Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 185
PdP 6 185.1
देव्युवाच। इतिहासोऽयमीशान श्रेयसां साधनं परम् । आकर्ण्य करुणापूर्ण ममकांक्षा प्रवर्त्तते
devyuvāca| itihāso'yamīśāna śreyasāṃ sādhanaṃ param | ākarṇya karuṇāpūrṇa mamakāṃkṣā pravarttate
The Goddess said: This narrative, O Īśāna, is the supreme means to what is good; having heard it, O you who are full of compassion, a longing arises in me.
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PdP 6 185.2
एकादशस्य माहात्म्यमध्यायस्य कथाश्रयम् । व्यावर्णय विरूपाक्ष वक्तॄणां प्रथम प्रभो
ekādaśasya māhātmyamadhyāyasya kathāśrayam | vyāvarṇaya virūpākṣa vaktṝṇāṃ prathama prabho
Describe the story-matter of the greatness of the eleventh chapter, O Virūpākṣa, O lord, first among speakers.
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PdP 6 185.3
ईश्वर उवाच-। आकर्णय कथां कांते गीतावर्णनसंश्रयाम् । विश्वरूपाभिधानस्य माहात्म्यमपि पावनम्
īśvara uvāca-| ākarṇaya kathāṃ kāṃte gītāvarṇanasaṃśrayām | viśvarūpābhidhānasya māhātmyamapi pāvanam
The Lord said: Hear, beloved, a story that rests upon the extolling of the Gītā, and also the purifying greatness of the chapter named 'the Universal Form'.
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PdP 6 185.4
अध्यायस्य विशालाक्षि वक्तुं तावन्न शक्यते । सहस्राणि कथाः संति तत्रैका कथ्यते मया
adhyāyasya viśālākṣi vaktuṃ tāvanna śakyate | sahasrāṇi kathāḥ saṃti tatraikā kathyate mayā
O wide-eyed one, the (greatness) of the chapter cannot be told in full; there are thousands of stories about it, and one of them is told by me.
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PdP 6 185.5
प्रणीतायास्तटे नद्या मेघंकरमिति श्रुतम् । नगरं गरिमाधार तुंगप्राकारगोपुरम्
praṇītāyāstaṭe nadyā meghaṃkaramiti śrutam | nagaraṃ garimādhāra tuṃgaprākāragopuram
On the bank of the river Praṇītā there is, as is heard, a city called Meghaṃkara, O vessel of dignity, with lofty ramparts and gate-towers,
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PdP 6 185.6
विशालाश्रमशालासु स्वर्णस्तंभविभूषितम् । श्रीमद्भिः सुखिभिः शांतैः सदाचारैर्जितेंद्रियैः
viśālāśramaśālāsu svarṇastaṃbhavibhūṣitam | śrīmadbhiḥ sukhibhiḥ śāṃtaiḥ sadācārairjiteṃdriyaiḥ
adorned with golden pillars in its spacious hermitage-halls, (inhabited) by wealthy, happy, tranquil men of good conduct who had mastered their senses,
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PdP 6 185.7
अधिष्ठितं जवैश्चारुशृंगाटकमनोहरम् । मणिस्तंभस्फुरत्स्वर्णापणचत्वरशोभितम्
adhiṣṭhitaṃ javaiścāruśṛṃgāṭakamanoharam | maṇistaṃbhasphuratsvarṇāpaṇacatvaraśobhitam
occupied (by them), charming with its lovely crossroads (thronged) by swift (steeds), resplendent with squares of golden shops gleaming with jewelled pillars,
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PdP 6 185.8
पताकाकिंकिणीक्वाण कदंबक कलस्वरम् । वेदाध्ययननिर्घोषवाचालित दिगंतरम्
patākākiṃkiṇīkvāṇa kadaṃbaka kalasvaram | vedādhyayananirghoṣavācālita digaṃtaram
sweet-sounding with the massed jingling of the little bells on its banners, its horizons made vocal with the sound of Vedic recitation,
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PdP 6 185.9
तूर्यसंघोषणाकीर्ण विशालव्योममंडलम् । पताकापल्लोद्भूतवातनिर्जितविग्रहम्
tūryasaṃghoṣaṇākīrṇa viśālavyomamaṃḍalam | patākāpallodbhūtavātanirjitavigraham
(There) the vast circle of the sky is filled with the mingled blare of trumpets; (the city's) form is overcome by the wind arising from the fluttering of banners.
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PdP 6 185.10
राजामार्गवरद्वारनारीमंजीरसिंजितैः । वल्लकीवेणुकैर्गीतेर्भाति वाजींद्र हेषितैः
rājāmārgavaradvāranārīmaṃjīrasiṃjitaiḥ | vallakīveṇukairgīterbhāti vājīṃdra heṣitaiḥ
It shines with the jingling of the anklets of the women at the fine gateways of the royal roads, with lutes and flutes, with songs, and with the neighing of lordly horses.
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PdP 6 185.11
प्रेक्षमाणमिवाभीक्ष्णं दिक्पालानां पुरैः समम् । आस्ते जगत्पतिर्यत्र शार्ङ्गपाणिर्विराजितः
prekṣamāṇamivābhīkṣṇaṃ dikpālānāṃ puraiḥ samam | āste jagatpatiryatra śārṅgapāṇirvirājitaḥ
There dwells the Lord of the world, the bearer of the Śārṅga bow, resplendent, as if gazing constantly, on level terms, upon the cities of the guardians of the directions.
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PdP 6 185.12
मूर्तिमत्परमं ब्रह्म जगल्लोचनजीवितम् । लक्ष्मीनयनराजीव पूजिताकारगौरवः
mūrtimatparamaṃ brahma jagallocanajīvitam | lakṣmīnayanarājīva pūjitākāragauravaḥ
(He is) the supreme Brahman embodied, the life of the eye of the world, the very row (of lotuses) for Lakṣmī's eyes, honoured in the majesty of his form.
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PdP 6 185.13
त्रिविक्रमवपुर्मेघश्यामलः कोमलद्युतिः । श्रीवत्सवक्षाराजीव वनमालाविभूषितः
trivikramavapurmeghaśyāmalaḥ komaladyutiḥ | śrīvatsavakṣārājīva vanamālāvibhūṣitaḥ
His body is that of Trivikrama, dark as a cloud, of tender radiance; on his chest is the Śrīvatsa mark like a streak, and he is adorned with a forest garland.
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PdP 6 185.14
अनेकभूषणोपेतः सरत्न इव वारिधिः । चलत्सौदामिनीदाम सांद्रमेघसमद्युतिः
anekabhūṣaṇopetaḥ saratna iva vāridhiḥ | calatsaudāminīdāma sāṃdrameghasamadyutiḥ
Furnished with many ornaments, like the ocean with its jewels, his radiance is like that of a dense cloud with a garland of flickering lightning.
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PdP 6 185.15
तस्यास्ते मुकुटे साक्षात्शार्ङ्गपाणिः परः पुमान् । तं दृष्ट्वा मुच्यते जंतुर्जन्मसंसारबंधनात्
tasyāste mukuṭe sākṣātśārṅgapāṇiḥ paraḥ pumān | taṃ dṛṣṭvā mucyate jaṃturjanmasaṃsārabaṃdhanāt
Upon his crown there stands, in visible form, the bearer of the Śārṅga bow, the supreme Person; seeing him, a creature is released from the bondage of birth and transmigration.
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PdP 6 185.16
यस्मिन्पुरे महातीर्थं विद्यते मेखलाभिधम् । यत्र स्नात्वा नरैर्नित्यं प्राप्यते वैष्णवं पदम्
yasminpure mahātīrthaṃ vidyate mekhalābhidham | yatra snātvā narairnityaṃ prāpyate vaiṣṇavaṃ padam
In which city there exists a great sacred bathing place named Mekhalā, where by bathing men constantly attain the state of Viṣṇu.
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PdP 6 185.17
तत्र वीक्ष्य जगन्नाथं नरसिंहं कृपार्णवम् । सप्तजन्मार्जिताद्धोरान्मुच्यते दुष्कृतान्नरः
tatra vīkṣya jagannāthaṃ narasiṃhaṃ kṛpārṇavam | saptajanmārjitāddhorānmucyate duṣkṛtānnaraḥ
There, having beheld Jagannātha, the Man-Lion, the ocean of compassion, a man is released from the dreadful evil deeds accumulated over seven births.
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PdP 6 185.18
मेखलायां गणाधीशं विलोकयति यो नरः। स निस्तरति विघ्नानि दुस्तराण्यपि सर्वदा । ब्रह्मचर्यपरो दांतो निर्ममो निरहंकृतिः
mekhalāyāṃ gaṇādhīśaṃ vilokayati yo naraḥ| sa nistarati vighnāni dustarāṇyapi sarvadā | brahmacaryaparo dāṃto nirmamo nirahaṃkṛtiḥ
The man who looks upon the Lord of the Hosts (Gaṇeśa) at Mekhalā crosses over obstacles, even those hard to cross, always — (he being) devoted to chastity, self-controlled, free of possessiveness, free of egoism.
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PdP 6 185.19
तस्मिन्मेघंकरे कश्चिदभूद्ब्राह्मणसत्तमः । सुनंद इति विख्यातो वेदशास्त्रविशारदः
tasminmeghaṃkare kaścidabhūdbrāhmaṇasattamaḥ | sunaṃda iti vikhyāto vedaśāstraviśāradaḥ
In that Meghaṃkara there was a certain most excellent brahmin, well known as Sunanda, skilled in the Vedas and the treatises.
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PdP 6 185.20
वशीकृतेंन्द्रियग्रामो वासुदेवपरायणः । देवस्य शार्ङ्गिणः पार्श्वे गीताध्यायमिमं प्रिये
vaśīkṛteṃndriyagrāmo vāsudevaparāyaṇaḥ | devasya śārṅgiṇaḥ pārśve gītādhyāyamimaṃ priye
With the host of his senses subdued, wholly devoted to Vāsudeva, beside the god who bears the Śārṅga bow, (he recited) this chapter of the Gītā, my dear.
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PdP 6 185.21
एकादशं पठत्येष विश्वरूपप्रदर्शनम् । अध्यायस्य प्रभावेन ब्रह्मज्ञानमवाप सः
ekādaśaṃ paṭhatyeṣa viśvarūpapradarśanam | adhyāyasya prabhāvena brahmajñānamavāpa saḥ
He recites the eleventh (chapter), the showing forth of the Universal Form; by the power of that chapter he attained the knowledge of Brahman.
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PdP 6 185.22
परमानंदसंदोह श्लाघ्यसंवित्समाधिना । प्रत्यङ्मुखेंद्रियतयानिश्चलां स्थितिमीयुषा
paramānaṃdasaṃdoha ślāghyasaṃvitsamādhinā | pratyaṅmukheṃdriyatayāniścalāṃ sthitimīyuṣā
(He abides) in the mass of supreme bliss, through a praiseworthy absorption in pure awareness, having reached an unwavering state by turning his senses inward.
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PdP 6 185.23
सततं स्थीयते तेन जीवन्मुक्तेन योगिना । एकदा स महायोगी सिंहराशिस्थिते गुरौ
satataṃ sthīyate tena jīvanmuktena yoginā | ekadā sa mahāyogī siṃharāśisthite gurau
Thus it is continually abided by that yogin, liberated while living. Once, that great yogin, when Jupiter stood in the sign of Leo,
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PdP 6 185.24
thumb|पूर्वगोदावरीजनपदे गोलिङ्गेश्वर मन्दिरसमूहे एका मूर्तिः गोदावरीतीर्थयात्रां विधातुमुपचक्रमे । प्रथमेऽह्नि समागत्य विरजं तीर्थमुत्तमम्
thumb|pūrvagodāvarījanapade goliṅgeśvara mandirasamūhe ekā mūrtiḥ godāvarītīrthayātrāṃ vidhātumupacakrame | prathame'hni samāgatya virajaṃ tīrthamuttamam
[caption: In the East Godāvarī district, in the temple complex of Goliṅgeśvara, one image] — he set out to make the pilgrimage to the sacred fords of the Godāvarī; on the first day, arriving at Viraja, the excellent ford,
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PdP 6 185.25
नाभिमारभ्य तीर्थेषु स समभ्यर्च्य देवताम् । मज्जन्मज्जन्जगद्धात्रीं कमलां स व्यलोकयत्
nābhimārabhya tīrtheṣu sa samabhyarcya devatām | majjanmajjanjagaddhātrīṃ kamalāṃ sa vyalokayat
beginning from Nābhi, he duly worshipped the deity at the fords; plunging and plunging (in them), he beheld Kamalā, the sustainer of the world.
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PdP 6 185.26
तां संपूज्य महामायां सर्वकामफलप्रदाम् । तारातीर्थे ततः स्नात्वा कपिलासंगमे ततः
tāṃ saṃpūjya mahāmāyāṃ sarvakāmaphalapradām | tārātīrthe tataḥ snātvā kapilāsaṃgame tataḥ
Having fully worshipped her, the great Māyā, granter of the fruit of every desire, then bathing at Tārātīrtha, then at the confluence of the Kapilā,
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PdP 6 185.27
अष्टतीर्थमसौ चक्रे विधाय पितृतर्पणम् । कुमारीशं शिवं नत्वा कपिलाद्वारमाययौ
aṣṭatīrthamasau cakre vidhāya pitṛtarpaṇam | kumārīśaṃ śivaṃ natvā kapilādvāramāyayau
he performed the eight fords, having made the offering of water to the ancestors; and bowing to Śiva Kumārīśa, he came to Kapilādvāra.
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PdP 6 185.28
तत्र निर्मज्ज्य निर्धूतप्राग्जन्मांतरदुष्कृतः । संपूज्य नत्वा श्रुत्वा च देवं वै मधुसूदनम्
tatra nirmajjya nirdhūtaprāgjanmāṃtaraduṣkṛtaḥ | saṃpūjya natvā śrutvā ca devaṃ vai madhusūdanam
Having immersed himself there, with the evil deeds of his former births shaken off, having worshipped, bowed to, and heard of the god Madhusūdana,
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PdP 6 185.29
उषित्वा तत्र तां रात्रिं प्रागात्प्रातः सह द्विजैः । नरसिंहवने तत्र तीर्थे रामस्य दीर्घिका । प्रह्लादपूजितः साक्षादास्ते यत्र नृकेसरी
uṣitvā tatra tāṃ rātriṃ prāgātprātaḥ saha dvijaiḥ | narasiṃhavane tatra tīrthe rāmasya dīrghikā | prahlādapūjitaḥ sākṣādāste yatra nṛkesarī
Having spent that night there, he set out in the morning together with the brahmins. There in the Narasiṃha forest, at that sacred place, is Rāma's pool, where the Man-Lion, worshipped by Prahlāda, abides in visible presence.
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PdP 6 185.30
तं दृष्ट्वा देवदेवेशं पूजयित्वा तु भक्तितः । तत्र तं दिवसं नीत्वा स ययावंबिकापुरम्
taṃ dṛṣṭvā devadeveśaṃ pūjayitvā tu bhaktitaḥ | tatra taṃ divasaṃ nītvā sa yayāvaṃbikāpuram
Having seen him, the Lord of the lords of gods, and worshipped (him) with devotion, and having passed that day there, he went to Ambikāpura.
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PdP 6 185.31
अनुग्रहेण भक्तानामंबिका तत्र तिष्ठति । पूरयंति मनुष्याणां वांच्छितान्यखिलान्यपि
anugraheṇa bhaktānāmaṃbikā tatra tiṣṭhati | pūrayaṃti manuṣyāṇāṃ vāṃcchitānyakhilānyapi
Ambikā abides there out of favour to (her) devotees, fulfilling all the wishes of men.
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PdP 6 185.32
पूजयित्वांबिकां भक्त्या पुष्पगंधानुलेपनैः । उपहारैश्च विविधैः स्तौत्रैः प्रणमनैरपि
pūjayitvāṃbikāṃ bhaktyā puṣpagaṃdhānulepanaiḥ | upahāraiśca vividhaiḥ stautraiḥ praṇamanairapi
Having worshipped Ambikā with devotion, with flowers, perfumes and unguents, and with various offerings, with hymns and with prostrations too—
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PdP 6 185.33
विप्रस्तस्मात्पुरा प्राप्तः कंठस्थानाभिधं पुरम् । यत्रास्ते परमा शक्तिर्महालक्ष्मीर्महाद्युतिः
viprastasmātpurā prāptaḥ kaṃṭhasthānābhidhaṃ puram | yatrāste paramā śaktirmahālakṣmīrmahādyutiḥ
—from there the brahmin reached the city named Kaṇṭhasthāna, where the supreme Śakti, Mahālakṣmī of great splendour, abides.
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PdP 6 185.34
तामवेक्ष्य सुधाभानुभास्करद्युतिमंडलाम् । संसारतापविच्छेद पद्मपीयूषवाहिनीम्
tāmavekṣya sudhābhānubhāskaradyutimaṃḍalām | saṃsāratāpaviccheda padmapīyūṣavāhinīm
Beholding her, whose orb of radiance is (like) the moon and the sun, who is a stream of lotus-nectar that cuts off the fever of transmigration,
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PdP 6 185.35
योगिराजहृदंभोज राजहंसनिषेविताम् । अनाहतमहानादमयीमद्वयरूपिणीम्
yogirājahṛdaṃbhoja rājahaṃsaniṣevitām | anāhatamahānādamayīmadvayarūpiṇīm
who is attended by the royal swans that are the heart-lotuses of the kings of yogins, who consists of the great unstruck sound, whose form is non-dual,
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PdP 6 185.36
महालक्ष्मीं भगवतीं वांछितार्थप्रदायिनीम् । आराध्य भक्तिभावेन चेतसा स मुनीश्वरः
mahālakṣmīṃ bhagavatīṃ vāṃchitārthapradāyinīm | ārādhya bhaktibhāvena cetasā sa munīśvaraḥ
having propitiated with his mind, in a mood of devotion, the goddess Mahālakṣmī who grants the desired object, that lord of sages
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PdP 6 185.37
विवाहमंडपं प्राप पुरं विप्रैः समन्वितः । पुरे तत्र प्रतिगृहं वासस्थानमयाचत
vivāhamaṃḍapaṃ prāpa puraṃ vipraiḥ samanvitaḥ | pure tatra pratigṛhaṃ vāsasthānamayācata
reached the city Vivāhamaṇḍapa, accompanied by the brahmins; in that city he asked at each house for a place to lodge.
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PdP 6 185.38
न लेभे वसतिं स्थातुं गेहे कस्मिन्नपि द्विजः । दर्शितं ग्रामपालेन विशालं वासमंदिरम्
na lebhe vasatiṃ sthātuṃ gehe kasminnapi dvijaḥ | darśitaṃ grāmapālena viśālaṃ vāsamaṃdiram
The brahmin did not obtain lodging to stay in any house; (then) a large dwelling-house was shown (to him) by the village guard.
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PdP 6 185.39
प्रविश्य वसतिं चक्रे ब्राह्मणः संगिभिः सह । ततः प्रभाते विमले सुनंदोऽसौ द्विजोत्तमः
praviśya vasatiṃ cakre brāhmaṇaḥ saṃgibhiḥ saha | tataḥ prabhāte vimale sunaṃdo'sau dvijottamaḥ
The brahmin entered and took up residence together with his companions. Then, at clear daybreak, that best of brahmins, Sunanda,
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PdP 6 185.40
बहिरालोकयांचक्रे वासगेहान्निजं वपुः । अध्वन्यानखिलान्यत्र जातान्क्वापि यदृच्छया
bahirālokayāṃcakre vāsagehānnijaṃ vapuḥ | adhvanyānakhilānyatra jātānkvāpi yadṛcchayā
looked at his own body outside the dwelling-house—(and saw) that all the travellers there had gone off somewhere at random.
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PdP 6 185.41
गम्यमानः समायांतं ग्रामपालो ददर्श सः । तं बभाषे ग्रामपाल आयुष्मानसि सर्वशः
gamyamānaḥ samāyāṃtaṃ grāmapālo dadarśa saḥ | taṃ babhāṣe grāmapāla āyuṣmānasi sarvaśaḥ
As he was going, the village guard saw him coming toward (him); the village guard said to him: "You are long-lived in every way!"
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PdP 6 185.42
भागधेयवतां पुंसां पुण्यः पुण्यवतामसि । प्रभावो विद्यते वत्स कोपि लोकोत्तरस्त्वयि
bhāgadheyavatāṃ puṃsāṃ puṇyaḥ puṇyavatāmasi | prabhāvo vidyate vatsa kopi lokottarastvayi
"You are the blessed one of fortunate men, the meritorious one of the meritorious; some power beyond this world exists in you, my son."
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PdP 6 185.43
क्व प्रयाताः सहायास्ते कथं तत्सदनाद्बहिः । तत्पश्य मुनिशार्दूल कथयामि तवाग्रतः
kva prayātāḥ sahāyāste kathaṃ tatsadanādbahiḥ | tatpaśya muniśārdūla kathayāmi tavāgrataḥ
"Where have your companions gone? How (did they get) out of that house? Look at that, O tiger among sages—I shall tell (it) before you."
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PdP 6 185.44
किंतु नान्यं त्वया तुल्यं पश्यामीह तपस्विनम् । किं जानासि महामंत्रं कां विद्यामवलंबसे
kiṃtu nānyaṃ tvayā tulyaṃ paśyāmīha tapasvinam | kiṃ jānāsi mahāmaṃtraṃ kāṃ vidyāmavalaṃbase
"But I see no other ascetic here equal to you. What great mantra do you know? On what knowledge do you rely?"
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PdP 6 185.45
कस्य देवस्य कारुण्याच्छक्तिर्लोकोत्तरा त्वयि । तत्कारुण्यवशात्तिष्ठ ग्रामेऽस्मिन्ब्राह्मणोत्तम
kasya devasya kāruṇyācchaktirlokottarā tvayi | tatkāruṇyavaśāttiṣṭha grāme'sminbrāhmaṇottama
"By the compassion of which god is there in you a power beyond this world? By the power of that compassion, stay in this village, O best of brahmins."
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PdP 6 185.46
शुश्रूषामखिलामेव भगवंस्ते करोम्यहम् । इति संवासयामास तस्मिन्ग्रामे मुनीश्वरम्
śuśrūṣāmakhilāmeva bhagavaṃste karomyaham | iti saṃvāsayāmāsa tasmingrāme munīśvaram
"I will render you every service, O reverend one." Thus he had the lord of sages settle in that village.
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PdP 6 185.47
परिचर्या च तस्यासौ भक्त्या चक्रे दिवानिशम् । दिवसेषु प्रयातेषु सप्ताष्टसु समेयिवान्
paricaryā ca tasyāsau bhaktyā cakre divāniśam | divaseṣu prayāteṣu saptāṣṭasu sameyivān
And he performed service to him with devotion day and night. When seven or eight days had passed, he came (to him),
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PdP 6 185.48
प्रातरागत्य तस्याग्रे रुरोद भृशदुःखितः । अद्य मे भाग्यहीनस्य गुणवान्भक्तिमान्सुतः
prātarāgatya tasyāgre ruroda bhṛśaduḥkhitaḥ | adya me bhāgyahīnasya guṇavānbhaktimānsutaḥ
and coming in the morning he wept before him, deeply grieved: "Today my virtuous and devoted son—I who am bereft of fortune—
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PdP 6 185.49
जाज्वल्यमानदंष्ट्रेण भक्षितो निशि रक्षसा । इत्येवं रक्षकेणोक्तं तं पप्रच्छ स संयमी
jājvalyamānadaṃṣṭreṇa bhakṣito niśi rakṣasā | ityevaṃ rakṣakeṇoktaṃ taṃ papraccha sa saṃyamī
"(He) was devoured in the night by a demon with blazing fangs." When this had been said by the watchman, that self-restrained (ascetic) asked him:
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PdP 6 185.50
क्वास्ते स राक्षसः पुत्रो भक्षितस्ते कथं वद । ग्रामपाल उवाच-। वर्तते नगरे घोरः पुरुषादो निशाचरः 6.185.
kvāste sa rākṣasaḥ putro bhakṣitaste kathaṃ vada | grāmapāla uvāca-| vartate nagare ghoraḥ puruṣādo niśācaraḥ 6.185.
"Where is that demon? How was your son devoured? Tell (me)." The village guard said: "There is in the town a terrible night-roaming man-eater.
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PdP 6 185.51
स खादति नरानेत्य नित्यं नगरगोचरान् । स सर्वैर्नागरैरत्र प्रार्थितः पुरुषैः पुरा
sa khādati narānetya nityaṃ nagaragocarān | sa sarvairnāgarairatra prārthitaḥ puruṣaiḥ purā
He comes and constantly devours the men who dwell within the town. Formerly he was entreated here by all the townsmen, by (all) the people:
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PdP 6 185.52
रक्ष राक्षस नः सर्वान्ग्रासं ते कल्पयामहे । पथिका निशि निद्रंति ये च तान्भुंक्ष्व राक्षस
rakṣa rākṣasa naḥ sarvāngrāsaṃ te kalpayāmahe | pathikā niśi nidraṃti ye ca tānbhuṃkṣva rākṣasa
'Spare us all, demon; we shall arrange a meal for you. The travellers who sleep by night — eat those, O demon.'
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PdP 6 185.53
एतस्मिन्सदने पांथान्ग्रामपालप्रवेशितान् । आहारं कल्पयांचक्रुरात्मीयप्राणगुप्तये
etasminsadane pāṃthāngrāmapālapraveśitān | āhāraṃ kalpayāṃcakrurātmīyaprāṇaguptaye
In this house they arranged as (his) food the wayfarers brought in by the village guard, for the protection of their own lives.
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PdP 6 185.54
भवान्सुप्तोगृहेऽमुष्मिन्नधन्यैः संयुतः परैः । ते ग्रस्ताः किल चानेन न त्वं मुक्तोसि द्विजोत्तम
bhavānsuptogṛhe'muṣminnadhanyaiḥ saṃyutaḥ paraiḥ | te grastāḥ kila cānena na tvaṃ muktosi dvijottama
You slept in that house, together with other luckless men. They indeed were swallowed by him, (yet) you were not — you were spared, O best of brahmins.
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PdP 6 185.55
प्रभावं भवतो वेत्ति भवानेव द्विजोत्तम । मदीय तनयस्याद्य मित्रमेकमुपागतम्
prabhāvaṃ bhavato vetti bhavāneva dvijottama | madīya tanayasyādya mitramekamupāgatam
Your power (in this) you yourself know, O best of brahmins. Today a certain friend of my son came (here).
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PdP 6 185.56
अजानता मया सोऽपि तनयस्य प्रियः सखा । अन्यैः पांथजनैः सार्द्धं तस्मिन्गेहे प्रवेशितः
ajānatā mayā so'pi tanayasya priyaḥ sakhā | anyaiḥ pāṃthajanaiḥ sārddhaṃ tasmingehe praveśitaḥ
And he too, my son's dear friend, was, by me in ignorance, brought into that house along with other travelling folk.
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PdP 6 185.57
श्रुत्वा तत्र प्रविष्टं तं निशीथे तनयो मम । तमानेतुं गतः सोऽपि भक्षितस्तेन रक्षसा
śrutvā tatra praviṣṭaṃ taṃ niśīthe tanayo mama | tamānetuṃ gataḥ so'pi bhakṣitastena rakṣasā
Hearing that he had entered there, my son went at midnight to fetch him, and he too was devoured by that demon.
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PdP 6 185.58
दुःखितेन मया प्रोक्तः प्रातः स पिशिताशनः । ममापि पुत्रो दुष्टात्मन्भवता निशि भक्षितः
duḥkhitena mayā proktaḥ prātaḥ sa piśitāśanaḥ | mamāpi putro duṣṭātmanbhavatā niśi bhakṣitaḥ
In the morning I, grieving, said to that flesh-eater: "My son too, O evil-natured one, has been devoured by you in the night.
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PdP 6 185.59
भवज्जठरनिर्मग्नः सुतोऽसौ येन जीवति । अस्ति चैवमुपायस्ते ब्रूहि मे त्वं निशाचर
bhavajjaṭharanirmagnaḥ suto'sau yena jīvati | asti caivamupāyaste brūhi me tvaṃ niśācara
(Tell me) by what means that son of mine, sunk in your belly, may live. If there is such a means of yours, tell it to me, O night-roamer."
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PdP 6 185.60
राक्षस उवाच-। अंतःप्रविष्टा त्वत्पुत्रमज्ञात्वाहमभक्षयम् । अजानन्भक्षितः पांथैः सहितोऽसौ सुतस्तव
rākṣasa uvāca-| aṃtaḥpraviṣṭā tvatputramajñātvāhamabhakṣayam | ajānanbhakṣitaḥ pāṃthaiḥ sahito'sau sutastava
The demon said: "I ate your son, who had entered inside, without knowing (who he was); in ignorance that son of yours was devoured, together with the travellers.
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PdP 6 185.61
यथा जीवति मे कुक्षौ यथा भवति रक्षितः । तथा विहितमप्यस्ति दैवेन परमेष्ठिना
yathā jīvati me kukṣau yathā bhavati rakṣitaḥ | tathā vihitamapyasti daivena parameṣṭhinā
But there is a provision made by fate, by the highest lord, whereby he lives in my belly, whereby he remains protected:
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PdP 6 185.62
गीतैकादशमध्यायं यः पठत्यनिशं द्विजः । तत्प्रभावेन मे मुक्तिर्मृतानां पुनरुद्भवः
gītaikādaśamadhyāyaṃ yaḥ paṭhatyaniśaṃ dvijaḥ | tatprabhāvena me muktirmṛtānāṃ punarudbhavaḥ
the brahmin who recites the eleventh chapter of the Gītā unceasingly — by that power comes my release, and the rebirth of the dead."
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PdP 6 185.63
ग्रामपाल उवाच-। कथमेकादशाध्यायसामर्थ्यमिदमद्भुतम्
grāmapāla uvāca-| kathamekādaśādhyāyasāmarthyamidamadbhutam
The village guard said: "How (comes) this wondrous potency of the eleventh chapter?"
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PdP 6 185.64
इति पृष्टो मया विप्र स बभाषे निशाचरः
iti pṛṣṭo mayā vipra sa babhāṣe niśācaraḥ
Being thus asked by me, O brahmin, that night-roamer spoke:
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PdP 6 185.65
पुरा गृध्रेण केनापि नभोमार्गेण गच्छता । अस्थिखंडं स्वतुंडाग्रात्पातितं क्वापि वारिणि
purā gṛdhreṇa kenāpi nabhomārgeṇa gacchatā | asthikhaṃḍaṃ svatuṃḍāgrātpātitaṃ kvāpi vāriṇi
"Once, by some vulture travelling along the path of the sky, a piece of bone was dropped from the tip of its beak into some water.
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PdP 6 185.66
तं जलाशयमागत्यकोऽपि ज्ञानीश्वरस्तदा । महातीर्थमिति ज्ञात्वा विदधे पितृतर्पणम्
taṃ jalāśayamāgatyako'pi jñānīśvarastadā | mahātīrthamiti jñātvā vidadhe pitṛtarpaṇam
Then a certain master of knowledge came to that pool and, recognising it as a great sacred ford, performed the libation to the ancestors.
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PdP 6 185.67
तमूचिरे जनाः सर्वे तीर्थमेतत्कथं वद । जपत्येकादशाध्यायं त्रिसन्ध्यं नियतेंद्रियः
tamūcire janāḥ sarve tīrthametatkathaṃ vada | japatyekādaśādhyāyaṃ trisandhyaṃ niyateṃdriyaḥ
All the people said to him: 'Tell (us), how is this a sacred ford?' (He replied:) 'A man of restrained senses used to recite the eleventh chapter at the three junctures of the day.
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PdP 6 185.68
कृतमौनस्तु विप्रोऽसौ चौरैर्व्यापादितः पथि । तस्यास्थिशकलं गृध्रवदनात्पतितं जले
kṛtamaunastu vipro'sau caurairvyāpāditaḥ pathi | tasyāsthiśakalaṃ gṛdhravadanātpatitaṃ jale
That brahmin, having taken a vow of silence, was killed by thieves on the road. A fragment of his bone fell from a vulture's mouth into the water.
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PdP 6 185.69
तेन तीर्थमिदं दिव्यं जातं पातकनाशनम् । ततस्ते मानवाः सर्वे सस्नुस्तत्र जलाशये
tena tīrthamidaṃ divyaṃ jātaṃ pātakanāśanam | tataste mānavāḥ sarve sasnustatra jalāśaye
By that, this divine ford came to be, destroying sins; then all those men bathed there in that pool.
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PdP 6 185.70
निष्कल्मषतया चैवं प्रापुस्ते परमं पदम् । एकादशस्य सामर्थ्यादध्यायस्य भविष्यति
niṣkalmaṣatayā caivaṃ prāpuste paramaṃ padam | ekādaśasya sāmarthyādadhyāyasya bhaviṣyati
And thus, through their freedom from taint, they attained the highest state — by the power of the eleventh chapter (this) will come to pass.
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PdP 6 185.71
ममापि मुक्तिः पांथानां पुनरुत्थानमेव च । यो मया कश्चिदुद्गीर्णो ब्राह्मणोऽत्रैव तिष्ठति
mamāpi muktiḥ pāṃthānāṃ punarutthānameva ca | yo mayā kaścidudgīrṇo brāhmaṇo'traiva tiṣṭhati
And for me too there will be release, and the rising up again of the travellers. Some brahmin whom I vomited up is staying right here.
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PdP 6 185.72
स च एकादशाध्यायं जपति स्म निरंतरम् । स तेनाध्यायमंत्रेण सप्तवाराभिमंत्रितम्
sa ca ekādaśādhyāyaṃ japati sma niraṃtaram | sa tenādhyāyamaṃtreṇa saptavārābhimaṃtritam
And he recites the eleventh chapter continually. If that best of brahmins, having made water charmed seven times with that chapter as a mantra,
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PdP 6 185.73
विधाय वारि विप्रेंद्रः क्षिपेद्यदि ममोपरि । ततो मे शापनिर्मुक्तिर्भविष्यति न संशयः । इति तेनास्मि संदिष्टः समायातस्त्वदंतिकम्
vidhāya vāri vipreṃdraḥ kṣipedyadi mamopari | tato me śāpanirmuktirbhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ | iti tenāsmi saṃdiṣṭaḥ samāyātastvadaṃtikam
were to throw (it) upon me, then my release from the curse will come about, there is no doubt. Thus was I instructed by him, (and so) I have come into your presence.
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PdP 6 185.74
विप्र उवाच-। राक्षसः केन पापेन जातोसौ वद रक्षक । यत्क्षपायां गृहे तस्मिन्नरान्खादति निद्रितान्
vipra uvāca-| rākṣasaḥ kena pāpena jātosau vada rakṣaka | yatkṣapāyāṃ gṛhe tasminnarānkhādati nidritān
The brahmin said: By what sin did he become a rākṣasa? Tell (me), watchman — he who at night in that house devours sleeping men.
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PdP 6 185.75
ग्रामपाल उवाच। अस्मिन्ग्रामे पुरा कश्चिदासीद्विप्रः कृषीवलः । एकदा शालिकेदाररक्षणे व्याकुलो द्विजः
grāmapāla uvāca| asmingrāme purā kaścidāsīdvipraḥ kṛṣīvalaḥ | ekadā śālikedārarakṣaṇe vyākulo dvijaḥ
The village guard said: In this village there was formerly a certain brahmin who was a farmer. Once the twice-born was busy guarding a rice-field.
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PdP 6 185.76
नातिदूरे महागृध्रः पांथमेकमभक्षयत् । तं विमोचयितुं दूराद्दयांचक्रेऽपि तापसः
nātidūre mahāgṛdhraḥ pāṃthamekamabhakṣayat | taṃ vimocayituṃ dūrāddayāṃcakre'pi tāpasaḥ
Not far off, a great vulture devoured a traveller. From a distance an ascetic too felt pity, (wishing) to free him.
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PdP 6 185.77
भुक्त्वा पांथं खगस्तावन्निरगादंबराध्वना । ततः स तापसः कोपात्तं बभाषे कृषीवलम्
bhuktvā pāṃthaṃ khagastāvanniragādaṃbarādhvanā | tataḥ sa tāpasaḥ kopāttaṃ babhāṣe kṛṣīvalam
Meanwhile the bird, having eaten the traveller, went off by the path of the sky. Then that ascetic in anger spoke to that farmer:
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PdP 6 185.78
धिक्त्वां हालिक दुर्बुद्धे कठोरमतिनिर्घृण । कुक्षिभरं परत्राण विमुखं हतजीवितम्
dhiktvāṃ hālika durbuddhe kaṭhoramatinirghṛṇa | kukṣibharaṃ paratrāṇa vimukhaṃ hatajīvitam
Shame on you, plowman, evil-minded, hard-hearted and pitiless, a belly-filler, turned away from protecting others, whose life is wasted!
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PdP 6 185.79
चोरैश्च दंष्ट्रिभिः सर्प्पैररिवह्निविषांबुभिः । गृध्रराक्षसभूतैश्च वेतालादिभिराहतान्
coraiśca daṃṣṭribhiḥ sarppairarivahniviṣāṃbubhiḥ | gṛdhrarākṣasabhūtaiśca vetālādibhirāhatān
(Men) struck down by thieves, by fanged beasts, by snakes, by enemies, fire, poison and water, and by vultures, rākṣasas, ghosts, and vetālas and the like —
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PdP 6 185.80
जनानुपेक्षते शक्तः स तद्वधफलं लभेत् । न मोचयति यो विप्रं प्रभुश्चोरादिभिर्धृतम्
janānupekṣate śaktaḥ sa tadvadhaphalaṃ labhet | na mocayati yo vipraṃ prabhuścorādibhirdhṛtam
whoever, being able, disregards such people, he gets the fruit of their killing. And a master who does not free a brahmin seized by thieves and the like,
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PdP 6 185.81
स याति नरकं घोरं स पुनर्जायते वृकः । निहन्यमानं विपिने गृध्रव्याघ्रेण पीडितम्
sa yāti narakaṃ ghoraṃ sa punarjāyate vṛkaḥ | nihanyamānaṃ vipine gṛdhravyāghreṇa pīḍitam
he goes to a terrible hell, and he is born again as a wolf. But (of a man) being killed in the forest, tormented by a vulture or a tiger,
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PdP 6 185.82
मुंचमुचेति यो वक्ति स याति परमां गतिम् । गवामर्थे हता व्याघ्रैर्व्याधैर्दुष्टैश्च राजभिः
muṃcamuceti yo vakti sa yāti paramāṃ gatim | gavāmarthe hatā vyāghrairvyādhairduṣṭaiśca rājabhiḥ
whoever says "Let him go, let him go!" — he goes to the highest goal. Those slain for the sake of cows by tigers, by hunters, or by wicked kings,
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PdP 6 185.83
तेपि यांति पदं विष्णोर्दुष्प्राप्यं योगिनामपि । अश्वमेधसहस्राणि वाजपेयशतानि च
tepi yāṃti padaṃ viṣṇorduṣprāpyaṃ yogināmapi | aśvamedhasahasrāṇi vājapeyaśatāni ca
they too go to Viṣṇu's abode, hard to reach even for yogins. Thousands of horse-sacrifices and hundreds of vājapeya rites
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PdP 6 185.84
शरणागतसंत्राण कलां नार्हंति षोडशीम् । दीनस्योपेक्षणं कृत्वा भीतस्य च शरीरिणः
śaraṇāgatasaṃtrāṇa kalāṃ nārhaṃti ṣoḍaśīm | dīnasyopekṣaṇaṃ kṛtvā bhītasya ca śarīriṇaḥ
are not worth a sixteenth part of the rescue of one who has come for refuge. Having disregarded a wretched and frightened embodied being,
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PdP 6 185.85
पुण्यवानपि कालेन कुंभीपाके स पच्यते । पश्यन्नपि भवान् पांथं दुष्टगृध्रेण भक्षितम्
puṇyavānapi kālena kuṃbhīpāke sa pacyate | paśyannapi bhavān pāṃthaṃ duṣṭagṛdhreṇa bhakṣitam
even a man of merit is in time cooked in Kumbhīpāka. You, though seeing the traveller being devoured by the wicked vulture,
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PdP 6 185.86
निवारणसमर्थोपि न चक्रे यन्निवारणम् । निष्कृपोसि यतस्तस्माद्भविष्यसि निशाचरः
nivāraṇasamarthopi na cakre yannivāraṇam | niṣkṛposi yatastasmādbhaviṣyasi niśācaraḥ
and though able to prevent it, did not make the prevention. Since you are without pity, therefore you shall become a night-roaming (demon).
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PdP 6 185.87
इमां शापं मुने श्रुत्वा कंपमानकलेवरः । प्रणम्य हालिको विप्रं बभाषे करुणं वचः
imāṃ śāpaṃ mune śrutvā kaṃpamānakalevaraḥ | praṇamya hāliko vipraṃ babhāṣe karuṇaṃ vacaḥ
Hearing this curse, O sage, his body trembling, the plowman bowed to the brahmin and spoke pitiful words:
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PdP 6 185.88
अत्राहं क्षेत्ररक्षायां चिरं क्षिप्तेन चक्षुषा । न वेद्मि निकटं गृध्र हन्यमानमिमं नरम्
atrāhaṃ kṣetrarakṣāyāṃ ciraṃ kṣiptena cakṣuṣā | na vedmi nikaṭaṃ gṛdhra hanyamānamimaṃ naram
Here, with my eye long cast upon guarding the field, I did not know, O (you who speak of the) vulture, that this man nearby was being killed.
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PdP 6 185.89
तेन मेऽनुग्रहं कर्तुं कृपणस्य त्वमर्हसि । विप्र उवाच। यो वेत्त्येकादशाध्यायं जपत्यनुदिनं च यः
tena me'nugrahaṃ kartuṃ kṛpaṇasya tvamarhasi | vipra uvāca| yo vettyekādaśādhyāyaṃ japatyanudinaṃ ca yaḥ
"Therefore you ought to show favour to me, a wretched one." The brahmin said: "He who knows the eleventh chapter and who recites it daily —
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PdP 6 185.90
तेनाभिमंत्रितं वारि यदा शिरसि तावके । पतिष्यति तदा शापात्तव मुक्तिर्भविष्यति
tenābhimaṃtritaṃ vāri yadā śirasi tāvake | patiṣyati tadā śāpāttava muktirbhaviṣyati
when water consecrated with that (chapter) by him falls upon your head, then you will be released from the curse."
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PdP 6 185.91
इत्युक्त्वा तापसो यातो हालिको राक्षसोऽभवत् । तदागच्छ द्विजश्रेष्ठ तेनाध्यायेन मंत्रय । तीर्थोदकं स्वहस्तेन तस्य मूर्द्धनि निक्षिप
ityuktvā tāpaso yāto hāliko rākṣaso'bhavat | tadāgaccha dvijaśreṣṭha tenādhyāyena maṃtraya | tīrthodakaṃ svahastena tasya mūrddhani nikṣipa
Having said this, the ascetic departed, and the ploughman became a demon. So come, best of brahmins, consecrate (water) with that chapter, and with your own hand pour the holy water upon his head.
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PdP 6 185.92
महादेव उवाच। इति तत्प्रार्थितं तस्य श्रुत्वा च करुणाप्लुतः । तथेति सहपालेन मुनी रक्षोंतिकं ययौ
mahādeva uvāca| iti tatprārthitaṃ tasya śrutvā ca karuṇāplutaḥ | tatheti sahapālena munī rakṣoṃtikaṃ yayau
Mahādeva said: Hearing that request of his, and being flooded with compassion, (the sage said) "So be it," and the sage went along with the herdsman into the presence of the demon.
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PdP 6 185.93
एकादशेन तेनांबु विश्वरूपेण मंत्रितम् । निक्षिप्तं तस्य शिरसि तेन विप्रेण योगिना
ekādaśena tenāṃbu viśvarūpeṇa maṃtritam | nikṣiptaṃ tasya śirasi tena vipreṇa yoginā
Water consecrated with that eleventh (chapter), the one on the Universal Form, was poured upon his head by that brahmin who was a yogin.
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PdP 6 185.94
गीताध्यायप्रभावेण शापमोक्षमवाप सः । विहाय राक्षसं देहं चतुर्बाहुस्ततोऽभवत्
gītādhyāyaprabhāveṇa śāpamokṣamavāpa saḥ | vihāya rākṣasaṃ dehaṃ caturbāhustato'bhavat
By the power of the chapter of the Gītā he obtained release from the curse; abandoning the demon's body, he then became four-armed.
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PdP 6 185.95
निगीर्णा ये जनास्तेन पांथा आसन्सहस्रशः । चतुर्भुजा बभूवुस्ते शंखचक्रगदाधराः
nigīrṇā ye janāstena pāṃthā āsansahasraśaḥ | caturbhujā babhūvuste śaṃkhacakragadādharāḥ
And those people, travellers by the thousands, who had been devoured by him became four-armed, bearing conch, discus and mace.
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PdP 6 185.96
ते विमानान्यारुरुहुस्तावदूचे स राक्षसम् । मदीयस्तनयः कस्तं दर्शयस्व निशाचर
te vimānānyāruruhustāvadūce sa rākṣasam | madīyastanayaḥ kastaṃ darśayasva niśācara
They mounted celestial chariots; meanwhile he said to the demon: "Which one is my son? Show him to me, O night-walker."
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PdP 6 185.97
इत्युक्ते ग्रामपालेन दिव्यधीराह राक्षसः । एवं चतुर्भुजं विद्धि तमालश्यामलद्युतिम्
ityukte grāmapālena divyadhīrāha rākṣasaḥ | evaṃ caturbhujaṃ viddhi tamālaśyāmaladyutim
When this was said by the village guard, the demon, of divine understanding, said: "Know him thus — four-armed, dark-gleaming like the tamāla tree,
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PdP 6 185.98
माणिक्यमुकुटं दिव्यमणिकुंडलमंडितम् । हारहारिमहास्कंधं स्वर्णकेयूरभूषितम्
māṇikyamukuṭaṃ divyamaṇikuṃḍalamaṃḍitam | hārahārimahāskaṃdhaṃ svarṇakeyūrabhūṣitam
with a ruby crown, adorned with divine jewelled earrings, with mighty shoulders lovely with a necklace, decked with golden armlets,
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PdP 6 185.99
राजीवलोचनं स्निग्धं हस्ते कृतसरोरुहम् । दिव्यं विमानमारूढं देवत्वं प्राप्तमात्मजम्
rājīvalocanaṃ snigdhaṃ haste kṛtasaroruham | divyaṃ vimānamārūḍhaṃ devatvaṃ prāptamātmajam
lotus-eyed, tender, holding a lotus in his hand, mounted on a divine chariot — (that is) your son who has attained godhood."
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PdP 6 185.100
इति तस्य वचः श्रुत्वा सुतं दृष्ट्वा च तादृशम् । स्वगेहं नेतुमारेभे जहास स सुतस्ततः 6.185.
iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā sutaṃ dṛṣṭvā ca tādṛśam | svagehaṃ netumārebhe jahāsa sa sutastataḥ 6.185.
Hearing these words of his and seeing his son in such a state, he began to lead (him) to his own house; then that son laughed.
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PdP 6 185.101
कति वाराणि जातोऽसि त्वं पुत्रो मम रक्षक । पूर्वपुत्रस्त्वदीयोऽस्मि अधुना विबुधोऽस्म्यहम्
kati vārāṇi jāto'si tvaṃ putro mama rakṣaka | pūrvaputrastvadīyo'smi adhunā vibudho'smyaham
"How many times have I been born as your son, O guard? I am your former son; now I am a god.
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PdP 6 185.102
यास्यामि वैष्णवं धाम ब्राह्मणस्य प्रसादतः । निशाचरोऽपि प्राप्तोऽयं पश्य देहं चतुर्भजम्
yāsyāmi vaiṣṇavaṃ dhāma brāhmaṇasya prasādataḥ | niśācaro'pi prāpto'yaṃ paśya dehaṃ caturbhajam
I shall go to Viṣṇu's abode by the grace of the brahmin. Even this night-walker has attained it — look at his four-armed body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 185.103
एकादशस्य माहात्म्याद्याति स्वर्गं समं जनैः । विप्रादस्मात्तमध्यायमधीष्व त्वं जपानिशम्
ekādaśasya māhātmyādyāti svargaṃ samaṃ janaiḥ | viprādasmāttamadhyāyamadhīṣva tvaṃ japāniśam
By the greatness of the eleventh (chapter) he goes to heaven together with these people. Study that chapter from this brahmin, and recite it day and night.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 185.104
भविष्यति न संदेहस्तवापि गतिरीदृशी । तात तस्मात्सतां संगं दुर्लभं सर्वथा जनैः
bhaviṣyati na saṃdehastavāpi gatirīdṛśī | tāta tasmātsatāṃ saṃgaṃ durlabhaṃ sarvathā janaiḥ
There is no doubt that such a course will be yours too. Father, therefore the company of the good is in every way hard for people to obtain;
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PdP 6 185.105
सोप्यद्य ते समुत्पन्नो ह्यात्मनः साधयेप्सितम् । किं धनैर्भोगदानैर्वा किं यज्ञैस्तपसा नु किम्
sopyadya te samutpanno hyātmanaḥ sādhayepsitam | kiṃ dhanairbhogadānairvā kiṃ yajñaistapasā nu kim
and today it has come to you — so accomplish your own desire. What (is gained) by riches, or by gifts of enjoyments, what by sacrifices, what indeed by austerity,
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PdP 6 185.106
किं पूर्तैर्वापरं श्रेयो विश्वरूपस्य पाठतः । तद्विष्णोः परमं रूपमध्यायस्य श्रुतेन च
kiṃ pūrtairvāparaṃ śreyo viśvarūpasya pāṭhataḥ | tadviṣṇoḥ paramaṃ rūpamadhyāyasya śrutena ca
or what by works of public merit? There is no higher good than the recitation of the (chapter on the) Universal Form, and by the hearing of that chapter which is Viṣṇu's supreme form.
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PdP 6 185.107
यत्पूर्णानंदसंदोह कृष्णब्रह्मास्यनिर्गतम् । कुरुक्षेत्रेऽर्जुने मित्रे तत्कैवल्यरसायनम्
yatpūrṇānaṃdasaṃdoha kṛṣṇabrahmāsyanirgatam | kurukṣetre'rjune mitre tatkaivalyarasāyanam
That which, a mass of full bliss, issued from the mouth of Kṛṣṇa the Brahman at Kurukṣetra to his friend Arjuna — that is the elixir of absolute release,
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PdP 6 185.108
नृणां च भवभीतानामाधिव्याधिभयापहम् । अनेकजन्मदुःखघ्नं नान्यत्पश्यामि तत्स्मर । शिव उवाच। इत्युक्त्वा सह तैः सर्वैर्ययौ विष्णोः परं पदम्
nṛṇāṃ ca bhavabhītānāmādhivyādhibhayāpaham | anekajanmaduḥkhaghnaṃ nānyatpaśyāmi tatsmara | śiva uvāca| ityuktvā saha taiḥ sarvairyayau viṣṇoḥ paraṃ padam
and for men afraid of existence it removes the fear of mental and bodily ills; it destroys the sorrow of many births — I see nothing else; remember that. Śiva said: Having said this, he went with all those (others) to Viṣṇu's supreme abode.
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PdP 6 185.109
तमध्यायं ततो विप्राद्ग्रामपालः पपाठ सः । तावुभौ तस्य माहात्म्याज्जग्मतुर्वैष्णवं पदम्
tamadhyāyaṃ tato viprādgrāmapālaḥ papāṭha saḥ | tāvubhau tasya māhātmyājjagmaturvaiṣṇavaṃ padam
Then that village guardian recited that chapter (learned) from the brahmin; and the two of them, through its greatness, went to the abode of Viṣṇu.
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PdP 6 185.110
इत्येकादशमाहात्म्य कथा तुभ्यं निरूपिता । यस्याः श्रवणमात्रेण महापातकसंक्षयः
ityekādaśamāhātmya kathā tubhyaṃ nirūpitā | yasyāḥ śravaṇamātreṇa mahāpātakasaṃkṣayaḥ
Thus the story of the eleventh (chapter's) glorification has been set forth for you, by the mere hearing of which there is the destruction of great sins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition