Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 188
PdP 6 188.1
ईश्वर उवाच- अतः परं प्रवक्ष्यामि भवानि भवमुक्तये । गीताचतुर्दशाध्यायमवधारय सुस्मिते
īśvara uvāca- ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi bhavāni bhavamuktaye | gītācaturdaśādhyāyamavadhāraya susmite
Īśvara said: Next, Bhavānī, I shall declare, for release from worldly existence, the fourteenth chapter of the Gītā — mark it, O fair-smiling one.
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PdP 6 188.2
मेदिन्यां यत्किलस्थूलमस्ति काश्मीरमंडलम् । राजधानी सरस्वत्या आस्ते चैव मनोहरा
medinyāṃ yatkilasthūlamasti kāśmīramaṃḍalam | rājadhānī sarasvatyā āste caiva manoharā
On the earth there is indeed that great region of Kashmir; and there stands the lovely capital city of Sarasvatī,
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PdP 6 188.3
यामधिष्ठाय वाग्देवी ब्रह्मलोकं प्रयच्छति । हंसमारुह्यमानापि सावित्रीप्रहतैरपि
yāmadhiṣṭhāya vāgdevī brahmalokaṃ prayacchati | haṃsamāruhyamānāpi sāvitrīprahatairapi
dwelling in which the goddess of speech bestows the world of Brahmā — she who is mounted upon her goose, even by (those) driven by Sāvitrī,
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PdP 6 188.4
सरस्वतीपदांभोज सेवामाश्रित्य कुंकुमैः । यत्र गौरवयंत्याशा हंसपक्षपुटोद्भवैः
sarasvatīpadāṃbhoja sevāmāśritya kuṃkumaiḥ | yatra gauravayaṃtyāśā haṃsapakṣapuṭodbhavaiḥ
where the (quarters of the) directions, resorting to the service of Sarasvatī's lotus feet, are made honoured with the saffron-powders raised by the beating of the goose's wings.
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PdP 6 188.5
निरंतरं तया चैव नृणां संस्कृतभाषिणाम् । सुपर्वाणमयी भाषा निमेषेणोपलभ्यते
niraṃtaraṃ tayā caiva nṛṇāṃ saṃskṛtabhāṣiṇām | suparvāṇamayī bhāṣā nimeṣeṇopalabhyate
And by her, continually, for men who speak Sanskrit, a speech made up of good measure is attained in the blink of an eye.
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PdP 6 188.6
प्रातर्गृहांगणोद्भूतै र्यत्रकुंकुमपांसुलैः । सर्वतोरुणितच्छाय शशांकरविमंडलम्
prātargṛhāṃgaṇodbhūtai ryatrakuṃkumapāṃsulaiḥ | sarvatoruṇitacchāya śaśāṃkaravimaṃḍalam
where, by the saffron-dust raised in the courtyards of the houses at dawn, the whole disc of the moon's rays is shadowed red on every side.
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PdP 6 188.7
तत्रासीत्तेजसां राशिः शौर्यवर्मा नरेश्वरः । उद्यदुज्ज्वलबाणौघ खंडितारातिमंडलः
tatrāsīttejasāṃ rāśiḥ śauryavarmā nareśvaraḥ | udyadujjvalabāṇaugha khaṃḍitārātimaṃḍalaḥ
There was there a mass of splendour, a lord of men (named) Śauryavarman, who had shattered the ranks of his enemies with floods of upraised blazing arrows.
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PdP 6 188.8
अभूच्च सिंहलद्वीपे राजा सिंहपराक्रमः । नाम्ना विक्रमवेतालः कलानामपि शेवधिः
abhūcca siṃhaladvīpe rājā siṃhaparākramaḥ | nāmnā vikramavetālaḥ kalānāmapi śevadhiḥ
And in the island of Siṃhala there was a king of lion-like valour, Vikramavetāla by name, a treasury also of the arts.
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PdP 6 188.9
उभौ परस्परं मैत्रीं वर्द्धयांचक्रतुः क्रमात् । तत्तद्देशसमुत्पन्नैरपूर्वैः प्रचुरोत्करैः
ubhau parasparaṃ maitrīṃ varddhayāṃcakratuḥ kramāt | tattaddeśasamutpannairapūrvaiḥ pracurotkaraiḥ
The two of them gradually increased their mutual friendship by means of abundant heaps of rare things produced in their respective countries.
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PdP 6 188.10
एकदा प्रहितं प्रेम्णा प्रभूतं शौर्यवर्मणा । राजा विक्रमवेतालो विलोक्य शुनकीद्वयम्
ekadā prahitaṃ premṇā prabhūtaṃ śauryavarmaṇā | rājā vikramavetālo vilokya śunakīdvayam
Once, seeing a pair of bitches, abundantly (gifted and) sent out of affection by Śauryavarman, King Vikramavetāla
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PdP 6 188.11
मत्तमातंगतुरग मणिभूषणचामरम् । प्रेषयामास मित्राय प्रभूतं शौर्यवर्मणे
mattamātaṃgaturaga maṇibhūṣaṇacāmaram | preṣayāmāsa mitrāya prabhūtaṃ śauryavarmaṇe
sent in abundance to his friend Śauryavarman rutting elephants, horses, jewelled ornaments and yak-tail whisks.
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PdP 6 188.12
एकदा शिबिकारूढश्चारु चामरवीजितः । सुवर्णशृंखलारूढं वाद्यडिंडिमडंबरम्
ekadā śibikārūḍhaścāru cāmaravījitaḥ | suvarṇaśṛṃkhalārūḍhaṃ vādyaḍiṃḍimaḍaṃbaram
Once, mounted on a palanquin, fanned pleasantly with a whisk, (the king took) the pair of bitches, held on a golden chain, amid the din of drums and tabors,
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PdP 6 188.13
शुनीयुगलमादाय मृगया कौतुकोत्सुकः । राजा जगाम बाह्यालीं समं राजकुमारकैः
śunīyugalamādāya mṛgayā kautukotsukaḥ | rājā jagāma bāhyālīṃ samaṃ rājakumārakaiḥ
and taking the pair of bitches, eager for the sport of the hunt, the king went out to the hunting-park together with the princes.
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PdP 6 188.14
पणबंधविधानेन समुपेतं शशामिषम् । तत्र राजकुमाराणां महान्कोलाहलोऽभवत्
paṇabaṃdhavidhānena samupetaṃ śaśāmiṣam | tatra rājakumārāṇāṃ mahānkolāhalo'bhavat
By way of laying a wager, hare-meat was staked; there arose a great uproar among the princes.
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PdP 6 188.15
ततः समानवयसा केनचिद्राजसूनुना । बहुमूल्यं पणं कृत्वा राजाचिक्रीडकौतुकी
tataḥ samānavayasā kenacidrājasūnunā | bahumūlyaṃ paṇaṃ kṛtvā rājācikrīḍakautukī
Then, having made a wager of great value with a certain prince of the same age, the king, eager for the sport, played.
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PdP 6 188.16
ततोवतार्य दोलाया विरुदावलिगर्विताम् । धावतः शशकस्योच्चैः पृष्ठे मुंचन्नृपं शुनीम्
tatovatārya dolāyā virudāvaligarvitām | dhāvataḥ śaśakasyoccaiḥ pṛṣṭhe muṃcannṛpaṃ śunīm
Then, taking her down from the swing — her proud of her string of eulogies — (the king) loosed the bitch loudly upon the back of the running hare.
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PdP 6 188.17
मुमोच राजपुत्रोऽपि प्रेमपात्रं महाभुजः । विरराम शुनीमुच्चैः संकीर्त्य विरुदावलीम्
mumoca rājaputro'pi premapātraṃ mahābhujaḥ | virarāma śunīmuccaiḥ saṃkīrtya virudāvalīm
The prince too, the mighty-armed one, let loose his own object of affection; he ceased (only) after loudly proclaiming the bitch's string of eulogies.
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PdP 6 188.18
अलक्ष्यमाणवेगेऽस्मिन्शुनीयुगलकेभृशम् । धावत्युत्थितमेवासीत्पश्यतां सर्वभूभृताम्
alakṣyamāṇavege'sminśunīyugalakebhṛśam | dhāvatyutthitamevāsītpaśyatāṃ sarvabhūbhṛtām
When that pair of bitches, their speed not (even) to be perceived, ran hard, there arose a great (uproar) among all the kings who were watching.
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PdP 6 188.19
पपात गर्ते महति शशकोऽतिश्रमादसौ । पतितोऽपि शुनी वश्यो नाभवच्छशशावकः
papāta garte mahati śaśako'tiśramādasau | patito'pi śunī vaśyo nābhavacchaśaśāvakaḥ
That hare fell into a great pit from excessive exhaustion; but even fallen, the young hare did not come under the bitch's power.
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PdP 6 188.20
ततः शनैः समुत्थाय धावन्नाक्रम्यरोषतः । जगृहे राजशुन्याऽसौ शशकः फेनमुद्वमन्
tataḥ śanaiḥ samutthāya dhāvannākramyaroṣataḥ | jagṛhe rājaśunyā'sau śaśakaḥ phenamudvaman
Then, slowly getting up and running, that hare, spewing foam, was set upon in fury and seized by the king's bitch.
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PdP 6 188.21
ततः कथंचिदुप्लुत्य गच्छन्विस्खलयञ्छशः । राजपुत्रशुनक्यासौ गृहीतः कंधरातटे
tataḥ kathaṃciduplutya gacchanviskhalayañchaśaḥ | rājaputraśunakyāsau gṛhītaḥ kaṃdharātaṭe
Then, leaping up somehow and going along stumbling, that hare was seized at the base of the neck by the prince's bitch.
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PdP 6 188.22
जितमस्माभिरत्यर्थमिति संजल्पतां नृणाम् । कोलाहले शंकिताया शुन्या निर्गतवान्मुखात्
jitamasmābhiratyarthamiti saṃjalpatāṃ nṛṇām | kolāhale śaṃkitāyā śunyā nirgatavānmukhāt
At the uproar of the men talking together, "We have utterly won!", he slipped out of the mouth of the startled bitch.
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PdP 6 188.23
ततो दंष्ट्राव्रणश्रेणी क्षरद्रुधिरधारकः । क्वापि र्ममरभूभागे निलीयस्थितवाञ्छशः
tato daṃṣṭrāvraṇaśreṇī kṣaradrudhiradhārakaḥ | kvāpi rmamarabhūbhāge nilīyasthitavāñchaśaḥ
Then the hare, with a row of wounds from the fangs, dripping streams of blood, lay hidden somewhere on a patch of ground.
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PdP 6 188.24
जिघ्रंत्या राजशुन्याऽसौ भूभागं धनरोषया । दृष्टमात्रः परित्रस्तो हस्तमात्रं ततोऽगमत्
jighraṃtyā rājaśunyā'sau bhūbhāgaṃ dhanaroṣayā | dṛṣṭamātraḥ paritrasto hastamātraṃ tato'gamat
When the king's bitch, furious for the prize, sniffed over the ground, he was no sooner seen than, utterly terrified, he went a hand's length from there.
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PdP 6 188.25
यत्र कर्पूरकदली क्रोडव्याघ्रदरीतलः । चोली कपोलफलकान्चुबन्वाति समीरणः
yatra karpūrakadalī kroḍavyāghradarītalaḥ | colī kapolaphalakāncubanvāti samīraṇaḥ
— where the breeze blows through the camphor-plantains, over the floor of the tiger's cave in the thicket, kissing the cheek-panels of the bodice;
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PdP 6 188.26
उद्भिन्न केतकीकोशरजोमुकुलितेक्षणः । विस्रब्धाहरणा यत्रच्छायां तां परितन्वतः
udbhinna ketakīkośarajomukulitekṣaṇaḥ | visrabdhāharaṇā yatracchāyāṃ tāṃ paritanvataḥ
— where those (creatures), their eyes closed by the pollen of the burst ketakī sheaths, taking (their food) in full confidence, spread out in that shade;
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PdP 6 188.27
नारिकेलफलैर्यत्र स्वयं निपतितैरधः । अपि चूतफलैस्तृप्ताः पक्वैः शाखामृगा अपि
nārikelaphalairyatra svayaṃ nipatitairadhaḥ | api cūtaphalaistṛptāḥ pakvaiḥ śākhāmṛgā api
— where even the tree-dwelling monkeys are sated with coconuts fallen down of themselves, and with ripe mango fruits;
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PdP 6 188.28
अपि केसरिणो यत्र खेलंति कलभैः समम् । फणिनः केकिबर्हेषु निर्विशंकं विशंति च
api kesariṇo yatra khelaṃti kalabhaiḥ samam | phaṇinaḥ kekibarheṣu nirviśaṃkaṃ viśaṃti ca
— where even lions play together with young elephants, and snakes enter fearlessly among the peacocks' tail-feathers;
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PdP 6 188.29
यत्राश्रमांतरे विप्रो वत्सनामा जितेंद्रियः । शांतश्चतुर्दशाध्यायं जपन्नास्ते निरंतरम्
yatrāśramāṃtare vipro vatsanāmā jiteṃdriyaḥ | śāṃtaścaturdaśādhyāyaṃ japannāste niraṃtaram
— where, within the hermitage, a brahmin named Vatsa, of conquered senses and at peace, sits ceaselessly reciting the fourteen chapters:
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PdP 6 188.30
तत्र तच्छिष्यपादाब्ज प्रक्षालनजलैः कृते । कर्दमे न्यपतद्गत्वा जीवशेषो मुहुः श्वसन्
tatra tacchiṣyapādābja prakṣālanajalaiḥ kṛte | kardame nyapatadgatvā jīvaśeṣo muhuḥ śvasan
There, into the mud made by the water from the washing of the feet of that (sage's) disciples, he went and fell, with only his life left, breathing hard again and again.
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PdP 6 188.31
ततः कर्दमसंस्पर्शमात्रनिस्तीर्ण संसृतिः । दिव्यं विमानमारुह्य निर्ययौ शशको दिवम्
tataḥ kardamasaṃsparśamātranistīrṇa saṃsṛtiḥ | divyaṃ vimānamāruhya niryayau śaśako divam
Then, his round of rebirths crossed over by the mere touch of that mud, the hare mounted a divine chariot and went forth to heaven.
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PdP 6 188.32
ततः शुन्यपि लिप्तांगीस्तोकैः कर्दमबिंदुभिः । क्षुत्पिपासार्तिरहिता शुनीरूपं विहाय सा
tataḥ śunyapi liptāṃgīstokaiḥ kardamabiṃdubhiḥ | kṣutpipāsārtirahitā śunīrūpaṃ vihāya sā
Then the bitch too, her limbs smeared with a few drops of that mud, free of hunger, thirst and pain, cast off her dog-form,
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PdP 6 188.33
ततो दिव्यांगनारम्यं गंधर्वैरुपशोभितम् । दिव्यं विमानमारुह्य शुन्यपि त्रिदिवं ययौ
tato divyāṃganāramyaṃ gaṃdharvairupaśobhitam | divyaṃ vimānamāruhya śunyapi tridivaṃ yayau
and then the bitch too, mounting a divine chariot delightful with celestial women and adorned with gandharvas, went to the third heaven.
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PdP 6 188.34
ततो जहास मेधावी शिष्यो नाम्ना स्वकंधरः । विचार्य विस्मितः पूर्वजन्मवैरस्य कारणम्
tato jahāsa medhāvī śiṣyo nāmnā svakaṃdharaḥ | vicārya vismitaḥ pūrvajanmavairasya kāraṇam
Then the intelligent disciple, Svakandhara by name, laughed, amazed, having considered the cause of the enmity of (their) former birth.
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PdP 6 188.35
राजापि पर्यपृच्छत्तं विस्मयस्मेरलोचनः । प्रणम्य परया भक्त्या विनयैकपयोनिधिः
rājāpi paryapṛcchattaṃ vismayasmeralocanaḥ | praṇamya parayā bhaktyā vinayaikapayonidhiḥ
And the king too, his eyes smiling with wonder, having bowed with the highest devotion — he, an ocean of pure modesty — questioned him.
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PdP 6 188.36
कथां कथय मे विप्र हीनयोनि निषेवितौ । अज्ञौयौ जग्मतुः स्वर्गे शुनी शशकशावकौ
kathāṃ kathaya me vipra hīnayoni niṣevitau | ajñauyau jagmatuḥ svarge śunī śaśakaśāvakau
"Tell me the story, brahmin: how did those two of low birth, given to (such) service — the bitch and the young hare — being ignorant, go to heaven?"
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PdP 6 188.37
शिष्य उवाच। वत्सनामा द्विजन्मास्ते वनेऽमुष्मिन्जितेंद्रियः । चतुर्दशं तु ह्यध्यायं गीतानां सर्वदा जपन्
śiṣya uvāca| vatsanāmā dvijanmāste vane'muṣminjiteṃdriyaḥ | caturdaśaṃ tu hyadhyāyaṃ gītānāṃ sarvadā japan
The disciple said: "A twice-born named Vatsa dwells in that forest, his senses subdued, constantly reciting the fourteenth chapter of the Gītā.
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PdP 6 188.38
शिष्योऽहं तस्य भूपाल ब्रह्मविद्याविशारदः । चतुर्दश तु अध्यायं जपामि प्रत्यहं नृप
śiṣyo'haṃ tasya bhūpāla brahmavidyāviśāradaḥ | caturdaśa tu adhyāyaṃ japāmi pratyahaṃ nṛpa
I am his disciple, O king, well versed in the knowledge of Brahman, and I too recite the fourteenth chapter every day, O ruler.
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PdP 6 188.39
मदीयचरणांभोजप्रक्षालनजले लुठन् । शशस्त्रिदिवमापन्नः शुनक्या सह भूपते
madīyacaraṇāṃbhojaprakṣālanajale luṭhan | śaśastridivamāpannaḥ śunakyā saha bhūpate
Rolling in the water from the washing of my lotus-feet, the hare attained heaven along with the bitch, O lord of the earth."
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PdP 6 188.40
राजोवाच। हेतुना केन कथय हसितं च द्विजोत्तम । अतः किमपि साकूतं मन्यमानेन सादरम्
rājovāca| hetunā kena kathaya hasitaṃ ca dvijottama | ataḥ kimapi sākūtaṃ manyamānena sādaram
The king said: "Tell (me), best of the twice-born, for what reason you laughed — thinking there must be something meaningful in it, (I ask) respectfully."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 188.41
शिष्य उवाच। महाराष्ट्रेति नगरं नाम्ना प्रत्युदकं महत् । तत्रासीद्ब्राह्मणो नाम्ना केशवः कितवाग्रणीः
śiṣya uvāca| mahārāṣṭreti nagaraṃ nāmnā pratyudakaṃ mahat | tatrāsīdbrāhmaṇo nāmnā keśavaḥ kitavāgraṇīḥ
The disciple said: "There is a great city called Mahārāṣṭra, named Pratyudaka; there lived a brahmin named Keśava, foremost among gamblers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 188.42
विलोभनाभवत्तस्य जाया स्वैरविहारिणी । तेन सा हन्यते क्रोधाद्वैरं संचिंत्य जन्मनः
vilobhanābhavattasya jāyā svairavihāriṇī | tena sā hanyate krodhādvairaṃ saṃciṃtya janmanaḥ
His wife was Vilobhanā, who went about as she pleased; she was killed by him in anger, and (she) brooding on the enmity, (carried it) from that birth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 188.43
ततः स्त्रीवधपापेन शशको जायते द्विजः । किल्बिषाच्छुनकी सापि जाता वंचनजन्मनः
tataḥ strīvadhapāpena śaśako jāyate dvijaḥ | kilbiṣācchunakī sāpi jātā vaṃcanajanmanaḥ
Then, by the sin of killing a woman, the twice-born was born a hare; and she too, from her guilt, was born a bitch, from a birth (marked by) deceit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 188.44
पूर्वेण जन्मनाभ्यस्तं वैरं विस्मरतो नहि । आसेदिवद्भ्यां बहुधा योन्यंतरमपि क्वचित्
pūrveṇa janmanābhyastaṃ vairaṃ vismarato nahi | āsedivadbhyāṃ bahudhā yonyaṃtaramapi kvacit
Not forgetting the enmity practised in the former birth, the two, having in many ways attained even another womb somewhere, (were reborn thus).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 188.45
इत्याकलय्य सकलं भूपालः श्रद्धयान्वितः । गीतामभ्यस्य सकलामवाप परमां गतिम्
ityākalayya sakalaṃ bhūpālaḥ śraddhayānvitaḥ | gītāmabhyasya sakalāmavāpa paramāṃ gatim
Having considered all this, the king, filled with faith, recited the whole Gītā and attained the highest goal.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition