Padma Purana — Kriya Khanda — Chapter 25
PdP 7 25.1
जैमिनिरुवाच- भूय एव महाभाग तुलस्याः पापनाशनम् । अतिथेः पूजनस्यापि माहात्म्यं ब्रूहि विस्तरात्
jaiminiruvāca- bhūya eva mahābhāga tulasyāḥ pāpanāśanam | atitheḥ pūjanasyāpi māhātmyaṃ brūhi vistarāt
Jaimini said: Once more, O greatly fortunate one, tell at length the destruction of sin by the tulasī, and also the greatness of the honouring of a guest.
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PdP 7 25.2
सूत उवाच- ततो व्यासो महातेजास्तुलस्या द्विजसत्तम । माहात्म्यं वक्तुमारेभे शृण्वतां पापनाशनम्
sūta uvāca- tato vyāso mahātejāstulasyā dvijasattama | māhātmyaṃ vaktumārebhe śṛṇvatāṃ pāpanāśanam
Sūta said: Then Vyāsa of great splendour, O best of the twice-born, began to tell the greatness of the tulasī, which destroys the sins of those who hear it.
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PdP 7 25.3
व्यास उवाच- इयं साक्षान्महालक्ष्मीस्तुलसी भगवत्प्रिया । तस्मादिमां न पश्यंति वृक्षज्ञानेन जैमिने
vyāsa uvāca- iyaṃ sākṣānmahālakṣmīstulasī bhagavatpriyā | tasmādimāṃ na paśyaṃti vṛkṣajñānena jaimine
Vyāsa said: This tulasī, dear to the Lord, is Mahālakṣmī herself; therefore they do not look upon her with the notion that she is a tree, O Jaimini.
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PdP 7 25.4
सदैव तुलसीं मर्त्यो यथैव भुवि सेवते । तथैव सेन्द्रा विबुधाः सेवंते तं सुरालये
sadaiva tulasīṃ martyo yathaiva bhuvi sevate | tathaiva sendrā vibudhāḥ sevaṃte taṃ surālaye
Just as a mortal always serves the tulasī on earth, so too do the gods with Indra serve her in the abode of the gods.
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PdP 7 25.5
परब्रह्मस्वरूपेयं तुलसी यत्र तिष्ठति । तत्रैव कुशलं सर्वं सुदृढं प्रोच्यते मया
parabrahmasvarūpeyaṃ tulasī yatra tiṣṭhati | tatraiva kuśalaṃ sarvaṃ sudṛḍhaṃ procyate mayā
Where this tulasī, whose form is the supreme Brahman, stands, there indeed is every wellbeing — this is declared by me most firmly.
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PdP 7 25.6
प्राप्नोति मृत्युकाले यस्तोयं पातकवानपि । तुलसीपत्रगलितं स याति हरिसन्निधिम्
prāpnoti mṛtyukāle yastoyaṃ pātakavānapi | tulasīpatragalitaṃ sa yāti harisannidhim
Even a man possessed of sin, if at the time of death he receives water dripping from a tulasī leaf, goes to the presence of Hari.
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PdP 7 25.7
तुलसीमृत्तिकापुण्ड्रं यो मृत्युसमये वहेत् । स मुक्तः सकलैः पापैः पुरं गच्छति चक्रिणः
tulasīmṛttikāpuṇḍraṃ yo mṛtyusamaye vahet | sa muktaḥ sakalaiḥ pāpaiḥ puraṃ gacchati cakriṇaḥ
He who at the time of death wears the mark made of the earth (from the root) of the tulasī, freed from all sins, goes to the city of the wielder of the discus.
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PdP 7 25.8
यस्य स्यात्तुलसीपत्रं मुखे शिरसि कर्णयोः । मृत्युकाले द्विजश्रेष्ठ तस्य स्वामी न भास्करिः
yasya syāttulasīpatraṃ mukhe śirasi karṇayoḥ | mṛtyukāle dvijaśreṣṭha tasya svāmī na bhāskariḥ
He who at the hour of death has a tulasī leaf on his mouth, on his head, on his ears — of him, O best of the twice-born, the son of the sun is not the master.
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PdP 7 25.9
पवित्रनामा सुमतिर्बभूव परमार्थवित् । बभूव ब्राह्मणी तस्य बहुला नाम धारिणी
pavitranāmā sumatirbabhūva paramārthavit | babhūva brāhmaṇī tasya bahulā nāma dhāriṇī
There was one named Pavitra, of good mind, a knower of the highest truth; his brahmin wife was one bearing the name Bahulā.
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PdP 7 25.10
सद्वंशप्रभवा साध्वी पतिसेवापरायणा । अनपत्यपतिर्नाम तत्रैकोस्ति द्विजोत्तमः
sadvaṃśaprabhavā sādhvī patisevāparāyaṇā | anapatyapatirnāma tatraikosti dvijottamaḥ
(She was) born of a good family, virtuous, devoted to serving her husband. There in that place was a certain excellent brahmin named Anapatyapati.
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PdP 7 25.11
सख्यं तेन पवित्रोऽसौ चकार द्विजसेविना । ततोऽनपत्यपतिना कथालोभेन सत्तमः
sakhyaṃ tena pavitro'sau cakāra dvijasevinā | tato'napatyapatinā kathālobhena sattamaḥ
With him, a servant of brahmins, this Pavitra made friendship; then, out of eagerness for talk, that best of men (was seated) with Anapatyapati —
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PdP 7 25.12
उपविष्टः पवित्रोऽसौ स्नेहादेकवरासने । तत्रांतरे महातेजा लोमशो नाम स द्विजः
upaviṣṭaḥ pavitro'sau snehādekavarāsane | tatrāṃtare mahātejā lomaśo nāma sa dvijaḥ
this Pavitra was seated, out of affection, on one and the same excellent seat. In the meantime that brahmin of great splendour named Lomaśa —
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PdP 7 25.13
कथयंतौ कथाश्चित्राः समागत्य ददर्श तौ । अथ तं लोमशं विप्रं विप्रावुत्थाय पीठतः
kathayaṃtau kathāścitrāḥ samāgatya dadarśa tau | atha taṃ lomaśaṃ vipraṃ viprāvutthāya pīṭhataḥ
coming up, he saw those two telling wonderful tales; then the two brahmins, rising from their seats, (honoured) that brahmin Lomaśa —
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PdP 7 25.14
पाद्यार्घ्याचमनीयाद्यैः पूजयामासतुश्च तौ । सुप्रीतो लोमशस्ताभ्यां नारायणपरायणः
pādyārghyācamanīyādyaiḥ pūjayāmāsatuśca tau | suprīto lomaśastābhyāṃ nārāyaṇaparāyaṇaḥ
and the two worshipped (him) with water for the feet, offering-water, water for rinsing the mouth, and the rest. Lomaśa, devoted to Nārāyaṇa, well pleased with the two,
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PdP 7 25.15
उवास ब्राह्मणश्रेष्ठ आसने कीर्तयन्हरिम् । आसनस्थं महात्मानं लोमशं तं कृताञ्जलिम्
uvāsa brāhmaṇaśreṣṭha āsane kīrtayanharim | āsanasthaṃ mahātmānaṃ lomaśaṃ taṃ kṛtāñjalim
The best of brahmins sat down upon the seat, glorifying Hari. (And the two, turning) to that great-souled Lomaśa seated on the seat, with palms joined together,
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PdP 7 25.16
पवित्रानापत्यमुनी भक्त्या प्राहतुर्लोमशम् । भगवन्सर्वधर्मज्ञ त्वत्पादयुगलैर्नृभिः
pavitrānāpatyamunī bhaktyā prāhaturlomaśam | bhagavansarvadharmajña tvatpādayugalairnṛbhiḥ
the two pure but childless sages spoke with devotion to Lomaśa: "O lord, knower of all duties, by your two feet, which are to be received by good men,
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PdP 7 25.17
सद्भिर्ग्राह्यैराश्रमोऽयं पूतोऽभून्नूनमावयोः । कृतानि यानि पापानि आवाभ्यां मोहतः पुरा
sadbhirgrāhyairāśramo'yaṃ pūto'bhūnnūnamāvayoḥ | kṛtāni yāni pāpāni āvābhyāṃ mohataḥ purā
this hermitage of ours has surely become purified. Whatever sins were formerly committed by us two out of delusion,
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PdP 7 25.18
तानि सर्वाणि नष्टानि त्वत्पादयुगदर्शनात् । भवान्नारायणः साक्षात्पूजनीयोऽमरैरपि
tāni sarvāṇi naṣṭāni tvatpādayugadarśanāt | bhavānnārāyaṇaḥ sākṣātpūjanīyo'marairapi
all of those have been destroyed by the sight of your pair of feet. You are Nārāyaṇa himself, to be worshipped even by the immortals.
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PdP 7 25.19
सम्यक्ते पूजनं कर्तुं किमावां मानुषौ क्षमौ । अतिथेर्या कृता पूजा तेऽस्माभिर्निजशक्तितः
samyakte pūjanaṃ kartuṃ kimāvāṃ mānuṣau kṣamau | atitheryā kṛtā pūjā te'smābhirnijaśaktitaḥ
How are we two, being human, capable of performing worship to you properly? The worship that has been done to you by us as a guest, according to our own power —
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PdP 7 25.20
अनया भव सुप्रीतः क्षमस्व दोषमावयोः । इत्युक्त्वा तौ महात्मानौ तस्यागंतोः पदद्वये । निपेततुर्द्विजश्रेष्ठ वयस्यौ गृहमेधिनौ
anayā bhava suprītaḥ kṣamasva doṣamāvayoḥ | ityuktvā tau mahātmānau tasyāgaṃtoḥ padadvaye | nipetaturdvijaśreṣṭha vayasyau gṛhamedhinau
be well pleased with it, and forgive our fault." Having spoken thus, those two great-souled ones, best of brahmins, friends and householders both, fell at the two feet of that guest.
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PdP 7 25.21
व्यास उवाच- ततो भक्त्या सुसंतुष्टो लोमशो विदुषांवरः । युवां विनयिनां श्रेष्ठौ द्विजाग्र्यौ धर्मतत्परौ
vyāsa uvāca- tato bhaktyā susaṃtuṣṭo lomaśo viduṣāṃvaraḥ | yuvāṃ vinayināṃ śreṣṭhau dvijāgryau dharmatatparau
Vyāsa said: Then Lomaśa, foremost of the learned, well pleased by their devotion (said): "You two are the best of the modest, foremost of brahmins, intent upon dharma.
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PdP 7 25.22
आप्यायितोऽस्मि सुतरां युवयोर्विनयोक्तिभिः । साक्षाद्ब्रह्मा शिवो विष्णुरतिथिः प्रोच्यते बुधैः
āpyāyito'smi sutarāṃ yuvayorvinayoktibhiḥ | sākṣādbrahmā śivo viṣṇuratithiḥ procyate budhaiḥ
I have been exceedingly gratified by your modest words. A guest is declared by the wise to be Brahmā, Śiva and Viṣṇu in person.
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PdP 7 25.23
तस्मिन्नेतावतीभक्तिर्युवयोरस्तु मङ्गलम् । आराधितोऽस्म्यहंसम्यगतिथिर्भूरिभोजनैः
tasminnetāvatībhaktiryuvayorastu maṅgalam | ārādhito'smyahaṃsamyagatithirbhūribhojanaiḥ
Let there be such devotion of yours toward him; may there be good fortune for you. I, as a guest, have been thoroughly honoured with abundant food."
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PdP 7 25.24
व्यास उवाच- तत उत्थाय तौ विप्रौ तत्पादकमलद्वये । भूयोऽपि तं नमस्कृत्य प्राहतुर्लोमशं मुनिम्
vyāsa uvāca- tata utthāya tau viprau tatpādakamaladvaye | bhūyo'pi taṃ namaskṛtya prāhaturlomaśaṃ munim
Vyāsa said: Then those two brahmins, rising up (from bowing) at the pair of his lotus feet, saluting him once more, said to the sage Lomaśa:
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PdP 7 25.25
ब्राह्मणावूचतुः ब्रह्मन्नतिथिपूजाया माहात्म्यं वक्तुमर्हसि । यां कृत्वा प्राप्यते मुक्तिर्दुःखलभ्यापि मानवैः
brāhmaṇāvūcatuḥ brahmannatithipūjāyā māhātmyaṃ vaktumarhasi | yāṃ kṛtvā prāpyate muktirduḥkhalabhyāpi mānavaiḥ
The two brahmins said: "O brahmin, you ought to tell the greatness of the worship of a guest, by performing which liberation is attained by men, though it is hard to gain even through hardship.
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PdP 7 25.26
कोऽतिथिः प्रोच्यते लोके तस्य पूजा च कीदृशी । आतिथेयोऽतिथिश्चेमौ लभेते कामुभौ गतिम्
ko'tithiḥ procyate loke tasya pūjā ca kīdṛśī | ātitheyo'tithiścemau labhete kāmubhau gatim
Who is called a guest in the world, and of what kind is his worship? And what state do both of these attain, the host and the guest?"
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PdP 7 25.27
लोमश उवाच- वानप्रस्थो ब्रह्मचारी भिक्षुश्चैषां प्रपूजनात् । निरुच्यते गृहं श्रेष्ठमाश्रमेषु चतुर्ष्वपि
lomaśa uvāca- vānaprastho brahmacārī bhikṣuścaiṣāṃ prapūjanāt | nirucyate gṛhaṃ śreṣṭhamāśrameṣu caturṣvapi
Lomaśa said: Because of the worship of these — the forest-dweller, the student of sacred learning, and the mendicant — the household (stage) is declared best among all four stages of life.
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PdP 7 25.28
चतुराश्रममध्येषु प्रधाना गृहिणो मताः । तैश्चातिथीनां कर्तव्या पूजा भक्तिसमन्वितैः
caturāśramamadhyeṣu pradhānā gṛhiṇo matāḥ | taiścātithīnāṃ kartavyā pūjā bhaktisamanvitaiḥ
Among the four stages of life, householders are held to be the chief; and by them, filled with devotion, worship of guests is to be performed.
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PdP 7 25.29
गृहिणां परमो धर्मः प्रोक्तश्चातिथिपूजनम् । आश्रमाचारतोऽभ्रष्टास्ततस्ते गृहिणो मताः
gṛhiṇāṃ paramo dharmaḥ proktaścātithipūjanam | āśramācārato'bhraṣṭāstataste gṛhiṇo matāḥ
The supreme duty of householders is declared to be the worship of guests; therefore they are held to be householders not fallen from the observance of their stage of life.
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PdP 7 25.30
वंहत्यतिथिपूजायां दक्षतां गृहिणो यदि । तदा प्रयोजनं तेषां किमन्यैः पुण्यकर्मभिः
vaṃhatyatithipūjāyāṃ dakṣatāṃ gṛhiṇo yadi | tadā prayojanaṃ teṣāṃ kimanyaiḥ puṇyakarmabhiḥ
If householders maintain diligence in the worship of guests, then what need have they of other meritorious acts?
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PdP 7 25.31
यस्य न श्रूयते नाम न च गोत्रं न च स्थितिः । अकस्माद्गृहमागच्छेत्सोऽतिथिः प्रोच्यते बुधैः
yasya na śrūyate nāma na ca gotraṃ na ca sthitiḥ | akasmādgṛhamāgacchetso'tithiḥ procyate budhaiḥ
He whose name is not heard, nor his lineage, nor his abode, who comes to the house unexpectedly — he is called a guest by the wise.
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PdP 7 25.32
ब्राह्मणाः क्षत्रिया वापि वैश्या वा वृषलास्तथा । गृहागताः पूजिताश्च विष्णुवत्तत्त्वदर्शिभिः
brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyā vāpi vaiśyā vā vṛṣalāstathā | gṛhāgatāḥ pūjitāśca viṣṇuvattattvadarśibhiḥ
Whether brahmins, or kṣatriyas, or vaiśyas, or likewise śūdras, when they have come to the house they are to be worshipped like Viṣṇu by those who see the truth.
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PdP 7 25.33
चाण्डालप्रमुखा येऽन्ये हीनवर्णसमुद्भवाः । विष्णुवत्पूजितव्यास्ते पाद्यार्घ्यैर्भूरिभोजनैः
cāṇḍālapramukhā ye'nye hīnavarṇasamudbhavāḥ | viṣṇuvatpūjitavyāste pādyārghyairbhūribhojanaiḥ
Whatever others there are, headed by caṇḍālas, born of low castes — they too are to be worshipped like Viṣṇu with water for the feet, offerings, and abundant food.
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PdP 7 25.34
समागतेष्वतिथिषु प्रयाणं कुरुते गृही । अपि स त्वरया दद्यात्पाद्यार्घ्यादीनि च द्विजः
samāgateṣvatithiṣu prayāṇaṃ kurute gṛhī | api sa tvarayā dadyātpādyārghyādīni ca dvijaḥ
(Even if,) when guests have arrived, the householder is setting out on a journey, still that brahmin should quickly give water for the feet, the offering, and the rest.
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PdP 7 25.35
कुर्याच्च कुशलं प्रश्नं वचनैः कोमलाक्षरैः । कारयेद्भोजनं वापि दिव्यरत्नैर्मुदा गृही
kuryācca kuśalaṃ praśnaṃ vacanaiḥ komalākṣaraiḥ | kārayedbhojanaṃ vāpi divyaratnairmudā gṛhī
And (he) should ask after (their) well-being with words of gentle syllables; or the householder should joyfully have a meal served (to them) on divine jewelled (vessels).
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PdP 7 25.36
सुखदे मन्दिरे तस्य शयनं कारयेद्बुधः । प्रातर्जिगमिषुं दृष्ट्वा तमायांतं विवर्जयेत्
sukhade mandire tasya śayanaṃ kārayedbudhaḥ | prātarjigamiṣuṃ dṛṣṭvā tamāyāṃtaṃ vivarjayet
The wise (man) should have a bed made for him in a pleasant chamber; and seeing him wishing to depart in the morning, he should keep (him) from going.
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PdP 7 25.37
यदि कर्मविपाकेन गृही भवति वित्तवान् । अतिथ्येनातिथिः पूज्यस्तदहं वच्मि सत्तमौ
yadi karmavipākena gṛhī bhavati vittavān | atithyenātithiḥ pūjyastadahaṃ vacmi sattamau
If, by the ripening of (his) karma, a householder is wealthy, the guest is to be honoured with hospitality — that I (now) declare, O best of the good ones (two).
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PdP 7 25.38
समागतेष्वतिथिषु भक्त्या दद्यात्तृणादिकम् । तृणाभावेन वै ब्रूयाद्भूमौ तिष्ठेति भक्तितः
samāgateṣvatithiṣu bhaktyā dadyāttṛṇādikam | tṛṇābhāvena vai brūyādbhūmau tiṣṭheti bhaktitaḥ
When guests have arrived, (he) should offer with devotion grass (for a seat) and the rest; and in the absence of grass he should say devotedly, "Be seated on the ground."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 25.39
पादप्रक्षालनार्थं तुदद्यादुदकमुत्तमम् । अतो मधुरया वाचा पृच्छेच्च कुशलादिकम्
pādaprakṣālanārthaṃ tudadyādudakamuttamam | ato madhurayā vācā pṛcchecca kuśalādikam
He should give excellent water for the washing of (their) feet; thereafter he should ask, in sweet speech, about (their) well-being and so forth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 25.40
फलादिकं ततो दद्याद्भक्त्या भोजनहेतवे । तदभावेन मतिमान्मुदा विप्र प्रकाशयेत्
phalādikaṃ tato dadyādbhaktyā bhojanahetave | tadabhāvena matimānmudā vipra prakāśayet
Then he should devotedly give fruit and the like for the purpose of a meal; in the absence of that, O brahmin, the wise (man) should joyfully make (his condition) known.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 25.41
वदेच्चाहं महापापी दरिद्र प्रवरोऽतिथे । कर्त्तुमिच्छामि भक्तिं ते दैवतंत्रंविरोधकम्
vadeccāhaṃ mahāpāpī daridra pravaro'tithe | karttumicchāmi bhaktiṃ te daivataṃtraṃvirodhakam
And he should say: "I am a great sinner, a pauper, O most excellent guest; I wish to do you homage, (but) fate and circumstance obstruct (it)."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 7 25.42
अनेन विधिना दीनः सत्यक्त्वातिथिपूजनम् । स्वाचारपतितो नान्यो यथोक्तं फलमाप्नुयात्
anena vidhinā dīnaḥ satyaktvātithipūjanam | svācārapatito nānyo yathoktaṃ phalamāpnuyāt
By this rule the wretched (man is freed); but one who abandons the honouring of guests, fallen from his own proper conduct, does not obtain the fruit as stated.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 7 25.43
अनर्चितोऽतिथिर्यस्य गच्छेद्वै गृहिणो गृहात् । जन्मकोट्यर्जितं पुण्यं तस्य गच्छति संक्षयम्
anarcito'tithiryasya gacchedvai gṛhiṇo gṛhāt | janmakoṭyarjitaṃ puṇyaṃ tasya gacchati saṃkṣayam
The householder from whose house a guest goes away unhonoured — the merit he has earned over ten million births goes to destruction.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 25.44
एक एवातिथिर्येन भक्तिभावेन पूज्यते । हरेत्तस्य हरिः सद्यो पातकं कोटिजन्मजम्
eka evātithiryena bhaktibhāvena pūjyate | harettasya hariḥ sadyo pātakaṃ koṭijanmajam
By whom even a single guest is honoured with a devoted heart, Hari at once removes his sin arising from ten million births.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 25.45
सत्यं वच्मि हितं वच्मि दृढं वच्मि प्रयत्नतः । विनातिथिसपर्याभिर्गृहिणो नास्ति वा गतिः
satyaṃ vacmi hitaṃ vacmi dṛḍhaṃ vacmi prayatnataḥ | vinātithisaparyābhirgṛhiṇo nāsti vā gatiḥ
I speak the truth, I speak what is beneficial, I speak firmly and with care: without the honouring of guests there is no (good) course for the householder.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 25.46
सत्यं सत्यं पुनः सत्यमागंतुपूजया विना । गतिर्नास्त्येव नास्त्येव नास्त्येव गृहिधर्मिणाम्
satyaṃ satyaṃ punaḥ satyamāgaṃtupūjayā vinā | gatirnāstyeva nāstyeva nāstyeva gṛhidharmiṇām
Truly, truly, again truly — without the honouring of one who comes, there is indeed no (good) course, none, none at all, for those who follow the householder's duty.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 25.47
ज्ञातिधर्म इति ख्यातो वल्लभो द्वापरे युगे । बभूव सर्वधर्मज्ञस्तस्य श्रीवल्लभाह्वया
jñātidharma iti khyāto vallabho dvāpare yuge | babhūva sarvadharmajñastasya śrīvallabhāhvayā
In the Dvāpara age there was one renowned as Jñātidharma, a beloved (man), knower of all duties; his (wife) was named Śrīvallabhā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 7 25.48
तेन सर्वाणि कर्माणि कृतानि ज्ञातिसेविना । सौराष्ट्रे वसतिं चक्रे तया सह सभार्यया
tena sarvāṇi karmāṇi kṛtāni jñātisevinā | saurāṣṭre vasatiṃ cakre tayā saha sabhāryayā
By him, a servant of his kinsmen, all the (prescribed) rites were performed; together with her, his wife, he made his dwelling in Saurāṣṭra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 25.49
तत्र दुर्ग्रहसंचाराद्द्वादशाब्दं च वासवः । न ववर्षांबु तेनासीद्दुर्भिक्षं सुमहद्द्विजौ
tatra durgrahasaṃcārāddvādaśābdaṃ ca vāsavaḥ | na vavarṣāṃbu tenāsīddurbhikṣaṃ sumahaddvijau
There, because of the movement of malignant planets, Vāsava (Indra) did not rain water for twelve years; by that there was a very great famine, O you two brahmins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 25.50
तस्मिन्महति दुर्भिक्षे लोकास्तद्देशवासिनः । बभूवुर्दुःखिताः सर्वे मर्यादामपि तत्यजुः ५० 7.25.
tasminmahati durbhikṣe lokāstaddeśavāsinaḥ | babhūvurduḥkhitāḥ sarve maryādāmapi tatyajuḥ 50 7.25.
In that great famine the people dwelling in that land all became stricken with misery, and they abandoned even the bounds (of proper conduct).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 25.51
ज्ञानभद्रो महायोगी युगे द्वापर संज्ञके । दुर्भिक्षहृतसंपत्तिर्बभूवात्यन्तदुःखितः
jñānabhadro mahāyogī yuge dvāpara saṃjñake | durbhikṣahṛtasaṃpattirbabhūvātyantaduḥkhitaḥ
In the age named Dvāpara, Jñānabhadra, a great yogin, his wealth carried off by the famine, became exceedingly miserable.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 25.52
क्षुधाकुलान्सुतान्दृष्ट्वा दारांश्च द्विजसंमतौ । फलमूलादनार्थाय जगामोत्पत्यकां गिरेः
kṣudhākulānsutāndṛṣṭvā dārāṃśca dvijasaṃmatau | phalamūlādanārthāya jagāmotpatyakāṃ gireḥ
Seeing his sons and his wife tormented by hunger, O you two esteemed brahmins, he went to the lower slope of a mountain for the sake of eating fruits and roots.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 25.53
गिरेरुपत्यकाप्रांते चिरायुः स बुभुक्षितः । कूष्माण्डफलमेकं च लेभे ब्राह्मणसत्तमौ
girerupatyakāprāṃte cirāyuḥ sa bubhukṣitaḥ | kūṣmāṇḍaphalamekaṃ ca lebhe brāhmaṇasattamau
There at the edge of the mountain's lower slope, long-lived and hungry, he obtained a single pumpkin fruit, O best of brahmins (two).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 25.54
समादाय फलं तच्च हर्षितोऽसौ निजालयम् । जवैर्जगाम विप्रेन्द्रो ज्ञानभद्रो महायशाः
samādāya phalaṃ tacca harṣito'sau nijālayam | javairjagāma viprendro jñānabhadro mahāyaśāḥ
And taking that fruit, delighted, that best of brahmins, Jñānabhadra of great renown, went with haste to his own home.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 25.55
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे विप्र मेघैर्न्नीलपदैरिव । आवृते गगने वृष्टिर्महासारैर्बभूव ह
etasminnantare vipra meghairnnīlapadairiva | āvṛte gagane vṛṣṭirmahāsārairbabhūva ha
Meanwhile, O brahmin, when the sky was covered with clouds as if with blue cloths, there came a rain of great torrents.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 7 25.56
स मुनिश्च तया वृष्ट्या प्लाविताखिलविग्रह । वनाद्वनचरः कश्चिच्छीतार्तश्चाययौ गृहम्
sa muniśca tayā vṛṣṭyā plāvitākhilavigraha | vanādvanacaraḥ kaścicchītārtaścāyayau gṛham
And that sage, his whole body drenched by that rain — some forest-dweller, afflicted by the cold, came from the forest to (his) house.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 7 25.57
दृष्ट्वातिथिं तु शीतार्तं ववंदे शिरसा ततः । ददौ तृणासनं भक्त्या तस्मै पाद्यादिकं ततः
dṛṣṭvātithiṃ tu śītārtaṃ vavaṃde śirasā tataḥ | dadau tṛṇāsanaṃ bhaktyā tasmai pādyādikaṃ tataḥ
But seeing the guest afflicted by the cold, he then bowed to him with his head; with devotion he gave him a seat of grass, and then water for the feet and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 25.58
ततो मधुरया वाचा तेनैवातिथिना सह । तस्थौ स्वस्थेन मनसा प्रज्ञालापं प्रकुर्वता
tato madhurayā vācā tenaivātithinā saha | tasthau svasthena manasā prajñālāpaṃ prakurvatā
Then, with sweet speech, he sat with that very guest, with a calm mind, holding wise conversation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 25.59
गृहिण्या सह गोपेन स्वामिसेवा सुदक्षया । ततः कूष्माण्डकं नव्यं पक्वमत्यंत यत्नतः
gṛhiṇyā saha gopena svāmisevā sudakṣayā | tataḥ kūṣmāṇḍakaṃ navyaṃ pakvamatyaṃta yatnataḥ
(He sat) — the cowherd together with his wife, who was very skilled in serving her husband. Then a fresh pumpkin, cooked with the greatest care,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 7 25.60
संप्राप्य हर्षिता साध्वी ददौ भागं विधाय सा । अथासौ दुर्बलो गोपो दिनविंशमुपोषणात्
saṃprāpya harṣitā sādhvī dadau bhāgaṃ vidhāya sā | athāsau durbalo gopo dinaviṃśamupoṣaṇāt
having obtained (it), the virtuous woman, delighted, divided it and gave out the portions. Now that cowherd, weakened by twenty days of fasting,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 7 25.61
आतिथेयो महाभागं ददौ चातिथये मुदा । ततस्तद्गृहिणी साध्वी स्वामिभक्तिपरायणा
ātitheyo mahābhāgaṃ dadau cātithaye mudā | tatastadgṛhiṇī sādhvī svāmibhaktiparāyaṇā
being a good host, gave his large portion to the guest with joy. Then his virtuous wife, wholly devoted to her husband,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 25.62
ददौ सा पतितं भागं तस्मै चातिथये मुदा । अथातिथेस्तयोस्तत्र दंपत्योः सुमहात्मनोः
dadau sā patitaṃ bhāgaṃ tasmai cātithaye mudā | athātithestayostatra daṃpatyoḥ sumahātmanoḥ
she too gave with joy the portion that had fallen to her to that guest. Then, for the guest, from those two very great-souled spouses there,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 25.63
अभूद्भागद्वयं भुक्त्वा सुप्रीतो द्विजसत्तम । विष्णुवत्पूजितस्ताभ्यां सोऽतिथिर्दृढभक्तितः
abhūdbhāgadvayaṃ bhuktvā suprīto dvijasattama | viṣṇuvatpūjitastābhyāṃ so'tithirdṛḍhabhaktitaḥ
there came to be a double portion; having eaten it he was well pleased, O best of the twice-born — that guest, worshipped like Viṣṇu by those two out of their firm devotion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 25.64
विश्रामं रात्रौ तत्रैव प्रातः स्नात्वा चिरं ययौ । गतैवमुपवासेन दिनानामेकविंशतिः
viśrāmaṃ rātrau tatraiva prātaḥ snātvā ciraṃ yayau | gataivamupavāsena dinānāmekaviṃśatiḥ
He rested that night in that very place, and in the morning, having bathed, he went far away. Thus twenty-one days passed for (them) in fasting.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 25.65
दंपती तौ महात्मानौ पंचतां ययतुस्ततः । तेन पुण्यप्रभावेण दंपती तौ महाशयौ
daṃpatī tau mahātmānau paṃcatāṃ yayatustataḥ | tena puṇyaprabhāveṇa daṃpatī tau mahāśayau
Then those two great-souled spouses met their death. By the power of that merit those two noble-minded spouses
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PdP 7 25.66
प्रापतुर्विष्णुसायुज्यं दुर्ल्लभं योगिनामपि । तयोः पुण्यप्रभावेण विहितातिथिपूजया
prāpaturviṣṇusāyujyaṃ durllabhaṃ yogināmapi | tayoḥ puṇyaprabhāveṇa vihitātithipūjayā
attained union with Viṣṇu, which is hard to obtain even for yogins. By the power of their merit, through the worship they had rendered to the guest,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 25.67
तस्मिन्राज्ये तु दुर्भिक्षं विनष्टमभवत्ततः । अत्यंतसुखिनोलोकाः शोकव्याधिविवर्जिताः
tasminrājye tu durbhikṣaṃ vinaṣṭamabhavattataḥ | atyaṃtasukhinolokāḥ śokavyādhivivarjitāḥ
the famine in that kingdom was thereupon destroyed; the people were exceedingly happy, free of sorrow and disease,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 25.68
धनधान्यादिसम्पन्ना बभूवुर्धर्मतत्पराः । विनष्टा दस्यवस्तत्र नृपोऽभूल्लोकपालकः
dhanadhānyādisampannā babhūvurdharmatatparāḥ | vinaṣṭā dasyavastatra nṛpo'bhūllokapālakaḥ
and they became rich in wealth, grain and the rest, and intent on dharma; the robbers there perished, and the king became a protector of the people.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 25.69
निजाचाररतालोका जलदाः कामवर्षिणः । पूर्वजाः कोटिपुरुषास्तथैवापरजास्तयोः
nijācāraratālokā jaladāḥ kāmavarṣiṇaḥ | pūrvajāḥ koṭipuruṣāstathaivāparajāstayoḥ
The people delighted in their own proper conduct, the clouds rained as one wished; and of those two, ten million ancestors and likewise their descendants,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 25.70
तेनैव कर्मणा मुक्तिं जग्मुः पापविवर्जिताः । निर्दोषा धनसंपन्नाः सर्वलोकैकपूजिताः
tenaiva karmaṇā muktiṃ jagmuḥ pāpavivarjitāḥ | nirdoṣā dhanasaṃpannāḥ sarvalokaikapūjitāḥ
by that very deed went to liberation, freed of sin; (their descendants were) faultless, rich in wealth, honoured by all the world alike,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 25.71
शोकव्याधिविहीना च ववृधे संततिस्तयोः । लोमश उवाच- आगंतुपूजामाहात्म्यं सेतिहासं मयोदितम्
śokavyādhivihīnā ca vavṛdhe saṃtatistayoḥ | lomaśa uvāca- āgaṃtupūjāmāhātmyaṃ setihāsaṃ mayoditam
and free of sorrow and disease their line increased. Lomaśa said: I have told the greatness of the worship of a visitor, together with its story.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 25.72
युवयोः प्रीतयोर्विप्रौ किमन्यच्छ्रोतुमिच्छथ । व्यास उवाच- इति ब्रुवति वै तस्मिँल्लोमशे तपसां धने
yuvayoḥ prītayorviprau kimanyacchrotumicchatha | vyāsa uvāca- iti bruvati vai tasmi~llomaśe tapasāṃ dhane
You two brahmins being pleased, what else do you wish to hear? Vyāsa said: While Lomaśa, that treasury of austerities, was speaking thus,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 25.73
कालग्रस्तः कृष्णआखुस्तत्रोत्तस्थौ बिलान्निजात् । तमुत्थितं बिलात्कृष्णमूषकं क्रोधविह्वलः
kālagrastaḥ kṛṣṇaākhustatrottasthau bilānnijāt | tamutthitaṃ bilātkṛṣṇamūṣakaṃ krodhavihvalaḥ
a black mouse, seized by its appointed time, rose up there out of its own hole. At that black mouse risen from the hole, (Pavitra,) overwhelmed with anger,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 25.74
पवित्रस्तत्र चोत्तस्थौ वदन्निति मुहुर्मुहुः । अयं पापाशयो दुष्टो मूषको निशि चाश्रमम्
pavitrastatra cottasthau vadanniti muhurmuhuḥ | ayaṃ pāpāśayo duṣṭo mūṣako niśi cāśramam
Pavitra rose up there, saying this again and again: "This wicked mouse, whose intent is sinful, by night the hermitage
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 25.75
खनते तीक्ष्णदंतौघैर्गृहद्रव्यं च कृंतति । सर्वेषामेव वर्णानां कृपा श्रेष्ठा प्रकीर्तिता
khanate tīkṣṇadaṃtaughairgṛhadravyaṃ ca kṛṃtati | sarveṣāmeva varṇānāṃ kṛpā śreṣṭhā prakīrtitā
"(He) digs with his masses of sharp teeth and gnaws the household goods. Compassion is declared the best (virtue) of all the classes indeed—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 25.76
सा च सर्वेषु कर्तव्या न च दुष्टेषु जंतुषु । इत्युक्त्वासौ मूषिकं तं द्विजश्रेष्ठ कृतैनसम्
sā ca sarveṣu kartavyā na ca duṣṭeṣu jaṃtuṣu | ityuktvāsau mūṣikaṃ taṃ dvijaśreṣṭha kṛtainasam
and it is to be shown toward all, but not toward wicked creatures." Having said this, O best of the twice-born, (he struck) that mouse who had done the misdeed
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 25.77
नाराचेनातितीक्ष्णेन प्राप्तकालं जघान ह । स्रवच्छोणितधाराभिः प्लाविताङ्गः स मूषकः
nārācenātitīkṣṇena prāptakālaṃ jaghāna ha | sravacchoṇitadhārābhiḥ plāvitāṅgaḥ sa mūṣakaḥ
with an exceedingly sharp iron arrow—he slew it, its time having come. His limbs flooded with the flowing streams of blood, that mouse
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PdP 7 25.78
पपात भूमौ विप्रर्षे व्यथया हतचेतनः । आखौ निपतिते तस्मिन्दयालुर्द्विजसत्तमः
papāta bhūmau viprarṣe vyathayā hatacetanaḥ | ākhau nipatite tasmindayālurdvijasattamaḥ
fell to the ground, O seer among brahmins, his consciousness destroyed by the pain. When that mouse had fallen, the compassionate best of the twice-born,
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PdP 7 25.79
हाहाकारं ततः कृत्वा समुत्तस्थौ जवेन सः । निजकर्णात्समानीय तुलसीपत्रमुत्तमम्
hāhākāraṃ tataḥ kṛtvā samuttasthau javena saḥ | nijakarṇātsamānīya tulasīpatramuttamam
uttering a cry of "Alas! Alas!", then rose up swiftly, and bringing from his own ear an excellent tulasī leaf,
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PdP 7 25.80
तस्याखोर्वदने शीर्षे कर्णयोश्च प्रदत्तवान् । मातस्तु तुलसीदेवि गोविन्दह्लादकारिणि
tasyākhorvadane śīrṣe karṇayośca pradattavān | mātastu tulasīdevi govindahlādakāriṇi
he placed (it) on that mouse's mouth, head, and two ears (saying): "O mother Tulasī Devī, you who give delight to Govinda,
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PdP 7 25.81
अस्याखोः कृतपापस्य कुरु त्वं गतिमुत्तमाम् । इत्युक्त्वा सद्विजश्रेष्ठ सर्वलोकोपकारकः
asyākhoḥ kṛtapāpasya kuru tvaṃ gatimuttamām | ityuktvā sadvijaśreṣṭha sarvalokopakārakaḥ
grant the highest destination to this mouse who has committed sin!" Having said this, O best of the twice-born, that benefactor of all the worlds
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PdP 7 25.82
हरेनारायणानन्त इत्युच्चैरकरोद्ध्वनिम् । तुलसीपत्रसंस्पर्शान्मूषको वीतकल्मषः
harenārāyaṇānanta ityuccairakaroddhvanim | tulasīpatrasaṃsparśānmūṣako vītakalmaṣaḥ
made a loud sound (calling): "Hari! Nārāyaṇa! Ananta!" By the touch of the tulasī leaf the mouse became free of taint,
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PdP 7 25.83
श्रवणाद्धरिनाम्नश्च मुक्तोऽभूद्भवबंधनात् । ततो दूता महाविष्णोः सर्वलक्षणसंयुताः
śravaṇāddharināmnaśca mukto'bhūdbhavabaṃdhanāt | tato dūtā mahāviṣṇoḥ sarvalakṣaṇasaṃyutāḥ
and by hearing the name of Hari he was released from the bondage of existence. Then the messengers of the great Viṣṇu, endowed with all (auspicious) marks,
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PdP 7 25.84
आजग्मुः सुरथैः शीघ्रं नेतुं तं गतकल्मषम् । समारुह्य रथं दिव्यं विष्णुदूतगणैर्वृताः
ājagmuḥ surathaiḥ śīghraṃ netuṃ taṃ gatakalmaṣam | samāruhya rathaṃ divyaṃ viṣṇudūtagaṇairvṛtāḥ
came swiftly with fine chariots to lead away him who was rid of taint. Mounting the divine chariot, surrounded by the throngs of Viṣṇu's messengers,
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PdP 7 25.85
जगाम परमं स्थानं मूषको द्विजसत्तम । युगकोटिसहस्राणि स्थित्वा नारायणाश्रमे
jagāma paramaṃ sthānaṃ mūṣako dvijasattama | yugakoṭisahasrāṇi sthitvā nārāyaṇāśrame
the mouse went to the supreme abode, O best of the twice-born. Having stayed a thousand crores of yugas in Nārāyaṇa's abode,
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PdP 7 25.86
ज्ञानमासाद्य तत्रैव मोक्षमाखुर्जगाम सः । व्यास उवाच- माहात्म्यं तुलसीदेव्याः कथितं ते द्विजोत्तम
jñānamāsādya tatraiva mokṣamākhurjagāma saḥ | vyāsa uvāca- māhātmyaṃ tulasīdevyāḥ kathitaṃ te dvijottama
and having obtained knowledge there itself, that mouse attained liberation. Vyāsa said: The greatness of Tulasī Devī has been told to you, O best of the twice-born.
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PdP 7 25.87
इदानीं ब्रूहि किं श्रोतुं महाभाग त्वमिच्छसि
idānīṃ brūhi kiṃ śrotuṃ mahābhāga tvamicchasi
Now say what you wish to hear, O greatly fortunate one.
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