तस्यां नारायणं देवं पूजयेच्च यथाविधि । पूर्वेणैव विधानेन कर्त्तव्यैकादशी शुभा
On that day, one should worship the god Narayana according to proper procedure. The auspicious Ekadashi should be performed as prescribed previously.
नागानां च यथा शेषो पक्षिणां पन्नगाशनः । देवानां च यथा विष्णुर्द्विपदानां यथा द्विजः
As Shesha is among the serpents, Garuda among birds, Vishnu among the gods, and the twice-born among humans,
व्रतानां च यथा राजन्श्रेष्ठा चैकादशी तिथिः । ते जनाश्चैव भो राजन्पूज्या वै सर्वदा मम
So, O King, among vows, Ekadashi is the best date. Those people, O King, are always worthy of worship by me.
हरिवासरसंलीनाः कुर्वंत्येकादशीव्रतम् । इहैव धनसंयुक्ता मृता मोक्षं लभंति ते
Those who are absorbed in the day of Hari and observe the Ekadashi vow, here itself, endowed with wealth, if they die, they attain liberation.
सफलायां फलै राजन्पूजयेन्नामतो हरिम् । नारिकेलफलैश्चैव क्रमुकैर्बीजपूरकैः
On Saphala, O King, one should worship Hari by name with fruits: coconuts, betel nuts, and seed-filled offerings.
जंबीरैर्दाडिमैश्चैव तथा धात्रीफलैः शुभैः । लवंगैर्बदरीभिश्च तथाम्रैश्च विशेषतः
With lemons, pomegranates, and auspicious amla fruits, with cloves, jujubes, and especially with mangoes.
पूजयेद्देवदेवेशं धूपदीपैस्तथैव च । सफलायां विशेषेण दीपदानं तु कारयेत्
One should worship the Lord of gods with incense and lamps. On Saphala, especially, one should offer lamps.
रात्रौ जागरणं चैव कर्त्तव्यं सह वैष्णवैः । यावन्निमेषो नेत्रस्य तावज्जागर्ति यो निशि
At night, one should keep vigil together with Vaishnavas. For as long as the blink of an eye, whoever stays awake during the night—
एकाग्रमनसो राजन्तस्य पुण्यं शृणुष्व हि । तत्समो नास्ति यज्ञो वै तीर्थं वा तत्समं नहि
With focused mind, O King, hear the merit of such a person. There is no sacrifice or pilgrimage equal to it.
सर्वव्रतानि राजेंद्र कलां नार्हंति षोडशीम् । एवं वर्षसहस्राणि तपसा नैव यत्फलम्
O King, all vows do not equal even a sixteenth part of it. Nor does the fruit of a thousand years of austerity equal it.
तत्फलं समवाप्नोति यः करोति हि जागरम् । श्रूयतां राजशार्दूल सफलायाः कथा शुभा
He attains that fruit who keeps vigil. Hear, O tiger among kings, the auspicious story of Saphala.
चंपावतीति विख्याता पुरी माहिष्मतस्य च । बभूवुस्तस्य राजर्षेः पुत्राः पंच कुमारकाः
There was a city called Champavati, belonging to Mahishmata. That royal sage had five sons, all princes.
तेषां मध्ये तु ज्येष्ठो वै महापापरतः सदा । परदाराभिचारी च वेश्यासक्तश्च मद्यपः
Among them, the eldest was always engaged in great sin: an adulterer, attached to prostitutes, and a drunkard.
पितुर्द्रव्यं तु तेनैव गमितं पापकर्मणा । असद्वृत्तिरतो नित्यं भूसुराणां तु निंदकः
By his sinful actions, he squandered his father's wealth. Because of his bad conduct, he constantly reviled the Brahmins.
वैष्णवानां च देवानां नित्यं निंदां करोति सः । ईदृशं तु ततो दृष्ट्वा पुत्रं माहिष्मतो नृपः
He constantly reviled the Vaiṣṇavas and the gods; seeing such a son, the king Māhiṣmata...
नाम्ना तु लुंपक इति राजपुत्रेषु चापठत् । राज्यान्निष्कासितस्तेन पित्रा चैव तु बंधुभिः
Among the princes, he became known by the name Lumpaka; because of this, he was expelled from the kingdom by his father and relatives.
स चैवं परिवारैस्तु त्यक्तश्च परिपंथिवत् । लुंपकोऽपि तथा त्यक्तश्चिंतयामास वै तदा
Thus, abandoned by his family like an outcast, Lumpaka too was forsaken and began to reflect at that time.
त्यक्तोऽहं बांधवैः पित्रा राज्यान्निष्कासितः किल । इति संचिंत्यमानोऽसौ मतिं पापे तदाकरोत्
I have been cast off by my relatives and expelled from the kingdom by my father; thinking thus, he then resolved upon a sinful course.
मया गंतव्यमेवास्तु दारुणे गहने वने । तस्माच्चैव पुरं सर्वं लुंपयिष्यामि वै पितुः
I must go into the dreadful, dense forest; and from there, I will plunder my father's entire city.
इत्येवं स मतिं कृत्वा लुंपको दैवयोगतः । निर्जगाम पुरात्तस्माद्गतोऽसौ गहने वने
Having made up his mind in this way, Lumpaka, by the force of fate, left that city and went into the dense forest.
जीवघातरतो नित्यं स्तेयद्यूतकलानिधिः । सर्वं च नगरं तेन मुषितं पापकर्मणा
Devoted always to killing, a master of theft and gambling, he wickedly plundered the entire city.
स्तेयाभिगामी नगरे गृहीतः स निशाचरैः । उवाच तान्सुतोऽहं वै राज्ञो माहिष्मतस्य च
Engaged in theft, he was caught in the city by night-wanderers; he told them, 'I am the son of King Māhiṣmata.'
स तैर्मुक्तः पापकर्मा चागतो विपिनं पुनः । आमिषाभिरतो नित्यं तरोर्वै फलभक्षणे
Released by them, the evildoer returned again to the forest, always intent on meat and eating the fruits of trees.
आश्रमस्तस्य दुष्टस्य वासुदेवस्य संनिधौ । अश्वत्थो वर्त्तते तत्र जीर्णश्च बहुवार्षिकः
Near the hermitage of that wicked one, in the presence of Vāsudeva, there stood a banyan tree, old and many years aged.
देवत्वं तस्य वृक्षस्य विपिने वर्तते महत् । तत्रैव निवसंश्चैव लुंपकः पापबुद्धिमान्
That tree possessed great divinity in the forest; and there, Lumpaka, of sinful mind, dwelled.
गते बहुतिथे काले कस्यचित्पुण्यसंचयात् । पौषस्य कृष्णपक्षे तु दशम्यां दिवसे तथा
After much time had passed, by the accumulation of some merit, on the tenth day of the dark half of the month of Pauṣa...
फलानि भुक्त्वा वृक्षाणां रात्रौ शीतेन पीडितः । लुंपको नाम पापिष्ठो वस्त्रहीनो गतेक्षणः
Having eaten the fruits of the trees, at night, afflicted by cold, Lumpaka, the most sinful, lacking clothing, with his senses gone...
पीड्यमानोऽतिशीतेन हरिवृक्षसमीपतः । न निद्रा न सुखं तस्य गतप्राण इवाभवत्
Tormented by intense cold near the tree of Hari, he found neither sleep nor comfort, and became as if lifeless.
आछाद्य दशनैरास्यमेवं नीता निशाखिला । भानूदयेऽपि पापिष्ठो न लेभे चेतनां तदा
Covering his mouth with his teeth, thus the entire night passed; even at sunrise, the most sinful did not regain consciousness.
लुंपको गतसंज्ञस्तु सफलाया दिने तथा । रवौ मध्यंगते चैव संज्ञां लेभे स लुंपकः
Lumpaka, unconscious, on that fruitful day, when the sun reached its zenith, regained his senses.