इति श्रीपद्मपुराणे पातालखंडे वैशाखमाहात्म्ये नवनवतितमोऽध्यायः
Thus ends the ninety-ninth chapter in the section on the glory of Vaiśākha in the Pātāla-khaṇḍa of the illustrious Padma Purāṇa.
श्रीराजोवाच- क्षीरोदजलतुल्याभिः शीतलामलदृष्टिभिः । तथ्याभिश्च विचित्राभिस्त्वया गीर्भिः प्रबोधितः
The king said: By your words, cool and pure as the water of the milk ocean, true and wondrous in their variety, I have been awakened.
असागरोत्थं पीयूषमद्रव्यं व्यसनौषधम् । त्वयाहं पायितः सौम्य भवरोगनिवारणम्
You have made me drink the nectar, not born from the ocean, a medicine for suffering, O gentle one, which removes the disease of worldly existence.
हर्षप्रदो नृणां पापहानिकृज्जीवनौषधम् । जरामृत्युहरो विप्र सद्भिः किल समागमः
Association with the virtuous, O brāhmaṇa, is said by the wise to bring joy to people, destroy sin, grant the medicine of life, and remove old age and death.
यानि यानि दुरापानि वांछितानि महीतले । प्राप्यंते तानि तान्येव साधूनामेव संगमात्
Whatever rare and desired things exist on earth, all these are attained by the association of the virtuous.
यः स्नातः पापहरया साधुसंगम गंगया । किं तस्य दानैः किं तीर्थैः किं तपोभिः किमध्वरैः
He who has bathed in the Ganges of association with the virtuous, which removes sin—what need has he for gifts, for sacred fords, for austerities, or for sacrifices?
निमज्ज्योन्मज्जतान्नॄणां भवाब्धौ परमायनम् । संतो धर्मविदः शांता नौर्दृढे वाप्सुमज्जताम्
For those who sink and rise in the ocean of existence, the supreme refuge is the peaceful, dharma-knowing saints, like a sturdy boat for those drowning in the waters.
यो मे भावःपुरा ह्यासीत्कामैकसुखलालसः । दर्शनाद्वचनात्तेऽद्य विपरीतोऽभवद्विभो
The disposition I once had, delighting only in the pleasures of desire, O lord, has now, through your sight and words, become entirely changed.
एकजन्मसुखस्यार्थे सहस्राणि विलोपयेत् । प्राज्ञो जन्मसहस्राणि संचिनोत्येकजन्मना
For the sake of happiness in a single birth, a wise person would give up thousands of lives; and by a single birth, he accumulates merit for thousands of lives.
हाहा कामरसास्वाद सुखलालसचेतसा । मया मूढेन न कृतं किंचिदात्महितं द्विज
Alas! Absorbed in the taste of desire and longing for pleasure, I, foolish as I am, have done nothing for my own true benefit, O twice-born.
अहो मे मनसो मोहो येनात्मा योषितां कृते । पातितो व्यसने घोरे दुःखोदर्के दुरत्यये
Oh, the delusion of my mind, by which, for the sake of women, my very self was cast into terrible, inescapable suffering, with misery as its result.
भगवन्परितुष्टोऽस्मि बोधितो वचनेन ते । उपदेशप्रदानेन मामुद्धर्तुमिहार्हसि
O blessed one, I am satisfied, having been instructed by your words; by your giving of teaching, you ought now to rescue me here.
पुरा चरितपुण्योऽहं भवता बोधितोऽस्मि यत् । त्वत्पादरजसा वापि विशेषादपि पावितः
Formerly, by the merit I had performed, I have been awakened by you, or especially purified by the dust of your feet.
विधिं माधवमासस्य ब्रूहि मे वदतां वर । सर्वपापक्षयकरो यस्त्वया परिकीर्तितः
O best of speakers, tell me the observance for the month of Mādhava, which you have described as destroying all sins.
किं दानं तत्र किं स्नानं को देवो नियमास्तु के । एतदाचक्ष्व विप्रर्षे दुरितोत्तारणाय मे
What is the charity there, what is the bathing, who is the deity, and what are the observances? Tell me this, O sage among brāhmaṇas, so that I may be freed from sin.
यम उवाच- इत्येवमुक्तो भगवान्कश्यपः स दयानिधिः । प्रोवाच वचनं विप्र धर्म्यं विश्वहितं शुभम्
Yama said: Thus addressed, the blessed Kaśyapa, treasure of compassion, spoke these righteous, auspicious words for the good of all, O brāhmaṇa.
कश्यप उवाच- पूर्वापरसमाधान क्षमबुद्ध्या च ते नृप । पृष्टं प्राज्ञे न वक्तव्यं नाधमे पापमानसे
Kaśyapa said: O King, with a mind steady in patience and discernment, one should not speak to the wise when not asked, nor to the base-minded or wicked.
पापप्रवृत्तस्य तथा दत्वा भूप शुभां मतिम् । विद्यादानफलं सम्यक्प्राप्यते नात्र संशयः
If one who is engaged in evil is given good counsel, O King, then the full fruit of imparting knowledge is surely attained—of this there is no doubt.
नापृष्टः कस्यचिद्ब्रूयान्न चान्यायेन पृच्छतः । जानन्नपि हि मेधावी जडवल्लोकमाचरेत्
One should not speak unasked to anyone, nor to one who asks unjustly; even knowing, the wise should act among people as if ignorant.
विदुषामपि शिष्याणां पुत्राणां च क्रियावताम् । अपृष्टमपि वक्तव्यं श्रेयः श्रद्धावतां हितम्
Yet, to students, sons, and those engaged in right action—even if unasked—one should speak what is beneficial and conducive to their welfare, if they are faithful.
सांप्रतं शुद्धहृदयो जातस्त्वं वचनान्मम । पुराचरितपुण्येन केनापि च महीपते
Now, by my words and by some merit performed in the past, O King, your heart has become pure.
पापावस्थं शरीरं तद्गतं तव ममाश्रयात् । श्रवणाद्धर्मशास्त्रस्य धर्मावस्थं तु तेऽभवत्
That body of yours, which was in a sinful state, has come under my protection; by hearing the scripture of dharma, you have attained a state of righteousness.
पापावस्थमधर्माख्यं धर्मज्ञानविवर्जितम् । अपरं सद्व्रतं यद्धि विज्ञेयं तद्धि धार्मिकम्
The state called sinful, devoid of knowledge of dharma, is one thing; the other, marked by good vows, is to be known as righteous.
धर्माधर्मोपभोगाय तत्तृतीयमतींद्रियम् । तत्त्रिभेदं शरीरं हि धर्म्मविद्भिरिहोच्यते
For the experience of righteousness and unrighteousness, there is a third, beyond the senses; thus, the wise here speak of a threefold body.
यावता धर्मभोगश्च मुक्तिश्चैतत्त्रिभेदकम् । पापावस्थं शरीरं तत्पापसंज्ञं तदुच्यते
As long as there is enjoyment of righteousness and liberation, this threefold distinction remains; the body in a sinful state is called 'sinful.'
इदानीं गुरुभक्तिं च कुर्वतश्च वचो मम । शृण्वतो धर्मरूपं तु शरीरं ते व्यवस्थितम्
Now, by your devotion to the guru and by listening to my words, your body has become established in the form of dharma.
तेनैव शुद्धिरमला जाता धर्मक्रियोचिता । दैवेन देहिनां नाम चेतांसि चरितानि च
By this, pure and stainless purification has arisen, suited to acts of dharma; for the names, minds, and deeds of embodied beings are determined by destiny.
शरीराणि च पुष्यंति कालेकाले विपर्ययम् । सांप्रतं भवतश्चेतो नूनं धर्मे प्रवर्तते
Bodies flourish and decline in due time; now, your mind is surely engaged in righteousness.
तेन त्वां कारयिष्यामि माधवस्नानमुत्तमम् । यम उवाच-। ततस्तु कारितस्तेन कश्यपेन पुरोधसा
Therefore, I shall have you perform the excellent Mādhava bath. Yama said: Then, by that priest Kaśyapa, he was made to do so.
स नृपो माधवे मासि स्नानं दानं च पूजनम् । यथादृष्टं पुरा शास्त्रे वैशाखस्नानजं विधिम्
That king performed the bath, charity, and worship in the month of Mādhava, according to the rite prescribed in the scripture for the Vaiśākha bath.