पुनस्तस्माद्विनिर्गत्य स्थावरत्वं प्रपद्यते । तस्मादपि पशुत्वं सा लभते बहुजन्मसु
Then, departing from there, she attains the state of immobile life; from that too, after many births, she obtains the condition of an animal.
ततो मुक्ता मनुष्यत्वे व्यंगा भवति तत्र सा । एवं पापगतिं ज्ञात्वा निवर्तध्वमतो जनात्
Afterwards, released from that, she becomes deformed in human birth; knowing thus the course of sin, turn back from it, people.
नो वा यास्यथ देहांते नरकं भृशदारुणम् । यदिच्छंति भवंत्यो मे सुखं तन्नेह लप्स्यथ । पापमेव हि युष्माकं यतोधःपतनं नृणाम्
Otherwise, at the end of your bodies, you will go to a most terrible hell; if you wish for happiness from me, you will not obtain it here. Indeed, your only result is sin, which is the downfall of people.
नारद उवाच- श्रुत्वैवं वचनं तस्य दृष्ट्वा भर्तृसुखानि च । लज्जयानम्र मुख्यस्ता लतावातहता इव
Nārada said: Hearing these words of his and seeing the happiness of their husbands, the chief women bowed their heads in shame, like creepers struck by the wind.
तासां तु पुरनारीणां स्मराग्निर्भृशदारुणः । शशाम तस्य शीतेन बटोर्वचनवारिणा
But the fierce fire of passion in those former women was extinguished by the cool water of the sage's words.
उत्थाय चेलुः सर्वास्ता विनिंदंत्य इति स्मरम् । ब्रह्मशक्रादिदेवानामपि मोहकरं नृप
All of them rose up, condemning the god of love, whose power bewilders even Brahmā, Indra, and other gods, O king.
स्त्रिय ऊचुः । धिगिमं पापकर्माणं शीलदारुकुठारकम् । कामवामदृशां प्रीत्यै धन्यो येन हतः स्मरः
The women said: Shame on this wicked one, the axe that fells the tree of virtue, by whom the god of love, dear to those with beautiful eyes, was slain for their pleasure.
किं वदेम जगत्पूज्यां रुक्मिणीं जठरे यया । धृतः प्रद्युम्ननाम्नाऽसौ राहुः स्त्रीशीलचंद्रभुक्
What shall we say of Rukmiṇī, revered by the world, by whom that Rahu named Pradyumna, devourer of women's virtue, was borne in her womb?
स देवाधम आयाति यदि नो दृष्टगोचरम् । भूयो ध्यानकृतेशान दृगग्नौ तं क्षिपामहे
If that lowest of the gods comes within our sight, we shall again cast him into the fire of our gaze, O Lord of meditation.
येनायं जनितः पापो ह्यात्मारामेण विष्णुना । कृतः षोडशसाहस्रस्त्रीप्रियः का हि नः कथा
By whom this sinful one was begotten—by Viṣṇu, delighting in himself—who made him fond of sixteen thousand women; what more need be said of us?
एवं विनिंद्य तं कामं तुष्टुवुस्तं द्विजोत्तमम् । शीलं स्वस्य च तासां च रक्षितं येन भूपते
Thus reviling the god of love, they praised that best of Brāhmaṇas, by whom their own virtue and that of the women was protected, O king.
धन्या सामुष्य जननी ययायं ब्राह्मणोत्तमः । स्मरजिन्निर्मितो लोके परधर्मस्य रक्षकः
Blessed is the mother of that noble Brāhmaṇa, by whom the conqueror of love was created in the world, the protector of others' virtue.
धिगस्तु नो राजलोकैर्हसिताः स्मरनिर्जिताः । याभिर्वाक्यमनोभ्यां च जनितं पापमुल्बणम्
Shame on us, laughed at by the royal people, conquered by the god of love, by whom great sin was produced through word and mind.
नारद उवाच- एवं विचिंतयंत्यस्ता एक्यमत्ययुताः स्त्रियः । जग्मुः स्वंस्वं गृहं सर्वा द्विजवाक्येन बोधिताः
Nārada said: Thus reflecting, those countless women, instructed by the words of the Brāhmaṇa, all returned to their own homes.
अथ राजापि कांपिल्यस्तं द्विजं वस्त्रभूषणैः । संपूज्य प्रेषयामास सद्गृहे संयतेंद्रियम्
Then the king of Kāmpilya, honoring that Brāhmaṇa with garments and ornaments, sent him to a noble house, self-controlled.
अथागच्छति काले तु कारूषाधिपतिर्बली । कांपिल्याधिपतिं सैन्यैर्नगरं रुरुधे तदा
Then, in due course, the mighty lord of Kārūṣa came and besieged the city of the king of Kāmpilya with his army.
तयोर्युद्धमभूद्घोरं तेन युद्धे स घातितः । नगरं लुठितं सर्वं हताः शूराश्च सर्वशः
A terrible battle took place between them; in that fight he was slain, the entire city was plundered, and all the heroes were killed.
ता स्त्रियः कालकूटं तु खादित्वा मरणं गताः । प्रायश्चित्तं तु न कृतं ताभिः पापस्य तस्य तु
Those women, having consumed deadly poison, met their death; but they did not perform any atonement for that sin.
येन पापेन ताः सर्वा भीषणाख्यस्य रक्षसः । राक्षस्यो नगरे जाता महाकाया भयानकाः
By what sin all those terrifying, great-bodied, fearsome rākṣasīs were born in the city of the dreadful-named rākṣasa,
तत्र ता निहिताः सर्वाः पुरनार्यो हनूमता । यज्ञांश्च रसतो जिष्णोस्तिष्ठतां रथकेतने
There, all those women were confined by Hanuman, the noble one of the city, while the victorious one, delighting in sacrifices, remained in the bannered chariot.
पुनस्ता एव राक्षस्यो बभूवुर्मारवेध्वनि । क्षुधार्ताश्च तृषार्ताश्च दर्शनेन भयप्रदाः
Again, those very rākṣasīs appeared on the battlefield, tormented by hunger and thirst, causing fear by their mere sight.
एवं तेन तु पापेन वाङ्मनोविहितेन तु । ताभिर्जन्मद्वयं प्राप्तं राक्षसीयोनिमिश्रितम्
Thus, through that sin, committed by word and mind, they obtained two births, mingled with the womb of rākṣasīs.
पापेन नाशितं तासां स नृपं नगरद्वयम् । अतएव न कर्त्तव्यं परकांतनिषेवणम्
By that sin, both the king and the two cities were destroyed; therefore, one must not consort with another's beloved.
नारीभिः पापभीताभिर्वाङ्मनोभ्यामपि प्रभो । रोगी जडो दरिद्रो वा नेत्राभ्यां वर्जितोऽपि वा । न त्याज्यः स्वपतिः स्त्रीभिः इच्छंतीभिस्तु सद्गतिम्
O Lord, even women who fear sin must not abandon their own husband—whether he is diseased, dull-witted, poor, or deprived of sight—by word or mind, if they desire the highest good.
कथितमिदं मया मनोवचोभ्यां जनितमघं च यदन्यकांतभक्त्या । फलमपि च यदेव लब्धमाभिस्तदपि शिबे बहुविस्तरेण तुभ्यम्
I have explained this, and also the sin produced by word and mind, as well as the fruit obtained by devotion to another's beloved, all this to you, O Śibi, in great detail.
इंद्रप्रस्थगता न ये ममनघा या द्वारका दृश्यते तास्तस्या जलबिंदुदेहपतनात्पौरस्त्रियो रेभिरे । स्वर्गं चित्तवचोऽन्यकांत भजनाज्जातं विमुच्वोल्बणं क्रव्यादत्वमवाप्य देववनिताभावं सुराह्लाददम्
Those pure women who did not go to Indraprastha but are seen in Dvārakā—when a drop of water fell from her body, the city women cried out; by devotion in thought and word to another's beloved, they attained a dreadful state as flesh-eaters, then, released, became divine women, bringing joy to the gods.
इति श्रीपाद्मेमहापुराणे पंचपंचाशत्साहस्र्यां संहितायामुत्तरखंडे कालिंदीमाहात्म्ये द्वारकावर्णंनंनाम षष्ठाधिकद्विशततमोऽध्यायः
Thus, in the glorious Padma Mahāpurāṇa, in the section of 55,000 verses, in the Uttarakhaṇḍa, in the greatness of Kāliṃdī, this is the two hundred and sixth chapter, named 'Description of Dvārakā.'
नारद उवाच- विमलस्तं द्विजं नीत्वा द्वारकायामिहागतः । पुनस्तौ सस्नतुं धीरौ श्रीपतेर्भक्तिकाम्यया । भूयः खे मेघगंभीरा वागासीदिति भूपते
Nārada said: Having brought that pure brāhmaṇa to Dvārakā, they came here; again, desiring devotion to the Lord, the wise ones bathed; then, O King, a voice deep as the clouds sounded in the sky.
आकाशवागुवाच- शृणुतं द्विजशार्दूलौ हरेस्तीर्थमिदं शुभम् । एतत्तीर्थ प्रसादाद्वां विष्णुभक्तिर्भविष्यति । यया जहाति लोकोऽयमविद्या मोहमुल्बणम्
The sky-voice said: Hear, O best of brāhmaṇas, this is the sacred tīrtha of Hari; by the grace of this tīrtha, you both will attain devotion to Viṣṇu, by which this world abandons ignorance and terrible delusion.
नारद उवाच- निशम्येतिद्विजश्रेष्ठौ तां वाचमशरीरिणीम् । प्रसादोऽयं हरेरासीदित्यूचाते परस्पराम्
Nārada said: Hearing that bodiless voice, the best of brāhmaṇas said to each other, 'This is the grace of Hari.'