दानमेतत्प्रशंसंति स्त्रीणां राज न्विशेषतः
This gift is especially praised among women, O king.
कृष्णेष्टसुंदरदरीस्रवणाकुलेन गंधर्वसिद्धवनिताशतसेवितेन
Attended by hundreds of Gandharva, Siddha, and celestial women, with Krishna, the beautiful, desired, and overflowing with streams.
हेमाचलदानविधिवर्णनम् यस्य प्रसादाद्भवनं वैरिच्यं याति मानवः
By whose grace a man attains the abode of Virinchi.
उत्तमः पलसाहस्रो मध्यमः पञ्चभिः शतैः
The best gives a thousand palas, the middling gives five hundred.
दद्यादेकपलादूर्ध्वं यथाशक्त्या विचक्षणः
A wise person should give at least one pala or more, according to his ability.
विष्कंभशैलांस्तद्वच्च कृत्वा मंत्रमुदीरयेत्
He should likewise make Viṣkambha mountains and recite the mantra.
यस्मादनंतफलदस्तस्मात्पाहि शिलोच्चय
Because you grant endless fruit, therefore protect, O heap of stone.
हेमपर्वतरूपेण तस्मात्पाहि नगोत्तम
In the form of the golden mountain, therefore protect, O best of mountains.
स याति परमं स्थानं यत्र देवो महेश्वरः
He attains the supreme place where the god Maheśvara resides.
हेमाचलात्परं दानं न चान्यद्विद्यते क्वचित्
There is no gift anywhere greater than the gift of Hemācala.
हैमं महींद्रमणिशृंगशतैरुपेतं लोकाधिपाष्टकयुतं सहितं मुनीन्द्रैः
Adorned with hundreds of peaks of golden, jewel-studded mountains, accompanied by ten thousand rulers of the world and great sages.
तिलाचलदानविधिवर्णनम् यत्प्रदानान्नरो याति विष्णुलोकमनुत्तमम्
By the giving of which a man attains the unsurpassed world of Viṣṇu.
तिलाः पवित्रमतुलं पवित्राणां च पावनम्
Sesame is pure, unequalled, and the purifier of all that is pure.
मधुकैटभनामानावास्तां दितिसुतौ पुरा
Long ago, the two sons of Diti named Madhu and Kaiṭabha existed.
सहस्रं किल वर्षाणां न व्यजीवत दानवः
The demon did not live for a thousand years.
पतितश्च धरापृष्ठे कणशो लवशस्तथा
He fell upon the earth in grains and particles.
हतश्च हरिणा युद्धे स मधुर्बलिनां वरः
And he, the best among the strong, was slain in battle by Hari.
मेदिनीति ततः संज्ञामवापाचल धारिणी
Therefore, the earth, the bearer of mountains, received the name Medinī.
स्तुतिभिश्च परं स्तुत्वा ऊचुस्त्रिदशपुंगवम् देवा ऊचुः त्वया धृतं जगद्देव त्वया सृष्टं तथैव च
Having praised him greatly with hymns, the gods said to the chief of the immortals: 'O god, you uphold the world, and you have created it as well.'
त्वयीश लीयते सर्वं त्वयैव मधुसूदन
O Madhusūdana, all dissolves into you, O Lord, and by you alone.
पालयंतु च देवेश हव्यकव्यानि सर्वदा 4.199.
O Lord of the gods, always protect the offerings to gods and ancestors.
नहि दैत्याः पिशाचा वा विप्रं कुर्वंति भारत
Neither demons nor spirits harm a Brahmin, O descendant of Bharata.
श्रुत्वा सुराणां तद्वाक्यं विष्णुस्तानिदमब्रवीत्
Hearing those words of the gods, Vishnu spoke to them as follows.
शुक्लपक्षे तु देवानां संप्रदद्यात्तिलोदकम्
During the bright fortnight, one should offer water with sesame seeds to the gods.
तिलैः सप्ताष्टभिर्वापि समर्पितजलांजलिः
With seven or eight sesame seeds, one should present a handful of water.
श्वकाकोपहतं यच्च पतितादिभिरेव च
That which has been defiled by dogs, crows, or fallen persons—
एतैर्मृतैस्तिलैर्यस्तु कृत्वा पर्वतमुत्तमम्
Whoever, with these deceased sesame seeds, constructs a great mountain—
उत्तमो दशभिर्द्रोणैर्मध्यमः पंचभिर्मतः
The best is with ten droṇas, the middle with five, it is said.
पूर्ववच्चापरं सर्वं विष्कंभपर्वतादिकम्
As before, all the rest—such as the supporting mountain—
यस्मान्मधुवधे विष्णोर्देहस्वेदसमुद्भवाः
Because at the slaying of Madhu, sesame seeds arose from the sweat of Vishnu's body,