स याति ब्रह्मभुवनं कुलत्रयसमन्वितः
He attains the realm of Brahma, accompanied by three generations of his family.
क्षणार्द्धं तस्य छायायां तिष्टन्स्वर्गं नयत्यमुम्
Standing in its shade for half a moment, he is led to heaven.
तडागग्रामकर्त्तारः पूज्यन्ते हरिणा सह
Those who create ponds or villages are honored together with Hari.
कुर्वते देवतार्थं वा तेषां पुण्यफलं शृणु
Hear the merit of those who do such works for the sake of the gods.
तावद्वर्षाणि नाकस्थो मोदते कुलकोटिभिः
He delights in heaven for as many years as there are tens of millions in his lineage.
प्रयान्ति ब्रह्मणः स्थानं युगानामेकसत्पतिम्
They reach the abode of Brahma, the single lord of the ages.
तेषां पुण्यफलं राजन्वदतो मे निशामय
O King, listen as I declare to you the merit gained by those acts.
वसेत्कल्पशतं साग्रं नारायणपदं नृप
He dwells for a full hundred ages in the abode of Nārāyaṇa, O King.
गङ्गामृतिकया चैव तस्य पुण्यफलं शृणु
Now hear the merit obtained by offering the nectar-like water of the Gaṅgā.
संगीयमानचरितो मोदते विष्णुंमदिरे
One whose deeds are sung rejoices, intoxicated with Viṣṇu’s delight.
तावन्ति ब्रह्महत्यादिपातकानि हतानि च
So many sins, including the killing of a brāhmaṇa and other grave offenses, are destroyed.
क्षीरोदवासिना सार्द्धं वसेदाचन्द्रतारकम्
He dwells with the Lord who abides in the Milk Ocean, as long as the moon and stars endure.
स याति ब्रह्मसदने कुलत्रितयतसंयुतः
He goes to the abode of Brahmā, accompanied by three generations of his lineage.
स वसेद्विष्णुभवने यावदाभूतसंप्लवम्
He dwells in Viṣṇu’s mansion until the dissolution of all beings.
सो ऽप्येकविंशतिकुलैर्मोदते विष्णुमन्दिरे
He rejoices in Viṣṇu’s temple together with twenty-one generations of his family.
न तस्य पुनरावृत्तिर्विष्णुलोकान्नरेश्वर
There is no return for him from Viṣṇu’s world, O Lord of men.
कुलायुतयुतः सो ऽपि मोदते वैष्णवे पदे
He rejoices in the Vaiṣṇava realm with tens of thousands of his lineage.
कुलायुतायुतयुतः सो ऽपि विष्णुपुरे वसेत्
He dwells in Viṣṇu’s city with hundreds of thousands of his family.
कुलकोटियुतो राजन्सायुज्यं लभते हरेः
O King, endowed with millions of his lineage, he attains union with Hari.
विष्णोः सायुज्यकं तस्य भवेत्युलशतायुतैः
He attains union with Viṣṇu, along with countless hundreds of thousands.
नालिकेरोदकैर्विष्णुं स्नापयेत्तत्फलं शृणु
Hear now the fruit of bathing Viṣṇu with coconut water.
शतद्वयकुलैर्युक्तो मोदते विष्णुना सह
He rejoices with Viṣṇu, accompanied by two hundred families.
केशवं लक्षपितृभिः सार्द्धं विष्णुपदं व्रजेत्
He reaches Viṣṇu’s abode with Keśava and a hundred thousand ancestors.
स्नापयित्वा हरिं भक्त्या वैष्णवं पदमान्पुयात्
Having bathed Hari with devotion, he attains the Vaiṣṇava realm.
सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तो विष्णुना सह मोदते
Freed from all sins, he rejoices together with Vishnu.
स वसेद्विष्णुसदने त्रिसत्पपुरुषैः सह
He dwells in the abode of Vishnu along with three hundred virtuous men.
शुक्लपक्षे चतुर्द्दश्यामष्टम्यां पूर्णिमादिने
On the fourteenth day of the bright fortnight, on the eighth day, and on the day of the full moon,
सोमसूर्योपरागे च मन्वादिषुयुगादिषु
During lunar and solar eclipses, at the beginning of Manus and Yugas,
तथैव शनिरो हिण्यां भौमाश्विन्यां तथैव च
Likewise, on the new moon with Saturn, and on Tuesday in the Ashvini constellation, so too,
तथा बुधानुराधायां श्रवणार्के तथैव च
Similarly, on Wednesday in the Anuradha constellation, and during the solar month of Shravan, likewise,