श्रूयतामद्भुतं ह्येतद्रहस्यं वैश्यसत्तम । सम्मतं धर्मराजस्य सर्वलोकामृतप्रदम्
Hear now, O best of Vaiśyas, this wondrous secret, approved by Dharma-rāja, which bestows the nectar of immortality upon all worlds.
न यमं यमलोकं च न भूतान्घोरदर्शनान् । पश्यंति वैष्णवा नूनं सत्यं सत्यं मयोदितम्
The Vaiṣṇavas truly do not see Yama, the world of Yama, nor the terrifying beings there—this is the truth, the truth I declare.
प्राहास्मान्यमुना भ्राता सदैव हि पुनःपुनः । भवद्भिर्वैष्णवास्त्याज्या न ते स्युर्ममगोचराः
Yama himself has always said again and again: 'You Vaiṣṇavas must be avoided; you are not within my domain.'
स्मरंति ये सकृद्भूताः प्रसंगेनापि केशवम् । ते विध्वस्ताखिलाघौघा यांति विष्णोः परं पदम्
Those beings who even once remember Keśava, even incidentally, are freed from all heaps of sin and attain the supreme abode of Viṣṇu.
दुराचारो दुष्कृतोऽपि सदाचाररतोऽपि यः । भवद्भिः स सदा त्याज्यो विष्णुं च भजते नरः
Whether a person is of bad conduct or has committed evil deeds, or is devoted to good conduct, if he worships Viṣṇu, he should always be avoided by you.
वैष्णवो यद्गृहे भुंक्ते येषां वैष्णवसंगतिः । तेऽपि वः परिवार्याः स्युस्तत्संगहतकिल्बिषाः
In whose house a Vaiṣṇava eats, or those who associate with Vaiṣṇavas—these too should be shunned by you, for they are tainted by that association.
इत्थं वैश्यानुशास्त्यस्मान्देवो दंडधरः सदा । अतो नो वैष्णवा यांति राजधानीं यमस्य तु
Thus the god who wields the staff always instructs the Vaiśyas; therefore, Vaiṣṇavas do not go to the city of Yama.
विष्णुभक्तिं विना नॄणां पापिष्ठानां विशां वर । उपायो नास्ति नास्त्यन्यः संतर्तुं नरकांबुधिम्
O best of men, for the most sinful among people, there is no other means—none at all—to cross the ocean of hell except devotion to Viṣṇu.
श्वपाकमपि नेक्षेत लोकेष्टं वैश्य वैष्णवम् । वैष्णवो वर्णबाह्योऽपि पुनाति भुवनत्रयम्
A Vaiśya should not even look upon a dog-eater who is hostile to Vaiṣṇavas; but a Vaiṣṇava, even if outside the social order, purifies the three worlds.
एतावता लमघनिर्हरणाय पुंसां संकीर्तनं भगवतो गुणकर्मनाम्नाम् । विक्रुश्य पुत्र मघवान्यदजामिलोऽपि नारायणेति म्रियमाण इयाय मुक्तिम्
By this alone—the loud chanting of the Lord's names, qualities, and deeds—are the sins of people destroyed; even Ajāmila, crying out 'Nārāyaṇa' at death, attained liberation.
नरके तु चिरं मग्नाः पूर्वे ये च कुलद्वये । तदैव यांति ते स्वर्गं यदार्चंति मुदा हरिम्
Those who were long sunk in hell, whether from the paternal or maternal line, at once go to heaven when they joyfully worship Hari.
विष्णुभक्तस्य ये दासा वैष्णवान्न भुजश्च ये । ते तु क्रतुभुजां वैश्य गतिं यांति निराकुलाः
Those who are servants of a devotee of Viṣṇu, or who eat food left by Vaiṣṇavas, O Vaiśya, they attain the untroubled state of those who have performed sacrifices.
प्रार्थर्यद्वैष्णवस्यान्नं प्रयत्नेन विचक्षणः । सर्वपापविशुद्ध्यर्थं तदभावे जलं पिबेत्
One who wisely seeks the food of a Vaiṣṇava with effort, for the sake of complete purification from all sins, should drink water in its absence.
गोविंदेति जपन्मंत्रं कुत्रचिन्म्रियते यदि । स नरो न यमं पश्येत्तं च नेक्षामहे वयम्
If a man, dying anywhere, recites the mantra 'Govinda,' he does not see Yama; and we do not see him either.
सांगं समुद्रं सध्यानं सऋषिः छंददैवतम् । दीक्षयाविधिवन्मंत्रं जपेद्वै द्वादशाक्षरम्
With all its parts, with meditation, with sages, with meter and deity, the twelve-syllable mantra should be recited properly with initiation.
अष्टाक्षरं च मंत्रेशं ये जपंति नरोत्तमाः । तान्दृष्ट्वा ब्रह्महा शुद्ध्यद्भ्राजते विष्णुवत्स्वयम्
Those best of men who recite the eight-syllable chief mantra—seeing them, even a slayer of a brāhmaṇa is purified and shines among the devotees of Viṣṇu.
शंखिनश्चक्रिणो भूत्वा ब्रह्माभ्यंतरगामिनः । वसंति वैष्णवे लोके विष्णुरूपेण ते नराः
Becoming bearers of the conch and discus, and entering into Brahman, those men dwell in the world of the Vaiṣṇavas in the form of Viṣṇu.
हृदि सूर्ये जले वाथ प्रतिमा स्थंडिलेपि च । समभ्यर्च्य हरिं यांति नरास्तद्वैष्णवं पदम्
Whether in the heart, in the sun, in water, in an image, or even on a sacred ground, those who properly worship Hari attain that Vaiṣṇava abode.
अथवा सर्वदा पूज्यो वासुदेवो मुमुक्षुभिः । शालग्रामे मणौ चक्रे वज्रकीटविनिर्मिते
Alternatively, Vāsudeva should always be worshipped by those seeking liberation, in the Śālagrāma stone, in a jewel, in a discus, or one made by the thunderbolt insect.
अधिष्ठानं हि तद्विष्णोः सर्वपापप्रणाशनम् । सर्वपुण्यप्रदं वैश्य सर्वेषामपि मुक्तिदम्
That is indeed the abode of Viṣṇu, the destroyer of all sins, the bestower of all merit, O Vaiśya, and grants liberation to all.
यः पूजयेद्धरिं चक्रे शालग्रामशिलोद्भवे । राजसूयसहस्रेण तेनेष्टं प्रतिवासरे
Whoever worships Hari in the discus or in the Śālagrāma stone, for him, each day, it is as if he has performed a thousand Rājasūya sacrifices.
सदामनंति वेदांता ब्रह्मनिर्वाणमच्युतम् । तत्प्रसादो भवेन्नॄणां शालग्रामशिलार्चनात्
The Vedāntas always praise the eternal, blissful, unchanging one; by worshipping the Śālagrāma stone, his grace arises for people.
महाकाष्ठस्थितो वह्निर्मखस्थाने प्रकाशते । यथा तथा हरिर्व्यापी शालग्रामे प्रकाशते
Just as fire present in great wood becomes manifest in the place of sacrifice, so too does Hari, who is all-pervading, become manifest in the Śālagrāma stone.
अपि पापसमाचाराः कर्म्मण्यनधिकारिणः । शालग्रामार्चका वैश्य नैव यांति यमालयम्
Even those engaged in sinful conduct, those not qualified for ritual acts, and Vaiśyas who worship the Śālagrāma, do not go to the abode of Yama.
न तथा रमते लक्ष्म्यां न तथा स्वपुरे हरिः । शालग्रामशिलाचक्रे यथा स रमते सदा
Hari does not delight so much in Lakṣmī, nor so much in his own abode, as he always delights in the wheel of the Śālagrāma stone.
अग्निहोत्रं कृतं तेन दत्ता पृथ्वी ससागरा । येनार्चितो हरिश्चक्रे शालग्रामशिलोद्भवे
He who worships Hari manifest in the Śālagrāma stone has performed the Agnihotra and given the earth with its oceans.
शिला द्वादश भो वैश्य शालग्रामशिलोद्भवाः । विधिवत्पूजिता येन तस्य पुण्यं वदामि ते
O Vaiśya, I will tell you the merit of one who worships, according to rule, twelve stones arising from Śālagrāma.
कोटिद्वादशलिंगैस्तु पूजितैः स्वर्णपंकजैः । यत्स्याद्द्वादशकालेषु दिनेनैकेन तद्भवेत्
The merit obtained in one day by worshipping twelve Śālagrāma stones equals that gained by worshipping crores of twelve-liṅga images with golden lotuses at twelve times.
यः पुनः पूजयेद्भक्त्या शालग्रामशिला शतम् । उषित्वा स हरेर्लोके चक्रवर्त्तीह जायते
Whoever worships a hundred Śālagrāma stones with devotion, after living thus, is born as a universal monarch in the world of Hari.
कामैः क्रोधैः प्रलोभैश्च व्याप्तो यत्र नराधमः । सोऽपि याति हरेर्लोकं शालग्रामशिलार्चनात्
Even the lowest man, filled with desires, anger, and greed, attains the world of Hari through worship of the Śālagrāma stone.