तस्यैतद्वचनं श्रुत्वा विपीतस्य सवेदनः
Hearing these words, he suffered, full of pain.
अशाश्वते शाश्वतधीस्तेन दह्यामि दुर्मतिः ।। 4.82.
Because of impermanent and permanent thoughts, I, of wicked mind, am burned.
इदं करिष्याम्यपरं त्विदं कृत्वा त्विदं पुनः
I will do this, then do that, and again do this after that.
शीतोष्णवर्षादिभवं लोभात्सोढं मयाऽशुभम्
Out of greed, I endured the evil arising from cold, heat, rain, and the like.
पितृदेवमनुप्याणामदत्त्वा यापिता हि ये
Those who have passed on without giving to ancestors, gods, or humans—
पुत्रक्षेत्रकलत्रेषु ममत्वाहृतचेतसा
Whose minds were seized by attachment to sons, land, and wives—
मृते मयि धने तस्मिन्नन्यायोपार्जिते सदा
When I died, that wealth, always unjustly acquired—
न मया पूजिता गेहान्निर्गता द्विजसत्तमाः
O best of twice-born, I did not honor them, and they departed from my house.
यन्मे न पूजिता देवाः कुटुंबं पोषितं परम्
Because I did not worship the gods, though I greatly sustained my family—
नित्यं नैमित्तिकं कर्म पूर्वेषां चैव नो कृतम्
The daily and occasional rites, and those for the ancestors, were not performed by me.
दाराः पुत्राश्च भृत्याश्च पापबुद्ध्या मया भृताः
With sinful intent, I maintained wives, sons, and servants.
दाराः पुत्राश्च भृत्यार्थे मया न्यायार्थसंचयः 4.82.
For the sake of wives, sons, and servants, I gathered wealth by just means.
क्षतपापं मया भुक्तमन्यैस्तत्कर्म संचितम्
I consumed what was tainted by sin, while others enjoyed the fruits of my actions.
यन्ममत्वाभिभूतेन मया पापमुपार्जितम्
Whatever sin I accumulated, overpowered by attachment—
अंतर्दुःखेन दग्धोऽहं बहिर्दह्यामि भावयन्
Burned within by hidden sorrow, I am scorched outwardly as I reflect.
कुरु तस्मात्समुद्धारं पश्यस्यमृतसागरम्
Therefore, deliver me, for you see the immortal ocean.
प्रक्षीणं पापमेतावत्सुवृत्तं चास्ति ते परम्
Your sin is now diminished, and your conduct is supremely virtuous.
प्रतीते दशमे जन्मन्यच्युताराधनेच्छया न च तस्याः प्रसादेन पापमत्यन्तदुर्जयम्
In the tenth birth, with the desire to worship the infallible, and not by her grace, is the most difficult sin overcome.
अल्पैरहोभिः संक्षीणमामपात्रे यथा जलम्
In a few days, sin is diminished, as water in an unbaked vessel.
नाशं पापस्य कुरुते जयं सुकृतकर्मणः
He does not bring about the destruction of sin, but the victory of virtuous deeds.
यथैतद्वदतार्तेन भवता परिदेवितम्
Just as you, afflicted, have lamented in this way—
पापमत्र कृतं प्रेत्य भद्र तापाय जायते 4.82.
The sin committed here, good one, becomes suffering after death.
सीरभद्रं समाश्वास्य ययावित्थं महामुनिः
Having comforted Sīrabhadra, the great sage departed as he had come.
उपवासप्रभावश्च कथितस्ते नरोत्तम
O best of men, I have explained to you the power of fasting.
तस्मान्नरेण पुण्याय यतितव्यं न पातकम्
Therefore, a man should strive for merit and not for sin.
पुरुषैर्भुज्यते शश्वत्तं मोक्षं वद सत्तम
Tell me, O noble one, about that liberation which is eternally enjoyed by men.
जया सा द्वादशी शस्ता नृणां सुकृतकर्मणाम्
That twelfth day, called Jayā, is auspicious for those who have performed good deeds.
फाल्गुनामलपक्षस्य एकादश्यामुपोषितः
One who fasts on the eleventh day of the bright half of Phālguna—
एकादश्यां समुत्तिष्ठन्विष्णोर्नामानुकीर्तयन्
Rising on the eleventh day, reciting the names of Viṣṇu—
कामं क्रोधं च लोभं च मदं मोहं च वर्जयेत् ४८- एवं भावितचित्तेन प्राणिनां हितमिच्छता
He should abandon desire, anger, greed, pride, and delusion—thus, with a mind intent on good, wishing for the welfare of living beings.