अहो मे मनसो मोहो येनात्मा योषितां कृते । पातितो व्यसने घोरे दुःखोदर्के दुरत्यये
Oh, the delusion of my mind, by which, for the sake of women, my very self was cast into terrible, inescapable suffering, with misery as its result.
भगवन्परितुष्टोऽस्मि बोधितो वचनेन ते । उपदेशप्रदानेन मामुद्धर्तुमिहार्हसि
O blessed one, I am satisfied, having been instructed by your words; by your giving of teaching, you ought now to rescue me here.
पुरा चरितपुण्योऽहं भवता बोधितोऽस्मि यत् । त्वत्पादरजसा वापि विशेषादपि पावितः
Formerly, by the merit I had performed, I have been awakened by you, or especially purified by the dust of your feet.
विधिं माधवमासस्य ब्रूहि मे वदतां वर । सर्वपापक्षयकरो यस्त्वया परिकीर्तितः
O best of speakers, tell me the observance for the month of Mādhava, which you have described as destroying all sins.
किं दानं तत्र किं स्नानं को देवो नियमास्तु के । एतदाचक्ष्व विप्रर्षे दुरितोत्तारणाय मे
What is the charity there, what is the bathing, who is the deity, and what are the observances? Tell me this, O sage among brāhmaṇas, so that I may be freed from sin.
यम उवाच- इत्येवमुक्तो भगवान्कश्यपः स दयानिधिः । प्रोवाच वचनं विप्र धर्म्यं विश्वहितं शुभम्
Yama said: Thus addressed, the blessed Kaśyapa, treasure of compassion, spoke these righteous, auspicious words for the good of all, O brāhmaṇa.
कश्यप उवाच- पूर्वापरसमाधान क्षमबुद्ध्या च ते नृप । पृष्टं प्राज्ञे न वक्तव्यं नाधमे पापमानसे
Kaśyapa said: O King, with a mind steady in patience and discernment, one should not speak to the wise when not asked, nor to the base-minded or wicked.
पापप्रवृत्तस्य तथा दत्वा भूप शुभां मतिम् । विद्यादानफलं सम्यक्प्राप्यते नात्र संशयः
If one who is engaged in evil is given good counsel, O King, then the full fruit of imparting knowledge is surely attained—of this there is no doubt.
नापृष्टः कस्यचिद्ब्रूयान्न चान्यायेन पृच्छतः । जानन्नपि हि मेधावी जडवल्लोकमाचरेत्
One should not speak unasked to anyone, nor to one who asks unjustly; even knowing, the wise should act among people as if ignorant.
विदुषामपि शिष्याणां पुत्राणां च क्रियावताम् । अपृष्टमपि वक्तव्यं श्रेयः श्रद्धावतां हितम्
Yet, to students, sons, and those engaged in right action—even if unasked—one should speak what is beneficial and conducive to their welfare, if they are faithful.
सांप्रतं शुद्धहृदयो जातस्त्वं वचनान्मम । पुराचरितपुण्येन केनापि च महीपते
Now, by my words and by some merit performed in the past, O King, your heart has become pure.
पापावस्थं शरीरं तद्गतं तव ममाश्रयात् । श्रवणाद्धर्मशास्त्रस्य धर्मावस्थं तु तेऽभवत्
That body of yours, which was in a sinful state, has come under my protection; by hearing the scripture of dharma, you have attained a state of righteousness.
पापावस्थमधर्माख्यं धर्मज्ञानविवर्जितम् । अपरं सद्व्रतं यद्धि विज्ञेयं तद्धि धार्मिकम्
The state called sinful, devoid of knowledge of dharma, is one thing; the other, marked by good vows, is to be known as righteous.
धर्माधर्मोपभोगाय तत्तृतीयमतींद्रियम् । तत्त्रिभेदं शरीरं हि धर्म्मविद्भिरिहोच्यते
For the experience of righteousness and unrighteousness, there is a third, beyond the senses; thus, the wise here speak of a threefold body.
यावता धर्मभोगश्च मुक्तिश्चैतत्त्रिभेदकम् । पापावस्थं शरीरं तत्पापसंज्ञं तदुच्यते
As long as there is enjoyment of righteousness and liberation, this threefold distinction remains; the body in a sinful state is called 'sinful.'
इदानीं गुरुभक्तिं च कुर्वतश्च वचो मम । शृण्वतो धर्मरूपं तु शरीरं ते व्यवस्थितम्
Now, by your devotion to the guru and by listening to my words, your body has become established in the form of dharma.
तेनैव शुद्धिरमला जाता धर्मक्रियोचिता । दैवेन देहिनां नाम चेतांसि चरितानि च
By this, pure and stainless purification has arisen, suited to acts of dharma; for the names, minds, and deeds of embodied beings are determined by destiny.
शरीराणि च पुष्यंति कालेकाले विपर्ययम् । सांप्रतं भवतश्चेतो नूनं धर्मे प्रवर्तते
Bodies flourish and decline in due time; now, your mind is surely engaged in righteousness.
तेन त्वां कारयिष्यामि माधवस्नानमुत्तमम् । यम उवाच-। ततस्तु कारितस्तेन कश्यपेन पुरोधसा
Therefore, I shall have you perform the excellent Mādhava bath. Yama said: Then, by that priest Kaśyapa, he was made to do so.
स नृपो माधवे मासि स्नानं दानं च पूजनम् । यथादृष्टं पुरा शास्त्रे वैशाखस्नानजं विधिम्
That king performed the bath, charity, and worship in the month of Mādhava, according to the rite prescribed in the scripture for the Vaiśākha bath.
स मुनिः प्रत्युवाचासौ भूपाय च यथोदितम् । श्रावितः स्तोत्रसारं च पाठितो हरिमेधसः
That sage then instructed the king as prescribed, recited the essence of hymns, and had him recite the praises of Hari.
श्रुते यस्मिन्नधीते च स सम्यक्फलमाप्नुयात्
Whoever hears or studies this attains the full fruit.
स कारितस्तेन विशुद्धभावो राजापि चक्रे विधिवत्तदानीम् । श्रीमाधवेमासि विधानमीड्यं ततो यथाकर्णितमादरेण
Thus, made to perform the rite, the king, with purified heart, properly carried out the venerable Mādhava observance in that month, just as he had heard, with devotion.
प्रातःस्नानं च पाद्यं च ह्यर्घं च हरिपूजनम् । नैवेद्यं भक्तिभावेन चकार स नृपोत्तमः
He performed the morning bath, the offering of water for the feet, the arghya, the worship of Hari, and the food offering with devotion—the best among kings.
दानं यथा नियमपालनमादरेण वैशाखमादिविदधाति विधानमेवम् । यो भक्तितोऽन्वहमसौ प्रतिवर्षमेवं कृत्वा प्रयाति हरिधाम महीसुराग्र्यः
Just as one carefully observes the rules when giving gifts, and performs the prescribed rites at the beginning of Vaiśākha, so too, whoever, with devotion, does this every year, that foremost among kings attains the abode of Hari.
अथेतरेषु मासेषु कामिनीकुचकेलिवान् । भोगैकलालसो भूयो भवत्येवं यथारुचि
But in the other months, indulging in the play with women's breasts, intent solely on enjoyment, he acts again as he pleases.
न धर्मनियमं राजकार्येषु न विचारणम् । करोति कामवशगो हित्वा मासं स माधवम्
He, overcome by desire, neglects religious duties and royal affairs, abandoning the month of Mādhava.
महतामपि विप्राग्र्य दुर्निवार्यो मनोभवः । शरीरसहजो नूनमनादिर्वासनाक्रमः
O foremost of Brahmins, even for the great, the force of desire is hard to restrain; it is inherent in the body, truly a beginningless succession of impulses.
केशकज्जलशालिन्यो दुःस्पर्शा लोचनप्रियाः । यस्मादग्निशिखा नार्यो दहंति तृणवन्नरम्
Women, adorned with hair and collyrium, hard to touch yet pleasing to the eyes, burn men like fire flames burn straw.
घोरः शत्रुः शरीरस्थः पुंसां कामो यथोचितम् । मोहधूममयः पापो न केषामंधकारितम्
Desire, fierce and residing in the body, is the enemy of men, as is fitting; composed of the smoke of delusion, sinful, it brings blindness to many.