कालेन कियता वेश्या सा मृता धर्मनिष्ठिता । देवदासोऽपि स ततो मृतः स्वीयायुषक्षये
After some time, that courtesan, established in righteousness, died; and Devadasa also died when his own lifespan ended.
तेन पुण्येन भूपाल हेमकारोऽन्य जन्मनि । स त्वं प्राप्तो महीं राजन्नशेषगुणसंयुतः
By that merit, O king, the goldsmith in another birth became you, arriving on earth endowed with all virtues.
सापि रूपवती वेश्या तेन धर्मेण तेऽभवत् । नाम्ना कांतिमती कांता प्रणयेन परिप्लुता
And that beautiful courtesan, by that righteousness, became your beloved, named Kanti-mati, overflowing with affection.
विविधा वासना वीर कर्मणां पूर्वसंभवाः । विचित्रा गतयस्तात ज्ञायंते न बुधैरपि
Various tendencies, O hero, arise from previous actions; their paths are diverse, and even the wise cannot comprehend them.
तमेनं माधवं मासं प्रतिकार्यं न संशयः । गोपितं तेन देवेन ब्रह्मणा माधवेन च
This Madhava month must be observed without doubt; it is protected by that deity, by Brahma, and by Madhava.
असाधुसंगैरनवाप्तविद्यैरसंयतैराश्रमधर्महीनैः । अभूततीर्थैरकृतव्रतैस्तैर्न लभ्यते माधवमासधर्मः
By those who associate with the wicked, who lack learning, who are undisciplined, who neglect the duties of their ashram, who have not visited holy places, who have not performed vows—by them, the righteousness of the Madhava month is not attained.
गोविंदकेशवमुकुंदहरे मुरारे लक्ष्मीनिवास मधुसूदन कृष्ण विष्णो । वाणी वरा न वदने वसतीति येषां वैशाखमासनियमो भवते न तेषाम्
For those whose mouths do not utter the names Govinda, Keshava, Mukunda, Hari, Murari, Lakshmi's abode, Madhusudana, Krishna, Vishnu, or Vani, the observance of the Vaisakha month does not arise.
ये साधुसाधु वचनानि हिताधिकानि नाकर्णयंति च हरेश्चरितामृतानि । पश्यंति ये न कमलापतिकेतनानि वैशाखमासनियमं न हि ते लभंते
Those who do not listen to the words of the virtuous, which are beneficial, nor to the nectar-like deeds of Hari, and those who do not behold the abodes of the lotus-eyed one, do not attain the observance of the Vaisakha month.
शुश्रूषिता न गुरवो न वराय कन्या दत्ता समाय समये समलंकृता यैः । अध्यापिता न तनया विनयादि धर्मं वैशाखमासनियमं न हि ते लभंते
Those who have not served their teachers, have not given a worthy maiden at the proper time, adorned, have not instructed their children in humility and righteousness—do not attain the observance of the Vaisakha month.
सूत उवाच- इत्येवमादिश्य मुनिर्नरेश मामंत्र्य तं मंत्रविदग्रगण्यः । स्नातुं ययौ माधवमासि गंगामभ्यर्चितस्तेन तदा स विप्राः
Suta said: Thus, having instructed the king, the foremost among those skilled in mantras, the sage went to bathe in the Ganga during the Madhava month, and was worshipped by the Brahmins at that time.
विधिं स राजापि ततश्चकार वैशाखमासस्य मुनिप्रणीतम् । पत्न्यासमं पुण्यधिया तमेव संचिंतयँल्लोकपवित्रकीर्तिः
Then the king performed the rite prescribed by the sage for the month of Vaiśākha, together with his virtuous wife, contemplating that very ceremony, renowned for purifying the world.
ऋषय ऊचुः - सूतसूतमहाप्राज्ञ जीवजीव शतंसमाः । यद्वयं पुण्यसमयं श्राविता जगतो हितम्
The sages said: O Sūta, wise among charioteers, may you live a hundred lifetimes! You have made us hear of the auspicious observance, beneficial to the world.
वद भूयोऽपि भूयिष्ठं पिबामस्तावकं वचः । पायंपायं न तृप्यामो वयं सूत तदुत्तमम्
Speak again, and speak more; let us drink your words. Like a nourishing drink, we do not tire of your excellent speech, O Sūta.
सूत उवाच- अत्राप्युदाहरंतीममितिहासं पुरातनम् । संवादमादिलोकस्य जगतां जगदीशितुः
Sūta said: Here too, an ancient legend is cited—a conversation between the first beings and the Lord of the universe.
षट्सहस्राणिचोच्छ्रायो विस्तारेण पुनस्त्रयम् । एवं नवसहस्राणि योजनानां विधाय च
Its height was six thousand, and its breadth three thousand; thus, nine thousand yojanas were measured out.
वामया दंष्ट्रया गृह्य उद्धृतादौ वसुंधरा । दिव्यवर्षसहस्रं वै दंष्ट्रया धारिता मही
With her left tusk, she lifted the earth at the beginning; for a thousand divine years, the earth was held by the tusk.
धर्माख्यानप्रसंगेन सोवाच विनयाद्विभुम् । पृथिव्युवाच- एते द्वादश मासा वै षष्टिर्दिनशतत्रयम्
In the context of narrating dharma, she spoke humbly to the Lord. The earth said: These are the twelve months, and sixty-three hundred days.
एषां किमुत्तमं पुण्यं प्रियं च तव केशव । पवित्रः कार्तिको मासस्तुलासंस्थे दिवाकरे
Among these, which is the most auspicious and dear to you, O Keśava? The month of Kārtika is pure, when the sun is in Libra.
मकरस्थे रवौ मासः पुराणे पावनः स्मृतः । मेषस्थे माधवो मासो भास्करे पठ्यते बुधैः
When the sun is in Capricorn, the month is remembered as holy in the Purāṇas; when the sun is in Aries, the month of Mādhava is praised by the wise.
मार्गशीर्षोऽपि मासानां पावनः परिकीर्तितः । एवं मासाः पवित्रास्ते वासराः केपि कीर्तिताः
Mārgaśīrṣa too is celebrated as a purifying month among the months; thus, these months are pure, and certain days are also praised.
युगादयो युगांताश्च तथा कल्पादयोऽपि च । सर्वेभ्योऽप्यधिकं मासमेतेभ्यो वद पावनम्
The beginnings and ends of ages, and likewise the beginnings of kalpas—among all these, tell me which month is the most sanctifying.
सर्वयज्ञमय श्रीमन्नेकं निश्चित्य मे वद । वराह उवाच- विधिनाविधिनाचैव ये यजंति नराधमाः
O glorious one, composed of all sacrifices, determine one for me and tell me. Varāha said: Whether by proper or improper rites, those degraded men who worship—
माधवे मासि मां भक्त्या तैश्च पूज्योऽस्म्यहं सदा । हिरण्याक्षो वरारोहे माधवे तु मधुर्हत
In the month of Mādhava, those who worship me with devotion are always to be honored; in Mādhava, the demon Hiraṇyākṣa was slain by the boar.
आदिदैत्यावुभावेतौ हत्वा त्वं तु समुद्धृता । त्रेतायुगे त्रयी धर्मो ज्ञानवर्णव्यवस्थितिः
Both the primordial demons were slain, and you were uplifted; in the Tretā age, the triple dharma and the order of knowledge and castes were established.
माधवे मासि संभूता तेन मे माधवःप्रियः । त्रेतायुगं तृतीयायां शुक्लायां मासि माधवे
In the month of Mādhava, I was born; therefore Mādhava is dear to me. In the third, bright month of Mādhava, the Tretā age began.
प्रवृत्तं च त्रयी धर्माः प्रवृत्तास्ते प्रवर्द्धिताः । अक्षया सोच्यते लोके तृतीया हरिवल्लभा
The triple dharma commenced and flourished; the third is called inexhaustible in the world, beloved of Hari.
स्नाने दानार्चने श्राद्धे जपे पूर्वजतर्प्पणे । येऽर्चयंति यवैर्विष्णुं श्राद्धं कुर्वंति यत्नतः
In bathing, giving, worship, ancestral rites, recitation, and offerings to ancestors—those who worship Viṣṇu with barley, and perform ancestral rites with care—
तेषां ददाम्यहं सर्वं यन्मनोऽभीष्टमुत्तमम् । ये ददंत्यपि दानानि धन्यास्ते धार्मिका नराः
To them I grant all their highest wishes; those who give gifts are blessed, those men are righteous.
ये यजंति हरेर्नित्यमध्वरैर्विविधैरपि । माधवे यजते यो मां तेभ्यस्तदधिकं फलम्
Those who worship Hari constantly with various sacrifices—whatever the form—yet whoever worships Me in the month of Mādhava attains a greater reward than they.
स्नानं दानं जपो होमस्तपो यज्ञ व्रतादिकम् । वैशाखे यत्कृतं देवि तस्य पुण्यफलं शृणु
Bathing, giving, recitation, fire-offering, austerity, sacrifice, and vows—whatever is performed in the month of Vaiśākha, O Goddess, listen to the merit gained from that.