प्रभाते चाह्निकं कृत्वा संपूज्य श्रीहरिं मुदा
In the morning, after performing daily rites, one should joyfully worship Shri Hari.
वेदार्थं च समालोच्य संहितां च पुरातनीम्
One should reflect on the meaning of the Vedas and the ancient Samhita.
उपवासे जागरणे व्रते किं वा फलं मुने 4.8.
O sage, what is the fruit of fasting, keeping vigil, or observing a vow?
स एव मुख्यकालश्च तत्र जातः स्वयं हरिः
At that very principal time, Hari himself was born there.
जयं पुण्यं च कुरुते जयंती तेन संस्मृता
He brings victory and merit; for this reason, that day is called Jayanti.
सर्वापवादः कालोऽयं प्रधानः सर्वसंमतः
This time removes all reproach and is considered supreme and universally accepted.
तत्र जागरणं कृत्वा यश्चोपोष्य व्रतं चरेत्
Whoever keeps vigil there and observes the vow after fasting—
वर्जनीया प्रयत्नेन सप्तमीसहिताष्टमी अविद्धायां कऋक्षायां जातो देवकिनंदनः
One must carefully avoid the eighth day joined with the seventh; for on the pure, unblemished eighth, the son of Devaki was born.
वेदवेदांगगुप्तेतिविशिष्टं मंगलक्षणे
It is marked as auspicious, being especially protected by the Veda and its branches.
तिथ्यंते च हरिं स्मृत्वा कृत्वा देवार्चनं व्रती
At the end of the lunar day, remembering Hari and having worshipped the gods, the vow-holder should act.
उपवासांगभूतं च फलदं सिद्धिकारणम्
It is considered a part of the fast, brings reward, and is the cause of success.
अन्यथा फलहानिः स्यात्कृते धारणपारणे
Otherwise, if the rules of restraint and breaking the fast are not followed, the result is lost.
निशायां पारणं कुर्याद्वर्जयित्वा महानिशाम् 4.8.
One should break the fast at night, except during the great night.
सर्वेषां संमतं कुर्यादृते वै रोहिणी व्रतम्
One should perform it as accepted by all, except for the Rohini vow.
न कुर्याद्गर्भवासं च तत्र कृत्वा व्रतं व्रती
Having performed the vow, the observer should not engage in conception there.
भवेद्बुधेंदुसंयुक्ता प्राजापत्यर्क्षसंयुता
It should be done when the moon is joined with Mercury, or with the constellation of Prajapati.
व्रतं तत्र व्रती कुर्यात्पुंसां कोटिं समुद्धरेत्
There, the observer of the vow should perform it, and uplift ten million men.
कृतेनैवोपवासेन प्रीतो भवति माधवः
By the very act of fasting, Mādhava becomes pleased.
फलं ददाति दैत्यारिर्जयन्तीव्रतसंभवम्
The enemy of the Daityas grants the fruit arising from the Jayantī vow.
कुर्वाणो वित्तशाठ्यं च लभते सदृशं फलम्
One who acts with deceit regarding wealth attains a result accordingly.
हन्यात्पुराकृतं पुण्यं चोपवासार्जितं फलम्
He destroys the merit previously earned and the fruit gained by fasting.
तस्मात्प्रयत्नतः कुर्यात्तिथिभांते च पारणम्
Therefore, one should carefully break the fast at the end of the lunar day.
तृतीयेऽह्नि मुनिश्रेष्ठ पारणं कुरुते बुधः 4.8.
On the third day, O best of sages, the wise one breaks the fast.
लभते ब्रह्महत्यां च तत्र भुक्त्वा च नारद
Having eaten at that time, O Nārada, one incurs the sin of killing a Brāhmaṇa.
पुंसामभक्ष्यं शुद्धानामोदनस्य च का कथा
What then of eating pure rice, when even the food forbidden to men is involved?
नाडीनां तदुभे सन्ध्ये दिवसाद्यंतसंज्ञिते
At the junctions of the nāḍīs, which are called the beginnings and ends of the day.
शतजन्मकृतात्पापान्मुच्यते नात्र संशयः
One is freed from sins committed in a hundred births—there is no doubt of this.
सप्तजन्मकृतात्पापान्मुच्यते नात्र संशयः
One is freed from sins committed in seven births—there is no doubt of this.
स भवेन्मातृगामी च ब्रह्महत्याशतं लभेत्
He becomes one who approaches his mother, and incurs the sin of killing a hundred Brahmins.
अनर्हश्चाशुचिः शश्वद्दैवे पित्र्ये च कर्मणि
He is unworthy and impure, always so, in both divine and ancestral rites.