तत्तूर्यध्वनिघोषेण गतिमङ्गलनिःस्वनैः 4.64.
With the sound of musical instruments and auspicious tones of movement,
कुंकुमक्षोदतीव्रेण दानमानादिभिः सुखम्
With intense saffron powder, gifts, honor, and other such acts, joy is attained.
अनेन विधिना सर्वं क्षमयन्प्रणिपत्य च
By this method, forgiving all, and bowing down,
य एवं कुरुते पार्थ दशमीव्रतमादरात्
Whoever, O Pārtha, performs the Daśamī vow with reverence,
स्त्रीभिर्विशेषतः कार्यं व्रतमेतद्युधिष्ठिर
This vow, O Yudhiṣṭhira, should especially be performed by women.
धन्यं यशस्यमायुष्यं सर्वकामफलप्रदम्
It is blessed, brings fame, long life, and grants all desired fruits.
ये मानवा मनुजपुङ्गव कामकामाः संपूजयंति दशमीषु सदा दशाशाः
Those men, O best of men, who always worship the ten directions on the Daśamī, desiring desires,
इति श्रीभविष्ये महापुराण उत्तरपर्वणि श्रीकृष्णयुधिष्ठिरसंवाद आशादशमीव्रतं नाम चतुष्पष्टितमोऽध्यायः
Thus, in the glorious Bhaviṣya Mahāpurāṇa, in the Uttara section, the sixty-fourth chapter named 'The Vow of Āṣāḍha Daśamī' in the dialogue of Śrī Kṛṣṇa and Yudhiṣṭhira is concluded.
तारकद्वादशीव्रतवर्णनम् परिपृच्छामि गोविन्द त्वां नमस्कृत्य पादयोः
Description of the Tāraka-Dvādaśī vow. I ask you, Govinda, after bowing at your feet.
गुह्याद्गुह्यतरं ब्रूहि व्रतं किंचिदनुत्तमम्
Tell me, what is the most excellent vow, more secret than the most secret?
सांतःपुरसुतो यश्च चक्रे राज्यमतंद्रितः
He who, along with his attendants, ruled the kingdom without fatigue,
जघान तापसं सोऽथ प्रमादान्मृगयां गतः
He then, out of carelessness, went hunting and killed an ascetic.
तेन कर्मविपाकेन देहांते नरकं गतः
Because of the result of that deed, at the end of his life, he went to hell.
तस्मादिहागतो मर्त्ये रौद्रो विषधरोऽभवत्
Therefore, being born here among mortals, he became a fierce, venomous being.
लब्ध्वा सह च पंचत्वं जगाम द्विजसंयुतः
Having met his end together with five others, he departed accompanied by the twice-born.
विदारितमुखो हिंस्रो नानासत्त्वभयंकरः
With a torn mouth, fierce, terrifying to many creatures, he was dreadful.
ततोऽपि बहुभिः शस्त्रै राजलोकैर्निपातितः
Then, struck down by the king's men with many weapons, he fell.
तीक्ष्णपादनखाघातव्यापादितमृगान्वयः 4.65.
His lineage of beasts was destroyed by the blows of sharp claws.
स नीतः कृमिराशित्वं लोकैः खातनिपातनात्
He was brought to the state of being eaten by worms, having been cast into a pit by the people.
जघान बालं चण्डालादसौ मृत्युमवाप्नुयात्
He killed a child of the outcastes, and thus met with death.
स्त्रियं जघान तरुणीं स्नातुकामामथागताम्
He killed a young woman who had come desiring to bathe.
तत्रापि बडिशं दत्त्वा जनैः प्राणैर्वियोजितः
There too, having been baited with a hook, he was deprived of life by the people.
क्रूरश्छिद्रपरः क्षुद्रो नरप्राणवियोजकः
Cruel, intent on breaking in, lowly, a taker of human life.
मंत्रेणाहूय सिद्धेन वातिकेन व्यसुः कृतः
Summoned by a mantra by a perfected wind-spirit, he was deprived of life.
क्रूरदंष्द्रः करालास्यो मांसशोणितभोजनः
With cruel fangs, a terrible mouth, he ate flesh and blood.
स राष्ट्रं जर्जरं शून्यं सर्वं चक्रे विषादिषु
He made the whole country ruined and empty with poisons.
समारोप्य धनुः संख्ये ब्रह्मास्त्रेण निपातितः
Having strung his bow in battle, he was struck down by the Brahma-weapon.
वनेचराणां क्रुद्धाङ्गो ब्राह्मणान्निधनं गतः 4.65.
Among the forest-dwellers, with an enraged body, he met his end at the hands of the Brahmins.
एकादशेऽपि पाञ्चालो भवमध्येऽपि भीषणः
Even in the eleventh, the Panchala was dreadful in the midst of existence.
पापो धर्मध्वजो रक्षो देवतोज्झितमाल्यधृक
The sinful Dharma-bannered demon, wearing a garland abandoned by the gods.