Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 183

PdP 6 183.1

श्रीमहादेव उवाच। अतः परं प्रवक्ष्यामि नवमाध्यायमादरात् । संशृणुष्व स्थिरीभूय तुहिनाचल कन्यके

śrīmahādeva uvāca| ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi navamādhyāyamādarāt | saṃśṛṇuṣva sthirībhūya tuhinācala kanyake

Śrī Mahādeva said: Next I shall reverently expound the ninth chapter; listen attentively, steadying yourself, O daughter of the Snow Mountain.

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PdP 6 183.2

अस्ति माहिष्मतीनाम नगरी नर्मदातटे । तत्रासीन्माधवो नाम द्विजन्मा स शिवो द्विजः

asti māhiṣmatīnāma nagarī narmadātaṭe | tatrāsīnmādhavo nāma dvijanmā sa śivo dvijaḥ

There is a city named Māhiṣmatī on the bank of the Narmadā. There lived a twice-born named Mādhava, an auspicious brahmin.

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PdP 6 183.3

वेदवेदांगतत्वज्ञः कालेकालेऽतिथिप्रियः । अर्जयित्वा बहुधनं विद्ययैव विशुद्धधीः

vedavedāṃgatatvajñaḥ kālekāle'tithipriyaḥ | arjayitvā bahudhanaṃ vidyayaiva viśuddhadhīḥ

He knew the truth of the Vedas and the Vedāṅgas, was fond of guests at every occasion, and, of wholly pure mind, had earned much wealth by learning alone.

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PdP 6 183.4

महांतमध्वरं कर्तुं समारेभे कदाचन । आलंभनार्थमानीतश्छागः पूजितविग्रहः

mahāṃtamadhvaraṃ kartuṃ samārebhe kadācana | ālaṃbhanārthamānītaśchāgaḥ pūjitavigrahaḥ

Once he set out to perform a great sacrifice. A goat, brought for the slaying, its body having been worshipped,

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PdP 6 183.5

वाचमूचे हसन्नुच्चैर्जगद्विस्मयकारकः । किमेतैर्बहुभिर्यागैर्विधिवद्विहितैरपि

vācamūce hasannuccairjagadvismayakārakaḥ | kimetairbahubhiryāgairvidhivadvihitairapi

spoke aloud, laughing, causing astonishment to the world: "What is the use of these many sacrifices, even when performed according to the rules,

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PdP 6 183.6

विनश्वरफलैर्जन्म जरामरणहेतुभिः । एतावत्यपि मे विप्र दशेयं दृश्यतामिति

vinaśvaraphalairjanma jarāmaraṇahetubhiḥ | etāvatyapi me vipra daśeyaṃ dṛśyatāmiti

whose fruits perish and which are the causes of birth, old age and death? Even after so much (sacrificing), brahmin, look at this condition of mine!"

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PdP 6 183.7

छागस्यैवं वचोतीव कुतूहलपरं जनाः । निशम्य विस्मयं याताः कृतमंडपवासिनः

chāgasyaivaṃ vacotīva kutūhalaparaṃ janāḥ | niśamya vismayaṃ yātāḥ kṛtamaṃḍapavāsinaḥ

Hearing the goat's speech thus, exceedingly full of wonder, the people dwelling in the pavilion that had been erected were amazed.

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PdP 6 183.8

ततो बद्धांजलिपुटो द्विजातिस्तिमितेक्षणः । प्रणम्य श्रद्दधानस्तमपृच्छच्छागमादरात्

tato baddhāṃjalipuṭo dvijātistimitekṣaṇaḥ | praṇamya śraddadhānastamapṛcchacchāgamādarāt

Then the twice-born one, his palms joined in reverence and his gaze unblinking, bowed down and, full of faith, respectfully asked the goat:

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PdP 6 183.9

द्विज उवाच। किं जातीयः किमात्मा त्वं किं वृत्तमिति मे वद । केन वा कर्मणा वासीच्छागत्वमिति कारणम्

dvija uvāca| kiṃ jātīyaḥ kimātmā tvaṃ kiṃ vṛttamiti me vada | kena vā karmaṇā vāsīcchāgatvamiti kāraṇam

The brahmin said: Tell me — of what birth are you, what is your nature, what has been your history? And by what deed did you come to this goat-state? (Tell me) the cause.

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PdP 6 183.10

छाग उवाच। आसं पुरा द्विजातीनामन्वये चातिनिर्मले । आहर्ता क्रतुसंघानां वेदविद्याविशारदः

chāga uvāca| āsaṃ purā dvijātīnāmanvaye cātinirmale | āhartā kratusaṃghānāṃ vedavidyāviśāradaḥ

The goat said: Formerly I was (born) in a very pure lineage of brahmins, a performer of many sacrifices, well versed in the knowledge of the Vedas.

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PdP 6 183.11

एकदा मम गेहिन्या पुत्ररोगप्रशांतये । छागः प्रयाचितो मत्तः चंडिकाभक्तिनम्रया

ekadā mama gehinyā putrarogapraśāṃtaye | chāgaḥ prayācito mattaḥ caṃḍikābhaktinamrayā

Once, for the allaying of her son's illness, a goat was requested of me by my wife, who was bowed down with devotion to Caṇḍikā.

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PdP 6 183.12

ततो निहन्यमानस्य चंडिकामंडपस्थले । छागस्य जननी मां तु शशाप ब्रह्मवादिनी

tato nihanyamānasya caṃḍikāmaṃḍapasthale | chāgasya jananī māṃ tu śaśāpa brahmavādinī

Then, as the goat was being slain on the floor of Caṇḍikā's pavilion, its mother, who spoke with sacred power, cursed me:

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PdP 6 183.13

अशास्त्रीयाध्वना पाप मत्सुतं यज्जिघांससि । द्विजात्यधमतेन त्वमजा योनिमवाप्स्यसि

aśāstrīyādhvanā pāpa matsutaṃ yajjighāṃsasi | dvijātyadhamatena tvamajā yonimavāpsyasi

"Sinner, since by a way not sanctioned by scripture you wish to kill my son, you, lowest of the twice-born, shall obtain the womb of a she-goat."

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PdP 6 183.14

ततोऽहं प्रेत्यकालेन छागोऽभूवं द्विजोत्तम । निस्तीर्य चानेकविधा योनिसंतापयातनाः

tato'haṃ pretyakālena chāgo'bhūvaṃ dvijottama | nistīrya cānekavidhā yonisaṃtāpayātanāḥ

Then, in the course of time after death, I became a goat, O best of the twice-born, having passed through the torments and sufferings of many kinds of wombs.

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PdP 6 183.15

विप्र उवाच। जातिस्मरत्वमप्यस्ति पशुयोनिमुपेयुषः । त्वदीयजन्मशुश्रूषा कुतूहलरसोन्मुखम्

vipra uvāca| jātismaratvamapyasti paśuyonimupeyuṣaḥ | tvadīyajanmaśuśrūṣā kutūhalarasonmukham

The brahmin said: Even one who has entered an animal womb has memory of (former) births! Hearing of your births is something that arouses the taste of curiosity.

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PdP 6 183.16

छाग उवाच। मनः सर्वान्द्विजानेतानपि तत्कथयाखिलम् । कदाचिन्मर्कटो भूवमाहितुंडिकशिक्षया

chāga uvāca| manaḥ sarvāndvijānetānapi tatkathayākhilam | kadācinmarkaṭo bhūvamāhituṃḍikaśikṣayā

The goat said: (Set your) mind (to it) — I shall tell all of that in full to all these brahmins too. Once I became a monkey, through the training of a snake-charmer.

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PdP 6 183.17

क्रीडद्भिर्वीक्षितो डिंभैर्नृत्यन्प्रतिगृहांगणे । उदारानात्मनो दारान्विलोक्य तनयानपि

krīḍadbhirvīkṣito ḍiṃbhairnṛtyanpratigṛhāṃgaṇe | udārānātmano dārānvilokya tanayānapi

Watched by playing children as I danced in the courtyard of one house after another, and seeing my own noble wife and my sons as well,

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PdP 6 183.18

क्रियापराङ्मुखो जातस्त्यक्तनर्तनसंभ्रमः । ततो वर्तुलदंडैश्च दुःसहैराहितुंडिकः

kriyāparāṅmukho jātastyaktanartanasaṃbhramaḥ | tato vartuladaṃḍaiśca duḥsahairāhituṃḍikaḥ

I turned away from the performance, having abandoned my eagerness for dancing. Then, with unbearable rounded sticks, the animal-handler

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PdP 6 183.19

मामुच्चैस्ताडयांचक्रे रुषा लोहितलोचनः । ततोऽहं मूर्च्छितोऽभूवं क्षरत्क्षतजसंततिः

māmuccaistāḍayāṃcakre ruṣā lohitalocanaḥ | tato'haṃ mūrcchito'bhūvaṃ kṣaratkṣatajasaṃtatiḥ

beat me violently, his eyes red with rage. Then I fell unconscious, with streams of blood flowing from me.

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PdP 6 183.20

आजिघ्रन्नन्नमुदकमगमं कालधर्मताम् । ततोऽहमासीच्छुनकः परिभ्राम्यन्गृहे गृहे

ājighrannannamudakamagamaṃ kāladharmatām | tato'hamāsīcchunakaḥ paribhrāmyangṛhe gṛhe

Merely smelling food and water, I met my death. Then I became a dog, roaming from house to house,

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PdP 6 183.21

कुक्षिं भरिरहं मार्गे त्यक्तोच्छिष्टान्नभक्षकः । कदाचिदाविशं स्वांतरात्मवेश्ममहानसम्

kukṣiṃ bharirahaṃ mārge tyaktocchiṣṭānnabhakṣakaḥ | kadācidāviśaṃ svāṃtarātmaveśmamahānasam

filling my belly on the road, eating the discarded leftovers of food. Once I entered the kitchen of the house of my own former self,

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PdP 6 183.22

बुभुक्षितो भक्षयितुं स्थाली स्थापितमोदनम् । जिघ्रन्भूमितलं पश्यन्दिशो दश शनैर्भयात्

bubhukṣito bhakṣayituṃ sthālī sthāpitamodanam | jighranbhūmitalaṃ paśyandiśo daśa śanairbhayāt

hungry, to eat the boiled rice set out in a pot — sniffing, looking at the floor and in the ten directions, slowly, out of fear,

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PdP 6 183.23

शंकमानो जनरवात्पार्श्वे च विलिहन्निव । ततः कदाचिदागत्य वीक्षितस्तनुजैर्निजैः

śaṃkamāno janaravātpārśve ca vilihanniva | tataḥ kadācidāgatya vīkṣitastanujairnijaiḥ

apprehensive at the sound of people, and licking, as it were, at the side (of the pot). Then at some point I was seen by my own sons, who had come (in),

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PdP 6 183.24

जायया च जरत्याहं ताडितो लकुटादिभिः । ततो भग्नकटिर्यातो बहुशोणितमुद्वहन्

jāyayā ca jaratyāhaṃ tāḍito lakuṭādibhiḥ | tato bhagnakaṭiryāto bahuśoṇitamudvahan

and by my aged wife, and I was beaten with clubs and the like. Then, my back broken, I went off, losing much blood,

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PdP 6 183.25

निर्जगाम बहिर्गेहात्कथंचिन्मूर्च्छयाकुलः । अंगेषु पूतिगंधेषु क्रिमिगर्भेषु कालतः

nirjagāma bahirgehātkathaṃcinmūrcchayākulaḥ | aṃgeṣu pūtigaṃdheṣu krimigarbheṣu kālataḥ

and somehow, overcome by faintness, I got out of the house. When my limbs stank of rot and were full of worms, in due time —

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PdP 6 183.26

ततः कदश्वतां प्राप्तः शौंडिकस्य च वेश्मनि । अश्वोभवमहं विद्वन्मृतः कालक्रमादिह

tataḥ kadaśvatāṃ prāptaḥ śauṃḍikasya ca veśmani | aśvobhavamahaṃ vidvanmṛtaḥ kālakramādiha

then I reached the state of a wretched horse, in the house of a liquor-seller; I became a horse, O learned one, having died here in the course of time.

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PdP 6 183.27

कदाचिच्चत्वरे तेन समानीतो जनाकुले । विक्रयाय जरालीढ पतयालुरदावलि

kadāciccatvare tena samānīto janākule | vikrayāya jarālīḍha patayāluradāvali

Once I was brought by him to a crossroads crowded with people, for sale — worn away by old age, liable to collapse, and (marked with) a row of sores.

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PdP 6 183.28

जायया द्वारकायात्रां कर्तुमुद्यतयासकृत् । मौल्येनाल्पीयसा क्रेतुं तुरंगं चेष्टमानया

jāyayā dvārakāyātrāṃ kartumudyatayāsakṛt | maulyenālpīyasā kretuṃ turaṃgaṃ ceṣṭamānayā

(I was brought there) by his wife, who was repeatedly bent on making the pilgrimage to Dvārakā and was trying to buy a horse for as small a price as possible.

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PdP 6 183.29

जगृहेहं तया दाम्ना अल्पेन वसुना जरन् । गंतुं चारभतद्वित्रैः पुत्रैरारुह्य मां समम्

jagṛhehaṃ tayā dāmnā alpena vasunā jaran | gaṃtuṃ cārabhatadvitraiḥ putrairāruhya māṃ samam

I, old, was bought by her for a price, with a small sum of money; and she set out to travel, having mounted upon me together with two or three sons.

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PdP 6 183.30

शनैः शनै सरस्तीरे मग्नोऽहं गाढकर्दमे । तत्राहं कुटिलग्रीवश्चापतन्कर्दमान्तरे

śanaiḥ śanai sarastīre magno'haṃ gāḍhakardame | tatrāhaṃ kuṭilagrīvaścāpatankardamāntare

Little by little, on the bank of a lake, I sank in the deep mud; there, my neck twisted, I fell down within the mire.

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PdP 6 183.31

ताड्यमानो मुहुः पुत्रैः लकुटोपलपाणिभिः । उत्थाप्यमानो बहुधा प्राणान्मोचितवानहम्

tāḍyamāno muhuḥ putraiḥ lakuṭopalapāṇibhiḥ | utthāpyamāno bahudhā prāṇānmocitavānaham

Being struck again and again by the sons, with cudgels and stones in their hands, and being hauled up in many ways, I gave up my life.

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PdP 6 183.32

ततो निश्चित्य मां तत्र मृतं भग्नोद्यमाः सुताः । आक्रुश्य मातरं दीनां प्रावृत्य निर्ययुर्गृहम्

tato niścitya māṃ tatra mṛtaṃ bhagnodyamāḥ sutāḥ | ākruśya mātaraṃ dīnāṃ prāvṛtya niryayurgṛham

Then the sons, their efforts broken, concluding that I was dead there, cried out, and wrapping up (covering) their wretched mother, went off homeward.

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PdP 6 183.33

ततः संप्रेत्य बहुना कालेन छागतां गतः । निस्तीर्णानेकहीनोच्च योनिसंतापयातनः

tataḥ saṃpretya bahunā kālena chāgatāṃ gataḥ | nistīrṇānekahīnocca yonisaṃtāpayātanaḥ

Then, after dying, after a long time I came to goathood, having passed through the torments and sufferings of many low and high births.

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PdP 6 183.34

द्विज उवाच। किमनेन महाछाग दुःखजातेन नित्यशः । यथावदंजसा मह्यं सुखमात्यंतिकं भवेत्

dvija uvāca| kimanena mahāchāga duḥkhajātena nityaśaḥ | yathāvadaṃjasā mahyaṃ sukhamātyaṃtikaṃ bhavet

The brahmin said: What use is this, O great goat, which is constantly a thing born of suffering? (Tell me) how final happiness may come to me duly and directly.

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PdP 6 183.35

छाग उवाच। आश्चर्यं कथयिष्यामि पुनरन्यदपि द्विज । स्वस्थमापृच्छमानस्य तवास्ति यदि कौतुकम्

chāga uvāca| āścaryaṃ kathayiṣyāmi punaranyadapi dvija | svasthamāpṛcchamānasya tavāsti yadi kautukam

The goat said: I shall relate yet another marvel too, O brahmin, if you, asking at your ease, have the curiosity.

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PdP 6 183.36

अस्ति नाम्ना कुरुक्षेत्रं नगरं मोक्षदायकम् । सूर्यवंशोऽभवत्तत्र चंद्रशर्मा महीपतिः

asti nāmnā kurukṣetraṃ nagaraṃ mokṣadāyakam | sūryavaṃśo'bhavattatra caṃdraśarmā mahīpatiḥ

There is a city named Kurukṣetra, a giver of liberation; there was there a king of the solar line, Candraśarmā.

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PdP 6 183.37

सूर्योपरागसमये श्रद्धया परयान्वितः । दानं स कालपुरुषं दातुं समुपचक्रमे

sūryoparāgasamaye śraddhayā parayānvitaḥ | dānaṃ sa kālapuruṣaṃ dātuṃ samupacakrame

At the time of a solar eclipse, filled with the highest faith, he undertook to give the gift of the Kālapuruṣa (the Man of Time).

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PdP 6 183.38

समाहूय द्विजन्मानं वेदवेदांगपारगम् । स्नातुं पुण्योदकैः पुण्यैर्ययौ सार्द्धं पुरोधसा

samāhūya dvijanmānaṃ vedavedāṃgapāragam | snātuṃ puṇyodakaiḥ puṇyairyayau sārddhaṃ purodhasā

Having summoned a twice-born who had mastered the Vedas and the Vedāṅgas, he went together with his chaplain to bathe in the holy, meritorious waters.

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PdP 6 183.39

अथोच्चैः कालपुरुषो वाचमूचे हसन्निव । अन्येनैव प्रगृह्णंति क्षेत्रे चाण्वपि किंचन

athoccaiḥ kālapuruṣo vācamūce hasanniva | anyenaiva pragṛhṇaṃti kṣetre cāṇvapi kiṃcana

Then the Kālapuruṣa spoke aloud, as though laughing: "In (such) a sacred field people accept even the tiniest thing only by (the hand of) another!"

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PdP 6 183.40

सूर्योपरागसमये कुरुक्षेत्राभिधे स्थले । दानं च कालपुरुषं जिघृक्षसि कथं द्विज

sūryoparāgasamaye kurukṣetrābhidhe sthale | dānaṃ ca kālapuruṣaṃ jighṛkṣasi kathaṃ dvija

"At the time of a solar eclipse, in the place named Kurukṣetra, how is it that you wish to accept the gift of the Kālapuruṣa, O brahmin?"

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PdP 6 183.41

ज्ञात्वापि निश्चितं सर्वमेतत्पातककारकम् । प्रवर्तसे कथं कर्तुं धनलोभान्धया धिया

jñātvāpi niścitaṃ sarvametatpātakakārakam | pravartase kathaṃ kartuṃ dhanalobhāndhayā dhiyā

"Even though you know for certain that all this brings about sin, how do you set about doing it, with your judgment blinded by greed for wealth?"

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PdP 6 183.42

इत्थमाकर्ण्य तद्वाक्यं जगद्विस्मयकारकम् । किमनेन महादानभयेनेत्यवदद्द्विजः

itthamākarṇya tadvākyaṃ jagadvismayakārakam | kimanena mahādānabhayenetyavadaddvijaḥ

Hearing in this way that speech, which caused amazement to the world, the brahmin said: "What is this fear of the great gift?"

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PdP 6 183.43

एवंविध महादान पातकागाधवारिधिम् । जानामि तरितुं सम्यगुपायमहमेव हि

evaṃvidha mahādāna pātakāgādhavāridhim | jānāmi tarituṃ samyagupāyamahameva hi

"This unfathomable ocean of sin (that is) such a great gift—I myself indeed know the proper means to cross it."

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PdP 6 183.44

ततः स्नात्वा महीपालः परिधाय च वाससी । शुचिः प्रसन्नहृदयः सितमाल्यानुलेपनः

tataḥ snātvā mahīpālaḥ paridhāya ca vāsasī | śuciḥ prasannahṛdayaḥ sitamālyānulepanaḥ

Then the king, having bathed and put on his two garments, pure, with a serene heart, with white garlands and unguents,

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PdP 6 183.45

अवलंब्य करांभोजं पार्श्ववर्तिपुरोधसः । समाययौ सेव्यमानः स तत्कालोचितैर्जनैः

avalaṃbya karāṃbhojaṃ pārśvavartipurodhasaḥ | samāyayau sevyamānaḥ sa tatkālocitairjanaiḥ

leaning on the lotus-hand of the chaplain who stood at his side, came forward, attended by people suited to that occasion.

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PdP 6 183.46

समागत्य च भूपालः संप्रादात्कालपूरुषम् । यथोचितेन विधिना तस्मै भक्त्या द्विजन्मने

samāgatya ca bhūpālaḥ saṃprādātkālapūruṣam | yathocitena vidhinā tasmai bhaktyā dvijanmane

And having arrived, the king bestowed the Kālapuruṣa, with the rite that was proper, with devotion, upon that twice-born.

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PdP 6 183.47

निर्भिद्य कालपुरुषहृदयं निर्दयोदयः । पापात्मा निर्ययौ कश्चिच्चांडालो रक्तलोचनः

nirbhidya kālapuruṣahṛdayaṃ nirdayodayaḥ | pāpātmā niryayau kaściccāṃḍālo raktalocanaḥ

Splitting open the heart of the Kālapuruṣa, there came forth a certain Cāṇḍāla, red-eyed, evil-souled, whose emergence was pitiless.

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PdP 6 183.48

किंच प्रापितकालस्य परनिंदारसोत्सवे । निंदा चांडालिका देहपार्श्वमागाद्द्विजन्मनः

kiṃca prāpitakālasya paraniṃdārasotsave | niṃdā cāṃḍālikā dehapārśvamāgāddvijanmanaḥ

Moreover, upon (that man) whose hour had come, in the festival of relishing the slander of others — Slander, in the form of a Cāṇḍāla woman, came to the side of the twice-born's body.

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PdP 6 183.49

एतच्चांडालयुगलं निर्गत्यारुणलोचनम् । ततः संचरितं चक्रे प्रसह्यांगे द्विजन्मनः

etaccāṃḍālayugalaṃ nirgatyāruṇalocanam | tataḥ saṃcaritaṃ cakre prasahyāṃge dvijanmanaḥ

This pair of Cāṇḍālas, having come forth, red-eyed, then forcibly made their way over the body of the twice-born.

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PdP 6 183.50

गीतानां नवमाध्यायं जपन्नेव हृदिस्थितः । कंपमानं द्विजं किंचित्तूष्णीं पश्यति भूपतौ 6.183.

gītānāṃ navamādhyāyaṃ japanneva hṛdisthitaḥ | kaṃpamānaṃ dvijaṃ kiṃcittūṣṇīṃ paśyati bhūpatau 6.183.

Even as he went on reciting the ninth chapter of the Gītā, established in his heart, the king sees the twice-born trembling a little, silent.

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PdP 6 183.51

अंतर्निद्राणगोविंदं कंपमानमिवांबुधिम् । मरुदांदोलनैर्विद्वान्द्विजन्मा पापसंश्रयम्

aṃtarnidrāṇagoviṃdaṃ kaṃpamānamivāṃbudhim | marudāṃdolanairvidvāndvijanmā pāpasaṃśrayam

(Him) with Govinda asleep within, trembling like the ocean at the tossings of the winds, the learned twice-born, beset by sin —

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PdP 6 183.52

ततो गीताक्षरोद्भूतैर्वैष्णवैः परिपीडितम् । पलायमानं चांडालयुगलं निष्फलोद्यमम्

tato gītākṣarodbhūtairvaiṣṇavaiḥ paripīḍitam | palāyamānaṃ cāṃḍālayugalaṃ niṣphalodyamam

— then the pair of Cāṇḍālas, sorely afflicted by the Vaiṣṇavas sprung from the syllables of the Gītā, fleeing, their effort fruitless,

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PdP 6 183.53

तन्निश्चक्राम वेगेन द्विजातेः पार्श्ववर्ति यत् । शरीरे वर्त्तमानं च परनिंदारसोत्सवे

tanniścakrāma vegena dvijāteḥ pārśvavarti yat | śarīre varttamānaṃ ca paraniṃdārasotsave

that which stood at the twice-born's side went out in haste, and (also) that which was abiding in his body at the festival of relishing the slander of others.

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PdP 6 183.54

इत्थं कलितवृत्तांतः प्रत्यक्षं क्षितिवल्लभः । पर्यपृच्छद्द्विजन्मानं विस्मयस्मेरलोचनः

itthaṃ kalitavṛttāṃtaḥ pratyakṣaṃ kṣitivallabhaḥ | paryapṛcchaddvijanmānaṃ vismayasmeralocanaḥ

Having thus witnessed the event with his own eyes, the lord of the earth, his eyes smiling with wonder, questioned the twice-born:

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PdP 6 183.55

कथमापदियं घोरा निस्तीर्णा महती त्वया । कं मंत्रं जपता विप्र कं वासं स्मरतासुरम्

kathamāpadiyaṃ ghorā nistīrṇā mahatī tvayā | kaṃ maṃtraṃ japatā vipra kaṃ vāsaṃ smaratāsuram

"How was this dreadful, great calamity crossed over by you? Reciting what mantra, brahmin, or remembering what demonic dwelling?"

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PdP 6 183.56

कः पुमान्का च सा योषित्कथमेतावुपस्थितौ । कथं च शांतिमापन्नावित्युदीरय मे द्विज

kaḥ pumānkā ca sā yoṣitkathametāvupasthitau | kathaṃ ca śāṃtimāpannāvityudīraya me dvija

"Who was that man, and who that woman? How did these two come upon (you)? And how did they come to be quieted? Tell me this, brahmin."

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PdP 6 183.57

द्विज उवाच। चांडालमूर्तिमासाद्य मूर्तिकिल्बिषमुल्बणम् । योषिन्मूर्त्तिमयीं निंदाद्वयमेतदवैम्यहम्

dvija uvāca| cāṃḍālamūrtimāsādya mūrtikilbiṣamulbaṇam | yoṣinmūrttimayīṃ niṃdādvayametadavaimyaham

The twice-born said: Having taken on a Cāṇḍāla form, the gross sin of the body; and Slander, made of a woman's form — these two I recognize.

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PdP 6 183.58

गीताया नवमाध्यायमंत्रमाला मया स्मृता । तन्माहात्म्यमिदं सर्वं त्वमवेहि महीपते

gītāyā navamādhyāyamaṃtramālā mayā smṛtā | tanmāhātmyamidaṃ sarvaṃ tvamavehi mahīpate

The garland of mantras that is the ninth chapter of the Gītā was recited by me in memory; know, O lord of the earth, that all this is its greatness.

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PdP 6 183.59

गीताया नवमाध्यायं जपामि प्रत्यहं नृप । निस्तीर्णाश्चापदस्तेन कुप्रतिग्रहसंभवाः

gītāyā navamādhyāyaṃ japāmi pratyahaṃ nṛpa | nistīrṇāścāpadastena kupratigrahasaṃbhavāḥ

O king, I recite the ninth chapter of the Gītā every day; and by that the calamities arising from accepting improper gifts have been crossed over.

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PdP 6 183.60

अभ्यस्य नवामाध्यायं राजा तस्माद्द्विजन्मनः । तावुभावपि लेभाते परां निर्वृतिमुत्तमाम्

abhyasya navāmādhyāyaṃ rājā tasmāddvijanmanaḥ | tāvubhāvapi lebhāte parāṃ nirvṛtimuttamām

The king, having learned the ninth chapter from that twice-born, both of them attained the highest, supreme peace.

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