नारायणमनाव्यक्तं न तं सेवेत को जनः । तस्य माता महाभागा पिता तस्य महाकृती
Who would not serve Narayana, the unmanifest? His mother is most blessed, his father truly great.
जनार्द्दनपदद्वंद्वं हृदये येन धार्यते । जनार्दनजगद्वंद्य शरणागतवत्सल
He who holds the twin feet of Janardana in his heart—Janardana, worshipped by the world, is compassionate to those who take refuge.
इतीरयंति ये मर्त्या न तेषां निरये गतिः । ब्राह्मणा हि विशेषेण प्रत्यक्षं हरिरूपिणः
Those mortals who act thus do not go to hell; for especially in the form of a brāhmaṇa, Hari is directly present.
पूजयेयुर्यथायोगं हरिस्तेषां प्रसीदति । विष्णुर्ब्राह्मणरूपेण विचरेत्पृथिवीमिमाम्
If they worship properly, Hari is pleased with them; Viṣṇu, in the form of a brāhmaṇa, wanders this earth.
ब्राह्मणेन विना कर्म्म सिद्धिं प्राप्नोति नैव हि । द्विजपादांबुभक्त्या यैः पीत्वा शिरसि चार्पितम्
Without a brāhmaṇa, indeed, no action attains success; those who, with devotion, drink the water from a twice-born's feet and place it on their head—
तर्पिता पितरस्तेन आत्मापि किल तारितः । ब्राह्मणानां मुखे येन दत्तं मधुरमर्चितम्
By that, the ancestors are satisfied, and the self is also surely delivered; whatever is sweetly offered and worshipped in the mouth of brāhmaṇas—
साक्षात्कृष्णमुखे दत्तं तद्वै भुंक्ते हरिः स्वयम् । अहोतिदुर्ल्लभा लोका प्रत्यक्षे केशवे द्विजे
That which is given directly into the mouth of Kṛṣṇa, Hari himself truly consumes; how rare are the worlds where Keśava is manifest in a brāhmaṇa!
प्रतिमादिषु सेवंते तदभावे हि तत्क्रिया । ब्राह्मणानामधिष्ठानात्पृथ्वी धन्येति गीयते
People serve images and the like, but in their absence, that act is performed; because of the presence of brāhmaṇas, the earth is called blessed.
तेषां पाणौ च यद्दत्तं हरिपाणौ तदर्पितम् । तेभ्यः कृतान्नमस्कारात्तिरस्कारो हि पाप्मताम्
Whatever is given into their hand is offered into the hand of Hari; by bowing to them, the stain of sin is cast aside.
मुच्यते ब्रह्महत्यादि पापेभ्यो विप्रवंदनात् । तस्मात्सतां समाराध्यो ब्राह्मणो विष्णुबुद्धितः
One is freed from sins such as brahmahatyā by saluting the brāhmaṇas; therefore, a brāhmaṇa should be worshipped as Viṣṇu by the virtuous.
क्षुधितस्य द्विजस्यास्ये यत्किंचिद्दीयते यदि । प्रेत्य पीपूषधाराभिः सिंचते कल्पकोटिकम्
If anything at all is given into the mouth of a hungry twice-born, after death, for ten million aeons, he is sprinkled with streams of nectar.
द्विजतुंडं महाक्षेत्रमनूषरमकंटकम् । तत्र चेदुप्यते किंचित्कोटिकोटिफलं लभेत्
The mouth of a twice-born is a great field, without thorns or impurity; whatever is sown there yields fruit a hundred million times over.
सघृतं भोजनं चास्मै दत्त्वा कल्पं स मोदते । नानासुमिष्टमन्नं यो ददाति द्विजतुष्टये
Having given him food with ghee, he enjoys happiness for an aeon; whoever gives various delicious foods to please a twice-born—
तस्य लोका महाभोगाः कोटिकल्पांतमुक्तिदाः । ब्राह्मणं च पुरस्कृत्य ब्राह्मणेनानुकीर्तितम्
For him, there are worlds of great enjoyment, granting liberation at the end of a hundred million aeons; having honored a brāhmaṇa, and with a brāhmaṇa reciting—
पुराणं शृणुयान्नित्यं महापापदवानलम् । पुराणं सर्वतीर्थेषु तीर्थं चाधिकमुच्यते
He should always listen to the Purāṇa, which is the great fire consuming great sins; among all holy places, the Purāṇa is said to be the highest.
यस्यैकपादश्रवणाद्धरिरेव प्रसीदति । यथा सूर्यवपुर्भूत्वा प्रकाशाय चरेद्धरिः
By hearing even a quarter of a foot, Hari is indeed pleased; just as Hari, taking the form of the sun, moves about to give light—
सर्वेषां जगतामेव हरिरालोकहेतवे । तथैवांतःप्रकाशाय पुराणावयवो हरिः
For the illumination of all the worlds, Hari is the cause of their seeing; in the same way, for inner illumination, Hari is a portion of the Purāṇa.
विचरेदिह भूतेषु पुराणं पावनं परम् । तस्माद्यदि हरेः प्रीतेरुत्पादे धीयते मतिः
The Purāṇa, the supreme purifier, moves among beings here; therefore, if one sets their mind on producing the pleasure of Hari—
श्रोतव्यमनिशं पुंभिः पुराणं कृष्णरूपिणम् । विष्णुभक्तेन शांतेन श्रोतव्यमपि दुर्लभम्
The Purāṇa, in the form of Kṛṣṇa, should be heard constantly by people; even for a peaceful devotee of Viṣṇu, it is difficult to hear.
पुराणाख्यानममलममलीकरणं परम् । यस्मिन्वेदार्थमाहृत्य हरिणा व्यासरूपिणा
The narration of the Purāṇa is pure and supremely purifying; in which Hari, in the form of Vyāsa, has gathered the meaning of the Vedas.
पुराणं निर्मितं विप्र तस्मात्तत्परमो भवेत् । पुराणे निश्चितो धर्मो धर्मश्च केशवः स्वयम्
O Brahmin, the Purāṇa was composed for this reason; therefore, it is of the highest order. Dharma is established in the Purāṇa, and dharma itself is Keśava.
तस्मात्कृते पुराणे हि श्रुते विष्णुर्भवेदिति । साक्षात्स्वयं हरिर्विप्रः पुराणं च तथाविधम्
Therefore, it is said that Viṣṇu is present in the Purāṇa that was created and heard; O Brahmin, Hari himself is directly present in such a Purāṇa.
एतयोः संगमासाद्य हरिरेव भेवन्नरः । तथा गंगांबुसेकेन नाशयेत्किल्बिषं स्वकम्
By coming into contact with these two—Hari and the Purāṇa—a person becomes Hari himself; likewise, by bathing in the water of the Gaṅgā, one destroys one's own sins.
केशवो द्रवरूपेण पापात्तारयते महीम् । वैष्णवो विष्णुभजनस्याकांक्षी यदि वर्तते
Keśava, in liquid form, delivers the earth from sin; if a devotee of Viṣṇu desires to worship Viṣṇu, he should act accordingly.
गंगांबुसेकममलममलीकरणं चरेत् । विष्णुभक्तिप्रदा देवी गंगा भुवि च गीयते
He should perform the pure and purifying bath with Gaṅgā water; the goddess Gaṅgā is praised on earth as bestowing devotion to Viṣṇu.
विष्णुरूपा हि सा गंगा लोकविस्तारकारिणी
Indeed, she, Gaṅgā, is the very form of Viṣṇu, the one who causes the expansion of the worlds.
ब्राह्मणेषु पुराणेषु गंगायां गोषु पिप्पले । नारायणधिया पुंभिर्भक्तिः कार्या ह्यहैतुकी
In Brāhmaṇas, in the Purāṇas, in Gaṅgā, in cows, and in the holy fig tree, devotion should be rendered by people with the thought of Nārāyaṇa, without motive.
प्रत्यक्षविष्णुरूपा हि तत्वज्ञैर्निश्चिता अमी । तस्मात्सततमभ्यर्च्या विष्णुभक्त्यभिलाषिणा
These are all directly recognized by the wise as forms of Viṣṇu; therefore, they should always be worshipped by those desiring devotion to Viṣṇu.
विष्णौ भक्तिं विना नॄणां निष्फलं जन्म उच्यते । कलिकालपयोराशिं पापग्राहसमाकुलम्
Without devotion to Viṣṇu, a person's birth is said to be fruitless; the ocean of the Kali age is filled with the alligators of sin.
विषयामज्जनावर्तं दुर्बोधफेनिलं परम् । महादुष्टजनव्याल महाभीमं भयानकम्
It is a whirlpool of immersion in sense objects, extremely difficult to understand, foaming greatly, filled with the serpents of wicked people, terrifying and dreadful.