Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 193
PdP 6 193.1
पार्वत्युवाच- देवदेव महादेव सर्वज्ञ सकलार्थद । कृपां मयि परां कृत्वा यत्पृच्छे तद्वदस्व मे
pārvatyuvāca- devadeva mahādeva sarvajña sakalārthada | kṛpāṃ mayi parāṃ kṛtvā yatpṛcche tadvadasva me
Pārvatī said: O god of gods, Mahādeva, all-knowing one, giver of every object, showing supreme grace to me, tell me what I ask.
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PdP 6 193.2
श्रुतं च गीतामाहात्म्यं बह्वाश्चर्यकथायुतम् । तेन मे भक्तिरुत्पन्ना श्रोतुं कृष्णकथां पराम्
śrutaṃ ca gītāmāhātmyaṃ bahvāścaryakathāyutam | tena me bhaktirutpannā śrotuṃ kṛṣṇakathāṃ parām
"And I have heard the Glorification of the Gītā, furnished with many wondrous tales; by it devotion has arisen in me to hear the supreme story of Kṛṣṇa."
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PdP 6 193.3
पुराणेषु तु सर्वेषु श्रीमद्भागवतं परम् । यत्र प्रतिपदं कृष्णो गीयते बहुधर्षिभिः । तन्माहात्म्यं यथातत्वं सेतिहासं वदाधुना
purāṇeṣu tu sarveṣu śrīmadbhāgavataṃ param | yatra pratipadaṃ kṛṣṇo gīyate bahudharṣibhiḥ | tanmāhātmyaṃ yathātatvaṃ setihāsaṃ vadādhunā
"But among all the Purāṇas the Śrīmad Bhāgavata is supreme, wherein at every step Kṛṣṇa is sung of by many sages. Tell me now, as it truly is, the greatness of that (work), together with its history."
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PdP 6 193.4
ईश्वर उवाच-। नैमिषे सूतमासीनमभिवाद्य महामतिम् । कथामृतरसास्वादकुशलः शौनकोऽब्रवीत्
īśvara uvāca-| naimiṣe sūtamāsīnamabhivādya mahāmatim | kathāmṛtarasāsvādakuśalaḥ śaunako'bravīt
The Lord said: In Naimiṣa, having saluted the greatly wise Sūta as he sat (there), Śaunaka, skilled in savouring the nectar-juice of (holy) narrative, spoke:
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PdP 6 193.5
शौनक उवाच । अज्ञानध्वांतविध्वंसि कोटिजन्माघनाशनम्
śaunaka uvāca | ajñānadhvāṃtavidhvaṃsi koṭijanmāghanāśanam
Śaunaka said: (That) which destroys the darkness of ignorance and annihilates the sins of ten million births —
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PdP 6 193.6
श्रीमद्भागवताख्यानं सूताख्याहि रसायनम् । भक्तिज्ञानविरागाढ्यो विवेको वर्द्धते कथम्
śrīmadbhāgavatākhyānaṃ sūtākhyāhi rasāyanam | bhaktijñānavirāgāḍhyo viveko varddhate katham
— the narrative called Śrīmad Bhāgavata, that elixir, recount, O Sūta. How does discernment, rich in devotion, knowledge and detachment, increase?
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PdP 6 193.7
माहामोहनिरासश्च वैष्णवैः क्रियते कथम् । इह घोरे कलौप्रायो जीवश्चासुरतां गतः
māhāmohanirāsaśca vaiṣṇavaiḥ kriyate katham | iha ghore kalauprāyo jīvaścāsuratāṃ gataḥ
And how is the dispelling of great delusion brought about by the Vaiṣṇavas? Here in this dreadful Kali (age) the living being has for the most part come to a demonic condition.
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PdP 6 193.8
क्लेशाक्रांतस्य तस्याथ शोधने किं रसायनम् । श्रेयसां यद्भवेच्छ्रेयः पावनानां च पावनम्
kleśākrāṃtasya tasyātha śodhane kiṃ rasāyanam | śreyasāṃ yadbhavecchreyaḥ pāvanānāṃ ca pāvanam
Then, for the purifying of him who is overcome by afflictions, what is the elixir — that which would be the best of goods and the purifier of purifiers,
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PdP 6 193.9
कृष्णप्रीतिकरं यच्च साधनं तद्वदाधुना। चिंतामणिं लोकसुखं सुरेंद्रास्पदसंपदम्
kṛṣṇaprītikaraṃ yacca sādhanaṃ tadvadādhunā| ciṃtāmaṇiṃ lokasukhaṃ sureṃdrāspadasaṃpadam
and which is the means of producing Kṛṣṇa's affection? Tell that now. The wish-granting gem, worldly happiness, the wealth of the station of the lord of the gods,
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PdP 6 193.10
प्रयच्छति गुरुः प्रीतो वैकुंठं चातिदुर्लभम्
prayacchati guruḥ prīto vaikuṃṭhaṃ cātidurlabham
and Vaikuṇṭha too, so very hard to attain — (all these) a pleased guru bestows.
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PdP 6 193.11
सूत उवाच-। प्रीतोऽहं ते द्विजश्रेष्ठाः कथयिष्ये यथाश्रुतम् । सारात्सारतरं यच्च संसारभयनाशनम्
sūta uvāca-| prīto'haṃ te dvijaśreṣṭhāḥ kathayiṣye yathāśrutam | sārātsārataraṃ yacca saṃsārabhayanāśanam
Sūta said: I am pleased with you, O best of the twice-born; I shall relate it as I have heard it — that which is more essential than the essence and destroys the fear of transmigration,
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PdP 6 193.12
भक्तिप्रवर्द्धकं यच्च कृष्णसंतुष्टिहेतुकम् । तन्मे कथयतः साधो सावधानतया शृणु
bhaktipravarddhakaṃ yacca kṛṣṇasaṃtuṣṭihetukam | tanme kathayataḥ sādho sāvadhānatayā śṛṇu
and which increases devotion and is the cause of Kṛṣṇa's satisfaction. As I tell it, O good man, listen attentively.
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PdP 6 193.13
कालव्यालमुखालीढ जगत्त्राणविधायकम् । श्रीमद्भागवतं शास्त्रं कलौ कृष्णेन भाषितम्
kālavyālamukhālīḍha jagattrāṇavidhāyakam | śrīmadbhāgavataṃ śāstraṃ kalau kṛṣṇena bhāṣitam
The scripture Śrīmad Bhāgavata, which effects the rescue of the world that has been licked by the mouth of the serpent Time, was spoken by Kṛṣṇa for (the age of) Kali.
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PdP 6 193.14
एतस्मादपरं किंचिन्मनः शुद्धिकरं नहि । जन्मांतरकृतैः पुण्यैर्लभ्यते साधुभिस्तु तत्
etasmādaparaṃ kiṃcinmanaḥ śuddhikaraṃ nahi | janmāṃtarakṛtaiḥ puṇyairlabhyate sādhubhistu tat
There is nothing else besides this that purifies the mind; and it is obtained by the good through merits accumulated in other births.
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PdP 6 193.15
राज्ञः परीक्षितो मोक्षं ज्ञात्वा कमलसंभवः । तोलयामास शास्त्राणि पुराणानि महांति च
rājñaḥ parīkṣito mokṣaṃ jñātvā kamalasaṃbhavaḥ | tolayāmāsa śāstrāṇi purāṇāni mahāṃti ca
Learning of the liberation of King Parīkṣit, the lotus-born (Brahmā) weighed the scriptures and the great Purāṇas.
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PdP 6 193.16
श्रीमद्भागवतं तत्र गरीयो भुवि संगतम् । श्रीमद्भागवती वार्ता सुराणामपि दुर्लभा
śrīmadbhāgavataṃ tatra garīyo bhuvi saṃgatam | śrīmadbhāgavatī vārtā surāṇāmapi durlabhā
Therein the Śrīmad Bhāgavata proved the weightier, and it has come to be on earth. The Bhāgavata discourse is hard to obtain even for the gods.
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PdP 6 193.17
इति संचित्य बहुशो मुनयः साधवोऽमलाः । मेनिरे भगवद्रूपं श्रीमद्भागवतं क्षितौ
iti saṃcitya bahuśo munayaḥ sādhavo'malāḥ | menire bhagavadrūpaṃ śrīmadbhāgavataṃ kṣitau
Having reflected thus many times over, the sages, good and stainless, considered the Śrīmad Bhāgavata on earth to be the very form of the Lord.
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PdP 6 193.18
पठनाच्छ्रवणाद्यस्य नरो याति हरेः पदम् । वर्षेण श्रवणं तस्य बहुसौख्यप्रदायकम्
paṭhanācchravaṇādyasya naro yāti hareḥ padam | varṣeṇa śravaṇaṃ tasya bahusaukhyapradāyakam
By reciting or hearing it a man goes to Hari's abode; hearing it over a year bestows much happiness on him.
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PdP 6 193.19
मासेन भक्तिराभास्यं लभते द्विजसत्तम । सप्ताहेन श्रुतं चैतत्सर्वथा मुक्तिदायकम्
māsena bhaktirābhāsyaṃ labhate dvijasattama | saptāhena śrutaṃ caitatsarvathā muktidāyakam
In a month, O best of the twice-born, he attains a semblance of devotion; and when this is heard in seven days it gives liberation in every way.
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PdP 6 193.20
किं बहूक्तेन वै साधो श्रीमद्भागवताऽमृतम् । नित्यं सद्भिः प्रपातव्यं कृष्णलीलाप्रकाशकम्
kiṃ bahūktena vai sādho śrīmadbhāgavatā'mṛtam | nityaṃ sadbhiḥ prapātavyaṃ kṛṣṇalīlāprakāśakam
What is the use of much talk, O good man? The nectar that is the Śrīmad Bhāgavata, revealing the play of Kṛṣṇa, should be drunk constantly by the good.
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PdP 6 193.21
सनकाद्यैः पुरा प्रोक्तं नारदाय दयापरैः । ब्रह्मणः श्रुतपूर्वाय सप्ताहश्रवणे विधिः
sanakādyaiḥ purā proktaṃ nāradāya dayāparaiḥ | brahmaṇaḥ śrutapūrvāya saptāhaśravaṇe vidhiḥ
Formerly the rule for the seven-day hearing was declared by Sanaka and the others, who are intent on compassion, to Nārada, who had earlier heard (it) from Brahmā.
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PdP 6 193.22
शौनक उवाच-। पितुर्लब्ध्वा वरं ज्ञानं श्रीमद्भागवताभिधम् । नारदो लोकतत्वज्ञः सर्वदा ह्यटते महीम्
śaunaka uvāca-| piturlabdhvā varaṃ jñānaṃ śrīmadbhāgavatābhidham | nārado lokatatvajñaḥ sarvadā hyaṭate mahīm
Śaunaka said: Having received from his father the excellent knowledge called the Śrīmad Bhāgavata, Nārada, who knows the nature of the worlds, wanders the earth at all times.
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PdP 6 193.23
कुत्र तैः संगमो जातो नारदस्य महात्मभिः । श्रुतो देवर्षिणा यत्र सप्ताहश्रवणे विधिः
kutra taiḥ saṃgamo jāto nāradasya mahātmabhiḥ | śruto devarṣiṇā yatra saptāhaśravaṇe vidhiḥ
Where did Nārada's meeting with those great souls take place, where the divine sage heard the rule for the seven-day hearing?
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PdP 6 193.24
सूत उवाच-। अत्र ते वर्णयिष्यामि भक्तियुक्तं कथानकम् । यत्पुरा ब्रह्मरातेन मह्यं प्रोक्तं दयालुना
sūta uvāca-| atra te varṇayiṣyāmi bhaktiyuktaṃ kathānakam | yatpurā brahmarātena mahyaṃ proktaṃ dayālunā
Sūta said: On this I shall relate to you a little tale full of devotion, which formerly the compassionate Brahmarāta (Śuka) told to me.
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PdP 6 193.25
एकदा तु विशालायामुपविष्टमधोमुखम् । नारदं सनकाद्यास्ते ददृशुर्दीनमानसम्
ekadā tu viśālāyāmupaviṣṭamadhomukham | nāradaṃ sanakādyāste dadṛśurdīnamānasam
Once, in Viśālā, Sanaka and the others saw Nārada seated with his face downcast and his mind dejected.
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PdP 6 193.26
तं दृष्ट्वा चिंतयानं तु देवर्षिर्भ्रातरं स्वकम् । पप्रच्छुर्विस्मयाविष्टा मुनयस्तत्वचिंतकाः
taṃ dṛṣṭvā ciṃtayānaṃ tu devarṣirbhrātaraṃ svakam | papracchurvismayāviṣṭā munayastatvaciṃtakāḥ
Seeing him, their own brother the divine sage, brooding, those sages who reflect on the truth, filled with astonishment, questioned (him).
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PdP 6 193.27
कुमारा ऊचुः-। किं त्वं चिंतयसे ब्रह्मन्नतिदीन इवातुरः । तवेत्थं मुक्तिसंगस्य नोचितं वद कारणम्
kumārā ūcuḥ-| kiṃ tvaṃ ciṃtayase brahmannatidīna ivāturaḥ | tavetthaṃ muktisaṃgasya nocitaṃ vada kāraṇam
The Kumāras said: What are you brooding on, brahmin, as though sorely wretched and afflicted? For you, thus attached to liberation, this is not fitting; tell us the reason.
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PdP 6 193.28
नारद उवाच-। अहं पृथ्व्यां समायातो ज्ञात्वा सर्वोत्तमोत्तमाम् । तीर्थैर्नानाविधैर्युक्तां पुण्यदैः पुण्यरूपिणीम्
nārada uvāca-| ahaṃ pṛthvyāṃ samāyāto jñātvā sarvottamottamām | tīrthairnānāvidhairyuktāṃ puṇyadaiḥ puṇyarūpiṇīm
Nārada said: I came to the earth, knowing her to be the best of all the best, endowed with tīrthas of many kinds that bestow merit, herself the very form of merit.
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PdP 6 193.29
पुष्करे च प्रयागे च काश्यां गोदावरीतटे । हरिक्षेत्रे कुरुक्षेत्रे श्रीरंगे सेतुबंधने
puṣkare ca prayāge ca kāśyāṃ godāvarītaṭe | harikṣetre kurukṣetre śrīraṃge setubaṃdhane
At Puṣkara and at Prayāga, at Kāśī, on the bank of the Godāvarī, at Harikṣetra, at Kurukṣetra, at Śrīraṅga, at Setubandha —
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PdP 6 193.30
एतेष्वन्येषु तीर्थेषु भ्रममाण इतस्ततः । नापश्यं कुत्रचिच्छर्म मनः संतोषकारकम्
eteṣvanyeṣu tīrtheṣu bhramamāṇa itastataḥ | nāpaśyaṃ kutraciccharma manaḥ saṃtoṣakārakam
Roaming here and there among these and other tīrthas, nowhere did I see any refuge that gave contentment to the mind.
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PdP 6 193.31
कलिना धर्ममित्रेण धरेयं बाधिताऽधुना । सत्यं शौचं दया दानं नास्ति कुत्रापि भूतले
kalinā dharmamitreṇa dhareyaṃ bādhitā'dhunā | satyaṃ śaucaṃ dayā dānaṃ nāsti kutrāpi bhūtale
This earth is now afflicted by Kali, the friend of unrighteousness; truth, purity, compassion, giving — none of these exists anywhere on the earth's surface.
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PdP 6 193.32
उदरंभरिणो लोका वराकाः कूटसाक्षिणः । मंदाः सुमंदमतयो महापाखंडसंश्रयाः
udaraṃbhariṇo lokā varākāḥ kūṭasākṣiṇaḥ | maṃdāḥ sumaṃdamatayo mahāpākhaṃḍasaṃśrayāḥ
People are belly-fillers, wretched, false witnesses, dull, of very sluggish wit, resorting to gross hypocrisy.
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PdP 6 193.33
स्त्रीप्रधानगृहस्थाश्च वर्णिनो व्रतवर्जिताः । वानप्रस्थाः पुरावासा न्यासिनो भोगतत्परा
strīpradhānagṛhasthāśca varṇino vratavarjitāḥ | vānaprasthāḥ purāvāsā nyāsino bhogatatparā
Householders are dominated by their women; the twice-born of the classes are devoid of vows; forest-dwellers live in towns; renouncers are intent on enjoyment.
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PdP 6 193.34
कन्याविक्रयिणो लोभात्कृषिकर्मपरायणाः । भ्रष्टाचारा दंभिनश्च स्वेच्छाचारनिदर्शिनः
kanyāvikrayiṇo lobhātkṛṣikarmaparāyaṇāḥ | bhraṣṭācārā daṃbhinaśca svecchācāranidarśinaḥ
They sell their daughters out of greed and are devoted to the work of farming; their conduct is fallen, they are ostentatious, and they display behaviour that follows their own whim.
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PdP 6 193.35
आश्रमा यवनै रुद्धास्तीर्थानि सरितो ह्रदाः । देवतायतनान्यत्र दुष्टैरुच्छेदितानि च
āśramā yavanai ruddhāstīrthāni sarito hradāḥ | devatāyatanānyatra duṣṭairuccheditāni ca
The hermitages are blocked by the Yavanas — the tīrthas, the rivers, the pools; and the temples of the gods here have been demolished by the wicked.
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PdP 6 193.36
योगी सिद्धोऽथवा ज्ञानी सत्क्रियोऽत्र न दृश्यते । कलिदावानलेनाद्य साधनं भस्मतां गतम्
yogī siddho'thavā jñānī satkriyo'tra na dṛśyate | kalidāvānalenādya sādhanaṃ bhasmatāṃ gatam
No yogī, no perfected one, no knower, no performer of good rites is seen here; today, by the forest-fire of Kali, spiritual practice has been reduced to ashes.
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PdP 6 193.37
अट्टशूला जनपदाः शिवशूला द्विजातयः । कामिन्यः केशशूलिन्यो दृश्यंते भुवि सर्वतः
aṭṭaśūlā janapadāḥ śivaśūlā dvijātayaḥ | kāminyaḥ keśaśūlinyo dṛśyaṃte bhuvi sarvataḥ
The country districts are pierced by markets, the twice-born by their tridents; women bear the spear of their hair — so they are seen everywhere on earth.
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PdP 6 193.38
एकदाहमनुप्राप्तो यमुनायास्तटं शुभम् । दृष्टं वृंदावनं तत्र यत्र लीला हरेरभूत्
ekadāhamanuprāpto yamunāyāstaṭaṃ śubham | dṛṣṭaṃ vṛṃdāvanaṃ tatra yatra līlā harerabhūt
Once I reached the auspicious bank of the Yamunā; there I saw Vṛndāvana, where the play of Hari took place.
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PdP 6 193.39
तत्र यच्चाद्भुतं दृष्टं श्रूयतां तन्मुनीश्वराः । एका तु तरुणी तत्र निषण्णाखिन्नमानसा
tatra yaccādbhutaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ śrūyatāṃ tanmunīśvarāḥ | ekā tu taruṇī tatra niṣaṇṇākhinnamānasā
And what a marvel I saw there — hear it, lords among sages! One young woman was sitting there with a distressed mind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 193.40
द्वौ वृद्धौ पतितौ पार्श्वे निःश्वसंतावचेतनौ । शुश्रूषंती प्रबोधंती रुदती च तयोः पुरः
dvau vṛddhau patitau pārśve niḥśvasaṃtāvacetanau | śuśrūṣaṃtī prabodhaṃtī rudatī ca tayoḥ puraḥ
Two old men had fallen at her side, sighing, unconscious; she was tending them, trying to rouse them, and weeping before the two.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 193.41
दृष्टा दिशो निरीक्षंती रक्षितारमिवात्मनः । वीज्यमाना बहुस्त्रीभिर्बोध्यमाना मुहुर्महुः
dṛṣṭā diśo nirīkṣaṃtī rakṣitāramivātmanaḥ | vījyamānā bahustrībhirbodhyamānā muhurmahuḥ
She was seen gazing about at the directions, as if (looking) for a protector for herself; being fanned by many women, being revived again and again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 193.42
दृष्ट्वा दूराद्गतश्चाऽहं कौतुकेन तदंतिकम् । मां दृष्ट्वोत्थाय सा बाला वचनं चेदमब्रवीत्
dṛṣṭvā dūrādgataścā'haṃ kautukena tadaṃtikam | māṃ dṛṣṭvotthāya sā bālā vacanaṃ cedamabravīt
Having seen (her) from afar, I too, out of curiosity, went near her; and seeing me, that young woman rose and spoke these words.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 193.43
बालोवाच-। भो साधोऽत्र क्षणं तिष्ठ मम चिंतामपाकुरु । पुंसां च दर्शनं भद्र सर्वाघौघनिवारणम् । पुण्येन प्राक्तनेनैव दर्शनं तव जायते
bālovāca-| bho sādho'tra kṣaṇaṃ tiṣṭha mama ciṃtāmapākuru | puṃsāṃ ca darśanaṃ bhadra sarvāghaughanivāraṇam | puṇyena prāktanenaiva darśanaṃ tava jāyate
The girl said: "O good man, stay here a moment, remove my worry. And the sight of (good) men, O blessed one, wards off every flood of sin. It is only by former merit that the sight of you comes about."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 193.44
अतो मे मानसं दुःखं च्छेत्तुमर्हसि मानद । नारद उवाच । एवमुक्तस्तया चाहं कृपया स्निग्धमानसः । अपृच्छंतां वरारोहां कौतुकेन समाकुलः
ato me mānasaṃ duḥkhaṃ cchettumarhasi mānada | nārada uvāca | evamuktastayā cāhaṃ kṛpayā snigdhamānasaḥ | apṛcchaṃtāṃ varārohāṃ kautukena samākulaḥ
"Therefore you ought to cut off my mental sorrow, O giver of honour." Nārada said: Thus addressed by her, my mind softened with compassion, and filled with curiosity I asked that beautiful-hipped one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 193.45
का त्वमेतौ च कौ भद्रे काश्चेमाः पद्मलोचनाः । आख्याहि मत्पुरः सर्वं तव दुःखस्य कारणम्
kā tvametau ca kau bhadre kāścemāḥ padmalocanāḥ | ākhyāhi matpuraḥ sarvaṃ tava duḥkhasya kāraṇam
"Who are you, and who are these two, good lady, and who are these lotus-eyed women? Tell me everything, the cause of your sorrow, before me."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 193.46
इति पृष्टा मया सा तु बाला दुःखितमानसा । प्रोवाच निखिलं दुःखमात्मनो दुःखकारणम्
iti pṛṣṭā mayā sā tu bālā duḥkhitamānasā | provāca nikhilaṃ duḥkhamātmano duḥkhakāraṇam
Thus questioned by me, that girl, grieving in mind, related the whole of her sorrow and the cause of her sorrow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 193.47
बालोवाच-। अहं भक्तिरिति ख्याता एतौ मे तनयौ वरौ । ज्ञानवैराग्यनामानौ कालयोगेन जर्जरौ
bālovāca-| ahaṃ bhaktiriti khyātā etau me tanayau varau | jñānavairāgyanāmānau kālayogena jarjarau
The girl said: I am known as Bhakti (Devotion); these two are my excellent sons, named Jñāna (Knowledge) and Vairāgya (Detachment), worn out by the working of time.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 193.48
गंगाद्याः सरितश्चेमा मम सेवार्थमागताः । एताभिः सेविता नित्यं सत्कारेणापि नारद
gaṃgādyāḥ saritaścemā mama sevārthamāgatāḥ | etābhiḥ sevitā nityaṃ satkāreṇāpi nārada
These rivers, the Gaṅgā and the rest, have come for the sake of serving me. Though constantly served by them, and with honour too, O Nārada,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 193.49
न च श्रेयो लभे किंचित्क्षीणाऽहं सर्वतो मुने । ममपूर्वं तु वृत्तातं शृणु ब्राह्मणसत्तम
na ca śreyo labhe kiṃcitkṣīṇā'haṃ sarvato mune | mamapūrvaṃ tu vṛttātaṃ śṛṇu brāhmaṇasattama
I obtain no good at all; I am wasted away in every respect, O sage. But hear my earlier history, O best of brāhmaṇas,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 193.50
येनाऽहं दुःखिता जाता न लभे शर्म कुत्रचित् । उत्पन्ना द्रविडे चाहं कर्णाटे वृद्धिमागता 6.193.
yenā'haṃ duḥkhitā jātā na labhe śarma kutracit | utpannā draviḍe cāhaṃ karṇāṭe vṛddhimāgatā 6.193.
by which I have become sorrowful and find no comfort anywhere. I was born in the Draviḍa country and grew up in Karṇāṭa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 193.51
स्थिता किंचिन्महाराष्ट्रे गुर्जरे जीर्णतां गता । तत्र घोरकलेर्योगात्पाखंडैः खंडितांगका
sthitā kiṃcinmahārāṣṭre gurjare jīrṇatāṃ gatā | tatra ghorakaleryogātpākhaṃḍaiḥ khaṃḍitāṃgakā
I stayed a while in Mahārāṣṭra, and in Gurjara I came to decay; there, through the conjunction of the terrible Kali (age), my limbs were broken by heretics.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 193.52
दुर्बलाहं चिरं जाता पुत्राभ्यां सह मंदताम्
durbalāhaṃ ciraṃ jātā putrābhyāṃ saha maṃdatām
I became weak, and for a long time (fell) into feebleness together with my two sons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 193.53
वृंदावनमिदं प्राप्ता दैवयोगेन नारद । जाता हं तु पुनर्बाला नवीनेव सुरूपिणी
vṛṃdāvanamidaṃ prāptā daivayogena nārada | jātā haṃ tu punarbālā navīneva surūpiṇī
By the working of fate, O Nārada, I reached this Vṛndāvana, and here I have become a young girl again, as if new and beautiful in form.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 193.54
इमौ तु शयितावत्र सुतौ मे क्लिष्टमानसौ । अतिवृद्धौ परित्यज्य गंतुं नाहं क्षमाधुना
imau tu śayitāvatra sutau me kliṣṭamānasau | ativṛddhau parityajya gaṃtuṃ nāhaṃ kṣamādhunā
But these two sons of mine lie here with afflicted minds; being very old, I am not able now to abandon them and go.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 193.55
अहं बाला कथं जाता सुतौ मे जरठौ कुतः । त्रयाणामेकभावानां वैपरीत्यं कुतोऽभवत्
ahaṃ bālā kathaṃ jātā sutau me jaraṭhau kutaḥ | trayāṇāmekabhāvānāṃ vaiparītyaṃ kuto'bhavat
How have I become a young girl, and how are my sons decrepit? Whence has this reversal come about for three that are of one nature?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 193.56
घटते जरठा माता बालकौ तनयाविति । अतः शोचामि चात्मानं विस्मयाविष्टमानसा
ghaṭate jaraṭhā mātā bālakau tanayāviti | ataḥ śocāmi cātmānaṃ vismayāviṣṭamānasā
It would fit that the mother be aged and the sons be children — therefore I grieve for myself, my mind seized with amazement.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 193.57
यदि त्वं वेत्सि धर्मज्ञ कृपालो दीनपालक । वद सर्वं यथातत्वं कारणं चात्र यद्भवेत्
yadi tvaṃ vetsi dharmajña kṛpālo dīnapālaka | vada sarvaṃ yathātatvaṃ kāraṇaṃ cātra yadbhavet
If you know, O knower of dharma, compassionate one, protector of the wretched, tell everything as it truly is, and whatever the cause here may be.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 193.58
एवं पृष्टस्तया चाहं क्षणं चैव विमृश्य तु । अवोचं भक्तिमाभाष्य क्लिष्टां कालेन भूयसा
evaṃ pṛṣṭastayā cāhaṃ kṣaṇaṃ caiva vimṛśya tu | avocaṃ bhaktimābhāṣya kliṣṭāṃ kālena bhūyasā
Thus questioned by her, I reflected for a moment and, addressing Bhakti, afflicted as she was through much time, I spoke.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 193.59
ज्ञानेनाहं प्रपश्यामि वृत्तं सर्वं तवानघे । मा विषादं कुरु प्राज्ञे हरिः शं ते करिष्यति
jñānenāhaṃ prapaśyāmi vṛttaṃ sarvaṃ tavānaghe | mā viṣādaṃ kuru prājñe hariḥ śaṃ te kariṣyati
By (my) knowledge I fully see all that has happened to you, O faultless one. Do not grieve, O wise woman; Hari will bring about your welfare.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 193.60
सर्वसत्वहरो बाले युगोऽयं दारुणः कलि । लुप्तोऽनेन सदाऽचारो योगमार्गस्तपांसि च
sarvasatvaharo bāle yugo'yaṃ dāruṇaḥ kali | lupto'nena sadā'cāro yogamārgastapāṃsi ca
This age, O girl, this cruel Kali, destroys all beings; by it good conduct, the path of yoga, and austerities have been effaced.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 193.61
जनाश्चाघा (द्या) सुरायंते शाठ्यदुष्कृतकारिणः । संतो ह्यस्मिन्सुदुःखार्ता असंतो हृष्टमानसाः
janāścāghā (dyā) surāyaṃte śāṭhyaduṣkṛtakāriṇaḥ | saṃto hyasminsuduḥkhārtā asaṃto hṛṣṭamānasāḥ
And people, sinful, behave like demons, doing deceit and evil deeds; for in this (age) the good are grievously afflicted, while the wicked are glad in mind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 193.62
दृश्यते धीरचित्तस्तु पंडितोऽपि न कोऽपि च । अस्पृश्य नवलोक्येयं दुष्टभाराकुलाधरा
dṛśyate dhīracittastu paṃḍito'pi na ko'pi ca | aspṛśya navalokyeyaṃ duṣṭabhārākulādharā
But no one at all is to be seen who is steady of mind, nor even any learned man; this newly-seen world is untouchable, its very ground crowded with a burden of the wicked.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 193.63
अन्वब्दं क्रमतो जातो मंगलं हीयतेऽन्वहम् । न त्वां तव सुतौ चेमौ कोऽपि पश्यति भामिनि
anvabdaṃ kramato jāto maṃgalaṃ hīyate'nvaham | na tvāṃ tava sutau cemau ko'pi paśyati bhāmini
Year by year, step by step, the auspiciousness that had arisen dwindles day by day; no one looks upon you, O fair lady, nor upon these two sons of yours.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 193.64
यूयं तु रागबहुलैस्त्यक्ता जर्जरतां गताः । वृंदावनस्य संयोगाद्बालात्वमभवः पुनः
yūyaṃ tu rāgabahulaistyaktā jarjaratāṃ gatāḥ | vṛṃdāvanasya saṃyogādbālātvamabhavaḥ punaḥ
But you (all) were abandoned by those full of passion and fell into decrepitude; through contact with Vṛndāvana you became a young girl again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 193.65
धन्यं वृंदावनं चेदं भक्तिर्यत्राभवन्नवा । अत्रेमौ ग्राहकाभावान्नवीनत्वं न चागतौ
dhanyaṃ vṛṃdāvanaṃ cedaṃ bhaktiryatrābhavannavā | atremau grāhakābhāvānnavīnatvaṃ na cāgatau
And blessed is this Vṛndāvana, where Bhakti became new; but here these two, for want of any who would receive them, did not attain newness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 193.66
किंचिदात्मसुखेनेह प्रसुप्ताविति लक्ष्यते । भक्तिरुवाच-। कथं परिक्षिता राज्ञा स्थापितोद्य शुचिः कलि । दयापरेण हरिणा ह्यधर्मः किमुपेक्षितः
kiṃcidātmasukheneha prasuptāviti lakṣyate | bhaktiruvāca-| kathaṃ parikṣitā rājñā sthāpitodya śuciḥ kali | dayāpareṇa hariṇā hyadharmaḥ kimupekṣitaḥ
It seems that here the two are asleep, somewhat (absorbed) in the bliss of the self. Bhakti said: How was Kali established today as pure by King Parīkṣit? And why was unrighteousness overlooked by Hari, who is devoted to compassion?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 193.67
एनं मे संशयं छिंधि त्वद्वाचा सुखितास्म्यहम् । तस्या वचः समाकर्ण्य भूयोऽहमवदं द्विजाः
enaṃ me saṃśayaṃ chiṃdhi tvadvācā sukhitāsmyaham | tasyā vacaḥ samākarṇya bhūyo'hamavadaṃ dvijāḥ
Cut away this doubt of mine; by your words I am made happy. Hearing her speech, I spoke again, O twice-born ones.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 193.68
यदि पृष्टस्त्वया बाले प्रेमतः श्रवणं कुरु । यदा मुकुंदो भगवान्क्ष्मां त्यक्त्वा स्वपदं गतः
yadi pṛṣṭastvayā bāle premataḥ śravaṇaṃ kuru | yadā mukuṃdo bhagavānkṣmāṃ tyaktvā svapadaṃ gataḥ
Since you have asked, girl, listen with love: when the Lord Mukunda left the earth and went to his own abode,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 193.69
कलिस्तद्दिनमारभ्य प्रवृत्तः सत्यबाधकः । दृष्टो दिग्विजये राज्ञा दीनवच्छरणं गतः
kalistaddinamārabhya pravṛttaḥ satyabādhakaḥ | dṛṣṭo digvijaye rājñā dīnavaccharaṇaṃ gataḥ
Kali, beginning from that day, set to work obstructing truth; he was seen by the king during his conquest of the quarters, and, like a wretch, went (to him) for refuge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 193.70
न हतोऽस्य गुणद्रष्टा सर्वसाधारणं त्विदम् । यत्फलं तपसा नैति न योगे न समाधिना
na hato'sya guṇadraṣṭā sarvasādhāraṇaṃ tvidam | yatphalaṃ tapasā naiti na yoge na samādhinā
He was not slain, (for the king) saw a virtue in him, and this one is common to all: the fruit that one does not reach by austerity, nor in yoga, nor by concentration—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 193.71
तत्फलं लभते धीमान्कलौ केशवकीर्तनात् । एतादृशं कलिं दृष्ट्वा सारात्सारफलप्रदम्
tatphalaṃ labhate dhīmānkalau keśavakīrtanāt | etādṛśaṃ kaliṃ dṛṣṭvā sārātsāraphalapradam
that fruit the wise man obtains in Kali from the singing of Keśava. Seeing that Kali was such, granting the fruit that is the essence of the essence,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 193.72
विष्णुरातः स्थापितवान्कलिजानां हिताय च । कुकर्माचरणात्सारः सर्वतो निर्गतोऽधुना
viṣṇurātaḥ sthāpitavānkalijānāṃ hitāya ca | kukarmācaraṇātsāraḥ sarvato nirgato'dhunā
Viṣṇurāta established him, and for the welfare of those born in Kali. Now, because of the practice of evil deeds, the essence has gone out of everything.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 193.73
पदार्थाः संस्थिता भूमौ बीजहीनास्तुषा यथा । विप्रैर्भागवतीवार्त्ता गेहे गेहे जने जने
padārthāḥ saṃsthitā bhūmau bījahīnāstuṣā yathā | viprairbhāgavatīvārttā gehe gehe jane jane
Things stand upon the earth like husks without seed. By brahmins the Bhāgavata discourse, in house after house, for person after person,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 193.74
कारिता धनलोभेन कथासारस्ततो गतः । अत्युग्रभूरिकर्माणो नास्तिका दांभिका जनाः
kāritā dhanalobhena kathāsārastato gataḥ | atyugrabhūrikarmāṇo nāstikā dāṃbhikā janāḥ
has been made to be performed out of greed for money; thereby the essence of the story is gone. People whose deeds are exceedingly harsh and many, deniers (of God), hypocrites,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 193.75
तिष्ठंति सर्वतीर्थेषु तीर्थसारस्ततो गतः । कामक्रोधमहालोभतृष्णाव्याकुलचेतसः
tiṣṭhaṃti sarvatīrtheṣu tīrthasārastato gataḥ | kāmakrodhamahālobhatṛṣṇāvyākulacetasaḥ
stand at all the sacred fords; thereby the essence of the fords is gone. Those whose minds are agitated by lust, anger, great greed and craving
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 193.76
समारभंते कर्माणि कर्मसारस्ततो गतः । मनसश्चाजयाल्लोभाद्दंभात्पाखंडसंश्रयात्
samārabhaṃte karmāṇi karmasārastato gataḥ | manasaścājayāllobhāddaṃbhātpākhaṃḍasaṃśrayāt
undertake the rites; thereby the essence of the rites is gone. Through not conquering the mind, through greed, through hypocrisy, through resort to false doctrine,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 193.77
शास्त्रानभ्यसनाच्चैव ध्यानयोगफलं गतम् । पंडितास्ते कलत्रेषु रमंते महिषा इव
śāstrānabhyasanāccaiva dhyānayogaphalaṃ gatam | paṃḍitāste kalatreṣu ramaṃte mahiṣā iva
and through not studying the scriptures, the fruit of meditation and yoga is gone. Those learned men take their pleasure with their wives like buffaloes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 193.78
पुत्रोत्पादनदक्षाश्च न दक्षा मुक्तिसाधने । न हि वैष्णवता कुत्र संप्रदायपुरःसराः
putrotpādanadakṣāśca na dakṣā muktisādhane | na hi vaiṣṇavatā kutra saṃpradāyapuraḥsarāḥ
And they are skilled in the begetting of sons, but not skilled in the means of liberation. Nowhere at all is there Vaiṣṇava-hood: they put their sect first.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 193.79
देवनिंदापराः सर्वे साधुनिंदापरायणाः । अयं तु युगधर्मोऽस्ति दीयते कस्य दूषणम्
devaniṃdāparāḥ sarve sādhuniṃdāparāyaṇāḥ | ayaṃ tu yugadharmo'sti dīyate kasya dūṣaṇam
All are bent on reviling the gods, given over to reviling the good. But this is the dharma of the age—to whom is the blame to be given?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 193.80
अतस्त्वं पुंडरीकाक्षं स्मृत्वा सौख्यमवाप्स्यसि
atastvaṃ puṃḍarīkākṣaṃ smṛtvā saukhyamavāpsyasi
Therefore you, remembering the lotus-eyed one, will attain happiness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 193.81
एवं मयोक्तं वचनं श्रुत्वा सा विस्मयं गता । उवाच वचनं भूयो मां प्रशस्य द्विजोत्तमाः
evaṃ mayoktaṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā sā vismayaṃ gatā | uvāca vacanaṃ bhūyo māṃ praśasya dvijottamāḥ
Hearing the words thus spoken by me, she fell into amazement and, praising me, spoke again, O best of the twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 193.82
भक्तिरुवाच-। देवर्षे त्वं तु धन्योऽसि मद्भाग्येन समागतः । साधूनां दर्शनं लोके सर्वसिद्धिप्रदायकम्
bhaktiruvāca-| devarṣe tvaṃ tu dhanyo'si madbhāgyena samāgataḥ | sādhūnāṃ darśanaṃ loke sarvasiddhipradāyakam
Bhakti said: O sage of the gods, you are indeed blessed; by my good fortune you have come. In this world the sight of the good bestows every accomplishment.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 193.83
सुखोपायो यथा मे स्यात्तथादिश मुनेऽधुना । सर्वज्ञस्य तव ब्रह्मन्न साध्यं किमपीह वै
sukhopāyo yathā me syāttathādiśa mune'dhunā | sarvajñasya tava brahmanna sādhyaṃ kimapīha vai
Instruct me now, O sage, in such a way that an easy means (to happiness) may be mine; for you, O brahmin, who know all things, there is nothing here at all that cannot be achieved.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 193.84
अजयदजितमायां यस्य कायाधवस्ते वचनरचनमेकं केवलं चाकलय्य । ध्रुवपदमुपयातो यत्कृपातो ध्रुवो वै तमहमरणभूतं ब्रह्मपुत्रं नतास्मि
ajayadajitamāyāṃ yasya kāyādhavaste vacanaracanamekaṃ kevalaṃ cākalayya | dhruvapadamupayāto yatkṛpāto dhruvo vai tamahamaraṇabhūtaṃ brahmaputraṃ natāsmi
He whose single composition of words alone Kayādhu's son considered, and (thereby) conquered the unconquered māyā; by whose grace Dhruva indeed reached the fixed station — to him, the son of Brahmā, who is a refuge, I have bowed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain