Padma Purana — Kriya Khanda — Chapter 12
PdP 7 12.1
व्यास उवाच- फाल्गुने ब्राह्मणश्रेष्ठ श्रीकृष्णं सुरवंदितम् । पूजयेद्भक्तिभावेन प्रत्यहं वैष्णवो जनः
vyāsa uvāca- phālgune brāhmaṇaśreṣṭha śrīkṛṣṇaṃ suravaṃditam | pūjayedbhaktibhāvena pratyahaṃ vaiṣṇavo janaḥ
Vyāsa said: In (the month of) Phālguna, O best of brāhmaṇas, a Vaiṣṇava person should worship every day, with a devotional spirit, Śrī Kṛṣṇa who is praised by the gods.
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PdP 7 12.2
फाल्गुने स्नापयेद्यस्तु सर्पिषा देवकीसुतम् । फलं तस्य प्रवक्ष्यामि यतः सम्यङिनशामय
phālgune snāpayedyastu sarpiṣā devakīsutam | phalaṃ tasya pravakṣyāmi yataḥ samyaṅinaśāmaya
Whoever bathes the son of Devakī with ghee in Phālguna — I shall declare his reward; listen well to it.
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PdP 7 12.3
सर्वयज्ञफलं प्राप्य सर्वदानफलं तथा । अंते याति हरेः स्थानं सर्वपापविवर्जितः
sarvayajñaphalaṃ prāpya sarvadānaphalaṃ tathā | aṃte yāti hareḥ sthānaṃ sarvapāpavivarjitaḥ
Having gained the fruit of all sacrifices and likewise the fruit of all gifts, at the end he goes, freed from all sins, to the abode of Hari.
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PdP 7 12.4
युगकोटिसहस्राणि भुक्त्त्वा भोगं हरेर्गृहे । तत्रैव मोक्षमाप्नोति संप्राप्य ज्ञानमुत्तमम्
yugakoṭisahasrāṇi bhukttvā bhogaṃ harergṛhe | tatraiva mokṣamāpnoti saṃprāpya jñānamuttamam
Having enjoyed enjoyment in Hari's house for thousands of crores of ages, there itself he attains liberation, having gained the highest knowledge.
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PdP 7 12.5
यस्तु यच्छति कृष्णाय शिशिरे गोपमूर्तये । तिलानां मोदकं दिव्यं स गच्छेद्धरिमंदिरम्
yastu yacchati kṛṣṇāya śiśire gopamūrtaye | tilānāṃ modakaṃ divyaṃ sa gaccheddharimaṃdiram
Whoever offers to Kṛṣṇa in the cool season, to him whose form is that of a cowherd, a fine sweetmeat of sesame, he goes to Hari's mansion.
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PdP 7 12.6
यो दुग्धलड्डुकान्दद्यात्केशवाय महात्मने । स पिबेदमृतं स्वर्गे मन्वंतरशतावधि
yo dugdhalaḍḍukāndadyātkeśavāya mahātmane | sa pibedamṛtaṃ svarge manvaṃtaraśatāvadhi
He who gives milk-sweets to Keśava, the great soul, drinks nectar in heaven for a hundred manvantaras.
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PdP 7 12.7
हरये ललितं खंडं यस्तु यच्छति जैमिने । तस्य विष्णुः प्रसन्नात्मा छिनत्ति भवबंधनम्
haraye lalitaṃ khaṃḍaṃ yastu yacchati jaimine | tasya viṣṇuḥ prasannātmā chinatti bhavabaṃdhanam
Whoever offers to Hari a delightful piece of sugar-candy, O Jaimini, for him Viṣṇu, gracious of heart, cuts the bond of worldly existence.
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PdP 7 12.8
विचित्रं फलितं दिव्यं दद्याद्भगवते द्विज । अंते शक्रपुरं गत्वा स भवेत्सुरवंदितः
vicitraṃ phalitaṃ divyaṃ dadyādbhagavate dvija | aṃte śakrapuraṃ gatvā sa bhavetsuravaṃditaḥ
Should one give to the Lord a wonderful, fine ripe fruit, O twice-born, at the end, having gone to Indra's city, he becomes honoured by the gods.
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PdP 7 12.9
निर्मलां शर्करां यच्छेद्यस्तु कृष्णाय भक्तिमान् । स किं न लभते विप्र वासुदेवप्रसादतः
nirmalāṃ śarkarāṃ yacchedyastu kṛṣṇāya bhaktimān | sa kiṃ na labhate vipra vāsudevaprasādataḥ
Whoever, being devoted, offers pure sugar to Kṛṣṇa — what does he not obtain, O brāhmaṇa, through the favour of Vāsudeva?
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PdP 7 12.10
सुपक्वं फाल्गुने मासि मधुरं बदरीफलम् । यस्तु यच्छति कृष्णाय फलं तस्य निशामय
supakvaṃ phālgune māsi madhuraṃ badarīphalam | yastu yacchati kṛṣṇāya phalaṃ tasya niśāmaya
Whoever offers to Kṛṣṇa in the month of Phālguna a well-ripened sweet jujube fruit — hear his reward.
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PdP 7 12.11
इह भुङ्क्ते सुखं सर्वं पुत्रपौत्रसमन्वितः । अंते हरेर्गृहं याति रथमारुह्य शोभनम्
iha bhuṅkte sukhaṃ sarvaṃ putrapautrasamanvitaḥ | aṃte harergṛhaṃ yāti rathamāruhya śobhanam
Here he enjoys every happiness, together with sons and grandsons; at the end he goes to Hari's house, having mounted a splendid chariot.
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PdP 7 12.12
न दद्याद्गुडसंयुक्तं हरये बदरीफलम् । अज्ञानाद्ब्राह्मणश्रेष्ठ दद्याच्चेन्नारकीभवेत्
na dadyādguḍasaṃyuktaṃ haraye badarīphalam | ajñānādbrāhmaṇaśreṣṭha dadyāccennārakībhavet
One should not give to Hari a jujube fruit combined with molasses; if out of ignorance one gives it, O best of brāhmaṇas, he becomes a dweller in hell.
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PdP 7 12.13
फाल्गुने मासि यो दद्याद्धरये दाडिमीफलम् । सुपक्वं तत्फलं विप्र वदतो मे निशामय
phālgune māsi yo dadyāddharaye dāḍimīphalam | supakvaṃ tatphalaṃ vipra vadato me niśāmaya
Whoever, in the month of Phālguna, offers Hari a pomegranate fruit, well ripened — that fruit, O brahmin: listen to me as I tell (of it).
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PdP 7 12.14
तत्र यावंति बीजानि तिष्ठंति दाडिमीफले । तावन्मन्वंतरं विष्णोर्गृहे तिष्ठति भाग्यवान्
tatra yāvaṃti bījāni tiṣṭhaṃti dāḍimīphale | tāvanmanvaṃtaraṃ viṣṇorgṛhe tiṣṭhati bhāgyavān
As many seeds as there are in that pomegranate fruit, for that many manvantaras does the fortunate man dwell in Viṣṇu's house.
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PdP 7 12.15
फाल्गुने मासि यो दद्याद्धरये गुडपिष्टकम् । स विज्ञेयो द्विजश्रेष्ठ वाजिमेधसहस्रकृत्
phālgune māsi yo dadyāddharaye guḍapiṣṭakam | sa vijñeyo dvijaśreṣṭha vājimedhasahasrakṛt
Whoever, in the month of Phālguna, offers Hari a cake of raw sugar, he is to be known, O best of the twice-born, as one who has performed a thousand horse-sacrifices.
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PdP 7 12.16
चैत्रे मासि द्विजश्रेष्ठ मधुना मधुसूदनम् । स्नापयेल्लभते मर्त्यस्तद्विष्णोः परमं पदम्
caitre māsi dvijaśreṣṭha madhunā madhusūdanam | snāpayellabhate martyastadviṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam
In the month of Caitra, O best of the twice-born, should a mortal bathe Madhusūdana with honey, he obtains that supreme station of Viṣṇu.
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PdP 7 12.17
मधुना स्नापयेद्यस्तु नारायणमनामयम् । न चर्चा क्रियते तस्य कदाचिद्रविसूनुना
madhunā snāpayedyastu nārāyaṇamanāmayam | na carcā kriyate tasya kadācidravisūnunā
And whoever bathes Nārāyaṇa, the flawless one, with honey — no reckoning of him is ever made by the son of the Sun (Yama).
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PdP 7 12.18
चैत्रे किंशुकपुष्पेण योऽर्चयेत्कमलापतिम् । तन्नाम चित्रगुप्तेन पंजिकायां न लिख्यते
caitre kiṃśukapuṣpeṇa yo'rcayetkamalāpatim | tannāma citraguptena paṃjikāyāṃ na likhyate
Whoever in Caitra worships the lord of Kamalā with the kiṃśuka flower — his name is not written down by Citragupta in the register.
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PdP 7 12.19
चैत्रके जगतामीशं कृष्णं तिलकपुष्पकैः । पूजतो नास्ति वै जन्म पुनरस्मिन्महीतले
caitrake jagatāmīśaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ tilakapuṣpakaiḥ | pūjato nāsti vai janma punarasminmahītale
For one who has worshipped Kṛṣṇa, the lord of the worlds, in Caitra with tilaka blossoms, there is indeed no birth again on this earth.
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PdP 7 12.20
कृष्णवंजुलपुष्पेण सर्वदेवशिरोमणिम् । पूजयन्मनुजो विप्र लभते नापदं क्वचित्
kṛṣṇavaṃjulapuṣpeṇa sarvadevaśiromaṇim | pūjayanmanujo vipra labhate nāpadaṃ kvacit
A man who worships with the black vañjula flower the crest-jewel of all the gods, O brahmin, meets with no calamity anywhere.
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PdP 7 12.21
वासंतीभिः सुगंधीभिर्वसंते यस्तु पूजयेत् । भगवंतं प्रसन्नात्मा स देवैरपि पूज्यते
vāsaṃtībhiḥ sugaṃdhībhirvasaṃte yastu pūjayet | bhagavaṃtaṃ prasannātmā sa devairapi pūjyate
And whoever, with a serene mind, worships the Blessed One in spring with fragrant vernal (flowers), he is worshipped even by the gods.
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PdP 7 12.22
तथा किसलयैर्दिव्यैरखण्डैर्योऽर्चयेद्धरिम् । तं वंदते समुत्थाय स्वयं पीठासनोपि च
tathā kisalayairdivyairakhaṇḍairyo'rcayeddharim | taṃ vaṃdate samutthāya svayaṃ pīṭhāsanopi ca
Likewise, whoever worships Hari with divine, unbroken young shoots — him (the Lord) himself, rising up from his seat on the throne, greets.
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PdP 7 12.23
धात्रीपत्रैर्नवैर्यस्तु कोमलैर्हरिमर्चयेत् । अचिरेणैव लभते सकलं वांछितं जनः
dhātrīpatrairnavairyastu komalairharimarcayet | acireṇaiva labhate sakalaṃ vāṃchitaṃ janaḥ
And whoever worships Hari with fresh, tender āmalakī leaves — that person obtains all he wishes before long.
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PdP 7 12.24
शांडिल्या खंडपत्रैश्च धत्तूरैश्चार्कपुष्पकैः । योऽर्चयेद्विष्णुमीशं च स संसाराब्धिपारगः
śāṃḍilyā khaṃḍapatraiśca dhattūraiścārkapuṣpakaiḥ | yo'rcayedviṣṇumīśaṃ ca sa saṃsārābdhipāragaḥ
Whoever worships Viṣṇu the lord with śāṇḍilī and khaṇḍapatra (leaves), with dhattūra and arka flowers, he crosses to the far shore of the ocean of saṃsāra.
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PdP 7 12.25
यो दद्याद्विष्णवे विप्र कदलीफलमुत्तमम् । शक्राद्यास्त्रिदशाः सर्वे वंदंते तमहर्निशम्
yo dadyādviṣṇave vipra kadalīphalamuttamam | śakrādyāstridaśāḥ sarve vaṃdaṃte tamaharniśam
Whoever offers Viṣṇu an excellent plantain fruit, O brahmin — all the thirty gods, Indra and the rest, salute him day and night.
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PdP 7 12.26
यो दद्याच्चैत्रके मासि भक्त्या गोपालरूपिणे । गोधूमपिष्टकं विप्र सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते
yo dadyāccaitrake māsi bhaktyā gopālarūpiṇe | godhūmapiṣṭakaṃ vipra sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate
Whoever, in the month of Caitra, offers with devotion a wheat cake to (the Lord) in the form of Gopāla, O brahmin, is released from all sins.
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PdP 7 12.27
आयाते माधवे मासि पवित्रे माधव प्रिये । आमिषं मैथुनं तैलं विष्णुभक्तः परित्यजेत्
āyāte mādhave māsi pavitre mādhava priye | āmiṣaṃ maithunaṃ tailaṃ viṣṇubhaktaḥ parityajet
When the holy month of Mādhava (Vaiśākha) has come, dear to Mādhava, a devotee of Viṣṇu should give up meat, sexual intercourse, and oil.
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PdP 7 12.28
प्राप्तः समाचरेत्स्नानं माधवे मासि वैष्णवः । परित्यजेत्परान्नं च न कुर्याच्च द्विभोजनम्
prāptaḥ samācaretsnānaṃ mādhave māsi vaiṣṇavaḥ | parityajetparānnaṃ ca na kuryācca dvibhojanam
When it has arrived, a Vaiṣṇava should perform bathing in the month of Mādhava; he should avoid another's food and should not eat twice.
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PdP 7 12.29
प्रभाते पूजयेद्विष्णुंपू र्वोक्तविधिना द्विज । वैशाखे स्नापयेद्विष्णुं पुष्पवासितवारिणा
prabhāte pūjayedviṣṇuṃpū rvoktavidhinā dvija | vaiśākhe snāpayedviṣṇuṃ puṣpavāsitavāriṇā
At dawn he should worship Viṣṇu by the rule stated before, O twice-born; in Vaiśākha he should bathe Viṣṇu with water scented with flowers.
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PdP 7 12.30
स्नापयेच्छीततोयेषु संध्यापर्यंतमच्युतम् । त्रिसंध्यं पूजयेद्भक्त्या नैवेद्यैर्विविधैः प्रभुम्
snāpayecchītatoyeṣu saṃdhyāparyaṃtamacyutam | trisaṃdhyaṃ pūjayedbhaktyā naivedyairvividhaiḥ prabhum
He should bathe Acyuta with cool waters until the evening twilight, and worship the Lord with devotion at the three junctures of the day with various food-offerings.
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PdP 7 12.31
वैशाखे दमनस्रग्भिर्लक्ष्मीपतिरलंकृतः । न किं ददाति विप्रर्षे प्रसन्नः परमेश्वरः
vaiśākhe damanasragbhirlakṣmīpatiralaṃkṛtaḥ | na kiṃ dadāti viprarṣe prasannaḥ parameśvaraḥ
When in Vaiśākha the husband of Lakṣmī is adorned with garlands of damana, what does the supreme Lord, being pleased, not give, O seer among brahmins?
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PdP 7 12.32
वैशाखे मासि यो दद्याद्यवान्नं चक्रपाणये । तस्य पुण्यानि संख्यातुं कः समर्थोऽस्ति पंडितः
vaiśākhe māsi yo dadyādyavānnaṃ cakrapāṇaye | tasya puṇyāni saṃkhyātuṃ kaḥ samartho'sti paṃḍitaḥ
Whoever, in the month of Vaiśākha, offers food of barley to the wielder of the discus — what learned man is able to count up his merits?
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PdP 7 12.33
यत्किंचिन्माधवे मासि माधवप्रीतिहेतवे । दीयते माधवायैव तत्सर्वमक्षयं भवेत्
yatkiṃcinmādhave māsi mādhavaprītihetave | dīyate mādhavāyaiva tatsarvamakṣayaṃ bhavet
Whatever is given in the month of Mādhava (Vaiśākha) to Mādhava himself for the sake of Mādhava's pleasure — all that becomes imperishable.
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PdP 7 12.34
यदन्यत्सुकृतं कर्म क्रियते मासि माधवे । माधवप्रीतये विप्र क्षयस्तस्य न विद्यते
yadanyatsukṛtaṃ karma kriyate māsi mādhave | mādhavaprītaye vipra kṣayastasya na vidyate
And whatever other meritorious act is performed in the month of Mādhava for Mādhava's pleasure, O brāhmaṇa, of that there is no diminishing.
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PdP 7 12.35
वैशाखे मासि यः कुर्यात्प्रपां माधवतुष्टये । दिनेदिनेऽश्वमेधस्य फलमाप्नोति मानवः
vaiśākhe māsi yaḥ kuryātprapāṃ mādhavatuṣṭaye | dinedine'śvamedhasya phalamāpnoti mānavaḥ
The man who, in the month of Vaiśākha, sets up a water-booth for Mādhava's satisfaction obtains, day after day, the fruit of a horse-sacrifice.
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PdP 7 12.36
वैशाखो दुर्ल्लभो मासः सर्वकर्मफलप्रदः । पूजितव्यो हरिस्तत्र हित्वा कर्मशतान्यपि
vaiśākho durllabho māsaḥ sarvakarmaphalapradaḥ | pūjitavyo haristatra hitvā karmaśatānyapi
Vaiśākha is a month hard to obtain, granting the fruit of every rite; therein Hari is to be worshipped, even setting aside a hundred (other) duties.
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PdP 7 12.37
एकाहमपि यः पूजां वैशाखे कुरुते हरेः । षड्वर्षं हरिं पूजित्वा यत्फलं लभते स तत्
ekāhamapi yaḥ pūjāṃ vaiśākhe kurute hareḥ | ṣaḍvarṣaṃ hariṃ pūjitvā yatphalaṃ labhate sa tat
He who performs the worship of Hari in Vaiśākha even for a single day gains that fruit which one obtains by worshipping Hari for six years.
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PdP 7 12.38
वैशाखे मासि यो नित्यं विष्णुमश्वत्थरूपिणम् । चतुर्वर्गफलप्राप्तिहेतवे वैष्णवो जनः
vaiśākhe māsi yo nityaṃ viṣṇumaśvattharūpiṇam | caturvargaphalaprāptihetave vaiṣṇavo janaḥ
The Vaiṣṇava man who in the month of Vaiśākha constantly (worships) Viṣṇu in the form of the aśvattha tree, for the sake of attaining the fruit of the four aims (of life)—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 7 12.39
गण्डूषमात्रतो येन कुर्याद्योऽश्वत्थसेवनम् । सोऽपि याति परं स्थानं विमुक्तः कोटिपातकैः
gaṇḍūṣamātrato yena kuryādyo'śvatthasevanam | so'pi yāti paraṃ sthānaṃ vimuktaḥ koṭipātakaiḥ
He who performs service to the aśvattha even with a mere mouthful (of water), he too goes to the highest abode, released from ten million sins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 7 12.40
अश्वत्थमूलं विप्रर्षे यो बध्नाति शिलादिभिः । अश्वत्थरूपी भगवान्किं किं तस्मै न यच्छति
aśvatthamūlaṃ viprarṣe yo badhnāti śilādibhiḥ | aśvattharūpī bhagavānkiṃ kiṃ tasmai na yacchati
O sage among brāhmaṇas, to him who secures the root of the aśvattha with stones and the like, what does the Lord in the form of the aśvattha not grant?
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PdP 7 12.41
अश्वत्थद्रुममालोक्य प्रणामं कुरुते यदि । सोऽपि याति परं स्थानमायुर्वृद्धिर्न संशयः
aśvatthadrumamālokya praṇāmaṃ kurute yadi | so'pi yāti paraṃ sthānamāyurvṛddhirna saṃśayaḥ
If, on seeing an aśvattha tree, one makes obeisance, he too goes to the highest abode, and (there is) increase of lifespan — there is no doubt.
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PdP 7 12.42
यदश्वत्थतले विप्र धर्मकर्म करोति यः । न्यूनातिरिक्तता न स्यात्तस्मिन्कर्मणि जैमिने
yadaśvatthatale vipra dharmakarma karoti yaḥ | nyūnātiriktatā na syāttasminkarmaṇi jaimine
Whatever act of dharma a man performs at the foot of an aśvattha, O brāhmaṇa, in that act there will be no deficiency or excess, O Jaimini.
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PdP 7 12.43
तत्र तीर्थानि सर्वाणि त्रिस्त्रोतादीनि जैमिने । यत्राश्वत्थतरुस्तिष्ठेदेकोपि शाखिनां वरः
tatra tīrthāni sarvāṇi tristrotādīni jaimine | yatrāśvatthatarustiṣṭhedekopi śākhināṃ varaḥ
Where even a single aśvattha tree, best of trees, stands, there are all the sacred fords, the Triple-streamed (Gaṅgā) and the rest, O Jaimini.
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PdP 7 12.44
अश्वत्थं पूजयेद्यस्तु स एव विष्णुपूजकः । अश्वत्थमूर्तिर्भगवान्स्वयमेव यतो द्विज
aśvatthaṃ pūjayedyastu sa eva viṣṇupūjakaḥ | aśvatthamūrtirbhagavānsvayameva yato dvija
Whoever worships the aśvattha, he alone is a worshipper of Viṣṇu, since the Lord himself is embodied as the aśvattha, O twice-born one.
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PdP 7 12.45
अवज्ञानाद्द्विजश्रेष्ठ योऽश्वत्थं हंति मूढधीः । संसारे नास्ति तत्कर्म यत्कृत्वा स च शुद्ध्यति
avajñānāddvijaśreṣṭha yo'śvatthaṃ haṃti mūḍhadhīḥ | saṃsāre nāsti tatkarma yatkṛtvā sa ca śuddhyati
O best of the twice-born, as for the dull-witted man who out of contempt destroys an aśvattha, there is in this world no act by doing which he can be purified.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 12.46
अश्वत्थो वृक्षराजोऽयं हरिमूर्तिः प्रकीर्तितः । तस्मादश्वत्थहंतॄणां त्राता कोऽपि न विद्यते
aśvattho vṛkṣarājo'yaṃ harimūrtiḥ prakīrtitaḥ | tasmādaśvatthahaṃtṝṇāṃ trātā ko'pi na vidyate
This aśvattha, the king of trees, is proclaimed to be an embodiment of Hari; therefore for those who destroy an aśvattha there exists no rescuer at all.
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PdP 7 12.47
अश्वत्थं पश्यतो विप्र स्पृशतः परतस्तथा । देहस्थं पातकं सर्वं हरेत्प्रणमतो हरिः
aśvatthaṃ paśyato vipra spṛśataḥ paratastathā | dehasthaṃ pātakaṃ sarvaṃ haretpraṇamato hariḥ
For one who looks upon the aśvattha, O brāhmaṇa, and further for one who touches it, Hari takes away all the sin lodged in the body of one who bows down (to it).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 12.48
विलोक्याश्वत्थहंतारं यः शक्तो न निवारयेत्। तन्नेत्रयुग्मं बडिशैर्यमेनोत्पाट्यते स्वयम्
vilokyāśvatthahaṃtāraṃ yaḥ śakto na nivārayet| tannetrayugmaṃ baḍiśairyamenotpāṭyate svayam
He who, seeing a destroyer of an aśvattha, does not prevent him though able to — that man's pair of eyes is torn out by Yama himself with hooks.
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PdP 7 12.49
अश्वत्थच्छेदनं मूढो मा कुर्विति वदेन्न यः । तस्य जिह्वां छुरिकया स्वयं कृंतति प्रेतराट्
aśvatthacchedanaṃ mūḍho mā kurviti vadenna yaḥ | tasya jihvāṃ churikayā svayaṃ kṛṃtati pretarāṭ
The fool who does not say, "Do not do this cutting of the aśvattha!" — the king of the departed himself cuts out his tongue with a knife.
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PdP 7 12.50
अश्वत्थशाखामेकां यः स्वल्पामपि निहंति वै । स कोटिब्रह्महत्यानां फलमाप्नोति मानवः ५० 7.12.
aśvatthaśākhāmekāṃ yaḥ svalpāmapi nihaṃti vai | sa koṭibrahmahatyānāṃ phalamāpnoti mānavaḥ 50 7.12.
The man who destroys even one small branch of an aśvattha obtains the fruit of ten million brahmin-murders.
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PdP 7 12.51
यत्पापं ब्रह्महत्यायां गुरुस्त्रीगमनेन च । सुरापाने तथास्तेये न्यासापहरणेऽपि च
yatpāpaṃ brahmahatyāyāṃ gurustrīgamanena ca | surāpāne tathāsteye nyāsāpaharaṇe'pi ca
The sin that (attaches) to killing a brāhmaṇa, to intercourse with the guru's wife, to drinking liquor, to theft, and also to carrying off a deposit (entrusted to one),
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PdP 7 12.52
यत्पापं भ्रूणहत्यायां गोहत्यायां द्विजोत्तम । स्त्रीहत्यायां च यत्पापं परस्त्रीगमने तथा
yatpāpaṃ bhrūṇahatyāyāṃ gohatyāyāṃ dvijottama | strīhatyāyāṃ ca yatpāpaṃ parastrīgamane tathā
the sin that (attaches) to killing an embryo, to killing a cow, O best of the twice-born, and the sin in killing a woman, and likewise in going to another's wife,
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PdP 7 12.53
शरणागत हत्यायां हत्यायां सुहृदस्तथा । विश्वासवाक्याकथने पतिहिंसाविधौ च यत्
śaraṇāgata hatyāyāṃ hatyāyāṃ suhṛdastathā | viśvāsavākyākathane patihiṃsāvidhau ca yat
(And) what sin (there is) in killing one who has come for refuge, and in killing a friend, in not speaking a word (given) in confidence, and in the act of harming one's husband —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 7 12.54
यत्पापं परनिंदायां हरिवासरभोजने । अश्वत्थच्छेदनाद्धोरं तत्पापं प्राप्यते जनैः
yatpāpaṃ paraniṃdāyāṃ harivāsarabhojane | aśvatthacchedanāddhoraṃ tatpāpaṃ prāpyate janaiḥ
the sin that (there is) in slandering others, in eating on Hari's day — that dreadful sin is incurred by people through the cutting of an aśvattha tree.
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PdP 7 12.55
विष्णुमूर्त्तेर्जनो मोहादश्वत्थस्य निहंति यः । तत्तुल्यः पातकी कोऽपि न श्रुतः क्षितिमंडले
viṣṇumūrtterjano mohādaśvatthasya nihaṃti yaḥ | tattulyaḥ pātakī ko'pi na śrutaḥ kṣitimaṃḍale
The man who out of delusion destroys the aśvattha, which is a form of Viṣṇu — no sinner equal to him has been heard of on the circle of the earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 12.56
वदाम्यश्वत्थमाहात्म्यं सर्वपापविनाशनम् । सेतिहासं द्विजश्रेष्ठ शृणु वत्स समाहितः
vadāmyaśvatthamāhātmyaṃ sarvapāpavināśanam | setihāsaṃ dvijaśreṣṭha śṛṇu vatsa samāhitaḥ
I shall tell the greatness of the aśvattha, which destroys all sins, together with its old story; best of brahmins, listen attentively, my child.
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PdP 7 12.57
पूर्वं धनंजयो नाम ब्राह्मणो हरिभक्तिकृत् । आसीत्त्रेतायुगे विप्र सर्वप्राणिहिते रतः
pūrvaṃ dhanaṃjayo nāma brāhmaṇo haribhaktikṛt | āsīttretāyuge vipra sarvaprāṇihite rataḥ
Formerly, O brahmin, in the Tretā age there was a brahmin named Dhanaṃjaya, a devotee of Hari, devoted to the welfare of all living beings,
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PdP 7 12.58
ज्ञातिपूजारतो नित्यं दीपदाने रतः सदा । सत्यवादी जितक्रोधो हिंसादंभविवर्जितः
jñātipūjārato nityaṃ dīpadāne rataḥ sadā | satyavādī jitakrodho hiṃsādaṃbhavivarjitaḥ
constantly given to honouring his kinsmen, always given to the offering of lamps, a speaker of truth, one who had conquered anger, free of violence and hypocrisy.
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PdP 7 12.59
मुमुक्षुः स द्विजश्रेष्ठ सर्वदा परमेश्वरम् । पूजयामास परया भक्त्या नारायणं प्रभुम्
mumukṣuḥ sa dvijaśreṣṭha sarvadā parameśvaram | pūjayāmāsa parayā bhaktyā nārāyaṇaṃ prabhum
Best of brahmins, he, desiring liberation, always worshipped the supreme lord, Nārāyaṇa the master, with the highest devotion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 12.60
तस्य भक्तिं ततो ज्ञात्वा महतीं सुदृढां प्रभुः । जहार सकलं वित्तं हेतुमात्रेण केनचित्
tasya bhaktiṃ tato jñātvā mahatīṃ sudṛḍhāṃ prabhuḥ | jahāra sakalaṃ vittaṃ hetumātreṇa kenacit
Then, knowing his devotion to be great and very firm, the Lord took away all his wealth on some slight pretext.
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PdP 7 12.61
तथापि स द्विजश्रेष्ठः केशवस्य महात्मनः । पूजामनुदिने चक्रे भक्त्या परमया सुधीः
tathāpi sa dvijaśreṣṭhaḥ keśavasya mahātmanaḥ | pūjāmanudine cakre bhaktyā paramayā sudhīḥ
Even so that best of brahmins, wise-minded, performed day after day the worship of the great-souled Keśava with supreme devotion.
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PdP 7 12.62
दुःखेनोपार्जितं वित्तं विनष्टं सकलं द्विज । दृष्ट्वापि तेन विप्रेण दुःखेनाचिंत्यचेतसा
duḥkhenopārjitaṃ vittaṃ vinaṣṭaṃ sakalaṃ dvija | dṛṣṭvāpi tena vipreṇa duḥkhenāciṃtyacetasā
O brahmin, though he saw that the wealth acquired with hardship was entirely lost, that brahmin, whose mind was untroubled by the sorrow,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 7 12.63
भक्षणे वर्जनं चक्रे स विप्रः परमार्थवित् । महाविष्णुसपर्यायां दृढं बद्ध्वा मनो निजम्
bhakṣaṇe varjanaṃ cakre sa vipraḥ paramārthavit | mahāviṣṇusaparyāyāṃ dṛḍhaṃ baddhvā mano nijam
that brahmin, knower of the highest truth, practised abstention in eating, having bound his own mind firmly to the service of the great Viṣṇu.
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PdP 7 12.64
भूयोऽपि तस्य विप्रस्य भक्तिं ज्ञात्वा जनार्दनः । चकार बंधुविच्छेदं सुदृढः शमदस्ततः
bhūyo'pi tasya viprasya bhaktiṃ jñātvā janārdanaḥ | cakāra baṃdhuvicchedaṃ sudṛḍhaḥ śamadastataḥ
Again, knowing that brahmin's devotion, Janārdana, being very firm and a bestower of peace, thereupon caused a severance from his kinsmen.
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PdP 7 12.65
बांधवास्तस्य विप्रस्य विष्णुमायाविमोहिताः । हिंसामारेभिरे कर्तुं सर्वदैव द्विजोत्तम
bāṃdhavāstasya viprasya viṣṇumāyāvimohitāḥ | hiṃsāmārebhire kartuṃ sarvadaiva dvijottama
O best of brahmins, that brahmin's kinsmen, deluded by Viṣṇu's māyā, began to do him harm continually.
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PdP 7 12.66
ततो विप्रो हि निर्वृत्तो निर्बंधैः पुरुषोत्तमम् । पूजयामास सततं प्रीतः प्रचुरभक्तितः
tato vipro hi nirvṛtto nirbaṃdhaiḥ puruṣottamam | pūjayāmāsa satataṃ prītaḥ pracurabhaktitaḥ
Then the brahmin, indeed detached, free of ties, constantly and gladly worshipped the Supreme Person with abundant devotion.
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PdP 7 12.67
परिकल्प्य च भूदेवो धनं केशवपूजने । माधवं च जगन्नाथं सबंधुशुचमत्यजत्
parikalpya ca bhūdevo dhanaṃ keśavapūjane | mādhavaṃ ca jagannāthaṃ sabaṃdhuśucamatyajat
And the earth-god (brahmin), having assigned his wealth to the worship of Keśava, and (worshipping) Mādhava, the lord of the world, gave up his grief over his kinsmen.
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PdP 7 12.68
भूय एव महाविष्णुः कौतुकी तस्य जैमिने । जहार सानुकंपोऽपि पुत्रानपि दिने दिने
bhūya eva mahāviṣṇuḥ kautukī tasya jaimine | jahāra sānukaṃpo'pi putrānapi dine dine
Again, O Jaimini, the great Viṣṇu, playful, though compassionate, took away his sons too, day after day.
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PdP 7 12.69
तथापि स द्विजश्रेष्ठः केशवं क्लेशनाशनम् । पूर्वद्विगुणया भक्त्या नित्यं विष्णुमपूजयत्
tathāpi sa dvijaśreṣṭhaḥ keśavaṃ kleśanāśanam | pūrvadviguṇayā bhaktyā nityaṃ viṣṇumapūjayat
Even so that best of brahmins daily worshipped Viṣṇu, Keśava the destroyer of afflictions, with devotion twice as great as before.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 12.70
तस्य पत्नी ततो विप्र दुःखशोकातिदुःखिता । पितृगेहं गता विष्णोर्मायया परिमोहिता
tasya patnī tato vipra duḥkhaśokātiduḥkhitā | pitṛgehaṃ gatā viṣṇormāyayā parimohitā
Then, O brahmin, his wife, greatly pained by sorrow and grief, deluded by Viṣṇu's māyā, went to her father's house.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 12.71
अथैकाकी स भूदेवो विष्णुभक्तिपरायणः । विपदं चिंतयामास न कदापि सुचेतसा
athaikākī sa bhūdevo viṣṇubhaktiparāyaṇaḥ | vipadaṃ ciṃtayāmāsa na kadāpi sucetasā
Then that earth-god (brahmin), alone, wholly devoted to devotion to Viṣṇu, never once thought of his misfortune with his well-disposed mind.
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PdP 7 12.72
एकदा स द्विजश्रेष्ठ विष्णुभक्तिमतां वरः । स्कंधे परशुमादाय काष्ठार्थं विपिने ययौ
ekadā sa dvijaśreṣṭha viṣṇubhaktimatāṃ varaḥ | skaṃdhe paraśumādāya kāṣṭhārthaṃ vipine yayau
One day, O best of brahmins, he, the foremost among those devoted to Viṣṇu, taking an axe on his shoulder, went into the forest for firewood.
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PdP 7 12.73
वनात्काष्ठं समादाय नित्यमेव च स द्विजः । हिमागमे वस्त्रहीनः कुरुते शीतवारणम्
vanātkāṣṭhaṃ samādāya nityameva ca sa dvijaḥ | himāgame vastrahīnaḥ kurute śītavāraṇam
That brahmin, taking wood from the forest every single day, kept off the cold, being without garments, at the coming of winter.
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PdP 7 12.74
कदाचिद्विपिनं गंतुं नाशक्नोद्द्विजसत्तमः । जघान प्रांगणस्थस्य शाखामश्वत्थशाखिनः
kadācidvipinaṃ gaṃtuṃ nāśaknoddvijasattamaḥ | jaghāna prāṃgaṇasthasya śākhāmaśvatthaśākhinaḥ
Once the best of brahmins was unable to go to the forest, so he struck a branch of the aśvattha tree that stood in his courtyard.
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PdP 7 12.75
अत्रांतरे महाविष्णुस्तस्मादश्वत्थ पादपात् । निश्चक्राम सुरश्रेष्ठो व्यथाव्यथितमानसः
atrāṃtare mahāviṣṇustasmādaśvattha pādapāt | niścakrāma suraśreṣṭho vyathāvyathitamānasaḥ
At that very moment the great Viṣṇu, best of the gods, came forth from that aśvattha tree, his mind distressed with pain.
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PdP 7 12.76
ददर्श विष्णुं पुरतः स विप्रश्चतुर्भुजं पद्मदलायताक्षम् । पीतांबरं कुडलिनं सुकेशं दधानमब्जादि निजायुधानि
dadarśa viṣṇuṃ purataḥ sa vipraścaturbhujaṃ padmadalāyatākṣam | pītāṃbaraṃ kuḍalinaṃ sukeśaṃ dadhānamabjādi nijāyudhāni
That brahmin saw Viṣṇu before him, four-armed, with eyes long as lotus petals, clad in yellow, wearing earrings, with beautiful hair, bearing the lotus and his other weapons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 12.77
परिस्रवद्विस्तररक्तधारा संध्यासु शोणीकृतनव्यमेघम् । विभावसुं चैव सुखं परेशं संदृश्यते देवगणैरदृश्यम् । हर्षाश्रुधारा रुचिराक्षियुग्मस्तुष्टाव विप्रो मृदुलैर्वचोभिः
parisravadvistararaktadhārā saṃdhyāsu śoṇīkṛtanavyamegham | vibhāvasuṃ caiva sukhaṃ pareśaṃ saṃdṛśyate devagaṇairadṛśyam | harṣāśrudhārā rucirākṣiyugmastuṣṭāva vipro mṛdulairvacobhiḥ
(He saw him) with broad streams of blood flowing down, (so that he was) like a fresh cloud reddened at twilight, and (bright) as the sun, blissful, the supreme Lord, (though) invisible to the hosts of gods, being seen (now); and with his pair of lovely eyes streaming tears of joy, the brahmin praised him with tender words.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 7 12.78
ब्राह्मण उवाच- हरे मुरारे जगदेकनाथ गोविंद दामोदर माधवेति । लक्ष्मीपते केशवकेशिशत्रो नारायणानंत विभो प्रसीद
brāhmaṇa uvāca- hare murāre jagadekanātha goviṃda dāmodara mādhaveti | lakṣmīpate keśavakeśiśatro nārāyaṇānaṃta vibho prasīda
The brahmin said: O Hari, Murāri, sole lord of the world, Govinda, Dāmodara, Mādhava; O husband of Lakṣmī, Keśava, foe of Keśin, Nārāyaṇa, Ananta, mighty one — be gracious.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 12.79
तवावतारं किमहं ब्रवीमि त्वया विना नास्ति भुवीह कोऽपि । किं वा गुणव्याप्तसमस्तलोकं किं वा दयां मित्रपरैकतुल्याम्
tavāvatāraṃ kimahaṃ bravīmi tvayā vinā nāsti bhuvīha ko'pi | kiṃ vā guṇavyāptasamastalokaṃ kiṃ vā dayāṃ mitraparaikatulyām
What can I say of your descent (into the world)? Apart from you there is nothing whatever here on earth. Or what (shall I say) of the whole world pervaded by your qualities, or of your compassion, matched only by the highest friend?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 7 12.80
दत्वा स्वीयां कस्यचिदीश विष्णो भक्तिं हरस्य च्युतदेहसंस्थाम् । श्रियं समादाय मुदं प्रदास्ये भक्तिः प्रदत्तामहतः सुधन्या
datvā svīyāṃ kasyacidīśa viṣṇo bhaktiṃ harasya cyutadehasaṃsthām | śriyaṃ samādāya mudaṃ pradāsye bhaktiḥ pradattāmahataḥ sudhanyā
Having given to someone your own devotion, O Lord Viṣṇu, and Hara's, which abides (even) when the body has fallen away — taking away (his) fortune I shall grant joy; devotion bestowed by the great one is most blessed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 7 12.81
मन्ये महात्मानमनंतमूर्त्ते पापात्मनां श्रेष्ठमिवानिशं यत् । तदर्थमेवांघ्रियुगं त्वदीयं न पातकी पश्यति दैवचिंत्यम्
manye mahātmānamanaṃtamūrtte pāpātmanāṃ śreṣṭhamivāniśaṃ yat | tadarthamevāṃghriyugaṃ tvadīyaṃ na pātakī paśyati daivaciṃtyam
I consider, O you of infinite form, the Great Soul to be, as it were, ever the foremost among sinful souls; for just that reason the sinner does not see your pair of feet, which are to be meditated on by the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 7 12.82
यद्यप्यहं दुःखवतां वरिष्ठो मन्ये तथापीन्द्रमिवाद्य विष्णो । आत्मानमात्मा जगतां भवंतं साक्षात्समीक्षेयत ईक्षणाभ्याम्
yadyapyahaṃ duḥkhavatāṃ variṣṭho manye tathāpīndramivādya viṣṇo | ātmānamātmā jagatāṃ bhavaṃtaṃ sākṣātsamīkṣeyata īkṣaṇābhyām
Even though I am the greatest of the sorrowful, still today, O Viṣṇu, I count myself as Indra, since with my (own) two eyes I directly behold you, the Self, the Soul of the worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 12.83
पूजां तवाल्पामपि वेद्मि नाहं द्रव्यं कदापि न ददामि तुभ्यम् । तथापि चाग्रे मम मूर्तिमांस्त्वं दृष्टोसि मे केशव एक पूज्यः
pūjāṃ tavālpāmapi vedmi nāhaṃ dravyaṃ kadāpi na dadāmi tubhyam | tathāpi cāgre mama mūrtimāṃstvaṃ dṛṣṭosi me keśava eka pūjyaḥ
I know not even the least worship of you, and I never offer you any oblation; nevertheless you, O Keśava, having taken form, have been seen by me before me — you, the one to be worshipped.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 12.84
दत्तस्त्वयायं ममभक्ति वृक्षो धमार्थकामत्रय एव सोऽयम् । त्वद्दर्शनांभो मयवृष्टिसिक्तः प्रभोऽद्यकैवल्यफलं दधार
dattastvayāyaṃ mamabhakti vṛkṣo dhamārthakāmatraya eva so'yam | tvaddarśanāṃbho mayavṛṣṭisiktaḥ prabho'dyakaivalyaphalaṃ dadhāra
This tree of my devotion was given by me by you; it is the very triad of dharma, artha and kāma; watered by the rain-shower of the water of the sight of you, today, O Lord, it has borne the fruit of liberation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 12.85
मूर्धा मदीयोऽखिललोकमूर्ध्नां श्रेष्ठो भवेत्केशवविश्वमूर्तेः । त्वत्पादपाथोजयुगेमनो मे संयाति वै संप्रतिदेवदेव
mūrdhā madīyo'khilalokamūrdhnāṃ śreṣṭho bhavetkeśavaviśvamūrteḥ | tvatpādapāthojayugemano me saṃyāti vai saṃpratidevadeva
May this head of mine become the best of the heads of all the worlds, since (it bows to) Keśava whose form is the universe; my mind now goes wholly to your pair of lotus feet, O God of gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 7 12.86
व्यासउवाच- इत्थं स्तुत्वा जगन्नाथं नारायणमनामयम् । कृतांजलिपुनःप्राह भक्त्या तमिति स द्विजः
vyāsauvāca- itthaṃ stutvā jagannāthaṃ nārāyaṇamanāmayam | kṛtāṃjalipunaḥprāha bhaktyā tamiti sa dvijaḥ
Vyāsa said: Having thus praised Nārāyaṇa, the Lord of the world, the flawless one, that brahmin, with hands joined in reverence, spoke to him again with devotion, saying this:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 12.87
ब्राह्मण उवाच- देवदेव जगन्नाथ लोकानुग्रहकारक । कशाप्रहरणैरेतद्गात्रं ते रुधिरोक्षितम्
brāhmaṇa uvāca- devadeva jagannātha lokānugrahakāraka | kaśāpraharaṇairetadgātraṃ te rudhirokṣitam
The brahmin said: O God of gods, Lord of the world, giver of grace to the worlds — this body of yours is sprinkled with blood from the blows of a whip.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 12.88
सर्वेषामेव दैत्यानां युधि वंशास्त्वया हताः । त्वां हंतुं कः क्षमः पृथ्व्यां प्रभोऽद्भुतमिदं महत्
sarveṣāmeva daityānāṃ yudhi vaṃśāstvayā hatāḥ | tvāṃ haṃtuṃ kaḥ kṣamaḥ pṛthvyāṃ prabho'dbhutamidaṃ mahat
By you the lineages of all the demons have been slain in battle. Who on earth is able to strike you, O Lord? This is a great wonder.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 12.89
भगवानुवाच- वत्स सत्यमिदं प्रोक्तं त्वया नास्त्यत्र संशयः । दानवो राक्षसो वापि मां हंतुं कोऽपि न क्षमः
bhagavānuvāca- vatsa satyamidaṃ proktaṃ tvayā nāstyatra saṃśayaḥ | dānavo rākṣaso vāpi māṃ haṃtuṃ ko'pi na kṣamaḥ
The Blessed One said: Child, what you have said is true; there is no doubt in this. No dānava, nor even a rākṣasa, is able to strike me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 12.90
अश्वत्थमूतिरेवाहं कुठारेण हतस्त्वया । अतोऽजनि शरीरे मे रक्तपातोऽधुना द्विज
aśvatthamūtirevāhaṃ kuṭhāreṇa hatastvayā | ato'jani śarīre me raktapāto'dhunā dvija
I myself was in the form of the aśvattha, and was struck by you with the axe; hence, O brahmin, the flow of blood has now arisen on my body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 12.91
व्यास उवाच- तस्यवाक्यमिदं श्रुत्वा स विप्रो भयविह्वलः । निनिंद स्वयमात्मानमात्मना बहुधा द्विजः
vyāsa uvāca- tasyavākyamidaṃ śrutvā sa vipro bhayavihvalaḥ | niniṃda svayamātmānamātmanā bahudhā dvijaḥ
Vyāsa said: Hearing these words of his, that brahmin, overwhelmed with fear, himself reproached himself in many ways.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 12.92
धिगस्तु तत्वतो भाग्यं सर्वपातकिनां वरम् । त्रैलोक्याधिपतेर्दाता हृदये महतीं व्यथाम्
dhigastu tatvato bhāgyaṃ sarvapātakināṃ varam | trailokyādhipaterdātā hṛdaye mahatīṃ vyathām
"Fie, in truth, upon (my) fortune, foremost of all sinners (that I am), who have given great pain to the heart of the lord of the three worlds!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 7 12.93
सर्वपापहरो विष्णुः समया व्याधितः कृतः । एतत्पापं मया पारं कर्तुं नैकेन शक्यते
sarvapāpaharo viṣṇuḥ samayā vyādhitaḥ kṛtaḥ | etatpāpaṃ mayā pāraṃ kartuṃ naikena śakyate
Viṣṇu, the remover of all sins, has been made ill by me. This sin of mine cannot be got to the far shore by me alone.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 12.94
यस्मिंस्तुष्टे पापिनोऽपि भवंति सुरवंदिताः । मद्दत्तया स व्यथया व्यथितो हा हतोऽस्म्यहम्
yasmiṃstuṣṭe pāpino'pi bhavaṃti suravaṃditāḥ | maddattayā sa vyathayā vyathito hā hato'smyaham
He, in whose being pleased even sinners become honoured by the gods — he is pained by the pain given by me. Alas, I am destroyed!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 12.95
प्रसादयंति यं देवा ब्रह्माद्या अतिभक्तितः । अहो मया पापवता तस्य दत्ता हृदि व्यथा
prasādayaṃti yaṃ devā brahmādyā atibhaktitaḥ | aho mayā pāpavatā tasya dattā hṛdi vyathā
Him whom the gods, Brahmā and the rest, propitiate with the utmost devotion — alas, to him pain has been given in the heart by me, a sinner!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 12.96
किं तपोभिर्जपैः किं वा किं गृहैर्जीवनैश्च मे । धर्मार्थकाममोक्षाणां दातैकोऽयं व्यथातुरः
kiṃ tapobhirjapaiḥ kiṃ vā kiṃ gṛhairjīvanaiśca me | dharmārthakāmamokṣāṇāṃ dātaiko'yaṃ vyathāturaḥ
What use to me are austerities, what use recitations, what use houses and livelihoods? This sole giver of dharma, wealth, pleasure and release is stricken with pain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 12.97
इत्युक्त्वा स द्विजश्रेष्ठ तमेव परशुं निजे । दातुं कंठे मनश्चक्रे विष्णुप्रीणनहेतवे
ityuktvā sa dvijaśreṣṭha tameva paraśuṃ nije | dātuṃ kaṃṭhe manaścakre viṣṇuprīṇanahetave
Having spoken thus, O best of the twice-born, he set his mind on applying that very axe to his own neck, for the sake of pleasing Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 12.98
तस्यभक्तिं दृढां ज्ञात्वा दयालुः कमलापतिः । तद्धस्तात्तत्परं निन्ये जवेन भक्तवत्सलः
tasyabhaktiṃ dṛḍhāṃ jñātvā dayāluḥ kamalāpatiḥ | taddhastāttatparaṃ ninye javena bhaktavatsalaḥ
Knowing his devotion to be firm, the compassionate husband of Kamalā, who is fond of his devotees, swiftly took that (axe) away from his hand.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 12.99
श्रीभगवानुवाच- कथं त्वमेव कुरुषे वत्स कर्मातिदारुणम् । आत्महत्याकृतां पुंसां तुष्टोस्मि न कदाप्यहम्
śrībhagavānuvāca- kathaṃ tvameva kuruṣe vatsa karmātidāruṇam | ātmahatyākṛtāṃ puṃsāṃ tuṣṭosmi na kadāpyaham
The Blessed Lord said: Why, child, do you do this exceedingly cruel deed? I am never pleased with men who commit suicide.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 12.100
तव भक्त्यातितुष्टोऽस्मि भीतिं मा कुरुसत्तम । वरं वरय विप्रेन्द्र यत्ते मनसि वर्तते १०० 7.12.
tava bhaktyātituṣṭo'smi bhītiṃ mā kurusattama | varaṃ varaya viprendra yatte manasi vartate 100 7.12.
I am exceedingly pleased with your devotion; do not be afraid, O best of men. Choose a boon, O chief of brahmins, whatever is in your mind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 12.101
ब्राह्मण उवाच- मया व्यथाप्रदत्तेयं महती परमेश्वर । मा तिष्ठतु शरीरे ते याचे वरमिमं प्रभो
brāhmaṇa uvāca- mayā vyathāpradatteyaṃ mahatī parameśvara | mā tiṣṭhatu śarīre te yāce varamimaṃ prabho
The brahmin said: This great pain has been inflicted by me, O Supreme Lord. Let it not remain in your body — this is the boon I beg, O Lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 12.102
श्रीभगवानुवाच- अज्ञानाद्भवता वत्स कर्मेदं विहितं द्विज । अतोऽपराधो नेतव्यो महानपि न ते यथा
śrībhagavānuvāca- ajñānādbhavatā vatsa karmedaṃ vihitaṃ dvija | ato'parādho netavyo mahānapi na te yathā
The Blessed Lord said: This deed was done by you out of ignorance, child, O twice-born; therefore no offence is to be laid to you, great though it be.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 12.103
नित्यं तवानुपाल्योऽस्मि भक्तश्रेष्ठो यतो भवान् । भवदीयानहं मन्ये दोषान्वत्स दिनेदिने
nityaṃ tavānupālyo'smi bhaktaśreṣṭho yato bhavān | bhavadīyānahaṃ manye doṣānvatsa dinedine
I am always to be maintained by you, since you are the best of devotees; I regard your faults as my own, child, day after day.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 7 12.104
तथापि ममभक्तिस्ते ववृधे महती सदा । तस्माद्वत्स तवानृण्यं गंतुमिच्छामि संप्रति
tathāpi mamabhaktiste vavṛdhe mahatī sadā | tasmādvatsa tavānṛṇyaṃ gaṃtumicchāmi saṃprati
Even so, your great devotion to me has always grown; therefore, child, I wish now to become free of debt to you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 12.105
विहाय सकलां भीतिं वंर वृणु ममाग्रतः । ब्राह्मण उवाच- त्वयि सर्वसुरश्रेष्ठ मम जन्मनिजन्मनि
vihāya sakalāṃ bhītiṃ vaṃra vṛṇu mamāgrataḥ | brāhmaṇa uvāca- tvayi sarvasuraśreṣṭha mama janmanijanmani
Abandoning all fear, choose a boon before me. The brahmin said: O best of all gods, in you, birth after birth for me —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 12.106
तिष्ठतां सुदृढा भक्तिर्हरे किमपरैर्वरैः । व्यास उवाच- श्रुत्वा वाक्यमिदं तस्य केशवप्रणयोदितम्
tiṣṭhatāṃ sudṛḍhā bhaktirhare kimaparairvaraiḥ | vyāsa uvāca- śrutvā vākyamidaṃ tasya keśavapraṇayoditam
— let there remain most firm devotion, O Hari; what need of other boons? Vyāsa said: Hearing this speech of his, uttered out of love for Keśava,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 12.107
निजकण्ठस्थितां मालां प्रीतस्तस्मै ददौ ततः । समालिङ्ग्य ततो विप्रं पिता पुत्रमिव प्रभुः
nijakaṇṭhasthitāṃ mālāṃ prītastasmai dadau tataḥ | samāliṅgya tato vipraṃ pitā putramiva prabhuḥ
he, pleased, then gave him the garland that was on his own neck; and then the Lord embraced the brahmin, as a father his son,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 12.108
चतुर्भिर्बाहुभिर्दीर्घैरुवाच मृदुलं वचः । श्रीभगवानुवाच- मद्भक्तोऽसि यदा विप्र तथा ते मत्प्रसादतः
caturbhirbāhubhirdīrghairuvāca mṛdulaṃ vacaḥ | śrībhagavānuvāca- madbhakto'si yadā vipra tathā te matprasādataḥ
with his four long arms, and spoke gentle words. The Blessed Lord said: Since you are my devotee, brahmin, therefore for you, by my grace,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 12.109
अचिरेणैव सकलं भद्रं विप्र भविष्यति । अश्वत्थरूपं मां नित्यं क्रियायोगेन सत्तम
acireṇaiva sakalaṃ bhadraṃ vipra bhaviṣyati | aśvattharūpaṃ māṃ nityaṃ kriyāyogena sattama
all good will come to pass before long, O brahmin. Worship me constantly in the form of the aśvattha tree, O best of men, by the discipline of ritual acts;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 12.110
समाराधय सर्वं ते साधयिष्यामि वांछितम् । इत्युक्त्वा तं द्विजश्रेष्ठं भूयोऽप्यालिङ्ग्य केशवः
samārādhaya sarvaṃ te sādhayiṣyāmi vāṃchitam | ityuktvā taṃ dvijaśreṣṭhaṃ bhūyo'pyāliṅgya keśavaḥ
worship (me thus), and I shall accomplish all that you desire. Having said this and embracing that best of brahmins once again, Keśava,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 12.111
अभवत्सहसादृश्यस्तत्रैव करुणालयः । विष्णोः कंठस्रजं प्राप्य स विप्रो वैष्णवोत्तमः
abhavatsahasādṛśyastatraiva karuṇālayaḥ | viṣṇoḥ kaṃṭhasrajaṃ prāpya sa vipro vaiṣṇavottamaḥ
the abode of compassion, suddenly became invisible right there. Having obtained the neck-garland of Viṣṇu, that brahmin, the best of Vaiṣṇavas,
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PdP 7 12.112
कृतकृत्यमिवात्मानं मत्वा तस्थौ निजेगृहे । ततः कुबेरो विप्रर्षे तस्य विप्रस्य सद्मनि
kṛtakṛtyamivātmānaṃ matvā tasthau nijegṛhe | tataḥ kubero viprarṣe tasya viprasya sadmani
considering himself as if his purpose were fulfilled, remained in his own house. Then, O brahmin sage, Kubera, in the home of that brahmin,
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PdP 7 12.113
स्वयं ववर्ष वित्तानि बहूनि केशवाज्ञया । प्रासादो रचितस्तस्य शिल्पिना विश्वकर्मणा
svayaṃ vavarṣa vittāni bahūni keśavājñayā | prāsādo racitastasya śilpinā viśvakarmaṇā
He himself rained down abundant riches at Keśava's command; and a palace was built for him by the craftsman Viśvakarman,
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PdP 7 12.114
नारायणाज्ञया तत्र वैजयंत इवोत्तमः । दासदासीसमायुक्तो नानावस्तुविभूषितः
nārāyaṇājñayā tatra vaijayaṃta ivottamaḥ | dāsadāsīsamāyukto nānāvastuvibhūṣitaḥ
by Nārāyaṇa's command — there, excellent like (Indra's palace) Vaijayanta, furnished with menservants and maidservants, adorned with all sorts of things,
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PdP 7 12.115
गजाश्वकोटिसंकीर्णं विबभौ तस्य मन्दिरम् । बभुवुः संगतास्तस्य नष्टा अपि च बांधवाः
gajāśvakoṭisaṃkīrṇaṃ vibabhau tasya mandiram | babhuvuḥ saṃgatāstasya naṣṭā api ca bāṃdhavāḥ
crowded with crores of elephants and horses, his mansion shone. And his kinsmen, even those who had been lost, came together (with him).
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PdP 7 12.116
कृतावज्ञा च तत्पत्नी स्वयं तद्गृहमाययौ । मृतपुत्रापि तत्पत्नी केशवस्यानुकंपया
kṛtāvajñā ca tatpatnī svayaṃ tadgṛhamāyayau | mṛtaputrāpi tatpatnī keśavasyānukaṃpayā
And his wife, who had been slighted, came of herself to his house; and that wife of his, though her son had died, by Keśava's compassion
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PdP 7 12.117
स्थिरप्रजाभवद्विप्र स्वामिभक्तिपरायणा । चिरं भुक्त्वाखिलान्भोगान्पुत्रपौत्रसमन्वितः
sthiraprajābhavadvipra svāmibhaktiparāyaṇā | ciraṃ bhuktvākhilānbhogānputrapautrasamanvitaḥ
came to have lasting offspring, O brahmin, being devoted to loyalty to her husband. Having long enjoyed all pleasures, together with sons and grandsons,
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PdP 7 12.118
आयुषोंऽते ययौ मोक्षं सदारो विप्रसत्तमः । व्यास उवाच- साक्षादेव स्वयं विष्णुरश्वत्थो वृक्षसत्तमः
āyuṣoṃ'te yayau mokṣaṃ sadāro viprasattamaḥ | vyāsa uvāca- sākṣādeva svayaṃ viṣṇuraśvattho vṛkṣasattamaḥ
at the end of his life span that best of brahmins went to liberation together with his wife. Vyāsa said: The aśvattha, best of trees, is visibly Viṣṇu himself.
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PdP 7 12.119
तद्भक्तिं कुर्वतां पुंसां विद्यते नाशुभं क्वचित् । अश्वत्थं सेवते यस्तु विष्णुं ध्यात्वा नरोत्तम
tadbhaktiṃ kurvatāṃ puṃsāṃ vidyate nāśubhaṃ kvacit | aśvatthaṃ sevate yastu viṣṇuṃ dhyātvā narottama
For men who practise devotion to it, nothing inauspicious ever exists. And he who serves the aśvattha, meditating on Viṣṇu, O best of men —
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PdP 7 12.120
तस्य प्रसन्नो भगवान्ददाति परमं पदम्
tasya prasanno bhagavāndadāti paramaṃ padam
the Lord, pleased with him, grants (him) the highest state.
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