न माधवसमो मासो न माधवसमो विभुः । गतोहि दुरितांभोधौ मज्जमानजनस्य यः
There is no month equal to Mādhava, nor any lord like Mādhava; he has crossed the ocean of sins for those who are sinking in it.
दत्तं जप्तं हुतं स्नातं यद्भक्त्या मासि माधवे । तदक्षयं भवेद्भूप पुण्यं कोटिशताधिकम्
Whatever is given, recited, offered in fire, or performed as bathing with devotion in the month of Mādhava, O king, that merit becomes inexhaustible, exceeding a hundred million times.
यथा देवेषु विश्वात्मा देवो नारायणो हरिः । यथा जप्येषु गायत्री सरितां जाह्नवी तथा
As among the gods the universal soul is the god Nārāyaṇa Hari, as among recitations the Gāyatrī, and among rivers the Jāhnavī, so too—
यथोमा सर्वनारीणां तपतां भास्करो यथा । आरोग्यलाभो लाभानां द्विपदां ब्राह्मणो यथा
As Umā is foremost among all women, as the sun among those who shine, as health among gains, and as the Brahmin among bipeds—
परोपकारः पुण्यानां विद्यानां निगमो यथा । मंत्राणां प्रणवो यद्वद्ध्यानानामात्मचिंतनम्
As beneficence is the highest among virtues, the Veda among knowledges, the syllable Om among mantras, and self-contemplation among meditations—
सत्यं स्वधर्मवर्तित्वं तपसां च यथा वरम् । शौचानामर्थशौचं च दानानामभयं यथा
As truth and adherence to one's own duty are best among austerities, as purity of wealth among purities, and fearlessness among gifts—
गुणानां च यथा लोभक्षयो मुख्यो गुणः स्मृतः । मासानां प्रवरो मासस्तथासौ माधवो मतः
As the destruction of greed is considered the chief among virtues, so Mādhava is regarded as the best among months.
तत्र यत्क्रियते श्राद्धं यज्ञ दानमुपोषणम् । तपोऽध्ययनपूजादि तदक्षयफलं स्मृतम्
Whatever śrāddha, sacrifice, gift, fasting, austerity, study, or worship is performed then, its fruit is said to be inexhaustible.
वैशाखांतानि पापानि सूर्यांतानि तमांसि च । परापकारपैशुन्य प्रांतानि सुकृतानि च
At the end of Vaiśākha, sins come to an end, darkness ceases with the sun, and good deeds reach their completion, as do harm and slander.
कार्तिके मासि यत्किंचित्तुलासंस्थे दिवाकरे । स्नानदानादिकं राजंस्तत्परार्धगुणं भवेत्
Whatever bathing, giving, or other acts are performed in the month of Kārtika, when the sun is in Libra, O king, their merit becomes doubled.
तस्मात्सहस्रगुणितं माघे मकरगे रवौ । ततोऽपि शतसंख्यातं वैशाखेमेषगे रवौ
Therefore, when the sun is in Capricorn during Māgha, the merit is a thousandfold; and when the sun is in Aries during Vaiśākha, it is counted as a hundred times more than that.
ते धन्यास्ते सुकृतिनो नरा वैशाख मासि ये । प्रातः स्नात्वा विधानेन पूजयंति मधुद्विषम्
Blessed and virtuous are those men who, in the month of Vaiśākha, bathe in the morning according to rule and worship the slayer of Madhu.
प्रातःस्नानं च वैशाखे यज्ञदानमुपोषणम् । हविष्यं ब्रह्मचर्यं च महापातकनाशनम्
Morning bathing in Vaiśākha, sacrifice, giving, fasting, offering of oblations, and celibacy—all these destroy great sins.
पुनः कलियुगे राजन्नेतद्गोप्यं भविष्यति । अश्वमेधादिकं यस्मान्माहात्म्यं माधवस्य यत्
Again, in the Kali age, O king, this will become secret, for the greatness of Mādhava is equal to that of the Aśvamedha and the like.
अश्वमेधमखः पुण्यः कलौ नैव प्रवर्तते । एष माधवमासस्य हयमेध समो विधिः
The meritorious Aśvamedha sacrifice is not performed in the Kali age; this rule of Mādhava month is equal to the horse sacrifice.
अश्वमेधस्य यत्पुण्यं स्वर्गमोक्षफलप्रदम् । न वेत्स्यंति कलौ पापा जना दुरितबुद्धयः
The merit of the Aśvamedha, which bestows heaven and liberation, will not be known by sinful people of evil intellect in the Kali age.
तस्मिन्भवैर्नरैः पापैर्गंतव्यं नरकार्णवे । अतस्तु विरलस्तस्य प्रचारो येन निर्मितः
There, by evil deeds, people must traverse the ocean of hell; yet the path created by him is rare in its occurrence.
इति श्रीपद्मपुराणे पातालखंडे वैशाखमासमाहात्म्ये पंचाशीतितमोऽध्यायः
Thus ends the eighty-fifth chapter in the section on the glories of the month of Vaiśākha, in the Pātāla Khanda of the Padma Purāṇa.
सप्ताशीतितमोऽध्यायः । सूतउवाच- इति तस्य वचः श्रुत्वा नारदस्य स भूपतिः । प्रणम्य विस्मितः प्राह चिन्तयन्मनसा हरिम्
Chapter eighty-seven. Sūta said: Hearing these words of Nārada, the king, astonished, bowed and spoke, contemplating Hari in his mind.
अंबरीष उवाच- कथमेतद्विमुह्यामः स्वल्पायासेन वै मुने । प्राप्यते स्नानमात्रेण फलं चैवातिदुर्ल्लभम्
Ambarīṣa said: How is it, O sage, that we are bewildered? With such little effort, merely by bathing, one attains a result exceedingly rare.
नारद उवाच- सत्यमुक्तं त्वया राजन्नल्पायासेन यन्महत् । फलं संप्राप्यते तत्र श्रद्धत्स्व विधिभाषितम्
Nārada said: Truly spoken by you, O king, that with little effort a great result is obtained; therefore, have faith in what is prescribed by the rules.
धर्मस्य गतयः सूक्ष्मा दुर्ज्ञेया हीश्वरैरपि । मुह्यंते चात्र विद्वांसोऽचिंत्यशक्ति हरेः कृतौ
The paths of dharma are subtle, difficult to comprehend even for the gods; and here, the learned are bewildered by the inconceivable power of Hari's actions.
विश्वामित्रादयो राजन्धर्माधिक्येन बाहुजाः । ब्राह्मण्यं समुपायाताः सूक्ष्मा धर्मगतिस्त्वतः
O king, Viśvāmitra and others, through the abundance of dharma, attained Brahminhood; thus, the path of dharma is subtle.
अजामिलोऽपि भूपाल दासीपतिरिति श्रुतः । धर्मपत्नीपरित्यागी नित्यं पापपथिस्थितः
Even Ajāmila, O king, known as the master of a slave-woman, abandoned his lawful wife and always remained on the sinful path.
म्रियमाणः सुतस्नेहात्प्रोच्य नारायणेति च । तद्ध्याननामग्रहणात्पदं लेभे सुदुर्ल्लभम्
While dying, out of affection for his son, he uttered 'Nārāyaṇa'; through meditation and recitation of that name, he attained a state exceedingly difficult to obtain.
अनिच्छयापि दहति स्पृष्टो हुतवहो यथा । तथा दहति गोविंद नामव्याजादपीरितम्
Just as fire burns even when touched unintentionally, so Govinda's name burns away sin even when spoken casually.
कानीनस्य मुनेः पौत्रा भ्रातृजायाभिगामिनः । गोलकस्य च वै पंडोः पुत्राः कुंडाः स्वयं तथा
The grandsons of the sage Kānīna, those who approached their brothers' wives, and the sons of Golaka and Paṇḍu, and likewise Kuṇḍa himself.
ते पंचापि च भूपाल पांडवा द्रौपदीरताः । तेषां च पुण्यश्लोकत्वं सूक्ष्माधर्मगतिस्ततः
All five of them, O king, the Pāṇḍavas devoted to Draupadī, their fame as the virtuous is due to the subtle path of dharma.
विचित्राणि च कर्माणि विचित्रा भूतभावनाः । विचित्राणि च भूता निविचित्राः कर्मशक्तयः
Deeds are diverse, the creation of beings is diverse; beings themselves are diverse, and the powers of action are not uniform.
कदाचित्सुकृतं कर्म कूटस्थं यदवस्थितम् । केनचित्कर्मणा भूप शुभेन परिवर्धते
Sometimes a virtuous deed remains dormant, and by some other auspicious action, O king, it increases.