यच्चकिंचित्प्रकुर्वंति मानवा भुवि संस्थिताः । गृहस्थस्तदहं जाने यच्च स्वर्गे प्रवर्तते
Whatever actions people perform while living on earth, I, as a householder, understand them, as well as what occurs in heaven.
नागानां च इहस्थोपि चारं जानामि पिप्पल । एतयोश्च प्रसादाच्च त्रैलोक्यं मम वश्यताम्
I also know the movements of the nāgas here, O Pippala; by the grace of these two, the three worlds are under my control.
गतं विद्याधरश्रेष्ठ भवानर्चतु माधवम् । विष्णुरुवाच- एवं संचोदितस्तेन पिप्पलो हि स्वकर्मणा
Now, O best of the Vidyādharas, worship Mādhava; Vishnu said: Thus, prompted by him, Pippala acted according to his own duty.
आनम्य तं द्विजश्रेष्ठं लज्जितोऽपि दिवं ययौ । सुकर्मासोऽपि धर्मात्मा गुरुं शुश्रूषते नृप
Bowing to that foremost Brahmin, though ashamed, he went to heaven; even those who are virtuous and righteous serve their teacher, O king.
एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं पितृतीर्थानुगं मया । अन्यत्किं ते प्रवक्ष्यामि वद वेन महामते
All this concerning the pilgrimage to the ancestors has been told to you by me; what else shall I say to you, O wise Vena? Speak.
इति श्रीपद्मपुराणे भूमिखंडेवेनोपाख्याने मातापितृतीर्थमाहात्म्यवर्णनंनाम चतुरशीतितमोऽध्यायः
Thus ends the eighty-fourth chapter named 'The Description of the Glory of the Mother and Father Pilgrimage' in the Bhūmikhaṇḍa section of the revered Padma Purāṇa.
वेन उवाच- भगवन्देवदेवेश प्रसादाच्च मम त्वया । भार्यातीर्थं समाख्यातं पितृतीर्थमनुत्तमम्
Vena said: O Lord of gods, by your grace, you have described to me the pilgrimage for wives and the supreme pilgrimage for ancestors.
मातृतीर्थं हृषीकेश बहुपुण्यप्रदायकम् । प्रसादसुमुखो भूत्वा गुरुतीर्थं वदस्व मे
O Hṛṣīkeśa, the pilgrimage for mothers bestows much merit; being gracious, please tell me about the pilgrimage for teachers.
श्रीभगवानुवाच- कथयिष्याम्यहं राजन्गुरुतीर्थमनुत्तमम् । सर्वपापहरं प्रोक्तं शिष्याणां गतिदायकम्
The Blessed Lord said: I shall tell you, O king, about the supreme pilgrimage for teachers, which is said to remove all sins and grant liberation to disciples.
शिष्याणां परमं पुण्यं धर्मरूपं सनातनम् । परं तीर्थं परं ज्ञानं प्रत्यक्षफलदायकम्
For disciples, it is the highest merit, the eternal form of righteousness; it is the supreme pilgrimage, supreme knowledge, and grants visible results.
यस्यप्रसादाद्राजेंद्र इहैव फलमश्नुते । परलोके सुखं भुंक्ते यशः कीर्तिमवाप्नुयात्
By whose grace, O king, one attains results here itself, enjoys happiness in the next world, and gains fame and renown.
प्रसादाद्यस्य राजेंद्र गुरोश्चैव महात्मनः । प्रत्यक्षं दृश्यते शिष्यैस्त्रैलोक्यं सचराचरम्
By the grace of the teacher, O king, and of the great soul, the disciple perceives directly the three worlds, with all their moving and unmoving beings.
व्यवहारं च लोकानामाचारं नृपनंदन । विज्ञानं विंदते शिष्यो मोक्षं चैव प्रयाति च
The disciple attains understanding of the conduct and customs of the worlds, O delight of kings, and gains knowledge, and indeed attains liberation.
सर्वेषामेव लोकानां यथा सूर्यः प्रकाशकः । गुरुः प्रकाशकस्तद्वच्छिष्याणां गतिरुत्तमा
Just as the sun illuminates all worlds, so the teacher is the illuminator for disciples, and their highest path.
रात्रावेव प्रकाशेच्च सोमो राजा नृपोत्तम । तेजसा साधयेत्सर्वमधिकारं चराचरम्
O best of kings, Soma, the king, shines forth even at night; by his radiance he accomplishes all dominion over moving and unmoving things.
गृहेप्रकाशयेद्दीपः समूहं नृपसत्तम । तेजसा नाशयेत्सर्वमंधकारघनाविलम्
O foremost of kings, a lamp illuminates a gathering in a house; by its light it destroys all dense and murky darkness.
अज्ञानतमसा व्याप्तं शिष्यं द्योतयते गुरुः । शिष्यप्रकाशउद्द्योतैरुपदेशैर्महामते
A teacher illumines a student who is enveloped in the darkness of ignorance, O wise one, by the light of the student’s own illumination and by instructions.
दिवाप्रकाशकः सूर्यः शशीरात्रौ प्रकाशकः । गृहप्रकाशको दीपस्तमोनाशकरः सदा
The sun illumines the day, the moon illumines the night; the lamp illumines the house and always dispels darkness.
रात्रौ दिवा गृहस्यांते गुरुः शिष्यं सदैव हि । अज्ञानाख्यं तमस्तस्य गुरुः सर्वं प्रणाशयेत्
At night, by day, and at the end of the house, the teacher always illumines the student; the teacher destroys all that darkness called ignorance in him.
तस्माद्गुरुः परं तीर्थं शिष्याणामवनीपते । एवं ज्ञात्वा ततः शिष्यः सर्वदा तं प्रपूजयेत्
Therefore, O lord of the earth, the teacher is the supreme sacred ford for students; knowing this, the student should always honor him.
गुरुं पुण्यमयं ज्ञात्वा त्रिविधेनापि कर्मणा । इत्यर्थे श्रूयते विप्र इतिहासः पुरातनः
Knowing the teacher to be full of merit, the student should serve him in all three ways of action; in this context, O Brahmin, an ancient story is told.
सर्वपापहरः प्रोक्तश्च्यवनस्य महात्मनः । भार्गवस्य कुले जातश्च्यवनो मुनिसत्तमः
It is said that Cyavana, the great-souled one, born in the lineage of Bhrigu, is a remover of all sins.
तस्य चिंता समुत्पन्ना एकदा तु नृपोत्तम । कदाहं ज्ञानसंपन्नो भविष्यामि महीतले
Once, O best of kings, a thought arose in him: 'When will I become endowed with knowledge upon the earth?'
दिवारात्रौप्रचिंतेत्स ज्ञानार्थी मुनिसत्तमः । एवं तु चिंतमानस्य मतिरासीन्महात्मनः
That best of sages, desiring knowledge, pondered day and night; thus, as he was reflecting, this resolve arose in the great-souled one.
तीर्थयात्रां प्रयास्यामि अभीष्टफलदायिनीम् । गृहक्षेत्रादिसंत्यज्य भार्यां पुत्रं धनं ततः
'I shall undertake a pilgrimage to sacred fords that grant the desired fruits, renouncing house, field, wife, son, and wealth.'
तीर्थयात्राप्रसंगेन अटते मेदिनीं तदा । लोमानुलोमयात्रां स गंगायाः कृतवान्नृप
Then, on the pretext of pilgrimage, he wandered the earth, O king, and performed the journey along the Ganga, following the course of its flow.
स तद्वन्नर्मदायाश्च सरस्वत्या मुनीश्वरः । गोदावर्यादिसर्वासां नदीनां सागरस्य च
That lordly sage did likewise for the Narmada, Sarasvati, and all rivers like the Godavari, and for the ocean as well.
अन्येषां सर्वतीर्थानां क्षेत्राणां च नृपोत्तम । देवानां पुण्यलिगानां यात्राव्याजेन सोऽभ्रमत्
O best of kings, he wandered to all other sacred fords, fields, and the holy lingas of the gods, under the pretext of pilgrimage.
भ्रममाणस्य तस्यापि तीर्थेषु परमेषु च । भ्रममाणः समायातः क्षेत्राणामुत्तमं तदा । कायश्च निर्मलो जातः सूर्यतेजः समप्रभः
Even as he wandered among those supreme fords, he came to the best of fields; then his body became pure, shining like the brilliance of the sun.
च्यवनः काशते दीप्त्या पूतात्मानेन कर्मणा
Cyavana shone with radiance, his soul purified by that act.