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## Chapter 422 of the Padma Purana
**Verse 15:** One who desires Dharma attains Dharma, one who desires fame attains supreme fame. One who has lost his kingdom regains it, there is no doubt about it.
**Verse 16:** One who desires the company of his beloved attains it quickly, one who desires wealth attains wealth. One who desires a wife attains a virtuous wife, and one who desires a son attains a son who brings joy to his lineage.
**Verse 161:** One who desires profit attains the best profit, which brings happiness. One who is skilled in foreign travel remains safe, and one who stays in his own country has all his desires fulfilled.
**Verse 162:** His illness subsides, the inhabitants of villages and cities are pleased with the gods, and even the crooked planets like the Sun and Moon are pleased with the stars.
**Verse 163:** Worries, evil thoughts, and hundreds of sins are destroyed. Whatever other inauspicious things there are, all of them are destroyed by the stories of the Padma Purana.
**Verse 164:** One who is devoted to the chanting of Rama's name attains whatever good is hidden in his heart. Firm devotion, focused on the realm of the omniscient, fulfills one's desires.
**Verse 165:** One who possesses a good nature, through devotion to the Jina, destroys the sins accumulated over hundreds of thousands of births, crosses the ocean of suffering, and quickly attains the Arhathood.
**Verse 166:** This is a Shārdūlavikrīḍita verse, well-composed, skillfully crafted, divine, and filled with sacred letters. It destroys the mass of afflictions accumulated over thousands of births. It is filled with various stories, narrates the deeds of virtuous men, and brings supreme joy to the lotus-like beings. It is sung with devotion.
**Verse 157-158:** Punya increases, and even one who draws his sword and holds it in his hand does not become an enemy, but attains peace.