Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 50
PdP 6 50.1
युधिष्ठिर उवाच- ज्येष्ठस्य कृष्णपक्षे तु किं नामैकादशी भवेत् । श्रोतुमिच्छामि माहात्म्यं तद्वदस्व जनार्दन
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca- jyeṣṭhasya kṛṣṇapakṣe tu kiṃ nāmaikādaśī bhavet | śrotumicchāmi māhātmyaṃ tadvadasva janārdana
Yudhiṣṭhira said: But in the dark fortnight of Jyeṣṭha, what is the name of the eleventh? I wish to hear its greatness; tell that, Janārdana.
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PdP 6 50.2
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच- साधु पृष्टं त्वया राजन्लोकानां हितकाम्यया । बहुपुण्यप्रदा ह्येषा महापातकनाशिनी
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca- sādhu pṛṣṭaṃ tvayā rājanlokānāṃ hitakāmyayā | bahupuṇyapradā hyeṣā mahāpātakanāśinī
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: Well have you asked, O king, out of a desire for the good of the worlds; for this (eleventh) bestows much merit and destroys great sins.
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PdP 6 50.3
अपरा नाम राजेंद्र अपरा पुत्रदायिनी । लोके प्रसिद्धितां याति अपरां यस्तु सेवते
aparā nāma rājeṃdra aparā putradāyinī | loke prasiddhitāṃ yāti aparāṃ yastu sevate
It is named Aparā, O lord of kings; Aparā is a giver of sons. Whoever observes Aparā attains renown in the world.
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PdP 6 50.4
ब्रह्महत्याभिभूतोऽपि गोत्रहा भ्रूणहा तथा । परापवादवादी च परस्त्री रसिकोऽपि च
brahmahatyābhibhūto'pi gotrahā bhrūṇahā tathā | parāpavādavādī ca parastrī rasiko'pi ca
Even one overcome by the murder of a brahmin, a slayer of his kin, a killer of an embryo, one who speaks slander of others, and one who delights in another's wife —
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PdP 6 50.5
अपरा सेवनाद्राजन्विपाप्मा भवति ध्रुवम् । कूटसाक्ष्यं कूटमानं तुलाकूटं करोति यः
aparā sevanādrājanvipāpmā bhavati dhruvam | kūṭasākṣyaṃ kūṭamānaṃ tulākūṭaṃ karoti yaḥ
by observing Aparā, O king, he certainly becomes free of sin. Whoever gives false witness, uses false measure, cheats with the scales,
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PdP 6 50.6
कूटवेदं पठेद्यस्तु कूटशास्त्रं तथैव च । ज्योतिषी गणकः कूटः कूटायुर्वैदिको भिषक्
kūṭavedaṃ paṭhedyastu kūṭaśāstraṃ tathaiva ca | jyotiṣī gaṇakaḥ kūṭaḥ kūṭāyurvaidiko bhiṣak
whoever recites a false Veda, and likewise a false treatise; a fraudulent astrologer, a fraudulent reckoner, a physician fraudulent in the science of longevity —
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PdP 6 50.7
कूटसाक्ष्य समायुक्तो विज्ञेया नरकौकसः । अपरा सेवनाद्राजन्पापैर्मुक्ता भवंति ते
kūṭasākṣya samāyukto vijñeyā narakaukasaḥ | aparā sevanādrājanpāpairmuktā bhavaṃti te
(these,) joined with false witness, are to be known as dwellers in hell; but by observing Aparā, O king, they become released from their sins.
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PdP 6 50.8
क्षत्त्रियः क्षात्रधर्मं यस्त्यक्त्वा युद्धात्पलायते । स याति नरकं घोरं स्वीयधर्मबहिष्कृतः
kṣattriyaḥ kṣātradharmaṃ yastyaktvā yuddhātpalāyate | sa yāti narakaṃ ghoraṃ svīyadharmabahiṣkṛtaḥ
A kṣatriya who, abandoning the kṣatriya duty, flees from battle — he, cast out from his own duty, goes to a dreadful hell;
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PdP 6 50.9
अपरा सेवनात्सोऽपि पापं त्यक्त्वा दिवं व्रजेत् । विद्यावान्यः स्वयं शिष्यो गुरुनिंदां करोति च
aparā sevanātso'pi pāpaṃ tyaktvā divaṃ vrajet | vidyāvānyaḥ svayaṃ śiṣyo guruniṃdāṃ karoti ca
by observing Aparā he too, casting off his sin, would go to heaven. And a pupil who, himself possessed of learning, reviles his teacher,
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PdP 6 50.10
स महापातकैर्युक्तो निरयं याति दारुणम् । अपरा सेवनात्सोऽपि सद्गतिं प्राप्नुयान्नरः
sa mahāpātakairyukto nirayaṃ yāti dāruṇam | aparā sevanātso'pi sadgatiṃ prāpnuyānnaraḥ
he, joined with the great sins, goes to a terrible hell; but by observing Aparā that man too would attain a good course.
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PdP 6 50.11
महिमानमपरायाः शृणु राजन्वदाम्यहम् । मकरस्थे रवौ माघे प्रयागे यत्फलं नृणाम्
mahimānamaparāyāḥ śṛṇu rājanvadāmyaham | makarasthe ravau māghe prayāge yatphalaṃ nṛṇām
Hear the greatness of Aparā, O king; I shall tell (it). Whatever fruit men (obtain) at Prayāga in Māgha when the sun stands in Capricorn,
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PdP 6 50.12
काश्यां यत्प्राप्यते पुण्यमुपरागे निमज्जनात् । गयायां पिंडदानेन पितॄणां तृप्तिदो यथा
kāśyāṃ yatprāpyate puṇyamuparāge nimajjanāt | gayāyāṃ piṃḍadānena pitṝṇāṃ tṛptido yathā
whatever merit is obtained at Kāśī by bathing during an eclipse, and as the offering of piṇḍas at Gayā gives satisfaction to the ancestors,
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PdP 6 50.13
सिंहस्थिते देवगुरौ गौतम्यां स्नातको नरः । कन्यागते गुरौ राजन्कृष्णवेणी निमज्जनात्
siṃhasthite devagurau gautamyāṃ snātako naraḥ | kanyāgate gurau rājankṛṣṇaveṇī nimajjanāt
(And as) a man who bathes in the Gautamī when the teacher of the gods (Jupiter) stands in Leo, or (bathes) by immersion in the Kṛṣṇaveṇī when Jupiter has entered Virgo, O king —
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PdP 6 50.14
यत्फलं समवाप्नोति कुंभकेदार दर्शनात् । बदर्याश्रमयात्रायां तत्तीर्थसेवनादपि
yatphalaṃ samavāpnoti kuṃbhakedāra darśanāt | badaryāśramayātrāyāṃ tattīrthasevanādapi
— the fruit that (a man) obtains from the sight of Kumbha and Kedāra, and also from resorting to that sacred place on a pilgrimage to Badaryāśrama —
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PdP 6 50.15
यत्फलं समवाप्नोति कुरुक्षेत्रे रविग्रहे । गजाश्व हेमदानेन यज्ञं कृत्वा सदक्षिणम्
yatphalaṃ samavāpnoti kurukṣetre ravigrahe | gajāśva hemadānena yajñaṃ kṛtvā sadakṣiṇam
— the fruit that (a man) obtains at Kurukṣetra during an eclipse of the sun, and by the gift of elephants, horses and gold, having performed a sacrifice together with its priestly fee —
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PdP 6 50.16
तादृशं फलमाप्नोति अपरा व्रतसेवनात् । अर्धप्रसूतां गां दत्वा सुवर्णं वसुधां तथा
tādṛśaṃ phalamāpnoti aparā vratasevanāt | ardhaprasūtāṃ gāṃ datvā suvarṇaṃ vasudhāṃ tathā
— such a fruit (a man) obtains from the observance of the Aparā (ekādaśī); and (the fruit) of giving a cow half-way through her calving, and gold, and land as well —
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PdP 6 50.17
नरो यत्फलमाप्नोति अपराया व्रतेन तत् । पापद्रुमकुठारीयं पापेंधन दवानलः
naro yatphalamāpnoti aparāyā vratena tat | pāpadrumakuṭhārīyaṃ pāpeṃdhana davānalaḥ
— the fruit that a man obtains (from these), that (he gains) by the vow of the Aparā. This is an axe to the tree of sin, a forest-fire to the fuel of sin,
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PdP 6 50.18
पापांधकारतरणिः पापसारंग केसरी । बुद्बुदा इव तोयेषु पुत्तिका इव जंतुषु
pāpāṃdhakārataraṇiḥ pāpasāraṃga kesarī | budbudā iva toyeṣu puttikā iva jaṃtuṣu
a sun to the darkness of sin, a lion to the deer of sin. Like bubbles in water, like insects among living creatures,
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PdP 6 50.19
जायंते मरणायैव एकादश्या व्रतं विना । अपरां समुपोष्यैव पूजयित्वा त्रिविक्रमम्
jāyaṃte maraṇāyaiva ekādaśyā vrataṃ vinā | aparāṃ samupoṣyaiva pūjayitvā trivikramam
(men) are born only to die, without the vow of the ekādaśī. Having fasted on the Aparā and worshipped Trivikrama,
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PdP 6 50.20
सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तो विष्णुलोके महीयते । लोकानां च हितार्थाय तवाग्रे कथितं मया । पठनाच्छ्रवणाद्राजन्गोसहस्रफलं लभेत्
sarvapāpavinirmukto viṣṇuloke mahīyate | lokānāṃ ca hitārthāya tavāgre kathitaṃ mayā | paṭhanācchravaṇādrājangosahasraphalaṃ labhet
(a man), freed from all sins, is honoured in the world of Viṣṇu. And for the benefit of the worlds this has been told by me in your presence; by reciting or hearing it, O king, one obtains the fruit of (giving) a thousand cows.
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