आदरंति प्रतीता ये ते नराः स्वर्गगामिनः । यस्मिन्कस्मिन्कुले जाता दयावंतो यशस्विनः
Those men who are devoted and faithful are destined for heaven; wherever they are born, those who are compassionate and renowned are the same.
सानुक्रोशाः सदाचारास्ते नराः स्वर्गगामिनः । ये पूताः परदारांश्च कर्मणा मनसा गिरा
Those who are merciful and of good conduct, those men are destined for heaven; those who are pure, who do not engage with others' wives in deed, thought, or word.
रमयंति न सत्वस्थास्तेनराः स्वर्गगामिनः । सदा कर्मयथोक्तेन कुर्वंति विहितानि च
Those who are steadfast in virtue do not delight in others' wives; those men are destined for heaven. They always perform the prescribed actions as instructed.
आत्मशक्तिं च विज्ञाय ते नराः स्वर्गगामिनः । मनो वाक्कायिके धर्मे श्रद्धां यः कुरुते सदा
Recognizing their own capacity, those men are destined for heaven; whoever always places faith in righteousness of mind, speech, and body.
साधूनां संमतो यश्च स भवेद्देवतातिथिः । वचोवेगं मनोवेगं यो वेगमुदरोद्भवम्
He who is esteemed among the virtuous becomes a guest like a deity; whoever restrains the urge of speech, the urge of mind, and the urge arising from the belly.
उपस्थवेगं सहते स स्वर्गी जायते नरः । येषां गुणेषु संतोषो वाणी येषां श्रुतं प्रति
He who endures the urge of the genitals is born in heaven; those who are content with their own virtues, whose speech is measured regarding what is heard.
परमार्थे मतिर्येषां ते शिष्टाः स्वर्गगामिनः । व्रतं रक्षंति ये कोपाच्छ्रियं रक्षंति मत्सरात्
Those whose minds are fixed on the highest truth are the noble ones destined for heaven; those who protect their vows from anger and their prosperity from envy.
विद्यां मानापमानाभ्यामात्मानं तु प्रमादतः । मतिं रक्षंति ये लोभान्मनो रक्षंति कामतः
Those who protect knowledge from pride and disrespect, themselves from arrogance, their understanding from greed, and their mind from desire.
धर्मं रक्षंति दुःसंगात्ते नराः स्वर्गगामिनः । एकादश्यां च विधिवदुपवासपरायणाः
Those who protect righteousness from bad company, those men are destined for heaven; and those who are devoted to fasting properly on the eleventh day.
शुक्लेऽसिते च ये विप्र ते नराः स्वर्गगामिनः । मातेव सर्वबालानामौषधं रोगिणा मिव
Those men who, whether on the bright or dark fortnight, observe the eleventh day, are destined for heaven; just as a mother to all children, or medicine to the sick.
रक्षार्थं सर्वलोकानां निर्मितैकादशी तिथिः । एकादशी समं किंचित्पादत्राणं न विद्यते 5.96.
For the protection of all worlds, the eleventh lunar day was established; there is no other protection equal to even a fraction of Ekadashi.
तामुपोष्य विधानेन पुरुषाः स्वर्गगामिनः । एकादशेन्द्रियैः पापं यत्कृतं भवति द्विज
By observing it properly, men attain heaven; whatever sin is committed by the eleven senses, O twice-born, is removed.
नरो निर्द्धूय तत्तूर्णं प्रीतः स्वर्गतिमान्भवेत् । अश्वमेधसहस्राणि राजसूयशतानि च
A man, having quickly cast off that sin, becomes joyful and attains heaven; even a thousand horse sacrifices and a hundred royal consecrations—
एकादश्युपवासस्य कलां नार्हंति षोडशीम् । एकतः क्रतवः सर्वे सर्वतीर्थतपांसि च
—do not equal even a sixteenth part of the merit of fasting on Ekadashi; on one side are all the sacrifices and all the austerities at holy places—
महादानादिदानानि व्रतं वैष्णवमेकतः । वैष्णवव्रतजो धर्मो धर्मो यज्ञादिसंभवः
—and on the other, all great and minor gifts, and the Vaiṣṇava vow; the righteousness born from the Vaiṣṇava vow and that arising from sacrifices—
एकत्र तुलितौ धात्रा तत्र पूर्वो भवेद्गुरुः । हरिवासर भक्तानामच्युतानंतभाषिणाम्
—when weighed together by the Creator, the former is greater; on the day of Hari, among devotees who speak endlessly of the Imperishable—
नाहं शास्ता विशेषेण तेभ्यो विप्र बिभेम्यहम् । येषां पुत्रश्च पौत्रश्च एकादश्यामुपोषितः
—I am not especially the ruler over them, O brahmin; I am afraid of those whose sons and grandsons have observed Ekadashi.
सहात्मना स पुरुषाञ्छतमुद्धरते बलात् । उपोषणं ततः कुर्यात्पक्षयोरुभयोरपि
With himself, such a man forcibly uplifts a hundred men; therefore, one should observe the fast on both fortnights.
एकादश्यां स पुरुषो भुक्तिमुक्त्येकभाजनम् । जया च विजया चैव जयंती पापनाशिनी
On the eleventh day, that person becomes the sole recipient of both enjoyment and liberation; Jayā, Vijayā, and Jayantī destroy sin.
त्रिस्पृशा वंजुली चैव पक्षसंवर्धिनी वरा । तिलदुग्धा परा ज्ञेया अखंडद्वादशी तथा
Trispṛśā, Vaṃjulī, Pakṣasaṃvardhinī, and Varā; Tiladugdhā is known as supreme, and also Akhaṃḍadvādaśī.
मनोरथाख्या च परा भीमद्वादशिका तथा । इत्येवमादयो भेदा द्वादश्याः संत्यनेकशः
Manorathākhyā is another, as is Bhīmadvādaśikā; thus, these and others are many distinct forms of Dvādaśī.
व्रतेष्वेतेषु ये शक्ता ज्ञेयास्ते ब्रह्मणि स्थिताः । श्रोतारो धर्मशास्त्राणां धर्मप्रत्यय संगताः
Those who are capable of observing these vows are to be known as established in Brahman; listeners of the Dharma scriptures, united in faith in Dharma.
प्रियंकराश्च बालानां स्वर्गलोकं व्रजंति ते । मासिमास्येकदिवसे दर्शे श्राद्धव्रता नराः
Those who bring joy to children attain the heavenly realm; men who observe the Śrāddha vow on the day of the new moon each month.
तृप्यंति पितरो येषां ते धन्याः स्वर्गगामिनः । भोजनेषूपपन्नेषु भोज्यं यच्छंति सादरात्
Their ancestors are satisfied, and those people are blessed, destined for heaven; when proper food is available, they offer it with respect.
अभिन्नमुखरागेण शिष्टास्ते स्वर्गगामिनः
Those who offer with undivided affection and proper conduct are considered destined for heaven.
ये भक्तिमंतो मधुसूदनस्य नारायणस्याखिलनायकस्य । सत्येन हीना रजसापि युक्ता गच्छंति ते नाकमनंतपुण्याः
Those devoted to Madhusūdana, Nārāyaṇa, the Lord of all, though lacking truth and joined with passion, go to heaven, possessing endless merit.
वितस्तां यमुनां सीतां पुण्यां गोदावरीं नदीम् । सेवंते ये शुभाचाराः स्नानदानपरायणाः
Those of good conduct who serve the sacred rivers—Vitastā, Yamunā, Sītā, and Godāvarī—dedicated to bathing and giving.
न ते पश्यंति पंथानं नरकस्य कदाचन । ये नर्मदायामिह शर्मदायां मज्जंति तुष्यंत्यपि दर्शनेन
They never see the path to hell; those who bathe in the bliss-giving Narmadā here are satisfied even by its sight.
विधूय पापानि महेशलोकं गच्छंति ते तत्र चिरं रमंते
Having washed away their sins, they go to the realm of Maheśa and there delight for a long time.
स्नाताश्चर्मनदी तीरे त्रिरात्रं नियता नराः । व्यासाश्रमे विशेषेण ते नरा नाकिनः स्मृताः
Men who have bathed on the bank of the bliss-giving river for three nights with discipline, especially at Vyāsa's hermitage, are regarded as destined for heaven.