ये कुर्वंति नराः प्राज्ञ जागरे विष्णुसंज्ञके । जागरं कृष्णभावेन न स्वपंति कदाचन
Those wise men who keep vigil on the night dedicated to Vishnu, never sleep, their minds absorbed in Krishna.
कृष्णस्य नाम मनसा वदंति च पुनः पुनः । ते तु धन्यतमा ज्ञेया अस्यां रात्रौ विशेषतः
Those who repeatedly utter Krishna's name in their minds are to be known as most blessed, especially on this night.
क्षणेक्षणे तु गोदानं घट्यां चैव चतुर्गुणम् । प्रहरे कोटिगुणितं चतुर्यामेष्वसंख्यकम्
In each moment, the gift of a cow yields fourfold merit; in each hour, a crore-fold; and in the four watches, the merit is beyond count.
जागरे निमिषार्द्धे तु केशवाग्रे विशेषतः । तत्फलं कोटिगुणितं तस्य संख्या न विद्यते
During the vigil, even for half a blink before Kesava, the merit is multiplied by crores; its measure cannot be known.
नर्त्तनं कुरुते यस्तु केशवाग्रे नरोत्तमः । न फलं हीयते तस्य आजन्ममरणांतिकम्
Whoever, best of men, dances before Kesava during the vigil, his merit is never diminished from birth to death.
साश्चर्यं चैव सोत्साहं पापालापादिवर्जितम् । प्रदक्षिणसमायुक्तं नमस्कारपुरःसरम्
With wonder, with enthusiasm, free from sinful talk, accompanied by circumambulation and preceded by prostration—
नीराजनसमायुक्तमनिर्विण्णेन चेतसा । यामेयामे महाभाग कुर्यादारार्तिकं हरेः
With mind not dejected, joined with waving of lights, O highly fortunate one, one should perform arati for Hari in each watch of the night.
षड्विंशगुणसंयुक्तमेकादश्यां च जागरम् । यः करोति नरो भक्त्या न पुनर्जायते भुवि
Whoever, with devotion, keeps vigil on Ekadashi, which is endowed with twenty-sixfold merit, is not born again on earth.
य एवं कुरुते भक्त्या वित्तशाठ्यविवर्जितः । जागरं वासरे विष्णोर्लीयते परमात्मनि
Whoever does so with devotion, free from deceit regarding wealth, keeps vigil on Vishnu's day, merges into the Supreme Self.
धनवान्वित्तशाठ्येन यः करोति प्रजागरम् । तेनात्माहारितो नूनं कितवेन दुरात्मना
But the wealthy man who keeps vigil with deceit concerning wealth, surely harms his own soul, like a gambler of evil mind.
विष्णुजागरणे प्राप्ते उपहासं करोति यः । षष्टिवर्षसहस्राणि विष्ठायां जायते कृमिः
Whoever mocks the vigil of Vishnu, is born as a worm in excrement for sixty thousand years.
वेदविद्ब्राह्मणो यस्तु नर्त्तनेन विशेषतः । उपहासपरः प्राप्तः स वै चांडाल उच्यते
A Brahmin learned in the Vedas who mocks, especially by dancing, is indeed called a Chandala.
निमिषं निमिषार्द्धं वा यः करोति प्रजागरम् । धर्मार्थकाममोक्षाणां प्राप्नोति पदमव्ययम्
Whoever remains awake, even for a moment or half a moment, attains the imperishable state of dharma, artha, kāma, and mokṣa.
वेदशास्त्ररतो नित्यं नित्यं वै यज्ञयाजकः । रात्रौ जागरणे प्राप्ते निंदां कुर्वन्व्रजत्यधः
One who is always devoted to the Vedas and scriptures, and who regularly performs sacrifices, but speaks ill during the night of vigil, falls downward.
मम पूजां प्रकुर्वाणो विष्णुनिंदासु तत्परः । एकविंशत्कुलेनैव नरकं प्रतिपद्यते
He who performs my worship but is intent on reviling Viṣṇu, goes to hell along with twenty-one generations of his family.
विष्णुः शिवः शिवो विष्णुरेकमूर्तिर्द्विधा स्थिताः । तस्मात्सर्वप्रकारेण नैव निंदां प्रकारयेत् । दष्टाः कलिभुजंगेन स्वपंति मधुहाहनि
Viṣṇu is Śiva, and Śiva is Viṣṇu; one form appears as two. Therefore, in every way, one should never utter slander; those bitten by the serpent of Kali sleep during the festival of the Slayer of Madhu.
कुर्वंति जागरं नैव मायया ते च मोहिताः । प्राप्ता एकादशी येषां कलौ जागरणं विना
Those who do not keep vigil are deluded by Māyā; for whom the Ekādaśī has come in Kali Yuga without wakefulness.
ते विनष्टा न संदेहो यस्माज्जीवितमध्रुवम् । उद्धृतं नेत्रयुग्मं तु दत्त्वा वै वैष्णवं पदम्
They are destroyed, without doubt, for life is uncertain; but those who keep their eyes open attain the Vaiṣṇava abode.
कृतं ये नैव पश्यंति पापिनो हरिजागरम् । अभावे वाचकस्याथ गीतं नृत्यं तु कारयेत्
Sinners who do not witness the night vigil for Hari, in the absence of a reciter, should arrange for singing and dancing.
वाचके सति देवर्षे पुराणं प्रथमं पठेत् । अश्वमेधसहस्रस्य वाजपेयायुतस्य च
If a reciter is present, O divine sage, one should first recite the Purāṇa; this equals a thousand Aśvamedha sacrifices and ten thousand Vājapeya sacrifices.
पुण्यं कोटिगुणं वत्स विष्णोर्जागरणे कृते । पितृपक्षे मातृपक्षे भार्यापक्षे तु वाडव
The merit gained, my child, by keeping vigil for Viṣṇu is a crore times greater; whether for the paternal side, maternal side, or the wife's family, O Vāḍava.
कुलानुद्धरते चैतान्कृत्वा जागरणं हरेः । उपोषणदिने विद्धे जागरं पूजनं हरेः
By performing the night vigil for Hari, one uplifts these family lines; on the prescribed day of fasting, one should keep vigil and worship Hari.
वृथादानादिकं सर्वं कृतघ्नेषु कृतं यथा । उपोषणदिने विद्धे प्रारब्धे जागरे स्थितिम्
All acts of charity and the like, done for the ungrateful, are in vain; so too, keeping vigil on a day when fasting is not properly observed is fruitless.
विहाय स्थानं तद्विष्णुः शापं दत्वा प्रगच्छति । अविद्धे वासरे विष्णोर्ये कुर्वंति प्रजागरम्
Abandoning that place, Viṣṇu departs after giving a curse; those who keep vigil on a day not properly observed.
तेषां मध्ये तु तुष्टः सन्नृत्यं तु कुरुते हरिः । यावद्दिनानि कुरुते जागरं केशवाग्रतः
Among them, when pleased, Hari himself dances; for as many days as one keeps vigil before Keśava.
युगानि तानि तावंति विष्णुलोके महीयते । यावद्दिनानि वसते विना जागरणं हरेः
For as many ages as one keeps vigil, so many ages is one honored in the world of Viṣṇu; for as many days as one lives without keeping vigil for Hari.
तावद्वर्षसहस्राणि रौरवान्न निवर्तते । एकदश्यां शयानस्तु विना जागरणं हरेः
For that many thousands of years, one does not return from Raurava; one who lies down on Ekādaśī without keeping vigil for Hari.
मूकवत्तिष्ठते यो वै गानं पाठं न वाचरेत् । सप्तजन्मानि मूकत्वं जायतेऽजागरे हरेः
He who sits silent like a mute, not singing or reciting, remains mute for seven births for not keeping vigil for Hari.
यो न नृत्यति मूढात्मा पुरतो जागरे हरेः । पंगुत्वं तस्य जानीयात्सप्तजन्मानि वाडव
One whose mind is deluded and does not dance before Hari during the vigil, know, O Vāḍava, that he becomes lame for seven births.
यः पुनः कुरुते गीतं नृत्यं जागरणं हरेः । ब्राह्मं पदं मदीयं च सत्यं वै तस्य वैष्णवम्
But whoever sings, dances, and keeps vigil for Hari, truly attains my Brahman state and the Vaiṣṇava state.