स स्नातः सर्वतीर्थेषु गङ्गास्नानपुरःसरम्
He, having bathed in all the sacred waters, with the foremost being the bath in the Ganges,
स स्त्रातो ऽष्टशतं साग्रं गङ्गायां नात्र संशयः
He is purified for over eight hundred lifetimes in the Ganges; there is no doubt about this.
स कोटिकुलसंयुक्तो वसेद्वूह्यपुरे युगम्
He, joined with a multitude of families, dwells in the city of Vūhya for an age.
तस्य विष्णुः प्रसन्नात्मा सर्वान्कामान्प्रयच्छति
For him, Viṣṇu, with a gracious heart, grants all desires.
सर्वान्कामानवान्पोति सर्वेपापविवार्जितः
He attains all desires, and is entirely free from all sins.
तस्य प्रसन्नो देवेशः स्वलोकं संप्रयच्छति
For him, the lord of the gods, pleased, bestows his own realm.
स यातिब्रह्मसदनमन्येषामतिदुर्लभम्
He attains the abode of Brahma, exceedingly rare among others.
तस्य पुण्यफलं वक्तुं नाहं शक्तो ऽस्मि पण्डित
O learned one, I am not able to speak of the merit-fruit of his actions.
स एव रुद्रो भूपाल सर्वपापविवर्जितः
He himself becomes Rudra, O king, entirely free from all sins.
यस्तस्य पुण्यं संख्यातु न शक्तो ऽब्दशतैरपि
Even in hundreds of years, no one is able to enumerate his merit.
एकतः क्रतवः सर्वे समग्रवरदक्षिणाः
On one side are all sacrifices, complete with every best gift.
संरक्षति महीपाल यो विप्रं भयविह्वलम्
He who protects a Brahmin afflicted by fear, O king,
वस्त्रदो रुद्रभवनं कन्यादो ब्रह्मणः पदम्
The giver of cloth attains the abode of Rudra; the giver of a maiden attains the realm of Brahma.
यस्तु कन्यामलङ्कृत्य ददात्यध्यात्मवेदिने
He who, having adorned a maiden, gives her to one versed in spiritual knowledge,
कार्तिक्यां पौर्णमास्यां वा आषाढ्यां वापि भूपते
On the full moon of Kārtika or of Āṣāḍha, O king,
सत्पजन्मार्जितैः पापैर्विमुक्तो रुद्ररुपभाक्
Freed from sins acquired in noble births, he attains the form of Rudra.
शिवलिङ्गाङ्कितं कृत्वा महिषं यः समुत्सृजेत्
He who, marking a buffalo with the sign of the Śiva-liṅga, releases it,
ताम्बूलदानं यः कुर्याच्छक्तितो नृपसत्तम
He who gives betel according to his ability, O best of kings,
प्रयाति ब्रह्मसदनमिक्षुदाता नृपोत्तम
O best of kings, one who gives sugarcane goes to the abode of Brahma.
गुडेक्षुरसदश्चैव प्रयाति क्षीरसागरम्
And one who gives jaggery or sugarcane juice attains the ocean of milk.
विद्यादानेन सायुज्यं माधवस्य व्रजेन्नरः
By the gift of knowledge, a man attains union with Mādhava.
नरकादुद्धरन्त्येव जपवाहनदोहनात्
Indeed, by giving cows for recitation, riding, or milking, one is lifted from hell.
विद्यादानेन सायुज्यं विष्णोर्याति नृपोत्तम
By the gift of knowledge, O best of kings, one attains union with Viṣṇu.
शालग्रामशिलादानं महादानं प्रकीर्तितम्
The gift of a Śālagrāma stone is proclaimed as a great gift.
ब्रह्माण्ड कोटिदानेन यत्फलं लभते नरः
The fruit that a man obtains by giving ten million universes,
शालग्रामशिलादाने ततो ऽपि द्विगुणं फलम्
By giving a Śālagrāma stone, the fruit is twice as great as that.
यो ददाति नरो दानं गृहतां प्रभो
Whoever gives a gift, O Lord, from his own house,
रत्नान्वितसवर्णस्य प्रदानेन नृपोत्तम
O best of kings, by giving a golden vessel adorned with jewels,
नरो माणिक्यदानेन परं मोक्षमवान्पुयात्
A man, by giving a ruby, attains the highest liberation.
स्वर्गं विद्रुमदानेन रुद्रलोकमवान्पुयात्
By giving coral, he attains heaven; by giving pearls, he attains Rudra's realm.