Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 129
PdP 6 129.1
वसिष्ठ उवाच। श्रूयतां ये पिशाचाश्च मोचितास्तेन तद्वने । आसीद्राजा चित्रनामा द्राविडे विषये पुरा
vasiṣṭha uvāca| śrūyatāṃ ye piśācāśca mocitāstena tadvane | āsīdrājā citranāmā drāviḍe viṣaye purā
Vasiṣṭha said: Hear which piśācas were released by him in that forest. Formerly there was a king named Citra in the Drāviḍa country.
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PdP 6 129.2
सोमान्वये महावीरः शूरः शस्त्रास्त्रपारगः । गजवाजिरथौघैश्च संपन्नो विक्रमी सदा
somānvaye mahāvīraḥ śūraḥ śastrāstrapāragaḥ | gajavājirathaughaiśca saṃpanno vikramī sadā
(He was) in the lunar lineage, a great hero, brave, master of weapons and missiles, endowed with hosts of elephants, horses and chariots, ever valorous.
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PdP 6 129.3
स्वर्णैर्नानाविधै रत्नैः पूर्णकोशो महाधनः । मध्ये नारीसहस्रस्य सदा क्रीडति तत्परः
svarṇairnānāvidhai ratnaiḥ pūrṇakośo mahādhanaḥ | madhye nārīsahasrasya sadā krīḍati tatparaḥ
With gold and jewels of many kinds his treasury was full; he was of great wealth, and intent on that, he ever sported in the midst of a thousand women.
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PdP 6 129.4
स्त्रैणः कामी सदा लुब्धश्चंडकोपः स पार्थिवः । न करोति वचो धर्म्यं सचिवैः समुदीरितम्
straiṇaḥ kāmī sadā lubdhaścaṃḍakopaḥ sa pārthivaḥ | na karoti vaco dharmyaṃ sacivaiḥ samudīritam
That king was dominated by women, lustful, always greedy, and of fierce anger; he did not act on the righteous counsel spoken by his ministers.
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PdP 6 129.5
विष्णुं निंदति सोऽत्यर्थं वैष्णवान्द्वेष्टि सर्वदा । कोऽसौ विष्णुः क्व दृष्टोऽसौ क्व चास्ते केन कीर्त्यते
viṣṇuṃ niṃdati so'tyarthaṃ vaiṣṇavāndveṣṭi sarvadā | ko'sau viṣṇuḥ kva dṛṣṭo'sau kva cāste kena kīrtyate
He reviled Viṣṇu excessively and always hated the Vaiṣṇavas: "Who is this Viṣṇu? Where has he been seen? Where does he dwell, and by whom is he praised?"
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PdP 6 129.6
इत्थं न सहते विष्णुं स राजा दैवमोहितः । नारायणं भजंते ये तान्पीडयति कोपितः
itthaṃ na sahate viṣṇuṃ sa rājā daivamohitaḥ | nārāyaṇaṃ bhajaṃte ye tānpīḍayati kopitaḥ
Thus that king, deluded by fate, could not tolerate Viṣṇu; and those who worship Nārāyaṇa—them, in his anger, he tormented.
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PdP 6 129.7
न ब्राह्मणान्न वेदांश्च वैदिकं कर्म न व्रतम् । न दानं मन्यते दातुं पाखंडस्थितिसंस्थितः
na brāhmaṇānna vedāṃśca vaidikaṃ karma na vratam | na dānaṃ manyate dātuṃ pākhaṃḍasthitisaṃsthitaḥ
Established in the practice of heresy, he respected neither brahmins nor the Vedas, nor Vedic rites, nor vows, nor did he consider giving a gift.
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PdP 6 129.8
अनीत्या चंडदंडैश्च प्रजापीडां करोति सः । निष्ठुरो निर्दयः क्रूरः पुण्यकार्यपराङ्मुखः
anītyā caṃḍadaṃḍaiśca prajāpīḍāṃ karoti saḥ | niṣṭhuro nirdayaḥ krūraḥ puṇyakāryaparāṅmukhaḥ
By injustice and by fierce punishments he inflicted affliction on his subjects—harsh, pitiless, cruel, averse to meritorious deeds.
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PdP 6 129.9
च्युताचारोऽच्युतद्वेष्टा च्युताग्निश्च च्युतक्रियः । सोऽनुशास्ति जनं भूपः कालरूप इवापरः
cyutācāro'cyutadveṣṭā cyutāgniśca cyutakriyaḥ | so'nuśāsti janaṃ bhūpaḥ kālarūpa ivāparaḥ
Fallen from right conduct, a hater of Acyuta, having abandoned the (sacred) fires and abandoned (ritual) action, that king ruled the people like a second form of Death.
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PdP 6 129.10
ततो बहुतिथे काले स राजा पंचतां गतः । वैदिकेन विधानेन लेभे नैवोर्ध्व दैहिकम्
tato bahutithe kāle sa rājā paṃcatāṃ gataḥ | vaidikena vidhānena lebhe naivordhva daihikam
Then, after a long time, that king came to his death; and by the Vedic ordinance he obtained no post-mortem (rite) for the body.
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PdP 6 129.11
अथ किंकरयूथेन पीड्यमानो भृशं तदा । अयःकीलमये मार्गे तप्तसिक्ता प्रपूरिते
atha kiṃkarayūthena pīḍyamāno bhṛśaṃ tadā | ayaḥkīlamaye mārge taptasiktā prapūrite
Then, being grievously tormented by the troop of (Yama's) servants, on a road made of iron spikes, filled with hot sand,
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PdP 6 129.12
चंडार्करश्मिसंतप्ते वृक्षच्छायाविवर्जिते । तप्तांगारप्रकीर्णे च वह्निज्वालासमाकुले
caṃḍārkaraśmisaṃtapte vṛkṣacchāyāvivarjite | taptāṃgāraprakīrṇe ca vahnijvālāsamākule
scorched by the rays of the fierce sun, devoid of any shade of trees, strewn with burning coals and thick with flames of fire,
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PdP 6 129.13
लोहतुंडैश्च काकोलैर्हन्यमानः सुदारुणैः । वृकैर्दंष्ट्राकरालैश्च श्वभिर्घोरैश्च भक्षितः
lohatuṃḍaiśca kākolairhanyamānaḥ sudāruṇaiḥ | vṛkairdaṃṣṭrākarālaiśca śvabhirghoraiśca bhakṣitaḥ
being struck by most dreadful crows with iron beaks, and devoured by wolves with gaping fangs and by terrible dogs,
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PdP 6 129.14
शृण्वन्क्रंदितमन्येषां नृणां किल्बिषकारिणाम् । जगाम पार्थिवो लोकमंतकस्य भयावहम्
śṛṇvankraṃditamanyeṣāṃ nṛṇāṃ kilbiṣakāriṇām | jagāma pārthivo lokamaṃtakasya bhayāvaham
hearing the wailing of other men who had done wrong, the king went to the terrifying world of the Ender (Yama).
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PdP 6 129.15
शृणु भूपगतिं तस्य तस्मिँल्लोके सुदुःसहाम् । निरयान्निरयं यातः पर्यायेण स भूपतिः
śṛṇu bhūpagatiṃ tasya tasmi~lloke suduḥsahām | nirayānnirayaṃ yātaḥ paryāyeṇa sa bhūpatiḥ
Hear the king's course in that world, most hard to bear: that lord of the earth went in succession from hell to hell.
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PdP 6 129.16
आदौ प्रयातस्तामिस्रे दारुणे भूरिदुःखदे । पुनश्चैवांधतामिस्रे यत्र दुःखं निरंतरम्
ādau prayātastāmisre dāruṇe bhūriduḥkhade | punaścaivāṃdhatāmisre yatra duḥkhaṃ niraṃtaram
First he went to Tāmisra, terrible, giving abundant pain; and again to Andhatāmisra, where suffering is unceasing.
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PdP 6 129.17
गतोऽनंतरमत्युग्रं महारौरवरौरवम् । नरकं कालसूत्रं च महानरकमेव च
gato'naṃtaramatyugraṃ mahārauravarauravam | narakaṃ kālasūtraṃ ca mahānarakameva ca
Next he went to the most fierce Mahāraurava and Raurava, and to the hell Kālasūtra, and to Mahānaraka itself.
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PdP 6 129.18
पश्चान्मग्नः स भूपालो दुस्तरे दुःखमूर्छितः । संजीवने महावीचौ तापने संप्रतापने
paścānmagnaḥ sa bhūpālo dustare duḥkhamūrchitaḥ | saṃjīvane mahāvīcau tāpane saṃpratāpane
Afterwards that king, swooning with pain, sank into the impassable (hells): Saṃjīvana, Mahāvīci, Tāpana, Sampratāpana,
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PdP 6 129.19
प्रतापनरकं राजा दुःखाग्निप्लुष्टमानसः । संपातं च स काकोलं कुड्मलं पूतिमृत्तिकम्
pratāpanarakaṃ rājā duḥkhāgnipluṣṭamānasaḥ | saṃpātaṃ ca sa kākolaṃ kuḍmalaṃ pūtimṛttikam
and the Pratāpana hell—the king, his mind seared by the fire of suffering—and Saṃpāta, Kākola, Kuḍmala, Pūtimṛttika,
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PdP 6 129.20
लोहशंकुं मृगीयंत्रं पंथानं शाल्मलिनदीम् । प्रविष्टोऽथ महाभीमं दुर्दर्शं दुर्गमं पुनः
lohaśaṃkuṃ mṛgīyaṃtraṃ paṃthānaṃ śālmalinadīm | praviṣṭo'tha mahābhīmaṃ durdarśaṃ durgamaṃ punaḥ
Lohaśaṅku, Mṛgīyantra, Panthāna, the Śālmalī river; and then again he entered the greatly fearful, hard to look upon, hard to traverse
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PdP 6 129.21
असिपत्रवनं चैव लोहचारकमेव च । एवमेतेषु सर्वेषु पतित्वा पापकृन्नृपः
asipatravanaṃ caiva lohacārakameva ca | evameteṣu sarveṣu patitvā pāpakṛnnṛpaḥ
forest of sword-leaves, and also Lohacāraka. Thus, having fallen into all of these, the sin-doing king
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PdP 6 129.22
अविंदन्नरके घोरे संतापं यातनामयम् । विष्णुप्रद्वेषघोषेण युगानामेकविंशतिः
aviṃdannarake ghore saṃtāpaṃ yātanāmayam | viṣṇupradveṣaghoṣeṇa yugānāmekaviṃśatiḥ
experienced in the dreadful hell a torment consisting of tortures, for twenty-one ages, on account of his outcry of hatred against Viṣṇu.
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PdP 6 129.23
भुक्त्वा च यातनां याम्यां निस्तीर्णनरको नृपः । समयाद्गिरिराजे तु पिशाचोऽभूत्तदा महान्
bhuktvā ca yātanāṃ yāmyāṃ nistīrṇanarako nṛpaḥ | samayādgirirāje tu piśāco'bhūttadā mahān
And having consumed the torture belonging to Yama, the king, having crossed over hell, in due course then became a great piśāca on the king of mountains.
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PdP 6 129.24
स भ्राम्यति दिशः सर्वा वने तस्मिन्बुभुक्षितः । न पश्यत्यशनं तोयं मेरावपि सदा गिरौ
sa bhrāmyati diśaḥ sarvā vane tasminbubhukṣitaḥ | na paśyatyaśanaṃ toyaṃ merāvapi sadā girau
Hungry, he wanders in all directions in that forest; he finds neither food nor water, even on Meru, the eternal mountain.
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PdP 6 129.25
कदाचित्पर्यटन्सोऽथ पिशाचः शोकपीडितः । प्लक्षप्रस्रवणारण्यं प्रविष्टो भाविसत्फलम्
kadācitparyaṭanso'tha piśācaḥ śokapīḍitaḥ | plakṣaprasravaṇāraṇyaṃ praviṣṭo bhāvisatphalam
Then once, as he roamed about, that piśāca, afflicted with grief, entered the forest of Plakṣaprasravaṇa, which was to bear good fruit (for him).
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PdP 6 129.26
बिभीतकतरुच्छायां समाश्रित्य सुदुःखितः । हा हतोऽस्मीति चाक्रंदद्घोरमुच्चैः पुनः पुनः
bibhītakatarucchāyāṃ samāśritya suduḥkhitaḥ | hā hato'smīti cākraṃdadghoramuccaiḥ punaḥ punaḥ
Taking shelter in the shade of a bibhītaka tree, in great misery he cried out terribly and loudly, again and again: "Alas, I am destroyed!"
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PdP 6 129.27
क्ष्रुत्तृड्भ्यां मुह्यमानस्य सर्वभूतद्रुहो मम । जन्मनोस्य दुरंतस्य कथमंतो भविष्यति
kṣruttṛḍbhyāṃ muhyamānasya sarvabhūtadruho mama | janmanosya duraṃtasya kathamaṃto bhaviṣyati
"For me, who am fainting with hunger and thirst and who have injured all beings, how will there be an end to this birth whose end is hard to reach?"
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PdP 6 129.28
आदौ पापसमुद्रेऽस्मिन्दुःखकल्लोलमालिनी । करावलंबनं कोद्य निमग्नस्य प्रदास्यति
ādau pāpasamudre'sminduḥkhakallolamālinī | karāvalaṃbanaṃ kodya nimagnasya pradāsyati
"Who today will offer a supporting hand to me, sunk in this ocean of sin, wreathed with the waves of sorrow, at the beginning (of it)?"
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PdP 6 129.29
इत्थं तस्य पिशाचस्य रोदनं दीनचेतसः । देवद्युतिरधीयानः शुश्राव करुणामयम्
itthaṃ tasya piśācasya rodanaṃ dīnacetasaḥ | devadyutiradhīyānaḥ śuśrāva karuṇāmayam
Thus Devadyuti, while reciting (his lessons), heard the piteous weeping of that piśāca of wretched mind.
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PdP 6 129.30
समागम्य ततस्तत्र तं पिशाचं ददर्श सः । विकरालमुखं भीमं पिशंगनयनं कृशम्
samāgamya tatastatra taṃ piśācaṃ dadarśa saḥ | vikarālamukhaṃ bhīmaṃ piśaṃganayanaṃ kṛśam
Then, having come there, he saw that piśāca: with a hideously gaping mouth, terrifying, with tawny eyes, emaciated,
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PdP 6 129.31
ऊर्ध्वमूर्धजकृष्णांगं यमदूतमिवापरम् । ललज्जिह्वं च लंबोष्ठदीर्घजंघं शिराकुलम्
ūrdhvamūrdhajakṛṣṇāṃgaṃ yamadūtamivāparam | lalajjihvaṃ ca laṃboṣṭhadīrghajaṃghaṃ śirākulam
with hair standing up and a black body, like a second messenger of Yama, with lolling tongue, hanging lips, long shanks, covered with veins,
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PdP 6 129.32
दीर्घांघ्रिं शुष्कतुंडं च गर्ताक्षं शुष्कपंजरम् । अथामुं कौतुकाविष्टः पप्रच्छ मुनिपुंगवः
dīrghāṃghriṃ śuṣkatuṃḍaṃ ca gartākṣaṃ śuṣkapaṃjaram | athāmuṃ kautukāviṣṭaḥ papraccha munipuṃgavaḥ
with long feet, a dried-up snout, sunken eyes, a withered frame. Then the best of sages, filled with curiosity, questioned him.
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PdP 6 129.33
देवद्युतिरुवाच। कोऽसि त्वं भीषणाकारः कुतो रोदिषि दारुणम् । अवस्थेयं कुतो ब्रूहि किंचाहं करवाणि ते
devadyutiruvāca| ko'si tvaṃ bhīṣaṇākāraḥ kuto rodiṣi dāruṇam | avastheyaṃ kuto brūhi kiṃcāhaṃ karavāṇi te
Devadyuti said: Who are you, of frightful form? Why do you weep so dreadfully? Tell me, why this condition, and what may I do for you?
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PdP 6 129.34
ममाश्रमप्रविष्टा हि दुःखभाजो न जंतवः । मोदंते केवलं सर्वे वैष्णवे भवने यथा
mamāśramapraviṣṭā hi duḥkhabhājo na jaṃtavaḥ | modaṃte kevalaṃ sarve vaiṣṇave bhavane yathā
For creatures that have entered my hermitage do not partake of sorrow; all simply rejoice, as in the house of a Vaiṣṇava.
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PdP 6 129.35
वद त्वं सत्वरं भद्र दुःखस्यैतस्य कारणम् । कालक्षेपं न कुर्वंति प्राप्तेऽथे हि मनीषिणः
vada tvaṃ satvaraṃ bhadra duḥkhasyaitasya kāraṇam | kālakṣepaṃ na kurvaṃti prāpte'the hi manīṣiṇaḥ
Tell me quickly, good sir, the cause of this suffering; for the wise make no delay when a matter is at hand.
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PdP 6 129.36
वसिष्ठ उवाच। श्रुत्वैतद्वचनं प्रीतः पिशाचस्त्यक्तरोदनः । उवाच दीनया वाचा प्रश्रयावनतस्तदा
vasiṣṭha uvāca| śrutvaitadvacanaṃ prītaḥ piśācastyaktarodanaḥ | uvāca dīnayā vācā praśrayāvanatastadā
Vasiṣṭha said: Hearing these words the piśāca was pleased, and ceasing his weeping, he then spoke in a wretched voice, bowed down in reverence.
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PdP 6 129.37
पिशाच उवाच। सर्वांगव्यापि संतापं जहार त्वद्वचो मयि । ग्रीष्मे दावानलोद्भूतं वर्षन्मेघ इवाचले
piśāca uvāca| sarvāṃgavyāpi saṃtāpaṃ jahāra tvadvaco mayi | grīṣme dāvānalodbhūtaṃ varṣanmegha ivācale
The piśāca said: Your words have taken away the burning that pervaded all my limbs, as a raining cloud takes away on a mountain the (fire) arisen from a forest-blaze in summer.
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PdP 6 129.38
यन्मेऽस्ति सुकृतं किंचित्तेन दृष्टोऽसि मे द्विज । न ह्यसंचितपुण्यानां सद्भिरेकत्रसंगमः
yanme'sti sukṛtaṃ kiṃcittena dṛṣṭo'si me dvija | na hyasaṃcitapuṇyānāṃ sadbhirekatrasaṃgamaḥ
Whatever merit of mine there is, by that you have been seen by me, O brahmin; for those who have not accumulated merit have no meeting with the good.
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PdP 6 129.39
इत्युक्त्वा कथयामास पूर्ववृत्तांतमात्मनः । विष्णुद्वेषप्रदोषेण दशामेतामहं गतः
ityuktvā kathayāmāsa pūrvavṛttāṃtamātmanaḥ | viṣṇudveṣapradoṣeṇa daśāmetāmahaṃ gataḥ
Having said this, he related his own former history: "By the great sin of hating Viṣṇu I have come to this state.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.40
यन्नामप्राणान्मुक्तो हि स्मृत्वा विष्णुपदं व्रजेत् । पापिष्ठो हि हरौ तस्मिन्ममद्वेषोऽभवद्द्विज
yannāmaprāṇānmukto hi smṛtvā viṣṇupadaṃ vrajet | pāpiṣṭho hi harau tasminmamadveṣo'bhavaddvija
He whose name, when remembered, brings one released from the breath to Viṣṇu's abode — toward that Hari I, most sinful, bore hatred, O twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.41
यः पालयति भूतानि धर्मं याति जगत्त्रये । योंऽतरात्मा च भूतानां तस्मिन्द्वेषो ममाभवत्
yaḥ pālayati bhūtāni dharmaṃ yāti jagattraye | yoṃ'tarātmā ca bhūtānāṃ tasmindveṣo mamābhavat
He who protects beings, who upholds dharma in the three worlds, and who is the inner self of beings — toward him I bore hatred.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.42
कर्मणां फलदो योऽत्र सर्ववेदेषु गीयते । तपोभिरिज्यते विप्रैः समद्वेषवशंगतः
karmaṇāṃ phalado yo'tra sarvavedeṣu gīyate | tapobhirijyate vipraiḥ samadveṣavaśaṃgataḥ
He who is here sung of in all the Vedas as the giver of the fruits of actions, who is worshipped with austerities by brahmins — he became the object of my hatred.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.43
त्यक्तक्रियैः प्रियारण्यैर्निःसंगैकचरैश्च यः । वेदांते यतिभिश्चिंत्यः स मे द्वेषी हरिर्द्विज
tyaktakriyaiḥ priyāraṇyairniḥsaṃgaikacaraiśca yaḥ | vedāṃte yatibhiściṃtyaḥ sa me dveṣī harirdvija
He who is meditated upon in the Vedānta by ascetics who have abandoned rites, who love the forest and wander alone unattached — that Hari, O twice-born, was hated by me.
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PdP 6 129.44
ब्रह्मादयः सुराः सर्वे योगिनः सनकादयः । मुक्त्यर्थमर्चयंतीह स विष्णुर्द्वेषितो मया
brahmādayaḥ surāḥ sarve yoginaḥ sanakādayaḥ | muktyarthamarcayaṃtīha sa viṣṇurdveṣito mayā
Brahmā and all the other gods, and the yogins beginning with Sanaka, worship him here for the sake of liberation — that Viṣṇu was hated by me.
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PdP 6 129.45
आदौ मध्येऽवसाने यो विश्वधाता सनातनः । यस्य नैवादिमध्यांताः समे द्वेषपदं ययौ
ādau madhye'vasāne yo viśvadhātā sanātanaḥ | yasya naivādimadhyāṃtāḥ same dveṣapadaṃ yayau
He who is the eternal upholder of the universe at the beginning, in the middle, and at the end, he of whom there is no beginning, middle, or end — he became for me an object of hatred.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.46
यन्मया सुकृतं कर्म कृतं प्राक्तनजन्मनि । विष्णुद्वेषाग्निना दग्धं तत्सर्वं भस्मसादभूत्
yanmayā sukṛtaṃ karma kṛtaṃ prāktanajanmani | viṣṇudveṣāgninā dagdhaṃ tatsarvaṃ bhasmasādabhūt
Whatever meritorious deed was done by me in a former birth, all of that, burnt by the fire of hatred toward Viṣṇu, was reduced to ashes.
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PdP 6 129.47
कथंचिदस्य पापस्य सीमां द्रक्ष्यामि चेदहम् । मुक्त्वा नारायणं नान्यमर्चयिष्यामि देवताम्
kathaṃcidasya pāpasya sīmāṃ drakṣyāmi cedaham | muktvā nārāyaṇaṃ nānyamarcayiṣyāmi devatām
If somehow I shall see the limit of this sin, then, apart from Nārāyaṇa, I shall worship no other deity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.48
विष्णुद्वेषाच्चिरं भुक्त्वा मया नरकयातनाम् । निरयान्निसृतः सोऽहं पैशाचीं योनिमागतः
viṣṇudveṣācciraṃ bhuktvā mayā narakayātanām | nirayānnisṛtaḥ so'haṃ paiśācīṃ yonimāgataḥ
Having long endured the torment of hell because of my hatred of Viṣṇu, I, having come out of hell, have arrived at the condition (womb) of a piśāca.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.49
अधुना कर्ममंत्रैः कैरथानीतस्त्वदाश्रमम् । यत्र त्वद्दर्शनार्कान्मे नष्टं दुःखमयं तमः
adhunā karmamaṃtraiḥ kairathānītastvadāśramam | yatra tvaddarśanārkānme naṣṭaṃ duḥkhamayaṃ tamaḥ
And now, by what ritual acts (karma) and mantras have I been brought to your hermitage, where by the sun of the sight of you my darkness made of suffering has been destroyed?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.50
प्राप्यते मरणं यत्र बंधनं श्रीः सुखं वधूः । स तत्र नीयते स्वेन कर्मणा गलहस्तिना 6.129.
prāpyate maraṇaṃ yatra baṃdhanaṃ śrīḥ sukhaṃ vadhūḥ | sa tatra nīyate svena karmaṇā galahastinā 6.129.
Where death is obtained, where bondage, wealth, pleasure, a wife (are obtained) — there a man is led by his own deed, which (drags him) by the neck.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 129.51
इदानीमुचितं कर्म ब्रूहि पैशाच्यनाशनम् । परोपकारकार्ये हि न धन्या मंदगामिनः
idānīmucitaṃ karma brūhi paiśācyanāśanam | paropakārakārye hi na dhanyā maṃdagāminaḥ
Now tell (me) the proper rite that destroys this piśāca-state; for in the work of helping others the slow-moving are not blessed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.52
देवद्युतिरुवाच। अहो मुष्णाति मायेयं देवासुरनृणां स्मृतिम् । यया देवेष्वपि द्वेषो जायते धर्मनाशनः
devadyutiruvāca| aho muṣṇāti māyeyaṃ devāsuranṛṇāṃ smṛtim | yayā deveṣvapi dveṣo jāyate dharmanāśanaḥ
Devadyuti said: Ah, this māyā steals away the memory of gods, demons, and men, by which even toward the gods there arises hatred, the destroyer of dharma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.53
स्रष्टा पालयिता हंता जगतां यो महेश्वरः । आत्मा च सर्वभूतानां तं मूढो द्वेष्टि कः कथम्
sraṣṭā pālayitā haṃtā jagatāṃ yo maheśvaraḥ | ātmā ca sarvabhūtānāṃ taṃ mūḍho dveṣṭi kaḥ katham
He who is the great Lord, the creator, preserver, and destroyer of the worlds, and the Self of all beings — what fool hates him, and how?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.54
भवंति सर्वकर्माणि सफलानि यदर्पणात् । तद्भक्तिविमुखो मर्त्यः को न यातीह दुर्गतिम्
bhavaṃti sarvakarmāṇi saphalāni yadarpaṇāt | tadbhaktivimukho martyaḥ ko na yātīha durgatim
By the offering (of deeds) to whom all acts become fruitful — what mortal averse to devotion to him does not go here to a bad destiny?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.55
श्रुतिस्मृतिसदाचारविहितं कर्म केवलम् । सेवितव्यं चतुर्वर्णैर्भजन्नारायणं सदा
śrutismṛtisadācāravihitaṃ karma kevalam | sevitavyaṃ caturvarṇairbhajannārāyaṇaṃ sadā
Only the rite enjoined by śruti, smṛti, and good custom is to be practised by the four classes, while always worshipping Nārāyaṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.56
अन्यथा निरयं यांति विना ह्यागमसेवनात् । अतो वेदविरुद्धार्थं शास्त्रोक्तं कर्म संत्यजेत्
anyathā nirayaṃ yāṃti vinā hyāgamasevanāt | ato vedaviruddhārthaṃ śāstroktaṃ karma saṃtyajet
Otherwise they go to hell, for want of adherence to scripture; therefore one should wholly abandon the rite taught in (other) treatises whose purport contradicts the Veda.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.57
स्वबुद्धिरचितैः शास्त्रैः प्रतार्येह तु बालिशान् । विघ्नंति श्रेयसो मार्गं लोकनाशाय केवलम्
svabuddhiracitaiḥ śāstraiḥ pratāryeha tu bāliśān | vighnaṃti śreyaso mārgaṃ lokanāśāya kevalam
But deceiving the childish here with treatises fabricated by their own wits, they obstruct the path of welfare, merely for the ruin of the world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.58
विष्णुं निंदंति वेदांश्च तपो निंदंति सद्द्विजान् । तेन ते नरकं यांति ह्यसच्छास्त्रनिषेवणात्
viṣṇuṃ niṃdaṃti vedāṃśca tapo niṃdaṃti saddvijān | tena te narakaṃ yāṃti hyasacchāstraniṣevaṇāt
They revile Viṣṇu and the Vedas, they revile asceticism and good brahmins; therefore they go to hell, because of adherence to false scriptures.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.59
अयमेव यथा राजा द्रविडो निरयं गतः । द्विषन्नारायणं देवं देवदेवं जगत्प्रभुम्
ayameva yathā rājā draviḍo nirayaṃ gataḥ | dviṣannārāyaṇaṃ devaṃ devadevaṃ jagatprabhum
Just as this very Draviḍa king went to hell, hating the god Nārāyaṇa, god of gods, lord of the world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.60
तस्माद्द्वेषं हि देवेषु ब्राह्मणेषु विशेषतः । संत्यजेत्पुण्यकामोऽत्र वेदबाह्यां क्रियां त्यजेत्
tasmāddveṣaṃ hi deveṣu brāhmaṇeṣu viśeṣataḥ | saṃtyajetpuṇyakāmo'tra vedabāhyāṃ kriyāṃ tyajet
Therefore one who desires merit should here wholly abandon hatred toward the gods, and especially toward brahmins, and should abandon rites outside the Veda.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.61
इत्युक्त्वा कथयामास पिशाचाय हि तं मुनिः । प्रयागं गच्छ भो भद्र माघमासं विचारय
ityuktvā kathayāmāsa piśācāya hi taṃ muniḥ | prayāgaṃ gaccha bho bhadra māghamāsaṃ vicāraya
Having said this, the sage told the piśāca this: "Go, good sir, to Prayāga; observe the month of Māgha (there)."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.62
यत्र ते निश्चिता मुक्तिः पैशाच्यान्नात्र संशयः । तत्राप्लुता दिवं यांति श्रुतिरेषा सनातनी
yatra te niścitā muktiḥ paiśācyānnātra saṃśayaḥ | tatrāplutā divaṃ yāṃti śrutireṣā sanātanī
There your release from the piśāca-state is assured — of this there is no doubt; those who have bathed there go to heaven: this is the eternal Vedic teaching.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.63
विजहाति नरस्तत्र प्राक्तनं कर्म दुष्कृतम् । प्रयागस्नानतो नास्ति क्वाप्यन्यदधिकं परम्
vijahāti narastatra prāktanaṃ karma duṣkṛtam | prayāgasnānato nāsti kvāpyanyadadhikaṃ param
There a man leaves behind his former evil deeds; there is nowhere anything else greater or higher than bathing at Prayāga.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.64
प्रायश्चित्तं तपोरूपं दानरूपं क्रियात्मकम् । यागयोगाधिकं विद्धि प्रयागं पापिनामपि
prāyaścittaṃ taporūpaṃ dānarūpaṃ kriyātmakam | yāgayogādhikaṃ viddhi prayāgaṃ pāpināmapi
Know that Prayāga is greater than expiation in the form of austerity, than that in the form of giving, than ritual action, than sacrifice and yoga — even for sinners.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.65
स्वर्गापवर्गयोर्द्वारं तत्पृथिव्यामपावृतम् । सितासितोद वेणी या तां हित्वा भुवि नापरा
svargāpavargayordvāraṃ tatpṛthivyāmapāvṛtam | sitāsitoda veṇī yā tāṃ hitvā bhuvi nāparā
It is the door to heaven and to release, standing open upon the earth: the Veṇī whose waters are white and dark — leaving her aside, there is no other on earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.66
पापनैगडबद्धस्य छेदनैककुठारिका । क्व विष्णुः सूर्यतेजोऽग्निर्गंगायामुनसंगमः
pāpanaigaḍabaddhasya chedanaikakuṭhārikā | kva viṣṇuḥ sūryatejo'gnirgaṃgāyāmunasaṃgamaḥ
It is the one axe for cutting (the bonds) of a man fettered by the shackle of sin: where (is such a thing as) Viṣṇu, the sun's blaze, fire — the confluence of the Gaṅgā and the Yamunā!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 129.67
क्व वराकी नृणां तुच्छा पापराशि तृणाहुतिः । मलीमसघनध्वंसे यथा शरदि चंद्रमाः
kva varākī nṛṇāṃ tucchā pāparāśi tṛṇāhutiḥ | malīmasaghanadhvaṃse yathā śaradi caṃdramāḥ
And where (in comparison) is the wretched, paltry heap of men's sins, (mere) grass thrown into the fire? — As the moon in autumn, when the dark thick clouds are destroyed,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 129.68
भाति पापक्षयादूर्ध्वं नरो वेणीजलाप्लुतः । सितासितस्य माहात्म्यमहं वक्तुं न ते क्षमः
bhāti pāpakṣayādūrdhvaṃ naro veṇījalāplutaḥ | sitāsitasya māhātmyamahaṃ vaktuṃ na te kṣamaḥ
so a man shines forth once his sins are gone, when he has bathed in the water of the Veṇī. I am not able to tell you the greatness of the white-and-dark (confluence),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.69
यत्तोयकणसंस्पृष्टो मुक्तः केरलको द्विजः । इति वाक्यमृषेः श्रुत्वा पिशाचस्तुष्टमानसः
yattoyakaṇasaṃspṛṣṭo muktaḥ keralako dvijaḥ | iti vākyamṛṣeḥ śrutvā piśācastuṣṭamānasaḥ
by the touch of a single drop of whose water the brahmin of Kerala was released. — Hearing this speech of the sage, the piśāca, pleased in mind,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.70
मुक्तदुःखइव प्रीतः पप्रच्छ प्रणयान्मुनिम् । कथं केरलदेशीयो द्विजो मुक्तो महामुने
muktaduḥkhaiva prītaḥ papraccha praṇayānmunim | kathaṃ keraladeśīyo dvijo mukto mahāmune
delighted, as if his suffering were already gone, asked the sage out of affection: "How, O great sage, was the brahmin from the Kerala country released?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.71
एतं कथय वृत्तांतं संश्रित्य करुणां मयि
etaṃ kathaya vṛttāṃtaṃ saṃśritya karuṇāṃ mayi
Tell this account, showing compassion toward me."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.72
देवद्युतिरुवाच। पिशाच शृणु पुण्यां मे कथां कथयतः शुभाम् । केरले वसुनामात्र ब्राह्मणो वेदपारगः
devadyutiruvāca| piśāca śṛṇu puṇyāṃ me kathāṃ kathayataḥ śubhām | kerale vasunāmātra brāhmaṇo vedapāragaḥ
Devadyuti said: Piśāca, hear the meritorious, auspicious tale that I tell. In Kerala there was a brahmin named Vasu, one who had gone to the far shore of the Vedas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.73
दायादैर्हृतवित्तस्तु निर्धनो बंधुवर्जितः । जन्मभूमिं परित्यज्य महादुःखेन दुःखितः
dāyādairhṛtavittastu nirdhano baṃdhuvarjitaḥ | janmabhūmiṃ parityajya mahāduḥkhena duḥkhitaḥ
His wealth was seized by his kinsmen-heirs; penniless and abandoned by his relatives, he left his native land, afflicted with great grief,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.74
देशाद्देशं परिभ्राम्य कालेन महता पुनः । प्रविश्य स महारण्यमीषद्व्याधिप्रपीडितः
deśāddeśaṃ paribhrāmya kālena mahatā punaḥ | praviśya sa mahāraṇyamīṣadvyādhiprapīḍitaḥ
and wandering from country to country, after a long time he entered a great forest, somewhat oppressed by illness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.75
गच्छंस्तीर्थांतरं श्रांतः क्षुत्क्षामो विंध्यपर्वते । दुर्भिक्षेण मृतिं लेभे न दाहं चौर्ध्वदेहिकम्
gacchaṃstīrthāṃtaraṃ śrāṃtaḥ kṣutkṣāmo viṃdhyaparvate | durbhikṣeṇa mṛtiṃ lebhe na dāhaṃ caurdhvadehikam
While going to another tīrtha, exhausted and wasted with hunger, on the Vindhya mountain he met his death by famine — and there was no cremation for him, nor the rites for the departed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.76
तेन कर्मविपाकेन तत्रैव गिरिगह्वरे । प्रेतीभूतश्चिरं कालमुवास निर्जने वने
tena karmavipākena tatraiva girigahvare | pretībhūtaściraṃ kālamuvāsa nirjane vane
By the ripening of that karma he dwelt for a long time in that very mountain cavern, in the desolate forest, having become a preta:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.77
शीतातपपरिक्लिष्टो निराहारो निरूदकः । दिगंबरो व्युपानत्को गिरा हाहेति निःश्वसन्
śītātapaparikliṣṭo nirāhāro nirūdakaḥ | digaṃbaro vyupānatko girā hāheti niḥśvasan
tormented by cold and heat, without food, without water, naked, without sandals, sighing aloud "Alas, alas!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.78
इतस्ततः परिभ्राम्य वायुभूतः स केरलः । द्विजो न शरणं लेभे न सुखं कुत्रचित्तदा
itastataḥ paribhrāmya vāyubhūtaḥ sa keralaḥ | dvijo na śaraṇaṃ lebhe na sukhaṃ kutracittadā
Wandering here and there, having become (a being of) wind, that Kerala brahmin then found no refuge and no comfort anywhere.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.79
संशोचति स्म दुःखार्ते नैव पश्यति सद्गतिम् । सर्वदा दत्तदानं स भुंक्ते स्वं कर्मणः फलम्
saṃśocati sma duḥkhārte naiva paśyati sadgatim | sarvadā dattadānaṃ sa bhuṃkte svaṃ karmaṇaḥ phalam
He kept grieving, tormented by suffering, and saw no good course at all; he enjoys the fruit of his own action, (whatever) gift he has at any time given.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 129.80
हविर्जुह्वति नाग्नौ ये गोविंदं नार्चयंति ये । भजंते नात्मविद्यां ये सुतीर्थविमुखाश्च ये
havirjuhvati nāgnau ye goviṃdaṃ nārcayaṃti ye | bhajaṃte nātmavidyāṃ ye sutīrthavimukhāśca ye
Those who offer no oblation in the fire, those who do not worship Govinda, those who do not cultivate knowledge of the self, and those who turn away from good tīrthas,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.81
सुवर्णवस्त्रतांबूलं मणिमन्नं फलं जलम् । आर्तेभ्यो न प्रयच्छंति सर्वे ते कृतहीनकाः
suvarṇavastratāṃbūlaṃ maṇimannaṃ phalaṃ jalam | ārtebhyo na prayacchaṃti sarve te kṛtahīnakāḥ
who do not give gold, cloth, betel, jewels, food, fruit or water to the afflicted — all these are men lacking in (good) deeds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.82
ब्रह्मस्वं च परस्वं च स्त्रीधनानि हरंति ये । बलेन छद्मना वापि धूर्ताश्च परवंचकाः
brahmasvaṃ ca parasvaṃ ca strīdhanāni haraṃti ye | balena chadmanā vāpi dhūrtāśca paravaṃcakāḥ
Those who take away brahmins' property, others' property, and women's wealth, whether by force or by fraud, and rogues who cheat others,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.83
दांभिकः कुहकाश्चौरा ये च पावकवृत्तयः । बालवृद्धातुरस्त्रीषु निर्दयाः सत्यवर्जिताः
dāṃbhikaḥ kuhakāścaurā ye ca pāvakavṛttayaḥ | bālavṛddhāturastrīṣu nirdayāḥ satyavarjitāḥ
the hypocritical, the tricksters, thieves, and those whose conduct is (like) fire, those pitiless toward children, the aged, the sick and women, and devoid of truth,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 129.84
अग्निदा गरदा ये च ये चान्ये कूटसाक्षिणः । अगम्यागामिनः सर्वे ये चान्ये ग्रामयाजिनः
agnidā garadā ye ca ye cānye kūṭasākṣiṇaḥ | agamyāgāminaḥ sarve ye cānye grāmayājinaḥ
Those who set fires, those who give poison, and others who are false witnesses; all who go to women forbidden to them, and others who sacrifice for whole villages (for hire) —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.85
पितृमातृस्नुषापत्यस्वदारत्यागिनश्च ये । ये कदर्याश्च लुब्धाश्च नास्तिका धर्मदूषकाः
pitṛmātṛsnuṣāpatyasvadāratyāginaśca ye | ye kadaryāśca lubdhāśca nāstikā dharmadūṣakāḥ
And those who abandon father, mother, daughter-in-law, offspring, and their own wife; those who are miserly and greedy, deniers (of the scriptures), corrupters of dharma —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.86
त्यजंति स्वामिनं युद्धे त्यजंति शरणागतम् । गवांभूमेश्च हंतारो ये चान्ये रत्नदूषकाः
tyajaṃti svāminaṃ yuddhe tyajaṃti śaraṇāgatam | gavāṃbhūmeśca haṃtāro ye cānye ratnadūṣakāḥ
(Those who) desert their master in battle, (who) desert one who has come for refuge; the killers of cows and of the earth, and others who defile jewels —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.87
परापवादिनः पापा देवतागुरुनिंदकाः । महाक्षेत्रेषु सर्वेषु प्रतिग्रहरताश्च ये
parāpavādinaḥ pāpā devatāguruniṃdakāḥ | mahākṣetreṣu sarveṣu pratigraharatāśca ye
Sinners who slander others, revilers of the gods and of teachers, and those who are bent on accepting gifts in all the great sacred fields —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.88
परद्रोहरता ये च यथा च प्राणिहिंसकाः । कुप्रतिग्राहिणः सर्वे ते भवंति पुनः पुनः
paradroharatā ye ca yathā ca prāṇihiṃsakāḥ | kupratigrāhiṇaḥ sarve te bhavaṃti punaḥ punaḥ
And those bent on injuring others, and likewise those who harm living creatures, and all who take gifts wrongfully — they are born again and again
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.89
प्रेतराक्षसपैशाच तिर्यग्वृक्षकुयोनिषु । न तेषां सुखलेशोऽस्ति इह लोके परत्र च
pretarākṣasapaiśāca tiryagvṛkṣakuyoniṣu | na teṣāṃ sukhaleśo'sti iha loke paratra ca
among ghosts, rākṣasas and piśācas, in animal, tree and evil wombs; for them there is not a shred of happiness, either in this world or the next.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.90
तस्मात्त्यक्त्वा निषिद्धार्थं विहितं कर्म चाचरेत् । यज्ञं दानं तपस्तीर्थं मंत्रं देवं गुरुं भजेत्
tasmāttyaktvā niṣiddhārthaṃ vihitaṃ karma cācaret | yajñaṃ dānaṃ tapastīrthaṃ maṃtraṃ devaṃ guruṃ bhajet
Therefore, having abandoned what is forbidden, one should perform the prescribed acts; one should honour sacrifice, giving, austerity, pilgrimage, mantra, the deity and the teacher.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.91
विपाकं कर्मणां दृष्ट्वा योनिकोटिषु दुस्तरम् । चतुर्भिरपि वर्णैश्च सेव्यो धर्मो निरंतरम्
vipākaṃ karmaṇāṃ dṛṣṭvā yonikoṭiṣu dustaram | caturbhirapi varṇaiśca sevyo dharmo niraṃtaram
Seeing the ripening of deeds, hard to cross through millions of births, dharma is to be practised constantly by all four classes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.92
इति प्रेतगतिं दृष्ट्वा पापबीजोत्थितां हि सः । कृत्वा धर्मोपदेशं च पुनस्तस्मै द्विजोऽब्रवीत्
iti pretagatiṃ dṛṣṭvā pāpabījotthitāṃ hi saḥ | kṛtvā dharmopadeśaṃ ca punastasmai dvijo'bravīt
Thus, having seen the ghost's condition, arisen indeed from the seed of sin, and having given instruction in dharma, the brahmin spoke to him again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.93
इत्थं स केरलः प्रेतो वर्तमानो गिरौ तदा । अतिवाह्य चिरं कालमपश्यत्पथिकं पथि
itthaṃ sa keralaḥ preto vartamāno girau tadā | ativāhya ciraṃ kālamapaśyatpathikaṃ pathi
Thus that Kerala ghost, dwelling then on the mountain, having passed a long time, saw a traveller on the road,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.94
वहंतं द्वौ करंडौ च वेणी जलयुतौ तथा । गायंतं प्रमुखा देवं पुण्यश्लोकं जनार्दनम्
vahaṃtaṃ dvau karaṃḍau ca veṇī jalayutau tathā | gāyaṃtaṃ pramukhā devaṃ puṇyaślokaṃ janārdanam
carrying two baskets filled with water on a shoulder-pole, and singing of the foremost god Janārdana, whose praise is meritorious.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 129.95
तं दृष्ट्वा सहसा प्रेतो मार्गरोधं चकार सः । दर्शयामास चात्मानं मा भैषीरित्युवाच सः
taṃ dṛṣṭvā sahasā preto mārgarodhaṃ cakāra saḥ | darśayāmāsa cātmānaṃ mā bhaiṣīrityuvāca saḥ
Seeing him, the ghost suddenly blocked the road, and showed himself, and said, "Do not be afraid."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.96
पानीयं पातुमिच्छामि त्वत्तः कार्पाटिकोत्तम । न पास्यसि जलं चेन्मां प्राणा यास्यंति मे दृढम्
pānīyaṃ pātumicchāmi tvattaḥ kārpāṭikottama | na pāsyasi jalaṃ cenmāṃ prāṇā yāsyaṃti me dṛḍham
"I wish to drink water from you, best of pilgrims; if you will not give me water to drink, my life-breaths will surely depart."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.97
इति प्रेतवचः श्रुत्वा पांथः प्रत्याह कौतुकात् । कार्पटीक उवाच। कस्त्वं दुःखाभिभूतस्तु कृशो म्लानो दिगंबरः
iti pretavacaḥ śrutvā pāṃthaḥ pratyāha kautukāt | kārpaṭīka uvāca| kastvaṃ duḥkhābhibhūtastu kṛśo mlāno digaṃbaraḥ
Hearing the ghost's words thus, the traveller replied out of curiosity. The pilgrim said: Who are you, overcome by suffering, emaciated, withered, naked,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.98
जीवशेषो मुमूर्षुश्च विकृतो भयवर्धनः । नवधूममयाकारश्चंडश्चंचललोचनः
jīvaśeṣo mumūrṣuśca vikṛto bhayavardhanaḥ | navadhūmamayākāraścaṃḍaścaṃcalalocanaḥ
with only life left in you, about to die, deformed, increasing fear, with a form made as of fresh smoke, fierce, with darting eyes,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.99
पद्भ्यामस्पृष्टभूमिस्त्वं निर्मांसोदरबाहुकः । इति तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा प्रेतो वाक्यमथाब्रवीत्
padbhyāmaspṛṣṭabhūmistvaṃ nirmāṃsodarabāhukaḥ | iti tadvacanaṃ śrutvā preto vākyamathābravīt
not touching the ground with your feet, your belly and arms without flesh? Hearing that speech of his, the ghost then spoke these words.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.100
प्रेत उवाच। शृणु धर्मिष्ठ ते वच्मि येनाहमीदृशोऽभवम् । ब्राह्मणोऽदत्तदानोऽहं लोभी च मलिनक्रियः 6.129.
preta uvāca| śṛṇu dharmiṣṭha te vacmi yenāhamīdṛśo'bhavam | brāhmaṇo'dattadāno'haṃ lobhī ca malinakriyaḥ 6.129.
The ghost said: Listen, most righteous one, I will tell you how I became like this. I was a brahmin who gave no gifts, greedy, and foul in my practices.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.101
परान्नं च सदा भुक्तमेकाकी मिष्टभोजनः । मया दत्ता न भिक्षापि हंतकारो न पुष्कलः
parānnaṃ ca sadā bhuktamekākī miṣṭabhojanaḥ | mayā dattā na bhikṣāpi haṃtakāro na puṣkalaḥ
And I always ate others' food, eating dainties alone; not even alms were given by me, nor any generous invitation to eat.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.102
न कृतो वैश्वदेवस्तु प्रक्षिप्तो न बहिर्बलि । भूतानां तु तृषार्तानां न हता पयसा च तृट्
na kṛto vaiśvadevastu prakṣipto na bahirbali | bhūtānāṃ tu tṛṣārtānāṃ na hatā payasā ca tṛṭ
The Vaiśvadeva rite was not performed, no offering was cast outside; and the thirst of thirst-afflicted beings was not killed by me with water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.103
कदाचित्पितरो नैव तर्पिता अटता महीम् । न च श्राद्धं कृतं क्वापि पूजिता नैव देवताः
kadācitpitaro naiva tarpitā aṭatā mahīm | na ca śrāddhaṃ kṛtaṃ kvāpi pūjitā naiva devatāḥ
Never at all were the ancestors gratified by me as I roamed the earth; nor was a śrāddha performed anywhere, nor were the gods worshipped.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.104
वर्षातपपरित्राणं न दत्तं पादरक्षणम् । जलपात्रं न दत्तं च तांबूलं नौषधं मया
varṣātapaparitrāṇaṃ na dattaṃ pādarakṣaṇam | jalapātraṃ na dattaṃ ca tāṃbūlaṃ nauṣadhaṃ mayā
(I) gave no shelter from rain and heat, no footwear; nor did I give a water-vessel, nor betel, nor medicine.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.105
न गृहे वसतिर्दत्ता नातिथ्यं कस्यचित्कृतम् । अंधवृद्धाधनानाथ दीनाः पानान्नतोषिताः
na gṛhe vasatirdattā nātithyaṃ kasyacitkṛtam | aṃdhavṛddhādhanānātha dīnāḥ pānānnatoṣitāḥ
No lodging was given in (my) house, no hospitality was shown to anyone; the blind, the aged, the poor, the helpless and the wretched were not gratified with drink and food.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.106
गवां ग्रासो न दत्तो वै न रोगी परिमोचितः । न दत्ता न हुता विप्र पवित्राश्च तिला मया
gavāṃ grāso na datto vai na rogī parimocitaḥ | na dattā na hutā vipra pavitrāśca tilā mayā
No mouthful (of fodder) was given to cows, no sick person was relieved; nor, brahmin, were the purifying sesame seeds given or offered in the fire by me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.107
पृथिव्यां तिलदातारो न भवंति तु मद्विधाः । व्यतीपाते न दत्तं हि किंचित्स्वर्णं महाफलम्
pṛthivyāṃ tiladātāro na bhavaṃti tu madvidhāḥ | vyatīpāte na dattaṃ hi kiṃcitsvarṇaṃ mahāphalam
On earth there are indeed no such givers of sesame as I am; for at the vyatīpāta (conjunction) not even a little gold, of great fruit, was given.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.108
संक्रांतावुपरागे च न दत्तं सूर्यचन्द्रयोः । पर्वाण्यन्यानि सर्वाणि जग्मुः शून्यानि मे द्विज
saṃkrāṃtāvuparāge ca na dattaṃ sūryacandrayoḥ | parvāṇyanyāni sarvāṇi jagmuḥ śūnyāni me dvija
At a solstitial passage and at an eclipse of the sun and moon (I) gave nothing; all my other holy days, O twice-born, went by empty.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.109
तिथयः कार्तिके मुख्या जाता वंध्याः सदा मम । पितृभ्यो नैव दत्तं वा अष्टकासु मघासु च
tithayaḥ kārtike mukhyā jātā vaṃdhyāḥ sadā mama | pitṛbhyo naiva dattaṃ vā aṣṭakāsu maghāsu ca
The chief lunar days in Kārtika always became barren for me; nor was anything given to the ancestors on the Aṣṭakā days and at the Maghā (asterism).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.110
द्विजानां न कृता प्रीतिर्मन्वादिषु युगादिषु । न दत्तस्तिलतैलेन प्रदीपः कार्तिके मया
dvijānāṃ na kṛtā prītirmanvādiṣu yugādiṣu | na dattastilatailena pradīpaḥ kārtike mayā
No satisfaction was given to brahmins at the beginnings of the Manu-periods and the beginnings of the yugas; no lamp with sesame oil was offered by me in Kārtika.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.111
न स्नातो माघमासेऽहं रूपसौभाग्यकामदे । द्विजाय वेदविदुषे गौतम्यां सिंहगे गुरौ
na snāto māghamāse'haṃ rūpasaubhāgyakāmade | dvijāya vedaviduṣe gautamyāṃ siṃhage gurau
I did not bathe in the month of Māgha, which bestows beauty and good fortune; nor (did I give) to a Veda-knowing brahmin at the Godāvarī when Jupiter stood in Leo—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.112
मया संकल्पितं द्रव्यं न दत्तं पूर्वजन्मनि । न स्नातोऽहं कृष्णवेण्यां तथा कन्यागते गुरौ
mayā saṃkalpitaṃ dravyaṃ na dattaṃ pūrvajanmani | na snāto'haṃ kṛṣṇaveṇyāṃ tathā kanyāgate gurau
—the goods I had resolved (to give) were not given by me in (my) former birth; nor did I bathe in the Kṛṣṇaveṇā (Kṛṣṇā river) when Jupiter had entered Virgo.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.113
अग्निं प्रज्वाल्य काष्ठौघैः स्नातानां पौषमाघयोः । शीतार्तानां च विप्राणां न कृतो जाड्यनिग्रहः
agniṃ prajvālya kāṣṭhaughaiḥ snātānāṃ pauṣamāghayoḥ | śītārtānāṃ ca viprāṇāṃ na kṛto jāḍyanigrahaḥ
By kindling a fire with heaps of wood, no relief from numbing cold was made for brahmins bathing in Pauṣa and Māgha and afflicted by the cold.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.114
माधवादिषु मासेषु न दत्तं शीतलं जलम् । मया नारोऽपितोऽश्वत्थो न्यग्रोधो नैव वर्धितः
mādhavādiṣu māseṣu na dattaṃ śītalaṃ jalam | mayā nāro'pito'śvattho nyagrodho naiva vardhitaḥ
In the months beginning with Mādhava (spring/summer) no cool water was given; no aśvattha tree was planted by me, no banyan was made to grow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.115
बंदीगृहान्मया मुक्तिर्न कृता प्राणिनां क्वचित् । न प्राणिभयसंत्रस्तो रक्षितः शरणागतः
baṃdīgṛhānmayā muktirna kṛtā prāṇināṃ kvacit | na prāṇibhayasaṃtrasto rakṣitaḥ śaraṇāgataḥ
Nowhere was release from prison effected by me for living beings; no one who came for refuge, terrified with fear for his life, was protected.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.116
नोपोष्यात्र त्रिरात्राणि तोषितो मधुसूदनः । कृच्छ्रातिकृच्छ्रपाराकं तथा चांद्रायणं द्विज
nopoṣyātra trirātrāṇi toṣito madhusūdanaḥ | kṛcchrātikṛcchrapārākaṃ tathā cāṃdrāyaṇaṃ dvija
Not having fasted the three-night fasts here, Madhusūdana was not gratified (by me); the kṛcchra, atikṛcchra and pārāka, and likewise the cāndrāyaṇa, O twice-born,
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PdP 6 129.117
अथान्यत्तप्तकृच्छ्रं च तथा सांतपनानि च । व्रतान्येतानि पुण्यानि जुष्टानींद्रादिभिः सुरैः
athānyattaptakṛcchraṃ ca tathā sāṃtapanāni ca | vratānyetāni puṇyāni juṣṭānīṃdrādibhiḥ suraiḥ
and further the taptakṛcchra and the sāntapana observances—these meritorious vows, practised by Indra and the other gods,
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PdP 6 129.118
चरित्वा न मया तानि देहः संशोषितः पुरा । इत्थं पूर्वभवो वंध्यो मम जातो द्विजोत्तम
caritvā na mayā tāni dehaḥ saṃśoṣitaḥ purā | itthaṃ pūrvabhavo vaṃdhyo mama jāto dvijottama
these I did not perform, nor was my body dried up (by austerity) formerly; thus my former existence became fruitless, O best of the twice-born.
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PdP 6 129.119
पश्य द्विज महाक्रूरामद्भुतामत्र जन्मनि । गतिं दूरप्रबोधां तु मम पूर्वस्य कर्मणः
paśya dvija mahākrūrāmadbhutāmatra janmani | gatiṃ dūraprabodhāṃ tu mama pūrvasya karmaṇaḥ
Behold, O twice-born, in this birth the exceedingly cruel and astonishing course of my former deeds, hard to fathom.
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PdP 6 129.120
संति मांसानि मार्गेषु वृकव्याघ्रहतानि वै । फलान्यन्यानि शैलेस्मिन्शुकैस्त्यक्तानि सर्वतः
saṃti māṃsāni mārgeṣu vṛkavyāghrahatāni vai | phalānyanyāni śailesminśukaistyaktāni sarvataḥ
There is flesh on the paths, killed by wolves and tigers; and on this mountain there are other fruits, dropped everywhere by parrots,
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PdP 6 129.121
पुण्यानि च सुगंधीनि फलानि रसवंति च । मूलानि तु सुभक्ष्याणि मृदूनि मधुराणि च
puṇyāni ca sugaṃdhīni phalāni rasavaṃti ca | mūlāni tu subhakṣyāṇi mṛdūni madhurāṇi ca
and pure, fragrant, juicy fruits, and roots that are good to eat, soft and sweet,
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PdP 6 129.122
नानाविधानि तिष्ठंति मधूनि सुबहून्यपि । स्रोतसां निर्झराणां च संति वारीणि सर्वशः
nānāvidhāni tiṣṭhaṃti madhūni subahūnyapi | srotasāṃ nirjharāṇāṃ ca saṃti vārīṇi sarvaśaḥ
and honeys of many kinds stand in great abundance; and there are waters of streams and cascades on every side.
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PdP 6 129.123
सुलभेषु पदार्थेषु सर्वेष्वेतेषु पर्वते । नेक्षेहमशनं क्वापि दैवेनापि हतं सदा
sulabheṣu padārtheṣu sarveṣveteṣu parvate | nekṣehamaśanaṃ kvāpi daivenāpi hataṃ sadā
Though all these things are easy to obtain on the mountain, I never see food anywhere, being always thwarted even by fate.
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PdP 6 129.124
वाताहारेण जीवामि यथा जीवंति पन्नगाः । पुनर्जीवामि भो विप्र देवयोनिप्रभावतः
vātāhāreṇa jīvāmi yathā jīvaṃti pannagāḥ | punarjīvāmi bho vipra devayoniprabhāvataḥ
I live on air alone, as serpents live; and again I live on, O brahmin, by the power of my divine birth.
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PdP 6 129.125
बलेन प्रज्ञया नित्यं मंत्रपौरुषविक्रमैः । सहायैश्चैव मित्रैश्च नालभ्यं लभते नरः
balena prajñayā nityaṃ maṃtrapauruṣavikramaiḥ | sahāyaiścaiva mitraiśca nālabhyaṃ labhate naraḥ
By strength, by wisdom, by counsel, manly effort and valour, and by helpers and friends, a man constantly obtains what is (otherwise) unobtainable.
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PdP 6 129.126
लाभालाभे सुखे दुःखे विवाहे मृत्युजीवने । भोगे रोगे वियोगे च दैवमेव हि कारणम्
lābhālābhe sukhe duḥkhe vivāhe mṛtyujīvane | bhoge roge viyoge ca daivameva hi kāraṇam
In gain and loss, in pleasure and pain, in marriage, in death and life, in enjoyment, in disease and in separation—fate alone is indeed the cause.
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PdP 6 129.127
कुरूपाः कुकुला मूर्खाः कुत्सिताचारनिंदिताः । शौर्यविक्रमहीनाश्च दैवाद्राज्यानि भुंजते
kurūpāḥ kukulā mūrkhāḥ kutsitācāraniṃditāḥ | śauryavikramahīnāśca daivādrājyāni bhuṃjate
Ill-formed men, of bad family, fools, censured for their contemptible conduct, and lacking bravery and valour, enjoy kingdoms through fate.
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PdP 6 129.128
काणाः खंजा अभव्याश्च नीतिहीनाश्च दुर्गुणाः । नपुंसकाश्च दृश्यंते दैवाद्राज्ये प्रतिष्ठिताः
kāṇāḥ khaṃjā abhavyāśca nītihīnāśca durguṇāḥ | napuṃsakāśca dṛśyaṃte daivādrājye pratiṣṭhitāḥ
One-eyed men, lame men, unfit men, men devoid of policy and of bad qualities, and eunuchs too are seen established in kingship through fate.
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PdP 6 129.129
यैर्दत्ताश्च तिला गावो हिरण्यं वसनानि च । गौरी कन्या च यैर्दत्ता यैर्दत्ता च वसुंधरा
yairdattāśca tilā gāvo hiraṇyaṃ vasanāni ca | gaurī kanyā ca yairdattā yairdattā ca vasuṃdharā
Those by whom sesame, cows, gold and garments have been given, and by whom a fair maiden has been given, and by whom land has been given—
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PdP 6 129.130
शय्यासनानि तांबूलं मंदिराणि धनानि च । भक्ष्यभोज्यानि दत्तानि चंदनान्यगरूणि च
śayyāsanāni tāṃbūlaṃ maṃdirāṇi dhanāni ca | bhakṣyabhojyāni dattāni caṃdanānyagarūṇi ca
and by whom beds and seats, betel, houses and riches, foods and viands, sandalwood and aloewood have been given—
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PdP 6 129.131
अटव्यां पर्वताग्रे च ग्रामे वा नगरेऽपि वा । पुरः पुरःश्च तिष्ठंति तेषां भोगाः प्रयत्नतः
aṭavyāṃ parvatāgre ca grāme vā nagare'pi vā | puraḥ puraḥśca tiṣṭhaṃti teṣāṃ bhogāḥ prayatnataḥ
in the forest, on a mountain top, in a village or even in a city, their enjoyments stand ready before them again and again, effortlessly.
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PdP 6 129.132
संत्यत्र पर्वतेऽन्येऽपि राक्षसा बलवत्तराः । राक्षसाश्च पिशाचाश्च पिशाच्यश्चातिदारुणाः
saṃtyatra parvate'nye'pi rākṣasā balavattarāḥ | rākṣasāśca piśācāśca piśācyaścātidāruṇāḥ
Here on this mountain there are still others, rākṣasas of greater strength, and rākṣasas and piśācas and piśāca-women, exceedingly terrible.
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PdP 6 129.133
कदाचिच्च कथंचिच्च क्वापि यत्र स्वकर्मणा । लभंते चान्नपानानि पर्यटंतो वनेवने
kadācicca kathaṃcicca kvāpi yatra svakarmaṇā | labhaṃte cānnapānāni paryaṭaṃto vanevane
Sometimes, somehow, somewhere, wherever it may be, by their own past deeds they obtain food and drink, roaming from forest to forest.
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PdP 6 129.134
इति श्रुत्वाऽत्र तेभ्यश्च मा भयं भवतां भवेत् । शुचिं गोविंदभक्तं त्वां न ते द्रष्टुमपि क्षमाः
iti śrutvā'tra tebhyaśca mā bhayaṃ bhavatāṃ bhavet | śuciṃ goviṃdabhaktaṃ tvāṃ na te draṣṭumapi kṣamāḥ
Having heard this, let there be no fear in you here from them; you, pure and a devotee of Govinda—they are not even able to look at you.
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PdP 6 129.135
विष्णुभक्तितनुत्राणं नारायणपरायणम् । न स्पृशंति न पश्यंति राक्षसाः प्रेतपूतनाः
viṣṇubhaktitanutrāṇaṃ nārāyaṇaparāyaṇam | na spṛśaṃti na paśyaṃti rākṣasāḥ pretapūtanāḥ
Rākṣasas, pretas and pūtanās neither touch nor look upon one whose armour is devotion to Viṣṇu and who is devoted to Nārāyaṇa.
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PdP 6 129.136
भूतवेतालगंधर्वाः शाकिन्यश्चार्यका ग्रहाः। रेवत्यो वृद्धरेवत्यो मुखमंड्यस्तथा ग्रहाः
bhūtavetālagaṃdharvāḥ śākinyaścāryakā grahāḥ| revatyo vṛddharevatyo mukhamaṃḍyastathā grahāḥ
Bhūtas, vetālas, gandharvas, śākinīs and āryakas, the seizers; the Revatīs, the Old Revatīs, and likewise the seizers called Mukhamaṇḍīs—
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PdP 6 129.137
यक्षा बालग्रहाः क्रूरा दुष्टा वृद्धग्रहाश्च ये । तथा मातृग्रहा भीमा ग्रहाश्चान्ये विनायकाः
yakṣā bālagrahāḥ krūrā duṣṭā vṛddhagrahāśca ye | tathā mātṛgrahā bhīmā grahāścānye vināyakāḥ
yakṣas, the cruel child-seizing demons, the evil old-age seizers, and likewise the terrible mother-seizers, and the other seizers, the Vināyakas—
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PdP 6 129.138
कृत्याः सर्पाश्च कूष्मांडा ये चान्ये दुष्टजंतवः । न पश्यंति परं विप्र वैष्णवं ब्राह्मणं शुचिम्
kṛtyāḥ sarpāśca kūṣmāṃḍā ye cānye duṣṭajaṃtavaḥ | na paśyaṃti paraṃ vipra vaiṣṇavaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ śucim
kṛtyās, serpents, kūṣmāṇḍas, and whatever other evil creatures there are—they do not (even) look, O brahmin, upon a pure Vaiṣṇava brahmin, O excellent one.
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PdP 6 129.139
शुचिं रक्षंति भूतानि धर्मिष्ठं पीडयंति न । रक्षंति च शुचिं नित्यं ग्रहनक्षत्रदेवताः
śuciṃ rakṣaṃti bhūtāni dharmiṣṭhaṃ pīḍayaṃti na | rakṣaṃti ca śuciṃ nityaṃ grahanakṣatradevatāḥ
Spirits protect the pure man; they do not afflict one firm in dharma; and the planets, constellations and deities constantly protect the pure man.
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PdP 6 129.140
गोविंदनाम जिह्वाग्रे हृदि वेदस्तु संस्थितः । शुचिश्च दानशीलश्च त्वं सर्वत्राकुतोभयः
goviṃdanāma jihvāgre hṛdi vedastu saṃsthitaḥ | śuciśca dānaśīlaśca tvaṃ sarvatrākutobhayaḥ
The name of Govinda is on the tip of your tongue, the Veda is fixed in your heart; you are pure and given to charity—you are everywhere free from any fear.
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PdP 6 129.141
एवं ब्राह्मण तिष्ठामि भुंजानः कर्मणः फलम् । न शोचामीति मत्वाऽहं विमृश्य च पुनः पुनः
evaṃ brāhmaṇa tiṣṭhāmi bhuṃjānaḥ karmaṇaḥ phalam | na śocāmīti matvā'haṃ vimṛśya ca punaḥ punaḥ
Thus, O brahmin, I remain, consuming the fruit of my deeds; thinking "I do not grieve," and reflecting again and again,
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PdP 6 129.142
न दुनोमि तथा तावद्यावज्जंबालिनी तटे । सारसोदीरितं वाक्ये श्रुतं पर्यटता मया
na dunomi tathā tāvadyāvajjaṃbālinī taṭe | sārasodīritaṃ vākye śrutaṃ paryaṭatā mayā
I do not suffer, up to that point—until, on the bank of the Jambālinī, the words uttered by the crane were heard by me as I wandered about.
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PdP 6 129.143
ब्राह्मण उवाच। सारसोदीरितं वाक्यं कीदृशं हि श्रुतं त्वया । तदहं श्रोतुमिच्छामि ब्रूहि त्वं प्रेत सत्वरम्
brāhmaṇa uvāca| sārasodīritaṃ vākyaṃ kīdṛśaṃ hi śrutaṃ tvayā | tadahaṃ śrotumicchāmi brūhi tvaṃ preta satvaram
The brahmin said: What sort of words uttered by the crane did you hear? I wish to hear that—tell it, preta, quickly.
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PdP 6 129.144
प्रेत उवाच। ब्रवीमि सारसं वाक्यं शृणु कार्पाटिकोत्तम । धूसरा नाम कक्षेऽस्मिन्नदीगिरिसमुद्भवा
preta uvāca| bravīmi sārasaṃ vākyaṃ śṛṇu kārpāṭikottama | dhūsarā nāma kakṣe'sminnadīgirisamudbhavā
The ghost said: I will tell the crane's speech; listen, best of wanderers. In this region there is a river called Dhūsarā, arisen from a mountain,
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PdP 6 129.145
सदा जलशयोत्ताला मत्तदंतिकुलाकुला । महाककुभशोभाढ्या स्निग्धजंबूमनोहरा
sadā jalaśayottālā mattadaṃtikulākulā | mahākakubhaśobhāḍhyā snigdhajaṃbūmanoharā
always loud with its beds of water, crowded with herds of rutting elephants, richly adorned with the beauty of great kakubha trees, charming with glossy rose-apple trees.
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PdP 6 129.146
तस्यास्तीरमहं प्राप्तो गाहमानो वनं घनम् । मयि तिष्ठति वै तत्र फलभोजनकाम्यया
tasyāstīramahaṃ prāpto gāhamāno vanaṃ ghanam | mayi tiṣṭhati vai tatra phalabhojanakāmyayā
I reached her bank, making my way through the dense forest; and while I stood there out of a wish to eat fruit,
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PdP 6 129.147
वनांतरात्समुड्डीय सारसो लक्ष्मणा युतः । आगत्य पुलिनं नद्याः सेवितुं बहुपक्षिभिः
vanāṃtarātsamuḍḍīya sāraso lakṣmaṇā yutaḥ | āgatya pulinaṃ nadyāḥ sevituṃ bahupakṣibhiḥ
a crane, together with his mate, flew up out of the interior of the forest and came to the sandbank of the river, to be enjoyed along with many (other) birds.
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PdP 6 129.148
पीत्वा तत्रैव पानीयं रमित्वा भार्यया सह । सुप्तः पक्षपुटे वामे प्रवेश्य च शिरोमुखम्
pītvā tatraiva pānīyaṃ ramitvā bhāryayā saha | suptaḥ pakṣapuṭe vāme praveśya ca śiromukham
Having drunk water right there and taken his pleasure with his wife, he slept, tucking his head and beak into the fold of his left wing.
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PdP 6 129.149
एतस्मिन्नंतरे दृष्टः पादपादवतीर्य च । रक्ताननः सुरक्ताक्षो दंडी दृढनखावलि
etasminnaṃtare dṛṣṭaḥ pādapādavatīrya ca | raktānanaḥ suraktākṣo daṃḍī dṛḍhanakhāvali
In this interval there was seen, coming down from tree to tree, one red-faced, with very red eyes, with a staff(-like tail), with a row of hard claws,
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PdP 6 129.150
लोमशो दीर्घलांगूलश्चलचेष्टो हि वानरः । यत्रासौ सारसः सुप्तस्तत्र वेगेन चागतः 6.129.
lomaśo dīrghalāṃgūlaścalaceṣṭo hi vānaraḥ | yatrāsau sārasaḥ suptastatra vegena cāgataḥ 6.129.
hairy, long-tailed, restless in his movements — a monkey indeed; and he came swiftly to the place where that crane lay asleep.
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PdP 6 129.151
समागत्य च जग्राह सारसं चरणे दृढम् । कराभ्यां क्रूरया बुद्ध्या पश्यतां बहुपक्षिणाम्
samāgatya ca jagrāha sārasaṃ caraṇe dṛḍham | karābhyāṃ krūrayā buddhyā paśyatāṃ bahupakṣiṇām
And having come up, he seized the crane firmly by the foot with both his hands, with cruel intent, while many birds looked on.
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PdP 6 129.152
उड्डीयोड्डीय ते सर्वे गताश्चान्यत्र खेचराः । सारसी भीतभीता च विरावान्कुर्वती स्थिता
uḍḍīyoḍḍīya te sarve gatāścānyatra khecarāḥ | sārasī bhītabhītā ca virāvānkurvatī sthitā
All those sky-goers flew up, one after another, and went elsewhere; and the female crane stood terrified, uttering cries.
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PdP 6 129.153
सारसो भग्ननिद्रस्तु त्रासाच्चलितलोचनः । अवलोकितवाञ्छीघ्रं तदोत्ताम्य शिरोधराम्
sāraso bhagnanidrastu trāsāccalitalocanaḥ | avalokitavāñchīghraṃ tadottāmya śirodharām
But the crane, his sleep broken, his eyes darting about from fear, quickly looked, stretching up his neck.
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PdP 6 129.154
विलोक्य वानरं दुष्टं हंतुकामं सुदारुणम् । तदा संभाषयामास गिरा मधुरया खगः
vilokya vānaraṃ duṣṭaṃ haṃtukāmaṃ sudāruṇam | tadā saṃbhāṣayāmāsa girā madhurayā khagaḥ
Seeing the wicked monkey, very dreadful, wishing to kill him, the bird then addressed him with sweet speech:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.155
अपराधं विना मां त्वं किं शाखामृग बाधसे । सापराधा जना लोके वध्यंते भूमिपैरपि
aparādhaṃ vinā māṃ tvaṃ kiṃ śākhāmṛga bādhase | sāparādhā janā loke vadhyaṃte bhūmipairapi
"Branch-beast, why do you torment me who have committed no offence? In this world it is people with an offence who are put to death, even by kings.
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PdP 6 129.156
न पीडयितुमर्हंति त्वादृशा उत्तमा जनाः । अस्मानहिंसकान्साधून्परवृत्तिपराङ्मुखान्
na pīḍayitumarhaṃti tvādṛśā uttamā janāḥ | asmānahiṃsakānsādhūnparavṛttiparāṅmukhān
Excellent people such as you ought not to oppress us, who are non-violent, good, and turned away from the affairs of others,
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PdP 6 129.157
जलशैवालभक्षांश्च खेचरान्वनवासिनः । स्वदाररतिशीलांश्च परदाराभिवर्जितान्
jalaśaivālabhakṣāṃśca khecarānvanavāsinaḥ | svadāraratiśīlāṃśca paradārābhivarjitān
sky-goers who eat water-weed and dwell in the forest, whose habit is to delight in their own wives and who avoid the wives of others.
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PdP 6 129.158
न पीडयितुमर्हंति त्वद्विधा वानरोत्तम । परापवादपैशुन्यान्द्विजान्परमसेवकान्
na pīḍayitumarhaṃti tvadvidhā vānarottama | parāpavādapaiśunyāndvijānparamasevakān
Those of your kind, best of monkeys, ought not to oppress twice-born (birds) who are free from slandering and backbiting others and who are the highest of servants.
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PdP 6 129.159
शाखामृग विमुंचाशु सर्वथा मामनागसम् । जानामि तव जन्माहं न त्वं वेत्सि तु मामकम्
śākhāmṛga vimuṃcāśu sarvathā māmanāgasam | jānāmi tava janmāhaṃ na tvaṃ vetsi tu māmakam
Branch-beast, release me at once, by all means, for I am without fault. I know your birth, but you do not know mine."
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PdP 6 129.160
इत्याकर्ण्य वचस्तस्य मुमोच सारसं तदा । चपलो वानरः शीघ्रमाह दूरे व्यवस्थितः
ityākarṇya vacastasya mumoca sārasaṃ tadā | capalo vānaraḥ śīghramāha dūre vyavasthitaḥ
Hearing these words of his, he then released the crane; and the fickle monkey, standing at a distance, quickly said:
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PdP 6 129.161
वानर उवाच। ब्रूहि रे त्वं कथं वेत्सि मम जन्म पुरातनम् । त्वं पक्षी ज्ञानहीनश्च तिर्यक्चाहं वनेचरः
vānara uvāca| brūhi re tvaṃ kathaṃ vetsi mama janma purātanam | tvaṃ pakṣī jñānahīnaśca tiryakcāhaṃ vanecaraḥ
The monkey said: Tell me, you — how do you know my former birth? You are a bird and devoid of knowledge, and I am a beast roaming the forest.
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PdP 6 129.162
सारस उवाच। जानेऽहं तावकं जन्म जातिस्मरमिति स्फुटम् । त्वं हि विंध्याधिपो राजा प्राग्भवे पर्वतेश्वरः
sārasa uvāca| jāne'haṃ tāvakaṃ janma jātismaramiti sphuṭam | tvaṃ hi viṃdhyādhipo rājā prāgbhave parvateśvaraḥ
The crane said: I know your birth, since I clearly remember (my former) births. You, in a previous existence, were a king, lord of the Vindhya, master of the mountain.
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PdP 6 129.163
अहं पूज्यतमो विप्रस्तव वंशे पुरोहितः । तेन प्रत्यभिजानामि त्वां सम्यग्वानरोत्तम
ahaṃ pūjyatamo viprastava vaṃśe purohitaḥ | tena pratyabhijānāmi tvāṃ samyagvānarottama
I was a most honoured brahmin, the family priest in your line; by that I recognise you exactly, best of monkeys.
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PdP 6 129.164
इमां पालयता भूमिं प्रजाः सर्वाः प्रपीडिताः । त्वया विवेकहीनेन भृशं संचयता धनम्
imāṃ pālayatā bhūmiṃ prajāḥ sarvāḥ prapīḍitāḥ | tvayā vivekahīnena bhṛśaṃ saṃcayatā dhanam
While (you) protected this earth, all the subjects were sorely oppressed by you, who, lacking discrimination, heaped up wealth excessively.
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PdP 6 129.165
प्रजापीडानतापोत्थ वह्निज्वालैस्तु वानर । प्राक्त्वं दग्धः पुनः क्षिप्तः कुंभीपाकेऽति दारुणे
prajāpīḍānatāpottha vahnijvālaistu vānara | prāktvaṃ dagdhaḥ punaḥ kṣiptaḥ kuṃbhīpāke'ti dāruṇe
By the flames of the fire arisen from the heat of (your) bowing down (i.e. bringing down) oppression upon the subjects, O monkey, you were first burnt, and then flung into the exceedingly terrible Kumbhīpāka (hell).
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PdP 6 129.166
पुनः पुनःश्च दग्धेन जातेन च पुनः पुनः । नारकेण शरीरेण समास्त्रिंशद्गतं त्वया
punaḥ punaḥśca dagdhena jātena ca punaḥ punaḥ | nārakeṇa śarīreṇa samāstriṃśadgataṃ tvayā
Being burnt again and again, and born again and again with a hellish body, thirty years passed for you (there).
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PdP 6 129.167
कुर्वता दारुणाञ्छब्दान्रुदता च पुनः पुनः । कुंभीपाकानले तीव्रा ह्यनुभूताश्च यातनाः
kurvatā dāruṇāñchabdānrudatā ca punaḥ punaḥ | kuṃbhīpākānale tīvrā hyanubhūtāśca yātanāḥ
And as you uttered terrible cries and wept again and again, fierce torments were indeed endured (by you) in the fire of Kumbhīpāka.
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PdP 6 129.168
निस्तीर्णनरको भूयः पापशेषेण सांप्रतम् । प्राप्तोऽसि वानरं जन्म येन मां हंतुमिच्छसि
nistīrṇanarako bhūyaḥ pāpaśeṣeṇa sāṃpratam | prāpto'si vānaraṃ janma yena māṃ haṃtumicchasi
Having crossed over hell, now once more, by the remainder of (your) sin, you have obtained birth as a monkey — wherefore you wish to kill me.
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PdP 6 129.169
विप्रस्योपवनात्पूर्वं पक्वरंभाफलानि वै । अननुज्ञाप्य भुक्तानि त्वयापहृत्य पौरुषात्
viprasyopavanātpūrvaṃ pakvaraṃbhāphalāni vai | ananujñāpya bhuktāni tvayāpahṛtya pauruṣāt
Formerly, from a brahmin's grove, ripe plantain fruits were eaten by you, taken by force without asking leave.
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PdP 6 129.170
विपाकः कर्मणस्तस्य फलते पश्य दारुणः । वानरस्त्वं वने वासो ह्यधुना तेन वर्तसे
vipākaḥ karmaṇastasya phalate paśya dāruṇaḥ | vānarastvaṃ vane vāso hyadhunā tena vartase
See, the ripening of that deed bears its terrible fruit: you are a monkey, and now on that account you dwell in the forest.
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PdP 6 129.171
अशुभस्य शुभस्यापि पुराविहितकर्मणः । भोगः क्रीडति भूतेषु नोल्लंघ्यस्त्रिदशैरपि
aśubhasya śubhasyāpi purāvihitakarmaṇaḥ | bhogaḥ krīḍati bhūteṣu nollaṃghyastridaśairapi
The enjoyment (of the fruit) of a deed done before, whether bad or good, sports among beings, and cannot be overstepped even by the thirty (gods).
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PdP 6 129.172
इत्थं त्वज्जन्म जानामि यथावत्तु सहेतुकम् । प्राप्तः सारसदेहोऽपि ज्ञानेनापरिमोहितः
itthaṃ tvajjanma jānāmi yathāvattu sahetukam | prāptaḥ sārasadeho'pi jñānenāparimohitaḥ
Thus I know your birth as it is, together with its cause; though I have obtained the body of a crane, by knowledge I am not deluded.
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PdP 6 129.173
प्रेत उवाच। इति श्रुत्वा कथां विप्र वानरोप्याह सारसम् । सम्यग्वेत्ति भवान्नूनं कथं त्वं पक्षितां गतः
preta uvāca| iti śrutvā kathāṃ vipra vānaropyāha sārasam | samyagvetti bhavānnūnaṃ kathaṃ tvaṃ pakṣitāṃ gataḥ
The ghost said: Having heard this account, O brahmin, the monkey too said to the crane: "Surely you know rightly; how is it that you have come to the state of a bird?"
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PdP 6 129.174
सारस उवाच। कथयिष्यामि तत्कर्म येनाहं दुर्गतिं गतः । पक्षियोनिं गतो येन तत्सर्वं श्रोतुमर्हसि
sārasa uvāca| kathayiṣyāmi tatkarma yenāhaṃ durgatiṃ gataḥ | pakṣiyoniṃ gato yena tatsarvaṃ śrotumarhasi
The crane said: I shall tell (you) that deed by which I went to an evil state; you should hear it all — that by which I came to the birth of a bird.
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PdP 6 129.175
धान्यं खारिशतं साग्रमुत्सृष्टं हि त्वया पुरा । बहुभ्यो ब्राह्मणेभ्यश्च चर्मदायां रविग्रहे
dhānyaṃ khāriśataṃ sāgramutsṛṣṭaṃ hi tvayā purā | bahubhyo brāhmaṇebhyaśca carmadāyāṃ ravigrahe
Formerly a hundred khārīs of grain and more were given away by you to many brahmins as a hide-gift at an eclipse of the sun.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 129.176
पौरोहित्यमदाल्लोभाद्वंचयित्वा द्विजांस्तथा । किंचिद्दत्त्वा तु तेभ्यश्च गृहीतमखिलं मया
paurohityamadāllobhādvaṃcayitvā dvijāṃstathā | kiṃciddattvā tu tebhyaśca gṛhītamakhilaṃ mayā
(You) gave (it) to the priesthood; out of greed, having deceived the brahmins, and having given them a little, the whole was taken by me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.177
विप्रसाधारणद्रव्यग्रहणोत्पन्नपातकात् । पतितः कालसूत्रेऽहं नरके रक्तकर्दमे
viprasādhāraṇadravyagrahaṇotpannapātakāt | patitaḥ kālasūtre'haṃ narake raktakardame
From the sin arising from seizing property held in common by brahmins, I fell into the hell Kālasūtra, into a mire of blood,
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PdP 6 129.178
चलत्क्रिमिसुसंपूर्णे दुर्गंधे पूयफेनिले । आनाभेस्तत्र मग्नोस्मि लिहन्पूयमधोमुखः
calatkrimisusaṃpūrṇe durgaṃdhe pūyaphenile | ānābhestatra magnosmi lihanpūyamadhomukhaḥ
quite full of moving worms, foul-smelling, frothing with pus; there I was sunk up to the navel, licking pus with my face downward,
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PdP 6 129.179
तथोपरि महागृध्रैर्भक्ष्यमाणस्तु वायसैः । क्रिमिभिस्तुद्यमानस्तु मम देहो निरंतरम्
tathopari mahāgṛdhrairbhakṣyamāṇastu vāyasaiḥ | krimibhistudyamānastu mama deho niraṃtaram
and likewise above I was being devoured by great vultures and by crows, and my body was ceaselessly tormented by worms.
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PdP 6 129.180
तस्मिञ्छोणितपंकेऽहं निरुच्छ्वासोऽभवं तदा । मुहूर्तोऽपि महाकल्पसमो जातो ममात्र वै
tasmiñchoṇitapaṃke'haṃ nirucchvāso'bhavaṃ tadā | muhūrto'pi mahākalpasamo jāto mamātra vai
There in that mire of blood I was then without breath; even a moment there became for me the equal of a great kalpa.
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PdP 6 129.181
यातनाश्चानुभूताश्च समास्त्रिरयुतं मया । वक्तुं च तन्न शक्नोमि दुःखं वानर नारकम्
yātanāścānubhūtāśca samāstrirayutaṃ mayā | vaktuṃ ca tanna śaknomi duḥkhaṃ vānara nārakam
And torments were endured by me for thirty thousand years; and I cannot tell that hellish suffering, O monkey.
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PdP 6 129.182
पौरोहित्यं महाघोरं पापदं च स्वभावतः । देवोपजीवनं यत्र ब्राह्मणस्योपजीवनम्
paurohityaṃ mahāghoraṃ pāpadaṃ ca svabhāvataḥ | devopajīvanaṃ yatra brāhmaṇasyopajīvanam
Priestly office is most terrible and by its very nature gives sin, wherein a brahmin's livelihood is a living off the gods.
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PdP 6 129.183
राज्ञः प्रतिग्रहो घोरस्तेन दग्धा द्विजातयः । तेषामपि हरेद्द्रव्यं पुरोधास्तेन नारकी
rājñaḥ pratigraho ghorastena dagdhā dvijātayaḥ | teṣāmapi hareddravyaṃ purodhāstena nārakī
Accepting gifts from a king is dreadful; by it brahmins are burnt. A house-priest would take even their (the brahmins') property, and by that becomes hell-bound.
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PdP 6 129.184
राजा यत्कुरुते पापं पुरा देहेन धीयते । तस्य तेन पुरोधाश्च गीयते तत्वदर्शिभिः
rājā yatkurute pāpaṃ purā dehena dhīyate | tasya tena purodhāśca gīyate tatvadarśibhiḥ
Whatever sin the king commits is formerly deposited in (his) body; of that (sin) the household priest too is spoken of (as sharer) by those who see the truth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 129.185
दैवात्कथमपि प्राप्त उत्तारो नरकांबुधेः । मयादौ दैवयोगेन शकुनित्वमुपस्थितम्
daivātkathamapi prāpta uttāro narakāṃbudheḥ | mayādau daivayogena śakunitvamupasthitam
By fate, somehow, an emergence from the ocean of hell was obtained; at first, through the working of fate, the condition of a bird came upon me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.186
अपहृत्य पुरा कांस्यभाजनं भगिनीगृहात् । आक्षिकाय मया दत्तं तेन मे सारसी गतिः
apahṛtya purā kāṃsyabhājanaṃ bhaginīgṛhāt | ākṣikāya mayā dattaṃ tena me sārasī gatiḥ
Having formerly carried off a bronze vessel from my sister's house, I gave it to a gambler; by that (deed) came my crane-existence.
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PdP 6 129.187
इयं च ब्राह्मणी पूर्वं कांस्यचोरी सुदारुणा । तेनेयं सारसी जाता मम भार्या सधर्मिणी
iyaṃ ca brāhmaṇī pūrvaṃ kāṃsyacorī sudāruṇā | teneyaṃ sārasī jātā mama bhāryā sadharmiṇī
And this (female) was formerly a brahmin woman, a most cruel stealer of bronze; by that she has become a crane, my wife, sharing my duties.
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PdP 6 129.188
इत्थं वानर ते सर्वं कथितं कर्मणः फलम् । वृत्तं च वर्तमानं च भविष्यं शृणु सांप्रतम्
itthaṃ vānara te sarvaṃ kathitaṃ karmaṇaḥ phalam | vṛttaṃ ca vartamānaṃ ca bhaviṣyaṃ śṛṇu sāṃpratam
Thus, O monkey, the whole fruit of action has been told to you, both what has happened and what is present; now hear what is to come.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.189
अहं हंसो भविष्यामि त्वं च हंसो भविष्यसि । हंसीयमपि मद्भार्या सारसी च भविष्यति
ahaṃ haṃso bhaviṣyāmi tvaṃ ca haṃso bhaviṣyasi | haṃsīyamapi madbhāryā sārasī ca bhaviṣyati
I shall become a goose, and you will become a goose; and this crane, my wife, will also become a goose.
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PdP 6 129.190
देशे च कामरूपे वै स्थास्यामो वै यथासुखम् । योगिनीं भाविकल्याणीं यास्यामस्तदनंतरम्
deśe ca kāmarūpe vai sthāsyāmo vai yathāsukham | yoginīṃ bhāvikalyāṇīṃ yāsyāmastadanaṃtaram
And in the land of Kāmarūpa we shall dwell as we please; after that we shall go to the yoginī Bhāvikalyāṇī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 129.191
ततश्च मानुषं जन्म प्राप्यामो दुर्लभं पुनः । श्रेयस्तद्विपरीतं च प्राणिभिर्यत्र साध्यते
tataśca mānuṣaṃ janma prāpyāmo durlabhaṃ punaḥ | śreyastadviparītaṃ ca prāṇibhiryatra sādhyate
And thereafter we shall again obtain human birth, hard to win, in which the good and its opposite are brought about by living beings.
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PdP 6 129.192
एवं सर्वाञ्छिवो जंतून्मोहयित्वा स्वमायया । सुखैर्भुनक्ति दुःखैश्च नास्मानेव तु केवलम्
evaṃ sarvāñchivo jaṃtūnmohayitvā svamāyayā | sukhairbhunakti duḥkhaiśca nāsmāneva tu kevalam
Thus Śiva, having deluded all creatures by his own māyā, makes (them) partake of pleasures and of pains — and not us alone.
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PdP 6 129.193
अयं लोके प्रवृत्तश्च मार्गो विविधनिर्मितः । धर्माधर्ममयोऽत्यर्थे सुखदुःखफलात्मकः
ayaṃ loke pravṛttaśca mārgo vividhanirmitaḥ | dharmādharmamayo'tyarthe sukhaduḥkhaphalātmakaḥ
This path, fashioned in manifold ways, is current in the world: made up of dharma and adharma, and exceedingly (so), having pleasure and pain as its fruit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.194
सेवितः प्राणिभिः सर्वैः सर्वदा वा पुनः पुनः । देवासुरनरव्याघ्र क्रिमिकीटजलेचरैः
sevitaḥ prāṇibhiḥ sarvaiḥ sarvadā vā punaḥ punaḥ | devāsuranaravyāghra krimikīṭajalecaraiḥ
It is resorted to by all living beings, always, again and again — O tiger (among beasts) — by gods, asuras, men, worms, insects, and water-dwellers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.195
नातिक्रांतो हि केनापि पंथाऽयं दुःखकंटकः । विरक्तान्योगिनोध्यायं विनावेदांतपारगान्
nātikrāṃto hi kenāpi paṃthā'yaṃ duḥkhakaṃṭakaḥ | viraktānyoginodhyāyaṃ vināvedāṃtapāragān
For this path, thorny with suffering, has been passed beyond by no one, except the detached yogins who meditate, who have gone to the far shore of Vedānta.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 129.196
अणोर्वापि गुरोर्वापि पुण्यापुण्यस्य कर्मणः । ददातीह फलं ज्ञात्वा देशं कालं महेश्वरः
aṇorvāpi gurorvāpi puṇyāpuṇyasya karmaṇaḥ | dadātīha phalaṃ jñātvā deśaṃ kālaṃ maheśvaraḥ
Whether the good or bad deed be slight or weighty, Maheśvara gives its fruit here, knowing the place and the time.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.197
इत्थं विधिविधानज्ञां मायां ज्ञात्वेश्वरस्य च । न शोचंति न तप्यंति न व्यथंति महाधियः
itthaṃ vidhividhānajñāṃ māyāṃ jñātveśvarasya ca | na śocaṃti na tapyaṃti na vyathaṃti mahādhiyaḥ
Thus, having understood the māyā of the Lord, which knows the ordering of the rules, the great-minded do not grieve, nor are they distressed, nor do they tremble.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.198
नान्यथा शक्यते कर्तुं विपाकः पूर्वकर्मणाम् । उपायैः प्रज्ञया वापि शाखामृगसुरैरपि
nānyathā śakyate kartuṃ vipākaḥ pūrvakarmaṇām | upāyaiḥ prajñayā vāpi śākhāmṛgasurairapi
The ripening of former deeds cannot be made otherwise — not by devices, nor by intelligence, O branch-deer (monkey), not even by the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.199
पुरा त्वं भूपतिर्जातः पश्चाज्जातोऽसि नारकी । अधुना वानरो भूयो जन्म प्राप्स्यसि तादृशम्
purā tvaṃ bhūpatirjātaḥ paścājjāto'si nārakī | adhunā vānaro bhūyo janma prāpsyasi tādṛśam
Formerly you were born a king; afterwards you became a dweller in hell; now you are a monkey, and again you will obtain a birth of that same kind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.200
इति मत्वा विशोकस्त्वं शाखामृग यथासुखम् । प्रतीक्षां कुरु कालस्य रममाणोऽत्र कानने 6.129.
iti matvā viśokastvaṃ śākhāmṛga yathāsukham | pratīkṣāṃ kuru kālasya ramamāṇo'tra kānane 6.129.
Understanding this, be free of sorrow, O branch-deer, and at your ease await your time, taking your pleasure here in this forest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.201
अहमप्येवमीशान मायाबद्धो वने वने । क्षपयिष्यामि वै जन्म धैर्यमास्थाय सारसम्
ahamapyevamīśāna māyābaddho vane vane | kṣapayiṣyāmi vai janma dhairyamāsthāya sārasam
I too, O lord, being bound thus by māyā, shall wear out this crane-birth from forest to forest, holding fast to steadfastness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.202
वानर उवाच। मया त्वं पूजितः पूर्वं नौमि त्वामधुनाप्यहम् । जातिस्मरोऽसि जानामि सर्वं मत्पूर्वदैहिकम्
vānara uvāca| mayā tvaṃ pūjitaḥ pūrvaṃ naumi tvāmadhunāpyaham | jātismaro'si jānāmi sarvaṃ matpūrvadaihikam
The monkey said: I honoured you formerly, and I salute you now as well. You remember your births; (through you) I know all that belonged to my former body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.203
तिष्ठ सारस सारस्या शिवमस्तु सदा तव । त्वद्वाक्याद्गतमोहोऽहं विचरिष्यामि सर्वदा
tiṣṭha sārasa sārasyā śivamastu sadā tava | tvadvākyādgatamoho'haṃ vicariṣyāmi sarvadā
Stay, O crane, with your mate; may there always be well-being for you. My delusion gone by your words, I shall roam about ever (at ease).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.204
प्रेत उवाच। इमं रम्यं विचित्रं च पावनं परमं द्विज । पक्षिवानरसंवादं श्रुतं यावन्नदीतटे
preta uvāca| imaṃ ramyaṃ vicitraṃ ca pāvanaṃ paramaṃ dvija | pakṣivānarasaṃvādaṃ śrutaṃ yāvannadītaṭe
The preta said: O twice-born one, so long as I listened on the river bank to this delightful, marvellous, supremely purifying dialogue between the bird and the monkey—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.205
तावन्ममापि बोधोऽभूत्तेन शोकः क्षयं गतः । इदानीं जाह्नवीतोयमाहात्म्यं परमाद्भुतम्
tāvanmamāpi bodho'bhūttena śokaḥ kṣayaṃ gataḥ | idānīṃ jāhnavītoyamāhātmyaṃ paramādbhutam
—for just that long awakening came to me too, and by it my grief was destroyed. Now the greatness of the Ganges' water is supremely wondrous.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.206
दृष्ट्वात्र ब्राह्मणश्रेष्ठ त्वां याचे जाह्नवीजलम् । प्रेतत्वात्तर्तुकामोऽहं तीव्रा तृष्णा प्रपीडितः
dṛṣṭvātra brāhmaṇaśreṣṭha tvāṃ yāce jāhnavījalam | pretatvāttartukāmo'haṃ tīvrā tṛṣṇā prapīḍitaḥ
Having seen (it) here, O best of brahmins, I beg the Jāhnavī's water of you; I wish to cross over from the condition of a preta, tormented by fierce thirst.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.207
अस्मिन्नेवाचले दृष्टं मयाश्चर्यं च वै द्विज । गंगातोयस्य तावद्धि पातुमिच्छामि तज्जलम्
asminnevācale dṛṣṭaṃ mayāścaryaṃ ca vai dvija | gaṃgātoyasya tāvaddhi pātumicchāmi tajjalam
And indeed on this very mountain, O twice-born one, a wonder was seen by me concerning the Ganges' water; therefore I wish to drink that water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.208
पारियात्रोद्भवः कोऽपि ब्राह्मणो ग्रामयाजकः । अयाज्ययाजनाद्विंध्ये संभूतो ब्रह्मराक्षसः
pāriyātrodbhavaḥ ko'pi brāhmaṇo grāmayājakaḥ | ayājyayājanādviṃdhye saṃbhūto brahmarākṣasaḥ
There was a certain brahmin, born in the Pāriyātra (range), a village sacrificer; from performing sacrifices for those unfit to sacrifice he became a brahma-rākṣasa in the Vindhya.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.209
अस्मत्संगस्य लोभे स्थितोऽसौ हायनाष्टकम् । तस्यास्थीनि सुपुत्रेण संचितानि द्विजोत्तम
asmatsaṃgasya lobhe sthito'sau hāyanāṣṭakam | tasyāsthīni suputreṇa saṃcitāni dvijottama
He remained eight years in his craving for our company; his bones were gathered by his good son, O best of the twice-born,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.210
क्षिप्तान्यानीय गंगायां तीर्थे कनखलेऽमले । तत्क्षणादेव मुक्तोऽसौ राक्षसत्वात्सुदारुणात्
kṣiptānyānīya gaṃgāyāṃ tīrthe kanakhale'male | tatkṣaṇādeva mukto'sau rākṣasatvātsudāruṇāt
and brought and cast into the Ganges at the pure ford Kanakhala; that very instant he was released from the most dreadful state of a rākṣasa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.211
इति गंगाजलस्नान महिमा महदद्भुतम् । साक्षाद्दृष्टो मया तेन गांगेयं प्रार्थितं जलम्
iti gaṃgājalasnāna mahimā mahadadbhutam | sākṣāddṛṣṭo mayā tena gāṃgeyaṃ prārthitaṃ jalam
Thus the glory of bathing in the Ganges' water is a great marvel; it was seen directly by me, and therefore the water of the Ganges has been begged (by me).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.212
पुरस्ताद्यत्कृतस्तीर्थे मया भूरिपरिग्रहः । न कृतस्तु प्रतीकारस्तस्य जाप्यादिलक्षणः
purastādyatkṛtastīrthe mayā bhūriparigrahaḥ | na kṛtastu pratīkārastasya jāpyādilakṣaṇaḥ
Because formerly at a holy ford abundant gifts were accepted by me, but no counteraction of that was performed, consisting of muttering prayers and the like—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.213
तेन मे प्रेतरूपस्य दुर्लभोदकभोजनम् । सहस्रं यत्र वर्षाणामतीतं विंध्यपर्वते
tena me pretarūpasya durlabhodakabhojanam | sahasraṃ yatra varṣāṇāmatītaṃ viṃdhyaparvate
—by that, for me in preta form, water and food are hard to obtain; a thousand of years have passed for me thus on the Vindhya mountain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.214
इति ते कथितं सर्वं हित्वा लज्जां गरीयसीम् । इदानीं धार्मिकश्रेष्ठ जलदानेन सत्वरम्
iti te kathitaṃ sarvaṃ hitvā lajjāṃ garīyasīm | idānīṃ dhārmikaśreṣṭha jaladānena satvaram
Thus all has been told to you, laying aside heavy shame; now, O best of the righteous, quickly by the gift of water
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.215
संतर्पय मम प्राणान्कंठमात्रावलंबितान् । दुर्लभं प्रेतभावेऽपि जीवितं प्राणिनामिह
saṃtarpaya mama prāṇānkaṃṭhamātrāvalaṃbitān | durlabhaṃ pretabhāve'pi jīvitaṃ prāṇināmiha
refresh my life-breaths, which cling only in my throat; even in the state of a preta, life is hard to get for living beings here.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.216
शरीरं रक्षणीयं हि सर्वथा सर्वदा नरैः । नहीच्छंति तनुत्यागमपि कुष्ठादि रोगिणः
śarīraṃ rakṣaṇīyaṃ hi sarvathā sarvadā naraiḥ | nahīcchaṃti tanutyāgamapi kuṣṭhādi rogiṇaḥ
For the body must be protected by men in every way and always; even those diseased with leprosy and the like do not wish to give up the body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.217
देवद्युतिरुवाच। इति तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा विस्मयं परमं गतः । पथिकश्चिंतयामास कृपां प्रेते समुद्वहन्
devadyutiruvāca| iti tadvacanaṃ śrutvā vismayaṃ paramaṃ gataḥ | pathikaściṃtayāmāsa kṛpāṃ prete samudvahan
Devadyuti said: Having heard those words of his, having come to the utmost astonishment, the traveller reflected, bearing compassion toward the preta:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.218
पापपुण्यफलं लोके प्रत्यक्षं दृश्यते खलु । देवदानवमानुष्यं तिर्यक्त्वं क्रिमिकीटकम्
pāpapuṇyaphalaṃ loke pratyakṣaṃ dṛśyate khalu | devadānavamānuṣyaṃ tiryaktvaṃ krimikīṭakam
Surely the fruit of sin and merit is seen plainly in the world: being a god, a demon, a human, being an animal, a worm or insect,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.219
नानायोनिषु जन्मानि नानाव्याधिप्रपीडनम् । मरणं बालवृद्धानामंधत्वं कुब्जता तथा
nānāyoniṣu janmāni nānāvyādhiprapīḍanam | maraṇaṃ bālavṛddhānāmaṃdhatvaṃ kubjatā tathā
births in various wombs, affliction by various diseases, the death of children and the old, blindness and likewise hunchbackedness,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.220
ऐश्वर्यं च दरिद्रत्वं पांडित्यं मूर्खता तथा । एताश्च रचना लोके भवंति कथमन्यथा
aiśvaryaṃ ca daridratvaṃ pāṃḍityaṃ mūrkhatā tathā | etāśca racanā loke bhavaṃti kathamanyathā
lordship and poverty, learning and likewise stupidity—how otherwise would these arrangements come to be in the world?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.221
ते धन्याः कर्मभूमौ ये न्यायमार्गार्जितं धनम् । सत्पात्रेभ्यः प्रयच्छंति कुर्वंति चात्मनो हितम्
te dhanyāḥ karmabhūmau ye nyāyamārgārjitaṃ dhanam | satpātrebhyaḥ prayacchaṃti kurvaṃti cātmano hitam
Blessed are they in the field of action who give wealth earned by lawful means to worthy recipients and do what benefits themselves.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.222
भूमिरत्नहिरण्यानि गावो धान्यं गृहं गजाः । रथाश्ववसनग्रामाः सिद्धमन्नं फलं जलम्
bhūmiratnahiraṇyāni gāvo dhānyaṃ gṛhaṃ gajāḥ | rathāśvavasanagrāmāḥ siddhamannaṃ phalaṃ jalam
Land, jewels and gold, cows, grain, a house, elephants, chariots, horses, garments, villages, cooked food, fruit, water,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.223
कन्या दिव्यौषधमन्नं छत्रोपानद्वरासनम् । शय्या तांबूल माल्यानि तालवृंतं वरासनम्
kanyā divyauṣadhamannaṃ chatropānadvarāsanam | śayyā tāṃbūla mālyāni tālavṛṃtaṃ varāsanam
a maiden, divine medicine, food, an umbrella, sandals, a fine seat, a bed, betel, garlands, a palm-leaf fan, an excellent seat—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.224
सर्वमेतत्प्रदातव्यं लोकत्रयजिगीषुभिः । दत्तं हि प्राप्यते स्वर्गे दत्तमेव हि भुज्यते
sarvametatpradātavyaṃ lokatrayajigīṣubhiḥ | dattaṃ hi prāpyate svarge dattameva hi bhujyate
All this should be given by those who wish to conquer the three worlds; for what is given is regained in heaven, and only what is given is (truly) enjoyed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.225
छत्रचामरयानानि वराश्ववरवारणाः । हर्म्याणि वरशय्याश्च गोमहिष्यो वरस्त्रियः
chatracāmarayānāni varāśvavaravāraṇāḥ | harmyāṇi varaśayyāśca gomahiṣyo varastriyaḥ
Parasols, yak-tail fans, vehicles, fine horses and fine elephants, mansions and excellent beds, cows and buffaloes, choice women,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.226
अन्नभूषणमुक्ताश्च पुत्रा दास्यो महाकुलम् । आयुरारोग्यमैश्वर्यं कला विद्यासु कौशलम्
annabhūṣaṇamuktāśca putrā dāsyo mahākulam | āyurārogyamaiśvaryaṃ kalā vidyāsu kauśalam
food, ornaments and pearls, sons, maidservants, a great family, long life, health, lordship, the arts, skill in the sciences —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.227
दानस्यैव फलं सर्वं प्राप्यते भुवि मानवैः । तस्माद्देयं प्रयत्नेन नादत्तमुपतिष्ठति
dānasyaiva phalaṃ sarvaṃ prāpyate bhuvi mānavaiḥ | tasmāddeyaṃ prayatnena nādattamupatiṣṭhati
all this is obtained on earth by men as the fruit of giving alone; therefore one should give with effort, for what is not given does not come to one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.228
धर्मिष्ठेन तु पांथेन गाथेयं समगायत । इति श्रुत्वा पुनः प्रेतः प्रोवाच ह्यार्तमानसः
dharmiṣṭhena tu pāṃthena gātheyaṃ samagāyata | iti śrutvā punaḥ pretaḥ provāca hyārtamānasaḥ
This song was sung by the righteous traveller. Hearing it, the ghost, his mind in distress, spoke again:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.229
मन्ये धर्मज्ञकल्पोऽसि पांथ त्वं नात्र संशयः । देहि मे जीवनं वारि चातकाय घनो यथा
manye dharmajñakalpo'si pāṃtha tvaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ | dehi me jīvanaṃ vāri cātakāya ghano yathā
"I judge that you are like one who knows dharma, traveller — of this there is no doubt. Give me water, my life, as the raincloud does to the cātaka bird.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.230
एतस्मिन्प्राणदाने हि मा विलंबं कृथा बहु । ततः प्रत्याह पांथस्तु वचनं न्यायगर्भितम्
etasminprāṇadāne hi mā vilaṃbaṃ kṛthā bahu | tataḥ pratyāha pāṃthastu vacanaṃ nyāyagarbhitam
In this giving of life, do not make much delay." Then the traveller replied with words full of reasoning:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.231
भृगुक्षेत्रे शृणु प्रेत पितरौ मम तिष्ठतः । तदर्थं तीर्थराजस्य मया वारि समाहृतम्
bhṛgukṣetre śṛṇu preta pitarau mama tiṣṭhataḥ | tadarthaṃ tīrtharājasya mayā vāri samāhṛtam
"Listen, ghost: my parents are staying at Bhṛgukṣetra; for their sake I have fetched water of the king of holy places.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.232
तत्सितासितपानीयं मध्ये च प्रार्थितं त्वया । न जाने धर्मसंदेहः किमत्र मम युज्यते
tatsitāsitapānīyaṃ madhye ca prārthitaṃ tvayā | na jāne dharmasaṃdehaḥ kimatra mama yujyate
That water, white and dark (from the confluence), has been asked for by you midway; I do not know — there is a doubt about dharma — what here is proper for me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.233
बलाबलं विचारार्थं करिष्ये प्रबलं विधिम् । वेदेभ्यो धर्मशास्त्रेभ्यो नाहं मानेन केवलम्
balābalaṃ vicārārthaṃ kariṣye prabalaṃ vidhim | vedebhyo dharmaśāstrebhyo nāhaṃ mānena kevalam
To consider the stronger and weaker (duty), I shall take the stronger rule — from the Vedas, from the treatises on dharma, not by my own opinion alone.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.234
हयमेधादि यज्ञेभ्यः सर्वेभ्योप्यधिकं मतम् । ऋषिभिर्देवताभिश्च प्राणिनां प्राणरक्षणम्
hayamedhādi yajñebhyaḥ sarvebhyopyadhikaṃ matam | ṛṣibhirdevatābhiśca prāṇināṃ prāṇarakṣaṇam
The protection of the life of living beings is held by the sages and the gods to be greater even than all sacrifices, the horse sacrifice and the rest.
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PdP 6 129.235
इति दत्त्वा वरं वारि कृत्त्वा प्रेतस्य रक्षणम् । पित्रर्थं पुनरादाय जलं नेष्यामि पावनम्
iti dattvā varaṃ vāri kṛttvā pretasya rakṣaṇam | pitrarthaṃ punarādāya jalaṃ neṣyāmi pāvanam
So, having given the excellent water and effected the protection of the ghost, I shall again take up purifying water and carry it for my parents' sake.
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PdP 6 129.236
एष मे प्रबलो भाति शुद्धधर्मप्रदो विधिः । परोपकरणादन्यत्सर्वमल्पं स्मृतं बुधैः
eṣa me prabalo bhāti śuddhadharmaprado vidhiḥ | paropakaraṇādanyatsarvamalpaṃ smṛtaṃ budhaiḥ
This rule seems to me the stronger one, bestowing pure dharma; everything other than helping others is reckoned small by the wise.
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PdP 6 129.237
परोपकारिभिर्दत्ता अपि प्राणा नृभिर्मुदा । अद्भिः परोपकारः स्यात्किं न लब्धं मया पुनः
paropakāribhirdattā api prāṇā nṛbhirmudā | adbhiḥ paropakāraḥ syātkiṃ na labdhaṃ mayā punaḥ
Men who help others have gladly given even their lives; if help to another can be done with (mere) water, what have I not gained thereby?
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PdP 6 129.238
दधीचिना पुरा गीतः श्लोकोऽयं श्रूयते भुवि । सर्वधर्ममयः सारः सर्वधर्मज्ञसंमतः
dadhīcinā purā gītaḥ śloko'yaṃ śrūyate bhuvi | sarvadharmamayaḥ sāraḥ sarvadharmajñasaṃmataḥ
This verse, sung long ago by Dadhīci, is heard on earth — the essence containing all dharma, approved by all who know dharma:
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PdP 6 129.239
परोपकारः कर्तव्यः प्राणैरपि धनैरपि । परोपकारजं पुण्यं तुल्यं क्रतुशतैरपि
paropakāraḥ kartavyaḥ prāṇairapi dhanairapi | paropakārajaṃ puṇyaṃ tulyaṃ kratuśatairapi
'Help to others is to be done, even with one's life, even with one's wealth; the merit born of helping others is equal even to a hundred sacrifices.'
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PdP 6 129.240
इत्युक्त्वा प्रददौ तोयं गंगायामुनसंभवम् । प्रेताय प्राणरक्षार्थं स धर्मिष्ठो वरो द्विजः
ityuktvā pradadau toyaṃ gaṃgāyāmunasaṃbhavam | pretāya prāṇarakṣārthaṃ sa dharmiṣṭho varo dvijaḥ
Having said this, that excellent righteous brahmin gave the water arisen from the Gaṅgā and the Yamunā to the ghost, for the saving of his life.
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PdP 6 129.241
प्रेतः प्रीतो जलं पीत्वा ह्यभिषिच्य शिरस्तथा । प्रजहौ प्रेतदेहं तं दिव्यदेहोऽभवत्क्षणात्
pretaḥ prīto jalaṃ pītvā hyabhiṣicya śirastathā | prajahau pretadehaṃ taṃ divyadeho'bhavatkṣaṇāt
The ghost, pleased, drank the water and also sprinkled it on his head; he abandoned that ghost-body and in an instant became of divine form.
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PdP 6 129.242
तदाश्चर्यं महद्दृष्ट्वा निजगाद स केरलः । अहो विमुक्तः प्रेतत्वाद्वेणीपानीयबिंदुभिः
tadāścaryaṃ mahaddṛṣṭvā nijagāda sa keralaḥ | aho vimuktaḥ pretatvādveṇīpānīyabiṃdubhiḥ
Seeing that great marvel, the man of Kerala said: "Ah, he has been freed from ghosthood by drops of the water of the confluence!
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PdP 6 129.243
ब्रह्मापि नैव शक्नोति मन्ये वक्तुमपां गुणम् । गङ्गातोयं महादेवो धत्ते के कथमन्यथा
brahmāpi naiva śaknoti manye vaktumapāṃ guṇam | gaṅgātoyaṃ mahādevo dhatte ke kathamanyathā
Not even Brahmā, I think, is able to tell the virtue of these waters. Mahādeva bears the Gaṅgā's water on his head — how could it be otherwise?"
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PdP 6 129.244
अचिंत्यशक्तिगंगांभस्तिलमात्रं तु यः पिबेत् । देवो भवेत्स सिद्धो वा गर्भे नैव च संविशेत्
aciṃtyaśaktigaṃgāṃbhastilamātraṃ tu yaḥ pibet | devo bhavetsa siddho vā garbhe naiva ca saṃviśet
But whoever drinks even a sesame-seed's measure of the Ganges water, whose power is unthinkable, becomes a god or a perfected one, and never enters a womb again.
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PdP 6 129.245
न गंगा सदृशी सिद्धिर्न गंगा सदृशी मतिः । न गंगासदृशी मुक्तिर्गंगा सर्वाधिका यतः
na gaṃgā sadṛśī siddhirna gaṃgā sadṛśī matiḥ | na gaṃgāsadṛśī muktirgaṃgā sarvādhikā yataḥ
There is no attainment like the Ganges, no wisdom like the Ganges, no liberation like the Ganges, since the Ganges surpasses all.
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PdP 6 129.246
तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन महाभक्त्या च धार्मिक । करस्थं तस्य कैवल्यं योगं गां सेवते सदा
tasmātsarvaprayatnena mahābhaktyā ca dhārmika | karasthaṃ tasya kaivalyaṃ yogaṃ gāṃ sevate sadā
Therefore, O righteous one, with every effort and with great devotion — for him who always attends upon the Ganges, final release stands in his hand.
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PdP 6 129.247
आयुष्मान्भव पांथत्वं मा धर्मविरतो भव । त्वयाऽहं तारितः सद्यो गंगांबुकणदानतः
āyuṣmānbhava pāṃthatvaṃ mā dharmavirato bhava | tvayā'haṃ tāritaḥ sadyo gaṃgāṃbukaṇadānataḥ
Be long-lived, O traveller; do not become averse to dharma. By you I have been carried across at once, by the gift of a drop of Ganges water.
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PdP 6 129.248
इत्युक्त्वा प्रस्थितो नाकं पिशाचस्तु स केरलः । आशीर्भिरभिनंद्याथ पांथं बंधुवरं नरम्
ityuktvā prasthito nākaṃ piśācastu sa keralaḥ | āśīrbhirabhinaṃdyātha pāṃthaṃ baṃdhuvaraṃ naram
Having spoken thus, that Kerala ghoul set out for heaven, after greeting with blessings the traveller, that best of kinsmen among men.
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PdP 6 129.249
प्रेतं विमोक्ष्य पांथोऽपि पुनरादाय तज्जलम् । गतस्तेनैव मार्गेण स्मरंस्तीर्थोदकौतुकम्
pretaṃ vimokṣya pāṃtho'pi punarādāya tajjalam | gatastenaiva mārgeṇa smaraṃstīrthodakautukam
And the traveller too, having freed the departed spirit, took up that water again and went by that same road, recalling the marvel of the tīrtha's water.
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PdP 6 129.250
वसिष्ठ उवाच। इत्थं प्रयागमाहात्म्यं श्रुत्वा नत्वा च तं मुनिम् । प्रयागं सहसा माघे पिशाचः सत्वरं गतः 6.129.
vasiṣṭha uvāca| itthaṃ prayāgamāhātmyaṃ śrutvā natvā ca taṃ munim | prayāgaṃ sahasā māghe piśācaḥ satvaraṃ gataḥ 6.129.
Vasiṣṭha said: Having thus heard the greatness of Prayāga and having bowed to that sage, the ghoul went at once, swiftly, to Prayāga in (the month of) Māgha.
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PdP 6 129.251
स्नात्वा सितासिते सोऽपि माघमासे द्विजोत्तम । पिशाचः क्षीणपापस्तु पैशाचीं विजहौ तनुम्
snātvā sitāsite so'pi māghamāse dvijottama | piśācaḥ kṣīṇapāpastu paiśācīṃ vijahau tanum
And he too, O best of the twice-born, having bathed at Sitāsita in the month of Māgha — the ghoul, his sin worn away, left off his ghoulish body.
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PdP 6 129.252
दिव्यदेहस्ततो भूत्वा द्राविडो भूपतिस्तदा । स्तुवन्नारायणं देवं भक्त्या दोषविवर्जितः
divyadehastato bhūtvā drāviḍo bhūpatistadā | stuvannārāyaṇaṃ devaṃ bhaktyā doṣavivarjitaḥ
Then, having become one with a divine body, the Drāviḍa king, freed of fault, praising with devotion the god Nārāyaṇa,
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PdP 6 129.253
गंधर्वैः स्तूयमानस्तु नाकनारीसुपूजितः । उत्तमेन विमानेन पुरंदरपुरं ययौ
gaṃdharvaiḥ stūyamānastu nākanārīsupūjitaḥ | uttamena vimānena puraṃdarapuraṃ yayau
praised by gandharvas and well honoured by the women of heaven, went in an excellent aerial car to the city of Purandara.
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PdP 6 129.254
इति ते कथितं विप्र पूर्ववृत्तं सकौतुकम् । इतिहासं द्विजश्रेष्ठ सद्यः पातकनाशनम्
iti te kathitaṃ vipra pūrvavṛttaṃ sakautukam | itihāsaṃ dvijaśreṣṭha sadyaḥ pātakanāśanam
Thus, O brahmin, this marvellous former happening has been told to you — a tale, O best of the twice-born, that destroys sin at once,
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PdP 6 129.255
ज्ञानदं मोक्षदं विप्र श्रुतं दुर्गतिनाशनम् । इति ते कथितं सर्वं पुरावृत्तं सकौतुकम्
jñānadaṃ mokṣadaṃ vipra śrutaṃ durgatināśanam | iti te kathitaṃ sarvaṃ purāvṛttaṃ sakautukam
giving knowledge, giving liberation, O brahmin, which when heard destroys evil destiny. Thus the whole marvellous ancient happening has been told to you.
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PdP 6 129.256
इतिहासं द्विजश्रेष्ठ श्रुतं दुर्गतिनाशनम् । अधुना तु मया सार्धमिमाः कन्याः सुतश्च ते
itihāsaṃ dvijaśreṣṭha śrutaṃ durgatināśanam | adhunā tu mayā sārdhamimāḥ kanyāḥ sutaśca te
(This) tale, O best of the twice-born, when heard destroys evil destiny. But now, together with me, these your daughters and your son —
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PdP 6 129.257
त्वं चायातु प्रयागं वै सर्वे सद्गतिमीप्सवः । माघस्नानं प्रकुर्मोऽत्र देवानामपि दुर्लभम्
tvaṃ cāyātu prayāgaṃ vai sarve sadgatimīpsavaḥ | māghasnānaṃ prakurmo'tra devānāmapi durlabham
and you too — let (us) come to Prayāga, all desiring a good destiny; let us perform here the Māgha bath, hard to obtain even for the gods.
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PdP 6 129.258
तत्र मोक्ष्यंति पैशाच्यं सद्यः पापसमुद्भवम्
tatra mokṣyaṃti paiśācyaṃ sadyaḥ pāpasamudbhavam
There they will at once be released from the ghoulhood that arose from sin.
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PdP 6 129.259
महेश उवाच। एवं वसिष्ठवक्त्राब्जकथामधुरसंमुदा । पीत्वा प्रमुदिताः सर्वे निस्तीर्णा नरकार्णवात्
maheśa uvāca| evaṃ vasiṣṭhavaktrābjakathāmadhurasaṃmudā | pītvā pramuditāḥ sarve nistīrṇā narakārṇavāt
Maheśa said: Thus, having drunk with joy the sweet nectar of the tale from the lotus of Vasiṣṭha's mouth, they were all gladdened and were carried across the ocean of hell.
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PdP 6 129.260
प्रस्थितास्तेन सार्धं ते सत्वरं व्योम्नि हर्षिताः । दिलीप शृणु तत्सर्वं तत्तीर्थं तु सितासितम्
prasthitāstena sārdhaṃ te satvaraṃ vyomni harṣitāḥ | dilīpa śṛṇu tatsarvaṃ tattīrthaṃ tu sitāsitam
They set out with him swiftly through the sky, rejoicing. Dilīpa, hear all that; and that tīrtha is Sitāsita.
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PdP 6 129.261
सत्वरं व्योममार्गेण काममासाद्य दुःसहाः । समागम्य तदा तत्र संहृष्टहृदयाश्च ते
satvaraṃ vyomamārgeṇa kāmamāsādya duḥsahāḥ | samāgamya tadā tatra saṃhṛṣṭahṛdayāśca te
Swiftly, by the path of the sky, having reached at will (that place), those hard-to-endure ones, coming together there then with gladdened hearts,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 129.262
अथोचे लोमशस्तत्र सदयं गगनांगणे । पश्यंतु श्रद्धया सर्वे तीर्थराजमिमं भुवि
athoce lomaśastatra sadayaṃ gaganāṃgaṇe | paśyaṃtu śraddhayā sarve tīrtharājamimaṃ bhuvi
then Lomaśa, compassionate, spoke there in the courtyard of the sky: Let all behold with faith this king of tīrthas on the earth.
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PdP 6 129.263
विना ज्ञानं प्रयागेऽस्मिन्मुच्यंते सर्वजंतवः । इष्ट्वात्रैव महायज्ञं स्रष्टुकामः प्रजापतिः
vinā jñānaṃ prayāge'sminmucyaṃte sarvajaṃtavaḥ | iṣṭvātraiva mahāyajñaṃ sraṣṭukāmaḥ prajāpatiḥ
At this Prayāga all creatures are released even without knowledge. Having sacrificed a great sacrifice right here, Prajāpati, desiring to create,
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PdP 6 129.264
अवाप सृष्टिसामर्थ्यं ततः सृष्टिं चकार सः । अत्र नारायणः सस्नौ पत्नीकामः सितासिते
avāpa sṛṣṭisāmarthyaṃ tataḥ sṛṣṭiṃ cakāra saḥ | atra nārāyaṇaḥ sasnau patnīkāmaḥ sitāsite
(He) obtained the power to create, and thereupon he carried out creation. Here Nārāyaṇa bathed at (the confluence of) the white and the dark, desiring a wife.
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PdP 6 129.265
अतः स लब्धवान्लक्ष्मीं भार्याममृतमंथने । उषित्वा चात्र षण्मासं स्नात्वा वेण्यां यथेच्छया
ataḥ sa labdhavānlakṣmīṃ bhāryāmamṛtamaṃthane | uṣitvā cātra ṣaṇmāsaṃ snātvā veṇyāṃ yathecchayā
Hence he obtained Lakṣmī as wife at the churning of the nectar. And having dwelt here six months and bathed at the Veṇī as he wished,
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PdP 6 129.266
त्रिपुरं घातयामास त्रिबाणेन त्रिशूलभृत् । इमानि त्रीणि कुंडानि दीप्तान्यजस्रवह्निभिः
tripuraṃ ghātayāmāsa tribāṇena triśūlabhṛt | imāni trīṇi kuṃḍāni dīptānyajasravahnibhiḥ
the bearer of the trident had Tripura destroyed with a triple arrow. These three fire-pits are ablaze with unceasing fires.
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PdP 6 129.267
एष तृप्तिं गतो वह्निर्यः केनापि च पुष्यति । अत्र देवास्त्रयस्त्रिंशत्तृप्ता मुमुदिरे भृशम्
eṣa tṛptiṃ gato vahniryaḥ kenāpi ca puṣyati | atra devāstrayastriṃśattṛptā mumudire bhṛśam
This fire has come to satisfaction, which grows even by anything (offered). Here the thirty-three gods, satisfied, rejoiced greatly.
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PdP 6 129.268
आविर्भूतो महेशोऽत्र नीलकंठः कपालभृत् । अनिशंस सुरैः सेव्य आयातोंजलये बटुः
āvirbhūto maheśo'tra nīlakaṃṭhaḥ kapālabhṛt | aniśaṃsa suraiḥ sevya āyātoṃjalaye baṭuḥ
Here Maheśa became manifest, the blue-throated one, bearer of the skull, ever to be served by the gods; (and) the young brahmin boy came to Aṃjali(?).
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PdP 6 129.269
मृकंडसूनुना कल्पे प्रविश्य यन्मुखे स्थितम् । लोके ज्वालाकुले सोऽयं योगरूपी जनार्दनः
mṛkaṃḍasūnunā kalpe praviśya yanmukhe sthitam | loke jvālākule so'yaṃ yogarūpī janārdanaḥ
That in whose mouth the son of Mṛkaṇḍa entered and abode at the (end of the) kalpa, when the world was engulfed in flames — that is this Janārdana in the form of yoga.
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PdP 6 129.270
सेयं भागीरथी शंभोः सर्वदुःखापहारिणी । सिद्ध्यर्थं सेव्यते सिद्धैर्भुक्तिमुक्तिफलप्रदा
seyaṃ bhāgīrathī śaṃbhoḥ sarvaduḥkhāpahāriṇī | siddhyarthaṃ sevyate siddhairbhuktimuktiphalapradā
This here is the Bhāgīrathī of Śambhu, remover of all suffering; it is resorted to by the siddhas for the sake of attainment, bestowing as fruit both enjoyment and release.
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PdP 6 129.271
अनिशं भूतिदा या च स्वर्गमार्गे ह्यनुत्तमा । स्वर्गहेतुश्च या देवी सेयं भागीरथी नदी
aniśaṃ bhūtidā yā ca svargamārge hyanuttamā | svargahetuśca yā devī seyaṃ bhāgīrathī nadī
She who unceasingly gives prosperity, and who is unsurpassed on the road to heaven, and the goddess who is the cause of heaven — that is this river Bhāgīrathī.
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PdP 6 129.272
यदंभः स्नानमात्रेण विकर्तन सलोकताम् । लभंते प्राणिनः सर्वे नदी सा यमुना स्वयम्
yadaṃbhaḥ snānamātreṇa vikartana salokatām | labhaṃte prāṇinaḥ sarve nadī sā yamunā svayam
She by whose water, merely by bathing, all living beings attain, O Vikartana (Sun), to dwelling in the same world (as the gods) — that river is the Yamunā herself.
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PdP 6 129.273
अनयोः पुण्यनद्योश्च संगमः सुखदो मुने । अत्र स्नाता न पच्यंते नरके ज्ञानभाविताः
anayoḥ puṇyanadyośca saṃgamaḥ sukhado mune | atra snātā na pacyaṃte narake jñānabhāvitāḥ
And the confluence of these two holy rivers is the giver of happiness, O sage; those who have bathed here, imbued with knowledge, are not cooked in hell.
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PdP 6 129.274
विना ज्ञानं प्रयागेऽस्मिन्मुच्यंते सर्वजंतवः । अन्यच्च श्रूयतां विप्र इतिहासं पुरातनम्
vinā jñānaṃ prayāge'sminmucyaṃte sarvajaṃtavaḥ | anyacca śrūyatāṃ vipra itihāsaṃ purātanam
Even without knowledge, at this Prayāga all creatures are released. And hear something else, O brahmin, an ancient tale,
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PdP 6 129.275
शृण्वतां सर्वपापघ्नं सर्वरोगविनाशनम् । ऋचीकेन पुरा शप्तो गंधर्वो वायसोऽभवत्
śṛṇvatāṃ sarvapāpaghnaṃ sarvarogavināśanam | ṛcīkena purā śapto gaṃdharvo vāyaso'bhavat
destroying all sins of those who listen, annihilating all diseases. Formerly a gandharva, cursed by Ṛcīka, became a crow;
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PdP 6 129.276
शापं मुमोच सोऽत्रैव स्नातः सद्यः सितासिते । वासवस्य तु शापेन स्वर्गाद्भ्रष्टाप्सरोर्वशी
śāpaṃ mumoca so'traiva snātaḥ sadyaḥ sitāsite | vāsavasya tu śāpena svargādbhraṣṭāpsarorvaśī
he cast off the curse right here, at once, by bathing at (the confluence of) the white and the dark. And by Vāsava's curse the apsaras Urvaśī fell from heaven;
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PdP 6 129.277
स्वर्गकामा च सा सस्नौ लेभे स्वर्गं ततोचिरात् । पुत्रं च शंकरं लेभे ययातिर्नाहुषो मुने
svargakāmā ca sā sasnau lebhe svargaṃ tatocirāt | putraṃ ca śaṃkaraṃ lebhe yayātirnāhuṣo mune
and she, desiring heaven, bathed (here) and gained heaven before long. And Yayāti, son of Nahuṣa, obtained a beneficent son, O sage,
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PdP 6 129.278
पुत्रकामः प्रयागे हि स्नात्वा पुण्ये सितासिते । धनकामः पुरा शक्रः सुस्नातोऽत्र द्विजोत्तम
putrakāmaḥ prayāge hi snātvā puṇye sitāsite | dhanakāmaḥ purā śakraḥ susnāto'tra dvijottama
desiring a son, by bathing at Prayāga, at the holy (confluence of the) white and the dark. Formerly Śakra, desiring wealth, bathed well here, O best of the twice-born,
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PdP 6 129.279
धनदस्य निधीन्सर्वाञ्जहार स च मायया । कश्यपोऽत्र तपस्तेपे शिवाराधनतत्परः
dhanadasya nidhīnsarvāñjahāra sa ca māyayā | kaśyapo'tra tapastepe śivārādhanatatparaḥ
and by his magic he carried off all the treasures of the giver of wealth (Kubera). Here Kaśyapa performed austerity, intent on the worship of Śiva.
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PdP 6 129.280
अस्मिंस्तीर्थे भरद्वाजो योगसिद्धिमवाप्तवान् । अस्मिंस्तीर्थे पुरा विप्र योगेशाः शांतमानसाः
asmiṃstīrthe bharadvājo yogasiddhimavāptavān | asmiṃstīrthe purā vipra yogeśāḥ śāṃtamānasāḥ
At this holy ford Bharadvāja attained the perfection of yoga. At this ford, formerly, O brahmin, the lords of yoga with tranquil minds —
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PdP 6 129.281
योगस्य फलभूमिं तु लेभिरे सनकादयः । अस्मिन्माघे तु ये स्नाता गंगायामुनसंगमे
yogasya phalabhūmiṃ tu lebhire sanakādayaḥ | asminmāghe tu ye snātā gaṃgāyāmunasaṃgame
Sanaka and the rest — obtained the very ground of yoga's fruit. And those who have bathed here in (the month of) Māgha at the confluence of Gaṅgā and Yamunā,
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PdP 6 129.282
तारारूपाश्च ते सर्वे तैर्व्याप्तं सकलं जगत् । विंदंति कामिनः कामान्मुक्तिं यांति मुमुक्षवः
tārārūpāśca te sarve tairvyāptaṃ sakalaṃ jagat | viṃdaṃti kāminaḥ kāmānmuktiṃ yāṃti mumukṣavaḥ
they all take the form of stars; by them the whole universe is filled. Those with desires obtain their desires, those seeking release go to release,
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PdP 6 129.283
विंदंति साधकाः सिद्धिं प्रयागे हि द्विजोत्तम । सांप्रतं मुक्तिकामास्तु कन्याश्चापि सुतश्च ते
viṃdaṃti sādhakāḥ siddhiṃ prayāge hi dvijottama | sāṃprataṃ muktikāmāstu kanyāścāpi sutaśca te
and practitioners obtain attainment — at Prayāga indeed, O best of the twice-born. Now, then, those daughters of yours and that son, who desire release,
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PdP 6 129.284
मद्वाक्यादत्र मज्जंतु सर्वे त्वं च सितासिते । प्राक्कालीनाघविध्वंसि वेणीजलबलेन तु
madvākyādatra majjaṃtu sarve tvaṃ ca sitāsite | prākkālīnāghavidhvaṃsi veṇījalabalena tu
"At my word let all of them bathe here, and you too, at the white and the dark (confluence of Gaṅgā and Yamunā); by the power of the Veṇī waters, which destroys the sin of former times,
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PdP 6 129.285
लभंतामखिलं लक्ष्मीं प्राप्तशापमहाफलाम् । एवमार्षवचः सत्यमतींद्रियमलंघनम्
labhaṃtāmakhilaṃ lakṣmīṃ prāptaśāpamahāphalām | evamārṣavacaḥ satyamatīṃdriyamalaṃghanam
let them obtain wealth entire, (and) the great fruit of the curse they received." Thus the sage's word is true, beyond the senses, not to be transgressed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 129.286
श्रुत्वा चोत्कंठचित्तास्तेसर्वे स्नानाय चोद्यताः । प्रयागं प्राप्य दुष्प्राप्यं पैशाच्यं विजहुः क्षणात्
śrutvā cotkaṃṭhacittāstesarve snānāya codyatāḥ | prayāgaṃ prāpya duṣprāpyaṃ paiśācyaṃ vijahuḥ kṣaṇāt
And having heard (this), all of them, their minds eager, set out to bathe; on reaching Prayāga, hard to reach, they at once left off their goblin nature.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.287
विमुक्ताः शापदुःखेन तनुं स्वां स्वां च लेभिरे । दृष्ट्वा वेदनिधिः पुत्रं ताः कन्या दिव्यरूपिणीः
vimuktāḥ śāpaduḥkhena tanuṃ svāṃ svāṃ ca lebhire | dṛṣṭvā vedanidhiḥ putraṃ tāḥ kanyā divyarūpiṇīḥ
Freed from the pain of the curse, they each obtained their own body. Seeing his son and those maidens of divine form, Vedanidhi
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PdP 6 129.288
तुष्टाव लोमशं प्रीत्या प्रसन्नेनांतरात्मना । त्वदनुग्रहमात्रेणोत्तीर्णः पापमहार्णवः
tuṣṭāva lomaśaṃ prītyā prasannenāṃtarātmanā | tvadanugrahamātreṇottīrṇaḥ pāpamahārṇavaḥ
praised Lomaśa with affection, with a gladdened inner self: "By your favour alone the great ocean of sin has been crossed.
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PdP 6 129.289
इदानीमुचितं ब्रूहि बालानामृषिसत्तम । लोमश उवाच।
idānīmucitaṃ brūhi bālānāmṛṣisattama | lomaśa uvāca|
Now tell (me) what is fitting for these young ones, O best of sages." Lomaśa said:
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PdP 6 129.290
आसां तु सानुरागाणां गृह्णातु करपंकजम् । ततो लोमशवाक्येन स्वपितुर्वचनात्तदा
āsāṃ tu sānurāgāṇāṃ gṛhṇātu karapaṃkajam | tato lomaśavākyena svapiturvacanāttadā
"Let him take the lotus-hand of these (girls), who are in love (with him)." Then, by Lomaśa's word and by his own father's word,
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PdP 6 129.291
विवाहविधिना चाशु ब्रह्मचारी स धार्मिकः । शुभद्रव्यैश्च मंत्रैश्च ऋषिभिः कृतमंगलः
vivāhavidhinā cāśu brahmacārī sa dhārmikaḥ | śubhadravyaiśca maṃtraiśca ṛṣibhiḥ kṛtamaṃgalaḥ
that righteous celibate student, quickly, by the marriage rite — with auspicious substances and with mantras the benediction being performed by the sages —
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PdP 6 129.292
पंचानामपि कन्यानां पाणिं जग्राह धर्मतः । आनंदिन्यस्तदा सर्वाः कन्याः पूर्णमनोरथाः
paṃcānāmapi kanyānāṃ pāṇiṃ jagrāha dharmataḥ | ānaṃdinyastadā sarvāḥ kanyāḥ pūrṇamanorathāḥ
took the hand of all five maidens according to dharma. Then all the maidens were joyful, their wishes fulfilled,
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PdP 6 129.293
बभूवुः स कुमारश्च संतुष्टश्च बभूव ह । दत्त्वानुज्ञां मुनिः सोऽथ लोमशस्तैर्नमस्कृतः
babhūvuḥ sa kumāraśca saṃtuṣṭaśca babhūva ha | dattvānujñāṃ muniḥ so'tha lomaśastairnamaskṛtaḥ
and that youth too became content. Then the sage Lomaśa, having given (them) leave and being saluted by them,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.294
जगाम स्वाश्रमं मेरुं पर्वतं सुरसेवितम् । ततो वेदनिधी राजन्स्नुषाः पंचसुतं तथा । पुरस्कृत्य मुदायुक्तो धनदस्य पुरं ययौ
jagāma svāśramaṃ meruṃ parvataṃ surasevitam | tato vedanidhī rājansnuṣāḥ paṃcasutaṃ tathā | puraskṛtya mudāyukto dhanadasya puraṃ yayau
went to his own hermitage, Mount Meru, frequented by the gods. Then, O king, Vedanidhi, placing in front the five daughters-in-law and his son, filled with joy, went to the city of Dhanada (Kubera).
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PdP 6 129.295
इति नृपवरमाघे स्नानसंजातपुण्यान्मुनिवरवचसा द्राक्तीर्थराजप्रयागे । सकलकलुषमुक्ताः पंच गंधर्वकन्या अलमभिगतलाभात्प्राप्य तर्षं च जग्मुः
iti nṛpavaramāghe snānasaṃjātapuṇyānmunivaravacasā drāktīrtharājaprayāge | sakalakaluṣamuktāḥ paṃca gaṃdharvakanyā alamabhigatalābhātprāpya tarṣaṃ ca jagmuḥ
Thus, O best of kings, from the merit arisen from bathing in Māgha, by the word of the best of sages, straightway at Prayāga the king of holy places, the five Gandharva maidens, freed from all impurity, having fully attained the gain that came to them and (fulfilled) their desire, departed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 129.296
परमिममितिहासं पावनं तीर्थभूतं वृजिनविलयहेतुं यः शृणोतीह नित्यम् । स भवति खलु पूर्णः सर्वकामैरभीष्टैर्व्रजति च सुरलोके दुर्लभो धर्मयुक्तः
paramimamitihāsaṃ pāvanaṃ tīrthabhūtaṃ vṛjinavilayahetuṃ yaḥ śṛṇotīha nityam | sa bhavati khalu pūrṇaḥ sarvakāmairabhīṣṭairvrajati ca suraloke durlabho dharmayuktaḥ
Whoever here constantly hears this supreme narrative, purifying, being itself a holy place, a cause of the dissolution of sin — he indeed becomes fulfilled with all his desired wishes, and, endowed with dharma, hard to find, he goes to the world of the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 129.297
इतिहासमिमं श्रुत्वा पूजयेद्यस्तु पाठकम् । गोभिर्हिरण्यवस्त्रैश्च ब्रह्मतुल्यो यतो हि सः
itihāsamimaṃ śrutvā pūjayedyastu pāṭhakam | gobhirhiraṇyavastraiśca brahmatulyo yato hi saḥ
And he who, having heard this narrative, honours the reciter with cows, gold and garments — since that (reciter) is equal to Brahmā —
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PdP 6 129.298
वाचके पूजिते यस्माद्विष्णुर्भवति पूजितः । तस्मात्प्रपूजयेन्नित्यं यदीच्छेत्सफलं भवम्
vācake pūjite yasmādviṣṇurbhavati pūjitaḥ | tasmātprapūjayennityaṃ yadīcchetsaphalaṃ bhavam
since, when the reciter is honoured, Viṣṇu becomes honoured, therefore one should constantly honour (him), if one wishes existence to be fruitful.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition