Padma Purana · Chapter 2.64

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pippalauvāca-
pituḥprasādabhāvādvai yadunā sukhamuttamam /
kathaṃ prāptaṃ subhuktaṃ ca tanme vistarato vada

kasmātpāpaprabhāvaṃ ca rururbhuṃkte dvijottama /
sakalaṃ vistareṇāpi vada me kuṃḍalātmaja

sukarmovāca-
śrūyatāmabhidhāsyāmi caritraṃ pāpanāśanam /
nahuṣasya supuṇyasya yayāteśca mahātmanaḥ

somavaṃśātprabhūto hi nahuṣo medinīpatiḥ /
dānadharmānanekāṃśca cakā rahyatulānapi

makhānāmaśvamedhānāmiyāja śatamuttamam /
vājapeyaśataṃ cāpi anyānyajñānanekadhā

ātmanaḥ puṇyabhāvena iṃdralokamavāpa saḥ /
putraṃ dharmaguṇopetaṃ prajāpālaṃ cakāra saḥ

yayātiṃ satyasaṃpannaṃ dharmavīryaṃ mahāmatim /
eṃdraṃ padaṃ gato rājā tasya putraḥ pade svake

yayātiḥ satyasaṃpannaḥ prajā dharmeṇa pālayet /
svayameva prapaśyetsa prajākarmāṇi tānyapi

yājayāmāsa dharmajñaḥ śrutvā dharmamanuttamam /
yajñatīrthādikaṃ sarvaṃ dānapuṇyaṃ cakāra saḥ

rājyaṃ cakāra medhāvī satyadharmeṇa vai tadā /
yāvadaśītisahasrāṇi varṣāṇāṃ nṛpanaṃdanaḥ

tāvatkālaṃ gataṃ tasya yayātestu mahātmanaḥ /
tasya putrāśca catvārastadvīryabalavikramāḥ

teṣāṃ nāmāni vakṣyāmi śṛṇuṣvaikāgramānasaḥ /
tasyāsījjyeṣṭhaputrastu rururnāma mahābalaḥ

pururnāma dvitīyo'bhūtkuruścānyastṛtīyakaḥ /
yadurnāma sa dharmātmā caturtho nṛpateḥ sutaḥ

evaṃ catvāraḥ putrāśca yayātestu mahātmanaḥ /
tejasā pauruṣeṇāpi pitṛtulyaparākramāḥ

evaṃ rājyaṃ kṛtaṃ tena dharmeṇāpi yayātinā /
tasya kīrtiryaśo bhāvastrailokye pracurobhavat

viṣṇuruvāca-
ekadā tu dvijaśreṣṭho nārado brahmanaṃdanaḥ /
eṃdraṃ lokaṃ gato rājandraṣṭuṃ caiva puraṃdaram

sahasrākṣastatopaśyaddhutāśanasamaprabham /
devo vipraṃ samāyāṃtaṃ sarvajñaṃ jñānapaṃḍitam

pūjitaṃ madhuparkādyairbhaktyā namitakaṃdharaḥ /
niveśya cāsane puṇye papraccha munipuṃgavam

iṃdra uvāca-
kasmādāgamanaṃ tedya kimarthamiha cāgataḥ /
kiṃ te hi supriyaṃ vipra karomyadya mahāmune

nārada uvāca-
devarāja kṛtaṃ sarvaṃ bhaktyā yacca prabhāṣitam /
saṃtuṣṭosmi mahāprājña praśnottaraṃ vadāmyaham

mahīlokātsusaṃprāptaḥ sāṃprataṃ tava maṃdiram /
tvāmanveṣṭuṃ samāyāto dṛṣṭvā nāhuṣameva ca

iṃdra uvāca-
satyadharmeṇa ko rājā prajāḥ pālayate sadā /
sarvadharmasamāyuktaḥ śrutavāñjñānavānguṇī

pṛthivyāmasti ko rājā vedajño brāhmaṇapriyaḥ /
brahmaṇyo vedavicchūro yajvā dātā subhaktimān

nārada uvāca-
ebhirguṇaistu saṃyukto nahuṣasyātmajo balī /
yasya satyena vīryeṇa sarve lokāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ

bhavādṛśo hi bhūrloke yayātirnahuṣātmajaḥ /
bhavānsvarge sa caivāsti bhūtale bhūtivardhanaḥ

pituḥ śreṣṭho mahārāja hyaśvamedhaśataṃ tathā /
vājapeyaśataṃ cakre yayātiḥ pṛthivīpatiḥ

dattānyanekarūpāṇi dānāni tena bhaktitaḥ /
gavāṃ lakṣasahasrāṇi gavāṃ koṭiśatāni ca

koṭihomāṃścakārātha lakṣahomāṃstathaiva ca /
bhūmidānādi dānāni brāhmaṇebhyodadācca yaḥ

sarvaṃ yena svarūpaṃ hi dharmasya paripālitam /
evaṃ guṇaiḥ samāyukto yayātirnahuṣātmajaḥ

varṣāṇāṃ tu sahasrāṇi aśītirnṛpasattamaḥ /
rājyaṃ cakāra satyena yathā divi bhavāniha

sukarmovāca-
evamākarṇya deveṃdro nāradātsa munīśvarāt /
samālocya sa medhāvī saṃbhīto dharmapālanāt

śatayajñaprabhāveṇa nahuṣo hi purā mama /
eṃdraṃ padaṃ gato vīro devarājobhavatpurā

śacī buddhiprabhāveṇa padabhraṣṭo vyajāyata /
tādṛśoyaṃ mahārājaḥ pitustulyaparākramaḥ

prāpsyate nātra saṃdehaḥ padamaiṃdraṃ na saṃśayaḥ /
yena kenāpyupāyena taṃ bhūpaṃ divamānaye

ityevaṃ ciṃtayāmāsa tasmādbhītaḥ sureśvaraḥ /
bhūpālasya nṛpaśreṣṭha yayāteḥ sumahadbhayāt

tamānetuṃ tato dūtaṃ preṣayāmāsa devarāṭ /
nahuṣasya vimānaṃ tu sarvakāmasamanvitam

sārathiṃ mātaliṃ nāma vimānena samanvitam /
gato hi mātalistatra yatrāste nahuṣātmajaḥ

prahitaḥ surarājena samānetuṃ mahāmatim /
sabhāyāṃ varttamānastu yathā iṃdra praḥśobhate

tathā yayātirdharmātmā svasabhāyāṃ virājate /
tamuvāca mahātmānaṃ rājānaṃ satyabhūṣaṇam

sārathirdevarājasya śṛṇu rājanvaco mama /
prahito devarājena sakāśaṃ tava sāṃpratam

yadbrūte devarājastu tatsarvaṃ sumanāḥ kuru /
āgaṃtavyaṃ tvayā deva eṃdraṃ lokaṃ hi nānyathā

putre rājyaṃ visṛjyaiva kṛtvā cāṃteṣṭimuttamām /
ilo rājā mahātejā vasate nahuṣātmaja

purūravā mahāvīryo vipracittirmahāmanāḥ /
śibirvasati tatraiva manurikṣvāku bhūpatiḥ

sagaro nāma medhāvī nahuṣaśca pitā tava /
ṛtavīryaḥ kṛtajñaśca śaṃtanuśca mahāmanāḥ

bharato yuvanāśvaśca kārtavīryo nareśvaraḥ /
yajñānāhṛtya bahudhā modaṃte divi bhūbhṛtaḥ

anye caiva tu rājāno yajñakarmasu tatparāḥ /
sarve te divi ceṃdreṇa modaṃte svena karmaṇā

tvaṃ punaḥ sarvadharmajñaḥ sarvadharmeṣu saṃsthitaḥ /
śakreṇa saha modasva svargaloke mahīpate

yayātiruvāca-
kiṃ mayā tatkṛtaṃ karma yena mayyarthitā tava /
iṃdrasya devarājasya tatsarvaṃ me vadasva ca

mātaliruvāca- [http://www.angelfire.com/in4/vedastudy/pur_index23/matali.htm mātali upari ṭippaṇī]
yadaśītisahasrāṇi varṣāṇāṃ hi tvayā nṛpa /
dānapuṇyādikaṃ karma yajñaistu parisādhitam

divaṃ gaccha mahārāja karmaṇā svena bhūpate /
sakhitvaṃ devarājena kuru gaccha surālayam

paṃcātmakaṃ śarīraṃ ca bhūmau tyaja mahāmate /
divyarūpaṃ samāsthāya bhuṃkṣva bhogānmanonugān

yathāyathā kṛtā bhūmau yajñā dānaṃ tapaśca te /
tathātathā svargabhogāḥ prārthayaṃte nareśvara

yayātiruvāca-
yena kāyena sidhyeta sukṛtaṃ duṣkṛtaṃ bhuvi /
mātale tatkathaṃ tyaktvā gacchellokamupārjitam

mātaliruvāca-
yatraivopārjitaṃ kāyaṃ paṃcātmakamidaṃ nṛpa /
tattatraiva parityajya divyenaiva vrajaṃti tam

itare mānavāḥ sarve pāpapuṇyaprasādhakāḥ /
te'pi kāyaṃ parityajya adhaūrdhvaṃ vrajaṃti vai

yayātiruvāca-
paṃcātmakena kāyena sukṛtaṃ duṣkṛtaṃ narāḥ /
utpādyaiva prayāṃtyeva adhaūrdhvaṃ tu mātale

ko viśeṣo hi dharmajña bhūmau kāyaṃ parityajet /
pāpapuṇyaprabhāvādvai kāyasya patanaṃ bhavet

dṛṣṭāṃto dṛśyate sūta pratyakṣaṃ martyamaṃḍale /
viśeṣaṃ naiva paśyāmi pāpapuṇyasya cādhikam

satyadharmādikaṃ karma yena kāyena mānavaḥ /
samarjayati vai martyastaṃ kasmādviprasarjayet

ātmā kāyaśca dvāvetau mitrarūpāvubhāvapi /
kāyaṃ mitraṃ parityajya ātmā yāti suniścitaḥ

mātaliruvāca-
satyamuktaṃ tvayā rājankāyaṃ tyaktvā prayāti saḥ /
saṃbaṃdho nāsti tenāpi samaṃ kāyena cātmanaḥ

yasmātpaṃcatvarūpo'yaṃ saṃdhijarjaritaḥ sadā /
jarayā pīḍyamānastu vyādhibhirdūṣitaḥ sadā

jarādoṣaiḥ prabhagno'sau atra sthātuṃ sa necchati /
ākulavyākulo bhūtvā jīvastyaktvā prayāti saḥ

satyena dharmapuṇyaiśca dānairniyamasaṃyamaiḥ /
aśvamedhādibhiryajñaistīrthaiḥ saṃyamanaistathā

supuṇyaiḥ sukṛtaiścānyairjarā naiva pradhāryate /
pātakaiśca mahārāja dravate kāyameva sā

yayātiruvāca-
kasmājjarā samutpannā kasmātkāyaṃ prapīḍayet /
mama vistaratastvaṃ ca vaktumarhasi sattama

mātaliruvāca-
haṃta te varṇayiṣyāmi jarāyāḥ parikāraṇam /
yasmācceyaṃ samudbhūtā kāyamadhye nṛpottama

paṃcabhūtātmakaḥ kāyo viṣayaiḥ paṃcabhiḥ śritaḥ /
yadātmā tyajate rājansa kāyaḥ paridhakṣyate

vahninā dīpyamānastu saraso jvalate nṛpa /
tasmādvijāyate dhūmo dhūmānmeghāśca jajñire

meghādāpaḥ pravartaṃte adbhyaḥ pṛthvī prakalpate /
jalamāyāti sādhvī sā yathā nārī rajasvalā

tasmātprajāyate gaṃdho gaṃdhādraso nṛpottama /
rasātprabhavate cānnamannācchukraṃ na saṃśayaḥ

śukrāddhi jāyate kāyaḥ kurūpaḥ kāya eva ca /
yathā pṛthvī sṛjedgaṃdhānrasaiścarati bhūtale

tathā kāyaścarennityaṃ rasādhāro hi sarvaśaḥ /
gaṃdhaśca jāyate tasmādgaṃdhādraso bhavetpunaḥ

tasmājjajñe mahāvahnirdṛṣṭāṃtaṃ paśya bhūpate /
yathā kāṣṭhādbhavedvahniḥ punaḥ kāṣṭhaṃ prakāśayet

kāyamadhye rasādagnistadvadeva prajāyate /
tatra saṃcarate nityaṃ kāyaṃ puṣṇāti bhūpate

yāvadrasasya cādhikyaṃ tāvajjīvaḥ praśāṃtimān /
caritvā tādṛśaṃ vahniḥ kṣudhārūpeṇa vartate

annamicchatyasau tīvraḥ payasā ca samanvitam /
pradānaṃ labhate cānnamudakaṃ cāpi bhūpate

śoṇitaṃ carate vahnistadvadvīryaṃ na saṃśayaḥ /
yakṣmarogo bhavettasmātsarvakāyapraṇāśakaḥ

rasādhikyaṃ bhavedrājannatha vahniḥ praśāmyati /
rasena pīḍyamānastu jvararūpobhijāyate

grīvā pṛṣṭhaṃ kaṭiṃ pāyuṃ sarvāsveva tu saṃdhiṣu /
ārudhya tiṣṭhate vahniḥ kāye vahniḥ pravartate

tasyā'dhikyaṃ carennityaṃ kāyaṃ puṣṇāti sarvataḥ /
rasastu baṃdhamāyāti balarūpo bhavettadā

atirikto balenaiva vīryānmarmāṇi cālayet /
tenaiva jāyate kāmaḥ śalyarūpo bhavennṛpa

sakāmāgniḥ samākhyāto balanāśakaro nṛpa /
maithunasya prasaṃgena vināśatvaṃ kalevare

nārīṃ ca saṃśrayetprāṇī pīḍitaḥ kāmavahninā /
maithunasya prasaṃgena mūrchitaḥ kāmakarśitaḥ

tejohīno bhavetkāyo balahāniśca jāyate /
balahīno yadā syādvai durbalo vahnineritaḥ

sa vahniḥ pracaretkāye śoṇitaṃ śukrameva ca /
śukraśoṇitayornāśācchūnyadehobhijāyate

atīva jāyate vāyuḥ pracaṃḍo dāruṇākṛtiḥ /
vivarṇo duḥkhasaṃtaptaḥ śūnyabuddhistato bhavet

dṛṣṭā śrutā tu yā nārī taccitto bhramate sadā /
tṛptirna jāyate kāye lolupe cittavartmani

virūpaśca surūpaśca dhyānānmadhye prajāyate /
balahīno yadā kāmī māṃsaśoṇitasaṃkṣayāt

palitaṃ jāyate kāye nāśite kāmavahninā /
tasmātsaṃjāyate kāmī vṛddho bhūtvā dinedine

surate ciṃtate nārīṃ yathā vārddhuṣiko naraḥ /
tathātathā bhaveddhānistejaso'sya nareśvara

tasmātprajāyate kāyo nāśarūpaṃ samṛcchati /
agniḥ prajāyate bhūyo jarārūpo na saṃśayaḥ

prāṇināṃ kṣayarūpeṇa jvaro bhavati dāruṇaḥ /
sthāvarā jaṃgamāḥ sarve jvareṇa paripīḍitāḥ

nāśamāyāṃti te sarve bahupīḍā prapīḍitāḥ /
etatte sarvamākhyātamanyatkiṃ te vadāmyaham

evamukto mahārājo mātaliṃ vākyamabravīt

iti śrīpadmapurāṇe bhūmikhaṃḍe venopākhyāne mātāpitṛtīrthamāhātmye catuḥṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ