Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 213
PdP 6 213.1
नारद उवाच- एतन्मधुवनं तात शिवे परमपावनम् । देवराजाय तुष्टेन स्थापिता विष्णुना पुरी
nārada uvāca- etanmadhuvanaṃ tāta śive paramapāvanam | devarājāya tuṣṭena sthāpitā viṣṇunā purī
Nārada said: This Madhuvana, dear one, is supremely purifying and auspicious; the city was established by Viṣṇu, who was pleased with the king of the gods.
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PdP 6 213.2
अत्र विश्रांतिनामेदं तीर्थं त्रिभुवनोत्तमम् । विविदां मुक्तिदं पुंसां पवनं साधुसेवितम्
atra viśrāṃtināmedaṃ tīrthaṃ tribhuvanottamam | vividāṃ muktidaṃ puṃsāṃ pavanaṃ sādhusevitam
Here is this holy place named Viśrānti, the best in the three worlds, granting liberation to men who know (it), purifying, frequented by the good.
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PdP 6 213.3
नित्यं वसति विश्वात्मा विष्णुः श्रीकोलरूपधृक् । अत्र तीर्थोत्तमे पुण्ये नृपविश्रांतिसंज्ञके
nityaṃ vasati viśvātmā viṣṇuḥ śrīkolarūpadhṛk | atra tīrthottame puṇye nṛpaviśrāṃtisaṃjñake
Here in this best and holy of sacred places called Nṛpaviśrānti dwells forever Viṣṇu, the self of all, bearing the glorious boar form.
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PdP 6 213.4
बहुभिर्जन्मभिर्येन विष्णुराराधितः सदा । मरणं तस्य तीर्थेऽस्मिन्जायते किल भूपते
bahubhirjanmabhiryena viṣṇurārādhitaḥ sadā | maraṇaṃ tasya tīrthe'sminjāyate kila bhūpate
He by whom Viṣṇu has been constantly worshipped through many births — his death indeed occurs at this holy place, O king of the earth.
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PdP 6 213.5
कालिंद्या एव कूले तु द्वितीयं हरिणा कृतम् । तीर्थे विश्रांतिसंज्ञं तु यत्र कंसो निपातितः
kāliṃdyā eva kūle tu dvitīyaṃ hariṇā kṛtam | tīrthe viśrāṃtisaṃjñaṃ tu yatra kaṃso nipātitaḥ
But on the bank of the Kālindī itself a second (place) was made by Hari, a holy place named Viśrānti, where Kaṃsa was struck down.
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PdP 6 213.6
एतद्द्वयं समं राजन्गुणैर्वैकुंठदातृभिः । भाग्योदयेन केनापि लभ्यते सकलार्थदम्
etaddvayaṃ samaṃ rājanguṇairvaikuṃṭhadātṛbhiḥ | bhāgyodayena kenāpi labhyate sakalārthadam
These two are equal, O king, in their qualities that bestow Vaikuṇṭha; by some rising of good fortune this granter of all aims is obtained.
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PdP 6 213.7
अथ तीर्थस्य माहात्म्यं कथयामि तवाग्रतः । यच्छ्रुत्वा सर्वतीर्थेषु मज्जनाल्लप्स्यसे फलम्
atha tīrthasya māhātmyaṃ kathayāmi tavāgrataḥ | yacchrutvā sarvatīrtheṣu majjanāllapsyase phalam
Now I shall relate the greatness of the holy place before you, on hearing which you will gain the fruit of bathing in all sacred places.
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PdP 6 213.8
हिमाचलोपत्यकायां किरातनगरे शुभे । ब्राह्मणो नाम कुशलो राजन्नासीद्दरिद्रतः
himācalopatyakāyāṃ kirātanagare śubhe | brāhmaṇo nāma kuśalo rājannāsīddaridrataḥ
In the foothills of the Himālaya, in the fair city of the Kirātas, there was, O king, a brahmin named Kuśala, (who lived) in poverty.
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PdP 6 213.9
तस्य पत्नी दुराचारा दुराचारनरे रता । कर्मणा मोहयामास पतिं सा बंधकी वरा
tasya patnī durācārā durācāranare ratā | karmaṇā mohayāmāsa patiṃ sā baṃdhakī varā
His wife was of evil conduct, devoted to a man of evil conduct; that excellent harlot bewitched her husband by (her) doings.
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PdP 6 213.10
पतिस्तया मोहितस्तु न निवारयितुं क्षमः । तदाज्ञा तत्परो दीनः क्रयक्रीतइवाभवत्
patistayā mohitastu na nivārayituṃ kṣamaḥ | tadājñā tatparo dīnaḥ krayakrītaivābhavat
But the husband, bewitched by her, was not able to restrain (her); intent on her command, the wretch became just like one bought for a price.
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PdP 6 213.11
लोका उपहरंति स्म तं द्विजं कुलटापतिम् । उपहासभयात्सोऽपि निर्ययौ न गृहात् कुधीः
lokā upaharaṃti sma taṃ dvijaṃ kulaṭāpatim | upahāsabhayātso'pi niryayau na gṛhāt kudhīḥ
People used to mock that brahmin, the husband of an unchaste woman; and he too, dull-witted, did not go out of the house for fear of ridicule.
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PdP 6 213.12
महार्हाणि दुकूलानि भूषणानि च सा दधौ । जारैर्दत्तानि दुष्टात्मा हसितापि न लज्जते
mahārhāṇi dukūlāni bhūṣaṇāni ca sā dadhau | jārairdattāni duṣṭātmā hasitāpi na lajjate
She put on very costly fine garments and ornaments given by her lovers; the wicked-souled woman, though laughed at, felt no shame.
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PdP 6 213.13
वस्त्रं पुरातनं दास्यादुत्तीर्णं यच्छरीरतः । अवज्ञापूर्वकं दुष्टा स्वभर्त्रे संप्रयच्छति
vastraṃ purātanaṃ dāsyāduttīrṇaṃ yaccharīrataḥ | avajñāpūrvakaṃ duṣṭā svabhartre saṃprayacchati
The wicked woman, with contempt, hands over to her own husband an old garment, cast off from the body of a servant girl.
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PdP 6 213.14
एवं तया कुलटया सोऽवज्ञातं स्वकः पतिः । नितांतं दुःखमापन्नो विषमत्त्वामृतो निशि
evaṃ tayā kulaṭayā so'vajñātaṃ svakaḥ patiḥ | nitāṃtaṃ duḥkhamāpanno viṣamattvāmṛto niśi
Thus that man, his own husband, was despised by that unchaste woman; fallen into extreme misery, he ate poison and died in the night.
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PdP 6 213.15
सा भीता राजतः पापा ह्यनयात्स्वैरिणी तदा । अनुयास्यामि भर्त्तारमित्युवाच मृषा वचः
sā bhītā rājataḥ pāpā hyanayātsvairiṇī tadā | anuyāsyāmi bharttāramityuvāca mṛṣā vacaḥ
Then that wicked, wanton woman, afraid of the king because of this misconduct, spoke a false word: "I shall follow my husband."
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PdP 6 213.16
तयैवं शिक्षिता सख्यः स्वकीयस्तां समीपगाः । निवारयामासुरिति कथयित्वा महीपतेः
tayaivaṃ śikṣitā sakhyaḥ svakīyastāṃ samīpagāḥ | nivārayāmāsuriti kathayitvā mahīpateḥ
Having been instructed by her in this way, her own friends who were near her held her back — having (first) told the king (of it) — thus:
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PdP 6 213.17
सख्य ऊचुः - भो मृगाक्षि किमर्थं ते क्रियतेऽनर्थ ईदृश । यत्सुवर्णनिभं कायं त्वं नाशयितुमुद्यता
sakhya ūcuḥ - bho mṛgākṣi kimarthaṃ te kriyate'nartha īdṛśa | yatsuvarṇanibhaṃ kāyaṃ tvaṃ nāśayitumudyatā
The friends said: O doe-eyed one, why is such a calamity being brought about by you, that you are set on destroying a body resembling gold?
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PdP 6 213.18
भवत्या किं सुखं दृष्टममुष्या व्यवसायिनः । दरिद्रस्यासमर्थस्य सखि स्वोदरपूरिणः
bhavatyā kiṃ sukhaṃ dṛṣṭamamuṣyā vyavasāyinaḥ | daridrasyāsamarthasya sakhi svodarapūriṇaḥ
What happiness has your ladyship seen from this fellow, a schemer, poor, incapable, filling only his own belly, friend?
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PdP 6 213.19
पालयैनं सुतं बालं त्वदृते कोऽस्य पालकः । मरिष्यामो वयं सर्वा मृतायां त्वयि सुंदरि
pālayainaṃ sutaṃ bālaṃ tvadṛte ko'sya pālakaḥ | mariṣyāmo vayaṃ sarvā mṛtāyāṃ tvayi suṃdari
Protect this young son; apart from you who is his protector? We shall all die if you die, beautiful one.
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PdP 6 213.20
गृहमेतदवेक्षस्व समुत्तिष्ठवरानने । जीयादयं तव सुतोयस्त्रीभाविसुखप्रदः
gṛhametadavekṣasva samuttiṣṭhavarānane | jīyādayaṃ tava sutoyastrībhāvisukhapradaḥ
Look upon this house; rise up, fair-faced one. Long live this son of yours, who will give you happiness in the future.
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PdP 6 213.21
वांछंति बांधवाः सर्वे त्वदीयास्तव जीवितम् । उत्तिष्ठ निजबंधूनां कुरु चित्तं समीहितम्
vāṃchaṃti bāṃdhavāḥ sarve tvadīyāstava jīvitam | uttiṣṭha nijabaṃdhūnāṃ kuru cittaṃ samīhitam
All your kinsmen desire your life; rise up, make the minds of your own relatives content.
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PdP 6 213.22
रुदंति तव रागेण वयस्याः सकलाः सति। निजवाक्यप्रदानेन वारयैताः सुदुःखिताः
rudaṃti tava rāgeṇa vayasyāḥ sakalāḥ sati| nijavākyapradānena vārayaitāḥ suduḥkhitāḥ
All your companions weep out of love for you, good lady; with the gift of your own word, restrain these deeply grieving ones.
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PdP 6 213.23
नारद उवाच- इत्याकर्ण्य वचस्तासां दुष्टा सा धर्मविश्रुतम् । उन्नमय्य मुखं प्राह श्रावयंती स्वबांधवान्
nārada uvāca- ityākarṇya vacastāsāṃ duṣṭā sā dharmaviśrutam | unnamayya mukhaṃ prāha śrāvayaṃtī svabāṃdhavān
Narada said: Hearing this speech of theirs, that wicked woman, renowned for (talk of) dharma, raised her face and spoke, making her own kinsmen hear.
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PdP 6 213.24
सख्युवाच- युष्माभिर्यद्वचो धर्मं प्रोक्तं जाने ऋतं ननु । तथापि स्वपतिः स्त्रीभिर्मान्यो लोकद्वयप्रदः
sakhyuvāca- yuṣmābhiryadvaco dharmaṃ proktaṃ jāne ṛtaṃ nanu | tathāpi svapatiḥ strībhirmānyo lokadvayapradaḥ
The friend said: The word about dharma that has been spoken by you — I know indeed that it is true; yet a woman's own husband is to be honoured, since he grants both worlds.
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PdP 6 213.25
यदुच्यते मया वाक्यं धर्मशास्त्रसमन्वितम् । तद्वचः श्रूयतां सख्यो युक्तं चेदनुमोदत
yaducyate mayā vākyaṃ dharmaśāstrasamanvitam | tadvacaḥ śrūyatāṃ sakhyo yuktaṃ cedanumodata
The speech that is spoken by me, in accord with the dharma treatises — let that speech be heard, friends, and if it is right, approve it.
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PdP 6 213.26
या स्त्री निधनमापन्नं पतिमन्वेति तत्परा । पापापि सह तेनैव स्वर्गे वसति सा चिरम्
yā strī nidhanamāpannaṃ patimanveti tatparā | pāpāpi saha tenaiva svarge vasati sā ciram
The woman who, devoted to him, follows her husband who has met his death — even if sinful, she dwells long in heaven together with him.
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PdP 6 213.27
स्त्रीभिः पतिर्न हातव्यो निर्धनो रोगवानपि । जीवन्मृतोऽनुगंतव्यः श्रुतिरेषा सनातनी
strībhiḥ patirna hātavyo nirdhano rogavānapi | jīvanmṛto'nugaṃtavyaḥ śrutireṣā sanātanī
A husband must not be abandoned by women, even if penniless or diseased; whether living or dead he is to be followed — this is the eternal scriptural teaching.
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PdP 6 213.28
विचिंत्येति स्वमनसि सख्योन्वेमि स्वकं पतिम् । वर्तिष्यते स्वभाग्येन करिष्येऽहं किमस्य वै
viciṃtyeti svamanasi sakhyonvemi svakaṃ patim | vartiṣyate svabhāgyena kariṣye'haṃ kimasya vai
Having thought thus in my own mind, friends, I follow my own husband. He will fare according to his own fortune — what indeed shall I do for him?
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PdP 6 213.29
नारद उवाच- इत्युक्तास्तास्तया सख्यो दुष्टा दुष्टमतिप्रदाः । ऊचुस्तां धर्मवाक्येन समस्तजनमोहिनीम्
nārada uvāca- ityuktāstāstayā sakhyo duṣṭā duṣṭamatipradāḥ | ūcustāṃ dharmavākyena samastajanamohinīm
Narada said: Thus addressed by her, those wicked friends, givers of wicked counsel, spoke with a speech of dharma to her who deluded all people.
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PdP 6 213.30
सख्य ऊचुः - जहि पूर्वं हि नः सुभ्रु पश्चादन्वेहि वल्लभे । समस्तास्त्वद्वियोगं न वयं सोढुं क्षमामहे
sakhya ūcuḥ - jahi pūrvaṃ hi naḥ subhru paścādanvehi vallabhe | samastāstvadviyogaṃ na vayaṃ soḍhuṃ kṣamāmahe
The friends said: Then first kill us, fair-browed one, and afterwards follow (him), dear one; all of us are unable to bear separation from you.
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PdP 6 213.31
अस्मांस्तव विनिघ्नंत्या अनुयांत्याः स्वकं पतिम् । धर्मोऽल्पपापबाहुल्यं स्वर्गप्राप्तिस्तु कीदृशी
asmāṃstava vinighnaṃtyā anuyāṃtyāḥ svakaṃ patim | dharmo'lpapāpabāhulyaṃ svargaprāptistu kīdṛśī
For you, who slay us while following your own husband, the merit is small and the sin abundant — what sort of attainment of heaven would that be?
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PdP 6 213.32
जीवन्नयं पतिः स्वीयः साध्वयं प्रतिपालितः । यदुक्तं पतिपत्नीभ्यां तत्त्वया विहितं सखी
jīvannayaṃ patiḥ svīyaḥ sādhvayaṃ pratipālitaḥ | yaduktaṃ patipatnībhyāṃ tattvayā vihitaṃ sakhī
"This husband of yours is alive, and he has been well cared for, virtuous woman; whatever was enjoined for husband and wife, that has been carried out by you, friend."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 213.33
यावत्स्वजीवनोपायं विधातुमयमक्षमः । तावत्त्वदीयभाग्येन जीविष्यति सुतस्तव
yāvatsvajīvanopāyaṃ vidhātumayamakṣamaḥ | tāvattvadīyabhāgyena jīviṣyati sutastava
"So long as this (boy) is unable to arrange the means of his own living, so long will your son live by your good fortune."
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PdP 6 213.34
नारद उवाच- इत्युक्ता सा निववृते स्वभर्त्तुरनुयानतः । सुतेन कारयामास तदा तद्विरतिक्रियाम्
nārada uvāca- ityuktā sā nivavṛte svabhartturanuyānataḥ | sutena kārayāmāsa tadā tadviratikriyām
Nārada said: Addressed thus, she turned back from following her husband; then she had her son perform the rites of desisting from that (funeral pyre).
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PdP 6 213.35
अथ कालेन कियता सुतोपनयने मतिम् । कारयामास सा विप्रैर्दत्त्वा जारार्पितं धनम्
atha kālena kiyatā sutopanayane matim | kārayāmāsa sā viprairdattvā jārārpitaṃ dhanam
Then after some time she set her mind on her son's initiation, and had it performed by brahmins, giving the wealth that had been handed over by her lover.
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PdP 6 213.36
कृतोपनयनः कुंडः स तत्त्वज्ञानवान्शिशुः । गृहान्निर्गम्य सपदि नारायणपरोऽभवत्
kṛtopanayanaḥ kuṃḍaḥ sa tattvajñānavānśiśuḥ | gṛhānnirgamya sapadi nārāyaṇaparo'bhavat
When his initiation had been performed, that boy Kuṇḍa, possessing knowledge of reality, at once left the house and became devoted to Nārāyaṇa.
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PdP 6 213.37
सतां संगतिमासाद्य त्यक्त्वा स्वं प्राकृतं वपुः । आरुरोह निजं लोकमप्राप्यं योगिभिश्च तत्
satāṃ saṃgatimāsādya tyaktvā svaṃ prākṛtaṃ vapuḥ | āruroha nijaṃ lokamaprāpyaṃ yogibhiśca tat
Having obtained the company of the good, and having abandoned his own material body, he ascended to his own world, that (world) unattainable even by yogis.
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PdP 6 213.38
अथ सा निर्गते पुत्रे मनो दुःखं चकार वै । तस्मिन्नेव दिने राजन्भूयो जारैः सहारमत्
atha sā nirgate putre mano duḥkhaṃ cakāra vai | tasminneva dine rājanbhūyo jāraiḥ sahāramat
Then, when her son had gone away, she grieved in her mind; but on that very day, O king, she again took pleasure with her lovers.
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PdP 6 213.39
इति तै रममाणायां तस्यां जारैः समं नृप । समागता जरा काले लावण्यमदनाशिनी
iti tai ramamāṇāyāṃ tasyāṃ jāraiḥ samaṃ nṛpa | samāgatā jarā kāle lāvaṇyamadanāśinī
While she was thus taking pleasure with her lovers, O king, in time old age arrived, destroying her beauty and her passion.
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PdP 6 213.40
त्यक्तोपपतिभिर्दृष्टा सा जराग्रस्तविग्रहा । बभूव दूतिकान्यासं कुलशीलविनाशिनी
tyaktopapatibhirdṛṣṭā sā jarāgrastavigrahā | babhūva dūtikānyāsaṃ kulaśīlavināśinī
Abandoned by her paramours, seen with her body in the grip of old age, she became a go-between for other women, a destroyer of family and good conduct.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 213.41
तदा ह्येकस्य विप्रस्य सवत्सां गामपाहरत् । विक्रीता कियता राजन्द्रव्येण ननु सा तया
tadā hyekasya viprasya savatsāṃ gāmapāharat | vikrītā kiyatā rājandravyeṇa nanu sā tayā
Then indeed she carried off a certain brahmin's cow together with its calf, and it was sold by her, O king, for some (small) sum of money.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 213.42
तयेति गमितः कालो दूतित्वेन कियान्नृप । पश्चाच्छुष्करशरीरोऽस्या विगुणः समजायत
tayeti gamitaḥ kālo dūtitvena kiyānnṛpa | paścācchuṣkaraśarīro'syā viguṇaḥ samajāyata
Thus a good deal of time was passed by her in the role of a go-between, O king; afterwards her body became dried up and disfigured.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 213.43
तस्याः कुष्ठे समुत्पन्ने गलितं ह्यंगपंचकम् । हस्तौ पादौ च नृपते पंचमा नासिका तदा
tasyāḥ kuṣṭhe samutpanne galitaṃ hyaṃgapaṃcakam | hastau pādau ca nṛpate paṃcamā nāsikā tadā
When leprosy arose in her, five limbs indeed rotted away — the two hands and the two feet, O king, and the nose as the fifth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 213.44
एवंभूता यदाहारं न लभेत कुतश्चन । तदा तु तत्रोदितया दास्या सा नीयता पणम्
evaṃbhūtā yadāhāraṃ na labheta kutaścana | tadā tu tatroditayā dāsyā sā nīyatā paṇam
Being in such a state, when she could get no food from anywhere, then, at the urging of a servant woman there, she was taken to the market.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 213.45
तत्र सा पतिता पापा लोकान्संप्रार्थ्य दीनया । गिरा धिगिति कुर्वाणा चक्रे स्वोदरपूरणम्
tatra sā patitā pāpā lokānsaṃprārthya dīnayā | girā dhigiti kurvāṇā cakre svodarapūraṇam
There that fallen sinful woman, begging from people in a pitiful voice, crying out "Shame!", managed to fill her belly.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 213.46
तदिहाभ्यासवर्त्त्ये को द्विजः सर्वागमार्थवित् । तां विलोक्य महावाग्मी प्रोवाचेदं वचो नृप
tadihābhyāsavarttye ko dvijaḥ sarvāgamārthavit | tāṃ vilokya mahāvāgmī provācedaṃ vaco nṛpa
Then a certain brahmin who frequented that place, knowing the meaning of all the scriptures and a great speaker, looked at her and spoke these words, O king.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 213.47
जनानां दुःखदं पापमिहलोके परत्र च । तस्मात्पापं न कर्त्तव्यं मानवैर्दुःखभीरुभिः
janānāṃ duḥkhadaṃ pāpamihaloke paratra ca | tasmātpāpaṃ na karttavyaṃ mānavairduḥkhabhīrubhiḥ
Sin brings suffering to people in this world and in the next; therefore sin should not be committed by men who fear suffering.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 213.48
पापं कृत्वा जनो यस्तु प्रायश्चित्तं करोति वै । न तदाचरिते भूयो न तत्फलमवाप्नुयात्
pāpaṃ kṛtvā jano yastu prāyaścittaṃ karoti vai | na tadācarite bhūyo na tatphalamavāpnuyāt
But the person who, having committed a sin, performs expiation, and does not do it again, would not obtain its fruit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 213.49
यः कृत्वा मुहुरेनांसि प्रायश्चित्तं करोति न । तस्यास्या इव पापाया गतिरत्र परत्र च
yaḥ kṛtvā muhurenāṃsi prāyaścittaṃ karoti na | tasyāsyā iva pāpāyā gatiratra paratra ca
He who commits offences repeatedly and does not perform expiation — his course, here and hereafter, is like that of this sinful woman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 213.50
अनया पापसंघातो लोकेऽत्र समुपार्जितः । इहैव तत्फलं भुंक्ते भोक्ष्यते नरकेऽप्यसौ
anayā pāpasaṃghāto loke'tra samupārjitaḥ | ihaiva tatphalaṃ bhuṃkte bhokṣyate narake'pyasau
By her a mass of sin has been amassed here in this world; here itself she consumes its fruit, and she will consume it in hell as well.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 213.51
सर्वशास्त्रेषु दृष्टं वै सर्वेषां पापकर्मणाम् । प्रायश्चित्तं न च स्त्रीणां विन्मुखानां तु कर्मणः
sarvaśāstreṣu dṛṣṭaṃ vai sarveṣāṃ pāpakarmaṇām | prāyaścittaṃ na ca strīṇāṃ vinmukhānāṃ tu karmaṇaḥ
In all the treatises it is indeed seen that there is expiation for all sinful acts — but not for women who are turned away from (right) knowledge of action.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 213.52
नारद उवाच- इत्युक्त्वा स द्विजश्रेष्ठो नमस्कृत्य रविं ययौ । विष्णुं संस्मृत्य संस्मृत्य भीतस्तदवलोकनात्
nārada uvāca- ityuktvā sa dvijaśreṣṭho namaskṛtya raviṃ yayau | viṣṇuṃ saṃsmṛtya saṃsmṛtya bhītastadavalokanāt
Nārada said: Having spoken thus, that best of twice-born ones made obeisance to the sun and departed, remembering Viṣṇu again and again, frightened by the sight of her.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 213.53
एवं सा दुःखमापन्ना भुंजाना कर्मणः फलम् । अर्जितस्य स्वयं राजन्मृता कतिपयैर्दिनैः
evaṃ sā duḥkhamāpannā bhuṃjānā karmaṇaḥ phalam | arjitasya svayaṃ rājanmṛtā katipayairdinaiḥ
Thus she, fallen into misery, enjoying the fruit of the deed she had herself accumulated, O king, died within a few days.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 213.54
न तस्या अग्निसंस्कारः संजातः पापकर्मणः । आकृष्य केशे सा नीता श्वपचैर्नगराद्बहिः
na tasyā agnisaṃskāraḥ saṃjātaḥ pāpakarmaṇaḥ | ākṛṣya keśe sā nītā śvapacairnagarādbahiḥ
For her, the evildoer, no fire-rite (of cremation) took place; dragged by the hair, she was carried outside the city by dog-cookers (outcastes).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 213.55
मरणावसरे तस्या यमभृत्याः समागताः । प्रापप्य यातनादेहं तां निन्युर्भास्करेः पुरीम्
maraṇāvasare tasyā yamabhṛtyāḥ samāgatāḥ | prāpapya yātanādehaṃ tāṃ ninyurbhāskareḥ purīm
At the moment of her death Yama's servants arrived; having given (her) a body for torments, they led her to the city of the Sun's son.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 213.56
सौम्यः सधर्मिणां देवः साक्षाद्गुह्यस्तु पापिनाम् । तस्या विलोकनाद्भूयः सोप्यभूद्वै पराङ्मुखः
saumyaḥ sadharmiṇāṃ devaḥ sākṣādguhyastu pāpinām | tasyā vilokanādbhūyaḥ sopyabhūdvai parāṅmukhaḥ
The god is gentle to those who keep the law, but to sinners he is (terror) itself; at the sight of her he too turned his face away.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 213.57
भृत्यानाज्ञापयामास यम एव पराङ्मुखः । रौरवे नरके घोरे पात्यतां सा मयेरिता
bhṛtyānājñāpayāmāsa yama eva parāṅmukhaḥ | raurave narake ghore pātyatāṃ sā mayeritā
Yama himself, with his face turned away, commanded his servants: "At my word let her be cast into the dreadful Raurava hell."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 213.58
इत्युक्तास्ते तदा भृत्या नीत्वा तां घोररौरवे । न्यपातयन्नधोववक्त्रां स्मरंतीं कर्म यत्कृतम्
ityuktāste tadā bhṛtyā nītvā tāṃ ghoraraurave | nyapātayannadhovavaktrāṃ smaraṃtīṃ karma yatkṛtam
Thus addressed, those servants then led her to the terrible Raurava and flung her down head first, as she remembered the deed she had done.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 213.59
एकमन्वंतरं यावत्सा स्थित्वा तत्र रौरवे । पश्चाद्गोधा समुत्पन्ना श्मशाने मृतमांसभुक्
ekamanvaṃtaraṃ yāvatsā sthitvā tatra raurave | paścādgodhā samutpannā śmaśāne mṛtamāṃsabhuk
For one whole manvantara she remained there in Raurava, and afterwards she was born as a monitor lizard in a cremation ground, eating the flesh of the dead.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 213.60
तत्रापि सा वर्षशतं लेभे दुःखं स्वकर्मणः । फलं मृतकमांसे कुर्वत्याहारमुत्कटम्
tatrāpi sā varṣaśataṃ lebhe duḥkhaṃ svakarmaṇaḥ | phalaṃ mṛtakamāṃse kurvatyāhāramutkaṭam
There too for a hundred years she received the fruit of her own deed, misery, making her fierce food of the flesh of corpses.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 213.61
एकदा स मुनेः पुत्रो योऽस्या कुक्षौ व्यजायत । विप्रयोनौ समायातः श्मशाने तत्र पर्यटन्
ekadā sa muneḥ putro yo'syā kukṣau vyajāyata | viprayonau samāyātaḥ śmaśāne tatra paryaṭan
Once that son of the sage, who had been born from her womb (and) had come (again) into a brahmin birth, was wandering about there in that cremation ground.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 213.62
मुनिपुत्रस्तु तां वीक्ष्य मृतानां क्रव्यमश्नतीम् । ध्यात्वा क्षणं स्वमनसि बुबुधे तां स्वमातरम्
muniputrastu tāṃ vīkṣya mṛtānāṃ kravyamaśnatīm | dhyātvā kṣaṇaṃ svamanasi bubudhe tāṃ svamātaram
But the sage's son, seeing her eating the raw flesh of the dead, and pondering a moment in his mind, recognized her as his own mother.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 213.63
स उवाचात्मनात्मानं बुद्ध्वा तां निजमातरम् । मुनिपुत्र उवाच- एतां तु तारयाम्यद्य दुस्तराद्दुःखवारिधेः
sa uvācātmanātmānaṃ buddhvā tāṃ nijamātaram | muniputra uvāca- etāṃ tu tārayāmyadya dustarādduḥkhavāridheḥ
Having recognized her by himself as his own mother, he said to himself — The sage's son said: This very day I shall carry her across the hard-to-cross ocean of misery.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 213.64
अहो न मुच्यते जंतुर्जातपापेन कर्मणा । आत्मनोपार्जितेनैव भोगकालावधिं विना
aho na mucyate jaṃturjātapāpena karmaṇā | ātmanopārjitenaiva bhogakālāvadhiṃ vinā
Alas, a creature is not released from the evil deed it has done, accumulated by itself, without the limit of the time of its enjoyment (being reached).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 213.65
अस्याः कालो व्यतीयाय निरये मानवाभिधः । सांप्रतं च जनैस्त्वत्र वत्सराणां शतं गतम्
asyāḥ kālo vyatīyāya niraye mānavābhidhaḥ | sāṃprataṃ ca janaistvatra vatsarāṇāṃ śataṃ gatam
Her time in the hell called Mānava has passed away, and now here among (living) beings a hundred years have gone by.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 213.66
कियदग्रे च भोक्तव्यमेतया पापमुल्बणम् । नारद उवाच। इत्यालोच्य पुनर्दध्यौ ज्ञानेनामील्य चक्षुषी
kiyadagre ca bhoktavyametayā pāpamulbaṇam | nārada uvāca| ityālocya punardadhyau jñānenāmīlya cakṣuṣī
And how much more terrible evil (fruit) must be experienced by her hereafter? Nārada said: Having reflected thus, he closed his eyes and meditated again by (his) knowledge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 213.67
दृष्ट्वा तस्या गतिं घोरां पापाया दिव्यचक्षुषा । पुनरात्मानमादेहं स द्विजप्रवरो नृप
dṛṣṭvā tasyā gatiṃ ghorāṃ pāpāyā divyacakṣuṣā | punarātmānamādehaṃ sa dvijapravaro nṛpa
Having seen with his divine eye the dreadful destiny of her, the sinful woman, that best of the twice-born again (brought) himself back into his body, O king.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 213.68
मुनिपुत्र उवाच- अहो कल्पशतेनापि निस्तारोऽस्या न दृश्यते । विना सत्तीर्थमरणं शरणं वा रमापतेः
muniputra uvāca- aho kalpaśatenāpi nistāro'syā na dṛśyate | vinā sattīrthamaraṇaṃ śaraṇaṃ vā ramāpateḥ
The sage's son said: Alas, not even in a hundred kalpas is deliverance for her to be seen, apart from death at a holy place, or refuge with the Lord of Ramā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 213.69
अथवा पिंडदानेन गयायां मत्कृतेन च । विनास्याः सद्गतिं नैव कल्पकोटिशतैरपि
athavā piṃḍadānena gayāyāṃ matkṛtena ca | vināsyāḥ sadgatiṃ naiva kalpakoṭiśatairapi
Or else, apart from an offering of piṇḍa made by me at Gayā, there is no good course for her even in hundreds of crores of kalpas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 213.70
न घटेत द्वयं चास्या अस्यां योनौ कदाचन । तत्तीर्थविषये मृत्युः सेवायां श्रीपते रतिः
na ghaṭeta dvayaṃ cāsyā asyāṃ yonau kadācana | tattīrthaviṣaye mṛtyuḥ sevāyāṃ śrīpate ratiḥ
And neither of the two could ever come about for her in this birth: death within that holy place, or delight in the service of the Lord of Śrī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 213.71
अस्या उद्धारहेतुर्वै मग्नायाः पापसागरे । भविता मत्कृतं श्राद्धं गयाया च हित्रकम्
asyā uddhāraheturvai magnāyāḥ pāpasāgare | bhavitā matkṛtaṃ śrāddhaṃ gayāyā ca hitrakam
The cause of the rescue of her, sunk in the ocean of sin, will be the śrāddha performed by me, and (the offering) at Gayā, the remover (of sin).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 213.72
नारद उवाच- इत्यालोच्य स धर्मात्मा ययौ स्वपितुराश्रमम् । आचख्यौ पितरं सर्वं स्वमातुर्दुःखकारणम्
nārada uvāca- ityālocya sa dharmātmā yayau svapiturāśramam | ācakhyau pitaraṃ sarvaṃ svamāturduḥkhakāraṇam
Nārada said: Having thus reflected, that righteous one went to his own father's hermitage and told his father everything, the cause of his mother's suffering.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 213.73
निशम्य पुत्रवचनं मातृदुःखनिवेदकम् । उवाच स मुनिश्रेष्ठः पुत्रं प्रणतकंधरम्
niśamya putravacanaṃ mātṛduḥkhanivedakam | uvāca sa muniśreṣṭhaḥ putraṃ praṇatakaṃdharam
Hearing his son's words, which announced his mother's suffering, that best of sages spoke to the son whose neck was bowed (in reverence):
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 213.74
मुनिरुवाच- हे तात मातरं स्वीयां शीघ्रमुद्धर दुर्गतेः । नयविद्भूपतिः शत्रोर्जयलक्ष्मीमिवाहवे
muniruvāca- he tāta mātaraṃ svīyāṃ śīghramuddhara durgateḥ | nayavidbhūpatiḥ śatrorjayalakṣmīmivāhave
The sage said: O dear one, quickly rescue your own mother from her wretched state, as a king skilled in statecraft (wrests) from an enemy the fortune of victory in battle.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 213.75
न तारयति यः पुत्रो मातरं पितरं स्वकम् । दुःखात्स याति नरकं यदि तारयितुं क्षमः
na tārayati yaḥ putro mātaraṃ pitaraṃ svakam | duḥkhātsa yāti narakaṃ yadi tārayituṃ kṣamaḥ
The son who does not deliver his own mother and father from suffering, if he is capable of delivering (them), goes to hell.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 213.76
स्वपुत्रात्प्राप्य पानीयं पिंडाश्च वरतीर्थके । पितरो नरकात्स्वर्गं स्वर्गाद्यांति हरेः पदम्
svaputrātprāpya pānīyaṃ piṃḍāśca varatīrthake | pitaro narakātsvargaṃ svargādyāṃti hareḥ padam
Having obtained water and rice-balls from their own son at an excellent holy ford, the fathers go from hell to heaven, and from heaven to the abode of Hari.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 213.77
तस्मादाशु समुत्तिष्ठ गच्छ खांडवकानने । तत्रास्ति यमुना पुण्या मुनिवर्यनिषेविता
tasmādāśu samuttiṣṭha gaccha khāṃḍavakānane | tatrāsti yamunā puṇyā munivaryaniṣevitā
Therefore rise up at once and go to the Khāṇḍava forest; there is the holy Yamunā, frequented by the foremost sages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 213.78
तत्तीरेऽस्ति हरिप्रस्थं सर्वतीर्थमयं ततः । पुण्यं मधुवनं तत्र विष्णुना स्थापितं स्वयम्
tattīre'sti hariprasthaṃ sarvatīrthamayaṃ tataḥ | puṇyaṃ madhuvanaṃ tatra viṣṇunā sthāpitaṃ svayam
On its bank is Hariprastha, which comprises all holy fords; and there is the holy Madhuvana, established by Viṣṇu himself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 213.79
तत्र स्नात्वा तु विधिवत्कृत्वा नित्यक्रियां निजाम् । तामुद्दिश्य कुरु श्राद्धं स्वप्रसूं च कुरु क्रियाम्
tatra snātvā tu vidhivatkṛtvā nityakriyāṃ nijām | tāmuddiśya kuru śrāddhaṃ svaprasūṃ ca kuru kriyām
Bathing there and performing your own daily rites according to rule, perform the śrāddha with reference to her, and perform the (funeral) rite for your own mother.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 213.80
त्वया तत्र कृते श्राद्धे तस्याः सद्गतिमिच्छता । सा प्राप्स्यति हरेर्लोकं हित्वा गोधांगमुल्बणम्
tvayā tatra kṛte śrāddhe tasyāḥ sadgatimicchatā | sā prāpsyati harerlokaṃ hitvā godhāṃgamulbaṇam
When the śrāddha has been performed there by you, who desire a good destiny for her, she will attain the world of Hari, abandoning the horrible iguana body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 213.81
गयायां पिंडदानेन यत्फलं तात जायते । ततः शतगुणं पुण्यं सद्भिर्मधुवने स्मृतम्
gayāyāṃ piṃḍadānena yatphalaṃ tāta jāyate | tataḥ śataguṇaṃ puṇyaṃ sadbhirmadhuvane smṛtam
O dear one, whatever fruit arises from the giving of rice-balls at Gayā, a merit a hundred times greater than that is declared by the good (to be gained) at Madhuvana.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 213.82
इदानीं वर्तते तात कन्याराशिगतो रविः । पुत्र गत्वा कुरु श्राद्धं पूर्वानुद्दिश्य बांधवान्
idānīṃ vartate tāta kanyārāśigato raviḥ | putra gatvā kuru śrāddhaṃ pūrvānuddiśya bāṃdhavān
At present, dear one, the sun stands in the sign of Virgo; go, my son, and perform the śrāddha with reference to the ancestral kinsmen.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition