Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 112

PdP 6 112.1

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच। इति तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा पृथुर्विस्मितमानसः । संपूज्य नारदं भक्त्या विससर्ज तदा प्रिये

śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca| iti tadvacanaṃ śrutvā pṛthurvismitamānasaḥ | saṃpūjya nāradaṃ bhaktyā visasarja tadā priye

Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: Having heard that speech of his, Pṛthu, his mind astonished, worshipped Nārada with devotion and then dismissed him, O dear one.

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PdP 6 112.2

तस्माद्व्रतत्रयं ह्येतन्ममातीवप्रियंकरम् । माघकार्तिकयोस्तद्वत्तथैवैकादशीव्रतम्

tasmādvratatrayaṃ hyetanmamātīvapriyaṃkaram | māghakārtikayostadvattathaivaikādaśīvratam

Therefore this triad of observances is exceedingly pleasing to me: (the observances) of Māgha and of Kārtika, and likewise the Ekādaśī observance.

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PdP 6 112.3

वनस्पतीनां तुलसी मासानां कार्तिकः प्रियः । एकादशी तिथीनां च क्षेत्राणां द्वारका मम

vanaspatīnāṃ tulasī māsānāṃ kārtikaḥ priyaḥ | ekādaśī tithīnāṃ ca kṣetrāṇāṃ dvārakā mama

Among plants the tulasī, among months Kārtika is dear (to me), and among lunar days the Ekādaśī, and among sacred places Dvārakā is mine.

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PdP 6 112.4

एतेषां सेवनं यस्तु करोति च जितेंद्रियः । स मे वल्लभतां याति न तथा यजनादिभिः

eteṣāṃ sevanaṃ yastu karoti ca jiteṃdriyaḥ | sa me vallabhatāṃ yāti na tathā yajanādibhiḥ

He who, with senses subdued, performs the service of these, comes to be dear to me — not so by sacrifices and the like.

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PdP 6 112.5

पापेभ्यो न भयं तेन कर्त्तव्यं नियमादपि । एतेषां सेवनं कांते कुर्वता मत्प्रसादतः

pāpebhyo na bhayaṃ tena karttavyaṃ niyamādapi | eteṣāṃ sevanaṃ kāṃte kurvatā matprasādataḥ

By him no fear of sins need be entertained, not even out of (concern for) the rule, O beloved, when he performs the service of these, by my grace.

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PdP 6 112.6

सत्यभामोवाच। विस्मापनीयं तन्नाथ यत्त्वया कथितं मम । परदत्तेन पुण्येन कलहा मुक्तिमागता

satyabhāmovāca| vismāpanīyaṃ tannātha yattvayā kathitaṃ mama | paradattena puṇyena kalahā muktimāgatā

Satyabhāmā said: That which you have told me, O lord, is astonishing — that by merit given by another Kalahā attained release.

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PdP 6 112.7

इत्थं प्रभावो मासोऽयं कार्त्तिकस्ते प्रियंकरः । स्वामिद्रोहादिपापानि स्नानदानैर्गतानि यत्

itthaṃ prabhāvo māso'yaṃ kārttikaste priyaṃkaraḥ | svāmidrohādipāpāni snānadānairgatāni yat

Such is the power of this month Kārtika, dear to you, since sins such as treachery to a husband were destroyed by bathings and gifts.

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PdP 6 112.8

दत्तं च लभते पुण्यं यत्परेण कृतं विभो । अदत्तं केन मार्गेण लभते चापि मानवः

dattaṃ ca labhate puṇyaṃ yatpareṇa kṛtaṃ vibho | adattaṃ kena mārgeṇa labhate cāpi mānavaḥ

And one obtains merit that is given, which was performed by another, O mighty one; but by what path does a man obtain also that which is not given?

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PdP 6 112.9

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच। अदत्तान्यपि पुण्यानि पापानि च यथा नरैः । प्राप्यंते कर्मणा येन तद्यथावन्निशामय

śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca| adattānyapi puṇyāni pāpāni ca yathā naraiḥ | prāpyaṃte karmaṇā yena tadyathāvanniśāmaya

Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: Hear duly how, by what act, even merits and sins that are not given are obtained by men.

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PdP 6 112.10

देशग्रामकुलानि स्युर्भागभांजि कृतादिषु । कलौ तु केवलं कर्त्ता फलभुक्पुण्यपापयोः

deśagrāmakulāni syurbhāgabhāṃji kṛtādiṣu | kalau tu kevalaṃ karttā phalabhukpuṇyapāpayoḥ

In the Kṛta age and the rest, countries, villages and families share in the portion (of the fruit); but in the Kali age only the doer enjoys the fruit of merit and sin.

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PdP 6 112.11

अकृतेऽपि हि संसर्गे व्यवस्थेयमुदाहृता । संसर्गात्पुण्यपापानि यथा यांति निबोध तत्

akṛte'pi hi saṃsarge vyavastheyamudāhṛtā | saṃsargātpuṇyapāpāni yathā yāṃti nibodha tat

Even where no association has been made, this rule has been stated; learn how merits and sins pass over through association.

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PdP 6 112.12

एकत्रमैथुनाद्यानादेकपात्रस्थभोजनात् । फलार्द्धं प्राप्नुयान्मर्त्यो यथावत्पुण्यपापयोः

ekatramaithunādyānādekapātrasthabhojanāt | phalārddhaṃ prāpnuyānmartyo yathāvatpuṇyapāpayoḥ

Through intercourse in the same place, through travelling (together), through eating from a single vessel, a mortal duly obtains half the fruit of merits and sins.

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PdP 6 112.13

अध्यापनाद्याजनाद्वाप्येकपंक्त्यशनादपि । तुर्यांशं पुण्यपापानां नित्यं प्राप्नोति मानवः

adhyāpanādyājanādvāpyekapaṃktyaśanādapi | turyāṃśaṃ puṇyapāpānāṃ nityaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ

From teaching, or from officiating at a sacrifice, or even from eating in a single row, a man always obtains a fourth part of (another's) merits and sins.

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PdP 6 112.14

एकासनादेकयानान्निःश्वासस्यांगसंगतः । षडंशं फलभागी स्यान्नयतं पुण्यपापयोः

ekāsanādekayānānniḥśvāsasyāṃgasaṃgataḥ | ṣaḍaṃśaṃ phalabhāgī syānnayataṃ puṇyapāpayoḥ

From sharing one seat, from sharing one vehicle, from contact of the limbs with (another's) breath, one becomes a sharer of a sixth part of the fruit of merit and sin.

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PdP 6 112.15

स्पर्शनाद्भाषणाद्वापि परस्य स्तवनादपि । दशांशं पुण्यपापानां नित्यं प्राप्नोति मानवः

sparśanādbhāṣaṇādvāpi parasya stavanādapi | daśāṃśaṃ puṇyapāpānāṃ nityaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ

From touching, or from conversing, or even from praising another, a man always obtains a tenth part of (his) merits and sins.

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PdP 6 112.16

दर्शनश्रवणाभ्यां च मनोध्यानात्तथैव च । परस्य पुण्यपापानां शतांशं प्राप्नुयान्नरः

darśanaśravaṇābhyāṃ ca manodhyānāttathaiva ca | parasya puṇyapāpānāṃ śatāṃśaṃ prāpnuyānnaraḥ

And by seeing and hearing, and likewise by meditating on (him) in the mind, a man obtains a hundredth part of another's merits and sins.

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PdP 6 112.17

परस्य निंदां पैशुन्यं धिक्कारं च करोति यः । तत्कृतं पातकं प्राप्य स्वपुण्यं प्रददाति सः

parasya niṃdāṃ paiśunyaṃ dhikkāraṃ ca karoti yaḥ | tatkṛtaṃ pātakaṃ prāpya svapuṇyaṃ pradadāti saḥ

He who reviles another, slanders him, and reproaches him — he takes on the sin committed by that (other) and gives away his own merit.

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PdP 6 112.18

कुर्वतः पुण्यकर्माणि सेवां यः कुरुते नरः । पत्नीभृतकशिष्येभ्यो यदन्यः कोऽपि मानवः

kurvataḥ puṇyakarmāṇi sevāṃ yaḥ kurute naraḥ | patnībhṛtakaśiṣyebhyo yadanyaḥ ko'pi mānavaḥ

Whatever man — other than wives, hired servants and pupils — performs service for one who is doing meritorious deeds,

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PdP 6 112.19

तस्य सेवानुरूपेण द्रव्यं किंचिन्न दीयते । सोऽपि सेवानुरूपेण तत्पुण्यफलभाग्भवेत् । एकपंक्त्यश्नतां यस्तु लंघयेत्परिवेषणम्

tasya sevānurūpeṇa dravyaṃ kiṃcinna dīyate | so'pi sevānurūpeṇa tatpuṇyaphalabhāgbhavet | ekapaṃktyaśnatāṃ yastu laṃghayetpariveṣaṇam

and to him no goods at all are given in proportion to his service, he too becomes a sharer of the fruit of that merit in proportion to his service. But he who steps across the serving (of food) of those eating in a single row —

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PdP 6 112.20

तस्य पापषडंशं तु लभेद्वै परिवेषकः । स्नानसंध्यादिकं कुर्वन्यः स्पृशेद्वा प्रभाषते

tasya pāpaṣaḍaṃśaṃ tu labhedvai pariveṣakaḥ | snānasaṃdhyādikaṃ kurvanyaḥ spṛśedvā prabhāṣate

the server indeed incurs a sixth part of his sin. He who, while (another) is performing bathing, the twilight rites and so forth, touches him or speaks to him,

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PdP 6 112.21

स पुण्यकर्मषष्ठांशं दद्यात्तस्मै सुनिश्चितम् । धर्मोद्देशेन यो द्रव्यमपरं याचते नरः

sa puṇyakarmaṣaṣṭhāṃśaṃ dadyāttasmai suniścitam | dharmoddeśena yo dravyamaparaṃ yācate naraḥ

he must assuredly give to him a sixth part of (his own) meritorious deed. The man who asks another for goods for the sake of a religious purpose —

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PdP 6 112.22

तत्पुण्यकर्मजं तस्य धनदस्त्वाप्नुयात्फलम् । अपहृत्य परद्रव्यं पुण्यकर्म करोति यः

tatpuṇyakarmajaṃ tasya dhanadastvāpnuyātphalam | apahṛtya paradravyaṃ puṇyakarma karoti yaḥ

the giver of the wealth obtains that fruit of his which arises from that meritorious deed. He who, having taken away another's property, performs a meritorious deed —

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PdP 6 112.23

कर्मकृत्पापभाक्तत्र धनिनस्तद्भवं फलम् । नापनुद्य ऋणं यस्तु परस्य म्रियते नरः

karmakṛtpāpabhāktatra dhaninastadbhavaṃ phalam | nāpanudya ṛṇaṃ yastu parasya mriyate naraḥ

there the doer of the deed is the sharer of the sin, and the fruit arising from it is the wealthy man's. But the man who dies without having discharged another's debt —

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PdP 6 112.24

धनी तत्पुण्यमाधत्ते स्वधनस्यानुरूपतः । बुद्धिदस्त्वनुमंता च यश्चोपकरणप्रदः

dhanī tatpuṇyamādhatte svadhanasyānurūpataḥ | buddhidastvanumaṃtā ca yaścopakaraṇapradaḥ

the creditor takes that (man's) merit in proportion to his own wealth. But the giver of counsel, and the one who consents, and he who supplies the implements,

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PdP 6 112.25

बलकृच्चापि षष्ठांशं प्राप्नुयात्पुण्यपापयोः । प्रजाभ्यः पुण्यपापानां राजा षष्ठांशमुद्धरेत्

balakṛccāpi ṣaṣṭhāṃśaṃ prāpnuyātpuṇyapāpayoḥ | prajābhyaḥ puṇyapāpānāṃ rājā ṣaṣṭhāṃśamuddharet

and also he who lends his strength, obtains a sixth part of the merit and sin. A king draws off a sixth part of the merits and sins from his subjects.

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PdP 6 112.26

शिष्याद्गुरुः स्त्रियो भर्त्ता पितापुत्रात्तथैव च । स्वपतेरपि पुण्यस्य योषिदर्द्धमवाप्नुयात्

śiṣyādguruḥ striyo bharttā pitāputrāttathaiva ca | svapaterapi puṇyasya yoṣidarddhamavāpnuyāt

So the teacher (draws) from the pupil, the husband from the woman, and likewise the father from the son. And a wife obtains half of even her own husband's merit,

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PdP 6 112.27

चित्तस्यानुव्रता शश्वद्वर्तते तुष्टिकारिणी । परहस्तेन दानादि कुर्वतः पुण्यकर्मणि

cittasyānuvratā śaśvadvartate tuṣṭikāriṇī | parahastena dānādi kurvataḥ puṇyakarmaṇi

(if) she constantly acts in conformity with his mind and gives him satisfaction. When one performs gift-giving and the rest in a meritorious deed through another's hand,

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PdP 6 112.28

विना भृतकपुत्राभ्यां कर्त्ता षष्ठांशमुद्धरेत् । वृत्तिदो वृत्तिसंभोक्तुः पुण्यमष्टांशमुद्धरेत्

vinā bhṛtakaputrābhyāṃ karttā ṣaṣṭhāṃśamuddharet | vṛttido vṛttisaṃbhoktuḥ puṇyamaṣṭāṃśamuddharet

the doer draws off a sixth part, excepting (when it is done) by a hired servant or a son. The giver of a livelihood draws off an eighth part of the merit of the one who enjoys that livelihood,

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PdP 6 112.29

आत्मनो वा परस्यापि यदि सेवां न कारयेत्

ātmano vā parasyāpi yadi sevāṃ na kārayet

or if he does not have service performed, either for himself or for another.

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PdP 6 112.30

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच। इत्थं ह्यदत्तान्यपि पुण्यपापान्या यांति नित्यं परसंचितानि । शृणुष्व चेमं इतिहासमग्र्यं पुराभवं पुण्यमतिप्रदं च

śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca| itthaṃ hyadattānyapi puṇyapāpānyā yāṃti nityaṃ parasaṃcitāni | śṛṇuṣva cemaṃ itihāsamagryaṃ purābhavaṃ puṇyamatipradaṃ ca

Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: Thus indeed do merits and sins accumulated by another constantly come (to a person), even when not given. And hear this foremost tale, which happened long ago and which bestows great merit.

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