Uttara-khaṇḍa · Chapter 215
Sourceसौभरिरुवाच- युधिष्ठिरेदमाकर्ण्य नारदस्य वचः शुभम् । शिबिरौशीनरो राजा विनीतस्तमुवाच ह १। शिबिरुवाच- मुने मया तु माहात्म्यं श्रुतं मधुवनस्य वै । त्वन्मुखात्किंतु संदेहो ह्येकोस्ति मम मानसे २। येन धर्मात्मना सर्वे तारिता निजबांधवाः । जन्मद्वयकृता ह्यासीत्स कथं स्वैरिणीसुतः ३। एतदाचक्ष्व भगवन्सर्वस्वं वेत्सि तत्त्वतः । अतीतं वर्त्तमानं च भविष्यमपि नारद ४। नारद उवाच- एकदा मुनयः सर्वे हरिद्वारे समागताः । दशम्यां ज्येष्ठशुक्लस्य युक्तायां सर्वपर्वभिः ५। तत्र ते विधिवत्स्नात्वा कृत्वा च स्वक्रियां शुभाम् । हिमाचलस्य पृष्ठे तु स्वस्थचित्ता उपाविशन् ६। तारात्मजो बुधस्तत्र मुनिसंगे समागतः । र्सौदर्यभरसंयुक्तः स्मरो मूर्त्त इवापरः ७। तं समागतमालोक्य समुत्तस्थुर्मुनीश्वराः । तेनाभिवंदिता मूर्ध्ना पुनस्ते समुपाविशन् ८। बुधस्यादरमालोक्य विहितं मुनिपुंगवैः । मुनिपुत्रः स पप्रच्छ पितरं स्वमिति प्रभो ९। मुनिपुत्र उवाच- कोऽयं तात समायातः सौंदर्येणापरः स्मरः । व्यासादिभिर्मुनिवरैर्भृशं तस्यादरः कृतः १०। नारद उवाच- इत्याकर्ण्य स धर्मात्मा स्वस्य पुत्रस्य भाषितम् । बभाषे मुनिशार्दूलः पुत्रं निर्बंधसंयुतम् ११। पितोवाच- बृहस्पतेः सुरगुरोः सुतस्तारोदरोदोद्भवः । बुद्धिमान्बुधनामायं शशिवंशकरः परः १२। पुत्र उवाच- किं त्वया कथितं तात निःसंबंधपरं वचः । बृहस्पतेः सुतो यस्तु स कथं शशिवंशकृत् १३। जज्ञे न सूयया तात विधुरत्रेर्मुनीश्वरात् । तस्यवंशस्य कर्त्तायं कथं सुरगुरोः सुतः १४। एष मे मानसे तात संशयो वर्तते महान् । तमपाकुरु विप्रेंद्र संदिहानस्य मे शिशोः १५। पितोवाच- पुरा बृहस्पतेर्भार्या तारानाम यशस्विनी । चंद्रेणापहृता तात बलाद्बलवता तदा १६। अपहृत्य तदा नीता स्वगृहं विधिना गुरोः । भार्या सा तु तया सार्द्धं रमितं तेन वै चिरम् १७। तस्मागर्भोऽभवत्तात कालेन कियता तदा । ततो बृहस्पतिर्भार्या निजां तां समयाचत १८। चंद्रमापि मदाविष्टो न ददौ बलदर्पितः । ततो बृहस्पतिस्तात देवैः शक्रादिभिः सह १९। सन्नद्धो योद्धुमारेभे समं बलवदिंदुना । सहायार्थं विधोः शुक्रः समं दितिजदानवैः २०। समागतस्तदा तात तस्मिन्रणसमुद्यमे । ततस्तारानिमित्तं वै युद्धं प्रावर्त्ततोल्बणम् २१। करिष्यते सर्वजनैः प्रधानं तारकामयम् । तस्मिन्युद्धे महाभीमे हता देवाश्च दानवाः २२। न कस्यचिज्जयस्तात बभूव न पराजयः । ततः समागतो ब्रह्मा संनिवार्योल्बणं रणम् २३। ददौ बृहस्पतेस्तारां बोधयित्वा निशापतिम् । बृहस्पतिस्तु तां वीक्ष्य तारां गर्भवतीं तदा । क्रुद्धो विरिंचेः प्रत्यक्षं समाजे देवदैत्ययोः २४। बृहस्पतिरुवाच- शृणुष्व मामकं वाक्यं तारे तरललोचने । कस्यायं ध्रियते गर्भो भवतेंदोर्ममाथवा २५। पितोवाच- एवं मुहुर्मुहुः पृष्टा सा च लज्जावती शुभा । यदा न कथयामास किंचित्तात तदग्रतः २६। तदायं पश्यतां तेषां देवानां च सुरद्विषाम् । उत्पन्नस्तामुवाचेदं जननीं च रुषान्वितः २७। बुध उवाच- कस्मान्न कथ्यते दुष्टे मदीयो जनकस्त्वया । लज्जां विहाय संपश्य शापस्य मम वैभवम् २८। पितोवाच-। इत्युक्त्वा जलमादाय यदा शप्तुं समुद्यतः । तदा सा मंदमाहेदं पिता तव सुधाकरः २९। इत्युक्ते च तया साध्व्या चंद्र स्वःतनयं बुधम् । अमुं गृहीत्वा सानंदं जगाम निजमंदिरम् ३०। बृहस्पतिस्तु तां तारां गृहीत्वा स्वगृहं ययौ । ब्रह्मा देवाश्च दैत्याश्च तेपि स्वं स्वं गृहं ययुः ३१। एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं यस्त्वं मां परिपृष्टवान् । बृहस्पतिस्त्रियां जातो यथायं चंद्रवंशकृत् ३२। नारद उवाच- इत्याकर्ण्य पितुर्वाक्यं जहासोच्चैर्मुनेः सुतः । उवाच च स्वपितरं कुंडोऽयं स्वैरिणीसुतः ३३। उवाच च पिता पुत्रं हा पुत्रेदं न भण्यताम् । सर्वसत्वांतरज्ञोऽयं शप्स्यते त्वां त्वदुक्तवित् ३४। नारद उवाच- इत्युक्ते तेन मुनिना चांद्रिर्ज्ञात्वा तदीरितम् । सर्वेषां शृण्वतां प्राह मुनीनामिति भूपते ३५। बुध उवाच- शृण्वंतु मुनिशार्दूला भवंतो मम भाषितम् । यदि साध्वथवा साधु विचारयत मा चिरम् ३६। भवतां तत्वबुद्धीनां दर्शनार्थमिहागतः । कृतवान्कस्यचिन्नाहमपराधं मनागपि ३७। असूयया किमर्थं मामवजानंति दुर्मदाः । स्वजन्मसफलत्वाय भवद्दर्शनलालसः ३८। स्वभाव एव दुष्टानां साधूनपि निरेनसः । उद्वेजयंति यत्क्वापि मिष्टवाचः पिका इव ३९। दुःस्वभावं न मुंचंति दुष्टाः सत्संगमादपि । गंगाबुसंगमेनापि क्षारतामिव नीरधिः ४०। अहो व्याधस्य दुष्टत्वं मुनिवृत्तीन्यतो मृगान् । वने मृगचरान्हंति निजगानविदोऽपि सः ४१। मत्स्यैः किमपराद्धं हि धीवराणां दुरात्मनाम् । यज्जले चरतस्तीर्थे घ्नंति तत्प्रकृतिर्हि सा ४२। साधवोऽपि न मुंचंति स्वभावं दुष्टसंगताः । वृता विषाग्नियुक्सर्पैः श्रीखंडा इव शीतताम् ४३। परोदयेपि नृत्यंति किं स्वपक्षस्य साधवः । यथोन्मना मुनिवरा वारिवाहस्य बर्हिणः ४४। धारयंति परार्थे हि निजांगमपि साधवः । पितृदेवमनुष्याणामर्थे मत्पितृवत्कलाः ४५। निजोदयस्तु साधूनां स्वच्छस्यानंदहेतवः । यथा कुमुदपुष्पाणां मत्पितुः शीतलत्विषः ४६। नारद उवाच- इत्युदीर्य वचः क्रोधाद्बुधस्तं मुनिबालकम् । शशापेति त्वमप्याशु कुंडो भव महीतले ४७। एवमाकर्ण्य तं शापं पिता बुधविसर्जितम् । स्वपुत्रं पातयामास तदंघ्र्योः क्षम्यतामिति ४८। उवाच च न जानाति बालोऽयं तव वैभवम् । नोचितं क्रोधकरणमस्मिन्बाले भवादृशैः ४९। कुतश्चित्कारणात्साधोः क्रुद्धस्य प्रकृतिक्षमा । हुताशनप्रतप्तस्य शीतत्वमिव चांबुनः ५०। अतः क्षमां विधायाशु विधेह्यस्मिन्ननुग्रहम् । बाले विवेकरहिते क्षमासारा हि साधवः ५१। नारद उवाच- इत्युक्तस्तेन मुनिना शीतांशुतनयस्तदा । क्रोधं तत्याज शांतात्मा चक्रे तस्मिन्ननुग्रहम् ५२। बुध उवाच- अयं तव मुने बालः कुंडत्वं प्राप्य भूतले । दत्तयज्ञोपवीतः सँल्लप्स्यसे हि निजास्पदम् ५३। एवं स मुनिपुत्रो वै बुधशापान्नृपोत्तम । कुंडत्वं प्राप्तवान्भूमौ पितरो येन तारिताः ५४। इदं पवित्रं माहात्म्यं श्रुत्वा मधुवनस्य वै । समस्तमश्वमेधस्य फलं प्राप्नोति मानवः ५५। ये नरा धारयंत्यस्य माहात्म्यस्यार्थमुत्तमम् । हृदये यत्र तत्तेषां विषयैर्नाभिभूयते ५६। ये पठिष्यंति माहात्म्यं श्रोष्यंति च महाधियः । देहांते विष्णुसालोक्यं गमिष्यंति न संशयः ५७। इदमनिशपवित्रं तुभ्यमावर्णितं मे मधुवनसुचरित्रं श्रीपतेः प्रीतिकारि । कलिकलुषकलापच्छेदने दक्षमक्षोत्पथगमननिरासे कारणं पुण्यमूर्तौ ५८। इति श्रीपाद्मे महापुराणे पंचपंचाशत्साहस्र्यां संहितायामुत्तरखंडे कालिंदीमाहात्म्ये मधुवनवर्णनोनाम पंचदशाधिकद्विशततमोऽध्यायः २१५।
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nārada uvāca- ityākarṇya sa dharmātmā svasya putrasya bhāṣitam | babhāṣe muniśārdūlaḥ putraṃ nirbaṃdhasaṃyutam 11| pitovāca- bṛhaspateḥ suraguroḥ sutastārodarododbhavaḥ | buddhimānbudhanāmāyaṃ śaśivaṃśakaraḥ paraḥ 12| putra uvāca- kiṃ tvayā kathitaṃ tāta niḥsaṃbaṃdhaparaṃ vacaḥ | bṛhaspateḥ suto yastu sa kathaṃ śaśivaṃśakṛt 13| jajñe na sūyayā tāta vidhuratrermunīśvarāt | tasyavaṃśasya karttāyaṃ kathaṃ suraguroḥ sutaḥ 14| eṣa me mānase tāta saṃśayo vartate mahān | tamapākuru vipreṃdra saṃdihānasya me śiśoḥ 15| pitovāca- purā bṛhaspaterbhāryā tārānāma yaśasvinī | caṃdreṇāpahṛtā tāta balādbalavatā tadā 16| apahṛtya tadā nītā svagṛhaṃ vidhinā guroḥ | bhāryā sā tu tayā sārddhaṃ ramitaṃ tena vai ciram 17| tasmāgarbho'bhavattāta kālena kiyatā tadā | tato bṛhaspatirbhāryā nijāṃ tāṃ samayācata 18| caṃdramāpi madāviṣṭo na dadau baladarpitaḥ | tato bṛhaspatistāta devaiḥ śakrādibhiḥ saha 19| sannaddho yoddhumārebhe samaṃ balavadiṃdunā | sahāyārthaṃ vidhoḥ śukraḥ samaṃ ditijadānavaiḥ 20| samāgatastadā tāta tasminraṇasamudyame | tatastārānimittaṃ vai yuddhaṃ prāvarttatolbaṇam 21| kariṣyate sarvajanaiḥ pradhānaṃ tārakāmayam | tasminyuddhe mahābhīme hatā devāśca dānavāḥ 22| na kasyacijjayastāta babhūva na parājayaḥ | tataḥ samāgato brahmā saṃnivāryolbaṇaṃ raṇam 23| dadau bṛhaspatestārāṃ bodhayitvā niśāpatim | bṛhaspatistu tāṃ vīkṣya tārāṃ garbhavatīṃ tadā | kruddho viriṃceḥ pratyakṣaṃ samāje devadaityayoḥ 24| bṛhaspatiruvāca- śṛṇuṣva māmakaṃ vākyaṃ tāre taralalocane | kasyāyaṃ dhriyate garbho bhavateṃdormamāthavā 25| pitovāca- evaṃ muhurmuhuḥ pṛṣṭā sā ca lajjāvatī śubhā | yadā na kathayāmāsa kiṃcittāta tadagrataḥ 26| tadāyaṃ paśyatāṃ teṣāṃ devānāṃ ca suradviṣām | utpannastāmuvācedaṃ jananīṃ ca ruṣānvitaḥ 27| budha uvāca- kasmānna kathyate duṣṭe madīyo janakastvayā | lajjāṃ vihāya saṃpaśya śāpasya mama vaibhavam 28| pitovāca-| ityuktvā jalamādāya yadā śaptuṃ samudyataḥ | tadā sā maṃdamāhedaṃ pitā tava sudhākaraḥ 29| ityukte ca tayā sādhvyā caṃdra svaḥtanayaṃ budham | amuṃ gṛhītvā sānaṃdaṃ jagāma nijamaṃdiram 30| bṛhaspatistu tāṃ tārāṃ gṛhītvā svagṛhaṃ yayau | brahmā devāśca daityāśca tepi svaṃ svaṃ gṛhaṃ yayuḥ 31| etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ yastvaṃ māṃ paripṛṣṭavān | bṛhaspatistriyāṃ jāto yathāyaṃ caṃdravaṃśakṛt 32| nārada uvāca- ityākarṇya piturvākyaṃ jahāsoccairmuneḥ sutaḥ | uvāca ca svapitaraṃ kuṃḍo'yaṃ svairiṇīsutaḥ 33| uvāca ca pitā putraṃ hā putredaṃ na bhaṇyatām | sarvasatvāṃtarajño'yaṃ śapsyate tvāṃ tvaduktavit 34| nārada uvāca- ityukte tena muninā cāṃdrirjñātvā tadīritam | sarveṣāṃ śṛṇvatāṃ prāha munīnāmiti bhūpate 35| budha uvāca- śṛṇvaṃtu muniśārdūlā bhavaṃto mama bhāṣitam | yadi sādhvathavā sādhu vicārayata mā ciram 36| bhavatāṃ tatvabuddhīnāṃ darśanārthamihāgataḥ | kṛtavānkasyacinnāhamaparādhaṃ manāgapi 37| asūyayā kimarthaṃ māmavajānaṃti durmadāḥ | svajanmasaphalatvāya bhavaddarśanalālasaḥ 38| svabhāva eva duṣṭānāṃ sādhūnapi nirenasaḥ | udvejayaṃti yatkvāpi miṣṭavācaḥ pikā iva 39| duḥsvabhāvaṃ na muṃcaṃti duṣṭāḥ satsaṃgamādapi | gaṃgābusaṃgamenāpi kṣāratāmiva nīradhiḥ 40| aho vyādhasya duṣṭatvaṃ munivṛttīnyato mṛgān | vane mṛgacarānhaṃti nijagānavido'pi saḥ 41| matsyaiḥ kimaparāddhaṃ hi dhīvarāṇāṃ durātmanām | yajjale caratastīrthe ghnaṃti tatprakṛtirhi sā 42| sādhavo'pi na muṃcaṃti svabhāvaṃ duṣṭasaṃgatāḥ | vṛtā viṣāgniyuksarpaiḥ śrīkhaṃḍā iva śītatām 43| parodayepi nṛtyaṃti kiṃ svapakṣasya sādhavaḥ | yathonmanā munivarā vārivāhasya barhiṇaḥ 44| dhārayaṃti parārthe hi nijāṃgamapi sādhavaḥ | pitṛdevamanuṣyāṇāmarthe matpitṛvatkalāḥ 45| nijodayastu sādhūnāṃ svacchasyānaṃdahetavaḥ | yathā kumudapuṣpāṇāṃ matpituḥ śītalatviṣaḥ 46| nārada uvāca- ityudīrya vacaḥ krodhādbudhastaṃ munibālakam | śaśāpeti tvamapyāśu kuṃḍo bhava mahītale 47| evamākarṇya taṃ śāpaṃ pitā budhavisarjitam | svaputraṃ pātayāmāsa tadaṃghryoḥ kṣamyatāmiti 48| uvāca ca na jānāti bālo'yaṃ tava vaibhavam | nocitaṃ krodhakaraṇamasminbāle bhavādṛśaiḥ 49| kutaścitkāraṇātsādhoḥ kruddhasya prakṛtikṣamā | hutāśanaprataptasya śītatvamiva cāṃbunaḥ 50| ataḥ kṣamāṃ vidhāyāśu vidhehyasminnanugraham | bāle vivekarahite kṣamāsārā hi sādhavaḥ 51| nārada uvāca- ityuktastena muninā śītāṃśutanayastadā | krodhaṃ tatyāja śāṃtātmā cakre tasminnanugraham 52| budha uvāca- ayaṃ tava mune bālaḥ kuṃḍatvaṃ prāpya bhūtale | dattayajñopavītaḥ sa~llapsyase hi nijāspadam 53| evaṃ sa muniputro vai budhaśāpānnṛpottama | kuṃḍatvaṃ prāptavānbhūmau pitaro yena tāritāḥ 54| idaṃ pavitraṃ māhātmyaṃ śrutvā madhuvanasya vai | samastamaśvamedhasya phalaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ 55| ye narā dhārayaṃtyasya māhātmyasyārthamuttamam | hṛdaye yatra tatteṣāṃ viṣayairnābhibhūyate 56| ye paṭhiṣyaṃti māhātmyaṃ śroṣyaṃti ca mahādhiyaḥ | dehāṃte viṣṇusālokyaṃ gamiṣyaṃti na saṃśayaḥ 57| idamaniśapavitraṃ tubhyamāvarṇitaṃ me madhuvanasucaritraṃ śrīpateḥ prītikāri | kalikaluṣakalāpacchedane dakṣamakṣotpathagamananirāse kāraṇaṃ puṇyamūrtau 58| iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe paṃcapaṃcāśatsāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṃḍe kāliṃdīmāhātmye madhuvanavarṇanonāma paṃcadaśādhikadviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ 215|
English translation
Saubhari said :
1. O Yudhiṣṭhira , having heard these auspicious words of Nārada , modest Śibi Auśīnara said to him:
Śibi said :
2-4. O sage, from your mouth (i.e. from you) I have heard about the greatness of Madhuvana ; but there is some doubt in my mind. How was he, of a pious mind, who liberated all his kinsmen, the son of a wanton woman, in two existences? O revered one, tell this. You virtually know everything—the past, the present, and the future also, O Nārada.
Nārada said :
5-9. Once all sages gathered at Haridvāra on the tenth of the bright half of Jyeṣṭha connected with all festivals. There they having duly bathed and performed their (respective) auspicious rites, rested on the surface of Himālaya with their hearts at ease. Into the company of the sages, there came Budha , Tārā ’s son, full of excessive handsomeness and, as it were, another Cupid embodied. Seeing him coming all the sages got up. Saluted by him with his head (bent down), they again sat down. Seeing the regard shown to Budha by the pre-eminent sages, the sage’s son thus asked his father, O lord:
The sage’s son said :
10. O father, who is this that has come (here), who is another Cupid in handsomeness and very much respected by sages like Vyāsa ?
Nārada said :
11. The pious, best sage, having heard these words of his son, said to him who had insisted (on knowing who Budha was):
The father said :
12. This is the intelligent, great son of Bṛhaspati , the preceptor of gods, and born of Tārā, and the perpetuator of the family of the Moon.
The son said :
13-15. O father, how have you spoken irrelevant words? How is he the son of Bṛhaspati as well as the perpetuator of the family of the Moon? O father, the Moon was born of Anasūyā from the chief of the sages, viz. Atri . How can this son of Bṛhaspati perpetuate his family? O father, this is a great doubt lurking in my mind. O best brāhmaṇa , remove that doubt of your child who is confused.
The father said :
16-24. O dear one, formerly Bṛhaspati’s glorious wife named Tārā was forcibly kidnapped by the powerful Candra (i.e. the Moon). Kidnapping Bṛhaspati’s wife the Moon took her to his house and dallied with her for a long time. O dear one, after some time she conceived. Then Bṛhaspati appealed (to Candra to return) his wife. Candra too, overcome by pride and puffed up by his power, did not give her (back). Then, O dear one, Bṛhaspati, getting ready along with gods like Indra , started fighting with the powerful Candra. To help Candra Śukra then came there to the battle that was commenced with the demons. Then a great war for Tārā took place. All people will look upon (that battle called) Tārakāmaya as important. In that very terrible war (both) gods and demons were killed. O dear one, no one was victorious or defeated. Then Brahmā came there, and stopping that fierce battle, gave, after admonishing the Moon, Tārā to Bṛhaspati. Bṛhaspati, seeing Tārā to be pregnant, was angry, and in the presence ofBrahmā (said to) Tārā in the gathering of the gods and demons:
Bṛhaspati said :
25. O Tārā of unsteady eyes, listen to my words. Whose child do you bear—of Candra or of me?
The father said :
26-27. O dear one, when that beautiful (Tārā) who was abashed and was thus repeatedly asked, did not say anything to him, then he (i.e. Budha), who was born (of her) and was angry, said to his mother when the gods and demons were looking on (i.e. in the presence of the gods and the demons).
Budha said :
28. Why do you not, giving up your sense of shame, declare my father? See the power of my curse.
The father said :
29-32. When, speaking like this, he was on the point of cursing her after taking water, she gently said: “Candra is your father.” When the chaste lady spoke like this, Candra gladly took this Budha, his own son, and went home. Bṛhaspati also took that Tārā and went home. Brahmā, (other) gods, and demons also went home. I have told you all this that you had asked me as to how he, born of Bṛhaspati’s wife, perpetuates Candra’s line.
Nārada said :
33-34. Hearing these words of his father, the sage’s son laughed loudly and said to his father: “This is the son of a wanton lady, born in adultery.”
The father said to the son :
O son, don’t speak (like) this. He, knowing (what is going on in) the heart of every being will, understanding your words, curse you.
Nārada said :
35. O king, when the sage had spoken like this, the son of Candra understood what he had said, and while all the sages were listening, he said:
Budha said :
36-46. O best sages, may you listen to my words; and think whether they are good or bad. Do not delay. To see you who know the truth, I have come here. I have not in the least offended anyone. (Then) why do the infatuated ones insult me through jealousy? I long to see you to make my life fruitful. It is the very nature of the wicked that they, like the cuckoos with sweet notes, sometimes upset the good though innocent. The wicked do not abandon their wicked nature even in the company of the good, as the ocean becomes saline even in the company of the water of Gaṅgā . Oh! (see) the wickedness of the hunter that he kills the deer leading life like sages, moving in the forest, and knowing their own songs(?). What offence have the fish done to the wicked fishermen that they kill them moving in the water at a sacred place? It is their very nature. The good also do not give up their nature in the company of the wicked, as the sandal trees, though surrounded by serpents, do not abandon their coolness. The good dance (with joy) even at the prosperity of their enemy. Then what to say of (the prosperity of) one belonging to their own party? The best sages are eager as the peacocks are (at the sight) of a cloud. The good sustain even their bodies for the good of others, as my father bears the digits for the sake of manes, gods and men. To the good the continual rise (of others) causes joy, as the cool rays of my father (the Moon) cause joy to the white water lilies.
Nārada said :
47-51. Angrily speaking these words, Budha cursed that sage’s son: “You too quickly become, like me, a son born in adultery on the earth.” Having heard the curse given by Budha, the father made his son fall at his (i.e. Budha’s) feet, saying, “(Please) forgive (him)”. And he said, “This boy does not know your grandeur. It is not proper for (persons) like you to be angry with this boy. Forgiveness is the nature of a good man who is angry for some reason, as coolness in the nature of water heated by fire. Therefore, having forgiven him quickly favour this child having no discrimination, for forgiveness is the essence of the good.”
Nārada said :
52. (Budha,) the son of Candra, thus addressed by him, gave up his anger, and with a cool mind favoured him.
Budha said :
53-58. O sage, this your son after being born in adultery on the earth, will obtain the perpetual place after a sacred thread is given to him (i.e. after his thread-ceremony).
O best king, due to the curse of Budha the sage’s son obtained birth as a son born in adultery, and liberated his dead ancestors. Having heard this purifying greatness of Madhuvana, a man gets the entire fruit of a horse-sacrifice. The mind of those men who keep in it the excellent significance of this greatness, is not overpowered by objects of senses. There is no doubt that those highly intelligent ones who will recite and listen to this (description of the) greatness will go, after casting their body, to Viṣṇu ’s world. I have described to you this ceaselessly pure account of Madhuvana, which delights the lord of Lakṣmī , which promptly cuts off the mass of blemishes due to Kali , which is the cause of warding off the senses going astray (and of leading to) the pious form (of Viṣṇu).
Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 44988, revision 336628 (2022-04-25T13:55:16Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365799.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.