पौर्णमास्यां तु यो विप्र भक्तिभावसमन्वितः । कुर्य्यान्नानाविधानेन सपर्य्यां श्रीजगद्विभोः
O Brahmin, whoever, filled with devotion, performs worship of the Lord of the universe on the full moon day, in various ways,
कलुषं तस्य नश्येत कोटिजन्मार्जितं मुने । तस्मिन्श्रीरमणस्यास्य कृपा जाता भवेद्ध्रुवम्
His impurity, accumulated over millions of births, is destroyed, O sage; and the compassion of Shri Ramaṇa is certainly bestowed upon him.
द्वादश्यामन्नदानं यो भक्त्या कुर्याद्द्विजातये । तस्य नश्यंति पापानि तमांसी वारुणोदये
Whoever gives food to a Brahmin with devotion on Dvadashi, his sins are destroyed as darkness is dispelled at sunrise.
यो नरः श्रीहरिं कुर्यात्स्नपनं पयसा द्विज । तत्प्रीतिः श्रीहरेः सद्यो द्वादश्यां शर्करादिभिः
O Brahmin, a man who bathes Shri Hari with milk on Dvadashi, with sugar and other offerings, immediately attains the pleasure of Shri Hari.
मंत्रं विना तु यो विप्र दद्याच्छ्रीहरये किल । पाषाणसदृशं पुष्पं दाता याति अधोगतिम्
O Brahmin, one who gives to Śrī Hari without reciting the mantra, offers flowers as if they were stones, and the giver descends to a lower state.
क्ष्मासुराय च मूर्खाय पाषाणसदृशं तु यत् । दद्याद्दानं नरो यो वै तस्य पुण्यं न विद्यते
If a man gives a gift to the earth-demon or to a fool, and that gift is like a stone, he gains no merit from it.
विद्याहीनो द्विजो मोहाद्दानं गृह्णाति मूढधीः । कालानलं यथा जीर्णं तेन स निरयं व्रजेत्
A twice-born who lacks knowledge and, out of delusion, accepts a gift with a dull mind, is like one who swallows aged fire; by this, he goes to hell.
यथा दारुमयो हस्ती मृगश्चित्रमयो यथा । विद्याहीनो द्विजो विप्र त्रयस्ते नामधारकाः
Just as an elephant made of wood or a deer made of painted cloth, so too is a Brahmin without knowledge; all three are merely bearers of a name.
यथाध्वनिस्थितं वारि पवनार्केण शुद्ध्यति । भक्त्या तु पार्षदं दृष्ट्वा तस्य नश्यति कल्मषम्
Just as water on the road is purified by wind and sun, so too, by seeing the attendant with devotion, one's sin is destroyed.
यो नरश्चाश्विने मासि सघृतान्पूर्णिमा दिने । दद्याच्छ्रीहरये लाजान्क्रीडार्थं तु वराटिकाम्
Whoever, on the full moon day in the month of Āśvina, gives roasted rice mixed with ghee to Śrī Hari for play, along with a coin,
भक्त्या याति हरेः स्थानं पुनरावृत्तिवर्जितः । न दद्याद्यो नरो मोहात्तस्मिन्न तुष्टिदो हरिः
With devotion, he attains the abode of Hari, free from return; but if a man gives out of delusion, Hari is not pleased by it.
वराटिकां यावतीं यो हरये पौर्णिमादिने । तावद्दिनं हरेः स्थानं चाश्विने संवसेद्ध्रुवम्
As many coins as one gives to Hari on the full moon day, for that many days he surely resides in Hari's abode in Āśvina.
करवीरपुरे ह्यासीत्पुरा शूद्रोऽपि निर्द्दयः । कालद्विजो द्विजश्रेष्ठ नाम्ना पापी भयंकरः
In the city of Karavīra, there once lived a cruel Śūdra named Kāladvija, O best of Brahmins, a sinful and terrifying man.
स्वकार्यनिरतः सोऽपि स्वामिकार्यप्रणाशकः । एकदा पंचतां यातो यमदूता भयंकराः
He was absorbed in his own affairs and destroyed his master's work; one day, he died, and the terrifying messengers of Yama came.
आगतास्तं समानेतुं यमस्यतु निकेतनम् । बद्ध्वा निन्युश्च तं दृष्ट्वा पृष्टवान्सचिवं यमः
They arrived to take him to Yama's abode; binding him, they led him away, and seeing him, Yama questioned his minister.
यम उवाच । अस्य किं विद्यतेऽमात्य कर्मापि च शुभाशुभम् । कथयस्व समूलं तु चित्रगुप्त विचक्षण
Yama said: What deeds, good or bad, does this one have, O wise Citragupta? Tell me everything in detail.
चित्रगुप्त उवाच। असौ पापी दुराचारः स्वामिकार्यप्रणाशकः । नास्ति पुण्यं चाणुमात्रं नरके परिपच्यताम्
Citragupta said: He is sinful, of bad conduct, and a destroyer of his master's work; he has not even a particle of merit—let him be cooked in hell.
शतमन्वन्तरं राजन्नागयोनौ च निष्ठुरः । पाषाणे जन्म चासाद्य गृहे स्थातुं निरंतरम्
For a hundred manvantaras, O king, he will be harsh in the serpent form, and after gaining birth as a stone, he must remain in the house continually.
सूत उवाच । तावत्कालं ततो विप्र निरये स पपात ह । ततोऽप्यश्मगृहे नागयोनौ जातः सुदुःखितः
Sūta said: For that time, O Brahmin, he fell into hell; then, in a stone house, he was born in the serpent form, suffering greatly.
एकदा चाश्विने मासि पौर्णमासीदिने द्विज । लाजान्वराटिका नागो बिलात्प्राक्षेपयद्बहिः
Once, O Brahmin, in the month of Āśvina, on the full moon day, the serpent threw out roasted rice and a coin from his hole.
पतिता सा हरेरग्रे पापमस्य स्वयं हरिः । तूर्णं तु नाशयामास दयालुर्दुःखनाशकः
That offering fell before Hari, and the compassionate destroyer of suffering, Hari, swiftly destroyed his sin.
कदाचित्प्राप्तकालस्तु पंचत्वं स जगाम ह । यमदूतास्तमानेतुं चागता बहुशो द्विज
When the destined time arrived, he died, and many messengers of Yama came to take him, O Brahmin.
बद्ध्वा नेतुं यदा चक्रुर्यमस्य सदनं प्रति । तदागता विष्णुदूताः शंखचक्रगदाधराः
When they bound him to take him to the abode of Yama, then the messengers of Viṣṇu arrived, bearing conch, discus, and mace.
पाशं छित्त्वा रथे दिव्ये तमाशुगतकिल्बिषम् । तत्र चारोपयामासुः यमदूताः पलायिताः
Cutting the noose, they placed him, whose sins had swiftly departed, upon a divine chariot; the messengers of Yama fled from there.
ततो निकेतनं विष्णोर्नागस्तैर्वेष्टितो ययौ । तत्र तस्थौ हरेरग्रे पुनरावर्त्तिवर्जितः
Then, encircled by serpents, he went to Viṣṇu’s abode and remained there before Hari, free from rebirth.
भक्त्या यो हरये दद्याल्लाजांश्च सघृतान्द्विज । वराटिकां तस्य पुण्यं न जाने किं भवेद्ध्रुवम्
O twice-born, I do not know what certain merit accrues to one who, with devotion, offers even parched grains mixed with ghee or a small coin to Hari.
य इमं शृणुयाद्विप्र चाध्यायं पापनाशनम् । तस्य नश्यंति पापानि श्रीहरेः कृपयापि च
O brāhmaṇa, whoever hears this chapter, which destroys sin, his sins are destroyed also by the grace of Śrī Hari.
शौनक उवाच। विष्णुपादोदकस्यापि माहात्म्यं पापनाशनम् । कथयस्व महाप्राज्ञ समूलं मे कृपार्णव
Śaunaka said: O ocean of compassion, O most wise one, tell me fully the greatness of Viṣṇu’s foot-water, which destroys sin.
सूत उवाच। समस्तपातकध्वंसि विष्णुपादोदकं शुभम् । कणमात्रं वहेद्यस्तु सर्वतीर्थफलं लभेत्
Sūta said: Viṣṇu’s foot-water, auspicious and destroyer of all sins—whoever carries even a drop of it obtains the fruit of all sacred bathing places.
विष्णुपादोदकं ब्रह्मन्स्पर्शतः पापनाशनम् । अकालमरणं नास्ति गंगास्नानफलं लभेत्
O brāhmaṇa, Viṣṇu’s foot-water, by mere touch, destroys sin; there is no untimely death, and one gains the fruit of bathing in the Gaṅgā.