Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 88
PdP 6 88.1
सूतउवाच- अतःपरं कार्तिकमाहात्म्यं प्रस्तूयते । सूत उवाच- एकदा द्वारकामागादृषिः कृष्णदिदृक्षया । पुष्पाण्यादाय दिव्यानि कल्पवृक्षोत्थितानि च
sūtauvāca- ataḥparaṃ kārtikamāhātmyaṃ prastūyate | sūta uvāca- ekadā dvārakāmāgādṛṣiḥ kṛṣṇadidṛkṣayā | puṣpāṇyādāya divyāni kalpavṛkṣotthitāni ca
Sūta said: Hereafter the greatness of Kārtika is set forth. Sūta said: Once a sage came to Dvārakā wishing to see Kṛṣṇa, bringing divine flowers that had grown on the wish-fulfilling tree.
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PdP 6 88.2
नारदं स्वागतेनासौ कृष्णः सत्कारमाचरत् । इदमर्घ्यमिदं पाद्यमित्युवाचासनंददत्
nāradaṃ svāgatenāsau kṛṣṇaḥ satkāramācarat | idamarghyamidaṃ pādyamityuvācāsanaṃdadat
That Kṛṣṇa paid honour to Nārada with a welcome; "here is water for greeting, here is water for the feet," he said, offering a seat.
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PdP 6 88.3
नारदस्तानि पुष्पाणि कृष्णायोपाजहार च । कृष्णः षोडशसाहस्रस्त्रीभ्यस्तानि व्यभज्यत
nāradastāni puṣpāṇi kṛṣṇāyopājahāra ca | kṛṣṇaḥ ṣoḍaśasāhasrastrībhyastāni vyabhajyata
And Nārada presented those flowers to Kṛṣṇa; Kṛṣṇa distributed them among his sixteen thousand wives.
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PdP 6 88.4
विस्मृत्य सत्यभामां तु सर्वाभ्यस्तान्यदात्प्रभुः । सत्यभामा ततः क्रुद्धा क्रोधागारं समाविशत्
vismṛtya satyabhāmāṃ tu sarvābhyastānyadātprabhuḥ | satyabhāmā tataḥ kruddhā krodhāgāraṃ samāviśat
But forgetting Satyabhāmā, the Lord gave them to all (the others); then Satyabhāmā, angered, entered the chamber of wrath.
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PdP 6 88.5
समाज्ञाय ततः कृष्णस्तत्र गत्वा समाहितः । सत्यभामां मानयित्वा गरुडं मनसा स्मरन्
samājñāya tataḥ kṛṣṇastatra gatvā samāhitaḥ | satyabhāmāṃ mānayitvā garuḍaṃ manasā smaran
Then Kṛṣṇa, learning of it, went there attentively, and having honoured Satyabhāmā, calling Garuḍa to mind,
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PdP 6 88.6
स्मृतमात्रस्तु गरुडस्तदागत्याग्रतः स्थितः । आरुह्य वेगात्पत्रं तमित्युवाच प्रियां प्रभुः
smṛtamātrastu garuḍastadāgatyāgrataḥ sthitaḥ | āruhya vegātpatraṃ tamityuvāca priyāṃ prabhuḥ
No sooner was he remembered than Garuḍa came and stood before (him); mounting that winged one swiftly, the Lord said this to his beloved:
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PdP 6 88.7
सत्ये त्वं माकृथाः क्रोधं त्वत्कृते देवतैः सह । विरुध्य देवराजानं रोपयिष्ये तवांगणे
satye tvaṃ mākṛthāḥ krodhaṃ tvatkṛte devataiḥ saha | virudhya devarājānaṃ ropayiṣye tavāṃgaṇe
"Satyā, do not be angry; for your sake, opposing the king of the gods together with the gods, I shall plant in your courtyard
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PdP 6 88.8
कल्पद्रुमं महाभागेऽपराधं मे क्षमां कुरु । इति कृत्वा प्रतिज्ञां तु कृष्णः स सत्यभामया
kalpadrumaṃ mahābhāge'parādhaṃ me kṣamāṃ kuru | iti kṛtvā pratijñāṃ tu kṛṣṇaḥ sa satyabhāmayā
the wish-fulfilling tree, O greatly blessed one — forgive my offence." Having thus made his promise, Kṛṣṇa, with Satyabhāmā,
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PdP 6 88.9
देवलोकमगात्तूर्णं यत्र देवः स वृत्रहा । याचितः कल्पवृक्षार्थमुत्तरं दत्तवान्प्रभुम्
devalokamagāttūrṇaṃ yatra devaḥ sa vṛtrahā | yācitaḥ kalpavṛkṣārthamuttaraṃ dattavānprabhum
went at once to the world of the gods, where that god, the slayer of Vṛtra, was. Being asked for the kalpa tree, he gave the Lord this reply:
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PdP 6 88.10
नायं देवद्रुमो भूम्यां प्राप्तुं योग्यस्त्वया प्रभो । तदा क्रुद्धो महाबाहुर्वृक्षमुत्पाट्य मूलतः
nāyaṃ devadrumo bhūmyāṃ prāptuṃ yogyastvayā prabho | tadā kruddho mahābāhurvṛkṣamutpāṭya mūlataḥ
"This tree of the gods is not fit to be taken by you to the earth, O Lord." Then the mighty-armed one, angered, tore up the tree by the root
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PdP 6 88.11
वाहमारोपयामास वेगेन बलवत्तरः । तदा वज्रधरो वेगाद्वज्रमुद्यम्य वीर्यवान्
vāhamāropayāmāsa vegena balavattaraḥ | tadā vajradharo vegādvajramudyamya vīryavān
and, exceedingly strong, swiftly loaded it upon his mount. Then the valiant bearer of the vajra, quickly raising the vajra,
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PdP 6 88.12
गरुडं ताडयामास कल्पवृक्षं त्यजेरिति । तदा पत्ररथः पत्रं कुलिशस्यापि गौरवात्
garuḍaṃ tāḍayāmāsa kalpavṛkṣaṃ tyajeriti | tadā patrarathaḥ patraṃ kuliśasyāpi gauravāt
struck Garuḍa, (saying) "Let go of the kalpa tree!" Then the bird, out of regard even for the thunderbolt,
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PdP 6 88.13
एकं विसर्जयामास त्वरया प्रजगाम च । तेन वज्रप्रहारेण त्रयोभूव पतत्रिणः
ekaṃ visarjayāmāsa tvarayā prajagāma ca | tena vajraprahāreṇa trayobhūva patatriṇaḥ
let fall a single feather and sped away. By that blow of the vajra three birds came into being:
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PdP 6 88.14
मयूरो नकुलश्चाषः कृष्णो द्वारावतीमगात् । आगत्य सत्यभामाया गृहे चैनमरोपयत् । तदैव नारदोऽभ्यागात्सत्यया मानितो बहु
mayūro nakulaścāṣaḥ kṛṣṇo dvārāvatīmagāt | āgatya satyabhāmāyā gṛhe cainamaropayat | tadaiva nārado'bhyāgātsatyayā mānito bahu
the peacock, the mongoose, and the blue jay. Kṛṣṇa went to Dvārāvatī, and having arrived he planted it in Satyabhāmā's house; at that very moment Nārada came, and was much honoured by Satyā.
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PdP 6 88.15
सत्यभामोवाच- ईदृशः कल्पवृक्षोऽयं पतिरेतादृशः प्रभुः । भवेभवे कथं प्राप्यस्तदाख्यातु भवान्मम
satyabhāmovāca- īdṛśaḥ kalpavṛkṣo'yaṃ patiretādṛśaḥ prabhuḥ | bhavebhave kathaṃ prāpyastadākhyātu bhavānmama
Satyabhāmā said: Such is this wish-granting tree, and such a lord is my husband. How may (they) be obtained in birth after birth? Let you tell me that.
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PdP 6 88.16
इति पृष्टस्तदा प्राह नारदो मुनिसत्तमः । प्राप्यते सत्यभामेऽयं तुलापुरुष दानतः
iti pṛṣṭastadā prāha nārado munisattamaḥ | prāpyate satyabhāme'yaṃ tulāpuruṣa dānataḥ
Asked thus, Nārada, best of sages, then said: "O Satyabhāmā, he is obtained by the gift of the tulāpuruṣa (weighing oneself against gold)."
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PdP 6 88.17
सत्यभामा तदा कृष्णं कल्पवृक्षसमन्वितम् । नारदायैव सा प्रादात्तोलयित्वा विधानतः । सर्वोपस्करमाकृष्य नारदस्त्रिदिवं ययौ
satyabhāmā tadā kṛṣṇaṃ kalpavṛkṣasamanvitam | nāradāyaiva sā prādāttolayitvā vidhānataḥ | sarvopaskaramākṛṣya nāradastridivaṃ yayau
Then Satyabhāmā, weighing (him) according to the rule, gave Kṛṣṇa himself, together with the kalpa tree, to Nārada; and Nārada, taking away all the equipment, went to heaven.
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PdP 6 88.18
सूत उवाच- श्रियःपतिमथामंत्र्य गते देवर्षिसत्तमे । हर्षोत्फुल्लानना सत्या वासुदेवमथाब्रवीत्
sūta uvāca- śriyaḥpatimathāmaṃtrya gate devarṣisattame | harṣotphullānanā satyā vāsudevamathābravīt
Sūta said: When the best of divine sages had taken leave of the husband of Śrī and gone, Satyā, her face beaming with joy, then said to Vāsudeva:
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PdP 6 88.19
सत्यभामोवाच- धन्यास्मि कृतकृत्यास्मि सफलं जीवितं च मे । मज्जन्मनि निदाने च धन्यौ तौ पितरौ मम
satyabhāmovāca- dhanyāsmi kṛtakṛtyāsmi saphalaṃ jīvitaṃ ca me | majjanmani nidāne ca dhanyau tau pitarau mama
Satyabhāmā said: I am blessed, I have accomplished my purpose, and my life has borne fruit; blessed too are those two parents of mine, the cause of my birth,
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PdP 6 88.20
यौ मां त्रैलोकसुभगां जनयामासतुर्ध्रुवम् । षोडशस्त्रीसहस्राणां वल्लभाहं यतस्तव
yau māṃ trailokasubhagāṃ janayāmāsaturdhruvam | ṣoḍaśastrīsahasrāṇāṃ vallabhāhaṃ yatastava
who indeed begot me, fortunate in the three worlds — since I am the beloved of you who have sixteen thousand women,
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PdP 6 88.21
यस्मान्मयादिपुरुषः कल्पवृक्षसमन्वितः । यथोक्तविधिना सम्यङ्नारदाय समर्पितः
yasmānmayādipuruṣaḥ kalpavṛkṣasamanvitaḥ | yathoktavidhinā samyaṅnāradāya samarpitaḥ
since by me the Primal Person, together with the kalpa tree, was duly presented to Nārada by the prescribed rite,
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PdP 6 88.22
यद्वार्तामपि जानंति भूमिसंस्थान जंतवः । सोऽयं कल्पद्रुमो गेहे मम तिष्ठति सांप्रतम्
yadvārtāmapi jānaṃti bhūmisaṃsthāna jaṃtavaḥ | so'yaṃ kalpadrumo gehe mama tiṣṭhati sāṃpratam
(and since) this kalpa tree, of which even creatures dwelling on earth know only by report, now stands in my house,
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PdP 6 88.23
त्रैलोक्याधिपतेश्चाहं श्रीपतेरतिवल्लभा । अतोऽहं प्रष्टुमिच्छामि किंचित्त्वां मधुसूदन
trailokyādhipateścāhaṃ śrīpaterativallabhā | ato'haṃ praṣṭumicchāmi kiṃcittvāṃ madhusūdana
and (since) I am the greatly beloved of the lord of the three worlds, the husband of Śrī — therefore I wish to ask you something, O slayer of Madhu.
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PdP 6 88.24
यदि त्वं मत्प्रियकरः कथयस्वात्र विस्तरात् । श्रुत्वा तच्च पुनश्चाहं करोमि हितमात्मनः
yadi tvaṃ matpriyakaraḥ kathayasvātra vistarāt | śrutvā tacca punaścāhaṃ karomi hitamātmanaḥ
If you would do what pleases me, tell it here at length; and having heard it, I shall again do what is good for myself,
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PdP 6 88.25
यथाकल्पं त्वया देव वियुक्ता स्यां न कर्हिचित् । सूत उवाच- इति प्रियावचः श्रुत्वा स्मेरास्योऽयं गदाग्रजः
yathākalpaṃ tvayā deva viyuktā syāṃ na karhicit | sūta uvāca- iti priyāvacaḥ śrutvā smerāsyo'yaṃ gadāgrajaḥ
so that, O God, I may never at any time be separated from you for a whole kalpa. Sūta said: Hearing his beloved's words thus, the elder brother of Gada, his face smiling,
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PdP 6 88.26
सत्या करे करं कृत्वागमत्कल्पतरोस्तलम् । निषिद्ध्यानुचरं लोकं सविलासं प्रियान्वितः
satyā kare karaṃ kṛtvāgamatkalpatarostalam | niṣiddhyānucaraṃ lokaṃ savilāsaṃ priyānvitaḥ
Taking Satyā's hand in his own hand, he went to the foot of the wish-granting tree, having forbidden the attendant retinue (to follow), sportively, together with his beloved.
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PdP 6 88.27
प्रहस्य सत्यामामंत्र्य प्रोवाच जगतांपतिः । तत्प्रीति परितोषार्थं लसत्पुलकितांगजः
prahasya satyāmāmaṃtrya provāca jagatāṃpatiḥ | tatprīti paritoṣārthaṃ lasatpulakitāṃgajaḥ
Laughing, the Lord of the worlds addressed Satyā and spoke, for the sake of her pleasure and satisfaction, his limbs shining with bristling hair (of delight).
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PdP 6 88.28
कृष्ण उवाच-। न मे त्वत्तः प्रियतमा काचिदन्या नितंबिनी । षोडशस्त्रीसहस्राणां प्रिये प्राणसमा ह्यसि
kṛṣṇa uvāca-| na me tvattaḥ priyatamā kācidanyā nitaṃbinī | ṣoḍaśastrīsahasrāṇāṃ priye prāṇasamā hyasi
Kṛṣṇa said: There is no other fair-hipped woman dearer to me than you; among the sixteen thousand women, O beloved, you are indeed equal to my life.
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PdP 6 88.29
त्वदर्थं देवराजेन विरोधो दैवतैः सह । त्वया यत्प्रार्थितं कांते शृणु यच्च महद्भवेत्
tvadarthaṃ devarājena virodho daivataiḥ saha | tvayā yatprārthitaṃ kāṃte śṛṇu yacca mahadbhavet
For your sake (came) the quarrel with the king of the gods along with the deities. Hear what has been asked by you, O beloved, and what would be a great (matter).
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PdP 6 88.30
अदेयमथवाकार्यमकथ्यमपि यत्पुनः । त्वत्कृतं तु कथं प्रश्नं कथयामि न तु प्रिये । पृच्छस्व सर्वं कथये यत्ते मनसि वर्तते
adeyamathavākāryamakathyamapi yatpunaḥ | tvatkṛtaṃ tu kathaṃ praśnaṃ kathayāmi na tu priye | pṛcchasva sarvaṃ kathaye yatte manasi vartate
Whether it be something not to be given, or not to be done, or even not to be told—yet how should I not tell, O beloved, a question put by you? Ask everything; I shall tell whatever is in your mind.
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PdP 6 88.31
सत्योवाच- दानं व्रतं तपो वापि किं तु पूर्वं मयाकृतम् । येनाहं मर्त्यजा मर्त्ये भवानीवाऽभवं किल
satyovāca- dānaṃ vrataṃ tapo vāpi kiṃ tu pūrvaṃ mayākṛtam | yenāhaṃ martyajā martye bhavānīvā'bhavaṃ kila
Satyā said: What gift, vow, or austerity was performed by me formerly, by which I, born of a mortal, in the mortal world, became, as it were, like Bhavānī?
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PdP 6 88.32
तवांगार्द्धहरा नित्यं गरुडोपरिगामिनी । इंद्रादिदेवतावासमगमं च त्वया सह
tavāṃgārddhaharā nityaṃ garuḍoparigāminī | iṃdrādidevatāvāsamagamaṃ ca tvayā saha
(How is it that I am) always the sharer of half your body, riding upon Garuḍa, and that I went with you to the dwelling of Indra and the other gods?
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PdP 6 88.33
अतस्त्वां प्रष्टुमिच्छामि किं कृतं तु मया शुभम् । जन्मांतरे च किं शीला का चाहं कस्य कन्यका
atastvāṃ praṣṭumicchāmi kiṃ kṛtaṃ tu mayā śubham | janmāṃtare ca kiṃ śīlā kā cāhaṃ kasya kanyakā
Therefore I wish to ask you: what auspicious deed was done by me? And in another birth, of what character was I, and who was I, whose daughter?
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PdP 6 88.34
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच- शृणुष्वैकमनाः कांते यत्त्वं वै पूर्वजन्मनि । पुण्यं व्रतं कृतवती तत्सर्वं कथयामि ते
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca- śṛṇuṣvaikamanāḥ kāṃte yattvaṃ vai pūrvajanmani | puṇyaṃ vrataṃ kṛtavatī tatsarvaṃ kathayāmi te
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: Listen with a single mind, O beloved: that meritorious vow which you performed in a former birth—all that I shall tell you.
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PdP 6 88.35
आसीत्कृतयुगस्यांते मायापुर्यां द्विजोत्तमः । आत्रेयो देवशर्मेति वेदवेदांगपारगः
āsītkṛtayugasyāṃte māyāpuryāṃ dvijottamaḥ | ātreyo devaśarmeti vedavedāṃgapāragaḥ
At the end of the Kṛta age there was in the city of Māyā an excellent brahmin, of the Ātreya line, named Devaśarman, who had mastered the Vedas and the auxiliary sciences.
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PdP 6 88.36
आतिथेयोऽग्निशुश्रूषुः सौरव्रत परायणः । सूर्यमाराधयन्नित्यं साक्षात्सूर्य्य इवापरः
ātitheyo'gniśuśrūṣuḥ sauravrata parāyaṇaḥ | sūryamārādhayannityaṃ sākṣātsūryya ivāparaḥ
Hospitable to guests, tending the sacred fire, devoted to the solar vow, always worshipping the Sun—like a second Sun in visible form.
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PdP 6 88.37
तस्यातिवयसश्चासीन्नाम्ना गुणवती सुता । अपुत्रः स स्वशिष्याय चंद्र नाम्ने ददौ सुताम्
tasyātivayasaścāsīnnāmnā guṇavatī sutā | aputraḥ sa svaśiṣyāya caṃdra nāmne dadau sutām
He, being very advanced in years, had a daughter named Guṇavatī; being without a son, he gave the daughter to his own pupil, Candra by name.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 88.38
तमेव पुत्रवन्मेने स च तं पितृवद्वशी । तौ कदाचिद्वनं यातौ कुशेध्महरणार्थिनौ
tameva putravanmene sa ca taṃ pitṛvadvaśī | tau kadācidvanaṃ yātau kuśedhmaharaṇārthinau
He regarded him as a son, and he, self-controlled, (regarded) him as a father. Once the two went to the forest, seeking to fetch kuśa grass and firewood.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 88.39
हिमाद्रिपादजवने चेरतुस्तौ यतस्ततः । तौ ततो राक्षसं घोरमायांतं समपश्यताम्
himādripādajavane ceratustau yatastataḥ | tau tato rākṣasaṃ ghoramāyāṃtaṃ samapaśyatām
The two wandered here and there in the forest at the foot of the Himālaya; then those two saw a fearsome rākṣasa coming.
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PdP 6 88.40
भयविह्वलसर्वांगावसमर्थौ पलायितुम् । निहतौ रक्षसा तेन कृतांतसमरूपिणा
bhayavihvalasarvāṃgāvasamarthau palāyitum | nihatau rakṣasā tena kṛtāṃtasamarūpiṇā
With all their limbs faltering from fear, unable to flee, the two were slain by that rākṣasa, whose form was like Death's own.
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PdP 6 88.41
तौ तु क्षेत्रप्रभावेण धर्मशीलतया पुनः । वैकुंठभवनं नीतौ मद्गणैर्मत्समीपगैः
tau tu kṣetraprabhāveṇa dharmaśīlatayā punaḥ | vaikuṃṭhabhavanaṃ nītau madgaṇairmatsamīpagaiḥ
But those two, by the power of the (holy) place and further by their righteous conduct, were led to the mansion of Vaikuṇṭha by my attendants who go near me.
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PdP 6 88.42
यावज्जीवंतु यत्ताभ्यां सूर्यपूजादिकं कृतम् । तेन वै कर्मणा ताभ्यां सुप्रीतोऽहं किलाभवम्
yāvajjīvaṃtu yattābhyāṃ sūryapūjādikaṃ kṛtam | tena vai karmaṇā tābhyāṃ suprīto'haṃ kilābhavam
And because of that act—the worship of the Sun and the rest which was performed by those two as long as they lived—I became well pleased with them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 88.43
शैवाः सौराश्च गाणेशा वैष्णवाः शक्तिपूजकाः । मामेव प्राप्नुवंतीह वर्षांभः सागरं यथा
śaivāḥ saurāśca gāṇeśā vaiṣṇavāḥ śaktipūjakāḥ | māmeva prāpnuvaṃtīha varṣāṃbhaḥ sāgaraṃ yathā
Śaivas, Sauras, Gāṇeśas, Vaiṣṇavas, and worshippers of Śakti all reach me alone here, as rainwater (reaches) the ocean.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 88.44
एकोऽहं पंचधा जातः क्रीडयन्नामभिः किल । देवदत्तो यथा कश्चित्पुत्राद्याह्वाननामभिः
eko'haṃ paṃcadhā jātaḥ krīḍayannāmabhiḥ kila | devadatto yathā kaścitputrādyāhvānanāmabhiḥ
I, being one, have become fivefold, playing, by (these) names—just as some Devadatta (is called) by the names used in address by his son and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 88.45
ततश्च तौ मद्भवनाधिवासिनौ विमानयानौ रविवर्चसावुभौ । मत्तुल्यरूपौ मम सन्निधानगौ दिव्यांगना चंदनभोगभोगिनौ
tataśca tau madbhavanādhivāsinau vimānayānau ravivarcasāvubhau | mattulyarūpau mama sannidhānagau divyāṃganā caṃdanabhogabhoginau
And thereafter those two became dwellers in my abode, travelling in celestial cars, both with the radiance of the sun, of form like mine, moving in my presence, enjoying the pleasures of divine women and sandal-paste.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition