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Padma Purana · Chapter 2.78

2.78.1

yayātiruvāca-
ekena gṛhyatāṃ putrā jarā me duḥkhadāyinī /
dhīreṇa bhavatāṃ madhye tāruṇyaṃ mama dīyatām

2.78.2

svakīyaṃ hi mahābhāgāḥ svarūpamidamuttamam /
saṃtaptaṃ mānasaṃ medya striyāṃ saktaṃ sucaṃcalam

2.78.3

bhājanasthā yathā āpa āvarttayati pāvakaḥ /
tathā me mānasaṃ putrāḥ kāmānalasucālitam

2.78.4

eko gṛhṇātu me putrā jarāṃ duḥkhapradāyinīm /
svakaṃ dadātu tāruṇyaṃ yathākāmaṃ carāmyaham

2.78.5

yo me jarāpasaraṇaṃ kariṣyati sutottamaḥ /
sa ca me bhokṣyate rājyaṃ dhanurvaṃśaṃ dhariṣyati

2.78.6

tasya saukhyaṃ susaṃpattirdhanaṃ dhānyaṃ bhaviṣyati /
vipulā saṃtatistasya yaśaḥ kīrtirbhaviṣyati

2.78.7

putrā ūcuḥ-
bhavāndharmaparo rājanprajāḥ satyena pālakaḥ /
kasmātte hīdṛśo bhāvo jātaḥ prakṛticāpalaḥ

2.78.8

rājovāca-
āgatā nartakāḥ pūrvaṃ puraṃ me hi pranartakāḥ /
tebhyo me kāmasaṃmohe jāto mohaśca īdṛśaḥ

2.78.9

jarayā vyāpitaḥ kāyo manmathāviṣṭamānasaḥ /
saṃbabhūva sutaśreṣṭhāḥ kāmenākulavyākulaḥ

2.78.10

kāciddṛṣṭā mayā nārī divyarūpā varānanā /
mayā saṃbhāṣitā putrāḥ kiṃcinnovāca me satī

2.78.11

viśālānāma tasyāśca sakhī cāruvicakṣaṇā /
sā māmāha śubhaṃ vākyaṃ mama saukhyapradāyakam

2.78.12

jarāhīno yadā syāstvaṃ tadā te supriyā bhavet /
evamaṃgīkṛtaṃ vākyaṃ tayoktaṃ gṛhamāgataḥ

2.78.13

mayā jarāpanodārthaṃ tadevaṃ samudāhṛtam /
evaṃ jñātvā prakartavyaṃ matsukhaṃ hi suputrakāḥ

2.78.14

tururuvāca-
śarīraṃ prāpyate putraiḥ piturmātuḥ prasādataḥ /
dharmaśca kriyate rājañśarīreṇa vipaścitā

2.78.15

pitroḥ śuśrūṣaṇaṃ kāryaṃ putraiścāpi viśeṣataḥ /
na ca yauvanadānasya kālo'yaṃ me narādhipa

2.78.16

prathame vayasi bhoktavyaṃ viṣayaṃ mānavairnṛpa /
idānīṃ tanna kāloyaṃ vartate tava sāṃpratam

2.78.17

jarāṃ tāta pradatvā vai putre tāta mahadgatām /
paścātsukhaṃ prabhoktavyaṃ na tu syāttava jīvitam

2.78.18

tasmādvākyaṃ mahārāja kariṣye naiva te punaḥ /
evamābhāṣata nṛpaṃ tururjyeṣṭhasutastadā

2.78.19

turorvākyaṃ tu tacchrutvā kruddho rājā babhūva saḥ /
turuṃ śaśāpa dharmātmā krodhenāruṇalocanaḥ

2.78.20

apadhvastastvayā'deśo mamāyaṃ pāpacetana /
tasmātpāpī bhava svatvaṃ sarvadharmabahiṣkṛtaḥ

2.78.21

śikhayā tvaṃ vihīnaśca vedaśāstravivarjitaḥ /
sarvācāravihīnastvaṃ bhaviṣyasi na saṃśayaḥ

2.78.22

brahmaghnastvaṃ devaduṣṭaḥ surāpaḥ satyavarjitaḥ /
caṃḍakarmaprakartā tvaṃ bhaviṣyasi narādhamaḥ

2.78.23

surālīnaḥ kṣudhī pāpī goghnaśca tvaṃ bhaviṣyasi /
duścarmā muktakacchaśca brahmadveṣṭā nirākṛtiḥ

2.78.24

paradārābhigāmī tvaṃ mahācaṃḍaḥ pralaṃpaṭaḥ /
sarvabhakṣaśca durmedhāḥ sadātvaṃ ca bhaviṣyasi

2.78.25

sagotrāṃ ramase nārīṃ sarvadharmapraṇāśakaḥ /
puṇyajñānavihīnātmā kuṣṭhavāṃśca bhaviṣyasi

2.78.26

tava putrāśca pautrāśca bhaviṣyaṃti na saṃśayaḥ /
īdṛśāḥ sarvapuṇyaghnā mlecchāḥ sukaluṣīkṛtāḥ

2.78.27

evaṃ turuṃ suśaptvaiva yaduṃ putramathābravīt /
jarāṃ vai dhārayasveha bhuṃkṣva rājyamakaṃṭakam

2.78.28

baddhāñjalipuṭo bhūtvā yadū rājānamabravīt /
yaduruvāca-
jarābhāraṃ na śaknomi voḍhuṃ tāta kṛpāṃ kuru

2.78.29

śītamadhvā kadannaṃ ca vayotītāśca yoṣitaḥ /
manasaḥ prātikūlyaṃ ca jarāyāḥ paṃcahetavaḥ

2.78.30

jarāduḥkhaṃ na śaknomi nave vayasi bhūpate /
kaḥ samartho hi vai dhartuṃ kṣamasva tvaṃ mamādhunā

2.78.31

yaduṃ kruddho mahārājaḥ śaśāpa dvijanaṃdana /
rājyārho na ca te vaṃśaḥ kadācidvai bhaviṣyati

2.78.32

balatejaḥ kṣamāhīnaḥ kṣātradharmavivarjitaḥ /
bhaviṣyati na saṃdeho macchāsanaparāṅmukhaḥ

2.78.33

yaduruvāca-
nirdoṣohaṃ mahārāja kasmācchaptastvayādhunā /
kṛpāṃ kuruṣva dīnasya prasādasumukho bhava

2.78.34

rājovāca-
mahādevaḥ kule te vai svāṃśenāpi hi putraka /
kariṣyati visṛṣṭiṃ ca tadā pūtaṃ kulaṃ tava

2.78.35

yaduruvāca-
ahaṃ putro mahārāja nirdoṣaḥ śāpitastvayā /
anugraho dīyatāṃ me yadi me varttate dayā

2.78.36

rājovāca-
yo bhavejjyeṣṭhaputrastu piturduḥkhāpahārakaḥ /
rājyadāyaṃ subhuṃkte ca bhāravoḍhā bhavetsa hi

2.78.37

tvayā dharmaṃ na pravṛttamabhāṣyosi na saṃśayaḥ /
bhavatā nāśitājñā me mahādaṃḍena ghātinaḥ

2.78.38

tasmādanugraho nāsti yatheṣṭaṃ ca tathā kuru /
yaduruvāca-
yasmānme nāśitaṃ rājyaṃ kulaṃ rūpaṃ tvayā nṛpa

2.78.39

tasmādduṣṭo bhaviṣyāmi tava vaṃśapatirnṛpa /
tava vaṃśe bhaviṣyaṃti nānābhedāstu kṣattriyāḥ

2.78.40

teṣāṃ grāmānsudeśāṃśca striyo ratnāni yāni vai /
bhokṣyaṃti ca na saṃdeho aticaṃḍā mahābalāḥ

2.78.41

mama vaṃśātsamutpannāsturuṣkā mleccharūpiṇaḥ /
tvayā ye nāśitāḥ sarve śaptāḥ śāpaiḥ sudāruṇaiḥ

2.78.42

evaṃ babhāṣe rājānaṃ yaduḥ kruddho nṛpottama /
atha kruddho mahārājaḥ punaścaivaṃ śaśāpa ha

2.78.43

matprajānāśakāḥ sarve vaṃśajāste śṛṇuṣva hi /
yāvaccaṃdraśca sūryaśca pṛthvī nakṣatratārakāḥ

2.78.44

tāvanmlecchāḥ prapakṣyaṃte kuṃbhīpāke carau rave /
kuruṃ dṛṣṭvā tato bālaṃ krīḍamānaṃ sulakṣaṇam

2.78.45

samāhvayati taṃ rājā na sutaṃ nṛpanaṃdanam /
śiśuṃ jñātvā parityaktaḥ sakurustena vai tadā

2.78.46

śarmiṣṭhāyāḥ sutaṃ puṇyaṃ taṃ pūruṃ jagadīśvaraḥ /
samāhūya babhāṣe ca jarā me gṛhyatāṃ punaḥ

2.78.47

bhuṃkṣva rājyaṃ mayā dattaṃ supuṇyaṃ hatakaṃṭakam /
pūruruvāca-
rājyaṃ deve na bhoktavyaṃ pitrā bhuktaṃ yathā tava

2.78.48

tvadādeśaṃ kariṣyāmi jarā me dīyatāṃ nṛpa /
tāruṇyena mamādyaiva bhūtvā suṃdararūpadṛk

2.78.49

bhuṃkṣva bhogānsukarmāṇi viṣayāsaktacetasā /
yāvadicchā mahābhāga viharasva tayā saha

2.78.50

yāvajjīvāmyahaṃ tāta jarāṃ tāvaddharāmyaham /
evamuktastu tenāpi pūruṇā jagatīpatiḥ

2.78.51

harṣeṇa mahatāviṣṭastaṃ putraṃ pratyuvāca saḥ /
yasmādvatsa mamājñā vai na hatā kṛtavāniha

2.78.52

tasmādahaṃ vidhāsyāmi bahusaukhyapradāyakam /
yasmājjarāgṛhītā me dattaṃ tāruṇyakaṃ svakam

2.78.53

tena rājyaṃ prabhuṃkṣva tvaṃ mayā dattaṃ mahāmate /
evamuktaḥ supūruśca tena rājñā mahīpate

2.78.54

tāruṇyaṃdattavānasmai jagrāhāsmājjarāṃ nṛpa /
tataḥ kṛte vinimaye vayasostātaputrayoḥ

2.78.55

tasmādvṛddhataraḥ pūruḥ sarvāṃgeṣu vyadṛśyata /
nūtanatvaṃ gato rājā yathā ṣoḍaśavārṣikaḥ

2.78.56

rūpeṇa mahatāviṣṭo dvitīya iva manmathaḥ /
dhanūrājyaṃ ca chatraṃ ca vyajanaṃ cāsanaṃ gajam

2.78.57

kośaṃ deśaṃ balaṃ sarvaṃ cāmaraṃ syaṃdanaṃ tathā /
dadau tasya mahārājaḥ pūroścaiva mahātmanaḥ

2.78.58

kāmāsaktaśca dharmātmā tāṃ nārīmanuciṃtayan /
tatsaraḥ sāgaraprakhyaṃkāmākhyaṃ nahuṣātmajaḥ

2.78.59

aśrubiṃdumatī yatra jagāma laghuvikramaḥ /
tāṃ dṛṣṭvā tu viśālākṣīṃ cārupīnapayodharām

2.78.60

viśālāṃ ca mahārājaḥ kaṃdarpākṛṣṭamānasaḥ /
rājovāca-
āgato'smi mahābhāge viśāle cārulocane

2.78.61

jarātyāgaḥkṛto bhadre tāruṇyena samanvitaḥ /
yuvā bhūtvā samāyāto bhavatveṣā mamādhunā

2.78.62

yaṃyaṃ hi vāṃchate caiṣā taṃtaṃ dadmi na saṃśayaḥ /
viśālovāca-
yadā bhavānsamāyāto jarāṃ duṣṭāṃ vihāya ca

2.78.63

doṣeṇaikenaliptosi bhavaṃtaṃ naiva manyate /
rājovāca-
mama doṣaṃ vadasva tvaṃ yadi jānāsi niścitam

2.78.64

taṃ tu doṣaṃ parityakṣyeguṇarūpaṃnasaṃśayaḥ

2.78.78

iti śrīpadmapurāṇebhūmikhaṃḍevenopākhyānemātāpitṛtīrthavarṇane yayāticarite'ṣṭasaptatitamo'dhyāyaḥ

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