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Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga — Chapter 114

NarP 1 114.1

सनातन उवाच शृणु विप्र प्रवक्ष्यामि पञ्चम्यास्ते व्रतान्यहम् । यानि भक्त्या समास्थाय सर्वान्कामानवाप्नुयात्

sanātana uvāca śṛṇu vipra pravakṣyāmi pañcamyāste vratānyaham / yāni bhaktyā samāsthāya sarvānkāmānavāpnuyāt

Sanātana said: Listen, brahmin, I shall declare to you the observances of the fifth day, by undertaking which with devotion one may obtain all desires.

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NarP 1 114.2

प्रोक्ता मत्स्यजयन्ती तु पञ्चमी मधुशुक्लगा । अस्यां मत्स्यावतारार्चा भक्तैः कार्या महोत्सवा

proktā matsyajayantī tu pañcamī madhuśuklagā / asyāṃ matsyāvatārārcā bhaktaiḥ kāryā mahotsavā

The fifth of the bright (fortnight) of Caitra is called Matsyajayantī; on it the worship of the Fish incarnation, with a great festival, is to be performed by the devotees.

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NarP 1 114.3

श्रीपञ्चमीति चैषोक्ता तत्र कार्यं श्रियोर्ऽचनम् । गन्धाद्यैरुपचारैस्तु नैवेद्यैः पायसादिभिः

śrīpañcamīti caiṣoktā tatra kāryaṃ śriyor'canam / gandhādyairupacāraistu naivedyaiḥ pāyasādibhiḥ

And this (day) is also called Śrīpañcamī; on it the worship of Śrī is to be done, with the services of perfume and the rest, and with food-offerings of rice-pudding and the like.

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NarP 1 114.4

यो लक्ष्मीं पूजयेच्चात्र तं वै लक्ष्मीर्न मुञ्चति । पृथ्वीव्रतं तथा चान्द्रं हयगरीवव्रतं तथा

yo lakṣmīṃ pūjayeccātra taṃ vai lakṣmīrna muñcati / pṛthvīvrataṃ tathā cāndraṃ hayagarīvavrataṃ tathā

Whoever worships Lakṣmī on this (day), Lakṣmī does not abandon him. Likewise the Earth observance, the Lunar one, and the Hayagrīva observance —

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NarP 1 114.5

कार्यं तत्तद्विधानेन तत्तत्सिद्धिमभीप्सुभिः । अथ वैशाखपञ्चम्यां शेषं चाभ्यर्च्य मानवः

kāryaṃ tattadvidhānena tattatsiddhimabhīpsubhiḥ / atha vaiśākhapañcamyāṃ śeṣaṃ cābhyarcya mānavaḥ

these are to be performed, each by its own prescription, by those desiring each particular attainment. Now, on the fifth of Vaiśākha, a man, having worshipped Śeṣa

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NarP 1 114.6

सर्वैर्नागगणैर्युक्तमभीष्टं लभते फलम् । तथा ज्येष्ठस्य पञ्चम्यां पितॄनभ्यर्चयेत्सुधीः

sarvairnāgagaṇairyuktamabhīṣṭaṃ labhate phalam / tathā jyeṣṭhasya pañcamyāṃ pitṝnabhyarcayetsudhīḥ

together with all the hosts of Nāgas, obtains the desired fruit. Likewise on the fifth of Jyeṣṭha the wise man should worship the ancestors;

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NarP 1 114.7

सर्वकामफलावाप्तिर्भवेद्वै विप्रभोजनैः । अथाषाढस्य पञ्चम्यां वायुं सर्वगतं मुने

sarvakāmaphalāvāptirbhavedvai viprabhojanaiḥ / athāṣāḍhasya pañcamyāṃ vāyuṃ sarvagataṃ mune

by feeding brahmins there comes the obtaining of the fruit of all desires. Now on the fifth of Āṣāḍha, (one should worship) Vāyu who goes everywhere, O sage.

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NarP 1 114.8

ग्रामाद्बहिर्विनिर्गत्य धरोपस्थे समास्तितः । ध्वजं च पञ्चवर्णं तु वंशदण्डाग्रसंस्थितम्

grāmādbahirvinirgatya dharopasthe samāstitaḥ / dhvajaṃ ca pañcavarṇaṃ tu vaṃśadaṇḍāgrasaṃsthitam

Having gone out beyond the village, seated on the surface of the ground, (he should set up) a five-coloured banner fixed at the top of a bamboo pole,

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NarP 1 114.9

समुच्छ्रितं निदध्यात्तु कल्पिताब्जे तु मध्यतः । ततस्तन्मूलदेशे तु दिक्षु सर्वासु नारद

samucchritaṃ nidadhyāttu kalpitābje tu madhyataḥ / tatastanmūladeśe tu dikṣu sarvāsu nārada

and he should plant it raised high in the middle of a drawn lotus (diagram); then at the place of its base, in all the directions, O Nārada,

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NarP 1 114.10

लोकपालान्समभ्यर्च्य कुर्याद्वायुपरीक्षणम् । प्रथमादिषु यामेषु यो यो वायुः प्रवर्तते

lokapālānsamabhyarcya kuryādvāyuparīkṣaṇam / prathamādiṣu yāmeṣu yo yo vāyuḥ pravartate

Having worshipped the guardians of the quarters, (he) should make an examination of the wind: whichever wind blows in the first and the following watches (of the day),

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NarP 1 114.11

तस्मै तस्मै दिगीशाय पूजां सम्यक् प्रकल्पयेत् । एवं स्थित्वा निराहारस्तत्र यामचतुष्टयम्

tasmai tasmai digīśāya pūjāṃ samyak prakalpayet / evaṃ sthitvā nirāhārastatra yāmacatuṣṭayam

to that particular lord of the direction (whose wind it is) he should duly offer worship. Remaining thus without food there for the four watches,

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NarP 1 114.12

सायमागत्य गेहं स्वं भुक्त्वा स्वल्पं समाहितः । लोकपालान्नमस्कृत्य स्वप्याद्भूमितले शुचौ

sāyamāgatya gehaṃ svaṃ bhuktvā svalpaṃ samāhitaḥ / lokapālānnamaskṛtya svapyādbhūmitale śucau

coming home in the evening and eating a little, with a collected mind, having bowed to the guardians of the quarters, he should sleep on the clean ground.

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NarP 1 114.13

यः स्वप्नो जायते तस्यां रात्रौ यामे चतुर्थके । स एव भविता नूनं स्वप्न इत्याह वै शिवः

yaḥ svapno jāyate tasyāṃ rātrau yāme caturthake / sa eva bhavitā nūnaṃ svapna ityāha vai śivaḥ

Whatever dream occurs in the fourth watch of that night, that very (dream) will surely come to pass — so said Śiva about the dream.

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NarP 1 114.14

अशुभे तु समुत्पन्ने शिवपूजापरायणः । सोपवासो नयेदष्टयामं तद्दिनमेव वा

aśubhe tu samutpanne śivapūjāparāyaṇaḥ / sopavāso nayedaṣṭayāmaṃ taddinameva vā

But if an inauspicious (dream) has arisen, devoted to the worship of Śiva and fasting, he should pass eight watches, or else that whole day,

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NarP 1 114.15

भोजयित्वा द्विजानष्टौ ततः शुभफलं लभेत् । व्रतमेतत्समुदितं शुभाशुभनिदर्शनम्

bhojayitvā dvijānaṣṭau tataḥ śubhaphalaṃ labhet / vratametatsamuditaṃ śubhāśubhanidarśanam

and having fed eight brahmins, he then obtains an auspicious result. This observance has been declared (to be) a revealer of good and ill,

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NarP 1 114.16

नृणां सौभाग्यजनकमिह लोके परत्र च । श्रावणे कृष्णपञ्चम्यां व्रतं ह्यन्नसमृद्धिदम्

nṛṇāṃ saubhāgyajanakamiha loke paratra ca / śrāvaṇe kṛṣṇapañcamyāṃ vrataṃ hyannasamṛddhidam

producing good fortune for men in this world and in the next. On the dark fifth of Śrāvaṇa, indeed, (there is) an observance that grants abundance of food.

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NarP 1 114.17

चतुर्थ्यां दिनशेषे तु सर्वाण्यन्नानि नारद । पृथक् पात्रेषु संस्थाप्य जलैराप्लावयेत्सुधीः

caturthyāṃ dinaśeṣe tu sarvāṇyannāni nārada / pṛthak pātreṣu saṃsthāpya jalairāplāvayetsudhīḥ

On the fourth, at the close of the day, O Nārada, the wise man should set out all the (kinds of) food separately in vessels and soak them with water.

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NarP 1 114.18

ततो पात्रान्तरे तत्तु निष्कास्यांबु निधापयेत् । प्रातर्भानौ समुदिते पितॄंश्चैव तथा ऋषीन्

tato pātrāntare tattu niṣkāsyāṃbu nidhāpayet / prātarbhānau samudite pitṝṃścaiva tathā ṛṣīn

Then, having poured that (food) off into another vessel, he should set the water aside. In the morning, when the sun has risen, (having worshipped) the Fathers and likewise the seers

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NarP 1 114.19

देवांश्चाभ्यर्च्य सुस्नातं कृत्वा नैवेद्यमग्रतः । तदन्नं याचकेभ्यस्तु प्रयच्छेत्प्रीतमानसः

devāṃścābhyarcya susnātaṃ kṛtvā naivedyamagrataḥ / tadannaṃ yācakebhyastu prayacchetprītamānasaḥ

and the gods, having bathed well, having placed the food-offering before (them), he should give that food to beggars with a pleased mind.

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NarP 1 114.20

सर्वं दिनं क्षिपेदेवं प्रदोषे तु शिवालये । गत्वा संपूजयेद्देवं लिङ्गरूपिणमीश्वरम्

sarvaṃ dinaṃ kṣipedevaṃ pradoṣe tu śivālaye / gatvā saṃpūjayeddevaṃ liṅgarūpiṇamīśvaram

He should pass the whole day thus, and at nightfall, having gone to Śiva's temple, he should worship the god, the Lord in the form of the liṅga.

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NarP 1 114.21

गन्धपुष्पादिभिः सम्यक्पूजयित्वा महेश्वरम् । जपेत्पञ्चाक्षरी विद्यां शतं चापि सहस्रकम्

gandhapuṣpādibhiḥ samyakpūjayitvā maheśvaram / japetpañcākṣarī vidyāṃ śataṃ cāpi sahasrakam

Having duly worshipped Maheśvara with perfumes, flowers and the rest, he should recite the five-syllable formula a hundred times, or even a thousand.

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NarP 1 114.22

जपं निवेद्य देवाय भवाय भवरूपिणे । स्तुत्वा सर्वैर्वौन्दिकैश्च पौराणैश्चाप्यनाकुलः

japaṃ nivedya devāya bhavāya bhavarūpiṇe / stutvā sarvairvaundikaiśca paurāṇaiścāpyanākulaḥ

Having offered the recitation to the god Bhava, whose form is existence, and having praised (him) with all the Vedic and Purāṇic (hymns), undistracted,

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NarP 1 114.23

प्रार्थयेद्देवमीशानं शश्वत्सर्वान्नसिद्धये । शारदीयानि चान्नानि तथा वासंतिकान्यपि

prārthayeddevamīśānaṃ śaśvatsarvānnasiddhaye / śāradīyāni cānnāni tathā vāsaṃtikānyapi

he should pray to the god Īśāna for the perpetual attainment of all foods: "Whatever foods there are of the autumn season and likewise of the spring,

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NarP 1 114.24

यानि स्युस्तैः समृद्धो ऽहं भूयां जन्मनि जन्मनि । एवं संप्रार्थ्य देवेशं गृहमागत्य वै स्वकम्

yāni syustaiḥ samṛddho 'haṃ bhūyāṃ janmani janmani / evaṃ saṃprārthya deveśaṃ gṛhamāgatya vai svakam

with those may I be enriched in birth after birth." Having thus prayed to the lord of gods and come back to his own house,

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NarP 1 114.25

दत्वान्नं ब्राह्मणादिभ्यः पक्वं भुञ्जीत वाग्यतः । एतदन्नव्रतं विप्र विधिनाऽचरितं नृभिः

datvānnaṃ brāhmaṇādibhyaḥ pakvaṃ bhuñjīta vāgyataḥ / etadannavrataṃ vipra vidhinā'caritaṃ nṛbhiḥ

having given cooked food to brahmins and others, he should eat, restraining his speech. This food-observance, O brahmin, when performed by men according to the rule,

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NarP 1 114.26

सर्वान्नसंपज्जनकं परलोके गतिप्रदम् । श्रावणे शुक्लपञ्चजम्यां नृभिरास्तिक्यतत्परैः

sarvānnasaṃpajjanakaṃ paraloke gatipradam / śrāvaṇe śuklapañcajamyāṃ nṛbhirāstikyatatparaiḥ

produces an abundance of every kind of food and grants (a good) course in the next world. On the bright fifth of Śrāvaṇa, by men intent on piety,

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NarP 1 114.27

द्वारस्योभयतो लेख्या गोमयेन विषोल्बणाः । गन्धाद्यैः पूजयेत्तांश्च तथेन्द्राणीमनन्तरम्

dvārasyobhayato lekhyā gomayena viṣolbaṇāḥ / gandhādyaiḥ pūjayettāṃśca tathendrāṇīmanantaram

(serpents) full of venom are to be drawn with cow-dung on both sides of the door; and one should worship them with perfumes and the rest, and thereafter Indrāṇī.

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NarP 1 114.28

संपूज्य स्वर्णरूप्यादिदध्यक्षतकुशांबुभिः । गन्धैः पुष्पैस्तथा धूपैर्दीपैर्नैवेद्यसंचयैः

saṃpūjya svarṇarūpyādidadhyakṣatakuśāṃbubhiḥ / gandhaiḥ puṣpaistathā dhūpairdīpairnaivedyasaṃcayaiḥ

Having worshipped (them) with gold, silver and the like, with curds, unbroken grains, kuśa grass and water, with perfumes, flowers, and also with incense, lamps and heaps of food-offerings,

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NarP 1 114.29

ततः प्रदक्षिणीकृत्य तद्द्रव्यं संप्रणम्य च । संप्रार्थ्य भक्तिभावेन विप्राग्र्येषु समर्पयेत्

tataḥ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya taddravyaṃ saṃpraṇamya ca / saṃprārthya bhaktibhāvena viprāgryeṣu samarpayet

then, having circumambulated and bowed down, having prayed, he should present that material with a feeling of devotion to the foremost of brahmins.

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NarP 1 114.30

यदिदं स्वर्णरौप्यादि द्रव्यं वै विप्रसात्कृतम् । तदनन्तफलं भूयान्मम जन्मनि जन्मनि

yadidaṃ svarṇaraupyādi dravyaṃ vai viprasātkṛtam / tadanantaphalaṃ bhūyānmama janmani janmani

"May this property — gold, silver and the rest — that has been given over to the brahmins bear endless fruit for me birth after birth."

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NarP 1 114.31

इत्येवं ददतो द्रव्यं भक्तिभावेन नारद । प्रसन्नः स्याद्धनाध्यक्षः स्वर्णादिकसमृद्धिदः

ityevaṃ dadato dravyaṃ bhaktibhāvena nārada / prasannaḥ syāddhanādhyakṣaḥ svarṇādikasamṛddhidaḥ

For one who thus gives property with a devout heart, Nārada, the Lord of Wealth (Kubera) becomes pleased, granting abundance of gold and the rest.

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NarP 1 114.34

एतद्व्रतं नरः कृत्वा विप्रान्संभोज्य भक्तितः । पश्चात्स्वयं च भुञ्जीत दारापत्यसुहृद्दृतः ॥ नर्प्_१,११४।३२ ॥ भाद्रे तु कृष्णपञ्चम्यां नागान् क्षीरेण तर्पयेत् ॥ नर्प्_१,११४।३३ ॥ यस्तस्याऽसप्तमं यावत्कुलं सर्पात्सुनिर्भयम् । भाद्रस्य शुक्लपञ्चम्यां पूजयेदृषिसत्तमान्

etadvrataṃ naraḥ kṛtvā viprānsaṃbhojya bhaktitaḥ / paścātsvayaṃ ca bhuñjīta dārāpatyasuhṛddṛtaḥ // narp_1,114.32 // bhādre tu kṛṣṇapañcamyāṃ nāgān kṣīreṇa tarpayet // narp_1,114.33 // yastasyā'saptamaṃ yāvatkulaṃ sarpātsunirbhayam / bhādrasya śuklapañcamyāṃ pūjayedṛṣisattamān

Having performed this observance, a man should feed brahmins with devotion, and afterwards eat himself, together with wife, children and friends. (32) But in (the month of) Bhādra, on the dark fifth, one should gratify the serpents with milk. (33) He who (does so) — his family, to the seventh (generation), is quite free from fear of snakes. On the bright fifth of Bhādra one should worship the best of the sages.

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NarP 1 114.35

प्रातर्नद्यादिके स्नात्वा कृत्वा नित्यमतन्द्रितः । गृहमागत्य यत्नेन वेदिकां कारयेन्मृदा

prātarnadyādike snātvā kṛtvā nityamatandritaḥ / gṛhamāgatya yatnena vedikāṃ kārayenmṛdā

In the morning, having bathed in a river or the like, and having performed the daily rites without sloth, he should come home and carefully have a platform made of clay.

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NarP 1 114.36

गोमयेनोपलिप्याथ कृत्वा पुष्पोपशोभिताम् । तत्रास्तीर्य कुशान्विप्रऋषीन्सप्त समर्चयेत्

gomayenopalipyātha kṛtvā puṣpopaśobhitām / tatrāstīrya kuśānvipraṛṣīnsapta samarcayet

Then, having smeared it with cow-dung and made it adorned with flowers, and having spread kuśa grass there, he should worship the seven brahmin-sages.

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NarP 1 114.37

गन्धैश्च विविधैः पुष्पैर्धूपैर्दीपैः सुशोभनेः । कश्यपो ऽत्रिर्भरद्वाजौ विश्वामित्रो ऽथ गौतमः

gandhaiśca vividhaiḥ puṣpairdhūpairdīpaiḥ suśobhaneḥ / kaśyapo 'trirbharadvājau viśvāmitro 'tha gautamaḥ

(He should worship them) with various fragrances, flowers, incense, and beautiful lamps: Kaśyapa, Atri, Bharadvāja, Viśvāmitra, and Gautama,

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NarP 1 114.38

जमदग्निर्वसिष्ठश्च सप्तैते ऋषयः स्मृताः । एतैभ्यो ऽघ्य च विधिवत्कल्पयित्वा प्रदाय च

jamadagnirvasiṣṭhaśca saptaite ṛṣayaḥ smṛtāḥ / etaibhyo 'ghya ca vidhivatkalpayitvā pradāya ca

Jamadagni and Vasiṣṭha — these seven are known as the sages. Having duly prepared and presented water for them,

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NarP 1 114.39

नैवेद्यं विपचेद्वीमान्श्यामाकाद्यैरकृष्टकैः । तन्निवेद्य विसृज्येमान्स्वयं चाद्यात्तदेव हि

naivedyaṃ vipacedvīmānśyāmākādyairakṛṣṭakaiḥ / tannivedya visṛjyemānsvayaṃ cādyāttadeva hi

the wise man should cook a food-offering with uncultivated grains such as śyāmāka; having offered it and dismissed these (sages), he should himself eat that very food.

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NarP 1 114.40

अनेन विधिना सप्त वर्षाणि प्रतिवत्सरम् । कृत्वा व्रतान्ते वरयेदाचार्यान् सप्त वैदिकान्

anena vidhinā sapta varṣāṇi prativatsaram / kṛtvā vratānte varayedācāryān sapta vaidikān

Having done this by this procedure for seven years, year after year, at the end of the observance he should select seven Vedic teachers.

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NarP 1 114.41

प्रतिमाः सप्तकुर्वीन्त सुवर्णेन स्वशक्तितः । जटिलाः साक्षसूत्राश्च कमण्डलुसमन्विताः

pratimāḥ saptakurvīnta suvarṇena svaśaktitaḥ / jaṭilāḥ sākṣasūtrāśca kamaṇḍalusamanvitāḥ

He should have seven images made of gold according to his means, with matted hair, bearing rosaries and equipped with water-pots.

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NarP 1 114.42

संस्थाप्य कलशेष्वेतांस्ताम्रेषु मृन्मयेषु वा । स्नापयेद्विधि वद्भक्त्या पृथक्पञ्चामृतैरपि

saṃsthāpya kalaśeṣvetāṃstāmreṣu mṛnmayeṣu vā / snāpayedvidhi vadbhaktyā pṛthakpañcāmṛtairapi

Having set these up in vessels of copper or of clay, he should bathe them duly and with devotion, each separately, with the five nectars.

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NarP 1 114.43

उपचारैः षोडशभिस्ततः संपूज्य भक्तितः । अर्घ्यं दत्वा ततो होमं तिलव्रीहियवादिभिः

upacāraiḥ ṣoḍaśabhistataḥ saṃpūjya bhaktitaḥ / arghyaṃ datvā tato homaṃ tilavrīhiyavādibhiḥ

Then, having worshipped (them) devoutly with the sixteen services and given the water-offering, (he should perform) the fire-oblation with sesame, rice, barley and the rest,

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NarP 1 114.44

ठसहस्तोमाऽइति ऋखा नामनन्त्रैस्तु वा पृथक् । पुण्यैर्मन्त्रैस्तथैवान्यैर्हुत्वा पूर्णाहुतिं चरेत्

ṭhasahastomā'iti ṛkhā nāmanantraistu vā pṛthak / puṇyairmantraistathaivānyairhutvā pūrṇāhutiṃ caret

with the verse (beginning) "..." or else with the name-formulas separately; and having made oblation with holy formulas and others likewise, he should perform the full oblation.

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NarP 1 114.45

ततस्तु सप्त गा दद्याद्वस्त्रालङ्कारसंयुताः । आचार्यं पूजयेज्जैव वस्त्रालङ्कारभूषणैः

tatastu sapta gā dadyādvastrālaṅkārasaṃyutāḥ / ācāryaṃ pūjayejjaiva vastrālaṅkārabhūṣaṇaiḥ

Then he should give seven cows together with cloths and ornaments, and should honour the teacher with cloths, ornaments and adornments.

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NarP 1 114.46

अनुज्ञया गुरोः पश्चान्मूर्तीर्विप्रेषु चार्पयेत् । भोजयित्वा तु तान्भक्त्या प्रणिपत्य विसर्जयेत्

anujñayā guroḥ paścānmūrtīrvipreṣu cārpayet / bhojayitvā tu tānbhaktyā praṇipatya visarjayet

Afterwards, with the teacher's permission, he should present the images to brahmins; and having fed them with devotion and bowed down, he should dismiss them.

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NarP 1 114.47

ततश्चेष्टैः सहासीनः स्वयं ब्राह्मणशेषितम् । भुङ्क्त्वा वै षड्रसोपेतं प्रमुद्यात्सह बन्धुभिः

tataśceṣṭaiḥ sahāsīnaḥ svayaṃ brāhmaṇaśeṣitam / bhuṅktvā vai ṣaḍrasopetaṃ pramudyātsaha bandhubhiḥ

Then, seated together with those dear to him, having himself eaten what the brahmins left over, endowed with the six flavours, he should rejoice with his kinsmen.

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NarP 1 114.50

एतत्कृत्वा व्रतं गाङ्गं भोगान्भुक्त्वाथ वाञ्छितान् । सप्तर्षीणां प्रसादेन विमानवरगो भवेत् ॥ नर्प्_१,११४।४८ ॥ आश्विने शुक्लपञ्चम्यामुपाङ्गललिताव्रतम् ॥ नर्प्_१,११४।४९ ॥ तस्याः स्वर्णमयीं मूर्तिं शक्त्या निर्माय नारद । उपचारैः षोडशभिः पूजयेत्तां विधानतः

etatkṛtvā vrataṃ gāṅgaṃ bhogānbhuktvātha vāñchitān / saptarṣīṇāṃ prasādena vimānavarago bhavet // narp_1,114.48 // āśvine śuklapañcamyāmupāṅgalalitāvratam // narp_1,114.49 // tasyāḥ svarṇamayīṃ mūrtiṃ śaktyā nirmāya nārada / upacāraiḥ ṣoḍaśabhiḥ pūjayettāṃ vidhānataḥ

Having performed this observance connected with the Ganges, and having enjoyed the pleasures he desired, by the grace of the seven sages he attains an excellent celestial chariot. (48) On the bright fifth of Āśvina (comes) the Upāṅgalalitā observance. (49) Having made her image of gold according to his means, Nārada, he should worship her with the sixteen services, according to the rule.

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NarP 1 114.51

पक्वान्नं फलसंयुक्तं सघृतं दक्षिणान्वितम् । द्विजवर्याय दातव्यं व्रतसंपूर्तिहेतवे

pakvānnaṃ phalasaṃyuktaṃ saghṛtaṃ dakṣiṇānvitam / dvijavaryāya dātavyaṃ vratasaṃpūrtihetave

Cooked food together with fruit, with ghee and with a fee, is to be given to a foremost brahmin, for the sake of completing the observance.

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NarP 1 114.52

"सवाहना शक्तियुता वरदा पूजिता मया । मातर्मामनुगृह्याथ गम्यतां निजमन्दिरम्

"savāhanā śaktiyutā varadā pūjitā mayā / mātarmāmanugṛhyātha gamyatāṃ nijamandiram

"You who have your mount, who are joined with power, who grant boons, have been worshipped by me; mother, having favoured me, now go to your own abode."

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NarP 1 114.53

कार्तिके शुक्लपञ्चम्यां जयाव्रतमनुत्तमम् । कर्तव्यं पापनाशाय श्रद्धया द्विजसत्तम

kārtike śuklapañcamyāṃ jayāvratamanuttamam / kartavyaṃ pāpanāśāya śraddhayā dvijasattama

On the bright fifth of Kārtika the most excellent Jayā observance is to be performed with faith, for the destruction of sins, O best of brahmins.

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NarP 1 114.54

पूजयित्वा जयां विप्र यथाविधि समाहितः । उपचारैः षोडशभिस्ततः शुचिरलङ्कृतः

pūjayitvā jayāṃ vipra yathāvidhi samāhitaḥ / upacāraiḥ ṣoḍaśabhistataḥ śuciralaṅkṛtaḥ

Having worshipped Jayā, O brahmin, duly and with concentrated mind, with the sixteen services, then, purified and adorned,

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NarP 1 114.55

विप्रैकं भोजयेच्चापि तस्मै दत्त्वा च दक्षिणाम् । विसर्जयेत्ततः पश्चात्स्वयं भुञ्जीत वाग्यतः

vipraikaṃ bhojayeccāpi tasmai dattvā ca dakṣiṇām / visarjayettataḥ paścātsvayaṃ bhuñjīta vāgyataḥ

he should also feed one brahmin, and after giving him a fee he should dismiss him; then afterwards he himself should eat, restrained in speech.

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NarP 1 114.56

यस्तु वै भक्तिसंयुक्तः स्नानं कुर्याज् जयादिने । नश्यन्ति तस्य पापानि सिंहाक्रान्ता मृगा यथा

yastu vai bhaktisaṃyuktaḥ snānaṃ kuryāj jayādine / naśyanti tasya pāpāni siṃhākrāntā mṛgā yathā

But he who, endowed with devotion, performs the bath on Jayā's day — his sins perish, like deer assailed by a lion.

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NarP 1 114.57

यदश्वमेधावभृथे फलं स्नानेन कीर्तितम् । तत्फलं प्राप्यते विप्रस्नानेनापि जयादिने

yadaśvamedhāvabhṛthe phalaṃ snānena kīrtitam / tatphalaṃ prāpyate viprasnānenāpi jayādine

Whatever fruit is declared (to come) from the bath at the final ablution of a horse sacrifice, that fruit is obtained, O brahmin, even by bathing on Jayā's day.

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NarP 1 114.58

अपुत्रो लभते पुत्रं वन्ध्या गभ च विन्दति । रोगी रोगात्प्रमुच्येत बद्धो मुच्येत बन्धनात्

aputro labhate putraṃ vandhyā gabha ca vindati / rogī rogātpramucyeta baddho mucyeta bandhanāt

One without a son obtains a son, a barren woman conceives, one who is sick would be freed from sickness, one bound would be freed from bondage.

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NarP 1 114.59

मार्गशुक्ले च पञ्चम्यां नागानिष्ट्वा विधानतः । नागेभ्यो ह्यभयं लब्ध्वा मोदते सह बान्धवैः

mārgaśukle ca pañcamyāṃ nāgāniṣṭvā vidhānataḥ / nāgebhyo hyabhayaṃ labdhvā modate saha bāndhavaiḥ

And on the fifth of the bright (fortnight) of Mārgaśīrṣa, having worshipped the Nāgas according to rule, having obtained freedom from fear from the Nāgas, one rejoices together with one's kinsmen.

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NarP 1 114.60

पौषे ऽपि शुक्लपञ्चम्यां सम्पूज्य मधुसूदनम् । लभते बाञ्छितान्कामान्नात्र कार्या विचारणा

pauṣe 'pi śuklapañcamyāṃ sampūjya madhusūdanam / labhate bāñchitānkāmānnātra kāryā vicāraṇā

On the bright fifth in Pauṣa too, having worshipped Madhusūdana, one obtains one's desired wishes; no doubt need be entertained here.

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NarP 1 114.61

पञ्चम्यां प्रतिमासे तु शुक्ले कृष्णे च नारद । पितॄणां पूजनं शस्तं नागानां चापि सर्वथा

pañcamyāṃ pratimāse tu śukle kṛṣṇe ca nārada / pitṝṇāṃ pūjanaṃ śastaṃ nāgānāṃ cāpi sarvathā

But on the fifth of every month, both bright and dark, O Nārada, the worship of the ancestors is commended, and of the Nāgas too, in every way.

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