Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 40
PdP 6 40.1
युधिष्ठिर उवाच- पौषस्य कृष्णपक्षे तु किं नामैकादशी भवेत् । किं नाम को विधिस्तस्या एतद्विस्तरतो वद । एतदाख्याहि भो स्वामिन्को देवस्तत्र पूज्यते
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca- pauṣasya kṛṣṇapakṣe tu kiṃ nāmaikādaśī bhavet | kiṃ nāma ko vidhistasyā etadvistarato vada | etadākhyāhi bho svāminko devastatra pūjyate
Yudhiṣṭhira said: In the dark fortnight of Pauṣa, what is the eleventh (day) called? What is its name, what is its rule? Tell this in detail. Declare this, O lord: which god is worshipped therein?
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PdP 6 40.2
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच- कथयिष्यामि राजेंद्र भवतः स्नेहबंधनात् । तुष्टिर्मे न तथा राजन्यज्ञैर्बहुलदक्षिणैः
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca- kathayiṣyāmi rājeṃdra bhavataḥ snehabaṃdhanāt | tuṣṭirme na tathā rājanyajñairbahuladakṣiṇaiḥ
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: I shall tell (it), best of kings, because of the bond of affection (I have) for you. My satisfaction, O king, is not so (great) from sacrifices with abundant gifts,
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PdP 6 40.3
यथा मे तुष्टिरायाति ह्येकादशीव्रतेन वै । तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन कर्त्तव्यो हरिवासरः
yathā me tuṣṭirāyāti hyekādaśīvratena vai | tasmātsarvaprayatnena karttavyo harivāsaraḥ
as the satisfaction that comes to me from the vow of the eleventh (day); therefore Hari's day should be observed with every effort.
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PdP 6 40.4
सत्यमेतन्न वै मिथ्या धर्मिष्ठानां विशारद । पौषस्य कृष्णपक्षे या सफला नाम नामतः
satyametanna vai mithyā dharmiṣṭhānāṃ viśārada | pauṣasya kṛṣṇapakṣe yā saphalā nāma nāmataḥ
This is true, not false at all, O you who are skilled in (the ways of) the righteous: (the eleventh) in the dark fortnight of Pauṣa, which is Saphalā by name,
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PdP 6 40.5
तस्यां नारायणं देवं पूजयेच्च यथाविधि । पूर्वेणैव विधानेन कर्त्तव्यैकादशी शुभा
tasyāṃ nārāyaṇaṃ devaṃ pūjayecca yathāvidhi | pūrveṇaiva vidhānena karttavyaikādaśī śubhā
on that (day) one should worship the god Nārāyaṇa as prescribed; by the very same procedure as before the auspicious eleventh (day) is to be observed.
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PdP 6 40.6
नागानां च यथा शेषो पक्षिणां पन्नगाशनः । देवानां च यथा विष्णुर्द्विपदानां यथा द्विजः
nāgānāṃ ca yathā śeṣo pakṣiṇāṃ pannagāśanaḥ | devānāṃ ca yathā viṣṇurdvipadānāṃ yathā dvijaḥ
And as Śeṣa is (foremost) among serpents, as the eater of snakes (Garuḍa) among birds, as Viṣṇu among the gods, as the twice-born among two-footed beings,
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PdP 6 40.7
व्रतानां च यथा राजन्श्रेष्ठा चैकादशी तिथिः । ते जनाश्चैव भो राजन्पूज्या वै सर्वदा मम
vratānāṃ ca yathā rājanśreṣṭhā caikādaśī tithiḥ | te janāścaiva bho rājanpūjyā vai sarvadā mama
so, O king, among vows the eleventh lunar day is the best; and those people, O king, are always to be honoured by me,
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PdP 6 40.8
हरिवासरसंलीनाः कुर्वंत्येकादशीव्रतम् । इहैव धनसंयुक्ता मृता मोक्षं लभंति ते
harivāsarasaṃlīnāḥ kurvaṃtyekādaśīvratam | ihaiva dhanasaṃyuktā mṛtā mokṣaṃ labhaṃti te
who, absorbed in Hari's day, perform the vow of the eleventh: here (in this world) they are joined with wealth, and when dead they obtain liberation.
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PdP 6 40.9
सफलायां फलै राजन्पूजयेन्नामतो हरिम् । नारिकेलफलैश्चैव क्रमुकैर्बीजपूरकैः
saphalāyāṃ phalai rājanpūjayennāmato harim | nārikelaphalaiścaiva kramukairbījapūrakaiḥ
On the Saphalā, O king, one should worship Hari with fruits, in accordance with the name — with coconuts, areca nuts, and citrons,
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PdP 6 40.10
जंबीरैर्दाडिमैश्चैव तथा धात्रीफलैः शुभैः । लवंगैर्बदरीभिश्च तथाम्रैश्च विशेषतः
jaṃbīrairdāḍimaiścaiva tathā dhātrīphalaiḥ śubhaiḥ | lavaṃgairbadarībhiśca tathāmraiśca viśeṣataḥ
with lemons and pomegranates, and with fine āmalaka fruits, with cloves and jujubes, and especially with mangoes.
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PdP 6 40.11
पूजयेद्देवदेवेशं धूपदीपैस्तथैव च । सफलायां विशेषेण दीपदानं तु कारयेत्
pūjayeddevadeveśaṃ dhūpadīpaistathaiva ca | saphalāyāṃ viśeṣeṇa dīpadānaṃ tu kārayet
One should worship the God of gods with incense and lamps as well; on the Saphalā especially one should have the giving of lamps performed.
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PdP 6 40.12
रात्रौ जागरणं चैव कर्त्तव्यं सह वैष्णवैः । यावन्निमेषो नेत्रस्य तावज्जागर्ति यो निशि
rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ caiva karttavyaṃ saha vaiṣṇavaiḥ | yāvannimeṣo netrasya tāvajjāgarti yo niśi
And at night a vigil is to be kept together with Vaiṣṇavas. Whoever stays awake at night, even for as long as the blink of an eye,
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PdP 6 40.13
एकाग्रमनसो राजन्तस्य पुण्यं शृणुष्व हि । तत्समो नास्ति यज्ञो वै तीर्थं वा तत्समं नहि
ekāgramanaso rājantasya puṇyaṃ śṛṇuṣva hi | tatsamo nāsti yajño vai tīrthaṃ vā tatsamaṃ nahi
with a one-pointed mind — hear, O king, the merit of that man: there is no sacrifice equal to it, nor is there a place of pilgrimage equal to it.
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PdP 6 40.14
सर्वव्रतानि राजेंद्र कलां नार्हंति षोडशीम् । एवं वर्षसहस्राणि तपसा नैव यत्फलम्
sarvavratāni rājeṃdra kalāṃ nārhaṃti ṣoḍaśīm | evaṃ varṣasahasrāṇi tapasā naiva yatphalam
All (other) vows, best of kings, do not amount to a sixteenth part (of it). Thus, the fruit which is not (obtained) even by austerity for thousands of years —
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PdP 6 40.15
तत्फलं समवाप्नोति यः करोति हि जागरम् । श्रूयतां राजशार्दूल सफलायाः कथा शुभा
tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti yaḥ karoti hi jāgaram | śrūyatāṃ rājaśārdūla saphalāyāḥ kathā śubhā
He who keeps the night-vigil obtains that fruit. Listen, O tiger among kings, to the auspicious story of the Saphalā (ekādaśī).
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PdP 6 40.16
चंपावतीति विख्याता पुरी माहिष्मतस्य च । बभूवुस्तस्य राजर्षेः पुत्राः पंच कुमारकाः
caṃpāvatīti vikhyātā purī māhiṣmatasya ca | babhūvustasya rājarṣeḥ putrāḥ paṃca kumārakāḥ
There is a city renowned as Campāvatī, belonging to Māhiṣmata; that royal sage had five sons, young princes.
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PdP 6 40.17
तेषां मध्ये तु ज्येष्ठो वै महापापरतः सदा । परदाराभिचारी च वेश्यासक्तश्च मद्यपः
teṣāṃ madhye tu jyeṣṭho vai mahāpāparataḥ sadā | paradārābhicārī ca veśyāsaktaśca madyapaḥ
Among them the eldest was always given to great sin: a violator of others' wives, addicted to prostitutes, and a drinker of liquor.
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PdP 6 40.18
पितुर्द्रव्यं तु तेनैव गमितं पापकर्मणा । असद्वृत्तिरतो नित्यं भूसुराणां तु निंदकः
piturdravyaṃ tu tenaiva gamitaṃ pāpakarmaṇā | asadvṛttirato nityaṃ bhūsurāṇāṃ tu niṃdakaḥ
His father's wealth was squandered by that very evildoer; he was always bent on wicked conduct and a reviler of brahmins.
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PdP 6 40.19
वैष्णवानां च देवानां नित्यं निंदां करोति सः । ईदृशं तु ततो दृष्ट्वा पुत्रं माहिष्मतो नृपः
vaiṣṇavānāṃ ca devānāṃ nityaṃ niṃdāṃ karoti saḥ | īdṛśaṃ tu tato dṛṣṭvā putraṃ māhiṣmato nṛpaḥ
He constantly reviled the Vaiṣṇavas and the gods. Then, seeing his son to be of such a sort, King Māhiṣmata—
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PdP 6 40.20
नाम्ना तु लुंपक इति राजपुत्रेषु चापठत् । राज्यान्निष्कासितस्तेन पित्रा चैव तु बंधुभिः
nāmnā tu luṃpaka iti rājaputreṣu cāpaṭhat | rājyānniṣkāsitastena pitrā caiva tu baṃdhubhiḥ
—called him among the princes by the name 'Luṃpaka' ('the Plunderer'), and he was driven out of the kingdom by that father and by the kinsmen too.
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PdP 6 40.21
स चैवं परिवारैस्तु त्यक्तश्च परिपंथिवत् । लुंपकोऽपि तथा त्यक्तश्चिंतयामास वै तदा
sa caivaṃ parivāraistu tyaktaśca paripaṃthivat | luṃpako'pi tathā tyaktaściṃtayāmāsa vai tadā
And being thus abandoned by his retinue as by highwaymen (or: like a highwayman), Luṃpaka, so abandoned, then reflected:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 40.22
त्यक्तोऽहं बांधवैः पित्रा राज्यान्निष्कासितः किल । इति संचिंत्यमानोऽसौ मतिं पापे तदाकरोत्
tyakto'haṃ bāṃdhavaiḥ pitrā rājyānniṣkāsitaḥ kila | iti saṃciṃtyamāno'sau matiṃ pāpe tadākarot
"I am abandoned by my kinsmen and by my father, indeed expelled from the kingdom." Thus brooding, he then set his mind on sin.
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PdP 6 40.23
मया गंतव्यमेवास्तु दारुणे गहने वने । तस्माच्चैव पुरं सर्वं लुंपयिष्यामि वै पितुः
mayā gaṃtavyamevāstu dāruṇe gahane vane | tasmāccaiva puraṃ sarvaṃ luṃpayiṣyāmi vai pituḥ
"Let me go into the terrible deep forest; and from there I shall plunder my father's whole city."
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PdP 6 40.24
इत्येवं स मतिं कृत्वा लुंपको दैवयोगतः । निर्जगाम पुरात्तस्माद्गतोऽसौ गहने वने
ityevaṃ sa matiṃ kṛtvā luṃpako daivayogataḥ | nirjagāma purāttasmādgato'sau gahane vane
Having thus made up his mind, Luṃpaka, by the working of fate, went out from that city and entered the deep forest.
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PdP 6 40.25
जीवघातरतो नित्यं स्तेयद्यूतकलानिधिः । सर्वं च नगरं तेन मुषितं पापकर्मणा
jīvaghātarato nityaṃ steyadyūtakalānidhiḥ | sarvaṃ ca nagaraṃ tena muṣitaṃ pāpakarmaṇā
Always given to killing living creatures, a storehouse of the arts of theft and gambling—and by that evildoer the whole city was robbed.
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PdP 6 40.26
स्तेयाभिगामी नगरे गृहीतः स निशाचरैः । उवाच तान्सुतोऽहं वै राज्ञो माहिष्मतस्य च
steyābhigāmī nagare gṛhītaḥ sa niśācaraiḥ | uvāca tānsuto'haṃ vai rājño māhiṣmatasya ca
Going about stealing in the city, he was seized by the night-watchmen; he said to them, "I am indeed the son of King Māhiṣmata."
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PdP 6 40.27
स तैर्मुक्तः पापकर्मा चागतो विपिनं पुनः । आमिषाभिरतो नित्यं तरोर्वै फलभक्षणे
sa tairmuktaḥ pāpakarmā cāgato vipinaṃ punaḥ | āmiṣābhirato nityaṃ tarorvai phalabhakṣaṇe
Released by them, that evildoer came again to the forest, always fond of flesh, or (else) eating the fruit of trees.
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PdP 6 40.28
आश्रमस्तस्य दुष्टस्य वासुदेवस्य संनिधौ । अश्वत्थो वर्त्तते तत्र जीर्णश्च बहुवार्षिकः
āśramastasya duṣṭasya vāsudevasya saṃnidhau | aśvattho varttate tatra jīrṇaśca bahuvārṣikaḥ
That wicked man's dwelling was near a (shrine of) Vāsudeva; there stood an aśvattha tree, old and of many years.
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PdP 6 40.29
देवत्वं तस्य वृक्षस्य विपिने वर्तते महत् । तत्रैव निवसंश्चैव लुंपकः पापबुद्धिमान्
devatvaṃ tasya vṛkṣasya vipine vartate mahat | tatraiva nivasaṃścaiva luṃpakaḥ pāpabuddhimān
Great divinity resides in that tree in the forest; and dwelling right there was Luṃpaka, whose mind was set on sin.
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PdP 6 40.30
गते बहुतिथे काले कस्यचित्पुण्यसंचयात् । पौषस्य कृष्णपक्षे तु दशम्यां दिवसे तथा
gate bahutithe kāle kasyacitpuṇyasaṃcayāt | pauṣasya kṛṣṇapakṣe tu daśamyāṃ divase tathā
When much time had passed, through some accumulation of merit, in the dark fortnight of Pauṣa, on the tenth day,
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PdP 6 40.31
फलानि भुक्त्वा वृक्षाणां रात्रौ शीतेन पीडितः । लुंपको नाम पापिष्ठो वस्त्रहीनो गतेक्षणः
phalāni bhuktvā vṛkṣāṇāṃ rātrau śītena pīḍitaḥ | luṃpako nāma pāpiṣṭho vastrahīno gatekṣaṇaḥ
having eaten the fruits of the trees, at night he was afflicted by the cold—the most sinful one named Luṃpaka, without clothing, his sight gone.
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PdP 6 40.32
पीड्यमानोऽतिशीतेन हरिवृक्षसमीपतः । न निद्रा न सुखं तस्य गतप्राण इवाभवत्
pīḍyamāno'tiśītena harivṛkṣasamīpataḥ | na nidrā na sukhaṃ tasya gataprāṇa ivābhavat
Tormented by the extreme cold near the tree of Hari, he had neither sleep nor ease; he became as if his life had left him.
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PdP 6 40.33
आछाद्य दशनैरास्यमेवं नीता निशाखिला । भानूदयेऽपि पापिष्ठो न लेभे चेतनां तदा
āchādya daśanairāsyamevaṃ nītā niśākhilā | bhānūdaye'pi pāpiṣṭho na lebhe cetanāṃ tadā
Covering his mouth with his teeth (i.e. clenching them), he passed the whole night thus; even at sunrise the sinful one did not then regain consciousness.
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PdP 6 40.34
लुंपको गतसंज्ञस्तु सफलाया दिने तथा । रवौ मध्यंगते चैव संज्ञां लेभे स लुंपकः
luṃpako gatasaṃjñastu saphalāyā dine tathā | ravau madhyaṃgate caiva saṃjñāṃ lebhe sa luṃpakaḥ
Luṃpaka lay senseless on the day of the Saphalā (ekādaśī); and when the sun had reached midday, that Luṃpaka regained consciousness.
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PdP 6 40.35
इतस्ततो विलोक्याथ व्यथितश्च तदासनात् । स्खलत्पद्भ्यां प्रचलितः खंजन्निव मुहुर्मुहुः
itastato vilokyātha vyathitaśca tadāsanāt | skhalatpadbhyāṃ pracalitaḥ khaṃjanniva muhurmuhuḥ
Then, looking about this way and that, and pained, (he rose) from that seat; he set off with stumbling feet, limping again and again.
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PdP 6 40.36
वनमध्ये गतस्तत्र क्षुत्क्षामः पीडितोऽभवत् । न शक्तिर्जीवघाते तु लुंपकस्य दुरात्मनः
vanamadhye gatastatra kṣutkṣāmaḥ pīḍito'bhavat | na śaktirjīvaghāte tu luṃpakasya durātmanaḥ
Having gone there into the middle of the forest, he became gaunt with hunger and afflicted; but the evil-souled plunderer had no strength for killing living beings.
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PdP 6 40.37
फलानि च तदा राजन्नाजहार स लुंपकः । यावत्समागतस्तत्र तावदस्तं गतो रविः
phalāni ca tadā rājannājahāra sa luṃpakaḥ | yāvatsamāgatastatra tāvadastaṃ gato raviḥ
And then, O king, that plunderer gathered fruits; but by the time he came back there, the sun had gone to setting.
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PdP 6 40.38
किं भविष्यति तातेति स विलापं चकार ह । फलानि तत्र भूरीणि वृक्षमूले न्यवेशयत्
kiṃ bhaviṣyati tāteti sa vilāpaṃ cakāra ha | phalāni tatra bhūrīṇi vṛkṣamūle nyaveśayat
"Father, what will become (of me)?" — thus indeed he lamented; and he laid down the many fruits there at the foot of the tree.
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PdP 6 40.39
इत्युवाच फलैरेभिः श्रीपतिस्तुष्यतां हरिः । इत्युक्त्वा लुंपकश्चैव निद्रां लेभे न वै निशि
ityuvāca phalairebhiḥ śrīpatistuṣyatāṃ hariḥ | ityuktvā luṃpakaścaiva nidrāṃ lebhe na vai niśi
He said this: "By these fruits may Hari, the lord of Śrī, be pleased." Having said so, the plunderer got no sleep at all in the night.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 40.40
रात्रौ जागरणं मेने विष्णुस्तस्य दुरात्मनः । फलैस्तु पूजनं मेने सफलायास्तथानघ
rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ mene viṣṇustasya durātmanaḥ | phalaistu pūjanaṃ mene saphalāyāstathānagha
Viṣṇu counted that as a night-vigil of that evil-souled one; and, O sinless one, he counted (it) as a worship of (the eleventh) Saphalā with fruits.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 40.41
अकस्माद्व्रतमेवैतत्कृतवान्वै स लुंपकः । तेन पुण्यप्रभावेन प्राप्तं राज्यमकंटकम्
akasmādvratamevaitatkṛtavānvai sa luṃpakaḥ | tena puṇyaprabhāvena prāptaṃ rājyamakaṃṭakam
Unwittingly that plunderer performed just this observance; by the power of that merit a kingdom free of thorns was obtained (by him).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 40.42
सूर्यस्योदयनं यावत्तावद्विष्णुर्जगाम ह । दिवि तत्कालमुत्पन्ना वागुवाचाशरीरिणी
sūryasyodayanaṃ yāvattāvadviṣṇurjagāma ha | divi tatkālamutpannā vāguvācāśarīriṇī
By the time the sun rose, Viṣṇu came; at that moment a bodiless voice, arising in the sky, spoke.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 40.43
राज्यं प्राप्स्यसि पुत्रत्वं सफलायाः प्रसादतः। तथेत्युक्ते तु वचसि दिव्यरूपधरोऽभवत्
rājyaṃ prāpsyasi putratvaṃ saphalāyāḥ prasādataḥ| tathetyukte tu vacasi divyarūpadharo'bhavat
"You shall obtain the kingdom and sonship by the grace of the Saphalā (eleventh)." When that word was spoken as "so be it," he became one bearing a divine form.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 40.44
मतिरासीत्ततस्तस्य परमा वैष्णवी नृप । दिव्याभरणशोभाढ्यो लेभे राज्यमकंटकम्
matirāsīttatastasya paramā vaiṣṇavī nṛpa | divyābharaṇaśobhāḍhyo lebhe rājyamakaṃṭakam
Then, O king, his mind became supremely devoted to Viṣṇu; rich with the splendour of divine ornaments, he obtained a kingdom free of thorns.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 40.45
कृतं राज्यं तु तेनैवं वर्षाणि दशपंच च । मनोदास्तस्यपुत्रास्तु दाराः कृष्णप्रसादतः
kṛtaṃ rājyaṃ tu tenaivaṃ varṣāṇi daśapaṃca ca | manodāstasyaputrāstu dārāḥ kṛṣṇaprasādataḥ
And thus a kingdom was ruled by him for fifteen years; and his sons and wives were obedient to his will by Kṛṣṇa's grace.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 40.46
आशु राज्यं परित्यज्य पुत्रे चैव समर्प्य च । गतः कृष्णस्य सांनिध्यं यत्र गत्वा न शोचति
āśu rājyaṃ parityajya putre caiva samarpya ca | gataḥ kṛṣṇasya sāṃnidhyaṃ yatra gatvā na śocati
Swiftly abandoning the kingdom and handing it over to his son, he went to the presence of Kṛṣṇa, where having gone one does not grieve.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 40.47
एवं यः कुरुते राजन्सफलाव्रतमुत्तमम् । इहलोके सुखं प्राप्य मृतो मोक्षमवाप्नुयात्
evaṃ yaḥ kurute rājansaphalāvratamuttamam | ihaloke sukhaṃ prāpya mṛto mokṣamavāpnuyāt
Whoever, O king, thus performs this excellent Saphalā observance, having obtained happiness in this world, when dead would attain liberation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 40.48
धन्यास्ते मानवा लोके सफलायां च ये रताः । तेषां च सफलं जन्म नात्र कार्या विचारणा
dhanyāste mānavā loke saphalāyāṃ ca ye ratāḥ | teṣāṃ ca saphalaṃ janma nātra kāryā vicāraṇā
Blessed are those men in the world who are devoted to the Saphalā (eleventh); and their birth is fruitful — no deliberation is to be made about this.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 40.49
पठनाच्छ्रवणाच्चैव करणाच्च विशांपते । राजसूयस्य यज्ञस्य फलमाप्नोति मानवः
paṭhanācchravaṇāccaiva karaṇācca viśāṃpate | rājasūyasya yajñasya phalamāpnoti mānavaḥ
By reciting, by hearing, and by performing (it), O lord of the people, a man obtains the fruit of the Rājasūya sacrifice.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition