गुर्वीं राज्यधुरं तात त्वदीयामुद्धराम्यहम्
My son, I am lifting your heavy royal burden.
पितुर्वाक्यमकुर्वाणः कुर्वन्धर्मानधो व्रजेत्
He who does not carry out his father's command, though acting righteously, falls down.
एवमुक्ते तु वचने राजा हृष्टो बभूव ह
When these words were spoken, the king became delighted.
धर्माङ्गदो ऽपि दृष्टात्मा प्रजा आहूय चाब्रवीत्
Dharmāṅgada, self-controlled, summoned the people and spoke.
पितुर्वाक्यं मया कार्यं सर्वथा धर्ममिच्छता
Desiring righteousness, I must always carry out my father's command.
मयि दण्डधरे शास्ता न यमो भवति क्वचित्
When I, the wielder of punishment, am the ruler, Yama is never needed.
ब्रह्मार्पणप्रयोगेण यजनीयो जनार्दनः
By offering to Brahman, Janārdana should be worshipped.
येन वो ह्यक्षया लोका भवेयुर्नात्र संशयः
By this, you will surely attain imperishable worlds—of this there is no doubt.
ब्रह्मार्पणक्रियायुक्ता भवन्तु ज्ञानकोविदाः
Let those skilled in knowledge perform acts accompanied by offering to Brahman.
विशेषो हि मयाख्यातो भवतां ब्रह्मसंस्थितिः
I have explained to you in detail the special state of union with Brahman.
यदुपोष्यं हरिदिनं तदवश्यमिति स्थितिः
It is established that the day of Hari must certainly be observed.
न दिवा न च शर्वर्यां शेते धर्मां गदः सदा
He who is afflicted by righteousness never sleeps, neither by day nor by night.
पटहो रटते नित्यं मृगारिरिपुमस्तके
The drum resounds constantly on the head of the enemy of deer.
त्रिविधेषु च कार्येषु देवेशश्चिन्त्यतां हरिः
In all three kinds of actions, one should contemplate Hari, the Lord of the gods.
सूर्ये यो हि कृशाकाशे विसर्गे जगतां पतिः
He who is the Lord of the worlds, slender in form in the sun, at the time of dissolution—
स्वजातिविहितो ऽप्येवं सन्मार्गे चैव माधवः
Even if prescribed by one's own tradition, Mādhava is to be followed on the righteous path.
विनियोगस्तु तस्यैव सर्वकर्मसु युज्यते
The dedication of all actions is indeed to Him alone.
एवं धर्ममवाप्याथ पितां धर्माङ्गदस्य हि
Thus, having attained righteousness, the father of Dharmāṅgada—
उवाच भार्यां संहृष्टः स्थितां लक्ष्मीमिवापराम्
Spoke joyfully to his wife, who stood before him like another Lakṣmī.
उभयोर्जनितः पुत्रः शशाङ्कधवलः क्षितौ
A son was born to both, white as the moon, upon the earth.
सो ऽस्माभिरधिकं प्राप्तो मोक्षः सत्पुत्रसंभवः
Through him, we have attained a greater liberation—the birth of a virtuous son.
प्रतापिनि वरारोहे पितुर्मोक्षो गृहे ध्रुवम्
O splendid one with beautiful hips, the father's liberation in the house is assured.
पिता भवति चार्वङ्गि सत्कर्मकरणैः शुभैः
O lovely-limbed one, the father becomes so through auspicious and virtuous deeds.
सत्पुत्रः पितुरादाय भारमुद्वहते तु यः
A true son is he who takes up and bears his father's burden.
स्वेच्छाचरश्चाथ विशालनेत्रे विमुक्तपापो जनरक्षणाय
Then, acting according to his own will, O wide-eyed one, freed from sin, he protects the people.
सत्यमुक्तं त्वया राजन्पुत्रसौख्यात्परं सुखम्
What you have said is true, O king: there is no happiness greater than the happiness of a son.
तुल्यं भवति लोके ऽस्मिन् विष्ण्वाख्यस्य परस्य हि
In this world, nothing is equal to the supreme happiness called Viṣṇu.
मार्गी हिंसां परित्यज्य यज्ञैरिष्ट्वा जनार्दनम्
One who, abandoning violence, worships Janārdana with sacrifices—
एतन्न्याय्यं भवति भो न न्याय्यो मृगनिग्रहः
This is proper, O sir; the killing of animals is not just.
तथा विषयसेवा हि पितॄणां पुत्रिणां विदुः
In the same way, the wise say that a son should serve his parents.