Padma Purana — Kriya Khanda — Chapter 18
PdP 7 18.1
जैमिनिरुवाच- तीर्थश्रेष्ठमिति प्रोक्तं यत्त्वया पुरुषोत्तमम् । तन्माहात्म्यं गुरो ब्रूहि यदि ते मय्यनुग्रहः
jaiminiruvāca- tīrthaśreṣṭhamiti proktaṃ yattvayā puruṣottamam | tanmāhātmyaṃ guro brūhi yadi te mayyanugrahaḥ
Jaimini said: That Puruṣottama which you have called the best of holy places — tell me its greatness, O teacher, if you have favour toward me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 18.2
व्यास उवाच- पुरुषोत्तमस्य माहात्म्यं समासेन शृणु द्विज । सम्यग्वक्तुं जगत्यस्मिन्कः शक्तो विष्णुना विना
vyāsa uvāca- puruṣottamasya māhātmyaṃ samāsena śṛṇu dvija | samyagvaktuṃ jagatyasminkaḥ śakto viṣṇunā vinā
Vyāsa said: Hear in brief the greatness of Puruṣottama, O twice-born. Who in this world is able to tell it fully, apart from Viṣṇu?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 18.3
लवणांभोनिधेस्तीरं पुरुषोत्तमसंज्ञितम् । पुरं तद्ब्राह्मणश्रेष्ठ स्वर्गादपि च दुर्ल्लभम्
lavaṇāṃbhonidhestīraṃ puruṣottamasaṃjñitam | puraṃ tadbrāhmaṇaśreṣṭha svargādapi ca durllabham
On the shore of the salt ocean is the city named Puruṣottama; that city, O best of brahmins, is harder to obtain than heaven itself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 18.4
स्वयमस्ति पुरे तस्मिन्यतः श्रीपुरुषोत्तमः । पुरुषोत्तममित्युक्तं तस्मात्तन्नामकोविदैः
svayamasti pure tasminyataḥ śrīpuruṣottamaḥ | puruṣottamamityuktaṃ tasmāttannāmakovidaiḥ
Since Śrī Puruṣottama himself is present in that city, therefore it is called "Puruṣottama" by those skilled in that name.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 18.5
क्षेत्रं तद्दुर्ल्लभं विप्र समंताद्दशयोजनम् । तत्रस्थदेहिनो देवैर्दृश्यंते च चतुर्भुजाः
kṣetraṃ taddurllabhaṃ vipra samaṃtāddaśayojanam | tatrasthadehino devairdṛśyaṃte ca caturbhujāḥ
That hard-to-obtain sacred field, O brahmin, is ten yojanas all around; the embodied beings dwelling there are seen by the gods as four-armed.
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PdP 7 18.6
प्रविशन्वै तु तत्क्षेत्रं सर्वे स्युर्विष्णुमूर्तयः । तस्माद्विचारणा तत्र न कर्त्तव्या विचक्षणैः
praviśanvai tu tatkṣetraṃ sarve syurviṣṇumūrtayaḥ | tasmādvicāraṇā tatra na karttavyā vicakṣaṇaiḥ
Indeed, on entering that field all become forms of Viṣṇu; therefore no questioning should be made there by the wise.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 18.7
चाण्डालेनापि संस्पृष्टं ग्राह्यं तत्रान्नमग्रजैः । साक्षाद्विष्णुर्यतस्तत्र चाण्डालो द्विजसत्तम
cāṇḍālenāpi saṃspṛṣṭaṃ grāhyaṃ tatrānnamagrajaiḥ | sākṣādviṣṇuryatastatra cāṇḍālo dvijasattama
There food touched even by a Cāṇḍāla is to be accepted by the twice-born, since there the Cāṇḍāla is Viṣṇu himself, O best of the twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 18.8
तत्रान्नपाचिका लक्ष्मीः स्वयं भोक्ता जनार्द्दनः । तस्मात्तत्रौदनं विप्र दैवतैरपि दुर्ल्लभम्
tatrānnapācikā lakṣmīḥ svayaṃ bhoktā janārddanaḥ | tasmāttatraudanaṃ vipra daivatairapi durllabham
There Lakṣmī is the cooker of the food, and Janārdana himself the eater; therefore the boiled rice there, O brahmin, is hard to obtain even for the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 18.9
हरिभुक्तावशिष्टं यत्पवित्रं भुवि दुर्ल्लभम् । अन्नं ये भुञ्जते लोकास्तेषां मुक्तिर्न दुर्ल्लभा
haribhuktāvaśiṣṭaṃ yatpavitraṃ bhuvi durllabham | annaṃ ye bhuñjate lokāsteṣāṃ muktirna durllabhā
That food which remains from Hari's eating is pure and hard to obtain on earth; for those people who eat it, liberation is not hard to obtain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 18.10
ब्रह्माद्यास्त्रिदशाः सर्वे तदन्नमतिदुर्ल्लभम् । भुञ्जते नित्यमागत्य मानुषाणां च का कथा
brahmādyāstridaśāḥ sarve tadannamatidurllabham | bhuñjate nityamāgatya mānuṣāṇāṃ ca kā kathā
All the thirty gods beginning with Brahmā come and daily eat that most hard-to-obtain food — and what to say of men?
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PdP 7 18.11
न यस्य रमते चित्तं तस्मिन्नन्ने सुदुर्ल्लभे । तमेव विष्णुद्वेष्टारं प्राहुः सर्वमहर्षयः
na yasya ramate cittaṃ tasminnanne sudurllabhe | tameva viṣṇudveṣṭāraṃ prāhuḥ sarvamaharṣayaḥ
He whose mind takes no delight in that most hard-to-obtain food — him alone all the great sages call a hater of Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 18.12
पवित्रं भुवि सर्वत्र यथा गङ्गाजलं द्विज । तथा पवित्रं सर्वत्र तदन्नं पापनाशनम्
pavitraṃ bhuvi sarvatra yathā gaṅgājalaṃ dvija | tathā pavitraṃ sarvatra tadannaṃ pāpanāśanam
As the water of the Gaṅgā is pure everywhere on earth, O twice-born, so that food is pure everywhere, destroying sin.
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PdP 7 18.13
तदन्नं कोमलं दिव्यं यद्यपि द्विजसत्तम । कृकचस्योदरप्रायं तथाप्यघविदारणे
tadannaṃ komalaṃ divyaṃ yadyapi dvijasattama | kṛkacasyodaraprāyaṃ tathāpyaghavidāraṇe
Though that food is soft and divine, O best of the twice-born, yet in tearing apart sin it is like the belly of a saw.
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PdP 7 18.14
पूर्वार्जितानि पापानि क्षयं यास्यंति यस्य वै । भक्तिः प्रवर्तते यस्य तस्मिन्नन्ने सुदुर्ल्लभे
pūrvārjitāni pāpāni kṣayaṃ yāsyaṃti yasya vai | bhaktiḥ pravartate yasya tasminnanne sudurllabhe
Truly, the sins earned formerly will come to destruction for him in whom devotion arises toward that most hard-to-obtain food.
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PdP 7 18.15
बहुजन्मार्जितं पुण्यं यस्य यास्यति संक्षयम् । तस्मिन्नन्ने द्विजश्रेष्ठ तस्य भक्तिर्न जायते
bahujanmārjitaṃ puṇyaṃ yasya yāsyati saṃkṣayam | tasminnanne dvijaśreṣṭha tasya bhaktirna jāyate
He whose merit gathered over many births is going to complete destruction — for him, O best of the twice-born, no devotion to that food arises.
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PdP 7 18.16
इन्द्रद्युम्नस्य सरसि मार्कंडेयह्रदे तथा । रोहिण्यां च समुद्रे च श्वेतगङ्गाजलेषु च
indradyumnasya sarasi mārkaṃḍeyahrade tathā | rohiṇyāṃ ca samudre ca śvetagaṅgājaleṣu ca
In the lake of Indradyumna, and likewise in the Mārkaṇḍeya pool, and in the Rohiṇī (well), and in the ocean, and in the waters of the White Gaṅgā —
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PdP 7 18.17
स्नानं ये कुर्वते मर्त्या भक्तिभावसमन्विताः । तेषां न विद्यते जन्म पुनरस्मिन्महीतले
snānaṃ ye kurvate martyā bhaktibhāvasamanvitāḥ | teṣāṃ na vidyate janma punarasminmahītale
those mortals who bathe (there), filled with the feeling of devotion — for them there is no birth again on this earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 18.18
लवणांभोनिधेस्तोयैः पितरस्तर्पिता द्विज । सर्वदुःखविनिर्मुक्ता व्रजंति हरिमंदिरम्
lavaṇāṃbhonidhestoyaiḥ pitarastarpitā dvija | sarvaduḥkhavinirmuktā vrajaṃti harimaṃdiram
The fathers, gratified with the waters of the salt ocean, O twice-born, are freed from all sorrow and go to the abode of Hari.
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PdP 7 18.19
तीर्थराजः समुद्रो ऽसौ कीर्तितस्तत्वदर्शिभिः । तस्मात्तत्र कृतं कर्म सर्वमेवाक्षयं भवेत्
tīrtharājaḥ samudro 'sau kīrtitastatvadarśibhiḥ | tasmāttatra kṛtaṃ karma sarvamevākṣayaṃ bhavet
That ocean is proclaimed the king of holy places by those who see the truth; therefore every act done there becomes imperishable.
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PdP 7 18.20
पित्रर्चनं तथा दानं भगवच्चरणार्चनम् । जप यज्ञं तथान्यच्च तस्मिन्क्षेत्रे मनोरमे
pitrarcanaṃ tathā dānaṃ bhagavaccaraṇārcanam | japa yajñaṃ tathānyacca tasminkṣetre manorame
Worship of the fathers, and giving, worship of the Lord's feet, muttered prayer, sacrifice, and whatever else, in that delightful holy field —
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PdP 7 18.21
यत्कर्म कुरुते मर्त्यो विष्णुप्रीणनहेतवे । सर्वमेवाक्षयं तच्च भवेन्नास्त्यत्र संशयः
yatkarma kurute martyo viṣṇuprīṇanahetave | sarvamevākṣayaṃ tacca bhavennāstyatra saṃśayaḥ
whatever act a mortal does for the sake of pleasing Viṣṇu, that too becomes wholly imperishable; there is no doubt in this.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 18.22
बलभद्रं सुभद्रां च कृष्णं च कमलेक्षणम् । ये मानवाः प्रपश्यंति तेषां किंचिन्न दुर्ल्लभम्
balabhadraṃ subhadrāṃ ca kṛṣṇaṃ ca kamalekṣaṇam | ye mānavāḥ prapaśyaṃti teṣāṃ kiṃcinna durllabham
Those men who behold Balabhadra and Subhadrā and lotus-eyed Kṛṣṇa — for them nothing is hard to obtain.
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PdP 7 18.23
अदृष्ट्वा श्रीजगन्नाथं सुभद्रां च बलं तथा । मोक्षं न लभते मर्त्यः कुर्वन्पुण्यशतान्यपि
adṛṣṭvā śrījagannāthaṃ subhadrāṃ ca balaṃ tathā | mokṣaṃ na labhate martyaḥ kurvanpuṇyaśatānyapi
Without seeing the glorious Jagannātha, and Subhadrā and Bala too, a mortal does not attain liberation, even though he performs hundreds of meritorious deeds.
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PdP 7 18.24
तत्र वेत्रप्रहारेण शरीरं यस्य लोहितम् । तं वंदंते द्विजश्रेष्ठ देवाः शक्रादयोऽखिलाः
tatra vetraprahāreṇa śarīraṃ yasya lohitam | taṃ vaṃdaṃte dvijaśreṣṭha devāḥ śakrādayo'khilāḥ
Him whose body is bloodied there by a blow of the cane — him, O best of the twice-born, all the gods, Śakra and the rest, salute.
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PdP 7 18.26
स्थित्वांतरिक्षे शक्राद्याः सर्वदेवगणा द्विज । विमानचारिणोऽन्योन्यं प्रवदंतीति हर्षिताः २५अं। कदा मानुष्यमस्मभ्यं दास्यते कमलापतिः । मनुष्य इव गच्छामस्तदा द्रष्टुं हरिं प्रभुम्
sthitvāṃtarikṣe śakrādyāḥ sarvadevagaṇā dvija | vimānacāriṇo'nyonyaṃ pravadaṃtīti harṣitāḥ 25aṃ| kadā mānuṣyamasmabhyaṃ dāsyate kamalāpatiḥ | manuṣya iva gacchāmastadā draṣṭuṃ hariṃ prabhum
Standing in the sky, O twice-born, Śakra and all the hosts of gods, travelling in their celestial cars, say this to one another, delighted: "When will the lord of Kamalā grant us human birth? Then we shall go, like men, to see Hari the Lord."
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PdP 7 18.27
कदा वेत्रप्रहारेण क्षेत्रे श्रीपुरुषोत्तमे । भविष्यंत्यस्मदीयानि लोहितानि वपूंषि च
kadā vetraprahāreṇa kṣetre śrīpuruṣottame | bhaviṣyaṃtyasmadīyāni lohitāni vapūṃṣi ca
"When will our bodies be bloodied by a blow of the cane in the field of the glorious Puruṣottama?"
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PdP 7 18.28
वासवाद्याः सुराः सर्वे तस्मिन्क्षेत्रे वरप्रदे । सदा वेत्रप्रहारांश्च वांछंति द्विजसत्तम
vāsavādyāḥ surāḥ sarve tasminkṣetre varaprade | sadā vetraprahārāṃśca vāṃchaṃti dvijasattama
All the gods, Vāsava and the rest, ever long for blows of the cane in that boon-granting field, O best of the twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 18.29
तत्राक्षयवटं ये तु भक्त्या पश्यंति मानवाः । कोटिजन्मार्जितैः पापैर्मुक्ता यांति परां गतिम्
tatrākṣayavaṭaṃ ye tu bhaktyā paśyaṃti mānavāḥ | koṭijanmārjitaiḥ pāpairmuktā yāṃti parāṃ gatim
And those men who there behold the imperishable banyan with devotion, freed from the sins amassed in ten million births, go to the highest goal.
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PdP 7 18.30
सुभद्रां बलभद्रं च जगन्नाथमनामयम् । श्वेतं माधवदेवेशं मार्कंडेयह्रदं तथा
subhadrāṃ balabhadraṃ ca jagannāthamanāmayam | śvetaṃ mādhavadeveśaṃ mārkaṃḍeyahradaṃ tathā
Subhadrā and Balabhadra, and Jagannātha the flawless, Śveta (Mādhava), the lord of gods, and likewise the Mārkaṇḍeya pool —
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PdP 7 18.31
ज्यामेश्वरं हनूमंतं तत्राक्षय्यं वटं द्विज । पश्यंति भक्त्या ये मर्त्यास्तेषां मुक्तिर्हि शाश्वती
jyāmeśvaraṃ hanūmaṃtaṃ tatrākṣayyaṃ vaṭaṃ dvija | paśyaṃti bhaktyā ye martyāsteṣāṃ muktirhi śāśvatī
Jyāmeśvara, Hanūmān, and the imperishable banyan there, O twice-born — those mortals who behold (them) with devotion, theirs is everlasting liberation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 18.32
दोलायमानं गोविन्दं फाल्गुनेमासि तत्र ये । पश्यंति मानवा भक्त्या तेषां पुण्यं निशामय
dolāyamānaṃ govindaṃ phālgunemāsi tatra ye | paśyaṃti mānavā bhaktyā teṣāṃ puṇyaṃ niśāmaya
Those people who there in the month of Phālguna behold Govinda swinging on the swing with devotion — hear (now) their merit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 18.33
विमुक्ताः सकलैः पापैरंते यांति हरेर्गृहम् । ज्ञानं संप्राप्य तत्रैव मोक्षं यांति सुदुर्ल्लभम्
vimuktāḥ sakalaiḥ pāpairaṃte yāṃti harergṛham | jñānaṃ saṃprāpya tatraiva mokṣaṃ yāṃti sudurllabham
Freed from all sins, at the end they go to Hari's house; and having attained knowledge there itself, they go to liberation, which is very hard to obtain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 18.34
चेत्रके मासि वारुण्यां यो जगन्नाथमीक्षते । स मृतः प्रविशेद्देहं जगन्नाथस्य जैमिने
cetrake māsi vāruṇyāṃ yo jagannāthamīkṣate | sa mṛtaḥ praviśeddehaṃ jagannāthasya jaimine
Whoever in the month of Caitra, on the day of Varuṇa('s asterism, i.e. Śatabhiṣā), looks upon Jagannātha, he, when dead, enters the body of Jagannātha, O Jaimini.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 7 18.35
वैशाखे चैव शुक्लायामेकादश्यां जगत्पतिम् । तृतीयायां च यः पश्येन्मुक्त एव स मानवः
vaiśākhe caiva śuklāyāmekādaśyāṃ jagatpatim | tṛtīyāyāṃ ca yaḥ paśyenmukta eva sa mānavaḥ
And whoever, in Vaiśākha, on the bright eleventh day, and on the third day, beholds the Lord of the world — that man is liberated indeed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 18.36
प्रविशेद्यस्तु मनुजो महास्नानं जगत्पतेः । तस्य सिद्ध्यंति विप्रर्षे सर्व एव मनोरथाः
praviśedyastu manujo mahāsnānaṃ jagatpateḥ | tasya siddhyaṃti viprarṣe sarva eva manorathāḥ
And that man who enters (to see) the great bathing of the Lord of the world — for him, O sage among brahmins, all his heart's desires are fulfilled.
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PdP 7 18.37
ब्रह्माद्यास्त्रिदशाः सर्वे स्थित्वाकाशे जगत्पतेः । महास्नानं प्रपश्यंति भक्तिभावसमन्विताः
brahmādyāstridaśāḥ sarve sthitvākāśe jagatpateḥ | mahāsnānaṃ prapaśyaṃti bhaktibhāvasamanvitāḥ
All the thirty gods, Brahmā and the rest, standing in the sky, filled with the sentiment of devotion, look upon the great bathing of the Lord of the world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 18.38
महाज्येष्ठ्यां च विप्रर्षे जगन्नाथमनामयम् । आलोक्य लभते मर्त्यो विष्णोस्तत्परमं पदम्
mahājyeṣṭhyāṃ ca viprarṣe jagannāthamanāmayam | ālokya labhate martyo viṣṇostatparamaṃ padam
And on the great Jyeṣṭhā day, O sage among brahmins, having beheld the flawless Jagannātha, a mortal obtains that supreme abode of Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 18.39
गुंडिकामण्डपं यांतमाषाढे कमलापतिम् । बलभद्रं च यः पश्येत्स मुक्तो नात्र संशयः
guṃḍikāmaṇḍapaṃ yāṃtamāṣāḍhe kamalāpatim | balabhadraṃ ca yaḥ paśyetsa mukto nātra saṃśayaḥ
Whoever, in Āṣāḍha, sees the Lord of Kamalā going to the Guṇḍikā pavilion, and Balabhadra too — he is liberated; there is no doubt here.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 18.40
यः पश्यति जगन्नाथं रथस्थं कमलेक्षणम् । तस्य नास्ति पुनर्जन्म संसारे सर्वदुःखदे
yaḥ paśyati jagannāthaṃ rathasthaṃ kamalekṣaṇam | tasya nāsti punarjanma saṃsāre sarvaduḥkhade
He who sees the lotus-eyed Jagannātha seated on the chariot — for him there is no rebirth in the round of existence that gives every sorrow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 18.41
रथारूढां सुभद्रां च भक्त्या पश्यंति मानवाः । छिनत्ति भगवांस्तस्य दुःखदं भवबंधनम्
rathārūḍhāṃ subhadrāṃ ca bhaktyā paśyaṃti mānavāḥ | chinatti bhagavāṃstasya duḥkhadaṃ bhavabaṃdhanam
And (when) people with devotion behold Subhadrā mounted on the chariot, the Lord cuts off their sorrow-giving bondage of existence.
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PdP 7 18.42
अपुत्रा मृतपुत्रा च या सुभद्रां प्रपश्यति । बह्वपत्या जीववत्सा सा नारी भवति द्विज
aputrā mṛtaputrā ca yā subhadrāṃ prapaśyati | bahvapatyā jīvavatsā sā nārī bhavati dvija
A woman who is sonless, or whose son has died, if she beholds Subhadrā, becomes one with many children and living offspring, O twice-born.
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PdP 7 18.43
दुर्भगा काकवंध्या वा सुभद्रां या प्रपश्यति । सा स्वामिसुभगा नारी बह्वपत्या भवेत्खलु
durbhagā kākavaṃdhyā vā subhadrāṃ yā prapaśyati | sā svāmisubhagā nārī bahvapatyā bhavetkhalu
An ill-fortuned woman, or one barren as a crow, who beholds Subhadrā — that woman becomes favoured by her husband and surely has many children.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 18.44
गुंडिकामंडपस्थं च कृष्णं पश्यति यः पुमान् । बलभद्रं सुभद्रां च स याति परमं पदम्
guṃḍikāmaṃḍapasthaṃ ca kṛṣṇaṃ paśyati yaḥ pumān | balabhadraṃ subhadrāṃ ca sa yāti paramaṃ padam
And the man who sees Kṛṣṇa stationed in the Guṇḍikā pavilion, and Balabhadra and Subhadrā, he goes to the supreme abode.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 18.45
रोगी दुःखी च यः पश्येद्गुण्डिकामंडपे हरिम् । रोगाच्छोकाच्च सहसा जैमिने स प्रमुच्यते
rogī duḥkhī ca yaḥ paśyedguṇḍikāmaṃḍape harim | rogācchokācca sahasā jaimine sa pramucyate
A sick man and a sorrowing man who sees Hari in the Guṇḍikā pavilion is at once released from his sickness and his grief, O Jaimini.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 18.46
यस्त्वपुत्रो जगन्नाथं गुंडिकामण्डपे स्थितम् । पश्येत्स च द्विजश्रेष्ठ पुत्रं प्राप्नोति वैष्णवम्
yastvaputro jagannāthaṃ guṃḍikāmaṇḍape sthitam | paśyetsa ca dvijaśreṣṭha putraṃ prāpnoti vaiṣṇavam
And the sonless man who sees Jagannātha stationed in the Guṇḍikā pavilion, O best of the twice-born, obtains a son who is a devotee of Viṣṇu.
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PdP 7 18.47
विद्यार्थी लभते विद्यां धनार्थी लभते धनम् । दारार्थी लभते दारान्मोक्षार्थी मोक्षमाप्नुयात्
vidyārthī labhate vidyāṃ dhanārthī labhate dhanam | dārārthī labhate dārānmokṣārthī mokṣamāpnuyāt
One who seeks learning gains learning; one who seeks wealth gains wealth; one who seeks a wife gains a wife; one who seeks liberation would attain liberation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 18.48
भ्रष्टराज्यो नृपो यस्तु हरिं पश्यति भक्तितः । गुंडिकामंडपे विप्र निजराज्यं लभेत सः
bhraṣṭarājyo nṛpo yastu hariṃ paśyati bhaktitaḥ | guṃḍikāmaṃḍape vipra nijarājyaṃ labheta saḥ
And the king who has lost his kingdom, if he sees Hari with devotion in the Guṇḍikā pavilion, O brahmin, he would regain his own kingdom.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 18.49
शत्रुभिर्वर्जितो यस्तु गुंडिकामंडपे हरिम् । भक्त्या पश्यति विप्रर्षे तस्य नश्यंति शत्रवः
śatrubhirvarjito yastu guṃḍikāmaṃḍape harim | bhaktyā paśyati viprarṣe tasya naśyaṃti śatravaḥ
And he who, dispossessed by enemies, sees Hari with devotion in the Guṇḍikā pavilion, O sage among brahmins — his enemies perish.
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PdP 7 18.50
गुंडिकामंडपे पश्येद्यो राजपीडितो भृशम् । स सद्य एव राजानं स्वकीयं वशमानयेत् ५० 7.18.
guṃḍikāmaṃḍape paśyedyo rājapīḍito bhṛśam | sa sadya eva rājānaṃ svakīyaṃ vaśamānayet 50 7.18.
He who, greatly oppressed by the king, looks (upon Hari) in the Guṇḍikā pavilion, would that very day bring his own king under his control.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 18.51
सर्वासामेव यात्राणां गुंडिका प्रवरा मता । तस्मात्स मानवैः कार्या त्यक्त्वा कार्यशतान्यपि
sarvāsāmeva yātrāṇāṃ guṃḍikā pravarā matā | tasmātsa mānavaiḥ kāryā tyaktvā kāryaśatānyapi
Of all the processions, the Guṇḍikā is held to be the foremost; therefore it should be performed by people, abandoning even a hundred (other) tasks.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 18.52
शयने च तथोत्थाने तस्मिन्क्षेत्रे मनोरमे । हरिं पश्यति यो मर्त्यः स देवैरपि पूज्यते
śayane ca tathotthāne tasminkṣetre manorame | hariṃ paśyati yo martyaḥ sa devairapi pūjyate
And at (his) lying down and likewise at (his) rising up, in that delightful holy place — the mortal who beholds Hari is honored even by the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 18.53
पुरुषोत्तममाहात्म्यं वक्तुं शक्नोति कः क्षितौ । यस्य प्रवेशमात्रेण नरो नारायणो भवेत्
puruṣottamamāhātmyaṃ vaktuṃ śaknoti kaḥ kṣitau | yasya praveśamātreṇa naro nārāyaṇo bhavet
Who on earth is able to tell the greatness of Puruṣottama, by the mere entering of which a man becomes Nārāyaṇa?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 18.54
बहुनात्र किमुक्तेन संक्षेपादुच्यते मया । सर्वेषामेव तीर्थानां वरिष्ठं पुरुषोत्तमम्
bahunātra kimuktena saṃkṣepāducyate mayā | sarveṣāmeva tīrthānāṃ variṣṭhaṃ puruṣottamam
What (use) is much said here? In brief it is declared by me: of all sacred fords whatsoever, Puruṣottama is the most excellent.
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PdP 7 18.55
संसारसिन्धुमतिनिम्नमिमं तितीर्षुः क्लेशप्रदं विषमपापगणाश्रयं यः । क्षेत्रे समस्तसुखदे पुरुषोत्तमाख्ये पश्येदमुं सुरवरं पुरुषोत्तमं च
saṃsārasindhumatinimnamimaṃ titīrṣuḥ kleśapradaṃ viṣamapāpagaṇāśrayaṃ yaḥ | kṣetre samastasukhade puruṣottamākhye paśyedamuṃ suravaraṃ puruṣottamaṃ ca
He who wishes to cross over this very deep ocean of worldly existence, which gives affliction and is the abode of a dreadful host of sins, let him behold in the all-joy-giving field named Puruṣottama that best of gods, Puruṣottama.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition