Pātāla-khaṇḍa · Chapter 31
Sourceजाबालिरुवाच। अथ तेषु प्रयातेषु नरकस्थेषु वै नृषु । राजा पप्रच्छ कीनाशं सर्वधर्मविदांवरम् १। राजोवाच। धर्मराज त्वया प्रोक्तं यत्पातककरा नराः । आयांति तव संस्थानं न च धर्मकथारताः २। मदागमनमत्राभूत्केनपापेन धार्मिक । तद्वै कथय सर्वं मे पापकारणमादितः ३। इति श्रुत्वा तु तद्वाक्यं धर्मराजः परंतप । कथयामास तस्यैवं यमपुर्यागमं तदा ४। धर्मराज उवाच। राजंस्तव महत्पुण्यं नैतादृक्कस्य भूतले । रघुनाथपदद्वंद्वमकरंद मधुव्रत ५। त्वत्कीर्ति स्वर्धुनी सर्वान्पापिनो मलसंयुतान् । पुनाति परमाह्लादकारिणी दुष्टतारिणी ६। तथापि पापलेशस्ते वर्तते नृपसत्तम । येन संयमिनीपार्श्वमागतः पुण्यपूरितः ७। एकदा तु चरंतीं गां वारयामास वै भवान् । तेन पापविपाकेन निरयद्वारदर्शनम् ८। इदानीं पापनिर्मुक्तो बहुपुण्यसमन्वितः । भुंक्ष्व भोगान्सुविपुलान्निजपुण्यार्जितान्बहून् ९। एतेषां करुणावार्धी रघुनाथो सुखं हरन् । संयमिन्या महामार्गे प्रेरयामास वैष्णवम् १०। नागमिष्यो यदि त्वं वै मार्गेणानेन सुव्रत । अभविष्यत्कथं तेषां निरयात्परिमोचनम् ११। त्वादृशाः परदुःखेन दुःखिताः करुणालयाः । प्राणिनां दुःखविच्छेदं कुर्वंत्येव महामते १२। जाबालिरुवाच। एवं वदंतं शमनं प्रणम्य स दिवंगतः । दिव्येन सुविमानेन अप्सरोगणशोभिना १३। तस्माद्गावोऽनिशं पूज्या मनसापि न गर्हयेत् । गर्हयन्निरयं याति यावदिंद्राश्चतुर्दश १४। तस्मात्त्वं नृपतिश्रेष्ठ गोपूजां वै समाचर । सा तुष्टा दास्यति क्षिप्रं पुत्रं धर्मपरायणम् १५। सुमतिरुवाच। तच्छ्रुत्वा धेनुपूजां स पप्रच्छ कथमादरात् । पूजनीया प्रयत्नेन कीदृशं कुरुते नरम् १६। जाबालि कथयामास धेनुपूजां यथाविधि । प्रत्यहं विपिनं गच्छेच्चारणार्थं व्रती तु गोः १७। गवे यवांस्तु संभोज्य गोमयस्थान्समाहरेत् । भक्षणीया यवास्ते तु पुत्रकामेन भूपते १८। सा यदा पिबते तोयं तदा पेयं जलं शुचि । सोच्चैः स्थाने यदा तिष्ठेत्तदानीं चासनस्थितः १९। दंशान्निवारयेन्नित्यं यवसं स्वयमाहरेत् । एवं प्रकुर्वतः पुत्रं दास्यते धर्मतत्परम् २०। सुमतिरुवाच। इति वाक्यं समाकर्ण्य पुत्रकाम ऋतंभरः । व्रतं चकार धर्मात्मा धेनुपूजां समाचरन् २१। प्रत्यहं कुरुते गां वै यवसाद्येन तोषिताम् । दंशान्न्यवारयद्धीमान्यवभक्षकृतादरः २२। एवं धेनुं पूजयतो गतास्तु दिवसा घनाः । वनमध्ये तृणादींश्च चरंतीमकुतोभयाम् २३। एकदा नृपतिस्तस्य वनस्य श्रीनिरीक्षणे । न्यस्तदृष्टिः सपरितो बभ्राम स कुतूहली २४। तदागत्याहनद्गां वै पंचास्यः काननांतरात् । क्रोशंतीं बहुधा दीनां सिंहभारेणदुःखिताम् २५। तदा नृपः समागत्य विलोक्य निजमातरम् । सिंहेन निहतां पश्यन्रुरोदातीव विह्वलः २६। स दुःखितः समागत्य जाबालिमुनिसत्तमम् । निष्कृतिं तस्य पप्रच्छ गोवधस्य प्रमादतः २७। ऋतंभर उवाच। स्वामिंस्त्वदाज्ञया धेनुं पालयन्वनमास्थितः । कुतोप्यागत्य तां सिंहो जघानादृष्टिगोचरः २८। तस्य पापस्य निष्कृत्यै किं करोमि त्वदाज्ञया । कथं वा व्रतसंपूर्तिर्मम पुत्रप्रदायिनी २९। इत्युक्तवंतं तं भूपं जगाद मुनिसत्तमः । संत्युपाया महीपाल पापस्यास्यापनुत्तये ३०। ब्रह्मघ्नस्य कृतघ्नस्य सुरापस्य महामते । प्रायश्चित्तानि वर्तंते सर्वपापहराणि च ३१। कृच्छ्रैश्चांद्रायणैर्दानैर्व्रतैः सनियमैर्यमैः । पापानि प्रलयं यांति नियमादनुतिष्ठतः ३२। द्वयोश्च निष्कृतिर्नास्ति पापपुंजकृतोस्तयोः । मत्या गोवधकर्तुश्च नारायणविनिंदितुः ३३। गवां यो मनसा दुःखं वांच्छत्यधमसत्तमः । स याति निरयस्थानं यावदिंद्राश्चतुर्दश ३४। योऽपि देवं हरिं निंदेत्सकृद्दुर्भाग्यवान्नरः । स चापि नरकं पश्येत्पुत्रपौत्रपरीवृतः ३५। तस्माज्ज्ञात्वा हरिं निंदन्गोषु दुःखं समाचरन् । कदापि नरकान्मुक्तिं न प्राप्नोति नरेश्वर ३६। अज्ञानप्राप्तगोहत्या प्रायश्चित्तं तु विद्यते । रामभक्तं तु धीमंतं याहि त्वमृतुपर्णकम् ३७। स वै समदृशः सर्वाञ्छत्रून्मित्राणि पश्यति । तुभ्यं कथिष्यति क्षिप्रं गोवधस्यास्य निष्कृतिम् ३८। तस्य देशांस्त्वमाक्रामंस्तेन निर्वासितः पुरा । वैरिभावं परित्यज्य गच्छ त्वमृतुपर्णकम् ३९। स यद्वदिष्यति क्षिप्रं तत्कुरुष्व समाहितः । यथा त्वत्कृतपापस्य निष्कृतिर्हि भविष्यति ४०। स तु तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा जगाम ऋतुपर्णकम् । रामभक्तं रिपौ मित्रे समदृष्ट्या समंजसम् ४१। स तस्मै कथयामास यज्जातं गोवधादिकम् । तस्य पापस्य निष्कृत्यै ह्युपायं सोऽप्यचिंतयत् ४२। क्षणं ध्यात्वाथ तं राजा ऋतुपर्ण ऋतंभरम् । उवाच प्रहसन्वाक्यं बुद्धिमान्धर्मकोविदः ४३। कोऽहं राजन्मुनीनां वै पुरतः शास्त्रवेदिनाम् । तान्हित्वा किं तु मां प्राप्तो मूर्खंपंडितमानिनम् ४४। तव मय्यस्ति चेच्छ्रद्धा तदा किंचिद्ब्रवीम्यहम् । शृणुष्व नरशार्दूल गदितं मम सादरः ४५। भज श्रीरघुनाथं त्वं कर्मणा मनसा गिरा । नैष्कापट्येन लोकेशं तोषयस्व महामते ४६। स तुष्टो दास्यते सर्वं त्वद्धृदिस्थं मनोरथम् । अज्ञानकृत गोहत्यापापनाशं करिष्यति ४७। रामं स्मरंस्त्वं धर्मात्मन्धेनुं पालय सत्तम । दत्त्वा द्विजाय कनकं पापनिष्कृतिमाप्स्यसि ४८। सुमतिरुवाच। एतच्छ्रुत्वा तु तद्वाक्यमृतंभरनृपस्तदा । विधाय रामस्मरणं पूतात्मा व्रतमाचरत् ४९। पूर्ववत्पालयन्धेनुं जगाम विपिनं महत् । रामनामस्मरन्नित्यं सर्वभूतहिते रतः ५०। तस्मै तुष्टा तु सुरभिः प्रोवाच परितोषिता । राजन्वरय मत्तो वै वरं हृत्स्थं मनोरथम् ५१। तदा प्रोवाच वै राजा पुत्रं देहि मनोरमम् । रामभक्तं पितृरतं स्वधर्मप्रतिपालकम् ५२। तुष्टा दत्त्वा वरं सापि तस्मै राज्ञे सुतार्थिने । जगामादर्शनं देवी कामधेनुः कृपावती ५३। स काले प्राप्तवान्पुत्रं वैष्णवं रामसेवकम् । सत्यवत्संज्ञयायुक्तमकरोत्तत्र तत्पिता ५४। सत्यवंतं सुतं लब्ध्वा पितृभक्तिपरं महान् । परमं हर्षमापेदे शक्रतुल्यपराक्रमम् ५५। स राजा धार्मिकं पुत्रं प्राप्य हर्षेणनिर्भरः । राज्यं तस्मिन्महन्न्यस्य जगाम तपसे वनम् ५६। तत्राराध्य हृषीकेशं भक्तियुक्तेन चेतसा । निर्धूतपापः सतनुरगाद्धरिपदं नृपः ५७। इति श्रीपद्मपुराणे पातालखंडे शेषवात्स्यायनसंवादे रामाश्वमेधे सत्यवदा-। ख्याने धेनुव्रतवर्णनंनाम एकत्रिंशोऽध्यायः ३१ ।
jābāliruvāca| atha teṣu prayāteṣu narakastheṣu vai nṛṣu | rājā papraccha kīnāśaṃ sarvadharmavidāṃvaram 1| rājovāca| dharmarāja tvayā proktaṃ yatpātakakarā narāḥ | āyāṃti tava saṃsthānaṃ na ca dharmakathāratāḥ 2| madāgamanamatrābhūtkenapāpena dhārmika | tadvai kathaya sarvaṃ me pāpakāraṇamāditaḥ 3| iti śrutvā tu tadvākyaṃ dharmarājaḥ paraṃtapa | kathayāmāsa tasyaivaṃ yamapuryāgamaṃ tadā 4| dharmarāja uvāca| rājaṃstava mahatpuṇyaṃ naitādṛkkasya bhūtale | raghunāthapadadvaṃdvamakaraṃda madhuvrata 5| tvatkīrti svardhunī sarvānpāpino malasaṃyutān | punāti paramāhlādakāriṇī duṣṭatāriṇī 6| tathāpi pāpaleśaste vartate nṛpasattama | yena saṃyaminīpārśvamāgataḥ puṇyapūritaḥ 7| ekadā tu caraṃtīṃ gāṃ vārayāmāsa vai bhavān | tena pāpavipākena nirayadvāradarśanam 8| idānīṃ pāpanirmukto bahupuṇyasamanvitaḥ | bhuṃkṣva bhogānsuvipulānnijapuṇyārjitānbahūn 9| eteṣāṃ karuṇāvārdhī raghunātho sukhaṃ haran | saṃyaminyā mahāmārge prerayāmāsa vaiṣṇavam 10| nāgamiṣyo yadi tvaṃ vai mārgeṇānena suvrata | abhaviṣyatkathaṃ teṣāṃ nirayātparimocanam 11| tvādṛśāḥ paraduḥkhena duḥkhitāḥ karuṇālayāḥ | prāṇināṃ duḥkhavicchedaṃ kurvaṃtyeva mahāmate 12| jābāliruvāca| evaṃ vadaṃtaṃ śamanaṃ praṇamya sa divaṃgataḥ | divyena suvimānena apsarogaṇaśobhinā 13| tasmādgāvo'niśaṃ pūjyā manasāpi na garhayet | garhayannirayaṃ yāti yāvadiṃdrāścaturdaśa 14| tasmāttvaṃ nṛpatiśreṣṭha gopūjāṃ vai samācara | sā tuṣṭā dāsyati kṣipraṃ putraṃ dharmaparāyaṇam 15| sumatiruvāca| tacchrutvā dhenupūjāṃ sa papraccha kathamādarāt | pūjanīyā prayatnena kīdṛśaṃ kurute naram 16| jābāli kathayāmāsa dhenupūjāṃ yathāvidhi | pratyahaṃ vipinaṃ gaccheccāraṇārthaṃ vratī tu goḥ 17| gave yavāṃstu saṃbhojya gomayasthānsamāharet | bhakṣaṇīyā yavāste tu putrakāmena bhūpate 18| sā yadā pibate toyaṃ tadā peyaṃ jalaṃ śuci | soccaiḥ sthāne yadā tiṣṭhettadānīṃ cāsanasthitaḥ 19| daṃśānnivārayennityaṃ yavasaṃ svayamāharet | evaṃ prakurvataḥ putraṃ dāsyate dharmatatparam 20| sumatiruvāca| iti vākyaṃ samākarṇya putrakāma ṛtaṃbharaḥ | vrataṃ cakāra dharmātmā dhenupūjāṃ samācaran 21| pratyahaṃ kurute gāṃ vai yavasādyena toṣitām | daṃśānnyavārayaddhīmānyavabhakṣakṛtādaraḥ 22| evaṃ dhenuṃ pūjayato gatāstu divasā ghanāḥ | vanamadhye tṛṇādīṃśca caraṃtīmakutobhayām 23| ekadā nṛpatistasya vanasya śrīnirīkṣaṇe | nyastadṛṣṭiḥ saparito babhrāma sa kutūhalī 24| tadāgatyāhanadgāṃ vai paṃcāsyaḥ kānanāṃtarāt | krośaṃtīṃ bahudhā dīnāṃ siṃhabhāreṇaduḥkhitām 25| tadā nṛpaḥ samāgatya vilokya nijamātaram | siṃhena nihatāṃ paśyanrurodātīva vihvalaḥ 26| sa duḥkhitaḥ samāgatya jābālimunisattamam | niṣkṛtiṃ tasya papraccha govadhasya pramādataḥ 27| ṛtaṃbhara uvāca| svāmiṃstvadājñayā dhenuṃ pālayanvanamāsthitaḥ | kutopyāgatya tāṃ siṃho jaghānādṛṣṭigocaraḥ 28| tasya pāpasya niṣkṛtyai kiṃ karomi tvadājñayā | kathaṃ vā vratasaṃpūrtirmama putrapradāyinī 29| ityuktavaṃtaṃ taṃ bhūpaṃ jagāda munisattamaḥ | saṃtyupāyā mahīpāla pāpasyāsyāpanuttaye 30| brahmaghnasya kṛtaghnasya surāpasya mahāmate | prāyaścittāni vartaṃte sarvapāpaharāṇi ca 31| kṛcchraiścāṃdrāyaṇairdānairvrataiḥ saniyamairyamaiḥ | pāpāni pralayaṃ yāṃti niyamādanutiṣṭhataḥ 32| dvayośca niṣkṛtirnāsti pāpapuṃjakṛtostayoḥ | matyā govadhakartuśca nārāyaṇaviniṃdituḥ 33| gavāṃ yo manasā duḥkhaṃ vāṃcchatyadhamasattamaḥ | sa yāti nirayasthānaṃ yāvadiṃdrāścaturdaśa 34| yo'pi devaṃ hariṃ niṃdetsakṛddurbhāgyavānnaraḥ | sa cāpi narakaṃ paśyetputrapautraparīvṛtaḥ 35| tasmājjñātvā hariṃ niṃdangoṣu duḥkhaṃ samācaran | kadāpi narakānmuktiṃ na prāpnoti nareśvara 36| ajñānaprāptagohatyā prāyaścittaṃ tu vidyate | rāmabhaktaṃ tu dhīmaṃtaṃ yāhi tvamṛtuparṇakam 37| sa vai samadṛśaḥ sarvāñchatrūnmitrāṇi paśyati | tubhyaṃ kathiṣyati kṣipraṃ govadhasyāsya niṣkṛtim 38| tasya deśāṃstvamākrāmaṃstena nirvāsitaḥ purā | vairibhāvaṃ parityajya gaccha tvamṛtuparṇakam 39| sa yadvadiṣyati kṣipraṃ tatkuruṣva samāhitaḥ | yathā tvatkṛtapāpasya niṣkṛtirhi bhaviṣyati 40| sa tu tadvacanaṃ śrutvā jagāma ṛtuparṇakam | rāmabhaktaṃ ripau mitre samadṛṣṭyā samaṃjasam 41| sa tasmai kathayāmāsa yajjātaṃ govadhādikam | tasya pāpasya niṣkṛtyai hyupāyaṃ so'pyaciṃtayat 42| kṣaṇaṃ dhyātvātha taṃ rājā ṛtuparṇa ṛtaṃbharam | uvāca prahasanvākyaṃ buddhimāndharmakovidaḥ 43| ko'haṃ rājanmunīnāṃ vai purataḥ śāstravedinām | tānhitvā kiṃ tu māṃ prāpto mūrkhaṃpaṃḍitamāninam 44| tava mayyasti cecchraddhā tadā kiṃcidbravīmyaham | śṛṇuṣva naraśārdūla gaditaṃ mama sādaraḥ 45| bhaja śrīraghunāthaṃ tvaṃ karmaṇā manasā girā | naiṣkāpaṭyena lokeśaṃ toṣayasva mahāmate 46| sa tuṣṭo dāsyate sarvaṃ tvaddhṛdisthaṃ manoratham | ajñānakṛta gohatyāpāpanāśaṃ kariṣyati 47| rāmaṃ smaraṃstvaṃ dharmātmandhenuṃ pālaya sattama | dattvā dvijāya kanakaṃ pāpaniṣkṛtimāpsyasi 48| sumatiruvāca| etacchrutvā tu tadvākyamṛtaṃbharanṛpastadā | vidhāya rāmasmaraṇaṃ pūtātmā vratamācarat 49| pūrvavatpālayandhenuṃ jagāma vipinaṃ mahat | rāmanāmasmarannityaṃ sarvabhūtahite rataḥ 50| tasmai tuṣṭā tu surabhiḥ provāca paritoṣitā | rājanvaraya matto vai varaṃ hṛtsthaṃ manoratham 51| tadā provāca vai rājā putraṃ dehi manoramam | rāmabhaktaṃ pitṛrataṃ svadharmapratipālakam 52| tuṣṭā dattvā varaṃ sāpi tasmai rājñe sutārthine | jagāmādarśanaṃ devī kāmadhenuḥ kṛpāvatī 53| sa kāle prāptavānputraṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ rāmasevakam | satyavatsaṃjñayāyuktamakarottatra tatpitā 54| satyavaṃtaṃ sutaṃ labdhvā pitṛbhaktiparaṃ mahān | paramaṃ harṣamāpede śakratulyaparākramam 55| sa rājā dhārmikaṃ putraṃ prāpya harṣeṇanirbharaḥ | rājyaṃ tasminmahannyasya jagāma tapase vanam 56| tatrārādhya hṛṣīkeśaṃ bhaktiyuktena cetasā | nirdhūtapāpaḥ satanuragāddharipadaṃ nṛpaḥ 57| iti śrīpadmapurāṇe pātālakhaṃḍe śeṣavātsyāyanasaṃvāde rāmāśvamedhe satyavadā-| khyāne dhenuvratavarṇanaṃnāma ekatriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ 31 |
English translation
Jābāli said :
1. When those men living in hell went (to heaven), king ( Janaka ) asked Yama , the best among those who know dharma .
The king said :
2-4. O Dharmarāja , you have said that men who commit sins and are not interested in religious discourses, come to your place. O you righteous one, tell me for what sin I have come here, and the cause of my sin, from the beginning.
Hearing these words of him, O you tormentor of the enemies, Dharmarāja then told him (the cause of) his arrival to Yama’s city.
Dharmarāja said :
5-12. O king, you have great religious merit. None else has like it on the surface of the earth. O you who have been observing the vow of (drinking) the honey from the two (lotus-)feet of Raghunātha , the celestial river in the form of your fame which gives great joy and emancipates the wicked, purifies all the sinners full of the dirt (of sin). Still, O you best king, there is a small bit of sin (in you), due to which you, full of merit, have come to my residence ( Saṃyaminī ). Once you prevented a cow that was grazing (from doing so). Due to the effect of that sin, you have seen the gates of hell. Now, freed from (that) sin and endowed with great religious merit, enjoy many many pleasures obtained through your religious merit. Raghunātha, the ocean of pity, taking away (i.e. desiring to remove) the misery of these, has sent (you) the devotee of Viṣṇu on this great route. O you of a good vow, how would they have been free from sin, if you had not come along this way? O very intelligent one, people like you who are afflicted by others’ misery and who are the abode of kindness, thus remove the misery of beings.
Jābāli said :
13-15. Having saluted Yama, who was speaking like this, he went to heaven in a divine aeroplane adorned with the host of celestial nymphs. Therefore, cows are to be honoured; one should not even mentally censure them. One who censures them, remains in hell as long as the fourteen Indras rule. Therefore, O best among kings, worship a cow. Being pleased, she will quickly give you a son who is devoted to piety.
Sumati said :
16-20. Having heard it, he asked about the worship of a cow: How is she to be respectfully and carefully worshipped? What kind of man does she make him? Jābāli duly told him the worship of a cow. He who has undertaken the vow of (worshipping) a cow, should everyday go to the forest to graze her. He should make the cow eat barley-grains and should collect them from her dung. O king, one longing for a son should eat those barley-grains. He should drink pure water (only) when she drinks water. He should be seated (only) when she would sit on a high seat. Everyday he should ward off the gnats and should himself collect grass or fodder (for her). She gives a son devoted to piety to him who does like this.
Sumati said :
21-27. Hearing these words that pious Ṛtambhara , longing for a son, practised the vow. Worshipping the cow everyday, he pleased her with grass etc. The intelligent one, showing great care for her food (like) barley, warded off the gnats. Of him who was worshipping the cow grazing grass etc. in the forest and having fear from nowhere, auspicious days passed. Once that king, curious to observe the beauty of the forest, had cast his eyes on it, and was roaming all around. At that time a lion having come from the interior of the forest struck the cow that was yelling in many ways, that was helpless and that was afflicted due to the burden of the lion (on her body). Then the king, having come there and having seen his mother (i.e. the cow) struck by the lion, was very much distressed and cried. Being afflicted he came to Jābāli, the best sage, and asked him about the atonement for the sin of killing a cow.
Ṛtambhara said :
28-29. O lord, I had resorted, by your order, to the forest and looked after the cow. A lion not falling within the range of (my) sight (i.e. not noticed by me) came from somewhere and attacked the cow. What do (i.e. should) I do for the atonement of that sin, by your order? How can I fulfil the vow granting a son to me?
30-40. The best sage said to the king speaking like this: “O king, there are means for the atonement of a sin. There are expiations, O you very intelligent one, for all sins of one who has killed a brāhmaṇa , who is ungrateful and who drinks liquor. All the sins of him who observes the (vows) duly go away by means of vows like Kṛcchra , Cāndrāyaṇa (observed) along with restraints and controls. For two sinners who have committed heaps of sins, there is no expiation: for him who deliberately kills a cow and one who censures Nārāyaṇa (i.e. Viṣṇu). The meanest one who mentally desires (giving) pain to cows, resides in a place in hell as long as fourteen Indras (rule). Even that unfortunate man who just once censures Hari , would, surrounded by his sons and grandsons, see hell. Therefore, O lord of men, you should realise that he who censures Viṣṇu or causes pain to cows never gets release. There is an expiation if a cow is killed through ignorance. You (now) go to Ṛtuparṇaka, the intelligent devotee of Rāma . He looks equally upon all his foes and friends. He will quickly tell you the expiation for this killing of the cow. Formerly you had attached his countries, so he had abandoned them. Giving up enmity, go to Ṛtuparṇaka. Being composed, do quickly what he will tell you (to do), so that there will be the expiation of the sin committed by you.”
41-48. Hearing these words of (i.e. spoken by) him, he went to Ṛtuparṇaka who was an excellent devotee of Rāma and who looked equally upon his foe and friend. He told him whatever, the killing of the cow etc., took place. He too thought of a means for the expiation of that sin. Having reflected for a moment, king Ṛtuparṇa who was intelligent and who knew dharma laughed and said to Ṛtambhara: “O king, who am I before (i.e. as compared with) the sages knowing the scriptures? Why have you, abandoning them, come to me, fancying myself to be learned? If you have faith in me, then I shall say something. O best of men, carefully listen to my words. By means ofact, thought and words have recourse to Raghunātha. O you highly intelligent one, please the lord of the worlds without deceit. When pleased, he will grant (i.e. satisfy) all desires of your mind. He will destroy the sin of having ignorantly killed a cow. O you religious-minded one, O you best one, remembering Rāma, look after the cow. By giving gold to a brāhmaṇa, you will atone for the sin.”
Sumati said :
49-57. Hearing those words king Ṛtambhara, with his mind purified, took to remembering Rāma, and observed the vow. Engaged in the well-being of all beings, and always remembering Rāma, he, looking after the cow, went to the forest as before. Surabhi was pleased with him. When gratified, she said: “O king, choose a boon from me according to the desire of your mind?” Then the king said (to her): “Give me a son who is a devotee of Rāma, who is fond of his father, and who will follow his own duty.” The merciful, desire-yielding, divine cow, being pleased, gave the boon to the king longing for a son, and disappeared. Then at the (proper) time be obtained a son—Viṣṇu’s devotee and serving Rāma. His father (i.e. king Ṛtambhara) named him Satyavān . Having obtained the son (named) Satyavān who was greatly devoted to his father and comparable to Indra (only) in valour, the great king obtained great joy. The king, having obtained a righteous son, was full of joy and having deposited (i.e. entrusted) the kingdom with him, went to a forest for practising penance. There, with his mind full of devotion he propitiated Viṣṇu, and with his sins fully washed, he physically went to the place of Viṣṇu.
Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 43925, revision 335928 (2022-04-17T02:09:59Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365342.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.