Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 209
PdP 6 209.1
युधिष्ठिर उवाच- सौभरे कस्य तीर्थस्य माहात्म्यं नारदो मुनिः । वर्णयामास शिबये शक्रतीर्थगतस्य च
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca- saubhare kasya tīrthasya māhātmyaṃ nārado muniḥ | varṇayāmāsa śibaye śakratīrthagatasya ca
Yudhiṣṭhira said: O Saubhari, of which sacred ford did the sage Nārada describe the greatness to Śibi, who had gone to Śakra's ford?
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PdP 6 209.2
अतस्तु मम शुश्रूषा जायते मुनिपुंगवः । शिविनारदसंवादं ब्रूहि पुण्यं नताय मे
atastu mama śuśrūṣā jāyate munipuṃgavaḥ | śivināradasaṃvādaṃ brūhi puṇyaṃ natāya me
From this a desire to hear arises in me, O bull among sages; tell me, who bow to you, the holy conversation of Śibi and Nārada.
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PdP 6 209.3
सौभरिरुवाच- धर्मराज शिबीराजा श्रुत्वा नारदवर्णितम् । द्वारकायास्तु माहात्म्यं तमेवापृच्छदादरात्
saubhariruvāca- dharmarāja śibīrājā śrutvā nāradavarṇitam | dvārakāyāstu māhātmyaṃ tamevāpṛcchadādarāt
Saubhari said: O king of dharma, King Śibi, having heard the greatness of Dvārakā as described by Nārada, respectfully questioned him further.
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PdP 6 209.4
शिबिरुवाच- ब्रह्मांगज सुरश्रेष्ठ श्रुतं माहात्म्यमुत्तमम् । इंद्रप्रस्थतटस्थाया द्वारकाया मयाद्भुतम्
śibiruvāca- brahmāṃgaja suraśreṣṭha śrutaṃ māhātmyamuttamam | iṃdraprasthataṭasthāyā dvārakāyā mayādbhutam
Śibi said: O you born from Brahmā's body, best of the gods, I have heard the excellent, wondrous greatness of Dvārakā that stands on the bank at Indraprastha.
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PdP 6 209.5
अयोध्यायां यदि मुने किंचिदस्ति पवित्रकम् । चरितं मम तद्ब्रूहि पिपासोस्त्वद्वचोऽमृतम्
ayodhyāyāṃ yadi mune kiṃcidasti pavitrakam | caritaṃ mama tadbrūhi pipāsostvadvaco'mṛtam
If, O sage, there is at Ayodhyā some purifying deed, tell that to me, who thirst for the nectar of your words.
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PdP 6 209.6
नारद उवाच- अस्त्यत्र चरितं पुण्यं महापातकनाशनम् । नापितस्याद्ययुक्तस्य मुकुंदस्य द्विजस्य च
nārada uvāca- astyatra caritaṃ puṇyaṃ mahāpātakanāśanam | nāpitasyādyayuktasya mukuṃdasya dvijasya ca
Nārada said: There is here a holy tale that destroys great sins, of a barber engaged in... and of Mukunda, a brahmin.
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PdP 6 209.7
ब्रह्महा नापितो राजन्नपमृत्युं गतो द्विजः । प्रसादात्कोशलायास्तु द्वावपि स्वर्गतिं गतौ
brahmahā nāpito rājannapamṛtyuṃ gato dvijaḥ | prasādātkośalāyāstu dvāvapi svargatiṃ gatau
The barber was a brahmin-killer, O king, and the brahmin met an untimely death; yet by the grace of Kośalā both of them attained the way to heaven.
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PdP 6 209.8
चंद्रभागा नदी तीरे पुरी सा च निवेशिता । तत्रास्ति नापितः पापश्चंडकोनाम गर्हितः
caṃdrabhāgā nadī tīre purī sā ca niveśitā | tatrāsti nāpitaḥ pāpaścaṃḍakonāma garhitaḥ
On the bank of the river Candrabhāgā that city was founded; there lives a sinful barber, despicable, named Caṇḍaka.
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PdP 6 209.9
चौर्येण परवित्तानामपहर्ता स पापकृत् । घातकः शस्त्रपाशाद्यैः पांथानामवलुंठकः
cauryeṇa paravittānāmapahartā sa pāpakṛt | ghātakaḥ śastrapāśādyaiḥ pāṃthānāmavaluṃṭhakaḥ
That doer of evil was a taker of others' wealth by theft, a killer with weapons, nooses and the like, a plunderer of travellers.
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PdP 6 209.10
द्यूतमद्यरतो नित्यं परस्त्रीलंपटेंद्रियः । भित्वा देवालयं भित्तिमिष्टिका ग्राव विक्रयी
dyūtamadyarato nityaṃ parastrīlaṃpaṭeṃdriyaḥ | bhitvā devālayaṃ bhittimiṣṭikā grāva vikrayī
Always addicted to gambling and liquor, his senses lusting after other men's wives, he would break into a temple and sell off its wall, its bricks and its stone.
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PdP 6 209.11
स तस्योद्वसिताभ्यासे ब्राह्मणो वसति श्रिया । संयुक्तो ब्रह्मकर्मज्ञो मुकुंदो नामतो नृप
sa tasyodvasitābhyāse brāhmaṇo vasati śriyā | saṃyukto brahmakarmajño mukuṃdo nāmato nṛpa
Near his dwelling there lives a brahmin endowed with wealth, knowing the rites of a brahmin, Mukunda by name, O king.
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PdP 6 209.12
स एकदा समालिंग्य तरुणीमात्मयोषितम् । सुष्वाप सुरतायास श्लथांगो निशि निर्भयम्
sa ekadā samāliṃgya taruṇīmātmayoṣitam | suṣvāpa suratāyāsa ślathāṃgo niśi nirbhayam
One day, embracing his own young wife, his limbs slack from the exertion of lovemaking, he slept at night without fear.
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PdP 6 209.13
स चंडको निशीथेऽथ प्रविवेश तदालयम् । मुकुंदस्य समाहर्तुं हर्म्ये भूषादि वस्तु यत्
sa caṃḍako niśīthe'tha praviveśa tadālayam | mukuṃdasya samāhartuṃ harmye bhūṣādi vastu yat
Then that Caṇḍaka, at midnight, entered his house, to carry off whatever ornaments and other goods were in Mukunda's mansion.
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PdP 6 209.14
उपकार्या बहिस्थं यत्तद्गृहीत्वोऽगमद्गृहम् । स्वकीयं च पुनस्तस्य ब्राह्मणस्याविशद्गृहम्
upakāryā bahisthaṃ yattadgṛhītvo'gamadgṛham | svakīyaṃ ca punastasya brāhmaṇasyāviśadgṛham
Taking what lay outside in the outer tent-chamber, he went to his own house, and then again entered that brahmin's house.
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PdP 6 209.15
कपाटोत्पाटनार्थी तु यत्नेन महताऽभवत् । लोहयंत्रावरुद्धश्च स नोद्धाटयितुं क्षमः
kapāṭotpāṭanārthī tu yatnena mahatā'bhavat | lohayaṃtrāvaruddhaśca sa noddhāṭayituṃ kṣamaḥ
Seeking to wrench open the door, he tried with great effort, but being blocked by an iron bolt-mechanism he was unable to force it open.
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PdP 6 209.16
आरुरोह तदा तस्य ब्राह्मणस्याविशद्गृहम् । प्रविश्य तद्गृहं क्रूरः कृपणं पाणिनादधत्
āruroha tadā tasya brāhmaṇasyāviśadgṛham | praviśya tadgṛhaṃ krūraḥ kṛpaṇaṃ pāṇinādadhat
Then he climbed up and got into that brahmin's house; having entered the house, the cruel man took a dagger in his hand.
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PdP 6 209.17
अट्टालिकां स पापिष्ठो नापितस्तस्करक्रियः । तत्रापश्यत्प्रसुप्तौ तौ दंपतीरतिविह्वलौ
aṭṭālikāṃ sa pāpiṣṭho nāpitastaskarakriyaḥ | tatrāpaśyatprasuptau tau daṃpatīrativihvalau
That most sinful barber, whose business was thievery, (climbed) up to the upper chamber; there he saw the two of them, husband and wife, fast asleep, undone by lovemaking.
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PdP 6 209.18
जगाम च तयोः पार्श्वे हेमभूषाजिघृक्षया । शय्याया एकदेशस्थं गृहीत्वा भूषणं बहु
jagāma ca tayoḥ pārśve hemabhūṣājighṛkṣayā | śayyāyā ekadeśasthaṃ gṛhītvā bhūṣaṇaṃ bahu
And he went to their side, wishing to seize their gold ornaments, and took the many ornaments lying in one part of the bed.
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PdP 6 209.19
हर्तुं तदंगतो हस्तं प्रससार स नापितः । तस्करस्पर्शतो विप्रो जजागार भयातुरः
hartuṃ tadaṃgato hastaṃ prasasāra sa nāpitaḥ | taskarasparśato vipro jajāgāra bhayāturaḥ
To steal what was on his body, that barber stretched out his hand; at the thief's touch the brahmin woke, stricken with fear.
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PdP 6 209.20
न किंचिदूचे संमील्य नेत्रे तत्रैव संस्थितः । यदा स तस्करः पापो गृहीत्वा देहभूषणम्
na kiṃcidūce saṃmīlya netre tatraiva saṃsthitaḥ | yadā sa taskaraḥ pāpo gṛhītvā dehabhūṣaṇam
He said nothing, and closing his eyes stayed just as he was; but when that wicked thief, having taken the ornament from his body,
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PdP 6 209.21
चलितः स तदा तेन दोर्भ्यामात्तो द्विजेन हि । पश्चादागत्य वित्तस्यासहमानेन संक्षयम्
calitaḥ sa tadā tena dorbhyāmātto dvijena hi | paścādāgatya vittasyāsahamānena saṃkṣayam
moved off, then he was seized with both arms by the brahmin, who had come up behind him, unable to bear the loss of his wealth.
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PdP 6 209.22
तेनापि नृप चौरेण कृपाणेन हतो द्विजः । विदीर्णोदरमध्यस्तु तातमातरितीरयन्
tenāpi nṛpa caureṇa kṛpāṇena hato dvijaḥ | vidīrṇodaramadhyastu tātamātaritīrayan
And by that thief too, O king, the brahmin was struck down with the dagger; with his belly split open in the middle he cried out, "Father! Mother!"
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PdP 6 209.23
वदंतः किंकिमेत्येतत्पार्श्वं तस्या ययुर्जनाः । ददृशुस्तं निःसृतांत्रं रुधिरालिप्तविग्रहम्
vadaṃtaḥ kiṃkimetyetatpārśvaṃ tasyā yayurjanāḥ | dadṛśustaṃ niḥsṛtāṃtraṃ rudhirāliptavigraham
Saying "What is this, what?", people went to his side; they saw him with his entrails come out, his body smeared with blood.
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PdP 6 209.24
पप्रच्छुश्च मुकुंदेदं कर्म केनेदृशं कृतम् । सोऽपि कृच्छ्रेण महता प्रोवाचेदं स्वबांधवान्
papracchuśca mukuṃdedaṃ karma kenedṛśaṃ kṛtam | so'pi kṛcchreṇa mahatā provācedaṃ svabāṃdhavān
And they asked Mukunda, "By whom was such a deed done?" And he, with great difficulty, said this to his kinsmen:
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PdP 6 209.25
मुकुंद उवाच-। ममैव परिपाकोऽयं पूर्वोपार्जितकर्मणाम् । न कश्चित्सुखदुःखस्य दाता कस्यापि देहिनः
mukuṃda uvāca-| mamaiva paripāko'yaṃ pūrvopārjitakarmaṇām | na kaścitsukhaduḥkhasya dātā kasyāpi dehinaḥ
Mukunda said: This is simply the ripening of deeds earned by me before; no one is the giver of pleasure or pain to any embodied being.
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PdP 6 209.26
धर्मोऽधर्मश्च तावेव तेषां मूलं पुराकृतौ । नारद उवाच- इत्युक्त्वा स तु भूयस्यापीडया गाढपीडितः
dharmo'dharmaśca tāveva teṣāṃ mūlaṃ purākṛtau | nārada uvāca- ityuktvā sa tu bhūyasyāpīḍayā gāḍhapīḍitaḥ
Right and wrong, those two done in the past, are the root of them (pleasure and pain). Nārada said: Having said this, he, sorely afflicted by even greater pain,
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PdP 6 209.27
तत्याज भूपते प्राणान्पश्यतां सुहृदां तदा । विललाप तदा तस्य माता द्विजसती नृप
tatyāja bhūpate prāṇānpaśyatāṃ suhṛdāṃ tadā | vilalāpa tadā tasya mātā dvijasatī nṛpa
Then, O king, he gave up his life-breaths while his friends looked on; and then his mother, that virtuous brahmin woman, lamented, O king.
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PdP 6 209.28
निधाय तच्छिरः स्वांके कुंडलाभ्यामलंकृतम् । मातोवाच- हा हतास्मि त्वया वत्स दशामंत्यां च गच्छता
nidhāya tacchiraḥ svāṃke kuṃḍalābhyāmalaṃkṛtam | mātovāca- hā hatāsmi tvayā vatsa daśāmaṃtyāṃ ca gacchatā
Placing on her own lap his head, adorned with the two earrings, the mother said: "Alas, I am destroyed by you, child, as you go to your final state,
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PdP 6 209.29
दिनश्रीरिव सूर्येण पश्चिमाचललंबिना । यदंगं चंदनालेपयोग्यं तव महामते
dinaśrīriva sūryeṇa paścimācalalaṃbinā | yadaṃgaṃ caṃdanālepayogyaṃ tava mahāmate
like the day's splendour (destroyed) by the sun hanging on the western mountain. That body of yours, O greatly wise one, which was fit for anointing with sandal paste—
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PdP 6 209.30
मां मज्जयार्तिशोकाब्धौ तदिदं धूलिधूसरम्
māṃ majjayārtiśokābdhau tadidaṃ dhūlidhūsaram
—that (body) of yours is now grey with dust: it plunges me into an ocean of pain and grief.
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PdP 6 209.31
तांबूलचर्वणेभ्यासो यस्त्वया विहितस्त्वसौ । स एव रुधिरोद्गार मिश्रेण क्रियते ध्रुवम् । तव ये लोचने पूर्वं जिग्यतुः कमलश्रियम्
tāṃbūlacarvaṇebhyāso yastvayā vihitastvasau | sa eva rudhirodgāra miśreṇa kriyate dhruvam | tava ye locane pūrvaṃ jigyatuḥ kamalaśriyam
That practice of chewing betel which you used to keep up—that very (mouth) is surely now made (red) with a mixture of vomited blood. Those eyes of yours which formerly surpassed the beauty of the lotus—
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PdP 6 209.32
त एव सांप्रतं जाते तिमिरौघा वृते इव । उत्तिष्ठोत्तिष्ठ वत्स त्वं शिष्यानध्यापयात्मनः
ta eva sāṃprataṃ jāte timiraughā vṛte iva | uttiṣṭhottiṣṭha vatsa tvaṃ śiṣyānadhyāpayātmanaḥ
those very (eyes) have now become as though covered by a mass of darkness. Rise up, rise up, child, teach your own pupils,
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PdP 6 209.33
यथावद्वैश्वदेवांते पूजयातिथिमागतम् । द्वारि स्थिता वयस्यास्ते त्वाह्वयंति प्रयाहि तान्
yathāvadvaiśvadevāṃte pūjayātithimāgatam | dvāri sthitā vayasyāste tvāhvayaṃti prayāhi tān
and at the end of the Vaiśvadeva offering honour the guest who has come, as is proper. Your companions are standing at the door, they are calling you—go to them.
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PdP 6 209.34
दातव्यं यद्ददस्वैभ्यो गृहीतव्यं गृहाण तत् । हाहा देहि प्रतिवचः पतामि तव पादयोः
dātavyaṃ yaddadasvaibhyo gṛhītavyaṃ gṛhāṇa tat | hāhā dehi prativacaḥ patāmi tava pādayoḥ
What is to be given, give to them; what is to be taken, take that. Alas, alas, give an answer! I fall at your feet.
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PdP 6 209.35
नोचेदहं विमोक्ष्यामि प्राणांस्तव समीपतः । नारद उवाच- इत्युक्त्वा मूर्छिता तस्य मुकुंदस्य प्रसूस्तदा
nocedahaṃ vimokṣyāmi prāṇāṃstava samīpataḥ | nārada uvāca- ityuktvā mūrchitā tasya mukuṃdasya prasūstadā
If not, I shall release my life-breaths here beside you. Nārada said: Having spoken thus, the mother of that Mukunda then fainted.
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PdP 6 209.36
भार्या तस्य शिरः स्वांके विधाय व्यलपच्च सा । भार्योवाच- नाममार्गेण पाथोधे मदीयं वचनं शृणु
bhāryā tasya śiraḥ svāṃke vidhāya vyalapacca sā | bhāryovāca- nāmamārgeṇa pāthodhe madīyaṃ vacanaṃ śṛṇu
His wife, placing his head on her own lap, also lamented. The wife said: "By way of (your) name, O ocean (Pāthodhi), hear my words.
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PdP 6 209.37
रुष्टोऽसि चेत्समं मात्रा कुतो वद ममाग्रतः । न कदाचित्त्वया साधो मौनमीदृक्कृतं पुरा । केनापि लघुना भ्रात्रा ह्यपमानः कृतस्तव
ruṣṭo'si cetsamaṃ mātrā kuto vada mamāgrataḥ | na kadācittvayā sādho maunamīdṛkkṛtaṃ purā | kenāpi laghunā bhrātrā hyapamānaḥ kṛtastava
If you are angry with (your) mother, why (be silent) before me? Tell me. Never before, good man, did you keep such a silence. Has some younger brother shown you disrespect?
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PdP 6 209.38
शुकोऽयं पंजरस्थस्ते नान्नमत्ति त्वया विना । भोजयैनं सुसिद्धान्नं कलवाचं च सारिकाम्
śuko'yaṃ paṃjarasthaste nānnamatti tvayā vinā | bhojayainaṃ susiddhānnaṃ kalavācaṃ ca sārikām
This parrot of yours in the cage does not eat food without you. Feed it well-cooked food, and the sweet-voiced myna too;
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PdP 6 209.39
रामराम हरेकृष्ण विष्णो नामावलीमिति । पाठयोत्तिष्ठ निपुणौ द्वावेतौ सारिकाशुकौ
rāmarāma harekṛṣṇa viṣṇo nāmāvalīmiti | pāṭhayottiṣṭha nipuṇau dvāvetau sārikāśukau
make them recite the string of names, 'Rāma, Rāma, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Viṣṇu'—rise up! These two, the myna and the parrot, are skilled (in it).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 209.40
अपराद्धं मया किं ते यत्वं मां नाभिभाषसे । यत्त्वया मे धनं दत्तं तन्मया साधुरक्षिणम्
aparāddhaṃ mayā kiṃ te yatvaṃ māṃ nābhibhāṣase | yattvayā me dhanaṃ dattaṃ tanmayā sādhurakṣiṇam
What wrong have I done you, that you do not speak to me? The wealth you gave me I have kept well guarded.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 209.41
अर्पितं यत्त्वया नाथ निजतेजो ममोदरे । सूतिकालमहं तस्य नोपेक्षे त्वामनुव्रजे
arpitaṃ yattvayā nātha nijatejo mamodare | sūtikālamahaṃ tasya nopekṣe tvāmanuvraje
The vital energy of your own, O lord, that was placed by you in my womb—I shall not wait for the time of its delivery; I shall follow you.
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PdP 6 209.42
नारद उवाच- एवं विलप्य सा तस्य मुकुंदस्य प्रिया तदा । न रुरोद स्वभर्तारमनुगंतुमना सती
nārada uvāca- evaṃ vilapya sā tasya mukuṃdasya priyā tadā | na ruroda svabhartāramanugaṃtumanā satī
Nārada said: Having lamented thus, that beloved wife of Mukunda then did not weep, being a virtuous woman resolved to follow her own husband.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 209.43
अथ तस्य मुकुंदस्य गुरुर्वेदायनाभिधः । संन्यासी पर्यटन्पृथ्वीं तस्य वेश्म ययौ नृप
atha tasya mukuṃdasya gururvedāyanābhidhaḥ | saṃnyāsī paryaṭanpṛthvīṃ tasya veśma yayau nṛpa
Now that Mukunda's teacher, named Vedāyana, a renunciant wandering over the earth, came to his house, O king.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 209.44
मुकुंदः क्व गतो माता भार्या तस्य च धीमतः । न दृश्यते तदा तेन पृष्टेत्याचष्ट चेटिका
mukuṃdaḥ kva gato mātā bhāryā tasya ca dhīmataḥ | na dṛśyate tadā tena pṛṣṭetyācaṣṭa ceṭikā
"Where has Mukunda gone, and the mother and wife of that wise man? They are not to be seen." Thus questioned by him, a maidservant told (him):
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PdP 6 209.45
चेटिकोवाच । स्वामिन्केनापि चौरेण मम स्वामी हतो निशि । स्नुषाया भूषणं नीतं दुकूलानि च सर्वशः
ceṭikovāca | svāminkenāpi caureṇa mama svāmī hato niśi | snuṣāyā bhūṣaṇaṃ nītaṃ dukūlāni ca sarvaśaḥ
The maidservant said: "Master, my master was killed in the night by some thief; the daughter-in-law's ornaments were carried off, and all the fine garments too.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 209.46
स मृतः पतितो भूमौ हर्म्यस्योपरि तिष्ठति । तस्य माता वधूश्चैव भ्रातरश्च तदंतिके
sa mṛtaḥ patito bhūmau harmyasyopari tiṣṭhati | tasya mātā vadhūścaiva bhrātaraśca tadaṃtike
He lies dead, fallen on the ground, up on top of the mansion; his mother and his wife and his brothers are beside him,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 209.47
विलपंति महाशोकसागरे पतिता गुरो । नारद उवाच- इत्याकर्ण्य परिव्राट्स वचनं चेटिकोदितम्
vilapaṃti mahāśokasāgare patitā guro | nārada uvāca- ityākarṇya parivrāṭsa vacanaṃ ceṭikoditam
"They lament, fallen into a great ocean of grief, O teacher." Nārada said: Having heard that speech uttered by the maidservant, the wandering ascetic
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PdP 6 209.48
आरुह्य हर्म्यमद्राक्षीदात्मांते वासिनं मृतम् । तदंतिके समालोक्य बंधूनां क्रंदतो भृशम्
āruhya harmyamadrākṣīdātmāṃte vāsinaṃ mṛtam | tadaṃtike samālokya baṃdhūnāṃ kraṃdato bhṛśam
climbed up to the mansion and saw the dead man who had been living beside him; and seeing there beside him the kinsmen weeping bitterly,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 209.49
उद्धरिष्यन्निदं धीरः शोकाब्धेस्तानुवाच ह । वेदायन उवाच- देहमुद्दिश्य वात्मानं शोकोऽयं क्रियते त्वया
uddhariṣyannidaṃ dhīraḥ śokābdhestānuvāca ha | vedāyana uvāca- dehamuddiśya vātmānaṃ śoko'yaṃ kriyate tvayā
the steadfast one, intending to draw them out of this ocean of grief, spoke to them. Vedāyana said: Is this grief being made by you with reference to the body, or to the self?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 209.50
मातः कथय सत्यं मे नोभयोर्युज्यते हि सः । देहोऽयं भूतसंघातः प्रारब्धेः समुपार्जितः
mātaḥ kathaya satyaṃ me nobhayoryujyate hi saḥ | deho'yaṃ bhūtasaṃghātaḥ prārabdheḥ samupārjitaḥ
Mother, tell me the truth: it does not apply to either of the two. This body is an aggregate of the elements, acquired through what has been set in motion (by past deeds).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 209.51
तेषु क्षीणेषु भूतानां पृथक्त्वमुपजायते । यदेकीभवनं तेषां कर्मभिर्जन्म तन्नृणाम्
teṣu kṣīṇeṣu bhūtānāṃ pṛthaktvamupajāyate | yadekībhavanaṃ teṣāṃ karmabhirjanma tannṛṇām
When those (elements) are worn away, the separateness of the elements arises; and their becoming one—that is the birth of men, (brought about) by their deeds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 209.52
तन्नाशे तत्पृथक्त्वं च तदेव मरणं स्मृतम् । एक्यं पृथक्त्वं भूतानां कर्मार्धा नेयतो? बुधैः
tannāśe tatpṛthaktvaṃ ca tadeva maraṇaṃ smṛtam | ekyaṃ pṛthaktvaṃ bhūtānāṃ karmārdhā neyato? budhaiḥ
At the destruction of that (unity) there is that separateness, and that very thing is called death. The unity and separateness of the elements are, by the wise, (held to be) determined by deeds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 209.53
अतो देहे न कर्तव्यः शोकः परवशे जडे । अनाद्यविद्यया जीवे दृष्टे मरणजन्मनी
ato dehe na kartavyaḥ śokaḥ paravaśe jaḍe | anādyavidyayā jīve dṛṣṭe maraṇajanmanī
Therefore no grief should be made over the body, which is inert and dependent on another. Through beginningless ignorance, death and birth are seen in the living soul,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 209.54
देहस्यात्मन्यहं बुद्ध्या मन्यते नहि तत्र ते । तन्निवृत्तौ स तद्ब्रह्म यच्छुद्धं रूपवर्जितम्
dehasyātmanyahaṃ buddhyā manyate nahi tatra te | tannivṛttau sa tadbrahma yacchuddhaṃ rūpavarjitam
(when) through the notion "I" one thinks the body to be in the self—but these (birth and death) are not there in you. When that (notion) ceases, one is that Brahman which is pure and devoid of form,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 209.55
स्वप्रकाशं जगद्धेतु हेत्वतीतं गुणोर्जितम् । नित्यं विज्ञानमानंद स्वभासा भासयज्जगत्
svaprakāśaṃ jagaddhetu hetvatītaṃ guṇorjitam | nityaṃ vijñānamānaṃda svabhāsā bhāsayajjagat
self-luminous, the cause of the world, beyond causes, mighty in its qualities, eternal, consciousness and bliss, illuminating the world with its own light.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 209.56
न जिह्वा लेढि तच्चक्षुर्न पश्यति शृणोति न । श्रुतिर्जिघ्रति न घ्राणं न त्वक्स्पृशति कर्हिचित्
na jihvā leḍhi taccakṣurna paśyati śṛṇoti na | śrutirjighrati na ghrāṇaṃ na tvakspṛśati karhicit
The tongue does not taste it, the eye does not see it, the ear does not hear it, the nose does not smell it, the skin never touches it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 209.57
अतीतमिंद्रियेभ्यस्तत्स्वप्रकाशकमात्मदृक् । अविषयं मनोदूरं बुद्धेरपि न गोचरम्
atītamiṃdriyebhyastatsvaprakāśakamātmadṛk | aviṣayaṃ manodūraṃ buddherapi na gocaram
It is beyond the senses, self-illuminating, the seer that is the self, no object (of sense), far from the mind, not even within the range of the intellect.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 209.58
तस्यावताररूपाणि शुद्धसत्वानि देवताः । सेवंते तन्न जानंति रूपं यत्सदसत्परम्
tasyāvatārarūpāṇi śuddhasatvāni devatāḥ | sevaṃte tanna jānaṃti rūpaṃ yatsadasatparam
The gods, being of pure sattva, serve its incarnate forms; (yet) they do not know that form which is beyond the existent and the non-existent.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 209.59
एवं स्वरूपमात्मा यस्तं समुद्दिश्य कः कुधीः । क्रोधं कुर्याद्यतस्तस्य नोत्पत्तिर्नैव संक्षयः
evaṃ svarūpamātmā yastaṃ samuddiśya kaḥ kudhīḥ | krodhaṃ kuryādyatastasya notpattirnaiva saṃkṣayaḥ
Such being its own nature, what fool would direct anger at that self, since for it there is neither origination nor destruction?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition