पितरस्तस्य नाश्नन्ति वर्षाणि दश पंच च
His ancestors do not eat for fifteen years.
न तस्य धर्मो विद्येत एवमेतन्न संशयः
For him, there is no righteousness; thus it is, without doubt.
प्रायश्चित्तं महाभागे मम भक्तसुखावहम्
O highly fortunate one, the atonement brings happiness to my devotees.
आकाशशयनं कृत्वा चतुर्थेऽहनि शुध्यति
By lying on the ground under the open sky, he is purified on the fourth day.
पंचगव्यं ततः पीत्वा शीघ्रं मुच्येत किल्बिषात्
After drinking the five products of the cow, one is quickly freed from sin.
सर्वसङ्गं परित्यज्य मम लोकं स गच्छति
Abandoning all attachments, he attains my world.
कुणपो जायते भूमे यातुधानो न संशयः
He becomes a corpse on earth, a demon—there is no doubt.
तिष्ठत्यत्र महाभागे एवमेतन्न संशयः
He remains here, O noble one; thus it is, without doubt.
प्रायश्चित्तं प्रवक्ष्यामि येन मुच्येत किल्बिषात् 136.
I will declare the atonement by which one is freed from sin.
उपोष्य चाष्टभक्तं तु दशैकादशमेव च
Having fasted with eight meals, on the tenth or eleventh day,
पंचगव्यं ततः पीत्वा शीघ्रं मुच्यति किल्बिषात्
After drinking the five products of the cow, he is quickly freed from sin.
तानि तानि तरन्त्येव सर्व एव पितामहाः
All the ancestors indeed cross over those obstacles.
चर्मकारस्तु जायेत वर्षाणां तु त्रयोदश
A leatherworker is born for thirteen years.
सूकरत्वात्परिभ्रष्टः श्वा भवेच्च जुगुप्सितः
Having fallen from the state of a boar, he becomes a despised dog.
मद्भक्तश्च विनीतश्च अपराधविवर्जितः
My devotee, humble and free from offenses,
य एतेन विधानेन वसुधे कर्म कारयेत्
Whoever performs work on the earth according to this procedure,
भेरीशब्दमकृत्वा तु यस्तु मां प्रतिबोधयेत्
Without sounding the drum, whoever awakens me,
तस्य वक्ष्यामि सुश्रोणि प्रायश्चित्तं मम प्रियम्
For him, O lovely-hipped one, I will declare my favored atonement.
यस्य कस्यचिन्मासस्य शुक्लपक्षे तु द्वादशी 136.
On the twelfth day of the bright fortnight of any month,
य एतेन विधानेन वसुधे कर्म कारयेत्
Whoever performs work on the earth according to this procedure,
अन्नं भुक्त्वा बहुतरमजीर्णेन परिप्लुतः
Having eaten much food, overwhelmed by indigestion,
एकजन्मनि श्वा चैव वानरश्चैव जायते
In one birth, he becomes both a dog and a monkey.
एकजन्म भवेदन्धो मूषको जायते पुनः
In one birth, he becomes blind; in the next, he is born as a mouse.
शुद्धो भागवतः श्रेष्ठस्त्वपराधविवर्ज्जित
He is pure, a foremost devotee of the Lord, and free from transgressions.
किल्बिषाद्येन मुच्येत मम भक्तिपरायणः
By which a person devoted to my worship is freed from sin and other faults.
पायसेन दिनत्रय्यां त्रिदिनं सक्तुना तथा
For three days, with milk, and for three days likewise with flour cakes.
उत्थायापररात्रे तु कृत्वा वै दन्तधावनम्
Rising at the end of night, and having brushed the teeth,
य एतेन विधानेन प्रायश्चित्तं समाचरेत्
Whoever performs atonement in this manner,
आख्यानानां महाख्यानं तपसां च परं तपः 136.
This is the greatest of stories, the highest of austerities.
एष धर्मश्च कीर्त्तिश्च आचाराणां महौजसाम्
This is the dharma and fame of those of great conduct.