Narada Purana — Uttara Bhaga — Chapter 22
NarP 2 22.1
वसिष्ट उवाच एवं धर्माङ्गदो राज्यं चकार वसुधातले । पितुर्ननियोगाद्राजेन्द्र पालयन् हरिवासरम्
vasiṣṭa uvāca evaṃ dharmāṅgado rājyaṃ cakāra vasudhātale / piturnaniyogādrājendra pālayan harivāsaram
Vasiṣṭha said: Thus Dharmāṅgada ruled the kingdom on the surface of the earth, O lord of kings, guarding Hari's day at his father's command.
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NarP 2 22.2
न बभूव जनः कश्चिद्यो न धर्मे व्यवस्थितः । नासुखी नाप्रजः कश्चिन्न वा फुष्ठी महीपते
na babhūva janaḥ kaścidyo na dharme vyavasthitaḥ / nāsukhī nāprajaḥ kaścinna vā phuṣṭhī mahīpate
There was no person who was not established in dharma; none was unhappy, none childless, and none ill-nourished, O lord of the earth.
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NarP 2 22.3
हृष्टपुष्ट जने तस्मिन् क्ष्मा चैव निधिदायिनी । घटदोग्ध्रीषु नृपते तृप्तवत्सासु धेनुषु
hṛṣṭapuṣṭa jane tasmin kṣmā caiva nidhidāyinī / ghaṭadogdhrīṣu nṛpate tṛptavatsāsu dhenuṣu
While the people were joyful and well-fed, the earth too yielded treasures, and the cows, O king, gave milk by the potful, their calves satisfied.
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NarP 2 22.4
पुटके कुटके क्षौद्रं द्रोणमात्रं द्रुमे द्रुमे । प्रहृष्टायां तु मेदिन्यां सर्वधान्यसमुद्भवः
puṭake kuṭake kṣaudraṃ droṇamātraṃ drume drume / prahṛṣṭāyāṃ tu medinyāṃ sarvadhānyasamudbhavaḥ
In each cup and each vessel, honey a droṇa-measure in every tree; and the earth being delighted, there was a springing up of every kind of grain.
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NarP 2 22.5
कृतस्य स्पर्द्धिनि युगे त्रेतान्ते द्वापरे युगे । व्यतीते जलदापाये निर्मले चांबरे गृहे
kṛtasya sparddhini yuge tretānte dvāpare yuge / vyatīte jaladāpāye nirmale cāṃbare gṛhe
In the age (Tretā) that rivalled the Kṛta, at the end of the Tretā and in the Dvāpara age — when the rains had passed away and the sky-house was spotless,
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NarP 2 22.6
सुगन्धिशालिपक्वाढ्ये कुंभोद्भवविलोकिते । मध्यप्रवाहयुक्तासु निम्नगासु समन्ततः
sugandhiśālipakvāḍhye kuṃbhodbhavavilokite / madhyapravāhayuktāsu nimnagāsu samantataḥ
when (the land) was rich with ripened fragrant rice and looked upon by Agastya (the jar-born), and the rivers everywhere had their current (only) in mid-channel,
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NarP 2 22.7
तीरोत्थैः काशपुष्पैश्च शुक्लकेशैरिवाङ्गना । चन्द्रांशुधवले लोके नातितीव्रे दिवाकरे
tīrotthaiḥ kāśapuṣpaiśca śuklakeśairivāṅganā / candrāṃśudhavale loke nātitīvre divākare
with kāśa flowers grown on the banks, like a woman with white hair — the world pale with moonbeams, the sun not too fierce,
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NarP 2 22.8
तस्मिन्मनुष्यबहुलैर्जलस्नानविचित्रितैः । यत्रोत्सुकैः प्रयातैस्तु भूमिपालैः समन्ततः
tasminmanuṣyabahulairjalasnānavicitritaiḥ / yatrotsukaiḥ prayātaistu bhūmipālaiḥ samantataḥ
at that (season) crowded with men and made varied by bathings in water, when the kings had gone forth eagerly on every side,
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NarP 2 22.9
प्रबोधसमये विष्णोराश्विनान्ते जगद्गुरोः । मोहिनी रमयामास तत्काले हृच्छयार्दिता
prabodhasamaye viṣṇorāśvinānte jagadguroḥ / mohinī ramayāmāsa tatkāle hṛcchayārditā
at the time of Viṣṇu's awakening, at the end of the month Āśvina, (the awakening) of the world's teacher — at that time Mohinī, tormented by love, gave delight
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NarP 2 22.10
राजानं विविधैः सौख्यैः सर्वभावेन सुंदरी । वनेषु गिरिशृङ्गेषु नदीनां संगमेषु च
rājānaṃ vividhaiḥ saukhyaiḥ sarvabhāvena suṃdarī / vaneṣu giriśṛṅgeṣu nadīnāṃ saṃgameṣu ca
to the king with manifold pleasures, the beautiful woman with her whole being — in forests, on mountain peaks, and at the confluences of rivers,
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NarP 2 22.11
पद्मिनी कुसुमाढ्येषु सरःसु विविधेषु च । मलये मन्दरे विन्ध्ये महेन्द्रे विबुधालये
padminī kusumāḍhyeṣu saraḥsu vividheṣu ca / malaye mandare vindhye mahendre vibudhālaye
and in various lakes rich with lotus blossoms, on Malaya, on Mandara, on the Vindhya, on Mahendra, in the abode of the gods,
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NarP 2 22.12
सह्ये प्रालेयसंज्ञे च दिगंबरगिरौ शुभे । अन्येषु चैव राजानं स्वर्गस्थानादिकेषु च
sahye prāleyasaṃjñe ca digaṃbaragirau śubhe / anyeṣu caiva rājānaṃ svargasthānādikeṣu ca
on the Sahya and on the one named Prāleya (the Himālaya), and on the fair Digambara mountain, and in other places too, and in heaven and the like — the king
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NarP 2 22.13
रमेयायास राजेन्द्र दिव्यरूपा दिने दिने । राजापि मोहिनीं प्राप्य सर्वं कृत्यं परित्यजन्
rameyāyāsa rājendra divyarūpā dine dine / rājāpi mohinīṃ prāpya sarvaṃ kṛtyaṃ parityajan
she of divine form delighted day after day, O lord of kings; and the king too, having obtained Mohinī, abandoning all his duties,
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NarP 2 22.14
त्यक्तं न वासरं विष्णोर्जन्ममृत्युनिकृन्तनम् । व्रतं नोपेक्षते तत्तु अतिमुग्धो ऽपि पार्थिवः
tyaktaṃ na vāsaraṃ viṣṇorjanmamṛtyunikṛntanam / vrataṃ nopekṣate tattu atimugdho 'pi pārthivaḥ
did not abandon Viṣṇu's day, which cuts off birth and death; that vow the king did not neglect, though utterly infatuated.
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NarP 2 22.15
क्रीडां त्यजति भूपालो दशम्यादिदिनत्रये । एवं प्रकीडतस्तस्य पूर्णे संवत्सरे गते
krīḍāṃ tyajati bhūpālo daśamyādidinatraye / evaṃ prakīḍatastasya pūrṇe saṃvatsare gate
The king gives up his sport on the three days beginning with the tenth. As he thus sported, when a full year had gone by,
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NarP 2 22.16
काले कालविदां श्रेष्ठः संप्राप्तः कार्तिकः शुभः । निद्राछेदकरो विष्णोः स मासः पुण्यदायकः
kāle kālavidāṃ śreṣṭhaḥ saṃprāptaḥ kārtikaḥ śubhaḥ / nidrāchedakaro viṣṇoḥ sa māsaḥ puṇyadāyakaḥ
In due time the auspicious month of Kārtika, best (of months) for those who know time, arrived — that month which breaks Viṣṇu's sleep and bestows merit.
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NarP 2 22.17
यस्मिन्कृतं हि सुकृतं वैष्णवैर्मनुजैर्नृप । अक्षयं हि भवेत्सर्वं विष्णुलोकप्रदायकम्
yasminkṛtaṃ hi sukṛtaṃ vaiṣṇavairmanujairnṛpa / akṣayaṃ hi bhavetsarvaṃ viṣṇulokapradāyakam
For whatever good deed is done in it by men devoted to Viṣṇu, O king, all of it becomes imperishable and grants the world of Viṣṇu.
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NarP 2 22.18
न कार्तिकसमो मासो न कूतेन समं युगम् । न धर्मस्तु दया तुल्यो न ज्योतिश्चक्षुषा समम्
na kārtikasamo māso na kūtena samaṃ yugam / na dharmastu dayā tulyo na jyotiścakṣuṣā samam
There is no month equal to Kārtika, no age equal to the Kṛta(?); no duty equal to compassion, no light equal to the eye.
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NarP 2 22.19
न वेदेन समं शास्त्रं न तीर्थं गङ्गया समम् । न भूम्या सदृशं दानं न सुखं भार्यया समम्
na vedena samaṃ śāstraṃ na tīrthaṃ gaṅgayā samam / na bhūmyā sadṛśaṃ dānaṃ na sukhaṃ bhāryayā samam
There is no treatise equal to the Veda, no sacred place equal to the Gaṅgā, no gift like (the gift of) land, no happiness equal to a wife.
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NarP 2 22.20
न कृष्या तु समं वित्तं न लाभः सुरभीसमः । न तपो ऽनशनादन्यन्न दमेन समं शिवम्
na kṛṣyā tu samaṃ vittaṃ na lābhaḥ surabhīsamaḥ / na tapo 'naśanādanyanna damena samaṃ śivam
There is no wealth equal to agriculture, no gain like a cow, no austerity other than fasting, and no good equal to self-restraint.
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NarP 2 22.21
तृप्तिर्न रसनातुल्या न समो ऽन्यो द्विजेन च । न धर्मेण समं मित्रं न सत्येन समं यशः
tṛptirna rasanātulyā na samo 'nyo dvijena ca / na dharmeṇa samaṃ mitraṃ na satyena samaṃ yaśaḥ
There is no satisfaction like that of the tongue, and no other equal to a brahmin; no friend equal to dharma, no fame equal to truth.
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NarP 2 22.22
नारोग्यसममैश्वर्यं न देवः केशवात्परः । न कार्तिकसमं लोके पावनं कवयो विदुः
nārogyasamamaiśvaryaṃ na devaḥ keśavātparaḥ / na kārtikasamaṃ loke pāvanaṃ kavayo viduḥ
There is no lordship equal to health, no god higher than Keśava; the wise know no purifier in the world equal to Kārtika.
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NarP 2 22.25
कार्तिकः प्रवरो मासो विष्णोश्चापि प्रियः सदा । अव्रतो हि क्षिपेद्यस्तु मासं दामोदरप्रियम् ॥ नर्प्_२,२२।२३ ॥ तिर्यग्योनिमवाप्नोति सर्वधर्मबहिष्कृतः ॥ नर्प्_२,२२।२४ ॥ मान्धातोवाच संप्राप्य कार्तिके मासे राजा रुक्माङ्गदो मुने । मोहिनीं मोहसंयुक्तां कथं स बुभुजे वद
kārtikaḥ pravaro māso viṣṇoścāpi priyaḥ sadā / avrato hi kṣipedyastu māsaṃ dāmodarapriyam // narp_2,22.23 // tiryagyonimavāpnoti sarvadharmabahiṣkṛtaḥ // narp_2,22.24 // māndhātovāca saṃprāpya kārtike māse rājā rukmāṅgado mune / mohinīṃ mohasaṃyuktāṃ kathaṃ sa bubhuje vada
Kārtika is the foremost month and is ever dear to Viṣṇu; but he who passes without a vow this month dear to Dāmodara [22.23] is cast out from all religious duty and attains birth among animals. [22.24] Māndhātā said: When the month of Kārtika had come, O sage, how did King Rukmāṅgada enjoy Mohinī, who was joined with delusion? Tell (me).
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NarP 2 22.26
विष्णुभक्तः श्रुतिपरः प्रवरः स महीक्षिताम् । तस्मिन्पुण्यतमे मासे किं चकार नृपोत्तमः
viṣṇubhaktaḥ śrutiparaḥ pravaraḥ sa mahīkṣitām / tasminpuṇyatame māse kiṃ cakāra nṛpottamaḥ
He was devoted to Viṣṇu, intent on scripture, foremost among rulers of the earth: what did that best of kings do in that most meritorious month?
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NarP 2 22.27
वसिष्ठ उवाच संप्राप्तं कार्तिकं दृष्ट्वा प्रबोधकरणं हरेः । अतिप्रमुग्धो राजेन्द्रो मोहिनीं वाक्यमब्रवीत्
vasiṣṭha uvāca saṃprāptaṃ kārtikaṃ dṛṣṭvā prabodhakaraṇaṃ hareḥ / atipramugdho rājendro mohinīṃ vākyamabravīt
Vasiṣṭha said: Seeing that Kārtika, which brings about Hari's awakening, had arrived, the lord of kings, utterly infatuated, spoke these words to Mohinī:
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NarP 2 22.28
रतं देवि त्वया सार्द्धं मया संवत्सरान्बहून् । तवापमानभीतेन नोक्तं किञ्चिदपि क्वचित्
rataṃ devi tvayā sārddhaṃ mayā saṃvatsarānbahūn / tavāpamānabhītena noktaṃ kiñcidapi kvacit
"O goddess, I have taken pleasure together with you for many years, and, fearing to slight you, I have never said anything at all (about it).
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NarP 2 22.29
सांप्रतं वक्तुकामो ऽहं तन्निबोध शुभानने । त्वय्यासक्तस्य मे देवि बहवः कार्तिका गताः
sāṃprataṃ vaktukāmo 'haṃ tannibodha śubhānane / tvayyāsaktasya me devi bahavaḥ kārtikā gatāḥ
Now I wish to speak; so listen, O fair-faced one. O goddess, while I was attached to you many Kārtikas have gone by,
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NarP 2 22.30
न व्रती कार्तिके जातो मुक्त्वैकं हरिवासरम् । सो ऽहं कार्तिकमिच्छामि व्रते न पर्य्युपासितुम्
na vratī kārtike jāto muktvaikaṃ harivāsaram / so 'haṃ kārtikamicchāmi vrate na paryyupāsitum
and I have not become an observer of the vow in Kārtika, except for the single day of Hari (the ekādaśī); so now I wish not to neglect Kārtika in (its) vow.
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NarP 2 22.31
अव्रतेन गतो येषां कार्तिको मर्त्यधर्मिणाम् । इष्टापूर्तौ वृथा तेषां धर्मो द्रुहिणसंभवे
avratena gato yeṣāṃ kārtiko martyadharmiṇām / iṣṭāpūrtau vṛthā teṣāṃ dharmo druhiṇasaṃbhave
For those mortals subject to (ordinary) law whose Kārtika passes without a vow, their merit in sacrifices and charitable works is in vain, O you sprung from Brahmā.
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NarP 2 22.32
मांसाशिनो ऽपि भूपाला अत्यर्थं मृगयारताः । ते भांसं कार्तिके त्यक्त्वा गता विष्ण्वालयं शुभे
māṃsāśino 'pi bhūpālā atyarthaṃ mṛgayāratāḥ / te bhāṃsaṃ kārtike tyaktvā gatā viṣṇvālayaṃ śubhe
Even kings who eat meat and are excessively given to hunting have gone to Viṣṇu's abode, O auspicious one, by giving up meat in Kārtika.
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NarP 2 22.33
प्रवृत्तानां हि भक्ष्याणां कार्तिके नियमे कृते । अवश्यं विष्णुरूपत्वं प्राप्यते साधकेन हि
pravṛttānāṃ hi bhakṣyāṇāṃ kārtike niyame kṛte / avaśyaṃ viṣṇurūpatvaṃ prāpyate sādhakena hi
Indeed, when restraint is practised in Kārtika concerning foods that are (otherwise) customarily eaten, the practitioner surely attains the form of Viṣṇu.
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NarP 2 22.34
तिष्ठन्तु बहुवित्तानि दानानि वरवर्णिनि । हृदयायासकर्तॄणि दीपदानाद्दिवं व्रजेत्
tiṣṭhantu bahuvittāni dānāni varavarṇini / hṛdayāyāsakartṝṇi dīpadānāddivaṃ vrajet
Let gifts of great wealth be set aside, O you of excellent complexion — those that cause distress to the heart; by the gift of a lamp one goes to heaven.
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NarP 2 22.35
तस्याप्यभावात्सुभगे परदीपप्रबोधनम् । कर्तव्यं भक्तिभावेन सर्वदानाधिकं च तत्
tasyāpyabhāvātsubhage paradīpaprabodhanam / kartavyaṃ bhaktibhāvena sarvadānādhikaṃ ca tat
And in the absence even of that, O fortunate one, the kindling of another's lamp should be done with a devout heart, and that is greater than all gifts.
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NarP 2 22.36
एकतः सर्वदानानि दीपदानं हि चैकतः । कार्तिकेन समं प्रोक्तं दीपदानात्प्रबोधनम्
ekataḥ sarvadānāni dīpadānaṃ hi caikataḥ / kārtikena samaṃ proktaṃ dīpadānātprabodhanam
All gifts on one side, and the gift of a lamp on the other: (the latter) is declared equal to (the merit of) Kārtika — and (greater) than the gift of a lamp is the kindling (of a lamp).
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NarP 2 22.37
कर्तव्यं भक्तिभावेन सर्वदानाधिकं स्मृतम् । कार्तिकीं च तिथिं कृत्वा विष्णोर्नाभिसरोरुहे
kartavyaṃ bhaktibhāvena sarvadānādhikaṃ smṛtam / kārtikīṃ ca tithiṃ kṛtvā viṣṇornābhisaroruhe
It should be done with a devout heart; it is held to be greater than all gifts. And having observed the lunar day of Kārtika, in the lotus of Viṣṇu's navel...
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NarP 2 22.38
आजन्मकृतपापात्तु मुच्यते नात्रसंशयः । व्रतोपवासनियमैः कार्तिको यस्य गच्छति
ājanmakṛtapāpāttu mucyate nātrasaṃśayaḥ / vratopavāsaniyamaiḥ kārtiko yasya gacchati
(He) is freed from the sin committed since birth — there is no doubt in this. He whose month of Kārtika passes with vows, fasts and restraints,
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NarP 2 22.39
देवो वैमानिको भूत्वा स याति परमां गतिम् । तस्मान्मोहिनि मोहं त्वं परित्यज्य ममोपरि
devo vaimāniko bhūtvā sa yāti paramāṃ gatim / tasmānmohini mohaṃ tvaṃ parityajya mamopari
he becomes a god possessed of a celestial chariot and goes to the highest state. Therefore, Mohinī, abandon your infatuation with me,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 22.40
आज्ञां विधेहि तत्कालं करिष्ये कार्त्तिकव्रतम् । तव वक्षोजपूजाया विरतो नीरजेक्षमे
ājñāṃ vidhehi tatkālaṃ kariṣye kārttikavratam / tava vakṣojapūjāyā virato nīrajekṣame
and give (me) permission: at that time I shall perform the Kārtika observance. O lotus-eyed one, I have desisted from the worship of your breasts;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 22.41
अहं व्रतधरश्चैव भविष्ये हरिपूजने । मोहिन्युवाच विस्तरेण समाख्याहि माहात्म्यं कार्तिकस्य च
ahaṃ vratadharaścaiva bhaviṣye haripūjane / mohinyuvāca vistareṇa samākhyāhi māhātmyaṃ kārtikasya ca
I shall be a holder of the vow in the worship of Hari. Mohinī said: Tell (me) at length the greatness of Kārtika too —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 22.44
सर्वपुण्याकरः प्रोक्तो मासो ऽयं राजसत्तमा । विशेषात्कुत्र कथितस्तदादिश महामते ॥ नर्प्_२,२२।४२ ॥ श्रुत्वा कार्त्तिकमाहात्म्यं करिष्ये ऽहं यथेप्सितम् ॥ नर्प्_२,२२।४३ ॥ रुक्माङ्गद उवाच माहात्म्यमभिधास्यामि मासस्यास्य वरानने । येन भक्तिर्भवित्री ते प्रकर्तुं हरिपूजनम्
sarvapuṇyākaraḥ prokto māso 'yaṃ rājasattamā / viśeṣātkutra kathitastadādiśa mahāmate // narp_2,22.42 // śrutvā kārttikamāhātmyaṃ kariṣye 'haṃ yathepsitam // narp_2,22.43 // rukmāṅgada uvāca māhātmyamabhidhāsyāmi māsasyāsya varānane / yena bhaktirbhavitrī te prakartuṃ haripūjanam
this month is declared to be a mine of all merit, O best of kings; where in particular is it spoken of? So instruct (me), O great-minded one. (22.42) Having heard the greatness of Kārtika, I shall do as (you) wish. (22.43) Rukmāṅgada said: I shall declare the greatness of this month, O fair-faced one, by which devotion will arise in you to carry out the worship of Hari.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 22.45
कार्त्तिके कृच्छ्रसेवी यः प्राजापत्यचरो ऽपि वा । एकान्तरोपवासी वा त्रिरात्रोपोषितो ऽपि वा
kārttike kṛcchrasevī yaḥ prājāpatyacaro 'pi vā / ekāntaropavāsī vā trirātropoṣito 'pi vā
He who in Kārtika undertakes the kṛcchra penance, or who practises the prājāpatya (penance), or who fasts eating only at every other meal, or who fasts for three nights,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 22.46
यद्वा दशाहं पक्षं वा मासं वा वरवर्णिनि । क्षपयित्वा नरो याति स विष्णोः परमं पदम्
yadvā daśāhaṃ pakṣaṃ vā māsaṃ vā varavarṇini / kṣapayitvā naro yāti sa viṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam
or who, O woman of excellent complexion, passes ten days, or a fortnight, or the (whole) month (thus) — that man goes to the supreme abode of Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 22.47
एकभक्तेन नक्तेन तथैवायाचितेन च । अस्मिन् नरैर्धरा चैव प्राप्यते द्वीपमालिनी
ekabhaktena naktena tathaivāyācitena ca / asmin narairdharā caiva prāpyate dvīpamālinī
By (eating) a single meal (a day), by eating at night (only), and likewise by (taking only) unsolicited food, in this (month) the earth garlanded with continents is won by men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 22.48
विशेषात्पुष्करे तीर्थे द्वारावत्यां च शौकरे । मासो ऽयं भक्तिदः प्रोक्तो व्रतदानार्चनादिभिः
viśeṣātpuṣkare tīrthe dvārāvatyāṃ ca śaukare / māso 'yaṃ bhaktidaḥ prokto vratadānārcanādibhiḥ
Especially at the holy place Puṣkara, at Dvāravatī, and at Śūkara(kṣetra), this month is said to bestow devotion through vows, gifts, worship and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 22.49
तस्निन्हरि दिनं पुण्यं तथा वै भीष्मपञ्चकम् । प्रबोधिनीं नरः कृत्वा जागरेण समन्विताम्
tasninhari dinaṃ puṇyaṃ tathā vai bhīṣmapañcakam / prabodhinīṃ naraḥ kṛtvā jāgareṇa samanvitām
In it (falls) the meritorious day of Hari (ekādaśī) and also the Bhīṣma-pañcaka; a man who observes the Prabodhinī (eleventh) together with a night-vigil
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 22.50
न मातुर्जठरे तिष्ठेदपि पापान्वितो नरः । तस्मिन्दिने वरारोहे मण्डलं यस्तु पश्यति
na māturjaṭhare tiṣṭhedapi pāpānvito naraḥ / tasmindine varārohe maṇḍalaṃ yastu paśyati
would not abide in a mother's womb (again), even a man beset with sins. On that day, O fair-hipped one, he who beholds the orb (of the sun/the maṇḍala),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 22.51
विना सांख्येन योगेन स याति परमं पदम् । कार्तिके मण्डलं दृष्ट्वा शौकरेः सूकरं शुभे
vinā sāṃkhyena yogena sa yāti paramaṃ padam / kārtike maṇḍalaṃ dṛṣṭvā śaukareḥ sūkaraṃ śubhe
he goes to the highest abode without Sāṃkhya (knowledge) and without yoga. Having seen the maṇḍala in Kārtika, and the Boar of Śūkarakṣetra, O auspicious one,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 2 22.52
दृष्ट्वा कोकवराहं वा न भूयस्तनयो भवेत् । त्रिविधस्यापि पापस्य दृष्ट्वा मुक्तिर्भवेन्नृणाम्
dṛṣṭvā kokavarāhaṃ vā na bhūyastanayo bhavet / trividhasyāpi pāpasya dṛṣṭvā muktirbhavennṛṇām
or having seen the Koka-Varāha, one is not born as a son again; and by seeing (them) men obtain release from sin of all three kinds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 2 22.53
मण्डलं चपलापाङ्गि श्रीधरं कुब्जके तथा । कार्तिके वर्जयेत्तैलं कार्त्तिके वर्जयेन्मधु
maṇḍalaṃ capalāpāṅgi śrīdharaṃ kubjake tathā / kārtike varjayettailaṃ kārttike varjayenmadhu
(Having seen) the maṇḍala, O you of tremulous eye-corners, and Śrīdhara at Kubjaka — in Kārtika one should avoid oil, in Kārtika one should avoid honey,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 22.54
कार्तिके वर्जयेन्मांसं कार्तिके वर्जयेत्स्त्रियः । निष्पावान्कार्तिके देवि त्यञ्जेद्विष्णुतत्परः
kārtike varjayenmāṃsaṃ kārtike varjayetstriyaḥ / niṣpāvānkārtike devi tyañjedviṣṇutatparaḥ
in Kārtika one should avoid meat, in Kārtika one should avoid women; in Kārtika, O goddess, one intent on Viṣṇu should give up niṣpāva beans.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 22.55
संवत्सरकृतात्पापाद्ब्रहिर्भवति तत्क्षणात् । प्राप्नोति राजकीं योनिं सकृद्भक्षणसंभवात्
saṃvatsarakṛtātpāpādbrahirbhavati tatkṣaṇāt / prāpnoti rājakīṃ yoniṃ sakṛdbhakṣaṇasaṃbhavāt
(Thereby) he is freed that very instant from the sin committed in a year; from eating (them) even once he obtains birth as a rājaka (washerman).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 2 22.56
कार्तिके शौकरमांसं यस्तु भुञ्जीत दुर्मतिः । षष्टिवर्षसहस्राणि रौरवे परिपच्यते
kārtike śaukaramāṃsaṃ yastu bhuñjīta durmatiḥ / ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi raurave paripacyate
The evil-minded man who eats boar's flesh in Kārtika is cooked in the Raurava hell for sixty thousand years;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 22.57
तन्मुक्तो जायते पापी विष्ठाशी ग्राम्यसूकरः । मात्स्यं मांसं न भुञ्जीत न कौर्मं नापि हारिणम्
tanmukto jāyate pāpī viṣṭhāśī grāmyasūkaraḥ / mātsyaṃ māṃsaṃ na bhuñjīta na kaurmaṃ nāpi hāriṇam
released from that, the sinner is born as a village pig eating excrement. One should not eat fish flesh, nor turtle flesh, nor that of a deer.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 22.58
चाण्डालो जायते देवि कार्तिके मांसभक्षणात् । कार्तिकः सर्वपापघ्नः किञ्चिद्व्रतधरस्य हि
cāṇḍālo jāyate devi kārtike māṃsabhakṣaṇāt / kārtikaḥ sarvapāpaghnaḥ kiñcidvratadharasya hi
One is born a Cāṇḍāla, O goddess, from eating meat in Kārtika. Kārtika destroys all sins for one who holds even some slight vow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 22.59
कार्तिके तु कृतादीक्षा नृणां जन्मनिकृन्तनी । तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन दीक्षां कुर्वीत कार्तिके
kārtike tu kṛtādīkṣā nṛṇāṃ janmanikṛntanī / tasmātsarvaprayatnena dīkṣāṃ kurvīta kārtike
But initiation performed in Kārtika cuts off (further) births for men; therefore with every effort one should undergo initiation in Kārtika.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 22.60
अदीक्षितस्य वामोरु कृतं सर्वं निरर्थकम् । पशुयोनिमवाप्नोति दीक्षया रहितो नरः
adīkṣitasya vāmoru kṛtaṃ sarvaṃ nirarthakam / paśuyonimavāpnoti dīkṣayā rahito naraḥ
For one who is not initiated, O fair-thighed woman, everything done is fruitless; a man devoid of initiation attains the womb of a beast.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 22.61
न गृहे कार्तिकं कुर्याद्विशेषेण तु कार्तिकीम् । तीर्थे हि कार्तिकीं कुर्वन्नरो याति हरेः पदम्
na gṛhe kārtikaṃ kuryādviśeṣeṇa tu kārtikīm / tīrthe hi kārtikīṃ kurvannaro yāti hareḥ padam
One should not observe (the vow of) Kārtika at home, and especially not the full-moon of Kārtika; for a man who observes the Kārtika full-moon at a sacred ford goes to the abode of Hari.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 22.62
कार्तिके शुक्लपक्षस्य कगृत्वा ह्येकादशीं नरः । प्रातर्दत्वा शुभान्कुंभान्प्रयाति हरिमन्दिरम्
kārtike śuklapakṣasya kagṛtvā hyekādaśīṃ naraḥ / prātardatvā śubhānkuṃbhānprayāti harimandiram
A man who keeps the eleventh (day) of the bright fortnight in Kārtika, and in the morning gives auspicious water-pots, goes to the house of Hari.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 22.63
संवत्सरव्रतानां हि समाप्तिः कार्तिकं स्मृता । विवाहा यत्र दृश्यन्ते विष्णोर्नाभिसरोरुहे
saṃvatsaravratānāṃ hi samāptiḥ kārtikaṃ smṛtā / vivāhā yatra dṛśyante viṣṇornābhisaroruhe
Kārtika is held to be the completion of the year-long vows, (the month) in which marriages are seen (to take place) at the lotus of Viṣṇu's navel.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 2 22.64
दिनानि तत्र चत्वारि यथैकं वरावर्णिनि । विनोत्तरायणे कालं लग्नशुद्धिं विनापि च
dināni tatra catvāri yathaikaṃ varāvarṇini / vinottarāyaṇe kālaṃ lagnaśuddhiṃ vināpi ca
There four days (count) as one, O you of excellent complexion, apart from the northward course (of the sun) as the (proper) time, and even without purity of the ascendant.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 2 22.65
दृश्यन्ते यत्र सम्बन्धाः पुत्रपौत्रविवर्द्धनाः । तस्मान्मोहिनि कर्तास्मि कार्तिके व्रतसेवनम्
dṛśyante yatra sambandhāḥ putrapautravivarddhanāḥ / tasmānmohini kartāsmi kārtike vratasevanam
(That month) in which are seen alliances that increase sons and grandsons — therefore, Mohinī, I shall undertake the practice of the vow in Kārtika,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 22.66
अशेषपापनाशाय तव प्रीतिविवृद्धये । मोहिन्युवाच अहो माहात्म्यमतुलं कार्तिकस्य त्वयोरितम्
aśeṣapāpanāśāya tava prītivivṛddhaye / mohinyuvāca aho māhātmyamatulaṃ kārtikasya tvayoritam
for the destruction of all sin and for the increase of your affection. Mohinī said: Ah, the incomparable greatness of Kārtika has been declared by you!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 22.67
चातुर्मास्यव्रतानां हि विधिमुद्यापनं वद । पूर्णता येन भवतगि व्रतानां पृथिवीपते
cāturmāsyavratānāṃ hi vidhimudyāpanaṃ vada / pūrṇatā yena bhavatagi vratānāṃ pṛthivīpate
Now tell the rule for the concluding rite of the four-month vows, by which, O lord of the earth, the vows attain fullness,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 22.68
अवैकल्यं भवेच्चैव व्रतं पुण्यफलस्य तु । राजोवाच नक्तव्रती षड्रसेन ब्राह्मणं भोजयेत्प्रिये
avaikalyaṃ bhaveccaiva vrataṃ puṇyaphalasya tu / rājovāca naktavratī ṣaḍrasena brāhmaṇaṃ bhojayetpriye
and by which the vow becomes free of defect with regard to its meritorious fruit. The king said: One who has vowed the nakta (single evening meal) should feed a brahmin with the six flavours, dear one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 22.69
अयाचिते त्वनङ्काहं सहिरण्यं प्रदापयेत् । अमांसाशीभवेद्यस्त्तु गां प्रदद्यात्सदक्षिणाम्
ayācite tvanaṅkāhaṃ sahiraṇyaṃ pradāpayet / amāṃsāśībhavedyasttu gāṃ pradadyātsadakṣiṇām
...one should have (the gift) given together with gold when unasked; but he who has abstained from meat should give a cow along with the priestly fee.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 2 22.70
धात्रीस्नाने नरो दद्याद्दधिपायसमेव च । फलानां नियमे सुभ्रु फलदानं समाचरेत्
dhātrīsnāne naro dadyāddadhipāyasameva ca / phalānāṃ niyame subhru phaladānaṃ samācaret
At the bathing (of the image) with āmalakī a man should give curds and milk-rice; in the restraint concerning fruits, O fair-browed one, he should perform the gift of fruit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 2 22.71
तैलत्यागे घृतं दद्या द्धृतत्यागे पयस्तथा । धान्यानां नियमे शालींस्तत्तद्धान्यमथापि वा
tailatyāge ghṛtaṃ dadyā ddhṛtatyāge payastathā / dhānyānāṃ niyame śālīṃstattaddhānyamathāpi vā
In giving up oil one should give ghee, and likewise milk in giving up ghee; in the restraint concerning grains, (one should give) rice, or else that very grain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 22.72
दद्याद्भूशयने शय्यां तूलिकागण्डकान्विताम् । पत्रभोजी नरोदद्याद्भाजनं घृतसंयुतम्
dadyādbhūśayane śayyāṃ tūlikāgaṇḍakānvitām / patrabhojī narodadyādbhājanaṃ ghṛtasaṃyutam
For sleeping on the ground one should give a bed furnished with a cotton mattress and pillows; a man who has eaten from leaves should give a vessel together with ghee.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 22.73
मौने घण्टां तिलान्वापि सहिरण्यान्प्रदापयेत् । दंपत्योर्भोजनं कार्यमुभयोः शयनान्वितम्
maune ghaṇṭāṃ tilānvāpi sahiraṇyānpradāpayet / daṃpatyorbhojanaṃ kāryamubhayoḥ śayanānvitam
For silence one should have a bell, or else sesame seeds, given along with gold; a meal is to be made for a married couple, for both, together with a bed,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 22.74
संभोगं दक्षिणोपेतं व्रतस्य परिपूर्तये । प्रातः स्नाने हयं दद्यान्निःस्नेहे घृतसक्तुकान्
saṃbhogaṃ dakṣiṇopetaṃ vratasya paripūrtaye / prātaḥ snāne hayaṃ dadyānniḥsnehe ghṛtasaktukān
and (their) enjoyment together with a fee, for the fulfilment of the vow. For morning bathing one should give a horse; for going without oil, barley-meal with ghee.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 22.75
नखराणां च केशानां धारणे दर्पणं ददेत् । उपानहौ प्रदद्यात्तु पादत्राणविवर्जने
nakharāṇāṃ ca keśānāṃ dhāraṇe darpaṇaṃ dadet / upānahau pradadyāttu pādatrāṇavivarjane
For wearing (uncut) nails and hair one should give a mirror; and one should give a pair of sandals for having gone without footwear.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 22.76
लवणस्य तु संत्यागे दातव्या सुरभिस्तथा । आमिषस्य परित्यागे सवत्सां कपिलां ददेत्
lavaṇasya tu saṃtyāge dātavyā surabhistathā / āmiṣasya parityāge savatsāṃ kapilāṃ dadet
For the renunciation of salt a cow is to be given; for the giving up of flesh one should give a tawny cow with her calf.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 22.77
नित्यं दीपप्रदो यस्तु व्रते ऽभीष्टे सुरालये । स काञ्चनं तथा ताम्रं सघृतं दीपकं प्रिये
nityaṃ dīpaprado yastu vrate 'bhīṣṭe surālaye / sa kāñcanaṃ tathā tāmraṃ saghṛtaṃ dīpakaṃ priye
And he who constantly offers a lamp in the temple of the god during the desired vow — he (should give), dear one, a lamp of gold or of copper, filled with ghee.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 22.78
प्रदद्याद्वाससा छत्रं वैष्णवे व्रतपूर्तये । एकान्तरोपवासी तु क्षौमवस्त्रं प्रदापयेत्
pradadyādvāsasā chatraṃ vaiṣṇave vratapūrtaye / ekāntaropavāsī tu kṣaumavastraṃ pradāpayet
For the fulfilment of the vow one should give a parasol with a cloth in a Vaiṣṇava (rite); but one who fasts on alternate days should have a linen garment given.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 22.79
त्रिरात्रे काञ्चनोपेतां दद्याच्छय्यां स्वलङ्कृताम् । षड्ररात्राद्युपवासेषु शिबिकां छत्रसंयुताम्
trirātre kāñcanopetāṃ dadyācchayyāṃ svalaṅkṛtām / ṣaḍrarātrādyupavāseṣu śibikāṃ chatrasaṃyutām
For a three-night (fast) one should give a well-adorned bed furnished with gold; for six-night and other fasts, a palanquin together with a parasol,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 22.80
सवाहपुरुषं पीनमनङ्वाहमथार्पयेत् । अजाविकं त्वेकभक्ते फलाहारे सुवर्णकम्
savāhapuruṣaṃ pīnamanaṅvāhamathārpayet / ajāvikaṃ tvekabhakte phalāhāre suvarṇakam
Then he should present a stout ox together with cart and driver; in the one-meal (vow), a goat and a sheep; in the fruit-diet, a bit of gold.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 2 22.81
शाकाहारे फलं दद्यात्सौवर्णं घृतसंयुतम् । रसानां चैव सर्वेषां त्यागे ऽनुक्तस्य वापि च
śākāhāre phalaṃ dadyātsauvarṇaṃ ghṛtasaṃyutam / rasānāṃ caiva sarveṣāṃ tyāge 'nuktasya vāpi ca
In the vegetable-diet (vow) he should give a golden fruit together with ghee; and in the renunciation of all juices, or of anything not (specifically) mentioned,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 22.82
दातव्यं राजतं पात्रं सौवर्ण वापि शक्तितः । यथोक्तस्याप्रदाने तु यथोक्ताकरणे ऽपि वा
dātavyaṃ rājataṃ pātraṃ sauvarṇa vāpi śaktitaḥ / yathoktasyāpradāne tu yathoktākaraṇe 'pi vā
a silver vessel is to be given, or a golden one, according to ability; but in the case of not giving what was prescribed, or of not doing as prescribed,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 22.83
विप्रवाक्यं चरेत्सुभ्रु विष्णुस्मरणपूर्वकम् । वृथा विप्रवचो यस्तु मन्यते मनुजः शुभे
vipravākyaṃ caretsubhru viṣṇusmaraṇapūrvakam / vṛthā vipravaco yastu manyate manujaḥ śubhe
one should act on the brahmin's word, O fair-browed one, preceded by remembrance of Viṣṇu. But the man who thinks a brahmin's word is idle, O auspicious lady,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 22.84
दक्षिणां नैव दद्याद्वा स याति नरकेध्रुवम् । व्रतवैकल्यमासाद्य कुष्ठी चान्धः प्रजायते
dakṣiṇāṃ naiva dadyādvā sa yāti narakedhruvam / vratavaikalyamāsādya kuṣṭhī cāndhaḥ prajāyate
or who gives no fee at all, he surely goes to hell; and having incurred a defect in the vow, he is born a leper and blind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 22.85
धरामराणां वचने व्यवस्थिता दिवौकसस्तीर्थगणा मखाश्च । को लङ्घयेत्सुभ्रु वचो हि तेषां श्रेयोभिकामो मनुजस्तु विद्वान्
dharāmarāṇāṃ vacane vyavasthitā divaukasastīrthagaṇā makhāśca / ko laṅghayetsubhru vaco hi teṣāṃ śreyobhikāmo manujastu vidvān
Upon the word of the gods on earth (the brahmins) the dwellers in heaven, the hosts of holy fords, and the sacrifices are established. Who, being a learned man who desires his own good, would transgress their word, O fair-browed one?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 22.86
इदं मया धर्मरहस्ययुक्तं विरञ्चये श्रीपतिना यथोक्तम् । प्रकाशितं तुभ्यमनन्यवाच्यं फलप्रदं माधवतुष्टिहेतुम्
idaṃ mayā dharmarahasyayuktaṃ virañcaye śrīpatinā yathoktam / prakāśitaṃ tubhyamananyavācyaṃ phalapradaṃ mādhavatuṣṭihetum
This, joined with the secret of dharma, just as it was told by the Lord of Śrī to Virañca (Brahmā), has been made known by me to you—not to be told to anyone else—granting fruit, a cause of Mādhava's satisfaction.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition