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.
स मुनिः प्रत्युवाचासौ भूपाय च यथोदितम् । श्रावितः स्तोत्रसारं च पाठितो हरिमेधसः
That sage then instructed the king as prescribed, recited the essence of hymns, and had him recite the praises of Hari.
श्रुते यस्मिन्नधीते च स सम्यक्फलमाप्नुयात्
Whoever hears or studies this attains the full fruit.
स कारितस्तेन विशुद्धभावो राजापि चक्रे विधिवत्तदानीम् । श्रीमाधवेमासि विधानमीड्यं ततो यथाकर्णितमादरेण
Thus, made to perform the rite, the king, with purified heart, properly carried out the venerable Mādhava observance in that month, just as he had heard, with devotion.
प्रातःस्नानं च पाद्यं च ह्यर्घं च हरिपूजनम् । नैवेद्यं भक्तिभावेन चकार स नृपोत्तमः
He performed the morning bath, the offering of water for the feet, the arghya, the worship of Hari, and the food offering with devotion—the best among kings.
दानं यथा नियमपालनमादरेण वैशाखमादिविदधाति विधानमेवम् । यो भक्तितोऽन्वहमसौ प्रतिवर्षमेवं कृत्वा प्रयाति हरिधाम महीसुराग्र्यः
Just as one carefully observes the rules when giving gifts, and performs the prescribed rites at the beginning of Vaiśākha, so too, whoever, with devotion, does this every year, that foremost among kings attains the abode of Hari.
अथेतरेषु मासेषु कामिनीकुचकेलिवान् । भोगैकलालसो भूयो भवत्येवं यथारुचि
But in the other months, indulging in the play with women's breasts, intent solely on enjoyment, he acts again as he pleases.
न धर्मनियमं राजकार्येषु न विचारणम् । करोति कामवशगो हित्वा मासं स माधवम्
He, overcome by desire, neglects religious duties and royal affairs, abandoning the month of Mādhava.
महतामपि विप्राग्र्य दुर्निवार्यो मनोभवः । शरीरसहजो नूनमनादिर्वासनाक्रमः
O foremost of Brahmins, even for the great, the force of desire is hard to restrain; it is inherent in the body, truly a beginningless succession of impulses.
केशकज्जलशालिन्यो दुःस्पर्शा लोचनप्रियाः । यस्मादग्निशिखा नार्यो दहंति तृणवन्नरम्
Women, adorned with hair and collyrium, hard to touch yet pleasing to the eyes, burn men like fire flames burn straw.
घोरः शत्रुः शरीरस्थः पुंसां कामो यथोचितम् । मोहधूममयः पापो न केषामंधकारितम्
Desire, fierce and residing in the body, is the enemy of men, as is fitting; composed of the smoke of delusion, sinful, it brings blindness to many.
इति श्रीपद्मपुराणेपातालखंडे वैशाखमासमाहात्म्ये शततमोऽध्यायः
Thus ends the hundredth chapter in the section on the greatness of the month of Vaiśākha, in the Pātāla-khaṇḍa of the glorious Padma Purāṇa.
यम उवाच- अथ कालकटाक्षेण लक्षितो नृपतिस्तदा । मृतोऽतिरतिसेवोत्थ क्षयक्षीणकलेवरः
Yama said: Then, marked by the glance of Time, the king died, his body wasted away from excessive indulgence.
नीयमानो यमगणैस्ताड्यमानो मुहुर्मुहुः । क्रन्दमानो महारावान्स स्मरन्निजपातकम्
Dragged away by Yama's attendants, beaten again and again, he cried out loudly, remembering his own sins.
विष्णुदूतैः समागम्य ताडयित्वा ममानुगान् । धर्मवानयमित्युक्त्वा विमानमथ रोपितः
Then, when the messengers of Viṣṇu arrived, they struck my followers, declared him righteous, and placed him in a celestial chariot.
नीतो हरिपुरं भूपः स्तूयमानोऽप्सरोगणैः । प्रातःस्नानेन वैशाखमासस्य क्षीणपातकः
The king was taken to Hari's city, praised by groups of apsarās, his sins destroyed by the morning bath in the month of Vaiśākha.
अथ धर्मविहीनोऽयमिति मत्वा च तैः पुनः । देवदूतैर्निदेशेन विष्णोर्भूमिपतिस्तदा । अदूरादेव निरयवर्त्मना स समाहितः
But then, considering him devoid of righteousness, those divine messengers, by Viṣṇu's command, led the king, attentive, along the path to hell, not far away.
स गच्छन्नपि शुश्राव जीवानां क्रंदतां पुनः । निरये पच्यमानानामारावं विविधं तदा
As he went, he again heard the cries of living beings, the various loud wails of those being tormented in hell.
पापिनां क्वथ्यमानानामाक्रंदमतिदारुणम् । श्रुत्वा विस्मयवान्विप्र राजाभूदतिदुःखितः
Hearing the terrible screams of sinners being boiled, the king became amazed and deeply distressed, O Brahmin.
प्रोवाच दूताः किमयमाक्रंदो दारुणः श्रुतः । पुनर्न श्रूयते तन्मे कारणं वक्तुमर्हथ
He said to the messengers: What is this dreadful screaming I hear? Why is it not heard again? Please tell me the reason for this.
दूता ऊचु- जंतवस्त्यक्तमर्यादाः पापास्त्वाचारवर्जिताः । निरयेषु च घोरेषु तामिस्रादिषु पातिताः
The messengers said: There are creatures who have abandoned all bounds, sinners devoid of good conduct, cast into terrible hells such as Tāmisra.