Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 130
PdP 6 130.1
पार्वत्युवाच। श्रुतं कार्तिकमाहात्म्यं माघस्य च मया विभो । अधुना श्रोतुमिच्छामि मुक्तिदं कर्म चोत्तमम्
pārvatyuvāca| śrutaṃ kārtikamāhātmyaṃ māghasya ca mayā vibho | adhunā śrotumicchāmi muktidaṃ karma cottamam
Pārvatī said: I have heard the greatness of Kārttika and of Māgha, O mighty one. Now I wish to hear of the highest rite that grants liberation.
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PdP 6 130.2
श्रेष्ठा भक्तिस्तु का प्रोक्ता वद विश्वेश्वर प्रभो । येन विज्ञानमात्रेण नराः सुखमवाप्नुयुः
śreṣṭhā bhaktistu kā proktā vada viśveśvara prabho | yena vijñānamātreṇa narāḥ sukhamavāpnuyuḥ
And which devotion is declared the best? Tell (me), O lord of the universe, O master, by the mere knowing of which men would attain happiness.
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PdP 6 130.3
महादेव उवाच। तल्लीनचित्तः स पुमान्सा भक्तिः परमा मता । दयाधर्मपरो नित्यं विष्णुधर्मेषु तत्परः
mahādeva uvāca| tallīnacittaḥ sa pumānsā bhaktiḥ paramā matā | dayādharmaparo nityaṃ viṣṇudharmeṣu tatparaḥ
Mahādeva said: That man whose mind is absorbed in him — that is held to be the supreme devotion: one always intent on compassion and dharma, devoted to the observances of Viṣṇu,
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PdP 6 130.4
फलमूलजलाहारी शंखचक्रप्रधारकः । त्रिकालं पूजयेद्विष्णुं सा भक्तिः सात्विकी मता
phalamūlajalāhārī śaṃkhacakrapradhārakaḥ | trikālaṃ pūjayedviṣṇuṃ sā bhaktiḥ sātvikī matā
eating fruits, roots and water, wearing the marks of conch and discus, who would worship Viṣṇu at the three times (of day) — that devotion is held to be sāttvika.
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PdP 6 130.5
उत्तमा सात्विकी प्रोक्ता राजसी चैव मध्यमा । कनिष्ठा तामसी चैव त्रिविधा भक्तिरुच्यते
uttamā sātvikī proktā rājasī caiva madhyamā | kaniṣṭhā tāmasī caiva trividhā bhaktirucyate
The sāttvika is called the highest, the rājasa the middling, and the tāmasa the lowest: devotion is said to be of three kinds.
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PdP 6 130.6
श्रीधरे तु प्रकर्त्तव्या मुक्तिकामफलेप्सुभिः । अहंकारेण रूपेण दंभमात्सर्यमायया
śrīdhare tu prakarttavyā muktikāmaphalepsubhiḥ | ahaṃkāreṇa rūpeṇa daṃbhamātsaryamāyayā
But (devotion) is to be performed toward Śrīdhara by those who desire liberation and by those who long for the fruits of their wishes. With egotism, for show, with hypocrisy, envy and deceit—
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PdP 6 130.7
ये कुर्वंति जना भक्तिं तामसी सा उदाहृता । परस्योत्सादनार्थं वा दंभमुद्दिश्यवाऽथवा
ye kurvaṃti janā bhaktiṃ tāmasī sā udāhṛtā | parasyotsādanārthaṃ vā daṃbhamuddiśyavā'thavā
—those people who perform devotion (thus), that (devotion) is declared to be of darkness (tāmasī). Or (devotion done) for the purpose of destroying another, or aiming at ostentation,
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PdP 6 130.8
या भक्तिः क्रियते देवे तामसी सा प्रकीर्तिता । विषयान्प्रतिसंधाय यश ऐश्वर्यमेव वा
yā bhaktiḥ kriyate deve tāmasī sā prakīrtitā | viṣayānpratisaṃdhāya yaśa aiśvaryameva vā
whatever devotion is done toward the god (in that way) is proclaimed to be of darkness. Or, having in view sense-objects, fame, or lordship itself—
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PdP 6 130.9
अर्चादावर्चयेद्यो मां पृथग्भावः स राजसः । कर्मक्षयार्थे कर्त्तव्या ब्राह्मणैर्ज्ञानतत्परैः
arcādāvarcayedyo māṃ pṛthagbhāvaḥ sa rājasaḥ | karmakṣayārthe karttavyā brāhmaṇairjñānatatparaiḥ
whoever worships me in an image and the like (with such motives), that separative attitude is of passion (rājasa). (Devotion) is to be performed for the destruction of (accumulated) karma by brāhmaṇas intent on knowledge.
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PdP 6 130.10
विष्णौ ह्यात्मार्पणीं बुद्धिं सा भक्तिः सात्विकी मता । अतो वै सर्वथा देवि संसेव्यः सर्वदा हरिः
viṣṇau hyātmārpaṇīṃ buddhiṃ sā bhaktiḥ sātvikī matā | ato vai sarvathā devi saṃsevyaḥ sarvadā hariḥ
The disposition of surrendering oneself to Viṣṇu—that devotion is held to be of goodness (sātvikī). Therefore indeed, O goddess, Hari is to be served always and in every way.
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PdP 6 130.11
तामसेन तु भावेन तामसत्वं हि लभ्यते । राजसो राजसेनैव सात्विकेन तु सात्विकः
tāmasena tu bhāvena tāmasatvaṃ hi labhyate | rājaso rājasenaiva sātvikena tu sātvikaḥ
By a disposition of darkness the state of darkness is attained; one of passion (attains it) by the passionate alone, but by the sattvic (disposition) one becomes sattvic.
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PdP 6 130.12
वेदाध्यायरतः श्रीमान्रागद्वेषविवर्जितः । शंखचक्रधरो विप्रः सर्वदा शुचिरुच्यते
vedādhyāyarataḥ śrīmānrāgadveṣavivarjitaḥ | śaṃkhacakradharo vipraḥ sarvadā śucirucyate
A brāhmaṇa devoted to the study of the Veda, prosperous, free from attraction and aversion, bearing the conch and discus (marks), is said to be always pure.
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PdP 6 130.13
कर्मकांडे प्रवृत्तो यः सर्वदा विष्णुनिंदकः । निंदकस्तज्जनानां च महाचंडाल उच्यते
karmakāṃḍe pravṛtto yaḥ sarvadā viṣṇuniṃdakaḥ | niṃdakastajjanānāṃ ca mahācaṃḍāla ucyate
He who is engaged in the ritual section (of the Veda) and always a reviler of Viṣṇu, and a reviler of His people, is called a great Caṇḍāla.
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PdP 6 130.14
वेदाध्यायरता नित्यं नित्यं वै यज्ञयाजकाः । अग्निहोत्ररता नित्यं विष्णुधर्मपराङ्मुखाः । निंदंति विष्णुधर्मांश्च वेदबाह्याः सुरेश्वरि
vedādhyāyaratā nityaṃ nityaṃ vai yajñayājakāḥ | agnihotraratā nityaṃ viṣṇudharmaparāṅmukhāḥ | niṃdaṃti viṣṇudharmāṃśca vedabāhyāḥ sureśvari
(Those who are) constantly devoted to Vedic study, constantly performers of sacrifices, constantly given to the agnihotra, (yet) averse to the dharma of Viṣṇu, and who revile the observances of Viṣṇu—they are outside the Veda, O mistress of the gods.
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PdP 6 130.15
कुर्वंति शांतिं विबुधाः प्रहृष्टाः क्षेमं प्रकुर्वंति पितामहाद्याः । स्वस्ति प्रयच्छंति मुनींद्रमुख्या गोविंदभक्तिं वहतां नराणाम्
kurvaṃti śāṃtiṃ vibudhāḥ prahṛṣṭāḥ kṣemaṃ prakurvaṃti pitāmahādyāḥ | svasti prayacchaṃti munīṃdramukhyā goviṃdabhaktiṃ vahatāṃ narāṇām
The gods, delighted, perform the rite of appeasement; the Grandfather (Brahmā) and the rest bring about welfare; the foremost of the chief sages bestow blessing—upon those men who bear devotion to Govinda.
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PdP 6 130.16
शुभा ग्रहा भूतपिशाचयुक्ता ब्रह्मादयो देवगणाः प्रसन्नाः । लक्ष्मी स्थिरा तिष्ठति मंदिरे च गोविंदभक्तिं वहतां नराणाम्
śubhā grahā bhūtapiśācayuktā brahmādayo devagaṇāḥ prasannāḥ | lakṣmī sthirā tiṣṭhati maṃdire ca goviṃdabhaktiṃ vahatāṃ narāṇām
The planets are auspicious, together with the spirits and goblins; the hosts of gods beginning with Brahmā are gracious; and Lakṣmī stands firm in the house—of those men who bear devotion to Govinda.
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PdP 6 130.17
गंगा गया नैमिषपुष्कराणि काशी प्रयागं कुरुजांगलानि । तिष्ठंति देहे कृतभक्तिपूर्वं गोविंदभक्तिं वहतां नराणाम्
gaṃgā gayā naimiṣapuṣkarāṇi kāśī prayāgaṃ kurujāṃgalāni | tiṣṭhaṃti dehe kṛtabhaktipūrvaṃ goviṃdabhaktiṃ vahatāṃ narāṇām
Gaṅgā, Gayā, Naimiṣa and Puṣkara, Kāśī, Prayāga and the Kuru-jāṅgala lands abide in the body, devotion having first been performed—of those men who bear devotion to Govinda.
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PdP 6 130.18
एवमाराधयेद्विद्वान्भगवंतं श्रिया सह । कृतकृत्यो भवेन्नित्यं स विप्रो नात्र संशयः
evamārādhayedvidvānbhagavaṃtaṃ śriyā saha | kṛtakṛtyo bhavennityaṃ sa vipro nātra saṃśayaḥ
Thus should the learned man worship the Lord together with Śrī; that brāhmaṇa becomes ever one who has accomplished what is to be done—there is no doubt here.
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PdP 6 130.19
क्षत्रियो वाथ वैश्यो वा शूद्रो वासुरसत्तमे । भक्तिं कुर्वन्विशेषेण मुक्तिं याति स वै नरः
kṣatriyo vātha vaiśyo vā śūdro vāsurasattame | bhaktiṃ kurvanviśeṣeṇa muktiṃ yāti sa vai naraḥ
Whether a kṣatriya, or a vaiśya, or a śūdra, O best of the asuras' (line)—practising devotion in particular, that man indeed goes to liberation.
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PdP 6 130.130
भक्तिमहिमावर्णनंनाम त्रिंशाधिकशततमोऽध्यायः
bhaktimahimāvarṇanaṃnāma triṃśādhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ
The one hundred and thirtieth chapter, called "The Description of the Greatness of Devotion."
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