नवम्यां च सदा पूज्याः प्रतिमासेऽयुतं द्विजाः
And on the ninth day, always, in every month, worship should be performed, O twice-born.
कार्तिकस्य तु मासस्य दशमी शुक्लपक्षिका
In the month of Kartika, the tenth day of the bright fortnight—
दशमी ज्येष्ठमासस्य सा चेद्दशहरा स्मृता
The tenth day of the month of Jyeshtha is known as Dashahara.
एकादशी व्रतपरा सर्वपापप्रणाशिनी
The Ekadashi vow, devotedly observed, destroys all sins.
दशम्यामेकभक्तस्तु संयतः स्याज्जितेन्द्रियः
On the tenth day, one should eat only once, remaining restrained and having conquered the senses.
द्वादश द्वादशीर्हन्ति तस्मात्तथाचरेद्बुधः
Twelve twelfth days are destroyed; therefore, the wise should act accordingly.
न वर्धते द्वादशी तु तदा त्वेवं व्यवस्थितिः
The twelfth day does not increase; thus, this is the established rule.
पूर्वेवैकादशी त्याज्या वर्धते चेत्तिथिद्वयम्
The earlier eleventh day should be abandoned if both dates increase.
यदा तु पारणा योग्या द्वादशी नोपतिष्ठते 2.2.8.
When the time for breaking the fast is suitable, the twelfth day does not occur.
एकादशी कलायुक्ता सकला द्वादशी यदि
If the eleventh day is joined with its portion and the twelfth day is complete,
एकादशी द्वादशी च परेऽहनि न लभ्यते
The eleventh and twelfth days are not obtained on the following day.
एकादशी दशाविद्धा द्वादश्यां लिप्तिका यदा तदा दिनद्वये त्याज्या पारणं च नियोगतः
When the eleventh day is pierced by the tenth, and there is a small portion on the twelfth, then both days should be abandoned, and breaking the fast is prescribed.
षोडशीग्रहणं दृष्ट्वा द्वादशी लुप्तपारणा
Seeing the acceptance of the sixteenth, the twelfth day loses the breaking of the fast.
त्रयोदश्यां यद्विहितं पारणं न तु पुण्यदम्
Whatever breaking of the fast is prescribed on the thirteenth day, it does not confer merit.
यदि रुद्रा दशमित्रा परेऽह्निरविसंक्रमः
If Rudra and ten friends remain on the next day without passing away,
वज्रालोकनमात्रं तु दशमी संविशेद्यदि
If the tenth day enters only for a moment like a flash of lightning,
तदा चेद्दशमीविद्धा समुपोष्या न दूषणम्
Then, if the tenth day is pierced, it should be observed; there is no fault.
द्वादश्यामुपवासं तु यः करोति नरोत्तमः
The best of men who observes a fast on the twelfth day,
उपोष्य दशमीमित्रां मोहादेकादशीं नरः 2.2.8.
Having fasted on the tenth with friends, if a man, out of delusion, observes the eleventh day,
रविवारे शुक्रवारे संक्रान्त्यां तु दिनक्षये
On Sunday, Friday, or at the time of a transition, when the day ends,
शुक्लां वा यदि वा कृष्णां पूर्वसंकल्पितामपि
Whether it is the bright or the dark fortnight, even if previously resolved,
नक्तेन वर्तयेत्कृष्णामिति शास्त्रविनिश्चयः तत्र कुर्यात्कृष्णपक्षे परा तिथिर्न गृह्यते
One should subsist at night on the dark fortnight, so is the scriptural determination; there, in the dark half, the later date is not accepted.
श्रावणी द्वादशी शुक्ला चांद्रभद्रे यदा हरौ
When, in the bright fortnight of Śrāvaṇa, the twelfth day falls on the day of the moon in Bhādra, dedicated to Hari—
श्रावणे चाश्विने चैव लभ्यते द्वादशीदिने
In Śrāvaṇa and also in Āśvina, the twelfth day is obtained.
पुष्येण द्रादशीयुक्ता फाल्गुने विजया स्मृता
When the twelfth day coincides with Puṣya, it is called Vijayā in Phālguna.
या भाद्रे विजया प्रोक्ता श्रवणेन समायुता
That which is called Vijayā in Bhādra is joined with the Śravaṇa constellation.
एकादश्यामुत्तरतो द्वादशी च दिवान्विता
When the twelfth day follows the eleventh, accompanied by daylight—
सफला द्वादशी ज्ञेया उपोष्यैषा महाफला
That twelfth day is to be known as fruitful; fasting on it yields great results.
द्वादश्यां विष्णुविद्धायां वासुदेवं प्रपूजयेत् 2.2.8.
On the twelfth day touched by Viṣṇu, one should duly worship Vāsudeva.
द्वादशी कामविद्धा चेन्मन्यते नाप्युपोषणम्
If the twelfth day is affected by desire (kāma), it is considered that fasting is not to be observed.