Padma Purana — Kriya Khanda — Chapter 7
PdP 7 7.1
श्रीव्यास उवाच- भूय एव प्रवक्ष्यामि गङ्गामाहात्म्यमुत्तमम् । तच्छ्रुत्वा मानवाः सर्वे सर्वान्कामानवाप्नुयुः
śrīvyāsa uvāca- bhūya eva pravakṣyāmi gaṅgāmāhātmyamuttamam | tacchrutvā mānavāḥ sarve sarvānkāmānavāpnuyuḥ
Śrī Vyāsa said: Once more I shall proclaim the excellent greatness of Gaṅgā; hearing it, all men would obtain all their desires.
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PdP 7 7.2
येन नाचरितं स्नानं गङ्गायां लोकमातरि । आलोक्य तन्मुखं सद्यः कर्त्तव्यं सूर्यदर्शनम् नारायणाच्युतजनार्द्दनकृष्णराम गङ्गादि नाम गदतो मम देवि मातः । संसारपातकनिवारिणि देहपातस्त्वद्वारिणीह भवतु त्वदनुग्रहेण
yena nācaritaṃ snānaṃ gaṅgāyāṃ lokamātari | ālokya tanmukhaṃ sadyaḥ karttavyaṃ sūryadarśanam nārāyaṇācyutajanārddanakṛṣṇarāma gaṅgādi nāma gadato mama devi mātaḥ | saṃsārapātakanivāriṇi dehapātastvadvāriṇīha bhavatu tvadanugraheṇa
By whom bathing in Gaṅgā, the mother of the world, has not been performed — after looking upon her face he should at once look upon the sun. — O Goddess, O Mother, as I utter the names Nārāyaṇa, Acyuta, Janārdana, Kṛṣṇa, Rāma, Gaṅgā and the rest: O you who ward off the sins of worldly existence, by your grace may the falling of my body take place here in your water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 7 7.3
प्रभाते यः स्मरेद्भक्त्या गङ्गा इत्यक्षरद्वयम् । तस्य नश्यंति पापानि तमोवदरुणोदये किं वा तपोभिरखिलेश्वरि किं जपैर्वा दानैश्च किं तुरगमे द्युमखैश्च किंवा । त्वन्नीरशीकरमवाप्य सुरैरलभ्यां मुक्तिं व्रजंति मनुजा अतिपापिनोऽपि
prabhāte yaḥ smaredbhaktyā gaṅgā ityakṣaradvayam | tasya naśyaṃti pāpāni tamovadaruṇodaye kiṃ vā tapobhirakhileśvari kiṃ japairvā dānaiśca kiṃ turagame dyumakhaiśca kiṃvā | tvannīraśīkaramavāpya surairalabhyāṃ muktiṃ vrajaṃti manujā atipāpino'pi
Whoever at dawn remembers with devotion the two syllables 'Gaṅgā' — his sins perish like darkness at the rising of the dawn. What need of austerities, O mistress of all, what of muttered prayers, or of gifts, or of horse-sacrifices and heaven-winning rites? Having got but a droplet of your water, even exceedingly sinful men go to a liberation unobtainable by the gods.
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PdP 7 7.4
न दृष्टा येन सरितां प्रवरा जह्नुकन्यका । तस्याग्राह्याणि सर्वाणि अन्नादि सलिलानि च स्वाहा त्वमेव परमेश्वरि या स्वधा त्वं गीर्वाणवृंदपितृलोकसुतृप्तिहेतोः । सत्वं रजस्तम इति त्रिगुणस्वरूपां सृष्टिस्थितिप्रलयकारिणि नौमि तां त्वाम्
na dṛṣṭā yena saritāṃ pravarā jahnukanyakā | tasyāgrāhyāṇi sarvāṇi annādi salilāni ca svāhā tvameva parameśvari yā svadhā tvaṃ gīrvāṇavṛṃdapitṛlokasutṛptihetoḥ | satvaṃ rajastama iti triguṇasvarūpāṃ sṛṣṭisthitipralayakāriṇi naumi tāṃ tvām
By whom the foremost of rivers, the daughter of Jahnu, has not been seen — for him all things, food and the rest, and waters, are not to be accepted. You yourself, O supreme mistress, are that Svāhā, and you are Svadhā, for the full satisfaction of the host of gods and of the world of the fathers. Having the form of the three qualities called sattva, rajas and tamas, O you who bring about creation, preservation and dissolution — you, her, I praise.
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PdP 7 7.5
शरीराणि परित्यज्य गङ्गास्नानं प्रकुर्वताम् । गात्राण्यायान्ति पापानि गङ्गास्नानमकुर्वताम् धत्ते ललाटफलके तव सैकतं यः पुण्ड्रं च देवि तव तीरमृदा सदैवम् । त्वन्नाम सर्वरसधामवदेच्च भक्त्या त्वत्पादरेणुरखिलोस्तु ममैव मूर्ध्नि
śarīrāṇi parityajya gaṅgāsnānaṃ prakurvatām | gātrāṇyāyānti pāpāni gaṅgāsnānamakurvatām dhatte lalāṭaphalake tava saikataṃ yaḥ puṇḍraṃ ca devi tava tīramṛdā sadaivam | tvannāma sarvarasadhāmavadecca bhaktyā tvatpādareṇurakhilostu mamaiva mūrdhni
Sins, abandoning the bodies of those who perform the bath in Gaṅgā, come to the limbs of those who do not perform the bath in Gaṅgā. — He who places on the tablet of his forehead your sand, and a puṇḍra-mark with the clay of your bank, ever thus, and who with devotion utters your name, the abode of every savour — let the whole dust of your feet be upon my head.
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PdP 7 7.6
अहो चित्रमहो चित्रमहोचित्रमिदं पुनः । पतंति नरके मूढा गङ्गानाम्निस्थिते सति त्वद्रोधसि त्रिपथगे वसतिं विधाय पीत्वा च वारि तव पातकनाशकारि । स्मृत्वा च नाम तव वीचिरसं च दृष्ट्वा संसारबंधनहरे मम जातु जन्म
aho citramaho citramahocitramidaṃ punaḥ | pataṃti narake mūḍhā gaṅgānāmnisthite sati tvadrodhasi tripathage vasatiṃ vidhāya pītvā ca vāri tava pātakanāśakāri | smṛtvā ca nāma tava vīcirasaṃ ca dṛṣṭvā saṃsārabaṃdhanahare mama jātu janma
Oh how strange, how strange, how very strange this is again: fools fall into hell, though the name "Gaṅgā" stands (available)! O three-pathed one, making my dwelling on your bank, drinking your water that destroys sin, remembering your name and beholding the savour of your waves — O remover of the bondage of transmigration, may my birth ever be (there).
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PdP 7 7.7
शिरसा यो वहेद्भक्त्या गङ्गाम्भः कणिकामपि । स मुच्यते महापापैर्ब्रह्महत्यादिभिर्द्विजः नाकं शुभे सुमहदुल्लसिता मनुष्याः कुर्वंति भीतिरतिदुर्गमवर्त्म मत्वा । व्यर्थेव सा किल यतोऽमृतदे त्वदीयं सोपानभूतमुदकं त्रिदिवप्रयाणे
śirasā yo vahedbhaktyā gaṅgāmbhaḥ kaṇikāmapi | sa mucyate mahāpāpairbrahmahatyādibhirdvijaḥ nākaṃ śubhe sumahadullasitā manuṣyāḥ kurvaṃti bhītiratidurgamavartma matvā | vyartheva sā kila yato'mṛtade tvadīyaṃ sopānabhūtamudakaṃ tridivaprayāṇe
Whoever bears with devotion even a droplet of Gaṅgā's water upon his head — that twice-born is released from the great sins, beginning with the killing of a brahmin. O auspicious one, men, greatly excited, feel fear of heaven, reckoning the road to be exceedingly hard to travel; yet that (fear) is surely useless, O giver of nectar, since your water serves as a stairway on the journey to the third heaven.
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PdP 7 7.8
ललाटे दृश्यते यस्य गङ्गासैकतमुत्तमम् । स पुण्यात्मा जगत्सर्वं पुनाति नात्र संशयः पापानि रोगनिकराश्च शरीरदेहे तिष्ठंति तावदखिलेश्वरि भुक्तिदात्रि । कुर्वंति यावदमलेषु तवोदकेषु स्नानं न हि त्रिपथगे सरितां प्रधाने
lalāṭe dṛśyate yasya gaṅgāsaikatamuttamam | sa puṇyātmā jagatsarvaṃ punāti nātra saṃśayaḥ pāpāni roganikarāśca śarīradehe tiṣṭhaṃti tāvadakhileśvari bhuktidātri | kurvaṃti yāvadamaleṣu tavodakeṣu snānaṃ na hi tripathage saritāṃ pradhāne
He on whose forehead the excellent sand of Gaṅgā is seen — he is a soul of merit and purifies the whole world; there is no doubt of it. O mistress of all, giver of enjoyment, sins and masses of diseases abide in the body only so long as (people) do not bathe in your spotless waters, O three-pathed one, foremost of rivers.
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PdP 7 7.9
गङ्गातीरात्समायांतं यः पश्येत्परमादरैः । सोऽश्वमेधसहस्राणि फलं प्राप्नोति मानवः यस्यास्तवाच्युत विरंचि शिवादयोऽपि शक्रादिदेवनिकरा व्रजितुं महिम्नाम् । पारं परे परममोक्षपदप्रदात्रीं तां त्वां वदंति तटिनीमितिकेऽपि मोहात्
gaṅgātīrātsamāyāṃtaṃ yaḥ paśyetparamādaraiḥ | so'śvamedhasahasrāṇi phalaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ yasyāstavācyuta viraṃci śivādayo'pi śakrādidevanikarā vrajituṃ mahimnām | pāraṃ pare paramamokṣapadapradātrīṃ tāṃ tvāṃ vadaṃti taṭinīmitike'pi mohāt
That man who looks with the highest reverence upon one coming from Gaṅgā's bank obtains the fruit of a thousand horse-sacrifices. O supreme one, whose greatness not even Acyuta, Brahmā, Śiva and the rest, nor the hosts of gods headed by Indra, (are able) to reach the far shore of — you, the bestower of the supreme station of liberation, they call, out of delusion, merely a river.
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PdP 7 7.10
गङ्गातीरमहं यामि त्वमागच्छेति वक्ति यः । तस्य विष्णुः प्रसन्नात्मा सर्वान्कामान्प्रयच्छति
gaṅgātīramahaṃ yāmi tvamāgaccheti vakti yaḥ | tasya viṣṇuḥ prasannātmā sarvānkāmānprayacchati
He who says, "I am going to the bank of the Gaṅgā; you come too" — to him Viṣṇu, with a gracious heart, grants all desires.
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PdP 7 7.11
गंगेति नाम संस्मृत्य यस्तु कूपजलेऽपि च । करोति मानवः स्नानं गङ्गास्नानफलं लभेत् गंगे देवि जगन्मातः प्रसीद परमेश्वरि । परिपाहि नमस्तुभ्यं रक्ष मां सेवकं स्वकम्
gaṃgeti nāma saṃsmṛtya yastu kūpajale'pi ca | karoti mānavaḥ snānaṃ gaṅgāsnānaphalaṃ labhet gaṃge devi jaganmātaḥ prasīda parameśvari | paripāhi namastubhyaṃ rakṣa māṃ sevakaṃ svakam
A man who, recalling the name "Gaṅgā," bathes even in the water of a well obtains the fruit of bathing in the Gaṅgā. O Gaṅgā, goddess, mother of the world, be gracious, supreme mistress; protect me wholly, homage to you, guard me, your own servant.
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PdP 7 7.12
गङ्गाम्भः शीकरं यस्तु संमितं सर्षपस्य च । प्राप्नोति मृत्युकालेषु स गच्छेत्परमं पदम् परब्रह्मस्वरूपां त्वां सर्वलोकैकमातरम् । शक्नोमि किमहं स्तोतुं भ्रांतचित्तोऽत्र मोक्षदे
gaṅgāmbhaḥ śīkaraṃ yastu saṃmitaṃ sarṣapasya ca | prāpnoti mṛtyukāleṣu sa gacchetparamaṃ padam parabrahmasvarūpāṃ tvāṃ sarvalokaikamātaram | śaknomi kimahaṃ stotuṃ bhrāṃtacitto'tra mokṣade
He who obtains, at the hour of death, a spray of Gaṅgā's water the measure of a mustard seed goes to the supreme station. You whose form is the supreme Brahman, the one mother of all the worlds — how am I able to praise you here, with my mind confused, O giver of liberation?
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PdP 7 7.13
अत्रैव शृणु विप्रर्षे इतिहासं पुरातनम् । यस्य श्रवणमात्रेण गङ्गादेवी प्रसीदति व्यास उवाच- इति स्तुता जगद्धात्री तेन विप्रेण धीमता । आविर्बभूव सहसा गङ्गा मूर्तिमती द्विज
atraiva śṛṇu viprarṣe itihāsaṃ purātanam | yasya śravaṇamātreṇa gaṅgādevī prasīdati vyāsa uvāca- iti stutā jagaddhātrī tena vipreṇa dhīmatā | āvirbabhūva sahasā gaṅgā mūrtimatī dvija
On this very matter, O sage among brahmins, hear an ancient tale, by the mere hearing of which the goddess Gaṅgā is pleased. Vyāsa said: Thus praised by that wise brahmin, the upholder of the world, Gaṅgā, suddenly became manifest in bodily form, O twice-born.
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PdP 7 7.14
आसीत्त्रेतायुगे विप्रो धर्मस्वो नाम धार्मिकः । शांतो दांतो दयायुक्तो वेदवेदाङ्गपारगः ददर्श पुरतो गङ्गां द्विभुजां मकरासनाम् । कुन्देन्दुशङ्खधवलां सर्वालङ्कारभूषिताम्
āsīttretāyuge vipro dharmasvo nāma dhārmikaḥ | śāṃto dāṃto dayāyukto vedavedāṅgapāragaḥ dadarśa purato gaṅgāṃ dvibhujāṃ makarāsanām | kundenduśaṅkhadhavalāṃ sarvālaṅkārabhūṣitām
In the Tretā age there was a righteous brahmin named Dharmasva, calm, self-restrained, endowed with compassion, who had mastered the Vedas and the Vedāṅgas. He beheld Gaṅgā before him, two-armed, seated on a makara, white as jasmine, moon and conch, adorned with every ornament.
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PdP 7 7.15
सत्यवादी क्रोधहीनो हिंसाहीनो जितेन्द्रियः । सर्वभूतहितैषी च योगाभ्यसरतः सदा तां दृष्ट्वा पुरतो गङ्गां गङ्गागङ्गेति कीर्तयन् । ववंदे चरणौ तस्याः शिरसालिङ्ग्य मेदिनीम्
satyavādī krodhahīno hiṃsāhīno jitendriyaḥ | sarvabhūtahitaiṣī ca yogābhyasarataḥ sadā tāṃ dṛṣṭvā purato gaṅgāṃ gaṅgāgaṅgeti kīrtayan | vavaṃde caraṇau tasyāḥ śirasāliṅgya medinīm
He spoke truth, was without anger, without violence, his senses conquered, seeking the good of all beings, always devoted to the practice of yoga. Seeing Gaṅgā before him, proclaiming "Gaṅgā! Gaṅgā!", he saluted her feet, touching the earth with his head.
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PdP 7 7.16
संसारसागरं तर्त्तुं स विप्रो वैष्णवो जनः । पूजयामास देवेशं क्रियायोगेन केशवम् मोहयंती स्मिता लोकैः सुप्रीता परमेश्वरी । तमुवाच ततो विप्र वरं वृण्विति जैमिने
saṃsārasāgaraṃ tarttuṃ sa vipro vaiṣṇavo janaḥ | pūjayāmāsa deveśaṃ kriyāyogena keśavam mohayaṃtī smitā lokaiḥ suprītā parameśvarī | tamuvāca tato vipra varaṃ vṛṇviti jaimine
To cross over the ocean of transmigration, that brahmin, a Vaiṣṇava man, worshipped Keśava, the lord of gods, by the yoga of ritual action. Smiling, bewildering (all) with the worlds(?), the supreme goddess, well pleased, then said to him, "Choose a boon," O brahmin Jaimini.
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PdP 7 7.17
कदाचित्प्राप्य पुण्याहं स च विप्रर्षभो द्विज । जगाम जाह्नवीतीरं मुमुक्षुः स्नानहेतवे
kadācitprāpya puṇyāhaṃ sa ca viprarṣabho dvija | jagāma jāhnavītīraṃ mumukṣuḥ snānahetave
Once, having obtained a holy day, that bull among brahmins, O twice-born, went to the bank of the Jāhnavī, desiring liberation, for the sake of bathing.
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PdP 7 7.18
तत्र गंगांभसि स्नात्वा कृत्वा च तर्पणादिकम् । गृहं गंतुं मनश्चक्रे गंगांभः कर्त्तरीं वहन्
tatra gaṃgāṃbhasi snātvā kṛtvā ca tarpaṇādikam | gṛhaṃ gaṃtuṃ manaścakre gaṃgāṃbhaḥ karttarīṃ vahan
There, having bathed in the Gaṅgā's water and performed the libations to the ancestors and the rest, he set his mind on going home, carrying a vessel of Gaṅgā water.
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PdP 7 7.19
तस्मिन्काले ततो विप्र वैश्यो रत्नकराह्वयः । कृत्वा वाणिज्यमायांतं सकलैः किंकरैर्वृतः
tasminkāle tato vipra vaiśyo ratnakarāhvayaḥ | kṛtvā vāṇijyamāyāṃtaṃ sakalaiḥ kiṃkarairvṛtaḥ
At that time, O brahmin, there came a vaiśya named Ratnakara, returning from trading, surrounded by all his servants.
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PdP 7 7.20
तस्यैकः किंकरो विप्रः कालकल्प इति स्मृतः । दंडहस्तः समायातो विहिताखिलपातकः
tasyaikaḥ kiṃkaro vipraḥ kālakalpa iti smṛtaḥ | daṃḍahastaḥ samāyāto vihitākhilapātakaḥ
One servant of his, a brahmin known as Kālakalpa, came along with a staff in his hand, one who had committed every kind of sin.
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PdP 7 7.21
अथवर्त्मश्रमश्रांतस्तस्य रत्नकरस्य च । सुष्वापैको बलीवर्द्दः पथि ब्राह्मणसत्तम
athavartmaśramaśrāṃtastasya ratnakarasya ca | suṣvāpaiko balīvarddaḥ pathi brāhmaṇasattama
Now one bull of that Ratnakara, exhausted by the toil of the road, fell asleep on the way, O best of brahmins.
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PdP 7 7.22
पथि स्वपंतं तं दृष्ट्वा कालकल्पो वृषं ततः । दण्डेन ताडयामास बाहुधाऽत्यंतनिर्द्दयः
pathi svapaṃtaṃ taṃ dṛṣṭvā kālakalpo vṛṣaṃ tataḥ | daṇḍena tāḍayāmāsa bāhudhā'tyaṃtanirddayaḥ
Seeing that bull sleeping on the road, Kālakalpa, utterly without pity, then beat it many times with his staff.
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PdP 7 7.23
तद्दण्डघातजनितक्रोधेन वृषभेन सः । विषाणाभ्यां सुतीक्ष्णाभ्यां समुत्थाय विदारितः
taddaṇḍaghātajanitakrodhena vṛṣabhena saḥ | viṣāṇābhyāṃ sutīkṣṇābhyāṃ samutthāya vidāritaḥ
By the bull, whose rage was aroused by those blows of the staff, he was ripped open, as it rose up, with its two very sharp horns.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.24
तच्छृङ्गद्वयनिर्भिन्नवक्षाः स गतलोचनः । तत्सन्निधिं दयायुक्तो धर्मस्तु त्वरितो ययौ
tacchṛṅgadvayanirbhinnavakṣāḥ sa gatalocanaḥ | tatsannidhiṃ dayāyukto dharmastu tvarito yayau
His chest torn open by that pair of horns, his eyes gone, (he lay there); and Dharma(sva), full of compassion, hurried to his side.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.25
ततः कर्णात्समादाय तुलसीपत्रमुत्तमम् । गङ्गाम्भः शीकरैर्दिव्यैः सिक्तोसौ तेन धीमता
tataḥ karṇātsamādāya tulasīpatramuttamam | gaṅgāmbhaḥ śīkarairdivyaiḥ siktosau tena dhīmatā
Then, taking from his ear an excellent tulasī leaf, he was sprinkled by that wise man with divine sprays of Gaṅgā water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.26
गतप्राणं समालोक्य स विप्रः परमार्थवित् । विस्मितः स्वगृहं गंतुं मनश्चक्रे द्विजोत्तम
gataprāṇaṃ samālokya sa vipraḥ paramārthavit | vismitaḥ svagṛhaṃ gaṃtuṃ manaścakre dvijottama
Seeing (him) with his life gone, that brahmin who knew the highest truth was amazed, and set his mind on going to his own house, O best of the twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.27
अथ गच्छन्पथि प्राज्ञो गङ्गानामानि कीर्तयन् । यमदूतान्ददर्शाग्रे कोटिकोटि सहस्रशः
atha gacchanpathi prājño gaṅgānāmāni kīrtayan | yamadūtāndadarśāgre koṭikoṭi sahasraśaḥ
Then, as the wise one went along the road reciting the names of the Ganges, he saw before him Yama's messengers, in thousands of crores upon crores.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.28
छिन्नैकपादाः केचिच्च केचिच्छिन्नैकपाणयः । केऽपि केऽपि च्छिन्नकर्णाः केऽप्येकनयनास्तथा
chinnaikapādāḥ kecicca kecicchinnaikapāṇayaḥ | ke'pi ke'pi cchinnakarṇāḥ ke'pyekanayanāstathā
Some had one foot cut off, some had one hand cut off; some, and some again, had their ears cut off, and some had but a single eye.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.29
केचिच्च च्छिन्ननासाश्च च्छिन्नजिह्वाश्च केचन । भग्नदंताः केऽपि केऽपि केऽपि दंतविवर्जिताः
kecicca cchinnanāsāśca cchinnajihvāśca kecana | bhagnadaṃtāḥ ke'pi ke'pi ke'pi daṃtavivarjitāḥ
And some had their noses cut off, and some their tongues cut off; some had their teeth broken, and some, again, were wholly without teeth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.30
केऽपि शोणितधाराभिर्लिप्तसर्वकलेवराः । विमुक्तकैशिकाः केऽपि केऽपि वक्त्रविवर्जिताः
ke'pi śoṇitadhārābhirliptasarvakalevarāḥ | vimuktakaiśikāḥ ke'pi ke'pi vaktravivarjitāḥ
Some had their whole bodies smeared with streams of blood; some had their hair loosened, and some were without faces.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.31
केऽपि केऽपि तथा नग्नाः केऽपि निर्भिन्नवक्षसः । केऽपि जर्जरितांगाश्च महातीक्ष्णैः शिलीमुखैः
ke'pi ke'pi tathā nagnāḥ ke'pi nirbhinnavakṣasaḥ | ke'pi jarjaritāṃgāśca mahātīkṣṇaiḥ śilīmukhaiḥ
And some, and some again, were naked; some had their chests split open; and some had their limbs battered by very sharp arrows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.32
निषिद्धांगुलिहस्ताश्च दृढपाशैस्तथापरे । क्रंदंतो व्यथया केऽपि पलायनपरायणाः
niṣiddhāṃgulihastāśca dṛḍhapāśaistathāpare | kraṃdaṃto vyathayā ke'pi palāyanaparāyaṇāḥ
And (some had) the fingers of their hands disabled, and others (were bound) with strong nooses; and some, crying out from pain, were intent on flight.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 7 7.33
एवंभूतान्यमप्रेष्यान्स विलोक्य द्विजोत्तमः । सकंपहृदयो भीत्या ततः स्तब्धइवाभवत्
evaṃbhūtānyamapreṣyānsa vilokya dvijottamaḥ | sakaṃpahṛdayo bhītyā tataḥ stabdhaivābhavat
Seeing Yama's servants in such a state, that best of the twice-born, his heart trembling with fear, then became utterly motionless.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.34
अवलंब्य ततो धैर्यं स विप्रो हरिभक्तिकृत् । इत्यपृच्छन्मधुरया किरातान्यमकिंकरान्
avalaṃbya tato dhairyaṃ sa vipro haribhaktikṛt | ityapṛcchanmadhurayā kirātānyamakiṃkarān
Then, taking hold of his courage, that brahmin who practised devotion to Hari asked the savage servants of Yama thus, in a gentle (voice):
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.35
धर्म उवाच-। के यूयं विकृताकाराः पाशमुद्गरपाणयः । दंष्ट्राकरालवदना अंगारसदृशप्रभाः
dharma uvāca-| ke yūyaṃ vikṛtākārāḥ pāśamudgarapāṇayaḥ | daṃṣṭrākarālavadanā aṃgārasadṛśaprabhāḥ
Dharma said: Who are you, misshapen in form, with nooses and mallets in your hands, your mouths gaping with fangs, your radiance like burning coals?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.36
यूयं सर्वे महावीर ज्वलत्पावकलोचनाः । कृता तथापि युष्माकमियं केनापि दुर्गतिः
yūyaṃ sarve mahāvīra jvalatpāvakalocanāḥ | kṛtā tathāpi yuṣmākamiyaṃ kenāpi durgatiḥ
You are all great heroes, your eyes blazing fire; yet even so, by whom has this wretched condition been brought upon you?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.37
यमदूता ऊचुः - यमदूता वयं सर्वे यमाज्ञाहारिणः सदा । सदंडोऽयं द्विजास्माकं सुमहान्कदनोदयः
yamadūtā ūcuḥ - yamadūtā vayaṃ sarve yamājñāhāriṇaḥ sadā | sadaṃḍo'yaṃ dvijāsmākaṃ sumahānkadanodayaḥ
Yama's messengers said: We are all Yama's messengers, ever carrying out Yama's command. This punishment of ours, O brahmin, is a very great rising of ruin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 7 7.38
धर्मस्व उवाच- अकस्मादागता यूयं महाबलपराक्रमाः । एतावत इयं केन कथं वा दुर्गतिः कृता
dharmasva uvāca- akasmādāgatā yūyaṃ mahābalaparākramāḥ | etāvata iyaṃ kena kathaṃ vā durgatiḥ kṛtā
Dharma said: You have come suddenly, you of great strength and prowess; by whom and how was this wretched condition brought upon so many (of you)?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.39
यमदूता ऊचुः- भयं मुंच द्विजश्रेष्ठ वृत्तांतं सकलं शृणु । यथास्माकमिदं दुःखं बभूवात्यंतदुःसहम्
yamadūtā ūcuḥ- bhayaṃ muṃca dvijaśreṣṭha vṛttāṃtaṃ sakalaṃ śṛṇu | yathāsmākamidaṃ duḥkhaṃ babhūvātyaṃtaduḥsaham
Yama's messengers said: Let go of fear, best of the twice-born, and hear the whole account, how this exceedingly unbearable suffering came upon us.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.40
योऽसौ वृषेण शृङ्गाभ्यां कालकल्पो विदारितः । तं नेतुं धर्मराजेन प्रेरिताः किंकरा वयम्
yo'sau vṛṣeṇa śṛṅgābhyāṃ kālakalpo vidāritaḥ | taṃ netuṃ dharmarājena preritāḥ kiṃkarā vayam
That man, like Death (himself), who was torn open by the bull with its two horns — we servants were sent by the King of Dharma to fetch him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.41
तेनाज्ञप्ता वयं सर्वे समस्तायुधपाणयः । बद्ध्वा तं पापिनां श्रेष्ठं नेतुमिह समागताः
tenājñaptā vayaṃ sarve samastāyudhapāṇayaḥ | baddhvā taṃ pāpināṃ śreṣṭhaṃ netumiha samāgatāḥ
Commanded by him, we all, with every sort of weapon in hand, came here to bind that foremost of sinners and lead (him) away.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.42
अथासौ प्राप्तकालश्च कालकल्पो दुराशयः । वृषेणहेतुभूतेन विषाणाभ्यां विदारितः
athāsau prāptakālaśca kālakalpo durāśayaḥ | vṛṣeṇahetubhūtena viṣāṇābhyāṃ vidāritaḥ
Then he, whose time had come, that evil-minded one like Death, was torn open by the two horns of the bull, which was the (mere) instrumental cause.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.43
सदयेन तथा तत्र गङ्गापानीयसीकरैः । सिक्तः पातकिनां श्रेष्ठो गङ्गानामानि जल्पता
sadayena tathā tatra gaṅgāpānīyasīkaraiḥ | siktaḥ pātakināṃ śreṣṭho gaṅgānāmāni jalpatā
And there that foremost of sinners was sprinkled with drops of Ganges water by the compassionate one who was uttering the names of the Ganges.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.44
गङ्गाम्भः कणिकासेकैर्गतकल्मषमप्यमुम् । बद्ध्वा पाशैर्दृढं नेतुमुद्यमं प्रतिचक्रिरे
gaṅgāmbhaḥ kaṇikāsekairgatakalmaṣamapyamum | baddhvā pāśairdṛḍhaṃ netumudyamaṃ praticakrire
Although his sin was gone through being sprinkled with droplets of Ganges water, we undertook to bind him firmly with nooses and lead him away.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.45
नेतुं तमपि देवेशः शरणागतपालकः । स्वदूतान्प्रेषयामास महाबलपराक्रमान्
netuṃ tamapi deveśaḥ śaraṇāgatapālakaḥ | svadūtānpreṣayāmāsa mahābalaparākramān
To lead him away too, the Lord of gods, protector of those who come for refuge, sent his own messengers, of great strength and prowess.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.46
केऽपि दूताः समागत्य ततो नारायणाज्ञया । सकोपाः प्राहुरित्यस्मान्पथि ब्राह्मणसत्तम
ke'pi dūtāḥ samāgatya tato nārāyaṇājñayā | sakopāḥ prāhurityasmānpathi brāhmaṇasattama
Some messengers, having arrived there by Nārāyaṇa's command, spoke to us angrily thus upon the road, O best of brahmins:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.47
विष्णुदूता ऊचुः । के भवंतो महात्मानः कथमेनं महाशयम् । बद्ध्वा नयथ पाशेन यूयं वा कस्य किंकराः
viṣṇudūtā ūcuḥ | ke bhavaṃto mahātmānaḥ kathamenaṃ mahāśayam | baddhvā nayatha pāśena yūyaṃ vā kasya kiṃkarāḥ
The messengers of Viṣṇu said: Who are you, great ones? Why do you bind this noble-minded man with a noose and lead him away? And whose servants are you?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.48
विहायैनं महात्मानं पलायध्वं यथासुखम् । न चेच्छिरांसि युष्माकं छेत्स्यामश्चक्रधारया
vihāyainaṃ mahātmānaṃ palāyadhvaṃ yathāsukham | na cecchirāṃsi yuṣmākaṃ chetsyāmaścakradhārayā
Let go of this great soul and flee as you please; if not, we shall cut off your heads with the edge of the discus.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.49
तेषामेतानि वाक्यानि गर्वितानि द्विजोत्तम । संश्रुत्याच्युतदूतानां तेऽस्माभिरतिजल्पिताः
teṣāmetāni vākyāni garvitāni dvijottama | saṃśrutyācyutadūtānāṃ te'smābhiratijalpitāḥ
Having heard these arrogant words of theirs, the messengers of Acyuta, O best of the twice-born, they were answered by us with much speech:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.50
दण्डपाणेर्वयंदूताः सर्वे प्राणाधिपस्य वै । नीत्वैनं पापिनां श्रेष्ठं प्रयामः शमनालयम् ५० 7.7.
daṇḍapāṇervayaṃdūtāḥ sarve prāṇādhipasya vai | nītvainaṃ pāpināṃ śreṣṭhaṃ prayāmaḥ śamanālayam 50 7.7.
"We are all messengers of the rod-bearer, the lord of living breaths; having taken this foremost of sinners, we are going to the abode of Śamana (Yama)."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.51
यूयं सर्वे महात्मानस्तुलसीमाल्यभूषिताः । स्फुटपद्मपलाशाक्षाबलिनो गरुडध्वजाः
yūyaṃ sarve mahātmānastulasīmālyabhūṣitāḥ | sphuṭapadmapalāśākṣābalino garuḍadhvajāḥ
"You all are great souls, adorned with garlands of tulasī, with eyes like the petals of a full-blown lotus, mighty, bearing the Garuḍa banner,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.52
दिव्यांबरधरा यूयं मयूरगलसुंदराः । शंखचक्रगदापद्मधारणाश्च चतुर्भुजाः
divyāṃbaradharā yūyaṃ mayūragalasuṃdarāḥ | śaṃkhacakragadāpadmadhāraṇāśca caturbhujāḥ
you wear divine garments, you are beautiful with the (dark-blue) sheen of a peacock's neck, and you are four-armed, bearing conch, discus, mace and lotus.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.53
के यूयमीदृशाः सर्वे सर्वलक्षणसंयुताः । इमं पातकिनां श्रेष्ठं कथं वा नेतुमिच्छथ
ke yūyamīdṛśāḥ sarve sarvalakṣaṇasaṃyutāḥ | imaṃ pātakināṃ śreṣṭhaṃ kathaṃ vā netumicchatha
Who are you, of such a kind, all endowed with every (auspicious) mark? And why do you wish to take away this foremost of sinners?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.54
विष्णुदूता ऊचुः- वयं सर्वे विष्णुदूताः पुण्यात्मानमिमं नरम् । नेतुमत्र समायाता वैकुंठं प्रति संप्रति
viṣṇudūtā ūcuḥ- vayaṃ sarve viṣṇudūtāḥ puṇyātmānamimaṃ naram | netumatra samāyātā vaikuṃṭhaṃ prati saṃprati
The messengers of Viṣṇu said: We are all messengers of Viṣṇu; we have come here now to take this man, whose soul is meritorious, to Vaikuṇṭha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.55
इमं श्रीभगवद्भक्तं स्वजनं गतकल्मषम् । मुंचताशु यमप्रेष्या यदि जीवितुमिच्छथ
imaṃ śrībhagavadbhaktaṃ svajanaṃ gatakalmaṣam | muṃcatāśu yamapreṣyā yadi jīvitumicchatha
Release at once this devotee of the blessed Lord, our own kinsman, whose sins are gone, O servants of Yama, if you wish to live.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.56
भूयस्तेषामिदं वाक्यं श्रुत्वा सर्वगतं द्विज । कोपाद्यदुक्तमस्माभिस्तदाकर्णय कथ्यते
bhūyasteṣāmidaṃ vākyaṃ śrutvā sarvagataṃ dvija | kopādyaduktamasmābhistadākarṇaya kathyate
Again, O twice-born, having heard this speech of theirs, addressed to us all, what was said by us in anger — listen, it is being told.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 7 7.57
अयं पापी दुराचारो ब्रह्महत्यासहस्रकृत् । कृतघ्नश्चैव गोघ्नश्च मित्रघ्नश्च दुराशयः
ayaṃ pāpī durācāro brahmahatyāsahasrakṛt | kṛtaghnaścaiva goghnaśca mitraghnaśca durāśayaḥ
"This man is a sinner, of evil conduct, the doer of a thousand brahmin-murders, ungrateful, a cow-killer, a friend-killer, and evil-minded.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.58
मेरुप्रमाणहेमानि हृतानि सुबहूनि च । परदारा हृता नित्यमनेनातिदुरात्मना
merupramāṇahemāni hṛtāni subahūni ca | paradārā hṛtā nityamanenātidurātmanā
Very much gold, in quantity equal to Meru, has been stolen (by him), and other men's wives were constantly carried off by this exceedingly wicked one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.59
कोटिकोटिसहस्राणि जंतूनां विष्णुकिंकराः । कृताश्च बहुधा हत्याः स्त्रीहत्या च तथैव च
koṭikoṭisahasrāṇi jaṃtūnāṃ viṣṇukiṃkarāḥ | kṛtāśca bahudhā hatyāḥ strīhatyā ca tathaiva ca
Thousands upon millions of millions of creatures, O servants of Viṣṇu, were slain by him in many ways, and likewise the killing of women.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.60
अयं न्यासापहरणं स्वमातृगमनं तथा । गोमांसभक्षणं चैव चकार प्रतिवासरम्
ayaṃ nyāsāpaharaṇaṃ svamātṛgamanaṃ tathā | gomāṃsabhakṣaṇaṃ caiva cakāra prativāsaram
He committed the misappropriation of deposits, intercourse with his own mother, and the eating of cow's flesh, day after day.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.61
परहिंसाकृतानेन दाहश्च परवेश्मनः । सभायां परनिंदा च विधवागर्भपातनम्
parahiṃsākṛtānena dāhaśca paraveśmanaḥ | sabhāyāṃ paraniṃdā ca vidhavāgarbhapātanam
By him were done the injuring of others and the burning of others' houses, the slandering of others in the assembly, and the causing of abortion in a widow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.62
गृहमायांतमतिथिं धनलोभेन सत्तम । अहनन्निशितैः खङ्गैर्निशायां यवनोपमः
gṛhamāyāṃtamatithiṃ dhanalobhena sattama | ahananniśitaiḥ khaṅgairniśāyāṃ yavanopamaḥ
O good sir, out of greed for wealth he killed with sharpened swords, at night, the guest who came to his house, like a barbarian.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.63
एतान्यन्यानि पापानि महान्त्यगणितानि च । चकार नीचो मूढोऽसौ नाल्पमात्रं शुभावहम्
etānyanyāni pāpāni mahāntyagaṇitāni ca | cakāra nīco mūḍho'sau nālpamātraṃ śubhāvaham
These and other great and countless sins that low, deluded man committed; not even a little that brings good (did he do).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.64
तस्मादयं महापापी नीयते यातनागृहम् । ज्ञेया हि पापिनो दंड्या धर्मराजस्य सत्तमाः
tasmādayaṃ mahāpāpī nīyate yātanāgṛham | jñeyā hi pāpino daṃḍyā dharmarājasya sattamāḥ
Therefore this great sinner is being led to the house of torments; for sinners are to be known as liable to punishment by the King of Dharma, O excellent ones.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.65
यूयं वै देवदेवस्य दूता भगवतो यदि । तदा कथमिमं नेतुं पापिनां श्रेष्ठमिच्छथ
yūyaṃ vai devadevasya dūtā bhagavato yadi | tadā kathamimaṃ netuṃ pāpināṃ śreṣṭhamicchatha
If you are indeed messengers of the Lord, the God of gods, then why do you wish to take away this foremost of sinners?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.66
विष्णुदूता ऊचुः । भविद्भः सत्यमेवोक्तं कोऽपि नास्त्यत्र संशयः । दण्ड्याः पातकिनः सर्वे जीविताधिपतेः सदा
viṣṇudūtā ūcuḥ | bhavidbhaḥ satyamevoktaṃ ko'pi nāstyatra saṃśayaḥ | daṇḍyāḥ pātakinaḥ sarve jīvitādhipateḥ sadā
The messengers of Viṣṇu said: What you have said is indeed true; there is no doubt at all in this. All those who have committed sins are ever liable to punishment by the lord of life (Yama).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.67
अयं पापविनिर्मुक्तो गङ्गाशीकरसेचनात् । तस्मादेनं वयं सर्वे नेष्यामो हरिमंदिरम्
ayaṃ pāpavinirmukto gaṅgāśīkarasecanāt | tasmādenaṃ vayaṃ sarve neṣyāmo harimaṃdiram
(But) this man has been freed from sin by the sprinkling of the spray of the Gaṅgā; therefore we all shall lead him to the house of Hari.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.68
तावत्तिष्ठंति देहेषु पातकानि शरीरिणाम् । गङ्गाम्भः शीकरा यावन्न स्पृशंति सुदुर्ल्लभम्
tāvattiṣṭhaṃti deheṣu pātakāni śarīriṇām | gaṅgāmbhaḥ śīkarā yāvanna spṛśaṃti sudurllabham
Sins remain in the bodies of embodied beings only so long as the sprays of Gaṅgā water — so very hard to obtain — do not touch (them).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.69
चंद्रैककलया सर्वं तिमिरं हन्यते यथा । गङ्गाम्भः शीकरेणापि पातकं हन्यते तथा
caṃdraikakalayā sarvaṃ timiraṃ hanyate yathā | gaṅgāmbhaḥ śīkareṇāpi pātakaṃ hanyate tathā
Just as all darkness is destroyed by a single sliver of the moon, so too is sin destroyed even by a spray of Gaṅgā water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.70
गंगानामानि संस्मृत्य पापी मुच्येत पातकात् । साक्षात्तत्सलिलं दृष्ट्वा मुच्यतेऽत्र किमद्भुतम्
gaṃgānāmāni saṃsmṛtya pāpī mucyeta pātakāt | sākṣāttatsalilaṃ dṛṣṭvā mucyate'tra kimadbhutam
By merely remembering the names of the Gaṅgā a sinner would be released from his sin; what wonder is there here, then, that one is released upon actually seeing her water?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.71
शीतमप्युदकं गाड्गं वह्निवत्पापकानने । यथाग्निवत्पद्मवने शीतं तोयं च दाहकृत्
śītamapyudakaṃ gāḍgaṃ vahnivatpāpakānane | yathāgnivatpadmavane śītaṃ toyaṃ ca dāhakṛt
Gaṅgā's water, though cold, is like fire to the forest of sins — just as in a lotus grove cold water too, like fire, causes burning.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 7 7.72
तस्मादयं पुण्यकर्मा द्वितीय इव केशवः । गच्छध्वं शमनप्रेष्या यदि कल्याणमिच्छत
tasmādayaṃ puṇyakarmā dvitīya iva keśavaḥ | gacchadhvaṃ śamanapreṣyā yadi kalyāṇamicchata
Therefore this man of meritorious deeds is like a second Keśava. Go away, you servants of the Restrainer (Yama), if you wish for your own welfare.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.73
तेषां केशवदूतानां श्रुत्वास्माभिरिदं वचः । भूय एव निरुक्तं यद्विहस्योच्चैः शृणुष्व तत्
teṣāṃ keśavadūtānāṃ śrutvāsmābhiridaṃ vacaḥ | bhūya eva niruktaṃ yadvihasyoccaiḥ śṛṇuṣva tat
Having heard this speech of those messengers of Keśava, what was said by us again in reply, laughing — hear that aloud (i.e. listen well).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 7 7.74
अहो चित्रमहो चित्रमयं कल्मषमंदिरः । गङ्गाम्भः सेचनादेव विमुक्तः सर्वपातकैः
aho citramaho citramayaṃ kalmaṣamaṃdiraḥ | gaṅgāmbhaḥ secanādeva vimuktaḥ sarvapātakaiḥ
Oh how strange, how strange! This man, a very abode of defilement, has been freed from all his sins by the mere sprinkling of Gaṅgā water!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.75
स्वहस्तोपार्जितं कर्म शुभं वा यदि वाशुभम् । नाभुक्त्वा मुच्यते मर्त्यः कल्पकोटिशतैरपि
svahastopārjitaṃ karma śubhaṃ vā yadi vāśubham | nābhuktvā mucyate martyaḥ kalpakoṭiśatairapi
The deed accumulated by one's own hand, whether good or bad — a mortal is not released from it without having experienced it, not even in hundreds of crores of aeons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.76
यमाज्ञया नेतुमिमं वयं सर्वे समागताः । कस्यायं वचसास्माभिस्त्यज्यते पापिनां वरः
yamājñayā netumimaṃ vayaṃ sarve samāgatāḥ | kasyāyaṃ vacasāsmābhistyajyate pāpināṃ varaḥ
We have all come together to lead this man away by Yama's command. On whose word should this best of sinners be let go by us?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.77
विष्णुदूता ऊचुः । यूयं पापधियो नूनं विवेकपरिवर्जिताः । युष्माभिर्जह्नुकन्याया न ज्ञायंते यतो गुणाः
viṣṇudūtā ūcuḥ | yūyaṃ pāpadhiyo nūnaṃ vivekaparivarjitāḥ | yuṣmābhirjahnukanyāyā na jñāyaṃte yato guṇāḥ
The messengers of Viṣṇu said: Surely you are of sinful mind, devoid of discrimination, since the virtues of Jahnu's daughter (the Gaṅgā) are not known to you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.78
कार्यं वेदे निषिद्धं यत्तत्पातकमिति स्मृतम् । यद्वेदसंमतं कार्यं तदेव धर्म्यमुच्यते
kāryaṃ vede niṣiddhaṃ yattatpātakamiti smṛtam | yadvedasaṃmataṃ kāryaṃ tadeva dharmyamucyate
An act that is forbidden in the Veda is remembered (in tradition) as sin; an act that is approved by the Veda, that alone is called righteous.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.79
देवो नारायणः साक्षात्स्वयंभूरिति शुश्रुम । यथा विष्णुस्तथा गंगा गंगैव सर्वपापहा
devo nārāyaṇaḥ sākṣātsvayaṃbhūriti śuśruma | yathā viṣṇustathā gaṃgā gaṃgaiva sarvapāpahā
We have heard that the god Nārāyaṇa is himself the self-existent one. As Viṣṇu is, so is the Gaṅgā; the Gaṅgā herself destroys all sin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.80
अशुभं वा शुभं कर्म स्वहस्तरचितं हरिः । हरौ प्रसन्ने पापानि कुत्र तिष्ठंति देहिनाम्
aśubhaṃ vā śubhaṃ karma svahastaracitaṃ hariḥ | harau prasanne pāpāni kutra tiṣṭhaṃti dehinām
The deed fashioned by one's own hand, bad or good, is Hari (himself); when Hari is pleased, where do the sins of embodied beings remain?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.81
जन्मान्तरार्जितैः पापैर्गता यूयमिमां गतिम् । अद्यापि पापकर्माणः किमर्थं पापमिच्छथ
janmāntarārjitaiḥ pāpairgatā yūyamimāṃ gatim | adyāpi pāpakarmāṇaḥ kimarthaṃ pāpamicchatha
By sins accumulated in another birth you have come to this state; even now, you doers of evil, why do you desire sin?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.82
गङ्गानिन्दाकरा यूयं विष्णुनिंदाकरास्तथा । अतो युष्मान्हनिष्यामः पापिनश्चक्रधारया
gaṅgānindākarā yūyaṃ viṣṇuniṃdākarāstathā | ato yuṣmānhaniṣyāmaḥ pāpinaścakradhārayā
You are revilers of the Gaṅgā and likewise revilers of Viṣṇu; therefore we shall slay you sinners with the edge of the discus.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.83
इत्युक्त्वा विष्णुदूतास्ते कोपादरुणलोचनाः । चक्रिरे समरारंभमस्माभिः सह सत्तम
ityuktvā viṣṇudūtāste kopādaruṇalocanāḥ | cakrire samarāraṃbhamasmābhiḥ saha sattama
Having spoken thus, those messengers of Viṣṇu, their eyes red with anger, began battle with us, O best of the good.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.84
जीवेश दूता हन्यंतामिति प्रोचुश्च ते रुषा । भूयोभूयो वदंतोऽस्मान्निजघ्नुश्चक्रधारया
jīveśa dūtā hanyaṃtāmiti procuśca te ruṣā | bhūyobhūyo vadaṃto'smānnijaghnuścakradhārayā
And they cried out in fury, "Let the messengers of the lord of life be slain!" and, saying it again and again, they struck us with the edge of the discus.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.85
इत्युक्त्वा विष्णुदूतास्ते संग्रामेत्यंतदारुणाः । सर्वे शंखान्समादध्मुः सहसा हृष्टमानसाः
ityuktvā viṣṇudūtāste saṃgrāmetyaṃtadāruṇāḥ | sarve śaṃkhānsamādadhmuḥ sahasā hṛṣṭamānasāḥ
Having spoken thus, those messengers of Viṣṇu, exceedingly terrible in battle, all at once blew their conches, their minds delighted.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.86
ततोऽस्माकं सिंहनादैः पयोदस्तनितैरिव । कोदंडानां च विस्तारैर्व्याप्तं विप्र जगत्त्रयम्
tato'smākaṃ siṃhanādaiḥ payodastanitairiva | kodaṃḍānāṃ ca vistārairvyāptaṃ vipra jagattrayam
Then, O brahmin, by our lion-roars, like the thundering of rain-clouds, and by the stretching of (our) bows, the three worlds were filled.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.87
अथ वृक्षैः शिलाभिश्च तथा पर्वतवृष्टिभिः । अस्माभिर्विष्णुदूतास्ते बाणैश्च विदलीकृताः
atha vṛkṣaiḥ śilābhiśca tathā parvatavṛṣṭibhiḥ | asmābhirviṣṇudūtāste bāṇaiśca vidalīkṛtāḥ
Then those servants of Viṣṇu were torn apart by us with trees, with rocks, with showers of mountains, and with arrows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.88
ऋष्टिभिर्भिंदिपालैश्च बाणैश्च परिघैस्तथा । कुठारैश्छुरिकाभिश्च दंडैश्च शंकुभिस्तथा
ṛṣṭibhirbhiṃdipālaiśca bāṇaiśca parighaistathā | kuṭhāraiśchurikābhiśca daṃḍaiśca śaṃkubhistathā
With spears and with bhiṇḍipālas, with arrows and with iron bars, with axes and with knives, with clubs and with spikes,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.89
खङ्गैश्च शक्तिभिश्चैव निशितैश्च शिलीमुखैः । गदाभिश्चक्रधाराभिर्नाराचैश्च सुभीषणैः
khaṅgaiśca śaktibhiścaiva niśitaiśca śilīmukhaiḥ | gadābhiścakradhārābhirnārācaiśca subhīṣaṇaiḥ
with swords and with lances, and with sharpened arrows, with maces, with the edges of discs, and with most terrible nārāca-shafts—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.90
एतैरन्यैश्च विषमैरस्त्रैस्ते विष्णुकिंकराः । निजघ्नुर्बहुधा कोपाद्वज्रकल्पैर्महार्णवे
etairanyaiśca viṣamairastraiste viṣṇukiṃkarāḥ | nijaghnurbahudhā kopādvajrakalpairmahārṇave
with these and with other dreadful weapons, like thunderbolts, those attendants of Viṣṇu struck (us) again and again in fury there by the great ocean.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.91
तदास्त्रजर्जराः सर्वे वयं भीत्या पलायिताः । निपेतुः केऽपि संग्रामे गतप्राणाः सहस्रशः
tadāstrajarjarāḥ sarve vayaṃ bhītyā palāyitāḥ | nipetuḥ ke'pi saṃgrāme gataprāṇāḥ sahasraśaḥ
Then, shattered by their weapons, we all fled in fear; and some fell in the battle, their lives gone, by the thousands.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.92
ततोऽस्मांस्ते समालोक्य पलायनपरायणान् । मुदा कंबून्समादध्मुर्बलिनो विष्णुकिंकराः
tato'smāṃste samālokya palāyanaparāyaṇān | mudā kaṃbūnsamādadhmurbalino viṣṇukiṃkarāḥ
Then those mighty attendants of Viṣṇu, seeing us intent upon flight, joyfully blew their conches.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.93
अथ च्छित्त्वा द्विजश्रेष्ठ कालकल्पस्य बंधनम् । विमाने तं समारोप्य जग्मुर्भगवतः पुरम्
atha cchittvā dvijaśreṣṭha kālakalpasya baṃdhanam | vimāne taṃ samāropya jagmurbhagavataḥ puram
Then, O best of the twice-born, having cut Kālakalpa's bonds and set him upon a celestial chariot, they went to the city of the Lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.94
गङ्गाशीकरसेकस्य प्रभावेनैव सत्तम । जगाम हरिसालोक्यं कालकल्पोऽति पातकी
gaṅgāśīkarasekasya prabhāvenaiva sattama | jagāma harisālokyaṃ kālakalpo'ti pātakī
O most excellent one, merely by the power of being sprinkled with the spray of the Gaṅgā, Kālakalpa, the very great sinner, attained to dwelling in the same world as Hari.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.95
स्थित्वा कल्पशतं तत्र भुक्त्वा भोगान्मनोहरान् । ज्ञानमासाद्य तत्रैव परमं मोक्षमाप्तवान्
sthitvā kalpaśataṃ tatra bhuktvā bhogānmanoharān | jñānamāsādya tatraiva paramaṃ mokṣamāptavān
Having remained there a hundred kalpas and enjoyed delightful pleasures, and having obtained knowledge, he attained the supreme liberation there itself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.96
गङ्गाप्रभावैरस्माकमेतद्दुःखं गतं प्रभो । गच्छ ब्राह्मण भद्रं ते सुप्रीतो निजमंदिरम्
gaṅgāprabhāvairasmākametadduḥkhaṃ gataṃ prabho | gaccha brāhmaṇa bhadraṃ te suprīto nijamaṃdiram
By the powers of the Gaṅgā this suffering of ours has come about, O lord. Go, brahmin—blessings on you—well pleased, to your own house.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.97
इत्युक्त्वा यमदूतास्ते ययुर्यमपुरं द्विज । भूय एव स धर्मस्वः प्रीतो गङ्गातटं ययौ
ityuktvā yamadūtāste yayuryamapuraṃ dvija | bhūya eva sa dharmasvaḥ prīto gaṅgātaṭaṃ yayau
Having said this, those messengers of Yama went to Yama's city, O twice-born; and Dharmasva, pleased, went once again to the bank of the Gaṅgā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.98
गंगायां स्नानमाचर्य सर्वलोकस्य मातरि । बद्धाञ्जलिः स विप्रस्तां तुष्टाव परमेश्वरीम्
gaṃgāyāṃ snānamācarya sarvalokasya mātari | baddhāñjaliḥ sa viprastāṃ tuṣṭāva parameśvarīm
Having performed his bath in the Gaṅgā, the mother of all the world, that brahmin, with hands joined, praised her, the supreme goddess.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.99
धर्मस्व उवाच- गंगे समस्तजगदंब चलत्तरंगेऽनगादिचारुतरमस्तकपुष्पमाले । कंसारिचारुचरणद्वयरेणुहन्त्रि भक्त्या नमामि दुरितक्षयकारिणीं त्वाम्
dharmasva uvāca- gaṃge samastajagadaṃba calattaraṃge'nagādicārutaramastakapuṣpamāle | kaṃsāricārucaraṇadvayareṇuhantri bhaktyā namāmi duritakṣayakāriṇīṃ tvām
Dharmasva said: O Gaṅgā, mother of the whole world, with your moving waves, whose head-garland of flowers is lovelier than (that of the?) sinless ones and the rest, remover of the dust from the two beautiful feet of the enemy of Kaṃsa—with devotion I bow to you, who bring about the destruction of sins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 7 7.100
मातः समस्तसुखदे प्रवरे नदीनां व्यासादिविप्रचयगीतगणे गुणाढ्ये । संसारभैरवमहार्णवमध्यनौके वंदेत वांघ्रियुगलं दुरितापहारि १०० 7.7.
mātaḥ samastasukhade pravare nadīnāṃ vyāsādivipracayagītagaṇe guṇāḍhye | saṃsārabhairavamahārṇavamadhyanauke vaṃdeta vāṃghriyugalaṃ duritāpahāri 100 7.7.
O mother, giver of all happiness, foremost of rivers, whose multitude of qualities is sung by the host of brahmins beginning with Vyāsa, rich in virtues, boat in the midst of the terrible great ocean of transmigration—I bow to your pair of feet, which take away sins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.101
यस्यास्तवांबुकणिकामपि जह्नुकन्ये सौदासनामनृपतिर्द्विजकोटिहत्याम् । संप्राप्य मुक्तिमगमत्त्रिसुरैरलभ्यां तां त्वां नमामि शिरसा वरदे प्रसीद
yasyāstavāṃbukaṇikāmapi jahnukanye saudāsanāmanṛpatirdvijakoṭihatyām | saṃprāpya muktimagamattrisurairalabhyāṃ tāṃ tvāṃ namāmi śirasā varade prasīda
O daughter of Jahnu, having obtained but a drop of your water, the king named Saudāsa, (though guilty) of the slaying of ten million brahmins, went to a liberation unattainable even by the three gods—to you, such as you are, I bow with my head; O giver of boons, be gracious.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.110
गङ्गे समस्तसुखदायिनि किंचिदेव जानाति ते पशुपतिर्भगवान्महत्त्वम् । यस्मादसौ सुमनसां प्रवरोऽतिभक्त्या धत्ते सदैव शिरसा जगदीश्वरीं त्वाम्
gaṅge samastasukhadāyini kiṃcideva jānāti te paśupatirbhagavānmahattvam | yasmādasau sumanasāṃ pravaro'tibhaktyā dhatte sadaiva śirasā jagadīśvarīṃ tvām
O Gaṅgā, giver of all happiness, the lord Paśupati knows only a little of your greatness; for that reason he, the foremost of the well-disposed, with the greatest devotion ever bears you, the mistress of the world, upon his head.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.117
धर्मस्व उवाच- मातस्त्वत्सलिलस्पर्शाद्ब्रह्महापि च मोक्षभाक् । मया त्वं दृश्यते साक्षात्साध्यं किमपरं मम
dharmasva uvāca- mātastvatsalilasparśādbrahmahāpi ca mokṣabhāk | mayā tvaṃ dṛśyate sākṣātsādhyaṃ kimaparaṃ mama
Dharmasva said: Mother, by the touch of your water even a brahmin-slayer has a share in liberation; and you are seen by me directly—what further goal is there for me?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.118
तथाप्येकं वरं याचे त्वन्नीरे परमेश्वरि । मृत्युर्भवतु मे देवि त्वन्नामस्मरतो मम
tathāpyekaṃ varaṃ yāce tvannīre parameśvari | mṛtyurbhavatu me devi tvannāmasmarato mama
Yet I ask one boon in your water, O supreme goddess: let my death, O goddess, come to me while I remember your name.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.119
मया कृतेन स्तोत्रेण यस्त्वां स्तौति सदेश्वरि । सोऽपि भुक्त्वाखिलान्कामानंते यास्यति सद्गतिम्
mayā kṛtena stotreṇa yastvāṃ stauti sadeśvari | so'pi bhuktvākhilānkāmānaṃte yāsyati sadgatim
And whoever always praises you, O goddess, with the hymn made by me—he too, having enjoyed all desires, will in the end go to the good state.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.120
गङ्गोवाच- अनया भवतो भक्त्या संतुष्टास्मि द्विजोत्तम । शीघ्रं ते कुशलं सर्वं भविष्यति न संशयः
gaṅgovāca- anayā bhavato bhaktyā saṃtuṣṭāsmi dvijottama | śīghraṃ te kuśalaṃ sarvaṃ bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ
Gaṅgā said: I am pleased with this devotion of yours, best of the twice-born; swiftly all will be well with you, there is no doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.121
त्वया कृतमिदं स्तोत्रं त्रिसंध्यं यः पठेन्नरः । तस्याहमपि संतुष्टा दास्यामि मुक्तिमुत्तमाम्
tvayā kṛtamidaṃ stotraṃ trisaṃdhyaṃ yaḥ paṭhennaraḥ | tasyāhamapi saṃtuṣṭā dāsyāmi muktimuttamām
With the man who recites this hymn made by you at the three junctures of the day, I too shall be pleased, and I shall grant him the highest liberation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.122
व्यास उवाच- इति दत्वा वरं तस्मै सा देवी भक्तवत्सला । धर्मस्वनाम्ने विप्रेन्द्र तत्रैवांतरधीयत
vyāsa uvāca- iti datvā varaṃ tasmai sā devī bhaktavatsalā | dharmasvanāmne viprendra tatraivāṃtaradhīyata
Vyāsa said: Having thus given the boon to him, to Dharmasvan by name, that goddess who is fond of her devotees vanished right there, O chief of brahmins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.123
स च विप्रो वरं प्राप्य कृतकृत्य इवाभवत् । गङ्गारोधसि तत्रैव तस्थौ विप्र मनोरमे
sa ca vipro varaṃ prāpya kṛtakṛtya ivābhavat | gaṅgārodhasi tatraiva tasthau vipra manorame
And that brahmin, having obtained the boon, became as one whose purpose was accomplished; he remained right there on the delightful bank of the Gaṅgā, O brahmin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.124
ततः कालेन महता विमले जाह्नवीजले । सुखमृत्युं समासाद्य जगाम पदमुत्तमम्
tataḥ kālena mahatā vimale jāhnavījale | sukhamṛtyuṃ samāsādya jagāma padamuttamam
Then, after a long time, having met with an easy death in the pure water of the Jāhnavī, he went to the highest station.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.125
कालकल्पोऽपि पापात्मा सिक्तो गङ्गाम्बुशीकरैः । प्राप्तवानुत्तमं मोक्षमन्येषां का कथा द्विज
kālakalpo'pi pāpātmā sikto gaṅgāmbuśīkaraiḥ | prāptavānuttamaṃ mokṣamanyeṣāṃ kā kathā dvija
Even the sinful Kālakalpa, sprinkled with droplets of Gaṅgā water, obtained the highest release — what then to say of others, O twice-born?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.126
अनिच्छयापि गाङ्गेयं जलं स्पृष्ट्वा फलान्वितम् । स्पृशतां भक्तिभावेन किं भवेन्नहि वेद्मि तत्
anicchayāpi gāṅgeyaṃ jalaṃ spṛṣṭvā phalānvitam | spṛśatāṃ bhaktibhāvena kiṃ bhavennahi vedmi tat
Even touched unwillingly, the water of the Gaṅgā is fruitful; what then comes to those who touch it with devotion — that I do not know.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.127
गङ्गासमं नास्ति तीर्थं भूयोभूयो मयोच्यते । यदम्बुकणिकां स्पृष्ट्वा परमं धाम लभ्यते
gaṅgāsamaṃ nāsti tīrthaṃ bhūyobhūyo mayocyate | yadambukaṇikāṃ spṛṣṭvā paramaṃ dhāma labhyate
There is no holy place equal to the Gaṅgā — I say it again and again — for by touching a drop of its water the supreme abode is attained.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 7.128
ये भक्तिभावेन सरिद्वरायाः स्पृशंति येंऽभकणिकामपीह । ते यांति नूनं पदमच्युतस्य पापैर्विमुक्ताः सकलैर्महोग्रैः
ye bhaktibhāvena saridvarāyāḥ spṛśaṃti yeṃ'bhakaṇikāmapīha | te yāṃti nūnaṃ padamacyutasya pāpairvimuktāḥ sakalairmahograiḥ
Those who here with devotion touch even a drop of the water of the best of rivers, they surely go to the station of Acyuta, freed from all their most terrible sins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition