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Chapter 49

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Bhūmi-khaṇḍa · Chapter 49

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ब्राह्मण्युवाच- एकदा तु महाभाग गता सा पर्वतोत्तमे । रमणीयं वनं दृष्ट्वा कदलीखंडमंडितम् १। शालैस्तालैस्तमालैश्च नालिकेरैस्तथोत्कटैः । पूगीफलैर्मातुलिगैर्नारंगैश्चारुजंबुकैः २। चंपकैः पाटलैः पुण्यैः पुष्पितैः कुटकैर्वटैः । अशोकबकुलोपेतं नानावृक्षैरलंकृतम् ३। पर्वतं पुण्यवंतं तं पुष्पितैश्च नगोत्तमैः । सर्वत्र दृश्यते रम्यो नानाधातुसमाकुलः ४। तडागं सर्वतोभद्रं पुण्यतोयेन पूरितम् । कमलैः पुष्पितैश्चान्यैः सुगंधैः कनकोत्पलैः ५। श्वेतोत्पलैर्विभासंतं रक्तोत्पलसुपुष्पितैः । नीलोत्पलैश्च कह्लारैर्हंसैश्च जलकुक्कुटैः ६। पक्षिभिर्जलजैश्चान्यैर्नानाधातुसमाकुलः । तडागं सर्वतः शुभ्रं नानापक्षिगणैर्युतम् ७। कोकिलानां रुतैः पुण्यैः सुस्वरैः परिशोभितः । मधुराणां तथा शब्दैः सर्वत्र मधुरायते ८। षट्पदानां सुनादेन सर्वत्र परिशोभते । एवंविधं गिरिं रम्यं तदेव वनमुत्तमम् ९। तडागं सर्वतोभद्रं ददृशे नृपनंदिनी । वैदर्भी क्रीडमाना सा सखीभिः सहिता तदा १०। समालोक्य वनं पुण्यं सर्वत्र कुसुमाकुलम् । चापल्येन प्रभावेण स्त्रीभावेन च लीलया ११। पद्मावती सरस्तीरे सखीभिः सहिता तदा । जलक्रीडा समालीना हसते गायते पुनः १२। रममाणा च सा तस्मिंस्तस्मिन्सरसि भामिनी । एवं विप्र तदा सा तु सुखेन परिवर्तयेत् १३। विष्णुरुवाच- गोभिलो नाम वै दैत्यो भृत्यो वैश्रवणस्य च । दिव्येनापि विमानेन सर्वभोगपरिप्लुतः १४। याति चाकाशमार्गेण गोभिलो दैत्यसत्तमः । तेन दृष्टा विशालाक्षी वैदर्भी निर्भया तदा १५। सर्वयोषिद्वरा सा हि उग्रसेनस्य वै प्रिया । रूपेणाप्रतिमा लोके सर्वांगेषु विराजते १६। रतिर्वै मन्मथस्यापि किं वापीयं हरिप्रिया । किं वापि पार्वती देवी शची किं वा भविष्यति १७। यादृशी दृश्यते चेयं नारीणां प्रवरोत्तमा । अन्यापि ईदृशी नास्ति द्वितीया क्षितिमंडले १८। नक्षत्रेषु यथा चंद्रः संपूर्णो भाति शोभनः । गुणरूपकलाभिस्तु तथा भाति वरानना १९। पुष्करेषु यथा हंसस्तथेयं चारुहासिनी । अहो रूपमहोभाव अस्यास्तु परिदृश्यते २०। का कस्य शोभना बाला चारुवृत्तपयोधरा । व्यमृशद्गोभिलो दैत्यः पद्मावतीं वराननाम् २१। चिंतयित्वा क्षणं विप्र का कस्यापि भविष्यति । ज्ञानेन महता ज्ञात्वा वैदर्भीति न संशयः २२। दयिता उग्रसेनस्य पतिव्रतपरायणा । आत्मबलेन तिष्ठंती दुष्प्राप्या पुरुषैरपि २३। उग्रसेनो महामूर्खः प्रेषिता येन वै वरा । पितुर्गेहमियं बाला स तु भाग्येन वर्जितः २४। अनया विना स जीवेच्च कथं कूटमतिः सदा । किं वा नपुंसको राजा एनां यो हि परित्यजेत् २५। तां दृष्ट्वा स तु कामात्मा संजातस्तत्क्षणादपि । इयं पतिव्रता बाला दुष्प्राप्या पुरुषैरपि २६। कथं भोक्ष्याम्यहं गत्वा कामो मामति पीडयेत् । अभुक्त्वैनां यदा यास्ये तत्स्यान्मृत्युर्ममैव हि २७। अद्यैव हि न संदेहो यतः कामो महाबलः । इति चिंतापरो भूत्वा गोभिलो मनसैक्षत २८। कृत्वा मायामयं रूपमुग्रसेनस्य भूपतेः । यादृशस्तूग्रसेनश्च सांगोपांगो महानृपः २९। गोभिलस्तादृशो भूत्वा गत्या च स्वरभाषया । यथावस्त्रो यथावेशो वयसा च तथा पुनः ३०। दिव्यमाल्यांबरधरो दिव्यगंधानुलेपनः । सर्वाभरणशोभांगो यादृशो माथुरेश्वरः ३१। भूत्वाथ तादृशो दैत्य उग्रसेनमयस्तदा । मायया परया युक्तो रूपलावण्यसंपदा ३२। पर्वताग्रे अशोकस्यच्छायामाश्रित्य संस्थितः । शिलातलस्थो दुष्टात्मा वीणादंडेन वीरकः ३३। सुस्वरं गायमानस्तु गीतं विश्वप्रमोहनम् । तालमानक्रियोपेतं सप्तस्वरविभूषितम् ३४। गीतं गायति दुष्टात्मा तस्या रूपेण मोहितः । पर्वताग्रे स्थितो विप्र हर्षेण महतान्वितः ३५। सखीमध्यगता सा तु पद्मावती वरानना । शुश्रुवे सुस्वरं गीतं तालमानलयान्वितम् ३६। कोऽयं गायति धर्मात्मा महत्सौख्यप्रदायकम् । गीतं हि सत्क्रियोपेतं सर्वभावसमन्वितम् ३७। सखीभिः सहिता गत्वा औत्सुक्येन नृपात्मजा । अशोकच्छायामाश्रित्य विमले सुशिलातले ३८। ददर्श भूपवेषेण गोभिलं दानवाधमम् । पुष्पमालांबरधरं दिव्यगंधानुलेपनम् ३९। सर्वाभरणशोभांगं पद्मावती पतिव्रता । मथुरेशः समायातः कदा धर्मपरायणः ४०। मम नाथो महात्मा वै राज्यं त्यक्त्वा प्रदूरतः । यावद्धि चिंतयेत्सा च तावत्पापेन तेन सा ४१। समाहूता तुरीभूय एहि त्वं हि प्रिये मम । चकिताशंकितासाचकथंभर्त्तासमागतः ४२। लज्जिता दुःखिता जाता अधःकृत्वा ततो मुखम् । अहं पापा दुराचारा निःशंका परिवर्तिता ४३। कोपमेवं महाभागः करिष्यति न संशयः । यावद्धि चिंतयेत्सा च तावत्तेनापि पापिना ४४। समाहूता तुरीभूय एह्येहि त्वं मम प्रिये । त्वया विना कृतो देवि प्राणान्धर्तुं वरानने ४५। न हि शक्नोम्यहं कांते जीवितं प्रियमेव च । तव स्नेहेन लुब्धोस्मि त्वां त्यक्त्वा नोत्सहे भृशम् ४६। ब्राह्मण्युवाच- एवमुक्ता गतापश्यत्सुमुखं लज्जयान्विता । समालिंग्य ततो दैत्यः सतीं पद्मावतीं तदा ४७। एकांतं तु समानीता सुभुक्ता इच्छया ततः । दैत्येन गोभिलेनापि सत्यकेतोः सुता तदा ४८। सुकलोवाच- मुष्कस्थानेस्य संकेतं नाविंदत वरानना । स्ववस्त्रं सा परिगृह्य शंकिता दुःखिता ह्यभूत् ४९। सा सक्रोधा वचः प्राह गोभिलं दानवाधमम् । कस्त्वं पापसमाचारो निर्घृणो दानवाकृतिः ५०। शप्तुकामा समुद्युक्ता दुःखेनाकुलितेक्षणा । वेपमाना तदा राजन्दुःखभारेण पीडिता ५१। मम कांतच्छलेनैव त्वयागत्य दुरात्मवन् । नाशितं धर्ममेवाग्र्यं पातिव्रत्यमनुत्तमम् ५२। सुस्वरं रुदितं कृत्वा मम जन्म त्वया हृतम् । पश्य मे बलमत्रैव शापं दास्ये सुदारुणम् ५३। एवं संभाषमाणा तं शप्तुकामा तु गोभिलम् ५४। इति श्रीपद्मपुराणे भूमिखंडे वेनोपाख्याने सुकलाचरित्रे। एकोनपंचाशत्तमोऽध्यायः ४९।

brāhmaṇyuvāca- ekadā tu mahābhāga gatā sā parvatottame | ramaṇīyaṃ vanaṃ dṛṣṭvā kadalīkhaṃḍamaṃḍitam 1| śālaistālaistamālaiśca nālikeraistathotkaṭaiḥ | pūgīphalairmātuligairnāraṃgaiścārujaṃbukaiḥ 2| caṃpakaiḥ pāṭalaiḥ puṇyaiḥ puṣpitaiḥ kuṭakairvaṭaiḥ | aśokabakulopetaṃ nānāvṛkṣairalaṃkṛtam 3| parvataṃ puṇyavaṃtaṃ taṃ puṣpitaiśca nagottamaiḥ | sarvatra dṛśyate ramyo nānādhātusamākulaḥ 4| taḍāgaṃ sarvatobhadraṃ puṇyatoyena pūritam | kamalaiḥ puṣpitaiścānyaiḥ sugaṃdhaiḥ kanakotpalaiḥ 5| śvetotpalairvibhāsaṃtaṃ raktotpalasupuṣpitaiḥ | nīlotpalaiśca kahlārairhaṃsaiśca jalakukkuṭaiḥ 6| pakṣibhirjalajaiścānyairnānādhātusamākulaḥ | taḍāgaṃ sarvataḥ śubhraṃ nānāpakṣigaṇairyutam 7| kokilānāṃ rutaiḥ puṇyaiḥ susvaraiḥ pariśobhitaḥ | madhurāṇāṃ tathā śabdaiḥ sarvatra madhurāyate 8| ṣaṭpadānāṃ sunādena sarvatra pariśobhate | evaṃvidhaṃ giriṃ ramyaṃ tadeva vanamuttamam 9| taḍāgaṃ sarvatobhadraṃ dadṛśe nṛpanaṃdinī | vaidarbhī krīḍamānā sā sakhībhiḥ sahitā tadā 10| samālokya vanaṃ puṇyaṃ sarvatra kusumākulam | cāpalyena prabhāveṇa strībhāvena ca līlayā 11| padmāvatī sarastīre sakhībhiḥ sahitā tadā | jalakrīḍā samālīnā hasate gāyate punaḥ 12| ramamāṇā ca sā tasmiṃstasminsarasi bhāminī | evaṃ vipra tadā sā tu sukhena parivartayet 13| viṣṇuruvāca- gobhilo nāma vai daityo bhṛtyo vaiśravaṇasya ca | divyenāpi vimānena sarvabhogapariplutaḥ 14| yāti cākāśamārgeṇa gobhilo daityasattamaḥ | tena dṛṣṭā viśālākṣī vaidarbhī nirbhayā tadā 15| sarvayoṣidvarā sā hi ugrasenasya vai priyā | rūpeṇāpratimā loke sarvāṃgeṣu virājate 16| ratirvai manmathasyāpi kiṃ vāpīyaṃ haripriyā | kiṃ vāpi pārvatī devī śacī kiṃ vā bhaviṣyati 17| yādṛśī dṛśyate ceyaṃ nārīṇāṃ pravarottamā | anyāpi īdṛśī nāsti dvitīyā kṣitimaṃḍale 18| nakṣatreṣu yathā caṃdraḥ saṃpūrṇo bhāti śobhanaḥ | guṇarūpakalābhistu tathā bhāti varānanā 19| puṣkareṣu yathā haṃsastatheyaṃ cāruhāsinī | aho rūpamahobhāva asyāstu paridṛśyate 20| kā kasya śobhanā bālā cāruvṛttapayodharā | vyamṛśadgobhilo daityaḥ padmāvatīṃ varānanām 21| ciṃtayitvā kṣaṇaṃ vipra kā kasyāpi bhaviṣyati | jñānena mahatā jñātvā vaidarbhīti na saṃśayaḥ 22| dayitā ugrasenasya pativrataparāyaṇā | ātmabalena tiṣṭhaṃtī duṣprāpyā puruṣairapi 23| ugraseno mahāmūrkhaḥ preṣitā yena vai varā | piturgehamiyaṃ bālā sa tu bhāgyena varjitaḥ 24| anayā vinā sa jīvecca kathaṃ kūṭamatiḥ sadā | kiṃ vā napuṃsako rājā enāṃ yo hi parityajet 25| tāṃ dṛṣṭvā sa tu kāmātmā saṃjātastatkṣaṇādapi | iyaṃ pativratā bālā duṣprāpyā puruṣairapi 26| kathaṃ bhokṣyāmyahaṃ gatvā kāmo māmati pīḍayet | abhuktvaināṃ yadā yāsye tatsyānmṛtyurmamaiva hi 27| adyaiva hi na saṃdeho yataḥ kāmo mahābalaḥ | iti ciṃtāparo bhūtvā gobhilo manasaikṣata 28| kṛtvā māyāmayaṃ rūpamugrasenasya bhūpateḥ | yādṛśastūgrasenaśca sāṃgopāṃgo mahānṛpaḥ 29| gobhilastādṛśo bhūtvā gatyā ca svarabhāṣayā | yathāvastro yathāveśo vayasā ca tathā punaḥ 30| divyamālyāṃbaradharo divyagaṃdhānulepanaḥ | sarvābharaṇaśobhāṃgo yādṛśo māthureśvaraḥ 31| bhūtvātha tādṛśo daitya ugrasenamayastadā | māyayā parayā yukto rūpalāvaṇyasaṃpadā 32| parvatāgre aśokasyacchāyāmāśritya saṃsthitaḥ | śilātalastho duṣṭātmā vīṇādaṃḍena vīrakaḥ 33| susvaraṃ gāyamānastu gītaṃ viśvapramohanam | tālamānakriyopetaṃ saptasvaravibhūṣitam 34| gītaṃ gāyati duṣṭātmā tasyā rūpeṇa mohitaḥ | parvatāgre sthito vipra harṣeṇa mahatānvitaḥ 35| sakhīmadhyagatā sā tu padmāvatī varānanā | śuśruve susvaraṃ gītaṃ tālamānalayānvitam 36| ko'yaṃ gāyati dharmātmā mahatsaukhyapradāyakam | gītaṃ hi satkriyopetaṃ sarvabhāvasamanvitam 37| sakhībhiḥ sahitā gatvā autsukyena nṛpātmajā | aśokacchāyāmāśritya vimale suśilātale 38| dadarśa bhūpaveṣeṇa gobhilaṃ dānavādhamam | puṣpamālāṃbaradharaṃ divyagaṃdhānulepanam 39| sarvābharaṇaśobhāṃgaṃ padmāvatī pativratā | mathureśaḥ samāyātaḥ kadā dharmaparāyaṇaḥ 40| mama nātho mahātmā vai rājyaṃ tyaktvā pradūrataḥ | yāvaddhi ciṃtayetsā ca tāvatpāpena tena sā 41| samāhūtā turībhūya ehi tvaṃ hi priye mama | cakitāśaṃkitāsācakathaṃbharttāsamāgataḥ 42| lajjitā duḥkhitā jātā adhaḥkṛtvā tato mukham | ahaṃ pāpā durācārā niḥśaṃkā parivartitā 43| kopamevaṃ mahābhāgaḥ kariṣyati na saṃśayaḥ | yāvaddhi ciṃtayetsā ca tāvattenāpi pāpinā 44| samāhūtā turībhūya ehyehi tvaṃ mama priye | tvayā vinā kṛto devi prāṇāndhartuṃ varānane 45| na hi śaknomyahaṃ kāṃte jīvitaṃ priyameva ca | tava snehena lubdhosmi tvāṃ tyaktvā notsahe bhṛśam 46| brāhmaṇyuvāca- evamuktā gatāpaśyatsumukhaṃ lajjayānvitā | samāliṃgya tato daityaḥ satīṃ padmāvatīṃ tadā 47| ekāṃtaṃ tu samānītā subhuktā icchayā tataḥ | daityena gobhilenāpi satyaketoḥ sutā tadā 48| sukalovāca- muṣkasthānesya saṃketaṃ nāviṃdata varānanā | svavastraṃ sā parigṛhya śaṃkitā duḥkhitā hyabhūt 49| sā sakrodhā vacaḥ prāha gobhilaṃ dānavādhamam | kastvaṃ pāpasamācāro nirghṛṇo dānavākṛtiḥ 50| śaptukāmā samudyuktā duḥkhenākulitekṣaṇā | vepamānā tadā rājanduḥkhabhāreṇa pīḍitā 51| mama kāṃtacchalenaiva tvayāgatya durātmavan | nāśitaṃ dharmamevāgryaṃ pātivratyamanuttamam 52| susvaraṃ ruditaṃ kṛtvā mama janma tvayā hṛtam | paśya me balamatraiva śāpaṃ dāsye sudāruṇam 53| evaṃ saṃbhāṣamāṇā taṃ śaptukāmā tu gobhilam 54| iti śrīpadmapurāṇe bhūmikhaṃḍe venopākhyāne sukalācaritre| ekonapaṃcāśattamo'dhyāyaḥ 49|

English translation

The brāhmaṇa’s wife said :

1-9a. O you glorious one, once on the best mountain she saw a beautiful grove, adorned with groups of plantain-trees, with the śāla trees, tala trees, tamāla trees, coconut trees, with big betelnut trees, mātuliṅga (i.e. citron) trees, orange trees, and charming jambu trees, with auspicious campaka trees and pāṭala trees that had blossomed, and also with kuṭaka and bunyan trees; it was full of aśoka and bakula trees, and was adorned with various other kinds of trees. She saw that holy mountain with trees that had blossomed. Everywhere it appeared beautiful, as it was full of many kinds of minerals. She also saw an excellent lake full of holy water on all sides, shining with fully developed lotuses and other fragrant golden lotuses, with white lotuses and fully developed red lotuses, with blue lotuses, white lotuses and with waterfowls, with other aquatic birds, and was full of various minerals. The lake was white all round, and was full of groups of many kinds of birds. The mountain was graced everywhere by auspicious and sweet cooings of cuckoos and was everywhere agreeable due to the sounds (produced) by madhura trees. It looked lovely by the excellent humming of the bees.

9b-13. The princess saw the mountain like this, charming and excellent, and the lake beautiful all round. Padmāvatī , the daughter of the Vidarbha -king, while playing and engaged in sporting in water, and on the bank of the lake with her friends, saw that auspicious forest full of flowers everywhere, and laughed and sang sportively due to fickleness and powerful feminine nature. O brāhmaṇa , that beautiful lady, thus sporting in that lake moved happily.

Viṣṇu said :

14-15. The best demon Gobhila , the servant of Kubera , endowed with all enjoyments, was going in a divine aeroplane along an aerial path (i.e. in the air). At the time he saw the fearless, broad-eyed daughter of the Vidarbha-king.

16. She, the best of all women, the dear wife of Ugrasena , matchless in beauty in the world, shone beautifully in all her limbs.

17-25. (He thought:) ‘Might she be Rati , (the spouse) of Cupid, or ( Lakṣmī ) the dear (wife) of Hari , or goddess Pārvatī or Śacī (the wife of Indra ). No other woman like her, the best among women, is seen on the globe. The beautiful woman shines with her beauty and arts as the beautiful full moon shines among the stars. This woman with a charming smile (shines) as a swan in lakes. Oh, how beautiful does her form appear! Oh, what an amorous gesture! Who is this charming woman having beautiful round breasts? To whom does she belong?’ The demon Gobhila thought like this about (that) beautiful Padmāvatī. O brāhmaṇa, for a moment he thought as to who she was and to whom she belonged. With superior knowledge he knew that she was the daughter of the Vidarbha-king. There was no doubt about it (in his mind). She was the wife of Ugrasena, devoted to her husband. She stood by her own power, and was not easily attainable even by men. Ugrasena, who has sent this young lady to her father’s house, is a great fool. He is unfortunate. How would the (king) of a fraudulent mind ever live without her? Or is the king impotent that he would leave (i.e. he has left) her?

26-28a. Seeing her he instantly became enamoured. ‘This chaste lady is difficult to be secured even by men. How can I go (near her) and enjoy her? Lust afflicts me very much. If I shall go without enjoying her, then I shall die today only. There is no doubt about it; since lust is very powerful.’

28b-35. Being anxious like this, Gobhila observed mentally (i.e. thought to himself). Taking up an illusory form of king Ugrasena, the demon Gobhila fully became as the great Ugrasena was in point of gait, voice and language; and putting on garments and apparel (like Ugrasena) and being of the same age, and putting on divine flowers and garments and having besmeared his body with divine sandal, and with his entire body (rendered) handsome as was the lord of Māthura , and thus being full of (i.e. exactly like) Ugrasena, and being equipped with great trickery and (fine) figure and handsomeness he remained on the top of the mountain, after having resorted to the shadow of an aśoka tree. Seated on a slab, the wicked-minded one with the neck of the lute (in his hand), was singing a melodious song, enchanting the universe. The wicked-minded one, enamoured of her beauty, sang a song equipped with the beating time, measure and execution, and adorned with the seven notes. O brāhmaṇa, he, seated on the mountain-top was full of great joy.

36. That beautiful Padmāvati, who was in the midst of her friends, heard that melodious song, equipped with beating time, measure and the musical time.

37. ‘Who is this pious one that is singing a song which gives great pleasure, which is full of fine execution and endowed with all ideas?’

38-42. The princess with curiosity went there with her friends and saw the mean demon Gobhila in the garb of the king, wearing divine flowers and garment and with his body besmeared with divine sandal, with all his limbs decorated with ornaments, seated on a spotless slab, resorting to (i.e. in) the shadow of an aśoka tree. The loyal wife Padmāvatī (thought): ‘When did my glorious lord, the king of Māthura, and devoted to religious practices, come, after having left far behind his kingdom?’ When she was thinking (like this), the sinful one called her hurriedly: “O my darling, come on.” She was amazed and was doubtful as to how her lord had come (there).

43-46. She was ashamed, was afflicted, and then hung down her face (and thought:) ‘I am sinful, of a bad conduct. I have turned fearless. There is no doubt that the glorious one will be just angry with me.’ When she was thinking like this, that wicked one too hurriedly called her: “O my darling, come on, O dear one, O you of an excellent face (i.e. beautiful one),separa-ted from you I cannot sustain my life; and life is very dear to me; I am longing for your love; I am greatly unable to leave you.”

The brāhmaṇa’s wife said :

47-48. Thus addressed, she, full of bashfulness, saw the handsome one. Then the demon Gobhila, having embraced that virtuous Padmāvatī, the daughter of Satyaketu , took her to a secluded place, and fully enjoyed her as he desired.

Sukalā said :

49-54. The beautiful one did not find the mark (known to her) on his testicle. Taking up her garment, she became afraid and afflicted. Angrily she spoke (these) words to that mean Gobhila: “Who are you of the form of a demon, who are acting wickedly and who are merciless?” O king, she, with her eyes full (of tears) due to grief, trembling, and oppressed with the burden of affliction was bent on cursing him: “O you wicked one, having come (here) in the guise of my husband, you have destroyed my excellent chastity—my best virtue. Having wailed melodiously, you have destroyed my existence. (Now) see my power; here (i.e. now) only I shall give you a very fearful curse.” She, who desired to curse Gobhila, spoke like this.

Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 37417, revision 335475 (2022-04-09T00:04:53Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc364256.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.