Padma Purana — Kriya Khanda — Chapter 17
PdP 7 17.1
जैमिनिरुवाच- पुनरेव गुरो ब्रूहि माहात्म्यं कमलापतेः । हरेः कथामृतं पीत्वा तृप्तिर्वै कस्य जायते
jaiminiruvāca- punareva guro brūhi māhātmyaṃ kamalāpateḥ | hareḥ kathāmṛtaṃ pītvā tṛptirvai kasya jāyate
Jaimini said: Speak again, O teacher, of the greatness of the Lord of Lakṣmī; for having drunk the nectar of Hari's story, who ever becomes sated?
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PdP 7 17.2
श्रीव्यास उवाच- त्वत्तुल्यः कोऽपि संसारे सुकृती न हि विद्यते । यतः केशवमाहात्म्यं श्रोतुमिच्छसि भक्तितः
śrīvyāsa uvāca- tvattulyaḥ ko'pi saṃsāre sukṛtī na hi vidyate | yataḥ keśavamāhātmyaṃ śrotumicchasi bhaktitaḥ
Śrī Vyāsa said: There is no one in the world so meritorious as you, since you wish to hear with devotion the greatness of Keśava.
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PdP 7 17.3
नारायणकथा रम्या पुनात्येवं जगत्त्रयम् । श्रोतारं पृच्छकं चैव वक्तारं च द्विजोत्तम
nārāyaṇakathā ramyā punātyevaṃ jagattrayam | śrotāraṃ pṛcchakaṃ caiva vaktāraṃ ca dvijottama
The delightful story of Nārāyaṇa thus purifies the three worlds — the hearer, the questioner, and the speaker too, O best of the twice-born.
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PdP 7 17.4
शृणु लक्ष्मीपतेर्वत्स माहात्म्यं पापनाशनम् । कथयामि समासेन चतुर्वर्गफलप्रदम्
śṛṇu lakṣmīpatervatsa māhātmyaṃ pāpanāśanam | kathayāmi samāsena caturvargaphalapradam
Hear, child, the sin-destroying greatness of the Lord of Lakṣmī; I shall tell it in brief — it bestows the fruit of the four aims of life.
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PdP 7 17.5
भक्त्या परमया विष्णुमेकाहमपि योऽर्चयेत् । जन्मकोटिकृतं पापं सद्यस्तस्य हरेद्धरिः
bhaktyā paramayā viṣṇumekāhamapi yo'rcayet | janmakoṭikṛtaṃ pāpaṃ sadyastasya hareddhariḥ
Whoever worships Viṣṇu with supreme devotion even for a single day, Hari at once takes away the sin he has committed in ten million births.
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PdP 7 17.6
पुण्यात्मा स कथं मर्त्यो येन नाराधितो हरिः । स कथं पातकी यस्य भक्तिर्नारायणे प्रभौ
puṇyātmā sa kathaṃ martyo yena nārādhito hariḥ | sa kathaṃ pātakī yasya bhaktirnārāyaṇe prabhau
How can that mortal be of virtuous soul who has not worshipped Hari? How can he be a sinner who has devotion to the Lord Nārāyaṇa?
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PdP 7 17.7
अस्ति सर्वपुरश्रेष्ठं पुरुषोत्तमसंज्ञकम् । पुरं सर्वगुणैर्युक्तं सर्वदेव गणाश्रयम्
asti sarvapuraśreṣṭhaṃ puruṣottamasaṃjñakam | puraṃ sarvaguṇairyuktaṃ sarvadeva gaṇāśrayam
There is a city named Puruṣottama, best of all cities, endowed with all excellences, the abode of all the hosts of gods.
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PdP 7 17.8
सर्वेषामेव तीर्थानां वरिष्ठं तन्निगद्यते । यतस्तस्मिन्पुरे रम्ये साक्षाद्वसति केशवः
sarveṣāmeva tīrthānāṃ variṣṭhaṃ tannigadyate | yatastasminpure ramye sākṣādvasati keśavaḥ
It is declared the most excellent of all sacred places, because in that lovely city Keśava dwells in visible presence.
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PdP 7 17.9
तत्र भद्रतनुर्नाम पूर्वमेकोऽभवद्द्विजः । सुन्दरः प्रियवादी च पवित्रकुलसंभवः
tatra bhadratanurnāma pūrvameko'bhavaddvijaḥ | sundaraḥ priyavādī ca pavitrakulasaṃbhavaḥ
There, in former times, there was a certain brahmin named Bhadratanu, handsome and kindly of speech, born in a pure family.
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PdP 7 17.10
संप्राप्तयौवनो विप्रः सुंदरः काममोहितः । परलोकभयं त्यक्त्वा वारस्त्रीनिरतोऽभवत्
saṃprāptayauvano vipraḥ suṃdaraḥ kāmamohitaḥ | paralokabhayaṃ tyaktvā vārastrīnirato'bhavat
When his youth had come, the handsome brahmin, deluded by desire, abandoned fear of the next world and became devoted to courtesans.
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PdP 7 17.11
न वेदाध्ययनं चक्रे पुराणानि च सर्वशः । तत्याजोत्तमसंज्ञां च पाखंडजनसङ्गमात्
na vedādhyayanaṃ cakre purāṇāni ca sarvaśaḥ | tatyājottamasaṃjñāṃ ca pākhaṃḍajanasaṅgamāt
He did not study the Vedas nor the Purāṇas at all, and from association with heretics he abandoned the designation of "highest (class)."
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PdP 7 17.12
अयाज्यदानग्राही च परद्रव्यापहारकः । अभवद्धर्मनिन्दी च स विप्रः पापतत्परः
ayājyadānagrāhī ca paradravyāpahārakaḥ | abhavaddharmanindī ca sa vipraḥ pāpatatparaḥ
A taker of gifts from those unfit to sacrifice, a stealer of others' property, and a reviler of dharma did that brahmin become, bent upon sin.
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PdP 7 17.13
तत्याज ब्राह्मणाचारं तथैव सत्यभावनम् । गुरूणामतिथीनां च पूजनं ब्राह्मणाधमः
tatyāja brāhmaṇācāraṃ tathaiva satyabhāvanam | gurūṇāmatithīnāṃ ca pūjanaṃ brāhmaṇādhamaḥ
That lowest of brahmins abandoned brahminical conduct, and likewise truthful thinking, and the honouring of elders and guests.
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PdP 7 17.14
यद्यत्पापतरं कर्म तत्तदेव विधीयते । न च पुण्यतमं कर्म कदाचित्तेन जैमिने
yadyatpāpataraṃ karma tattadeva vidhīyate | na ca puṇyatamaṃ karma kadācittena jaimine
Whatever act was the more sinful, just that was performed (by him); and never was a most meritorious act done by him, O Jaimini.
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PdP 7 17.15
एकदा कृतपापोऽसौ लोकलज्जाभयान्वितः । श्राद्धं चकार विप्रो वै श्राद्धभक्तिविवर्जितः
ekadā kṛtapāpo'sau lokalajjābhayānvitaḥ | śrāddhaṃ cakāra vipro vai śrāddhabhaktivivarjitaḥ
Once that sinner, filled with shame and fear of people, performed a śrāddha — that brahmin, devoid of faith in the śrāddha.
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PdP 7 17.16
वारनारीमिति प्राह गतः स निशि तद्गृहम् । ब्राह्मण उवाच- एतद्विशालजघने पितृश्राद्धदिनं मम
vāranārīmiti prāha gataḥ sa niśi tadgṛham | brāhmaṇa uvāca- etadviśālajaghane pitṛśrāddhadinaṃ mama
He spoke thus to the courtesan, having gone to her house at night. The brahmin said: "O you of broad hips, today is the day of my ancestors' śrāddha,
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PdP 7 17.17
आयातस्त्वद्गुणैर्बद्धस्तथापि निलयं तव । पश्य रात्रिमिमां कांते सर्वलोकभयावहाम्
āyātastvadguṇairbaddhastathāpi nilayaṃ tava | paśya rātrimimāṃ kāṃte sarvalokabhayāvahām
yet, bound by your virtues, I have come to your dwelling. Look, beloved, at this night, which brings fear to all the world,
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PdP 7 17.18
स्रवदंबुदसंघातं परिव्याप्तं नभःस्थलात् । नवांबुलुप्तमार्गायां त्वद्गुणाकृष्टमानसः
sravadaṃbudasaṃghātaṃ parivyāptaṃ nabhaḥsthalāt | navāṃbuluptamārgāyāṃ tvadguṇākṛṣṭamānasaḥ
filled with masses of clouds streaming down from the vault of the sky — on a road erased by fresh water, my mind drawn by your virtues,
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PdP 7 17.19
अस्यामपि विभावर्यां तवाहं गृहमागतः । मेघविद्युत्प्रतीपेन कामेनार्थोपदेशिना
asyāmapi vibhāvaryāṃ tavāhaṃ gṛhamāgataḥ | meghavidyutpratīpena kāmenārthopadeśinā
even on such a night I have come to your house, urged on by desire, which teaches (one) its purpose and is the very opposite of the clouds and lightning.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 7 17.20
त्वद्गुणाध्यानविश्वास आगतोऽहं निशि प्रिये । त्वामदृष्ट्वा क्षणमपि प्रीतिर्मे नहि जायते
tvadguṇādhyānaviśvāsa āgato'haṃ niśi priye | tvāmadṛṣṭvā kṣaṇamapi prītirme nahi jāyate
Trusting in the meditation upon your virtues, I have come by night, my dear; without seeing you even for a moment no joy arises in me.
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PdP 7 17.21
अपि दुःखेन हे तन्वि त्वां द्रष्टुमहमागतः । तीर्थतोयाभिषेकेन कांते किं मे प्रयोजनम्
api duḥkhena he tanvi tvāṃ draṣṭumahamāgataḥ | tīrthatoyābhiṣekena kāṃte kiṃ me prayojanam
Even through hardship, O slender one, I have come to see you. What use to me, beloved, is bathing in the water of holy fords?
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PdP 7 17.22
त्वत्प्रेमतीर्थतोयेन सिक्तः प्राप्तोऽस्म्यहं दिवि । परत्र सुखदां सेवामाराध्य मम किं फलम्
tvatprematīrthatoyena siktaḥ prāpto'smyahaṃ divi | paratra sukhadāṃ sevāmārādhya mama kiṃ phalam
Sprinkled with the ford-water of love for you, I have already reached heaven. What fruit is there for me in worshipping (and) service that gives happiness in the next world?
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PdP 7 17.23
जीवतैव मया स्वर्गः प्राप्यते त्वत्प्रसादतः । अपकीर्तिभयात्कांते श्राद्धकर्मकृतं गृहे
jīvataiva mayā svargaḥ prāpyate tvatprasādataḥ | apakīrtibhayātkāṃte śrāddhakarmakṛtaṃ gṛhe
By your grace heaven is attained by me while still alive. It is from fear of disgrace, beloved, that the śrāddha rite was performed in (my) house;
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PdP 7 17.24
अस्मिञ्छ्राद्धे मम श्रद्धा स्वल्पापि न हि गम्यते । त्वं मे जपस्तपस्त्वं मे त्वं मे नीतिश्च सुन्दरि
asmiñchrāddhe mama śraddhā svalpāpi na hi gamyate | tvaṃ me japastapastvaṃ me tvaṃ me nītiśca sundari
in this śrāddha not even a little faith of mine is to be found. You are my muttered prayer, you are my austerity, you are my right conduct, O lovely one.
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PdP 7 17.25
त्वामेकामेव संसारे सर्वभावेन सुन्दरि । प्रपन्नोऽसि सदाऽहं ते आज्ञापय करोमि किम्
tvāmekāmeva saṃsāre sarvabhāvena sundari | prapanno'si sadā'haṃ te ājñāpaya karomi kim
To you alone in this world, O lovely one, with my whole being — I have always taken refuge in you; command (me), what shall I do?
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PdP 7 17.26
सुमध्यमोवाच- त्वया पुत्रेण तातस्तु पुत्रहीन इवाभवत् । पितृश्राद्धदिनेऽपि त्वं मैथुनं कर्त्तुमिच्छसि
sumadhyamovāca- tvayā putreṇa tātastu putrahīna ivābhavat | pitṛśrāddhadine'pi tvaṃ maithunaṃ karttumicchasi
Sumadhyamā said: With you for a son, your father has become as though sonless. Even on the day of the ancestors' śrāddha you wish to have intercourse!
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PdP 7 17.27
दुर्मते मैथुनं यस्तु कुरुते पितृवासरे । रेतोभोजिन एव स्युः पितरस्तस्य सोऽपि च
durmate maithunaṃ yastu kurute pitṛvāsare | retobhojina eva syuḥ pitarastasya so'pi ca
O evil-minded one, whoever has intercourse on the ancestors' day — his forefathers become eaters of semen, and he too.
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PdP 7 17.28
कुरुते मैथुनं मूढो मोहात्पितृदिने यदि । तच्छ्राद्धं राक्षसग्राह्यं भवेन्नास्त्यत्र संशयः
kurute maithunaṃ mūḍho mohātpitṛdine yadi | tacchrāddhaṃ rākṣasagrāhyaṃ bhavennāstyatra saṃśayaḥ
If a fool, out of delusion, has intercourse on the ancestors' day, that śrāddha becomes fit to be seized by demons — there is no doubt in this.
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PdP 7 17.29
मय्यद्धा गदितं यत्ते यथा स्नेहेन मानसम् । तथा यदि भवेद्विष्णौ तदा प्राप्नोति किं नहि
mayyaddhā gaditaṃ yatte yathā snehena mānasam | tathā yadi bhavedviṣṇau tadā prāpnoti kiṃ nahi
If your mind were toward Viṣṇu as it is, with the affection you have plainly declared, toward me — then what would you not obtain?
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PdP 7 17.30
यमदंडांतरस्थायि जीवितं च शरीरिणाम् । तथापि पातकं मूढ कुरुषे निर्भयः सदा
yamadaṃḍāṃtarasthāyi jīvitaṃ ca śarīriṇām | tathāpi pātakaṃ mūḍha kuruṣe nirbhayaḥ sadā
And the life of embodied beings stands within reach of Yama's rod; yet even so, fool, you commit sin, always fearless.
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PdP 7 17.31
जलबुद्बुदवन्मूढः क्षणविध्वंसि जीवितम् । किमर्थं शाश्वतधिया कुरुषेच्छुरितं सदा
jalabudbudavanmūḍhaḥ kṣaṇavidhvaṃsi jīvitam | kimarthaṃ śāśvatadhiyā kuruṣecchuritaṃ sadā
Life is destroyed in a moment, like a bubble on water, O fool; why then do you constantly, with the notion that it is everlasting, do (what is) reprehensible?
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PdP 7 17.32
ललाटे लिखितं यस्य मृत्युरित्यक्षरद्वयम् । स कथं कुरुते पापं समस्तक्लेशदायकम्
lalāṭe likhitaṃ yasya mṛtyurityakṣaradvayam | sa kathaṃ kurute pāpaṃ samastakleśadāyakam
He on whose forehead the two syllables 'death' are written — how does he commit sin, the giver of every kind of suffering?
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PdP 7 17.33
अहो माया महाविष्णोरेका बलवती क्षितौ । यतः पापं प्रकुर्वाणः सततं हर्षितो द्विज
aho māyā mahāviṣṇorekā balavatī kṣitau | yataḥ pāpaṃ prakurvāṇaḥ satataṃ harṣito dvija
Ah, the māyā of great Viṣṇu alone is mighty upon the earth, since one who is committing sin is constantly delighted, O twice-born!
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PdP 7 17.34
स्थानं पापाय मे देहि निजदेहे दुराश्रये । दहत्याश्रममेधो हि वीतिहोत्र इव ज्वलन्
sthānaṃ pāpāya me dehi nijadehe durāśraye | dahatyāśramamedho hi vītihotra iva jvalan
Give my sin a place in your own body, that evil refuge; for it burns up the merit of the āśrama like blazing fire.
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PdP 7 17.35
व्यास उवाच- दैवप्रेरितपापाच्च तयेत्युक्तं सुवेश्यया । मनसा चिंतयामास ब्राह्मणः कृतपातकः
vyāsa uvāca- daivapreritapāpācca tayetyuktaṃ suveśyayā | manasā ciṃtayāmāsa brāhmaṇaḥ kṛtapātakaḥ
Vyāsa said: When this was said to him by that fine courtesan — because of a sin impelled by fate — the brahmin who had committed the offence pondered in his mind.
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PdP 7 17.36
धिग्धिङ्मां च महापापं मूढं पातकिनां वरम् । वेश्याया एव तज्ज्ञानं तन्मे नास्ति दुरात्मनः
dhigdhiṅmāṃ ca mahāpāpaṃ mūḍhaṃ pātakināṃ varam | veśyāyā eva tajjñānaṃ tanme nāsti durātmanaḥ
"Shame, shame on me, a great sinner, a fool, the foremost of the wicked! Even the courtesan has that knowledge, and I, evil-souled, do not have it."
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PdP 7 17.37
ब्राह्मणस्य कुले शुद्धे जन्म संप्राप्य वै मया । आत्मघातकरं पापं नित्यमेव कृतं महत्
brāhmaṇasya kule śuddhe janma saṃprāpya vai mayā | ātmaghātakaraṃ pāpaṃ nityameva kṛtaṃ mahat
"Having obtained birth in the pure lineage of a brahmin, I have constantly committed great sin that is self-destruction."
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PdP 7 17.38
जातो यदा ध्रुवो मृत्युर्मृते स्वामी यदा यमः । अविवेकतया पापं कथं तर्हि करोम्यहम्
jāto yadā dhruvo mṛtyurmṛte svāmī yadā yamaḥ | avivekatayā pāpaṃ kathaṃ tarhi karomyaham
"Since death is certain once one is born, and since Yama is the master when one is dead, how then do I, out of lack of discrimination, commit sin?"
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PdP 7 17.39
जपस्तपस्तथा होमो वेदाध्ययनमेव च । विप्राचारोऽतिथेः पूजा गुरुभक्तिर्द्विजार्चनम्
japastapastathā homo vedādhyayanameva ca | viprācāro'titheḥ pūjā gurubhaktirdvijārcanam
"Muttered prayer, austerity, and oblation, and the study of the Vedas, brahminical conduct, honouring a guest, devotion to the teacher, worship of the twice-born—"
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PdP 7 17.40
पितृयज्ञादिकं कर्म पूजा च कमलापतेः । मया न चक्रे कस्माद्वै भविष्यत्युत्तमा गतिः
pitṛyajñādikaṃ karma pūjā ca kamalāpateḥ | mayā na cakre kasmādvai bhaviṣyatyuttamā gatiḥ
"—rites such as the sacrifice to the ancestors, and worship of the Lord of Kamalā (Lakṣmī): these I have not performed; from what, then, will a supreme destination come to be?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.41
मार्कंडेयं महात्मानं सर्वधर्मविदां वरम् । तुष्टाव स द्विजो वाचा प्रणम्य भुवि दण्डवत्
mārkaṃḍeyaṃ mahātmānaṃ sarvadharmavidāṃ varam | tuṣṭāva sa dvijo vācā praṇamya bhuvi daṇḍavat
Bowing down to the ground like a staff, that brahmin praised with speech the great-souled Mārkaṇḍeya, the best of all who know dharma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.42
ब्राह्मण उवाच- नमस्तुभ्यं द्विजश्रेष्ठ दीर्घजीवनमोऽस्तुते । नारायणस्वरूपाय नमस्तुभ्यं महात्मने
brāhmaṇa uvāca- namastubhyaṃ dvijaśreṣṭha dīrghajīvanamo'stute | nārāyaṇasvarūpāya namastubhyaṃ mahātmane
The brahmin said: Homage to you, best of the twice-born; homage to you, long-lived one. Homage to you, the great-souled one, whose form is Nārāyaṇa's.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.43
नमो मृकण्डपुत्राय सर्वलोकहितैषिणे । ज्ञानार्णवाय वै तुभ्यं निर्विकाराय वै नमः
namo mṛkaṇḍaputrāya sarvalokahitaiṣiṇe | jñānārṇavāya vai tubhyaṃ nirvikārāya vai namaḥ
Homage to the son of Mṛkaṇḍa, who seeks the welfare of all the worlds; homage to you, an ocean of knowledge, homage to you, the changeless.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.44
स्तुतस्तेनेति विप्रेण मार्कंडेयो महातपाः । उवाच परमप्रीतः सर्वशास्त्रार्थपारगः
stutasteneti vipreṇa mārkaṃḍeyo mahātapāḥ | uvāca paramaprītaḥ sarvaśāstrārthapāragaḥ
Thus praised by that brahmin, Mārkaṇḍeya of great austerity, who had mastered the meaning of all the scriptures, being greatly pleased, spoke.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.45
मार्कंडेय उवाच-। तव भक्त्याऽतितुष्टोऽस्मि महाभाग वरं वृणु । तवाभिलषितं सद्यः साधयिष्यामि नान्यथा
mārkaṃḍeya uvāca-| tava bhaktyā'tituṣṭo'smi mahābhāga varaṃ vṛṇu | tavābhilaṣitaṃ sadyaḥ sādhayiṣyāmi nānyathā
Mārkaṇḍeya said: I am exceedingly pleased with your devotion, greatly fortunate one; choose a boon. I shall at once accomplish what you desire, not otherwise.
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PdP 7 17.46
ब्राह्मण उवाच- अहं पापात्मनां श्रेष्ठो द्विजाचारविवर्जितः । परहिंसान्वितो नित्यं परस्त्रीनिरतः सदा
brāhmaṇa uvāca- ahaṃ pāpātmanāṃ śreṣṭho dvijācāravivarjitaḥ | parahiṃsānvito nityaṃ parastrīnirataḥ sadā
The brahmin said: I am the foremost of the evil-souled, devoid of brahminical conduct, constantly engaged in harming others, always attached to other men's wives.
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PdP 7 17.47
मया मूढेन विप्रेन्द्र सदा पापं कृतं महत् । नामुत्रापि कृतं पुण्यं कदाचिदपि सादरम्
mayā mūḍhena viprendra sadā pāpaṃ kṛtaṃ mahat | nāmutrāpi kṛtaṃ puṇyaṃ kadācidapi sādaram
By me, a fool, O lord of brahmins, great sin has always been done; nor has any merit ever been done with reverence for the world beyond.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.48
संसारसागरे घोरे दुःखदेऽत्यंत भैरवे । कथं भवति निस्तारो महापातकिनो मम
saṃsārasāgare ghore duḥkhade'tyaṃta bhairave | kathaṃ bhavati nistāro mahāpātakino mama
In the dreadful ocean of saṃsāra, sorrow-giving and utterly terrible, how can there be deliverance for me, a great sinner?
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PdP 7 17.49
मार्कंडेय उवाच- कृतपापोऽपि विप्रेन्द्र त्वं हि पुण्यात्मनां वरः । यतो बुद्धिरियं जाता त्वयि संसारदुर्ल्लभा
mārkaṃḍeya uvāca- kṛtapāpo'pi viprendra tvaṃ hi puṇyātmanāṃ varaḥ | yato buddhiriyaṃ jātā tvayi saṃsāradurllabhā
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Though you have committed sin, O lord of brahmins, you are indeed the best of the meritorious, since this insight, hard to obtain in saṃsāra, has arisen in you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.50
पुण्यात्मनां पुण्यदृष्टिर्वर्धते प्रतिवासरम् । पापात्मनां पापदृष्टिर्वर्द्धते तु दिनेदिने ५० 7.17.
puṇyātmanāṃ puṇyadṛṣṭirvardhate prativāsaram | pāpātmanāṃ pāpadṛṣṭirvarddhate tu dinedine 50 7.17.
For the meritorious, the sight of merit increases day by day; but for the sinful, the sight of sin increases day after day.
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PdP 7 17.51
पापत्मनापि भवता पापदृष्टिर्निवार्यते । अतस्तुभ्यं जगन्नाथः प्रसन्न इव लक्ष्यते
pāpatmanāpi bhavatā pāpadṛṣṭirnivāryate | atastubhyaṃ jagannāthaḥ prasanna iva lakṣyate
Though evil-souled, you turn away the sight of sin; therefore the Lord of the world seems to be gracious to you.
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PdP 7 17.52
पापं कृत्वापि यो मर्त्यः पापाद्भूयो निवर्तते । तमुत्तरं नरं प्राहुः पूर्वजन्मार्चिताच्युतम्
pāpaṃ kṛtvāpi yo martyaḥ pāpādbhūyo nivartate | tamuttaraṃ naraṃ prāhuḥ pūrvajanmārcitācyutam
The mortal who, even after committing sin, turns back again from sin—him they call a superior man, one who worshipped Acyuta in a former birth.
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PdP 7 17.53
निजभक्तं महाविष्णुर्दृष्ट्वा पापरतं प्रभुः । ददाति विपुलां बुद्धिं यथा भवति सद्गतिः
nijabhaktaṃ mahāviṣṇurdṛṣṭvā pāparataṃ prabhuḥ | dadāti vipulāṃ buddhiṃ yathā bhavati sadgatiḥ
When the Lord Mahāviṣṇu sees his own devotee given to sin, he grants him abundant understanding, so that a good destination comes about.
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PdP 7 17.54
अतस्त्वं ब्राह्मणश्रेष्ठ प्रतिजन्माच्युतार्चकः । अचिरेणैव भद्रं ते भविष्यति न संशयः
atastvaṃ brāhmaṇaśreṣṭha pratijanmācyutārcakaḥ | acireṇaiva bhadraṃ te bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ
Therefore you, best of brahmins, are a worshipper of Acyuta in every birth; before long good will come to you, there is no doubt.
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PdP 7 17.55
यद्यत्पृष्टं त्वया विप्र मत्तः श्रोष्यसि तं नहि । यतो नित्यक्रियाकालो मम संप्रति वर्तते
yadyatpṛṣṭaṃ tvayā vipra mattaḥ śroṣyasi taṃ nahi | yato nityakriyākālo mama saṃprati vartate
Whatever you have asked, brahmin, you will not hear it from me, since the time for my daily rites is now at hand.
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PdP 7 17.56
दांतोनाम द्विजः कश्चिदस्ति सर्वार्थतत्ववित् । कथयिष्यति तत्सर्वं स च तस्याश्रमं व्रज
dāṃtonāma dvijaḥ kaścidasti sarvārthatatvavit | kathayiṣyati tatsarvaṃ sa ca tasyāśramaṃ vraja
There is a certain brahmin named Dānta who knows the truth of all matters; he will tell you all that — go to his hermitage.
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PdP 7 17.57
तेनोपदिष्टोऽसौ विप्रो मार्कंडेयेन धीमता । दांताश्रमं ययौ क्षिप्रं पवित्रमतिसुन्दरम्
tenopadiṣṭo'sau vipro mārkaṃḍeyena dhīmatā | dāṃtāśramaṃ yayau kṣipraṃ pavitramatisundaram
Thus instructed by the wise Mārkaṇḍeya, that brahmin quickly went to Dānta's hermitage, pure and exceedingly lovely,
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PdP 7 17.58
अश्वत्थैश्चंपकैश्चैव बकुलैः प्रियकैस्तथा । अन्यैश्च पुष्पितैर्वृक्षैः शोभितं सुमनोहरम्
aśvatthaiścaṃpakaiścaiva bakulaiḥ priyakaistathā | anyaiśca puṣpitairvṛkṣaiḥ śobhitaṃ sumanoharam
adorned with aśvattha and campaka trees, with bakulas and priyakas, and with other flowering trees — most charming,
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PdP 7 17.59
प्रफुल्लकुसुमामोदं परिव्याप्तदिगंतरम् । गुञ्जद्भ्रमरसंघातं फलशब्दातिशब्दितम्
praphullakusumāmodaṃ parivyāptadigaṃtaram | guñjadbhramarasaṃghātaṃ phalaśabdātiśabditam
(a place whose) fragrance of full-blown blossoms pervaded the ends of the quarters, with swarms of humming bees, resounding loudly with the sound of (falling) fruit,
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PdP 7 17.60
मन्दंमन्दं वहद्वायुशीतलं चैव वारि च । शतश्वापदसंकीर्णं शिष्योपशिष्यसंकुलम्
mandaṃmandaṃ vahadvāyuśītalaṃ caiva vāri ca | śataśvāpadasaṃkīrṇaṃ śiṣyopaśiṣyasaṃkulam
where the breeze blew ever so gently and the water was cool, teeming with hundreds of beasts, thronged with pupils and pupils' pupils.
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PdP 7 17.61
तस्याश्रमं ततो विप्रः प्रविश्यातिमनोहरम् । ददर्श दांतं तत्वज्ञं सर्वशिष्यगणैर्वृतम्
tasyāśramaṃ tato vipraḥ praviśyātimanoharam | dadarśa dāṃtaṃ tatvajñaṃ sarvaśiṣyagaṇairvṛtam
Then the brahmin, entering his most charming hermitage, saw Dānta, the knower of truth, surrounded by all his crowds of pupils.
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PdP 7 17.62
स्तुत्वा तं ब्राह्मणश्रेष्ठ दांतं नारायणात्मकम् । ववंदे चरणौ तस्य शिरसा स द्विजोत्तमः
stutvā taṃ brāhmaṇaśreṣṭha dāṃtaṃ nārāyaṇātmakam | vavaṃde caraṇau tasya śirasā sa dvijottamaḥ
Having praised him — O best of brahmins — Dānta, who had Nārāyaṇa as his very self, that excellent twice-born bowed with his head to his feet.
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PdP 7 17.63
दांत उवाच- कस्त्वं भद्र समायातः किमस्त्यत्र प्रयोजनम् । ब्रूहि तत्त्वं तु मां स्तौषि हेतुना केन सांप्रतम्
dāṃta uvāca- kastvaṃ bhadra samāyātaḥ kimastyatra prayojanam | brūhi tattvaṃ tu māṃ stauṣi hetunā kena sāṃpratam
Dānta said: Who are you, good sir, who have come here? What is your purpose here? Speak the truth: for what reason are you now praising me?
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PdP 7 17.64
भद्रतनुरुवाच-। ब्राह्मणोऽहं महाभाग ब्राह्मणाचारवर्जितः । नाम्ना भद्रतनुः ख्यातो विहिताखिलपातकः
bhadratanuruvāca-| brāhmaṇo'haṃ mahābhāga brāhmaṇācāravarjitaḥ | nāmnā bhadratanuḥ khyāto vihitākhilapātakaḥ
Bhadratanu said: I am a brahmin, O greatly fortunate one, devoid of brahmin conduct, known by the name Bhadratanu, one who has committed every sin.
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PdP 7 17.65
संसारपापविच्छेदः कथं मे पापिनो भवेत् । एतन्मे कथय ब्रह्मन्यतस्त्वं सर्वतत्ववित्
saṃsārapāpavicchedaḥ kathaṃ me pāpino bhavet | etanme kathaya brahmanyatastvaṃ sarvatatvavit
How may there be for me, a sinner, a cutting off of the sin of worldly existence? Tell me this, O brahmin, since you know the truth of everything.
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PdP 7 17.66
दांत उवाच- शृणु विप्र परं गुह्यं तवस्नेहान्मयोच्यते । येन संसारपाशस्य विच्छेदो भवते नृणाम्
dāṃta uvāca- śṛṇu vipra paraṃ guhyaṃ tavasnehānmayocyate | yena saṃsārapāśasya vicchedo bhavate nṛṇām
Dānta said: Listen, brahmin, to the supreme secret; out of affection for you it is spoken by me — that by which for men the bond of worldly existence is severed.
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PdP 7 17.67
त्यज पाखंडसंसर्गं संगं भज सतां सदा । कामं क्रोधं च मोहं च लोभं च दर्पमत्सरौ
tyaja pākhaṃḍasaṃsargaṃ saṃgaṃ bhaja satāṃ sadā | kāmaṃ krodhaṃ ca mohaṃ ca lobhaṃ ca darpamatsarau
Abandon association with heretics; always cultivate the company of the good; (abandon) desire, anger, delusion, greed, arrogance and envy,
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PdP 7 17.68
असत्यं परहिसां च त्यज यत्नादपि द्विज । स्मरन्नामानि सततं महाविष्णोर्महात्मनः
asatyaṃ parahisāṃ ca tyaja yatnādapi dvija | smarannāmāni satataṃ mahāviṣṇormahātmanaḥ
falsehood and injury to others — abandon these with effort too, O twice-born — constantly remembering the names of the great-souled Mahāviṣṇu.
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PdP 7 17.69
संमार्जनं द्विजश्रेष्ठ तथोपलेपनं पुनः । मार्गशोभां च दीपं च केशवायतने कुरु
saṃmārjanaṃ dvijaśreṣṭha tathopalepanaṃ punaḥ | mārgaśobhāṃ ca dīpaṃ ca keśavāyatane kuru
O best of the twice-born, do the sweeping and again the plastering (of the floor), the adorning of the path, and the lamp, in the temple of Keśava.
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PdP 7 17.70
कुरु ब्राह्मणसेवां च ज्ञातिसेवां च सर्वदा । कुर्वन्न तोयदानं च नित्यं पंचमहाध्वरान्
kuru brāhmaṇasevāṃ ca jñātisevāṃ ca sarvadā | kurvanna toyadānaṃ ca nityaṃ paṃcamahādhvarān
Perform service to brahmins and service to kinsmen always, and performing the gift of water and the five great sacrifices daily,
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PdP 7 17.71
कथां शृणु हरेर्मंत्रं जप त्वं द्वादशाक्षरम् । कर्माण्येतानि सवाणि कुर्वतस्तव सत्तम
kathāṃ śṛṇu harermaṃtraṃ japa tvaṃ dvādaśākṣaram | karmāṇyetāni savāṇi kurvatastava sattama
listen to the story of Hari, and mutter the twelve-syllable mantra. For you, O most excellent one, performing all these acts,
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PdP 7 17.72
भविष्यत्युत्तमं ज्ञानं ज्ञानान्मोक्षमवाप्स्यसि
bhaviṣyatyuttamaṃ jñānaṃ jñānānmokṣamavāpsyasi
the highest knowledge will arise, and through knowledge you will attain liberation.
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PdP 7 17.73
ब्राह्मण उवाच- यान्येतानि त्वया ब्रह्मन्प्रोक्तानि शुभदानि वै । तेषां विवरणं ब्रूहि किं मोहो दंभमत्सरौ
brāhmaṇa uvāca- yānyetāni tvayā brahmanproktāni śubhadāni vai | teṣāṃ vivaraṇaṃ brūhi kiṃ moho daṃbhamatsarau
The brahmin said: These auspicious things that have been declared by you, O brahmin — tell me the explanation of them. What is delusion? What are hypocrisy and envy?
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PdP 7 17.74
किमसत्यं च का हिंसा दयाशांतिर्दमश्च कः । समदृष्टिश्च का प्रोक्ता का पूजा कमलापतेः
kimasatyaṃ ca kā hiṃsā dayāśāṃtirdamaśca kaḥ | samadṛṣṭiśca kā proktā kā pūjā kamalāpateḥ
What is falsehood, and what is injury? What are compassion, peace and self-restraint? And what is called equal vision? What is the worship of the lord of Lakṣmī?
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PdP 7 17.75
अहोरात्रश्च कः प्रोक्तः किं विष्णुस्मरणं तथा । के वा पंचमहायज्ञाः को मंत्रो द्वादशाक्षरः
ahorātraśca kaḥ proktaḥ kiṃ viṣṇusmaraṇaṃ tathā | ke vā paṃcamahāyajñāḥ ko maṃtro dvādaśākṣaraḥ
And what is called day-and-night? What too is the remembrance of Viṣṇu? Which are the five great sacrifices? What is the twelve-syllable mantra?
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PdP 7 17.76
एषां विवरणं सर्वं ब्रूहि ब्राह्मणसत्तम । तथा तव प्रसादेन प्राप्नोमि परमं पदम्
eṣāṃ vivaraṇaṃ sarvaṃ brūhi brāhmaṇasattama | tathā tava prasādena prāpnomi paramaṃ padam
Tell me the full explanation of all these, best of brāhmaṇas; so that by your grace I may attain the supreme state.
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PdP 7 17.77
दांत उवाच-। ये वेदसंमतं कार्यं त्यक्त्वान्यत्कर्म कुर्वते । निजाचारविहीना ये पाखंडास्ते प्रकीर्तिताः
dāṃta uvāca-| ye vedasaṃmataṃ kāryaṃ tyaktvānyatkarma kurvate | nijācāravihīnā ye pākhaṃḍāste prakīrtitāḥ
Dānta said: Those who abandon the duty approved by the Veda and do other work, and who are devoid of their own proper conduct — they are declared to be heretics (pākhaṇḍa).
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PdP 7 17.78
निजाचारग्राहिणो ये कुर्वते वेदसंमतम् । पापाभिलाषरहिताः सज्जनास्ते प्रकीर्तिताः
nijācāragrāhiṇo ye kurvate vedasaṃmatam | pāpābhilāṣarahitāḥ sajjanāste prakīrtitāḥ
Those who hold to their own proper conduct and do what is approved by the Veda, free from any craving for sin — they are declared to be good people.
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PdP 7 17.79
योऽभिलाषः सदा स्त्रीषु विभवोपार्जनादिषु । वर्त्तते ब्राह्मणश्रेष्ठ स काम इति कथ्यते
yo'bhilāṣaḥ sadā strīṣu vibhavopārjanādiṣu | varttate brāhmaṇaśreṣṭha sa kāma iti kathyate
The craving that is always present toward women and toward the acquisition of wealth and the like — that, best of brāhmaṇas, is called desire (kāma).
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PdP 7 17.80
समाकर्ण्यात्मनो निन्दां यस्तापो हृदि जायते । स क्रोध इति विज्ञेयः सर्वधर्मावघातकः
samākarṇyātmano nindāṃ yastāpo hṛdi jāyate | sa krodha iti vijñeyaḥ sarvadharmāvaghātakaḥ
The burning that arises in the heart on hearing censure of oneself — that is to be known as anger (krodha), the destroyer of all righteousness.
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PdP 7 17.81
परवित्तादिकं दृष्ट्वा नेतुं यो हृदि जायते । अभिलाषो द्विजश्रेष्ठ स लोभ इति कीर्तितः
paravittādikaṃ dṛṣṭvā netuṃ yo hṛdi jāyate | abhilāṣo dvijaśreṣṭha sa lobha iti kīrtitaḥ
The craving that arises in the heart, on seeing another's wealth and the like, to carry it off — that, best of the twice-born, is called greed (lobha).
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PdP 7 17.82
मम माता मम पिता ममेयं गृहिणी गृहम् । एतदन्यन्ममत्वं हि स मोह इति कीर्तितः
mama mātā mama pitā mameyaṃ gṛhiṇī gṛham | etadanyanmamatvaṃ hi sa moha iti kīrtitaḥ
"My mother, my father, this wife of mine, (my) house" — this and other such sense of "mine" is called delusion (moha).
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PdP 7 17.83
अहं महात्मा धनवान्न तुल्यः कोऽपि भूतले । इदं यज्जायते चित्ते मदः प्रोक्तः स कोविदैः
ahaṃ mahātmā dhanavānna tulyaḥ ko'pi bhūtale | idaṃ yajjāyate citte madaḥ proktaḥ sa kovidaiḥ
"I am a great soul, wealthy; no one on earth is my equal" — this, when it arises in the mind, is called intoxication (mada) by the learned.
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PdP 7 17.84
निंदंति मां सदा लोका धिगस्तु मम जीवनम् । इत्यात्मानं वदेद्यस्तु धिक्कारः स च मत्सरः
niṃdaṃti māṃ sadā lokā dhigastu mama jīvanam | ityātmānaṃ vadedyastu dhikkāraḥ sa ca matsaraḥ
"People always censure me; fie upon my life!" — he who thus speaks of himself, that self-reproach is envy (matsara).
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PdP 7 17.85
यथार्थकथनं यच्च सर्वलोकसुखप्रदम् । तत्सत्यमिति विज्ञेयमसत्यं तद्विपर्ययम्
yathārthakathanaṃ yacca sarvalokasukhapradam | tatsatyamiti vijñeyamasatyaṃ tadviparyayam
Speech that accords with the fact and gives happiness to all people — that is to be known as truth; untruth is the opposite of it.
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PdP 7 17.86
ऐश्वर्यं दारपुत्राद्या यान्त्यमुष्यकदा क्षयम् । इति या जायते चित्ते सा हिंसा परिकीर्तिता
aiśvaryaṃ dāraputrādyā yāntyamuṣyakadā kṣayam | iti yā jāyate citte sā hiṃsā parikīrtitā
"May that man's lordship, wife, sons and the rest some day come to ruin" — the (thought) that arises thus in the mind is declared to be violence (hiṃsā).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 7 17.87
यत्नादपि परक्लेशं हर्तुं यद्धृदि जायते । इच्छाभूमिर्द्विजश्रेष्ठ सा दया परिकीर्तिता
yatnādapi parakleśaṃ hartuṃ yaddhṛdi jāyate | icchābhūmirdvijaśreṣṭha sā dayā parikīrtitā
That which arises in the heart as a wish to remove another's suffering even with effort — that ground of wishing, best of the twice-born, is declared to be compassion (dayā).
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PdP 7 17.88
या तुष्टिर्जायते चित्ते शान्तिः सा गद्यते बुधैः । कुत्सितात्कर्मणोऽन्यत्र यच्चित्ताविनिवारणम्
yā tuṣṭirjāyate citte śāntiḥ sā gadyate budhaiḥ | kutsitātkarmaṇo'nyatra yaccittāvinivāraṇam
The contentment that arises in the mind — that is called peace (śānti) by the wise. The holding back of the mind away from blameworthy action —
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PdP 7 17.89
संकीर्तितो दमः प्राज्ञैः संमतस्तत्वदर्शिभिः । दुःखे सुखे च विप्रेन्द्र या तुष्टिर्वर्तसे सदा
saṃkīrtito damaḥ prājñaiḥ saṃmatastatvadarśibhiḥ | duḥkhe sukhe ca viprendra yā tuṣṭirvartase sadā
— that is proclaimed by the wise to be self-control (dama), and is approved by the seers of truth. The contentment that always abides in sorrow and in joy, lord of brāhmaṇas,
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PdP 7 17.90
तथा शत्रौ च मित्रे च समदृष्टिर्हि सा स्मृता । नैवेद्यगंधपुष्पाद्यैः श्रद्धया पुरुषो हरेः
tathā śatrau ca mitre ca samadṛṣṭirhi sā smṛtā | naivedyagaṃdhapuṣpādyaiḥ śraddhayā puruṣo hareḥ
and likewise toward enemy and friend — that is remembered as equal vision (samadṛṣṭi). When a man, with faith, with food-offerings, fragrances, flowers and the rest,
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PdP 7 17.91
योऽर्चनं कुरुते विप्र सा पूजा परिकीर्तिता । मध्याह्ने चैव रात्रौ च लंघनं यद्विधीयते
yo'rcanaṃ kurute vipra sā pūjā parikīrtitā | madhyāhne caiva rātrau ca laṃghanaṃ yadvidhīyate
performs worship of Hari, O brāhmaṇa, that is declared to be pūjā. The fasting that is prescribed at midday and at night,
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PdP 7 17.92
तद्विज्ञेयमहोरात्रं पूर्वापरदिनाशनम् । आत्मनः केशवस्यापि द्वयोरपि च सत्तम
tadvijñeyamahorātraṃ pūrvāparadināśanam | ātmanaḥ keśavasyāpi dvayorapi ca sattama
together with the eating on the previous and following day — that is to be known as "day-and-night" (ahorātra). Of oneself and of Keśava, of both, O best one,
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PdP 7 17.93
यदेकीकरणं तच्च विष्णुस्मरणमुच्यते । ब्रह्मयज्ञो नृयज्ञश्च देवयज्ञश्च सत्तम
yadekīkaraṇaṃ tacca viṣṇusmaraṇamucyate | brahmayajño nṛyajñaśca devayajñaśca sattama
the making into one — that is called the remembrance of Viṣṇu. The sacrifice to Brahman, the sacrifice to men, the sacrifice to the gods, O best one,
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PdP 7 17.94
पितृयज्ञो भूतयज्ञः पंचयज्ञाः प्रकीर्तिताः । नमो भगवते वासुदेवायोङ्कारपूर्वकम्
pitṛyajño bhūtayajñaḥ paṃcayajñāḥ prakīrtitāḥ | namo bhagavate vāsudevāyoṅkārapūrvakam
the sacrifice to the ancestors, the sacrifice to beings — these are declared to be the five sacrifices. "Homage to the Lord Vāsudeva," preceded by the syllable Om —
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PdP 7 17.95
महामंत्रमिमं प्राहुस्तत्वज्ञा द्वादशाक्षरम् । इति ते कथितं सर्वं पृष्टं ब्राह्मणसत्तम
mahāmaṃtramimaṃ prāhustatvajñā dvādaśākṣaram | iti te kathitaṃ sarvaṃ pṛṣṭaṃ brāhmaṇasattama
this the knowers of truth have called the great twelve-syllabled mantra. Thus all that you asked has been told to you, best of brāhmaṇas,
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PdP 7 17.96
यज्ज्ञात्वा मानवाः सर्वे लभंते ज्ञानमुत्तमम् । ततः प्रतिदिनं विप्र नाम्नामष्टोत्तरं शतम्
yajjñātvā mānavāḥ sarve labhaṃte jñānamuttamam | tataḥ pratidinaṃ vipra nāmnāmaṣṭottaraṃ śatam
Knowing which, all men obtain the highest knowledge. Then, O brahmin, day by day (recite) the hundred and eight names.
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PdP 7 17.97
पठित्वा कमलाभर्तुर्दुर्ल्लभं मोक्षमाप्स्यसि । भद्रतनुरुवाच- ब्रूहि लक्ष्मीपतेर्विष्णोर्नाम्नामष्टोत्तरं शतम्
paṭhitvā kamalābharturdurllabhaṃ mokṣamāpsyasi | bhadratanuruvāca- brūhi lakṣmīpaterviṣṇornāmnāmaṣṭottaraṃ śatam
Having recited (the names) of the Lord of Lakṣmī, you will obtain liberation, hard to gain. Bhadratanu said: Tell (me) the hundred and eight names of Viṣṇu, the husband of Lakṣmī.
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PdP 7 17.98
दांत उवाच- शृणु विप्र प्रवक्ष्यामि नाम्नामष्टोत्तरं शतम् । सहस्रनाम चाकृष्य सारं विष्णोः परात्मनः
dāṃta uvāca- śṛṇu vipra pravakṣyāmi nāmnāmaṣṭottaraṃ śatam | sahasranāma cākṛṣya sāraṃ viṣṇoḥ parātmanaḥ
Dānta said: Listen, O brahmin, I shall proclaim the hundred and eight names, having extracted from the thousand names the essence, (the names) of Viṣṇu, the supreme Self.
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PdP 7 17.99
अष्टोत्तरशतं नाम्नां महापातकनाशनम् । पठितव्यं यथा ध्यात्वा शृणु ध्यानं मयोच्यते
aṣṭottaraśataṃ nāmnāṃ mahāpātakanāśanam | paṭhitavyaṃ yathā dhyātvā śṛṇu dhyānaṃ mayocyate
The hundred and eight of names destroys great sins. Listen, as to how it should be recited after meditating — the meditation is being told by me.
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PdP 7 17.100
अतसीकुसुमाकारं प्रफुल्लकमलेक्षणम् । गवांचरणधूलीभिर्भूषिताखिलविग्रहम् १०० 7.17.
atasīkusumākāraṃ praphullakamalekṣaṇam | gavāṃcaraṇadhūlībhirbhūṣitākhilavigraham 100 7.17.
(Meditate on him who) has the form (or hue) of the flax flower, whose eyes are full-blown lotuses, whose whole body is adorned with the dust from the feet of the cows,
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PdP 7 17.101
गोपुच्छवालपाशेन मंडितोत्तममस्तकम् । वंशीध्वनिपरिन्यस्तरुचिरौष्ठपुटं प्रभुम्
gopucchavālapāśena maṃḍitottamamastakam | vaṃśīdhvaniparinyastarucirauṣṭhapuṭaṃ prabhum
whose noble head is decorated with a band of hair from a cow's tail, the Lord whose lovely pair of lips is set to the sounding of the flute,
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PdP 7 17.102
गोगोष्ठवासिभिः स्निग्धैः शिशुभिः परिवारितम् । पीतांबरं स्मरमुखं ध्यायेत्कृष्णास्यमुत्तमम्
gogoṣṭhavāsibhiḥ snigdhaiḥ śiśubhiḥ parivāritam | pītāṃbaraṃ smaramukhaṃ dhyāyetkṛṣṇāsyamuttamam
surrounded by affectionate children who dwell in the cow-pen, clad in yellow, with a face like Kāma's — one should meditate on that supreme face of Kṛṣṇa.
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PdP 7 17.103
ॐनमोऽस्य कृष्णाष्टोत्तरशतनाम्नां वेदव्यासऋषिरनुष्टुप्छंदः । श्रीकृष्णो देवता श्रीकृष्णप्रीत्यर्थे जपे विनियोगः
oṃnamo'sya kṛṣṇāṣṭottaraśatanāmnāṃ vedavyāsaṛṣiranuṣṭupchaṃdaḥ | śrīkṛṣṇo devatā śrīkṛṣṇaprītyarthe jape viniyogaḥ
Oṃ, homage. Of these hundred and eight names of Kṛṣṇa the seer is Vedavyāsa, the metre is anuṣṭubh, the deity is Śrī Kṛṣṇa; the application is in recitation for the sake of pleasing Śrī Kṛṣṇa.
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PdP 7 17.104
नमः कृष्णः केशवश्च केशिशत्रुः सनातनः । कंसारिर्धेनुकारिश्च शिशुपालरिपुः प्रभुः
namaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ keśavaśca keśiśatruḥ sanātanaḥ | kaṃsārirdhenukāriśca śiśupālaripuḥ prabhuḥ
Homage: Kṛṣṇa, and Keśava, the foe of Keśin, the eternal one, the enemy of Kaṃsa and the enemy of Dhenuka, the foe of Śiśupāla, the Lord,
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PdP 7 17.105
देवकीनन्दनः शौरिः पुण्डरीकनिभेक्षणः । दामोदरो जगन्नाथो जगत्कर्ता जगन्मयः
devakīnandanaḥ śauriḥ puṇḍarīkanibhekṣaṇaḥ | dāmodaro jagannātho jagatkartā jaganmayaḥ
the delight of Devakī, Śauri, whose eyes are like the white lotus, Dāmodara, Lord of the world, maker of the world, consisting of the world,
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PdP 7 17.106
नारायणो बलिध्वंसी वामनोऽदितिनन्दनः । विष्णुर्यदुकुलश्रेष्ठो वासुदेवो वसुप्रदः
nārāyaṇo balidhvaṃsī vāmano'ditinandanaḥ | viṣṇuryadukulaśreṣṭho vāsudevo vasupradaḥ
Nārāyaṇa, the destroyer of Bali, Vāmana, the delight of Aditi, Viṣṇu, best of the Yadu family, Vāsudeva, the giver of wealth,
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PdP 7 17.107
अनंतः कैटभारिश्च मल्लजिन्नरकांतकः । अच्युतः श्रीधरः श्रीमाञ्छ्रीपतिः पुरुषोत्तमः
anaṃtaḥ kaiṭabhāriśca mallajinnarakāṃtakaḥ | acyutaḥ śrīdharaḥ śrīmāñchrīpatiḥ puruṣottamaḥ
the endless one, and the foe of Kaiṭabha, conqueror of wrestlers, ender of Naraka, Acyuta, bearer of Śrī, possessor of Śrī, husband of Śrī, highest among persons,
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PdP 7 17.108
गोविन्दो वनमाली च हृषीकेशोऽखिलार्तिहा । नृसिंहो दैत्यशत्रुश्च मत्स्यदेवो जगन्मयः
govindo vanamālī ca hṛṣīkeśo'khilārtihā | nṛsiṃho daityaśatruśca matsyadevo jaganmayaḥ
Govinda, and the wearer of the forest garland, Hṛṣīkeśa, remover of all distress, the Man-lion, foe of the Daityas, the Fish-god, consisting of the world,
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PdP 7 17.109
भूमिधारी महाकूर्मो वराहः पृथिवीपतिः । वैकुण्ठः पीतवासाश्च चक्रपाणिर्गदाधरः
bhūmidhārī mahākūrmo varāhaḥ pṛthivīpatiḥ | vaikuṇṭhaḥ pītavāsāśca cakrapāṇirgadādharaḥ
upholder of the earth, the great Tortoise, the Boar, lord of the earth, Vaikuṇṭha, and clad in yellow, holder of the discus in his hand, bearer of the mace,
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PdP 7 17.110
शंखभृत्पद्मपाणिश्च नन्दकी गरुडध्वजः । चतुर्भुजो महासत्वो महाबुद्धिर्महाभुजः
śaṃkhabhṛtpadmapāṇiśca nandakī garuḍadhvajaḥ | caturbhujo mahāsatvo mahābuddhirmahābhujaḥ
bearer of the conch, and lotus-handed, holder of the Nandaka (sword), whose banner is Garuḍa, four-armed, of great being, of great intelligence, of mighty arms,
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PdP 7 17.111
महोत्सवो महातेजा महाबाहुप्रियः प्रभुः । विष्वक्सेनश्च शार्ङ्गी च पद्मनाभो जनार्दनः
mahotsavo mahātejā mahābāhupriyaḥ prabhuḥ | viṣvaksenaśca śārṅgī ca padmanābho janārdanaḥ
the great festival, of great splendour, the Lord dear to the mighty-armed, and Viṣvaksena, and bearer of the Śārṅga bow, Padmanābha, Janārdana,
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PdP 7 17.112
तुलसी वल्लभोऽपारः परेशः परमेश्वरः । परमक्लेशहारी च परत्र सुखदः परः
tulasī vallabho'pāraḥ pareśaḥ parameśvaraḥ | paramakleśahārī ca paratra sukhadaḥ paraḥ
the beloved of Tulasī, the boundless, lord of the beyond, supreme lord, and remover of the utmost affliction, giver of happiness in the world beyond, the supreme one,
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PdP 7 17.113
हृदयस्थोंऽबरस्थो यो मोहदो मोहनाशनः । समस्तपातकध्वंसी महाबलबलांतकः
hṛdayasthoṃ'barastho yo mohado mohanāśanaḥ | samastapātakadhvaṃsī mahābalabalāṃtakaḥ
he who abides in the heart and abides in the sky, giver of delusion and destroyer of delusion, destroyer of all sins, of great strength, the ender of strength,
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PdP 7 17.114
रुक्मिणीरमणो रुक्मिप्रतिज्ञाखण्डनो महान् । दामबद्धः क्लेशहारी गोवर्द्धनधरो हरिः
rukmiṇīramaṇo rukmipratijñākhaṇḍano mahān | dāmabaddhaḥ kleśahārī govarddhanadharo hariḥ
the lover of Rukmiṇī, breaker of Rukmin's vow, the great one, bound with a rope, remover of affliction, upholder of Govardhana, Hari,
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PdP 7 17.115
पूतनारिर्मुष्टिकारिर्यमलार्जुनभञ्जनः । उपेन्द्रो विश्वमूर्तिश्च व्योमपादः सनातनः
pūtanārirmuṣṭikāriryamalārjunabhañjanaḥ | upendro viśvamūrtiśca vyomapādaḥ sanātanaḥ
the foe of Pūtanā, the foe of Muṣṭika, breaker of the twin Arjuna trees, Upendra, and he whose form is the universe, whose feet are the sky, the eternal one,
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PdP 7 17.116
परमात्मा परब्रह्म प्रणतार्तिविनाशनः । त्रिविक्रमो महामायो योगविद्विष्टरश्रवाः
paramātmā parabrahma praṇatārtivināśanaḥ | trivikramo mahāmāyo yogavidviṣṭaraśravāḥ
The supreme Self, the highest Brahman, the destroyer of the distress of those who bow (to him); Trivikrama, of great māyā, knower of yoga, of far-spread fame.
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PdP 7 17.117
श्रीनिधिः श्रीनिवासश्च यज्ञभोक्ता सुखप्रदः । यज्ञेश्वरो रावणारिः प्रलंबघ्नोऽक्षयोऽव्ययः
śrīnidhiḥ śrīnivāsaśca yajñabhoktā sukhapradaḥ | yajñeśvaro rāvaṇāriḥ pralaṃbaghno'kṣayo'vyayaḥ
The treasury of Śrī and the abode of Śrī; the enjoyer of sacrifice, the giver of happiness; the lord of sacrifice, the foe of Rāvaṇa, the slayer of Pralamba, the imperishable, the unchanging.
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PdP 7 17.118
सहस्रनाम्नां चैतत्ते नाम्नामष्टोत्तरं शतम् । विष्णुप्रीतिकरं सर्वं सर्वपापविनाशनम्
sahasranāmnāṃ caitatte nāmnāmaṣṭottaraṃ śatam | viṣṇuprītikaraṃ sarvaṃ sarvapāpavināśanam
And this, for you, is the hundred and eight of the names out of the thousand names — the whole of it producing Viṣṇu's favour, destroying all sins,
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PdP 7 17.119
दुःस्वप्ननाशनं चैव ग्रहपीडाविनाशनम् । सर्वरोगक्षयकरं परमैश्वर्यदं तथा
duḥsvapnanāśanaṃ caiva grahapīḍāvināśanam | sarvarogakṣayakaraṃ paramaiśvaryadaṃ tathā
and destroying bad dreams, destroying the affliction of the planets, causing the wasting away of all diseases, and likewise granting supreme lordship,
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PdP 7 17.120
सर्वोपद्रवविध्वंसि सर्वकर्मफलप्रदम् । मया प्रोक्तं द्विजश्रेष्ठ वैष्णवप्रीतिहेतवे
sarvopadravavidhvaṃsi sarvakarmaphalapradam | mayā proktaṃ dvijaśreṣṭha vaiṣṇavaprītihetave
annihilating all calamities, bestowing the fruit of all rites — (this) has been declared by me, O best of the twice-born, for the sake of the delight of Vaiṣṇavas.
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PdP 7 17.121
त्रिसंध्यं यः पठेन्नित्यं भक्तितः पुरतो हरेः । शतमष्टोत्तरशतं नाम्नां तुष्टः सदा हरिः
trisaṃdhyaṃ yaḥ paṭhennityaṃ bhaktitaḥ purato hareḥ | śatamaṣṭottaraśataṃ nāmnāṃ tuṣṭaḥ sadā hariḥ
Whoever constantly, at the three junctures of the day, recites with devotion before Hari these hundred and eight names — Hari is always pleased (with him).
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PdP 7 17.122
श्राद्धे च यःपठेदेतद्भक्तिमान्वैष्णवो जनः । संतुष्टाः पितरस्तस्य प्रयांति परमं पदम्
śrāddhe ca yaḥpaṭhedetadbhaktimānvaiṣṇavo janaḥ | saṃtuṣṭāḥ pitarastasya prayāṃti paramaṃ padam
And the devout Vaiṣṇava person who recites this at a śrāddha — his ancestors, well satisfied, go to the highest state.
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PdP 7 17.123
यज्ञकाले पठेद्यस्तु देवताराधने तथा । दानकाले च यात्रायां स वै तत्फलमाप्नुयात्
yajñakāle paṭhedyastu devatārādhane tathā | dānakāle ca yātrāyāṃ sa vai tatphalamāpnuyāt
And whoever recites (it) at the time of a sacrifice, and likewise in the worship of a deity, and at the time of giving a gift, and on a pilgrimage — he indeed obtains the fruit of that.
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PdP 7 17.124
अपुत्रो लभते पुत्रं धनार्थी लभते धनम् । विद्यार्थी लभते विद्यां स्तवस्यास्य प्रकीर्तनात्
aputro labhate putraṃ dhanārthī labhate dhanam | vidyārthī labhate vidyāṃ stavasyāsya prakīrtanāt
One without a son obtains a son, one who seeks wealth obtains wealth, one who seeks learning obtains learning, from the proclaiming of this hymn of praise.
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PdP 7 17.125
ये पठंति हरेर्भक्त्या नाम्नामष्टोत्तरं शतम् । नाशुभं विद्यते तेषां कदाचिदपि भूतले
ye paṭhaṃti harerbhaktyā nāmnāmaṣṭottaraṃ śatam | nāśubhaṃ vidyate teṣāṃ kadācidapi bhūtale
Those who recite with devotion the hundred and eight names of Hari — for them nothing inauspicious ever exists on the face of the earth.
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PdP 7 17.126
दांत उवाच- गच्छ ब्राह्मण भद्रं ते प्रोक्तेन विधिना मया । समाराध्य हरिं भक्त्या परमं क्षेममाप्स्यसि
dāṃta uvāca- gaccha brāhmaṇa bhadraṃ te proktena vidhinā mayā | samārādhya hariṃ bhaktyā paramaṃ kṣemamāpsyasi
Dānta said: Go, brahman, blessings on you; by the procedure declared by me, having worshipped Hari with devotion, you will obtain the highest well-being.
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PdP 7 17.127
एवं प्रबोधितस्तेन दांतेन परमार्थिना । तस्मिन्क्षेत्रवरे पुण्ये हरिपूजापरोऽभवत्
evaṃ prabodhitastena dāṃtena paramārthinā | tasminkṣetravare puṇye haripūjāparo'bhavat
Thus instructed by that Dānta, who sought the highest good, he became devoted to the worship of Hari in that holy, excellent sacred place.
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PdP 7 17.128
नित्यं तु भक्त्या विप्रोऽसौ पंचाहानि च जैमिने । दांतप्रोक्तेन विधिना चकार हरिपूजनम्
nityaṃ tu bhaktyā vipro'sau paṃcāhāni ca jaimine | dāṃtaproktena vidhinā cakāra haripūjanam
And constantly, with devotion, that brahman for five days, O Jaimini, performed the worship of Hari by the procedure declared by Dānta.
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PdP 7 17.129
ज्ञात्वा भक्तिं हरिस्तस्य सुदृढां करुणामयः । आविर्बभूव सहसा कोटिसूर्यइवांशुमान्
jñātvā bhaktiṃ haristasya sudṛḍhāṃ karuṇāmayaḥ | āvirbabhūva sahasā koṭisūryaivāṃśumān
Knowing his devotion to be very firm, Hari, full of compassion, suddenly became manifest, radiant like ten million suns.
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PdP 7 17.130
तं दृष्ट्वा जगतामीशं कमलाप्रियमच्युतम् । ववंदे शिरसा विप्रस्तत्पादकमलद्वये
taṃ dṛṣṭvā jagatāmīśaṃ kamalāpriyamacyutam | vavaṃde śirasā viprastatpādakamaladvaye
Seeing him, the lord of the worlds, the beloved of Kamalā, the unfailing one, the brahman bowed with his head at the pair of his lotus feet.
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PdP 7 17.131
अथासौ ब्राह्मणश्रेष्ठो हर्षनिर्भरमानसः । कृताञ्जलिर्जगन्नाथमस्तौषीत्कमलापतिम्
athāsau brāhmaṇaśreṣṭho harṣanirbharamānasaḥ | kṛtāñjalirjagannāthamastauṣītkamalāpatim
Then that best of brahmans, his mind filled with joy, with palms joined, praised the lord of the world, the husband of Kamalā:
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PdP 7 17.132
दृष्टिं हरे दुरितगामपि मे कृपालां भक्तिं निजां प्रति विभो शुभदामनैषीः । तस्मादहं विहितविस्तरपातकोऽपि ग्राम्यस्त्वयाकारि पुमानिवाद्य
dṛṣṭiṃ hare duritagāmapi me kṛpālāṃ bhaktiṃ nijāṃ prati vibho śubhadāmanaiṣīḥ | tasmādahaṃ vihitavistarapātako'pi grāmyastvayākāri pumānivādya
O Hari, my sight, though it went toward evil, you, O pervading lord, compassionate, led toward devotion to yourself, the giver of good. Therefore, though I have committed extensive sin, a rustic, I have today been made by you as though a (true) man.
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PdP 7 17.133
रुष्टे त्वयि त्रिदशवंदितपादयुग्मे दृष्टिः प्रयाति दुरितं खलु मानवस्य । तुष्टे च याति सुकृतं प्रति सैव दृष्टिर्ज्ञातं मयैव परमेश्वर केवलं च
ruṣṭe tvayi tridaśavaṃditapādayugme dṛṣṭiḥ prayāti duritaṃ khalu mānavasya | tuṣṭe ca yāti sukṛtaṃ prati saiva dṛṣṭirjñātaṃ mayaiva parameśvara kevalaṃ ca
When you, whose pair of feet is saluted by the thirty gods, are angry, a man's sight indeed goes toward evil; and when you are pleased, that very sight goes toward good deeds — this alone has been understood by me, O supreme lord.
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PdP 7 17.134
त्वां वच्मि नाथ भवतः स्मरणं प्रभावं यस्माद्व्रजामि निखिलार्जितपातकोऽपि । स्थानं जगाम परमं त्रिदशैकलभ्यमारुह्य शुद्धकनकच्छुरितं विमानम्
tvāṃ vacmi nātha bhavataḥ smaraṇaṃ prabhāvaṃ yasmādvrajāmi nikhilārjitapātako'pi | sthānaṃ jagāma paramaṃ tridaśaikalabhyamāruhya śuddhakanakacchuritaṃ vimānam
I declare to you, O lord, the power of remembering you, since, though I have amassed every sin, I (still) go (onward). (Such a one) went to the highest abode, attainable by the gods alone, mounting a chariot plated with pure gold.
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PdP 7 17.135
त्वत्पादपद्मसलिलस्य सदागुणाढ्यो व्याधः स वेत्ति कनिकः कृतसर्वपापः । त्वद्वेश्ममार्जनफलं जगदेकनाथ यज्ञध्वजः क्षितिपतिः सुरवंदितश्च
tvatpādapadmasalilasya sadāguṇāḍhyo vyādhaḥ sa vetti kanikaḥ kṛtasarvapāpaḥ | tvadveśmamārjanaphalaṃ jagadekanātha yajñadhvajaḥ kṣitipatiḥ suravaṃditaśca
That hunter Kanika, who had committed every sin, (became) ever rich in virtue: he knows (the power) of the water of your lotus feet; and the fruit of sweeping your house, O sole lord of the world, (is known by) Yajñadhvaja, the king, praised by the gods.
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PdP 7 17.136
वेश्मोपलेपनफलं भवतो मुरारे सृष्टिस्थितिप्रलयकारण ईश्वरस्य । जानाति पन्नग रिपुध्वज यज्ञमाली भ्राता च तस्य कृतपापभयः सुमाली
veśmopalepanaphalaṃ bhavato murāre sṛṣṭisthitipralayakāraṇa īśvarasya | jānāti pannaga ripudhvaja yajñamālī bhrātā ca tasya kṛtapāpabhayaḥ sumālī
The fruit of plastering your house, Murāri, of you the Lord who are the cause of creation, maintenance and dissolution — that, O you whose banner bears the serpents' foe, Yajñamālī knows, and his brother Sumālī, who feared the sins he had committed.
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PdP 7 17.137
हरिं प्रदक्षिणीकृत्य भवंतं यत्फलं भवेत् । धर्म एव स जानाति नान्यः कश्चिज्जगत्त्रये
hariṃ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya bhavaṃtaṃ yatphalaṃ bhavet | dharma eva sa jānāti nānyaḥ kaścijjagattraye
What fruit accrues from circumambulating you, Hari — Dharma alone knows it, no one else in the three worlds.
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PdP 7 17.138
तव चित्तं दयां नाथ गदितुं भुवि कः क्षमः । त्वां विद्ध्वापि शरैर्व्याधो जगाम परमं पदम्
tava cittaṃ dayāṃ nātha gadituṃ bhuvi kaḥ kṣamaḥ | tvāṃ viddhvāpi śarairvyādho jagāma paramaṃ padam
Who on earth is able to describe your mind and your compassion, O Lord? Even after piercing you with arrows, the hunter went to the supreme state.
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PdP 7 17.139
निंदित्वापि जगन्नाथ भवंतं त्रिदशेश्वरम् । शिशुपालो ययौ मोक्षं तव भक्तस्य का कथा
niṃditvāpi jagannātha bhavaṃtaṃ tridaśeśvaram | śiśupālo yayau mokṣaṃ tava bhaktasya kā kathā
Even after reviling you, O Lord of the world, lord of the thirty gods, Śiśupāla went to liberation — what then to say of your devotee?
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PdP 7 17.140
ब्रह्मरूपेण येनासौ त्वया सृष्टमिदं जगत् । त्वयि तस्मिन्महाविष्णो रमतां मम मानसम्
brahmarūpeṇa yenāsau tvayā sṛṣṭamidaṃ jagat | tvayi tasminmahāviṣṇo ramatāṃ mama mānasam
By you, in the form of Brahmā, was this world created; in you, that very one, O great Viṣṇu, let my mind delight.
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PdP 7 17.141
सर्वो विष्णो त्वयानेन क्रियते जगतः क्षयः । रुद्र रूपेण संसारे तस्मै तुभ्यं नमोऽस्तु मे
sarvo viṣṇo tvayānena kriyate jagataḥ kṣayaḥ | rudra rūpeṇa saṃsāre tasmai tubhyaṃ namo'stu me
All destruction of the world, O Viṣṇu, is brought about by you in the form of Rudra in this round of existence; to you, that one, let my homage be.
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PdP 7 17.142
यस्मादल्पतमं नास्ति यस्मान्नास्ति महत्तमम् । येन व्याप्तं जगत्सर्वं त्वया तस्मै नमोऽस्तु ते
yasmādalpatamaṃ nāsti yasmānnāsti mahattamam | yena vyāptaṃ jagatsarvaṃ tvayā tasmai namo'stu te
Than whom there is nothing smaller, than whom there is nothing greater, by whom the whole world is pervaded — to you, that one, let homage be.
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PdP 7 17.143
नेत्राभ्यां यस्यदेवस्य सूर्योऽजनि दिवाकरः । मुखादग्निश्च जायेत तव तस्मै नमोऽस्तु ते
netrābhyāṃ yasyadevasya sūryo'jani divākaraḥ | mukhādagniśca jāyeta tava tasmai namo'stu te
From whose two eyes the day-making sun was born, and from whose mouth fire came to be — to you, that god, let homage be.
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PdP 7 17.144
यस्य श्रोत्राद्वायवोऽपि जाताः प्राणाश्च केशव । तव तस्मै सुरश्रेष्ठ नमोऽस्तु मम सर्वदा
yasya śrotrādvāyavo'pi jātāḥ prāṇāśca keśava | tava tasmai suraśreṣṭha namo'stu mama sarvadā
From whose ear the winds too were born, and the breaths, O Keśava — to you, that one, best of gods, let my homage be always.
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PdP 7 17.145
लक्ष्मीर्यस्य सदा क्रोडे श्यामाङ्गस्य सुनिर्वृता । सौदामिनीव मेघस्य तव तस्मै नमोऽस्तु ते
lakṣmīryasya sadā kroḍe śyāmāṅgasya sunirvṛtā | saudāminīva meghasya tava tasmai namo'stu te
On whose lap Lakṣmī ever rests fully content, on him of dark limbs, as lightning on a cloud — to you, that one, let homage be.
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PdP 7 17.146
गंतुं महिम्नां सीमानं ब्रह्माद्या अपि निर्जराः । न शक्नुवंति वै यस्य तव तस्मै नमोऽस्तु ते
gaṃtuṃ mahimnāṃ sīmānaṃ brahmādyā api nirjarāḥ | na śaknuvaṃti vai yasya tava tasmai namo'stu te
Whose limits of greatness even Brahmā and the other gods cannot reach — to you, that one, let homage be.
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PdP 7 17.147
धर्माणां स्थापनार्थाय विनाशाय च पापिनाम् । युगेयुगे यः प्रभवेत्तस्मै तुभ्यं नमोऽस्तु मे
dharmāṇāṃ sthāpanārthāya vināśāya ca pāpinām | yugeyuge yaḥ prabhavettasmai tubhyaṃ namo'stu me
Who appears in age after age for the establishment of the dharmas and for the destruction of sinners — to you, that one, let my homage be.
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PdP 7 17.148
मायया मोहितं येन जगदेतन्महात्मना । क्षिणोति मायया शंभुर्यस्तस्मै ते नमोऽस्तु मे
māyayā mohitaṃ yena jagadetanmahātmanā | kṣiṇoti māyayā śaṃbhuryastasmai te namo'stu me
By whom, the great Self, this world is deluded through māyā, and who as Śambhu destroys it through māyā — to you, that one, let my homage be.
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PdP 7 17.149
भक्तिमात्रेण यस्तुष्टो न धनैर्न स्तवैस्तथा । न दानैर्न तपोभिश्च तस्मै तुभ्यं नमोऽस्तु मे
bhaktimātreṇa yastuṣṭo na dhanairna stavaistathā | na dānairna tapobhiśca tasmai tubhyaṃ namo'stu me
Who is pleased by devotion alone, and not by riches, nor by hymns of praise, nor by gifts, nor by austerities — to you, that one, let my homage be.
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PdP 7 17.150
गवां च ब्राह्मणानां च साधूनां च हितं तथा । कृपां च कुरुते यस्तु तस्मै तुभ्यं नमोऽस्तु मे १५० 7.17.
gavāṃ ca brāhmaṇānāṃ ca sādhūnāṃ ca hitaṃ tathā | kṛpāṃ ca kurute yastu tasmai tubhyaṃ namo'stu me 150 7.17.
Who does what benefits cows, brahmins and good men, and shows them compassion — to you, that one, let my homage be.
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PdP 7 17.151
अनाथानां च बंधूनां योगिनां दुःखिनां तथा । दुःखं हरति यो देवस्तस्मै तुभ्यं नमोऽस्तु मे
anāthānāṃ ca baṃdhūnāṃ yogināṃ duḥkhināṃ tathā | duḥkhaṃ harati yo devastasmai tubhyaṃ namo'stu me
The god who takes away the sorrow of the helpless, of kinsmen, of yogins and of the suffering — to you, that one, let my homage be.
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PdP 7 17.152
मनुष्येषु च देवेषु गजेषु सकलेषु च । वर्तते यः समत्वेन तस्मै तुभ्यं नमोऽस्तु मे
manuṣyeṣu ca deveṣu gajeṣu sakaleṣu ca | vartate yaḥ samatvena tasmai tubhyaṃ namo'stu me
Who abides with equality toward men, toward gods, and toward all elephants — to you, that one, let my homage be.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.153
यस्मिंस्तुष्टे पर्वतोऽपि सद्य एव तृणायते । शैलीयते तृणं रुष्टे तस्मै तुभ्यं नमोऽस्तु मे
yasmiṃstuṣṭe parvato'pi sadya eva tṛṇāyate | śailīyate tṛṇaṃ ruṣṭe tasmai tubhyaṃ namo'stu me
With whom, when he is pleased, even a mountain becomes at once a mere blade of grass, and when he is angry a blade of grass becomes a mountain — to you, that one, let my homage be.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.154
पुण्यानां च यथा पुण्ये निजे पुत्रे यथा पितुः । यथा पत्यौ सतीनां च तथा त्वयि ममास्तु वै
puṇyānāṃ ca yathā puṇye nije putre yathā pituḥ | yathā patyau satīnāṃ ca tathā tvayi mamāstu vai
As the meritorious have (a mind fixed) upon merit, as a father upon his own son, as chaste wives upon their husband — so let mine be upon you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.155
यूनां चित्तं यथा स्त्रीषु लुब्धानां च यथा धने । क्षुधितानां यथा चान्ने तथा त्वयि ममास्तु वै
yūnāṃ cittaṃ yathā strīṣu lubdhānāṃ ca yathā dhane | kṣudhitānāṃ yathā cānne tathā tvayi mamāstu vai
As the mind of young men is on women, and of the greedy on wealth, and of the hungry on food — so let mine be on you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.156
घर्मार्तानां यथा चन्द्रे शीतार्तानां रवाविति । तृषार्तानां यथा तोये तथा त्वयि ममास्तु वै
gharmārtānāṃ yathā candre śītārtānāṃ ravāviti | tṛṣārtānāṃ yathā toye tathā tvayi mamāstu vai
As (the mind) of those tormented by heat is on the moon, and of those tormented by cold on the sun, and as of the thirsty on water — so let my (mind) be on you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.157
यन्मया बुद्धिहीनेन गुरुस्त्रीगमनं कृतम् । तत्पातकं क्षयं यातु भवंतं पश्यतो मम
yanmayā buddhihīnena gurustrīgamanaṃ kṛtam | tatpātakaṃ kṣayaṃ yātu bhavaṃtaṃ paśyato mama
Whatever going in to a teacher's wife was done by me, being devoid of wisdom — let that sin perish, as I look upon you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.158
अवध्यानां वधो यस्तु मायामोहवता कृतः । तत्पातकं क्षयं यातु भवंतंपश्यतो मम
avadhyānāṃ vadho yastu māyāmohavatā kṛtaḥ | tatpātakaṃ kṣayaṃ yātu bhavaṃtaṃpaśyato mama
Whatever killing of those who ought not to be killed was done (by me) when possessed by delusion and confusion — let that sin perish, as I look upon you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.159
अपेयपानं च मया विहितं परमेश्वर । तत्पातकं क्षयं यातु भवं तं पश्यतो मम
apeyapānaṃ ca mayā vihitaṃ parameśvara | tatpātakaṃ kṣayaṃ yātu bhavaṃ taṃ paśyato mama
And the drinking of what should not be drunk was done by me, O Supreme Lord — let that sin perish, as I look upon you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.160
अप्सुयोनौ तथा तोये यद्रेतः सेचनं कृतम् । तत्पातकं क्षयं यातु भवंतं पश्यतो मम
apsuyonau tathā toye yadretaḥ secanaṃ kṛtam | tatpātakaṃ kṣayaṃ yātu bhavaṃtaṃ paśyato mama
Whatever emission of semen was made into a water-born womb or into water — let that sin perish, as I look upon you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.162
विश्वासघातकं यञ्च अज्ञात्वा मा यया कृतम् । तत्पातकं क्षयं यातु भवंतं पश्यतो मम
viśvāsaghātakaṃ yañca ajñātvā mā yayā kṛtam | tatpātakaṃ kṣayaṃ yātu bhavaṃtaṃ paśyato mama
And whatever betrayal of trust was done by me unknowingly, through delusion — let that sin perish, as I look upon you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 7 17.163
असत्यवचनं यच्च मया प्रोक्तं क्षणे क्षणे । तत्पातकं क्षयं यातु भवंतं पश्यतोमम
asatyavacanaṃ yacca mayā proktaṃ kṣaṇe kṣaṇe | tatpātakaṃ kṣayaṃ yātu bhavaṃtaṃ paśyatomama
And whatever untrue speech was uttered by me moment after moment — let that sin perish, as I look upon you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.164
सतां निंदा कृता या च परहिंसा च सर्वदा । तत्पातकं क्षयंयातु भवंतं पश्यतो मम
satāṃ niṃdā kṛtā yā ca parahiṃsā ca sarvadā | tatpātakaṃ kṣayaṃyātu bhavaṃtaṃ paśyato mama
And whatever slandering of the good was done, and harming of others at all times — let that sin perish, as I look upon you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.165
श्लेष्मा च कफकं चैव यद्वक्त्रे च मया कृतम् । तत्पातकं क्षयं यातु भवंतं पश्यतो मम
śleṣmā ca kaphakaṃ caiva yadvaktre ca mayā kṛtam | tatpātakaṃ kṣayaṃ yātu bhavaṃtaṃ paśyato mama
And whatever spitting of mucus and phlegm was done by me from my mouth — let that sin perish, as I look upon you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.166
वनस्पतिगते सोमे यत्कृतं तरुघातनम् । तत्पातकं क्षयं यातु भवंतं पश्यतो मम
vanaspatigate some yatkṛtaṃ tarughātanam | tatpātakaṃ kṣayaṃ yātu bhavaṃtaṃ paśyato mama
Whatever felling of a tree was done when the soma (sap) had gone into the tree — let that sin perish, as I look upon you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 7 17.167
पथि देवालये गोष्ठे मूलमंत्रं च यत्कृतम् । तत्पातकं क्षयं यातु भवंतं पश्यतो मम
pathi devālaye goṣṭhe mūlamaṃtraṃ ca yatkṛtam | tatpātakaṃ kṣayaṃ yātu bhavaṃtaṃ paśyato mama
And whatever root-mantra (muttering) was done on the road, in a temple, or in a cow-pen — let that sin perish, as I look upon you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 7 17.168
अभक्तिर्वितता या च पितुर्मातुश्च केशव । तत्पातकं क्षयं यातु भवंतं पश्यतो मम
abhaktirvitatā yā ca piturmātuśca keśava | tatpātakaṃ kṣayaṃ yātu bhavaṃtaṃ paśyato mama
And whatever lack of devotion was shown toward father and mother, O Keśava — let that sin perish, as I look upon you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.169
स्नानार्थं भोजनार्थं च गच्छन्यस्तु निवारितः । तत्पातकंक्षयंयातुभवंतंपश्यतोमम
snānārthaṃ bhojanārthaṃ ca gacchanyastu nivāritaḥ | tatpātakaṃkṣayaṃyātubhavaṃtaṃpaśyatomama
And whoever, going for the sake of bathing or of eating, was turned back (by me) — let that sin perish, as I look upon you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.170
एकादश्यांसुरश्रेष्ठयन्मयाभोजनंकृतम् । तत्पातकं क्षयं यातु भवंतं पश्यतो मम
ekādaśyāṃsuraśreṣṭhayanmayābhojanaṃkṛtam | tatpātakaṃ kṣayaṃ yātu bhavaṃtaṃ paśyato mama
Whatever eating was done by me on the eleventh day, O best of gods — let that sin perish, as I look upon you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.171
अतिथिर्गृहमागच्छन्पूजितो न मया प्रभो । तत्पातकं क्षयं यातु भवंतं पश्यतो मम
atithirgṛhamāgacchanpūjito na mayā prabho | tatpātakaṃ kṣayaṃ yātu bhavaṃtaṃ paśyato mama
A guest coming to my house was not honored by me, O Lord — let that sin perish, as I look upon you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.172
द्वादश्यां च दशम्यां च कृतं यच्च द्विभोजनम् । तत्पातकं क्षयं यातु भवंतं पश्यतो मम
dvādaśyāṃ ca daśamyāṃ ca kṛtaṃ yacca dvibhojanam | tatpātakaṃ kṣayaṃ yātu bhavaṃtaṃ paśyato mama
And whatever eating twice was done on the twelfth and on the tenth day — let that sin perish, as I look upon you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.173
निवारणं कृतं यच्च पानार्थं धावती गवाम् । तत्पातकं क्षयं यातु भवंतं पश्यतो मम
nivāraṇaṃ kṛtaṃ yacca pānārthaṃ dhāvatī gavām | tatpātakaṃ kṣayaṃ yātu bhavaṃtaṃ paśyato mama
And whatever hindering was done of cows running for the sake of drinking — let that sin perish, as I look upon you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.174
असमाप्य परित्यक्तं व्रतमारभ्य यन्मया । तत्पातकं क्षयं यातु भवंतं पश्यतो मम
asamāpya parityaktaṃ vratamārabhya yanmayā | tatpātakaṃ kṣayaṃ yātu bhavaṃtaṃ paśyato mama
Whatever vow was begun by me and abandoned without completing it — let that sin perish, as I look upon you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.175
कूटसाक्ष्यं निरुक्तं यन्मित्रवात्सल्यतो मया । तत्पातकं क्षयं यातु भवंतं पश्यतो मम
kūṭasākṣyaṃ niruktaṃ yanmitravātsalyato mayā | tatpātakaṃ kṣayaṃ yātu bhavaṃtaṃ paśyato mama
Whatever false testimony was uttered by me out of affection for a friend — let that sin perish, as I look upon you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.176
ऋतुकालाभिगमनं निजपत्न्यां कृतं न यत् । तत्पातकं क्षयं यातु भवंतं पश्यतो मम
ṛtukālābhigamanaṃ nijapatnyāṃ kṛtaṃ na yat | tatpātakaṃ kṣayaṃ yātu bhavaṃtaṃ paśyato mama
Whatever approaching of my own wife at her fertile season was not done — let that sin perish, as I look upon you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.177
असंस्कृते गृहे यच्च भोजनं विहितं मया । तत्पातकं क्षयं यातु भवंतं पश्यतो मम
asaṃskṛte gṛhe yacca bhojanaṃ vihitaṃ mayā | tatpātakaṃ kṣayaṃ yātu bhavaṃtaṃ paśyato mama
And the eating that I did in an unconsecrated house — let that sin perish as I look upon you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.178
ग्रामयाचकवृत्तिश्च या मया नृहरे कृता । तत्पातकं क्षयं यातु भवंतं पश्यतो मम
grāmayācakavṛttiśca yā mayā nṛhare kṛtā | tatpātakaṃ kṣayaṃ yātu bhavaṃtaṃ paśyato mama
And the livelihood of a village beggar that I followed, O Man-lion — let that sin perish as I look upon you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.179
दण्ड्यमाने मया भूपे प्रभुत्वं यत्कृतं प्रभो । तत्पातकं क्षयं यातु भवंतं पश्यतो मम
daṇḍyamāne mayā bhūpe prabhutvaṃ yatkṛtaṃ prabho | tatpātakaṃ kṣayaṃ yātu bhavaṃtaṃ paśyato mama
When a king was being punished by me, the lordliness that I displayed, O Lord — let that sin perish as I look upon you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 7 17.180
पौराणिककथामध्ये यो विघ्नो विहितो मया । तत्पातकं क्षयं यातु भवंतं पश्यतो मम
paurāṇikakathāmadhye yo vighno vihito mayā | tatpātakaṃ kṣayaṃ yātu bhavaṃtaṃ paśyato mama
Whatever obstruction I caused in the middle of a recitation of the Purāṇas — let that sin perish as I look upon you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.181
आदरेण मया या च परपाककथा श्रुता । तत्पातकं क्षयं यातु भवंतं पश्यतो मम
ādareṇa mayā yā ca parapākakathā śrutā | tatpātakaṃ kṣayaṃ yātu bhavaṃtaṃ paśyato mama
And the talk about another's cooking that I listened to with interest — let that sin perish as I look upon you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 7 17.182
अश्वत्थच्छेदनं यच्च धात्र्याश्च च्छेदनं कृतम् । तत्पातकं क्षयं यातु भवंतं पश्यतो मम
aśvatthacchedanaṃ yacca dhātryāśca cchedanaṃ kṛtam | tatpātakaṃ kṣayaṃ yātu bhavaṃtaṃ paśyato mama
And the cutting down of an aśvattha tree, and the cutting of a dhātrī (āmalakī) tree, that I did — let that sin perish as I look upon you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.183
दधिदुग्धघृतानां च विक्रयो यः कृतो मया । तत्पातकं क्षयं यातु भवंतं पश्यतो मम
dadhidugdhaghṛtānāṃ ca vikrayo yaḥ kṛto mayā | tatpātakaṃ kṣayaṃ yātu bhavaṃtaṃ paśyato mama
And the selling of curds, milk and ghee that I did — let that sin perish as I look upon you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.184
आशां दत्वा परेभ्यश्च कृता सा निष्फला मया । तत्पातकं क्षयं यातु भवंतं पश्यतो मम
āśāṃ datvā parebhyaśca kṛtā sā niṣphalā mayā | tatpātakaṃ kṣayaṃ yātu bhavaṃtaṃ paśyato mama
And having raised hope in others, when I let that hope go unfulfilled — let that sin perish as I look upon you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.185
द्विजाश्च याचकाश्चैव कोपदृष्ट्या मयेक्षिताः । तत्पातकं क्षयं यातु भवंतं पश्यतो मम
dvijāśca yācakāścaiva kopadṛṣṭyā mayekṣitāḥ | tatpātakaṃ kṣayaṃ yātu bhavaṃtaṃ paśyato mama
And twice-born men and beggars looked upon by me with an angry eye — let that sin perish as I look upon you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.186
जीवनोपायदातारः कोपान्निर्भर्त्सिता मया । तत्पातकं क्षयं यातु भवंतं पश्यतो मम
jīvanopāyadātāraḥ kopānnirbhartsitā mayā | tatpātakaṃ kṣayaṃ yātu bhavaṃtaṃ paśyato mama
Those who gave me the means of living, whom I reviled out of anger — let that sin perish as I look upon you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.187
बहुनात्र किमुक्तेन बहुजन्मार्जितानि च । क्षयं गतानि पापानि भवंतं पश्यतो मम
bahunātra kimuktena bahujanmārjitāni ca | kṣayaṃ gatāni pāpāni bhavaṃtaṃ paśyato mama
Why say much about this here? The sins amassed over many births have perished as I look upon you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.188
कृतार्थोऽस्मि कृतार्थोऽस्मि कृतार्थोऽस्मि न संशयः । नमस्तुभ्यं नमस्तुभ्यं नमस्तुभ्यं जगत्पते
kṛtārtho'smi kṛtārtho'smi kṛtārtho'smi na saṃśayaḥ | namastubhyaṃ namastubhyaṃ namastubhyaṃ jagatpate
I have attained my purpose, I have attained my purpose, I have attained my purpose — of that there is no doubt. Homage to you, homage to you, homage to you, Lord of the world!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.189
इत्युक्त्वाऽसौ द्विजो भक्त्या पुलकांचितविग्रहः । पपात जैमिने विष्णोश्चारुपादांबुजद्वये
ityuktvā'sau dvijo bhaktyā pulakāṃcitavigrahaḥ | papāta jaimine viṣṇoścārupādāṃbujadvaye
Having said this, that brahmin, his body bristling with thrilled hairs from devotion, fell, O Jaimini, at Viṣṇu's pair of lovely lotus feet.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.190
श्रीभगवानुवाच- उत्तिष्ठोत्तिष्ठ ते विप्र तुष्टोऽस्मि तव भक्तितः । किंतेऽभिलषितं ब्रूहि तत्ते दास्याम्यहं ध्रुवम्
śrībhagavānuvāca- uttiṣṭhottiṣṭha te vipra tuṣṭo'smi tava bhaktitaḥ | kiṃte'bhilaṣitaṃ brūhi tatte dāsyāmyahaṃ dhruvam
The Blessed Lord said: Rise, rise, brahmin; I am pleased with your devotion. Say what you desire — I shall surely give you that.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.191
भद्रतनुरुवाच- परमेश्वरगोविन्द दयालो परमाच्युत । यत्संप्रति मया प्राप्तं तत्केन भुवि लभ्यते
bhadratanuruvāca- parameśvaragovinda dayālo paramācyuta | yatsaṃprati mayā prāptaṃ tatkena bhuvi labhyate
Bhadratanu said: O Supreme Lord, Govinda, compassionate one, highest Acyuta — that which I have now obtained, by whom is it obtained on earth?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.192
तथाप्येकं वरं याचे मुरारे तव सन्निधौ । जन्मजन्मनिमे भक्तिस्त्वय्यस्तु सुदृढा प्रभो
tathāpyekaṃ varaṃ yāce murāre tava sannidhau | janmajanmanime bhaktistvayyastu sudṛḍhā prabho
Even so, I ask one boon in your presence, O Murāri: let my devotion to you be very firm, birth after birth, O Lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.193
मया कृतमिदं स्तोत्रं यः पठेद्भक्तितो नरः । तस्याभिलषितं सर्वं प्रसन्नस्त्वं प्रदास्यसि
mayā kṛtamidaṃ stotraṃ yaḥ paṭhedbhaktito naraḥ | tasyābhilaṣitaṃ sarvaṃ prasannastvaṃ pradāsyasi
Whatever man shall recite this hymn made by me with devotion, to him, being pleased, you will grant all that he desires.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.194
श्रीभगवानुवाच- दत्तोऽयं ते वरः कोऽपि विप्र नास्त्यत्र संशयः । किंतु त्वया सह प्राज्ञ सख्यं कर्तुं मयेष्यते
śrībhagavānuvāca- datto'yaṃ te varaḥ ko'pi vipra nāstyatra saṃśayaḥ | kiṃtu tvayā saha prājña sakhyaṃ kartuṃ mayeṣyate
The Blessed Lord said: This boon of yours is granted, brahmin — there is no doubt in this. But, wise one, I wish to make friendship with you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.195
न मे सेवकयोग्यास्ते भवानहमिह द्विज । अतः सख्यं प्रविवृतं त्वया सह मयाधुना
na me sevakayogyāste bhavānahamiha dvija | ataḥ sakhyaṃ pravivṛtaṃ tvayā saha mayādhunā
Here, O twice-born, you are not fit to be my servant, nor I (your master); therefore friendship with you has now been opened up by me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 7 17.196
व्यास उवाच- ततो नारायणो देवो दयालुर्भक्तवत्सलः । चकार जैमिने सख्यं तेन पुण्यात्मना सह
vyāsa uvāca- tato nārāyaṇo devo dayālurbhaktavatsalaḥ | cakāra jaimine sakhyaṃ tena puṇyātmanā saha
Vyāsa said: Then the god Nārāyaṇa, compassionate and fond of his devotees, made friendship, O Jaimini, with that man of holy soul.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.197
निजकण्ठगतां मालां ददौ तस्मै मुदा हरिः । सोऽपि विप्रो ददौ भक्त्या हरेस्तुलसिकास्रजम्
nijakaṇṭhagatāṃ mālāṃ dadau tasmai mudā hariḥ | so'pi vipro dadau bhaktyā harestulasikāsrajam
Hari joyfully gave him the garland that hung on his own neck; and that brahmin too, with devotion, gave Hari a wreath of tulasī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.198
प्रसार्य चतुरो बाहूंस्तमालिंगितवान्हरिः । स विप्रोऽपि मुदा विष्णुं तमालिंगितवान्प्रभुः
prasārya caturo bāhūṃstamāliṃgitavānhariḥ | sa vipro'pi mudā viṣṇuṃ tamāliṃgitavānprabhuḥ
Stretching out his four arms, Hari embraced him; and that brahmin too joyfully embraced Viṣṇu, the Lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.199
इत्थं कृत्वा हरिः सख्यं तेनाग्रजन्मना सह । भक्तिग्राही दयालुः स तत्रैवांतरधीयत
itthaṃ kṛtvā hariḥ sakhyaṃ tenāgrajanmanā saha | bhaktigrāhī dayāluḥ sa tatraivāṃtaradhīyata
Having thus made friendship with that twice-born, Hari — the compassionate one who accepts devotion — vanished right there.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.200
ततः प्रतिदिनं तत्र क्षेत्रे च पुरुषोत्तमे । आरेभे कंदुकक्रीडां हरिस्तेनाग्रजन्मना २०० 7.17.
tataḥ pratidinaṃ tatra kṣetre ca puruṣottame | ārebhe kaṃdukakrīḍāṃ haristenāgrajanmanā 200 7.17.
Then every day, there in the field of Puruṣottama, Hari began the ball-game with that twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.201
कदाचिद्दुर्बलं दृष्ट्वा तं विप्रं करुणामयः । उवाच वाचं विप्रर्षेमित्रवात्सल्यतो हरिः
kadāciddurbalaṃ dṛṣṭvā taṃ vipraṃ karuṇāmayaḥ | uvāca vācaṃ viprarṣemitravātsalyato hariḥ
Once, seeing that brahmin grown weak, Hari, full of compassion, spoke a word out of affection for his friend: "O sage among brahmins..."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.202
श्रीभगवानुवाच- सखे कथं दुर्बलस्त्वं हृतं केन धनं तव । हृदि का वा च ते चिन्ता सखे तद्वक्तुमर्हसि
śrībhagavānuvāca- sakhe kathaṃ durbalastvaṃ hṛtaṃ kena dhanaṃ tava | hṛdi kā vā ca te cintā sakhe tadvaktumarhasi
The Blessed Lord said: Friend, how is it that you are weak? By whom has your wealth been taken? Or what is the worry in your heart? Friend, you should tell it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.203
भद्रतनुरुवाच- त्वत्प्रीतये जगन्नाथ नित्यमेव मया तपः । क्रियते तेन मे गात्रं याति दुर्बलतां प्रभो
bhadratanuruvāca- tvatprītaye jagannātha nityameva mayā tapaḥ | kriyate tena me gātraṃ yāti durbalatāṃ prabho
Bhadratanu said: For your pleasure, O Lord of the world, austerity is performed by me every day; by that, O Lord, my body grows weak.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.204
श्रीभगवानुवाच- यथा त्वयि प्रसन्नोऽस्मि कस्मिंश्च न तथा सखे । कायक्लेशं पुनः कस्मात्करोषि द्विजसत्तम
śrībhagavānuvāca- yathā tvayi prasanno'smi kasmiṃśca na tathā sakhe | kāyakleśaṃ punaḥ kasmātkaroṣi dvijasattama
The Blessed Lord said: As I am pleased with you, I am not so with anyone else, friend; then why, best of the twice-born, do you go on afflicting your body?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.205
दुर्बलं त्वां समालोक्य हृदि मे जायते व्यथा । कायक्लेशमतः सर्वं जहीहि द्विजसत्तम
durbalaṃ tvāṃ samālokya hṛdi me jāyate vyathā | kāyakleśamataḥ sarvaṃ jahīhi dvijasattama
Seeing you weak, pain arises in my heart; therefore give up all mortification of the body, O best of the twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.206
निजोत्तरीयैर्निजवस्त्रभूषण्सुचारुचामीकरकुड्मलाभ्याम् । स्वहस्तराजद्वलयैश्च विप्रः स्वयं सुरेशेन च मंडितोऽसौ
nijottarīyairnijavastrabhūṣaṇsucārucāmīkarakuḍmalābhyām | svahastarājadvalayaiśca vipraḥ svayaṃ sureśena ca maṃḍito'sau
With his own upper garments, with his own clothes and ornaments, with a pair of very lovely golden bud-shaped (earrings), and with the bracelets shining on his own hands, that brahmin was himself adorned by the Lord of the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.207
किरीटमानीय निजाल्ललाटात्पादाच्च पादांगदयुग्ममीशः । सुवर्णहारं निजकंठदेशात्तस्मै ददौ विप्रवराय कृष्णः
kirīṭamānīya nijāllalāṭātpādācca pādāṃgadayugmamīśaḥ | suvarṇahāraṃ nijakaṃṭhadeśāttasmai dadau vipravarāya kṛṣṇaḥ
The Lord Kṛṣṇa, taking the crown from his own forehead and the pair of anklets from his feet, and the golden necklace from his own neck, gave them to that best of brahmins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.208
तैर्भूषणैः श्रीहरिणा प्रदत्तैर्विभूषितोऽयं सुकृती द्विजन्मा । क्रीडेत्सदा कंदुककेलिवेत्ता कृष्णेन कृष्णांबुजसुंदरेण
tairbhūṣaṇaiḥ śrīhariṇā pradattairvibhūṣito'yaṃ sukṛtī dvijanmā | krīḍetsadā kaṃdukakelivettā kṛṣṇena kṛṣṇāṃbujasuṃdareṇa
Adorned with those ornaments given by Śrī Hari, this meritorious twice-born, skilled in ball-play, would ever sport with Kṛṣṇa, who is lovely as a dark lotus.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.209
तमेकदा भूषणभूषिताड्गं तांबूलरागारुचिरोष्ठयुग्मम् । दिव्यांबरं चारुतरोत्तरीयं स्मेराननं तत्र ददर्श दांतः
tamekadā bhūṣaṇabhūṣitāḍgaṃ tāṃbūlarāgāruciroṣṭhayugmam | divyāṃbaraṃ cārutarottarīyaṃ smerānanaṃ tatra dadarśa dāṃtaḥ
One day Dānta saw him there: his limbs adorned with ornaments, his two lips lovely with the red of betel, clad in divine garments, with a most beautiful upper robe, his face smiling.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.210
दांत उवाच- भद्र भद्रतनोऽद्यापि पापदृष्टिं न मुंचसि । दृष्ट्वापि भवतः कार्यं निंदितं सकलैर्जनैः
dāṃta uvāca- bhadra bhadratano'dyāpi pāpadṛṣṭiṃ na muṃcasi | dṛṣṭvāpi bhavataḥ kāryaṃ niṃditaṃ sakalairjanaiḥ
Dānta said: Bhadra, Bhadratanu, even now you do not give up your sinful gaze — even having seen (it), your deed is condemned by all people.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 7 17.211
शिष्यः कृतस्त्वं यस्मान्मे सर्वमेव हि भूषणम् । अहंयुश्चापि दुःशीलो निर्दयः पापतत्परः
śiṣyaḥ kṛtastvaṃ yasmānme sarvameva hi bhūṣaṇam | ahaṃyuścāpi duḥśīlo nirdayaḥ pāpatatparaḥ
Since you were made my pupil, all of it is indeed an ornament (to me?). (A pupil who is) egotistic, ill-natured, pitiless, bent on sin,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 7 17.212
गुरुकीर्तिविनाशी च पंचैते शिष्यपांसुलाः । अभक्तो बहुभाषी च तथा चंचलमानसः
gurukīrtivināśī ca paṃcaite śiṣyapāṃsulāḥ | abhakto bahubhāṣī ca tathā caṃcalamānasaḥ
and a destroyer of the teacher's fame — these five are defilers among pupils; (also) the undevoted, the talkative, and likewise the fickle-minded,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.213
परोक्षगुरुनिंदाकृत्प्रोक्ताः शिष्याधमा इमे । चरित्रमुत्तमं ज्ञात्वा शिष्यः कार्यो विचक्षणैः
parokṣaguruniṃdākṛtproktāḥ śiṣyādhamā ime | caritramuttamaṃ jñātvā śiṣyaḥ kāryo vicakṣaṇaiḥ
and one who reviles his teacher behind his back — these are declared the lowest of pupils. The discerning should make (someone) a pupil only after knowing his conduct to be excellent.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.214
यतो दुर्जनगा विद्या गुरूणां चापि दुःखदा । कीर्तिदास्तैश्च या विद्या निरुक्तास्तत्वदर्शिभिः
yato durjanagā vidyā gurūṇāṃ cāpi duḥkhadā | kīrtidāstaiśca yā vidyā niruktāstatvadarśibhiḥ
For learning that goes to bad men brings sorrow even to the teachers; those learnings which are bestowers of fame have been so declared by the seers of truth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.215
ता वै दुर्जनगाः सद्यो गुरोर्घ्नंति यशस्तरुम् । पापेभ्यः पुण्यकर्माणि न रोचंते कदापि च
tā vai durjanagāḥ sadyo gurorghnaṃti yaśastarum | pāpebhyaḥ puṇyakarmāṇi na rocaṃte kadāpi ca
Those (very learnings), when they go to bad men, at once kill the tree of the teacher's fame. To the wicked, meritorious deeds are never pleasing.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.216
न रोचते मक्षिकाभ्यः सुगन्धिचंदनं यथा । यथा मिष्टान्नपानेन न हि तृप्यंति गर्दभा
na rocate makṣikābhyaḥ sugandhicaṃdanaṃ yathā | yathā miṣṭānnapānena na hi tṛpyaṃti gardabhā
Just as fragrant sandal is not pleasing to flies, and just as donkeys are not satisfied by sweet food and drink,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.217
दुर्जना न हि तृप्यंति यथा धर्मस्य चिंतया । अपकीर्तिभयाल्लक्ष्मीर्धर्मश्च सर्वकामदः
durjanā na hi tṛpyaṃti yathā dharmasya ciṃtayā | apakīrtibhayāllakṣmīrdharmaśca sarvakāmadaḥ
The wicked are indeed not satisfied by reflection on dharma, just as (flies are not by sandal, or asses by sweet food). From fear of ill repute (come) fortune and dharma, which grant all desires.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 7 17.218
कदाचिन्न भजेद्दुष्टं भजेद्वा गच्छति क्षयम् । प्रतिजन्मनि या विद्या भाग्येन लभते परा
kadācinna bhajedduṣṭaṃ bhajedvā gacchati kṣayam | pratijanmani yā vidyā bhāgyena labhate parā
One should never serve a wicked man; or if one serves (him), one goes to ruin. The supreme knowledge which in each birth (a man) obtains by good fortune —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 7 17.219
कदाचिल्लभते वापि तदा त्वं तरते विधिः
kadācillabhate vāpi tadā tvaṃ tarate vidhiḥ
— or if he does obtain (it) at some time, then destiny carries you across.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 7 17.220
भद्रतनुरुवाच- सत्यं ब्रवीषि विप्रर्षे नास्मि शास्त्रविशारदः । मया शिष्येण ते क्वापि नापकीर्तिर्भविष्यति
bhadratanuruvāca- satyaṃ bravīṣi viprarṣe nāsmi śāstraviśāradaḥ | mayā śiṣyeṇa te kvāpi nāpakīrtirbhaviṣyati
Bhadratanu said: You speak the truth, O seer among brahmins; I am not skilled in the scriptures. Through me as your pupil no ill repute will ever come to you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.221
त्वत्प्रसादाद्दिवजश्रेष्ठ सर्वाभिलषितं मम । सिद्धिं प्रतिगतं यस्मात्त्वमेको भुवि दुर्ल्लभः
tvatprasādāddivajaśreṣṭha sarvābhilaṣitaṃ mama | siddhiṃ pratigataṃ yasmāttvameko bhuvi durllabhaḥ
By your grace, O best of the twice-born, all that I desired has come to fulfilment, since you alone are hard to find on earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.222
दांत उवाच- किं तेऽभिलषितं विप्र सिद्धिं प्रतिगतं वद । अचिरेणैव तपसां कथमुद्यापनं कृतम्
dāṃta uvāca- kiṃ te'bhilaṣitaṃ vipra siddhiṃ pratigataṃ vada | acireṇaiva tapasāṃ kathamudyāpanaṃ kṛtam
Dānta said: Tell (me), brahmin, what desire of yours has come to fulfilment, and how in so short a time the concluding rite of (your) austerities was performed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.223
भद्रतनुरुवाच- स्वल्पश्रमैरपि प्राप्तं मया संदर्शनं हरेः । यस्याज्ञया गुरो त्यक्तं मया नित्यक्रियादिकम्
bhadratanuruvāca- svalpaśramairapi prāptaṃ mayā saṃdarśanaṃ hareḥ | yasyājñayā guro tyaktaṃ mayā nityakriyādikam
Bhadratanu said: Even with very little effort I obtained the sight of Hari, by whose command, O teacher, I gave up the daily rites and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.224
निजोत्तरीयं वस्त्रं च सुवर्णकलशद्वयम् । स्वहस्तवलयं चापि स्वललाटकिरीटकम्
nijottarīyaṃ vastraṃ ca suvarṇakalaśadvayam | svahastavalayaṃ cāpi svalalāṭakirīṭakam
His own upper garment, and two golden pots, and the bracelet from his own hand, and the diadem from his own forehead,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.225
निजपादतुलाकोटिं निजमुक्तावलीं ददौ । तथा मे भगवान्विष्णुः सुप्रीतो द्विजसत्तम
nijapādatulākoṭiṃ nijamuktāvalīṃ dadau | tathā me bhagavānviṣṇuḥ suprīto dvijasattama
the anklet from his own foot and his own string of pearls he gave (me): so greatly pleased with me was the Lord Viṣṇu, O best of the twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.226
मया सह स कृत्वास्ते सख्यं सेवकदुःखहा । करोमि कंदुकाक्रीडां गुरो तेन सहानिशम्
mayā saha sa kṛtvāste sakhyaṃ sevakaduḥkhahā | karomi kaṃdukākrīḍāṃ guro tena sahāniśam
He, the remover of his servants' sorrow, has made friendship with me; O teacher, day and night I play at ball with him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.227
एतन्मे वचनं श्रुत्वा गच्छामि न हि यद्यपि । प्रतीत्या च मया प्रोक्तं तथापि तव सन्निधौ
etanme vacanaṃ śrutvā gacchāmi na hi yadyapi | pratītyā ca mayā proktaṃ tathāpi tava sannidhau
Having heard this word of mine — although I do not (usually) go there — yet out of confidence it was spoken by me in your presence.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 7 17.228
दांत उवाच- सप्तवर्षसहस्राणि भक्त्या परमया मया । आराधितोऽपि मे विष्णुर्दर्शनं न ददौ विभुः
dāṃta uvāca- saptavarṣasahasrāṇi bhaktyā paramayā mayā | ārādhito'pi me viṣṇurdarśanaṃ na dadau vibhuḥ
Dānta said: Though Viṣṇu was worshipped by me with supreme devotion for seven thousand years, the mighty Lord did not grant me his sight.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.229
अहो विष्णुं समाराध्य पंचाहान्येव सत्तम । त्वया संदर्शनं प्राप्तं दैवतैरपि दुर्ल्लभम्
aho viṣṇuṃ samārādhya paṃcāhānyeva sattama | tvayā saṃdarśanaṃ prāptaṃ daivatairapi durllabham
Ah! Having worshipped Viṣṇu for only five days, O best one, you have obtained a sight (of him) that is hard to win even for the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.230
धन्योऽसि त्वं कृतार्थोऽसि साक्षाद्देवस्त्वमुच्यते । यतस्त्वया सह स्वामी प्रेम्णा सख्यं चकार ह
dhanyo'si tvaṃ kṛtārtho'si sākṣāddevastvamucyate | yatastvayā saha svāmī premṇā sakhyaṃ cakāra ha
You are blessed, you have attained your aim; you are called a god in visible form, since the Lord has out of love made friendship with you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.231
यदा मयि तव स्नेहो विद्यते द्विजसत्तम । कथं कथय मे विप्र दुर्ल्लभं विष्णुदर्शनम्
yadā mayi tava sneho vidyate dvijasattama | kathaṃ kathaya me vipra durllabhaṃ viṣṇudarśanam
Since you have affection for me, O best of the twice-born, tell me, O brahmin, how the hard-to-win sight of Viṣṇu (is to be had).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.232
व्यास उवाच- इत्युक्तो गुरुणा विप्रो विपिने निजमाश्रमम् । जगाम विस्मितो धीमान्विष्णुभक्तिपरायणः
vyāsa uvāca- ityukto guruṇā vipro vipine nijamāśramam | jagāma vismito dhīmānviṣṇubhaktiparāyaṇaḥ
Vyāsa said: Thus addressed by his teacher, the wise brahmin, devoted wholly to Viṣṇu, went astonished to his own hermitage in the forest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.233
अथान्यस्मिन्दिने गत्वा कंदुकक्रीडनं कृतम् । उवाचेति जगन्नाथं दयालुं विनयान्वितः
athānyasmindine gatvā kaṃdukakrīḍanaṃ kṛtam | uvāceti jagannāthaṃ dayāluṃ vinayānvitaḥ
Then on another day he went and the ball-play was carried on; and full of humility he spoke thus to Jagannātha, the compassionate one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.234
भद्रतनुरुवाच- गुरुर्हि मम देवेंद्र तव दर्शनमिच्छति । काज्ञा ते तिष्ठतो ब्रूहि दयालो कमलापते
bhadratanuruvāca- gururhi mama deveṃdra tava darśanamicchati | kājñā te tiṣṭhato brūhi dayālo kamalāpate
Bhadratanu said: My teacher, O Indra of the gods, wishes to see you; what is your command, as you stand (here)? Tell (me), O compassionate one, husband of Kamalā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 7 17.235
एकांतभक्तो विप्रोऽसौ तव पद्मनिभेक्षण । अतस्तस्मै सुरश्रेष्ठ दर्शनं दातुमर्हसि
ekāṃtabhakto vipro'sau tava padmanibhekṣaṇa | atastasmai suraśreṣṭha darśanaṃ dātumarhasi
That brahmin is a devotee of yours alone, O you whose eyes are like the lotus; therefore, O best of the gods, you ought to grant him a sight (of you).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.236
श्रीभगवानुवाच- अनेकजन्म विप्रेन्द्र भक्त्या परमया त्वया । पूजितोऽहमतो दत्तं दर्शनं ते मयाऽधुना
śrībhagavānuvāca- anekajanma viprendra bhaktyā paramayā tvayā | pūjito'hamato dattaṃ darśanaṃ te mayā'dhunā
The blessed Lord said: For many births, O chief of brahmins, I have been worshipped by you with supreme devotion; therefore the sight (of me) has now been granted to you by me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.237
कतिचिद्दिवसांतेन मामभ्यर्च्य द्विजः स च । मां द्रष्टुमिच्छति प्राज्ञस्त्वदृश्यं दैवतैरपि
katiciddivasāṃtena māmabhyarcya dvijaḥ sa ca | māṃ draṣṭumicchati prājñastvadṛśyaṃ daivatairapi
And that brahmin, having worshipped me for the space of some few days, wise as he is, wishes to see me — me who am not to be seen even by the gods.
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PdP 7 17.238
मम सोऽपि महाभक्तो मत्सपर्यापरायणः । मम संदर्शनं तस्मात्कदाचिद्द्विज लप्स्यति
mama so'pi mahābhakto matsaparyāparāyaṇaḥ | mama saṃdarśanaṃ tasmātkadāciddvija lapsyati
He too is a great devotee of mine, wholly devoted to my service; therefore, O brahmin, he will one day obtain the sight of me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.239
व्यास उवाच- इति तस्य वचः श्रुत्वा स विप्रः कमलापतिम् । इत्युवाच पुनर्भक्त्या केशवं क्लेशनाशनम्
vyāsa uvāca- iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā sa vipraḥ kamalāpatim | ityuvāca punarbhaktyā keśavaṃ kleśanāśanam
Vyāsa said: Having heard these words of his, that brahmin spoke again with devotion to the Lord of Lotus (Lakṣmī), to Keśava, the destroyer of afflictions:
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PdP 7 17.240
भद्रतनुरुवाच- अनुग्रहोस्ति देवेश यदा मयि जगत्पते । तदा मे संमुखे देहि दर्शनं भक्तवत्सल
bhadratanuruvāca- anugrahosti deveśa yadā mayi jagatpate | tadā me saṃmukhe dehi darśanaṃ bhaktavatsala
Bhadratanu said: O lord of gods, lord of the world, if there is favour (from you) toward me, then grant me the sight (of you) face to face, O you who are fond of your devotees.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.241
अयाचत गुरुर्देव तव दर्शनदक्षिणाम् । अहो मे गुरवे दत्वा दर्शनं पाहि मां प्रभो
ayācata gururdeva tava darśanadakṣiṇām | aho me gurave datvā darśanaṃ pāhi māṃ prabho
(My) teacher, O god, asked for the fee of the sight of you. Ah, lord, granting the sight to my teacher, protect me!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.242
श्रीभगवानुवाच- यदा नूनं त्वयोत्सृष्टा मत्संदर्शनदक्षिणा । तदा गुरुं समानीय दर्शनं मम कारय
śrībhagavānuvāca- yadā nūnaṃ tvayotsṛṣṭā matsaṃdarśanadakṣiṇā | tadā guruṃ samānīya darśanaṃ mama kāraya
The Blessed Lord said: When indeed you have given up the fee of seeing me, then bring your teacher and cause him to have the sight of me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.243
इत्याज्ञप्तस्ततस्तेन गुरोराश्रममुत्तमम् । ययौ भद्रतनुः प्रीत्या पुनः स्वगुरुरागतः
ityājñaptastatastena gurorāśramamuttamam | yayau bhadratanuḥ prītyā punaḥ svagururāgataḥ
Thus commanded by him, Bhadratanu went joyfully to the excellent hermitage of the teacher, and his own teacher came back (with him).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.244
तस्मिन्विप्रे समायाते दान्ते दातृवरे हरिः । आत्मानं दर्शयामास सर्वलक्षणसंयुतम्
tasminvipre samāyāte dānte dātṛvare hariḥ | ātmānaṃ darśayāmāsa sarvalakṣaṇasaṃyutam
When that brahmin Dānta, the best of givers, had come, Hari showed himself, endowed with all (auspicious) marks.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.245
ततो हरिं समालोक्य स विप्रो हरिभक्तिकृत् । बद्धाञ्जलिस्तमस्तौषीद्धर्षबाष्पविलोचनः
tato hariṃ samālokya sa vipro haribhaktikṛt | baddhāñjalistamastauṣīddharṣabāṣpavilocanaḥ
Then, beholding Hari, that brahmin, a doer of devotion to Hari, with joined palms and eyes (filled) with tears of joy, praised him.
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PdP 7 17.246
दांत उवाच- दयालो कमलाकांत शरणागतपालक । नमस्तुभ्यं नमस्तुभ्यं नमस्तुभ्यं नमोनमः
dāṃta uvāca- dayālo kamalākāṃta śaraṇāgatapālaka | namastubhyaṃ namastubhyaṃ namastubhyaṃ namonamaḥ
Dānta said: O compassionate one, O beloved of Kamalā, O protector of those who come for refuge, homage to you, homage to you, homage to you, homage upon homage!
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PdP 7 17.247
अद्य मे सफलं जन्म अद्य मे सफलं तपः । अद्य मे सफलं सर्वं प्राप्तं त्वद्दर्शनं मया
adya me saphalaṃ janma adya me saphalaṃ tapaḥ | adya me saphalaṃ sarvaṃ prāptaṃ tvaddarśanaṃ mayā
Today my birth has borne fruit, today my austerity has borne fruit, today everything of mine has borne fruit — the sight of you has been gained by me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.248
पूर्वमालोचितं यद्यद्वचनं श्रीपते प्रभो । सिंधुकोटिगभीरस्य प्रसृतं पुरतस्तव
pūrvamālocitaṃ yadyadvacanaṃ śrīpate prabho | siṃdhukoṭigabhīrasya prasṛtaṃ puratastava
Whatever words were thought out before, O lord, O husband of Śrī, have (all) poured forth before you, who are deep as a crore of oceans.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 7 17.249
स्तोत्रं तन्नास्ति संसारे वागीशस्य जगत्पतेः । येन स्तोत्रेण ते प्रीतिं जनयिष्यामि चेतसि
stotraṃ tannāsti saṃsāre vāgīśasya jagatpateḥ | yena stotreṇa te prītiṃ janayiṣyāmi cetasi
There is no such hymn in the world for the lord of speech, the lord of the universe, by which hymn I might produce delight in your mind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.250
रक्षरक्ष प्रभो रक्ष मां प्रसीद जगत्पते । त्वद्दासदासदासानां दासत्वेनापि मां वृणु । व्यास उवाच- ततः प्रहस्य देवेशो भक्तिग्राही दयामयः । करारविंदं तन्मूर्ध्नि दत्वा प्राहेति जैमिने २५० 7.17.
rakṣarakṣa prabho rakṣa māṃ prasīda jagatpate | tvaddāsadāsadāsānāṃ dāsatvenāpi māṃ vṛṇu | vyāsa uvāca- tataḥ prahasya deveśo bhaktigrāhī dayāmayaḥ | karāraviṃdaṃ tanmūrdhni datvā prāheti jaimine 250 7.17.
Protect, protect, O lord, protect me; be gracious, O lord of the world. Choose me even for the servanthood of the servants of the servants of your servants. Vyāsa said: Then the lord of gods, who accepts devotion, full of compassion, smiling, placed his lotus hand on his head and spoke thus, O Jaimini.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.251
श्रीभगवानुवाच- मद्भक्तोऽसि द्विजश्रेष्ठ प्राप्तं मद्दर्शनं त्वया । मत्प्रसादेन भद्रं ते सर्वमेव भविष्यति
śrībhagavānuvāca- madbhakto'si dvijaśreṣṭha prāptaṃ maddarśanaṃ tvayā | matprasādena bhadraṃ te sarvameva bhaviṣyati
The Blessed Lord said: You are my devotee, O best of brahmins; the sight of me has been obtained by you. By my grace all will be well for you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.252
व्यास उवाच- तमालिङ्ग्य ततो दांतं प्रेम्णा भद्रतनुं च तम् । तत्रैवांतर्दधे विप्र सहसा परमेश्वर
vyāsa uvāca- tamāliṅgya tato dāṃtaṃ premṇā bhadratanuṃ ca tam | tatraivāṃtardadhe vipra sahasā parameśvara
Vyāsa said: Then, having embraced with love that Dānta and that Bhadratanu, the Supreme Lord vanished there at once, O brahmin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.253
तस्मिन्क्षेत्रवरे पुण्ये दुर्ल्लभे पुरुषोत्तमे । क्रियायोगैर्हरिन्दृष्ट्वा दांतो धाम परं ययौ
tasminkṣetravare puṇye durllabhe puruṣottame | kriyāyogairharindṛṣṭvā dāṃto dhāma paraṃ yayau
In that best of holy places, the meritorious and hard-to-attain Puruṣottama, having seen Hari by the rites of the kriyāyoga, Dānta went to the supreme abode.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.254
सोऽपि भद्रतनुर्विप्रो हरिभक्तिपरायणः । आयुषोंते ययौ मोक्षं देवानामपि दुर्ल्लभम्
so'pi bhadratanurvipro haribhaktiparāyaṇaḥ | āyuṣoṃte yayau mokṣaṃ devānāmapi durllabham
And that brahmin Bhadratanu too, wholly devoted to devotion to Hari, at the end of his life went to liberation, hard to attain even for the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.255
एकाहमपि यो भक्त्या पूजयेत्परमेश्वरम् । बहुजन्मकृतं पापं प्रीतिः संवर्द्धते हरौ
ekāhamapi yo bhaktyā pūjayetparameśvaram | bahujanmakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ prītiḥ saṃvarddhate harau
Whoever worships the Supreme Lord with devotion even for a single day — the sin committed in many births (is destroyed, and) love for Hari grows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 7 17.256
अद्यापि त्रिदशाः सर्वे ब्रह्माद्या अपि जैमिने । प्रभावं न हि जानंति हरिभक्तस्य भूतले
adyāpi tridaśāḥ sarve brahmādyā api jaimine | prabhāvaṃ na hi jānaṃti haribhaktasya bhūtale
Even today, O Jaimini, all the gods, even Brahmā and the rest, do not know the power of a devotee of Hari on earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.257
कर्मभूमिरियं विप्र स्वर्गादपि च दुर्ल्लभा । यत्र विष्णुं समभ्यर्च्य मर्त्याः स्युः सुरवंदिताः
karmabhūmiriyaṃ vipra svargādapi ca durllabhā | yatra viṣṇuṃ samabhyarcya martyāḥ syuḥ suravaṃditāḥ
This is the land of works, O brahmin, harder to obtain than heaven itself, where mortals, by worshipping Viṣṇu well, may become those whom the gods salute.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.258
शक्राद्यास्त्रिदशाः सर्वे सुपुण्यक्षयभीरवः । अन्योन्यमपि जल्पंतोऽनिशं च द्विजसत्तम
śakrādyāstridaśāḥ sarve supuṇyakṣayabhīravaḥ | anyonyamapi jalpaṃto'niśaṃ ca dvijasattama
All the thirty (gods) beginning with Śakra, fearful of the exhaustion of their great merit, speak thus even among themselves constantly, O best of the twice-born:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.259
भूय एव गमिष्यामः कर्मभूमिं कदा वयम् । कदा तत्र करिष्यामः पूजां श्रीकमलापतेः
bhūya eva gamiṣyāmaḥ karmabhūmiṃ kadā vayam | kadā tatra kariṣyāmaḥ pūjāṃ śrīkamalāpateḥ
"When shall we go once again to the land of works? When shall we there perform the worship of the Lord of Śrī Kamalā?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.260
अतिधन्या इमे लोका अस्मत्तोऽपि महत्तराः । दुर्ल्लभे भारते वर्षे पूजयंति हरिं प्रभुम्
atidhanyā ime lokā asmatto'pi mahattarāḥ | durllabhe bhārate varṣe pūjayaṃti hariṃ prabhum
These people are exceedingly fortunate, greater even than we, who in the hard-to-attain land of Bharata worship Hari the Lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.261
अहो भारतवर्षस्य कः शक्तो गुणभाषणे । यत्राराध्य हरिं पूर्वं वयं देवत्वमागताः
aho bhāratavarṣasya kaḥ śakto guṇabhāṣaṇe | yatrārādhya hariṃ pūrvaṃ vayaṃ devatvamāgatāḥ
Ah, who is able to speak the merits of Bharatavarṣa, where, having formerly propitiated Hari, we attained godhood?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.262
इत्थं देवगणाः सर्वे वासवाद्या द्विजोत्तम । नित्यं भारतभूभागं प्रशंसंति शुभप्रदम्
itthaṃ devagaṇāḥ sarve vāsavādyā dvijottama | nityaṃ bhāratabhūbhāgaṃ praśaṃsaṃti śubhapradam
Thus all the hosts of gods, Vāsava and the rest, O best of the twice-born, constantly praise the region of Bharata, the bestower of good.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.263
तत्र जन्म समासाद्य येन नाराधितो हरिः । तत्तुल्यः कोऽपि संसारे कोऽपि दृष्टः श्रुतो न च
tatra janma samāsādya yena nārādhito hariḥ | tattulyaḥ ko'pi saṃsāre ko'pi dṛṣṭaḥ śruto na ca
Anyone who, having obtained birth there, has not propitiated Hari — no one equal to him has been seen or heard of in all the round of existence.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.264
सत्यं सत्यं पुनरपि गद्यते सत्यमेव तत् । विश्वात्मानं सकृदपि मानवा येऽर्चयंति च
satyaṃ satyaṃ punarapi gadyate satyameva tat | viśvātmānaṃ sakṛdapi mānavā ye'rcayaṃti ca
It is true, true, and it is said again, that very thing is true: those men who worship the Self of the universe even once,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.265
अप्यश्रांतं द्विज सुदृढया कर्मभूमौ च भक्त्या । मुक्ताः पापैः सुकररचितैर्यांति कैवल्यमाशु
apyaśrāṃtaṃ dvija sudṛḍhayā karmabhūmau ca bhaktyā | muktāḥ pāpaiḥ sukararacitairyāṃti kaivalyamāśu
and untiringly, O twice-born, with very firm devotion in the land of works — they, freed from the sins committed by their own hands, quickly go to absolute release.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 17.611
भ्रूणहत्या कृता या च रेतसां सेचनं भुवि । तत्पातकं क्षयं यातु भवंतं पश्यतो मम
bhrūṇahatyā kṛtā yā ca retasāṃ secanaṃ bhuvi | tatpātakaṃ kṣayaṃ yātu bhavaṃtaṃ paśyato mama
Whatever killing of an embryo has been done, and the spilling of semen on the ground — let that sin come to destruction as I look upon you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition