Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 186
PdP 6 186.1
लघुत्तम|400px|महाभूताः महादेव उवाच- अस्ति कोल्हापुरं नाम नगरं दक्षिणापथे । सुखानां सदनं साध्वि साधूनां सिद्धिसंभवम्
laghuttama|400px|mahābhūtāḥ mahādeva uvāca- asti kolhāpuraṃ nāma nagaraṃ dakṣiṇāpathe | sukhānāṃ sadanaṃ sādhvi sādhūnāṃ siddhisaṃbhavam
[Editorial markup, untranslatable: "laghuttama|400px|mahābhūtāḥ"] Mahādeva said: There is a city named Kolhāpura in the southern region, an abode of pleasures, O virtuous lady, a source of accomplishment for the good.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 186.2
परशक्तेः परंपीठं सर्वदेवनिषेवितम् । पुराणेषु प्रसिद्धं यद्भुक्तिमुक्तिफलप्रदम्
paraśakteḥ paraṃpīṭhaṃ sarvadevaniṣevitam | purāṇeṣu prasiddhaṃ yadbhuktimuktiphalapradam
(It is) the supreme seat of the Supreme Power (Parāśakti), frequented by all the gods, renowned in the Purāṇas, which grants the fruits of enjoyment and liberation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 186.3
कोटिशस्तत्र तीर्थानि शिवलिंगानि कोटिशः । आस्ते रुद्रगया यत्र विशालं लोकविश्रुतम्
koṭiśastatra tīrthāni śivaliṃgāni koṭiśaḥ | āste rudragayā yatra viśālaṃ lokaviśrutam
There are sacred bathing places there by the tens of millions, and Śiva-liṅgas by the tens of millions; there stands the Rudra-gayā, vast and famed throughout the world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 186.4
तुंगाचलमहावप्र गोपुरोल्लासितोरणम् । प्रासादशिखरे यत्र तुंगं च कनकध्वजम्
tuṃgācalamahāvapra gopurollāsitoraṇam | prāsādaśikhare yatra tuṃgaṃ ca kanakadhvajam
(The city) has great ramparts (high as) lofty mountains, and archways gleaming with gate-towers; and there on the summit of the temple is a tall golden banner.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 186.5
सोमकांतिमहासौधवलभीपंक्तिशोभितम् । जालरंध्रोद्गिरद्धूपधूमाऽमोदितदिक्तटम्
somakāṃtimahāsaudhavalabhīpaṃktiśobhitam | jālaraṃdhrodgiraddhūpadhūmā'moditadiktaṭam
It is adorned with rows of terraced roofs on great mansions bright as the moon, and the quarters round about are perfumed by the incense-smoke pouring from its lattice-openings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 186.6
चलत्पताकविस्तीर्णच्छायं देवालयान्वितम् । चतुरैः सुंदरैः स्निग्धैः श्रीमद्भिः शुचिमानसैः
calatpatākavistīrṇacchāyaṃ devālayānvitam | caturaiḥ suṃdaraiḥ snigdhaiḥ śrīmadbhiḥ śucimānasaiḥ
Its shade is spread wide by fluttering banners, and it is furnished with temples—(inhabited) by clever, handsome, gracious, prosperous men of pure minds,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 186.7
अधिष्ठितं सदाचारैः पुरुषेर्भूरिभूषणैः । कुरंगनयनाश्चंद्रवदनाः कुटिलालकाः
adhiṣṭhitaṃ sadācāraiḥ puruṣerbhūribhūṣaṇaiḥ | kuraṃganayanāścaṃdravadanāḥ kuṭilālakāḥ
—occupied by men of good conduct, richly adorned; (and there are women) with eyes like a deer's, faces like the moon, and curling locks,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 186.8
उत्फुल्लचंपकच्छायाः पीनतुंगपयोधराः । कृशमध्या निम्ननाभि वलित्रयविराजिताः
utphullacaṃpakacchāyāḥ pīnatuṃgapayodharāḥ | kṛśamadhyā nimnanābhi valitrayavirājitāḥ
having the hue of blossoming campaka flowers, with full high breasts, slender waists, deep navels, graced with the three folds (on the belly),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 186.9
विशालजघनाश्चारुजंघा युग्मा वरांघ्रयः । वाचालमेखलादामनिक्वणन्मणिनूपुराः
viśālajaghanāścārujaṃghā yugmā varāṃghrayaḥ | vācālamekhalādāmanikvaṇanmaṇinūpurāḥ
with broad hips, lovely pairs of shanks, and beautiful feet, with chattering girdle-strings and jingling jewelled anklets,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 186.10
रणत्कंकणहस्ताब्ज स्फुरत्करज रश्मयः । वसंति प्रमदा यत्र मादयंत्यो मुनीनपि
raṇatkaṃkaṇahastābja sphuratkaraja raśmayaḥ | vasaṃti pramadā yatra mādayaṃtyo munīnapi
with lotus-hands ringing with bangles and rays flashing from their fingernails—there dwell women who intoxicate even sages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 186.11
समस्तवस्तुसंयुक्तं सर्वभोगसमन्वितम् । मंगलैः सकलैर्युक्तं महालक्ष्मीसमन्वितम्
samastavastusaṃyuktaṃ sarvabhogasamanvitam | maṃgalaiḥ sakalairyuktaṃ mahālakṣmīsamanvitam
(The city is) provided with every commodity, furnished with all enjoyments, endowed with all auspicious things, and possessed of Mahālakṣmī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 186.12
तत्रागच्छत्पुमान्कश्चिद्युवा गौरं सुलोचनः । कंबुकंठः पृथुस्कंधो महावक्षा महाभुजः
tatrāgacchatpumānkaścidyuvā gauraṃ sulocanaḥ | kaṃbukaṃṭhaḥ pṛthuskaṃdho mahāvakṣā mahābhujaḥ
There came a certain man, young, fair, with fine eyes, a neck like a conch, broad shoulders, a great chest and great arms,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 186.13
समस्तलक्षणोपेतो गोचरासक्तमानसः । प्रविश्य नगरं पश्यन्शोभां सौधेषु सर्वतः
samastalakṣaṇopeto gocarāsaktamānasaḥ | praviśya nagaraṃ paśyanśobhāṃ saudheṣu sarvataḥ
endowed with all (auspicious) marks, his mind attached to what met his senses; entering the city and gazing at its beauty everywhere among the mansions,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 186.14
उत्कंठितमना द्रष्टुं महालक्ष्मीं सुरेश्वरीम् । मणिकुंडे कृतः स्नानः संपन्न पितॄतर्पणः
utkaṃṭhitamanā draṣṭuṃ mahālakṣmīṃ sureśvarīm | maṇikuṃḍe kṛtaḥ snānaḥ saṃpanna pitṝtarpaṇaḥ
his mind eager to behold Mahālakṣmī, the mistress of the gods, having bathed in the Maṇikuṇḍa and having completed the water-offering to the ancestors,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 186.15
महालक्ष्मीं महामायां नत्वा तुष्टाव भक्तितः । जयत्यपारकरुणाशरण्या जगदंबिका
mahālakṣmīṃ mahāmāyāṃ natvā tuṣṭāva bhaktitaḥ | jayatyapārakaruṇāśaraṇyā jagadaṃbikā
having bowed to Mahālakṣmī, the great Māyā, he praised (her) with devotion: "Victorious is the Mother of the world, the refuge (whose) compassion is boundless,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 186.16
कुर्वाणा जगतो जन्म पालनं क्षपणं दृशा । यया शक्त्या कृतादिष्टः परमेष्ठी सृजत्यसौ
kurvāṇā jagato janma pālanaṃ kṣapaṇaṃ dṛśā | yayā śaktyā kṛtādiṣṭaḥ parameṣṭhī sṛjatyasau
who by her glance effects the birth, the preservation, and the destruction of the world; by which Power, when directed (by her), that Parameṣṭhin (Brahmā) creates,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 186.17
अवष्टभ्य च तां शक्तिं पालयत्यच्युतो जगत् । यया शक्त्या कृतावेशः संहरत्यखिलं हरः
avaṣṭabhya ca tāṃ śaktiṃ pālayatyacyuto jagat | yayā śaktyā kṛtāveśaḥ saṃharatyakhilaṃ haraḥ
and, leaning upon that Power, Acyuta protects the world; by which Power, when entered (by it), Hara withdraws everything—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 186.18
तां भजे परमां शक्तिं सर्गस्थितिलयोर्जिताम् । योगिध्येयांघ्रिकमले कमले कमलालये
tāṃ bhaje paramāṃ śaktiṃ sargasthitilayorjitām | yogidhyeyāṃghrikamale kamale kamalālaye
that supreme Power I worship, mighty in creation, maintenance, and dissolution. O Kamalā, dwelling in the lotus, whose lotus feet are meditated on by yogis!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 186.19
स्वभावानखिलान्नस्त्वं गृह्णासींद्रियगोचरान् । त्वमेव कल्पनाजालं तत्कल्पं कुरुषे मनः
svabhāvānakhilānnastvaṃ gṛhṇāsīṃdriyagocarān | tvameva kalpanājālaṃ tatkalpaṃ kuruṣe manaḥ
You take up all natural conditions, (things) within range of the senses; you alone are the net of imagination, and you make the mind conform to it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 186.20
इच्छाज्ञानक्रियारूपा परसंवित्स्वरूपिणी । निष्फला निर्मला नित्या निराकारा निरंजना
icchājñānakriyārūpā parasaṃvitsvarūpiṇī | niṣphalā nirmalā nityā nirākārā niraṃjanā
(You are) of the form of will, knowledge and action, having the nature of the supreme consciousness — fruitless (or: without seed of fruit), spotless, eternal, formless, unstained;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 186.21
निरंतरा निरातंका निरालंबा निरामया । तवैवं महिमानं हि को वर्णयितुमीशते
niraṃtarā nirātaṃkā nirālaṃbā nirāmayā | tavaivaṃ mahimānaṃ hi ko varṇayitumīśate
unbroken, free of terror, without support, free of disease — who indeed is able to describe your greatness so?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 186.22
वंदे निर्भिन्नषट्चक्रद्वादशांतर्विहारिणीम् । अनाहतध्वनिमयीं बिंदुनादकलात्मिकाम्
vaṃde nirbhinnaṣaṭcakradvādaśāṃtarvihāriṇīm | anāhatadhvanimayīṃ biṃdunādakalātmikām
I salute her who roams within the twelve (finger-breadths) once the six wheels have been pierced through, who consists of the unstruck sound, whose nature is the drop, the resonance, and the (subtle) portion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 186.23
मातस्त्वं पूर्णशीतांशु गलत्पीयूषवाहिनी । पुष्णासि वत्सले बालान्सनकादीन्दिगंबरान्
mātastvaṃ pūrṇaśītāṃśu galatpīyūṣavāhinī | puṣṇāsi vatsale bālānsanakādīndigaṃbarān
Mother, you are the stream of nectar dripping from the full-orbed cool-rayed (moon); O affectionate one, you nourish (your) children, Sanaka and the others, the sky-clad ones.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 186.24
अनुस्यूता शिवा संविज्जाग्रत्स्वप्नसुषुप्तिषु । तुरीयायां वर्त्तमानां दयासूनृतसंधिषु
anusyūtā śivā saṃvijjāgratsvapnasuṣuptiṣu | turīyāyāṃ varttamānāṃ dayāsūnṛtasaṃdhiṣu
The auspicious consciousness threaded through waking, dream and deep sleep, present in the fourth (state), in the junctures of compassion and truthful speech —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 186.25
ददासि प्राणिनां सर्वाः सततं ब्रह्मसंपदः । संहृत्य तत्वसंघातं तुरीयातीतया त्वया
dadāsi prāṇināṃ sarvāḥ satataṃ brahmasaṃpadaḥ | saṃhṛtya tatvasaṃghātaṃ turīyātītayā tvayā
you constantly give to living beings all the riches of Brahman; by you, having withdrawn the mass of the elements, as one beyond the fourth (state),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 186.26
योगिनां बिंबतादत्म्यं दीयते निर्विकल्पया । परां नमामि पश्यंतीं मध्यमां वैखरीमपि
yogināṃ biṃbatādatmyaṃ dīyate nirvikalpayā | parāṃ namāmi paśyaṃtīṃ madhyamāṃ vaikharīmapi
identity with the (supreme) image is granted to yogins, by you who are free of mental construction. I bow to Parā, to Paśyantī, to Madhyamā, and to Vaikharī as well.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 186.27
रूपाणि देवि गृह्णासि जगत्संत्राणहेतवे । त्वं ब्राह्मी वैष्णवी च त्वं माहेशी च त्वमंबिके
rūpāṇi devi gṛhṇāsi jagatsaṃtrāṇahetave | tvaṃ brāhmī vaiṣṇavī ca tvaṃ māheśī ca tvamaṃbike
O goddess, you take on forms for the sake of rescuing the world: you are Brāhmī and Vaiṣṇavī, and you are Māheśī, O mother.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 186.28
वाराहि त्वं महालक्ष्मीर्नारसिंही त्वमैंद्रिका । त्वं कौमारी चंडिका त्वं लक्ष्मीस्त्वं विश्वपावनी
vārāhi tvaṃ mahālakṣmīrnārasiṃhī tvamaiṃdrikā | tvaṃ kaumārī caṃḍikā tvaṃ lakṣmīstvaṃ viśvapāvanī
You are Vārāhī, you are Mahālakṣmī, Nārasiṃhī, you are Aindrī; you are Kaumārī, you are Caṇḍikā, you are Lakṣmī, you are the purifier of the universe.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 186.29
सावित्री त्वं जगन्माता शशिनी त्वं च रोहिणी । त्वं स्वाहा त्वं स्वधा त्वं हि त्वं सुधा परमेश्वरी
sāvitrī tvaṃ jaganmātā śaśinī tvaṃ ca rohiṇī | tvaṃ svāhā tvaṃ svadhā tvaṃ hi tvaṃ sudhā parameśvarī
You are Sāvitrī, the mother of the world; you are the moon-lady and Rohiṇī; you are Svāhā, you are Svadhā, you indeed are the nectar, O supreme sovereign.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 186.30
चंडमुंडभुजादंडखंडदोर्दंडमंडिते । रक्तबीजगलद्रक्तपानघूर्णितलोचने
caṃḍamuṃḍabhujādaṃḍakhaṃḍadordaṃḍamaṃḍite | raktabījagaladraktapānaghūrṇitalocane
O you adorned with (your own) arm-staff that cut off the arm-staffs of Caṇḍa and Muṇḍa, whose eyes roll from drinking the blood flowing from Raktabīja,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 186.31
उन्मत्तमहिषग्रीवोन्मूलनप्रौढ दोर्युगे । शुंभासुरमहादैत्यदारणायातविक्रमे
unmattamahiṣagrīvonmūlanaprauḍha doryuge | śuṃbhāsuramahādaityadāraṇāyātavikrame
O you with the pair of arms grown strong in uprooting the neck of the frenzied buffalo, whose valour came forth to tear apart the great demon Śumbha,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 186.32
अनंतचरिते तुभ्यं नमस्त्रैलोक्यमातृके । भक्तकल्पलते मह्यं प्रसीद परमेश्वरि
anaṃtacarite tubhyaṃ namastrailokyamātṛke | bhaktakalpalate mahyaṃ prasīda parameśvari
O you of endless deeds, homage to you, mother of the three worlds; O wishing-vine of devotees, be gracious to me, supreme sovereign.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 186.33
इति तेन स्तुता देवी महालक्ष्मीस्ततः स्वयम् । निजरूपं समास्थाय पुरुषं प्रत्युवाच तम्
iti tena stutā devī mahālakṣmīstataḥ svayam | nijarūpaṃ samāsthāya puruṣaṃ pratyuvāca tam
Thus praised by him, the goddess Mahālakṣmī then, of her own accord, assuming her own form, replied to that man.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 186.34
श्रीलक्ष्मीरुवाच-। राजपुत्र प्रसन्नाऽहं वृणीष्व वरमुत्तमम् । राजपुत्र उवाच। पिता मे धरणीपालो वाजिमेधं महाक्रतुम्
śrīlakṣmīruvāca-| rājaputra prasannā'haṃ vṛṇīṣva varamuttamam | rājaputra uvāca| pitā me dharaṇīpālo vājimedhaṃ mahākratum
Śrī Lakṣmī said: Prince, I am pleased; choose the best boon. The prince said: My father, the protector of the earth, while performing the great horse sacrifice,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 186.35
कुर्वाणो दैवयोगेन रोगाक्रांतो दिवं ययौ । तद्वपुस्तप्ततैलेन शोषयित्वा मया ततः
kurvāṇo daivayogena rogākrāṃto divaṃ yayau | tadvapustaptatailena śoṣayitvā mayā tataḥ
by the workings of fate was stricken with disease and went to heaven. Then, having dried his body with heated oil,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 186.36
स्थापितस्तत्र यागोऽसौ यथापूर्वमवर्तत । अथ क्रांतमहीचक्रो यूपे यागतुरंगमः
sthāpitastatra yāgo'sau yathāpūrvamavartata | atha krāṃtamahīcakro yūpe yāgaturaṃgamaḥ
it was placed there, and that sacrifice proceeded as before. Then the sacrificial horse, which had ranged over the circle of the earth, (bound) to the post,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 186.37
निशीथे बंधनं हित्वा नीतः केनापि कुत्रचित् । अदृष्ट्वा तद्गतं क्वापि निवृत्तेषु जनेष्वहम्
niśīthe baṃdhanaṃ hitvā nītaḥ kenāpi kutracit | adṛṣṭvā tadgataṃ kvāpi nivṛtteṣu janeṣvaham
at midnight slipped its tether and was carried off by someone somewhere. Not seeing it, gone I know not where, when the people had turned back, I,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 186.38
आमंत्र्य ऋत्विजः सर्वाञ्छरणं त्वामुपागतः । प्रसन्ना यदि देवि त्वं तन्मे यागतुरंगमः
āmaṃtrya ṛtvijaḥ sarvāñcharaṇaṃ tvāmupāgataḥ | prasannā yadi devi tvaṃ tanme yāgaturaṃgamaḥ
having taken leave of all the officiating priests, have come to you for refuge. O goddess, if you are pleased, then let that sacrificial horse of mine
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 186.39
दृष्टो भवतु यागोऽसौ संपूर्णो जायते यथा । आनृण्यं मम तातस्य तेन राज्ञो भविष्यति
dṛṣṭo bhavatu yāgo'sau saṃpūrṇo jāyate yathā | ānṛṇyaṃ mama tātasya tena rājño bhaviṣyati
Let this sacrifice be witnessed, so that it becomes complete; thereby I shall be freed of my debt to my father, that king.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 186.40
तथा कुरु जगद्धात्रि शरणागतवत्सले । देव्युवाच। ममद्वारं द्विजः सिद्धसमाधिरिति विश्रुतः
tathā kuru jagaddhātri śaraṇāgatavatsale | devyuvāca| mamadvāraṃ dvijaḥ siddhasamādhiriti viśrutaḥ
Do so, O mother of the world, O you who are tender to those who come for refuge! The Goddess said: At my gate there is a brahmin renowned as Siddhasamādhi.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 186.41
ममाज्ञया स ते सर्वं कार्यं निष्पादयिष्यति । इत्युक्तः श्रीमहालक्ष्म्या ततो राजकुमारकः
mamājñayā sa te sarvaṃ kāryaṃ niṣpādayiṣyati | ityuktaḥ śrīmahālakṣmyā tato rājakumārakaḥ
At my command he will accomplish all your business. Being thus addressed by Śrī Mahālakṣmī, the prince then
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 186.42
आजगाम मुनिः सिद्धसमाधिर्यत्र तिष्ठति । प्रणम्य तस्यपादाब्जं कृतांजलिरवस्थितः
ājagāma muniḥ siddhasamādhiryatra tiṣṭhati | praṇamya tasyapādābjaṃ kṛtāṃjaliravasthitaḥ
came to where the sage Siddhasamādhi was staying; bowing to his lotus-feet he stood with hands folded.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 186.43
तमुवाच ततो विप्रः प्रहितोऽसि त्वमंबया । त्वदीप्सितमिदं सर्वं साधयामि विलोकय
tamuvāca tato vipraḥ prahito'si tvamaṃbayā | tvadīpsitamidaṃ sarvaṃ sādhayāmi vilokaya
Then the brahmin said to him: You have been sent by the Mother. All this that you desire I shall accomplish — behold!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 186.44
इत्युक्त्वा त्रिदशान्सर्वानाचकर्ष स मांत्रिकः । एक्षत क्षितिपालस्य तनयोऽसौ तदा सुरान्
ityuktvā tridaśānsarvānācakarṣa sa māṃtrikaḥ | ekṣata kṣitipālasya tanayo'sau tadā surān
Having said this, that master of mantras drew in all the thirty (gods); and then that son of the king saw the gods,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 186.45
कृतांजलिपुटान्देवान्वेपमानकलेवरान् । अथ तानमरान्सर्वान्संबभाषे द्विजोत्तमः
kṛtāṃjalipuṭāndevānvepamānakalevarān | atha tānamarānsarvānsaṃbabhāṣe dvijottamaḥ
the gods with palms joined and bodies trembling. Then the best of brahmins spoke to all those immortals:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 186.46
अमुष्य राजपुत्रस्य वाजी यज्ञाय कल्पितः । नीतोस्ति देवराजेन क्षपायामपहृत्य सः
amuṣya rājaputrasya vājī yajñāya kalpitaḥ | nītosti devarājena kṣapāyāmapahṛtya saḥ
The horse of this prince here, appointed for the sacrifice — it has been carried off in the night by the king of the gods and taken away.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 186.47
गीर्वाणा अश्वमेवास्य समानयत मा चिरम् । अथ तस्य मुनेर्वाक्याद्देवैर्यज्ञतुरंगमः
gīrvāṇā aśvamevāsya samānayata mā ciram | atha tasya munervākyāddevairyajñaturaṃgamaḥ
O gods, bring back his horse without delay! Then, at the word of that sage, by the gods the sacrificial horse
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 186.48
समर्पितस्ततस्तेन तेऽनुज्ञात्वा दिवौकसः । आकृष्टानमरान्दृष्ट्वा गतं लब्ध्वा तुरंगमम्
samarpitastatastena te'nujñātvā divaukasaḥ | ākṛṣṭānamarāndṛṣṭvā gataṃ labdhvā turaṃgamam
was handed over; then, dismissed by him, those dwellers in heaven departed. Having seen the immortals drawn in, and having got back the horse,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 186.49
महीपतिसुतो नत्वा तं मुनिं वाक्यमब्रवीत् । आश्चर्यमिदमेतत्ते सामर्थ्यमृषिसत्तम
mahīpatisuto natvā taṃ muniṃ vākyamabravīt | āścaryamidametatte sāmarthyamṛṣisattama
the king's son bowed to that sage and spoke these words: This power of yours is a marvel, O best of sages!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 186.50
कृतं त्वया चित्रमिदं त्रिदशाकर्षणं क्षणात् । हस्तादाकृष्य दत्तो मे यज्ञीयोऽयं तुरंगमः 6.186.
kṛtaṃ tvayā citramidaṃ tridaśākarṣaṇaṃ kṣaṇāt | hastādākṛṣya datto me yajñīyo'yaṃ turaṃgamaḥ 6.186.
This wonder has been done by you — the drawing in of the gods in an instant; and this sacrificial horse, snatched from their hand, has been given to me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 186.51
न किंचिदपरं यावद्दुष्करं यत्सुरैरपि । प्रभविष्यति तत्कर्तुं भवानेव न चापरः
na kiṃcidaparaṃ yāvadduṣkaraṃ yatsurairapi | prabhaviṣyati tatkartuṃ bhavāneva na cāparaḥ
There is nothing else so hard to do, even for the gods, that you — and no other — will not be able to do it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 186.52
शृणु विप्र महीपाल पितासीन्मे बृहद्रथः । प्रारब्ध हयमेधोऽसौ दैवेन निधनं गतः
śṛṇu vipra mahīpāla pitāsīnme bṛhadrathaḥ | prārabdha hayamedho'sau daivena nidhanaṃ gataḥ
Listen, brahmin: my father was the king Bṛhadratha; he had begun this horse-sacrifice, and by fate he met his death.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 186.53
अद्यापि तस्य देहोस्ति तप्ततैलेन शोषितः । तस्य संजीवनं भूयः कर्त्तुमर्हसि सत्तम
adyāpi tasya dehosti taptatailena śoṣitaḥ | tasya saṃjīvanaṃ bhūyaḥ karttumarhasi sattama
Even today his body remains, dried out with boiled oil. You are able, O best one, to bring him back to life again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 186.54
इत्याकर्ण्य स्मितं कृत्वा स जगाद महामुनिः । यामस्तत्र पिता यत्र तावको यागमंडपः
ityākarṇya smitaṃ kṛtvā sa jagāda mahāmuniḥ | yāmastatra pitā yatra tāvako yāgamaṃḍapaḥ
Hearing this, the great sage smiled and said: Let us go there, where your father is, to the sacrificial pavilion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 186.55
अथागत्य समं तेन तत्र सिद्धः समाधिना । पयोऽभिमंत्र्य विदधे तस्य प्रेतस्य मूर्द्धनि
athāgatya samaṃ tena tatra siddhaḥ samādhinā | payo'bhimaṃtrya vidadhe tasya pretasya mūrddhani
Then, having come there together with him, Siddha, by (his) meditative concentration, consecrated milk with mantras and applied (it) on the head of that dead man.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 186.56
ततः प्राप नृपः संज्ञामुत्तस्थे वै ददर्श च । स तं पप्रच्छ विप्रेंद्रं कोऽसि धर्मेति भूपतिः
tataḥ prāpa nṛpaḥ saṃjñāmuttasthe vai dadarśa ca | sa taṃ papraccha vipreṃdraṃ ko'si dharmeti bhūpatiḥ
Thereupon the king regained consciousness, indeed rose up, and saw; and that lord of the earth asked that chief of brahmins, "Who are you, O righteous one?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 186.57
ततो राजसुतः सर्वं भूपालाय न्यवेदयत् । स नत्वा ब्राह्मणं राजा तं पुनर्दत्तजीवितम्
tato rājasutaḥ sarvaṃ bhūpālāya nyavedayat | sa natvā brāhmaṇaṃ rājā taṃ punardattajīvitam
Then the king's son reported everything to the king. And the king, bowing to that brahmin who had given him life again,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 186.58
बभाषे केन पुण्येन त्वयि शक्तिरलौकिकी । यया मे जीवितं दत्तमाकृष्टाश्च दिवौकसः
babhāṣe kena puṇyena tvayi śaktiralaukikī | yayā me jīvitaṃ dattamākṛṣṭāśca divaukasaḥ
said: By what merit is there in you this power beyond the world, by which my life has been given (back) and the dwellers in heaven drawn in,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 186.59
यागश्चोद्धरितो विप्र येनमेतन्निरूपय । इत्युक्तस्तेनविप्रोऽसौ जगाद श्लक्ष्णया गिरा
yāgaścoddharito vipra yenametannirūpaya | ityuktastenavipro'sau jagāda ślakṣṇayā girā
"And the sacrifice was restored, O brahmin — explain by what (power) this (was done)." Thus addressed by him, that brahmin spoke in gentle words:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 186.60
गीतानां द्वादशाध्यायं जपाम्यहमतंद्रितः । तेन शक्तिरियं राजन्यया प्राप्तोसि जीवितम्
gītānāṃ dvādaśādhyāyaṃ japāmyahamataṃdritaḥ | tena śaktiriyaṃ rājanyayā prāptosi jīvitam
"Untiring, I recite the twelfth chapter of the Gītā; by that (comes) this power, by which you have regained your life, O king."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 186.61
एतदाकर्ण्य राजाऽसौ द्वादशाध्यायमुत्तमम् । पपाठ तस्माद्विप्रर्षेः सकाशात्ब्राह्मणान्वितम्
etadākarṇya rājā'sau dvādaśādhyāyamuttamam | papāṭha tasmādviprarṣeḥ sakāśātbrāhmaṇānvitam
Hearing this, that king, together with the brahmins, recited the excellent twelfth chapter in the presence of that brahmin-sage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 186.62
तस्याध्यायस्य माहत्म्यात्ते सर्वे सद्गतिं ययुः । अन्ये पठित्वा जीवाश्च मुक्तिमापुरहो पराम्
tasyādhyāyasya māhatmyātte sarve sadgatiṃ yayuḥ | anye paṭhitvā jīvāśca muktimāpuraho parām
By the greatness of that chapter they all went to a good destiny; and others too, living beings, having recited it, attained — ah! — the highest release.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition