Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 189
PdP 6 189.1
ईश्वर उवाच। प्रवक्ष्यामि विशालाक्षि तुहिनाचलकन्यके । गीता पंचदशाध्यायमाहात्म्यमवधारय
īśvara uvāca| pravakṣyāmi viśālākṣi tuhinācalakanyake | gītā paṃcadaśādhyāyamāhātmyamavadhāraya
The Lord said: "I shall declare (it), wide-eyed one, daughter of the Snow Mountain; hear the greatness of the fifteenth chapter of the Gītā.
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PdP 6 189.2
कृपालुर्नरसिंहोऽभून्नाम्ना गौडेषु भूपतिः । यस्यासिधारया संख्ये देवासंघा वधीकृताः
kṛpālurnarasiṃho'bhūnnāmnā gauḍeṣu bhūpatiḥ | yasyāsidhārayā saṃkhye devāsaṃghā vadhīkṛtāḥ
Among the Gauḍas there was a compassionate king named Narasiṃha, by the edge of whose sword hosts of gods(?) were slain in battle.
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PdP 6 189.3
यदीय मत्तमातंग दानधाराजलैरिला । निदाघेपि च सेहेतां रविसंतापवेदनाम् यस्मिन्वृत्रहणो मित्रे समुद्धरति मेदिनीम्
yadīya mattamātaṃga dānadhārājalairilā | nidāghepi ca sehetāṃ ravisaṃtāpavedanām yasminvṛtrahaṇo mitre samuddharati medinīm
By the waters of the streams of rut-fluid of whose maddened elephants the earth, even in the hot season, endured the pain of the sun's burning; while he, a friend of the slayer of Vṛtra, upheld the earth —
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PdP 6 189.4
संक्रंदनपरित्रस्ता यदीय शरणं गताः । रेजिरे करिणो मत्ताश्चलंतः पर्वता इव
saṃkraṃdanaparitrastā yadīya śaraṇaṃ gatāḥ | rejire kariṇo mattāścalaṃtaḥ parvatā iva
Terrified by Indra, the maddened elephants that came to him for refuge shone like moving mountains.
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PdP 6 189.5
मत्तमातंगचीत्कारप्रतिस्वनमिवादरात् । यस्य गोपायतः शैला व्याहरंति कृपावतः
mattamātaṃgacītkārapratisvanamivādarāt | yasya gopāyataḥ śailā vyāharaṃti kṛpāvataḥ
As if respectfully echoing back the trumpeting of maddened elephants, the mountains resound for him, the compassionate protector.
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PdP 6 189.6
यदीय धावत्तुरगक्षुरसंघातजर्जरम् । नाभूच्चित्रं कथंकारं गतखंडं धरातलम्
yadīya dhāvatturagakṣurasaṃghātajarjaram | nābhūccitraṃ kathaṃkāraṃ gatakhaṃḍaṃ dharātalam
How was it not a wonder that the surface of the earth, worn away by the mass of the hooves of his galloping horses, did not fall to pieces?
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PdP 6 189.7
पुनरुज्वलयांचक्रे महाभाष्यं फणीश्वरः
punarujvalayāṃcakre mahābhāṣyaṃ phaṇīśvaraḥ
The lord of serpents again made the Mahābhāṣya shine forth.
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PdP 6 189.8
तस्यासीत्सैनिको धीमाञ्छस्त्रशास्त्रकलानिधिः । नाम्ना सरभभेरुंडः प्रचंडभुजमंडलः
tasyāsītsainiko dhīmāñchastraśāstrakalānidhiḥ | nāmnā sarabhabheruṃḍaḥ pracaṃḍabhujamaṃḍalaḥ
He had a soldier, intelligent, a treasury of the arts of weapons and of learning, named Sarabhabheruṇḍa, with mighty arms.
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PdP 6 189.9
भांडारेण तुरंगैश्च भटैर्वीररसोद्भवैः । समान एव भूपालदुर्गैरत्यंतदुर्गमैः
bhāṃḍāreṇa turaṃgaiśca bhaṭairvīrarasodbhavaiḥ | samāna eva bhūpāladurgairatyaṃtadurgamaiḥ
In treasury, in horses, and in soldiers born of heroic spirit, he was the equal of the king, (as also) in exceedingly impregnable fortresses.
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PdP 6 189.10
स कदाचित्स्वयं राज्यं कर्तुं पापो दधे मनः । निहत्य वसुधापालं बलात्साकं कुमारकैः
sa kadācitsvayaṃ rājyaṃ kartuṃ pāpo dadhe manaḥ | nihatya vasudhāpālaṃ balātsākaṃ kumārakaiḥ
Once that wicked man set his mind on ruling himself, after forcibly killing the king together with the princes.
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PdP 6 189.11
कर्तुं व्यवस्य दिवसैः स्वल्पैरित्थं चिकीर्षया । विषूचिकामयादाशु परासुः समजायत
kartuṃ vyavasya divasaiḥ svalpairitthaṃ cikīrṣayā | viṣūcikāmayādāśu parāsuḥ samajāyata
Having resolved to do this, within a few days, while (still) intending it, he quickly died of a cholera-like illness and became a departed spirit.
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PdP 6 189.12
कालेनाल्पीयसा प्रेत्य पापात्मा तेन कर्मणा । तेजस्वी तुरगो जातः सिंधुदेशे कृशोदरिः
kālenālpīyasā pretya pāpātmā tena karmaṇā | tejasvī turago jātaḥ siṃdhudeśe kṛśodariḥ
After a very short time, having died, that evil-souled one, by that deed, was born in the land of Sindhu as a fiery horse with a slender belly.
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PdP 6 189.13
मूलेन बहुना क्रीत्वा हयतत्वविदा ततः । बहुयत्नवता नीतः केनचिद्वैश्यसूनुना
mūlena bahunā krītvā hayatatvavidā tataḥ | bahuyatnavatā nītaḥ kenacidvaiśyasūnunā
Then, bought for a great price by one who knew the true nature of horses, he was led away by a certain merchant's son who took much trouble (over him).
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PdP 6 189.14
राजापि पौत्रनप्त्त्राद्यैस्तस्यैव मरणात्परम् । कालेन वृद्धतां प्राप्तः स्वराज्यं चापि पालयन्
rājāpi pautranapttrādyaistasyaiva maraṇātparam | kālena vṛddhatāṃ prāptaḥ svarājyaṃ cāpi pālayan
The king too, after that one's death, along with grandsons and great-grandsons, in course of time reached old age, still guarding his own kingdom.
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PdP 6 189.15
स वैश्यसूनुस्तं चाश्वं राज्ञे दातुं समागतः । राज्ञोद्वारिस्थितस्तत्र प्रतीक्षंस्तत्समागमम्
sa vaiśyasūnustaṃ cāśvaṃ rājñe dātuṃ samāgataḥ | rājñodvāristhitastatra pratīkṣaṃstatsamāgamam
That merchant's son came to give that horse to the king, and stood there at the king's gate, awaiting a meeting with him.
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PdP 6 189.16
ज्ञातपूर्वोऽपि वैश्योऽसौ प्रतीहारेण दर्शितः । किमर्थं ब्रूहि राज्ञेति पृष्टः स्पष्टमभाषत
jñātapūrvo'pi vaiśyo'sau pratīhāreṇa darśitaḥ | kimarthaṃ brūhi rājñeti pṛṣṭaḥ spaṣṭamabhāṣata
Though known before, that merchant was (formally) presented by the doorkeeper; asked, "Tell (me), for what purpose (do you come) to the king?" he spoke plainly.
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PdP 6 189.17
देव त्रिजगतीरत्नमिति मत्वा तुरंगमः । मया नियुतमूल्येन बहुना साधुलक्षणः
deva trijagatīratnamiti matvā turaṃgamaḥ | mayā niyutamūlyena bahunā sādhulakṣaṇaḥ
"Your Majesty, thinking 'this is a jewel of the three worlds,' a horse of excellent marks (was bought) by me for the great price of a million."
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PdP 6 189.18
ततोऽवलोक्य वक्त्राणि भूपालः पार्श्ववर्तिनाम् । समादिदेश वणिजमश्वोऽत्र नीयतामिति
tato'valokya vaktrāṇi bhūpālaḥ pārśvavartinām | samādideśa vaṇijamaśvo'tra nīyatāmiti
Then the king, looking at the faces of those standing at his side, ordered the merchant: "Let the horse be brought here."
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PdP 6 189.19
शिरांसि धूनयन्नृणामश्वलक्षणवेदिनाम् । शूराणामपि चेतांसि मुहुरुत्साहयन्महान्
śirāṃsi dhūnayannṛṇāmaśvalakṣaṇavedinām | śūrāṇāmapi cetāṃsi muhurutsāhayanmahān
That great (horse) made the heads of men who knew the marks of horses shake, and again and again roused the hearts even of warriors;
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PdP 6 189.20
अखंडमेदिनीवेगबहुसंक्रमणार्जितम् । लालाफेनछलेनासौ वमन्शुभ्रतरं यशः
akhaṃḍamedinīvegabahusaṃkramaṇārjitam | lālāphenachalenāsau vamanśubhrataraṃ yaśaḥ
under the pretext of the foam of his saliva he was spewing out a whiter-than-white fame, won by many a crossing of the whole earth at speed;
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PdP 6 189.21
उच्चैःश्रवस्तुलां भेजे गुणसाम्येन तत्त्वतः । विवृण्वन्नति तेजस्वी ह्रियेव नतकंधरः
uccaiḥśravastulāṃ bheje guṇasāmyena tattvataḥ | vivṛṇvannati tejasvī hriyeva natakaṃdharaḥ
in truth he matched Uccaiḥśravas by equality of qualities, and, exceedingly splendid, with neck bent as if from shame (at) revealing (this);
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PdP 6 189.22
चामरैरिंदुधवलैर्वीज्यमानो निरंतरम् । दुग्धांभोनिधिलोलैस्तैः श्वासैरुच्चैःश्रवा इव
cāmarairiṃdudhavalairvījyamāno niraṃtaram | dugdhāṃbhonidhilolaistaiḥ śvāsairuccaiḥśravā iva
fanned ceaselessly with moon-white yak-tail whisks, he was like Uccaiḥśravas with those breaths (of his) that stirred the ocean of milk;
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PdP 6 189.23
नीलातपत्रयुगलं घनच्छायतुलश्रिया । बिभ्राणो वारिदालीढ हिमाद्रि शिखरश्रियम्
nīlātapatrayugalaṃ ghanacchāyatulaśriyā | bibhrāṇo vāridālīḍha himādri śikharaśriyam
bearing a pair of blue parasols, whose splendour matched the shade of a cloud, he bore the beauty of a Himalayan peak licked by rain-clouds;
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PdP 6 189.24
मेदिनीमंडलस्पर्श संक्रांतमिव पावकम् । मुहुरुद्धरयन्धुन्वन्बंधुरं कंधरातटम्
medinīmaṃḍalasparśa saṃkrāṃtamiva pāvakam | muhuruddharayandhunvanbaṃdhuraṃ kaṃdharātaṭam
again and again tossing at speed his shapely neck-ridge, like fire that had passed (into him) by touching the circle of the earth;
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PdP 6 189.25
दारयन्वैरिणः सर्वान्व्याहरंश्च जयश्रियम् । हेषारवेण गुरुणा दिक्षुप्रख्यापयन्यशः
dārayanvairiṇaḥ sarvānvyāharaṃśca jayaśriyam | heṣāraveṇa guruṇā dikṣuprakhyāpayanyaśaḥ
splitting all enemies apart and proclaiming the glory of victory, publishing (his) fame in all directions with his deep neighing;
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PdP 6 189.26
सत्त्वस्य राशिरत्युच्चैर्गतीनामिव शेवधिः । रूपस्य निलयं साक्षाल्लक्षणानां पयोनिधिः
sattvasya rāśiratyuccairgatīnāmiva śevadhiḥ | rūpasya nilayaṃ sākṣāllakṣaṇānāṃ payonidhiḥ
a heap of strength, like a treasure-hoard of the loftiest gaits, the very abode of beauty, an ocean of auspicious marks —
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PdP 6 189.27
आनीतो वणिजा वाजी राज्ञा च समदृश्यत । बहुधा वर्णितोऽमात्यैरश्वलक्षणवेदिभिः
ānīto vaṇijā vājī rājñā ca samadṛśyata | bahudhā varṇito'mātyairaśvalakṣaṇavedibhiḥ
the horse brought by the merchant was inspected by the king, and was praised in many ways by the ministers who knew the marks of horses.
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PdP 6 189.28
यथेच्छं वणिजोदीर्णं स्वर्णं दत्त्वा महीपतिः । जग्राह तुरगं वेगादसीमानंदनिर्भरः
yathecchaṃ vaṇijodīrṇaṃ svarṇaṃ dattvā mahīpatiḥ | jagrāha turagaṃ vegādasīmānaṃdanirbharaḥ
Giving the merchant as much gold as he wished, in abundance, the king at once took the horse, filled with boundless joy.
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PdP 6 189.29
ततोऽश्वपालमाहूय यत्नतस्तं निरूप्य च । विसर्जितसभालोको गृहांतरमगान्नृपः
tato'śvapālamāhūya yatnatastaṃ nirūpya ca | visarjitasabhāloko gṛhāṃtaramagānnṛpaḥ
Then, summoning the groom and carefully instructing him about (the horse), the king dismissed the people of the assembly and went into the inner apartments.
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PdP 6 189.30
अनेकधा समापृष्टो महीपालं रंणांगणे । शस्त्रव्रणकिणश्रेणीभूषणं सत्वसन्निभम्
anekadhā samāpṛṣṭo mahīpālaṃ raṃṇāṃgaṇe | śastravraṇakiṇaśreṇībhūṣaṇaṃ satvasannibham
Questioned in many ways, (he described) the king on the battlefield, adorned with rows of scars from weapon-wounds, the very image of courage.
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PdP 6 189.31
एकदा मृगयां खेलन्कुतूहलरसात्मना । तमारुह्य महीपालो वनं प्रति विवेश ह
ekadā mṛgayāṃ khelankutūhalarasātmanā | tamāruhya mahīpālo vanaṃ prati viveśa ha
Once, out hunting for sport, his heart full of the relish of curiosity, the king mounted it (that horse) and entered the forest.
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PdP 6 189.32
विसृज्य सैनिकान्पृष्टे धावतः परितोऽखिलान् । आकृष्यमाणो हरिणैः पिपासाकुलितोऽभवत्
visṛjya sainikānpṛṣṭe dhāvataḥ parito'khilān | ākṛṣyamāṇo hariṇaiḥ pipāsākulito'bhavat
Having left behind all the soldiers who were running about behind (him), and being drawn on by the deer, he became overcome with thirst.
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PdP 6 189.33
तत उत्तीर्य तुरगाज्जलमन्वेषयन् नृपः । बध्वाश्वं तरुशाखायामारुरोह शिलां नृपः
tata uttīrya turagājjalamanveṣayan nṛpaḥ | badhvāśvaṃ taruśākhāyāmāruroha śilāṃ nṛpaḥ
Then the king, dismounting from his horse and searching for water, tied the horse to the branch of a tree and climbed up onto a rock.
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PdP 6 189.34
गीतापंचदशाध्यायश्लोकार्द्धलिखितं ततः । पातितं मरुता तत्र यत्र खंडे विलोकयत्
gītāpaṃcadaśādhyāyaślokārddhalikhitaṃ tataḥ | pātitaṃ marutā tatra yatra khaṃḍe vilokayat
Then, in the place where he was looking, (there lay) a fragment (of leaf) on which was written half a verse of the fifteenth chapter of the Gītā, blown down there by the wind.
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PdP 6 189.35
पत्रं वाचयतो राज्ञः श्रुत्वा गीताक्षरावलीम् । ततो मुक्तिपदं लेभे तुरगस्त्वरयाऽपतत्
patraṃ vācayato rājñaḥ śrutvā gītākṣarāvalīm | tato muktipadaṃ lebhe turagastvarayā'patat
While the king read out the leaf, the horse, hearing the string of syllables of the Gītā, thereupon attained the state of liberation, and fell down at once.
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PdP 6 189.36
ततो ग्रंथिं समाच्छिद्य पल्याणवतार्य च । उत्थापमानस्तुरगो राज्ञा नोत्थितवान्मृतः
tato graṃthiṃ samācchidya palyāṇavatārya ca | utthāpamānasturago rājñā notthitavānmṛtaḥ
Then, when the knot had been cut through and the saddle taken off, the horse, though the king tried to raise it, did not get up: it was dead.
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PdP 6 189.37
ततः सरभभेरुंडो नृपमाभाष्य सुस्वरम् । दिव्यं विमानमारुह्य जगाम त्रिदशालयम्
tataḥ sarabhabheruṃḍo nṛpamābhāṣya susvaram | divyaṃ vimānamāruhya jagāma tridaśālayam
Then Sarabhabheruṇḍa, having addressed the king in a sweet voice, mounted a divine aerial car and went to the abode of the gods.
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PdP 6 189.38
ततो गिरिं समारुह्य ददर्शाश्रममुत्तमम् । पुन्नागकदलीचूतनारिकेलसमन्वितम्
tato giriṃ samāruhya dadarśāśramamuttamam | punnāgakadalīcūtanārikelasamanvitam
Then, climbing the mountain, he saw an excellent hermitage, furnished with punnāga, plantain, mango and coconut trees,
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PdP 6 189.39
द्राक्षेक्षुवाटिकापूगनागकेसरचंपकम् । खेलत्करभसारंगं नृत्यत्केकिकुलं नृपः
drākṣekṣuvāṭikāpūganāgakesaracaṃpakam | khelatkarabhasāraṃgaṃ nṛtyatkekikulaṃ nṛpaḥ
(and) with grape and sugarcane plots, areca, nāgakesara and campaka, with young camels and antelopes at play and with flocks of peacocks dancing — (so) the king (saw).
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PdP 6 189.40
प्रणिपत्य द्विजन्मानमुटजाभ्यंतरस्थितम् । पप्रच्छ परया भक्त्या मुक्तसंसारवासनात्
praṇipatya dvijanmānamuṭajābhyaṃtarasthitam | papraccha parayā bhaktyā muktasaṃsāravāsanāt
Bowing down to the twice-born who was seated inside the leaf-hut, he asked, with the highest devotion, (that man) who was freed from the clinging to saṃsāra:
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PdP 6 189.41
तुरगो निरगात्स्वर्गं हेतुना केन मे वद । इत्याकर्ण्य वचो राज्ञो द्विजन्मा वाचमूचिवान्
turago niragātsvargaṃ hetunā kena me vada | ityākarṇya vaco rājño dvijanmā vācamūcivān
"Tell me, by what cause did the horse depart to heaven?" Hearing this speech of the king, the twice-born uttered these words:
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PdP 6 189.42
कालेन बहुना प्रेत्य तत्पापात्तुरगोऽभवत् । अथ पंचदशाध्यायश्लोकार्द्धं लिखितं क्वचित्
kālena bahunā pretya tatpāpātturago'bhavat | atha paṃcadaśādhyāyaślokārddhaṃ likhitaṃ kvacit
"After a long time, having died, through that sin he became a horse. Now, half a verse of the fifteenth chapter, written somewhere —
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PdP 6 189.43
ततो वाचयतः श्रुत्वा निरगात्तुरगो दिवम् । ततः समागतैस्तत्र परिवारजनैर्वृतः
tato vācayataḥ śrutvā niragātturago divam | tataḥ samāgataistatra parivārajanairvṛtaḥ
— then, hearing it as you were reading it, the horse departed to heaven." Then, encircled by the members of his retinue who had come there,
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PdP 6 189.44
प्रणिपत्य द्विजन्मानं हृष्टरोमा विनिर्गतः । पत्रं तदेव लिखितं गीतापंचदशाक्षरम्
praṇipatya dvijanmānaṃ hṛṣṭaromā vinirgataḥ | patraṃ tadeva likhitaṃ gītāpaṃcadaśākṣaram
having bowed to the twice-born, he went out with his hair bristling (with joy); and that very leaf on which were written the syllables of the fifteenth (chapter) of the Gītā —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 189.45
वाचयन्स महीपालो हर्षसंफुल्ललोचनः । अभिषिच्य निजं पुत्रं मंत्रविन्मंत्रिभिः समम्
vācayansa mahīpālo harṣasaṃphullalocanaḥ | abhiṣicya nijaṃ putraṃ maṃtravinmaṃtribhiḥ samam
reading it, that king, his eyes wide open with delight, together with his counsel-wise ministers consecrated his own son
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PdP 6 189.46
सिंहासने सिंहबलं मुक्तिमाप विशुद्धधीः
siṃhāsane siṃhabalaṃ muktimāpa viśuddhadhīḥ
Siṃhabala upon the lion-throne, and, his mind wholly purified, attained liberation.
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