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Chapter 239

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Uttara-khaṇḍa · Chapter 239

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रुद्र उवाच- प्रह्लादस्य सुतो जज्ञे विरोचन इतीरितः । तस्य पुत्रो महाबार्हुबलिर्वैश्वानरः प्रभुः १। स तु धर्मविदां श्रेष्ठः सत्यसंधो जितेंद्रियः । हरेः प्रियतमो भक्तो नित्यं धर्मरतः शुचिः २। स जित्वा सकालान्देवान्सेंद्रांश्च समरुद्गणान् । त्रींल्लोकान्स्ववशे स्थाप्य राज्यं चक्रे महाबलः ३। अकृष्टपच्या पृथिवी बहुसस्यफलप्रदा । गावः पूर्णदुघाः सर्वाः पादपाः फलपुष्पिताः ४। स्वधर्म्मनिरताः सर्वे नराः पापविवर्जिताः । अर्चयंति हृषीकेशं सततं विगतज्वराः ५। एवं चकार धर्मेण राज्यं दैत्यपतिर्बली । इंद्रादित्रिदशास्तस्य किंकराः समुपस्थिताः ६। ऐश्वर्यं त्रिषु लोकेषु बुभुजे बलदर्प्पहृत् । भ्रष्टराज्यं सुतं दृष्ट्वा तस्यापि हितकाम्यया ७। कश्यपो भार्यया सार्द्धं तपस्तेपे हरिं प्रति । अदित्या सह धर्मात्मा पयोव्रतसमन्वितः ८। अर्चयामास देवेशं पद्मनाभं जनार्दनम् । ततो वर्षसहस्राणि तेन संपूजितो हरिः ९। तत्रैवाविरभूत्तस्य देव्या सह सनातनः । तं दृष्ट्वा पुंडरीकाक्षं शंखचक्रगदाधरम् १०। इंद्रनीलमणिश्यामं सर्वाभरणभूषितम् । स्फुरत्किरीटकेयूरहारकुंडलशोभितम् ११। कौस्तुभोद्भासितोरस्कं पीतवस्त्रेण वेष्टितम् । श्रिया सह समासीनं मंडलेंद्रे महात्मनि १२। तं दृष्ट्वा जगतामीशं हर्षनिर्भरचेतसा । पत्न्या सह नमस्कृत्वा तुष्टाव द्विजसत्तमः १३। कश्यप उवाच- नमो नमस्ते लक्ष्मीश सर्वज्ञ जगदीश्वर । सर्वात्मन्सर्वदेवेश सृष्टिसंहारकारकः १४। अनादिनिधनानंतवपुषे विश्वधारिणे । नमस्ते वेदवेदांग वपुषे सर्वचक्षुषे १५। सर्वात्मने नमस्तुभ्यं नमः सूक्ष्मतराय च । कल्याणगुणपूर्णाय योगिध्येयात्मने नमः १६। नमो युवकुमाराय श्रीभूलीलाधिपाय च । नित्यमुक्तैकभोगाय परधाम्नि स्थिताय च १७। चतुरात्मन्नमस्तुभ्यं चतुर्व्यूह नमोस्तु ते । पंचावस्थाय ते तुभ्यं नमस्ते पंचमात्मकम् १८। पंचमात्मकनिष्ठैस्तु योगिभिः पूज्यसे सदा । पंचार्थतत्वविदुषां पंचसंस्कारसंस्थितः १९। पंचापरं स्वरूपं ते विज्ञेयं सततं हरे । चतुर्धा परिपूर्णात्मन्नियतं कवयो विदुः २०। त्वत्प्रसूतिं जगत्सर्वं पुनंति तव किंकराः । त्रयीमयाः कर्म्मनिष्ठा ये द्विजा भक्तवत्सलाः २१। तेषां दये क्षणादेव भवबंधविमुक्तये । नमोस्तु त्रिजगद्धात्रे स्वयं धात्रेऽखिलात्मने २२। धात्रे विधात्रे विश्वाय विश्वरूपाय ते नमः । नारायणाय कृष्णाय वासुदेवाय शार्ङ्गिणे । विष्णवे जिष्णवे तुभ्यं शुद्धसत्वाय ते नमः २३। महादेव उवाच- इत्यादिस्तुतिभिः सम्यक्स्तूयमानो महर्षिणा । प्राह गंभीरया वाचा परितुष्टो जनार्दनः २४। श्रीभगवानुवाच- संतुष्टोऽहं द्विजश्रेष्ठ त्वया भक्त्या समर्च्चितः । वरं वृणीष्व भद्रं ते करोमि तव वांछितम् २५। महादेव उवाच- ततः प्राह हृषीकेशं भार्य्यया सह कश्यपः २६। कश्यप उवाच- पुत्रत्वं मम देवेश संप्राप्य त्रिदशां हितम् । कुरुष्व बलिना देव त्रैलोक्यं निर्जितं बलात् २७। इंद्रस्यावरजो भूत्वा उपेंद्र इति विश्रुतः । येनकेन च मार्गेण बलिं निर्जित्य मायया । त्रैलोक्यं मम पुत्राय देहि शक्राय शाश्वतम् २८। महादेव उवाच- इत्युक्तस्तेन विप्रेण तथेत्याह जनार्द्दनः । संस्तूयमानस्त्रिदशैस्तत्रैवांतरधीयत २९। एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु कश्यपस्य महात्मनः । अदित्यागर्भमागच्छद्भगवान्भूतभावनः ३०। तस्मिन्काले बलिर्यागं दीर्घसत्रं महातपाः । अष्टमहर्षिभिं सार्द्धमारेभे तद्विधानतः ३१। इति श्रीपाद्मे महापुराणे पंचपंचाशत्साहस्र्यां संहितायामुत्तरखंडे उमामहेश्वरसंवादे वामनप्रादुर्भावोनामैकोनचत्वारिंशदधिकद्विशततमोऽध्यायः २३९।

rudra uvāca- prahlādasya suto jajñe virocana itīritaḥ | tasya putro mahābārhubalirvaiśvānaraḥ prabhuḥ 1| sa tu dharmavidāṃ śreṣṭhaḥ satyasaṃdho jiteṃdriyaḥ | hareḥ priyatamo bhakto nityaṃ dharmarataḥ śuciḥ 2| sa jitvā sakālāndevānseṃdrāṃśca samarudgaṇān | trīṃllokānsvavaśe sthāpya rājyaṃ cakre mahābalaḥ 3| akṛṣṭapacyā pṛthivī bahusasyaphalapradā | gāvaḥ pūrṇadughāḥ sarvāḥ pādapāḥ phalapuṣpitāḥ 4| svadharmmaniratāḥ sarve narāḥ pāpavivarjitāḥ | arcayaṃti hṛṣīkeśaṃ satataṃ vigatajvarāḥ 5| evaṃ cakāra dharmeṇa rājyaṃ daityapatirbalī | iṃdrāditridaśāstasya kiṃkarāḥ samupasthitāḥ 6| aiśvaryaṃ triṣu lokeṣu bubhuje baladarppahṛt | bhraṣṭarājyaṃ sutaṃ dṛṣṭvā tasyāpi hitakāmyayā 7| kaśyapo bhāryayā sārddhaṃ tapastepe hariṃ prati | adityā saha dharmātmā payovratasamanvitaḥ 8| arcayāmāsa deveśaṃ padmanābhaṃ janārdanam | tato varṣasahasrāṇi tena saṃpūjito hariḥ 9| tatraivāvirabhūttasya devyā saha sanātanaḥ | taṃ dṛṣṭvā puṃḍarīkākṣaṃ śaṃkhacakragadādharam 10| iṃdranīlamaṇiśyāmaṃ sarvābharaṇabhūṣitam | sphuratkirīṭakeyūrahārakuṃḍalaśobhitam 11| kaustubhodbhāsitoraskaṃ pītavastreṇa veṣṭitam | śriyā saha samāsīnaṃ maṃḍaleṃdre mahātmani 12| taṃ dṛṣṭvā jagatāmīśaṃ harṣanirbharacetasā | patnyā saha namaskṛtvā tuṣṭāva dvijasattamaḥ 13| kaśyapa uvāca- namo namaste lakṣmīśa sarvajña jagadīśvara | sarvātmansarvadeveśa sṛṣṭisaṃhārakārakaḥ 14| anādinidhanānaṃtavapuṣe viśvadhāriṇe | namaste vedavedāṃga vapuṣe sarvacakṣuṣe 15| sarvātmane namastubhyaṃ namaḥ sūkṣmatarāya ca | kalyāṇaguṇapūrṇāya yogidhyeyātmane namaḥ 16| namo yuvakumārāya śrībhūlīlādhipāya ca | nityamuktaikabhogāya paradhāmni sthitāya ca 17| caturātmannamastubhyaṃ caturvyūha namostu te | paṃcāvasthāya te tubhyaṃ namaste paṃcamātmakam 18| paṃcamātmakaniṣṭhaistu yogibhiḥ pūjyase sadā | paṃcārthatatvaviduṣāṃ paṃcasaṃskārasaṃsthitaḥ 19| paṃcāparaṃ svarūpaṃ te vijñeyaṃ satataṃ hare | caturdhā paripūrṇātmanniyataṃ kavayo viduḥ 20| tvatprasūtiṃ jagatsarvaṃ punaṃti tava kiṃkarāḥ | trayīmayāḥ karmmaniṣṭhā ye dvijā bhaktavatsalāḥ 21| teṣāṃ daye kṣaṇādeva bhavabaṃdhavimuktaye | namostu trijagaddhātre svayaṃ dhātre'khilātmane 22| dhātre vidhātre viśvāya viśvarūpāya te namaḥ | nārāyaṇāya kṛṣṇāya vāsudevāya śārṅgiṇe | viṣṇave jiṣṇave tubhyaṃ śuddhasatvāya te namaḥ 23| mahādeva uvāca- ityādistutibhiḥ samyakstūyamāno maharṣiṇā | prāha gaṃbhīrayā vācā parituṣṭo janārdanaḥ 24| śrībhagavānuvāca- saṃtuṣṭo'haṃ dvijaśreṣṭha tvayā bhaktyā samarccitaḥ | varaṃ vṛṇīṣva bhadraṃ te karomi tava vāṃchitam 25| mahādeva uvāca- tataḥ prāha hṛṣīkeśaṃ bhāryyayā saha kaśyapaḥ 26| kaśyapa uvāca- putratvaṃ mama deveśa saṃprāpya tridaśāṃ hitam | kuruṣva balinā deva trailokyaṃ nirjitaṃ balāt 27| iṃdrasyāvarajo bhūtvā upeṃdra iti viśrutaḥ | yenakena ca mārgeṇa baliṃ nirjitya māyayā | trailokyaṃ mama putrāya dehi śakrāya śāśvatam 28| mahādeva uvāca- ityuktastena vipreṇa tathetyāha janārddanaḥ | saṃstūyamānastridaśaistatraivāṃtaradhīyata 29| etasminneva kāle tu kaśyapasya mahātmanaḥ | adityāgarbhamāgacchadbhagavānbhūtabhāvanaḥ 30| tasminkāle baliryāgaṃ dīrghasatraṃ mahātapāḥ | aṣṭamaharṣibhiṃ sārddhamārebhe tadvidhānataḥ 31| iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe paṃcapaṃcāśatsāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṃḍe umāmaheśvarasaṃvāde vāmanaprādurbhāvonāmaikonacatvāriṃśadadhikadviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ 239|

English translation

Rudra said :

1-4. A son was born to Prahlāda , who was known as Virocana . His son, the large-armed one, was lord Bali , (like) fire. He was the best among those who knew the ways of the world; he was veracious; his senses were subdued; he was the dearest devotee of Viṣṇu ; he was always engaged in pious practices, and was pure. The very mighty one, having defeated all gods with Indra and hosts of Maruts , brought the three worlds under his control, and ruled. Without being tilled, the earth grew (corn). It gave much corn and many fruits. All cows were full-milking. Trees had fruits and flowers.

5-9. All men, free from sins, were engaged in their own duties. Free from torment they constantly worshipped Viṣṇu. In this way, Bali, the lord of the demons, ruled righteously. His servants, the gods like Indra, stood by him. Removing the pride of the might (of others) he enjoyed supremacy in the three worlds. Kaśyapa , seeing his son, deprived of his kingdom, and desiring his good, practised penance, along with his wife, in honour of Viṣṇu. Along with (his wife) Aditi , the pious one, took to the vow of (drinking) water (only). He worshipped Padmanābha , Viṣṇu, the lord of gods. Then for thousands of years he worshipped Viṣṇu.

10-13. The ancient one, with the goddess ( Lakṣmī ) appeared there only. He saw the lotus-eyed (Viṣṇu), holding a conch, a disc, a mace, dark like the jewel sapphire, adorned with all ornaments, graced with a bright crown, armlets, necklaces, and ear-rings, with his chest brightened with Kaustubha , covered with a yellow garment, and seated on a great round seat with Lakṣmī. Seeing the lord of the worlds, the best brāhmaṇa , with his heart full of joy, and with his wife, saluted and praised him.

Kaśyapa said :

14-23. Repeated salutations to you, O lord of Lakṣmī, O omniscient one, O lord of the world, O soul of all, O lord of all gods, O creator and destroyer of the world; O you having no beginning, death or end, salutation to you having a body supporting the universe, having the body of the Vedas and the Vedāṅgas , and seeing everything; salutation to you, the soul of all; salutation to you, very subtle one, full of auspicious qualities; to you whose soul is fit to be meditated upon by the meditating sages; salutation to you the youthful boy, the lord of Śrī, Bhū, and Līlā ; to you who are eternally free and the only pleasure; to you who dwell in the highest abode; salutation to you, O you of four characters; salutation to you, O you of four forms; salutation to you having five conditions, and of the nature of five. You are always worshipped by the meditating sages, devoted to the five-natured one. You remain in the five sacraments of those who know the five principles. O Viṣṇu, your form superior to the five (forms) should always be known. O you of a complete form, the wise certainly know you in four ways. Your servants purify the entire world, your creation. In a moment you cause the freedom from the bond of the mundane existence of those brāhmaṇas , full of (the knowledge of) the three Vedas, devoted to their duties, and loving (your) devotees. Salutation to the supporter of the three worlds, the self-supporting one, and the soul of all. Salutation to you the supporter, the creator, the universe, of the form of the universe; to Nārāyaṇa , Kṛṣṇa , Vāsudeva , Śārṅgin ; to Viṣṇu, Jiṣṇu , of pure energy.

Mahādeva said :

24. The lord Janārdana who was thus properly being praised with such eulogies by the great sage, was pleased, and spoke with a grave voice:

The lord said :

25. O greatest brāhmaṇa, I, devoutly and properly worshipped by you, am pleased with you. Ask for a boon. Wellbeing to you. I shall do as desired by you.

Mahādeva said :

26. Then Kaśyapa, with his wife, thus spoke to Viṣṇu:

Kaśyapa said :

27-28. O lord of gods, being (born) as my son, do what is good to the gods. O god, Bali has forcibly conquered the three worlds. Being born as Indra’s younger brother known as Upendra , and having, through your Māyā , vanquished Bali by whatever manner, give eternally the three worlds to Indra.

Mahādeva said :

29-31. Thus addressed by the brāhmaṇa (i.e. Kaśyapa), Viṣṇu said: “All right.” Being praised by the gods, he vanished there only. In the meanwhile, the lord, the creator of beings, came to the womb of Aditi, (the wife) of the noble Kaśyapa. At that time Bali, with (the help of) eight great sages commenced a long sacrificial session according to the rules.

Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 45059, revision 336657 (2022-04-26T00:56:10Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365823.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.