कार्त्तिक्यां दीपकस्तत्र प्रदत्तस्तेन चैकदा
Once, during Kārttikā, he offered a lamp there.
देवतायतनेऽवात्सं तत्राहमपि मूषिका
I too dwelled in the temple of the deity there, as a mouse.
गृहीताथ मया वर्तिर्वृकदंशो ररास च 4.130.
Then I took the wick, and a wolf bit and dragged it.
वक्त्रप्रांतेन पश्यंत्या स दीपः प्रेरितो मया
Seeing with the side of my face, that lamp was set in motion by me.
मृताहं च पुनर्जाता वैदर्भे राजकन्यका
I died and was reborn as the royal daughter in Vidarbha.
एष प्रभावो दीपस्य कार्त्तिके मासि शोभनः
This is the splendid power of the lamp in the month of Kārttika.
असंकल्पितमध्यस्य प्रेरणं यन्मया कृतम्
The act of setting the lamp in motion by me was done without intention.
एतस्मात्कार णाद्दीपानहमेतानहर्निशम्
For this reason, I offer these lamps day and night.
एवमुक्त्वा सपत्नीः सा दीपदानपरायणा
Having spoken thus, she, along with her co-wives, became devoted to giving lamps.
ततः कालेन महता सह राज्ञा महात्मना
After a long time, together with the great-souled king,
तं लोकमासाद्य नृपेण सार्द्धं सा राजपत्नी कमलाभनेत्रा
She, the royal wife with lotus-like eyes, attained that world along with the king.
दीपप्रदानमपि पुण्यतरं वदंति विप्राग्निगोसुरकुलैकगृहांगणेषु
The sages say that the giving of lamps is even more meritorious in the courtyards of Brahmins, cows, gods, and one's own home.
इति श्रीभविष्ये महापुराण उत्तरपर्वणि श्रीकृष्णयुधिष्ठिरसंवादे दीपदानविधिवर्णनं नाम त्रिंशदुत्तरशततमोऽध्यायः
Thus ends the one hundred and thirtieth chapter, called 'Description of the Lamp-Giving Ritual,' in the dialogue between Śrī Kṛṣṇa and Yudhiṣṭhira in the Uttara Parva of the glorious Bhaviṣya Mahāpurāṇa.
वृषोत्सर्गविधिवर्णनम्
Description of the ritual for releasing the bull.
चैत्र्यामथ तृतीयायां वैशाख्यां द्वादशेऽह्नि वा
On the third day of the bright fortnight of Caitra, or on the twelfth day of Vaiśākha—
गोभिश्चतुर्भिः सहितं सृजेच्चैव विधिं शृणु
—together with four cows, one should perform the prescribed rite; now listen to the procedure.
तत्तेहं च प्रवक्ष्यामि विधिं गर्गप्रचोदितम्
I shall now declare to you the procedure as instructed by Garga.
मातृश्राद्धं ततः कुर्यात्सदाभ्युदयकारकम्
After that, one should perform the mother’s śrāddha, which always brings prosperity.
तत्र विद्वाञ्जपित्वा तु स्थापयेद्रुद्रदेवताम्
There, the learned should recite the mantras and establish the Rudra deity.
अथैनं जुहुयात्षड्भिः पृथगाहुतिसंज्ञितैः
Then, one should offer six separate oblations, each with its own designation.
एकवर्णं द्विवर्णं वा रोहितं श्वेतमेव वा
A single-colored, or two-colored, or red, or even white (bull)—
चतस्रो वत्सतर्यश्च ताभिः सार्ध मलंकृतम्
—and four milch cows, adorned together with them—
समितास्तेन सहिताः क्रीडध्वं हृष्टमानसाः 4.131.
—with them, let those present play together, their minds filled with joy.
अंकितं शंखचक्राभ्यां वर्षितं कुसुमादिना
Marked with the conch and discus, and sprinkled with flowers and the like—
विमुंचेद्वत्सकाभिश्च नीलाभिर्बलिनं वृषम्
—one should release a strong bull, together with blue-colored calves.
इत्युक्ते गर्गमुनिना विधानं वृषमोक्षणे
Thus has the procedure for releasing the bull been stated by the sage Garga.
ककुद्मिनं पतिं या धन्ये विमुञ्चन्ति गोवृषम्
Fortunate indeed are those women who release the bull, lord of the herd.
वृषोत्सर्गे पुनात्येव दशातीतान्दशापरान्
The act of releasing the bull surely purifies ten generations before and ten generations after.
वृषोत्सृष्टं पितॄणां तु तदक्षयमुदाहृतम्
The bull released for the ancestors is said to be inexhaustible.
सर्वं तदक्षयं तस्य पितॄणां नात्र संशयः
All that is inexhaustible for his ancestors—of this there is no doubt.