Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 38

PdP 6 38.1

महादेव उवाच- एकस्मिन्समये पुत्र गतोऽहं विष्णुसन्निधौ । तत्र पृष्टं मया पूर्वं माहात्म्यं द्वादशीभवम्

mahādeva uvāca- ekasminsamaye putra gato'haṃ viṣṇusannidhau | tatra pṛṣṭaṃ mayā pūrvaṃ māhātmyaṃ dvādaśībhavam

Mahādeva said: On one occasion, my son, I went into Viṣṇu's presence; there I formerly asked about the greatness that belongs to the twelfth.

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PdP 6 38.2

नारद उवाच कीदृशी स्यान्महादेव महाद्वादशिका परा । तस्या व्रते फलं कीदृग्वद सर्वेश्वर प्रभो

nārada uvāca kīdṛśī syānmahādeva mahādvādaśikā parā | tasyā vrate phalaṃ kīdṛgvada sarveśvara prabho

Nārada said: Of what sort, Mahādeva, is the supreme great twelfth? What sort of fruit is there in the observance of it? Tell (me), O lord of all, O master.

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PdP 6 38.3

शिव उवाच- इयमेकादशी ब्रह्मन्महापुण्यफलप्रदा । ऋक्षयोगैश्च संयुक्ता कर्त्तव्या मुनिसत्तमैः

śiva uvāca- iyamekādaśī brahmanmahāpuṇyaphalapradā | ṛkṣayogaiśca saṃyuktā karttavyā munisattamaiḥ

Śiva said: This eleventh (day), O brahman, bestows the fruit of great merit; when joined with (particular) lunar mansions and conjunctions it should be observed by the best of sages.

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PdP 6 38.4

जया च विजया चैव जयंती पापनाशिनी । सर्वपापहराश्चैताः कर्त्तव्याः फलकांक्षिभिः

jayā ca vijayā caiva jayaṃtī pāpanāśinī | sarvapāpaharāścaitāḥ karttavyāḥ phalakāṃkṣibhiḥ

Jayā, and Vijayā, and Jayantī the destroyer of sin — these remove all sins and should be observed by those who desire fruit.

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PdP 6 38.5

एकादश्यां यदा ऋक्षं शुक्लपक्षे पुनर्वसुः । नाम्ना सा च जया ख्याता तिथीनामुत्तमा तिथिः

ekādaśyāṃ yadā ṛkṣaṃ śuklapakṣe punarvasuḥ | nāmnā sā ca jayā khyātā tithīnāmuttamā tithiḥ

When on the eleventh in the bright fortnight the lunar mansion is Punarvasu, that one is known by the name Jayā, the best of lunar days among lunar days.

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PdP 6 38.6

तामुपोष्य नरः पापान्मुच्यते नात्र संशयः । यदा च शुक्लद्वादश्यां नक्षत्रं श्रवणं भवेत्

tāmupoṣya naraḥ pāpānmucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ | yadā ca śukladvādaśyāṃ nakṣatraṃ śravaṇaṃ bhavet

Having fasted on it a man is freed from sin — there is no doubt here. And when on the bright twelfth the lunar mansion is Śravaṇa,

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PdP 6 38.7

विजया सा समाख्याता तिथीनामुत्तमा तिथिः । सहस्रगुणितं दानं यस्यां वै विप्र भोजनम्

vijayā sā samākhyātā tithīnāmuttamā tithiḥ | sahasraguṇitaṃ dānaṃ yasyāṃ vai vipra bhojanam

that is called Vijayā, the best of lunar days among lunar days, on which a gift, O brahman, (and) the feeding (of brahmans) is multiplied a thousandfold,

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PdP 6 38.8

होमस्तथोपवासश्च सहस्राधिफलप्रदः । यदा च शुक्लद्वादश्यां प्राजापत्यं हि जायते

homastathopavāsaśca sahasrādhiphalapradaḥ | yadā ca śukladvādaśyāṃ prājāpatyaṃ hi jāyate

and likewise the oblation and the fast bestow more than a thousandfold fruit. And when on the bright twelfth the Prājāpatya (Rohiṇī) mansion occurs,

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PdP 6 38.9

जयंती नाम सा प्रोक्ता सर्वपापहरा तिथिः । सप्तजन्मकृतं पापं स्वल्पं वा यदि वा बहु

jayaṃtī nāma sā proktā sarvapāpaharā tithiḥ | saptajanmakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ svalpaṃ vā yadi vā bahu

that lunar day is declared to be named Jayantī, the remover of all sins. The sin committed in seven births, whether little or much,

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PdP 6 38.10

प्रक्षालयति गोविंदस्तस्यामभ्यर्चितो ध्रुवम् । यदा वै शुक्लद्वादश्यां पुष्यं भवति कर्हिचित्

prakṣālayati goviṃdastasyāmabhyarcito dhruvam | yadā vai śukladvādaśyāṃ puṣyaṃ bhavati karhicit

Govinda washes away, when he is worshipped on it — assuredly. And when at some time Puṣya falls on the bright twelfth,

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PdP 6 38.11

तदा तु सा महापुण्या भविता पापनाशिनी । यो ददाति तिलप्रस्थं नित्यं संवत्सरं प्रति

tadā tu sā mahāpuṇyā bhavitā pāpanāśinī | yo dadāti tilaprasthaṃ nityaṃ saṃvatsaraṃ prati

then that (day) will be greatly meritorious, destroying sin. He who gives a prastha of sesame daily throughout a year —

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PdP 6 38.12

उपवासं च यस्तस्यां करोत्येतत्समं स्मृतम् । तस्यां जगत्पतिर्देवस्तुष्टः सर्वेश्वरो हरिः

upavāsaṃ ca yastasyāṃ karotyetatsamaṃ smṛtam | tasyāṃ jagatpatirdevastuṣṭaḥ sarveśvaro hariḥ

and he who keeps a fast on that (day): this is held to be equal to that. On it Hari, the lord of the world, the god, the lord of all, being pleased,

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PdP 6 38.13

प्रत्यक्षतां प्रयात्येव तत्रानंतफलं स्मृतम् । सगरेण ककुत्स्थेन नहुषेण च साधितः

pratyakṣatāṃ prayātyeva tatrānaṃtaphalaṃ smṛtam | sagareṇa kakutsthena nahuṣeṇa ca sādhitaḥ

actually comes to visible presence; there the fruit is held to be endless. By Sagara, by Kakutstha, and by Nahuṣa it was accomplished;

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PdP 6 38.14

तस्यामाराधितः कृष्णो दत्तवानखिलं भुवि । वाचिकान्मानसाद्वापि कायजाच्च विशेषतः

tasyāmārādhitaḥ kṛṣṇo dattavānakhilaṃ bhuvi | vācikānmānasādvāpi kāyajācca viśeṣataḥ

Kṛṣṇa, propitiated on that (day), gave (them) all the earth. From (sin) of speech, or of mind, and especially from that born of the body,

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PdP 6 38.15

सप्तजन्मकृतात्पापान्मुच्यते नात्र संशयः । तामेकां समुपोष्याथ पुण्यनक्षत्रसंयुताम्

saptajanmakṛtātpāpānmucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ | tāmekāṃ samupoṣyātha puṇyanakṣatrasaṃyutām

from the sin committed in seven births one is freed — there is no doubt here. Having fasted on that single one, joined with the auspicious lunar mansion,

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PdP 6 38.16

एकादशीसहस्रस्य फलं प्राप्नोति मानवः । स्नानं दानं जपो होमः स्वाध्यायो देवतार्चनम्

ekādaśīsahasrasya phalaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ | snānaṃ dānaṃ japo homaḥ svādhyāyo devatārcanam

a man obtains the fruit of a thousand eleventh-days. Bathing, giving, muttering of prayers, oblation, private recitation, worship of the deity —

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PdP 6 38.17

यत्तस्यां क्रियते किंचित्तदक्षयफलं स्मृतम् । तस्मादेषा प्रकर्तव्या यत्नेन फलकांक्षिभिः

yattasyāṃ kriyate kiṃcittadakṣayaphalaṃ smṛtam | tasmādeṣā prakartavyā yatnena phalakāṃkṣibhiḥ

whatever is done on that (day) is held to have imperishable fruit; therefore this (observance) should be carefully performed by those who desire fruit.

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PdP 6 38.18

पंचमेनाश्वमेधेन यदि स्नातो युधिष्ठिरः । पर्यपृच्छत धर्मात्मा कृष्णं यदुकुलोद्वहम्

paṃcamenāśvamedhena yadi snāto yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | paryapṛcchata dharmātmā kṛṣṇaṃ yadukulodvaham

When Yudhiṣṭhira had bathed (at the conclusion) with the fifth horse-sacrifice, that righteous one questioned Kṛṣṇa, the upholder of the Yadu line.

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PdP 6 38.19

युधिष्ठिर उवाच- उपवासस्य नक्तस्य त्वेकभुक्तस्य मे प्रभो । किं पुण्यं किं फलं तस्य ब्रूहि सर्वं जनार्दन

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca- upavāsasya naktasya tvekabhuktasya me prabho | kiṃ puṇyaṃ kiṃ phalaṃ tasya brūhi sarvaṃ janārdana

Yudhiṣṭhira said: Of fasting, of eating only at night, and of eating only once, O lord — what merit, what fruit is there of that? Tell it all, Janārdana.

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PdP 6 38.20

श्रीभगवानुवाच- हेमंते चैव संप्राप्ते मासे मार्गे च शोभने । कृष्णपक्षे च या पार्थ द्वादशी तामुपोषयेत् । दशम्यां चैकभक्तश्च शुद्धचित्तो दृढव्रतः

śrībhagavānuvāca- hemaṃte caiva saṃprāpte māse mārge ca śobhane | kṛṣṇapakṣe ca yā pārtha dvādaśī tāmupoṣayet | daśamyāṃ caikabhaktaśca śuddhacitto dṛḍhavrataḥ

The Blessed Lord said: When winter has come, in the fair month of Mārgaśīrṣa, whatever twelfth (day) falls in the dark fortnight, O Pārtha, on that one should fast; and on the tenth one should take but a single meal, pure of mind and firm in the vow.

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PdP 6 38.21

नक्तं चैव तथा ज्ञात्वा दशम्यां नियतः सदा । दिवसस्याष्टमे भागे मंदीभूते दिवाकरे

naktaṃ caiva tathā jñātvā daśamyāṃ niyataḥ sadā | divasasyāṣṭame bhāge maṃdībhūte divākare

And knowing the nakta (evening meal) in this way, being always restrained on the tenth: in the eighth part of the day, when the sun has grown dim—

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PdP 6 38.22

नक्तं च तद्विजानीयान्न नक्तं निशिभोजनम् । नक्षत्रदर्शनान्नक्तं गृहस्थस्य विधीयते

naktaṃ ca tadvijānīyānna naktaṃ niśibhojanam | nakṣatradarśanānnaktaṃ gṛhasthasya vidhīyate

—that one should know as nakta; nakta is not eating in the night. Nakta at the sighting of the stars is prescribed for the householder.

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PdP 6 38.23

यतेर्दिनाष्टमे भागे रात्रौ तस्य निषेधनम् । ततः प्रभातसमये कृत्वा च नियमं व्रती

yaterdināṣṭame bhāge rātrau tasya niṣedhanam | tataḥ prabhātasamaye kṛtvā ca niyamaṃ vratī

For the ascetic (it is) in the eighth part of the day; for him it is forbidden at night. Then, at the time of dawn, the observer of the vow, having made his resolve,

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PdP 6 38.24

मध्याह्ने च तथा पार्थ स्नानं शुचिः समाचरेत् । अधमं कूपके स्नानं वाप्यां स्नानं च मध्यमम्

madhyāhne ca tathā pārtha snānaṃ śuciḥ samācaret | adhamaṃ kūpake snānaṃ vāpyāṃ snānaṃ ca madhyamam

and at midday too, O Pārtha, being pure, should perform the bath. Bathing in a well is the lowest, and bathing in a step-tank is middling.

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PdP 6 38.25

तडागे चोत्तमं स्नानं नद्यां स्नानं ततः परम् । पीड्यंते जंतवो यत्र जलमध्ये व्यवस्थिते

taḍāge cottamaṃ snānaṃ nadyāṃ snānaṃ tataḥ param | pīḍyaṃte jaṃtavo yatra jalamadhye vyavasthite

Bathing in a pond is best, and bathing in a river is beyond that. Where creatures are hurt when one stands in the middle of the water,

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PdP 6 38.26

तत्र स्नाने कृते पार्थ पापं पुण्यं समं भवेत् । गृहे चैवोत्तमं स्नानं जलं चैव विशोधयेत्

tatra snāne kṛte pārtha pāpaṃ puṇyaṃ samaṃ bhavet | gṛhe caivottamaṃ snānaṃ jalaṃ caiva viśodhayet

when the bath is performed there, O Pārtha, the sin and the merit come out equal. And bathing at home is best, and one should purify the water (for it).

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PdP 6 38.27

तस्मात्तु पांडवश्रेष्ठ गृहे स्नानं समाचरेत् । अश्वक्रांते रथक्रांते विष्णुक्रांते वसुंधरे

tasmāttu pāṃḍavaśreṣṭha gṛhe snānaṃ samācaret | aśvakrāṃte rathakrāṃte viṣṇukrāṃte vasuṃdhare

Therefore, best of the Pāṇḍavas, one should perform the bath at home. "O Earth, traversed by the horse, traversed by the chariot, traversed by Viṣṇu,

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PdP 6 38.28

मृत्तिके हर मे पापं यन्मया पूर्वसंचितम् । क्रोधलोभौ परित्यज्य चैकचित्तो दृढव्रतः

mṛttike hara me pāpaṃ yanmayā pūrvasaṃcitam | krodhalobhau parityajya caikacitto dṛḍhavrataḥ

O clay, take away my sin, that which was heaped up by me before." Having wholly abandoned anger and greed, of single mind, firm in vow,

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PdP 6 38.29

नालापेतांत्यजं चैव तथा पाखंडिनो नरान् । मिथ्यावादरतांश्चैव तथा ब्राह्मणनिंदकान्

nālāpetāṃtyajaṃ caiva tathā pākhaṃḍino narān | mithyāvādaratāṃścaiva tathā brāhmaṇaniṃdakān

he should not converse with an outcaste, nor with heretical men, nor with those given to false speech, nor with revilers of brahmins,

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PdP 6 38.30

अन्यांश्चैव दुराचारानगम्यागमनेरतान् । परद्रव्यापहारांश्च परदाराभिगामिनः

anyāṃścaiva durācārānagamyāgamaneratān | paradravyāpahārāṃśca paradārābhigāminaḥ

nor with others of evil conduct, given to intercourse with forbidden women, nor with those who carry off others' property and those who go to others' wives.

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PdP 6 38.31

केशवं पूजयित्वा तु नैवेद्यं तत्र कारयेत् । दीपं दद्याद्गृहे तत्र भक्तियुक्तेन चेतसा

keśavaṃ pūjayitvā tu naivedyaṃ tatra kārayet | dīpaṃ dadyādgṛhe tatra bhaktiyuktena cetasā

Having worshipped Keśava, one should have a food-offering made there; there in the house one should present a lamp, with a mind possessed of devotion.

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PdP 6 38.32

तद्दिने वर्जयेत्पार्थ निद्रां चैव तु मैथुनम् । धर्मशास्त्रविनोदेन दिनं सर्वं निवारयेत्

taddine varjayetpārtha nidrāṃ caiva tu maithunam | dharmaśāstravinodena dinaṃ sarvaṃ nivārayet

On that day, O Pārtha, one should shun sleep and sexual intercourse; one should pass the whole day in the pleasant study of the books of dharma.

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PdP 6 38.33

रात्रौ जागरणं कृत्वा भक्तियुक्तो नृपोत्तम । विप्रेभ्यो दक्षिणां दद्यात्प्रणिपत्य क्षमापयेत्

rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ kṛtvā bhaktiyukto nṛpottama | viprebhyo dakṣiṇāṃ dadyātpraṇipatya kṣamāpayet

Having kept the night-vigil, filled with devotion, O best of kings, he should give a gift to the brahmins, and prostrating himself should ask their pardon.

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PdP 6 38.34

यथा कृष्णा तथा शुक्ला विधिनैवं प्रकारयेत् । एकादशीं द्विजः पार्थ विभेदं नैव कारयेत्

yathā kṛṣṇā tathā śuklā vidhinaivaṃ prakārayet | ekādaśīṃ dvijaḥ pārtha vibhedaṃ naiva kārayet

As with the dark (fortnight), so with the bright: thus should one carry it out according to the rule. A twice-born should make no distinction, O Pārtha, as regards the eleventh.

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PdP 6 38.35

एवं हि कुरुते यस्तु शृणु तस्य हि यत्फलम् । शंखोद्धारे नरः स्नात्वा दृष्ट्वा देवं गदाधरम्

evaṃ hi kurute yastu śṛṇu tasya hi yatphalam | śaṃkhoddhāre naraḥ snātvā dṛṣṭvā devaṃ gadādharam

Hear now what fruit belongs to him who acts thus. A man who has bathed at Śaṅkhoddhāra and beheld the god who bears the mace—

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PdP 6 38.36

एकादश्युपवासस्य कलां नार्हति षोडशीम् । संक्रांतिषु चतुर्लक्षं यो ददाति नृपोत्तम

ekādaśyupavāsasya kalāṃ nārhati ṣoḍaśīm | saṃkrāṃtiṣu caturlakṣaṃ yo dadāti nṛpottama

—(such merit) does not amount to a sixteenth part of the fast of the eleventh. He who gives four hundred thousand at the solstitial passages, O best of kings—

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PdP 6 38.37

एकादश्युपवासस्य कलां नार्हति षोडशीम् । प्रभासक्षेत्रे यत्पुण्यं ग्रहणे चंद्र सूर्ययोः

ekādaśyupavāsasya kalāṃ nārhati ṣoḍaśīm | prabhāsakṣetre yatpuṇyaṃ grahaṇe caṃdra sūryayoḥ

—(that) does not amount to a sixteenth part of the fast of the eleventh. Whatever merit there is in the field of Prabhāsa at an eclipse of the moon and the sun,

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PdP 6 38.38

तत्फलं जायते नूनमेकादश्युपवासिनः । केदारे चोदकं पीत्वा पुनर्जन्म न विद्यते

tatphalaṃ jāyate nūnamekādaśyupavāsinaḥ | kedāre codakaṃ pītvā punarjanma na vidyate

that fruit surely accrues to one who fasts on the eleventh. And at Kedāra, having drunk the water, there is no birth again;

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PdP 6 38.39

तथा चैकादशी पार्थ गर्भवासक्षयंकरी । अश्वमेधस्य यज्ञस्य पृथिव्यां यत्फलं लभेत्

tathā caikādaśī pārtha garbhavāsakṣayaṃkarī | aśvamedhasya yajñasya pṛthivyāṃ yatphalaṃ labhet

and so the eleventh too, O Pārtha, brings about the ending of dwelling in the womb. Whatever fruit one may obtain on earth from the horse sacrifice—

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 6 38.40

तस्माच्छतगुणं पुण्यमेकादश्युपवासिनः । तपस्विनो गृहे यस्य भुंजते च द्विजोत्तमाः

tasmācchataguṇaṃ puṇyamekādaśyupavāsinaḥ | tapasvino gṛhe yasya bhuṃjate ca dvijottamāḥ

Therefore a hundred times that merit belongs to one who fasts on the eleventh day. (And) he in whose house ascetics and the best of the twice-born eat —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 6 38.41

तत्फलं जायते नूनमेकादश्युपवासिनः । गोसहस्रेण यत्पुण्यं दत्वा वेदांतपारगे

tatphalaṃ jāyate nūnamekādaśyupavāsinaḥ | gosahasreṇa yatpuṇyaṃ datvā vedāṃtapārage

— that fruit indeed comes to one who fasts on the eleventh day. The merit that (comes) from giving a thousand cows to one who has mastered the Vedānta —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 6 38.42

तस्माच्छतगुणं पुण्यमेकादश्युपवासिनः । येषां देहे त्रयो देवा ब्रह्मविष्णुमहेश्वराः

tasmācchataguṇaṃ puṇyamekādaśyupavāsinaḥ | yeṣāṃ dehe trayo devā brahmaviṣṇumaheśvarāḥ

— a hundred times that is the merit of one who fasts on the eleventh day. Those in whose body the three gods, Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Maheśvara,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 6 38.43

वसंति तेषां ते तुल्या एकादश्युपवासिनः । ते नराः पुण्यकर्माणो ये भक्ता हरिपूजकाः

vasaṃti teṣāṃ te tulyā ekādaśyupavāsinaḥ | te narāḥ puṇyakarmāṇo ye bhaktā haripūjakāḥ

dwell — equal to them are those who fast on the eleventh day. Those men are doers of meritorious deeds who are devotees and worshippers of Hari.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 6 38.44

एकादशीव्रतस्यापि पुण्यसंख्या न विद्यते । एतत्पुण्यं भवेत्तस्य यत्सुरैरपि दुर्ल्लभम्

ekādaśīvratasyāpi puṇyasaṃkhyā na vidyate | etatpuṇyaṃ bhavettasya yatsurairapi durllabham

Of the vow of the eleventh day there is no reckoning of the merit; this merit accrues to him, (a merit) which is hard to attain even for the gods.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 6 38.45

एतस्मादर्द्धपुण्यं तु प्राप्यते नक्तभोजनात् । नक्तस्यार्द्धं भवेत्पुण्यमेकभक्तेन देहिनाम्

etasmādarddhapuṇyaṃ tu prāpyate naktabhojanāt | naktasyārddhaṃ bhavetpuṇyamekabhaktena dehinām

But half of this merit is obtained by eating (only) at night; and half the merit of the night-meal accrues to embodied beings by eating a single meal (by day).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 6 38.46

तावद्गर्जंति तीर्थानि दानानि नियमानि च । यावन्नोपोषयेज्जंतुर्वासरं विष्णुवल्लभम्

tāvadgarjaṃti tīrthāni dānāni niyamāni ca | yāvannopoṣayejjaṃturvāsaraṃ viṣṇuvallabham

Sacred fords, gifts and observances roar (their boasts) only so long as a creature has not fasted on the day dear to Viṣṇu.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 6 38.47

तस्मात्त्वं पांडवश्रेष्ठ व्रतमेतत्समाचर । पुण्यसंख्यां न जानामि यत्त्वं पृच्छसि पांडव

tasmāttvaṃ pāṃḍavaśreṣṭha vratametatsamācara | puṇyasaṃkhyāṃ na jānāmi yattvaṃ pṛcchasi pāṃḍava

Therefore, O best of the Pāṇḍavas, carry out this vow. I do not know the sum of the merit about which you ask, O Pāṇḍava.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 6 38.48

एतद्धि कथितं पार्थ यद्गोप्यं व्रतमुत्तमम् । एकादशीसमं नास्ति कृत्वा यज्ञसहस्रकम्

etaddhi kathitaṃ pārtha yadgopyaṃ vratamuttamam | ekādaśīsamaṃ nāsti kṛtvā yajñasahasrakam

For this has been told (to you), O Pārtha — the supreme vow, which is to be kept secret. There is nothing equal to the eleventh day, (not even) the performing of a thousand sacrifices.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 6 38.49

युधिष्ठिर उवाच- उत्पन्ना सा कथं देव पुण्या चैकादशी तिथिः । कथं पवित्रा विश्वेऽस्मिन्कथं वै देवताप्रिया

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca- utpannā sā kathaṃ deva puṇyā caikādaśī tithiḥ | kathaṃ pavitrā viśve'sminkathaṃ vai devatāpriyā

Yudhiṣṭhira said: How did that meritorious lunar day, the eleventh, come into being, O god? How is it purifying in this universe, and how is it dear to the deities?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 6 38.50

श्रीभगवानुवाच - पुरा कृतयुगे पार्थ मुरनामेति दानवः । अत्यद्भुतो महारौद्र सर्वदेवभयंकरः 6.38.

śrībhagavānuvāca - purā kṛtayuge pārtha muranāmeti dānavaḥ | atyadbhuto mahāraudra sarvadevabhayaṃkaraḥ 6.38.

The Blessed Lord said: Formerly, in the Kṛta age, O Pārtha, there was a dānava named Mura, exceedingly astonishing, terribly fierce, a source of terror to all the gods.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 6 38.51

इंद्रोऽपि निर्जितस्तेन सर्वदेवास्तथा नृप । महासुरेण तेनैव मृत्युना च दुरात्मना

iṃdro'pi nirjitastena sarvadevāstathā nṛpa | mahāsureṇa tenaiva mṛtyunā ca durātmanā

Even Indra was vanquished by him, and likewise all the gods, O king, by that very great asura, deadly and evil-natured.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 6 38.52

स्वर्गान्निराकृतास्तेन विचरंति महीतले । सशंका भयभीताश्च सर्वे गत्वा महेश्वरम्

svargānnirākṛtāstena vicaraṃti mahītale | saśaṃkā bhayabhītāśca sarve gatvā maheśvaram

Driven out of heaven by him they wander on the surface of the earth; and all of them, apprehensive and stricken with fear, went to Maheśvara.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 6 38.53

इंद्रेण कथितं सर्वमीश्वरस्यापि चाग्रतः । स्वर्गलोकपरिभ्रष्टा विचरंति महीतले

iṃdreṇa kathitaṃ sarvamīśvarasyāpi cāgrataḥ | svargalokaparibhraṣṭā vicaraṃti mahītale

Everything was recounted by Indra in the presence of the Lord: "Fallen from the world of heaven, we wander on the surface of the earth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 6 38.54

मर्त्येषु संस्थिता देवा न शोभंते महेश्वर । उपायं ब्रूहि मे देव ह्यमरा यांति कां गतिम्

martyeṣu saṃsthitā devā na śobhaṃte maheśvara | upāyaṃ brūhi me deva hyamarā yāṃti kāṃ gatim

Gods established among mortals have no splendour, O Maheśvara. Tell me a means, O god — what course indeed are the immortals to go to?"

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 6 38.55

महादेव उवाच- देवराजसुरश्रेष्ठयत्रास्तेगरुडध्वजः । शरण्यश्च जगन्नाथः परित्राता परायणः

mahādeva uvāca- devarājasuraśreṣṭhayatrāstegaruḍadhvajaḥ | śaraṇyaśca jagannāthaḥ paritrātā parāyaṇaḥ

Mahādeva said: O king of gods, best of the celestials, where the Garuḍa-bannered one abides — he is the giver of refuge, the Lord of the world, the rescuer, the final resort.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 6 38.56

तत्र गच्छ सुरश्रेष्ठ स वो रक्षां विधास्यति । ईश्वरस्य वचः श्रुत्वा देवराजो महामतिः

tatra gaccha suraśreṣṭha sa vo rakṣāṃ vidhāsyati | īśvarasya vacaḥ śrutvā devarājo mahāmatiḥ

Go there, O best of the gods; he will arrange protection for you. Having heard the Lord's word, the king of gods, of great mind,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 6 38.57

त्रिदशैः सहितो यत्र गतस्तत्र युधिष्ठिर । जलमध्ये प्रसुप्तं तं दृष्ट्वा देवं गदाधरम्

tridaśaiḥ sahito yatra gatastatra yudhiṣṭhira | jalamadhye prasuptaṃ taṃ dṛṣṭvā devaṃ gadādharam

together with the thirty (gods) went there where (he was), O Yudhiṣṭhira; and seeing that god, the mace-bearer, fast asleep in the midst of the waters,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 6 38.58

कृतांजलिपुटो भूत्वा इंद्रः स्तोत्रमुदीरयत्

kṛtāṃjalipuṭo bhūtvā iṃdraḥ stotramudīrayat

Indra, with his palms joined in salutation, uttered a hymn of praise.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 6 38.59

इंद्र उवाच- ॐनमो देवदेवेश देवदानववंदित । दैत्यारे पुंडरीकाक्ष त्राहि नो मधुसूदन

iṃdra uvāca- oṃnamo devadeveśa devadānavavaṃdita | daityāre puṃḍarīkākṣa trāhi no madhusūdana

Indra said: Om! Homage, O Lord of the lords of gods, saluted by gods and dānavas; O enemy of the daityas, lotus-eyed one, save us, O slayer of Madhu!

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 6 38.60

सुराः सर्वे समायाता भयभीताश्च दानवात् । शरणं त्वां जगन्नाथ त्राहि मां भक्तवत्सल

surāḥ sarve samāyātā bhayabhītāśca dānavāt | śaraṇaṃ tvāṃ jagannātha trāhi māṃ bhaktavatsala

All the gods have come together, terrified with fear of the Dānava; (we take) refuge in you, Lord of the world — protect me, you who are fond of your devotees.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 6 38.61

त्राहि नो देवदेवेश त्राहि त्राहि जनार्दन । त्राहि वै पुंडरीकाक्ष दानवानां विनाशक

trāhi no devadeveśa trāhi trāhi janārdana | trāhi vai puṃḍarīkākṣa dānavānāṃ vināśaka

Save us, O lord of the gods of gods; save us, save us, Janārdana! Save (us), indeed, O lotus-eyed one, destroyer of the dānavas!

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 6 38.62

त्वत्समीपं गताः सर्वे त्वमेव शरणं प्रभो । चशरणागतानां देवानां सहायं कुरु वै प्रभो

tvatsamīpaṃ gatāḥ sarve tvameva śaraṇaṃ prabho | caśaraṇāgatānāṃ devānāṃ sahāyaṃ kuru vai prabho

We have all come into your presence; you alone are the refuge, O Lord. Give help, O Lord, to the gods who have come for refuge.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 6 38.63

त्वं पतिस्त्वं मतिर्देव त्वं कर्ता त्वं च कारणम् । त्वं माता सर्वलोकानां त्वमेव जगतः पिता

tvaṃ patistvaṃ matirdeva tvaṃ kartā tvaṃ ca kāraṇam | tvaṃ mātā sarvalokānāṃ tvameva jagataḥ pitā

You are the lord, you are the mind (of all), O God; you are the doer and you are the cause. You are the mother of all the worlds, and you alone are the father of the universe.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 6 38.64

भगवन्देवदेवेश शरणागतवत्सल । शरणं तव चायाता भयभीताश्च देवताः

bhagavandevadeveśa śaraṇāgatavatsala | śaraṇaṃ tava cāyātā bhayabhītāśca devatāḥ

"O Blessed One, lord of the gods of gods, tender to those who come for refuge! We deities, terrified with fear, have come to your refuge."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 6 38.65

देवता निर्जिताः सर्वाः स्वर्गभ्रष्टाः कृताः प्रभो । अत्युग्रेण हि दैत्येन मुरनाम्ना महौजसा । इंद्रस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा विष्णुर्वचनमब्रवीत्

devatā nirjitāḥ sarvāḥ svargabhraṣṭāḥ kṛtāḥ prabho | atyugreṇa hi daityena muranāmnā mahaujasā | iṃdrasya vacanaṃ śrutvā viṣṇurvacanamabravīt

"All the gods have been vanquished, and made to fall from heaven, O Lord, by the exceedingly fierce demon named Mura, of great might." Having heard Indra's speech, Viṣṇu spoke (these) words:

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 6 38.66

श्रीभगवानुवाच- कीदृशो दानवः शक्र किं रूपं कीदृशं बलम् । क्व स्थानं तस्य दुष्टस्य किं वीर्यं कः पराक्रमः । किं वरं तस्य दुष्टस्य ममाख्याहि महामते

śrībhagavānuvāca- kīdṛśo dānavaḥ śakra kiṃ rūpaṃ kīdṛśaṃ balam | kva sthānaṃ tasya duṣṭasya kiṃ vīryaṃ kaḥ parākramaḥ | kiṃ varaṃ tasya duṣṭasya mamākhyāhi mahāmate

The Blessed Lord said: What sort of demon is he, Śakra? What is his form, what sort his strength? Where is that wicked one's abode, what his valour, what his prowess? What boon (has been granted) to that wicked one—tell me, O greatly wise one.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 6 38.67

इंद्र उवाच- पूर्वं बभूव देवेश ब्रह्मवंशसमुद्भवः । तालजंघस्तु नाम्ना च अत्युग्रोऽपि महासुरः

iṃdra uvāca- pūrvaṃ babhūva deveśa brahmavaṃśasamudbhavaḥ | tālajaṃghastu nāmnā ca atyugro'pi mahāsuraḥ

Indra said: Formerly, O lord of the gods, there was a great demon born of Brahmā's line, named Tālajaṅgha, exceedingly fierce.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 6 38.68

तस्य पुत्रो हि विख्यातो मुरनामेति दानवः । अत्युत्कटो महावीर्यो देवतानां भयंकरः

tasya putro hi vikhyāto muranāmeti dānavaḥ | atyutkaṭo mahāvīryo devatānāṃ bhayaṃkaraḥ

His son indeed was a renowned dānava named Mura, exceedingly fierce, of great might, a terror to the gods.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 6 38.69

पुरी चंद्रावती नाम्ना तत्र स्थाने वसत्यसौ । निर्जिता देवताः सर्वा स्वर्गात्तेन विवासिताः

purī caṃdrāvatī nāmnā tatra sthāne vasatyasau | nirjitā devatāḥ sarvā svargāttena vivāsitāḥ

There is a city named Candrāvatī; in that place he dwells. All the gods were defeated (and) driven out of heaven by him.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 6 38.70

इंद्रोऽन्यो रोपितस्तेन वातश्चैव हुताशनः । चंद्रसूर्यो कृतौ चान्यौ वायुर्वरुण एव च

iṃdro'nyo ropitastena vātaścaiva hutāśanaḥ | caṃdrasūryo kṛtau cānyau vāyurvaruṇa eva ca

— tr. refused: cyber

PdP 6 38.71

सर्वमात्मकृतं तेन सत्यं सत्यं जनार्दन । देवलोकः कृतस्तेन सर्वस्थानविवर्जितः

sarvamātmakṛtaṃ tena satyaṃ satyaṃ janārdana | devalokaḥ kṛtastena sarvasthānavivarjitaḥ

All of it was made by him himself — truly, truly, O Janārdana. A god-world was made by him, one excluded from all (the proper) places.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

PdP 6 38.72

तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा कोपमानो जनार्दनः । हनिष्ये दानवं दुष्टं देवतानां भयंकरम्

tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā kopamāno janārdanaḥ | haniṣye dānavaṃ duṣṭaṃ devatānāṃ bhayaṃkaram

Hearing that speech of his, Janārdana, growing angry, (said): "I shall slay the wicked Dānava, the terror of the gods."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 6 38.73

त्रिदशैः सहितो देवो गतश्चंद्रावतीं पुरीम् । दृष्टो देवैस्तु दैत्येंद्रो गर्जमानः पुनः पुनः

tridaśaiḥ sahito devo gataścaṃdrāvatīṃ purīm | dṛṣṭo devaistu daityeṃdro garjamānaḥ punaḥ punaḥ

The god, together with the thirty (gods), went to the city Candrāvatī; and the lord of the Daityas was seen by the gods, roaring again and again.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 6 38.74

तेन सर्वे जिता देव गताश्चैव दिशो दश । हरिं निरीक्ष्य प्रोवाच तिष्ठतिष्ठेति दानवः

tena sarve jitā deva gatāścaiva diśo daśa | hariṃ nirīkṣya provāca tiṣṭhatiṣṭheti dānavaḥ

By him all the gods were conquered, and they fled to the ten directions; and the Dānava, seeing Hari, said: "Stand, stand!"

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 6 38.75

भगवानब्रवीत्तं च क्रोधसंरक्तलोचनः । श्रीभगवानुवाच- रे दानव दुराचार मम बाहुं निरीक्षय

bhagavānabravīttaṃ ca krodhasaṃraktalocanaḥ | śrībhagavānuvāca- re dānava durācāra mama bāhuṃ nirīkṣaya

And the Lord, his eyes reddened with anger, spoke to him. The blessed Lord said: "Hey, you evil-doing demon, look at my arm!"

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 6 38.76

ततस्ते सम्मुखाः सर्वे विष्णुना दुष्टदानवाः । हता बाणैः पुनर्दिव्यैर्जाताश्च भयविह्वलाः

tataste sammukhāḥ sarve viṣṇunā duṣṭadānavāḥ | hatā bāṇaiḥ punardivyairjātāśca bhayavihvalāḥ

Then all those wicked demons who faced him were struck down by Viṣṇu with his divine arrows again, and they became overwhelmed with fear.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 6 38.77

चक्रं मुक्तं च कृष्णेन दैत्यसैन्येषु पांडव । तेनच्छिन्नास्तु शतशो बहवो निधनं गताः

cakraṃ muktaṃ ca kṛṣṇena daityasainyeṣu pāṃḍava | tenacchinnāstu śataśo bahavo nidhanaṃ gatāḥ

And the discus was released by Kṛṣṇa among the armies of the demons, O Pāṇḍava; cut apart by it by the hundreds, many went to destruction.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 6 38.78

एकोपि दानवस्तत्र युध्यमानो मुहुर्मुहुः । नष्टाः सर्वे सुरास्तेन निर्जितो मधुसूदनः

ekopi dānavastatra yudhyamāno muhurmuhuḥ | naṣṭāḥ sarve surāstena nirjito madhusūdanaḥ

Yet a single dānava (remained) there, fighting again and again; by him all the gods were destroyed, (and) Madhusūdana was defeated.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 6 38.79

निर्जितं तेन दैत्येन बाहुयुद्धमजायत । बाहुयुद्धं कृतं तेन दिव्यं वर्षसहस्रकम्

nirjitaṃ tena daityena bāhuyuddhamajāyata | bāhuyuddhaṃ kṛtaṃ tena divyaṃ varṣasahasrakam

— tr. refused: cyber

PdP 6 38.80

विष्णुश्चिंतां प्रपन्नश्च नष्टाः सर्वाश्च देवताः । विष्णुश्च निर्जितस्तेन गतो बदरिकाश्रमम्

viṣṇuściṃtāṃ prapannaśca naṣṭāḥ sarvāśca devatāḥ | viṣṇuśca nirjitastena gato badarikāśramam

Viṣṇu fell into anxiety, and all the gods were undone; and Viṣṇu too, defeated by him, went to Badarikāśrama.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 6 38.81

गुहा सिंहावती नाम तत्र सुप्तो जनार्दनः । योजनद्वादशवती एकद्वारा च पांडव

guhā siṃhāvatī nāma tatra supto janārdanaḥ | yojanadvādaśavatī ekadvārā ca pāṃḍava

There is a cave named Siṃhāvatī; there Janārdana slept — twelve yojanas in extent and with a single door, O Pāṇḍava.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 6 38.82

तस्यां विष्टः प्रसुप्तश्च दानवो हंतुमुद्यतः । महायुद्धेन तेनैव श्रांतोऽसौ योगमायया

tasyāṃ viṣṭaḥ prasuptaśca dānavo haṃtumudyataḥ | mahāyuddhena tenaiva śrāṃto'sau yogamāyayā

He entered it and fell asleep, and the dānava was intent on killing (him); by that very great battle he (Viṣṇu) was wearied — (or rather it was) by his yoga-māyā.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

PdP 6 38.83

दानवः पृष्ठतो लग्नो प्रविष्टः स तदा गुहाम् । प्रसुप्तं तत्र मां दृष्ट्वा दानवो हर्षमागतः

dānavaḥ pṛṣṭhato lagno praviṣṭaḥ sa tadā guhām | prasuptaṃ tatra māṃ dṛṣṭvā dānavo harṣamāgataḥ

The dānava, following close behind, then entered the cave; and seeing me sleeping there, the dānava was filled with delight.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 6 38.84

इत्थं मां निर्जितं मत्वा प्रविष्टं शंकया हरिम् । निःसंदेहं हनिष्यामि दानवानां भयंकरम्

itthaṃ māṃ nirjitaṃ matvā praviṣṭaṃ śaṃkayā harim | niḥsaṃdehaṃ haniṣyāmi dānavānāṃ bhayaṃkaram

Thinking thus, that I, Hari, was defeated and had entered (the cave) out of fear: "Without doubt I shall kill (him), the terror of the dānavas."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 6 38.85

निर्गता कन्यका तत्र विष्णुदेहाद्युधिष्ठिर । रूपवती सुसौभाग्या दिव्यप्रहरणायुधा

nirgatā kanyakā tatra viṣṇudehādyudhiṣṭhira | rūpavatī susaubhāgyā divyapraharaṇāyudhā

There a maiden came forth from Viṣṇu's body, O Yudhiṣṭhira — beautiful, greatly blessed, bearing divine missiles and weapons.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 6 38.86

तस्य तेजोंऽशसंभूता महाबलपराक्रमा । दृष्टा सा दानवेंद्रेण मुरनाम्ना धनंजय

tasya tejoṃ'śasaṃbhūtā mahābalaparākramā | dṛṣṭā sā dānaveṃdreṇa muranāmnā dhanaṃjaya

Arisen from a portion of his splendour, of great strength and prowess, she was seen by the lord of the dānavas named Mura, O Dhanaṃjaya.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 6 38.87

युद्धं समाहितं तेन स्त्रिया चैव प्रयाचितम् । कन्यका युध्यते तत्र सर्वयुद्धविशारदा

yuddhaṃ samāhitaṃ tena striyā caiva prayācitam | kanyakā yudhyate tatra sarvayuddhaviśāradā

Battle was undertaken by him, and it was demanded by the woman as well; there the maiden fights, skilled in every kind of combat.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 6 38.88

हुंकारैर्भस्मसाज्जातो मुर नामा महासुरः । निहते दानवे तस्मिंस्तत्र देवस्त्वबुध्यत

huṃkārairbhasmasājjāto mura nāmā mahāsuraḥ | nihate dānave tasmiṃstatra devastvabudhyata

By her roars the great asura named Mura was reduced to ashes; and when that dānava was slain, the god awoke there.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 6 38.89

पतितं दानवं दृष्ट्वा ततो विस्मयमागतः । केनायं च हतो रौद्रो ह्यत्युग्रो मम शात्रवः

patitaṃ dānavaṃ dṛṣṭvā tato vismayamāgataḥ | kenāyaṃ ca hato raudro hyatyugro mama śātravaḥ

Then, seeing the dānava fallen, he was struck with amazement: "By whom has this dreadful, most fierce enemy of mine been slain?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 6 38.90

अत्युग्रं च कृतं कर्म मम कारुण्यतः कृतम् । कन्योवाच- तेन देवाश्च गंधर्वा सयक्षोरगराक्षसाः

atyugraṃ ca kṛtaṃ karma mama kāruṇyataḥ kṛtam | kanyovāca- tena devāśca gaṃdharvā sayakṣoragarākṣasāḥ

A most fierce deed has been done — done out of compassion for me." The maiden said: "By him the gods, the gandharvas, together with the yakṣas, serpents and rākṣasas,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 6 38.91

इंद्राद्याः सकला जित्वा स्वर्गाच्चैव निराकृताः । हरिः सुप्तो मया दृष्टो मुरः पृष्ठे समागतः

iṃdrādyāḥ sakalā jitvā svargāccaiva nirākṛtāḥ | hariḥ supto mayā dṛṣṭo muraḥ pṛṣṭhe samāgataḥ

all of them, beginning with Indra, were conquered and driven out of heaven. I saw Hari asleep, and Mura coming up from behind.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 6 38.92

संहरिष्यति त्रैलोक्यं सुप्ते चैव जर्नादने । तस्यास्तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा विष्णुर्वचनमब्रवीत्

saṃhariṣyati trailokyaṃ supte caiva jarnādane | tasyāstadvacanaṃ śrutvā viṣṇurvacanamabravīt

He would have destroyed the three worlds while Janārdana slept." Hearing that speech of hers, Viṣṇu spoke these words:

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 6 38.93

अहं च निर्जितो येन कथं सोऽपि त्वया जितः । एकादश्युवाच- त्वत्प्रसादाच्च भो स्वामिन्महादैत्यो मया हतः

ahaṃ ca nirjito yena kathaṃ so'pi tvayā jitaḥ | ekādaśyuvāca- tvatprasādācca bho svāminmahādaityo mayā hataḥ

"He by whom even I was defeated — how was he conquered by you?" Ekādaśī said: "By your grace, O Lord, the great daitya was slain by me."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 6 38.94

श्रीभगवानुवाच- आनंदं त्रिषु लोकेषु मुनयो देवता गताः । ब्रूहि त्वं च मया भद्रे यत्ते मनसि रोचते । ददामि च न संदेहो यत्सुरैरपि दुर्ल्लभम्

śrībhagavānuvāca- ānaṃdaṃ triṣu lokeṣu munayo devatā gatāḥ | brūhi tvaṃ ca mayā bhadre yatte manasi rocate | dadāmi ca na saṃdeho yatsurairapi durllabham

The Blessed Lord said: "The sages and the deities in the three worlds have come to joy. Speak, good lady, whatever pleases your mind; and I shall give it — there is no doubt — even what is hard for the gods to obtain."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 6 38.95

एकादश्युवाच- यदि तुष्टोऽसि मे देव सत्यमुक्तं जनार्दन । वरमेकं तु वांच्छामि हृदये च जगत्पते

ekādaśyuvāca- yadi tuṣṭo'si me deva satyamuktaṃ janārdana | varamekaṃ tu vāṃcchāmi hṛdaye ca jagatpate

Ekādaśī said: "If you are pleased with me, O god, and the truth has been spoken, Janārdana, then I wish for one boon (held) in my heart, O lord of the world.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 6 38.96

प्रार्थयामि च देवेश ईप्सितं च मया प्रभो । यदि सत्यं जगन्नाथ तिस्रो वाचो ददासि मे

prārthayāmi ca deveśa īpsitaṃ ca mayā prabho | yadi satyaṃ jagannātha tisro vāco dadāsi me

And I beg, O lord of gods, for what is desired by me, O master: if it is true, O lord of the world, that you grant me three words (of promise)."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 6 38.97

श्रीभगवानुवाच- सत्यं सत्यं मया प्रोक्तं अवश्यं तव सुव्रते । तिस्रो वाचो मया दत्ता न चावाक्यं भवेदिह

śrībhagavānuvāca- satyaṃ satyaṃ mayā proktaṃ avaśyaṃ tava suvrate | tisro vāco mayā dattā na cāvākyaṃ bhavediha

The Blessed Lord said: "Truly, truly it has been spoken by me, and it shall surely be yours, O woman of good vows; three words have been given by me, and here there will be no going back on my word."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 6 38.98

एकादश्युवाच- त्रिभुवनेषु च देवेश चतुर्युगेषु सांप्रतम् । त्रिषु लोकेषु सर्वत्र तादृशं कुरु मे प्रभो

ekādaśyuvāca- tribhuvaneṣu ca deveśa caturyugeṣu sāṃpratam | triṣu lokeṣu sarvatra tādṛśaṃ kuru me prabho

Ekādaśī said: "In the three worlds, O lord of gods, and in the four ages, from now on, everywhere in the three worlds, make me such, O lord:

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 6 38.99

सर्वतीर्थप्रधानं हि सर्वविघ्नविनाशिनी । सर्वसिद्धिकरी देवी त्वत्प्रसादाद्भवाम्यहम्

sarvatīrthapradhānaṃ hi sarvavighnavināśinī | sarvasiddhikarī devī tvatprasādādbhavāmyaham

that by your grace I become the foremost of all sacred fords, the destroyer of all obstacles, the goddess who grants every attainment.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 6 38.100

मामुपोष्यंति ये भक्त्या तव भक्त्या जनार्दन । सर्वसिद्धिर्भवेत्तेषां यदि तुष्टोऽसि मे प्रभो 6.38.

māmupoṣyaṃti ye bhaktyā tava bhaktyā janārdana | sarvasiddhirbhavetteṣāṃ yadi tuṣṭo'si me prabho 6.38.

“Those who fast for me with devotion, with devotion to you, O Janārdana — let all attainment be theirs, if you are pleased with me, O Lord.

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PdP 6 38.101

उपवासं च नक्तं च एकभक्तं करोति च । तस्य वित्तं च धर्मं च मोक्षं वै देहि माधव

upavāsaṃ ca naktaṃ ca ekabhaktaṃ karoti ca | tasya vittaṃ ca dharmaṃ ca mokṣaṃ vai dehi mādhava

“And whoever performs the fast, and the night-meal, and the single daily meal — to him grant wealth and merit and liberation indeed, O Mādhava.”

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 6 38.102

विष्णुरुवाच-। यत्त्वं वदसि कल्याणि तत्सर्वं च भविष्यति । सर्वान्मनोरथान्भद्रे दास्यसि त्वं च नान्यथा

viṣṇuruvāca-| yattvaṃ vadasi kalyāṇi tatsarvaṃ ca bhaviṣyati | sarvānmanorathānbhadre dāsyasi tvaṃ ca nānyathā

Viṣṇu said: “What you say, O auspicious one, all that shall come to pass; and you, O blessed lady, shall grant all wishes, and not otherwise.

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PdP 6 38.103

मम भक्ताश्च ये लोके ये च भक्तास्तु कार्त्तिके । चतुर्युगेषु विख्यातास्त्रिषु लोकेषु वै प्रभो

mama bhaktāśca ye loke ye ca bhaktāstu kārttike | caturyugeṣu vikhyātāstriṣu lokeṣu vai prabho

“And those in the world who are devoted to me, and those who are devoted in the month of Kārttika — they are renowned through the four ages, in the three worlds indeed, O Lord.

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PdP 6 38.104

त्वां च शक्तिमहं मन्ये एकादशीव्रतस्थिताः । मम पूजां करिष्यंति मोक्षगास्ते न संशयः

tvāṃ ca śaktimahaṃ manye ekādaśīvratasthitāḥ | mama pūjāṃ kariṣyaṃti mokṣagāste na saṃśayaḥ

“And I consider you (my) power: those established in the vow of Ekādaśī who perform worship of me go to liberation — there is no doubt.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 6 38.105

तृतीया चाष्टमी चैव नवमी च चतुर्दशी । एकादशी विशेषेण तिथिरेषा हरिप्रिया । सर्वतीर्थाधिकं पुण्यं सत्यं सत्यं न संशयः

tṛtīyā cāṣṭamī caiva navamī ca caturdaśī | ekādaśī viśeṣeṇa tithireṣā haripriyā | sarvatīrthādhikaṃ puṇyaṃ satyaṃ satyaṃ na saṃśayaḥ

“The third, the eighth, the ninth, and the fourteenth (lunar days) — and especially the eleventh: this lunar day is dear to Hari. Its merit exceeds that of all sacred fords — truly, truly, there is no doubt.”

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 6 38.106

इदं दत्त्वा वरं तस्यै तिस्रो वाचो न संशयः । हृष्टा पुष्टा च संजाता एकादशीमहाव्रता

idaṃ dattvā varaṃ tasyai tisro vāco na saṃśayaḥ | hṛṣṭā puṣṭā ca saṃjātā ekādaśīmahāvratā

Having given her this boon, (there were) three utterances — no doubt of it; and she became glad and thriving, she of the great vow of Ekādaśī.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

PdP 6 38.107

शत्रुं हंसि परां तस्य ददासि परमां गतिम् । त्वं हंसि सर्वविघ्नानि सर्वसिद्धिवरप्रदा

śatruṃ haṃsi parāṃ tasya dadāsi paramāṃ gatim | tvaṃ haṃsi sarvavighnāni sarvasiddhivarapradā

“You slay the enemy, and you grant him the highest, the supreme goal; you destroy all obstacles, you who bestow the boon of every attainment.”

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PdP 6 38.108

उभयोः पक्षयोः पार्थ तुल्या एकादशी शुभा । न शुक्ला नैव कृष्णा च विभेदं नैव कारयेत्

ubhayoḥ pakṣayoḥ pārtha tulyā ekādaśī śubhā | na śuklā naiva kṛṣṇā ca vibhedaṃ naiva kārayet

In both fortnights, O Pārtha, the auspicious Ekādaśī is equal; (whether) bright or dark, one should make no distinction.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 6 38.109

विभेदो नैव कर्त्तव्यः समस्तव्रतकारिभिः । दिवा वा यदि वा रात्रौ शृणोति भक्तितत्परः

vibhedo naiva karttavyaḥ samastavratakāribhiḥ | divā vā yadi vā rātrau śṛṇoti bhaktitatparaḥ

No distinction is to be made by those who perform all the vows; whether by day or by night, (whoever) listens (to this) being intent in devotion —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 6 38.110

तिथिरेका भवेत्सर्वा पक्षयोरुभयोरपि । उभयैकादशी स्वल्पा ह्यंते चैव त्रयोदशी

tithirekā bhavetsarvā pakṣayorubhayorapi | ubhayaikādaśī svalpā hyaṃte caiva trayodaśī

The lunar day would be entirely one and the same in both fortnights. In both cases, when the Ekādaśī is short and the Trayodaśī is (short) at the end,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

PdP 6 38.111

मध्ये तु द्वादशी पूर्णा त्रिस्पृशा सा हरिप्रिया । एकामुपोषयेत्तां वै सहस्रैकादशीफलम्

madhye tu dvādaśī pūrṇā trispṛśā sā haripriyā | ekāmupoṣayettāṃ vai sahasraikādaśīphalam

and the Dvādaśī is full in the middle, that is the trispṛśā (day) dear to Hari; should one fast on that single (day), (there is) the fruit of a thousand Ekādaśīs.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 6 38.112

सहस्रगुणितं ह्येवं द्वादश्यां पारणे कृते । अष्टम्येकादशी षष्ठी तृतीया च चतुर्दशी

sahasraguṇitaṃ hyevaṃ dvādaśyāṃ pāraṇe kṛte | aṣṭamyekādaśī ṣaṣṭhī tṛtīyā ca caturdaśī

Thus (the fruit) is multiplied a thousandfold when the breaking of the fast is done on the Dvādaśī. The eighth, the eleventh, the sixth, the third and the fourteenth —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 6 38.113

पूर्वविद्धा न कर्तव्या परविद्धामुपोषयेत् । एकादशी ह्यहोरात्रं प्रभाते घटिका भवेत्

pūrvaviddhā na kartavyā paraviddhāmupoṣayet | ekādaśī hyahorātraṃ prabhāte ghaṭikā bhavet

(these) are not to be observed when tainted by the preceding (day); one should fast on the one tainted by the following (day). Ekādaśī (lasting) a full day and night, if at dawn (only) a ghaṭikā of it remains —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

PdP 6 38.114

सा तिथिः परिहर्तव्या उपोष्या द्वादशीयुता । एवंविधा मया प्रोक्ता पक्षयोरुभयोरपि

sā tithiḥ parihartavyā upoṣyā dvādaśīyutā | evaṃvidhā mayā proktā pakṣayorubhayorapi

that lunar day is to be avoided; one should fast on the one joined with the Dvādaśī. Such is what has been declared by me for both fortnights alike.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 6 38.115

एकादश्यां प्रकुर्वीत ह्युपवासं न संशयः । ते यांति वैष्णवं स्थानं यत्रास्ते गरुडध्वजः

ekādaśyāṃ prakurvīta hyupavāsaṃ na saṃśayaḥ | te yāṃti vaiṣṇavaṃ sthānaṃ yatrāste garuḍadhvajaḥ

One should indeed keep the fast on Ekādaśī — there is no doubt: they go to the abode of Viṣṇu, where he whose banner is Garuḍa dwells.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 6 38.116

धन्यास्ते मानवा लोके विष्णुभक्तिपरायणाः । एकादश्याश्च माहात्म्यं सर्वकालेषु यः पठेत्

dhanyāste mānavā loke viṣṇubhaktiparāyaṇāḥ | ekādaśyāśca māhātmyaṃ sarvakāleṣu yaḥ paṭhet

Blessed are those men in the world who are wholly devoted to Viṣṇu; and whoever recites the greatness of Ekādaśī at all times,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 6 38.117

गोसहस्रफलं सोऽपि पुण्यं प्राप्नोति मानवः । दिवा वा यदि वा रात्रौ ये वै शृण्वंति भक्तितः

gosahasraphalaṃ so'pi puṇyaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ | divā vā yadi vā rātrau ye vai śṛṇvaṃti bhaktitaḥ

that man too obtains the merit that is the fruit of (giving) a thousand cows. And those who, whether by day or by night, listen (to it) with devotion

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 6 38.118

ब्रह्महत्यादिपापेभ्यो मुच्यंते नात्र संशयः । विष्णुधर्मसमं नास्ति गीतार्थं च नृपोत्तम । एकादशीसमं नास्ति व्रतं पापप्रणाशनम्

brahmahatyādipāpebhyo mucyaṃte nātra saṃśayaḥ | viṣṇudharmasamaṃ nāsti gītārthaṃ ca nṛpottama | ekādaśīsamaṃ nāsti vrataṃ pāpapraṇāśanam

are freed from the sins beginning with the killing of a brahmin — no doubt of it here. There is nothing equal to the Law of Viṣṇu and to the meaning of the Gītā, O best of kings; there is no vow equal to Ekādaśī for the destruction of sin.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition