यत्र धर्मरतिर्नित्यं विद्वान्पुत्रः प्रवर्तते । तत्र तस्य हि तत्तीर्थं तारणाय प्रतिष्ठितम्
Where a learned son is always devoted to righteousness, that place is indeed a sacred site established for deliverance.
इत्येवमादि तीर्थानि राजवेश्म तथैव च । एवमादिषु तीर्थेषु पर्वयोगाद्विशेषतः
Thus, places such as these are sacred sites, as is the royal palace; among such sacred sites, especially on festival days,
अनाराध्य हृषीकेशं सर्वदं सर्वदेहिनाम् । कोपि क्वापि किमप्यत्र न लभेतेति निश्चितम्
Without worshipping Hrishikesha, the giver of all to all embodied beings, no one, anywhere, can obtain anything here—this is certain.
अपत्यं द्रविणं दारास्तारहर्म्यं हया गजाः । सुखानि स्वर्गमोक्षौ च न दूरे हरिभक्तितः
Children, wealth, wives, splendid mansions, horses, elephants, pleasures, heaven and liberation—all are not far from devotion to Hari.
नारायणः परो देवः सत्यरूपो जनार्दनः । त्रिधात्मानंसभगवान्ससर्जपरमेश्वरः
Narayana is the supreme god, the embodiment of truth, Janardana; the blessed Lord, the supreme ruler, created himself in three forms.
रजस्तमोभ्यांयुक्तोऽभूद्रजःसत्वाधिकंविभुः । ससर्जनाभिकमलेब्रह्माणंकमलासनम्
Endowed with rajas and tamas, the mighty one, with predominance of rajas and sattva, created Brahma, the lotus-seated, from the lotus of his navel.
रजसा तमसा जुष्टं स रुद्रमसृजद्विभुः । सत्वं रजस्तमश्चैव त्रितयं चैतदुच्यते
With rajas and tamas, he created Rudra, the mighty one; sattva, rajas, and tamas—this triad is thus spoken of.
सत्वेन मुच्यते जंतुः सत्वं नारायणात्मकम् । रजसा सत्वयुक्तेन भवेच्छ्रीमान्यशोधिकः
By sattva, a creature is liberated; sattva is the essence of Narayana. By rajas combined with sattva, one becomes prosperous and attains greater glory.
यद्वेदवाक्यं धर्मस्य समुद्दिश्योपसेवते । तद्रुद्रमिति विख्यातं विशिष्टं गदितं नृणाम्
That which, according to the words of the Veda, is practiced for the sake of righteousness, is known as Rudra, distinguished and spoken of among men.
तेन राजा भवेल्लोके रजसा तमसा पुनः । यद्धीनं रजसा धर्मं केवलं तामसं च यत्
By that, a king becomes established in the world through rajas and tamas; whatever righteousness is deficient in rajas, and whatever is purely tamas,
तच्च दुर्गतिदं नॄणामिहलोके परत्र च । यो विष्णुः स स्वयं ब्रह्मा यो ब्रह्मा स स्वयं हरः
That leads to misfortune for people in this world and the next. He who is Vishnu is himself Brahma; he who is Brahma is himself Hara.
देवास्त्रयोपि यज्ञेऽस्मिन्निज्या देवेषु नित्यशः । यो भेदं कुरुते तेषां त्रयाणां द्विजसत्तमः
The three gods are always worshipped in sacrifice among the gods; O best of twice-born, whoever creates division among these three,
स पापकारी पापात्मा अनिष्टां गतिमाप्नुयात् । विष्णुरेव परं ब्रह्म विष्णुरेव जगद्द्विज
He is a doer of sin, sinful in soul, and attains an undesirable state. Vishnu alone is the supreme Brahman; Vishnu alone is the universe, O twice-born.
तस्यायं माधवो मासः प्रियः सर्वेषु कर्मसु । कीर्त्यते हयमेधादि महाक्रतुफलप्रदः
For him, this month of Madhava is dear in all rites; it is praised as bestowing the fruits of great sacrifices, such as the horse sacrifice.
तीर्थस्नान तपो दान जप यज्ञफलाधिकः
The fruit of bathing at sacred fords, of austerity, of giving, of recitation, and of sacrifice is surpassed by this.
स्नानं विभाते नियमेन नद्यामनारतं मेषगते रवौ ये । कुर्वंति येऽस्मिन्नपि विप्रपूजां मद्दंडभाजो न हि ते भवंति
Those who, at dawn, regularly bathe in the river when the sun enters Aries, and who even worship brāhmaṇas at this time, never incur my punishment.
हत्वा हत्वा किंकरौघं पुरो मे लुप्त्वा लुप्त्वा चित्रगुप्तस्य लेख्यम् । स्नात्वा स्नात्वा माधवे मासि तीर्थे पूर्वान्पूर्वानुद्धरंतीह पापात्
Having slain and slain hosts of my attendants, having erased and erased the records of Citragupta before me, by bathing and bathing in the month of Mādhava at the sacred ford, they rescue here their ancestors from earlier and earlier sins.
इदं भयच्छेदकरं न तस्मात्प्रकाशनीयं परमं रहस्यम् । निर्वासहेतुर्नरकालयस्य ममाधिकारक्षयकारणं तत्
This is a destroyer of fear; therefore, it must not be revealed. It is the highest secret, the cause of release from the realm of hell, and the reason for the loss of my authority.
भागीरथीनर्मदा च यमुना च सरस्वती । विशोका च वितस्ता च विंध्यस्योत्तरतः स्थिताः
The Bhāgīrathī, Narmadā, Yamunā, Sarasvatī, Viśokā, and Vitastā, situated to the north of the Vindhya,
गोदावरी भीमरथी तुंगभद्रा च देविका । तापी पयोष्णी विंध्यस्य दक्षिणास्तु प्रकीर्तिताः
Godāvarī, Bhīmarathī, Tuṅgabhadrā, Devikā, Tāpī, and Payoṣṇī are said to be to the south of the Vindhya.
द्वादशैता महानद्यो नित्यं तेनावगाहिताः । वैशाखे विधिना स्नानं नद्यां यः प्रातराचरेत्
These twelve great rivers, always entered by him—whoever bathes in the river at dawn in Vaiśākha, according to the prescribed rule—
सर्वाः समुद्रगाः पुण्याः सर्वे पुण्या नगोत्तमाः । सर्वे चायतनाः पुण्याः सर्वे पुण्या वनाश्रयाः
All those that flow to the ocean are holy, all the best mountains are holy, all shrines are holy, and all forest dwellings are holy.
तेनावगाहिता दृष्टाः प्रणता बहुसेविताः । स्नानमर्द्धोदिते सूर्ये वैशाखे नियतश्चरेत्
Having entered, seen, bowed to, and served them in many ways, one should bathe with restraint at sunrise in Vaiśākha.
तस्य पुण्यं महीदेव कश्चिद्वक्तुं न शक्यते । यदि वक्त्रसहस्राणां सहस्राणि भवंति हि
O lord of the earth, no one is able to describe the merit of such a person, even if there were thousands upon thousands of mouths.
आयुश्च ब्रह्मणा स्वल्पं यदि स्याद्द्विजसत्तम । तदा माधवमासस्य फलं कथयितुं भवेत्
O best of twice-born, if even Brahmā's lifespan were short, then it might be possible to tell the fruit of the month of Mādhava.
महानिरयकर्षाग्नि माधवो माधवो यथा । ब्रह्महत्यादिकं पापमगम्यागमनादिकम्
Just as the fire of great hell drags one away, so Mādhava, Mādhava destroys sins such as the killing of a brāhmaṇa and the like, and those arising from going to forbidden places.
कामाकामकृतं पापमेति पातकमेव च । उपपापरहस्यं च संकरीकरणं परम्
Sins done with or without desire, and even great crimes, and the secret of minor sins, and the highest mixture of them—
जातिभ्रंशकरं घोरमपात्रीकरणं तथा । मलावहं प्रकीर्णं च वाङ्मनः काय संभवम्
That which causes loss of caste, which is terrible, which makes one unfit, which brings impurity, which is scattered, and which arises from speech, mind, or body—
माधवो निर्दहेन्मासो विधिना समुपासितः । कल्पकोटिसहस्राणि कल्पकोटि शतानि च
The month of Mādhava, properly observed, burns all these away; for thousands of millions of aeons, for hundreds of millions of aeons—
वसेद्विष्णुपुरे श्रीमान्माधवे योऽर्चयेद्धरिम्
He who worships Hari in Mādhava dwells in the city of Viṣṇu, resplendent.