Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 43
PdP 6 43.1
युधिष्ठिर उवाच- साधु कृष्ण त्वया प्रोक्तमादिदेवो भवान्प्रभो । स्वेदजा अंडजाश्चैव उद्भिज्जाश्च जरायुजाः
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca- sādhu kṛṣṇa tvayā proktamādidevo bhavānprabho | svedajā aṃḍajāścaiva udbhijjāśca jarāyujāḥ
Yudhiṣṭhira said: Well spoken, Kṛṣṇa! You, Lord, are the primordial god. (Beings) born of sweat, born of eggs, sprung from seed, and born of the womb —
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PdP 6 43.2
तेषां कर्त्ता विकर्त्ता त्वं पालकः क्षयकारकः । माघस्य कृष्णपक्षे तु षट्तिला कथिता त्वया
teṣāṃ karttā vikarttā tvaṃ pālakaḥ kṣayakārakaḥ | māghasya kṛṣṇapakṣe tu ṣaṭtilā kathitā tvayā
— of these you are the maker, the un-maker, the protector and the destroyer. Now, the Ṣaṭtilā (Ekādaśī) in the dark fortnight of Māgha has been told by you.
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PdP 6 43.3
शुक्ले च का भवेद्देव कथयस्व प्रसादतः । किं नाम को विधिस्तस्याः को देवस्तत्र पूज्यते
śukle ca kā bhaveddeva kathayasva prasādataḥ | kiṃ nāma ko vidhistasyāḥ ko devastatra pūjyate
And which one falls in the bright (fortnight), O God? Tell (me) graciously. What is its name, what is its procedure, and which deity is worshipped therein?
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PdP 6 43.4
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच- कथयिष्यामि राजेंद्र शुक्ले माघस्य या भवेत् । जया नामेति विख्याता सर्वपापहरा परा
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca- kathayiṣyāmi rājeṃdra śukle māghasya yā bhavet | jayā nāmeti vikhyātā sarvapāpaharā parā
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: I shall tell (you), O lord of kings, which one falls in the bright (fortnight) of Māgha: it is known by the name Jayā, supreme, remover of all sins,
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PdP 6 43.5
पवित्रा पापहंत्री च कामदा मोक्षदा नृणाम् । ब्रह्महत्यापहंत्री च पिशाचत्वविनाशिनी
pavitrā pāpahaṃtrī ca kāmadā mokṣadā nṛṇām | brahmahatyāpahaṃtrī ca piśācatvavināśinī
pure, destroyer of sin, granting men their desires and granting liberation, destroyer even of the (sin of) killing a brahmin, and doing away with (the state of) being a piśāca.
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PdP 6 43.6
नैव तस्या व्रते चीर्णे प्रेतत्वं जायते नृणाम् । नातः परतरा काचित्पापघ्नी मोक्षदायिनी
naiva tasyā vrate cīrṇe pretatvaṃ jāyate nṛṇām | nātaḥ paratarā kācitpāpaghnī mokṣadāyinī
When its observance is performed, men do not at all become ghosts (pretas). There is no other (observance) higher than this that destroys sin and bestows liberation.
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PdP 6 43.7
एतस्मात्कारणाद्राजन्कर्त्तव्या सा प्रयत्नतः । श्रूयतां राजशार्दूल कथा पौराणिकी शुभा
etasmātkāraṇādrājankarttavyā sā prayatnataḥ | śrūyatāṃ rājaśārdūla kathā paurāṇikī śubhā
For this reason, O king, it should be performed with effort. Listen, O tiger among kings, to the auspicious story from the Purāṇas.
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PdP 6 43.8
पंकजे च पुराणेऽस्या महिमा कथितो मया । एकदा नाकलोके वै इंद्रो राज्यं चकार ह
paṃkaje ca purāṇe'syā mahimā kathito mayā | ekadā nākaloke vai iṃdro rājyaṃ cakāra ha
Its greatness has been told by me also in the Padma Purāṇa. Once, in the world of heaven, Indra was exercising his rule.
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PdP 6 43.9
देवास्तत्र सुखेनैव निवसंति मनोरमे । पीयूषपाननिरता अप्सरोगणसेविताः
devāstatra sukhenaiva nivasaṃti manorame | pīyūṣapānaniratā apsarogaṇasevitāḥ
The gods dwell there in that delightful (place) in nothing but pleasure, devoted to drinking nectar, attended by hosts of apsarases.
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PdP 6 43.10
नंदनं तु वनं तत्र पारिजातोपसेवितम् । रमयंति रमंतेऽत्र अप्सरोभिर्दिवौकसः
naṃdanaṃ tu vanaṃ tatra pārijātopasevitam | ramayaṃti ramaṃte'tra apsarobhirdivaukasaḥ
There is the Nandana grove there, graced by the pārijāta tree; there the dwellers of heaven give delight and take delight with the apsarases.
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PdP 6 43.11
एकदा रममाणोऽसौ देवेंद्रः स्वेच्छया नृप । नर्त्तयामास वै हर्षात्पंचाशत्कोटिनायकः
ekadā ramamāṇo'sau deveṃdraḥ svecchayā nṛpa | narttayāmāsa vai harṣātpaṃcāśatkoṭināyakaḥ
Once, O king, that Indra of the gods, enjoying himself at his own will, out of joy had (them) dance — he, the leader of fifty crores.
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PdP 6 43.12
गंधर्वास्तत्र गायंति गंधर्वः पुष्पदंतकः । चित्रसेनस्तु तत्रैव चित्रसेनसुता तथा
gaṃdharvāstatra gāyaṃti gaṃdharvaḥ puṣpadaṃtakaḥ | citrasenastu tatraiva citrasenasutā tathā
The gandharvas sang there, (among them) the gandharva Puṣpadanta; and Citrasena too was right there, and likewise Citrasena's daughter.
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PdP 6 43.13
मालिनीति च नाम्ना तु चित्रसेनस्य योषिता । मालिन्यास्तु समुत्पन्ना पुष्पदंती च नामतः
mālinīti ca nāmnā tu citrasenasya yoṣitā | mālinyāstu samutpannā puṣpadaṃtī ca nāmataḥ
Mālinī by name was Citrasena's wife; and from Mālinī was born (a daughter) named Puṣpadantī.
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PdP 6 43.14
पुष्पदंतस्य पुत्रोऽसौ माल्यवान्नाम नामतः । पुष्पदंत्याश्च रूपेण माल्यवानतिमोहितः
puṣpadaṃtasya putro'sau mālyavānnāma nāmataḥ | puṣpadaṃtyāśca rūpeṇa mālyavānatimohitaḥ
That son of Puṣpadanta was Mālyavān by name; and Mālyavān was utterly infatuated by Puṣpadantī's beauty.
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PdP 6 43.15
तया ह्येवं कटाक्षैश्च माल्यवांश्च वशीकृतः । लावण्यं रूपसंपन्नं तस्या रूपं निशामय
tayā hyevaṃ kaṭākṣaiśca mālyavāṃśca vaśīkṛtaḥ | lāvaṇyaṃ rūpasaṃpannaṃ tasyā rūpaṃ niśāmaya
And thus Mālyavān was brought under control by her with her sidelong glances. Hear (now) her form, endowed with loveliness and beauty.
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PdP 6 43.16
बाहू तस्याश्च कामेन कंठपाशौ कृताविव । कर्णायते तु नयने रक्तांते घूर्णिते तथा
bāhū tasyāśca kāmena kaṃṭhapāśau kṛtāviva | karṇāyate tu nayane raktāṃte ghūrṇite tathā
Her two arms were as if made by Kāma into nooses for the neck; her eyes reached to her ears, red at the corners, and rolling.
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PdP 6 43.17
कर्णौ तु शोभनौ तस्याः कुण्डलाभ्यां नृपोत्तम । कंबुग्रीवायुता सैव दिव्याभरणभूषिता
karṇau tu śobhanau tasyāḥ kuṇḍalābhyāṃ nṛpottama | kaṃbugrīvāyutā saiva divyābharaṇabhūṣitā
Her two ears were made lovely by a pair of earrings, O best of kings; she had a neck like a conch and was adorned with divine ornaments.
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PdP 6 43.18
पीनोन्नतौ कुचौ तस्यास्तौ हेमकलशाविव । मध्यं क्षामं च चार्वंग्या मुष्टिग्राह्यमनुत्तमम्
pīnonnatau kucau tasyāstau hemakalaśāviva | madhyaṃ kṣāmaṃ ca cārvaṃgyā muṣṭigrāhyamanuttamam
Her breasts were full and high, like two golden pitchers; and the waist of that fair-limbed one was slender, graspable in a fist, unsurpassed.
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PdP 6 43.19
नितंबौ विस्तृतौ चास्या विस्तीर्णा जघनस्थली । चरणौ शोभमानौ च रक्तोत्पलसमद्युती
nitaṃbau vistṛtau cāsyā vistīrṇā jaghanasthalī | caraṇau śobhamānau ca raktotpalasamadyutī
Her buttocks were broad and the region of her hips was wide; her feet were shining, with a radiance like that of a red lotus.
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PdP 6 43.20
ईदृश्या पुष्पवत्या स माल्यवानतिमोहितः । शक्रस्य परितोषाय नृत्यार्थं तौ समागतौ
īdṛśyā puṣpavatyā sa mālyavānatimohitaḥ | śakrasya paritoṣāya nṛtyārthaṃ tau samāgatau
By such a Puṣpavatī (Puṣpadantī) was that Mālyavān utterly infatuated. The two came together to dance for Śakra's pleasure.
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PdP 6 43.21
गायमानौ तु तौ तत्र अप्सरोगणसेवितौ । मदनाभिपरीतांगौ पुष्पदंती च माल्यवान्
gāyamānau tu tau tatra apsarogaṇasevitau | madanābhiparītāṃgau puṣpadaṃtī ca mālyavān
The two of them singing there, attended by the throng of apsarases — Puṣpadantī and Mālyavān, their limbs overcome by desire —
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PdP 6 43.22
परस्परानुरागेण व्यामोहवशमागतौ । न शुद्धगानं गायेतां चित्तभ्रमसमन्वितौ
parasparānurāgeṇa vyāmohavaśamāgatau | na śuddhagānaṃ gāyetāṃ cittabhramasamanvitau
through mutual passion the two had fallen under the power of infatuation; possessed by confusion of mind, the two did not sing the song purely.
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PdP 6 43.23
बद्धदृष्टी तथान्योन्यं कामबाणवशं गतौ । ज्ञात्वा लेखर्षभस्तत्र संगतं मानसं तयोः
baddhadṛṣṭī tathānyonyaṃ kāmabāṇavaśaṃ gatau | jñātvā lekharṣabhastatra saṃgataṃ mānasaṃ tayoḥ
With their eyes fixed on one another, gone under the power of Love's arrow — the bull among gods (Indra), knowing that their minds had joined together there,
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PdP 6 43.24
तालक्रियामानलोपात्तथा गीतविसर्जनात् । चिंतयित्वा तु मघवा ह्यवमानं तथात्मनः
tālakriyāmānalopāttathā gītavisarjanāt | ciṃtayitvā tu maghavā hyavamānaṃ tathātmanaḥ
and reflecting on the lapse of the measure in the beat-keeping and likewise on the abandoning of the song, and thus on the slight to himself, Maghavan (Indra)
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PdP 6 43.25
कुपितश्च तयोरर्थे शापं दास्यन्निदं जगौ । धिग्धिग्वां पतितौ मूढावाज्ञाभंग कृतौ मम
kupitaśca tayorarthe śāpaṃ dāsyannidaṃ jagau | dhigdhigvāṃ patitau mūḍhāvājñābhaṃga kṛtau mama
grew angry, and about to pronounce a curse upon them, spoke this: "Shame, shame upon you two, fallen, deluded, who have made a breach of my command!
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PdP 6 43.26
युवां पिशाचौ भवतां दंपतीभावधारिणौ । मर्त्यलोकमनुप्राप्तौ भुंजानौ कर्मणः फलम्
yuvāṃ piśācau bhavatāṃ daṃpatībhāvadhāriṇau | martyalokamanuprāptau bhuṃjānau karmaṇaḥ phalam
May you two become piśācas, holding the state of husband and wife, having come to the world of mortals, consuming the fruit of your deed."
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PdP 6 43.27
एवं मघवता शप्तावुभौ दुःखितमानसौ । हिमवंतं गिरिं प्राप्ताविंद्रशापाद्विमोहितौ
evaṃ maghavatā śaptāvubhau duḥkhitamānasau | himavaṃtaṃ giriṃ prāptāviṃdraśāpādvimohitau
Thus cursed by Maghavan, both with grieving minds, reached the Himavat mountain, bewildered by Indra's curse.
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PdP 6 43.28
उभौ पिशाचतां प्राप्तौ दारुणं दुःखमेव च । संतप्तमानसौ तत्र हिमकृच्छ्रगतावुभौ
ubhau piśācatāṃ prāptau dāruṇaṃ duḥkhameva ca | saṃtaptamānasau tatra himakṛcchragatāvubhau
Both attained the state of piśācas and dreadful suffering too; there, with minds burning, both fell into the hardship of the snow.
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PdP 6 43.29
गंधर्वत्वमप्सरस्त्वं न जानीतो विमौहितौ । पीड्यमानौ निदाघेन देहपातकजेन च
gaṃdharvatvamapsarastvaṃ na jānīto vimauhitau | pīḍyamānau nidāghena dehapātakajena ca
Bewildered, the two did not know (their former) gandharva-hood and apsaras-hood, tormented by the heat and by what was born of the fall of the body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 43.30
न निशायां सुखं शांतिं लभेते कर्मपीडितौ । परस्परं वादमानौ चेरतुर्गिरिगह्वरे
na niśāyāṃ sukhaṃ śāṃtiṃ labhete karmapīḍitau | parasparaṃ vādamānau ceraturgirigahvare
At night the two, afflicted by their (past) deeds, found neither comfort nor peace; quarrelling with each other, they roamed in a mountain cavern.
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PdP 6 43.31
पीड्यमानौ तु शीतेन तुषारप्रभवेन तौ । दंतघर्षं प्रकुर्वाणौ रोमांचितवपुर्द्धरौ
pīḍyamānau tu śītena tuṣāraprabhavena tau | daṃtagharṣaṃ prakurvāṇau romāṃcitavapurddharau
Tormented by the cold arising from the frost, the two ground their teeth, bearing bodies with hair standing on end.
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PdP 6 43.32
ऊचे पिशाचः स तदा तां पत्नीं स्वां पिशाचिकाम् । किमनल्पकृतं पापं दारुणं रोमहर्षणम्
ūce piśācaḥ sa tadā tāṃ patnīṃ svāṃ piśācikām | kimanalpakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ dāruṇaṃ romaharṣaṇam
Then that piśāca said to her, his own wife, the piśāca-woman: "What no small sin was committed, dreadful, hair-raising,
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PdP 6 43.33
येन प्राप्तं पिशाचत्वं स्वेन दुष्कृतकर्मणा । नरकं दारुणं मत्वा पिशाचत्वं च दुःखदम्
yena prāptaṃ piśācatvaṃ svena duṣkṛtakarmaṇā | narakaṃ dāruṇaṃ matvā piśācatvaṃ ca duḥkhadam
by which piśāca-hood has been obtained through one's own evil deed? Considering hell to be dreadful, and piśāca-hood to be a giver of pain,
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PdP 6 43.34
तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन पातकं न समाचरेत् । इति चिंतापरौ तत्र तावास्तां दुःखकर्षितौ
tasmātsarvaprayatnena pātakaṃ na samācaret | iti ciṃtāparau tatra tāvāstāṃ duḥkhakarṣitau
therefore with every effort one should not commit sin." Thus intent upon reflection, the two remained there, worn down by suffering.
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PdP 6 43.35
दैवयोगात्तयोः प्राप्ता माघस्यैकादशी तिथिः । जयानामेति विख्याता तिथीनामुत्तमा तिथिः
daivayogāttayoḥ prāptā māghasyaikādaśī tithiḥ | jayānāmeti vikhyātā tithīnāmuttamā tithiḥ
By the conjunction of fate the eleventh lunar day of Māgha came upon them, known by the name Jayā, the best of lunar days.
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PdP 6 43.36
तस्मिन्दिने तु संप्राप्ते तावाहारविवर्जितौ । आसाते तत्र नृपते जलपानविवर्जितौ
tasmindine tu saṃprāpte tāvāhāravivarjitau | āsāte tatra nṛpate jalapānavivarjitau
When that day had arrived, the two abstained from food; they remained there, O king, abstaining also from the drinking of water.
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PdP 6 43.37
न कृतो जीवघातश्च न पत्रफलभक्षणम् । अश्वत्थस्य समीपे तौ सर्वदा दुःखसंयुतौ
na kṛto jīvaghātaśca na patraphalabhakṣaṇam | aśvatthasya samīpe tau sarvadā duḥkhasaṃyutau
No killing of a living creature was done, nor eating of leaf or fruit; the two stayed near an aśvattha tree, ever joined with suffering.
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PdP 6 43.38
रविरस्तंगतो राजंस्तथैव स्थितयोस्तयोः । प्राप्ता चैव निशा घोरा दारुणा प्राणहारिणी
ravirastaṃgato rājaṃstathaiva sthitayostayoḥ | prāptā caiva niśā ghorā dāruṇā prāṇahāriṇī
The sun set, O king, while the two remained just so; and the night arrived, terrible, dreadful, life-stealing.
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PdP 6 43.39
वेपमानौ ततस्तौ तु ततः सुषुपतः क्षितौ । परस्परेण संलग्नौ गात्रयोर्भुजयोरपि
vepamānau tatastau tu tataḥ suṣupataḥ kṣitau | paraspareṇa saṃlagnau gātrayorbhujayorapi
Then those two, trembling, thereupon slept upon the ground, clinging to one another with their limbs and their arms as well.
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PdP 6 43.40
न निद्रा न रतं तत्र न तौ सौख्यमविंदताम् । एवं तौ राजशार्दूल शापेनेंद्रस्य पीडितौ
na nidrā na rataṃ tatra na tau saukhyamaviṃdatām | evaṃ tau rājaśārdūla śāpeneṃdrasya pīḍitau
There was no sleep, no love-making; the two found no comfort there. Thus, O tiger among kings, those two, afflicted by Indra's curse —
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PdP 6 43.41
इत्थं तयोर्दुःखितयोर्निर्जगाम निशीथिनी । मार्तंड उदयं प्राप्तो द्वादशी दिवसागमे
itthaṃ tayorduḥkhitayornirjagāma niśīthinī | mārtaṃḍa udayaṃ prāpto dvādaśī divasāgame
Thus the night passed away for those two in their suffering; the sun came to its rising, and with the arrival of day (came) the twelfth (lunar day).
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PdP 6 43.42
मया तु राजशार्दूल तयोर्मुक्तिर्धृता हृदि । जयायाः सुव्रतं चीर्णं रात्रौ जागरणं कृतम्
mayā tu rājaśārdūla tayormuktirdhṛtā hṛdi | jayāyāḥ suvrataṃ cīrṇaṃ rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ kṛtam
But by me, O tiger among kings, the release of those two was held in (my) heart; by Jayā the good vow was carried out, and the night-vigil was kept.
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PdP 6 43.43
तस्माद्व्रतप्रभावाच्च यथाजातं तथा शृणु । द्वादशीदिवसे प्राप्ते तथा चीर्णे जया व्रते
tasmādvrataprabhāvācca yathājātaṃ tathā śṛṇu | dvādaśīdivase prāpte tathā cīrṇe jayā vrate
Therefore hear what came about from the power of that vow, just as it happened: when the twelfth day arrived and the Jayā vow had thus been performed,
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PdP 6 43.44
विष्णोः प्रभावान्नृपते पिशाचत्वं तयोर्गतम् । पुष्पदंती माल्यवतौ पूर्वरूपौ बभूवतुः
viṣṇoḥ prabhāvānnṛpate piśācatvaṃ tayorgatam | puṣpadaṃtī mālyavatau pūrvarūpau babhūvatuḥ
By Viṣṇu's power, O king, the state of being piśācas departed from those two; Puṣpadantī and Mālyavān became (again) their former forms.
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PdP 6 43.45
पुरातनस्नेहयुतौ पूर्वालंकारधारिणौ । विमानमधिरूढौ तौ गतौ नाके मनोरमे
purātanasnehayutau pūrvālaṃkāradhāriṇau | vimānamadhirūḍhau tau gatau nāke manorame
Joined by their old affection, wearing their former ornaments, the two, having mounted a celestial chariot, went to the delightful heaven.
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PdP 6 43.46
देवेंद्रस्याग्रतो गत्वा प्रणामं चक्रतुर्मुदा । तथाविधौ तु तौ दृष्ट्वा मघवा विस्मितोऽब्रवीत्
deveṃdrasyāgrato gatvā praṇāmaṃ cakraturmudā | tathāvidhau tu tau dṛṣṭvā maghavā vismito'bravīt
Having gone before Indra, the lord of the gods, the two joyfully made obeisance; but seeing the two in such a condition, Maghavan (Indra) said in astonishment:
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PdP 6 43.47
इंद्र उवाच- वद तं केन पुण्येन पिशाचत्वं हि वां गतौ । मम शापं च संप्राप्तौ केन देवेन मोचितौ
iṃdra uvāca- vada taṃ kena puṇyena piśācatvaṃ hi vāṃ gatau | mama śāpaṃ ca saṃprāptau kena devena mocitau
Indra said: Tell (me) this — by what merit (was it that) you two went into the condition of piśācas, and, having incurred my curse, by which god were you two released?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 43.48
माल्यवानुवाच- वासुदेवप्रसादेन जयायास्तु व्रतेन च । पिशाचत्वं गतं स्वामिंस्तव भक्तिप्रभावतः
mālyavānuvāca- vāsudevaprasādena jayāyāstu vratena ca | piśācatvaṃ gataṃ svāmiṃstava bhaktiprabhāvataḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
PdP 6 43.49
इति श्रुत्वा तु मघवा प्रत्युवाच पुनस्तथा । पवित्रौ पावनौ जातौ वंदनीयौ ममापि च
iti śrutvā tu maghavā pratyuvāca punastathā | pavitrau pāvanau jātau vaṃdanīyau mamāpi ca
Having heard this, Maghavan (Indra) replied again thus: "You two have become pure and purifying, and worthy of reverence even by me,
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PdP 6 43.50
हरिवासरकर्तारौ विष्णुभक्तिपरायणौ । हरिवासरसँल्लीना ये च कृष्णपरायणाः 6.43.
harivāsarakartārau viṣṇubhaktiparāyaṇau | harivāsarasa~llīnā ye ca kṛṣṇaparāyaṇāḥ 6.43.
(These) two are observers of the Hari-day, wholly devoted to devotion to Viṣṇu; and those who are absorbed in the Hari-day and given over to Kṛṣṇa —
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PdP 6 43.51
अस्माकमपि मर्त्यास्ते पूज्याश्चैव न संशयः । विहरस्व यथासौख्यं पुष्पदंत्या सुरालये
asmākamapi martyāste pūjyāścaiva na saṃśayaḥ | viharasva yathāsaukhyaṃ puṣpadaṃtyā surālaye
Those mortals are to be honored even by us — of that there is no doubt. Enjoy yourself as you please with Puṣpadantī in the abode of the gods.
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PdP 6 43.52
कृष्ण उवाच- एतस्मात्कारणाद्राजन्कर्त्तव्यो हरिवासरः । जया तु राजशार्दूल ब्रह्महत्यापहारिणी
kṛṣṇa uvāca- etasmātkāraṇādrājankarttavyo harivāsaraḥ | jayā tu rājaśārdūla brahmahatyāpahāriṇī
Krishna said: For this reason, O king, the Hari-day (ekādaśī) is to be observed; and the Jayā (ekādaśī), O tiger among kings, removes even the murder of a brahmin.
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PdP 6 43.53
सर्वदानानि तेनैव सर्वयज्ञा अशेषतः । दत्तानि कारिताश्चैव जयायास्तु व्रतं कृतम्
sarvadānāni tenaiva sarvayajñā aśeṣataḥ | dattāni kāritāścaiva jayāyāstu vrataṃ kṛtam
By that very (person) all gifts have been given and all sacrifices, without exception, performed, by whom the vow of Jayā has been observed.
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PdP 6 43.54
कल्पकोटिर्भवेत्तावद्वैकुंठे मोदते ध्रुवम् । पठनाच्छ्रवणाद्राजन्नग्निष्टोमफलं लभेत्
kalpakoṭirbhavettāvadvaikuṃṭhe modate dhruvam | paṭhanācchravaṇādrājannagniṣṭomaphalaṃ labhet
For as long as a crore of kalpas he surely rejoices in Vaikuṇṭha; and by reciting and by hearing (this), O king, one obtains the fruit of the Agniṣṭoma sacrifice.
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