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Chapter 76

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सुकर्मोवाच- सौरिर्दूतैस्तथा सर्वैः सह स्वर्गं जगाम सः । द्रष्टुं तत्र सहस्राक्षं देववृंदैः समावृतम् १। धर्मराजं समायांतं ददर्श सुरराट्तदा । समुत्थाय त्वरायुक्तो दत्वा चार्घमनुत्तमम् २। पप्रच्छागमनं तस्य कथयस्व ममाग्रतः । समाकर्ण्य महद्वाक्यं देवराजस्य भाषितम् ३। धर्मराजोऽब्रवीत्सर्वं ययातेश्चरितं महत् । धर्मराज उवाच- श्रूयतां देवदेवेश यस्मादागमनं मम ४। कथयाम्यहमत्रापि येनाहमागतस्तव । नहुषस्यात्मजेनापि वैष्णवेन महात्मना ५। वैष्णवाश्च कृता मर्त्या ये वसंति महीतले । वैकुंठस्य समं रूपं मर्त्यलोकस्य वै कृतम् ६। अमरा मानवा जाता जरारोगविवर्जिताः । पापमेव न कुर्वंति असत्यं न वदंति ते ७। कामक्रोधविहीनास्ते लोभमोहविवर्जिताः । दानशीला महात्मानः सर्वे धर्मपरायणाः ८। सर्वधर्मैः समर्चंति नारायणमनामयम् । तेन वैष्णवधर्मेण मानवा जगतीतले ९। निरामया वीतशोकाः सर्वे च स्थिरयौवनाः । दूर्वा वटा यथा देव विस्तारं यांति भूतले १०। तथा ते विस्तरं प्राप्ताः पुत्रपौत्रैः प्रपौत्रकैः । तेषां पुत्रैः प्रपौत्रैश्च वंशाद्वंशांतरं गताः ११। एवं हि वैष्णवः सर्वो जरामृत्युविवर्जितः । मर्त्यलोकः कृतस्तेन नहुषस्यात्मजेन वै १२। पदभ्रष्टोस्मि संजातो व्यापारेण विवर्जितः । एतत्सर्वं समाख्यातं मम कर्मविनाशनम् १३। एवं ज्ञात्वा सहस्राक्ष लोकस्यास्य हितं कुरु । एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं यथापृष्टोस्मि वै त्वया १४। एतस्मात्कारणादिंद्र आगतस्तव सन्निधौ । इंद्र उवाच- पूर्वमेव मया दूत आगमाय महात्मनः १५। प्रेषितो धर्मराजेंद्र दूतेनास्यापि भाषितम् । नाहं स्वर्गसुखस्यार्थी नागमिष्ये दिवं पुनः १६। स्वर्गरूपं करिष्यामि सर्वं तद्भूमिमंडलम् । इत्याचचक्षे भूपालः प्रजापाल्यं करोति सः १७। तस्य धर्मप्रभावेण भीतस्तिष्ठामि सर्वदा । धर्म उवाच- येनकेनाप्युपायेन तमानय सुभूपतिम् १८। देवराज महाभाग यदीच्छसि मम प्रियम् । इत्याकर्ण्य वचस्तस्य धर्मस्यापि सुराधिपः १९। चिंतयामास मेधावी सर्वतत्वेन भूपते । कामदेवं समाहूय गंधर्वांश्च पुरंदरः २०। मकरंदं रतिं देव आनिनाय महामनाः । तथा कुरुत वै यूयं यथाऽगच्छति भूपतिः २१। यूयं गच्छन्तु भूर्लोकं मयादिष्टा न संशयः । काम उवाच- युवयोस्तु प्रियं पुण्यं करिष्यामि न संशयः २२। राजानं पश्य मां चैव स्थितं चैव समा युधि । तथेत्युक्त्वा गताः सर्वे यत्र राजा स नाहुषिः २३। नटरूपेण ते सर्वे कामाद्याः कर्मणा द्विज । आशीर्भिरभिनंद्यैव ते च ऊचुः सुनाटकम् २४। तेषां तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा ययातिः पृथिवीपतिः । सभां चकार मेधावी देवरूपां सुपंडितैः २५। समायातः स्वयं भूपो ज्ञानविज्ञानकोविदः । तेषां तु नाटकं राजा पश्यमानः स नाहुषिः २६। चरितं वामनस्यापि उत्पत्तिं विप्ररूपिणः । रूपेणाप्रतिमा लोके सुस्वरं गीतमुत्तमम् २७। गायमाना जरा राजन्नार्यारूपेण वै तदा । तस्या गीतविलासेन हास्येन ललितेन च २८। मधुरालापतस्तस्य कंदर्पस्य च मायया । मोहितस्तेन भावेन दिव्येन चरितेन च २९। बलेश्चैव यथारूपं विंध्यावल्या यथा पुरा । वामनस्य यथारूपं चक्रे मारोथ तादृशम् ३०। सूत्रधारः स्वयं कामो वसंतः पारिपार्श्वकः । नटीवेषधरा जाता सा रतिर्हृष्टवल्लभा ३१। नेपथ्यांतश्चरी राजन्सा तस्मिन्नृत्यकर्मणि । मकरंदो महाप्राज्ञः क्षोभयामास भूपतिम् ३२। यथायथा पश्यति नृत्यमुत्तमं गीतं समाकर्णति स क्षितीशः । तथातथा मोहितवान्स भूपतिं नटीप्रणीतेन महानुभावः ३३। इति श्रीपद्मपुराणे भूमिखंडे वेनोपाख्याने मातापितृतीर्थे ययातिचरित्रे षट्सप्ततितमोऽध्यायः ७६।

sukarmovāca- saurirdūtaistathā sarvaiḥ saha svargaṃ jagāma saḥ | draṣṭuṃ tatra sahasrākṣaṃ devavṛṃdaiḥ samāvṛtam 1| dharmarājaṃ samāyāṃtaṃ dadarśa surarāṭtadā | samutthāya tvarāyukto datvā cārghamanuttamam 2| papracchāgamanaṃ tasya kathayasva mamāgrataḥ | samākarṇya mahadvākyaṃ devarājasya bhāṣitam 3| dharmarājo'bravītsarvaṃ yayāteścaritaṃ mahat | dharmarāja uvāca- śrūyatāṃ devadeveśa yasmādāgamanaṃ mama 4| kathayāmyahamatrāpi yenāhamāgatastava | nahuṣasyātmajenāpi vaiṣṇavena mahātmanā 5| vaiṣṇavāśca kṛtā martyā ye vasaṃti mahītale | vaikuṃṭhasya samaṃ rūpaṃ martyalokasya vai kṛtam 6| amarā mānavā jātā jarārogavivarjitāḥ | pāpameva na kurvaṃti asatyaṃ na vadaṃti te 7| kāmakrodhavihīnāste lobhamohavivarjitāḥ | dānaśīlā mahātmānaḥ sarve dharmaparāyaṇāḥ 8| sarvadharmaiḥ samarcaṃti nārāyaṇamanāmayam | tena vaiṣṇavadharmeṇa mānavā jagatītale 9| nirāmayā vītaśokāḥ sarve ca sthirayauvanāḥ | dūrvā vaṭā yathā deva vistāraṃ yāṃti bhūtale 10| tathā te vistaraṃ prāptāḥ putrapautraiḥ prapautrakaiḥ | teṣāṃ putraiḥ prapautraiśca vaṃśādvaṃśāṃtaraṃ gatāḥ 11| evaṃ hi vaiṣṇavaḥ sarvo jarāmṛtyuvivarjitaḥ | martyalokaḥ kṛtastena nahuṣasyātmajena vai 12| padabhraṣṭosmi saṃjāto vyāpāreṇa vivarjitaḥ | etatsarvaṃ samākhyātaṃ mama karmavināśanam 13| evaṃ jñātvā sahasrākṣa lokasyāsya hitaṃ kuru | etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ yathāpṛṣṭosmi vai tvayā 14| etasmātkāraṇādiṃdra āgatastava sannidhau | iṃdra uvāca- pūrvameva mayā dūta āgamāya mahātmanaḥ 15| preṣito dharmarājeṃdra dūtenāsyāpi bhāṣitam | nāhaṃ svargasukhasyārthī nāgamiṣye divaṃ punaḥ 16| svargarūpaṃ kariṣyāmi sarvaṃ tadbhūmimaṃḍalam | ityācacakṣe bhūpālaḥ prajāpālyaṃ karoti saḥ 17| tasya dharmaprabhāveṇa bhītastiṣṭhāmi sarvadā | dharma uvāca- yenakenāpyupāyena tamānaya subhūpatim 18| devarāja mahābhāga yadīcchasi mama priyam | ityākarṇya vacastasya dharmasyāpi surādhipaḥ 19| ciṃtayāmāsa medhāvī sarvatatvena bhūpate | kāmadevaṃ samāhūya gaṃdharvāṃśca puraṃdaraḥ 20| makaraṃdaṃ ratiṃ deva ānināya mahāmanāḥ | tathā kuruta vai yūyaṃ yathā'gacchati bhūpatiḥ 21| yūyaṃ gacchantu bhūrlokaṃ mayādiṣṭā na saṃśayaḥ | kāma uvāca- yuvayostu priyaṃ puṇyaṃ kariṣyāmi na saṃśayaḥ 22| rājānaṃ paśya māṃ caiva sthitaṃ caiva samā yudhi | tathetyuktvā gatāḥ sarve yatra rājā sa nāhuṣiḥ 23| naṭarūpeṇa te sarve kāmādyāḥ karmaṇā dvija | āśīrbhirabhinaṃdyaiva te ca ūcuḥ sunāṭakam 24| teṣāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā yayātiḥ pṛthivīpatiḥ | sabhāṃ cakāra medhāvī devarūpāṃ supaṃḍitaiḥ 25| samāyātaḥ svayaṃ bhūpo jñānavijñānakovidaḥ | teṣāṃ tu nāṭakaṃ rājā paśyamānaḥ sa nāhuṣiḥ 26| caritaṃ vāmanasyāpi utpattiṃ viprarūpiṇaḥ | rūpeṇāpratimā loke susvaraṃ gītamuttamam 27| gāyamānā jarā rājannāryārūpeṇa vai tadā | tasyā gītavilāsena hāsyena lalitena ca 28| madhurālāpatastasya kaṃdarpasya ca māyayā | mohitastena bhāvena divyena caritena ca 29| baleścaiva yathārūpaṃ viṃdhyāvalyā yathā purā | vāmanasya yathārūpaṃ cakre mārotha tādṛśam 30| sūtradhāraḥ svayaṃ kāmo vasaṃtaḥ pāripārśvakaḥ | naṭīveṣadharā jātā sā ratirhṛṣṭavallabhā 31| nepathyāṃtaścarī rājansā tasminnṛtyakarmaṇi | makaraṃdo mahāprājñaḥ kṣobhayāmāsa bhūpatim 32| yathāyathā paśyati nṛtyamuttamaṃ gītaṃ samākarṇati sa kṣitīśaḥ | tathātathā mohitavānsa bhūpatiṃ naṭīpraṇītena mahānubhāvaḥ 33| iti śrīpadmapurāṇe bhūmikhaṃḍe venopākhyāne mātāpitṛtīrthe yayāticaritre ṣaṭsaptatitamo'dhyāyaḥ 76|

English translation

Sukarman said :

1-4a. The son of the Sun (i.e. Yama ) went with all his messengers to heaven to see there Indra , surrounded by groups of gods. Then that king of gods (i.e. Indra) saw Dharmarāja in his assembly. Quickly getting up he presented excellent respectful offering to him, and asked him (the reason for) his arrival (saying:) “Tell me (why you have come).” Hearing the weighty words uttered by the king of gods, Dharmarāja narrated (to him) all the great account of Yayāti .

Dharmarāja said :

4b-11. O lord of gods, listen what for I have come. I will here only (i.e. just now) tell (you) why I have come. The noble son of Nahuṣa , the devotee of Viṣṇu , has made all human beings that live on the earth the devotees of Viṣṇu. He has made the nature of the mortal world like that of Vaikuṇṭha . Human beings have become immortal and free from old age and diseases. They just do not commit a sin, nor do they tell a lie. They are free from lust and wrath, and are without greed and delusion. The noble ones are given to charity and all of them are devoted to religion. With all good works they worship sound Nārāyaṇa . Due to (the practice of) that Vaiṣṇava religion all men on the earth are healthy, free from grief, and all have a steady youth. O god, as the Dūrvā (grass) and the bunyan trees spread on the earth, in the same way they have expanded (i.e. grown in number) due to their sons, grandsons and great-grandsons. With their sons and great-grandsons they have gone from one dynasty to another (i.e. have started various dynasties).

12-15a. Thus that son of Nahuṣa has made the entire mortal world the devotee of Viṣṇu and free from old age and death. Being free from (i.e. having no) function I have (as though) become deprived of my position. I have thus told you everything that puts an end to my job. Knowing thus, O thousand-eyed (Indra), do what is beneficial to this world. I have told you all this as I was asked by you. For this reason, O Indra, I have come into your proximity (i.e. to you).

Indra said :

15b-18a. O great Dharmarāja, formerly only I had sent my messenger (i.e. Mātali ) for coming over of that noble one (i.e. to bring here that noble Yayāti). Even my messenger spoke to him. (But Yayāti said to him:) “I do not desire the pleasures in heaven. I shall not (at all) come to heaven. I shall make the entire globe of the nature of heaven.” Thus the king told (my messenger). He is protecting his subjects. Due to the power of his righteousness I always remain imperiled.

Dharma said :

18b-19a. O illustrious lord of gods, if you desire what is dear to me, then bring that good king (to heaven) by any means.

19b-22a. O king, having heard these words of that Dharmarāja, the intelligent lord of gods considered everything from a factual point of view. God Indra of a noble mind, having called Cupid and Gandharvas , brought Cuckoo and Rati . (He told them:) “Do that by which the king will come (here). Ordered by me you should go to the earth. (There should be) no hesitation (about it).”

Kāma (i.e. Cupid) said :

22b-23a. There is no doubt that I shall do what is agreeable and favourable to you. See me and the king standing (opposite each other) in a battle.

23b-24. Saying, ‘All right’, all went there where that king, Nahuṣa’s son, was. O brāhmaṇa , all of them, Kāma and others, in the form of actors (i.e. having disguised themselves) greeted the king with blessings and related their good drama (i.e. with good acting spoke to him).

25-33. Having heard those words of them, the intelligent lord of the earth, Yayāti, arranged a divine assembly, with very learned men. The king, proficient in sacred and profane knowledge, himself came (there). That king, the son of Nahuṣa, saw that drama. (He saw) the life of Vāmana , also his birth as a brāhmaṇa. At that time Jarā (i.e. old age), in the form of a woman matchless in beauty in the world, sang an excellent, melodious, song, O king. Due to the charm of her singing and due to her graceful laughter (i.e. smile), and on account of her sweet words, and due to the device, manner and divine behaviour of Cupid he was deluded. Cupid had a form as that of Bali , or of the row of Vindhya or of Vāmana, formerly. Cupid himself became the principal actor and the stage manager, and Spring was his assistant. That Rati, whose husband was delighted, put on the apparel of the chief actress. In that dance-performance she moved in the retiring room. The very intelligent Cuckoo excited the king. As the glorious king saw the excellent dance and listened to the excellent music he was deluded by (these) presented by the chief actress (i.e. Rati).

Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 43120, revision 335535 (2022-04-10T13:04:28Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365168.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.