ब्रह्मचर्ये प्रजावृद्धिरायुर्वृद्धिस्तथैव च । पुष्पं पत्रं फलं शय्या अभ्यंगं च विलेपनम्
Through celibacy, offspring increase, and so does lifespan; flowers, leaves, fruits, bedding, oil massage, and ointments—
वृथादुग्धानि मांसं च मद्यं च परिवर्जयेत् । चातुर्मास्ये हरौ सुप्ते नियतं यद्विवर्जितम्
Milk taken in vain, meat, and intoxicants should be avoided; whatever is regularly renounced during the four-month period when Hari is resting—
प्रथमं तत्तु दातव्यं ब्राह्मणाय न संशयः । तद्धनं चाक्षयं विद्वन्प्रदत्तं यद्दिवजातये
That should first be given to a Brahmin, without doubt; O wise one, wealth given for the sake of the gods becomes inexhaustible.
कोटिकोटिगुणं विप्र लभते नात्र संशयः । येनकेनापि विप्रेंद्र नियमेनार्चितो हरिः
A Brahmin receives a reward multiplied a hundred million times, without doubt; by whatever means, O chief of Brahmins, Hari is worshipped with discipline—
ददाति विष्णुभवनं नात्र कार्या विचारणा । चातुर्मास्ये हरौ सुप्ते नियमं यो न कारयेत्
He grants the abode of Vishnu; there should be no hesitation; whoever does not observe discipline during the four-month period when Hari is resting—
सोऽपि नरकमाप्नोति तस्य जन्म वृथागतम् । यत्पुमान्कारयेन्नित्यं द्विजोक्तं विधिमुत्तमम्
He too attains hell, and his birth is wasted; whatever man always performs the excellent rite prescribed by the twice-born—
तथोक्तान्नियमांश्चैव स याति परमं पदम् । त्रिवर्गरहितं दानं दत्तं भवति निष्फलम्
And likewise follows the prescribed disciplines, he attains the supreme state; a gift given without the three aims of life is fruitless.
तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन देवदेवं जनार्दनम् । तोषयेन्नियमैर्दानैर्यथाशक्त्या नरोत्तमः
Therefore, with all effort, the best of men should please Janardana, lord of gods, with disciplines and gifts according to his ability.
अकृतस्नानदानं च ब्राह्मणानां च पूजनम् । वृथागतं तु तत्सर्वं यावदिंद्राश्चतुर्दश
Without bathing, giving, and honoring Brahmins, all such acts are wasted, even for as long as the fourteen Indras.
नारद उवाच- कीदृशं ब्रह्मचर्यं च वद विश्वेश्वर प्रभो । येन चीर्णेन गोविंदः परितुष्टो भवेन्नृणाम्
Narada said: Tell me, O Lord of the universe, what kind of celibacy pleases Govinda when practiced by men?
महादेव उवाच- स्वदारनिरतश्चैव ब्रह्मचारी स्मृतो बुधैः । चांडालादधिको विद्वन्यः स्वभार्यां परित्यजेत्
Mahadeva said: A man devoted to his own wife is regarded by the wise as a true brahmachari; but, O learned one, whoever abandons his own wife is considered lower than a Chandala.
ऋतावभिगमं कृत्वा ब्रह्मचर्यं विधीयते । परित्यजति यो भार्यां भक्तां दोषविवर्जिताम्
Approaching one's wife at the proper season is prescribed as brahmacharya; but whoever forsakes a devoted and faultless wife—
पापकर्मा नरो लोके भ्रूणहत्यामवाप्नुयात् । अश्वमेधसहस्राणि वाजपेयशतानि च
Such a man, engaged in sinful deeds, incurs the sin of killing an embryo; even a thousand Ashvamedha sacrifices and hundreds of Vajapeya rites—
एकादश्युपवासस्य कलां नार्हंति षोडशीम् । स्नानं दानं जपो होमः स्वाध्यायं देवतार्चनम्
Do not equal even a sixteenth part of the merit gained by fasting on Ekadashi; bathing, giving gifts, recitation, fire-offering, self-study, and worship of deities—
चातुर्मास्यकृतं यच्च सर्वं हि चाक्षयं भवेत् । एककालं द्विकालं वा पुराणं शृणुते तु यः
And whatever is performed during the Caturmasya becomes inexhaustible; whoever listens to the Purana once or twice—
सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तो विष्णुलोकं स गच्छति । हरौ सुप्ते विशेषेण हरेर्नामपठन्जपन्
Freed from all sins, he attains the world of Vishnu; especially by reciting and chanting the names of Hari while Hari is asleep—
तत्फलं कोटिगुणितं लभते द्विजसत्तम । वैष्णवो ब्राह्मणो यस्तु पूजनं यः करोति हि
That result is obtained a crore-fold, O best of twice-born; and the Vaishnava Brahmin who performs worship—
स एव सर्वधर्मात्मा पूज्य एव न संशयः । चातुर्मास्यमिदं पुण्यं पवित्रं पापनाशनम् । श्रुत्वा तु लभते पुण्यं गंगास्नानफलं लभेत्
He alone is the embodiment of all dharma and is truly worthy of worship, without doubt; this Caturmasya is holy, purifying, and destroys sin; by hearing it, one gains merit equal to bathing in the Ganga.
नारद उवाच- चातुर्मास्यव्रतानां च प्रब्रूह्युद्यापनं विभो । उद्यापने कृते सर्वं संपूर्णं भवति ध्रुवम्
Narada said: O Lord, please explain the completion rite (udyapana) for the Caturmasya vows; when the completion is performed, everything is certainly fulfilled.
महादेव उवाच- व्रतं कृत्वा महाभाग यदि नोद्यापनं चरेत् । यस्तु कर्त्ता कर्मणां स न सम्यक्फलभाक्भवेत्
Mahadeva said: O highly fortunate one, if, after undertaking the vow, one does not perform the completion rite, then the performer of the act does not obtain the full fruit.
व्रतवैकल्यमासाद्य कुष्ठी चांधः प्रजायते । एतस्मात्कारणाच्चैव कुर्यादुद्यापनं द्विज
If there is a deficiency in the vow, one becomes afflicted with leprosy or blindness; therefore, O twice-born, one should certainly perform the completion rite.
गृहीत्वा नियमानेतान्पालयित्वा यथाविधि । सुप्तोत्थिते जगन्नाथे गत्वा ब्राह्मणसंनिधौ
Having observed the prescribed rules and restraints, and after the Lord of the universe has awakened, one should go in the presence of Brahmins—
क्षमापयेद्देवदेवं यथाविधि च विस्तरात् । तैलत्यागे घृतं दद्याद्घृतत्यागे पयः स्मृतम्
And, according to proper procedure and in detail, ask forgiveness from the Lord of gods; if oil is renounced, one should give ghee, and if ghee is renounced, milk is prescribed.
मौने पिंडास्तिला देयाः सहिरण्या द्विजातये । भोजने भोजनं दद्याद्दध्योदनसमन्वितम्
In silence, one should give balls of sesame with gold to a Brahmin; at the meal, one should serve food mixed with curd and rice.
अन्नं दद्याद्विशेषेण हिरण्येन समन्वितम् । अन्नदानान्मुनिश्रेष्ठ विष्णुलोके महीयते
Especially, one should give food accompanied by gold; O best of sages, by giving food, one is honored in the world of Vishnu.
पालाशपात्रे यो भुंक्ते नरो मासचतुष्टयम् । भाजनं घृतपूर्णं तु दद्यादुद्यापने द्विज
Whoever eats from a palasha leaf for four months should, at the completion rite, give a vessel filled with ghee, O twice-born.
षड्रसं भोजनं दद्याद्ब्राह्मणे नक्तभोजने । अयाचिते ह्यनड्वाहं सहिरण्यं प्रदापयेत्
One should give to a Brahmin, at the night meal, food of six tastes; and, unasked, a bull with gold should be given.
माषं त्यजन्मुनिश्रेष्ठ गां च दद्यात्सवत्सकाम् । धात्रीस्नाने नरो दद्यात्स्वर्णं माषिकमेवच
O best of sages, renouncing black gram, one should give a cow with her calf; at the amla fruit bath, one should give gold and black gram.
फलानां नियमे चैव फलानि च प्रदापयेत् । धान्यानां नियमे धान्यमथवा शालयः स्मृताः
In the observance concerning fruits, one should offer fruits; in the observance concerning grains, one should offer grains, or rice is prescribed.
तद्वद्भूशयने शय्यां सतूलां गेंदुकान्विताम् । ब्रह्मचर्यं कृतं येन चातुर्मास्ये द्विजोत्तम
Likewise, for bedding, one should give a bed with cotton and a pillow; whoever has practiced celibacy during the four months, O best of twice-born.