एकादशीं ये कुर्वन्ति कृष्णजन्माष्टमीव्रतम् । शतजन्मकृतात्पापान्मुच्यन्ते नात्र संशयः
Those who observe the Ekadashi and the vow of Krishna's birth on Ashtami are freed from sins committed over a hundred lifetimes; there is no doubt about this.
यद्बालये यच्च कौमारे वार्धके यच्च यौवने । भस्मीभूतानि कुर्वन्ति पातकानि कृतानि च
Whatever sins are committed in childhood, youth, old age, or adolescence, are reduced to ashes by these observances.
एकादशीदिने भुङ्क्ते कृष्णजन्माष्टमीव्रते । त्रैलोक्यजनितं पापं सोऽपि भुङ्क्ते न संशयः
Whoever eats on the day of Ekadashi or during the vow of Krishna's birth on Ashtami certainly partakes of the sins generated in the three worlds; there is no doubt.
आतुरे नियमो न स्यादपि वृद्धे च बालके । भक्तस्य द्विगुणं दत्त्वा ब्राह्मणाय शुचिर्भवेत्
For the sick, the elderly, and children, the rule does not apply; by giving double to a Brahmin, the devotee becomes pure.
यो भुङ्क्ते शिवरात्रौ च श्रीरामनवमीदिने । उपवासे समर्थश्च स महारौरवं व्रजेत्
Whoever eats on Shiva's night or on the day of Rama's birth, though capable of fasting, will go to the great hell called Maharaurava.
कुहूपूर्णेन्दुसंक्रान्तिचतुर्दश्यष्टमीषु च । नरश्चाण्डालयोनिः स्यात्स्त्रीतैलमांससेवनात्
On the days of new moon, full moon, solstice, fourteenth, and eighth lunar days, a person is born in a low caste if a woman consumes oil or meat.
मत्स्यं मांसं मसूरं च कांस्यपात्रे च भोजनम् । आर्द्रकं रक्तशाकं च रवौ च परिवर्जयेत्
One should avoid eating fish, meat, lentils, food served in bronze vessels, ginger, red leafy vegetables, and eating during the daytime.
अन्यथा नरकं याति कुम्भीपाकं न संशयः । रजस्वरान्नं वेश्यान्नं मदिरान्नं व्रजेश्वर
Otherwise, one certainly goes to the hell called Kumbhipaka; food from a menstruating woman, a prostitute, or intoxicating food, O Lord of Vraja.
यो भुङ्क्ते ब्राङ्मणो दैवाद्विड्भोजी स भवेद्ध्रुवम् । यदह्ना कुरुते कर्म न तस्य फलभाग्भवेत्
A Brahmin who eats food from a lower caste, even by accident, certainly becomes one who eats excrement; whatever action he performs that day, he does not obtain its fruit.
स भवेदशुचिर्नित्यं भस्मान्तं तस्य सूतकम् । नारी वेश्या प्रतिज्ञेया चतुष्पुरुषगामिनी
He becomes perpetually impure, his impurity lasting until cremation; a woman who goes to four men is to be known as a prostitute.
पाके च पितृदेवानामधिकारो न तद्भवेत् । यद्ग्रामयाजिनामन्नं शूद्रश्राद्धान्नभोजनम्
He does not have the right to cook for the ancestors or the gods; nor to eat food from village priests or food offered at a Shudra's funeral.
भुक्त्वा च नरकं याति यावच्चन्द्रदिवाकरौ । शूद्राणां श्राद्धदिवसे तदन्नं भुञ्जते द्धिजाः
After eating such food, one goes to hell as long as the moon and sun endure; Brahmins who eat that food on the day of a Shudra's funeral.
कुम्भीपाके च पच्यन्ते यावद्वै ब्रह्मणः शतम् । यः शूद्रेणाभ्यनुज्ञातो भुङ्क्ते श्राद्धदिनेऽन्यतः
They are cooked in the hell Kumbhipaka for a hundred years of Brahma; whoever, permitted by a Shudra, eats elsewhere on the day of a funeral.
सुरापीति स विज्ञेयः सर्वधर्मबहिष्कृतः । असिजीवी मषीजीवी देवलो वृषवाहकः
He is to be known as a drinker of liquor, excluded from all duties; one who lives by the sword, by ink, a temple priest, or a bull driver.
शूद्राणां शवदाही च यो हि शूद्रापतिद्धिजः । स शूद्रवद्वहिष्कार्यस्तदन्नं विट्समं सताम्
A Brahmin who cremates Shudras or is the leader of Shudras should be expelled like a Shudra; such food is considered impure for the virtuous.
नोपतिष्ठति यः पूर्वां नोपास्ते यस्तु पश्चिमाम् । स शूद्रवद्बहिष्कार्यः सवंस्माद्द्विजकर्मणः ।। ७० संध्याहीनोऽशुचिर्नित्यमनर्हः सर्वकर्मसु । यदह्नाकुरुते कर्म न तस्य फलभाग्भवेत्
Whoever does not perform the morning or evening rituals should be expelled like a Shudra from all Brahminical duties; one without the twilight worship is always impure and unfit for all rites; whatever action he performs that day, he does not obtain its fruit.
वाममन्त्रोपासकश्च ब्राह्माणो नरकं व्रजेत् । नदीगर्भे च गर्ते च दृक्षमूले जलान्तिके
A Brahmin who worships with left-handed mantras goes to hell; likewise, one who relieves himself in a river, a pit, at the root of a tree, or near water.
देवान्तिके सस्यभूमौ पुरीषं नोत्सृजेद्बुधः । वल्मीकमूषकोत्खातां मृदमन्तर्जलां तथा
A wise person should not excrete near the gods, in a field of crops, or on an anthill, in a mouse hole, or in muddy water.
शौचावशिष्टां गेहाच्च नाऽऽदद्याल्लेपसंभवाम् । अन्तःप्राणिपिपील्यां च हलोत्खातां व्रजेश्वर
O lord of Vraja, one should not take earth that remains after cleaning, nor earth from a house that is tainted, nor earth inhabited by insects or creatures within, nor earth that has been dug up by a plough.
आलवालोत्थितां चैव सस्यक्षेत्रोत्थितां तथा । वृक्षमूलोत्थितां नन्द नदीगर्भोत्थितां तथा
Likewise, O Nanda, one should not take earth that has sprouted with grass, nor earth from a cultivated field, nor earth from the root of a tree, nor earth from the bed of a river.
परित्यजेन्मृदस्त्वेताः सकलाः शौचसाधने । कूष्माण्डघातिका या स्त्री दीवनिर्वाणकः पुमान्
All these types of earth should be completely abandoned for the purpose of purification; a woman who crushes gourds, a man who extinguishes lamps—
सप्तजन्म भवेद्रोगी दरिद्रो जन्मजन्मनि । प्रदीपं शिवलिङ्गंच शालग्रामं मणिंतथा
—such a person will be diseased for seven births, and poor in every birth. One should not abandon a lamp, a Śivaliṅga, a Śālagrāma stone, or a gem—
प्रतिमां यज्ञसूत्रं च सुवर्ण शङ्खमेव च । हीरकं च तथा मुक्तां गोमूत्रं गोमयं घृतम्
—nor an image, a sacred thread, gold, a conch, a diamond, a pearl, cow urine, cow dung, or ghee.
शालग्रामशिलातोयं भूमौ त्यक्त्वा व्रजेदधः । दरिद्रः कृपणः कुष्ठी वंशहीनोऽप्यभार्यकः
If someone abandons water from a Śālagrāma stone on the ground, he will go to hell: he becomes poor, miserable, afflicted with leprosy, without lineage, and without a wife.
भूमिहीनः प्रजाहीनो बन्धुहीनश्च कुत्सितः । अन्धः पङ्गुर्वा खर्वश्च खञ्जश्चैवाङ्गहीनकः
He becomes landless, childless, friendless, and contemptible; blind, lame, dwarfish, crippled, or without limbs.
भवेत्कमेण पापी स ह्येतान्भूमौ त्यजेतु यः । दिवसे संध्ययोर्निद्रां स्त्रीसंभोगं करोति यः
Gradually, he becomes sinful—whoever abandons these things on the ground. Whoever sleeps or engages in intercourse with a woman at the two twilights—
सप्तजन्म भवेद्रोगी दरिद्रः सप्तजन्मसु । उदिते जगतीनाथे यः कुर्याद्दन्तधावनम्
—will be diseased for seven births, and poor for seven births. Whoever brushes his teeth at sunrise, the lord of the worlds—
स पापिष्ठः कथं ब्रूते पूजयामि जनार्दनम् । मृद्भस्मगोसकृत्विण्डैस्तथा बालुकयाऽपि वा
—such a great sinner, how can he say, 'I worship Janārdana'? Whether with earth, ashes, cow dung, or even with sand—
कृत्वा लिङ्कं सकृत्पूजय वसेत्कल्पशतं दिवि । सहस्रपूजनात्सोऽपि लभते वाञ्छितं फलम्
—if one makes a liṅga and worships it even once, he will dwell in heaven for a hundred ages; by a thousand worships, he attains his desired result.
लक्षं च पूजयेद्यस्तु शिवत्वं लभते ध्रुवम् । जीवन्मुक्तो भवेद्विप्रो लिङ्गमभ्यर्चयेतु यः
Whoever worships a hundred thousand times surely attains the state of Śiva. A brāhmaṇa who worships the liṅga becomes liberated while living.