समदेशे च वस्तूनां दाने पुण्यं समं वृषन्
When giving objects in the same place, O bull among men, the merit is likewise equal.
समे पात्रे समं पुण्यं वस्तूनां कर्तुरेव च
When the recipient is the same, the merit for the giver is equal, whatever the object.
यथा फलन्ति सस्यानि न्यूनान्यप्यधिकानि च
Just as crops yield fruit, whether less or more,
सामान्यदिवसे विप्रे दानं समफलं भवेत् चातुर्मास्यां पौर्णमास्यामनन्तफलमेव च
On an ordinary day, a gift to a brāhmaṇa yields equal fruit, but during the cāturmāsya or on the full moon, it yields infinite fruit.
ग्रहणे शशिनः कोटिगुणं च फलमेव च
At the lunar eclipse, the fruit is multiplied a crore-fold.
अक्षयायामक्षयं चाप्यसंख्यफलमुच्यते
And at the time of the inexhaustible (period), the result is said to be countless and imperishable.
यथा दाने तथा स्नाने जपे वै पुण्यकर्मसु 2.37.
Just as in giving, so also in bathing, recitation, and acts of merit.
सामान्यदेशे दानं च विप्रे समफलं भवेत्
In an ordinary place, giving to a Brahmin yields equal fruit.
गङ्गायां वै कोटिगुणं क्षेत्रे नारायणेऽव्ययम्
But in the Ganges, the fruit is a crore-fold, and in the field of Narayana, it is inexhaustible.
यथा च वै कोटिगुणं तथा वै विष्णुमन्दिरे
And just as it is a crore-fold, so also in the temple of Vishnu.
पुष्करे भास्करक्षेत्रे दशलक्षगुणं फलम्
At Pushkara and in the field of the Sun, the fruit is a hundred thousand times ten.
सामान्यब्राह्मणे दानं सममेव फलं लभेत्
Giving to an ordinary Brahmin yields the same fruit.
विष्णुमन्त्रोपासके च बुधे कोटिगुणं फलम्
But to a wise devotee engaged in Vishnu-mantra worship, the fruit is a crore-fold.
यथा दण्डेन सूत्रेण शरावेण जलेन च
Just as with a stick, a thread, a vessel, or with water—
तथैव कर्मसूत्रेण फलं धाता ददाति च
So too, by the thread of karma, the Creator bestows the fruit.
स विधाता विधातुश्च पातुः पाता जगत्त्रये
He is the Creator, the ordainer, the protector, and the sustainer of the three worlds.
महाविपत्तौ संसारे यः स्मरेन्मधुसूदनम् 2.37.
In great calamity, in the cycle of existence, whoever remembers Madhusudana—
इत्येवमुक्त्वा जीवश्च समालिङ्ग्य सुरेश्वरम्
Having thus spoken, the soul embraced the lord of the gods.
नारायण उवाच बृहस्पतिं पुरस्कृत्य सर्वैः सुरगणैः सह
Narayana said: With Brihaspati at their head, together with all the hosts of gods—
शीघ्रं गत्वा ब्रह्मलोकं दृष्ट्वा च कमलोद्भवम्
They quickly went to Brahma's world and saw the lotus-born one.
वृत्तान्तं कथयामास सुराचार्यो विधिं विभुम्
The preceptor of the gods related the events to the mighty Creator.
ब्रह्मोवाच बृहस्पतेश्च शिष्यस्त्वं सुराणामधिपः स्वयम्
Brahma said: You are the disciple of Brihaspati and yourself the lord of the gods.
मातामहस्ते दक्षश्च विष्णुभक्तः प्रतापवान्
His maternal grandfather is Daksha, a devoted follower of Vishnu and endowed with great power.
माता पतिव्रता यस्य पिता शुद्धो जितेन्द्रियः
His mother is devoted to her husband, and his father is pure and has mastered his senses.
जनः पैतृकदोषेण दोषान्मातामहस्य च
A person is affected by the faults of his father and also by those of his maternal grandfather.
सर्वान्तरात्मा भगवान्सर्वदेहेष्ववस्थितः
The Blessed Lord, the inner soul of all, abides within every body.
मनोऽहमिन्द्रियेशश्च ज्ञानरूपो हि शङ्करः
The mind, the lord of the senses, and knowledge itself are indeed forms of Shankara.
निद्रादयः शक्तयश्च ताः सर्वाः प्रकृतेः कलाः 2.38.
Sleep and other powers—all these are energies, portions of Nature.
आत्मनीशे गते देहात्सर्वे यान्ति ससंभ्रमात्
When the Lord of the self departs from the body, all [powers] hastily follow.
अहं शिवश्च शेषश्च विष्णुर्धर्मो महान्विराट्
I, Shiva, Shesha, Vishnu, Dharma, the Great One, and Virat—