यश्चाप्यतीव निःस्वः स्याद् भक्तिमान्माधवं प्रति पुष्पार्चनविधानेन स कुर्याद्वत्सरद्वयम्
And even one who is utterly destitute but devoted to Mādhava should perform this for two years by worship with flowers.
अनेन विधिना यस्तु विभूतिद्वादशीव्रतम् कुर्यात्पापविनिर्मुक्तः पितॄणां तारयेच्छतम्
Whoever, by this method, observes the Vibhūti Dvādaśī vow, becomes free from sin and delivers a hundred ancestors.
जन्मनां शतसाहस्रं न शोकफलभाग्भवेत् न च व्याधिर्भवेत्तस्य न दारिद्र्यं न बन्धनम् वैष्णवो वाथ शैवो वा भवेज्जन्मनि जन्मनि
For a hundred thousand births, one does not become subject to the fruit of sorrow; nor does disease befall him, nor poverty, nor bondage—whether he is a devotee of Vishnu or of Shiva, so it is in every birth.
यावद्युगसहस्राणां शतमष्टोत्तरं भवेत् तावत्स्वर्गे वसेद्ब्रह्मन् भूपतिश्च पुनर्भवेत्
For as many as one hundred and eight thousand ages, O Brahman, he dwells in heaven, and again becomes a king on earth.
पुरा रथंतरे कल्पे राजासीत्पुष्पवाहनः नाम्ना लोकेषु विख्यातस् तेजसा सूर्यसंनिभः
In the ancient Rāthantara kalpa, there was a king named Puṣpavāhana, renowned among the worlds, whose brilliance was like the sun.
तपसा तस्य तुष्टेन चतुर्वक्त्रेण नारद कमलं काञ्चनं दत्तं यथाकामगमं मुने
By his austerity, O Nārada, he pleased the Four-faced One, who gave him a golden lotus, which could go wherever he wished, O sage.
लोकैः समस्तैर् नगरवासिभिः सहितो नृपः द्वीपानि सुरलोकं च यथेष्टं व्यचरत्तदा
Accompanied by all the people and the city-dwellers, the king then freely roamed the islands and the world of the gods as he desired.
कल्पादौ सप्तमं द्वीपं तस्य पुष्करवासिनः लोके च पूजितं यस्मात् पुष्करद्वीपमुच्यते
At the beginning of the kalpa, the seventh island was inhabited by him, and because it was honored in the world, it is called Puṣkara Island.
देवेन ब्रह्मणा दत्तं यानमस्य यतो ऽम्बुजम् पुष्पवाहनमित्याहुस् तस्मात्तं देवदानवाः
Because the god Brahmā gave him a vehicle in the form of a lotus, the gods and demons therefore called him Puṣpavāhana.
नागम्यमस्यास्ति जगत्त्रये ऽपि ब्रह्माम्बुजस्थस्य तपो ऽनुभावात् पत्नी च तस्याप्रतिमा मुनीन्द्र नारीसहस्रैरभितो ऽभिनन्द्या नाम्ना च लावण्यवती बभूव सा पार्वतीवेष्टतमा भवस्य
There is nothing inaccessible to him, even in the three worlds, because of the power of his austerity while seated on Brahmā’s lotus. His wife, O chief of sages, was unrivaled, surrounded by thousands of women, named Lāvaṇyavatī, most beloved of Bhava, like Pārvatī.
तस्यात्मजानामयुतं बभूव धर्मात्मनाम् अग्र्यधनुर्धराणाम् तदात्मनः सर्वमवेक्ष्य राजा मुहुर्मुहुर् विस्मयमाससाद सो ऽभ्यागतं वीक्ष्य मुनिप्रवीरं प्राचेतसं वाक्यमिदं बभाषे
He had ten thousand sons, all righteous and foremost among archers. Observing all this, the king was repeatedly amazed. Seeing the eminent sage, the son of Pracetas, who had arrived, he spoke these words:
कस्माद्विभूतिर् अमलामरमर्त्यपूज्या जाता च सर्वविजितामरसुन्दरीणाम् भार्या ममाल्पतपसा परितोषितेन दत्तं ममाम्बुजगृहं च मुनीन्द्र धात्रा
Why has this pure glory arisen, honored by gods and mortals, victorious over all, and why do I, with little austerity, possess as wife the most beautiful among all women, and this lotus-palace given to me by the Creator, O chief of sages?
यस्मिन्प्रविष्टमपि कोटिशतं नृपाणां सामात्यकुञ्जररथौघजनावृतानाम् नो लक्ष्यते क्व गतमम्बरमध्य इन्दुस् तारागणैरिव गतः परितः स्फुरद्भिः
Even if a hundred million kings, with their ministers, elephants, chariots, and hosts of people, enter it, no one knows where they have gone, just as the moon disappears among the stars shining all around in the sky.
तस्मात्किमन्यजननीजठरोद्भवेन धर्मादिकं कृतमशेषफलाप्तिहेतुः भगवन्मयाथ तनयैर् अथवानयापि भद्रं यदेतदखिलं कथय प्रचेतः
Therefore, what is the cause of all this—whether from my own actions, or those of my sons, or of this lady? Tell me, O Pracetas, what is the auspicious reason for all these complete results?
मुनिरभ्यधादथ भवान्तरितं समीक्ष्य पृथ्वीपतेः प्रसभमद्भुतहेतुवृत्तम् जन्माभवत्तव तु लुब्धकुले ऽतिघोरे जातस्त्वमप्यनुदिनं किल पापकारी
Then the sage, observing the extraordinary and wondrous events that had occurred to the king, spoke: In a former birth, you were born in a family of hunters, exceedingly harsh, and you committed sinful acts daily.
वपुरप्यभूत्तव पुनः पुरुषाङ्गसंधिर् दुर्गन्धिसत्त्वभुजगावरणं समन्तात् न च ते सुहृन् न सुतबन्धुजनो न तातस् त्व् आदृक्स्वसा न जननी च तदाभिशस्ता
Your body was then that of a human, but joined with the limbs of animals, surrounded on all sides by foul-smelling serpents. You had no friends, no sons, no relatives, no father, no sister, nor mother—thus you were cursed.
अभिसंगता परमभीष्टतमा विमुखी महीश तव योषिदियम् अभूदनावृष्टिरतीव रौद्रा कदाचिदाहारनिमित्तमस्मिन् क्षुत्पीडितेनाथ तदा न किंचिद् आसादितं धान्यफलामिषाद्यम्
The woman you loved most turned away from you, O king; she became extremely hostile, like a terrible drought. Sometimes, tormented by hunger, you found nothing at all—no grain, fruit, or meat.
अथाभिदृष्टं महदम्बुजाढ्यं सरोवरं पङ्कपरीतरोधः पद्मान्यथादाय ततो बहूनि गतः पुरं वैदिशनामधेयम्
Then you saw a great lake filled with lotuses, though its banks were muddy. Taking many lotuses from there, you went to the city called Vaidiśa.
तन्मौल्यलाभाय पुरं समस्तं भ्रान्तं त्वयाशेषम् अहस् तदासीत् क्रेता न कश्चित्कमलेषु जातः श्रान्तो भृशं क्षुत्परिपीडितश्च
In order to sell those lotuses, you wandered throughout the entire city, but that day, no one was found to buy them. Exhausted and greatly afflicted by hunger, you sat down.
उपविष्टस्त्वमेकस्मिन् सभार्यो भवनाङ्गणे अथ मङ्गलशब्दश्च त्वया रात्रौ महाञ्श्रुतः
You sat with your wife in the courtyard of a house, and then, during the night, you heard a great auspicious sound.
सभार्यस्तत्र गतवान् यत्रासौ मङ्गलध्वनिः तत्र मण्डपमध्यस्था विष्णोरर्चावलोकिता
With his wife, he went there where that auspicious sound was heard; in the center of the pavilion, the image of Vishnu was beheld.
वेश्यानङ्गवती नाम विभूतिद्वादशीव्रतम् समाप्तौ माघमासस्य लवणाचलमुत्तमम्
A courtesan named Anangavati, having completed the Vibhuti Dvadashi vow, at the end of the month of Magha, at the excellent Lavana mountain—
निवेदयन्ती गुरवे शय्यां चोपस्करान्विताम् अलंकृत्य हृषीकेशं सौवर्णामरपादपम्
She informed her teacher, and having adorned a bed with its furnishings, she decorated Hrishikesha (Vishnu) with a golden wish-fulfilling tree.
तां तु दृष्ट्वा ततस्ताभ्याम् इदं च परिचिन्तितम् किमेभिः कमलैः कार्यं वरं विष्णुरलंकृतः
Seeing her, then those two reflected thus: 'What is the use of these lotuses? It is better that Vishnu is adorned.'
इति भक्तिस्तदा जाता दम्पत्योस्तु नराधिप तत्प्रसङ्गात्समभ्यर्च्य केशवं लवणाचलम् शय्या च पुष्पप्रकरैः पूजिता भूश्च सर्वतः
Thus, devotion arose at that time in the royal couple; on that occasion, having worshipped Keshava at Lavana mountain, the bed was honored with heaps of flowers, and the ground everywhere as well.
अथानङ्गवती तुष्टा तयोर्धनशतत्रयम् दीयतामादिदेशाथ कलधौतशतत्रयम्
Then Anangavati, being pleased, ordered that three hundred coins of wealth and three hundred garments washed with alkali be given to them.
न गृहीतं ततस्ताभ्यां बहुसत्त्वावलम्बनात् अनङ्गवत्या च पुनस् तयोरन्नं चतुर्विधम् आनीय व्याहृतं चात्र भुज्यतामिति भूपते
But they did not accept, relying on great virtue; then Anangavati again brought four kinds of food for them and said, 'Please eat this, O king.'
ताभ्यां तु तदपि त्यक्तं भोक्ष्यावो वै वरानने प्रसङ्गादुपवासेन तवाद्य सुखमावयोः
But they too declined that, saying, 'O beautiful one, because of this observance and fasting, today happiness is ours.'
जन्मप्रभृति पापिष्ठौ कुकर्माणौ दृढव्रते तत्प्रसङ्गात्तयोर्मध्ये धर्मलेशस्तु ते ऽनघ
From birth we have been most sinful, engaged in evil deeds with firm resolve; yet, because of this observance, a trace of righteousness has arisen between us, O sinless one.
इति जागरणं ताभ्यां तत्प्रसङ्गादनुष्ठितम् प्रभाते च तदा दत्ता शय्या सलवणाचला
Thus, because of that observance, they kept vigil; and in the morning, the bed with Lavana mountain was given.