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Chapter 178

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[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOPUU9M8jGA&t=0s हिन्दी रूपान्तरणम्]श्रीभगवानुवाच। चतुर्थस्यापि माहात्म्यमाख्यास्याम्यधुना शृणु । बदरीत्वं समुत्सृज्य येन कन्ये दिवं गते १। श्रीरुवाच। कथं कन्ये दिवं याते बदरीत्वं विसृज्य वै । ते कचास्तां पुरा देव कथं प्राप्ते तु मुख्यताम् २। एतद्वेदितुमिच्छामि नाथ वक्तुं त्वमर्हसि । न तु तृप्यामि शृण्वंती परमां च कथामिमाम् ३। श्रीभगवानुवाच। अस्ति भागीरथी तीरे नाम्ना वाराणसी पुरी । भरतोद्र. [http://puranastudy.000space.com/pur_index20/brahmaudana.htm ब्रह्मौदनोपरि टिप्पणी], [http://puranastudy.ultimatefreehost.in/pur_index21/bharat1.htm भरतोपरि टिप्पणी], [http://puranastudy.ultimatefreehost.in/pur_index21/bharat2.htm भरतस्य आध्यात्मिकस्वरूपम्], [http://puranastudy.ultimatefreehost.in/pur_index21/pva4.htm भरतोपरि पौराणिकसंदर्भाः] नाम युक्तात्मा तत्र विश्वेश्वरालये ४। नित्यमात्मरतस्तुर्यं जपत्यध्यायमादरात् । तदभ्यासाददुष्टात्मा न द्वंद्वैरभिभूयते ५। काले कदाचन क्रीडन्ययौ स नगराद्बहिः । उपांत्यवर्तिनो देवान्दिदृक्षुः स तपोधनः ६। विशश्राम तयोर्मूले बदर्योर्न्यपतत्फले । उपधाय तयोरेकामन्यामालंब्य चांघ्रिणा ७। तपस्विनि ततो याते बदर्योश्च तथार्द्वयम् । शुष्कं निष्पत्रशाखं च दिवसैः पंचषैरभूत् ८। गृहे क्वचन विप्राणां जज्ञाते कन्यके ततः । वर्द्धमानं तयोर्युग्मं सप्तभिः परिवत्सरैः ९। विहृत्य दूरदेशेभ्यो यतिमायांत मैक्ष्यत । गृहीत्वा चरणौ तस्य वचः सूनृतमब्रवीत् १०। त्वत्प्रसादादेव मुने मोचितं द्वंद्वमावयोः । उत्सृज्य बदरीभावं मानुष्यं प्रतिपद्यते ११। एवमुक्तो मुनिस्ताभ्यां विस्मृतः प्रत्युवाच सः । कदा वत्से युवां केन हेतुना मोचिते मया १२। युवयोर्बदरीत्वे च हेतुं ब्रूतां न वेद्म्यहम् । ऊचतुः कन्यके तस्मै बादर्ये हेतुमात्मनः १३। आदौ विमोचने तस्माद्दुस्त्यजादपि कारणम् । अस्ति गोदावरी तीरे तीर्थं पुण्यप्रदं नृणाम् १४। च्छिन्नपापमिति ख्यातं परां कोटिमवापयत् । तत्र सत्यतपा नाम तपस्तेपे सुदारुणम् १५। ग्रीष्मे महति दीप्तानां मध्यगो जातवेदसाम् । वर्षासु जलधाराभिर्नित्यमासिक्तमूर्द्धजः १६। शिशिरे च वसन्नप्सु बिभ्रत्कंटकितां तनुम् । विशुद्धः सततं काले तपस्तप्त्वा स संयमी १७। आत्मन्येव मतिं चक्रे परां प्राप्य सुनिर्वृतिम् । सदा फलानि बिभ्रत्सु सांद्रच्छायेषु शाखिषु १८। निर्मत्सरेषु सत्वेषु बध्वा प्रीतिपरामपि । तपःफलानुसंधाने वैदुष्येनोपपादितम् १९। ब्रह्माप्येनं स्वयं पृच्छन्नुपतस्थे तमन्वहम् । तेन संकोचहीनत्वाद्ब्रह्यण्यनुगतेन्वहम् २०। तद्ध्यानानुगतव्यक्ति ववृधे तस्य तत्तपः । विमुक्तकल्पं मन्वानः समृद्धादात्मनः पदात् २१। अंतरायशतं चक्रे ततो भीतः पुरंदरः । आहूयाप्सरसां मध्यादावां तुल्यं समादिशत् २२। कुरुतं तत्तपोविघ्नमनेनाचरितं युवाम् । यो मां पदादवष्टभ्य स्वराज्यं भोक्तुमिच्छति २३। इति संदेशमापन्ने पुरस्ताच्च बिडौजसः । गोदावरीमगच्छावः स मुनिर्यत्र वर्तते २४। मृदंगैर्मंदगंभीरैर्वेणुभिः कलवादिभिः । कलं गीतं समारब्धं तन्वंगीभिः समन्वितम् २५। उद्वहंत्यौ पृथुश्रोणीं घनपीनपयोधरे । स्मयस्मेरमुखांभोजे किंचिदाकुंचितालके २६। मणिकुंडलदृष्टांसे पुंडरीकोज्ज्वलेक्षणे । तनुमध्ये सुवृत्तोरु वहंत्यौ च समे पदे २७। आनर्तां यो वनस्यार्थे स्वरताललयानुगाम् । दर्शयंत्यौ स्वतः कृत्स्नां गतिं भावानुगामिनीम् २८। मृदूपक्रममुत्पन्नं मंदं मंदं विवर्द्धनम् । गर्जयामास दिक्चक्रं तत्तयोर्नृत्यमानयोः २९। ततोंगहारवेगेन वायुर्वासः सुशीतलः । ईषदुच्छ्वसिते चैले दर्शयंत्यौ पयोधरौ ३०। उद्वर्धयंती कंदर्प्पमुल्बणा गतिरावयोः । कोपमुत्पादयामासु मुने रविकृतात्मनः ३१। ततः शापं ददौ कोपाज्जलमुत्सृज्य पाणिना । बदरीत्वं प्रपद्येथां जाह्नवी रोधसीति नौ ३२। आवाभ्यां पारतंत्र्येण यद्दुश्चरितमास्थितम् । तत्क्षमस्व विनम्राभ्यां मुनिः पश्चात्प्रसादितः ३३। ततः शापविमोक्षं नौ कल्पयामास पुण्यधीः । भरतागमनांतोयमिति सत्यतया मुनिः ३४। मर्त्येषु जन्मलाभश्च स्मृतिश्चातीतजन्मनाम् । आवयोरंतिकं गत्वा बदरीभूतयोस्ततः ३५। स्मरता तुर्यमध्यायं भवता निष्कृतिः कृता । तत्तावत्प्रणमावस्त्वां शापादेव न केवलात ३६। घोरादेव तु संसारात्त्वयैतेन विमोचिते । श्रीभगवानुवाच। एवमुक्तो मुनिस्ताभ्यामतिप्रीतमनास्ततः ३७। पूजितस्ते समामंत्र्य यथागतमसौ ययौ । कन्ये चतुर्थमध्यायं जपेतां नित्यमादरात् ३८। इति श्रीपाद्मे महापुराणे पंचपंचाशत्साहस्र्यां संहितायामुत्तरखंडे गीतामाहात्म्ये अष्टसप्तत्यधिकशततमोऽध्यायः १७८।

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOPUU9M8jGA&t=0s hindī rūpāntaraṇam]śrībhagavānuvāca| caturthasyāpi māhātmyamākhyāsyāmyadhunā śṛṇu | badarītvaṃ samutsṛjya yena kanye divaṃ gate 1| śrīruvāca| kathaṃ kanye divaṃ yāte badarītvaṃ visṛjya vai | te kacāstāṃ purā deva kathaṃ prāpte tu mukhyatām 2| etadveditumicchāmi nātha vaktuṃ tvamarhasi | na tu tṛpyāmi śṛṇvaṃtī paramāṃ ca kathāmimām 3| śrībhagavānuvāca| asti bhāgīrathī tīre nāmnā vārāṇasī purī | bharatodra. [http://puranastudy.000space.com/pur_index20/brahmaudana.htm brahmaudanopari ṭippaṇī], [http://puranastudy.ultimatefreehost.in/pur_index21/bharat1.htm bharatopari ṭippaṇī], [http://puranastudy.ultimatefreehost.in/pur_index21/bharat2.htm bharatasya ādhyātmikasvarūpam], [http://puranastudy.ultimatefreehost.in/pur_index21/pva4.htm bharatopari paurāṇikasaṃdarbhāḥ] nāma yuktātmā tatra viśveśvarālaye 4| nityamātmaratasturyaṃ japatyadhyāyamādarāt | tadabhyāsādaduṣṭātmā na dvaṃdvairabhibhūyate 5| kāle kadācana krīḍanyayau sa nagarādbahiḥ | upāṃtyavartino devāndidṛkṣuḥ sa tapodhanaḥ 6| viśaśrāma tayormūle badaryornyapatatphale | upadhāya tayorekāmanyāmālaṃbya cāṃghriṇā 7| tapasvini tato yāte badaryośca tathārdvayam | śuṣkaṃ niṣpatraśākhaṃ ca divasaiḥ paṃcaṣairabhūt 8| gṛhe kvacana viprāṇāṃ jajñāte kanyake tataḥ | varddhamānaṃ tayoryugmaṃ saptabhiḥ parivatsaraiḥ 9| vihṛtya dūradeśebhyo yatimāyāṃta maikṣyata | gṛhītvā caraṇau tasya vacaḥ sūnṛtamabravīt 10| tvatprasādādeva mune mocitaṃ dvaṃdvamāvayoḥ | utsṛjya badarībhāvaṃ mānuṣyaṃ pratipadyate 11| evamukto munistābhyāṃ vismṛtaḥ pratyuvāca saḥ | kadā vatse yuvāṃ kena hetunā mocite mayā 12| yuvayorbadarītve ca hetuṃ brūtāṃ na vedmyaham | ūcatuḥ kanyake tasmai bādarye hetumātmanaḥ 13| ādau vimocane tasmāddustyajādapi kāraṇam | asti godāvarī tīre tīrthaṃ puṇyapradaṃ nṛṇām 14| cchinnapāpamiti khyātaṃ parāṃ koṭimavāpayat | tatra satyatapā nāma tapastepe sudāruṇam 15| grīṣme mahati dīptānāṃ madhyago jātavedasām | varṣāsu jaladhārābhirnityamāsiktamūrddhajaḥ 16| śiśire ca vasannapsu bibhratkaṃṭakitāṃ tanum | viśuddhaḥ satataṃ kāle tapastaptvā sa saṃyamī 17| ātmanyeva matiṃ cakre parāṃ prāpya sunirvṛtim | sadā phalāni bibhratsu sāṃdracchāyeṣu śākhiṣu 18| nirmatsareṣu satveṣu badhvā prītiparāmapi | tapaḥphalānusaṃdhāne vaiduṣyenopapāditam 19| brahmāpyenaṃ svayaṃ pṛcchannupatasthe tamanvaham | tena saṃkocahīnatvādbrahyaṇyanugatenvaham 20| taddhyānānugatavyakti vavṛdhe tasya tattapaḥ | vimuktakalpaṃ manvānaḥ samṛddhādātmanaḥ padāt 21| aṃtarāyaśataṃ cakre tato bhītaḥ puraṃdaraḥ | āhūyāpsarasāṃ madhyādāvāṃ tulyaṃ samādiśat 22| kurutaṃ tattapovighnamanenācaritaṃ yuvām | yo māṃ padādavaṣṭabhya svarājyaṃ bhoktumicchati 23| iti saṃdeśamāpanne purastācca biḍaujasaḥ | godāvarīmagacchāvaḥ sa muniryatra vartate 24| mṛdaṃgairmaṃdagaṃbhīrairveṇubhiḥ kalavādibhiḥ | kalaṃ gītaṃ samārabdhaṃ tanvaṃgībhiḥ samanvitam 25| udvahaṃtyau pṛthuśroṇīṃ ghanapīnapayodhare | smayasmeramukhāṃbhoje kiṃcidākuṃcitālake 26| maṇikuṃḍaladṛṣṭāṃse puṃḍarīkojjvalekṣaṇe | tanumadhye suvṛttoru vahaṃtyau ca same pade 27| ānartāṃ yo vanasyārthe svaratālalayānugām | darśayaṃtyau svataḥ kṛtsnāṃ gatiṃ bhāvānugāminīm 28| mṛdūpakramamutpannaṃ maṃdaṃ maṃdaṃ vivarddhanam | garjayāmāsa dikcakraṃ tattayornṛtyamānayoḥ 29| tatoṃgahāravegena vāyurvāsaḥ suśītalaḥ | īṣaducchvasite caile darśayaṃtyau payodharau 30| udvardhayaṃtī kaṃdarppamulbaṇā gatirāvayoḥ | kopamutpādayāmāsu mune ravikṛtātmanaḥ 31| tataḥ śāpaṃ dadau kopājjalamutsṛjya pāṇinā | badarītvaṃ prapadyethāṃ jāhnavī rodhasīti nau 32| āvābhyāṃ pārataṃtryeṇa yadduścaritamāsthitam | tatkṣamasva vinamrābhyāṃ muniḥ paścātprasāditaḥ 33| tataḥ śāpavimokṣaṃ nau kalpayāmāsa puṇyadhīḥ | bharatāgamanāṃtoyamiti satyatayā muniḥ 34| martyeṣu janmalābhaśca smṛtiścātītajanmanām | āvayoraṃtikaṃ gatvā badarībhūtayostataḥ 35| smaratā turyamadhyāyaṃ bhavatā niṣkṛtiḥ kṛtā | tattāvatpraṇamāvastvāṃ śāpādeva na kevalāta 36| ghorādeva tu saṃsārāttvayaitena vimocite | śrībhagavānuvāca| evamukto munistābhyāmatiprītamanāstataḥ 37| pūjitaste samāmaṃtrya yathāgatamasau yayau | kanye caturthamadhyāyaṃ japetāṃ nityamādarāt 38| iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe paṃcapaṃcāśatsāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṃḍe gītāmāhātmye aṣṭasaptatyadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ 178|

English translation

[ Note : this page corresponds to chapter 178 of the Book 6 (Uttarakhaṇḍa) of the translation of The Padmapurāṇa ]

The lord said :

1. Now I shall tell (you) the greatness of the fourth (chapter) also. Listen (to it), due to which the two girls, giving up their condition as badari trees, went to heaven.

Lakṣmī said :

2-3. How did the two girls, giving up their state of being the badari trees, go to heaven? O god, who were they formerly? How did. they attain prominence? I desire to hear this. O lord, please tell it. Hearing this great story I am not satisfied.

The lord said :

4-22. On the bank of the Bhāgīrathī there was a city (named) Vārāṇasī . A saint named Bharata lived there in the temple of Viśveśvara . Always absorbed in the soul, he muttered the fourth chapter carefully. Due to that study, the good one was not overcome by couples (of opposite qualities). Some time, he, sporting, went out of the city. The ascetic saw gods who were nearby. Using one as a pillow and resting on the other with his foot, he took rest at the root of the two badari trees from which fruits fell. When the ascetic went from there, the couple of the badari trees became dry, leafless and branchless within five or six days. The two (trees) then were born somewhere in the house of brāhmaṇas . The pair, growing for seven years, (while) sporting saw an ascetic who had come from distant regions. Seizing his feet, they spoke words that were true and pleasant. “O sage, due to your favour only we two were liberated. Abandoning our condition as badari trees, we have obtained human birth.” The sage, thus addressed by them, having forgotten (what he had done) replied: “O girls, when, and for what reason, were you liberated by me? I do not know the cause of your being reduced to the condition of badari (trees). (Please) tell it.” The two girls told him the cause of their being the badari trees, and also of their liberation from that condition, difficult to give up. “On the bank of Godāvarī there is a holy place giving religious merit to men. It is known as Chinnapāpa and had reached great excellence. There (a man) named Satyatapas practised a very severe penance. In the severe summer he remained in the midst of blazing fires. In the rainy season his hair was continuously sprinkled with showers; in winter he remained in water having his body horripilated. The restrained one, always pure and practising penance in (every) season, deriving great joy, fixed his mind on the (highest) soul only. He bore great love for trees always bearing fruit and having thick shadows, and for beings free from jealousy. Even Brahmā himself everyday enquiring of him who was endowed with wisdom while aiming at the fruit of the penance, remained by his side. Due to lack of fear, that penance of him expressed in meditation upon Brahman who everyday approached him, increased. Then Indra , thinking that he was almost unseated from his prosperous position, and being afraid, put in a hundred obstacles. Calling us two, equal (to each other) from among the celestial nymphs, he ordered:

23-37. ‘Create an obstacle in the penance practised by this one who, displacing me from my position, desires to enjoy (my) kingdom.’ Having received this message, we two went from the presence of Indra to Godāvarī where the sage stayed. Along with slender-bodied women, sweet and indistinct music was commenced there with deep-sounding tabors and sweet-sounding lutes. We had large buttocks, stout and large breasts, lotus-like smiling faces, and a little curly hair, shoulders on which jewelled rings were seen, eyes bright like lotuses. Our waists were slim, we had round thighs, our steps were even. Following tunes, rhythm and time, we danced; we showed our full gait conforming to the emotion. When we two danced the circle of the quarters (i.e. all the quarters) roared after first mildly starting and then increasing (the sound). Then due to the speed of the movement of our bodies there was a fragrant and very cold breeze. With the ends of our upper garments slightly blown, we manifested our breasts. Our excessive movement intensified (the passion of) love. It produced anger in the sage whose mind was unchanged. Then throwing water with his hand, he angrily cursed us: ‘On the bank of Gaṅgā turn into badari-trees.’ (We), being polite (said to him): ‘Due to our being dependent, we acted badly. Pardon us for that behaviour.’ (Thus) the sage was later propitiated. Then he, of a pious mind, brought about (our) freedom from the curse. The sage (said): ‘It would last till the arrival of Bharata. You will be born among the mortals, and will have the recollection of former existences; on his having come near you, and on his remembering the fourth chapter (of the Gītā ), you shall have acquittal.’ We salute you, not only because you freed us from the curse but also from this dreadful worldly existence.”

The lord said :

38. The sage thus addressed and honoured by them was pleased, and went as he had come. The two girls would always recite the fourth chapter.

Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 44899, revision 335466 (2022-04-08T23:42:31Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-bhagavad-gita-mahatmya/d/doc365758.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.