Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 191
PdP 6 191.1
ईश्वर उवाच- षोडशाध्यायसामर्थ्यं कथितं शृणु सांप्रतम् । स्पष्टं सप्तदशाध्यायमहिमांभोनिधिं शिवे
īśvara uvāca- ṣoḍaśādhyāyasāmarthyaṃ kathitaṃ śṛṇu sāṃpratam | spaṣṭaṃ saptadaśādhyāyamahimāṃbhonidhiṃ śive
The Lord said: The efficacy of the sixteenth chapter has been told; now hear plainly, O Śivā, the ocean of the greatness of the seventeenth chapter.
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PdP 6 191.2
खड्गबाहोः सुतस्यैव भृत्यो दुःशासनोऽभवत् । तं गजं धर्तुमागत्य गजात्प्राप्तो यमक्षयम्
khaḍgabāhoḥ sutasyaiva bhṛtyo duḥśāsano'bhavat | taṃ gajaṃ dhartumāgatya gajātprāpto yamakṣayam
There was a servant named Duḥśāsana, (a servant) of the very son of Khaḍgabāhu; having come to restrain that elephant, he met his death from the elephant.
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PdP 6 191.3
तद्वासनानिबद्धात्मा गजयोनिमवाप्य च । गीता सप्तदशाध्यायं श्रुत्वा प्राप्तः परं पदम्
tadvāsanānibaddhātmā gajayonimavāpya ca | gītā saptadaśādhyāyaṃ śrutvā prāptaḥ paraṃ padam
His self bound by the (mental) impressions of that (death), he obtained an elephant birth, and having heard the seventeenth chapter of the Gītā he reached the supreme state.
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PdP 6 191.4
देव्युवाच । दुःशासनो गजत्वं च प्राप्य मुक्त इति श्रुतम् । तदेव वद कल्याण विस्तरेण मम प्रभो
devyuvāca | duḥśāsano gajatvaṃ ca prāpya mukta iti śrutam | tadeva vada kalyāṇa vistareṇa mama prabho
The Goddess said: It has been heard that Duḥśāsana attained elephant-hood and was liberated. Tell me that very thing at length, O auspicious one, my lord.
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PdP 6 191.5
ईश्वर उवाच-। स्थितः कश्चन दुर्मेधा मंडलीककुमारकैः । बहुमूल्यं पणं कृत्वा गजमारूढवांस्ततः
īśvara uvāca-| sthitaḥ kaścana durmedhā maṃḍalīkakumārakaiḥ | bahumūlyaṃ paṇaṃ kṛtvā gajamārūḍhavāṃstataḥ
The Lord said: A certain dull-witted man was standing among the sons of the district chiefs; having made a wager of great value, he then mounted the elephant.
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PdP 6 191.6
गत्वा कतिपयान्येव पदानि जनवारितः । नाम्ना दुःशासनो मूढः प्रौढवाक्यमुदीरयन्
gatvā katipayānyeva padāni janavāritaḥ | nāmnā duḥśāsano mūḍhaḥ prauḍhavākyamudīrayan
Having gone only a few steps, restrained by the people, the fool named Duḥśāsana uttered a boastful speech.
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PdP 6 191.7
ततो निशम्य तद्वाक्यं क्रोधांधः सिंधुरोऽभवत् । न्यपतच्च स्खलत्पादः कंपमानकुमारकैः
tato niśamya tadvākyaṃ krodhāṃdhaḥ siṃdhuro'bhavat | nyapatacca skhalatpādaḥ kaṃpamānakumārakaiḥ
Then, hearing that speech, the elephant became blind with rage; and (the man), his foot slipping, fell down, while the young princes trembled.
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PdP 6 191.8
ततो निपतितं किंचिदुच्छ्वसंतं गजो रुषा । ऊर्द्ध्वमुन्मूलयांचक्रे कृतांतकनिरंकुशः
tato nipatitaṃ kiṃciducchvasaṃtaṃ gajo ruṣā | ūrddhvamunmūlayāṃcakre kṛtāṃtakaniraṃkuśaḥ
Then the elephant, ungoadable as Death itself, in fury tossed up into the air the fallen man who was still faintly breathing.
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PdP 6 191.9
गतासोरपि रोषेण तस्यास्थ्न्यां च गणं गजः । विकीर्णवान्पृथक्कृत्वा मत्तो दंतावलस्ततः
gatāsorapi roṣeṇa tasyāsthnyāṃ ca gaṇaṃ gajaḥ | vikīrṇavānpṛthakkṛtvā matto daṃtāvalastataḥ
Even when he was dead, the rutting tusker in rage scattered the mass of his bones, breaking them apart.
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PdP 6 191.10
ततः कालेन संप्रेत्य गजयोनिमवाप सः । महांतं कालमनयत्सिंहलद्वीपभूपतेः
tataḥ kālena saṃpretya gajayonimavāpa saḥ | mahāṃtaṃ kālamanayatsiṃhaladvīpabhūpateḥ
Then in time, having died, he obtained an elephant birth; he passed a long time (in the service) of the king of Siṃhala island.
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PdP 6 191.11
मैत्री गरीयसी सार्द्धं खड्गबाहुमहीभुजा । ततोऽयं जलमार्गेण प्रापितो वारुणो मतः
maitrī garīyasī sārddhaṃ khaḍgabāhumahībhujā | tato'yaṃ jalamārgeṇa prāpito vāruṇo mataḥ
(That king's) friendship with king Khaḍgabāhu was very great; therefore this (elephant), reckoned to belong to Varuṇa, was brought by the water route.
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PdP 6 191.12
जयदेवेन खड्गबाहोः प्रीत्या नीतो महीभुजा । जातिं स्मरन्स्वकीयां स पश्यन्बंधून्सहोदरान्
jayadevena khaḍgabāhoḥ prītyā nīto mahībhujā | jātiṃ smaransvakīyāṃ sa paśyanbaṃdhūnsahodarān
He was brought by King Jayadeva out of affection for Khaḍgabāhu; remembering his own former birth, he saw his kinsmen and brothers.
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PdP 6 191.13
दुःखेन महतास्तोकान्दिवसानत्यवाहयत् । उवास खड्गबाहोश्च गृहे तूष्णीमनिर्दिशन्
duḥkhena mahatāstokāndivasānatyavāhayat | uvāsa khaḍgabāhośca gṛhe tūṣṇīmanirdiśan
With great sorrow he passed a few days; and he dwelt in Khaḍgabāhu's house, silent, giving no sign.
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PdP 6 191.14
स कदाचित्तु संतुष्टः समस्याश्लोकपूरणे । कस्मैचित्कवये प्रादात्तमुपायन हस्तिनम्
sa kadācittu saṃtuṣṭaḥ samasyāślokapūraṇe | kasmaicitkavaye prādāttamupāyana hastinam
But once, being pleased at (someone's) completion of a verse set as a problem, he gave that elephant as a gift to a certain poet.
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PdP 6 191.15
शतेन तेन कविना रोगोपद्रवभीरुणा । मालवक्षोणिपालस्य विक्रीतश्चैत्यकुंजरः
śatena tena kavinā rogopadravabhīruṇā | mālavakṣoṇipālasya vikrītaścaityakuṃjaraḥ
By that poet, who feared the trouble of (the animal's) disease, the temple elephant was sold for a hundred (coins) to the king of Mālava.
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PdP 6 191.16
कियत्यपि गते काले पाल्यमानोऽपि यत्नतः । मुमूर्षुरभवत्तत्र कुंजरो दुर्जरज्वरः
kiyatyapi gate kāle pālyamāno'pi yatnataḥ | mumūrṣurabhavattatra kuṃjaro durjarajvaraḥ
When some time had passed, though tended with care, the elephant there, with its fever hard to digest, came to the point of death.
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PdP 6 191.17
न जिघ्रति पयः शीतं नादत्ते कवलं गजः । स्वपित्यपि न सौख्येन मुंचत्यश्रूणि केवलम् । ततो हस्तिपकाख्यातं वृत्तांतमवनीपतिः
na jighrati payaḥ śītaṃ nādatte kavalaṃ gajaḥ | svapityapi na saukhyena muṃcatyaśrūṇi kevalam | tato hastipakākhyātaṃ vṛttāṃtamavanīpatiḥ
The elephant does not smell the cool water, does not take its morsel; even in sleep it has no ease, it only sheds tears. Then the king (heard) the matter as reported by the elephant-keeper.
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PdP 6 191.18
आकर्ण्य स समायातो यत्रास्ते ज्वरितो गजः । स चावलोक्य भूपालं जगद्विस्मयकारिणीम्
ākarṇya sa samāyāto yatrāste jvarito gajaḥ | sa cāvalokya bhūpālaṃ jagadvismayakāriṇīm
Having heard (it), he came to where the fevered elephant was; and it, beholding the king, (uttered) a speech that caused amazement to the world.
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PdP 6 191.19
वाचमूचे गजः सम्यग्विसृष्टज्वरवेदनः । राजन्नशेषशास्त्रज्ञ राजनीतिपयोनिधे
vācamūce gajaḥ samyagvisṛṣṭajvaravedanaḥ | rājannaśeṣaśāstrajña rājanītipayonidhe
The elephant, its fever-pain quite gone, spoke a speech: "O king, knower of all the sciences, ocean of statecraft,
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PdP 6 191.20
निर्जितारातिसंघात मुरारिचरणप्रिय । किमौषधैरलं वैद्यैः किं धानैः किं नु जापकैः
nirjitārātisaṃghāta murāricaraṇapriya | kimauṣadhairalaṃ vaidyaiḥ kiṃ dhānaiḥ kiṃ nu jāpakaiḥ
you who have conquered the host of enemies, you who are dear to Murāri's feet — what use are medicines? enough of physicians! what of (magic) grains? what indeed of reciters?
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PdP 6 191.21
गीतासप्तदशाध्यायजापकं द्विजमानय । तेनायं मामको रोगः शाम्यत्यत्र न संशयः
gītāsaptadaśādhyāyajāpakaṃ dvijamānaya | tenāyaṃ māmako rogaḥ śāmyatyatra na saṃśayaḥ
Bring a brahmin who recites the seventeenth chapter of the Gītā. By him this disease of mine will be quieted — there is no doubt of it here."
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PdP 6 191.22
यथादिष्टं गजेनासौ तथा चक्रे नराधिपः । ततो गजत्वमुत्सृज्य मुक्तो दुःशासनोऽभवत्
yathādiṣṭaṃ gajenāsau tathā cakre narādhipaḥ | tato gajatvamutsṛjya mukto duḥśāsano'bhavat
As directed by the elephant, so did the king do; then, casting off elephanthood, Duḥśāsana became liberated.
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PdP 6 191.23
तेन विप्रेणाभिमंत्र्य जले क्षिप्ते तदुत्तमे । अथ दिव्यं समारूढं विमानमवनीपतिः
tena vipreṇābhimaṃtrya jale kṣipte taduttame | atha divyaṃ samārūḍhaṃ vimānamavanīpatiḥ
When that best (water) had been consecrated with mantras by that brahmin and thrown upon (him) — then the king (saw him) mounted on a divine celestial car,
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PdP 6 191.24
तं दुःशासनमद्राक्षीत्पाकशासनतेजसम्
taṃ duḥśāsanamadrākṣītpākaśāsanatejasam
he beheld that Duḥśāsana, with the splendour of Indra (the chastiser of Pāka).
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PdP 6 191.25
राजोवाच। किं जातीयः किमात्मा त्वं किं वृत्त इति मे वद । केन वा कर्मणा जातो गजः कथमिहागतः
rājovāca| kiṃ jātīyaḥ kimātmā tvaṃ kiṃ vṛtta iti me vada | kena vā karmaṇā jāto gajaḥ kathamihāgataḥ
The king said: Of what birth are you, what is your nature, what has happened to you — tell me that; and by what deed were you born an elephant, and how did you come here?
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PdP 6 191.26
पृष्टो राज्ञा विमुक्तोऽसौ विमानस्थः स्थिराक्षरम् । वृत्तं यथा यदाचख्यौ निजं दुःशासनः क्रमात्
pṛṣṭo rājñā vimukto'sau vimānasthaḥ sthirākṣaram | vṛttaṃ yathā yadācakhyau nijaṃ duḥśāsanaḥ kramāt
Questioned by the king, that liberated one, standing in the celestial car, in firm syllables — how and what Duḥśāsana then recounted of his own history in order (is now told).
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PdP 6 191.27
गीतासप्तदशाध्यायं जपन्मालवभूपतिः । नरवर्माभवन्मुक्तः कालेनाल्पीयसा ततः
gītāsaptadaśādhyāyaṃ japanmālavabhūpatiḥ | naravarmābhavanmuktaḥ kālenālpīyasā tataḥ
Reciting the seventeenth chapter of the Gītā, the king of Mālava, Naravarman, thereafter became liberated in a very short time.
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