Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 207
PdP 6 207.1
सौभरिरुवाच- धर्मात्मज निशम्यैतद्वचस्तस्य महात्मनः । नारदस्य शिबी राजा प्रोवाचेदं विनीतवत्
saubhariruvāca- dharmātmaja niśamyaitadvacastasya mahātmanaḥ | nāradasya śibī rājā provācedaṃ vinītavat
Saubhari said: O son of Dharma, having heard this speech of that great soul Nārada, King Śibi spoke this humbly.
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PdP 6 207.2
शिबिरुवाच- तिष्ठंत्यो मरुमार्गे ता राक्षस्यो मुनिपुंगव । एतस्या द्वारिकायास्तु लेभिरे सलिलं कुतः
śibiruvāca- tiṣṭhaṃtyo marumārge tā rākṣasyo munipuṃgava | etasyā dvārikāyāstu lebhire salilaṃ kutaḥ
Śibi said: Those rākṣasīs standing on the desert road, O foremost of sages — from where did they obtain the water of this Dvārikā?
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PdP 6 207.3
नारद उवाच- शृणु राजन्कथां दिव्यां पूतां पापप्रणाशिनीम् । विमलाख्यस्य विप्रस्य हिमवद्द्रोणिवासिनः
nārada uvāca- śṛṇu rājankathāṃ divyāṃ pūtāṃ pāpapraṇāśinīm | vimalākhyasya viprasya himavaddroṇivāsinaḥ
Nārada said: Hear, O king, the divine, purifying, sin-destroying tale of the brahmin named Vimala, who dwelt in a valley of the Himālaya.
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PdP 6 207.4
एकस्तु हिमवद्द्रोण्यां विमलो नाम भूसुरः । देवर्षिपितृवह्नीनां पूजकोऽतिथिपूजकः
ekastu himavaddroṇyāṃ vimalo nāma bhūsuraḥ | devarṣipitṛvahnīnāṃ pūjako'tithipūjakaḥ
There was in a Himālayan valley a certain brahmin named Vimala, a worshipper of the gods, the sages, the ancestors and the fires, and an honorer of guests.
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PdP 6 207.5
हरिपादार्चनरतो वेदवेदांगधर्मवित् । वासुदेवगुणग्राम पुराणश्रुतिमानसः
haripādārcanarato vedavedāṃgadharmavit | vāsudevaguṇagrāma purāṇaśrutimānasaḥ
(He was) devoted to the worship of Hari's feet, a knower of the Vedas, the Vedic auxiliaries, and dharma, his mind (fixed) on the host of Vāsudeva's virtues and on hearing the Purāṇas.
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PdP 6 207.6
वार्द्धके तस्य पुत्रोऽभूत्प्रसादाच्चक्रपाणिनः । चकार हरिदत्तेति नाम्ना तं जनकस्तदा
vārddhake tasya putro'bhūtprasādāccakrapāṇinaḥ | cakāra haridatteti nāmnā taṃ janakastadā
In his old age a son was born to him by the favour of the Discus-bearer (Viṣṇu); the father then gave him the name Haridatta.
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PdP 6 207.7
विधिवद्विदधे चास्य क्षौरकर्मादिकं च तत् । गुरोः सकाशाज्जग्राह छंदांसि हरिदत्तकः
vidhivadvidadhe cāsya kṣaurakarmādikaṃ ca tat | guroḥ sakāśājjagrāha chaṃdāṃsi haridattakaḥ
And he performed for him the tonsure rite and the rest according to rule; and Haridatta received the Vedic metres from his teacher.
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PdP 6 207.8
अधीत्य विधिवद्वेदान्दत्त्वा च गुरुदक्षिणाम् । प्रवव्राज विरक्तः सन्समूलं चाश्रमद्वयम्
adhītya vidhivadvedāndattvā ca gurudakṣiṇām | pravavrāja viraktaḥ sansamūlaṃ cāśramadvayam
Having studied the Vedas according to rule and given the teacher's fee, he, being detached, went forth (as a renunciant), (abandoning) both householder stages root and all.
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PdP 6 207.9
ज्ञात्वा तत्कर्मतन्माता व्यलपत्पुत्रवत्सला । स्नापयंती कुचद्वंद्वं पुत्रविश्लेषजाश्रुभिः
jñātvā tatkarmatanmātā vyalapatputravatsalā | snāpayaṃtī kucadvaṃdvaṃ putraviśleṣajāśrubhiḥ
Learning of that act of his, his mother, fond of her son, wailed, bathing her two breasts with tears born of separation from her son.
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PdP 6 207.10
मातोवाच- मामनाथां परित्यज्य तात यातोऽसि कुत्र वै । पितरं च जराग्रस्तं षट्पदो बल्वजाविव
mātovāca- māmanāthāṃ parityajya tāta yāto'si kutra vai | pitaraṃ ca jarāgrastaṃ ṣaṭpado balvajāviva
The mother said: Abandoning me, who am without protector, my child, where indeed have you gone? — and (abandoning) your father, seized by old age, as a bee (abandons) balvaja grass.
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PdP 6 207.11
वार्द्धके त्वं मया प्राप्तः श्रीपतेः पादसेवया । मां विहायाभजस्त्वं वै चरणं तस्य मुक्तये
vārddhake tvaṃ mayā prāptaḥ śrīpateḥ pādasevayā | māṃ vihāyābhajastvaṃ vai caraṇaṃ tasya muktaye
In old age you were obtained by me through service at the feet of the Lord of Śrī; yet you, leaving me, have resorted to his feet for the sake of liberation.
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PdP 6 207.12
अहं मूढा ध्रुवं तात ध्रुवमाराध्य यद्धरिम् । अध्रुवं वांछितवती भवन्तं तु सुखलब्धये
ahaṃ mūḍhā dhruvaṃ tāta dhruvamārādhya yaddharim | adhruvaṃ vāṃchitavatī bhavantaṃ tu sukhalabdhaye
I was a fool, my child, in that, having propitiated the enduring Hari, I desired you, who are impermanent, for the gaining of happiness.
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PdP 6 207.13
त्वं सुधीर्वत्स सर्वार्थं यद्विष्णुं भजसे स्वयम् । अध्रुवं जगदेतद्वै मत्वासीस्त्वमपि ध्रुवम्
tvaṃ sudhīrvatsa sarvārthaṃ yadviṣṇuṃ bhajase svayam | adhruvaṃ jagadetadvai matvāsīstvamapi dhruvam
You are wise, my son, in that you yourself worship Viṣṇu, who is the whole aim; deeming this world impermanent, you too have become firm.
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PdP 6 207.14
किं करोमि क्व गच्छामि माया ज्ञानं छिनत्ति मे । सुफलोत्पादकं शास्त्री रंभामूलमिवोल्बणा
kiṃ karomi kva gacchāmi māyā jñānaṃ chinatti me | suphalotpādakaṃ śāstrī raṃbhāmūlamivolbaṇā
What shall I do? Where shall I go? Illusion cuts off my knowledge, which produces good fruit, as a fierce woman with a blade (cuts) the root of a plantain.
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PdP 6 207.15
धन्यो दशरथो राजा यो मृतो रामशोकतः । धिङ्मां पुत्रस्य विश्लेषाद्धारयंती स्वजीवितम्
dhanyo daśaratho rājā yo mṛto rāmaśokataḥ | dhiṅmāṃ putrasya viśleṣāddhārayaṃtī svajīvitam
Blessed was King Daśaratha, who died of grief for Rāma; shame on me, who keep my own life going despite separation from my son.
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PdP 6 207.16
आगच्छ दर्शंन देहि तात मां परितारय । वद वेदमयीं वाणीं पितुरग्रे गुणार्णव
āgaccha darśaṃna dehi tāta māṃ paritāraya | vada vedamayīṃ vāṇīṃ pituragre guṇārṇava
Come, grant me the sight (of you), my child, carry me across; speak the speech made of the Veda before your father, O ocean of virtues.
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PdP 6 207.17
नारद उवाच- एवं विलप्य तन्माता राजन्सा पतिता भुवि । दलनाद्राहुदत्तानां लेखा चांद्रमसी यथा
nārada uvāca- evaṃ vilapya tanmātā rājansā patitā bhuvi | dalanādrāhudattānāṃ lekhā cāṃdramasī yathā
Nārada said: Having lamented thus, O king, that mother of his fell to the ground, like the streak of the moon from the rending inflicted by Rāhu.
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PdP 6 207.18
अथाजगाम विप्रर्षिर्विमलो नृपसत्तमः । दृष्ट्वा तां पतितां भूमौ किंकिमित्यभ्यभाषत
athājagāma viprarṣirvimalo nṛpasattamaḥ | dṛṣṭvā tāṃ patitāṃ bhūmau kiṃkimityabhyabhāṣata
Then, O best of kings, the brahmin sage Vimala came; seeing her fallen on the ground, he said, "What, what (is this)?"
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PdP 6 207.19
कस्मादियं कीर्णकेशव्यस्तवस्त्रविभूषणा । पतिता भुवि कल्याणं हरिदत्तस्य विद्यते
kasmādiyaṃ kīrṇakeśavyastavastravibhūṣaṇā | patitā bhuvi kalyāṇaṃ haridattasya vidyate
Why is she fallen on the ground with hair scattered, her clothes and ornaments disarranged? Is Haridatta well?
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PdP 6 207.20
तस्यावयस्यास्ताः सर्वाः प्रोचुस्तं विमलं नृप । वयस्या ऊचुः - अधीत्य वेदांस्ते पुत्रो दत्त्वा च गुरुदक्षिणाम्
tasyāvayasyāstāḥ sarvāḥ procustaṃ vimalaṃ nṛpa | vayasyā ūcuḥ - adhītya vedāṃste putro dattvā ca gurudakṣiṇām
All those women-friends of hers spoke to that Vimala, O king. The friends said: Your son, having studied the Vedas and given the teacher's fee—
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PdP 6 207.21
नारायणपरो भूत्वा प्राव्रजद्धरिदत्तकः । तस्य विश्लेषशोकेन पतितेयं धरातले
nārāyaṇaparo bhūtvā prāvrajaddharidattakaḥ | tasya viśleṣaśokena patiteyaṃ dharātale
—Haridatta, becoming devoted to Nārāyaṇa, has gone forth as a renunciant; through grief at separation from him she has fallen on the ground.
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PdP 6 207.22
नारद उवाच- इत्याकर्ण्य वचस्तासां विमलो बुद्धिमत्तरः । प्राबोधयन्निजां भार्यामिति वागमृतेन सः
nārada uvāca- ityākarṇya vacastāsāṃ vimalo buddhimattaraḥ | prābodhayannijāṃ bhāryāmiti vāgamṛtena saḥ
Nārada said: Hearing this speech of theirs, Vimala, who was exceedingly wise, awakened his own wife with this nectar of words.
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PdP 6 207.23
विमल उवाच- उत्तिष्ठ जाये शृणु वाक्यमीरितं मया किमर्थं पतिता विषीदसि । धन्यः सुतस्ते य इमं विनश्वरं विज्ञाय भेजे हरिपादपल्लवम्
vimala uvāca- uttiṣṭha jāye śṛṇu vākyamīritaṃ mayā kimarthaṃ patitā viṣīdasi | dhanyaḥ sutaste ya imaṃ vinaśvaraṃ vijñāya bheje haripādapallavam
Vimala said: Rise, wife, hear the words spoken by me. Why do you lie fallen and grieve? Blessed is that son of yours, who, recognising this (world) as perishable, has resorted to the tender feet of Hari.
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PdP 6 207.24
धन्या त्वमप्यस्य जनि प्रदायिनी यस्याः सुतस्ते हरिपादभागभूत् । संतारयिष्यत्यपि मामसंशयं कुलं कुलोत्थानपि पूरुषान्शुभे
dhanyā tvamapyasya jani pradāyinī yasyāḥ sutaste haripādabhāgabhūt | saṃtārayiṣyatyapi māmasaṃśayaṃ kulaṃ kulotthānapi pūruṣānśubhe
Blessed are you too, the giver of birth to him, you whose son has become a portion of Hari's feet; he will without doubt carry me across too, and the family, and the men sprung from the family, O fair one.
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PdP 6 207.25
क्व विश्वमेकतच्च पतच्चलं क्व सेवनं शाश्वतलोकदं हरेः । मत्वेति भेजुर्भरतादयो नृपा यथा हरिं साध्वि तथैव ते सुतः
kva viśvamekatacca pataccalaṃ kva sevanaṃ śāśvatalokadaṃ hareḥ | matveti bhejurbharatādayo nṛpā yathā hariṃ sādhvi tathaiva te sutaḥ
"Where is the world, one and yet falling and unsteady, and where is the service of Hari, which grants the eternal realm?" Thinking thus, kings like Bharata resorted to Hari; just so, O virtuous woman, does your son.
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PdP 6 207.26
दारा धनागार शरीरबांधवा एते भवंति प्रतिजन्मदुःखदाः । तावन्नयावद्धरिपादपल्लवं भजेत धीरोऽखिलकामवर्जितः
dārā dhanāgāra śarīrabāṃdhavā ete bhavaṃti pratijanmaduḥkhadāḥ | tāvannayāvaddharipādapallavaṃ bhajeta dhīro'khilakāmavarjitaḥ
Wife, wealth, house, body, kinsmen — these bring pain in birth after birth; therefore the steadfast man, free of all desires, should resort to the tender feet of Hari before that (comes to pass).
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PdP 6 207.27
नारद उवाच- एवं प्रबोधिता तेन धीरेण धरणीतलात् । उत्थाय निजभर्तारमब्रवीद्दीनया गिरा
nārada uvāca- evaṃ prabodhitā tena dhīreṇa dharaṇītalāt | utthāya nijabhartāramabravīddīnayā girā
Nārada said: Thus awakened by that steadfast one, she rose from the surface of the ground and spoke to her own husband with a piteous voice.
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PdP 6 207.28
भार्योवाच। सर्वं जानाम्यहं कांत यत्त्वया साधुभाषितम् । कुलधुर्यं न पश्यामि यतस्तप्यामि वै भृशम्
bhāryovāca| sarvaṃ jānāmyahaṃ kāṃta yattvayā sādhubhāṣitam | kuladhuryaṃ na paśyāmi yatastapyāmi vai bhṛśam
The wife said: I know all that has been well spoken by you, my beloved; (but) I do not see a bearer of the family line, and for that reason indeed I grieve exceedingly.
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PdP 6 207.29
पुत्रे सति महत्तीर्थे किं वा केशवसेवया । गृह एवावयोर्मृत्युश्चेत्स्याल्लोकद्वयं तदा
putre sati mahattīrthe kiṃ vā keśavasevayā | gṛha evāvayormṛtyuścetsyāllokadvayaṃ tadā
When a son exists, what need is there of the great pilgrimage place, or of the service of Keśava? If death came to us two even in the house, then both worlds (would be ours).
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PdP 6 207.30
सत्पुत्रोत्पादने यत्नः कर्त्तव्यः खलु मानवैः । तारयंति पितॄन्पुत्रा यतः संसारवारिधैः
satputrotpādane yatnaḥ karttavyaḥ khalu mānavaiḥ | tārayaṃti pitṝnputrā yataḥ saṃsāravāridhaiḥ
Men must surely make effort in begetting a good son, since sons carry their fathers across the oceans of worldly existence.
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PdP 6 207.31
स्रष्टारं सर्वजंतूनां धातारं पुत्रकाम्यया । भज वांछसि चेत्पुत्रं कुलधुर्यं महामते
sraṣṭāraṃ sarvajaṃtūnāṃ dhātāraṃ putrakāmyayā | bhaja vāṃchasi cetputraṃ kuladhuryaṃ mahāmate
If you desire a son who will bear the family line, O great-minded one, worship the creator of all beings, the Ordainer (Brahmā), with the wish for a son.
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PdP 6 207.32
नारद उवाच- इत्याकर्ण्यवचस्तस्याः प्रत्याह विमलो द्विजः । ब्रह्मक्षेत्रं प्रयागं हि याम्यहं पुत्रकाम्यया
nārada uvāca- ityākarṇyavacastasyāḥ pratyāha vimalo dvijaḥ | brahmakṣetraṃ prayāgaṃ hi yāmyahaṃ putrakāmyayā
Nārada said: Having heard that speech of hers, the pure brahmin replied: Indeed I shall go to Prayāga, the field of Brahmā, with the wish for a son.
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PdP 6 207.33
इत्युक्त्वा चलितः सोऽथ हरिद्वारमगाद्द्विजः । स्नात्वा तत्रापि विधिवदिंद्रप्रस्थमथागमत्
ityuktvā calitaḥ so'tha haridvāramagāddvijaḥ | snātvā tatrāpi vidhivadiṃdraprasthamathāgamat
Having said this, the brahmin then set out and reached Haridvāra; having bathed there too according to rule, he then came to Indraprastha.
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PdP 6 207.34
कतिभिर्वासरैर्वीर सायंकालेऽखिलार्थिदम् । स्नात्वा भुक्त्वा निशायां स सुष्वाप यमुनातटे
katibhirvāsarairvīra sāyaṃkāle'khilārthidam | snātvā bhuktvā niśāyāṃ sa suṣvāpa yamunātaṭe
After some days, O hero, in the evening, having bathed and eaten at (the place) that grants all that is sought, he slept that night on the bank of the Yamunā.
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PdP 6 207.35
निशीथे स्वपतस्तस्य विमलस्यांतिके विधिः । हंसमारुह्य देवेशस्तीर्थैः सर्वैरनुद्रुतः
niśīthe svapatastasya vimalasyāṃtike vidhiḥ | haṃsamāruhya deveśastīrthaiḥ sarvairanudrutaḥ
At midnight, while that Vimala slept, the Ordainer (Brahmā), lord of the gods, mounted on his goose and followed by all the sacred fords, (came) near him.
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PdP 6 207.36
आगत्योत्थापयामास विमलं पुत्रवांच्छकम् । उवाच च सुरश्रेष्ठो वचनं मधुराक्षरम्
āgatyotthāpayāmāsa vimalaṃ putravāṃcchakam | uvāca ca suraśreṣṭho vacanaṃ madhurākṣaram
Having come, he roused Vimala, who longed for a son, and the best of the gods spoke words of sweet syllables.
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PdP 6 207.37
ब्रह्मोवाच- जाने समीतिं चित्तं त्वदीये मनसि स्थितम् । न तत्पूरयितुं कल्पो यतस्तत्कारणं शृणु
brahmovāca- jāne samītiṃ cittaṃ tvadīye manasi sthitam | na tatpūrayituṃ kalpo yatastatkāraṇaṃ śṛṇu
Brahmā said: I know the intention seated in your mind; (but) I am not able to fulfil it — hear the reason for that.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 207.38
एकदा मेरुशिखरे मिलिताः सर्वदेवताः । तुष्टुवुर्मद्भवमुखा माधवं कार्यसिद्धये
ekadā meruśikhare militāḥ sarvadevatāḥ | tuṣṭuvurmadbhavamukhā mādhavaṃ kāryasiddhaye
Once, all the gods, gathered on the peak of Meru, with myself and Bhava at their head, praised Mādhava for the accomplishment of a purpose.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 207.39
स्तुतो स्मदादिविबुधैः कृपया भगवान्हरिः । प्रसन्नोभूत्तदा विष्णुर्वृणुध्वमिति चाब्रवीत्
stuto smadādivibudhaiḥ kṛpayā bhagavānhariḥ | prasannobhūttadā viṣṇurvṛṇudhvamiti cābravīt
Praised by us gods, the Lord Hari, out of compassion, then became gracious, and Viṣṇu said, "Choose (a boon)."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 207.40
इत्युक्तास्तेन ते देवा यथाभिलषितं वरम् । श्रीपतेः प्राप्य ते जग्मुः सर्वे स्वं स्वं निकेतनम्
ityuktāstena te devā yathābhilaṣitaṃ varam | śrīpateḥ prāpya te jagmuḥ sarve svaṃ svaṃ niketanam
Thus addressed by him, those gods obtained from the Lord of Śrī the boon each as he desired, and they all went to their own abodes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 207.41
मयोक्तमिति देवेश देहि मे वरमुत्तमम् । प्रयागं नाम मे क्षेत्रं भवत्वखिलकामदम्
mayoktamiti deveśa dehi me varamuttamam | prayāgaṃ nāma me kṣetraṃ bhavatvakhilakāmadam
I said this: "O lord of the gods, give me an excellent boon: let my field named Prayāga become the giver of all desires,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 207.42
ततः शतगुणं भूयाद्दिवतीयं क्षेत्रकं मम । इंद्रप्रस्थगतं सम्यग्वृत्तं त्वत्तो मयानघ
tataḥ śataguṇaṃ bhūyāddivatīyaṃ kṣetrakaṃ mama | iṃdraprasthagataṃ samyagvṛttaṃ tvatto mayānagha
and let this second field of mine, situated at Indraprastha, become a hundred times (greater) than that." This was rightly obtained by me from you, O sinless one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 207.43
इत्याकर्ण्य वचो मह्यं भगवानाह मां तदा । तथास्त्विति पुनर्वाचमुवाच श्रूयतां वचः
ityākarṇya vaco mahyaṃ bhagavānāha māṃ tadā | tathāstviti punarvācamuvāca śrūyatāṃ vacaḥ
Hearing this speech of mine, the Lord then said to me, "So be it," and again spoke a word: let it be heard.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 207.44
श्रीभगवानुवाच । इंद्रस्य खांडवारण्ये इंद्रप्रस्थाभिधं शुभम् । क्षेत्रं कलिंदजातीरे मत्तुल्यास्तत्र ये मृताः
śrībhagavānuvāca | iṃdrasya khāṃḍavāraṇye iṃdraprasthābhidhaṃ śubham | kṣetraṃ kaliṃdajātīre mattulyāstatra ye mṛtāḥ
The blessed Lord said: In Indra's Khāṇḍava forest there is an auspicious field called Indraprastha, on the bank of the Yamunā; those who die there become equal to me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 207.45
विरिंचे रचिता तत्र स्वकीया द्वारकापुरी । मया शतगुणांभोधी तीरस्थायाः पुरा गुणैः
viriṃce racitā tatra svakīyā dvārakāpurī | mayā śataguṇāṃbhodhī tīrasthāyāḥ purā guṇaiḥ
There Brahmā fashioned his own city of Dvārakā; (and it was made) by me formerly, through its qualities, a hundred times (greater than) the (Dvārakā) that stands on the ocean's shore.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 207.46
तामुल्लंघ्य नरो यस्तु तीर्थमन्यन्निषेव्यते । न तीर्थफलमाप्नोति स पुमान्न मृषोदितम्
tāmullaṃghya naro yastu tīrthamanyanniṣevyate | na tīrthaphalamāpnoti sa pumānna mṛṣoditam
But the man who, passing it by, frequents another tīrtha does not obtain the fruit of the tīrtha — that man (does not); this is not spoken falsely.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 207.47
सर्वतीर्थोदितं पुण्यं शक्रतीर्थे लभेन्नरः । द्वारका च पुरी मायातीर्थमन्यच्च रक्षति
sarvatīrthoditaṃ puṇyaṃ śakratīrthe labhennaraḥ | dvārakā ca purī māyātīrthamanyacca rakṣati
A man obtains at Śakra's tīrtha the merit declared for all tīrthas; and the city Dvārakā, which is mine, guards also every other tīrtha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 207.48
यो निमज्ज्यान्यतीर्थेषु कृत्वा च विविधां क्रियाम् । अत्रैष्यति फलं तेभ्यः फलं प्राप्स्यति स ध्रुवम्
yo nimajjyānyatīrtheṣu kṛtvā ca vividhāṃ kriyām | atraiṣyati phalaṃ tebhyaḥ phalaṃ prāpsyati sa dhruvam
Whoever, having bathed in other tīrthas and performed the various rites, will come here — he will assuredly obtain the fruit of those (tīrthas).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 207.49
इत्युक्त्वांतर्द्धधे विष्णुरहमप्यगमं स्वकम् । लोकं द्विजेंद्र वैकुंठादधोभागे व्यवस्थितम्
ityuktvāṃtarddhadhe viṣṇurahamapyagamaṃ svakam | lokaṃ dvijeṃdra vaikuṃṭhādadhobhāge vyavasthitam
Having spoken thus Viṣṇu disappeared, and I too went to my own world, best of brahmins, which is situated in the region below Vaikuṇṭha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 207.50
प्रयागान्मामकात्क्षेत्रात्काशी शतगुणा स्मृता । काश्याः शतगुणं तीर्थं निगमोद्बोधकं तथा
prayāgānmāmakātkṣetrātkāśī śataguṇā smṛtā | kāśyāḥ śataguṇaṃ tīrthaṃ nigamodbodhakaṃ tathā
Kāśī is held to be a hundred times (greater) than Prayāga, my own holy field; and a hundred times Kāśī is the tīrtha that awakens the Vedas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 207.51
तीर्थसप्तकमेतत्तु त्रयं तुल्यफलं स्मृतम् । एतत्त्रयमनुल्लंघ्य यो गच्छति सितासितम्
tīrthasaptakametattu trayaṃ tulyaphalaṃ smṛtam | etattrayamanullaṃghya yo gacchati sitāsitam
But of this set of seven tīrthas, three are held to be of equal fruit; whoever goes to the Sitāsita (confluence) without passing over these three —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 207.52
तस्याहं वांछितं विप्र ददामि खलु नान्यथा । केचिदाहुः सप्तपुरी समपुण्या महर्षयः
tasyāhaṃ vāṃchitaṃ vipra dadāmi khalu nānyathā | kecidāhuḥ saptapurī samapuṇyā maharṣayaḥ
to him, brahmin, I certainly give what he desires, and not otherwise. Some great sages say that the seven cities are of equal merit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 207.53
अयोध्याद्याः शतं ताभ्य इंद्रप्रस्थं प्रचक्षते । त्वमत्रागत्य विप्रेंद्र सर्वकामफलप्रदे
ayodhyādyāḥ śataṃ tābhya iṃdraprasthaṃ pracakṣate | tvamatrāgatya vipreṃdra sarvakāmaphalaprade
They declare Indraprastha to be a hundred times (greater) than those, Ayodhyā and the rest. You, best of brahmins, coming here to (this tīrtha) that grants the fruit of all desires,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 207.54
तीर्थे श्रीद्वारकाख्ये हि कुरु स्नानं सुतेच्छया । यावंति सर्वतीर्थानि ब्रह्मांडकलशोदरे
tīrthe śrīdvārakākhye hi kuru snānaṃ sutecchayā | yāvaṃti sarvatīrthāni brahmāṃḍakalaśodare
perform your bath in the tīrtha named Śrī Dvārakā with the desire for a son. However many tīrthas there are within the vessel of the cosmic egg,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 207.55
तेभ्यो परिमितं पुण्यं शतनामनि कीर्तिते । सुतं ते कुलधौरेयं तीर्थमेतत्प्रदास्यति
tebhyo parimitaṃ puṇyaṃ śatanāmani kīrtite | sutaṃ te kuladhaureyaṃ tīrthametatpradāsyati
a merit (going) beyond those (arises) when the hundred names are recited; this tīrtha will grant you a son who will be the foremost of your lineage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 207.56
स्नानाच्च तव गोविंदः प्रसन्नात्मा भविष्यति । नारद उवाच- इत्युक्त्वा देवदेवेशो ब्रह्मा तत्र तिरोधते
snānācca tava goviṃdaḥ prasannātmā bhaviṣyati | nārada uvāca- ityuktvā devadeveśo brahmā tatra tirodhate
And by the bathing Govinda will become gracious in heart toward you. Nārada said: having said this, Brahmā, lord of the lords of gods, vanished there.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 207.57
विमलोऽपि तदा स्नात्वा देवादीनप्यतर्पयत् । इत्युवाच स धर्मात्मा द्वारके कृष्णवल्लभे
vimalo'pi tadā snātvā devādīnapyatarpayat | ityuvāca sa dharmātmā dvārake kṛṣṇavallabhe
Vimala too then bathed and satisfied the gods and the rest (with libations); and that righteous one spoke thus: "O Dvārakā, beloved of Kṛṣṇa,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 207.58
सुतं वंशकरं देहि मह्यंभक्ताय ते नमः । इत्युक्ते तेन विप्रेण देववागभवत्तदा
sutaṃ vaṃśakaraṃ dehi mahyaṃbhaktāya te namaḥ | ityukte tena vipreṇa devavāgabhavattadā
give me a son who will continue the lineage; homage to you — to me, your devotee." When this had been said by that brahmin, then a divine voice arose.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 207.59
देववागुवाच- पुत्रस्ते धर्म्मतत्वज्ञो वंशकर्त्ता भविष्यति । प्रसादादस्य तीर्थस्य सर्वतीर्थशिरोमणेः
devavāguvāca- putraste dharmmatatvajño vaṃśakarttā bhaviṣyati | prasādādasya tīrthasya sarvatīrthaśiromaṇeḥ
The divine voice said: A son of yours who knows the truth of dharma will be the continuer of the lineage, by the grace of this tīrtha, the crest-jewel of all tīrthas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 207.60
याहि गेहं विलंबं मा सुकृतं तेन मज्जनम् । नारद उवाच- इत्याकर्ण्य सतां वाणीं विश्वस्तः पुत्रजन्मनि
yāhi gehaṃ vilaṃbaṃ mā sukṛtaṃ tena majjanam | nārada uvāca- ityākarṇya satāṃ vāṇīṃ viśvastaḥ putrajanmani
Go home, do not delay; by that (act) your bathing has been well performed. Nārada said: hearing thus the speech of the good, confident about the birth of a son,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 207.61
चचाल जलमादाय द्वारकायाः कमंडलौ । मार्गे तस्य सखा विप्रो मलयाचलकेतनः
cacāla jalamādāya dvārakāyāḥ kamaṃḍalau | mārge tasya sakhā vipro malayācalaketanaḥ
he set out, taking the water of Dvārakā in his water-pot. On the road, a brahmin friend of his whose dwelling was the Malaya mountain,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 207.62
मीलितश्चलितो गेहं कृत्वा तीर्थानि सर्वतः । तस्मै स्ववृत्तमाख्यातं ब्रह्मसंवादकात्मकम्
mīlitaścalito gehaṃ kṛtvā tīrthāni sarvataḥ | tasmai svavṛttamākhyātaṃ brahmasaṃvādakātmakam
who was going home having visited tīrthas everywhere, met (him); to him he related his own experience, consisting of his conversation with Brahmā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 207.63
यद्भूतं द्वारकातीर्थे श्रुत्वा सोऽपि विसिस्मये । उवाच स च धर्मात्मा सखे मम वचः शृणु
yadbhūtaṃ dvārakātīrthe śrutvā so'pi visismaye | uvāca sa ca dharmātmā sakhe mama vacaḥ śṛṇu
Hearing what had taken place at the Dvārakā tīrtha, he too was amazed; and that righteous one said: "Friend, hear my words.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 207.64
यावंति भारते क्षेत्रे तीर्थानि विहितानि मे । तावंति कर्तुमिच्छामि त्वदुक्तं तीर्थमुत्तमम्
yāvaṃti bhārate kṣetre tīrthāni vihitāni me | tāvaṃti kartumicchāmi tvaduktaṃ tīrthamuttamam
However many tīrthas in the land of Bhārata have been visited by me, just so many do I wish to make the excellent tīrtha spoken of by you."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 207.65
नीत्वा मां दर्शय सखे तत्तीर्थं सर्वकामदम् । सखायस्ते वरा भूमावुपकुर्वंति ये सखीन्
nītvā māṃ darśaya sakhe tattīrthaṃ sarvakāmadam | sakhāyaste varā bhūmāvupakurvaṃti ye sakhīn
"Take me and show me, friend, that tīrtha which grants every wish. The best of friends on earth are those who do a service to their friends."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 207.66
न तैर्ननु समो लोके पितामाताऽथवा सुतः । निर्द्धनं पुरुषं लोके सर्वे मुंचंति बांधवाः
na tairnanu samo loke pitāmātā'thavā sutaḥ | nirddhanaṃ puruṣaṃ loke sarve muṃcaṃti bāṃdhavāḥ
"Surely neither father nor mother nor son in this world is equal to them; in this world all kinsmen abandon a man who has no money."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 207.67
न मुंचंति सखायस्तु तस्य दुःखेन दुःखिताः । संसारार्णवनिर्मग्नान्सखीनुद्धरते सखा
na muṃcaṃti sakhāyastu tasya duḥkhena duḥkhitāḥ | saṃsārārṇavanirmagnānsakhīnuddharate sakhā
"But friends do not abandon (him), being themselves pained by his pain; a friend lifts up his friends who are sunk in the ocean of saṃsāra,"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 207.68
उपदिश्य हरेर्भक्तिमार्गं जन्मेंधनानलम् । अतस्त्वं मे सखा श्रेष्ठ उपकारं विधेहि मे
upadiśya harerbhaktimārgaṃ janmeṃdhanānalam | atastvaṃ me sakhā śreṣṭha upakāraṃ vidhehi me
"by teaching (them) the path of devotion to Hari, the fire whose fuel is birth. Therefore you are my best friend—do me this service:"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 207.69
दर्शयैतद्वरश्रेष्ठं तीर्थाख्यं द्वारकां द्विज
darśayaitadvaraśreṣṭhaṃ tīrthākhyaṃ dvārakāṃ dvija
"Show (me), O brahmin, this Dvārakā, the best of the best, known as a tīrtha."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition