Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 190
PdP 6 190.1
ईश्वर उवाच- अतः परं प्रवक्ष्यामि षोडशाध्यायगौरवम् । आकर्णय कुरंगाक्षि हर्षोत्कंठप्रवर्षिणि
īśvara uvāca- ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi ṣoḍaśādhyāyagauravam | ākarṇaya kuraṃgākṣi harṣotkaṃṭhapravarṣiṇi
Īśvara said: Next I shall declare the greatness of the sixteenth chapter. Listen, doe-eyed one, who pour forth joy and eager longing.
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PdP 6 190.2
अस्ति सौराष्ट्रिकं नाम्ना पुरं गुर्जरमंडले । तत्रासीत्खङ्गबाहुश्च राजा चंद्र इवापरः
asti saurāṣṭrikaṃ nāmnā puraṃ gurjaramaṃḍale | tatrāsītkhaṅgabāhuśca rājā caṃdra ivāparaḥ
There is a city named Saurāṣṭrika in the Gurjara region; there was a king Khaṅgabāhu there, like a second moon.
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PdP 6 190.3
यदीय कुसुमामोदमालासुरभितोदरे । वारांनिधौ हरिः स्वास्थ्यादशेत सह पद्मया
yadīya kusumāmodamālāsurabhitodare | vārāṃnidhau hariḥ svāsthyādaśeta saha padmayā
In the ocean, whose interior was made fragrant by the flower-scented garlands of that (city), Hari would lie at ease together with Padmā.
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PdP 6 190.4
यदीय कीर्तिकर्पूरकणाभांतिनभोंगणे । कीर्णा वैरिकृतश्वास मारुतैस्तारकाछलात्
yadīya kīrtikarpūrakaṇābhāṃtinabhoṃgaṇe | kīrṇā vairikṛtaśvāsa mārutaistārakāchalāt
In the courtyard of the sky, shining with the camphor-grains of his fame, they were strewn — under the pretext of being stars — by the winds that were the sighs of his foes.
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PdP 6 190.5
यस्यासिधारा तीर्थेषु स्नाता वै रिपुभूभुजः । व्यावर्त्तं ते दिवोऽद्यापि स्वर्गस्त्रीवाग्विमोहिताः
yasyāsidhārā tīrtheṣu snātā vai ripubhūbhujaḥ | vyāvarttaṃ te divo'dyāpi svargastrīvāgvimohitāḥ
Enemy kings who bathed in the sacred fords that are the edge of his sword — bewitched by the speech of the women of heaven, they have not turned back from the sky even to this day.
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PdP 6 190.6
तस्यारिमर्दनोनाम मदहस्ती मदोद्धुरः । मदांबुधारा सलिले गुंजद्भ्रमरमंडलः
tasyārimardanonāma madahastī madoddhuraḥ | madāṃbudhārā salile guṃjadbhramaramaṃḍalaḥ
He had a rutting elephant named Arimardana, insolent with rut, about the water of whose flowing streams of rut circled humming bees.
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PdP 6 190.7
कपोलफलकोत्तीर्ण मदधाराजलाविलः । बभौ यो निर्झरोद्गोरैरंजनाद्रिरिवाच्चकैः
kapolaphalakottīrṇa madadhārājalāvilaḥ | babhau yo nirjharodgorairaṃjanādririvāccakaiḥ
Smeared with the water of the rut-stream that ran down over the flat slabs of his cheeks, he shone like the Añjana mountain with its clear gushing waterfalls.
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PdP 6 190.8
यस्यांगेषु व्यराजंत चामराश्चंद्रिकोज्ज्वलाः । किरणाइव शीतांशोः पतिताः काननोदरे
yasyāṃgeṣu vyarājaṃta cāmarāścaṃdrikojjvalāḥ | kiraṇāiva śītāṃśoḥ patitāḥ kānanodare
On his limbs the yak-tail whisks, bright as moonlight, glittered like the rays of the cool-rayed moon fallen within a forest.
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PdP 6 190.9
सिंदूरपांसुपटली राजत्कुंभस्थलो बभौ । यः संध्यावारिदव्याप्तं वियत्खंडमिव स्थितम्
siṃdūrapāṃsupaṭalī rājatkuṃbhasthalo babhau | yaḥ saṃdhyāvāridavyāptaṃ viyatkhaṃḍamiva sthitam
With the swell of his temples shining with a coating of vermilion dust, he looked like a patch of sky standing overspread with twilight clouds.
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PdP 6 190.10
स कदाचिन्मोचयित्वा शृंखलान्निगडानपि । भंक्त्वा लौहदृढस्तंभं प्रसह्य निशि निर्गतः
sa kadācinmocayitvā śṛṃkhalānnigaḍānapi | bhaṃktvā lauhadṛḍhastaṃbhaṃ prasahya niśi nirgataḥ
Once, having loosed himself from his chains and his fetters too, and having broken the firm iron post, he went out by force in the night.
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PdP 6 190.11
आधोरणगणान्सर्वान्पार्ष्णिविस्फूर्जदंकुशान् । क्रोधादवगणय्यैव निजशालां बभंज सः
ādhoraṇagaṇānsarvānpārṣṇivisphūrjadaṃkuśān | krodhādavagaṇayyaiva nijaśālāṃ babhaṃja saḥ
Out of rage disregarding all the troops of drivers, with their heels and their flashing goads, he smashed his own stable.
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PdP 6 190.12
तीक्ष्णांकुशमुखैर्विष्वक्हन्यमानोऽपि वैणवैः । दंडैस्तु त्रासयामासुः सादिनो न मनागपि
tīkṣṇāṃkuśamukhairviṣvakhanyamāno'pi vaiṇavaiḥ | daṃḍaistu trāsayāmāsuḥ sādino na manāgapi
Though he was jabbed on every side with the sharp points of goads and with bamboo staves, the riders did not frighten him even a little.
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PdP 6 190.13
ततो राजा समागत्य निशम्येदं कुतूहलम् । तत्र हस्तिकलाभिज्ञैः समं राजकुमारकैः
tato rājā samāgatya niśamyedaṃ kutūhalam | tatra hastikalābhijñaiḥ samaṃ rājakumārakaiḥ
Then the king, having come and heard of this astonishing affair, there, together with the young princes who were versed in the science of elephants —
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PdP 6 190.14
अदृश्यत समागत्य राज्ञा दंतावलो बली । मोहयन्नुद्भटाटोपो हृताट्टालिकमालिकः
adṛśyata samāgatya rājñā daṃtāvalo balī | mohayannudbhaṭāṭopo hṛtāṭṭālikamālikaḥ
— the mighty tusker was seen by the king as it approached, bewildering (all) with its towering arrogance, having carried off the rows of turrets.
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PdP 6 190.15
ददृशुस्तं महाभीमं पौरा दूरतरं स्थिताः । गोपायंतः शिशून्भीत्या निवृत्तान्यकुतूहलाः
dadṛśustaṃ mahābhīmaṃ paurā dūrataraṃ sthitāḥ | gopāyaṃtaḥ śiśūnbhītyā nivṛttānyakutūhalāḥ
The townsfolk, standing at a good distance, saw him, exceedingly terrible; in fear they guarded their children, and their interest in anything else was gone.
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PdP 6 190.16
रुद्धेषु तत्र मार्गेषु पलायनपरैर्जनैः । वासितेषु तदीयोग्रदानधारांबुसीकरैः
ruddheṣu tatra mārgeṣu palāyanaparairjanaiḥ | vāsiteṣu tadīyogradānadhārāṃbusīkaraiḥ
While the roads there were blocked by people intent on flight, and were scented by the spray of the water of his fierce flowing rut —
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PdP 6 190.18
स्नात्वा तेनाध्वना यातः सरसः कश्चन द्विजः । गीतानां षोडशाध्यायश्लोकान्कतिपयाञ्जपन् १७ भगवद्गीता/दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोगः। निषिद्ध्यमानो बहुधा पौरैराधोरणैरपि
snātvā tenādhvanā yātaḥ sarasaḥ kaścana dvijaḥ | gītānāṃ ṣoḍaśādhyāyaślokānkatipayāñjapan 17 bhagavadgītā/daivāsurasampadvibhāgayogaḥ| niṣiddhyamāno bahudhā paurairādhoraṇairapi
— a certain brahmin, having bathed in a lake, went along that road, muttering a few verses of the sixteenth chapter of the Gītā, though repeatedly forbidden by the townsfolk and by the elephant-drivers as well.
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PdP 6 190.19
अमन्यमानः करिणो भीतान्चलितवांस्ततः । फूत्कारेण स आवृण्वञ्जनान्विपरिमर्दयन्
amanyamānaḥ kariṇo bhītāncalitavāṃstataḥ | phūtkāreṇa sa āvṛṇvañjanānviparimardayan
Paying no heed to those frightened by the elephant, he then walked on; and the elephant, enveloping the people with its trumpeting, crushed them about.
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PdP 6 190.20
स्पृशन्दानांबुजं तस्य स्वस्तिमान्निर्गतो द्विजः । ततो महानभूत्तत्र विस्मयो वागगोचरः
spṛśandānāṃbujaṃ tasya svastimānnirgato dvijaḥ | tato mahānabhūttatra vismayo vāgagocaraḥ
Touching the lotus of that (elephant's) rut-stream, the brahmin came out safe and sound; thereupon there arose there a great amazement beyond the range of speech,
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PdP 6 190.21
मानसे भूमिपालस्य पौराणामपि पश्यताम् । समाहूय ततो राजा फुल्लराजीवलोचनः
mānase bhūmipālasya paurāṇāmapi paśyatām | samāhūya tato rājā phullarājīvalocanaḥ
in the mind of the king and of the townsfolk who were looking on. Then the king, his eyes like open lotuses, summoning (him),
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PdP 6 190.22
तमापृच्छद्द्विजं वाहादवतीर्य प्रणम्य च
tamāpṛcchaddvijaṃ vāhādavatīrya praṇamya ca
and having descended from his mount and bowed, questioned that brahmin.
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PdP 6 190.23
राजोवाच- अलौकिकमिदं विप्र त्वयाद्याचरितं महत् । कृतांतकल्पादेतस्मात्कथं निर्यातवान्गजात्
rājovāca- alaukikamidaṃ vipra tvayādyācaritaṃ mahat | kṛtāṃtakalpādetasmātkathaṃ niryātavāngajāt
The king said: This great thing done by you today, brahmin, is not of this world; how did you get away from that elephant, who is like Death itself?
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PdP 6 190.24
कमर्चयसि गीर्वाणं कं मंत्रं जपसि प्रभो । का च सिद्धिस्तवास्तीति द्विजन्मन्समुदीरय
kamarcayasi gīrvāṇaṃ kaṃ maṃtraṃ japasi prabho | kā ca siddhistavāstīti dvijanmansamudīraya
Which god do you worship, which mantra do you mutter, sir? And what supernatural power do you possess? Declare it, O twice-born one.
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PdP 6 190.25
द्विज उवाच । गीतायाः षोडशोध्यायः श्लोकान्कतिपयानहम् । जपामि प्रत्यहं भूप तेनैताः सर्वसिद्धयः
dvija uvāca | gītāyāḥ ṣoḍaśodhyāyaḥ ślokānkatipayānaham | japāmi pratyahaṃ bhūpa tenaitāḥ sarvasiddhayaḥ
The brahmin said: I mutter a few verses of the sixteenth chapter of the Gītā every day, O king; by that all these powers are mine.
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PdP 6 190.26
ततो विहाय द्विरदं कौतूहलरसं नृपः । आजगाम द्विजन्मानमादाय निजमंदिरम्
tato vihāya dviradaṃ kautūhalarasaṃ nṛpaḥ | ājagāma dvijanmānamādāya nijamaṃdiram
Then the king, abandoning the elephant and his zest for the spectacle, took the brahmin and came to his own palace.
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PdP 6 190.27
शुभं मुहूर्तमन्वीक्ष्य तोषयित्वा द्विजोत्तमम्
śubhaṃ muhūrtamanvīkṣya toṣayitvā dvijottamam
Having looked out for an auspicious moment, and having gratified that best of brahmins
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PdP 6 190.28
सुवर्णैर्लक्ष्यसंख्याकैर्गीतामंत्रमुपाददे । गीतायाः षोडशाध्यायश्लोकान्कतिपयानपि
suvarṇairlakṣyasaṃkhyākairgītāmaṃtramupādade | gītāyāḥ ṣoḍaśādhyāyaślokānkatipayānapi
with gold pieces numbering a lakh, he received the Gītā-mantra, and also some of the verses of the sixteenth chapter of the Gītā.
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PdP 6 190.29
समभ्यस्य ततो राजा सत्कारेण सकौतुकः । अथैकदा विनिर्गत्य बाह्यालीं सह सैनिकैः
samabhyasya tato rājā satkāreṇa sakautukaḥ | athaikadā vinirgatya bāhyālīṃ saha sainikaiḥ
Then the king, having practised (them) thoroughly, with due honour and with eagerness — then one day he went out to the pleasure-grove together with his soldiers.
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PdP 6 190.30
तमेवामोचयद्राजा मत्तमाधोरणाद्गजम् । विस्पष्टमिति वाक्यानि राज्यसौख्यममानयन्
tamevāmocayadrājā mattamādhoraṇādgajam | vispaṣṭamiti vākyāni rājyasaukhyamamānayan
The king had that very elephant, in rut, released by the mahout; (with) words plainly to this effect he held royal comfort as nothing.
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PdP 6 190.31
तृणवज्जीवितं राजा गजस्याग्रेविशत्ततः । आदाय गंडफलकं मदपंक्तिनिरंकुशम्
tṛṇavajjīvitaṃ rājā gajasyāgreviśattataḥ | ādāya gaṃḍaphalakaṃ madapaṃktiniraṃkuśam
Counting his life as (worth no more than) a blade of grass, the king then stepped in front of the elephant, taking hold of the lump of its temple, (the beast) with lines of rut-fluid and free of the goad.
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PdP 6 190.32
आययौ मंत्रिविश्वासान्नृपः साहसिकाग्रणीः । राहोरिव मुखादिंदुः कालास्यादिव धार्मिकः
āyayau maṃtriviśvāsānnṛpaḥ sāhasikāgraṇīḥ | rāhoriva mukhādiṃduḥ kālāsyādiva dhārmikaḥ
The king, foremost of the daring, came (out safely) from the elephant through his ministers' confidence, as the moon from Rāhu's mouth, as a righteous man from the jaws of Death.
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PdP 6 190.33
साधुः खलस्य वदनान्नृयोनिरगमद्गजात् । आगत्य नगरं राजा त्वभिषिच्य कुमारकम्
sādhuḥ khalasya vadanānnṛyoniragamadgajāt | āgatya nagaraṃ rājā tvabhiṣicya kumārakam
A good man (escapes) from the mouth of a scoundrel; (so) the human soul went out from the elephant. Having come to the city, the king consecrated the young prince,
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PdP 6 190.34
गीतायाः षोडशाध्यायादवाप परमां गतिम्
gītāyāḥ ṣoḍaśādhyāyādavāpa paramāṃ gatim
and through the sixteenth chapter of the Gītā he attained the highest goal.
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