Narada Purana — Uttara Bhaga — Chapter 31

NarP 2 31.1

वसिष्ठ उवाच तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं तस्याः काष्ठीलायाः शुचिस्मिते । सन्ध्यावली नाम भृशं तामुवाच ह सादरम्

vasiṣṭha uvāca tacchrutvā vacanaṃ tasyāḥ kāṣṭhīlāyāḥ śucismite / sandhyāvalī nāma bhṛśaṃ tāmuvāca ha sādaram

Vasiṣṭha said: Hearing that speech of hers, of the kāṣṭhīlā, O bright-smiling one, she named Sandhyāvalī spoke to her most earnestly and respectfully.

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NarP 2 31.2

त्वद्वाक्याद्विस्मयो जातः काष्ठीले सांप्रतं मम । कथं दृष्टा मया त्वं च यास्यन्ती कुत्सितां गतिम्

tvadvākyādvismayo jātaḥ kāṣṭhīle sāṃprataṃ mama / kathaṃ dṛṣṭā mayā tvaṃ ca yāsyantī kutsitāṃ gatim

"From your words wonder has now arisen in me, Kāṣṭhīlā; and how is it that you have been seen by me going to a contemptible state?

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NarP 2 31.3

कर्मणा केन ते मुक्तिर्भवेत्कुत्सितयोनितः । तन्मे वद विशालाङ्गे त्वां दृष्ट्वा दुःखिता ह्यहम्

karmaṇā kena te muktirbhavetkutsitayonitaḥ / tanme vada viśālāṅge tvāṃ dṛṣṭvā duḥkhitā hyaham

By what act would there be release for you from that contemptible birth? Tell me that, O broad-limbed one; for seeing you I am grieved.

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NarP 2 31.4

मांसपिण्डोपमं श्लक्ष्णं नवनीतोपमं शुभे । शरीरं तव संवीक्ष्य तया मे जायते हृदि

māṃsapiṇḍopamaṃ ślakṣṇaṃ navanītopamaṃ śubhe / śarīraṃ tava saṃvīkṣya tayā me jāyate hṛdi

Seeing your body, smooth, like a lump of flesh, like fresh butter, O fair one — by that (grief) arises in my heart."

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NarP 2 31.5

काष्ठीलोवाच पृथिवीं दास्यसे सुभ्रु सकलामपि मत्कृते । तथापि नैव मुच्येयं सद्यः कुत्सितयोनितः

kāṣṭhīlovāca pṛthivīṃ dāsyase subhru sakalāmapi matkṛte / tathāpi naiva mucyeyaṃ sadyaḥ kutsitayonitaḥ

Kāṣṭhīlā said: Even should you give the whole earth for my sake, O fair-browed one, still I would not at once be freed from this contemptible birth.

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NarP 2 31.6

येन पुण्येन सुभगे मुच्येयं कर्मबन्धनात् । तन्निर्दिशामि सुमहद्गतिदं त्वं निशामय

yena puṇyena subhage mucyeyaṃ karmabandhanāt / tannirdiśāmi sumahadgatidaṃ tvaṃ niśāmaya

The merit by which, O fortunate one, I might be freed from the bondage of karma — that I declare, a great bestower of (good) destiny; hear it.

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NarP 2 31.7

यश्चायं माघमासस्तु सर्वमासोत्तमः स्मृतः । यस्मिन् क्रोशन्ति पापानि ब्रह्महत्यादिकानि च

yaścāyaṃ māghamāsastu sarvamāsottamaḥ smṛtaḥ / yasmin krośanti pāpāni brahmahatyādikāni ca

And this month of Māgha is held to be the best of all months, in which the sins, brahmin-murder and the rest, cry out.

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NarP 2 31.8

दुर्लभो माघमासो वै दुर्ल्लभं जन्म मानुषम् । दुर्ल्लभं चोषसि स्नानं दुर्लभं कृष्णसेवनम्

durlabho māghamāso vai durllabhaṃ janma mānuṣam / durllabhaṃ coṣasi snānaṃ durlabhaṃ kṛṣṇasevanam

Hard to obtain, indeed, is the month of Māgha; hard to obtain is birth as a human; hard to obtain is bathing at dawn; hard to obtain is the service of Kṛṣṇa.

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NarP 2 31.9

दुर्लभो वासरो विष्णोर्विधिना समुपोषितः । देवैस्तेजः परिक्षिप्तं माघमासे स्वकं जले

durlabho vāsaro viṣṇorvidhinā samupoṣitaḥ / devaistejaḥ parikṣiptaṃ māghamāse svakaṃ jale

Hard to obtain is the day of Viṣṇu observed with fasting according to rule. By the gods their own radiance was cast into the water in the month of Māgha.

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NarP 2 31.10

तस्माज्जलं माघमासे पावनं हि विशेषतः । नेदृशी संगरे शूरैर्गतिः प्राप्येत सौख्यदा

tasmājjalaṃ māghamāse pāvanaṃ hi viśeṣataḥ / nedṛśī saṃgare śūrairgatiḥ prāpyeta saukhyadā

Therefore water in the month of Māgha is especially purifying. Such a happiness-giving destination could not be won by heroes in battle

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NarP 2 31.11

यादृशी प्लवने प्रातः प्राप्यते नियमस्थितैः । सरित्तडागवापीषु स्नाने सत्तममीरितम्

yādṛśī plavane prātaḥ prāpyate niyamasthitaiḥ / sarittaḍāgavāpīṣu snāne sattamamīritam

as is won at dawn in bathing by those who abide by the observances. Bathing in rivers, tanks, and step-wells is declared the best.

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NarP 2 31.12

कूपभाण्डजलैर्मध्यं जघन्यं वह्नितापितैः । न सौख्यैर्लभ्यते पुण्यं दुःखैरेवाप्यते तु तत्

kūpabhāṇḍajalairmadhyaṃ jaghanyaṃ vahnitāpitaiḥ / na saukhyairlabhyate puṇyaṃ duḥkhairevāpyate tu tat

With water from wells and vessels it is middling; with water heated by fire, the lowest. Merit is not gained by comforts; it is gained only through hardships.

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NarP 2 31.13

धर्म्मसेवार्थकं स्नानं नाङ्गनैर्मल्यहेतुकम् । होमार्थं सेवनं वह्नेर्न च शीतादिहानये

dharmmasevārthakaṃ snānaṃ nāṅganairmalyahetukam / homārthaṃ sevanaṃ vahnerna ca śītādihānaye

Bathing is for the sake of the practice of dharma, not for the sake of the body's cleanliness; the tending of fire is for the sake of the oblation, and not for the removal of cold and the like.

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NarP 2 31.14

यावन्नोदयते सूर्यस्तावत्स्नानं विधीयते । आच्छादिते घनैर्व्योम्नि ह्युद्गमिष्यन्तमर्थयेत्

yāvannodayate sūryastāvatsnānaṃ vidhīyate / ācchādite ghanairvyomni hyudgamiṣyantamarthayet

As long as the sun has not risen, so long is the bath prescribed; and when the sky is covered with clouds, one should entreat (the sun) that is about to rise.

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NarP 2 31.15

अभावे सरिदादीनां नवकुंभस्थितं जलम् । वायुना ताडितं रात्रौ स्नाने गङ्गासमं विदुः

abhāve saridādīnāṃ navakuṃbhasthitaṃ jalam / vāyunā tāḍitaṃ rātrau snāne gaṅgāsamaṃ viduḥ

In the absence of rivers and the like, water kept in a new jar, stirred by the wind, they hold to be equal to the Ganges for bathing at night.

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NarP 2 31.16

माघस्नायी वरारोहे दुर्गतिं नैव पश्यति । तन्नास्ति पातकं यत्तु माघस्नानं न शोधयेत्

māghasnāyī varārohe durgatiṃ naiva paśyati / tannāsti pātakaṃ yattu māghasnānaṃ na śodhayet

One who bathes in Māgha, O fair-hipped one, never sees an evil course (after death); there is no sin which the Māgha bath does not cleanse.

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NarP 2 31.17

अग्निप्रवेशादधिकं माघोषस्येव मज्जनम् । जीवता भुज्यते दुःखं मृतेन बहुलं सुखम्

agnipraveśādadhikaṃ māghoṣasyeva majjanam / jīvatā bhujyate duḥkhaṃ mṛtena bahulaṃ sukham

A plunge (into water) at the dawn of Māgha is more (meritorious) than entering fire: while living one suffers pain, but when dead there is abundant happiness.

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NarP 2 31.18

एतस्मात्कारणाद्भद्रे माघस्नानं विशिष्यते । अहन्यहनि दातव्यास्तिलाः शर्करयान्विताः

etasmātkāraṇādbhadre māghasnānaṃ viśiṣyate / ahanyahani dātavyāstilāḥ śarkarayānvitāḥ

For this reason, good lady, the Māgha bath is distinguished; day by day sesame seeds mixed with sugar should be given.

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NarP 2 31.19

मेघपुंष्पोपपन्नेन सहान्नेन सुमध्यमे । यावकैश्चैव होतव्या गव्यसर्पिः समन्वितैः

meghapuṃṣpopapannena sahānnena sumadhyame / yāvakaiścaiva hotavyā gavyasarpiḥ samanvitaiḥ

O slender-waisted one, together with food furnished with 'cloud-flower' (rainwater?), and with barley-groats mixed with cow's ghee, oblations should be offered.

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NarP 2 31.20

माध्यां स्नानसमाप्तै तु दद्याद्विप्राय षड्रसम् । सूर्यो मे प्रीयतां देवो विष्णुमूर्तिर्निरञ्जनः

mādhyāṃ snānasamāptai tu dadyādviprāya ṣaḍrasam / sūryo me prīyatāṃ devo viṣṇumūrtirnirañjanaḥ

At the conclusion of the Māgha bath one should give a Brahmin (food of) the six tastes, (saying:) 'May the god Sūrya, the stainless form of Viṣṇu, be pleased with me.'

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NarP 2 31.21

वासांसि द्विजयुग्माय स सप्तान्नानि चार्पयेत् । त्रिंशच्च मोदका देयास्तिलान्नाः शर्करामयाः

vāsāṃsi dvijayugmāya sa saptānnāni cārpayet / triṃśacca modakā deyāstilānnāḥ śarkarāmayāḥ

He should present garments to a pair of Brahmins, and also the seven kinds of food; and thirty sweetmeats should be given, made of sesame and sugar.

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NarP 2 31.22

भागास्त्रयस्तिलानां तु चतुर्थः शर्करांशकः । तांबूलादीनि भोग्यानि भक्त्यादकद्याद्विधानवित्

bhāgāstrayastilānāṃ tu caturthaḥ śarkarāṃśakaḥ / tāṃbūlādīni bhogyāni bhaktyādakadyādvidhānavit

Three parts are of sesame and the fourth part is of sugar; one who knows the rule should give with devotion betel and other things fit for enjoyment.

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NarP 2 31.23

स्रोतोमुखः सरिति चान्यत्र भास्करसंमुखः । स्नायादावाह्य तीर्थानि गङ्गादीन्य कर्मण्डलात्

srotomukhaḥ sariti cānyatra bhāskarasaṃmukhaḥ / snāyādāvāhya tīrthāni gaṅgādīnya karmaṇḍalāt

In a river facing the current, and elsewhere facing the sun, one should bathe, having invoked the sacred waters, the Ganges and the rest, from the water-pot.

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NarP 2 31.24

यदनेकजनुर्जन्यं यज्ज्ञानाज्ञानतः कृतम् । त्वत्तेजसा हतं चास्तु तत्तु पापं सहस्रधा

yadanekajanurjanyaṃ yajjñānājñānataḥ kṛtam / tvattejasā hataṃ cāstu tattu pāpaṃ sahasradhā

Whatever (sin) is born of many births, whatever was done knowingly or unknowingly — let that sin be destroyed a thousandfold by your radiance.

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NarP 2 31.25

दिवाकर जगन्नाथ प्रभाकर नमो ऽस्तु ते । परिपूर्णं कुरुष्वेदं माघस्नानं ममाच्युत

divākara jagannātha prabhākara namo 'stu te / paripūrṇaṃ kuruṣvedaṃ māghasnānaṃ mamācyuta

O Maker of day, Lord of the world, Bringer of light, homage be to you; make this Māgha bath of mine complete, O Acyuta.

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NarP 2 31.26

तीर्थस्नायी वरारोहे माघस्नायी फलाल्पकः । तीर्थस्नानादियात्स्वर्गं माघस्नानात्परं पदम्

tīrthasnāyī varārohe māghasnāyī phalālpakaḥ / tīrthasnānādiyātsvargaṃ māghasnānātparaṃ padam

O fair-hipped one, one who bathes at sacred fords has little fruit compared with one who bathes in Māgha; from bathing at fords one goes to heaven, from the Māgha bath to the supreme state.

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NarP 2 31.27

माघस्य धवले पक्षे भवेदेकादशी तु या । रविवारेण संयुक्ता महापातकनाशिनी

māghasya dhavale pakṣe bhavedekādaśī tu yā / ravivāreṇa saṃyuktā mahāpātakanāśinī

Whatever eleventh day falls in the bright fortnight of Māgha, joined with a Sunday, destroys great sins.

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NarP 2 31.28

विनापि ऋक्षसंयोगं सा शुक्लैकादशी नृणाम् । विनिर्दहति पापानि कुनृपो विषयं यथा

vināpi ṛkṣasaṃyogaṃ sā śuklaikādaśī nṛṇām / vinirdahati pāpāni kunṛpo viṣayaṃ yathā

Even without the conjunction of a (particular) lunar mansion, that bright eleventh day burns away the sins of men, as a bad king burns up his realm.

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NarP 2 31.29

कुपुत्रस्तु कुलं यद्वत्कुभार्या च पतिं यथा । अधर्मस्तु यथा धर्मं कुमन्त्री नृपतिं यथा

kuputrastu kulaṃ yadvatkubhāryā ca patiṃ yathā / adharmastu yathā dharmaṃ kumantrī nṛpatiṃ yathā

As a bad son (destroys) a family, as a bad wife (destroys) a husband, as unrighteousness (destroys) righteousness, as a bad counsellor (destroys) a king,

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NarP 2 31.30

अज्ञानं च यथा ज्ञानं कुशौचं शुचितां यथा । यथा हन्त्यनृतं सत्यं वादस्संवादमेव च

ajñānaṃ ca yathā jñānaṃ kuśaucaṃ śucitāṃ yathā / yathā hantyanṛtaṃ satyaṃ vādassaṃvādameva ca

and as ignorance (destroys) knowledge, as impurity (destroys) purity, as truth destroys falsehood, and as debate destroys agreement,

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NarP 2 31.31

उष्णं हिममनर्थोर्ऽथं पापं कीर्तिं स्मयस्तपः । यथा रसा महारोगाञ्छ्राद्धं संकेत एव च

uṣṇaṃ himamanarthor'thaṃ pāpaṃ kīrtiṃ smayastapaḥ / yathā rasā mahārogāñchrāddhaṃ saṃketa eva ca

as heat (destroys) frost, as wealth (destroys) misfortune, as fame (destroys) sin, as pride (destroys) austerity, as elixirs destroy great diseases, and as an assignation (destroys) a śrāddha —

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NarP 2 31.32

तथा दुरितसंघं तु द्वादशी हन्ति साधिता । ब्रह्महत्या सुरापानं स्तेयं गुर्वङ्गनागमः

tathā duritasaṃghaṃ tu dvādaśī hanti sādhitā / brahmahatyā surāpānaṃ steyaṃ gurvaṅganāgamaḥ

just so does the twelfth day, when duly observed, destroy the mass of sins: the killing of a Brahmin, drinking liquor, theft, intercourse with the teacher's wife —

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NarP 2 31.33

महान्ति पातकान्येतान्याशु हन्ति हरेर्दिनम् । समवेतानि चैतानि न शामयति पुष्करम्

mahānti pātakānyetānyāśu hanti harerdinam / samavetāni caitāni na śāmayati puṣkaram

these great sins the day of Hari swiftly destroys; and these when combined Puṣkara does not allay,

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NarP 2 31.34

न चापि नैमिषारण्यं न क्षेत्रं कुरुसंज्ञितम् । प्रभासो न गया देवि न रेवा न सरस्वती

na cāpi naimiṣāraṇyaṃ na kṣetraṃ kurusaṃjñitam / prabhāso na gayā devi na revā na sarasvatī

Nor the Naimiṣa forest, nor the field called Kuru's, nor Prabhāsa, nor Gayā, O goddess, nor the Revā, nor the Sarasvatī (can equal it).

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NarP 2 31.35

न गगा यमुना चैव प्रयागो न च देवका । न सरांसि नदाश्चान्ये होमदानतपांसि च

na gagā yamunā caiva prayāgo na ca devakā / na sarāṃsi nadāścānye homadānatapāṃsi ca

Nor the Gaṅgā, nor the Yamunā, nor Prayāga, nor the Devakā, nor lakes and other rivers, nor oblations, gifts and austerities.

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NarP 2 31.36

न चान्यत्सुकृतं सुभ्रु पुराणे पठ्यते स्फुटम् । पापसंघविनाशाय मुक्त्वैकं हरिवासरम्

na cānyatsukṛtaṃ subhru purāṇe paṭhyate sphuṭam / pāpasaṃghavināśāya muktvaikaṃ harivāsaram

And no other meritorious act, O fair-browed one, is plainly declared in the Purāṇa for the destruction of the mass of sins, except Hari's day alone.

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NarP 2 31.37

उपोषणात्सकृद्देवि विनश्यन्त्यघराशयः । एकतः पृथिवीदानमेकतो हरिवासरम्

upoṣaṇātsakṛddevi vinaśyantyagharāśayaḥ / ekataḥ pṛthivīdānamekato harivāsaram

By fasting even once, O goddess, heaps of sin perish. On one side the gift of the earth, on the other Hari's day —

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NarP 2 31.38

न समं ब्रह्मणा प्रोक्तमधिकं हरिवासरम् । तस्मिन्वराहवपुषं कृत्वा देवं तु हाटकम्

na samaṃ brahmaṇā proktamadhikaṃ harivāsaram / tasminvarāhavapuṣaṃ kṛtvā devaṃ tu hāṭakam

Hari's day is not (merely) equal but greater, so Brahmā has declared. On that (day), having made a god of gold in a boar's form,

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NarP 2 31.39

घटोपरि नवे पात्रे धृत्वा ताम्रमये शुभे । सर्वबीजान्विते चैव सितवस्त्रावगुण्ठिते

ghaṭopari nave pātre dhṛtvā tāmramaye śubhe / sarvabījānvite caiva sitavastrāvaguṇṭhite

having placed (it) upon a pot, in a new fine vessel made of copper, filled with all seeds and covered over with white cloth,

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NarP 2 31.40

सहिरण्ये सुदीपाढ्ये कृतपुष्पावतंसके । विधिना पूजयित्वा चकुर्याज्जागरणं व्रती

sahiraṇye sudīpāḍhye kṛtapuṣpāvataṃsake / vidhinā pūjayitvā cakuryājjāgaraṇaṃ vratī

with gold, well supplied with lamps, adorned with a garland of flowers — having worshipped (it) according to rule, the observer of the vow should keep a night vigil.

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NarP 2 31.41

प्रातर्विप्राय दद्याच्च वैष्णवाय कुटुंबिने । तत्कुंभक्रोडसंयुक्तं सनैवेद्यपरिच्छदम्

prātarviprāya dadyācca vaiṣṇavāya kuṭuṃbine / tatkuṃbhakroḍasaṃyuktaṃ sanaivedyaparicchadam

And in the morning he should give it to a Vaiṣṇava brahmin who has a family — that (image), together with the pot and the boar, along with the food-offering and the appurtenances.

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NarP 2 31.42

पश्चाच्च पारणं कुर्याद्द्विजान्भोज्य सुहृद्वृतः । एवं कृते वरारोहे न भूयो जायते क्वचित्

paścācca pāraṇaṃ kuryāddvijānbhojya suhṛdvṛtaḥ / evaṃ kṛte varārohe na bhūyo jāyate kvacit

Afterwards, surrounded by friends, he should break the fast, having fed brahmins. When this has been done, O lovely-hipped one, one is not born again anywhere.

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NarP 2 31.43

बहुजन्मार्ज्जितं पापं ज्ञानाज्ञानकृतं च यत् । तत्सर्वं नाशमायाति तमः सूर्योदये यथा

bahujanmārjjitaṃ pāpaṃ jñānājñānakṛtaṃ ca yat / tatsarvaṃ nāśamāyāti tamaḥ sūryodaye yathā

Whatever sin has been accumulated over many births, done knowingly or unknowingly, all that comes to destruction, as darkness does at sunrise.

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NarP 2 31.44

यथाशास्त्रं मया तुभ्यं वर्णिता द्वादशी शुभे । या सा कृता त्वया पूर्वमासीद्देव्यन्यजन्मनि

yathāśāstraṃ mayā tubhyaṃ varṇitā dvādaśī śubhe / yā sā kṛtā tvayā pūrvamāsīddevyanyajanmani

According to the scripture the twelfth (day's rite) has been described by me to you, O auspicious one; and that (rite) was performed by you formerly, O goddess, in another birth.

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NarP 2 31.45

यस्यास्तवातुला पुष्टिर्वर्तते वर्तयिष्यति । भर्त्तुस्तव च पुत्रस्य सर्वदा सुखदायिनी

yasyāstavātulā puṣṭirvartate vartayiṣyati / bharttustava ca putrasya sarvadā sukhadāyinī

Of which (rite) your incomparable nourishment exists and will continue, always giving happiness to your husband and your son.

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NarP 2 31.46

तस्यास्त्वया तुरीयांशो देयश्चेन्मह्यमादरात् । तदा प्रीता गमिष्यामि तद्विष्णोः परमं पदम्

tasyāstvayā turīyāṃśo deyaścenmahyamādarāt / tadā prītā gamiṣyāmi tadviṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam

If a fourth part of that is to be given by you to me with respect, then, pleased, I shall go to that supreme abode of Viṣṇu.

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NarP 2 31.47

वित्ताह्रुतिजं पापं यद्भूतं मम सुंदरि । तस्य पावनहेतुं च तुरीयांशं प्रयच्छ मे

vittāhrutijaṃ pāpaṃ yadbhūtaṃ mama suṃdari / tasya pāvanahetuṃ ca turīyāṃśaṃ prayaccha me

Whatever sin of mine has arisen from misappropriating wealth, O beautiful one — for the sake of purifying that, grant me a quarter share.

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NarP 2 31.48

जीवितेनापि वित्तेन भर्तारं वञ्चयेत्तु या । कृमियोनिशतं गत्वा पुल्कसी जायते तु सा

jīvitenāpi vittena bhartāraṃ vañcayettu yā / kṛmiyoniśataṃ gatvā pulkasī jāyate tu sā

A woman who deceives her husband with respect to life or to wealth, she, after passing through a hundred worm-wombs, is born a Pulkasī.

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NarP 2 31.49

सुरतं याचमानाय पत्ये वित्तं च मानिनि । या न यच्छति दुर्बुद्धिः काष्ठीला जायते ध्रुवम्

surataṃ yācamānāya patye vittaṃ ca mānini / yā na yacchati durbuddhiḥ kāṣṭhīlā jāyate dhruvam

The ill-minded woman who does not grant lovemaking and wealth to a husband who asks for it, O proud one, is certainly born a Kāṣṭhīlā.

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NarP 2 31.50

तत्पातकविशुद्ध्यर्थं देहि मे द्वादशीभवम् । तुरीयांशमितं पुण्यं यद्यस्ति मयि ते घृणा

tatpātakaviśuddhyarthaṃ dehi me dvādaśībhavam / turīyāṃśamitaṃ puṇyaṃ yadyasti mayi te ghṛṇā

For the purification of that sin, give me the merit arising from the twelfth day, measured as a quarter share, if you have compassion for me.

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NarP 2 31.51

एतच्छ्रुत्वा वचस्तस्याः काष्ठीलायाः सुलोचने । पुण्यं दत्तवती तस्यै पाणौ वारि प्रगृह्य च

etacchrutvā vacastasyāḥ kāṣṭhīlāyāḥ sulocane / puṇyaṃ dattavatī tasyai pāṇau vāri pragṛhya ca

Having heard this speech of hers, of the Kāṣṭhīlā, O fair-eyed one, (she) gave her the merit, taking water in her hand.

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NarP 2 31.52

यत्कृतं हि मया पूर्वमेकादश्या मुपोषणम् । तत्तुरीयांशपुण्येन काष्ठीलेयं विमुच्यताम्

yatkṛtaṃ hi mayā pūrvamekādaśyā mupoṣaṇam / tatturīyāṃśapuṇyena kāṣṭhīleyaṃ vimucyatām

"That fasting on the eleventh day which was formerly performed by me — by a quarter share of the merit of that, let this Kāṣṭhīlā be released

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NarP 2 31.53

पूर्वजन्मकृतात्पापात्सत्यं सत्यं मयोदितम् । एवमुक्ते तु वचने मया विद्युत्समप्रभा

pūrvajanmakṛtātpāpātsatyaṃ satyaṃ mayoditam / evamukte tu vacane mayā vidyutsamaprabhā

from the sin committed in a former birth. Truly, truly it is spoken by me." And when this speech had been uttered by me, she, whose radiance was like lightning,

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NarP 2 31.54

दृष्टा दिव्यविमानस्था गच्छन्ती वैष्णवं पदम् । पतिर्हि दैवतं लोके वञ्चनीयो न भार्यया

dṛṣṭā divyavimānasthā gacchantī vaiṣṇavaṃ padam / patirhi daivataṃ loke vañcanīyo na bhāryayā

(She) was seen standing in a divine celestial car, going to Viṣṇu's abode. For the husband is the deity in this world; he must not be deceived by his wife.

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NarP 2 31.55

देहेन चापि वित्तेन यदीच्छेच्छोभनां गतिम् । सा त्वं ब्रूहि प्रदास्यामि भर्तुरर्थे तवेप्सितम्

dehena cāpi vittena yadīcchecchobhanāṃ gatim / sā tvaṃ brūhi pradāsyāmi bharturarthe tavepsitam

If, by (her own) body or by wealth, (a wife) should wish for a good destiny — you, tell (me), and I shall give you what you desire, for my husband's sake.

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NarP 2 31.56

वित्तं देहं तथा पुत्रं यच्चान्यद्वा वरानने । किमन्यद्दैवतं लोके स्त्रीणामेकं पतिं विना

vittaṃ dehaṃ tathā putraṃ yaccānyadvā varānane / kimanyaddaivataṃ loke strīṇāmekaṃ patiṃ vinā

Wealth, body, and likewise a son, or whatever else there may be, O fair-faced one — what other deity is there in the world for women apart from the husband alone?

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NarP 2 31.57

तस्यार्थे वा त्यजेद्वित्तं जीवितं वा सुलोचने । कल्पकोटिशतं साग्रं विष्णुलोके महीयते

tasyārthe vā tyajedvittaṃ jīvitaṃ vā sulocane / kalpakoṭiśataṃ sāgraṃ viṣṇuloke mahīyate

For his sake one should give up wealth, or even life, O fair-eyed one; (such a woman) is honoured in Viṣṇu's world for a full hundred crores of kalpas.

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NarP 2 31.58

अग्न्यादिसाक्ष्ये वृतमीक्ष्य निष्ठुरा युक्तं सुधोरैर्व्यसनैर्द्विजात्मजा । पतिं ददौ नैव च याचिता धनं तेनैव पापेन बभूव कीटा

agnyādisākṣye vṛtamīkṣya niṣṭhurā yuktaṃ sudhorairvyasanairdvijātmajā / patiṃ dadau naiva ca yācitā dhanaṃ tenaiva pāpena babhūva kīṭā

Having seen (her) husband chosen with fire and the rest as witnesses, and joined with very dreadful calamities, the harsh brahmin's daughter did not give (him) wealth even when asked; by that very sin she became a worm.

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NarP 2 31.59

एतन्मया दुष्टमनङ्गयष्टि कौमारभावे पितृवेश्मवासे । ज्ञात्वा हितं तथ्यमिदं स्वभर्तुर्ददामि सर्वं च गृहाण सुभ्रु

etanmayā duṣṭamanaṅgayaṣṭi kaumārabhāve pitṛveśmavāse / jñātvā hitaṃ tathyamidaṃ svabharturdadāmi sarvaṃ ca gṛhāṇa subhru

This evil (deed) (was done) by me, O you with a body slender as a stalk, in my maiden state, while dwelling in my father's house. Knowing this to be truly beneficial for my own husband, I give everything — take it, O fair-browed one.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain