सहस्रपापिनां स्नानाद्यत्पापं ते भविष्यति
—will obtain the merit of bathing in you, even if they are a thousandfold sinner.
पापिनां तु सहस्राणां शवस्पर्शेन यत्त्वयि
Whatever sin comes to you from the touch of corpses by thousands of sinners—
तत्रैव त्वमधिष्ठानं करिष्यस्यघमोचनम्
There itself you will establish a place for the removal of sin.
तत्तु तीर्थं भवेत्सद्यो यत्र तद्गुणकीर्तनम्
That place becomes a sacred ford immediately, wherever your virtues are praised.
रेणुप्रमाणवर्षं च देवेलोके वसेद् धुवम्
One who stays there for the time it takes a particle of dust to fall will surely dwell in the world of the gods.
समुत्सृजंति प्राणांश्च ते गच्छन्ति हरेः पदम्
Those who give up their lives there go to the abode of Hari.
लयं प्राकृतिकं ते च द्रक्ष्यंति चाप्य संख्यकम्
They will witness the dissolution of the elements, as well as the dissolution according to enumeration.
प्रयाति स च वैकुण्ठं यावदह्नः स्थितिस्त्वयि
He proceeds to Vaikuntha and remains there until the end of the day of Brahma.
तस्मै ददामि सारूप्यं करोमि तं च पार्षदम्
To him I grant resemblance in form, and I make him an attendant.
तस्मै ददामि सालोक्यं करोमि तं च पार्षदम् 9.11.
To him I grant residence in my world, and I make him an attendant.
तस्मै ददामि सालोक्यं यावद्वै ब्रह्मणो वयः
To him I grant residence in my world for as long as the age of Brahma lasts.
तस्मै ददामि सारूप्यमसंख्यं प्राकृतं लयम्
To him I grant resemblance in form and countless dissolutions into the elements.
सद्यः प्रयाति गोलोकं मम तुल्यो भवेद् धुवम्
He immediately attains Goloka and becomes equal to me, eternally.
मन्मंत्रोपासकानां तु नित्यं नैवेद्यभोजिनाम्
But those who worship me with my mantra and always partake of the food offered to me,
रत्नेंद्रसार यानेन गोलोकं संप्रयांति च
They journey to Goloka in a chariot adorned with the finest jewels.
प्रयांति रत्नयानेन गोलोकं चातिदुर्लभम्
They go by a jeweled chariot to Goloka, which is extremely difficult to attain.
जीवन्मुक्ताश्च ते पूता मद्भक्ते संविधानतः
They are liberated while living, purified, and established as my devotees.
स्तुहि गंगामिमां भक्त्या पूजां च कुरु सांप्रतम्
Now praise this Ganga with devotion and perform her worship at this very moment.
कौथुमोक्तेन ध्यानेन स्तोत्रेणापि पुनः पुनः
With the meditation and hymn prescribed by Kauthuma, again and again.
भगीरथश्च गंगा च सोंऽतर्धानं चकार ह केन ध्यानेन स्तोत्रेण केन पूजाक्रमेण च ।। 9.11.
Bhagiratha and Ganga both became invisible—by what meditation, by what hymn, and by what method of worship?
पूजां चकार नृपतिर्वद वेदविदां वर स्नात्वा नित्यक्रियां कृत्वा धृत्वा धौते च वाससी
Tell me, O best of those who know the Vedas, how the king performed the worship, having bathed, completed his daily rites, and donned clean garments.
संपूज्य देवषट्कं च संयतो भक्तिपूर्वकम्
Having worshipped the six deities with self-control and with devotion,
संपूज्य देवषट्कं च सोऽधिकारी च पूजने
Having worshipped the six deities, he became qualified for the act of worship.
वह्निं शौचाय विष्णुं च लक्ष्म्यर्थं पूजयेन्नरः
A man should worship fire for purity and Vishnu for the sake of Lakshmi.
संपूज्यैताँल्लभेत्प्राज्ञो विपरीतमतोऽन्यथा
The wise person, by worshipping these, attains the desired result; otherwise, the opposite occurs.
गङ्गोपाख्यानवर्णनम् श्रीनारायण उवाच श्वेतपंकजवर्णाभां गंगां पापप्रणाशिनीम्
Description of the story of the Ganga. Sri Narayana said: I praise Ganga, whose radiance is like a white lotus, who destroys sins.
कृष्णविग्रहसम्भूतां कृष्णतुल्यां परां सतीम्
She who arose from the form of Krishna, who is equal to Krishna, the supreme and virtuous one.
शरत्पूर्णेंदुशतकमृष्टशोभाकरां पराम्
She who shines with the brilliance of a hundred autumn full moons, supreme in splendor.
नारायणप्रियां शांतां तत्सौभाग्यसमन्विताम्
Beloved of Narayana, peaceful, endowed with his good fortune.
सिंदूरबिंदुललितं सार्धं चन्दनबिंदुभिः
Adorned with vermilion marks, together with dots of sandalwood paste.