उष्णेच्छायां प्रगृह्णंति गावो देवद्विजातयः। कर्तुः पितृगणानां च स्वर्गो भवति चाक्षयः
Cows, gods, and twice-born ones find comfort in its shade and warmth; for the one who plants it, and for the hosts of ancestors, heaven becomes inexhaustible.
कर्तुं स्वस्थस्य वै विघ्नमक्षयत्वान्न शक्यते। तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन रोपयेद्वृक्षमाधवम्
Obstacles cannot hinder the merit of one who plants while in good health, for its reward is imperishable; therefore, with all effort, one should plant a noble tree.
एकं वृक्षं समारोप्य नरः स्वर्गान्न हीयते। तस्मादेव महावृक्षं रोपयध्वं द्विजोत्तमाः
By planting a single tree, a person does not fall from heaven; therefore, O best of twice-born, plant great trees.
जलानां निकटे रम्ये रसानां क्रयविक्रये। मार्गे जलाशये वृक्षान्रोपयेद्यो महाशयः
Whoever plants trees near water, in pleasant places, at sites of trade in juices, or along the road by a reservoir, is truly noble.
अश्वत्थादीन्समारोप्य स्वर्गं याति मनोरमम्। अर्चयित्वा तु यत्पुण्यं प्रवक्ष्यामि द्विजातयः
By planting trees such as the aśvattha, one attains delightful heaven; now, O twice-born, I will declare the merit of worshipping it.
स्नात्वाश्वत्थं स्पृशेद्यस्तु सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते। अस्नातो यः स्पृशेन्मर्त्यो लभते स्नानजं फलम्
Whoever, having bathed, touches the aśvattha is freed from all sins; even one who touches it without bathing gains the fruit of bathing.
दृष्ट्वा च नाशयेत्पापं स्पृष्ट्वा लक्ष्मीं प्रपद्यते। प्रदक्षिणे भवेदायुः सदाश्वत्थ नमोस्तु ते
By seeing it, one destroys sin; by touching it, one attains prosperity; by circumambulating, one gains long life—O aśvattha, I bow to you.
चलद्दलाय वृक्षाय सदा विष्णुस्थिताय च। बोधिसत्वाय योग्याय सदाश्वत्थ नमोस्तु ते
To you, O tree with trembling leaves, in whom Viṣṇu always abides, worthy for the awakened, I ever offer my reverence—O aśvattha, I bow to you.
अश्वत्थाय तु हव्यं तु पयो नैवेद्यमेव च। पुष्पं धूपं दीपकं च दत्वा स्वर्गान्न हीयते
By offering oblations, milk, food, flowers, incense, and lamps to the aśvattha, one does not fall from heaven.
सपुत्रं चाक्षयं विद्धि धनवृद्धियशस्करम्। विजयं मानदं भद्रमश्वत्थस्य प्रपूजनम्
Know that worship of the aśvattha brings undying prosperity with sons, increases wealth and fame, grants victory, honor, and well-being.
यज्जप्तं च हुतं स्तोत्रं यन्त्रमंत्रादिकं च यत्। सर्वं कोटिगुणं प्रोक्तं मूले चलदलस्य च
Whatever is recited, offered, praised, or performed with devices and mantras, all is said to yield ten million times the merit at the foot of the trembling-leaved tree.
यस्य मूले स्थितो विष्णुर्मध्ये तिष्ठति शंकरः। अग्रभागे स्थितो ब्रह्मा कस्तं जगति नार्चयेत्
At its root stands Viṣṇu, in the middle abides Śaṃkara, and at the top is Brahmā—who in the world would not worship such a one?
सोमवारे त्वमायां च स्नानं यन्मौनिना कृतम्। दानस्य गोसहस्रस्य फलं चाश्वत्थवंदने
On Monday, the silent one's bath performed there, and the worship of the aśvattha, yields the fruit of giving a thousand cows.
सप्तप्रदक्षिणेनैव गवामयुतजं फलम्। प्रचुराल्लक्षकोटिश्च तस्मात्कार्या हि सा सदा
By seven circumambulations alone, one gains the fruit of ten thousand cows; and by many more, hundreds of millions—therefore, it should always be done.
यत्किंचिद्दीयते तत्र फलमूलजलादिकम्। सर्वं तच्चाक्षयफलं जन्मजन्मसु जायते
Whatever is given there—roots, fruits, water, or anything else—all that yields inexhaustible fruit, birth after birth.
अहोश्वत्थसमो नास्ति वृक्षरूपी हरिर्भुवि। यथा पूज्यो द्विजो लोके यथा गावो यथामराः
There is no tree on earth like the aśvattha, which is Hari in tree form; just as the twice-born, cows, and gods are to be revered in the world,
तथाश्वत्थवृक्षरूपी देवः पूज्यतमः स्मृतः। रोपणे रक्षणे स्पर्शे पूजाकर्मणि वै सदा
So too, the god in the form of the aśvattha tree is considered most worthy of worship—always in planting, protecting, touching, and in acts of worship.
ददाति वित्तं पुत्रांश्च स्वर्गं मोक्षं पुनः क्रमात्। किंचिच्छेदं तु यः कुर्यादश्वत्थस्य तनौ नरः
He gives wealth, sons, heaven, and liberation in due order; but if a person cuts even a little from the body of the aśvattha—
कल्पैकं निरयं भुक्त्वा चांडालादौ प्रजायते। मूलच्छेदेन तस्यैव स च यात्यपुनर्भवम्
After experiencing a single age in hell, one is born among outcastes such as the Chandala; by uprooting the cause of that, he attains non-return.
पुरुषास्तस्य तिष्ठंति रौरवे घोरदर्शने। अश्वत्थस्यैकवृक्षस्य रोपणे यत्फलं भवेत्
Men remain there in the dreadful hell called Raurava; the fruit gained by planting a single Ashvattha tree is as follows.
तथैव चंपकेर्के च त्रयाणां रोपणेपि च। अष्टौ बिल्वस्य वृक्षाश्च न्यग्रोधाश्चैव सप्त च
Likewise, by planting a Champaka or an Arka tree, and by planting three of them; eight Bilva trees, and also seven Nyagrodha trees—
निंबस्य दशवृक्षाश्च फलं चैषां समं भवेत्। एकैकस्य फलं चोक्तं वृक्षाणां रोपणे द्विजाः
And ten Neem trees—the fruit of these is the same; the fruit of planting each tree has been declared, O twice-born.
एवं बुध्वा तु धर्मात्मा यः कुर्यात्कृत्रिमं वनम्। कल्पकोटिसहस्राणि कल्पकोटिशतानि च
Thus understanding, a righteous person who creates an artificial forest attains thousands of millions and hundreds of millions of aeons.
नाकमेति स चूतस्य समारोप्य सहस्रकम्। ततो द्वित्रिगुणेनैव न्यूने वा प्रचुरेपि वा
He reaches heaven by planting a thousand mango trees; whether fewer or more, the result is two or three times accordingly.
भुंक्ते भुक्त्वा पुनः कुर्यान्नृपो वाथ सदीश्वरः। स्वर्गं भोग्यं ततो राज्यं कल्याणं मंगलं शुभम्
Having enjoyed, he may again perform the act—be he a king or a great lord; then he enjoys heaven, and afterwards a prosperous, auspicious, and blessed kingdom.
आरोग्यं शौर्यसंपन्नमारामादेव जायते। फलानि यस्य खादंति जंतवोथ सहस्रशः
He is born with health and endowed with valor, starting from the grove itself; the fruits of which are eaten by thousands of creatures.
आश्रिता विहगाः कीटाः पतगाः शलभादयः। छायाश्रिताश्च ये सत्वास्तत्संख्याताः पृथग्जनाः
Birds, insects, flying creatures, moths, and others who take shelter there; and all beings who dwell in the shade, counted as separate individuals—
तस्य किंकरतां यांति शतशो देवतार्चिताः। ये च वृक्षा महासत्वास्सर्वे ते देवरूपिणः
They become his attendants by the hundreds, honored by the gods; and all those great trees are of divine form.
तदर्चा पितृवत्कार्या शुश्रूषां जलपिंडकम्। मर्त्यलोके च ते पुत्रास्तस्य जन्मनि जन्मनि
Their worship should be performed as for ancestors, with service and offerings of water; and in the mortal world, those trees become his sons in every birth.
सुरूपाः सुविनीताश्च सदापुण्यक्रिया शुभाः। एवं गणेशतां यांति जंतवश्चूतलग्नकाः
They are handsome, well-mannered, always engaged in virtuous deeds; thus, the creatures attached to the mango tree attain lordship over hosts.