Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 227
PdP 6 227.1
पार्वत्युवाच- विस्तरेण मयाचक्ष्व मंत्रार्थपदगौरवम् । ईश्वरस्य स्वरूपं च तद्विभूतिगुणांस्तथा
pārvatyuvāca- vistareṇa mayācakṣva maṃtrārthapadagauravam | īśvarasya svarūpaṃ ca tadvibhūtiguṇāṃstathā
Pārvatī said: Declare to me in detail the weightiness of the words that make up the mantra's meaning, and the essential form of the Lord, and likewise his powers and qualities,
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PdP 6 227.2
तद्विष्णोः परमं धामव्यूहभेदांस्तथा हरेः । सर्वमाख्याहि तत्त्वेन मम सर्वसुरेश्वर
tadviṣṇoḥ paramaṃ dhāmavyūhabhedāṃstathā hareḥ | sarvamākhyāhi tattvena mama sarvasureśvara
and that highest abode of Viṣṇu, and likewise the divisions of Hari's forms (vyūhas): tell me all of it as it truly is, O Lord of all the gods.
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PdP 6 227.3
ईश्वर उवाच- शृणु देवि प्रवक्ष्यामि स्वरूपं परमात्मनः । विभूतिगुणसंघातं तदवस्थात्मकं हरेः
īśvara uvāca- śṛṇu devi pravakṣyāmi svarūpaṃ paramātmanaḥ | vibhūtiguṇasaṃghātaṃ tadavasthātmakaṃ hareḥ
The Lord said: Listen, O Goddess, I shall declare the essential form of the Supreme Self, the aggregate of Hari's powers and qualities, and that which constitutes his states.
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PdP 6 227.4
यः परः पुरुषो विष्णुर्नारायण उदाहृतः । स ईश्वरश्च जगतां परमात्मा सनातनः
yaḥ paraḥ puruṣo viṣṇurnārāyaṇa udāhṛtaḥ | sa īśvaraśca jagatāṃ paramātmā sanātanaḥ
He who is the supreme Person, Viṣṇu, called Nārāyaṇa—he is the Lord of the worlds, the eternal Supreme Self.
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PdP 6 227.5
विश्वतः पाणिपादश्च चक्षुष्मान्विश्वतः प्रभुः । विश्वानि भुवनान्यस्मिन्धामानि परमाणि वै
viśvataḥ pāṇipādaśca cakṣuṣmānviśvataḥ prabhuḥ | viśvāni bhuvanānyasmindhāmāni paramāṇi vai
With hands and feet on every side, with eyes on every side, the Lord: in him are all the worlds and the highest abodes.
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PdP 6 227.6
धारयन्सोऽप्यत्यतिष्ठेन्मनांसि च मनीषिणाम् । एवं बहुस्वरूपः सञ्छ्रीपतिः पुरुषोत्तमः । ईश्वरर्य्या सहभोगार्थं दिव्यमंगलरूपवान्
dhārayanso'pyatyatiṣṭhenmanāṃsi ca manīṣiṇām | evaṃ bahusvarūpaḥ sañchrīpatiḥ puruṣottamaḥ | īśvararyyā sahabhogārthaṃ divyamaṃgalarūpavān
Upholding (them), he stood beyond even the minds of the thoughtful. Thus the Lord of Śrī, the Highest Person, being of many forms, possesses a divine, auspicious form for the sake of enjoyment together with the Sovereign Lady.
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PdP 6 227.7
बृहच्छरीरोऽग्निसमानरूपो युवा कुमारत्वमुपेयिवान्हरिः । रेमे श्रियासौ जगतां जनन्या स्वज्योत्स्नया चंद्रइवामृतांशुः
bṛhaccharīro'gnisamānarūpo yuvā kumāratvamupeyivānhariḥ | reme śriyāsau jagatāṃ jananyā svajyotsnayā caṃdraivāmṛtāṃśuḥ
Great of body, of a form like fire, a youth who has taken on boyhood, Hari—he took delight with Śrī, the mother of the worlds, as the nectar-rayed moon does with its own moonlight.
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PdP 6 227.8
अयं च जगदीश्वर्य्या कुमारो नित्ययौवनः । कंदर्प्पकोटिलावण्यः स तस्थे परमे पदे
ayaṃ ca jagadīśvaryyā kumāro nityayauvanaḥ | kaṃdarppakoṭilāvaṇyaḥ sa tasthe parame pade
And he, a youth of everlasting youthfulness with the Sovereign Lady of the world, having the loveliness of ten million Kāmas, abides in the highest station.
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PdP 6 227.9
भोगार्थं परमं व्योम लीलार्थमखिलं जगत् । भोगेन क्रीडया विष्णोर्विभूतिद्वयसंस्थितिः
bhogārthaṃ paramaṃ vyoma līlārthamakhilaṃ jagat | bhogena krīḍayā viṣṇorvibhūtidvayasaṃsthitiḥ
The supreme heaven is for enjoyment, the entire world for play; by enjoyment and by sport Viṣṇu's twofold power is established.
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PdP 6 227.10
भोगे नित्यस्थितिस्तस्य लीलां संहरते कदा । भोगो लीला उभौस्तस्य धार्य्येते शक्तिमत्तया
bhoge nityasthitistasya līlāṃ saṃharate kadā | bhogo līlā ubhaustasya dhāryyete śaktimattayā
His station in enjoyment is eternal; the play he sometimes withdraws. Both enjoyment and play are upheld by him through his possession of power.
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PdP 6 227.11
त्रिपाद्व्याप्तिः परे धाम्नि पादोस्येहाभवत्पुनः । त्रिपाद्विभूतिर्नित्या स्यादनित्यं पादमैश्वरम्
tripādvyāptiḥ pare dhāmni pādosyehābhavatpunaḥ | tripādvibhūtirnityā syādanityaṃ pādamaiśvaram
His pervasion by three quarters is in the highest abode; one quarter of him came to be here again. The three-quarter power would be eternal; the Lord's (remaining) quarter is impermanent.
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PdP 6 227.12
नित्यं तद्रूपमीशस्य परे धाम्नि स्थितं शुभम् । अच्युतं शाश्वतं दिव्यं सदा यौवनमाश्रितम्
nityaṃ tadrūpamīśasya pare dhāmni sthitaṃ śubham | acyutaṃ śāśvataṃ divyaṃ sadā yauvanamāśritam
That form of the Lord which is eternal, established in the highest abode, is auspicious—unfallen, everlasting, divine, ever partaking of youth,
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PdP 6 227.13
नित्यं संभोगमीश्वर्या श्रिया भूम्या च संवृतम् । नित्यैवेषा जगन्माता विष्णोः श्रीरनपायिनी
nityaṃ saṃbhogamīśvaryā śriyā bhūmyā ca saṃvṛtam | nityaiveṣā jaganmātā viṣṇoḥ śrīranapāyinī
eternally in union with the Sovereign Lady, encompassed by Śrī and by Bhūmi. She is eternal, this mother of the world, the Śrī of Viṣṇu who never departs.
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PdP 6 227.14
यथा सर्वगतो विष्णुस्तथा लक्ष्मीश्शुभानने । ईशाना सर्वजगतो विष्णुपत्नी सदा शिवा
yathā sarvagato viṣṇustathā lakṣmīśśubhānane | īśānā sarvajagato viṣṇupatnī sadā śivā
As Viṣṇu is all-pervading, so is Lakṣmī, O fair-faced one—the ruler of the whole world, the wife of Viṣṇu, ever gracious,
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PdP 6 227.15
सर्वतः पाणिपादांता सर्वतोऽक्षिशिरोमुखी । नारायणी जगन्माता समस्तजगदाश्रया
sarvataḥ pāṇipādāṃtā sarvato'kṣiśiromukhī | nārāyaṇī jaganmātā samastajagadāśrayā
with hands and feet extending on every side, with eyes, heads and faces on every side—Nārāyaṇī, the mother of the world, the support of the entire world.
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PdP 6 227.16
यदपाङ्गाश्रितं सर्वं जगत्स्थावरजङ्गमम् । जगत्स्थितिलयौ यस्या उन्मीलननिमीलनात्
yadapāṅgāśritaṃ sarvaṃ jagatsthāvarajaṅgamam | jagatsthitilayau yasyā unmīlananimīlanāt
(She) upon whose sidelong glance rests this whole world, moving and unmoving; from whose opening and closing (of the eyes) come the world's persistence and dissolution —
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PdP 6 227.17
सर्वस्याद्या महालक्ष्मीस्त्रिगुणा परमेश्वरी । लक्ष्यालक्ष्यस्वरूपा सा व्याप्य कृत्स्नं व्यवस्थिता
sarvasyādyā mahālakṣmīstriguṇā parameśvarī | lakṣyālakṣyasvarūpā sā vyāpya kṛtsnaṃ vyavasthitā
She is the first of all, Mahālakṣmī, made of the three qualities, the supreme sovereign; her form is both perceptible and imperceptible, and she stands pervading the whole (universe).
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PdP 6 227.18
शून्यं तदखिलं विश्वं विलोक्य परमेश्वरी । शून्यं तदखिलं स्वेन पूरयामास तेजसा
śūnyaṃ tadakhilaṃ viśvaṃ vilokya parameśvarī | śūnyaṃ tadakhilaṃ svena pūrayāmāsa tejasā
Seeing that entire universe empty, the supreme sovereign filled that whole emptiness with her own radiance.
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PdP 6 227.19
सा लक्ष्मीर्धरणी चैव नीलादेवीति विश्रुता । आधारभूता जगतः पृथिवीरूपमाश्रिता
sā lakṣmīrdharaṇī caiva nīlādevīti viśrutā | ādhārabhūtā jagataḥ pṛthivīrūpamāśritā
She is Lakṣmī and Dharaṇī, and she is known as the goddess Nīlā; she has become the support of the world, taking on the form of the earth.
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PdP 6 227.20
तोयादिरसरूपेण सैव नीलावपुर्भवेत् । लक्ष्मीरूपत्वमापन्ना धनवाग्रूपिणी हि सा
toyādirasarūpeṇa saiva nīlāvapurbhavet | lakṣmīrūpatvamāpannā dhanavāgrūpiṇī hi sā
In the form of the essence of water and the rest, she herself becomes the body of Nīlā; and having attained the form of Lakṣmī, she is indeed the embodiment of wealth and of speech.
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PdP 6 227.21
एवं देवीस्वरूपा सा जगतः श्रीः श्रीताहरिम् । समस्तविद्याभेदा स्युर्लक्ष्मीरूपा वरानने
evaṃ devīsvarūpā sā jagataḥ śrīḥ śrītāharim | samastavidyābhedā syurlakṣmīrūpā varānane
Thus she, whose own nature is that of the Goddess, is the Śrī of the world; ... Hari. All the divisions of knowledge are forms of Lakṣmī, O fair-faced one.
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PdP 6 227.22
श्रीरूपमखिलं सर्वं तस्या हि वपुरुच्यते । सौंदर्यं शीलवृत्तं च सौभाग्यं स्त्रीषु संस्थितम् । तस्या रूपं च गिरिजे सर्वासां मूर्ध्नि योषिताम्
śrīrūpamakhilaṃ sarvaṃ tasyā hi vapurucyate | sauṃdaryaṃ śīlavṛttaṃ ca saubhāgyaṃ strīṣu saṃsthitam | tasyā rūpaṃ ca girije sarvāsāṃ mūrdhni yoṣitām
This entire (world) has the form of Śrī; it is indeed said to be her body. Beauty, good conduct, and good fortune abide in women; and her form, O daughter of the mountain, is at the head of all women.
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PdP 6 227.23
यस्याः कटाक्षाय तमोग्रदृष्ट्या ब्रह्माशिवस्स्वर्गपतिर्महेंद्रः । चंद्रश्च सूर्यो धनदोपमोग्निः प्रभूतमैश्वर्यमवाप्नुवंति
yasyāḥ kaṭākṣāya tamogradṛṣṭyā brahmāśivassvargapatirmaheṃdraḥ | caṃdraśca sūryo dhanadopamogniḥ prabhūtamaiśvaryamavāpnuvaṃti
By whose sidelong glance, by whose keen look, Brahmā, Śiva, the lord of heaven great Indra, the moon, the sun, the giver of wealth (Kubera), and likewise fire obtain abundant sovereignty.
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PdP 6 227.24
लक्ष्मीः श्रीः कमला विद्या माता विष्णुप्रिया सती । पद्मालया पद्महस्ता पद्माक्षी लोकसुंदरी
lakṣmīḥ śrīḥ kamalā vidyā mātā viṣṇupriyā satī | padmālayā padmahastā padmākṣī lokasuṃdarī
Lakṣmī, Śrī, Kamalā, Vidyā, Mother, beloved of Viṣṇu, the chaste one, dwelling in the lotus, lotus in hand, lotus-eyed, beauty of the world;
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PdP 6 227.25
भूतानामीश्वरी नित्या सह्या सर्वगता शुभा । विष्णुपत्नी महादेवी क्षीरोदतनया रमा
bhūtānāmīśvarī nityā sahyā sarvagatā śubhā | viṣṇupatnī mahādevī kṣīrodatanayā ramā
sovereign of beings, eternal, to be borne with, all-pervading, auspicious, wife of Viṣṇu, great goddess, daughter of the milk-ocean, Ramā;
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PdP 6 227.26
अनंता लोकमाता भूर्नीला सर्वसुखप्रदा । रुक्मिणी च तथा सीता सर्ववेदवती शुभा
anaṃtā lokamātā bhūrnīlā sarvasukhapradā | rukmiṇī ca tathā sītā sarvavedavatī śubhā
Anantā, mother of the world, Earth, Nīlā, giver of all happiness, and Rukmiṇī, likewise Sītā, Sarvavedavatī, the auspicious one;
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PdP 6 227.27
सती सरस्वती गौरी शांतिः स्वाहा स्वधा रतिः । नारायणी वरारोहा विष्णोर्नित्यानपायिनी
satī sarasvatī gaurī śāṃtiḥ svāhā svadhā ratiḥ | nārāyaṇī varārohā viṣṇornityānapāyinī
Satī, Sarasvatī, Gaurī, Peace, Svāhā, Svadhā, Rati, Nārāyaṇī, the fair-hipped one, never departing from Viṣṇu.
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PdP 6 227.28
एतानि पुण्यनामानि प्रातरुत्थाय यः पठेत् । स महाश्रियमाप्नोति धनधान्यमकल्मषम्
etāni puṇyanāmāni prātarutthāya yaḥ paṭhet | sa mahāśriyamāpnoti dhanadhānyamakalmaṣam
Whoever rises at dawn and recites these holy names obtains great prosperity, wealth and grain, free of taint.
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PdP 6 227.29
हिरण्यवर्णां हरिणीं सुवर्णरजतः स्रजाम् । चंद्रां हिरण्मयीं लक्ष्मीं विष्णोरनपगामिनीम्
hiraṇyavarṇāṃ hariṇīṃ suvarṇarajataḥ srajām | caṃdrāṃ hiraṇmayīṃ lakṣmīṃ viṣṇoranapagāminīm
(I invoke) her of golden hue, the tawny one, garlanded with gold and silver, radiant as the moon, made of gold, Lakṣmī, who never departs from Viṣṇu.
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PdP 6 227.30
गन्धद्वारां दुराधर्षां नित्यपुष्टां करीषिणीम् । ईश्वरीं सर्वभूतानां तामिहोपह्वये श्रियम्
gandhadvārāṃ durādharṣāṃ nityapuṣṭāṃ karīṣiṇīm | īśvarīṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ tāmihopahvaye śriyam
Her who is the doorway of fragrance, hard to assail, ever nourished, rich in dung(-wealth), the sovereign of all beings — that Śrī I invoke here.
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PdP 6 227.31
एवं ऋक्संहितायां तु स्तूयमाना महेश्वरी । सर्वैश्वर्यसुखं प्रादाच्छिवादीनां दिवौकसाम्
evaṃ ṛksaṃhitāyāṃ tu stūyamānā maheśvarī | sarvaiśvaryasukhaṃ prādācchivādīnāṃ divaukasām
Thus praised in the Ṛk collection, the great sovereign granted the happiness of complete lordship to Śiva and the other dwellers in heaven.
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PdP 6 227.32
अस्येशाना हि जगतो विष्णुपत्नी सनातनी । यदपाङ्गाश्रितं सर्वं जगत्स्थावरजंगमम्
asyeśānā hi jagato viṣṇupatnī sanātanī | yadapāṅgāśritaṃ sarvaṃ jagatsthāvarajaṃgamam
She is indeed the ruler of this world, the eternal wife of Viṣṇu, upon whose sidelong glance rests this whole world, moving and unmoving.
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PdP 6 227.33
यस्य वक्षसि सा देवी प्रभाग्नाविव तिष्ठति । स वै सर्वेश्वरः साक्षादक्षरः पुरुषोऽव्ययः
yasya vakṣasi sā devī prabhāgnāviva tiṣṭhati | sa vai sarveśvaraḥ sākṣādakṣaraḥ puruṣo'vyayaḥ
He on whose chest that goddess abides, as radiance abides in fire — he indeed is the lord of all, in visible form, the imperishable, undecaying Person.
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PdP 6 227.34
स वै नारायणः श्रीमान्वात्सल्यगुणसागरः । स्वामी सुशीलः सुभगः सर्वज्ञः सर्वशक्तिमान्
sa vai nārāyaṇaḥ śrīmānvātsalyaguṇasāgaraḥ | svāmī suśīlaḥ subhagaḥ sarvajñaḥ sarvaśaktimān
He indeed is Nārāyaṇa, possessed of Śrī, an ocean of the quality of tender affection, the master, of good disposition, blessed, all-knowing, all-powerful,
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PdP 6 227.35
नित्यं संपूर्णकामश्च नैसर्गिकसुहृत्सखा । कृपापीयूषजलधिः शरणं सर्वदेहिनाम्
nityaṃ saṃpūrṇakāmaśca naisargikasuhṛtsakhā | kṛpāpīyūṣajaladhiḥ śaraṇaṃ sarvadehinām
ever with his desires fulfilled, a friend well-disposed by his very nature, an ocean of the nectar of compassion, the refuge of all embodied beings,
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PdP 6 227.36
स्वर्गापवर्गसुखदो भक्तानां करुणाकरः । श्रीमते विष्णवे तस्मै दास्यं सर्वं करोम्यहम्
svargāpavargasukhado bhaktānāṃ karuṇākaraḥ | śrīmate viṣṇave tasmai dāsyaṃ sarvaṃ karomyaham
(He is) the giver of the happiness of heaven and of release, a mine of compassion for his devotees; to him, the glorious Viṣṇu, I render service in all things.
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PdP 6 227.37
देशकालाद्यवस्था तु सर्वासु कमलापतेः । इति स्वरूपं संसिद्धं सुखं दास्यमवाप्नुयात्
deśakālādyavasthā tu sarvāsu kamalāpateḥ | iti svarūpaṃ saṃsiddhaṃ sukhaṃ dāsyamavāpnuyāt
But the condition of place, time and the rest belongs, in all (states), to the Lord of Lakṣmī. Thus, when (his) own nature is fully established, one would attain happy servitude.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 227.38
एवं विदित्वा मंत्रार्थं तद्भक्तिं सम्यगाचरेत् । दासभूतमिदं तस्य जगत्स्थावरजंगमम्
evaṃ viditvā maṃtrārthaṃ tadbhaktiṃ samyagācaret | dāsabhūtamidaṃ tasya jagatsthāvarajaṃgamam
Having thus understood the meaning of the mantra, one should rightly practise devotion to him: this world, moving and unmoving, has become his servant.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 227.39
श्रीमन्नारायणः स्वामी जगतां प्रभुरीश्वरः । माता पिता सुतो बंधुर्निवासः शरणं गतिः
śrīmannārāyaṇaḥ svāmī jagatāṃ prabhurīśvaraḥ | mātā pitā suto baṃdhurnivāsaḥ śaraṇaṃ gatiḥ
The glorious Nārāyaṇa is the master, the lord and ruler of the worlds, (he is) mother, father, son, kinsman, dwelling, refuge and goal.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 227.40
कल्याणगुणवान्श्रीशः सर्वकामफलप्रदः । योऽसौ निर्गुण इत्युक्तः शास्त्रेषु जगदीश्वरः
kalyāṇaguṇavānśrīśaḥ sarvakāmaphalapradaḥ | yo'sau nirguṇa ityuktaḥ śāstreṣu jagadīśvaraḥ
Possessed of auspicious qualities, the husband of Śrī, the giver of the fruit of all desires — this very Lord of the world who is called 'without qualities' in the scriptures:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 227.41
प्राकृतैर्हेयसंयुक्तैर्गुणैर्हीनत्वमुच्यते । यत्र मिथ्या प्रपञ्चत्वं वाक्यैर्वेदांतगोचरैः
prākṛtairheyasaṃyuktairguṇairhīnatvamucyate | yatra mithyā prapañcatvaṃ vākyairvedāṃtagocaraiḥ
(his) lacking is spoken of with reference to material qualities that are joined with what is to be rejected; wherein (there is) the falsity of the manifold world, by statements that fall within the Vedānta.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 227.42
दृश्यमानमिदं सर्वमनित्यमिति चोच्यते । अत्रापि प्राकृतं रूपमण्डस्यैव विनाशनम्
dṛśyamānamidaṃ sarvamanityamiti cocyate | atrāpi prākṛtaṃ rūpamaṇḍasyaiva vināśanam
And it is said that all this that is seen is impermanent; here too it is only the material form of the (cosmic) egg that is destroyed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 227.43
प्राकृतानां हि रूपाणामनित्यत्वं तथोच्यते । इममर्थं महादेवि प्रकृतेरुद्भवं हरेः
prākṛtānāṃ hi rūpāṇāmanityatvaṃ tathocyate | imamarthaṃ mahādevi prakṛterudbhavaṃ hareḥ
For it is in that sense that the impermanence of material forms is spoken of. This matter, O great Goddess, (namely) Hari's arising from primal matter (I shall tell) —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 227.44
क्रीडार्थं देवदेवस्य विष्णोर्लीलाधिकारिणः । लोकैश्चतुर्भिर्दशभिः सागरैर्द्वीपसंयुतैः
krīḍārthaṃ devadevasya viṣṇorlīlādhikāriṇaḥ | lokaiścaturbhirdaśabhiḥ sāgarairdvīpasaṃyutaiḥ
for the sake of the sport of Viṣṇu, god of gods, who presides over play: with the four (kinds of) worlds, with the ten (?), with the oceans together with the continents,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 227.45
भूतैश्चतुर्विधैश्चापि भूधरैश्च महोच्छ्रयैः । परिपूर्णमिदं रम्यमंडं प्रकृतिसंभवम्
bhūtaiścaturvidhaiścāpi bhūdharaiśca mahocchrayaiḥ | paripūrṇamidaṃ ramyamaṃḍaṃ prakṛtisaṃbhavam
and with the four kinds of beings, and with the mountains of great height, this lovely egg, born of primal matter, is entirely filled;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 227.46
दशोत्तरगुणोपेतं सप्तावरणसंवृतम् । कलाकाष्ठादिरूपेण यः कालं परिवर्तते
daśottaraguṇopetaṃ saptāvaraṇasaṃvṛtam | kalākāṣṭhādirūpeṇa yaḥ kālaṃ parivartate
(it is) endowed with qualities increasing tenfold, enclosed by seven sheaths. He who revolves time in the form of kalās, kāṣṭhās and the rest —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 227.47
कालेनैव जगत्सर्गस्थितिसंहरणं भवेत् । चतुर्युगसहस्रं वै ब्रह्मणो दिवसो भवेत्
kālenaiva jagatsargasthitisaṃharaṇaṃ bhavet | caturyugasahasraṃ vai brahmaṇo divaso bhavet
By time alone come about the creation, maintenance and destruction of the world. A thousand sets of four ages make one day of Brahmā,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 227.48
तावंति रात्रिवर्षाणि ब्रह्मणोऽव्यक्तजन्मनः । क्षये तु ब्रह्मणः प्राप्ते सर्वसंहारको भवेत्
tāvaṃti rātrivarṣāṇi brahmaṇo'vyaktajanmanaḥ | kṣaye tu brahmaṇaḥ prāpte sarvasaṃhārako bhavet
and just so many are the night-years of Brahmā, who is born of the unmanifest. But when Brahmā's dissolution arrives, (the Lord) becomes the destroyer of all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 227.49
अंडमंडगता लोका दह्यंते कालवह्निना । सर्वात्मानस्तथा विष्णोः प्रकृतौ विनिवेशिताः
aṃḍamaṃḍagatā lokā dahyaṃte kālavahninā | sarvātmānastathā viṣṇoḥ prakṛtau viniveśitāḥ
The egg and the worlds within the egg are burned by the fire of time; likewise all the selves are placed by Viṣṇu into primal matter.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 227.50
अंडावरणभूतानि प्रकृतौ लयमाप्नुयुः । सा सर्वजगदाधारा प्रकृतिर्हरिसंश्रिता
aṃḍāvaraṇabhūtāni prakṛtau layamāpnuyuḥ | sā sarvajagadādhārā prakṛtirharisaṃśritā
The elements that form the sheaths of the egg would attain dissolution in primal matter; that primal matter, the support of the whole world, rests on Hari.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 227.51
तया जगत्सर्गलयौ करोति भगवान्सदा । क्रीडार्थं देवदेवेन सृष्टा माया जगन्मयी
tayā jagatsargalayau karoti bhagavānsadā | krīḍārthaṃ devadevena sṛṣṭā māyā jaganmayī
By her the Lord always effects the creation and dissolution of the world; for the sake of play the world-constituting māyā was created by the god of gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 227.52
अविद्या प्रकृतिर्माया गुणत्रयमयी सदा । सर्गस्थितिलयानां सा हेतुभूता सनातनी
avidyā prakṛtirmāyā guṇatrayamayī sadā | sargasthitilayānāṃ sā hetubhūtā sanātanī
Ignorance, primal matter, māyā, ever composed of the three qualities — she is the eternal cause of creations, maintenances and dissolutions.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 227.53
योगनिद्रा महामाया प्रकृतिस्त्रिगुणान्विता । अव्यक्ता च प्रधानं च विष्णोर्लीलाविकारिणः
yoganidrā mahāmāyā prakṛtistriguṇānvitā | avyaktā ca pradhānaṃ ca viṣṇorlīlāvikāriṇaḥ
Yoga-sleep, great māyā, primal matter joined with the three qualities, the unmanifest, and the pradhāna — (these are names of the power) of Viṣṇu who transforms himself in play.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 227.54
जगत्सर्गलयौ स्यातां प्रकृतेरेव सर्वदा । असंख्यप्रकृतेः स्थानं निबिडध्वान्तमव्ययम्
jagatsargalayau syātāṃ prakṛtereva sarvadā | asaṃkhyaprakṛteḥ sthānaṃ nibiḍadhvāntamavyayam
The creation and dissolution of the world always come about from primal matter alone. The abode of the countless (forms of) primal matter is dense, unperishing darkness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 227.55
ऊर्ध्वं तु सीम्नि विरजा निस्सीमाधस्सनातनी । तयादृतं जगत्सर्वं स्थूलसूक्ष्माद्यवस्थया
ūrdhvaṃ tu sīmni virajā nissīmādhassanātanī | tayādṛtaṃ jagatsarvaṃ sthūlasūkṣmādyavasthayā
Above, at the boundary, she is free of dust (rajas); below, boundless, she is eternal. By her all the world is enveloped, through the states of gross, subtle and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 227.56
विकाससंकोचावस्थे तस्यां सर्गलयौ स्मृतौ । एवं सर्वाणि भूतानि प्रकृत्यंतर्गतानि वै
vikāsasaṃkocāvasthe tasyāṃ sargalayau smṛtau | evaṃ sarvāṇi bhūtāni prakṛtyaṃtargatāni vai
Creation and dissolution are taught to be her states of expansion and contraction; thus indeed all beings are contained within Prakṛti.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 227.57
ततः शून्यमिदं सर्वं प्रकृत्यंतर्गतं महत् । एवं प्रकृतिरूपाया विभूते रूपमुत्तमम्
tataḥ śūnyamidaṃ sarvaṃ prakṛtyaṃtargataṃ mahat | evaṃ prakṛtirūpāyā vibhūte rūpamuttamam
Therefore all this, void (as it is), the Great (principle too), is contained within Prakṛti; such is the highest form of (his) glory, which has the form of Prakṛti.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 227.58
त्रिपाद्विभूतिरूपं तु शृणु भूधरनंदिनि । प्रधान परमव्योम्नोरंतरे विरजा नदी
tripādvibhūtirūpaṃ tu śṛṇu bhūdharanaṃdini | pradhāna paramavyomnoraṃtare virajā nadī
But hear now, O daughter of the mountain-bearer, the form of the threefold-quarter glory: between the primal matter (pradhāna) and the highest heaven is the river Virajā,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 227.59
वेदांगस्वेदजनिततोयैः प्रस्राविता शुभा । तस्याः पारे परे व्योम्नि त्रिपाद्भूतिस्सनातनी
vedāṃgasvedajanitatoyaiḥ prasrāvitā śubhā | tasyāḥ pāre pare vyomni tripādbhūtissanātanī
the auspicious (river) made to flow with waters born of the sweat of the limbs of the Vedas; beyond her, in the highest heaven, is the eternal three-quarter existence—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 227.60
अमृतं शाश्वतं नित्यमनन्तं परमं पदम् । शुद्धं सत्वमयं दिव्यमक्षरं ब्रह्मणः पदम्
amṛtaṃ śāśvataṃ nityamanantaṃ paramaṃ padam | śuddhaṃ satvamayaṃ divyamakṣaraṃ brahmaṇaḥ padam
the deathless, everlasting, eternal, endless, supreme abode, pure, made of sattva, divine, imperishable, the station of Brahman;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 227.61
अनेककोटिसूर्याग्नि तुल्य वर्चसमव्ययम् । सर्ववेदमयं शुद्धं सर्गप्रलयवर्जितम्
anekakoṭisūryāgni tulya varcasamavyayam | sarvavedamayaṃ śuddhaṃ sargapralayavarjitam
of a splendour equal to many crores of suns and fires, unchanging, consisting of all the Vedas, pure, free of creation and dissolution;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 227.62
असंख्यमजरं नित्यं जाग्रत्स्वप्नादिवर्जितम् । हिरण्मयं मोक्षपदं ब्रह्मानंदसुखावहम्
asaṃkhyamajaraṃ nityaṃ jāgratsvapnādivarjitam | hiraṇmayaṃ mokṣapadaṃ brahmānaṃdasukhāvaham
beyond count, unaging, eternal, free of waking, dreaming and the rest, golden, the station of liberation, bringing the bliss and joy of Brahman;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 227.63
समानाधिक्यरहितमाद्यंतरहितं शुभम् । तेजसात्यद्भुतं रम्यं नित्यमानंदसागरम्
samānādhikyarahitamādyaṃtarahitaṃ śubham | tejasātyadbhutaṃ ramyaṃ nityamānaṃdasāgaram
without an equal or a superior, without beginning or end, auspicious, most wondrous in its radiance, delightful, an eternal ocean of bliss.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 227.64
एवमादिगुणोपेतं तद्विष्णोः परमं पदम् । न तद्भासयते सूर्यो न शशांको न पावकः
evamādiguṇopetaṃ tadviṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam | na tadbhāsayate sūryo na śaśāṃko na pāvakaḥ
Endowed with such qualities as these is that supreme abode of Viṣṇu; the sun does not illumine it, nor the moon, nor fire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 227.65
यद्गत्वा न निवर्तंते तद्धाम परमं हरेः । तद्विष्णोः परमं धाम शाश्वतं नित्यमच्युतम् । न हि वर्णयितुं शक्यं कल्पकोटिशतैरपि
yadgatvā na nivartaṃte taddhāma paramaṃ hareḥ | tadviṣṇoḥ paramaṃ dhāma śāśvataṃ nityamacyutam | na hi varṇayituṃ śakyaṃ kalpakoṭiśatairapi
Having gone to which they do not return—that supreme abode of Hari; that supreme abode of Viṣṇu is everlasting, eternal, unfailing; indeed it cannot be described even in hundreds of crores of aeons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 227.66
हरेः पदं वर्णयितुं न शक्यं मया च धात्रा च मुनींद्रसङ्घैः । यस्मिन्पदे ह्यच्युत ईश्वरो यः सो अङ्ग वेद यदि वा न वेद
hareḥ padaṃ varṇayituṃ na śakyaṃ mayā ca dhātrā ca munīṃdrasaṅghaiḥ | yasminpade hyacyuta īśvaro yaḥ so aṅga veda yadi vā na veda
The station of Hari cannot be described by me, nor by the Creator, nor by the hosts of the chief sages; the unfailing Lord who is in that station—he, sir, knows it, or perhaps does not know.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 227.67
यदक्षरं वेदगुह्यं यस्मिन्देवा अधि विश्वे निषेदुः । यस्तन्नो वेद किमृचा करिष्यति ये तद्विदुस्त इमे समासते
yadakṣaraṃ vedaguhyaṃ yasmindevā adhi viśve niṣeduḥ | yastanno veda kimṛcā kariṣyati ye tadvidusta ime samāsate
That imperishable which is the secret of the Vedas, in which all the gods have taken their seat — he who does not know That, what will he do with a verse? Those who know it, these are the ones who abide here.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 227.68
तद्विष्णोः परमं धाम सदा पश्यंति सूरयः । अक्षरं शाश्वतं दिव्यं देवि चक्षुरिवाततम्
tadviṣṇoḥ paramaṃ dhāma sadā paśyaṃti sūrayaḥ | akṣaraṃ śāśvataṃ divyaṃ devi cakṣurivātatam
That is Viṣṇu's supreme abode, which the wise ever behold: imperishable, everlasting, divine, O goddess, spread out like an eye.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 227.69
तत्प्रवेष्टुमशक्यं च ब्रह्मरुद्रादिदैवतैः । ज्ञानेन शास्त्रमार्गेण वीक्ष्यते योगिपुंगवैः
tatpraveṣṭumaśakyaṃ ca brahmarudrādidaivataiḥ | jñānena śāstramārgeṇa vīkṣyate yogipuṃgavaiḥ
And that cannot be entered by Brahmā, Rudra and the other deities; it is glimpsed by the foremost of yogins through knowledge, by the path of scripture.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 227.70
अहं ब्रह्मा च देवाश्च न जानंति महर्षयः । सर्वोपनिषदामर्थं दृष्ट्वा वक्ष्यामि सुव्रते
ahaṃ brahmā ca devāśca na jānaṃti maharṣayaḥ | sarvopaniṣadāmarthaṃ dṛṣṭvā vakṣyāmi suvrate
I, and Brahmā, and the gods and the great sages do not know it; having seen the meaning of all the Upaniṣads, I shall declare it, O you of good vows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 227.71
विष्णोः पदे हि परमे पदे तत्सशुभाह्वयेः । यत्र गावो भूरिशृंगा आसते सुसुखाः प्रजाः
viṣṇoḥ pade hi parame pade tatsaśubhāhvayeḥ | yatra gāvo bhūriśṛṃgā āsate susukhāḥ prajāḥ
For in Viṣṇu's abode, in that supreme abode, ... together with those of auspicious name, where the many-horned cows dwell, and the people are exceedingly happy.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 227.72
अत्राह तत्परं धाम गोपवेषस्य शार्ङ्गिणः । तद्भाति परमं धाम गोभिर्गोपैस्सुखाह्वयैः
atrāha tatparaṃ dhāma gopaveṣasya śārṅgiṇaḥ | tadbhāti paramaṃ dhāma gobhirgopaissukhāhvayaiḥ
Here, indeed, is that supreme abode of the bearer of the Śārṅga bow, who is dressed as a cowherd; that supreme abode shines with cows and with cowherds of joyful name.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 227.73
आदित्यवर्णं तमसः परस्ताज्ज्योतिरच्युतम् । आधारो ब्रह्मणो लोकश्शुद्धसत्त्वस्सनातनः
ādityavarṇaṃ tamasaḥ parastājjyotiracyutam | ādhāro brahmaṇo lokaśśuddhasattvassanātanaḥ
Sun-coloured, beyond darkness, an imperishable light; the support of Brahman, a world of pure sattva, primordial.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 227.74
सामान्या विभिते भूमिन्तेऽस्मिन्शाश्वते पदे । तस्थतुर्जागरूकेस्मिन्युवानौ श्रीसनातनौ
sāmānyā vibhite bhūminte'sminśāśvate pade | tasthaturjāgarūkesminyuvānau śrīsanātanau
...the two shone (?) in common upon this eternal abode, O goddess; in this wakeful (abode) the two ever-young ones stood, Śrī and the Eternal One.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 227.75
यतः स्वसारौ युवती भूनीले विष्णुवल्लभे । अत्र पूर्वे ये च साध्या विश्वेदेवास्सनातनाः
yataḥ svasārau yuvatī bhūnīle viṣṇuvallabhe | atra pūrve ye ca sādhyā viśvedevāssanātanāḥ
Whence (come) the two young sisters, Bhū and Nīlā, dear to Viṣṇu; here too are the ancient Sādhyas and the primordial All-gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 227.76
ते ह नाकं महिमानस्सचन्ते शुभदर्शनाः । तत्र विज्ञानिनो विप्रा जागृवांसस्समिन्धते
te ha nākaṃ mahimānassacante śubhadarśanāḥ | tatra vijñānino viprā jāgṛvāṃsassamindhate
They indeed, the mighty ones, fair to behold, attain heaven; there the discerning brahmins, wakeful, kindle (the sacred fire).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 227.77
तत्पदं ज्ञानिनो विप्रा यांति संवासमिच्छवः । तद्विष्णोः परमं धाम मोक्ष इत्यभिधीयते
tatpadaṃ jñānino viprā yāṃti saṃvāsamicchavaḥ | tadviṣṇoḥ paramaṃ dhāma mokṣa ityabhidhīyate
To that place the knowers, the brahmins, go, desiring to dwell (there); that supreme abode of Viṣṇu is called liberation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 227.78
तस्मिन्बंधविनिर्मुक्ताः प्राप्नुवन्ति सुखं पदम् । तत्प्राप्य न निवर्तंते तस्मान्मोक्ष उदाहृतः
tasminbaṃdhavinirmuktāḥ prāpnuvanti sukhaṃ padam | tatprāpya na nivartaṃte tasmānmokṣa udāhṛtaḥ
There, freed from bondage, they reach the happy place; having reached it they do not return — therefore it is declared to be liberation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 227.79
मोक्षं परं पदं दिव्यममृतं विष्णुमंदिरम् । अक्षरं परमं धाम वैकुण्ठं शाश्वतं पदम्
mokṣaṃ paraṃ padaṃ divyamamṛtaṃ viṣṇumaṃdiram | akṣaraṃ paramaṃ dhāma vaikuṇṭhaṃ śāśvataṃ padam
Liberation, the supreme place, the divine, the immortal, the dwelling of Viṣṇu, the imperishable, the highest abode, Vaikuṇṭha, the everlasting place,
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PdP 6 227.80
नित्यञ्च परमं व्योम सर्वोत्कृष्टं सनातनम् । पर्य्यायवाचकान्यस्य परधाम्नोच्युतस्य च । तस्य त्रिपाद्विभूतेस्तु रूपं वक्ष्यामि विस्तरात्
nityañca paramaṃ vyoma sarvotkṛṣṭaṃ sanātanam | paryyāyavācakānyasya paradhāmnocyutasya ca | tasya tripādvibhūtestu rūpaṃ vakṣyāmi vistarāt
the eternal and supreme sky, the most excellent of all, the primeval — these are the synonymous names of the supreme abode of Acyuta. Of that three-footed majesty I shall now describe the form at length.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition