Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 61
PdP 6 61.1
युधिष्ठिर उवाच- श्रुतं रमाया माहात्म्यं त्वत्तः कृष्ण यथातथम् । कार्तिके शुक्लपक्षे या तां मे कथय मानद
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca- śrutaṃ ramāyā māhātmyaṃ tvattaḥ kṛṣṇa yathātatham | kārtike śuklapakṣe yā tāṃ me kathaya mānada
Yudhiṣṭhira said: I have heard from you, Kṛṣṇa, the greatness of Ramā (the Ekādaśī) just as it is; now tell me, O giver of honour, of that (Ekādaśī) which falls in the bright fortnight of Kārtika.
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PdP 6 61.2
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच-। शृणु राजन्प्रवक्ष्यामि शुक्ले चोर्जदले तु या । सा यथा नारदे प्रोक्ता ब्रह्मणा लोककारिणा
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca-| śṛṇu rājanpravakṣyāmi śukle corjadale tu yā | sā yathā nārade proktā brahmaṇā lokakāriṇā
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: Listen, O king, I shall tell of that (Ekādaśī) which falls in the bright half of the month of Ūrjā (Kārtika), just as it was declared to Nārada by Brahmā, the maker of the worlds.
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PdP 6 61.3
नारद उवाच - प्रबोधिन्याश्च माहात्म्यं वद विस्तरतो मम । यस्यां जागर्ति गोविंदो धर्मकर्मप्रवर्त्तकः
nārada uvāca - prabodhinyāśca māhātmyaṃ vada vistarato mama | yasyāṃ jāgarti goviṃdo dharmakarmapravarttakaḥ
Nārada said: Tell me at length the greatness of the Prabodhinī (Ekādaśī), on which Govinda, the instigator of righteous action, awakens.
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PdP 6 61.4
ब्रह्मोवाच- प्रबोधिन्याश्च माहात्म्यं पापघ्नं पुण्यवर्द्धनम् । मुक्तिप्रदं सुबुद्धीनां शृणुष्व मुनिसत्तम
brahmovāca- prabodhinyāśca māhātmyaṃ pāpaghnaṃ puṇyavarddhanam | muktipradaṃ subuddhīnāṃ śṛṇuṣva munisattama
Brahmā said: Hear, O best of sages, the greatness of the Prabodhinī, which destroys sin, increases merit, and grants liberation to the right-minded.
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PdP 6 61.5
तावद्गर्जंति तीर्थानि आसमुद्रसरांसि च । यावत्प्रबोधिनी विष्णोस्तिथिर्नायाति कार्तिके
tāvadgarjaṃti tīrthāni āsamudrasarāṃsi ca | yāvatprabodhinī viṣṇostithirnāyāti kārtike
The sacred bathing-places, as far as the seas and lakes, roar (in longing) only so long as Viṣṇu's Prabodhinī day in Kārtika has not come.
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PdP 6 61.6
तावद्गर्जंति विप्रेंद्र गंगाभागीरथी क्षितौ । यावन्नायाति पापघ्नी कार्तिके हरिबोधिनी
tāvadgarjaṃti vipreṃdra gaṃgābhāgīrathī kṣitau | yāvannāyāti pāpaghnī kārtike haribodhinī
O best of brahmins, the Gaṅgā Bhāgīrathī roars upon the earth only so long as the sin-destroying Hari-bodhinī of Kārtika has not come.
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PdP 6 61.7
अश्वमेधसहस्राणि राजसूयशतानि च । एकेनैवोपवासेन प्रबोधिन्या लभेन्नरः
aśvamedhasahasrāṇi rājasūyaśatāni ca | ekenaivopavāsena prabodhinyā labhennaraḥ
By a single fast on the Prabodhinī a man may obtain (the fruit of) a thousand horse-sacrifices and a hundred Rājasūyas.
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PdP 6 61.8
यद्दुर्ल्लभं यदप्राप्यं त्रैलोक्यस्य न गोचरम् । तदप्यप्रार्थितं पुत्रं ददाति हरिबोधिनी
yaddurllabhaṃ yadaprāpyaṃ trailokyasya na gocaram | tadapyaprārthitaṃ putraṃ dadāti haribodhinī
What is hard to obtain, what is unattainable, what is not within the range of the three worlds — even that the Hari-bodhinī gives, unasked, to a son (i.e. to her devotee).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 61.9
ऐश्वर्यं संपदं प्रज्ञां राज्यं च सुखसंपदः । ददात्युपोषिता भक्त्या जनेभ्यो हरिबोधिनी
aiśvaryaṃ saṃpadaṃ prajñāṃ rājyaṃ ca sukhasaṃpadaḥ | dadātyupoṣitā bhaktyā janebhyo haribodhinī
Lordship, wealth, wisdom, kingdom, and abundance of pleasures — the Hari-bodhinī, when fasted upon with devotion, gives these to people.
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PdP 6 61.10
मेरुमन्दरमात्राणि पापान्युक्तानि यानि च । एकेनैवोपवासेन दहते पापनाशिनी
merumandaramātrāṇi pāpānyuktāni yāni ca | ekenaivopavāsena dahate pāpanāśinī
Whatever sins are said to be as great as Meru and Mandara, she who destroys sin burns them by a single fast.
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PdP 6 61.11
पूर्वजन्मसहस्रेषु यत्पापं समुपार्जितम् । निशि जागरणं चास्या दहते तूलराशिवत्
pūrvajanmasahasreṣu yatpāpaṃ samupārjitam | niśi jāgaraṇaṃ cāsyā dahate tūlarāśivat
And the sin accumulated in thousands of former births — keeping vigil on this (night) burns it up like a heap of cotton.
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PdP 6 61.12
उपवासं प्रबोधिन्यां यः करोति स्वभावतः । विधिवन्मुनिशार्दूल यथोक्तं लभते फलम्
upavāsaṃ prabodhinyāṃ yaḥ karoti svabhāvataḥ | vidhivanmuniśārdūla yathoktaṃ labhate phalam
O tiger among sages, whoever keeps the fast on the Prabodhinī of his own accord, according to the rule, obtains the fruit as declared.
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PdP 6 61.13
यथोक्तं कुरुते यस्तु विधिवत्सुकृतं नरः । स्वल्पं मुनिवरश्रेष्ठ मेरुतुल्यं भवेत्फलम्
yathoktaṃ kurute yastu vidhivatsukṛtaṃ naraḥ | svalpaṃ munivaraśreṣṭha merutulyaṃ bhavetphalam
But the man who performs a good deed as prescribed, according to the rule, O foremost among the best of sages — even a small one — the fruit becomes equal to Meru.
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PdP 6 61.14
विधिहीनं तु यः कुर्यात्सुकृतं मेरुमात्रकम् । अणुमात्रं तदाप्नोति फलं धर्मस्य नारद
vidhihīnaṃ tu yaḥ kuryātsukṛtaṃ merumātrakam | aṇumātraṃ tadāpnoti phalaṃ dharmasya nārada
But he who performs a good deed the size of Meru without the proper rule obtains only an atom's worth of the fruit of that merit, O Nārada.
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PdP 6 61.15
ये ध्यायंति मनोवृत्या ये करिष्यंति बोधिनीम् । वसंति पितरो हृष्टा विष्णुलोके च तस्य वै
ye dhyāyaṃti manovṛtyā ye kariṣyaṃti bodhinīm | vasaṃti pitaro hṛṣṭā viṣṇuloke ca tasya vai
Those who meditate (on it) with the movement of the mind, and those who will observe the Bodhinī — that man's forefathers dwell rejoicing in Viṣṇu's world.
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PdP 6 61.16
विमुक्ता नारकैर्दुःखैर्याति विष्णोः परं पदम् । कृत्वा तु पातकं घोरं ब्रह्महत्यादिकं नरः
vimuktā nārakairduḥkhairyāti viṣṇoḥ paraṃ padam | kṛtvā tu pātakaṃ ghoraṃ brahmahatyādikaṃ naraḥ
Freed from the pains of hell, he goes to Viṣṇu's supreme abode. Even a man who has committed a dreadful crime such as the killing of a brahmin —
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PdP 6 61.17
कृत्वा तु जागरं विष्णोर्द्धौतपापो भवेन्नरः । दुष्प्राप्यं यत्फलं विप्र अश्वमेधादिकैर्मखैः
kṛtvā tu jāgaraṃ viṣṇorddhautapāpo bhavennaraḥ | duṣprāpyaṃ yatphalaṃ vipra aśvamedhādikairmakhaiḥ
— by keeping vigil for Viṣṇu, a man becomes washed clean of sin. That fruit, O brahmin, which is hard to gain by sacrifices such as the horse-sacrifice,
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PdP 6 61.18
प्राप्यते तत्सुखेनैव प्रबोधिन्यास्तु जागरे । आप्लुत्य सर्वतीर्थेषु प्रदत्त्वा कांचनं महीम्
prāpyate tatsukhenaiva prabodhinyāstu jāgare | āplutya sarvatīrtheṣu pradattvā kāṃcanaṃ mahīm
— that is gained with ease indeed by keeping the vigil of the Prabodhinī. Having bathed in all the sacred fords and given away gold and land,
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PdP 6 61.19
तत्फलं समवाप्नोति यत्कृत्वा जागरं हरेः । जातः स एव सुकृती कुलं तेनैव पावितम्
tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti yatkṛtvā jāgaraṃ hareḥ | jātaḥ sa eva sukṛtī kulaṃ tenaiva pāvitam
he obtains that fruit which (is had) by keeping the vigil of Hari. He alone is born a doer of good, and by him his family is purified —
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PdP 6 61.20
कार्तिके मुनिशार्दूल कृता येन प्रबोधिनी । यथा ध्रुवं नृणां मृत्युर्धनं गात्रं तथाध्रुवम्
kārtike muniśārdūla kṛtā yena prabodhinī | yathā dhruvaṃ nṛṇāṃ mṛtyurdhanaṃ gātraṃ tathādhruvam
— he by whom the Prabodhinī has been observed in Kārtika, O tiger among sages. As death is certain for men, so wealth and the body are uncertain.
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PdP 6 61.21
इति ज्ञात्वा मुनिश्रेष्ठ कर्तव्यं वैष्णवं दिनम् । यानि कानि च तीर्थानि त्रैलोक्ये संभवंति च
iti jñātvā muniśreṣṭha kartavyaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ dinam | yāni kāni ca tīrthāni trailokye saṃbhavaṃti ca
Knowing this, O best of sages, the Vaiṣṇava day must be observed. And whatever sacred fords (tīrthas) there are in the three worlds —
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PdP 6 61.22
तानि तस्य गृहे सम्यग्यः करोति प्रबोधिनीम् । किं तस्य बहुभिः पुण्यैः कृता येन प्रबोधिनी
tāni tasya gṛhe samyagyaḥ karoti prabodhinīm | kiṃ tasya bahubhiḥ puṇyaiḥ kṛtā yena prabodhinī
they are all present in his house who properly performs the Prabodhinī (the awakening eleventh). What need has he of many meritorious acts, by whom the Prabodhinī has been observed?
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PdP 6 61.23
पुत्रपौत्रप्रदा ह्येषा कार्तिके हरिबोधिनी । स ज्ञानी च स योगी च स तपस्वी जितेंद्रियः
putrapautrapradā hyeṣā kārtike haribodhinī | sa jñānī ca sa yogī ca sa tapasvī jiteṃdriyaḥ
For this Hari-awakening (eleventh) in Kārtika bestows sons and grandsons. He is a knower, he is a yogin, he is an ascetic with senses subdued —
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PdP 6 61.24
भोगो मोक्षश्च तस्यास्ति उपास्ते हरिबोधिनीम् । विष्णोः प्रियतरा ह्येषा धर्मसारसहायिनी
bhogo mokṣaśca tasyāsti upāste haribodhinīm | viṣṇoḥ priyatarā hyeṣā dharmasārasahāyinī
both enjoyment and liberation are his, (who) worships the Hari-awakening day. For she is dearer to Viṣṇu, the helper (that yields) the essence of dharma.
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PdP 6 61.25
यः करोति नरो भक्त्या भुक्तिभाक्स भवेन्नरः । प्रबोधिनीमुपोषित्वा गर्भे न विशते नरः
yaḥ karoti naro bhaktyā bhuktibhāksa bhavennaraḥ | prabodhinīmupoṣitvā garbhe na viśate naraḥ
The man who performs (it) with devotion — that man becomes a partaker of enjoyment; having fasted on the Prabodhinī, a man does not enter a womb (again).
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PdP 6 61.26
सर्वधर्मान्परित्यज्य तस्मात्कुर्वीत नारद । कर्मणा मनसा वाचा पापं यत्समुपार्जितम्
sarvadharmānparityajya tasmātkurvīta nārada | karmaṇā manasā vācā pāpaṃ yatsamupārjitam
Therefore, Nārada, abandoning all (other) duties, one should perform it. Whatever sin has been accumulated by deed, by mind, by speech —
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PdP 6 61.27
तत्क्षालयति गोविंदः प्रबोधिन्यां तु जागरे । स्नानं दानं जपः पूजां समुद्दिश्य जनार्दनम्
tatkṣālayati goviṃdaḥ prabodhinyāṃ tu jāgare | snānaṃ dānaṃ japaḥ pūjāṃ samuddiśya janārdanam
Govinda washes that away when one keeps the vigil on the Prabodhinī. Bathing, giving, muttering (of prayers), and worship directed toward Janārdana —
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PdP 6 61.28
नरो यत्कुरुते वत्स प्रबोधिन्यां तदक्षयम् । येर्चयंति नरास्तस्यां भक्त्या देवं च माधवम्
naro yatkurute vatsa prabodhinyāṃ tadakṣayam | yercayaṃti narāstasyāṃ bhaktyā devaṃ ca mādhavam
whatever a man does, O child, on the Prabodhinī, that is imperishable. Those men who on that (day) worship the god Mādhava with devotion,
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PdP 6 61.29
समुपोष्य प्रमुच्यंते पापैस्तैः शतजन्मजैः । महाव्रतमिदं पुत्र महापापौघनाशनम्
samupoṣya pramucyaṃte pāpaistaiḥ śatajanmajaiḥ | mahāvratamidaṃ putra mahāpāpaughanāśanam
having fasted, they are released from those sins born of a hundred births. This is a great vow, my son, destroying the flood of great sins.
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PdP 6 61.30
प्रबोधवासरं विष्णोर्विधिवत्समुपोषयेत् । व्रतेनानेन देवेशं परितोष्य जनार्दनम्
prabodhavāsaraṃ viṣṇorvidhivatsamupoṣayet | vratenānena deveśaṃ paritoṣya janārdanam
One should fast on Viṣṇu's day of awakening according to the rule. Having by this vow fully pleased Janārdana, the lord of gods,
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PdP 6 61.31
विराजयन्दिशः सर्वाः प्रयाति हरिमंदिरम् । कर्तव्यैषा प्रयत्नेन नरैः कांतिधनार्थिभिः
virājayandiśaḥ sarvāḥ prayāti harimaṃdiram | kartavyaiṣā prayatnena naraiḥ kāṃtidhanārthibhiḥ
illuminating all the directions, he goes to Hari's abode. This (observance) is to be performed with effort by men who desire beauty and wealth.
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PdP 6 61.32
बाल्ये यत्संचितं पापं यौवने वार्द्धके तथा । शतजन्मकृतं पापं स्वल्पं वा यदि वा बहु
bālye yatsaṃcitaṃ pāpaṃ yauvane vārddhake tathā | śatajanmakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ svalpaṃ vā yadi vā bahu
The sin amassed in childhood, in youth, and likewise in old age, the sin committed in a hundred births, be it little or much —
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PdP 6 61.33
तत्क्षालयति गोविंदश्चास्यामभ्यर्चितो नृणाम् । धनधान्यवहा पुण्या सर्वपापहरा परा
tatkṣālayati goviṃdaścāsyāmabhyarcito nṛṇām | dhanadhānyavahā puṇyā sarvapāpaharā parā
Govinda washes that away for men when he is worshipped on this (day). She (this eleventh) brings wealth and grain, is holy, supreme, remover of all sins.
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PdP 6 61.34
तामुपोष्य हरेर्भक्त्या दुर्ल्लभं न भवेत्क्वचित् । चंद्रसूर्योपरागे च यत्फलं परिकीर्तितम्
tāmupoṣya harerbhaktyā durllabhaṃ na bhavetkvacit | caṃdrasūryoparāge ca yatphalaṃ parikīrtitam
Having fasted on it with devotion to Hari, nothing anywhere becomes hard to obtain. And whatever fruit is declared (for rites) at an eclipse of the moon or the sun —
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PdP 6 61.35
तत्सहस्रगुणं प्रोक्तं प्रबोधिन्यां प्रजागरे । स्नानं दानं जपो होमः स्वाध्यायोऽभ्यर्चनं हरेः
tatsahasraguṇaṃ proktaṃ prabodhinyāṃ prajāgare | snānaṃ dānaṃ japo homaḥ svādhyāyo'bhyarcanaṃ hareḥ
that is said to be a thousandfold at the vigil on the Prabodhinī. Bathing, giving, muttering, oblation, private recitation, worship of Hari —
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PdP 6 61.36
तत्सर्वं कोटिगुणितं प्रबोधिन्यां कृतं तु यत् । जन्मप्रभृतियत्पुण्यं नरेणोपार्जितं भवेत्
tatsarvaṃ koṭiguṇitaṃ prabodhinyāṃ kṛtaṃ tu yat | janmaprabhṛtiyatpuṇyaṃ nareṇopārjitaṃ bhavet
all that, when done on the Prabodhinī, is multiplied ten million times. Whatever merit a man may have earned from birth onward,
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PdP 6 61.37
वृथा भवति तत्सर्वमकृत्वा कार्तिके व्रतम् । अकृत्वा नियमं विष्णोः कार्तिकं यः क्षिपेन्नरः
vṛthā bhavati tatsarvamakṛtvā kārtike vratam | akṛtvā niyamaṃ viṣṇoḥ kārtikaṃ yaḥ kṣipennaraḥ
all that becomes vain if he does not perform the vow in Kārtika. The man who lets Kārtika pass without performing Viṣṇu's observance
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PdP 6 61.38
न जन्मार्जितपुण्यस्य फलं प्राप्नोति नारद । तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन देवदेवं जनार्दनम्
na janmārjitapuṇyasya phalaṃ prāpnoti nārada | tasmātsarvaprayatnena devadevaṃ janārdanam
does not obtain the fruit of the merit earned in (his) life, O Nārada. Therefore, with every effort, (one should serve) Janārdana, god of gods:
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PdP 6 61.39
उपसेवेत विप्रेंद्र सर्वकामफलप्रदम् । परान्नं वर्जयेद्यस्तु कार्तिके विष्णुतत्परः
upaseveta vipreṃdra sarvakāmaphalapradam | parānnaṃ varjayedyastu kārtike viṣṇutatparaḥ
one should attend upon (him), O best of brahmins, the giver of the fruit of every desire. He who, intent on Viṣṇu, avoids another's food in Kārtika —
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PdP 6 61.40
परान्नवर्जनाद्वत्स चांद्रायणफलं लभेत् । नित्यं शास्त्रविनोदेन कार्तिके मधुसूदनः
parānnavarjanādvatsa cāṃdrāyaṇaphalaṃ labhet | nityaṃ śāstravinodena kārtike madhusūdanaḥ
by avoiding another's food, my child, he gains the fruit of the cāndrāyaṇa (penance). By constant delight in the scriptures in Kārtika, Madhusūdana (is pleased);
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PdP 6 61.41
स दहेत्सर्वपापानि यज्ञायुतफलं लभेत् । न तथा तुष्यते यज्ञैर्न दानैर्वाजपादिभिः
sa dahetsarvapāpāni yajñāyutaphalaṃ labhet | na tathā tuṣyate yajñairna dānairvājapādibhiḥ
He burns up all his sins and gains the fruit of ten thousand sacrifices. (Viṣṇu) is not so pleased by sacrifices, nor by gifts, nor by the Vājapeya and the rest,
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PdP 6 61.42
यथा शास्त्रकथालापैः कार्तिके मधुसूदनः । ये कुर्वंति कथां विष्णोर्ये शृण्वंति शुभान्विताः
yathā śāstrakathālāpaiḥ kārtike madhusūdanaḥ | ye kurvaṃti kathāṃ viṣṇorye śṛṇvaṃti śubhānvitāḥ
as Madhusūdana is (pleased) in Kārtika by discourses on the scriptures. Those auspicious people who recite the story of Viṣṇu and those who listen to it —
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PdP 6 61.43
श्लोकार्द्धं श्लोकपादं वा कार्तिके गोशतं फलम् । सर्वधर्मान्परित्यज्य कार्तिके केशवाग्रतः
ślokārddhaṃ ślokapādaṃ vā kārtike gośataṃ phalam | sarvadharmānparityajya kārtike keśavāgrataḥ
(even) half a verse or a quarter of a verse in Kārtika has the fruit of a hundred cows. Setting aside all (other) duties, in Kārtika, before Keśava,
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PdP 6 61.44
शास्त्रावधारणं कार्यं श्रोतव्यं च महामुने । श्रेयसा लोभबुद्ध्या च यः करोति हरेः कथाम्
śāstrāvadhāraṇaṃ kāryaṃ śrotavyaṃ ca mahāmune | śreyasā lobhabuddhyā ca yaḥ karoti hareḥ kathām
attentive study of the scripture should be undertaken, and it should be listened to, O great sage. Whoever recites the story of Hari, whether for the sake of merit or with a mind set on gain,
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PdP 6 61.45
कार्तिके मुनिशार्दूल कुलानां तारयेच्छतम् । नियमेन नरो यस्तु शृणुते वैष्णवीं कथाम्
kārtike muniśārdūla kulānāṃ tārayecchatam | niyamena naro yastu śṛṇute vaiṣṇavīṃ kathām
in Kārtika, O tiger among sages, he rescues a hundred generations of his family. And the man who, under (proper) observance, listens to a story of Viṣṇu,
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PdP 6 61.46
कार्तिके तु विशेषेण गोसहस्रफलं लभेत् । प्रबोधवासरे विष्णोः शृणुते यो हरेः कथाम्
kārtike tu viśeṣeṇa gosahasraphalaṃ labhet | prabodhavāsare viṣṇoḥ śṛṇute yo hareḥ kathām
especially in Kārtika, gains the fruit of a thousand cows. Whoever listens to the story of Hari on Viṣṇu's awakening day
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PdP 6 61.47
सप्तद्वीपवती दाने तत्फलं लभते मुने । श्रुत्वा विष्णुकथां दिव्यां येऽर्चयंति कथाविदम्
saptadvīpavatī dāne tatphalaṃ labhate mune | śrutvā viṣṇukathāṃ divyāṃ ye'rcayaṃti kathāvidam
obtains, O sage, that fruit which lies in the gift of (the earth) with its seven continents. Those who, having heard the divine story of Viṣṇu, honour the one who knows the story
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PdP 6 61.48
स्वशक्त्या मुनिशार्दूल तेषां लोकोऽक्षयः स्मृतः । गीतशास्त्रविनोदेन कार्तिकं यो नयेन्नरः
svaśaktyā muniśārdūla teṣāṃ loko'kṣayaḥ smṛtaḥ | gītaśāstravinodena kārtikaṃ yo nayennaraḥ
according to their means, O tiger among sages — for them an imperishable world is declared. The man who passes Kārtika in the delight of song and scripture —
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PdP 6 61.49
न तस्य पुनरावृत्तिर्मया दृष्टा कलिप्रिय । गीतं नृत्यं च वाद्यं च भव्यां विष्णुकथां मुने
na tasya punarāvṛttirmayā dṛṣṭā kalipriya | gītaṃ nṛtyaṃ ca vādyaṃ ca bhavyāṃ viṣṇukathāṃ mune
for him I have seen no return again, O you who are fond of Kali. Song, dance, and instrumental music, and the excellent story of Viṣṇu, O sage —
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PdP 6 61.50
यः करोति स पुण्यात्मा त्रैलोक्योपरि संस्थितः । बहुपुष्पैर्बहुफलैः कर्पूरागुरुकुंकुमैः 6.61.
yaḥ karoti sa puṇyātmā trailokyopari saṃsthitaḥ | bahupuṣpairbahuphalaiḥ karpūrāgurukuṃkumaiḥ 6.61.
whoever performs these, he is one of meritorious soul, established above the three worlds. With many flowers, many fruits, with camphor, aguru and saffron
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PdP 6 61.51
हरेः पूजा विधातव्या कार्तिके बोधवासरे । यस्मात्पुण्यमसंख्यातं प्राप्यते मुनिसत्तम
hareḥ pūjā vidhātavyā kārtike bodhavāsare | yasmātpuṇyamasaṃkhyātaṃ prāpyate munisattama
worship of Hari is to be performed in Kārtika on the awakening day, since thereby uncountable merit is obtained, O best of sages.
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PdP 6 61.52
फलैर्नानाविधैर्द्रव्यैः प्रबोधिन्यां तु जागरे । शंखे तोयं समादाय अर्घो देयो जनार्दने
phalairnānāvidhairdravyaiḥ prabodhinyāṃ tu jāgare | śaṃkhe toyaṃ samādāya argho deyo janārdane
With fruits and with various substances, on the Prabodhinī (eleventh) during the vigil; and taking water in a conch, an offering of water should be given to Janārdana.
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PdP 6 61.53
यत्फलं सर्वतीर्थेषु सर्वदानेषु यत्फलम् । तत्फलं कोटिगुणितं दत्त्वार्घं बोधवासरे
yatphalaṃ sarvatīrtheṣu sarvadāneṣu yatphalam | tatphalaṃ koṭiguṇitaṃ dattvārghaṃ bodhavāsare
Whatever fruit there is at all the sacred fords, whatever fruit in all gifts — that fruit is multiplied ten million times by giving the water-offering on the awakening day.
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PdP 6 61.54
गुरुपूजा ततः कार्या भोजनाच्छादनादिभिः । दक्षिणाभिश्च देवर्षे तुष्ट्यर्थं चक्रपाणिनः
gurupūjā tataḥ kāryā bhojanācchādanādibhiḥ | dakṣiṇābhiśca devarṣe tuṣṭyarthaṃ cakrapāṇinaḥ
Then worship of the teacher is to be performed with food, clothing and the like, and with fees, O divine sage, in order to please the wielder of the discus.
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PdP 6 61.55
भागवतं शृणुते यस्तु पुराणं च पठेन्नरः । प्रत्यक्षरं भवेत्तस्य कपिलादानजं फलम्
bhāgavataṃ śṛṇute yastu purāṇaṃ ca paṭhennaraḥ | pratyakṣaraṃ bhavettasya kapilādānajaṃ phalam
And the man who listens to the Bhāgavata and recites the Purāṇa — for him, syllable by syllable, there is the fruit that comes from the gift of a tawny cow.
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PdP 6 61.56
कार्त्तिके मुनिशार्दूल स्वशक्त्या वैष्णवं व्रतम् । यः करोति यथोक्तं तु मुक्तिस्तस्य सुनिश्चला
kārttike muniśārdūla svaśaktyā vaiṣṇavaṃ vratam | yaḥ karoti yathoktaṃ tu muktistasya suniścalā
In Kārtika, O tiger among sages, whoever performs the Vaiṣṇava observance according to his means and as prescribed — his liberation is quite certain.
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PdP 6 61.57
केतक्या एकपत्रेण पूजितो गरुडध्वजः । समाः सहस्रं सुप्रीतो भवति मधुसूदनः
ketakyā ekapatreṇa pūjito garuḍadhvajaḥ | samāḥ sahasraṃ suprīto bhavati madhusūdanaḥ
When the one whose banner is Garuḍa is worshipped with a single leaf of ketakī, Madhusūdana remains well pleased for a thousand years.
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PdP 6 61.58
अगस्तिकुसुमैर्देवं पूजयेद्यो जनार्दनम् । दर्शनात्तस्य देवर्षे नरकाग्निः प्रणश्यति
agastikusumairdevaṃ pūjayedyo janārdanam | darśanāttasya devarṣe narakāgniḥ praṇaśyati
Whoever should worship the god Janārdana with agasti blossoms — at the mere sight of him, O divine sage, the fire of hell is destroyed.
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PdP 6 61.59
मुनिपुष्पार्चितो विष्णुः कार्तिके पुरुषोत्तमः । ददात्यभिमतान्कामान्शशिसूर्यग्रहे यथा
munipuṣpārcito viṣṇuḥ kārtike puruṣottamaḥ | dadātyabhimatānkāmānśaśisūryagrahe yathā
Viṣṇu, the Supreme Person, worshipped with muni flowers in Kārtika, grants the desires one wishes for, as (he does) at an eclipse of the moon or the sun.
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PdP 6 61.60
विहाय सर्वपुष्पाणि मुनिपुष्पेण केशवम् । कार्तिके योऽर्चयेद्भक्त्या वाजिमेधफलं लभेत्
vihāya sarvapuṣpāṇi munipuṣpeṇa keśavam | kārtike yo'rcayedbhaktyā vājimedhaphalaṃ labhet
Whoever, passing over all other flowers, worships Keśava with the muni flower in Kārtika with devotion gains the fruit of a horse sacrifice.
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PdP 6 61.61
तुलसीदलानि पुष्पाणि ये यच्छंति जनार्दने । कार्तिके सकलं वत्स पापं जन्मायुतं दहेत्
tulasīdalāni puṣpāṇi ye yacchaṃti janārdane | kārtike sakalaṃ vatsa pāpaṃ janmāyutaṃ dahet
Those who offer tulasī leaves as flowers to Janārdana in Kārtika — that, my child, burns away all sin of ten thousand births.
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PdP 6 61.62
दृष्टा स्पृष्टाथ वा ध्याता कीर्तिता नामतस्तु ता । रोपिता सिंचिता नित्यं पूजिता तुलसी शुभा
dṛṣṭā spṛṣṭātha vā dhyātā kīrtitā nāmatastu tā | ropitā siṃcitā nityaṃ pūjitā tulasī śubhā
Auspicious tulasī — seen, or touched, or meditated on, praised, (invoked) by name, planted, watered daily, worshipped —
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PdP 6 61.63
नवधा तुलसीभक्तिं ये कुर्वंति दिनेदिने । युगकोटिसहस्राणि तन्वंति सुकृतं मुने
navadhā tulasībhaktiṃ ye kurvaṃti dinedine | yugakoṭisahasrāṇi tanvaṃti sukṛtaṃ mune
Those who day after day perform devotion to tulasī in these nine ways extend their merit for thousands of crores of ages, O sage.
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PdP 6 61.64
यावच्छाखाप्रशाखाभिर्बीजपुष्पदलैर्मुने । रोपिता तुलसी पुंभिर्वर्द्धते वसुधातले
yāvacchākhāpraśākhābhirbījapuṣpadalairmune | ropitā tulasī puṃbhirvarddhate vasudhātale
For as long as the tulasī planted by men grows on the surface of the earth with its branches, side-branches, seeds, flowers and leaves, O sage —
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PdP 6 61.65
तेषां वंशे तु ये जाता ये भविष्यंति ये गताः । आकल्पवर्षसाहस्रं तेषां वासो हरेर्गृहे
teṣāṃ vaṃśe tu ye jātā ye bhaviṣyaṃti ye gatāḥ | ākalpavarṣasāhasraṃ teṣāṃ vāso harergṛhe
those born in their lineage, those who will be born, and those who have passed on — for a thousand years of a kalpa their dwelling is in Hari's house.
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PdP 6 61.66
यत्फलं सर्वपुष्पेषु सर्वपत्रेषु नारद । तुलसीदलेन चैकेन कार्तिके प्राप्यते तु तत्
yatphalaṃ sarvapuṣpeṣu sarvapatreṣu nārada | tulasīdalena caikena kārtike prāpyate tu tat
Whatever fruit lies in all flowers and in all leaves, O Nārada, that is obtained in Kārtika by a single tulasī leaf.
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PdP 6 61.67
संप्राप्तं कार्त्तिकं दृष्ट्वा नियमेन जनार्दनः । पूजनीयो महाविष्णुः कोमलैस्तुलसीदलैः
saṃprāptaṃ kārttikaṃ dṛṣṭvā niyamena janārdanaḥ | pūjanīyo mahāviṣṇuḥ komalaistulasīdalaiḥ
Seeing that Kārttika has arrived, Janārdana, the great Viṣṇu, is to be worshipped, as a fixed observance, with tender tulasī leaves.
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PdP 6 61.68
इष्ट्वा क्रतुशतैर्देवान्दत्त्वा दानान्यनेकशः । तुलसीदलैस्तु तत्पुण्यं कार्तिके केशवार्चने
iṣṭvā kratuśatairdevāndattvā dānānyanekaśaḥ | tulasīdalaistu tatpuṇyaṃ kārtike keśavārcane
Having worshipped the gods with a hundred sacrifices, having given gifts many times over — that same merit lies in (offering) tulasī leaves in the worship of Keśava in Kārtika.
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