Kriyāyogasāra-khaṇḍa · Chapter 26
Sourceजैमिनिरुवाच- कलौ युगे महाभाग समायाते सुदारुणे । भविष्यंति जनाः सर्वे कीदृशास्तद्वदस्व मे १। व्यास उवाच- आद्यं सत्ययुगं प्राहुस्तत्र विप्रादयो जनाः । नारायणार्चनपराः शोकव्याधिविवर्जिताः २। सत्योक्तिभाषिणः सर्वे सदया दीर्घजीविनः । धनधान्यादिसम्पन्ना हिंसादंभविवर्जिताः ३। परोपकरणाश्चैव सर्वशास्त्रविदस्तथा । एवंविधाः सत्ययुगे सर्वे लोका द्विजोत्तम ४। राजधर्मग्राहिणश्च भूपाला जनपालनाः । अहो सत्ययुगस्यास्ति को व्याख्यातुं गुणं यशः ५। अधर्मोच्चारणं यत्र जनाः केऽपि न कुर्वते । त्रेतायुगे समायाते धर्मः पादोनकं गतः ६। अल्पशोकान्विता लोकाः केचित्केचिदघाश्रयाः । विष्णुध्यानरता लोका यज्ञदानपरायणाः ७। वर्णाश्रमाचाररताः सुखिनः स्वस्थचेतसः । क्षेत्रभूमिकृतः शूद्राः सर्वेब्राह्मणसेविनः ८। ब्राह्मणाश्च महात्मानो वेदवेदाङ्गपारगाः । प्रतिग्रहनिवृत्ताश्च सत्यसन्धा जितेन्द्रियाः ९। तपोव्रतरता नित्यं दातारो विष्णुसेविनः । त्रेतायुगस्यावसाने द्वापरे युग आगते १०। द्विपादहीनो धर्मः स्यात्सुखदुःखान्विता नराः । केचित्केचित्पापरताः केचित्केचिच्च धर्मिणः ११। केचित्केचिद्गुणैर्हीनाः केचित्केचिन्महागुणाः । अत्यन्तदुःखिनः केचित्केचिच्च सुखिनस्तथा १२। प्रतिग्रहे ब्राह्मणश्च कदाचित्कुरुते स्पृहाम् । भूभुजैर्धनलोभेन कदाचित्पीड्यते प्रजा १३। विष्णुपूजापरा विप्राः शूद्राश्च द्विजसेविनः । यदा युगेयुगे धर्मः पादोनतां गतो द्विज १४। तदा व्यासो विष्णुरूपी वेदभागं चकार ह । कलौयुगे च विप्रेन्द्र सर्वपापैकमंदिरे १५। एकपादो भवेद्धर्मः सर्वे पापरता जनाः । ब्राह्मणाः क्षत्त्रिया वैश्याः शूद्राः पापपरायणाः १६। अत्यंतकामिनः क्रूरा भविष्यंति कलौ युगे । वेदनिंदाकराश्चैव द्यूतचौर्यकरास्तथा १७। विधवासंगमग्नाश्च भविष्यंति कलौ युगे । वृत्त्यर्थब्राह्मणाः केचिन्महाकपटधर्मिणः १८। सर्वे स्त्रैणा भविष्यंति मादकद्रव्यसेविनः । सदा स्त्रीयोनिनिरताः परद्रव्यं हरंति च १९। परान्नलोलुपा नित्यं तपोव्रतपराङ्मुखाः । पाखण्डसङ्गबद्धाश्च भविष्यंति कलौ युगे २०। रक्ताम्बरा भविष्यंति ब्राह्मणाः शूद्रधर्मिणः । कलौ यास्यंति निर्वृत्ता उत्तमा अति नीचताम् २१। नीचाश्च धनसम्पन्ना यास्यंत्युच्चपदं प्रति । प्रदास्यंत्युपकारिभ्यो दानानि सकला जनाः २२। यत्नादपि च नेष्यंति वृषला विप्रवर्त्तनम् । मित्रस्नेहाद्वदिष्यंति कूटसाक्ष्यं कलौ जनाः २३। अधर्मबुद्धिलपना धर्मबुद्धिविलापिनः । परोक्षनिंदकाः क्रूराः संमुखे प्रियवादिनः २४। साध्वीवादं वदिष्यंति भर्तारं पुंश्चली स्त्रियः । परस्त्रीहिंसकाश्चैव गोत्रविक्रयिणो द्विजाः २५। कन्याविक्रयिणश्चैव भविष्यंति कलौ युगे । स्त्रीजिताः पुरुषाः सर्वे स्त्रियोऽप्यत्यंतचञ्चलाः २६। कलौयुगे भविष्यंति कलौ मर्त्या दुराशयाः । अल्पसस्या वसुमती मेघाः स्वल्पोदकास्तथा २७। अकालवर्षिणश्चापि भविष्यंति कलौ युगे । कलौ विड्भोजिनो गावः स्वल्पक्षीराश्च जैमिने २८। घृतहीनं च तत्क्षीरं भविष्यंति न संशयः । आत्मस्तुतिपरा लोकाः परनिंदापरायणाः २९। भविष्यंति च खर्वाङ्गा बाला बह्वन्नभोजनाः । पितृयज्ञं करिष्यंति दंभार्थं ब्राह्मणाः कलौ ३०। सर्वे वचःस्नेहिनः स्युर्यावत्कार्यं न सिद्ध्यति । नरान्धर्मपरान्दृष्ट्वा सर्वे चोपहसंति वै ३१। वर्धंत्यधर्मतो लोकास्तस्मात्पापरता जनाः । दशद्वादशवर्षे च समूलोऽप्येति संक्षयम् ३२। जलस्येव भविष्यंति यथा वर्षासु वृद्धयः । ततो लोका भविष्यंति कलौ गलितयौवनाः ३३। पंचमे वापि षष्ठे वा वर्षे स्त्री गर्भधारिणी । बह्वपत्याश्च पुरुषा भविष्यंत्यतिदुःखिनः ३४। नेतुकामाश्च सर्वेऽपि दातुकामा न केऽपि च । कलौ म्लेच्छा भविष्यंति राजानः पापतत्पराः ३५। एकवर्णा भविष्यंति विषयार्थं कलौ जनाः । कलेः प्रथमसंध्यायां हरिं निंदंति मानवाः ३६। कलेर्मध्ये न पश्यंति हरेर्नामानि केवले । ब्राह्मणाः क्षत्त्रिया वैश्या वृषलाश्च कलौ युगे ३७। एकवर्णा भविष्यंति वर्णाश्चत्वार एव च । यदायदा द्विजश्रेष्ठ हानिः सुकृतिनां भवेत् ३८। वृद्धिश्च पापिनां नॄणां ज्ञेया वृद्धिस्तदा कलौ । यद्यप्ययं कलिर्घोरो मया प्रोक्तो द्विजोत्तम ३९। तथाप्यस्ति महानस्य गुणो गुणवतां वर । सत्ये द्वादशभिर्वर्षैर्भवेत्पुण्यस्य साधनम् ४०। तदर्धेन च त्रेतायां मासेन द्वापरे भवेत् । अहोरात्रेणैव विप्र भवेत्तच्च कलौ युगे ४१। तस्मात्कलियुगे नॄणां मर्त्येनैवोत्तमा गतिः । द्वादशाब्दैर्युगेऽन्यस्मिन्हरिमभ्यर्च्य यत्फलम् ४२। तत्फलं लभते मर्त्यो हरिमुच्चार्य वै कलौ । हरेर्नामैकमप्यत्र कलौ वदति यो नरः ४३। कलिर्न बाधते तं च सत्यं सत्यं न संशयः । जैमिनिरुवाच- मनः शुद्धिविहीनत्वात्समस्तं कर्मनिष्फलम् ४४। इति पूर्वं त्वया प्रोक्तं मनो विस्मयदं मम । कलौ सर्वे भविष्यंति मनःशुद्धिविवर्जिताः ४५। तेषां यथा भवेत्कर्म सकलं ब्रूहि तद्गुरो । व्यास उवाच- यत्किंचित्कुरुते कर्म मर्त्यो धर्मं कलौ युगे ४६। तदर्पयेन्महाविष्णौ भक्तिभावसमन्वितः । विष्णौ समर्पितं कर्म सर्वमेवाक्षयं भवेत् ४७। व्यास उवाच- इति ते कथितं सर्वं वृत्तं ब्राह्मणसत्तम । यच्छ्रुत्वा भक्तिभावेन नरो मोक्षमवाप्नुयात् ४८। सूत उवाच- एवं प्रबोधितस्तेन जैमिनिः परमात्मना । क्रियायोगरतो भूत्वा जगाम परमं पदम् ४९। इमं क्रियायोगसारं व्यासेनोक्तं महात्मना । ये पठंति जना भक्त्या शृण्वंति च मुमुक्षवः ५० 7.26.50। ते सर्वे पातकैर्घोरैर्बहुजन्मार्जितैरपि । विमुक्ताः परमां मुक्तिं लभंते नात्र संशयः ५१। यद्यदिष्टं पठंत्येतच्छृण्वन्ति च मुमुक्षवः । लभंते तत्तदेवाशु प्रसादात्कमलापतेः ५२। श्लोकार्द्धं श्लोकमेकं वा श्लोकपादमथापि वा । नरः पठित्वा श्रुत्वा च लभते वांछितं फलम् ५३। लिखित्वा लेखयित्वा वा यः शास्त्रमिदमर्चयेत् । स विष्णुपूजनस्यैव फलं प्राप्नोति मानवः ५४। इदमतिशयगुह्यं निःसृतं व्यास वक्त्राद् ??चिरतरपुराणं प्रीतिदं वैष्णवानाम् । चिरममरवराद्यैर्वंदितांघ्रेर्मुरारेः सकलभुवनभर्त्तुश्चक्रिणः प्रीतयेऽस्तु ५५। इति श्रीपद्मपुराणे क्रियायोगसारखण्डे व्यासजैमिनिसंवादे युगधर्मनिरूपण। पूर्वकं पुराणमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम षड्विंशतितमोऽध्यायः २६ ।
jaiminiruvāca- kalau yuge mahābhāga samāyāte sudāruṇe | bhaviṣyaṃti janāḥ sarve kīdṛśāstadvadasva me 1| vyāsa uvāca- ādyaṃ satyayugaṃ prāhustatra viprādayo janāḥ | nārāyaṇārcanaparāḥ śokavyādhivivarjitāḥ 2| satyoktibhāṣiṇaḥ sarve sadayā dīrghajīvinaḥ | dhanadhānyādisampannā hiṃsādaṃbhavivarjitāḥ 3| paropakaraṇāścaiva sarvaśāstravidastathā | evaṃvidhāḥ satyayuge sarve lokā dvijottama 4| rājadharmagrāhiṇaśca bhūpālā janapālanāḥ | aho satyayugasyāsti ko vyākhyātuṃ guṇaṃ yaśaḥ 5| adharmoccāraṇaṃ yatra janāḥ ke'pi na kurvate | tretāyuge samāyāte dharmaḥ pādonakaṃ gataḥ 6| alpaśokānvitā lokāḥ kecitkecidaghāśrayāḥ | viṣṇudhyānaratā lokā yajñadānaparāyaṇāḥ 7| varṇāśramācāraratāḥ sukhinaḥ svasthacetasaḥ | kṣetrabhūmikṛtaḥ śūdrāḥ sarvebrāhmaṇasevinaḥ 8| brāhmaṇāśca mahātmāno vedavedāṅgapāragāḥ | pratigrahanivṛttāśca satyasandhā jitendriyāḥ 9| tapovrataratā nityaṃ dātāro viṣṇusevinaḥ | tretāyugasyāvasāne dvāpare yuga āgate 10| dvipādahīno dharmaḥ syātsukhaduḥkhānvitā narāḥ | kecitkecitpāparatāḥ 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yāsyaṃtyuccapadaṃ prati | pradāsyaṃtyupakāribhyo dānāni sakalā janāḥ 22| yatnādapi ca neṣyaṃti vṛṣalā vipravarttanam | mitrasnehādvadiṣyaṃti kūṭasākṣyaṃ kalau janāḥ 23| adharmabuddhilapanā dharmabuddhivilāpinaḥ | parokṣaniṃdakāḥ krūrāḥ saṃmukhe priyavādinaḥ 24| sādhvīvādaṃ vadiṣyaṃti bhartāraṃ puṃścalī striyaḥ | parastrīhiṃsakāścaiva gotravikrayiṇo dvijāḥ 25| kanyāvikrayiṇaścaiva bhaviṣyaṃti kalau yuge | strījitāḥ puruṣāḥ sarve striyo'pyatyaṃtacañcalāḥ 26| kalauyuge bhaviṣyaṃti kalau martyā durāśayāḥ | alpasasyā vasumatī meghāḥ svalpodakāstathā 27| akālavarṣiṇaścāpi bhaviṣyaṃti kalau yuge | kalau viḍbhojino gāvaḥ svalpakṣīrāśca jaimine 28| ghṛtahīnaṃ ca tatkṣīraṃ bhaviṣyaṃti na saṃśayaḥ | ātmastutiparā lokāḥ paraniṃdāparāyaṇāḥ 29| bhaviṣyaṃti ca kharvāṅgā bālā bahvannabhojanāḥ | pitṛyajñaṃ kariṣyaṃti daṃbhārthaṃ brāhmaṇāḥ kalau 30| sarve vacaḥsnehinaḥ syuryāvatkāryaṃ na siddhyati | narāndharmaparāndṛṣṭvā sarve copahasaṃti vai 31| vardhaṃtyadharmato lokāstasmātpāparatā janāḥ | daśadvādaśavarṣe ca samūlo'pyeti saṃkṣayam 32| jalasyeva bhaviṣyaṃti yathā varṣāsu vṛddhayaḥ | tato lokā bhaviṣyaṃti kalau galitayauvanāḥ 33| paṃcame vāpi ṣaṣṭhe vā varṣe strī garbhadhāriṇī | bahvapatyāśca puruṣā bhaviṣyaṃtyatiduḥkhinaḥ 34| netukāmāśca sarve'pi dātukāmā na ke'pi ca | kalau mlecchā bhaviṣyaṃti rājānaḥ pāpatatparāḥ 35| ekavarṇā bhaviṣyaṃti viṣayārthaṃ kalau janāḥ | kaleḥ prathamasaṃdhyāyāṃ hariṃ niṃdaṃti mānavāḥ 36| kalermadhye na paśyaṃti harernāmāni kevale | brāhmaṇāḥ kṣattriyā vaiśyā vṛṣalāśca kalau yuge 37| ekavarṇā bhaviṣyaṃti varṇāścatvāra eva ca | yadāyadā dvijaśreṣṭha hāniḥ sukṛtināṃ bhavet 38| vṛddhiśca pāpināṃ nṝṇāṃ jñeyā vṛddhistadā kalau | yadyapyayaṃ kalirghoro mayā prokto dvijottama 39| tathāpyasti mahānasya guṇo guṇavatāṃ vara | satye dvādaśabhirvarṣairbhavetpuṇyasya sādhanam 40| tadardhena ca tretāyāṃ māsena dvāpare bhavet | ahorātreṇaiva vipra bhavettacca kalau yuge 41| tasmātkaliyuge nṝṇāṃ martyenaivottamā gatiḥ | dvādaśābdairyuge'nyasminharimabhyarcya yatphalam 42| tatphalaṃ labhate martyo harimuccārya vai kalau | harernāmaikamapyatra kalau vadati yo naraḥ 43| kalirna bādhate taṃ ca satyaṃ satyaṃ na saṃśayaḥ | jaiminiruvāca- manaḥ śuddhivihīnatvātsamastaṃ karmaniṣphalam 44| iti pūrvaṃ tvayā proktaṃ mano vismayadaṃ mama | kalau sarve bhaviṣyaṃti manaḥśuddhivivarjitāḥ 45| teṣāṃ yathā bhavetkarma sakalaṃ brūhi tadguro | vyāsa uvāca- yatkiṃcitkurute karma martyo dharmaṃ kalau yuge 46| tadarpayenmahāviṣṇau bhaktibhāvasamanvitaḥ | viṣṇau samarpitaṃ karma sarvamevākṣayaṃ bhavet 47| vyāsa uvāca- iti te kathitaṃ sarvaṃ vṛttaṃ brāhmaṇasattama | yacchrutvā bhaktibhāvena naro mokṣamavāpnuyāt 48| sūta uvāca- evaṃ prabodhitastena jaiminiḥ paramātmanā | kriyāyogarato bhūtvā jagāma paramaṃ padam 49| imaṃ kriyāyogasāraṃ vyāsenoktaṃ mahātmanā | ye paṭhaṃti janā bhaktyā śṛṇvaṃti ca mumukṣavaḥ 50 7.26.50| te sarve pātakairghorairbahujanmārjitairapi | vimuktāḥ paramāṃ muktiṃ labhaṃte nātra saṃśayaḥ 51| yadyadiṣṭaṃ paṭhaṃtyetacchṛṇvanti ca mumukṣavaḥ | labhaṃte tattadevāśu prasādātkamalāpateḥ 52| ślokārddhaṃ ślokamekaṃ vā ślokapādamathāpi vā | naraḥ paṭhitvā śrutvā ca labhate vāṃchitaṃ phalam 53| likhitvā lekhayitvā vā yaḥ śāstramidamarcayet | sa viṣṇupūjanasyaiva phalaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ 54| idamatiśayaguhyaṃ niḥsṛtaṃ vyāsa vaktrād ??ciratarapurāṇaṃ prītidaṃ vaiṣṇavānām | ciramamaravarādyairvaṃditāṃghrermurāreḥ sakalabhuvanabharttuścakriṇaḥ prītaye'stu 55| iti śrīpadmapurāṇe kriyāyogasārakhaṇḍe vyāsajaiminisaṃvāde yugadharmanirūpaṇa| pūrvakaṃ purāṇamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma ṣaḍviṃśatitamo'dhyāyaḥ 26 |
English translation
Jaimini said :
1. O glorious one, tell me how will all people be(i.e. behave) when the very fierce Kali age has come.
Vyāsa said :
2-5. The first (age) is called Satya-yuga . In it the people— brāhmaṇas and others—were devoted to worshipping Viṣṇu , and were free from grief and diseases. All of them spoke the truth, all were kind, and all lived long. They were rich in wealth and grains. They were free from (doing) harm (to others) and from religious hypocrisy. All obliged others. All knew sacred treatises. O best brāhmaṇa , in Satya - yuga all people were like this. And the kings followed royal duties and protected people. Oh! Who can relate the merit and the glory of Satya-yuga?
6-8. In it no man practised unrighteousness. When Tretā-yuga came, Dharma became deficient in one foot. Some people had little unhappiness. Some resorted to kindness. People were engaged in meditating upon Viṣṇu. They were highly devoted to (performing) sacrifices and (giving) gifts. They were engaged in (following) the practices of castes and stages of human life. They were happy and of a composed mind. All the śūdras tilled the soil and served brāhmaṇas.
9-11. Brāhmaṇas were noble and had mastered the Vedas and the Vedāṅgas . They were averse to accepting presents. They were true to their words. They had curbed their senses. They were always engaged in penance and vows. They always worshipped Viṣṇu. When at the end of Tretā -yuga, Dvāpara-yuga arrived. Dharma would be deficient in two feet and some men would have happiness and unhappiness. Some would be engrossed in sins, and some were pious.
12. Some lacked some virtues. Some men of high virtues were extremely unhappy. Some were happy.
13. Sometime a brāhmaṇa longed for receiving (a present). At some time or other kings harassed their subjects through greed for wealth.
14-17. Brāhmaṇas were very much given to Viṣṇu’s worship, and śūdras served brāhmaṇas. When, O brāhmaṇa, in yuga after yuga Dharma became deficient (foot) by foot, then Vyāsa of the form of Viṣṇu divided the Veda . O best brāhmaṇa, in Kali-yuga which is the only abode of all sins, Dharma would be having one foot (only), and all people would be engaged in (committing) sins. Brāhmaṇas, kṣatriyas , vaiśyas and śūdras will be very much addicted to sins, will be very voluptuous and cruel. They will censure the Vedas and indulge in gambling and stealing.
18-20. They will be engaged in cohabiting with widows in Kali-yuga. Certain brāhmaṇas, looking to their livelihood (only), will be acting very fraudulently. All will be exceedingly fond of women, all will drink intoxicating liquors. All will be engaged in sexual acts and snatch other’s wealth. They will always ardently long for other’s food. They will be averse to penance and vows. They will be bound by the company of heretics in Kali-yuga.
21-22. Brāhmaṇas following śūdras’ practices, will be (vagrant devotees) wearing red garments. In Kali-yuga the accomplished one will reach a very low position. And the mean, being endowed with wealth, will go to a very high position. All men will give gifts to those who have obliged them.
23-24. Even with effort (being made) cāṇḍālas will not abide by brāhmaṇas. In Kali-yuga people will give false testimony through affection for their friends. They will talk impious ideas. They will lament over righteous thoughts. They will censure (people) in (their) absence. They will be cruel, and will speak sweetly in the presence of other (people).
25-26. Unchaste women will speak like chaste women to their husbands. Brāhmaṇas will harm other’s wives and will sell their possessions. In Kali-yuga, people will sell their daughters. All men will be subjugated by women. Women too will be very fickle.
27-29. In Kali-yuga men will be wicked-hearted. The earth will have few crops and clouds will have little water. They will also shower (water) at a wrong time. O Jaimini , in Kali-yuga cows will eat feces and will yield little milk. And undoubtedly that milk will be ghee -less. People will be given to self-praise. They will be intent on censuring others.
30. Boys will have short bodies, and will eat too much food. In Kali-yuga, brāhmaṇas will offer libations to the dead ancestors for religious hypocrisy.
31. All will be affectionate in words (only) till their mission does not succeed. All will laugh at (certain) people, seeing them to be devoted to piety.
32-33. People will prosper through wicked deeds. Therefore, people will be addicted to sins. And they will completely perish within ten or twelve years. (They will prosper) as water will increase in the rainy season. People will lose their youth in Kali-yuga.
34. A girl will conceive in her fifth or eighth year. Men will have many children and (therefore) they will be very unhappy.
35. All will long for taking (gifts), none will long for giving. In Kali (yuga) Mlecchas will be kings, addicted to sins.
36. In Kali-yuga people will be of one caste (only) in order to satisfy carnal desires. In the first division of Kali (yuga) men (will) censure Viṣṇu.
37-38. In the middle (part) of Kali (yuga) men will only recognise Viṣṇu’s names. Brāhmaṇas, kṣatriyas, vaiśyas, śūdras will have (but) one caste in Kali-yuga, and there will be only four castes.
39-40a. O best brāhmaṇa, whenever there will be a decrease in (the number of) the pious ones, it should be known that the sinners will be on the increase in Kali (yuga). O best brāhmaṇa, though I have described this Kali (yuga) to be fierce, yet O best among the virtuous, it has (one) great merit.
40b-41. In Satya (yuga) religious merit would be accomplished after twelve years. In Tretā (yuga) (it would be accomplished during half the period of that. In Dvāpara (it would be accomplished) within a month. But it would be produced in a day and night in Kali-yuga.
42-44a. Therefore, in the mortal world men do not at all reach a good position. A man obtains that fruit in Kali-yuga merely by uttering (the name of) Viṣṇu, which he would obtain by worshipping Viṣṇu for twelve years in another yuga. Kali does not trouble that man who utters only one name of Viṣṇu in Kali-yuga in this world. This is the truth, the (only) truth. There is no doubt in it.
Jaimini said :
44b-46a. Every act becomes fruitless due to the lack of the purity of mind. You have told this before. Therefore, my mind gives wonder (i.e. is amazed). In Kali-yuga all lack the purity of mind. O preceptor, tell me how their acts would be (done).
Vyāsa said :
46b-47. A man should devoutly offer whatever act he does in Kali-yuga to the great Viṣṇu. Every act that is dedicated to Viṣṇu would be inexhaustible.
Vyāsa said :
48. O best brāhmaṇa, I have thus told you the entire account, having devoutly heard which a man would obtain liberation.
Sūta said :
49. Jaimini thus informed by that highest soul, became engaged in the employment of rituals, and went to the highest position.
50-52. Those men desiring liberation, who devoutly recite or listen to this Essence of the Employment of Rituals are freed from all fierce sins committed during many existences, and obtain liberation. There is no doubt about this. Those men who, desiring liberation, recite and listen to this, get whatever is desired by them through the auspicious favour of Lakṣmī ’s lord.
53. A man, reciting or listening to half a verse, or a verse, or a quarter of a verse, gets the desired fruit.
54. That man who, after writing or getting written this holy text, would worship it, obtains the fruit of Viṣṇu’s worship only.
55. May this Purāṇa which is very secret, has come out from Vyāsa’s mouth, is very charming, gives delight to Viṣṇu’s devotees, pleases the Disc-holder (Viṣṇu), Murāri whose feet are for a long time saluted by gods and others and who is the lord of the entire world.
May auspiciousness prevail. May it be dedicated to Viṣṇu.
End of the Treatise.
Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 45211, revision 336774 (2022-04-27T04:00:59Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365867.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.