne ca kimutthāya na dhāvasi
When all things are passing away, and lifespan is dwindling, and life is being cut short, why do you not rise up and run?
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PdP 5 99.21
कुटुंबं पुत्रदारादि शरीरं द्रव्यसंचयः । पारक्यमध्रुवं किंतु स्वीये सुकृतदुष्कृते
kuṭuṃbaṃ putradārādi śarīraṃ dravyasaṃcayaḥ | pārakyamadhruvaṃ kiṃtu svīye sukṛtaduṣkṛte
Family—sons, wife and the rest—the body, the hoard of goods: these belong to others and are impermanent; but one's own are the good and evil one has done.
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PdP 5 99.22
यदा सर्वं परित्यज्य गंतव्यमवशेन ते । अनर्थे किं प्रसक्तस्त्वं स्वधर्मं नानुतिष्ठसि
yadā sarvaṃ parityajya gaṃtavyamavaśena te | anarthe kiṃ prasaktastvaṃ svadharmaṃ nānutiṣṭhasi
When you must depart helplessly, abandoning everything, why are you attached to what is worthless and do not practise your own dharma?
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PdP 5 99.23
अविश्राममनालंबमपाथेयमदेशिकम् । मृतः कांतारमध्वानं कथमेको गमिष्यसि
aviśrāmamanālaṃbamapātheyamadeśikam | mṛtaḥ kāṃtāramadhvānaṃ kathameko gamiṣyasi
How, dead, will you go alone along that wilderness road, without rest, without support, without provisions, without a guide?
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PdP 5 99.24
न हि त्वां प्रस्थितं कश्चित्पृष्ठतोऽनुगमिष्यति । सुकृतं दुष्कृतं च त्वां यास्यंतमनुयास्यति
na hi tvāṃ prasthitaṃ kaścitpṛṣṭhato'nugamiṣyati | sukṛtaṃ duṣkṛtaṃ ca tvāṃ yāsyaṃtamanuyāsyati
For no one will follow behind you when you have set out; (only) the good and evil done will follow you as you go.
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PdP 5 99.25
श्रुतिस्मृत्युदितं कर्म कुलदेशोचितं हितम् । धर्ममूलं निषेवस्व सदाचारमतंद्रितः
śrutismṛtyuditaṃ karma kuladeśocitaṃ hitam | dharmamūlaṃ niṣevasva sadācāramataṃdritaḥ
Practise, undistracted, the action declared in scripture (śruti) and tradition (smṛti), which is proper to your family and country and beneficial, and the good conduct that is the root of dharma.
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PdP 5 99.26
परित्यजेदर्थकामौ स्यातां चेद्धर्मवर्जितौ । धर्मेण प्राप्यते सर्वमर्थकामादिकं सुखम्
parityajedarthakāmau syātāṃ ceddharmavarjitau | dharmeṇa prāpyate sarvamarthakāmādikaṃ sukham
One should abandon wealth and pleasure if the two are devoid of dharma; for by dharma all happiness, beginning with wealth and pleasure, is obtained.
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PdP 5 99.27
इंद्रियाणां जयं योगं समातिष्ठेद्दिवानिशम् । जितेंद्रियो हि शक्नोति पथि स्थापयितुं प्रजाः
iṃdriyāṇāṃ jayaṃ yogaṃ samātiṣṭheddivāniśam | jiteṃdriyo hi śaknoti pathi sthāpayituṃ prajāḥ
Day and night one should apply oneself to the discipline (yoga) of conquering the senses; for only one whose senses are conquered is able to keep his subjects on the (right) path.
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PdP 5 99.28
अतिप्रगल्भ ललना कटाक्ष चपलाश्रियः । विनये प्रणिधानेन चिरं तिष्ठंति भूभुजाम्
atipragalbha lalanā kaṭākṣa capalāśriyaḥ | vinaye praṇidhānena ciraṃ tiṣṭhaṃti bhūbhujām
The fortunes of kings, as fickle as the sidelong glance of an over-bold woman, stay long (only) through devotion to (self-)discipline.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 5 99.29
कामदर्पादिशीलानामविचारित कारिणाम् । आयुषा सह नश्यंति संपदो मूढचेतसाम्
kāmadarpādiśīlānāmavicārita kāriṇām | āyuṣā saha naśyaṃti saṃpado mūḍhacetasām
For those whose character is (marked) by lust, arrogance and the like, who act without reflection, whose minds are deluded, their riches perish along with their life-span.
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PdP 5 99.30
भूतिभिर्नष्टदृष्टाभिर्नृत्यंते न महाशयाः । नागताभिर्न याताभिर्नदीभिश्चीयतेंबुधिः
bhūtibhirnaṣṭadṛṣṭābhirnṛtyaṃte na mahāśayāḥ | nāgatābhirna yātābhirnadībhiścīyateṃbudhiḥ
The great-minded are not made to dance by prosperities that are (now) seen and (now) lost; the ocean is not swelled by rivers, whether they come or go.
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PdP 5 99.31
व्यसनस्य च मृत्योश्च व्यसनं कष्टमुच्यते । व्यसन्यधोधो व्रजति स्वर्गाम्यव्यसनी नृपः
vyasanasya ca mṛtyośca vyasanaṃ kaṣṭamucyate | vyasanyadhodho vrajati svargāmyavyasanī nṛpaḥ
Of addiction (vice) and of death, addiction is called the harder; the addicted man goes ever downward, while a king free of addiction goes to heaven.
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PdP 5 99.32
व्यसनानि दुरंतानि कामजानि विशेषतः । त्यज तस्मान्महाराज कामं धर्मविरोधिनम्
vyasanāni duraṃtāni kāmajāni viśeṣataḥ | tyaja tasmānmahārāja kāmaṃ dharmavirodhinam
Addictions are hard to end, especially those born of desire; therefore, great king, abandon desire, which is opposed to dharma.
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PdP 5 99.33
जडानामविवेकानामसुराणां दुरात्मनाम् । भाग्यभोग्यानि राज्यानि संत्यनीतिमतामपि
jaḍānāmavivekānāmasurāṇāṃ durātmanām | bhāgyabhogyāni rājyāni saṃtyanītimatāmapi
Kingdoms are there to be enjoyed by fate's allotment even for the dull, the undiscerning, demonic, evil-souled, and those without policy.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 99.34
नैव स्थिराणि तानीह दुरितैरनुसेवितैः । विलीयंते यथा वह्निसंसर्गेणेंधनानि च
naiva sthirāṇi tānīha duritairanusevitaiḥ | vilīyaṃte yathā vahnisaṃsargeṇeṃdhanāni ca
But those (kingdoms) are by no means stable here, when evil deeds are indulged in; they dissolve away as firewood does by contact with fire.
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PdP 5 99.35
गच्छतस्तिष्ठतो वापि जाग्रतः स्वपतोऽपि वा । न विचारपरं चेतो यस्यासौ मृत एव सः
gacchatastiṣṭhato vāpi jāgrataḥ svapato'pi vā | na vicāraparaṃ ceto yasyāsau mṛta eva saḥ
Whether walking or standing, waking or even sleeping, the man whose mind is not intent on reflection—he is as good as dead.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 99.36
उपदेष्टा श्रुतवतां गुरुरित्युच्यते यतः । किंतु त्वासन्नविपदामुपदेशाः शिरोरुहाः
upadeṣṭā śrutavatāṃ gururityucyate yataḥ | kiṃtu tvāsannavipadāmupadeśāḥ śiroruhāḥ
An instructor of those who have heard (the teachings) is therefore called a guru; but for those whose calamity is at hand, instructions are (no more than) hairs on the head.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 5 99.37
विषयज्वरमुत्सृज्य समया स्वस्थया धिया । युक्त्या च व्यवहारिण्या स्वार्थः प्राज्ञेन साध्यते
viṣayajvaramutsṛjya samayā svasthayā dhiyā | yuktyā ca vyavahāriṇyā svārthaḥ prājñena sādhyate
Having given up the fever of sense-objects, with an even and healthy mind, and by reasoning fit for practical affairs, the wise man accomplishes his own good.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 99.38
अशुभाच्चलितं याति शुभं तस्मादपीतरम् । जंतोश्चित्तं च शिशुवत्तस्मात्तच्चालयेद्बलात्
aśubhāccalitaṃ yāti śubhaṃ tasmādapītaram | jaṃtościttaṃ ca śiśuvattasmāttaccālayedbalāt
Moved from the bad it goes to the good, and from that again to the other; a creature's mind is like a child, so one should move it (in the right direction) by force.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 99.39
उपधार्य मतिं राजन्वृद्धानां धर्मदर्शिनाम् । नियच्छेत्परया बुद्ध्या चित्तमुत्पथगामि यत्
upadhārya matiṃ rājanvṛddhānāṃ dharmadarśinām | niyacchetparayā buddhyā cittamutpathagāmi yat
Having taken to heart, O king, the counsel of elders who see dharma, one should restrain with the highest intelligence the mind that goes astray.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 99.40
न धनान्युपकुर्वंति न मित्राणि न बांधवाः । न हस्तपादचलनं न देशांतरसंगतम्
na dhanānyupakurvaṃti na mitrāṇi na bāṃdhavāḥ | na hastapādacalanaṃ na deśāṃtarasaṃgatam
Riches are of no help, nor friends, nor kinsmen, nor the movement of hands and feet, nor journeying to another land—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 99.41
न कायक्लेशवैधुर्यं न तीर्थायतनाश्रयः । केवलं तन्मनस्कस्य जपेनासाद्यते पदम्
na kāyakleśavaidhuryaṃ na tīrthāyatanāśrayaḥ | kevalaṃ tanmanaskasya japenāsādyate padam
nor the wasting distress of bodily austerity, nor resort to sacred fords and shrines: for one whose mind is set on Him, that state is reached by recitation alone.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 99.42
विषये वर्तमानस्य तस्माच्चित्तस्य संयमे । यत्नं कुर्याद्बुधो राजन्ध्रुवं यंतेव वाजिनाम्
viṣaye vartamānasya tasmāccittasya saṃyame | yatnaṃ kuryādbudho rājandhruvaṃ yaṃteva vājinām
Therefore, O king, the wise man should make firm effort to restrain the mind that moves among sense-objects, as a charioteer does with horses.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 99.43
तत्तत्कुर्याद्यतो राजन्भवता येन वंचितः । मुनिभिश्च फलैस्तैस्तैरतोप्याकर्णयाधुना
tattatkuryādyato rājanbhavatā yena vaṃcitaḥ | munibhiśca phalaistaistairatopyākarṇayādhunā
Let him do this and that, O king, by which you were deceived—and (as taught) by the sages with those various results; hear about that too now.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 5 99.44
मुह्यतापि मनुष्येण प्रष्टव्याः सुहृदो बुधाः । ते च पृष्टा यथा ब्रूयुस्तत्कर्त्तव्यं यथोचितम्
muhyatāpi manuṣyeṇa praṣṭavyāḥ suhṛdo budhāḥ | te ca pṛṣṭā yathā brūyustatkarttavyaṃ yathocitam
Even a man who is bewildered should consult wise friends; and as they, when asked, may say, that should be done as is fitting.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 99.45
सर्वोपायेन कर्त्तव्यो निग्रहः कामकोपयोः । श्रेयोऽर्थिना यतस्तौ हि श्रेयोघातार्थमुद्यतौ
sarvopāyena karttavyo nigrahaḥ kāmakopayoḥ | śreyo'rthinā yatastau hi śreyoghātārthamudyatau
By every means one who seeks (his own) good must restrain desire and anger, for those two are set upon destroying what is good.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 99.46
कामो हि बलवान्राजञ्छरीरस्थो रिपुर्महान् । न तस्य वशगो भूयाज्जनः श्रेयोभिलाषुकः
kāmo hi balavānrājañcharīrastho ripurmahān | na tasya vaśago bhūyājjanaḥ śreyobhilāṣukaḥ
For desire, O king, is a mighty and great enemy seated within the body; a person who longs for his good should not fall under its power.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 99.47
यः कामो देवदेवेन पुरा तेनैव शूलिना । ललाटवह्निना दग्धः कृतोनंग इति स्थितिः
yaḥ kāmo devadevena purā tenaiva śūlinā | lalāṭavahninā dagdhaḥ kṛtonaṃga iti sthitiḥ
That Desire (Kāma) was long ago burnt by the god of gods, the trident-bearer himself, with the fire of his forehead, and so it is established that he was made bodiless (Anaṅga).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 99.48
यदा वांछत्यसौ नारीं निहंतुं समनोभवः । पुंसां कायं समाश्रित्य स्वरूपं दर्शयत्यसौ
yadā vāṃchatyasau nārīṃ nihaṃtuṃ samanobhavaḥ | puṃsāṃ kāyaṃ samāśritya svarūpaṃ darśayatyasau
When he, Manobhava (Desire, born of the mind), wishes to destroy a woman, he takes hold of the body of men and displays his own form.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 99.49
चिंत्यमानस्य वै पुंसो नार्या रूपं पुनःपुनः । तमदृष्टं समाश्रित्य नरमुन्मादयत्यसौ
ciṃtyamānasya vai puṃso nāryā rūpaṃ punaḥpunaḥ | tamadṛṣṭaṃ samāśritya naramunmādayatyasau
When a man thinks again and again of a woman's beauty, he (Desire), unseen, takes possession of him and drives the man mad.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 99.50
तथैवोन्मादयत्येष योषिदंगं न संशयः । स्मरः संस्मरणान्नाम जातं तस्य ततो नृप
tathaivonmādayatyeṣa yoṣidaṃgaṃ na saṃśayaḥ | smaraḥ saṃsmaraṇānnāma jātaṃ tasya tato nṛpa
In just the same way he maddens the body of a woman—there is no doubt of it. Hence, O king, his name Smara arose, from (men's) constant remembering.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 99.51
यादृशस्तादृशो रंगो वस्त्रं वीरसमाश्रयेत् । आत्मतेजः प्रकाशात्सोऽश्रुधारा पेयतां व्रजेत्
yādṛśastādṛśo raṃgo vastraṃ vīrasamāśrayet | ātmatejaḥ prakāśātso'śrudhārā peyatāṃ vrajet
Whatever the dye may be, of that same kind (it makes) the cloth; (so) he takes hold of a hero: through the shining forth of his own energy, he (the hero) comes to be one who must drink a stream of tears.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 5 99.52
नार्यारूपं समारुह्य धीरं तमपि मोहयेत् । पुरुषं तु समाश्रित्य द्रावयत्येष योषितम्
nāryārūpaṃ samāruhya dhīraṃ tamapi mohayet | puruṣaṃ tu samāśritya drāvayatyeṣa yoṣitam
Mounting the form of a woman, he deludes even that steadfast man; but taking hold of a man, he makes a woman melt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 99.53
स एव सहजो राजन्नशरीरी शरीरगः । शरीरकस्यापि विभो कथं पापं विधीयते
sa eva sahajo rājannaśarīrī śarīragaḥ | śarīrakasyāpi vibho kathaṃ pāpaṃ vidhīyate
He himself, O king, is inborn, bodiless yet dwelling in the body; and, O mighty one, how can sin be laid upon one who is (merely) of the body?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 5 99.54
यं प्राप्यातिपवित्राणि पंचगव्यहवींषि च । अशुचित्वं क्षणं यांति कोऽन्य स्यादशुचिस्ततः
yaṃ prāpyātipavitrāṇi paṃcagavyahavīṃṣi ca | aśucitvaṃ kṣaṇaṃ yāṃti ko'nya syādaśucistataḥ
On coming into contact with which even the most purifying things—the five products of the cow and the oblations—become impure in an instant: what could be more impure than that?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 99.55
जिघ्रन्नपि स्वदुर्गंधं पश्यन्नपि मलं स्वकम् । न विरज्यति लोकोऽयं पीडयन्नपि नासिकाम्
jighrannapi svadurgaṃdhaṃ paśyannapi malaṃ svakam | na virajyati loko'yaṃ pīḍayannapi nāsikām
Though he smells his own foul odour and sees his own filth, this world does not turn away in disgust, even while pinching its nose.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 99.56
हृद्यान्नमन्नपानानि यं प्राप्य सुरभीणि च । अशुचित्वं प्रयांत्याशु कोऽन्यस्यादशुचिस्ततः
hṛdyānnamannapānāni yaṃ prāpya surabhīṇi ca | aśucitvaṃ prayāṃtyāśu ko'nyasyādaśucistataḥ
On reaching which, pleasant food, food and drink, and fragrant things swiftly become impure: what could be more impure than that?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 99.57
यस्योदरगतं चान्नं स्वं हि रूपं परित्यजेत् । कृमिमिश्रममेध्यत्वं शीघ्रं प्रज्ञायते किल
yasyodaragataṃ cānnaṃ svaṃ hi rūpaṃ parityajet | kṛmimiśramamedhyatvaṃ śīghraṃ prajñāyate kila
Food that has gone into whose belly abandons its own form, and its foulness, mixed with worms, quickly becomes apparent.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 99.58
तथापि देहे भूपाल निजरूपं परित्यजेत् । शुनतां याति वै पश्चात्कृमिदुर्गंधिसंकुले
tathāpi dehe bhūpāla nijarūpaṃ parityajet | śunatāṃ yāti vai paścātkṛmidurgaṃdhisaṃkule
Even so, O protector of the earth, (it) abandons its own form in the body, and afterwards, in that place crowded with worms and stench, it turns into (something) dog-like.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 5 99.59
जायंते तत्र वै यूकाः कृमयो वा न संशयः । सकृमिः कुरुते स्फोटं कंडूश्च परिदारुणः
jāyaṃte tatra vai yūkāḥ kṛmayo vā na saṃśayaḥ | sakṛmiḥ kurute sphoṭaṃ kaṃḍūśca paridāruṇaḥ
There indeed are born lice, or worms—no doubt of it; the wormy (flesh) produces eruptions and a most terrible itching.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 99.60
व्यथामुत्पादयेद्भूयः सर्वांगं परिचालयेत् । नखाग्रैर्घृष्यमाणा सा कंडूः शांता प्रजायते
vyathāmutpādayedbhūyaḥ sarvāṃgaṃ paricālayet | nakhāgrairghṛṣyamāṇā sā kaṃḍūḥ śāṃtā prajāyate
It would produce still more pain and set the whole body twitching; when that itch is scratched with the fingernail-tips it becomes soothed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 99.61
तद्वत्सुखं भवत्येव सुरतस्य न संशयः । भुंजत्येवं रसान्मर्त्यः सुभक्षान्पिबते पुनः
tadvatsukhaṃ bhavatyeva suratasya na saṃśayaḥ | bhuṃjatyevaṃ rasānmartyaḥ subhakṣānpibate punaḥ
Just so is the pleasure of lovemaking—no doubt of it. Thus a mortal eats savoury things and again drinks good drinks.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 99.62
तत्रस्थं पचते वह्निरपाने पातयेन्मलम् । सारभूतो रसस्तत्र उद्रिक्तस्तु प्रजायते
tatrasthaṃ pacate vahnirapāne pātayenmalam | sārabhūto rasastatra udriktastu prajāyate
The fire situated there cooks (it), and casts the waste down into the apāna; and the juice there that has become the essence arises in abundance.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 5 99.63
निर्मलः शुद्धवीर्यस्तु ब्रह्मस्थानं प्रयाति च । आकृष्टः स समानेन नीतस्तेनापि वायुना
nirmalaḥ śuddhavīryastu brahmasthānaṃ prayāti ca | ākṛṣṭaḥ sa samānena nītastenāpi vāyunā
Pure and of clear potency, it goes to the seat of Brahmā; drawn up by the samāna, it is carried by that wind too.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 99.64
स्थानं न लभते वीर्यं चंचलत्वेन वर्तते । प्राणिनां हि कपालेषु कृमयः संति पंच वै
sthānaṃ na labhate vīryaṃ caṃcalatvena vartate | prāṇināṃ hi kapāleṣu kṛmayaḥ saṃti paṃca vai
The semen finds no fixed place and remains in a state of restlessness. For in the skulls of living beings there are five worms.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 99.65
द्वावेतौ कर्णमूले तु नेत्रस्थाने ततः पुनः । कनिष्ठांगुलिमानेन रक्तपुच्छाश्च भूपते
dvāvetau karṇamūle tu netrasthāne tataḥ punaḥ | kaniṣṭhāṃgulimānena raktapucchāśca bhūpate
These two (are) at the roots of the ears, and then again two in the place of the eyes; they are of the measure of the little finger and red-tailed, O king.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 99.66
नवनीतस्य वर्णेन कृष्णपुच्छा न संशयः । तेषां नामानि भद्रं ते मत्तो निगदतः शृणु
navanītasya varṇena kṛṣṇapucchā na saṃśayaḥ | teṣāṃ nāmāni bhadraṃ te matto nigadataḥ śṛṇu
They are of the colour of fresh butter, with black tails, without doubt. Hear their names from me as I recite them — blessings on you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 99.67
पिङ्गली शृंगली नाम द्वौ कृमी कर्णमूलयोः । शृंगली जंगली चान्यौ नेत्रयोरंतरस्थितौ
piṅgalī śṛṃgalī nāma dvau kṛmī karṇamūlayoḥ | śṛṃgalī jaṃgalī cānyau netrayoraṃtarasthitau
Piṅgalī and Śṛṅgalī by name are the two worms at the roots of the ears; Śṛṅgalī and Jaṅgalī are the other two, situated within the eyes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 99.68
कृमीणां शतपंचाशत्तादृग्भूता न संशयः । ललाटांतः स्थिताः सर्वे राजिकायाः प्रमाणतः
kṛmīṇāṃ śatapaṃcāśattādṛgbhūtā na saṃśayaḥ | lalāṭāṃtaḥ sthitāḥ sarve rājikāyāḥ pramāṇataḥ
There are a hundred and fifty worms of that same kind, without doubt; all of them are situated inside the forehead, of the size of a mustard seed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 99.69
कपालरोगिणः सर्वे कुर्वंति न संशयः । अन्यमेवं प्रवक्ष्यामि प्राजापत्यो महाकृमिः
kapālarogiṇaḥ sarve kurvaṃti na saṃśayaḥ | anyamevaṃ pravakṣyāmi prājāpatyo mahākṛmiḥ
They all produce the diseases of the skull, without doubt. Thus I shall declare another (worm): the great worm Prājāpatya.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 99.70
सतंडुलप्रमाणेन तद्वद्वर्णेन संशयः । केशद्वयं मुखे तस्य विद्यते शृणु भूपते
sataṃḍulapramāṇena tadvadvarṇena saṃśayaḥ | keśadvayaṃ mukhe tasya vidyate śṛṇu bhūpate
It is of the measure of a grain of rice and of the same colour (as those), without doubt. Two hairs are found in its mouth — listen, O king.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 5 99.71
प्राणिनां संक्षयाबुद्धिस्तत्क्षणाद्धि न संशयः । स्वस्थाने संस्थितस्यापि प्राजापत्यस्य वै मुखे
prāṇināṃ saṃkṣayābuddhistatkṣaṇāddhi na saṃśayaḥ | svasthāne saṃsthitasyāpi prājāpatyasya vai mukhe
For at that very moment the awareness of living beings is destroyed, without doubt. And even when the Prājāpatya (worm) stays in its own place, into its mouth —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 5 99.72
तद्वीर्यं रसरूपेण पतते नात्र संशयः । सुखेन पिबते वीर्यं तेन मत्तः प्रजायते
tadvīryaṃ rasarūpeṇa patate nātra saṃśayaḥ | sukhena pibate vīryaṃ tena mattaḥ prajāyate
that semen falls in the form of a fluid, no doubt of it. It drinks the semen with pleasure, and thereby becomes intoxicated.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 99.73
तालुस्थानं प्रभेद्यैव चंचलत्वेन वर्त्तते । इडा च पिंगला नाडी सुषुम्ना तत्र संस्थिताः
tālusthānaṃ prabhedyaiva caṃcalatvena varttate | iḍā ca piṃgalā nāḍī suṣumnā tatra saṃsthitāḥ
Having broken through the region of the palate, it moves about restlessly; the iḍā, the piṅgalā and the suṣumnā channels are situated there.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 99.74
स्वबलेनापि तस्यैव कंपिता नाडिका क्षणम् । कामकंडूर्भवेद्राजन्सर्वेषां प्राणिनां किल
svabalenāpi tasyaiva kaṃpitā nāḍikā kṣaṇam | kāmakaṃḍūrbhavedrājansarveṣāṃ prāṇināṃ kila
And by its own force that very channel is made to quiver for a moment; then, O king, there arises the itch of desire in all living beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 99.75
नरस्य स्फुटते लिगं नार्या योनिश्च भूपते । स्त्रीनरौ च प्रमत्तौ तौ गच्छतः संगमं ततः
narasya sphuṭate ligaṃ nāryā yoniśca bhūpate | strīnarau ca pramattau tau gacchataḥ saṃgamaṃ tataḥ
The man's organ bursts (with excitement) and the woman's womb likewise, O king; and the two, woman and man, being maddened, then go to union.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 99.76
कायेन कायं संघृष्य मैथुनेन हि जायते । क्षणमात्रं सुखं तत्र पुनः कंडूश्च तादृशी
kāyena kāyaṃ saṃghṛṣya maithunena hi jāyate | kṣaṇamātraṃ sukhaṃ tatra punaḥ kaṃḍūśca tādṛśī
Rubbing body against body, by copulation there arises pleasure there for a mere moment; and then again the same itch.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 99.77
सर्वत्र दृश्यते वीर भाव एवंविधः किल । विरसः परिपाकोऽयं विषयस्य न संशयः
sarvatra dṛśyate vīra bhāva evaṃvidhaḥ kila | virasaḥ paripāko'yaṃ viṣayasya na saṃśayaḥ
Everywhere, O hero, the state (of things) is seen to be just of this kind: this ripening of sense-objects is insipid, without doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 99.78
धर्म एव पुनः श्रेयान्विधिना समनुष्ठितः । धैर्यमालंब्य च ततो धर्ममेव समाचर
dharma eva punaḥ śreyānvidhinā samanuṣṭhitaḥ | dhairyamālaṃbya ca tato dharmameva samācara
Dharma alone, on the other hand, is better, when performed according to the rule; so, taking hold of firmness, practise dharma alone.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 99.79
श्वास एष चपलः क्षणमध्ये यो गतागत शतानि विधत्ते । जीवितं तनुभृतां तदधीनं कः समाचरति धर्मविलंबम्
śvāsa eṣa capalaḥ kṣaṇamadhye yo gatāgata śatāni vidhatte | jīvitaṃ tanubhṛtāṃ tadadhīnaṃ kaḥ samācarati dharmavilaṃbam
This breath is unsteady, which within a moment makes hundreds of goings and comings; the life of embodied beings depends upon it — who would then practise delay in dharma?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 99.80
दशमीमपि यातस्य चेतो नाद्यापि भूपते । विषयेभ्यो निषिद्धेभ्यो हाहा न विरमेच्चलम्
daśamīmapi yātasya ceto nādyāpi bhūpate | viṣayebhyo niṣiddhebhyo hāhā na virameccalam
Even of one who has passed his tenth (decade), the mind is not yet (turned away), O king; alas, the fickle (mind) does not desist from the forbidden sense-objects.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 5 99.81
न जातुकामः कामानामुपभोगेन शाम्यति । हविषा कृष्णवर्त्मेव भूय एवाभिवर्द्धते
na jātukāmaḥ kāmānāmupabhogena śāmyati | haviṣā kṛṣṇavartmeva bhūya evābhivarddhate
Desire is never appeased by the enjoyment of desires; like fire by an oblation, it only grows the more.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 99.82
पुंश्चल्यापहृतं चित्तं कश्चान्यो मोचितुं क्षमः । आत्मारामेश्वरमृते भगवंतं च माधवम्
puṃścalyāpahṛtaṃ cittaṃ kaścānyo mocituṃ kṣamaḥ | ātmārāmeśvaramṛte bhagavaṃtaṃ ca mādhavam
The mind carried off by a wanton woman — who else is able to release it, apart from the Lord who delights in the Self, the Blessed Mādhava?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 99.83
तस्मात्सर्वं निष्फलत्वं प्रयातं कामकश्मलात् । वयस्तेऽप्यधुना भूप समाचर हितं निजम्
tasmātsarvaṃ niṣphalatvaṃ prayātaṃ kāmakaśmalāt | vayaste'pyadhunā bhūpa samācara hitaṃ nijam
Therefore all (your life) has gone to fruitlessness because of the defilement of lust; your years too are now (spent), O king — do what is good for yourself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 99.84
वदाम्यहं तव नृपहितं सर्वोत्तमोत्तमम् । पुरोहितो यतस्तेऽहं सदसत्कर्मभागपि
vadāmyahaṃ tava nṛpahitaṃ sarvottamottamam | purohito yataste'haṃ sadasatkarmabhāgapi
I shall tell you, O king, what is beneficial, the very best of all, since I am your household priest, sharing also in your good and bad deeds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 99.85
एकतः सर्वपुण्यानि पापनाशाय पापिनाम् । एकतो माधवे मासो माधवस्यप्रियः सदा
ekataḥ sarvapuṇyāni pāpanāśāya pāpinām | ekato mādhave māso mādhavasyapriyaḥ sadā
On one side, all the meritorious acts for the destruction of sinners' sins; on the other side, the month Mādhava (Vaiśākha), ever dear to Mādhava.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 99.86
ब्रह्महत्या सुरापानं स्तेयं गुर्वंगनागमः । महांति पातकान्येव कीर्तितानि मुनीश्वरैः
brahmahatyā surāpānaṃ steyaṃ gurvaṃganāgamaḥ | mahāṃti pātakānyeva kīrtitāni munīśvaraiḥ
Killing a brahmin, drinking liquor, theft, approaching the teacher's wife — these indeed have been proclaimed by the lords of sages as the great sins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 99.87
तत्र यन्मनसा काये व्रतेनापि कृतं नरैः । नाशयेन्माधवो मासः सर्वं पापतमो महत्
tatra yanmanasā kāye vratenāpi kṛtaṃ naraiḥ | nāśayenmādhavo māsaḥ sarvaṃ pāpatamo mahat
Whatever among these men have done with the mind, with the body, or even (in violation of) a vow, the month Mādhava destroys it all, (however) very sinful and great.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 99.88
दिवाकर इव ध्वांतं नाशयेन्नृपसर्वशः । तथा श्री माधवोमासस्तमाचर विधानतः
divākara iva dhvāṃtaṃ nāśayennṛpasarvaśaḥ | tathā śrī mādhavomāsastamācara vidhānataḥ
As the sun destroys darkness utterly, O king, so does the holy month Mādhava; therefore observe it according to the rule.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 99.89
आजन्मनोऽपि विहितानि महांति राजन्घोराणि तानि दुरितानि विहाय मर्त्याः । वैशाखमासविहिताचरणप्रभाव पुण्येन ते हरिपुरं मुदिता लभंते
ājanmano'pi vihitāni mahāṃti rājanghorāṇi tāni duritāni vihāya martyāḥ | vaiśākhamāsavihitācaraṇaprabhāva puṇyena te haripuraṃ muditā labhaṃte
Even those great and dreadful sins committed since birth, O king, mortals leave behind, and by the merit that is the power of the observances prescribed for the month of Vaiśākha they joyfully attain the city of Hari.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 99.90
यद्येकमपि वैशाखमाचरंति विधानतः । भावतः पापिनोऽप्यंते प्रयांति हरिमंदिरम्
yadyekamapi vaiśākhamācaraṃti vidhānataḥ | bhāvataḥ pāpino'pyaṃte prayāṃti harimaṃdiram
If they observe even one Vaiśākha according to the rule, with (true) feeling, even sinners go at the end to the house of Hari.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 99.91
तस्मात्त्वमपि राजेंद्र मासेऽस्मिन्माधवेधुना । प्रातःस्नात्वा विधानेन समर्चय मधुद्विषम्
tasmāttvamapi rājeṃdra māse'sminmādhavedhunā | prātaḥsnātvā vidhānena samarcaya madhudviṣam
Therefore you too, O best of kings, in this present month of Mādhava, having bathed at dawn, worship the foe of Madhu according to the rule.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 99.92
तंडुलस्य यथा चर्म यथा ताम्रस्य कालिमा । नश्यंति क्रियया वीर पुरुषस्य तथा मलः
taṃḍulasya yathā carma yathā tāmrasya kālimā | naśyaṃti kriyayā vīra puruṣasya tathā malaḥ
As the husk of rice, as the blackness of copper, perish by treatment, O hero, so does a man's impurity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 99.93
जीवस्य तंडुलस्येव सहजोऽपि मलो महान् । नश्यत्येव न संदेहस्तस्मात्कर्मोदितं कुरु
jīvasya taṃḍulasyeva sahajo'pi malo mahān | naśyatyeva na saṃdehastasmātkarmoditaṃ kuru
The great impurity of the living being, though innate like the rice's husk, does indeed perish — there is no doubt; therefore perform the rite that has been declared.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition