Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 175

PdP 6 175.1

पार्वत्युवाच। भगवन्सर्वतत्वज्ञ श्रीविष्णोस्त्वत्प्रसादतः। श्रुता नानाविधा धर्मा लोकनिस्तारहेतवः

pārvatyuvāca| bhagavansarvatatvajña śrīviṣṇostvatprasādataḥ| śrutā nānāvidhā dharmā lokanistārahetavaḥ

Pārvatī said: O Lord, knower of all truths, by your grace and Śrī Viṣṇu's I have heard the manifold duties that are the means of deliverance for the world.

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PdP 6 175.2

अधुना श्रोतुमिच्छमि गीतामाहात्म्यमप्यहम्। श्रुतेन येन देवेश हरौ भक्तिर्विवर्द्धते। तद्वदस्वाधुना देव यद्यहं तव वल्लभा

adhunā śrotumicchami gītāmāhātmyamapyaham| śrutena yena deveśa harau bhaktirvivarddhate| tadvadasvādhunā deva yadyahaṃ tava vallabhā

Now I too wish to hear the greatness of the Gītā, by hearing which, O lord of gods, devotion to Hari increases. Tell that now, O god, if I am dear to you.

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PdP 6 175.3

ईश्वर उवाच। अतसीपुष्पसंकाशं खगेंद्रासनमच्युतम्। शयानं शेषशय्यायां महाविष्णुमुपास्महे

īśvara uvāca| atasīpuṣpasaṃkāśaṃ khageṃdrāsanamacyutam| śayānaṃ śeṣaśayyāyāṃ mahāviṣṇumupāsmahe

Īśvara said: We worship the great Viṣṇu, resembling the flax flower, the imperishable one, whose seat is the king of birds, who lies on the couch of Śeṣa.

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PdP 6 175.4

कदाचिदासने रम्ये सुखासीनं मुरद्विषम्। आनंदयित्री लोकानां लक्ष्मीः पप्रच्छ सादरात्

kadācidāsane ramye sukhāsīnaṃ muradviṣam| ānaṃdayitrī lokānāṃ lakṣmīḥ papraccha sādarāt

Once, when the enemy of Mura was comfortably seated on a lovely seat, Lakṣmī, the gladdener of the worlds, respectfully asked (him):

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PdP 6 175.5

श्रीरुवाच। शयालुरसि दुग्धाब्धौ भगवन्केन हेतुना। उदासीन इवैश्वर्यं जगंति स्थापयन्निव

śrīruvāca| śayālurasi dugdhābdhau bhagavankena hetunā| udāsīna ivaiśvaryaṃ jagaṃti sthāpayanniva

Śrī said: For what reason, O Lord, are you given to sleeping in the ocean of milk, as if indifferent to sovereignty, as if (merely) upholding the worlds?

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PdP 6 175.6

ईश्वर उवाच। इति देव्या वचः श्रुत्वा मुरभिज्ज्ञानगर्वितम्। उवाच श्लक्ष्णया वाचा विस्मयस्मेरलोचनः

īśvara uvāca| iti devyā vacaḥ śrutvā murabhijjñānagarvitam| uvāca ślakṣṇayā vācā vismayasmeralocanaḥ

Īśvara said: Having heard this speech of the goddess, proud of its knowledge, the slayer of Mura spoke with smooth words, his eyes smiling with wonder:

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PdP 6 175.7

श्रीभगवानुवाच। नाहं सुमुखि निद्रालुर्निजं माहेश्वरं वपुः। दृशा तत्वानुवर्त्तिन्या पश्याम्यंतर्निमग्नया

śrībhagavānuvāca| nāhaṃ sumukhi nidrālurnijaṃ māheśvaraṃ vapuḥ| dṛśā tatvānuvarttinyā paśyāmyaṃtarnimagnayā

The Blessed Lord said: O fair-faced one, I am not given to sleep; with a vision that follows the truth and is sunk within, I behold my own great sovereign form.

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PdP 6 175.8

कुशाग्रया धिया देवि यदंतर्योगिनो हृदि। पश्यंति यच्च वेदानां सारं मीमांसते भृशम्

kuśāgrayā dhiyā devi yadaṃtaryogino hṛdi| paśyaṃti yacca vedānāṃ sāraṃ mīmāṃsate bhṛśam

That which, O goddess, yogins see within in the heart with an intellect (sharp) as the tip of a kuśa blade, and which one earnestly investigates as the essence of the Vedas —

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PdP 6 175.9

तदेवमक्षरं ज्योतिरात्मरूपमनामयम्। अखंडानंद संदोह निष्पादि द्वैतवर्जितम्

tadevamakṣaraṃ jyotirātmarūpamanāmayam| akhaṃḍānaṃda saṃdoha niṣpādi dvaitavarjitam

that indeed is the imperishable light, whose form is the Self, free of affliction, producing an undivided mass of bliss, devoid of duality;

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PdP 6 175.10

यदाश्रया जगद्वृत्तिर्यन्मया चानुभूयते। न येन रहितं किंचिज्जगत्तत्वं चराचरम्

yadāśrayā jagadvṛttiryanmayā cānubhūyate| na yena rahitaṃ kiṃcijjagattatvaṃ carācaram

that on which the world's activity rests, and which is experienced by me, and without which there is nothing whatever in the world's substance, moving or unmoving;

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PdP 6 175.11

निर्मथ्य बहुधालोक्य वेदशास्त्रांबुधिं सुधीः। द्वैपायनो यदासाद्य गीताशास्त्रं निसृष्टवान्

nirmathya bahudhālokya vedaśāstrāṃbudhiṃ sudhīḥ| dvaipāyano yadāsādya gītāśāstraṃ nisṛṣṭavān

that which the wise Dvaipāyana, having churned and repeatedly examined the ocean of the Veda and the śāstras, reached and then set forth as the scripture of the Gītā;

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PdP 6 175.12

यदास्थाय महानंदमानंदीकृतमानसः। निद्रालुरिव देवेशि दुग्धाब्धौ प्रतिभामि वै

yadāsthāya mahānaṃdamānaṃdīkṛtamānasaḥ| nidrāluriva deveśi dugdhābdhau pratibhāmi vai

resting on which, my mind made blissful with great bliss, I appear, O mistress of the gods, as if given to sleep in the ocean of milk.

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PdP 6 175.13

इति तस्य मुरारातेर्मितमानंदवद्वचः। सा हर्षोत्फुल्ललोलाक्षी लक्ष्मी श्रुत्वा विसिस्मिरे

iti tasya murārātermitamānaṃdavadvacaḥ| sā harṣotphullalolākṣī lakṣmī śrutvā visismire

Having heard this measured, bliss-like speech of that foe of Mura, she, Lakṣmī, her tremulous eyes wide open with joy, was filled with wonder.

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PdP 6 175.14

श्रीरुवाच। भवानेव हृषीकेश ध्येयोऽसि यमिनां सदा। तस्मात्त्वत्तः परं यत्तच्छ्रोतुं कौतूहलं हि मे

śrīruvāca| bhavāneva hṛṣīkeśa dhyeyo'si yamināṃ sadā| tasmāttvattaḥ paraṃ yattacchrotuṃ kautūhalaṃ hi me

Śrī said: You yourself, O Hṛṣīkeśa, are the one always to be meditated on by ascetics; therefore I have curiosity to hear about that which is higher than you.

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PdP 6 175.15

चराचराणां लोकानां कर्त्ता हर्त्ता स्वयं प्रभुः। यथास्थितस्ततोऽन्यत्वं यदि मां बोधयाच्युत

carācarāṇāṃ lokānāṃ karttā harttā svayaṃ prabhuḥ| yathāsthitastato'nyatvaṃ yadi māṃ bodhayācyuta

You are yourself the lord, the maker and destroyer of the moving and unmoving worlds; if there is something other than that, as it stands, then instruct me, O Acyuta.

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PdP 6 175.16

श्रीभगवानुवाच। मायामयमिदं देवि वपुर्मे न तु तात्विकम्। सृष्टिस्थित्योपसंहारक्रियाजालोपबृंहितम्

śrībhagavānuvāca| māyāmayamidaṃ devi vapurme na tu tātvikam| sṛṣṭisthityopasaṃhārakriyājālopabṛṃhitam

The Blessed Lord said: This body of mine, O goddess, is made of māyā, not of the real; it is swollen out by the net of the activities of creation, maintenance and dissolution.

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PdP 6 175.17

अतोऽन्यदात्मनोरूपं द्वैताद्वैतविवर्जितम्। भावाभावविनिर्मुक्तमाद्यंतरहितं प्रिये

ato'nyadātmanorūpaṃ dvaitādvaitavivarjitam| bhāvābhāvavinirmuktamādyaṃtarahitaṃ priye

Other than this is the Self's own form, free of duality and non-duality, wholly released from being and non-being, without beginning or end, O beloved,

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PdP 6 175.18

शुद्धसंवित्प्रभालाभं परानंदैकसुंदरम्। रूपमैश्वरमात्मैक्यगम्यं गीतासु कीर्तितम्

śuddhasaṃvitprabhālābhaṃ parānaṃdaikasuṃdaram| rūpamaiśvaramātmaikyagamyaṃ gītāsu kīrtitam

whose gain is the radiance of pure consciousness, beautiful with the one supreme bliss — the lordly form, to be reached by unity with the Self, is celebrated in the Gītās.

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PdP 6 175.19

इत्याकर्ण्य वचो देवि देवस्यामिततेजसः। शंकमाना ह वाक्येषु परस्परविरोधिषु

ityākarṇya vaco devi devasyāmitatejasaḥ| śaṃkamānā ha vākyeṣu parasparavirodhiṣu

Having heard, O Devī, this speech of the God of measureless splendour, she was doubtful with regard to the statements that contradicted one another:

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PdP 6 175.20

स्वयं चेत्परमानंदमवाङ्मनसगोचरम्। कथं गीता बोधयति इति मे च्छिंधि संशयम् ईश्वर उवाच। श्रियः श्रुत्वा वचोयुक्तमितिहासपुरःसरम्। आत्मानुगामिनीं दृष्टिं गीतां बोधितवान्प्रभुः

svayaṃ cetparamānaṃdamavāṅmanasagocaram| kathaṃ gītā bodhayati iti me cchiṃdhi saṃśayam īśvara uvāca| śriyaḥ śrutvā vacoyuktamitihāsapuraḥsaram| ātmānugāminīṃ dṛṣṭiṃ gītāṃ bodhitavānprabhuḥ

"And if you yourself are the supreme bliss, not within the range of speech and mind, how then does the Gītā make (it) known? — cut away this doubt of mine." Īśvara said: Having heard Śrī's fitting words, prefaced by the tale, the Lord expounded the Gītā as a vision that follows upon the Self.

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PdP 6 175.21

अहमात्मा परेशानि परापरविभेदतः। द्विधा ततः परः साक्षी निर्गुणो निष्कलः शिवः

ahamātmā pareśāni parāparavibhedataḥ| dvidhā tataḥ paraḥ sākṣī nirguṇo niṣkalaḥ śivaḥ

I am the Self, O Mistress of the supreme; by the division into higher and lower I am twofold. Of these the higher is the witness, without qualities, without parts, Śiva.

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PdP 6 175.22

अपरः पंचवक्त्रोऽहं द्विधा तस्यापि संस्थितिः। शब्दार्थभेदतो वाच्यो यथात्माहं महेश्वरः

aparaḥ paṃcavaktro'haṃ dvidhā tasyāpi saṃsthitiḥ| śabdārthabhedato vācyo yathātmāhaṃ maheśvaraḥ

The lower is I, the five-faced one; of that too the condition is twofold: through the distinction of word and meaning I am to be spoken of as the Self and as Maheśvara.

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PdP 6 175.23

गीतानां वाक्यरूपेण यन्निरुच्छिद्यते दृढः। मदीयपाशबंधोऽयं संसारविषयात्मकः

gītānāṃ vākyarūpeṇa yannirucchidyate dṛḍhaḥ| madīyapāśabaṃdho'yaṃ saṃsāraviṣayātmakaḥ

This firm bondage by my noose, consisting of the objects of saṃsāra, is that which is cut away by the form of the words of the Gītās,

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PdP 6 175.24

यदाभ्यासपराधीनौ पंचवक्त्रमहेश्वरौ। इति तस्य वचः श्रुत्वा गीतासारमहोदधेः

yadābhyāsaparādhīnau paṃcavaktramaheśvarau| iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā gītāsāramahodadheḥ

since the five-faced one and Maheśvara are subject to the practice of it. Having thus heard his speech, (which came) from the great ocean of the Gītā's essence,

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PdP 6 175.25

इदं परविभेदेन बुध्यते भवभीरुभिः। तमपृच्छदिदं लक्ष्मीरंगप्रत्यंगसंस्थितम्

idaṃ paravibhedena budhyate bhavabhīrubhiḥ| tamapṛcchadidaṃ lakṣmīraṃgapratyaṃgasaṃsthitam

this is understood by those who fear worldly existence through the distinction of the higher; Lakṣmī asked him this, (concerning the Gītā) as established in limbs and minor limbs.

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PdP 6 175.26

माहात्म्यं सेतिहासं च सर्वं तस्यै न्यवेदयत्। श्रीभगवानुवाच। शृणु सुश्रोणि वक्ष्यामि गीतासु स्थितिमात्मनः

māhātmyaṃ setihāsaṃ ca sarvaṃ tasyai nyavedayat| śrībhagavānuvāca| śṛṇu suśroṇi vakṣyāmi gītāsu sthitimātmanaḥ

He declared to her the whole glory (of it) together with the story. The Blessed Lord said: Listen, fair-hipped one, I shall tell of the abiding of the Self in the Gītās.

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PdP 6 175.27

वक्त्राणि पंच जानीहि पंचाध्यायाननुक्रमात्। दशाध्याया भुजाश्चैक उदरं द्वौ पदांबुजे

vaktrāṇi paṃca jānīhi paṃcādhyāyānanukramāt| daśādhyāyā bhujāścaika udaraṃ dvau padāṃbuje

Know the five faces to be five chapters in sequence; ten chapters are the arms, one is the belly, two are the lotus feet.

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PdP 6 175.28

एवमष्टादशाध्याया वाङ्मयी मूर्तिरैश्वरी। विज्ञेया ज्ञानमात्रेण महापातकनाशिनी

evamaṣṭādaśādhyāyā vāṅmayī mūrtiraiśvarī| vijñeyā jñānamātreṇa mahāpātakanāśinī

Thus the eighteen chapters are the lordly form made of speech, to be known — by the mere knowing of it, destroying great sins.

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PdP 6 175.29

अतोध्यायं तदर्धं वा श्लोकमर्द्धं तदर्धकम्। अभ्यस्यति सुमेधा यः सुशर्मेव समुच्यते

atodhyāyaṃ tadardhaṃ vā ślokamarddhaṃ tadardhakam| abhyasyati sumedhā yaḥ suśarmeva samucyate

Therefore, whoever is of good understanding and practises (recites) a chapter, or half of it, or a verse, or half of that, is spoken of as being like Suśarman.

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PdP 6 175.30

श्रीरुवाच। सुशर्मा नाम को देव किं जातीयः किमात्मकः। कुतस्तस्य च वै मुक्तिः केनाजायत हेतुना

śrīruvāca| suśarmā nāma ko deva kiṃ jātīyaḥ kimātmakaḥ| kutastasya ca vai muktiḥ kenājāyata hetunā

Śrī said: Who was this Suśarman, O god? Of what caste, of what nature? And whence came his liberation, by what cause did it arise?

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PdP 6 175.31

श्रीभगवानुवाच। सुशर्मा नाम दुर्मेधाः सीमा पापात्मनामभूत्। जातो नात्मविदां वंशे विप्राणां क्रूरकर्मणाम्

śrībhagavānuvāca| suśarmā nāma durmedhāḥ sīmā pāpātmanāmabhūt| jāto nātmavidāṃ vaṃśe viprāṇāṃ krūrakarmaṇām

The Blessed Lord said: There was one named Suśarman, of evil mind, the very boundary-mark of the wicked-souled, born in a lineage of brahmins who did not know the Self and whose acts were cruel.

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PdP 6 175.32

न ध्यानं न जपो होमो न चैवातिथिपूजनम्। केवलं विषयेष्वेव बलाढ्येनाभिवर्त्तते

na dhyānaṃ na japo homo na caivātithipūjanam| kevalaṃ viṣayeṣveva balāḍhyenābhivarttate

(For him there was) no meditation, no muttered prayer, no oblation, and no honouring of guests; he lived wholly among the objects of sense, in an overbearing manner.

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PdP 6 175.33

कृषिकर्मरतो नित्यं पर्णजीवी सुराप्रियः। मांसोपहारी सुचिरं कालमेवं निनाय सः

kṛṣikarmarato nityaṃ parṇajīvī surāpriyaḥ| māṃsopahārī suciraṃ kālamevaṃ nināya saḥ

Always devoted to the work of ploughing, living by (selling) leaves, fond of liquor, an offerer (and eater) of meat — thus he passed a very long time.

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PdP 6 175.34

आनेतुकामः पर्णानि पर्यटनृषिवाटिकाम्। ततः स तत्र दष्टोऽभूत्कालसर्पेण मूढधीः

ānetukāmaḥ parṇāni paryaṭanṛṣivāṭikām| tataḥ sa tatra daṣṭo'bhūtkālasarpeṇa mūḍhadhīḥ

Wishing to fetch leaves, he was roaming about a sage's garden-plot; and there that dull-witted man was bitten by a snake of Death.

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PdP 6 175.35

कालधर्मं समासाद्य गत्वा च निरयान्बहून्। पुनरागत्य मर्त्येषु बलीवर्दत्वमीयिवान्

kāladharmaṃ samāsādya gatvā ca nirayānbahūn| punarāgatya martyeṣu balīvardatvamīyivān

Having met with the law of Time (i.e. having died), and having gone to many hells, he came back again and attained the condition of an ox among mortals.

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PdP 6 175.36

पंगुना केन विक्रीतः स स्वजीवनहेतवे। नयन्पृष्ठेन शरदः सप्ताष्टौ कष्टतोनयत्

paṃgunā kena vikrītaḥ sa svajīvanahetave| nayanpṛṣṭhena śaradaḥ saptāṣṭau kaṣṭatonayat

He was sold by a certain lame man for the sake of his own livelihood; carrying (him) on his back, he passed seven or eight autumns in misery.

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PdP 6 175.37

कदाचित्पंगुनासोऽपि चिरमावर्तितो जवात्। पपात तरसा भूमौ मूर्च्छां च प्रतिपेदिवान्

kadācitpaṃgunāso'pi ciramāvartito javāt| papāta tarasā bhūmau mūrcchāṃ ca pratipedivān

Once, having been driven round for a long time at speed by the lame man, he fell violently to the ground and lapsed into a swoon.

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PdP 6 175.38

विकलांगो विवृत्ताक्षः फेनसंततिमुद्गिरन्। न जीवति न मृत्युं वा प्रतिपेदे स्वकर्मणा

vikalāṃgo vivṛttākṣaḥ phenasaṃtatimudgiran| na jīvati na mṛtyuṃ vā pratipede svakarmaṇā

With his limbs disabled, his eyes rolled up, spewing out a stream of foam, by his own karma he neither lived nor met with death.

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PdP 6 175.39

कौतुकाकृष्टलोकेऽस्मिंस्तस्मिन्जनसमागमे। श्रेयसे तस्य सुकृती कश्चित्पुण्यं वितीर्णवान्

kautukākṛṣṭaloke'smiṃstasminjanasamāgame| śreyase tasya sukṛtī kaścitpuṇyaṃ vitīrṇavān

In that gathering of people, in this world drawn (there) by curiosity, some meritorious man bestowed merit for his welfare.

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PdP 6 175.40

कर्माणि स्वान्यनुस्मृत्य ददुरन्ये च केचन। गणिका कापि तत्रस्था लोकयात्रानुवर्तिनी

karmāṇi svānyanusmṛtya daduranye ca kecana| gaṇikā kāpi tatrasthā lokayātrānuvartinī

And certain others too gave, each recalling his own deeds; and a certain courtesan was standing there, one who follows the ways of the world.

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PdP 6 175.41

अज्ञात निजपुण्या सा किंचिदुत्सृष्टवत्यभूत्। परेतनगरीमादौ स नीतः कालकिंकरैः

ajñāta nijapuṇyā sā kiṃcidutsṛṣṭavatyabhūt| paretanagarīmādau sa nītaḥ kālakiṃkaraiḥ

She, not knowing her own merit, released some (of it). He was at first led to the city of the dead by Death's servants.

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PdP 6 175.42

गणिकादत्तपुण्येन पुण्यवानिति मोचितः। पुनरागत्य भूर्लोकं कुलशीलवतां गृहे

gaṇikādattapuṇyena puṇyavāniti mocitaḥ| punarāgatya bhūrlokaṃ kulaśīlavatāṃ gṛhe

By the merit given by the courtesan he was released as being "a man of merit"; and coming again to the earthly world, into the house of people of good family and conduct—

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PdP 6 175.43

द्विजन्मनामसौ जज्ञे जातिं स्वामनुसंस्मरन्। काले महति जिज्ञासुः श्रेयः स्वाज्ञाननोदनम्

dvijanmanāmasau jajñe jātiṃ svāmanusaṃsmaran| kāle mahati jijñāsuḥ śreyaḥ svājñānanodanam

—he was born there with the name of a twice-born, remembering his own (former) birth; and after a long time he desired to know the good that would dispel his ignorance.

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PdP 6 175.44

उपेत्य गणिकां दत्तं ख्यापयित्वा स पृष्टवान्। आचष्ट मां शुको नित्यं पंजरस्थः पठत्यसौ

upetya gaṇikāṃ dattaṃ khyāpayitvā sa pṛṣṭavān| ācaṣṭa māṃ śuko nityaṃ paṃjarasthaḥ paṭhatyasau

Going up to the courtesan and making known the gift, he asked (her). She said: "A parrot, always sitting in a cage, recites this.

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PdP 6 175.45

तेन पूतांतरात्माहं तत्पुण्यं पर्यकल्पयम्। ताभ्यां शुकस्तु पृष्टोऽसौ व्याख्यातुमुपचक्रमे

tena pūtāṃtarātmāhaṃ tatpuṇyaṃ paryakalpayam| tābhyāṃ śukastu pṛṣṭo'sau vyākhyātumupacakrame

"By that my inner self was purified, and I assigned that merit (to him)." Then the parrot, questioned by the two, began to explain,

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PdP 6 175.46

आख्यायिकां पुरावृत्तां स्मृत्वा जातिं निजामपि। शुक उवाच। पुरा विद्वानहं भूत्वा वैदुष्य स्मयमोहितः

ākhyāyikāṃ purāvṛttāṃ smṛtvā jātiṃ nijāmapi| śuka uvāca| purā vidvānahaṃ bhūtvā vaiduṣya smayamohitaḥ

recalling a tale that had happened long ago and his own birth as well. The parrot said: Long ago, having become a learned man, I was deluded by the conceit of learning,

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PdP 6 175.47

रागद्वेषेण विद्वत्सु गुणवत्स्वपि मत्सरी। कालेनाहं ततः प्रेत्य प्राप्य लोकाञ्जुगुप्सितान्

rāgadveṣeṇa vidvatsu guṇavatsvapi matsarī| kālenāhaṃ tataḥ pretya prāpya lokāñjugupsitān

and through passion and hatred I was envious even of the learned and the virtuous. Then in time, having died, having reached the loathsome worlds,

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PdP 6 175.48

सोऽहं कीरकुलेऽभूवं सद्गुरावतिनिंदकः। काले धर्मणि दुष्कर्मा पितृभ्यां च वियोजितः

so'haṃ kīrakule'bhūvaṃ sadgurāvatiniṃdakaḥ| kāle dharmaṇi duṣkarmā pitṛbhyāṃ ca viyojitaḥ

I came to be in the parrot family, a great reviler of a true teacher; an evildoer in the matter of dharma, in time I was also separated from my parents.

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PdP 6 175.49

निदाघेऽध्वनिसंतप्ते आनीतो ऋषिपुंगवैः। पातितः पंजरस्थोऽहं माश्रमे महदाश्रये

nidāghe'dhvanisaṃtapte ānīto ṛṣipuṃgavaiḥ| pātitaḥ paṃjarastho'haṃ māśrame mahadāśraye

In the hot season, on a road scorched (by heat), I was brought by bulls among sages and set down, still in my cage, in the hermitage, that great refuge.

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PdP 6 175.50

आवर्तयद्भ्यो गीतानामाद्यमध्यायमादरात्। श्रुत्वा ऋषिकुमारेभ्यः पाठं चाकरवं मुहुः 6.175.

āvartayadbhyo gītānāmādyamadhyāyamādarāt| śrutvā ṛṣikumārebhyaḥ pāṭhaṃ cākaravaṃ muhuḥ 6.175.

Hearing it from the sages' sons as they reverently recited the first chapter of the Gītā, I too made the recitation again and again.

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PdP 6 175.51

एतस्मिन्नंतरे कश्चिद्वागुरिश्चौरकर्मकृत्। मामाहृत्य तदाक्रीणादिति वृत्तमुदाहृतम्

etasminnaṃtare kaścidvāguriścaurakarmakṛt| māmāhṛtya tadākrīṇāditi vṛttamudāhṛtam

In the meantime some fowler who practised thievery carried me off and sold me (to her)—thus the event has been related.

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PdP 6 175.52

श्रीभगवानुवाच। अध्यायोऽयं पुराम्नातो येन पापमनोदयम्। पूतांतरात्मा येनासौ मोचितश्च द्विजोत्तमः

śrībhagavānuvāca| adhyāyo'yaṃ purāmnāto yena pāpamanodayam| pūtāṃtarātmā yenāsau mocitaśca dvijottamaḥ

The Blessed Lord said: This chapter has been celebrated of old, by which the rising of sin in the mind (is destroyed), by which that man's inner self was purified and that best of the twice-born was released.

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PdP 6 175.53

एवमन्योन्यमाभाष्य तन्माहात्म्यं प्रशस्य च। ते जपंतोनिशं धीरा मुक्तिं गेहे प्रपेदिरे

evamanyonyamābhāṣya tanmāhātmyaṃ praśasya ca| te japaṃtoniśaṃ dhīrā muktiṃ gehe prapedire

Thus having spoken to one another and praised its greatness, those steadfast ones, reciting it day and night, attained liberation while in the household.

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PdP 6 175.54

तस्मादध्यायमाद्यं यः पठते शृणुते स्मरेत्। अभ्यसेत्तस्य न भवेद्भवांभोधिर्दुरुत्तरः

tasmādadhyāyamādyaṃ yaḥ paṭhate śṛṇute smaret| abhyasettasya na bhavedbhavāṃbhodhirduruttaraḥ

Therefore, for one who reads, hears, remembers, and practises the first chapter, the ocean of worldly existence would not be hard to cross.

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