Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 179
PdP 6 179.1
श्रीभगवानुवाच। पंचमस्याधुना देवि माहात्म्यं लोकपूजितम् । कथयामि समासेन सावधाना शृणु प्रिये
śrībhagavānuvāca| paṃcamasyādhunā devi māhātmyaṃ lokapūjitam | kathayāmi samāsena sāvadhānā śṛṇu priye
The Blessed Lord said: Now, goddess, I shall tell in brief the world-honoured greatness of the fifth (chapter); listen attentively, beloved.
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PdP 6 179.2
पिंगलो नाम भद्रेषु पुरुकुत्सपुरे द्विजः । अवदाते कुले जातो विश्रुते वेदवादिनाम्
piṃgalo nāma bhadreṣu purukutsapure dvijaḥ | avadāte kule jāto viśrute vedavādinām
Among the Bhadras, in the city of Purukutsa, there was a brahmin named Piṅgala, born in a spotless family renowned among expounders of the Veda.
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PdP 6 179.3
कुलोचितानि शास्त्राणि तथा वेदान्विसृज्य सः । तौर्यत्रिके मतिं चक्रे वादयन्मुरजादिकम्
kulocitāni śāstrāṇi tathā vedānvisṛjya saḥ | tauryatrike matiṃ cakre vādayanmurajādikam
Casting aside the sciences proper to his family and the Vedas as well, he set his mind on the triad of music, playing the muraja drum and other (instruments).
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PdP 6 179.4
कृतश्रमस्ततस्तत्र गीते नृत्ये च वादने । परां प्रसिद्धिमासाद्य नृपसद्म विवेश सः
kṛtaśramastatastatra gīte nṛtye ca vādane | parāṃ prasiddhimāsādya nṛpasadma viveśa saḥ
Then, having done his training there in song, in dance and in instrumental playing, and having attained the highest renown, he entered the king's palace.
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PdP 6 179.5
समातस्थे स तेनासौ पुरा भूमिभुजा सह । परदारानुपाहृत्य बुभुजे ता अनन्यधीः
samātasthe sa tenāsau purā bhūmibhujā saha | paradārānupāhṛtya bubhuje tā ananyadhīḥ
He took his place there together with the king of that city, and, with mind bent on nothing else, he carried off other men's wives and enjoyed them.
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PdP 6 179.6
तत उत्सिक्तगर्वोऽयं सूचमानो निरंकुशः । परच्छिद्राणि चामुष्मै विविक्ते स निरंतरम्
tata utsiktagarvo'yaṃ sūcamāno niraṃkuśaḥ | paracchidrāṇi cāmuṣmai vivikte sa niraṃtaram
Then, swollen with pride and unchecked, he was constantly informing on others, (reporting) their faults to him (the king) in private.
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PdP 6 179.7
तस्यासीदरुणा नाम भार्या हीनकुलोद्भवा
tasyāsīdaruṇā nāma bhāryā hīnakulodbhavā
He had a wife named Aruṇā, born of a low family.
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PdP 6 179.8
भ्रमत्यन्वेषयंती सा कामुकेन विहारिणी । तमंतरायं मन्वाना निशीथिन्यां निजालये
bhramatyanveṣayaṃtī sā kāmukena vihāriṇī | tamaṃtarāyaṃ manvānā niśīthinyāṃ nijālaye
She would roam about seeking (a lover), disporting herself with a paramour; taking him (her husband) to be an obstacle, at midnight in her own house
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PdP 6 179.9
निजघान शिरश्छित्त्वा निचखान महीतले । वियोजितस्तः प्राणैरुपेत्य यमसादनम्
nijaghāna śiraśchittvā nicakhāna mahītale | viyojitastaḥ prāṇairupetya yamasādanam
she struck him down, cut off his head, and buried (him) in the ground; and he, parted from his breaths, went to Yama's abode.
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PdP 6 179.10
दुर्जयान्नरकान्भुंक्त्वा गृध्रोऽभूद्विजने वने । भगंदरेण रोगेण सापि हित्वा वरां तनुम्
durjayānnarakānbhuṃktvā gṛdhro'bhūdvijane vane | bhagaṃdareṇa rogeṇa sāpi hitvā varāṃ tanum
Having suffered through hells hard to endure, he became a vulture in a lonely forest; and she too, leaving her fine body through the disease of fistula,
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PdP 6 179.11
उपेत्य नरकान्घोरान्जज्ञे तत्र वने शुकी । कणानादातुकामां तां संचरंतीमितस्ततः
upetya narakānghorānjajñe tatra vane śukī | kaṇānādātukāmāṃ tāṃ saṃcaraṃtīmitastataḥ
and having suffered through terrible hells, was born in that same forest as a female parrot; as she moved about here and there wanting to pick up grains,
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PdP 6 179.12
विददार नखैस्तीक्ष्णैर्गृध्रो वैरमनुस्मरन् । नृकपाले पयः पूर्णे निपतंतीं ततः शुकीम्
vidadāra nakhaistīkṣṇairgṛdhro vairamanusmaran | nṛkapāle payaḥ pūrṇe nipataṃtīṃ tataḥ śukīm
the vulture, remembering the old enmity, tore her with his sharp talons; and then, as the parrot was falling into a human skull filled with water,
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PdP 6 179.13
अभिदुद्राव गृध्रोऽपि निजघ्ने स च जालिकैः । पत्नीवियोजिता प्राणैर्नृकपालजले ततः
abhidudrāva gṛdhro'pi nijaghne sa ca jālikaiḥ | patnīviyojitā prāṇairnṛkapālajale tataḥ
the vulture too rushed at (her)—and he was struck down by fowlers; then the wife, parted from her breaths, in the water of the human skull
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PdP 6 179.14
तत्रैव निममज्जा सा वेत्यक्रूरतरः खगः । पितृलोकं प्रपेदाते नीतौ तौ यमकिंकरैः । प्राक्कृतं दुष्कृतं कर्म स्मरंतौ भयभागिनौ
tatraiva nimamajjā sā vetyakrūrataraḥ khagaḥ | pitṛlokaṃ prapedāte nītau tau yamakiṃkaraiḥ | prākkṛtaṃ duṣkṛtaṃ karma smaraṃtau bhayabhāginau
sank down in that very place, and so did the crueller bird. The two of them attained the world of the fathers, led there by Yama's servants, recalling the evil deed they had done before and given over to fear.
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PdP 6 179.15
ततो यमः समालोक्य तयोः कर्म जुगुप्सितम् । अकस्मादेवतत्स्नानान्मरणे सुकृतं महत्
tato yamaḥ samālokya tayoḥ karma jugupsitam | akasmādevatatsnānānmaraṇe sukṛtaṃ mahat
Then Yama, having observed the loathsome deed of those two, and the great merit (that came to them) at death, all unexpectedly, from that bathing,
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PdP 6 179.16
अनुजज्ञे ततो लोकमीप्सितं गंतुमेतयोः । महापातकसंघातैरपि दुर्द्धर्षमानसौ
anujajñe tato lokamīpsitaṃ gaṃtumetayoḥ | mahāpātakasaṃghātairapi durddharṣamānasau
thereupon granted these two to go to the world they desired, though their minds were unassailable even by masses of great sins.
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PdP 6 179.17
ततोविस्मयमापन्नौ स्मृत्वा तौ दुष्कृतं निजम् । उपेत्य प्रणतौ भूत्वा वैवस्वतमपृच्छताम्
tatovismayamāpannau smṛtvā tau duṣkṛtaṃ nijam | upetya praṇatau bhūtvā vaivasvatamapṛcchatām
Then the two, filled with astonishment, remembering their own evil deed, approached, bowed down, and asked Vaivasvata (Yama):
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PdP 6 179.18
संचितं दुष्कृतं पूर्वमावाभ्यामपि गर्हितम् । लोकानामीप्सितानां तु को हेतुस्तद्वदस्व नौ
saṃcitaṃ duṣkṛtaṃ pūrvamāvābhyāmapi garhitam | lokānāmīpsitānāṃ tu ko hetustadvadasva nau
"Evil, blameworthy deeds were heaped up by us both before; what then is the cause of these desired worlds? Tell us that."
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PdP 6 179.19
एवमुक्तस्ततस्ताभ्यामाह वैवस्वतो वचः । आसीद्गंगातटे नाम्ना बटुर्ब्रह्मविदुत्तमः॥
evamuktastatastābhyāmāha vaivasvato vacaḥ | āsīdgaṃgātaṭe nāmnā baṭurbrahmaviduttamaḥ||
Thus addressed by the two, Vaivasvata then spoke these words: "On the bank of the Gaṅgā there was one named Baṭu, foremost of the knowers of brahman,
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PdP 6 179.20
एकाकी निर्ममः शांतो वीतरागो विमत्सरः । गीतानां पंचमाध्यायमावर्त्तयति सर्वदा
ekākī nirmamaḥ śāṃto vītarāgo vimatsaraḥ | gītānāṃ paṃcamādhyāyamāvarttayati sarvadā
solitary, free of the sense of 'mine', tranquil, with passion gone, without envy; he was constantly reciting the fifth chapter of the Gītā.
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PdP 6 179.21
तेन पुण्येन पूतात्मा बुद्ध्वा ब्रह्म सनातनम् । पापीयानपि यं श्रुत्वा तनुमुत्सृष्टवानसौ
tena puṇyena pūtātmā buddhvā brahma sanātanam | pāpīyānapi yaṃ śrutvā tanumutsṛṣṭavānasau
By that merit his self was purified and he came to know the eternal brahman; and even a great sinner, on hearing it, would (be freed)—he laid down his body.
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PdP 6 179.22
निर्मलीकृतदेहस्य गीताभिर्भावितात्मनः । तत्कपालजलं प्राप्य युवां यातौ पवित्रताम्
nirmalīkṛtadehasya gītābhirbhāvitātmanaḥ | tatkapālajalaṃ prāpya yuvāṃ yātau pavitratām
By reaching the water in the skull of him whose body had been made spotless and whose self had been refined by the Gītā (verses), you two have attained purity.
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PdP 6 179.23
तद्गच्छतं युवां लोकान्मनोरथपथिस्थितान् । गीतानां पंचमाध्यायमाहात्म्येन पवित्रितौ
tadgacchataṃ yuvāṃ lokānmanorathapathisthitān | gītānāṃ paṃcamādhyāyamāhātmyena pavitritau
“Then go, you two, to the worlds that stand upon the road of your wishes, purified by the greatness of the fifth chapter of the Gītā.”
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PdP 6 179.24
एवं तौ बोधितौ तेन मुदितौ समवर्तिना । व्योमयानं समारुह्य जग्मतुर्वैष्णवं पदम्
evaṃ tau bodhitau tena muditau samavartinā | vyomayānaṃ samāruhya jagmaturvaiṣṇavaṃ padam
Thus instructed by him, the impartial one, the two, delighted, mounted a sky-chariot and went to the abode of Viṣṇu.
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