जयंती बुधवारे च रोहिण्या सहिता यदा । भवेच्च मुनिशार्दूल किं कृतैर्व्रतकोटिभिः
When Jayantī falls on a Wednesday together with Rohiṇī, O tiger among sages, what use are countless vows?
कृते त्रेतायुगे चैव द्वापरे च कलौ युगे । कृता सम्यग्विधानेन जयंती पापनाशिनी
In the Kṛta, Tretā, Dvāpara, and Kali ages, when properly observed, Jayantī destroys sin.
जागरे पद्मनाभस्य पुराणं पाठयेत्तु यः । आजन्मोपार्जितं पापं दहते तूलराशिवत्
Whoever recites the Purāṇa of Padmanābha during the vigil burns away sin accumulated since birth, like a heap of cotton.
यः शृणोति नरो भक्त्या पुराणं हरिवासरे । कोटिजन्मार्जितं तस्य पापं नश्यति तत्क्षणात्
Whoever listens with devotion to the Purāṇa on Hari’s day, his sin accumulated over millions of births perishes at that very moment.
वासरे पद्मनाभस्य पूजयेद्वाचकं मुने । कुलकोटिं समुद्धृत्य विष्णुलोके स पूज्यते
On the day of Padmanabha, O sage, one should worship the reciter; having uplifted the lineage, he is honored in the realm of Vishnu.
जयंत्यामुपवासेन यो नरोऽत्र पराङ्मुखः । सर्वधर्मविनिर्मुक्तो यात्यसौ नरकं ध्रुवम्
If a man turns away from fasting on Jayanti, he is devoid of all righteousness and certainly goes to hell.
गंधपुष्पैश्च धूपैश्च घृतपूर्णप्रदीपकैः । पूजयेद्भक्तिभावैश्च दद्याद्विप्राय दक्षिणाम्
With fragrant flowers, incense, and lamps filled with ghee, one should worship with devotion and give a gift to a Brahmin.
विधिनानेन यो विप्र जयंतीं प्रकरोति च । नरो वै तारयेद्भक्त्या पुरुषानेकविंशतिम्
O Brahmin, whoever performs Jayanti according to this method, by devotion, he delivers 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 discord among descendants, nor does he see loss of wealth.
यान्यांश्चिकीर्षते कामान्जयंती समुपोषकः । तांस्तान्प्राप्नोति सकलान्विष्णुलोकं स गच्छति
Whatever desires the observer of Jayanti wishes to fulfill, he attains all of them and goes to the realm of Vishnu.
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, lordly, and learned.
यानि कानि च तीर्थानि व्रतानि नियमानि च । जयंतीवासरस्यैव कलां नार्हंति षोडशीम्
Whatever holy places, vows, and disciplines there are, they do not equal even a sixteenth part of the day of Jayanti.
भाद्रे वै चोभये पक्षे यः करोति सभार्यकः । राधाकृष्णाष्टमीं वत्स प्राप्नोति हरिसन्निधिम्
O child, whoever, with his wife, performs Radha-Krishna Ashtami 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, the observer of 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, without fame, or of bad birth.
मेरुतुल्यानि पापानि ब्रह्महत्यादिकानि च । स निर्दहति सर्वाणि जयंत्यां समुपोषकः
The observer of Jayanti burns away all sins, even those equal to Mount Meru and including the killing of a Brahmin.
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 intent on performing Jayanti, even Yama always fears them; 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 of me from Brahma.
माहात्म्यं च जयंत्या ये शृण्वंति भक्तिभावतः । तेपि यांति परं धाम विमुक्ताः सर्वपातकैः
Those who listen to the glory of Jayanti with devotion also attain the supreme abode, freed from all sins.
पुराणवाचकं ब्रह्मन्जयंतीव्रतिनं तथा । ये पश्यंति नराः पापास्ते यांति परमं पदम्
O Brahmin, those men who see the reciter of the Purana or the observer of the Jayanti vow, their sins depart and they reach the highest state.
शौनक उवाच- कथयस्व महाप्राज्ञ पुत्रहीनो जनो भवेत् । कर्मणा केन वै सूत पुत्रो भवति केन च
Shaunaka said: Tell me, O wise one, how a person without a son may obtain a son; by what act, O Suta, does one get a son, and by what means?
सूत उवाच- एतत्पृष्टः पुरा ब्रह्मा नारदेन महात्मना । स यदाह तदा तं च शृणुष्व मुनिपुंगव
Sūta said: This question was once asked by the great sage Nārada to Brahmā; listen, O foremost of sages, to what he replied at that time.
नारद उवाच- पितामह महाप्राज्ञ सर्वतत्त्वार्थपारग । अपुत्रो वै भवेन्मर्त्यः कर्मणा केन पद्मज
Nārada said: O Grandfather, O greatly wise one, knower of the meaning of all truths, by what action does a mortal become childless, O Lotus-born?
वंध्या स्त्री वा भवेत्केन वृजिनेन ममाग्रतः । कथय शृण्वतो वै मे सर्वप्राणिहिते रत
By what misdeed does a woman become barren before me? Tell me, as I listen, O one devoted to the welfare of all beings.
दुहिता जायते केन कर्मणा वा नपुंसकः । मृतवत्सो भवेत्केन मृतवत्सातिदुःखिता । केन पुण्येन भो ब्रह्मन्पुनः पुत्रो भवेद्वद
By what action is a daughter born, or a son who is impotent? By what cause does one have a dead child, or a mother suffer greatly from losing her child? By what merit, O Brahman, does a son return again? Tell me.
ब्रह्मोवाच- कथयामि समासेन सावधानेन तच्छ्रणु । वृत्तांतं पृच्छसि त्वं वै शृण्वतां विस्मयप्रदम्
Brahmā said: I will tell you briefly; listen carefully. You are asking about an account that brings wonder to those who hear it.
पूर्वजन्मनि यो मर्त्यो वर्तनं ब्राह्मणस्य च । हरेद्वा हारयेदत्र पुत्रहीनो भवेत्किल
A mortal who, in a previous life, takes away or causes to be taken away the livelihood of a brāhmaṇa, becomes childless in this life.
इह जन्मनि यो मर्त्यः पुराणश्रवणं हि च । ससस्या भूमेर्दानं च कुर्याद्वै श्रद्धयान्वितः
A mortal who, in this life, with faith, listens to the Purāṇas and gives land rich with grain as a gift,
धेनुं बहुगुणां हैमीं बहुदुग्धां सदक्षिणाम् । सुवर्णप्रतिमां चैव तस्य पुत्रो भवेद्ध्रुवम्
Or who gives a cow of many virtues, golden, yielding much milk, with proper gifts, or a golden image—such a person surely obtains a son.