Varaha Purana — Chapter 124
VrP 124.1
अथ ऋतूपस्करम् ।। श्रीवराह उवाच ।। फाल्गुनस्य तु मासस्य शुक्लपक्षस्य द्वादशीम् ।। गृह्य वासन्तिकान् पुष्पान्सुगन्धा ये क्रमागताः
atha ṛtūpaskaram || śrīvarāha uvāca || phālgunasya tu māsasya śuklapakṣasya dvādaśīm || gṛhya vāsantikān puṣpānsugandhā ye kramāgatāḥ
Now the seasonal accessories. Śrī Varāha said: On the twelfth of the bright fortnight of the month Phālguna, taking spring flowers, those fragrant ones that come in season,
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VrP 124.2
श्वेतं पाण्डुरकं चैव सुगन्धं शोभनं बहु ।। विधिना मन्त्रयुक्तेन सुप्रीतेनान्तरात्मना
śvetaṃ pāṇḍurakaṃ caiva sugandhaṃ śobhanaṃ bahu || vidhinā mantrayuktena suprītenāntarātmanā
white and pale, fragrant, abundantly beautiful — by the prescribed procedure joined with mantras, with a well-pleased inner self,
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VrP 124.3
तत एवं विधिं कृत्वा सर्वं भागवतं शुचिः ।। यस्तु जानाति कर्माणि सर्वं मन्त्रविनिश्चितः
tata evaṃ vidhiṃ kṛtvā sarvaṃ bhāgavataṃ śuciḥ || yastu jānāti karmāṇi sarvaṃ mantraviniścitaḥ
then, having performed all this procedure, pure and devoted to the Lord — he who knows the rites, all of them settled by mantra,
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VrP 124.4
तदाहरति कर्माणि विधिदृष्टेन कर्मणा ।। विधिना मन्त्रपूतेन कुर्याच्छान्तमनोऽमलः
tadāharati karmāṇi vidhidṛṣṭena karmaṇā || vidhinā mantrapūtena kuryācchāntamano'malaḥ
then he carries out the rites with action as seen in the rule; by the procedure purified with mantra let him act, calm of mind and stainless.
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VrP 124.6
सपुष्पितस्येह वसन्तकाले वनस्पतेर्गर्न्धरसप्रयुक्ताः ।। पश्यंश्च मां पुष्पितपादपेन्द्रं वसन्तकाले समुपागते च
sapuṣpitasyeha vasantakāle vanaspatergarndharasaprayuktāḥ || paśyaṃśca māṃ puṣpitapādapendraṃ vasantakāle samupāgate ca
Of the forest tree here blossomed in the spring season, (the flowers) endowed with fragrance and sap — and beholding me, the lord of blossoming trees, when the spring season has come,
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VrP 124.7
यश्चैतेन विधानेन कुर्यान्मासे तु फाल्गुने ।। न स गच्छति संसारं मम लोकाय गच्छति
yaścaitena vidhānena kuryānmāse tu phālgune || na sa gacchati saṃsāraṃ mama lokāya gacchati
And he who acts by this ordinance in the month of Phālguna, he does not go to transmigration; he goes to my world.
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VrP 124.8
यत्तु पृच्छसि सुश्रोणि मासे वैशाख उत्तमे ।। शुक्लपक्षे तु द्वादश्यां यत्फलं तच्छृणुष्व मे
yattu pṛcchasi suśroṇi māse vaiśākha uttame || śuklapakṣe tu dvādaśyāṃ yatphalaṃ tacchṛṇuṣva me
And as to what you ask, O fair-hipped one, about the excellent month Vaiśākha — the fruit on the twelfth of the bright fortnight — hear that from me.
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VrP 124.9
नमो नारायणेत्युक्त्वा इमं मन्त्रमुदीरयेत् ।। मन्त्रः – नमोस्तु देवदेवेश शङ्खचक्रगदाधर।। नमोऽस्तु ते लोकनाथ प्रवीराय नमोऽस्तु ते पुष्पितेषु च शालेषु तथान्येषु द्रुमेषु च ।। गृहीत्वा शालपुष्पाणि मम कर्मणि संस्थिताः
namo nārāyaṇetyuktvā imaṃ mantramudīrayet || mantraḥ – namostu devadeveśa śaṅkhacakragadādhara|| namo'stu te lokanātha pravīrāya namo'stu te puṣpiteṣu ca śāleṣu tathānyeṣu drumeṣu ca || gṛhītvā śālapuṣpāṇi mama karmaṇi saṃsthitāḥ
Having said "Homage to Nārāyaṇa," he should utter this mantra. The mantra: "Homage to you, lord of the gods, bearer of conch, discus and mace; homage to you, lord of the worlds; homage to you, the foremost hero." And when the sāla trees and other trees are in bloom, having taken sāla flowers, (the worshippers) are engaged in my rite.
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VrP 124.11
ऋषयः स्तुवन्ति मन्त्रेण वेदोक्तेन च माधवि ।। गन्धर्वाप्सरसश्चैव गीतनृत्यैः सवादितैः
ṛṣayaḥ stuvanti mantreṇa vedoktena ca mādhavi || gandharvāpsarasaścaiva gītanṛtyaiḥ savāditaiḥ
The seers praise (him) with mantra and with what is spoken in the Veda, O Mādhavī; and the Gandharvas and Apsarases, with songs and dances accompanied by instruments,
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VrP 124.12
स्तुवन्ति देवलोकाश्च पुराणं पुरुषोत्तमम् ।। सिद्धाविद्याधरा यक्षाः पिशाचोरगराक्षसाः
stuvanti devalokāśca purāṇaṃ puruṣottamam || siddhāvidyādharā yakṣāḥ piśācoragarākṣasāḥ
and the dwellers of the god-worlds praise the ancient Supreme Person; the Siddhas, Vidyādharas, Yakṣas, Piśācas, serpents and Rākṣasas
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VrP 124.13
स्तुवन्ति देवं भूतानां सर्वलोकस्य चेश्वरम् ।। आदित्या वसवो रुद्रा अश्विनौ च मरुद्गणाः
stuvanti devaṃ bhūtānāṃ sarvalokasya ceśvaram || ādityā vasavo rudrā aśvinau ca marudgaṇāḥ
praise the god, the lord of beings and of all the world; the Ādityas, the Vasus, the Rudras, the two Aśvins and the hosts of Maruts
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VrP 124.14
स्तुवन्ति देवदेवेशं युगानां संक्षयेऽक्षयम् ।। ततो वायुश्च विश्वे च अश्विनौ च समन्विताः
stuvanti devadeveśaṃ yugānāṃ saṃkṣaye'kṣayam || tato vāyuśca viśve ca aśvinau ca samanvitāḥ
praise the god of gods, the imperishable one at the destruction of the ages; then Vāyu and the Viśve (devas) and the two Aśvins together
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VrP 124.15
स्तुवन्ति केशवं देवमादिकालमयं प्रभुम् ।। ततो ब्रह्मा च सोमश्च शक्रश्चाग्निसमन्वितः ।। स्तुवन्ति नाथं भूतानां सर्वलोकमहेश्वरम्
stuvanti keśavaṃ devamādikālamayaṃ prabhum || tato brahmā ca somaśca śakraścāgnisamanvitaḥ || stuvanti nāthaṃ bhūtānāṃ sarvalokamaheśvaram
praise Keśava, the god, the Lord who consists of primordial time; then Brahmā and Soma and Śakra together with Agni praise the protector of beings, the great Lord of all the world.
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VrP 124.16
नारदः पर्वतश्चैव असितो देवलस्तथा ।। पुलहश्च पुलस्त्यश्च भृगुश्चाङ्गिर एव च
nāradaḥ parvataścaiva asito devalastathā || pulahaśca pulastyaśca bhṛguścāṅgira eva ca
Nārada and Parvata, Asita and Devala, and Pulaha and Pulastya, and Bhṛgu and Aṅgiras too—
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VrP 124.17
एते चान्ये च बहवो मित्रावसुपरावसू ।। स्तुवंति नाथं भूतानां योगिनां योगमुत्तमम्
ete cānye ca bahavo mitrāvasuparāvasū || stuvaṃti nāthaṃ bhūtānāṃ yogināṃ yogamuttamam
these and many others, Mitravasu and Parāvasu, praise the protector of beings, the supreme yoga of the yogins.
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VrP 124.18
श्रुत्वा तु प्रतिनिर्घोषं देवानां तु महौजसाम् ।। ततो नारायणो देवः प्रत्युवाच वसुन्धराम्
śrutvā tu pratinirghoṣaṃ devānāṃ tu mahaujasām || tato nārāyaṇo devaḥ pratyuvāca vasundharām
But having heard the answering roar of the gods of great might, then the god Nārāyaṇa spoke in reply to Earth:
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VrP 124.19
किमयं श्रूयते शब्दो ब्रह्मघोषेण संयुतः ।। देवानां च महाभागे महाशब्दोऽत्र श्रूयते
kimayaṃ śrūyate śabdo brahmaghoṣeṇa saṃyutaḥ || devānāṃ ca mahābhāge mahāśabdo'tra śrūyate
"What is this sound that is heard, joined with the chanting of the Veda? And a great sound of the gods, O greatly fortunate one, is heard here."
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VrP 124.21
देवाः कांक्षन्ति ते देव वाराहीं रूपसंस्थितिम् ।। त्वन्नियोगनियुक्ताश्च तदर्थं लोकभावन
devāḥ kāṃkṣanti te deva vārāhīṃ rūpasaṃsthitim || tvanniyoganiyuktāśca tadarthaṃ lokabhāvana
"The gods long, O god, for the (sight of your) abiding in the boar-form; and they are enjoined by your command, for that purpose, O creator of the worlds."
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VrP 124.22
ततो नारायणो देवः पृथिवीं प्रत्युवाच ह।। अहं जानामि तान्देवि मार्गमाणानुपस्थितान्
tato nārāyaṇo devaḥ pṛthivīṃ pratyuvāca ha|| ahaṃ jānāmi tāndevi mārgamāṇānupasthitān
Then the god Nārāyaṇa spoke in reply to Earth: "I know them, O goddess, seeking (me) and standing near.
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VrP 124.23
दिव्यं वर्षसहस्रं वै धारितासि वसुन्धरे ।। मया लीलायमानेन एकदंष्ट्राग्रकेण वै
divyaṃ varṣasahasraṃ vai dhāritāsi vasundhare || mayā līlāyamānena ekadaṃṣṭrāgrakeṇa vai
For a divine thousand years you have been held up, O Earth, by me at play, on the tip of a single tusk.
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VrP 124.24
इहागच्छामि भद्रं ते द्रष्टुकामा दिवौकसः ।। आदित्या वसवो रुद्राः स्कन्देन्द्रौ सपितामहाः
ihāgacchāmi bhadraṃ te draṣṭukāmā divaukasaḥ || ādityā vasavo rudrāḥ skandendrau sapitāmahāḥ
I am coming here—blessings on you—the dwellers of heaven wish to see (me): the Ādityas, the Vasus, the Rudras, Skanda and Indra, along with the Grandfather (Brahmā)."
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VrP 124.25
एवं तस्य वचः श्रुत्वा माधवस्य वसुन्धरा।। शिरस्यञ्जलिमाधाय ततस्तु चरणेऽपतत्
evaṃ tasya vacaḥ śrutvā mādhavasya vasundharā|| śirasyañjalimādhāya tatastu caraṇe'patat
Having heard these words of his, of Mādhava, Earth, placing her joined palms on her head, then fell at (his) feet.
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VrP 124.26
वाराहं पुरुषं देवं विज्ञापयति सा धरा ।। उद्धृतासि त्वया देव रसातलगता ह्यहम्
vārāhaṃ puruṣaṃ devaṃ vijñāpayati sā dharā || uddhṛtāsi tvayā deva rasātalagatā hyaham
She, the Earth, makes (this) known to the god, the Boar Person: "I, who had gone to Rasātala, have been lifted up by you, O god.
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VrP 124.27
शरणं त्वां प्रपन्नाहं त्वद्भक्ता त्वं गतिः प्रभुः ।। किं कर्म कर्मणा केन किं वा जन्मपरायणम्
śaraṇaṃ tvāṃ prapannāhaṃ tvadbhaktā tvaṃ gatiḥ prabhuḥ || kiṃ karma karmaṇā kena kiṃ vā janmaparāyaṇam
I have come to you for refuge, devoted to you; you are the goal, the Lord. What is action? By what act (is anything gained)? And what is the highest resort in birth?
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VrP 124.28
कथं वा तुष्यसे देव पूज्यसे केन कर्मणा ।। तवाहं कर्त्तुमिच्छामि यच्च मुख्यं सुखावहम्
kathaṃ vā tuṣyase deva pūjyase kena karmaṇā || tavāhaṃ karttumicchāmi yacca mukhyaṃ sukhāvaham
Or how are you pleased, O god? By what act are you worshipped? I wish to do for you whatever is chief and brings happiness.
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VrP 124.29
न च मेऽस्ति व्यथा काचित्तव कर्मणि नित्यशः ।। न ग्लानिर्न जरा काचिन्न जन्ममरणे तथा
na ca me'sti vyathā kācittava karmaṇi nityaśaḥ || na glānirna jarā kācinna janmamaraṇe tathā
And I have no distress at all in (doing) your work, ever; no weariness, no aging at all, nor likewise birth and death.
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VrP 124.31
कानि कर्माणि कुर्वन्ति ये त्वां पश्यन्ति माधव ।। किमाहाराः किमाचारास्त्वां पश्यन्तीह माधव
kāni karmāṇi kurvanti ye tvāṃ paśyanti mādhava || kimāhārāḥ kimācārāstvāṃ paśyantīha mādhava
What acts do they perform who see you, O Mādhava? Having what food, having what conduct, do they see you here, O Mādhava?
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VrP 124.32
ब्राह्मणस्य च किं कर्म क्षत्रियस्य च किं भवेत् ।। वैश्यः किं कुरुते कर्म शूद्रः किं कर्म कारयेत्
brāhmaṇasya ca kiṃ karma kṣatriyasya ca kiṃ bhavet || vaiśyaḥ kiṃ kurute karma śūdraḥ kiṃ karma kārayet
And what is the duty of a Brahmin, and what should be the Kṣatriya's? What work does the Vaiśya do, and what work should the Śūdra be made to do?
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VrP 124.33
योगो वै प्राप्यते केन तपो वा केन निश्चितम् ।। किं चात्र फलमाप्नोति तव कर्मपरायणः
yogo vai prāpyate kena tapo vā kena niścitam || kiṃ cātra phalamāpnoti tava karmaparāyaṇaḥ
By what (means) is yoga attained, and by what is asceticism made certain? And what fruit does one who is devoted to your rites obtain here?
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VrP 124.34
किं च दुःखनिवासं वा भोजनं पानकं तथा ।। किं च कर्म प्रयोक्तव्यं तव भक्तैश्च माधव
kiṃ ca duḥkhanivāsaṃ vā bhojanaṃ pānakaṃ tathā || kiṃ ca karma prayoktavyaṃ tava bhaktaiśca mādhava
And what of the dwelling in suffering? And likewise the food and the drink? And what rite is to be performed by your devotees, Mādhava?
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VrP 124.35
प्रापणं कीदृशं चापि कासु दिक्षु तथा प्रभो ।। कथं योनिं न गच्छेत वियोनिं न च गच्छति
prāpaṇaṃ kīdṛśaṃ cāpi kāsu dikṣu tathā prabho || kathaṃ yoniṃ na gaccheta viyoniṃ na ca gacchati
And of what kind is the attaining, and in which directions, O Lord? How would one not go to a womb, and not go to a wrong womb?
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VrP 124.36
तिर्यग्योनिं न गच्छेत कर्मणा केन केशव ।। तन्ममाचक्ष्व सकलं येन चैव सुखं भवेत्
tiryagyoniṃ na gaccheta karmaṇā kena keśava || tanmamācakṣva sakalaṃ yena caiva sukhaṃ bhavet
By what act would one not go to an animal womb, Keśava? Tell me all that, by which happiness may come to be.
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VrP 124.37
जरा वा केन गच्छेत जन्म वा केन गच्छति ।। गर्भवासं न गच्छेत कर्मणा केन वाऽच्युत
jarā vā kena gaccheta janma vā kena gacchati || garbhavāsaṃ na gaccheta karmaṇā kena vā'cyuta
By what does one go to old age, or by what does one go to birth? By what act would one not go to dwelling in a womb, Acyuta?
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VrP 124.38
संसारस्य न गच्छेत केन कर्मप्रभावतः ।। इत्युक्तो भगवांस्तत्र प्रत्युवाच वसुन्धराम्
saṃsārasya na gaccheta kena karmaprabhāvataḥ || ityukto bhagavāṃstatra pratyuvāca vasundharām
By the power of what act would one not go (into) transmigration? Being thus addressed, the Lord there replied to the Earth.
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VrP 124.39
शृण्वन्तु मे भागवता ये च मोक्षे व्यवस्थिताः ।। तान्मन्त्रान्कीर्त्तयिष्यामि यैस्तोषं याति नित्यशः
śṛṇvantu me bhāgavatā ye ca mokṣe vyavasthitāḥ || tānmantrānkīrttayiṣyāmi yaistoṣaṃ yāti nityaśaḥ
Let the Bhāgavatas hear me, and those who are established in liberation: I shall proclaim those mantras by which he constantly comes to be pleased.
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VrP 124.41
एवं ग्रीष्मे विधिं चैव कुर्यात्सर्वं ममोक्तितः।। इममुच्चारयेन्मन्त्रं सर्वभागवतप्रियम्
evaṃ grīṣme vidhiṃ caiva kuryātsarvaṃ mamoktitaḥ|| imamuccārayenmantraṃ sarvabhāgavatapriyam
Thus in the hot season one should perform the whole rite according to my instruction; one should utter this mantra, dear to all Bhāgavatas.
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VrP 124.42
मासेषु सर्वेष्वपि मुख्यभूतो मासो भवान्ग्रीष्म एकः प्रपन्नः ।। पश्येद्भवन्तं वर्त्तमानं च ग्रीष्मे तेनैव सर्वं दुःखमेतु प्रशान्तिम्
māseṣu sarveṣvapi mukhyabhūto māso bhavāngrīṣma ekaḥ prapannaḥ || paśyedbhavantaṃ varttamānaṃ ca grīṣme tenaiva sarvaṃ duḥkhametu praśāntim
"Among all the months, you, being the chief, are the one hot-season month that is resorted to; let one behold you present in the hot season—by that alone let all suffering come to quiescence."
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VrP 124.43
एवं ग्रीष्मे वरारोहे मम चैवार्च्चनं कुरु ।। न जन्ममरणं येन मम लोके गतिर्भवेत्
evaṃ grīṣme varārohe mama caivārccanaṃ kuru || na janmamaraṇaṃ yena mama loke gatirbhavet
Thus in the hot season, O fair-hipped one, perform worship of me, by which there is no birth and death (but) a going to my world.
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VrP 124.44
यावन्तः पुष्पिताः शालाः पृथ्व्यां यावत्सुगंधकाः ।। अर्च्चितः स भवेत्सर्वैः कृतो येन ह्ययं विधि
yāvantaḥ puṣpitāḥ śālāḥ pṛthvyāṃ yāvatsugaṃdhakāḥ || arccitaḥ sa bhavetsarvaiḥ kṛto yena hyayaṃ vidhi
As many as are the flowering śāla trees on earth, as many as are the fragrant ones—by all of these he becomes worshipped, by whom this rite is performed.
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VrP 124.45
एवं वर्षास्वपि धरे मम कर्म च कारयेत् ।। निष्कला भवतो बुद्धिः संसारे च न जायते
evaṃ varṣāsvapi dhare mama karma ca kārayet || niṣkalā bhavato buddhiḥ saṃsāre ca na jāyate
Thus in the rains too, O Earth, one should have my rite performed; your mind (becomes) undivided, and one is not born into transmigration.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 124.46
अन्यच्च ते प्रवक्ष्यामि कर्म संसारमोक्षणम् ।। कदम्बमुकुलाश्चैव सरलार्ज्जुनपादपाः
anyacca te pravakṣyāmi karma saṃsāramokṣaṇam || kadambamukulāścaiva saralārjjunapādapāḥ
And I shall declare to you another rite that releases from transmigration: the buds of the kadamba, and the sarala and arjuna trees—
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VrP 124.47
एतेषां सुमनोभिश्च पूजनीयो महादरात् ।। मम संस्थापनं कृत्वा विधिदृष्टेन कर्मणा ।। नमो नारायणायेति इमं मन्त्रमुदाहरेत्
eteṣāṃ sumanobhiśca pūjanīyo mahādarāt || mama saṃsthāpanaṃ kṛtvā vidhidṛṣṭena karmaṇā || namo nārāyaṇāyeti imaṃ mantramudāharet
with the blossoms of these he is to be worshipped with great reverence; having made the installation of me by the rite laid down in the injunction, one should utter this mantra: "Homage to Nārāyaṇa."
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VrP 124.48
पश्यन्ति ये ध्यानपरा घनाभं त्वामाश्रिताः पूज्यमानं महिम्ना ।। निद्रां भवान् भजतां लोकनाथ वर्षास्विमं पश्यतु मेघवर्णम्
paśyanti ye dhyānaparā ghanābhaṃ tvāmāśritāḥ pūjyamānaṃ mahimnā || nidrāṃ bhavān bhajatāṃ lokanātha varṣāsvimaṃ paśyatu meghavarṇam
"Those who, intent on meditation and taking refuge in you, behold you cloud-hued, being worshipped with majesty—may you enjoy sleep, O Lord of the world; in the rains let him behold this cloud-coloured one."
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VrP 124.49
आषाढमासे द्वादश्यां सर्वशान्तिकरं शुभम्।। य एतेन विधानेन मम कर्म तु कारयेत्
āṣāḍhamāse dvādaśyāṃ sarvaśāntikaraṃ śubham|| ya etena vidhānena mama karma tu kārayet
In the month of Āṣāḍha, on the twelfth (day), (it is) auspicious, bringing about all appeasement—whoever has my rite performed by this prescription...
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VrP 124.51
तरंति येन संसारं नराः कर्मपरायणाः ।। एतद्गुह्यं महाभागे देवाः केऽपि न जानते
taraṃti yena saṃsāraṃ narāḥ karmaparāyaṇāḥ || etadguhyaṃ mahābhāge devāḥ ke'pi na jānate
...by which men devoted to (this) rite cross over transmigration. This is secret, O greatly fortunate one; not even any of the gods know it,
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VrP 124.52
मुक्त्वा नारायणं देवं वाराहं रूपमास्थितम् ।। नादीक्षिताय दातव्यं मूर्खाय पिशुनाय च
muktvā nārāyaṇaṃ devaṃ vārāhaṃ rūpamāsthitam || nādīkṣitāya dātavyaṃ mūrkhāya piśunāya ca
except the god Nārāyaṇa who has assumed the boar's form. It is not to be given to one uninitiated, nor to a fool, nor to a slanderer,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 124.53
कुशिष्याय न दातव्यं ये च शास्त्रार्थदूषकाः ।। न पठेद्गोघ्नमध्ये वै न पठेच्छठमध्यतः
kuśiṣyāya na dātavyaṃ ye ca śāstrārthadūṣakāḥ || na paṭhedgoghnamadhye vai na paṭhecchaṭhamadhyataḥ
it is not to be given to a bad pupil, nor to those who defile the meaning of the scriptures; one should not recite it among cow-killers, nor recite it among the crooked.
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VrP 124.54
धनधर्मक्षयस्तेषां पठनादाशु जायते ।। पठेद्भागवतानां च ये च धर्मेण दीक्षिताः
dhanadharmakṣayasteṣāṃ paṭhanādāśu jāyate || paṭhedbhāgavatānāṃ ca ye ca dharmeṇa dīkṣitāḥ
From (such) recitation the destruction of their wealth and merit quickly arises. One should recite it (in the midst) of Bhāgavatas, and of those who are initiated according to the dharma.
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VrP 124.55
एतत्ते कथितं भद्रे पूर्वं यत्पृष्टवत्यसि ।। कार्त्स्न्येन कथितं ह्येतत्किमन्यत्परिपृच्छ सि
etatte kathitaṃ bhadre pūrvaṃ yatpṛṣṭavatyasi || kārtsnyena kathitaṃ hyetatkimanyatparipṛccha si
This has been told to you, good lady, what you asked about earlier; it has indeed been told in full — what else do you ask?
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VrP 124.124
कृत्वा तु मम कर्माणि शुभानि तरुणानि च ।। पूज्य भागवतान्सर्वान् स्थापयित्वा ततोऽग्रतः ततः कमलपत्राक्षी सर्वरूपगुणान्विता ।। वराहरूपिणं देवं प्रत्युवाच वसुन्धरा सर्वे सुरासुरा लोकाः सरुद्रेन्द्रपितामहाः ।। क्वेष्टं निवासं कुर्वन्ति एकैकं च यशोधर मन्त्रः – मासेषु सर्वेषु च मुख्यभूतस्त्वं माधवो माधवमास एव ।। पश्येद्देवं तं तु वसन्तकाले उपागतं गन्धरसप्रयुक्त्या।। नित्यं च यज्ञेषु तथेज्यते यो नारायणः सप्तलोकेषु वीरः स मर्त्यो न प्रणश्येत संसारेऽस्मिन् युगेयुगे ।। एतत्ते कथितं देवि ऋतूनां कर्म चोत्तमम्
kṛtvā tu mama karmāṇi śubhāni taruṇāni ca || pūjya bhāgavatānsarvān sthāpayitvā tato'grataḥ tataḥ kamalapatrākṣī sarvarūpaguṇānvitā || varāharūpiṇaṃ devaṃ pratyuvāca vasundharā sarve surāsurā lokāḥ sarudrendrapitāmahāḥ || kveṣṭaṃ nivāsaṃ kurvanti ekaikaṃ ca yaśodhara mantraḥ – māseṣu sarveṣu ca mukhyabhūtastvaṃ mādhavo mādhavamāsa eva || paśyeddevaṃ taṃ tu vasantakāle upāgataṃ gandharasaprayuktyā|| nityaṃ ca yajñeṣu tathejyate yo nārāyaṇaḥ saptalokeṣu vīraḥ sa martyo na praṇaśyeta saṃsāre'smin yugeyuge || etatte kathitaṃ devi ṛtūnāṃ karma cottamam
Having performed my rites, which are auspicious and fresh, having honoured all the Bhāgavatas and installed (them) then in front — thereupon the lotus-petal-eyed Vasundharā, endowed with every beauty and virtue, replied to the god in the boar's form: "All the gods, demons and worlds, together with Rudra, Indra and the Grandfather — where do they make their desired dwelling, each one, O bearer of glory?" The formula: "Among all the months you are the chief, you the Mādhava, and the month Mādhava itself. One should behold that god in the spring season, when he has come, with the application of fragrance and juice. And he who is ever worshipped in sacrifices, Nārāyaṇa, the hero in the seven worlds — that mortal would not perish in this round of existence, age after age." This has been told to you, goddess, and the excellent rite of the seasons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain