Vows by Lunar Day, Weekday, and Asterism

Verse 1 (garuda.1.137.1)

ब्रह्मोवाच । कामदेवत्रयोदश्यां पूज्यो दमनकादिभिः । रतिप्रीतिसमायुक्तो ह्यसोको मणिभूषितः

brahmovāca kāmadevatrayodaśyāṁ pūjyo damanakādibhiḥ ratiprītisamāyukto hyasoko maṇibhūṣitaḥ

Brahma said: On the Trayodashi, Kamadeva should be worshipped with damanaka and similar offerings, accompanied by Rati and Priti, free of sorrow, adorned with jewels.

Verse 2 (garuda.1.137.2)

। चतुर्दश्यां तथाष्टभ्यां पक्ष्योः शुक्लकृष्णयोः । योऽब्दमेकं न भुञ्जीत मुक्तिभाक्शिवपूजनात्

caturdaśyāṁ tathāṣṭabhyāṁ pakṣyoḥ śuklakṛṣṇayoḥ yo'bdamekaṁ na bhuñjīta muktibhākśivapūjanāt

On the fourteenth, and likewise on the eighth of both the bright and dark fortnights, whoever does not eat for a full year becomes a sharer in liberation through the worship of Shiva.

Verse 3 (garuda.1.137.3)

। त्रिरात्रोपोषितो दद्यात्कार्तिक्यां भवनं शुभम् । सूर्यलोकमवाप्नोति धामव्रतमिदं शुभम्

trirātropoṣito dadyātkārtikyāṁ bhavanaṁ śubham sūryalokamavāpnoti dhāmavratamidaṁ śubham

Fasting for three nights, one should give an auspicious dwelling on the full moon of Kartika; thereby one attains the world of the Sun — this is the auspicious Dhama-vrata, the vow of the abode.

Verse 4 (garuda.1.137.4)

अमावस्यां पितॄणां च दत्तं जलादितदक्षयम् । नक्ताभ्याशी वारनाम्ना यजन्वाराणि सर्वभाक्

amāvasyāṁ pitṝṇāṁ ca dattaṁ jalāditadakṣayam naktābhyāśī vāranāmnā yajanvārāṇi sarvabhāk

On the new-moon day, water and the like given to the ancestors becomes imperishable. One who eats at night while worshipping according to the names of the weekdays shares in the fruits of every weekday vow.

Verse 5 (garuda.1.137.5)

। द्वादशर्क्षाणि विप्रर्षे ! प्रतिमासं तु यानि वै । तन्नाम्नान्तेऽतच्युतं तेषु सम्यक्संपूजयेन्नरः

dvādaśarkṣāṇi viprarṣe ! pratimāsaṁ tu yāni vai tannāmnānte'tacyutaṁ teṣu samyaksaṁpūjayennaraḥ

O sage among Brahmins, in each month there are twelve governing asterisms; a man should duly worship the Unchanging One under the name associated with each.

Verse 6 (garuda.1.137.6)

केशवं मार्गशीर्षे तु इत्यादौ कृतिकादिके (का) । घृतहोमश्चतुर्मासं कृसरञ्च निवेदयेत्

keśavaṁ mārgaśīrṣe tu ityādau kṛtikādike (kā) ghṛtahomaścaturmāsaṁ kṛsarañca nivedayet

Keshava should be worshipped in Margashirsha, and so on beginning with the month governed by Krittika; for the four months of Chaturmasya one should offer ghee into the fire and present a sesame-and-rice dish as food-offering.

Verse 7 (garuda.1.137.7)

आषाढादौ पायसं तु विप्रांस्तेनैव भोजयेत् । पञ्चाव्यजलस्नाननैवेद्यैर्नक्तमाचरेत्

āṣāḍhādau pāyasaṁ tu viprāṁstenaiva bhojayet pañcāvyajalasnānanaivedyairnaktamācaret

At the start of Ashadha one should offer rice-pudding and feed Brahmins with the same; with the five products of the cow, water-bathing, and food-offerings, one should observe the night-eating vow.

Verse 8 (garuda.1.137.8)

अर्वाग्विसर्जनाद्द्रव्यं नैवेद्यं सर्वमुच्यते । विसर्जिते जगन्नाथे निर्माल्यं भवति क्षणात्

arvāgvisarjanāddravyaṁ naivedyaṁ sarvamucyate visarjite jagannāthe nirmālyaṁ bhavati kṣaṇāt

Everything offered before the deity's dismissal is called naivedya; the instant the Lord of the world is dismissed, it becomes nirmalya, no longer fit to eat.

Verse 9 (garuda.1.137.9)

पाञ्चरात्रविदो मुख्या नैवेद्यं भुञ्जते स्वयम् । एवं संवत्सरस्यान्ते विशेषेण प्रपूजयेत्

pāñcarātravido mukhyā naivedyaṁ bhuñjate svayam evaṁ saṁvatsarasyānte viśeṣeṇa prapūjayet

The foremost knowers of the Pancharatra doctrine themselves partake of the naivedya. Thus, at the end of the year, one should perform this worship with special care.

Verse 10 (garuda.1.137.10)

नमोनमस्तेऽच्युत ! संक्षयोऽस्तु पापस्य वृद्धिं समुपैतु पुण्यम् । ऐश्वर्यवित्तादि सदाक्षयं मे तथास्तु मे सन्ततिरक्षयैव

namonamaste'cyuta ! saṁkṣayo'stu pāpasya vṛddhiṁ samupaitu puṇyam aiśvaryavittādi sadākṣayaṁ me tathāstu me santatirakṣayaiva

Salutation, salutation to you, O Achyuta! May my sin come to destruction, may my merit increase; may lordship, wealth, and the rest be everlasting for me, and may my progeny be undying as well.

Verse 11 (garuda.1.137.11)

यथाच्युत !त्वं परतः परस्मात्स ब्रह्मभूतः परतः परस्मात् । तथाच्युतं मे कुरु वाञ्छितं सदा मया कृतं पापहराप्रमेय

yathācyuta !tvaṁ parataḥ parasmātsa brahmabhūtaḥ parataḥ parasmāt tathācyutaṁ me kuru vāñchitaṁ sadā mayā kṛtaṁ pāpaharāprameya

As you, O Achyuta, are beyond the beyond, the very Brahman beyond the beyond, so, Achyuta, ever fulfill my wish, O boundless remover of the sin I have done.

Verse 12 (garuda.1.137.12)

अच्युतानन्त ! गोविन्द ! प्रसीद यदभीप्सितम् । तदक्षयममेयात्मन्कुरुष्व पुरुषोत्तम

acyutānanta ! govinda ! prasīda yadabhīpsitam tadakṣayamameyātmankuruṣva puruṣottama

O Achyuta, Ananta, Govinda! Be gracious; whatever is desired, make it imperishable, O immeasurable Self, O Purushottama.

Verse 13 (garuda.1.137.13)

कुर्याद्वै सप्त वर्षाणि आयुः श्रीसद्गतीर्नरः । उपोष्यैकादशीब्दमष्टमीं च चतुर्दशीम्

kuryādvai sapta varṣāṇi āyuḥ śrīsadgatīrnaraḥ upoṣyaikādaśībdamaṣṭamīṁ ca caturdaśīm

A man who performs this for seven years obtains long life, prosperity, and a good end; fasting for a year on the Ekadashi, the Ashtami, and the Chaturdashi —

Verse 14 (garuda.1.137.14)

सप्तमीं पूजयेद्विष्णुं दुर्गां शम्बुं रविं क्रमात् । तेषां लोकं समाप्नोति सर्वकामांश्च निर्मलः

saptamīṁ pūjayedviṣṇuṁ durgāṁ śambuṁ raviṁ kramāt teṣāṁ lokaṁ samāpnoti sarvakāmāṁśca nirmalaḥ

and on the Saptami worshipping in turn Vishnu, Durga, Shambhu, and the Sun, one attains their respective worlds and, purified, all one's desires.

Verse 15 (garuda.1.137.15)

एकभक्तेन नक्तेन तथैवायाचितेन च । उपवासेन शाकाद्यैः पूजयन्तसर्वदेवताः

ekabhaktena naktena tathaivāyācitena ca upavāsena śākādyaiḥ pūjayantasarvadevatāḥ

By eating once, by night-eating, by unsolicited food, by fasting, or by living on vegetables and the like, while worshipping all the deities —

Verse 16 (garuda.1.137.16)

सर्वः सर्वासु तिथिषु भुक्तिं मुक्तिमवाप्नुयात् । धनदोऽग्निः प्रतिपदि नासत्यो दस्त्र अर्चितः

sarvaḥ sarvāsu tithiṣu bhuktiṁ muktimavāpnuyāt dhanado'gniḥ pratipadi nāsatyo dastra arcitaḥ

everyone obtains both enjoyment and liberation on every tithi. On the Pratipada, Agni the wealth-giver is worshipped, and the Ashvins, Nasatya and Dasra —

Verse 17 (garuda.1.137.17)

श्रीर्यमश्च द्वितीयायां पञ्चम्या पार्वती श्रिया । नागाः षष्ठ्यां कार्तिकेयः सप्तम्यां भास्करोर्ऽथदः

śrīryamaśca dvitīyāyāṁ pañcamyā pārvatī śriyā nāgāḥ ṣaṣṭhyāṁ kārtikeyaḥ saptamyāṁ bhāskaror'thadaḥ

Shri and Yama on the second tithi, Parvati together with Shri on the fifth, the serpents on the sixth, and the wealth-giving Sun on the seventh —

Verse 18 (garuda.1.137.18)

दुर्गाष्टम्यां मातरश्च नवम्यामथ तक्षकः । इन्द्रो दशम्यां धनद एकादश्यां मुनीश्वराः

durgāṣṭamyāṁ mātaraśca navamyāmatha takṣakaḥ indro daśamyāṁ dhanada ekādaśyāṁ munīśvarāḥ

Durga and the Mother-goddesses on the eighth, Takshaka on the ninth, Indra on the tenth, and Kubera the wealth-giver together with the lords of sages on the eleventh —

Verse 19 (garuda.1.137.19)

द्वादश्यां च हरिः कामस्त्रयोदश्यां महेश्वरः । चतुर्दश्यां पञ्चदश्यां ब्रह्मा च पितरोऽपरे

dvādaśyāṁ ca hariḥ kāmastrayodaśyāṁ maheśvaraḥ caturdaśyāṁ pañcadaśyāṁ brahmā ca pitaro'pare

and Hari and Kama on the twelfth, Maheshvara on the thirteenth, and Brahma together with the other ancestors on the fourteenth and fifteenth.