Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 127
PdP 6 127.1
कार्तवीर्य उवाच। हेतुना केन विप्रर्षे माघस्नाने महाद्भुतः । प्रभावो वर्ण्यते नूनं तन्मे कथय सुव्रत
kārtavīrya uvāca| hetunā kena viprarṣe māghasnāne mahādbhutaḥ | prabhāvo varṇyate nūnaṃ tanme kathaya suvrata
Kārtavīrya said: For what reason, O seer among brahmins, is so very wondrous a power ascribed to bathing in Māgha? Tell me that, O you of good vows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 127.2
गतपापो यदेकेन द्वितीयेन दिवं गतः । वैश्योऽसौ माघपुण्येन ब्रूहि मे तत्कुतूहलम्
gatapāpo yadekena dvitīyena divaṃ gataḥ | vaiśyo'sau māghapuṇyena brūhi me tatkutūhalam
How was it that by one (bath) his sin was gone, and by the second he went to heaven — that Vaiśya, by the merit of Māgha? Tell me of that marvel.
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PdP 6 127.3
दत्तात्रेय उवाच। निसर्गात्सलिलं मेध्यं निर्मलं शुचिपांडुरम् । मलहं पुरुषव्याघ्र द्रावकं दाहनाशनम् । तारकं सर्वभूतानां पोषणं जीवनं च यत्
dattātreya uvāca| nisargātsalilaṃ medhyaṃ nirmalaṃ śucipāṃḍuram | malahaṃ puruṣavyāghra drāvakaṃ dāhanāśanam | tārakaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ poṣaṇaṃ jīvanaṃ ca yat
Dattātreya said: By its very nature water is pure, spotless, clean and pale, remover of dirt, O tiger among men, a solvent and a queller of burning, the deliverer of all beings, that which nourishes and gives life;
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PdP 6 127.4
आपो नारायणोदेवः सर्ववेदेषु पठ्यते । ग्रहाणां च यथा सूर्यो नक्षत्राणां यथा शशी । मासानां च तथा माघः श्रेष्ठः सर्वेषु कर्मसु
āpo nārāyaṇodevaḥ sarvavedeṣu paṭhyate | grahāṇāṃ ca yathā sūryo nakṣatrāṇāṃ yathā śaśī | māsānāṃ ca tathā māghaḥ śreṣṭhaḥ sarveṣu karmasu
in all the Vedas the waters are recited as the god Nārāyaṇa. And as the sun among the planets, as the moon among the lunar mansions, so is Māgha among the months, best for all rites.
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PdP 6 127.5
मकरस्थे रवौ माघे प्रातः काले तथाऽमले । गोष्पदेऽपि जले स्नानं स्वर्गदं पापिनामपि
makarasthe ravau māghe prātaḥ kāle tathā'male | goṣpade'pi jale snānaṃ svargadaṃ pāpināmapi
When the sun stands in Capricorn, in Māgha, at the clear morning hour, bathing even in water (no more than) a cow's hoofprint gives heaven, even to sinners.
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PdP 6 127.6
योगोऽयं दुर्लभो राजंस्त्रैलोक्ये सचराचरे । अस्मिन्योगे त्वशक्तोऽपि स्नायाद्यदि दिनत्रयम्
yogo'yaṃ durlabho rājaṃstrailokye sacarācare | asminyoge tvaśakto'pi snāyādyadi dinatrayam
This conjunction, O king, is hard to obtain in the three worlds with all that moves and does not move. If, even being unable, one bathes in this conjunction for three days,
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PdP 6 127.7
दद्यात्किंचिदशक्तोऽपि दरिद्राभाववांच्छया । त्रिस्नानेनापि माघस्य धनिनो दीर्घजीविनः
dadyātkiṃcidaśakto'pi daridrābhāvavāṃcchayā | trisnānenāpi māghasya dhanino dīrghajīvinaḥ
and, even if unable, gives something out of the wish that poverty be absent — by even three baths in Māgha (men become) wealthy and long-lived.
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PdP 6 127.8
पंच वा सप्त वाहानि चंद्रवद्वर्धते फलम् । संप्राप्ते मकरादित्ये पुण्ये पुण्यप्रदे नृणाम्
paṃca vā sapta vāhāni caṃdravadvardhate phalam | saṃprāpte makarāditye puṇye puṇyaprade nṛṇām
For five days, or seven, the fruit increases like the moon, when the auspicious sun in Capricorn, granting merit to men, has arrived.
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PdP 6 127.9
सत्कार्यास्तिथयः सर्वा स्नानदानादि कर्मसु । कर्तारं दापयंतीह ह्यक्षयं शाश्वतं पदम्
satkāryāstithayaḥ sarvā snānadānādi karmasu | kartāraṃ dāpayaṃtīha hyakṣayaṃ śāśvataṃ padam
All the lunar days are to be honoured in the acts of bathing, giving and the rest; here they cause the doer to obtain the imperishable, everlasting station.
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PdP 6 127.10
तस्मान्माघे बहिः स्नायादात्मनो हितकाम्यया । अथातः संप्रवक्ष्यामि माघस्नानविधिं परम्
tasmānmāghe bahiḥ snāyādātmano hitakāmyayā | athātaḥ saṃpravakṣyāmi māghasnānavidhiṃ param
Therefore in Māgha one should bathe outdoors, desiring his own benefit. And now I shall declare the excellent rule of bathing in Māgha.
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PdP 6 127.11
कर्तव्यो नियमः कश्चिद्व्रतरूपी नरोत्तमैः । फलातिशयहेतोर्वै किंचिद्भोज्यं त्यजेद्बुधः
kartavyo niyamaḥ kaścidvratarūpī narottamaiḥ | phalātiśayahetorvai kiṃcidbhojyaṃ tyajedbudhaḥ
Some observance in the form of a vow is to be undertaken by the best of men; indeed, for the sake of surpassing fruit the wise man should give up some food.
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PdP 6 127.12
भूमौ शयीत होतव्यमाज्यं तिलविमिश्रितम् । त्रिकालं चार्चयेद्विष्णुं वासुदेवं सनातनम्
bhūmau śayīta hotavyamājyaṃ tilavimiśritam | trikālaṃ cārcayedviṣṇuṃ vāsudevaṃ sanātanam
He should sleep on the ground; clarified butter mixed with sesame is to be offered in the fire; and three times a day he should worship Viṣṇu, Vāsudeva, the eternal.
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PdP 6 127.13
दातव्यो दीपकोऽखंडो देवमुद्दिश्य माधवम् । इंधनं कंबलं वस्त्रमुपानत्कुंकुमं घृतम्
dātavyo dīpako'khaṃḍo devamuddiśya mādhavam | iṃdhanaṃ kaṃbalaṃ vastramupānatkuṃkumaṃ ghṛtam
An unbroken lamp is to be given, dedicated to the god Mādhava; fuel, a blanket, cloth, sandals, saffron, ghee,
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PdP 6 127.14
तैलं कार्पासकोष्ठं च तूलीं तूलवटीं पटीम् । अन्नं चैव यथाशक्ति देयं माघे नराधिप
tailaṃ kārpāsakoṣṭhaṃ ca tūlīṃ tūlavaṭīṃ paṭīm | annaṃ caiva yathāśakti deyaṃ māghe narādhipa
oil, a store of cotton, a mattress, a cotton quilt, a cloth, and food too — (all this) is to be given in Māgha according to ability, O lord of men.
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PdP 6 127.15
सुवर्णं रत्तिकामात्रं दद्याद्वेदविदे तथा । तद्दानमक्षयं राजन्समुद्र इव सर्वदा
suvarṇaṃ rattikāmātraṃ dadyādvedavide tathā | taddānamakṣayaṃ rājansamudra iva sarvadā
Likewise he should give gold, even (only) the measure of a raktikā berry, to one who knows the Veda; that gift, O king, is imperishable always, like the ocean.
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PdP 6 127.16
परस्याग्निं न सेवेत त्यजेच्चैव प्रतिग्रहम् । माघांते भोजयेद्विप्रान्यथाशक्ति नराधिप
parasyāgniṃ na seveta tyajeccaiva pratigraham | māghāṃte bhojayedviprānyathāśakti narādhipa
He should not make use of another's fire, and he should refuse accepting gifts; at the end of Māgha he should feed brahmins according to his ability, O lord of men.
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PdP 6 127.17
देया च दक्षिणा तेभ्य आत्मनः श्रेय इच्छता । एकादशीविधानेन माघस्योद्यापनं तथा
deyā ca dakṣiṇā tebhya ātmanaḥ śreya icchatā | ekādaśīvidhānena māghasyodyāpanaṃ tathā
And a fee is to be given to them by one who desires his own welfare; and the concluding rite of Māgha (is to be performed) by the procedure of the eleventh day,
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PdP 6 127.18
कर्तव्यं श्रद्दधानेन ह्यक्षय्य स्वर्गवांछया । अनंतपुण्यावाप्त्यर्थं विष्णुसंप्रीतिहेतवे
kartavyaṃ śraddadhānena hyakṣayya svargavāṃchayā | anaṃtapuṇyāvāptyarthaṃ viṣṇusaṃprītihetave
(It) is to be performed by one who has faith, out of desire for imperishable heaven, for the sake of gaining endless merit, and to bring about Viṣṇu's favour.
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PdP 6 127.19
मकरस्थे रवौ माघे गोविंदाच्युतमाधव । स्नानेनानेन भो देव यथोक्तफलदो भव
makarasthe ravau māghe goviṃdācyutamādhava | snānenānena bho deva yathoktaphalado bhava
"O Govinda, Acyuta, Mādhava, when the sun stands in Capricorn, in (the month of) Māgha—O God, by this bathing be the giver of the fruit as declared!"
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PdP 6 127.20
इति मंत्रं समुच्चार्य स्नायान्मौनी समाहितः । वासुदेवं हरिं कृष्णं माधवं च स्मरेत्पुनः
iti maṃtraṃ samuccārya snāyānmaunī samāhitaḥ | vāsudevaṃ hariṃ kṛṣṇaṃ mādhavaṃ ca smaretpunaḥ
Having uttered this formula, let him bathe, silent and collected; and let him again call to mind Vāsudeva, Hari, Kṛṣṇa and Mādhava.
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PdP 6 127.21
गृहेऽपि सजलं कुंभं वायुना निशिपीडितम् । तत्स्नानं तीर्थसदृशं सर्वकामफलप्रदम्
gṛhe'pi sajalaṃ kuṃbhaṃ vāyunā niśipīḍitam | tatsnānaṃ tīrthasadṛśaṃ sarvakāmaphalapradam
Even at home, a pot filled with water and cooled by the wind through the night—bathing with that is equal to (bathing at) a sacred ford and grants the fruit of all desires.
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PdP 6 127.22
तत्र व्रतेन दातव्यं सान्नं चोपस्करान्वितम् । तत्स्नानस्य प्रभावेण नरो न निरयं व्रजेत्
tatra vratena dātavyaṃ sānnaṃ copaskarānvitam | tatsnānasya prabhāveṇa naro na nirayaṃ vrajet
There, along with the observance, (a pot) is to be given together with food and furnished with utensils; by the power of that bathing a man does not go to hell.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 127.23
तप्तेन वारिणा स्नानं यद्गृहे क्रियते नरैः । षडब्दफलदं तद्धि मकरस्थे दिवाकरे
taptena vāriṇā snānaṃ yadgṛhe kriyate naraiḥ | ṣaḍabdaphaladaṃ taddhi makarasthe divākare
The bathing that men do at home with heated water—that indeed gives the fruit of six years, when the sun stands in Capricorn.
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PdP 6 127.24
बहिः स्नानं तु वाप्यादौ द्वादशाब्दफलं स्मृतम् । तडागे द्विगुणं राजन्नद्यां चैव चतुर्गुणम्
bahiḥ snānaṃ tu vāpyādau dvādaśābdaphalaṃ smṛtam | taḍāge dviguṇaṃ rājannadyāṃ caiva caturguṇam
But bathing outside, in a tank and the like, is held to give the fruit of twelve years; in a pond it is double, O king, and in a river fourfold.
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PdP 6 127.25
शतधा देवखातेषु शतधा तु महानदे । शतं चतुर्गुणं राजन्महानद्याश्च संगमे
śatadhā devakhāteṣu śatadhā tu mahānade | śataṃ caturguṇaṃ rājanmahānadyāśca saṃgame
A hundredfold in god-dug (waters), and a hundredfold in a great river; and four times a hundred, O king, at the confluence of great rivers.
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PdP 6 127.26
सहस्रगुणितं सर्वं तत्फलं मकरे रवौ । गंगायां स्नानमात्रेण लभते मानवो नृप
sahasraguṇitaṃ sarvaṃ tatphalaṃ makare ravau | gaṃgāyāṃ snānamātreṇa labhate mānavo nṛpa
All that fruit is multiplied a thousandfold when the sun is in Capricorn; merely by bathing in the Gaṅgā a man obtains (it), O king.
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PdP 6 127.27
गंगायां येऽवगाहंति माघमासे नृपोत्तम । चतुर्युगसहस्रं तु न पतंति सुरालयात्
gaṃgāyāṃ ye'vagāhaṃti māghamāse nṛpottama | caturyugasahasraṃ tu na pataṃti surālayāt
Those who plunge into the Gaṅgā in the month of Māgha, O best of kings, do not fall from the abode of the gods for a thousand sets of four ages.
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PdP 6 127.28
दिनेदिने सहस्रं तु सुवर्णानां विशांपते । तेन दत्तं तु गंगायां यो माघे स्नाति मानवः
dinedine sahasraṃ tu suvarṇānāṃ viśāṃpate | tena dattaṃ tu gaṃgāyāṃ yo māghe snāti mānavaḥ
A thousand gold pieces day after day, O lord of peoples—that has been given (as though) by the man who bathes in the Gaṅgā in Māgha.
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PdP 6 127.29
शतेन गुणितं माघे सहस्रं राजसत्तम । निर्दिष्टमृषिभिः स्नानं गंगायामुनसंगमे
śatena guṇitaṃ māghe sahasraṃ rājasattama | nirdiṣṭamṛṣibhiḥ snānaṃ gaṃgāyāmunasaṃgame
Multiplied by a hundred in Māgha, a thousandfold, O best of kings—so the bathing at the confluence of the Gaṅgā and the Yamunā has been declared by the seers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 127.30
पापौघभूरिभारस्य दाहार्थे च प्रजापतिः । प्रयागं विदधे भूप प्रजानां च हिते स्थितः
pāpaughabhūribhārasya dāhārthe ca prajāpatiḥ | prayāgaṃ vidadhe bhūpa prajānāṃ ca hite sthitaḥ
And for the burning up of the vast burden of the flood of sins, O king, Prajāpati established Prayāga, being set upon the welfare of creatures.
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PdP 6 127.31
शृणु स्थानमिदं सम्यक्सितासित जलं किल । पापरूप पशूनां च ब्रह्मणा विहितं पुरा
śṛṇu sthānamidaṃ samyaksitāsita jalaṃ kila | pāparūpa paśūnāṃ ca brahmaṇā vihitaṃ purā
Hear rightly (about) this place, whose water is indeed white and dark: it was appointed of old by Brahmā for creatures whose form is sin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 127.32
सितासितजले मज्जेदपि पापशतान्वितः । मकरस्थे रवौ माघे नैव गर्भेषु मज्जति
sitāsitajale majjedapi pāpaśatānvitaḥ | makarasthe ravau māghe naiva garbheṣu majjati
Even one attended by a hundred sins, should he immerse himself in the white-and-dark water in Māgha when the sun stands in Capricorn, does not sink into wombs (again).
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PdP 6 127.33
सूनारतोऽपि यो मर्त्यः प्रयागे स्नानमाचरेत् । माघेमासि नरव्याघ्र स याति परमंपदम्
sūnārato'pi yo martyaḥ prayāge snānamācaret | māghemāsi naravyāghra sa yāti paramaṃpadam
Even a mortal given to the slaughterhouse, if he performs the bath at Prayāga in the month of Māgha, O tiger among men, goes to the highest state.
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PdP 6 127.34
सितासिता तु या धारा सरस्वत्याविगर्भिता । तन्मार्गं विष्णुलोकस्य सृष्टिकर्ता ससर्ज वै
sitāsitā tu yā dhārā sarasvatyāvigarbhitā | tanmārgaṃ viṣṇulokasya sṛṣṭikartā sasarja vai
And that stream, white and dark, held within (its) womb by the Sarasvatī—the maker of creation fashioned that as the path to Viṣṇu's world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 127.35
दुस्तरा वैष्णवी माया देवैरपि सुदुर्जया । प्रयागे दह्यते सा तु माघे मासि नराधिप
dustarā vaiṣṇavī māyā devairapi sudurjayā | prayāge dahyate sā tu māghe māsi narādhipa
The Vaiṣṇava māyā, hard to cross and very hard for even the gods to conquer—that is burnt away at Prayāga in the month of Māgha, O ruler of men.
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PdP 6 127.36
तेजोमयेषु लोकेषु भुक्त्वा भोगाननेकशः । पश्चाच्चक्रिणि लीयंते प्रयागे माघ मज्जनात्
tejomayeṣu lokeṣu bhuktvā bhogānanekaśaḥ | paścāccakriṇi līyaṃte prayāge māgha majjanāt
Having enjoyed manifold pleasures in the worlds made of light, they afterwards dissolve into the wielder of the discus, through immersion at Prayāga in Māgha.
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PdP 6 127.37
उपस्पृशति यो माघे मकरार्के सितासिते । न तत्पुण्यं च संख्यातुं चित्रगुप्तोऽपि वेत्यलम्
upaspṛśati yo māghe makarārke sitāsite | na tatpuṇyaṃ ca saṃkhyātuṃ citragupto'pi vetyalam
He who touches (the water) at the white-and-dark (confluence) in Māgha when the sun is in Capricorn—not even Citragupta knows enough to reckon that merit.
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PdP 6 127.38
सन्निमज्जति यो माघे मकरस्थ सितासिते । तस्य पुण्यस्य माहात्म्यं वक्तुं ब्रह्मापि न क्षमः
sannimajjati yo māghe makarastha sitāsite | tasya puṇyasya māhātmyaṃ vaktuṃ brahmāpi na kṣamaḥ
Whoever fully immerses himself in Māgha, when the sun stands in Capricorn, in (the confluence of) the white and the dark (rivers) — not even Brahmā is able to declare the greatness of that merit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 127.39
संवत्सरशतं साग्रं निराहारस्य यत्फलम् । प्रयागे माघमासे तु त्र्यहस्नानस्य तत्फलम्
saṃvatsaraśataṃ sāgraṃ nirāhārasya yatphalam | prayāge māghamāse tu tryahasnānasya tatphalam
The fruit that belongs to one who fasts for a full hundred years — that same fruit belongs to one who bathes for three days at Prayāga in the month of Māgha.
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PdP 6 127.40
स्वर्णभारसहस्रेण कुरुक्षेत्ररविग्रहे । यत्फलं लभते माघे वेण्याः स्नानाद्दिने दिने
svarṇabhārasahasreṇa kurukṣetraravigrahe | yatphalaṃ labhate māghe veṇyāḥ snānāddine dine
The fruit one gains by (giving) a thousand loads of gold at Kurukṣetra during an eclipse of the sun, that one gains day after day in Māgha from bathing at the Veṇī (confluence).
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PdP 6 127.41
राजसूयसहस्रस्य राजन्नविकलं फलम् । सितासिते तु माघे च स्नानानां भवति ध्रुवम्
rājasūyasahasrasya rājannavikalaṃ phalam | sitāsite tu māghe ca snānānāṃ bhavati dhruvam
The undiminished fruit of a thousand Rājasūya sacrifices, O king, assuredly accrues from bathings in the white and dark (confluence) in Māgha.
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PdP 6 127.42
पृथिव्यां यानि तीर्थानि पुर्यः सप्त च याः पुनः । वेण्यां स्नातुं समायांति माघेमासि नृपोत्तम
pṛthivyāṃ yāni tīrthāni puryaḥ sapta ca yāḥ punaḥ | veṇyāṃ snātuṃ samāyāṃti māghemāsi nṛpottama
All the sacred fords that are on earth, and further the seven (holy) cities, come together to bathe in the Veṇī in the month of Māgha, O best of kings.
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PdP 6 127.43
सर्वतीर्थानि कृष्णानि पापिनां संगदोषतः । भवंति शुक्लवर्णानि प्रयागे माघमज्जनात्
sarvatīrthāni kṛṣṇāni pāpināṃ saṃgadoṣataḥ | bhavaṃti śuklavarṇāni prayāge māghamajjanāt
All the sacred fords, blackened by the fault of contact with sinners, become white in colour through immersion at Prayāga in Māgha.
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PdP 6 127.44
आकल्पसंचितं पापं जन्मभिर्यन्नरैर्नृप । तद्भवेद्भस्मसान्माघे स्नातानां च सितासिते
ākalpasaṃcitaṃ pāpaṃ janmabhiryannarairnṛpa | tadbhavedbhasmasānmāghe snātānāṃ ca sitāsite
The sin heaped up by men through (their many) births for a whole kalpa, O king, that turns to ashes for those who bathe in the white and dark (confluence) in Māgha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 127.45
वाङ्मनःकायजं पापं नरस्य विलयं व्रजेत् । प्रयागे माघमासे तु त्र्यहस्नातस्य निश्चितम्
vāṅmanaḥkāyajaṃ pāpaṃ narasya vilayaṃ vrajet | prayāge māghamāse tu tryahasnātasya niścitam
A man's sin born of speech, mind, and body goes to dissolution — this is certain for one who has bathed three days at Prayāga in the month of Māgha.
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PdP 6 127.46
प्रयागे माघमासे यस्त्र्यहं स्नाति च मानवः । पापं त्यक्त्वा दिवं याति जीर्णां त्वचमिवोरगः
prayāge māghamāse yastryahaṃ snāti ca mānavaḥ | pāpaṃ tyaktvā divaṃ yāti jīrṇāṃ tvacamivoragaḥ
The man who bathes for three days at Prayāga in the month of Māgha abandons sin and goes to heaven, as a snake (sheds) its worn-out skin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 127.47
कुरुक्षेत्रसमा गंगा यत्रकुत्रावगाहिता । तस्माद्दशगुणा पुण्या यत्र विंध्येन संगता
kurukṣetrasamā gaṃgā yatrakutrāvagāhitā | tasmāddaśaguṇā puṇyā yatra viṃdhyena saṃgatā
The Gaṅgā, bathed in anywhere at all, is equal to Kurukṣetra; ten times more meritorious than that is (the place) where she is joined with the Vindhya.
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PdP 6 127.48
तस्माच्छतगुणा गंगा काश्यामुत्तरवाहिनी । काश्याः शतगुणाः प्रोक्ता गंगायामुनसंगमे
tasmācchataguṇā gaṃgā kāśyāmuttaravāhinī | kāśyāḥ śataguṇāḥ proktā gaṃgāyāmunasaṃgame
A hundred times more (meritorious) than that is the Gaṅgā flowing northward at Kāśī; a hundred times Kāśī, they say, (is the merit) at the confluence of Gaṅgā and Yamunā.
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PdP 6 127.49
सा सहस्रगुणा तासां भवेत्पश्चिमवाहिनी । या राजन्दर्शनादेव ब्रह्महत्यापहारिणी
sā sahasraguṇā tāsāṃ bhavetpaścimavāhinī | yā rājandarśanādeva brahmahatyāpahāriṇī
A thousand times (more) than those is she when flowing westward — she who, O king, by mere sight removes the killing of a brahmin.
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PdP 6 127.50
या पश्चाद्वाहिनी गंगा कालिंद्या सह संगता । हंति कोटिकृतं पापं सा माघे नृप दुर्लभा 6.127.
yā paścādvāhinī gaṃgā kāliṃdyā saha saṃgatā | haṃti koṭikṛtaṃ pāpaṃ sā māghe nṛpa durlabhā 6.127.
The Gaṅgā that flows westward, joined together with the Kālindī (Yamunā), destroys sin committed ten million times; she is hard to obtain in Māgha, O king.
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PdP 6 127.51
यत्कथ्यतेऽमृतं राजन्सा वेणी भुवि कीर्तिता । तस्यां माघे मुहूर्तं तु देवानामपि दुर्लभम्
yatkathyate'mṛtaṃ rājansā veṇī bhuvi kīrtitā | tasyāṃ māghe muhūrtaṃ tu devānāmapi durlabham
What is called the nectar of immortality, O king — that is the Veṇī, so celebrated on earth; and (even) a single moment there in Māgha is hard for the gods to obtain.
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PdP 6 127.52
ब्रह्माविष्णुर्महादेवो रुद्रादित्यमरुद्गणाः । गंधर्वा लोकपालाश्च यक्षकिन्नरपन्नगाः
brahmāviṣṇurmahādevo rudrādityamarudgaṇāḥ | gaṃdharvā lokapālāśca yakṣakinnarapannagāḥ
Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Mahādeva, the Rudras, Ādityas, and the hosts of Maruts, the Gandharvas and the guardians of the worlds, Yakṣas, Kinnaras and serpents,
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PdP 6 127.53
अणिमादिगुणैः सिद्धा ये चान्ये तत्त्ववादिनः । ब्रह्माणी पार्वती लक्ष्मीः शची मेनादितिर्दितिः
aṇimādiguṇaiḥ siddhā ye cānye tattvavādinaḥ | brahmāṇī pārvatī lakṣmīḥ śacī menāditirditiḥ
those perfected ones with the powers of minuteness and the rest, and others who discourse on truth; Brahmāṇī, Pārvatī, Lakṣmī, Śacī, Menā, Aditi, Diti,
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PdP 6 127.54
सर्वास्ता देवपत्न्यश्च तथा नागांगना नृप । घृताची मेनका रंभा उर्वशी च तिलोत्तमा
sarvāstā devapatnyaśca tathā nāgāṃganā nṛpa | ghṛtācī menakā raṃbhā urvaśī ca tilottamā
all those wives of the gods, and likewise the women of the Nāgas, O king, Ghṛtācī, Menakā, Rambhā, Urvaśī and Tilottamā,
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PdP 6 127.55
गणा ह्यप्सरसां सर्वे पितॄणां च गणास्तथा । स्नातुमायांति ते सर्वे माघे वेण्यां नराधिप
gaṇā hyapsarasāṃ sarve pitṝṇāṃ ca gaṇāstathā | snātumāyāṃti te sarve māghe veṇyāṃ narādhipa
indeed all the hosts of Apsarases and likewise the hosts of the ancestors — all these come to bathe in the Veṇī in Māgha, O lord of men,
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PdP 6 127.56
कृते युगे स्वरूपेण कलौ प्रच्छन्नरूपिणः । प्रयागे माघमासे तु त्र्यहस्नानस्य यत्फलम्
kṛte yuge svarūpeṇa kalau pracchannarūpiṇaḥ | prayāge māghamāse tu tryahasnānasya yatphalam
in their own forms in the Kṛta age, but in concealed forms in the Kali (age). And the fruit that belongs to bathing three days at Prayāga in the month of Māgha —
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PdP 6 127.57
नाश्वमेधसहस्रेण तत्फलं लभते भुवि । त्र्यहस्नानफलं माघे पुरा कांचनमालिनी
nāśvamedhasahasreṇa tatphalaṃ labhate bhuvi | tryahasnānaphalaṃ māghe purā kāṃcanamālinī
that fruit one does not obtain on earth even by a thousand horse-sacrifices. Formerly Kāñcanamālinī (gave away) the fruit of a three-day bathing in Māgha
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PdP 6 127.58
राक्षसाय ददौ भूप तेन मुक्तः स पापकृत् । कार्तवीर्य उवाच । भगवन्राक्षसः कोऽसौ सा का कांचनमालिनी
rākṣasāya dadau bhūpa tena muktaḥ sa pāpakṛt | kārtavīrya uvāca | bhagavanrākṣasaḥ ko'sau sā kā kāṃcanamālinī
(she) gave (it) to a rākṣasa, O king, and by that the evildoer was released. Kārtavīrya said: Holy one, who was that rākṣasa? Who was she, Kāñcanamālinī?
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PdP 6 127.59
कथं दत्तवती धर्मं कथं वा तस्य सद्गतिः । एतत्कथय योगींद्र अत्रिसंतानभास्कर । यदि त्वं मन्यसे श्राव्यं परं कौतूहलं हि मे
kathaṃ dattavatī dharmaṃ kathaṃ vā tasya sadgatiḥ | etatkathaya yogīṃdra atrisaṃtānabhāskara | yadi tvaṃ manyase śrāvyaṃ paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi me
How did she give (him) the merit, and how did he attain a good destiny? Tell me this, O lord of yogins, O sun of Atri's lineage, if you think it fit to be heard — for my curiosity is very great.
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PdP 6 127.60
दत्तात्रेय उवाच। शृणु राजन्विचित्रं त्वमितिहासं पुरातनम् । यस्य स्मरणमात्रेण वाजपेयफलं लभेत्
dattātreya uvāca| śṛṇu rājanvicitraṃ tvamitihāsaṃ purātanam | yasya smaraṇamātreṇa vājapeyaphalaṃ labhet
Dattātreya said: Hear, O king, a wondrous ancient tale, by the mere remembering of which one would gain the fruit of the vājapeya sacrifice.
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PdP 6 127.61
अप्सरारूपसंपन्ना नाम्ना कांचनमालिनी । प्रयागे माघमासे सा स्नात्वा याति हरालयम्
apsarārūpasaṃpannā nāmnā kāṃcanamālinī | prayāge māghamāse sā snātvā yāti harālayam
There was one endowed with the beauty of an apsaras, Kāñcanamālinī by name; having bathed at Prayāga in the month of Māgha, she was going to Hara's abode.
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PdP 6 127.62
निकुंजे गिरिराजस्य तिष्ठता गिरिरूपिणा । दृष्टा गगनमारूढा तेन वृद्धेन रक्षसा
nikuṃje girirājasya tiṣṭhatā girirūpiṇā | dṛṣṭā gaganamārūḍhā tena vṛddhena rakṣasā
She was seen, as she rode through the sky, by an aged rākṣasa who stood in a thicket of the king of mountains, having the form of a mountain (himself).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 127.63
तेजस्विनी सुहेमाभा सुश्रोणी दीर्घलोचना । चंद्रानना सुकेशी च पीनोन्नतपयोधरा
tejasvinī suhemābhā suśroṇī dīrghalocanā | caṃdrānanā sukeśī ca pīnonnatapayodharā
(She was) radiant, of fine golden hue, with fair hips and long eyes, moon-faced and with beautiful hair, her breasts full and high.
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PdP 6 127.64
तां दृष्ट्वा रूपसंपन्नामुवाच राक्षसस्तदा । का त्वं कमलपत्राक्षि कुत आगम्यते त्वया
tāṃ dṛṣṭvā rūpasaṃpannāmuvāca rākṣasastadā | kā tvaṃ kamalapatrākṣi kuta āgamyate tvayā
Seeing her endowed with beauty, the rākṣasa then said: Who are you, lotus-petal-eyed one? From where do you come?
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PdP 6 127.65
आर्द्रं च वसनं कस्मात्सार्द्रा ते कबरी कुतः । कुत्र आगम्यते भीरु कुतस्ते खेचरी गतिः
ārdraṃ ca vasanaṃ kasmātsārdrā te kabarī kutaḥ | kutra āgamyate bhīru kutaste khecarī gatiḥ
And why is your garment wet? Why is your braid damp? Where are you going, timid one? Whence this coursing of yours through the sky?
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PdP 6 127.66
केन पुण्येन वा भद्रे तव तेजोमयं वपुः । अतीवरूपसंपन्नं संभूतं च मनोहरम्
kena puṇyena vā bhadre tava tejomayaṃ vapuḥ | atīvarūpasaṃpannaṃ saṃbhūtaṃ ca manoharam
Or by what merit, good lady, has your body, made of radiance, exceedingly beautiful and charming, come to be?
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PdP 6 127.67
त्वद्वस्त्रबिंदुपातेन मम मूर्ध्नि सुलोचने । क्षणेन ह्यगमच्छांतिं क्रूरं मे मानसं सदा
tvadvastrabiṃdupātena mama mūrdhni sulocane | kṣaṇena hyagamacchāṃtiṃ krūraṃ me mānasaṃ sadā
By the fall of a drop from your garment on my head, fair-eyed one, my mind, always cruel, attained peace in an instant.
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PdP 6 127.68
नीरस्य महिमा कोऽयमेतद्व्याख्यातुमर्हसि । त्वं मे शीलवती भासि नाकृतिर्निर्गुणा भवेत्
nīrasya mahimā ko'yametadvyākhyātumarhasi | tvaṃ me śīlavatī bhāsi nākṛtirnirguṇā bhavet
What is this greatness of the water? You ought to explain it. You appear to me to be a woman of virtue; a form (like yours) could not be devoid of good qualities.
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PdP 6 127.69
अप्सरा उवाच। श्रूयतामप्सराश्चाहं भो रक्षः कामरूपिणी । प्रयागतश्चागताऽहं नाम्ना कांचनमालिनी
apsarā uvāca| śrūyatāmapsarāścāhaṃ bho rakṣaḥ kāmarūpiṇī | prayāgataścāgatā'haṃ nāmnā kāṃcanamālinī
The apsaras said: Listen — I am an apsaras, O rākṣasa, able to take any form at will. I have come from Prayāga; my name is Kāñcanamālinī.
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PdP 6 127.70
आर्द्रः परिकरो मेऽतः सुस्नाताऽहं सितासिते । गंतव्यं तु मया रक्षः कैलासे तु नगोत्तमे
ārdraḥ parikaro me'taḥ susnātā'haṃ sitāsite | gaṃtavyaṃ tu mayā rakṣaḥ kailāse tu nagottame
Hence my dress is wet: I have bathed well at (the confluence of) the white and the dark. But I must go, O rākṣasa, to Kailāsa, best of mountains.
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PdP 6 127.71
तत्रास्ते पार्वतीनाथः सुरासुरसुपूजितः । वेणीवारिप्रभावेण रक्षस्ते क्रूरता गता
tatrāste pārvatīnāthaḥ surāsurasupūjitaḥ | veṇīvāriprabhāveṇa rakṣaste krūratā gatā
There dwells the lord of Pārvatī, well worshipped by gods and demons. By the power of the water of the confluence, O rākṣasa, your cruelty has gone.
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PdP 6 127.72
जाताहं येन पुण्येन गंधर्वस्य सुमेधसः । कन्यका दिव्यरूपा तु तत्सर्वं कथयामि ते
jātāhaṃ yena puṇyena gaṃdharvasya sumedhasaḥ | kanyakā divyarūpā tu tatsarvaṃ kathayāmi te
By what merit I was born as the daughter, of divine form, of the wise gandharva — all that I shall tell you.
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PdP 6 127.73
कलिंगाधिपते राज्ञस्त्वहमासीच्च वेश्यका । रूपलावण्यसंपन्ना सौभाग्यमदगर्विता
kaliṃgādhipate rājñastvahamāsīcca veśyakā | rūpalāvaṇyasaṃpannā saubhāgyamadagarvitā
I was a courtesan of the king, the lord of Kaliṅga, endowed with beauty and loveliness, proud with the intoxication of my good fortune.
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PdP 6 127.74
अन्यासां युवतीनां च तत्पुरेऽहं शिरोमणिः । तज्जन्मनि मया रक्षो भुक्त्वा भोगान्यथेच्छया
anyāsāṃ yuvatīnāṃ ca tatpure'haṃ śiromaṇiḥ | tajjanmani mayā rakṣo bhuktvā bhogānyathecchayā
And in that city I was the crest-jewel of all the other young women. In that birth, O rākṣasa, I enjoyed pleasures as I wished.
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PdP 6 127.75
मोहितं तत्पुरं सर्वं मया यौवनसंपदा । रत्नानि च विचित्राणि भूषणानि धनानि च
mohitaṃ tatpuraṃ sarvaṃ mayā yauvanasaṃpadā | ratnāni ca vicitrāṇi bhūṣaṇāni dhanāni ca
That whole city was bewildered by me through the wealth of my youth; and jewels of many kinds, ornaments and riches,
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PdP 6 127.76
वासांसि चित्ररूपाणि कर्पूरागुरुचंदनम् । एतच्चोपार्जितं सर्वं मया मोहनरूपया
vāsāṃsi citrarūpāṇi karpūrāgurucaṃdanam | etaccopārjitaṃ sarvaṃ mayā mohanarūpayā
garments of varied kinds, camphor, aloe-wood and sandal — all this was amassed by me, whose form was bewitching.
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PdP 6 127.77
नाहं जानामि हेम्नोंतं स्वनिवासे निशाचर । संसेवंते युवानो मे चरणौ कामपीडिताः
nāhaṃ jānāmi hemnoṃtaṃ svanivāse niśācara | saṃsevaṃte yuvāno me caraṇau kāmapīḍitāḥ
I did not know the limit of the gold in my own house, O night-walker; young men, tormented by desire, attended upon my feet.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 127.78
मया ते वंचिताः सर्वे सर्वस्वेन तु मायया । अन्योन्यस्पर्धाभावेन मृताः केचित्तु कामिनः
mayā te vaṃcitāḥ sarve sarvasvena tu māyayā | anyonyaspardhābhāvena mṛtāḥ kecittu kāminaḥ
By me, with my magic, they were all cheated of all their possessions; and some lovers died out of mutual rivalry.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 127.79
इत्थं तन्नगरे रम्ये सकले मे गतिस्तदा । प्राप्ते तु वार्द्धके काले शुशोच हृदयं मम । न दत्तं न हुतं जप्तं न व्रतं चरितं मया
itthaṃ tannagare ramye sakale me gatistadā | prāpte tu vārddhake kāle śuśoca hṛdayaṃ mama | na dattaṃ na hutaṃ japtaṃ na vrataṃ caritaṃ mayā
Thus in that lovely city all were subject to me at that time; but when old age arrived, my heart grieved: "I have given no gift, made no oblation, no recitation, kept no vow."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 127.80
नाराधितो मया देवश्चतुर्वर्गफलप्रदः। न मया पूजिता देवी दुर्गा दुर्गतिनाशिनी । सर्वपापहरो विष्णुर्न स्मृतो भोगलुब्धया
nārādhito mayā devaścaturvargaphalapradaḥ| na mayā pūjitā devī durgā durgatināśinī | sarvapāpaharo viṣṇurna smṛto bhogalubdhayā
"I have not worshipped the god who grants the fruit of the four aims (of life); I have not honoured the goddess Durgā who destroys misfortune; Viṣṇu, remover of all sins, was not remembered by me, greedy as I was for pleasures."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 127.81
न च संतर्पिता विप्रा न कृतं प्राणिनां हितम् । अणुमात्रमिदं पुण्यं न कृतं च प्रमादतः
na ca saṃtarpitā viprā na kṛtaṃ prāṇināṃ hitam | aṇumātramidaṃ puṇyaṃ na kṛtaṃ ca pramādataḥ
"Brahmins were not satisfied (with food), no good was done for living beings, and out of heedlessness not even this much merit, the size of an atom, was made."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 127.82
पातकं तु कृतं भद्र तेन मे दह्यते मनः । बहुधैवं विलप्याहं ब्राह्मणं शरणं गता
pātakaṃ tu kṛtaṃ bhadra tena me dahyate manaḥ | bahudhaivaṃ vilapyāhaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ śaraṇaṃ gatā
"But sin has been committed, good sir, and by it my mind burns." Lamenting thus in many ways, I went for refuge to a brahmin,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 127.83
ब्रह्मण्यं वेदविद्वांसं तस्य राज्ञः पुरोहितम् । स हि पृष्टो मया रक्षः कथं मे निष्कृतिर्भवेत्
brahmaṇyaṃ vedavidvāṃsaṃ tasya rājñaḥ purohitam | sa hi pṛṣṭo mayā rakṣaḥ kathaṃ me niṣkṛtirbhavet
(one) devoted to brahman, learned in the Vedas, the chaplain of that king; for he was asked by me, O demon: "How may there be expiation for me
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 127.84
पापस्यास्य द्विजश्रेष्ठ कथं यास्यामि सद्गतिम् । स्वेनैव कर्मणा तप्तां वराकीं दीनमानसाम्
pāpasyāsya dvijaśreṣṭha kathaṃ yāsyāmi sadgatim | svenaiva karmaṇā taptāṃ varākīṃ dīnamānasām
of this sin, O best of the twice-born? How shall I go to a good destiny?" (Seeing) me, wretched and downcast in mind, scorched by my own deeds,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 127.85
पापपंकनिमग्नां त्वं मामुद्धर कचग्रहैः । मयि कारुण्यंजं वारि वर्षहर्षदृशा द्विज
pāpapaṃkanimagnāṃ tvaṃ māmuddhara kacagrahaiḥ | mayi kāruṇyaṃjaṃ vāri varṣaharṣadṛśā dvija
"Lift me up by the hair, sunk as I am in the mud of sin; O brahmin, rain upon me the water born of compassion with a glance of gladness."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 127.86
सज्जने साधवः सर्वे साधुः साधुरसज्जने । इत्यसौ मद्वचः श्रुत्वा चकारानुग्रहं मयि
sajjane sādhavaḥ sarve sādhuḥ sādhurasajjane | ityasau madvacaḥ śrutvā cakārānugrahaṃ mayi
"Toward a good person all are good; (only) the good man is good toward one who is not good." Hearing this speech of mine, he showed favour to me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 127.87
द्विज उवाच। निषिद्धाचरणं जाने सर्वं तेऽहं वरानने । कुरु मे सत्वरं वाक्यं याहि क्षेत्रं प्रजापते
dvija uvāca| niṣiddhācaraṇaṃ jāne sarvaṃ te'haṃ varānane | kuru me satvaraṃ vākyaṃ yāhi kṣetraṃ prajāpate
The brahmin said: I know all your doing of forbidden things, O fair-faced one. Carry out my word at once: go to the field of Prajāpati.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 127.88
तत्र गत्वा कुरु स्नानं तेन पापक्षयस्तव । सर्वं मनोगतं भद्रे त्वदीयं शोचितं मया
tatra gatvā kuru snānaṃ tena pāpakṣayastava | sarvaṃ manogataṃ bhadre tvadīyaṃ śocitaṃ mayā
Going there, bathe; by that your sin is destroyed. All that is in your mind, good lady, has been grieved over by me (as if my own).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 127.89
नाहमन्यत्प्रपश्यामि यत्ते पापप्रणाशनम् । प्रायश्चित्तं परं तीर्थे स्नानं च ऋषिभिः स्मृतम्
nāhamanyatprapaśyāmi yatte pāpapraṇāśanam | prāyaścittaṃ paraṃ tīrthe snānaṃ ca ṛṣibhiḥ smṛtam
I see nothing else that would destroy your sin; bathing at a holy ford is held by the seers to be the highest expiation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 127.90
किंतु तीर्थे त्यजेद्भीरु मनसाप्यशुभं कृतम् । प्रयागस्नानशुद्धा त्वं स्वर्गं यास्यसि निश्चितम्
kiṃtu tīrthe tyajedbhīru manasāpyaśubhaṃ kṛtam | prayāgasnānaśuddhā tvaṃ svargaṃ yāsyasi niścitam
But at the ford, O timid one, one should abandon evil done even in thought; purified by bathing at Prayāga, you will certainly go to heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 127.91
प्रयागस्नानमात्रेण नृणां स्वर्गो न संशयः । अन्यदेशकृतं पापं तत्क्षणादेव भामिनि
prayāgasnānamātreṇa nṛṇāṃ svargo na saṃśayaḥ | anyadeśakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ tatkṣaṇādeva bhāmini
By the mere bathing at Prayāga men (attain) heaven, no doubt of it; sin committed in another place (perishes) that very instant, O lady.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 127.92
प्रयागे विलयं याति पापं तीर्थकृतं विना । शृणु भीरु पुरा शक्रो गौतमस्य मुनेर्वधूम्
prayāge vilayaṃ yāti pāpaṃ tīrthakṛtaṃ vinā | śṛṇu bhīru purā śakro gautamasya munervadhūm
At Prayāga sin goes to dissolution, except that committed at the ford (itself). Listen, timid one: formerly Śakra (saw) the wife of the sage Gautama,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 127.93
दृष्ट्वा कामवशं प्राप्तस्तां गतो गुप्तकामुकः । उग्रेण तेन पापेन तदैव जनितं फलम्
dṛṣṭvā kāmavaśaṃ prāptastāṃ gato guptakāmukaḥ | ugreṇa tena pāpena tadaiva janitaṃ phalam
and having seen her he fell under the power of desire and went to her, a secret lover; by that fierce sin the fruit was produced at once.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 127.94
ऋषिस्त्रीगंतुरिंद्रस्य तस्याश्च पुरतस्तदा । कुत्सितं गर्हितं जातमिति लज्जाकरं वपुः
ṛṣistrīgaṃturiṃdrasya tasyāśca puratastadā | kutsitaṃ garhitaṃ jātamiti lajjākaraṃ vapuḥ
Then, before her, the body of Indra, who had gone to the sage's wife, became loathsome, blameworthy and shame-causing — thus (it happened):
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 127.95
तद्भर्तुः शापमाहात्म्यात्सहस्रभगचिह्नितम् । अधोमुखस्ततो भूत्वा देवराजो विनिर्गतः
tadbhartuḥ śāpamāhātmyātsahasrabhagacihnitam | adhomukhastato bhūtvā devarājo vinirgataḥ
by the power of her husband's curse it was marked with a thousand vulvas; then, with his face downcast, the king of the gods went out.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 127.96
निनिंद स्वकृतं कर्म सोऽभिभूतः सलज्जितः । मेरोः शिरसि तोयाढ्ये शतयोजनविस्तृते
niniṃda svakṛtaṃ karma so'bhibhūtaḥ salajjitaḥ | meroḥ śirasi toyāḍhye śatayojanavistṛte
Overcome and ashamed, he reproached the deed he had done. On the peak of Meru, rich in water, extending a hundred yojanas,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 127.97
तत्र गत्वा प्रविष्टस्तु हेमांभोरुहकोरके । तत्रस्थो गर्हयन्नित्यमात्मानं मन्मथं तथा
tatra gatvā praviṣṭastu hemāṃbhoruhakorake | tatrastho garhayannityamātmānaṃ manmathaṃ tathā
having gone there he entered into the bud of a golden lotus; staying there he constantly reproached himself and Manmatha (the god of love):
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 127.98
धिक्तां कामात्मतां लोके सद्यः पातकदायिनीम् । यया हि नरकं याति सर्वलोकविगर्हितः
dhiktāṃ kāmātmatāṃ loke sadyaḥ pātakadāyinīm | yayā hi narakaṃ yāti sarvalokavigarhitaḥ
"A curse upon that state of being ruled by lust in the world, which gives sin at once, by which (a man) goes to hell, reviled by all the worlds."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 127.99
आयुः कीर्तिर्यशोधर्म धैर्य ध्वंसकरी तथा । धिङ्मन्मथं दुराचारमापदां नियतं पदम्
āyuḥ kīrtiryaśodharma dhairya dhvaṃsakarī tathā | dhiṅmanmathaṃ durācāramāpadāṃ niyataṃ padam
"(It is) the destroyer of long life, renown, fame, duty and steadfastness. A curse upon the Love-god, evil in conduct, the fixed abode of calamities,"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 127.100
देहस्थं दुर्दमं शत्रुमसंतुष्टं सदावशम् । इत्थंवादिनि प्रच्छन्ने वासवे पद्मसद्मनि 6.127.
dehasthaṃ durdamaṃ śatrumasaṃtuṣṭaṃ sadāvaśam | itthaṃvādini pracchanne vāsave padmasadmani 6.127.
"—the enemy dwelling in the body, hard to subdue, never satisfied, never under control." While Vāsava was speaking thus, hidden in the lotus-house,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 127.101
आखंडलं विना भीरु देवलोको न शोभते । ततो देवाः सगंधर्वा लोकपालाः सकिन्नराः
ākhaṃḍalaṃ vinā bhīru devaloko na śobhate | tato devāḥ sagaṃdharvā lokapālāḥ sakinnarāḥ
without the Splitter-of-parts (Indra), O timid one, the world of the gods had no splendour. Then the gods, together with the gandharvas, the world-guardians along with the kinnaras,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 127.102
शच्या सह समागम्य पप्रच्छुस्ते बृहस्पतिम् । भगवन्बलभिद्देवं नैव जानीमहे वयम्
śacyā saha samāgamya papracchuste bṛhaspatim | bhagavanbalabhiddevaṃ naiva jānīmahe vayam
having assembled together with Śacī, asked Bṛhaspati: "Reverend one, we simply do not know (where) the god who broke Bala is.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 127.103
क्व तिष्ठति गतः कुत्र कुत्र वा मृगयामहे । न नाकः शोभते तेन विना देवगणैः सह
kva tiṣṭhati gataḥ kutra kutra vā mṛgayāmahe | na nākaḥ śobhate tena vinā devagaṇaiḥ saha
Where does he stay, where has he gone, or where shall we search for him? Without him heaven, together with the hosts of gods, has no splendour,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 127.104
सुपुत्रेण विना यद्वत्कुलं श्रीमद्गुणान्वितम् । उपायश्चिंत्यतां सद्यः स्वर्लोके येन शोभते
suputreṇa vinā yadvatkulaṃ śrīmadguṇānvitam | upāyaściṃtyatāṃ sadyaḥ svarloke yena śobhate
just as a family endowed with wealth and virtues (has none) without a good son. Let a means be thought of at once, by which heaven may be resplendent,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 127.105
सनाथः सुश्रियायुक्तो न विलंबोऽत्र युज्यते । इति तेषां वचः श्रुत्वा गुरुर्वचनमब्रवीत्
sanāthaḥ suśriyāyukto na vilaṃbo'tra yujyate | iti teṣāṃ vacaḥ śrutvā gururvacanamabravīt
possessed of a lord and joined with fair prosperity; delay in this is not fitting." Having heard their words, the teacher spoke (these) words:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 127.106
जानेऽहं स्वापराधेन लज्जया यत्र तिष्ठति । रभसा लब्धकार्यस्य भुंक्ते स मघवा फलम्
jāne'haṃ svāparādhena lajjayā yatra tiṣṭhati | rabhasā labdhakāryasya bhuṃkte sa maghavā phalam
"I know where, out of shame at his own offence, he stays. Maghavan, who gained his object by violence, is (now) eating the fruit of it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 127.107
नृणां नीतिपरित्यागाद्विपाकाः स्युर्भयंकराः । अहो राज्यमदैर्मत्तः कृत्याकृत्यमचिंतयन्
nṛṇāṃ nītiparityāgādvipākāḥ syurbhayaṃkarāḥ | aho rājyamadairmattaḥ kṛtyākṛtyamaciṃtayan
From men's abandonment of right conduct the consequences are terrifying. Alas, intoxicated with the intoxications of kingship, not considering what should and should not be done,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 127.108
कृतवान्निंद्यमानं हि दृष्टादृष्टक्षयंकरम् । कुर्वंति बालिशा यत्र दैवोपहतबुद्धयः
kṛtavānniṃdyamānaṃ hi dṛṣṭādṛṣṭakṣayaṃkaram | kurvaṃti bāliśā yatra daivopahatabuddhayaḥ
he has done a blameworthy thing, which brings ruin both seen and unseen. Fools whose minds are struck down by fate do (such things) in this world,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 127.109
अपराधाद्यथाजन्म स्यादिहामुत्र निष्फलम् । अधुना तत्र गच्छामो यत्र शक्रः स तिष्ठति
aparādhādyathājanma syādihāmutra niṣphalam | adhunā tatra gacchāmo yatra śakraḥ sa tiṣṭhati
so that through the offence birth becomes fruitless here and in the next world. Now let us go there, where that Śakra is staying."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 127.110
इत्युक्त्वा निर्गताः सर्वे बृहस्पतिपुरोगमाः । दृष्ट्वा सरसि विस्तीर्णे स्वर्णपंकजकाननम्
ityuktvā nirgatāḥ sarve bṛhaspatipurogamāḥ | dṛṣṭvā sarasi vistīrṇe svarṇapaṃkajakānanam
Having said this, they all went out, with Bṛhaspati at their head. Seeing in the broad lake a thicket of golden lotuses,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 127.111
तुष्टुवुर्देवराजानं प्रबोधो येन जायते । ततो गुरोः प्रबोधेन निर्गतः पद्मकुड्मलात्
tuṣṭuvurdevarājānaṃ prabodho yena jāyate | tato guroḥ prabodhena nirgataḥ padmakuḍmalāt
they praised the king of the gods, by which (praise) awakening comes about. Then, at the awakening (given) by the teacher, he came out of the lotus-bud,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 127.112
दीनाननो विरूपस्तु व्रीडाकुंचितलोचनः । जग्राह चरणाविंद्रो गुरोस्तस्याग्रजन्मनः
dīnānano virūpastu vrīḍākuṃcitalocanaḥ | jagrāha caraṇāviṃdro gurostasyāgrajanmanaḥ
with a wretched face and disfigured, his eyes narrowed with shame; and Indra grasped the feet of that teacher, the twice-born one:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 127.113
त्राहि मां निष्कृतिं ब्रूहि पापस्यास्य बृहस्पते । देवराजवचः श्रुत्वा जगौ विप्रो बृहस्पतिः
trāhi māṃ niṣkṛtiṃ brūhi pāpasyāsya bṛhaspate | devarājavacaḥ śrutvā jagau vipro bṛhaspatiḥ
"Save me; tell (me) the expiation for this sin, O Bṛhaspati!" Having heard the words of the king of the gods, the brahmin Bṛhaspati spoke:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 127.114
शृणु देवेंद्र वक्ष्येऽहमुपायं पापनाशनम् । प्रयागस्नानमात्रेण तत्क्षणादेव पातकात्
śṛṇu deveṃdra vakṣye'hamupāyaṃ pāpanāśanam | prayāgasnānamātreṇa tatkṣaṇādeva pātakāt
"Listen, lord of the gods; I shall tell (you) the means that destroys sin. By merely bathing at Prayāga, that very instant from your sin
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 127.115
मुच्यसे देवराजत्वं तत्र यामः सहैव ते । अथ पुरोधसा सार्धमागत्य बलमर्दनः
mucyase devarājatvaṃ tatra yāmaḥ sahaiva te | atha purodhasā sārdhamāgatya balamardanaḥ
you will be released, O king of the gods. Let us go there together with you." Then, having come with (his) priest, the crusher of Bala
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 127.116
सस्नौ सितासिते तीर्थे सद्यो मुक्तो ह्यघैस्ततः । अथ देवगुरुस्तस्मै प्रसन्नस्तु वरं ददौ
sasnau sitāsite tīrthe sadyo mukto hyaghaistataḥ | atha devagurustasmai prasannastu varaṃ dadau
bathed at the confluence-shrine of the white and the dark (rivers), and thereupon was at once freed from his sins. Then the teacher of the gods, being pleased, gave him a boon:
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PdP 6 127.117
प्रयागस्नानमात्रेण क्षीणं पापं त्वयानघ । क्षीणपापस्य ते शक्र मत्प्रसादेन सत्वरम्
prayāgasnānamātreṇa kṣīṇaṃ pāpaṃ tvayānagha | kṣīṇapāpasya te śakra matprasādena satvaram
"By merely bathing at Prayāga your sin has been worn away, O sinless one. Since your sin is worn away, Śakra, by my grace, quickly
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PdP 6 127.118
सहस्रमेतद्योनीनां सहस्रं स्याद्दृशां तव । तदैव द्विजवाक्येन शुशुभे च शचीपतिः
sahasrametadyonīnāṃ sahasraṃ syāddṛśāṃ tava | tadaiva dvijavākyena śuśubhe ca śacīpatiḥ
"This thousand of wombs — let it become a thousand eyes for you." At that very moment, by the brahmin's word, the husband of Śacī shone
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PdP 6 127.119
लोचनानां सहस्रेण पंकजैरिव मानसम् । अथ वृंदारकैः सर्वैरृषिभिश्चाभिपूजितः
locanānāṃ sahasreṇa paṃkajairiva mānasam | atha vṛṃdārakaiḥ sarvairṛṣibhiścābhipūjitaḥ
with his thousand eyes, like a lake with lotuses. Then, worshipped by all the gods and by the sages,
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PdP 6 127.120
गंधर्वैः स्तूयमानस्तु गतः शक्रोऽमरावतीम् । इत्थं सद्यो विपापोऽभूत्प्रयागे पाकशासनः
gaṃdharvaiḥ stūyamānastu gataḥ śakro'marāvatīm | itthaṃ sadyo vipāpo'bhūtprayāge pākaśāsanaḥ
and praised by the gandharvas, Śakra went to Amarāvatī. Thus at Prayāga the chastiser of Pāka became at once free of sin.
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PdP 6 127.121
याहि त्वमपि कल्याणि प्रयागं देवसेवितम् । सद्यः पापविनाशाय तथा स्वर्गतये दृढम्
yāhi tvamapi kalyāṇi prayāgaṃ devasevitam | sadyaḥ pāpavināśāya tathā svargataye dṛḍham
You too, good lady, go to Prayāga, which is frequented by the gods, for the immediate destruction of sin and likewise, surely, for the attainment of heaven.
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PdP 6 127.122
इति तस्य वचः श्रुत्वा सेतिहासं समंगलम् । तदैव संभ्रमापन्ना नत्वा पादौ द्विजस्य तु
iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā setihāsaṃ samaṃgalam | tadaiva saṃbhramāpannā natvā pādau dvijasya tu
Having heard this speech of his, with its story and its blessing, right then, seized with excitement, and having bowed to the brahmin's feet,
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PdP 6 127.123
त्यक्त्वा बंधुजनं सर्वं दासदासीगृहं तथा । सकलान्विषयान्रक्षो विषग्रासानिव स्फुटम्
tyaktvā baṃdhujanaṃ sarvaṃ dāsadāsīgṛhaṃ tathā | sakalānviṣayānrakṣo viṣagrāsāniva sphuṭam
having abandoned all my kinsfolk, and my slaves, maidservants and house, and all the objects of sense — O demon — as if they were plainly mouthfuls of poison,
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PdP 6 127.124
वपुश्च क्षणविध्वंसि पश्यंती निर्गता ह्यहम् । नरकार्णवसंपात दारुणांतर वह्निना
vapuśca kṣaṇavidhvaṃsi paśyaṃtī nirgatā hyaham | narakārṇavasaṃpāta dāruṇāṃtara vahninā
and seeing that the body perishes in an instant, I did indeed set out — by the fire, dreadful within, of the plunge into the ocean of hell,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 127.125
हृदये कुणपव्याघ्र तदा तत्तप्यमानया । मया गत्वा कृतं स्नानं माघे मासि सितासिते
hṛdaye kuṇapavyāghra tadā tattapyamānayā | mayā gatvā kṛtaṃ snānaṃ māghe māsi sitāsite
in (my) heart, O corpse-eating tiger — burning then with that, I went and performed bathing in the month of Māgha, in the bright and the dark (fortnights).
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PdP 6 127.126
तस्य स्नानस्य माहात्म्यं शृणु वृद्धनिशाचर । त्र्यहात्पापक्षयो जातः सप्तविंशतिभिर्दिनैः
tasya snānasya māhātmyaṃ śṛṇu vṛddhaniśācara | tryahātpāpakṣayo jātaḥ saptaviṃśatibhirdinaiḥ
Hear the greatness of that bathing, aged night-roamer: from three days, and from twenty-seven days, the destruction of sin came about for me.
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PdP 6 127.127
शेषैर्मे यदभूत्पुण्यं तेन देवत्वमागता । रममाणा तु कैलासे गिरिजायाः प्रिया सखी मुत्तरखण्डे माघमासमाहात्म्ये दिलीपवसिष्ठसंवादे राक्षसमोक्षोनाम सप्तविंशत्यधिकशततमोऽध्यायः
śeṣairme yadabhūtpuṇyaṃ tena devatvamāgatā | ramamāṇā tu kailāse girijāyāḥ priyā sakhī muttarakhaṇḍe māghamāsamāhātmye dilīpavasiṣṭhasaṃvāde rākṣasamokṣonāma saptaviṃśatyadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ
By whatever merit of mine arose from the remaining (days), by that I came to godhood, and now, taking my pleasure on Kailāsa, I am the dear friend of Girijā. [Colophon: In the Uttarakhaṇḍa, in the Glorification of the Month of Māgha, in the dialogue of Dilīpa and Vasiṣṭha, the one hundred and twenty-seventh chapter, called 'The Liberation of the Rākṣasa'.]
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PdP 6 127.128
जातिस्मरा तथा जाता प्रयागस्य प्रभावतः । स्मृत्वा प्रयागमाहात्म्यं माघे माघे व्रजाम्यहम्
jātismarā tathā jātā prayāgasya prabhāvataḥ | smṛtvā prayāgamāhātmyaṃ māghe māghe vrajāmyaham
And so I became one who remembers her (former) births, through the power of Prayāga; and remembering the greatness of Prayāga, in every month of Māgha I go there.
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PdP 6 127.129
इति राक्षस यत्पृष्टं त्वया विस्मितचेतसा । तन्मया कथितं सर्वं चरितं प्रीतये तव
iti rākṣasa yatpṛṣṭaṃ tvayā vismitacetasā | tanmayā kathitaṃ sarvaṃ caritaṃ prītaye tava
Thus, demon, what you asked with an astonished mind — all that story has been told by me for your pleasure.
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PdP 6 127.130
मत्प्रीतये चरित्रं स्वं त्वं ब्रूहि मम राक्षस । कर्मणा केनजातोऽसि विरूपोऽतिभयंकरः
matprītaye caritraṃ svaṃ tvaṃ brūhi mama rākṣasa | karmaṇā kenajāto'si virūpo'tibhayaṃkaraḥ
For my pleasure, demon, tell me your own story. By what deed were you born misshapen and most terrifying,
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PdP 6 127.131
श्मश्रुलो दीर्घदंष्ट्रंश्च क्रव्यादो गिरिगह्वरे । राक्षस उवाच। इष्टं ददाति गृह्णाति गुह्यं वदति पृच्छति
śmaśrulo dīrghadaṃṣṭraṃśca kravyādo girigahvare | rākṣasa uvāca| iṣṭaṃ dadāti gṛhṇāti guhyaṃ vadati pṛcchati
bearded and long-fanged, a flesh-eater in a mountain cave? The demon said: A good person gives what is wished for and receives it, tells a secret and asks about one,
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PdP 6 127.132
प्रीत्या हि सज्जनो भद्रे तच्च सर्वं त्वयि स्थितम् । त्वया संभावितो नूनं मन्येऽहं वामलोचने
prītyā hi sajjano bhadre tacca sarvaṃ tvayi sthitam | tvayā saṃbhāvito nūnaṃ manye'haṃ vāmalocane
out of affection, good lady; and all that is present in you. Surely, I think, O lady of lovely eyes, having been treated with respect by you,
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PdP 6 127.133
भाविनी निष्कृतिः सद्यस्त्वयास्य क्रूरकर्मणः । अतो वक्ष्यामि ते भद्रे दुष्कृतं यत्स्वयंकृतम्
bhāvinī niṣkṛtiḥ sadyastvayāsya krūrakarmaṇaḥ | ato vakṣyāmi te bhadre duṣkṛtaṃ yatsvayaṃkṛtam
there shall be immediate expiation for this cruel-doer through you. Therefore I shall tell you, good lady, the evil deed that I myself did.
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PdP 6 127.134
निवेद्य सज्जने दुःखं ततः सर्वसुखी भवेत् । शृणु सुश्रोण्यहं काश्यां बह्वृचो वेदपारगः
nivedya sajjane duḥkhaṃ tataḥ sarvasukhī bhavet | śṛṇu suśroṇyahaṃ kāśyāṃ bahvṛco vedapāragaḥ
Having declared one's suffering to a good person, one then becomes entirely happy. Listen, fair-hipped one: I, in Kāśī, was a reciter of the Ṛgveda, one who had gone to the far shore of the Veda,
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PdP 6 127.135
जातः पुरा द्विजः श्रेष्ठः कुले महति निर्मले । राज्ञां दुष्कृतिनां भीरु शूद्राणां च तथा विशाम्
jātaḥ purā dvijaḥ śreṣṭhaḥ kule mahati nirmale | rājñāṃ duṣkṛtināṃ bhīru śūdrāṇāṃ ca tathā viśām
born formerly a brahmin, the best (of them), in a great and stainless family. Of kings who were evildoers, timid one, and of śūdras and likewise of vaiśyas,
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PdP 6 127.136
वाराणस्यां कृतो घोरो मया दुष्टप्रतिग्रहः । बहुधा बहुधा वारं निषिद्धः कुत्सितो बहु
vārāṇasyāṃ kṛto ghoro mayā duṣṭapratigrahaḥ | bahudhā bahudhā vāraṃ niṣiddhaḥ kutsito bahu
in Vārāṇasī there was made by me the dreadful accepting of gifts from the wicked; in many ways, again and again, I was forbidden and much reproached.
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PdP 6 127.137
चांडालस्यापि न त्यक्तो मया दुष्टप्रतिग्रहः । अन्यच्च पातकं तत्र ममाभून्मूढचेतसः । तन्नास्ति दुष्कृतं कर्म मया यत्र न यत्कृतम्
cāṃḍālasyāpi na tyakto mayā duṣṭapratigrahaḥ | anyacca pātakaṃ tatra mamābhūnmūḍhacetasaḥ | tannāsti duṣkṛtaṃ karma mayā yatra na yatkṛtam
Not even from a cāṇḍāla did I give up the wicked accepting of gifts. And another mortal sin was mine there, my mind being deluded. There is no evil deed that was not done by me there.
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PdP 6 127.138
अन्यच्च श्रूयतां दोषः क्षेत्रस्य वरवर्णिनि । अविमुक्तेऽणुमात्रं यत्तदघं मेरुतां व्रजेत् । न धर्मस्तु मया कश्चित्संचितस्तत्र जन्मनि
anyacca śrūyatāṃ doṣaḥ kṣetrasya varavarṇini | avimukte'ṇumātraṃ yattadaghaṃ merutāṃ vrajet | na dharmastu mayā kaścitsaṃcitastatra janmani
"And hear another fault of the sacred field, O fair-complexioned one: whatever sin, even the size of an atom, (is done) in Avimukta, that becomes (great) as Mount Meru. But no merit of any kind was accumulated by me in that birth."
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PdP 6 127.139
ततो बहुतिथे काले मृतस्तत्रैव शोभने । अविमुक्तप्रभावेण न चाहं नरकं गतः
tato bahutithe kāle mṛtastatraiva śobhane | avimuktaprabhāveṇa na cāhaṃ narakaṃ gataḥ
"Then, after a very long time, I died in that very place, O beautiful one; and by the power of Avimukta I did not go to hell."
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PdP 6 127.140
अविमुक्ते मृतः कश्चिन्नरकं नेति किल्बिषी । अविमुक्ते कृतं किंचित्पापं वज्री भवेद्दृढम्
avimukte mṛtaḥ kaścinnarakaṃ neti kilbiṣī | avimukte kṛtaṃ kiṃcitpāpaṃ vajrī bhaveddṛḍham
"Anyone sinful who dies in Avimukta does not (go to) hell; (but) whatever sin is done in Avimukta becomes firm as adamant."
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PdP 6 127.141
वज्रलेपेन पापेन तेन मे जन्म राक्षसम् । रौद्रं क्रूरतरं पापं संभूतं हिमपर्वते
vajralepena pāpena tena me janma rākṣasam | raudraṃ krūrataraṃ pāpaṃ saṃbhūtaṃ himaparvate
"By that sin, hard as a diamond-plaster, came my birth as a rākṣasa; a terrible, most cruel sin (it was), and (I) was born on the snowy mountain."
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PdP 6 127.142
द्विर्जातो गृध्रयोनौ प्राक्त्रिर्व्याघ्रो द्विः सरीसृपः । एकवारमुलूकस्तु विड्वराहस्ततः परम्
dvirjāto gṛdhrayonau prāktrirvyāghro dviḥ sarīsṛpaḥ | ekavāramulūkastu viḍvarāhastataḥ param
"Twice I was born in the vulture's womb, before that three times a tiger, twice a reptile, once an owl, and after that a dung-pig."
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PdP 6 127.143
इदं तु दशमं जन्म राक्षसं मम भामिनी । अतीतानि सहस्राणि वर्षाणि मम जन्मनः
idaṃ tu daśamaṃ janma rākṣasaṃ mama bhāminī | atītāni sahasrāṇi varṣāṇi mama janmanaḥ
"But this is my tenth birth, as a rākṣasa, O lovely lady; thousands of years of my (present) birth have passed."
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PdP 6 127.144
नास्ति मे निष्कृतिर्भद्रे एतस्माद्दुःखसागरात् । अत्र त्रियोजनं सुभ्रूर्निर्जंतु हि मया कृतम्
nāsti me niṣkṛtirbhadre etasmādduḥkhasāgarāt | atra triyojanaṃ subhrūrnirjaṃtu hi mayā kṛtam
"There is no expiation for me, good lady, from this ocean of suffering; for here, O fair-browed one, I have made three yojanas devoid of living creatures."
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PdP 6 127.145
अनागसां च भूतानां बहूनां च कृतः क्षयः । कर्मणा तेन मे सुभ्रूर्दह्यते सततं मनः
anāgasāṃ ca bhūtānāṃ bahūnāṃ ca kṛtaḥ kṣayaḥ | karmaṇā tena me subhrūrdahyate satataṃ manaḥ
"And the destruction of many innocent beings was wrought (by me); by that deed, O fair-browed one, my mind burns continually."
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PdP 6 127.146
त्वद्दर्शनसुधासिक्तं गतं शैत्यं मनो मम । तीर्थं फलति कालेन सद्यः साधुसमागमः
tvaddarśanasudhāsiktaṃ gataṃ śaityaṃ mano mama | tīrthaṃ phalati kālena sadyaḥ sādhusamāgamaḥ
"Sprinkled with the nectar of the sight of you, my mind has become cool. A sacred ford bears fruit (only) in time; meeting with a good person (bears fruit) at once."
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PdP 6 127.147
अतः सत्संगतिं सुभ्रूः प्रशंसंति मनीषिणः । एतत्ते कथितं सर्वं स्वदुःखं हृद्गतं मया
ataḥ satsaṃgatiṃ subhrūḥ praśaṃsaṃti manīṣiṇaḥ | etatte kathitaṃ sarvaṃ svaduḥkhaṃ hṛdgataṃ mayā
"Therefore the wise praise the company of the good, O fair-browed one. All this, my own sorrow that lay in my heart, has been told to you by me."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 127.148
विरलः सज्जनः सुभ्रूः स्वात्मा यस्य न खिद्यते । जानास्यत्रोचितं त्वं हि किंचिन्नो वच्म्यतः परम्
viralaḥ sajjanaḥ subhrūḥ svātmā yasya na khidyate | jānāsyatrocitaṃ tvaṃ hi kiṃcinno vacmyataḥ param
"Rare is the good man, O fair-browed one, whose own self is not distressed (at another's grief). You yourself know what is fitting here; so I say nothing further."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 127.149
अस्य दुःखोदधेः पारं कथं यामीति चिंतयन् । सज्जनानां समा भूतिः सर्वेषामुपजीवनम्
asya duḥkhodadheḥ pāraṃ kathaṃ yāmīti ciṃtayan | sajjanānāṃ samā bhūtiḥ sarveṣāmupajīvanam
Thinking, "How shall I cross to the far shore of this ocean of sorrow?" — the prosperity of good people is equally the sustenance of all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 127.150
क्षीरार्णवः पयो दत्ते हंसाय न बकाय किम् । दत्तात्रेय उवाच। इति तस्य वचः श्रुत्वा दयार्द्रीकृतमानसा 6.127.
kṣīrārṇavaḥ payo datte haṃsāya na bakāya kim | dattātreya uvāca| iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā dayārdrīkṛtamānasā 6.127.
Does the ocean of milk give its milk to the goose and not to the heron? Dattātreya said: Hearing these words of his, her mind made tender with compassion,
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PdP 6 127.151
धर्मदाने मतिं कृत्वा जगौ कांचनमालिनी । करिष्ये निष्कृतिं रक्ष इदानीं खलु मा शुचः
dharmadāne matiṃ kṛtvā jagau kāṃcanamālinī | kariṣye niṣkṛtiṃ rakṣa idānīṃ khalu mā śucaḥ
having resolved upon the gift of her merit, Kāñcanamālinī spoke: "I shall bring about (your) expiation, O rākṣasa; do not grieve now at all."
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PdP 6 127.152
प्रतिज्ञां तु दृढां कृत्वा यतिष्ये तव मुक्तये । बहवो हि कृता माघा वर्षे वर्षे यथाविधि
pratijñāṃ tu dṛḍhāṃ kṛtvā yatiṣye tava muktaye | bahavo hi kṛtā māghā varṣe varṣe yathāvidhi
"Making a firm promise, I shall strive for your liberation. For many Māgha (observances) were performed by me year after year, according to rule,"
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PdP 6 127.153
श्रद्धापूर्वं मया भद्र ब्रह्मक्षेत्रे सितासिते । तां वदामि तु संख्यातिं तस्य धर्मस्य राक्षस
śraddhāpūrvaṃ mayā bhadra brahmakṣetre sitāsite | tāṃ vadāmi tu saṃkhyātiṃ tasya dharmasya rākṣasa
"with faith, O good one, in the field of Brahmā, at (the confluence of) the white and the black (rivers). But shall I state the reckoning of that merit, O rākṣasa?"
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PdP 6 127.154
गूढो धर्मो हि कर्तव्य इत्यूचुर्विबुधा जनाः । आर्ते दानं प्रशंसंति मुनयो वेदवादिनः
gūḍho dharmo hi kartavya ityūcurvibudhā janāḥ | ārte dānaṃ praśaṃsaṃti munayo vedavādinaḥ
"For merit should be kept hidden — so have the learned said; and the sages who expound the Veda praise giving to one in distress."
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PdP 6 127.155
सागरे वर्षतो भद्र किं मेघस्य फलं भवेत् । अनुभूतं मया रक्षः स्वयं तत्पुण्यजं फलम्
sāgare varṣato bhadra kiṃ meghasya phalaṃ bhavet | anubhūtaṃ mayā rakṣaḥ svayaṃ tatpuṇyajaṃ phalam
"When (a cloud) rains on the ocean, O good one, what fruit would there be for the cloud? By me, O rākṣasa, the fruit born of that merit has already been enjoyed myself."
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PdP 6 127.156
तत्तु दास्यामि ते मित्र सद्यः पापविनाशनम् । निष्पीड्याथ ततो वस्त्रं जलं कृत्वा करांबुजे
tattu dāsyāmi te mitra sadyaḥ pāpavināśanam | niṣpīḍyātha tato vastraṃ jalaṃ kṛtvā karāṃbuje
"That I shall give to you, friend — (a gift) that destroys sin at once." Then, wringing out her garment and taking the water in her lotus-hands,
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PdP 6 127.157
ददौ सा माघजं पुण्यं तस्मै वृद्धाय रक्षसे । शृणु राजन्विचित्रं हि प्रभावं माघधर्मजम्
dadau sā māghajaṃ puṇyaṃ tasmai vṛddhāya rakṣase | śṛṇu rājanvicitraṃ hi prabhāvaṃ māghadharmajam
she gave the merit born of Māgha to that aged rākṣasa. Hear, O king, the wondrous power that arises from the Māgha observance.
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PdP 6 127.158
तदैवं प्राप्य तत्पुण्यं विमुक्ता राक्षसी तनुः । संभूतो देवताकारस्तेजो भास्करविग्रहः
tadaivaṃ prāpya tatpuṇyaṃ vimuktā rākṣasī tanuḥ | saṃbhūto devatākārastejo bhāskaravigrahaḥ
Then, having thus obtained that merit, the demoness's body was released, and (in its place) there arose a form of divine shape, radiant, with a body like the sun.
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PdP 6 127.159
देवयानं समारूढः सहर्षोत्फुल्ललोचनः । द्योतमानस्तदा व्योम्नि भासयन्प्रभया दिशः
devayānaṃ samārūḍhaḥ saharṣotphullalocanaḥ | dyotamānastadā vyomni bhāsayanprabhayā diśaḥ
Mounted on a celestial chariot, his eyes wide open with joy, he then shone in the sky, illuminating the directions with his radiance.
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PdP 6 127.160
दिव्यरूपधरो रेजे द्वितीय इव भास्करः । ततोऽभिनंदयामास सतां कांचनमालिनीम्
divyarūpadharo reje dvitīya iva bhāskaraḥ | tato'bhinaṃdayāmāsa satāṃ kāṃcanamālinīm
Bearing a divine form, he glowed like a second sun. Then he congratulated the virtuous Kāñcanamālinī.
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PdP 6 127.161
भद्रे वेत्तीश्वरो देवः कर्मणां यः फलप्रदः । तत्त्वयोपकृतं सर्वं यत्र मे नास्ति निष्कृतिः
bhadre vettīśvaro devaḥ karmaṇāṃ yaḥ phalapradaḥ | tattvayopakṛtaṃ sarvaṃ yatra me nāsti niṣkṛtiḥ
"Good lady, the Lord God, who bestows the fruits of deeds, knows it: all this has been done for me by you, for which there is no repaying on my part."
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PdP 6 127.162
इदानीमपि कारुण्यात्प्रसीदानुग्रहं कुरु । शिक्षां विधेहि मे देवि सर्वनीतिमयीं शुभाम्
idānīmapi kāruṇyātprasīdānugrahaṃ kuru | śikṣāṃ vidhehi me devi sarvanītimayīṃ śubhām
"Even now, out of compassion, be gracious and show favour: give me instruction, O goddess, auspicious and full of all right conduct,"
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PdP 6 127.163
सर्वधर्मकरीं नूनं न कुर्वे पातकं यथा । तां श्रुत्वा त्वदनुज्ञातः पश्चाद्यामि सुरालयम्
sarvadharmakarīṃ nūnaṃ na kurve pātakaṃ yathā | tāṃ śrutvā tvadanujñātaḥ paścādyāmi surālayam
"such as embraces all duty, so that I may certainly commit no sin. Having heard it, with your permission, I shall afterwards go to the abode of the gods."
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PdP 6 127.164
दत्तात्रेय उवाच। एतन्निशम्य तेनोक्तं प्रियं धर्ममयं वचः । अतिप्रीत्याब्रवीद्धर्मं राजन्कांचनमालिनी
dattātreya uvāca| etanniśamya tenoktaṃ priyaṃ dharmamayaṃ vacaḥ | atiprītyābravīddharmaṃ rājankāṃcanamālinī
Dattātreya said: Hearing this pleasing, dharma-filled speech uttered by him, O king, Kāñcanamālinī with great affection declared the dharma (to him).
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PdP 6 127.165
धर्मं भजस्व सततं त्यज भूतहिंसां सेवस्व साधुपुरुषान्जहि कामशत्रुम् । अन्यस्य दोषगुणकीर्तनमाशु हित्वा सत्यं वदार्चय हरिं व्रज देवलोकम्
dharmaṃ bhajasva satataṃ tyaja bhūtahiṃsāṃ sevasva sādhupuruṣānjahi kāmaśatrum | anyasya doṣaguṇakīrtanamāśu hitvā satyaṃ vadārcaya hariṃ vraja devalokam
"Practise dharma constantly; abandon injury to living beings; serve good men; slay the enemy that is desire; quickly give up proclaiming another's faults and merits; speak the truth; worship Hari; go to the world of the gods."
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PdP 6 127.166
देहेऽस्थिमांसरुधिरे स्वमतिं त्यज त्वं जायासुतादिषु सदा ममतां विमुंच । पश्यानिशं जगदिदं क्षणभंगुरं हि वैराग्यभावरसिको भव योगनिष्ठः
dehe'sthimāṃsarudhire svamatiṃ tyaja tvaṃ jāyāsutādiṣu sadā mamatāṃ vimuṃca | paśyāniśaṃ jagadidaṃ kṣaṇabhaṃguraṃ hi vairāgyabhāvarasiko bhava yoganiṣṭhaḥ
"Give up the notion that you are this body of bone, flesh and blood; release always the sense of 'mine' in wife, sons and the rest; look ceaselessly at this world, for it perishes in a moment; take your delight in the mood of detachment, be fixed in yoga."
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PdP 6 127.167
प्रीत्या मया निगदितं तव धर्ममार्गं चित्तो निधेहि सकलं भवशीलयुक्तः । संत्यज्य राक्षसतनुं धृतदेवदेहो ज्योतिर्मयो व्रज यथासुखमाशु नाकम्
prītyā mayā nigaditaṃ tava dharmamārgaṃ citto nidhehi sakalaṃ bhavaśīlayuktaḥ | saṃtyajya rākṣasatanuṃ dhṛtadevadeho jyotirmayo vraja yathāsukhamāśu nākam
"Set wholly in your mind the path of dharma that I have told you out of affection, being possessed of a virtuous disposition; abandoning the rākṣasa body and taking on a divine body, made of light, go at once to heaven as you please."
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PdP 6 127.168
श्रुत्वाधर्मं ततो हृष्टः संतुष्टो राक्षसोऽब्रवीत् । भवप्रमुदिता नित्यं सर्वदा शिवमस्तु ते
śrutvādharmaṃ tato hṛṣṭaḥ saṃtuṣṭo rākṣaso'bravīt | bhavapramuditā nityaṃ sarvadā śivamastu te
Then, having heard the dharma, the rākṣasa, delighted and content, said: "May you, ever gladdened by Bhava (Śiva), always have well-being."
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PdP 6 127.169
आचन्द्रार्कं रमस्व त्वं कैलासे शिवसन्निधौ । उमयाऽखंडितं प्रेम तवास्तु वरवर्णिनि
ācandrārkaṃ ramasva tvaṃ kailāse śivasannidhau | umayā'khaṃḍitaṃ prema tavāstu varavarṇini
"May you take your pleasure as long as the moon and sun endure on Kailāsa in Śiva's presence; may your love with Umā be unbroken, O lady of fair complexion."
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PdP 6 127.170
धर्मनिष्ठा तपोनिष्ठा मातस्त्वं भव सर्वदा । मास्तु लोभः शरीरे ते आपन्नार्ति सदा हर
dharmaniṣṭhā taponiṣṭhā mātastvaṃ bhava sarvadā | māstu lobhaḥ śarīre te āpannārti sadā hara
"Mother, be always devoted to dharma and devoted to austerity; let there be no greed in your body; always remove the suffering of those in distress."
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PdP 6 127.171
इत्युक्त्वा तु प्रणम्याथ सतां कांचनमालिनीम् । जगाम राक्षसः स्वर्गं गंधर्वैर्बहुभिः स्तुतः
ityuktvā tu praṇamyātha satāṃ kāṃcanamālinīm | jagāma rākṣasaḥ svargaṃ gaṃdharvairbahubhiḥ stutaḥ
Having said this and then bowed to the virtuous Kāñcanamālinī, the rākṣasa went to heaven, praised by many gandharvas.
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PdP 6 127.172
देवकन्यास्तदागत्य ववर्षुः पुष्पवृष्टिभिः । तस्याः कांचनमालिन्या मूर्ध्नि हर्षसमाकुलाः
devakanyāstadāgatya vavarṣuḥ puṣpavṛṣṭibhiḥ | tasyāḥ kāṃcanamālinyā mūrdhni harṣasamākulāḥ
Then the daughters of the gods came and, overcome with joy, poured showers of flowers on the head of that Kāñcanamālinī.
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PdP 6 127.173
तामालिंग्य ततः प्रोचुः कन्यकास्तु प्रियं वचः । कृतं भद्रे त्वया चित्रं राक्षसस्य विमोक्षणम्
tāmāliṃgya tataḥ procuḥ kanyakāstu priyaṃ vacaḥ | kṛtaṃ bhadre tvayā citraṃ rākṣasasya vimokṣaṇam
Then, embracing her, the maidens spoke affectionate words: "A wonderful thing has been done by you, good lady — the release of the rākṣasa."
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PdP 6 127.174
दुष्टस्यास्य भयात्कश्चिद्विशत्यस्मिन्न कानने । अधुना निर्भया ह्यत्र विचरामो यथासुखम्
duṣṭasyāsya bhayātkaścidviśatyasminna kānane | adhunā nirbhayā hyatra vicarāmo yathāsukham
"For fear of this wicked one no one used to enter this forest; now indeed we roam here without fear, as we please."
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PdP 6 127.175
श्रुत्वा तद्वचनं राजंस्तासां कांचनमालिनी । हृष्टा तेनैव दानेन कृतकृत्या तदा सती
śrutvā tadvacanaṃ rājaṃstāsāṃ kāṃcanamālinī | hṛṣṭā tenaiva dānena kṛtakṛtyā tadā satī
Hearing that speech of theirs, O king, Kāñcanamālinī was delighted, and the good lady felt then that by that very gift her purpose had been accomplished.
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PdP 6 127.176
तं राक्षसं कांचनमालिनीवरा गन्धर्वकन्या परिमोच्य सत्वरम् । क्रीडंत्यमूभिः प्रययौ हरालयं प्रीत्या सपूर्णा च परोपकारया
taṃ rākṣasaṃ kāṃcanamālinīvarā gandharvakanyā parimocya satvaram | krīḍaṃtyamūbhiḥ prayayau harālayaṃ prītyā sapūrṇā ca paropakārayā
That gandharva maiden, the excellent Kāñcanamālinī, having swiftly freed that rākṣasa, went, playing with these (maidens), to Hara's abode, filled with the joy that comes of helping others.
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PdP 6 127.177
संवादमेनं वरकन्यकेरितं भक्त्या परं यः शृणुयाच्च मानवः । न बाध्यते जातु सदा स राक्षसैर्धर्मे मतिस्तस्य भृशं हि जायते
saṃvādamenaṃ varakanyakeritaṃ bhaktyā paraṃ yaḥ śṛṇuyācca mānavaḥ | na bādhyate jātu sadā sa rākṣasairdharme matistasya bhṛśaṃ hi jāyate
And the man who with supreme devotion listens to this conversation spoken by the excellent maiden is never at all troubled by rākṣasas, and his mind turns strongly toward dharma.
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