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Chapter 6

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सूत उवाच- कश्यपस्य च भार्यान्या दनुर्नाम तपस्विनी । पुत्रशोकेन संतप्ता संप्राप्ता दितिमंदिरम् १। रोदमाना प्रणम्यैव पादपद्मयुगं तदा । दुःखेन महता प्राप्ता दितिस्तां प्रत्यबोधयत् २। दितिरुवाच- तवैव हि महाभागे किमिदं रोदकारणम् । पुत्रिण्यश्चैकपुत्रेण लोके नार्यो भवंति वै ३। भवती शतपुत्राणां गुणिनामपि भामिनि । माता त्वमसि कल्याणि शुंभादीनां महात्मनाम् ४। कस्माद्दुःखं त्वया प्राप्तमेतन्मे कारणं वद । हिरण्यकशिपू राजा हिरण्याक्षो महाबलः ५। यस्याः पुत्रौ महात्मानौ महाबलपराक्रमौ । कस्माद्दुःखं महज्जातं तस्माच्चैव सखे वद ६। आख्याहि कारणं सर्वं यस्माद्रोदिषि सांप्रतम् । एवमाभाष्य तां देवीं विरराम मनस्विनी ७। दनुरुवाच- पश्य पश्य महाभागे सपत्न्याश्च मनोरथम् । परिपूर्णं कृतं तेन देवदेवेन चक्रिणा ८। यथापूर्वं वरो दत्तो ह्यदित्यै देवि विष्णुना । तथेदानीं च पुत्राय तस्या दत्तो वरो महान् ९। कश्यपाद्विश्रुतो जातस्त्रैलोक्यपालकः सुतः । इंद्रत्वं तस्य वै दत्तं तव पुत्राद्विहृत्य च १०। मनोरथैस्तु संपूर्णा अदितिः सुखवर्द्धिनी । कनीयान्वसुदत्तश्च तस्याः पुत्रश्च संप्रति ११। ऐंद्रं पदं सुदुष्प्राप्यं देवैः सार्द्धं भुनक्ति च । दितिरुवाच- कस्मात्पदात्परिभ्रष्टो मम पुत्रो महामतिः १२। अन्ये च दानवा दैत्यास्तेजोभ्रष्टाः कथं सखे । तस्य त्वं कारणं ब्रूहि विस्तरेण यशस्विनि १३। तामाभाष्य दितिर्वाक्यं विरराम सुदुःखिता । दनुरुवाच- देवाश्च दानवाः सर्वे सक्रोधाः संगरं गताः १४। तत्र युद्धं महज्जातं दैत्यसंक्षयकारकम् । देवैश्च विष्णुना युद्धे मम पुत्रा निपातिताः १५। तथैव तव पुत्रास्ते देवदेवेन चक्रिणा । वने गतान्यथा सिंहो द्रावयेत्स्वेन तेजसा १६। तथा ते मामकाः पुत्रा निहताः शङ्खपाणिना । कालनेमिमुखं सैन्यं दुर्जयं ससुरासुरैः १७। नाशितं मर्दितं सर्वं द्रावितं विकलीकृतम् । स्वैरर्चिभिर्यथा वह्निस्तृणानि ज्वालयेद्वने १८। तथा दैत्यगणान्सर्वान्निर्दहत्येव केशवः । मम पुत्रा मृता देवि बहुशस्तव नंदनाः १९। वह्निं प्राप्य यथा सर्वे शलभा यांति संक्षयम् । तथा ते दानवाः सर्वे हरिं प्राप्य क्षयं गताः २०। एवमेतं हि वृत्तांतं दितिः शुश्राव दारुणम् । दितिरुवाच- वज्रपातोपमं भद्रे वदस्येवं कथं मम २१। एवमाभाष्य तां देवी मूर्च्छिता निपपात ह । हा हा कष्टमिदं जातं बहुदुःखं प्रतापकम् २२। रुरोद करुणं साथ पुत्रशोकसुपीडिता । तां दृष्ट्वा स मुनिश्रेष्ठ उवाच वचनं शुभम् २३। मा रोदिषि च भद्रं ते नैवं शोचंति त्वद्विधाः । सत्ववंतो महाभागे लोभमोहेन वर्जिताः २४। कस्य पुत्रा हि संसारे कस्य देवी सुबांधवाः । नास्तिकस्येह केनापि तत्सर्वं श्रूयतां प्रिये २५। दक्षस्यापि सुता यूयं सुन्दर्यश्चैव मामकाः । भवतीनामहं भर्ता कामनापूरकः शुभे २६। योजकः पालकश्चैव रक्षकोस्मि वरानने । कस्माद्वैरं कृतं क्रूरैरसुरैरजितात्मभिः २७। तव पुत्रा महाभागे सत्यधर्मविवर्जिताः । तेन दोषेण ते सर्वे तव दोषेण वै शुभे २८। निहता वासुदेवेन दैवतैस्तु निपातिताः । तस्माच्छोको न कर्तव्यः सत्यमोक्षविनाशनः २९। शोको हि नाशयेत्पुण्यं क्षयात्पुण्यस्य नश्यति । तस्माच्छोकं परित्यज विघ्नरूपं वरानने ३०। आत्मदोषप्रभावेण दानवा मरणं गताः । देवा निमित्तभूताश्च नाशिताः स्वेन कर्मणा ३१। एवं ज्ञात्वा महाभागे समागच्छ सुखं प्रति । एवमुक्त्वा महायोगी तां प्रियां दुःखभागिनीम् ३२। विषादाच्च निवृत्तोसौ विरराम महामतिः ३३। इति श्रीपद्मपुराणे भूमिखंडे देवासुरे दितिविलापोनाम षष्ठोऽध्यायः ६।

sūta uvāca- kaśyapasya ca bhāryānyā danurnāma tapasvinī | putraśokena saṃtaptā saṃprāptā ditimaṃdiram 1| rodamānā praṇamyaiva pādapadmayugaṃ tadā | duḥkhena mahatā prāptā ditistāṃ pratyabodhayat 2| ditiruvāca- tavaiva hi mahābhāge kimidaṃ rodakāraṇam | putriṇyaścaikaputreṇa loke nāryo bhavaṃti vai 3| bhavatī śataputrāṇāṃ guṇināmapi bhāmini | mātā tvamasi kalyāṇi śuṃbhādīnāṃ mahātmanām 4| kasmādduḥkhaṃ tvayā prāptametanme kāraṇaṃ vada | hiraṇyakaśipū rājā hiraṇyākṣo mahābalaḥ 5| yasyāḥ putrau mahātmānau mahābalaparākramau | kasmādduḥkhaṃ mahajjātaṃ tasmāccaiva sakhe vada 6| ākhyāhi kāraṇaṃ sarvaṃ yasmādrodiṣi sāṃpratam | evamābhāṣya tāṃ devīṃ virarāma manasvinī 7| danuruvāca- paśya paśya mahābhāge sapatnyāśca manoratham | paripūrṇaṃ kṛtaṃ tena devadevena cakriṇā 8| yathāpūrvaṃ varo datto hyadityai devi viṣṇunā | tathedānīṃ ca putrāya tasyā datto varo mahān 9| kaśyapādviśruto jātastrailokyapālakaḥ sutaḥ | iṃdratvaṃ tasya vai dattaṃ tava putrādvihṛtya ca 10| manorathaistu saṃpūrṇā aditiḥ sukhavarddhinī | kanīyānvasudattaśca tasyāḥ putraśca saṃprati 11| aiṃdraṃ padaṃ suduṣprāpyaṃ devaiḥ sārddhaṃ bhunakti ca | ditiruvāca- kasmātpadātparibhraṣṭo mama putro mahāmatiḥ 12| anye ca dānavā daityāstejobhraṣṭāḥ kathaṃ sakhe | tasya tvaṃ kāraṇaṃ brūhi vistareṇa yaśasvini 13| tāmābhāṣya ditirvākyaṃ virarāma suduḥkhitā | danuruvāca- devāśca dānavāḥ sarve sakrodhāḥ saṃgaraṃ gatāḥ 14| tatra yuddhaṃ mahajjātaṃ daityasaṃkṣayakārakam | devaiśca viṣṇunā yuddhe mama putrā nipātitāḥ 15| tathaiva tava putrāste devadevena cakriṇā | vane gatānyathā siṃho drāvayetsvena tejasā 16| tathā te māmakāḥ putrā nihatāḥ śaṅkhapāṇinā | kālanemimukhaṃ sainyaṃ durjayaṃ sasurāsuraiḥ 17| nāśitaṃ marditaṃ sarvaṃ drāvitaṃ vikalīkṛtam | svairarcibhiryathā vahnistṛṇāni jvālayedvane 18| tathā daityagaṇānsarvānnirdahatyeva keśavaḥ | mama putrā mṛtā devi bahuśastava naṃdanāḥ 19| vahniṃ prāpya yathā sarve śalabhā yāṃti saṃkṣayam | tathā te dānavāḥ sarve hariṃ prāpya kṣayaṃ gatāḥ 20| evametaṃ hi vṛttāṃtaṃ ditiḥ śuśrāva dāruṇam | ditiruvāca- vajrapātopamaṃ bhadre vadasyevaṃ kathaṃ mama 21| evamābhāṣya tāṃ devī mūrcchitā nipapāta ha | hā hā kaṣṭamidaṃ jātaṃ bahuduḥkhaṃ pratāpakam 22| ruroda karuṇaṃ sātha putraśokasupīḍitā | tāṃ dṛṣṭvā sa muniśreṣṭha uvāca vacanaṃ śubham 23| mā rodiṣi ca bhadraṃ te naivaṃ śocaṃti tvadvidhāḥ | satvavaṃto mahābhāge lobhamohena varjitāḥ 24| kasya putrā hi saṃsāre kasya devī subāṃdhavāḥ | nāstikasyeha kenāpi tatsarvaṃ śrūyatāṃ priye 25| dakṣasyāpi sutā yūyaṃ sundaryaścaiva māmakāḥ | bhavatīnāmahaṃ bhartā kāmanāpūrakaḥ śubhe 26| yojakaḥ pālakaścaiva rakṣakosmi varānane | kasmādvairaṃ kṛtaṃ krūrairasurairajitātmabhiḥ 27| tava putrā mahābhāge satyadharmavivarjitāḥ | tena doṣeṇa te sarve tava doṣeṇa vai śubhe 28| nihatā vāsudevena daivataistu nipātitāḥ | tasmācchoko na kartavyaḥ satyamokṣavināśanaḥ 29| śoko hi nāśayetpuṇyaṃ kṣayātpuṇyasya naśyati | tasmācchokaṃ parityaja vighnarūpaṃ varānane 30| ātmadoṣaprabhāveṇa dānavā maraṇaṃ gatāḥ | devā nimittabhūtāśca nāśitāḥ svena karmaṇā 31| evaṃ jñātvā mahābhāge samāgaccha sukhaṃ prati | evamuktvā mahāyogī tāṃ priyāṃ duḥkhabhāginīm 32| viṣādācca nivṛttosau virarāma mahāmatiḥ 33| iti śrīpadmapurāṇe bhūmikhaṃḍe devāsure ditivilāponāma ṣaṣṭho'dhyāyaḥ 6|

English translation

Sūta said :

1-2. The other miserable wife of Kaśyapa , named Danu , being tormented by the grief due to the son (of Aditi ) came to Diti ’s house. She was weeping, she who was reached by (i.e. was of) great grief, saluted the two lotus-like feet of Diti. Diti advised her.

Diti said :

3. O glorious one, what is the cause of your weeping? Women are (said to be) ‘Putriṇī (i.e. endowed with sons) (even though) they have (only) one son. O beautiful, auspicious one, you are the mother of even a hundred magnanimous sons like Śumbha .

4-7a. Tell me the reason why you are unhappy—(you) who have the two magnanimous and very mighty and valorous sons like king Hiraṇyakaśipu and the very mighty Hiraṇyākṣa . O friend, tell me why you are having this great grief. Tell me fully the reason for which you are weeping now.

7b. Having thus spoken to the queen (i.e. Danu), the high-minded (Diti) ceased speaking.

Danu said :

8-9. See, see, O magnanimous one, the desire of my co-wife (i.e. Aditi) has been fulfilled by the god of gods—the disc-holder (i.e. Viṣṇu ). As Viṣṇu had formerly granted a boon to Aditi, even now he has granted a great boon to her son.

10. This son is known to be born from Kaśyapa, and is the guardian of the three worlds. Snatching the position of Indra from your son, he has given it to him (i.e. to Aditi’s son).

11-12a. (Now) Aditi, who is full of desires (i.e. whose desires are fulfilled) is exalting with happiness, (since) her younger son, Vasudatta , along with the gods, is enjoying Indra’s position which is very difficult to be obtained.

Diti said :

12b-13. O you glorious one, tell me of which position my very intelligent son is deprived; O friend, (tell me) also how other demons and goblins are deprived of lustre. Tell me in detail the cause of this.

14a. Saying (these) words to her (i.e. to Danu), Diti, who was extremely unhappy, stopped speaking.

Danu said :

14b-16a. Gods and demons, being enraged, went to fight (i.e. fought). A great war, causing the destruction of the demons, took place. The gods and Viṣṇu struck down my sons in the war; so also your sons (were struck down) by the god of gods, viz. the disc-holder (i.e. Viṣṇu).

16b-20. As a lion would frighten with his own lustre (beings) that have gone to the forest, in the same way your sons and my sons were killed by having the conch in his hand (i.e. by Viṣṇu). He destroyed, crushed, made to flee, and unnerved the army (of the demons) led by Kālanemi and unconquerable even for the gods and demons (together). As, in the forest fire would bum grass with its flames, so Keśava (i.e. Viṣṇu) completely consumed all the hosts of demons. Many of my sons, O respectable lady, and many of your sons also died (in the war). As all the moths perish after reaching (i.e. coming in contact with) fire, similarly all the demons reaching (i.e. coming in contact with) Hari (i.e. Viṣṇu), perished.

2la. Diti thus listened to this fearful account.

Diti said :

21b. O you good one, how do you tell me this, which is like the fall of the thunderbolt?

22-23a. Saying so, that respectable lady fell down in a swoon. She, who was very much oppressed by the grief due to her son, said: “Alas! a misery has come about; it is very troublesome and tormenting.”

23b-32a. Seeing her, the greatest sage said (these) auspicious words: “Well-being to you; do not weep; O you illustrious one, persons like you, who are energetic and free from greed and infatuation, do not grieve like this. O honorable lady, in this mundane existence, to whom do the sons belong? To whom do the good relatives belong? One has nothing to do with anyone (else). O dear one, listen to it all. You are the daughters of Dakṣa and are my beautiful wives. O auspicious one, I am your husband, who your desires. I bring you together; I am your guardian, and protector, also, O you of a beautiful face. Why did the cruel demons, not controlling themselves, entertain enmity (with the gods)? O you magnanimous one, your sons are destitute of truthfulness. Due to that fault (of them) and due to your morbid affection (for them), O auspicious one, they were killed by Vāsudeva (i.e. Kṛṣṇa , i.e. Viṣṇu) and were thrown down by the gods. Therefore do not entertain grief which destroys real salvation. Grief would destroy (i.e. destroys) religious merit, and one perishes by the loss of religious merit. Therefore, O you of a beautiful face, give up the grief being of the nature of an obstacle. Due to the power of their own faults the demons died. The gods were (just) an apparent cause; they (i.e. the demons) were destroyed by their own deeds. Realising this, O you glorious one, be happy”.

32b-33. Having thus spoken to his dear wife who was unhappy, the very intelligent, great contemplative saint, withdrew through dejection and stopped (speaking).

Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 37657, revision 333738 (2022-03-16T02:05:29Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc364213.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.