Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 65

PdP 6 65.1

नारद उवाच- चातुर्मास्यव्रतानां च प्रब्रूह्युद्यापनं विभो । उद्यापने कृते सर्वं संपूर्णं भवति ध्रुवम्

nārada uvāca- cāturmāsyavratānāṃ ca prabrūhyudyāpanaṃ vibho | udyāpane kṛte sarvaṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ bhavati dhruvam

Nārada said: And tell me, O mighty one, the concluding rite of the four-month observances; when the concluding rite is done, everything surely becomes complete.

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PdP 6 65.2

महादेव उवाच- व्रतं कृत्वा महाभाग यदि नोद्यापनं चरेत् । यस्तु कर्त्ता कर्मणां स न सम्यक्फलभाक्भवेत्

mahādeva uvāca- vrataṃ kṛtvā mahābhāga yadi nodyāpanaṃ caret | yastu karttā karmaṇāṃ sa na samyakphalabhākbhavet

Mahādeva said: O greatly fortunate one, if, having performed the vow, one does not carry out the concluding rite, then he who is the doer of those acts does not become a partaker of the full fruit.

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PdP 6 65.3

व्रतवैकल्यमासाद्य कुष्ठी चांधः प्रजायते । एतस्मात्कारणाच्चैव कुर्यादुद्यापनं द्विज

vratavaikalyamāsādya kuṣṭhī cāṃdhaḥ prajāyate | etasmātkāraṇāccaiva kuryādudyāpanaṃ dvija

Meeting with defectiveness in his vow, he is born a leper and blind. For this very reason one should perform the concluding rite, O twice-born.

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PdP 6 65.4

गृहीत्वा नियमानेतान्पालयित्वा यथाविधि । सुप्तोत्थिते जगन्नाथे गत्वा ब्राह्मणसंनिधौ

gṛhītvā niyamānetānpālayitvā yathāvidhi | suptotthite jagannāthe gatvā brāhmaṇasaṃnidhau

Having undertaken these observances and kept them according to rule, when the Lord of the world has risen from sleep, going into the presence of a brahmin,

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PdP 6 65.5

क्षमापयेद्देवदेवं यथाविधि च विस्तरात् । तैलत्यागे घृतं दद्याद्घृतत्यागे पयः स्मृतम्

kṣamāpayeddevadevaṃ yathāvidhi ca vistarāt | tailatyāge ghṛtaṃ dadyādghṛtatyāge payaḥ smṛtam

one should ask pardon of the god of gods, duly and in full. For the giving up of oil one should give ghee; for the giving up of ghee, milk is prescribed;

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PdP 6 65.6

मौने पिंडास्तिला देयाः सहिरण्या द्विजातये । भोजने भोजनं दद्याद्दध्योदनसमन्वितम्

maune piṃḍāstilā deyāḥ sahiraṇyā dvijātaye | bhojane bhojanaṃ dadyāddadhyodanasamanvitam

for silence, lumps of sesame together with gold are to be given to a twice-born; for (abstaining from) eating, one should give food accompanied by rice with curds.

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PdP 6 65.7

अन्नं दद्याद्विशेषेण हिरण्येन समन्वितम् । अन्नदानान्मुनिश्रेष्ठ विष्णुलोके महीयते

annaṃ dadyādviśeṣeṇa hiraṇyena samanvitam | annadānānmuniśreṣṭha viṣṇuloke mahīyate

One should give food especially, accompanied by gold; by the gift of food, O best of sages, one is honoured in Viṣṇu's world.

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PdP 6 65.8

पालाशपात्रे यो भुंक्ते नरो मासचतुष्टयम् । भाजनं घृतपूर्णं तु दद्यादुद्यापने द्विज

pālāśapātre yo bhuṃkte naro māsacatuṣṭayam | bhājanaṃ ghṛtapūrṇaṃ tu dadyādudyāpane dvija

The man who eats from a palāśa-leaf plate for four months should, at the concluding rite of the vow, give a vessel filled with ghee, O twice-born one.

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PdP 6 65.9

षड्रसं भोजनं दद्याद्ब्राह्मणे नक्तभोजने । अयाचिते ह्यनड्वाहं सहिरण्यं प्रदापयेत्

ṣaḍrasaṃ bhojanaṃ dadyādbrāhmaṇe naktabhojane | ayācite hyanaḍvāhaṃ sahiraṇyaṃ pradāpayet

For the vow of eating (only) at night, one should give a brahmin a meal of the six flavours; for the ayācita (unasked-food) vow, one should have an ox presented along with gold.

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PdP 6 65.10

माषं त्यजन्मुनिश्रेष्ठ गां च दद्यात्सवत्सकाम् । धात्रीस्नाने नरो दद्यात्स्वर्णं माषिकमेवच

māṣaṃ tyajanmuniśreṣṭha gāṃ ca dadyātsavatsakām | dhātrīsnāne naro dadyātsvarṇaṃ māṣikamevaca

When giving up black gram, O best of sages, one should also give a cow with its calf; for the bathing with (or: in) dhātrī, a man should give gold of a māṣa's weight.

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PdP 6 65.11

फलानां नियमे चैव फलानि च प्रदापयेत् । धान्यानां नियमे धान्यमथवा शालयः स्मृताः

phalānāṃ niyame caiva phalāni ca pradāpayet | dhānyānāṃ niyame dhānyamathavā śālayaḥ smṛtāḥ

And in the restraint concerning fruits one should present fruits; in the restraint concerning grains, grain — or else rice-grains are prescribed.

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PdP 6 65.12

तद्वद्भूशयने शय्यां सतूलां गेंदुकान्विताम् । ब्रह्मचर्यं कृतं येन चातुर्मास्ये द्विजोत्तम

tadvadbhūśayane śayyāṃ satūlāṃ geṃdukānvitām | brahmacaryaṃ kṛtaṃ yena cāturmāsye dvijottama

So too, for sleeping on the ground, (one should give) a bed with a cotton mattress and furnished with a cushion. By whom celibacy has been practised during the four months, O best of the twice-born —

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PdP 6 65.13

दंपत्योर्भोजनं देयमुभयोर्भक्तिपूर्वकम् । सभोगं दक्षिणोपेतं सशाकं लवणं तथा

daṃpatyorbhojanaṃ deyamubhayorbhaktipūrvakam | sabhogaṃ dakṣiṇopetaṃ saśākaṃ lavaṇaṃ tathā

— food is to be given to a married couple, to both of them, with devotion, together with fare, accompanied by a gift-fee, and with vegetables and salt.

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PdP 6 65.14

नित्यस्नाने नरो दद्यान्निस्नेहे सर्पिः सक्तवः । नखकेशव्रते चैव प्रादेशं परिकल्पयेत्

nityasnāne naro dadyānnisnehe sarpiḥ saktavaḥ | nakhakeśavrate caiva prādeśaṃ parikalpayet

For the vow of daily bathing a man should give (a gift); for the vow of abstaining from oil, ghee and barley-meal; and in the vow concerning nails and hair he should allot (a gift of) a span's measure.

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PdP 6 65.15

उपानहौ प्रदातव्यौ उपानहविवर्जनात् । आमिषस्य परित्यागात्सवत्सा कपिला स्मृता

upānahau pradātavyau upānahavivarjanāt | āmiṣasya parityāgātsavatsā kapilā smṛtā

Two sandals are to be given for the abstention from sandals; for the renunciation of meat, a tawny cow with its calf is prescribed.

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PdP 6 65.16

नित्यं दीपप्रदो यस्तु सौवर्णं दीपमावहेत् । तं दीपं घृतसंयुक्तं दद्याच्चैव द्विजन्मने

nityaṃ dīpaprado yastu sauvarṇaṃ dīpamāvahet | taṃ dīpaṃ ghṛtasaṃyuktaṃ dadyāccaiva dvijanmane

He who constantly offers a lamp should bring a golden lamp; and that lamp, supplied with ghee, he should give to a brahmin —

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PdP 6 65.17

विष्णुभक्ताय विप्राय परिपूर्णव्रतेप्सया । शाकस्य नियमे शाकं माषे सौवर्णमाषकम्

viṣṇubhaktāya viprāya paripūrṇavratepsayā | śākasya niyame śākaṃ māṣe sauvarṇamāṣakam

— to a brahmin devoted to Viṣṇu, with the wish that the vow be made complete. In the restraint concerning vegetables, vegetables; for (the restraint concerning) beans, a māṣaka of gold.

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PdP 6 65.18

मैथुनानां तु नियमे रौप्यं दद्याद्दिवजातये । नागवल्ल्यास्तु नियमे कर्पूरं सहरिण्यकम्

maithunānāṃ tu niyame raupyaṃ dadyāddivajātaye | nāgavallyāstu niyame karpūraṃ sahariṇyakam

But in the restraint concerning sexual intercourse one should give silver to a brahmin; and in the restraint concerning betel-leaf, camphor together with gold.

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PdP 6 65.19

कालेकाले द्विजश्रेष्ठ यत्कृतं नियमेन तु । तत्तद्देयं विशेषेण परलोकगतीप्सया

kālekāle dvijaśreṣṭha yatkṛtaṃ niyamena tu | tattaddeyaṃ viśeṣeṇa paralokagatīpsayā

Whatever has been undertaken as a restraint at each particular time, O best of the twice-born, just that should be given especially, out of the desire to attain the world beyond.

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PdP 6 65.20

आदौ स्नानादिकं कृत्वा विष्णोरग्रे प्रकाशयेत् । अनादिनिधनो देवः शंखचक्रगदाधरः । तस्याग्रे के न कुर्वंति यतो विष्णुस्तु पापहा

ādau snānādikaṃ kṛtvā viṣṇoragre prakāśayet | anādinidhano devaḥ śaṃkhacakragadādharaḥ | tasyāgre ke na kurvaṃti yato viṣṇustu pāpahā

At the outset, having performed the bathing and the rest, one should declare (the vow) before Viṣṇu, the god without beginning or end, bearer of conch, discus and mace. Who does not perform (their vows) before him, since Viṣṇu destroys sin?

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