Padma Purana — Patala Khanda — Chapter 86

PdP 5 86.1

सूत उवाच- इति तस्य वचः श्रुत्वा नारदस्य महात्मनः । अंबरीषश्च राजर्षिर्विस्मितो वाक्यमब्रवीत्

sūta uvāca- iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā nāradasya mahātmanaḥ | aṃbarīṣaśca rājarṣirvismito vākyamabravīt

Sūta said: Having heard that speech of the great-souled Nārada, the royal sage Ambarīṣa, astonished, spoke these words.

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PdP 5 86.2

अंबरीष उवाच- मार्गशीर्षादिकान्मासान्हित्वा पुण्यान्महामुने । सर्वमासाधिकं मासं वैशाखं किं प्रशंससि

aṃbarīṣa uvāca- mārgaśīrṣādikānmāsānhitvā puṇyānmahāmune | sarvamāsādhikaṃ māsaṃ vaiśākhaṃ kiṃ praśaṃsasi

Ambarīṣa said: Great sage, leaving aside the meritorious months beginning with Mārgaśīrṣa, why do you praise the month of Vaiśākha as superior to all months?

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PdP 5 86.3

सर्वेभ्योऽप्यधिकः कस्मान्माधवो माधवप्रियः । को विधिस्तत्र किं दानं किं तपः का च देवता

sarvebhyo'pyadhikaḥ kasmānmādhavo mādhavapriyaḥ | ko vidhistatra kiṃ dānaṃ kiṃ tapaḥ kā ca devatā

Why is Mādhava, dear to Mādhava, greater than all (the others)? What is the rule there, what the gift, what the austerity, and who the deity?

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PdP 5 86.4

त्वत्पादांभोजरजसा पावितस्य च मे मुने । उपदेशप्रसादेन प्रसादं कर्तुमर्हसि

tvatpādāṃbhojarajasā pāvitasya ca me mune | upadeśaprasādena prasādaṃ kartumarhasi

And to me, purified by the dust of your lotus feet, O sage, you should show favour by the grace of your instruction.

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PdP 5 86.5

धर्मज्ञो धर्ममार्गाणामुद्धर्तासि महामुने । त्वमेकोऽखिलतत्त्वार्थवेत्ता धर्मोपदेशकः

dharmajño dharmamārgāṇāmuddhartāsi mahāmune | tvameko'khilatattvārthavettā dharmopadeśakaḥ

(You are) the knower of dharma, the rescuer of the paths of dharma, great sage; you alone are the knower of the meaning of all truths, the teacher of dharma.

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PdP 5 86.6

कर्तोपदेष्टा मंता वानुमंतापि प्रयोजकः । शास्त्रविद्भिर्मुनिवर स्मर्यंते समभागिनः

kartopadeṣṭā maṃtā vānumaṃtāpi prayojakaḥ | śāstravidbhirmunivara smaryaṃte samabhāginaḥ

The doer, the instructor, the one who approves, or the one who consents, and also the instigator — these, best of sages, are recorded by the knowers of the scriptures as sharing equally (in the result).

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PdP 5 86.7

व्रतसत्रतपोदानैर्यत्फलं समवाप्यते । धर्मोपदेशनेनैव तत्सर्वमुपलभ्यते

vratasatratapodānairyatphalaṃ samavāpyate | dharmopadeśanenaiva tatsarvamupalabhyate

Whatever fruit is obtained by vows, sacrificial rites, austerities and gifts, all that is gained by the teaching of dharma alone.

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PdP 5 86.8

तीर्थस्नानं तपोयज्ञकर्म यत्कुरुते मुने । अपि तत्फलभागीस्याद्यः प्रवर्तयिता भवेत्

tīrthasnānaṃ tapoyajñakarma yatkurute mune | api tatphalabhāgīsyādyaḥ pravartayitā bhavet

Whatever bathing at a holy ford, austerity, or sacrificial act a man performs, O sage, he too who prompts (it) becomes a sharer in that fruit.

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PdP 5 86.9

यद्यदाचरति श्रेष्ठस्तत्तदेवेतरो जनः । स यत्प्रमाणं कुरुते लोकस्तदनुवर्तते

yadyadācarati śreṣṭhastattadevetaro janaḥ | sa yatpramāṇaṃ kurute lokastadanuvartate

Whatever the best man practises, that very thing other people (practise); whatever he makes his standard, the world follows that.

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PdP 5 86.10

तदर्हति भवान्धर्ममुपदेष्टुं तदद्भुतम् । दुर्ल्लभो गुरुसंबोधो देशकालोपपत्तयः

tadarhati bhavāndharmamupadeṣṭuṃ tadadbhutam | durllabho gurusaṃbodho deśakālopapattayaḥ

Therefore you ought to teach that wondrous dharma; hard to obtain is awakening (given) by a teacher, and the coming together of (right) place and time.

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PdP 5 86.11

न केचन तथा भावाश्चेतः शीतलयंतिनः । राज्यलाभादयोऽप्येते यथा तव समागमः

na kecana tathā bhāvāścetaḥ śītalayaṃtinaḥ | rājyalābhādayo'pyete yathā tava samāgamaḥ

There are no states whatever that so cool the mind — not even these, such as the gaining of a kingdom — as (does) meeting with you.

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PdP 5 86.12

सूत उवाच-। अथ मंदमृदुस्मेरस्फुरद्दंतप्रभानुगः । अंबरीषं प्रत्युवाच नारदो मुनिसत्तमः

sūta uvāca-| atha maṃdamṛdusmerasphuraddaṃtaprabhānugaḥ | aṃbarīṣaṃ pratyuvāca nārado munisattamaḥ

Sūta said: Then Nārada, best of sages, attended by the flashing brightness of his teeth in a slow, soft smile, replied to Ambarīṣa.

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PdP 5 86.13

नारद उवाच-। शृणु राजन्प्रवक्ष्यामि हिताय जगतस्तव । विधिर्माधवमासस्य यच्छ्रुतो ब्रह्मणः पुरा

nārada uvāca-| śṛṇu rājanpravakṣyāmi hitāya jagatastava | vidhirmādhavamāsasya yacchruto brahmaṇaḥ purā

Nārada said: Listen, O king; I shall declare, for your good and the world's, the rule of the month Mādhava (Vaiśākha), which was formerly heard from Brahmā.

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PdP 5 86.14

दुर्ल्लभं भारते वर्षे जन्म तस्मान्मनुष्यता । मानुष्ये दुर्ल्लभे लोके स्वस्वधर्मप्रवर्त्तनम्

durllabhaṃ bhārate varṣe janma tasmānmanuṣyatā | mānuṣye durllabhe loke svasvadharmapravarttanam

Birth in the land of Bharata is hard to obtain, and thence human status; and when human status has been (thus) hard to obtain in the world, the practice of one's own proper dharma (is harder still).

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PdP 5 86.15

ततोऽपि भक्तिर्भूपाल वासुदेवेऽतिदुर्ल्लभा । तत्रापि दुर्ल्लभो मासो माधवो माधवप्रियः

tato'pi bhaktirbhūpāla vāsudeve'tidurllabhā | tatrāpi durllabho māso mādhavo mādhavapriyaḥ

Harder than that, O ruler of the earth, is devotion to Vāsudeva; and even therein the month Mādhava, dear to Mādhava, is hard to obtain.

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PdP 5 86.16

तमवाप्य ततो मासं स्नानदानजपादिकम् । कुर्वंति विधिना ये तु धन्यास्ते कृतिनो नराः

tamavāpya tato māsaṃ snānadānajapādikam | kurvaṃti vidhinā ye tu dhanyāste kṛtino narāḥ

Having then obtained that month, those men who perform bathing, giving, muttering of prayers and the rest according to the rule — they are fortunate, they are the successful ones.

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PdP 5 86.17

तेषां दर्शनमात्रेण पापिनोऽपि विकिल्बिषाः । भवंति भगवद्भावभाविता धर्मकांक्षिणः

teṣāṃ darśanamātreṇa pāpino'pi vikilbiṣāḥ | bhavaṃti bhagavadbhāvabhāvitā dharmakāṃkṣiṇaḥ

By the mere sight of them even sinners become free of stain, and, filled with feeling for the Lord, become desirous of dharma.

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PdP 5 86.18

माधवे मासि यैः स्नातं प्रातर्नियमसंयुतैः । ते कोटिवर्षपर्यंतं क्रीडंते नंदने वने

mādhave māsi yaiḥ snātaṃ prātarniyamasaṃyutaiḥ | te koṭivarṣaparyaṃtaṃ krīḍaṃte naṃdane vane

Those who, joined with (the proper) observances, have bathed at dawn in the month Mādhava sport in the Nandana grove for a crore of years.

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PdP 5 86.19

यथा न वारिधिसमो लोके कोऽपि जलाशयः । तथा मासो न वैशाखसदृशो माधवप्रियः

yathā na vāridhisamo loke ko'pi jalāśayaḥ | tathā māso na vaiśākhasadṛśo mādhavapriyaḥ

Just as in the world there is no reservoir of water equal to the ocean, so there is no month like Vaiśākha, dear to Mādhava.

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PdP 5 86.20

तावत्पापानि तिष्ठंति मनुष्याणां कलेवरे । यावत्किलमलध्वंसी मासो नायाति माधवः

tāvatpāpāni tiṣṭhaṃti manuṣyāṇāṃ kalevare | yāvatkilamaladhvaṃsī māso nāyāti mādhavaḥ

Sins remain in the bodies of men only so long as the month Mādhava, destroyer of impurity, has not come.

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PdP 5 86.21

अवशिष्टदिनान्येव पंचमासस्य तस्य वै । एकादशीं समारभ्य सर्वमाससमानि वै

avaśiṣṭadinānyeva paṃcamāsasya tasya vai | ekādaśīṃ samārabhya sarvamāsasamāni vai

Indeed the remaining days of that fifth month, beginning with the eleventh (day), are equal to the whole month.

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PdP 5 86.22

वैशाखे पूजितो देवो माधवो मधुहा तु यैः । नानोपचारै राजेंद्र तैः प्राप्तं जन्मनः फलम्

vaiśākhe pūjito devo mādhavo madhuhā tu yaiḥ | nānopacārai rājeṃdra taiḥ prāptaṃ janmanaḥ phalam

Those by whom the god Mādhava, slayer of Madhu, has been worshipped in Vaiśākha with various services — by them, O lord of kings, the fruit of birth has been attained.

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PdP 5 86.23

किं किं न दुर्ल्लभतरं प्राप्यते मासि माधवे । स्नानेन परमेशस्य पूजनेन यथाविधि

kiṃ kiṃ na durllabhataraṃ prāpyate māsi mādhave | snānena parameśasya pūjanena yathāvidhi

What is there, however hard to attain, that is not obtained in the month Mādhava by bathing and by worshipping the supreme Lord according to the rule?

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PdP 5 86.24

न दत्तं न हुतं जप्तं न तीर्थे मरणं कृतम् । यैर्हि नारायणो नैव ध्यातो निखिलपापहा

na dattaṃ na hutaṃ japtaṃ na tīrthe maraṇaṃ kṛtam | yairhi nārāyaṇo naiva dhyāto nikhilapāpahā

By those who have not meditated on Nārāyaṇa, the destroyer of all sin, nothing has been given, nothing offered in fire, nothing muttered, no dying at a holy ford accomplished.

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PdP 5 86.25

तेषां जन्म नृणां लोके ज्ञातव्यं निष्फलं नृप । द्रव्येषु विद्यमानेषु कृपणो यो भवेन्नरः

teṣāṃ janma nṛṇāṃ loke jñātavyaṃ niṣphalaṃ nṛpa | dravyeṣu vidyamāneṣu kṛpaṇo yo bhavennaraḥ

The birth of such men in this world is to be known as fruitless, O king. When goods are at hand, the man who becomes a miser —

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PdP 5 86.26

अदत्वा म्रियते यो हि तस्य द्रव्यं निरर्थकम् । तीर्थस्नानादि तपसा सत्कुले जन्म लभ्यते

adatvā mriyate yo hi tasya dravyaṃ nirarthakam | tīrthasnānādi tapasā satkule janma labhyate

— who dies without giving, his wealth is to no purpose. By bathing at holy fords and the rest, by austerity, birth in a good family is obtained.

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PdP 5 86.27

न दानेन विना भूप किंचिदप्युपतिष्ठति । वैशाखस्नानमाहात्म्यादपि पंचदिनात्मकात्

na dānena vinā bhūpa kiṃcidapyupatiṣṭhati | vaiśākhasnānamāhātmyādapi paṃcadinātmakāt

Without giving, O king, nothing at all comes to one. Even from the greatness of the Vaiśākha bathing, though it consist of (only) five days,

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PdP 5 86.28

सत्कुले प्राप्यते जन्म वैभवं विविधं तथा । सुपुत्रः सुकुलं भूप धनधान्यं वरस्त्रियः

satkule prāpyate janma vaibhavaṃ vividhaṃ tathā | suputraḥ sukulaṃ bhūpa dhanadhānyaṃ varastriyaḥ

birth in a good family is obtained, and manifold splendour: a good son, a good lineage, O king, wealth and grain, excellent wives,

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PdP 5 86.29

सुजन्ममरणं चापि सुभोगाः सुखमेव च । सदा दानेऽधिका प्रीतिरौदार्यं धैर्यमुत्तमम्

sujanmamaraṇaṃ cāpi subhogāḥ sukhameva ca | sadā dāne'dhikā prītiraudāryaṃ dhairyamuttamam

and a good birth and death, good enjoyments, and happiness itself; a constant, abundant delight in giving, generosity, and the highest steadfastness.

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PdP 5 86.30

प्रसादात्तस्य देवस्य विष्णोश्चैव महात्मनः । नारायणस्य जायंते सिद्धयो भूप वांच्छिताः

prasādāttasya devasya viṣṇoścaiva mahātmanaḥ | nārāyaṇasya jāyaṃte siddhayo bhūpa vāṃcchitāḥ

By the grace of that god Viṣṇu, the great soul, Nārāyaṇa, the desired attainments come to be, O king.

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PdP 5 86.31

ऊर्जे मासि तपो मासि माधवे माधवप्रिये । स्नात्वा दामोदरं भक्त्या माधवं मधुसूदनम्

ūrje māsi tapo māsi mādhave mādhavapriye | snātvā dāmodaraṃ bhaktyā mādhavaṃ madhusūdanam

In the month of Ūrja (Kārttika), in the month of Tapas (Māgha), and in Mādhava (Vaiśākha) which is dear to Mādhava, having bathed, (worshipping) with devotion Dāmodara, Mādhava, Madhusūdana,

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PdP 5 86.32

विशेषेण समभ्यर्च्य दत्वा दानानि शक्तितः । एहिकं सुखमासाद्य नरो हरिपदं व्रजेत्

viśeṣeṇa samabhyarcya datvā dānāni śaktitaḥ | ehikaṃ sukhamāsādya naro haripadaṃ vrajet

and having worshipped (him) especially and given gifts according to his ability, a man, having obtained happiness in this world, goes to Hari's abode.

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PdP 5 86.33

अनेकजन्मार्जितपातकावली विलीयते माधवमज्जनेन । सूर्योदये भूप यथा तमिस्रं वचः स्वयंभूरिदमादिशन्मे

anekajanmārjitapātakāvalī vilīyate mādhavamajjanena | sūryodaye bhūpa yathā tamisraṃ vacaḥ svayaṃbhūridamādiśanme

The train of sins amassed in many births dissolves away through bathing in (the month of) Mādhava, as darkness does at sunrise, O king — this word the Self-born (Brahmā) declared to me.

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PdP 5 86.34

चकार विष्णुर्विपुलप्रचारं मासस्य वै माधवसंज्ञकस्य । यमस्य गुप्तं वचसा विचिंत्य मनुष्यलोकं गमितं चकार

cakāra viṣṇurvipulapracāraṃ māsasya vai mādhavasaṃjñakasya | yamasya guptaṃ vacasā viciṃtya manuṣyalokaṃ gamitaṃ cakāra

Viṣṇu made wide proclamation of the month named Mādhava; having pondered by his word the secret of Yama, he had it brought to the world of men.

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PdP 5 86.35

तस्मादस्मिन्समायाते माधवे मासि वैष्णवैः । स्नात्वा पुण्यजले तीर्थे गंगायाः पावने नृणाम्

tasmādasminsamāyāte mādhave māsi vaiṣṇavaiḥ | snātvā puṇyajale tīrthe gaṃgāyāḥ pāvane nṛṇām

Therefore, when this month of Mādhava has come, men should bathe with the Vaiṣṇavas in the holy water at a ford, in the purifying (stream) of the Gaṅgā,

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PdP 5 86.36

रेवाया वा महाराज यामुने शारदेऽथवा । प्रातस्त्वनुदिते भानौ विधानेन नृपोत्तम

revāyā vā mahārāja yāmune śārade'thavā | prātastvanudite bhānau vidhānena nṛpottama

or in the Revā, O great king, or in the Yamunā, or in the Śāradā — at dawn, before the sun has risen, according to the prescribed rite, O best of kings,

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PdP 5 86.37

पूजयित्वा च देवेशं मुकुंदं मधुसूदनम् । पुत्रपौत्रधनैः श्रेयो वांच्छितानि सुखानि च

pūjayitvā ca deveśaṃ mukuṃdaṃ madhusūdanam | putrapautradhanaiḥ śreyo vāṃcchitāni sukhāni ca

and having worshipped the lord of gods, Mukunda, Madhusūdana — (they obtain) good fortune with sons, grandsons and wealth, and the desired pleasures;

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PdP 5 86.38

अनुभूय तपस्त्वंते स्वर्गमक्षयमाप्नुयात् । एवं ज्ञात्वा महाभाग मधुसूदनमर्चय

anubhūya tapastvaṃte svargamakṣayamāpnuyāt | evaṃ jñātvā mahābhāga madhusūdanamarcaya

having enjoyed (these), at the end (one) would attain imperishable heaven. Knowing this, O greatly fortunate one, worship Madhusūdana.

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PdP 5 86.39

स्नात्वा सम्यग्विधानेन वैशाखे तु विशेषतः । देवमाराध्य गोविन्दं नारायणमनामयम्

snātvā samyagvidhānena vaiśākhe tu viśeṣataḥ | devamārādhya govindaṃ nārāyaṇamanāmayam

Bathing properly according to the rite, and especially in Vaiśākha, propitiating the god Govinda, Nārāyaṇa the free of ill,

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PdP 5 86.40

प्राप्स्यसि त्वं सुखं पुत्रं धनानि च हरेः पदम् । देवदेवं नमस्कृत्य माधवं पापनाशनम्

prāpsyasi tvaṃ sukhaṃ putraṃ dhanāni ca hareḥ padam | devadevaṃ namaskṛtya mādhavaṃ pāpanāśanam

you will obtain happiness, a son, riches, and the abode of Hari. Having bowed to the god of gods, Mādhava, the destroyer of sin,

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PdP 5 86.41

प्रारभेत व्रतमिदं पौर्णमास्यां मधोर्नृप । यमैश्च नियमैर्युक्तः शक्त्या किंचित्प्रदाय च

prārabheta vratamidaṃ paurṇamāsyāṃ madhornṛpa | yamaiśca niyamairyuktaḥ śaktyā kiṃcitpradāya ca

one should begin this vow on the full-moon day of Madhu (Caitra), O king, being joined with restraints and observances, and giving something according to his ability;

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PdP 5 86.42

हविष्यभुग्भूमिशायी ब्रह्मचर्यव्रते स्थितः । कृच्छ्रादितपसा क्षामो ध्यायन्नारायणं हृदि

haviṣyabhugbhūmiśāyī brahmacaryavrate sthitaḥ | kṛcchrāditapasā kṣāmo dhyāyannārāyaṇaṃ hṛdi

eating sacrificial food, sleeping on the ground, established in the vow of chastity, emaciated by austerity such as the kṛcchra penance, meditating on Nārāyaṇa in the heart.

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PdP 5 86.43

एवं प्राप्य च वैशाखीं दद्यान्मधुतिलादिकम् । भोजनं द्विजमुख्येभ्यो भक्त्या धेनुं सदक्षिणाम्

evaṃ prāpya ca vaiśākhīṃ dadyānmadhutilādikam | bhojanaṃ dvijamukhyebhyo bhaktyā dhenuṃ sadakṣiṇām

Having thus reached the Vaiśākha full-moon, he should give honey, sesame and the like, and food to the chief brahmins with devotion, and a milk-cow together with the priestly fee.

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PdP 5 86.44

अच्छिद्रं प्रार्थयेच्चापि तस्य स्नानस्य भूसुरान् । यथा लक्ष्मीः प्रिया भूप माधवस्य जगत्पतेः

acchidraṃ prārthayeccāpi tasya snānasya bhūsurān | yathā lakṣmīḥ priyā bhūpa mādhavasya jagatpateḥ

And he should also entreat the brahmins for the flawlessness of that bathing. As Lakṣmī is dear, O king, to Mādhava the lord of the world,

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PdP 5 86.45

तथैव माधवो मासो मधुसूदनवल्लभः । एवं विधियुतो मर्त्यः स्नात्वा द्वादशवत्सरम्

tathaiva mādhavo māso madhusūdanavallabhaḥ | evaṃ vidhiyuto martyaḥ snātvā dvādaśavatsaram

Just so the month Mādhava is dear to Madhusūdana. A mortal who thus observes the rule, having bathed for twelve years,

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PdP 5 86.46

उद्यापनं चरेच्छक्त्या मधुसूदनतुष्टये । इदं माधवमासस्य माहात्म्यं कथितं तव

udyāpanaṃ carecchaktyā madhusūdanatuṣṭaye | idaṃ mādhavamāsasya māhātmyaṃ kathitaṃ tava

should perform the concluding rite according to his ability, for the pleasing of Madhusūdana. This greatness of the month Mādhava has been told to you,

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PdP 5 86.47

यत्पुरा ब्रह्मणो वक्त्राच्छ्रुतमासीन्मया नृप

yatpurā brahmaṇo vaktrācchrutamāsīnmayā nṛpa

which formerly, O king, was heard by me from the mouth of Brahmā.

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