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.
कृमिभिः शूलतुल्यैश्च तीक्ष्णदंष्ट्रैश्च भक्षितः
He is devoured by worms, sharp as spears and with fierce fangs.
षष्टिवर्षसहस्राणि विष्ठायां च कृमिर्भवेत् 4.8.
For sixty thousand years, he becomes a worm in excrement.
श्वापदः शतजन्मानि सृगालः सप्त जन्म च
He is born as a wild beast for a hundred lives, and as a jackal for seven births.
ततो भवेन्नरो मूको गलत्कुष्ठी सदातुरः
After that, he is born as a mute man, afflicted with leprosy and always suffering.
तदंते च भवेद्दस्युर्धर्महीनश्च गृध्रकः
At the end of that, he becomes a thief, devoid of righteousness, and a vulture.
ततो भवेद्देवलको ब्राह्मणश्च सदाऽशुचिः
After that, he becomes a Devalaka, and a Brahmin who is always impure.
तावद्धनानि वा दद्याद्यद्भुक्तं द्विगुणं भवेत्
He should give wealth equal to what was consumed, or twice that amount.
कुर्याद्द्वादशसंख्याकान्यथार्थं तद्व्रते नरः व्रतोपवासपूजानां विधानमकृते च यत्
He should perform twelve acts of atonement for that offense, if the prescribed rites of vow, fasting, and worship were not done.
नारद उवाच जगाम स्वगृहं नन्दः किं चकार महां प्रभुः
Nārada said: Nanda went to his own house; what did the great Lord do?
किञ्चकार हरिस्तत्र कतिवर्षस्थितिः प्रभोः
What did Hari do there, and for how many years did the Lord remain?
पुरा कृता या प्रतिज्ञा गोलोके राधया सह
What was the promise once made in Goloka together with Rādhā?
कीदृग्वृन्दावनं नाम मण्डलं किंविधं वद
Describe the nature of the place called Vṛndāvana, and its circle—what is it like?
नन्दस्तपः किञ्चकार यशोदा चाथ रोहिणी
What austerity did Nanda perform, and what did Yaśodā and Rohiṇī do?
पीयूषखंडमाख्यानमपूर्वं श्रीहरेः स्मृतम्
Tell the unprecedented story of Śrī Hari, remembered as the nectar-fragment.
स्वरासमण्डलक्रीडां वर्णय स्वयमेव च
Describe the play in the circle of the highest realm, in your own words.
श्रीकृष्णांशो भवान्साक्षाद्योगींद्राणां गुरोर्गुरुः
You are directly a portion of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the guru of the gurus of the yogi-lords.
त्वयैव वर्णितौ पादौ विलीनौ तु युवां हरेः
It is you alone who have described the two feet, which have now merged into Hari.
नरश्च कार्त्तिकेयश्च श्रीकृष्णांशा वयं नव ।।4.9.
Nara and Kārttikeya, and we nine are all portions of Śrī Kṛṣṇa.
अहो गोलोकनाथस्य महिमा केन वर्ण्यते
Oh, who can describe the greatness of the Lord of Goloka?
सूकरो वामनः कल्किर्बौद्धः कपिलमीनकौ
The Boar, the Dwarf, Kalki, Buddha, Kapila, and the Fish,