मधुरस्वरो भवेद्राजा पुरुषो गुडवर्जनात्
A man who abstains from jaggery will have a sweet voice and become a king.
कटुतैलपरित्यागाच्छत्रुक्षयमवाप्नुयात्
By giving up pungent oils, one attains the destruction of enemies.
पुष्पादिभोगत्यागेन स्वर्गे विद्याधरो भवेत्
By renouncing pleasures such as flowers, one becomes a Vidyādhara in heaven.
कटुकाम्लतिक्तमधुरक्षारकाषायमेव च
Pungent, sour, bitter, sweet, salty, and astringent—
तांबूलवर्जनाद्भोगी रक्तकण्ठश्च जायते
By abstaining from betel, one becomes a sensual enjoyer and develops a red throat.
फलत्यागाच्च मतिमान्बहुपुत्रश्च जायते
By renouncing fruits, one becomes intelligent and is blessed with many sons.
पादाभ्यंगपरित्यागाच्छिरोभ्यंगाच्च पार्थिव 4.70.
By giving up foot massage and performing head massage, O king—
दधिदुग्ध तक्रनियमाद्गोलोकं लभते नरः
By regularly consuming curd, milk, and buttermilk, a man attains Goloka.
लभेत संततिं दीर्घां तापपक्वस्य भक्षणात्
By eating food cooked by heat, one obtains a long lineage.
सदा मुनिः सदा योगी मधुमांसस्य वर्जनात्
By always abstaining from honey and meat, one is always a sage, always a yogi.
एवमादिपरित्यागाद्धर्मः स्याद्धर्मनन्दन
By renouncing such things as these, O son of Dharma, one attains righteousness.
धारणं नखरोमाणां गंगास्नानं दिनेदिने
Keeping one's nails and hair, and bathing daily in the Ganges—
भूमौ भुंक्ते सदा यस्तु स पृथिव्याः पतिर्भवेत्
Whoever always eats on the ground becomes the lord of the earth.
पादाभिवंदनाद्विष्णोर्लभेद्गोदानजं फलम्
By bowing at the feet of Viṣṇu, one obtains the fruit of gifting a cow.
विष्णुदेवकुले कुर्यादुपलेपनमर्चनम्
One should perform smearing and worship in the temple of Viṣṇu.
प्रदक्षिणाशतं यस्तु करोति स्तुतिपाठकः
Whoever recites hymns and performs a hundred circumambulations—
गीतवाद्यकरो विष्णोर्गांधर्वं लोकमाप्नुयात् 4.70.
He who sings and plays music for Viṣṇu attains the world of the Gandharvas.
स व्यासरूपी भगवानंते विष्णुपुरं व्रजेत्
He, taking the form of Vyāsa, will go at the end to Viṣṇu's city.
नित्यस्नायी नरो यस्तु नरकं स न पश्यति
A man who bathes daily does not see hell.
कृत्वा प्रेक्षणकं दिव्यं राज्यं सोऽप्सरसां लभेत्
Having performed the divine viewing, he attains the realm of the apsaras.
षष्ठकालेन्नभोज्येन स्थायी स्वर्गे नरो भवेत्
By eating only at the sixth period, a man remains in heaven.
शिलायां भोजनान्नित्यं स्नानं प्रयागजं भवेत्
By always eating upon a stone, the bath becomes that of Prayaga.
एवमादिव्रते पार्थ तुष्टिमायाति हेतुतः
In such vows, O Partha, satisfaction arises for a reason.
निवर्तते क्रियाः सर्वाश्चातुर्वण्यस्य भारत
All actions cease for the fourfold classes, O Bharata.
यज्ञाश्च गृहवेशादि गोदानाच्च प्रतिष्ठितम्
Sacrifices, entering the house, and the giving of cows are established.
असंक्रांतं तु मासं वै दैवे पित्र्ये च वर्जयेत्
One should avoid the month that is not transited, both for divine and ancestral rites.
प्राप्ते भाद्रपदे मासि एकादश्यां दिने हरेः 4.70.
When the month of Bhadrapada arrives, on the eleventh day dedicated to Hari.
य एतदेव शयनं तत्रेदं कारणं शृणु
Whoever has this bed, listen to the reason for it.
ममापि मानयत्यङ्गं प्रार्थितो योगनिद्रया
Even my own body is honored, requested by yogic sleep.
शंखचक्रासिमार्गाद्यैर्बाहवोप्यथ वक्षसा
By the marks of conch, discus, sword, and others, both arms and chest.