Narada Purana — Uttara Bhaga — Chapter 42
NarP 2 42.1
मोहिन्युवाच धन्याहं कृतकृत्याहं सफलं जीवितं मम । यच्छ्रुतं त्वन्मुखांभोजाद्गामाहात्म्यमुत्तमम्
mohinyuvāca dhanyāhaṃ kṛtakṛtyāhaṃ saphalaṃ jīvitaṃ mama / yacchrutaṃ tvanmukhāṃbhojādgāmāhātmyamuttamam
Mohinī said: Blessed am I, my purpose is accomplished, my life has borne fruit, in that I have heard from the lotus of your mouth the excellent greatness of the Gā (river).
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NarP 2 42.2
अहो गङ्गासमं तीर्थं नास्ति किञ्चिद्धरा तले । यस्याः संदर्शनादीनामीदृशं पुण्यमीरितम्
aho gaṅgāsamaṃ tīrthaṃ nāsti kiñciddharā tale / yasyāḥ saṃdarśanādīnāmīdṛśaṃ puṇyamīritam
Ah, there is no sacred place at all on the earth's surface equal to the Gaṅgā, of which such merit has been proclaimed for merely beholding it and the rest.
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NarP 2 42.3
गुडधेन्वादिधेनूनां विधानं च यथाक्रमम् । तथा कथयविप्रेन्द्र भक्ताहं तव सर्वदा
guḍadhenvādidhenūnāṃ vidhānaṃ ca yathākramam / tathā kathayaviprendra bhaktāhaṃ tava sarvadā
And the rite of the molasses-cow and the other (symbolic) cows, in due order — so tell (me), O best of brahmins; I am ever devoted to you.
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NarP 2 42.4
वसिष्ठ उवाच तच्छ्रुत्वा मोहिनीवाक्यं वसुस्तस्याः पुरोहितः । वेदागमानां तत्त्वज्ञः स्मयमान उवाच ह
vasiṣṭha uvāca tacchrutvā mohinīvākyaṃ vasustasyāḥ purohitaḥ / vedāgamānāṃ tattvajñaḥ smayamāna uvāca ha
Vasiṣṭha said: Having heard that speech of Mohinī, Vasu, her family priest, a knower of the truth of the Vedas and Āgamas, smiling, spoke:
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NarP 2 42.5
वसुरुवाच शृणु मोहिनि वक्ष्यामि यत्पृष्टं हि त्वया मम । गुडधेनुविधानं च यथा शास्त्रे प्रकीर्तितम्
vasuruvāca śṛṇu mohini vakṣyāmi yatpṛṣṭaṃ hi tvayā mama / guḍadhenuvidhānaṃ ca yathā śāstre prakīrtitam
Vasu said: Listen, Mohinī, I shall tell what has been asked of me by you: the rite of the molasses-cow, as it is proclaimed in the scripture.
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NarP 2 42.6
कृष्णाजिनं चतुर्ग्रीवं विन्यसेद्भुवि । गोमयेनोपलिप्तायां कुशानास्तीर्य यत्नतः
kṛṣṇājinaṃ caturgrīvaṃ vinyasedbhuvi / gomayenopaliptāyāṃ kuśānāstīrya yatnataḥ
On ground smeared with cow-dung, having carefully strewn kuśa grass, one should lay down on the earth a black antelope skin with four necks (i.e. corners).
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NarP 2 42.7
प्रङ्मुखीं कल्पयेद्धेनुमुदक्पादां सवत्सकाम् । उत्तमा गुडधेनुस्तु चतुर्भारैः प्रकीर्तिता
praṅmukhīṃ kalpayeddhenumudakpādāṃ savatsakām / uttamā guḍadhenustu caturbhāraiḥ prakīrtitā
One should fashion the cow facing east, with its feet to the north, together with a calf. The best molasses-cow is declared to be of four bhāras;
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NarP 2 42.8
वत्सं भारेण कुर्वीत भाराभ्यां मध्यमा स्मृता । अर्द्धभारेण वत्सः स्यात्कनिष्ठा भारकेण तु
vatsaṃ bhāreṇa kurvīta bhārābhyāṃ madhyamā smṛtā / arddhabhāreṇa vatsaḥ syātkaniṣṭhā bhārakeṇa tu
one should make the calf with one bhāra. With two bhāras it is reckoned middling; the calf would then be of half a bhāra. The least is with one bhāra,
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NarP 2 42.9
चतुर्थांशेन वत्सः स्याद् गृहवित्तानुसारतः । प्रभुः प्रथमकल्पस्य यो ऽनुकल्पेन वर्तयेत्
caturthāṃśena vatsaḥ syād gṛhavittānusārataḥ / prabhuḥ prathamakalpasya yo 'nukalpena vartayet
The calf should be a quarter (of that measure), in accordance with the wealth of the household. He who, though able (to follow) the primary prescription, proceeds by the substitute —
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NarP 2 42.10
न सांपरायिकं तस्य दुर्मतेर्जायते फलम् । धेनुवत्सौ घृतस्यैतौ सितश्लक्ष्णांबरावृतौ
na sāṃparāyikaṃ tasya durmaterjāyate phalam / dhenuvatsau ghṛtasyaitau sitaślakṣṇāṃbarāvṛtau
for that evil-minded man no fruit pertaining to the next world arises. These two, the cow and the calf (made) of ghee, covered with white smooth cloth,
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NarP 2 42.11
शुक्तिकर्णाविक्षुपादौ शुद्धमुक्तालेक्षणौ । सितसूत्रशिरालौ च सितकंबलकंबलौ
śuktikarṇāvikṣupādau śuddhamuktālekṣaṇau / sitasūtraśirālau ca sitakaṃbalakaṃbalau
with shells for ears and sugarcane for feet, with pure pearls for eyes, with white threads for veins, and with white woollen blankets for their coverings,
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NarP 2 42.12
ताम्रगण्डूकपृष्ठौ तौ सितचामरलोमकौ । विद्रुमक्रमगो पेतौ नवनीतस्तनान्वितौ
tāmragaṇḍūkapṛṣṭhau tau sitacāmaralomakau / vidrumakramago petau navanītastanānvitau
those two with backs of copper vessels, with white yak-tail hair, provided with coral (for their ...), furnished with teats of fresh butter,
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NarP 2 42.13
कांस्यदोहाविन्द्रनीलमणिकल्पिततारकौ । सुवर्णशृङ्गाभरणौ शुद्धरौप्यखुरावुभौ
kāṃsyadohāvindranīlamaṇikalpitatārakau / suvarṇaśṛṅgābharaṇau śuddharaupyakhurāvubhau
with milk-pails of bell-metal, with pupils fashioned of sapphire, with golden ornaments on their horns, both having hooves of pure silver,
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NarP 2 42.14
नानाफलं समायुक्तौ घ्राणगन्धकरण्डकौ । इत्येवं रचयित्वा तु धूपदीपैरथार्चयेत्
nānāphalaṃ samāyuktau ghrāṇagandhakaraṇḍakau / ityevaṃ racayitvā tu dhūpadīpairathārcayet
provided with various fruits, with little boxes of perfume for the nose — having arranged (them) thus, one should then worship with incense and lamps.
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NarP 2 42.15
या लक्ष्मीः सर्वभूतानां या च देवेष्ववस्थिता । धेनुरूपेण सा देवी मम शान्तिं प्रयच्छतु
yā lakṣmīḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ yā ca deveṣvavasthitā / dhenurūpeṇa sā devī mama śāntiṃ prayacchatu
"The Lakṣmī who (belongs) to all beings, and she who abides among the gods — may that goddess, in the form of a milk-cow, grant me peace.
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NarP 2 42.16
देहस्था या च रुद्राणां शङ्करस्य सदा प्रिया । धेनुरूपेण सा देवी मम पापं व्यपोहतु
dehasthā yā ca rudrāṇāṃ śaṅkarasya sadā priyā / dhenurūpeṇa sā devī mama pāpaṃ vyapohatu
And she who dwells in the body of the Rudras, ever dear to Śaṅkara — may that goddess, in the form of a milk-cow, drive away my sin.
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NarP 2 42.17
विष्णोर्वक्षसि या लक्ष्मीः स्वाहारूपा विभावसोः । चन्द्रार्कशक्रशक्तिर्या धेनुरूपास्तु सा श्रिये
viṣṇorvakṣasi yā lakṣmīḥ svāhārūpā vibhāvasoḥ / candrārkaśakraśaktiryā dhenurūpāstu sā śriye
The Lakṣmī who is on Viṣṇu's breast, who is Svāhā, (the consort) of Fire, who is the power of moon, sun and Indra — may she, in the form of a milk-cow, be (mine) for prosperity.
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NarP 2 42.18
चतुर्मुखस्य या लक्ष्मीर्लक्ष्मीर्या धनदस्य च । लक्ष्मीर्या लोकपालानां सा धेनुर्वरदास्तु मे
caturmukhasya yā lakṣmīrlakṣmīryā dhanadasya ca / lakṣmīryā lokapālānāṃ sā dhenurvaradāstu me
The Lakṣmī of the Four-faced One, and the Lakṣmī of the giver of wealth (Kubera), the Lakṣmī of the world-guardians — may that cow be the granter of boons to me.
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NarP 2 42.19
स्वधा या पितृमुख्यानां स्वाहा यज्ञमुजा च या । सर्वपापहरा धेनुः सा मे शान्तिं प्रयच्छतु
svadhā yā pitṛmukhyānāṃ svāhā yajñamujā ca yā / sarvapāpaharā dhenuḥ sā me śāntiṃ prayacchatu
She who is the svadhā of the chief ancestors, and she who is the svāhā, the nourishment of sacrifice — may that cow, remover of all sins, grant me peace."
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NarP 2 42.20
एवमांमत्र्य तां धेनुं ब्राह्मणाय निवेदयेत् । विधानमेतद्धेनूनां सर्वासामिह पठ्यते
evamāṃmatrya tāṃ dhenuṃ brāhmaṇāya nivedayet / vidhānametaddhenūnāṃ sarvāsāmiha paṭhyate
Having invoked that cow thus, he should present it to a brahmin. This ritual rule of all the (kinds of) cows is (here) recited.
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NarP 2 42.21
यास्तु पापर्विनाशिन्यः कीर्तिता दशधेनवः । तासां स्वरूपं वक्ष्यामि शास्त्रोकं शृणु मोहिनि
yāstu pāparvināśinyaḥ kīrtitā daśadhenavaḥ / tāsāṃ svarūpaṃ vakṣyāmi śāstrokaṃ śṛṇu mohini
But those ten cows that are declared to be destroyers of sin — I shall tell their form as stated in the scriptures; listen, O Mohinī.
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NarP 2 42.22
प्रथमा गुडधेनुः स्याद् घृतधेनुरथापरा । तिलधेनुस्तृतीया च चतुर्थी जलसंज्ञिता
prathamā guḍadhenuḥ syād ghṛtadhenurathāparā / tiladhenustṛtīyā ca caturthī jalasaṃjñitā
The first would be the cow of raw sugar, the next the cow of ghee, the third the cow of sesame, and the fourth is called (the cow) of water,
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NarP 2 42.23
पञ्चमी क्षीरधेनुश्च षष्ठी मधुमयी स्मृता । सप्तमी शर्कराधेनुर्दधिधेनुस्तथाष्टमी
pañcamī kṣīradhenuśca ṣaṣṭhī madhumayī smṛtā / saptamī śarkarādhenurdadhidhenustathāṣṭamī
the fifth is the cow of milk, the sixth is held to be made of honey, the seventh the cow of sugar, and likewise the eighth the cow of curds,
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NarP 2 42.24
रत्नधेनुश्च नवमी दशमी तु स्वरूपतः । कुंभाः स्युर्द्रवधेनूनां चेतरासां तु राशयः
ratnadhenuśca navamī daśamī tu svarūpataḥ / kuṃbhāḥ syurdravadhenūnāṃ cetarāsāṃ tu rāśayaḥ
the ninth is the cow of jewels, but the tenth is (a cow) in its own actual form. For the cows of liquids there should be pots, but for the others heaps.
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NarP 2 42.25
सुर्वणधेनुमप्यत्र केचिदिच्छन्ति सूरयः । नवनीतेन तैलेन तथा के ऽपि महर्षयः
survaṇadhenumapyatra kecidicchanti sūrayaḥ / navanītena tailena tathā ke 'pi maharṣayaḥ
Here some learned men wish for a cow of gold as well, and likewise some great sages (wish for one) of fresh butter or of oil.
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NarP 2 42.26
एतदेव विधानं स्यादेत एव ह्युपस्कराः । मन्त्रावाहनसंयुक्ताः सदा पर्वणि पर्वणि
etadeva vidhānaṃ syādeta eva hyupaskarāḥ / mantrāvāhanasaṃyuktāḥ sadā parvaṇi parvaṇi
This very same procedure applies, and these very same are the accessories, joined with mantras and invocation, always at every parvan (festival juncture).
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NarP 2 42.27
यथाश्रद्धं प्रदातव्या भुक्तिमुक्तिफलप्रदाः । अनेकयज्ञफलदाः सर्वपापहराः शुभाः
yathāśraddhaṃ pradātavyā bhuktimuktiphalapradāḥ / anekayajñaphaladāḥ sarvapāpaharāḥ śubhāḥ
They should be given according to one's faith — they bestow the fruits of enjoyment and liberation, they give the fruit of many sacrifices, they remove all sins, they are auspicious.
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NarP 2 42.28
अयने विषुवे पुण्ये व्यतीपाते ऽथवा पुनः । युगादौ चैव मन्वादौ चोपरागादिपर्वसु
ayane viṣuve puṇye vyatīpāte 'thavā punaḥ / yugādau caiva manvādau coparāgādiparvasu
At a solstice, at an equinox, at the holy vyatīpāta, or again at the beginning of a yuga and at the beginning of a Manu's era, and at the parvans such as eclipses,
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NarP 2 42.29
गुडधेन्वादयो देया भक्तिश्रद्धासमन्वितैः । तीर्थेषु स्वगृहे वापि गङ्गातीरे विशेषतः
guḍadhenvādayo deyā bhaktiśraddhāsamanvitaiḥ / tīrtheṣu svagṛhe vāpi gaṅgātīre viśeṣataḥ
Jaggery-cows and the rest should be given by those endowed with devotion and faith, at holy fords or even in one's own house, and especially on the bank of the Ganges.
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NarP 2 42.30
एवं दत्वा विधानेन धेनुं द्विजवराय च । प्रदक्षिणीकृत्य विप्रं दक्षिणाभिः प्रतोष्य च
evaṃ datvā vidhānena dhenuṃ dvijavarāya ca / pradakṣiṇīkṛtya vipraṃ dakṣiṇābhiḥ pratoṣya ca
Having thus given the cow according to the prescribed rite to a foremost brahmin, and having circumambulated the brahmin and gratified (him) with fees,
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NarP 2 42.31
ऋत्विजः प्रीतिसंयुक्तो नमस्कृत्य विसर्जयेत् । ततः संपूजयेद्गङ्गां विधिना सुसमाहितः
ṛtvijaḥ prītisaṃyukto namaskṛtya visarjayet / tataḥ saṃpūjayedgaṅgāṃ vidhinā susamāhitaḥ
filled with affection, he should bow to the officiating priests and dismiss them; then, well composed, he should worship the Ganges according to the rule.
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NarP 2 42.32
अष्टमूर्तिधरां देवीं दिव्यरूपां निरीक्ष्य च । शालितन्दुलप्रस्थेन द्विप्रस्थपयसा तथा
aṣṭamūrtidharāṃ devīṃ divyarūpāṃ nirīkṣya ca / śālitandulaprasthena dviprasthapayasā tathā
And having gazed upon the goddess who bears eight forms, of divine appearance, with a prastha of śāli rice and likewise two prasthas of milk,
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NarP 2 42.33
पायसं कारयित्वा च दत्वा मधु घृतं तथा । प्रत्येकं पलमात्रं च भक्तिभावेन संयुतः
pāyasaṃ kārayitvā ca datvā madhu ghṛtaṃ tathā / pratyekaṃ palamātraṃ ca bhaktibhāvena saṃyutaḥ
and having had milk-rice made, and having added honey and ghee too, each just a pala in measure, imbued with a devotional disposition,
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NarP 2 42.34
तत्पायसमपूपांश्च मोदका मण्डलानि च । तथा गुञ्जार्द्धमात्रं च सुवर्णं रूप्यमेव च
tatpāyasamapūpāṃśca modakā maṇḍalāni ca / tathā guñjārddhamātraṃ ca suvarṇaṃ rūpyameva ca
that milk-rice and cakes, sweetmeats and round breads, and likewise gold and silver, each of just half a guñja,
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NarP 2 42.35
चन्दनागरुकर्पूरकुङ्कुमानि च गुग्गुलम् । बिल्वपत्राणि दूर्वाश्च रोचना सितचन्दनम्
candanāgarukarpūrakuṅkumāni ca guggulam / bilvapatrāṇi dūrvāśca rocanā sitacandanam
sandal, aloewood, camphor, saffron, and guggulu, bilva leaves and dūrvā grass, rocanā (yellow pigment) and white sandal,
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NarP 2 42.36
नीलोत्पलानि चान्यानि पुष्पाणि सुरभीणि च । यथाशक्ति महाभक्त्या गङ्गायां चैव निक्षिपेत्
nīlotpalāni cānyāni puṣpāṇi surabhīṇi ca / yathāśakti mahābhaktyā gaṅgāyāṃ caiva nikṣipet
blue lotuses and other fragrant flowers — these, according to his ability and with great devotion, he should cast into the Ganges,
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NarP 2 42.37
मन्त्रेणानेन सुभगे पुराणोक्तेन चापि हि । ओङ्गङ्गायै नारायण्यै शिवायै च नमोनमः
mantreṇānena subhage purāṇoktena cāpi hi / oṅgaṅgāyai nārāyaṇyai śivāyai ca namonamaḥ
with this mantra, O fair lady, which is indeed declared in the Purāṇa: "Oṃ, to Gaṅgā, to Nārāyaṇī, and to Śivā, homage, homage!"
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NarP 2 42.38
एतदेव विधानं तु मासि मासि च मोहिनि । पौर्णमास्यामपायां वा कार्यं प्रातः समाहितैः
etadeva vidhānaṃ tu māsi māsi ca mohini / paurṇamāsyāmapāyāṃ vā kāryaṃ prātaḥ samāhitaiḥ
And this very rite, O Mohinī, is to be performed month by month, on the full-moon or the new-moon day, in the morning, by those who are composed.
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NarP 2 42.39
वर्षं यस्तु नरो भक्त्या यथा शक्त्यर्चयन्मुदा । हविष्याशी मिताहारो ब्रह्मचर्यसमन्वितः
varṣaṃ yastu naro bhaktyā yathā śaktyarcayanmudā / haviṣyāśī mitāhāro brahmacaryasamanvitaḥ
The man who for a year worships with devotion, joyfully, according to his ability, eating sacrificial food, moderate in diet, observing chastity,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 42.40
दिने वापि तथा रात्रा नियमेन च मोहिनि । संवत्सरान्ते तस्येषा गङ्गा दिव्यवपुर्द्धरा
dine vāpi tathā rātrā niyamena ca mohini / saṃvatsarānte tasyeṣā gaṅgā divyavapurddharā
by day and likewise by night, with restraint, O Mohinī — at the end of the year this Gaṅgā of his, bearing a divine body,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 42.41
दिव्यमाल्यांबरा चैव दिव्यरत्नविभूषिता । प्रत्यक्षरूपा पुरतस्तिष्टत्येव वरप्रदा
divyamālyāṃbarā caiva divyaratnavibhūṣitā / pratyakṣarūpā puratastiṣṭatyeva varapradā
garlanded and robed divinely, adorned with divine jewels, stands before (him) in visible form, granting boons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 42.42
एवं प्रत्यक्षरूपां तां गङ्गां दिव्यवपुर्द्धराम् । दृष्ट्वा स्व चक्षुषा मर्त्यः कृतकृत्यो भवेच्छुभे
evaṃ pratyakṣarūpāṃ tāṃ gaṅgāṃ divyavapurddharām / dṛṣṭvā sva cakṣuṣā martyaḥ kṛtakṛtyo bhavecchubhe
Thus, having seen with his own eyes that Gaṅgā in visible form, bearing a divine body, a mortal becomes one whose task is accomplished, O auspicious lady.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 42.43
यान्यान्कामयते मर्त्यः कामांस्तांस्तानवाप्नुयात् । निष्कामस्तु लभेन्मोक्षं विप्रस्तेनैव जन्मना
yānyānkāmayate martyaḥ kāmāṃstāṃstānavāpnuyāt / niṣkāmastu labhenmokṣaṃ viprastenaiva janmanā
Whatever desires a mortal wishes for, those he would obtain; but one free of desire would attain liberation, (becoming) a brahmin by that very birth.
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NarP 2 42.44
एतद्धिधानं च मयोदितं ते पृष्टं हि सर्वं गुडधेनुपूर्वम् । गङ्गार्चनं मुक्तिकरं व्रतं त्त सांवत्सरं श्रीपतितुष्टिदं हि
etaddhidhānaṃ ca mayoditaṃ te pṛṣṭaṃ hi sarvaṃ guḍadhenupūrvam / gaṅgārcanaṃ muktikaraṃ vrataṃ tta sāṃvatsaraṃ śrīpatituṣṭidaṃ hi
And this rite has been declared by me to you — all that you asked, beginning with the jaggery-cow: the worship of the Ganges that brings liberation, and that year-long observance which indeed gives pleasure to the Lord of Śrī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition