गंधपुष्पादिनैवेद्यैः पूजनीयः पृथक्पृथक् । एवं यः कुरुते विप्र जयंतीसमुपोषणम्
With fragrances, flowers, and offerings, one should worship each deity separately; thus, O brāhmaṇa, one observes the Jayantī fast.
कोटिजन्मार्जितं पापं ज्ञानतोऽज्ञानतः कृतम्
Sin accumulated over millions of births, committed knowingly or unknowingly,
प्रसादाद्देवकीसूनोर्यामार्द्धेन विलीयते । जयंतीतिथिसंप्राप्तौ भुंजते ये नराधमाः
is dissolved by the grace of Devakī’s son in half a moment; but those base men who eat on the Jayantī day,
त्रैलोक्यसंभवं पापं भुंजते ते न संशयः । सागराद्यानि तीर्थानि मुक्तस्थानानि सर्वशः
certainly partake of the sins arising from the three worlds; all holy places beginning with the ocean, all places of liberation,
गृहे तिष्ठंति सर्वांगे जयंतीव्रतकारिणः । तस्य सर्वाणि तीर्थानि देहे तिष्ठंति देवताः
reside in the body and home of one who observes the Jayantī vow; all the holy places and deities dwell in his body.
करोति यो नरो भक्त्या जयंतीं कृष्णवल्लभाम् । न वेदेन पुराणेन मया दृष्टं महामुने
O great sage, I have not seen in the Vedas or Purāṇas any vow equal to or greater than the Jayantī, beloved of Kṛṣṇa, performed with devotion.
तत्समं नाधिकं वापि कृष्णराधाष्टमीव्रतम् । न करोति नरो भक्त्या स भवेत्क्रूरराक्षसः
Neither equal nor superior to it is the Kṛṣṇarādhāṣṭamī vow; one who does not perform it with devotion becomes a cruel demon.
यो नरोऽश्नाति मूढात्मा जयंतीवासरे द्विज । महानरकमश्नाति यथा च हरिवासरे
A man of deluded mind who eats on the day of Jayantī, O twice-born, suffers great hell, just as on the day of Hari.
अतीतमागतं यस्तु कुलमेकोत्तरं शतम् । पतेत्तु नरके घोरे जयंत्यां भोजनेन वै
Whoever eats on Jayantī causes a hundred generations, past and future, of his lineage to fall into terrible hell.
जयंती बुधवारे च रोहिण्या सहिता यदा । भवेच्च मुनिशार्दूल किं कृतैर्व्रतकोटिभिः
When Jayantī falls on a Wednesday together with Rohiṇī, O best of sages, what is the use of performing millions of vows?
कृते त्रेतायुगे चैव द्वापरे च कलौ युगे । कृता सम्यग्विधानेन जयंती पापनाशिनी
In the Krita, Treta, Dvapara, and Kali ages, when performed properly, Jayanti destroys sin and brings victory.
जागरे पद्मनाभस्य पुराणं पाठयेत्तु यः । आजन्मोपार्जितं पापं दहते तूलराशिवत्
Whoever recites the Purana of Padmanabha during the vigil burns away all sins accumulated since birth, as a heap of cotton is consumed by fire.
यः शृणोति नरो भक्त्या पुराणं हरिवासरे । कोटिजन्मार्जितं तस्य पापं नश्यति तत्क्षणात्
A person who listens with devotion to the Purana on Hari's day instantly destroys the sins earned over millions of births.
वासरे पद्मनाभस्य पूजयेद्वाचकं मुने । कुलकोटिं समुद्धृत्य विष्णुलोके स पूज्यते
On the day of Padmanabha, O sage, one who worships the reciter is honored in Vishnu's realm, having uplifted a multitude of his lineage.
जयंत्यामुपवासेन यो नरोऽत्र पराङ्मुखः । सर्वधर्मविनिर्मुक्तो यात्यसौ नरकं ध्रुवम्
If a person turns away from fasting on Jayanti, he is surely freed from all dharmas and goes to hell.
गंधपुष्पैश्च धूपैश्च घृतपूर्णप्रदीपकैः । पूजयेद्भक्तिभावैश्च दद्याद्विप्राय दक्षिणाम्
With fragrant flowers, incense, lamps filled with ghee, and devotion, one should worship and give offerings to a Brahmin.
विधिनानेन यो विप्र जयंतीं प्रकरोति च । नरो वै तारयेद्भक्त्या पुरुषानेकविंशतिम्
O Brahmin, whoever observes Jayanti with this procedure saves, through devotion, twenty-one persons.
न दौर्भाग्यं न वैधव्यं न भवेत्कलहो गृहे । संततेर्न विरोधं च न पश्यति धनक्षयम्
There is no misfortune, no widowhood, no quarrel in the house; there is no conflict in the family, nor loss of wealth.
यान्यांश्चिकीर्षते कामान्जयंती समुपोषकः । तांस्तान्प्राप्नोति सकलान्विष्णुलोकं स गच्छति
Whatever desires the observer of Jayanti seeks, he attains them all and goes to Vishnu's realm.
विष्णुभक्तिपरा नित्यं जयंतीव्रत मानसाः । ते धन्यास्ते कुलीनास्ते ईश्वरास्ते च पंडिताः
Those whose minds are always devoted to Vishnu and the Jayanti vow are blessed, noble, powerful, and learned.
यानि कानि च तीर्थानि व्रतानि नियमानि च । जयंतीवासरस्यैव कलां नार्हंति षोडशीम्
Whatever holy places, vows, and disciplines there are, none equal even a sixteenth part of the day of Jayanti.
भाद्रे वै चोभये पक्षे यः करोति सभार्यकः । राधाकृष्णाष्टमीं वत्स प्राप्नोति हरिसन्निधिम्
O child, whoever observes Radha-Krishna Ashtami with his wife in either fortnight of Bhadra attains the presence of Hari.
व्रतं च पुण्यकारं च यः करोति सदा हरेः । स याति विष्णोर्वैकुंठं जयंतीसमुपोषकः
Whoever always performs the vow and meritorious acts for Hari, and observes Jayanti, goes to Vishnu's Vaikuntha.
आचारहीनं कुलभ्रष्टं कीर्तिहीनं कुयोनिजम् । नाशयत्याशु पापं च जयंती हरिवल्लभा
Jayanti, beloved of Hari, quickly destroys the sins of one lacking conduct, fallen from lineage, deprived of fame, or born in a low family.
मेरुतुल्यानि पापानि ब्रह्महत्यादिकानि च । स निर्दहति सर्वाणि जयंत्यां समुपोषकः
The observer of Jayanti burns away all sins, even those as great as Mount Meru and including brahminicide.
पुत्रार्थी लभते पुत्रं धनार्थी लभते धनम् । मोक्षार्थी लभते मोक्षं जयंत्यां समुपोषकः
The observer of Jayanti obtains a son if desiring a son, wealth if desiring wealth, and liberation if desiring liberation.
जयंतीकरणे चित्तं येषां भवति तत्परम् । यमोऽपि शंकते नित्यं ते यांति परमां गतिम्
Those whose minds are wholly devoted to performing Jayanti, even Yama fears them, and they attain the highest state.
सूत उवाच- कथयित्वा नारदं तु ययौ स च यथागतः । मयापि कथितं ब्रह्मन्यत्पृष्टोऽहं त्वया मुने
Suta said: Having narrated, Narada departed as he had come; I too have told you, O sage, what you asked me about Brahma.
माहात्म्यं च जयंत्या ये शृण्वंति भक्तिभावतः । तेपि यांति परं धाम विमुक्ताः सर्वपातकैः
Those who listen with devotion to the greatness of Jayantī also attain the supreme abode, freed from all sins.
पुराणवाचकं ब्रह्मन्जयंतीव्रतिनं तथा । ये पश्यंति नराः पापास्ते यांति परमं पदम्
O Brahman, those people who see the reciter of the Purāṇa or the observer of the Jayantī vow, even if sinful, reach the highest state.