Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 184
PdP 6 184.1
देव्युवाच। सर्वज्ञ सर्वचैतन्य सर्वेश्वर गिरां गुरो । धन्यास्मि शिवमान्येन दृश्यमानेन यत्त्वया
devyuvāca| sarvajña sarvacaitanya sarveśvara girāṃ guro | dhanyāsmi śivamānyena dṛśyamānena yattvayā
The Goddess said: O all-knowing, all-consciousness, lord of all, teacher of speech — I am blessed, in that I am looked upon by you, who are honoured as the auspicious one.
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PdP 6 184.2
निरूपितमिदं पुण्यं नवमाध्यायवैभवम् । अनेकविस्मयस्वादु कथानकमयं मधु
nirūpitamidaṃ puṇyaṃ navamādhyāyavaibhavam | anekavismayasvādu kathānakamayaṃ madhu
This meritorious glory of the ninth chapter has been set forth (by you) — a honey made of tales, sweet with many wonders.
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PdP 6 184.3
शृण्वंत्या मम देवेश न तृप्तिर्जातु जायते । अकुंठाश्रवणोत्कंठा वर्द्धते वृषभध्वज
śṛṇvaṃtyā mama deveśa na tṛptirjātu jāyate | akuṃṭhāśravaṇotkaṃṭhā varddhate vṛṣabhadhvaja
As I listen, O lord of gods, no satiety ever arises; my unblunted eagerness to hear only grows, O you whose banner is the bull.
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PdP 6 184.4
आसीन्ममहिमांभोधे गीतानां श्रुतिजीवितम् । तत्रापि दशमाध्यायं प्रधानं मुनयो जगुः
āsīnmamahimāṃbhodhe gītānāṃ śrutijīvitam | tatrāpi daśamādhyāyaṃ pradhānaṃ munayo jaguḥ
The Gītās, O ocean of greatness, have been the very life of my hearing; and among them the sages have sung the tenth chapter as foremost.
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PdP 6 184.5
तमुद्दिश्य महाध्यायमभिधेहि कथानकम् । शिव उवाच। शृणु सुश्रोणि निश्रेणीं स्वर्गदुर्गस्य दुर्ल्लभाम्
tamuddiśya mahādhyāyamabhidhehi kathānakam | śiva uvāca| śṛṇu suśroṇi niśreṇīṃ svargadurgasya durllabhām
With reference to that great chapter, tell (me) a story. Śiva said: Listen, fair-hipped one, to the hard-won ladder to the fortress of heaven,
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PdP 6 184.6
सीमामिव प्रभावानां पावनीं परमां कथाम् । आसीत्काशीपुरे विप्रः पुण्यकीर्त्तिपरायणः
sīmāmiva prabhāvānāṃ pāvanīṃ paramāṃ kathām | āsītkāśīpure vipraḥ puṇyakīrttiparāyaṇaḥ
to the supreme, purifying tale that is like the very boundary of (all) powers. In the city of Kāśī there was a brahmin devoted to holy renown,
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PdP 6 184.7
प्रशांतचेता निर्मुक्त हिंसाकार्कश्यसाहसः । निवृत्तिनिरतो नित्यं जितेंद्रियतया तथा
praśāṃtacetā nirmukta hiṃsākārkaśyasāhasaḥ | nivṛttinirato nityaṃ jiteṃdriyatayā tathā
his mind wholly calm, freed from violence, harshness and rashness, ever intent on withdrawal, and likewise through having conquered his senses,
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PdP 6 184.8
धीरधीरिति विख्यातो नंदीव मयि भक्तिमान् । निस्तीर्णनिगमांभोधिः सर्वशास्त्रार्थकोविदः
dhīradhīriti vikhyāto naṃdīva mayi bhaktimān | nistīrṇanigamāṃbhodhiḥ sarvaśāstrārthakovidaḥ
(He is) renowned as Dhīradhī, devoted to me like Nandin, one who has crossed the ocean of the scriptures, skilled in the meaning of all the treatises.
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PdP 6 184.9
तस्य ध्यानपराधीन चेतसः प्रतिगच्छतः । अंतरात्मनि निर्मग्न मनसस्तत्त्वचक्षुषः
tasya dhyānaparādhīna cetasaḥ pratigacchataḥ | aṃtarātmani nirmagna manasastattvacakṣuṣaḥ
Of him, whose mind is wholly given over to meditation, as he walks along, his mind immersed in the inner self, having the eye of truth —
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PdP 6 184.10
करावलंबनं तस्य धावन्प्रीत्या ददाम्यहम् । कदाचन चमत्कारकारकं विमना मुनिः
karāvalaṃbanaṃ tasya dhāvanprītyā dadāmyaham | kadācana camatkārakārakaṃ vimanā muniḥ
— to him I, running (to him), lovingly give the support of my hand. Once, causing amazement, the sage, absent-minded,
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PdP 6 184.11
आचांतः किंच नासाग्रपरमानंदमेदुराम् । दृशमासाद्य निद्राणकरणोयमिवास्थितः
ācāṃtaḥ kiṃca nāsāgraparamānaṃdamedurām | dṛśamāsādya nidrāṇakaraṇoyamivāsthitaḥ
having rinsed his mouth, and having fixed his gaze on the tip of his nose, (a gaze) thick with supreme bliss, remained as though with his senses asleep;
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PdP 6 184.12
उपाधास्य विशालाक्षि विशालां द्वारदेहलीम् । अशेत निशि निःशंकं तावल्लंबेक्षणः क्षणम्
upādhāsya viśālākṣi viśālāṃ dvāradehalīm | aśeta niśi niḥśaṃkaṃ tāvallaṃbekṣaṇaḥ kṣaṇam
and, O large-eyed one, laying (his head) upon the broad threshold of a doorway, he would lie down at night without any fear, his eyes drooping for a while.
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PdP 6 184.13
मामपृच्छद्भृंगिरिटिः प्रणम्यपादपंकजम् । अनेन विधिना केन विहितं तव दर्शनम्
māmapṛcchadbhṛṃgiriṭiḥ praṇamyapādapaṃkajam | anena vidhinā kena vihitaṃ tava darśanam
Bhṛṅgiriṭi, having bowed to (my) lotus-feet, asked me: "By what observance has this appearance of yours (to him) been brought about?
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PdP 6 184.14
तपस्तप्तं हुतं जप्तं किमनेन महात्मना । दत्ते प्रतिपदं देवो यस्य हस्तावलंबनम्
tapastaptaṃ hutaṃ japtaṃ kimanena mahātmanā | datte pratipadaṃ devo yasya hastāvalaṃbanam
What austerity has been performed, what oblation offered, what muttered prayer said by this great soul, to whom the god gives the support of his hand at every step?
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PdP 6 184.15
अयं न लभते गंतुं कस्मादस्मात्पुराद्बहिः । यदृच्छया यदा काशी सीमामुल्लंघ्य गच्छति
ayaṃ na labhate gaṃtuṃ kasmādasmātpurādbahiḥ | yadṛcchayā yadā kāśī sīmāmullaṃghya gacchati
Why is he unable to go outside this city? And when by chance he crosses the boundary of Kāśī and goes (beyond),
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PdP 6 184.16
न पश्यति तदा सर्वान्पार्श्वस्थानपि देहिनः । अत्र हेतुमहं ज्ञातुमिच्छामि स्वामिभाषिताम्
na paśyati tadā sarvānpārśvasthānapi dehinaḥ | atra hetumahaṃ jñātumicchāmi svāmibhāṣitām
then he does not see any embodied beings at all, even those standing beside him. I wish to know the reason for this, spoken by the Lord (himself).
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PdP 6 184.17
अनुग्राह्योस्मि चेद्वक्तुं युक्तं चेत्तदुदीरय । भृंगिरिटेरिमं प्रश्नं समाकर्ण्याहमूचिवान्
anugrāhyosmi cedvaktuṃ yuktaṃ cettadudīraya | bhṛṃgiriṭerimaṃ praśnaṃ samākarṇyāhamūcivān
If I am worthy of your favour, and if it is proper to be told, then declare it." Having heard this question of Bhṛṅgiriṭi, I said:
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PdP 6 184.18
कदाचिदासं कैलासं पार्श्वे पुन्नागकानने । रणत्खेचरसुश्रोणि पूर्णस्तबककानने
kadācidāsaṃ kailāsaṃ pārśve punnāgakānane | raṇatkhecarasuśroṇi pūrṇastabakakānane
Once I was on Kailāsa, on its flank, in a grove of punnāga trees — O you of the lovely hips, with celestial beings resounding (there) — in a grove full of blossom-clusters,
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PdP 6 184.19
कलकंठकुलालाप कल्लोलितदिगंतरे । गरुत्मदादिदात्यूह समूहस्वरसंकुले
kalakaṃṭhakulālāpa kallolitadigaṃtare | garutmadādidātyūha samūhasvarasaṃkule
where the horizons were set rippling with the chatter of flocks of sweet-voiced cuckoos, crowded with the massed cries of garuḍa-birds and gallinules and the rest,
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PdP 6 184.20
भ्रमद्दारुघटीयंत्र प्रोल्लसद्बिंदुदंतुरे । प्रबुद्धसारणिप्रांत कदलीकंदलालसे
bhramaddārughaṭīyaṃtra prollasadbiṃdudaṃture | prabuddhasāraṇiprāṃta kadalīkaṃdalālase
where the turning wooden water-wheels were speckled with the leaping drops (they threw up), and the borders of the flowing channels were languid with young banana shoots,
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PdP 6 184.21
कस्तूरीहरिणोपेते किंनरस्वरमोहिते । रोमंथमंथरापांगैर्मृगैः क्वापि निषेविते
kastūrīhariṇopete kiṃnarasvaramohite | romaṃthamaṃtharāpāṃgairmṛgaiḥ kvāpi niṣevite
peopled with musk-deer, bewitched by the singing of kinnaras, frequented here and there by deer whose sidelong glances were slow with the chewing of the cud,
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PdP 6 184.22
हंसैः कीरेषु पांडित्यं कुर्वाणैः संकुले शुकैः । निर्हृदिक्वणिनीरंध्र समीरणविलोडिते
haṃsaiḥ kīreṣu pāṃḍityaṃ kurvāṇaiḥ saṃkule śukaiḥ | nirhṛdikvaṇinīraṃdhra samīraṇaviloḍite
crowded with geese and with parrots that made a display of learning among the kīra-birds, stirred by a ceaseless wind resounding (through it),
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PdP 6 184.23
माधवीपुष्पनिर्यासशीधुक्षीबमधुव्रते । उन्मीलित्त्रिवलीपुष्पगुच्छसौरभनिर्भरे
mādhavīpuṣpaniryāsaśīdhukṣībamadhuvrate | unmīlittrivalīpuṣpagucchasaurabhanirbhare
where the bees were drunk on the liquor of the nectar of mādhavī flowers, filled with the fragrance of the opened clusters of trivalī blossoms,
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PdP 6 184.24
प्रोत्फुल्लबकुलामोदमदमंथरषट्पदे । सोमादुद्भूतपीयूषक्षालितक्षितिमंडले
protphullabakulāmodamadamaṃtharaṣaṭpade | somādudbhūtapīyūṣakṣālitakṣitimaṃḍale
where the bees were slowed with intoxication by the perfume of the fully-opened bakula flowers, and the circle of the ground was washed with the nectar streaming from the moon —
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PdP 6 184.25
अध्यास्य वेदिकामेकामहं क्षणमवस्थितः । उद्दंडशाखिसंघट्टस्फुटन्मंथामुखोत्करैः
adhyāsya vedikāmekāmahaṃ kṣaṇamavasthitaḥ | uddaṃḍaśākhisaṃghaṭṭasphuṭanmaṃthāmukhotkaraiḥ
seating myself upon a certain terrace, I stayed there a moment. Then, with the masses (of blossoms?) that burst forth from the clashing of the tall-branched trees,
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PdP 6 184.26
प्रकंपिता चलच्छायो ववौ चंडसमीरणः । पश्चादभून्महाघोषो निर्घोषित दरीतटः
prakaṃpitā calacchāyo vavau caṃḍasamīraṇaḥ | paścādabhūnmahāghoṣo nirghoṣita darītaṭaḥ
a fierce wind blew, shaking (them), its shadows shifting; and afterwards there arose a great roar, the sides of the caverns echoing it.
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PdP 6 184.27
अवातरत्ततः कश्चित्पक्षी गगनगह्वरात् । शारदानरिदच्छायः कज्जलानामिवोच्चयः
avātarattataḥ kaścitpakṣī gaganagahvarāt | śāradānaridacchāyaḥ kajjalānāmivoccayaḥ
Then some bird descended from the hollow of the sky, dark in hue as an autumn cloud, like a heap of lampblack,
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PdP 6 184.28
तमसामिव संघातः पक्षच्छेदीव पर्वतः । अवष्टभ्य क्षितिं पद्मां पक्षी मां प्रणनाम सः
tamasāmiva saṃghātaḥ pakṣacchedīva parvataḥ | avaṣṭabhya kṣitiṃ padmāṃ pakṣī māṃ praṇanāma saḥ
Like a dense mass of darknesses, like a mountain that cuts off (all) wings, that bird, propping itself upon the ground, bowed down to me with a lotus.
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PdP 6 184.29
आनीय पद्ममम्लानमसौ मत्पादयोर्व्यधात् । अथासौ स्पष्टया वाचा पक्षी स्तोत्रमुदीरयत्
ānīya padmamamlānamasau matpādayorvyadhāt | athāsau spaṣṭayā vācā pakṣī stotramudīrayat
He brought the unwithered lotus and laid it at my feet; then that bird uttered a hymn of praise in clear speech.
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PdP 6 184.30
जयदेव चिदानंद सुधासिंधो जगत्पते । सदा सद्भावना संग कल्लोलानंतविग्रह
jayadeva cidānaṃda sudhāsiṃdho jagatpate | sadā sadbhāvanā saṃga kallolānaṃtavigraha
Victory to you, O God, O bliss of consciousness, O ocean of nectar, O lord of the world, O you ever joined with the meditation of the good, whose body is the endless waves (of it)!
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PdP 6 184.31
अद्वैतवासना मत्या मलत्रयविवर्जित । जितेंद्रिय पराधीन समाधिप्राप्यविग्रह
advaitavāsanā matyā malatrayavivarjita | jiteṃdriya parādhīna samādhiprāpyavigraha
O you whose mind is set on the disposition of non-duality, free of the three impurities, O conqueror of the senses, dependent (on others, i.e. on devotees), whose form is attainable by deep concentration!
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PdP 6 184.32
निरुपाधिविनिर्मुक्त निराकार निरामय । निःसीम निरहंकार निरावरणनिर्गुण
nirupādhivinirmukta nirākāra nirāmaya | niḥsīma nirahaṃkāra nirāvaraṇanirguṇa
O you released from all limiting conditions, formless, free of disease, boundless, without ego, without covering, without qualities!
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PdP 6 184.33
शरणागतसंत्राण प्रवीण चरणांबुज । भीममाल महाव्याल ज्वालादग्धमनोभव
śaraṇāgatasaṃtrāṇa pravīṇa caraṇāṃbuja | bhīmamāla mahāvyāla jvālādagdhamanobhava
O protector of those who have come for refuge, O skilled one, O lotus-footed; O you of the terrible garland and great serpents, by whose flame the mind-born (Kāma) was burnt!
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PdP 6 184.34
कुठारभिन्नदैत्येंद्र गंडूषित महाविभो । त्रिपुरप्रमदाभाल सिंदूरोद्धूलिमार्जन
kuṭhārabhinnadaityeṃdra gaṃḍūṣita mahāvibho | tripurapramadābhāla siṃdūroddhūlimārjana
O you who split the lord of the demons with an axe, who took (him) in a mouthful, O greatly mighty one; O wiper away of the vermilion dust from the foreheads of the women of Tripura!
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PdP 6 184.35
कात्यायनीकुचांभोज वरकुंकुमचर्चित । नमः प्रमाणदूराय नमः प्रमतिरूपिणे
kātyāyanīkucāṃbhoja varakuṃkumacarcita | namaḥ pramāṇadūrāya namaḥ pramatirūpiṇe
O you smeared with the fine saffron of the lotus-breasts of Kātyāyanī! Homage to him who is beyond the means of knowledge, homage to him whose form is highest wisdom.
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PdP 6 184.36
नमश्चैतन्यनाथाय नमस्त्रैलोक्यरूपिणे । वंदे तव पदांभोजं योगिप्रवरचुंबितम्
namaścaitanyanāthāya namastrailokyarūpiṇe | vaṃde tava padāṃbhojaṃ yogipravaracuṃbitam
Homage to the lord of consciousness, homage to him whose form is the three worlds; I honour your lotus foot, kissed by the foremost of yogins.
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PdP 6 184.37
अपारभवपाथोऽधि पारावतरणाद्भुतम् । वाचस्पतिरपि स्तोत्रे भवतो न प्रगल्भते
apārabhavapātho'dhi pārāvataraṇādbhutam | vācaspatirapi stotre bhavato na pragalbhate
Even Vācaspati is not bold enough in praising you, who are the wondrous crossing to the far shore over the boundless flood of worldly existence.
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PdP 6 184.38
सहस्रवदनस्यापि फणींद्रस्य न चातुरी । त्वद्वर्णने महादेव कोऽहंमल्पमतिः खगः
sahasravadanasyāpi phaṇīṃdrasya na cāturī | tvadvarṇane mahādeva ko'haṃmalpamatiḥ khagaḥ
Even the lord of serpents with his thousand mouths has not the skill to describe you, O Mahādeva; who am I, a bird of little understanding?
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PdP 6 184.39
स्तोत्रमेतत्समाकर्ण्य कृतं तेन पतत्रिणा । तमवोचमहं कोऽसि कुतस्त्योसि विहंगम
stotrametatsamākarṇya kṛtaṃ tena patatriṇā | tamavocamahaṃ ko'si kutastyosi vihaṃgama
Having heard this hymn made by that winged one, I said to him: "Who are you, where are you from, O bird?
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PdP 6 184.40
हंसेन सदृशः कायो वर्णः काकेन संनिभः । प्रयोजनं कमुद्दिश्य प्राप्तोसीह तदुच्यताम्
haṃsena sadṛśaḥ kāyo varṇaḥ kākena saṃnibhaḥ | prayojanaṃ kamuddiśya prāptosīha taducyatām
Your body is like a goose's, your colour resembles a crow's. With what purpose in view have you come here? Let that be told."
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PdP 6 184.41
इति पक्षी मया पृष्टः प्रश्रयानतकंधरः । जगाद श्लक्ष्णया वाचा पक्षीवाक्यविदांवरः
iti pakṣī mayā pṛṣṭaḥ praśrayānatakaṃdharaḥ | jagāda ślakṣṇayā vācā pakṣīvākyavidāṃvaraḥ
Thus questioned by me, the bird, his neck bent in reverence, spoke in smooth speech—that bird, best of those who know how to speak:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 184.42
देवेश धूर्जटे विद्धि मां मरालं स्वयंभुवः । कर्मणा येन मे कार्ष्ण्यं जातमाधुनिकं विभो
deveśa dhūrjaṭe viddhi māṃ marālaṃ svayaṃbhuvaḥ | karmaṇā yena me kārṣṇyaṃ jātamādhunikaṃ vibho
"O lord of gods, O matted-haired one, know me to be a goose of the Self-born (Brahmā). By what deed this blackness of mine has newly come about, O mighty one—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 184.43
तदाकर्णय सर्वज्ञ पृष्टं यदि तदुच्यते । मानसात्सरसः पृथ्वीं यातः प्राप्तोस्मि संकटम्
tadākarṇaya sarvajña pṛṣṭaṃ yadi taducyate | mānasātsarasaḥ pṛthvīṃ yātaḥ prāptosmi saṃkaṭam
listen to that, O all-knowing one, if what is asked is to be told. Having gone from Lake Mānasa to the earth, I have fallen into trouble.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 184.44
सौराष्ट्रनगरादारात्सरसि स्फुटदंबुजे । बालेंदुखंडधवलान्मृणालकवलानहम्
saurāṣṭranagarādārātsarasi sphuṭadaṃbuje | bāleṃdukhaṃḍadhavalānmṛṇālakavalānaham
Not far from the city of Saurāṣṭra, in a lake where the lotuses were open, I (took) a mouthful of lotus-stalks white as a sliver of the new moon;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 184.45
आदाय बलमाश्रित्य निरगां गगनं द्रुतम् । विहायसस्ततस्तस्मादकस्मादपतं भुवि
ādāya balamāśritya niragāṃ gaganaṃ drutam | vihāyasastatastasmādakasmādapataṃ bhuvi
and having taken it, relying on my strength, I went swiftly up into the sky; then from that sky I suddenly fell to the ground.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 184.46
अथ मोहपरीतात्मा सर्वथा विकलेंद्रियः । वेपमानवपुर्मोहात्स्पृष्टः शीतैः समीरणैः
atha mohaparītātmā sarvathā vikaleṃdriyaḥ | vepamānavapurmohātspṛṣṭaḥ śītaiḥ samīraṇaiḥ
Then, my self overcome by swooning, my senses altogether disabled, my body trembling from the faint, I was touched by cold winds;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 184.47
प्रबुद्धः पतने हेतुमपश्यन्नात्मनस्तदा । अहो किमेतदापन्नमद्य पातः कथं मम
prabuddhaḥ patane hetumapaśyannātmanastadā | aho kimetadāpannamadya pātaḥ kathaṃ mama
and when I awoke I saw no cause for my own fall then. "Ah, what has happened here? How has this fall of mine come about today?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 184.48
कालिमा येन कायेस्मिन्पक्वकर्पूरपांडुरे । इत्यहं विस्मयाविष्टो यावत्कुर्वे विचारणम्
kālimā yena kāyesminpakvakarpūrapāṃḍure | ityahaṃ vismayāviṣṭo yāvatkurve vicāraṇam
"...by which there is blackness on this body, pale as refined camphor?" As I, seized by amazement, was thus deliberating,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 184.49
तावदंबुरुहाद्वाणीमश्रौषमहमीदृशीम् । उत्तिष्ठ हंस वक्ष्यामि कारणं पातकार्ष्ण्ययोः
tāvadaṃburuhādvāṇīmaśrauṣamahamīdṛśīm | uttiṣṭha haṃsa vakṣyāmi kāraṇaṃ pātakārṣṇyayoḥ
meanwhile I heard from the lotus a speech of this kind: "Rise, O goose, I shall tell (you) the cause of your fall and your blackness."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 184.50
अथोत्थाय समागत्य मया मध्ये सरोवरे । दृष्टराजीविनीरम्या राजीवैः पंचभिर्युता 6.184.
athotthāya samāgatya mayā madhye sarovare | dṛṣṭarājīvinīramyā rājīvaiḥ paṃcabhiryutā 6.184.
Then, having risen and come near, in the middle of the lake there was seen by me a lovely lotus-cluster, furnished with five lotuses.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 184.51
कारणं प्रष्टुमारेभे कार्ष्ण्यस्य पतनस्य च । अथ तत्र घनश्यामान्स्वर्णवर्णांबरावृतान्
kāraṇaṃ praṣṭumārebhe kārṣṇyasya patanasya ca | atha tatra ghanaśyāmānsvarṇavarṇāṃbarāvṛtān
(I) began to ask the cause of the blackness and of the fall. Then there (I saw ones) dark as thick clouds, wrapped in gold-coloured garments,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 184.52
चतुर्भुजान्गदाशंखचक्रपंकेरुहायुधान् । किरीटहारकेयूरकुंडलद्युतिचित्रितान्
caturbhujāngadāśaṃkhacakrapaṃkeruhāyudhān | kirīṭahārakeyūrakuṃḍaladyuticitritān
four-armed, with armlets, having conch, discus and lotus as weapons, patterned with the sheen of diadems, necklaces, bracelets and earrings —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 184.53
अद्राक्षमंतरिक्षस्थान्पुरुषानयुतानि षट् । नत्वा प्रदक्षिणीकृत्य पंचपद्मां सरोजिनीम्
adrākṣamaṃtarikṣasthānpuruṣānayutāni ṣaṭ | natvā pradakṣiṇīkṛtya paṃcapadmāṃ sarojinīm
I saw sixty thousand such men standing in mid-air. Having bowed to and circumambulated the five-lotused lotus-plant,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 184.54
आत्मीयं पातमारभ्य पृष्टं तदखिलं मया । पद्मिन्युवाच। कलहंस गतोऽसि त्वं मां विलंघ्य विहायसा
ātmīyaṃ pātamārabhya pṛṣṭaṃ tadakhilaṃ mayā | padminyuvāca| kalahaṃsa gato'si tvaṃ māṃ vilaṃghya vihāyasā
all that, beginning with my own fall, was asked by me. The lotus-plant said: "Kalahaṃsa, you went off through the sky, overpassing me;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 184.55
तेन पातकयोगेन पतितोऽसि महीतले । तेनैव कालिमा काये पक्षिसत्तम लक्ष्यते
tena pātakayogena patito'si mahītale | tenaiva kālimā kāye pakṣisattama lakṣyate
by that connection with sin you have fallen to the surface of the earth; and by that same (sin), best of birds, the blackness is seen on your body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 184.56
भवंतं पतितं वीक्ष्य कृपापूर्णेन चेतसा । मध्यमेनामुनाब्जेन वदता जातसौरभम्
bhavaṃtaṃ patitaṃ vīkṣya kṛpāpūrṇena cetasā | madhyamenāmunābjena vadatā jātasaurabham
Seeing you fallen, with a mind filled with compassion, by this middle lotus as it spoke, a fragrance was produced;
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PdP 6 184.57
आघ्राय षट्पदाः षष्टिसहस्राणि दिवं ययुः । एते ये भवतां दृष्टाः नीलोत्पलसमत्विषः
āghrāya ṣaṭpadāḥ ṣaṣṭisahasrāṇi divaṃ yayuḥ | ete ye bhavatāṃ dṛṣṭāḥ nīlotpalasamatviṣaḥ
having smelled it, sixty thousand bees went to heaven. These whom you saw, whose lustre is like that of blue water-lilies —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 184.58
सर्वे ते सप्तमेऽतीते जन्मन्यासन्मुनेः सुताः । अस्यैव सरसस्तीरे तेपुस्ते परमं तपः
sarve te saptame'tīte janmanyāsanmuneḥ sutāḥ | asyaiva sarasastīre tepuste paramaṃ tapaḥ
all of them, in the seventh past birth, were the sons of a sage; on the shore of this very lake they practised supreme austerity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 184.59
कदाचित्कामिनी काचिच्चंपकस्तबकस्तनी । चलापांगकालाकांततरंगित रसालिनी
kadācitkāminī kāciccaṃpakastabakastanī | calāpāṃgakālākāṃtataraṃgita rasālinī
Once a certain lovely woman, her breasts like campaka clusters, rippling with the dark charm of her moving eye-corners, full of sweetness,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 184.60
नासा मुक्ताफलज्योत्स्ना चुंबितस्मित दीधितिः । वीणां विन्यस्य कुचयोर्वनेऽस्मिन्मधुरं जगौ
nāsā muktāphalajyotsnā cuṃbitasmita dīdhitiḥ | vīṇāṃ vinyasya kucayorvane'sminmadhuraṃ jagau
her nose (bright as) the moonlight of a pearl, her smile's radiance kissed (by it) — having laid her vīṇā upon her breasts, she sang sweetly in this forest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 184.61
गायंत्या स्वरमाकर्ण्य ब्राह्मणा हरिणा इव । तां समागत्य ते सर्वे सममेव व्यलोकयन्
gāyaṃtyā svaramākarṇya brāhmaṇā hariṇā iva | tāṃ samāgatya te sarve samameva vyalokayan
Hearing the voice of her as she sang, the brahmins, like deer, came up to her, and all of them looked upon her at the same moment.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 184.62
मया दृष्टा ममैवेयमित्यूचुस्ते परस्परम् । मुष्टामुष्टि ततस्तेषां भ्रातॄणामभवद्रणः
mayā dṛṣṭā mamaiveyamityūcuste parasparam | muṣṭāmuṣṭi tatasteṣāṃ bhrātṝṇāmabhavadraṇaḥ
"She was seen by me, she is mine alone!" — so they said to one another; then there arose a fist-to-fist battle among those brothers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 184.63
अन्योन्यमुष्टिनिष्पिष्ट वक्षसस्त्यक्तजीविताः । ते भुक्त्वा निरयान्घोरान्बभूवुः सारसा भुवि
anyonyamuṣṭiniṣpiṣṭa vakṣasastyaktajīvitāḥ | te bhuktvā nirayānghorānbabhūvuḥ sārasā bhuvi
Their chests crushed by each other's fists, they gave up their lives; and having endured dreadful hells, they became sārasa cranes on earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 184.64
तदा ते श्वापदान्जघ्नुर्दग्धावन्येन वह्निना । ततो मातंगतामेत्य पथिपांथानघातयन्
tadā te śvāpadānjaghnurdagdhāvanyena vahninā | tato mātaṃgatāmetya pathipāṃthānaghātayan
Then they killed beasts of prey, (and) were burned by a forest fire; thereafter, attaining the state of elephants, they killed travellers on the road.
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PdP 6 184.65
वने विषोदकं पीत्वा ते ययुर्यममंदिरम् । खरोष्ट्रकपिमार्जार जन्मान्यासाद्य च क्रमात्
vane viṣodakaṃ pītvā te yayuryamamaṃdiram | kharoṣṭrakapimārjāra janmānyāsādya ca kramāt
Having drunk poisoned water in the forest, they went to the house of Yama; and having reached, in order, births as donkey, camel, monkey and cat,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 184.66
ततो मधुव्रता जाता वर्तंतेऽत्र सरोवरे । अद्य मे गंधमाघ्राय प्रापुस्ते वैष्णवं पदम्
tato madhuvratā jātā vartaṃte'tra sarovare | adya me gaṃdhamāghrāya prāpuste vaiṣṇavaṃ padam
they then became bees and dwell here in this lake. Today, having smelled my fragrance, they have attained the state of Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 184.67
शृणु पक्षींद्र वक्ष्यामि येन मय्यस्ति वैभवम् । एतस्माज्जन्मनः पूर्वे तृतीये जन्मनि क्षितौ
śṛṇu pakṣīṃdra vakṣyāmi yena mayyasti vaibhavam | etasmājjanmanaḥ pūrve tṛtīye janmani kṣitau
Listen, lord of birds, I shall tell (you) that by which this greatness exists in me. In the third birth before this birth, on earth,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 184.68
सरोजवदनानाम द्विजातेः कन्यकाऽभवम् । पातिव्रत्यैकनिरता गुरुशुश्रूषणे रता
sarojavadanānāma dvijāteḥ kanyakā'bhavam | pātivratyaikaniratā guruśuśrūṣaṇe ratā
I was a brahmin's daughter named Sarojavadanā, devoted solely to fidelity to my husband and intent on serving my elders.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 184.69
कदाचित्सारिकामेकां पाठयंत्याविलंबितम् । सारिका भव पापे त्वं पत्या शप्तास्मि कुप्यता
kadācitsārikāmekāṃ pāṭhayaṃtyāvilaṃbitam | sārikā bhava pāpe tvaṃ patyā śaptāsmi kupyatā
Once, while I was teaching a certain mynah bird without pause, I was cursed by my husband in anger: "Become a mynah, wicked woman!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 184.70
प्रेत्य सारित्वमासाद्य पातिव्रत्यप्रसादतः । मुनीनामेव सदने कन्या काचित्पुपोष माम्
pretya sāritvamāsādya pātivratyaprasādataḥ | munīnāmeva sadane kanyā kācitpupoṣa mām
After death I reached mynah-hood, but by the grace of my wifely fidelity some girl in the very dwelling of the sages reared me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 184.71
गीतानां दशमाध्यायं विभूतिरिति विश्रुतम् । प्रातः पठति विप्रोसावश्रौषं तमघापहम्
gītānāṃ daśamādhyāyaṃ vibhūtiriti viśrutam | prātaḥ paṭhati viprosāvaśrauṣaṃ tamaghāpaham
That brahmin used to recite in the morning the tenth chapter of the Gītā, well known as "Vibhūti"; I heard it, the remover of sin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 184.72
कालेन सारिकादेहमहं हित्वा विहंगम । दशमाध्यायमाहात्म्यादप्सराश्चाभवं दिवि
kālena sārikādehamahaṃ hitvā vihaṃgama | daśamādhyāyamāhātmyādapsarāścābhavaṃ divi
In time, O bird, I left the mynah's body, and by the greatness of the tenth chapter I became an apsaras in heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 184.73
पद्मावतीति विख्याता पद्माया दयिता सुखी । कदाचन मया यांत्या विमानेन विहायसा
padmāvatīti vikhyātā padmāyā dayitā sukhī | kadācana mayā yāṃtyā vimānena vihāyasā
Renowned as Padmāvatī, dear to Padmā (Lakṣmī) and happy, once as I was travelling through the sky in a flying chariot—
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PdP 6 184.74
एतत्सरोवरं रम्यं विलोक्य विमलांबुजम् । अवतीर्य जलक्रीडायावदारभ्यते मया
etatsarovaraṃ ramyaṃ vilokya vimalāṃbujam | avatīrya jalakrīḍāyāvadārabhyate mayā
seeing this lovely lake with its pure lotuses, I descended, and just as water-play was being begun by me,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 184.75
दुर्वासास्तावदायातो विवस्त्रा तेन वीक्षिता । तद्भयात्पद्मिनीरूपं धृतमेतन्मया स्वयम्
durvāsāstāvadāyāto vivastrā tena vīkṣitā | tadbhayātpadminīrūpaṃ dhṛtametanmayā svayam
meanwhile Durvāsas arrived, and I was seen by him unclothed; out of fear of him this form of a lotus-woman was assumed by me of my own accord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 184.76
पद्भ्यां पद्मद्वयं चैव द्वयं हस्तद्वयेन च । मुखेन पंचमांभोजमिति पंचांबुजास्म्यहम्
padbhyāṃ padmadvayaṃ caiva dvayaṃ hastadvayena ca | mukhena paṃcamāṃbhojamiti paṃcāṃbujāsmyaham
Two lotuses by my feet, and two by my two hands, and with my face a fifth lotus—thus I am the five-lotused one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 184.77
दृष्टा तेन मुनींद्रेण कोपज्वलित चक्षुषा । अनेनैव स्वरूपेण तिष्ठ पापे शतं समाः
dṛṣṭā tena munīṃdreṇa kopajvalita cakṣuṣā | anenaiva svarūpeṇa tiṣṭha pāpe śataṃ samāḥ
I was seen by that chief of sages, his eyes blazing with anger: "Stay, wicked one, in just this form for a hundred years!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 184.78
इति शापं समुत्सृज्य स चैवांतर्दधे क्षणात् । विभूत्यध्यायमाहात्म्याद्वाणी मे न विलीयते
iti śāpaṃ samutsṛjya sa caivāṃtardadhe kṣaṇāt | vibhūtyadhyāyamāhātmyādvāṇī me na vilīyate
Having hurled this curse, he vanished in an instant; but by the greatness of the Vibhūti chapter my speech has not been lost.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 184.79
मद्विलंघनमात्रेण पतितोसि महीतले । अद्य शापनिवृत्तिर्मे तिष्ठतस्ते खगोत्तम
madvilaṃghanamātreṇa patitosi mahītale | adya śāpanivṛttirme tiṣṭhataste khagottama
Merely by passing over me you have fallen to the earth; today, while you remain (here), my release from the curse comes, O best of birds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 184.80
निशामय मया गीयमानमध्यायमुत्तमम् । यस्याकर्णनमात्रेण त्वमद्यैव विमोक्ष्यसे
niśāmaya mayā gīyamānamadhyāyamuttamam | yasyākarṇanamātreṇa tvamadyaiva vimokṣyase
Listen to the supreme chapter as it is sung by me, merely by hearing which you will be released this very day.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 184.81
इत्यसौ दशमाध्यायं पपाठ श्लक्ष्णया गिरा । तमाकर्ण्य तया दत्तमादाय च सरोरुहम्
ityasau daśamādhyāyaṃ papāṭha ślakṣṇayā girā | tamākarṇya tayā dattamādāya ca saroruham
So saying, she recited the tenth chapter in a smooth voice; and he, having listened to it, took the lotus given by her—
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PdP 6 184.82
मया समर्पितं तुभ्यं पद्मिन्या पद्ममुत्तमम् । इत्युक्त्वा स जहौ देहं तदद्भुतमिवाभवत्
mayā samarpitaṃ tubhyaṃ padminyā padmamuttamam | ityuktvā sa jahau dehaṃ tadadbhutamivābhavat
"By me, the lotus-woman, this excellent lotus is presented to you"—having said this, he abandoned his body; that was like a wonder.
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PdP 6 184.83
भृंगिरिटिरुवाच। पुरातने भवे कोऽयं ब्रह्म हंसोऽभवत्कथं । तवाग्रतः कुतो हेतोरुत्ससर्ज कलेवरम्
bhṛṃgiriṭiruvāca| purātane bhave ko'yaṃ brahma haṃso'bhavatkathaṃ | tavāgrataḥ kuto hetorutsasarja kalevaram
Bhṛṅgiriṭi said: Who was this one in his former existence? How did he become a brahmin-swan? For what reason did he cast off his body before you?
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PdP 6 184.84
इति भृंगिरिटिर्वाक्यमाकर्ण्याहं तदाब्रुवम् । द्विजवेश्मनि पूर्वस्मिन्जन्मन्ययमजायत
iti bhṛṃgiriṭirvākyamākarṇyāhaṃ tadābruvam | dvijaveśmani pūrvasminjanmanyayamajāyata
Hearing this speech of Bhṛṅgiriṭi, I then said: In a former birth he was born in a brahmin's house,
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PdP 6 184.85
सुतपा इति विख्यातो ब्रह्मचारी जितेंद्रियः । वसन्गुरुकुले कुर्वन्वेदाध्ययनमन्वहम्
sutapā iti vikhyāto brahmacārī jiteṃdriyaḥ | vasangurukule kurvanvedādhyayanamanvaham
known as Sutapas, a celibate student with senses subdued, dwelling in his teacher's house and daily performing his study of the Vedas.
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PdP 6 184.86
गुरुशुश्रूषणं सम्यग्विदधाति च भक्तितः । शयानस्य गुरोः शय्यां निद्रितः सपदा स्पृशत्
guruśuśrūṣaṇaṃ samyagvidadhāti ca bhaktitaḥ | śayānasya guroḥ śayyāṃ nidritaḥ sapadā spṛśat
And he rendered service to his teacher properly and with devotion; (but) while asleep he touched with his foot the bed of his sleeping teacher.
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PdP 6 184.87
तेन पापेन तिर्यक्त्वमयं स्वर्गेऽपि लब्धवान् । पद्मयोनिमरालानां मध्ये जातस्ततो द्विजः
tena pāpena tiryaktvamayaṃ svarge'pi labdhavān | padmayonimarālānāṃ madhye jātastato dvijaḥ
By that sin he attained the state of an animal even in heaven: he, a twice-born, was thereafter born among the lotus-born swans.
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PdP 6 184.88
अस्मिञ्जन्मन्यमुष्येह पुरास्मल्लोकनावधि । गीतानां दशमाध्यायं नलिन्या कथितं ततः
asmiñjanmanyamuṣyeha purāsmallokanāvadhi | gītānāṃ daśamādhyāyaṃ nalinyā kathitaṃ tataḥ
In this birth of his, here, formerly — up to (the limit of) this world (?) — the tenth chapter of the Gītā was then recited by Nalinī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 184.89
आकर्ण्य विहगो लेभे ब्रह्मज्ञानमनुत्तमम् । सोऽयं विप्रकुले जातो दशमाध्यायवैभवात्
ākarṇya vihago lebhe brahmajñānamanuttamam | so'yaṃ viprakule jāto daśamādhyāyavaibhavāt
Having heard (it), the bird obtained the unsurpassed knowledge of brahman; that same one was born here in a brahmin family through the power of the tenth chapter.
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PdP 6 184.90
जन्माभ्यासवशादस्य शिशोरपि मुखांबुजात् । गीतानां दशमाध्यायः समुल्लसति सर्वदा
janmābhyāsavaśādasya śiśorapi mukhāṃbujāt | gītānāṃ daśamādhyāyaḥ samullasati sarvadā
By the force of practice in (that former) birth, the tenth chapter of the Gītā shines forth constantly from the lotus-mouth of this child, though he is (but) a boy.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 184.91
तदर्थपरिणामेन सर्वभूतेष्ववस्थितम् । शंखचक्रधरं देवमयं पश्यति सर्वदा
tadarthapariṇāmena sarvabhūteṣvavasthitam | śaṃkhacakradharaṃ devamayaṃ paśyati sarvadā
Through the ripening (in him) of that (chapter's) meaning, he sees always the god who bears conch and discus, abiding in all beings, and (all things) as filled with that god.
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PdP 6 184.92
यस्मिन्यस्मिन्यदैवास्य दृष्टिः स्निग्धा शरीरिणः । स स मुक्तो भवेत्सर्वः सुरापो ब्रह्महाऽपि वा
yasminyasminyadaivāsya dṛṣṭiḥ snigdhā śarīriṇaḥ | sa sa mukto bhavetsarvaḥ surāpo brahmahā'pi vā
Upon whomsoever, and whenever, the affectionate gaze of this embodied one (falls), that one, every one, becomes liberated — even a drinker of liquor or a killer of a brahmin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 184.93
तद्विज्ञाय मया विप्रः परमात्मस्वरूपिणा । इदं नगरमानीतो मुक्तिक्षेत्रं स्वभावतः
tadvijñāya mayā vipraḥ paramātmasvarūpiṇā | idaṃ nagaramānīto muktikṣetraṃ svabhāvataḥ
Knowing that, I, whose form is the supreme Self, have brought this brahmin to this city, which is by its very nature a field of liberation.
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PdP 6 184.94
अत्रत्यानां मनुष्याणां मुक्तिः करतले स्थिता । तेनास्य दृष्टिपातेन विशेषोऽन्यो न जायते
atratyānāṃ manuṣyāṇāṃ muktiḥ karatale sthitā | tenāsya dṛṣṭipātena viśeṣo'nyo na jāyate
For the people who belong here, liberation rests in the palm of the hand; hence from his glance falling (on them) no further distinction arises.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 184.95
न ददामि बहिर्गंतुमहमस्य पुरा कृतम् । दशमाध्यायमहात्म्यात्तत्वज्ञानं सुदुर्लभम्
na dadāmi bahirgaṃtumahamasya purā kṛtam | daśamādhyāyamahātmyāttatvajñānaṃ sudurlabham
I do not permit him to go outside. What he did formerly (bore fruit): through the greatness of the tenth chapter, knowledge of reality, most hard to attain,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 184.96
लब्धमेतेन मुनिना जीवन्मुक्तिरियं तथा । तेनास्य चलतो हस्तं ददामि पथि गच्छतः
labdhametena muninā jīvanmuktiriyaṃ tathā | tenāsya calato hastaṃ dadāmi pathi gacchataḥ
has been obtained by this sage, and likewise this liberation while living; therefore I give my hand to him as he moves, when he goes along the road.
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PdP 6 184.97
दशमाध्यायमहिमा भृंगिरिटे महानयम् । इति भृंगिरिटेरग्रे कथितं यत्कथानकम्
daśamādhyāyamahimā bhṛṃgiriṭe mahānayam | iti bhṛṃgiriṭeragre kathitaṃ yatkathānakam
This great glory of the tenth chapter, O Bhṛṅgiriṭi! — thus, the little story that was told in the presence of Bhṛṅgiriṭi,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 184.98
तवेदमत्र कथितं सर्वपापप्रणाशनम् । नरो वाप्यथवा नारी यापि कोऽपि च वा पुनः
tavedamatra kathitaṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśanam | naro vāpyathavā nārī yāpi ko'pi ca vā punaḥ
this has been told to you here, (a tale) that destroys all sins; whether a man, or else a woman, or whoever it may be —
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PdP 6 184.99
अस्य श्रवणमात्रेण सर्वाश्रमफलं लभेत्
asya śravaṇamātreṇa sarvāśramaphalaṃ labhet
merely by hearing this one would obtain the fruit of all the stages of life.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition