कार्तिके पश्चिमे यामे स्तवं गानं करोति यः
Whoever, in the last watch of the night in Kārtika, performs hymn-singing,
नैवेद्यदानं हरये कार्तिके दिनसंक्षये
And offers food to Hari at the end of the day in Kārtika,
अक्षयं मुनिशार्दूल मालतीकमलार्चनम्
O best of sages, the worship with mālatī and lotus flowers is inexhaustible in merit.
कार्तिके शुक्लपक्षे तु कृत्वा ह्येकादशीं नरः
In the bright fortnight of Kārtika, if a man observes the Ekādaśī fast,
अत्रैव तु प्रकर्तव्यः प्रबोधस्तु हरेः खग
On this very occasion, O bird, the awakening of Hari should be performed.
एकादश्यां ततो विष्णुश्चातुर्मास्ये प्रसुप्तवान्
On Ekādaśī, then, Viṣṇu, during Cāturmāsya, had lain asleep.
अतः प्रबोधनं कार्यमेकादश्यां तु वैष्णवैः उत्तिष्ठ कमलाकांत त्रैलोक्यं मंगलं कुरु
Therefore, the awakening should be done by Vaiṣṇavas on Ekādaśī: 'Arise, O beloved of Lakṣmī, bring auspiciousness to the three worlds.'
इत्युक्त्वा शंखभेर्यादि प्रातःकाले तु वादयेत् 2.4.33.
Having said this, one should sound the conch, kettle-drum, and other instruments in the morning.
उत्थापयित्वा देवेशं पूजां तस्य विधाय च
After awakening the Lord of the gods and performing his worship,
सर्वदैकादशी पुण्या विशेषात्कार्तिकी स्मृता
Every Ekādaśī is meritorious, but Kārtikī is considered especially so.
अन्नमाश्रित्य तिष्ठंति संप्राप्ते हरिवासरे
They remain, relying on food, until the arrival of Hari's day.
तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन कुर्यादेकादशीव्रतम्
Therefore, with all effort, one should observe the vow of Ekādaśī.
नरके नियतं वासः पितृभिः सह तस्य वै
He surely resides in hell together with his ancestors.
दशमीवेधसंयुक्ता त्याज्या चैकादशी व्रते
The tenth day joined with grains, and the eleventh during the vow, must be abandoned.
तस्याः पुत्रशतं नष्टं तस्मात्तां वधजां त्यजेत्
A hundred sons of hers are lost; therefore, one should renounce that which is born of killing.
रुक्मांगदोऽपि राजर्षिर्मोहिन्याः संगमेन च
Even the royal sage Rukmāṅgada, through union with Mohinī—
इति प्रबोधोत्सवः अथ द्वादशीमाहात्म्यम् द्वादशी पुण्यदा प्रोक्ता सर्वाऽघौघविनाशिनी
Thus is the festival of awakening. Now, the greatness of the twelfth day: The twelfth is declared to bestow merit, destroying all heaps of sin.
किमिष्टैश्चैव पुत्रैश्च द्वादशी येन सेविता 2.4.33.
What use are desired things or sons to one who has observed the twelfth day?
यत्फलं तदवाप्नोति द्वादश्यामेकभोजनात्
He attains that fruit by eating only once on the twelfth day.
सिक्थेसिक्थे च वैकस्य कतिब्राह्मणभोजनम्
And for one, the eating of clarified butter and curds, and the feeding of how many Brāhmaṇas?
शालिग्रामशिलादानं यः कुर्याद्द्वादशीदिने दत्त्वा यत्फलमाप्नोति तत्फलं लभते नरः
Whoever gives a Śāligāma stone on the twelfth day—whatever fruit is obtained by giving it, that fruit a man attains.
पंचामृतैस्तु यो विष्णुं भक्त्या संस्नापयेद्द्विज
Whoever bathes Viṣṇu with the five nectars, with devotion, O twice-born—
शुक्ले कार्तिकमासस्य द्वादश्यां परमोत्सवे स तु मोक्षमवाप्नोति नाऽत्र कार्या विचारणा
On the bright twelfth of the month of Kārtika, at the great festival, he surely attains liberation; there is no need for doubt here.
द्वादश्यां कार्तिके मासि स्नानसंध्यादिकर्म च
On the twelfth day, in the month of Kārtika, bathing and the rituals of twilight, and so forth—
यस्तस्यां सूपनैवेद्यं न ददाति नराधमः
Whoever, a vile man, does not offer soup as food on that day—
तस्मात्सूपस्य नैवेद्यं द्वादश्यां कार्तिके शुभे
Therefore, the offering of soup as food on the auspicious twelfth day in Kārtika—
यस्तस्यां दंपतीनां तु भोजनं कुरुते नरः
Whoever, on that day, provides food to a married couple—
धात्रीच्छायां गतो यस्तु द्वादश्यां पूजयेद्धरिम् 2.4.33.
Whoever, having gone to the shade of the myrobalan tree, worships Hari on the twelfth day—
स्वयं च तत्र भुंक्ते यः सूपभक्ष्यादिकं तथा
And whoever himself eats there, likewise soup and other foods—
एवं प्रातर्विधायाऽथ पूजां दामोदरस्य हि
Thus, having performed the morning worship of Dāmodara—