The Great Ocean of Krishna’s Nectar (कृष्णामृतमहार्णवः)
कृष्णामृतमहार्णवः
kr̥ṣṇāmr̥tamahārṇavaḥ
[कृष्ण + अमृत + महा + अर्णवः (kr̥ṣṇa + amr̥ta + mahā + arṇavaḥ) - the great ocean of Krishna's nectar;]
The Great Ocean of Krishna’s Nectar
अर्चितः संस्मृतो ध्यातः कीर्तितः कथितः श्रुतः। यो ददात्यमृतत्वं हि स मां रक्षतु केशवः ॥१॥
arcitaḥ saṁsmr̥tō dhyātaḥ kīrtitaḥ kathitaḥ śrutaḥ। yō dadātyamr̥tatvaṁ hi sa māṁ rakṣatu kēśavaḥ ॥1॥
[अर्चितः (arcitaḥ) - when worshipped; संस्मृतः (saṁsmr̥taḥ) - when remembered; ध्यातः (dhyātaḥ) - when meditated upon; कीर्तितः (kīrtitaḥ) - when extolled; कथितः (kathitaḥ) - when spoken of; श्रुतः (śrutaḥ) - when heard of; यः (yaḥ) - who; ददाति (dadāti) - grants; अमृतत्वम् (amr̥tatvam) - immortality; हि (hi) - indeed; सः (saḥ) - he; माम् (mām) - me; रक्षतु (rakṣatu) - may protect; केशवः (kēśavaḥ) - Keśava;]
May Keśava protect me, for he indeed grants immortality when he is worshipped, remembered, meditated on, extolled, spoken of, or heard of. (1)
तापत्रयेण सन्तप्तं यदेतदखिलं जगत्। वक्ष्यामि शान्तये तस्य कृष्णामृतमहार्णवम् ॥२॥
tāpatrayēṇa santaptaṁ yadētadakhilaṁ jagat। vakṣyāmi śāntayē tasya kr̥ṣṇāmr̥tamahārṇavam ॥2॥
[तापत्रयेण (tāpatrayēṇa) - by the threefold suffering; सन्तप्तम् (santaptam) - tormented; यत् (yat) - which; एतत् (ētat) - this; अखिलम् (akhilam) - whole; जगत् (jagat) - world; वक्ष्यामि (vakṣyāmi) - I shall expound; शान्तये (śāntayē) - for the relief; तस्य (tasya) - of it; कृष्णामृतमहार्णवम् (kr̥ṣṇāmr̥tamahārṇavam) - the Great Ocean of Krishna's Nectar;]
I shall expound the Great Ocean of Krishna’s Nectar to bring relief to this entire world, tormented by the threefold suffering. (2)
ते नराः पशवो लोके किं तेषां जीवने फलम्। यैर्न लब्धा हरेर्दीक्षा नार्चितो वा जनार्दनः ॥३॥
tē narāḥ paśavō lōkē kiṁ tēṣāṁ jīvanē phalam। yairna labdhā harērdīkṣā nārcitō vā janārdanaḥ ॥3॥
[ते (tē) - those; नराः (narāḥ) - men; पशवः (paśavaḥ) - beasts; लोके (lōkē) - in the world; किम् (kim) - what; तेषाम् (tēṣām) - for them; जीवने (jīvanē) - in being alive; फलम् (phalam) - benefit; यैः (yaiḥ) - by whom; न (na) - not; लब्धा (labdhā) - received; हरेः (harēḥ) - of Hari; दीक्षा (dīkṣā) - initiation; न (na) - not; अर्चितः (arcitaḥ) - worshipped; वा (vā) - or; जनार्दनः (janārdanaḥ) - Janardana;]
Those men are beasts in this world. What is the point of their lives if they have neither received initiation into the worship of Hari nor worshipped Janārdana? (3)
संसारेस्मिन् महाघोरे जन्मरोगभयाकुले। अयमेको महाभागः पूज्यते यदधोक्षजः ॥४॥
saṁsārēsmin mahāghōrē janmarōgabhayākulē। ayamēkō mahābhāgaḥ pūjyatē yadadhōkṣajaḥ ॥4॥
[संसारे + अस्मिन् (saṁsārē + asmin) - in this cycle of worldly existence; महाघोरे (mahāghōrē) - exceedingly dreadful; जन्म-रोग-भय-आकुले (janma-rōga-bhaya-ākulē) - beset by fear of birth and disease; अयम् (ayam) - this man; एकः (ēkaḥ) - alone; महाभागः (mahābhāgaḥ) - greatly fortunate; पूज्यते (pūjyatē) - is worshipped; यत् (yat) - because; अधोक्षजः (adhōkṣajaḥ) - Adhokṣaja;]
In this terrible cycle of worldly existence, beset by the fear of birth and disease, only the person who worships Adhokṣaja is truly fortunate. (4)
स नाम सुकृती लोके कुलं तेनाभ्यलङ्कृतम्। आधारः सर्वभूतानां येन विष्णुः प्रसादितः ॥५॥
sa nāma sukr̥tī lōkē kulaṁ tēnābhyalaṅkr̥tam। ādhāraḥ sarvabhūtānāṁ yēna viṣṇuḥ prasāditaḥ ॥5॥
[सः (saḥ) - he; नाम (nāma) - indeed; सुकृती (sukr̥tī) - meritorious; लोके (lōkē) - in the world; कुलम् (kulam) - family; तेन + अभ्यलङ्कृतम् (tēna + abhyalaṅkr̥tam) - ennobled by him; आधारः (ādhāraḥ) - the support; सर्वभूतानाम् (sarvabhūtānām) - of all beings; येन (yēna) - by whom; विष्णुः (viṣṇuḥ) - Viṣṇu; प्रसादितः (prasāditaḥ) - has been propitiated;]
He is truly meritorious in this world, and his family is ennobled through him, for he has propitiated Viṣṇu, the support of all beings. (5)
यज्ञानां तपसां चैव शुभानां चैव कर्मणाम्। तद्विशिष्टफलं नॄणां सदैवाराधनं हरेः ॥६॥
yajñānāṁ tapasāṁ caiva śubhānāṁ caiva karmaṇām। tadviśiṣṭaphalaṁ nr̥̄ṇāṁ sadaivārādhanaṁ harēḥ ॥6॥
[यज्ञानाम् (yajñānām) - of sacrifices; तपसाम् (tapasām) - of austerities; च + एव (ca + ēva) - and indeed; शुभानाम् (śubhānām) - of auspicious; च + एव (ca + ēva) - and also; कर्मणाम् (karmaṇām) - deeds; तद्-विशिष्ट-फलम् (tad-viśiṣṭa-phalam) - yielding a reward superior to those; नॄणाम् (nr̥̄ṇām) - for people; सदा + एव (sadā + ēva) - always; आराधनम् (ārādhanam) - worship; हरेः (harēḥ) - of Hari;]
The constant worship of Hari brings people a reward greater than that gained through sacrifices, austerities, and auspicious deeds. (6)
कलौ कलिमलध्वंसिसर्वपापहरं हरिम्। येर्चयन्ति सदा नित्यं तेपि वन्द्या यथा हरिः ॥७॥
kalau kalimaladhvaṁsisarvapāpaharaṁ harim। yērcayanti sadā nityaṁ tēpi vandyā yathā hariḥ ॥7॥
[कलौ (kalau) - in the Kali age; कलि-मल-ध्वंसि (kali-mala-dhvaṁsi) - destroyer of Kali's impurity; सर्व-पाप-हरम् (sarva-pāpa-haram) - remover of every sin; हरिम् (harim) - Hari; ये + अर्चयन्ति (yē + arcayanti) - those who worship; सदा (sadā) - always; नित्यम् (nityam) - continually; ते + अपि (tē + api) - they too; वन्द्याः (vandyāḥ) - worthy of reverence; यथा (yathā) - just as; हरिः (hariḥ) - Hari;]
In the age of Kali, those who constantly worship Hari, the destroyer of Kali’s impurity and remover of every sin, are themselves as worthy of reverence as Hari. (7)
नास्ति श्रेयस्तमं नॄणां विष्णोराराधनान्मुने। युगेस्मिंस्तामसे लोके सततं पूज्यते नृभिः ॥८॥
nāsti śrēyastamaṁ nr̥̄ṇāṁ viṣṇōrārādhanānmunē। yugēsmiṁstāmasē lōkē satataṁ pūjyatē nr̥bhiḥ ॥8॥
[न + अस्ति (na + asti) - there is no; श्रेयस्तमम् (śrēyastamam) - greater good; नॄणाम् (nr̥̄ṇām) - for human beings; विष्णोः (viṣṇōḥ) - of Viṣṇu; आराधनात् (ārādhanāt) - than worship; मुने (munē) - O sage; युगे (yugē) - in the age; अस्मिन् (asmin) - this; तामसे (tāmasē) - dark; लोके (lōkē) - in the world; सततम् (satatam) - continually; पूज्यते (pūjyatē) - he is worshipped; नृभिः (nr̥bhiḥ) - by human beings;]
O sage, there is no greater good for human beings than the worship of Viṣṇu. In this dark age, people throughout the world worship him continually. (8)
अर्चिते देवदेवेशे शङ्खचक्रगदाधरे। अर्चिताः सर्वदेवाः स्युर्यतः सर्वगतो हरिः ॥९॥
arcitē dēvadēvēśē śaṅkhacakragadādharē। arcitāḥ sarvadēvāḥ syuryataḥ sarvagatō hariḥ ॥9॥
[अर्चिते (arcitē) - when worshipped; देवदेवेशे (dēvadēvēśē) - the Lord of all gods; शङ्खचक्रगदाधरे (śaṅkhacakragadādharē) - the bearer of the conch, discus, and mace; अर्चिताः (arcitāḥ) - worshipped; सर्वदेवाः (sarvadēvāḥ) - all the gods; स्युः (syuḥ) - would be; यतः (yataḥ) - because; सर्वगतः (sarvagataḥ) - is all-pervading; हरिः (hariḥ) - Hari;]
To worship the Lord of all gods, who bears the conch, discus, and mace, is to worship all the gods, for Hari is all-pervading. (9)
स्वर्चिते सर्वलोकेशे सुरासुरनमस्कृते। केशवे कंसकेशिघ्ने न याति नरकं नरः ॥१०॥
svarcitē sarvalōkēśē surāsuranamaskr̥tē। kēśavē kaṁsakēśighnē na yāti narakaṁ naraḥ ॥10॥
[सु + अर्चिते (su + arcitē) - when duly worshipped; सर्वलोकेशे (sarvalōkēśē) - the Lord of all worlds; सुरासुरनमस्कृते (surāsuranamaskr̥tē) - revered by gods and asuras; केशवे (kēśavē) - Keśava; कंसकेशिघ्ने (kaṁsakēśighnē) - the slayer of Kaṃsa and Keśin; न (na) - not; याति (yāti) - goes to; नरकम् (narakam) - hell; नरः (naraḥ) - a man;]
Anyone who duly worships Keśava, the Lord of all worlds, revered by gods and asuras and the slayer of Kaṃsa and Keśin, will not go to hell. (10)
सकृदभ्यर्च्य गोविन्दं बिल्वपत्रेण मानवः। मुक्तिभागी निरातङ्की विष्णुलोके चिरं वसेत् ॥११॥
sakr̥dabhyarcya gōvindaṁ bilvapatrēṇa mānavaḥ। muktibhāgī nirātaṅkī viṣṇulōkē ciraṁ vasēt ॥11॥
[सकृत् + अभ्यर्च्य (sakr̥t + abhyarcya) - having worshipped just once; गोविन्दम् (gōvindam) - Govinda; बिल्वपत्रेण (bilvapatrēṇa) - with a bilva leaf; मानवः (mānavaḥ) - a person; मुक्तिभागी (muktibhāgī) - a partaker of liberation; निरातङ्की (nirātaṅkī) - free from affliction; विष्णुलोके (viṣṇulōkē) - in Viṣṇu's world; चिरम् (ciram) - for a long time; वसेत् (vasēt) - would dwell;]
By worshipping Govinda just once with a bilva leaf, a person will attain liberation, remain free from affliction, and dwell for a long time in Viṣṇu’s world. (11)
शङ्करः
śaṅkaraḥ
[शङ्करः (śaṅkaraḥ) - Śaṅkara;]
Śaṅkara:
सकृदभ्यर्चितो येन देवदेवो जनार्दनः। यत्कृतं तत्कृतं तेन सम्प्राप्तं परमं पदम् ॥१२॥
sakr̥dabhyarcitō yēna dēvadēvō janārdanaḥ। yatkr̥taṁ tatkr̥taṁ tēna samprāptaṁ paramaṁ padam ॥12॥
[सकृत् (sakr̥t) - once; अभ्यर्चितः (abhyarcitaḥ) - was worshipped; येन (yēna) - by whom; देवदेवः (dēvadēvaḥ) - God of gods; जनार्दनः (janārdanaḥ) - Janārdana; यत् (yat) - whatever; कृतम् (kr̥tam) - is to be done; तत् (tat) - that; कृतम् (kr̥tam) - has been done; तेन (tēna) - by him; सम्प्राप्तम् (samprāptam) - has been attained; परमम् (paramam) - supreme; पदम् (padam) - state;]
Anyone who has worshipped Janārdana, the God of gods, even once has done everything that must be done and attained the supreme state. (12)
सकृदभ्यर्चितो येन हेलयापि नमस्कृतः। स याति परमं स्थानं यत्सुरैरपि दुर्लभम् ॥१३॥
sakr̥dabhyarcitō yēna hēlayāpi namaskr̥taḥ। sa yāti paramaṁ sthānaṁ yatsurairapi durlabham ॥13॥
[सकृत् (sakr̥t) - once; अभ्यर्चितः (abhyarcitaḥ) - worshipped; येन (yēna) - by whom; हेलया + अपि (hēlayā + api) - even casually; नमस्कृतः (namaskr̥taḥ) - saluted; सः (saḥ) - he; याति (yāti) - goes to; परमम् (paramam) - supreme; स्थानम् (sthānam) - abode; यत् (yat) - which; सुरैः + अपि (suraiḥ + api) - even by the gods; दुर्लभम् (durlabham) - difficult to attain;]
Anyone who has worshipped him just once and bowed to him, even casually, reaches the supreme abode, which is difficult even for the gods to attain. (13)
नारदः समस्तलोकनाथस्य देवदेवस्य शार्ङ्गिणः । साक्षाद्भगवतो विष्णोः पूजनं जन्मनः फलम् ॥१४॥
nāradaḥ samastalōkanāthasya dēvadēvasya śārṅgiṇaḥ । sākṣādbhagavatō viṣṇōḥ pūjanaṁ janmanaḥ phalam ॥14॥
[नारदः (nāradaḥ) - Nārada; समस्तलोकनाथस्य (samastalōkanāthasya) - of the Lord of all worlds; देवदेवस्य (dēvadēvasya) - of the God of gods; शार्ङ्गिणः (śārṅgiṇaḥ) - of the wielder of Śārṅga; साक्षात् (sākṣāt) - himself; भगवतः (bhagavataḥ) - of the Lord; विष्णोः (viṣṇōḥ) - of Viṣṇu; पूजनम् (pūjanam) - worship; जन्मनः (janmanaḥ) - of birth; फलम् (phalam) - the fruit;]
Nārada: Worshipping Lord Viṣṇu himself—the God of gods, Lord of all worlds, and wielder of Śārṅga—is the fruit of birth. (14)
पुलस्त्यः भक्त्या दूर्वाङ्कुरैः पुम्भिः पूजितः पुरुषोत्तमः। हरिर्ददाति हि फलं सर्वयज्ञैश्च दुर्लभम् ॥१५॥
pulastyaḥ bhaktyā dūrvāṅkuraiḥ pumbhiḥ pūjitaḥ puruṣōttamaḥ। harirdadāti hi phalaṁ sarvayajñaiśca durlabham ॥15॥
[पुलस्त्यः (pulastyaḥ) - Pulastya; भक्त्या (bhaktyā) - with devotion; दूर्वाङ्कुरैः (dūrvāṅkuraiḥ) - with shoots of dūrvā grass; पुम्भिः (pumbhiḥ) - by men; पूजितः (pūjitaḥ) - when worshipped; पुरुषोत्तमः (puruṣōttamaḥ) - the Supreme Person; हरिः (hariḥ) - Hari; ददाति (dadāti) - grants; हि (hi) - indeed; फलम् (phalam) - a reward; सर्वयज्ञैः (sarvayajñaiḥ) - through all sacrifices; च (ca) - even; दुर्लभम् (durlabham) - unattainable;]
Pulastya: Hari, the Supreme Person, grants men who devoutly worship him with shoots of dūrvā grass a reward unattainable even through all sacrifices. (15)
विधिना देवदेवेशः शङ्खचक्रधरो हरिः। फलं ददाति सुलभं सलिलेनापि पूजितः ॥१६॥
vidhinā dēvadēvēśaḥ śaṅkhacakradharō hariḥ। phalaṁ dadāti sulabhaṁ salilēnāpi pūjitaḥ ॥16॥
[विधिना (vidhinā) - in due form; देवदेवेशः (dēvadēvēśaḥ) - Lord of the gods; शङ्खचक्रधरः (śaṅkhacakradharaḥ) - bearer of the conch and discus; हरिः (hariḥ) - Hari; फलम् (phalam) - reward; ददाति (dadāti) - grants; सुलभम् (sulabham) - easily obtained; सलिलेन + अपि (salilēna + api) - even with water; पूजितः (pūjitaḥ) - when worshiped;]
When duly worshipped, even with water, Hari, Lord of the gods and bearer of the conch and discus, grants a reward that is easily obtained. (16)
नरके पच्यमानस्तु यमेन परिभाषितः। किं त्वया नार्चितो देवः केशवः क्लेशनाशनः ॥१७॥
narakē pacyamānastu yamēna paribhāṣitaḥ। kiṁ tvayā nārcitō dēvaḥ kēśavaḥ klēśanāśanaḥ ॥17॥
[नरके (narakē) - in hell; पच्यमानः (pacyamānaḥ) - being tormented; तु (tu) - but; यमेन (yamēna) - by Yama; परिभाषितः (paribhāṣitaḥ) - rebuked; किम् (kim) - why; त्वया (tvayā) - by you; न + अर्चितः (na + arcitaḥ) - was not worshipped; देवः (dēvaḥ) - the god; केशवः (kēśavaḥ) - Keshava; क्लेशनाशनः (klēśanāśanaḥ) - destroyer of suffering;]
Yama rebukes a person being tormented in hell: “Why did you not worship the god Keśava, the destroyer of suffering?” (17)
धर्मः द्रव्याणामप्यभावे तु सलिलेनापि पूजितः। यो ददाति स्वकं स्थानं स त्वया किं न पूजितः ॥१८॥
dharmaḥ dravyāṇāmapyabhāvē tu salilēnāpi pūjitaḥ। yō dadāti svakaṁ sthānaṁ sa tvayā kiṁ na pūjitaḥ ॥18॥
[धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - Dharma himself; द्रव्याणाम् + अपि (dravyāṇām + api) - even of offerings; अभावे (abhāvē) - in the absence; तु (tu) - indeed; सलिलेन + अपि (salilēna + api) - even with water; पूजितः (pūjitaḥ) - worshipped; यः (yaḥ) - he who; ददाति (dadāti) - grants; स्वकम् (svakam) - his own; स्थानम् (sthānam) - abode; सः (saḥ) - he; त्वया (tvayā) - by you; किम् (kim) - why not; न (na) - not; पूजितः (pūjitaḥ) - worshipped;]
Why did you not worship Dharma himself, who may be worshipped even with water when offerings are unavailable and who grants his own abode? (18)
नरसिंहो हृषीकेशः पुण्डरीकनिभेक्षणः। स्मरणान्मुक्तिदो नॄणां स त्वया किं न पूजितः ॥१९॥
narasiṁhō hr̥ṣīkēśaḥ puṇḍarīkanibhēkṣaṇaḥ। smaraṇānmuktidō nr̥̄ṇāṁ sa tvayā kiṁ na pūjitaḥ ॥19॥
[नरसिंहः (narasiṁhaḥ) - Narasimha; हृषीकेशः (hr̥ṣīkēśaḥ) - Hṛṣīkeśa; पुण्डरीक-निभ-ईक्षणः (puṇḍarīka-nibha-īkṣaṇaḥ) - whose eyes resemble lotuses; स्मरणात् (smaraṇāt) - through remembrance; मुक्तिदः (muktidaḥ) - giver of liberation; नॄणाम् (nr̥̄ṇām) - to men; सः (saḥ) - he; त्वया (tvayā) - by you; किम् (kim) - why; न (na) - not; पूजितः (pūjitaḥ) - worshipped;]
Narasimha, Hṛṣīkeśa, whose eyes resemble lotuses, grants liberation to those who remember him. Why did you not worship him? (19)
ब्रह्मा गर्भस्थिता मृता वापि मुषितास्ते सुदूषिताः। न प्राप्ता यैर्हरेर्दीक्षा सर्वदुःखविमोचनी ॥२०॥
brahmā garbhasthitā mr̥tā vāpi muṣitāstē sudūṣitāḥ। na prāptā yairharērdīkṣā sarvaduḥkhavimōcanī ॥20॥
[ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - O Brahmā; गर्भस्थिता (garbhasthitā) - remaining in the womb; मृता (mr̥tā) - dead; वा + अपि (vā + api) - or even; मुषिताः (muṣitāḥ) - bereft; ते (tē) - they; सुदूषिताः (sudūṣitāḥ) - deeply defiled; न (na) - not; प्राप्ता (prāptā) - received; यैः (yaiḥ) - by whom; हरेः (harēḥ) - of Hari; दीक्षा (dīkṣā) - initiation; सर्वदुःखविमोचनी (sarvaduḥkhavimōcanī) - freeing from all suffering;]
O Brahmā, whether still in the womb or already dead, those who have not received Hari’s initiation, which frees one from all suffering, are left utterly bereft and deeply defiled. (20)
मार्कण्डेयः सकृदभ्यर्चितो येन देवदेवो जनार्दनः। यत्कृतं तत्कृतं तेन सम्प्राप्तं परमं पदम् ॥२१॥
mārkaṇḍēyaḥ sakr̥dabhyarcitō yēna dēvadēvō janārdanaḥ। yatkr̥taṁ tatkr̥taṁ tēna samprāptaṁ paramaṁ padam ॥21॥
[मार्कण्डेयः (mārkaṇḍēyaḥ) - Mārkaṇḍeya; सकृत् (sakr̥t) - once; अभ्यर्चितः (abhyarcitaḥ) - has been worshipped; येन (yēna) - by whoever; देवदेवः (dēvadēvaḥ) - God of gods; जनार्दनः (janārdanaḥ) - Janārdana; यत् (yat) - whatever was to be done; कृतम् (kr̥tam) - done; तत् (tat) - that; कृतम् (kr̥tam) - has been done; तेन (tēna) - by him; सम्प्राप्तम् (samprāptam) - has been attained; परमम् (paramam) - supreme; पदम् (padam) - state;]
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Whoever has worshiped Janārdana, the God of gods, even once has done all that must be done and attained the supreme state. (21)
धर्मार्थकाममोक्षाणां नान्योपायस्तु विद्यते। सत्यं ब्रवीमि देवेश हृषीकेशार्चनादृते ॥२२॥
dharmārthakāmamōkṣāṇāṁ nānyōpāyastu vidyatē। satyaṁ bravīmi dēvēśa hr̥ṣīkēśārcanādr̥tē ॥22॥
[धर्म-अर्थ-काम-मोक्षाणाम् (dharma-artha-kāma-mōkṣāṇām) - of righteousness prosperity pleasure and liberation; न (na) - no; अन्यः (anyaḥ) - other; उपायः (upāyaḥ) - means; तु (tu) - indeed; विद्यते (vidyatē) - exists; सत्यम् (satyam) - the truth; ब्रवीमि (bravīmi) - I speak; देवेश (dēvēśa) - Lord of the gods; हृषीकेश-अर्चनात् (hr̥ṣīkēśa-arcanāt) - than the worship of Hṛṣīkeśa; ऋते (r̥tē) - apart from;]
O Lord of the gods, I tell you truly: there is no means other than the worship of Hṛṣīkeśa for attaining righteousness, prosperity, pleasure, and liberation. (22)
तस्य यज्ञवराहस्य विष्णोरमिततेजसः। प्रणामं ये प्रकुर्वन्ति तेषामपि नमो नमः ॥२३॥
tasya yajñavarāhasya viṣṇōramitatējasaḥ। praṇāmaṁ yē prakurvanti tēṣāmapi namō namaḥ ॥23॥
[तस्य (tasya) - to that one; यज्ञवराहस्य (yajñavarāhasya) - the sacrificial Boar; विष्णोः (viṣṇōḥ) - Vishnu; अमिततेजसः (amitatējasaḥ) - of immeasurable splendor; प्रणामम् (praṇāmam) - obeisance; ये (yē) - those who; प्रकुर्वन्ति (prakurvanti) - offer; तेषाम् + अपि (tēṣām + api) - to them also; नमः + नमः (namaḥ + namaḥ) - repeated homage;]
Homage again and again to those who offer obeisance to that sacrificial Boar, Vishnu of immeasurable splendor. (23)
मरीचिः अनाराधितगोविन्दैर्नरैः स्थानं नृपात्मज। न हि सम्प्राप्यते श्रेष्ठं तस्मादाराधयाच्युतम् ॥२४॥
marīciḥ anārādhitagōvindairnaraiḥ sthānaṁ nr̥pātmaja। na hi samprāpyatē śrēṣṭhaṁ tasmādārādhayācyutam ॥24॥
[मरीचिः (marīciḥ) - Marīci; अनाराधितगोविन्दैः (anārādhitagōvindaiḥ) - who have not worshipped Govinda; नरैः (naraiḥ) - by men; स्थानम् (sthānam) - state; नृपात्मज (nr̥pātmaja) - O prince; न (na) - not; हि (hi) - indeed; सम्प्राप्यते (samprāpyatē) - is attained; श्रेष्ठम् (śrēṣṭham) - highest; तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore; आराधय (ārādhaya) - worship; अच्युतम् (acyutam) - Acyuta;]
Marīci said: “O prince, those who have not worshiped Govinda cannot attain the highest state. Therefore, worship Acyuta.” (24)
अत्रिः
atriḥ
[अत्रिः (atriḥ) - Atri;]
परः पराणां पुरुषस्तुष्टो यस्य जनार्दनः। स चाप्नोत्यक्षयं स्थानमेतत्सत्यं मयोदितम् ॥२५॥
paraḥ parāṇāṁ puruṣastuṣṭō yasya janārdanaḥ। sa cāpnōtyakṣayaṁ sthānamētatsatyaṁ mayōditam ॥25॥
[परः (paraḥ) - higher; पराणाम् (parāṇām) - than the highest; पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - the Person; तुष्टः (tuṣṭaḥ) - pleased; यस्य (yasya) - with whom; जनार्दनः (janārdanaḥ) - Janārdana; सः (saḥ) - he; च (ca) - also; आप्नोति (āpnōti) - attains; अक्षयम् (akṣayam) - imperishable; स्थानम् (sthānam) - abode; एतत् (ētat) - this; सत्यम् (satyam) - truth; मया (mayā) - by me; उदितम् (uditam) - spoken;]
Atri said: Anyone with whom Janārdana, the Person higher than the highest, is pleased also attains the imperishable abode. What I have said is true. (25)
अङ्गिराः
aṅgirāḥ
[अङ्गिराः (aṅgirāḥ) - Aṅgiras;]
यस्यान्तः सर्वमेवेदमच्युतस्याव्ययात्मनः। तमाराधय गोविन्दं स्थानमग्र्यं यदीच्छसि ॥२६॥
yasyāntaḥ sarvamēvēdamacyutasyāvyayātmanaḥ। tamārādhaya gōvindaṁ sthānamagryaṁ yadīcchasi ॥26॥
[यस्य (yasya) - within whom; अन्तः (antaḥ) - inside; सर्वम् (sarvam) - all; एव (ēva) - indeed; इदम् (idam) - this; अच्युतस्य (acyutasya) - of Acyuta; अव्ययात्मनः (avyayātmanaḥ) - of imperishable nature; तम् (tam) - that; आराधय (ārādhaya) - worship; गोविन्दम् (gōvindam) - Govinda; स्थानम् (sthānam) - station; अग्र्यम् (agryam) - foremost; यदि (yadi) - if; इच्छसि (icchasi) - you desire;]
Aṅgiras said: If you desire the foremost station, worship Govinda, the imperishable Acyuta within whom all this exists. (26)
पुलस्त्यः
pulastyaḥ
[पुलस्त्यः (pulastyaḥ) - Pulastya;]
परं ब्रह्म परं धाम योसौ ब्रह्म सनातनम्। तमाराध्य हरिं याति मुक्तिमप्यतिदुर्लभाम् ॥२७॥
paraṁ brahma paraṁ dhāma yōsau brahma sanātanam। tamārādhya hariṁ yāti muktimapyatidurlabhām ॥27॥
[परम् (param) - supreme; ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman; परम् (param) - supreme; धाम (dhāma) - abode; यः + असौ (yaḥ + asau) - who is that one; ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman; सनातनम् (sanātanam) - eternal; तम् (tam) - that; आराध्य (ārādhya) - having worshipped; हरिम् (harim) - Hari; याति (yāti) - one attains; मुक्तिम् (muktim) - liberation; अपि (api) - even; अतिदुर्लभाम् (atidurlabhām) - exceedingly difficult to attain;]
Pulastya said: By worshiping Hari, who is the supreme Brahman, the supreme abode, and the eternal Brahman, one attains even liberation, a state exceedingly difficult to attain. (27)
ऐन्द्रमिन्द्रः परं स्थानं यमाराध्य जगत्पतिम्। प्राप यज्ञपतिं विष्णुं तमाराधय सुव्रत ॥२८॥
aindramindraḥ paraṁ sthānaṁ yamārādhya jagatpatim। prāpa yajñapatiṁ viṣṇuṁ tamārādhaya suvrata ॥28॥
[ऐन्द्रम् (aindram) - belonging to Indra; इन्द्रः (indraḥ) - Indra; परम् (param) - supreme; स्थानम् (sthānam) - rank; यम् (yam) - whom; आराध्य (ārādhya) - having worshipped; जगत्पतिम् (jagatpatim) - lord of the world; प्राप (prāpa) - attained; यज्ञपतिम् (yajñapatim) - lord of sacrifice; विष्णुम् (viṣṇum) - Vishnu; तम् (tam) - him; आराधय (ārādhaya) - worship; सुव्रत (suvrata) - O virtuous one;]
By worshiping Vishnu, lord of the world and lord of sacrifice, Indra attained the supreme rank of Indra. Worship him, O virtuous one. (28)
प्राप्नोत्याराधिते विष्णौ मनसा यद्यदिच्छति। त्रैलोक्यान्तर्गतं स्थानं किमु लोकोत्तरोत्तरम् ॥२९॥
prāpnōtyārādhitē viṣṇau manasā yadyadicchati। trailōkyāntargataṁ sthānaṁ kimu lōkōttarōttaram ॥29॥
[प्राप्नोति (prāpnōti) - one attains; आराधिते (ārādhitē) - when worshipped; विष्णौ (viṣṇau) - Vishnu; मनसा (manasā) - in one's mind; यत् + यत् (yat + yat) - whatever; इच्छति (icchati) - one desires; त्रैलोक्य + अन्तर्गतम् (trailōkya + antargatam) - contained within the three worlds; स्थानम् (sthānam) - a place; किम् + उ (kim + u) - how much more; लोक + उत्तर + उत्तरम् (lōka + uttara + uttaram) - ever higher beyond the worlds;]
When Vishnu is worshiped, one attains whatever one desires in one’s mind—whether a station within the three worlds or, all the more, one ever higher beyond them. (29)
ये स्मरन्ति सदा विष्णुं शङ्खचक्रगदाधरम्। सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्ताः परं ब्रह्म विशन्ति ते ॥३०॥
yē smaranti sadā viṣṇuṁ śaṅkhacakragadādharam। sarvapāpavinirmuktāḥ paraṁ brahma viśanti tē ॥30॥
[ये (yē) - those who; स्मरन्ति (smaranti) - remember; सदा (sadā) - always; विष्णुम् (viṣṇum) - Vishnu; शङ्खचक्रगदाधरम् (śaṅkhacakragadādharam) - bearing the conch discus and mace; सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्ताः (sarvapāpavinirmuktāḥ) - freed from all sins; परम् (param) - supreme; ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman; विशन्ति (viśanti) - enter; ते (tē) - they;]
Those who always remember Vishnu, bearer of the conch, discus, and mace, are freed from all sins and enter the supreme Brahman. (30)
ततोनिरुद्धं देवेशं प्रद्युम्नं च ततः परम्। ततः सङ्कर्षणं देवं वासुदेवं परात्परम् ॥३१॥
tatōniruddhaṁ dēvēśaṁ pradyumnaṁ ca tataḥ param। tataḥ saṅkarṣaṇaṁ dēvaṁ vāsudēvaṁ parātparam ॥31॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; अनिरुद्धम् (aniruddham) - Aniruddha; देवेशम् (dēvēśam) - lord of the gods; प्रद्युम्नम् (pradyumnam) - Pradyumna; च (ca) - and; ततः परम् (tataḥ param) - beyond him; ततः (tataḥ) - beyond him; सङ्कर्षणम् (saṅkarṣaṇam) - Saṅkarṣaṇa; देवम् (dēvam) - the god; वासुदेवम् (vāsudēvam) - Vāsudeva; परात् परम् (parāt param) - higher than the highest;]
वासुदेवात् परं नास्ति इति वेदान्तनिश्चयः। वासुदेवं प्रविष्टानां पुनरावर्तनं कुतः ॥३२॥
vāsudēvāt paraṁ nāsti iti vēdāntaniścayaḥ। vāsudēvaṁ praviṣṭānāṁ punarāvartanaṁ kutaḥ ॥32॥
[वासुदेवात् (vāsudēvāt) - than Vāsudeva; परम् (param) - anything higher; न + अस्ति (na + asti) - there is not; इति (iti) - thus; वेदान्तनिश्चयः (vēdāntaniścayaḥ) - the settled conclusion of Vedānta; वासुदेवम् (vāsudēvam) - Vāsudeva; प्रविष्टानाम् (praviṣṭānām) - of those who have entered; पुनरावर्तनम् (punarāvartanam) - returning again; कुतः (kutaḥ) - how could there be;]
Then comes Aniruddha, lord of the gods, and beyond him Pradyumna; beyond him is the god Saṅkarṣaṇa, and then Vāsudeva, higher than the highest. The settled conclusion of Vedānta is that nothing is higher than Vāsudeva. How could those who have entered Vāsudeva ever return? (31–32)
आत्रेयः
ātrēyaḥ
[आत्रेयः (ātrēyaḥ) - Ātreya;]
Ātreya:
यो यानिच्छेन्नरः कामान् नारी वा वरवर्णिनी। तान्समाप्नोति विपुलान्समाराध्य जनार्दनम् ॥३३॥
yō yānicchēnnaraḥ kāmān nārī vā varavarṇinī। tānsamāpnōti vipulānsamārādhya janārdanam ॥33॥
[यः (yaḥ) - whoever; यान् (yān) - whatever; इच्छेत् (icchēt) - may desire; नरः (naraḥ) - a man; कामान् (kāmān) - objects of desire; नारी (nārī) - a woman; वा (vā) - or; वरवर्णिनी (varavarṇinī) - lovely; तान् (tān) - those; समाप्नोति (samāpnōti) - obtains; विपुलान् (vipulān) - in abundance; समाराध्य (samārādhya) - having duly worshipped; जनार्दनम् (janārdanam) - Janārdana;]
Any man or lovely woman who duly worships Janārdana will obtain in abundance whatever they desire. (33)
ब्रह्मा
brahmā
[ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - Brahmā;]
Brahmā:
बाहुभ्यां सागरं तर्तुं क इच्छेत पुमान् भुवि। वासुदेवमनाराध्य को मोक्षं गन्तुमिच्छति ॥३४॥
bāhubhyāṁ sāgaraṁ tartuṁ ka icchēta pumān bhuvi। vāsudēvamanārādhya kō mōkṣaṁ gantumicchati ॥34॥
[बाहुभ्यां (bāhubhyāṁ) - with both arms; सागरं (sāgaraṁ) - the ocean; तर्तुं (tartuṁ) - to cross; क (ka) - who; इच्छेत (icchēta) - would wish; पुमान् (pumān) - man; भुवि (bhuvi) - on earth; वासुदेवम् + अनाराध्य (vāsudēvam + anārādhya) - without worshipping Vāsudeva; को (kō) - who; मोक्षं (mōkṣaṁ) - liberation; गन्तुम् + इच्छति (gantum + icchati) - wishes to attain;]
Who on earth would try to cross the ocean using only his arms? Who would seek liberation without worshipping Vāsudeva? (34)
कौशिकः
kauśikaḥ
[कौशिकः (kauśikaḥ) - Kauśika;]
Kauśika:
अनाराधितगोवन्दा ये नरा दुःखभागिनः। आराध्य वासुदेवं स्युर्नित्यानन्दैकभागिनः ॥३५॥
anārādhitagōvandā yē narā duḥkhabhāginaḥ। ārādhya vāsudēvaṁ syurnityānandaikabhāginaḥ ॥35॥
[अनाराधितगोविन्दाः (anārādhitagōvindāḥ) - who have not worshipped Govinda; ये (yē) - those who; नराः (narāḥ) - men; दुःखभागिनः (duḥkhabhāginaḥ) - partakers of suffering; आराध्य (ārādhya) - having worshipped; वासुदेवम् (vāsudēvam) - Vasudeva; स्युः (syuḥ) - would become; नित्यानन्दैकभागिनः (nityānandaikabhāginaḥ) - partakers solely of eternal bliss;]
Those who have not worshipped Govinda suffer, but by worshipping Vāsudeva they come to share solely in eternal bliss. (35)
शङ्करः
śaṅkaraḥ
[शङ्करः (śaṅkaraḥ) - Śaṅkara;]
Śaṅkara:
कृते पापेनुतापो वै यस्य पुंसः प्रजायते। प्रायश्चित्तं तु तस्योक्तं हरिसंस्मरणं परम् ॥३६॥
kr̥tē pāpēnutāpō vai yasya puṁsaḥ prajāyatē। prāyaścittaṁ tu tasyōktaṁ harisaṁsmaraṇaṁ param ॥36॥
[कृते (kr̥tē) - having been committed; पापे (pāpē) - when a sin; अनुतापः (anutāpaḥ) - remorse; वै (vai) - indeed; यस्य (yasya) - in whom; पुंसः (puṁsaḥ) - in a man; प्रजायते (prajāyatē) - arises; प्रायश्चित्तम् (prāyaścittam) - atonement; तु (tu) - but; तस्य (tasya) - for him; उक्तम् (uktam) - is said to be; हरि-संस्मरणम् (hari-saṁsmaraṇam) - remembrance of Hari; परम् (param) - supreme;]
For one who feels remorse after committing a sin, remembrance of Hari is said to be the supreme atonement. (36)
नाम्नोस्ति यावती शक्तिः पापनिर्हरणे हरेः। तावत्कर्तुं न शक्नोति पातकं पातकी जनः ॥३७॥
nāmnōsti yāvatī śaktiḥ pāpanirharaṇē harēḥ। tāvatkartuṁ na śaknōti pātakaṁ pātakī janaḥ ॥37॥
[नाम्नः + अस्ति (nāmnaḥ + asti) - the name has; यावती (yāvatī) - as great as; शक्तिः (śaktiḥ) - power; पाप + निर्हरणे (pāpa + nirharaṇē) - to remove sin; हरेः (harēḥ) - of Hari; तावत् (tāvat) - that much; कर्तुम् (kartum) - to commit; न (na) - not; शक्नोति (śaknōti) - is able; पातकम् (pātakam) - sin; पातकी (pātakī) - sinful; जनः (janaḥ) - person;]
No sinner can commit as many sins as Hari’s name has the power to remove. (37)
ब्रह्मा
brahmā
[ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - Brahmā;]
Brahmā:
न ह्यपुण्यवतां लोके मूढानां कुटिलात्मनाम्। भक्तिर्भवति गोविन्दे स्मरणं कीर्तनं तथा ॥३८॥
na hyapuṇyavatāṁ lōkē mūḍhānāṁ kuṭilātmanām। bhaktirbhavati gōvindē smaraṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ tathā ॥38॥
[न (na) - not; हि (hi) - for; अपुण्यवताम् (apuṇyavatām) - of those without merit; लोके (lōkē) - in the world; मूढानाम् (mūḍhānām) - of the foolish; कुटिलात्मनाम् (kuṭilātmanām) - of the crooked-minded; भक्तिः (bhaktiḥ) - devotion; भवति (bhavati) - arises; गोविन्दे (gōvindē) - toward Govinda; स्मरणम् (smaraṇam) - remembrance; कीर्तनम् (kīrtanam) - praise; तथा (tathā) - likewise;]
For in this world, those without merit—the foolish and crooked-minded—have no devotion to Govinda, nor do they remember or praise him. (38)
तदैव पुरुषो मुक्तो जन्मदुःखजरादिभिः। जितेन्द्रियो विशुद्धात्मा यदैव स्मरते हरिम् ॥३९॥
tadaiva puruṣō muktō janmaduḥkhajarādibhiḥ। jitēndriyō viśuddhātmā yadaiva smaratē harim ॥39॥
[तदा + एव (tadā + ēva) - at that very moment; पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - a person; मुक्तः (muktaḥ) - freed; जन्म + दुःख + जरा + आदिभिः (janma + duḥkha + jarā + ādibhiḥ) - from birth suffering old age and the like; जितेन्द्रियः (jitēndriyaḥ) - with senses subdued; विशुद्धात्मा (viśuddhātmā) - with purified self; यदा + एव (yadā + ēva) - at the very moment when; स्मरते (smaratē) - remembers; हरिम् (harim) - Hari;]
The moment a self-controlled, pure-hearted person remembers Hari, he is freed from birth, suffering, old age, and the like. (39)
प्राप्ते कलियुगे घोरे धर्मज्ञानविवर्जिते। न कश्चित्स्मरते देवं कृष्णं कलिमलापहम् ॥४०॥
prāptē kaliyugē ghōrē dharmajñānavivarjitē। na kaścitsmaratē dēvaṁ kr̥ṣṇaṁ kalimalāpaham ॥40॥
[प्राप्ते (prāptē) - when it has arrived; कलियुगे (kaliyugē) - in the age of Kali; घोरे (ghōrē) - terrible; धर्म-ज्ञान-विवर्जिते (dharma-jñāna-vivarjitē) - devoid of dharma and knowledge; न (na) - not; कश्चित् (kaścit) - anyone; स्मरते (smaratē) - remembers; देवम् (dēvam) - the god; कृष्णम् (kr̥ṣṇam) - Krishna; कलि-मल-अपहम् (kali-mala-apaham) - remover of Kali's corruption;]
When the terrible age of Kali arrives, devoid of dharma and knowledge, no one remembers the god Krishna, who removes Kali’s corruption. (40)
न कलौ देवदेवस्य जन्मदुःखापहारिणः। करोति मर्त्यो मूढात्मा स्मरणं कीर्तनं हरेः ॥४१॥
na kalau dēvadēvasya janmaduḥkhāpahāriṇaḥ। karōti martyō mūḍhātmā smaraṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ harēḥ ॥41॥
[न (na) - not; कलौ (kalau) - in the Kali age; देवदेवस्य (dēvadēvasya) - of the God of gods; जन्मदुःखापहारिणः (janmaduḥkhāpahāriṇaḥ) - remover of the suffering of birth; करोति (karōti) - performs; मर्त्यः (martyaḥ) - a mortal; मूढात्मा (mūḍhātmā) - deluded in mind; स्मरणम् (smaraṇam) - remembrance; कीर्तनम् (kīrtanam) - praise; हरेः (harēḥ) - of Hari;]
In the Kali age, no deluded mortal remembers or praises Hari, the God of gods who removes the suffering of birth. (41)
ये स्मरन्ति सदा विष्णुं विशुद्धेनान्तरात्मना। ते प्रयान्ति भयं त्यक्त्वा विष्णुलोकमनामयम् ॥४२॥
yē smaranti sadā viṣṇuṁ viśuddhēnāntarātmanā। tē prayānti bhayaṁ tyaktvā viṣṇulōkamanāmayam ॥42॥
[ये (yē) - those who; स्मरन्ति (smaranti) - remember; सदा (sadā) - always; विष्णुम् (viṣṇum) - Vishnu; विशुद्धेन + अन्तरात्मना (viśuddhēna + antarātmanā) - with a purified heart; ते (tē) - they; प्रयान्ति (prayānti) - go to; भयम् (bhayam) - fear; त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā) - having cast off; विष्णुलोकम् (viṣṇulōkam) - Vishnu's realm; अनामयम् (anāmayam) - free from affliction;]
Those who always remember Vishnu with a purified heart cast off fear and go to Vishnu’s realm, which is free from affliction. (42)
गर्भजन्मजरारोगदुःखसंसारबन्धनैः। न बाध्यते नरो नित्यं वासुदेवमनुस्मरन् ॥४३॥
garbhajanmajarārōgaduḥkhasaṁsārabandhanaiḥ। na bādhyatē narō nityaṁ vāsudēvamanusmaran ॥43॥
[गर्भ (garbha) - the womb; जन्म (janma) - birth; जरा (jarā) - old age; रोग (rōga) - disease; दुःख (duḥkha) - suffering; संसार-बन्धनैः (saṁsāra-bandhanaiḥ) - by the bonds of worldly existence; न (na) - not; बाध्यते (bādhyatē) - is afflicted; नरः (naraḥ) - a man; नित्यम् (nityam) - constantly; वासुदेवम् (vāsudēvam) - Vāsudeva; अनुस्मरन् (anusmaran) - remembering;]
A person who constantly remembers Vāsudeva is never afflicted by the bonds of worldly existence: life in the womb, birth, old age, disease, and suffering. (43)
यममार्गं महाघोरं नरकाणि यमं तथा। स्वप्नेपि नैव पश्येत यः स्मरेद्गरुडध्वजम् ॥४४॥
yamamārgaṁ mahāghōraṁ narakāṇi yamaṁ tathā। svapnēpi naiva paśyēta yaḥ smarēdgaruḍadhvajam ॥44॥
[यममार्गम् (yamamārgam) - the road to Yama; महाघोरम् (mahāghōram) - exceedingly dreadful; नरकाणि (narakāṇi) - the hells; यमम् (yamam) - Yama; तथा (tathā) - likewise; स्वप्ने + अपि (svapnē + api) - even in a dream; न + एव (na + ēva) - never; पश्येत् (paśyēt) - would see; यः (yaḥ) - whoever; स्मरेत् (smarēt) - remembers; गरुडध्वजम् (garuḍadhvajam) - the Bearer of Garuḍa on his banner;]
Whoever remembers the One whose banner bears Garuḍa will never see, even in a dream, Yama’s exceedingly dreadful road, the hells, or Yama himself. (44)
हृदि रूपं मुखे नाम नैवेद्यमुदरे हरेः। पादोदकं च निर्माल्यं मस्तके यस्य सोच्युतः ॥४५॥
hr̥di rūpaṁ mukhē nāma naivēdyamudarē harēḥ। pādōdakaṁ ca nirmālyaṁ mastakē yasya sōcyutaḥ ॥45॥
[हृदि (hr̥di) - in the heart; रूपम् (rūpam) - the form; मुखे (mukhē) - on the lips; नाम (nāma) - the name; नैवेद्यम् + उदरे (naivēdyam + udarē) - the offered food in the belly; हरेः (harēḥ) - of Hari; पादोदकम् (pādōdakam) - water from his feet; च (ca) - and; निर्माल्यम् (nirmālyam) - remnants of offerings; मस्तके (mastakē) - on the head; यस्य (yasya) - of whom; सः + अच्युतः (saḥ + acyutaḥ) - he is Acyuta;]
Whoever has Hari’s form in his heart, his name on his lips, food offered to Hari in his belly, and the water from Hari’s feet and remnants of offerings on his head—he is Acyuta. (45)
गोविन्दस्मरणं पुंसां पापराशिमहाचलम्। असंशयं दहत्याशु तूलराशिमिवानलः ॥४६॥
gōvindasmaraṇaṁ puṁsāṁ pāparāśimahācalam। asaṁśayaṁ dahatyāśu tūlarāśimivānalaḥ ॥46॥
[गोविन्दस्मरणम् (gōvindasmaraṇam) - remembrance of Govinda; पुंसाम् (puṁsām) - of people; पापराशिमहाचलम् (pāparāśimahācalam) - the great mountain of accumulated sin; असंशयम् (asaṁśayam) - undoubtedly; दहति (dahati) - burns away; आशु (āśu) - quickly; तूलराशिम् (tūlarāśim) - a heap of cotton; इव (iva) - as; अनलः (analaḥ) - fire;]
Remembrance of Govinda swiftly and surely burns away a great mountain of accumulated sin, just as fire burns a heap of cotton. (46)
अगस्त्यः
agastyaḥ
[अगस्त्यः (agastyaḥ) - Agastya;]
Agastya:
स्मरणादेव कृष्णस्य पापसङ्घातपञ्जरः। शतधा भेदमायाति गिरिर्वज्रहतो यथा ॥४७॥
smaraṇādēva kr̥ṣṇasya pāpasaṅghātapañjaraḥ। śatadhā bhēdamāyāti girirvajrahatō yathā ॥47॥
[स्मरणात् + एव (smaraṇāt + ēva) - at the mere remembrance; कृष्णस्य (kr̥ṣṇasya) - of Krishna; पाप-सङ्घात-पञ्जरः (pāpa-saṅghāta-pañjaraḥ) - the cage of accumulated sins; शतधा (śatadhā) - into a hundred pieces; भेदम् + आयाति (bhēdam + āyāti) - is shattered; गिरिः (giriḥ) - a mountain; वज्र-हतः (vajra-hataḥ) - struck by a thunderbolt; यथा (yathā) - just as;]
Merely remembering Krishna shatters the cage of accumulated sins into a hundred pieces, like a mountain struck by a thunderbolt. (47)
कृष्णे रताः कृष्णमनुस्मरन्ति तद्भावितास्तद्गतमानसाश्च। भिन्नेपि देहे प्रविशन्ति कृष्णं हविर्यथा मन्त्रहुतं हुताशे ॥४८॥
kr̥ṣṇē ratāḥ kr̥ṣṇamanusmaranti tadbhāvitāstadgatamānasāśca। bhinnēpi dēhē praviśanti kr̥ṣṇaṁ haviryathā mantrahutaṁ hutāśē ॥48॥
[कृष्णे (kr̥ṣṇē) - in Krishna; रताः (ratāḥ) - devoted; कृष्णम् (kr̥ṣṇam) - Krishna; अनुस्मरन्ति (anusmaranti) - they remember; तत्-भाविताः (tat-bhāvitāḥ) - imbued with him; तत्-गत-मानसाः (tat-gata-mānasāḥ) - whose minds are fixed on him; च (ca) - and; भिन्ने (bhinnē) - when dissolved; अपि (api) - even; देहे (dēhē) - the body; प्रविशन्ति (praviśanti) - they enter; कृष्णम् (kr̥ṣṇam) - Krishna; हविः (haviḥ) - an oblation; यथा (yathā) - just as; मन्त्र-हुतम् (mantra-hutam) - offered with a mantra; हुताशे (hutāśē) - into the fire;]
Devoted to Krishna, they remember him. Imbued with him and with their minds fixed on him, they enter Krishna even when the body dissolves, just as an oblation offered with a mantra enters the fire. (48)
सा हानिस्तन्महच्छिद्रं सा चान्धजडमूकता। यन्मुहूर्तं क्षणं वापि वासुदेवो न चिन्त्यते ॥४९॥
sā hānistanmahacchidraṁ sā cāndhajaḍamūkatā। yanmuhūrtaṁ kṣaṇaṁ vāpi vāsudēvō na cintyatē ॥49॥
[सा (sā) - that; हानिः (hāniḥ) - loss; तत् (tat) - that; महत् + छिद्रम् (mahat + chidram) - great lapse; सा (sā) - that; च (ca) - and; अन्ध + जड + मूकता (andha + jaḍa + mūkatā) - blindness insensibility and muteness; यत् (yat) - when; मुहूर्तम् (muhūrtam) - for a muhūrta; क्षणम् (kṣaṇam) - for a moment; वा + अपि (vā + api) - or even; वासुदेवः (vāsudēvaḥ) - Vāsudeva; न (na) - not; चिन्त्यते (cintyatē) - is contemplated;]
Any muhūrta—or even a moment—in which Vāsudeva is not contemplated is a loss, a grave lapse, and a state of blindness, insensibility, and muteness. (49)
नारायणो नाम नरो नराणां प्रसिद्धचोरः कथितः पृथिव्याम्। अनेकजन्मार्जितपापसञ्चयं हरत्यशेषं स्मृतमात्र एव ॥५०॥
nārāyaṇō nāma narō narāṇāṁ prasiddhacōraḥ kathitaḥ pr̥thivyām। anēkajanmārjitapāpasañcayaṁ haratyaśēṣaṁ smr̥tamātra ēva ॥50॥
[नारायणो (nārāyaṇō) - Nārāyaṇa; नाम (nāma) - by name; नरो (narō) - a man; नराणाम् (narāṇām) - among men; प्रसिद्धचोरः (prasiddhacōraḥ) - a notorious thief; कथितः (kathitaḥ) - is said to be; पृथिव्याम् (pr̥thivyām) - on earth; अनेकजन्मार्जितपापसञ्चयम् (anēkajanmārjitapāpasañcayam) - the mass of sins accumulated over many births; हरति (harati) - steals away; अशेषम् (aśēṣam) - without remainder; स्मृतमात्र (smr̥tamātra) - merely remembered; एव (ēva) - as soon as;]
The man named Nārāyaṇa is known on earth as a notorious thief among men: the instant he is remembered, he steals away every last sin accumulated over many births. (50)
यस्य संस्मरणादेव वासुदेवस्य चक्रिणः। कोटिजन्मार्जितं पापं तत्क्षणादेव नश्यति ॥५१॥
yasya saṁsmaraṇādēva vāsudēvasya cakriṇaḥ। kōṭijanmārjitaṁ pāpaṁ tatkṣaṇādēva naśyati ॥51॥
[यस्य (yasya) - of whom; संस्मरणात् + एव (saṁsmaraṇāt + ēva) - by mere remembrance; वासुदेवस्य (vāsudēvasya) - of Vāsudeva; चक्रिणः (cakriṇaḥ) - the discus-bearer; कोटि-जन्म-अर्जितम् (kōṭi-janma-arjitam) - accumulated over ten million births; पापम् (pāpam) - sin; तत्-क्षणात् + एव (tat-kṣaṇāt + ēva) - at that very instant; नश्यति (naśyati) - perishes;]
The mere remembrance of Vāsudeva, the discus-bearer, destroys in that very instant the sin accumulated over ten million births. (51)
किं तस्य बहुभिस्तीर्थैः किं तपोभिः किमध्वरैः। यो नित्यं ध्यायते देवं नारायणमनन्यधीः ॥५२॥
kiṁ tasya bahubhistīrthaiḥ kiṁ tapōbhiḥ kimadhvaraiḥ। yō nityaṁ dhyāyatē dēvaṁ nārāyaṇamananyadhīḥ ॥52॥
[किम् (kim) - what need; तस्य (tasya) - has he; बहुभिः (bahubhiḥ) - of many; तीर्थैः (tīrthaiḥ) - sacred pilgrimage sites; किम् (kim) - what need; तपोभिः (tapōbhiḥ) - of austerities; किम् (kim) - what need; अध्वरैः (adhvaraiḥ) - of sacrifices; यः (yaḥ) - who; नित्यम् (nityam) - constantly; ध्यायते (dhyāyatē) - meditates on; देवम् (dēvam) - the god; नारायणम् (nārāyaṇam) - Nārāyaṇa; अनन्यधीः (ananyadhīḥ) - with his mind on no other;]
What need does one who constantly meditates with undivided attention on the god Nārāyaṇa have of numerous pilgrimage sites, austerities, or sacrifices? (52)
ये मानवा विगतरागपरावरज्ञा नारायणं सुरगुरुं सततं स्मरन्ति। ध्यानेन तेन हतकिल्बिषचेतनास्ते मातुः पयोधररसं न पुनः पिबन्ति ॥५३॥
yē mānavā vigatarāgaparāvarajñā nārāyaṇaṁ suraguruṁ satataṁ smaranti। dhyānēna tēna hatakilbiṣacētanāstē mātuḥ payōdhararasaṁ na punaḥ pibanti ॥53॥
[ये (yē) - those who; मानवाः (mānavāḥ) - people; विगत-रागाः (vigata-rāgāḥ) - free from attachment; परावर-ज्ञाः (parāvara-jñāḥ) - knowers of higher and lower; नारायणम् (nārāyaṇam) - Nārāyaṇa; सुर-गुरुम् (sura-gurum) - guru of the gods; सततम् (satatam) - constantly; स्मरन्ति (smaranti) - remember; ध्यानेन (dhyānēna) - by meditation; तेन (tēna) - that; हत-किल्बिष-चेतनाः (hata-kilbiṣa-cētanāḥ) - with minds cleansed of sin; ते (tē) - they; मातुः (mātuḥ) - of a mother; पयोधर-रसम् (payōdhara-rasam) - milk from the breast; न (na) - not; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; पिबन्ति (pibanti) - drink;]
People who are free from attachment, know the higher and the lower, and constantly remember Nārāyaṇa, the guru of the gods, have their minds cleansed of sin by that meditation and never again drink milk from a mother’s breast. (53)
हे चित्त चिन्तयस्वेह वासुदेवमहर्निशम्। नूनं यश्चिन्तितः पुंसां हन्ति संसारबन्धनम् ॥५४॥
hē citta cintayasvēha vāsudēvamaharniśam। nūnaṁ yaścintitaḥ puṁsāṁ hanti saṁsārabandhanam ॥54॥
[हे (hē) - O; चित्त (citta) - mind; चिन्तयस्व (cintayasva) - contemplate; इह (iha) - here; वासुदेवम् (vāsudēvam) - Vāsudeva; अहर्निशम् (aharniśam) - day and night; नूनम् (nūnam) - surely; यः + चिन्तितः (yaḥ + cintitaḥ) - who when contemplated; पुंसाम् (puṁsām) - by men; हन्ति (hanti) - destroys; संसारबन्धनम् (saṁsārabandhanam) - the bondage of saṃsāra;]
O mind, contemplate Vāsudeva here day and night. Surely, when people contemplate him, he destroys their bondage to saṃsāra. (54)
आलोड्य सर्वशास्त्राणि विचार्य च पुनः पुनः। इदमेकं सुनिष्पन्नं ध्येयो नारायणः सदा ॥५५॥
ālōḍya sarvaśāstrāṇi vicārya ca punaḥ punaḥ। idamēkaṁ suniṣpannaṁ dhyēyō nārāyaṇaḥ sadā ॥55॥
[आलोड्य (ālōḍya) - having thoroughly examined; सर्वशास्त्राणि (sarvaśāstrāṇi) - all the scriptures; विचार्य (vicārya) - having reflected; च (ca) - and; पुनः पुनः (punaḥ punaḥ) - again and again; इदम् (idam) - this; एकम् (ēkam) - alone; सुनिष्पन्नम् (suniṣpannam) - is firmly established; ध्येयः (dhyēyaḥ) - is to be meditated upon; नारायणः (nārāyaṇaḥ) - Nārāyaṇa; सदा (sadā) - always;]
Thorough examination of all the scriptures, together with repeated reflection, firmly establishes this single conclusion: one should always meditate on Nārāyaṇa. (55)
स्मृते सकलकल्याणभाजनं यत्र जायते। पुरुषस्तमजं नित्यं व्रजामि शरणं हरिम् ॥५६॥
smr̥tē sakalakalyāṇabhājanaṁ yatra jāyatē। puruṣastamajaṁ nityaṁ vrajāmi śaraṇaṁ harim ॥56॥
[स्मृते (smr̥tē) - when remembered; सकलकल्याणभाजनम् (sakalakalyāṇabhājanam) - a recipient of every blessing; यत्र (yatra) - in whose case; जायते (jāyatē) - becomes; पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - a person; तम् (tam) - that one; अजम् (ajam) - unborn; नित्यम् (nityam) - eternal; व्रजामि (vrajāmi) - I seek; शरणम् (śaraṇam) - refuge; हरिम् (harim) - Hari;]
I seek refuge in the unborn, eternal Hari, remembrance of whom makes a person the recipient of every blessing. (56)
वेदेषु यज्ञेषु तपस्सु चैव दानेषु तीर्थेषु व्रतेषु यच्च। इष्टेषु पूर्तेषु च यत्प्रदिष्टं पुण्यं स्मृते तत्खलु वासुदेवे ॥५७॥
vēdēṣu yajñēṣu tapassu caiva dānēṣu tīrthēṣu vratēṣu yacca। iṣṭēṣu pūrtēṣu ca yatpradiṣṭaṁ puṇyaṁ smr̥tē tatkhalu vāsudēvē ॥57॥
[वेदेषु (vēdēṣu) - in the Vedas; यज्ञेषु (yajñēṣu) - in sacrifices; तपस्सु (tapassu) - in austerities; च + एव (ca + ēva) - and also; दानेषु (dānēṣu) - in gifts; तीर्थेषु (tīrthēṣu) - in sacred places; व्रतेषु (vratēṣu) - in vows; यत् + च (yat + ca) - whatever; इष्टेषु (iṣṭēṣu) - in sacrificial rites; पूर्तेषु (pūrtēṣu) - in public-benefit works; च (ca) - and; यत् + प्रदिष्टम् (yat + pradiṣṭam) - whatever is prescribed; पुण्यम् (puṇyam) - merit; स्मृते (smr̥tē) - when remembered; तत् (tat) - all that; खलु (khalu) - indeed; वासुदेवे (vāsudēvē) - Vāsudeva;]
All the merit of the Vedas, sacrifices, austerities, gifts, sacred places, and vows, and all the merit prescribed for sacrificial rites and works for public benefit, is indeed gained by remembering Vāsudeva. (57)
आराध्यैवं नरो विष्णुं मनसा यद्यदिच्छति। फलं प्राप्नोति विपुलं भूरि स्वल्पमथापि वा ॥५८॥
ārādhyaivaṁ narō viṣṇuṁ manasā yadyadicchati। phalaṁ prāpnōti vipulaṁ bhūri svalpamathāpi vā ॥58॥
[आराध्य (ārādhya) - having worshipped; एवम् (ēvam) - thus; नरः (naraḥ) - a man; विष्णुम् (viṣṇum) - Viṣṇu; मनसा (manasā) - with his mind; यत् + यत् (yat + yat) - whatever; इच्छति (icchati) - desires; फलम् (phalam) - reward; प्राप्नोति (prāpnōti) - obtains; विपुलम् (vipulam) - abundant; भूरि (bhūri) - much; स्वल्पम् (svalpam) - little; अथ + अपि (atha + api) - even; वा (vā) - or;]
A man who thus worships Viṣṇu in his mind receives an abundant reward: whatever he desires, whether much or little. (58)
यन्नामकीर्तनं भक्त्या विलापनमनुत्तमम्। मैत्रेयाशेषपापानां धातूनामिव पावकः ॥५९॥
yannāmakīrtanaṁ bhaktyā vilāpanamanuttamam। maitrēyāśēṣapāpānāṁ dhātūnāmiva pāvakaḥ ॥59॥
[यत् + नामकीर्तनम् (yat + nāmakīrtanam) - chanting of his name; भक्त्या (bhaktyā) - with devotion; विलापनम् (vilāpanam) - destroyer; अनुत्तमम् (anuttamam) - unsurpassed; मैत्रेय (maitrēya) - O Maitreya; अशेष + पापानाम् (aśēṣa + pāpānām) - of all sins; धातूनाम् (dhātūnām) - of metals; इव (iva) - like; पावकः (pāvakaḥ) - fire;]
O Maitreya, chanting his name with devotion is the unsurpassed destroyer of all sins, just as fire destroys metals. (59)
कलिकल्मषमत्युग्रं नरकार्तिप्रदं नृणाम्। प्रयाति विलयं सद्यः सकृत्सङ्कीर्तितेच्युते ॥६०॥
kalikalmaṣamatyugraṁ narakārtipradaṁ nr̥ṇām। prayāti vilayaṁ sadyaḥ sakr̥tsaṅkīrtitēcyutē ॥60॥
[कलि + कल्मषम् (kali + kalmaṣam) - the stain of the Kali age; अति + उग्रम् (ati + ugram) - exceedingly terrible; नरक + आर्ति + प्रदम् (naraka + ārti + pradam) - causing the torment of hell; नृणाम् (nr̥ṇām) - to men; प्रयाति (prayāti) - passes; विलयम् (vilayam) - into dissolution; सद्यः (sadyaḥ) - immediately; सकृत् (sakr̥t) - just once; सङ्कीर्तिते + अच्युते (saṅkīrtitē + acyutē) - when Acyuta is praised;]
The exceedingly terrible stain of the Kali age, which brings people the torment of hell, vanishes immediately when Acyuta is praised even once. (60)
अनायासेन चायान्ति मुक्तिं केशवसंश्रिताः। तद्विघाताय जायन्ते शक्राद्याः परिपन्थिनः ॥६१॥
anāyāsēna cāyānti muktiṁ kēśavasaṁśritāḥ। tadvighātāya jāyantē śakrādyāḥ paripanthinaḥ ॥61॥
[अनायासेन (anāyāsēna) - effortlessly; च (ca) - and; आयान्ति (āyānti) - attain; मुक्तिम् (muktim) - liberation; केशवसंश्रिताः (kēśavasaṁśritāḥ) - those who have taken refuge in Keshava; तद्विघाताय (tadvighātāya) - to obstruct that; जायन्ते (jāyantē) - arise; शक्र + आद्याः (śakra + ādyāḥ) - Shakra and others; परिपन्थिनः (paripanthinaḥ) - as adversaries;]
Those who have taken refuge in Keśava attain liberation effortlessly; Śakra and others arise as adversaries to obstruct their liberation. (61)
चतुःसागरमासाद्य जम्बूद्वीपोत्तमे क्वचित्। न पुमान्केशवादन्यः सर्वपापचिकित्सकः ॥६२॥
catuḥsāgaramāsādya jambūdvīpōttamē kvacit। na pumānkēśavādanyaḥ sarvapāpacikitsakaḥ ॥62॥
[चतुःसागरम् (catuḥsāgaram) - as far as the four oceans; आसाद्य (āsādya) - reaching; जम्बूद्वीप + उत्तमे (jambūdvīpa + uttamē) - in excellent Jambudvipa; क्वचित् (kvacit) - anywhere; न (na) - not; पुमान् (pumān) - a man; केशवात् (kēśavāt) - other than Keshava; अन्यः (anyaḥ) - another; सर्वपाप + चिकित्सकः (sarvapāpa + cikitsakaḥ) - healer of all sins;]
Within the bounds of the four oceans, nowhere in excellent Jambūdvīpa is there anyone besides Keśava who can cure all sins. (62)
यदभ्यर्च्य हरिं भक्त्या कृते वर्षसहस्रकम्। फलं प्राप्नोति विपुलं कलौ सङ्कीर्त्य केशवम् ॥६३॥
yadabhyarcya hariṁ bhaktyā kr̥tē varṣasahasrakam। phalaṁ prāpnōti vipulaṁ kalau saṅkīrtya kēśavam ॥63॥
[यत् (yat) - that which; अभ्यर्च्य (abhyarcya) - by worshipping; हरिम् (harim) - Hari; भक्त्या (bhaktyā) - with devotion; कृते (kr̥tē) - in the Kṛta age; वर्ष-सहस्रकम् (varṣa-sahasrakam) - for a thousand years; फलम् (phalam) - reward; प्राप्नोति (prāpnōti) - one obtains; विपुलम् (vipulam) - abundant; कलौ (kalau) - in the Kali age; सङ्कीर्त्य (saṅkīrtya) - by praising; केशवम् (kēśavam) - Keśava;]
By praising Keśava in the Kali age, one obtains the same abundant reward as one would by worshiping Hari with devotion for a thousand years in the Kṛta age. (63)
क्षीयते तु यदा धर्मः प्राप्ते घोरे कलौ युगे। तदा न कीर्तयेत्कश्चिन्मुक्तिदं देवमच्युतम् ॥६४॥
kṣīyatē tu yadā dharmaḥ prāptē ghōrē kalau yugē। tadā na kīrtayētkaścinmuktidaṁ dēvamacyutam ॥64॥
[क्षीयते (kṣīyatē) - declines; तु (tu) - but; यदा (yadā) - when; धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - dharma; प्राप्ते (prāptē) - has arrived; घोरे (ghōrē) - dreadful; कलौ (kalau) - Kali; युगे (yugē) - age; तदा (tadā) - then; न (na) - not; कीर्तयेत् (kīrtayēt) - would praise; कश्चित् (kaścit) - anyone; मुक्तिदम् (muktidam) - giver of liberation; देवम् (dēvam) - the god; अच्युतम् (acyutam) - Acyuta;]
But when dharma declines with the arrival of the dreadful Kali age, no one praises the god Acyuta, the giver of liberation. (64)
अवशेनापि यन्नाम्नि कीर्तिते सर्वपातकैः। पुमान्विमुच्यते सद्यः सिंहत्रस्तमृगैरिव ॥६५॥
avaśēnāpi yannāmni kīrtitē sarvapātakaiḥ। pumānvimucyatē sadyaḥ siṁhatrastamr̥gairiva ॥65॥
[अवशेन + अपि (avaśēna + api) - even involuntarily; यत् + नाम्नि (yat + nāmni) - when his name; कीर्तिते (kīrtitē) - is uttered; सर्वपातकैः (sarvapātakaiḥ) - by all sins; पुमान् (pumān) - a man; विमुच्यते (vimucyatē) - is freed; सद्यः (sadyaḥ) - immediately; सिंह-त्रस्त-मृगैः (siṁha-trasta-mr̥gaiḥ) - deer terrified by a lion; इव (iva) - like;]
When his name is uttered, even involuntarily, a man is immediately freed from all sins, which flee like deer terrified by a lion. (65)
नारायणेति मन्त्रोस्ति वागस्ति वशवर्तिनी। तथापि नरके घोरे पतन्तीत्येतदद्भुतम् ॥६६॥
nārāyaṇēti mantrōsti vāgasti vaśavartinī। tathāpi narakē ghōrē patantītyētadadbhutam ॥66॥
[नारायण + इति (nārāyaṇa + iti) - the word Nārāyaṇa; मन्त्रः + अस्ति (mantraḥ + asti) - there is a mantra; वाक् + अस्ति (vāk + asti) - speech is available; वशवर्तिनी (vaśavartinī) - obedient to one's will; तथापि (tathāpi) - nevertheless; नरके (narakē) - into hell; घोरे (ghōrē) - dreadful; पतन्ति (patanti) - they fall; इति (iti) - that; एतत् (ētat) - this; अद्भुतम् (adbhutam) - is astonishing;]
The mantra “Nārāyaṇa” exists, and speech is subject to one’s will; it is astonishing that people nevertheless fall into a dreadful hell. (66)
आर्ता विषण्णाः शिथिलाश्च भीता घोरेषु च व्याधिषु वर्तमानाः। सङ्कीर्त्य नारायणशब्दमात्रं विमुक्तदुःखाः सुखिनो भवन्ति ॥६७॥
ārtā viṣaṇṇāḥ śithilāśca bhītā ghōrēṣu ca vyādhiṣu vartamānāḥ। saṅkīrtya nārāyaṇaśabdamātraṁ vimuktaduḥkhāḥ sukhinō bhavanti ॥67॥
[आर्ताः (ārtāḥ) - distressed; विषण्णाः (viṣaṇṇāḥ) - despondent; शिथिलाः + च (śithilāḥ + ca) - and debilitated; भीताः (bhītāḥ) - afraid; घोरेषु (ghōrēṣu) - terrible; च (ca) - and; व्याधिषु (vyādhiṣu) - diseases; वर्तमानाः (vartamānāḥ) - suffering from; सङ्कीर्त्य (saṅkīrtya) - having uttered; नारायणशब्दमात्रं (nārāyaṇaśabdamātraṁ) - merely the word Nārāyaṇa; विमुक्तदुःखाः (vimuktaduḥkhāḥ) - freed from suffering; सुखिनः (sukhinaḥ) - happy; भवन्ति (bhavanti) - become;]
Those who are distressed, despondent, debilitated, and afraid while suffering from terrible diseases become happy and free from suffering merely by uttering the word “Nārāyaṇa.” (67)
कौशिकः
kauśikaḥ
[कौशिकः (kauśikaḥ) - Kauśika;]
Kauśika:
अनाराधितगोविन्दा ये नरा दुःखभागिनः। आराध्य वासुदेवं स्युः सदानन्दैकभोगिनः ॥६८॥
anārādhitagōvindā yē narā duḥkhabhāginaḥ। ārādhya vāsudēvaṁ syuḥ sadānandaikabhōginaḥ ॥68॥
[अनाराधित-गोविन्दा (anārādhita-gōvindā) - who have not worshipped Govinda; ये (yē) - those who; नरा (narā) - men; दुःख-भागिनः (duḥkha-bhāginaḥ) - partakers of suffering; आराध्य (ārādhya) - having worshipped; वासुदेवम् (vāsudēvam) - Vāsudeva; स्युः (syuḥ) - would become; सदा + आनन्द + एक-भोगिनः (sadā + ānanda + ēka-bhōginaḥ) - always enjoying bliss alone;]
Men who have not worshiped Govinda suffer; if they worship Vāsudeva, they enjoy nothing but everlasting bliss. (68)
सकृदुच्चरितं यैस्तु कृष्णेति न विशन्ति ते। गर्भागारगृहं मातुर्यमलोकं च दुस्सहम् ॥६९॥
sakr̥duccaritaṁ yaistu kr̥ṣṇēti na viśanti tē। garbhāgāragr̥haṁ māturyamalōkaṁ ca dussaham ॥69॥
[सकृत् + उच्चरितम् (sakr̥t + uccaritam) - uttered once; यैः (yaiḥ) - by whom; तु (tu) - but; कृष्ण + इति (kr̥ṣṇa + iti) - Kṛṣṇa; न (na) - do not; विशन्ति (viśanti) - enter; ते (tē) - they; गर्भागारगृहम् (garbhāgāragr̥ham) - womb-chamber; मातुः (mātuḥ) - of their mother; यमलोकम् (yamalōkam) - realm of Yama; च (ca) - or; दुस्सहम् (dussaham) - unbearable;]
Those, however, who have uttered “Kṛṣṇa” even once enter neither their mother’s womb nor the unbearable realm of Yama. (69)
क्व नाकपृष्ठगमनं पुनरावृत्तिलक्षणम्। क्व जपो वासुदेवेति मुक्तिबीजमनुत्तमम् ॥७०॥
kva nākapr̥ṣṭhagamanaṁ punarāvr̥ttilakṣaṇam। kva japō vāsudēvēti muktibījamanuttamam ॥70॥
[क्व (kva) - what comparison is there with; नाक-पृष्ठ-गमनम् (nāka-pr̥ṣṭha-gamanam) - ascent to the heights of heaven; पुनरावृत्ति-लक्षणम् (punarāvr̥tti-lakṣaṇam) - characterized by return; क्व (kva) - what comparison is there with; जपः (japaḥ) - repetition; वासुदेव + इति (vāsudēva + iti) - Vāsudeva; मुक्ति-बीजम् (mukti-bījam) - seed of liberation; अनुत्तमम् (anuttamam) - unsurpassed;]
How can ascent to the heights of heaven, from which one must return, compare with the repetition of “Vāsudeva,” the unsurpassed seed of liberation? (70)
बुद्ध्या बुद्ध्वाभ्यसेदेतत् हरिरित्यक्षरद्वयम्। स्मरणात्कीर्तनाद्यस्य न पुनर्जायते भुवि ॥७१॥
buddhyā buddhvābhyasēdētat harirityakṣaradvayam। smaraṇātkīrtanādyasya na punarjāyatē bhuvi ॥71॥
[बुद्ध्या (buddhyā) - with understanding; बुद्ध्वा (buddhvā) - having understood; अभ्यसेत् (abhyasēt) - one should repeat; एतत् (ētat) - this; हरिः + इति (hariḥ + iti) - Hari; अक्षर-द्वयम् (akṣara-dvayam) - pair of syllables; स्मरणात् (smaraṇāt) - by remembering; कीर्तनात् (kīrtanāt) - by chanting; यस्य (yasya) - whom; न (na) - not; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; जायते (jāyatē) - is born; भुवि (bhuvi) - on earth;]
With discernment, one should understand and repeat the two syllables “Hari.” By remembering and chanting him, one is never born again on earth. (71)
हे जिह्वे मम निःस्नेहे हरिं किं नानुभाषसे। हरिं वदस्व कल्याणि संसारोदधिनौर्हरिः ॥७२॥
hē jihvē mama niḥsnēhē hariṁ kiṁ nānubhāṣasē। hariṁ vadasva kalyāṇi saṁsārōdadhinaurhariḥ ॥72॥
[हे (hē) - O; जिह्वे (jihvē) - tongue; मम (mama) - my; निःस्नेहे (niḥsnēhē) - unloving one; हरिं (hariṁ) - Hari; किं (kiṁ) - why; न + अनुभाषसे (na + anubhāṣasē) - do you not utter; हरिं (hariṁ) - Hari; वदस्व (vadasva) - say; कल्याणि (kalyāṇi) - blessed one; संसार + उदधि + नौः (saṁsāra + udadhi + nauḥ) - boat across the ocean of worldly existence; हरिः (hariḥ) - Hari;]
O my unloving tongue, why do you not utter “Hari”? Say “Hari,” O blessed one, for Hari is the boat that crosses the ocean of worldly existence. (72)
असारे खलु संसारे सारात्सारतरो हरिः। पुण्यहीना न विन्दन्ति सारङ्गाश्च यथा जलम् ॥७३॥
asārē khalu saṁsārē sārātsāratarō hariḥ। puṇyahīnā na vindanti sāraṅgāśca yathā jalam ॥73॥
[असारे (asārē) - in the insubstantial; खलु (khalu) - indeed; संसारे (saṁsārē) - cycle of existence; सारात् (sārāt) - than the essence; सारतरः (sārataraḥ) - more essential; हरिः (hariḥ) - Hari; पुण्यहीनाः (puṇyahīnāḥ) - those devoid of merit; न (na) - do not; विन्दन्ति (vindanti) - find; सारङ्गाः (sāraṅgāḥ) - deer; च (ca) - and; यथा (yathā) - just as; जलम् (jalam) - water;]
In the insubstantial cycle of existence, Hari is indeed more essential than essence itself. Those without merit do not find him, just as deer fail to find water. (73)
कुरुक्षेत्रेण किं तस्य किं काश्या पुष्करेण किम्। जिह्वाग्रे वर्तते यस्य हरिरित्यक्षरद्वयम् ॥७४॥
kurukṣētrēṇa kiṁ tasya kiṁ kāśyā puṣkarēṇa kim। jihvāgrē vartatē yasya harirityakṣaradvayam ॥74॥
[कुरुक्षेत्रेण (kurukṣētrēṇa) - with Kurukshetra; किम् (kim) - what use; तस्य (tasya) - to him; किम् (kim) - what use; काश्या (kāśyā) - with Kashi; पुष्करेण (puṣkarēṇa) - with Pushkara; किम् (kim) - what use; जिह्वा-अग्रे (jihvā-agrē) - on the tip of the tongue; वर्तते (vartatē) - is present; यस्य (yasya) - of whom; हरिः (hariḥ) - Hari; इति (iti) - thus expressed; अक्षर-द्वयम् (akṣara-dvayam) - the two syllables;]
What need has one for Kurukṣetra, Kāśī, or Puṣkara when the two syllables “Hari” are on the tip of one’s tongue? (74)
ब्रह्मा
brahmā
[ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - Brahmā;]
Brahmā:
असारे खलु संसारे सारमेकं निरूपितम्। समस्तलोकनाथस्य सारमाराधनं हरेः ॥७५॥
asārē khalu saṁsārē sāramēkaṁ nirūpitam। samastalōkanāthasya sāramārādhanaṁ harēḥ ॥75॥
[असारे (asārē) - in insubstantial existence; खलु (khalu) - indeed; संसारे (saṁsārē) - in worldly existence; सारम् + एकम् (sāram + ēkam) - one essence alone; निरूपितम् (nirūpitam) - has been ascertained; समस्त-लोक-नाथस्य (samasta-lōka-nāthasya) - of the Lord of all worlds; सारम् (sāram) - the essence; आराधनम् (ārādhanam) - worship; हरेः (harēḥ) - of Hari;]
In this insubstantial worldly existence, only one essence has truly been identified: worship of Hari, Lord of all worlds. (75)
सा जिह्वा या हरिं स्तौति तच्चित्तं यत्तदर्पणम्। तावेव केवलौ श्लाघ्यौ यौ तत्पूजाकरौ करौ ॥७६॥
sā jihvā yā hariṁ stauti taccittaṁ yattadarpaṇam। tāvēva kēvalau ślāghyau yau tatpūjākarau karau ॥76॥
[सा (sā) - that; जिह्वा (jihvā) - tongue; या (yā) - which; हरिम् (harim) - Hari; स्तौति (stauti) - praises; तत् (tat) - that; चित्तम् (cittam) - mind; यत् (yat) - which; तत्-अर्पणम् (tat-arpaṇam) - dedicated to him; तौ (tau) - those two; एव (ēva) - alone; केवलौ (kēvalau) - only; श्लाघ्यौ (ślāghyau) - praiseworthy; यौ (yau) - which two; तत्-पूजा-करौ (tat-pūjā-karau) - perform his worship; करौ (karau) - hands;]
The tongue that praises Hari is a true tongue, and the mind dedicated to him is a true mind. Only the two hands that worship him are worthy of praise. (76)
यस्तु विष्णुपरो नित्यं दृढभक्तिर्जितेन्द्रियः। स्वगृहेपि वसन् याति तद्विष्णोः परमं पदम् ॥७७॥
yastu viṣṇuparō nityaṁ dr̥ḍhabhaktirjitēndriyaḥ। svagr̥hēpi vasan yāti tadviṣṇōḥ paramaṁ padam ॥77॥
[यः + तु (yaḥ + tu) - but one who; विष्णुपरः (viṣṇuparaḥ) - devoted to Viṣṇu; नित्यम् (nityam) - always; दृढभक्तिः (dr̥ḍhabhaktiḥ) - firm in devotion; जितेन्द्रियः (jitēndriyaḥ) - master of his senses; स्वगृहे + अपि (svagr̥hē + api) - even in his own home; वसन् (vasan) - living; याति (yāti) - reaches; तत् (tat) - that; विष्णोः (viṣṇōḥ) - of Viṣṇu; परमम् (paramam) - supreme; पदम् (padam) - abode;]
One who is always devoted to Viṣṇu, firm in devotion and master of his senses, reaches the supreme abode of Viṣṇu even while living at home. (77)
शङ्करः साधु साधु महाभाग साधु दानवनाशन। यन्मां पृच्छसि धर्मज्ञ केशवाराधनं प्रति ॥७८॥
śaṅkaraḥ sādhu sādhu mahābhāga sādhu dānavanāśana। yanmāṁ pr̥cchasi dharmajña kēśavārādhanaṁ prati ॥78॥
[शङ्करः (śaṅkaraḥ) - Śaṅkara; साधु (sādhu) - excellent; साधु (sādhu) - excellent; महाभाग (mahābhāga) - O greatly fortunate one; साधु (sādhu) - excellent; दानव-नाशन (dānava-nāśana) - O destroyer of the Dānavas; यत् (yat) - that; माम् (mām) - me; पृच्छसि (pr̥cchasi) - you ask; धर्मज्ञ (dharmajña) - O knower of dharma; केशव-आराधनम् (kēśava-ārādhanam) - worship of Keśava; प्रति (prati) - concerning;]
Śaṅkara: Excellent, excellent, O greatly fortunate destroyer of the Dānavas! It is excellent, O knower of dharma, that you ask me about the worship of Keśava. (78)
निमिषं निमिषार्धं वा मुहूर्तमपि भार्गव। नादग्धाशेषपापानां भक्तिर्भवति केशवे ॥७९॥
nimiṣaṁ nimiṣārdhaṁ vā muhūrtamapi bhārgava। nādagdhāśēṣapāpānāṁ bhaktirbhavati kēśavē ॥79॥
[निमिषम् (nimiṣam) - for a moment; निमिष + अर्धम् (nimiṣa + ardham) - for half a moment; वा (vā) - or; मुहूर्तम् (muhūrtam) - for a muhūrta; अपि (api) - even; भार्गव (bhārgava) - O Bhārgava; न (na) - not; अदग्धाशेषपापानाम् (adagdhāśēṣapāpānām) - in those whose sins have not all been burned away; भक्तिः (bhaktiḥ) - devotion; भवति (bhavati) - arises; केशवे (kēśavē) - toward Keśava;]
O Bhārgava, devotion to Keśava cannot arise even for a moment, half a moment, or a muhūrta in those whose sins have not all been burned away. (79)
किं तेन मनसा कार्यं यन्न तिष्ठति केशवे। मनो मुक्तिफलावाप्तौ कारणं सुप्रयोजितम् ॥८०॥
kiṁ tēna manasā kāryaṁ yanna tiṣṭhati kēśavē। manō muktiphalāvāptau kāraṇaṁ suprayōjitam ॥80॥
[किम् (kim) - what use; तेन (tēna) - that; मनसा (manasā) - mind; कार्यम् (kāryam) - is to be done with; यत् + न (yat + na) - which does not; तिष्ठति (tiṣṭhati) - abide; केशवे (kēśavē) - in Keśava; मनः (manaḥ) - the mind; मुक्तिफलावाप्तौ (muktiphalāvāptau) - in attaining the fruit of liberation; कारणम् (kāraṇam) - the means; सुप्रयोजितम् (suprayōjitam) - properly directed;]
What use is a mind that does not rest on Keśava? Properly directed, the mind is the means of attaining the fruit of liberation. (80)
रोगो नाम न सा जिह्वा यया न स्तूयते हरिः। गर्तौ नाम न तौ कर्णौ याभ्यां तत्कर्म न श्रुतम्॥८१॥
rōgō nāma na sā jihvā yayā na stūyatē hariḥ। gartau nāma na tau karṇau yābhyāṁ tatkarma na śrutam॥81॥
[रोगः (rōgaḥ) - a disease; नाम (nāma) - indeed; न (na) - not; सा (sā) - that; जिह्वा (jihvā) - tongue; यया (yayā) - by which; न (na) - not; स्तूयते (stūyatē) - is praised; हरिः (hariḥ) - Hari; गर्तौ (gartau) - two pits; नाम (nāma) - indeed; न (na) - not; तौ (tau) - those two; कर्णौ (karṇau) - ears; याभ्याम् (yābhyām) - by which two; तत्-कर्म (tat-karma) - his deeds; न (na) - not; श्रुतम् (śrutam) - have been heard;]
A tongue that does not praise Hari is no tongue but a disease; ears that have not heard of his deeds are no ears but pits. (81)
नूनं तत्कण्ठशालूकमथवाप्युपजिह्विका। रोगो नाम न सा जिह्वा या न वक्ति हरेर्गुणान् ॥८२॥
nūnaṁ tatkaṇṭhaśālūkamathavāpyupajihvikā। rōgō nāma na sā jihvā yā na vakti harērguṇān ॥82॥
[नूनम् (nūnam) - surely; तत् (tat) - that; कण्ठशालूकम् (kaṇṭhaśālūkam) - a throat swelling; अथवा + अपि (athavā + api) - or else; उपजिह्विका (upajihvikā) - an inflammation beneath the tongue; रोगः (rōgaḥ) - a disease; नाम (nāma) - indeed; न (na) - not; सा (sā) - that; जिह्वा (jihvā) - tongue; या (yā) - which; न (na) - does not; वक्ति (vakti) - speak of; हरेः (harēḥ) - Hari's; गुणान् (guṇān) - virtues;]
A tongue that does not speak of Hari’s virtues is surely a swelling in the throat or an inflammation beneath the tongue—a disease, not a tongue. (82)
भारभूतैः करैः कार्यं किं तस्य नृपशोर्द्विजाः। यैर्हि न क्रियते विष्णोर्गृहसंमार्जनादिकम् ॥८३॥
bhārabhūtaiḥ karaiḥ kāryaṁ kiṁ tasya nr̥paśōrdvijāḥ। yairhi na kriyatē viṣṇōrgr̥hasaṁmārjanādikam ॥83॥
[भार-भूतैः (bhāra-bhūtaiḥ) - which are mere burdens; करैः (karaiḥ) - hands; कार्यम् (kāryam) - use; किम् (kim) - what; तस्य (tasya) - of that; नृ-पशोः (nr̥-paśōḥ) - human beast; द्विजाः (dvijāḥ) - O twice-born ones; यैः (yaiḥ) - by which; हि (hi) - indeed; न (na) - not; क्रियते (kriyatē) - is performed; विष्णोः (viṣṇōḥ) - of Viṣṇu; गृह-संमार्जन-आदिकम् (gr̥ha-saṁmārjana-ādikam) - temple sweeping and similar service;]
O twice-born ones, what use are the hands of that human beast? They are mere burdens, for they perform no service such as sweeping Viṣṇu’s temple. (83)
चरणौ तौ तु सफलौ केशवालयगामिनौ। ते च नेत्रे महाभागे याभ्यां सन्दृश्यते हरिः ॥८४॥
caraṇau tau tu saphalau kēśavālayagāminau। tē ca nētrē mahābhāgē yābhyāṁ sandr̥śyatē hariḥ ॥84॥
[चरणौ (caraṇau) - two feet; तौ (tau) - those two; तु (tu) - indeed; सफलौ (saphalau) - fruitful; केशवालयगामिनौ (kēśavālayagāminau) - going to Keśava's temple; ते (tē) - those two; च (ca) - and; नेत्रे (nētrē) - eyes; महाभागे (mahābhāgē) - greatly blessed; याभ्याम् (yābhyām) - through which two; सन्दृश्यते (sandr̥śyatē) - is beheld; हरिः (hariḥ) - Hari;]
The two feet that go to Keśava’s temple are truly fruitful, and greatly blessed are the eyes through which Hari is beheld. (84)
किं तस्य चरणैः कार्यं वृथासञ्चरणैर्द्विजाः। यैर्हि न व्रजते जन्तुः केशवालयदर्शने ॥८५॥
kiṁ tasya caraṇaiḥ kāryaṁ vr̥thāsañcaraṇairdvijāḥ। yairhi na vrajatē jantuḥ kēśavālayadarśanē ॥85॥
[किं (kiṁ) - what use; तस्य (tasya) - are his; चरणैः (caraṇaiḥ) - feet; कार्यं (kāryaṁ) - is there; वृथासञ्चरणैः (vr̥thāsañcaraṇaiḥ) - wandering in vain; द्विजाः (dvijāḥ) - O twice-born ones; यैः + हि (yaiḥ + hi) - with which indeed; न (na) - does not; व्रजते (vrajatē) - go; जन्तुः (jantuḥ) - a living being; केशवालयदर्शने (kēśavālayadarśanē) - to behold Keśava's abode;]
O twice-born ones, what use are the feet of a living being if they merely wander in vain and never carry him to behold Keśava’s abode? (85)
वेदवेदान्तविदुषां मुनीनां भावितात्मनाम्। ऋषित्वमपि धर्मज्ञ विज्ञेयं तत्प्रसादजम् ॥८६॥
vēdavēdāntaviduṣāṁ munīnāṁ bhāvitātmanām। r̥ṣitvamapi dharmajña vijñēyaṁ tatprasādajam ॥86॥
[वेदवेदान्तविदुषाम् (vēdavēdāntaviduṣām) - learned in the Vedas and Vedānta; मुनीनाम् (munīnām) - of the sages; भावितात्मनाम् (bhāvitātmanām) - whose selves are purified; ऋषित्वम् (r̥ṣitvam) - status as seers; अपि (api) - even; धर्मज्ञ (dharmajña) - O knower of dharma; विज्ञेयम् (vijñēyam) - should be understood; तत्प्रसादजम् (tatprasādajam) - arising from his grace;]
O knower of dharma, even the status as seers attained by purified sages learned in the Vedas and Vedānta should be understood to arise from Keśava’s grace. (86)
विचित्ररत्नपर्यङ्के महाभोगे च भोगिनः। रमन्ते नाकिरामाभिः केशवस्मरणात् फलम् ॥८७॥
vicitraratnaparyaṅkē mahābhōgē ca bhōginaḥ। ramantē nākirāmābhiḥ kēśavasmaraṇāt phalam ॥87॥
[विचित्र-रत्न-पर्यङ्के (vicitra-ratna-paryaṅkē) - on a couch adorned with various jewels; महा-भोगे (mahā-bhōgē) - amid great luxury; च (ca) - and; भोगिनः (bhōginaḥ) - those who enjoy pleasures; रमन्ते (ramantē) - delight themselves; नाकि-रामाभिः (nāki-rāmābhiḥ) - with heavenly beauties; केशव-स्मरणात् (kēśava-smaraṇāt) - from remembering Keśava; फलम् (phalam) - the reward;]
As a reward for remembering Keśava, those who enjoy pleasure delight in heavenly beauties amid great luxury, reclining on a couch adorned with many kinds of jewels. (87)
अश्वमेधसहस्राणां यः सहस्रं समाचरेत्। नासौ तत्फलमाप्नोति तद्भक्तैर्यदवाप्यते ॥८८॥
aśvamēdhasahasrāṇāṁ yaḥ sahasraṁ samācarēt। nāsau tatphalamāpnōti tadbhaktairyadavāpyatē ॥88॥
[अश्वमेध-सहस्राणाम् (aśvamēdha-sahasrāṇām) - of thousands of horse sacrifices; यः (yaḥ) - whoever; सहस्रम् (sahasram) - a thousand; समाचरेत् (samācarēt) - were to perform; न + असौ (na + asau) - that person does not; तत् (tat) - that; फलम् (phalam) - reward; आप्नोति (āpnōti) - attains; तद्-भक्तैः (tad-bhaktaiḥ) - by his devotees; यत् (yat) - which; अवाप्यते (avāpyatē) - is attained;]
Even someone who performed a thousand times a thousand horse sacrifices would not attain the reward gained by his devotees. (88)
रे रे मनुष्याः पुरुषोत्तमस्य करौ न कस्मान्मुकुलीकुरुध्वम्। क्रियाजुषां को भवतां प्रयासः फलं हि यत्तत्पदमच्युतस्य ॥८९॥
rē rē manuṣyāḥ puruṣōttamasya karau na kasmānmukulīkurudhvam। kriyājuṣāṁ kō bhavatāṁ prayāsaḥ phalaṁ hi yattatpadamacyutasya ॥89॥
[रे रे (rē rē) - O; मनुष्याः (manuṣyāḥ) - people; पुरुषोत्तमस्य (puruṣōttamasya) - for Purushottama; करौ (karau) - both hands; न (na) - not; कस्मात् (kasmāt) - why; मुकुलीकुरुध्वम् (mukulīkurudhvam) - join like a bud; क्रियाजुषाम् (kriyājuṣām) - devoted to rites; भवताम् (bhavatām) - for you; कः (kaḥ) - what; प्रयासः (prayāsaḥ) - effort; फलम् (phalam) - fruit; हि (hi) - for; यत् (yat) - which; तत् (tat) - that; पदम् (padam) - abode; अच्युतस्य (acyutasya) - of Acyuta;]
O people, why do you not fold your hands like a bud before Puruṣottama? What effort would that require of you who are devoted to rites? Its reward is the abode of Acyuta. (89)
विष्णोर्विमानं यः कुर्यात्सकृद्भक्त्या प्रदक्षिणम्। अश्वमेधसहस्रस्य फलं प्राप्नोति मानवः ॥९०॥
viṣṇōrvimānaṁ yaḥ kuryātsakr̥dbhaktyā pradakṣiṇam। aśvamēdhasahasrasya phalaṁ prāpnōti mānavaḥ ॥90॥
[विष्णोः (viṣṇōḥ) - of Vishnu; विमानम् (vimānam) - shrine; यः (yaḥ) - who; कुर्यात् (kuryāt) - should perform; सकृत् (sakr̥t) - once; भक्त्या (bhaktyā) - with devotion; प्रदक्षिणम् (pradakṣiṇam) - circumambulation; अश्वमेध-सहस्रस्य (aśvamēdha-sahasrasya) - of a thousand horse sacrifices; फलम् (phalam) - merit; प्राप्नोति (prāpnōti) - obtains; मानवः (mānavaḥ) - a person;]
A person who devoutly circumambulates Viṣṇu’s shrine just once obtains the merit of a thousand horse sacrifices. (90)
प्रदक्षिणं तु यः कुर्याद्धरिं भक्तिसमन्वितः। हंसयुक्तविमानेन विष्णुलोकं स गच्छति ॥९१॥
pradakṣiṇaṁ tu yaḥ kuryāddhariṁ bhaktisamanvitaḥ। haṁsayuktavimānēna viṣṇulōkaṁ sa gacchati ॥91॥
[प्रदक्षिणम् (pradakṣiṇam) - circumambulation; तु (tu) - but; यः (yaḥ) - whoever; कुर्यात् (kuryāt) - performs; हरिम् (harim) - Hari; भक्तिसमन्वितः (bhaktisamanvitaḥ) - filled with devotion; हंसयुक्तविमानेन (haṁsayuktavimānēna) - in an aerial chariot drawn by swans; विष्णुलोकम् (viṣṇulōkam) - to the world of Viṣṇu; सः (saḥ) - he; गच्छति (gacchati) - goes;]
Whoever circumambulates Hari with devotion goes to the world of Viṣṇu in an aerial chariot drawn by swans. (91)
तीर्थकोटिसहस्राणि व्रतकोटिशतानि च। नारायणप्रणामस्य कलां नार्हन्ति षोडशीम् ॥९२॥
tīrthakōṭisahasrāṇi vratakōṭiśatāni ca। nārāyaṇapraṇāmasya kalāṁ nārhanti ṣōḍaśīm ॥92॥
[तीर्थकोटिसहस्राणि (tīrthakōṭisahasrāṇi) - thousands of crores of sacred pilgrimages; व्रतकोटिशतानि (vratakōṭiśatāni) - hundreds of crores of religious observances; च (ca) - and; नारायणप्रणामस्य (nārāyaṇapraṇāmasya) - of a bow to Nārāyaṇa; कलाम् (kalām) - a part; न + अर्हन्ति (na + arhanti) - do not equal; षोडशीम् (ṣōḍaśīm) - one sixteenth;]
Thousands of crores of sacred pilgrimages and hundreds of crores of religious observances do not equal even one-sixteenth of a bow to Nārāyaṇa. (92)
उरसा शिरसा दृष्ट्या मनसा वचसा तथा। पद्भ्यां कराभ्यां जानुभ्यां प्रणामोष्टाङ्ग ईरितः ॥९३॥
urasā śirasā dr̥ṣṭyā manasā vacasā tathā। padbhyāṁ karābhyāṁ jānubhyāṁ praṇāmōṣṭāṅga īritaḥ ॥93॥
[उरसा (urasā) - with the chest; शिरसा (śirasā) - with the head; दृष्ट्या (dr̥ṣṭyā) - with the gaze; मनसा (manasā) - with the mind; वचसा (vacasā) - with speech; तथा (tathā) - and; पद्भ्याम् (padbhyām) - with the feet; कराभ्याम् (karābhyām) - with the hands; जानुभ्याम् (jānubhyām) - with the knees; प्रणामः (praṇāmaḥ) - prostration; अष्टाङ्गः (aṣṭāṅgaḥ) - eight-limbed; ईरितः (īritaḥ) - is described;]
A prostration involving the chest, head, gaze, mind, speech, feet, hands, and knees is said to be eight-limbed. (93)
शाठ्येनापि नमस्कारं कुर्वतः शार्ङ्गपाणये। शतजन्मार्जितं पापं नश्यत्येव न संशयः ॥९४॥
śāṭhyēnāpi namaskāraṁ kurvataḥ śārṅgapāṇayē। śatajanmārjitaṁ pāpaṁ naśyatyēva na saṁśayaḥ ॥94॥
[शाठ्येन + अपि (śāṭhyēna + api) - even insincerely; नमस्कारं (namaskāraṁ) - obeisance; कुर्वतः (kurvataḥ) - of one who offers; शार्ङ्गपाणये (śārṅgapāṇayē) - to Śārṅgapāṇi; शतजन्मार्जितं (śatajanmārjitaṁ) - accumulated over a hundred births; पापं (pāpaṁ) - sin; नश्यति + एव (naśyati + ēva) - is certainly destroyed; न (na) - no; संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt;]
Even if someone bows to Śārṅgapāṇi insincerely, the sins accumulated over a hundred births are certainly destroyed; of this there is no doubt. (94)
संसारार्णवमग्नानां नराणां पापकर्मणाम्। नान्योद्धर्ता जगन्नाथं मुक्त्वा नारायणं प्रभुम् ॥९५॥
saṁsārārṇavamagnānāṁ narāṇāṁ pāpakarmaṇām। nānyōddhartā jagannāthaṁ muktvā nārāyaṇaṁ prabhum ॥95॥
[संसारार्णवमग्नानाम् (saṁsārārṇavamagnānām) - sunk in the ocean of worldly existence; नराणाम् (narāṇām) - of men; पापकर्मणाम् (pāpakarmaṇām) - of sinful deeds; न + अन्यः (na + anyaḥ) - no other; उद्धर्ता (uddhartā) - deliverer; जगन्नाथम् (jagannātham) - Lord of the universe; मुक्त्वा (muktvā) - apart from; नारायणम् (nārāyaṇam) - Nārāyaṇa; प्रभुम् (prabhum) - the Lord;]
For sinful men submerged in the ocean of worldly existence, there is no deliverer other than Nārāyaṇa, Lord of the universe. (95)
रेणुकुण्ठितगात्रस्य कणा यावन्ति भारत। तावद्वर्षसहस्राणि विष्णुलोके महीयते ॥९६॥
rēṇukuṇṭhitagātrasya kaṇā yāvanti bhārata। tāvadvarṣasahasrāṇi viṣṇulōkē mahīyatē ॥96॥
[रेणु-कुण्ठित-गात्रस्य (rēṇu-kuṇṭhita-gātrasya) - of one whose body is covered with dust; कणाः (kaṇāḥ) - particles; यावन्ति (yāvanti) - however many; भारत (bhārata) - O Bharata; तावत् (tāvat) - for that many; वर्ष-सहस्राणि (varṣa-sahasrāṇi) - thousands of years; विष्णु-लोके (viṣṇu-lōkē) - in Viṣṇu's world; महीयते (mahīyatē) - he is honored;]
A person whose limbs are covered in dust, O Bharata, is honored in Viṣṇu’s world for a thousand years for every particle of dust on his body. (96)
पावनं विष्णुनैवेद्यं सुभोज्यमृषिभिः स्मृतम्। अन्यदेवस्य नैवेद्यं भुक्त्वा चान्द्रायणं चरेत् ॥९७॥
pāvanaṁ viṣṇunaivēdyaṁ subhōjyamr̥ṣibhiḥ smr̥tam। anyadēvasya naivēdyaṁ bhuktvā cāndrāyaṇaṁ carēt ॥97॥
[पावनम् (pāvanam) - purifying; विष्णु-नैवेद्यम् (viṣṇu-naivēdyam) - food offered to Vishnu; सुभोज्यम् (subhōjyam) - fit to be eaten; ऋषिभिः (r̥ṣibhiḥ) - by the sages; स्मृतम् (smr̥tam) - is held to be; अन्य-देवस्य (anya-dēvasya) - of another deity; नैवेद्यम् (naivēdyam) - offered food; भुक्त्वा (bhuktvā) - having eaten; चान्द्रायणम् (cāndrāyaṇam) - the Cāndrāyaṇa penance; चरेत् (carēt) - one should perform;]
The sages declare that food offered to Viṣṇu is purifying and fit to be eaten. Anyone who eats food offered to another deity should perform the Cāndrāyaṇa penance. (97)
कोट्यैन्दवसहस्रैस्तु मासोपोषणकोटिभिः। तत्फलं लभ्यते पुम्भिर्विष्णोर्नैवेद्यभक्षणात् ॥९८॥
kōṭyaindavasahasraistu māsōpōṣaṇakōṭibhiḥ। tatphalaṁ labhyatē pumbhirviṣṇōrnaivēdyabhakṣaṇāt ॥98॥
[कोटि + ऐन्दव + सहस्रैः (kōṭi + aindava + sahasraiḥ) - by thousands of crores of lunar fasts; तु (tu) - and; मास + उपोषण + कोटिभिः (māsa + upōṣaṇa + kōṭibhiḥ) - by crores of month-long fasts; तत् + फलम् (tat + phalam) - that merit; लभ्यते (labhyatē) - is obtained; पुम्भिः (pumbhiḥ) - by men; विष्णोः + नैवेद्य + भक्षणात् (viṣṇōḥ + naivēdya + bhakṣaṇāt) - by eating Viṣṇu's food offering;]
By eating food offered to Viṣṇu, a person gains merit equal to thousands of crores of lunar fasts and crores of month-long fasts. (98)
त्रिरात्रफलदा नद्यो याः काश्चिदसमुद्रगाः। समुद्रगास्तु पक्षस्य मासस्य सरितां पतिः ॥९९॥
trirātraphaladā nadyō yāḥ kāścidasamudragāḥ। samudragāstu pakṣasya māsasya saritāṁ patiḥ ॥99॥
[त्रिरात्रफलदाः (trirātraphaladāḥ) - granting the reward of a three-night fast; नद्यः (nadyaḥ) - rivers; याः (yāḥ) - which; काश्चित् (kāścit) - whatever; असमुद्रगाः (asamudragāḥ) - not reaching the ocean; समुद्रगाः (samudragāḥ) - reaching the ocean; तु (tu) - but; पक्षस्य (pakṣasya) - of a fortnight's fast; मासस्य (māsasya) - of a month's fast; सरिताम् (saritām) - of rivers; पतिः (patiḥ) - the lord;]
Rivers that do not reach the ocean grant merit equal to a three-night fast; those that reach it grant the merit of a fortnight, while the ocean, lord of rivers, grants that of a month. (99)
षण्मासफलदा गोदा वत्सरस्य तु जाह्नवी। विष्णुपादोदकस्यैताः कलां नार्हन्ति षोडशीम् ॥१००॥
ṣaṇmāsaphaladā gōdā vatsarasya tu jāhnavī। viṣṇupādōdakasyaitāḥ kalāṁ nārhanti ṣōḍaśīm ॥100॥
[षण्मासफलदा (ṣaṇmāsaphaladā) - bestowing the fruit of six months; गोदा (gōdā) - Godā; वत्सरस्य (vatsarasya) - of a year; तु (tu) - while; जाह्नवी (jāhnavī) - Jāhnavī; विष्णुपादोदकस्य (viṣṇupādōdakasya) - of the water from Viṣṇu’s feet; एताः (ētāḥ) - these rivers; कलाम् (kalām) - a part; न + अर्हन्ति (na + arhanti) - do not equal; षोडशीम् (ṣōḍaśīm) - a sixteenth;]
Godā bestows the merit of six months, while Jāhnavī bestows that of a year; yet neither equals even one-sixteenth of the water from Viṣṇu’s feet. (100)
गङ्गाप्रयागगयपुष्करनैमिषाणि संसेवितानि बहुशः कुरुजाङ्गलानि। कालेन तीर्थसलिलानि पुनन्ति पापं पादोदकं भगवतः प्रपुनाति सद्यः ॥१०१॥
gaṅgāprayāgagayapuṣkaranaimiṣāṇi saṁsēvitāni bahuśaḥ kurujāṅgalāni। kālēna tīrthasalilāni punanti pāpaṁ pādōdakaṁ bhagavataḥ prapunāti sadyaḥ ॥101॥
[गङ्गा + प्रयाग + गया + पुष्कर + नैमिषाणि (gaṅgā + prayāga + gayā + puṣkara + naimiṣāṇi) - Gaṅgā, Prayāga, Gayā, Puṣkara, and Naimiṣa; संसेवितानि (saṁsēvitāni) - when frequented; बहुशः (bahuśaḥ) - many times; कुरुजाङ्गलानि (kurujāṅgalāni) - the Kurujāṅgala regions; कालेन (kālēna) - in due course; तीर्थ-सलिलानि (tīrtha-salilāni) - the waters of the sacred places; पुनन्ति (punanti) - purify; पापम् (pāpam) - sin; पाद-उदकम् (pāda-udakam) - water from the feet; भगवतः (bhagavataḥ) - of the Lord; प्रपुनाति (prapunāti) - purifies completely; सद्यः (sadyaḥ) - immediately;]
The waters at the sacred sites of Gaṅgā, Prayāga, Gayā, Puṣkara, Naimiṣa, and the Kurujāṅgala regions cleanse sin in due course after repeated visits, but water from the Lord’s feet purifies it completely at once. (101)
यानि कानि च तीर्थानि ब्रह्माण्डान्तर्गतानि च। विष्णुपादोदकस्यैताः कलां नार्हन्ति षोडशीम् ॥१०२॥
yāni kāni ca tīrthāni brahmāṇḍāntargatāni ca। viṣṇupādōdakasyaitāḥ kalāṁ nārhanti ṣōḍaśīm ॥102॥
[यानि कानि (yāni kāni) - whatever there may be; च (ca) - at all; तीर्थानि (tīrthāni) - sacred bathing places; ब्रह्माण्ड-अन्तर्गतानि (brahmāṇḍa-antargatāni) - contained within the cosmic egg; च (ca) - and; विष्णु-पाद-उदकस्य (viṣṇu-pāda-udakasya) - of the water from Viṣṇu's feet; एताः (ētāḥ) - all these; कलाम् (kalām) - a part; न अर्हन्ति (na arhanti) - do not equal; षोडशीम् (ṣōḍaśīm) - a sixteenth;]
Of all the sacred bathing places within the cosmic egg, not one equals even one-sixteenth of the water from Viṣṇu’s feet. (102)
स्नात्वा पादोदकं विष्णोः पिबन् शिरसि धारयेत्। सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तो वैष्णवीं सिद्धिमाप्नुयात् ॥१०३॥
snātvā pādōdakaṁ viṣṇōḥ piban śirasi dhārayēt। sarvapāpavinirmuktō vaiṣṇavīṁ siddhimāpnuyāt ॥103॥
[स्नात्वा (snātvā) - after bathing; पादोदकम् (pādōdakam) - water from the feet; विष्णोः (viṣṇōḥ) - of Viṣṇu; पिबन् (piban) - drinking; शिरसि (śirasi) - on the head; धारयेत् (dhārayēt) - should place; सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः (sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ) - freed from all sins; वैष्णवीम् (vaiṣṇavīm) - Vaiṣṇava; सिद्धिम् (siddhim) - perfection; आप्नुयात् (āpnuyāt) - would attain;]
After bathing, one should drink the water from Viṣṇu’s feet and place it on one’s head. Freed from all sins, one will attain Vaiṣṇava perfection. (103)
यथा पादोदकं पुण्यं निर्माल्यं चानुलेपनम्। नैवेद्यं धूपशेषश्च आरार्तिश्च तथा हरेः ॥१०४॥
yathā pādōdakaṁ puṇyaṁ nirmālyaṁ cānulēpanam। naivēdyaṁ dhūpaśēṣaśca ārārtiśca tathā harēḥ ॥104॥
[यथा (yathā) - just as; पादोदकं (pādōdakaṁ) - water from the feet; पुण्यं (puṇyaṁ) - sacred; निर्माल्यं (nirmālyaṁ) - remnants of offerings; च + अनुलेपनम् (ca + anulēpanam) - and anointing paste; नैवेद्यं (naivēdyaṁ) - food offering; धूपशेषः + च (dhūpaśēṣaḥ + ca) - and the remains of incense; आरार्तिः + च (ārārtiḥ + ca) - and the lamp offering; तथा (tathā) - so too; हरेः (harēḥ) - of Hari;]
Just as the water from Hari’s feet is sacred, so too are his sacred remnants, anointing paste, food offerings, incense remnants, and lamp offerings. (104)
तुलस्यास्तु रजोजुष्टनैवेद्यस्य च भक्षणम्। निर्माल्यं शिरसा धार्यं महापातकनाशनम् ॥१०५॥
tulasyāstu rajōjuṣṭanaivēdyasya ca bhakṣaṇam। nirmālyaṁ śirasā dhāryaṁ mahāpātakanāśanam ॥105॥
[तुलस्याः (tulasyāḥ) - of tulasī; तु (tu) - indeed; रजस्-जुष्ट-नैवेद्यस्य (rajas-juṣṭa-naivēdyasya) - of the dust-touched food offering; च (ca) - and; भक्षणम् (bhakṣaṇam) - eating; निर्माल्यम् (nirmālyam) - sacred remnants; शिरसा (śirasā) - on the head; धार्यम् (dhāryam) - to be borne; महापातक-नाशनम् (mahāpātaka-nāśanam) - destroying great sins;]
Eating tulasī and the dust-touched food offering, and bearing the sacred remnants on one’s head, destroy great sins. (105)
भक्त्या वा यदि वाभक्त्या चक्राङ्कितशिलां प्रति। दर्शनं स्पर्शनं वापि सर्वपापप्रणाशनम् ॥१०६॥
bhaktyā vā yadi vābhaktyā cakrāṅkitaśilāṁ prati। darśanaṁ sparśanaṁ vāpi sarvapāpapraṇāśanam ॥106॥
[भक्त्या (bhaktyā) - with devotion; वा (vā) - whether; यदि (yadi) - whether; वा (vā) - or; अभक्त्या (abhaktyā) - without devotion; चक्र + अङ्कित + शिलाम् (cakra + aṅkita + śilām) - a stone marked with a discus; प्रति (prati) - with regard to; दर्शनम् (darśanam) - seeing; स्पर्शनम् (sparśanam) - touching; वा + अपि (vā + api) - or even; सर्व + पाप + प्रणाशनम् (sarva + pāpa + praṇāśanam) - destroying all sins;]
Whether with devotion or without, seeing or even touching a stone marked with a discus destroys all sins. (106)
शालग्रामोद्भवो देवो देवो द्वारवतीभवः। उभयोः स्नानतोयेन ब्रह्महत्यां व्यपोहति ॥१०७॥
śālagrāmōdbhavō dēvō dēvō dvāravatībhavaḥ। ubhayōḥ snānatōyēna brahmahatyāṁ vyapōhati ॥107॥
[शालग्राम + उद्भवः (śālagrāma + udbhavaḥ) - originating from Shalagrama; देवः (dēvaḥ) - the deity; देवः (dēvaḥ) - the deity; द्वारवती + भवः (dvāravatī + bhavaḥ) - originating from Dvaravati; उभयोः (ubhayōḥ) - of both; स्नान + तोयेन (snāna + tōyēna) - with the bathing water; ब्रह्महत्याम् (brahmahatyām) - the sin of killing a Brahmin; व्यपोहति (vyapōhati) - removes;]
The water used to bathe both the deity from Śālagrāma and the deity from Dvāravatī removes the sin of killing a Brahmin. (107)
शालग्रामशिला यत्र तत्र सन्निहितो हरिः। तत्र स्नानं च दानं च वाराणस्याः शताधिकम् ॥१०८॥
śālagrāmaśilā yatra tatra sannihitō hariḥ। tatra snānaṁ ca dānaṁ ca vārāṇasyāḥ śatādhikam ॥108॥
[शालग्रामशिला (śālagrāmaśilā) - Śālagrāma stone; यत्र (yatra) - wherever; तत्र (tatra) - there; सन्निहितः (sannihitaḥ) - present; हरिः (hariḥ) - Hari; तत्र (tatra) - there; स्नानम् (snānam) - bathing; च (ca) - and; दानम् (dānam) - giving; च (ca) - and; वाराणस्याः (vārāṇasyāḥ) - than at Varanasi; शताधिकम् (śatādhikam) - a hundredfold greater;]
Wherever there is a Śālagrāma stone, Hari is present. The merit of bathing and giving gifts there is a hundred times greater than at Vārāṇasī. (108)
म्लेच्छदेशेशुचौ वापि चक्राङ्को यत्र तिष्ठति। योजनानि तथा त्रीणि मम क्षेत्रं वसुन्धरे ॥१०९॥
mlēcchadēśēśucau vāpi cakrāṅkō yatra tiṣṭhati। yōjanāni tathā trīṇi mama kṣētraṁ vasundharē ॥109॥
[म्लेच्छदेशे (mlēcchadēśē) - in a land of mlecchas; अशुचौ (aśucau) - in an impure place; वा + अपि (vā + api) - or even; चक्राङ्कः (cakrāṅkaḥ) - the discus-marked one; यत्र (yatra) - wherever; तिष्ठति (tiṣṭhati) - is present; योजनानि (yōjanāni) - yojanas; तथा (tathā) - likewise; त्रीणि (trīṇi) - three; मम (mama) - my; क्षेत्रं (kṣētraṁ) - domain; वसुन्धरे (vasundharē) - O Earth;]
Wherever the discus-marked one is present, whether in a land of mlecchas or in an impure place, the area extending three yojanas around it is likewise my domain, O Earth. (109)
शालग्रामोद्भवो देवो शैलं चक्राङ्कमण्डलम्। यत्रापि नीयते तत्र वाराणस्याः शताधिकम् ॥११०॥
śālagrāmōdbhavō dēvō śailaṁ cakrāṅkamaṇḍalam। yatrāpi nīyatē tatra vārāṇasyāḥ śatādhikam ॥110॥
[शालग्राम + उद्भवः (śālagrāma + udbhavaḥ) - originating from Śālagrāma; देवः (dēvaḥ) - the deity; शैलम् (śailam) - a stone; चक्राङ्कमण्डलम् (cakrāṅkamaṇḍalam) - whose circular face bears a discus mark; यत्र + अपि (yatra + api) - wherever; नीयते (nīyatē) - is carried; तत्र (tatra) - that place; वाराणस्याः (vārāṇasyāḥ) - than Varanasi; शत + अधिकम् (śata + adhikam) - a hundredfold greater;]
Any place to which the deity from Śālagrāma—a stone whose circular face bears a discus mark—is carried surpasses Varanasi a hundredfold. (110)
शालग्रामोद्भवो देवो देवो द्वारवतीभवः। उभयोः सङ्गमो यत्र मुक्तिस्तत्र न संशयः ॥१११॥
śālagrāmōdbhavō dēvō dēvō dvāravatībhavaḥ। ubhayōḥ saṅgamō yatra muktistatra na saṁśayaḥ ॥111॥
[शालग्रामोद्भवः (śālagrāmōdbhavaḥ) - originating from Śālagrāma; देवः (dēvaḥ) - the deity; देवः (dēvaḥ) - the deity; द्वारवतीभवः (dvāravatībhavaḥ) - originating from Dvāravatī; उभयोः (ubhayōḥ) - of the two; सङ्गमः (saṅgamaḥ) - meeting; यत्र (yatra) - wherever; मुक्तिः (muktiḥ) - liberation; तत्र (tatra) - there; न (na) - no; संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt;]
Wherever the deity from Śālagrāma and the deity from Dvāravatī come together, liberation is found—there is no doubt. (111)
हरिणा मुक्तिदानीह मुक्तिस्थानानि सर्वशः। स यस्य सर्वभावेषु तस्य तैः किं प्रयोजनम् ॥११२॥
hariṇā muktidānīha muktisthānāni sarvaśaḥ। sa yasya sarvabhāvēṣu tasya taiḥ kiṁ prayōjanam ॥112॥
[हरिणा (hariṇā) - through Hari; मुक्तिदानि + इह (muktidāni + iha) - granting liberation here; मुक्तिस्थानानि (muktisthānāni) - places of liberation; सर्वशः (sarvaśaḥ) - everywhere; सः (saḥ) - he; यस्य (yasya) - whose; सर्वभावेषु (sarvabhāvēṣu) - in every thought; तस्य (tasya) - for that person; तैः (taiḥ) - for those; किं (kiṁ) - what; प्रयोजनम् (prayōjanam) - use;]
Through Hari, places granting liberation are found everywhere here. Yet what use are such places to one whose every thought is fixed on him? (112)
हरिर्याति हरिर्याति दस्युव्याजेन यो वदेत्। सोपि सद्गतिमाप्नोति गतिं सुकृतिनो यथा ॥११३॥
hariryāti hariryāti dasyuvyājēna yō vadēt। sōpi sadgatimāpnōti gatiṁ sukr̥tinō yathā ॥113॥
[हरिः + याति (hariḥ + yāti) - Hari is going; हरिः + याति (hariḥ + yāti) - Hari is going; दस्यु-व्याजेन (dasyu-vyājēna) - with reference to a robber; यः (yaḥ) - whoever; वदेत् (vadēt) - should say; सः + अपि (saḥ + api) - even he; सद्-गतिम् (sad-gatim) - a good destination; आप्नोति (āpnōti) - attains; गतिम् (gatim) - the destination; सुकृतिनः (sukr̥tinaḥ) - of the virtuous; यथा (yathā) - just as;]
Even someone who says, “Hari is going! Hari is going!” in reference to a robber attains the same good destination as the virtuous. (113)
वासुदेवं परित्यज्य योन्यं देवमुपासते। त्यक्त्वामृतं स मूढात्मा भुङ्क्ते हालाहलं विषम् ॥११४॥
vāsudēvaṁ parityajya yōnyaṁ dēvamupāsatē। tyaktvāmr̥taṁ sa mūḍhātmā bhuṅktē hālāhalaṁ viṣam ॥114॥
[वासुदेवम् (vāsudēvam) - Vāsudeva; परित्यज्य (parityajya) - abandoning; यः + अन्यम् (yaḥ + anyam) - who another; देवम् (dēvam) - god; उपासते (upāsatē) - worships; त्यक्त्वा + अमृतम् (tyaktvā + amr̥tam) - forsaking nectar; सः (saḥ) - he; मूढात्मा (mūḍhātmā) - deluded man; भुङ्क्ते (bhuṅktē) - consumes; हालाहलम् (hālāhalam) - Hālāhala; विषम् (viṣam) - poison;]
A deluded man who abandons Vāsudeva to worship another god gives up nectar and drinks the poison Hālāhala. (114)
त्यक्त्वामृतं यथा कश्चिदन्यपानं पिबेन्नरः। तथा हरिं परित्यज्य योन्यं दैवमुपासते ॥११५॥
tyaktvāmr̥taṁ yathā kaścidanyapānaṁ pibēnnaraḥ। tathā hariṁ parityajya yōnyaṁ daivamupāsatē ॥115॥
[त्यक्त्वा + अमृतम् (tyaktvā + amr̥tam) - having forsaken nectar; यथा (yathā) - just as; कश्चित् (kaścit) - someone; अन्य-पानम् (anya-pānam) - another drink; पिबेत् (pibēt) - might drink; नरः (naraḥ) - a man; तथा (tathā) - so; हरिम् (harim) - Hari; परित्यज्य (parityajya) - having forsaken; यः + अन्यम् (yaḥ + anyam) - one who another; दैवम् (daivam) - deity; उपासते (upāsatē) - worships;]
Just as a man may give up nectar for another drink, so one who abandons Hari worships another deity. (115)
स्वधर्मं तु परित्यज्य परधर्मं चरेद्यथा। तथा हरिं परित्यज्य योन्यं दैवमुपासते ॥११६॥
svadharmaṁ tu parityajya paradharmaṁ carēdyathā। tathā hariṁ parityajya yōnyaṁ daivamupāsatē ॥116॥
[स्वधर्मम् (svadharmam) - one's own dharma; तु (tu) - but; परित्यज्य (parityajya) - having abandoned; परधर्मम् (paradharmam) - another's dharma; चरेत् (carēt) - might follow; यथा (yathā) - just as; तथा (tathā) - so; हरिम् (harim) - Hari; परित्यज्य (parityajya) - having abandoned; यः + अन्यम् (yaḥ + anyam) - those who another; दैवम् (daivam) - deity; उपासते (upāsatē) - worship;]
Just as one might abandon one’s own dharma and follow another’s, so one who abandons Hari worships another deity. (116)
गां च त्यक्त्वा स मूढात्मा गार्दभीं वन्दते यथा। तथा हरिं परित्यज्य चान्यं दैवमुपासते ॥११७॥
gāṁ ca tyaktvā sa mūḍhātmā gārdabhīṁ vandatē yathā। tathā hariṁ parityajya cānyaṁ daivamupāsatē ॥117॥
[गाम् (gām) - a cow; च (ca) - and; त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā) - having abandoned; सः (saḥ) - that man; मूढात्मा (mūḍhātmā) - foolish man; गार्दभीम् (gārdabhīm) - a she-ass; वन्दते (vandatē) - honors; यथा (yathā) - just as; तथा (tathā) - so too; हरिम् (harim) - Hari; परित्यज्य (parityajya) - having abandoned; च + अन्यम् (ca + anyam) - and another; दैवम् (daivam) - deity; उपासते (upāsatē) - worships;]
Just as a fool might abandon a cow and honor a she-ass, so he abandons Hari and worships another deity. (117)
वासुदेवं परित्यज्य योन्यं दैवमुपासते। तृषितो जाह्नवीतीरे कूपं खनति दुर्मतिः ॥११८॥
vāsudēvaṁ parityajya yōnyaṁ daivamupāsatē। tr̥ṣitō jāhnavītīrē kūpaṁ khanati durmatiḥ ॥118॥
[वासुदेवं (vāsudēvaṁ) - Vāsudeva; परित्यज्य (parityajya) - having abandoned; यः + अन्यम् (yaḥ + anyam) - who another; दैवम् (daivam) - deity; उपासते (upāsatē) - worships; तृषितः (tr̥ṣitaḥ) - thirsty; जाह्नवीतीरे (jāhnavītīrē) - on the bank of the Jāhnavī; कूपम् (kūpam) - a well; खनति (khanati) - digs; दुर्मतिः (durmatiḥ) - the fool;]
A fool who abandons Vāsudeva and worships another deity is like a thirsty man digging a well on the bank of the Jāhnavī. (118)
यथा गङ्गोदकं त्यक्त्वा पिबेत् कूपोदकं नरः। तथा हरिं परित्यज्य योन्यं दैवमुपासते ॥११९॥
yathā gaṅgōdakaṁ tyaktvā pibēt kūpōdakaṁ naraḥ। tathā hariṁ parityajya yōnyaṁ daivamupāsatē ॥119॥
[यथा (yathā) - just as; गङ्गोदकम् (gaṅgōdakam) - water of the Ganges; त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā) - having abandoned; पिबेत् (pibēt) - might drink; कूपोदकम् (kūpōdakam) - water from a well; नरः (naraḥ) - a man; तथा (tathā) - so likewise; हरिम् (harim) - Hari; परित्यज्य (parityajya) - having abandoned; यः + अन्यम् (yaḥ + anyam) - one who another; दैवम् (daivam) - deity; उपासते (upāsatē) - worships;]
Abandoning Hari to worship another deity is like leaving the water of the Ganges to drink from a well. (119)
स्वमातरं परित्यज्य श्वपाकीं वन्दते यथा। तथा हरिं परित्यज्य योन्यं दैवमुपासते ॥१२०॥
svamātaraṁ parityajya śvapākīṁ vandatē yathā। tathā hariṁ parityajya yōnyaṁ daivamupāsatē ॥120॥
[स्वमातरम् (svamātaram) - his own mother; परित्यज्य (parityajya) - having abandoned; श्वपाकीम् (śvapākīm) - an outcaste woman; वन्दते (vandatē) - venerates; यथा (yathā) - just as; तथा (tathā) - so; हरिम् (harim) - Hari; परित्यज्य (parityajya) - having abandoned; यः (yaḥ) - one who; अन्यम् (anyam) - another; दैवम् (daivam) - deity; उपासते (upāsatē) - worships;]
Abandoning Hari to worship another deity is like abandoning one’s own mother to venerate an outcaste woman. (120)
यावत्स्वस्थमिदं पिण्डं नीरुजं करणान्वितम्। तावत्कुरुष्वात्महितं पश्चात्तापेन तप्यसे ॥१२१॥
yāvatsvasthamidaṁ piṇḍaṁ nīrujaṁ karaṇānvitam। tāvatkuruṣvātmahitaṁ paścāttāpēna tapyasē ॥121॥
[यावत् (yāvat) - as long as; स्वस्थम् (svastham) - sound; इदम् (idam) - this; पिण्डम् (piṇḍam) - body; नीरुजम् (nīrujam) - free from disease; करणान्वितम् (karaṇānvitam) - endowed with its faculties; तावत् (tāvat) - for that long; कुरुष्व (kuruṣva) - attend to; आत्महितम् (ātmahitam) - your own welfare; पश्चात्तापेन (paścāttāpēna) - with regret; तप्यसे (tapyasē) - you will be tormented;]
While this body remains sound, free from disease, and endowed with all its faculties, devote yourself to your own welfare; afterward, you will be tormented by regret. (121)
यावत्स्वास्थ्यं शरीरेषु करणेषु च पाटवम्। तावदर्चय गोविन्दमायुष्यं सार्थकं कुरु ॥१२२॥
yāvatsvāsthyaṁ śarīrēṣu karaṇēṣu ca pāṭavam। tāvadarcaya gōvindamāyuṣyaṁ sārthakaṁ kuru ॥122॥
[यावत् (yāvat) - as long as; स्वास्थ्यं (svāsthyaṁ) - health; शरीरेषु (śarīrēṣu) - in the body; करणेषु (karaṇēṣu) - in the faculties; च (ca) - and; पाटवम् (pāṭavam) - acuity; तावत् (tāvat) - while that lasts; अर्चय (arcaya) - worship; गोविन्दम् (gōvindam) - Govinda; आयुष्यं (āyuṣyaṁ) - your life; सार्थकं (sārthakaṁ) - meaningful; कुरु (kuru) - make;]
As long as your body is healthy and your faculties remain keen, worship Govinda and make your life meaningful. (122)
स्मर्यतां तु हृषीकेशो हृषीकेषु दृढेषु च। अदृढेषु हृषीकेषु हृषीकेशं स्मरन्ति के ॥१२३॥
smaryatāṁ tu hr̥ṣīkēśō hr̥ṣīkēṣu dr̥ḍhēṣu ca। adr̥ḍhēṣu hr̥ṣīkēṣu hr̥ṣīkēśaṁ smaranti kē ॥123॥
[स्मर्यताम् (smaryatām) - let be remembered; तु (tu) - but; हृषीकेशः (hr̥ṣīkēśaḥ) - Hṛṣīkeśa; हृषीकेषु (hr̥ṣīkēṣu) - while the senses; दृढेषु (dr̥ḍhēṣu) - are strong; च (ca) - indeed; अदृढेषु (adr̥ḍhēṣu) - when weak; हृषीकेषु (hr̥ṣīkēṣu) - the senses; हृषीकेशम् (hr̥ṣīkēśam) - Hṛṣīkeśa; स्मरन्ति (smaranti) - remember; के (kē) - who;]
Remember Hṛṣīkeśa while your senses are strong; when they are weak, who remembers Hṛṣīkeśa? (123)
यावच्चिन्तयते जन्तुर्विषयान् विषसन्निभान्। तावच्चेत्स्मरते विष्णुं को न मुच्येत बन्धनात् ॥१२४॥
yāvaccintayatē janturviṣayān viṣasannibhān। tāvaccētsmaratē viṣṇuṁ kō na mucyēta bandhanāt ॥124॥
[यावत् (yāvat) - as long as; चिन्तयते (cintayatē) - thinks about; जन्तुः (jantuḥ) - a living being; विषयान् (viṣayān) - sense objects; विष-सन्निभान् (viṣa-sannibhān) - resembling poison; तावत् (tāvat) - for that long; चेत् (cēt) - if; स्मरते (smaratē) - remembers; विष्णुम् (viṣṇum) - Viṣṇu; कः (kaḥ) - who; न (na) - not; मुच्येत (mucyēta) - would be freed; बन्धनात् (bandhanāt) - from bondage;]
If a living being were to remember Viṣṇu for as long as they dwell on sense objects resembling poison, who would not be freed from bondage? (124)
यावत्प्रलपते जन्तुर्लोकवार्तादिभिः सदा। तावच्चेद्वदते विष्णुं को न मुच्येत बन्धनात् ॥१२५॥
yāvatpralapatē janturlōkavārtādibhiḥ sadā। tāvaccēdvadatē viṣṇuṁ kō na mucyēta bandhanāt ॥125॥
[यावत् (yāvat) - for as long as; प्रलपते (pralapatē) - chatters; जन्तुः (jantuḥ) - a creature; लोक-वार्ता-आदिभिः (lōka-vārtā-ādibhiḥ) - about worldly affairs and the like; सदा (sadā) - continually; तावत् (tāvat) - for that long; चेत् (cēt) - if; वदते (vadatē) - were to utter; विष्णुम् (viṣṇum) - Viṣṇu; कः (kaḥ) - who; न (na) - not; मुच्येत (mucyēta) - would be freed; बन्धनात् (bandhanāt) - from bondage;]
If a living being were to say “Viṣṇu” for as long as they continually chatter about worldly affairs and the like, who would not be freed from bondage? (125)
सूतः
sūtaḥ
[सूतः (sūtaḥ) - Sūta;]
Sūta:
ज्ञात्वा विप्रैस्तिथिं सम्यग् दैवज्ञैः समुदीरिताम्। कर्तव्य उपवासस्तु ह्यन्यथा नरकं व्रजेत् ॥१२६॥
jñātvā vipraistithiṁ samyag daivajñaiḥ samudīritām। kartavya upavāsastu hyanyathā narakaṁ vrajēt ॥126॥
[ज्ञात्वा (jñātvā) - having ascertained; विप्रैः (vipraiḥ) - by Brahmins; तिथिम् (tithim) - the lunar date; सम्यक् (samyak) - correctly; दैवज्ञैः (daivajñaiḥ) - skilled in astrology; समुदीरिताम् (samudīritām) - declared; कर्तव्यः (kartavyaḥ) - should be observed; उपवासः (upavāsaḥ) - the fast; तु (tu) - then; हि (hi) - for; अन्यथा (anyathā) - otherwise; नरकम् (narakam) - to hell; व्रजेत् (vrajēt) - one would go;]
After correctly determining the lunar date specified by Brahmins skilled in astrology, one should observe the fast; otherwise, one would go to hell. (126)
क्षये वाप्यथवा वृद्धौ सम्प्राप्ते वा दिनक्षये। उपोष्या द्वादशी पुण्या पूर्वविद्धां परित्यजेत् ॥१२७॥
kṣayē vāpyathavā vr̥ddhau samprāptē vā dinakṣayē। upōṣyā dvādaśī puṇyā pūrvaviddhāṁ parityajēt ॥127॥
[क्षये (kṣayē) - in the event of diminution; वा (vā) - or; अपि (api) - also; अथवा (athavā) - or else; वृद्धौ (vr̥ddhau) - in the event of extension; सम्प्राप्ते (samprāptē) - when it has arrived; वा (vā) - or; दिन-क्षये (dina-kṣayē) - at the end of the day; उपोष्या (upōṣyā) - should be observed by fasting; द्वादशी (dvādaśī) - Dvādaśī; पुण्या (puṇyā) - holy; पूर्व-विद्धाम् (pūrva-viddhām) - overlapped by the preceding lunar date; परित्यजेत् (parityajēt) - one should reject;]
Whether the lunar date is shortened or extended, or the end of the day has arrived, one should fast on holy Dvādaśī and reject a Dvādaśī overlapped by the preceding lunar date. (127)
पूर्वविद्धां प्रकुर्वाणो नरो धर्मान् निकृन्तति। सन्ततेस्तु विनाशाय सम्पदो हरणाय च ॥१२८॥
pūrvaviddhāṁ prakurvāṇō narō dharmān nikr̥ntati। santatēstu vināśāya sampadō haraṇāya ca ॥128॥
[पूर्वविद्धां (pūrvaviddhāṁ) - a Dvādaśī overlapped by the preceding day; प्रकुर्वाणो (prakurvāṇō) - observing; नरो (narō) - a man; धर्मान् (dharmān) - religious merits; निकृन्तति (nikr̥ntati) - cuts down; सन्ततेः + तु (santatēḥ + tu) - as for his lineage; विनाशाय (vināśāya) - leading to destruction; सम्पदो (sampadō) - of his prosperity; हरणाय (haraṇāya) - leading to loss; च (ca) - and;]
A man who observes a Dvādaśī overlapped by the preceding lunar date destroys his religious merit, his lineage, and his prosperity. (128)
कलावेधे तु विप्रेन्द्र दशम्यैकादशीं त्यजेत्। सुराया बिन्दुना स्पृष्टं गङ्गाम्भ इव सन्त्यजेत् ॥१२९॥
kalāvēdhē tu viprēndra daśamyaikādaśīṁ tyajēt। surāyā bindunā spr̥ṣṭaṁ gaṅgāmbha iva santyajēt ॥129॥
[कलावेधे (kalāvēdhē) - when the overlap is by a kalā; तु (tu) - even; विप्रेन्द्र (viprēndra) - O best of Brahmins; दशम्या (daśamyā) - by Daśamī; एकादशीम् (ēkādaśīm) - Ekādaśī; त्यजेत् (tyajēt) - one should reject; सुरायाः (surāyāḥ) - of liquor; बिन्दुना (bindunā) - by a drop; स्पृष्टम् (spr̥ṣṭam) - touched; गङ्गाम्भः (gaṅgāmbhaḥ) - Ganges water; इव (iva) - just as; सन्त्यजेत् (santyajēt) - one should discard completely;]
O best of Brahmins, one should reject an Ekādaśī overlapped by Daśamī by even a single kalā, just as one would discard Ganges water touched by a drop of liquor. (129)
श्वदृतौ पञ्चगव्यं च दशम्या दूषितां त्यजेत्। एकादशीं द्विजश्रेष्ठाः पक्षयोरुभयोरपि ॥१३०॥
śvadr̥tau pañcagavyaṁ ca daśamyā dūṣitāṁ tyajēt। ēkādaśīṁ dvijaśrēṣṭhāḥ pakṣayōrubhayōrapi ॥130॥
[श्वदृतौ (śvadr̥tau) - in a dog-hide bag; पञ्चगव्यम् (pañcagavyam) - pañcagavya; च (ca) - and; दशम्या (daśamyā) - by Daśamī; दूषिताम् (dūṣitām) - tainted; त्यजेत् (tyajēt) - one should reject; एकादशीम् (ēkādaśīm) - Ekādaśī; द्विजश्रेष्ठाः (dvijaśrēṣṭhāḥ) - O best of Brahmins; पक्षयोः (pakṣayōḥ) - in the two fortnights; उभयोः (ubhayōḥ) - both; अपि (api) - also;]
O best of Brahmins, one should reject pañcagavya kept in a dog-hide bag and, in either fortnight, an Ekādaśī tainted by Daśamī. (130)
तस्माद्विप्रा न विद्धा हि कर्तव्यैकादशी क्वचित्। विद्धा हन्ति पुरापुण्यं श्राद्धं च वृषलीपतिः ॥१३१॥
tasmādviprā na viddhā hi kartavyaikādaśī kvacit। viddhā hanti purāpuṇyaṁ śrāddhaṁ ca vr̥ṣalīpatiḥ ॥131॥
[तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore; विप्राः (viprāḥ) - O Brahmins; न (na) - not; विद्धा (viddhā) - overlapped by the tenth lunar day; हि (hi) - indeed; कर्तव्या (kartavyā) - to be observed; एकादशी (ēkādaśī) - the eleventh lunar day; क्वचित् (kvacit) - ever; विद्धा (viddhā) - an overlapped eleventh lunar day; हन्ति (hanti) - destroys; पुरा + पुण्यम् (purā + puṇyam) - previous merit; श्राद्धम् (śrāddham) - an ancestral rite; च (ca) - and; वृषली-पतिः (vr̥ṣalī-patiḥ) - the husband of a Śūdra woman;]
Therefore, O Brahmins, one must never observe an Ekādaśī overlapped by the tenth lunar day. Such an Ekādaśī destroys previous merit, just as the husband of a Śūdra woman destroys an ancestral rite. (131)
जप्तं दत्तं हुतं स्नातं तथा पूजा कृता हरेः। तत्सर्वं विलयं याति तमः सूर्योदये यथा ॥१३२॥
japtaṁ dattaṁ hutaṁ snātaṁ tathā pūjā kr̥tā harēḥ। tatsarvaṁ vilayaṁ yāti tamaḥ sūryōdayē yathā ॥132॥
[जप्तं (japtaṁ) - recitation; दत्तं (dattaṁ) - giving; हुतं (hutaṁ) - fire offering; स्नातं (snātaṁ) - bathing; तथा (tathā) - and likewise; पूजा (pūjā) - worship; कृता (kr̥tā) - performed; हरेः (harēḥ) - of Hari; तत् (tat) - that; सर्वं (sarvaṁ) - all; विलयं (vilayaṁ) - dissolution; याति (yāti) - undergoes; तमः (tamaḥ) - darkness; सूर्योदये (sūryōdayē) - at sunrise; यथा (yathā) - just as;]
All recitations, gifts, fire offerings, baths, and worship of Hari vanish like darkness at sunrise. (132)
एकादश्यां यदा ब्रह्मन् दिनक्षयतिथिर्भवेत्। उपोष्या द्वादशी तत्र त्रयोदश्यां तु पारणम् ॥१३३॥
ēkādaśyāṁ yadā brahman dinakṣayatithirbhavēt। upōṣyā dvādaśī tatra trayōdaśyāṁ tu pāraṇam ॥133॥
[एकादश्याम् (ēkādaśyām) - on Ekādaśī; यदा (yadā) - when; ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmin; दिनक्षय-तिथिः (dinakṣaya-tithiḥ) - a tithi omitted from the civil day; भवेत् (bhavēt) - occurs; उपोष्या (upōṣyā) - is to be observed by fasting; द्वादशी (dvādaśī) - Dvādaśī; तत्र (tatra) - in that case; त्रयोदश्याम् (trayōdaśyām) - on Trayodaśī; तु (tu) - but; पारणम् (pāraṇam) - breaking the fast;]
O Brahmin, when Ekādaśī is a lunar date omitted from the civil day, one should fast on Dvādaśī and break the fast on Trayodaśī. (133)
प्रतिपत्प्रभृतयः सर्वा उदयादुदयाद्रवेः। सम्पूर्णा इति विज्ञेया हरिवासरवर्जिताः ॥१३४॥
pratipatprabhr̥tayaḥ sarvā udayādudayādravēḥ। sampūrṇā iti vijñēyā harivāsaravarjitāḥ ॥134॥
[प्रतिपत्-प्रभृतयः (pratipat-prabhr̥tayaḥ) - beginning with Pratipad; सर्वाः (sarvāḥ) - all; उदयात् + उदयात् (udayāt + udayāt) - from sunrise to sunrise; रवेः (ravēḥ) - of the sun; सम्पूर्णाः (sampūrṇāḥ) - complete; इति (iti) - as; विज्ञेयाः (vijñēyāḥ) - are to be understood; हरि-वासर-वर्जिताः (hari-vāsara-varjitāḥ) - except Hari's day;]
All lunar dates from Pratipad onward, except Hari’s day, are considered complete when they extend from one sunrise to the next. (134)
अरुणोदयकाले तु दशमी यदि दृश्यते। न तत्रैकादशी कार्या धर्मकामार्थनाशिनी ॥१३५॥
aruṇōdayakālē tu daśamī yadi dr̥śyatē। na tatraikādaśī kāryā dharmakāmārthanāśinī ॥135॥
[अरुणोदयकाले (aruṇōdayakālē) - at dawn; तु (tu) - but; दशमी (daśamī) - the tenth lunar day; यदि (yadi) - if; दृश्यते (dr̥śyatē) - is visible; न (na) - not; तत्र + एकादशी (tatra + ēkādaśī) - Ekādaśī then; कार्या (kāryā) - should be observed; धर्म + काम + अर्थ + नाशिनी (dharma + kāma + artha + nāśinī) - destroying dharma desire and wealth;]
But if the tenth lunar day is visible at dawn, Ekādaśī must not be observed, for doing so destroys dharma, desire, and wealth. (135)
अरुणोदयवेलायां दशमी यदि दृश्यते। पापमूलं तदा ज्ञेयमेकादश्युपवासनम् ॥१३६॥
aruṇōdayavēlāyāṁ daśamī yadi dr̥śyatē। pāpamūlaṁ tadā jñēyamēkādaśyupavāsanam ॥136॥
[अरुणोदयवेलायां (aruṇōdayavēlāyāṁ) - at the time of dawn; दशमी (daśamī) - the tenth lunar day; यदि (yadi) - if; दृश्यते (dr̥śyatē) - is present; पापमूलं (pāpamūlaṁ) - the root of sin; तदा (tadā) - then; ज्ञेयम् (jñēyam) - should be understood as; एकादशी + उपवासनम् (ēkādaśī + upavāsanam) - fasting on the eleventh lunar day;]
If the tenth lunar day is present at dawn, fasting on the eleventh lunar day must be understood to be the root of sin. (136)
चतस्रो घटिकाः प्रातररुणोदय उच्यते। यतीनां स्नानकालोयं गङ्गाम्भःसदृशं जलम् ॥१३७॥
catasrō ghaṭikāḥ prātararuṇōdaya ucyatē। yatīnāṁ snānakālōyaṁ gaṅgāmbhaḥsadr̥śaṁ jalam ॥137॥
[चतस्रः (catasraḥ) - four; घटिकाः (ghaṭikāḥ) - ghaṭikās; प्रातः (prātaḥ) - before sunrise; अरुणोदयः (aruṇōdayaḥ) - aruṇodaya; उच्यते (ucyatē) - is called; यतीनाम् (yatīnām) - for ascetics; स्नानकालः + अयम् (snānakālaḥ + ayam) - this is the bathing time; गङ्गा-अम्भः-सदृशम् (gaṅgā-ambhaḥ-sadr̥śam) - like the water of the Ganges; जलम् (jalam) - water;]
The four ghaṭikās preceding sunrise constitute what is called aruṇodaya. This is when ascetics bathe, and the water at that time is like the water of the Ganges. (137)
उदयात्प्राग्यदा विप्रा मुहूर्तद्वयसंयुता। सम्पूर्णैकादशी नाम तत्रैवोपवसेद्गृही ॥१३८॥
udayātprāgyadā viprā muhūrtadvayasaṁyutā। sampūrṇaikādaśī nāma tatraivōpavasēdgr̥hī ॥138॥
[उदयात् + प्राक् (udayāt + prāk) - before sunrise; यदा (yadā) - when; विप्रा (viprā) - O Brahmins; मुहूर्त-द्वय-संयुता (muhūrta-dvaya-saṁyutā) - extending for two muhūrtas; सम्पूर्ण-एकादशी (sampūrṇa-ēkādaśī) - the complete Ekādaśī; नाम (nāma) - is called; तत्र + एव (tatra + ēva) - on that alone; उपवसेत् (upavasēt) - should fast; गृही (gr̥hī) - a householder;]
O Brahmins, when Ekādaśī extends through the two muhūrtas before sunrise, it is called the Complete Ekādaśī; a householder should fast only on such an Ekādaśī. (138)
उदयात्प्राक्त्रिघटिकाव्यापिन्यैकादशी यदा। सन्दिग्धैकादशी नाम वर्ज्या धर्मार्थकाङ्क्षिभिः ॥१३९॥
udayātprāktrighaṭikāvyāpinyaikādaśī yadā। sandigdhaikādaśī nāma varjyā dharmārthakāṅkṣibhiḥ ॥139॥
[उदयात् (udayāt) - before sunrise; प्राक् (prāk) - prior to; त्रिघटिका (trighaṭikā) - three ghaṭikās; व्यापिनी (vyāpinī) - extending through; एकादशी (ēkādaśī) - Ekādaśī; यदा (yadā) - when; सन्दिग्धैकादशी (sandigdhaikādaśī) - Doubtful Ekādaśī; नाम (nāma) - called; वर्ज्या (varjyā) - should be avoided; धर्मार्थकाङ्क्षिभिः (dharmārthakāṅkṣibhiḥ) - by those seeking dharma and prosperity;]
When Ekādaśī extends through the three ghaṭikās before sunrise, it is called the Doubtful Ekādaśī and should be avoided by those seeking dharma and prosperity. (139)
पुत्रपौत्रविवृद्ध्यर्थं द्वादश्यामुपवासयेत्। तत्र क्रतुशतं पुण्यं त्रयोदश्यां तु पारणम् ॥१४०॥
putrapautravivr̥ddhyarthaṁ dvādaśyāmupavāsayēt। tatra kratuśataṁ puṇyaṁ trayōdaśyāṁ tu pāraṇam ॥140॥
[पुत्र + पौत्र + विवृद्धि + अर्थम् (putra + pautra + vivr̥ddhi + artham) - for the increase of sons and grandsons; द्वादश्याम् (dvādaśyām) - on the twelfth lunar day; उपवासयेत् (upavāsayēt) - one should observe a fast; तत्र (tatra) - thereby; क्रतु + शतम् (kratu + śatam) - a hundred sacrifices; पुण्यम् (puṇyam) - merit; त्रयोदश्याम् (trayōdaśyām) - on the thirteenth lunar day; तु (tu) - but; पारणम् (pāraṇam) - breaking the fast;]
To increase the number of one’s sons and grandsons, one should fast on Dvādaśī. This brings the merit of a hundred sacrifices, and the fast should be broken on Trayodaśī. (140)
उदयात्प्राग् द्विघटिकाव्यापिन्यैकादशी यदा। सङ्कीर्णैकादशी नाम वर्ज्या धर्मार्थकाङ्क्षिभिः ॥१४१॥
udayātprāg dvighaṭikāvyāpinyaikādaśī yadā। saṅkīrṇaikādaśī nāma varjyā dharmārthakāṅkṣibhiḥ ॥141॥
[उदयात् + प्राक् (udayāt + prāk) - before sunrise; द्विघटिका-व्यापिनी (dvighaṭikā-vyāpinī) - extending through two ghaṭikās; एकादशी (ēkādaśī) - Ekādaśī; यदा (yadā) - when; सङ्कीर्ण-एकादशी (saṅkīrṇa-ēkādaśī) - Saṅkīrṇa Ekādaśī; नाम (nāma) - called; वर्ज्या (varjyā) - is to be avoided; धर्म-अर्थ-काङ्क्षिभिः (dharma-artha-kāṅkṣibhiḥ) - by those seeking religious merit and prosperity;]
When Ekādaśī extends through the two ghaṭikās before sunrise, it is called Saṅkīrṇa Ekādaśī and should be avoided by those seeking religious merit and prosperity. (141)
पुत्रराज्यविवृद्ध्यर्थं द्वादश्यामुपवासनम्। तत्र क्रतुशतं पुण्यं त्रयोदश्यां तु पारणम् ॥१४२॥
putrarājyavivr̥ddhyarthaṁ dvādaśyāmupavāsanam। tatra kratuśataṁ puṇyaṁ trayōdaśyāṁ tu pāraṇam ॥142॥
[पुत्र (putra) - sons; राज्य (rājya) - kingdom; विवृद्धि (vivr̥ddhi) - increase; अर्थम् (artham) - for the sake of; द्वादश्याम् (dvādaśyām) - on the twelfth lunar day; उपवासनम् (upavāsanam) - fasting; तत्र (tatra) - in that observance; क्रतु + शतम् (kratu + śatam) - a hundred sacrifices; पुण्यम् (puṇyam) - merit; त्रयोदश्याम् (trayōdaśyām) - on the thirteenth lunar day; तु (tu) - but; पारणम् (pāraṇam) - breaking the fast;]
To increase the number of one’s sons and the extent of one’s kingdom, one should fast on Dvādaśī. This observance brings the merit of a hundred sacrifices, and the fast should be broken on Trayodaśī. (142)
दशमीशेषसंयुक्ता गान्धार्या समुपोषिता। तस्याः पुत्रशतं नष्टं तस्मात्तां परिवर्जयेत् ॥१४३॥
daśamīśēṣasaṁyuktā gāndhāryā samupōṣitā। tasyāḥ putraśataṁ naṣṭaṁ tasmāttāṁ parivarjayēt ॥143॥
[दशमी-शेष-संयुक्ता (daśamī-śēṣa-saṁyuktā) - overlapping with a remnant of the tenth lunar day; गान्धार्या (gāndhāryā) - by Gāndhārī; समुपोषिता (samupōṣitā) - observed as a fast; तस्याः (tasyāḥ) - her; पुत्र-शतम् (putra-śatam) - hundred sons; नष्टम् (naṣṭam) - perished; तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore; ताम् (tām) - it; परिवर्जयेत् (parivarjayēt) - one should avoid;]
Gāndhārī fasted on a day that still retained a portion of the tenth lunar day, and her hundred sons perished. One should therefore avoid such a day. (143)
अपीषद्दशमीविद्धा तदा तां परिवर्जयेत्। सुराबिन्दुसमायुक्तां प्रवदन्ति मनीषिणः ॥१४४॥
apīṣaddaśamīviddhā tadā tāṁ parivarjayēt। surābindusamāyuktāṁ pravadanti manīṣiṇaḥ ॥144॥
[अपि + ईषत् (api + īṣat) - even slightly; दशमी-विद्धा (daśamī-viddhā) - overlapped by the tenth lunar day; तदा (tadā) - in that case; ताम् (tām) - it; परिवर्जयेत् (parivarjayēt) - one should avoid; सुरा-बिन्दु-समायुक्ताम् (surā-bindu-samāyuktām) - mixed with a drop of liquor; प्रवदन्ति (pravadanti) - declare; मनीषिणः (manīṣiṇaḥ) - the wise;]
If it is overlapped even slightly by the tenth lunar day, one should avoid it; the wise describe it as mixed with a drop of liquor. (144)
बह्वागमविरोधेषु ब्राह्मणेषु विवादिषु। उपोष्या द्वादशी तत्र त्रयोदश्यां तु पारणम् ॥१४५॥
bahvāgamavirōdhēṣu brāhmaṇēṣu vivādiṣu। upōṣyā dvādaśī tatra trayōdaśyāṁ tu pāraṇam ॥145॥
[बहु + आगम + विरोधेषु (bahu + āgama + virōdhēṣu) - when numerous scriptural authorities conflict; ब्राह्मणेषु (brāhmaṇēṣu) - among Brahmins; विवादिषु (vivādiṣu) - disputing; उपोष्या (upōṣyā) - should be observed as a fast; द्वादशी (dvādaśī) - the twelfth lunar day; तत्र (tatra) - in that case; त्रयोदश्याम् (trayōdaśyām) - on the thirteenth lunar day; तु (tu) - but; पारणम् (pāraṇam) - the breaking of the fast;]
When numerous scriptural authorities conflict and Brahmins disagree, one should fast on the twelfth lunar day and break the fast on the thirteenth. (145)
एकादश्यां तु विद्धायां सम्प्राप्ते श्रवणे तथा। उपोष्या द्वादशी पुण्या पक्षयोरुभयोरपि ॥१४६॥
ēkādaśyāṁ tu viddhāyāṁ samprāptē śravaṇē tathā। upōṣyā dvādaśī puṇyā pakṣayōrubhayōrapi ॥146॥
[एकादश्यां (ēkādaśyāṁ) - when Ekādaśī is overlapped; तु (tu) - but; विद्धायां (viddhāyāṁ) - being overlapped; सम्प्राप्ते (samprāptē) - when present; श्रवणे (śravaṇē) - the Śravaṇa lunar mansion; तथा (tathā) - likewise; उपोष्या (upōṣyā) - should be observed by fasting; द्वादशी (dvādaśī) - Dvādaśī; पुण्या (puṇyā) - sacred; पक्षयोः + उभयोः + अपि (pakṣayōḥ + ubhayōḥ + api) - in both fortnights alike;]
When Ekādaśī is overlapped or Śravaṇa is present, one should observe the sacred Dvādaśī fast in both fortnights. (146)
उपरागसहस्राणि व्यतीपातायुतानि च। अमालक्षं तु द्वादश्याः कलां नार्हन्ति षोडशीम् ॥१४७॥
uparāgasahasrāṇi vyatīpātāyutāni ca। amālakṣaṁ tu dvādaśyāḥ kalāṁ nārhanti ṣōḍaśīm ॥147॥
[उपराग + सहस्राणि (uparāga + sahasrāṇi) - thousands of eclipses; व्यतीपात + अयुतानि (vyatīpāta + ayutāni) - ten-thousands of Vyatīpātas; च (ca) - and; अमा + लक्षम् (amā + lakṣam) - a hundred thousand new-moon days; तु (tu) - but; द्वादश्याः (dvādaśyāḥ) - of Dvādaśī; कलाम् (kalām) - part; न + अर्हन्ति (na + arhanti) - do not equal; षोडशीम् (ṣōḍaśīm) - a sixteenth;]
Thousands of eclipses, tens of thousands of Vyatīpātas, and a hundred thousand new-moon days do not equal even one-sixteenth of Dvādaśī. (147)
शुद्धापि द्वादशी ग्राह्या परतो द्वादशी यदि। विषं तु दशमी ज्ञेयामृतं चैकादशी तिथिः। विषप्रधाना वर्ज्या सामृता ग्राह्या प्रयत्नतः ॥१४८॥
śuddhāpi dvādaśī grāhyā paratō dvādaśī yadi। viṣaṁ tu daśamī jñēyāmr̥taṁ caikādaśī tithiḥ। viṣapradhānā varjyā sāmr̥tā grāhyā prayatnataḥ ॥148॥
[शुद्धा + अपि (śuddhā + api) - even when pure; द्वादशी (dvādaśī) - Dvādaśī; ग्राह्या (grāhyā) - is to be observed; परतः (parataḥ) - afterward; द्वादशी (dvādaśī) - Dvādaśī; यदि (yadi) - if; विषम् (viṣam) - poison; तु (tu) - but; दशमी (daśamī) - Daśamī; ज्ञेया (jñēyā) - is to be regarded as; अमृतम् (amr̥tam) - nectar; च + एकादशी (ca + ēkādaśī) - and Ekādaśī; तिथिः (tithiḥ) - lunar day; विष-प्रधाना (viṣa-pradhānā) - when poison predominates; वर्ज्या (varjyā) - is to be avoided; सा + अमृता (sā + amr̥tā) - when nectarous it; ग्राह्या (grāhyā) - is to be observed; प्रयत्नतः (prayatnataḥ) - carefully;]
Even a pure Dvādaśī should be observed if Dvādaśī occurs afterward. Daśamī should be regarded as poison and Ekādaśī as nectar. A day dominated by poison should be avoided, while a nectarous one should be carefully observed. (148)
द्वादश्यां भोजनं चैव विद्धायां हर्युपोषणम्। यः कुर्यान्मन्दबुद्धित्वान्निरयं सोधिगच्छति ॥१४९॥
dvādaśyāṁ bhōjanaṁ caiva viddhāyāṁ haryupōṣaṇam। yaḥ kuryānmandabuddhitvānnirayaṁ sōdhigacchati ॥149॥
[द्वादश्याम् (dvādaśyām) - on Dvādaśī; भोजनम् (bhōjanam) - eating; च + एव (ca + ēva) - and also; विद्धायाम् (viddhāyām) - on a tainted Ekādaśī; हरि + उपोषणम् (hari + upōṣaṇam) - fasting for Hari; यः (yaḥ) - whoever; कुर्यात् (kuryāt) - should perform; मन्दबुद्धित्वात् (mandabuddhitvāt) - through foolishness; निरयम् (nirayam) - hell; सः + अधिगच्छति (saḥ + adhigacchati) - he reaches;]
Anyone who, through foolishness, eats on Dvādaśī and fasts for Hari on a tainted Ekādaśī goes to hell. (149)
यानि कानि च वाक्यानि विद्धोपोषपराणि च। धनदार्चापराणि स्युर्वैष्णवी न दशायुता ॥१५०॥
yāni kāni ca vākyāni viddhōpōṣaparāṇi ca। dhanadārcāparāṇi syurvaiṣṇavī na daśāyutā ॥150॥
[यानि कानि (yāni kāni) - whatever; च (ca) - and; वाक्यानि (vākyāni) - statements; विद्ध-उपोष-पराणि (viddha-upōṣa-parāṇi) - advocating fasting on a viddhā day; च (ca) - and; धनद-अर्चा-पराणि (dhanada-arcā-parāṇi) - devoted to the worship of Dhanada; स्युः (syuḥ) - may be; वैष्णवी (vaiṣṇavī) - Vaiṣṇavī; न (na) - not; दशा-युता (daśā-yutā) - joined with the tenth day;]
Any statements advocating fasting on a viddhā day concern the worship of Dhanada; the Vaiṣṇavī is not conjoined with the tenth lunar day. (150)
अथवा मोहनार्थाय मोहिन्या भगवान् हरिः। अर्थितः कारयामास व्यासरूपी जनार्दनः ॥१५१॥
athavā mōhanārthāya mōhinyā bhagavān hariḥ। arthitaḥ kārayāmāsa vyāsarūpī janārdanaḥ ॥151॥
[अथवा (athavā) - alternatively; मोहनार्थाय (mōhanārthāya) - for the purpose of delusion; मोहिन्या (mōhinyā) - by Mohinī; भगवान् (bhagavān) - the Lord; हरिः (hariḥ) - Hari; अर्थितः (arthitaḥ) - having been entreated; कारयामास (kārayāmāsa) - had them composed; व्यासरूपी (vyāsarūpī) - in the form of Vyāsa; जनार्दनः (janārdanaḥ) - Janārdana;]
धनदार्चाविवृद्ध्यर्थं महावित्तलयस्य च। असुराणां मोहनार्थं पाषण्डानां विवृद्धये। आत्मस्वरूपाविज्ञप्त्यै स्वलोकाप्राप्तये तथा ॥१५२॥
dhanadārcāvivr̥ddhyarthaṁ mahāvittalayasya ca। asurāṇāṁ mōhanārthaṁ pāṣaṇḍānāṁ vivr̥ddhayē। ātmasvarūpāvijñaptyai svalōkāprāptayē tathā ॥152॥
[धनद-अर्चा-विवृद्धि-अर्थम् (dhanada-arcā-vivr̥ddhi-artham) - for the increase of Dhanada worship; महावित्त-लयस्य (mahāvitta-layasya) - for the loss of great wealth; च (ca) - and; असुराणाम् (asurāṇām) - of the Asuras; मोहन-अर्थम् (mōhana-artham) - for the delusion; पाषण्डानाम् (pāṣaṇḍānām) - of heretics; विवृद्धये (vivr̥ddhayē) - for the increase; आत्म-स्वरूप-अविज्ञप्त्यै (ātma-svarūpa-avijñaptyai) - for ignorance of one's own true nature; स्व-लोक-अप्राप्तये (sva-lōka-aprāptayē) - for failure to attain one's own world; तथा (tathā) - and also;]
Alternatively, when entreated by Mohinī, Lord Hari—Janārdana in the form of Vyāsa—had these statements composed to bring about delusion, increase the worship of Dhanada, cause the loss of great wealth, delude the Asuras, increase the number of heretics, prevent knowledge of one’s own true nature, and prevent attainment of one’s own world. (151–152)
एवं विद्धां परित्यज्य द्वादश्यामुपवासयेत्। कोटिजन्मार्जितं पापमेकयैव विनश्यति ॥१५३॥
ēvaṁ viddhāṁ parityajya dvādaśyāmupavāsayēt। kōṭijanmārjitaṁ pāpamēkayaiva vinaśyati ॥153॥
[एवम् (ēvam) - thus; विद्धाम् (viddhām) - the blemished one; परित्यज्य (parityajya) - having rejected; द्वादश्याम् (dvādaśyām) - on the twelfth lunar day; उपवासयेत् (upavāsayēt) - one should fast; कोटि-जन्म-अर्जितम् (kōṭi-janma-arjitam) - accumulated over ten million births; पापम् (pāpam) - sin; एकया + एव (ēkayā + ēva) - by that one alone; विनश्यति (vinaśyati) - vanishes;]
After rejecting such a tainted observance, one should fast on the twelfth lunar day. That single observance destroys the sin accumulated over ten million births. (153)
ततः कोटिगुणं चापि निषिद्धस्येतरैर्जनैः। यदनादिकृतं पापं यदूर्ध्वं यत्करिष्यति ॥१५४॥
tataḥ kōṭiguṇaṁ cāpi niṣiddhasyētarairjanaiḥ। yadanādikr̥taṁ pāpaṁ yadūrdhvaṁ yatkariṣyati ॥154॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - than that; कोटिगुणम् (kōṭiguṇam) - ten million times greater; च + अपि (ca + api) - and even; निषिद्धस्य (niṣiddhasya) - of one who has been restrained; इतरैः (itaraiḥ) - by other; जनैः (janaiḥ) - people; यत् + अनादिकृतम् (yat + anādikr̥tam) - whatever has been committed from beginningless time; पापम् (pāpam) - sin; यत् + ऊर्ध्वम् (yat + ūrdhvam) - whatever thereafter; यत् (yat) - which; करिष्यति (kariṣyati) - he will commit;]
तत्सर्वं विलयं याति परेषामुपवासनात्। न च तस्मात्प्रियतमः केशवस्य ममापि च ॥१५५॥
tatsarvaṁ vilayaṁ yāti parēṣāmupavāsanāt। na ca tasmātpriyatamaḥ kēśavasya mamāpi ca ॥155॥
[तत् (tat) - those sins; सर्वम् (sarvam) - all; विलयम् (vilayam) - to destruction; याति (yāti) - goes; परेषाम् (parēṣām) - others; उपवासनात् (upavāsanāt) - by causing to fast; न (na) - no one; च (ca) - and; तस्मात् (tasmāt) - than he; प्रियतमः (priyatamaḥ) - dearer; केशवस्य (kēśavasya) - to Keśava; मम (mama) - to me; अपि (api) - also; च (ca) - and;]
Even sin ten million times greater than that—the sin of one who has been restrained by others, whatever he has committed from beginningless time and whatever he will commit thereafter—is entirely destroyed by causing others to fast. No one is dearer than he to Keśava or to me. (154–155)
एकादश्यां ह्यवेधे तु द्वादशीं न परित्यजेत्। पारणे मरणे चैव तिथिस्तात्कालिकी स्मृता ॥१५६॥
ēkādaśyāṁ hyavēdhē tu dvādaśīṁ na parityajēt। pāraṇē maraṇē caiva tithistātkālikī smr̥tā ॥156॥
[एकादश्याम् (ēkādaśyām) - on Ekādaśī; हि (hi) - indeed; अवेधे (avēdhē) - when free from overlap; तु (tu) - but; द्वादशीम् (dvādaśīm) - Dvādaśī; न (na) - not; परित्यजेत् (parityajēt) - one should abandon; पारणे (pāraṇē) - when breaking the fast; मरणे (maraṇē) - at death; च + एव (ca + ēva) - and also; तिथिः (tithiḥ) - the lunar day; तात्कालिकी (tātkālikī) - current at that moment; स्मृता (smr̥tā) - is recognized;]
When Ekādaśī is free from overlap, one should not abandon Dvādaśī. For breaking a fast and at death, the lunar day current at that moment is the one recognized. (156)
ब्रह्मचारी गृहस्थो वा वानप्रस्थो यतिस्तथा। ब्राह्मणः क्षत्रियो वैश्यः शूद्रो भर्तृमती तथा ॥१५७॥
brahmacārī gr̥hasthō vā vānaprasthō yatistathā। brāhmaṇaḥ kṣatriyō vaiśyaḥ śūdrō bhartr̥matī tathā ॥157॥
[ब्रह्मचारी (brahmacārī) - a celibate student; गृहस्थः (gr̥hasthaḥ) - a householder; वा (vā) - or; वानप्रस्थः (vānaprasthaḥ) - a forest-dweller; यतिः (yatiḥ) - an ascetic; तथा (tathā) - likewise; ब्राह्मणः (brāhmaṇaḥ) - a Brahmin; क्षत्रियः (kṣatriyaḥ) - a Kshatriya; वैश्यः (vaiśyaḥ) - a Vaishya; शूद्रः (śūdraḥ) - a Shudra; भर्तृमती (bhartr̥matī) - a married woman; तथा (tathā) - likewise;]
अभर्तृका तथान्ये च सूतवैदेहिकादयः। एकादश्यां न भुञ्जीत पक्षयोरुभयोरपि ॥१५८॥
abhartr̥kā tathānyē ca sūtavaidēhikādayaḥ। ēkādaśyāṁ na bhuñjīta pakṣayōrubhayōrapi ॥158॥
[अभर्तृका (abhartr̥kā) - a woman without a husband; तथा + अन्ये (tathā + anyē) - and likewise others; सूत-वैदेहिक-आदयः (sūta-vaidēhika-ādayaḥ) - Sūtas, Vaidehikas, and others; एकादश्याम् (ēkādaśyām) - on the eleventh lunar day; न (na) - not; भुञ्जीत (bhuñjīta) - should eat; पक्षयोः (pakṣayōḥ) - in the two fortnights; उभयोः (ubhayōḥ) - both; अपि (api) - also;]
Whether a celibate student, householder, forest-dweller, or ascetic; a Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya, Shudra, married woman, or woman without a husband; or any other person, such as a Sūta or Vaidehika, one should not eat on Ekādaśī in either fortnight. (157–158)
एकादश्यां तु यो भुङ्क्ते मोहेनावृतचेतसा। शुक्लायामथ कृष्णायां निरयं याति स ध्रुवम् ॥१५९॥
ēkādaśyāṁ tu yō bhuṅktē mōhēnāvr̥tacētasā। śuklāyāmatha kr̥ṣṇāyāṁ nirayaṁ yāti sa dhruvam ॥159॥
[एकादश्यां (ēkādaśyāṁ) - on the eleventh lunar day; तु (tu) - but; यः (yaḥ) - whoever; भुङ्क्ते (bhuṅktē) - eats; मोहेन + आवृतचेतसा (mōhēna + āvr̥tacētasā) - with mind clouded by delusion; शुक्लायाम् (śuklāyām) - in the bright fortnight; अथ (atha) - or; कृष्णायाम् (kr̥ṣṇāyām) - in the dark fortnight; निरयं (nirayaṁ) - to hell; याति (yāti) - goes; सः (saḥ) - he; ध्रुवम् (dhruvam) - certainly;]
Whoever eats on Ekādaśī, whether in the bright or dark fortnight, with a mind clouded by delusion, certainly goes to hell. (159)
विवेचयति यो मोहाच्छुक्ला कृष्णेति पापकृत्। एकादशीं स वै याति निरयं नात्र संशयः ॥१६०॥
vivēcayati yō mōhācchuklā kr̥ṣṇēti pāpakr̥t। ēkādaśīṁ sa vai yāti nirayaṁ nātra saṁśayaḥ ॥160॥
[विवेचयति (vivēcayati) - distinguishes; यः (yaḥ) - who; मोहात् (mōhāt) - out of delusion; शुक्ला (śuklā) - bright; कृष्णा + इति (kr̥ṣṇā + iti) - or dark; पापकृत् (pāpakr̥t) - the sinner; एकादशीम् (ēkādaśīm) - Ekādaśī; सः (saḥ) - he; वै (vai) - surely; याति (yāti) - goes; निरयम् (nirayam) - to hell; न + अत्र (na + atra) - not in this matter; संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt;]
The sinner who, out of delusion, distinguishes between the bright and dark Ekādaśīs will surely go to hell; there is no doubt of this. (160)
यथा गौर्नैव हन्तव्या शुक्ला कृष्णेति भामिनि। एकादश्यां न भुञ्जीत पक्षयोरुभयोरपि ॥१६१॥
yathā gaurnaiva hantavyā śuklā kr̥ṣṇēti bhāmini। ēkādaśyāṁ na bhuñjīta pakṣayōrubhayōrapi ॥161॥
[यथा (yathā) - just as; गौः + न + एव (gauḥ + na + ēva) - a cow must never; हन्तव्या (hantavyā) - be killed; शुक्ला (śuklā) - white; कृष्णा (kr̥ṣṇā) - black; इति (iti) - whether; भामिनि (bhāmini) - O radiant woman; एकादश्याम् (ēkādaśyām) - on Ekādaśī; न भुञ्जीत (na bhuñjīta) - one should not eat; पक्षयोः (pakṣayōḥ) - in the fortnights; उभयोः + अपि (ubhayōḥ + api) - in both alike;]
Just as no cow should ever be killed, whether white or black, O radiant woman, so one should not eat on Ekādaśī in either fortnight. (161)
यानि कानि च वाक्यानि कृष्णैकादशिवर्जने। भरण्यादिनिषेधे च तानि काम्यफलार्थिनाम् ॥१६२॥
yāni kāni ca vākyāni kr̥ṣṇaikādaśivarjanē। bharaṇyādiniṣēdhē ca tāni kāmyaphalārthinām ॥162॥
[यानि कानि (yāni kāni) - whatever; च (ca) - and; वाक्यानि (vākyāni) - statements; कृष्ण-एकादशी-वर्जने (kr̥ṣṇa-ēkādaśī-varjanē) - concerning omission of the dark-fortnight Ekadashi; भरणी-आदि-निषेधे (bharaṇī-ādi-niṣēdhē) - concerning the prohibition based on Bharani and the like; च (ca) - and; तानि (tāni) - those; काम्य-फल-अर्थिनाम् (kāmya-phala-arthinām) - for those seeking desired rewards;]
Any statements calling for the omission of the dark-fortnight Ekādaśī, or imposing prohibitions based on Bharaṇī and the like, apply to those seeking desired rewards. (162)
कामिनोपि हि सिद्ध्यर्थं कुर्युरेवोपवासनम्। प्रीणनाय हरेर्नित्यं न तु काम्यव्यपेक्षया ॥१६३॥
kāminōpi hi siddhyarthaṁ kuryurēvōpavāsanam। prīṇanāya harērnityaṁ na tu kāmyavyapēkṣayā ॥163॥
[कामिनः + अपि (kāminaḥ + api) - even those with desires; हि (hi) - for; सिद्धि + अर्थम् (siddhi + artham) - for the sake of attainment; कुर्युः (kuryuḥ) - should undertake; एव (ēva) - indeed; उपवासनम् (upavāsanam) - fasting; प्रीणनाय (prīṇanāya) - for pleasing; हरेः (harēḥ) - Hari; नित्यम् (nityam) - always; न (na) - not; तु (tu) - but; काम्य-व्यपेक्षया (kāmya-vyapēkṣayā) - with an eye to a desired reward;]
Even those with desires should fast to attain their objective, always seeking to please Hari rather than expecting a desired reward. (163)
तस्माच्छुक्लामथो कृष्णां भरण्यादियुतामपि। प्रत्यवायनिषेधार्थमुपवासीत नित्यशः। प्रीणनार्थं हरेश्चापि विष्णुलोकस्य चाप्तये ॥१६४॥
tasmācchuklāmathō kr̥ṣṇāṁ bharaṇyādiyutāmapi। pratyavāyaniṣēdhārthamupavāsīta nityaśaḥ। prīṇanārthaṁ harēścāpi viṣṇulōkasya cāptayē ॥164॥
[तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore; शुक्लाम् (śuklām) - the bright-fortnight Ekādaśī; अथो (athō) - and also; कृष्णाम् (kr̥ṣṇām) - the dark-fortnight Ekādaśī; भरणी-आदि-युताम् (bharaṇī-ādi-yutām) - coinciding with Bharaṇī or the like; अपि (api) - even; प्रत्यवाय-निषेध-अर्थम् (pratyavāya-niṣēdha-artham) - to avoid adverse consequences; उपवासीत (upavāsīta) - one should fast; नित्यशः (nityaśaḥ) - without fail; प्रीणन-अर्थम् (prīṇana-artham) - for the pleasure; हरेः (harēḥ) - of Hari; च + अपि (ca + api) - and also; विष्णु-लोकस्य (viṣṇu-lōkasya) - of Viṣṇu's realm; च (ca) - and; आप्तये (āptayē) - for the attainment;]
Therefore, one should always fast on both the bright- and dark-fortnight Ekādaśīs, even when they coincide with Bharaṇī or the like, to avoid adverse consequences, please Hari, and attain Viṣṇu’s realm. (164)
कला वार्धकला वापि परतो द्वादशी यदि। द्वादश द्वादशीर्हन्ति पूर्वेद्युः पारणे कृते ॥१६५॥
kalā vārdhakalā vāpi paratō dvādaśī yadi। dvādaśa dvādaśīrhanti pūrvēdyuḥ pāraṇē kr̥tē ॥165॥
[कला (kalā) - a kalā; वा (vā) - or; अर्धकला (ardhakalā) - half a kalā; वा (vā) - or; अपि (api) - even; परतः (parataḥ) - on the following day; द्वादशी (dvādaśī) - Dvādaśī; यदि (yadi) - if; द्वादश (dvādaśa) - twelve; द्वादशीः (dvādaśīḥ) - Dvādaśī observances; हन्ति (hanti) - invalidates; पूर्वेद्युः (pūrvēdyuḥ) - on the preceding day; पारणे (pāraṇē) - when the fast is broken; कृते (kr̥tē) - performed;]
If Dvādaśī extends into the following day for even a kalā or half a kalā, breaking the fast on the preceding day invalidates twelve Dvādaśī observances. (165)
अतिरिक्ता द्वादशी चेद्यस्तां नोपोषयेद्यदि। द्वादश द्वादशीर्हन्ति द्वादशी चातिलङ्घिता ॥१६६॥
atiriktā dvādaśī cēdyastāṁ nōpōṣayēdyadi। dvādaśa dvādaśīrhanti dvādaśī cātilaṅghitā ॥166॥
[अतिरिक्ता (atiriktā) - extended; द्वादशी (dvādaśī) - Dvādaśī; चेत् (cēt) - if; यः (yaḥ) - whoever; ताम् (tām) - it; न (na) - does not; उपोषयेत् (upōṣayēt) - observe by fasting; यदि (yadi) - if; द्वादश (dvādaśa) - twelve; द्वादशीः (dvādaśīḥ) - Dvādaśīs; हन्ति (hanti) - destroys; द्वादशी (dvādaśī) - Dvādaśī; च (ca) - and; अतिलङ्घिता (atilaṅghitā) - passed over;]
If an extended Dvādaśī occurs and one fails to observe it by fasting, passing it over invalidates twelve Dvādaśī observances. (166)
द्वादश्यामतिरिक्तायां यो भुङ्क्ते पूर्ववासरे। द्वादश द्वादशीर्हन्ति द्वादशीं न परित्यजेत् ॥१६७॥
dvādaśyāmatiriktāyāṁ yō bhuṅktē pūrvavāsarē। dvādaśa dvādaśīrhanti dvādaśīṁ na parityajēt ॥167॥
[द्वादश्याम् (dvādaśyām) - on the Dvādaśī; अतिरिक्तायाम् (atiriktāyām) - when it is extended; यः (yaḥ) - whoever; भुङ्क्ते (bhuṅktē) - eats; पूर्ववासरे (pūrvavāsarē) - on the preceding day; द्वादश (dvādaśa) - twelve; द्वादशीः (dvādaśīḥ) - Dvādaśīs; हन्ति (hanti) - destroys; द्वादशीम् (dvādaśīm) - the Dvādaśī; न (na) - not; परित्यजेत् (parityajēt) - should forgo;]
When Dvādaśī is extended, whoever eats on the preceding day invalidates twelve Dvādaśī observances. One should never forgo Dvādaśī. (167)
द्वादशीं श्रवणोपेतां यो नोपोष्यात् सुमन्दधीः। पञ्चसंवत्सरकृतं पुण्यं तस्य विनश्यति ॥१६८॥
dvādaśīṁ śravaṇōpētāṁ yō nōpōṣyāt sumandadhīḥ। pañcasaṁvatsarakr̥taṁ puṇyaṁ tasya vinaśyati ॥168॥
[द्वादशीम् (dvādaśīm) - the twelfth lunar day; श्रवणोपेताम् (śravaṇōpētām) - coinciding with Śravaṇa; यः (yaḥ) - whoever; न + उपोष्यात् (na + upōṣyāt) - does not fast on; सुमन्दधीः (sumandadhīḥ) - very foolish; पञ्चसंवत्सरकृतम् (pañcasaṁvatsarakr̥tam) - accumulated over five years; पुण्यम् (puṇyam) - merit; तस्य (tasya) - his; विनश्यति (vinaśyati) - is lost;]
A very foolish person who fails to fast on a Dvādaśī that coincides with Śravaṇa loses the merit accumulated over five years. (168)
एकादशीमुपोष्याथ द्वादशीमप्युपोषयेत्। न तत्र विधिलोपः स्यादुभयोर्देवता हरिः ॥१६९॥
ēkādaśīmupōṣyātha dvādaśīmapyupōṣayēt। na tatra vidhilōpaḥ syādubhayōrdēvatā hariḥ ॥169॥
[एकादशीम् (ēkādaśīm) - on the eleventh lunar day; उपोष्य (upōṣya) - having fasted; अथ (atha) - then; द्वादशीम् (dvādaśīm) - on the twelfth lunar day; अपि (api) - also; उपोषयेत् (upōṣayēt) - one should fast; न (na) - not; तत्र (tatra) - in that case; विधि + लोपः (vidhi + lōpaḥ) - violation of the prescribed observance; स्यात् (syāt) - would occur; उभयोः (ubhayōḥ) - of both; देवता (dēvatā) - the deity; हरिः (hariḥ) - Hari;]
Having fasted on the eleventh lunar day, one should fast on the twelfth as well. This does not violate the prescribed observance, since Hari is the deity of both days. (169)
अल्पायामपि विप्रेन्द्र पारणं तु कथं भवेत्। पारयित्वोदकेनापि भुञ्जानो नैव दुष्यति ॥१७०॥
alpāyāmapi viprēndra pāraṇaṁ tu kathaṁ bhavēt। pārayitvōdakēnāpi bhuñjānō naiva duṣyati ॥170॥
[अल्पायाम् (alpāyām) - when Dvādaśī is brief; अपि (api) - even; विप्रेन्द्र (viprēndra) - O foremost of Brahmins; पारणम् (pāraṇam) - breaking the fast; तु (tu) - then; कथम् (katham) - how; भवेत् (bhavēt) - should take place; पारयित्वा (pārayitvā) - having broken the fast; उदकेन (udakēna) - with water; अपि (api) - even; भुञ्जानः (bhuñjānaḥ) - one who eats; न + एव (na + ēva) - certainly not; दुष्यति (duṣyati) - incurs fault;]
O foremost of Brahmins, how should the fast be broken when Dvādaśī lasts only a short time? One may break it even with water and then eat without incurring any fault. (170)
यदाल्पां द्वादशीं दृष्ट्वा निशीथादूर्ध्वमेव तु। आमध्याह्नाः क्रियाः सर्वाः कर्तव्याः शम्भुशासनात् ॥१७१॥
yadālpāṁ dvādaśīṁ dr̥ṣṭvā niśīthādūrdhvamēva tu। āmadhyāhnāḥ kriyāḥ sarvāḥ kartavyāḥ śambhuśāsanāt ॥171॥
[यदा (yadā) - when; अल्पां (alpāṁ) - short; द्वादशीं (dvādaśīṁ) - Dvādaśī; दृष्ट्वा (dr̥ṣṭvā) - on seeing; निशीथात् + ऊर्ध्वम् + एव (niśīthāt + ūrdhvam + ēva) - only after midnight; तु (tu) - but; आमध्याह्नाः (āmadhyāhnāḥ) - extending through midday; क्रियाः (kriyāḥ) - rites; सर्वाः (sarvāḥ) - all; कर्तव्याः (kartavyāḥ) - must be performed; शम्भुशासनात् (śambhuśāsanāt) - by Śambhu's command;]
When Dvādaśī is known to be short, all rites extending through midday must, by Śambhu’s command, be performed after midnight. (171)
व्यासः उषसि द्वे तु कर्तव्ये प्रातर्माध्याह्निकक्रिये। भुजेर्यदापकर्षस्य तदन्तर्न्यायतो भवेत् ॥१७२॥
vyāsaḥ uṣasi dvē tu kartavyē prātarmādhyāhnikakriyē। bhujēryadāpakarṣasya tadantarnyāyatō bhavēt ॥172॥
[व्यासः (vyāsaḥ) - Vyāsa; उषसि (uṣasi) - at dawn; द्वे (dvē) - both; तु (tu) - however; कर्तव्ये (kartavyē) - are to be performed; प्रातः + माध्याह्निक + क्रिये (prātaḥ + mādhyāhnika + kriyē) - the morning and midday rites; भुजेर्यदा (bhujēryadā) - when one is to eat; अपकर्षस्य (apakarṣasya) - during the curtailed period; तत् + अन्तर् (tat + antar) - within it; न्यायतः (nyāyataḥ) - properly; भवेत् (bhavēt) - it should occur;]
Vyāsa says: At dawn, both the morning and midday rites should be performed. If one must eat during the shortened period, one should properly do so within that period. (172)
कर्तुं साध्यं यदा नालं द्वादश्यद्भिस्तु पारयेत्। क्रतावल्पाशिवत् पश्चात् भुञ्जीतेत्यपरे जगुः ॥१७३॥
kartuṁ sādhyaṁ yadā nālaṁ dvādaśyadbhistu pārayēt। kratāvalpāśivat paścāt bhuñjītētyaparē jaguḥ ॥173॥
[कर्तुं (kartuṁ) - to perform; साध्यं (sādhyaṁ) - what is prescribed; यदा (yadā) - when; न + अलम् (na + alam) - there is not enough time; द्वादशी + अद्भिः (dvādaśī + adbhiḥ) - on Dvādaśī with water; तु (tu) - but; पारयेत् (pārayēt) - one should break the fast; क्रतौ (kratau) - at a sacrifice; अल्पाशिवत् (alpāśivat) - like one who eats little; पश्चात् (paścāt) - afterward; भुञ्जीत (bhuñjīta) - one should eat; इति (iti) - thus; अपरे (aparē) - others; जगुः (jaguḥ) - said;]
When there is too little time to perform what is prescribed, one should break the fast on Dvādaśī with water. Others say that one should eat afterward, like someone who eats sparingly at a sacrifice. (173)
अशितानशिता यस्मादापो विद्वद्भिरीरिताः। अम्भसा केवलेनैव करिष्ये व्रतपारणम् ॥१७४॥
aśitānaśitā yasmādāpō vidvadbhirīritāḥ। ambhasā kēvalēnaiva kariṣyē vratapāraṇam ॥174॥
[अशित-अनशिताः (aśita-anaśitāḥ) - consumed and not consumed; यस्मात् (yasmāt) - since; आपः (āpaḥ) - water; विद्वद्भिः (vidvadbhiḥ) - by the learned; ईरिताः (īritāḥ) - declared; अम्भसा (ambhasā) - with water; केवलेन (kēvalēna) - alone; एव (ēva) - only; करिष्ये (kariṣyē) - I will perform; व्रत-पारणम् (vrata-pāraṇam) - breaking the fast;]
Since the learned declare water to count as both consumed and not consumed, I shall break my fast with water alone. (174)
न काशी न गया गङ्गा न रेवा न च पुष्करम्। न चापि कौरवं क्षेत्रं तुल्यं भूप हरेर्दिनात् ॥१७५॥
na kāśī na gayā gaṅgā na rēvā na ca puṣkaram। na cāpi kauravaṁ kṣētraṁ tulyaṁ bhūpa harērdināt ॥175॥
[न (na) - neither; काशी (kāśī) - Kāśī; न (na) - nor; गया (gayā) - Gayā; गङ्गा (gaṅgā) - the Gaṅgā; न (na) - nor; रेवा (rēvā) - the Revā; न (na) - nor; च (ca) - and; पुष्करम् (puṣkaram) - Puṣkara; न (na) - nor; च + अपि (ca + api) - even; कौरवम् (kauravam) - Kaurava; क्षेत्रम् (kṣētram) - sacred field; तुल्यम् (tulyam) - equal; भूप (bhūpa) - O king; हरेः (harēḥ) - of Hari; दिनात् (dināt) - to the day;]
O king, none of Kāśī, Gayā, the Gaṅgā, the Revā, Puṣkara, or even the Kaurava sacred field is equal to Hari’s day. (175)
अश्वमेधसहस्राणि वाजपेयायुतानि च। एकादश्युपवासस्य कलां नार्हन्ति षोडशीम् ॥१७६॥
aśvamēdhasahasrāṇi vājapēyāyutāni ca। ēkādaśyupavāsasya kalāṁ nārhanti ṣōḍaśīm ॥176॥
[अश्वमेध + सहस्राणि (aśvamēdha + sahasrāṇi) - thousands of horse sacrifices; वाजपेय + अयुतानि (vājapēya + ayutāni) - tens of thousands of Vājapeya sacrifices; च (ca) - and; एकादशी + उपवासस्य (ēkādaśī + upavāsasya) - of fasting on Ekādaśī; कलाम् (kalām) - a part; न अर्हन्ति (na arhanti) - do not equal; षोडशीम् (ṣōḍaśīm) - a sixteenth;]
Thousands of horse sacrifices and tens of thousands of Vājapeya sacrifices are not worth even one-sixteenth of a fast on Ekādaśī. (176)
एकादशीसमुत्थेन वह्निना पातकेन्धनम्। भस्मीभवति राजेन्द्र अपि जन्मशतोद्भवम् ॥१७७॥
ēkādaśīsamutthēna vahninā pātakēndhanam। bhasmībhavati rājēndra api janmaśatōdbhavam ॥177॥
[एकादशीसमुत्थेन (ēkādaśīsamutthēna) - kindled by Ekādaśī; वह्निना (vahninā) - by the fire; पातकेन्धनम् (pātakēndhanam) - sin as fuel; भस्मीभवति (bhasmībhavati) - is reduced to ashes; राजेन्द्र (rājēndra) - O king of kings; अपि (api) - even; जन्मशतोद्भवम् (janmaśatōdbhavam) - arisen through a hundred births;]
O king of kings, the fire kindled by Ekādaśī reduces to ashes the sin that feeds it, even sin accumulated over a hundred births. (177)
नेदृशं पावनं किञ्चिन्नराणां भुवि विद्यते। यादृशं पद्मनाभस्य दिनं पातकहानिदम् ॥१७८॥
nēdr̥śaṁ pāvanaṁ kiñcinnarāṇāṁ bhuvi vidyatē। yādr̥śaṁ padmanābhasya dinaṁ pātakahānidam ॥178॥
[न + ईदृशम् (na + īdr̥śam) - nothing so; पावनम् (pāvanam) - purifying; किंचित् (kiṁcit) - anything; नराणाम् (narāṇām) - for human beings; भुवि (bhuvi) - on earth; विद्यते (vidyatē) - exists; यादृशम् (yādr̥śam) - as; पद्मनाभस्य (padmanābhasya) - of Padmanābha; दिनम् (dinam) - day; पातकहानिदम् (pātakahānidam) - destroying sin;]
Nothing on earth is as purifying for human beings as the day of Padmanābha, which destroys sin. (178)
तावत्पापानि देहेस्मिन् तिष्ठन्ति मनुजाधिप। यावन्नोपोषयेज्जन्तुः पद्मनाभदिनं शुभम् ॥१७९॥
tāvatpāpāni dēhēsmin tiṣṭhanti manujādhipa। yāvannōpōṣayējjantuḥ padmanābhadinaṁ śubham ॥179॥
[तावत् (tāvat) - so long; पापानि (pāpāni) - sins; देहे + अस्मिन् (dēhē + asmin) - in this body; तिष्ठन्ति (tiṣṭhanti) - remain; मनुजाधिप (manujādhipa) - O ruler of men; यावत् (yāvat) - until; न (na) - not; उपोषयेत् (upōṣayēt) - fasts; जन्तुः (jantuḥ) - a person; पद्मनाभदिनम् (padmanābhadinam) - the day of Padmanābha; शुभम् (śubham) - auspicious;]
O ruler of men, sins remain in this body only until a person fasts on Padmanābha’s auspicious day. (179)
एकादशेन्द्रियैः पापं यत्कृतं भवति प्रभो। एकादश्युपवासेन तत्सर्वं विलयं व्रजेत् ॥१८०॥
ēkādaśēndriyaiḥ pāpaṁ yatkr̥taṁ bhavati prabhō। ēkādaśyupavāsēna tatsarvaṁ vilayaṁ vrajēt ॥180॥
[एकादश + इन्द्रियैः (ēkādaśa + indriyaiḥ) - through the eleven faculties; पापम् (pāpam) - sin; यत् (yat) - whatever; कृतम् (kr̥tam) - committed; भवति (bhavati) - is; प्रभो (prabhō) - O lord; एकादशी + उपवासेन (ēkādaśī + upavāsēna) - by fasting on Ekadashi; तत् (tat) - that; सर्वम् (sarvam) - all; विलयम् (vilayam) - dissolution; व्रजेत् (vrajēt) - would undergo;]
O lord, every sin committed through the eleven faculties is dissolved by fasting on Ekādaśī. (180)
एकादशीसमं किञ्चित् पवित्रं न हि विद्यते। व्याजेनापि कृता राजन्न दर्शयति भास्करिम् ॥१८१॥
ēkādaśīsamaṁ kiñcit pavitraṁ na hi vidyatē। vyājēnāpi kr̥tā rājanna darśayati bhāskarim ॥181॥
[एकादशीसमम् (ēkādaśīsamam) - equal to Ekadashi; किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - anything; पवित्रम् (pavitram) - purifying; न (na) - not; हि (hi) - indeed; विद्यते (vidyatē) - exists; व्याजेन + अपि (vyājēna + api) - even under a pretext; कृता (kr̥tā) - observed; राजन् (rājan) - O king; न (na) - not; दर्शयति (darśayati) - causes one to see; भास्करिम् (bhāskarim) - Yama;]
Indeed, nothing is as purifying as Ekādaśī. Even when observed under a pretext, O king, it keeps one from seeing Yama. (181)
श्रीव्यासः अन्नं निवेदयेन्मह्यं प्राप्तं मद्वासरे शुभे। तस्यापि नरकप्राप्तिः किं पुनर्भोजने कृते ॥१८२॥
śrīvyāsaḥ annaṁ nivēdayēnmahyaṁ prāptaṁ madvāsarē śubhē। tasyāpi narakaprāptiḥ kiṁ punarbhōjanē kr̥tē ॥182॥
[श्रीव्यासः (śrīvyāsaḥ) - Śrī Vyāsa said; अन्नम् (annam) - food; निवेदयेत् (nivēdayēt) - were to offer; मह्यम् (mahyam) - to me; प्राप्तम् (prāptam) - obtained; मद्वासरे (madvāsarē) - on my day; शुभे (śubhē) - auspicious; तस्य + अपि (tasya + api) - even for him; नरकप्राप्तिः (narakaprāptiḥ) - reaching hell; किम् + पुनः (kim + punaḥ) - how much more; भोजने (bhōjanē) - when eating; कृते (kr̥tē) - has taken place;]
Śrī Vyāsa said: Even a person who offers me food obtained on my auspicious day goes to hell; how much more one who eats it. (182)
स ब्रह्महा स गोघ्नश्च स स्तेनो गुरुतल्पगः। एकादश्यां तु भुञ्जानः पक्षयोरुभयोरपि ॥१८३॥
sa brahmahā sa gōghnaśca sa stēnō gurutalpagaḥ। ēkādaśyāṁ tu bhuñjānaḥ pakṣayōrubhayōrapi ॥183॥
[सः (saḥ) - he; ब्रह्महा (brahmahā) - a Brahmin-killer; सः (saḥ) - he; गोघ्नः (gōghnaḥ) - a cow-killer; च (ca) - and; सः (saḥ) - he; स्तेनः (stēnaḥ) - a thief; गुरुतल्पगः (gurutalpagaḥ) - one who violates his teacher's bed; एकादश्याम् (ēkādaśyām) - on Ekadashi; तु (tu) - indeed; भुञ्जानः (bhuñjānaḥ) - eating; पक्षयोः (pakṣayōḥ) - in the two fortnights; उभयोः (ubhayōḥ) - in both; अपि (api) - alike;]
Anyone who eats on Ekādaśī in either fortnight is a Brahmin-killer, a cow-killer, a thief, and a violator of his teacher’s bed. (183)
वरं स्वमातृगमनं वरं गोमांसभक्षणम्। वरं हत्या सुरापानमेकादश्यन्नभक्षणात्॥१८४॥
varaṁ svamātr̥gamanaṁ varaṁ gōmāṁsabhakṣaṇam। varaṁ hatyā surāpānamēkādaśyannabhakṣaṇāt॥184॥
[वरम् (varam) - preferable; स्वमातृगमनम् (svamātr̥gamanam) - intercourse with one's own mother; वरम् (varam) - preferable; गोमांसभक्षणम् (gōmāṁsabhakṣaṇam) - eating beef; वरम् (varam) - preferable; हत्या (hatyā) - killing; सुरापानम् (surāpānam) - drinking liquor; एकादशी + अन्नभक्षणात् (ēkādaśī + annabhakṣaṇāt) - than eating food on Ekādaśī;]
It is better to have intercourse with one’s own mother, eat beef, take a life, or drink liquor than to eat food on Ekādaśī. (184)
एकादशीदिने पुण्ये भुञ्जते ये नराधमाः। अवलोक्य मुखं तेषामादित्यमवलोकयेत् ॥१८५॥
ēkādaśīdinē puṇyē bhuñjatē yē narādhamāḥ। avalōkya mukhaṁ tēṣāmādityamavalōkayēt ॥185॥
[एकादशीदिने (ēkādaśīdinē) - on Ekādaśī day; पुण्ये (puṇyē) - sacred; भुञ्जते (bhuñjatē) - eat; ये (yē) - those who; नराधमाः (narādhamāḥ) - vilest of men; अवलोक्य (avalōkya) - having seen; मुखम् (mukham) - the face; तेषाम् (tēṣām) - of them; आदित्यम् (ādityam) - the sun; अवलोकयेत् (avalōkayēt) - one should look at;]
After looking upon the faces of those vile men who eat on the sacred day of Ekādaśī, one should look at the sun. (185)
पृथिव्यां यानि पापानि ब्रह्महत्यादिकानि च। अन्नमाश्रित्य तिष्ठन्ति सम्प्राप्ते हरिवासरे ॥१८६॥
pr̥thivyāṁ yāni pāpāni brahmahatyādikāni ca। annamāśritya tiṣṭhanti samprāptē harivāsarē ॥186॥
[पृथिव्यां (pr̥thivyāṁ) - on earth; यानि (yāni) - whatever; पापानि (pāpāni) - sins; ब्रह्महत्या + आदिकानि (brahmahatyā + ādikāni) - beginning with killing a Brahmin; च (ca) - and; अन्नम् (annam) - in food; आश्रित्य (āśritya) - taking refuge; तिष्ठन्ति (tiṣṭhanti) - remain; सम्प्राप्ते (samprāptē) - when it has arrived; हरिवासरे (harivāsarē) - Hari's day;]
When Hari's day arrives, all the sins on earth, beginning with the killing of a Brahmin, take refuge in food and remain there. (186)
रुग्माङ्गदः
rugmāṅgadaḥ
[रुग्माङ्गदः (rugmāṅgadaḥ) - Rugmāṅgada;]
Rugmāṅgada:
अष्टवर्षाधिको यस्तु ह्यशीतिर्न हि पूर्यते। यो भुङ्क्ते मानवः पापी विष्णोरहनि चागते ॥१८७॥
aṣṭavarṣādhikō yastu hyaśītirna hi pūryatē। yō bhuṅktē mānavaḥ pāpī viṣṇōrahani cāgatē ॥187॥
[अष्टवर्षाधिकः (aṣṭavarṣādhikaḥ) - over eight years old; यः (yaḥ) - who; तु (tu) - but; हि (hi) - indeed; अशीतिḥ (aśītiḥ) - eighty years; न (na) - not; हि (hi) - certainly; पूर्यते (pūryatē) - is completed; यः (yaḥ) - who; भुङ्क्ते (bhuṅktē) - eats; मानवः (mānavaḥ) - a man; पापी (pāpī) - sinful; विष्णोः (viṣṇōḥ) - of Viṣṇu; अहनि (ahani) - when the day; च (ca) - and; आगते (āgatē) - has arrived;]
But any man over eight years old who has not yet reached eighty is sinful if he eats when Viṣṇu’s day arrives. (187)
पिता वा यदि वा पुत्रो भार्या वापि सुहृज्जनः। पद्मनाभदिने भुङ्क्ते निग्राह्यो दस्युवद्भवेत् ॥१८८॥
pitā vā yadi vā putrō bhāryā vāpi suhr̥jjanaḥ। padmanābhadinē bhuṅktē nigrāhyō dasyuvadbhavēt ॥188॥
[पिता (pitā) - father; वा (vā) - whether; यदि वा (yadi vā) - or; पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son; भार्या (bhāryā) - wife; वा + अपि (vā + api) - or even; सुहृज्जनः (suhr̥jjanaḥ) - friend; पद्मनाभ-दिने (padmanābha-dinē) - on Padmanābha’s day; भुङ्क्ते (bhuṅktē) - eats; निग्राह्यः (nigrāhyaḥ) - should be punished; दस्यु-वत् (dasyu-vat) - like a bandit; भवेत् (bhavēt) - should be;]
Anyone who eats on Padmanābha’s day—whether father, son, wife, or even a friend—should be punished like a bandit. (188)
ब्रह्मा उपोष्य द्वादशीं पुण्यां सर्वपापक्षयप्रदाम्। न पश्यन्ति यमं वापि नरकाणि न यातनाम् ॥१८९॥
brahmā upōṣya dvādaśīṁ puṇyāṁ sarvapāpakṣayapradām। na paśyanti yamaṁ vāpi narakāṇi na yātanām ॥189॥
[ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - Brahmā; उपोष्य (upōṣya) - having fasted on; द्वादशीम् (dvādaśīm) - the twelfth lunar day; पुण्याम् (puṇyām) - holy; सर्वपापक्षयप्रदाम् (sarvapāpakṣayapradām) - which destroys all sins; न (na) - not; पश्यन्ति (paśyanti) - they see; यमम् (yamam) - Yama; वा + अपि (vā + api) - either; नरकाणि (narakāṇi) - the hells; न (na) - nor; यातनाम् (yātanām) - torment;]
Brahmā: Those who fast on the holy twelfth lunar day, which destroys all sins, see neither Yama, the hells, nor torment. (189)
शङ्करः रटन्तीह पुराणानि भूयो भूयो वरानने। न भोक्तव्यं न भोक्तव्यं सम्प्राप्ते हरिवासरे ॥१९०॥
śaṅkaraḥ raṭantīha purāṇāni bhūyō bhūyō varānanē। na bhōktavyaṁ na bhōktavyaṁ samprāptē harivāsarē ॥190॥
[शङ्करः (śaṅkaraḥ) - Śaṅkara; रटन्ति + इह (raṭanti + iha) - proclaim here; पुराणानि (purāṇāni) - the Purāṇas; भूयो भूयो (bhūyō bhūyō) - again and again; वरानने (varānanē) - O lovely-faced one; न (na) - not; भोक्तव्यं (bhōktavyaṁ) - one should eat; न (na) - not; भोक्तव्यं (bhōktavyaṁ) - one should eat; सम्प्राप्ते (samprāptē) - when it has arrived; हरिवासरे (harivāsarē) - on Hari's day;]
Śaṅkara: O lovely-faced one, the Purāṇas proclaim here again and again: “One must not eat—one must not eat—when Hari’s day arrives.” (190)
द्वादशी न प्रमोक्तव्या यावदायुः प्रवर्तते। अर्चनीयो हृषीकेशो विशुद्धेनान्तरात्मना ॥१९१॥
dvādaśī na pramōktavyā yāvadāyuḥ pravartatē। arcanīyō hr̥ṣīkēśō viśuddhēnāntarātmanā ॥191॥
[द्वादशी (dvādaśī) - Dvādaśī; न (na) - not; प्रमोक्तव्या (pramōktavyā) - must be forsaken; यावत् + आयुः (yāvat + āyuḥ) - as long as life; प्रवर्तते (pravartatē) - continues; अर्चनीयः (arcanīyaḥ) - should be worshipped; हृषीकेशः (hr̥ṣīkēśaḥ) - Hṛṣīkeśa; विशुद्धेन + अन्तरात्मना (viśuddhēna + antarātmanā) - with a purified inner self;]
Dvādaśī must not be forsaken at any point in one’s life. Hṛṣīkeśa should be worshipped with a purified inner self. (191)
भक्त्या ग्राह्यो हृषीकेशो न धनैर्धरणीसुराः। भक्त्या सम्पूजितो विष्णुः फलं धत्ते समीहितम् ॥१९२॥
bhaktyā grāhyō hr̥ṣīkēśō na dhanairdharaṇīsurāḥ। bhaktyā sampūjitō viṣṇuḥ phalaṁ dhattē samīhitam ॥192॥
[भक्त्या (bhaktyā) - through devotion; ग्राह्यः (grāhyaḥ) - is to be won; हृषीकेशः (hr̥ṣīkēśaḥ) - Hṛṣīkeśa; न (na) - not; धनैः (dhanaiḥ) - through riches; धरणीसुराः (dharaṇīsurāḥ) - O Brahmins; भक्त्या (bhaktyā) - with devotion; सम्पूजितः (sampūjitaḥ) - duly worshipped; विष्णुः (viṣṇuḥ) - Viṣṇu; फलम् (phalam) - reward; धत्ते (dhattē) - bestows; समीहितम् (samīhitam) - desired;]
O Brahmins, Hṛṣīkeśa is won through devotion, not wealth. When worshipped with devotion, Viṣṇu grants the desired reward. (192)
जलेनापि जगन्नाथः पूजितः क्लेशनाशनः। परितोषं प्रयात्याशु तृषार्तास्तु यथा जलैः ॥१९३॥
jalēnāpi jagannāthaḥ pūjitaḥ klēśanāśanaḥ। paritōṣaṁ prayātyāśu tr̥ṣārtāstu yathā jalaiḥ ॥193॥
[जलेन + अपि (jalēna + api) - even with water; जगन्नाथः (jagannāthaḥ) - the Lord of the world; पूजितः (pūjitaḥ) - when worshipped; क्लेशनाशनः (klēśanāśanaḥ) - the destroyer of affliction; परितोषम् (paritōṣam) - satisfaction; प्रयाति + आशु (prayāti + āśu) - quickly attains; तृषार्ताः + तु (tr̥ṣārtāḥ + tu) - just as those tormented by thirst; यथा (yathā) - as; जलैः (jalaiḥ) - by water;]
The Lord of the world, the destroyer of affliction, is quickly pleased when worshipped even with water, just as water satisfies those tormented by thirst. (193)
आसीनस्य शयानस्य तिष्ठतो व्रजतोऽपि वा। रमस्व पुण्डरीकाक्ष हृदये मम सर्वदा ॥१९४॥
āsīnasya śayānasya tiṣṭhatō vrajatō’pi vā। ramasva puṇḍarīkākṣa hr̥dayē mama sarvadā ॥194॥
[आसीनस्य (āsīnasya) - while I am seated; शयानस्य (śayānasya) - while I am lying down; तिष्ठतः (tiṣṭhataḥ) - while I am standing; व्रजतः + अपि (vrajataḥ + api) - even while I am walking; वा (vā) - or; रमस्व (ramasva) - delight yourself; पुण्डरीकाक्ष (puṇḍarīkākṣa) - O lotus-eyed one; हृदये (hr̥dayē) - in the heart; मम (mama) - my; सर्वदा (sarvadā) - always;]
Whether I am sitting, lying down, standing, or walking, O lotus-eyed one, always delight in my heart. (194)
सर्वगश्चैव सर्वात्मा सर्वावस्थासु चाच्युत। रमस्व पुण्डरीकाक्ष नृसिंह हृदये मम ॥१९५॥
sarvagaścaiva sarvātmā sarvāvasthāsu cācyuta। ramasva puṇḍarīkākṣa nr̥siṁha hr̥dayē mama ॥195॥
[सर्वगः (sarvagaḥ) - all-pervading; च (ca) - and; एव (ēva) - indeed; सर्वात्मा (sarvātmā) - the Self of all; सर्वावस्थासु (sarvāvasthāsu) - in every state; च (ca) - also; अच्युत (acyuta) - Acyuta; रमस्व (ramasva) - take delight; पुण्डरीकाक्ष (puṇḍarīkākṣa) - lotus-eyed one; नृसिंह (nr̥siṁha) - Narasimha; हृदये (hr̥dayē) - in the heart; मम (mama) - my;]
O Acyuta, you are all-pervading and the Self of all. O lotus-eyed Narasiṃha, delight in my heart in every state. (195)
करावलम्बनं देहि श्रीकृष्ण कमलेक्षण। भवपङ्कार्णवे घोरे मज्जतो मम सर्वदा ॥१९६॥
karāvalambanaṁ dēhi śrīkr̥ṣṇa kamalēkṣaṇa। bhavapaṅkārṇavē ghōrē majjatō mama sarvadā ॥196॥
[कर + अवलम्बनम् (kara + avalambanam) - a supporting hand; देहि (dēhi) - give; श्रीकृष्ण (śrīkr̥ṣṇa) - Śrīkṛṣṇa; कमल + ईक्षण (kamala + īkṣaṇa) - lotus-eyed one; भव + पङ्क + अर्णवे (bhava + paṅka + arṇavē) - in the ocean of worldly mire; घोरे (ghōrē) - terrible; मज्जतः (majjataḥ) - sinking; मम (mama) - to me; सर्वदा (sarvadā) - forever;]
O lotus-eyed Śrīkṛṣṇa, lend me your hand, for I am forever sinking in the terrible ocean of worldly mire. (196)
त्राहि त्राहि जगन्नाथ वासुदेवाच्युताव्यय। मां समुद्धर गोविन्द दुःखसंसारसागरात् ॥१९७॥
trāhi trāhi jagannātha vāsudēvācyutāvyaya। māṁ samuddhara gōvinda duḥkhasaṁsārasāgarāt ॥197॥
[त्राहि (trāhi) - save me; त्राहि (trāhi) - save me; जगन्नाथ (jagannātha) - Lord of the universe; वासुदेव + अच्युत + अव्यय (vāsudēva + acyuta + avyaya) - Vāsudeva Acyuta imperishable one; माम् (mām) - me; समुद्धर (samuddhara) - lift out; गोविन्द (gōvinda) - Govinda; दुःख + संसार + सागरात् (duḥkha + saṁsāra + sāgarāt) - from the ocean of painful worldly existence;]
Save me, save me, O Lord of the universe—Vāsudeva, Acyuta, imperishable one! O Govinda, lift me from the ocean of suffering that is worldly existence. (197)
एतत्पुण्यं परं गुह्यं पवित्रं पापनाशनम्। आयुष्यं च यशस्यं च धन्यं दुःस्वप्ननाशनम् ॥१९८॥
ētatpuṇyaṁ paraṁ guhyaṁ pavitraṁ pāpanāśanam। āyuṣyaṁ ca yaśasyaṁ ca dhanyaṁ duḥsvapnanāśanam ॥198॥
[एतत् (ētat) - this; पुण्यम् (puṇyam) - meritorious; परम् (param) - supreme; गुह्यम् (guhyam) - secret; पवित्रम् (pavitram) - purifying; पापनाशनम् (pāpanāśanam) - destroying sin; आयुष्यम् (āyuṣyam) - promoting longevity; च (ca) - and; यशस्यम् (yaśasyam) - conferring fame; च (ca) - and; धन्यम् (dhanyam) - auspicious; दुःस्वप्ननाशनम् (duḥsvapnanāśanam) - destroying bad dreams;]
This is supremely meritorious and secret; it purifies, destroys sin, prolongs life, brings fame and auspiciousness, and dispels bad dreams. (198)
कलौ पापं कियन्मात्रं हत्यास्तेयादिसम्भवम्। स्मृते मनसि गोविन्दे दह्यते तूलराशिवत् ॥१९९॥
kalau pāpaṁ kiyanmātraṁ hatyāstēyādisambhavam। smr̥tē manasi gōvindē dahyatē tūlarāśivat ॥199॥
[कलौ (kalau) - in the Kali age; पापम् (pāpam) - sin; कियत् + मात्रम् (kiyat + mātram) - however great; हत्या + स्तेय + आदि + सम्भवम् (hatyā + stēya + ādi + sambhavam) - arising from killing theft and the like; स्मृते (smr̥tē) - when remembered; मनसि (manasi) - in the mind; गोविन्दे (gōvindē) - Govinda; दह्यते (dahyatē) - is burned up; तूल + राशि + वत् (tūla + rāśi + vat) - like a heap of cotton;]
However grave a sin committed in the Kali age through killing, theft, or the like may be, it is burned up like a heap of cotton when Govinda is called to mind. (199)
कलौ केशवभक्तानां न भयं विद्यते क्वचित्। स्मृते सङ्कीर्तिते ध्याते सङ्क्षयं याति पातकम् ॥२००॥
kalau kēśavabhaktānāṁ na bhayaṁ vidyatē kvacit। smr̥tē saṅkīrtitē dhyātē saṅkṣayaṁ yāti pātakam ॥200॥
[कलौ (kalau) - in the Kali age; केशवभक्तानाम् (kēśavabhaktānām) - for devotees of Keshava; न (na) - no; भयम् (bhayam) - fear; विद्यते (vidyatē) - exists; क्वचित् (kvacit) - anywhere; स्मृते (smr̥tē) - when remembered; सङ्कीर्तिते (saṅkīrtitē) - when praised aloud; ध्याते (dhyātē) - when meditated upon; सङ्क्षयम् (saṅkṣayam) - complete destruction; याति (yāti) - undergoes; पातकम् (pātakam) - sin;]
In the Kali age, devotees of Keśava have nothing to fear anywhere. Sin is utterly destroyed when Keśava is remembered, praised aloud, or meditated upon. (200)
अध्येतव्यमिदं शास्त्रं श्रोतव्यमनसूयया। भक्तेभ्यश्च प्रदातव्यं धार्मिकेभ्यः पुनःपुनः ॥२०१॥
adhyētavyamidaṁ śāstraṁ śrōtavyamanasūyayā। bhaktēbhyaśca pradātavyaṁ dhārmikēbhyaḥ punaḥpunaḥ ॥201॥
[अध्येतव्यम् (adhyētavyam) - should be studied; इदम् (idam) - this; शास्त्रम् (śāstram) - scripture; श्रोतव्यम् (śrōtavyam) - should be heard; अनसूयया (anasūyayā) - without fault-finding; भक्तेभ्यः (bhaktēbhyaḥ) - to devotees; च (ca) - and; प्रदातव्यम् (pradātavyam) - should be given; धार्मिकेभ्यः (dhārmikēbhyaḥ) - to the righteous; पुनः पुनः (punaḥ punaḥ) - again and again;]
This scripture should be studied and heard without fault-finding, and it should repeatedly be given to devotees and righteous people. (201)
अधीयाना इदं शास्त्रं विष्णोर्माहात्म्यमुत्तमम्। सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्ताः प्राप्नुवन्ति परं पदम् ॥२०२॥
adhīyānā idaṁ śāstraṁ viṣṇōrmāhātmyamuttamam। sarvapāpavinirmuktāḥ prāpnuvanti paraṁ padam ॥202॥
[अधीयानाः (adhīyānāḥ) - studying; इदम् (idam) - this; शास्त्रम् (śāstram) - scripture; विष्णोः (viṣṇōḥ) - of Viṣṇu; माहात्म्यम् (māhātmyam) - greatness; उत्तमम् (uttamam) - supreme; सर्व-पाप-विनिर्मुक्ताः (sarva-pāpa-vinirmuktāḥ) - freed from every sin; प्राप्नुवन्ति (prāpnuvanti) - attain; परम् (param) - highest; पदम् (padam) - state;]
Those who study this scripture on the supreme greatness of Viṣṇu are freed from every sin and attain the highest state. (202)
श्रुत्वा धर्मं विजानाति श्रुत्वा त्यजति दुर्मतिम्। श्रुत्वा ज्ञानमवाप्नोति श्रुत्वा मोक्षं च गच्छति ॥२०३॥
śrutvā dharmaṁ vijānāti śrutvā tyajati durmatim। śrutvā jñānamavāpnōti śrutvā mōkṣaṁ ca gacchati ॥203॥
[श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - by hearing; धर्मम् (dharmam) - dharma; विजानाति (vijānāti) - one understands; श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - by hearing; त्यजति (tyajati) - one abandons; दुर्मतिम् (durmatim) - wrong thinking; श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - by hearing; ज्ञानम् (jñānam) - knowledge; अवाप्नोति (avāpnōti) - one attains; श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - by hearing; मोक्षम् (mōkṣam) - liberation; च (ca) - and; गच्छति (gacchati) - one reaches;]
By hearing it, one understands dharma, abandons wrong thinking, gains knowledge, and attains liberation. (203)
तस्मादिदं सदा सेव्यं श्रोतव्यं च सदैव हि। कुतर्कदावदग्धेभ्यो न दातव्यं कथञ्चन ॥२०४॥
tasmādidaṁ sadā sēvyaṁ śrōtavyaṁ ca sadaiva hi। kutarkadāvadagdhēbhyō na dātavyaṁ kathañcana ॥204॥
[तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore; इदम् (idam) - this; सदा (sadā) - always; सेव्यं (sēvyaṁ) - to be turned to; श्रोतव्यं (śrōtavyaṁ) - to be listened to; च (ca) - and; सदा + एव (sadā + ēva) - continually indeed; हि (hi) - indeed; कुतर्क + दाव + दग्धेभ्यः (kutarka + dāva + dagdhēbhyaḥ) - to those scorched by the wildfire of false reasoning; न (na) - not; दातव्यं (dātavyaṁ) - to be given; कथञ्चन (kathañcana) - under any circumstances;]
Therefore, one should always turn to this scripture and listen to it continually. It must never be given to those scorched by the wildfire of false reasoning. (204)
संसारविषपानेन ये मृताः प्राणिनो भुवि। अमृताय स्मृतस्तेषां कृष्णामृतमहार्णवः ॥२०५॥
saṁsāraviṣapānēna yē mr̥tāḥ prāṇinō bhuvi। amr̥tāya smr̥tastēṣāṁ kr̥ṣṇāmr̥tamahārṇavaḥ ॥205॥
[संसार-विष-पानेन (saṁsāra-viṣa-pānēna) - by drinking the poison of saṃsāra; ये (yē) - those who; मृताः (mr̥tāḥ) - have died; प्राणिनः (prāṇinaḥ) - living beings; भुवि (bhuvi) - on earth; अमृताय (amr̥tāya) - for immortality; स्मृतः (smr̥taḥ) - is prescribed; तेषाम् (tēṣām) - for them; कृष्ण-अमृत-महा-अर्णवः (kr̥ṣṇa-amr̥ta-mahā-arṇavaḥ) - the great ocean of Krishna's nectar;]
For earthly beings who have died from drinking the poison of saṃsāra, the vast ocean of Kṛṣṇa’s nectar is prescribed as the means to immortality. (205)
क्लिन्नं पादोदकेनैव यस्य नित्यं कलेवरम्। तीर्थकोटिसहस्रैस्तु स्नातो भवति प्रत्यहम् ॥२०६॥
klinnaṁ pādōdakēnaiva yasya nityaṁ kalēvaram। tīrthakōṭisahasraistu snātō bhavati pratyaham ॥206॥
[क्लिन्नम् (klinnam) - moistened; पाद-उदकेन (pāda-udakēna) - with water that has washed the feet; एव (ēva) - alone; यस्य (yasya) - whose; नित्यम् (nityam) - always; कलेवरम् (kalēvaram) - body; तीर्थ-कोटि-सहस्रैः (tīrtha-kōṭi-sahasraiḥ) - in thousands of crores of sacred waters; तु (tu) - indeed; स्नातः (snātaḥ) - bathed; भवति (bhavati) - is; प्रत्यहम् (pratyaham) - every day;]
One whose body is always moistened solely with water that has washed the feet is bathed every day in tens of billions of sacred waters. (206)
तीर्थकोटिसहस्रैस्तु सेवितैः किं प्रयोजनम्। तोयं यदि पिबेन्नित्यं शालग्रामशिलाच्युतम् ॥२०७॥
tīrthakōṭisahasraistu sēvitaiḥ kiṁ prayōjanam। tōyaṁ yadi pibēnnityaṁ śālagrāmaśilācyutam ॥207॥
[तीर्थ-कोटि-सहस्रैः (tīrtha-kōṭi-sahasraiḥ) - thousands of crores of sacred places; तु (tu) - but; सेवितैः (sēvitaiḥ) - visited; किं (kiṁ) - what; प्रयोजनम् (prayōjanam) - use; तोयम् (tōyam) - water; यदि (yadi) - if; पिबेत् (pibēt) - one drinks; नित्यम् (nityam) - daily; शालग्राम-शिला-च्युतम् (śālagrāma-śilā-cyutam) - flowed from a Śālagrāma stone;]
But what need is there to visit tens of billions of sacred places if one drinks every day the water that has flowed from a Śālagrāma stone? (207)
शालग्रामशिलास्पर्शं ये कुर्वन्ति दिनेदिने। वाञ्छन्ति करसंस्पर्शं तेषां देवाः सवासवाः ॥२०८॥
śālagrāmaśilāsparśaṁ yē kurvanti dinēdinē। vāñchanti karasaṁsparśaṁ tēṣāṁ dēvāḥ savāsavāḥ ॥208॥
[शालग्रामशिलास्पर्शं (śālagrāmaśilāsparśaṁ) - contact with the Śālagrāma stone; ये (yē) - those who; कुर्वन्ति (kurvanti) - make; दिने दिने (dinē dinē) - day after day; वाञ्छन्ति (vāñchanti) - desire; करसंस्पर्शं (karasaṁsparśaṁ) - contact with the hands; तेषां (tēṣāṁ) - of those people; देवाः (dēvāḥ) - the gods; सवासवाः (savāsavāḥ) - together with Vāsava;]
The gods, together with Vāsava, long to touch the hands of those who touch the Śālagrāma stone day after day. (208)
दुःसहो नारको वह्निर्दुःसहा यमकिङ्कराः। विषमश्चान्तकपथः प्रेतत्वं चातिदारुणम् ॥२०९॥
duḥsahō nārakō vahnirduḥsahā yamakiṅkarāḥ। viṣamaścāntakapathaḥ prētatvaṁ cātidāruṇam ॥209॥
[दुःसहः (duḥsahaḥ) - unbearable; नारकः (nārakaḥ) - infernal; वह्निः (vahniḥ) - fire; दुःसहाः (duḥsahāḥ) - unbearable; यमकिङ्कराः (yamakiṅkarāḥ) - Yama's servants; विषमः (viṣamaḥ) - perilous; च (ca) - and; अन्तकपथः (antakapathaḥ) - path to Death; प्रेतत्वम् (prētatvam) - state of being a departed spirit; च (ca) - and; अतिदारुणम् (atidāruṇam) - exceedingly dreadful;]
The fire of hell and the servants of Yama are unbearable; the path to Death is perilous, and existence as a departed spirit is exceedingly dreadful. (209)
सञ्चित्य मनसाप्येवं पातकाद्विनिवर्तयेत्। स्मरणं कीर्तनं विष्णोः सदैव न परित्यजेत् ॥२१०॥
sañcitya manasāpyēvaṁ pātakādvinivartayēt। smaraṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇōḥ sadaiva na parityajēt ॥210॥
[सञ्चित्य (sañcitya) - having considered; मनसा + अपि + एवम् (manasā + api + ēvam) - thus even in one's mind; पातकात् + विनिवर्तयेत् (pātakāt + vinivartayēt) - one should turn away from sin; स्मरणम् (smaraṇam) - remembrance; कीर्तनम् (kīrtanam) - praise; विष्णोः (viṣṇōḥ) - of Viṣṇu; सदा + एव (sadā + ēva) - always; न (na) - never; परित्यजेत् (parityajēt) - one should abandon;]
Keeping this in mind, one should turn away from sin and never cease to remember and praise Viṣṇu. (210)
अच्युतानन्तगोविन्दनामोच्चारणभेषजात्। नश्यन्ति सकला रोगाः सत्यं सत्यं वदाम्यहम् ॥२११॥
acyutānantagōvindanāmōccāraṇabhēṣajāt। naśyanti sakalā rōgāḥ satyaṁ satyaṁ vadāmyaham ॥211॥
[अच्युत (acyuta) - Acyuta; अनन्त (ananta) - Ananta; गोविन्द (gōvinda) - Govinda; नाम (nāma) - names; उच्चारण (uccāraṇa) - uttering; भेषजात् (bhēṣajāt) - through the remedy; नश्यन्ति (naśyanti) - vanish; सकलाः (sakalāḥ) - all; रोगाः (rōgāḥ) - diseases; सत्यम् (satyam) - truly; सत्यम् (satyam) - truly; वदामि (vadāmi) - I say; अहम् (aham) - I;]
All diseases vanish through the remedy of reciting the names Acyuta, Ananta, and Govinda. Truly, truly, I tell you. (211)
सत्यं सत्यं पुनः सत्यमुद्धृत्य भुजमुच्यते। वेदशास्त्रात्परं नास्ति न दैवं केशवात् परम् ॥२१२॥
satyaṁ satyaṁ punaḥ satyamuddhr̥tya bhujamucyatē। vēdaśāstrātparaṁ nāsti na daivaṁ kēśavāt param ॥212॥
[सत्यम् (satyam) - truly; सत्यम् (satyam) - truly; पुनः (punaḥ) - again; सत्यम् (satyam) - truly; उद्धृत्य (uddhr̥tya) - raising; भुजम् (bhujam) - the arm; उच्यते (ucyatē) - it is proclaimed; वेदशास्त्रात् (vēdaśāstrāt) - than Vedic scripture; परम् (param) - higher; न + अस्ति (na + asti) - there is nothing; न (na) - no; दैवम् (daivam) - deity; केशवात् (kēśavāt) - than Keshava; परम् (param) - higher;]
Truly, truly, and truly again, this is proclaimed with raised arm: nothing surpasses Vedic scripture, and no deity surpasses Keśava. (212)
सकृदुच्चारितं येन हरिरित्यक्षरद्वयम्। बद्धः परिकरस्तेन मोक्षाय गमनं प्रति ॥२१३॥
sakr̥duccāritaṁ yēna harirityakṣaradvayam। baddhaḥ parikarastēna mōkṣāya gamanaṁ prati ॥213॥
[सकृत् (sakr̥t) - once; उच्चारितम् (uccāritam) - uttered; येन (yēna) - by whom; हरिः + इति (hariḥ + iti) - Hari; अक्षर-द्वयम् (akṣara-dvayam) - the two syllables; बद्धः परिकरः (baddhaḥ parikaraḥ) - has girded himself; तेन (tēna) - by that person; मोक्षाय (mōkṣāya) - to liberation; गमनम् (gamanam) - the journey; प्रति (prati) - for;]
Whoever has uttered the two-syllable name “Hari” even once has prepared himself for the journey to liberation. (213)
एवं ब्रह्मादयो देवा ऋषयश्च तपोधनाः। कीर्तयन्ति सुरश्रेष्ठं देवं नारायणं प्रभुम् ॥२१४॥
ēvaṁ brahmādayō dēvā r̥ṣayaśca tapōdhanāḥ। kīrtayanti suraśrēṣṭhaṁ dēvaṁ nārāyaṇaṁ prabhum ॥214॥
[एवम् (ēvam) - thus; ब्रह्मादयः (brahmādayaḥ) - Brahmā and the others; देवाः (dēvāḥ) - gods; ऋषयः + च (r̥ṣayaḥ + ca) - and the sages; तपोधनाः (tapōdhanāḥ) - rich in austerity; कीर्तयन्ति (kīrtayanti) - praise; सुरश्रेष्ठम् (suraśrēṣṭham) - foremost among the gods; देवम् (dēvam) - the god; नारायणम् (nārāyaṇam) - Nārāyaṇa; प्रभुम् (prabhum) - the Lord;]
Thus Brahmā and the other gods, together with the sages whose wealth is austerity, praise Lord Nārāyaṇa, the foremost of the gods. (214)
किं तस्य दानैः किं तीर्थैः किं तपोभिः किमध्वरैः। यो नित्यं ध्यायते देवं नारायणमनन्यधीः ॥२१५॥
kiṁ tasya dānaiḥ kiṁ tīrthaiḥ kiṁ tapōbhiḥ kimadhvaraiḥ। yō nityaṁ dhyāyatē dēvaṁ nārāyaṇamananyadhīḥ ॥215॥
[किम् (kim) - what need; तस्य (tasya) - has he; दानैः (dānaiḥ) - for acts of charity; किम् (kim) - what need; तीर्थैः (tīrthaiḥ) - for pilgrimages; किम् (kim) - what need; तपोभिः (tapōbhiḥ) - for austerities; किम् (kim) - what need; अध्वरैः (adhvaraiḥ) - for sacrifices; यः (yaḥ) - who; नित्यम् (nityam) - constantly; ध्यायते (dhyāyatē) - meditates on; देवम् (dēvam) - the god; नारायणम् (nārāyaṇam) - Nārāyaṇa; अनन्यधीः (ananyadhīḥ) - single-minded;]
What need has anyone who constantly meditates single-mindedly on the god Nārāyaṇa for charity, pilgrimages, austerities, or sacrifices? (215)
नित्योत्सवो भवेत्तेषां नित्यश्रीर्नित्यमङ्गलम्। येषां हृदिस्थो भगवान् मङ्गलायतनो हरिः ॥२१६॥
nityōtsavō bhavēttēṣāṁ nityaśrīrnityamaṅgalam। yēṣāṁ hr̥disthō bhagavān maṅgalāyatanō hariḥ ॥216॥
[नित्य + उत्सवः (nitya + utsavaḥ) - perpetual celebration; भवेत् (bhavēt) - there is; तेषाम् (tēṣām) - for those; नित्य + श्रीः (nitya + śrīḥ) - perpetual prosperity; नित्य + मङ्गलम् (nitya + maṅgalam) - perpetual auspiciousness; येषाम् (yēṣām) - in whose; हृदि + स्थः (hr̥di + sthaḥ) - dwelling in the heart; भगवान् (bhagavān) - the Lord; मङ्गल + आयतनः (maṅgala + āyatanaḥ) - the abode of auspiciousness; हरिः (hariḥ) - Hari;]
Those whose hearts are home to Hari—the Lord and abode of auspiciousness—enjoy perpetual celebration, prosperity, and auspiciousness. (216)
जीवंश्चतुर्दशादूर्ध्वं पुरुषो नियमेन तु। स्त्री वाप्यनूनदशकं देहं मानुषमार्जयेत् ॥२१७॥
jīvaṁścaturdaśādūrdhvaṁ puruṣō niyamēna tu। strī vāpyanūnadaśakaṁ dēhaṁ mānuṣamārjayēt ॥217॥
[जीवन् (jīvan) - living; चतुर्दशात् (caturdaśāt) - than fourteen years; ऊर्ध्वम् (ūrdhvam) - beyond; पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - a man; नियमेन (niyamēna) - necessarily; तु (tu) - indeed; स्त्री (strī) - a woman; वा (vā) - or; अपि (api) - likewise; अनूनदशकम् (anūnadaśakam) - no fewer than ten years; देहम् (dēham) - a body; मानुषम् (mānuṣam) - human; आर्जयेत् (ārjayēt) - would acquire;]
A man who lives beyond the age of fourteen, or a woman who lives for at least ten years, necessarily acquires a human body. (217)
चतुर्दशोर्ध्वजीवीनि संसारश्चादिवर्जितः। अतोवित्वा परं देवं मोक्षाशा का महामुने ॥२१८॥
caturdaśōrdhvajīvīni saṁsāraścādivarjitaḥ। atōvitvā paraṁ dēvaṁ mōkṣāśā kā mahāmunē ॥218॥
[चतुर्दश + ऊर्ध्व + जीवीनि (caturdaśa + ūrdhva + jīvīni) - those living beyond fourteen years; संसारः (saṁsāraḥ) - cycle of rebirth; च (ca) - and; आदि + वर्जितः (ādi + varjitaḥ) - without a beginning; अतः (ataḥ) - therefore; अवित्वा (avitvā) - without knowing; परम् (param) - supreme; देवम् (dēvam) - deity; मोक्ष + आशा (mōkṣa + āśā) - hope of liberation; का (kā) - what; महामुने (mahāmunē) - O great sage;]
Some live beyond fourteen years, and the cycle of rebirth has no beginning. Therefore, without knowing the supreme deity, what hope is there for liberation, O great sage? (218)
आचतुर्दशमाद्वर्षात् कर्माणि नियमेन तु। दशावराणां देहानां कारणानि करोत्ययम्। अतः कर्मक्षयान्मुक्तिः कुत एव भविष्यति ॥२१९॥
ācaturdaśamādvarṣāt karmāṇi niyamēna tu। daśāvarāṇāṁ dēhānāṁ kāraṇāni karōtyayam। ataḥ karmakṣayānmuktiḥ kuta ēva bhaviṣyati ॥219॥
[आ + चतुर्दशमात् (ā + caturdaśamāt) - from the fourteenth onward; वर्षात् (varṣāt) - year; कर्माणि (karmāṇi) - deeds; नियमेन (niyamēna) - invariably; तु (tu) - indeed; दशावराणाम् (daśāvarāṇām) - at least ten; देहानाम् (dēhānām) - bodies; कारणानि (kāraṇāni) - causes; करोति + अयम् (karōti + ayam) - this person makes; अतः (ataḥ) - therefore; कर्मक्षयात् (karmakṣayāt) - from the exhaustion of karma; मुक्तिः (muktiḥ) - liberation; कुतः + एव (kutaḥ + ēva) - how indeed; भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - will arise;]
From the age of fourteen onward, a person inevitably performs deeds that become the causes of at least ten bodies. How, then, could liberation ever result from the exhaustion of karma? (219)
समानां विषमा पूजा विषमाणां समा तथा। क्रियते येन देवोपि स्वपदाद्भ्रश्यते हि सः ॥२२०॥
samānāṁ viṣamā pūjā viṣamāṇāṁ samā tathā। kriyatē yēna dēvōpi svapadādbhraśyatē hi saḥ ॥220॥
[समानाम् (samānām) - to equals; विषमा (viṣamā) - unequal; पूजा (pūjā) - honor; विषमाणाम् (viṣamāṇām) - to unequals; समा (samā) - equal; तथा (tathā) - likewise; क्रियते (kriyatē) - is given; येन (yēna) - by whom; देवः + अपि (dēvaḥ + api) - even a god; स्वपदात् (svapadāt) - from his own position; भ्रश्यते (bhraśyatē) - falls; हि (hi) - certainly; सः (saḥ) - he;]
Whoever honors equals unequally and unequals equally will certainly fall from his own position, even if he is a god. (220)
(इति पाद्मे)
(iti pādmē)
[इति (iti) - thus; पाद्मे (pādmē) - in the Padma Purana;]
Thus it is stated in the Padma Purāṇa.
वित्तं बन्धुर्वयः कर्म विद्या चैव तु पञ्चमी। एतानि मान्यस्थानानि गरीयो ह्युत्तरोत्तरम् ॥२२१॥
vittaṁ bandhurvayaḥ karma vidyā caiva tu pañcamī। ētāni mānyasthānāni garīyō hyuttarōttaram ॥221॥
[वित्तम् (vittam) - wealth; बन्धुः (bandhuḥ) - kinship; वयः (vayaḥ) - age; कर्म (karma) - deeds; विद्या (vidyā) - learning; च + एव (ca + ēva) - and indeed; तु (tu) - while; पञ्चमी (pañcamī) - the fifth; एतानि (ētāni) - these; मान्यस्थानानि (mānyasthānāni) - grounds for respect; गरीयः (garīyaḥ) - weightier; हि (hi) - indeed; उत्तरोत्तरम् (uttarōttaram) - each successive one;]
Wealth, kinship, age, deeds, and, fifth, learning are grounds for respect; each carries more weight than the one before it. (221)
गुणानुसारिणीं पूजां समां दृष्टिं च यो नरः। सर्वभूतेषु कुरुते तस्य विष्णुः प्रसीदति ॥२२२॥
guṇānusāriṇīṁ pūjāṁ samāṁ dr̥ṣṭiṁ ca yō naraḥ। sarvabhūtēṣu kurutē tasya viṣṇuḥ prasīdati ॥222॥
[गुण-अनुसारिणीम् (guṇa-anusāriṇīm) - corresponding to merit; पूजाम् (pūjām) - honor; समाम् (samām) - impartial; दृष्टिम् (dr̥ṣṭim) - regard; च (ca) - and; यः (yaḥ) - who; नरः (naraḥ) - person; सर्व-भूतेषु (sarva-bhūtēṣu) - toward all beings; कुरुते (kurutē) - shows; तस्य (tasya) - with him; विष्णुः (viṣṇuḥ) - Viṣṇu; प्रसीदति (prasīdati) - is pleased;]
Viṣṇu is pleased with the person who honors each according to merit while regarding all beings impartially. (222)
यथा सुहृत्सु कर्तव्यं पितृमातृसुतेषु च। तथा करोति पूजादि समबुद्धिः स उच्यते ॥२२३॥
yathā suhr̥tsu kartavyaṁ pitr̥mātr̥sutēṣu ca। tathā karōti pūjādi samabuddhiḥ sa ucyatē ॥223॥
[यथा (yathā) - just as; सुहृत्सु (suhr̥tsu) - toward friends; कर्तव्यम् (kartavyam) - should be done; पितृ + मातृ + सुतेषु (pitr̥ + mātr̥ + sutēṣu) - toward fathers, mothers, and sons; च (ca) - and; तथा (tathā) - in the same way; करोति (karōti) - he performs; पूजा + आदि (pūjā + ādi) - honor and the like; समबुद्धिः (samabuddhiḥ) - equal-minded; सः (saḥ) - he; उच्यते (ucyatē) - is called;]
One who shows the same honor and consideration that should be shown to friends, fathers, mothers, and sons is called equal-minded. (223)
तिर्यक्पुण्ड्रं न कुर्वीत सम्प्राप्ते मरणेपि वा। न चान्यन्नाम विब्रूयात् परान्नारायणादृते ॥२२४॥
tiryakpuṇḍraṁ na kurvīta samprāptē maraṇēpi vā। na cānyannāma vibrūyāt parānnārāyaṇādr̥tē ॥224॥
[तिर्यक्-पुण्ड्रम् (tiryak-puṇḍram) - horizontal sectarian mark; न (na) - not; कुर्वीत (kurvīta) - should make; सम्प्राप्ते (samprāptē) - when it has arrived; मरणे (maraṇē) - death; अपि (api) - even; वा (vā) - if; न (na) - not; च (ca) - and; अन्यत् (anyat) - another; नाम (nāma) - name; विब्रूयात् (vibrūyāt) - should utter; परात् (parāt) - supreme; नारायणात् (nārāyaṇāt) - Nārāyaṇa; ऋते (r̥tē) - apart from;]
One should not apply a horizontal sectarian mark even at the approach of death, nor utter any name other than that of the supreme Nārāyaṇa. (224)
नैवेद्यशेषं देवस्य यो भुनक्ति दिने दिने। सिक्थे सिक्थे भवेत्पुण्यं चान्द्रायणशताधिकम् ॥२२५॥
naivēdyaśēṣaṁ dēvasya yō bhunakti dinē dinē। sikthē sikthē bhavētpuṇyaṁ cāndrāyaṇaśatādhikam ॥225॥
[नैवेद्यशेषम् (naivēdyaśēṣam) - the remainder of the food offering; देवस्य (dēvasya) - of the deity; यः (yaḥ) - whoever; भुनक्ति (bhunakti) - eats; दिने दिने (dinē dinē) - day after day; सिक्थे सिक्थे (sikthē sikthē) - with every morsel; भवेत् (bhavēt) - would gain; पुण्यम् (puṇyam) - merit; चान्द्रायणशताधिकम् (cāndrāyaṇaśatādhikam) - greater than that from a hundred Cāndrāyaṇa observances;]
Whoever eats the remnants of the deity’s food offering each day gains from every morsel merit greater than that of a hundred Cāndrāyaṇa observances. (225)
ऊर्ध्वपुण्ड्रमृजुं सौम्यं ललाटे यस्य दृश्यते। स चण्डालोपि शुद्धात्मा पूज्य एव न संशयः ॥२२६॥
ūrdhvapuṇḍramr̥juṁ saumyaṁ lalāṭē yasya dr̥śyatē। sa caṇḍālōpi śuddhātmā pūjya ēva na saṁśayaḥ ॥226॥
[ऊर्ध्वपुण्ड्रम् (ūrdhvapuṇḍram) - vertical forehead mark; ऋजुम् (r̥jum) - straight; सौम्यम् (saumyam) - pleasing; ललाटे (lalāṭē) - on the forehead; यस्य (yasya) - of whom; दृश्यते (dr̥śyatē) - is seen; सः (saḥ) - he; चण्डालः + अपि (caṇḍālaḥ + api) - even if a Caṇḍāla; शुद्धात्मा (śuddhātmā) - pure in soul; पूज्यः (pūjyaḥ) - worthy of honor; एव (ēva) - indeed; न (na) - no; संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt;]
Anyone whose forehead bears a straight, pleasing vertical mark is pure in soul and worthy of honor, even if he is a Caṇḍāla; there is no doubt. (226)
अशुचिर्वाप्यनाचारो मनसा पापमाचरन्। शुचिरेव भवेन्नित्यमूर्ध्वपुण्ड्राङ्कितो नरः ॥२२७॥
aśucirvāpyanācārō manasā pāpamācaran। śucirēva bhavēnnityamūrdhvapuṇḍrāṅkitō naraḥ ॥227॥
[अशुचिः (aśuciḥ) - impure; वा + अपि (vā + api) - even if or; अनाचारः (anācāraḥ) - ill-conducted; मनसा (manasā) - in his mind; पापम् + आचरन् (pāpam + ācaran) - committing sin; शुचिः + एव (śuciḥ + ēva) - certainly pure; भवेत् (bhavēt) - would be; नित्यम् (nityam) - always; ऊर्ध्वपुण्ड्र + अङ्कितः (ūrdhvapuṇḍra + aṅkitaḥ) - marked with the ūrdhvapuṇḍra; नरः (naraḥ) - a man;]
Even if he is impure, behaves badly, or sins in his mind, a man marked with the ūrdhvapuṇḍra will always be pure. (227)
ऊर्ध्वपुण्ड्रविहीनस्य श्मशानसदृशं मुखम्। अवलोक्य मुखं तेषामादित्यमवलोकयेत् ॥२२८॥
ūrdhvapuṇḍravihīnasya śmaśānasadr̥śaṁ mukham। avalōkya mukhaṁ tēṣāmādityamavalōkayēt ॥228॥
[ऊर्ध्वपुण्ड्र + विहीनस्य (ūrdhvapuṇḍra + vihīnasya) - of one without the vertical forehead mark; श्मशान + सदृशम् (śmaśāna + sadr̥śam) - like a cremation ground; मुखम् (mukham) - face; अवलोक्य (avalōkya) - having seen; मुखम् (mukham) - the face; तेषाम् (tēṣām) - of such people; आदित्यम् (ādityam) - the sun; अवलोकयेत् (avalōkayēt) - one should look at;]
The face of anyone without the vertical forehead mark resembles a cremation ground. Anyone who sees such a face should look at the sun. (228)
यज्ञो दानं तपश्चैव स्वाध्यायः पितृतर्पणम्। व्यर्थं भवति तत्सर्वमूर्ध्वपुण्ड्रं विना कृतम् ॥२२९॥
yajñō dānaṁ tapaścaiva svādhyāyaḥ pitr̥tarpaṇam। vyarthaṁ bhavati tatsarvamūrdhvapuṇḍraṁ vinā kr̥tam ॥229॥
[यज्ञः (yajñaḥ) - sacrifice; दानम् (dānam) - charity; तपः + च + एव (tapaḥ + ca + ēva) - and austerity too; स्वाध्यायः (svādhyāyaḥ) - sacred study; पितृतर्पणम् (pitr̥tarpaṇam) - offerings to the ancestors; व्यर्थम् (vyartham) - fruitless; भवति (bhavati) - becomes; तत् + सर्वम् (tat + sarvam) - all that; ऊर्ध्वपुण्ड्रम् (ūrdhvapuṇḍram) - the vertical forehead mark; विना (vinā) - without; कृतम् (kr̥tam) - performed;]
Sacrifice, charity, austerity, sacred study, and offerings to the ancestors all become fruitless when performed without the vertical forehead mark. (229)
गोपीचन्दनलिप्ताङ्गो यं यं पश्यति चक्षुषा। तं तं शुद्धं विजानीयान्नात्र कार्या विचारणा ॥२३०॥
gōpīcandanaliptāṅgō yaṁ yaṁ paśyati cakṣuṣā। taṁ taṁ śuddhaṁ vijānīyānnātra kāryā vicāraṇā ॥230॥
[गोपीचन्दन-लिप्त-अङ्गः (gōpīcandana-lipta-aṅgaḥ) - one whose body is smeared with gopīcandana; यं (yaṁ) - whomever; यं (yaṁ) - each; पश्यति (paśyati) - sees; चक्षुषा (cakṣuṣā) - with his eyes; तं (taṁ) - that person; तं (taṁ) - each; शुद्धं (śuddhaṁ) - pure; विजानीयात् (vijānīyāt) - one should regard; न (na) - no; अत्र (atra) - on this point; कार्या (kāryā) - is needed; विचारणा (vicāraṇā) - deliberation;]
Anyone seen by a person whose body is smeared with gopīcandana should be regarded as pure; no deliberation is required. (230)
आस्फोटयन्ति पितरः प्रनृत्यन्ति पितामहाः। वैष्णवोस्मत्कुले जातः स नः सन्तारयिष्यति ॥२३१॥
āsphōṭayanti pitaraḥ pranr̥tyanti pitāmahāḥ। vaiṣṇavōsmatkulē jātaḥ sa naḥ santārayiṣyati ॥231॥
[आस्फोटयन्ति (āsphōṭayanti) - clap; पितरः (pitaraḥ) - the fathers; प्रनृत्यन्ति (pranr̥tyanti) - dance; पितामहाः (pitāmahāḥ) - the grandfathers; वैष्णवः + अस्मत्-कुले (vaiṣṇavaḥ + asmat-kulē) - a devotee of Viṣṇu in our family; जातः (jātaḥ) - has been born; सः (saḥ) - he; नः (naḥ) - us; सन्तारयिष्यति (santārayiṣyati) - will carry across;]
The fathers clap and the grandfathers dance: “A devotee of Viṣṇu has been born in our family; he will carry us across.” (231)
जीवितं विष्णुभक्तस्य वरं पञ्चदिनान्यपि। न तु कल्पसहस्रैस्तु भक्तिहीनस्य केशवे ॥२३२॥
jīvitaṁ viṣṇubhaktasya varaṁ pañcadinānyapi। na tu kalpasahasraistu bhaktihīnasya kēśavē ॥232॥
[जीवितं (jīvitaṁ) - life; विष्णुभक्तस्य (viṣṇubhaktasya) - of a devotee of Viṣṇu; वरं (varaṁ) - is better; पञ्चदिनानि (pañcadināni) - five days; अपि (api) - even; न (na) - not; तु (tu) - but; कल्पसहस्रैः + तु (kalpasahasraiḥ + tu) - for thousands of kalpas however; भक्तिहीनस्य (bhaktihīnasya) - of one devoid of devotion; केशवे (kēśavē) - to Keśava;]
Even five days of life for a devotee of Viṣṇu are better than thousands of kalpas for one who lacks devotion to Keśava. (232)
किं तेन जातमात्रेण भूभारेणान्नशत्रुणा। यो जातो नार्चयेद्विष्णुं न स्मरेन्नापि कीर्तयेत् ॥२३३॥
kiṁ tēna jātamātrēṇa bhūbhārēṇānnaśatruṇā। yō jātō nārcayēdviṣṇuṁ na smarēnnāpi kīrtayēt ॥233॥
[किं (kiṁ) - what use; तेन (tēna) - is there in him; जातमात्रेण (jātamātrēṇa) - merely born; भूभारेण + अन्नशत्रुणा (bhūbhārēṇa + annaśatruṇā) - a burden on the earth and an enemy of food; यः (yaḥ) - one who; जातः (jātaḥ) - having been born; न + अर्चयेत् (na + arcayēt) - would not worship; विष्णुम् (viṣṇum) - Vishnu; न + स्मरेत् (na + smarēt) - would not remember him; न + अपि + कीर्तयेत् (na + api + kīrtayēt) - nor praise him;]
What use is the mere birth of someone who is a burden on the earth and an enemy of food, and who does not worship Viṣṇu, remember him, or praise him? (233)
यो ददाति द्विजातिभ्यश्चन्दनं गोपिमर्दितम्। अपि सर्षपमात्रेण पुनात्यासप्तमं कुलम् ॥२३४॥
yō dadāti dvijātibhyaścandanaṁ gōpimarditam। api sarṣapamātrēṇa punātyāsaptamaṁ kulam ॥234॥
[यः (yaḥ) - whoever; ददाति (dadāti) - gives; द्विजातिभ्यः (dvijātibhyaḥ) - to the twice-born; च (ca) - and; चन्दनम् (candanam) - sandalwood paste; गोपि-मर्दितम् (gōpi-marditam) - ground by a cowherd woman; अपि (api) - even; सर्षप-मात्रेण (sarṣapa-mātrēṇa) - in a mustard-seed-sized amount; पुनाति (punāti) - purifies; आ-सप्तमम् (ā-saptamam) - through the seventh generation; कुलम् (kulam) - lineage;]
Whoever gives the twice-born even a mustard-seed-sized amount of sandalwood paste ground by a cowherd woman purifies his lineage through the seventh generation. (234)
ज्ञानी च कर्माणि सदोदितानि कुर्यादकामः सततं भवेत् ॥२३५॥
jñānī ca karmāṇi sadōditāni kuryādakāmaḥ satataṁ bhavēt ॥235॥
[ज्ञानी (jñānī) - a wise person; च (ca) - and; कर्माणि (karmāṇi) - acts; सदा + उदितानि (sadā + uditāni) - always prescribed; कुर्यात् (kuryāt) - should perform; अकामः (akāmaḥ) - free from desire; सततम् (satatam) - always; भवेत् (bhavēt) - should remain;]
A wise person should always perform the prescribed acts and remain free from desire. (235)
अतीतानागतज्ञानी त्रैलोक्योद्धरणक्षमः। एतादृशोपि नाचारं श्रौतं स्मार्तं परित्यजेत् ॥२३६॥
atītānāgatajñānī trailōkyōddharaṇakṣamaḥ। ētādr̥śōpi nācāraṁ śrautaṁ smārtaṁ parityajēt ॥236॥
[अतीत + अनागत + ज्ञानी (atīta + anāgata + jñānī) - knower of the past and future; त्रैलोक्य + उद्धरण + क्षमः (trailōkya + uddharaṇa + kṣamaḥ) - capable of delivering the three worlds; एतादृशः + अपि (ētādr̥śaḥ + api) - even though such; न (na) - not; आचारं (ācāraṁ) - conduct; श्रौतं (śrautaṁ) - prescribed by Śruti; स्मार्तं (smārtaṁ) - prescribed by Smṛti; परित्यजेत् (parityajēt) - should abandon;]
Even one who knows the past and future and is capable of delivering the three worlds should not abandon the conduct prescribed by Śruti and Smṛti. (236)
यदेव विद्यया करोति श्रद्धयोपनिषदा तदेव वीर्यवत्तरं भवति ॥२३७॥
yadēva vidyayā karōti śraddhayōpaniṣadā tadēva vīryavattaraṁ bhavati ॥237॥
[यत् + एव (yat + ēva) - whatever indeed; विद्यया (vidyayā) - with knowledge; करोति (karōti) - one does; श्रद्धया + उपनिषदा (śraddhayā + upaniṣadā) - with faith and inner understanding; तत् + एव (tat + ēva) - that indeed; वीर्यवत्तरम् (vīryavattaram) - more effective; भवति (bhavati) - becomes;]
Whatever one does with knowledge, faith, and inner understanding becomes all the more effective. (237)
कुर्वन्नेवेह कर्माणि जिजीविषेच्छतं समाः। एवं त्वयि नान्यथेतोस्ति न कर्म लिप्यते नरे ॥२३८॥
kurvannēvēha karmāṇi jijīviṣēcchataṁ samāḥ। ēvaṁ tvayi nānyathētōsti na karma lipyatē narē ॥238॥
[कुर्वन् (kurvan) - performing; एव (ēva) - only; इह (iha) - here; कर्माणि (karmāṇi) - deeds; जिजीविषेत् (jijīviṣēt) - one should wish to live; शतम् (śatam) - a hundred; समाः (samāḥ) - years; एवम् (ēvam) - thus; त्वयि (tvayi) - for you; न (na) - not; अन्यथा (anyathā) - otherwise; इतः (itaḥ) - than this; अस्ति (asti) - there is; न (na) - not; कर्म (karma) - action; लिप्यते (lipyatē) - clings; नरे (narē) - to a man;]
One should wish to live here for a hundred years while performing deeds. There is no other way for you; in this way, action does not cling to a person. (238)
आचारश्चैव साधूनामात्मनस्तुष्टिरेव च। वेदप्रणिहितो धर्मो ह्यधर्मस्तद्विपर्ययः ॥२३९॥
ācāraścaiva sādhūnāmātmanastuṣṭirēva ca। vēdapraṇihitō dharmō hyadharmastadviparyayaḥ ॥239॥
[आचारः (ācāraḥ) - conduct; च + एव (ca + ēva) - and indeed; साधूनाम् (sādhūnām) - of the virtuous; आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - one's own; तुष्टिः (tuṣṭiḥ) - satisfaction; एव (ēva) - indeed; च (ca) - and; वेद-प्रणिहितः (vēda-praṇihitaḥ) - enjoined by the Veda; धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - dharma; हि (hi) - indeed; अधर्मः (adharmaḥ) - adharma; तत्-विपर्ययः (tat-viparyayaḥ) - the opposite of that;]
Dharma, as enjoined by the Veda, consists in the conduct of the virtuous and one’s own satisfaction; adharma is its opposite. (239)
निष्कामं ज्ञानपूर्वं तु निवृत्तमिह चोच्यते। निवृत्तं सेवमानस्तु ब्रह्माभ्येति सनातनम् ॥२४०॥
niṣkāmaṁ jñānapūrvaṁ tu nivr̥ttamiha cōcyatē। nivr̥ttaṁ sēvamānastu brahmābhyēti sanātanam ॥240॥
[निष्कामम् (niṣkāmam) - free from desire; ज्ञानपूर्वम् (jñānapūrvam) - grounded in knowledge; तु (tu) - but; निवृत्तम् (nivr̥ttam) - the path of withdrawal; इह (iha) - here; च (ca) - and; उच्यते (ucyatē) - is called; निवृत्तम् (nivr̥ttam) - the path of withdrawal; सेवमानः (sēvamānaḥ) - practising; तु (tu) - in turn; ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman; अभ्येति (abhyēti) - attains; सनातनम् (sanātanam) - eternal;]
Here, dharma that is free from desire and grounded in knowledge is called the path of withdrawal. One who follows this path attains eternal Brahman. (240)
श्रीमदानन्दतीर्थार्यसहस्रकिरणोत्थिता। गोततिः सततं सेव्या गीर्वाणैः सिद्धिदा भवेत् ॥२४१॥
śrīmadānandatīrthāryasahasrakiraṇōtthitā। gōtatiḥ satataṁ sēvyā gīrvāṇaiḥ siddhidā bhavēt ॥241॥
[श्रीमत् + आनन्दतीर्थ + आर्य (śrīmat + ānandatīrtha + ārya) - the venerable illustrious Ānandatīrtha; सहस्रकिरण (sahasrakiraṇa) - the thousand-rayed sun; उत्थिता (utthitā) - arisen from; गो + ततिः (gō + tatiḥ) - array of rays; सततम् (satatam) - always; सेव्या (sēvyā) - to be revered; गीर्वाणैः (gīrvāṇaiḥ) - by the gods; सिद्धिदा (siddhidā) - granting success; भवेत् (bhavēt) - may it be;]
The array of rays arising from the thousand-rayed sun, the venerable Śrīmad Ānandatīrtha, should always be revered by the gods and may grant success. (241)
यस्य त्रीण्युदितानि वेदवचने रूपाणि दिव्यान्यलं बट् तद्दर्शतमित्थमेव निहितं देवस्य भर्गो महत्। वायो रामवचोनयं प्रथमकं पृक्षो द्वितीयं वपुर्मध्वो यत्तु तृतीयमेतदमुना ग्रन्थः कृतः केशवे ॥२४२॥
yasya trīṇyuditāni vēdavacanē rūpāṇi divyānyalaṁ baṭ taddarśatamitthamēva nihitaṁ dēvasya bhargō mahat। vāyō rāmavacōnayaṁ prathamakaṁ pr̥kṣō dvitīyaṁ vapurmadhvō yattu tr̥tīyamētadamunā granthaḥ kr̥taḥ kēśavē ॥242॥
[यस्य (yasya) - whose; त्रीणि (trīṇi) - three; उदितानि (uditāni) - are proclaimed; वेद-वचने (vēda-vacanē) - in the Vedic saying; रूपाणि (rūpāṇi) - forms; दिव्यानि (divyāni) - divine; अलम् (alam) - fully; बट् (baṭ) - indeed; तत् (tat) - that; दर्शतम् (darśatam) - splendid; इत्थम् + एव (ittham + ēva) - precisely in this way; निहितम् (nihitam) - is established; देवस्य (dēvasya) - of the god; भर्गः (bhargaḥ) - radiance; महत् (mahat) - great; वायोः (vāyōḥ) - of Vāyu; राम-वचः-नयम् (rāma-vacaḥ-nayam) - the bearer of Rama's words; प्रथमकं (prathamakaṁ) - the first form; पृक्षः (pr̥kṣaḥ) - Pṛkṣa; द्वितीयं (dvitīyaṁ) - the second; वपुः (vapuḥ) - form; मध्वः (madhvaḥ) - Madhva; यत् (yat) - which; तु (tu) - but; तृतीयम् (tr̥tīyam) - the third; एतत् (ētat) - this; अमुना (amunā) - by him; ग्रन्थः (granthaḥ) - treatise; कृतः (kr̥taḥ) - was composed; केशवे (kēśavē) - for Keshava;]
Vāyu has three divine forms, fully proclaimed in the Vedic saying: “Indeed, that splendid, great radiance of the god is established precisely in this way.” The bearer of Rāma’s words is his first form, Pṛkṣa his second, and Madhva his third. This treatise was composed by him for Keśava. (242)
यः सर्वगुणसम्पूर्णः सर्वदोषविवर्जितः। प्रीयतां प्रीत एवालं विष्णुर्मे परमः सुहृत् ॥२४३॥
yaḥ sarvaguṇasampūrṇaḥ sarvadōṣavivarjitaḥ। prīyatāṁ prīta ēvālaṁ viṣṇurmē paramaḥ suhr̥t ॥243॥
[यः (yaḥ) - who; सर्वगुणसम्पूर्णः (sarvaguṇasampūrṇaḥ) - perfect in every virtue; सर्वदोषविवर्जितः (sarvadōṣavivarjitaḥ) - free from every fault; प्रीयताम् (prīyatām) - may he be pleased; प्रीतः (prītaḥ) - pleased; एव (ēva) - indeed; अलम् (alam) - fully; विष्णुः (viṣṇuḥ) - Vishnu; मे (mē) - my; परमः (paramaḥ) - supreme; सुहृत् (suhr̥t) - friend;]
May Vishnu, perfect in every virtue and free from every fault, be pleased. He is my supreme friend and is indeed already fully pleased. (243)
इति श्रीमदानन्दतीर्थभगवत्पादाचार्यविरचितः श्रीकृष्णामृतमहार्णवः समाप्तः॥
iti śrīmadānandatīrthabhagavatpādācāryaviracitaḥ śrīkr̥ṣṇāmr̥tamahārṇavaḥ samāptaḥ॥
[इति (iti) - thus; श्रीमत् (śrīmat) - revered; आनन्दतीर्थ (ānandatīrtha) - Ānandatīrtha; भगवत्पादाचार्य (bhagavatpādācārya) - Bhagavatpādācārya; विरचितः (viracitaḥ) - composed by; श्रीकृष्णामृतमहार्णवः (śrīkr̥ṣṇāmr̥tamahārṇavaḥ) - Śrīkṛṣṇāmṛtamahārṇava; समाप्तः (samāptaḥ) - is concluded;]
Thus ends Śrīkṛṣṇāmṛtamahārṇava, composed by the revered Ānandatīrtha Bhagavatpādācārya.
