बहूनि विविधान्येव तिष्ठंति दुरितानि च । अमावास्यां यथा स्त्रीणां संगमे कलुषं महत्
Many and various sins remain, and on the new moon day, for women, there is great impurity in union.
एकादश्यां तथैवान्नभक्षणे वृजिनं भवेत् । रोगिणश्च तथा खंज काससोदरकुष्ठकाः
Likewise, on the eleventh day, eating food brings misfortune; and so it is for the sick, the lame, those with cough, dropsy, or leprosy.
भवंति प्राणिनस्ते वै तस्यामन्नस्य भक्षणे । ग्रामशूकरतां यांति दारिद्र्यं च प्रयांति वै
Those living beings who eat such food become village pigs and fall into poverty.
राजबद्धा द्विजश्रेष्ठ तस्यामन्नस्य भक्षणे । संसारे यानि पापानि तानि विप्र हरेर्दिने
O best of twice-born, those who eat such food are bound by the king; all the sins in worldly existence, O Brahmin, occur on the day of Hari.
भुक्तिमाश्रित्य तिष्ठंति जलभक्षणमाज्ञया । कुर्वतां सर्वपापानि नरकान्निष्कृतिर्भवेत्
Relying on food, they remain, eating only water by command; for those who do so, all sins are absolved and hell is avoided.
न निष्कृतिर्भवेन्नॄणां भुंजतां च हरेर्दिने । नरा यावंति चान्नानि भुंजते च हरेर्दिने
There is no absolution for those who eat on the day of Hari; as many morsels as men eat on the day of Hari,
प्रत्यन्नं च ब्रह्महत्याकोटिजं वृजिनं भवेत् । पुनर्वच्मि पुनर्वच्मि श्रूयतां श्रूयतां नराः
For each morsel, there is sin equal to ten million acts of Brahmin-murder; I say again and again, listen, listen, O men!
न भोक्तव्यं न भोक्तव्यं न भोक्तव्यं हरेर्दिने । गंगादिषु च तीर्थेषु स्नात्वा यत्फलमाप्यते
One must not eat, one must not eat, one must not eat on the day of Hari; the fruit obtained by bathing at holy places like the Ganges,
चंद्रसूर्योपरागे च चैकादश्यामुपोषितः । अर्चित्वोत्पलमालाभिस्तस्यां च कमलापतिम्
During a lunar or solar eclipse, or when one has fasted on the eleventh day, and worshipped the Lord of Lakshmi with garlands of lotuses,
विधिवत्पारणं कृत्वा न मातुर्गर्भभाजनम् । एकादश्यां हरेर्गेहे करोति मंडनं द्विज
Having properly broken the fast, one does not return to the mother's womb; O Brahmin, one who decorates the house of Hari on the eleventh day,
परमां गतिमासाद्य तिष्ठेद्विष्णुनिकेतने । एकादशीं समासाद्य निराहारा भवंति ये
Attaining the highest state, they remain in the abode of Vishnu; those who observe the eleventh day, remaining without food,
तेषां विष्णुपुरे शश्वन्निवासोऽपि न संशयः । तुलसीभक्तिसंलीनं मनो येषां विराजते
For them, there is surely eternal residence in Vishnu's city; those whose minds are absorbed in devotion to Tulasi,
ते यांति परमं विष्णोः स्थानमेव न संशयः । परद्रव्येष्वभिरुचिर्येषां चैव न विद्यते
They go to the supreme abode of Vishnu, without doubt; those who have no desire for the wealth of others,
संतुष्टमनसो येऽपि तेषां विष्णुपुरं ध्रुवम् । दुर्भिक्षकालमासाद्य प्राणिभ्यो ये नरोत्तमाः
Even those whose minds are content, for them, Vishnu's city is certain; the best of men who, in times of famine, give food to living beings,
ददत्यन्नं हरेः सद्म तेषां चैव न संशयः । गवां द्विजानां त्राणाय स्वामिनो योषितस्तथा
And those who give food at the house of Hari, for them there is no doubt; those who protect cows, Brahmins, and their master's wives,
प्राणान्मुंचंति ये मर्त्त्यास्तेषां विष्णुपुरं ध्रुवम् । प्राणिभिर्दशमीविद्धा न चोपोष्या कदाचन
Those mortals who give up their lives for these, for them, Vishnu's city is certain; the eleventh day joined with the tenth by living beings must never be observed as a fast.
परिहार्यं द्विजश्रेष्ठ दुर्जनस्यांतिकं यथा । अरुणोदयवेलायां दशमी संगता यदि
O best of Brahmins, just as one should avoid the company of wicked people, so too must one avoid the tenth day when it joins with dawn.
तत्रोपोष्या द्वादशी स्यात्त्रयोदश्यां तु पारणम् । दशमीशेषसंयुक्तो यदि स्यादरुणोदयः
In that case, the fast should be observed on the twelfth day, and the breaking of the fast on the thirteenth; if the tenth day is joined with dawn,
वैष्णवेन न कर्त्तव्यं तद्दिनैकादशीव्रतम् । चतस्रो घटिकाः प्रातररुणोदय उच्यते
A Vaiṣṇava should not perform the Ekādaśī vow on that day; the time of dawn is said to be four ghaṭikās after sunrise.
यतीनां स्नानकालोयं गंगांभः सदृशः स्मृतः । अरुणोदयकाले तु दशमी यदि दृश्यते
For ascetics, this is the time for bathing, considered equal to the waters of the Gaṅgā; if Daśamī is seen at the time of dawn—
न तत्रैकादशी कार्या धर्मकामार्थनाशिनी । स्वल्पां च दशमीविद्धां त्यजेदेकादशीं बुधः
Then Ekādaśī should not be observed there, as it destroys dharma, desire, and wealth; a wise person should abandon even a slightly tainted Ekādaśī.
सुराबिंदोस्तु संपर्कात्घृतकुंभं त्यजेद्यथा । संपूर्णैकादशी यत्र द्वादश्यां पुनरेव सा
Just as a pot of ghee is abandoned when touched by a drop of liquor, so too should one abandon an Ekādaśī that is fully joined with Daśamī and again with Dvādaśī.
उत्तरा यतिभिः कार्या पूर्वामुपवसेद्गृही । एकादशीकला यत्र द्वादशीपरतो न चेत्
The later Ekādaśī should be observed by ascetics, while householders should fast on the earlier one; where the Ekādaśī tithi does not extend into Dvādaśī—
तत्र क्रतुशतं पुण्यं त्रयोदश्यां तु पारणम् । एकादशी विलुप्ता चेत्परतो द्वादशीयुता
There, the merit is equal to a hundred sacrifices, but the breaking of the fast should be on Trayodaśī; if Ekādaśī is lost and only Dvādaśī remains—
उपोष्या द्वादशी पूर्णा यदीच्छेत्परमां गतिम् । संपूर्णैऽकादशी यत्र प्रभाते पुनरेव सा
A complete Dvādaśī should be observed by one who desires the highest state; where Ekādaśī is complete and again present in the morning—
सर्वैरेवोत्तरा कार्या परतो द्वादशी यदि । एकादशीव्रते येषां मनः संलीयते नृणाम्
In all such cases, the later Ekādaśī should be observed, if Dvādaśī follows; for those whose minds are devoted to the Ekādaśī vow—
तेषां स्वर्गो हि वासोऽथ यांति ते सदनं हरेः । एकादश्याः परं नास्ति परलोकस्य साधनम्
For them, heaven is their abode, and they go to the house of Hari; beyond Ekādaśī, there is no greater means for attaining the next world.
बहुपापसमायुक्तः करोति हरिवासरम् । सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः स याति हरिमंदिरम्
Even one burdened with many sins, if he observes the day of Hari, becomes freed from all sins and goes to the abode of Hari.
पतिसहिता या योषित्करोति हरिवासरम् । सुपुत्रा स्वामिसुभगा याति प्रेत्य हरेर्गृहम्
A woman who observes the day of Hari together with her husband attains good sons, a fortunate husband, and, after death, goes to the house of Hari.
यो यच्छति हरेरग्रे प्रदीपं भक्तिभावतः । हरेर्द्दिने र्द्विजश्रेष्ठ पुण्यसंख्या न विद्यते
Whoever offers a lamp before Hari with devotion, O best of twice-born, on the day of Hari—his merit cannot be measured.