मया प्रमादातुरतादि दोषतः संध्या विधिर्नो समुपासितोऽभूत्। । चेदत्र संध्यां चरते प्रसादतः संध्यास्तु पूर्णा ऽखिलजन्मनोऽपि मे
By my negligence or other faults, the Sandhya ritual was not properly performed; but if one performs Sandhya here with devotion, then Sandhya is fulfilled for all lifetimes, even for me.
अन्यत्रापि प्रगर्जन्महिमनि तपसि प्रेमभिर्विप्रकृष्टैर्ध्यातः श्रीमत्पांशुं त्रिवेणीपरिवृढम् अतुलं तीर्थराजं प्रयागं गोलंकारप्रकाशं स्वयममरवरं चेतनं तं नमामि
Elsewhere, even with great austerity and devotion, the illustrious dust of Triveni is meditated upon by those far removed; I bow to that incomparable king of holy places, Prayaga, shining like a circle, conscious and divine.
अस्माभिः सुतपोन्वतप्त किमहो एज्यंत किंवाध्वराः। पात्रे दानमदायि किं बहुविधं किं वा सुराश्चार्चिताः । किं सत्तीर्थमसेवि किं द्विजकुलं पूजादिभिः सत्कृतं येन प्रापि सदा। शिवस्य शिवदा सा राजधानी स्वयम्
What austerity have we performed, what sacrifices offered, what gifts given to worthy recipients, what various rites, what worship of gods, what holy places served, what Brahmin families honored by worship, by which the blessed city of Shiva, giver of auspiciousness, is always attained?
भाग्यैर्मेऽधिगता ह्यनेकजनुषां सर्वाघविध्वंसिनी। सर्वाश्चर्यमयी शिवपुरी संसारसिंधोस्तरी । लब्धं सज्जनुषः फलं कुलमलं चक्रे पवित्रीकृतः। स्वात्मा चाप्यखिलं कृतं किमपरं सर्वोपरिष्टात्स्थितम्
By fortune, I have attained that city, destroyer of all sins of many births, full of wonders, the city of Shiva, the raft across the ocean of worldly existence; the fruit for the virtuous is gained, the family purified, the self wholly accomplished; what else remains, highest above all?
जीवन्नरः पश्यति भद्र लक्षमेवं वदंतीति मृषा न यस्मात् । तस्मान्मया वै वपुषे दृशे न प्राप्तापि काशी क्षणभंगुरेण
A living man sees a hundred thousand blessings; this is not spoken falsely; therefore, for my body and sight, even a fleeting moment in Kashi was not attained.
काश्यां विधातुममरैरपि दिव्यभूमौ सत्तीर्थ लिंगगणनार्चनता न शक्या । यानीह गुप्त विवृतानि पुरातनानि सिद्धानि योजितकरः प्रणमामि तेभ्यः
Even the immortals cannot count the holy lingas in divine Kashi; those ancient, hidden and revealed, accomplished places here—I bow to them with joined hands.
किं भीत्या दुरितव्रजात्किमु मुदा पुण्यैरगण्यैः कृतैः। किं विद्याभ्यसनान्मदेन जडतादोषाद्विषादेन किम् । किं गर्वेण धनोदयादधनतातापेन किं भोजनाः । स्नात्वा श्रीमणिकर्णिकापयसि चेद्विश्वेश्वरो दृश्यते
What use is fear of sin, what use is joy from countless merits, what use is pride from study, or sorrow from dullness, what use is pride from wealth or pain from poverty, what use are meals; if, after bathing in the waters of Sri Manikarnika, Lord Vishveshvara is seen.
अल्पस्फीति निरामयापि तनुता प्रव्यक्तशक्यात्मता प्रोत्साहाढ्य बलेन केवलमनोरागद्वितीयेन यत् । अप्राप्यापि मनोरथैरविषयास्वप्नप्रवृत्तेरपि प्राप्ता सा। पि गदाधरस्य नगरी सद्योपवर्गप्रदा
Even if small, healthy, or frail, with manifest capability, with strength and enthusiasm, or only with longing; even if not attained by desires or dreams, yet the city of Gadadhara grants immediate liberation.
मन्येनात्मकृतिर्नपूर्वपुरुषप्राप्तेर्बलं चात्र यन्नापीदं स्वजन। प्रमाणमचलं किंस्वापतापादिकम्। यादुष्प्राप गयाप्रयागयमुना काशीसुपर्वागमात्प्राप्तिस्तत्र। महाफलो विजयते श्रीशारदानुग्रहः
By my own judgment, this act is not attainable by previous men, nor is there strength here; and this is not even a firm authority for my own people, nor is it an unshakable proof in matters such as misfortune. How difficult is the attainment of Gaya, Prayaga, Yamuna, or Kashi, and the arrival at their great festivals! There, the supreme fruit is gained by the grace of Shri Sharada.
यः श्राद्धसमये दूरात्स्मृतोऽपि पितृमुक्तिदः । तं गयायां स्थितं साक्षान्नमामि श्रीगदाधरम्
He who, even when remembered from afar at the time of the shraddha, grants liberation to the ancestors—him, Gadadhara, standing directly in Gaya, I bow to.
पंथानं समतीत्य दुस्तरमिमं दूरादवीयस्तरं क्षुद्र व्याघ्रतरक्षुकंटकफणिप्रत्यार्थिभिः संकुलम् । आगत्य प्रथमव्ययं कृपणवाग्याचेज्जनः । कर्परीश्रीमद्वारिगदाधर प्रतिदिनं त्वां द्रष्टुमुत्कंठते
Having crossed this exceedingly difficult path, more distant still, filled with petty dangers from tigers, thieves, thorns, and serpents as adversaries, a person arrives at the first expense and, with pitiful words, begs: O Lord of Karpara, O glorious Gadadhara, I long each day to see you.
सर्वात्मन्निजदर्शनेन च गयाश्राद्धेन वै देवताः प्रीणन्विश्वमनीहवत्कथमिहौदासीन्यमालंबसे । किं ते सर्वदनिर्दयत्वमधुना किं वा प्रभुत्वं कलेः किं वा सत्वनिरीक्षणं नृषु चिरं किं वास्य सेवारुचिः
O All-pervading One, by your own appearance and by the shraddha at Gaya, the gods are pleased and the whole world is satisfied—how then do you here display indifference? Is it now utter mercilessness in you, or is it the power of Kali, or is it a long-standing disregard for virtue in people, or perhaps a lack of delight in service?
गदाधर मया श्राद्धं संचीर्णं त्वत्प्रसादतः । अनुजानीहि मां देव गमनाय गृहं प्रति
O Gadadhara, I have performed the shraddha by your grace; permit me, O Lord, to return home.
चतुर्णां देवतानां च स्तोत्रं स्वर्गार्थदायकम् । श्राद्धकाले पठेन्नित्यं स्नानकाले तु यः पठेत्
The hymn to these four deities, which bestows the reward of heaven—whoever recites it daily at the time of shraddha, or at the time of bathing,
सर्वतीर्थसमं स्नानं श्रवणात्पठनाज्जपात् । प्रयागस्य च गंगाया यमुनायाः स्तुतेर्द्विज । श्रवणेन विनश्यंति दोषाश्चैव तु कर्मजाः
Bathing becomes equal to all sacred waters by hearing, reciting, or muttering the praise of Prayaga, Ganga, and Yamuna, O twice-born; by hearing it, the faults born of karma are destroyed.
महादेवउवाच- शृणु नारद वक्ष्यामि माहात्म्यं तुलसीभवम् । यच्छ्रुत्वा मुच्यते पापादाजन्ममरणांतिकात्
Mahadeva said: Listen, O Narada, I will tell you the greatness of the origin of Tulasi; by hearing which, one is freed from sin, from birth to death.
पत्रं पुष्पं फलं मूलं शाखा त्वक्स्कंधसंज्ञितम् । तुलसी संभवं सर्वं पावनं मृत्तिकादिकम्
The leaf, flower, fruit, root, branch, bark, and stem—all that arises from Tulasi, including the earth around it, is purifying.
शरीरं दह्यते येषां तुलसीकाष्ठवह्निना । दत्वा च तुलसीकाष्ठं सर्वांगेषु मृतस्य वै
Those whose bodies are burned with Tulasi wood as fuel, and when Tulasi wood is placed on all parts of the body of the deceased,
पश्चाद्यः कुरुते दाहं सोऽपि पापात्प्रमुच्यते । मरणे यस्य संप्राप्तं कीर्तनं स्मरणं हरेः
Afterwards, whoever performs the cremation is also freed from sin; and at death, if the name or remembrance of Hari is present,
तुलसीदारुणा दाहो न तस्य पुनरावृतिः । यद्येकं तुलसीकाष्ठं मध्ये काष्ठशतस्य हि
If the cremation is done with Tulasi wood, there is no return to birth; even if only one piece of Tulasi wood is among a hundred pieces of wood,
दाहकाले भवेन्मुक्तिः कोटिपापायुतस्य च । गंगांभसाभिषेकेण यांति पुण्यानि पुण्यताम्
At the time of burning, there is liberation, even for one with millions and tens of millions of sins; by bathing with Ganga water, merits become most meritorious.
तुलसीकाष्ठमिश्राणि यांति दारूणि पुण्यताम् । तुलसीकाष्ठसंमिश्रा यावत्प्रज्वलते चिता
Logs mixed with Tulasi wood become supremely meritorious; as long as the funeral pyre burns with Tulasi wood mixed in,
दह्यंति तस्य पापानि कल्पकोटिकृतानि वै । दह्यमानं नरं दृष्ट्वा तुलसीकाष्ठवह्निना
The sins committed over millions of kalpas are burned away; seeing a man being burned with Tulasi wood,
नयंति तं विष्णुदूता न च वै यमकिंकराः । जन्मकोटिसहस्रैस्तु मुक्तो याति जनार्दनम्
The messengers of Vishnu take him, and not the servants of Yama; he is liberated from thousands of millions of births and attains Janardana.
दह्यंते ये नरा लोके तुलसीकाष्ठवह्निना । तान्विमानस्थितान्देवाः क्षिपंति कुसुमांजलिम्
Those men who are burned in this world with Tulasi wood as fuel—the gods, standing in their aerial chariots, shower handfuls of flowers upon them.
नृत्यंत्यप्सरसः सर्वा गीतं गायंति गायकाः । जायंते वीक्ष्य तं विष्णुः संतुष्टः शंभुना सह
All the apsaras dance, the singers sing songs; seeing him, Vishnu is pleased together with Shambhu.
गृहीत्वा तं करे शौरिर्गृहं नीत्वास्य चांगतः । मार्जयेत्सर्वपापानि पश्यतां त्रिदिवौकसाम्
Having taken it in his hand, Śauri leads it home and, touching his body with it, removes all sins in the sight of the dwellers of heaven.
महोत्सवं कारयित्वा जयशब्दपुरःसरम् । ज्वलते यत्र चाज्येन तुलसीकाष्ठपावकः
Having arranged a great festival, with cries of victory at the forefront, where the fire of Tulasī wood blazes with ghee.
अग्न्यगारे श्मशाने वा दह्यते पातकं नृणाम् । होमं कुर्वंति ये विप्रास्तुलसीकाष्ठवह्निना । सिक्ते सिक्ते तिले वापि अग्निष्टोमफलं लभेत्
In the fire chamber or in the cremation ground, the sin of men is burned; those brāhmaṇas who perform homa with Tulasī wood fire, whether with sprinkled sesame or not, obtain the fruit of an Agniṣṭoma sacrifice.
यो ददाति हरेर्धूपं तुलसीकाष्ठसंभवम् । शतक्रतुसमं पुण्यं लभते गोशतं फलम्
Whoever offers incense to Hari made from Tulasī wood attains merit equal to a hundred sacrifices of Indra and the fruit of giving a hundred cows.