Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga — Chapter 29
NarP 1 29.1
सनक उवाच तिथीनां निर्णयं वक्ष्ये प्राचश्चित्तविधिं तथा । शृणुष्व तन्मुनिश्रेष्ठ कर्मसिद्धिर्यतो भवेत्
sanaka uvāca tithīnāṃ nirṇayaṃ vakṣye prācaścittavidhiṃ tathā / śṛṇuṣva tanmuniśreṣṭha karmasiddhiryato bhavet
Sanaka said: I shall declare the determination of the lunar days, and likewise the rule of expiation. Hear that, O best of sages, whereby the success of ritual acts comes about.
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NarP 1 29.2
श्रौतं स्मार्त्तं व्रतं दानं यच्चान्यत्कर्म वैदिकम् । अनिर्णीतासु तिथिषु न किञ्चित्फलति द्विज
śrautaṃ smārttaṃ vrataṃ dānaṃ yaccānyatkarma vaidikam / anirṇītāsu tithiṣu na kiñcitphalati dvija
Whatever act is enjoined by śruti or by smṛti, vow, gift, or any other Vedic act — on lunar days that have not been (properly) determined, nothing bears fruit, O twice-born.
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NarP 1 29.3
एकादश्यष्टमी षष्टी पौर्णमासी चतुर्द्दशी । अमावास्या तृतीया च ह्युपवासव्रतादिषु
ekādaśyaṣṭamī ṣaṣṭī paurṇamāsī caturddaśī / amāvāsyā tṛtīyā ca hyupavāsavratādiṣu
The eleventh, the eighth, the sixth, the full-moon day, the fourteenth, the new-moon day, and the third — in fasts, vows and the like,
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NarP 1 29.4
परविद्धाः प्रशस्ताः स्युर्न ग्राह्याः पूर्वसंयुताः । नागविद्धा तु या षष्टी शिवविद्धा तु सत्पमी
paraviddhāḥ praśastāḥ syurna grāhyāḥ pūrvasaṃyutāḥ / nāgaviddhā tu yā ṣaṣṭī śivaviddhā tu satpamī
these are commended when joined with the following (tithi), and are not to be adopted when joined with the preceding one; but the sixth that is 'pierced' by the fifth (nāga) and the seventh that is 'pierced' by the sixth (śiva) —
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NarP 1 29.5
दशम्येकादशीविद्धा नोपोष्याः स्युः कदाचन । दर्शं च पौर्णमासीं च सत्पमीं पितृवासरम्
daśamyekādaśīviddhā nopoṣyāḥ syuḥ kadācana / darśaṃ ca paurṇamāsīṃ ca satpamīṃ pitṛvāsaram
and the tenth pierced by the eleventh — these should never be fasted upon. The new moon, the full moon, the seventh, and the day of the ancestors (the eighth?) —
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NarP 1 29.6
पूर्वविद्धं प्रकुर्वाणो नरकायोपद्यते । कृष्णपक्षे पूर्वविद्धां सत्पमीं च चतुर्दशीम्
pūrvaviddhaṃ prakurvāṇo narakāyopadyate / kṛṣṇapakṣe pūrvaviddhāṃ satpamīṃ ca caturdaśīm
he who performs (these) as pierced by the preceding (tithi) goes to hell. In the dark fortnight, the seventh and the fourteenth pierced by the preceding day,
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NarP 1 29.7
प्रशस्तां केचिदाहुश्च तृतीयां नवमीं तथा । व्रतादीनां तु सर्वेषां शुक्लपक्षो विशिष्यते
praśastāṃ kecidāhuśca tṛtīyāṃ navamīṃ tathā / vratādīnāṃ tu sarveṣāṃ śuklapakṣo viśiṣyate
and likewise the third and the ninth, some declare to be commended; but for all vows and the like the bright fortnight is preferable.
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NarP 1 29.8
अपराह्नाच्च पूर्वोह्णं ग्राह्यं श्रेष्ठत्तरं यतः । असंभवे व्रतादीनां यदि पौर्वाह्निकी तिथिः
aparāhnācca pūrvohṇaṃ grāhyaṃ śreṣṭhattaraṃ yataḥ / asaṃbhave vratādīnāṃ yadi paurvāhnikī tithiḥ
And the forenoon is to be preferred to the afternoon, since it is better; if, when vows and the like are not possible (otherwise), the tithi falls in the forenoon,
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NarP 1 29.9
मुहूर्तद्वितयं ग्राह्यं भगवत्युदिते रवौ । प्रदोषव्यापिनी ग्राह्या तिथिर्नक्तव्रते सदा
muhūrtadvitayaṃ grāhyaṃ bhagavatyudite ravau / pradoṣavyāpinī grāhyā tithirnaktavrate sadā
a period of two muhūrtas is to be taken, when the blessed sun has risen. In a nakta vow the tithi extending into the early evening is always to be taken.
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NarP 1 29.10
उपोषितव्यं नक्षत्रं येनास्तं याति भास्करः । तिथिनक्षत्रसंयोगविहितव्रतकर्मणि
upoṣitavyaṃ nakṣatraṃ yenāstaṃ yāti bhāskaraḥ / tithinakṣatrasaṃyogavihitavratakarmaṇi
One should fast on the asterism during which the sun goes to its setting. In a vow-act enjoined by the conjunction of tithi and asterism,
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NarP 1 29.11
प्रदोषव्यापिनी ग्राह्या त्वन्यथा निष्फलं भवेत् । अर्द्धरात्रादधो या तु नक्षत्रव्यापिनी तिथिः
pradoṣavyāpinī grāhyā tvanyathā niṣphalaṃ bhavet / arddharātrādadho yā tu nakṣatravyāpinī tithiḥ
the one extending into the early evening is to be taken; otherwise it becomes fruitless. But the tithi which, before midnight, extends over the asterism —
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NarP 1 29.12
सैव ग्राह्या मुनिश्रेष्ठ नक्षत्रविहितव्रते । यद्यर्द्धरात्रघगयोर्व्यात्पं नक्षत्रं तु दिनद्वये
saiva grāhyā muniśreṣṭha nakṣatravihitavrate / yadyarddharātraghagayorvyātpaṃ nakṣatraṃ tu dinadvaye
that very one is to be taken, O best of sages, in a vow enjoined by an asterism. But if the asterism extends over the midnight hour on two days,
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NarP 1 29.13
तत्पुण्यं तिथिसंयुक्तं नक्षत्रं ग्राह्यमुच्यते । अर्द्धरात्रद्वये स्यातां नक्षत्रं च तिथिर्यदि
tatpuṇyaṃ tithisaṃyuktaṃ nakṣatraṃ grāhyamucyate / arddharātradvaye syātāṃ nakṣatraṃ ca tithiryadi
then that meritorious asterism joined with the tithi is said to be the one to be taken. If the asterism and the tithi should both occur at two midnights,
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NarP 1 29.14
क्षये पूर्वा प्रशस्ता स्याद्रृद्धौ कार्या तथोत्तरा । अर्ध्दरात्रद्वयव्यात्पा तिथिर्नक्षत्रघसंयुता
kṣaye pūrvā praśastā syādrṛddhau kāryā tathottarā / ardhdarātradvayavyātpā tithirnakṣatraghasaṃyutā
in the case of a diminution the earlier is commended, and in the case of an increase the later is to be adopted. A tithi joined with the asterism's period and extending over both midnights —
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NarP 1 29.15
ह्नासवृद्धिविशून्या चेत् ग्राह्यापूर्वा तथा परा । ज्येष्ठासंमिश्रितं मूलं रोहिणी वह्निंसंयुता
hnāsavṛddhiviśūnyā cet grāhyāpūrvā tathā parā / jyeṣṭhāsaṃmiśritaṃ mūlaṃ rohiṇī vahniṃsaṃyutā
if it is free from diminution and increase, then either the earlier or the later may be taken. Mūla mixed with Jyeṣṭhā, Rohiṇī joined with (the asterism of) fire (Kṛttikā),
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NarP 1 29.16
मैत्रेण संयुता ज्येष्टा संतानादिविनाशैनी । ततः स्युस्तिथयः पुण्याः कर्मानुष्टानतो दिवा
maitreṇa saṃyutā jyeṣṭā saṃtānādivināśainī / tataḥ syustithayaḥ puṇyāḥ karmānuṣṭānato divā
and Jyeṣṭhā joined with Maitra (Anurādhā) are destructive of offspring and the rest. Thereafter the tithis are meritorious by day, according to the performance of the act.
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NarP 1 29.17
रात्रिव्रतेषु सर्वेषु रात्रियोगो विशिष्यते । तिथिर्नक्षघत्रयोगेन या पुण्या परिकीर्तिता
rātrivrateṣu sarveṣu rātriyogo viśiṣyate / tithirnakṣaghatrayogena yā puṇyā parikīrtitā
In all night-observances the conjunction (of the tithi) with night is preferable. Whatever tithi has been declared meritorious through its conjunction with a lunar mansion—
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NarP 1 29.18
तस्यां तु तद्वतं कार्यं सैव कार्या विचक्षणैः । उदयव्यापिनी ग्राह्या श्रवणद्वादशी व्रते
tasyāṃ tu tadvataṃ kāryaṃ saiva kāryā vicakṣaṇaiḥ / udayavyāpinī grāhyā śravaṇadvādaśī vrate
on that (tithi) that observance is to be performed; that very one is to be adopted by the discerning. In the Śravaṇa-Dvādaśī observance, (the tithi) that extends over sunrise is to be taken.
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NarP 1 29.19
सूर्येन्दुग्रहणे यावत्तावद् ग्राह्या जपादिषु । संक्रान्तिषु तु सर्वासु पुण्यकालोनिगद्यते
sūryendugrahaṇe yāvattāvad grāhyā japādiṣu / saṃkrāntiṣu tu sarvāsu puṇyakālonigadyate
At an eclipse of the sun or moon, (the tithi) is to be taken for as long as (the eclipse lasts) for muttering of prayers and the rest. But at all the solar transits a meritorious time is declared.
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NarP 1 29.20
स्नानदानजपादीनां कुर्वतामक्षय फलम् । तत्र कर्कटको ज्ञेयो दक्षिणायनसंक्रमः
snānadānajapādīnāṃ kurvatāmakṣaya phalam / tatra karkaṭako jñeyo dakṣiṇāyanasaṃkramaḥ
For those who perform bathing, giving, muttering and the rest, (there is) imperishable fruit. Among them, Cancer is to be known as the transit of the southward course.
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NarP 1 29.21
पूर्वतो घटिकास्त्रिंशत्पुण्यकालं विदुर्बुधाः । वृषभे वृश्चिके चैव सिंहे कुम्भे तथैव च
pūrvato ghaṭikāstriṃśatpuṇyakālaṃ vidurbudhāḥ / vṛṣabhe vṛścike caiva siṃhe kumbhe tathaiva ca
The wise know thirty ghaṭikās before (it) as the meritorious time. And likewise in Taurus, Scorpio, Leo and Aquarius,
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NarP 1 29.22
पूर्वमष्टमुहूर्तास्तु ग्राह्याः स्नानजपादिषु । तुलायां चैव मेषे च पूर्वतः परतस्तथा
pūrvamaṣṭamuhūrtāstu grāhyāḥ snānajapādiṣu / tulāyāṃ caiva meṣe ca pūrvataḥ paratastathā
eight muhūrtas before are to be taken for bathing, muttering and the rest. And in Libra and Aries, both before and after,
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NarP 1 29.23
ज्ञेया दशैव घटिका दत्तस्याक्षयतावहाः । कन्यायां मिथुने चैव मीने धनुषि च द्विज
jñeyā daśaiva ghaṭikā dattasyākṣayatāvahāḥ / kanyāyāṃ mithune caiva mīne dhanuṣi ca dvija
just ten ghaṭikās are to be known as bringing imperishability to what is given. In Virgo, Gemini, Pisces and Sagittarius, O twice-born,
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NarP 1 29.24
घटिकाः षोडश ज्ञेया परतः पुण्यदायिकाः । माकरं संक्रमं प्राहुरुत्तरायणसंज्ञकम्
ghaṭikāḥ ṣoḍaśa jñeyā parataḥ puṇyadāyikāḥ / mākaraṃ saṃkramaṃ prāhuruttarāyaṇasaṃjñakam
sixteen ghaṭikās afterwards are to be known as giving merit. They call the transit into Capricorn the one named the northward course.
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NarP 1 29.25
परास्त्रिंशश्च घटिकाश्चत्वारिंशच्च पूर्ववत् । आदित्यशीतकिरणौ ग्राह्यावस्तङ्गतौ यदि
parāstriṃśaśca ghaṭikāścatvāriṃśacca pūrvavat / ādityaśītakiraṇau grāhyāvastaṅgatau yadi
And thirty ghaṭikās after and forty before, as before. If the sun and the cool-rayed (moon) are to be seized (eclipsed) when they have set,
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NarP 1 29.26
स्नात्वा भुञ्जीत विप्रेन्द्र परेद्युः शुद्धमण्डलम् । दृष्टचन्द्रा सिनीवाली नष्टचन्द्रा कुहूः स्मृता
snātvā bhuñjīta viprendra paredyuḥ śuddhamaṇḍalam / dṛṣṭacandrā sinīvālī naṣṭacandrā kuhūḥ smṛtā
one should bathe and eat, O chief of brahmins, on the next day when the disc is clear. The (new-moon day) in which the moon is (still) seen is Sinīvālī; that in which the moon has vanished is called Kuhū.
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NarP 1 29.27
अमावास्या द्विधा प्रोक्ता विद्वद्भिर्धर्मालिप्सुभिः । सिनीवालीं द्विजैर्ग्राह्या साग्निकैः श्राद्धकर्मणि
amāvāsyā dvidhā proktā vidvadbhirdharmālipsubhiḥ / sinīvālīṃ dvijairgrāhyā sāgnikaiḥ śrāddhakarmaṇi
The new-moon day has been declared twofold by the learned who desire (the fruit of) dharma. Sinīvālī is to be adopted by twice-born men who maintain the sacred fires for the śrāddha rite;
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NarP 1 29.28
कहूः स्त्रीभिस्तथा शूद्रैपरि वानग्रिकैस्तथा । अपराह्नद्वयव्यापिन्यमावास्यातिथिर्यदि
kahūḥ strībhistathā śūdraipari vānagrikaistathā / aparāhnadvayavyāpinyamāvāsyātithiryadi
Kuhū by women, and likewise by śūdras, and also by those without the fires. If the new-moon tithi extends over both afternoons,
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NarP 1 29.29
क्षये पूर्वा तु कर्त्तव्या वृद्धौ कार्या तथोत्तरा । अमावास्या प्रतीता चेन्मध्याह्नात्परतो यदि
kṣaye pūrvā tu karttavyā vṛddhau kāryā tathottarā / amāvāsyā pratītā cenmadhyāhnātparato yadi
then in the case of a diminution the earlier is to be performed, and in the case of an increase the later. If the new-moon day is found to (begin) after midday,
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NarP 1 29.30
भूतविद्धेति विख्यातास्रद्भिः शास्त्रविशारदैः । अत्यन्तक्षयपक्षे तु परेद्युर्नापराह्नगा
bhūtaviddheti vikhyātāsradbhiḥ śāstraviśāradaiḥ / atyantakṣayapakṣe tu paredyurnāparāhnagā
it is called 'pierced by the Bhūta (the fourteenth)' by the good who are expert in the treatises. But in the case of an extreme diminution, if on the next day it does not extend into the afternoon,
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NarP 1 29.31
तत्र ग्राह्या सिनीवाली सायाह्नव्यापिनी तिथिः । अर्वाचीनक्षये चचैव सायाह्नव्यापिनी तथा
tatra grāhyā sinīvālī sāyāhnavyāpinī tithiḥ / arvācīnakṣaye cacaiva sāyāhnavyāpinī tathā
then Sinīvālī, the tithi extending over the evening, is to be taken. And in the case of a nearer diminution likewise the one extending over the evening.
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NarP 1 29.32
सिनीवाली परा ग्राह्या सर्वथा श्राद्धकर्मणि । अत्यन्ततिथिवृद्धौ तु भूतविद्धां परित्यजेत्
sinīvālī parā grāhyā sarvathā śrāddhakarmaṇi / atyantatithivṛddhau tu bhūtaviddhāṃ parityajet
The later Sinīvālī is in every way to be taken for the śrāddha rite. But in the case of an extreme increase of the tithi, one should reject the one pierced by the Bhūta.
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NarP 1 29.33
ग्राह्या स्यादपराह्नस्था कुहूः पैतृककर्मणि । यथार्वाचीनवृद्धौ तु संत्याज्या भूतसंयुताः
grāhyā syādaparāhnasthā kuhūḥ paitṛkakarmaṇi / yathārvācīnavṛddhau tu saṃtyājyā bhūtasaṃyutāḥ
Kuhū, standing in the afternoon, is to be taken for the rite for the fathers. But as in the case of a nearer increase, (the tithis) joined with the Bhūta are to be abandoned.
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NarP 1 29.34
परेद्युर्विबुधश्रेष्ठैः कुहूर्ग्राह्या पराह्नगा । मध्याह्नद्वितये व्यात्पा ह्यमावास्या तिथिर्यदि
paredyurvibudhaśreṣṭhaiḥ kuhūrgrāhyā parāhnagā / madhyāhnadvitaye vyātpā hyamāvāsyā tithiryadi
On the next day Kuhū, extending into the afternoon, is to be taken by the best of the wise. If the new-moon tithi is spread over both middays,
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NarP 1 29.35
तत्रेच्छया च संग्राह्या पूर्वा वाथ पराथवा । अन्वाधानं प्रवक्ष्यामि संतः संपूर्णवर्वणि
tatrecchayā ca saṃgrāhyā pūrvā vātha parāthavā / anvādhānaṃ pravakṣyāmi saṃtaḥ saṃpūrṇavarvaṇi
then either the earlier or the later may be taken at will. I shall declare the anvādhāna, O good men, at the full parvan.
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NarP 1 29.36
प्रतिपद्दिवसे कुर्याद्यागं च मुनिसत्तम । पर्वणो यश्चतुर्थांश आद्याः प्रतिपदस्त्रयः
pratipaddivase kuryādyāgaṃ ca munisattama / parvaṇo yaścaturthāṃśa ādyāḥ pratipadastrayaḥ
On the day of the first lunar day one should perform the sacrifice too, O best of sages. That which is the fourth part of the parvan, the first three (parts) of the pratipad—
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NarP 1 29.39
यागकालः स विज्ञेयः प्रातरुक्तो मनीषिभिः । मध्याह्नद्वितये स्याताममावास्या च पूर्णिमा ॥ नर्प्_१,२९।३७ ॥ परेद्युरेव विप्रेन्द्र सद्यः कालो विधीयते ॥ नर्प्_१,२९।३८ ॥ पूर्वद्वये परेद्युः स्यात्संगवात्परतो मनीषिभिः । सद्यः कालः परेद्युः स्याज्ज्ञेयमेवं तिथिक्षये
yāgakālaḥ sa vijñeyaḥ prātarukto manīṣibhiḥ / madhyāhnadvitaye syātāmamāvāsyā ca pūrṇimā // narp_1,29.37 // paredyureva viprendra sadyaḥ kālo vidhīyate // narp_1,29.38 // pūrvadvaye paredyuḥ syātsaṃgavātparato manīṣibhiḥ / sadyaḥ kālaḥ paredyuḥ syājjñeyamevaṃ tithikṣaye
That is to be known as the time of the sacrifice, declared by the wise to be in the morning. Both the new-moon and the full-moon (tithis) may fall in the two midday (portions); (then), O chief of brahmins, the immediate time is prescribed for the very next day. When the two fall in the earlier (portions), it should be on the next day, after the saṃgava period, according to the wise; the immediate time should be the next day — thus it is to be known in the case of the loss of a tithi.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 29.40
सर्वैरेकादशी ग्राह्या दशमीपरिवर्जिता । दशमीसंयुता हॄन्तिपुण्यं जन्मत्रयार्जितम्
sarvairekādaśī grāhyā daśamīparivarjitā / daśamīsaṃyutā hṝntipuṇyaṃ janmatrayārjitam
The eleventh (tithi) is to be observed by all, free from (contact with) the tenth; joined with the tenth it destroys the merit earned in three births.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 29.41
एकादशी कलामात्रा द्वादश्यां तु प्रतीयते । द्वादशी च त्रयोदश्यामस्ति चेत्सा परा स्मृता
ekādaśī kalāmātrā dvādaśyāṃ tu pratīyate / dvādaśī ca trayodaśyāmasti cetsā parā smṛtā
If the eleventh lasts only a fraction (of a day) but is found (extending) into the twelfth, and if the twelfth (extends) into the thirteenth, then that latter one is held (to be the one observed).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 29.42
संपूर्णैकादशी शुद्धा द्वादश्यां च प्रतीयते । त्रघयोदशी च रात्र्यन्ते तत्र वक्ष्यामि निर्णयम्
saṃpūrṇaikādaśī śuddhā dvādaśyāṃ ca pratīyate / traghayodaśī ca rātryante tatra vakṣyāmi nirṇayam
(If) the eleventh is complete and pure, and is found also in the twelfth, and the thirteenth (begins) at the end of the night — for that case I shall state the decision.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 29.43
पूर्वा गृहस्थैः सा कार्य्या ह्युत्तरा यतिभिस्तथा । गृहस्थाः सिद्धिमिच्छन्ति यतो मोक्षं यतीश्वराः
pūrvā gṛhasthaiḥ sā kāryyā hyuttarā yatibhistathā / gṛhasthāḥ siddhimicchanti yato mokṣaṃ yatīśvarāḥ
The earlier one is to be observed by householders, and likewise the later one by ascetics; for householders desire attainment, whereas the lords of ascetics desire liberation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 29.44
द्वादश्यां तु कलायां वा यदि लभ्येत पारणा । तदानीं दशमीविद्धाप्युपोष्यैकादशी तिथिः
dvādaśyāṃ tu kalāyāṃ vā yadi labhyeta pāraṇā / tadānīṃ daśamīviddhāpyupoṣyaikādaśī tithiḥ
But if the breaking of the fast can be obtained on the twelfth, even for (only) a fraction (of it), then the eleventh tithi, even though tainted by the tenth, is to be fasted upon.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 29.45
शुल्के वा यदि वा कृष्णे भवेदेकादशीद्वयम् । गृहस्थानां तु पूर्वोक्ता यतीनामुत्तरा स्मृता
śulke vā yadi vā kṛṣṇe bhavedekādaśīdvayam / gṛhasthānāṃ tu pūrvoktā yatīnāmuttarā smṛtā
If, whether in the bright or in the dark fortnight, there occur two eleventh (tithis), the earlier one is prescribed for householders, the later one is held (to be) for ascetics.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 29.46
द्वादश्यां विद्यते किञ्चिद्दशमीसंयुता यदि । दिनक्षये द्वितीयैव सर्वेषां परिकीर्तितां
dvādaśyāṃ vidyate kiñciddaśamīsaṃyutā yadi / dinakṣaye dvitīyaiva sarveṣāṃ parikīrtitāṃ
If some (portion of the eleventh) is found in the twelfth while (the eleventh) is joined with the tenth, then, when a day is lost, the second one alone is declared (proper) for all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 29.47
विद्धाप्येकादशी ग्राह्या परतो द्वादशी न चेत् । अविद्धापि निषिद्धैव परतो द्वादशी यदि
viddhāpyekādaśī grāhyā parato dvādaśī na cet / aviddhāpi niṣiddhaiva parato dvādaśī yadi
Even a tainted eleventh is to be accepted if the twelfth does not follow after; even an untainted one is forbidden if the twelfth follows after.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 29.48
एकादशी द्वादशी च रात्रघिशेषे त्रयोदशी । द्वादशद्वादशीपुण्यं त्रयोदश्यां तु पारणे
ekādaśī dvādaśī ca rātraghiśeṣe trayodaśī / dvādaśadvādaśīpuṇyaṃ trayodaśyāṃ tu pāraṇe
(If there be) the eleventh and the twelfth, and the thirteenth in the remainder of the night, the merit of twelve twelfths (accrues) when the fast is broken on the thirteenth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 29.49
एकादशी कलामात्रा विद्यते द्वादशीदिने । द्वादशी च त्रयोदश्यां नास्ति वा विद्यते ऽथवा
ekādaśī kalāmātrā vidyate dvādaśīdine / dvādaśī ca trayodaśyāṃ nāsti vā vidyate 'thavā
(If) the eleventh, lasting only a fraction, is found on the day of the twelfth, and the twelfth either is not present in the thirteenth or is present —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 29.50
विद्वाप्येकादशी तत्र पूर्वा स्याद्गृहणां तदा । यदिभिश्चोत्तरा ग्राह्या ह्यवीराभिस्तथैव च
vidvāpyekādaśī tatra pūrvā syādgṛhaṇāṃ tadā / yadibhiścottarā grāhyā hyavīrābhistathaiva ca
— then, even though tainted, the earlier eleventh should be (observed) by householders in that case; and the later one is to be accepted by ascetics and likewise by women without husbands.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 29.51
संपूर्णैकादशी शुद्धा द्वादश्यां नास्ति किञ्चन । द्वादशी च त्रयोदशयामस्ति तत्र कथं भवेत्
saṃpūrṇaikādaśī śuddhā dvādaśyāṃ nāsti kiñcana / dvādaśī ca trayodaśayāmasti tatra kathaṃ bhavet
(If) the eleventh is complete and pure, nothing (of it) remains in the twelfth, but the twelfth is present in the thirteenth — how should it be in that case?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 29.52
पूर्वा गृहस्थैः कार्यात्र यतिभिश्चोत्तरा तिथिः । उपोष्यैव द्वितीयेति केचिदाहुश्च भक्तितः
pūrvā gṛhasthaiḥ kāryātra yatibhiścottarā tithiḥ / upoṣyaiva dvitīyeti kecidāhuśca bhaktitaḥ
Here the earlier (tithi) is to be observed by householders, and the later tithi by ascetics; but some say, out of devotion, that the second alone is to be fasted upon.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 29.53
एकादशी यदाविद्धा द्वादश्यां न प्रतीयते । द्वादशी च त्रयोदश्यामस्ति तत्रैव चापरे
ekādaśī yadāviddhā dvādaśyāṃ na pratīyate / dvādaśī ca trayodaśyāmasti tatraiva cāpare
When the eleventh is untainted and is not found (extending) into the twelfth, and the twelfth is present in the thirteenth — in just that case others (say):
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 29.54
उपोष्या द्वादशी शुद्धा सर्वैरेव न संशयः । केचिदाहुश्च पूर्वां तु तन्मतं न समञ्जसम्
upoṣyā dvādaśī śuddhā sarvaireva na saṃśayaḥ / kecidāhuśca pūrvāṃ tu tanmataṃ na samañjasam
the pure twelfth is to be fasted upon by all, there is no doubt. And some say (it should be) the earlier one, but that opinion is not sound.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 29.55
संक्रातौ रविवारे च पातग्रहणयोस्तथा । पारणं चोपवासं च न कुर्यात्पुत्रवान्गृही
saṃkrātau ravivāre ca pātagrahaṇayostathā / pāraṇaṃ copavāsaṃ ca na kuryātputravāngṛhī
At a solstitial/zodiacal passage, on a Sunday, and at a pāta and at an eclipse, a householder who has sons should perform neither the breaking of a fast nor a fast.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 29.56
अर्के ऽह्नि पर्वरात्रघौ च चतुर्दश्यष्टमी दिवा । एकादश्यामहोरात्रं भुक्त्वा चान्द्रायणं चरेत्
arke 'hni parvarātraghau ca caturdaśyaṣṭamī divā / ekādaśyāmahorātraṃ bhuktvā cāndrāyaṇaṃ caret
Having eaten on the sun's day, on the night of a parvan, on the fourteenth and the eighth by day, and for a day and a night on the eleventh, one should perform the cāndrāyaṇa (penance).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 29.57
आदित्यग्रहणे प्रात्पे पूर्वयामत्रये तथा । नाद्याद्वै यदि भुञ्जीत सुरापेन समो भवेत्
ādityagrahaṇe prātpe pūrvayāmatraye tathā / nādyādvai yadi bhuñjīta surāpena samo bhavet
When a solar eclipse has come, and likewise during the three preceding watches, one should not eat; if one does eat, he becomes equal to a drinker of liquor.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 29.58
अन्वाधानेष्टिमध्ये तु ग्रहणे चन्द्रसूर्ययोः । प्रायश्चित्तं मुनिश्रेष्ठ कर्त्तव्यं तत्र याज्ञिकैः
anvādhāneṣṭimadhye tu grahaṇe candrasūryayoḥ / prāyaścittaṃ muniśreṣṭha karttavyaṃ tatra yājñikaiḥ
But if an eclipse of the moon or of the sun (occurs) in the midst of the anvādhāna and the iṣṭi, then, O best of sages, an expiation must there be performed by the sacrificers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 29.59
चद्रोपरागे जुहुयाद्दशमे सोम इत्यृचा । आप्यायस्व ऋचा चैव सोमपास्त इति द्विज
cadroparāge juhuyāddaśame soma ityṛcā / āpyāyasva ṛcā caiva somapāsta iti dvija
At a lunar eclipse one should make the offering with the ṛc "soma..." (found) in the tenth (maṇḍala), and with the ṛc "āpyāyasva," and with "somapās te," O twice-born one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 29.60
सूर्योपरागे जुहुयादुदुत्यं जातवेदसम् । आसत्येंनोद्वयं चैव त्रयोमन्त्रा उदाहृताः
sūryoparāge juhuyādudutyaṃ jātavedasam / āsatyeṃnodvayaṃ caiva trayomantrā udāhṛtāḥ
At a solar eclipse one should offer with "ud u tyaṃ jātavedasam," with "ā satyena" and with "ud vayam": three mantras are declared.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 29.61
एवं तिथिं विनिश्चित्य स्मृतिमार्गेण पण्डितः । यः करोति व्रतादीनि तस्य स्यादक्षयं फलम्
evaṃ tithiṃ viniścitya smṛtimārgeṇa paṇḍitaḥ / yaḥ karoti vratādīni tasya syādakṣayaṃ phalam
Thus, the learned man who, having determined the lunar day by the way of the smṛti, performs vows and the rest — his reward is imperishable.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 29.62
वेदप्रणिहितो धर्मो धर्मैस्तुष्यति केशवः । तस्माद्धर्मपरा यान्ति तद्विष्णोः परमं पदम्
vedapraṇihito dharmo dharmaistuṣyati keśavaḥ / tasmāddharmaparā yānti tadviṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam
Dharma is laid down by the Veda; by acts of dharma Keśava is pleased; therefore those devoted to dharma go to that highest station of Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 29.63
धर्मान्ये कर्त्तुमिच्छन्ति ते वै कृष्णस्वरुपिणः । तस्मात्तांस्तु भवव्याधिः कदाचिन्नैव बाधते
dharmānye karttumicchanti te vai kṛṣṇasvarupiṇaḥ / tasmāttāṃstu bhavavyādhiḥ kadācinnaiva bādhate
Those others who wish to perform acts of dharma are indeed of Kṛṣṇa's own form; therefore the disease of worldly existence never afflicts them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition