जलाग्न्यादिप्रवेशस्य प्रसज्येत व्रतांतरात् । इदमल्पं महत्त्वं तदिति नैव नियामकः
Entering water, fire, and so on, is prescribed in other vows; but the distinction of greatness or smallness does not depend solely on this.
फलं यथोदितं शास्त्रे तदेव स्यान्महोदयम् । यथाल्पनाशो महता महन्नाशस्तथाल्पतः
The result described in the scripture is indeed the highest; just as a small loss comes from a small cause, and a great loss from a great one.
किंत्वल्पविस्फुलिंगेन तृणनाशः प्रदृश्यते । अजामिलोऽपि भूपाल दास्याः पतिरिति स्मृतः
Yet, even a small spark can be seen to burn grass; O king, even Ajāmila, though husband to a maidservant, is remembered.
धर्मपत्नीपरित्यागी नित्यं पापपथिस्थितः । म्रियमाणः सुताह्वानं चक्रे नारायणेति च
He abandoned his lawful wife and always followed the path of sin; as he was dying, he called out to his son, saying 'Nārāyaṇa.'
तथा यन्नामग्रहणात्पदं लेभे सुदुर्ल्लभम् । अनिच्छयापि दहति स्पृष्टो हुतवहो यथा
Thus, by uttering that name, he attained a state most difficult to reach; even without intention, fire burns when touched.
तथा दहति गोविंदनामव्याजादपीरितम्
In the same way, the name Govinda burns away sin, even if spoken without purpose.
हत्यायुतं शपनहा सहस्रमुग्रं गुर्वंगनाकोटिनिषेवणं च । स्तेयान्यशेषाणि हरेः प्रियेण गोविंदनाम्ना निहतानि सद्यः
Ten thousand killings, a thousand fierce curses, the enjoyment of countless teachers' wives, and all other thefts—these are instantly destroyed by the dear name of Govinda.
विष्णुभक्तिमयं वीर यत्किंचित्क्रियतेऽल्पकम् । सुकृतं साधु विदुषा तदक्षयफलं भवेत्
Whatever small act is performed with devotion to Viṣṇu, the wise know that such good deeds yield inexhaustible fruit.
संदेहो न च कर्तव्यो माधवे मासि माधवम् । समाराध्य जनो भक्त्या तत्तद्वांछितमाप्नुयात्
No doubt should be entertained: in the month of Mādhava, by worshiping Mādhava with devotion, a person attains whatever they desire.
अपत्यं द्रविणं दारा धरा हर्म्यं हया गजाः । सुखानि स्वर्गमोक्षौ च न दूरे हरिभक्तितः
Children, wealth, wives, land, houses, horses, elephants, pleasures, heaven, and liberation—all these are not far from one devoted to Hari.
एवं शास्त्रोक्तविधिना स्वल्पेनापि न संशयः । पापस्य महतोऽपि स्यात्क्षयः सम्यग्विधानतः
Thus, even with a little, if performed according to scriptural injunction, there is no doubt that even great sin is destroyed by proper observance.
फलाधिक्यं भवेद्विद्वन्नाधिक्याद्भावकर्मणोः । सूक्ष्मा धर्मस्य गतयो दुर्ज्ञेया विबुधैरपि
Greater results arise, O wise one, not from the quantity of action, but from the quality of feeling and deed; the subtle paths of dharma are difficult to discern, even for the gods.
प्रियो माधवमासोऽयं माधवस्य महात्मनः । एकोऽपि त्रिषु लोकेषु समग्रेप्सितदायकः
This month of Mādhava is dear to the great Mādhava; even alone among the three worlds, it grants all desired things.
पुण्येन गांगेन जलेन काले देशे बुधः स्नानपरः कथंचित् । आजन्मनो भावहतोऽपि दाता न शुध्यतीत्येव मतं ममैतत्
Even if a learned person bathes with pure Gaṅgā water at the right time and place, if his heart is impure from birth, he does not become purified—this is my view.
प्रज्वाल्य वह्निं घृततैलसिक्तं प्रदक्षिणावर्तशिखं स्वकाले । प्रविश्य दग्धः किल भावदुष्टो न स्वर्गमाप्नोति फलं न चान्यत्
If one lights a fire soaked with ghee and oil, with the flame turning to the right, and enters it at the proper time, yet is corrupted in heart, he neither attains heaven nor any other fruit.
गंगादितीर्थेषु वसंति देवा देवालये यक्षगणाश्च नित्यम् । विनाशनं यांति कृतोपवासा भावोज्झितास्तेन फलं लभंते
The gods always dwell at the banks of the Gaṅgā and other sacred rivers, and the Yakṣa hosts in temples; those who fast without devotion meet destruction, and thus do not obtain the fruit.
भावं ततो हृत्कमले निधाय श्रीमाधवं माधवमासि भक्त्या । यजेत यः स्नानपरो विशुद्धः पुण्यं न शक्ता वयमस्य वक्तुम्
He who, after placing devotion in the lotus of his heart, worships the glorious Mādhava during the month of Mādhava, being devoted to bathing and purified—of his merit, we are not able to describe.
इहार्थेऽपि पुरावृत्तमाकर्णय महीपते । विचित्रं कथयिष्यामि फलं किमपि कर्मणाम्
Now, O king, listen to an ancient event related to this matter; I will tell you a marvelous result of actions.
तस्य माधवमासस्य प्रसादान्माधवस्य च । यथापि ब्राह्मणी काचित्स्वैरिण्याप शुभं फलम्
By the grace of the month of Mādhava and of Mādhava himself, a certain brahmin woman, though unchaste, obtained an auspicious result.
दिवोदासेति विख्यातः पुरा कांतीश्वरोऽभवत् । तस्यापत्यं महारत्नं नारीणामुत्तमं सदा
In ancient times, there was a renowned lord of beauty named Divodāsa; his offspring was a great jewel, always the foremost among women.
गुणरूपसमायुक्ता सुशीला चारुमंगला । दिव्यादेवीति विख्याता रूपेणाप्रतिमा भुवि ३७ (द्र. पद्मपुराण [https://sa.wikisource.org/s/fwm भूमिखण्ड, अध्यायः ८५.५४])। पित्रा त्वालोकिता सा तु रूपलावण्यसंयुता । स तां दृष्ट्वा दिवोदासो दिव्यां देवीं सुतां तदा
Endowed with virtues and beauty, of noble character and auspicious, she was famed as Divyādevī, unrivaled in beauty on earth.
कस्मै च दीयते कन्या सुवराय महात्मने । इति चिंतापरो भूत्वा समालोक्य नरोत्तमः
Her father beheld her, endowed with beauty and charm; seeing his divine daughter Divyādevī, Divodāsa then wondered:
रूपदेशस्य राजानं सम्यग्ज्ञात्वा महीपतिः । चित्रसेनं महात्मानं समाहूय ततो नृपः
Knowing well the king of that region, the wise king summoned the great-souled Citraseṇa.
कन्यां ददौ दिवोदासश्चित्रसेनाय धीमते । तस्या विवाहकालस्य संप्राप्ते समये नृप
Divodāsa gave his daughter to the intelligent Citraseṇa; when the time for her marriage arrived, O king,
मृतोऽसौ चित्रसेनस्तु कालधर्मेण वै किल । दिवोदासश्च धर्मात्मा चिंतयामास भूपतिः
Citraseṇa died, indeed, by the law of time; and Divodāsa, righteous king, began to ponder.
ब्राह्मणांश्च समाहूय पप्रच्छ नृपनंदन । अस्या विवाहकाले तु चित्रसेनो दिवं गतः
Summoning the brāhmaṇas, the king’s son asked them: 'At the time of her marriage, Citraseṇa has gone to heaven.'
अस्यास्तु कीदृशं कर्म भविष्यति ब्रुवंतु मे । ब्राह्मण उवाच-। विवाहो जायते राजन्कन्यायास्तु विधानतः
'What should be done in her case? Tell me,' he said. The brāhmaṇa spoke: 'Marriage is to be performed for the maiden according to ordinance.'
पतिर्मृत्युं प्रयात्येव यो वा त्यागं करोति च । महाधिव्याधिना भीतस्त्यागं कृत्वा प्रयाति च
'If the husband dies, or abandons her, or departs out of fear of great disease, having renounced, he goes away.'
प्रव्राजितो भवेद्राजन्धर्मशास्त्रेषु दृश्यते । तस्यां रजस्वलायां च अन्यः पतिर्विधीयते
'If he becomes a renunciant, O king, as seen in the scriptures of dharma, and if she is in her period, another husband is prescribed for her.'
विवाहं तु प्रधानेन पिता कुर्यान्न संशयः । एवं राजन्समादिष्टं धर्मशास्त्रे शुभैर्जनैः
'The father should perform the marriage with a principal man—there is no doubt; thus, O king, it is enjoined in the dharma-śāstra by the virtuous.'