Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 178

PdP 6 178.1

श्रीभगवानुवाच। चतुर्थस्यापि माहात्म्यमाख्यास्याम्यधुना शृणु । बदरीत्वं समुत्सृज्य येन कन्ये दिवं गते

śrībhagavānuvāca| caturthasyāpi māhātmyamākhyāsyāmyadhunā śṛṇu | badarītvaṃ samutsṛjya yena kanye divaṃ gate

The Blessed Lord said: Now I shall declare the greatness of the fourth (chapter) as well — listen: by it two girls, casting off their state as jujube trees, went to heaven.

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PdP 6 178.2

श्रीरुवाच। कथं कन्ये दिवं याते बदरीत्वं विसृज्य वै । ते कचास्तां पुरा देव कथं प्राप्ते तु मुख्यताम्

śrīruvāca| kathaṃ kanye divaṃ yāte badarītvaṃ visṛjya vai | te kacāstāṃ purā deva kathaṃ prāpte tu mukhyatām

Śrī said: How did the two girls go to heaven, casting off their jujube-state? What were those two formerly, O God, and how did they attain pre-eminence?

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PdP 6 178.3

एतद्वेदितुमिच्छामि नाथ वक्तुं त्वमर्हसि । न तु तृप्यामि शृण्वंती परमां च कथामिमाम्

etadveditumicchāmi nātha vaktuṃ tvamarhasi | na tu tṛpyāmi śṛṇvaṃtī paramāṃ ca kathāmimām

This I wish to know, O Lord; you are the one fit to tell it. Nor do I grow satisfied as I listen to this supreme narrative.

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PdP 6 178.4

श्रीभगवानुवाच। अस्ति भागीरथी तीरे नाम्ना वाराणसी पुरी । भरतो नाम युक्तात्मा तत्र विश्वेश्वरालये

śrībhagavānuvāca| asti bhāgīrathī tīre nāmnā vārāṇasī purī | bharato nāma yuktātmā tatra viśveśvarālaye

The Blessed Lord said: On the bank of the Bhāgīrathī there is a city named Vārāṇasī; there, in the temple of Viśveśvara, (lived) a man named Bharata, of disciplined self.

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PdP 6 178.5

नित्यमात्मरतस्तुर्यं जपत्यध्यायमादरात् । तदभ्यासाददुष्टात्मा न द्वंद्वैरभिभूयते

nityamātmaratasturyaṃ japatyadhyāyamādarāt | tadabhyāsādaduṣṭātmā na dvaṃdvairabhibhūyate

Ever delighting in the self, he recites the fourth chapter with reverence; through the practice of it his self is unspoiled, and he is not overcome by the pairs (of opposites).

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PdP 6 178.6

काले कदाचन क्रीडन्ययौ स नगराद्बहिः । उपांत्यवर्तिनो देवान्दिदृक्षुः स तपोधनः

kāle kadācana krīḍanyayau sa nagarādbahiḥ | upāṃtyavartino devāndidṛkṣuḥ sa tapodhanaḥ

Once, at some season, he went out of the city to roam, that man whose wealth was austerity, wishing to see the gods dwelling on the outskirts.

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PdP 6 178.7

विशश्राम तयोर्मूले बदर्योर्न्यपतत्फले । उपधाय तयोरेकामन्यामालंब्य चांघ्रिणा

viśaśrāma tayormūle badaryornyapatatphale | upadhāya tayorekāmanyāmālaṃbya cāṃghriṇā

He rested at the foot of two jujube trees whose fruits had fallen, making one of them his pillow and propping himself against the other with his foot.

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PdP 6 178.8

तपस्विनि ततो याते बदर्योश्च तथार्द्वयम् । शुष्कं निष्पत्रशाखं च दिवसैः पंचषैरभूत्

tapasvini tato yāte badaryośca tathārdvayam | śuṣkaṃ niṣpatraśākhaṃ ca divasaiḥ paṃcaṣairabhūt

Then, when the ascetic had departed, the pair of jujube trees became, within five or six days, dry and with leafless branches.

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PdP 6 178.9

गृहे क्वचन विप्राणां जज्ञाते कन्यके ततः । वर्द्धमानं तयोर्युग्मं सप्तभिः परिवत्सरैः

gṛhe kvacana viprāṇāṃ jajñāte kanyake tataḥ | varddhamānaṃ tayoryugmaṃ saptabhiḥ parivatsaraiḥ

Then, in a certain house of brahmins, two girls were born; and the pair of them, growing up over seven years,

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PdP 6 178.10

विहृत्य दूरदेशेभ्यो यतिमायांत मैक्ष्यत । गृहीत्वा चरणौ तस्य वचः सूनृतमब्रवीत्

vihṛtya dūradeśebhyo yatimāyāṃta maikṣyata | gṛhītvā caraṇau tasya vacaḥ sūnṛtamabravīt

having roamed about, saw the ascetic coming from distant regions; and taking hold of his feet, (each) spoke this kindly, truthful speech:

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PdP 6 178.11

त्वत्प्रसादादेव मुने मोचितं द्वंद्वमावयोः । उत्सृज्य बदरीभावं मानुष्यं प्रतिपद्यते

tvatprasādādeva mune mocitaṃ dvaṃdvamāvayoḥ | utsṛjya badarībhāvaṃ mānuṣyaṃ pratipadyate

"By your grace alone, sage, the pair of us was released; casting off the condition of jujube trees, (we) attain human birth."

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PdP 6 178.12

एवमुक्तो मुनिस्ताभ्यां विस्मृतः प्रत्युवाच सः । कदा वत्से युवां केन हेतुना मोचिते मया

evamukto munistābhyāṃ vismṛtaḥ pratyuvāca saḥ | kadā vatse yuvāṃ kena hetunā mocite mayā

Thus addressed by the two, the sage, who had forgotten, replied: "When, my children, and for what reason, were you two released by me?

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PdP 6 178.13

युवयोर्बदरीत्वे च हेतुं ब्रूतां न वेद्म्यहम् । ऊचतुः कन्यके तस्मै बादर्ये हेतुमात्मनः

yuvayorbadarītve ca hetuṃ brūtāṃ na vedmyaham | ūcatuḥ kanyake tasmai bādarye hetumātmanaḥ

Tell also the cause of your being jujube trees; I do not know it." The two girls told him the cause of their own jujube-state,

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PdP 6 178.14

आदौ विमोचने तस्माद्दुस्त्यजादपि कारणम् । अस्ति गोदावरी तीरे तीर्थं पुण्यप्रदं नृणाम्

ādau vimocane tasmāddustyajādapi kāraṇam | asti godāvarī tīre tīrthaṃ puṇyapradaṃ nṛṇām

and first the cause of their release from that (state), hard as it was to leave: "On the bank of the Godāvarī there is a sacred ford that bestows merit on men,

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PdP 6 178.15

च्छिन्नपापमिति ख्यातं परां कोटिमवापयत् । तत्र सत्यतपा नाम तपस्तेपे सुदारुणम्

cchinnapāpamiti khyātaṃ parāṃ koṭimavāpayat | tatra satyatapā nāma tapastepe sudāruṇam

known as Chinnapāpa ('Sin-severed'), and it used to bring (men) to the highest summit. There one named Satyatapas performed most terrible austerity:

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PdP 6 178.16

ग्रीष्मे महति दीप्तानां मध्यगो जातवेदसाम् । वर्षासु जलधाराभिर्नित्यमासिक्तमूर्द्धजः

grīṣme mahati dīptānāṃ madhyago jātavedasām | varṣāsu jaladhārābhirnityamāsiktamūrddhajaḥ

in the hot season standing in the midst of great blazing fires; in the rains with his hair constantly drenched by streams of water;

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PdP 6 178.17

शिशिरे च वसन्नप्सु बिभ्रत्कंटकितां तनुम् । विशुद्धः सततं काले तपस्तप्त्वा स संयमी

śiśire ca vasannapsu bibhratkaṃṭakitāṃ tanum | viśuddhaḥ satataṃ kāle tapastaptvā sa saṃyamī

and in the cold season dwelling in the water, his body bristling (with cold) — purified, having thus performed austerity constantly, season by season, that man of restraint

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PdP 6 178.18

आत्मन्येव मतिं चक्रे परां प्राप्य सुनिर्वृतिम् । सदा फलानि बिभ्रत्सु सांद्रच्छायेषु शाखिषु

ātmanyeva matiṃ cakre parāṃ prāpya sunirvṛtim | sadā phalāni bibhratsu sāṃdracchāyeṣu śākhiṣu

fixed his mind on the self alone, having attained the highest ease. Though he had bound a supreme affection to trees that always bore fruit and gave dense shade,

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PdP 6 178.19

निर्मत्सरेषु सत्वेषु बध्वा प्रीतिपरामपि । तपःफलानुसंधाने वैदुष्येनोपपादितम्

nirmatsareṣu satveṣu badhvā prītiparāmapi | tapaḥphalānusaṃdhāne vaiduṣyenopapāditam

and to creatures free of malice — (an affection) brought about by his expertise in the pursuit of the fruits of austerity —

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PdP 6 178.20

ब्रह्माप्येनं स्वयं पृच्छन्नुपतस्थे तमन्वहम् । तेन संकोचहीनत्वाद्ब्रह्यण्यनुगतेन्वहम्

brahmāpyenaṃ svayaṃ pṛcchannupatasthe tamanvaham | tena saṃkocahīnatvādbrahyaṇyanugatenvaham

even Brahmā himself came to him day after day to question him; and since he was thereby without any diffidence, he was daily devoted to brahman.

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PdP 6 178.21

तद्ध्यानानुगतव्यक्ति ववृधे तस्य तत्तपः । विमुक्तकल्पं मन्वानः समृद्धादात्मनः पदात्

taddhyānānugatavyakti vavṛdhe tasya tattapaḥ | vimuktakalpaṃ manvānaḥ samṛddhādātmanaḥ padāt

That austerity of his grew, its manifestation keeping pace with that meditation; (Indra) thought himself as good as dislodged from his own flourishing station.

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PdP 6 178.22

अंतरायशतं चक्रे ततो भीतः पुरंदरः । आहूयाप्सरसां मध्यादावां तुल्यं समादिशत्

aṃtarāyaśataṃ cakre tato bhītaḥ puraṃdaraḥ | āhūyāpsarasāṃ madhyādāvāṃ tulyaṃ samādiśat

Then Purandara, afraid, made a hundred obstacles; calling us two, equally matched, from among the apsarases, he gave (his) command.

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PdP 6 178.23

कुरुतं तत्तपोविघ्नमनेनाचरितं युवाम् । यो मां पदादवष्टभ्य स्वराज्यं भोक्तुमिच्छति

kurutaṃ tattapovighnamanenācaritaṃ yuvām | yo māṃ padādavaṣṭabhya svarājyaṃ bhoktumicchati

"You two, make an obstruction to that austerity undertaken by him—he who wishes, after thrusting me from my station, to enjoy my own kingship."

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PdP 6 178.24

इति संदेशमापन्ने पुरस्ताच्च बिडौजसः । गोदावरीमगच्छावः स मुनिर्यत्र वर्तते

iti saṃdeśamāpanne purastācca biḍaujasaḥ | godāvarīmagacchāvaḥ sa muniryatra vartate

Having thus received the message in the presence of Biḍaujas (Indra), we two went to the Godāvarī, where that sage dwelt.

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PdP 6 178.25

मृदंगैर्मंदगंभीरैर्वेणुभिः कलवादिभिः । कलं गीतं समारब्धं तन्वंगीभिः समन्वितम्

mṛdaṃgairmaṃdagaṃbhīrairveṇubhiḥ kalavādibhiḥ | kalaṃ gītaṃ samārabdhaṃ tanvaṃgībhiḥ samanvitam

With slow, deep-toned mṛdaṅgas and with sweet-sounding flutes, sweet song was begun, together with the slender-limbed women.

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PdP 6 178.26

उद्वहंत्यौ पृथुश्रोणीं घनपीनपयोधरे । स्मयस्मेरमुखांभोजे किंचिदाकुंचितालके

udvahaṃtyau pṛthuśroṇīṃ ghanapīnapayodhare | smayasmeramukhāṃbhoje kiṃcidākuṃcitālake

The two of us bearing broad hips, with firm full breasts, with lotus-faces smiling in mirth, with hair a little curled,

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PdP 6 178.27

मणिकुंडलदृष्टांसे पुंडरीकोज्ज्वलेक्षणे । तनुमध्ये सुवृत्तोरु वहंत्यौ च समे पदे

maṇikuṃḍaladṛṣṭāṃse puṃḍarīkojjvalekṣaṇe | tanumadhye suvṛttoru vahaṃtyau ca same pade

with shoulders touched by jewelled earrings, with eyes bright as white lotuses, slender at the waist, with well-rounded thighs, and setting our feet in step,

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PdP 6 178.28

आनर्तां यो वनस्यार्थे स्वरताललयानुगाम् । दर्शयंत्यौ स्वतः कृत्स्नां गतिं भावानुगामिनीम्

ānartāṃ yo vanasyārthe svaratālalayānugām | darśayaṃtyau svataḥ kṛtsnāṃ gatiṃ bhāvānugāminīm

we two danced for the sake of the forest, keeping to note, beat and tempo, displaying of our own accord the whole range of movement that follows the emotion.

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PdP 6 178.29

मृदूपक्रममुत्पन्नं मंदं मंदं विवर्द्धनम् । गर्जयामास दिक्चक्रं तत्तयोर्नृत्यमानयोः

mṛdūpakramamutpannaṃ maṃdaṃ maṃdaṃ vivarddhanam | garjayāmāsa dikcakraṃ tattayornṛtyamānayoḥ

Arising with a soft beginning, swelling little by little, it made the circle of the horizons resound—that (music) of those two as they danced.

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PdP 6 178.30

ततोंगहारवेगेन वायुर्वासः सुशीतलः । ईषदुच्छ्वसिते चैले दर्शयंत्यौ पयोधरौ

tatoṃgahāravegena vāyurvāsaḥ suśītalaḥ | īṣaducchvasite caile darśayaṃtyau payodharau

Then, from the force of the movement of (our) limbs, a very cool wind (blew), and with our garments slightly lifted the two of us displayed our breasts.

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PdP 6 178.31

उद्वर्धयंती कंदर्प्पमुल्बणा गतिरावयोः । कोपमुत्पादयामासु मुने रविकृतात्मनः

udvardhayaṃtī kaṃdarppamulbaṇā gatirāvayoḥ | kopamutpādayāmāsu mune ravikṛtātmanaḥ

Our violent movement, swelling up desire, produced anger in the sage, who had made himself (bright) like the sun.

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PdP 6 178.32

ततः शापं ददौ कोपाज्जलमुत्सृज्य पाणिना । बदरीत्वं प्रपद्येथां जाह्नवी रोधसीति नौ

tataḥ śāpaṃ dadau kopājjalamutsṛjya pāṇinā | badarītvaṃ prapadyethāṃ jāhnavī rodhasīti nau

Then in anger he gave a curse, letting fall water from his hand: "You two shall become jujube trees on the banks of the Jāhnavī"—so (he said) to us.

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PdP 6 178.33

आवाभ्यां पारतंत्र्येण यद्दुश्चरितमास्थितम् । तत्क्षमस्व विनम्राभ्यां मुनिः पश्चात्प्रसादितः

āvābhyāṃ pārataṃtryeṇa yadduścaritamāsthitam | tatkṣamasva vinamrābhyāṃ muniḥ paścātprasāditaḥ

"Whatever misconduct we two have engaged in, being under another's control—forgive that": (so said) the two of us, bowing low; and the sage was afterwards appeased.

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PdP 6 178.34

ततः शापविमोक्षं नौ कल्पयामास पुण्यधीः । भरतागमनांतोयमिति सत्यतया मुनिः

tataḥ śāpavimokṣaṃ nau kalpayāmāsa puṇyadhīḥ | bharatāgamanāṃtoyamiti satyatayā muniḥ

Then the sage of holy mind ordained our release from the curse, saying truthfully, "This shall end at the coming of Bharata,"

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PdP 6 178.35

मर्त्येषु जन्मलाभश्च स्मृतिश्चातीतजन्मनाम् । आवयोरंतिकं गत्वा बदरीभूतयोस्ततः

martyeṣu janmalābhaśca smṛtiścātītajanmanām | āvayoraṃtikaṃ gatvā badarībhūtayostataḥ

and (also) the attaining of birth among mortals and the memory of past births, once he had come near the two of us who had become jujube trees.

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PdP 6 178.36

स्मरता तुर्यमध्यायं भवता निष्कृतिः कृता । तत्तावत्प्रणमावस्त्वां शापादेव न केवलात

smaratā turyamadhyāyaṃ bhavatā niṣkṛtiḥ kṛtā | tattāvatpraṇamāvastvāṃ śāpādeva na kevalāta

By you, recalling the fourth chapter, the expiation has been made; therefore we two bow to you—and not merely from the curse alone,

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PdP 6 178.37

घोरादेव तु संसारात्त्वयैतेन विमोचिते । श्रीभगवानुवाच। एवमुक्तो मुनिस्ताभ्यामतिप्रीतमनास्ततः

ghorādeva tu saṃsārāttvayaitena vimocite | śrībhagavānuvāca| evamukto munistābhyāmatiprītamanāstataḥ

but we two have been freed by you, by this (chapter), from terrible saṃsāra itself. The Blessed Lord said: Thus addressed by those two, the sage, his mind then greatly pleased,

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PdP 6 178.38

पूजितस्ते समामंत्र्य यथागतमसौ ययौ । कन्ये चतुर्थमध्यायं जपेतां नित्यमादरात्

pūjitaste samāmaṃtrya yathāgatamasau yayau | kanye caturthamadhyāyaṃ japetāṃ nityamādarāt

honoured by them, took leave and went as he had come. And the two maidens recited the fourth chapter daily with reverence.

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