Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 210
PdP 6 210.1
नारद उवाच- एवं प्रबोध्य तान्सर्वान्वचोभिः पारमार्थिकैः । स हंसः कारयामास क्रियास्तस्यात्मसंभवाः
nārada uvāca- evaṃ prabodhya tānsarvānvacobhiḥ pāramārthikaiḥ | sa haṃsaḥ kārayāmāsa kriyāstasyātmasaṃbhavāḥ
Nārada said: Having thus awakened them all with words concerning the highest truth, that Haṃsa had the rites performed that pertained to that man's self.
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PdP 6 210.2
अंतर्वत्नी मुकुंदस्य निर्बंधं कुर्वती वधूः । अनुगंतुं स्वभर्तारं विदुषा तेन वारिता
aṃtarvatnī mukuṃdasya nirbaṃdhaṃ kurvatī vadhūḥ | anugaṃtuṃ svabhartāraṃ viduṣā tena vāritā
Mukunda's wife, being pregnant, insistently sought to follow her husband, but was restrained by that learned man.
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PdP 6 210.3
तस्यास्थीनि समादाय तेन सन्यासिना समम् । तद्भ्राता प्रययौ गंगाजले पातयितुं नृप
tasyāsthīni samādāya tena sanyāsinā samam | tadbhrātā prayayau gaṃgājale pātayituṃ nṛpa
Taking up his bones, together with that renunciant, his brother set out, O king, to cast them into the water of the Gaṅgā.
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PdP 6 210.4
विप्रसन्यासिनौ तौ हि कतिभिर्वासरैर्नृप । सार्थलोकवशात्प्राप्तौ इंद्रप्रस्थेऽत्र सत्पदे
viprasanyāsinau tau hi katibhirvāsarairnṛpa | sārthalokavaśātprāptau iṃdraprasthe'tra satpade
Those two, the brahmin and the renunciant, in a few days, O king, by means of a caravan of people, arrived here at Indraprastha, that good place.
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PdP 6 210.5
इंद्रप्रस्थांतरावर्तिन्येषा या कोशला नृप । अत्र सुप्तौ निशायां तौ यमुनातीरभूतले
iṃdraprasthāṃtarāvartinyeṣā yā kośalā nṛpa | atra suptau niśāyāṃ tau yamunātīrabhūtale
This Kośalā, O king, lies within the region of Indraprastha; here the two slept at night on the ground on the bank of the Yamunā,
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PdP 6 210.6
आत्मनोरुभयोर्मध्ये न्यस्यास्थिपटसंपुटम् । मार्गखेदपरिक्रांतौ दशां सौषुप्तिकीं गतौ
ātmanorubhayormadhye nyasyāsthipaṭasaṃpuṭam | mārgakhedaparikrāṃtau daśāṃ sauṣuptikīṃ gatau
having placed the cloth-bundle of bones between the two of them; worn out by the fatigue of the road, they passed into the state of deep sleep.
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PdP 6 210.7
निशीथेऽथ प्रसुप्तेषु सार्थलोकेषु कश्चन । एकः श्वा तत्र संप्राप्तः पक्वान्नादि जिहीर्षया
niśīthe'tha prasupteṣu sārthalokeṣu kaścana | ekaḥ śvā tatra saṃprāptaḥ pakvānnādi jihīrṣayā
Then at midnight, while the caravan people were fast asleep, a certain single dog arrived there, wishing to snatch cooked food and the like.
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PdP 6 210.8
बभ्राम सर्वशिविरे जिघ्रन्पाकस्थलीं मुहुः । भाजनानि लिहन्मूर्ध्नि क्व च दंडाहतिं सहन्
babhrāma sarvaśivire jighranpākasthalīṃ muhuḥ | bhājanāni lihanmūrdhni kva ca daṃḍāhatiṃ sahan
It roamed through the whole camp, sniffing again and again at the cooking-place, licking the vessels, and in one place enduring a blow of a stick on its head.
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PdP 6 210.9
केनचित्ताडितो मूर्ध्नि निशब्दं विद्रुतस्ततः । प्रतिचक्रुमशक्तस्तु स्त्रीजितः स्वस्त्रिया यथा
kenacittāḍito mūrdhni niśabdaṃ vidrutastataḥ | praticakrumaśaktastu strījitaḥ svastriyā yathā
Struck on the head by someone, it fled from there without a sound, unable to strike back — like a henpecked man (subdued) by his own wife.
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PdP 6 210.10
यत्रावकंडितः स श्वा दंडग्रावेष्टकादिभिः । पुनर्विवेश तत्रैव सान्नपात्रलिलिप्सया
yatrāvakaṃḍitaḥ sa śvā daṃḍagrāveṣṭakādibhiḥ | punarviveśa tatraiva sānnapātralilipsayā
Where that dog had been beaten off with sticks, stones, bricks and the like, it entered again into that very place, out of longing to lick a vessel with food in it.
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PdP 6 210.11
भोगेच्छया यथा वेश्या स्नेहवान्निर्द्धनो जनः । भ्रमन्नेवं स चात्रापि यत्र सुप्तौ हि तावुभौ
bhogecchayā yathā veśyā snehavānnirddhano janaḥ | bhramannevaṃ sa cātrāpi yatra suptau hi tāvubhau
As a prostitute (returns) out of desire for enjoyment, or a poor man who is full of affection — so, wandering about, it came even here, where those two lay asleep.
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PdP 6 210.12
सारमेयस्तयोर्मध्याज्जह्रे स पटसंपुटम् । नीत्वा स कियतीं भूमिं दंतैस्तत्पटसंपुटम्
sārameyastayormadhyājjahre sa paṭasaṃpuṭam | nītvā sa kiyatīṃ bhūmiṃ daṃtaistatpaṭasaṃpuṭam
The dog carried off the cloth bundle from between the two of them; and having taken it some distance, (it tore) that cloth bundle with its teeth.
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PdP 6 210.13
विदार्यास्थीनि तत्स्थानि निर्मांसान्यवलोक्य सः । एतस्याः कोशलायास्तु जलमध्ये समाक्षिपत्
vidāryāsthīni tatsthāni nirmāṃsānyavalokya saḥ | etasyāḥ kośalāyāstu jalamadhye samākṣipat
Having torn (it open), and seeing the bones that were in it stripped of flesh, he threw them into the water of this Kośalā.
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PdP 6 210.14
क्षिप्तमात्रेषु तेनास्थिष्वेतदंबुनि भूपते । दिव्यं विमानमास्थाय मुकुंदोऽत्र समागतः
kṣiptamātreṣu tenāsthiṣvetadaṃbuni bhūpate | divyaṃ vimānamāsthāya mukuṃdo'tra samāgataḥ
The moment the bones were cast by it into this water, O king, Mukunda arrived here, seated in a heavenly aerial car.
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PdP 6 210.15
दृष्ट्वा गुर्वनुजौ सुप्तौ शनैः प्राबोधयत्तदा । उवाच च नमस्कृत्य गुंरुं दिव्याकृतिर्नृप
dṛṣṭvā gurvanujau suptau śanaiḥ prābodhayattadā | uvāca ca namaskṛtya guṃruṃ divyākṛtirnṛpa
Seeing his teacher and his younger brother asleep, he then gently woke them; and, of divine form, O king, he bowed to the teacher and spoke.
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PdP 6 210.16
मुकुंद उवाच। वेदायन गुरो तुभ्यं नम आशीस्तवानुज । प्रासादाद्वां ममास्थीनि तीर्थेऽत्र पतितानि वै
mukuṃda uvāca| vedāyana guro tubhyaṃ nama āśīstavānuja | prāsādādvāṃ mamāsthīni tīrthe'tra patitāni vai
Mukunda said: Vedāyana, O teacher, homage to you; blessings to your (pupil's) younger brother. By your two (acts of) grace my bones have indeed fallen here in this holy place.
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PdP 6 210.17
अयं मृत्युमहं गत्वा निरयं प्राप्य तत्फलम् । एतत्तीर्थप्रसादेन दैवी लब्धा मया गतिः
ayaṃ mṛtyumahaṃ gatvā nirayaṃ prāpya tatphalam | etattīrthaprasādena daivī labdhā mayā gatiḥ
Having gone to death, I reached hell as the fruit of that; (yet) by the grace of this holy place a divine course has been obtained by me.
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PdP 6 210.18
त्वां गुरुं तीर्थभूतं तु नमस्कर्तुमिहागतः । अहं गच्छन्विमानेन दिव्येन त्रिदशालयम्
tvāṃ guruṃ tīrthabhūtaṃ tu namaskartumihāgataḥ | ahaṃ gacchanvimānena divyena tridaśālayam
But I have come here to bow to you, my teacher, who have become a holy place — I, going by the divine aerial car to the abode of the thirty (gods).
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PdP 6 210.19
नमस्कृतो भवानेतत्तीर्थ चायं सहोदरः । दृष्टो मामनुजानीहि यामि स्वर्गं सुखोदयम्
namaskṛto bhavānetattīrtha cāyaṃ sahodaraḥ | dṛṣṭo māmanujānīhi yāmi svargaṃ sukhodayam
You have been bowed to, and this holy place and this brother of mine have been seen; give me leave — I go to heaven, where happiness arises.
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PdP 6 210.20
नारद उवाच- श्रुत्वैवं वचनं तस्य मुकुंदस्य गुरुस्तदा । वेदायनो विमानस्थं तमूचे गतविस्मयः
nārada uvāca- śrutvaivaṃ vacanaṃ tasya mukuṃdasya gurustadā | vedāyano vimānasthaṃ tamūce gatavismayaḥ
Nārada said: Hearing this speech of that Mukunda, the teacher Vedāyana then, his astonishment gone, said to him as he stood in the aerial car:
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PdP 6 210.21
देवायन उवाच- मुकुंदाख्याहि मे सत्यं लब्ध्वा यन्मरणं भवान् । कस्मिंल्लोके गतस्तात यतो यात्यधुना दिवम्
devāyana uvāca- mukuṃdākhyāhi me satyaṃ labdhvā yanmaraṇaṃ bhavān | kasmiṃlloke gatastāta yato yātyadhunā divam
Devāyana said: Mukunda, tell me the truth — to what world did you go, my son, after meeting death, from which you now go to heaven?
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PdP 6 210.22
किं वृत्तं तत्र ते तात तस्यलोकस्य कोऽधिपः । कीदृशी च प्रजा कीदृक्धर्मस्तत्राखिलं वद
kiṃ vṛttaṃ tatra te tāta tasyalokasya ko'dhipaḥ | kīdṛśī ca prajā kīdṛkdharmastatrākhilaṃ vada
What happened to you there, my son? Who is the lord of that world? What are its people like, and what its law? Tell it all.
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PdP 6 210.23
मुकुंद उवाच- कथयामि गुरो तुभ्यं यद्वृत्तं मरणादनु । तीर्थस्यास्य प्रसादेन स्मृतिर्मे जायतेऽधुना
mukuṃda uvāca- kathayāmi guro tubhyaṃ yadvṛttaṃ maraṇādanu | tīrthasyāsya prasādena smṛtirme jāyate'dhunā
Mukunda said: I shall tell you, O teacher, what happened after death; by the grace of this holy place memory now arises in me.
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PdP 6 210.24
यदाहं तेन निहतश्चंडकेन दुरात्मना । नापितेन तदा जग्मुर्यमभृत्याः सुदारुणाः
yadāhaṃ tena nihataścaṃḍakena durātmanā | nāpitena tadā jagmuryamabhṛtyāḥ sudāruṇāḥ
When I was slain by that evil-souled barber Caṇḍaka, then Yama's servants came, most terrible,
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PdP 6 210.25
पिंगाक्षा रक्तकेशाश्च श्यामदेह नखाधराः । वामना दीर्घचरणा ह्रस्वनासाश्च दंतुराः
piṃgākṣā raktakeśāśca śyāmadeha nakhādharāḥ | vāmanā dīrghacaraṇā hrasvanāsāśca daṃturāḥ
tawny-eyed and red-haired, with dark bodies, nails and lips, dwarfish, with long legs, short noses and protruding teeth.
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PdP 6 210.26
नीयतां नीयतामेष धर्मराजस्य शासनात् । पुरीं संयमनीमेवमूचिरे ते परस्परम्
nīyatāṃ nīyatāmeṣa dharmarājasya śāsanāt | purīṃ saṃyamanīmevamūcire te parasparam
"Let him be led away, led away, by the command of the King of Dharma, to the city Saṃyamanī" — thus they said to one another.
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PdP 6 210.27
इत्युक्त्वा यातना देहे मां निवेश्य महारुषा । निबध्य दारुणैः पाशैर्जघ्नुर्लोहस्य मुद्गरैः
ityuktvā yātanā dehe māṃ niveśya mahāruṣā | nibadhya dāruṇaiḥ pāśairjaghnurlohasya mudgaraiḥ
Having said this, in great fury they placed me in a body (fit) for torments, bound me with dreadful nooses, and beat me with iron mallets.
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PdP 6 210.28
तैरहं नीयमानस्तु मार्गे ह्युत्तप्तवालुके । अरुदं भृशदुःखार्तस्ताडितोऽहं पुनश्च तैः
tairahaṃ nīyamānastu mārge hyuttaptavāluke | arudaṃ bhṛśaduḥkhārtastāḍito'haṃ punaśca taiḥ
Being led by them along a path of burning-hot sand, I wept, tormented by intense pain, and again I was beaten by them.
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PdP 6 210.29
प्रोचुश्च ते ध्रुवं कृत्वा निर्भर्त्स्येति च मां बहु । यमदूता ऊचुः । त्वया लुप्तो गुरुर्यस्माद्वदता ब्रह्म निश्चलम्
procuśca te dhruvaṃ kṛtvā nirbhartsyeti ca māṃ bahu | yamadūtā ūcuḥ | tvayā lupto gururyasmādvadatā brahma niścalam
And they spoke, having firmly resolved (upon it), and thus rebuked me much. The messengers of Yama said: "Since you, while expounding the unwavering Brahman, destroyed (the honour of) your teacher—
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PdP 6 210.30
किं करोषि यमस्याग्रे द्रष्टव्यं दारुणं मुखम् । तस्य पापस्य भोक्तव्यं दारुणस्य फलं त्वया
kiṃ karoṣi yamasyāgre draṣṭavyaṃ dāruṇaṃ mukham | tasya pāpasya bhoktavyaṃ dāruṇasya phalaṃ tvayā
—what will you do? Before Yama the terrible face (of him) must be looked upon. The dreadful fruit of that sin must be consumed by you.
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PdP 6 210.31
तेनैव पाप्मना पापिन्नपमृत्युं गतो भवान् । इत्युक्त्वा मां मुहूर्तेन बहुयोजनसंस्थिताम्
tenaiva pāpmanā pāpinnapamṛtyuṃ gato bhavān | ityuktvā māṃ muhūrtena bahuyojanasaṃsthitām
By that very evil, O sinner, you have come to an untimely death." Having said this, in a moment (they took) me (to the city) situated many leagues away—
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PdP 6 210.32
पुरीं संयमनीं निन्युर्यत्र राजा स्वयं यमः । प्रणम्य धर्मराजानं स्थापयित्वा तु मां पुरः
purīṃ saṃyamanīṃ ninyuryatra rājā svayaṃ yamaḥ | praṇamya dharmarājānaṃ sthāpayitvā tu māṃ puraḥ
—they led (me) to the city Saṃyamanī, where Yama himself is king; and having bowed to the King of Dharma and placed me before (him),
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PdP 6 210.33
आनीतोऽयं द्विजः पाप इति मां ते न्यवेदयन् । दृष्ट्वा मां धर्मराजोऽथ प्रोवाच स्वसभासदः
ānīto'yaṃ dvijaḥ pāpa iti māṃ te nyavedayan | dṛṣṭvā māṃ dharmarājo'tha provāca svasabhāsadaḥ
they announced me (to him), saying "This sinful brahmin has been brought." Then the King of Dharma, seeing me, spoke to the members of his assembly.
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PdP 6 210.34
यम उवाच- भो सभ्या मामकीं वाचं शृण्वंतु सुसमाहिताः । यदाहं ब्रह्मणा ह्यस्मिन्नधिकारे निवेशितः
yama uvāca- bho sabhyā māmakīṃ vācaṃ śṛṇvaṃtu susamāhitāḥ | yadāhaṃ brahmaṇā hyasminnadhikāre niveśitaḥ
Yama said: "Ho, assembly-members, listen to my words with full attention. When I was installed in this office by Brahmā,
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PdP 6 210.35
तदा मामित्युवाचासौ ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः । ब्रह्मोवाच- अधर्मिणां नराणां त्वं शास्ता संयमनीपतिः
tadā māmityuvācāsau brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ | brahmovāca- adharmiṇāṃ narāṇāṃ tvaṃ śāstā saṃyamanīpatiḥ
then that Brahmā, the grandfather of the worlds, spoke to me thus. Brahmā said: 'You are the chastiser of unrighteous men, the lord of Saṃyamanī.
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PdP 6 210.36
यथापराधमाधत्स्व दंडं चंडकरात्मज । पित्रोरपोषको यस्तु समर्थो गुरुध्रुक्तु यः । एतौ महापातकिनौ निपात्यौ निरयेषु ते
yathāparādhamādhatsva daṃḍaṃ caṃḍakarātmaja | pitrorapoṣako yastu samartho gurudhruktu yaḥ | etau mahāpātakinau nipātyau nirayeṣu te
Apply punishment according to the offence, O son of the fierce-rayed (Sun). He who, though able, does not support his parents, and he who wrongs his guru—these two are great sinners, to be cast down by you into the hells,
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PdP 6 210.37
सर्वेषु यावद्वर्षाणां प्रत्येकमयुतं भवेत् । एतयोर्न त्वया कार्या दया जातु ककुप्पते
sarveṣu yāvadvarṣāṇāṃ pratyekamayutaṃ bhavet | etayorna tvayā kāryā dayā jātu kakuppate
into all of them, for as long as ten thousand years in each. Toward these two no mercy whatever is to be shown by you, O lord of the highest (place).'
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PdP 6 210.38
यम उवाच- इत्यहं ब्रह्मणो वाक्यात्स्वगुरुद्रुहि मानवे । न करोमि क्रियां सभ्यास्तथा पित्रोरपोषके
yama uvāca- ityahaṃ brahmaṇo vākyātsvagurudruhi mānave | na karomi kriyāṃ sabhyāstathā pitrorapoṣake
Yama said: "Thus, by Brahmā's word, in the case of a man who wrongs his own guru I show no mercy, O assembly-members, and likewise in the case of one who fails to support his parents.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 210.39
ब्राह्मणोऽयं गुरुद्रोही तद्द्रोहादपमृत्युताम् । प्राप्तो मच्छासनाद्भृत्यैरानीतो दर्शनाक्षमः
brāhmaṇo'yaṃ gurudrohī taddrohādapamṛtyutām | prāpto macchāsanādbhṛtyairānīto darśanākṣamaḥ
This brahmin is a wronger of his guru; through that wrong he came to an untimely death, and by my command he has been brought by the servants—(he is) unfit to be looked at.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 210.40
भो भृत्याः प्रथमं घोरे रौरवे वत्सरायुते । पात्यतां च पुनस्तस्मान्निःसार्य्यान्यत्र पात्यताम्
bho bhṛtyāḥ prathamaṃ ghore raurave vatsarāyute | pātyatāṃ ca punastasmānniḥsāryyānyatra pātyatām
Ho servants! First let him be cast into the terrible Raurava for ten thousand years, and then let him be taken out of it and cast elsewhere.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 210.41
तावंतमेव कालं वै पापोऽयं गुरुलोपकः । नरकेष्विति सर्वेषु यथाकालं स्थितं द्रुतम्
tāvaṃtameva kālaṃ vai pāpo'yaṃ gurulopakaḥ | narakeṣviti sarveṣu yathākālaṃ sthitaṃ drutam
For just that much time (in each), let this sinner who destroyed (the honour of) his guru be quickly placed, according to the (allotted) time, in all the hells."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 210.42
मुकुंद उवाच- वेदायन गुरो स्वामिन्भृत्यास्ते यमशासनात् । नीत्वा मां रौरवे घोरे पाशैर्बध्वा न्यपातयन्
mukuṃda uvāca- vedāyana guro svāminbhṛtyāste yamaśāsanāt | nītvā māṃ raurave ghore pāśairbadhvā nyapātayan
Mukunda said: O Vedāyana, guru, master, your servants, by Yama's command, led me to the terrible Raurava, bound me with nooses and threw me down.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 210.43
तत्राहं तां व्यथां गुर्वी लब्धवानतिदारुणाम् । यथाकोऽपि क्षणस्तात नीतो मे युगवत्तदा
tatrāhaṃ tāṃ vyathāṃ gurvī labdhavānatidāruṇām | yathāko'pi kṣaṇastāta nīto me yugavattadā
There I received that heavy, most dreadful agony. Even a single moment, father, passed for me then like an age.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 210.44
त्रिंशद्दिनानि तन्नीतं दुःखं मे तत्र तिष्ठता । एकत्रिंशतमे ह्यस्मिन्दिनेऽहं निर्गतस्तदा
triṃśaddināni tannītaṃ duḥkhaṃ me tatra tiṣṭhatā | ekatriṃśatame hyasmindine'haṃ nirgatastadā
For thirty days that suffering was undergone by me while remaining there; then on this thirty-first day I came out,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 210.45
पतितेष्वस्थिखंडेषु तीर्थेऽस्मिन्नुतमोत्तमे । गुरुलोपोद्भवं पापं सद्यो नष्टं ममाभवत
patiteṣvasthikhaṃḍeṣu tīrthe'sminnutamottame | gurulopodbhavaṃ pāpaṃ sadyo naṣṭaṃ mamābhavata
when the fragments of (my) bones had fallen into this best of the best of holy fords: at once the sin arising from the slighting of my guru was destroyed for me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 210.46
तीर्थस्यास्य प्रसादेन लब्धा च स्वर्गतिर्मया । सुखं स्वर्गे निवत्स्यामि यावदिंद्राश्चतुर्दश
tīrthasyāsya prasādena labdhā ca svargatirmayā | sukhaṃ svarge nivatsyāmi yāvadiṃdrāścaturdaśa
And by the grace of this holy ford a going to heaven has been obtained by me; I shall dwell happily in heaven for as long as fourteen Indras (last).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 210.47
यमस्य नगरे तस्मिन्याः प्रजा निवसंति वै । पापिनां भयदायिन्यो धर्मिणां ता मनोहराः
yamasya nagare tasminyāḥ prajā nivasaṃti vai | pāpināṃ bhayadāyinyo dharmiṇāṃ tā manoharāḥ
In that city of Yama there dwell those creatures who inspire fear in sinners, but who are charming to the righteous:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 210.48
सिंहास्या गजकोलास्या महादंष्ट्रोन्नतोदरीः । बिडालास्याः पिंगकेश्यो भामिन्यो दीर्घपत्कराः
siṃhāsyā gajakolāsyā mahādaṃṣṭronnatodarīḥ | biḍālāsyāḥ piṃgakeśyo bhāminyo dīrghapatkarāḥ
(Some were) lion-faced, some elephant- or boar-faced, with huge tusks and bulging bellies, some cat-faced, tawny-haired women with long feet and hands.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 210.49
तीर्थस्यास्य प्रसादेन निःपापोहं यदाभवम् । तदा मया प्रजा दृष्टा दिव्यरूपा यमालये
tīrthasyāsya prasādena niḥpāpohaṃ yadābhavam | tadā mayā prajā dṛṣṭā divyarūpā yamālaye
When, by the grace of this holy ford, I became free of sin, then I saw beings of divine form in Yama's abode.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 210.50
सर्वास्ताः सत्यवादिन्यो विनयाचारसंचिताः । दिव्याभरणधारिण्यो दिव्यांबरविभूषिताः
sarvāstāḥ satyavādinyo vinayācārasaṃcitāḥ | divyābharaṇadhāriṇyo divyāṃbaravibhūṣitāḥ
All of them spoke the truth and were endowed with modesty and good conduct; they wore divine ornaments and were adorned with divine garments.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 210.51
इत्येतत्कथितं तात यत्पृष्टोऽहं त्वयानघ । अनुजानीहि मां गंतुममरेशपुरीं प्रति
ityetatkathitaṃ tāta yatpṛṣṭo'haṃ tvayānagha | anujānīhi māṃ gaṃtumamareśapurīṃ prati
Thus this has been told, dear (teacher), what you asked me, O sinless one. Give me leave to go to the city of the lord of the immortals.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 210.52
नारद उवाच- इत्याकर्ण्य स सन्यासी स्वशिष्योक्तं वचस्तदा । भूयः पप्रच्छ धर्मात्मा मुकुंदं तं द्विजं नृप
nārada uvāca- ityākarṇya sa sanyāsī svaśiṣyoktaṃ vacastadā | bhūyaḥ papraccha dharmātmā mukuṃdaṃ taṃ dvijaṃ nṛpa
Nārada said: Having heard, O king, the words spoken by his own pupil, that righteous renunciant then asked that twice-born Mukunda further.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 210.53
वेदायन उवाच- बाल्यावधि गुरुस्नेहं मत्तोऽधीतं त्वयाखिलम् । शब्दशास्त्रसमेतश्च वेदस्तु सपदक्रमः
vedāyana uvāca- bālyāvadhi gurusnehaṃ matto'dhītaṃ tvayākhilam | śabdaśāstrasametaśca vedastu sapadakramaḥ
Vedāyana said: From childhood, with a pupil's love for his teacher, you have studied everything from me — the Veda together with the science of words, along with its word-by-word recitation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 210.54
विहिता मम शुश्रूषा भावेन भवतोत्तमा । त्वयि संति सतां साधो गुणाः शमदमादयः
vihitā mama śuśrūṣā bhāvena bhavatottamā | tvayi saṃti satāṃ sādho guṇāḥ śamadamādayaḥ
Excellent service was rendered to me by you with true feeling. In you, good man, are the virtues of the good — tranquillity, self-restraint, and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 210.55
गुरुलोपकृतं पापं कथं ते समजायत । एतदाख्याहि मे तात यथा जानामि तत्वतः
gurulopakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ kathaṃ te samajāyata | etadākhyāhi me tāta yathā jānāmi tatvataḥ
How then did the sin of failing (one's) teacher arise in you? Tell me this, my dear, so that I may know it as it truly is.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 210.56
मुकुंद उवाच- जन्मोपवीतकन्यानां धातारो निगमस्य च । यज्ञोपवीतदातुश्च नाज्ञाभंगः कृतो मया
mukuṃda uvāca- janmopavītakanyānāṃ dhātāro nigamasya ca | yajñopavītadātuśca nājñābhaṃgaḥ kṛto mayā
Mukunda said: To the giver of birth, of the sacred thread, and of a bride, and to the giver of the Veda, and to the bestower of the sacrificial thread — by me no breach of their command was made.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 210.57
श्वश्रुश्वशुरयोः सेवा भृत्येनेव कृता मया । तवापि शास्त्रदातुश्च नाज्ञाभंगः कृतो मया
śvaśruśvaśurayoḥ sevā bhṛtyeneva kṛtā mayā | tavāpi śāstradātuśca nājñābhaṃgaḥ kṛto mayā
Service to my mother-in-law and father-in-law was done by me as if by a servant; and of you too, the giver of the scriptures, no command was broken by me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 210.58
पुरोधा यः कुलाचार्यो वेदवेदांतपारगः। तस्यापराद्धं केचिन्मे तत्र त्वं श्रोतुमर्हसि
purodhā yaḥ kulācāryo vedavedāṃtapāragaḥ| tasyāparāddhaṃ kecinme tatra tvaṃ śrotumarhasi
There is the family priest, the clan's preceptor, who has gone to the far shore of Veda and Vedānta — against him some offence of mine (was committed); of that you should now hear.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 210.59
यद्यस्माकं कुले पुत्रो जायते धर्मकोविद । तदा पुरोधसे धेनुमेकां वा तस्य दक्षिणाम्
yadyasmākaṃ kule putro jāyate dharmakovida | tadā purodhase dhenumekāṃ vā tasya dakṣiṇām
If in our family a son is born, O knower of dharma, then to the family priest a cow, or (some such) gift for him,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 210.60
दत्त्वा संच्छिद्यते नालमिति वंशस्य नः स्थितिः । पुरा ममैव पुत्रे तु जातमात्रे शुभेऽहनि
dattvā saṃcchidyate nālamiti vaṃśasya naḥ sthitiḥ | purā mamaiva putre tu jātamātre śubhe'hani
is given, and (only then) is the (umbilical) cord cut — such is the custom of our lineage. Formerly, when a son was born to me on an auspicious day,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 210.61
कुलक्रिया मया तात न कृता मूढबुद्धिना । तस्याश्चाकरणेनैव गुरुलोपकरोऽभवम्
kulakriyā mayā tāta na kṛtā mūḍhabuddhinā | tasyāścākaraṇenaiva gurulopakaro'bhavam
the family rite was not performed by me, dear (teacher), for my mind was deluded; and just by not performing it I became one who had failed his teacher.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 210.62
निवेदितमिदं सर्वं गुरुलोपाद्यथा मम । पापमासीदनुज्ञा मे देहि यामि सुरालयम्
niveditamidaṃ sarvaṃ gurulopādyathā mama | pāpamāsīdanujñā me dehi yāmi surālayam
All this has been declared — how sin arose in me from failing my teacher. Give me leave; I am going to the abode of the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 210.63
वेदायन उवाच- इंद्रप्रस्थांतरावर्तिन्येषा या कोशला शुभा । स्मृतिरस्याः प्रसादेन दृश्यते पूर्वजन्मनः
vedāyana uvāca- iṃdraprasthāṃtarāvartinyeṣā yā kośalā śubhā | smṛtirasyāḥ prasādena dṛśyate pūrvajanmanaḥ
Vedāyana said: This auspicious Kośalā lies within the region of Indraprastha; by its grace the memory of a former birth is seen.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 210.64
केन पुण्येन तीर्थेऽस्मिन्नस्थीनि पतितानि ते । मुकुंदाख्याहि चैतस्य स्मृतिरस्ति तवानघ
kena puṇyena tīrthe'sminnasthīni patitāni te | mukuṃdākhyāhi caitasya smṛtirasti tavānagha
By what merit did your bones fall in this holy ford? Tell (me), Mukunda, if you have memory of this too, O sinless one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 210.65
मुकंद उवाच- एकस्तु ब्राह्मणः कश्चित्सायं मद्गृहमागतः । तस्मै स्थानं मया दत्तं भोजनं च यथाविधि
mukaṃda uvāca- ekastu brāhmaṇaḥ kaścitsāyaṃ madgṛhamāgataḥ | tasmai sthānaṃ mayā dattaṃ bhojanaṃ ca yathāvidhi
Mukunda said: A certain brahmin came to my house at evening. I gave him lodging and food according to custom.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 210.66
सोऽपि भुक्त्वा यथाकामं सुष्वाप शयने शुभे । निशीथे तस्य सर्वांगे ज्वरोऽभूदति दारुणः
so'pi bhuktvā yathākāmaṃ suṣvāpa śayane śubhe | niśīthe tasya sarvāṃge jvaro'bhūdati dāruṇaḥ
And he, having eaten as much as he wished, slept on a fine bed. At midnight a most terrible fever arose in all his limbs.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 210.67
तेन पीडितसर्वांगो निद्रां लेभे न स द्विजः । प्रभात एव तत्याज प्राणान्मृत्यावुपस्थिते
tena pīḍitasarvāṃgo nidrāṃ lebhe na sa dvijaḥ | prabhāta eva tatyāja prāṇānmṛtyāvupasthite
Afflicted by it in all his limbs, that twice-born got no sleep; at daybreak, death having come upon him, he gave up his life.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 210.68
तस्य दाहादि कर्माणि विहितानि मया गुरो । तदस्थीनि च गंगायां पातितानि विधानतः
tasya dāhādi karmāṇi vihitāni mayā guro | tadasthīni ca gaṃgāyāṃ pātitāni vidhānataḥ
"His cremation and the other rites were performed by me, O teacher, and his bones were cast into the Ganges according to the prescribed manner.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 210.69
तेन पुण्येन मेस्थीनि पतितानि शिवप्रदे । तीर्थेऽस्मिन्कोशले नाम्नि ब्रह्मदेवविनिर्मिते
tena puṇyena mesthīni patitāni śivaprade | tīrthe'sminkośale nāmni brahmadevavinirmite
By that merit my bones (too) have fallen in this Śiva-granting sacred place named Kośala, fashioned by the god Brahmā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 210.70
नारद उवाच- स्वचरितमितिराजन्स द्विजः प्रोच्य सद्यः सुरसुभगशरीरो द्यां ययौ यानगत्या । इदमकथित मया तं तस्करात्प्राप्य मृत्युं व्यलभत दिवमेतत्तीर्थराजप्रसादात्
nārada uvāca- svacaritamitirājansa dvijaḥ procya sadyaḥ surasubhagaśarīro dyāṃ yayau yānagatyā | idamakathita mayā taṃ taskarātprāpya mṛtyuṃ vyalabhata divametattīrtharājaprasādāt
Nārada said: Having thus told the king the account of his own doings, that brahmin at once, with a body lovely as a god's, went to heaven by a celestial vehicle. This much was not told by me: that he, meeting death at the hands of a thief, obtained heaven — this by the grace of this king of sacred places.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition