त्रिकालेध्यानसंलीनः साधयामि दिनेदिने । पादोदकं तयोश्चैव मातापित्रोर्दिनेदिने
Absorbed in meditation three times daily, I accomplish each day the offering of water for the feet to my mother and father.
भक्तिभावेन विंदामि पूजयामि सुभावतः । गुरू मे जीवमानौ तु यावत्कालं हि पिप्पल
With devotion I serve and worship them sincerely, as long as my teachers are alive, O Pippala.
तावत्कालं हि मे लाभो ह्यतुलश्च प्रजायते । त्रिकालं पूजयाम्येतौ शुद्धभावेन चेतसा
For as long as they live, my gain is indeed incomparable; I worship these two three times daily with a pure mind.
स्वच्छंदलीलासंचारी वर्ताम्येव हि पिप्पल । किं मे चान्येन तपसा किं मे कायस्य शोषणैः
I live freely, moving as I wish, O Pippala; what need have I for other austerities, or for bodily mortification?
किं मे सुतीर्थयात्राभिरन्यैः पुण्यैश्च सांप्रतम् । मखानामेव सर्वेषां यत्फलं प्राप्यते द्विज
What need have I now for pilgrimages to holy places or other virtuous acts? The fruit obtained from all sacrifices, O twice-born,
तत्फलं तु मया दृष्टं पितुः शुश्रूषणादपि । मातुः शुश्रूषणं तद्वत्पुत्राणां गतिदायकम्
That fruit I have seen arising even from service to my father; likewise, service to the mother grants the path to sons.
सर्वकर्मसुसर्वस्वं सारभूतं जगत्रये । पुत्रस्य जायते लोको मातुः शुश्रूषणादपि
Of all actions, in all things, and in the three worlds, the highest essence is born for a son from serving his mother.
पितुः शुश्रूषणे तद्वन्महत्पुण्यं प्रजायते । तत्र गंगा गयातीर्थं तत्र पुष्करमेव च
In the same way, great merit arises from serving the father; there, the sanctity of the Ganga, the holy place of Gaya, and Pushkara are present.
यत्र मातापिता तिष्ठेत्पुत्रस्यापि न संशयः । अन्यानि तत्र तीर्थानि पुण्यानि विविधानि च
Wherever the mother and father reside, for the son there is no doubt: all other sacred places and various merits are found there.
भवंत्येतानि पुत्रस्य पितुः शुश्रूषणादपि । पितुः शुश्रूषणात्तस्य दानस्य तपसः फलम्
These become present for the son even from serving the father; from serving the father, he gains the fruit of gifts and austerities.
सत्पुत्रस्य भवेद्विप्र अन्य धर्मः श्रमायते । पितुः शुश्रूषणात्पुण्यं पुत्रः प्राप्नोत्यनुत्तमम्
For a virtuous son, the fruit is obtained; other duties become burdensome. By serving the father, the son attains supreme merit.
स्वकर्मणस्तु सर्वस्वमिहैव च परत्र च । जीवमानौ गुरूत्वेतौ स्वमातापितरौ तथा
Indeed, in this world and the next, all of one's actions and possessions—while the parents are alive—should be offered to them as to teachers.
शुश्रूषते सुतो भूत्वा तस्य पुण्यफलं शृणु । देवास्तस्यापि तुष्यंति ऋषयः पुण्यवत्सलाः
A son, having become devoted, serves them; hear now the fruit of such merit: even the gods and the sages who love virtue are pleased with him.
त्रयोलोकास्तु तुष्यंति पितुः शुश्रूषणादिह । मातापित्रोस्तु यः पादौ नित्यमेव हि क्षालयेत्
The three worlds are pleased here by serving the father; and whoever always washes the feet of mother and father—
तस्य भागीरथीस्नानमहन्यहनि जायते । पुण्यैर्मिष्टान्नपानैर्यः पितरं मातरं तथा
For him, bathing in the Bhagirathi (Ganga) is gained every day; whoever feeds father and mother with pure food and drink—
भक्त्या भोजयते नित्यं तस्य पुण्यं वदाम्यहम् । अश्वमेधस्य यज्ञस्य फलं पुत्रस्य जायते
With devotion, if he feeds them daily, I declare his merit: the fruit of the Ashvamedha sacrifice is born for that son.
तांबूलैश्छादनैश्चैव पानैश्चाशनकैस्तथा । भक्त्या चान्नेन पुण्येन गुरू येनाभिपूजितौ
With betel, clothing, drinks, and food, and by honoring his teachers with pure and devoted offerings—
सर्वज्ञानी भवेत्सोपि यशःकीर्तिमवाप्नुयात् । मातरं पितरं दृष्ट्वा हर्षात्संभाषयेत्सुतः
Even he becomes all-knowing and attains fame and renown; seeing his mother and father, the son should speak to them with joy.
निधयस्तस्य संतुष्टास्तस्य गेहे वसंति ते । गावः सौहृद्यमायांति पुत्रस्य सुखदाः सदा
For him, treasures are satisfied and dwell in his house; cows, always bringing happiness, come to the son in friendship.
सुकर्मोवाच- तयोश्चापि द्विजश्रेष्ठ मातापित्रोश्च स्नातयोः । पुत्रस्यापि हि सर्वांगे पतंत्यंबुकणा यदा
Sukarma said: O best of twice-born, when the mother and father have bathed, if water drops fall on the son's whole body—
सर्वतीर्थसमं स्नानं पुत्रस्यापि सुजायते । पतितं विकलं वृद्धमशक्तं सर्वकर्मसु
For the son, that bath becomes equal to all sacred bathing places; if the parents are fallen, disabled, old, and unable to perform any duty—
व्याधितं कुष्ठिनं तातं मातरं च तथाविधाम् । उपाचरति यः पुत्रस्तस्य पुण्यं वदाम्यहम्
If the father is sick, afflicted with leprosy, and the mother is likewise, the son who attends to them—of his merit I now speak.
विष्णुस्तस्य प्रसन्नात्मा जायते नात्र संशयः । प्रयाति वैष्णवं लोकं यदप्राप्यं हि योगिभिः
Vishnu himself becomes pleased in his heart with such a one—of this there is no doubt; he attains the Vaishnava world, which even yogis cannot reach.
पितरौ विकलौ दीनौ वृद्धावेतौ गुरू सुतः । महागदेन संप्राप्तौ परित्यजति पापधीः
If the parents are helpless, distressed, and aged, and the son, even when they are afflicted with great disease, abandons them, he is of sinful mind.
पुत्रो नरकमाप्नोति दारुणं कृमिसंकुलम् । वृद्धाभ्यां च समाहूतो गुरूभ्यामिह सांप्रतम्
A son attains a dreadful hell, swarming with worms, when, though called by his aged parents and teachers, he does not come at once.
न प्रयाति सुतो भूत्वा तस्य पापं वदाम्यहम् । विष्ठाशी जायते मूढो ग्रामघ्रोणी न संशयः
He does not act as a son; I declare his sin: he is born as a fool who eats filth, with the nose of a village outcaste—of this there is no doubt.
यावज्जन्मसहस्रं तु पुनः श्वा चाभिजायते । पुत्रगेहेस्थितौ वृद्धौ माता च जनकस्तथा
For a thousand births, he is again born as a dog, while his aged mother and father remain in the house of their son.
अभोजयित्वा तावन्नं स्वयमत्ति च यः सुतः । मूत्रं विष्ठां स भुंजीत यावज्जन्मसहस्रकम्
The son who does not feed them but eats himself must consume urine and excrement for a thousand births.
कृष्णसर्पो भवेत्पापी यावज्जन्मशतद्वयम् । मातरंपितरं वृद्धमवज्ञाय प्रवर्त्तते
The sinner who disregards his aged mother and father becomes a black serpent for two hundred births.
ग्राहोपि जायते दुष्टो जन्मकोटिशतैरपि । तावेतौ कुत्सते पुत्रः कटुकैर्वचनैरपि
Even after a hundred million births, the wicked one is born as a village outcaste, if he insults his parents with harsh words.