Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 107

PdP 6 107.1

धर्मदत्त उवाच। विलयं यांति पापानि तीर्थदानव्रतादिभिः । प्रेतदेहस्थितायास्ते तेषु नैवाधिकारिता

dharmadatta uvāca| vilayaṃ yāṃti pāpāni tīrthadānavratādibhiḥ | pretadehasthitāyāste teṣu naivādhikāritā

Dharmadatta said: Sins go to destruction through pilgrimage places, gifts, vows and the like; but for you, abiding in a preta body, there is no entitlement to these.

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PdP 6 107.2

त्वद्ग्लानिदर्शनादस्मात्खिन्नं च मम मानसम् । नैव निर्वृतिमायाति त्वामनुद्धृत्य दुःखिताम्

tvadglānidarśanādasmātkhinnaṃ ca mama mānasam | naiva nirvṛtimāyāti tvāmanuddhṛtya duḥkhitām

And from this sight of your exhaustion my mind is grieved; it will not come to rest without rescuing you in your suffering.

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PdP 6 107.3

पातकं च तवात्युग्रं योनित्रयविपाकदम् । नैवान्यैः क्षीयते पुण्यैः प्रेतत्वं चातिगर्हितम्

pātakaṃ ca tavātyugraṃ yonitrayavipākadam | naivānyaiḥ kṣīyate puṇyaiḥ pretatvaṃ cātigarhitam

And your sin is exceedingly fierce, yielding as its ripening the three births; it is not diminished by other merits, and the preta condition is utterly loathsome.

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PdP 6 107.4

तस्मादाजन्मजनितं यन्मया कार्तिकव्रतम् । तत्पुण्यस्यार्द्धभागेन सद्गतिं त्वमवाप्नुहि

tasmādājanmajanitaṃ yanmayā kārtikavratam | tatpuṇyasyārddhabhāgena sadgatiṃ tvamavāpnuhi

Therefore, with half the share of the merit of the Kārtika observance that I have performed since birth, do you attain a good destiny.

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PdP 6 107.5

कार्तिकव्रतपुण्येन न साम्यं यांति सर्वथा । यज्ञदानानि तीर्थानि व्रतान्यपि यतो ध्रुवम्

kārtikavratapuṇyena na sāmyaṃ yāṃti sarvathā | yajñadānāni tīrthāni vratānyapi yato dhruvam

For sacrifices, gifts, holy places, and vows too by no means attain equality with the merit of the Kārtika observance — this is certain.

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PdP 6 107.6

नारद उवाच। इत्युक्त्वा धर्मदत्तोऽसौ यावत्तामभ्यषेचयत् । तुलसीमिश्रतोयेन श्रावयन्द्वादशाक्षरम्

nārada uvāca| ityuktvā dharmadatto'sau yāvattāmabhyaṣecayat | tulasīmiśratoyena śrāvayandvādaśākṣaram

Nārada said: Having spoken thus, that Dharmadatta, as soon as he sprinkled her with water mixed with tulasī, reciting for her to hear the twelve-syllabled (mantra) —

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PdP 6 107.7

तावत्प्रेतत्वनिर्मुक्ता ज्वलदग्निशिखोपमा । दिव्यवपुर्धरा जाता लावण्याद्भासिता दिशः

tāvatpretatvanirmuktā jvaladagniśikhopamā | divyavapurdharā jātā lāvaṇyādbhāsitā diśaḥ

— that very moment she was released from her ghost-state, and, like a blazing tongue of fire, she became bearer of a divine body, and the directions were lit up by her beauty.

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PdP 6 107.8

ततः सा दंडवद्भूमौ प्रणनामाथ तं द्विजम् । उवाच च तदा वाक्यं हर्षगद्गदभाषिणी

tataḥ sā daṃḍavadbhūmau praṇanāmātha taṃ dvijam | uvāca ca tadā vākyaṃ harṣagadgadabhāṣiṇī

Then she bowed to that brahmin on the ground like a staff, and then, speaking with a voice choked with joy, she uttered these words:

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PdP 6 107.9

कलहोवाच। त्वत्प्रसादाद्दिवजश्रेष्ठ विमुक्ता निरयादहम् । पापाब्धौ मञ्जमानायास्त्वं नो भूतोऽसि मे ध्रुवम्

kalahovāca| tvatprasādāddivajaśreṣṭha vimuktā nirayādaham | pāpābdhau mañjamānāyāstvaṃ no bhūto'si me dhruvam

Kalahā said: By your grace, best of the twice-born, I have been released from hell; as I was sinking in the ocean of sin, you surely became a boat for me.

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PdP 6 107.10

नारद उवाच। इत्थं सा वदती विप्रं ददर्शायातमंबरात् । विमानं भास्वरं युक्तं विष्णुरूपधरैर्गणैः

nārada uvāca| itthaṃ sā vadatī vipraṃ dadarśāyātamaṃbarāt | vimānaṃ bhāsvaraṃ yuktaṃ viṣṇurūpadharairgaṇaiḥ

Nārada said: While she was thus speaking to the brahmin, she saw, come from the sky, a shining aerial car furnished with attendants bearing the form of Viṣṇu.

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PdP 6 107.11

अथ सा तद्विमानाग्र्यद्वास्थाभ्यामधिरोहिता । पुण्यशीलसुशीलाभ्यामप्सरोगणसेवितम्

atha sā tadvimānāgryadvāsthābhyāmadhirohitā | puṇyaśīlasuśīlābhyāmapsarogaṇasevitam

Then she was made to mount that car — attended by throngs of apsarases — by the two who stood at its chief door, Puṇyaśīla and Suśīla.

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PdP 6 107.12

तद्विमानं तदापश्यद्धर्मदत्तः सविस्मयः । पपात दंडवद्भूमौ दृष्ट्वा तौ पुण्यरूपिणौ

tadvimānaṃ tadāpaśyaddharmadattaḥ savismayaḥ | papāta daṃḍavadbhūmau dṛṣṭvā tau puṇyarūpiṇau

Dharmadatta then beheld that aerial car with amazement, and on seeing those two of meritorious form he fell to the ground like a staff.

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PdP 6 107.13

पुण्यशीलसुशीलौ तमुत्थाप्य प्रणतं द्विजम् । अभ्यनंदयतां वाक्यमूचतुर्द्धर्मशालिनौ

puṇyaśīlasuśīlau tamutthāpya praṇataṃ dvijam | abhyanaṃdayatāṃ vākyamūcaturddharmaśālinau

Puṇyaśīla and Suśīla raised up that bowing brahmin, and those two, endowed with dharma, greeted him and spoke these words:

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PdP 6 107.14

गणा ऊचतुः । साधुसाधु द्विजश्रेष्ठ यस्त्वं विष्णुरतः सदा । दीनानुकंपी धर्मज्ञो विष्णुव्रतपरायणः

gaṇā ūcatuḥ | sādhusādhu dvijaśreṣṭha yastvaṃ viṣṇurataḥ sadā | dīnānukaṃpī dharmajño viṣṇuvrataparāyaṇaḥ

The attendants said: Well done, well done, best of the twice-born, you who are ever devoted to Viṣṇu, compassionate to the wretched, knower of dharma, wholly given to the vow of Viṣṇu!

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PdP 6 107.15

आजन्मसच्छुभं ह्येतद्यत्त्वया कार्त्तिकव्रतम् । कृतं तस्यार्द्धदानेन यदस्याः पूर्वसंचितम्

ājanmasacchubhaṃ hyetadyattvayā kārttikavratam | kṛtaṃ tasyārddhadānena yadasyāḥ pūrvasaṃcitam

For this Kārttika vow performed by you is good and auspicious for a whole lifetime; by the gift of half of it (to her), what had formerly been accumulated by her —

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PdP 6 107.16

जन्मांतरशतोद्भूतं पापं तद्विलयं गतम् । हरिजागरणाद्यैश्च विमानमिदमागमत्

janmāṃtaraśatodbhūtaṃ pāpaṃ tadvilayaṃ gatam | harijāgaraṇādyaiśca vimānamidamāgamat

— the sin arisen through a hundred other births, that has gone to dissolution; and by the night-vigils for Hari and the rest, this aerial car has come.

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PdP 6 107.17

वैकुण्ठभवनं विष्णोः सान्निध्यं च स्वरूपता । ते धन्याः कृतकृत्यास्ते तेषां च सफलो भवः

vaikuṇṭhabhavanaṃ viṣṇoḥ sānnidhyaṃ ca svarūpatā | te dhanyāḥ kṛtakṛtyāste teṣāṃ ca saphalo bhavaḥ

Viṣṇu's dwelling Vaikuṇṭha, and nearness (to him), and having his own form — blessed are they, they have accomplished their aim, and their existence is fruitful,

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PdP 6 107.18

यैर्भक्त्याराधितो विष्णुर्धर्मदत्तत्वया यथा । सम्यगाराधितो विष्णुः किं न यच्छति देहिनाम्

yairbhaktyārādhito viṣṇurdharmadattatvayā yathā | samyagārādhito viṣṇuḥ kiṃ na yacchati dehinām

by whom Viṣṇu has been worshipped with devotion, as by you, Dharmadatta. What does Viṣṇu not grant to embodied beings when he is rightly worshipped?

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PdP 6 107.19

औत्तानचरणिर्येन ध्रुवत्वे स्थापितः पुरा । यन्नामस्मरणादेव देहिनो यांति सद्गतिम्

auttānacaraṇiryena dhruvatve sthāpitaḥ purā | yannāmasmaraṇādeva dehino yāṃti sadgatim

By whom Uttānapāda's son was long ago established in the state of the Pole Star, and by the mere remembering of whose name embodied beings go to a good destination;

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PdP 6 107.20

ग्राहगृहीतो नागेंद्रो यन्नामस्मरणात्पुरा । विमुक्तः सन्निधिं प्राप्तो जातो यो जयसंज्ञकः

grāhagṛhīto nāgeṃdro yannāmasmaraṇātpurā | vimuktaḥ sannidhiṃ prāpto jāto yo jayasaṃjñakaḥ

the lord of serpents, seized by the crocodile, was long ago freed by the remembrance of whose name and attained his presence, becoming the one named Jaya.

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PdP 6 107.21

अतस्त्वयार्चितो विष्णुः स्वसान्निध्यं प्रदास्यति । बहून्यब्दसहस्राणि भार्याद्वययुतस्य ते

atastvayārcito viṣṇuḥ svasānnidhyaṃ pradāsyati | bahūnyabdasahasrāṇi bhāryādvayayutasya te

Therefore Viṣṇu, worshipped by you, will grant you his own presence for many thousands of years, together with your two wives.

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PdP 6 107.22

ततः पुण्यक्षये जाते यदा यास्यसि भूतले । सूर्यवंशोद्भवो राजा विख्यातस्त्वं भविष्यसि

tataḥ puṇyakṣaye jāte yadā yāsyasi bhūtale | sūryavaṃśodbhavo rājā vikhyātastvaṃ bhaviṣyasi

Then, when the merit is exhausted, when you go to the earth, you will become a renowned king born in the Solar dynasty,

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PdP 6 107.23

नाम्ना दशरथस्तत्र भार्याद्वययुतः पुनः । तृतीयं यानया चापि याते पुण्यार्द्धभागिनी

nāmnā daśarathastatra bhāryādvayayutaḥ punaḥ | tṛtīyaṃ yānayā cāpi yāte puṇyārddhabhāginī

there named Daśaratha, again joined with two wives; and a third also, since she shared half the merit, when she went (with you).

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PdP 6 107.24

तत्रापि तव सान्निध्यं विष्णुर्यास्यति भूतले । आत्मानं तव पुत्रत्वे प्रकल्प्यामरकार्यकृत्

tatrāpi tava sānnidhyaṃ viṣṇuryāsyati bhūtale | ātmānaṃ tava putratve prakalpyāmarakāryakṛt

There too Viṣṇu will come into your presence on earth, appointing himself to the state of being your son, doing the work of the gods.

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PdP 6 107.25

तवाजन्मव्रतादस्माद्विष्णुसंतुष्टिकारकात् । न यज्ञा न च दानानि न तीर्थान्यधिकानि ते

tavājanmavratādasmādviṣṇusaṃtuṣṭikārakāt | na yajñā na ca dānāni na tīrthānyadhikāni te

Compared with this lifelong vow of yours, which brings Viṣṇu satisfaction, neither sacrifices nor gifts nor pilgrimage places are superior for you.

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PdP 6 107.26

धन्योऽसि विप्रप्रयतस्त्वयैतद्व्रतं कृतं तुष्टिकरं जगद्गुरोः । यदर्धभागाच्च फलान्मुरारेः प्रणीयतेस्माभिरियं सलोकताम्

dhanyo'si vipraprayatastvayaitadvrataṃ kṛtaṃ tuṣṭikaraṃ jagadguroḥ | yadardhabhāgācca phalānmurāreḥ praṇīyatesmābhiriyaṃ salokatām

"Blessed are you, O brahmin, self-restrained: this vow, pleasing to the teacher of the world, has been performed by you; and by the half share of that fruit (which comes) from Murāri, we are (now) brought to this state of dwelling in his world."

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