Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 125
PdP 6 125.1
ऋषय ऊचुः। सूतसूत महाभाग त्वया लोकहितैषिणा । कथितं कार्तिकाख्यानं भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदायकम्
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ| sūtasūta mahābhāga tvayā lokahitaiṣiṇā | kathitaṃ kārtikākhyānaṃ bhuktimuktipradāyakam
The sages said: Sūta, O Sūta, greatly fortunate one, by you, who desire the good of the world, the tale of Kārtika, which bestows enjoyment and liberation, has been told.
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PdP 6 125.2
अधुना माघमाहात्म्यं वद नो लोमहर्षणे । श्रुतेन येन लोकानां संशयः क्षीयते महान्
adhunā māghamāhātmyaṃ vada no lomaharṣaṇe | śrutena yena lokānāṃ saṃśayaḥ kṣīyate mahān
Now tell us the glory of (the month of) Māgha, O Lomaharṣaṇa, by the hearing of which the great doubt of people is destroyed.
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PdP 6 125.3
पुरा केन महाभाग लोकेऽस्मिन्संप्रकाशितम् । माघस्नानस्य माहात्म्यं सेतिहासं तदादिश
purā kena mahābhāga loke'sminsaṃprakāśitam | māghasnānasya māhātmyaṃ setihāsaṃ tadādiśa
By whom, O greatly fortunate one, was the glory of bathing in Māgha formerly revealed in this world? Declare that together with its legend.
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PdP 6 125.4
सूत उवाच। साधुसाधु मुनिश्रेष्ठा यूयं कृष्णपरायणः । यत्पृच्छथ मुदायुक्ता भक्त्या कृष्णकथा मुहुः
sūta uvāca| sādhusādhu muniśreṣṭhā yūyaṃ kṛṣṇaparāyaṇaḥ | yatpṛcchatha mudāyuktā bhaktyā kṛṣṇakathā muhuḥ
Sūta said: Excellent, excellent, O best of sages, you are devoted to Kṛṣṇa, in that, filled with delight, you ask again and again with devotion for stories of Kṛṣṇa.
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PdP 6 125.5
कथयिष्यामि माघस्य माहात्म्यं पुण्यवर्धनम् । पापघ्नं शृण्वतां पुंसां स्नातानां चारुणोदये
kathayiṣyāmi māghasya māhātmyaṃ puṇyavardhanam | pāpaghnaṃ śṛṇvatāṃ puṃsāṃ snātānāṃ cāruṇodaye
I shall relate the glory of Māgha, which increases merit and destroys the sin of men who listen (to it) and who bathe at dawn.
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PdP 6 125.6
एकदापार्वती विप्राः शंकरं लोकशंकरम् । पप्रच्छ विनयोपेता स्पृष्ट्वा तच्चरणांबुजम्
ekadāpārvatī viprāḥ śaṃkaraṃ lokaśaṃkaram | papraccha vinayopetā spṛṣṭvā taccaraṇāṃbujam
Once, O brahmins, Pārvatī, endowed with humility, having touched his lotus feet, asked Śaṃkara, the benefactor of the world:
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PdP 6 125.7
पार्वत्युवाच। देवदेव महादेव भक्तानामभयप्रद । प्रसीद नाथ विश्वेश यत्पृच्छे तद्वदाधुना
pārvatyuvāca| devadeva mahādeva bhaktānāmabhayaprada | prasīda nātha viśveśa yatpṛcche tadvadādhunā
Pārvatī said: O god of gods, great god, giver of fearlessness to devotees, be gracious, O lord, O ruler of the universe; tell me now what I ask.
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PdP 6 125.8
श्रुता नानाविधा धर्मास्त्वत्तः पूर्वं मया विभो । अधुना श्रोतुमिच्छामि माहात्म्यं माघजं वद
śrutā nānāvidhā dharmāstvattaḥ pūrvaṃ mayā vibho | adhunā śrotumicchāmi māhātmyaṃ māghajaṃ vada
"Many kinds of dharma have I heard from you before, O mighty lord. Now I wish to hear the greatness of (the month of) Māgha—tell it."
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PdP 6 125.9
तत्तु केन पुरा चीर्णं को विधिः का च देवता । तत्सर्वं विस्तराद्ब्रूहि यतस्त्वं भक्तवत्सलः
tattu kena purā cīrṇaṃ ko vidhiḥ kā ca devatā | tatsarvaṃ vistarādbrūhi yatastvaṃ bhaktavatsalaḥ
"But by whom was it (this observance) practised of old? What is the procedure, and who is its deity? Tell all that in detail, since you are fond of your devotees."
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PdP 6 125.10
महेश उवाच। अध्वराऽवभृथस्नात ऋषिभिः कृतमंगलः । पूजितो नागरैः सर्वैः स्वपुरान्निर्गतो बहिः
maheśa uvāca| adhvarā'vabhṛthasnāta ṛṣibhiḥ kṛtamaṃgalaḥ | pūjito nāgaraiḥ sarvaiḥ svapurānnirgato bahiḥ
Maheśa said: Having bathed in the concluding (avabhṛtha) bath of a sacrifice, the auspicious rites performed for him by the seers, honoured by all the townsfolk, he went out from his own city,
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PdP 6 125.11
दिलीपो भूभृतां श्रेष्ठो मृगयारसिको नृपः । कौतूहलसमाविष्ट आखेटव्यूहसंवृतः
dilīpo bhūbhṛtāṃ śreṣṭho mṛgayārasiko nṛpaḥ | kautūhalasamāviṣṭa ākheṭavyūhasaṃvṛtaḥ
Dilīpa, the best of kings, a king fond of the pleasures of the hunt, filled with eager curiosity, surrounded by his hunting array,
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PdP 6 125.12
उपानद्रूढपादस्तु नीलोष्णीष उरच्छदी । बद्धगोधांगुलित्राणो धनुष्पाणिः सरीसृपः
upānadrūḍhapādastu nīloṣṇīṣa uracchadī | baddhagodhāṃgulitrāṇo dhanuṣpāṇiḥ sarīsṛpaḥ
his feet shod in sandals, with a dark turban, wearing a breastplate, with a leather finger-guard bound on, bow in hand, moving stealthily,
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PdP 6 125.13
बद्धक्षुद्रासिधानुष्कैस्तथाभूतैश्च पत्तिभिः । गांधारेषु सुरम्येषु वनेषु विपुलेषु च
baddhakṣudrāsidhānuṣkaistathābhūtaiśca pattibhiḥ | gāṃdhāreṣu suramyeṣu vaneṣu vipuleṣu ca
together with foot-soldiers likewise equipped, with short swords girded on and bows in hand, in the lovely and vast forests among the Gāndhāras,
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PdP 6 125.14
उल्लंघितमहास्रोता युवा पंचास्यविक्रमः । मुदा क्रीडति तैः सार्द्धं कुंजेषु मृगयन्मृगान्
ullaṃghitamahāsrotā yuvā paṃcāsyavikramaḥ | mudā krīḍati taiḥ sārddhaṃ kuṃjeṣu mṛgayanmṛgān
having crossed great streams, a young man with the prowess of a lion, he sports joyfully with them in the thickets, hunting deer.
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PdP 6 125.15
हन्यतां हन्यतामेष मृगो वैष पलायते । इति जल्पन्स्वभृत्येषु स्वयमुत्पत्त्य हंति च
hanyatāṃ hanyatāmeṣa mṛgo vaiṣa palāyate | iti jalpansvabhṛtyeṣu svayamutpattya haṃti ca
"Kill it, kill it! There goes the deer—see, it is fleeing!"—so calling out among his servants, he himself springs forward and kills.
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PdP 6 125.16
इतस्ततः पुनर्याति क्वचित्पश्यन्वनस्थलीम् । विटपोड्डीनसंत्रस्त लीन केकिकुलाकुलाम्
itastataḥ punaryāti kvacitpaśyanvanasthalīm | viṭapoḍḍīnasaṃtrasta līna kekikulākulām
Again he goes here and there, at one place looking at a forest tract crowded with flocks of peacocks that, startled, had flown up into the branches and were hiding there,
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PdP 6 125.17
हरिणीगणवित्रस्तां धावच्छावकदिङ्मुखाम् । क्वचित्फेरवफेत्कारतारारावविभीषणाम्
hariṇīgaṇavitrastāṃ dhāvacchāvakadiṅmukhām | kvacitpheravaphetkāratārārāvavibhīṣaṇām
(a tract) where herds of does were frightened and their fawns ran off in all directions; in one place made terrifying by the shrill howls and yelping cries of jackals;
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PdP 6 125.18
खड्गयूथैः क्वचिल्लक्ष्मीं दधानामिव दंतिनाम् । क्वचित्कोटरसंदष्टोलूकनादविनादिनीम्
khaḍgayūthaiḥ kvacillakṣmīṃ dadhānāmiva daṃtinām | kvacitkoṭarasaṃdaṣṭolūkanādavinādinīm
in one place, with its herds of rhinoceroses, seeming to bear the splendour of tusked elephants; in one place resounding with the cries of owls lodged in hollow trees;
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PdP 6 125.19
मृगारिपदमुद्राभिर्मुद्रितां च क्वचित्क्वचित् । शार्दूलनखनिर्भिन्न रोहिद्रक्तारुणां क्वचित्
mṛgāripadamudrābhirmudritāṃ ca kvacitkvacit | śārdūlanakhanirbhinna rohidraktāruṇāṃ kvacit
and here and there stamped with the imprints of the paws of beasts of prey; in one place reddened with the blood of a roha-deer torn open by a tiger's claws;
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PdP 6 125.20
पीवरस्तनभारार्त सुस्निग्धमहिषीगणैः । अवरोधाजिरक्षोणीं सूचयंती मनः क्वचित्
pīvarastanabhārārta susnigdhamahiṣīgaṇaiḥ | avarodhājirakṣoṇīṃ sūcayaṃtī manaḥ kvacit
in one place, with its herds of sleek buffalo-cows weighed down by the burden of their swollen udders, suggesting to the mind the ground of the courtyard of the harem;
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PdP 6 125.21
क्वचिद्वृक्षघनच्छन्नां वन्यपुष्पसुगंधिनीम् । क्वचिल्लतागृहद्वारां भृंगशब्दसुशोभनाम्
kvacidvṛkṣaghanacchannāṃ vanyapuṣpasugaṃdhinīm | kvacillatāgṛhadvārāṃ bhṛṃgaśabdasuśobhanām
in one place densely covered with trees, fragrant with wild flowers; in one place having doorways of creeper-bowers, made lovely by the humming of bees;
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PdP 6 125.22
अर्धनिःसृतनिर्मोक नागभीमबृहद्विलाम् । बिलेषु लीनाजगरैर्भीमां निर्मोकसर्पिणीम्
ardhaniḥsṛtanirmoka nāgabhīmabṛhadvilām | bileṣu līnājagarairbhīmāṃ nirmokasarpiṇīm
with huge terrible holes of serpents whose sloughed skins hung half out; frightful with pythons lurking in the holes, shedding their skins;
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PdP 6 125.23
क्वचिद्दावानलज्वालां शिलाज्योतिः सुशोभनाम् । फूत्कारशब्दसंपूर्णां मृगव्याघ्रसमाकुलाम्
kvaciddāvānalajvālāṃ śilājyotiḥ suśobhanām | phūtkāraśabdasaṃpūrṇāṃ mṛgavyāghrasamākulām
in one place with the flames of a forest fire, made bright by the glow upon the rocks, filled with the sound of hissing, crowded with deer and tigers;
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PdP 6 125.24
प्रविमुंचञ्छुनां यूथं शशकेषु क्वचित्क्वचित् । पल्वलेषु च विश्रम्य पुनर्याति वनान्तरम्
pravimuṃcañchunāṃ yūthaṃ śaśakeṣu kvacitkvacit | palvaleṣu ca viśramya punaryāti vanāntaram
here and there letting loose a pack of dogs at the hares, and resting at the pools, he goes again into another part of the forest.
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PdP 6 125.25
एवं व्रजति राजेन्द्रे व्याधवर्गे च वल्गति । कुर्वन्कोलाहलं तत्र सारंगो निर्गतो वनात्
evaṃ vrajati rājendre vyādhavarge ca valgati | kurvankolāhalaṃ tatra sāraṃgo nirgato vanāt
As the lord of kings was thus proceeding, and the band of hunters was bounding about and making an uproar there, a spotted antelope came out of the wood.
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PdP 6 125.26
स्फालवेगक्रमाक्रांत दुर्गमार्गमहीतलः । कदाचिद्गगनारूढः कदाचिद्भूमिगोचरः
sphālavegakramākrāṃta durgamārgamahītalaḥ | kadācidgaganārūḍhaḥ kadācidbhūmigocaraḥ
The ground of the rough path was pounded by the strides of his bounding speed; at times he rose into the sky, at times he came within reach on the earth.
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PdP 6 125.27
वक्रस्रोतोऽतिगंभीरं कण्टकद्रुमसंकुलम् । प्रविष्टो विषमारण्यं राजाऽसौ तत्पदानुगः
vakrasroto'tigaṃbhīraṃ kaṇṭakadrumasaṃkulam | praviṣṭo viṣamāraṇyaṃ rājā'sau tatpadānugaḥ
Following its tracks, that king entered a rugged forest, very deep, with winding streams, thick with thorny trees.
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PdP 6 125.28
दूराद्दूरतरं गत्वा देशाद्देशं च निर्जनम् । मृगादर्शनसंरम्भ संशुष्कगलकन्धरः
dūrāddūrataraṃ gatvā deśāddeśaṃ ca nirjanam | mṛgādarśanasaṃrambha saṃśuṣkagalakandharaḥ
Having gone farther and farther, from region to desolate region, (the king,) in his fury at not sighting the deer, his throat and neck quite parched,
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PdP 6 125.29
ताम्रतालुमुखः स्विन्नः श्रांतपत्तिः स्खलद्ध्वनिः । अतीत्य दीर्घमार्गान्स तृषार्तो मध्यगे रवौ
tāmratālumukhaḥ svinnaḥ śrāṃtapattiḥ skhaladdhvaniḥ | atītya dīrghamārgānsa tṛṣārto madhyage ravau
his palate and mouth coppery, sweating, his footmen exhausted, his voice faltering — having passed over long stretches of road, tormented by thirst when the sun stood at midpoint,
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PdP 6 125.30
ददर्शाग्रे तु कासारं स्पर्धयंतमपांपतिम् । घनपादपतीरस्थं सुतीर्थं विमलं शुभम्
dadarśāgre tu kāsāraṃ spardhayaṃtamapāṃpatim | ghanapādapatīrasthaṃ sutīrthaṃ vimalaṃ śubham
he saw before him a lake rivalling the lord of waters (the ocean), lying amid a bank of dense trees, with good landings, clear and lovely,
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PdP 6 125.31
विशालं विकचांभोजं मधुमत्तमधुव्रतम् । पद्मिनीपत्रपालाशच्छन्नं मरकतैरिव
viśālaṃ vikacāṃbhojaṃ madhumattamadhuvratam | padminīpatrapālāśacchannaṃ marakatairiva
broad, with open lotuses, with bees drunk on nectar, covered with the leaf-foliage of the lotus plants as though with emeralds,
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PdP 6 125.32
स्वच्छंदमुच्छलन्मत्स्यं स्वच्छं साधुमनो यथा । चलज्जलचरैर्मिश्रं वीचिराजिविराजितम्
svacchaṃdamucchalanmatsyaṃ svacchaṃ sādhumano yathā | calajjalacarairmiśraṃ vīcirājivirājitam
with fish leaping up at will, clear as the mind of a good man, teeming with moving water-creatures, resplendent with rows of waves,
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PdP 6 125.33
अंतर्ग्राहगणक्रूरं खलानामिव मानसम् । क्वचिच्छैवालदुर्गम्यं कृपणस्यैव मंदिरम् । नानाविहङ्गसर्वार्तिं शमयंतं दिवानिशम्
aṃtargrāhagaṇakrūraṃ khalānāmiva mānasam | kvacicchaivāladurgamyaṃ kṛpaṇasyaiva maṃdiram | nānāvihaṅgasarvārtiṃ śamayaṃtaṃ divāniśam
cruel within with its host of crocodiles, like the mind of the wicked; in places hard to enter because of the water-moss, like the house of a miser; day and night stilling all the distress of the many birds,
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PdP 6 125.34
दातारमिव सर्वस्वैरापन्नार्तिप्रणाशनम् । तर्पयंतं निजांभोभिः श्वापदान्स्वपितॄनिव
dātāramiva sarvasvairāpannārtipraṇāśanam | tarpayaṃtaṃ nijāṃbhobhiḥ śvāpadānsvapitṝniva
like a giver who, with all his wealth, destroys the suffering of the afflicted, satisfying with its own waters the beasts of prey as though they were its own ancestors,
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PdP 6 125.35
हरंतं सर्वसंतापं हिमांशुरिव चाह्निकम् । तं दृष्ट्वाभूद्गतग्लानिश्चातको जलदं यथा
haraṃtaṃ sarvasaṃtāpaṃ himāṃśuriva cāhnikam | taṃ dṛṣṭvābhūdgataglāniścātako jaladaṃ yathā
taking away all burning heat as the cool-rayed moon takes away the day's; seeing it, he became free of weariness, as the cātaka bird (does) at a raincloud.
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PdP 6 125.36
तत्र पीतजलो राजा कृतमाध्याह्निकक्रियः । भुक्त्वा खेटकमांसानि सहायैः सहितो नृपः
tatra pītajalo rājā kṛtamādhyāhnikakriyaḥ | bhuktvā kheṭakamāṃsāni sahāyaiḥ sahito nṛpaḥ
There the king drank water and performed the midday rites, and having eaten the flesh of the game together with his companions, the lord of men
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PdP 6 125.37
उवास सरसस्तीरे सुरम्यां कथयन्कथाम् । ततः शरासने बाणं कृत्वा रात्रौ स्थितस्तरौ
uvāsa sarasastīre suramyāṃ kathayankathām | tataḥ śarāsane bāṇaṃ kṛtvā rātrau sthitastarau
stayed on the lake's shore, telling a very pleasant tale. Then, having set the arrow on the bow, at night he took his stand in a tree,
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PdP 6 125.38
व्याधाः संधानमास्थाय रुरुधुः ककुभां पथः । एवं स्थितेषु वीरेषु वने विस्तार्य वागुराम्
vyādhāḥ saṃdhānamāsthāya rurudhuḥ kakubhāṃ pathaḥ | evaṃ sthiteṣu vīreṣu vane vistārya vāgurām
and the hunters, taking up their fitted arrows, blocked the paths of the quarters. While the heroes were thus stationed, having spread the net in the forest,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 125.39
निशार्धे निर्गतं यूथं सूकराणां तटे तटे । चरित्वा सरसीकंदान्पपात व्याधसंकुले
niśārdhe nirgataṃ yūthaṃ sūkarāṇāṃ taṭe taṭe | caritvā sarasīkaṃdānpapāta vyādhasaṃkule
at midnight a herd of boars came out; having grazed on the lake-roots along bank after bank, it fell in among the crowd of hunters.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 125.40
राज्ञा विद्धाश्च ते क्रोडा व्याधैश्च बहवो हताः । क्षणेनैव वराहास्ते विद्धाः पेतुर्महीतले
rājñā viddhāśca te kroḍā vyādhaiśca bahavo hatāḥ | kṣaṇenaiva varāhāste viddhāḥ peturmahītale
Those hogs were pierced by the king, and many were killed by the hunters; in a mere moment those boars, pierced, fell to the ground.
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PdP 6 125.41
तान्दृष्ट्वा तुमुलं नादं व्याधाश्चक्रुः सुदर्पिताः । धावंतः प्रमुदायुक्ता मिलिता यत्र भूपतिः
tāndṛṣṭvā tumulaṃ nādaṃ vyādhāścakruḥ sudarpitāḥ | dhāvaṃtaḥ pramudāyuktā militā yatra bhūpatiḥ
Seeing them, the hunters, greatly exultant, made a tumultuous shout; running, filled with joy, they gathered where the king was.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 125.42
तानादाय भटैर्भूयो निःसृतः सरसीतटात् । स्वपुरं गंतुकामोऽसौ दृष्टवान्पथि तापसम्
tānādāya bhaṭairbhūyo niḥsṛtaḥ sarasītaṭāt | svapuraṃ gaṃtukāmo'sau dṛṣṭavānpathi tāpasam
Taking them up, he set out again with his soldiers from the lake shore; wishing to go to his own city, he saw an ascetic on the road —
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PdP 6 125.43
ब्राह्मणं वृद्धहारीतं शंखचक्रसुशोभितम् । नियमैर्दुष्करैरुग्रैः परिक्षीणकलेवरम्
brāhmaṇaṃ vṛddhahārītaṃ śaṃkhacakrasuśobhitam | niyamairduṣkarairugraiḥ parikṣīṇakalevaram
a brahmin, an aged Hārīta, well adorned with conch and discus (marks), his body wholly wasted away by harsh, hard-to-perform observances,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 125.44
अस्थिशेषं महद्दांतं विस्फुरत्कर्कशत्वचम् । दधानं हारिणं चर्म वसानं मृदुवल्कलम्
asthiśeṣaṃ mahaddāṃtaṃ visphuratkarkaśatvacam | dadhānaṃ hāriṇaṃ carma vasānaṃ mṛduvalkalam
nothing but bones left, with large teeth, his rough skin showing plainly, wearing a deerskin and clothed in soft bark,
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PdP 6 125.45
कुर्वाणं नैगमं जाप्यं नखलोमजटाधरम् । तं वनाश्रमिणं दृष्ट्वा मार्गं दत्त्वा ससंभ्रमः
kurvāṇaṃ naigamaṃ jāpyaṃ nakhalomajaṭādharam | taṃ vanāśramiṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā mārgaṃ dattvā sasaṃbhramaḥ
performing the Vedic muttered prayer, bearing (long) nails, hair and matted locks. Seeing him, a dweller in the forest hermitage, (the king) gave way on the road and, in agitation,
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PdP 6 125.46
प्रणम्य शिरसा राजा कृतपद्मांजलिस्थितः । अथ चैनमलंकारैर्द्विजो निश्चित्य भूमिपम्
praṇamya śirasā rājā kṛtapadmāṃjalisthitaḥ | atha cainamalaṃkārairdvijo niścitya bhūmipam
the king bowed with his head and stood with his palms joined like a lotus. Then the brahmin, ascertaining from his ornaments that he was a king,
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PdP 6 125.47
उवाच श्रेयसे हेतोः परोपकृतिवांच्छया । किमर्थं गम्यते राजन्काले पुण्यतमे शुभे
uvāca śreyase hetoḥ paropakṛtivāṃcchayā | kimarthaṃ gamyate rājankāle puṇyatame śubhe
spoke, for the sake of (his) welfare, out of a wish to benefit another: "For what purpose are you travelling, O king, at this most holy, auspicious time,
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PdP 6 125.48
माघमासे विहायैव प्रातःस्नानं सरोवरे । प्रत्युवाच ततो राजा नाहं जाने द्विजोत्तम
māghamāse vihāyaiva prātaḥsnānaṃ sarovare | pratyuvāca tato rājā nāhaṃ jāne dvijottama
"...having abandoned the morning bath in the lake in the month of Māgha?" Then the king replied: "I do not know, O best of the twice-born."
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PdP 6 125.49
माघस्नानफलं कीदृक्तन्मे कथय विस्तरात् । इति भूपवचः श्रुत्वा प्राह वैखानसो मुनिः
māghasnānaphalaṃ kīdṛktanme kathaya vistarāt | iti bhūpavacaḥ śrutvā prāha vaikhānaso muniḥ
"What sort of fruit belongs to bathing in Māgha? Tell me that in full." Hearing the king's words thus, the Vaikhānasa sage said:
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PdP 6 125.50
भगवान्द्युमणिः शीघ्रमभ्युदेति तमोपहा । स्नानकालोऽयमस्माकं न कथाऽवसरो नृप 6.125.
bhagavāndyumaṇiḥ śīghramabhyudeti tamopahā | snānakālo'yamasmākaṃ na kathā'vasaro nṛpa 6.125.
"The lord Sun, dispeller of darkness, is rising swiftly; this is our time for bathing, not an occasion for talk, O king.
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PdP 6 125.51
स्नात्वा गच्छ वसिष्ठं तं पृच्छस्व स्वकुलप्रभुम् । इत्युक्त्वा तापसो मौनी प्रातःस्नानाय निर्गतः
snātvā gaccha vasiṣṭhaṃ taṃ pṛcchasva svakulaprabhum | ityuktvā tāpaso maunī prātaḥsnānāya nirgataḥ
"Once you have bathed, go to that Vasiṣṭha, the lord of your own lineage, and ask him." Having said this, the ascetic fell silent and went out for the morning bath.
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PdP 6 125.52
प्रत्यावृत्य दिलीपोऽपि तत्र स्नात्वा यथाविधि । पुनः स्वनगरीं वीरो गतोऽसौ हर्षपूरितः
pratyāvṛtya dilīpo'pi tatra snātvā yathāvidhi | punaḥ svanagarīṃ vīro gato'sau harṣapūritaḥ
Dilīpa too, turning back, bathed there according to the rule; then that hero, filled with joy, went again to his own city.
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PdP 6 125.53
अन्तःपुरे निवेद्याथ वानप्रस्थकथां पुनः । श्वेताश्वरथमारुह्य सुश्वेतच्छत्रचामरः
antaḥpure nivedyātha vānaprasthakathāṃ punaḥ | śvetāśvarathamāruhya suśvetacchatracāmaraḥ
Then, having reported in the inner apartments the words of the forest-dwelling hermit, he mounted a chariot with white horses, with a bright white parasol and yak-tail whisks,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 125.54
सालंकारः सुवासाश्च संवृत्तो मंत्रिभिः सह । जयशब्दान्पुनः शृण्वन्स्तुतो मागधबंदिभिः
sālaṃkāraḥ suvāsāśca saṃvṛtto maṃtribhiḥ saha | jayaśabdānpunaḥ śṛṇvanstuto māgadhabaṃdibhiḥ
wearing ornaments and fine garments, surrounded by his ministers, hearing again the shouts of "Victory!", praised by the Māgadha panegyrists and the bards,
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PdP 6 125.55
वसिष्ठस्याश्रमं यात ऋषिवाक्यमनुस्मरन् । तत्रैव नत्वा ब्रह्मर्षिं विनयाचारपूर्वकम्
vasiṣṭhasyāśramaṃ yāta ṛṣivākyamanusmaran | tatraiva natvā brahmarṣiṃ vinayācārapūrvakam
he went to Vasiṣṭha's hermitage, keeping the sage's words in mind; and there, having bowed to the brahmin-seer with due humility and courtesy,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 125.56
दत्तासनो गृहीतार्घ्य आशीर्भिः समलंकृतः । सानंदं मुनिना पृष्टः कुशलं भूपतिर्यदा
dattāsano gṛhītārghya āśīrbhiḥ samalaṃkṛtaḥ | sānaṃdaṃ muninā pṛṣṭaḥ kuśalaṃ bhūpatiryadā
having been given a seat, having received the arghya offering, honoured with benedictions — when the king was asked by the sage, gladly, about his well-being,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 125.57
तदाब्रवीद्वचो राजा हर्षयन्मुनिमानसम् । सोऽपि वैखानसेनोक्तं पप्रच्छ मधुराकृतिः
tadābravīdvaco rājā harṣayanmunimānasam | so'pi vaikhānasenoktaṃ papraccha madhurākṛtiḥ
then the king spoke words that gladdened the sage's mind; and he, of sweet aspect, asked what had been said by the Vaikhānasa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 125.58
दिलीप उवाच। भगवंस्त्वत्प्रसादेन श्रुता विस्तरतो मया । आचारो दंडनीतिश्च राजधर्माश्च ये परे
dilīpa uvāca| bhagavaṃstvatprasādena śrutā vistarato mayā | ācāro daṃḍanītiśca rājadharmāśca ye pare
Dilīpa said: Reverend one, by your grace I have heard in detail the rules of conduct, the science of punishment, and the other duties of a king,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 125.59
चतुर्णामपि वर्णानामाश्रमाणां च याः क्रियाः । दानानि तद्विधानानि यज्ञाश्च विधयस्तथा
caturṇāmapi varṇānāmāśramāṇāṃ ca yāḥ kriyāḥ | dānāni tadvidhānāni yajñāśca vidhayastathā
and the observances that belong to all four classes and to the (four) stages of life, the gifts and their prescriptions, and the sacrifices and their rules,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 125.60
व्रतानि तत्प्रदिष्टानि विष्णोराराधनं तथा । अधुना श्रोतुमिच्छामि माघस्नाने च यत्फलम् । विधेयं यद्विधानेन तन्मे ब्रह्मन्मुने वद
vratāni tatpradiṣṭāni viṣṇorārādhanaṃ tathā | adhunā śrotumicchāmi māghasnāne ca yatphalam | vidheyaṃ yadvidhānena tanme brahmanmune vada
the vows laid down for them, and likewise the worship of Viṣṇu. Now I wish to hear what fruit there is in bathing in Māgha, and what is to be done, by what procedure — tell me that, O brahmin sage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 125.61
वसिष्ठ उवाच। सम्यगुक्तं परं श्रेयो लोकत्रयहितावहम् । निर्मलीकरणं तेन मुनिना वनवासिना
vasiṣṭha uvāca| samyaguktaṃ paraṃ śreyo lokatrayahitāvaham | nirmalīkaraṇaṃ tena muninā vanavāsinā
Vasiṣṭha said: Rightly has it been spoken by that forest-dwelling sage — the highest good, bringing benefit to the three worlds, a means of becoming spotless.
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PdP 6 125.62
कटाक्षैः कामिनीनां ते प्रत्यासन्नमखंडिताः । कामयंते मृगार्के ते स्रोतसि स्नातुमेव च
kaṭākṣaiḥ kāminīnāṃ te pratyāsannamakhaṃḍitāḥ | kāmayaṃte mṛgārke te srotasi snātumeva ca
Those who are unbroken (in resolve) though the sidelong glances of desirable women are close at hand — they desire, when the sun is in Capricorn, to bathe in the flowing stream.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 125.63
विना वह्निं विना यज्ञमिष्टापूर्तं विना प्रिये । वांच्छंति सद्गतिं स्नातुं प्रातर्माघे बहिर्जले
vinā vahniṃ vinā yajñamiṣṭāpūrtaṃ vinā priye | vāṃcchaṃti sadgatiṃ snātuṃ prātarmāghe bahirjale
Without fire, without sacrifice, without works of merit, O dear one, (still) they gain the good destiny they long for — (by) bathing at dawn in Māgha in open water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 125.64
गोभूहिरण्यमाणिक्य स्वर्ण धेन्वादिकानि ये । अदत्त्वेच्छंति चैकार्णे माघं स्नाता नराधिप
gobhūhiraṇyamāṇikya svarṇa dhenvādikāni ye | adattvecchaṃti caikārṇe māghaṃ snātā narādhipa
Those who, without giving cows, land, gold, rubies, wealth, milch-cows and the rest, still desire (its reward), O lord of men, are ones who have bathed in Māgha in the single expanse of water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 125.65
त्रिःसप्ताहव्रतैः कृच्छ्रैः पराकैश्च निजां तनुम् । अशोष्येच्छंति ये स्वर्गं तपसि स्नांतु ते सदा
triḥsaptāhavrataiḥ kṛcchraiḥ parākaiśca nijāṃ tanum | aśoṣyecchaṃti ye svargaṃ tapasi snāṃtu te sadā
Those who, without withering their own body by thrice-seven-day vows, by kṛcchra and parāka penances, desire heaven — let them always bathe in Tapas (the month of Māgha).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 125.66
हरेः पूजा च वैशाखे तपः पूजा च कार्तिके । तपोहोमस्तथा दानं त्रयं माघे विशिष्यते
hareḥ pūjā ca vaiśākhe tapaḥ pūjā ca kārtike | tapohomastathā dānaṃ trayaṃ māghe viśiṣyate
In Vaiśākha, worship of Hari; in Kārtika, austerity and worship; austerity, oblation, and giving — these three are pre-eminent in Māgha.
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PdP 6 125.67
सानुबंधोऽतिपर्यासो धराधीशो भवेद्ध्रुवम् । कैवल्योत्पादका बुद्धि यया वा न भवेत्पुनः
sānubaṃdho'tiparyāso dharādhīśo bhaveddhruvam | kaivalyotpādakā buddhi yayā vā na bhavetpunaḥ
With its consequences it is a great reversal; the lord of the earth would surely become (so). (There is) an understanding that produces isolation (kaivalya), by which one is not born again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 125.68
पदध्र्या वरिवस्या सा विहिता दिव्यलोचनैः । तदनन्नं तपो दानं माघेमासि नृपोत्तम
padadhryā varivasyā sā vihitā divyalocanaiḥ | tadanannaṃ tapo dānaṃ māghemāsi nṛpottama
That service (is) prescribed by the divine-eyed (seers): therefore fasting, austerity and giving in the month of Māgha, O best of kings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 125.69
सकामो वा प्रजा ये वा हरये तद्विनापि वा । कायशुद्धिव्रती भूत्वा चतुर्द्धास्नानजं फलम्
sakāmo vā prajā ye vā haraye tadvināpi vā | kāyaśuddhivratī bhūtvā caturddhāsnānajaṃ phalam
Whether one has desires, or (desires) offspring, or (acts) even without that, for Hari's sake — having become an observer of the vow of bodily purity, (one gains) the fourfold fruit arising from the bath.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 125.70
निरन्ना अदितिः सस्नौ माघे द्वादशवत्सरे । पुत्रांश्च द्वादशादित्यान्लभे त्रैलोक्यदीपकान्
nirannā aditiḥ sasnau māghe dvādaśavatsare | putrāṃśca dvādaśādityānlabhe trailokyadīpakān
Aditi, taking no food, bathed in Māgha for twelve years, and obtained as sons the twelve Ādityas, the illuminators of the three worlds.
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PdP 6 125.71
सुभगा रोहिणी माघा दानशीलात्वरुंधती । शची च रूपसंपन्ना प्रासादे सप्तभूमिके
subhagā rohiṇī māghā dānaśīlātvaruṃdhatī | śacī ca rūpasaṃpannā prāsāde saptabhūmike
Subhagā, Rohiṇī, Māghā, Arundhatī of charitable disposition, and Śacī endowed with beauty — in a seven-storeyed palace,
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PdP 6 125.72
विमलीकृतशोभाढ्यो नर्तकी ललिताजिरे । द्वीपवर्णसमुच्छिन्ने रूपवत्स्त्रीजनाकुले
vimalīkṛtaśobhāḍhyo nartakī lalitājire | dvīpavarṇasamucchinne rūpavatstrījanākule
rich in a splendour made spotless, with a lovely courtyard (thronged with) dancing women, ... , crowded with beautiful womenfolk,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 125.73
गीतवादित्रनिर्घोषे मंगलाचारशोभिते । वेदध्वनिपवित्रे च विद्वद्विप्रैरलंकृते
gītavāditranirghoṣe maṃgalācāraśobhite | vedadhvanipavitre ca vidvadviprairalaṃkṛte
(a palace) resounding with song and instrumental music, adorned with auspicious rites, purified by the sound of the Veda, and graced by learned brahmins,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 125.74
सुरार्चनरते रम्ये सदातिथिनिषेविते । मुदितांस्ते वसंतीह यैः स्नानं मकरे रवौ
surārcanarate ramye sadātithiniṣevite | muditāṃste vasaṃtīha yaiḥ snānaṃ makare ravau
delightful, devoted to the worship of the gods, always attended by guests — there those joyful ones dwell, by whom the bath was taken when the sun was in Capricorn.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 125.75
यैर्दत्तं बहु माघे च मुरारिश्चार्चितः स्तुतः । इष्टवस्तुपरित्यागान्नियमस्य तु पालनात्
yairdattaṃ bahu māghe ca murāriścārcitaḥ stutaḥ | iṣṭavastuparityāgānniyamasya tu pālanāt
By whom much was given in Māgha and Murāri was worshipped and praised, through the relinquishing of cherished possessions and through the keeping of the observance —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 125.76
धर्मसूतिः सदा माघः पापमूलं निकृंतति । काममूलः फलद्वारा निष्कामो ज्ञानदः सदा
dharmasūtiḥ sadā māghaḥ pāpamūlaṃ nikṛṃtati | kāmamūlaḥ phaladvārā niṣkāmo jñānadaḥ sadā
Māgha, the begetter of dharma, always cuts away the root of sin; when (undertaken) with desire it is a doorway to fruit, when desireless it always bestows knowledge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 125.77
ये लोका ज्ञानशीलानां ये लोका विपिनौकसाम् । ये लोका विष्णुभक्तानां ते माघस्नायिनां सदा
ye lokā jñānaśīlānāṃ ye lokā vipinaukasām | ye lokā viṣṇubhaktānāṃ te māghasnāyināṃ sadā
Those worlds that belong to men of knowledge, those worlds that belong to forest-dwellers, those worlds that belong to the devotees of Viṣṇu — they belong always to those who bathe in Māgha.
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PdP 6 125.78
देवलोकान्निवर्तंते पुण्यैरन्यैः परंतप । कदाचिन्न निवर्तंते माघस्नानरता नराः
devalokānnivartaṃte puṇyairanyaiḥ paraṃtapa | kadācinna nivartaṃte māghasnānaratā narāḥ
By other meritorious acts men return from the world of the gods, O scorcher of foes; but men devoted to the Māgha bath never return.
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PdP 6 125.79
माघे स्नात्वा तु यो धेनुं दद्यान्मर्त्यः पयस्विनीम् । तस्या यावंति रोमाणि सर्वांगे च नृपोत्तम
māghe snātvā tu yo dhenuṃ dadyānmartyaḥ payasvinīm | tasyā yāvaṃti romāṇi sarvāṃge ca nṛpottama
But the mortal who, having bathed in Māgha, gives a milk-giving cow — as many hairs as she has over her whole body, O best of kings,
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PdP 6 125.80
तावद्वर्षसहस्राणि स्वर्गलोके महीयते । माघस्नानं प्रकुर्वाणो यो दद्यात्सगुडांस्तिलान्
tāvadvarṣasahasrāṇi svargaloke mahīyate | māghasnānaṃ prakurvāṇo yo dadyātsaguḍāṃstilān
for that many thousands of years he is honoured in the world of heaven. He who, while performing the Māgha bath, gives sesame together with jaggery —
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PdP 6 125.81
पातकं तस्य प्रक्षाल्य निर्मलो भाति वै नरः । सर्वेषां धान्यराशीनां तिलाः पापप्रणाशनाः
pātakaṃ tasya prakṣālya nirmalo bhāti vai naraḥ | sarveṣāṃ dhānyarāśīnāṃ tilāḥ pāpapraṇāśanāḥ
his sin being washed away, the man indeed shines spotless. Of all the heaps of grain, sesame is the destroyer of sin.
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PdP 6 125.82
तस्मान्माघे प्रयत्नेन तिला देया नृपोत्तम । माघस्नानं प्रकुर्वाणो दद्याद्ब्राह्मणभोजनम्
tasmānmāghe prayatnena tilā deyā nṛpottama | māghasnānaṃ prakurvāṇo dadyādbrāhmaṇabhojanam
Therefore in Māgha sesame should be given with effort, O best of kings. Performing the Māgha bath, one should give a meal to brahmins.
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PdP 6 125.83
पितॄन्संतर्प्य शुद्धात्मा याति विष्णोः परंपदम् । तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन माघो दानेन नीयते
pitṝnsaṃtarpya śuddhātmā yāti viṣṇoḥ paraṃpadam | tasmātsarvaprayatnena māgho dānena nīyate
Having satisfied the ancestors, purified in self, he goes to the supreme abode of Viṣṇu; therefore with every effort Māgha is passed with giving.
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PdP 6 125.84
अदानं न क्षिपेन्माघं सर्वदा नृपसत्तम । वित्तानुसारं ज्ञात्वा वै माघे दानं सदा ददेत्
adānaṃ na kṣipenmāghaṃ sarvadā nṛpasattama | vittānusāraṃ jñātvā vai māghe dānaṃ sadā dadet
One should never let Māgha pass without giving, O best of kings; knowing (what is) in accordance with one's wealth, one should always make a gift in Māgha.
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PdP 6 125.85
माघस्नानं तु यः कुर्यादुपानहकमंडलून् । ददाति ब्राह्मणेभ्यश्च स स्वर्गे तिष्ठति ध्रुवम्
māghasnānaṃ tu yaḥ kuryādupānahakamaṃḍalūn | dadāti brāhmaṇebhyaśca sa svarge tiṣṭhati dhruvam
He who performs the Māgha bath and gives sandals and water-pots to brahmins surely abides in heaven.
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PdP 6 125.86
माघस्नानमयं राजन्कुर्वाणस्तप उत्तमम् । दानं विना क्षिपेन्नैव दानात्स्वर्गमवाप्यते
māghasnānamayaṃ rājankurvāṇastapa uttamam | dānaṃ vinā kṣipennaiva dānātsvargamavāpyate
O king, one performing this supreme austerity consisting of the Māgha bath should not let it pass without giving; through giving heaven is attained.
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PdP 6 125.87
दानेन प्राप्यते स्वर्गो दानेन प्राप्यते सुखम् । दानेन हीयते पापं महापातकजं नृप
dānena prāpyate svargo dānena prāpyate sukham | dānena hīyate pāpaṃ mahāpātakajaṃ nṛpa
By giving heaven is attained, by giving happiness is attained; by giving the sin born of the great sins is removed, O king.
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PdP 6 125.88
अदानं न तपो भाति ह्यसूर्यं गगनं यथा । असंततिकुलं यद्वादाचारेण विना गृहम्
adānaṃ na tapo bhāti hyasūryaṃ gaganaṃ yathā | asaṃtatikulaṃ yadvādācāreṇa vinā gṛham
Without giving, austerity does not shine, just as the sky without the sun, or as a family without offspring, or as a house without good conduct.
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PdP 6 125.89
नातः परतरं किंचित्पवित्रं पापनाशनम् । विद्याधराय संगीतं भृगुणा मणिपर्वते
nātaḥ parataraṃ kiṃcitpavitraṃ pāpanāśanam | vidyādharāya saṃgītaṃ bhṛguṇā maṇiparvate
There is nothing higher than this, (nothing so) purifying and destroying sin — (this) was sung by Bhṛgu to a Vidyādhara on Maṇi mountain.
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PdP 6 125.90
राजोवाच। ब्रह्मन्कदा भृगुर्विप्रो निजगाद महीधरे । तस्मै धर्मोपदेशं च कथ्यतां मे कुतूहलात्
rājovāca| brahmankadā bhṛgurvipro nijagāda mahīdhare | tasmai dharmopadeśaṃ ca kathyatāṃ me kutūhalāt
The king said: Brahmin, when did the brahmin Bhṛgu speak on the mountain? And let his instruction in dharma be told to me, out of my curiosity.
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PdP 6 125.91
वसिष्ठ उवाच। द्वादशाब्दं पुरा राजन्न ववर्ष बलाहकः । तेनोद्विग्नाः प्रजाः क्षीणा गताः सर्वा दिशो दश
vasiṣṭha uvāca| dvādaśābdaṃ purā rājanna vavarṣa balāhakaḥ | tenodvignāḥ prajāḥ kṣīṇā gatāḥ sarvā diśo daśa
Vasiṣṭha said: Formerly, O king, for twelve years the cloud did not rain; distressed by that, the people wasted away and went off in all ten directions.
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PdP 6 125.92
खिलीभूते तदा मध्ये हिमवद्विंध्ययोर्नृप । स्वाहास्वधावषट्कारवेदाध्ययनवर्जिते
khilībhūte tadā madhye himavadviṃdhyayornṛpa | svāhāsvadhāvaṣaṭkāravedādhyayanavarjite
When the region between the Himalaya and the Vindhya had then become a waste, O king, devoid of svāhā, svadhā, vaṣaṭ-calls and the recitation of the Vedas,
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PdP 6 125.93
सोपप्लवे तदा लोके लुप्तधर्मे च निष्प्रभे । फलमूलान्नपानीय शून्ये वै भूमिमंडले
sopaplave tadā loke luptadharme ca niṣprabhe | phalamūlānnapānīya śūnye vai bhūmimaṃḍale
when the world was thus afflicted, its dharma lost and its lustre gone, and the circle of the earth was empty of fruit, roots, food and water,
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PdP 6 125.94
विंध्यपादतरुच्छन्न रम्यरेवातटाश्रमात् । सहशिष्यैश्च निर्गम्य हिमाद्रिं स गतो भृगुः
viṃdhyapādatarucchanna ramyarevātaṭāśramāt | sahaśiṣyaiśca nirgamya himādriṃ sa gato bhṛguḥ
Bhṛgu, going out together with his disciples from his hermitage on the lovely bank of the Revā, shaded by the trees at the foot of the Vindhya, went to the Snow Mountain.
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PdP 6 125.95
तत्र तिष्ठति कैलासगिरेः पश्चिमतो गिरिः । मणिकूट इति ख्यातो हेमरत्नशिलोच्चयः
tatra tiṣṭhati kailāsagireḥ paścimato giriḥ | maṇikūṭa iti khyāto hemaratnaśiloccayaḥ
There, to the west of Mount Kailāsa, stands a mountain known as Maṇikūṭa, a mass of rock of gold and jewels.
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PdP 6 125.96
अधोऽधस्फटिकश्वेतो मध्ये नीलशिलो गिरिः । भूतिभिः सर्वतः शुक्लो नीलकंठ इवाबभौ
adho'dhasphaṭikaśveto madhye nīlaśilo giriḥ | bhūtibhiḥ sarvataḥ śuklo nīlakaṃṭha ivābabhau
White with crystal in its lowest parts, with blue rock in the middle, the mountain, white all over with ashes, looked like Nīlakaṇṭha (the blue-throated one).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 125.97
सर्वत्रासौ नीलशिलो हेमरेखांतरांतरः । स्फुरद्विद्युल्लतः कृष्णो जीमूतइव राजते
sarvatrāsau nīlaśilo hemarekhāṃtarāṃtaraḥ | sphuradvidyullataḥ kṛṣṇo jīmūtaiva rājate
Everywhere of blue rock, with golden veins running between, it shines dark like a raincloud with flashing streaks of lightning.
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PdP 6 125.98
मूर्ध्नि नीलशिलः शैल अधः कांचनमेखलः । नारायण इवाभाति परिवीत इवांबरः
mūrdhni nīlaśilaḥ śaila adhaḥ kāṃcanamekhalaḥ | nārāyaṇa ivābhāti parivīta ivāṃbaraḥ
The mountain, blue-rocked at its summit and girdled with gold below, looks like Nārāyaṇa wrapped about in a garment.
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PdP 6 125.99
अमेखला सुनीलाभो मध्ये मध्ये सितोपलः । सतारकमिव व्योम शुशुभे स महीधरः
amekhalā sunīlābho madhye madhye sitopalaḥ | satārakamiva vyoma śuśubhe sa mahīdharaḥ
Ungirdled, of a deep blue sheen, with white stones here and there, that mountain shone like the sky with its stars.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 125.100
लब्ध्वात्मनस्तनुं शुभ्रां दीप्तदिव्यौषधीधरः । बहुद्योतकरो भाति द्वितीय इव चंद्रमाः 6.125.
labdhvātmanastanuṃ śubhrāṃ dīptadivyauṣadhīdharaḥ | bahudyotakaro bhāti dvitīya iva caṃdramāḥ 6.125.
Having gained a bright body of its own, bearing blazing divine herbs, giving out much light, it shines like a second moon.
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PdP 6 125.101
अधित्यकासु संगीतैः किन्नरीणां सकीचकैः । रंभापत्रपताकाभिः शोभते स सदाऽचलः
adhityakāsu saṃgītaiḥ kinnarīṇāṃ sakīcakaiḥ | raṃbhāpatrapatākābhiḥ śobhate sa sadā'calaḥ
With the singing of kinnara women on its tablelands, together with the (whistling of) hollow bamboos, and with plantain leaves for banners, that mountain is always beautiful.
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PdP 6 125.102
हरितोपलवैदूर्य पद्मरागशिताश्मनाम् । रुग्रश्मिमंडलैः सोऽग इंद्रचापैरिवावृतः
haritopalavaidūrya padmarāgaśitāśmanām | rugraśmimaṃḍalaiḥ so'ga iṃdracāpairivāvṛtaḥ
With the circles of the shining rays of green stones, lapis, rubies and white rocks, that mountain is covered over as if with rainbows.
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PdP 6 125.103
सर्वधातुमयैर्हेमैर्नानारत्नैः प्रशोभितः । सोऽग्निज्वालैरिवात्युच्चैः शृंगैः सर्वत्र वेष्टितः
sarvadhātumayairhemairnānāratnaiḥ praśobhitaḥ | so'gnijvālairivātyuccaiḥ śṛṃgaiḥ sarvatra veṣṭitaḥ
Adorned with gold made of every mineral and with various gems, it is encircled everywhere by very lofty peaks that are like flames of fire.
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PdP 6 125.104
तस्यागत्य नितंबेषु सतृणा सुशिलासु च । विद्याधर्यः प्रदेवंते स्वपतीन्कामविक्लवाः
tasyāgatya nitaṃbeṣu satṛṇā suśilāsu ca | vidyādharyaḥ pradevaṃte svapatīnkāmaviklavāḥ
Coming to its grassy slopes and its fine rocks, Vidyādhara women, distraught with desire, lament for their husbands.
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PdP 6 125.105
निरुद्धांतर्मरुन्मार्गा जितक्लेशा विरागिणः । ध्यायंत्यहर्निशं ब्रह्म रम्यसानुगुहासु च
niruddhāṃtarmarunmārgā jitakleśā virāgiṇaḥ | dhyāyaṃtyaharniśaṃ brahma ramyasānuguhāsu ca
Dispassionate men who have checked the inner course of the breath and conquered the afflictions meditate on brahman day and night in the caves of its lovely ridges.
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PdP 6 125.106
साक्षसूत्रकराः सिद्धा अर्धोन्मीलितलोचनाः । आराधयंति भूतेशं सुंदरीषु दरीषु च
sākṣasūtrakarāḥ siddhā ardhonmīlitalocanāḥ | ārādhayaṃti bhūteśaṃ suṃdarīṣu darīṣu ca
Siddhas with rosaries in their hands and eyes half open worship the lord of beings in the beautiful caverns.
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PdP 6 125.107
मंदारकुसुमामोद सुरभीकृतदिङ्मुखः । एष निर्झरिणी वारि झंकारमुखरः सदा
maṃdārakusumāmoda surabhīkṛtadiṅmukhaḥ | eṣa nirjhariṇī vāri jhaṃkāramukharaḥ sadā
This (mountain), whose quarters are made fragrant by the perfume of mandāra blossoms, is ever loud with the murmuring of the waters of its cascades.
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PdP 6 125.108
उपत्यकासु खेलद्भिर्वनस्थैः कलभैर्गजैः । कस्तूरीमृगयूथैश्च चारुचित्रमृगैस्तथा
upatyakāsu kheladbhirvanasthaiḥ kalabhairgajaiḥ | kastūrīmṛgayūthaiśca cārucitramṛgaistathā
(It abounds) with woodland elephant-calves sporting on its lower slopes, and with herds of musk-deer, and likewise with lovely dappled deer,
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PdP 6 125.109
विलसच्चामरीवृंदैर्विचित्रैः श्वापदैस्तथा । नदत्पारावतैश्चैव चकोरैश्चापि कोकिलैः
vilasaccāmarīvṛṃdairvicitraiḥ śvāpadaistathā | nadatpārāvataiścaiva cakoraiścāpi kokilaiḥ
with flocks of frolicking yak-cows, and with sundry beasts of prey, and with cooing doves, and with cakora birds and cuckoos too,
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PdP 6 125.110
राजहंसमयूरैश्च सदा रम्यः स पर्वतः । सेव्यमानः सदा देवैर्गुह्यकैरप्सरोगणैः
rājahaṃsamayūraiśca sadā ramyaḥ sa parvataḥ | sevyamānaḥ sadā devairguhyakairapsarogaṇaiḥ
and with royal geese and peacocks — that mountain is ever delightful, ever frequented by gods, by guhyakas and by throngs of apsarases.
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PdP 6 125.111
राजोवाच। बह्वाश्चर्यमयः शैलः सर्वसिद्धिसमाश्रयः । भगवन्कियदुच्छ्रायः कियदायामविस्तरः
rājovāca| bahvāścaryamayaḥ śailaḥ sarvasiddhisamāśrayaḥ | bhagavankiyaducchrāyaḥ kiyadāyāmavistaraḥ
The king said: The mountain is full of many marvels, the seat of every supernatural power. Reverend sir, how high is it, and how great in length and breadth?
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PdP 6 125.112
ऋषिरुवाच। षट्त्रिंशद्योजनोच्छ्रायो मस्तके दशयोजनः । आयामविस्तराभ्यां स मूले षोडशयोजनः
ṛṣiruvāca| ṣaṭtriṃśadyojanocchrāyo mastake daśayojanaḥ | āyāmavistarābhyāṃ sa mūle ṣoḍaśayojanaḥ
The sage said: It is thirty-six yojanas in height, ten yojanas at its summit; in length and breadth at its base it is sixteen yojanas.
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PdP 6 125.113
हरिचंदनमंदारचूतराजिविराजितः । देवदारुद्रुमाकीर्णः सरलार्जुनशोभितः
haricaṃdanamaṃdāracūtarājivirājitaḥ | devadārudrumākīrṇaḥ saralārjunaśobhitaḥ
It is resplendent with rows of yellow sandal, mandāra and mango trees, thick with deodar trees, adorned with sarala and arjuna trees.
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PdP 6 125.114
कालागरुलवंगैश्च निकुंजैश्च लतागृहैः । विराजते गिरिश्रेष्ठः सदा पुष्पफलप्रदः
kālāgarulavaṃgaiśca nikuṃjaiśca latāgṛhaiḥ | virājate giriśreṣṭhaḥ sadā puṣpaphalapradaḥ
With black aloe and clove trees, with thickets and bowers of creepers, that best of mountains shines, ever yielding flowers and fruit.
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PdP 6 125.115
तं दृष्ट्वा पर्वतं रम्यं तदा दुर्भिक्षपीडितः । भृगुश्चकार तत्रैव वसतिं हृष्टमानसः
taṃ dṛṣṭvā parvataṃ ramyaṃ tadā durbhikṣapīḍitaḥ | bhṛguścakāra tatraiva vasatiṃ hṛṣṭamānasaḥ
Seeing that delightful mountain, Bhṛgu, then afflicted by the famine, made his dwelling right there with a glad heart.
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PdP 6 125.116
तस्मिन्मनोहरे शैले कंदरेषु वनेषु च। चिरकालं तपस्तेपे तपःसु निरतो भृगुः । एवं तिष्ठति राजेंद्र द्विजे स्वाश्रमवासिनि
tasminmanohare śaile kaṃdareṣu vaneṣu ca| cirakālaṃ tapastepe tapaḥsu nirato bhṛguḥ | evaṃ tiṣṭhati rājeṃdra dvije svāśramavāsini
On that charming mountain, in its caverns and its woods, Bhṛgu, devoted to austerities, practised austerity for a long time. While thus, O lord of kings, the brahmin was dwelling in his own hermitage,
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PdP 6 125.117
अवतीर्यागतौ शैलाद्द्वौ विद्याधरदंपती । समागम्य मुनिं नत्वा स्थितौ तावतिदुःखितौ
avatīryāgatau śailāddvau vidyādharadaṃpatī | samāgamya muniṃ natvā sthitau tāvatiduḥkhitau
two Vidyādharas, husband and wife, came down from the mountain; approaching the sage and bowing to him, the two stood there, exceedingly sorrowful.
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PdP 6 125.118
तथाविधौ च तौ दृष्ट्वा मंजुवाक्यं द्विजोऽब्रवीत् । वद विद्याधर प्रीत्या युवां किमतिदुःखितौ
tathāvidhau ca tau dṛṣṭvā maṃjuvākyaṃ dvijo'bravīt | vada vidyādhara prītyā yuvāṃ kimatiduḥkhitau
And seeing the two in such a state, the brahmin spoke sweet words: "Tell me kindly, Vidyādhara, why are you two so very sorrowful?"
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PdP 6 125.119
श्रुत्वा तस्य मुनेर्वाक्यं प्राह विद्याधरो द्विजम् । श्रूयतां तापसश्रेष्ठ मम दुःखस्य कारणम्
śrutvā tasya munervākyaṃ prāha vidyādharo dvijam | śrūyatāṃ tāpasaśreṣṭha mama duḥkhasya kāraṇam
Hearing that sage's words, the Vidyādhara said to the brahmin: "Let the cause of my sorrow be heard, best of ascetics.
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PdP 6 125.120
सुकृतस्य फलं प्राप्य प्राप्तोऽस्मि त्रिदशालयम् । लब्ध्वाऽपि देवतादेहं मुखं व्याघ्रस्य मेऽभवत्
sukṛtasya phalaṃ prāpya prāpto'smi tridaśālayam | labdhvā'pi devatādehaṃ mukhaṃ vyāghrasya me'bhavat
Having obtained the fruit of my good deeds, I have reached the abode of the thirty (gods); yet, though I gained a divine body, my face became a tiger's.
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PdP 6 125.121
न जाने कर्मणः कस्य विपाकोऽयमुपस्थितः । इति संस्मृत्य संस्मृत्य न लेभे शर्म मे मनः
na jāne karmaṇaḥ kasya vipāko'yamupasthitaḥ | iti saṃsmṛtya saṃsmṛtya na lebhe śarma me manaḥ
I do not know of what deed this ripening has befallen me. Recalling this again and again, my mind has found no comfort.
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PdP 6 125.122
अन्यच्च श्रूयतां विप्र येन मे ह्याकुलं मनः । जायेयं मम कल्याणी मधुवाणी सुरूपिणी
anyacca śrūyatāṃ vipra yena me hyākulaṃ manaḥ | jāyeyaṃ mama kalyāṇī madhuvāṇī surūpiṇī
And hear something else, brahmin, by which my mind is indeed troubled. My wife is auspicious, sweet-voiced, of lovely form,
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PdP 6 125.123
नृत्यगीतकलाभिज्ञा सर्वसद्गुणशालिनी । यस्मिन्काले कुमारीयं तदा चाऽमलयानया
nṛtyagītakalābhijñā sarvasadguṇaśālinī | yasminkāle kumārīyaṃ tadā cā'malayānayā
versed in the arts of dance and song, endowed with all good qualities. At the time when she was (still) a girl, then by her, the spotless one,
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PdP 6 125.124
विपंचीं परिवादिन्या तंत्रीभिः सप्तभिर्भृशम् । वीणावादरसाभिज्ञस्तोषितो नारदो मुनिः
vipaṃcīṃ parivādinyā taṃtrībhiḥ saptabhirbhṛśam | vīṇāvādarasābhijñastoṣito nārado muniḥ
by (her playing) the vipañcī, a parivādinī with its seven strings, intently, the sage Nārada, a connoisseur of the flavour of vīṇā-playing, was delighted.
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PdP 6 125.125
मुग्धभावेपि गायंत्या त्वनया रक्तकंठया । विचित्रस्वरनादज्ञो देवराजोऽपि तोषितः
mugdhabhāvepi gāyaṃtyā tvanayā raktakaṃṭhayā | vicitrasvaranādajño devarājo'pi toṣitaḥ
And when she, with her rich voice, sang even in her innocent childhood, even the king of the gods, who knows manifold tones and notes, was delighted.
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PdP 6 125.126
अस्याः कौतुकभिन्नांग्या वादयंत्या विपंचिकाम् । नानावक्रगतिस्निग्धं श्रुत्वा तं पंचमध्वनिम्
asyāḥ kautukabhinnāṃgyā vādayaṃtyā vipaṃcikām | nānāvakragatisnigdhaṃ śrutvā taṃ paṃcamadhvanim
Hearing that pañcama note of hers — smooth with its many winding turns — as she, her limbs athrill with eagerness, played the vipañcikā,
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PdP 6 125.127
तुतोषोद्भिन्नरोमांचो धुन्वन्मौलि महेश्वरः । शीलौदार्यगुणग्रामरूपयौवनसंपदा
tutoṣodbhinnaromāṃco dhunvanmauli maheśvaraḥ | śīlaudāryaguṇagrāmarūpayauvanasaṃpadā
Maheśvara was pleased, his hair bristling, shaking his head. By her character, generosity, host of virtues, beauty and the wealth of her youth,
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PdP 6 125.128
नानया सदृशी नाके काचिदस्ति नितंबिनी । क्वेयं देवमुखी रामा क्वाहं व्याघ्रमुखः पुमान्
nānayā sadṛśī nāke kācidasti nitaṃbinī | kveyaṃ devamukhī rāmā kvāhaṃ vyāghramukhaḥ pumān
"There is no fair-hipped woman in heaven equal to her. What is this lady with a goddess's face, and what am I, a man with a tiger's face!"
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PdP 6 125.129
इति ब्रह्मन्सदाचिंत्य दह्यामि हृदि सर्वदा । इति विद्याधरप्रोक्तं श्रुत्वा चेक्ष्वाकुनंदनः
iti brahmansadāciṃtya dahyāmi hṛdi sarvadā | iti vidyādharaproktaṃ śrutvā cekṣvākunaṃdanaḥ
"Thus, O brahmin, brooding constantly, I burn in my heart always." Hearing this spoken by the Vidyādhara, the delight of the Ikṣvākus—
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PdP 6 125.130
त्रिकालज्ञो भृगुः प्राह प्रहसन्दिव्यलोचनः । शृणु विद्याधरश्रेष्ठ विचित्रं कर्मणां फलम्
trikālajño bhṛguḥ prāha prahasandivyalocanaḥ | śṛṇu vidyādharaśreṣṭha vicitraṃ karmaṇāṃ phalam
—Bhṛgu, knower of the three times, with divine eyes, said, laughing: "Listen, best of Vidyādharas, to the strange fruit of actions.
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PdP 6 125.131
प्राप्य प्राज्ञा न मुह्यंति मुह्यंत्यज्ञानचेतसः । मक्षिकापदमात्रं तु यथा हि विषमं विषम्
prāpya prājñā na muhyaṃti muhyaṃtyajñānacetasaḥ | makṣikāpadamātraṃ tu yathā hi viṣamaṃ viṣam
On obtaining (it) the wise are not bewildered; those whose minds are ignorant are bewildered. For as poison, though only the measure of a fly's foot, is deadly—
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PdP 6 125.132
क्रियात्वविहिताल्पापि विपाके दारुणा तथा । उपोष्यैकादशीं माघे तैलाभ्यंगः कृतस्त्वया
kriyātvavihitālpāpi vipāke dāruṇā tathā | upoṣyaikādaśīṃ māghe tailābhyaṃgaḥ kṛtastvayā
—so even a small act, when performed (wrongly?) though prescribed, is terrible in its ripening. Having fasted on the eleventh in Māgha, an oil-anointing was done by you
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PdP 6 125.133
द्वादश्यां प्राग्भवे देहे तेन व्याघ्रमुखोभवान् । उपोष्यैकादशीं पुण्यां द्वादश्यां तैलसेवनात्
dvādaśyāṃ prāgbhave dehe tena vyāghramukhobhavān | upoṣyaikādaśīṃ puṇyāṃ dvādaśyāṃ tailasevanāt
on the twelfth, in a former body; by that you became tiger-faced. Because of fasting on the holy eleventh and then using oil on the twelfth,
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PdP 6 125.134
कुरूपं प्राप्तवान्देहं पुराह्येवं पुरूरवाः । दृष्ट्वात्मनः कुकायं स तेन दुःखेन दुःखितः
kurūpaṃ prāptavāndehaṃ purāhyevaṃ purūravāḥ | dṛṣṭvātmanaḥ kukāyaṃ sa tena duḥkhena duḥkhitaḥ
long ago Purūravas likewise obtained an ugly body. Seeing his own foul body, he was pained by that pain;
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PdP 6 125.135
गिरिराजं समागम्य देवतासरसस्तटे । स्थित्वा च परमप्रीत्या शुचिः स्नातः कुशासने
girirājaṃ samāgamya devatāsarasastaṭe | sthitvā ca paramaprītyā śuciḥ snātaḥ kuśāsane
and having come to the king of mountains, on the bank of the lake of the gods, and standing there with the highest delight, pure, bathed, on a seat of kuśa grass—
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PdP 6 125.136
नवनीलघनश्यामं नलिनायतलोचनम् । शंखचक्रगदापद्मधरं पीतांबरावृतम्
navanīlaghanaśyāmaṃ nalināyatalocanam | śaṃkhacakragadāpadmadharaṃ pītāṃbarāvṛtam
—(meditating on him who is) dark as a fresh blue cloud, with eyes long as lotuses, holding conch, discus, mace and lotus, wrapped in yellow garments,
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PdP 6 125.137
कौस्तुभेन विराजंतं वनमालाधरं हरिम् । चिंतयन्हृदये राजा निग्रहीताखिलेंद्रियः
kaustubhena virājaṃtaṃ vanamālādharaṃ harim | ciṃtayanhṛdaye rājā nigrahītākhileṃdriyaḥ
resplendent with the Kaustubha (jewel), wearing a forest garland—Hari: meditating (thus) in his heart, the king, restraining all his senses,
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PdP 6 125.138
मासत्रयं निराहारस्तपस्तेपे सुदारुणम् । अल्पेन तपसा तुष्टः सप्तजन्मकृतार्चनः
māsatrayaṃ nirāhārastapastepe sudāruṇam | alpena tapasā tuṣṭaḥ saptajanmakṛtārcanaḥ
for three months without food practised very terrible austerity. Pleased by (this) slight austerity, (the Lord,) worshipped by him through seven births,
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PdP 6 125.139
संस्मरंस्तस्य भूपस्य तदा प्रादुरभूत्स्वयम् । माघस्य शुक्लपक्षे तु द्वादश्यां मकरे रवौ
saṃsmaraṃstasya bhūpasya tadā prādurabhūtsvayam | māghasya śuklapakṣe tu dvādaśyāṃ makare ravau
remembering (that worship) of that king, then appeared of his own accord, on the twelfth of the bright fortnight of Māgha, when the sun was in Capricorn.
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PdP 6 125.140
शंखाद्भिरभिषिच्याशु मुदा तं चक्रवर्तिनम् । वासुदेवो ददौ तस्मै स्मारयंस्तैलचेष्टितम्
śaṃkhādbhirabhiṣicyāśu mudā taṃ cakravartinam | vāsudevo dadau tasmai smārayaṃstailaceṣṭitam
Having quickly consecrated that emperor with the waters from his conch, gladly, Vāsudeva gave him—reminding (him) of the oil-doing—
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PdP 6 125.141
अतीव सुंदरं रूपं कमनीयं मनोहरम् । येन तं चकमे देवी उर्वशी देवनायिका
atīva suṃdaraṃ rūpaṃ kamanīyaṃ manoharam | yena taṃ cakame devī urvaśī devanāyikā
—an exceedingly beautiful form, desirable and charming, by which the goddess Urvaśī, leader of the gods' (women), desired him.
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PdP 6 125.142
इत्थं लब्धवरो राजा कृतकृत्यः पुरं गतः । इति कर्मगतिं ज्ञात्वा किं विद्याधर खिद्यते
itthaṃ labdhavaro rājā kṛtakṛtyaḥ puraṃ gataḥ | iti karmagatiṃ jñātvā kiṃ vidyādhara khidyate
Thus the king, having obtained his boon, his purpose accomplished, went to his city. Knowing thus the course of karma, why do you grieve, Vidyādhara?
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PdP 6 125.143
भवान्परिजिहीर्षुश्चेद्दानवस्य विरूपताम् । शीघ्रं मद्वचनादेव प्राचीनाघविनाशनम्
bhavānparijihīrṣuśceddānavasya virūpatām | śīghraṃ madvacanādeva prācīnāghavināśanam
And if you wish to remove the disfigurement of the demon('s doing), then quickly, by my word alone, (undertake) the destruction of former sin:
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PdP 6 125.144
माघमासे कुरु स्नानं मणिकूटनदीजले । मुनिसिद्धसुरैर्जुष्टे कथयिष्यामि तद्विधिम्
māghamāse kuru snānaṃ maṇikūṭanadījale | munisiddhasurairjuṣṭe kathayiṣyāmi tadvidhim
in the month of Māgha perform bathing in the water of the Maṇikūṭa river, frequented by sages, siddhas and gods; I shall tell you the procedure for it.
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PdP 6 125.145
तवभाग्यवशान्माघो निकटः पंचमेऽहनि । पौषस्यैकादशीं शुक्लामारभ्य स्थंडिलेशयः
tavabhāgyavaśānmāgho nikaṭaḥ paṃcame'hani | pauṣasyaikādaśīṃ śuklāmārabhya sthaṃḍileśayaḥ
By your good fortune Māgha is near—on the fifth day. Beginning with the bright eleventh of Pauṣa, sleeping on the bare ground,
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PdP 6 125.146
मासमेकं निराहारस्त्रिकालं स्नानमाचर । त्रिकालमर्चयन्विष्णुं त्यक्तभोगो जितेंद्रियः
māsamekaṃ nirāhārastrikālaṃ snānamācara | trikālamarcayanviṣṇuṃ tyaktabhogo jiteṃdriyaḥ
for one month, without food, practise bathing three times a day; worshipping Viṣṇu three times a day, having given up enjoyments, with senses subdued,
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PdP 6 125.147
माघस्यैकादशीशुक्ला यावद्विद्याधरोत्तम । ततो निर्दग्धपापं त्वां द्वादश्यां पुण्यवासरे
māghasyaikādaśīśuklā yāvadvidyādharottama | tato nirdagdhapāpaṃ tvāṃ dvādaśyāṃ puṇyavāsare
until the bright eleventh of Māgha, O best of Vidyādharas. Then, on the twelfth, the holy day, you whose sin has been burnt away—
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PdP 6 125.148
अभिषिच्य शिवैस्तोयैर्मंत्रपूतैरहं सुर । कामवक्त्रोपमं वक्त्रं करिष्यामि तवानघ
abhiṣicya śivaistoyairmaṃtrapūtairahaṃ sura | kāmavaktropamaṃ vaktraṃ kariṣyāmi tavānagha
"Having consecrated (you) with auspicious waters purified by mantras, O god, I will make your face like the face of Kāma, O sinless one."
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PdP 6 125.149
देवतावदनोभूत्वा त्वं विद्याधरसत्तम । अनया वरवर्णिन्या सार्द्धं क्रीड यथासुखम्
devatāvadanobhūtvā tvaṃ vidyādharasattama | anayā varavarṇinyā sārddhaṃ krīḍa yathāsukham
"Having become one with the face of a god, O best of Vidyādharas, sport at your pleasure with this lady of lovely complexion."
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PdP 6 125.150
ज्ञातमाघप्रभावस्त्वं माघस्नानं सदा कुरु । यथामनोरथावाप्तिर्जायते तव सर्वदा 6.125.
jñātamāghaprabhāvastvaṃ māghasnānaṃ sadā kuru | yathāmanorathāvāptirjāyate tava sarvadā 6.125.
"You, having come to know the power of Māgha, perform the Māgha bathing always, so that the attainment of your heart's wishes may come about for you at all times."
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PdP 6 125.151
इत्युक्तं भृगुणा तस्मै सर्वज्ञेन महात्मना । विद्याधराय राजेंद्र पुनर्गाथा उदाहृता
ityuktaṃ bhṛguṇā tasmai sarvajñena mahātmanā | vidyādharāya rājeṃdra punargāthā udāhṛtā
This was spoken by Bhṛgu, the omniscient great soul, to that Vidyādhara, O lord of kings; and again a verse was recited (by him):
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PdP 6 125.152
माघस्नानैर्विपन्नाश माघस्नानैरघक्षयः । सर्वयज्ञाधिको माघः सर्वदानफलप्रदः
māghasnānairvipannāśa māghasnānairaghakṣayaḥ | sarvayajñādhiko māghaḥ sarvadānaphalapradaḥ
"By Māgha bathing calamity is destroyed, by Māgha bathing sin is worn away; Māgha exceeds all sacrifices and bestows the fruit of every gift."
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PdP 6 125.153
माघो गर्जति यज्ञेभ्यो माघो योगाच्च गर्जति । तीव्राच्च तपसो माघो भो विद्याधर गर्जति
māgho garjati yajñebhyo māgho yogācca garjati | tīvrācca tapaso māgho bho vidyādhara garjati
"Māgha thunders louder than sacrifices, Māgha thunders louder than yoga, and Māgha thunders louder than fierce austerity, O Vidyādhara."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 125.154
पुष्करे च कुरुक्षेत्रे ब्रह्मावर्ते पृथूदके । अविमुक्ते प्रयागे च गंगासागरसंगमे
puṣkare ca kurukṣetre brahmāvarte pṛthūdake | avimukte prayāge ca gaṃgāsāgarasaṃgame
"At Puṣkara, at Kurukṣetra, in Brahmāvarta, at Pṛthūdaka, at Avimukta, at Prayāga, and at the confluence of the Gaṅgā and the ocean—"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 125.155
यत्फलं दशभिर्वर्षैः प्राप्यते नियमैर्नरैः । तत्फलं प्राप्यते माघे त्र्यहस्नानान्न संशयः
yatphalaṃ daśabhirvarṣaiḥ prāpyate niyamairnaraiḥ | tatphalaṃ prāpyate māghe tryahasnānānna saṃśayaḥ
"—whatever fruit men obtain there by observances (kept) for ten years, that fruit is obtained in Māgha by three days' bathing; there is no doubt."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 125.156
स्वर्गलोके चिरं रागो येषां मनसि वर्तते । यत्र क्वापि जले तैस्तु स्नातव्यं मकरे रवौ
svargaloke ciraṃ rāgo yeṣāṃ manasi vartate | yatra kvāpi jale taistu snātavyaṃ makare ravau
"Those in whose mind there dwells a long-standing craving for the world of heaven—they should bathe in water anywhere at all while the sun is in Capricorn."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 125.157
आयुरारोग्यसंपत्तिरूपसौभाग्यता गुणाः । येषां मनोरथस्तैस्तु न त्याज्यं माघमज्जनम्
āyurārogyasaṃpattirūpasaubhāgyatā guṇāḥ | yeṣāṃ manorathastaistu na tyājyaṃ māghamajjanam
"Those whose heart's desire is these qualities—long life, health, wealth, beauty, good fortune—by them the Māgha immersion should not be abandoned."
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PdP 6 125.158
ये च बिभ्यंति नरकाद्ये दरिद्राच्च संचितात् । सर्वथा तैः प्रयत्नेन माघे कार्यं निमज्जनम्
ye ca bibhyaṃti narakādye daridrācca saṃcitāt | sarvathā taiḥ prayatnena māghe kāryaṃ nimajjanam
"And those who are afraid of hell and of the poverty that has been accumulated—by them in every way the immersion in Māgha should be performed with effort."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 125.159
दारिद्र्य पापदौर्भाग्य पंकप्रक्षालनाय च । माघस्नानान्न चान्योऽस्ति उपायो राजसत्तम
dāridrya pāpadaurbhāgya paṃkaprakṣālanāya ca | māghasnānānna cānyo'sti upāyo rājasattama
"And for washing away the mire of poverty, sin and misfortune there is no other means than the Māgha bath, O best of kings."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 125.160
श्रद्धाहीनानि कर्माणि तथात्यल्पफलानि वै । फलं ददाति संपूर्णं माघस्नानं यथा तथा
śraddhāhīnāni karmāṇi tathātyalpaphalāni vai | phalaṃ dadāti saṃpūrṇaṃ māghasnānaṃ yathā tathā
"Rites devoid of faith (bear) exceedingly little fruit; but the Māgha bath gives full fruit however (it is done)."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 125.161
अकामो वा सकामो वा यत्र क्वापि बहिर्जले । इहामुत्र च दुःखानि माघस्नायी न विंदति
akāmo vā sakāmo vā yatra kvāpi bahirjale | ihāmutra ca duḥkhāni māghasnāyī na viṃdati
"Whether without desire (for reward) or with desire, in any outside water whatever, one who bathes in Māgha does not meet with sorrows here or hereafter."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 125.162
पक्षद्वये यथा चंद्रो वर्द्धते क्षीयते तथा । पातकं क्षीयते माघे पुण्यराशिश्च वर्धते
pakṣadvaye yathā caṃdro varddhate kṣīyate tathā | pātakaṃ kṣīyate māghe puṇyarāśiśca vardhate
"As the moon waxes and wanes in the two fortnights, so in Māgha sin wanes and the mass of merit grows."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 125.163
यथा च खन्या जायंते रत्नानि विविधानि च । स्नानात्पुण्यानि जायंते नराणां माघतस्तथा
yathā ca khanyā jāyaṃte ratnāni vividhāni ca | snānātpuṇyāni jāyaṃte narāṇāṃ māghatastathā
"And as jewels of many kinds are produced in a mine, so are merits produced for men from bathing in Māgha."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 125.164
कामधेनुर्यथा कामं चिंतामणिस्तु चिंतितम् । माघस्नानं ददातीह तद्वत्सर्वान्मनोरथान्
kāmadhenuryathā kāmaṃ ciṃtāmaṇistu ciṃtitam | māghasnānaṃ dadātīha tadvatsarvānmanorathān
"As the wish-cow (gives) what is wished and the wishing-gem what is thought of, so the Māgha bath gives here all the heart's desires."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 125.165
कृते तपः परं ज्ञानं त्रेतायां यजनं तथा । द्वापरे तु कलौ ज्ञानं माघः सर्वयुगेषु च
kṛte tapaḥ paraṃ jñānaṃ tretāyāṃ yajanaṃ tathā | dvāpare tu kalau jñānaṃ māghaḥ sarvayugeṣu ca
"In the Kṛta age austerity (and) knowledge are supreme, in the Tretā likewise sacrificing, in the Dvāpara (as well), in the Kali knowledge—but Māgha (is supreme) in all the ages."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 125.166
सर्वेषामेव वर्णानामाश्रमाणां च भूपते । माघस्नानं तु धर्मस्य धाराभिरभिवर्षति
sarveṣāmeva varṇānāmāśramāṇāṃ ca bhūpate | māghasnānaṃ tu dharmasya dhārābhirabhivarṣati
"For all classes indeed and all stages of life, O lord of the earth, the Māgha bath rains down with streams of dharma."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 125.167
वसिष्ठ उवाच। इति वाक्यं भृगोः श्रुत्वा तस्मिन्नेवाश्रमे सुरः । सहैव भृगुणा माघे गिरौ निर्झरिणी तटे
vasiṣṭha uvāca| iti vākyaṃ bhṛgoḥ śrutvā tasminnevāśrame suraḥ | sahaiva bhṛguṇā māghe girau nirjhariṇī taṭe
Vasiṣṭha said: Having heard this speech of Bhṛgu, in that very hermitage the god, together with Bhṛgu, in (the month of) Māgha, on the mountain, on the bank of a mountain stream—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 125.168
यथोक्तविधिना स्नानमकरोद्भार्यया सह । भृगोरनुग्रहात्सोऽथ संप्राप्य मनसेप्सितम्
yathoktavidhinā snānamakarodbhāryayā saha | bhṛgoranugrahātso'tha saṃprāpya manasepsitam
He performed the bath together with his wife according to the rule that had been stated; then, by Bhṛgu's grace, having obtained what he desired in his mind,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 125.169
देवतावदनो भूत्वा मुमुदे मणिपर्वते । आजगाम भृगुर्विध्यं तमनुग्राह्य हर्षितः
devatāvadano bhūtvā mumude maṇiparvate | ājagāma bhṛgurvidhyaṃ tamanugrāhya harṣitaḥ
having become one whose face was (like) a god's, he rejoiced on Maṇiparvata; and Bhṛgu, delighted at having shown him favour, came to the Vindhya.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 125.170
मणिमयगिरिराजे स्नानमात्रेण माघे मदनवदनरूपस्तत्र विद्याधरोऽभूत् । क्षपितनियमदेहो विंध्यपादावतीर्णो भृगुरपि सहशिष्यैराजगामाथ रेवाम्
maṇimayagirirāje snānamātreṇa māghe madanavadanarūpastatra vidyādharo'bhūt | kṣapitaniyamadeho viṃdhyapādāvatīrṇo bhṛgurapi sahaśiṣyairājagāmātha revām
On the king of jewel-made mountains, merely by bathing in (the month of) Māgha, he became there a Vidyādhara with a face/form like Kāma's; and Bhṛgu too, his body worn down by his observances, having come down from the foot of the Vindhya, then came to the Revā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 125.171
अखिलभुवनसारं माघमाहात्म्यमेतद्द्विजवरभृगुणोक्तं भूपविद्याधराय । विविधफलविचित्रं यः शृणोतीह नित्यं रुचिरसकलकामान्देववत्प्राप्नुयात्सः
akhilabhuvanasāraṃ māghamāhātmyametaddvijavarabhṛguṇoktaṃ bhūpavidyādharāya | vividhaphalavicitraṃ yaḥ śṛṇotīha nityaṃ rucirasakalakāmāndevavatprāpnuyātsaḥ
This greatness of Māgha, the essence of all the worlds, spoken by Bhṛgu, best of twice-born, to the Vidyādhara king, varied with manifold fruits — he who hears it here constantly obtains all his lovely desires, like a god.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition