Bhūmi-khaṇḍa · Chapter 82
Sourceसुकर्मोवाच- एवं चिंतयते यावद्राजा परमधार्मिकः । तावत्प्रोवाच सा देवी रतिपुत्री वरानना १। किमु चिंतयसे राजंस्त्वमिहैव महामते । प्रायेणापि स्त्रियः सर्वाश्चपलाः स्युर्न संशयः २। नाहं चापल्यभावेन त्वामेवं प्रविचालये । नाहं हि कारयाम्यद्य भवत्पार्श्वं नृपोत्तम ३। अन्यस्त्रियो यथा लोके चपलत्वाद्वदंति च । अकार्यं राजराजेंद्र लोभान्मोहाच्च लंपटाः ४। लोकानां दर्शनायैव जाता श्रद्धा ममोरसि । देवानां दर्शनं पुण्यं दुर्लभं हि सुमानुषैः ५। तेषां च दर्शनं राजन्कारयामि वदस्व मे । दोषं पापकरं यत्तु मत्संगादिह चेद्भवेत् ६। एवं चिंतयसे दुःखं यथान्यः प्राकृतो जनः । महाभयाद्यथाभीतो मोहगर्ते गतो यथा ७। त्यज चिंतां महाराज न गंतव्यं त्वया दिवि । येन ते जायते दुःखं तन्न कार्यं मया कदा ८। एवमुक्तस्तथा राजा तामुवाच वराननाम् । चिंतितं यन्मया देवि तच्छृणुष्व हि सांप्रतम् ९। मानभंगो मया दृष्टो नैव स्वस्य मनःप्रिये । मयि स्वर्गं गते कांते प्रजा दीना भविष्यति १०। त्रासयिष्यति दुष्टात्मा यमस्तु व्याधिभिः प्रजाः । त्वया सार्धं प्रयास्यामि स्वर्गलोकं वरानने ११। एवमाभाष्य तां राजा समाहूय सुतोत्तमम् । पूरुं तं सर्वधर्मज्ञं जरायुक्तं महामतिम् १२। एह्येहि सर्वधर्मज्ञ धर्मं जानासि निश्चितम् । ममाज्ञया हि धर्मात्मन्धर्मः संपालितस्त्वया १३। जरा मे दीयतां तात तारुण्यं गृह्यतां पुनः । राज्यं कुरु ममेदं त्वं सकोशबलवाहनम् १४। आसमुद्रां प्रभुंक्ष्व त्वं रत्नपूर्णां वसुंधराम् । मया दत्तां महाभाग सग्रामवनपत्तनाम् १५। प्रजानां पालनं पुण्यं कर्तव्यं च सदानघ । दुष्टानां शासनं नित्यं साधूनां परिपालनम् १६। कर्तव्यं च त्वया वत्स धर्मशास्त्रप्रमाणतः । ब्राह्मणानां महाभाग विधिनापि स्वकर्मणा १७। भक्त्या च पालनं कार्यं यस्मात्पूज्या जगत्त्रये । पंचमे सप्तमे घस्रे कोशं पश्य विपश्चितः १८। बलं च नित्यं संपूज्यं प्रसादधनभोजनैः । चारचक्षुर्भवस्व त्वं नित्यं दानपरो भव १९। भव स्वनियतो मंत्रे सदा गोप्यः सुपंडितैः । नियतात्मा भव स्वत्वं मा गच्छ मृगयां सुत २०। विश्वासः कस्य नो कार्यः स्त्रीषु कोशे महाबले । पात्राणां त्वं तु सर्वेषां कलानां कुरु संग्रहम् २१। यज यज्ञैर्हृषीकेशं पुण्यात्मा भव सर्वदा । प्रजानां कंटकान्सर्वान्मर्दयस्व दिने दिने २२। प्रजानां वांछितं सर्वमर्पयस्व दिने दिने । प्रजासौख्यं प्रकर्तव्यं प्रजाः पोषय पुत्रक २३। स्वको वंशः प्रकर्तव्यः परदारेषु मा कृथाः । मतिं दुष्टां परस्वेषु पूर्वानन्वेहि सर्वदा २४। वेदानां हि सदा चिंता शास्त्राणां हि च सर्वदा । कुरुष्वैवं सदा वत्स शस्त्राभ्यासरतो भव २५। संतुष्टः सर्वदा वत्स स्वशय्या निरतो भव । गजस्य वाजिनोभ्यासं स्यंदनस्य च सर्वदा २६। एवमादिश्य तं पुत्रमाशीर्भिरभिनंद्य च । स्वहस्तेन च संस्थाप्य करे दत्तं स्वमायुधम् २७। स्वां जरां तु समागृह्य दत्त्वा तारुण्यमस्य च । गंतुकामस्ततः स्वर्गं ययातिः पृथिवीपतिः २८। इति श्रीपद्मपुराणे भूमिखंडे वेनोपाख्याने मातापितृतीर्थवर्णने ययातिचरित्रे द्व्यशीतितमोऽध्यायः ८२।
sukarmovāca- evaṃ ciṃtayate yāvadrājā paramadhārmikaḥ | tāvatprovāca sā devī ratiputrī varānanā 1| kimu ciṃtayase rājaṃstvamihaiva mahāmate | prāyeṇāpi striyaḥ sarvāścapalāḥ syurna saṃśayaḥ 2| nāhaṃ cāpalyabhāvena tvāmevaṃ pravicālaye | nāhaṃ hi kārayāmyadya bhavatpārśvaṃ nṛpottama 3| anyastriyo yathā loke capalatvādvadaṃti ca | akāryaṃ rājarājeṃdra lobhānmohācca laṃpaṭāḥ 4| lokānāṃ darśanāyaiva jātā śraddhā mamorasi | devānāṃ darśanaṃ puṇyaṃ durlabhaṃ hi sumānuṣaiḥ 5| teṣāṃ ca darśanaṃ rājankārayāmi vadasva me | doṣaṃ pāpakaraṃ yattu matsaṃgādiha cedbhavet 6| evaṃ ciṃtayase duḥkhaṃ yathānyaḥ prākṛto janaḥ | mahābhayādyathābhīto mohagarte gato yathā 7| tyaja ciṃtāṃ mahārāja na gaṃtavyaṃ tvayā divi | yena te jāyate duḥkhaṃ tanna kāryaṃ mayā kadā 8| evamuktastathā rājā tāmuvāca varānanām | ciṃtitaṃ yanmayā devi tacchṛṇuṣva hi sāṃpratam 9| mānabhaṃgo mayā dṛṣṭo naiva svasya manaḥpriye | mayi svargaṃ gate kāṃte prajā dīnā bhaviṣyati 10| trāsayiṣyati duṣṭātmā yamastu vyādhibhiḥ prajāḥ | tvayā sārdhaṃ prayāsyāmi svargalokaṃ varānane 11| evamābhāṣya tāṃ rājā samāhūya sutottamam | pūruṃ taṃ sarvadharmajñaṃ jarāyuktaṃ mahāmatim 12| ehyehi sarvadharmajña dharmaṃ jānāsi niścitam | mamājñayā hi dharmātmandharmaḥ saṃpālitastvayā 13| jarā me dīyatāṃ tāta tāruṇyaṃ gṛhyatāṃ punaḥ | rājyaṃ kuru mamedaṃ tvaṃ sakośabalavāhanam 14| āsamudrāṃ prabhuṃkṣva tvaṃ ratnapūrṇāṃ vasuṃdharām | mayā dattāṃ mahābhāga sagrāmavanapattanām 15| prajānāṃ pālanaṃ puṇyaṃ kartavyaṃ ca sadānagha | duṣṭānāṃ śāsanaṃ nityaṃ sādhūnāṃ paripālanam 16| kartavyaṃ ca tvayā vatsa dharmaśāstrapramāṇataḥ | brāhmaṇānāṃ mahābhāga vidhināpi svakarmaṇā 17| bhaktyā ca pālanaṃ kāryaṃ yasmātpūjyā jagattraye | paṃcame saptame ghasre kośaṃ paśya vipaścitaḥ 18| balaṃ ca nityaṃ saṃpūjyaṃ prasādadhanabhojanaiḥ | cāracakṣurbhavasva tvaṃ nityaṃ dānaparo bhava 19| bhava svaniyato maṃtre sadā gopyaḥ supaṃḍitaiḥ | niyatātmā bhava svatvaṃ mā gaccha mṛgayāṃ suta 20| viśvāsaḥ kasya no kāryaḥ strīṣu kośe mahābale | pātrāṇāṃ tvaṃ tu sarveṣāṃ kalānāṃ kuru saṃgraham 21| yaja yajñairhṛṣīkeśaṃ puṇyātmā bhava sarvadā | prajānāṃ kaṃṭakānsarvānmardayasva dine dine 22| prajānāṃ vāṃchitaṃ sarvamarpayasva dine dine | prajāsaukhyaṃ prakartavyaṃ prajāḥ poṣaya putraka 23| svako vaṃśaḥ prakartavyaḥ paradāreṣu mā kṛthāḥ | matiṃ duṣṭāṃ parasveṣu pūrvānanvehi sarvadā 24| vedānāṃ hi sadā ciṃtā śāstrāṇāṃ hi ca sarvadā | kuruṣvaivaṃ sadā vatsa śastrābhyāsarato bhava 25| saṃtuṣṭaḥ sarvadā vatsa svaśayyā nirato bhava | gajasya vājinobhyāsaṃ syaṃdanasya ca sarvadā 26| evamādiśya taṃ putramāśīrbhirabhinaṃdya ca | svahastena ca saṃsthāpya kare dattaṃ svamāyudham 27| svāṃ jarāṃ tu samāgṛhya dattvā tāruṇyamasya ca | gaṃtukāmastataḥ svargaṃ yayātiḥ pṛthivīpatiḥ 28| iti śrīpadmapurāṇe bhūmikhaṃḍe venopākhyāne mātāpitṛtīrthavarṇane yayāticaritre dvyaśītitamo'dhyāyaḥ 82|
English translation
Sukarman said :
1-8. When the king was thus absorbed in thinking, that beautiful daughter of Rati said: “O you very intelligent king, what do you think just now? There is no doubt that mostly women are fickle. I am not leading you away through fickleness. I am not making use of a fraudulent expedient today, O best king, (by speaking) as other greedy women speak, something that cannot be done, through greed and delusion. A strong desire to see all the worlds is produced in my heart. Seeing deities is meritorious, and is very difficult to be had even by good men. Say to me, O king, that you will cause (i.e. help) me to see the deities. Like another ordinary man, afraid of a great misery and fallen into the ditch of delusion, you are thinking if there would be a great sin due to my company now. Give up your anxiety; you should not go to heaven. I shall never do that which gives you pain.”
9-11. The king, thus addressed (by her), said to that beautiful woman: “O respectable lady, now listen to what I have thought out. I see (here) insult, and not the (satisfying of) my mind. O beloved, when I go to the heaven, my subjects will be helpless. The wicked-minded Yama will trouble my subjects with diseases. O beautiful one, I shall go to heaven with you.”
12-26. Having thus spoken to her and having called his best son Pūru , possessing old age and of a great intelligence (he said to him:) “Come on, O you who know all the customary observances, you certainly know your duty. O you religious-minded one, you have preserved piety by my order. O son, give me (my) old age back, and take back (your) youth. Protect this kingdom of mine along with the treasure, army and vehicles. Enjoy the earth full of gems, along with villages, forests and cities given (to you) by me. O sinless one, you should do the protection of the subjects which is meritorious; on the authority of the sacred texts you should always punish the wicked and protect the good. O glorious one, you should protect the brāhmaṇas by your deeds devoutly and according to the rules, since they are worthy of respect in the three worlds. Every fifth or seventh day inspect the treasure and meet the learned. You should always honour your army by favouring them and giving them wealth and food. Always use your spies as your eyes, and always be engaged in charity. Always be restrained in your consultation, since it is always to be guarded by very wise men. O son, always control yourself; do not go ahunting. Do not trust anybody—women, treasure or your great army. Always collect worthy persons and all arts. Worship Viṣṇu with sacrifices, and always be virtuous. Everyday crush the sources of nuisance among the subjects. Everyday give your subjects all that is desired by them. Give happiness to the subjects, support the subjects, O son. Have (sexual union with a woman) in your own family (only); do not have it with someone else’s wife. Do not think ill about other’s wealth; always follow your forefathers. Always ponder over the Vedas and the sacred texts; O child, be engaged in the study of (the science of handling) weapons. O child, always be contented, and be devoted to your own bed (i.e. wife). Always study elephants, horses and chariots.”
27-28. Having thus instructed his son, having congratulated him with blessings, having put him (on the throne) with his own hand, he gave his weapon into his hand. Then Yayāti , the lord of the earth, having taken (back) from (Pūru) his old age, gave him (his youth) and desired to go to heaven.
Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 43126, revision 335545 (2022-04-10T23:56:25Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365174.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.