विचारयंति ये शास्त्रं वेदाभ्यासरताश्च ये । पुराणं संहितां ये च श्रावयंति पठंति च
Those who reflect upon scripture, who are devoted to Vedic study, and those who recite or teach the Purāṇas and Saṃhitās—
व्याकुर्वंति स्मृतिर्ये च ये धर्मप्रतिबोधकाः । वेदांतेषु निषण्णा ये तैरियं जगती धृता
Those who explain the Smṛtis and awaken others to dharma, and those established in the Vedāntas—by them, indeed, this world is upheld.
तत्तदभ्यासमाहात्म्यैः सर्वे ते हतकिल्बिषाः । गच्छंति ब्रह्मणो लोकं यत्र मोहो न विद्यते
Through the greatness of such study, all these are freed from sin and proceed to the world of Brahma, where delusion does not exist.
ज्ञानमज्ञाय यो दद्याद्वेदशास्त्रसमुद्भवम् । अपि वेदास्तमर्चंति भवबंधविदारणम्
Whoever gives knowledge, born of the Vedas and śāstras, without understanding it himself—even the Vedas abandon him, which sever the bonds of worldly existence.
श्रूयतामद्भुतं ह्येतद्रहस्यं वैश्यसत्तम । सम्मतं धर्मराजस्य सर्वलोकामृतप्रदम्
Hear now, O best of Vaiśyas, this wondrous secret, approved by Dharmarāja, which bestows the nectar of immortality upon all worlds.
न यमं यमलोकं च न भूतान्घोरदर्शनान् । पश्यंति वैष्णवा नूनं सत्यं सत्यं मयोदितम्
Certainly, Vaiṣṇavas do not see Yama, his realm, or terrifying spirits; truly, truly, I have spoken this.
प्राहास्मान्यमुना भ्राता सदैव हि पुनःपुनः । भवद्भिर्वैष्णवास्त्याज्या न ते स्युर्ममगोचराः
Yama himself has always declared again and again: 'Vaiṣṇavas must be avoided by you; they are not within my domain.'
स्मरंति ये सकृद्भूताः प्रसंगेनापि केशवम् । ते विध्वस्ताखिलाघौघा यांति विष्णोः परं पदम्
Those beings who remember Keśava even once, even incidentally, are freed from all heaps of sin and attain Viṣṇu's supreme abode.
दुराचारो दुष्कृतोऽपि सदाचाररतोऽपि यः । भवद्भिः स सदा त्याज्यो विष्णुं च भजते नरः
Whether a person is wicked or virtuous, if he worships Viṣṇu, he must always be avoided by you.
वैष्णवो यद्गृहे भुंक्ते येषां वैष्णवसंगतिः । तेऽपि वः परिवार्याः स्युस्तत्संगहतकिल्बिषाः
In whose house a Vaiṣṇava eats, or with whom there is association with Vaiṣṇavas—such people must also be shunned by you, for they are freed from sin by that association.
इत्थं वैश्यानुशास्त्यस्मान्देवो दंडधरः सदा । अतो नो वैष्णवा यांति राजधानीं यमस्य तु
Thus, O Vaiśyas, the god Daṇḍadhara always instructs you; 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, without devotion to Viṣṇu, there is no other means, none at all, for the most sinful to cross the ocean of hell.
श्वपाकमपि नेक्षेत लोकेष्टं वैश्य वैष्णवम् । वैष्णवो वर्णबाह्योऽपि पुनाति भुवनत्रयम्
O Vaiśya, do not look down upon even a dog-eater who is a Vaiṣṇava; 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 qualities, deeds, and names—are men's sins 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 ancestors from both family lines who have long been submerged in hell, at that very moment attain heaven when Hari is worshipped with joy.
विष्णुभक्तस्य ये दासा वैष्णवान्न भुजश्च ये । ते तु क्रतुभुजां वैश्य गतिं यांति निराकुलाः
Those who are servants of a devotee of Vishnu, and those who partake of food offered to Vishnu, attain, without distress, the state reached by sacrificers and merchants.
प्रार्थर्यद्वैष्णवस्यान्नं प्रयत्नेन विचक्षणः । सर्वपापविशुद्ध्यर्थं तदभावे जलं पिबेत्
One who, with discernment, earnestly seeks food offered to Vishnu, 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, nor do we behold him.
सांगं समुद्रं सध्यानं सऋषिः छंददैवतम् । दीक्षयाविधिवन्मंत्रं जपेद्वै द्वादशाक्षरम्
With proper initiation and according to rule, one should recite the twelve-syllable mantra, complete with its limbs, the ocean, meditation, sages, meter, and deity.
अष्टाक्षरं च मंत्रेशं ये जपंति नरोत्तमाः । तान्दृष्ट्वा ब्रह्महा शुद्ध्यद्भ्राजते विष्णुवत्स्वयम्
Those excellent men who recite the eight-syllable chief mantra—upon seeing them, even a slayer of a Brahmin is purified and shines like a devotee of Vishnu.
शंखिनश्चक्रिणो भूत्वा ब्रह्माभ्यंतरगामिनः । वसंति वैष्णवे लोके विष्णुरूपेण ते नराः
Becoming bearers of conch and discus, entering the realm of Brahma, those men dwell in the world of Vishnu in forms resembling Vishnu.
हृदि सूर्ये जले वाथ प्रतिमा स्थंडिलेपि च । समभ्यर्च्य हरिं यांति नरास्तद्वैष्णवं पदम्
Having worshipped Hari in the heart, in the sun, in water, in an image, or even on the ground, men attain that Vaishnava abode.
अथवा सर्वदा पूज्यो वासुदेवो मुमुक्षुभिः । शालग्रामे मणौ चक्रे वज्रकीटविनिर्मिते
Alternatively, Vasudeva is always to be worshipped by those seeking liberation, in the Shalagrama stone, in the gem, in the discus, or in one formed by the thunderbolt insect.
अधिष्ठानं हि तद्विष्णोः सर्वपापप्रणाशनम् । सर्वपुण्यप्रदं वैश्य सर्वेषामपि मुक्तिदम्
That is indeed the seat of Vishnu, the destroyer of all sins, the bestower of all merit, and the giver of liberation to all.
यः पूजयेद्धरिं चक्रे शालग्रामशिलोद्भवे । राजसूयसहस्रेण तेनेष्टं प्रतिवासरे
Whoever worships Hari in the discus arising from the Shalagrama stone, has, each day, performed the equivalent of a thousand Rajasuya sacrifices.
सदामनंति वेदांता ब्रह्मनिर्वाणमच्युतम् । तत्प्रसादो भवेन्नॄणां शालग्रामशिलार्चनात्
The Vedantas always praise the eternal, unchanging Brahman; by worshipping the Shalagrama stone, his grace arises for men.
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 the all-pervading Hari become manifest in the Shalagrama.
अपि पापसमाचाराः कर्म्मण्यनधिकारिणः । शालग्रामार्चका वैश्य नैव यांति यमालयम्
Even those engaged in sinful acts, or unfit for ritual action, if they worship the Shalagrama, 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 Lakshmi, nor in his own city, as he always delights in the discus of the Shalagrama stone.
अग्निहोत्रं कृतं तेन दत्ता पृथ्वी ससागरा । येनार्चितो हरिश्चक्रे शालग्रामशिलोद्भवे
By whom Hari is worshipped in the discus arising from the Shalagrama stone, it is as if he has performed the Agnihotra and given the earth with its oceans.