यद्धितं धर्मयुक्तं च नित्यं भवति सुव्रत
That which is beneficial and in accord with righteousness is ever to be practiced, O steadfast one.
करोति पापनाशार्थमिदं वक्ष्यामि तच्छृणु
I shall declare this, which destroys sin; listen to it.
यस्ताः शुश्रूषते भक्त्या स पापेभ्यः प्रमुच्यते
Whoever listens to these with devotion is freed from sins.
यावज्जीव कृतात्पापात्तत्क्षणादेव मुच्यते 211.
He is released at that very moment from sins committed throughout his life.
सर्वतीर्थफलं प्राप्य स पापेभ्यः प्रमुच्यते
Having obtained the merit of all holy bathing places, he is freed from sins.
सर्वपापकृतान्दोषान्दहत्याशु न संशयः
He quickly burns away all faults arising from sinful deeds—of this there is no doubt.
शिरसा प्रतिगृह्णाति स पापेभ्यः प्रमुच्यते
He who receives them with bowed head is freed from sins.
नमस्येत्प्रयतो भूत्वा स पापेभ्यः प्रमुच्यते
He who worships with a pure heart is freed from sins.
नमस्येत्प्रयतो भूत्वा स पापेभ्यः प्रमुच्यते
He who worships with a pure heart is freed from sins.
तस्य भानुः प्रसन्नश्च ह्यशुभं यत्समर्जितम्
For him, the sun becomes gracious, and whatever is inauspicious is swept away.
तावकं दधिमिश्रं तु पात्रे औदुम्बरे स्थितम्
Your curd mixed with milk, placed in a vessel of udumbara wood,
अरुन्धतीं बुधं चैव तथा सर्वान्महामुनीन्
Arundhatī, Budha, and likewise all the great sages,
एकाग्रमानसो भूत्वा यो नमस्येत्कृताञ्जलिः
He who, with one-pointed mind and joined palms, offers worship,
द्विजं शुश्रूषते यस्तु तर्पयित्वातिभक्तितः 211.
He who serves a twice-born after satisfying him with great devotion,
विषुवेषु च योगेषु शुचिर्दत्त्वा पयो नरः
And the man who, pure, gives milk at the solstices and conjunctions,
प्राचीनीग्रान्कुशान् कृत्वा स्थापयित्वा वृषं नरः
Having made darbha grass point eastward and set up a bull, the man—
दक्षिणावर्त्तसव्येन कृत्वा प्राक्स्रोतसं नदीम्
Turning to the right, with the river flowing eastward on the left,
दक्षिणावर्त्तशङ्खेन कृत्वा चैव करे जलम्
And holding water in the hand with a right-turning conch,
तस्य जन्मकृतं पापं तत्क्षणादेव नश्यति
The sin incurred at birth is destroyed at that very moment.
स्नात्वा कृष्णतिलैर्मिश्रा दद्यात्सप्ताञ्जलीर्नरः
After bathing, a man should offer seven handfuls mixed with black sesame seeds.
यावज्जीवकृतं पापं तत्क्षणादेव नश्यति
All the sin accumulated throughout life is destroyed at that very moment.
त्रिधा यस्तु नरः स्नायात्सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते
A man who bathes three times is freed from all sins.
कार्त्तिकेऽमलपक्षे तु स्मृता ह्येकादशी तिथिः
In the bright fortnight of Kārtika, the eleventh lunar day is declared.
या सा विष्णोः परा मूर्त्तिरव्यक्तानेकरूपिणी 211.
That is the supreme, unmanifest, and multiform embodiment of Viṣṇu.
ये उपोष्यन्ति विधिवन्नारायणपरायणाः
Those devoted to Nārāyaṇa who observe it properly by the rules,
एकादशीं समाश्रित्य पुरा पृष्टो महेश्वरः
Having taken refuge in the Ekādaśī, long ago Mahādeva was asked,
धरण्युवाच ब्रह्मस्वहरणे युक्ता तथा ब्राह्मणघातकाः
The Earth said: Those who are engaged in stealing Brahman’s wealth and in killing Brāhmaṇas,
गुरुद्रोहरता देव मित्रद्रोहरतास्तथा
O Lord, those who betray their teacher or friend,
परद्रव्यापहरणे संसक्ताश्च सुरेश्वर
And those who are involved in taking the property of others, O Lord of the gods,
दाम्भिका भिन्नमर्यादा नायमस्तीति वादिनः
The hypocrites, those who transgress boundaries, and those who say 'there is no justice',