Pātāla-khaṇḍa · Chapter 6
Sourceशेष उवाच। इत्थं स्वागतसंतुष्टं ब्रह्मचर्यतपोनिधिम् । उवाच मतिमान्वीरः सर्वलोकगुरुर्मुनिम् १। स्वागतं ते महाभाग कुंभयोने तपोनिधे । त्वद्दर्शनेन सर्वे वै पाविताः सकुटुंबकाः २। कच्चिन्मतिस्ते वेदेषु शास्त्रेषु परिवर्तते । त्वत्तपोविघ्नकर्ता वै नास्ति भूमंडले क्वचित् ३। लोपामुद्रा महाभाग या च ते धर्मचारिणी । यस्याः पतिव्रता धर्मात्सर्वं भवति शोभनम् ४। अपि शंस महाभाग धर्ममूर्ते कृपानिधे । अलोलुपस्य किं कार्यं करवाणि मुनीश्वर ५। त्वत्तपोयोगतः सर्वं भवति स्वेच्छया बहु । तथापि मयि कृत्वैव कृपां शंश मुनीश्वरः ६। शेष उवाच। इत्युक्तो लोकगुरुणा राजराजेन धीमता । उवाच रामं लोकेशं विनीततरभाषया ७। अगस्त्य उवाच। स्वामिंस्तव सुदुर्दर्शं दर्शनं दैवतैरपि । मत्वा समागतं विद्धि राजराज कृपानिधे ८। हतस्त्वया रावणाख्यस्त्वसुरो लोककंटकः । दिष्ट्याद्य देवाः सुखिनो दिष्ट्या राजा बिभीषणः ९। राम त्वद्दर्शनान्मेऽद्य गतं वै दुष्कृतं किल । संपूर्णो मे मनःकोश आनंदेन सुरोत्तम १०। इत्युक्त्वा स बभूवाशु तूष्णीं कुंभसमुद्भवः । रामसंदर्शनाह्लादविह्वलीकृतमानसः ११। रामः पप्रच्छ तं भूयो मुनिं ज्ञानविशारदम् । लोकातीतं भवद्भावि सर्वं जानासि सर्वतः १२। मुने कथय मे सर्वं पृच्छतो हि सुविस्तरम् । कोऽसौ मया हतो यो हि रावणो विबुधार्दनः १३। कुंभकर्णोऽपि कस्त्वेष का जातिर्वै दुरात्मनः । देवो दैत्यः पिशाचो वा राक्षसो वा महामुने १४। सर्वमाख्याहि सर्वज्ञ सर्वं जानासि विस्तरात् । अतः कथय मे सर्वं कृपां कृत्वा ममोपरि १५। इति श्रुत्वा ततो वाक्यं कुंभजन्मा तपोनिधिः । यत्पृष्टं रघुराजेन प्रवक्तुं तत्प्रचक्रमे १६। राजन्सृष्टिकरो ब्रह्मा पुलस्त्यस्तत्सुतोऽभवत् । ततस्तु विश्रवा जज्ञे वेदविद्याविशारदः १७। तस्य पत्नीद्वयं जातं पातिव्रत्यचरित्रभृत् । एका मंदाकिनी नाम्नी द्वितीया कैकसी स्मृता १८। पूर्वस्यां धनदो जज्ञे लोकपालविलासभृत् । योऽसौ शिवप्रसादेन लंकावासमचीकरत् १९। विद्युन्मालिसुतायां तु पुत्रत्रयमभून्महत् । रावणः कुंभकर्णश्च तथा पुण्यो बिभीषणः २०। राक्षस्युदरजन्मत्वात्संध्यासमयसंभवात् । द्वयोरधर्मनिपुणा मतिरासीन्महामते २१। एकदा तु विमानेन पुष्पकेण सुशोभिना । कांचनीयोपकल्पेन किंकिणीजालमालिना २२। आरुह्य पितरौ द्रष्टुं प्रायाच्छोभासमन्वितः । स्वगणैः संस्तुतो भूत्वा नानारत्नविभूषणैः २३। आगत्य पित्रोश्चरणे पतित्वा चिरमात्मजः । हर्षविह्वलितात्मा च रोमांचिततनूरुहः २४। उवाच मेऽद्य सुदिनं महाभाग्यफलोदयः । यन्मे युष्मत्पदौ दृष्टौ महापुण्यददर्शनौ २५। इत्यादिभिः स्तुतिपदैः स्तुत्वागान्मंदिरं स्वकम् । पितरावपि संहृष्टौ पुत्रस्नेहाद्बभूवतुः २६। तं दृष्ट्वा रावणो धीमाञ्जगाद निजमातरम् । कोऽयं पुमान्सुरो वाथ यक्षो वाथ नरोत्तमः २७। योऽसौ मम पितुःपादौ सन्निषेव्य गतः पुनः । महाभाग्यनिधिः स्वीयैर्गणैः सुपरिवारितः २८। केनेदं तपसा लब्धं विमानं वायुवेगधृक् । उद्यानारामलीलादि विलासस्थानमुत्तमम् २९। शेष उवाच। इति वाक्यं समाकर्ण्य जननी रोषविक्लवा । उवाच पुत्रं विमनाः किंचिन्नेत्रविकारिणी ३०। रे पुत्र शृणु मद्वाक्यं बहुशिक्षासमन्वितम् । एतस्य जन्मकर्मादि विचारचतुराधिकम् ३१। सपत्न्या मम कुक्षिस्थं विधानं समुपस्थितम् । येन स्वमातुर्विमलं कुलमुज्ज्वलितं महत् ३२। त्वं तु मत्कुक्षिजः कीटः पापः स्वोदरपूरकः । यथा खरः स्वकं भारं जानाति न च तद्गुणम् ३३। तथा त्वं लक्ष्यसेऽज्ञानी शयनासनभोगवान् । सुप्तो गतः क्वचिद्भ्रष्ट इत्येव तव संभवः ३४। अनेन तपसा लब्धं शिवसंतोषकारिणा । लंकावासो मनोवेगं विमानं राज्यसंपदः ३५। सुधन्या जननी त्वस्य सुभाग्या सुमहोदया । यस्याः पुत्रो निजगुणैर्लब्धवान्महतां पदम् ३६। इति क्रुधा भाषितमार्तया तया मात्रा स्वयाऽकर्ण्य दुरात्मसत्तमः । रोषं विधायात्मगतं पुनर्वचो जगाद तां निश्चयभृत्तपः प्रति ३७। रावण उवाच। जनन्याकर्णय वचो मम गर्वसमन्वितम् । रत्नगर्भा त्वमेवासि यस्याः पुत्रास्त्रयो वयम् ३८। कोऽसौ कीटः स धनदः क्व तपः स्वल्पकं पुनः । कालं का किंतु तद्राज्यं स्वल्पसेवकसंयुतम् ३९। मातः शृणु ममोत्साहात्प्रतिज्ञां करुणान्विते । न केनापि कृतां कर्त्रा महाभाग्ये हि कैकसि ४०। यद्यहं भुवनं सर्वं वशेन स्थापयामि वै । तपोभिर्दुष्कृतैः कृत्वा ब्रह्मसंतोषकारकैः ४१। अन्नोदके सदा त्यक्त्वा निद्रां क्रीडां तथा पुनः । चेत्तदा पितृलोकस्य घातात्पापं भवेन्मम ४२। कुंभकर्णोऽपि कृतवान्विभीषणसमन्वितः । रावणेन सहभ्रात्रेत्युक्त्वागाद्गिरिकाननम् ४३। इति श्रीपद्मपुराणे पातालखंडे शेषवात्स्यायनसंवादे रामाश्वमेधे रावणोत्पत्तिर्नाम षष्ठोऽध्यायः ६।
śeṣa uvāca| itthaṃ svāgatasaṃtuṣṭaṃ brahmacaryataponidhim | uvāca matimānvīraḥ sarvalokagururmunim 1| svāgataṃ te mahābhāga kuṃbhayone taponidhe | tvaddarśanena sarve vai pāvitāḥ sakuṭuṃbakāḥ 2| kaccinmatiste vedeṣu śāstreṣu parivartate | tvattapovighnakartā vai nāsti bhūmaṃḍale kvacit 3| lopāmudrā mahābhāga yā ca te dharmacāriṇī | yasyāḥ pativratā dharmātsarvaṃ bhavati śobhanam 4| api śaṃsa mahābhāga dharmamūrte kṛpānidhe | alolupasya kiṃ kāryaṃ karavāṇi munīśvara 5| tvattapoyogataḥ sarvaṃ bhavati svecchayā bahu | tathāpi mayi kṛtvaiva kṛpāṃ śaṃśa munīśvaraḥ 6| śeṣa uvāca| ityukto lokaguruṇā rājarājena dhīmatā | uvāca rāmaṃ lokeśaṃ vinītatarabhāṣayā 7| agastya uvāca| svāmiṃstava sudurdarśaṃ darśanaṃ daivatairapi | matvā samāgataṃ viddhi rājarāja kṛpānidhe 8| hatastvayā rāvaṇākhyastvasuro lokakaṃṭakaḥ | diṣṭyādya devāḥ sukhino diṣṭyā rājā bibhīṣaṇaḥ 9| rāma tvaddarśanānme'dya gataṃ vai duṣkṛtaṃ kila | saṃpūrṇo me manaḥkośa ānaṃdena surottama 10| ityuktvā sa babhūvāśu tūṣṇīṃ kuṃbhasamudbhavaḥ | rāmasaṃdarśanāhlādavihvalīkṛtamānasaḥ 11| rāmaḥ papraccha taṃ bhūyo muniṃ jñānaviśāradam | lokātītaṃ bhavadbhāvi sarvaṃ jānāsi sarvataḥ 12| mune kathaya me sarvaṃ pṛcchato hi suvistaram | ko'sau mayā hato yo hi rāvaṇo vibudhārdanaḥ 13| kuṃbhakarṇo'pi kastveṣa kā jātirvai durātmanaḥ | devo daityaḥ piśāco vā rākṣaso vā mahāmune 14| sarvamākhyāhi sarvajña sarvaṃ jānāsi vistarāt | ataḥ kathaya me sarvaṃ kṛpāṃ kṛtvā mamopari 15| iti śrutvā tato vākyaṃ kuṃbhajanmā taponidhiḥ | yatpṛṣṭaṃ raghurājena pravaktuṃ tatpracakrame 16| rājansṛṣṭikaro brahmā pulastyastatsuto'bhavat | tatastu viśravā jajñe vedavidyāviśāradaḥ 17| tasya patnīdvayaṃ jātaṃ pātivratyacaritrabhṛt | ekā maṃdākinī nāmnī dvitīyā kaikasī smṛtā 18| pūrvasyāṃ dhanado jajñe lokapālavilāsabhṛt | yo'sau śivaprasādena laṃkāvāsamacīkarat 19| vidyunmālisutāyāṃ tu putratrayamabhūnmahat | rāvaṇaḥ kuṃbhakarṇaśca tathā puṇyo bibhīṣaṇaḥ 20| rākṣasyudarajanmatvātsaṃdhyāsamayasaṃbhavāt | dvayoradharmanipuṇā matirāsīnmahāmate 21| ekadā tu vimānena puṣpakeṇa suśobhinā | kāṃcanīyopakalpena kiṃkiṇījālamālinā 22| āruhya pitarau draṣṭuṃ prāyācchobhāsamanvitaḥ | svagaṇaiḥ saṃstuto bhūtvā nānāratnavibhūṣaṇaiḥ 23| āgatya pitroścaraṇe patitvā ciramātmajaḥ | harṣavihvalitātmā ca romāṃcitatanūruhaḥ 24| uvāca me'dya sudinaṃ mahābhāgyaphalodayaḥ | yanme yuṣmatpadau dṛṣṭau mahāpuṇyadadarśanau 25| ityādibhiḥ stutipadaiḥ stutvāgānmaṃdiraṃ svakam | pitarāvapi saṃhṛṣṭau putrasnehādbabhūvatuḥ 26| taṃ dṛṣṭvā rāvaṇo dhīmāñjagāda nijamātaram | ko'yaṃ pumānsuro vātha yakṣo vātha narottamaḥ 27| yo'sau mama pituḥpādau sanniṣevya gataḥ punaḥ | mahābhāgyanidhiḥ svīyairgaṇaiḥ suparivāritaḥ 28| kenedaṃ tapasā labdhaṃ vimānaṃ vāyuvegadhṛk | udyānārāmalīlādi vilāsasthānamuttamam 29| śeṣa uvāca| iti vākyaṃ samākarṇya jananī roṣaviklavā | uvāca putraṃ vimanāḥ kiṃcinnetravikāriṇī 30| re putra śṛṇu madvākyaṃ bahuśikṣāsamanvitam | etasya janmakarmādi vicāracaturādhikam 31| sapatnyā mama kukṣisthaṃ vidhānaṃ samupasthitam | yena svamāturvimalaṃ kulamujjvalitaṃ mahat 32| tvaṃ tu matkukṣijaḥ kīṭaḥ pāpaḥ svodarapūrakaḥ | yathā kharaḥ svakaṃ bhāraṃ jānāti na ca tadguṇam 33| tathā tvaṃ lakṣyase'jñānī śayanāsanabhogavān | supto gataḥ kvacidbhraṣṭa ityeva tava saṃbhavaḥ 34| anena tapasā labdhaṃ śivasaṃtoṣakāriṇā | laṃkāvāso manovegaṃ vimānaṃ rājyasaṃpadaḥ 35| sudhanyā jananī tvasya subhāgyā sumahodayā | yasyāḥ putro nijaguṇairlabdhavānmahatāṃ padam 36| iti krudhā bhāṣitamārtayā tayā mātrā svayā'karṇya durātmasattamaḥ | roṣaṃ vidhāyātmagataṃ punarvaco jagāda tāṃ niścayabhṛttapaḥ prati 37| rāvaṇa uvāca| jananyākarṇaya vaco mama garvasamanvitam | ratnagarbhā tvamevāsi yasyāḥ putrāstrayo vayam 38| ko'sau kīṭaḥ sa dhanadaḥ kva tapaḥ svalpakaṃ punaḥ | kālaṃ kā kiṃtu tadrājyaṃ svalpasevakasaṃyutam 39| mātaḥ śṛṇu mamotsāhātpratijñāṃ karuṇānvite | na kenāpi kṛtāṃ kartrā mahābhāgye hi kaikasi 40| yadyahaṃ bhuvanaṃ sarvaṃ vaśena sthāpayāmi vai | tapobhirduṣkṛtaiḥ kṛtvā brahmasaṃtoṣakārakaiḥ 41| annodake sadā tyaktvā nidrāṃ krīḍāṃ tathā punaḥ | cettadā pitṛlokasya ghātātpāpaṃ bhavenmama 42| kuṃbhakarṇo'pi kṛtavānvibhīṣaṇasamanvitaḥ | rāvaṇena sahabhrātretyuktvāgādgirikānanam 43| iti śrīpadmapurāṇe pātālakhaṃḍe śeṣavātsyāyanasaṃvāde rāmāśvamedhe rāvaṇotpattirnāma ṣaṣṭho'dhyāyaḥ 6|
English translation
Śeṣa said :
1. The intelligent Rāma , the lord of all worlds, thus said to the sage, the treasure of celibacy and penance and pleased with the welcome:
2-6. “O you illustrious one, O you born of a pitcher, O you treasure of penance, welcome to you. All of us, with the members of our family are purified (by your arrival). I hope, your respect for the Vedas and sacred texts continues. On the globe there is none that would obstruct your penance. O glorious one, Lopāmudrā is your virtuous wife due to whose conduct as a devoted wife everything becomes auspicious. O you best sage, O you glorious one, O you piety embodied, O you treasure of compassion, tell me what thing should I do for you who are greedless. Everything takes place due to your penance, and you can have many things through your own penance, and you can have many things through your own desire. Yet, O best sage, just favour me, and tell me (what I can do for you)”.
Śeṣa said :
7. Thus addressed by the intelligent Rāma, the lord of people, the king of kings, he spoke to Rāma, the lord of the world with more polite words.
Agastya said :
8-10. O lord, O king of kings, O treasure of compassion, know that thinking that to see you is extremely difficult, I have come here. You killed the demon named Rāvaṇa who troubled the world. Luckily gods are happy today; luckily Bibhīṣaṇa has become the king. O Rāma, today on seeing you indeed my sin has gone (away). O best god, the vessel of my mind is full of joy.
Speaking thus, ( Agastya ) born from a pitcher, with his mind perturbed due to joy on seeing Rāma, quickly became quiet.
12-15. Rāma again asked that sage well-versed in knowledge: “You know everything everywhere about the past, present and future in the world. O sage, tell it all in great detail to me who am asking you. Who was that Rāvaṇa, who troubled the gods and whom I killed. What is that Kumbhakarṇa ? What is his species? O great sage, is he a god, or a demon, or a friend, or a goblin? O you omniscient one, tell me all that. You know all that in detail. Therefore, favouring me, tell me all that.”
16-29. Hearing these words from him, that treasure of penance (viz. Agastya), born from a pitcher, began telling all that was asked by the king (Rāma) of the Raghu (family). “O king, Brahmā brought forth the creation. His son was Pulastya . From him was born Viśravas , conversant with the Vedic lore. He had two wives, who were of a chaste conduct. The name of one was Mandākinī , and the other one was known as Kaikasī . From the former (i.e. Mandākinī) Kubera , enjoyer of the pleasures of a regent of the quarters, was born; through Śiva ’s favour, he took his residence in Laṅkā . Three great sons were born to (Kaikasī) the daughter of Vidyunmālī : Rāvaṇa, Kumbhakarṇa, and the righteous Bibhīṣaṇa. O very intelligent one, due to being born from the womb of a demoness and due to being born at the evening time, the mind of the two was steeped in unrighteousness. Endowed with brilliance, he (i.e. Kubera), once, having got into the Puṣpaka aeroplane made of gold and having (i.e. adorned by) groups of small bells, and being praised by his attendants having many jewelled ornaments, went to see his parents. The son (i.e. Kubera), having come to his parents, and having for a long time fallen at their feet and being beside himself with joy and with his hair standing on end due to horripilation, said: “Today is a good day for me. There is the rise of the fruit of my great luck, since I saw your feet, seeing which gives great religious merit.” Having praised them with such words of praise, he went to his own house. The parents also became delighted due to the son’s affection (for them). Seeing him (i.e. Kubera), the intelligent Rāvaṇa, said to his mother: “Who is this man who having fallen upon my father’s feet, has again gone (back)? Is he a god, or a yakṣa or an excellent man? He is the treasure of great luck. He is surrounded by his own attendants. Due to which penance has he obtained this aeroplane, which has the speed of the wind, and which is the best place of enjoyment having in it gardens and groves for sports etc.?”
Śeṣa said:
30-36. Hearing these words, his mother, displeased and overcome with anger, and with a slight change in her eyes said to her son: “O son, listen to my words full of great instruction. His birth, deeds etc. are superior due to his (good) thoughts and cleverness. He has taken birth (i.e. is born) fro m the womb of my co-wife, (and) has brightened the pure, great family of his mother; but you, who are born from my womb, are an insect, are a sinner, and fill your own belly (only). Like a donkey who does not know (i.e. has no idea about) the load (on his back) nor its quality, you appear to be learned but enjoy lying and sitting; your existence is like one that is asleep, gone away, or fallen. By means of his penance he who pleased Śiva, has obtained residence in heaven, an aeroplane having the speed of the mind, and royal glory. His mother is very blessed, very lucky and very prosperous, whose son has obtained the position of the great due to his merits.”
37. Having heard these words angrily uttered by his unhappy mother, the most wicked one (Rāvaṇa), entertaining anger for himself and determined to (practise) penance, again said (these) words.
Rāvaṇa said :
38-43. O mother, listen to my words full of pride. You, who have three sons like us, are one who conceive gems. Who is that insect of that Kubera? What (i.e. how insignificant) is his small penance? What (i.e. how insignificant) is Laṅkā? What (i.e. how insignificant) is his kingdom having (but) a few servants? O mother, full of compassion, listen to my pledge taken through determination, and never taken (before) by any one, O very lucky Kaikasī. If by practising difficult austerities pleasing Brahmā, and by always giving up food, water, sleep and sport, I do not bring under my control the entire world, then I would incur the sin due to harming the world of the manes.
Accompanied by Bibhīṣaṇa, Kumbhakarṇa too took the pledge with Rāvaṇa and saying the same went to a mountain-grove.
Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 43618, revision 335831 (2022-04-15T11:32:54Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365317.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.