Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 187
PdP 6 187.1
देव्युवाच। द्वादशाध्यायमाहात्म्यं भवता कथितं मम । ब्रूहि त्रयोदशाध्यायमाहात्म्यमतिसुंदरम्
devyuvāca| dvādaśādhyāyamāhātmyaṃ bhavatā kathitaṃ mama | brūhi trayodaśādhyāyamāhātmyamatisuṃdaram
The Goddess said: You have told me the greatness of the twelfth chapter; now tell (me) the most beautiful greatness of the thirteenth chapter.
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PdP 6 187.2
ईश्वर उवाच- शृणु त्रयोदशाध्यायमहिमांभोनिधिं शिवे । यदाकर्णनमात्रेण परां मुदमवाप्स्यसि
īśvara uvāca- śṛṇu trayodaśādhyāyamahimāṃbhonidhiṃ śive | yadākarṇanamātreṇa parāṃ mudamavāpsyasi
The Lord said: Hear, O Śivā, the ocean of the greatness of the thirteenth chapter, by the mere hearing of which you will attain the highest delight.
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PdP 6 187.3
अस्ति दक्षिणदिङ्मार्गे तुंगभद्रा महानदी । तत्तटे नगरं रम्यं नाम्ना हरिहरं पुरम्
asti dakṣiṇadiṅmārge tuṃgabhadrā mahānadī | tattaṭe nagaraṃ ramyaṃ nāmnā hariharaṃ puram
On the southern road there is a great river, the Tuṅgabhadrā; on its bank is a lovely city named Harihara-pura.
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PdP 6 187.4
यत्राऽस्ते भगवान्देवि देवो हरिहरः स्वयम् । यस्य दर्शनमात्रेण परं कल्याणमाप्यते
yatrā'ste bhagavāndevi devo hariharaḥ svayam | yasya darśanamātreṇa paraṃ kalyāṇamāpyate
There, O Goddess, the Lord dwells, the god Harihara himself, by the mere sight of whom the highest welfare is obtained.
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PdP 6 187.5
तस्मिन्पुरे द्विजन्मासीद्धरिदीक्षितसंज्ञिकः । तपः स्वाध्यायनिरतो श्रोत्रियो वेदपारगः
tasminpure dvijanmāsīddharidīkṣitasaṃjñikaḥ | tapaḥ svādhyāyanirato śrotriyo vedapāragaḥ
In that city there was a brahmin named Haridīkṣita, devoted to austerity and to (Vedic) recitation, a śrotriya, thoroughly versed in the Vedas.
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PdP 6 187.6
दुराचारेति तस्यासीद्भार्या नाम्ना च कर्मणा । न सुष्वाप समं पत्या दुरालापा कदाचन
durācāreti tasyāsīdbhāryā nāmnā ca karmaṇā | na suṣvāpa samaṃ patyā durālāpā kadācana
He had a wife called Durācārā ("Ill-conducted") — by name and by deed; ill-spoken, she never once slept together with her husband.
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PdP 6 187.7
क्षणमप्यात्मसदने न चास्ते स्वैरचारिणी । कंठदघ्नं द्विजद्वारे धयंती वारुणीरसम्
kṣaṇamapyātmasadane na cāste svairacāriṇī | kaṃṭhadaghnaṃ dvijadvāre dhayaṃtī vāruṇīrasam
Nor did that wanton woman stay in her own house even for a moment, drinking liquor up to her throat at the brahmin's door.
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PdP 6 187.8
पतिसंबधिनः सर्वान्तर्जयंती पुनः पुनः । विटैः सह सदोन्मत्ता रममाणा निरंतरम्
patisaṃbadhinaḥ sarvāntarjayaṃtī punaḥ punaḥ | viṭaiḥ saha sadonmattā ramamāṇā niraṃtaram
Again and again inwardly defeating all who were connected with her husband, always drunk in the company of libertines, incessantly taking her pleasure —
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PdP 6 187.9
कदचिद्व्याकुलं दृष्ट्वा पुरं पौरैरितस्ततः । संकेतगेहमकरोत्कांतारे निर्जने स्वयम्
kadacidvyākulaṃ dṛṣṭvā puraṃ paurairitastataḥ | saṃketagehamakarotkāṃtāre nirjane svayam
Once, seeing the city thrown into confusion by the townsfolk here and there, she herself made a rendezvous-house in a deserted forest.
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PdP 6 187.10
अथ तत्रैव सा धूर्ता रममाणा विटैः सह । निनाय सा बहून्कालान्निजयौवनगर्विता
atha tatraiva sā dhūrtā ramamāṇā viṭaiḥ saha | nināya sā bahūnkālānnijayauvanagarvitā
Then, right there, that cunning woman, taking her pleasure with libertines, proud of her own youth, passed a long time.
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PdP 6 187.11
अथ तस्मिन्पुरे रम्ये निवसंत्या निरंकुशम् । वसंतकालं समभूत्परं चित्ते भुवः सखा
atha tasminpure ramye nivasaṃtyā niraṃkuśam | vasaṃtakālaṃ samabhūtparaṃ citte bhuvaḥ sakhā
Then, as she was living unchecked in that lovely city, the spring season, the friend of the earth, came, supreme in (her) mind.
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PdP 6 187.12
आमूलपल्लवाकीर्णं सहकारविकारिणा । पिकानां पंचमालापैः पुनः स जीवितः स्मरः
āmūlapallavākīrṇaṃ sahakāravikāriṇā | pikānāṃ paṃcamālāpaiḥ punaḥ sa jīvitaḥ smaraḥ
By the mango tree, transformed (into bloom) and covered with shoots down to its root, and by the fifth-note calls of the cuckoos, Love was brought to life again.
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PdP 6 187.13
स्फुरच्चंपकसौरभ्यहारकैर्मलयानिलैः । मंदं मंदं प्रसर्पद्भिरांदोलितवनद्रुमः
sphuraccaṃpakasaurabhyahārakairmalayānilaiḥ | maṃdaṃ maṃdaṃ prasarpadbhirāṃdolitavanadrumaḥ
(Spring,) with the Malaya breezes that carry off the fragrance of the quivering campaka and creep on very slowly, had the forest trees set swaying;
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PdP 6 187.14
उत्फुल्लमल्लिकामोद मदिरापारणावताम् । अलीनां कलटंकारैः समंताद्रावशोभितः
utphullamallikāmoda madirāpāraṇāvatām | alīnāṃ kalaṭaṃkāraiḥ samaṃtādrāvaśobhitaḥ
it was adorned all round with the sound, the soft humming of bees that broke their fast on the wine of the perfume of the full-blown jasmine;
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PdP 6 187.15
प्रसन्नचारुभिः स्मेरः सरोवरसुगंधिभिः । मीलन्मरालनिवहैः सरोभिः प्रकटीकृतः
prasannacārubhiḥ smeraḥ sarovarasugaṃdhibhiḥ | mīlanmarālanivahaiḥ sarobhiḥ prakaṭīkṛtaḥ
it was made manifest, smiling, by lakes clear and lovely, fragrant with their pools, with flocks of swans gathering upon them;
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PdP 6 187.16
घनच्छायासुखासीन हरिणार्भकधारिभिः । नीरंध्रपल्लवैर्नानाशाखिभिः शोभितावनिः
ghanacchāyāsukhāsīna hariṇārbhakadhāribhiḥ | nīraṃdhrapallavairnānāśākhibhiḥ śobhitāvaniḥ
its ground was made beautiful by many trees with unbroken foliage, which held young fawns resting at ease in their dense shade.
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PdP 6 187.17
तस्मिन्वसंतसमये मुदिता साभिसारिका । अपश्यज्जगदानंददायिनीं चंद्रिकां निशि
tasminvasaṃtasamaye muditā sābhisārikā | apaśyajjagadānaṃdadāyinīṃ caṃdrikāṃ niśi
In that springtime, that joyful woman going to her tryst saw at night the moonlight that gives delight to the world —
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PdP 6 187.18
चंचच्चकोरचंच्वग्रगलत्पीयूषसीकराम् । द्रवदिंदुशिलानिर्यत्सुधानिर्झरनिर्भराम्
caṃcaccakoracaṃcvagragalatpīyūṣasīkarām | dravadiṃduśilāniryatsudhānirjharanirbharām
(moonlight) with its spray of nectar dripping from the beak-tips of the darting cakora birds, brimming with cascades of nectar flowing out from melting moonstone,
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PdP 6 187.19
विकाशिकुसुमक्रोडसांद्रीभूतकरोत्कराम् । उल्लासितपयोराशिकल्लोलालिंगितांबराम्
vikāśikusumakroḍasāṃdrībhūtakarotkarām | ullāsitapayorāśikallolāliṃgitāṃbarām
whose mass of rays had grown dense within the hollows of the opened blossoms, whose sky was embraced by the waves of the ocean set surging,
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PdP 6 187.20
मनोभवमहासिंहकुलटाकंठकर्तरीम् । घनांधकारसंदोहविदारणपटीयसीम्
manobhavamahāsiṃhakulaṭākaṃṭhakartarīm | ghanāṃdhakārasaṃdohavidāraṇapaṭīyasīm
a pair of shears at the throat of the wanton woman (assailed by) the great lion that is Love, most skilled at tearing apart the massed thick darkness,
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PdP 6 187.21
श्वेतीकृतसतीकारपरार्थहिमगर्भिणीम् । म्लानपंकजसंकोचा द्यूनामानंददायिनीम्
śvetīkṛtasatīkāraparārthahimagarbhiṇīm | mlānapaṃkajasaṃkocā dyūnāmānaṃdadāyinīm
pregnant with frost, whose whitening (of things) serves the purpose of others and is (like) the act of a virtuous wife; giving delight to the afflicted through the closing of the faded lotuses,
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PdP 6 187.22
चक्रवाकवधूवक्त्र करुणाक्रोशसाक्षिणीम् । मुक्ताश्रेणीविशुद्धांशु प्रभासितदिगंतराम्
cakravākavadhūvaktra karuṇākrośasākṣiṇīm | muktāśreṇīviśuddhāṃśu prabhāsitadigaṃtarām
witness to the piteous wailing from the faces of the cakravāka hens, whose rays, pure as a string of pearls, lit up the reaches of the sky,
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PdP 6 187.23
अथ तस्यां प्रभूतायां पूरयंत्या दिशो दश । कामांधा कामिनीजाता पथिसौधविहारिणी
atha tasyāṃ prabhūtāyāṃ pūrayaṃtyā diśo daśa | kāmāṃdhā kāminījātā pathisaudhavihāriṇī
Then, when it had spread abundantly, filling the ten directions, a passionate woman, blind with desire, roaming the road and the mansion roof,
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PdP 6 187.24
अपश्यंती विटान्रात्रौ निर्भिद्य भवनार्गलम् । ययौ संकेतभवनं निर्गत्य नगराद्बहिः
apaśyaṃtī viṭānrātrau nirbhidya bhavanārgalam | yayau saṃketabhavanaṃ nirgatya nagarādbahiḥ
not seeing (any) paramours at night, broke the bolt of the house and went out beyond the city to the appointed meeting-house.
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PdP 6 187.25
तत्र प्रियतमं कंचित्काममोहितमानसा । अन्वेषयंती नाद्राक्षीत्कुंजे कुंजे तरौ तरौ
tatra priyatamaṃ kaṃcitkāmamohitamānasā | anveṣayaṃtī nādrākṣītkuṃje kuṃje tarau tarau
There, her mind deluded by desire, searching for some most beloved man, she did not find (him) in bower after bower, in tree after tree.
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PdP 6 187.26
आकर्णयंती कांतस्य मंदालापान्पदे पदे । अभियाति ततः क्रीडन्यत्र संहारिनिस्वनः
ākarṇayaṃtī kāṃtasya maṃdālāpānpade pade | abhiyāti tataḥ krīḍanyatra saṃhārinisvanaḥ
At every step listening for the soft speech of her lover, she then goes on toward wherever there is a playful, alluring sound.
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PdP 6 187.27
चक्रवाकरवान्श्रुत्वा कांतालापभ्रमादसौ । सरोवराणि सर्वाणि पर्यटंती मुहुर्मुहुः
cakravākaravānśrutvā kāṃtālāpabhramādasau | sarovarāṇi sarvāṇi paryaṭaṃtī muhurmuhuḥ
Hearing the cries of the cakravāka birds, mistaking them for her lover's speech, she wandered again and again around all the lakes.
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PdP 6 187.28
कांतभ्रांत्या तरुतले प्रसुप्तान्हरिणोत्करान् । प्रबोधयंती सोच्छ्वासमागतास्मीति भाषिणी
kāṃtabhrāṃtyā tarutale prasuptānhariṇotkarān | prabodhayaṃtī socchvāsamāgatāsmīti bhāṣiṇī
Mistaking them for her lover, she woke the herds of deer asleep beneath the trees, saying with a sigh, "I have come!"
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PdP 6 187.29
आलिंगंती वनस्थाणुं जीवनेश्वरशंकया । तदाननभ्रमाद्भूयं चुंबंती विकचांबुजम्
āliṃgaṃtī vanasthāṇuṃ jīvaneśvaraśaṃkayā | tadānanabhramādbhūyaṃ cuṃbaṃtī vikacāṃbujam
She embraced a tree-stump in the forest, supposing it the lord of her life, and again, mistaking it for his face, kissed an opened lotus.
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PdP 6 187.30
तत्रतत्र कृतव्यर्थश्रमादृष्टप्रियास्वयम् । विललाप वने तस्मिन्मूर्च्छती विविधोक्तिभिः । हा कांत हा गुणाक्रांत मच्चैतन्यस्य नायक
tatratatra kṛtavyarthaśramādṛṣṭapriyāsvayam | vilalāpa vane tasminmūrcchatī vividhoktibhiḥ | hā kāṃta hā guṇākrāṃta maccaitanyasya nāyaka
Her exertions here and there made futile, not seeing her beloved, she herself lamented in that forest, swooning, with manifold cries: "Alas, beloved! Alas, you who are filled with virtues, master of my consciousness!"
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PdP 6 187.31
हे मनोहरसौभाग्य भाग्यलावण्यशेवधे । हा पूर्णचंद्रवदन हा सरोजायतेक्षण
he manoharasaubhāgya bhāgyalāvaṇyaśevadhe | hā pūrṇacaṃdravadana hā sarojāyatekṣaṇa
"O you whose good fortune is captivating, treasury of fortune and loveliness! Alas, full-moon-faced one! Alas, you with eyes wide as lotuses!"
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PdP 6 187.32
हा कांततत्वसौहित्य विश्रमाय सुरद्रुम । यदि कोपेन कुत्रापि गुह्यवेषोऽत्र तिष्ठसि
hā kāṃtatatvasauhitya viśramāya suradruma | yadi kopena kutrāpi guhyaveṣo'tra tiṣṭhasi
"Alas, contentment that is the essence of a lover, divine tree (of wishes) for my repose! If out of anger you are standing somewhere here in a hidden guise,
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PdP 6 187.33
प्रसादयामि त्वां कांत दत्त्वा प्राणान्प्रियानपि। इत्युच्चैः सर्वतो दिक्षु विलपंत्या वियोगतः
prasādayāmi tvāṃ kāṃta dattvā prāṇānpriyānapi| ityuccaiḥ sarvato dikṣu vilapaṃtyā viyogataḥ
I will win you over, beloved, even by giving up my dear life!" As she thus lamented aloud in every direction because of the separation,
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PdP 6 187.34
तस्याः श्रुत्वा वचः कोऽपि सुप्तो व्याघ्रः प्रबुद्धवान् । कुर्वन्घुरघुरध्वानं पश्यन्प्रतिदिशं रुषा
tasyāḥ śrutvā vacaḥ ko'pi supto vyāghraḥ prabuddhavān | kurvanghuraghuradhvānaṃ paśyanpratidiśaṃ ruṣā
some sleeping tiger, hearing her words, woke up, making a growling snarl, looking in every direction in fury,
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PdP 6 187.35
आस्फालयन्नखैर्भूमिं गर्जन्नाकाशगह्वरम् । पृष्ठनिर्भग्नलांगूल द्रुतमुत्थाय वेगवान्
āsphālayannakhairbhūmiṃ garjannākāśagahvaram | pṛṣṭhanirbhagnalāṃgūla drutamutthāya vegavān
striking the ground with its claws, roaring into the hollow of the sky, its tail bent back over its haunches, swiftly rising up, full of speed —
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PdP 6 187.36
गतो व्याघ्रः समुत्पत्य यत्रास्ते साभिसारिका । अथ सापि तमायांतमालोक्य पतिशंकया
gato vyāghraḥ samutpatya yatrāste sābhisārikā | atha sāpi tamāyāṃtamālokya patiśaṃkayā
the tiger sprang up and went to where that woman on her tryst was. And she too, seeing it coming, supposing it her husband,
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PdP 6 187.37
निर्जगाम पुरः स्थातुं प्रेममनिर्भरमानसा । ततस्तस्यनखक्रीडाक्रूरतांधीकृता सती
nirjagāma puraḥ sthātuṃ premamanirbharamānasā | tatastasyanakhakrīḍākrūratāṃdhīkṛtā satī
She came out to stand before (him), her mind brimming over with love; then, perceiving in her mind the cruelty of his claw-play,
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PdP 6 187.38
जहौ प्रियवपुः शंकां श्रुत्वा गर्जितमूर्ज्जितम् । तथाविधापि सा नारी भ्रांतिमुत्सृज्यसत्वरम्
jahau priyavapuḥ śaṃkāṃ śrutvā garjitamūrjjitam | tathāvidhāpi sā nārī bhrāṃtimutsṛjyasatvaram
she gave up (the idea) that it was her lover's body, on hearing the mighty roar; even in such a condition that woman, swiftly casting off her confusion, (said):
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PdP 6 187.39
व्याघ्रत्वं तु कुतो हेतोर्मां निहंतुमिहागतः । इदं सर्वं समाख्याहि यतस्त्वं हंतुमिच्छसि
vyāghratvaṃ tu kuto hetormāṃ nihaṃtumihāgataḥ | idaṃ sarvaṃ samākhyāhi yatastvaṃ haṃtumicchasi
"But from what cause (comes) this tiger-state? You have come here to kill me. Tell me all this — why it is that you wish to kill (me)."
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PdP 6 187.40
इति तस्या वचः श्रुत्वा शार्दूलश्चंडविक्रमः । क्षणं विहाय तद्ग्रासमुवाच प्रहसन्निव
iti tasyā vacaḥ śrutvā śārdūlaścaṃḍavikramaḥ | kṣaṇaṃ vihāya tadgrāsamuvāca prahasanniva
Hearing these words of hers, the tiger of fierce prowess left off devouring her for a moment and spoke, as though laughing:
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PdP 6 187.41
मलापहा नदी नाम्ना देशे तिष्ठति दक्षिणे । नगरी मुनिपर्णेति तस्या रोधसि वर्तते
malāpahā nadī nāmnā deśe tiṣṭhati dakṣiṇe | nagarī muniparṇeti tasyā rodhasi vartate
"There is a river named Malāpahā in the southern country; on its bank stands a city called Muniparṇā.
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PdP 6 187.42
तत्रास्ते भगवान्साक्षात्पंचलिंगो महेश्वरः । तस्यां पुर्यामहं विप्र पुत्रो भूत्वा स्थितस्ततः
tatrāste bhagavānsākṣātpaṃcaliṃgo maheśvaraḥ | tasyāṃ puryāmahaṃ vipra putro bhūtvā sthitastataḥ
There dwells the Lord Maheśvara himself as Pañcaliṅga; in that city, O brahmin, I was born a son and lived there,
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PdP 6 187.43
अयाज्यान्याजयन्नश्नन्नेकोद्दिष्टे नदी तटे । वेदपाठफलं शश्वद्विक्रीणन्धनकांक्षया
ayājyānyājayannaśnannekoddiṣṭe nadī taṭe | vedapāṭhaphalaṃ śaśvadvikrīṇandhanakāṃkṣayā
making those unfit for sacrifice perform sacrifices, eating at ekoddiṣṭa (funeral) rites on the river bank, constantly selling the fruit of Vedic recitation out of craving for wealth,
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PdP 6 187.44
भिक्षुकानपरान्लोभात्तिरस्कुर्वन्दुरुक्तिभिः । अदेयद्रविणं गृह्णन्नदत्तमनिशं दिनम्
bhikṣukānaparānlobhāttiraskurvanduruktibhiḥ | adeyadraviṇaṃ gṛhṇannadattamaniśaṃ dinam
out of greed slighting other beggars with harsh words, taking wealth that must not be taken and what was not given, night and day,
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PdP 6 187.45
छलयन्सकलांल्लोकान्क्षणग्रहणकौतुकात् । ततः कतिपये काले जरठत्वमुपागतः
chalayansakalāṃllokānkṣaṇagrahaṇakautukāt | tataḥ katipaye kāle jaraṭhatvamupāgataḥ
cheating all people out of an eagerness to seize (auspicious) occasions (for gifts). Then after some time I came to decrepitude:
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PdP 6 187.46
वलीपलितवानंधः प्रपतन्प्रस्खलद्गतिः । पतद्दंतोभवं भूयः प्रतिग्रहपरायणः
valīpalitavānaṃdhaḥ prapatanpraskhaladgatiḥ | pataddaṃtobhavaṃ bhūyaḥ pratigrahaparāyaṇaḥ
wrinkled and grey-haired, blind, falling down, with stumbling gait, my teeth dropping out, I became once more devoted to receiving gifts.
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PdP 6 187.47
हस्ते गृहीत दर्भोऽहमगमं तीर्थसन्निधिम् । धनग्रहणलोभेन भ्रमन्पर्वसु पर्वसु
haste gṛhīta darbho'hamagamaṃ tīrthasannidhim | dhanagrahaṇalobhena bhramanparvasu parvasu
With darbha grass taken in my hand I went to the vicinity of a sacred ford, roaming at every parvan-day out of greed for getting money.
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PdP 6 187.48
ततोऽहं शिथिलांगः सन्कंचिद्भूनिर्जरालयम् । गतवान्याचितं भोक्तुं दष्टो मध्ये पदे शुना
tato'haṃ śithilāṃgaḥ sankaṃcidbhūnirjarālayam | gatavānyācitaṃ bhoktuṃ daṣṭo madhye pade śunā
Then, my limbs being slack, I went to a certain temple on earth to eat what had been begged, and on the way I was bitten by a dog.
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PdP 6 187.49
अपतं मूर्छितो भूत्वा ततः क्षितितले क्षणात् । ततोऽहं गलितप्राणो व्याघ्रयोनिमुपागतः
apataṃ mūrchito bhūtvā tataḥ kṣititale kṣaṇāt | tato'haṃ galitaprāṇo vyāghrayonimupāgataḥ
I fainted and fell that instant upon the ground; then, my breath gone, I came to the womb of a tiger.
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PdP 6 187.50
अत्र तिष्ठामि कांतारे पूर्वपापमनुस्मरन् । न भक्षयामि धर्मिष्ठान्मुनीन्साधुजनान्सतीः 6.187.
atra tiṣṭhāmi kāṃtāre pūrvapāpamanusmaran | na bhakṣayāmi dharmiṣṭhānmunīnsādhujanānsatīḥ 6.187.
Here I stay in the wilderness, remembering my former sin; I do not eat the righteous, ascetics, good people, or chaste women.
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PdP 6 187.51
किंतु पापान्दुराचारनसतीर्भक्षयाम्यहम् । अतोऽसतित्वं तत्वेन ममैव कवलायसे
kiṃtu pāpāndurācāranasatīrbhakṣayāmyaham | ato'satitvaṃ tatvena mamaiva kavalāyase
But I do eat sinners, the ill-conducted, and unchaste women; therefore it is by your unchastity, in truth, that you are being made my mouthful."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 187.52
इत्युक्त्वा स्वैर्नखैः कूरैस्तां विभज्यांगखंडशः । अथतां भक्षितां तेन पापदेहमुपाश्रिताम्
ityuktvā svairnakhaiḥ kūraistāṃ vibhajyāṃgakhaṃḍaśaḥ | athatāṃ bhakṣitāṃ tena pāpadehamupāśritām
Having said this, with his cruel claws he divided her limbs into pieces; then, she having been eaten by him and having taken on a sinful body,
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PdP 6 187.53
यमस्य किंकरा निन्युः सद्यः संयमनीं पुरीम् । यमादेशेन तत्रापि पातयामासुराशु ताम्
yamasya kiṃkarā ninyuḥ sadyaḥ saṃyamanīṃ purīm | yamādeśena tatrāpi pātayāmāsurāśu tām
Yama's servants at once led her to the city Saṃyamanī; and there too, at Yama's command, they swiftly flung her down
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PdP 6 187.54
विण्मूत्ररक्तपूर्णेषु घोरकुंडेष्वनेकधा । कल्पकोटिषु पीतासु तस्मादानीय तां मुहुः
viṇmūtraraktapūrṇeṣu ghorakuṃḍeṣvanekadhā | kalpakoṭiṣu pītāsu tasmādānīya tāṃ muhuḥ
many times over into dreadful pits filled with excrement, urine and blood; when crores of kalpas had been drained away, bringing her out of that again and again,
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PdP 6 187.55
रौरवे स्थापयामासुर्मन्वंतरशतावधि । ततोप्याकृष्य तां दीनां रुदतीं सर्वतोमुखीम्
raurave sthāpayāmāsurmanvaṃtaraśatāvadhi | tatopyākṛṣya tāṃ dīnāṃ rudatīṃ sarvatomukhīm
they set her in Raurava for a hundred manvantaras; dragging her out from there too, wretched, weeping, her face turned in every direction,
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PdP 6 187.56
मुक्तकेशां भग्नगात्रां चिक्षिपुर्दहनानने । एवं पापपरां घोरां भुक्त्वा नरकयातनाम्
muktakeśāṃ bhagnagātrāṃ cikṣipurdahanānane | evaṃ pāpaparāṃ ghorāṃ bhuktvā narakayātanām
her hair loose, her limbs broken, they cast her into the mouth of fire. Thus, having undergone the dreadful torment of hell (proper) to one given over to sin,
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PdP 6 187.57
इह जाता महापापात्पुनः श्वपचयोनिषु । ततः श्वपचगेहेऽपि वर्द्धमाना दिनेदिने
iha jātā mahāpāpātpunaḥ śvapacayoniṣu | tataḥ śvapacagehe'pi varddhamānā dinedine
Because of (her) great sin (she was) born here again among the wombs of dog-cookers; then, growing up day by day even in a dog-cooker's house,
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PdP 6 187.58
पूर्वजन्मवशेनैव तथैवासीद्यथा पुरा । ततः कतिपये काले पुनः स्वंभवनंययौ
pūrvajanmavaśenaiva tathaivāsīdyathā purā | tataḥ katipaye kāle punaḥ svaṃbhavanaṃyayau
by the force of (her) former birth alone she was just such as she had been before; then, after some time, she again went to her own dwelling.
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PdP 6 187.59
यत्रास्ते जृंभकादेवी शिवस्यांतः पुरेश्वरी । तत्रापश्यद्द्विजन्मानं वासुदेवाभिधं शुचिम्
yatrāste jṛṃbhakādevī śivasyāṃtaḥ pureśvarī | tatrāpaśyaddvijanmānaṃ vāsudevābhidhaṃ śucim
Where the goddess Jṛmbhikā abides, the mistress of Śiva's inner city, there she saw a pure twice-born man named Vāsudeva,
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PdP 6 187.60
गीतात्रयोदशाध्यायमुद्गिरंतमनारतम् । ततस्तच्छ्रवणादेव मुक्ता श्वपचविग्रहात्
gītātrayodaśādhyāyamudgiraṃtamanāratam | tatastacchravaṇādeva muktā śvapacavigrahāt
who was ceaselessly reciting aloud the thirteenth chapter of the Gītā. Then, by the mere hearing of it, she was released from her dog-cooker's body,
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PdP 6 187.61
दिव्यं देहं समासाद्य जगाम त्रिदशालयम्
divyaṃ dehaṃ samāsādya jagāma tridaśālayam
and, obtaining a divine body, she went to the dwelling of the thirty (gods).
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