Padma Purana — Kriya Khanda — Chapter 9
PdP 7 9.1
जैमिनिरुवाच- भूय एव गुरो ब्रूहि गङ्गामाहात्म्यमुत्तमम् । गङ्गाकथामृतं पातुं माधुर्यात्पुनरिष्यते
jaiminiruvāca- bhūya eva guro brūhi gaṅgāmāhātmyamuttamam | gaṅgākathāmṛtaṃ pātuṃ mādhuryātpunariṣyate
Jaimini said: Speak yet again, O teacher, the excellent greatness of the Gaṅgā; from its sweetness, (the wish) to drink the nectar of the Gaṅgā's story arises once more.
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PdP 7 9.2
व्यास उवाच- तदप्यहं ब्रवीमि त्वां गङ्गाभक्तो यतो भवान् । तौ पादौ सफलौ नॄणां जाह्नवीतटगामिनौ
vyāsa uvāca- tadapyahaṃ bravīmi tvāṃ gaṅgābhakto yato bhavān | tau pādau saphalau nṝṇāṃ jāhnavītaṭagāminau
Vyāsa said: That too I will tell you, since you are devoted to the Ganges. Fruitful are those two feet of men which go to the bank of the Jāhnavī.
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PdP 7 9.3
गङ्गाकल्लोलनिनदश्राविणौ श्रवणौ च तौ । सा जिह्वा या च जानाति स्वादुभेदं तदंभसः
gaṅgākallolaninadaśrāviṇau śravaṇau ca tau | sā jihvā yā ca jānāti svādubhedaṃ tadaṃbhasaḥ
And fruitful are those two ears which hear the roar of the Ganges' waves, and that tongue which knows the particular sweetness of her water.
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PdP 7 9.4
ते नेत्रे जाह्नवी चारुतरंगदर्शने च ते । तल्ललाटमिति प्रोक्तं गङ्गामृत्पुण्ड्रधारि यत्
te netre jāhnavī cārutaraṃgadarśane ca te | tallalāṭamiti proktaṃ gaṅgāmṛtpuṇḍradhāri yat
Fruitful are those eyes that behold the lovely waves of the Jāhnavī, and that forehead is declared (fruitful) which bears a sectarian mark of Ganges clay.
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PdP 7 9.5
तौ हस्तौ जाह्नवी तीरे हरि पूजापरायणौ । शरीरं सफलं तच्च विमले जाह्नवी जले
tau hastau jāhnavī tīre hari pūjāparāyaṇau | śarīraṃ saphalaṃ tacca vimale jāhnavī jale
Fruitful are those two hands intent on the worship of Hari on the Jāhnavī's bank, and fruitful is that body which, in the pure water of the Jāhnavī —
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PdP 7 9.6
पतितं तद्द्विजश्रेष्ठ चतुर्वर्गफलप्रदम् । स्वर्गस्थाः पितरः सर्वे गच्छंतो जाह्नवीतटे
patitaṃ taddvijaśreṣṭha caturvargaphalapradam | svargasthāḥ pitaraḥ sarve gacchaṃto jāhnavītaṭe
— has fallen, O best of the twice-born: it grants the fruit of the four aims (of life). All the forefathers who dwell in heaven, (seeing their son) going to the bank of the Jāhnavī,
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PdP 7 9.7
संदृश्य हृष्टाः शंसंति वदंत इति जैमिने । तत्पुण्यं कृतमस्माभिः सद्गतिप्राप्तये पुरा
saṃdṛśya hṛṣṭāḥ śaṃsaṃti vadaṃta iti jaimine | tatpuṇyaṃ kṛtamasmābhiḥ sadgatiprāptaye purā
having seen (him), are delighted and praise (him), saying thus, O Jaimini: "That merit was performed by us long ago for the attaining of a good destiny;
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PdP 7 9.8
भविष्यत्यक्षयं तच्च यतः पुत्रोऽयमीदृशः । अनेन गाङ्गैः सलिलैर्वयं संप्रति तर्पिताः
bhaviṣyatyakṣayaṃ tacca yataḥ putro'yamīdṛśaḥ | anena gāṅgaiḥ salilairvayaṃ saṃprati tarpitāḥ
and it will become imperishable, since this son (of ours) is such a one. By him we have now been gratified with the waters of the Ganges;
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PdP 7 9.9
यास्यामः परमं धाम दुर्ल्लभं यत्सुरैरपि । गङ्गायां यानि द्रव्याणि दास्यत्यस्माकमात्मजः
yāsyāmaḥ paramaṃ dhāma durllabhaṃ yatsurairapi | gaṅgāyāṃ yāni dravyāṇi dāsyatyasmākamātmajaḥ
we shall go to the highest abode, which is hard to attain even for the gods. Whatever things our son will give at the Ganges,
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PdP 7 9.10
अस्मभ्यं तानि सर्वाणि भविष्यंत्यक्षयाणि वै । नरकस्थाश्च पितरः सर्वदुःखसमन्विताः
asmabhyaṃ tāni sarvāṇi bhaviṣyaṃtyakṣayāṇi vai | narakasthāśca pitaraḥ sarvaduḥkhasamanvitāḥ
all those will indeed become imperishable for us." And the forefathers who dwell in hell, afflicted with every misery,
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PdP 7 9.11
वदंतीति सुतं दृष्ट्वा गच्छंतं जाह्नवीतटम् । कृतानि यानि पापानि नरकक्लेशदानि वै
vadaṃtīti sutaṃ dṛṣṭvā gacchaṃtaṃ jāhnavītaṭam | kṛtāni yāni pāpāni narakakleśadāni vai
say thus, seeing their son going to the bank of the Jāhnavī: "Whatever sins were committed by us, which give the torments of hell,
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PdP 7 9.12
यास्यंति संक्षयं तानि पुत्रस्यापि प्रसादतः । विमुक्ता नरकक्लेशैर्वयं सर्वे सुदुःसहैः
yāsyaṃti saṃkṣayaṃ tāni putrasyāpi prasādataḥ | vimuktā narakakleśairvayaṃ sarve suduḥsahaiḥ
those will come to destruction, by the grace of our son. Released from the hell-torments, so very hard to bear, all of us
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PdP 7 9.13
अथ पुत्रप्रसादेन यास्यामः परमां गतिम् । यात्रां विधाय यो मर्त्यो गृहं मोहान्निवर्तते
atha putraprasādena yāsyāmaḥ paramāṃ gatim | yātrāṃ vidhāya yo martyo gṛhaṃ mohānnivartate
shall then, by the son's favour, go to the highest goal." But the mortal who, having set out on the pilgrimage, turns back home out of delusion —
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PdP 7 9.14
निराशाः पितरस्तस्य यांति सर्वे यथा गताः । आमिषं मैथुनं चैव दोलामश्वं गजं तथा
nirāśāḥ pitarastasya yāṃti sarve yathā gatāḥ | āmiṣaṃ maithunaṃ caiva dolāmaśvaṃ gajaṃ tathā
all his forefathers go away without hope, just as they had come. Meat, and sexual intercourse, and a palanquin, a horse, and an elephant likewise,
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PdP 7 9.15
उपानहं चातपत्रं गंगायात्रासु वर्जयेत् । अध्वश्रमोद्भवं दुःखं दुष्करं न हि मन्यते
upānahaṃ cātapatraṃ gaṃgāyātrāsu varjayet | adhvaśramodbhavaṃ duḥkhaṃ duṣkaraṃ na hi manyate
and sandals and a parasol — one should avoid (these) on pilgrimages to the Ganges. He does not consider the pain arising from the fatigue of the road hard to bear.
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PdP 7 9.16
गृहे पद्मसुखं तत्र गङ्गास्नाने स्मरेन्न च । असत्यभाषणं चैव पाखंडसंगमेव च
gṛhe padmasukhaṃ tatra gaṅgāsnāne smarenna ca | asatyabhāṣaṇaṃ caiva pākhaṃḍasaṃgameva ca
Nor should he recall, when bathing in the Ganges, the lotus-like comfort at home. And speaking untruth, and association with heretics,
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PdP 7 9.17
द्विर्भोजनं च कलहं गंगायात्रासु वर्जयेत् । परनिंदां च लोभं च गर्वं च क्रोधमत्सरौ
dvirbhojanaṃ ca kalahaṃ gaṃgāyātrāsu varjayet | paraniṃdāṃ ca lobhaṃ ca garvaṃ ca krodhamatsarau
and eating twice (a day), and quarrelling — one should avoid these on pilgrimages to the Ganges. Slander of others, and greed, and pride, and anger and envy,
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PdP 7 9.18
अत्यंतहास्यशोकं च गंगायात्रासु वर्जयेत् । मंचसुप्तमिवात्मानं चिंतयेद्भूमिशायिनम्
atyaṃtahāsyaśokaṃ ca gaṃgāyātrāsu varjayet | maṃcasuptamivātmānaṃ ciṃtayedbhūmiśāyinam
and excessive laughter and grief — one should avoid on pilgrimages to the Ganges. Though lying on the ground, he should think of himself as if asleep on a couch.
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PdP 7 9.19
गंगानाम सुनामानि वदेद्गच्छञ्जनः पथि । माहात्म्यं जाह्नवी देव्याः सर्वपापप्रणाशनम्
gaṃgānāma sunāmāni vadedgacchañjanaḥ pathi | māhātmyaṃ jāhnavī devyāḥ sarvapāpapraṇāśanam
A person going along the road should utter the good names of the Ganges. The greatness of the goddess Jāhnavī, which destroys all sins,
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PdP 7 9.20
सुखदं मोक्षदं चैव कथयन्पथि गच्छति । गङ्गे देवि जगन्मातर्देहि संदर्शनं मम
sukhadaṃ mokṣadaṃ caiva kathayanpathi gacchati | gaṅge devi jaganmātardehi saṃdarśanaṃ mama
which gives happiness and gives liberation — reciting it, he goes along the road: "O Ganges, goddess, mother of the world, grant me your sight!"
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PdP 7 9.21
वचोभिः कोमलैरेभिः कुर्याच्छ्रमनिवारणम् । हा कथं सदनं त्यक्तमागतं वा कथं मया
vacobhiḥ komalairebhiḥ kuryācchramanivāraṇam | hā kathaṃ sadanaṃ tyaktamāgataṃ vā kathaṃ mayā
With such tender words he should make the warding off of his fatigue. "Alas, how has my house been abandoned, or how have I come (here)
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PdP 7 9.22
श्रमैरिति वदेद्यस्तु संपूर्णं तत्फलं नहि । क्व पर्यंङ्कः क्व मे पत्नी क्व च मे च सुहृद्गृहम्
śramairiti vadedyastu saṃpūrṇaṃ tatphalaṃ nahi | kva paryaṃṅkaḥ kva me patnī kva ca me ca suhṛdgṛham
But whoever should say "(I am worn out) with fatigues"—for him that fruit is not complete. "Where is my couch, where my wife, and where the house of my friends?"
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PdP 7 9.23
स्वपामि प्रांतरे भूमौ कथं वाहं समागतः । धनधान्यादिवस्तूनां का गतिर्वा गृहे मम
svapāmi prāṃtare bhūmau kathaṃ vāhaṃ samāgataḥ | dhanadhānyādivastūnāṃ kā gatirvā gṛhe mama
"I sleep on the bare ground in the wilderness—how did I ever come (here)? And what becomes of the wealth, grain and other goods in my house?"
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PdP 7 9.24
कियद्भिर्दिवसैर्भूयो गमिष्याम्यहमालयम् । इति चिंताकुला ये च पथि गच्छंति मानवाः
kiyadbhirdivasairbhūyo gamiṣyāmyahamālayam | iti ciṃtākulā ye ca pathi gacchaṃti mānavāḥ
"In how many days shall I go back home again?"—and those people who travel on the road troubled by such worry,
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PdP 7 9.25
गंगास्नानफलं तेषां संपूर्णं न भवेद्द्विज । गङ्गे गंतुं प्रतीतीरे यात्रेयं विहिता तव
gaṃgāsnānaphalaṃ teṣāṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ na bhaveddvija | gaṅge gaṃtuṃ pratītīre yātreyaṃ vihitā tava
for them, O twice-born, the fruit of bathing in the Ganges will not be complete. "O Gaṅgā, this journey to your farther bank has been undertaken for you (i.e. to reach you)."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 7 9.26
निर्विघ्नां सिद्धिमाप्नोमि त्वत्प्रसादात्सरिद्वरे । इमं मंत्रं समुच्चार्य यात्राकाले विशेषतः
nirvighnāṃ siddhimāpnomi tvatprasādātsaridvare | imaṃ maṃtraṃ samuccārya yātrākāle viśeṣataḥ
"By your grace, O best of rivers, may I obtain success without obstacle." Having uttered this mantra aloud, especially at the time of the journey,
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PdP 7 9.27
हर्षितो निलयाद्गच्छेद्वैष्णवैः सह जैमिने । नातिवेगेन गंतव्यं न तथा च शनैः शनैः
harṣito nilayādgacchedvaiṣṇavaiḥ saha jaimine | nātivegena gaṃtavyaṃ na tathā ca śanaiḥ śanaiḥ
gladdened, he should set out from his dwelling together with Vaiṣṇavas, O Jaimini. One should not travel too fast, nor likewise very slowly.
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PdP 7 9.28
गङ्गायात्रासु कर्त्तव्यं नान्यत्कर्म विचक्षणैः । गंगातीरे प्रयागे तु वाणिज्यप्रमुखानि च
gaṅgāyātrāsu karttavyaṃ nānyatkarma vicakṣaṇaiḥ | gaṃgātīre prayāge tu vāṇijyapramukhāni ca
On journeys to the Ganges no other business should be done by the wise; but on the Ganges' bank and at Prayāga, trade and such foremost (occupations)—
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PdP 7 9.29
कार्याणि कुरुते यस्तु तत्पुण्यार्द्धं विनश्यति । जन्मजन्मार्जितं पापं स्वल्पं वा यदि वा बहु
kāryāṇi kurute yastu tatpuṇyārddhaṃ vinaśyati | janmajanmārjitaṃ pāpaṃ svalpaṃ vā yadi vā bahu
whoever does (such) tasks, half of his merit is destroyed. "The sin accumulated birth after birth, whether little or much,
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PdP 7 9.30
गंगादेवीप्रसादेन सर्वं मे यास्यति क्षयम् । इत्युक्त्वा परमप्रीतः प्राज्ञो गङ्गातटं व्रजेत्
gaṃgādevīprasādena sarvaṃ me yāsyati kṣayam | ityuktvā paramaprītaḥ prājño gaṅgātaṭaṃ vrajet
will all be destroyed for me by the grace of the goddess Gaṅgā." Having said this, the wise man, supremely delighted, should proceed to the Ganges' bank.
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PdP 7 9.31
दृष्ट्वा च मातरं गङ्गामिमं मंत्रमुदीरयेत् । अद्य मे सफलं जन्म जीवितं च सुजीवितम्
dṛṣṭvā ca mātaraṃ gaṅgāmimaṃ maṃtramudīrayet | adya me saphalaṃ janma jīvitaṃ ca sujīvitam
And on seeing mother Gaṅgā he should utter this mantra: "Today my birth has borne fruit, and my life is a life well lived,
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PdP 7 9.32
साक्षाद्ब्रह्मस्वरूपां त्वामपश्यमिति चक्षुषा । देवि त्वद्दर्शनादेव महापातकिनो मम
sākṣādbrahmasvarūpāṃ tvāmapaśyamiti cakṣuṣā | devi tvaddarśanādeva mahāpātakino mama
in that with my (own) eye I have seen you, who are Brahman's very form in visible presence. O goddess, from the mere sight of you, though I am one guilty of the great sins,
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PdP 7 9.33
विनष्टमभवत्पापं जन्मकोटिसमुद्भवम् । इत्युक्त्वा सकलं देहं निपात्य पृथिवीतले
vinaṣṭamabhavatpāpaṃ janmakoṭisamudbhavam | ityuktvā sakalaṃ dehaṃ nipātya pṛthivītale
the sin arisen through ten million births has been destroyed." Having said this, casting his whole body down on the surface of the earth,
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PdP 7 9.34
प्रणमेज्जाह्नवीं देवीं भक्तिभावसमन्वितः । ततः स्रोतःसमीपे च बद्धाञ्जलिरिमं पुनः
praṇamejjāhnavīṃ devīṃ bhaktibhāvasamanvitaḥ | tataḥ srotaḥsamīpe ca baddhāñjalirimaṃ punaḥ
he should bow to the goddess Jāhnavī, filled with the feeling of devotion. Then, near the stream, with hands joined, he should again
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PdP 7 9.35
पठेन्मंत्रं भक्तिभावैः सुप्रीतो द्विजसत्तम । गंगे देवि जगद्धात्रि पादाभ्यां सलिलं तव
paṭhenmaṃtraṃ bhaktibhāvaiḥ suprīto dvijasattama | gaṃge devi jagaddhātri pādābhyāṃ salilaṃ tava
recite the mantra with devout feelings, well pleased, O best of the twice-born: "O Gaṅgā, goddess, mother of the world, your water with (my) two feet
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PdP 7 9.36
स्पृशामीत्यपराधं मे प्रसन्ना क्षंतुमर्हसि । स्वर्गारोहणसोपानं त्वदीयमुदकं शुभे
spṛśāmītyaparādhaṃ me prasannā kṣaṃtumarhasi | svargārohaṇasopānaṃ tvadīyamudakaṃ śubhe
I touch—being gracious, you ought to forgive this offence of mine. Your water, O auspicious one, is the stairway of ascent to heaven;
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PdP 7 9.37
अतः स्पृशामि पादाभ्यां गंगे देवि नमो नमः । ततस्तु मस्तके धृत्वा गांगेयं वारि भक्तितः
ataḥ spṛśāmi pādābhyāṃ gaṃge devi namo namaḥ | tatastu mastake dhṛtvā gāṃgeyaṃ vāri bhaktitaḥ
therefore I touch (it) with my feet—O Gaṅgā, goddess, homage, homage!" Then, having devoutly placed the Ganges water on his head,
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PdP 7 9.38
स्नानार्थं प्रविशेत्स्रोतः प्राज्ञो गंगेति कीर्तयन् । त्वत्कर्दमैरतिस्निग्धैः सर्वपापप्रणाशनैः
snānārthaṃ praviśetsrotaḥ prājño gaṃgeti kīrtayan | tvatkardamairatisnigdhaiḥ sarvapāpapraṇāśanaiḥ
the wise man should enter the stream in order to bathe, proclaiming "Gaṅgā!": "With your very unctuous mud, which destroys all sins,
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PdP 7 9.39
मया संलिप्यते गात्रं मातर्मे हर पातकम् । गङ्गाकर्दमलिप्ताङ्गो गङ्गागङ्गेति कीर्तयन्
mayā saṃlipyate gātraṃ mātarme hara pātakam | gaṅgākardamaliptāṅgo gaṅgāgaṅgeti kīrtayan
my body is being smeared—mother, take away my sin!" With his limbs smeared with the Ganges' mud, proclaiming "Gaṅgā, Gaṅgā!",
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 9.40
सर्वकल्मषनाशिन्यां गङ्गायां स्नानमाचरेत् । भूयः पूर्वोक्तमन्त्रेण गृहीत्वा मृत्तिकां ततः
sarvakalmaṣanāśinyāṃ gaṅgāyāṃ snānamācaret | bhūyaḥ pūrvoktamantreṇa gṛhītvā mṛttikāṃ tataḥ
he should perform the bath in the Ganges, destroyer of all impurity. Then again, having taken the mud with the aforesaid mantra,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 9.41
वक्ष्यमाणेन मन्त्रेण गृहीत्वा मृत्तिकां पुनः । वक्ष्यमाणेन मंत्रेण भक्तितः स्नानमाचरेत्
vakṣyamāṇena mantreṇa gṛhītvā mṛttikāṃ punaḥ | vakṣyamāṇena maṃtreṇa bhaktitaḥ snānamācaret
and having taken the mud once more with the mantra to be stated, he should devoutly perform the bath with the mantra to be stated:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 9.42
ब्रह्मस्वरूपे हे गङ्गे स्नानमाचर्यते मया । त्वदीये निर्मले तोये यथोक्तफलदा भव
brahmasvarūpe he gaṅge snānamācaryate mayā | tvadīye nirmale toye yathoktaphaladā bhava
"O Gaṅgā, whose very form is Brahman, the bath is being performed by me; in your stainless water, be the giver of the fruit as declared."
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PdP 7 9.43
ततो निजेच्छया विप्र गङ्गायां लोकमातरि । स्नानं समाचरेत्प्राज्ञो गङ्गानारायणं स्मरन्
tato nijecchayā vipra gaṅgāyāṃ lokamātari | snānaṃ samācaretprājño gaṅgānārāyaṇaṃ smaran
Then, O brahmin, according to his own wish, the wise man should perform the bath in the Gaṅgā, the mother of the worlds, remembering Gaṅgā-Nārāyaṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 9.44
एवं स्नात्वा तु गङ्गायां गात्रं वस्त्रेण मार्जयेत् । परिधेयांबरांबूनि गङ्गास्रोतसि न त्यजेत्
evaṃ snātvā tu gaṅgāyāṃ gātraṃ vastreṇa mārjayet | paridheyāṃbarāṃbūni gaṅgāsrotasi na tyajet
Having bathed thus in the Gaṅgā, he should wipe his body with a cloth; he should not discard the garments to be worn, nor the (used) water, into the current of the Gaṅgā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 9.45
न दंतधावनं कुर्याद्गङ्गागर्भे विचक्षणः । कुर्याच्चेन्मोहतः पुण्यं न गङ्गास्नानजं लभेत्
na daṃtadhāvanaṃ kuryādgaṅgāgarbhe vicakṣaṇaḥ | kuryāccenmohataḥ puṇyaṃ na gaṅgāsnānajaṃ labhet
The discerning man should not clean his teeth within the Gaṅgā's body (of water); if out of delusion he does so, he does not obtain the merit arising from bathing in the Gaṅgā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 9.46
प्रभातेऽन्यत्र तां कृत्वा दंतकाष्ठादिकक्रियाम् । रात्रिवासं परित्यज्य गङ्गायां स्नानमाचरेत्
prabhāte'nyatra tāṃ kṛtvā daṃtakāṣṭhādikakriyām | rātrivāsaṃ parityajya gaṅgāyāṃ snānamācaret
In the morning, having performed elsewhere that act of tooth-stick (cleaning) and the rest, and having cast off his night-garment, he should perform the bath in the Gaṅgā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 9.47
बाह्यभूमिमगत्वा यो गङ्गायां स्नानमाचरेत् । गङ्गास्नानफलं सोऽपि संपूर्णं च लभेन्नहि
bāhyabhūmimagatvā yo gaṅgāyāṃ snānamācaret | gaṅgāsnānaphalaṃ so'pi saṃpūrṇaṃ ca labhennahi
He who performs the bath in the Gaṅgā without having gone to an outside place (to relieve himself) — he too does not obtain the full fruit of bathing in the Gaṅgā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 9.48
स्नात्वा च गङ्गामृत्पुंड्रं स्थाने स्थाने नयेद्बुधः । ततः स्थिरमनाः कुर्याद्विधिना तर्पणादिकम्
snātvā ca gaṅgāmṛtpuṃḍraṃ sthāne sthāne nayedbudhaḥ | tataḥ sthiramanāḥ kuryādvidhinā tarpaṇādikam
And having bathed, the wise man should apply marks of Gaṅgā clay at the (proper) places one by one; then, with a steady mind, he should perform the libation to the ancestors and the rest according to rule.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 9.49
गाङ्गेयैरुदकैर्यस्तु कुरुते पितृतर्पणम् । पितरस्तस्य तृप्यंति वर्षकोटिशतावधि
gāṅgeyairudakairyastu kurute pitṛtarpaṇam | pitarastasya tṛpyaṃti varṣakoṭiśatāvadhi
He who performs the libation to the ancestors with the waters of the Gaṅgā — his ancestors are satisfied for a hundred crores of years.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 9.50
गङ्गायां कुरुते यस्तु पितृश्राद्धं द्विजोत्तम । पितरस्तस्य तिष्ठंति संतुष्टास्त्रिदशालयम् ५० 7.9.
gaṅgāyāṃ kurute yastu pitṛśrāddhaṃ dvijottama | pitarastasya tiṣṭhaṃti saṃtuṣṭāstridaśālayam 50 7.9.
And he who performs the śrāddha for the ancestors at the Gaṅgā, O best of the twice-born — his ancestors dwell contented in the abode of the thirty (gods).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 9.51
समाप्य स्नानकर्माणि गङ्गायां समुपोषितः । दानं देवार्चनं चैव जयोऽन्याश्च क्रियास्तथा । कृतास्तु यास्तु गङ्गायां क्षयस्तासां न विद्यते
samāpya snānakarmāṇi gaṅgāyāṃ samupoṣitaḥ | dānaṃ devārcanaṃ caiva jayo'nyāśca kriyāstathā | kṛtāstu yāstu gaṅgāyāṃ kṣayastāsāṃ na vidyate
Having completed the acts of bathing, fasting at the Gaṅgā, (he should do) giving, and worship of the gods, and recitation, and likewise the other rites; and whatever acts are done at the Gaṅgā, of these there is no perishing.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 7 9.52
समाप्य स्नानकर्माणि गंगायां समुपोषितः । कृतपंचमहायज्ञो गंगापूजां समाचरेत्
samāpya snānakarmāṇi gaṃgāyāṃ samupoṣitaḥ | kṛtapaṃcamahāyajño gaṃgāpūjāṃ samācaret
Having completed the acts of bathing, fasting at the Gaṅgā, and having performed the five great sacrifices, he should carry out the worship of Gaṅgā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 9.53
गंगायाः प्रतिमां देव्याः श्रीविष्णोः प्रतिमां तथा । नालिकेरोदकैर्दिव्यैः स्नापयेद्भक्तितो बुधः
gaṃgāyāḥ pratimāṃ devyāḥ śrīviṣṇoḥ pratimāṃ tathā | nālikerodakairdivyaiḥ snāpayedbhaktito budhaḥ
The wise man should devoutly bathe an image of the goddess Gaṅgā and likewise an image of the glorious Viṣṇu with excellent coconut water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 9.54
जाह्नवीप्रतिमाभावान्नालिकेरोदकानि वै । निक्षिपेज्जाह्नवीतोये जाह्नवीं हृदि संस्मरन्
jāhnavīpratimābhāvānnālikerodakāni vai | nikṣipejjāhnavītoye jāhnavīṃ hṛdi saṃsmaran
In the absence of an image of Jāhnavī, he should indeed cast the coconut waters into Jāhnavī's water, remembering Jāhnavī in his heart.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 9.55
दिव्यैर्गंधैश्च दीपैश्च घृतपूर्णसमुज्ज्वलैः । धूपैः सुवासितैश्चैव नानापुष्पमनोहरैः
divyairgaṃdhaiśca dīpaiśca ghṛtapūrṇasamujjvalaiḥ | dhūpaiḥ suvāsitaiścaiva nānāpuṣpamanoharaiḥ
With excellent perfumes, and with lamps blazing bright, filled with ghee, and with sweetly fragrant incense, and with charming flowers of many kinds,
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PdP 7 9.56
नानाफलैः सुपक्वैश्च नैवेद्यैरुत्तमास्तथा । पाद्यार्घाचमनीयैश्च तांबूलैः खादिरान्वितैः
nānāphalaiḥ supakvaiśca naivedyairuttamāstathā | pādyārghācamanīyaiśca tāṃbūlaiḥ khādirānvitaiḥ
and with many well-ripened fruits and with excellent food-offerings, and with water for the feet, for the guest-offering and for rinsing the mouth, with betel-rolls furnished with catechu,
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PdP 7 9.57
अन्यैरप्युपहारैश्च विशिष्टैर्निजभक्तितः । स्तवैर्नाना च नैवेद्यैर्गङ्गां विष्णुं च पूजयेत्
anyairapyupahāraiśca viśiṣṭairnijabhaktitaḥ | stavairnānā ca naivedyairgaṅgāṃ viṣṇuṃ ca pūjayet
and with other choice gifts too, out of his own devotion, with various hymns of praise and food-offerings, he should worship Gaṅgā and Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 9.58
ततः संपूजितां देवीं विष्णुं च परमेश्वरम् । अंगप्रदक्षिणां कुर्याद्भक्त्या वारत्रयं बुधः
tataḥ saṃpūjitāṃ devīṃ viṣṇuṃ ca parameśvaram | aṃgapradakṣiṇāṃ kuryādbhaktyā vāratrayaṃ budhaḥ
Then the wise man should devoutly make circumambulation of the body (of the images) three times — of the goddess thus worshipped and of Viṣṇu, the supreme lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 9.59
अथ स्थित्वा निराहारोऽपरेहनि सरिद्वरे । भोक्ष्यामि जह्नुतनये शरणं मे भवानघे
atha sthitvā nirāhāro'parehani saridvare | bhokṣyāmi jahnutanaye śaraṇaṃ me bhavānaghe
"Now, remaining without food, O best of rivers, I shall eat on the next day; O daughter of Jahnu, O sinless one, be my refuge."
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PdP 7 9.60
एवं संकल्प्य मतिमान्कर्मणा मनसा गिरा । रात्रौ जागरणं कुर्याज्जितनिद्रो ऽतिहर्षितः
evaṃ saṃkalpya matimānkarmaṇā manasā girā | rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ kuryājjitanidro 'tiharṣitaḥ
Having thus resolved by deed, by mind and by speech, the intelligent man, overcoming sleep and greatly delighted, should keep vigil through the night.
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PdP 7 9.61
अशक्त्या च द्विजश्रेष्ठ फलाहारो भवेदधः । अन्नमात्रं न भुंजीत न च कुर्याद्धि भोजनम्
aśaktyā ca dvijaśreṣṭha phalāhāro bhavedadhaḥ | annamātraṃ na bhuṃjīta na ca kuryāddhi bhojanam
And if he is unable, O best of the twice-born, he may take a diet of fruit as an inferior (course); he should not eat mere cooked food, nor should he indeed take a (full) meal.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 7 9.62
प्रातर्गङ्गां च विष्णुं च पुनरभ्यर्च्य जैमिने । विप्राय दक्षिणां दद्याद्विभवस्यानुरूपतः
prātargaṅgāṃ ca viṣṇuṃ ca punarabhyarcya jaimine | viprāya dakṣiṇāṃ dadyādvibhavasyānurūpataḥ
In the morning, having worshipped the Ganges and Viṣṇu once again, O Jaimini, (he) should give a gift to a brahmin in accordance with his means.
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PdP 7 9.63
अर्चनं जागरं चैव यत्कृतं पुरतस्तव । अच्छिद्रमस्तु तत्सर्वं त्वत्प्रसादात्सरिद्वरे
arcanaṃ jāgaraṃ caiva yatkṛtaṃ puratastava | acchidramastu tatsarvaṃ tvatprasādātsaridvare
"May all that worship and night-vigil which has been performed before you be without flaw, by your grace, O best of rivers."
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PdP 7 9.64
इत्युक्त्वा तां नमस्कृत्य कृतनित्यक्रियो द्विजः । ततः सबंधुभिः सार्द्धं पारणं स्वयमाचरेत्
ityuktvā tāṃ namaskṛtya kṛtanityakriyo dvijaḥ | tataḥ sabaṃdhubhiḥ sārddhaṃ pāraṇaṃ svayamācaret
Having said this and bowed to her, the twice-born, having performed his daily rites, should then himself carry out the breaking of the fast together with his kinsmen.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 9.65
तीर्थोपवासमेवं यः कुरुते जाह्नवीतटे । तस्य पुण्यफलं वत्स वदतो मे निशामय
tīrthopavāsamevaṃ yaḥ kurute jāhnavītaṭe | tasya puṇyaphalaṃ vatsa vadato me niśāmaya
Whoever thus performs the fast at the holy place on the bank of the Jāhnavī — hear from me, dear child, as I tell it, the fruit of merit that is his.
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PdP 7 9.66
जन्मांतरार्जितैः पापैर्विमुक्तो विष्णुरूपधृक् । विष्णोः पुरं समासाद्य विष्णुना सह मोदते
janmāṃtarārjitaiḥ pāpairvimukto viṣṇurūpadhṛk | viṣṇoḥ puraṃ samāsādya viṣṇunā saha modate
Freed from the sins amassed in other births, bearing the form of Viṣṇu, having reached Viṣṇu's city he rejoices together with Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 9.67
कल्पकोटिसहस्राणि कल्पकोटिशतानि च । स्थित्वा विष्णुपुरं सर्वं सुखं भुंक्ते सुदुर्ल्लभम्
kalpakoṭisahasrāṇi kalpakoṭiśatāni ca | sthitvā viṣṇupuraṃ sarvaṃ sukhaṃ bhuṃkte sudurllabham
For thousands of crores of kalpas and hundreds of crores of kalpas he dwells in Viṣṇu's city and enjoys every happiness, most hard to obtain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 9.68
ततो नारायणादेशाद्ब्रह्मलोकं स गच्छति । ब्रह्मलोके सुखं भुंक्ते दुर्ल्लभं यत्सुरैरपि
tato nārāyaṇādeśādbrahmalokaṃ sa gacchati | brahmaloke sukhaṃ bhuṃkte durllabhaṃ yatsurairapi
Then, by Nārāyaṇa's command, he goes to the world of Brahmā; in Brahmā's world he enjoys happiness that is hard to obtain even for the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 9.69
तावत्कालं ब्रह्मलोके स्थित्वा ब्रह्मक्षयात्ततः । महादेवं ततो गच्छेद्रथमारुह्य शोभनम्
tāvatkālaṃ brahmaloke sthitvā brahmakṣayāttataḥ | mahādevaṃ tato gacchedrathamāruhya śobhanam
Having stayed that long in Brahmā's world, then at the passing away of Brahmā he goes on to Mahādeva, mounted on a splendid chariot.
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PdP 7 9.70
सुखं नानाविधं तत्र भुङ्क्तेऽत्यन्तसुदुर्ल्लभम् । गाणपत्यमवाप्नोति किमन्यैर्बहुभाषितैः
sukhaṃ nānāvidhaṃ tatra bhuṅkte'tyantasudurllabham | gāṇapatyamavāpnoti kimanyairbahubhāṣitaiḥ
There he enjoys happiness of many kinds, exceedingly hard to obtain; he attains the rank of a leader of Śiva's hosts — what need of much further talk?
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PdP 7 9.71
तावत्कालं शिवपुरे स्थित्वा वै पुण्यवान्नरः । इन्द्रलोकं ततो गच्छेद्द्वितीय इव वासवः
tāvatkālaṃ śivapure sthitvā vai puṇyavānnaraḥ | indralokaṃ tato gaccheddvitīya iva vāsavaḥ
Having stayed that long in Śiva's city, the man of merit then goes to Indra's world, like a second Vāsava.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 9.72
तेन पुण्यात्मना सार्द्धं वसेदेकासने ततः । तत्र भुक्त्वाखिलान्कामान्कल्पकोटिशतावधि
tena puṇyātmanā sārddhaṃ vasedekāsane tataḥ | tatra bhuktvākhilānkāmānkalpakoṭiśatāvadhi
Then he would dwell on one seat together with that holy one; having there enjoyed all desires for a hundred crores of kalpas,
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PdP 7 9.73
सूर्यलोकं ततो गच्छेद्द्वितीय इव चन्द्रमाः । तत्रामृतानि भुक्त्वा वै चिरं चन्द्रस्य सन्निधौ
sūryalokaṃ tato gaccheddvitīya iva candramāḥ | tatrāmṛtāni bhuktvā vai ciraṃ candrasya sannidhau
he then goes to the world of the sun, like a second moon; having there consumed the nectars long in the presence of the moon,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 9.74
पुनरागत्य पृथिवीं चक्रवर्ती नृपो भवेत् । पालयित्वा चिरं पृथ्वीं जित्वा वै सकलान्रिपून्
punarāgatya pṛthivīṃ cakravartī nṛpo bhavet | pālayitvā ciraṃ pṛthvīṃ jitvā vai sakalānripūn
coming again to the earth, he becomes a universal emperor; having long protected the earth and conquered all his foes,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 9.75
आयुषोंऽते च गङ्गायां सुखं मृत्युमवाप्नुयात् । भूयः स एवमारुह्य विमानं सुमहायशाः
āyuṣoṃ'te ca gaṅgāyāṃ sukhaṃ mṛtyumavāpnuyāt | bhūyaḥ sa evamāruhya vimānaṃ sumahāyaśāḥ
at the end of his life he would attain an easy death on the Ganges; then again that man of great fame, mounting an aerial car,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 9.76
पुरं भगवतो याति दैवतैरपि दुर्ल्लभम् । तत्र भुक्त्वाखिलान्भोगान्मन्वंतरचतुष्टयम्
puraṃ bhagavato yāti daivatairapi durllabham | tatra bhuktvākhilānbhogānmanvaṃtaracatuṣṭayam
goes to the city of the Lord, hard to reach even for the gods; having there enjoyed all pleasures for four manvantaras,
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PdP 7 9.77
परमं ज्ञानमासाद्य दुर्ल्लभं मोक्षमाप्नुयात् । जाह्नवीतीरयात्रायां दैवाद्यस्य भवेत्पथि
paramaṃ jñānamāsādya durllabhaṃ mokṣamāpnuyāt | jāhnavītīrayātrāyāṃ daivādyasya bhavetpathi
attaining the highest knowledge he would gain liberation, hard to obtain. If, on a pilgrimage to the bank of the Jāhnavī, by fate someone's
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PdP 7 9.78
पंचता सोऽपि परमं धाम गच्छेन्न संशयः । सत्यधर्मो नाम राजा धार्मिकश्च प्रियंवदः
paṃcatā so'pi paramaṃ dhāma gacchenna saṃśayaḥ | satyadharmo nāma rājā dhārmikaśca priyaṃvadaḥ
death occurs on the road, he too goes to the highest abode — there is no doubt. There was a king named Satyadharma, righteous and kindly of speech,
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PdP 7 9.79
त्रेताद्वापरसंधौ च बभूव क्षितिमण्डले । विजया नाम महिषी तस्य भूमिपतेरभूत्
tretādvāparasaṃdhau ca babhūva kṣitimaṇḍale | vijayā nāma mahiṣī tasya bhūmipaterabhūt
at the juncture of the Tretā and Dvāpara (ages), on the circle of the earth; that lord of the land had a queen named Vijayā.
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PdP 7 9.80
सुंदरी शीलयुक्ता सा पतिसेवापरायणा । सप्तवर्षसहस्राणि भुक्त्वा वसुमतीमिमाम्
suṃdarī śīlayuktā sā patisevāparāyaṇā | saptavarṣasahasrāṇi bhuktvā vasumatīmimām
She was beautiful, endowed with good character, devoted to serving her husband. Having enjoyed this earth for seven thousand years,
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PdP 7 9.81
कदाचित्प्राप्तकालोऽसौ सदारः पंचतां गतः । ततो यमभटैर्बद्धौ दंपती तौ भयंकरौ
kadācitprāptakālo'sau sadāraḥ paṃcatāṃ gataḥ | tato yamabhaṭairbaddhau daṃpatī tau bhayaṃkarau
at some time his hour came and he, with his wife, met his death. Then the two, husband and wife, were bound by Yama's terrifying servants.
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PdP 7 9.82
दुःखप्रदेन मार्गेण जग्मतुर्यममंदिरम् । तौ दृष्ट्वा धर्मराजोऽपि चित्रगुप्तमुवाच ह
duḥkhapradena mārgeṇa jagmaturyamamaṃdiram | tau dṛṣṭvā dharmarājo'pi citraguptamuvāca ha
By a road that gave (them) pain the two went to Yama's palace. Seeing them, the King of Righteousness spoke to Citragupta:
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PdP 7 9.83
एतयोः सर्वकर्माणि चित्रगुप्त विचारय । तेनाज्ञप्तश्चित्रगुप्तस्तयोः कर्माणि जैमिने
etayoḥ sarvakarmāṇi citragupta vicāraya | tenājñaptaścitraguptastayoḥ karmāṇi jaimine
"Citragupta, examine all the deeds of these two." Commanded by him, Citragupta (examined) the deeds of the two, O Jaimini,
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PdP 7 9.84
मूलाद्विचारयामास प्राह चेति कृताञ्जलि । चित्रगुप्त उवाच- एतयोः सकलं कर्म शृणु राजन्वदाम्यहम्
mūlādvicārayāmāsa prāha ceti kṛtāñjali | citragupta uvāca- etayoḥ sakalaṃ karma śṛṇu rājanvadāmyaham
and he considered (them) from the beginning, and with folded hands spoke thus. Citragupta said: Hear the whole of the deeds of these two, O king; I shall tell (it).
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PdP 7 9.85
शुभं वाप्यशुभं कर्म यदेताभ्यां कृतं भुवि । किंचिदस्या नयोपायं वदामि तदहं शृणु
śubhaṃ vāpyaśubhaṃ karma yadetābhyāṃ kṛtaṃ bhuvi | kiṃcidasyā nayopāyaṃ vadāmi tadahaṃ śṛṇu
Whatever deed, good or bad, was done by these two on earth — I shall tell something of the manner of dealing with this; hear it.
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PdP 7 9.86
एकादा त्रासितो व्याघ्रैः कश्चिदेको मृगः प्रभो । वनाज्जीवनरक्षार्थमागतोऽस्य सभां प्रति
ekādā trāsito vyāghraiḥ kaścideko mṛgaḥ prabho | vanājjīvanarakṣārthamāgato'sya sabhāṃ prati
Once, O lord, a certain deer, terrified by tigers, came from the forest to his assembly hall to save its life.
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PdP 7 9.87
तमायांतं समालोक्य भूयोऽयं प्राप्तकौतुकः । जघने स्वयमुत्थाय खड्गेन तरसा मृगम्
tamāyāṃtaṃ samālokya bhūyo'yaṃ prāptakautukaḥ | jaghane svayamutthāya khaḍgena tarasā mṛgam
Seeing it coming, this (king), his curiosity greatly roused, rose up himself and swiftly (struck) the deer with his sword on the haunch —
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PdP 7 9.88
जघान ह मृगं राजा शरणागतमप्यमुम् । तस्मात्सदारोभूपोऽयं दंडनीयस्त्वया प्रभो
jaghāna ha mṛgaṃ rājā śaraṇāgatamapyamum | tasmātsadārobhūpo'yaṃ daṃḍanīyastvayā prabho
the king slew that deer, even though it had come for refuge. Therefore this king together with his wife is to be punished by you, O lord.
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PdP 7 9.89
यावंति तस्य रोमाणि संस्थितानि कलेवरे । मन्वंतरसहस्राणि मन्वंतरशतानि च
yāvaṃti tasya romāṇi saṃsthitāni kalevare | manvaṃtarasahasrāṇi manvaṃtaraśatāni ca
As many hairs as are set on his body, (so many) thousands of manvantaras and hundreds of manvantaras —
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PdP 7 9.90
कोटिकोटिकुलैर्युक्ता नारकी स्यान्न संशयः । शरणागतरक्षां यः प्राणैरपि धनैरपि
koṭikoṭikulairyuktā nārakī syānna saṃśayaḥ | śaraṇāgatarakṣāṃ yaḥ prāṇairapi dhanairapi
together with crores upon crores of his family he shall be a dweller in hell, there is no doubt. But he who (gives) protection to one come for refuge, even with his life, even with his wealth —
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PdP 7 9.91
कुरुते यो नरो ज्ञानी तस्य पुण्यं निशामय । सर्वपापैर्विनिर्मुक्तो ब्रह्महत्यामुखैरपि
kurute yo naro jñānī tasya puṇyaṃ niśāmaya | sarvapāpairvinirmukto brahmahatyāmukhairapi
the man of understanding who does (this) — hear his merit: freed from all sins, even from such as the killing of a brahmin,
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PdP 7 9.92
आयुषोऽन्ते व्रजेन्मोक्षं योगिनामपि दुर्ल्लभम् । यमाज्ञया ततो दूतैः सदारोऽसौ महीपतिः
āyuṣo'nte vrajenmokṣaṃ yogināmapi durllabham | yamājñayā tato dūtaiḥ sadāro'sau mahīpatiḥ
at the end of his life he goes to liberation, hard to obtain even for yogins. Then by Yama's command that king together with his wife was, by the messengers,
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PdP 7 9.93
असिपत्रवने घोरे स्थापितोऽत्यंतदुःखदे । असितुल्यानि पत्राणि यतस्तेषां च शाखिनाम्
asipatravane ghore sthāpito'tyaṃtaduḥkhade | asitulyāni patrāṇi yatasteṣāṃ ca śākhinām
placed in the dreadful Asipatra forest, which gives extreme pain — since the leaves of those trees are like swords,
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PdP 7 9.94
असिपत्रवनं प्राहुरतस्तद्वै मनीषिणः । स्थित्वासिपत्रविपिने युगकोटिशतानि च
asipatravanaṃ prāhuratastadvai manīṣiṇaḥ | sthitvāsipatravipine yugakoṭiśatāni ca
therefore the wise call it the Asipatra (sword-leaf) forest. Having stayed in the Asipatra thicket for hundreds of crores of ages,
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PdP 7 9.95
सदारो नरकं भेजे व्याघ्रभक्ष्याह्वयं ततः । निरयं तं प्रविशति सर्वोपद्रवसंयुतम्
sadāro narakaṃ bheje vyāghrabhakṣyāhvayaṃ tataḥ | nirayaṃ taṃ praviśati sarvopadravasaṃyutam
he with his wife then resorted to the hell named Vyāghrabhakṣya. He enters that hell, which is filled with every affliction,
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PdP 7 9.96
भवेच्च भक्ष्यो व्याघ्रेण व्याघ्रभक्ष्यस्ततः स्मृतः । युगकोटिसहस्राणि स्थित्वा तत्र स भूपतिः
bhavecca bhakṣyo vyāghreṇa vyāghrabhakṣyastataḥ smṛtaḥ | yugakoṭisahasrāṇi sthitvā tatra sa bhūpatiḥ
and one becomes food for a tiger — hence it is known as Vyāghrabhakṣya (tiger's food). Having stayed there thousands of crores of ages, that king,
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PdP 7 9.97
सदारोऽजनि पापांते भेकयोनिं गतः क्षितौ । जातिस्मरौ ततस्तौ तु भेकीभेकौ सुदुःखितौ
sadāro'jani pāpāṃte bhekayoniṃ gataḥ kṣitau | jātismarau tatastau tu bhekībhekau suduḥkhitau
together with his wife, at the end of his sin was born on earth, having gone to the womb of a frog. Then those two, a she-frog and a he-frog, remembering their former birth, greatly wretched,
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PdP 7 9.98
तीरे तस्थतुरेकस्मिन्सततं कीटभोजिनौ । अथैकदा तेन पथा पुण्याहं प्राप्य मानवाः
tīre tasthaturekasminsatataṃ kīṭabhojinau | athaikadā tena pathā puṇyāhaṃ prāpya mānavāḥ
stayed constantly on a certain bank, feeding on insects. Then one day, men, having obtained an auspicious day, by that road
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PdP 7 9.99
गच्छंति जाह्नवीतीरं तांस्तौ ददृशतुर्द्विज । भेक उवाच- वर्षाभ्वि मोहाद्यत्सर्वं पापं कर्म कृतं मया
gacchaṃti jāhnavītīraṃ tāṃstau dadṛśaturdvija | bheka uvāca- varṣābhvi mohādyatsarvaṃ pāpaṃ karma kṛtaṃ mayā
were going to the bank of the Jāhnavī; the two saw them, O twice-born. The frog said: O she-frog, all the sinful deed that was done by me out of delusion —
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PdP 7 9.100
अद्यापि कर्मणा तेन दुःखमावां न मुंचति । त्यक्त्वा शरीरं गंगायां मुक्ताः स्युः पापिनोऽपि च १०० 7.9.
adyāpi karmaṇā tena duḥkhamāvāṃ na muṃcati | tyaktvā śarīraṃ gaṃgāyāṃ muktāḥ syuḥ pāpino'pi ca 100 7.9.
even today, because of that deed, suffering does not release us two. Having given up the body in the Ganges, even sinners would be liberated.
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PdP 7 9.101
तथाप्येवं विधं दुःखमनुभूयावहे कथम् । गंगायां त्यक्तुमिच्छामि संप्रत्येतत्कलेवरम्
tathāpyevaṃ vidhaṃ duḥkhamanubhūyāvahe katham | gaṃgāyāṃ tyaktumicchāmi saṃpratyetatkalevaram
Even so, how are we to go on undergoing suffering of this kind? I wish now to give up this body in the Ganges.
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PdP 7 9.102
का युक्तिर्ब्रूहि तां कांते तितीर्षुर्दुःखसागरम् । वर्षाभ्वी तद्वचः श्रुत्वा प्राहेति विनयान्विता
kā yuktirbrūhi tāṃ kāṃte titīrṣurduḥkhasāgaram | varṣābhvī tadvacaḥ śrutvā prāheti vinayānvitā
"Tell (me) what the means is, my dear — (I) wish to cross over the ocean of sorrow." Varṣābhvī, having heard that speech, spoke thus, full of deference:
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PdP 7 9.103
वर्षाभ्व्युवाच- दुःखं न शक्यते सोढुं स्वामिन्नेतद् द्रुतं कुरु । ततस्तौ दंपती विप्र स्मृत्वा गंगां शुभप्रदाम्
varṣābhvyuvāca- duḥkhaṃ na śakyate soḍhuṃ svāminnetad drutaṃ kuru | tatastau daṃpatī vipra smṛtvā gaṃgāṃ śubhapradām
Varṣābhvī said: "The sorrow cannot be endured, my lord; do this quickly." Then, O brahmin, those two, husband and wife, calling to mind Gaṅgā, the giver of good,
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PdP 7 9.104
सहसा चक्रतुर्यात्रां मरणायोपहर्षितौ । अथैतौ पथि गच्छंतौ चिरकालं बुभुक्षितौ
sahasā cakraturyātrāṃ maraṇāyopaharṣitau | athaitau pathi gacchaṃtau cirakālaṃ bubhukṣitau
at once set out on the journey, greatly gladdened at the prospect of death. Then, as these two went along the road, hungry for a long while,
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PdP 7 9.105
अपश्यत्पापकृत्क्ष्वेडः कालसर्पो भयंकरः । कालसर्प्प उवाच- दर्दुरौ पापिनौ येथाः प्राप्तकालौ युवां ततः
apaśyatpāpakṛtkṣveḍaḥ kālasarpo bhayaṃkaraḥ | kālasarppa uvāca- dardurau pāpinau yethāḥ prāptakālau yuvāṃ tataḥ
a terrifying black serpent, an evildoer with venomous fangs, saw (them). The black serpent said: "You two frogs, you sinners, you have come; your time has arrived, and so
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PdP 7 9.106
अथ नूनं भक्षितव्यौ क्षुधितेन मया युवाम् । ततस्तावतिसंत्रस्तौ दंपती दुःखभागिनौ
atha nūnaṃ bhakṣitavyau kṣudhitena mayā yuvām | tatastāvatisaṃtrastau daṃpatī duḥkhabhāginau
now you two are surely to be eaten by me, who am hungry." Then those two, husband and wife, utterly terrified, partakers of sorrow,
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PdP 7 9.107
इत्यूचतुर्वचो भक्त्या कालसर्पं पुरोगतम् । नास्ति मृत्युभयं सर्प स्वल्पमप्यावयोर्हृदि
ityūcaturvaco bhaktyā kālasarpaṃ purogatam | nāsti mṛtyubhayaṃ sarpa svalpamapyāvayorhṛdi
spoke this word with devotion to the black serpent standing before (them): "There is no fear of death, serpent, not even a little, in the hearts of us two.
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PdP 7 9.108
अहमासं पुरा राजा सत्यधर्माह्वयः क्षितौ । इयं च विजया नाम महिषी संस्थिता मम
ahamāsaṃ purā rājā satyadharmāhvayaḥ kṣitau | iyaṃ ca vijayā nāma mahiṣī saṃsthitā mama
Formerly I was a king on earth named Satyadharma, and this one, Vijayā by name, was established as my chief queen.
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PdP 7 9.109
मया दुरात्मना मोहान्नितः शरणं गतः ?। तेनैव कर्मणा भुक्तं चिरं दुःखं यमालये
mayā durātmanā mohānnitaḥ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ ?| tenaiva karmaṇā bhuktaṃ ciraṃ duḥkhaṃ yamālaye
By me, wicked-souled, out of delusion, one who had come for refuge was killed(?); by that very act (I) long endured suffering in Yama's abode.
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PdP 7 9.110
भोक्तुं स्वकर्मणः शेषं भेकयोनौ स्त्रिया सह । सोऽहं यातोऽस्मि पापेन कृतं कर्म न मुंचति
bhoktuṃ svakarmaṇaḥ śeṣaṃ bhekayonau striyā saha | so'haṃ yāto'smi pāpena kṛtaṃ karma na muṃcati
To consume the remainder of my own karma in the frog-birth together with (my) wife — such am I, gone (to this state); the deed done by a sinner does not let (him) go.
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PdP 7 9.111
सत्यमावां जिगमिषू परमं धाम पन्नग । व्रजावो जाह्नवीतीरं शरीरत्यागहेतवे
satyamāvāṃ jigamiṣū paramaṃ dhāma pannaga | vrajāvo jāhnavītīraṃ śarīratyāgahetave
Truly we two wish to go to the highest abode, O snake; we are going to the bank of the Jāhnavī in order to give up our bodies.
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PdP 7 9.112
त्यजाविवेकतां सर्प नरकक्लेशदायिनीम् । आवां संखाद्य भवतो भविष्यति सुखं कियत्
tyajāvivekatāṃ sarpa narakakleśadāyinīm | āvāṃ saṃkhādya bhavato bhaviṣyati sukhaṃ kiyat
Give up your lack of discernment, serpent, which brings the torments of hell. By devouring us two, how much happiness will there be for you?
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PdP 7 9.113
आवयोर्हृदये विष्णुस्तवापि हृदये हरिः । अतएव त्वया सार्द्धं शत्रुता का भुजंगम
āvayorhṛdaye viṣṇustavāpi hṛdaye hariḥ | ataeva tvayā sārddhaṃ śatrutā kā bhujaṃgama
Viṣṇu is in the heart of us two, and Hari is in your heart also; therefore what enmity is there with you, O snake?
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PdP 7 9.114
प्राणिहिंसा न कर्तव्या कदापि च विचक्षणैः । क्रियतेऽपि च तद्धिंसां विदधाति स्वयं विधिः
prāṇihiṃsā na kartavyā kadāpi ca vicakṣaṇaiḥ | kriyate'pi ca taddhiṃsāṃ vidadhāti svayaṃ vidhiḥ
Harm to living beings should never be done by the discerning; and if it is done, then Fate itself brings about that harm (in return).
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PdP 7 9.115
आयुः पुत्राश्च दाराश्च संपदश्च यशांसि च । हिंसां दत्वा मनुष्याणां हरेद्दुष्टो विधिः स्वयम्
āyuḥ putrāśca dārāśca saṃpadaśca yaśāṃsi ca | hiṃsāṃ datvā manuṣyāṇāṃ haredduṣṭo vidhiḥ svayam
Having given (them) harm, wicked Fate itself takes away men's lifespan, sons, wives, wealth and fame.
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PdP 7 9.116
किं जपैः किं तपोभिर्वा किं दानैः किमु चाध्वरैः । हिंसेति वर्णद्वितयं यस्यास्ति हृदये सदा
kiṃ japaiḥ kiṃ tapobhirvā kiṃ dānaiḥ kimu cādhvaraiḥ | hiṃseti varṇadvitayaṃ yasyāsti hṛdaye sadā
What use are mutterings of prayer, what use austerities, what gifts, what sacrifices, for one in whose heart the two syllables 'hiṃsā' (harm) are always present?
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PdP 7 9.117
यः प्राणिहिंसको मर्त्यः स एव हरिहिंसकः । सर्वप्राणिशरीरस्थो भगवान्कमलापतिः
yaḥ prāṇihiṃsako martyaḥ sa eva harihiṃsakaḥ | sarvaprāṇiśarīrastho bhagavānkamalāpatiḥ
That mortal who injures living beings is himself an injurer of Hari, for the Lord, the husband of Kamalā, dwells in the bodies of all beings.
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PdP 7 9.118
आत्मानं बहुधा सृष्ट्वा भगवान्भूतभावनः । संसारकौतुकागारे क्रीडेच्छिशुरिव स्वयम्
ātmānaṃ bahudhā sṛṣṭvā bhagavānbhūtabhāvanaḥ | saṃsārakautukāgāre krīḍecchiśuriva svayam
Having created himself in many forms, the Lord, the originator of beings, plays of himself like a child in the amusement-house of transmigration.
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PdP 7 9.119
शरीरिणः शरीरं हि निलयः परमात्मनः । परमात्मा स्वयं विष्णुरतो हिंसां विवर्जयेत्
śarīriṇaḥ śarīraṃ hi nilayaḥ paramātmanaḥ | paramātmā svayaṃ viṣṇurato hiṃsāṃ vivarjayet
For the body of an embodied being is the dwelling of the supreme Self, and the supreme Self is Viṣṇu himself; therefore one should abstain from harm.
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PdP 7 9.120
परप्राणविनाशेन चात्मतुष्टिर्विधीयते
paraprāṇavināśena cātmatuṣṭirvidhīyate
And by the destruction of another's life one's own satisfaction is procured.
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PdP 7 9.121
क्षणं स्यादात्मनस्तुष्टिरन्यस्य प्राणसंक्षयः । चरित्रमेतल्लोकानामत्यद्भुतमिव क्षितौ
kṣaṇaṃ syādātmanastuṣṭiranyasya prāṇasaṃkṣayaḥ | caritrametallokānāmatyadbhutamiva kṣitau
One's own satisfaction would last a moment, (while) for the other it is the destruction of life; this conduct of people on earth is as if utterly astonishing.
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PdP 7 9.122
आत्मतृप्तिं प्रकुर्वंति परं हत्वातियत्नतः । धीमान्नात्मपरिज्ञानं कदाचित्कुरुते नहि
ātmatṛptiṃ prakurvaṃti paraṃ hatvātiyatnataḥ | dhīmānnātmaparijñānaṃ kadācitkurute nahi
(People) bring about their own satisfaction by killing another with great effort; but a wise man never does (that), (for he has) knowledge of the Self.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 7 9.123
अहं विष्णुरसौविष्णुरिति चेतसि भावयेत् । परदुःखेन यो दुःखी सुखी यश्च परश्रिया
ahaṃ viṣṇurasauviṣṇuriti cetasi bhāvayet | paraduḥkhena yo duḥkhī sukhī yaśca paraśriyā
One should contemplate in the mind: 'I am Viṣṇu, this one too is Viṣṇu.' He who is pained by another's pain and glad at another's prosperity —
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PdP 7 9.124
संसारेऽस्मिन्स विज्ञेयः साक्षादेव हरिः स्वयम् । धिगस्तु तत्सुखं नॄणां मोहवंचितचेतसाम्
saṃsāre'sminsa vijñeyaḥ sākṣādeva hariḥ svayam | dhigastu tatsukhaṃ nṝṇāṃ mohavaṃcitacetasām
he is to be known in this world of transmigration as Hari himself, directly (present). A curse upon that pleasure of men whose minds are deluded and deceived!
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PdP 7 9.125
परहिंसाविधानेन सुखं यत्स्याद्भुजंगम । सुखानि वापि दुःखानि दीयंते यानि जंतवे
parahiṃsāvidhānena sukhaṃ yatsyādbhujaṃgama | sukhāni vāpi duḥkhāni dīyaṃte yāni jaṃtave
Whatever pleasure there may be, O serpent, through the practice of harming others — and whatever pleasures or pains are given to a creature,
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PdP 7 9.126
अचिरेणैव तानि स्म लभंते भुवि मानवाः । तस्माद्धिंसां परित्यज्य भुजंगम सुखी भव
acireṇaiva tāni sma labhaṃte bhuvi mānavāḥ | tasmāddhiṃsāṃ parityajya bhujaṃgama sukhī bhava
those very (pleasures and pains) men obtain on earth before long. Therefore, O serpent, abandon violence and be happy.
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PdP 7 9.127
त्वयि प्रसन्ने गच्छावः पारं दुःखमहोदधेः । सर्प उवाच- यदा स्यात्परहिंसायां नूनं मे नातिपातकम्
tvayi prasanne gacchāvaḥ pāraṃ duḥkhamahodadheḥ | sarpa uvāca- yadā syātparahiṃsāyāṃ nūnaṃ me nātipātakam
If you are gracious (to us), we two shall cross to the far shore of the great ocean of suffering. The serpent said: If in truth there is no great sin for me in harming others,
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PdP 7 9.128
तदा कथमहो सृष्टै वेधसा भक्ष्यभक्षकौ । परहिंसा न कर्तव्या सत्यमेतत्त्वयोदितम्
tadā kathamaho sṛṣṭai vedhasā bhakṣyabhakṣakau | parahiṃsā na kartavyā satyametattvayoditam
then how, alas, were eater and eaten created by the Creator? 'One should not injure another' — this that has been said by you is true;
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PdP 7 9.129
किंतु सर्वेषु भक्ष्येषु हिंसा संभाव्यते नहि । नारायणो विश्वरूपः सत्यमेतन्न संशयः
kiṃtu sarveṣu bhakṣyeṣu hiṃsā saṃbhāvyate nahi | nārāyaṇo viśvarūpaḥ satyametanna saṃśayaḥ
but in the case of all (creatures that are) food, no violence is to be supposed (to occur). Nārāyaṇa has the universe for his form — this is true, there is no doubt.
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PdP 7 9.130
भक्ष्यभक्षकसंयुक्तं स्वयमेव ससर्ज ह । सृजति स्वयमात्मानमात्मानं रक्षति स्वयम्
bhakṣyabhakṣakasaṃyuktaṃ svayameva sasarja ha | sṛjati svayamātmānamātmānaṃ rakṣati svayam
He himself indeed created (this world) as joined with eater and eaten. He himself creates himself, he himself protects himself,
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PdP 7 9.131
आत्मानं स्वयमेवात्ति सृष्टिरेवंविधा हरेः । शक्तोऽहं किं युवां हंतुं कालरूपी स्वयं विधिः
ātmānaṃ svayamevātti sṛṣṭirevaṃvidhā hareḥ | śakto'haṃ kiṃ yuvāṃ haṃtuṃ kālarūpī svayaṃ vidhiḥ
he himself devours himself — such is Hari's creation. Am I able to kill you two? It is Fate itself, in the form of Time.
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PdP 7 9.132
संप्रति प्रेषयामास कार्येस्मिन्मां स्वयं हरिः । युवां ससर्ज यो देवो यश्च रक्षति वां सदा
saṃprati preṣayāmāsa kāryesminmāṃ svayaṃ hariḥ | yuvāṃ sasarja yo devo yaśca rakṣati vāṃ sadā
Just now Hari himself has sent me for this task. The god who created you two and who always protects you,
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PdP 7 9.133
कालरूपी स एवाद्य हंति हेतुं विधाय माम् । व्यास उवाच-। ततस्तेन भुजंगेन भक्षितौ तौ च दंपती
kālarūpī sa evādya haṃti hetuṃ vidhāya mām | vyāsa uvāca-| tatastena bhujaṃgena bhakṣitau tau ca daṃpatī
he alone, in the form of Time, today kills (you), making me the instrument. Vyāsa said: Then that couple were devoured by that serpent,
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PdP 7 9.134
गङ्गा गंगेति जल्पंतौ महत्या क्षुधया पथि । जाह्नवीतीरयात्रायां पादेपादे जनाविमौ
gaṅgā gaṃgeti jalpaṃtau mahatyā kṣudhayā pathi | jāhnavītīrayātrāyāṃ pādepāde janāvimau
while, from great hunger, they were crying out on the road 'Gaṅgā, Gaṅgā!' On a pilgrimage along the bank of the Jāhnavī, at every step these two persons
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PdP 7 9.135
अश्वमेधाख्य यज्ञानां प्राप्तवंतौ महाफलम् । तस्मादेनौ महात्मानौ बह्वश्वमेधधारिणौ
aśvamedhākhya yajñānāṃ prāptavaṃtau mahāphalam | tasmādenau mahātmānau bahvaśvamedhadhāriṇau
obtained the great fruit of the sacrifices called horse-sacrifices. Therefore these two great souls, bearers of many horse-sacrifices —
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PdP 7 9.136
एतयोः सदृशो नास्ति शतक्रतुरहं यतः । निजाधिकारेणैवान्यमवलंब्य पुरंदरः
etayoḥ sadṛśo nāsti śatakraturahaṃ yataḥ | nijādhikāreṇaivānyamavalaṃbya puraṃdaraḥ
there is none equal to these two, since I am (only) the performer of a hundred sacrifices. Relying on another (only) by virtue of his own office, Puraṃdara,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 7 9.137
अर्घ्यहस्तः पादचारी वृतो देवैः समाययौ । अथ रम्भोर्वशी चैव सुंदर्योऽन्याश्च हर्षिताः
arghyahastaḥ pādacārī vṛto devaiḥ samāyayau | atha rambhorvaśī caiva suṃdaryo'nyāśca harṣitāḥ
with the offering-water in his hand, going on foot, surrounded by the gods, came near. Then Rambhā and Urvaśī and the other beauties, delighted,
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PdP 7 9.138
अन्योन्यं कथयामासुर्निजयौवनगर्विताः । अयं पुण्यात्मनां श्रेष्ठो रसज्ञोऽत्यंतसुन्दरः
anyonyaṃ kathayāmāsurnijayauvanagarvitāḥ | ayaṃ puṇyātmanāṃ śreṣṭho rasajño'tyaṃtasundaraḥ
spoke to one another, proud of their own youth: 'This one is the best of the meritorious, a connoisseur of love, exceedingly handsome;
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PdP 7 9.139
आयातोऽमुं करिष्यामि स्ववशं सेवितैः स्वकैः । काचित्कांचिद्वदत्येतज्जानामि सकलां कलाम्
āyāto'muṃ kariṣyāmi svavaśaṃ sevitaiḥ svakaiḥ | kācitkāṃcidvadatyetajjānāmi sakalāṃ kalām
he has come — I shall make him subject to me by my own attentions.' One says to another: 'I know every art,
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PdP 7 9.140
अतएव भविष्यामि कांताहमस्य भूपतेः । काचित्कांचिदिति ब्रूयात्ते शक्रोपि वशो मम
ataeva bhaviṣyāmi kāṃtāhamasya bhūpateḥ | kācitkāṃciditi brūyātte śakropi vaśo mama
and for that very reason I shall be this king's beloved.' Some one says to some other: 'Even Śakra is subject to me;
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PdP 7 9.141
किमत्र चित्रं वशगो भूपालोऽयं भविष्यति
kimatra citraṃ vaśago bhūpālo'yaṃ bhaviṣyati
what is remarkable in this — that this king will come under my power?'
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PdP 7 9.142
भर्त्ता ममायं च पतिर्ममायं स्वामी ममायं मम नाथ एषः । इतीव सर्वाः परमप्रमोदैर्वदंति नार्योखिलसद्गुणज्ञाः
bharttā mamāyaṃ ca patirmamāyaṃ svāmī mamāyaṃ mama nātha eṣaḥ | itīva sarvāḥ paramapramodairvadaṃti nāryokhilasadguṇajñāḥ
"This one is my husband, and this one is my lord, this one is my master, this is my protector"—so all the women, knowing every good quality, said with the utmost delight.
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PdP 7 9.143
उच्चावचं विप्र निशम्य तासां जगाद काचिद्गुणिनी रसज्ञा । सौदास्यकांतां नृपतिः स्वयं यां भजत्ययं किं कलहेन नार्यः
uccāvacaṃ vipra niśamya tāsāṃ jagāda kācidguṇinī rasajñā | saudāsyakāṃtāṃ nṛpatiḥ svayaṃ yāṃ bhajatyayaṃ kiṃ kalahena nāryaḥ
Hearing their loud and soft (words), O brahmin, one accomplished woman who knew the flavour of things said: "The king himself loves her who is dear to him by her service—why, women, (do you quarrel)? What is (gained) by quarrelling?"
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PdP 7 9.144
सुन्दर्य्यस्तास्ततः सर्वाः संत्यज्य कलहं द्विज । आजग्मुर्हृदयोत्साहैः सर्वाभरणभूषिताः
sundaryyastāstataḥ sarvāḥ saṃtyajya kalahaṃ dvija | ājagmurhṛdayotsāhaiḥ sarvābharaṇabhūṣitāḥ
Then all those beautiful women, abandoning their quarrel, O twice-born, came with eager hearts, adorned with all their ornaments.
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PdP 7 9.145
अथ तं नृपतिश्रेष्ठ सदारं गतकल्मषम् । पाद्याद्यैः पूजयामासुः प्राहेति च पुरंदरः
atha taṃ nṛpatiśreṣṭha sadāraṃ gatakalmaṣam | pādyādyaiḥ pūjayāmāsuḥ prāheti ca puraṃdaraḥ
Then, O best of kings, they honoured him, who was free of stain, together with his wife, with water for the feet and the rest; and Puraṃdara spoke thus.
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PdP 7 9.146
रथे निवेशयामास पुष्पके स्त्रीसमन्वितम् । भेरीमृदंगमधुरी डिंडिमानकनिःस्वनैः
rathe niveśayāmāsa puṣpake strīsamanvitam | bherīmṛdaṃgamadhurī ḍiṃḍimānakaniḥsvanaiḥ
He seated him, together with his wife, in the flying chariot Puṣpaka, amid the sounds of kettledrums, mṛdaṅgas, sweet ḍiṇḍimas and ānaka drums,
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PdP 7 9.147
करकं कणनादैश्च करतालस्वनैस्तथा । जयशब्दैश्च देवानां नाकः शब्दमयोऽभवत्
karakaṃ kaṇanādaiśca karatālasvanaistathā | jayaśabdaiśca devānāṃ nākaḥ śabdamayo'bhavat
and with the clinking sounds of water-pots and with the sounds of hand-cymbals, and with the cries of "Victory!" of the gods, heaven became all sound.
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PdP 7 9.148
देवाङ्गना चारुहस्त श्वेतचामरमारुतैः । वीजितः सरथारूढः सदारस्त्रिदिवं ययौ
devāṅganā cāruhasta śvetacāmaramārutaiḥ | vījitaḥ sarathārūḍhaḥ sadārastridivaṃ yayau
Fanned by the breezes of the white yak-tail whisks in the lovely hands of the celestial women, mounted on the chariot with his wife, he went to the third heaven.
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PdP 7 9.149
ततः शक्रः स्वयं तस्मै सत्यधर्माय भूभुजे । दत्तवान्निजासनार्द्धं शुभो वै क्षयशंकया
tataḥ śakraḥ svayaṃ tasmai satyadharmāya bhūbhuje | dattavānnijāsanārddhaṃ śubho vai kṣayaśaṃkayā
Then Śakra himself gave to that king Satyadharma half of his own seat—the auspicious one (doing so), indeed, out of fear of loss.
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PdP 7 9.150
शक्रेण सह भूपोऽसौ वसन्नेकासने सदा । शक्रत्वमकरोत्स्वर्गे केशवस्यानुकंपया १५० 7.9.
śakreṇa saha bhūpo'sau vasannekāsane sadā | śakratvamakarotsvarge keśavasyānukaṃpayā 150 7.9.
That king, dwelling always on one seat together with Śakra, exercised Indra's office in heaven by the compassion of Keśava.
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PdP 7 9.151
युगकोटिसहस्राणि दिवि भुक्त्वाखिलं सुखम् । रथमारुह्यवैकुंठं ययौ भगवदाज्ञया
yugakoṭisahasrāṇi divi bhuktvākhilaṃ sukham | rathamāruhyavaikuṃṭhaṃ yayau bhagavadājñayā
Having enjoyed every pleasure in heaven for thousands of crores of ages, he mounted a chariot and went to Vaikuṇṭha by the Lord's command.
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PdP 7 9.152
तत्र मन्वंतरं भुक्त्वा सर्वभोगमनोरमम् । परमं ज्ञानमासाद्या सदारो मोक्षमाप्तवान्
tatra manvaṃtaraṃ bhuktvā sarvabhogamanoramam | paramaṃ jñānamāsādyā sadāro mokṣamāptavān
There, having enjoyed for a manvantara (all) that delights (one) with every enjoyment, he attained supreme knowledge and, together with his wife, obtained liberation.
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PdP 7 9.153
जाह्नवीतीरयात्रायां शरीरं त्यजतः पथि । फलमेवंविधं विप्र मया सर्वं प्रकीर्तितम्
jāhnavītīrayātrāyāṃ śarīraṃ tyajataḥ pathi | phalamevaṃvidhaṃ vipra mayā sarvaṃ prakīrtitam
Such is the whole fruit, O brahmin, that I have proclaimed for one who gives up his body on the road while on pilgrimage along the bank of the Jāhnavī.
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PdP 7 9.154
जाह्नवीतीरगमने मुनिभिस्तत्वदर्शिभिः । न कालनियमः प्रोक्तो नारदाद्यैर्महर्षिभिः
jāhnavītīragamane munibhistatvadarśibhiḥ | na kālaniyamaḥ prokto nāradādyairmaharṣibhiḥ
For going to the bank of the Jāhnavī no restriction of time has been declared by the sages who see the truth, by Nārada and the other great seers.
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PdP 7 9.155
यदायदा द्विजश्रेष्ठ गङ्गायां स्नानमाचरेत् । तदातदाऽक्षयं पुण्यं लभते मानवो ध्रुवम्
yadāyadā dvijaśreṣṭha gaṅgāyāṃ snānamācaret | tadātadā'kṣayaṃ puṇyaṃ labhate mānavo dhruvam
Whenever, O best of the twice-born, a man performs bathing in the Gaṅgā, then and there he surely obtains imperishable merit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 7 9.156
गंगा सर्वाणि पापानि नाशयंतीति निश्चयः । कुर्यात्पुनःपुनः पापं न च गंगा पुनाति तम्
gaṃgā sarvāṇi pāpāni nāśayaṃtīti niścayaḥ | kuryātpunaḥpunaḥ pāpaṃ na ca gaṃgā punāti tam
It is certain that the Gaṅgā destroys all sins; (but if) one commits sin again and again, the Gaṅgā does not purify him.
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PdP 7 9.157
पापबुद्धिं परित्यज्य गंगायां लोकमातरि । स्नानं कुरुत हे लोका यदि सद्गतिमिच्छथ
pāpabuddhiṃ parityajya gaṃgāyāṃ lokamātari | snānaṃ kuruta he lokā yadi sadgatimicchatha
Abandoning the intention to sin, O people, bathe in the Gaṅgā, the mother of the world, if you desire a good destiny.
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PdP 7 9.158
यत्पुण्यं गंगास्नानात्तु मानवानां भवेद्दिवज । तत्पुण्यं प्राप्यते विप्र कर्मभिः कैः सुदुस्तरैः
yatpuṇyaṃ gaṃgāsnānāttu mānavānāṃ bhaveddivaja | tatpuṇyaṃ prāpyate vipra karmabhiḥ kaiḥ sudustaraiḥ
O twice-born, that merit which comes to men from bathing in the Gaṅgā — by what very difficult rites, O brahmin, is that merit (otherwise) obtained?
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PdP 7 9.159
आसाराणां भूमिरेणोः संख्यां कर्तुं तु शक्यते । भागीरथीगुणास्ते न शक्या वक्तुं न च द्विज
āsārāṇāṃ bhūmireṇoḥ saṃkhyāṃ kartuṃ tu śakyate | bhāgīrathīguṇāste na śakyā vaktuṃ na ca dvija
The (drops) of rain-showers, the dust of the earth — these it is possible to count; but the virtues of Bhāgīrathī cannot be told, O twice-born.
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PdP 7 9.160
विचार्य सर्वशास्त्राणि त्वदीयानि मयोच्यते । गंगांभसि सकृत्स्नात्वा मोक्षमाप्नोति मानवः
vicārya sarvaśāstrāṇi tvadīyāni mayocyate | gaṃgāṃbhasi sakṛtsnātvā mokṣamāpnoti mānavaḥ
Having considered all your scriptures, this is said by me: having bathed but once in the water of the Gaṅgā, a man attains liberation.
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PdP 7 9.161
स्नानं कूपजलेऽपि यस्तु कुरुते गंगां विचिंत्य प्रभुं देवानां सकलार्त्तशोकदुरितत्रासौघविध्वंसिनीम् । मुक्तः सोऽपि समस्तपातकचयैर्गोविप्रहत्यादिभिर्गच्छेद्विष्णुपुरं समस्तसुखदं गंगाप्रसादाद्दिवज
snānaṃ kūpajale'pi yastu kurute gaṃgāṃ viciṃtya prabhuṃ devānāṃ sakalārttaśokaduritatrāsaughavidhvaṃsinīm | muktaḥ so'pi samastapātakacayairgoviprahatyādibhirgacchedviṣṇupuraṃ samastasukhadaṃ gaṃgāprasādāddivaja
He who bathes even in well-water, meditating on the Gaṅgā, lord of the gods, destroyer of the whole mass of pain, grief, sin and fear — he too, freed from the entire heap of sins, from the killing of cows and brahmins and the rest, would go by the Gaṅgā's grace, O twice-born, to Viṣṇu's city that gives every happiness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition