Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 182
PdP 6 182.1
शिव उवाच। अष्टमाध्यायमाहात्म्यं शृणु वक्ष्यामि पार्वति । यस्य श्रवणमात्रेण परां मुदमवाप्स्यसि
śiva uvāca| aṣṭamādhyāyamāhātmyaṃ śṛṇu vakṣyāmi pārvati | yasya śravaṇamātreṇa parāṃ mudamavāpsyasi
Śiva said: Hear the greatness of the eighth chapter, Pārvatī, which I shall declare; merely by hearing it you will attain the highest delight.
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PdP 6 182.2
आमर्दकं पुरं नाम्ना विश्रुतं दक्षिणापथि । द्विजन्मा भावशर्मेति तत्रासीद्गणिकापतिः
āmardakaṃ puraṃ nāmnā viśrutaṃ dakṣiṇāpathi | dvijanmā bhāvaśarmeti tatrāsīdgaṇikāpatiḥ
There is a city famed by the name Āmardaka in the southern region; there lived a twice-born called Bhāvaśarman, a keeper of harlots.
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PdP 6 182.3
खादन्मांसं पिबन्मद्यं चोरयन्साधुसंपदः । रममाणः परस्त्रीभिराखेटक कुतूहली
khādanmāṃsaṃ pibanmadyaṃ corayansādhusaṃpadaḥ | ramamāṇaḥ parastrībhirākheṭaka kutūhalī
Eating meat, drinking liquor, stealing the wealth of good men, dallying with the wives of others, avid for the hunt—
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PdP 6 182.4
अत्यवाहयदत्युग्रो गरीयांसं मनोरथम् । सुहृदां विटगोष्ठ्यां च तालीफलसुधारसम्
atyavāhayadatyugro garīyāṃsaṃ manoratham | suhṛdāṃ viṭagoṣṭhyāṃ ca tālīphalasudhārasam
—that most violent man fulfilled his weightiest desire, and in the company of rogues among his friends (drank) the nectar-juice of the palm fruit,
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PdP 6 182.5
निपीय कंठपर्यंतमजीर्णेनातिपीडितः । मृतः कालेन पापात्मा जातस्तालीतरुर्महान्
nipīya kaṃṭhaparyaṃtamajīrṇenātipīḍitaḥ | mṛtaḥ kālena pāpātmā jātastālītarurmahān
having drunk it up to his throat, sorely afflicted by indigestion, the evil-souled one died in time and was born as a great palm tree.
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PdP 6 182.6
तस्यच्छायामुपाश्रित्य निबिडामतिशीतलाम् । अभूतां दंपती कौचिद्ब्रह्मराक्षसतां गतौ
tasyacchāyāmupāśritya nibiḍāmatiśītalām | abhūtāṃ daṃpatī kaucidbrahmarākṣasatāṃ gatau
Resorting to its shade, dense and very cool, there were a certain husband and wife who had come to the condition of brahmarākṣasas.
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PdP 6 182.7
देव्युवाच। किं जातीयौ किमात्मानौ किंवृत्तावित्युदीरय । कर्मणा केन वा देव ब्रह्मराक्षसता तयोः
devyuvāca| kiṃ jātīyau kimātmānau kiṃvṛttāvityudīraya | karmaṇā kena vā deva brahmarākṣasatā tayoḥ
The Goddess said: Tell me of what caste they were, of what nature, of what conduct; and by what deed, O God, did the two come to be brahmarākṣasas?
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PdP 6 182.8
शिव उवाच। वेदवेदांगतत्वज्ञः सर्वशास्त्रार्थकोविदः । सदाचारोऽभवत्कश्चिद्दिवजो नाम कुशीवलः
śiva uvāca| vedavedāṃgatatvajñaḥ sarvaśāstrārthakovidaḥ | sadācāro'bhavatkaściddivajo nāma kuśīvalaḥ
Śiva said: There was a certain twice-born named Kuśīvala, knower of the truth of the Vedas and their auxiliary sciences, expert in the meaning of all the scriptures, of good conduct.
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PdP 6 182.9
जाया च तस्य कुमति नामधेया दुराशया । स सभार्यो महादानान्याददानोऽतिलोभवान्
jāyā ca tasya kumati nāmadheyā durāśayā | sa sabhāryo mahādānānyādadāno'tilobhavān
And his wife bore the name Kumati and was of evil intent. Together with his wife he, being exceedingly greedy, kept accepting great gifts,
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PdP 6 182.10
महिषीं कालपुरुषं हयादीननुवासरम् । अप्रयच्छन्द्विजातिभ्यो दानलब्धां वराटिकाम्
mahiṣīṃ kālapuruṣaṃ hayādīnanuvāsaram | aprayacchandvijātibhyo dānalabdhāṃ varāṭikām
a buffalo, an effigy of Kāla, horses and the rest, day after day, while not giving to the twice-born even a cowrie of what he had got by gifts.
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PdP 6 182.11
कालेन दंपती प्रेतौ ब्रह्मराक्षसरूपिणौ । पर्यटंतौ महीमेतां क्षुत्तृषाकुलविग्रहौ
kālena daṃpatī pretau brahmarākṣasarūpiṇau | paryaṭaṃtau mahīmetāṃ kṣuttṛṣākulavigrahau
In time the couple died and, in the form of brahmarākṣasas, wandered over this earth, their bodies tormented by hunger and thirst.
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PdP 6 182.12
विशश्रमतुरागत्य मूलं तालीतरोस्ततः । कथमेतन्महादुःखमावयोरपगच्छति
viśaśramaturāgatya mūlaṃ tālītarostataḥ | kathametanmahāduḥkhamāvayorapagacchati
Then they came and rested at the foot of the palm tree. "How can this great suffering of ours depart?
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PdP 6 182.13
कथं वा जायते मुक्तिर्ब्रह्मराक्षसयोनितः । इति पृष्टो गृहिण्याऽसौ ब्राह्मणः समभाषत
kathaṃ vā jāyate muktirbrahmarākṣasayonitaḥ | iti pṛṣṭo gṛhiṇyā'sau brāhmaṇaḥ samabhāṣata
And how does release come about from the brahmarākṣasa birth?" Thus questioned by his wife, that brahmin spoke:
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PdP 6 182.14
ब्रह्मविद्योपदेशेन विनाध्यात्मविचारणात् । विनाकर्मविधिज्ञानात्कथं मुच्येत संकटात्
brahmavidyopadeśena vinādhyātmavicāraṇāt | vinākarmavidhijñānātkathaṃ mucyeta saṃkaṭāt
"Without instruction in the knowledge of brahman, without reflection on the inner self, without knowledge of the rules of ritual action—how could one be freed from this strait?"
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PdP 6 182.15
भार्योवाच। किं तद् ब्रह्म किमध्यात्मं किं कर्म पुरुषोत्तम । एतावदुक्ते तत्पत्न्या यदाश्चर्यमभूच्छृणु
bhāryovāca| kiṃ tad brahma kimadhyātmaṃ kiṃ karma puruṣottama | etāvadukte tatpatnyā yadāścaryamabhūcchṛṇu
The wife said: What is that brahman, what is the inner self, what is action, O best of men? When just this much had been said by his wife, hear what a marvel occurred.
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PdP 6 182.16
अष्टमाध्यायश्लोकार्द्धश्रवणात्स तरुस्तदा । विहाय तालीरूपं तद्बभूव द्विजसत्तमः
aṣṭamādhyāyaślokārddhaśravaṇātsa tarustadā | vihāya tālīrūpaṃ tadbabhūva dvijasattamaḥ
From the hearing of half a verse of the eighth chapter, that tree then abandoned its palm-form and became a most excellent brahmin,
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PdP 6 182.17
सद्योज्ञानविधूतात्मा विमुक्तः पापकंचुकात् । तन्माहात्म्याद्विनिर्मुक्तौ दंपती तौ बभूवतुः
sadyojñānavidhūtātmā vimuktaḥ pāpakaṃcukāt | tanmāhātmyādvinirmuktau daṃpatī tau babhūvatuḥ
his self at once shaken clean by knowledge, freed from the sheath of sin; and by the greatness of that (chapter) those two, husband and wife, became wholly released.
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PdP 6 182.18
एतावदेव मुक्तं च दैवान्निर्गत्य तन्मुखात् । ततोंतरिक्षादायांतं क्वणत्किंकिणिकं शुभम्
etāvadeva muktaṃ ca daivānnirgatya tanmukhāt | tatoṃtarikṣādāyāṃtaṃ kvaṇatkiṃkiṇikaṃ śubham
Just this much had been released, by fate, and come forth from his mouth—then (they beheld), coming from the sky, a lovely (chariot) with tinkling bells,
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PdP 6 182.19
दिवि दिव्यांगनावक्त्रचंद्रमंडलमंडितम् । अप्सरोवदनांभोज भ्राम्यद्भ्रमरसंकुलम्
divi divyāṃganāvaktracaṃdramaṃḍalamaṃḍitam | apsarovadanāṃbhoja bhrāmyadbhramarasaṃkulam
in the heavens, adorned with the orb-of-the-moon faces of divine women, thronged with hovering bees about the lotus-faces of the apsarases,
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PdP 6 182.20
निर्मथ्यमानदुग्धाब्धि वेलाडिंडिरपांडुरैः । गंगातरंगसुभगैश्चामरैरुपशोभितम्
nirmathyamānadugdhābdhi velāḍiṃḍirapāṃḍuraiḥ | gaṃgātaraṃgasubhagaiścāmarairupaśobhitam
(it was) adorned with chowries pale as the foam on the shore of the churned milk-ocean, lovely as the waves of the Gaṅgā.
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PdP 6 182.21
गायद्गंधर्वसुभगं नृत्यत्सुरवधूशतम् । दिव्यं विमानमारूढौ दंपती जग्मतुर्दिवम्
gāyadgaṃdharvasubhagaṃ nṛtyatsuravadhūśatam | divyaṃ vimānamārūḍhau daṃpatī jagmaturdivam
Lovely with singing gandharvas, with hundreds of dancing wives of the gods — mounted upon that divine aerial car, the couple went to heaven.
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PdP 6 182.22
अत्रत्यं वृत्तमखिलमेतद्विस्मयकारकम् । ततो लिलेख मेधावी श्लोकार्द्धमिदमादरात्
atratyaṃ vṛttamakhilametadvismayakārakam | tato lilekha medhāvī ślokārddhamidamādarāt
All this that happened here was a cause of astonishment; thereafter the wise man reverently wrote down this half-verse.
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PdP 6 182.23
ययौ वाराणसीं नाम नगरीं मुक्तिदायिनीम् । आराधयितुमन्विच्छन्देवदेवं जनार्दनम्
yayau vārāṇasīṃ nāma nagarīṃ muktidāyinīm | ārādhayitumanvicchandevadevaṃ janārdanam
He went to the city named Vārāṇasī, the giver of liberation, wishing to propitiate Janārdana, the god of gods.
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PdP 6 182.24
स तत्र कर्तुमारेभे तपः परमुदारधीः । अत्रांतरे जगन्नाथो देवदेवो जनार्दनः
sa tatra kartumārebhe tapaḥ paramudāradhīḥ | atrāṃtare jagannātho devadevo janārdanaḥ
There he, of most noble mind, began to perform austerity. Meanwhile the Lord of the world, the god of gods, Janārdana,
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PdP 6 182.25
पृष्टो दुग्धाब्धिसुतया संयोज्य करसंपुटम् । निद्रापथं विहायैव स्थीयते कथ्यतामिति
pṛṣṭo dugdhābdhisutayā saṃyojya karasaṃpuṭam | nidrāpathaṃ vihāyaiva sthīyate kathyatāmiti
was asked by the daughter of the milk-ocean, who joined her cupped hands: "Tell me why you remain having abandoned the path of sleep."
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PdP 6 182.26
श्रीभगवानुवाच। काश्यां भागीरथी तीरे तपस्यतितरां द्विजः । भावशर्माति मेधावी मद्भक्तिरसपूरितः
śrībhagavānuvāca| kāśyāṃ bhāgīrathī tīre tapasyatitarāṃ dvijaḥ | bhāvaśarmāti medhāvī madbhaktirasapūritaḥ
The Blessed Lord said: In Kāśī, on the bank of the Bhāgīrathī, a brahmin practises intense austerity — the wise Bhāvaśarman, filled with the savour of devotion to me,
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PdP 6 182.27
जपन्गीताष्टमाध्यायश्लोकार्द्धं नियतेंद्रियः । संतुष्टवानहं देवि तदीयतपसा भृशम्
japangītāṣṭamādhyāyaślokārddhaṃ niyateṃdriyaḥ | saṃtuṣṭavānahaṃ devi tadīyatapasā bhṛśam
muttering, with senses restrained, the half-verse of the eighth chapter of the Gītā. O goddess, I have been exceedingly pleased by his austerity.
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PdP 6 182.28
चिरं विचारयन्नेव तत्तपः सदृशं फलम् । दातुमुत्कंठितमना वर्तेयं सांप्रतं प्रिये
ciraṃ vicārayanneva tattapaḥ sadṛśaṃ phalam | dātumutkaṃṭhitamanā varteyaṃ sāṃprataṃ priye
Long considering indeed what fruit would match that austerity, I remain now, my dear, with a mind eager to bestow it.
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PdP 6 182.29
पार्वत्युवाच। हरिः प्रसन्नभूतोऽपि चिंतां प्राप यदि प्रभो । भावशर्मा हरेर्भक्तः प्राप्तः किं तत्फलं पुनः
pārvatyuvāca| hariḥ prasannabhūto'pi ciṃtāṃ prāpa yadi prabho | bhāvaśarmā harerbhaktaḥ prāptaḥ kiṃ tatphalaṃ punaḥ
Pārvatī said: If, O Lord, Hari, though he had become gracious, fell into deliberation, then what fruit did Bhāvaśarman, Hari's devotee, obtain?
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PdP 6 182.30
श्रीमहादेव उवाच। ततः प्रसादमासाद्य प्रसन्नस्य मुरद्विषः । सुखमात्यंतिकं प्राप भावशर्मा द्विजोत्तमः । लेभिरे पदवीं सर्वे तदीया अपि वंशजाः
śrīmahādeva uvāca| tataḥ prasādamāsādya prasannasya muradviṣaḥ | sukhamātyaṃtikaṃ prāpa bhāvaśarmā dvijottamaḥ | lebhire padavīṃ sarve tadīyā api vaṃśajāḥ
Śrī Mahādeva said: Then, having obtained the favour of the gracious foe of Mura, Bhāvaśarman, best of brahmins, attained absolute happiness; and all those born in his lineage too attained that station —
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PdP 6 182.31
तत्कर्मवशतो ये वै संप्राप्ता यातनां पुरा । एतदेवाष्टमाध्यायमाहात्म्यं किंचिदेव ते
tatkarmavaśato ye vai saṃprāptā yātanāṃ purā | etadevāṣṭamādhyāyamāhātmyaṃ kiṃcideva te
even those who formerly, by force of their karma, had come to torment. This much only, of the greatness of this very eighth chapter, has been
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PdP 6 182.32
कथितं मृगशावाक्षि द्रष्टव्यं तु सदैव च
kathitaṃ mṛgaśāvākṣi draṣṭavyaṃ tu sadaiva ca
told (to you), O doe-eyed one; and it is ever to be regarded (kept in view).
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