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Chapter 35

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रंभोवाच- ब्रह्मा अव्यक्तसंभूतस्तस्माज्जज्ञे प्रजापतिः । अत्रिर्नाम स धर्मात्मा तस्य पुत्रो महामनाः १। अंगो नाम अयं भद्रे नंदनं वनमागतः । इंद्रस्य संपदं दृष्ट्वा लीलातेजसमुत्तमाम् २। कृता स्पृहा अनेनापि इंद्रस्य सदृशे पदे । ईदृशो हि यदा पुत्रो मम स्याद्धर्मसंयुतः ३। सुश्रेयो मे भवेज्जन्म यशः कीर्ति समन्वितम् । आराधितो हृषीकेशस्तपोभिर्नियमैस्तथा ४। सुप्रसन्ने हृषीकेशे वरं याचितवानयम् । इंद्रस्य सदृशं पुत्रं विष्णुतेजः पराक्रमम् ५। वैष्णवं सर्वपापघ्नं देहि मे मधुसूदन । दत्तवान्स तदा पुत्रमीदृशं सर्वधारकम् ६। तदाप्रभृति विप्रेंद्रः पुण्यां कन्यां प्रपश्यति । यथा त्वं चारुसर्वांगी तथायं परिपश्यति ७। एनं गच्छ वरारोहे अस्मात्पुत्रो भविष्यति । पुण्यात्मा पुण्यधर्मज्ञो विष्णुतेजः पराक्रमः ८। एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं तथाहं पृच्छिता त्वया । अयं भर्ता भवत्यर्हो भवेदेव न संशयः ९। सुशंखस्यापि यः शापो वृथा सोऽपि भविष्यति । अस्माज्जाते महाभागे पुत्रे धर्मप्रचारिणि १०। भविष्यसि सुखी भद्रे सत्यं सत्यं वदाम्यहम् । सुक्षेत्रे कृषिकारस्तु बीजं वपति तत्परः ११। स तथा भुंजते देवि यथा बीजं तथा फलम् । अन्यथा नैव जायेत तत्सर्वं सदृशं भवेत् १२। अयमेष महाभागस्तपस्वी पुण्यवीर्यवान् । अस्य वीर्यात्समुत्पन्नो अस्यैवगुणसंपदा १३। युक्तः पुत्रो महातेजाःसर्वदेहभृतां वरः । भविष्यति महाभाग्यो युक्तात्मा योगतत्ववित् १४। एवं हि वाक्यं तु निशम्य बाला रंभाप्रियोक्तं शिवदायकं तत् । विचिंत्य बुद्ध्येह सुनीथया तदा तत्त्वार्थमेतत्परिसत्यमेव हि १५। इति श्रीपद्मपुराणे भूमिखंडेवेनोपाख्याने पंचत्रिंशोऽध्यायः ३५।

raṃbhovāca- brahmā avyaktasaṃbhūtastasmājjajñe prajāpatiḥ | atrirnāma sa dharmātmā tasya putro mahāmanāḥ 1| aṃgo nāma ayaṃ bhadre naṃdanaṃ vanamāgataḥ | iṃdrasya saṃpadaṃ dṛṣṭvā līlātejasamuttamām 2| kṛtā spṛhā anenāpi iṃdrasya sadṛśe pade | īdṛśo hi yadā putro mama syāddharmasaṃyutaḥ 3| suśreyo me bhavejjanma yaśaḥ kīrti samanvitam | ārādhito hṛṣīkeśastapobhirniyamaistathā 4| suprasanne hṛṣīkeśe varaṃ yācitavānayam | iṃdrasya sadṛśaṃ putraṃ viṣṇutejaḥ parākramam 5| vaiṣṇavaṃ sarvapāpaghnaṃ dehi me madhusūdana | dattavānsa tadā putramīdṛśaṃ sarvadhārakam 6| tadāprabhṛti vipreṃdraḥ puṇyāṃ kanyāṃ prapaśyati | yathā tvaṃ cārusarvāṃgī tathāyaṃ paripaśyati 7| enaṃ gaccha varārohe asmātputro bhaviṣyati | puṇyātmā puṇyadharmajño viṣṇutejaḥ parākramaḥ 8| etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ tathāhaṃ pṛcchitā tvayā | ayaṃ bhartā bhavatyarho bhavedeva na saṃśayaḥ 9| suśaṃkhasyāpi yaḥ śāpo vṛthā so'pi bhaviṣyati | asmājjāte mahābhāge putre dharmapracāriṇi 10| bhaviṣyasi sukhī bhadre satyaṃ satyaṃ vadāmyaham | sukṣetre kṛṣikārastu bījaṃ vapati tatparaḥ 11| sa tathā bhuṃjate devi yathā bījaṃ tathā phalam | anyathā naiva jāyeta tatsarvaṃ sadṛśaṃ bhavet 12| ayameṣa mahābhāgastapasvī puṇyavīryavān | asya vīryātsamutpanno asyaivaguṇasaṃpadā 13| yuktaḥ putro mahātejāḥsarvadehabhṛtāṃ varaḥ | bhaviṣyati mahābhāgyo yuktātmā yogatatvavit 14| evaṃ hi vākyaṃ tu niśamya bālā raṃbhāpriyoktaṃ śivadāyakaṃ tat | viciṃtya buddhyeha sunīthayā tadā tattvārthametatparisatyameva hi 15| iti śrīpadmapurāṇe bhūmikhaṃḍevenopākhyāne paṃcatriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ 35|

English translation

Rambhā said :

1-6a. Brahma was born from the Unmanifest one, and from him was born the lord of created beings, viz. the religious-minded Atri . O good lady, his son, viz. this Aṅga of a noble mind, came to Nandanavana . Seeing Indra ’s glory excellent with graceful lustre, he too longed for a position similar to that of Indra: ‘If I would have such a son endowed with righteousness, (then) my existence, endowed with fame and glory, will be very blessed.’ Then he propitiated Hṛṣīkeśa with austerities and restraints. When Hṛṣīkeśa was very much pleased, he asked for a boon: “O Madhusūdana , give me a son who resembles Indra, whose lustre and valour are like that of Viṣṇu , who is a devotee of Viṣṇu, and who destroys all sins.”

6b. Then he gave (him) a son possessing all such (qualities).

7-12. Since then the best brāhmaṇa looked (for) an auspicious maiden. He saw you as you are beautiful in all limbs. O you beautiful lady, go to (i.e. accept) him; from him you will have a son, who will be righteous, who will be knowing pious ways of behaviour and whose lustre and valour will be like that of Viṣṇu. All this has been told to you, since you had asked me like (i.e. about) that. There is no doubt that this one will be a suitable groom for you. That curse of (i.e. given by) Suśaṅkha also will be ineffective. O good noble lady, when from him a son propagating righteous conduct will be born, you will be happy. I am telling you the truth, (and) the truth (only). A farmer, with great sincerity, sows the seed. O respectable lady, he enjoys (i.e. reaps) the fruit as he sows the seed. It shall never be otherwise. It would all be just like that.

13-14. This noble one is devout and possesses merit and strength; a son born from his semen will be endowed with his wealth of virtues, will be very lustrous, will be best among all human beings, will be very fortunate, of a devout disposition, and will be conversant with the principles of deep and abstract meditation.

15. Hearing these words of Rambhā , uttered affectionately and bestowing well-being, Sunīthā entertained the notion: This is the truth, the entire truth.

Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 37677, revision 362546 (2022-11-30T23:59:01Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc364242.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.