Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 253
PdP 6 253.1
श्रीपार्वत्युवाच- भगवन्सर्वमाख्यातं वैभवावस्थितं हरेः । एतस्मिन्रामकृष्णाभ्यां चरित्रमति विस्मितम्
śrīpārvatyuvāca- bhagavansarvamākhyātaṃ vaibhavāvasthitaṃ hareḥ | etasminrāmakṛṣṇābhyāṃ caritramati vismitam
Śrī Pārvatī said: O Lord, all the manifested glory of Hari has been related. In this, the deeds performed by Rāma and Kṛṣṇa are most astonishing.
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PdP 6 253.2
अहो रामस्यचरितं कृष्णस्य च महात्मनः । शृण्वत्या मम देवेश कल्पांतरशतैरपि
aho rāmasyacaritaṃ kṛṣṇasya ca mahātmanaḥ | śṛṇvatyā mama deveśa kalpāṃtaraśatairapi
Ah, the deeds of Rāma and of the great-souled Kṛṣṇa! O Lord of the gods, though I should listen even for hundreds of other kalpas—
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PdP 6 253.3
तृप्तिं नैवेति भूतेश चेतो हरिकथामृतम् । अधुना श्रोतुमिच्छामि विष्णोर्माहात्म्यमुत्तमम् । तत्पूजनविधिं देव श्रोतुमिच्छाम्यहं तथा
tṛptiṃ naiveti bhūteśa ceto harikathāmṛtam | adhunā śrotumicchāmi viṣṇormāhātmyamuttamam | tatpūjanavidhiṃ deva śrotumicchāmyahaṃ tathā
—my mind attains no satisfaction at all, O Lord of beings, (with) the nectar of the tales of Hari. Now I wish to hear the excellent greatness of Viṣṇu; and I wish, O God, likewise to hear the rule for his worship.
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PdP 6 253.4
श्रीरुद्र उवाच- शृणु देवि प्रवक्ष्यामि हरेश्च सुमहात्मनः । स्थापनं च स्वयं व्यक्तं द्विविधं तत्प्रकीर्तितम्
śrīrudra uvāca- śṛṇu devi pravakṣyāmi hareśca sumahātmanaḥ | sthāpanaṃ ca svayaṃ vyaktaṃ dvividhaṃ tatprakīrtitam
Śrī Rudra said: Listen, O Goddess, I shall declare (it). Of Hari, the very great-souled one, there is installation and self-manifestation: that is proclaimed to be of two kinds.
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PdP 6 253.5
शिला मृद्दारुलोहाद्यैः कृत्वा प्रतिकृतिं हरेः । श्रौतस्मार्तागमप्रोक्तक्रियासंस्थापनं हि यत्
śilā mṛddārulohādyaiḥ kṛtvā pratikṛtiṃ hareḥ | śrautasmārtāgamaproktakriyāsaṃsthāpanaṃ hi yat
Having made an image of Hari out of stone, clay, wood, metal and so on, that installation which is (performed) with the rites declared in the Śruti, the Smṛti and the Āgamas—
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PdP 6 253.6
तत्स्थापनमिति प्रोक्तं स्वयं व्यक्तं हि मे शृणु । यस्मिन्संनिहितो विष्णुः स्वयमेव नृणां भुवि
tatsthāpanamiti proktaṃ svayaṃ vyaktaṃ hi me śṛṇu | yasminsaṃnihito viṣṇuḥ svayameva nṛṇāṃ bhuvi
—that is called "installation." Now hear from me about the self-manifested. That in which Viṣṇu himself is present, of his own accord, among men on earth—
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PdP 6 253.7
पाषाणदार्वोरात्मेशः स्वयं व्यक्तं हि तत्स्मृतम् । स्वयं व्यक्तं स्थापितं वा पूजयेन्मधुसूदनम्
pāṣāṇadārvorātmeśaḥ svayaṃ vyaktaṃ hi tatsmṛtam | svayaṃ vyaktaṃ sthāpitaṃ vā pūjayenmadhusūdanam
—the Lord of the self (dwelling) in stone or wood, that is held to be self-manifested. Whether self-manifested or installed, one should worship Madhusūdana.
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PdP 6 253.8
देवतानां मर्हषीणामर्चनार्थे सनातनः । स्वयमेव जगन्नाथः सान्निध्यं याति केशवः
devatānāṃ marhaṣīṇāmarcanārthe sanātanaḥ | svayameva jagannāthaḥ sānnidhyaṃ yāti keśavaḥ
For the sake of the worship of the gods and the great seers, the eternal Lord of the world, Keśava himself, comes to be present (there).
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PdP 6 253.9
यस्य यद्विग्रहे भोग्यं तदेवाविरभूद्भुवि । तदेव पूजयेन्नित्यं तस्मिन्नेव रमेत्सदा
yasya yadvigrahe bhogyaṃ tadevāvirabhūdbhuvi | tadeva pūjayennityaṃ tasminneva rametsadā
Whatever is enjoyable (for a worshipper) in whichever image of his, that very (form) has become manifest on earth; that very one he should worship daily, and in that very one he should always take delight.
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PdP 6 253.10
श्रीरङ्गशायी देवेशो विधिनार्च्यः सुरोत्तमः । स एवेक्ष्वाकुनाथानां तपसाविरभूद्भुवि
śrīraṅgaśāyī deveśo vidhinārcyaḥ surottamaḥ | sa evekṣvākunāthānāṃ tapasāvirabhūdbhuvi
The Lord of gods who reclines at Śrīraṅga, best of the celestials, is to be worshipped according to the rule; he himself became manifest on earth through the austerity of the lords of the Ikṣvāku line.
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PdP 6 253.11
ममापि काश्यां संपूज्यो माधवः कलुषापहः । यत्र यत्र गृहे रम्ये स्वयं व्यक्तः सनातनः
mamāpi kāśyāṃ saṃpūjyo mādhavaḥ kaluṣāpahaḥ | yatra yatra gṛhe ramye svayaṃ vyaktaḥ sanātanaḥ
By me too, in Kāśī, Mādhava, the remover of impurity, is to be duly worshipped. In whatever lovely house the eternal one is self-manifest,
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PdP 6 253.12
तत्रतत्र समागम्य रमेऽहं संव्यवस्थितः । नाष्टांगयोगे यज्ञेशस्त्वर्चायां विंदते नृणाम्
tatratatra samāgamya rame'haṃ saṃvyavasthitaḥ | nāṣṭāṃgayoge yajñeśastvarcāyāṃ viṃdate nṛṇām
there and there I come and, established (there), take delight. The Lord of sacrifice is not found by men in the eightfold yoga, but (he is found) in the image.
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PdP 6 253.13
चक्षुषोर्विषयं प्राप्य ददाति वरमीप्सितम् । सर्वावस्थासु सौलभ्यमर्चायां लभ्यते जनैः
cakṣuṣorviṣayaṃ prāpya dadāti varamīpsitam | sarvāvasthāsu saulabhyamarcāyāṃ labhyate janaiḥ
Having come within the range of the two eyes, he grants the desired boon; in every condition, ease of access is obtained by people in the image.
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PdP 6 253.14
अज्ञानामपि सान्निध्यं सर्वदा पृथिवीतले । जंबूद्वीपे महापुण्ये वर्षे वै भारते शुभे
ajñānāmapi sānnidhyaṃ sarvadā pṛthivītale | jaṃbūdvīpe mahāpuṇye varṣe vai bhārate śubhe
His presence is at all times (available) even to the ignorant on the surface of the earth—in Jambūdvīpa, in the greatly meritorious and auspicious land of Bhārata.
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PdP 6 253.15
अर्चायां संनिधौ विष्णुर्नेतरेषु कदाचन । तत्तस्माद्भारते वर्षे मुनिभिस्त्रिदशैरपि
arcāyāṃ saṃnidhau viṣṇurnetareṣu kadācana | tattasmādbhārate varṣe munibhistridaśairapi
Viṣṇu is present in the image, never in other (things); therefore in the land of Bhārata he is (worshipped) by sages and by the thirty (gods) as well—
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PdP 6 253.16
सेवितः सततं देवि तपोयज्ञक्रियादिभिः । भारतेऽस्मिन्महावर्षे नित्यं संनिहितो हरिः
sevitaḥ satataṃ devi tapoyajñakriyādibhiḥ | bhārate'sminmahāvarṣe nityaṃ saṃnihito hariḥ
—constantly served, O goddess, with austerity, sacrifice, ritual acts and the rest. In this great land of Bhārata Hari is always present:
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PdP 6 253.17
ऐंद्रद्युम्ने तथा कौर्मे सिंहाद्रौ करवीरके । काश्यां प्रयागे सौम्ये च शालग्रामाचले तथा
aiṃdradyumne tathā kaurme siṃhādrau karavīrake | kāśyāṃ prayāge saumye ca śālagrāmācale tathā
at Aiṃdradyumna, likewise at Kaurma, on Siṃhādri, at Karavīra, in Kāśī, at Prayāga and at Saumya, and likewise on the Śālagrāma mountain,
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PdP 6 253.18
द्वारवत्यां नैमिषे च तथा बदरिकाश्रमे । कृतशौचे हरेत्पापं पौंडरीके च दंडके
dvāravatyāṃ naimiṣe ca tathā badarikāśrame | kṛtaśauce haretpāpaṃ pauṃḍarīke ca daṃḍake
at Dvāravatī and at Naimiṣa, and likewise at the Badarikā hermitage, at Kṛtaśauca he removes sin, and at Pauṇḍarīka and in Daṇḍaka,
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PdP 6 253.19
माथुरे वेङ्कटाद्रौ च श्वेताद्रौ गरुडाचले । कांच्यामनंतशयने श्रींरगे वासवाचले
māthure veṅkaṭādrau ca śvetādrau garuḍācale | kāṃcyāmanaṃtaśayane śrīṃrage vāsavācale
at Māthura and on Veṅkaṭādri, on Śvetādri, on Garuḍācala, at Kāñcī, at Anantaśayana, at Śrīraṅga, on Vāsavācala,
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PdP 6 253.20
नारायणाचले सौम्ये वाराहे वामनाश्रमे । एवमाद्याः स्वयं व्यक्ताः सर्वकामफलप्रदाः
nārāyaṇācale saumye vārāhe vāmanāśrame | evamādyāḥ svayaṃ vyaktāḥ sarvakāmaphalapradāḥ
on Nārāyaṇācala, at Saumya, at Vārāha, at the Vāmana hermitage—these and such (shrines) are self-manifest and grant the fruit of every desire.
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PdP 6 253.21
स्वयमेव हि सान्निध्यं यस्मिन्याति जनार्दनः । तस्मिन्नेव स्वयं व्यंक्तं वदंति मुनयः शुभाः
svayameva hi sānnidhyaṃ yasminyāti janārdanaḥ | tasminneva svayaṃ vyaṃktaṃ vadaṃti munayaḥ śubhāḥ
In whatever (place or form) Janārdana comes to be present of his own accord, in that very one the holy sages declare (him) to be self-manifest.
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PdP 6 253.22
महाभागवतश्रेष्ठो विधिना स्थाप्य केशवम् । मंत्रेण कुर्यात्सांनिध्यं स्थापनं तद्विशिष्यते
mahābhāgavataśreṣṭho vidhinā sthāpya keśavam | maṃtreṇa kuryātsāṃnidhyaṃ sthāpanaṃ tadviśiṣyate
An excellent great devotee, having installed Keśava according to the rule, should bring about his presence by means of a mantra; that installation is (thereby) distinguished.
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PdP 6 253.23
तस्मिन्संपूजयेद्देवं ग्रामेषु च गृहेषु च । शालग्रामशिलायां तु गृहार्चा सद्भिरिष्यते
tasminsaṃpūjayeddevaṃ grāmeṣu ca gṛheṣu ca | śālagrāmaśilāyāṃ tu gṛhārcā sadbhiriṣyate
In that (image) one should worship the god, both in villages and in houses; but worship at home is approved by the good in a Śālagrāma stone.
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PdP 6 253.24
अर्चनं मंत्रपठनं यागयोगो महात्मनः । नामसंकीर्तनं सेवा तच्चिह्नैरंकनं तथा
arcanaṃ maṃtrapaṭhanaṃ yāgayogo mahātmanaḥ | nāmasaṃkīrtanaṃ sevā taccihnairaṃkanaṃ tathā
Worship (of the image), recitation of mantras, sacrifice and yoga (directed) to the Great Self, the chanting of (his) names, service, and marking (oneself) with his emblems,
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PdP 6 253.25
तदीयाराधनं च स्यान्नवधा भिद्यते शुभे । तत्तत्कर्मविधानं च विप्रस्य सततं स्मृतम्
tadīyārādhanaṃ ca syānnavadhā bhidyate śubhe | tattatkarmavidhānaṃ ca viprasya satataṃ smṛtam
and the worship of those belonging to him—thus it is divided ninefold, O auspicious one; and the performance of each of those acts is prescribed for a brahmin at all times.
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PdP 6 253.26
महाभागवतः श्रेष्ठो ब्राह्मणो वै गुरुर्नृणाम् । सर्वेषामेवलोकानामसौ पूज्यो यथा हरिः
mahābhāgavataḥ śreṣṭho brāhmaṇo vai gururnṛṇām | sarveṣāmevalokānāmasau pūjyo yathā hariḥ
A great devotee, an excellent brahmin, is indeed the teacher of men; he is to be honoured by all the worlds, just as Hari is.
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PdP 6 253.27
तापादिपंच संस्कारि नवेज्याकर्मकारकः । अर्थपंचकविद्विप्रो महाभागवतः स्मृतः
tāpādipaṃca saṃskāri navejyākarmakārakaḥ | arthapaṃcakavidvipro mahābhāgavataḥ smṛtaḥ
A brahmin who has the five sacraments beginning with branding, who performs the nine acts of worship, and who knows the five topics, is called a great devotee.
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PdP 6 253.28
तत्तत्कर्मविधानेज्या क्षत्त्रियस्य विधीयते । तच्चिह्नैरंकने सेवा तदीयानां च पूजनम्
tattatkarmavidhānejyā kṣattriyasya vidhīyate | taccihnairaṃkane sevā tadīyānāṃ ca pūjanam
For the kṣatriya, worship consisting in the performance of his respective duties is prescribed, together with service by branding (himself) with His marks and the honouring of those who belong to Him.
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PdP 6 253.29
मंत्रवर्णस्य जपनं नामसंकीर्तनं हरेः । वंदनं च विशां प्रोक्तं षट्कर्मेज्याविधानतः
maṃtravarṇasya japanaṃ nāmasaṃkīrtanaṃ hareḥ | vaṃdanaṃ ca viśāṃ proktaṃ ṣaṭkarmejyāvidhānataḥ
Muttering the syllables of the mantra, singing aloud the names of Hari, and salutation — these are declared for the vaiśyas, according to the rule of worship by the six acts.
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PdP 6 253.30
नामसंकीर्तनं सेवा पूजनं वंदनं तथा । अर्चनं च तदीयानां पंचेज्या शूद्रजन्मनः
nāmasaṃkīrtanaṃ sevā pūjanaṃ vaṃdanaṃ tathā | arcanaṃ ca tadīyānāṃ paṃcejyā śūdrajanmanaḥ
Singing the names aloud, service, honouring, salutation, and the reverencing of those who belong to Him — this is the fivefold worship for one of śūdra birth.
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PdP 6 253.31
साधारणेन सर्वेषां मानसेज्या नृणां प्रिये । स्वाधिकारानुरूपं च कार्या चेज्या जगत्पतेः
sādhāraṇena sarveṣāṃ mānasejyā nṛṇāṃ priye | svādhikārānurūpaṃ ca kāryā cejyā jagatpateḥ
For all men, dear one, mental worship is common (i.e. permitted to all); and the worship of the Lord of the world is to be performed in accordance with one's own competence.
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PdP 6 253.32
अनन्यदेवताभक्तैरनन्यफलसाधकैः । वेदविद्ब्रह्मतत्त्वज्ञैर्वीतरागैर्मुमुक्षुभिः
ananyadevatābhaktairananyaphalasādhakaiḥ | vedavidbrahmatattvajñairvītarāgairmumukṣubhiḥ
By those devoted to no other deity, who seek no other fruit, who know the Veda and know the truth of brahman, who are free from passion and desirous of liberation—
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PdP 6 253.33
गुरुभक्तिसमायुक्तैः सुप्रसन्नैः सुसाधुभिः । ब्राह्मणैरितरैश्चापि पूजनीयो हरिः सदा
gurubhaktisamāyuktaiḥ suprasannaiḥ susādhubhiḥ | brāhmaṇairitaraiścāpi pūjanīyo hariḥ sadā
—by brāhmaṇas endowed with devotion to their teacher, well-disposed, thoroughly good, and by others too, Hari is always to be worshipped.
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PdP 6 253.34
यथोचिता च वर्णस्य कार्या इज्या हरेर्नृणाम् । वर्णाश्रमानुरूपं च कर्त्तव्यं वैष्णवैः शुभैः
yathocitā ca varṇasya kāryā ijyā harernṛṇām | varṇāśramānurūpaṃ ca karttavyaṃ vaiṣṇavaiḥ śubhaiḥ
And the worship of Hari suitable to his class is to be performed by men; and by good Vaiṣṇavas it is to be done in accordance with class and stage of life.
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PdP 6 253.35
श्रुतिस्मृत्युदितं सम्यङ्नित्यमत्र समाचरेत् । श्रुतिस्मृत्युक्तकर्माणि नातिक्रामेत बुद्धिमान्
śrutismṛtyuditaṃ samyaṅnityamatra samācaret | śrutismṛtyuktakarmāṇi nātikrāmeta buddhimān
Here one should always properly practise what is stated in śruti and smṛti; the wise man should not transgress the acts enjoined by śruti and smṛti.
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PdP 6 253.36
श्रुतिस्मृत्युक्तमाचारं यो न सेवेत वैष्णवः । स च पाखंडमापन्नो रौरवे नरके वसेत्
śrutismṛtyuktamācāraṃ yo na seveta vaiṣṇavaḥ | sa ca pākhaṃḍamāpanno raurave narake vaset
That Vaiṣṇava who does not follow the conduct enjoined by śruti and smṛti has fallen into heresy and shall dwell in the Raurava hell.
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PdP 6 253.37
तस्माद्वर्णानुरूपां वै कुर्यादिज्यां जगत्पतेः । तस्मात्स्मृत्युक्तमाचारं कुर्याद्वै मानवः सदा
tasmādvarṇānurūpāṃ vai kuryādijyāṃ jagatpateḥ | tasmātsmṛtyuktamācāraṃ kuryādvai mānavaḥ sadā
Therefore one should perform the worship of the Lord of the world in accordance with his class; therefore a man should always practise the conduct stated in the smṛti.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.38
साधारणा हि सर्वेषां मानसेज्या शुभे नृणाम् । स्वाधिकारं निरीक्ष्यैव कर्म कुर्यादतंद्रितः
sādhāraṇā hi sarveṣāṃ mānasejyā śubhe nṛṇām | svādhikāraṃ nirīkṣyaiva karma kuryādataṃdritaḥ
For mental worship, O fair one, is common to all men; but one should perform (ritual) action only after considering one's own entitlement, being free of sloth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.39
शमोदमस्तपः शौचं सत्यमामिषवर्जनम् । अस्तेयमेवाहिंसा च सर्वेषां धर्मसाधनम्
śamodamastapaḥ śaucaṃ satyamāmiṣavarjanam | asteyamevāhiṃsā ca sarveṣāṃ dharmasādhanam
Calm, self-restraint, austerity, purity, truth, abstention from meat, not stealing, and non-injury: these are the means of dharma for all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.40
तस्माद्वर्णानुरूपेण पूजयेन्मधुसूदनम् । रात्रावंते समुत्थाय उपस्पृश्य यथाविधि
tasmādvarṇānurūpeṇa pūjayenmadhusūdanam | rātrāvaṃte samutthāya upaspṛśya yathāvidhi
Therefore one should worship Madhusūdana in accordance with his class. Rising at the end of the night, having touched (water) as prescribed,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.41
नमस्कृत्य गुरून्स्वस्य संस्मरेदच्युतं हृदि । सहस्रनामभिर्भक्त्या कीर्तयेद्वाग्यतः शुचिः
namaskṛtya gurūnsvasya saṃsmaredacyutaṃ hṛdi | sahasranāmabhirbhaktyā kīrtayedvāgyataḥ śuciḥ
having bowed to his own teachers, he should call Acyuta to mind in his heart; with devotion he should recite (Him) by the thousand names, pure and with speech controlled.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.42
बहिर्ग्रामात्समुसृज्य मूलमंत्रं यथाविधि । शौचं कृत्वा यथान्यायमाचम्य प्रयतः शुचिः
bahirgrāmātsamusṛjya mūlamaṃtraṃ yathāvidhi | śaucaṃ kṛtvā yathānyāyamācamya prayataḥ śuciḥ
Having voided (his bowels) outside the village, (reciting) the root mantra as prescribed, having done the cleansing properly and rinsed his mouth, restrained and pure,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 253.43
दंतधावनपूर्वं तु स्नानं कुर्याद्यथाविधि । आदाय तुलसीमूलमृदं तत्पत्रसंयुताम्
daṃtadhāvanapūrvaṃ tu snānaṃ kuryādyathāvidhi | ādāya tulasīmūlamṛdaṃ tatpatrasaṃyutām
then, beginning with cleaning the teeth, he should bathe as prescribed. Taking earth from the root of a tulasī plant, together with its leaves,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.44
मूलमंत्रेणाभिमंत्र्य गायत्र्या च शुभानने । मंत्रेणैवानुलिप्तांगः स्नायात्कृत्वाघमर्षणम्
mūlamaṃtreṇābhimaṃtrya gāyatryā ca śubhānane | maṃtreṇaivānuliptāṃgaḥ snāyātkṛtvāghamarṣaṇam
having consecrated it with the root mantra and with the gāyatrī, O fair-faced one, and having smeared his limbs with (that earth using) that very mantra, he should bathe, performing the aghamarṣaṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.45
हरिपादोद्भवां गंगां तत्रावाह्य सुनिर्मले । निमज्ज्याशु जपेत्सूक्तमघमर्षणमुत्तमम्
haripādodbhavāṃ gaṃgāṃ tatrāvāhya sunirmale | nimajjyāśu japetsūktamaghamarṣaṇamuttamam
Having invoked there, in the very clear (water), the Gaṅgā that arose from Hari's foot, and having plunged in at once, he should mutter the excellent Aghamarṣaṇa hymn.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.46
आचम्य मार्जनं कुर्यात्पौरुषोक्तक्रमादथ । पश्चादाशु निमज्ज्याथ मूलमंत्रं जपेद्बुधः
ācamya mārjanaṃ kuryātpauruṣoktakramādatha | paścādāśu nimajjyātha mūlamaṃtraṃ japedbudhaḥ
Having rinsed his mouth, he should perform the wiping (mārjana) according to the sequence stated in the Puruṣa (hymn); then, plunging in quickly, the wise man should mutter the root mantra
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.47
अष्टाविंशतिवारं वा शतमष्टोत्तरं च वा । प्रार्थयेदभिमंत्र्याथ जलमंत्रेण वैष्णवः
aṣṭāviṃśativāraṃ vā śatamaṣṭottaraṃ ca vā | prārthayedabhimaṃtryātha jalamaṃtreṇa vaiṣṇavaḥ
twenty-eight times, or a hundred and eight; then the Vaiṣṇava, having consecrated the water with the (water-)mantra, should make his petition.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.48
आचम्य तर्पयेद्देवान्नृषींश्चैव पितॄंस्तथा । निपीड्य वस्त्रमाचम्य धौतवस्त्रेण वेष्टितः
ācamya tarpayeddevānnṛṣīṃścaiva pitṝṃstathā | nipīḍya vastramācamya dhautavastreṇa veṣṭitaḥ
Having sipped water, he should offer libations to the gods, to the seers, and likewise to the fathers; having wrung out his garment and sipped water, he should be wrapped in a washed cloth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.49
विमलां मृत्तिकां रम्यामादाय द्विजसत्तमः । मंत्रेणैवाभिमंत्र्याथ ललाटादिषु वैष्णवः
vimalāṃ mṛttikāṃ ramyāmādāya dvijasattamaḥ | maṃtreṇaivābhimaṃtryātha lalāṭādiṣu vaiṣṇavaḥ
Taking clean, pleasing clay, the best of the twice-born, the Vaiṣṇava, having consecrated it with the mantra, then upon his forehead and the other (places)—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.50
धारयेदूर्द्ध्वपुंड्रानि यथासंख्यमतंद्रितः । उपास्य विधिवत्संध्यां सावित्रीं च जपेद्बुधः ५० 6.253.
dhārayedūrddhvapuṃḍrāni yathāsaṃkhyamataṃdritaḥ | upāsya vidhivatsaṃdhyāṃ sāvitrīṃ ca japedbudhaḥ 50 6.253.
—should wear the upright marks (ūrdhvapuṇḍras), in the proper number, unwearied; and the wise man, having performed the twilight worship according to rule, should recite the Sāvitrī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.51
संयतात्मा गृहं गत्वा पादौ प्रक्षाल्य वाग्यतः । आचम्यैकाग्रमनसा पूजामंडपमाविशेत्
saṃyatātmā gṛhaṃ gatvā pādau prakṣālya vāgyataḥ | ācamyaikāgramanasā pūjāmaṃḍapamāviśet
Self-restrained, having gone home, having washed his feet, keeping silence, having sipped water, with one-pointed mind he should enter the worship-pavilion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.52
रम्ये शुभ्रतरे पीठे पुष्पोपचय शोभिते । तस्मिन्निवेश्य देवं तं लक्ष्मीनारायणं प्रभुम्
ramye śubhratare pīṭhe puṣpopacaya śobhite | tasminniveśya devaṃ taṃ lakṣmīnārāyaṇaṃ prabhum
On a pleasant, very bright seat, adorned with a heap of flowers—having installed on it that god, the Lord Lakṣmī-Nārāyaṇa—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.53
पूजयेद्विधिना सम्यग्गंधपुष्पाक्षतादिभिः । स्थापने वा स्वयं व्यक्ते गृहार्चायां विधानतः
pūjayedvidhinā samyaggaṃdhapuṣpākṣatādibhiḥ | sthāpane vā svayaṃ vyakte gṛhārcāyāṃ vidhānataḥ
—he should worship (him) well, according to rule, with fragrance, flowers, unbroken rice and the rest, whether in an installed (image) or in one self-manifested, in the household image, according to the prescription.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.54
श्रौतस्मार्तागमोक्तानामर्चनं विधिना द्विजः । कुर्याद्भक्त्या यथार्हं च विष्णोः प्रयतमानसः
śrautasmārtāgamoktānāmarcanaṃ vidhinā dvijaḥ | kuryādbhaktyā yathārhaṃ ca viṣṇoḥ prayatamānasaḥ
The twice-born, with devotion and a purified mind, should perform, according to rule and as is fitting, the worship of Viṣṇu (in the forms) declared in the Śruti, the Smārta, and the Āgama (traditions).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.55
यथोपदिष्टं गुरुणा तथा कुर्वीत वैष्णवः । श्रौतं वैखानसं प्रोक्तं वासिष्ठं स्मार्तमुच्यते
yathopadiṣṭaṃ guruṇā tathā kurvīta vaiṣṇavaḥ | śrautaṃ vaikhānasaṃ proktaṃ vāsiṣṭhaṃ smārtamucyate
As instructed by his teacher, so should the Vaiṣṇava do. The Vaikhānasa is called the Śrauta; the Vāsiṣṭha is called the Smārta.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.56
पंचरात्रविधानं च दिव्यागममितीरितम् । क्रियालोपं न कर्त्तव्यं विष्णोराराधनं परम्
paṃcarātravidhānaṃ ca divyāgamamitīritam | kriyālopaṃ na karttavyaṃ viṣṇorārādhanaṃ param
And the Pāñcarātra system is declared to be the divine Āgama. No omission of the rites should be made: the worship of Viṣṇu is supreme.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.57
आवाहनासनार्घ्याद्यैर्गंधपुष्पाक्षतादिभिः । धूपैर्दीपैश्च नैवेद्यैस्तांबूलाद्यैर्नमस्कृतैः
āvāhanāsanārghyādyairgaṃdhapuṣpākṣatādibhiḥ | dhūpairdīpaiśca naivedyaistāṃbūlādyairnamaskṛtaiḥ
With invocation, seat, guest-water and the rest, with fragrance, flowers, unbroken rice and the rest, with incense and lamps, with food-offerings, with betel and the rest, with obeisances—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.58
कुर्यादाराधनं विष्णोर्यथाशक्त्या मुदान्वितः । प्रत्यृचं पुरुषसूक्तेन मूलमंत्रेण वैष्णवः
kuryādārādhanaṃ viṣṇoryathāśaktyā mudānvitaḥ | pratyṛcaṃ puruṣasūktena mūlamaṃtreṇa vaiṣṇavaḥ
—the Vaiṣṇava, filled with joy, should perform the worship of Viṣṇu to the best of his ability, verse by verse with the Puruṣa hymn (and) with the root mantra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.59
मंत्रद्वयेन कुर्वीत षोडशैरुपचारकैः । भूयः प्रत्युपचारेषु दद्यात्पुष्पाञ्जलिं ततः
maṃtradvayena kurvīta ṣoḍaśairupacārakaiḥ | bhūyaḥ pratyupacāreṣu dadyātpuṣpāñjaliṃ tataḥ
He should perform (it) with the two mantras, by means of the sixteen services; then again, at each of the services, he should offer a handful of flowers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.60
आवाहयेज्जगन्नाथं मुद्रया चैव वैष्णवः । आसनं तु यथा दद्यात्पुष्पकेण च मुद्रया
āvāhayejjagannāthaṃ mudrayā caiva vaiṣṇavaḥ | āsanaṃ tu yathā dadyātpuṣpakeṇa ca mudrayā
The Vaiṣṇava should invoke the Lord of the world with the (proper) hand-gesture; and he should offer the seat as prescribed, with a flower and with the gesture.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.61
दीपार्घ्याचमनं स्नानं पात्रस्थैर्विमलैर्जलैः । मंगलद्रव्यसंयुक्तैस्तुलसीदलमिश्रितैः
dīpārghyācamanaṃ snānaṃ pātrasthairvimalairjalaiḥ | maṃgaladravyasaṃyuktaistulasīdalamiśritaiḥ
Lamp, guest-water, water for rinsing the mouth, and bathing—with clear waters kept in a vessel, joined with auspicious substances and mixed with tulasī leaves—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.62
दद्यात्प्रत्युपचारं तु मूलमंत्रद्वयेन च । सुवासितेन तैलेन कुर्यादभ्यंजनं ततः
dadyātpratyupacāraṃ tu mūlamaṃtradvayena ca | suvāsitena tailena kuryādabhyaṃjanaṃ tataḥ
—and he should offer the (return) service with the two root mantras; then he should perform the anointing with well-perfumed oil.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.63
कस्तूर्याचंदेनेनापि कुर्यादुद्वर्त्तनादिकम् । सुगंधवासितैस्तोयैः स्नाप्य मंत्रयुतैः शुभैः
kastūryācaṃdenenāpi kuryādudvarttanādikam | sugaṃdhavāsitaistoyaiḥ snāpya maṃtrayutaiḥ śubhaiḥ
With musk and sandal too he should perform the rubbing-down and the rest; having bathed (the god) with auspicious waters scented with fragrance and accompanied by mantras—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.64
वस्त्रैराभरणैर्दिव्यैरलंकृत्य यथाविधि । मधुपर्कं ततो दद्याद्गंधं दद्यात्सुवासितम्
vastrairābharaṇairdivyairalaṃkṛtya yathāvidhi | madhuparkaṃ tato dadyādgaṃdhaṃ dadyātsuvāsitam
—having adorned (him) according to rule with garments and splendid ornaments, he should then offer the madhuparka, and offer well-scented fragrant paste.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.65
सुरभीणि सुपुष्पाणि भक्त्या सम्यङ्निवेदयेत् । धूपं दशांगमष्टांगं दीपं च सुमनोहरम्
surabhīṇi supuṣpāṇi bhaktyā samyaṅnivedayet | dhūpaṃ daśāṃgamaṣṭāṃgaṃ dīpaṃ ca sumanoharam
He should duly present, with devotion, fragrant fine flowers, incense of ten ingredients or of eight, and a very lovely lamp.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.66
नैवेद्यं विविधं दद्यात्पायसापूपमिश्रितम् । कर्पूरं तु सतांबूलं भक्त्या चैव निवेदयेत्
naivedyaṃ vividhaṃ dadyātpāyasāpūpamiśritam | karpūraṃ tu satāṃbūlaṃ bhaktyā caiva nivedayet
He should offer manifold food-offerings, mixed with milk-rice and cakes; and with devotion he should present camphor together with betel.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.67
दीपैर्नीराजनं कृत्वा पुष्पमालां समर्चयेत् । परिणीय प्रणम्याथ स्तुत्वा स्तोत्रैरनुत्तमैः
dīpairnīrājanaṃ kṛtvā puṣpamālāṃ samarcayet | pariṇīya praṇamyātha stutvā stotrairanuttamaiḥ
Having performed the waving of lamps, he should honour (him) with a garland of flowers; having led (him) around, then having bowed down, having praised (him) with the most excellent hymns—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.68
गरुडाङ्के शाययित्वा मङ्गलार्घ्यं निवेदयेत् । संकीर्त्य नामभिः पुण्यैः पश्चाद्धोमं समाचरेत्
garuḍāṅke śāyayitvā maṅgalārghyaṃ nivedayet | saṃkīrtya nāmabhiḥ puṇyaiḥ paścāddhomaṃ samācaret
Having laid (the Lord) on Garuḍa's lap, (he) should present the auspicious arghya offering; having praised (him) with (his) holy names, he should afterwards perform the fire oblation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.69
हरेर्नैवैद्यशेषेण जहुयाद्वह्निमंडले । प्रत्यृचं पौरुषं सूक्तं श्रीसूक्तं मंगलाह्वयम्
harernaivaidyaśeṣeṇa jahuyādvahnimaṃḍale | pratyṛcaṃ pauruṣaṃ sūktaṃ śrīsūktaṃ maṃgalāhvayam
With the remainder of Hari's food offering he should make oblation in the fire-circle: verse by verse, the Puruṣa hymn, the Śrī hymn, (and the one) called Maṅgala.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.70
होतव्यमाज्यसंमिश्रं हविषा वैदिकानले । प्रोक्तेन मंत्ररत्नेन जुहुयाद्भक्तिसंयुतम्
hotavyamājyasaṃmiśraṃ haviṣā vaidikānale | proktena maṃtraratnena juhuyādbhaktisaṃyutam
(The oblation), mixed with ghee, is to be offered along with the sacrificial food in the Vedic fire; with the jewel of a mantra that has been declared, he should offer it filled with devotion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.71
अष्टोत्तरशतवारमष्टाविंशतिमेव च । यज्ञरूपं महाविष्णुं ध्यायन्वै जुहुयाद्धविः
aṣṭottaraśatavāramaṣṭāviṃśatimeva ca | yajñarūpaṃ mahāviṣṇuṃ dhyāyanvai juhuyāddhaviḥ
A hundred and eight times, and (also) twenty-eight, meditating on the great Viṣṇu who has the form of the sacrifice, he should offer the oblation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.72
शुद्धजांबूनदनिभं शंखचक्रगदाधरम् । समस्तवेदवेदांतसांगोपांगयुतं प्रभुम्
śuddhajāṃbūnadanibhaṃ śaṃkhacakragadādharam | samastavedavedāṃtasāṃgopāṃgayutaṃ prabhum
(Him) resembling pure gold, bearing conch, discus and mace, joined with all the Vedas and Vedāntas together with their limbs and sub-limbs, the Lord —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.73
देव्या श्रिया समासीनं ध्यात्वा होमं समाचरेत् । एकैकामाहुतिं पश्चान्नामभिर्जुहुयाद्धविः
devyā śriyā samāsīnaṃ dhyātvā homaṃ samācaret | ekaikāmāhutiṃ paścānnāmabhirjuhuyāddhaviḥ
— seated together with the goddess Śrī: having meditated (thus), he should perform the fire offering; afterwards he should offer the oblation with the names, one libation for each.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.74
नित्यान्भक्तान्समुदिदश्य महाभागवतोत्तमः । भूलीला विमलाद्याश्च शक्तयः प्रथमं क्रमात्
nityānbhaktānsamudidaśya mahābhāgavatottamaḥ | bhūlīlā vimalādyāśca śaktayaḥ prathamaṃ kramāt
Having designated the eternal devotees, the great and foremost among Bhāgavatas (should offer) in order: first Bhū, Līlā, and the powers beginning with Vimalā,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 253.75
अनंतं विहगेंद्रादि देवतास्तदनंतरम् । वासुदेवादयः पश्चात्तथा शक्त्यादि देवताः
anaṃtaṃ vihageṃdrādi devatāstadanaṃtaram | vāsudevādayaḥ paścāttathā śaktyādi devatāḥ
then Ananta, the king of birds (Garuḍa) and the (other) deities beginning with them; afterwards Vāsudeva and the rest, and likewise the deities beginning with Śakti,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.76
मूर्त्तयः केशवाद्याश्च तथा संकर्षणादयः । मत्स्यकूर्मादयश्चैव तथा चक्रादिहेतयः
mūrttayaḥ keśavādyāśca tathā saṃkarṣaṇādayaḥ | matsyakūrmādayaścaiva tathā cakrādihetayaḥ
and the forms beginning with Keśava, and likewise those beginning with Saṃkarṣaṇa, and the Fish, the Tortoise and the rest, and likewise the weapons beginning with the discus,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.77
कुमुदादयश्च त्रिदशास्तथा चंद्रादिदेवताः । इंद्रादिलोकपालाश्च तथा धर्मादिदेवताः
kumudādayaśca tridaśāstathā caṃdrādidevatāḥ | iṃdrādilokapālāśca tathā dharmādidevatāḥ
and the gods beginning with Kumuda, and likewise the deities beginning with the Moon, and the world-guardians beginning with Indra, and likewise the deities beginning with Dharma —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.78
होतव्याः क्रमशस्तस्मिन्संपूज्याश्च विशेषतः । एतद्वैकुंठहोमं तु महाभागवतोत्तमः
hotavyāḥ kramaśastasminsaṃpūjyāśca viśeṣataḥ | etadvaikuṃṭhahomaṃ tu mahābhāgavatottamaḥ
these are to receive oblations in it in order, and are to be worshipped particularly. This Vaikuṇṭha fire offering the great and foremost among Bhāgavatas
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.79
नित्यार्चनविधौ नित्यं कुर्वीत सुसमाहितः । गृहार्चने गृहद्वारि पंचयज्ञविधानतः
nityārcanavidhau nityaṃ kurvīta susamāhitaḥ | gṛhārcane gṛhadvāri paṃcayajñavidhānataḥ
should perform daily, well concentrated, within the rule of daily worship. In household worship, at the house door, according to the rule of the five sacrifices,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.80
दत्त्वा बलिविधानेन पश्चादाचमनं चरेत् । उपविश्यासने शुभ्रे कृष्णाजिनकुशोत्तरे
dattvā balividhānena paścādācamanaṃ caret | upaviśyāsane śubhre kṛṣṇājinakuśottare
having given (offerings) by the procedure of the bali offering, he should afterwards sip water; having sat down on a clean seat covered over with a black antelope skin and kuśa grass,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.81
मंत्रयोगे प्रकुर्वीत भोगार्थं सुखमात्मनः । सम्यक्पद्मासनासीनो भूतशुद्धिं समाचरेत्
maṃtrayoge prakurvīta bhogārthaṃ sukhamātmanaḥ | samyakpadmāsanāsīno bhūtaśuddhiṃ samācaret
he should engage in the yoga of the mantra, for his own enjoyment and ease; seated properly in the lotus posture, he should perform the purification of the elements.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.82
प्राणायामत्रयं कुर्यान्मन्त्रेण विजितेंद्रियः । उदङ्मुखं ततः कृत्वा हृत्पङ्कजमनुत्तमम्
prāṇāyāmatrayaṃ kuryānmantreṇa vijiteṃdriyaḥ | udaṅmukhaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā hṛtpaṅkajamanuttamam
With senses subdued, he should perform three breath-restraints with the mantra; then, having made the unsurpassed lotus of the heart face north,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.83
विकासं तस्य कुर्वीत विज्ञानरविणा हृदि । तत्कर्णिकायां वह्न्यर्कशशिबिंबान्यनुक्रमात्
vikāsaṃ tasya kurvīta vijñānaraviṇā hṛdi | tatkarṇikāyāṃ vahnyarkaśaśibiṃbānyanukramāt
he should cause it to open in the heart by means of the sun of knowledge; on its pericarp, the orbs of fire, sun and moon in succession —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.84
त्रयं त्रयीमये तस्मिंश्चिंतयेद्वैष्णवोत्तमः । नानारत्नमयं पीठं तेषामुपरि चिंतयेत्
trayaṃ trayīmaye tasmiṃściṃtayedvaiṣṇavottamaḥ | nānāratnamayaṃ pīṭhaṃ teṣāmupari ciṃtayet
that triad the best of Vaiṣṇavas should conceive in that (lotus) made of the triple Veda; above them he should conceive a seat made of various jewels.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.85
तस्मिन्हृत्पद्ममूलांते बालार्कसदृशद्युतिम् । अष्टैश्वर्यदलं पद्मं मंत्राक्षरमयं चरेत्
tasminhṛtpadmamūlāṃte bālārkasadṛśadyutim | aṣṭaiśvaryadalaṃ padmaṃ maṃtrākṣaramayaṃ caret
On it, at the end of the root of the heart-lotus, he should set a lotus with a radiance like the newly risen sun, with the eight lordly powers as its petals, made of the syllables of the mantra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 253.86
तस्मिन्देव्या समासीनं कोटिशीतांशुसंनिभम् । चतुर्भुजं सुंदरांगं शंखचक्रगदाधरम्
tasmindevyā samāsīnaṃ koṭiśītāṃśusaṃnibham | caturbhujaṃ suṃdarāṃgaṃ śaṃkhacakragadādharam
On that, (he should meditate on him) seated together with the Goddess, resembling a crore of moons, four-armed, of beautiful body, bearing conch, discus and mace,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.87
पद्मपत्रविशालाक्षं सर्वलक्षणलक्षितम् । श्रीवत्सकौस्तुभोरस्कं पीतवस्त्रधरं प्रभुम्
padmapatraviśālākṣaṃ sarvalakṣaṇalakṣitam | śrīvatsakaustubhoraskaṃ pītavastradharaṃ prabhum
wide-eyed like lotus petals, marked with all the auspicious marks, having the Śrīvatsa and the Kaustubha on his chest, wearing yellow garments, the Lord,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.88
विचित्राभरणैर्युक्तं दिव्यमंडनमंडितम् । दिव्यचंदनलिप्तांगं दिव्यपुष्पोपशोभितम्
vicitrābharaṇairyuktaṃ divyamaṃḍanamaṃḍitam | divyacaṃdanaliptāṃgaṃ divyapuṣpopaśobhitam
(He is) endowed with variegated ornaments, adorned with divine decorations, his limbs smeared with divine sandal paste, made beautiful with divine flowers;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.89
तुलसीकोमलदलवनमालाविभूषितम् । बालार्ककोटिसदृशं कांत्या देव्या श्रिया सह
tulasīkomaladalavanamālāvibhūṣitam | bālārkakoṭisadṛśaṃ kāṃtyā devyā śriyā saha
adorned with a forest-garland of tender tulasī leaves, resembling ten million young suns in radiance, together with the goddess Śrī —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.90
सर्वलक्षणलक्षण्या समाश्लिष्टतनुः शिवम् । एवं ध्यात्वा जपेन्मंत्रं समाहितमनाः शुचिः
sarvalakṣaṇalakṣaṇyā samāśliṣṭatanuḥ śivam | evaṃ dhyātvā japenmaṃtraṃ samāhitamanāḥ śuciḥ
his body closely embraced by her who is marked with every auspicious mark — (thus he is) benign. Having meditated thus, let (the worshipper), pure and with concentrated mind, recite the mantra,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.91
सहस्रं शतवारं वा यथाशक्त्याऽथवापि च । मनसैवार्चनं कृत्वा विरमेत्तत्र भक्तितः
sahasraṃ śatavāraṃ vā yathāśaktyā'thavāpi ca | manasaivārcanaṃ kṛtvā viramettatra bhaktitaḥ
a thousand times, or a hundred times, or else according to (his) ability; and having performed the worship with the mind alone, he should there desist, out of devotion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.92
तदीयानर्च्चयेद्भक्त्या तस्मिन्काले समागतान् । तर्पयित्वान्नपानाद्यैरनुव्रज्य विसर्जयेत्
tadīyānarccayedbhaktyā tasminkāle samāgatān | tarpayitvānnapānādyairanuvrajya visarjayet
He should worship with devotion (the Lord's) own people who have come at that time; having satisfied (them) with food, drink and the rest, he should escort them and take leave of them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.93
अर्च्चयित्वा पितॄन्देवांस्तर्पयेच्च विधानतः । संपूज्यातिथिभृत्यांश्च भुंजीयातां च दम्पती
arccayitvā pitṝndevāṃstarpayecca vidhānataḥ | saṃpūjyātithibhṛtyāṃśca bhuṃjīyātāṃ ca dampatī
Having worshipped the ancestors and the gods, he should also make libation according to the rule; and having duly honoured guests and dependents, the husband and wife should eat.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.94
यक्षराक्षस भूतानामर्चनं वर्जयेत्सदा । यो मोहात्कुरुते विप्रः स चांडालो भवेद्ध्रुवम्
yakṣarākṣasa bhūtānāmarcanaṃ varjayetsadā | yo mohātkurute vipraḥ sa cāṃḍālo bhaveddhruvam
One should always avoid the worship of yakṣas, rākṣasas and bhūtas; the brahmin who does it out of delusion surely becomes a caṇḍāla.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.95
यक्षाणां च पिशाचानां मद्यमांसभुजां तथा । दिवौकसां तु भजनं सुरापानसमं स्मृतम्
yakṣāṇāṃ ca piśācānāṃ madyamāṃsabhujāṃ tathā | divaukasāṃ tu bhajanaṃ surāpānasamaṃ smṛtam
And the worship of yakṣas and piśācas, and likewise of those dwellers in heaven who consume liquor and flesh, is declared to be equal to drinking liquor.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.96
ब्रह्मराक्षसवेतालयक्षभूतार्चनं नृणाम् । कुंभीपाकमहाघोर नरकप्राप्तिसाधनम्
brahmarākṣasavetālayakṣabhūtārcanaṃ nṛṇām | kuṃbhīpākamahāghora narakaprāptisādhanam
For men, the worship of brahma-rākṣasas, vetālas, yakṣas and bhūtas is the means of attaining the exceedingly terrible hell Kumbhīpāka.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.97
कोटिजन्मकृतं पुण्यं यज्ञदानक्रियादिकम् । सद्यः सर्वं लयं याति यक्षभूतादिपूजनात्
koṭijanmakṛtaṃ puṇyaṃ yajñadānakriyādikam | sadyaḥ sarvaṃ layaṃ yāti yakṣabhūtādipūjanāt
The merit made in ten million births — sacrifice, giving, rites and so on — all of it goes to dissolution at once through the worship of yakṣas, bhūtas and the like.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.98
स्त्रियो वा पुरुषो वापि यक्षभूतादिकार्च्चनात् । कल्पकोटिसहस्राणि कल्पकोटिशतानि च
striyo vā puruṣo vāpi yakṣabhūtādikārccanāt | kalpakoṭisahasrāṇi kalpakoṭiśatāni ca
Whether a woman or a man, because of worshipping yakṣas, bhūtas and the rest, for thousands of tens of millions of kalpas and hundreds of tens of millions of kalpas
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.99
क्रिमिर्भूत्वाथ विष्ठायां पितृभिः सह मज्जति । यक्षाणां च पिशाचानां तामसानां दिवौकसाम्
krimirbhūtvātha viṣṭhāyāṃ pitṛbhiḥ saha majjati | yakṣāṇāṃ ca piśācānāṃ tāmasānāṃ divaukasām
one becomes a worm and sinks in excrement together with one's ancestors. And of the yakṣas and the piśācas, of the dark-natured dwellers in heaven —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.100
निवेदितान्नं योऽश्नाति पूयशोणितभुग्भवेत् । यक्षान्भूतगणांश्चान्यान्क्रूरान्वै ब्रह्मराक्षसान् १०० 6.253.
niveditānnaṃ yo'śnāti pūyaśoṇitabhugbhavet | yakṣānbhūtagaṇāṃścānyānkrūrānvai brahmarākṣasān 100 6.253.
whoever eats food offered (to them) becomes an eater of pus and blood. The yakṣas, the hosts of bhūtas, and the other cruel brahma-rākṣasas —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.101
उद्दिश्य भुङ्क्ते यो विप्रः सद्यश्चाण्डाल एव सः । या नारी पूजयेद्यक्षान्पिशाचोरगराक्षसान्
uddiśya bhuṅkte yo vipraḥ sadyaścāṇḍāla eva saḥ | yā nārī pūjayedyakṣānpiśācoragarākṣasān
the brahmin who eats with them as his purpose is at once a caṇḍāla indeed. The woman who worships yakṣas, piśācas, serpents and rākṣasas,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.102
सा याति नरकं घोरं कालसूत्रमधोमुखी । पितृभिः सह कल्पांतमुषित्वा तत्र दारुणे
sā yāti narakaṃ ghoraṃ kālasūtramadhomukhī | pitṛbhiḥ saha kalpāṃtamuṣitvā tatra dāruṇe
she goes head-downward to the terrible hell Kālasūtra; having dwelt there in that dreadful (place) until the end of the kalpa along with her ancestors,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.103
लिहन्मूत्रपुरीषं वै कृच्छ्रात्सूचिमुखैस्तथा । कृमिभिर्भक्षमाणांगो यावदाभूतसंप्लवम्
lihanmūtrapurīṣaṃ vai kṛcchrātsūcimukhaistathā | kṛmibhirbhakṣamāṇāṃgo yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam
licking urine and excrement in distress, and likewise with her limbs devoured by needle-mouthed worms, until the dissolution of beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.104
पश्चाद्भूमौ दशाहेषु जायते शतसंख्यया । तस्माद्यक्षादिकानां च देवानामर्च्चनं त्यजेत्
paścādbhūmau daśāheṣu jāyate śatasaṃkhyayā | tasmādyakṣādikānāṃ ca devānāmarccanaṃ tyajet
Afterwards she is born on earth a hundred times over, in ten-day (spans). Therefore one should abandon the worship of the yakṣas and the rest, and of (such) gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 253.105
स्वतंत्रपूजनं यत्र वैदिकानामपि त्यजेत् । अर्च्चयित्वा जगद्वंद्यं देवं नारायणं हरिम्
svataṃtrapūjanaṃ yatra vaidikānāmapi tyajet | arccayitvā jagadvaṃdyaṃ devaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ harim
Wherever there is independent worship, even of the Vedic (gods), one should abandon it. Having worshipped the god Nārāyaṇa, Hari, whom the world reveres,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.106
तदावरणसंस्थानं देवस्य परितोऽर्च्चयेत् । हरेर्भुक्तावशेषेण बलिं तेभ्यो विनिःक्षिपेत्
tadāvaraṇasaṃsthānaṃ devasya parito'rccayet | harerbhuktāvaśeṣeṇa baliṃ tebhyo viniḥkṣipet
one should worship the array of his retinue all around the god; with what is left over from Hari's eating one should throw down an offering for them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.107
होमं चैव प्रकुर्वीत तच्छेषेणैव वैष्णवः । हरेर्निवेदितुं सम्यग्देवेभ्यो जुहुयाद्धविः
homaṃ caiva prakurvīta taccheṣeṇaiva vaiṣṇavaḥ | harernivedituṃ samyagdevebhyo juhuyāddhaviḥ
And the Vaiṣṇava should perform the fire-oblation with that remainder alone; (only) after properly presenting (it) to Hari should he offer the oblation to the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 253.108
पितृभ्यश्चापि तद्दद्यात्सर्वमानंत्यमाप्नुयात् । प्राणिनां पीडनं यत्तद्विदुषां निरयाय वै
pitṛbhyaścāpi taddadyātsarvamānaṃtyamāpnuyāt | prāṇināṃ pīḍanaṃ yattadviduṣāṃ nirayāya vai
And he should offer that to the fathers as well; (thereby) he would obtain complete endlessness. Whatever harming of living beings there is, that leads the wise to hell.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 253.109
अदत्तं चैव यत्किंचित्परस्वं गृह्यते नरैः । स्तेयं तद्विद्धि गिरिजे नरकस्यैव कारणम्
adattaṃ caiva yatkiṃcitparasvaṃ gṛhyate naraiḥ | steyaṃ tadviddhi girije narakasyaiva kāraṇam
And whatever is not given, another's property, is taken by men — know that to be theft, Girijā, itself a cause of hell.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.110
लशुनं मद्यपानादि मूलकं गृंजनं तथा । तिलपिष्टं शिग्रु बिल्वं तथा कोशातकीं तथा
laśunaṃ madyapānādi mūlakaṃ gṛṃjanaṃ tathā | tilapiṣṭaṃ śigru bilvaṃ tathā kośātakīṃ tathā
Garlic, drinking of liquor and the rest, radish and likewise onion, sesame-paste, śigru (horseradish tree), bilva, and likewise the kośātakī gourd,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.111
अलाबुं चैव वार्ताकं बीजालद्यं कवचानि च । एवमन्यान्यभक्ष्याणि शास्त्रदृष्टानि वै नरः
alābuṃ caiva vārtākaṃ bījāladyaṃ kavacāni ca | evamanyānyabhakṣyāṇi śāstradṛṣṭāni vai naraḥ
and the bottle-gourd and the eggplant, bījālādya and the kavacas — thus other things not to be eaten, as seen in the scriptures — a man,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 253.112
खादन्नरकमाप्नोति विचित्रमशिवं तथा । अवैष्णवानां यच्चान्नं पतितानां तथैव च
khādannarakamāpnoti vicitramaśivaṃ tathā | avaiṣṇavānāṃ yaccānnaṃ patitānāṃ tathaiva ca
eating (them), attains hell, manifold and inauspicious. And the food of non-Vaiṣṇavas and likewise of the fallen,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.113
अनर्पितं तथा विष्णोः श्वमांससदृशं भवेत् । यक्षराक्षसभूतान्नं सुरा मद्यं च गृञ्जनम्
anarpitaṃ tathā viṣṇoḥ śvamāṃsasadṛśaṃ bhavet | yakṣarākṣasabhūtānnaṃ surā madyaṃ ca gṛñjanam
and (food) not offered to Viṣṇu, would be like dog's flesh. Food of yakṣas, rākṣasas and bhūtas, spirituous liquor, wine, and onion —
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PdP 6 253.114
योऽश्नाति निरयं याति पूयशोणितभोजनम् । एतैः संस्थापनस्पर्शसहवासादिभिर्नरः
yo'śnāti nirayaṃ yāti pūyaśoṇitabhojanam | etaiḥ saṃsthāpanasparśasahavāsādibhirnaraḥ
he who eats (them) goes to hell, where the food is pus and blood. By keeping company with, touching, and dwelling together with these and the like, a man —
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PdP 6 253.115
तेपियान्त्येव निरयं विण्मूत्रकृमिभोजनम् । पतितानां च संसर्गात्पाखंडानां तथैव च
tepiyāntyeva nirayaṃ viṇmūtrakṛmibhojanam | patitānāṃ ca saṃsargātpākhaṃḍānāṃ tathaiva ca
they too go to hell, where the food is excrement, urine and worms. And through contact with the fallen, and likewise with heretics,
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PdP 6 253.116
सर्वयज्ञस्यभोक्तारं पुराणं पुरुषोत्तमम् । ज्ञात्वा सर्वं प्रकुर्वीत नित्यनैमित्तिकाः क्रियाः
sarvayajñasyabhoktāraṃ purāṇaṃ puruṣottamam | jñātvā sarvaṃ prakurvīta nityanaimittikāḥ kriyāḥ
Knowing the ancient Supreme Person to be the eater of every sacrifice, one should perform all the regular and occasional rites.
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PdP 6 253.117
यक्षराक्षसभूताश्च कूष्माण्डगण भैरवाः । नार्च्चनीयाः सदा देवि स्वर्गलोकमभीप्सुभिः
yakṣarākṣasabhūtāśca kūṣmāṇḍagaṇa bhairavāḥ | nārccanīyāḥ sadā devi svargalokamabhīpsubhiḥ
And yakṣas, rākṣasas, bhūtas, the troop of kūṣmāṇḍas, and bhairavas are never to be worshipped, O Goddess, by those desiring the world of heaven.
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PdP 6 253.118
यक्षराक्षसभूतानामर्च्चनं वर्जयेद्द्विजः । पैशाचत्वमवाप्नोति कल्पकोटिशतत्रयम्
yakṣarākṣasabhūtānāmarccanaṃ varjayeddvijaḥ | paiśācatvamavāpnoti kalpakoṭiśatatrayam
A twice-born should avoid the worship of yakṣas, rākṣasas and bhūtas; (otherwise) he attains the state of a piśāca for three hundred crores of kalpas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.119
तस्माद्राक्षसभूतानामर्चनं प्रतिषिध्यते । कल्पकोटिसहस्राणि कल्पकोटिशतानि च
tasmādrākṣasabhūtānāmarcanaṃ pratiṣidhyate | kalpakoṭisahasrāṇi kalpakoṭiśatāni ca
Therefore the worship of rākṣasas and bhūtas is forbidden. For thousands of crores of kalpas and hundreds of crores of kalpas
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PdP 6 253.120
रौरवं नरकं याति यक्षभूतगणार्चनात् । शंखचक्रादिभिश्चिह्नैरन्यैः प्रियतमैर्हरेः
rauravaṃ narakaṃ yāti yakṣabhūtagaṇārcanāt | śaṃkhacakrādibhiścihnairanyaiḥ priyatamairhareḥ
he goes to the Raurava hell, from worshipping the hosts of yakṣas and bhūtas. Bereft of the conch, discus and the other marks most dear to Hari,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.121
रहितः सर्वधर्मेभ्यः प्रच्युतो नरकं व्रजेत् । अगम्यागमनाद्धिंसा परद्रव्यापहारणात्
rahitaḥ sarvadharmebhyaḥ pracyuto narakaṃ vrajet | agamyāgamanāddhiṃsā paradravyāpahāraṇāt
deprived of all duties, fallen away, he would go to hell. From going to women one must not go to, from injury, from carrying off another's property,
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PdP 6 253.122
अभक्ष्यभक्षणात्सद्यो नरकं समवाप्नुयात् । यस्तु पाणिगृहीतां च हित्वाऽन्यां यो स्त्रियं व्रजेत्
abhakṣyabhakṣaṇātsadyo narakaṃ samavāpnuyāt | yastu pāṇigṛhītāṃ ca hitvā'nyāṃ yo striyaṃ vrajet
from eating what must not be eaten, one would at once attain hell. But he who, abandoning the woman he took by the hand (in marriage), goes to another woman —
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PdP 6 253.123
अगम्यागमनं तद्धि सद्यो नरककारकम् । पतितानां च संसर्गात्पाखंडानां तथैव च
agamyāgamanaṃ taddhi sadyo narakakārakam | patitānāṃ ca saṃsargātpākhaṃḍānāṃ tathaiva ca
that indeed is going to one who must not be gone to, at once producing hell. And through contact with the fallen and likewise with heretics,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.124
विकर्मस्थानां च तथा यात्येव निरयं नरः । संसर्गिणां च संसर्गं तत्संसर्गमपि त्यजेत्
vikarmasthānāṃ ca tathā yātyeva nirayaṃ naraḥ | saṃsargiṇāṃ ca saṃsargaṃ tatsaṃsargamapi tyajet
and likewise with those engaged in forbidden acts, a man does go to hell. One should give up association with those who associate (with such people), and even association with them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 253.125
वैष्णवः कुलमेकं तु वर्जयेत्पापसंयुतम् । एकांती संत्यजेद्ग्रामं महापातकमिश्रितम्
vaiṣṇavaḥ kulamekaṃ tu varjayetpāpasaṃyutam | ekāṃtī saṃtyajedgrāmaṃ mahāpātakamiśritam
A Vaiṣṇava should avoid a single family that is joined with sin; the ekāntin should abandon a village mixed with great sin;
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PdP 6 253.126
तथैव परमेकान्ती तद्देशमपि वर्जयेत् । स्वकर्म्मज्ञानभक्त्यादि साधनं वैष्णवं स्मृतम्
tathaiva paramekāntī taddeśamapi varjayet | svakarmmajñānabhaktyādi sādhanaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ smṛtam
and just so the supreme ekāntin should avoid even that whole region. One's own duty, knowledge, devotion and the rest is held to be the Vaiṣṇava means.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.127
हरेराज्ञानुरूपेण कर्मज्ञानादि यश्चरेत् । स एकांती भवेद्विप्रो वासुदेवपरायणः
harerājñānurūpeṇa karmajñānādi yaścaret | sa ekāṃtī bhavedvipro vāsudevaparāyaṇaḥ
He who practises action, knowledge and the rest in conformity with Hari's command — that brahmin becomes an ekāntin, wholly devoted to Vāsudeva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.128
अकृत्यं वैष्णवः पापबुद्ध्या सम्यक्परित्यजेत् । एकांती संत्यजेच्छास्त्रं दूषणान्मनसापि च
akṛtyaṃ vaiṣṇavaḥ pāpabuddhyā samyakparityajet | ekāṃtī saṃtyajecchāstraṃ dūṣaṇānmanasāpi ca
A Vaiṣṇava should thoroughly abandon what ought not to be done, regarding it as sin; the one devoted to the One should abandon (that) teaching, and even in mind (abstain) from finding fault.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 253.129
तथैव परमैकांती हेयबुद्ध्या परित्यजेत् । नित्यं नैमित्तिकं काम्यं कृत्यं तु त्रिविधं स्मृतम्
tathaiva paramaikāṃtī heyabuddhyā parityajet | nityaṃ naimittikaṃ kāmyaṃ kṛtyaṃ tu trividhaṃ smṛtam
In just the same way the supreme one-pointed (devotee) should abandon (it) with the thought that it is to be discarded. But what ought to be done is remembered as threefold: the regular, the occasional, and the optional (done from desire).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.130
ज्ञानं तथैवलोकेऽस्मिन्मुनिभिः संप्रकीर्तितम् । कृत्याकृत्यविवेकं च परलोकस्य चिंतनम्
jñānaṃ tathaivaloke'sminmunibhiḥ saṃprakīrtitam | kṛtyākṛtyavivekaṃ ca paralokasya ciṃtanam
Likewise knowledge, in this world, has been proclaimed by the sages (to be): discrimination between what should and should not be done, and reflection on the world beyond,
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PdP 6 253.131
तत्प्राप्तिसाधनं विष्णोः स्वरूपज्ञानमेव च । भक्तियुक्तो भवेद्भक्तो नवधा सा प्रकीर्तिता
tatprāptisādhanaṃ viṣṇoḥ svarūpajñānameva ca | bhaktiyukto bhavedbhakto navadhā sā prakīrtitā
and the means of attaining that, and knowledge of the essential nature of Viṣṇu. One should become a devotee, endowed with devotion; that (devotion) is declared to be of nine kinds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.132
सुदर्शनोर्द्ध्वपुंड्रादि तच्चिह्नैरंकनं शुभम् । सद्गुरोमंत्रपठनमर्चनं विधिना हरेः
sudarśanorddhvapuṃḍrādi taccihnairaṃkanaṃ śubham | sadguromaṃtrapaṭhanamarcanaṃ vidhinā hareḥ
The auspicious marking with his signs — the discus, the upright brow-mark, and so on; the recitation of the mantra (received) from a true guru; the worship of Hari according to rule;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.133
स्मरणं कीर्तनं विष्णोः सेवा च परमात्मनः । प्रणामस्तस्य पुरतस्तदीयानां च पूजनम्
smaraṇaṃ kīrtanaṃ viṣṇoḥ sevā ca paramātmanaḥ | praṇāmastasya puratastadīyānāṃ ca pūjanam
remembrance; the praising of Viṣṇu; service to the Supreme Self; prostration before him; and honouring those who belong to him;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.134
प्रसादतीर्थसेवा च भक्तिर्नवविधा स्मृता । यस्मात्प्रपद्यते देवं शरणं वैष्णवो हरिम्
prasādatīrthasevā ca bhaktirnavavidhā smṛtā | yasmātprapadyate devaṃ śaraṇaṃ vaiṣṇavo harim
and partaking of his prasāda and of sacred water — (thus) devotion is remembered as ninefold. Since the Vaiṣṇava goes for refuge to the god Hari,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.135
प्रपत्तिः सा तु विज्ञेया त्रिविधा संप्रकीर्तिता । तामसी राजसी चैव सात्विकी त्रिविधा स्मृता
prapattiḥ sā tu vijñeyā trividhā saṃprakīrtitā | tāmasī rājasī caiva sātvikī trividhā smṛtā
that self-surrender is to be understood (thus); it is proclaimed as of three kinds: it is remembered as threefold — dark (tāmasī), passionate (rājasī), and pure (sātvikī).
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PdP 6 253.136
सापि त्रिधाकृता सिद्धिः सामान्या सर्वदेहिनाम् । एतच्चतुष्टयं देवि हेयं संत्यज्य वैष्णवः
sāpi tridhākṛtā siddhiḥ sāmānyā sarvadehinām | etaccatuṣṭayaṃ devi heyaṃ saṃtyajya vaiṣṇavaḥ
That attainment too is made threefold, being common to all embodied beings. O goddess, having wholly abandoned this set of four as fit to be discarded, the Vaiṣṇava
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PdP 6 253.137
उपायभूतं ब्रह्मैवमवलंबेत वैष्णवम् । उपायभावात्संत्यज्य कर्मज्ञानादिकं नरः
upāyabhūtaṃ brahmaivamavalaṃbeta vaiṣṇavam | upāyabhāvātsaṃtyajya karmajñānādikaṃ naraḥ
should thus rely on the Vaiṣṇava Brahman, who is (himself) the means. Renouncing (them) as means, a man should perform action, knowledge and the rest
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 253.138
कुर्वीत भगवत्प्रीत्यै महाभागवतोत्तमः । त्रिकालमर्चयेद्विष्णुं भक्त्या वै पुरुषोत्तमम्
kurvīta bhagavatprītyai mahābhāgavatottamaḥ | trikālamarcayedviṣṇuṃ bhaktyā vai puruṣottamam
for the pleasure of the Lord — (such is) the great one, best among Bhāgavatas. He should worship Viṣṇu, the Highest Person, with devotion at the three times (of day).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.139
नैमित्तिके विशेषेण पूजयेद्विधिना शुभे । प्रत्यहं कार्तिके मासि जातीपुष्पैः समर्चयेत्
naimittike viśeṣeṇa pūjayedvidhinā śubhe | pratyahaṃ kārtike māsi jātīpuṣpaiḥ samarcayet
On occasional (occasions) especially he should worship according to the rule, O auspicious one; every day in the month of Kārttika he should worship with jasmine flowers,
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PdP 6 253.140
दद्यादखंडं दीपं च नियतात्मा दृढव्रतः । ब्राह्मणान्भोजयित्वांते हरिसायुज्यमाप्नुयात्
dadyādakhaṃḍaṃ dīpaṃ ca niyatātmā dṛḍhavrataḥ | brāhmaṇānbhojayitvāṃte harisāyujyamāpnuyāt
and should offer an unbroken lamp, self-restrained and firm in his vow; having fed brahmins, at the end he would attain union with Hari.
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PdP 6 253.141
धनुष्युषसि देवेशं मासमेकं निरंतरम् । अर्चयेदुत्पलैर्देवि करवीरैः सितासितैः
dhanuṣyuṣasi deveśaṃ māsamekaṃ niraṃtaram | arcayedutpalairdevi karavīraiḥ sitāsitaiḥ
When (the sun is) in Sagittarius, at dawn, for one whole month without a break he should worship the Lord of gods, O goddess, with blue lotuses and with oleanders white and dark,
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PdP 6 253.142
धूपदीपैश्च नैवेद्यैर्यथाशक्त्या निवेदयेत् ।
dhūpadīpaiśca naivedyairyathāśaktyā nivedayet |
and with incense, lamps and food-offerings he should present (them) according to his ability.
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PdP 6 253.143
अश्वमेधसहस्रस्य फलमाप्नोत्यसंशयम् । तपो मास्युदिते भानौ स्नात्वा नद्यां विशेषतः
aśvamedhasahasrasya phalamāpnotyasaṃśayam | tapo māsyudite bhānau snātvā nadyāṃ viśeṣataḥ
He obtains, without doubt, the fruit of a thousand horse-sacrifices. In the month Tapas (Māgha), when the sun has risen, having bathed — especially in a river —
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PdP 6 253.144
अर्च्चयेन्माधवं पुष्पैरुत्पलैश्च शुभानने । पायसं सघृतं दिव्यं भक्त्या तत्र निवेदयेत्
arccayenmādhavaṃ puṣpairutpalaiśca śubhānane | pāyasaṃ saghṛtaṃ divyaṃ bhaktyā tatra nivedayet
he should worship Mādhava with flowers and with blue lotuses, O fair-faced one; there he should devotedly offer excellent milk-rice with ghee.
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PdP 6 253.145
स्नात्वा संपूजयेद्विष्णुं मासमेकं निरंतरम् । शर्करांबुयुतं नित्यमुद्यानं विनिवेदयेत्
snātvā saṃpūjayedviṣṇuṃ māsamekaṃ niraṃtaram | śarkarāṃbuyutaṃ nityamudyānaṃ vinivedayet
Having bathed, he should worship Viṣṇu for one whole month without a break; he should daily present (water) mixed with sugar-water, (and) a garden-offering.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 253.146
वैष्णवान्पूजयेद्भक्त्या मासान्ते शुभदर्शने । मधुमासि तथा नित्यं बकुलैश्चंपकैरपि
vaiṣṇavānpūjayedbhaktyā māsānte śubhadarśane | madhumāsi tathā nityaṃ bakulaiścaṃpakairapi
At the month's end he should worship Vaiṣṇavas with devotion, O you of auspicious aspect. So too, in the month of Madhu (Caitra), daily with bakula and campaka flowers
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PdP 6 253.147
पूजयेज्जगतामीशं गुडान्नं च निवेदयेत् । मासांते वैष्णवान्विप्रान्भोजयेत्सुसमाहितः
pūjayejjagatāmīśaṃ guḍānnaṃ ca nivedayet | māsāṃte vaiṣṇavānviprānbhojayetsusamāhitaḥ
he should worship the Lord of the worlds, and should offer rice cooked with jaggery; at the month's end, well composed, he should feed Vaiṣṇava brahmins.
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PdP 6 253.148
सहस्रवार्षिकीं पूजां प्रतिनित्यमवाप्नुयात् । माधवे पूजयेद्देवं शतपत्रैर्महोत्पलैः
sahasravārṣikīṃ pūjāṃ pratinityamavāpnuyāt | mādhave pūjayeddevaṃ śatapatrairmahotpalaiḥ
(He) would obtain every day the merit of a thousand years' worship. In (the month of) Mādhava (Vaiśākha) (one) should worship the god with hundred-petalled lotuses and great blue lotuses.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.149
पूजयित्वा विधानेन दध्यन्नं फलसंयुतम् । गुडोदकं च भक्त्या वै तस्मिन्देवि निवेदयेत्
pūjayitvā vidhānena dadhyannaṃ phalasaṃyutam | guḍodakaṃ ca bhaktyā vai tasmindevi nivedayet
Having worshipped according to the prescribed rule, (one) should devotedly offer to him, O goddess, rice with curds together with fruit, and water mixed with molasses.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 253.150
लक्ष्म्या युक्तो जगन्नाथः प्रीतो भवति पार्वति । शुक्रे तु शुक्लकमलैः पाटलैः कुमुदोत्पलैः १५० 6.253.
lakṣmyā yukto jagannāthaḥ prīto bhavati pārvati | śukre tu śuklakamalaiḥ pāṭalaiḥ kumudotpalaiḥ 150 6.253.
The Lord of the world, joined with Lakṣmī, becomes pleased, O Pārvatī. But in (the month of) Śukra (Jyeṣṭha), with white lotuses, pāṭala flowers, water-lilies and blue lotuses—
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PdP 6 253.151
अर्चयित्वा हृषीकेशमन्नं चूतफलैर्युतम् । निवेदयित्वा भक्त्या वै गवांकोटिप्रदो भवेत्
arcayitvā hṛṣīkeśamannaṃ cūtaphalairyutam | nivedayitvā bhaktyā vai gavāṃkoṭiprado bhavet
—having worshipped Hṛṣīkeśa and devotedly offered rice together with mango fruits, (one) becomes a giver of ten million cows.
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PdP 6 253.152
वैष्णवान्भोजयित्वाथ सर्वमानंत्यमाप्नुयात् । आषाढे देवदेवेशं लक्ष्मीभर्तारमच्युतम्
vaiṣṇavānbhojayitvātha sarvamānaṃtyamāpnuyāt | āṣāḍhe devadeveśaṃ lakṣmībhartāramacyutam
Then, having fed Vaiṣṇavas, (one) would attain complete endlessness. In Āṣāḍha, (one should worship) the lord of the gods of gods, Lakṣmī's husband, Acyuta—
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PdP 6 253.153
श्रीपुष्पैरर्चयेन्नित्यं पायसान्नं निवेदयेत् । मासान्ते भोजयेद्विप्रान्महाभागवतोत्तमान्
śrīpuṣpairarcayennityaṃ pāyasānnaṃ nivedayet | māsānte bhojayedviprānmahābhāgavatottamān
—(one) should worship (him) daily with śrī flowers and offer milk-rice; at the month's end (one) should feed brahmins who are great and foremost among devotees.
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PdP 6 253.154
षष्टिवर्षसहस्रस्य पूजां प्राप्नोत्यसंशयः । नभोमास्यर्चयेद्विष्णुं पुन्नागैः केतकीदलैः
ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrasya pūjāṃ prāpnotyasaṃśayaḥ | nabhomāsyarcayedviṣṇuṃ punnāgaiḥ ketakīdalaiḥ
(He) obtains, without doubt, (the merit of) sixty thousand years of worship. In the month of Nabhas (Śrāvaṇa) (one) should worship Viṣṇu with punnāga flowers and ketakī leaves.
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PdP 6 253.155
अर्चयित्वाच्युतं भक्त्या न भूयो जन्मभाग्भवेत् । दद्यादपूपान्भक्त्याथ शर्कराघृतमिश्रितान्
arcayitvācyutaṃ bhaktyā na bhūyo janmabhāgbhavet | dadyādapūpānbhaktyātha śarkarāghṛtamiśritān
Having worshipped Acyuta with devotion, (he) would not again be subject to birth. Then (one) should devotedly present cakes mixed with sugar and ghee.
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PdP 6 253.156
ब्राह्मणान्भोजयेत्तद्वत्सर्वमानंत्यमाप्नुयात् । नभस्येऽप्यर्चयेदीशं कुंदैः कुरबकैरपि
brāhmaṇānbhojayettadvatsarvamānaṃtyamāpnuyāt | nabhasye'pyarcayedīśaṃ kuṃdaiḥ kurabakairapi
(One) should likewise feed brahmins; (thus he) would attain complete endlessness. In Nabhasya (Bhādrapada) too (one) should worship the Lord with kunda and kurabaka flowers.
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PdP 6 253.157
क्षीरान्नं गुडसंमिश्रं भक्त्या तत्र निवेदयेत् । गवांकोटिप्रदानस्य प्रत्यहं फलमाप्नुयात्
kṣīrānnaṃ guḍasaṃmiśraṃ bhaktyā tatra nivedayet | gavāṃkoṭipradānasya pratyahaṃ phalamāpnuyāt
(One) should devotedly offer there milk-rice mixed with molasses; each day (he) would obtain the fruit of giving ten million cows.
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PdP 6 253.158
नीलोत्पलैरिषे मासि पूजयेन्मधुसूदनम् । भक्त्या निवेदयेत्तस्मिन्क्षीरमापूपमिश्रितम्
nīlotpalairiṣe māsi pūjayenmadhusūdanam | bhaktyā nivedayettasminkṣīramāpūpamiśritam
In the month of Iṣa (Āśvina) (one) should worship Madhusūdana with blue lotuses; (one) should devotedly offer to him milk mixed with cakes.
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PdP 6 253.159
कल्पकोटिसहस्राणि कल्पकोटिशतानि च । वैष्णवं लोकमाप्नोति मुदितः स्वजनैर्वृतः
kalpakoṭisahasrāṇi kalpakoṭiśatāni ca | vaiṣṇavaṃ lokamāpnoti muditaḥ svajanairvṛtaḥ
For thousands of ten millions of kalpas and hundreds of ten millions of kalpas (he) attains the world of Viṣṇu, joyful and surrounded by his own kin.
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PdP 6 253.160
ऊर्जे मासि तथा देवि कोमलैस्तुलसीदलैः । पूजयित्वाच्युतं भक्त्या तत्सायुज्यमवाप्नुयात्
ūrje māsi tathā devi komalaistulasīdalaiḥ | pūjayitvācyutaṃ bhaktyā tatsāyujyamavāpnuyāt
And in the month of Ūrja (Kārttika), O goddess, having worshipped Acyuta with devotion with tender tulasī leaves, (one) would attain union with him.
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PdP 6 253.161
क्षीराज्यशर्करोपेतमन्नं वै पायसं तथा । अपूपं च क्रमेणैव भक्त्या सम्यङ्निवेदयेत्
kṣīrājyaśarkaropetamannaṃ vai pāyasaṃ tathā | apūpaṃ ca krameṇaiva bhaktyā samyaṅnivedayet
Rice furnished with milk, ghee and sugar, and likewise milk-pudding, and cake—(one) should offer (these) properly, in order, with devotion.
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PdP 6 253.162
अमायां मंदवारे च वैष्णवर्क्षे तथैव च । रविसंक्रमे व्यतीपाते ग्रहणं चंद्र सूर्ययोः
amāyāṃ maṃdavāre ca vaiṣṇavarkṣe tathaiva ca | ravisaṃkrame vyatīpāte grahaṇaṃ caṃdra sūryayoḥ
On the new-moon day, on Saturday, and likewise under a Vaiṣṇava asterism, at the sun's passage (into a new sign), at a vyatīpāta, at an eclipse of the moon or the sun—
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PdP 6 253.163
विशेषेणार्चयेद्विष्णुं यथाशक्त्या वरानने । गुरोरुत्क्रांतदिवसे जन्मर्क्षेषु तथा हरेः
viśeṣeṇārcayedviṣṇuṃ yathāśaktyā varānane | gurorutkrāṃtadivase janmarkṣeṣu tathā hareḥ
—(one) should worship Viṣṇu especially, according to (one's) ability, O fair-faced one; (also) on the day of the teacher's passing away, and on the birth-asterisms of Hari.
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PdP 6 253.164
इष्टिं च वैष्णवीं कुर्याच्छक्त्या वै द्विजसत्तमः । दद्यात्पुष्पांजलिं तत्र प्रत्यर्चं वेदसंमितम्
iṣṭiṃ ca vaiṣṇavīṃ kuryācchaktyā vai dvijasattamaḥ | dadyātpuṣpāṃjaliṃ tatra pratyarcaṃ vedasaṃmitam
And the best of twice-born ones should perform, according to his ability, the Vaiṣṇava offering; there (he) should present a handful of flowers, at each act of worship, in the measure of the Veda.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 253.165
पारणं चापि कुर्वीत चरुणा पायसेन वा । वैष्णवान्भोजयेद्विप्राञ्छक्त्या दद्याच्च दक्षिणाम्
pāraṇaṃ cāpi kurvīta caruṇā pāyasena vā | vaiṣṇavānbhojayedviprāñchaktyā dadyācca dakṣiṇām
And (one) should also perform the concluding meal with caru or with milk-pudding; (one) should feed Vaiṣṇava brahmins and give a fee according to ability.
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PdP 6 253.166
कुलकोटिं समुधृत्य वैष्णवं पदमाप्नुयात् । सर्ववेदैरशक्तश्चेद्यष्टुं भागवतोत्तमम्
kulakoṭiṃ samudhṛtya vaiṣṇavaṃ padamāpnuyāt | sarvavedairaśaktaścedyaṣṭuṃ bhāgavatottamam
Having rescued ten million (members) of (his) family, (he) would attain the station of Viṣṇu. But if (one) is unable to worship the highest of the blessed with all the Vedas—
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PdP 6 253.167
वैष्णवैरनुवाकैर्वा सप्तरात्रं निरंतरम् । पुष्पांजलिसहस्रं तु होमं च प्रत्यहं चरेत्
vaiṣṇavairanuvākairvā saptarātraṃ niraṃtaram | puṣpāṃjalisahasraṃ tu homaṃ ca pratyahaṃ caret
—or (he) should perform, with the Vaiṣṇava anuvākas, continuously for seven nights, a thousand handfuls of flowers and an oblation each day.
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PdP 6 253.168
प्रीतये वा भगवतः प्रतिश्लोकं यजेदबुधः । अथवा मंत्ररत्नं हि सप्तरात्रं निरंतरम्
prītaye vā bhagavataḥ pratiślokaṃ yajedabudhaḥ | athavā maṃtraratnaṃ hi saptarātraṃ niraṃtaram
Or, for the Lord's pleasure, one who is not learned may offer worship with each verse; or else (he may recite) the jewel of mantras continuously for seven nights.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 253.169
अष्टोत्तरसहस्रं तु जुहुयाद्धविषा यजेत् । विशेषेणार्चयेद्विद्वान्महाभागवतोत्तमान्
aṣṭottarasahasraṃ tu juhuyāddhaviṣā yajet | viśeṣeṇārcayedvidvānmahābhāgavatottamān
He should offer into the fire one thousand and eight (oblations) with clarified butter, and should worship; and the learned one should especially honour the foremost of the great devotees.
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PdP 6 253.170
अंते चावभृथं कुर्याद्यथाविभवसारतः । वैष्णवैरनुवाकैश्च कुर्यादवभृथं द्विजः
aṃte cāvabhṛthaṃ kuryādyathāvibhavasārataḥ | vaiṣṇavairanuvākaiśca kuryādavabhṛthaṃ dvijaḥ
And at the end he should perform the concluding ablution according to the measure of his wealth; the twice-born should perform the concluding bath with Vaiṣṇava anuvākas.
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PdP 6 253.171
अत्र स्नात्वा विधानेन यथाशक्त्या द्विजोत्तमः । शुभे पात्रांतरे रम्ये पादौ प्रक्षाल्य भक्तितः
atra snātvā vidhānena yathāśaktyā dvijottamaḥ | śubhe pātrāṃtare ramye pādau prakṣālya bhaktitaḥ
Here the best of the twice-born, having bathed according to the rule and to the best of his ability, in an auspicious and pleasing separate vessel washing (their) feet with devotion,
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PdP 6 253.172
अर्चयेद्गंधपुष्पाद्यैर्वस्त्रैराभरणादिभिः । तांबूलेन फलैर्वापि यथाशक्त्या समर्चयेत्
arcayedgaṃdhapuṣpādyairvastrairābharaṇādibhiḥ | tāṃbūlena phalairvāpi yathāśaktyā samarcayet
he should worship (them) with fragrances, flowers and the rest, with garments, with ornaments and so on; with betel or with fruits too he should worship well, as far as he is able.
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PdP 6 253.173
भोजयित्वान्नपानाद्यैः प्रणम्य च पुनःपुनः । आसीमांतमनुव्रज्य नमस्कृत्य विसर्जितम्
bhojayitvānnapānādyaiḥ praṇamya ca punaḥpunaḥ | āsīmāṃtamanuvrajya namaskṛtya visarjitam
Having fed (them) with food, drink and the rest, and bowing again and again, having followed (them) to the boundary and having made obeisance, (they are) dismissed.
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PdP 6 253.174
पुनः प्रणम्य भक्त्याथ शनैस्तत्र निवर्त्तितः । गृहं प्रविश्य देवेशं पूजयेत्प्रयतात्मवान्
punaḥ praṇamya bhaktyātha śanaistatra nivarttitaḥ | gṛhaṃ praviśya deveśaṃ pūjayetprayatātmavān
Then, bowing again with devotion, having slowly turned back from there, having entered the house, the man of controlled self should worship the Lord of gods.
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PdP 6 253.175
एवमभ्यर्चयेद्विष्णुं यावज्जीवमतंद्रितः । तदीयांश्च विशेषेण पूजयेत्सर्वदा शुभे
evamabhyarcayedviṣṇuṃ yāvajjīvamataṃdritaḥ | tadīyāṃśca viśeṣeṇa pūjayetsarvadā śubhe
Thus, undiligent (never), one should worship Viṣṇu as long as he lives; and, O auspicious one, one should always especially worship those who belong to him.
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PdP 6 253.176
आराधनानां सर्वेषां विष्णोराराधनं परम् । तस्मात्परतरं देवि तदीयानां समर्चनम्
ārādhanānāṃ sarveṣāṃ viṣṇorārādhanaṃ param | tasmātparataraṃ devi tadīyānāṃ samarcanam
Of all worships, the worship of Viṣṇu is the highest; higher than that, O goddess, is the honouring of those who are his.
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PdP 6 253.177
अर्चयित्वापि गोविंदं तदीयान्नार्चयेत्पुनः । न स भागवतो ज्ञेयः केवलं दांभिकः स्मृतः
arcayitvāpi goviṃdaṃ tadīyānnārcayetpunaḥ | na sa bhāgavato jñeyaḥ kevalaṃ dāṃbhikaḥ smṛtaḥ
Even having worshipped Govinda, if one does not thereafter worship those who are his, he is not to be known as a devotee; he is regarded as a mere hypocrite.
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PdP 6 253.178
पुमांस्तस्मात्प्रयत्नेन वैष्णवान्पूजयेत्सदा । सर्वं तरति दुःखौघं महाभागवतार्चनात्
pumāṃstasmātprayatnena vaiṣṇavānpūjayetsadā | sarvaṃ tarati duḥkhaughaṃ mahābhāgavatārcanāt
Therefore a man should always diligently worship the Vaiṣṇavas; through the worship of a great devotee he crosses over the whole flood of sorrow.
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PdP 6 253.179
एवमुक्तं मया देवि विष्णोराराधनं परम् । नित्यनैमित्तिकं चैव तदीयानां च पूजनम्
evamuktaṃ mayā devi viṣṇorārādhanaṃ param | nityanaimittikaṃ caiva tadīyānāṃ ca pūjanam
Thus has been declared by me, O goddess, the highest worship of Viṣṇu, both regular and occasional, and the worship of those who are his.
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PdP 6 253.180
पौरुषं तस्य याथात्म्यं फलसाधनमेव च । तस्यावसथदेहं च कर्माद्यपि चतुष्टयम् । तव प्रोक्तं मया देवि किमन्यच्छ्रोतुमिच्छसि
pauruṣaṃ tasya yāthātmyaṃ phalasādhanameva ca | tasyāvasathadehaṃ ca karmādyapi catuṣṭayam | tava proktaṃ mayā devi kimanyacchrotumicchasi
His Puruṣa-hymn, his true nature, and the means to the fruit; and his dwelling and his body, and the fourfold (matter) beginning with ritual action — (all this) has been declared by me to you, O goddess. What else do you wish to hear?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain