अंशुमाँस्तस्य पुत्रश्च गङ्गानयनकारणात्
Aṃśumān was his son, who acted for the purpose of bringing the Ganges.
भगीरथस्तस्य पुत्रो महाभागवतः सुधीः
Bhagīratha, his son, was a great devotee and wise.
तपः कृत्वा लक्षवर्षं गङ्गानयनकारणात्
He performed austerity for a hundred thousand years for the purpose of bringing the Ganges.
द्विभुजं मुरलीहस्तं किशोरं गोपवेषकम्
He saw a youth with two arms, holding a flute, dressed as a cowherd.
स्वेच्छामयं परं ब्रह्म परिपूर्णतमं विभुम्
That supreme Brahman, full and sovereign, was formed by its own will.
निर्लिप्तं साक्षिरूपं च निर्गुणं प्रकृतेः परम्
Unattached, witness-like, beyond qualities, transcending nature.
वह्निशुद्धां शुकाधानं रत्नभूषणभूषितम् 2.10.
Purified by fire, placed in Śuka, adorned with jeweled ornaments.
लीलया च वरं प्राप्य वाञ्छितं वंशतारकम्
By his play, he attained the desired boon, the savior of the lineage.
तं प्रणम्य प्रतस्थौ च तत्पुरः संपुटाञ्जलिः कुर्वतीं स्तवनं दिव्यं पुलकाञ्चितविग्रहाम्
Having bowed to him, she departed, with hands joined before him, performing divine praise, her body thrilled.
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच
Śrī Kṛṣṇa spoke:
सगरस्य सुतान्सर्वान्पूतान्कुरु ममाज्ञया
By my command, purify all the sons of Sagara.
बिभ्रतो दिव्यमूर्त्तिं ते दिव्यस्यन्दनगामिनः
They bear divine forms, riding in celestial chariots.
कर्मभोगं समुच्छिद्य कृतं जन्मनि जन्मनि
Having ended the enjoyment of actions, accomplished in birth after birth.
गंगायाः स्पर्शवातेन नश्यतीति श्रुतौ श्रुतम्
It is heard in scripture that by the touch and wind of the Ganges, they perish.
मौसलस्नानमात्रेण सामान्यदिवसे नृणाम्
By merely bathing on the day of Mausalā, for people,
यानि कानि च पापानि ब्रह्महत्यादिकानि च
Whatever sins there are, including killing a Brahmin,
तानि सर्वाणि नश्यन्ति मौसलस्नानतो नृणाम् 2.10.
All those are destroyed for people by bathing on Mausalā day.
केचिद्वदन्ति ते देवि फलमेव यथागमम्
Some say, O goddess, that the result is just as declared in scripture.
सामान्यदिवसस्नानसङ्कल्पं शृणु सुन्दरि
Listen, O beautiful one, to the resolve for bathing on an ordinary day.
ततस्त्रिंशद्गुणं पुण्यं रविसंक्रमणे दिने
Then, on the day of the sun's transit, the merit becomes thirty times greater.
ततो दशगुणं पुण्यं नराणामुत्तरायणे
After that, during Uttarayana, the merit for people is ten times greater.
अक्षयायां च तत्तुल्यं नैतद्वेदे निरूपितम्
On Akshaya day, it is equal, but this is not established in the Vedas.
सामान्यदिवसे स्नानं ध्यानाच्छतगुणं फलम्
On an ordinary day, the fruit of bathing with meditation is a hundred times greater.
माघस्य सितसप्तम्यां भीष्माष्टम्यांतथैव च
On the bright seventh of Magha, and likewise on Bhishma Ashtami,
ततोऽपि द्विगुणं पुण्यं नन्दायां तव दुर्लभम्
Even greater, twice the merit, is found on Nanda, which is rare for you.
नन्दासमं च वारुण्यां महत्पूर्वं चतुर्गुणम्
Equal to Nanda is Varuni, and previously, the merit is four times greater.
पुण्यं कोटिगुणं चैव सामान्यस्नानतो भवेत् 2.10.
The merit becomes ten million times greater than an ordinary bath.
पुण्येऽप्यर्द्धोदये काले ततः शतगुणं फलम्
Even at the time of partial sunrise, the fruit is a hundred times greater.
फलसन्धानरहिता जीवन्मुक्ताश्च वैष्णवाः
Those who are Vaishnavas, liberated while living, are without desire for fruit.
गुरुवक्त्राद्विष्णुमन्त्रो यस्य कर्णे विशेत्परः
When the supreme Vishnu mantra enters the ear from the mouth of the guru,