Padma Purana — Brahma Khanda — Chapter 4
PdP 4 4.1
शौनक उवाच- जयंत्याः सूत माहात्म्यं कदा सा क्रियते जनैः । कथयस्व मयि त्वं वै पोतः संसारसागरे
śaunaka uvāca- jayaṃtyāḥ sūta māhātmyaṃ kadā sā kriyate janaiḥ | kathayasva mayi tvaṃ vai potaḥ saṃsārasāgare
Śaunaka said: O Sūta, when is that glorification of Jayantī performed by people? Tell me; you are indeed a boat for me in the ocean of saṃsāra.
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PdP 4 4.2
सूत उवाच- शृणु विप्र प्रवक्ष्यामि यत्पृष्टो मुनिसत्तम । पुरा ब्रह्मा नारदेन पृष्ट एतत्सुरालये
sūta uvāca- śṛṇu vipra pravakṣyāmi yatpṛṣṭo munisattama | purā brahmā nāradena pṛṣṭa etatsurālaye
Sūta said: Listen, brahmin, best of sages; I shall declare what has been asked. Formerly Brahmā was asked this by Nārada in the abode of the gods.
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PdP 4 4.3
नारद उवाच- जयंत्याश्चैव माहात्म्यं कथयस्व पितामह । यच्छ्रुत्वाहं गमिष्यामि तद्विष्णोः परमं पदम्
nārada uvāca- jayaṃtyāścaiva māhātmyaṃ kathayasva pitāmaha | yacchrutvāhaṃ gamiṣyāmi tadviṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam
Nārada said: Tell, O grandfather, the glory of Jayantī, on hearing which I shall go to that supreme abode of Viṣṇu.
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PdP 4 4.4
ब्रह्मोवाच- शृणुष्वावहितो विप्र तवाग्रे कथयाम्यहम् । जयंत्या उपवासेन विष्णुलोकं स गच्छति
brahmovāca- śṛṇuṣvāvahito vipra tavāgre kathayāmyaham | jayaṃtyā upavāsena viṣṇulokaṃ sa gacchati
Brahmā said: Listen attentively, brahmin; I shall tell (it) before you. By fasting on Jayantī one goes to Viṣṇu's world.
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PdP 4 4.5
स्मरणात्कीर्तनात्पापं सप्तजन्मार्जितं मुने । जयंती दहते तच्च किं पुनः सोपवासकृत्
smaraṇātkīrtanātpāpaṃ saptajanmārjitaṃ mune | jayaṃtī dahate tacca kiṃ punaḥ sopavāsakṛt
By remembering (it), by proclaiming (it), O sage, Jayantī burns up the sin amassed in seven births—how much more (for) one who observes the fast on it!
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PdP 4 4.6
जन्माष्टमी च नवमी चैत्रे मासि सिता शुभा । कृष्णा चतुर्दशी कुंभे मेषे शुक्ला चतुर्दशी
janmāṣṭamī ca navamī caitre māsi sitā śubhā | kṛṣṇā caturdaśī kuṃbhe meṣe śuklā caturdaśī
The eighth of (Kṛṣṇa's) birth, and the ninth, the auspicious bright (ninth) in the month of Caitra; the dark fourteenth when (the sun is) in Aquarius, the bright fourteenth in Aries;
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PdP 4 4.7
दुर्गाष्टम्याश्विने शुक्ला द्वादशी श्रवणान्विता । महापुण्याश्च शुभदा जयंत्यः षट्प्रकीर्तिताः
durgāṣṭamyāśvine śuklā dvādaśī śravaṇānvitā | mahāpuṇyāśca śubhadā jayaṃtyaḥ ṣaṭprakīrtitāḥ
the Durgā-eighth, and the bright twelfth in Āśvina joined with (the asterism) Śravaṇa: these six are proclaimed as the Jayantīs, of great merit and bestowing good.
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PdP 4 4.8
कृष्णजन्माष्टमी पूर्वा प्रसिद्धा पापनाशिनी । क्रतुकोटिसमा ह्येषा तीर्थानामयुतैः समा
kṛṣṇajanmāṣṭamī pūrvā prasiddhā pāpanāśinī | kratukoṭisamā hyeṣā tīrthānāmayutaiḥ samā
The first, the eighth of the dark fortnight, Kṛṣṇa's birth-day, is renowned as destroying sin; it equals ten million sacrifices and is equal to ten thousand holy fords.
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PdP 4 4.9
कर्ता गवां सहस्रं तु यो ददाति दिनेदिने । तत्फलं समवाप्नोति जयंत्यां समुपोषणे
kartā gavāṃ sahasraṃ tu yo dadāti dinedine | tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti jayaṃtyāṃ samupoṣaṇe
That fruit which one obtains who gives a thousand cows day after day, that same fruit one gains by fasting on Jayantī.
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PdP 4 4.10
हेमभारसहस्रं तु कुरुक्षेत्रे रविग्रहे । तत्फलं समवाप्नोति जयंत्यां समुपोषणे
hemabhārasahasraṃ tu kurukṣetre ravigrahe | tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti jayaṃtyāṃ samupoṣaṇe
(The fruit of giving) a thousand loads of gold at Kurukṣetra during a solar eclipse—that fruit one gains by fasting on Jayantī.
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PdP 4 4.11
कृष्णाजिनसहस्राणि तिलधेनुशतानि च । तत्फलं समवाप्नोति जयंत्यां समुपोषणे
kṛṣṇājinasahasrāṇi tiladhenuśatāni ca | tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti jayaṃtyāṃ samupoṣaṇe
(The fruit of giving) thousands of black antelope skins and hundreds of sesame-cows—that fruit one gains by fasting on Jayantī.
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PdP 4 4.12
कन्याकोटिसहस्राणां दाने भवति यत्फलम् । तत्फलं समवाप्नोति जयंत्यां समुपोषणे
kanyākoṭisahasrāṇāṃ dāne bhavati yatphalam | tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti jayaṃtyāṃ samupoṣaṇe
Whatever fruit comes from the gift of a thousand crores of maidens, that fruit one obtains by fasting on Jayantī.
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PdP 4 4.13
ससागरामिमां पृथ्वीं दत्वा यल्लभते फलम् । तत्फलं समवाप्नोति जयंत्यां समुपोषणे
sasāgarāmimāṃ pṛthvīṃ datvā yallabhate phalam | tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti jayaṃtyāṃ samupoṣaṇe
Whatever fruit one gains by giving away this earth together with its oceans, that fruit one obtains by fasting on Jayantī.
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PdP 4 4.14
वापीकूपतडागदि कर्तव्यं देवतालये । तत्फलं समवाप्नोति जयंत्यां समुपोषणे
vāpīkūpataḍāgadi kartavyaṃ devatālaye | tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti jayaṃtyāṃ samupoṣaṇe
(Whatever fruit comes from) making step-wells, wells, tanks and the like at a temple of the god, that fruit one obtains by fasting on Jayantī.
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PdP 4 4.15
मातापित्रोर्गुरूणां च भक्तिं युक्तः करोति यः । तत्फलं समवाप्नोति जयंत्यां समुपोषणे
mātāpitrorgurūṇāṃ ca bhaktiṃ yuktaḥ karoti yaḥ | tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti jayaṃtyāṃ samupoṣaṇe
(The fruit) that one who, devoted, renders devotion to mother and father and to the teachers (obtains) — that fruit one obtains by fasting on Jayantī.
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PdP 4 4.16
आपदाहरणार्थाय तीर्थसेवाकृतात्मनाम् । सत्यव्रतानां यत्पुण्यं जयंत्यां समुपोषणे
āpadāharaṇārthāya tīrthasevākṛtātmanām | satyavratānāṃ yatpuṇyaṃ jayaṃtyāṃ samupoṣaṇe
Whatever merit belongs to those true to their vows, whose selves are shaped by resort to sacred fords for the sake of removing calamity — (that one gains) by fasting on Jayantī.
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PdP 4 4.17
गंगायां नर्मदायां यत्पुण्यं सारस्वते जले । स्नात्वा पुण्यमवाप्नोति जयंत्यां समुपोषणे
gaṃgāyāṃ narmadāyāṃ yatpuṇyaṃ sārasvate jale | snātvā puṇyamavāpnoti jayaṃtyāṃ samupoṣaṇe
Whatever merit there is in the Gaṅgā, in the Narmadā, in the water of the Sarasvatī by bathing — that merit one obtains by fasting on Jayantī.
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PdP 4 4.18
यत्पुण्यं श्राद्धकर्तॄणां पितॄणामिंदुसंक्षये । तत्फलं समवाप्नोति जयंत्यां समुपोषणे
yatpuṇyaṃ śrāddhakartṝṇāṃ pitṝṇāmiṃdusaṃkṣaye | tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti jayaṃtyāṃ samupoṣaṇe
Whatever merit belongs to those who perform the śrāddha rites for the ancestors at the new moon, that fruit one obtains by fasting on Jayantī.
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PdP 4 4.19
नारद उवाच- केनकेन कृता पूर्वं कथयस्व पितामह । ब्रह्मोवाच- कार्तवीर्येण कर्णेन कुमारेण च धीमता
nārada uvāca- kenakena kṛtā pūrvaṃ kathayasva pitāmaha | brahmovāca- kārtavīryeṇa karṇena kumāreṇa ca dhīmatā
Nārada said: Tell (me), grandfather, by whom and whom was it performed in former times? Brahmā said: By Kārtavīrya, by Karṇa, and by the wise Kumāra,
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PdP 4 4.20
सगरेण दिलीपेन काकुस्थेन कृता पुरा । गौतमेन च गार्ग्येण जामदग्न्येन धीमता
sagareṇa dilīpena kākusthena kṛtā purā | gautamena ca gārgyeṇa jāmadagnyena dhīmatā
by Sagara, by Dilīpa, by Kākustha it was performed of old, and by Gautama, by Gārgya, by the wise son of Jamadagni,
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PdP 4 4.21
वाल्मीकिना कृता पूर्वं द्रौपदेयेन साधुना । ददाति वांछितान्कामान्भाद्रपस्य सिताष्टमी
vālmīkinā kṛtā pūrvaṃ draupadeyena sādhunā | dadāti vāṃchitānkāmānbhādrapasya sitāṣṭamī
and formerly by Vālmīki, and by the good son of Draupadī. The bright eighth of Bhādrapada grants the desires one wishes for.
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PdP 4 4.22
प्राजापत्यर्क्षसंयुक्ता विशेषेण मताष्टमी । वर्षेवर्षे प्रकर्तव्या प्रीत्यर्थे चक्रपाणिनः
prājāpatyarkṣasaṃyuktā viśeṣeṇa matāṣṭamī | varṣevarṣe prakartavyā prītyarthe cakrapāṇinaḥ
That eighth is held to be especially (excellent) when joined with the asterism of Prajāpati (Rohiṇī); year after year it is to be performed for the pleasure of the Discus-bearer.
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PdP 4 4.23
कोटिजन्मार्जितं पापं मुहूर्तेन विलीयते । रात्रौ जागरणं कृत्वा निष्ठापूर्वं जितेंद्रियः
koṭijanmārjitaṃ pāpaṃ muhūrtena vilīyate | rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ kṛtvā niṣṭhāpūrvaṃ jiteṃdriyaḥ
Sin amassed through a crore of births dissolves in a moment. Having kept vigil at night with due observance, with senses subdued,
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PdP 4 4.24
गंधपुष्पादिनैवेद्यैः पूजनीयः पृथक्पृथक् । एवं यः कुरुते विप्र जयंतीसमुपोषणम्
gaṃdhapuṣpādinaivedyaiḥ pūjanīyaḥ pṛthakpṛthak | evaṃ yaḥ kurute vipra jayaṃtīsamupoṣaṇam
(the god) is to be worshipped, each separately, with perfumes, flowers and food offerings. He who thus, O brahmin, keeps the fast of Jayantī —
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PdP 4 4.25
कोटिजन्मार्जितं पापं ज्ञानतोऽज्ञानतः कृतम्
koṭijanmārjitaṃ pāpaṃ jñānato'jñānataḥ kṛtam
the sin amassed through a crore of births, done knowingly or unknowingly,
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PdP 4 4.26
प्रसादाद्देवकीसूनोर्यामार्द्धेन विलीयते । जयंतीतिथिसंप्राप्तौ भुंजते ये नराधमाः
prasādāddevakīsūnoryāmārddhena vilīyate | jayaṃtītithisaṃprāptau bhuṃjate ye narādhamāḥ
dissolves in half a watch by the grace of Devakī's son. Those lowest of men who eat when the Jayantī date has arrived,
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PdP 4 4.27
त्रैलोक्यसंभवं पापं भुंजते ते न संशयः । सागराद्यानि तीर्थानि मुक्तस्थानानि सर्वशः
trailokyasaṃbhavaṃ pāpaṃ bhuṃjate te na saṃśayaḥ | sāgarādyāni tīrthāni muktasthānāni sarvaśaḥ
they eat the sin arising in the three worlds — there is no doubt. The sacred fords beginning with the ocean, and all the places of liberation,
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PdP 4 4.28
गृहे तिष्ठंति सर्वांगे जयंतीव्रतकारिणः । तस्य सर्वाणि तीर्थानि देहे तिष्ठंति देवताः
gṛhe tiṣṭhaṃti sarvāṃge jayaṃtīvratakāriṇaḥ | tasya sarvāṇi tīrthāni dehe tiṣṭhaṃti devatāḥ
stand in the house, in every limb, of the one who performs the Jayantī vow; all the sacred fords and the gods dwell in his body.
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PdP 4 4.29
करोति यो नरो भक्त्या जयंतीं कृष्णवल्लभाम् । न वेदेन पुराणेन मया दृष्टं महामुने
karoti yo naro bhaktyā jayaṃtīṃ kṛṣṇavallabhām | na vedena purāṇena mayā dṛṣṭaṃ mahāmune
The man who with devotion performs the Jayantī, dear to Kṛṣṇa — neither in the Veda nor in a Purāṇa have I seen, O great sage,
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PdP 4 4.30
तत्समं नाधिकं वापि कृष्णराधाष्टमीव्रतम् । न करोति नरो भक्त्या स भवेत्क्रूरराक्षसः
tatsamaṃ nādhikaṃ vāpi kṛṣṇarādhāṣṭamīvratam | na karoti naro bhaktyā sa bhavetkrūrarākṣasaḥ
anything equal to, or even greater than, the vow of the eighth (sacred) to Kṛṣṇa and Rādhā. The man who does not perform it with devotion becomes a cruel demon.
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PdP 4 4.31
यो नरोऽश्नाति मूढात्मा जयंतीवासरे द्विज । महानरकमश्नाति यथा च हरिवासरे
yo naro'śnāti mūḍhātmā jayaṃtīvāsare dvija | mahānarakamaśnāti yathā ca harivāsare
The man of deluded mind who eats on the day of Jayantī, O twice-born, eats great hell, just as (one does) on Hari's day (the eleventh).
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PdP 4 4.32
अतीतमागतं यस्तु कुलमेकोत्तरं शतम् । पतेत्तु नरके घोरे जयंत्यां भोजनेन वै
atītamāgataṃ yastu kulamekottaraṃ śatam | patettu narake ghore jayaṃtyāṃ bhojanena vai
By eating on the Jayantī, indeed, one's family—a hundred and one (generations), past and future—falls into terrible hell.
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PdP 4 4.33
जयंती बुधवारे च रोहिण्या सहिता यदा । भवेच्च मुनिशार्दूल किं कृतैर्व्रतकोटिभिः
jayaṃtī budhavāre ca rohiṇyā sahitā yadā | bhavecca muniśārdūla kiṃ kṛtairvratakoṭibhiḥ
And when the Jayantī falls on a Wednesday joined with (the asterism) Rohiṇī, O tiger among sages, what need is there of tens of millions of observances performed?
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PdP 4 4.34
कृते त्रेतायुगे चैव द्वापरे च कलौ युगे । कृता सम्यग्विधानेन जयंती पापनाशिनी
kṛte tretāyuge caiva dvāpare ca kalau yuge | kṛtā samyagvidhānena jayaṃtī pāpanāśinī
In the Kṛta age, in the Tretā age, in the Dvāpara and in the Kali age, the Jayantī, performed with the proper rite, destroys sin.
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PdP 4 4.35
जागरे पद्मनाभस्य पुराणं पाठयेत्तु यः । आजन्मोपार्जितं पापं दहते तूलराशिवत्
jāgare padmanābhasya purāṇaṃ pāṭhayettu yaḥ | ājanmopārjitaṃ pāpaṃ dahate tūlarāśivat
Whoever has the Purāṇa recited during the night-vigil of the Lotus-naveled One burns up the sin amassed since birth, as (fire burns) a heap of cotton.
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PdP 4 4.36
यः शृणोति नरो भक्त्या पुराणं हरिवासरे । कोटिजन्मार्जितं तस्य पापं नश्यति तत्क्षणात्
yaḥ śṛṇoti naro bhaktyā purāṇaṃ harivāsare | koṭijanmārjitaṃ tasya pāpaṃ naśyati tatkṣaṇāt
The man who listens with devotion to the Purāṇa on Hari's day—his sin amassed over ten million births perishes that very instant.
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PdP 4 4.37
वासरे पद्मनाभस्य पूजयेद्वाचकं मुने । कुलकोटिं समुद्धृत्य विष्णुलोके स पूज्यते
vāsare padmanābhasya pūjayedvācakaṃ mune | kulakoṭiṃ samuddhṛtya viṣṇuloke sa pūjyate
On the day of the Lotus-naveled One one should honor the reciter, O sage; having delivered ten million of his family, he is honored in Viṣṇu's world.
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PdP 4 4.38
जयंत्यामुपवासेन यो नरोऽत्र पराङ्मुखः । सर्वधर्मविनिर्मुक्तो यात्यसौ नरकं ध्रुवम्
jayaṃtyāmupavāsena yo naro'tra parāṅmukhaḥ | sarvadharmavinirmukto yātyasau narakaṃ dhruvam
The man here who turns his face away from fasting on the Jayantī, cast off from all duty, surely goes to hell.
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PdP 4 4.39
गंधपुष्पैश्च धूपैश्च घृतपूर्णप्रदीपकैः । पूजयेद्भक्तिभावैश्च दद्याद्विप्राय दक्षिणाम्
gaṃdhapuṣpaiśca dhūpaiśca ghṛtapūrṇapradīpakaiḥ | pūjayedbhaktibhāvaiśca dadyādviprāya dakṣiṇām
With perfumes and flowers and incense and with lamps filled with ghee, and with devout feelings, one should worship, and should give a gift to a brahmin.
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PdP 4 4.40
विधिनानेन यो विप्र जयंतीं प्रकरोति च । नरो वै तारयेद्भक्त्या पुरुषानेकविंशतिम्
vidhinānena yo vipra jayaṃtīṃ prakaroti ca | naro vai tārayedbhaktyā puruṣānekaviṃśatim
The man who, O brahmin, performs the Jayantī by this rite with devotion carries across twenty-one (generations of) men.
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PdP 4 4.41
न दौर्भाग्यं न वैधव्यं न भवेत्कलहो गृहे । संततेर्न विरोधं च न पश्यति धनक्षयम्
na daurbhāgyaṃ na vaidhavyaṃ na bhavetkalaho gṛhe | saṃtaterna virodhaṃ ca na paśyati dhanakṣayam
There will be no misfortune, no widowhood, no quarrel in the house; there is no strife among his offspring, and he sees no loss of wealth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 4 4.42
यान्यांश्चिकीर्षते कामान्जयंती समुपोषकः । तांस्तान्प्राप्नोति सकलान्विष्णुलोकं स गच्छति
yānyāṃścikīrṣate kāmānjayaṃtī samupoṣakaḥ | tāṃstānprāpnoti sakalānviṣṇulokaṃ sa gacchati
Whatever desires the one who fully fasts on the Jayantī wishes to accomplish, all of those he obtains, and he goes to Viṣṇu's world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 4 4.43
विष्णुभक्तिपरा नित्यं जयंतीव्रत मानसाः । ते धन्यास्ते कुलीनास्ते ईश्वरास्ते च पंडिताः
viṣṇubhaktiparā nityaṃ jayaṃtīvrata mānasāḥ | te dhanyāste kulīnāste īśvarāste ca paṃḍitāḥ
Those who are ever devoted to Viṣṇu, whose minds are on the Jayantī observance—they are blessed, they are well-born, they are lords, and they are the learned.
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PdP 4 4.44
यानि कानि च तीर्थानि व्रतानि नियमानि च । जयंतीवासरस्यैव कलां नार्हंति षोडशीम्
yāni kāni ca tīrthāni vratāni niyamāni ca | jayaṃtīvāsarasyaiva kalāṃ nārhaṃti ṣoḍaśīm
Whatever pilgrimage places there are, and vows and restraints, they do not equal a sixteenth part of the Jayantī day itself.
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PdP 4 4.45
भाद्रे वै चोभये पक्षे यः करोति सभार्यकः । राधाकृष्णाष्टमीं वत्स प्राप्नोति हरिसन्निधिम्
bhādre vai cobhaye pakṣe yaḥ karoti sabhāryakaḥ | rādhākṛṣṇāṣṭamīṃ vatsa prāpnoti harisannidhim
He who, together with his wife, observes the Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa eighth day in both fortnights of Bhādra, my child, attains the presence of Hari.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 4 4.46
व्रतं च पुण्यकारं च यः करोति सदा हरेः । स याति विष्णोर्वैकुंठं जयंतीसमुपोषकः
vrataṃ ca puṇyakāraṃ ca yaḥ karoti sadā hareḥ | sa yāti viṣṇorvaikuṃṭhaṃ jayaṃtīsamupoṣakaḥ
And he who always performs the vow of Hari and the meritorious act—he, fully fasting on the Jayantī, goes to Viṣṇu's Vaikuṇṭha.
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PdP 4 4.47
आचारहीनं कुलभ्रष्टं कीर्तिहीनं कुयोनिजम् । नाशयत्याशु पापं च जयंती हरिवल्लभा
ācārahīnaṃ kulabhraṣṭaṃ kīrtihīnaṃ kuyonijam | nāśayatyāśu pāpaṃ ca jayaṃtī harivallabhā
The Jayantī, dear to Hari, quickly destroys (the fault of) one lacking good conduct, fallen from his family, devoid of fame, born of a bad womb—and (his) sin.
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PdP 4 4.48
मेरुतुल्यानि पापानि ब्रह्महत्यादिकानि च । स निर्दहति सर्वाणि जयंत्यां समुपोषकः
merutulyāni pāpāni brahmahatyādikāni ca | sa nirdahati sarvāṇi jayaṃtyāṃ samupoṣakaḥ
Sins equal to Mount Meru, such as the killing of a brahmin—he who fully fasts on the Jayantī burns them all away.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 4 4.49
पुत्रार्थी लभते पुत्रं धनार्थी लभते धनम् । मोक्षार्थी लभते मोक्षं जयंत्यां समुपोषकः
putrārthī labhate putraṃ dhanārthī labhate dhanam | mokṣārthī labhate mokṣaṃ jayaṃtyāṃ samupoṣakaḥ
One who wants a son gets a son, one who wants wealth gets wealth, one who wants liberation gets liberation—(he who) fully fasts on the Jayantī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 4 4.50
जयंतीकरणे चित्तं येषां भवति तत्परम् । यमोऽपि शंकते नित्यं ते यांति परमां गतिम्
jayaṃtīkaraṇe cittaṃ yeṣāṃ bhavati tatparam | yamo'pi śaṃkate nityaṃ te yāṃti paramāṃ gatim
Those whose mind is intent upon performing the Jayantī—even Yama constantly fears them; they go to the highest goal.
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PdP 4 4.51
सूत उवाच- कथयित्वा नारदं तु ययौ स च यथागतः । मयापि कथितं ब्रह्मन्यत्पृष्टोऽहं त्वया मुने
sūta uvāca- kathayitvā nāradaṃ tu yayau sa ca yathāgataḥ | mayāpi kathitaṃ brahmanyatpṛṣṭo'haṃ tvayā mune
Sūta said: having spoken, he (departed and) Nārada too went as he had come; and by me too, O brahmin, has been told what you asked me, O sage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 4 4.52
माहात्म्यं च जयंत्या ये शृण्वंति भक्तिभावतः । तेपि यांति परं धाम विमुक्ताः सर्वपातकैः
māhātmyaṃ ca jayaṃtyā ye śṛṇvaṃti bhaktibhāvataḥ | tepi yāṃti paraṃ dhāma vimuktāḥ sarvapātakaiḥ
And those who listen to the greatness of Jayantī with devoted feeling — they too go to the supreme abode, released from all sins.
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PdP 4 4.53
पुराणवाचकं ब्रह्मन्जयंतीव्रतिनं तथा । ये पश्यंति नराः पापास्ते यांति परमं पदम्
purāṇavācakaṃ brahmanjayaṃtīvratinaṃ tathā | ye paśyaṃti narāḥ pāpāste yāṃti paramaṃ padam
O brahmin, those sinful men who look upon a reciter of the Purāṇa and likewise upon one who keeps the Jayantī vow go to the highest state.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition