ऊर्जे यवान्नमश्नीयादेकान्नमथवा पुनः
In the month of Ūrja, one should eat barley food, or alternatively, a single meal.
कार्तिके वर्जयेत्तैलं कार्तिके वर्जये न्मधु
In Kārtika, one should avoid oil; in Kārtika, one should also avoid honey.
कार्तिके मौननियमे घंटां चारु प्रदापयेत 4.1.4.
During the vow of silence in Kārtika, a beautiful bell should be given as a gift.
भूमिशय्याव्रते देया शय्या श्लक्ष्णा सतूलिका
When observing the vow of sleeping on the ground, a smooth bed with a mattress should be given.
धान्यत्यागे च तद्धान्यमथवा शालयः स्मृताः
When giving up grains, that grain or rice is to be given as charity.
एकतः सर्वदानानि दीपदानं तथैकतः
On one side are all gifts, and on the other, the gift of a lamp.
किंचिदभ्युदिते सूर्ये माघस्नानं समाचरेत्
When the sun has just risen, one should perform the Māgha bath.
पक्वान्नैर्भो जयेद्विप्रान्यतिनोपि तपस्विनः
With cooked food, one should feed brāhmaṇas, especially ascetics.
घृतपक्वैः समीरचैः शुचिकर्पूरवासितैः
With dishes cooked in ghee, with fragrant breezes, and with pure camphor scents.
शुष्केंधनानां भारांश्च दद्याच्छीतापनुत्तये
Bundles of dry firewood should be given to remove the cold.
मंजिष्ठा रक्तवासांसि तथा तूलवतीं पटीम्
Manjishtha, red garments, and likewise cloth made of cotton.
कंबलानि विचित्राणि निर्वातानि गृहाणि च
Blankets of various kinds, well-aired, and also houses.
घृतकंबलपूजाभिर्महास्नानपुरःसरम् 4.1.4.
With worship using clarified butter and blankets, preceded by great bathing rites.
इदं पातिव्रतं तेजो ब्रह्मतेजो भवान्परम् 4.1.4.
This is the power of chastity; you possess the supreme radiance of Brahman.
साधयिष्यामि वः कार्यं विसर्ज्येति दिवौकसः 4.1.4.
I will accomplish your task; having said this, the gods departed.
वेदव्यास उवाच इमं पतिव्रताध्यायं श्रुत्वा स्त्रीपुरुषोपिवा
Vedavyasa said: Hearing this chapter on chastity, whether woman or man,
पराशर उवाच ततो ध्यानेन विश्वेशमालोक्य स मुनीश्वरः
Parashara said: Then, by meditation, that sage beheld the Lord of the Universe.
अयि पश्य वरारोहे किमेतत्समुपस्थितम्
O slender-waisted one, look—what is this that has appeared?
येन गोत्रभिदा गोत्रा विपक्षा हेलया कृताः
By whom the slayer of the lineage has, with contempt, harmed the opposing clans.
कल्पवृक्षोंऽगणे यस्य कुलिशं यस्य चायुधम्
For whom the wish-fulfilling trees are a multitude, whose weapon is the thunderbolt.
क्रियंते व्याकुलाः शैला अहो दावाग्निना प्रिये
By whom the mountains are thrown into confusion—ah, beloved, by the forest fire.
नियन्ता सर्वभूतानां योसौ दण्डधरः प्रभुः
He is the controller of all beings, that lord who wields the staff of punishment.
आदित्या वसवो रुद्रास्तुषिताः स मरुद्गणाः
The Adityas, Vasus, Rudras, the Tusitas, and the hosts of Maruts—
येषां दृक्पातमात्रेण पतंति भुवनान्यपि
At merely the casting of their glance, even the worlds fall.
आज्ञातं कारणं तच्च स्मृतं वाक्यं सुभाषितम्
The reason has been understood, and that well-spoken statement is remembered.
अविमुक्तं न मोक्तव्यं सर्वथैव मुमुक्षुभिः 4.1.5.
Avimukta must never be abandoned in any way by those who seek liberation.
उपस्थितोयं कल्याणि सोंऽतरायो महानिह
This great obstacle has now arisen here, O auspicious one.
काशीद्विजाशीर्भिरहो यदाप्ता कस्तां मुमुक्षुर्यदिवामुमुक्षुः
Alas, when the blessings of the Brahmins of Kashi are attained, who would wish to be liberated, or who would not?
अहो जना बालिशवत्किमेतां काशीं त्यजेयुः सुकृतैकराशिम्
Ah! How could people, like children, abandon this Kashi, the heap of all good deeds?
भवांतरा वर्जित पुण्यराशिं कृच्छैर्महद्भिर्ह्यवगम् यकाशीम्
Kashi, free from rebirth, is a mass of merit, known only through great and difficult effort.