यस्य प्रसादभावाद्वै सुखमश्नाति केवलम् । शरीरस्याप्ययं प्राणो भोगानन्यान्मनोनुगान्
By whose favor alone one enjoys happiness, even the vital breath of the body experiences other enjoyments that follow the mind.
एवं ज्ञात्वा स्वर्गभोग्यं न भोज्यं देवदूतक । संभवंति महादुष्टा व्याधयो दुःखदायकाः
Knowing thus, O messenger of the gods, that heavenly pleasures are not to be enjoyed, great and wicked diseases arise, bringing suffering.
मातले किल्बिषाच्चैव जरादोषात्प्रजायते । पश्य मे पुण्यसंयुक्तं कायं षोडशवार्षिकम्
O Mātali, from sin and the fault of old age, one is born; behold my body, joined with merit, which is like that of a sixteen-year-old.
जन्मप्रभृति मे कायः शतार्धाब्दं प्रयाति च । तथापि नूतनो भावः कायस्यापि प्रजायते
From birth, my body endures for a hundred and fifty years, yet even so, a new condition of the body arises.
मम कालो गतो दूत अब्दा प्रनंत्यमनुत्तमम् । यथा षोडशवर्षस्य कायः पुंसः प्रशोभते
My time has passed, O messenger, the years have gone by in the highest way; just as the body of a sixteen-year-old man shines forth.
तथा मे शोभते देहो बलवीर्यसमन्वितः । नैव ग्लानिर्न मे हानिर्न श्रमो व्याधयो जरा
So does my body shine, endowed with strength and vigor; there is no fatigue, no loss, no exhaustion, no diseases, nor old age for me.
मातले मम कायेपि धर्मोत्साहेन वर्द्धते । सर्वामृतमयं दिव्यमौषधं परमौषधम्
O Mātali, even my body grows by enthusiasm for righteousness; all is made of nectar, divine medicine, the supreme remedy.
पापव्याधिप्रणाशार्थं धर्माख्यं हि कृतम्पुरा । तेन मे शोधितः कायो गतदोषस्तु जायते
For the destruction of sin and disease, the practice called dharma was established in ancient times; by that my body is purified and becomes free of faults.
हृषीकेशस्य संध्यानं नामोच्चारणमुत्तमम् । एतद्रसायनं दूत नित्यमेवं करोम्यहम्
The meditation on Hṛṣīkeśa and the utterance of his supreme name—this is the elixir, O messenger, which I always practice.
तेन मे व्याधयो दोषाः पापाद्याः प्रलयं गताः । विद्यमाने हि संसारे कृष्णनाम्नि महौषधे
By that, my diseases, faults, and sins have perished; for in this world, the great medicine is the name of Kṛṣṇa.
मानवा मरणं यांति पापव्याधि प्रपीडिताः । न पिबंति महामूढाः कृष्ण नाम रसायनम्
Humans afflicted by sin and disease go to death; the greatly deluded do not drink the elixir of Kṛṣṇa's name.
तेन ध्यानेन ज्ञानेन पूजाभावेन मातले । सत्येन दानपुण्येन मम कायो निरामयः
By that meditation, by that knowledge, by the feeling of worship, O Mātali, and by truth and the merit of giving, my body is free from illness.
पापर्द्धेरामयाः पीडाः प्रभवंति शरीरिणः । पीडाभ्यो जायते मृत्युः प्राणिनां नात्र संशयः
From the increase of sin, painful diseases arise in embodied beings; from those pains, death is born for living creatures—of this there is no doubt.
तस्माद्धर्मः प्रकर्तव्यः पुण्यसत्याश्रयैर्नरैः । पंचभूतात्मकः कायः शिरासंधिविजर्जरः
Therefore, righteousness should be practiced by men relying on merit and truth; the body, composed of the five elements, is worn out by joints and connections.
एवं संधीकृतो मर्त्यो हेमकारीव टंकणैः । तत्र भाति महानग्निर्द्धातुरेव चरः सदा
Thus, a mortal joined together like a goldsmith with his tools, there shines a great fire, always moving within the metal.
शतखंडमये विप्र यः संधत्ते सबुद्धिमान् । हरेर्नाम्ना च दिव्येन सौभाग्येनापि पिप्पल
O wise one, just as one who joins together a hundred pieces of metal, so too, O Pippala, by the divine name of Hari and by good fortune.
पंचात्मका हि ये खंडाः शतसंधिविजर्जराः । तेन संधारिताः सर्वे कायो धातुसमो भवेत्
For the pieces, indeed, are fivefold, worn out by a hundred joints; when all are joined together by that, the body becomes like the essence of metal.
हरेः पूजोपचारेण ध्यानेन नियमेन च । सत्यभावेन दानेन नूत्नः कायो विजायते
By worship and service to Hari, by meditation and discipline, by truthfulness and giving, a new body is produced.
दोषा नश्यंति कायस्य व्याधयः शृणु मातले । बाह्याभ्यंतरशौचं हि दुर्गंधिर्नैव जायते
Listen, Matali: when the faults of the body are destroyed, diseases vanish; for one who maintains both external and internal purity, foul odors never arise.
शुचिस्ततो भवेत्सूत प्रसादात्तस्य चक्रिणः । नाहं स्वर्गं गमिष्यामि स्वर्गमत्र करोम्यहम्
Thus, O charioteer, by the grace of the Discus-wielder, one becomes pure; I will not go to heaven—I will make heaven here itself.
तपसा चैव भावेन स्वधर्मेण महीतलम् । स्वर्गरूपं करिष्यामि प्रसादात्तस्य चक्रिणः
By austerity, by disposition, and by following one's own duty, I will make the earth into the form of heaven, through the grace of the Discus-wielder.
एवं ज्ञात्वा प्रयाहि त्वं कथयस्व पुरंदरम् । सुकर्मोवाच- समाकर्ण्य ततः सूतो नृपतेः परिभाषितम्
Knowing this, you should go and tell Purandara; Sukarma said—Having heard the king's words,
आशीर्भिरभिनंद्याथ आमंत्र्य नृपतिं गतः । सर्वं निवेदयामास इंद्राय च महात्मने
The charioteer, after offering blessings and taking leave of the king, went and reported everything to the great Indra.
समाकर्ण्य सहस्राक्षो ययातेस्तु महात्मनः । तस्याथ चिंतयामासानयनार्थं दिवं प्रति
Hearing of the great-souled Yayati from the messenger, the thousand-eyed one then considered how to bring him to heaven.
इति श्रीपद्मपुराणे भूमिखंडे वेनोपाख्याने मातापितृतीर्थवर्णने ययातिचरिते द्विसप्ततितमोऽध्यायः
Thus ends the seventy-second chapter in the story of Yayati, in the description of the holy place for mothers and fathers, in the Vena narrative, in the Bhumi Khanda of the glorious Padma Purana.
पिप्पल उवाच- गते तस्मिन्महाभागे दूत इंद्रस्य वै पुनः । किं चकार स धर्मात्मा ययातिर्नहुषात्मजः
Pippala said—When that great soul, Indra's messenger, had departed, what did the righteous Yayati, son of Nahusha, do?
सुकर्मोवाच- तस्मिन्गते देववरस्य दूते स चिंतयामास नरेंद्रसूनुः । आहूय दूतान्प्रवरान्स सत्वरं धर्मार्थयुक्तं वच आदिदेश
Sukarma said—When the messenger of the lord of the gods had departed, the king's son reflected; summoning the foremost messengers quickly, he instructed them with words grounded in righteousness and purpose.
गच्छंतु दूताः प्रवराः पुरोत्तमे देशेषु द्वीपेष्वखिलेषु लोके । कुर्वंतु वाक्यं मम धर्मयुक्तं व्रजंतु लोकाः सुपथा हरेश्च
Let the foremost messengers go to the best of cities, to all regions, to all islands, to the entire world; let them carry out my righteous command, and let the people proceed on the good path of Hari.
भावैः सुपुण्यैरमृतोपमानैर्ध्यानैश्च ज्ञानैर्यजनैस्तपोभिः । यज्ञैश्च दानैर्मधुसूदनैकमर्चंतु लोका विषयान्विहाय
Let people, abandoning sense objects, worship Madhusudana alone with pure intentions, with meditation, knowledge, sacrifices, austerities, and gifts, all as pure as nectar.
सर्वत्र पश्यंत्वसुरारिमेकं शुष्केषु चार्द्रेष्वपि स्थावरेषु । अभ्रेषु भूमौ सचराचरेषु स्वीयेषु कायेष्वपि जीवरूपम्
Let everyone see the one enemy of the demons everywhere—in dry and wet places, in immovable things, in clouds, on earth, among moving and unmoving beings, and even in their own bodies as the form of life.