ततो द्वारं समुद्घाट्य दृष्टा ताभिश्च मानुषी । न देवी न च गंधर्वी नासुरी न च पन्नगी
Then, after opening the door, the human woman was seen by them; she was neither a goddess, nor a gandharvī, nor an asura woman, nor a serpent-woman.
दृष्टा पूर्वं तथा नारी यादृशीयं द्विजर्षभ । देवीनामुपदेशेन षट्तिलाया व्रतं कृतम्
Never before had such a woman been seen, O best of Brahmins, as this one; by the instruction of the goddesses, the Ṣaṭtilā vow was performed.
मानुष्या सत्यव्रतया भुक्तिमुक्तिफलप्रदम् । रूपकांतिसमायुक्ता क्षणेन समवाप सा
By truthfulness in her vows, that woman attained, in a moment, beauty and radiance, and the fruits of enjoyment and liberation.
धनं धान्यं च वस्त्रादि सुवर्णं रौप्यमेव च । भवनं सर्वसंपन्नं षट्तिलायाः प्रभावतः
Through the power of offering sesame, she obtained wealth, grain, garments, gold, silver, and a home filled with all prosperity.
रूपकांतिसमायुक्ता क्षणेन समपद्यत
Endowed with beauty and radiance, she became so in an instant.
अतितृष्णा न कर्त्तव्या वित्तशाठ्यं विवर्जयेत् । आत्मवित्तानुसारेण तिलान्वस्त्राणि दापयेत्
One should not be excessively greedy, nor resort to deceit for wealth; one should give sesame and garments according to one's means.
लभते चैवमारोग्यं नरो जन्मनि जन्मनि । न दारिद्र्यं न कष्टत्वं न च दौर्भाग्यमेव च 6.42.
In this way, a person attains health in every birth; there is no poverty, no suffering, and no misfortune.
संभवेद्वै द्विजश्रेष्ठ षट्तिलासमुपोषणात् । अनेन विधिना भूप तिलदाता न संशयः
O best of twice-born, by observing the sixfold sesame vow in this manner, there is no doubt that the giver of sesame attains this result.
मुच्यते पातकैः सर्वैरनायासेन मानवः । दानं च विधिवत्पात्रे सर्वपातकनाशनम् । नानर्थः कश्चिन्नायासः शरीरे नृपसत्तम
A person is freed from all sins without effort; giving, according to rule, to a worthy recipient destroys all sins. There is no harm, nor any strain on the body, O best of kings.
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच- माहात्म्यं विजयायाश्च श्रुतं कृष्ण महत्फलम् । फाल्गुनस्यार्जुने पक्षे यन्नाम्नी तां वदाधुना
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: You have heard the greatness of Vijayā and its great fruit, O Kṛṣṇa. Now tell me the name of that which occurs in the bright half of Phālguna.
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच-। धर्मपुत्र महाभाग शृणु वक्ष्यामितेऽधुना । योक्ता पृष्टेन मांधात्रा वसिष्ठेन महात्मना
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: O Dharmaputra, greatly fortunate one, listen as I now speak to you what was once asked of me by Māndhātṛ and by the great sage Vasiṣṭha.
फाल्गुनस्य विशेषेण विशेषः कथितो नृप । आमलकीव्रतं पुण्यं विष्णुलोकफलप्रदम्
O king, the special merit of Phālguna has been described; the sacred vow of Āmalakī bestows the fruit of attaining Viṣṇu's realm.
आमलक्यास्तले गत्वा जागरं तत्र कारयेत् । कृत्वा जागरणं रात्रौ गोसहस्रफलं लभेत्
Going beneath the Āmalakī tree, one should keep vigil there; by keeping vigil at night, one obtains the fruit equal to giving a thousand cows.
मांधातोवाच - आमलकी कदा ह्येषा उत्पन्ना द्विजसत्तम । एतत्सर्वं ममाचक्ष्व परं कौतूहलं हि मे
Māndhātā said: O best of twice-born, when did this Āmalakī arise? Tell me all of this, for I am greatly curious.
कस्मादियं पवित्रा च कस्मात्पापप्रणाशिनी । कस्माज्जागरणं कृत्वा गोसहस्रफलं लभेत्
Why is this tree pure? Why does it destroy sin? Why, by keeping vigil, does one obtain the fruit equal to a thousand cows?
वसिष्ठ उवाच- कथयामि महाभाग यथेयमभवत्क्षितौ । आमलकी महावृक्षः सर्वपापप्रणाशनः
Vasiṣṭha said: O greatly fortunate one, I will tell you how this Āmalakī, the great tree that destroys all sins, came to be on earth.
एकार्णवे पुरा जाते नष्टे स्थावरजंगमे । नष्टे देवासुरगणे प्रणष्टोरगराक्षसे
Once, when a single ocean existed, all that was stationary and moving was destroyed; the hosts of gods and demons, serpents and rākṣasas, were also gone.
तत्र देवादिदेवेशः परमात्मा सनातनः । जगाम ब्रह्मपरममात्मनः पदमव्ययम्
There, the Lord of gods, the Supreme Self, eternal, went to the highest state of Brahman, the imperishable abode of the Self.
ततोऽस्य जाग्रतो ब्रह्ममुखाच्छशिसमप्रभः । ष्ठीवनाद्बिंदुरुत्पन्नः स भूमौ निपपात ह
Then, as he was awake, from the mouth of Brahmā, a drop, shining like the moon, was expelled and fell to the earth.
तस्माद्बिंदोः समुत्पन्नः स्वयं धात्री नगो महान् । शाखाप्रशाखाबहुलः फलभारेण नामितः
From that drop arose, of itself, the great dhātrī tree, with many branches and sub-branches, bowed down by the weight of its fruit.
सर्वेषां चैव वृक्षाणामादिरोहः प्रकीर्तितः । ब्रह्मणाथ ततः पश्चात्संसृष्टाश्च इमाः प्रजाः
The first ascent of all trees has been proclaimed by Brahmā; thereafter, these beings were created.
देवदानवगंधर्वयक्षराक्षसपन्नगान् । असृजद्भगवान्देवो महर्षींश्च तथामलान्
The blessed Lord, the god, then created the gods, Dānavas, Gandharvas, Yakṣas, Rākṣasas, serpents, and also the pure great sages.
आजग्मुस्तत्र देवास्ते यत्र धात्री हरिप्रिया । तां दृष्ट्वा ते महाभाग परं विस्मयमागताः
There the gods arrived, where the dhātrī tree, dear to Hari, stood; seeing her, those greatly fortunate ones were filled with supreme wonder.
न जानीम इमं वृक्षं चिंतयंतोऽभिसंस्थिताः । एवं चिंतयतां तेषां वागुवाचाशरीरिणी
They stood there, pondering, 'We do not know this tree.' As they thus reflected, a bodiless voice spoke.
आमलकी नगो ह्येष प्रवरो वैष्णवो मतः । अस्य संस्मरणादेव लभेद्गोदानजं फलम्
This is the Āmalakī tree, regarded as the foremost Vaiṣṇava tree; merely by remembering it, one attains the fruit of gifting a cow.
स्पर्शनाद्द्विगुणं पुण्यं त्रिगुणं धारणात्तथा । तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन सेव्या आमलकी सदा
By touching it, merit is doubled; by bearing it, merit is tripled; therefore, the Āmalakī should always be served with every effort.
सर्वपापहरा प्रोक्ता वैष्णवी पापनाशिनी । तस्या मूले स्थितो विष्णुस्तदूर्ध्वे च पितामहः
It is declared to remove all sins, a Vaiṣṇavī, destroyer of evil; Viṣṇu stands at its root, and above him is the Grandfather (Brahmā).
स्कंधे च भगवान्रुद्रः संस्थितः परमेश्वरः । शाखासु मुनयः सर्वे प्रशाखासु च देवताः
On its trunk abides the blessed Rudra, the supreme Lord; on its branches dwell all the sages, and on the smaller branches, the deities.
पर्णेषु चासते देवाः पुष्पेषु मरुतस्तथा । प्रजानां पतयः सर्वे फलेष्वेव व्यवस्थिताः
On its leaves sit the gods, on its flowers the Maruts; and in its fruits are established all the lords of beings.
सर्वदेवमयी ह्येषा धात्री च कथिता मया । तस्मात्पूज्यतमा ह्येषा विष्णुभक्तिपरायणैः
This dhātrī has been described by me as composed of all the gods; therefore, she is most worthy of worship by those devoted to Viṣṇu.