Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 8
PdP 6 8.1
युधिष्ठिर उवाच- देवान्विक्लाव्य समरे विष्णुं स्थाप्यात्ममंदिरे । जालंधरेणाब्धिजेन यत्कृतं ब्रूहि नारद
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca- devānviklāvya samare viṣṇuṃ sthāpyātmamaṃdire | jālaṃdhareṇābdhijena yatkṛtaṃ brūhi nārada
Yudhiṣṭhira said: Having overwhelmed the gods in battle and settled Viṣṇu in his own house — tell (me), Nārada, what Jālandhara, the ocean-born, did (then).
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PdP 6 8.2
नारद उवाच-। शुंभादीनां तु वीराणां दत्त्वा दानं प्रसादजम् । जालंधरो जगामाथ स्वर्गं प्राप्यावलोकयत्
nārada uvāca-| śuṃbhādīnāṃ tu vīrāṇāṃ dattvā dānaṃ prasādajam | jālaṃdharo jagāmātha svargaṃ prāpyāvalokayat
Nārada said: Having given to the heroes Śumbha and the rest gifts arising from (Viṣṇu's) favour, Jālandhara then went to heaven, and on reaching it he looked about.
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PdP 6 8.3
हिरण्यवर्षेण जनान्भूषयंतं दिनेदिने । फलंति तरवोऽजस्रं वाजिमेधक्रतोः फलम्
hiraṇyavarṣeṇa janānbhūṣayaṃtaṃ dinedine | phalaṃti taravo'jasraṃ vājimedhakratoḥ phalam
(He saw it) adorning people day after day with a rain of gold; the trees bear fruit unceasingly — (such is) the fruit of the horse sacrifice.
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PdP 6 8.4
गजवस्त्रसुवर्णानि धेनु कन्या तिलानि च । पुष्पकर्पूरतांबूल कस्तूरी कुंकुमानि च
gajavastrasuvarṇāni dhenu kanyā tilāni ca | puṣpakarpūratāṃbūla kastūrī kuṃkumāni ca
Elephants, garments, gold pieces, a cow, a maiden, and sesame, and flowers, camphor, betel, musk and saffron —
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PdP 6 8.5
ये यच्छंति महात्मानस्ते पश्यंत्यमरावतीम् । वर्षासु गृहदानेन शिशिरेऽग्निप्रदानतः
ye yacchaṃti mahātmānaste paśyaṃtyamarāvatīm | varṣāsu gṛhadānena śiśire'gnipradānataḥ
those great-souled ones who give (these) behold Amarāvatī; (so too) by the gift of a house in the rainy season, by the gift of fire in the cold season,
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PdP 6 8.6
वादित्राणि च सर्वाणि वादयंति शिवालये । प्रपां कुर्वंति ये चैत्रे दध्योदनसमन्विताम्
vāditrāṇi ca sarvāṇi vādayaṃti śivālaye | prapāṃ kurvaṃti ye caitre dadhyodanasamanvitām
and (those who) sound all the musical instruments in Śiva's temple, and who in Caitra set up a water-booth supplied with curd and rice,
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PdP 6 8.7
यत्र हिंदोलपर्यंकं स्वयमांदोलयंति च । सारिकाशुकहंसाश्च भ्रमद्भ्रमरकोकिलाः
yatra hiṃdolaparyaṃkaṃ svayamāṃdolayaṃti ca | sārikāśukahaṃsāśca bhramadbhramarakokilāḥ
where they themselves swing the swinging-couch — and mynahs, parrots and geese, and roving bees and cuckoos,
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PdP 6 8.8
कुर्वंतो दूतकार्याणि यच्छंते प्रियसंगमम् । रंभा यत्र पुरे राम मेनका च तिलोत्तमा संहितायां युधिष्ठिरनारदसम्वादे जालंधरसौराज्यवर्णनंनामाष्टमोऽध्यायः
kurvaṃto dūtakāryāṇi yacchaṃte priyasaṃgamam | raṃbhā yatra pure rāma menakā ca tilottamā saṃhitāyāṃ yudhiṣṭhiranāradasamvāde jālaṃdharasaurājyavarṇanaṃnāmāṣṭamo'dhyāyaḥ
— performing the tasks of messengers, they grant union with the beloved. In that city, O Rāma(?), (dwell) Rambhā and Menakā and Tilottamā. — In the Saṃhitā, in the dialogue of Yudhiṣṭhira and Nārada, the eighth chapter, named "The Description of Jālandhara's Good Rule."
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PdP 6 8.9
सुषमा सुंदरी यत्र घृताची पुंजिकस्थली । सुकेशी सुमुखी रामा मंजुघोषा च मालिनी
suṣamā suṃdarī yatra ghṛtācī puṃjikasthalī | sukeśī sumukhī rāmā maṃjughoṣā ca mālinī
Where (are) Suṣamā, Sundarī, Ghṛtācī, Puñjikasthalī, Sukeśī, Sumukhī, Rāmā, and Mañjughoṣā and Mālinī,
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PdP 6 8.10
मृगोद्भवा च सुखदा धनदंष्ट्रा तिलप्रभा । वाजिमेधफलग्राहा राजसूयफलंति याः
mṛgodbhavā ca sukhadā dhanadaṃṣṭrā tilaprabhā | vājimedhaphalagrāhā rājasūyaphalaṃti yāḥ
and Mṛgodbhavā and Sukhadā, Dhanadaṃṣṭrā, Tilaprabhā — (women) who seize the fruit of a horse-sacrifice, who (are) the fruit of a rājasūya;
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PdP 6 8.11
कोटिशो यत्र निःष्पापाः क्रीडंत्यप्सरसो नृप । एवं भूरिसुखे स्वर्गे स्थापयामास सिंधुजः
koṭiśo yatra niḥṣpāpāḥ krīḍaṃtyapsaraso nṛpa | evaṃ bhūrisukhe svarge sthāpayāmāsa siṃdhujaḥ
where sinless apsarases sport by the tens of millions, O king — thus in a heaven of abundant pleasure did the ocean's son establish (them).
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PdP 6 8.12
शुंभं प्राणसमं दैत्यं निशुंभं युवराजके । स्वयं जालंधरे पीठे स्वर्गादागत्य सिंधुराट् । वर्षार्बुदद्वयं राज्यं चकारात्मबलेन च
śuṃbhaṃ prāṇasamaṃ daityaṃ niśuṃbhaṃ yuvarājake | svayaṃ jālaṃdhare pīṭhe svargādāgatya siṃdhurāṭ | varṣārbudadvayaṃ rājyaṃ cakārātmabalena ca
(Setting) Śumbha, the demon dear to him as his own life, and Niśumbha in the office of crown prince, the ocean's king himself, having come from heaven, (took his seat) on the throne of Jālandhara, and by his own strength held the kingship for twice ten million years.
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PdP 6 8.13
युधिष्ठिर उवाच-। युयुधेऽसुर संग्रामे ससुरैरपराजितः
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca-| yuyudhe'sura saṃgrāme sasurairaparājitaḥ
Yudhiṣṭhira said: The asura fought in battle, unvanquished (even) by the gods together (with their allies).
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PdP 6 8.14
ततः किमकरोद्राजा सिंधुसूनुः प्रतापवान् । तन्ममाचक्ष्व देवर्षे श्रोतुकामस्य विस्तरात्
tataḥ kimakarodrājā siṃdhusūnuḥ pratāpavān | tanmamācakṣva devarṣe śrotukāmasya vistarāt
What then did that king, the mighty son of the ocean, do? Tell me that at length, O divine seer, for I wish to hear it.
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PdP 6 8.15
नारद उवाच-। शृणु राजन्यथातथ्यं कृतसागरसूनुना । स देवान्समरे जित्वा राज्यं चक्रे ह्यकंटकम्
nārada uvāca-| śṛṇu rājanyathātathyaṃ kṛtasāgarasūnunā | sa devānsamare jitvā rājyaṃ cakre hyakaṃṭakam
Nārada said: Hear, O king, just as it was, what was done by the son of the ocean: having conquered the gods in battle, he made his kingdom free of thorns.
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PdP 6 8.16
गंधर्वाश्चित्रसेनाद्याः सेवंते चासुरेश्वरम् । यज्ञभागांश्च यो भुंक्ते सर्वेषामसुरेश्वरः
gaṃdharvāścitrasenādyāḥ sevaṃte cāsureśvaram | yajñabhāgāṃśca yo bhuṃkte sarveṣāmasureśvaraḥ
Gandharvas, Citrasena and the rest, serve the lord of the asuras; and he, the lord of the asuras, enjoys the sacrificial portions of them all.
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PdP 6 8.17
क्षीरसागरतो देवैर्हृतं रत्नादिकं च यत् । तत्सर्वं च तथान्यच्च निर्जित्य हृतवान्बली
kṣīrasāgarato devairhṛtaṃ ratnādikaṃ ca yat | tatsarvaṃ ca tathānyacca nirjitya hṛtavānbalī
And whatever jewels and the like the gods had taken from the Ocean of Milk — all that, and other things too, the mighty one conquered and carried off.
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PdP 6 8.18
समुद्रतनये राज्यं भुवो राजन्प्रशासति । न कश्चिन्म्रियते मर्त्यो नरकं कोऽपि न व्रजेत्
samudratanaye rājyaṃ bhuvo rājanpraśāsati | na kaścinmriyate martyo narakaṃ ko'pi na vrajet
While the ocean's son ruled the kingdom of the earth, O king, no mortal died, and no one went to hell.
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PdP 6 8.19
न कलिप्रणयादन्यो न भोगादपरः क्षयः । न वंध्या दुर्भगा नारी नालंकारैर्विवर्जिता
na kalipraṇayādanyo na bhogādaparaḥ kṣayaḥ | na vaṃdhyā durbhagā nārī nālaṃkārairvivarjitā
There was no strife apart from lovers' quarrels, no wasting away apart from (that caused by) enjoyment; no woman was barren, ill-fortuned, or destitute of ornaments.
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PdP 6 8.20
कुरूपा दुर्गता दुष्टाऽयशस्या न च दृश्यते । न तत्र विधवा नारी न कश्चिन्निर्द्धनो जनः
kurūpā durgatā duṣṭā'yaśasyā na ca dṛśyate | na tatra vidhavā nārī na kaścinnirddhano janaḥ
Nor was any woman seen ugly, wretched, wicked, or of ill repute; there no woman was a widow, and no person was without wealth.
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PdP 6 8.21
दातारः संति सर्वत्र न प्रतिग्राहिणः क्वचित् । पुण्या जनाः प्रयच्छंति द्विजेभ्यो ह्यात्मनो धनम्
dātāraḥ saṃti sarvatra na pratigrāhiṇaḥ kvacit | puṇyā janāḥ prayacchaṃti dvijebhyo hyātmano dhanam
Everywhere there are givers, nowhere any who accept; meritorious people bestow their own wealth upon the twice-born.
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PdP 6 8.22
रूपयौवनशालिन्यः सीमंतिन्यो गृहे गृहे । गोक्षीरं दधिसर्पिश्च यत्र निर्जरसो जनाः
rūpayauvanaśālinyaḥ sīmaṃtinyo gṛhe gṛhe | gokṣīraṃ dadhisarpiśca yatra nirjaraso janāḥ
In house after house (are) women endowed with beauty and youth; (there is) cow's milk, curds and ghee, and there the people are free from aging.
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PdP 6 8.23
मंगलं तत्र सर्वेषां न क्वचिद्वधबंधनम् । शरेण न च हिंसास्ति न कश्चित्केन बाध्यते
maṃgalaṃ tatra sarveṣāṃ na kvacidvadhabaṃdhanam | śareṇa na ca hiṃsāsti na kaścitkena bādhyate
There (is) well-being for all; nowhere killing or imprisonment; there is no injury by arrow, and no one is oppressed by anyone.
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PdP 6 8.24
ऋणं न दृश्यते राजन्धनिनः संति सर्वतः । संतुष्टाः सर्वसस्याढ्याः प्रजाः सर्वत्रपार्थिव
ṛṇaṃ na dṛśyate rājandhaninaḥ saṃti sarvataḥ | saṃtuṣṭāḥ sarvasasyāḍhyāḥ prajāḥ sarvatrapārthiva
No debt is seen, O king; on every side there are wealthy men; the subjects are content and rich in every kind of grain everywhere, O prince.
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PdP 6 8.25
केलीक्षुदंडप्रभवश्च दुग्धरसोऽति सुस्वादुतरो गृहे नृणाम् । शुश्राव नारीनरयोर्हितं वचो न चापहर्ताध्वनि गच्छतां सदा
kelīkṣudaṃḍaprabhavaśca dugdharaso'ti susvādutaro gṛhe nṛṇām | śuśrāva nārīnarayorhitaṃ vaco na cāpahartādhvani gacchatāṃ sadā
And in men's houses (there is) the milky juice produced from the playful sugarcane stalk, exceedingly sweet; one heard from women and men only speech that was kindly, and there was never a robber of those going on the road.
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PdP 6 8.26
पतंत्यखंडा नभसो यतस्ततो धाराश्च कर्मारविमिश्रसर्पिषः । संमिश्रिताः शर्करया परिश्रुताः समुद्रसूनोः स्मरणान्मुखे नृणाम्
pataṃtyakhaṃḍā nabhaso yatastato dhārāśca karmāravimiśrasarpiṣaḥ | saṃmiśritāḥ śarkarayā pariśrutāḥ samudrasūnoḥ smaraṇānmukhe nṛṇām
And from the sky there fall unbroken streams, here and there, of ghee mixed with karmāra(?), blended with sugar, trickling into the mouths of men merely from remembering the ocean's son.
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