The Fruit of the Vaishakha Vow: Divyadevi's Story Concluded

Verse 1 (padma.5.93.1)

नारद उवाच- जातूकर्णवचश्चित्रमेवमाकर्ण्य भूपतिः । तमुवाच नमस्कृत्य ज्ञानिनं मुनिमादरात्

nārada uvāca- jātūkarṇavacaścitramevamākarṇya bhūpatiḥ tamuvāca namaskṛtya jñāninaṁ munimādarāt

Narada said: Having heard this wondrous speech of Jatukarna, the king bowed to that wise sage with reverence and spoke to him.

Verse 2 (padma.5.93.2)

दिवोदास उवाच- कथमेषा विमुच्येत दुःखादस्मान्मुनेधुना । जातूकर्ण उवाच-। कथयामि महत्पुण्यं येनेयं सुखिता भवेत्

divodāsa uvāca- kathameṣā vimucyeta duḥkhādasmānmunedhunā jātūkarṇa uvāca- kathayāmi mahatpuṇyaṁ yeneyaṁ sukhitā bhavet

Divodasa said: "O sage, how may she now be freed from this sorrow?" Jatukarna said: "I shall tell you a great merit by which she may become happy."

Verse 3 (padma.5.93.3)

अप्रकाशमपि प्रायः प्रवक्ष्यामि तवाग्रतः । स्वल्पमप्यद्भुतं कर्म विकर्मशतनाशनम्

aprakāśamapi prāyaḥ pravakṣyāmi tavāgrataḥ svalpamapyadbhutaṁ karma vikarmaśatanāśanam

"Though it is for the most part a hidden thing, I shall speak it before you — a deed small yet wondrous, destroyer of a hundred evil deeds."

Verse 4 (padma.5.93.4)

यथा हरेर्ध्यानबलेन पापं विनाशमायाति महत्समग्रम् । प्रातस्तदा माधवमासदानस्नानेन घोरं विलयं प्रयाति

yathā harerdhyānabalena pāpaṁ vināśamāyāti mahatsamagram prātastadā mādhavamāsadānasnānena ghoraṁ vilayaṁ prayāti

"Just as, by the power of meditation on Hari, even great and complete sin is destroyed, so too by dawn gift-giving and bathing in the month of Madhava sin dissolves in its terrible entirety."

Verse 5 (padma.5.93.5)

यथा हरेर्भीतिभयेन नागा नश्यंति सर्वे निचयास्तथैव । नूनं रवौ मेषगते विभाति स्नानेन तीर्थे च हरिस्तवेन

yathā harerbhītibhayena nāgā naśyaṁti sarve nicayāstathaiva nūnaṁ ravau meṣagate vibhāti snānena tīrthe ca haristavena

"As, from fear of Hari, every host of serpents perishes, so too, when the sun stands in Aries, one certainly shines through bathing at a sacred ford and through praise of Hari."

Verse 6 (padma.5.93.6)

तेजसा वैनतेयस्य पन्नगा इव पातकाः । विद्रवंति च वैशाखस्नानेनोषसि निश्चितम्

tejasā vainateyasya pannagā iva pātakāḥ vidravaṁti ca vaiśākhasnānenoṣasi niścitam

"As serpents flee before the splendor of Vainateya, so too sins certainly flee through bathing in Vaishakha at dawn."

Verse 7 (padma.5.93.7)

तस्माद्देयापि भूपाल दिव्यादेवी पुनः स्वयम् । कृत्वा वैशाखश्रवणं श्रुत्वा पापहरं स्तवम्

tasmāddeyāpi bhūpāla divyādevī punaḥ svayam kṛtvā vaiśākhaśravaṇaṁ śrutvā pāpaharaṁ stavam

"Therefore, O king, let Divyadevi again herself perform the hearing of the Vaishakha rites, and having heard the sin-destroying hymn, be given in marriage."

Verse 8 (padma.5.93.8)

भवित्री भर्तुः संयोगसुखसंभोगभागिनी । सुदेवोऽपि स जातोस्ति पांड्यदेशाधिपो बली

bhavitrī bhartuḥ saṁyogasukhasaṁbhogabhāginī sudevo'pi sa jātosti pāṁḍyadeśādhipo balī

"She shall become a sharer in the joy of union and happiness with her husband; and that good soul too has now been born as the mighty lord of the Pandya land."

Verse 9 (padma.5.93.9)

वैशाखमासि रेवायां स्नानपुण्येन भूपते । तस्मा एव सुतां देहि विशुद्धां स्नानतस्तथा

vaiśākhamāsi revāyāṁ snānapuṇyena bhūpate tasmā eva sutāṁ dehi viśuddhāṁ snānatastathā

"O king, by the merit of bathing in the Reva during the month of Vaishakha — give your daughter, purified by that very bathing, to him alone."

Verse 10 (padma.5.93.10)

माधवस्य पुनः स्तोत्रं श्रवणान्माधवस्य च । संदेहो नात्र कर्तव्यो विचित्रं पश्य भूपते

mādhavasya punaḥ stotraṁ śravaṇānmādhavasya ca saṁdeho nātra kartavyo vicitraṁ paśya bhūpate

"Again, through the hymn of Madhava and the hearing of the month of Madhava — let there be no doubt of this; behold, O king, this wonder for yourself."

Verse 11 (padma.5.93.11)

इहामुत्रफलं तस्य समाख्यं पुण्यकर्मणः । नारद उवाच- इत्याकर्ण्यैव मुदितो राजा तमखिलं ततः

ihāmutraphalaṁ tasya samākhyaṁ puṇyakarmaṇaḥ nārada uvāca- ityākarṇyaiva mudito rājā tamakhilaṁ tataḥ

"Thus has been told the fruit of that meritorious deed, both here and hereafter." Narada said: Having heard this, the delighted king then had that entire rite —

Verse 12 (padma.5.93.12)

कारयामास तां पुत्रीं जातूकर्णोदितं विधिम् । वीरसेनेन तेनैव पांड्यदेशाधिपेन सा

kārayāmāsa tāṁ putrīṁ jātūkarṇoditaṁ vidhim vīrasenena tenaiva pāṁḍyadeśādhipena sā

performed by his daughter, the rite declared by Jatukarna. And she, by that same Virasena, lord of the Pandya country —

Verse 13 (padma.5.93.13)

पुराजन्मैकसुहृदा दिव्यादेवी विवाहिता । बुभुजे भूरिविषयांश्चिरं सुचरितव्रता

purājanmaikasuhṛdā divyādevī vivāhitā bubhuje bhūriviṣayāṁściraṁ sucaritavratā

Divyadevi, his sole dear friend from a former birth, was married; and, faithful to her good vows, she long enjoyed abundant pleasures.

Verse 14 (padma.5.93.14)

वीरेसेनेन सुहृदा पूर्वजन्मकृतेन च । एतत्ते किंचिदाख्यातमंबरीष समासतः

vīresenena suhṛdā pūrvajanmakṛtena ca etatte kiṁcidākhyātamaṁbarīṣa samāsataḥ

united with Virasena, her friend through a deed done in a former birth — thus, O Ambarisha, has this been told to you in brief.

Verse 15 (padma.5.93.15)

वैशाखस्नानमाहात्म्यं किमन्यच्छ्रोतुमर्हसि

vaiśākhasnānamāhātmyaṁ kimanyacchrotumarhasi

Such is the glory of bathing in Vaishakha. What more do you wish to hear?