Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 206
PdP 6 206.1
सौभरिरुवाच- धर्मराजशिबिः श्रीमानाकर्ण्य तद्वचो मुनेः । नारदस्याब्रवीत्प्रीतमना इति तमुत्तमम्
saubhariruvāca- dharmarājaśibiḥ śrīmānākarṇya tadvaco muneḥ | nāradasyābravītprītamanā iti tamuttamam
Saubhari said: The illustrious Śibi, king of dharma, having listened to that speech of the sage Nārada, with a delighted mind spoke thus to that excellent one.
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PdP 6 206.2
शिबिरुवाच- मुने तीर्थवरस्यास्य निगमोद्बोध कस्य ते । माहात्म्यं वर्णितं सम्यक्श्रुतं पापहरं मया
śibiruvāca- mune tīrthavarasyāsya nigamodbodha kasya te | māhātmyaṃ varṇitaṃ samyakśrutaṃ pāpaharaṃ mayā
Śibi said: O sage, awakener of the Vedas, the greatness of this best of holy places, as described by you, which removes sin, has been well heard by me.
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PdP 6 206.3
इंद्रप्रस्थेत्र शतशः संति तीर्थानि वै मुने । अन्यस्यापि समाचक्ष्व माहात्म्यं यदि विद्यते
iṃdraprasthetra śataśaḥ saṃti tīrthāni vai mune | anyasyāpi samācakṣva māhātmyaṃ yadi vidyate
Here in Indraprastha there are indeed holy places by the hundred, O sage; tell also the greatness of another, if there is one.
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PdP 6 206.4
नारद उवाच- इंद्रप्रस्थांतरावर्तिन्येषा या द्वारका नृप । अस्यां पुरा हि यद्वृत्तं तत्ते वच्मि शृणुष्व मे
nārada uvāca- iṃdraprasthāṃtarāvartinyeṣā yā dvārakā nṛpa | asyāṃ purā hi yadvṛttaṃ tatte vacmi śṛṇuṣva me
Nārada said: This Dvārakā, O king, which lies within Indraprastha—what happened here of old, that I tell you; hear it from me.
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PdP 6 206.5
काम्पिल्येऽथ द्विजः कश्चित् पुष्पेषुर्मूर्तिमानिव । सर्वासां योषितां चित्तहारी स्यादग्रविभ्रमैः
kāmpilye'tha dvijaḥ kaścit puṣpeṣurmūrtimāniva | sarvāsāṃ yoṣitāṃ cittahārī syādagravibhramaiḥ
Now in Kāmpilya there was a certain brahmin, like the flower-arrowed (Kāma) embodied, who would steal the hearts of all women by his foremost graceful gestures.
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PdP 6 206.6
संगीतविद्याकुशलः कोकिलामधुरध्वनिः । एकदा स करे वीणां धारयन्वादयन्मुहुः
saṃgītavidyākuśalaḥ kokilāmadhuradhvaniḥ | ekadā sa kare vīṇāṃ dhārayanvādayanmuhuḥ
Skilled in the art of music, with a voice sweet as a cuckoo's, one day he, holding a vīṇā in his hand, played it again and again,
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PdP 6 206.7
कंठेन कोकिलालाप मधुरेण नराधिप । गायन्बभ्राम नगरे प्रतिरथ्यं महामतिः
kaṃṭhena kokilālāpa madhureṇa narādhipa | gāyanbabhrāma nagare pratirathyaṃ mahāmatiḥ
and with a throat sweet as the cuckoo's cry, O lord of men, that greatly intelligent one roamed the city, street after street, singing.
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PdP 6 206.8
तस्य गीतिध्वनिं श्रुत्वा मूर्छनातानसंयुतम् । त्वक्त्वा स्वगृहकार्याणि तमीयुः पौरयोषितः
tasya gītidhvaniṃ śrutvā mūrchanātānasaṃyutam | tvaktvā svagṛhakāryāṇi tamīyuḥ paurayoṣitaḥ
Hearing the sound of his song, joined with mūrchanās and tānas, the women of the city abandoned their household tasks and went to him.
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PdP 6 206.9
मोहितास्तस्य रूपेण कामवेगं न सेहिरे । जाता स्खलितवीर्यास्ता गीतं श्रुत्वा समक्षतः
mohitāstasya rūpeṇa kāmavegaṃ na sehire | jātā skhalitavīryāstā gītaṃ śrutvā samakṣataḥ
Bewildered by his beauty, they could not endure the force of desire; hearing his singing before their very eyes, they became women whose (chaste) strength had slipped away.
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PdP 6 206.10
ब्रह्मणो मानसं येन लोभितं भारतीं प्रति । शिवस्यार्द्धशरीरं च पार्वत्यै येन दापितम्
brahmaṇo mānasaṃ yena lobhitaṃ bhāratīṃ prati | śivasyārddhaśarīraṃ ca pārvatyai yena dāpitam
(He) by whom Brahmā's mind was made to covet Bhāratī, and by whom half of Śiva's body was made to be given to Pārvatī —
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PdP 6 206.11
ताभ्यामन्यो जनो लोके वशी वा ज्ञानवानपि । यः स्मरं तं क्षमो जेतुं स्त्रियः प्रकृतिचंचलाः
tābhyāmanyo jano loke vaśī vā jñānavānapi | yaḥ smaraṃ taṃ kṣamo jetuṃ striyaḥ prakṛticaṃcalāḥ
— what other person in the world than those two, even one self-controlled or possessed of knowledge, is able to conquer that Love? Women are by nature fickle.
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PdP 6 206.12
ताः स्मरावेशमासोढुं न साध्योपि विषेहिरे । वक्तव्यमिति किं राजन्लोके कामो हि दुर्जयः
tāḥ smarāveśamāsoḍhuṃ na sādhyopi viṣehire | vaktavyamiti kiṃ rājanloke kāmo hi durjayaḥ
They could not bear to endure the onset of desire — not even one who is accomplished (could). What is there to say, O king? For in this world Kāma is hard to conquer.
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PdP 6 206.13
अथ तास्तत्र तत्रेयुर्यत्र यत्र व्रजत्यसौ । प्रगायन्कंठवीणाभ्यां प्रगायन्स्वरमोहितः
atha tāstatra tatreyuryatra yatra vrajatyasau | pragāyankaṃṭhavīṇābhyāṃ pragāyansvaramohitaḥ
Then they went here and there, wherever he went, singing on with throat and lute, singing on, entranced by the notes.
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PdP 6 206.14
तासां पतिसुतभ्रातृपितरोऽथ नराधिप । आगत्य भर्त्सयित्वा ता निन्युः स्वान्स्वान्गृहान्प्रति
tāsāṃ patisutabhrātṛpitaro'tha narādhipa | āgatya bhartsayitvā tā ninyuḥ svānsvāngṛhānprati
Then, O king, the husbands, sons, brothers and fathers of those women came and, having rebuked them, led them each back to their own homes.
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PdP 6 206.15
तमन्विष्य पुनस्तास्तु जग्मुः सर्वास्तदंतिके । यदा तदा पौरजना वृत्तं तत्प्राहुरीश्वरे
tamanviṣya punastāstu jagmuḥ sarvāstadaṃtike | yadā tadā paurajanā vṛttaṃ tatprāhurīśvare
But they all sought him out and went again into his presence; then the townsfolk reported that happening to the ruler.
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PdP 6 206.16
राजापि तं समाहूय पप्रच्छ रहसि द्विजम् । केन मंत्रेण भो विप्र मोहितास्ताः पुरस्त्रियः
rājāpi taṃ samāhūya papraccha rahasi dvijam | kena maṃtreṇa bho vipra mohitāstāḥ purastriyaḥ
The king too summoned that brahmin and asked him in private: "By what spell, O brahmin, have these women of the city been bewitched?
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PdP 6 206.17
तन्ममाचक्ष्व विप्रेंद्र दास्यामि बहु ते धनम् । नोचेन्निष्कासयामि त्वां निजराज्यान्न संशयः
tanmamācakṣva vipreṃdra dāsyāmi bahu te dhanam | nocenniṣkāsayāmi tvāṃ nijarājyānna saṃśayaḥ
Tell me that, best of brahmins, and I shall give you much wealth; if not, I shall drive you out of my kingdom — there is no doubt."
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PdP 6 206.18
नारद उवाच- श्रुत्वेति नृपतेर्वाक्यं नृपतिं स द्विजोत्तमः । उवाच सत्यं तस्याग्रे वचोरूपगुणार्णवः
nārada uvāca- śrutveti nṛpatervākyaṃ nṛpatiṃ sa dvijottamaḥ | uvāca satyaṃ tasyāgre vacorūpaguṇārṇavaḥ
Nārada said: Hearing the king's words thus, that best of brahmins, an ocean of speech, beauty and virtues, spoke the truth to the king before him.
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PdP 6 206.19
द्विज उवाच- न मंत्रं नौषधं राजन्विद्यते मयि भिक्षुके । किंतु ते नगरे सर्वा योषितो ह्यजितेंद्रियाः
dvija uvāca- na maṃtraṃ nauṣadhaṃ rājanvidyate mayi bhikṣuke | kiṃtu te nagare sarvā yoṣito hyajiteṃdriyāḥ
The brahmin said: There is no spell nor drug in me, a mendicant, O king; rather, all the women in your city have their senses unsubdued.
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PdP 6 206.20
रूपं मम समालोक्य श्रुत्वा गीतध्वनिं तथा । स्मरवेगं सहंते न राजंस्तव पुरे स्त्रियः
rūpaṃ mama samālokya śrutvā gītadhvaniṃ tathā | smaravegaṃ sahaṃte na rājaṃstava pure striyaḥ
On seeing my beauty and hearing the sound of my song, the women in your city, O king, cannot bear the force of desire.
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PdP 6 206.21
किं करोमि महाराज कोऽपराधोस्ति मे विभो । पुराकृतमिवोल्लंघ्यं शासनं न महीपते
kiṃ karomi mahārāja ko'parādhosti me vibho | purākṛtamivollaṃghyaṃ śāsanaṃ na mahīpate
What am I to do, great king? What offence is mine, O lord? Like what was done in a former (life), your command cannot be overstepped, O lord of the earth.
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PdP 6 206.22
नारद उवाच- उशीनरशीबे राजन्नेवं कथयति द्विजे । सर्वे पौराः समेत्याथ प्रावदन्निति भूपतिम्
nārada uvāca- uśīnaraśībe rājannevaṃ kathayati dvije | sarve paurāḥ sametyātha prāvadanniti bhūpatim
Nārada said: While the brahmin was speaking thus, O king of the Uśīnaras and Śibis, all the townsmen then assembled and spoke thus to the king.
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PdP 6 206.23
पौरा ऊचुः - राजन्ननेन विप्रेण मोहिताः पौरयोषितः । गृहेषु न हि तिष्ठंति ह्यस्माभिरनिवारिताः
paurā ūcuḥ - rājannanena vipreṇa mohitāḥ paurayoṣitaḥ | gṛheṣu na hi tiṣṭhaṃti hyasmābhiranivāritāḥ
The townsmen said: O king, by this brahmin the women of the city have been bewitched; they do not stay in their houses, and cannot be restrained by us.
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PdP 6 206.24
यद्ययं मोहनः स्त्रीणां नगरे वत्स्यति प्रभो । तदा देशांतराण्येव यास्यामो वयमद्य वै । गतोऽस्माकं वृषो देवो हव्यकव्यक्रियात्मकः
yadyayaṃ mohanaḥ strīṇāṃ nagare vatsyati prabho | tadā deśāṃtarāṇyeva yāsyāmo vayamadya vai | gato'smākaṃ vṛṣo devo havyakavyakriyātmakaḥ
If this bewitcher of women is to dwell in the city, O lord, then this very day we shall go to other lands. Our bull-god, who is the very substance of the rites of offering to gods and ancestors, is gone.
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PdP 6 206.25
तमनुप्रस्थितात्क्षेत्राद्गौरियं पापिनामिव । विना तं शरणं यातं त्यक्तश्रीभिर्नरेश्वर
tamanuprasthitātkṣetrādgauriyaṃ pāpināmiva | vinā taṃ śaraṇaṃ yātaṃ tyaktaśrībhirnareśvara
This Gaurī, as of sinners, (has gone) from the field that has set out after him; without him, refuge has been sought by those who have abandoned prosperity, O lord of men.
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PdP 6 206.26
अथैनमनुयास्यंति वासिताभिर्वृषं यथा । शून्यालये कथं लक्ष्मीर्यत्नतोप्यवतिष्ठति
athainamanuyāsyaṃti vāsitābhirvṛṣaṃ yathā | śūnyālaye kathaṃ lakṣmīryatnatopyavatiṣṭhati
And then they will follow him, as a bull is followed by cows in heat. How can Lakṣmī abide in an empty house, even with effort?
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PdP 6 206.27
धर्मोऽर्थश्च गृहं चैतत् त्रयं स्त्रीवशगं यतः । कांताधर्म धनाधीना तयोर्नाशे न तिष्ठति
dharmo'rthaśca gṛhaṃ caitat trayaṃ strīvaśagaṃ yataḥ | kāṃtādharma dhanādhīnā tayornāśe na tiṣṭhati
Since these three — dharma, wealth and the household — depend upon the woman, and the wife depends on dharma and wealth, when those two are destroyed she does not remain.
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PdP 6 206.28
नारद उवाच- एवं वदत्सु पौरेषु स्त्रियस्तेषां समागताः । राजांतिक उपाविष्टा इत्यूचुस्ताः परस्परम्
nārada uvāca- evaṃ vadatsu paureṣu striyasteṣāṃ samāgatāḥ | rājāṃtika upāviṣṭā ityūcustāḥ parasparam
Nārada said: While the townsmen were speaking thus, their women gathered and, seated near the king, said this to one another:
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PdP 6 206.29
पौरस्त्रिय ऊचुः । कामं वामाकृतिं विप्रमेनं प्राप्यमनांसि नः । उल्लसंति दिवाधीशं कमलानीव वारिणि
paurastriya ūcuḥ | kāmaṃ vāmākṛtiṃ vipramenaṃ prāpyamanāṃsi naḥ | ullasaṃti divādhīśaṃ kamalānīva vāriṇi
The townswomen said: Truly, on obtaining this brahmin of lovely form, our hearts leap up, as lotuses do in the water at (the sight of) the lord of day.
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PdP 6 206.30
संकुचंति विना तेन कुमुदानि यथेंदुना । आगच्छंतमिलित्वैनंधारयामोनृपाग्रतः
saṃkucaṃti vinā tena kumudāni yatheṃdunā | āgacchaṃtamilitvainaṃdhārayāmonṛpāgrataḥ
Without him they close up, as night-lilies do without the moon. Let us meet him as he comes and hold him here before the king.
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PdP 6 206.31
अवध्योऽयं वयं चास्य किं करिष्यति भूपतिः । नारद उवाच- इत्युक्त्वा तास्त्वरावत्यो जगृहुस्तं द्विजोत्तमम्
avadhyo'yaṃ vayaṃ cāsya kiṃ kariṣyati bhūpatiḥ | nārada uvāca- ityuktvā tāstvarāvatyo jagṛhustaṃ dvijottamam
He is not to be killed, and neither are we — what will the king do to us? Nārada said: Having said this, they hastily seized that best of brahmins.
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PdP 6 206.32
पश्यतां निजभर्तॄणां राज्ञश्चैव पुरस्तदा । ऊचुश्चैनं मनोनाथ गृहानागच्छ हृच्छयम्
paśyatāṃ nijabhartṝṇāṃ rājñaścaiva purastadā | ūcuścainaṃ manonātha gṛhānāgaccha hṛcchayam
Then, before their own husbands and the king, who looked on, they said to him: O lord of (our) mind, come to (our) homes, O you who lie in (our) hearts;
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PdP 6 206.33
शमयाशु विनाद्यत्वां स्थातुं नैव च शक्नुमः । इत्याकर्ण्य वचस्तासां स विप्रः प्रत्युवाच ह
śamayāśu vinādyatvāṃ sthātuṃ naiva ca śaknumaḥ | ityākarṇya vacastāsāṃ sa vipraḥ pratyuvāca ha
quickly quench (our fire), for without you we cannot even remain (alive) today. Hearing these words of theirs, that brahmin replied:
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PdP 6 206.34
विप्र उवाच- भवतीनामहं पुत्रो भवत्यो मातरो मम । गृहान्किमर्थमुत्सृज्य भवत्यः पर्यटंति हि
vipra uvāca- bhavatīnāmahaṃ putro bhavatyo mātaro mama | gṛhānkimarthamutsṛjya bhavatyaḥ paryaṭaṃti hi
The brahmin said: I am your son, you are my mothers. For what purpose have you left your homes and are wandering about?
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PdP 6 206.35
आराधयत नाथान्स्वान्यतो लोकद्वयं ध्रुवम् । आराधितेषु पतिषु विष्णुः सर्वसुरेश्वरः
ārādhayata nāthānsvānyato lokadvayaṃ dhruvam | ārādhiteṣu patiṣu viṣṇuḥ sarvasureśvaraḥ
Worship your own husbands, for from that the two worlds are assured. When husbands are worshipped, Viṣṇu, the lord of all gods,
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PdP 6 206.36
प्रसन्नो भवति त्वत्र प्रसन्ने किमु दुर्लभम् । या स्त्री स्वपतिमुत्सृज्य सेवतेऽन्यसुखेच्छया
prasanno bhavati tvatra prasanne kimu durlabham | yā strī svapatimutsṛjya sevate'nyasukhecchayā
becomes pleased; and when he is pleased, what is hard to obtain? The woman who abandons her own husband and serves (another) out of desire for other pleasure —
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PdP 6 206.37
सापवादमवाप्नोति याति घोरां च दुर्गतिम् । उषित्वा तत्र कल्पांते यावत्सा पतिवंचना
sāpavādamavāpnoti yāti ghorāṃ ca durgatim | uṣitvā tatra kalpāṃte yāvatsā pativaṃcanā
she incurs blame and goes to a terrible evil state; having dwelt there until the end of the aeon, that deceiver of her husband
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PdP 6 206.38
पुनस्तस्माद्विनिर्गत्य स्थावरत्वं प्रपद्यते । तस्मादपि पशुत्वं सा लभते बहुजन्मसु
punastasmādvinirgatya sthāvaratvaṃ prapadyate | tasmādapi paśutvaṃ sā labhate bahujanmasu
then, coming out from there, attains the state of an immobile (plant); and from that too she obtains animal births for many lifetimes.
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PdP 6 206.39
ततो मुक्ता मनुष्यत्वे व्यंगा भवति तत्र सा । एवं पापगतिं ज्ञात्वा निवर्तध्वमतो जनात्
tato muktā manuṣyatve vyaṃgā bhavati tatra sā | evaṃ pāpagatiṃ jñātvā nivartadhvamato janāt
Then, released from that, in a human birth she becomes crippled there. Knowing thus the course of sin, turn back from this man;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 206.40
नो वा यास्यथ देहांते नरकं भृशदारुणम् । यदिच्छंति भवंत्यो मे सुखं तन्नेह लप्स्यथ । पापमेव हि युष्माकं यतोधःपतनं नृणाम्
no vā yāsyatha dehāṃte narakaṃ bhṛśadāruṇam | yadicchaṃti bhavaṃtyo me sukhaṃ tanneha lapsyatha | pāpameva hi yuṣmākaṃ yatodhaḥpatanaṃ nṛṇām
otherwise at the end of your bodies you will go to a most dreadful hell. The pleasure that you ladies wish from me — you will not obtain it here; for it would be sin only for you, whereby men fall downward.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 206.41
नारद उवाच- श्रुत्वैवं वचनं तस्य दृष्ट्वा भर्तृसुखानि च । लज्जयानम्र मुख्यस्ता लतावातहता इव
nārada uvāca- śrutvaivaṃ vacanaṃ tasya dṛṣṭvā bhartṛsukhāni ca | lajjayānamra mukhyastā latāvātahatā iva
Nārada said: Hearing his words thus, and seeing the pleasures (to be had) of their husbands, they were bowed of face with shame, like creepers struck by the wind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 206.42
तासां तु पुरनारीणां स्मराग्निर्भृशदारुणः । शशाम तस्य शीतेन बटोर्वचनवारिणा
tāsāṃ tu puranārīṇāṃ smarāgnirbhṛśadāruṇaḥ | śaśāma tasya śītena baṭorvacanavāriṇā
But the exceedingly dreadful fire of love in those townswomen was quenched by the cool water of that boy-brahmin's words.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 206.43
उत्थाय चेलुः सर्वास्ता विनिंदंत्य इति स्मरम् । ब्रह्मशक्रादिदेवानामपि मोहकरं नृप
utthāya celuḥ sarvāstā viniṃdaṃtya iti smaram | brahmaśakrādidevānāmapi mohakaraṃ nṛpa
They all rose and departed, reviling Love in this way — (Love) who deludes even Brahmā, Indra and the other gods, O king.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 206.44
स्त्रिय ऊचुः । धिगिमं पापकर्माणं शीलदारुकुठारकम् । कामवामदृशां प्रीत्यै धन्यो येन हतः स्मरः
striya ūcuḥ | dhigimaṃ pāpakarmāṇaṃ śīladārukuṭhārakam | kāmavāmadṛśāṃ prītyai dhanyo yena hataḥ smaraḥ
The women said: Shame on this evildoer, the axe to the timber of good conduct! Blessed is he by whom Love was slain, for the joy of lovely-eyed women.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 206.45
किं वदेम जगत्पूज्यां रुक्मिणीं जठरे यया । धृतः प्रद्युम्ननाम्नाऽसौ राहुः स्त्रीशीलचंद्रभुक्
kiṃ vadema jagatpūjyāṃ rukmiṇīṃ jaṭhare yayā | dhṛtaḥ pradyumnanāmnā'sau rāhuḥ strīśīlacaṃdrabhuk
What shall we say of Rukmiṇī, worshipped by the world, by whom in her womb was borne, under the name Pradyumna, this Rāhu who devours the moon of women's virtue?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 206.46
स देवाधम आयाति यदि नो दृष्टगोचरम् । भूयो ध्यानकृतेशान दृगग्नौ तं क्षिपामहे
sa devādhama āyāti yadi no dṛṣṭagocaram | bhūyo dhyānakṛteśāna dṛgagnau taṃ kṣipāmahe
If that basest of gods comes within our sight, O lord — again, by the act of meditation, we shall cast him into the fire of our eyes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 206.47
येनायं जनितः पापो ह्यात्मारामेण विष्णुना । कृतः षोडशसाहस्रस्त्रीप्रियः का हि नः कथा
yenāyaṃ janitaḥ pāpo hyātmārāmeṇa viṣṇunā | kṛtaḥ ṣoḍaśasāhasrastrīpriyaḥ kā hi naḥ kathā
By whom this sinner was begotten — by Viṣṇu, who delights in himself — and (who) was made the beloved of sixteen thousand women: what indeed is our story (in comparison)?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 206.48
एवं विनिंद्य तं कामं तुष्टुवुस्तं द्विजोत्तमम् । शीलं स्वस्य च तासां च रक्षितं येन भूपते
evaṃ viniṃdya taṃ kāmaṃ tuṣṭuvustaṃ dvijottamam | śīlaṃ svasya ca tāsāṃ ca rakṣitaṃ yena bhūpate
Thus, having censured Kāma (Love) in this way, they praised that best of brahmins, by whom, O lord of the earth, both his own chastity and theirs had been guarded.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 206.49
धन्या सामुष्य जननी ययायं ब्राह्मणोत्तमः । स्मरजिन्निर्मितो लोके परधर्मस्य रक्षकः
dhanyā sāmuṣya jananī yayāyaṃ brāhmaṇottamaḥ | smarajinnirmito loke paradharmasya rakṣakaḥ
Blessed is his mother, by whom this best of brahmins was brought forth in the world, a conqueror of Love, a protector of another's dharma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 206.50
धिगस्तु नो राजलोकैर्हसिताः स्मरनिर्जिताः । याभिर्वाक्यमनोभ्यां च जनितं पापमुल्बणम्
dhigastu no rājalokairhasitāḥ smaranirjitāḥ | yābhirvākyamanobhyāṃ ca janitaṃ pāpamulbaṇam
Shame on us, who are laughed at by the company of kings, conquered by Love — by us who by word and mind have produced a monstrous sin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 206.51
नारद उवाच- एवं विचिंतयंत्यस्ता एक्यमत्ययुताः स्त्रियः । जग्मुः स्वंस्वं गृहं सर्वा द्विजवाक्येन बोधिताः
nārada uvāca- evaṃ viciṃtayaṃtyastā ekyamatyayutāḥ striyaḥ | jagmuḥ svaṃsvaṃ gṛhaṃ sarvā dvijavākyena bodhitāḥ
Nārada said: Thinking thus, those women, joined in one accord, all went each to her own house, awakened by the brahmin's words.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 206.52
अथ राजापि कांपिल्यस्तं द्विजं वस्त्रभूषणैः । संपूज्य प्रेषयामास सद्गृहे संयतेंद्रियम्
atha rājāpi kāṃpilyastaṃ dvijaṃ vastrabhūṣaṇaiḥ | saṃpūjya preṣayāmāsa sadgṛhe saṃyateṃdriyam
Then the king of Kāmpilya too, having honored that brahmin of restrained senses with garments and ornaments, sent him to a good house.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 206.53
अथागच्छति काले तु कारूषाधिपतिर्बली । कांपिल्याधिपतिं सैन्यैर्नगरं रुरुधे तदा
athāgacchati kāle tu kārūṣādhipatirbalī | kāṃpilyādhipatiṃ sainyairnagaraṃ rurudhe tadā
Then, as time went on, the mighty lord of the Kārūṣas besieged the city of the king of Kāmpilya with his armies.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 206.54
तयोर्युद्धमभूद्घोरं तेन युद्धे स घातितः । नगरं लुठितं सर्वं हताः शूराश्च सर्वशः
tayoryuddhamabhūdghoraṃ tena yuddhe sa ghātitaḥ | nagaraṃ luṭhitaṃ sarvaṃ hatāḥ śūrāśca sarvaśaḥ
A terrible battle took place between those two, and by him (the Kārūṣa) the other was slain in the fight; the whole city was plundered, and the warriors were killed on every side.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 206.55
ता स्त्रियः कालकूटं तु खादित्वा मरणं गताः । प्रायश्चित्तं तु न कृतं ताभिः पापस्य तस्य तु
tā striyaḥ kālakūṭaṃ tu khāditvā maraṇaṃ gatāḥ | prāyaścittaṃ tu na kṛtaṃ tābhiḥ pāpasya tasya tu
Those women, having swallowed deadly poison, met their death; but no expiation had been performed by them for that sin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 206.56
येन पापेन ताः सर्वा भीषणाख्यस्य रक्षसः । राक्षस्यो नगरे जाता महाकाया भयानकाः
yena pāpena tāḥ sarvā bhīṣaṇākhyasya rakṣasaḥ | rākṣasyo nagare jātā mahākāyā bhayānakāḥ
By which sin they all became rākṣasīs — huge-bodied and terrifying — in the city of the rākṣasa named Bhīṣaṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 206.57
तत्र ता निहिताः सर्वाः पुरनार्यो हनूमता । यज्ञांश्च रसतो जिष्णोस्तिष्ठतां रथकेतने
tatra tā nihitāḥ sarvāḥ puranāryo hanūmatā | yajñāṃśca rasato jiṣṇostiṣṭhatāṃ rathaketane
There all those city-women were struck down by Hanumān, and the sacrifices too — from the essence(?) of the victorious one who stood on the chariot's banner.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 206.58
पुनस्ता एव राक्षस्यो बभूवुर्मारवेध्वनि । क्षुधार्ताश्च तृषार्ताश्च दर्शनेन भयप्रदाः
punastā eva rākṣasyo babhūvurmāravedhvani | kṣudhārtāśca tṛṣārtāśca darśanena bhayapradāḥ
Again those very ones became rākṣasīs on the desert road, tormented by hunger and by thirst, terrifying to look upon.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 206.59
एवं तेन तु पापेन वाङ्मनोविहितेन तु । ताभिर्जन्मद्वयं प्राप्तं राक्षसीयोनिमिश्रितम्
evaṃ tena tu pāpena vāṅmanovihitena tu | tābhirjanmadvayaṃ prāptaṃ rākṣasīyonimiśritam
Thus by that sin, committed by speech and mind (alone), a double birth mixed with the womb of rākṣasīs was obtained by them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 206.60
पापेन नाशितं तासां स नृपं नगरद्वयम् । अतएव न कर्त्तव्यं परकांतनिषेवणम्
pāpena nāśitaṃ tāsāṃ sa nṛpaṃ nagaradvayam | ataeva na karttavyaṃ parakāṃtaniṣevaṇam
By their sin two cities together with the king were destroyed; therefore resort to another's husband must not be done.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 206.61
नारीभिः पापभीताभिर्वाङ्मनोभ्यामपि प्रभो । रोगी जडो दरिद्रो वा नेत्राभ्यां वर्जितोऽपि वा । न त्याज्यः स्वपतिः स्त्रीभिः इच्छंतीभिस्तु सद्गतिम्
nārībhiḥ pāpabhītābhirvāṅmanobhyāmapi prabho | rogī jaḍo daridro vā netrābhyāṃ varjito'pi vā | na tyājyaḥ svapatiḥ strībhiḥ icchaṃtībhistu sadgatim
By women who fear sin, O lord, (it must not be done) even by word and mind. Though he be sick, dull, poor, or even deprived of both eyes, her own husband is not to be abandoned by women who desire a good destiny.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 206.62
कथितमिदं मया मनोवचोभ्यां जनितमघं च यदन्यकांतभक्त्या । फलमपि च यदेव लब्धमाभिस्तदपि शिबे बहुविस्तरेण तुभ्यम्
kathitamidaṃ mayā manovacobhyāṃ janitamaghaṃ ca yadanyakāṃtabhaktyā | phalamapi ca yadeva labdhamābhistadapi śibe bahuvistareṇa tubhyam
This has been told by you — er, by me: the sin produced by mind and speech through devotion to another's husband, and also the very fruit that was obtained by these women; that too, O Śibi, (has been told) to you at great length.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 206.63
इंद्रप्रस्थगता न ये ममनघा या द्वारका दृश्यते तास्तस्या जलबिंदुदेहपतनात्पौरस्त्रियो रेभिरे । स्वर्गं चित्तवचोऽन्यकांत भजनाज्जातं विमुच्वोल्बणं क्रव्यादत्वमवाप्य देववनिताभावं सुराह्लाददम्
iṃdraprasthagatā na ye mamanaghā yā dvārakā dṛśyate tāstasyā jalabiṃdudehapatanātpaurastriyo rebhire | svargaṃ cittavaco'nyakāṃta bhajanājjātaṃ vimucvolbaṇaṃ kravyādatvamavāpya devavanitābhāvaṃ surāhlādadam
(Reading uncertain:) Those city-women who did not go to Indraprastha, (and) that Dvārakā which is seen — they, from the falling of a drop of water on the body, made sport(?); having released the monstrous (sin) born of devotion in mind and speech to another's husband, having (first) undergone the state of flesh-eaters, they attained heaven, the condition of celestial women that gives delight to the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain