आरोग्यं लभते चापि पुत्रपौत्रसमन्वयः
He also gains health and is blessed with sons and grandsons.
सर्वकामप्रदं नॄणामास्ते बालेन्दुदर्शनम्
The sight of the moon with a crescent grants all desires to people.
पूजयेत्साज्यसुमनेधर्मकामार्थसिद्धये
One should worship with ghee and flowers for the attainment of righteousness, desire, and wealth.
समभ्यर्च्य यथान्यायं पूजयेद्रक्तपुष्पकैः
After properly honoring, one should worship with red flowers.
ततः पूर्णं ताम्रपात्रं गाघृमैर्वापितण्डुलैः
Then, a full copper vessel should be offered, filled with ghee and rice grains.
एवं कृते व्रते विप्र साक्षात्सूर्य इवोदितः
When this vow is performed, O Brahmin, one rises like the sun itself.
इह कामान्वराम्भुक्त्वा यात्यन्ते ब्रह्मणः पदम्
Having enjoyed excellent pleasures here, one ultimately attains the abode of Brahman.
अथ फआल्गुनशुक्लाया द्वितीयायां द्विजोत्तमः
Next, on the second day of the bright fortnight of Phālguna, O best of twice-born,
पुष्पैर्वितानकं कृत्वा पुष्पालङ्करणैः शुभैः
One should make a canopy with flowers, adorned with auspicious floral decorations.
प्रसाद्य प्रणमेच्चैव साष्टाङ्गं पतितो भुवि
After pleasing, one should bow down, falling to the ground with eight limbs touching.
धनधान्यसमायुक्तो जीवेद्विर्षशतं ध्रुवम्
Endowed with wealth and grain, he will certainly live for two hundred years.
प्रोक्तं तदेव कृष्णासु कर्त्तव्यं विधिकोविदैः
This same rite should be performed in the dark fortnight by those skilled in ritual.
पूज्यते हि द्वितीयासु ब्रह्मचर्य्यादि पूर्ववत्
On the second day, worship is performed as before, with celibacy and other observances.
यानि सम्यग्विधायाशु नारी सौभाग्यमाप्नुयात्
Whatever a woman properly undertakes, she quickly attains good fortune.
सौवर्णा राजतीं वापि ताम्नीं वा मृण्ययीं द्विज
A container made of gold, silver, copper, or clay, O twice-born one,
दूर्वाकाण्डैश्च विधिवत्सोपवासा तु कन्यका
And with blades of sacred grass, according to the prescribed rite, the maiden should observe a fast.
द्विजभार्या भर्तृमतीः कन्यकां वा सुलक्षणाः
A twice-born man's wife who has a husband, or a maiden of good qualities,
रात्रौ जागरणं कुर्याद्व्रतसंपूर्तिकाम्यया
Should remain awake at night, desiring the completion of the vow.
धातुजां मृन्मयीं वा तु निक्षिपेच्च जलाशये
One should place an image made of metal or clay into a body of water.
धेनुद्वादशसंकल्पं दद्यादुत्सर्गसिद्धये
For the accomplishment of the offering, one should give twelve cows with due resolve.
स्त्रीणां यथा तथा नान्या विद्यते भुवनत्रये
For women, there is no other vow like this in all the three worlds.
लभते सर्वमेवेष्टं गौरीमभ्यर्च्य भक्तितः
By worshipping Gauri with devotion, one attains all desired things.
तिथिस्त्रोतायुगाद्या सा कृतस्याक्षयकारिणी
This observance, performed on the proper lunar day and time, brings inexhaustible merit.
शुक्ले पूर्वाह्निके ग्राह्ये कृष्णे चैव तपस्तथ
In the bright fortnight, it should be performed in the forenoon; in the dark fortnight, with austerity likewise.
तत्र राधतृतीयायां श्रीसमेतं जगद्गुरुम्
On that Radha-Trtiya, the preceptor of the world, accompanied by Sri, is to be worshipped.
यद्वा गङ्गांभसि स्नातो मुच्यते सर्वकिल्बिषैः
Or, having bathed in the water of the Ganga, one is freed from all sins.
सक्तून्संभोजयेद्विप्रान्स्वयमभ्यवहरेच्च तान्
One should feed the Brahmins with parched grain and partake of it oneself as well.
विष्णुलोकमवाप्नोति सर्वदेवनमस्कृतः
He attains the world of Vishnu, honored by all the gods.
तस्यां सभार्यं विधिवत्पूजयेद्वाह्मणोत्तमम्
On that day, together with his wife, he should properly worship an eminent Brahmin.
रंभाव्रतमिदं विप्र विधिवत्समुपाश्रितम्
O Brahmin, this is the Rambha vow, undertaken according to the prescribed rite.