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Chapter 31

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सूत उवाच- अथ त्वंगो महातेजा दृष्ट्वा इंद्रस्य संपदम् । भोगं चैव विलासं च लीलां तस्य महात्मनः १। कथं मे इंद्र सदृशः पुत्रः स्याद्धर्मसंयुतः । चिंतयित्वा क्षणं चैव अंगो धर्मभृतां वरः २। स्वकं गेहं समायातः स त्वंगः सत्यतत्परः । अत्रिं पप्रच्छ पितरं प्रणतो नम्रकंधरः ३। कोऽयं पुण्यः समाचारैरिंद्रत्वं भुंजते महत् । कस्य पुण्यस्य वै पुष्टिः किं कृतं कर्म कीदृशम् ४। कीदृशं तप एतस्य कमाराधितवान्पुरा । एतन्मे विस्तरेण त्वं ब्रूहि सत्यवतां वर ५। अत्रिरुवाच- साधुसाधु महाभाग यद्येवं पृच्छसे मयि । चरित्रमिंद्रस्य वत्स तन्मे निगदतः शृणु ६। सुव्रतो नाम मेधावी पुरा ब्राह्मणसत्तमः । तेन कृष्णो हृषीकेशस्तपसा चैव तोषितः ७। पुण्यगर्भं पुनः प्राप्तो ह्यदित्याः कश्यपात्किल । विष्णोश्चैव प्रसादेन सुरराजो बभूव ह ८। अंग उवाच- कथमिंद्रसमः पुत्रो मम स्यात्पुत्रवत्सल । तदुपायं समाचक्ष्व भवाञ्ज्ञानवतां वरः ९। अत्रिरुवाच- समासेनैव तस्यैव सुव्रतस्य महात्मनः । चरित्रमखिलं पुण्यं निशामय महामते १०। यथा सुव्रत मेधावी पुराराधितवान्हरिम् । तस्य भावं च भक्तिं च ध्यानं चैव महात्मनः ११। समालोक्य जगन्नाथो दत्तवान्वै महत्पदम् । स ऐंद्रं सर्वभोगाढ्यं त्रैलोक्यं सचराचरम् १२। विष्णोश्चैव प्रसादाच्च पदं भुंक्ते त्रिलोकधृक् । एवं ते सर्वमाख्यातमिंद्रस्यापि विचेष्टितम् १३। भक्त्या तुष्यति गोविंदो भावध्यानेन सत्तम । सर्वं ददाति तुष्टात्मा भक्त्या संतोषितो हरिः १४। तस्मादाराध्य गोविंदं सर्वदं सर्वसंभवम् । सर्वज्ञं सर्ववेत्तारं सर्वेषां पुरुषं वरम् १५। तस्मात्प्राप्स्यसि सर्वं त्वं यद्यदिच्छसि नंदन १६। सुखस्य दाता परमार्थदाता मोक्षस्य दाता जगतां हि नाथः । तस्मात्तमाराधय गच्छ पुत्र संप्राप्स्यसे इंद्रसमं हि पुत्रम् १७। आकर्ण्य वाक्यं परमार्थयुक्तमुक्तं महात्मा ऋषिणा हि तेन । संगृह्य तत्त्वं वचनस्य तस्य प्रणम्य तं शाश्वतमभ्ययात्सः १८। आमंत्र्य चांगः पितरं महात्मा ब्रह्मात्मजं ब्रह्मसमानमेव । संप्राप्तवान्मेरुगिरेस्तु शृंगं तं कांचनै रत्नमयैः समेतम् १९। इति श्रीपद्मपुराणे पंचपंचाशत्सहस्रसंहितायां भूमिखंडे। वेनोपाख्याने एकत्रिंशोऽध्यायः ३१

sūta uvāca- atha tvaṃgo mahātejā dṛṣṭvā iṃdrasya saṃpadam | bhogaṃ caiva vilāsaṃ ca līlāṃ tasya mahātmanaḥ 1| kathaṃ me iṃdra sadṛśaḥ putraḥ syāddharmasaṃyutaḥ | ciṃtayitvā kṣaṇaṃ caiva aṃgo dharmabhṛtāṃ varaḥ 2| svakaṃ gehaṃ samāyātaḥ sa tvaṃgaḥ satyatatparaḥ | atriṃ papraccha pitaraṃ praṇato namrakaṃdharaḥ 3| ko'yaṃ puṇyaḥ samācārairiṃdratvaṃ bhuṃjate mahat | kasya puṇyasya vai puṣṭiḥ kiṃ kṛtaṃ karma kīdṛśam 4| kīdṛśaṃ tapa etasya kamārādhitavānpurā | etanme vistareṇa tvaṃ brūhi satyavatāṃ vara 5| atriruvāca- sādhusādhu mahābhāga yadyevaṃ pṛcchase mayi | caritramiṃdrasya vatsa tanme nigadataḥ śṛṇu 6| suvrato nāma medhāvī purā brāhmaṇasattamaḥ | tena kṛṣṇo hṛṣīkeśastapasā caiva toṣitaḥ 7| puṇyagarbhaṃ punaḥ prāpto hyadityāḥ kaśyapātkila | viṣṇoścaiva prasādena surarājo babhūva ha 8| aṃga uvāca- kathamiṃdrasamaḥ putro mama syātputravatsala | tadupāyaṃ samācakṣva bhavāñjñānavatāṃ varaḥ 9| atriruvāca- samāsenaiva tasyaiva suvratasya mahātmanaḥ | caritramakhilaṃ puṇyaṃ niśāmaya mahāmate 10| yathā suvrata medhāvī purārādhitavānharim | tasya bhāvaṃ ca bhaktiṃ ca dhyānaṃ caiva mahātmanaḥ 11| samālokya jagannātho dattavānvai mahatpadam | sa aiṃdraṃ sarvabhogāḍhyaṃ trailokyaṃ sacarācaram 12| viṣṇoścaiva prasādācca padaṃ bhuṃkte trilokadhṛk | evaṃ te sarvamākhyātamiṃdrasyāpi viceṣṭitam 13| bhaktyā tuṣyati goviṃdo bhāvadhyānena sattama | sarvaṃ dadāti tuṣṭātmā bhaktyā saṃtoṣito hariḥ 14| tasmādārādhya goviṃdaṃ sarvadaṃ sarvasaṃbhavam | sarvajñaṃ sarvavettāraṃ sarveṣāṃ puruṣaṃ varam 15| tasmātprāpsyasi sarvaṃ tvaṃ yadyadicchasi naṃdana 16| sukhasya dātā paramārthadātā mokṣasya dātā jagatāṃ hi nāthaḥ | tasmāttamārādhaya gaccha putra saṃprāpsyase iṃdrasamaṃ hi putram 17| ākarṇya vākyaṃ paramārthayuktamuktaṃ mahātmā ṛṣiṇā hi tena | saṃgṛhya tattvaṃ vacanasya tasya praṇamya taṃ śāśvatamabhyayātsaḥ 18| āmaṃtrya cāṃgaḥ pitaraṃ mahātmā brahmātmajaṃ brahmasamānameva | saṃprāptavānmerugirestu śṛṃgaṃ taṃ kāṃcanai ratnamayaiḥ sametam 19| iti śrīpadmapurāṇe paṃcapaṃcāśatsahasrasaṃhitāyāṃ bhūmikhaṃḍe| venopākhyāne ekatriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ 31

English translation

Sūta said :

1-5. Then Aṅga , the very lustrous one, seeing noble Indra ’s wealth, enjoyment of amorous pleasures and sports (thought:) ‘How shall I have a son, endowed with piety, like Indra?’ Aṅga, the best among the righteous, thinking like this, came to his own home. Bowing down and with his neck (i.e. head) bent down (in respect) he asked Atri , his father: “Who enjoys this high position of Indra by doing pious deeds? Of what merit is this the result? What deed did he do? And of what kind was it? What kind of penance did he have (i.e. practise)? Whom did he propitiate formerly? O best among the truthful ones, tell me in detail (about) this.”

Atri said :

6-8. Bravo! O noble one, you are asking me like this (a good question). O child, listen to me, who will tell you the account of Indra. Formerly there was an intelligent, excellent brāhmaṇa by name Suvrata . He pleased Kṛṣṇa , Hṛṣīkeśa , with penance. He again reached the meritorious womb of Aditi through Kaśyapa ; and through Viṣṇu ’s grace, he became the king of gods.

Anga said :

9. O you affectionate towards your sons, how shall I have a son like Indra? Tell me a means for that, O best among the wise.

Atri said :

10-17. O you highly intelligent one, listen to the entire account of that illustrious Suvrata, in brief—as to how that intelligent Suvrata formerly propitiated Hari . The lord of the world (i.e. Viṣṇu) having observed his sincerity, devotion and meditation, gave him a great position. That Indra, sustaining the three worlds, enjoys the three worlds with the mobile and the immobile, and the (high) position, through Viṣṇu’s favour only. All this I have told you, so also Indra’s acts. O best one, Govinda (i.e. Viṣṇu) is pleased with devotion and sincere meditation. Hari, pleased with devotion, being delighted, gives everything. Therefore, O (my) son, having propitiated Govinda, who gives everything, who is the cause of everything, who is omniscient, who knows everything, who is the best man among all, you will obtain from him whatever you desire. He is the giver of happiness, of the highest truth, of salvation, and is the lord of the worlds. Therefore, O son, go (and) propitiate him; you will obtain a son like Indra.

18-19. He, having heard the words uttered by that illustrious sage, which contained the highest truth, and having understood the import of these words, he, having saluted that eternal one, left (the place). That noble Anga , having taken his leave of his father, Brahma ’s son, and resembling Brahmā , reached the peak of the Meru mountain, which was full of gold and gems.

Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 37673, revision 362542 (2022-11-30T23:53:53Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc364238.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.