The Telling of Vishnu-Worship Ritual and Vaishnava Conduct

Verse 1 (padma.6.253.1)

श्रीपार्वत्युवाच- भगवन्सर्वमाख्यातं वैभवावस्थितं हरेः । एतस्मिन्रामकृष्णाभ्यां चरित्रमति विस्मितम् ।

śrīpārvatyuvāca bhagavansarvamākhyātaṁ vaibhavāvasthitaṁ hareḥ etasminrāmakṛṣṇābhyāṁ caritramati vismitam

Shri Parvati said: O Lord, you have told me the entire state of Hari's glory, and this most wondrous story of Rama and Krishna.

Verse 2 (padma.6.253.2)

अहो रामस्यचरितं कृष्णस्य च महात्मनः । शृण्वत्या मम देवेश कल्पांतरशतैरपि ।

aho rāmasyacaritaṁ kṛṣṇasya ca mahātmanaḥ śṛṇvatyā mama deveśa kalpāṁtaraśatairapi

O Lord of gods, even listening for hundreds of aeons to this story of Rama and of the great-souled Krishna —

Verse 3 (padma.6.253.3)

तृप्तिं नैवेति भूतेश चेतो हरिकथामृतम् । अधुना श्रोतुमिच्छामि विष्णोर्माहात्म्यमुत्तमम् । तत्पूजनविधिं देव श्रोतुमिच्छाम्यहं तथा ।

tṛptiṁ naiveti bhūteśa ceto harikathāmṛtam adhunā śrotumicchāmi viṣṇormāhātmyamuttamam tatpūjanavidhiṁ deva śrotumicchāmyahaṁ tathā

O Lord of beings, my mind never finds satiety in this nectar of Hari's story. Now I wish to hear of Vishnu's excellent glory, and, O God, I wish to hear his worship-rite too.

Verse 4 (padma.6.253.4)

श्रीरुद्र उवाच- शृणु देवि प्रवक्ष्यामि हरेश्च सुमहात्मनः । स्थापनं च स्वयं व्यक्तं द्विविधं तत्प्रकीर्तितम् ।

śrīrudra uvāca śṛṇu devi pravakṣyāmi hareśca sumahātmanaḥ sthāpanaṁ ca svayaṁ vyaktaṁ dvividhaṁ tatprakīrtitam

Shri Rudra said: Listen, O Goddess, I shall tell of the great-souled Hari. His installation is declared to be of two kinds: self-manifest, and set up by rite.

Verse 5 (padma.6.253.5)

शिला मृद्दारुलोहाद्यैः कृत्वा प्रतिकृतिं हरेः । श्रौतस्मार्तागमप्रोक्तक्रियासंस्थापनं हि यत् ।

śilā mṛddārulohādyaiḥ kṛtvā pratikṛtiṁ hareḥ śrautasmārtāgamaproktakriyāsaṁsthāpanaṁ hi yat

Making an image of Hari from stone, clay, wood, metal, or the like, and installing it according to the rite declared in Shruti, Smriti, and Agama —

Verse 6 (padma.6.253.6)

तत्स्थापनमिति प्रोक्तं स्वयं व्यक्तं हि मे शृणु । यस्मिन्संनिहितो विष्णुः स्वयमेव नृणां भुवि ।

tatsthāpanamiti proktaṁ svayaṁ vyaktaṁ hi me śṛṇu yasminsaṁnihito viṣṇuḥ svayameva nṛṇāṁ bhuvi

this is called "Sthapana" (established image); now hear from me of the "self-manifest" — that image in which Vishnu himself, for the good of mankind, dwells upon the earth —

Verse 7 (padma.6.253.7)

पाषाणदार्वोरात्मेशः स्वयं व्यक्तं हि तत्स्मृतम् । स्वयं व्यक्तं स्थापितं वा पूजयेन्मधुसूदनम् ।

pāṣāṇadārvorātmeśaḥ svayaṁ vyaktaṁ hi tatsmṛtam svayaṁ vyaktaṁ sthāpitaṁ vā pūjayenmadhusūdanam

in stone or wood, of itself, that Lord of the self is remembered as self-manifest. Whether self-manifest or installed, one should worship Madhusudana in either.

Verse 8 (padma.6.253.8)

देवतानां मर्हषीणामर्चनार्थे सनातनः । स्वयमेव जगन्नाथः सान्निध्यं याति केशवः ।

devatānāṁ marhaṣīṇāmarcanārthe sanātanaḥ svayameva jagannāthaḥ sānnidhyaṁ yāti keśavaḥ

For the worship of the gods and the great sages, that eternal Lord of the world, Keshava, himself grants his presence.

Verse 9 (padma.6.253.9)

यस्य यद्विग्रहे भोग्यं तदेवाविरभूद्भुवि । तदेव पूजयेन्नित्यं तस्मिन्नेव रमेत्सदा ।

yasya yadvigrahe bhogyaṁ tadevāvirabhūdbhuvi tadeva pūjayennityaṁ tasminneva rametsadā

In whatever image what is fitting for whom appears upon the earth, that very image should ever be worshipped, and one should ever delight in that alone.

Verse 10 (padma.6.253.10)

श्रीरङ्गशायी देवेशो विधिनार्च्यः सुरोत्तमः । स एवेक्ष्वाकुनाथानां तपसाविरभूद्भुवि ।

śrīraṅgaśāyī deveśo vidhinārcyaḥ surottamaḥ sa evekṣvākunāthānāṁ tapasāvirabhūdbhuvi

The Lord of gods reclining at Shrirangam, best of the celestials, is duly worshipped by rite; he it was who, through the austerity of the Ikshvaku lords, appeared upon the earth.

Verse 11 (padma.6.253.11)

ममापि काश्यां संपूज्यो माधवः कलुषापहः । यत्र यत्र गृहे रम्ये स्वयं व्यक्तः सनातनः ।

mamāpi kāśyāṁ saṁpūjyo mādhavaḥ kaluṣāpahaḥ yatra yatra gṛhe ramye svayaṁ vyaktaḥ sanātanaḥ

In Kashi too, the sin-removing Madhava is worshipped even by me. Wherever, in any delightful house, that self-manifest, eternal Lord has appeared,

Verse 12 (padma.6.253.12)

तत्रतत्र समागम्य रमेऽहं संव्यवस्थितः । नाष्टांगयोगे यज्ञेशस्त्वर्चायां विंदते नृणाम् ।

tatratatra samāgamya rame'haṁ saṁvyavasthitaḥ nāṣṭāṁgayoge yajñeśastvarcāyāṁ viṁdate nṛṇām

there, again and again, I come and dwell. In eightfold yoga the Lord of sacrifice is not found by men as easily as he is found in his image.

Verse 13 (padma.6.253.13)

चक्षुषोर्विषयं प्राप्य ददाति वरमीप्सितम् । सर्वावस्थासु सौलभ्यमर्चायां लभ्यते जनैः ।

cakṣuṣorviṣayaṁ prāpya dadāti varamīpsitam sarvāvasthāsu saulabhyamarcāyāṁ labhyate janaiḥ

Becoming an object of the eyes, he grants the desired boon. In every state, men find him readily accessible in his image —

Verse 14 (padma.6.253.14)

अज्ञानामपि सान्निध्यं सर्वदा पृथिवीतले । जंबूद्वीपे महापुण्ये वर्षे वै भारते शुभे ।

ajñānāmapi sānnidhyaṁ sarvadā pṛthivītale jaṁbūdvīpe mahāpuṇye varṣe vai bhārate śubhe

even the ignorant ever find his presence upon the earth. In the most sacred Jambudvipa, in auspicious Bharatavarsha —

Verse 15 (padma.6.253.15)

अर्चायां संनिधौ विष्णुर्नेतरेषु कदाचन । तत्तस्माद्भारते वर्षे मुनिभिस्त्रिदशैरपि ।

arcāyāṁ saṁnidhau viṣṇurnetareṣu kadācana tattasmādbhārate varṣe munibhistridaśairapi

in the image alone is Vishnu's presence; never in other worlds. Therefore, in Bharatavarsha, served by sages and by the thirty-three gods too —

Verse 16 (padma.6.253.16)

सेवितः सततं देवि तपोयज्ञक्रियादिभिः । भारतेऽस्मिन्महावर्षे नित्यं संनिहितो हरिः ।

sevitaḥ satataṁ devi tapoyajñakriyādibhiḥ bhārate'sminmahāvarṣe nityaṁ saṁnihito hariḥ

O Goddess, ever served with austerities, sacrifices, and rites, in this great Bharatavarsha, Hari ever abides.

Verse 17 (padma.6.253.17)

ऐंद्रद्युम्ने तथा कौर्मे सिंहाद्रौ करवीरके । काश्यां प्रयागे सौम्ये च शालग्रामाचले तथा ।

aiṁdradyumne tathā kaurme siṁhādrau karavīrake kāśyāṁ prayāge saumye ca śālagrāmācale tathā

At the Aindradyumna and Kaurma tirthas, and at Simhadri, Karavirak, Kashi, gentle Prayaga, and Mount Shalagrama,

Verse 18 (padma.6.253.18)

द्वारवत्यां नैमिषे च तथा बदरिकाश्रमे । कृतशौचे हरेत्पापं पौंडरीके च दंडके ।

dvāravatyāṁ naimiṣe ca tathā badarikāśrame kṛtaśauce haretpāpaṁ pauṁḍarīke ca daṁḍake

at Dvaravati, Naimisha, and likewise Badarikashrama — wherever sin is removed by purification, at Pundarika and Dandaka too,

Verse 19 (padma.6.253.19)

माथुरे वेङ्कटाद्रौ च श्वेताद्रौ गरुडाचले । कांच्यामनंतशयने श्रींरगे वासवाचले ।

māthure veṅkaṭādrau ca śvetādrau garuḍācale kāṁcyāmanaṁtaśayane śrīṁrage vāsavācale

at Mathura, Venkatadri, Shvetadri, Garudachala, Kanchi, Anantashayana, Shrirangam, Vasavachala,

Verse 20 (padma.6.253.20)

नारायणाचले सौम्ये वाराहे वामनाश्रमे । एवमाद्याः स्वयं व्यक्ताः सर्वकामफलप्रदाः ।

nārāyaṇācale saumye vārāhe vāmanāśrame evamādyāḥ svayaṁ vyaktāḥ sarvakāmaphalapradāḥ

gentle Narayanachala, Varaha-kshetra, Vamanashrama — at these and such places are self-manifest images, granting the fruit of every desire.

Verse 21 (padma.6.253.21)

स्वयमेव हि सान्निध्यं यस्मिन्याति जनार्दनः । तस्मिन्नेव स्वयं व्यंक्तं वदंति मुनयः शुभाः ।

svayameva hi sānnidhyaṁ yasminyāti janārdanaḥ tasminneva svayaṁ vyaṁktaṁ vadaṁti munayaḥ śubhāḥ

In whatever image Janardana himself grants his presence, that alone the good sages call "self-manifest."

Verse 22 (padma.6.253.22)

महाभागवतश्रेष्ठो विधिना स्थाप्य केशवम् । मंत्रेण कुर्यात्सांनिध्यं स्थापनं तद्विशिष्यते ।

mahābhāgavataśreṣṭho vidhinā sthāpya keśavam maṁtreṇa kuryātsāṁnidhyaṁ sthāpanaṁ tadviśiṣyate

The best of great devotees, duly installing Keshava, through mantra causes his presence — this installation is held to be special.

Verse 23 (padma.6.253.23)

तस्मिन्संपूजयेद्देवं ग्रामेषु च गृहेषु च । शालग्रामशिलायां तु गृहार्चा सद्भिरिष्यते ।

tasminsaṁpūjayeddevaṁ grāmeṣu ca gṛheṣu ca śālagrāmaśilāyāṁ tu gṛhārcā sadbhiriṣyate

In villages and in homes one should worship that god. In the Shalagrama stone alone is domestic worship deemed fitting by the good.

Verse 24 (padma.6.253.24)

अर्चनं मंत्रपठनं यागयोगो महात्मनः । नामसंकीर्तनं सेवा तच्चिह्नैरंकनं तथा ।

arcanaṁ maṁtrapaṭhanaṁ yāgayogo mahātmanaḥ nāmasaṁkīrtanaṁ sevā taccihnairaṁkanaṁ tathā

Worship of that great soul, mantra-recitation, sacrifice, name-chanting, service, marking with his emblems,

Verse 25 (padma.6.253.25)

तदीयाराधनं च स्यान्नवधा भिद्यते शुभे । तत्तत्कर्मविधानं च विप्रस्य सततं स्मृतम् ।

tadīyārādhanaṁ ca syānnavadhā bhidyate śubhe tattatkarmavidhānaṁ ca viprasya satataṁ smṛtam

and the worship of things connected with him — O auspicious one, this is ninefold devotion. The rite for each of these acts is ever declared for the Brahmin.

Verse 26 (padma.6.253.26)

महाभागवतः श्रेष्ठो ब्राह्मणो वै गुरुर्नृणाम् । सर्वेषामेवलोकानामसौ पूज्यो यथा हरिः ।

mahābhāgavataḥ śreṣṭho brāhmaṇo vai gururnṛṇām sarveṣāmevalokānāmasau pūjyo yathā hariḥ

The great, excellent Brahmin devotee is the teacher of all men; he is worthy of worship by all the worlds, just as Hari is.

Verse 27 (padma.6.253.27)

तापादिपंच संस्कारि नवेज्याकर्मकारकः । अर्थपंचकविद्विप्रो महाभागवतः स्मृतः ।

tāpādipaṁca saṁskāri navejyākarmakārakaḥ arthapaṁcakavidvipro mahābhāgavataḥ smṛtaḥ

One marked with the five sacraments beginning with tapa, performing nine kinds of worship, knowing the five meanings — such a Brahmin is called a great devotee.

Verse 28 (padma.6.253.28)

तत्तत्कर्मविधानेज्या क्षत्त्रियस्य विधीयते । तच्चिह्नैरंकने सेवा तदीयानां च पूजनम् ।

tattatkarmavidhānejyā kṣattriyasya vidhīyate taccihnairaṁkane sevā tadīyānāṁ ca pūjanam

The rite and worship of each such act is prescribed for the Kshatriya; marking with emblems, service, and the worship of his devotees —

Verse 29 (padma.6.253.29)

मंत्रवर्णस्य जपनं नामसंकीर्तनं हरेः । वंदनं च विशां प्रोक्तं षट्कर्मेज्याविधानतः ।

maṁtravarṇasya japanaṁ nāmasaṁkīrtanaṁ hareḥ vaṁdanaṁ ca viśāṁ proktaṁ ṣaṭkarmejyāvidhānataḥ

recitation of the mantra syllable, chanting of Hari's name, and salutation — this is declared as the sixfold worship-rite for Vaishyas.

Verse 30 (padma.6.253.30)

नामसंकीर्तनं सेवा पूजनं वंदनं तथा । अर्चनं च तदीयानां पंचेज्या शूद्रजन्मनः ।

nāmasaṁkīrtanaṁ sevā pūjanaṁ vaṁdanaṁ tathā arcanaṁ ca tadīyānāṁ paṁcejyā śūdrajanmanaḥ

Name-chanting, service, worship, salutation, and the worship of his devotees — this is the fivefold worship for those of Shudra birth.

Verse 31 (padma.6.253.31)

साधारणेन सर्वेषां मानसेज्या नृणां प्रिये । स्वाधिकारानुरूपं च कार्या चेज्या जगत्पतेः ।

sādhāraṇena sarveṣāṁ mānasejyā nṛṇāṁ priye svādhikārānurūpaṁ ca kāryā cejyā jagatpateḥ

O beloved, mental worship is common and equal for all; yet the worship of the Lord of the world should be performed in accordance with one's own qualification.

Verse 32 (padma.6.253.32)

अनन्यदेवताभक्तैरनन्यफलसाधकैः । वेदविद्ब्रह्मतत्त्वज्ञैर्वीतरागैर्मुमुक्षुभिः ।

ananyadevatābhaktairananyaphalasādhakaiḥ vedavidbrahmatattvajñairvītarāgairmumukṣubhiḥ

By devotees of no other deity, seekers of no other fruit, knowers of the Veda, knowers of the Brahman-truth, passion-free seekers of liberation,

Verse 33 (padma.6.253.33)

गुरुभक्तिसमायुक्तैः सुप्रसन्नैः सुसाधुभिः । ब्राह्मणैरितरैश्चापि पूजनीयो हरिः सदा ।

gurubhaktisamāyuktaiḥ suprasannaiḥ susādhubhiḥ brāhmaṇairitaraiścāpi pūjanīyo hariḥ sadā

by those devoted to their guru, cheerful and good Brahmins, and by other varnas too, Hari is ever to be worshipped.

Verse 34 (padma.6.253.34)

यथोचिता च वर्णस्य कार्या इज्या हरेर्नृणाम् । वर्णाश्रमानुरूपं च कर्त्तव्यं वैष्णवैः शुभैः ।

yathocitā ca varṇasya kāryā ijyā harernṛṇām varṇāśramānurūpaṁ ca karttavyaṁ vaiṣṇavaiḥ śubhaiḥ

Men should worship Hari in accordance with their own varna; auspicious Vaishnavas should perform their duty according to varna and ashrama.

Verse 35 (padma.6.253.35)

श्रुतिस्मृत्युदितं सम्यङ्नित्यमत्र समाचरेत् । श्रुतिस्मृत्युक्तकर्माणि नातिक्रामेत बुद्धिमान् ।

śrutismṛtyuditaṁ samyaṅnityamatra samācaret śrutismṛtyuktakarmāṇi nātikrāmeta buddhimān

One should ever duly follow here what is declared in Shruti and Smriti; the wise should not transgress the acts declared in Shruti and Smriti.

Verse 36 (padma.6.253.36)

श्रुतिस्मृत्युक्तमाचारं यो न सेवेत वैष्णवः । स च पाखंडमापन्नो रौरवे नरके वसेत् ।

śrutismṛtyuktamācāraṁ yo na seveta vaiṣṇavaḥ sa ca pākhaṁḍamāpanno raurave narake vaset

The Vaishnava who does not follow the conduct declared in Shruti and Smriti falls into heresy and dwells in the Raurava hell.

Verse 37 (padma.6.253.37)

तस्माद्वर्णानुरूपां वै कुर्यादिज्यां जगत्पतेः । तस्मात्स्मृत्युक्तमाचारं कुर्याद्वै मानवः सदा ।

tasmādvarṇānurūpāṁ vai kuryādijyāṁ jagatpateḥ tasmātsmṛtyuktamācāraṁ kuryādvai mānavaḥ sadā

Therefore one should worship the Lord of the world in accordance with varna; therefore a man should ever follow the conduct declared in the Smritis.

Verse 38 (padma.6.253.38)

साधारणा हि सर्वेषां मानसेज्या शुभे नृणाम् । स्वाधिकारं निरीक्ष्यैव कर्म कुर्यादतंद्रितः ।

sādhāraṇā hi sarveṣāṁ mānasejyā śubhe nṛṇām svādhikāraṁ nirīkṣyaiva karma kuryādataṁdritaḥ

O auspicious one, mental worship is common to all; one should, considering one's own qualification, perform one's duty without laziness.

Verse 39 (padma.6.253.39)

शमोदमस्तपः शौचं सत्यमामिषवर्जनम् । अस्तेयमेवाहिंसा च सर्वेषां धर्मसाधनम् ।

śamodamastapaḥ śaucaṁ satyamāmiṣavarjanam asteyamevāhiṁsā ca sarveṣāṁ dharmasādhanam

Restraint of mind, restraint of senses, austerity, purity, truthfulness, abstention from meat, non-stealing, and non-violence — these are the means of dharma for all.

Verse 40 (padma.6.253.40)

तस्माद्वर्णानुरूपेण पूजयेन्मधुसूदनम् । रात्रावंते समुत्थाय उपस्पृश्य यथाविधि ।

tasmādvarṇānurūpeṇa pūjayenmadhusūdanam rātrāvaṁte samutthāya upaspṛśya yathāvidhi

Therefore one should worship Madhusudana in accordance with one's varna. Rising at the end of night, touching water according to rite —

Verse 41 (padma.6.253.41)

नमस्कृत्य गुरून्स्वस्य संस्मरेदच्युतं हृदि । सहस्रनामभिर्भक्त्या कीर्तयेद्वाग्यतः शुचिः ।

namaskṛtya gurūnsvasya saṁsmaredacyutaṁ hṛdi sahasranāmabhirbhaktyā kīrtayedvāgyataḥ śuciḥ

bowing to one's elders, one should remember Achyuta in the heart; restraining speech, being pure, one should chant with devotion through the thousand names.

Verse 42 (padma.6.253.42)

बहिर्ग्रामात्समुसृज्य मूलमंत्रं यथाविधि । शौचं कृत्वा यथान्यायमाचम्य प्रयतः शुचिः ।

bahirgrāmātsamusṛjya mūlamaṁtraṁ yathāvidhi śaucaṁ kṛtvā yathānyāyamācamya prayataḥ śuciḥ

Going outside the village, reciting the root-mantra duly, performing the purification, sipping water according to rule, being diligent and pure —

Verse 43 (padma.6.253.43)

दंतधावनपूर्वं तु स्नानं कुर्याद्यथाविधि । आदाय तुलसीमूलमृदं तत्पत्रसंयुताम् ।

daṁtadhāvanapūrvaṁ tu snānaṁ kuryādyathāvidhi ādāya tulasīmūlamṛdaṁ tatpatrasaṁyutām

after cleaning the teeth, one should bathe according to rite. Taking the earth from the root of the tulasi plant, along with its leaves —

Verse 44 (padma.6.253.44)

मूलमंत्रेणाभिमंत्र्य गायत्र्या च शुभानने । मंत्रेणैवानुलिप्तांगः स्नायात्कृत्वाघमर्षणम् ।

mūlamaṁtreṇābhimaṁtrya gāyatryā ca śubhānane maṁtreṇaivānuliptāṁgaḥ snāyātkṛtvāghamarṣaṇam

O beautiful-faced one, consecrating it with the root-mantra and the Gayatri, anointing the limbs with it through the mantra, one should bathe while reciting the Aghamarshana.

Verse 45 (padma.6.253.45)

हरिपादोद्भवां गंगां तत्रावाह्य सुनिर्मले । निमज्ज्याशु जपेत्सूक्तमघमर्षणमुत्तमम् ।

haripādodbhavāṁ gaṁgāṁ tatrāvāhya sunirmale nimajjyāśu japetsūktamaghamarṣaṇamuttamam

Invoking the Ganga, born from Hari's foot, in that most pure water, and immersing oneself in it, one should recite the excellent Aghamarshana hymn.

Verse 46 (padma.6.253.46)

आचम्य मार्जनं कुर्यात्पौरुषोक्तक्रमादथ । पश्चादाशु निमज्ज्याथ मूलमंत्रं जपेद्बुधः ।

ācamya mārjanaṁ kuryātpauruṣoktakramādatha paścādāśu nimajjyātha mūlamaṁtraṁ japedbudhaḥ

Sipping water, one should perform the marjana rite according to the Purusha-sukta's order; then, swiftly immersing again, the wise should recite the root-mantra.

Verse 47 (padma.6.253.47)

अष्टाविंशतिवारं वा शतमष्टोत्तरं च वा । प्रार्थयेदभिमंत्र्याथ जलमंत्रेण वैष्णवः ।

aṣṭāviṁśativāraṁ vā śatamaṣṭottaraṁ ca vā prārthayedabhimaṁtryātha jalamaṁtreṇa vaiṣṇavaḥ

Twenty-eight times, or a hundred and eight times; then, having consecrated it with the water-mantra, the Vaishnava should offer his prayer.

Verse 48 (padma.6.253.48)

आचम्य तर्पयेद्देवान्नृषींश्चैव पितॄंस्तथा । निपीड्य वस्त्रमाचम्य धौतवस्त्रेण वेष्टितः ।

ācamya tarpayeddevānnṛṣīṁścaiva pitṝṁstathā nipīḍya vastramācamya dhautavastreṇa veṣṭitaḥ

Sipping water, one should offer libations to the gods, sages, and ancestors; wringing out the garment, sipping water, wrapping oneself in a washed cloth —

Verse 49 (padma.6.253.49)

विमलां मृत्तिकां रम्यामादाय द्विजसत्तमः । मंत्रेणैवाभिमंत्र्याथ ललाटादिषु वैष्णवः ।

vimalāṁ mṛttikāṁ ramyāmādāya dvijasattamaḥ maṁtreṇaivābhimaṁtryātha lalāṭādiṣu vaiṣṇavaḥ

the best of the twice-born, taking pure, pleasant clay, consecrating it with the mantra, the Vaishnava should, upon the forehead and other limbs —

Verse 50 (padma.6.253.50)

धारयेदूर्द्ध्वपुंड्रानि यथासंख्यमतंद्रितः । उपास्य विधिवत्संध्यां सावित्रीं च जपेद्बुधः । संयतात्मा गृहं गत्वा पादौ प्रक्षाल्य वाग्यतः । आचम्यैकाग्रमनसा पूजामंडपमाविशेत् ।

dhārayedūrddhvapuṁḍrāni yathāsaṁkhyamataṁdritaḥ upāsya vidhivatsaṁdhyāṁ sāvitrīṁ ca japedbudhaḥ saṁyatātmā gṛhaṁ gatvā pādau prakṣālya vāgyataḥ ācamyaikāgramanasā pūjāmaṁḍapamāviśet

one should bear the urdhva-pundra marks, in due number, without laziness. Duly performing the twilight worship, the wise should recite the Savitri. Restrained in self, going home, washing the feet, keeping speech restrained, sipping water, one should enter the worship-hall with a focused mind.

Verse 51 (padma.6.253.51)

रम्ये शुभ्रतरे पीठे पुष्पोपचय शोभिते । तस्मिन्निवेश्य देवं तं लक्ष्मीनारायणं प्रभुम् ।

ramye śubhratare pīṭhe puṣpopacaya śobhite tasminniveśya devaṁ taṁ lakṣmīnārāyaṇaṁ prabhum

Upon a delightful, most spotless seat, adorned with heaps of flowers, seating that god, the Lord Lakshminarayana —

Verse 52 (padma.6.253.52)

पूजयेद्विधिना सम्यग्गंधपुष्पाक्षतादिभिः । स्थापने वा स्वयं व्यक्ते गृहार्चायां विधानतः ।

pūjayedvidhinā samyaggaṁdhapuṣpākṣatādibhiḥ sthāpane vā svayaṁ vyakte gṛhārcāyāṁ vidhānataḥ

one should worship him duly and fully with fragrance, flowers, unbroken rice, and the like. In an installed or a self-manifest image, in domestic worship, according to rite —

Verse 53 (padma.6.253.53)

श्रौतस्मार्तागमोक्तानामर्चनं विधिना द्विजः । कुर्याद्भक्त्या यथार्हं च विष्णोः प्रयतमानसः ।

śrautasmārtāgamoktānāmarcanaṁ vidhinā dvijaḥ kuryādbhaktyā yathārhaṁ ca viṣṇoḥ prayatamānasaḥ

the twice-born should perform worship according to the rites declared in Shruti, Smriti, and Agama, with devotion, fittingly, with a pure mind, toward Vishnu.

Verse 54 (padma.6.253.54)

यथोपदिष्टं गुरुणा तथा कुर्वीत वैष्णवः । श्रौतं वैखानसं प्रोक्तं वासिष्ठं स्मार्तमुच्यते ।

yathopadiṣṭaṁ guruṇā tathā kurvīta vaiṣṇavaḥ śrautaṁ vaikhānasaṁ proktaṁ vāsiṣṭhaṁ smārtamucyate

As instructed by the guru, so the Vaishnava should act. The Vaikhanasa rite is called "Shrauta"; the Vasishtha rite is called "Smarta".

Verse 55 (padma.6.253.55)

पंचरात्रविधानं च दिव्यागममितीरितम् । क्रियालोपं न कर्त्तव्यं विष्णोराराधनं परम् ।

paṁcarātravidhānaṁ ca divyāgamamitīritam kriyālopaṁ na karttavyaṁ viṣṇorārādhanaṁ param

The Panchratra rite is called "Divyagama". In that supreme worship of Vishnu, one should never omit any rite.

Verse 56 (padma.6.253.56)

आवाहनासनार्घ्याद्यैर्गंधपुष्पाक्षतादिभिः । धूपैर्दीपैश्च नैवेद्यैस्तांबूलाद्यैर्नमस्कृतैः ।

āvāhanāsanārghyādyairgaṁdhapuṣpākṣatādibhiḥ dhūpairdīpaiśca naivedyaistāṁbūlādyairnamaskṛtaiḥ

With invocation, seat, offering-water, and the rest, with fragrance, flowers, unbroken rice, with incense, lamp, and food-offering, with betel and the rest, and with prostrations —

Verse 57 (padma.6.253.57)

कुर्यादाराधनं विष्णोर्यथाशक्त्या मुदान्वितः । प्रत्यृचं पुरुषसूक्तेन मूलमंत्रेण वैष्णवः ।

kuryādārādhanaṁ viṣṇoryathāśaktyā mudānvitaḥ pratyṛcaṁ puruṣasūktena mūlamaṁtreṇa vaiṣṇavaḥ

one should worship Vishnu, joyfully, according to one's ability. With each verse of the Purusha-sukta, with the root-mantra, the Vaishnava should —

Verse 58 (padma.6.253.58)

मंत्रद्वयेन कुर्वीत षोडशैरुपचारकैः । भूयः प्रत्युपचारेषु दद्यात्पुष्पाञ्जलिं ततः ।

maṁtradvayena kurvīta ṣoḍaśairupacārakaiḥ bhūyaḥ pratyupacāreṣu dadyātpuṣpāñjaliṁ tataḥ

worship with the two mantras through the sixteen offerings. Then, in the further offerings, one should repeatedly offer handfuls of flowers.

Verse 59 (padma.6.253.59)

आवाहयेज्जगन्नाथं मुद्रया चैव वैष्णवः । आसनं तु यथा दद्यात्पुष्पकेण च मुद्रया ।

āvāhayejjagannāthaṁ mudrayā caiva vaiṣṇavaḥ āsanaṁ tu yathā dadyātpuṣpakeṇa ca mudrayā

The Vaishnava should invoke the Lord of the world with the hand-gesture alone. With a flower and the gesture, the seat should be offered.

Verse 60 (padma.6.253.60)

दीपार्घ्याचमनं स्नानं पात्रस्थैर्विमलैर्जलैः । मंगलद्रव्यसंयुक्तैस्तुलसीदलमिश्रितैः ।

dīpārghyācamanaṁ snānaṁ pātrasthairvimalairjalaiḥ maṁgaladravyasaṁyuktaistulasīdalamiśritaiḥ

Lamp, offering-water, sipping-water, bathing — with pure water kept in a vessel, mixed with auspicious substances, blended with tulasi leaves —

Verse 61 (padma.6.253.61)

दद्यात्प्रत्युपचारं तु मूलमंत्रद्वयेन च । सुवासितेन तैलेन कुर्यादभ्यंजनं ततः ।

dadyātpratyupacāraṁ tu mūlamaṁtradvayena ca suvāsitena tailena kuryādabhyaṁjanaṁ tataḥ

with the two root-mantras, these further offerings should be given. With fragrant oil, one should then perform the anointing.

Verse 62 (padma.6.253.62)

कस्तूर्याचंदेनेनापि कुर्यादुद्वर्त्तनादिकम् । सुगंधवासितैस्तोयैः स्नाप्य मंत्रयुतैः शुभैः ।

kastūryācaṁdenenāpi kuryādudvarttanādikam sugaṁdhavāsitaistoyaiḥ snāpya maṁtrayutaiḥ śubhaiḥ

With musk and sandal-paste, the rubbing rite should be performed. Bathing him with fragrant, mantra-consecrated, auspicious water —

Verse 63 (padma.6.253.63)

वस्त्रैराभरणैर्दिव्यैरलंकृत्य यथाविधि । मधुपर्कं ततो दद्याद्गंधं दद्यात्सुवासितम् ।

vastrairābharaṇairdivyairalaṁkṛtya yathāvidhi madhuparkaṁ tato dadyādgaṁdhaṁ dadyātsuvāsitam

duly adorning him with divine garments and ornaments, one should then offer the madhuparka, and offer fragrant sandal-paste.

Verse 64 (padma.6.253.64)

सुरभीणि सुपुष्पाणि भक्त्या सम्यङ्निवेदयेत् । धूपं दशांगमष्टांगं दीपं च सुमनोहरम् ।

surabhīṇi supuṣpāṇi bhaktyā samyaṅnivedayet dhūpaṁ daśāṁgamaṣṭāṁgaṁ dīpaṁ ca sumanoharam

Fragrant, excellent flowers should be duly offered with devotion. Incense of ten or eight ingredients, and a delightful lamp,

Verse 65 (padma.6.253.65)

नैवेद्यं विविधं दद्यात्पायसापूपमिश्रितम् । कर्पूरं तु सतांबूलं भक्त्या चैव निवेदयेत् ।

naivedyaṁ vividhaṁ dadyātpāyasāpūpamiśritam karpūraṁ tu satāṁbūlaṁ bhaktyā caiva nivedayet

and various food-offerings mixed with rice-pudding and sweet cakes should be offered. Betel with camphor too should be duly offered with devotion.

Verse 66 (padma.6.253.66)

दीपैर्नीराजनं कृत्वा पुष्पमालां समर्चयेत् । परिणीय प्रणम्याथ स्तुत्वा स्तोत्रैरनुत्तमैः ।

dīpairnīrājanaṁ kṛtvā puṣpamālāṁ samarcayet pariṇīya praṇamyātha stutvā stotrairanuttamaiḥ

Waving lamps in arati, one should offer a garland of flowers. Circumambulating and prostrating, and then praising him with excellent hymns —

Verse 67 (padma.6.253.67)

गरुडाङ्के शाययित्वा मङ्गलार्घ्यं निवेदयेत् । संकीर्त्य नामभिः पुण्यैः पश्चाद्धोमं समाचरेत् ।

garuḍāṅke śāyayitvā maṅgalārghyaṁ nivedayet saṁkīrtya nāmabhiḥ puṇyaiḥ paścāddhomaṁ samācaret

having him rest upon Garuda's lap, one should offer the auspicious arghya. Chanting his holy names, one should then perform the fire-offering.

Verse 68 (padma.6.253.68)

हरेर्नैवैद्यशेषेण जहुयाद्वह्निमंडले । प्रत्यृचं पौरुषं सूक्तं श्रीसूक्तं मंगलाह्वयम् ।

harernaivaidyaśeṣeṇa jahuyādvahnimaṁḍale pratyṛcaṁ pauruṣaṁ sūktaṁ śrīsūktaṁ maṁgalāhvayam

With the remainder of Hari's food-offering, one should make the fire-offering in the fire-circle. With each verse of the Purusha-sukta, the Shri-sukta, the hymn named Mangala —

Verse 69 (padma.6.253.69)

होतव्यमाज्यसंमिश्रं हविषा वैदिकानले । प्रोक्तेन मंत्ररत्नेन जुहुयाद्भक्तिसंयुतम् ।

hotavyamājyasaṁmiśraṁ haviṣā vaidikānale proktena maṁtraratnena juhuyādbhaktisaṁyutam

making the oblation mixed with ghee in the Vedic fire, one should offer it with devotion through the declared jewel-mantra.

Verse 70 (padma.6.253.70)

अष्टोत्तरशतवारमष्टाविंशतिमेव च । यज्ञरूपं महाविष्णुं ध्यायन्वै जुहुयाद्धविः ।

aṣṭottaraśatavāramaṣṭāviṁśatimeva ca yajñarūpaṁ mahāviṣṇuṁ dhyāyanvai juhuyāddhaviḥ

A hundred and eight times, or twenty-eight times, meditating on the great Vishnu in sacrificial form, one should offer the oblation —

Verse 71 (padma.6.253.71)

शुद्धजांबूनदनिभं शंखचक्रगदाधरम् । समस्तवेदवेदांतसांगोपांगयुतं प्रभुम् ।

śuddhajāṁbūnadanibhaṁ śaṁkhacakragadādharam samastavedavedāṁtasāṁgopāṁgayutaṁ prabhum

of pure golden hue, bearing conch, discus, and mace, complete with all the Vedas, Vedanta, limbs, and sub-limbs — that Lord,

Verse 72 (padma.6.253.72)

देव्या श्रिया समासीनं ध्यात्वा होमं समाचरेत् । एकैकामाहुतिं पश्चान्नामभिर्जुहुयाद्धविः ।

devyā śriyā samāsīnaṁ dhyātvā homaṁ samācaret ekaikāmāhutiṁ paścānnāmabhirjuhuyāddhaviḥ

seated together with the goddess Shri, meditating on him, one should perform the fire-offering. Then, each oblation of the offering should be made with his names.

Verse 73 (padma.6.253.73)

नित्यान्भक्तान्समुदिदश्य महाभागवतोत्तमः । भूलीला विमलाद्याश्च शक्तयः प्रथमं क्रमात् ।

nityānbhaktānsamudidaśya mahābhāgavatottamaḥ bhūlīlā vimalādyāśca śaktayaḥ prathamaṁ kramāt

Mentioning the eternal devotees, the excellent great devotee should, first, in order, the powers Bhulila, Vimala, and the rest,

Verse 74 (padma.6.253.74)

अनंतं विहगेंद्रादि देवतास्तदनंतरम् । वासुदेवादयः पश्चात्तथा शक्त्यादि देवताः ।

anaṁtaṁ vihageṁdrādi devatāstadanaṁtaram vāsudevādayaḥ paścāttathā śaktyādi devatāḥ

then Ananta, Garuda, and the other deities, then Vasudeva and the rest, and the deities of power and the rest,

Verse 75 (padma.6.253.75)

मूर्त्तयः केशवाद्याश्च तथा संकर्षणादयः । मत्स्यकूर्मादयश्चैव तथा चक्रादिहेतयः ।

mūrttayaḥ keśavādyāśca tathā saṁkarṣaṇādayaḥ matsyakūrmādayaścaiva tathā cakrādihetayaḥ

the forms Keshava and the rest, and Sankarshana and the rest, Matsya, Kurma, and the rest, and the discus and other weapons,

Verse 76 (padma.6.253.76)

कुमुदादयश्च त्रिदशास्तथा चंद्रादिदेवताः । इंद्रादिलोकपालाश्च तथा धर्मादिदेवताः ।

kumudādayaśca tridaśāstathā caṁdrādidevatāḥ iṁdrādilokapālāśca tathā dharmādidevatāḥ

Kumuda and the other thirty-three gods, the moon and other deities, Indra and the other guardians of the quarters, Dharma and the other deities —

Verse 77 (padma.6.253.77)

होतव्याः क्रमशस्तस्मिन्संपूज्याश्च विशेषतः । एतद्वैकुंठहोमं तु महाभागवतोत्तमः ।

hotavyāḥ kramaśastasminsaṁpūjyāśca viśeṣataḥ etadvaikuṁṭhahomaṁ tu mahābhāgavatottamaḥ

of all these, in order, one should perform the fire-offering and worship them specially. This Vaikuntha-Homa the excellent great devotee —

Verse 78 (padma.6.253.78)

नित्यार्चनविधौ नित्यं कुर्वीत सुसमाहितः । गृहार्चने गृहद्वारि पंचयज्ञविधानतः ।

nityārcanavidhau nityaṁ kurvīta susamāhitaḥ gṛhārcane gṛhadvāri paṁcayajñavidhānataḥ

should ever perform, with focused mind, in the rite of daily worship. In domestic worship, at the door of the house, according to the five-sacrifice rite,

Verse 79 (padma.6.253.79)

दत्त्वा बलिविधानेन पश्चादाचमनं चरेत् । उपविश्यासने शुभ्रे कृष्णाजिनकुशोत्तरे ।

dattvā balividhānena paścādācamanaṁ caret upaviśyāsane śubhre kṛṣṇājinakuśottare

having given the offering according to the bali-rite, one should then sip water. Sitting upon an auspicious seat covered with black-deer skin and kusha grass —

Verse 80 (padma.6.253.80)

मंत्रयोगे प्रकुर्वीत भोगार्थं सुखमात्मनः । सम्यक्पद्मासनासीनो भूतशुद्धिं समाचरेत् ।

maṁtrayoge prakurvīta bhogārthaṁ sukhamātmanaḥ samyakpadmāsanāsīno bhūtaśuddhiṁ samācaret

one should engage properly in mantra-yoga for one's own well-being and enjoyment. Sitting properly in the lotus posture, one should perform the purification of the elements.

Verse 81 (padma.6.253.81)

प्राणायामत्रयं कुर्यान्मन्त्रेण विजितेंद्रियः । उदङ्मुखं ततः कृत्वा हृत्पङ्कजमनुत्तमम् ।

prāṇāyāmatrayaṁ kuryānmantreṇa vijiteṁdriyaḥ udaṅmukhaṁ tataḥ kṛtvā hṛtpaṅkajamanuttamam

Being master of the senses, one should perform three pranayamas with the mantra. Then, facing north, that excellent lotus of the heart —

Verse 82 (padma.6.253.82)

विकासं तस्य कुर्वीत विज्ञानरविणा हृदि । तत्कर्णिकायां वह्न्यर्कशशिबिंबान्यनुक्रमात् ।

vikāsaṁ tasya kurvīta vijñānaraviṇā hṛdi tatkarṇikāyāṁ vahnyarkaśaśibiṁbānyanukramāt

should be caused to bloom in the heart by the sun of wisdom. In its pericarp, in order, the three orbs of fire, sun, and moon —

Verse 83 (padma.6.253.83)

त्रयं त्रयीमये तस्मिंश्चिंतयेद्वैष्णवोत्तमः । नानारत्नमयं पीठं तेषामुपरि चिंतयेत् ।

trayaṁ trayīmaye tasmiṁściṁtayedvaiṣṇavottamaḥ nānāratnamayaṁ pīṭhaṁ teṣāmupari ciṁtayet

in that triple-Veda-formed disc, the excellent Vaishnava should meditate. Above them, one should meditate on a throne set with various jewels.

Verse 84 (padma.6.253.84)

तस्मिन्हृत्पद्ममूलांते बालार्कसदृशद्युतिम् । अष्टैश्वर्यदलं पद्मं मंत्राक्षरमयं चरेत् ।

tasminhṛtpadmamūlāṁte bālārkasadṛśadyutim aṣṭaiśvaryadalaṁ padmaṁ maṁtrākṣaramayaṁ caret

At the base of that heart-lotus, one should meditate on a lotus of the splendor of the rising sun, with petals of the eight sovereign powers, formed of the mantra syllables.

Verse 85 (padma.6.253.85)

तस्मिन्देव्या समासीनं कोटिशीतांशुसंनिभम् । चतुर्भुजं सुंदरांगं शंखचक्रगदाधरम् ।

tasmindevyā samāsīnaṁ koṭiśītāṁśusaṁnibham caturbhujaṁ suṁdarāṁgaṁ śaṁkhacakragadādharam

In it, seated together with the Goddess, radiant as a myriad moons, four-armed, of beautiful form, bearing conch, discus, and mace,

Verse 86 (padma.6.253.86)

पद्मपत्रविशालाक्षं सर्वलक्षणलक्षितम् । श्रीवत्सकौस्तुभोरस्कं पीतवस्त्रधरं प्रभुम् ।

padmapatraviśālākṣaṁ sarvalakṣaṇalakṣitam śrīvatsakaustubhoraskaṁ pītavastradharaṁ prabhum

with wide eyes like lotus leaves, endowed with every auspicious mark, his chest bearing Shrivatsa and Kaustubha, clad in yellow — that Lord,

Verse 87 (padma.6.253.87)

विचित्राभरणैर्युक्तं दिव्यमंडनमंडितम् । दिव्यचंदनलिप्तांगं दिव्यपुष्पोपशोभितम् ।

vicitrābharaṇairyuktaṁ divyamaṁḍanamaṁḍitam divyacaṁdanaliptāṁgaṁ divyapuṣpopaśobhitam

adorned with wondrous ornaments, decorated with divine adornments, his limbs anointed with divine sandal, adorned with divine flowers,

Verse 88 (padma.6.253.88)

तुलसीकोमलदलवनमालाविभूषितम् । बालार्ककोटिसदृशं कांत्या देव्या श्रिया सह ।

tulasīkomaladalavanamālāvibhūṣitam bālārkakoṭisadṛśaṁ kāṁtyā devyā śriyā saha

adorned with a forest-garland of tender tulasi leaves, of splendor like a myriad rising suns, together with the goddess Shri,

Verse 89 (padma.6.253.89)

सर्वलक्षणलक्षण्या समाश्लिष्टतनुः शिवम् । एवं ध्यात्वा जपेन्मंत्रं समाहितमनाः शुचिः ।

sarvalakṣaṇalakṣaṇyā samāśliṣṭatanuḥ śivam evaṁ dhyātvā japenmaṁtraṁ samāhitamanāḥ śuciḥ

his body embraced by her, endowed with every auspicious mark — thus meditating on that auspicious Lord, with focused mind, being pure, one should recite the mantra —

Verse 90 (padma.6.253.90)

सहस्रं शतवारं वा यथाशक्त्याऽथवापि च । मनसैवार्चनं कृत्वा विरमेत्तत्र भक्तितः ।

sahasraṁ śatavāraṁ vā yathāśaktyā'thavāpi ca manasaivārcanaṁ kṛtvā viramettatra bhaktitaḥ

a thousand times, or a hundred times, or according to one's ability. Having worshipped mentally, one should then, with devotion, pause there.

Verse 91 (padma.6.253.91)

तदीयानर्च्चयेद्भक्त्या तस्मिन्काले समागतान् । तर्पयित्वान्नपानाद्यैरनुव्रज्य विसर्जयेत् ।

tadīyānarccayedbhaktyā tasminkāle samāgatān tarpayitvānnapānādyairanuvrajya visarjayet

One should worship, with devotion, those devotees of his present at that time; satisfying them with food and drink, and, walking with them, bid them farewell.

Verse 92 (padma.6.253.92)

अर्च्चयित्वा पितॄन्देवांस्तर्पयेच्च विधानतः । संपूज्यातिथिभृत्यांश्च भुंजीयातां च दम्पती ।

arccayitvā pitṝndevāṁstarpayecca vidhānataḥ saṁpūjyātithibhṛtyāṁśca bhuṁjīyātāṁ ca dampatī

Worshipping the ancestors and gods, one should duly offer libations. Honoring guests and servants, the husband and wife should then eat.

Verse 93 (padma.6.253.93)

यक्षराक्षस भूतानामर्चनं वर्जयेत्सदा । यो मोहात्कुरुते विप्रः स चांडालो भवेद्ध्रुवम् ।

yakṣarākṣasa bhūtānāmarcanaṁ varjayetsadā yo mohātkurute vipraḥ sa cāṁḍālo bhaveddhruvam

The worship of yakshas, rakshasas, and bhutas should always be avoided. The Brahmin who does this out of delusion certainly becomes a chandala.

Verse 94 (padma.6.253.94)

यक्षाणां च पिशाचानां मद्यमांसभुजां तथा । दिवौकसां तु भजनं सुरापानसमं स्मृतम् ।

yakṣāṇāṁ ca piśācānāṁ madyamāṁsabhujāṁ tathā divaukasāṁ tu bhajanaṁ surāpānasamaṁ smṛtam

The worship of yakshas, pishachas, and those flesh-and-liquor-consuming celestials is held to be equal to drinking liquor.

Verse 95 (padma.6.253.95)

ब्रह्मराक्षसवेतालयक्षभूतार्चनं नृणाम् । कुंभीपाकमहाघोर नरकप्राप्तिसाधनम् ।

brahmarākṣasavetālayakṣabhūtārcanaṁ nṛṇām kuṁbhīpākamahāghora narakaprāptisādhanam

The worship by men of brahma-rakshasas, vetalas, yakshas, and bhutas is the means of attaining the terrible Kumbhipaka hell.

Verse 96 (padma.6.253.96)

कोटिजन्मकृतं पुण्यं यज्ञदानक्रियादिकम् । सद्यः सर्वं लयं याति यक्षभूतादिपूजनात् ।

koṭijanmakṛtaṁ puṇyaṁ yajñadānakriyādikam sadyaḥ sarvaṁ layaṁ yāti yakṣabhūtādipūjanāt

Merit accumulated over millions of births, sacrifices, gifts, and such acts — all of them are instantly destroyed by the worship of yakshas, bhutas, and the like.

Verse 97 (padma.6.253.97)

स्त्रियो वा पुरुषो वापि यक्षभूतादिकार्च्चनात् । कल्पकोटिसहस्राणि कल्पकोटिशतानि च ।

striyo vā puruṣo vāpi yakṣabhūtādikārccanāt kalpakoṭisahasrāṇi kalpakoṭiśatāni ca

Whether woman or man, through the worship of yakshas, bhutas, and the like, for thousands of millions of aeons and hundreds of millions of aeons —

Verse 98 (padma.6.253.98)

क्रिमिर्भूत्वाथ विष्ठायां पितृभिः सह मज्जति । यक्षाणां च पिशाचानां तामसानां दिवौकसाम् ।

krimirbhūtvātha viṣṭhāyāṁ pitṛbhiḥ saha majjati yakṣāṇāṁ ca piśācānāṁ tāmasānāṁ divaukasām

one sinks, becoming a worm in filth, together with one's ancestors. Whoever eats food offered to yakshas, pishachas, and tamasic celestials —

Verse 99 (padma.6.253.99)

निवेदितान्नं योऽश्नाति पूयशोणितभुग्भवेत् । यक्षान्भूतगणांश्चान्यान्क्रूरान्वै ब्रह्मराक्षसान् । उद्दिश्य भुङ्क्ते यो विप्रः सद्यश्चाण्डाल एव सः । या नारी पूजयेद्यक्षान्पिशाचोरगराक्षसान् ।

niveditānnaṁ yo'śnāti pūyaśoṇitabhugbhavet yakṣānbhūtagaṇāṁścānyānkrūrānvai brahmarākṣasān uddiśya bhuṅkte yo vipraḥ sadyaścāṇḍāla eva saḥ yā nārī pūjayedyakṣānpiśācoragarākṣasān

becomes an eater of pus and blood. Whatever Brahmin eats food dedicated to yakshas, other hosts of bhutas, and cruel brahma-rakshasas —

Verse 100 (padma.6.253.100)

सा याति नरकं घोरं कालसूत्रमधोमुखी । पितृभिः सह कल्पांतमुषित्वा तत्र दारुणे ।

sā yāti narakaṁ ghoraṁ kālasūtramadhomukhī pitṛbhiḥ saha kalpāṁtamuṣitvā tatra dāruṇe

he instantly becomes a chandala. Whatever woman worships yakshas, pishachas, serpents, and rakshasas,

Verse 101 (padma.6.253.101)

लिहन्मूत्रपुरीषं वै कृच्छ्रात्सूचिमुखैस्तथा । कृमिभिर्भक्षमाणांगो यावदाभूतसंप्लवम् ।

lihanmūtrapurīṣaṁ vai kṛcchrātsūcimukhaistathā kṛmibhirbhakṣamāṇāṁgo yāvadābhūtasaṁplavam

she goes head-downward to the terrible Kalasutra hell. Dwelling there together with her ancestors, in that terrible hell until the dissolution of the age,

Verse 102 (padma.6.253.102)

पश्चाद्भूमौ दशाहेषु जायते शतसंख्यया । तस्माद्यक्षादिकानां च देवानामर्च्चनं त्यजेत् ।

paścādbhūmau daśāheṣu jāyate śatasaṁkhyayā tasmādyakṣādikānāṁ ca devānāmarccanaṁ tyajet

licking urine and feces with difficulty, her limbs devoured by needle-mouthed worms, she suffers thus. After that, for ten days, she is born a hundred times upon the earth.

Verse 103 (padma.6.253.103)

स्वतंत्रपूजनं यत्र वैदिकानामपि त्यजेत् । अर्च्चयित्वा जगद्वंद्यं देवं नारायणं हरिम् ।

svataṁtrapūjanaṁ yatra vaidikānāmapi tyajet arccayitvā jagadvaṁdyaṁ devaṁ nārāyaṇaṁ harim

Therefore one should abandon the worship of yakshas and the like, and of unauthorized deities; even where Vedic deities are worshipped independently [of Vishnu], that too should be abandoned.

Verse 104 (padma.6.253.104)

तदावरणसंस्थानं देवस्य परितोऽर्च्चयेत् । हरेर्भुक्तावशेषेण बलिं तेभ्यो विनिःक्षिपेत् ।

tadāvaraṇasaṁsthānaṁ devasya parito'rccayet harerbhuktāvaśeṣeṇa baliṁ tebhyo viniḥkṣipet

Having worshipped the god Narayana Hari, worshipped by the world, one should also worship, all around, the attendant deities of that god's retinue.

Verse 105 (padma.6.253.105)

होमं चैव प्रकुर्वीत तच्छेषेणैव वैष्णवः । हरेर्निवेदितुं सम्यग्देवेभ्यो जुहुयाद्धविः ।

homaṁ caiva prakurvīta taccheṣeṇaiva vaiṣṇavaḥ harernivedituṁ samyagdevebhyo juhuyāddhaviḥ

With the remainder of Hari's food-offering, one should offer them a bali-offering. The Vaishnava should also perform the fire-offering with that same remainder alone.

Verse 106 (padma.6.253.106)

पितृभ्यश्चापि तद्दद्यात्सर्वमानंत्यमाप्नुयात् । प्राणिनां पीडनं यत्तद्विदुषां निरयाय वै ।

pitṛbhyaścāpi taddadyātsarvamānaṁtyamāpnuyāt prāṇināṁ pīḍanaṁ yattadviduṣāṁ nirayāya vai

Duly offering it to Hari, one should offer the oblation to the gods; one should give the same to the ancestors too — thus one obtains endless merit.

Verse 107 (padma.6.253.107)

अदत्तं चैव यत्किंचित्परस्वं गृह्यते नरैः । स्तेयं तद्विद्धि गिरिजे नरकस्यैव कारणम् ।

adattaṁ caiva yatkiṁcitparasvaṁ gṛhyate naraiḥ steyaṁ tadviddhi girije narakasyaiva kāraṇam

Whatever causes pain to living beings leads even the wise to hell. Whatever wealth of another, not given, is taken by men —

Verse 108 (padma.6.253.108)

लशुनं मद्यपानादि मूलकं गृंजनं तथा । तिलपिष्टं शिग्रु बिल्वं तथा कोशातकीं तथा ।

laśunaṁ madyapānādi mūlakaṁ gṛṁjanaṁ tathā tilapiṣṭaṁ śigru bilvaṁ tathā kośātakīṁ tathā

know that, O Girija, to be theft — it is indeed the cause of hell. Garlic, drinking liquor and the like, radish, carrot,

Verse 109 (padma.6.253.109)

अलाबुं चैव वार्ताकं बीजालद्यं कवचानि च । एवमन्यान्यभक्ष्याणि शास्त्रदृष्टानि वै नरः ।

alābuṁ caiva vārtākaṁ bījāladyaṁ kavacāni ca evamanyānyabhakṣyāṇi śāstradṛṣṭāni vai naraḥ

sesame paste, drumstick, bel fruit, and ridge-gourd, bottle-gourd, brinjal, bijal and the like, and husked grain —

Verse 110 (padma.6.253.110)

खादन्नरकमाप्नोति विचित्रमशिवं तथा । अवैष्णवानां यच्चान्नं पतितानां तथैव च ।

khādannarakamāpnoti vicitramaśivaṁ tathā avaiṣṇavānāṁ yaccānnaṁ patitānāṁ tathaiva ca

and likewise other forbidden foods declared in the scriptures, whoever eats them attains a strange, inauspicious hell. Food from non-Vaishnavas, and from outcasts too —

Verse 111 (padma.6.253.111)

अनर्पितं तथा विष्णोः श्वमांससदृशं भवेत् । यक्षराक्षसभूतान्नं सुरा मद्यं च गृञ्जनम् ।

anarpitaṁ tathā viṣṇoḥ śvamāṁsasadṛśaṁ bhavet yakṣarākṣasabhūtānnaṁ surā madyaṁ ca gṛñjanam

if not offered to Vishnu, is like dog's flesh. Food of yakshas, rakshasas, and bhutas, spirits, liquor, carrot —

Verse 112 (padma.6.253.112)

योऽश्नाति निरयं याति पूयशोणितभोजनम् । एतैः संस्थापनस्पर्शसहवासादिभिर्नरः ।

yo'śnāti nirayaṁ yāti pūyaśoṇitabhojanam etaiḥ saṁsthāpanasparśasahavāsādibhirnaraḥ

whoever eats these goes to hell, becoming an eater of pus and blood. By setting these up, touching them, dwelling with them, and the like, men too —

Verse 113 (padma.6.253.113)

तेपियान्त्येव निरयं विण्मूत्रकृमिभोजनम् । पतितानां च संसर्गात्पाखंडानां तथैव च ।

tepiyāntyeva nirayaṁ viṇmūtrakṛmibhojanam patitānāṁ ca saṁsargātpākhaṁḍānāṁ tathaiva ca

attain that same hell where they must eat filth, urine, and worms. From the company of outcasts and heretics too, it is likewise.

Verse 114 (padma.6.253.114)

सर्वयज्ञस्यभोक्तारं पुराणं पुरुषोत्तमम् । ज्ञात्वा सर्वं प्रकुर्वीत नित्यनैमित्तिकाः क्रियाः ।

sarvayajñasyabhoktāraṁ purāṇaṁ puruṣottamam jñātvā sarvaṁ prakurvīta nityanaimittikāḥ kriyāḥ

Knowing him, the eternal Purushottama, who partakes of every sacrifice, one should perform all the daily and occasional rites.

Verse 115 (padma.6.253.115)

यक्षराक्षसभूताश्च कूष्माण्डगण भैरवाः । नार्च्चनीयाः सदा देवि स्वर्गलोकमभीप्सुभिः ।

yakṣarākṣasabhūtāśca kūṣmāṇḍagaṇa bhairavāḥ nārccanīyāḥ sadā devi svargalokamabhīpsubhiḥ

O Goddess, those who desire the heavenly world should never worship yakshas, rakshasas, bhutas, the hosts of Kushmandas, and Bhairavas.

Verse 116 (padma.6.253.116)

यक्षराक्षसभूतानामर्च्चनं वर्जयेद्द्विजः । पैशाचत्वमवाप्नोति कल्पकोटिशतत्रयम् ।

yakṣarākṣasabhūtānāmarccanaṁ varjayeddvijaḥ paiśācatvamavāpnoti kalpakoṭiśatatrayam

The twice-born should abandon the worship of yakshas, rakshasas, and bhutas. One who does so attains the state of a pishacha for three hundred million aeons.

Verse 117 (padma.6.253.117)

तस्माद्राक्षसभूतानामर्चनं प्रतिषिध्यते । कल्पकोटिसहस्राणि कल्पकोटिशतानि च ।

tasmādrākṣasabhūtānāmarcanaṁ pratiṣidhyate kalpakoṭisahasrāṇi kalpakoṭiśatāni ca

Therefore the worship of rakshasas and bhutas is forbidden. Through the worship of hosts of yakshas and bhutas, for thousands of millions and hundreds of millions of aeons —

Verse 118 (padma.6.253.118)

रौरवं नरकं याति यक्षभूतगणार्चनात् । शंखचक्रादिभिश्चिह्नैरन्यैः प्रियतमैर्हरेः ।

rauravaṁ narakaṁ yāti yakṣabhūtagaṇārcanāt śaṁkhacakrādibhiścihnairanyaiḥ priyatamairhareḥ

one attains the Raurava hell. Devoid of the conch, discus, and other marks dear to Hari —

Verse 119 (padma.6.253.119)

रहितः सर्वधर्मेभ्यः प्रच्युतो नरकं व्रजेत् । अगम्यागमनाद्धिंसा परद्रव्यापहारणात् ।

rahitaḥ sarvadharmebhyaḥ pracyuto narakaṁ vrajet agamyāgamanāddhiṁsā paradravyāpahāraṇāt

fallen from all dharma, one goes to hell. From union with a forbidden woman, from violence, from stealing another's wealth —

Verse 120 (padma.6.253.120)

अभक्ष्यभक्षणात्सद्यो नरकं समवाप्नुयात् । यस्तु पाणिगृहीतां च हित्वाऽन्यां यो स्त्रियं व्रजेत् ।

abhakṣyabhakṣaṇātsadyo narakaṁ samavāpnuyāt yastu pāṇigṛhītāṁ ca hitvā'nyāṁ yo striyaṁ vrajet

and from eating forbidden food, a man attains hell at once. He who forsakes his own wedded wife and goes to another woman —

Verse 121 (padma.6.253.121)

अगम्यागमनं तद्धि सद्यो नरककारकम् । पतितानां च संसर्गात्पाखंडानां तथैव च ।

agamyāgamanaṁ taddhi sadyo narakakārakam patitānāṁ ca saṁsargātpākhaṁḍānāṁ tathaiva ca

that very union with a forbidden woman brings about hell at once. From the company of outcasts and heretics —

Verse 122 (padma.6.253.122)

विकर्मस्थानां च तथा यात्येव निरयं नरः । संसर्गिणां च संसर्गं तत्संसर्गमपि त्यजेत् ।

vikarmasthānāṁ ca tathā yātyeva nirayaṁ naraḥ saṁsargiṇāṁ ca saṁsargaṁ tatsaṁsargamapi tyajet

and likewise from the company of those engaged in forbidden acts, a man goes to hell. The company of those who keep such company should also be avoided.

Verse 123 (padma.6.253.123)

वैष्णवः कुलमेकं तु वर्जयेत्पापसंयुतम् । एकांती संत्यजेद्ग्रामं महापातकमिश्रितम् ।

vaiṣṇavaḥ kulamekaṁ tu varjayetpāpasaṁyutam ekāṁtī saṁtyajedgrāmaṁ mahāpātakamiśritam

The Vaishnava should abandon even a single family joined with sin. The Ekanti (single-minded devotee) should abandon even a village mixed with great sin.

Verse 124 (padma.6.253.124)

तथैव परमेकान्ती तद्देशमपि वर्जयेत् । स्वकर्म्मज्ञानभक्त्यादि साधनं वैष्णवं स्मृतम् ।

tathaiva paramekāntī taddeśamapi varjayet svakarmmajñānabhaktyādi sādhanaṁ vaiṣṇavaṁ smṛtam

Likewise, the supreme Ekanti should abandon even that land. One's own [prescribed] action, knowledge, and devotion — these alone are declared as the Vaishnava's means.

Verse 125 (padma.6.253.125)

हरेराज्ञानुरूपेण कर्मज्ञानादि यश्चरेत् । स एकांती भवेद्विप्रो वासुदेवपरायणः ।

harerājñānurūpeṇa karmajñānādi yaścaret sa ekāṁtī bhavedvipro vāsudevaparāyaṇaḥ

He who performs action, knowledge, and the rest in accordance with Hari's command — he alone is called the Ekanti, the Brahmin devoted to Vasudeva.

Verse 126 (padma.6.253.126)

अकृत्यं वैष्णवः पापबुद्ध्या सम्यक्परित्यजेत् । एकांती संत्यजेच्छास्त्रं दूषणान्मनसापि च ।

akṛtyaṁ vaiṣṇavaḥ pāpabuddhyā samyakparityajet ekāṁtī saṁtyajecchāstraṁ dūṣaṇānmanasāpi ca

The Vaishnava should thoroughly abandon forbidden acts, regarding them as sinful. The Ekanti should mentally abandon even a scripture that has become corrupted.

Verse 127 (padma.6.253.127)

तथैव परमैकांती हेयबुद्ध्या परित्यजेत् । नित्यं नैमित्तिकं काम्यं कृत्यं तु त्रिविधं स्मृतम् ।

tathaiva paramaikāṁtī heyabuddhyā parityajet nityaṁ naimittikaṁ kāmyaṁ kṛtyaṁ tu trividhaṁ smṛtam

Likewise, the supreme Ekanti should abandon it, considering it base. Nitya, Naimittika, and Kamya — action is held to be of three kinds.

Verse 128 (padma.6.253.128)

ज्ञानं तथैवलोकेऽस्मिन्मुनिभिः संप्रकीर्तितम् । कृत्याकृत्यविवेकं च परलोकस्य चिंतनम् ।

jñānaṁ tathaivaloke'sminmunibhiḥ saṁprakīrtitam kṛtyākṛtyavivekaṁ ca paralokasya ciṁtanam

Likewise, in this world, knowledge too is declared by the sages to be threefold: discrimination of what is to be done and not done, contemplation of the world beyond,

Verse 129 (padma.6.253.129)

तत्प्राप्तिसाधनं विष्णोः स्वरूपज्ञानमेव च । भक्तियुक्तो भवेद्भक्तो नवधा सा प्रकीर्तिता ।

tatprāptisādhanaṁ viṣṇoḥ svarūpajñānameva ca bhaktiyukto bhavedbhakto navadhā sā prakīrtitā

and the knowledge of Vishnu's nature as the means to attain it. One endowed with devotion is called a devotee; that devotion is declared to be ninefold.

Verse 130 (padma.6.253.130)

सुदर्शनोर्द्ध्वपुंड्रादि तच्चिह्नैरंकनं शुभम् । सद्गुरोमंत्रपठनमर्चनं विधिना हरेः ।

sudarśanorddhvapuṁḍrādi taccihnairaṁkanaṁ śubham sadguromaṁtrapaṭhanamarcanaṁ vidhinā hareḥ

The Sudarshana discus, the urdhva-pundra and the rest, marking oneself with his auspicious emblems, receiving the mantra from a true guru, duly worshipping Hari,

Verse 131 (padma.6.253.131)

स्मरणं कीर्तनं विष्णोः सेवा च परमात्मनः । प्रणामस्तस्य पुरतस्तदीयानां च पूजनम् ।

smaraṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇoḥ sevā ca paramātmanaḥ praṇāmastasya puratastadīyānāṁ ca pūjanam

remembering Vishnu, chanting his praise, and serving the Supreme Soul, prostrating before him, and worshipping those connected with him,

Verse 132 (padma.6.253.132)

प्रसादतीर्थसेवा च भक्तिर्नवविधा स्मृता । यस्मात्प्रपद्यते देवं शरणं वैष्णवो हरिम् ।

prasādatīrthasevā ca bhaktirnavavidhā smṛtā yasmātprapadyate devaṁ śaraṇaṁ vaiṣṇavo harim

and service to his consecrated offerings and sacred places — this is the ninefold devotion. That by which the Vaishnava takes refuge in Hari, the god —

Verse 133 (padma.6.253.133)

प्रपत्तिः सा तु विज्ञेया त्रिविधा संप्रकीर्तिता । तामसी राजसी चैव सात्विकी त्रिविधा स्मृता ।

prapattiḥ sā tu vijñeyā trividhā saṁprakīrtitā tāmasī rājasī caiva sātvikī trividhā smṛtā

should be known as "Prapatti," declared to be threefold — tamasic, rajasic, and sattvic — thus held to be of three kinds.

Verse 134 (padma.6.253.134)

सापि त्रिधाकृता सिद्धिः सामान्या सर्वदेहिनाम् । एतच्चतुष्टयं देवि हेयं संत्यज्य वैष्णवः ।

sāpi tridhākṛtā siddhiḥ sāmānyā sarvadehinām etaccatuṣṭayaṁ devi heyaṁ saṁtyajya vaiṣṇavaḥ

That accomplishment too is divided into three kinds, common to all embodied beings. O Goddess, the Vaishnava, abandoning what is to be forsaken among these four —

Verse 135 (padma.6.253.135)

उपायभूतं ब्रह्मैवमवलंबेत वैष्णवम् । उपायभावात्संत्यज्य कर्मज्ञानादिकं नरः ।

upāyabhūtaṁ brahmaivamavalaṁbeta vaiṣṇavam upāyabhāvātsaṁtyajya karmajñānādikaṁ naraḥ

should rely solely on the Brahman as the means, that Vaishnava disposition. Abandoning action, knowledge, and the rest as [independent] means, a man —

Verse 136 (padma.6.253.136)

कुर्वीत भगवत्प्रीत्यै महाभागवतोत्तमः । त्रिकालमर्चयेद्विष्णुं भक्त्या वै पुरुषोत्तमम् ।

kurvīta bhagavatprītyai mahābhāgavatottamaḥ trikālamarcayedviṣṇuṁ bhaktyā vai puruṣottamam

should perform them only for the Lord's pleasure — such a one is the excellent great devotee. With devotion, at all three times of day, one should worship Purushottama Vishnu.

Verse 137 (padma.6.253.137)

नैमित्तिके विशेषेण पूजयेद्विधिना शुभे । प्रत्यहं कार्तिके मासि जातीपुष्पैः समर्चयेत् ।

naimittike viśeṣeṇa pūjayedvidhinā śubhe pratyahaṁ kārtike māsi jātīpuṣpaiḥ samarcayet

O auspicious one, on occasional festival days, one should worship especially by rite. In the month of Kartika, one should worship daily with jasmine flowers,

Verse 138 (padma.6.253.138)

दद्यादखंडं दीपं च नियतात्मा दृढव्रतः । ब्राह्मणान्भोजयित्वांते हरिसायुज्यमाप्नुयात् ।

dadyādakhaṁḍaṁ dīpaṁ ca niyatātmā dṛḍhavrataḥ brāhmaṇānbhojayitvāṁte harisāyujyamāpnuyāt

keeping to the rule, of firm vow, one should keep an unbroken lamp burning. At the end, feeding Brahmins, one attains a form like Hari's own.

Verse 139 (padma.6.253.139)

धनुष्युषसि देवेशं मासमेकं निरंतरम् । अर्चयेदुत्पलैर्देवि करवीरैः सितासितैः ।

dhanuṣyuṣasi deveśaṁ māsamekaṁ niraṁtaram arcayedutpalairdevi karavīraiḥ sitāsitaiḥ

In the month of Margashirsha (Dhanu), at dawn, one should worship the Lord of gods continuously for a month,

Verse 140 (padma.6.253.140)

धूपदीपैश्च नैवेद्यैर्यथाशक्त्या निवेदयेत् । समाप्तौ भोजयेद्विप्रान्महाभागवतोत्तमान् ।

dhūpadīpaiśca naivedyairyathāśaktyā nivedayet samāptau bhojayedviprānmahābhāgavatottamān

O Goddess, with blue and white lotuses and oleander flowers one should worship. With incense, lamp, and food-offering one should offer according to one's ability.

Verse 141 (padma.6.253.141)

अश्वमेधसहस्रस्य फलमाप्नोत्यसंशयम् । तपो मास्युदिते भानौ स्नात्वा नद्यां विशेषतः ।

aśvamedhasahasrasya phalamāpnotyasaṁśayam tapo māsyudite bhānau snātvā nadyāṁ viśeṣataḥ

When the month ends, one should feed the excellent great devotee Brahmins, whereby, without doubt, the fruit of a thousand Ashvamedha sacrifices is obtained.

Verse 142 (padma.6.253.142)

अर्च्चयेन्माधवं पुष्पैरुत्पलैश्च शुभानने । पायसं सघृतं दिव्यं भक्त्या तत्र निवेदयेत् ।

arccayenmādhavaṁ puṣpairutpalaiśca śubhānane pāyasaṁ saghṛtaṁ divyaṁ bhaktyā tatra nivedayet

In the month of Pausha, at sunrise, bathing, and especially bathing in a river —

Verse 143 (padma.6.253.143)

स्नात्वा संपूजयेद्विष्णुं मासमेकं निरंतरम् । शर्करांबुयुतं नित्यमुद्यानं विनिवेदयेत् ।

snātvā saṁpūjayedviṣṇuṁ māsamekaṁ niraṁtaram śarkarāṁbuyutaṁ nityamudyānaṁ vinivedayet

O beautiful-faced one, one should worship Madhava with flowers and blue lotuses. Divine rice-pudding with ghee should be offered there with devotion.

Verse 144 (padma.6.253.144)

वैष्णवान्पूजयेद्भक्त्या मासान्ते शुभदर्शने । मधुमासि तथा नित्यं बकुलैश्चंपकैरपि ।

vaiṣṇavānpūjayedbhaktyā māsānte śubhadarśane madhumāsi tathā nityaṁ bakulaiścaṁpakairapi

Bathing, one should worship Vishnu continuously for a month. With sugared water, one should daily offer service to his garden.

Verse 145 (padma.6.253.145)

पूजयेज्जगतामीशं गुडान्नं च निवेदयेत् । मासांते वैष्णवान्विप्रान्भोजयेत्सुसमाहितः ।

pūjayejjagatāmīśaṁ guḍānnaṁ ca nivedayet māsāṁte vaiṣṇavānviprānbhojayetsusamāhitaḥ

O one of auspicious sight, at the end of the month one should worship the Vaishnavas with devotion. In the month of Magha too, daily with maulashri and champaka flowers —

Verse 146 (padma.6.253.146)

सहस्रवार्षिकीं पूजां प्रतिनित्यमवाप्नुयात् । माधवे पूजयेद्देवं शतपत्रैर्महोत्पलैः ।

sahasravārṣikīṁ pūjāṁ pratinityamavāpnuyāt mādhave pūjayeddevaṁ śatapatrairmahotpalaiḥ

one should worship the Lord of the world, and offer food mixed with jaggery. At the end of the month, carefully, one should feed the Vaishnava Brahmins,

Verse 147 (padma.6.253.147)

पूजयित्वा विधानेन दध्यन्नं फलसंयुतम् । गुडोदकं च भक्त्या वै तस्मिन्देवि निवेदयेत् ।

pūjayitvā vidhānena dadhyannaṁ phalasaṁyutam guḍodakaṁ ca bhaktyā vai tasmindevi nivedayet

whereby the fruit of a thousand years of worship is obtained each day. In the month of Phalguna, one should worship the god with hundred-petalled and great lotuses.

Verse 148 (padma.6.253.148)

लक्ष्म्या युक्तो जगन्नाथः प्रीतो भवति पार्वति । शुक्रे तु शुक्लकमलैः पाटलैः कुमुदोत्पलैः । अर्चयित्वा हृषीकेशमन्नं चूतफलैर्युतम् । निवेदयित्वा भक्त्या वै गवांकोटिप्रदो भवेत् ।

lakṣmyā yukto jagannāthaḥ prīto bhavati pārvati śukre tu śuklakamalaiḥ pāṭalaiḥ kumudotpalaiḥ arcayitvā hṛṣīkeśamannaṁ cūtaphalairyutam nivedayitvā bhaktyā vai gavāṁkoṭiprado bhavet

Duly worshipping, one should offer curd-rice with fruits, and sweetened water, with devotion, O Goddess, there.

Verse 149 (padma.6.253.149)

वैष्णवान्भोजयित्वाथ सर्वमानंत्यमाप्नुयात् । आषाढे देवदेवेशं लक्ष्मीभर्तारमच्युतम् ।

vaiṣṇavānbhojayitvātha sarvamānaṁtyamāpnuyāt āṣāḍhe devadeveśaṁ lakṣmībhartāramacyutam

O Parvati, the Lord of the world, together with Lakshmi, is pleased by this. In the month of Chaitra, with white lotuses, roses, kumuda, and blue lotuses,

Verse 150 (padma.6.253.150)

श्रीपुष्पैरर्चयेन्नित्यं पायसान्नं निवेदयेत् । मासान्ते भोजयेद्विप्रान्महाभागवतोत्तमान् ।

śrīpuṣpairarcayennityaṁ pāyasānnaṁ nivedayet māsānte bhojayedviprānmahābhāgavatottamān

worshipping Hrishikesha, one should offer food with mango fruit, and betel with camphor, with devotion, whereby one obtains the fruit of donating millions of cows — feeding the Vaishnavas, one obtains all endless merit.

Verse 151 (padma.6.253.151)

षष्टिवर्षसहस्रस्य पूजां प्राप्नोत्यसंशयः । नभोमास्यर्चयेद्विष्णुं पुन्नागैः केतकीदलैः ।

ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrasya pūjāṁ prāpnotyasaṁśayaḥ nabhomāsyarcayedviṣṇuṁ punnāgaiḥ ketakīdalaiḥ

O beautiful-faced one, certainly the fruit of sixty thousand years of worship is obtained. In the month of Shravana, one should worship Vishnu with nagakesara and ketaki flowers.

Verse 152 (padma.6.253.152)

अर्चयित्वाच्युतं भक्त्या न भूयो जन्मभाग्भवेत् । दद्यादपूपान्भक्त्याथ शर्कराघृतमिश्रितान् ।

arcayitvācyutaṁ bhaktyā na bhūyo janmabhāgbhavet dadyādapūpānbhaktyātha śarkarāghṛtamiśritān

By worshipping Achyuta with devotion, one need not take birth again. Sweet cakes mixed with sugar and ghee should be offered with devotion.

Verse 153 (padma.6.253.153)

ब्राह्मणान्भोजयेत्तद्वत्सर्वमानंत्यमाप्नुयात् । नभस्येऽप्यर्चयेदीशं कुंदैः कुरबकैरपि ।

brāhmaṇānbhojayettadvatsarvamānaṁtyamāpnuyāt nabhasye'pyarcayedīśaṁ kuṁdaiḥ kurabakairapi

Likewise, feeding Brahmins, one obtains all endless merit. In the month of Bhadrapada too, one should worship the Lord of gods with jasmine and kurabaka flowers.

Verse 154 (padma.6.253.154)

क्षीरान्नं गुडसंमिश्रं भक्त्या तत्र निवेदयेत् । गवांकोटिप्रदानस्य प्रत्यहं फलमाप्नुयात् ।

kṣīrānnaṁ guḍasaṁmiśraṁ bhaktyā tatra nivedayet gavāṁkoṭipradānasya pratyahaṁ phalamāpnuyāt

There, one should offer, with devotion, rice-pudding mixed with jaggery, whereby daily the fruit of donating millions of cows is obtained.

Verse 155 (padma.6.253.155)

नीलोत्पलैरिषे मासि पूजयेन्मधुसूदनम् । भक्त्या निवेदयेत्तस्मिन्क्षीरमापूपमिश्रितम् ।

nīlotpalairiṣe māsi pūjayenmadhusūdanam bhaktyā nivedayettasminkṣīramāpūpamiśritam

In the month of Ashvina, one should worship Madhusudana with blue lotuses. There, one should offer, with devotion, rice-pudding mixed with sweet cakes.

Verse 156 (padma.6.253.156)

कल्पकोटिसहस्राणि कल्पकोटिशतानि च । वैष्णवं लोकमाप्नोति मुदितः स्वजनैर्वृतः ।

kalpakoṭisahasrāṇi kalpakoṭiśatāni ca vaiṣṇavaṁ lokamāpnoti muditaḥ svajanairvṛtaḥ

Thereby, for thousands of millions and hundreds of millions of aeons, joyful, surrounded by one's own kin, one attains the Vaishnava world.

Verse 157 (padma.6.253.157)

ऊर्जे मासि तथा देवि कोमलैस्तुलसीदलैः । पूजयित्वाच्युतं भक्त्या तत्सायुज्यमवाप्नुयात् ।

ūrje māsi tathā devi komalaistulasīdalaiḥ pūjayitvācyutaṁ bhaktyā tatsāyujyamavāpnuyāt

O Goddess, in the month of Kartika too, worshipping Achyuta with devotion, with tender tulasi leaves, one attains union with him.

Verse 158 (padma.6.253.158)

क्षीराज्यशर्करोपेतमन्नं वै पायसं तथा । अपूपं च क्रमेणैव भक्त्या सम्यङ्निवेदयेत् ।

kṣīrājyaśarkaropetamannaṁ vai pāyasaṁ tathā apūpaṁ ca krameṇaiva bhaktyā samyaṅnivedayet

Rice-pudding endowed with milk, ghee, and sugar, and sweet cakes too, should in turn be duly offered with devotion.

Verse 159 (padma.6.253.159)

अमायां मंदवारे च वैष्णवर्क्षे तथैव च । रविसंक्रमे व्यतीपाते ग्रहणं चंद्र सूर्ययोः ।

amāyāṁ maṁdavāre ca vaiṣṇavarkṣe tathaiva ca ravisaṁkrame vyatīpāte grahaṇaṁ caṁdra sūryayoḥ

On the new-moon day, on Saturday, and likewise on the Vaishnava nakshatra, at the solar solstice, at Vyatipata, at an eclipse of the moon or sun —

Verse 160 (padma.6.253.160)

विशेषेणार्चयेद्विष्णुं यथाशक्त्या वरानने । गुरोरुत्क्रांतदिवसे जन्मर्क्षेषु तथा हरेः ।

viśeṣeṇārcayedviṣṇuṁ yathāśaktyā varānane gurorutkrāṁtadivase janmarkṣeṣu tathā hareḥ

O beautiful-faced one, according to one's ability, one should worship Vishnu specially. On the guru's departure-day, and on Hari's birth-constellations,

Verse 161 (padma.6.253.161)

इष्टिं च वैष्णवीं कुर्याच्छक्त्या वै द्विजसत्तमः । दद्यात्पुष्पांजलिं तत्र प्रत्यर्चं वेदसंमितम् ।

iṣṭiṁ ca vaiṣṇavīṁ kuryācchaktyā vai dvijasattamaḥ dadyātpuṣpāṁjaliṁ tatra pratyarcaṁ vedasaṁmitam

the best of the twice-born should, according to ability, perform the Vaishnava sacrifice. There, with each verse conforming to the Veda, a handful of flowers should be offered.

Verse 162 (padma.6.253.162)

पारणं चापि कुर्वीत चरुणा पायसेन वा । वैष्णवान्भोजयेद्विप्राञ्छक्त्या दद्याच्च दक्षिणाम् ।

pāraṇaṁ cāpi kurvīta caruṇā pāyasena vā vaiṣṇavānbhojayedviprāñchaktyā dadyācca dakṣiṇām

The fast should be broken with sacred rice or rice-pudding. According to ability, one should feed the Vaishnava Brahmins and give sacrificial fees,

Verse 163 (padma.6.253.163)

कुलकोटिं समुधृत्य वैष्णवं पदमाप्नुयात् । सर्ववेदैरशक्तश्चेद्यष्टुं भागवतोत्तमम् ।

kulakoṭiṁ samudhṛtya vaiṣṇavaṁ padamāpnuyāt sarvavedairaśaktaścedyaṣṭuṁ bhāgavatottamam

whereby, having redeemed millions of one's lineage, one attains the Vaishnava state. If one is unable to worship the great devotee with all the Vedas,

Verse 164 (padma.6.253.164)

वैष्णवैरनुवाकैर्वा सप्तरात्रं निरंतरम् । पुष्पांजलिसहस्रं तु होमं च प्रत्यहं चरेत् ।

vaiṣṇavairanuvākairvā saptarātraṁ niraṁtaram puṣpāṁjalisahasraṁ tu homaṁ ca pratyahaṁ caret

then, with Vaishnava recitations alone, for seven nights continuously, one should offer a thousand handfuls of flowers and perform the fire-offering daily.

Verse 165 (padma.6.253.165)

प्रीतये वा भगवतः प्रतिश्लोकं यजेदबुधः । अथवा मंत्ररत्नं हि सप्तरात्रं निरंतरम् ।

prītaye vā bhagavataḥ pratiślokaṁ yajedabudhaḥ athavā maṁtraratnaṁ hi saptarātraṁ niraṁtaram

Or else, for the Lord's pleasure, the wise should offer sacrifice with each verse. Or else, with that jewel-mantra alone, for seven nights continuously —

Verse 166 (padma.6.253.166)

अष्टोत्तरसहस्रं तु जुहुयाद्धविषा यजेत् । विशेषेणार्चयेद्विद्वान्महाभागवतोत्तमान् ।

aṣṭottarasahasraṁ tu juhuyāddhaviṣā yajet viśeṣeṇārcayedvidvānmahābhāgavatottamān

offering the oblation one thousand and eight times, one should perform the sacrifice. The learned one should especially worship the excellent great devotees.

Verse 167 (padma.6.253.167)

अंते चावभृथं कुर्याद्यथाविभवसारतः । वैष्णवैरनुवाकैश्च कुर्यादवभृथं द्विजः ।

aṁte cāvabhṛthaṁ kuryādyathāvibhavasārataḥ vaiṣṇavairanuvākaiśca kuryādavabhṛthaṁ dvijaḥ

At the end, one should perform the concluding avabhritha bath according to one's means. The twice-born should perform the avabhritha with Vaishnava recitations alone.

Verse 168 (padma.6.253.168)

अत्र स्नात्वा विधानेन यथाशक्त्या द्विजोत्तमः । शुभे पात्रांतरे रम्ये पादौ प्रक्षाल्य भक्तितः ।

atra snātvā vidhānena yathāśaktyā dvijottamaḥ śubhe pātrāṁtare ramye pādau prakṣālya bhaktitaḥ

The best of the twice-born, bathing here duly according to ability, washing the feet with devotion in a fine, delightful vessel —

Verse 169 (padma.6.253.169)

अर्चयेद्गंधपुष्पाद्यैर्वस्त्रैराभरणादिभिः । तांबूलेन फलैर्वापि यथाशक्त्या समर्चयेत् ।

arcayedgaṁdhapuṣpādyairvastrairābharaṇādibhiḥ tāṁbūlena phalairvāpi yathāśaktyā samarcayet

should worship with fragrance, flowers, and the rest, with garments and ornaments. With betel and fruits too, one should duly worship according to ability.

Verse 170 (padma.6.253.170)

भोजयित्वान्नपानाद्यैः प्रणम्य च पुनःपुनः । आसीमांतमनुव्रज्य नमस्कृत्य विसर्जितम् ।

bhojayitvānnapānādyaiḥ praṇamya ca punaḥpunaḥ āsīmāṁtamanuvrajya namaskṛtya visarjitam

Feeding him with food and drink, prostrating again and again, accompanying him to the edge of the village, bowing, one should bid him farewell.

Verse 171 (padma.6.253.171)

पुनः प्रणम्य भक्त्याथ शनैस्तत्र निवर्त्तितः । गृहं प्रविश्य देवेशं पूजयेत्प्रयतात्मवान् ।

punaḥ praṇamya bhaktyātha śanaistatra nivarttitaḥ gṛhaṁ praviśya deveśaṁ pūjayetprayatātmavān

Bowing again with devotion, returning slowly from there, entering the house, being of restrained self, one should worship the Lord of gods.

Verse 172 (padma.6.253.172)

एवमभ्यर्चयेद्विष्णुं यावज्जीवमतंद्रितः । तदीयांश्च विशेषेण पूजयेत्सर्वदा शुभे ।

evamabhyarcayedviṣṇuṁ yāvajjīvamataṁdritaḥ tadīyāṁśca viśeṣeṇa pūjayetsarvadā śubhe

Thus, throughout life, without laziness, one should worship Vishnu. O auspicious one, one should also always worship, with special care, those connected with him.

Verse 173 (padma.6.253.173)

आराधनानां सर्वेषां विष्णोराराधनं परम् । तस्मात्परतरं देवि तदीयानां समर्चनम् ।

ārādhanānāṁ sarveṣāṁ viṣṇorārādhanaṁ param tasmātparataraṁ devi tadīyānāṁ samarcanam

Of all forms of worship, the worship of Vishnu is supreme; O Goddess, even greater than that is the worship of those connected with him.

Verse 174 (padma.6.253.174)

अर्चयित्वापि गोविंदं तदीयान्नार्चयेत्पुनः । न स भागवतो ज्ञेयः केवलं दांभिकः स्मृतः ।

arcayitvāpi goviṁdaṁ tadīyānnārcayetpunaḥ na sa bhāgavato jñeyaḥ kevalaṁ dāṁbhikaḥ smṛtaḥ

One who, having worshipped Govinda, does not then worship those connected with him, is not to be known as a devotee — he is deemed merely a hypocrite.

Verse 175 (padma.6.253.175)

पुमांस्तस्मात्प्रयत्नेन वैष्णवान्पूजयेत्सदा । सर्वं तरति दुःखौघं महाभागवतार्चनात् ।

pumāṁstasmātprayatnena vaiṣṇavānpūjayetsadā sarvaṁ tarati duḥkhaughaṁ mahābhāgavatārcanāt

Therefore a man should ever diligently worship the Vaishnavas. Through the worship of the great devotee, a man crosses over the entire flood of sorrows.

Verse 176 (padma.6.253.176)

एवमुक्तं मया देवि विष्णोराराधनं परम् । नित्यनैमित्तिकं चैव तदीयानां च पूजनम् ।

evamuktaṁ mayā devi viṣṇorārādhanaṁ param nityanaimittikaṁ caiva tadīyānāṁ ca pūjanam

O Goddess, thus I have told the supreme worship of Vishnu, the daily and occasional worship, and also the worship of those connected with him.

Verse 177 (padma.6.253.177)

पौरुषं तस्य याथात्म्यं फलसाधनमेव च । तस्यावसथदेहं च कर्माद्यपि चतुष्टयम् । तव प्रोक्तं मया देवि किमन्यच्छ्रोतुमिच्छसि ।

pauruṣaṁ tasya yāthātmyaṁ phalasādhanameva ca tasyāvasathadehaṁ ca karmādyapi catuṣṭayam tava proktaṁ mayā devi kimanyacchrotumicchasi

His form as the cosmic Person, his true nature, and the means of attaining the fruit — and also his abode, his body, and his acts — these four too, O Goddess, I have told you. What else do you wish to hear?