Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 195
PdP 6 195.1
सूत उवाच- अथ देवऋषिस्तत्र कुमाराननुमान्य च । उवाच प्रणतो वाक्यं ज्ञानयज्ञ कृतादरः
sūta uvāca- atha devaṛṣistatra kumārānanumānya ca | uvāca praṇato vākyaṃ jñānayajña kṛtādaraḥ
Sūta said: Then the divine sage, having taken leave of the Kumāras there, bowed down and spoke these words, showing eagerness for a sacrifice of knowledge.
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PdP 6 195.2
नारद उवाच- ज्ञानयज्ञं करिष्यामि शुकशास्त्र कथोज्वलम् । भक्ति ज्ञान विरागाणां स्थापनार्थे प्रयत्नतः
nārada uvāca- jñānayajñaṃ kariṣyāmi śukaśāstra kathojvalam | bhakti jñāna virāgāṇāṃ sthāpanārthe prayatnataḥ
Nārada said: I shall perform a sacrifice of knowledge, radiant with the recitation of Śuka's scripture, diligently, for the sake of establishing Bhakti, Jñāna and Virāga.
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PdP 6 195.3
यत्र कार्यो मया यज्ञः स्थानं तत्कथ्यतां द्विजाः । चत्वारो यज्ञवाहाश्च यूयमेव वृता मया
yatra kāryo mayā yajñaḥ sthānaṃ tatkathyatāṃ dvijāḥ | catvāro yajñavāhāśca yūyameva vṛtā mayā
Tell (me), O twice-born ones, the place where the sacrifice is to be performed by me; and you yourselves are the four chosen by me as the bearers of the sacrifice.
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PdP 6 195.4
कियद्भिर्दिवसैः श्राव्या श्रीमद्भागवती कथा । को विधिस्तत्र कर्तव्यो ज्ञानयज्ञविशारदाः
kiyadbhirdivasaiḥ śrāvyā śrīmadbhāgavatī kathā | ko vidhistatra kartavyo jñānayajñaviśāradāḥ
In how many days should the blessed Bhāgavata narration be heard? What procedure is to be followed there, O you who are skilled in the sacrifice of knowledge?
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PdP 6 195.5
कुमारा ऊचुः। शृणु नारद वक्ष्यामस्तुभ्यं यत्र कथा नृणाम् । शृण्वतां पापराशिघ्नो भवेत्पुण्यविबर्द्विनी
kumārā ūcuḥ| śṛṇu nārada vakṣyāmastubhyaṃ yatra kathā nṛṇām | śṛṇvatāṃ pāparāśighno bhavetpuṇyavibardvinī
The Kumāras said: Listen, Nārada, we shall tell you where the narration would, for men who hear it, be a destroyer of the heap of sins and an increaser of merit.
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PdP 6 195.6
गंगाद्वार समीपे तु कामदाख्यं पुरं महत्
gaṃgādvāra samīpe tu kāmadākhyaṃ puraṃ mahat
Near Gaṅgādvāra there is a great city named Kāmadā.
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PdP 6 195.7
स्वर्णद्याश्चोत्तरे पुण्ये तटमानंदनामकम् । नानाऋषिगणैर्जुष्टं देवसिद्धनिषेवितम्
svarṇadyāścottare puṇye taṭamānaṃdanāmakam | nānāṛṣigaṇairjuṣṭaṃ devasiddhaniṣevitam
On the holy northern (side) of the river of gold (Gaṅgā) there is a bank named Ānandana, frequented by various companies of sages and resorted to by gods and Siddhas.
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PdP 6 195.8
नाना तरुलताकीर्णं स्वच्छकोमल वालुकम् । रम्यमेकांतदेशस्थं स्वर्णपंकज शोभितम्
nānā tarulatākīrṇaṃ svacchakomala vālukam | ramyamekāṃtadeśasthaṃ svarṇapaṃkaja śobhitam
strewn with many trees and creepers, with clear, soft sand, delightful, situated in a solitary spot, adorned with golden lotuses;
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PdP 6 195.9
यत्समीपस्थजीवानां क्षेत्रस्यैव प्रभावतः । मिथः संस्निग्धचित्तानां वैरं चेतसि न स्थितम्
yatsamīpasthajīvānāṃ kṣetrasyaiva prabhāvataḥ | mithaḥ saṃsnigdhacittānāṃ vairaṃ cetasi na sthitam
where, by the very power of the sacred field, enmity does not remain in the mind of the creatures dwelling nearby, whose hearts are mutually affectionate.
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PdP 6 195.10
ज्ञानयज्ञस्त्वया तत्र कर्त्तव्यो हि प्रयत्नतः । अपूर्व रसदात्री च कथा तत्र भविष्यति
jñānayajñastvayā tatra karttavyo hi prayatnataḥ | apūrva rasadātrī ca kathā tatra bhaviṣyati
There indeed the sacrifice of knowledge is to be performed by you with effort, and there the narration will be a giver of unprecedented savour.
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PdP 6 195.11
वृंदावनप्रतोलिस्थं जराजीर्ण कलेवरम् । सुतद्वयं पुरस्कृत्य भक्तिस्तत्रागमिष्यति
vṛṃdāvanapratolisthaṃ jarājīrṇa kalevaram | sutadvayaṃ puraskṛtya bhaktistatrāgamiṣyati
Bhakti (Devotion), whose body is worn out with old age, dwelling on the main street of Vṛndāvana, will come there, putting her two sons in front.
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PdP 6 195.12
यत्र भागवती वार्ता भक्तिस्तत्र सहात्मजा । कृष्णकीर्तिसुधां पीत्वा तरुणी वा भविष्यति
yatra bhāgavatī vārtā bhaktistatra sahātmajā | kṛṣṇakīrtisudhāṃ pītvā taruṇī vā bhaviṣyati
Where there is talk of the Bhāgavata, there Bhakti is, together with her sons; and having drunk the nectar of Kṛṣṇa's glory she will become young.
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PdP 6 195.13
सूत उवाच- एवमुक्त्वा कुमारास्ते नारदेन समंततः । गंगाद्वारे समाजग्मुर्ज्ञानयज्ञाय सत्वराः
sūta uvāca- evamuktvā kumārāste nāradena samaṃtataḥ | gaṃgādvāre samājagmurjñānayajñāya satvarāḥ
Sūta said: Having spoken thus, those Kumāras, together on all sides with Nārada, came quickly to Gaṅgādvāra for the sacrifice of knowledge.
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PdP 6 195.14
यदा प्राप्तास्तटं ते तु गंगाया भार्गवर्षभ । तदा कोलाहलश्चासीद्भूर्लोकादिक सप्तसु
yadā prāptāstaṭaṃ te tu gaṃgāyā bhārgavarṣabha | tadā kolāhalaścāsīdbhūrlokādika saptasu
When they reached the bank of the Gaṅgā, O best of the Bhārgavas, then there was a tumult in the seven (worlds) beginning with Bhūrloka.
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PdP 6 195.15
श्रीमद्भागवतास्वादलंपटा साप्तलौकिकाः । धावं धावं समाजग्मुः प्राचीना वैष्णवाश्च ये
śrīmadbhāgavatāsvādalaṃpaṭā sāptalaukikāḥ | dhāvaṃ dhāvaṃ samājagmuḥ prācīnā vaiṣṇavāśca ye
Those of the seven worlds, greedy for the taste of the blessed Bhāgavata, and those who were ancient Vaiṣṇavas, came running and running (and) assembled.
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PdP 6 195.16
भृगुर्वसिष्ठश्च्यवनश्च गौतमो मेधातिथिर्देबलदेवरातौ । रामस्तथागाधिज शाकलौ च मृकंडपुत्रात्रिज पिप्पलादाः
bhṛgurvasiṣṭhaścyavanaśca gautamo medhātithirdebaladevarātau | rāmastathāgādhija śākalau ca mṛkaṃḍaputrātrija pippalādāḥ
Bhṛgu, Vasiṣṭha, and Cyavana, Gautama, Medhātithi, Devala and Devarāta, Rāma and likewise the son of Gādhi (Viśvāmitra) and the two Śākalas, the son of Mṛkaṇḍu, the son of Atri, and the Pippalādas,
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PdP 6 195.17
योगेश्वरौ व्यासपराशरौ च शुकादयो भागवतप्रधानाः । शिष्यैरुपेता बहुशास्त्रविज्ञाः कृष्णामृतास्वाद कृतौ प्रधानाः
yogeśvarau vyāsaparāśarau ca śukādayo bhāgavatapradhānāḥ | śiṣyairupetā bahuśāstravijñāḥ kṛṣṇāmṛtāsvāda kṛtau pradhānāḥ
the two lords of yoga Vyāsa and Parāśara, and Śuka and the others foremost among the Bhāgavatas, accompanied by their disciples, knowers of many scriptures, chief among those practised in tasting the nectar of Kṛṣṇa.
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PdP 6 195.18
वेदांतानि च वेदाश्च मंत्रास्तंत्राणि संहिताः । दशसप्तपुराणानि षट्शास्त्राणि तथाययुः
vedāṃtāni ca vedāśca maṃtrāstaṃtrāṇi saṃhitāḥ | daśasaptapurāṇāni ṣaṭśāstrāṇi tathāyayuḥ
And the Vedāntas and the Vedas, the mantras, the tantras, the Saṃhitās, the seventeen Purāṇas and the six scriptures likewise came.
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PdP 6 195.19
गंगाद्याः सरितस्तत्र पुष्करादि सरांसि च । क्षेत्राणि च दिशः सर्वा दंडकादि वनानि च
gaṃgādyāḥ saritastatra puṣkarādi sarāṃsi ca | kṣetrāṇi ca diśaḥ sarvā daṃḍakādi vanāni ca
There (came) the rivers headed by the Gaṅgā, and the lakes headed by Puṣkara, the holy fields and all the directions, and the forests beginning with Daṇḍaka,
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PdP 6 195.20
हिमादयो नगास्तत्र देवगंधर्वकिन्नराः । द्वीपाः समुद्रा दिक्पालाः पातालस्थास्तथाययुः
himādayo nagāstatra devagaṃdharvakinnarāḥ | dvīpāḥ samudrā dikpālāḥ pātālasthāstathāyayuḥ
there (came) the mountains headed by Himavat, the gods, Gandharvas and Kinnaras; the islands, the oceans, the guardians of the directions, and those dwelling in the nether world likewise came.
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PdP 6 195.21
दीक्षायां नारदेनाथ दत्तमासनमुत्तमम् । कुमारा वंदिता सर्वे निषेदुः कृष्णतत्पराः
dīkṣāyāṃ nāradenātha dattamāsanamuttamam | kumārā vaṃditā sarve niṣeduḥ kṛṣṇatatparāḥ
Then, at the consecration, an excellent seat was given by Nārada; the Kumāras, all of them saluted, intent on Kṛṣṇa, sat down.
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PdP 6 195.22
वैष्णवाः सुविरक्ताश्च न्यासिनो ब्रह्मचारिणः । मुख्या ह्यग्रेस्थिता स्तेषां पुरतो नारदः स्थितः
vaiṣṇavāḥ suviraktāśca nyāsino brahmacāriṇaḥ | mukhyā hyagresthitā steṣāṃ purato nāradaḥ sthitaḥ
The Vaiṣṇavas, the thoroughly detached, the renunciants and the celibates, the chief ones, stood indeed in front; before them stood Nārada.
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PdP 6 195.23
वामभागेमुनिगणादक्षिणेचदिवौकसः । वेदोपनिषदोऽन्यत्रतीर्थानिचभृगूद्वह
vāmabhāgemunigaṇādakṣiṇecadivaukasaḥ | vedopaniṣado'nyatratīrthānicabhṛgūdvaha
On the left side (were) the hosts of sages, on the right the dwellers of heaven; elsewhere the Vedas and the Upaniṣads, and the holy fords, O scion of Bhṛgu.
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PdP 6 195.24
जयशब्दोनमः शब्दःशंखशब्दस्तथैवच । बभूवाकाशसंस्पर्शीघोषयन्विदिशोदश
jayaśabdonamaḥ śabdaḥśaṃkhaśabdastathaivaca | babhūvākāśasaṃsparśīghoṣayanvidiśodaśa
The cry of "Victory!", the cry of "Homage!", and likewise the sound of conches arose, touching the sky and making the ten directions resound.
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PdP 6 195.25
विमानानिसमारुह्यप्रहृष्टानाकवासिनः । कल्पवृक्षप्रसूनैश्चतांसभांसमवाकिरन्
vimānānisamāruhyaprahṛṣṭānākavāsinaḥ | kalpavṛkṣaprasūnaiścatāṃsabhāṃsamavākiran
Mounting their aerial cars, the dwellers of heaven, greatly delighted, showered that assembly with the blossoms of the wish-granting trees.
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PdP 6 195.26
सूतउवाच- एवंतेषुनिविष्टेषुभृग्वादिषुयथार्हतः । श्रीभागवतमाहात्म्यमूचिरेनारदायते
sūtauvāca- evaṃteṣuniviṣṭeṣubhṛgvādiṣuyathārhataḥ | śrībhāgavatamāhātmyamūcirenāradāyate
Sūta said: When Bhṛgu and the others were thus seated, each according to his due, they spoke to Nārada of the greatness of the glorious Bhāgavata.
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PdP 6 195.27
कुमारा ऊचुः। शृणु नारद वक्ष्यामो महिमानं महाद्भुतम् । श्रीमद्भागवताख्यस्य शास्त्रस्य विधिपूर्वकम्
kumārā ūcuḥ| śṛṇu nārada vakṣyāmo mahimānaṃ mahādbhutam | śrīmadbhāgavatākhyasya śāstrasya vidhipūrvakam
The Kumāras said: Listen, Nārada; we shall declare, in due order, the greatly marvellous greatness of the scripture called the Śrīmad Bhāgavata.
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PdP 6 195.28
सदा नरैः सुकृतिभिः सेव्या भागवती कथा । यस्याः श्रवणमात्रेण कृतार्थत्वं प्रयांति ते
sadā naraiḥ sukṛtibhiḥ sevyā bhāgavatī kathā | yasyāḥ śravaṇamātreṇa kṛtārthatvaṃ prayāṃti te
The Bhāgavata story is always to be attended upon by men of good deeds; merely by hearing it they attain fulfilment of their aim.
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PdP 6 195.29
ग्रंथो ऽष्टादशसाहस्रो द्वादशस्कंध संयुतः । परीक्षिच्छुकसंवादः श्रीमद्भागवताभिधः
graṃtho 'ṣṭādaśasāhasro dvādaśaskaṃdha saṃyutaḥ | parīkṣicchukasaṃvādaḥ śrīmadbhāgavatābhidhaḥ
The book of eighteen thousand (verses), furnished with twelve books, the dialogue of Parīkṣit and Śuka, is named the Śrīmad Bhāgavata.
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PdP 6 195.30
तावत्संसारचक्रेस्मिन्भ्रमत्यज्ञानमोहितः । यावत्कर्णगतंनोस्याच्छुकशास्त्रं जनस्य च
tāvatsaṃsāracakresminbhramatyajñānamohitaḥ | yāvatkarṇagataṃnosyācchukaśāstraṃ janasya ca
So long does a person wander in this wheel of transmigration, deluded by ignorance, as long as Śuka's scripture has not reached his ear.
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PdP 6 195.31
किं श्रुतैर्बहुभिः शास्त्रैः पुराणैः संहितागमैः । यदि भागवतं पुंभिर्न श्रुतं भक्तिभावनैः
kiṃ śrutairbahubhiḥ śāstraiḥ purāṇaiḥ saṃhitāgamaiḥ | yadi bhāgavataṃ puṃbhirna śrutaṃ bhaktibhāvanaiḥ
What use are many scriptures heard, Purāṇas, Saṃhitās and Āgamas, if the Bhāgavata has not been heard by men with feelings of devotion?
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PdP 6 195.32
कथा भागवतस्यापि नित्यं भवति यद्गृहे । तद्गृहं तीर्थरूपं हि नृणां पापविनाशनम्
kathā bhāgavatasyāpi nityaṃ bhavati yadgṛhe | tadgṛhaṃ tīrtharūpaṃ hi nṛṇāṃ pāpavināśanam
In whosever house there is daily also the recitation of the Bhāgavata, that house is indeed in the form of a holy ford, destroying men's sins.
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PdP 6 195.33
अश्वमेधसहस्राणि राजसूयशतानि च । भागवत्याः कथायाश्च कलां नार्हंति षोडशीम्
aśvamedhasahasrāṇi rājasūyaśatāni ca | bhāgavatyāḥ kathāyāśca kalāṃ nārhaṃti ṣoḍaśīm
Thousands of horse-sacrifices and hundreds of Rājasūyas do not equal a sixteenth part of the Bhāgavata story.
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PdP 6 195.34
तावत्पापानि तिष्ठंति देहेऽस्मिन्मुनिपुंगव । यावन्न श्रूयते सम्यक्श्रीमद्भागवतं नरैः
tāvatpāpāni tiṣṭhaṃti dehe'sminmunipuṃgava | yāvanna śrūyate samyakśrīmadbhāgavataṃ naraiḥ
So long do sins abide in this body, O bull among sages, as long as the Śrīmad Bhāgavata is not properly heard by men.
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PdP 6 195.35
न गंगा न गया काशी प्रतिष्ठानं न पुष्करः । कथाया भागवत्याश्च समा पुण्यफलेन च
na gaṃgā na gayā kāśī pratiṣṭhānaṃ na puṣkaraḥ | kathāyā bhāgavatyāśca samā puṇyaphalena ca
Neither the Gaṅgā, nor Gayā, nor Kāśī, nor Pratiṣṭhāna, nor Puṣkara is equal, in the fruit of merit, to the Bhāgavata story.
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PdP 6 195.36
श्लोकार्द्धं श्लोकपादं वा नित्यं भागवतोद्भवम् । पठस्व स्वमुखेनापि यदीच्छसि भवक्षयम्
ślokārddhaṃ ślokapādaṃ vā nityaṃ bhāgavatodbhavam | paṭhasva svamukhenāpi yadīcchasi bhavakṣayam
Recite daily, even with your own mouth, half a verse or a quarter of a verse arisen from the Bhāgavata, if you desire the destruction of worldly existence.
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PdP 6 195.37
वेदादिर्वेदमाता च पौरुषंसूक्तमेव च । त्रयी भागवतं चैव द्वादशाष्टाक्षरौ मनू
vedādirvedamātā ca pauruṣaṃsūktameva ca | trayī bhāgavataṃ caiva dvādaśāṣṭākṣarau manū
The first of the Veda (Oṃ) and the Mother of the Veda (Gāyatrī), and the Puruṣa hymn, the threefold Veda and the Bhāgavata, and the twelve-syllabled and eight-syllabled mantras;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 195.38
द्वादशात्मा प्रयागश्च कालः संवत्सरात्मकः । ब्राह्मणश्चाग्निहोत्रं च सुरभिर्द्वादशी तिथिः
dvādaśātmā prayāgaśca kālaḥ saṃvatsarātmakaḥ | brāhmaṇaścāgnihotraṃ ca surabhirdvādaśī tithiḥ
and the twelve-formed one (the Sun) and Prayāga, and Time in the form of the year, and the brāhmaṇa and the agnihotra, and the cow, and the twelfth lunar day;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 195.39
तुलसी च वसंतर्तुः पुरुषोत्तम एव च । एतेषां वस्तुतो नास्ति पृथग्भावो मुनीश्वर
tulasī ca vasaṃtartuḥ puruṣottama eva ca | eteṣāṃ vastuto nāsti pṛthagbhāvo munīśvara
and Tulasī and the spring season, and Puruṣottama himself — among these there is in reality no separateness, O lord of sages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 195.40
यश्च भागवतं शास्त्रं व्याकुर्यादन्वहं द्विज । जन्मकोटिकृतं पापं तस्य नश्यति नारद
yaśca bhāgavataṃ śāstraṃ vyākuryādanvahaṃ dvija | janmakoṭikṛtaṃ pāpaṃ tasya naśyati nārada
And he who day after day expounds the Bhāgavata scripture, O twice-born, his sin committed in ten million births perishes, Nārada.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 195.41
श्रुतं च पठितं ध्यातं श्रीमद्भागवतं नृभिः । ददाति मुक्तिं भक्तिं वा तुलस्यग्न्योश्च सेवनम्
śrutaṃ ca paṭhitaṃ dhyātaṃ śrīmadbhāgavataṃ nṛbhiḥ | dadāti muktiṃ bhaktiṃ vā tulasyagnyośca sevanam
The Śrīmad Bhāgavata, when heard, recited and meditated upon by men, gives liberation or devotion — as does the service of tulasī and of the (sacred) fire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 195.42
अंतकाले तु संप्राप्ते भयं त्यक्त्वा सुदूरतः । श्रीमद्भागवतं भक्त्या शृणुयाद्यः स मुक्तिभाक्
aṃtakāle tu saṃprāpte bhayaṃ tyaktvā sudūrataḥ | śrīmadbhāgavataṃ bhaktyā śṛṇuyādyaḥ sa muktibhāk
But when the final hour has come, he who, casting fear far away, listens with devotion to the Śrīmad Bhāgavata, he has a share in liberation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 195.43
प्रौष्ठपद्यां च राकायां हेमसिंह समन्वितम् । अलंकृत्य द्विजाग्र्याय श्रीमद्भागवतं ददेत्
prauṣṭhapadyāṃ ca rākāyāṃ hemasiṃha samanvitam | alaṃkṛtya dvijāgryāya śrīmadbhāgavataṃ dadet
And on the full-moon day of (the month) Prauṣṭhapada, having adorned (it) together with a golden lion(-seat), one should give the Śrīmad Bhāgavata to a foremost brahmin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 195.44
भक्तियुक्तो विमानश्च मिताशी च जितेंद्रियः । श्रुत्वादितः स कृष्णस्य सायुज्यं लोकमाप्नुयात्
bhaktiyukto vimānaśca mitāśī ca jiteṃdriyaḥ | śrutvāditaḥ sa kṛṣṇasya sāyujyaṃ lokamāpnuyāt
Endowed with devotion, free from pride, eating moderately, and with senses subdued — having heard (it) from the beginning, he attains union with Kṛṣṇa's world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 195.45
आजन्ममात्रमपि येन शठेन चित्तं सम्यङ्नियम्य भुवि कृष्णकथा न पीता । चांडालवच्च पशुवद्बत तेन नीतं मिथ्या स्वजन्म जननी भृशमर्दिता च
ājanmamātramapi yena śaṭhena cittaṃ samyaṅniyamya bhuvi kṛṣṇakathā na pītā | cāṃḍālavacca paśuvadbata tena nītaṃ mithyā svajanma jananī bhṛśamarditā ca
That rogue who, having properly restrained his mind, has not once in his whole life drunk the story of Kṛṣṇa on earth — alas, by him his own birth has been spent in vain, like an outcaste's, like a beast's, and his mother has been sorely afflicted.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 195.46
यैर्न श्रुतं भागवतं पुराणमाराधितो नो पुरुषः पुराणः । मुखे हुतं नैव धरामराणां तेषां वृथा जन्म गतं नराणाम्
yairna śrutaṃ bhāgavataṃ purāṇamārādhito no puruṣaḥ purāṇaḥ | mukhe hutaṃ naiva dharāmarāṇāṃ teṣāṃ vṛthā janma gataṃ narāṇām
Those by whom the Bhāgavata Purāṇa has not been heard, nor the ancient Person worshipped, nor an oblation offered into the mouth of the earth-gods (brahmins) — for those men birth has passed in vain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 195.47
चित्तं न यस्य तु नरस्य हरेः कथायां संप्रीयते दुरितदुष्टमसत्प्रसंगात् । धिक्तं नरं पशुसमं भुविभारभूतमेवं वदंति मुनयः किल पूर्वसिद्धाः
cittaṃ na yasya tu narasya hareḥ kathāyāṃ saṃprīyate duritaduṣṭamasatprasaṃgāt | dhiktaṃ naraṃ paśusamaṃ bhuvibhārabhūtamevaṃ vadaṃti munayaḥ kila pūrvasiddhāḥ
But the man whose mind, corrupted by sin through association with the wicked, does not take delight in the story of Hari — shame on that man, equal to a beast, a burden on the earth: thus indeed say the sages, the adepts of old.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 195.48
दुर्ल्लभैव कथा लोके श्रीमद्भागवतोद्भवा । कोटिजन्मसमुत्थेन पुण्येनैव तु लभ्यते
durllabhaiva kathā loke śrīmadbhāgavatodbhavā | koṭijanmasamutthena puṇyenaiva tu labhyate
Hard to obtain indeed in this world is the discourse that arises from the Śrīmad Bhāgavata; it is obtained only through merit accumulated over ten million births.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 195.49
तेन योगनिधे साधो श्रोतव्या सात्वती कथा । प्रत्यहं नियमो नास्ति दिनानां वस्तुतो द्विज
tena yoganidhe sādho śrotavyā sātvatī kathā | pratyahaṃ niyamo nāsti dinānāṃ vastuto dvija
Therefore, O treasury of yoga, O good man, the Sātvata discourse should be heard; in truth, O twice-born, there is no rule (restricting it) to particular days, day by day.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 195.50
सत्येन ब्रह्मचर्येण यतोऽस्य श्रवणं मतम् । ततः कलौ विशेषो हि विधिः सप्तदिनात्मकः 6.195.
satyena brahmacaryeṇa yato'sya śravaṇaṃ matam | tataḥ kalau viśeṣo hi vidhiḥ saptadinātmakaḥ 6.195.
Since the hearing of it is enjoined (to be done) with truthfulness and celibacy, therefore in the Kali age there is indeed a special rule, consisting of seven days.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 195.51
मनसश्चाजयाद्रोगात्पुंसां चैवायुषः क्षयात् । कलेर्दोषबहुत्वाच्च सप्ताहश्रवणंमतम्
manasaścājayādrogātpuṃsāṃ caivāyuṣaḥ kṣayāt | kalerdoṣabahutvācca saptāhaśravaṇaṃmatam
Because of the unconquerability of the mind, because of disease, because of the decline of men's lifespan, and because of the abundance of the Kali age's faults, hearing over seven days is enjoined.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 195.52
मनसो निग्रहश्चैव नियमाचरणं तथा । कर्तुं सप्तदिनं शक्यं ततो नियमकल्पना
manaso nigrahaścaiva niyamācaraṇaṃ tathā | kartuṃ saptadinaṃ śakyaṃ tato niyamakalpanā
Restraint of the mind and likewise the practice of observances can be carried out for seven days; hence the prescription of the rule.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 195.53
श्रद्धया श्रवणे नित्यमाद्यंतावधि यत्फलम् । तत्फलं शुकदेवेन सप्ताहश्रवणे कृतम्
śraddhayā śravaṇe nityamādyaṃtāvadhi yatphalam | tatphalaṃ śukadevena saptāhaśravaṇe kṛtam
Whatever fruit there is in hearing (it) constantly with faith from beginning to end, that fruit was made (available) by Śukadeva in a seven-day hearing.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 195.54
यत्फलं नास्ति तपसा न योगेन समाधिना । अनायासेन तत्सर्वं सप्ताह श्रवणाल्लभेत्
yatphalaṃ nāsti tapasā na yogena samādhinā | anāyāsena tatsarvaṃ saptāha śravaṇāllabhet
Whatever fruit is not (obtained) by austerity, nor by yoga, nor by meditative absorption — all that one may obtain effortlessly from a seven-day hearing.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 195.55
यज्ञाद्व्रताच्च तपसो ध्यानाज्ज्ञानाच्च तीर्थतः । श्रीभागवतसप्ताह नियमो ह्युत्तमो मतः
yajñādvratācca tapaso dhyānājjñānācca tīrthataḥ | śrībhāgavatasaptāha niyamo hyuttamo mataḥ
Higher than sacrifice, than vows, than austerity, than meditation, than knowledge, and than pilgrimage, the observance of the Śrī Bhāgavata seven-day (recitation) is held to be supreme.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 195.56
यदा कृष्णो भुवं त्यक्त्वा स्वपदं गंतुमुद्यतः । तदाज्ञायोद्धवो धीमान्गोविंदं वाक्यमब्रवीत्
yadā kṛṣṇo bhuvaṃ tyaktvā svapadaṃ gaṃtumudyataḥ | tadājñāyoddhavo dhīmāngoviṃdaṃ vākyamabravīt
When Kṛṣṇa, about to leave the earth, was ready to go to his own abode, then wise Uddhava, knowing this, spoke these words to Govinda.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 195.57
उद्धव उवाच- भगवन्भवता सर्वं देवकार्यं प्रसाधितम् । अधुना गंतुमिच्छुस्त्वं स्वंपदं तमसः परम्
uddhava uvāca- bhagavanbhavatā sarvaṃ devakāryaṃ prasādhitam | adhunā gaṃtumicchustvaṃ svaṃpadaṃ tamasaḥ param
Uddhava said: Lord, by you all the business of the gods has been accomplished; now you wish to go to your own abode, beyond darkness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 195.58
अतश्चिंता ममोत्पन्ना त्वद्वियोग भिया विभो । तामपाकुरु देवेश त्वामहं शरणं गतः
ataściṃtā mamotpannā tvadviyoga bhiyā vibho | tāmapākuru deveśa tvāmahaṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ
Hence anxiety has arisen in me, O mighty one, from fear of separation from you; remove it, O lord of gods; I have come to you for refuge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 195.59
आगतोऽयं कलिर्घोरोऽत्र सर्वेऽपि जनाः खलाः । भविष्यंति ततो नाथ किं विधेयं तदादिश
āgato'yaṃ kalirghoro'tra sarve'pi janāḥ khalāḥ | bhaviṣyaṃti tato nātha kiṃ vidheyaṃ tadādiśa
This dreadful Kali age has come; here all people too will become wicked; therefore, O master, instruct (me) what is to be done.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 195.60
इयं भारवती भूमिः शरणं किं प्रयास्यति । त्वदन्यो दृश्यते नात्र त्राता स्याद् यदुनंदन
iyaṃ bhāravatī bhūmiḥ śaraṇaṃ kiṃ prayāsyati | tvadanyo dṛśyate nātra trātā syād yadunaṃdana
This earth, burdened, to what refuge shall it go? No other protector than you is seen here, O delight of the Yadus.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 195.61
अतोऽस्मासु दयां कृत्वा तिष्ठात्रैव दयानिधे । साधूनां रक्षणायैव त्वमाविरभवः प्रभो
ato'smāsu dayāṃ kṛtvā tiṣṭhātraiva dayānidhe | sādhūnāṃ rakṣaṇāyaiva tvamāvirabhavaḥ prabho
Therefore, showing compassion to us, stay right here, O ocean of compassion; it was for the protection of the good, O lord, that you became manifest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 195.62
निर्गुणोऽपि निराकारः सच्चिदानंदविग्रहः । त्वद्वियोगेन ते भक्ताः कथं स्थास्यंति भूतले
nirguṇo'pi nirākāraḥ saccidānaṃdavigrahaḥ | tvadviyogena te bhaktāḥ kathaṃ sthāsyaṃti bhūtale
Though (you are) without qualities and without form, (yet) your body is being, consciousness and bliss; through separation from you, how will your devotees survive on the earth?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 195.63
निर्गुणोपासने कष्टमतोऽस्मद्धितमाचर । सूत उवाच-। इत्युद्धववचः श्रुत्वा चिंतयित्वा क्षणं हरिः
nirguṇopāsane kaṣṭamato'smaddhitamācara | sūta uvāca-| ityuddhavavacaḥ śrutvā ciṃtayitvā kṣaṇaṃ hariḥ
"In the worship of the attributeless there is hardship; therefore do what is for our benefit." Sūta said: Having heard these words of Uddhava, Hari, reflecting for a moment,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 195.64
ददौ भागवतं तस्मै कृपया परया युतः । निजं तेजः समाधाय श्रीमद्भागवते द्विज
dadau bhāgavataṃ tasmai kṛpayā parayā yutaḥ | nijaṃ tejaḥ samādhāya śrīmadbhāgavate dvija
gave the Bhāgavata to him, filled with supreme compassion; having placed his own splendour in the Śrīmad Bhāgavata, O brahmin,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 195.65
दत्वोद्धवाय भगवान्स्वकीयं पदमाविशत् । तेनेयं वाङ्मयी मूर्तिर्वर्त्तते श्रीहरेरिह
datvoddhavāya bhagavānsvakīyaṃ padamāviśat | teneyaṃ vāṅmayī mūrtirvarttate śrīhareriha
and having given (it) to Uddhava, the Lord entered his own abode. Therefore this form of Śrī Hari, made of speech, abides here.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 195.66
सेवनात्सततं चास्याः पापं नश्येन्नृणां क्षणात् । सप्ताहश्रवणं तेन कथितं सर्वतोऽधिकम्
sevanātsatataṃ cāsyāḥ pāpaṃ naśyennṛṇāṃ kṣaṇāt | saptāhaśravaṇaṃ tena kathitaṃ sarvato'dhikam
And from constantly serving her, the sin of men would perish in a moment; therefore the seven-day hearing (of it) has been declared as higher than everything.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 195.67
श्रोता वक्ता पृच्छकश्च यांति तन्मयतां द्विज । दुःखदारिद्र्य दौर्भाग्य पाप प्रक्षालनाय च
śrotā vaktā pṛcchakaśca yāṃti tanmayatāṃ dvija | duḥkhadāridrya daurbhāgya pāpa prakṣālanāya ca
The hearer, the speaker, and the questioner attain identity with it, O brahmin; and for the washing away of sorrow, poverty, misfortune and sin,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 195.68
कामक्रोध जयार्थं च कलौ भागवतं क्षमम् । अन्यथा वैष्णवी माया देवानामपि दुर्जया । कथं निवर्तते पुंसां श्रीमद्भागवतं विना
kāmakrodha jayārthaṃ ca kalau bhāgavataṃ kṣamam | anyathā vaiṣṇavī māyā devānāmapi durjayā | kathaṃ nivartate puṃsāṃ śrīmadbhāgavataṃ vinā
and for the sake of conquering desire and anger in the Kali age, the Bhāgavata is competent. Otherwise, the Vaiṣṇavī māyā, hard to conquer even for the gods — how does it turn back from men without the Śrīmad Bhāgavata?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 195.69
सूत उवाच- इत्येवमुक्त्वा माहात्म्यं श्रीमद्भागवतस्य ते । कथां भागवतीं दिव्यां प्रवक्तुमुपचक्रमुः
sūta uvāca- ityevamuktvā māhātmyaṃ śrīmadbhāgavatasya te | kathāṃ bhāgavatīṃ divyāṃ pravaktumupacakramuḥ
Sūta said: Having thus spoken the greatness of the Śrīmad Bhāgavata, they began to recite the divine story of the Bhāgavata.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 195.70
वेदोपनिषदां सारे श्रीमद्भागवते द्विजैः । आरभ्यमाणे तत्रैव भक्तिराविरभूत्क्षणात्
vedopaniṣadāṃ sāre śrīmadbhāgavate dvijaiḥ | ārabhyamāṇe tatraiva bhaktirāvirabhūtkṣaṇāt
When the Śrīmad Bhāgavata, the essence of the Vedas and Upaniṣads, was being begun by the brahmins, right there Devotion (Bhakti) at once appeared,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 195.71
प्रेमान्विता चारुतनुर्मुदान्वितौ सुतौ गृहीत्वा तरुणौ स्वदोर्भ्याम् । श्रीकृष्ण गोविंद हरे मुरारे नाथेति नामानि मुहुर्वदंती
premānvitā cārutanurmudānvitau sutau gṛhītvā taruṇau svadorbhyām | śrīkṛṣṇa goviṃda hare murāre nātheti nāmāni muhurvadaṃtī
full of love, of lovely body, taking with her own two arms her two youthful, joyful sons, repeatedly uttering the names "Śrī Kṛṣṇa, Govinda, Hari, Murāri, Lord!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 195.72
तामागतां भागवतार्थभूषां सुचारुवेषां ददृशुः सदस्याः । व्यतर्कयंश्चापि कथं कुतासौ कास्तीति सर्वेऽपि सुविस्मिताक्षाः
tāmāgatāṃ bhāgavatārthabhūṣāṃ sucāruveṣāṃ dadṛśuḥ sadasyāḥ | vyatarkayaṃścāpi kathaṃ kutāsau kāstīti sarve'pi suvismitākṣāḥ
The members of the assembly saw her arrived, adorned with the meaning of the Bhāgavata, most beautifully dressed; and all of them, with eyes greatly astonished, wondered, "How? From where is she? Who is she?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 195.73
ततः कुमारा जगदुः कृतार्था कथार्थतो निष्पतिताधुनेयम् । एवं गिरः सा ससुता निशम्य जगाद नम्राब्जभुवः कुमारात्
tataḥ kumārā jagaduḥ kṛtārthā kathārthato niṣpatitādhuneyam | evaṃ giraḥ sā sasutā niśamya jagāda namrābjabhuvaḥ kumārāt
Then the Kumāras, their purpose accomplished, said: "She has now come forth out of the meaning of the story." Hearing these words, she with her sons spoke, bowing, to the son of the lotus-born (Brahmā).
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PdP 6 195.74
भक्तिरुवाच-। भवद्भिरद्यैव कृतास्मि पुष्टा कलौ प्रणष्टापि कथारसेन । तिष्ठामि कुत्राहमभीष्टमाभ्यां सहास्पदं मह्यमुपादशध्वम्
bhaktiruvāca-| bhavadbhiradyaiva kṛtāsmi puṣṭā kalau praṇaṣṭāpi kathārasena | tiṣṭhāmi kutrāhamabhīṣṭamābhyāṃ sahāspadaṃ mahyamupādaśadhvam
Bhakti said: "This very day I have been nourished by you through the savour of the story, though I had perished in the Kali age. Where shall I dwell? Show me the abode desired by me together with these two."
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PdP 6 195.75
सूत उवाच- तद्वाक्यमाकर्ण्य विधेः कुमारा विचार्य सम्यक्प्रणिधाय चित्ते । उचुश्च भक्तिं भवरोगहर्त्रीं प्रेमैकदात्रीं हरिभक्तिभाजाम्
sūta uvāca- tadvākyamākarṇya vidheḥ kumārā vicārya samyakpraṇidhāya citte | ucuśca bhaktiṃ bhavarogahartrīṃ premaikadātrīṃ haribhaktibhājām
Sūta said: Hearing that speech, the Kumāras, sons of the Creator, having considered well and fixed (it) in their minds, spoke to Bhakti, remover of the disease of worldly existence, sole giver of love to those who possess devotion to Hari.
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PdP 6 195.76
कुमारा ऊचुः । भक्तेषु गोविंद परायणेषु साधुष्वथो दीनदया परेषु । मनो नियम्योत्पथसंप्रवृत्तं कृत्वैकतानं हरिपादपद्मे
kumārā ūcuḥ | bhakteṣu goviṃda parāyaṇeṣu sādhuṣvatho dīnadayā pareṣu | mano niyamyotpathasaṃpravṛttaṃ kṛtvaikatānaṃ haripādapadme
The Kumāras said: "Among devotees devoted to Govinda, among the good, and among those intent on compassion for the wretched — restraining the mind that has set out on the wrong path, making it single-pointed upon Hari's lotus feet,
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PdP 6 195.77
ततो हि दोषाः कलिजा इमे त्वां द्रष्टुं न शक्ताः प्रभवोपि लोके । कलौ त्वमेकैव जगद्धिताय भविष्यसे नारद संप्रणीता
tato hi doṣāḥ kalijā ime tvāṃ draṣṭuṃ na śaktāḥ prabhavopi loke | kalau tvamekaiva jagaddhitāya bhaviṣyase nārada saṃpraṇītā
— then indeed these faults born of Kali, though powerful in the world, are unable to see you. In the Kali age you alone, brought forward by Nārada, shall be for the welfare of the world.
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PdP 6 195.78
सकलभुवनमध्ये निर्धनाश्चातिधन्या निवसति हृदि येषां श्रीहरेर्भक्तिरेका । हरिरपि निजलोकं सत्वरं संविहाय प्रविशति हृदि येषां प्रेमसूत्रापिनद्धः
sakalabhuvanamadhye nirdhanāścātidhanyā nivasati hṛdi yeṣāṃ śrīharerbhaktirekā | harirapi nijalokaṃ satvaraṃ saṃvihāya praviśati hṛdi yeṣāṃ premasūtrāpinaddhaḥ
Among all the worlds, those in whose heart dwells the one devotion to Śrī Hari, though penniless, are exceedingly blessed; and Hari too, quickly abandoning his own realm, bound by the cord of love, enters into their heart.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 195.195
श्रीभागवतमाहात्म्ये पंचनवत्यधिकशततमोऽध्यायः
śrībhāgavatamāhātmye paṃcanavatyadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ
In the Glorification of the Śrī Bhāgavata, the one hundred ninety-fifth chapter.
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