Narada Purana — Uttara Bhaga — Chapter 43
NarP 2 43.1
वसिष्ठ उवाच वसोर्वचनमाकर्ण्य गङ्गामाहात्म्यसूचकम् । पुनः पप्रच्छ राजेन्द्रं तं विप्रं स्वपुरोहितम्
vasiṣṭha uvāca vasorvacanamākarṇya gaṅgāmāhātmyasūcakam / punaḥ papraccha rājendraṃ taṃ vipraṃ svapurohitam
Vasiṣṭha said: Having heard Vasu's words that indicated the greatness of the Ganges, she again questioned that brahmin, the chief of kings' own house-priest.
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NarP 2 43.2
मोहिन्युवाच श्रुतं विप्र मया सर्वं गोदानादि शुभावहम् । अधुना श्रोतुमिच्छामि गङ्गाव्रतमनुत्तमम्
mohinyuvāca śrutaṃ vipra mayā sarvaṃ godānādi śubhāvaham / adhunā śrotumicchāmi gaṅgāvratamanuttamam
Mohinī said: I have heard all of it, O brahmin — the gift of cows and the rest, which brings good fortune. Now I wish to hear of the unsurpassed Gaṅgā observance.
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NarP 2 43.3
गङ्गादीनां पूजनं च स्थापनं तत्र वा द्विज । किं फलं वद सर्वज्ञ त्वामहं शरणं गता
gaṅgādīnāṃ pūjanaṃ ca sthāpanaṃ tatra vā dvija / kiṃ phalaṃ vada sarvajña tvāmahaṃ śaraṇaṃ gatā
And the worship of the Ganges and the others, or the installation (of images) there, O twice-born — what is its fruit? Tell (me), O all-knowing one; I have come to you for refuge.
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NarP 2 43.4
अधुना गतिदाता त्वं वर्जितायाश्च बन्धुभिः । पत्या विरहिता चाहं पुत्रहीना विदांवर
adhunā gatidātā tvaṃ varjitāyāśca bandhubhiḥ / patyā virahitā cāhaṃ putrahīnā vidāṃvara
Now you are the giver of a course (of good destiny) to me, who am forsaken by my kinsmen; and I am parted from my husband and without a son, O best of the learned.
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NarP 2 43.5
त्वामेव शरणं प्राप्ता पितुर्वचनगौरवात् । तद्भवान्प्रणताया मे गङ्गामाहात्म्यंसंयुतम् । देवताराधनं ब्रूहि यच्छ्रुत्वा मुच्यते ह्यघात्
tvāmeva śaraṇaṃ prāptā piturvacanagauravāt / tadbhavānpraṇatāyā me gaṅgāmāhātmyaṃsaṃyutam / devatārādhanaṃ brūhi yacchrutvā mucyate hyaghāt
Out of respect for my father's word, I have come to you alone for refuge. Therefore tell me, who bow to you, the worship of the deity together with the greatness of the Gaṅgā, by hearing which one is freed from sin.
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NarP 2 43.6
वसिष्ठ उवाच तच्छ्रुत्वा मोहिनीवाक्यं वसुर्विप्रः प्रतापवान् । सभाज्य मोहिनीं भूप प्राह वेदविदां वरः
vasiṣṭha uvāca tacchrutvā mohinīvākyaṃ vasurvipraḥ pratāpavān / sabhājya mohinīṃ bhūpa prāha vedavidāṃ varaḥ
Vasiṣṭha said: Hearing that speech of Mohinī, the majestic brahmin Vasu, O king, best of the knowers of the Veda, honoured Mohinī and spoke.
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NarP 2 43.7
वसुरुवाच साधु पृष्टं त्वया देवि लोकानां हितकाम्यया
vasuruvāca sādhu pṛṣṭaṃ tvayā devi lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā
Vasu said: Well have you asked, O lady, out of a wish for the welfare of the worlds.
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NarP 2 43.8
गङ्गामाहात्म्यमखिलं महापापप्रणाशनम् । वृषध्वजेन कथितं शिवेन दयया पुरा
gaṅgāmāhātmyamakhilaṃ mahāpāpapraṇāśanam / vṛṣadhvajena kathitaṃ śivena dayayā purā
The entire greatness of the Gaṅgā, which destroys great sins, was formerly told out of compassion by Śiva, whose banner is the bull,
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NarP 2 43.9
प्रीत्या देव्याभि पृष्टेन गङ्गातीरनिवासिना । देवैस्तु भुक्तं पूर्वाह्णे मध्याह्ने ऋषिभिस्तथा
prītyā devyābhi pṛṣṭena gaṅgātīranivāsinā / devaistu bhuktaṃ pūrvāhṇe madhyāhne ṛṣibhistathā
who dwells on the Gaṅgā's bank, when he was asked with affection by the Goddess: by the gods food is eaten in the forenoon, by the sages at midday,
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NarP 2 43.10
अपराह्णे च पितृभिः शर्वर्ंयां गुह्यकादिभैः । सर्वा वेला अतिक्रम्य नक्तभोजनमुत्तमम्
aparāhṇe ca pitṛbhiḥ śarvarṃyāṃ guhyakādibhaiḥ / sarvā velā atikramya naktabhojanamuttamam
and in the afternoon by the ancestors, at night by the Guhyakas and others; letting all (these) times pass by, eating at night is best.
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NarP 2 43.11
उपवासाद्वारं भैक्ष्यं भैक्ष्याद्वरमयाचितम् । अयाचिताद्वारं नक्तं तस्मान्नक्तं समाचरेत्
upavāsādvāraṃ bhaikṣyaṃ bhaikṣyādvaramayācitam / ayācitādvāraṃ naktaṃ tasmānnaktaṃ samācaret
Better than fasting is (eating) begged food; better than begged food is unasked-for food; better than unasked-for food is the night meal — therefore one should practise the night meal.
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NarP 2 43.12
हविष्यभोजनं स्नानं सत्यमाहारलाघवम् । अग्निकार्य्यमधःशय्यां नक्ताशी षट् समाचरेत्
haviṣyabhojanaṃ snānaṃ satyamāhāralāghavam / agnikāryyamadhaḥśayyāṃ naktāśī ṣaṭ samācaret
Eating of sacrificial food, bathing, truthfulness, lightness of diet, the fire rite, and sleeping on the ground: these six the night-eater should observe.
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NarP 2 43.13
गङ्गातीरे माघमासे यः कुर्यान्नक्तभोजनम् । शिवायतनपार्श्वे तु कृशरं घृतसंयुतम्
gaṅgātīre māghamāse yaḥ kuryānnaktabhojanam / śivāyatanapārśve tu kṛśaraṃ ghṛtasaṃyutam
He who, on the Gaṅgā's bank in the month of Māgha, takes the night meal — beside a shrine of Śiva, (eating) kṛśara mixed with ghee,
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NarP 2 43.14
नैवेद्यं च निवेद्यैव कृशरान्नं शिवस्य तु । काष्ठमौनेन भुञ्जानो जिह्वालौल्यं विवर्जयेत्
naivedyaṃ ca nivedyaiva kṛśarānnaṃ śivasya tu / kāṣṭhamaunena bhuñjāno jihvālaulyaṃ vivarjayet
and only after offering the kṛśara rice to Śiva as a food-offering — eating in the silence of a post, he should avoid greed of the tongue.
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NarP 2 43.15
पलाशपत्रे भुञ्जानः शिवं स्मृत्वा जितेन्द्रियः । धर्मराजस्य देव्याश्च पृथक्पिण्डं प्रकल्पयेत्
palāśapatre bhuñjānaḥ śivaṃ smṛtvā jitendriyaḥ / dharmarājasya devyāśca pṛthakpiṇḍaṃ prakalpayet
Eating on a palāśa leaf, remembering Śiva, with senses controlled, he should set apart a separate rice-ball for Dharmarāja and for the Goddess.
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NarP 2 43.16
सोपवासश्चतुर्द्दश्यां भवेदुभयपक्षयोः । पौर्णमास्यां तु गन्धैश्च गङ्गायाः सलिलैस्तथा
sopavāsaścaturddaśyāṃ bhavedubhayapakṣayoḥ / paurṇamāsyāṃ tu gandhaiśca gaṅgāyāḥ salilaistathā
He should keep the fast on the fourteenth of both fortnights; and on the full-moon day, with fragrances and with the waters of the Gaṅgā,
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NarP 2 43.17
शिवं संस्नाप्य पयसा मध्वाज्यदधिभिः पृथक् । तथैव हेमपुष्पं च लिङ्गमूर्ध्नि विनिक्षिपेत्
śivaṃ saṃsnāpya payasā madhvājyadadhibhiḥ pṛthak / tathaiva hemapuṣpaṃ ca liṅgamūrdhni vinikṣipet
having bathed Śiva with milk, and separately with honey, ghee and curds, he should likewise cast a golden flower upon the head of the liṅga.
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NarP 2 43.18
ततो दद्यात्तु शक्त्यैवापूपञ्च घृतपाचितम् । तिलाढकं प्रगृह्याथ शिवलिङ्गोपरि क्षिपेत्
tato dadyāttu śaktyaivāpūpañca ghṛtapācitam / tilāḍhakaṃ pragṛhyātha śivaliṅgopari kṣipet
Then he should offer, according to his means, a cake cooked in ghee; and taking an āḍhaka measure of sesame, he should throw it over the Śiva-liṅga.
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NarP 2 43.19
नीलोत्पलैश्च सर्वेशं पूजयेत्पङ्कजैरपि । तदलाभे तु सौवर्णैः पङ्कजैः पूजयेद्धरम्
nīlotpalaiśca sarveśaṃ pūjayetpaṅkajairapi / tadalābhe tu sauvarṇaiḥ paṅkajaiḥ pūjayeddharam
And he should worship the Lord of all with blue water-lilies, and also with lotuses; failing those, he should worship Hara with golden lotuses.
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NarP 2 43.20
पायसं चात्र मध्वक्तं घृतयुक्तं च गुग्गुलम् । घृतदीपं तथा चैव चन्दनाद्यैर्विलेपनम्
pāyasaṃ cātra madhvaktaṃ ghṛtayuktaṃ ca guggulam / ghṛtadīpaṃ tathā caiva candanādyairvilepanam
And here (he should offer) milk-rice smeared with honey, and guggulu mixed with ghee, and likewise a ghee lamp, and anointing with sandal and the rest —
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NarP 2 43.21
दद्याद्भक्त्या महेशाय तथा पत्रफलानि च । कृष्णगोमिथुनं चैव सरूपं च निवेदयेत्
dadyādbhaktyā maheśāya tathā patraphalāni ca / kṛṣṇagomithunaṃ caiva sarūpaṃ ca nivedayet
he should offer (these) with devotion to Maheśa, and also leaves and fruits; and he should present a pair of black cattle, matched in form.
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NarP 2 43.22
भोजयेद्ब्राह्मणानष्टौ मासांते तु सदक्षिणान् । वर्जयेन्मधु मांसं च तं मासं ब्रह्मचर्यवान्
bhojayedbrāhmaṇānaṣṭau māsāṃte tu sadakṣiṇān / varjayenmadhu māṃsaṃ ca taṃ māsaṃ brahmacaryavān
At the end of the month he should feed eight brahmins with gifts of money; and for that month, observing chastity, he should avoid honey and meat.
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NarP 2 43.23
एवं कृत्वा यथोद्दिष्टमेकवारमिदं व्रतम् । यमैश्च नियमैर्युक्तः श्रद्धाभक्तिपरायणः
evaṃ kṛtvā yathoddiṣṭamekavāramidaṃ vratam / yamaiśca niyamairyuktaḥ śraddhābhaktiparāyaṇaḥ
Having thus performed this vow once as prescribed, joined with the restraints and observances, devoted to faith and devotion,
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NarP 2 43.24
इह भोगानवाप्नोति प्रेत्य चानुत्तमां गतिम् । इन्द्रनीलप्रतीकाशैर्विमानैः शिखिसंयुक्तैः
iha bhogānavāpnoti pretya cānuttamāṃ gatim / indranīlapratīkāśairvimānaiḥ śikhisaṃyuktaiḥ
he obtains enjoyments here, and after death the highest goal — with celestial cars resembling sapphire, fitted with crests,
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NarP 2 43.25
दिव्यरत्नमयैश्चैव दिव्यभोगसमन्वितैः । गत्वा शिवपुरं रम्यं सर्वस्वकुलसंयुतः
divyaratnamayaiścaiva divyabhogasamanvitaiḥ / gatvā śivapuraṃ ramyaṃ sarvasvakulasaṃyutaḥ
And (with celestial cars) made of divine jewels and furnished with divine enjoyments, having gone to the lovely city of Śiva together with his whole family,
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NarP 2 43.26
सुहृद्भिर्विविधैश्चैव विविधानप्यभीप्सितान् । भुक्त्वा भोगानशेषांश्च यावदाभूतसंप्लवम्
suhṛdbhirvividhaiścaiva vividhānapyabhīpsitān / bhuktvā bhogānaśeṣāṃśca yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam
and with various friends, having enjoyed manifold desired things and enjoyments without remainder, until the dissolution of beings,
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NarP 2 43.27
ततो भवति धर्मात्मा जंबूद्वीपपतिस्तथा । तत्र भुङ्क्ते समस्तांश्च भोगान्विगतकल्मषः
tato bhavati dharmātmā jaṃbūdvīpapatistathā / tatra bhuṅkte samastāṃśca bhogānvigatakalmaṣaḥ
thereafter he becomes one whose nature is righteousness, and lord of Jambūdvīpa; there, freed of sin, he enjoys all enjoyments.
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NarP 2 43.28
सुरूपः सुभगश्चैव तथा विहितशासनः । सर्वरोगविनिर्मुक्तः सो ऽप्येतत्फलभाग्भवेत्
surūpaḥ subhagaścaiva tathā vihitaśāsanaḥ / sarvarogavinirmuktaḥ so 'pyetatphalabhāgbhavet
Handsome, fortunate, and likewise one whose command is carried out, freed from all diseases — he too becomes a sharer in this fruit.
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NarP 2 43.29
वैशाखे शुक्लपक्षे वा चतुर्दश्यां समाहितः । शाल्यन्नं क्षीरसंयुक्तं यः कुर्यान्नक्तभोजनम्
vaiśākhe śuklapakṣe vā caturdaśyāṃ samāhitaḥ / śālyannaṃ kṣīrasaṃyuktaṃ yaḥ kuryānnaktabhojanam
Or, in the month of Vaiśākha, in the bright fortnight, on the fourteenth day, whoever, being concentrated, takes his night meal of rice boiled with milk—
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NarP 2 43.30
शिवं संपूज्य पुष्पाद्यैर्भोज्यं तु संनिवेद्य च । काष्ठमौनेन भुञ्जानो वटकाष्टेन वै तथा
śivaṃ saṃpūjya puṣpādyairbhojyaṃ tu saṃnivedya ca / kāṣṭhamaunena bhuñjāno vaṭakāṣṭena vai tathā
having worshipped Śiva with flowers and the rest, and having presented the food, eating in the 'wooden silence,' and likewise with a banyan twig—
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NarP 2 43.31
मौनेन प्रयतो भूत्वा कुर्याद्वै दन्तधावनम् । शिवलिङ्गसमीपे तु गङ्गातीरे निशि स्वपेत्
maunena prayato bhūtvā kuryādvai dantadhāvanam / śivaliṅgasamīpe tu gaṅgātīre niśi svapet
having become purified through silence, he should clean his teeth; and he should sleep at night near the Śiva-liṅga on the bank of the Gaṅgā.
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NarP 2 43.32
पौर्णमास्यां प्रभाते तु गङ्गायां विधिना तथा । स्नात्वोपवासं संकल्प्य कुर्य्याज्जागरणं निशि
paurṇamāsyāṃ prabhāte tu gaṅgāyāṃ vidhinā tathā / snātvopavāsaṃ saṃkalpya kuryyājjāgaraṇaṃ niśi
And on the full-moon day, at dawn, having bathed in the Gaṅgā according to the rule, and having resolved upon a fast, he should keep vigil at night.
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NarP 2 43.33
लिङ्गं घृतेन संस्नाप्य पुष्पगन्धादिभिस्तथा । नैवेद्यधूपदीपैश्च संपूज्य वृषभं शुभम्
liṅgaṃ ghṛtena saṃsnāpya puṣpagandhādibhistathā / naivedyadhūpadīpaiśca saṃpūjya vṛṣabhaṃ śubham
Having bathed the liṅga with ghee, and having worshipped it with flowers, fragrances and the rest, and with food-offerings, incense and lamps, (he takes) an auspicious bull,
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NarP 2 43.34
सुश्वेतपुष्पवस्त्राद्यैर्हारिद्रैश्चन्दनैस्तथा । अलङ्कृत्य विधानेन शिवाय विनिवेदयेत्
suśvetapuṣpavastrādyairhāridraiścandanaistathā / alaṅkṛtya vidhānena śivāya vinivedayet
and having adorned it, according to the prescription, with very white flowers, cloths and so forth, with yellow (turmeric) things and with sandal-paste, he should present it to Śiva.
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NarP 2 43.35
ब्राह्मणांश्च यथाशक्ति पायसेन तु भोजयेत् । एवं सकृच्च यो भक्त्या करोति श्रद्धयान्वितः
brāhmaṇāṃśca yathāśakti pāyasena tu bhojayet / evaṃ sakṛcca yo bhaktyā karoti śraddhayānvitaḥ
And he should feed brahmins with milk-rice according to his ability. Whoever does this even once with devotion, filled with faith,
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NarP 2 43.36
लभते दैवपादोनयुगानां द्विसहस्रकम् । तपः कृत्वा तु नियमाद्यत्पुण्यं तदसंशयम्
labhate daivapādonayugānāṃ dvisahasrakam / tapaḥ kṛtvā tu niyamādyatpuṇyaṃ tadasaṃśayam
obtains two thousand divine ages less a quarter; and whatever merit comes from performing austerity with restraint, that (he gains), without doubt.
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NarP 2 43.37
हंसकुन्दप्रभायुक्तैर्विमानैश्चन्द्रसन्निभैः । सुश्वेतवृषयुक्तैश्च मुक्ताजालविभूषितैः
haṃsakundaprabhāyuktairvimānaiścandrasannibhaiḥ / suśvetavṛṣayuktaiśca muktājālavibhūṣitaiḥ
With celestial cars resembling the moon, having the radiance of geese and jasmine, yoked with very white bulls and decorated with nets of pearls,
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NarP 2 43.38
स्वकीयपितृभिः सार्द्धं प्रयातीश्वरमन्दिरम् । नीलोत्पलसुंगन्धाभिः सुरूपाभिः समन्ततः
svakīyapitṛbhiḥ sārddhaṃ prayātīśvaramandiram / nīlotpalasuṃgandhābhiḥ surūpābhiḥ samantataḥ
he goes together with his own ancestors to the mansion of Īśvara; (surrounded) on all sides by beautiful women fragrant as blue lotuses,
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NarP 2 43.39
कान्ताभिर्दिव्यरूपाभिर्भुक्त्वा भोगाननेकशः । अनन्तकालमैश्वर्ययुक्तो भूत्वा ततो भुवि
kāntābhirdivyarūpābhirbhuktvā bhogānanekaśaḥ / anantakālamaiśvaryayukto bhūtvā tato bhuvi
having enjoyed enjoyments many times over with lovely women of divine form, and having been endowed with lordship for endless time, then on earth
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 43.40
जायते स महीपालः कीर्त्यैश्वर्यसमन्वितः । एकच्छत्रेण स महीं पालयत्याज्ञया सह
jāyate sa mahīpālaḥ kīrtyaiśvaryasamanvitaḥ / ekacchatreṇa sa mahīṃ pālayatyājñayā saha
he is born a ruler of the earth, possessed of fame and lordship; he protects the earth under a single umbrella, with (undisputed) authority.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 43.41
अन्ते वैराग्यसंपन्नो गङ्गां स लभते पुनः । स तया श्रद्धया युक्तो गङ्गायां मरणं लभेत्
ante vairāgyasaṃpanno gaṅgāṃ sa labhate punaḥ / sa tayā śraddhayā yukto gaṅgāyāṃ maraṇaṃ labhet
At the end, filled with detachment, he reaches the Gaṅgā again; joined with that faith, he would obtain death at the Gaṅgā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 43.42
तथा तत्र स्मृतिं लब्ध्वा मोक्षमाप्नोति स ध्रुवम् । ज्येष्ठे मासि सिते पक्षे दशम्यां हस्तसंयुते
tathā tatra smṛtiṃ labdhvā mokṣamāpnoti sa dhruvam / jyeṣṭhe māsi site pakṣe daśamyāṃ hastasaṃyute
And so, having obtained recollection there, he surely attains liberation. In the month of Jyeṣṭha, in the bright fortnight, on the tenth day joined with (the asterism) Hasta,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 43.43
गङ्गातीरे तु पुरुषो नारी वा भक्तिभावतः । निशायां जागरं कृत्वा गङ्गां दशविधैस्ततः
gaṅgātīre tu puruṣo nārī vā bhaktibhāvataḥ / niśāyāṃ jāgaraṃ kṛtvā gaṅgāṃ daśavidhaistataḥ
on the bank of the Gaṅgā, a man or a woman, out of a devout disposition, having kept vigil in the night, then (worships) the Gaṅgā with the ten kinds (of offerings),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 43.44
पुष्पैर्गन्धैश्च नैवेद्यैः फलैश्च दशसंख्याया । तथैव दीपैस्तांबूलैः पूजयेच्छ्रद्धयान्वितः
puṣpairgandhaiśca naivedyaiḥ phalaiśca daśasaṃkhyāyā / tathaiva dīpaistāṃbūlaiḥ pūjayecchraddhayānvitaḥ
with flowers, fragrances, food-offerings, and fruits to the number of ten, and likewise with lamps and betel-rolls, he should worship, filled with faith.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 43.45
स्नात्वा भक्त्या तु जाह्नव्यां दशकृत्वो विधानतः । दशप्रसृति कृष्णंश्च तिलान्सर्पिश्च वै जले
snātvā bhaktyā tu jāhnavyāṃ daśakṛtvo vidhānataḥ / daśaprasṛti kṛṣṇaṃśca tilānsarpiśca vai jale
Having bathed with devotion in the Jāhnavī ten times according to the rule, (one should offer) ten handfuls (prasṛti) of black sesame seeds and of ghee into the water,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 43.46
सक्तुपिण्डान्गुडपिण्डान्दद्याच्च दशसंख्यया । ततो गङ्गातटे रम्ये हेम्ना रूप्येण वा तथा
saktupiṇḍānguḍapiṇḍāndadyācca daśasaṃkhyayā / tato gaṅgātaṭe ramye hemnā rūpyeṇa vā tathā
and he should give balls of barley-meal and balls of jaggery, ten in number. Then, on the pleasant bank of the Ganges, with gold or else with silver,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 43.47
गङ्गायाः प्रतिमां कृत्वा वक्ष्यमाणस्वरूपिणीम् । पद्मस्वस्तिकचिह्नस्य संस्थितस्य तथोपरि
gaṅgāyāḥ pratimāṃ kṛtvā vakṣyamāṇasvarūpiṇīm / padmasvastikacihnasya saṃsthitasya tathopari
having made an image of Gaṅgā, of the form that will be described, upon (a base) marked with a lotus and a svastika, well set up,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 43.48
वस्त्रस्रग्दामकण्ठस्य पूर्णकुंभस्य चोपरि । संस्थाप्य पूजयेद्देवीं तदलाभे मृदादि वा
vastrasragdāmakaṇṭhasya pūrṇakuṃbhasya copari / saṃsthāpya pūjayeddevīṃ tadalābhe mṛdādi vā
and upon a full water-pot whose neck is (wound) with cloth, a garland and a cord, having installed (it), he should worship the Goddess; or, failing that, (an image) of clay or the like.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 43.49
अथ तत्राप्यशक्तश्चेल्लिखेत्पिष्टेन वै भुवि । चतुर्भुजां सुनेत्रां च चन्द्रायुतसमप्रभाम्
atha tatrāpyaśaktaścellikhetpiṣṭena vai bhuvi / caturbhujāṃ sunetrāṃ ca candrāyutasamaprabhām
And if he is unable even for that, he should draw (her) on the ground with flour: four-armed, fair-eyed, with a radiance equal to ten thousand moons,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 43.50
चामरैर्वीज्यमानां च श्वेतच्छत्रोपशिभिताम् । सुप्रसन्नां च वरदां करुणार्द्रनिजान्तराम्
cāmarairvījyamānāṃ ca śvetacchatropaśibhitām / suprasannāṃ ca varadāṃ karuṇārdranijāntarām
fanned with yak-tail whisks, adorned above with a white parasol, most gracious, granting boons, her own heart moist with compassion,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 43.51
सुधाप्लावितभूपृष्ठां देवादिभिरभिष्टुताम् । दिव्यरत्नपरीतां च दिंव्यमाल्यानुलेपनाम्
sudhāplāvitabhūpṛṣṭhāṃ devādibhirabhiṣṭutām / divyaratnaparītāṃ ca diṃvyamālyānulepanām
the surface of the earth flooded (by her) with nectar, praised by the gods and others, encircled by divine jewels, with divine garlands and unguents;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 43.52
ध्यात्वा जले यथाप्रोक्तां तत्रार्चायां तु पूजयेत् । वक्ष्यमाणेन मन्त्रेण कुर्यात्पूजां विशेषतः
dhyātvā jale yathāproktāṃ tatrārcāyāṃ tu pūjayet / vakṣyamāṇena mantreṇa kuryātpūjāṃ viśeṣataḥ
having meditated (on her) in the water as described, he should worship her there in the image; with the mantra that will be stated he should perform the worship in particular.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 43.53
पञ्चामृतेन च स्नानमर्चायां तु विशिष्यते । प्रतिमाग्रे स्थण्डिले तु गोमयेनोपलेपयेत्
pañcāmṛtena ca snānamarcāyāṃ tu viśiṣyate / pratimāgre sthaṇḍile tu gomayenopalepayet
And bathing with the five nectars is especially commended in the case of an image. On the altar in front of the image he should plaster (the ground) with cow-dung,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 43.54
नारायणं महेशं च ब्रह्माणं भास्करं तथा । भगीरथं च नृपतिं हिमवन्तं नगेश्वरम्
nārāyaṇaṃ maheśaṃ ca brahmāṇaṃ bhāskaraṃ tathā / bhagīrathaṃ ca nṛpatiṃ himavantaṃ nageśvaram
(and) Nārāyaṇa, Maheśa, Brahmā, and the Sun, and King Bhagīratha, and Himavat the lord of mountains,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 43.55
गन्धपुष्पादिभिश्चैव यथाशक्ति प्रपूजयेत् । दशप्रस्थां स्तिलान्दद्याद्दश विप्रेभ्य एव च
gandhapuṣpādibhiścaiva yathāśakti prapūjayet / daśaprasthāṃ stilāndadyāddaśa viprebhya eva ca
he should worship well with sandal-paste, flowers and the rest, according to his ability; and he should give ten prasthas of sesame to ten brahmins,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 43.56
दशप्रस्थान्यवान्दद्याद्दश गव्यैर्यथाहितान् । मत्स्यकच्छपमण्डूकमरादिजलेचरान्
daśaprasthānyavāndadyāddaśa gavyairyathāhitān / matsyakacchapamaṇḍūkamarādijalecarān
he should give ten prasthas of barley, (and) ten (things) made with cow-products as is fitting; fish, tortoise, frog, and other water-dwellers,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 2 43.57
कारितान्वै यथाशक्ति स्वर्णेन रजतेन वा । तदलाभे पिष्टमयानभ्यर्च्य कुसुमादिभिः । गङ्गायां प्रक्षिपेत्पूर्व्वं मन्त्रेणैव तु मन्त्रवित्
kāritānvai yathāśakti svarṇena rajatena vā / tadalābhe piṣṭamayānabhyarcya kusumādibhiḥ / gaṅgāyāṃ prakṣipetpūrvvaṃ mantreṇaiva tu mantravit
made of gold or of silver according to his means, or, failing that, made of flour — having worshipped these with flowers and the rest, the knower of mantras should first cast them into the Ganges with the mantra itself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 43.58
रथयात्रादिने तस्मिन्विभवे सति कारयेत् । रथारूढप्रतिकृतिं गङ्गायास्तूत्तरामुखाम्
rathayātrādine tasminvibhave sati kārayet / rathārūḍhapratikṛtiṃ gaṅgāyāstūttarāmukhām
On that day of the chariot procession, if he has the wealth, he should have made a likeness of Gaṅgā mounted on a chariot, facing north.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 43.59
भ्रमन्त्या दर्शनं लोके दुर्लभं पापकर्मणाम् । दुर्गाया रथयात्रास्ति तथैवात्रापि कारयेत्
bhramantyā darśanaṃ loke durlabhaṃ pāpakarmaṇām / durgāyā rathayātrāsti tathaivātrāpi kārayet
The sight of her as she goes about (in procession) is hard to obtain in the world for those of evil deeds. As there is a chariot procession of Durgā, just so he should have it done here too.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 43.60
एवं कृत्वा विधानेन वित्तशाठ्यविवर्जितः । दशपापैर्वक्ष्यमाणैः सद्य एव विमुच्यते
evaṃ kṛtvā vidhānena vittaśāṭhyavivarjitaḥ / daśapāpairvakṣyamāṇaiḥ sadya eva vimucyate
Having done thus according to the rule, free of miserliness with his wealth, he is at once released from the ten sins that will be stated.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 43.61
अदत्तानामुपादानं हिंसा चैवाविधानतः । परदारोपसेवा च कायिकं त्रिबिधं स्मृतम्
adattānāmupādānaṃ hiṃsā caivāvidhānataḥ / paradāropasevā ca kāyikaṃ tribidhaṃ smṛtam
Taking what has not been given, injury (to beings) contrary to the rule, and resorting to another's wife — this is declared to be the threefold (sin) of the body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 43.62
पांरुष्यमनृतं वापि पैशुन्यं चापि सर्वशः । असंबद्धप्रलापश्च वाचिकं स्याच्चतुर्विधम्
pāṃruṣyamanṛtaṃ vāpi paiśunyaṃ cāpi sarvaśaḥ / asaṃbaddhapralāpaśca vācikaṃ syāccaturvidham
Harshness, and untruth, and slander in all its forms, and incoherent babbling — this would be the fourfold (sin) of speech.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 43.63
परद्रव्येष्वभिध्यानं मनसानिष्टचिन्तनम् । वितथाभिनिवेशश्च मानसं त्रिविधं स्मृतम्
paradravyeṣvabhidhyānaṃ manasāniṣṭacintanam / vitathābhiniveśaśca mānasaṃ trividhaṃ smṛtam
Coveting others' property, thinking harm in the mind, and adherence to what is false — this is declared to be the threefold (sin) of the mind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 43.64
एतैर्दशविधैः पापैः कोटिजन्मसमुद्भवैः । मुच्यते नात्र संदेहो ब्रह्मणो वचनं यथा
etairdaśavidhaiḥ pāpaiḥ koṭijanmasamudbhavaiḥ / mucyate nātra saṃdeho brahmaṇo vacanaṃ yathā
From these ten kinds of sins, arisen in ten million births, he is freed — there is no doubt here — according to the word of Brahmā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 43.65
दश त्रिंशच्च तान्पूर्वान्पितॄनेव तथापरान् । उद्धरत्येव संसारान्मन्त्रेणानेन पूजिता
daśa triṃśacca tānpūrvānpitṝneva tathāparān / uddharatyeva saṃsārānmantreṇānena pūjitā
Worshipped with this mantra, she lifts up out of the rounds of rebirth those ten and thirty forebears, the ancestors, and likewise those who come after.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 2 43.66
ॐ नमो दशहरायै नारायण्यै गङ्गायै नमः । इति मन्त्रेण यो मर्त्यो दिने तस्मिन्दिवानिशम्
oṃ namo daśaharāyai nārāyaṇyai gaṅgāyai namaḥ / iti mantreṇa yo martyo dine tasmindivāniśam
"Om, homage to her who removes the ten (sins), to Narayani; homage to Ganga" — the mortal who, with this mantra, on that day, day and night,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 43.67
जपेत्पचसहस्राणि दशधर्मफलं लभेत् । उद्दरेद्दश पूर्वाणि पराणि च भवार्णवात्
japetpacasahasrāṇi daśadharmaphalaṃ labhet / uddareddaśa pūrvāṇi parāṇi ca bhavārṇavāt
recites (it) five thousand (times) obtains the fruit of the tenfold dharma; he raises up ten (ancestors) before and (ten) after out of the ocean of existence.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 43.68
वक्ष्यमाणमिदं स्तोत्रं विधिना प्रतिगृह्य च । गङ्गाग्रे तद्दिने जप्यं विष्णुपूजां प्रवर्तयेत्
vakṣyamāṇamidaṃ stotraṃ vidhinā pratigṛhya ca / gaṅgāgre taddine japyaṃ viṣṇupūjāṃ pravartayet
And having received, according to rule, this hymn which is about to be spoken, it should be recited on that day before the Ganga, and one should carry out the worship of Vishnu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 43.69
ॐ नमः शिवायै गङ्गायै शिवदायै नमो ऽस्तु ते । नमो ऽस्तु विष्णुरूपिण्यै गङ्गायै ते नमो नमः
oṃ namaḥ śivāyai gaṅgāyai śivadāyai namo 'stu te / namo 'stu viṣṇurūpiṇyai gaṅgāyai te namo namaḥ
Om, homage to the auspicious one, to Ganga; homage be to you, giver of good fortune; homage be to her whose form is Vishnu; to you, Ganga, homage, homage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 43.70
सर्वदेवस्वरूपिण्यै नमो भेषजमूर्तये । सर्वस्य सर्वव्याधीनां भिषक्श्रेष्ठे नमो ऽस्तु ते
sarvadevasvarūpiṇyai namo bheṣajamūrtaye / sarvasya sarvavyādhīnāṃ bhiṣakśreṣṭhe namo 'stu te
Homage to her whose form is all the gods, to her who is medicine embodied; homage be to you, best of physicians for all the diseases of all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 43.71
स्थाणुजङ्गमसंभूतविषहन्त्रि नमो ऽस्तु ते । संसारविषनाशिन्यै जीवनायै नमोनमः
sthāṇujaṅgamasaṃbhūtaviṣahantri namo 'stu te / saṃsāraviṣanāśinyai jīvanāyai namonamaḥ
Homage be to you, destroyer of the poison arising from what is fixed and what moves; homage, homage to her who destroys the poison of transmigration, to the giver of life.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 43.72
तापत्रितयहन्त्र्यै च प्राणेश्वर्यै नमोनमः । शान्त्यै संतापहारिण्यै नमस्ते सर्वमूर्तये
tāpatritayahantryai ca prāṇeśvaryai namonamaḥ / śāntyai saṃtāpahāriṇyai namaste sarvamūrtaye
And homage, homage to her who destroys the triad of afflictions, to the mistress of the vital breaths; homage to you, peace, remover of burning distress, whose form is all things.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 43.73
सर्वसंशुद्धिकारिण्यै नमः पापविमुक्तये । भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदायिन्यै भोगवत्यै नमोनमः
sarvasaṃśuddhikāriṇyai namaḥ pāpavimuktaye / bhuktimuktipradāyinyai bhogavatyai namonamaḥ
Homage to her who makes all things wholly pure, to release from sin; homage, homage to her who grants enjoyment and liberation, to Bhogavati.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 43.74
मन्दाकिन्यै नमस्ते ऽस्तु स्वर्गदायै नमोनमः । नमस्त्रैलोक्यमूर्तायै त्रिदशायै नमोनमः
mandākinyai namaste 'stu svargadāyai namonamaḥ / namastrailokyamūrtāyai tridaśāyai namonamaḥ
Homage be to you, Mandakini; homage, homage to the giver of heaven; homage to her whose form is the three worlds; homage, homage to her of the thirty (gods).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 43.75
नमस्ते शुक्लसंस्थायै क्षेमवत्यै नमोनमः । त्रिदशासनसंस्थायै तेजोवत्यै नमो ऽस्तु ते
namaste śuklasaṃsthāyai kṣemavatyai namonamaḥ / tridaśāsanasaṃsthāyai tejovatyai namo 'stu te
Homage to you who abide in whiteness; homage, homage to Kshemavati; homage be to you who are seated on the seat of the gods, to Tejovati.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 43.76
मन्दायै लिङ्गधारिण्यै नारायण्यै नमोनमः । नमस्ते विश्वमित्रायै रेवत्यै ते नमोनमः
mandāyai liṅgadhāriṇyai nārāyaṇyai namonamaḥ / namaste viśvamitrāyai revatyai te namonamaḥ
Homage, homage to Manda, to her who bears the linga, to Narayani; homage to you, friend of all, to Revati; homage, homage to you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 43.77
बृहत्यै ते नमो नित्यं लोकधात्र्यै नमोनमः । नमस्ते विश्वमुख्यायै नन्दिन्यै ते नमोनमः
bṛhatyai te namo nityaṃ lokadhātryai namonamaḥ / namaste viśvamukhyāyai nandinyai te namonamaḥ
Homage to you always, O great one; homage, homage to the sustainer of the worlds; homage to you who are foremost in the universe; homage, homage to you, Nandini.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 43.78
पृथ्व्यै शिवामृतायै च विरजायै नमोनमः । परावरगताद्यैयै तारायै ते नमोनमः
pṛthvyai śivāmṛtāyai ca virajāyai namonamaḥ / parāvaragatādyaiyai tārāyai te namonamaḥ
Homage, homage to Prithvi, to the auspicious nectar, to Viraja; homage, homage to you, Tara, who are the first among those who have gone to the higher and the lower.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 2 43.79
नमस्ते स्वर्गसंस्थायै अभिन्नायै नमोनमः । शान्तायै ते प्रतिष्ठायै वरदायै नमोनमः
namaste svargasaṃsthāyai abhinnāyai namonamaḥ / śāntāyai te pratiṣṭhāyai varadāyai namonamaḥ
Homage to you who abide in heaven; homage, homage to the undivided one; to you, the tranquil one, the foundation; homage, homage to the giver of boons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 43.80
उग्रायै नुखजल्पायै संजीविन्यै नमोनमः । ब्रह्मगायै ब्रह्मदायै दुरितघ्न्यै नमोनमः
ugrāyai nukhajalpāyai saṃjīvinyai namonamaḥ / brahmagāyai brahmadāyai duritaghnyai namonamaḥ
Homage, homage to the fierce one, to (her of unfailing?) speech, to the reviver; homage, homage to her who goes to Brahman, who gives Brahman, who destroys evil.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 2 43.81
प्रणतार्तिप्रभञ्जिन्यै जगन्मात्रे नमोनमः । विलुषायै दुर्गहन्त्र्यै दक्षायै ते नमोनमः
praṇatārtiprabhañjinyai jaganmātre namonamaḥ / viluṣāyai durgahantryai dakṣāyai te namonamaḥ
Homage, homage to her who shatters the affliction of those who bow down, to the mother of the world; homage, homage to you, the stainless one, destroyer of hardship, the capable one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 2 43.82
सर्वापत्प्रतिपक्षायै मङ्गलायै नमोनमः । परापरे परे तुभ्य नमो मोक्षप्रदे सदा । गङ्गा ममाग्रतो भूयाद्गङ्गा मे पार्श्वयोस्तथा
sarvāpatpratipakṣāyai maṅgalāyai namonamaḥ / parāpare pare tubhya namo mokṣaprade sadā / gaṅgā mamāgrato bhūyādgaṅgā me pārśvayostathā
Homage, homage to her who is the counter to every calamity, to the auspicious one; homage to you, higher than the high and low, supreme one, ever the giver of liberation. May Ganga be before me, and Ganga at my two sides;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 43.83
गङ्गा मे सर्वतो भूयात्त्वयि गङ्गे ऽस्तु मे स्थितिः । आदौ त्वमन्ते मध्ये च सर्वा त्वं गाङ्गते शिवे
gaṅgā me sarvato bhūyāttvayi gaṅge 'stu me sthitiḥ / ādau tvamante madhye ca sarvā tvaṃ gāṅgate śive
may Ganga be all around me; in you, Ganga, may my abiding be. In the beginning, in the end, and in the middle, you are all, O auspicious Ganga.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 43.84
त्वमेव मूलप्रकृतिस्त्वं हि नारायणः प्रभुः । गङ्गे त्वं परमात्मा च शिवस्तुभ्यं नमोनमः
tvameva mūlaprakṛtistvaṃ hi nārāyaṇaḥ prabhuḥ / gaṅge tvaṃ paramātmā ca śivastubhyaṃ namonamaḥ
You alone are the root nature; you indeed are Narayana the lord; Ganga, you are the supreme self and Shiva; homage, homage to you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 43.85
इतीदं पठति स्तोत्रं नित्यं भक्तिपरस्तु यः । शृणोति श्रद्धया वापि कायवाचिकसंभवैः
itīdaṃ paṭhati stotraṃ nityaṃ bhaktiparastu yaḥ / śṛṇoti śraddhayā vāpi kāyavācikasaṃbhavaiḥ
Whoever, devoted, recites this hymn daily, or even hears it with faith, is freed from all the faults arising from body and speech,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 43.86
दशधा संस्थितैर्देषैः सर्वैरेव प्रमुच्यते । रोगी प्रमुच्यते रोगान्मुच्येतापन्न आपदः
daśadhā saṃsthitairdeṣaiḥ sarvaireva pramucyate / rogī pramucyate rogānmucyetāpanna āpadaḥ
— from all the faults established in ten forms he is wholly released. The sick man is released from his sickness; one in distress is freed from distress;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 43.87
द्विषभ्द्यो बन्धनाच्चापि भयेभ्यश्च विमुच्यते । सर्वान्कामानवाप्नोति प्रेत्य ब्रह्मणि लीयते
dviṣabhdyo bandhanāccāpi bhayebhyaśca vimucyate / sarvānkāmānavāpnoti pretya brahmaṇi līyate
he is freed from enemies, from imprisonment too, and from fears; he obtains all his desires, and after death he dissolves into Brahman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 43.88
इदं स्तोत्रं गृहे यस्य लिखितं परिपूज्यते । नाग्निचौरभयं तत्र पापेभ्यो ऽपि भयं नहि
idaṃ stotraṃ gṛhe yasya likhitaṃ paripūjyate / nāgnicaurabhayaṃ tatra pāpebhyo 'pi bhayaṃ nahi
In whose house this hymn is written down and worshipped, there is no fear of fire or thieves there, nor even fear from sins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 43.89
तस्यां दशम्यामेतच्च स्तोत्रं गङ्गाजले स्थितः । जपंस्तु दशकृत्वश्च दरिद्रो वापि चाक्षमः
tasyāṃ daśamyāmetacca stotraṃ gaṅgājale sthitaḥ / japaṃstu daśakṛtvaśca daridro vāpi cākṣamaḥ
And on that tenth day, standing in the water of the Gaṅgā, one who mutters this hymn ten times — even a poor man or one incapable (of the rite) —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 43.90
सो ऽपि तत्फलमाप्नोति गङ्गां संपूज्य भक्तितः । पूर्वोक्तेन विधानेन फलं यत्परिकीर्तितम्
so 'pi tatphalamāpnoti gaṅgāṃ saṃpūjya bhaktitaḥ / pūrvoktena vidhānena phalaṃ yatparikīrtitam
he too obtains that fruit, having worshipped the Gaṅgā with devotion — the fruit which was proclaimed (as gained) by the rite stated before.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 43.91
यथा गौरी तथा गङ्गा तस्माद्गौर्यास्तु पूजने । विधिर्यो विहितः सम्यक्सो ऽपि गङ्गाप्रपूजने
yathā gaurī tathā gaṅgā tasmādgauryāstu pūjane / vidhiryo vihitaḥ samyakso 'pi gaṅgāprapūjane
As Gaurī is, so is the Gaṅgā; therefore the rule which is properly prescribed for the worship of Gaurī is the same in the worship of the Gaṅgā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 43.92
यथा शिवस्तथा विष्णुर्यथा विष्णुस्तथा ह्युमा । उमा यथा तथा गङ्गा चात्र भेदो न विद्यते
yathā śivastathā viṣṇuryathā viṣṇustathā hyumā / umā yathā tathā gaṅgā cātra bhedo na vidyate
As Śiva is, so is Viṣṇu; as Viṣṇu is, so indeed is Umā; as Umā is, so is the Gaṅgā — here no difference exists.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 43.93
विष्णुरुद्रान्तरं यश्च गगागौर्यन्तरं तथा । लक्ष्मीगौर्यतरं यश्च प्रब्रूते मूढधीस्तु सः
viṣṇurudrāntaraṃ yaśca gagāgauryantaraṃ tathā / lakṣmīgauryataraṃ yaśca prabrūte mūḍhadhīstu saḥ
And whoever declares a difference between Viṣṇu and Rudra, and likewise a difference between the Gaṅgā and Gaurī, and a difference between Lakṣmī and Gaurī — he is of dull mind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 43.94
शुक्लपक्षे दिवा भूमौ गङ्गायामुत्तरायणे । धन्या देहं विमुञ्चन्ति हृदयस्थे जनार्दने
śuklapakṣe divā bhūmau gaṅgāyāmuttarāyaṇe / dhanyā dehaṃ vimuñcanti hṛdayasthe janārdane
In the bright fortnight, by day, on the ground, in the Gaṅgā, in the northern course of the sun — blessed are they who give up the body with Janārdana present in the heart.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 43.95
ये मुञ्चन्ति नरा-प्राणान् गङ्गायां विधिनं दिनि । ते विष्णुलोकं गच्छन्ति स्तूयमाना दिविस्थितैः
ye muñcanti narā-prāṇān gaṅgāyāṃ vidhinaṃ dini / te viṣṇulokaṃ gacchanti stūyamānā divisthitaiḥ
Those men who give up their life-breaths in the Gaṅgā by day according to the rule go to the world of Viṣṇu, praised by those who dwell in heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 43.96
अर्द्धोदकेन जाह्नव्यां म्नियते ऽनशनेन यः । स याति न पुनर्जन्म ब्रह्मसायुज्यमेति च
arddhodakena jāhnavyāṃ mniyate 'naśanena yaḥ / sa yāti na punarjanma brahmasāyujyameti ca
He who dies in the Jāhnavī by fasting, in water up to half (the body), goes and has no rebirth, and attains union with Brahman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 2 43.97
या गतिर्योगयुक्तस्य सात्विकस्य मनीषिणः । सा गेतिस्त्यजतः प्राणान् गङ्गायां तु शरीरिणः
yā gatiryogayuktasya sātvikasya manīṣiṇaḥ / sā getistyajataḥ prāṇān gaṅgāyāṃ tu śarīriṇaḥ
That goal which belongs to the sāttvika wise man joined to yoga — that same goal belongs to the embodied one who gives up his life-breaths in the Gaṅgā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 43.98
अनशनं गृहीत्वा यो गङ्गातीरे मृतो नरः । सत्यमेव परं लोकमाप्नोति पितृभिः सह
anaśanaṃ gṛhītvā yo gaṅgātīre mṛto naraḥ / satyameva paraṃ lokamāpnoti pitṛbhiḥ saha
The man who, having undertaken a fast, dies on the bank of the Gaṅgā truly attains the highest world together with his ancestors.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 43.99
गङ्गायां मरणात्प्राणान्योः प्राज्ञस्त्यक्तुमिच्छति । गतानि बहुजन्मानि यत्र यत्र मृतानि च
gaṅgāyāṃ maraṇātprāṇānyoḥ prājñastyaktumicchati / gatāni bahujanmāni yatra yatra mṛtāni ca
Because of death in the Gaṅgā the wise man wishes to give up his life-breaths: many births have passed, and deaths in place after place;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 2 43.100
महांश्चापि गतः कालो यत्र तत्रापि गच्छतः । अत्रदूरे समीपे च सदृशं योजनद्वयम्
mahāṃścāpi gataḥ kālo yatra tatrāpi gacchataḥ / atradūre samīpe ca sadṛśaṃ yojanadvayam
and a great length of time has gone by for one who goes hither and thither; here, whether far or near, two yojanas are the same.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 2 43.101
गङ्गायां मरणेनेह नात्र कार्या विचारणा । ज्ञानतो ऽज्ञानतो वापि कामतो ऽपि वा
gaṅgāyāṃ maraṇeneha nātra kāryā vicāraṇā / jñānato 'jñānato vāpi kāmato 'pi vā
By dying in the Gaṅgā here — in this no deliberation is to be made — whether knowingly or unknowingly, or even from desire,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 43.104
गङ्गायां तु मृतो मर्त्यः स्वर्गं मोक्षं च विन्दति । प्राणेषूत्सृज्यमानेषु यो गङ्गां संस्मरेन्नरः ॥ नर्प्_२,४३।१०२ ॥ स्पृशेद्वा पापशीलो ऽपि स वै याति परां गतिम् ॥ नर्प्_२,४३।१०३ ॥ गङ्गां गत्वा यैः शरीरं विसृष्टं प्राप्ता धीरास्ते तु देवैः समत्वम् । तस्मात्सुर्वान्प्रोह्य मुक्तिप्रदान्वै सेवेद्गङ्गामा शरीरस्य पातम्
gaṅgāyāṃ tu mṛto martyaḥ svargaṃ mokṣaṃ ca vindati / prāṇeṣūtsṛjyamāneṣu yo gaṅgāṃ saṃsmarennaraḥ // narp_2,43.102 // spṛśedvā pāpaśīlo 'pi sa vai yāti parāṃ gatim // narp_2,43.103 // gaṅgāṃ gatvā yaiḥ śarīraṃ visṛṣṭaṃ prāptā dhīrāste tu devaiḥ samatvam / tasmātsurvānprohya muktipradānvai sevedgaṅgāmā śarīrasya pātam
a mortal who has died in the Gaṅgā gains heaven and liberation. (102) The man who, while his life-breaths are being released, remembers the Gaṅgā, (103) or touches her, even if of sinful character, he indeed goes to the highest goal. Those steadfast ones who, having gone to the Gaṅgā, have released the body have attained equality with the gods; therefore, setting aside all the gods who grant liberation, one should serve the Gaṅgā until the body falls.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 2 43.105
अन्तरिक्षे क्षितौ तोये पापीयानपि यो मृतः । ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवैः पूज्यं पदमक्षय्यमश्नुते
antarikṣe kṣitau toye pāpīyānapi yo mṛtaḥ / brahmaviṣṇuśivaiḥ pūjyaṃ padamakṣayyamaśnute
Whoever, even a great sinner, dies in the sky, on the earth, or in the water (of the Gaṅgā) attains the imperishable station honoured by Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Śiva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 43.106
यो धर्मिश्टश्च सप्राणः प्रयतः शिष्टसंमतः । चिन्तयेन्मनसा गङ्गां स गतिं परमां लभेत्
yo dharmiśṭaśca saprāṇaḥ prayataḥ śiṣṭasaṃmataḥ / cintayenmanasā gaṅgāṃ sa gatiṃ paramāṃ labhet
He who is most righteous, still living, self-controlled, approved by the good, and thinks of the Gaṅgā in his mind — he would attain the highest goal.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 43.107
यत्र तत्र मृतो वापि मरणे समुपस्थिते । भक्त्या गङ्गां स्मरन्याति शैवं वा वैष्णवं पुरम्
yatra tatra mṛto vāpi maraṇe samupasthite / bhaktyā gaṅgāṃ smaranyāti śaivaṃ vā vaiṣṇavaṃ puram
Even one who dies anywhere at all — when death has come upon him, if he remembers the Ganges with devotion, he goes to the city of Śiva or of Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 43.108
शंभोर्जटाकलापात्तु विनिष्क्रान्तातिकर्कशात् । प्लावयित्वा दिवं निन्ये या पापान्यगरात्मजान्
śaṃbhorjaṭākalāpāttu viniṣkrāntātikarkaśāt / plāvayitvā divaṃ ninye yā pāpānyagarātmajān
She who, having issued forth from Śambhu's mass of matted hair, exceedingly harsh (in her descent), washed away the sins (of the world) and carried the sons of Sagara to heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 43.109
यावन्त्यस्थीनि गङ्गायां तिष्ठन्ति पुरुषस्य वै । तावद्वर्षसहस्राणि स्वर्गलोके महीयते
yāvantyasthīni gaṅgāyāṃ tiṣṭhanti puruṣasya vai / tāvadvarṣasahasrāṇi svargaloke mahīyate
For as many bones of a man as remain in the Ganges, for that many thousands of years he is honoured in the world of heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 43.110
गगातोये तु यस्यास्थि नीत्वा प्रक्षिप्यते नरैः । तत्कालमादितः कृत्वा स्वर्गलोके भवेत्स्थितिः
gagātoye tu yasyāsthi nītvā prakṣipyate naraiḥ / tatkālamāditaḥ kṛtvā svargaloke bhavetsthitiḥ
But he whose bone is carried and cast by men into the water of the Ganges — reckoning from that moment onward, his dwelling shall be in the world of heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 43.111
गङ्गातोये तु यस्यास्थि प्राप्यते शुभकर्मणः । न तस्य पुनरावृत्तिर्ब्रह्मलोकात्कथञ्चन
gaṅgātoye tu yasyāsthi prāpyate śubhakarmaṇaḥ / na tasya punarāvṛttirbrahmalokātkathañcana
But he of auspicious deeds whose bone reaches the water of the Ganges — for him there is no return from the world of Brahmā by any means.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 43.112
दशाहाभ्यन्तरे यस्य गङ्गातोये ऽस्थि संगतम् । गङ्गायां मरणे यादृक्तादृक्फलमवाप्नुयात्
daśāhābhyantare yasya gaṅgātoye 'sthi saṃgatam / gaṅgāyāṃ maraṇe yādṛktādṛkphalamavāpnuyāt
He whose bone comes into the water of the Ganges within ten days would obtain a fruit just like that (obtained) by dying at the Ganges.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 43.113
स्नात्वा ततः पञ्चगव्येन सिक्त्वा हिरण्यमध्वाज्यतिलैर्नियोज्य । तदस्थिपिण्डं पुटके निधाय पश्यन् दिशं प्रेतगणोपगूढाम्
snātvā tataḥ pañcagavyena siktvā hiraṇyamadhvājyatilairniyojya / tadasthipiṇḍaṃ puṭake nidhāya paśyan diśaṃ pretagaṇopagūḍhām
Then, having bathed, having sprinkled (the bones) with the five products of the cow, having applied gold, honey, ghee and sesame, and having placed that lump of bones in a basket, looking toward the quarter frequented by the hosts of the departed —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 43.116
नमो ऽस्तु धर्माय वदन्प्रविश्य जलं स मे प्रीत इति क्षिपेच्च । स्नात्वा ततस्तीर्थवटाक्षयं च दृष्ट्वा प्रदद्यादथ दक्षिणां तु ॥ नर्प्_२,४३।११४ ॥ एवं कृत्वा प्रेतपुरे स्थितस्य स्वर्गे गतिः स्यात्त महेन्द्रतुल्या ॥ नर्प्_२,४३।११५ ॥ प्रवाहमवधिं कृत्वा यावद्धस्तचतुष्टयम् । तत्र नारायणः स्वामी नान्यः स्वामी कदाचन
namo 'stu dharmāya vadanpraviśya jalaṃ sa me prīta iti kṣipecca / snātvā tatastīrthavaṭākṣayaṃ ca dṛṣṭvā pradadyādatha dakṣiṇāṃ tu // narp_2,43.114 // evaṃ kṛtvā pretapure sthitasya svarge gatiḥ syātta mahendratulyā // narp_2,43.115 // pravāhamavadhiṃ kṛtvā yāvaddhastacatuṣṭayam / tatra nārāyaṇaḥ svāmī nānyaḥ svāmī kadācana
saying "Homage be to Dharma," he should enter the water and cast (the bones in) with the words "May he be pleased with me"; then, having bathed and having seen the sacred banyan Akṣaya, he should give the (priest's) fee. (114) Having done thus, for one dwelling in the city of the departed there would be a going to heaven equal to great Indra's. (115) Taking the current as the limit, for as far as four cubits — there Nārāyaṇa is the lord, no other is ever lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 2 43.117
न तत्र प्रतिगृह्णीयात्प्राणैः कण्ठगतैरपि । भाद्रशुक्लचतुर्दश्यां यावदाक्रमते जलम्
na tatra pratigṛhṇīyātprāṇaiḥ kaṇṭhagatairapi / bhādraśuklacaturdaśyāṃ yāvadākramate jalam
There one should accept no gift, even with one's breath (stuck) in the throat. As far as the water advances on the fourteenth of the bright half of Bhādra —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 43.118
तावद्गभं विजानीयात्तद्दूरं तीरमुच्यते । सार्द्धहस्तशतं यावद्गर्भस्तीरं ततः परम्
tāvadgabhaṃ vijānīyāttaddūraṃ tīramucyate / sārddhahastaśataṃ yāvadgarbhastīraṃ tataḥ param
that much one should know as the (river's) womb; beyond that is called the bank. As far as a hundred and fifty cubits is the womb; beyond that, the bank.
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NarP 2 43.119
इति केषां मतं देवि श्रुतिस्मृतिषु संमतम् । तीराद्गव्यूतिमात्रं तु परितः क्षेत्रमुच्यते
iti keṣāṃ mataṃ devi śrutismṛtiṣu saṃmatam / tīrādgavyūtimātraṃ tu paritaḥ kṣetramucyate
Such, O goddess, is the opinion of some, agreed upon in the śruti and the smṛti; and for the extent of a gavyūti from the bank all around is called the (sacred) field.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 43.120
तीरं त्यक्त्वा वसेत्क्षेत्रे तीरे वासो न चेष्यते । एकयोजनविस्तीर्णा क्षेत्रसीमा तटद्वयात्
tīraṃ tyaktvā vasetkṣetre tīre vāso na ceṣyate / ekayojanavistīrṇā kṣetrasīmā taṭadvayāt
One should leave the bank and dwell in the field; dwelling on the bank is not approved. The boundary of the field extends one yojana from the two shores.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 43.121
गङ्गासीमां न लघन्ति पापान्यप्यखिलान्यपि । तां तु दृष्ट्वा पलायन्ते यथा सिंहं वनौकसः
gaṅgāsīmāṃ na laghanti pāpānyapyakhilānyapi / tāṃ tu dṛṣṭvā palāyante yathā siṃhaṃ vanaukasaḥ
Sins, even all of them, do not cross the boundary of the Ganges; on seeing her they flee, as forest-dwelling creatures flee a lion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 43.122
यत्र गङ्गा महाभागे रामशंभुतपोवनम् । सिद्धक्षेत्रं तु तज्ज्ञेयं समन्तात्तु त्रियोजनम्
yatra gaṅgā mahābhāge rāmaśaṃbhutapovanam / siddhakṣetraṃ tu tajjñeyaṃ samantāttu triyojanam
Where the Ganges is, O greatly fortunate one, (there is) the penance-grove of Rāma and Śambhu; that is to be known as a field of the perfected ones, for three yojanas all around.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 43.123
तीर्थे न प्रतिगृह्णीयात्पुण्येष्वायतनेषु च । निमित्तेषु च सर्वेषु तन्निवृत्तो भवेन्नरः
tīrthe na pratigṛhṇīyātpuṇyeṣvāyataneṣu ca / nimitteṣu ca sarveṣu tannivṛtto bhavennaraḥ
One should accept no gift at a sacred ford, nor at holy sanctuaries, nor on any (ritual) occasions; a man should be one who abstains from that.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 43.124
तीर्थे यः प्रतिगृह्णाति पुण्येष्वायतनेषु च । निष्फलं तस्य तत्तीर्थं यावत्तद्धनमुच्यते
tīrthe yaḥ pratigṛhṇāti puṇyeṣvāyataneṣu ca / niṣphalaṃ tasya tattīrthaṃ yāvattaddhanamucyate
He who accepts a gift at a sacred ford or at holy sanctuaries — for him that ford becomes fruitless, to the extent that the wealth (received) is reckoned.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 43.125
गङ्गाविक्रयाणाद्देवि विष्णोर्विक्रयणं भवेत् । जनार्दने तु विक्रीते विक्रीतं भुवनत्रयम्
gaṅgāvikrayāṇāddevi viṣṇorvikrayaṇaṃ bhavet / janārdane tu vikrīte vikrītaṃ bhuvanatrayam
From selling the Ganges, O goddess, there comes about the selling of Viṣṇu; and when Janārdana is sold, the three worlds are sold.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 43.126
गङ्गा तीरसमुद्भूतां म-दं मूर्घ्ना बिभर्ति यः । बिभर्ति रूपं सोर्ऽकस्य तमोनाशाय केवलम्
gaṅgā tīrasamudbhūtāṃ ma-daṃ mūrghnā bibharti yaḥ / bibharti rūpaṃ sor'kasya tamonāśāya kevalam
He who bears on his head the earth arisen from the bank of the Ganges bears the form of the sun, solely for the destruction of darkness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 2 43.127
गङ्गापुलिनजां धूलिमास्तीर्याथ निजान् पितॄन् । प्रीणयन्यो नरः पिण्डान्दद्यात्तान् स्वर्नयेदपि
gaṅgāpulinajāṃ dhūlimāstīryātha nijān pitṝn / prīṇayanyo naraḥ piṇḍāndadyāttān svarnayedapi
The man who, having strewn dust born of the Ganges' sandbank, gratifies his own ancestors and offers them rice-balls, would also lead them to heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 43.128
इदं ते ऽभिहितं भद्रे गङ्गामाहात्म्यमुत्तमम् । पठन् शृण्वन्नरो ह्येति तद्विष्णोः परमं पदम्
idaṃ te 'bhihitaṃ bhadre gaṅgāmāhātmyamuttamam / paṭhan śṛṇvannaro hyeti tadviṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam
This excellent greatness of the Ganges has been declared to you, good lady; a man reciting or hearing it indeed attains that supreme abode of Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 43.129
नित्यं जप्यमिदं भक्त्या प्रयतैः श्रद्धयान्वितैः । वैष्णवीं गतिमिच्छद्भिः शैवीं वा विधिनन्दिनि
nityaṃ japyamidaṃ bhaktyā prayataiḥ śraddhayānvitaiḥ / vaiṣṇavīṃ gatimicchadbhiḥ śaivīṃ vā vidhinandini
This is to be recited constantly with devotion by those who are self-controlled and endowed with faith, by those who desire the goal of Viṣṇu or that of Śiva, O daughter of Vidhi (Brahmā).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition