Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 109
PdP 6 109.1
गणावूचतुः । कदाचिद्विष्णुदासोऽथ कृत्वा नित्यविधिं द्विजः । पाककर्माकरोद्यावदहरत्कोप्यलक्षितः
gaṇāvūcatuḥ | kadācidviṣṇudāso'tha kṛtvā nityavidhiṃ dvijaḥ | pākakarmākarodyāvadaharatkopyalakṣitaḥ
The two attendants said: Then once the brahmin Viṣṇudāsa, having performed his daily rite, did the work of cooking; and while (he did so) someone unseen carried it off.
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PdP 6 109.2
तमदृष्ट्वाप्यसौ पाकं पुनर्नैवाकरोत्तदा । सायंकालार्चनस्यासौ व्रतभंगभयाद्द्विजः
tamadṛṣṭvāpyasau pākaṃ punarnaivākarottadā | sāyaṃkālārcanasyāsau vratabhaṃgabhayāddvijaḥ
Though he did not see him, the brahmin did not cook again then, out of fear of breaking the vow of the evening worship.
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PdP 6 109.3
द्वितीयेऽह्नि ततः पाकं कृत्वा यावत्स विष्णवे । उपहारार्पणं कर्तुं तावत्कोप्यहरत्पुनः
dvitīye'hni tataḥ pākaṃ kṛtvā yāvatsa viṣṇave | upahārārpaṇaṃ kartuṃ tāvatkopyaharatpunaḥ
Then on the second day, having cooked, just as he was about to make the offering to Viṣṇu, someone again carried it off.
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PdP 6 109.4
एवं सप्तदिनं तस्य पाकं कोप्यहरद्द्विज । जातः सविस्मयः सोऽथ मनस्येव व्यचारयत्
evaṃ saptadinaṃ tasya pākaṃ kopyaharaddvija | jātaḥ savismayaḥ so'tha manasyeva vyacārayat
Thus for seven days someone carried off his cooked food, O brahmin. Then he became filled with amazement and pondered within his mind:
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PdP 6 109.5
अहो नित्यं समभ्येत्य कः पाकं हरते मम । क्षेत्रसंन्यासिनां स्थानमत्याज्यं सर्वथा मया
aho nityaṃ samabhyetya kaḥ pākaṃ harate mama | kṣetrasaṃnyāsināṃ sthānamatyājyaṃ sarvathā mayā
"Ah, who is it that comes every day and carries off my cooked food? The place of those who have renounced in the sacred field is in no way to be abandoned by me.
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PdP 6 109.6
पुनः पाकं विधायात्र भुज्यते यदि चेन्मया । सायंकालार्चनं चैतत्परित्याज्यं कथं मया
punaḥ pākaṃ vidhāyātra bhujyate yadi cenmayā | sāyaṃkālārcanaṃ caitatparityājyaṃ kathaṃ mayā
If I were to cook again here and eat, then how could this evening worship be given up by me?
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PdP 6 109.7
किंचित्पाकं विधायैतद्भोक्तव्यं तु मया नहि । अनिर्वेद्य हरौ सर्वं वैष्णवैर्नैव भुज्यते
kiṃcitpākaṃ vidhāyaitadbhoktavyaṃ tu mayā nahi | anirvedya harau sarvaṃ vaiṣṇavairnaiva bhujyate
Nor should I cook a little and eat this; without first offering everything to Hari, Vaiṣṇavas do not eat at all.
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PdP 6 109.8
उपोषितोऽहं च कथं तिष्ठाम्यत्र व्रतस्थितः । अद्य संरक्षणं सम्यक्पाकस्यात्र करोम्यहम्
upoṣito'haṃ ca kathaṃ tiṣṭhāmyatra vratasthitaḥ | adya saṃrakṣaṇaṃ samyakpākasyātra karomyaham
And how am I, fasting, to remain here established in my vow? Today I shall keep a proper watch here over the cooked food."
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PdP 6 109.9
इति पाकं विधायासौ तत्रैवालक्षितः स्थितः । तावद्ददर्श चांडालं पाकान्नहरणे स्थितम्
iti pākaṃ vidhāyāsau tatraivālakṣitaḥ sthitaḥ | tāvaddadarśa cāṃḍālaṃ pākānnaharaṇe sthitam
So, having cooked the food, he stayed there unnoticed; and then he saw an outcaste engaged in carrying off the cooked food.
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PdP 6 109.10
क्षुत्क्षामं दीनवदनमस्थिचर्मावशेषितम् । तमालोक्य द्विजाग्र्योभूत्कृपयापन्नमानसः
kṣutkṣāmaṃ dīnavadanamasthicarmāvaśeṣitam | tamālokya dvijāgryobhūtkṛpayāpannamānasaḥ
Seeing him, wasted with hunger, of piteous face, reduced to bones and skin, the foremost of brahmins became stricken in heart with pity.
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PdP 6 109.11
विलोक्यान्नहरं विप्रस्तिष्ठतिष्ठेत्यभाषत । कथमत्ति भवान्रूक्षं घृतमेतद्गृहाण भोः
vilokyānnaharaṃ viprastiṣṭhatiṣṭhetyabhāṣata | kathamatti bhavānrūkṣaṃ ghṛtametadgṛhāṇa bhoḥ
Seeing (the man) carrying off the food, the brahmin said, "Stop, stop! How can you eat it dry? Take this ghee, sir!"
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PdP 6 109.12
इत्थं ब्रुवंतं विप्राग्र्यं आयांतं च विलोक्य सः । वेगादधावत्तद्भीत्या मूर्च्छितश्च पपात ह
itthaṃ bruvaṃtaṃ viprāgryaṃ āyāṃtaṃ ca vilokya saḥ | vegādadhāvattadbhītyā mūrcchitaśca papāta ha
Seeing the foremost brahmin speaking thus and coming toward him, he ran off at speed out of fear of him, and fell down in a swoon.
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PdP 6 109.13
भीतं तं मूर्च्छितं दृष्ट्वा चांडालं स द्विजोत्तमः । वेगादभ्येत्य कृपया स्ववस्त्रांतैरवीजयत्
bhītaṃ taṃ mūrcchitaṃ dṛṣṭvā cāṃḍālaṃ sa dvijottamaḥ | vegādabhyetya kṛpayā svavastrāṃtairavījayat
Seeing that caṇḍāla frightened and swooning, that best of brahmins came up quickly and out of pity fanned him with the ends of his own garment.
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PdP 6 109.14
अथोत्थितं तमेवासौ विष्णुदासो व्यलोकयत् । साक्षान्नारायणं देवं शंखचक्रगदाधरम्
athotthitaṃ tamevāsau viṣṇudāso vyalokayat | sākṣānnārāyaṇaṃ devaṃ śaṃkhacakragadādharam
Then that Viṣṇudāsa beheld the very one who had risen up as Nārāyaṇa the god himself, bearing conch, discus and mace,
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PdP 6 109.15
पीतांबरं चतुर्बाहुं श्रीवत्सांकं किरीटिनम् । अतसीपुष्पसंकाशं कौस्तुभोरःस्थलं विभुम्
pītāṃbaraṃ caturbāhuṃ śrīvatsāṃkaṃ kirīṭinam | atasīpuṣpasaṃkāśaṃ kaustubhoraḥsthalaṃ vibhum
clad in yellow, four-armed, marked with the śrīvatsa, wearing a diadem, resembling a flax flower (in hue), the Lord with the Kaustubha (jewel) on his breast.
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PdP 6 109.16
तं दृष्ट्वा सात्विकैर्भावैरावृतो द्विजसत्तमः । स्तोतुं चापि नमस्कर्तुं तदानालं बभूव सः
taṃ dṛṣṭvā sātvikairbhāvairāvṛto dvijasattamaḥ | stotuṃ cāpi namaskartuṃ tadānālaṃ babhūva saḥ
Seeing him, that best of brahmins, overcome by sattvic emotions, was then unable either to praise or to bow down.
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PdP 6 109.17
अथ शक्रादयो देवास्तत्रैवाभ्याययुस्तदा । गंधर्वाप्सरसश्चापि जगुश्च ननृतुर्मुदा
atha śakrādayo devāstatraivābhyāyayustadā | gaṃdharvāpsarasaścāpi jaguśca nanṛturmudā
Then the gods, Śakra and the rest, came to that very place at that time; and the gandharvas and apsarases too sang and danced in joy.
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PdP 6 109.18
विमानशतसंकीर्णं देवर्षिगणसंकुलम् । गीतवादित्रनिर्घोषं स्थानं तदभवत्तदा
vimānaśatasaṃkīrṇaṃ devarṣigaṇasaṃkulam | gītavāditranirghoṣaṃ sthānaṃ tadabhavattadā
That place then became crowded with hundreds of celestial cars, thronged with the hosts of gods and sages, and resounding with song and instrumental music.
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PdP 6 109.19
ततो विष्णुः समालिंग्य स्वभक्तं सात्विकं तथा । सायुज्यमात्मनो दत्त्वानयद्वैकुंठमंदिरम्
tato viṣṇuḥ samāliṃgya svabhaktaṃ sātvikaṃ tathā | sāyujyamātmano dattvānayadvaikuṃṭhamaṃdiram
Then Viṣṇu embraced his own devotee, sattvic as he was, and granting him union with himself, led him to the mansion of Vaikuṇṭha.
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PdP 6 109.20
विमानवरसंस्थानमास्थितं विष्णुसन्निधौ । दीक्षितश्चोलनृपतिर्विष्णुदासं ददर्श ह
vimānavarasaṃsthānamāsthitaṃ viṣṇusannidhau | dīkṣitaścolanṛpatirviṣṇudāsaṃ dadarśa ha
And the Cola king, who had been consecrated (for the sacrifice), saw Viṣṇudāsa seated in an excellent celestial car in the presence of Viṣṇu.
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PdP 6 109.21
वैकुंठभवनं यांतं विष्णुदासं विलोक्य सः । स्वगुरुं मुद्गलं वेगादाह्वयेत्थं वचोऽब्रवीत्
vaikuṃṭhabhavanaṃ yāṃtaṃ viṣṇudāsaṃ vilokya saḥ | svaguruṃ mudgalaṃ vegādāhvayetthaṃ vaco'bravīt
Seeing Viṣṇudāsa going to the abode of Vaikuṇṭha, he quickly called his own teacher Mudgala and spoke these words:
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PdP 6 109.22
चोल उवाच। यत्स्पर्धया मया चैतद्यज्ञदानादिकं कृतम् । स विष्णुरूपधृग्विप्रो याति वैकुंठमंदिरम्
cola uvāca| yatspardhayā mayā caitadyajñadānādikaṃ kṛtam | sa viṣṇurūpadhṛgvipro yāti vaikuṃṭhamaṃdiram
Cola said: The brahmin in rivalry with whom I performed all this—sacrifice, gift-giving and the rest—he, having assumed the form of Viṣṇu, goes to the mansion of Vaikuṇṭha.
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PdP 6 109.23
दीक्षितेन मया सम्यक्सत्रेऽस्मिन्विष्णवे त्वया । हुतमग्नौ कृता विप्रा दानाद्यैः पूर्णमानसाः
dīkṣitena mayā samyaksatre'sminviṣṇave tvayā | hutamagnau kṛtā viprā dānādyaiḥ pūrṇamānasāḥ
By me, duly consecrated, and by you, oblation was offered in the fire to Viṣṇu at this sacrifice, and brahmins were made full of contentment with gifts and other (honours).
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PdP 6 109.24
नैवाद्यापि समे देवः प्रसन्नो जायते ध्रुवम् । भक्त्यैव तस्य विप्रस्य साक्षात्कारं ददौ हरिः
naivādyāpi same devaḥ prasanno jāyate dhruvam | bhaktyaiva tasya viprasya sākṣātkāraṃ dadau hariḥ
Yet even today the god assuredly does not become pleased with me; but by devotion alone Hari granted that brahmin a direct vision (of himself).
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PdP 6 109.25
तस्माद्दानैश्च यज्ञैश्च नैव विष्णुः प्रसीदति । भक्तिरेव परं तस्य निदानं दर्शने विभोः
tasmāddānaiśca yajñaiśca naiva viṣṇuḥ prasīdati | bhaktireva paraṃ tasya nidānaṃ darśane vibhoḥ
Therefore Viṣṇu is not pleased by gifts and sacrifices; devotion alone is the supreme means to the sight of that Lord.
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PdP 6 109.26
गणावूचतुः । इत्युक्त्वा भागिनेयं स्वमभिषिच्य नृपासने । आबाल्याद्दीक्षितो यज्ञे सा पुत्रत्वमगाद्यतः
gaṇāvūcatuḥ | ityuktvā bhāgineyaṃ svamabhiṣicya nṛpāsane | ābālyāddīkṣito yajñe sā putratvamagādyataḥ
The two attendants said: Having spoken thus, he consecrated his own sister's son on the royal seat—since from childhood, being consecrated at the sacrifice, he(?) had attained the status of a son.
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PdP 6 109.27
तस्मादद्यापि तद्देशे सदा राज्यांशभागिनः । स्वस्रेया एव जायंते तत्कृताचारवर्तिनः
tasmādadyāpi taddeśe sadā rājyāṃśabhāginaḥ | svasreyā eva jāyaṃte tatkṛtācāravartinaḥ
Therefore even today in that country it is sisters' sons who are always born as sharers in the kingdom, following the custom he established.
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PdP 6 109.28
यज्ञवाटं ततोऽभ्येत्य वह्निकुंडाग्रतः स्थितः । त्रिरुच्चैर्व्याजहाराशु विष्णुं संबोधयंस्तदा
yajñavāṭaṃ tato'bhyetya vahnikuṃḍāgrataḥ sthitaḥ | triruccairvyājahārāśu viṣṇuṃ saṃbodhayaṃstadā
Then, going to the sacrificial enclosure and standing before the fire-pit, he at once cried aloud three times, invoking Viṣṇu:
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PdP 6 109.29
विष्णो भक्तिं स्थिरां देहि मनोवाक्कायकर्मभिः । इत्युक्त्वा सोऽपतद्वह्नौ सर्वेषामेव पश्यताम्
viṣṇo bhaktiṃ sthirāṃ dehi manovākkāyakarmabhiḥ | ityuktvā so'patadvahnau sarveṣāmeva paśyatām
"O Viṣṇu, grant me steady devotion in thought, word, body and deed!" Having said this, he fell into the fire while all looked on.
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PdP 6 109.30
मुद्गलस्तु तदा क्रोधाच्छिखामुत्पाटयत्स्वकाम् । ततस्त्वद्यापि तद्गोत्रे मुद्गला विशिखाभवन्
mudgalastu tadā krodhācchikhāmutpāṭayatsvakām | tatastvadyāpi tadgotre mudgalā viśikhābhavan
But Mudgala then in anger tore out his own tuft of hair; hence to this day the Mudgalas in his lineage have been without a tuft.
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PdP 6 109.31
तावदाविरभूद्विष्णुः कुंडाग्नौ भक्तवत्सलः । तमालिंग्य विमानाग्र्यं समारोहयदच्युतः
tāvadāvirabhūdviṣṇuḥ kuṃḍāgnau bhaktavatsalaḥ | tamāliṃgya vimānāgryaṃ samārohayadacyutaḥ
Just then Viṣṇu, tender toward his devotees, appeared in the fire of the pit; embracing him, Acyuta made him mount the foremost celestial car.
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PdP 6 109.32
तमालिंग्यात्मसारूप्यं दत्त्वा वैकुंठमंदिरम् । तेनैव सह देवेशो जगाम त्रिदशैर्वृतः
tamāliṃgyātmasārūpyaṃ dattvā vaikuṃṭhamaṃdiram | tenaiva saha deveśo jagāma tridaśairvṛtaḥ
Embracing him and granting him a form like his own, and the mansion of Vaikuṇṭha, the Lord of gods went along with him, surrounded by the thirty gods.
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PdP 6 109.33
नारद उवाच। यो विष्णुदासः स तु पुण्यशीलो यश्चोलभूपः स सुशील नामा । एतावुभौ तत्समरूपभाजौ द्वाःस्थौ कृतौ तेन रमाप्रियेण
nārada uvāca| yo viṣṇudāsaḥ sa tu puṇyaśīlo yaścolabhūpaḥ sa suśīla nāmā | etāvubhau tatsamarūpabhājau dvāḥsthau kṛtau tena ramāpriyeṇa
Nārada said: He who was Viṣṇudāsa is Puṇyaśīla, and he who was the Cola king is the one named Suśīla; these two, who share a form equal to his, were made doorkeepers by that beloved of Ramā.
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