Padmapuran Part 3

SR No.: 001824
Original Sutra Author: Dravishenacharya
Author: Pannalal Jain
Publisher: Bharatiya Gyanpith
Publication Year: 2004
Total Pages: 492
Language: Hindi, Sanskrit
Classification: Book_Devnagari, Mythology, & Story
File Size: 13 MB

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पद्मपुराणे
ग्रामस्यैतस्य सीमान्ते वनस्थल्यामुभौ समम् । अन्योन्यानुरतावास्तां शृगालौ विकृताननौ ॥ ५५॥ आसीदत्रैव च ग्रामे चिरवासः कृषीबलः । ख्यातः प्रामरको नाम गतोऽसौ क्षेत्रमन्यदा ॥ ५६ ॥ पुनरेमीति सञ्चिन्त्य मानावस्ताभिलाषिणि । त्यक्त्वोपकरणं क्षेत्रे सङ्गतः क्षुधितो गृहम् ॥ ५७॥ तावदञ्जनशैलाभाः प्लावयन्तो महीतलम् । अकस्मादुन्नता मेघा ववषु र्नक्कवासरम् ||५६८ ॥ प्रशान्ता सप्तरात्रेण रात्रौ तमसि भीषणे । जम्बुकौ तौ विनिष्क्रान्तौ गहनाददितौ क्षुधा ॥५३॥ अथोपकरणं क्लिन कर्दमोपलसङ्गतम् । तत्ताभ्यां भक्षितं सर्वं प्राप्तौ चोदरवेदनाम् ॥६०॥ अकामनिर्जरायुक्तौ वर्षानिलसमाहतौ । ततः कालं गतौ जातौ सोमदेवस्य नन्दनौ ॥ ६१ ॥ स च प्रामरकः प्राप्तोऽन्वेषकोऽपश्यदेतकौ । निर्जीवौ जम्बुकौ तेन गृहीत्वा जनितौ इती ॥६२॥ अचिरेण मृतश्चासौ सुतस्यैवाभवत्सुतः । जातिस्मरत्वमासाद्य मूकीभूय व्यवस्थितः ॥ ६३॥ पुत्रं पितुरिति ज्ञात्वेत्याहरामि कथं स्वहम् । स्नुषां च मातुरित्यस्माद्धेतोमौनमुपाश्रितः ॥ ६४ ॥ यदि न प्रत्ययः सम्यक् ततिष्ठत्यसावयम् । मध्ये स्वजनवर्गस्य द्विजो मां द्रष्टुमागतः ॥ ६५ ॥ आहूय गुरुणा चोक्तः स त्वं प्रामरकस्तथा । आसीस्त्वमधुना जातस्तोकस्यैव शरीरजः ॥ ६६ ॥ संसारस्य स्वभावोऽयं रङ्गमध्ये यथा नटः । राजा भूत्वा भवेद्भृत्यः प्रेष्यश्च प्रभुतां व्रजेत् ॥ ६७ ॥ एवं पिताऽपि तोकत्वमेति तोकश्च तातताम् । माता पत्नीत्वमायाति पत्नी चायाति मातृताम् ॥ ६८ ॥
३३२
इस गाँव की सीमा के पास वनकी भूमि में दो शृगाल साथ- साथ रहते थे। वे दोनों ही परस्पर एक दूसरे से अधिक प्रेम रखते थे तथा दोनों ही विकृत मुखके धारक थे ॥ ५५॥ इसी गाँव में एक प्रामरक नामका पुराना किसान रहता था। वह एक दिन अपने खेतपर गया । जब सूर्यास्तका समय आया तब वह भूखसे पीड़ित होकर घर गया और अभी वापिस आता हूँ यह सोचकर अपने उपकरण खेतमें ही छोड़ आया || ५६-५७।। वह घर आया नहीं कि इतनेमें अकस्मात् उठे तथा अज्जनगिरिके समान काले बादल पृथिवीतलको डुबाते हुए रात-दिन बरसने लगे । वे मेघ सात दिनमें शान्त हुए अर्थात् सात दिन तक झड़ी लगी रही । ऊपर जिन दो शृगालोंका उल्लेख कर आये हैं वे भूखसे पीड़ित हो रात्रिके घनघोर अन्धकार में वन से बाहर निकले ।।५८-५६॥
अथानन्तर वर्षा से भींगे और कीचड़ तथा पत्थरोंमें पड़े वे सब उपकरण जिन्हें कि किसान छोड़ आया था दोनों शृगालोंने खा लिये । खाते होके साथ उनके उदरमें भारी पीड़ा उठी । अन्तमें वर्षा और वायुसे पीड़ित दोनों शृगाल अकामनिर्जराकर मरे और सोमदेव ब्राह्मणके पुत्र हुए ।। ६०-६१ ॥ तदनन्तर वह प्रामरक किसान अपने उपकरण ढूँढ़ता हुआ खेत में पहुँचा तो वहाँ उसने इन मरे हुए दोनों शृगालोंको देखा। किसान उन मृतक शृगालोंको लेकर घर गया और वहाँ उसने उनकी मशकें बनाई ॥ ६२॥ | वह प्रामरक भी जल्दी ही मर गया और मरकर अपने ही पुत्रके पुत्र हुआ । उस पुत्रको जाति-स्मरण हो गया जिससे वह गूँगा बनकर रहने लगा ॥६३॥ ‘मैं अपने पूर्वभव के पुत्रको पिता के स्थान में समझ कर कैसे बोलूँ तथा पूर्वभवकी पुत्र वधूको माता के स्थान में जानकर कैसे बोलूँ' यह विचार कर ही वह मौनको प्राप्त हुआ है ॥ ६४ ॥ यदि तुम्हें इस बातका ठीक ठीक विश्वास नहीं है तो वह ब्राह्मण मेरे दर्शन करनेके लिए यहाँ आया है तथा अपने परिवार के बीच में बैठा है || ६५ || मुनिराजने उसे बुलाकर कहा कि तू वही प्रामरक किसान है और इस समय अपने पुत्रका ही पुत्र हुआ है || ६६ || यह संसारकां स्वभाव है । जिस प्रकार रङ्गभूमिके मध्य नट राजा होकर दास बन जाता है और दास प्रभुताको प्राप्त हो जाता है उसी प्रकार पिता भी पुत्रपनेको प्राप्त हो जाता है, और पुत्र पितृ पर्याय को प्राप्त
१. त्वक्तोपकरणं म० । २. पुत्रः म० । ३. पुत्रत्वम् ।

Translation AI Generated

In the Padma Purana,
At the edge of the village, in the forest, two jackals lived together. They were both deformed in appearance and loved each other dearly. || 55 ||
In the same village, there lived an old farmer named Pramaraka. One day he went to his field. When the time for sunset arrived, he was overcome with hunger and went home, leaving his tools behind, thinking he would return soon. || 56-57 ||
He had not yet reached home when suddenly, dark clouds like the mountains of Ajjanagiri descended upon the earth, pouring rain day and night. These clouds calmed down after seven days, meaning it rained continuously for seven days. The two jackals mentioned earlier, driven by hunger, emerged from the forest in the dense darkness of the night. || 58-59 ||
Then, the jackals ate all the tools left behind by the farmer, which were soaked in the rain and covered in mud and stones. After eating, they experienced severe pain in their stomachs. Finally, afflicted by the rain and wind, the two jackals died as a result of their karma and were reborn as the sons of Somadev, a Brahmin. || 60-61 ||
After that, the farmer Pramaraka went to his field in search of his tools. There, he saw the two dead jackals. The farmer took the dead jackals home and made their skins into bags. || 62 ||
Soon, the farmer Pramaraka also died and was reborn as the son of his own son. He regained his memory of his past life, which made him mute. || 63 ||
"How can I speak to my son from my previous life, knowing him as my father? And how can I speak to my daughter-in-law from my previous life, knowing her as my mother?" Thinking this, he embraced silence. || 64 ||
"If you don't fully believe this, then the Brahmin has come here to see me and is sitting among his family." || 65 ||
The Muni Raja called him and said, "You are the same farmer Pramaraka, and now you have been reborn as the son of your own son." || 66 ||
This is the nature of the world. Just as an actor on stage becomes a king and then a servant, and a servant becomes a king, in the same way, a father becomes a son, and a son becomes a father. A mother becomes a wife, and a wife becomes a mother. || 67-68 ||
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1. त्वक्तोपकरणं म० । 2. पुत्रः म० । 3. पुत्रत्वम् ।