दंपत्योर्भोजनं देयमुभयोर्भक्तिपूर्वकम् । सभोगं दक्षिणोपेतं सशाकं लवणं तथा
Food should be given to a married couple, both with devotion, accompanied by enjoyment, with a gift, and including vegetables and salt.
नित्यस्नाने नरो दद्यान्निस्नेहे सर्पिः सक्तवः । नखकेशव्रते चैव प्रादेशं परिकल्पयेत्
One should daily give food with ghee and cakes to a person who bathes regularly; in the observance concerning nails and hair, one should offer a measure.
उपानहौ प्रदातव्यौ उपानहविवर्जनात् । आमिषस्य परित्यागात्सवत्सा कपिला स्मृता
Two sandals should be given due to the avoidance of sandals; due to the renunciation of meat, a cow with a calf and of a tawny color is prescribed.
नित्यं दीपप्रदो यस्तु सौवर्णं दीपमावहेत् । तं दीपं घृतसंयुक्तं दद्याच्चैव द्विजन्मने
Whoever always gives a lamp, should offer a golden lamp; that lamp, mixed with ghee, should be given to a twice-born.
विष्णुभक्ताय विप्राय परिपूर्णव्रतेप्सया । शाकस्य नियमे शाकं माषे सौवर्णमाषकम्
To a Brahmin devoted to Vishnu, desiring to complete the observance, one should give vegetables in the observance concerning vegetables, and golden beans in the observance concerning beans.
मैथुनानां तु नियमे रौप्यं दद्याद्दिवजातये । नागवल्ल्यास्तु नियमे कर्पूरं सहरिण्यकम्
In the observance concerning sexual union, one should give silver to a twice-born; in the observance concerning the nāgavallī, one should give camphor with deer musk.
कालेकाले द्विजश्रेष्ठ यत्कृतं नियमेन तु । तत्तद्देयं विशेषेण परलोकगतीप्सया
O best of twice-born, whatever is performed at the proper time according to observance, that should be given especially by one desiring the path to the next world.
आदौ स्नानादिकं कृत्वा विष्णोरग्रे प्रकाशयेत् । अनादिनिधनो देवः शंखचक्रगदाधरः । तस्याग्रे के न कुर्वंति यतो विष्णुस्तु पापहा
First, having performed bathing and other rites, one should display them before Vishnu, the beginningless and endless Lord, bearing the conch, discus, and mace; before Him, who does not perform, since Vishnu is the remover of sin.
इति श्रीपाद्मे महापुराणे पंचपंचाशत्साहस्र्यां संहितायामुत्तरखंडे उमापतिनारदसंवादे चातुर्मास्योद्यापनंनाम पंचषष्टितमोऽध्यायः
Thus ends the sixty-fifth chapter named 'The Completion of the Four-Month Observance' in the dialogue between Umāpati and Nārada, in the Uttarakhaṇḍa of the glorious Padma Mahāpurāṇa, in the compendium of fifty-five thousand verses.
नारद उवाच- यमस्याराधनं ब्रूहि मद्धितार्थं सुरोत्तम । कथं न गम्यते देव नरेण नरकांतरे
Nārada said: O best of gods, tell me about the worship of Yama for my benefit; how does a man not go to another hell, O Lord?
श्रूयते यमलोके तु सदा वैतरणी नदी । अनाधृष्यात्वपारा च दुस्तरा बहुशोणिता
It is heard that in the realm of Yama there is always the river Vaitaraṇī, which is impassable, endless, difficult to cross, and full of much blood.
दुस्तरा सर्वभूतानां सा कथं सुतरा भवेत् । भयमेतन्महादेव यमलोकं प्रति प्रभो
It is difficult for all beings to cross; how can it become easy to cross? This is my fear, O great god, concerning the realm of Yama, O Lord.
तस्य निर्मोचनार्थाय ब्रूहि कृत्यमशेषतः । भगवन्देवदेवेश कृपां कृत्वा ममोपरि
For the sake of liberation from it, tell me completely what should be done, O Lord of gods, showing compassion to me.
महादेव उवाच- द्वारवत्यां पुरा विप्र स्नातोऽहं लवणांभसि । ददृशे मुनिमायांतं मुद्गलं नाम वाडव
Mahādeva said: Formerly, O Brahmin, I bathed in the salty waters at Dvāravatī; I saw the sage Mudgala, named Vāḍava.
ज्वलंतमिवचादित्यं तपसा द्योततांगकम् । मां प्रणम्य मुनिः प्राह मुद्गलो विस्मयान्वितः
He shone like the blazing sun, his body radiant with austerity; after bowing to me, the sage Mudgala spoke, filled with wonder.
मुद्गल उवाच- अकस्मान्मूर्च्छितो देव पतितोऽस्मि धरातले । प्रज्वलंति ममांगानि गृहीतो यमकिंकरैः
Mudgala said: O Lord, I have suddenly fainted and fallen to the ground; my limbs are burning, and I have been seized by Yama's attendants.
बलादाकृष्यमाणोऽहं पुरुषॐगुष्ठमात्रकः । बद्धो यमभटैर्गाढं नीतोऽस्मि शमनांतिकम्
Dragged by force, I, reduced to the size of a man's thumb, was tightly bound by the attendants of Yama and brought to the presence of the Lord of Death.
क्षणात्सभायां पश्यामि यमं पिंगललोचनम् । कृष्णमुखं महारौद्रं मृत्युव्याधिशतान्वितम्
In a moment, I saw Yama in the assembly, his eyes tawny, his face dark and extremely fierce, surrounded by hundreds of diseases and death.
वातपित्त श्लेष्मदोषैर्मूर्तिमद्भिस्तु सेवितम् । कायशोषज्वरातंक स्फोटिका लूतकादिभिः
He was attended by forms embodying the faults of wind, bile, and phlegm, along with emaciation, fever, boils, ulcers, and other afflictions.
ज्वालांगमर्दशीर्षार्ति भगंदर बलक्षयैः । कंठमालाक्षिरोगैश्च मूत्रकृच्छ्रज्वरव्रणैः
There were also burning pains, headaches, suffering in the limbs, fistulas, loss of strength, throat tumors, milk diseases, painful urination, fevers, and wounds.
विमूर्च्छिका गलग्राह हृद्रोगैर्भूततस्करैः । इत्थं बहुविधै रौद्रैर्नानारूपैर्भयंकरैः
There were fainting fits, throat seizures, heart diseases, and ghostly thieves; thus, with many fierce and terrifying forms of various kinds.
कपालशिरोहस्तैश्च संग्रामे नरके तथा । राक्षसैर्दानवैर्घोरैरुपविष्टैः पुरः स्थितैः
With skulls, heads, and hands, in battle and in hell, demons and dreadful danavas sat before me, stationed in front.
धर्माधिकारिभिश्चात्र चित्रगुप्तादि लेखकैः । व्याघ्र सिंह वराहैश्च शिखासर्पैः सुदुर्द्धरैः
There were also the officials of Dharma, like Citragupta and other scribes, along with tigers, lions, boars, and fierce crested serpents.
वृश्चिकैर्दंष्ट्रिभिर्भूतैः कीटकैर्मत्कुणादिभिः । वृक चित्रादि शुनकैः कंकैर्गृध्रैश्च जंबुकैः
There were scorpions, fanged spirits, insects, beetles, wolves, spotted dogs, crows, vultures, and jackals.
तस्करैर्भूतदारिद्रैर्मारिभिर्डाकिनीग्रहैः । मुक्तकेशैः श्वासकासैर्भ्रुकुटी कुटिलाननैः
There were thieves, poverty-causing spirits, marauders, witches, those with loose hair, those with breathlessness and coughs, those with frowning and crooked faces.
बृहत्प्रतापैर्नोभीतैः शासकैः पापकर्मणाम् । यमः सभायां शुशुभे सेव्यमानः परिग्रहैः
There were great, fearless punishers of evil deeds, and Yama shone in the assembly, attended by his retinue.
भीमाटविकजीवैश्च यथा व्यालांजनो गिरिः । ततो विश्वेश्वरः प्राह समयः किंकरान्प्रति
There were also dreadful forest-dwellers, like wild beasts on a mountain; then the Lord of the Universe spoke to his attendants.
नामभ्रांतैर्भवद्भिश्च समानीतः कथं मुनिः । भीमकस्यात्मजो ग्रामे कौंडिन्ये मुद्गलाभिधः
How was this sage, named Mudgala, son of Bhīma, brought here by you, confused about his name, from the village of Kauṇḍinya?
क्षीणायुः क्षत्रियः सोऽस्ति आनेयो मुच्यतामसौ । श्रुत्वैतत्ते गतास्तस्मादायाताः पुनरेव ते
He is a kṣatriya whose lifespan is exhausted; he should be released and brought back. Hearing this, they departed and returned again.
धर्मराजं पुनः प्राहुः सर्वे ते यमकिंकराः । तत्रास्माभिर्गतैर्देही क्षीणायुर्नोपलक्षितः
All those attendants of Yama spoke again to the Lord of Dharma: 'When we went there, the embodied soul whose lifespan was finished was not found.'