HBV 9.1
Sourceस प्रसीदतु चैतन्य-देवो यस्य प्रसादतः । महा-प्रसाद-जातार्हः सद्यः स्याद् अधमो’प्य् अहम्
sa prasīdatu caitanya-devo yasya prasādataḥ | mahā-prasāda-jātārhaḥ sadyaḥ syād adhamo’py aham
English translation
May Sri Krsna Caitanya, by whose mercy I immediately obtained the good fortune to honor mahd-prasada, despite being a fallen soul, be pleased with me.
HBV 9.2
Sourceअथ शङ्खोदकꣳ तच् च कृष्ण-दृष्टि-सुधोक्षितम् । वैष्णवेभ्यः प्रदायाभिवन्द्य मूर्धनि धारयेत्
atha śaṅkhodakaṁ tac ca kṛṣṇa-dṛṣṭi-sudhokṣitam | vaiṣṇavebhyaḥ pradāyābhivandya mūrdhani dhārayet
English translation
Thereafter, one should sprinkle water that had been offered to the Deity and kept in a conch shell to the assembled Vaisnavas and also on one's head. This water has been transformed into nectar because of the Lord's auspicious glance.
HBV 9.3
Sourceस्कान्दे ब्रह्म-नारद-सꣳवादे—— शङ्खोदकꣳ हरेर् भक्तिर् निर्माल्यꣳ पादयोर् जलꣳ । चन्दनꣳ धूप-शेषꣳ तु ब्रह्म-हत्यापहारकम्
skānde brahma-nārada-saṁvāde—— śaṅkhodakaṁ harer bhaktir nirmālyaṁ pādayor jalaṁ | candanaṁ dhūpa-śeṣaṁ tu brahma-hatyāpahārakam
English translation
that is found in the Skanda Pur ana it is stated) sankhodakarh harer bhaktir nirmdlyarh pddayor jalam candanarh dhupa-sesarh tu brahma-hatydpahdrakam The nine types of devotional service to Lord Hari, as well as His remnants of food, water, sandalwood paste, incense, and water kept in a conch shell are capable of nullifying the sin of killing a brahmana.
322 SRI H ARI-BHAKTI-VILAS A
HBV 9.4
Sourceशङ्ख-स्थितꣳ तु यत् तोयꣳ भ्रामितꣳ केशवोपरि । वन्दते शिरसा नित्यꣳ गङ्गा-स्नानेन तस्य किम्
śaṅkha-sthitaṁ tu yat toyaṁ bhrāmitaṁ keśavopari | vandate śirasā nityaṁ gaṅgā-snānena tasya kim
English translation
There is no need for making a separate endeavor to bathe in the Ganges for a person who offers water in a conch shell to Lord Kesava and then sprinkles it on his head. In other words, such a person receives the benefit of bathing in the Ganges.
HBV 9.5–6
Sourceन दाहो न क्लमो नार्तिर् नरकाग्नि-भयꣳ न हि । यस्य शङ्खोदकꣳ मूर्ध्नि कृष्ण-दृष्ट्य्-अवलोकितम् न ग्रहा न च कुष्माण्डाः पिशाचोरग-रक्षसाः । दृष्ट्वा शङ्खोदकꣳ मूर्ध्नि विद्रवन्ति दिशो दश
na dāho na klamo nārtir narakāgni-bhayaṁ na hi | yasya śaṅkhodakaṁ mūrdhni kṛṣṇa-dṛṣṭy-avalokitam na grahā na ca kuṣmāṇḍāḥ piśācoraga-rakṣasāḥ | dṛṣṭvā śaṅkhodakaṁ mūrdhni vidravanti diśo daśa
English translation
One who sprinkles on his head the water that had been kept in a conch shell and sanctified by Lord Krsna's auspicious glance becomes free from the fear of pain, distress, grief, and hellish conditions of life. Inauspicious planets, ghosts, hobgoblins, snakes, and demons run away after seeing water that had been kept in a conch shell being sprinkled on one's head.
HBV 9.7–8
Sourceकृष्ण-मूर्ध्नि भ्रामितꣳ तु जलꣳ तच्-छङ्ख-सꣳस्थितम् । कृत्वा मूर्धन्य् अवाप्नोति मुक्तिꣳ विष्णोः प्रसादतः भ्रामयित्वा हरेर् मूर्ध्नि मन्दिरꣳ शङ्ख-वारिणा । प्रोक्षयेद् वैष्णवो यस् तु नाशुभꣳ तद्-गृहे भवेत्
kṛṣṇa-mūrdhni bhrāmitaṁ tu jalaṁ tac-chaṅkha-saṁsthitam | kṛtvā mūrdhany avāpnoti muktiṁ viṣṇoḥ prasādataḥ bhrāmayitvā harer mūrdhni mandiraṁ śaṅkha-vāriṇā | prokṣayed vaiṣṇavo yas tu nāśubhaṁ tad-gṛhe bhavet
English translation
By sprinkling on one's head the water that had been kept in a conch shell that was waved in circles above the head of Lord Hari during arati, one is liberated, by the Lord's mercy. All inauspicious elements flee from a temple complex if the water that was kept in a conch shell that had been offered to the Lord during arati is sprinkled on the assembled devotees.
HBV 9.9
Sourceनीराजन-जलꣳ यत्र यत्र पादोदकꣳ हरेः । तिष्ठते मुनि-शार्दूल वर्धन्ते तत्र सम्पदः
nīrājana-jalaṁ yatra yatra pādodakaṁ hareḥ | tiṣṭhate muni-śārdūla vardhante tatra sampadaḥ
English translation
O foremost sage, all kinds of opulence go on increasing at the place where there is water that washed the lotus feet of the Lord.
HBV 9.10
Sourceतत्रैवाग्रे— नीराजन-जलꣳ विष्णोर् यस्य गात्राणि सꣳस्पृशेत् । यज्ञावभृत-लक्षणꣳ स्नान-जꣳ लभते फलम्
tatraivāgre— nīrājana-jalaṁ viṣṇor yasya gātrāṇi saṁspṛśet | yajñāvabhṛta-lakṣaṇaṁ snāna-jaṁ labhate phalam
English translation
One who sprinkles on his head water that was offered to Lord Hari obtains the benefit of performing one hundred thousand sacrifices, including the ritualistic baths that are taken at the conclusion.
HBV 9.11
Sourceतत्रैव श्री-शिवोक्तौ— पादोदकेन देवस्य हत्यायुत-समन्वितः । शुध्यते नात्र सन्देहस् तथा शङ्खोदकेन हि
tatraiva śrī-śivoktau— pādodakena devasya hatyāyuta-samanvitaḥ | śudhyate nātra sandehas tathā śaṅkhodakena hi
English translation
There is no doubt that the water that washed Lord Hari's lotus feet and the water that was offered to Him in a conch shell is capable of purifying a very sinful person who engaged in killing ten thousand living beings.
324 SRI HARI-BHAKTI-VILASA
HBV 9.12
Sourceबृहद्-विष्णु-पुराणे च— तीर्थाधिकꣳ यज्ञ-शताच् च पावनꣳ जलꣳ सदा केशव-दृष्टि-सꣳस्थितम् । छिनत्ति पापꣳ तुलसी-विमिश्रितꣳ विशेषतश् चक्र-शिला-विनिर्मितम्
bṛhad-viṣṇu-purāṇe ca— tīrthādhikaṁ yajña-śatāc ca pāvanaṁ jalaṁ sadā keśava-dṛṣṭi-saṁsthitam | chinatti pāpaṁ tulasī-vimiśritaṁ viśeṣataś cakra-śilā-vinirmitam
English translation
Water mixed with tulasi that has been glanced over by Lord Kesava and especially water that was used to bathe the salagrama-sild is more sanctified than the water of all the holy places of pilgrimage and more purifying than the performance of hundreds of sacrifices because it destroys all sinful reactions.
HBV 9.13
Sourceकृष्ण-पदब्ज-तीर्थꣳ च वैष्णवेभ्यः प्रदाय हि । स्वयꣳ भक्त्य्-अभिवन्द्यादौ पीत्वा शिरसि धारयेत्
kṛṣṇa-padabja-tīrthaṁ ca vaiṣṇavebhyaḥ pradāya hi | svayaṁ bhakty-abhivandyādau pītvā śirasi dhārayet
English translation
First, one should offer the water to the assembled Vaisnavas and then drink it or sprinkle it on one's head, after offering obeisances to it.
HBV 9.14
Sourceतस्य मन्त्र-विधिश् च प्राक् प्रातः-स्नान-प्रसङ्गतः । लिखितो ह्य् अधुना पाने विशेषो लिख्यते कियान्
tasya mantra-vidhiś ca prāk prātaḥ-snāna-prasaṅgataḥ | likhito hy adhunā pāne viśeṣo likhyate kiyān
English translation
The mantras to be chanted at this time have already been described in the section dealing with one's morning bath. Now, some particular rules are described.
HBV 9.15–16
Sourceस चोक्तः— ओꣳ चरणꣳ पवित्रꣳ विततꣳ पुराणꣳ येन पूतस् तरति दुष्कृतानि । तेन पवित्रेण शुद्धेन पूता अपि पाप्मानम् अरातिꣳ तरेम लोकस्य द्वारम् आर्चयत् पवित्रꣳ ज्योतिष्मत् विभ्राजमानꣳ महस् तद् अमृतस्य धारा बहुधा दोहमानꣳ चरणꣳ लोके सुधितꣳ दधतु इति ।
sa coktaḥ— oṁ caraṇaṁ pavitraṁ vitataṁ purāṇaṁ yena pūtas tarati duṣkṛtāni | tena pavitreṇa śuddhena pūtā api pāpmānam arātiṁ tarema lokasya dvāram ārcayat pavitraṁ jyotiṣmat vibhrājamānaṁ mahas tad amṛtasya dhārā bahudhā dohamānaṁ caraṇaṁ loke sudhitaṁ dadhatu iti |
English translation
The glories of the Lord's caranamrta have been widely known since time immemorial. People become purified by drinking caranamrta and they can cross beyond the ocean o{ material existence simply by touching it to their head. Caranamrta is like a gateway to heaven and it is fully transcendental, pure, worshipable, and glorious. One should always honor caranamrta. May caranamrta always be honored in this world, just like the nectar of heaven.
HBV 9.17
Sourceइमꣳ मन्त्रꣳ समुच्चार्य सर्व-दुष्ट-ग्रहापहम् । प्राश्नीयात् प्रोक्षयेद् देहꣳ पुत्र-मित्र-परिग्रहम्
imaṁ mantraṁ samuccārya sarva-duṣṭa-grahāpaham | prāśnīyāt prokṣayed dehaṁ putra-mitra-parigraham
English translation
One should drink caranamrta while chanting this mantra for it completely removes the bad influence of inauspicious planets. One should sprinkle caranamrta on his body and on the body of his son, friend, wife, and other relatives.
HBV 9.18
Sourceकिꣳ च— विष्णोः पादोदकꣳ पीतꣳ कोटि-हत्याघ-नाशनम् । तद् एवष्ट-गुनꣳ पापꣳ भुमौ बिन्दु-निपतनत्
kiṁ ca— viṣṇoḥ pādodakaṁ pītaṁ koṭi-hatyāgha-nāśanam | tad evaṣṭa-gunaṁ pāpaṁ bhumau bindu-nipatanat
English translation
Sinful reactions that were accumulated because of killing millions of living entities can at once be nullified by drinking Lord Visnu's caranamrta. One should be very careful not to spill even one drop of caranamrta on the floor because to do so is very offensive.
HBV 9.19
Sourceपाद्मे गौतमाम्बरीष-सꣳवादे— हरेः स्नानावशेषस् तु जलꣳ यस्योदरे स्थितम् । अम्बरीष प्रणम्योच्चैः पाद-पाꣳशुः प्रगृह्यताम्
pādme gautamāmbarīṣa-saṁvāde— hareḥ snānāvaśeṣas tu jalaṁ yasyodare sthitam | ambarīṣa praṇamyoccaiḥ pāda-pāṁśuḥ pragṛhyatām
English translation
326 SRI HARI-BHAKTI-VILASA (In a conversation between Gautama and Ambarisa that is found in the Padma Purdna it is stated) hareh sndndvasesas tu jalarh yasodare sthitam. ambarisa pranamyoccaih pdda-pdmsuh pragrhyatam O Ambarisa, offer your obeisances to and take the dust from the feet of the person who drinks the water that bathed Lord Hari.
HBV 9.20
Sourceतत्रैव देवदूत-विकुण्डल-सꣳवादे— ये पिबन्ति नरा नित्यꣳ शालग्राम-शिला-जलम् । पञ्च-गव्य-सहस्रैस् तु सेवितैः किꣳ प्रयोजनम्
tatraiva devadūta-vikuṇḍala-saṁvāde— ye pibanti narā nityaṁ śālagrāma-śilā-jalam | pañca-gavya-sahasrais tu sevitaiḥ kiṁ prayojanam
English translation
recorded in the Padma Purdna, the following verse is found) ye pibanti nard nityarh sdlagrdma-sild-jalam panca-gavya-sahasrais tu sevitaih kirn prayojanam One who drinks the water that bathed the sdlagrdmasila every day need not bother to drink the five products received from the cow, namely milk, yogurt, ghee, cow dung and cow urine, for even if they did so thousands of times, that merit would already have been achieved by him.
HBV 9.21
Sourceकोटि-तीर्थ-सहस्रैस् तु सेवितैः किꣳ प्रयोजनम् । नित्यꣳ यदि पिबेत् पुण्यꣳ शालग्राम-शिला-जलम्
koṭi-tīrtha-sahasrais tu sevitaiḥ kiṁ prayojanam | nityaṁ yadi pibet puṇyaṁ śālagrāma-śilā-jalam
English translation
There is no need to visit thousands of millions holy places of pilgrimage for a person who regularly drinks the sanctified water that bathed the sdlagrdma'Sila.
HBV 9.22
Sourceशालग्राम-शिला-तोयꣳ यः पिबेद् बिन्दुना समम् । मातुः स्तन्यꣳ पुनर् नैव न पिबेद् भक्ति-भाङ् नरः
śālagrāma-śilā-toyaṁ yaḥ pibed bindunā samam | mātuḥ stanyaṁ punar naiva na pibed bhakti-bhāṅ naraḥ
English translation
Just by respectfully drinking a drop of water that bathed the sdlagrdma- sila, one's fear of having to drink his mother's milk again will vanish. In other words, such a person does not have to experience birth again in this material world.
HBV 9.23
Sourceकिꣳ च— दहन्ति नरकान् सर्वान् गर्भ-वासꣳ च दारुणम् । पीतꣳ यैस् तु सदा नित्यꣳ शालग्राम-शिला-जलम्
kiṁ ca— dahanti narakān sarvān garbha-vāsaṁ ca dāruṇam | pītaṁ yais tu sadā nityaṁ śālagrāma-śilā-jalam
English translation
Those who regularly drink the water that washed the lotus feet of the sclagrdma-sila have already burnt to ashes the miseries caused by suffering in hell and remaining within the womb.
HBV 9.24
Sourceतत्रैव श्री-यम-धुम्रकेतु-सꣳवादे— शालग्राम-शिला-तोयꣳ बिन्दु-मात्रꣳ तु यः पिबेत् । सर्व-पापैः प्रमुच्येत भक्ति-मार्गे कृतोद्यमः
tatraiva śrī-yama-dhumraketu-saṁvāde— śālagrāma-śilā-toyaṁ bindu-mātraṁ tu yaḥ pibet | sarva-pāpaiḥ pramucyeta bhakti-mārge kṛtodyamaḥ
English translation
that is found in the Padma Purdna it is stated) sdlagrdma-sild-toyarh bindu-mdtrarh tu yah pibet sarva-papaih pramucyeta bhakti-mdrge krtodyamah One who drinks the water that bathed the sdlagrdma-sila is freed from all kinds of sinful reactions and thus traverses the path to liberation.
HBV 9.25–26
Sourceतत्रैव पुलस्त्य-भगीरथ-सꣳवादे— पादोदकस्य माहात्म्यꣳ भगीरथ वदामि ते । पावनꣳ सर्व-तीर्थेभ्यो हत्या-कोटि-विनाशकम् धृते शिरसि पीते च सर्वास् तुस्यन्ति देवताः । प्रायश्चित्तꣳ तु पापानाꣳ कलौ पादोदकꣳ हरेः
tatraiva pulastya-bhagīratha-saṁvāde— pādodakasya māhātmyaṁ bhagīratha vadāmi te | pāvanaṁ sarva-tīrthebhyo hatyā-koṭi-vināśakam dhṛte śirasi pīte ca sarvās tusyanti devatāḥ | prāyaścittaṁ tu pāpānāṁ kalau pādodakaṁ hareḥ
English translation
recorded in the Padma Purdna, this verse is found) pddodakasya mdhatmyarh bhagiratha vaddmi te pdvanarh sarva-tlrthebhyo hatyd-koti-vindsakam
328 SRI HARI-BHAKTI-VILASA dhrte sirasi pxte ca sarvds tusyanti devatdh prdyascittam tu pdpdndm kalau pddodakarh hareh O Bhagiratha, listen carefully as I explain to you the glories of the Lord's caranamrta. Lord Hari's caranamrta is more sanctified than all the holy places of pilgrimage and it destroys the sinful reactions of killing millions of living entities. Simply by drinking caranamrta and sprinkling a few drops on one's head, a devotee can please all of the demigods. Know for certain that in Kali- yuga, drinking Lord Hari's caranamrta is the best atonement for all kinds of sinful activities.
HBV 9.27–28
Sourceकिꣳ च— त्रिभिः सारस्वतꣳ तोयꣳ सप्ताहेन तु नार्मदम् । सद्यः पुनाति गाङ्गेयꣳ दर्शनाद् एव यामुनम् पुनन्त्य् एतानि तोयानि स्नान-दर्शन-कीर्तनैः । पुनाति स्मरणाद् एव कलौ पादोदकꣳ हरेः
kiṁ ca— tribhiḥ sārasvataṁ toyaṁ saptāhena tu nārmadam | sadyaḥ punāti gāṅgeyaṁ darśanād eva yāmunam punanty etāni toyāni snāna-darśana-kīrtanaiḥ | punāti smaraṇād eva kalau pādodakaṁ hareḥ
English translation
The water of the River Sarasvati purifies a person after three days. The water of the Narmada purifies a person after seven weeks. The water of the Ganga purifies one immediately. The water of the Yamuna purifies a person who simply sees it. All these holy waters purify a person by seeing, by bathing, and by glorifying but in this age of Kali, Lord Hari's caranamrta purifies one who simply remembers it.
HBV 9.29–39
Sourceकिꣳ च— अर्चितैः कोटिभिर् लिङ्गैर् नित्यꣳ यत् क्रियते फलम् । तत् फलꣳ शत-सहस्रꣳ पिते पादोदके हरेः अशुचिर् वा दुराचारो महा-पातक-सꣳयुतः । स्पृष्ट्वा पादोदकꣳ विष्णोः सदा शुध्यति मानवः पाप-कोटि-युतो यस् तु मृत्यु-काले शिरो-मुखे । देहे पादोदकꣳ तस्य न प्रयाति यमालयम् न दानꣳ न हविर् येषाꣳ स्वाध्यायो न सुरार्चनम् । ते ऽपि पादोदकꣳ पीत्वा प्रयन्ति परमाꣳ गतिम् कार्त्तिके कार्त्तिकी-योगे किꣳ करिष्यति पुष्करे । नित्यꣳ च पुष्करꣳ तस्य यस्य पादोदकꣳ हरेः विशाखा-ऋक्ष-सꣳयुक्त वैशाखी हि करिष्यति । पिण्डारके महा-तीर्थे उज्जायिन्याꣳ भगीरथ माघ-मासे प्रयागे तु स्नानꣳ किꣳ करिष्यति । प्रयागꣳ सततꣳ तस्य यस्य पादोदकꣳ हरेः प्रबोध-वासरे प्राप्ते मथुरायाꣳ च तस्य किम् । नित्यꣳ च यामुनꣳ स्नानꣳ यस्य पादोदकꣳ हरेः कस्याम् उत्तर-वाहिन्याꣳ गङ्गायाꣳ तु मृतस्य किम् । यस्य पादोदकꣳ विष्णोर् मुखे चैवावतिष्ठते किꣳ च— हित्वा पादोदकꣳ विष्णोर् यो’न्य-तीर्थानि गच्छति । अनर्घꣳ रत्नम् उत्सृज्य लोष्ट्रꣳ वाञ्छति दुर्मतिः कुरुक्षेत्र-समो देशो बिन्दुः पादोदकꣳ मतः
kiṁ ca— arcitaiḥ koṭibhir liṅgair nityaṁ yat kriyate phalam | tat phalaṁ śata-sahasraṁ pite pādodake hareḥ aśucir vā durācāro mahā-pātaka-saṁyutaḥ | spṛṣṭvā pādodakaṁ viṣṇoḥ sadā śudhyati mānavaḥ pāpa-koṭi-yuto yas tu mṛtyu-kāle śiro-mukhe | dehe pādodakaṁ tasya na prayāti yamālayam na dānaṁ na havir yeṣāṁ svādhyāyo na surārcanam | te 'pi pādodakaṁ pītvā prayanti paramāṁ gatim kārttike kārttikī-yoge kiṁ kariṣyati puṣkare | nityaṁ ca puṣkaraṁ tasya yasya pādodakaṁ hareḥ viśākhā-ṛkṣa-saṁyukta vaiśākhī hi kariṣyati | piṇḍārake mahā-tīrthe ujjāyinyāṁ bhagīratha māgha-māse prayāge tu snānaṁ kiṁ kariṣyati | prayāgaṁ satataṁ tasya yasya pādodakaṁ hareḥ prabodha-vāsare prāpte mathurāyāṁ ca tasya kim | nityaṁ ca yāmunaṁ snānaṁ yasya pādodakaṁ hareḥ kasyām uttara-vāhinyāṁ gaṅgāyāṁ tu mṛtasya kim | yasya pādodakaṁ viṣṇor mukhe caivāvatiṣṭhate kiṁ ca— hitvā pādodakaṁ viṣṇor yo’nya-tīrthāni gacchati | anarghaṁ ratnam utsṛjya loṣṭraṁ vāñchati durmatiḥ kurukṣetra-samo deśo binduḥ pādodakaṁ mataḥ
English translation
Drinking Lord Hari's caranamrta is hundreds of thousands of times more beneficial than worshiping ten million sivaAingas every day. It does not matter whether one is pure, impure, sinful, or most sinful—if he simply touches the caranamrta of Lord Visnu, he at once becomes purified. If the caranamrta of Lord Hari is sprinkled on one's head, mouth, and body at the time of death, he will not have to traverse the path to the abode of Yamaraja even if he had committed millions of sins. People who never gave charity, performed sacrifice, or worshiped the demigods can attain the supreme destination simply by drinking Lord Hari's caranamrta. Texts 33-37 kdrttike kdrttikl-yoge kim karisyati puskare nityam ca puskaram tasya yasya pddodakam hareh visakhd-rksa-samyuktd vaisdkhl hi karisyati pinddrake mahd-tirthe ujjdyinydm bhaglratha mdgha-mdse praydge tu sndnam kim karisyati praydgam satatam tasya yasya pddodakam hareh
330 SRI HARI-BHAKTI-VILASA prabodha-vdsare prdpte mathurdydrh ca tasya kim nityarh ca ydmunarh sndnarh yasya pddodakarh hareh kdsm uttara-vdhinydrh gangdydrh tu mrtasya kim yasya pddodakarh visnor mukhe caivdvatisthate One who regularly drinks Lord Hari's caranamrta obtains the benefit of bathing in the holy place, Puskara, every day. Such a person need not bathe at Puskara in the month of Karttika, when the star, Krttika, is visible. What will he gain by bathing at the sacred place known as Pindaraka, which is situated at modern-day Ujjain, in the month of Vaisakha? Will a person who regularly drinks the Lord's cararidmrta achieve more merit by bathing at Prayaga in the month of Magna? The fact is—he already receives the merit of bathing at Prayaga every day. One who drinks the water that washed Lord Hari's lotus feet does not need to bathe in the Yamuna on the day of Utthana-dvadasl. What additional benefit will one who regularly drinks Lord Visnu's caranamrta achieve by relinquishing his body on the banks of the Ganga at Kasi? In other words, Lord Visnu's caranamrta awards one all types of benefit. Texts 38-39 kim ca (It is also stated) hitvd pddodakarh visnor yo 'nya-tlrthdni gacchati anargharh ratnam utsrjya lostrarh vdnchati durmatih kuruksetra-samo deso binduh pddodakarh matah A foolish person who rejects or neglects Lord Visnu's caranamrta and instead, travels to many holy places of pilgrimage, certainly discards invaluable jewels to become attached to a chunk of clay. Saintly persons consider even a single drop of caranamrta to be equal to all the sacred water at Kuruksetia. \
HBV 9.40
Sourceपतेद् यत्राक्षयꣳ पुण्यꣳ नित्यꣳ भवति तद्-गृहे । गया-पिण्ड-समꣳ पुण्यꣳ पुत्राणाम् अपि जायते
pated yatrākṣayaṁ puṇyaṁ nityaṁ bhavati tad-gṛhe | gayā-piṇḍa-samaṁ puṇyaṁ putrāṇām api jāyate
English translation
The house in which Lord Hari's carandmrta is always present will remain filled with inexhaustible opulence. The inhabitants of that house will obtain the merit of offering oblations to the forefathers at Gaya.
HBV 9.41–45
Sourceपादोदकेन देवस्य ये कुर्युः पितृ-तर्पणम् । नासुराणाꣳ भयꣳ तस्य प्रेत-जन्यꣳ च राक्षसम् न रोगस्य भयꣳ चैव नास्ति विघ्न-कृतꣳ भयम् । न दुष्टा नैव घोराक्षाः स्वापदोत्थ-भयꣳ न हि ग्रहाः पीदाꣳ न कुर्वन्ति चौरा नश्यन्ति दारुणाः । किꣳ तस्य तीर्थ-गमने देवर्षीणाꣳ च दर्शने यस्य पादोदकꣳ मूर्ध्नि शालग्राम-शिलोद्भवम् । प्रीतो भवति मार्तण्डः प्रीतो भवति केशवः । ब्रह्मा भवति सु-प्रीतः प्रीतो भवति सङ्करः पादोदकस्य माहात्म्यꣳ यः पठेत् केशवग्रतः । स याति परमꣳ स्थानꣳ यत्र देवो जनर्दनः
pādodakena devasya ye kuryuḥ pitṛ-tarpaṇam | nāsurāṇāṁ bhayaṁ tasya preta-janyaṁ ca rākṣasam na rogasya bhayaṁ caiva nāsti vighna-kṛtaṁ bhayam | na duṣṭā naiva ghorākṣāḥ svāpadottha-bhayaṁ na hi grahāḥ pīdāṁ na kurvanti caurā naśyanti dāruṇāḥ | kiṁ tasya tīrtha-gamane devarṣīṇāṁ ca darśane yasya pādodakaṁ mūrdhni śālagrāma-śilodbhavam | prīto bhavati mārtaṇḍaḥ prīto bhavati keśavaḥ | brahmā bhavati su-prītaḥ prīto bhavati saṅkaraḥ pādodakasya māhātmyaṁ yaḥ paṭhet keśavagrataḥ | sa yāti paramaṁ sthānaṁ yatra devo janardanaḥ
English translation
The drinking of Lord Hari's carandmrta amounts to offering oblations to the forefathers; removes the fear of demons, ghosts and evil spirits; and destroys diseases, obstacles, and the fear of poisonous snakes and wild animals. Texts 43-45 grahdh piddm na kurvanti caura nasyanti ddrundh kim tasya tirtha-gamane devarslndrh ca darsane yasya pddodakam murdhni salagrdma-silodbhavam prito bhavati martandah prlto bhavati kesavah brahmd bhavati su-prltah prito bhavati sankarah pddodakasya mdhdtmyam yah pathet kesavdgratah
332 SRI HARI-BHAKTI'VILASA sa ydti paramam sthdnarh yatra devo janardanah Planetary positions cannot harm such a person (who regularly drinks caranamrta), and thieves and rogues cannot plunder him. For such a person, there is no need to visit holy places or take the darsana of demigods and sages. Lord Kesava, Brahma, Siva and Surya are always pleased with a person whose head is adorned with water that washed the lotus feet of the sdlagrama- sild. A person who recites the glories of caranamrta in front of Lord Kesava will certainly attain Vaikuntha.
HBV 9.46
Sourceब्रह्माण्ड-पुराणे श्री-ब्रह्म-नारद-सꣳवादे—— प्रायश्चित्तꣳ यदि प्राप्तꣳ कृच्छ्रꣳ वा त्व् अघ-मर्षणम् । सो’पि पादोदकꣳ पीत्वा शुद्धिꣳ प्राप्नोति तत्-क्षणात्
brahmāṇḍa-purāṇe śrī-brahma-nārada-saṁvāde—— prāyaścittaṁ yadi prāptaṁ kṛcchraṁ vā tv agha-marṣaṇam | so’pi pādodakaṁ pītvā śuddhiṁ prāpnoti tat-kṣaṇāt
English translation
is found in the Brahmdnda Purana it is stated) prdyascittam yadi praptam krcchram vd tv agha-marsanam so 'pi pddodakam pitvd suddhim prapnoti tat-ksanat If a person is instructed to chant the aghamarsana mantra or undergo severe penance as atonement, he should simply drink the Lord's caranamrta to obtain the desired result. There is no need to follow the above-mentioned procedures.
HBV 9.47–48
Sourceअशौचꣳ नैव विद्येत सूतके मृतके ऽपि च । येषाꣳ पादोदकꣳ मूर्ध्नि प्राशनꣳ ये च कुर्वते अन्त-काले ऽपि यस्येह दीयते पादयोर् जलम् । सो’पि सद्-गतिम् आप्नोति सद्-आचारैर् बहिष्कृतः
aśaucaṁ naiva vidyeta sūtake mṛtake 'pi ca | yeṣāṁ pādodakaṁ mūrdhni prāśanaṁ ye ca kurvate anta-kāle 'pi yasyeha dīyate pādayor jalam | so’pi sad-gatim āpnoti sad-ācārair bahiṣkṛtaḥ
English translation
There is no question of contamination due to the birth of a child at one's house, or the death of a relative, for a person who drinks the caranamrta of Lord Hari or sprinkles it on his head. Even a sinful person who is given some caranamrta at the time of death will attain the supreme destination.
HBV 9.49
Sourceअपेयꣳ पिबते यस् तु भुङ्क्ते यश् चाप्य् अभोजनम् । अगम्यागमना ये वै पापाचाराश् च ये नराः । ते ऽपि पूज्या भवन्त्य् आशु सद्यः पादाम्बु-सेवनात्
apeyaṁ pibate yas tu bhuṅkte yaś cāpy abhojanam | agamyāgamanā ye vai pāpācārāś ca ye narāḥ | te 'pi pūjyā bhavanty āśu sadyaḥ pādāmbu-sevanāt
English translation
Simply by honoring Lord Hari's caranamrta. people who eat meat, fish, and eggs; who drink alcohol; who engage in illicit sex; and who are naturally sinful can at once become worshipable.
HBV 9.50–51
Sourceकिꣳ च— अपवित्रꣳ यद्-अन्नꣳ स्यात् पानीयꣳ चापि पापिनाम् । भुक्त्वा पीत्वा विशुद्धः स्यात् पीत्वा पादोदकꣳ हरेः तप्त-कृच्छ्रात् पञ्च-गव्यान् महा-कृच्छ्राद् विशिष्यते । चान्द्रायणात् पार-कृच्छ्रात् पराकाद् अपि सुव्रत । काय-शुद्धिर् भवत्य् आशु पीत्वा पादोदकꣳ हरेः
kiṁ ca— apavitraṁ yad-annaṁ syāt pānīyaṁ cāpi pāpinām | bhuktvā pītvā viśuddhaḥ syāt pītvā pādodakaṁ hareḥ tapta-kṛcchrāt pañca-gavyān mahā-kṛcchrād viśiṣyate | cāndrāyaṇāt pāra-kṛcchrāt parākād api suvrata | kāya-śuddhir bhavaty āśu pītvā pādodakaṁ hareḥ
English translation
O follower of strict vows, a person who has eaten tainted food offered by sinful people or has drunk water given by them—if he drinks Lord Hari's caranamrta, he will become purified. Lord Hari's caranamrta is more sanctified than the five kinds of milk products, tapta krccha, mahd krccha, the candrayana vrata, or para krccha. Just by drinking caranamrta, one's body becomes purified.
HBV 9.52–54
Sourceअगुरुꣳ कुङ्कुमꣳ चापि कर्पूरꣳ चानुलेपनम् । विष्णु-पादाम्बु-सꣳलग्नꣳ तद् वै पावन-पावनम् दृष्टि-पूतꣳ तु यत् तोयꣳ विष्णुना प्रभविष्णुना । तद् वै पाप-हरꣳ पुत्र किꣳ पुनः पादयोर् जलम् एतद्-अर्थम् अहꣳ पुत्र शिरसा विष्णु-तत्-परः । धारायामि पिबाम्य् अद्य माहात्म्यꣳ विदितꣳ मम
aguruṁ kuṅkumaṁ cāpi karpūraṁ cānulepanam | viṣṇu-pādāmbu-saṁlagnaṁ tad vai pāvana-pāvanam dṛṣṭi-pūtaṁ tu yat toyaṁ viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā | tad vai pāpa-haraṁ putra kiṁ punaḥ pādayor jalam etad-artham ahaṁ putra śirasā viṣṇu-tat-paraḥ | dhārāyāmi pibāmy adya māhātmyaṁ viditaṁ mama
English translation
334 SRI HARI-BHAKTI-VILASA drsti-putam tu yat toyam visnund prabhavisnund tad vai pdpa-haram putra kim punah padayor jalam etad-artham aharh putra sirasd visnu-tat-parah dharaydmi pibamy adya mdhdtmyarh viditarh mama My dear son, when Lord Visnu's carajidmrta is mixed with aguru, kunkum, camphor, and sandalwood powder, it purifies even pure objects. When water that has been glanced upon by Lord Visnu destroys all kinds of sinful reactions then what can be said about His caranamrta7. O son, this is why, as a devotee of Lord Visnu, I drink and touch to my head His caranamrta every day. I understand the glories of carandmrtal
HBV 9.55–56
Sourceप्रियस् त्वम् अग्रजः पुत्रस् तद्-अर्थꣳ गदितꣳ मया । रहस्यꣳ मे त्व् अनर्हस्य न वक्तव्यꣳ कदाचन धारयस्व सदा मूर्ध्नि प्राशनꣳ कुरु नित्यशः । जन्म-मृत्यु-जरा-दुःखैर् मोक्षꣳ यास्यसि पुत्रक
priyas tvam agrajaḥ putras tad-arthaṁ gaditaṁ mayā | rahasyaṁ me tv anarhasya na vaktavyaṁ kadācana dhārayasva sadā mūrdhni prāśanaṁ kuru nityaśaḥ | janma-mṛtyu-jarā-duḥkhair mokṣaṁ yāsyasi putraka
English translation
You are my eldest son! Therefore, I have revealed this confidential secret to you. Do not disclose this fact to an unqualified person. By drinking Lord Hari's caranamrta every day, and by touching it to your head, you can be liberated from the distress caused by birth, death, old age, and disease. O my son, there should be no doubt in this regard.
HBV 9.57–58
Sourceविष्णु-धर्मोत्तरे— सद्यः फल-प्रदꣳ पुण्यꣳ सर्व-पाप-विनाशनम् । सर्व-मङ्गल-मङ्गल्यꣳ सर्व-दुःख-विनाशनम् दुःस्वप्न-नाशनꣳ पुण्यꣳ विष्णु-पादोदकꣳ शुभम् । सर्वोपद्रव-हन्तारꣳ सर्व-व्याधि-विनाशनम्
viṣṇu-dharmottare— sadyaḥ phala-pradaṁ puṇyaṁ sarva-pāpa-vināśanam | sarva-maṅgala-maṅgalyaṁ sarva-duḥkha-vināśanam duḥsvapna-nāśanaṁ puṇyaṁ viṣṇu-pādodakaṁ śubham | sarvopadrava-hantāraṁ sarva-vyādhi-vināśanam
English translation
Lord Visnu's carandmrta is very sanctified. It destroys all sinful reactions, it is the most auspicious among all kinds of auspiciousness, it awards instant benefit, it removes all kinds of miseries, it dispells all types of bad dreams, it neutralizes all kinds of disturbances, and it cures all diseases.
HBV 9.59–62
Sourceसर्वोत्पात-प्रशमनꣳ सर्व-पाप-निवारणम् । सर्व-कल्याण-सुखदꣳ सर्व-काम-फल-प्रदम् सर्व-सिद्धि-प्रदꣳ धन्यꣳ सर्व-धर्म-विवर्धनम् । सर्व-शत्रु-प्रशमनꣳ सर्व-भोग-प्रदायकम् सर्व-तीर्थस्य फल-दम् मूर्ध्नि पादाम्बु-धारणम् । प्रयागस्य प्रभासस्य पुष्करस्य च सेवने । पृथूदकस्य तीर्थस्य आचान्तो लभते फलम् चक्र-तीर्थꣳ फलꣳ यादृक् तादृण् पादाम्बु-धारणात् । सरस्वत्याꣳ गयायाꣳ च गत्वा यत् प्राप्नुयात् फलम् । तत् फलꣳ लभते श्रेष्ठꣳ मूर्ध्नि पादाम्बु-धारणात्
sarvotpāta-praśamanaṁ sarva-pāpa-nivāraṇam | sarva-kalyāṇa-sukhadaṁ sarva-kāma-phala-pradam sarva-siddhi-pradaṁ dhanyaṁ sarva-dharma-vivardhanam | sarva-śatru-praśamanaṁ sarva-bhoga-pradāyakam sarva-tīrthasya phala-dam mūrdhni pādāmbu-dhāraṇam | prayāgasya prabhāsasya puṣkarasya ca sevane | pṛthūdakasya tīrthasya ācānto labhate phalam cakra-tīrthaṁ phalaṁ yādṛk tādṛṇ pādāmbu-dhāraṇāt | sarasvatyāṁ gayāyāṁ ca gatvā yat prāpnuyāt phalam | tat phalaṁ labhate śreṣṭhaṁ mūrdhni pādāmbu-dhāraṇāt
English translation
336 SRI HARI'BHAKTI-VILASA The sprinkling of Lord Visnu's carandmrta on one's head brings all disturbances to an end, checks all kinds of sinful activities, provides all types of auspiciousness and happiness, enables one to achieve the perfection of all desires, awards profit and fame, enhances one's religiosity, destroys all of one's enemies, awards all kinds of enjoyment, and gives one the benefit of visiting all the holy places of pilgrimage. The benefit one obtains by bathing at Prayaga, Prabhasa, Puskara, and Prthudaka can be achieved simply by drinking Lord Hari's carandmrta. The merit one earns by visiting Cakra tirtha, Gaya, and the River Sarasvati, and bathing at those holy places, can be attained simply by drinking Lord Visnu's carandmrta and touching it to one's head.
HBV 9.63
Sourceस्कान्दे— पादोदकस्य माहात्म्यꣳ देवो जानाति शङ्करः । विष्णु-पाद-च्युता गङ्गा शिरसा येन धारिता । स्थानꣳ नैवास्ति पापस्य देहिनाꣳ देह-मध्यतः
skānde— pādodakasya māhātmyaṁ devo jānāti śaṅkaraḥ | viṣṇu-pāda-cyutā gaṅgā śirasā yena dhāritā | sthānaṁ naivāsti pāpasya dehināṁ deha-madhyataḥ
English translation
Lord Siva, the lord of the demigods who sustained the Ganga, which emanated from the lotus feet of Lord Hari, on his head certainly knows the glories of carandmrta. Among all embodied souls, only he is completely free from all sins.
HBV 9.64–67
Sourceस-बाह्याभ्यन्तरꣳ यस्य व्याप्तꣳ पादोदकेन वै । पादोदꣳ विष्णु-नैवेद्यम् उदरे यस्य तिष्ठति नाश्रयꣳ लभते पापꣳ स्वयम् एव विनश्यति । महा-पाप-ग्रह-ग्रस्तो व्याप्तो रोग-शतैर् यदि हरेः पादोदकꣳ पीत्वा मुच्यते नात्र सꣳसयः । शिरसा तिष्ठते येषाꣳ नित्यꣳ पादोदकꣳ हरेः किꣳ करिष्यति ते लोके तीर्थ-कोटि-मनोरथैः । अयम् एव परो धर्म इदम् एव परꣳ तपः । इदम् एव परꣳ तीर्थꣳ विष्णु-पादाम्बु यत् पिबेत्
sa-bāhyābhyantaraṁ yasya vyāptaṁ pādodakena vai | pādodaṁ viṣṇu-naivedyam udare yasya tiṣṭhati nāśrayaṁ labhate pāpaṁ svayam eva vinaśyati | mahā-pāpa-graha-grasto vyāpto roga-śatair yadi hareḥ pādodakaṁ pītvā mucyate nātra saṁsayaḥ | śirasā tiṣṭhate yeṣāṁ nityaṁ pādodakaṁ hareḥ kiṁ kariṣyati te loke tīrtha-koṭi-manorathaiḥ | ayam eva paro dharma idam eva paraṁ tapaḥ | idam eva paraṁ tīrthaṁ viṣṇu-pādāmbu yat pibet
English translation
Sinful reactions cannot touch a person who honors Lord Visnu's carandmrta and mahd-prasada. All kinds of contamination flee from such a person. There is no doubt that if one who is suffering from hundreds of miseries and who is threatened by great danger drinks Lord Hari's carandmrta, he will be freed from such awkward conditions. Why should those whose heads are always adorned with Lord Hari's carandmrta desire to visit millions of holy places of pilgrimage? Drinking Lord Visnu's carandmrta is the greatest religious principle, the foremost penance, and the most sanctified activity.
HBV 9.68–69
Sourceतत्रैव श्री-शिवोमा-सꣳवादे— विलयꣳ यान्ति पापानि पीते पादोदके हरेः । किꣳ पुनर् विष्णु-पादोदꣳ शालग्राम-शिला-च्युतम् विशेषेन हरेत् पापꣳ ब्रह्म-हत्यादिकꣳ प्रिये । पीते पादोदके विष्णोर् यदि प्राणैर् विमुच्यते । हत्वा यम-भटान् सर्वान् वैष्णवꣳ लोकम् आप्नुयात्
tatraiva śrī-śivomā-saṁvāde— vilayaṁ yānti pāpāni pīte pādodake hareḥ | kiṁ punar viṣṇu-pādodaṁ śālagrāma-śilā-cyutam viśeṣena haret pāpaṁ brahma-hatyādikaṁ priye | pīte pādodake viṣṇor yadi prāṇair vimucyate | hatvā yama-bhaṭān sarvān vaiṣṇavaṁ lokam āpnuyāt
English translation
recorded in the Skanda Purana, these verses are found) vilayam ydnti pdpani pite padodake hareh kim punar visnu-padodam salagrdma-sila-cyutam visesena haret pdparh brahma-hatyadikarh priye pite padodake visnor yadi pranair vimucyate hatva yama-bhatdn sarvan vaisnavam lokam dpnuyat
338 SRI HARI-BHAKTI-VILASA By drinking water that has washed the lotus feet of the Deity of Lord Hari, all of one's sinful reactions are destroyed. So, what more can be said of the glories of the sdlagrdma-sild's carandmrta1. O dear one, Lord Visnu's carandmrta definitely destroys all reactions— even for the sin of killing a brdhmana. By drinking Lord Hari's carandmrta at the time of death, one can disappoint the messengers of Yamaraja by attaining the abode of Lord Visnu.
HBV 9.70
Sourceतत्रैव श्री-शिव-कार्त्तिकेय-सꣳवादे श्री-शालग्राम-शिला-माहात्म्ये— छिन्नस् तेन महा-सेन गर्भावासः सु-दारुणः । पीतꣳ येन सदा विष्णोः शालग्राम-शिला-जलम्
tatraiva śrī-śiva-kārttikeya-saṁvāde śrī-śālagrāma-śilā-māhātmye— chinnas tena mahā-sena garbhāvāsaḥ su-dāruṇaḥ | pītaṁ yena sadā viṣṇoḥ śālagrāma-śilā-jalam
English translation
the Skanda Purana that describes the glories of the salagramci'Sila, it is stated) chinnas tena maha-sena garbhavdsah su-ddrunah pitarh yena sada visnoh salagrama-sila-jalam O Karttikeya, one who regularly drinks the carandmrta of the sdlagrdma- sild has conquered the formidable distress of living within the mother's womb.
HBV 9.71
Sourceये पिबन्ति नरा नित्यꣳ शालग्राम-शिला-जलम् । पञ्च-गव्य-सहस्रैस् तु प्राशितैः किꣳ प्रयोजनम्
ye pibanti narā nityaṁ śālagrāma-śilā-jalam | pañca-gavya-sahasrais tu prāśitaiḥ kiṁ prayojanam
English translation
What is the need for a person to drink panca-gavya, the five products received from the cow, namely milk, yogurt, ghee, cow dung, and cow urine, thousands of times if he regularly drinks the water that bathed the sdlagrdma' sildl
HBV 9.72
Sourceप्रायश्चित्ते समुत्पन्ने किꣳ दानैः किम् उपोषणैः । चान्द्रायणैश् च तीर्थैश् च पीत्वा पादोदकꣳ शुचि
prāyaścitte samutpanne kiṁ dānaiḥ kim upoṣaṇaiḥ | cāndrāyaṇaiś ca tīrthaiś ca pītvā pādodakaṁ śuci
English translation
Is there any need to give charity, observe fasts, perform the cdndrayana vrata, or visit holy places for the purpose of atonement after drinking Lord Visnu's cararidmrta7.
HBV 9.73
Sourceबृहन्-नारदिये लुब्धकोपाख्यानारम्भे— हरि-पादोदकꣳ यस् तु क्षण-मात्रꣳ च धारयेत् । स स्नातः सर्व-तीर्थेसु विष्णोः प्रियतरस् तथा
bṛhan-nāradiye lubdhakopākhyānārambhe— hari-pādodakaṁ yas tu kṣaṇa-mātraṁ ca dhārayet | sa snātaḥ sarva-tīrthesu viṣṇoḥ priyataras tathā
English translation
in the Brhan-ndradiya Purana this verse is found) hari-padodakarh yas tu ksana-mdtram ca dhdrayet sa sndtah sarva-tlrthesu visnoh priyataras tathd Simply by accepting Lord Visnu's cararidmrta, even once, one is considered to have bathed in all the holy places of pilgrimage. He becomes very dear to Lord Visnu.
HBV 9.74
Sourceअकाल-मृत्यु-शमनꣳ सर्व-व्याधि-विनाशनम् । सर्व-दुःखोपशमनꣳ हरि-पादोदकꣳ शुभम्
akāla-mṛtyu-śamanaṁ sarva-vyādhi-vināśanam | sarva-duḥkhopaśamanaṁ hari-pādodakaṁ śubham
English translation
The most auspicious cararidmrta of Lord Hari destroys all kinds of diseases and other miseries, and it insures that one avoids a premature death.
HBV 9.75–76
Sourceतत्रैव तद्-उपाख्यानान्ते— हरि-पादोदक-स्पर्शाल् लुब्धको वीत-कल्मषः । दिव्यꣳ विमानम् आरुह्य मुनिम् एनम् अथाब्रवीत् हरि-पादोदकꣳ यस्मान् मयि त्वꣳ क्षिप्तवान् मुने । प्रापितो’स्मि त्वया तस्मात् तद् विष्णोः परमꣳ पदम्
tatraiva tad-upākhyānānte— hari-pādodaka-sparśāl lubdhako vīta-kalmaṣaḥ | divyaṁ vimānam āruhya munim enam athābravīt hari-pādodakaṁ yasmān mayi tvaṁ kṣiptavān mune | prāpito’smi tvayā tasmāt tad viṣṇoḥ paramaṁ padam
English translation
340 SRI HARI-BHAKTI-VILASA After being purified of all sinful reactions simply by the touch of Lord Hari's caranamrta, the hunter boarded an airplane and said, "O sage, simply by honoring the caranamrta that you gave me, I have attained the abode of Lord Visnu.
HBV 9.77–78
Sourceहरि-भक्ति-सुधोदये— पादꣳ पूर्वꣳ किल स्पृष्ट्वा गङ्गाभूत् स्मर्तृ-मोक्ष-दा । विष्णोः सद्यस् तु सत्-सङ्गि पादाम्बु कथम् ईड्यते ताप-त्रयानलो यो’सौ न शाम्येत् सकलाब्धिभिः । द्रुतꣳ शाम्यति सो’ल्पेन श्रीमद्-विष्णु-पदाम्बुना
hari-bhakti-sudhodaye— pādaṁ pūrvaṁ kila spṛṣṭvā gaṅgābhūt smartṛ-mokṣa-dā | viṣṇoḥ sadyas tu sat-saṅgi pādāmbu katham īḍyate tāpa-trayānalo yo’sau na śāmyet sakalābdhibhiḥ | drutaṁ śāmyati so’lpena śrīmad-viṣṇu-padāmbunā
English translation
Simply by the touch of Lord Visnu's lotus feet, the Ganga instantly became the deliverer of all those who remember her. Therefore, how can I properly glorify the greatness of Lord Visnu's caranamrta7. The blazing fire of the three-fold material miseries, which cannot be extinguished even by pouring all the water of the ocean on them, can be quickly extinguished just by a few drops of Lord Visnu's caranamrta.
HBV 9.79–80
Sourceयुद्धास्त्राभेद्य-कवचꣳ भवाग्नि-स्तम्भनौषधम् । सर्वाङ्गैः सर्वथा धार्यꣳ पाद्यꣳ शुचि-पदः सदा अमृतत्वावहꣳ नित्यꣳ विष्णु-पादाम्बु यः पिबेत् । स पिबत्य् अमृतꣳ नित्यꣳ मासे मासे तु देवताः
yuddhāstrābhedya-kavacaṁ bhavāgni-stambhanauṣadham | sarvāṅgaiḥ sarvathā dhāryaṁ pādyaṁ śuci-padaḥ sadā amṛtatvāvahaṁ nityaṁ viṣṇu-pādāmbu yaḥ pibet | sa pibaty amṛtaṁ nityaṁ māse māse tu devatāḥ
English translation
Water that washed the lotus feet of the Supreme Lord is just like an amulet that cannot be penetrated by any weapon. It is the means for extinguishing the fire of material existence. Therefore, one should sprinkle Lord Visnu's caranamrta on the upper part of his body (above the navel). The demigods
drink nectar once a month but drinking Lord Hari's caranamrta every day is considered to be drinking nectar daily.
HBV 9.81
Sourceमाहात्म्यम् इयद् इत्य् अस्य वक्ता यो’पि स निर्भयः । नन्व् अनर्घ-मणेर् मूल्यꣳ कल्पयन्न् अघम् अश्नुते
māhātmyam iyad ity asya vaktā yo’pi sa nirbhayaḥ | nanv anargha-maṇer mūlyaṁ kalpayann agham aśnute
English translation
What to speak of this—even a person who sings the glories of Lord Visnu's caranamrta is freed from all types of fear. Howver, when one tries to evaluate, on his own terms, this invaluable jewel in the form of caranamrta— he certainly incurs sin.
HBV 9.82–83
Sourceअन्यत्रपि— स ब्रह्मचारी स व्रती आश्रमी च सदा-शुचिः । विष्णु-पादोदकꣳ यस्य मुखे शिरसि विग्रहे जन्म-प्रभृति-पापानाꣳ प्रायश्चित्तꣳ यदीच्छति । शालग्राम-शिला-वरि पाप-हारि निषेव्यताम्
anyatrapi— sa brahmacārī sa vratī āśramī ca sadā-śuciḥ | viṣṇu-pādodakaṁ yasya mukhe śirasi vigrahe janma-prabhṛti-pāpānāṁ prāyaścittaṁ yadīcchati | śālagrāma-śilā-vari pāpa-hāri niṣevyatām
English translation
By sprinkling Lord Visnu's caranamrta on their head and by drinking it, the members of all the varnas and dsramas, even ascetics, attain perfection. Let the person who desires to neutralize all the reactions to the sinful activities he had committed since birth drink the sdlagrdma-sild's caranamrta, which nullifies all sinful reactions.
HBV 9.84
Sourceअत एव तेजोद्रविन-पञ्चरत्रे श्री-ब्रह्मणोक्तम्— पीठ-प्रणालाद् उदकꣳ पृथग् आदाय पुत्रक । सिञ्चयेन् मूर्ध्नि भक्तानाꣳ सर्व-तीर्थ-मयꣳ हि तत् इति ।
ata eva tejodravina-pañcaratre śrī-brahmaṇoktam— pīṭha-praṇālād udakaṁ pṛthag ādāya putraka | siñcayen mūrdhni bhaktānāṁ sarva-tīrtha-mayaṁ hi tat iti |
English translation
342 SRI HARI-BHAKTI-VILASA O child, you should carefully take some water from the altar of Lord Hari and sprinkle it on the heads of the devotees because that water is as sanctified as all the water contained in the numerous holy places of pilgrimage.
HBV 9.85–86
Sourceपादोदकस्य माहात्म्यꣳ विख्यातꣳ सर्व-शास्त्रतः । लिखितुꣳ शक्नुयत् को हि सिन्धूर्मीन् गणयन्न् अपि विशेषतश् च पादोदꣳ तुलसी-दल-सꣳयुतम् । शङ्खे कृत्वा वैष्णवेभ्यो दत्त्वा प्राग्वत् पिबेत् स्वयम्
pādodakasya māhātmyaṁ vikhyātaṁ sarva-śāstrataḥ | likhituṁ śaknuyat ko hi sindhūrmīn gaṇayann api viśeṣataś ca pādodaṁ tulasī-dala-saṁyutam | śaṅkhe kṛtvā vaiṣṇavebhyo dattvā prāgvat pibet svayam
English translation
The glories of Lord Visnu's carandmrta is loudly proclaimed in all scriptures. Even if one were able to count the waves of the ocean it would not be possible for him to estimate the glories of carandmrta. One should put carandmrta and tulasi in a conch shell and offer it to the Vaisnavas while chanting the appropriate mantra. Of course, one should himself not fail to drink the carandmrta.
HBV 9.87–88
Sourceस्कान्दे श्री-ब्रह्म-नारद-सꣳवादे— कृत्वा पादोदकꣳ शङ्खे वैष्णवानाꣳ महात्मनाम् । यो दद्यात् तुलसी-मिश्रꣳ चान्द्रायण-शतꣳ लभेत् गृहीत्वा कृष्ण-पादाम्बु शङ्खे कृत्वा तु वैष्णवः । यो वहेत् शिरसा नित्यꣳ स मुनिस् तपसोत्तमः
skānde śrī-brahma-nārada-saṁvāde— kṛtvā pādodakaṁ śaṅkhe vaiṣṇavānāṁ mahātmanām | yo dadyāt tulasī-miśraṁ cāndrāyaṇa-śataṁ labhet gṛhītvā kṛṣṇa-pādāmbu śaṅkhe kṛtvā tu vaiṣṇavaḥ | yo vahet śirasā nityaṁ sa munis tapasottamaḥ
English translation
found in the Skanda Purdna it is stated) krtvd pddodakam sankhe vaisnavdnam mdhdtmandm yo dadydt tulasl-misram cdndrdyana-soxam labhet grhitvd krsna-pdddmbu sankhe krtvd tu vaisnavah yo vahet sirasd nityarh sa munis tapasottamah
NINTH VILAS A 343 The benefit of performing one hundred cdndrdyana vratas can be obtained by one who places Lord Visnu's carandmrta and tulasi in a conch shell and offers it to the exalted Vaisnavas. A person who sprinkles Lord Krsna's carandmrta that had been kept in a conch shell on his head will become renowned as an introspective sage.
HBV 9.89
Sourceपाद्मे देवदूत-विकुण्डल-सꣳवादे— शालग्राम-शिला-तोयꣳ यदि शङ्ख-भृतꣳ पिबेत् । हत्या-कोटि-विनाशꣳ च कुरुते नात्र सꣳसयः
pādme devadūta-vikuṇḍala-saṁvāde— śālagrāma-śilā-toyaṁ yadi śaṅkha-bhṛtaṁ pibet | hatyā-koṭi-vināśaṁ ca kurute nātra saṁsayaḥ
English translation
that is found in the Padma Purana it is stated) salagrdma-sild-toyam yadi pibet hatyd-koti-vinasam ca kurute ndtra sarhsayah There is no doubt that one who drinks the sdlagrdma'Sild's carandmrta after placing it in a conch shell becomes relieved of the sinful reactions for killing millions of living entities.
HBV 9.90
Sourceअगस्त्य-सꣳहितायाम्— शालग्राम-शिला-तोयꣳ तुलसी-दल-वासितम् । ये पिबन्ति पुनस् तेषाꣳ स्तन्य-पानꣳ न विद्यते इति ।
agastya-saṁhitāyām— śālagrāma-śilā-toyaṁ tulasī-dala-vāsitam | ye pibanti punas teṣāṁ stanya-pānaṁ na vidyate iti |
English translation
The carandmrta of the sdlagrdma-sild is full of fragrance because it contains tulasi leaves. Those who drink it will no longer experience birth in this material world and thus drink their mother's breast milk.
HBV 9.91
Sourceश्री-विष्णोर् वैष्णवानाꣳ च पावनꣳ चरणोदकम् । सर्व-तीर्थ-मयꣳ पीत्वा कुर्याद् आचमनꣳ न हि
śrī-viṣṇor vaiṣṇavānāṁ ca pāvanaṁ caraṇodakam | sarva-tīrtha-mayaṁ pītvā kuryād ācamanaṁ na hi
English translation
The purity of the water that has washed Lord Visnu's lotus feet, as well as His devotee's lotus feet, is equal to all the sacred water on earth and as such, one is prohibited from washing his hands after drinking it.
344 SRI HARI-BHAKTI-VILASA
HBV 9.92
Sourceतद् उक्तꣳ स्कान्दे शिवेन— विष्णोः पादोदकꣳ पीत्वा पश्चाद् अशुचि-शङ्कया । आचमति च यो मोहाद् ब्रह्म-हा स निगद्यते
tad uktaṁ skānde śivena— viṣṇoḥ pādodakaṁ pītvā paścād aśuci-śaṅkayā | ācamati ca yo mohād brahma-hā sa nigadyate
English translation
If, out of ignorance, one washes his hands after drinking Lord Visnu's or a Vaisnava's carandmrta, considering them to be contaminated, he incurs the sin of killing a brdhmana.
HBV 9.93
Sourceस्रुतिश् च— भगवान् पवित्रꣳ भगवत्-पादौ पवित्रꣳ, भगवत्-पादोदकꣳ पवित्रꣳ, न तत्-पान आचमनीयम् । यथा हि सोम इति
srutiś ca— bhagavān pavitraṁ bhagavat-pādau pavitraṁ, bhagavat-pādodakaṁ pavitraṁ, na tat-pāna ācamanīyam | yathā hi soma iti
English translation
The Supreme Lord and His lotus feet are pure. The water that has washed His lotus feet is also pure. There is no need to perform acamana after drinking it because it has been declared to be as good as soma-rasa.
HBV 9.94
Sourceसौपर्णे च— विष्णु-पादोदकꣳ पीत्वा भक्त-पादोदकꣳ तथा । य आचमति सꣳमोहाद् ब्रह्म-हा स निगद्यते इति ।
sauparṇe ca— viṣṇu-pādodakaṁ pītvā bhakta-pādodakaṁ tathā | ya ācamati saṁmohād brahma-hā sa nigadyate iti |
English translation
One who, out of ignorance, washes his hands after drinking Lord Visnu's or a Vaisnava's carandmrta becomes branded as the killer of a brdhmana.
HBV 9.95
Sourceततः शुद्धꣳ पयः-पूर्णꣳ गन्ध-पुष्पाक्षतान्वितम् । अधरोपरि सन्न्यसेच् छङ्खꣳ भगवद्-अग्रतः
tataḥ śuddhaṁ payaḥ-pūrṇaṁ gandha-puṣpākṣatānvitam | adharopari sannyasec chaṅkhaṁ bhagavad-agrataḥ
English translation
After drinking carandmrta that was mixed with sandalwood paste, flower petals, and rice paddy and placed in a conch shell, one should put it on a stand in front of the Lord. One should never put the conch shell on the bare floor.
HBV 9.96–97
Sourceस्कान्दे ब्रह्म-नारद-सꣳवादे शङ्ख-माहात्म्ये— पुरतो वासुदेवस्य स-पुष्पꣳ स-जलाक्षतम् । शङ्खम् अभ्यर्चितꣳ पश्येत् तस्य लक्ष्मीर् न दुर्लभा स-पुष्पꣳ वारि-जꣳ यस्य दुर्वाक्षत-समन्वितम् । पुरतो वासुदेवस्य तस्य श्रीः सर्वतो-मुखी इति ।
skānde brahma-nārada-saṁvāde śaṅkha-māhātmye— purato vāsudevasya sa-puṣpaṁ sa-jalākṣatam | śaṅkham abhyarcitaṁ paśyet tasya lakṣmīr na durlabhā sa-puṣpaṁ vāri-jaṁ yasya durvākṣata-samanvitam | purato vāsudevasya tasya śrīḥ sarvato-mukhī iti |
English translation
recorded in the Skanda Puraxia these verses are found) purato vdsudevasya sa-pusparh sa-jaldksatam sahkham abhyarcitarh pasyet tasya laksmlr na durlabhd sa-pusparh vdri-jarh yasya durvdksata-samanvitam purato vdsudevasya tasya srih sarvato-mukhi. iti. One can easily achieve the favor of Laksmi simply by looking at a conch shell filled with rice paddy, flower petals, and water that was placed before the Deity of Lord Vasudeva. All good fortune is showered upon a person who places a conch shell filled with rice paddy, flower petals, and durba grass before Lord Vasudeva.
HBV 9.98
Sourceभूत्वाथ भक्तिमान् श्रीमत्-तुलस्या कानने प्रभुम् । सम्पूज्याभ्यर्चयेत् तꣳ च श्री-कृष्ण-चरण-प्रियम्
bhūtvātha bhaktimān śrīmat-tulasyā kānane prabhum | sampūjyābhyarcayet taṁ ca śrī-kṛṣṇa-caraṇa-priyam
English translation
After completing the worship of Lord Krsna, one should go to the garden and worship the tulasi plant, which is very dear to Him.
346 SRI HARI-BHAKTI-VILASA
HBV 9.99
Sourceप्राग् दत्त्वार्घ्यꣳ ततो’व्यर्च्य गन्ध-पुष्पाक्षतादिना । स्तुत्वा भगवतीꣳ ताꣳ च प्रणमेत् प्रार्ह्त्य दण्डवत्
prāg dattvārghyaṁ tato’vyarcya gandha-puṣpākṣatādinā | stutvā bhagavatīṁ tāṁ ca praṇamet prārhtya daṇḍavat
English translation
First, one should offer arghya to the tulasi plant and then, one after another, sandalwood paste, flowers, rice paddy, and so on. After the worship is finished, one should offer his obeisances to Tulasi-devi and also offer some nice prayers.
HBV 9.100
Sourceश्रियः श्रिये श्रियावासे नित्यꣳ श्रीधारा-सत्कृते । भक्त्या दत्तꣳ मया देवि अर्घ्यꣳ गृह्ण नमो’स्तु ते
śriyaḥ śriye śriyāvāse nityaṁ śrīdhārā-satkṛte | bhaktyā dattaṁ mayā devi arghyaṁ gṛhṇa namo’stu te
English translation
O Goddess Tulasi, you are the shelter and residence of Kamala. Lord Sridhara always respects you. I offer you this arghya with devotion and so, please accept it. My obeisances unto you.
HBV 9.101
Sourceनिर्मिता त्वꣳ पुरा देवैर् अर्चिता त्वꣳ सुरासुरैः । तुलसी हर मे पापꣳ पूजाꣳ गृह्ण नमो’स्तु ते
nirmitā tvaṁ purā devair arcitā tvaṁ surāsuraiḥ | tulasī hara me pāpaṁ pūjāṁ gṛhṇa namo’stu te
English translation
O Tulasi-devi, you were created by the demigods long ago. Both demigods and demons worship you. Kindly destroy my sinful reactions and accept my worship. I offer my obeisances unto you.
HBV 9.102
Sourceमहा-प्रसाद-जननी सर्व-सौभाग्य-वर्धिनी । आधि-व्याधि-हरो नित्यꣳ तुलसी त्वꣳ नमो’स्तु ते
mahā-prasāda-jananī sarva-saubhāgya-vardhinī | ādhi-vyādhi-haro nityaṁ tulasī tvaṁ namo’stu te
English translation
O Goddess Tulasi, you enhance the good fortune of everyone. You are the mother of mahd-prasada. You always remove the dangers and diseases of your worshipers. My obeisances unto you.
HBV 9.103
Sourceश्रीयꣳ देहि यशो देहि कीर्तिम् आयुस् तथा सुखम् । बलꣳ पुष्टिꣳ तथा धर्मꣳ तुलसी त्वꣳ प्रसीद मे
śrīyaṁ dehi yaśo dehi kīrtim āyus tathā sukham | balaṁ puṣṭiṁ tathā dharmaṁ tulasī tvaṁ prasīda me
English translation
0 Goddess, please be kind to me and give me wealth, fame, a long life, happiness, strength, nourishment, and religiosity.
HBV 9.104
Sourceअवन्ती-खण्डे— या दृष्टा निखिलाघ-सङ्घ-शमनी स्पृष्टा वपुः-पावनी रोगाणाम् अभिवन्दिता निरसिनी सिक्तान्तक-त्रासिनी । प्रत्यासत्ति-विधायिनी भगवतः कृष्णस्य सꣳरोपिता न्यस्ता तच्-चरणे विमुक्ति-फलदा तस्यै तुलस्यै नमः
avantī-khaṇḍe— yā dṛṣṭā nikhilāgha-saṅgha-śamanī spṛṣṭā vapuḥ-pāvanī rogāṇām abhivanditā nirasinī siktāntaka-trāsinī | pratyāsatti-vidhāyinī bhagavataḥ kṛṣṇasya saṁropitā nyastā tac-caraṇe vimukti-phaladā tasyai tulasyai namaḥ
English translation
avanti-khande (In the Avanti khanda it is stated) yd drstd nikhildgha-sangha-samani sprstd vapuh-pdvani rogandm abhivanditd nirasinl siktdntaka-trdsinl pratydsatti-vidhdyinl bhagavatah krsnasya samropita nyastd tac-carane vimukti-phalada tasyai tulasyai namah 1 offer my humble obeisances to Tulasi Maharani, by whose darsana all of one's sinful reactions are destroyed; by whose touch, one's body becomes purified; by whose glorification, one's illnesses are cured; who, by watering, one's fear of the wrath of Yamaraja is quelled; who, by planting, one attains Krsna's association; and who, by offering her leaves at the lotus feet of Krsna, one obtains liberation in the form of pure devotional service.
HBV 9.105
Sourceभगवत्यास् तुलस्यास् तु माहात्म्यामृत-सागरे । लोभात् कूर्दितुम् इच्छामि क्षुद्रस् तत् क्षम्यताꣳ त्वया
bhagavatyās tulasyās tu māhātmyāmṛta-sāgare | lobhāt kūrditum icchāmi kṣudras tat kṣamyatāṁ tvayā
English translation
O Goddess Tulasi, although I am most insignificant, I am trying to plunge into the nectarean ocean of your glories, out of intense eagerness. Please forgive my offenses.
348 SRI HARI-BHAKTI-VILASA
HBV 9.106
Sourceअथ तुलसिऽवनऽपुज-र्नहत्म्यर्ह्
atha tulasi'Vana'puja-rnahatmyarh
English translation
skdnde (In the Skanda Purana it is stated) sravana-dvddasi-yoge sdlagrdma-sildrcane yat phalarh sangame proktarh tulasi-pujanena tat It has been said that the same benefit one obtains by worshiping the sdiagrdma-sild on Sravana-dvadasi at the confluence of two rivers can be attained by worshiping the tulasi plant.
Sanskrit normalized from the complete edition text layer where the Grantha Mandira control has a numbering discontinuity.
HBV 9.107
Sourceस्कान्दे— श्रावण-द्वादशी-योगे शालग्राम-शिलार्चने । यत् फलꣳ सङ्गमे प्रोक्तꣳ तुलसी-पूजनेन तत्
skānde— śrāvaṇa-dvādaśī-yoge śālagrāma-śilārcane | yat phalaṁ saṅgame proktaṁ tulasī-pūjanena tat
English translation
O foremost of birds, the merit one achieves by eating dmaiaki or by fasting on Sri Krsna Janmastami, ®r on Jayati-dvadasi, can be attained simply by worshiping the tulasi plant.
HBV 9.108
Sourceप्रयाग-स्नान-निरतौ कस्याꣳ प्राण-विमोक्षणे । यत् फलꣳ विहितꣳ देवैस् तुलसी-पूजनेन तत्
prayāga-snāna-niratau kasyāṁ prāṇa-vimokṣaṇe | yat phalaṁ vihitaṁ devais tulasī-pūjanena tat
English translation
There is no doubt that the benefit gained by giving up one's body at Kasi or bathing every day at Prayaga, as ascertained by the demigods, can be achieved simply by worshiping tulasi.
HBV 9.109–110
Sourceअगस्त्य-सꣳहितायाम्-- चतुर्णाम् अपि वर्णानाम् आश्रमाणाम् विशेषतः । स्त्रीणाꣳ च पुरुषाणाꣳ च पूजितेष्टꣳ ददाति हि तुलसी रोपिता सिक्ता दृष्टा स्पृष्टा च पावयेत् । आराधिता प्रयत्नेन सर्व-काम-फल-प्रदा
agastya-saṁhitāyām-- caturṇām api varṇānām āśramāṇām viśeṣataḥ | strīṇāṁ ca puruṣāṇāṁ ca pūjiteṣṭaṁ dadāti hi tulasī ropitā siktā dṛṣṭā spṛṣṭā ca pāvayet | ārādhitā prayatnena sarva-kāma-phala-pradā
English translation
Tulasi fulfills all the desires of anyone from the four varrias and dsramas who engages in her worship. Planting tulasi, watering tulasi, taking darsana of tulasi, and touching tulasi awards one purification of his existence. By worshiping her with devotion, all of one's desires are fulfilled.
HBV 9.111
Sourceप्रदक्षिणꣳ भ्रमित्वा ये नमस्कुर्वन्ति नित्यशः । न तेषाꣳ दुरितꣳ किञ्चिद् अक्षीणम् अवशिष्यते
pradakṣiṇaṁ bhramitvā ye namaskurvanti nityaśaḥ | na teṣāṁ duritaṁ kiñcid akṣīṇam avaśiṣyate
English translation
All the sinful reactions of a person who daily circumambulates and offers obeisances to the tulasi plant are neutralized without delay.
HBV 9.112
Sourceबृहन्-नारदिये यज्ञध्वजोपाख्यानान्ते— पूज्यमाना च तुलसी यस्य वेश्मनि तिष्ठति । तस्य सर्वाणि श्रेयाꣳसि वर्धन्ते ऽहर्-अहर् द्विजाः
bṛhan-nāradiye yajñadhvajopākhyānānte— pūjyamānā ca tulasī yasya veśmani tiṣṭhati | tasya sarvāṇi śreyāṁsi vardhante 'har-ahar dvijāḥ
English translation
in the Brhan'naradiya Furana, this verse is found) pujyamdnd ca tulasi yasya vesmani tisthati tasya sarvdni sreyarhsi vardhante 'har ahar dvijah O brdhmanas, all kinds of auspiciousness go on increasing in the house where the tulasi plant is carefully kept and worshiped every day.
HBV 9.113
Sourceअत एव पाद्मे देवदूत-विकुण्डल-सꣳवादे— पक्षे पक्षे तु सम्प्राप्ते द्वादश्याꣳ वैश्य-सत्तम । ब्रह्मादयो’पि कुर्वन्ति तुलसी-वन-पूजनम्
ata eva pādme devadūta-vikuṇḍala-saṁvāde— pakṣe pakṣe tu samprāpte dvādaśyāṁ vaiśya-sattama | brahmādayo’pi kurvanti tulasī-vana-pūjanam
English translation
is recorded in the Padma Purana these verses are found)
350 SRI HARI-BHAKTI-VILASA pakse pakse tu samprdpte dvddasydrh vaisya-sattama brahmddayo 'pi kurvanti tulasi-vana-pujanam O foremost of vaisyas, even demigods, headed by Brahma worship the tulasi plant on the Dvadasis in the fortnights of the waxing and waning moon.
HBV 9.114
Sourceअनन्य-मनसा नित्यꣳ तुलसीꣳ स्तौति यो नरः । पितृ-देव-मनुष्याणाꣳ प्रियो भवति सर्वदा
ananya-manasā nityaṁ tulasīṁ stauti yo naraḥ | pitṛ-deva-manuṣyāṇāṁ priyo bhavati sarvadā
English translation
One who regularly offers prayers to the tulasi plant with undivided attention becomes an object of affection for the demigods, forefathers, and human beings.
HBV 9.115–116
Sourceस्कान्दे— रतिꣳ बध्नाति नान्यत्र तुलसी-काननम् विना । देव-देवो जगत्-स्वामी कलि-काले विशेषतः हित्वा तीर्थ-सहस्राणि सर्वान् अपि शिलोच्चयन् । तुलसी-कानने नित्यꣳ कलौ तिष्ठति केशवः
skānde— ratiṁ badhnāti nānyatra tulasī-kānanam vinā | deva-devo jagat-svāmī kali-kāle viśeṣataḥ hitvā tīrtha-sahasrāṇi sarvān api śiloccayan | tulasī-kānane nityaṁ kalau tiṣṭhati keśavaḥ
English translation
In Kali-yuga, the Lord of the universe is not pleased with anything other than a tulasi forest. In this age of Kali, Lord Kesava disregards thousands of holy places while eternally residing in a forest of tulasi plants.
HBV 9.117
Sourceनिरीक्षिता नरैर् यैस् तु तुलसी-वन-वाटिका । रोपिता यैश् च विधिना सम्प्राप्तꣳ परमꣳ पदम्
nirīkṣitā narair yais tu tulasī-vana-vāṭikā | ropitā yaiś ca vidhinā samprāptaṁ paramaṁ padam
English translation
Those who plant tulasi with proper respect and who take darsana of a tulasi forest undoubtedly achieve the highest destination.
HBV 9.118–119
Sourceन धात्री स-फला यत्र न विष्णुस् तुलसी-वनम् । तत् श्मशान-समꣳ स्थानꣳ सन्ति यत्र न वैष्णवाः केशवार्थे कलौ ये तु रोपयन्तीह भू-तले । किꣳ करिष्यत्य् असन्तुष्टो यमो’पि सह किङ्करैः
na dhātrī sa-phalā yatra na viṣṇus tulasī-vanam | tat śmaśāna-samaṁ sthānaṁ santi yatra na vaiṣṇavāḥ keśavārthe kalau ye tu ropayantīha bhū-tale | kiṁ kariṣyaty asantuṣṭo yamo’pi saha kiṅkaraiḥ
English translation
That place where there is no dmalaki tree, where there is no Deity of Lord Visnu, where there is no forest of tulasi plants, and where there are no Vaisnavas is no better than a graveyard. What can Yamaraja and his messengers do to those who plant tulasi for the pleasure of Lord Kesava in the age of Kali? In other words, Yamaraja has no jurisdiction over such people.
HBV 9.120
Sourceतुलस्या रोपणꣳ कार्यꣳ श्रवणेन विशेषतः । अपराध-सहस्राणि क्षमते पुरुषोत्तमः
tulasyā ropaṇaṁ kāryaṁ śravaṇena viśeṣataḥ | aparādha-sahasrāṇi kṣamate puruṣottamaḥ
English translation
It is best to plant tulasi when the sun travels near the star, Sravana. The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari, forgives one thousand offenses of a person who plants tulasi at this time.
HBV 9.121–122
Sourceदेवालयेषु सर्वेषु पुण्य-क्षेत्रेषु यो नरः । वापयेत् तुलसीꣳ पुण्याꣳ तत् तीर्थꣳ चक्र-पाणिनः घटैर् यन्त्र-घटीभिश् च सिञ्चितꣳ तुलसी-वनम् । जल-धाराभिर् विप्रेन्द्र प्रीणितꣳ भुवन-त्रयम्
devālayeṣu sarveṣu puṇya-kṣetreṣu yo naraḥ | vāpayet tulasīṁ puṇyāṁ tat tīrthaṁ cakra-pāṇinaḥ ghaṭair yantra-ghaṭībhiś ca siñcitaṁ tulasī-vanam | jala-dhārābhir viprendra prīṇitaṁ bhuvana-trayam
English translation
352 SRI HARI'BHAKTI-VILASA vdpayet tulasirh punyam tat tirtharh cakra-pdninah ghatair yantra-ghatibhis ca sincitarh tulasl-vanam jala-dhdrdbhir viprendra prinitam bhuvana-trayam O exalted brdhmana, all of the sacred places, or temples of the Supreme Lord, where devotees plant the sacred tulasi tree are transformed into most sanctified places of Lord Hari, who carries a cakra in His hand. By watering a forest of tulasi plants, one satisfies all the inhabitants of the three worlds.
HBV 9.123–125
Sourceतत्रैव श्री-ब्रह्म-नारद-सꣳवादे— तुलसी-गन्धम् आदाय यत्र गच्छति मारुतः । दिशो दश च पूताः स्युर् भूत-ग्रामाश् चतुर्-विधाः तुलसी-काननोद्भूता छाया यत्र भवेद् द्विज । तत्र श्राद्धꣳ प्रदातव्यम् पितॄणाꣳ तृप्ति-हेतवे तुलसी-बीज-निकराः पतते यत्र नारद । पिण्ड-दानꣳ कृतꣳ तत्र पितॄणाꣳ दत्तम् अक्षयम्
tatraiva śrī-brahma-nārada-saṁvāde— tulasī-gandham ādāya yatra gacchati mārutaḥ | diśo daśa ca pūtāḥ syur bhūta-grāmāś catur-vidhāḥ tulasī-kānanodbhūtā chāyā yatra bhaved dvija | tatra śrāddhaṁ pradātavyam pitṝṇāṁ tṛpti-hetave tulasī-bīja-nikarāḥ patate yatra nārada | piṇḍa-dānaṁ kṛtaṁ tatra pitṝṇāṁ dattam akṣayam
English translation
recorded in the Skanda Purdna, these verses are found) tulasi-gandham dddya yatra gacchati mdrutah diso dasa ca putdh syur bhuta-grdmas catur-vidhah tulasi-kdnanodbhutd chayd yatra bhaved dvija tatra srdddharh praddtavyarh pitrndrh trpti-hetave tulasl-bija-nikarah patate yatra narada pinda-ddnarh krtarh tatra pitrndrh dattam aksayam O brdhmana, the ten directions and the four kinds of living entities become purified where the sweet aroma of tulasi is wafted with the help of the wind. O Narada, one should perform the srdddha ceremony to the forefathers in a place that is sanctified by the shade of tulasi plants. By offering oblations to the forefathers at a place where tulasi seeds have been sown, one obtains inexhaustible benefit.
NINTH VILAS A 353
HBV 9.126
Sourceतत्रैवाग्रे— दृष्टा स्पृष्टा तथा ध्याता कीर्तिता नमिता श्रुता । रोपिता सेविता नित्यꣳ पूजिता तुलसी शुभा
tatraivāgre— dṛṣṭā spṛṣṭā tathā dhyātā kīrtitā namitā śrutā | ropitā sevitā nityaṁ pūjitā tulasī śubhā
English translation
Seeing, touching, meditating on, glorifying, offering obeisances to, hearing about, planting, serving, or worshiping tulasi awards incalculable benefit.
HBV 9.127–128
Sourceनवधा तुलसीꣳ नित्यꣳ ये भजन्ति दिने दिने । युग-कोटि-सहस्राणि ते वसन्ति हरेर् गृहे रोपिता तुलसी यावत् कुरुते मूल-विस्तरꣳ । तावत् कोटि-सहस्रꣳ तु तनोति सुकृतꣳ कलौ
navadhā tulasīṁ nityaṁ ye bhajanti dine dine | yuga-koṭi-sahasrāṇi te vasanti harer gṛhe ropitā tulasī yāvat kurute mūla-vistaraṁ | tāvat koṭi-sahasraṁ tu tanoti sukṛtaṁ kalau
English translation
Those who render service to the tulasi plant every day in these above- mentioned nine ways will reside in the abode of Lord Hari for thousands of millions of yugas. In the age of Kali, a person who plants tulasi achieves thousands and millions of pious credits for each branch of the tulasi plant.
HBV 9.129–130
Sourceयावच् छाखा-प्रशाखाभिर् बीज-पुष्पैः फलैर् मुने । रोपिता तुलसी पुम्भिर् वर्धते वसुधा-तले कुले तेषाꣳ तु ये जाता ये भविष्यन्ति ये मृतः । आकल्पꣳ युग-साहस्रꣳ तेषाꣳ वासो हरेर् गृहे
yāvac chākhā-praśākhābhir bīja-puṣpaiḥ phalair mune | ropitā tulasī pumbhir vardhate vasudhā-tale kule teṣāṁ tu ye jātā ye bhaviṣyanti ye mṛtaḥ | ākalpaṁ yuga-sāhasraṁ teṣāṁ vāso harer gṛhe
English translation
354 SRI HARI-BHAKTI-VILASA O sage, for one who plants tulasi and takes care of her branches, twigs, flowers, fruit, and seeds—all past, present, and future members of his family will live in the abode of Lord Hari for one thousand yuga cycles.
HBV 9.131–132
Sourceतत्रैव चावन्ती-खण्डे— तुलसीꣳ ये विचिन्वन्ति धन्यास् तत्-कर-पल्लवाः । केशवार्थे कलौ ये च रोपयन्तीह भू-तले स्नाने दाने तथा ध्याने प्राशने केशवार्चने । तुलसी दहते पापꣳ रोपणे कीर्तने कलौ
tatraiva cāvantī-khaṇḍe— tulasīṁ ye vicinvanti dhanyās tat-kara-pallavāḥ | keśavārthe kalau ye ca ropayantīha bhū-tale snāne dāne tathā dhyāne prāśane keśavārcane | tulasī dahate pāpaṁ ropaṇe kīrtane kalau
English translation
Glorious are the hands of those who plant and pick tulasi for the pleasure of Lord Kesava in Kali-yuga. In the age of Kali, simply by watering, by giving away, by meditating upon, by eating, by planting, by glorifying, and by offering tulasi leaves in the worship of Lord Kesava, all of one's sinful reactions are burnt to ashes.
HBV 9.133
Sourceकाशी-खण्डे स्व-दूतान् प्रति श्री-यमानुशासने— तुलस्य्-अलङ्कृता ये ये तुलसी-नाम-जापकाः । तुलसी-वन-पाला ये ते त्याज्या दूरतो भटाः
kāśī-khaṇḍe sva-dūtān prati śrī-yamānuśāsane— tulasy-alaṅkṛtā ye ye tulasī-nāma-jāpakāḥ | tulasī-vana-pālā ye te tyājyā dūrato bhaṭāḥ
English translation
this verse, which is recorded in the Kassi Khanda) tulasy-alankrtd ye ye tulasi-ndma-jdpakdh. tulasl-vana-pdld ye te tydjyd durato bhatah O messengers, do not arrest and bring to me those who are decorated with tulasi beads, who glorify tulasi, and who maintained a tulasi forest. Keep them at a great distance.
HBV 9.134
Sourceतत्रैव ध्रुव-चरिते— तुलसी यस्य भवने प्रत्य्-अहꣳ परिपूज्यते । तद्-गृहे नोपसर्पन्ति कदाचिद् यम-किङ्कराः
tatraiva dhruva-carite— tulasī yasya bhavane praty-ahaṁ paripūjyate | tad-gṛhe nopasarpanti kadācid yama-kiṅkarāḥ
English translation
Yamadutas never visit the houses where the tulasi plant is regularly worshiped. In fact, they have no right to even see or go near such a house.
HBV 9.135–138
Sourceपाद्मे देवदूत-विकुण्डल-सꣳवादे— न पश्यन्ति यमꣳ वैश्य तुलसी-वन-रोपणात् । सर्व-पाप-हरꣳ सर्व-कामदꣳ तुलसी-वनम् तुलसी-काननꣳ वैश्य गृहे यस्मिꣳस् तु तिष्ठते । तद्-गृहꣳ तीर्थी-भूतꣳ हि नो यान्ति यम-किङ्कराः तावद् वर्ष-सहस्राणि यावद् बीज-दलानि च । वसन्ति देव-लोके तु तुलसीꣳ रोपयन्ति ये तुलसी-गन्धम् आघ्राय पितरस् तुष्ट-मानसाः । प्रयान्ति गरुडारूढास् तत् पदꣳ चक्र-पाणिनः
pādme devadūta-vikuṇḍala-saṁvāde— na paśyanti yamaṁ vaiśya tulasī-vana-ropaṇāt | sarva-pāpa-haraṁ sarva-kāmadaṁ tulasī-vanam tulasī-kānanaṁ vaiśya gṛhe yasmiṁs tu tiṣṭhate | tad-gṛhaṁ tīrthī-bhūtaṁ hi no yānti yama-kiṅkarāḥ tāvad varṣa-sahasrāṇi yāvad bīja-dalāni ca | vasanti deva-loke tu tulasīṁ ropayanti ye tulasī-gandham āghrāya pitaras tuṣṭa-mānasāḥ | prayānti garuḍārūḍhās tat padaṁ cakra-pāṇinaḥ
English translation
is recorded in the Padma Purdna, these verses are found) na pasyanti yamarh vaisya tulasi-vana-ropandt sarva-pdpa-haram sarva- kdmadarh tulasi-vanam tulasi-kdnanam vaisya grhe yasmirhs tu tisthate tad-grham tirthi-bhutam hi no ydnti yama-kinkardh tdvad varsa-sahasrdni ydvad blja-daldni ca vasanti devaloke tu tulasim ropayanti ye tulasi-gandham dghrdya pitaras tusta-mdnasdh praydnti garuddrudhas tat padarh cakra-pdninah O vaisya, a person who plants tulasi, who fulfills all desires and nullifies all sinful reactions, will never have to be punished by Yamaraja. The house where tulasi plants grow is as good as a holy place of pilgrimage. As such, the Yamadutas are not even allowed to approach such a house. A person who plants tulasi will happily reside in the heavenly planets for as many thousands of years as there are leaves and seeds on the plant. Just by smelling the sweet aroma of tulasi, the forefathers are enabled to ride on the back of Garuda and ascend to Vaikuntha.
356 SRI HARI-BHAKTI-VILASA
HBV 9.139–140
Sourceदर्शनꣳ नर्मदायास् तु गङ्गा-स्नानꣳ विशाꣳ वर । तुलसी-दल-सꣳस्पर्सः समम् एतत् त्रयꣳ स्मृतम् रोपणात् पालनात् सेकाद् दर्शनात् स्पर्शनान् नृणाम् । तुलसी दहते पापꣳ वाङ्-मनः-काय-सञ्चितम्
darśanaṁ narmadāyās tu gaṅgā-snānaṁ viśāṁ vara | tulasī-dala-saṁsparsaḥ samam etat trayaṁ smṛtam ropaṇāt pālanāt sekād darśanāt sparśanān nṛṇām | tulasī dahate pāpaṁ vāṅ-manaḥ-kāya-sañcitam
English translation
O foremost vaisya, bathing in the Ganges, having the darsana of the River Narmada, and touching a tulasl leaf are considered equal in merit. By planting, maintaining, watering, seeing, and touching tulasl, all of the sinful reactions that one had accumulated by means of his body, mind, and speech are burnt to ashes.
HBV 9.141–142
Sourceआम्र-वृक्ष-सहस्रेण पिप्पलानाꣳ शतेन च । यत् फलꣳ हि तद् एकेन तुलसी-वितपेन तु विष्णु-पूजन-सꣳयुक्तस् तुलसीꣳ यस् तु रोपयेत् । युगायुत-दशैकꣳ स रोपको रमते दिवि
āmra-vṛkṣa-sahasreṇa pippalānāṁ śatena ca | yat phalaṁ hi tad ekena tulasī-vitapena tu viṣṇu-pūjana-saṁyuktas tulasīṁ yas tu ropayet | yugāyuta-daśaikaṁ sa ropako ramate divi
English translation
O vaisya, by sowing a single tulasl plant, one recieves the same merit as one would obtain by planting one thousand mango trees or one hundred banyan trees. A devotee of Lord Visnu will reside in the abodes of the demigods for one hundred thousand yugas, simply by planting tulasl.
HBV 9.143
Sourceतत्रैव वैशाख-माहात्म्ये— पुष्करादीनि तीर्थानि गङ्गाद्याः सरितस् तथा । वासुदेवादयो देवा वसन्ति तुलसी-दले
tatraiva vaiśākha-māhātmye— puṣkarādīni tīrthāni gaṅgādyāḥ saritas tathā | vāsudevādayo devā vasanti tulasī-dale
English translation
Holy places, such as Puskara; holy rivers, such as the Ganga; and Lord Vasudeva reside in each and every leaf of a tulasi plant.
HBV 9.144
Sourceदारिद्र्य-दुःख-रोगार्ति-पापानि सु-बहून्य् अपि । तुलसी हरति क्षिप्रꣳ रोगान् इव हरीतकी
dāridrya-duḥkha-rogārti-pāpāni su-bahūny api | tulasī harati kṣipraṁ rogān iva harītakī
English translation
Just as haritaki, or myrobalan, cures all kinds of disease—tulasi alleviates poverty, disease, and sinful reactions.
HBV 9.145
Sourceतत्रैव कार्त्तिक-माहात्म्ये— यद्-गृहे तुलसी भाति रक्षाभिर् जल-सेचनैः । तद्-गृहे यम-दूताश् च दूरतो वर्जयन्ति हि
tatraiva kārttika-māhātmye— yad-gṛhe tulasī bhāti rakṣābhir jala-secanaiḥ | tad-gṛhe yama-dūtāś ca dūrato varjayanti hi
English translation
The Yamadutas stay far away from the house where the tulasi plant is carefully protected, watered, and worshiped every day.
HBV 9.146–147
Sourceतुलस्यास् तर्पणꣳ ये च पितॄन् उद्दिश्य मानवाः । कुर्वन्ति तेषाꣳ पितरस् तृप्ता वर्षयुतꣳ जलैः परिचर्याꣳ च ये तस्य रक्षयाबाल-बन्धनैः । शुश्रूषितो हरिस् तैस् तु नात्र कार्या विचारणा
tulasyās tarpaṇaṁ ye ca pitṝn uddiśya mānavāḥ | kurvanti teṣāṁ pitaras tṛptā varṣayutaṁ jalaiḥ paricaryāṁ ca ye tasya rakṣayābāla-bandhanaiḥ | śuśrūṣito haris tais tu nātra kāryā vicāraṇā
English translation
By offering oblations of water and tulasi to the forefathers, they remain satisfied for ten thousand years. There is no doubt that those who carefully maintain a tulasi plant and erect a fence to protect her, certainly worship Lord Hari.
358 SRI HARI-BHAKTI-VILASA
HBV 9.148–150
Sourceनावज्ञा जातु कार्यास्या वृक्ष-भावान् मनीषिभिः । यथा हि वासुदेवस्य वैकुण्ठ-भोग-विग्रहः शालग्राम-शिला-रूपम् स्थावरꣳ भुवि दृश्यते । तथा लक्ष्म्य्-ऐक्यम् आपन्ना तुलसी भोग-विग्रहा अपरꣳ स्थावरꣳ रूपꣳ भुवि लोक-हिताय वै । स्पृष्टा दृष्टा रक्षिता च महा-पातक-नाशिनी
nāvajñā jātu kāryāsyā vṛkṣa-bhāvān manīṣibhiḥ | yathā hi vāsudevasya vaikuṇṭha-bhoga-vigrahaḥ śālagrāma-śilā-rūpam sthāvaraṁ bhuvi dṛśyate | tathā lakṣmy-aikyam āpannā tulasī bhoga-vigrahā aparaṁ sthāvaraṁ rūpaṁ bhuvi loka-hitāya vai | spṛṣṭā dṛṣṭā rakṣitā ca mahā-pātaka-nāśinī
English translation
An intelligent person should never disrespect tulasi by considering her to be an ordinary plant. The sclagrama-Uld is a direct representation of Lord Vasudeva in Vaikuntha. In the same way, tulasi is a direct representation of Goddess Laksmi. By touching, seeing, and maintaining a tulasi plant, all of the reactions to even grave sins are destroyed.
HBV 9.151–154
Sourceअगस्त्य-सꣳहितायाम्-- विष्णोस् त्रैलोक्य-नाथस्य रामस्य जनकात्मजा । प्रिया तथैव तुलसी सर्व-लोकैक-पावनी तुलसी-वाटिका यत्र पुष्पान्तर-शतावृता । शोभते राघवस् तत्र सीतया सहितꣳ स्वयम् तुलसी-विपिनस्यापि समन्तात् पावनꣳ स्थलम् । क्रोश-मात्रꣳ भवत्य् एव गाङ्गेयस्यैव पाथसः तुलसी-सन्निधौ प्राणान् ये त्यजन्ति मुनीश्वर । न तेषाꣳ नरक-क्लेशह् प्रयान्ति परमꣳ पदम्
agastya-saṁhitāyām-- viṣṇos trailokya-nāthasya rāmasya janakātmajā | priyā tathaiva tulasī sarva-lokaika-pāvanī tulasī-vāṭikā yatra puṣpāntara-śatāvṛtā | śobhate rāghavas tatra sītayā sahitaṁ svayam tulasī-vipinasyāpi samantāt pāvanaṁ sthalam | krośa-mātraṁ bhavaty eva gāṅgeyasyaiva pāthasaḥ tulasī-sannidhau prāṇān ye tyajanti munīśvara | na teṣāṁ naraka-kleśah prayānti paramaṁ padam
English translation
Just as the daughter of King Janaka is very dear to Lord Ramacandra, the master of the three worlds—tulasi, the deliverer of all living entities, is very dear to Lord Visnu. Lord Ramacandra, along with Sita, remains present in a forest of tulasi plants that are surrounded by various flowering plants. O foremost sage, just as the land extending for two miles on either side of the Ganga is considered to be pure, the land that extends for two miles around a tulasi forest is also considered pure. Those who relinquish their material bodies near a tulasi plant avoid suffering the pangs of hellish life. In fact, they return to Vaikuntha in the spiritual sky.
HBV 9.155
Sourceकिꣳ च— अनन्य-दर्शनाः प्रातर् ये पश्यन्ति तपो-धन । अहो-रात्र-कृतꣳ पापꣳ तत्-क्षणात् प्रहरन्ति ते
kiṁ ca— ananya-darśanāḥ prātar ye paśyanti tapo-dhana | aho-rātra-kṛtaṁ pāpaṁ tat-kṣaṇāt praharanti te
English translation
O great assetic, when one sees a tulasi plant as soon as he wakes up in the morning, all of the sinful activities that he had committed during the previous day and night are immediately destroyed.
HBV 9.156–157
Sourceगारुडे— कृतꣳ येन महा-भाग तुलसी-वन-रोपणम् । मुक्तिस् तेन भवेद् दत्ता प्राणिनाꣳ विनता-सुत तुलसी वापिता येन पुण्यारामे वने गृहे । पक्षीन्द्र तेन सत्योक्तꣳ लोकाः सप्त प्रतिष्ठिताः
gāruḍe— kṛtaṁ yena mahā-bhāga tulasī-vana-ropaṇam | muktis tena bhaved dattā prāṇināṁ vinatā-suta tulasī vāpitā yena puṇyārāme vane gṛhe | pakṣīndra tena satyoktaṁ lokāḥ sapta pratiṣṭhitāḥ
English translation
360 SRI HARI-BHAKTI-VILASA O foremost of birds! O son of Vinata! A person who maintains a tulasi plant has actually made an arrangement for the deliverance of all living entities. O best of birds, I am telling you the truth that one who has planted a sacred tulasi tree in a garden, a forest, or at home, has performed an act as worthy as establishing his rule throughout the world.
HBV 9.158–159
Sourceतुलसी-कानने यस् तु मुहूर्तम् अपि विश्रमेत् । जन्म-कोटि-कृतात् पापान् मुच्यते नात्र सꣳशयः प्रदक्षिणाꣳ यः कुरुते पठन् नाम-सहस्रकम् । तुलसी-कानने नित्यꣳ यज्ञायुत-फलꣳ लभेत्
tulasī-kānane yas tu muhūrtam api viśramet | janma-koṭi-kṛtāt pāpān mucyate nātra saṁśayaḥ pradakṣiṇāṁ yaḥ kurute paṭhan nāma-sahasrakam | tulasī-kānane nityaṁ yajñāyuta-phalaṁ labhet
English translation
There is no doubt that one who spends even a moment in a tulasi garden is liberated from all the sinful reactions that he had accumulated during his previous millions of lives. One who circumambulates a tulasi garden every day while reciting the VisnU'Sahasra-nama'Stotra obtains the benefit of performing ten thousand sacrifices.
HBV 9.160
Sourceहरि-भक्ति-सुधोदये— नित्यꣳ सन्निहितो विष्णुः स-स्पृहस् तुलसी-वने । अपि मे’क्षत-पत्रैकꣳ कश्चिद् धन्यो’र्पयेद् इति
hari-bhakti-sudhodaye— nityaṁ sannihito viṣṇuḥ sa-spṛhas tulasī-vane | api me’kṣata-patraikaṁ kaścid dhanyo’rpayed iti
English translation
Lord Visnu always resides in a tualsi garden, thinking that some fortunate person will offer Him an unbroken tulasi leaf.
HBV 9.161
Sourceबृहन्-नारदीये गङ्गा-प्रसङ्गे— सꣳसार-पाप-विच्छेदि गङ्गा-नाम प्रकीर्तितम् । तथा तुलस्या भक्तिश् च हरि-कीर्ति-प्रवक्तरि
bṛhan-nāradīye gaṅgā-prasaṅge— saṁsāra-pāpa-vicchedi gaṅgā-nāma prakīrtitam | tathā tulasyā bhaktiś ca hari-kīrti-pravaktari
English translation
By glorifying the Ganges, one becomes freed from all sinful reactions. The same benefit can be obtained simply by displaying devotion to those who glorify the tulasi plant and the transcendental qualities of Lord Hari.
HBV 9.162
Sourceतुलसी-काननꣳ यत्र यत्र पद्म-वनानि च । पुराण-पठनꣳ यत्र तत्र सन्निहितो हरिः
tulasī-kānanaṁ yatra yatra padma-vanāni ca | purāṇa-paṭhanaṁ yatra tatra sannihito hariḥ
English translation
Lord Hari resides where there is a tulasi garden or a lotus pond, or wherever the Purdnas are recited.
HBV 9.163–164
Sourceतत्रैव श्री-यम-भगीरथ-सꣳवादे— तुलसी-रोपणꣳ ये तु कुर्वते मनुजेश्वर । तेषाꣳ पुण्य-फलꣳ वक्ष्ये वदतस् त्वꣳ निशामय सप्त-कोटि-कुलैर् युक्तो मातृतः पितृतस् तथा । वसेत् कल्प-शतꣳ साग्रꣳ नारायण-समीपगः
tatraiva śrī-yama-bhagīratha-saṁvāde— tulasī-ropaṇaṁ ye tu kurvate manujeśvara | teṣāṁ puṇya-phalaṁ vakṣye vadatas tvaṁ niśāmaya sapta-koṭi-kulair yukto mātṛtaḥ pitṛtas tathā | vaset kalpa-śataṁ sāgraṁ nārāyaṇa-samīpagaḥ
English translation
that is found in the same literature it is stated) tulasi-ropanarh ye tu kurvate manujesvara tesarh punya-phalarh vaksye vadatas tvarh nisdmaya sapta-koti-kulair yukto mdtrtah pitrtas tathd vaset kalpa-satarh sdgram ndrdyana-samlpagah O King, hear now with rapt attention as I describe the piety of those who plant a sacred tulasi tree. Such persons, along with seven generations of their father's family and seven generations of their mother's family, go to reside with Lord Narayana in His transcendental abode for more than one hundred kalpas.
HBV 9.165
Sourceतृणानि तुलसी-मूलात् यावन्त्य् अपहिनोति वै । तावतीर् ब्रह्म-हत्या हि छिन्नत्त्य् एव न सꣳशयः
tṛṇāni tulasī-mūlāt yāvanty apahinoti vai | tāvatīr brahma-hatyā hi chinnatty eva na saṁśayaḥ
English translation
362 SRI HARI-BHAKTI-VILASA There is no doubt that according to the quantity of weeds one uproots around a tulasi plant, that many sinful reactions, even for the killing of a brahmana, are destroyed.
HBV 9.166
Sourceतुलस्या सिञ्चयेद् यस् तु चुलुकोदक-मात्रकम् । क्षीरोदशायिना सार्धꣳ वसेद् आचन्द्र-तारकम्
tulasyā siñcayed yas tu culukodaka-mātrakam | kṣīrodaśāyinā sārdhaṁ vased ācandra-tārakam
English translation
One who pours even a small quantity of water at the root of a tulasi plant will gain the association of the Supreme Lord, who resides in the ocean of milk, for as long as the sun and moon shine in the sky.
HBV 9.167
Sourceकण्टकावरणꣳ वापि वृतिꣳ काष्ठैः करोति यः । तुलस्याः शृणु राजेन्द्र तस्य पुण्य-फलꣳ महत्
kaṇṭakāvaraṇaṁ vāpi vṛtiṁ kāṣṭhaiḥ karoti yaḥ | tulasyāḥ śṛṇu rājendra tasya puṇya-phalaṁ mahat
English translation
Nov/, listen as I describe the piety of a person who makes a fence out of wood, thorn bushes, or any suitable material, for enclosing a tulasi plant.
HBV 9.168–169
Sourceयावद् दिनानि सन्तिष्ठेत् कण्टकावरणꣳ प्रभो । कुल-त्रय-युतस् तावत् तिष्ठेद् ब्रह्म-पदे युगम् प्राकार-कल्पको यस् तु तुलस्या मनुजेश्वर । कुल-त्रयेण सहितो विष्णोः सारूप्यताꣳ व्रजेत्
yāvad dināni santiṣṭhet kaṇṭakāvaraṇaṁ prabho | kula-traya-yutas tāvat tiṣṭhed brahma-pade yugam prākāra-kalpako yas tu tulasyā manujeśvara | kula-trayeṇa sahito viṣṇoḥ sārūpyatāṁ vrajet
English translation
O King, as long as that fence remains, the person who built it will reside in Brahmaloka for as many yugas, along with three generations of his family. A person who builds a protective wall around a tulasi plant will attain the liberation of having the same bodily features as that of Lord Visnu, along with three generations of his family.
HBV 9.170
Sourceअतएव तत्रैव यज्ञध्वजोपाख्यानान्ते— दुर्लभा तुलसी-सेवा दुर्लभा सङ्गतिः सताम् । दुर्लभा हरि-भक्तिश् च सꣳसारार्णव-पातिनाम्
ataeva tatraiva yajñadhvajopākhyānānte— durlabhā tulasī-sevā durlabhā saṅgatiḥ satām | durlabhā hari-bhaktiś ca saṁsārārṇava-pātinām
English translation
narrated in the same literature, this verse is found) durlabhd tulasl-sevd durlabhd sangatih satdm durlabhhd hari-bhaktis ca sarhsdrdrnava-pdtindm Service to the tulasi plant is very rarely obtained, as is the association of devotees and devotional service to Lord Hari. In this ocean of material exisenced, which entails repeated birth and death, these three are the only protectors.
HBV 9.171–173
Sourceपुराणान्तरेषु— यत् फलꣳ क्रतुभिः स्विष्टैः समाप्त-वर-दक्षिणैः । तत् फलꣳ कोटि-गुणितꣳ रोपयित्वा हरेः प्रियाम् तुलसीꣳ ये प्रयच्छन्ति सुराणाम् अर्चनाय वै । रोपयन्ति शुचौ देशे तेषाꣳ लोको’क्षयः स्मृतः रोपिताꣳ तुलसीꣳ दृष्ट्वा नरेण भुवि भूमिप । विवर्ण-वदनो भूत्वा तल्-लिपिꣳ मार्जयेद् यमः
purāṇāntareṣu— yat phalaṁ kratubhiḥ sviṣṭaiḥ samāpta-vara-dakṣiṇaiḥ | tat phalaṁ koṭi-guṇitaṁ ropayitvā hareḥ priyām tulasīṁ ye prayacchanti surāṇām arcanāya vai | ropayanti śucau deśe teṣāṁ loko’kṣayaḥ smṛtaḥ ropitāṁ tulasīṁ dṛṣṭvā nareṇa bhuvi bhūmipa | vivarṇa-vadano bhūtvā tal-lipiṁ mārjayed yamaḥ
English translation
By planting tulasi, who is very dear to Lord Hari, one obtains millions of times more benefit than by performing many sacrifices or donating a huge amount of wealth in charity, according to the prescribed rules and regulations. O King, those who offer tulasi leaves in the service of the Supreme Lord, and those who plant tulasi in a sanctified place, attain His eternal abode.
364 SRI HARI-BHAKTI-VILASA When one plants tulasi, Yamaraja has no choice but to wipe clean the record of his sinful activities.
HBV 9.174
Sourceतुलसीति च यो ब्रूयात् त्रि-कालꣳ वदने यदि । नित्यꣳ स गो-सहस्रस्य फलम् आप्नोति भूसुर
tulasīti ca yo brūyāt tri-kālaṁ vadane yadi | nityaṁ sa go-sahasrasya phalam āpnoti bhūsura
English translation
O exalted brahmana, one who simply utters the word tulasi three times a day achieves the benefit of giving one thousand cows in charity every day.
HBV 9.175
Sourceतेन दत्तꣳ हुतꣳ जप्तꣳ कृतꣳ श्राद्धꣳ गयाशिरे । तपस् तप्तꣳ खग-श्रेष्ठ तुलसी येन रोपिता
tena dattaṁ hutaṁ japtaṁ kṛtaṁ śrāddhaṁ gayāśire | tapas taptaṁ khaga-śreṣṭha tulasī yena ropitā
English translation
O best of birds (Garuda), one who has planted tulasi has already given charity, performed fire sacrifices, chanted mantras, offered srdddha at Gaya, and undergone penance.
HBV 9.176
Sourceश्रुताभिलषिता दृष्टा रोपिता सिञ्चिता नता । तुलसी दहते पापꣳ युगान्ताग्निर् इवाखिलम्
śrutābhilaṣitā dṛṣṭā ropitā siñcitā natā | tulasī dahate pāpaṁ yugāntāgnir ivākhilam
English translation
Just as everything is burnt to ashes by fire at the time of annihilation, all of one's sinful reactions are burnt to ashes simply by hearing the glories of tulasi, as well as by seeing her, planting her, watering her, and offering obeisances to her.
HBV 9.177
Sourceकेशवायतने यस् तु कारयेत् तुलसी-वनम् । लभते चाक्षयꣳ स्थानꣳ पितृभिः सह वैष्णवः
keśavāyatane yas tu kārayet tulasī-vanam | labhate cākṣayaṁ sthānaṁ pitṛbhiḥ saha vaiṣṇavaḥ
English translation
The Vaisnavas who make a tulasi garden in a temple of Lord Kesava will attain His eternal abode, along with their forefathers.
HBV 9.178–179
Sourceअन्यत्रापि— तुलसी-कानने श्राद्धꣳ पितॄणाꣳ कुरुते तु यः । गया-श्राद्धꣳ कृतꣳ तेन भाषितꣳ विष्णुना पुरा तुलसी-गहनꣳ दृष्ट्वा विमुक्तो याति पातकात् । सर्वथा मुनि-शार्दूल ब्रह्महा पुण्य-भाग् भवेत्
anyatrāpi— tulasī-kānane śrāddhaṁ pitṝṇāṁ kurute tu yaḥ | gayā-śrāddhaṁ kṛtaṁ tena bhāṣitaṁ viṣṇunā purā tulasī-gahanaṁ dṛṣṭvā vimukto yāti pātakāt | sarvathā muni-śārdūla brahmahā puṇya-bhāg bhavet
English translation
O exalted sage, Lord Visnu previously declared that offering oblations to the forefathers in a tulasi garden is as good as offering oblations to the forefathers at Gaya. Simply by seeing tulasi, one is freed from all types of sins. Indeed, even the killer of a brahmana is purified by seeing tulasi
HBV 9.180
Sourceकिꣳ च, स्कान्दे वशिष्ठ-मान्धातृ-सꣳवादे— शुक्ल-पक्षे यदा राजन् तृतीया बुध-सꣳयुता । श्रवणेन महाभाग तुलसी चातिपुण्यदा इति ।
kiṁ ca, skānde vaśiṣṭha-māndhātṛ-saṁvāde— śukla-pakṣe yadā rājan tṛtīyā budha-saṁyutā | śravaṇena mahābhāga tulasī cātipuṇyadā iti |
English translation
is recorded in the Skanda Purana, this verse is found) sukla-pakse yadd rdjan trtlyd budha-samyutd sravanena mahd-bhaga tulasi cdti-punyadd. iti. O King, if the third day of the waxing moon falls on a Wednesday then one should listen to the glories of tulasi for that will award him unlimited piety.
HBV 9.181
Sourceप्रसङ्गात् श्री-तुलस्या हि मृदः काष्ठस्य चाधुना । माहात्म्यꣳ लिख्यते कृष्णे अर्पितस्य दलस्य च
prasaṅgāt śrī-tulasyā hi mṛdaḥ kāṣṭhasya cādhunā | māhātmyaṁ likhyate kṛṣṇe arpitasya dalasya ca
English translation
In the course of this discussion, I will now write about the glories of offering to Lord Krsna clay from a tulasi garden, the pulp or powder of tulasi wood, and tulasi leaves.
366 SRI HARI-BHAKTI-VILASA
HBV 9.182–184
Sourceस्कान्दे श्री-ब्रह्म-नारद-सꣳवादे— भूगतैस् तुलसी-मूलैर् मृत्तिका स्पर्शिता तु या । तीर्थ-कोटि-समा ज्ञेया धार्या यत्नेन सा गृहे यस्मिन् गृहे द्विज-श्रेष्ठ तुलसी-मूल-मृत्तिका । सर्वदा तिष्ठते देहे देवता न स मानुषः तुलसी-मृत्तिका-लिप्तो यदि प्राणान् परित्यजेत् । यमेन नेक्षितुꣳ शक्तो युक्तः पाप-शतैर् अपि
skānde śrī-brahma-nārada-saṁvāde— bhūgatais tulasī-mūlair mṛttikā sparśitā tu yā | tīrtha-koṭi-samā jñeyā dhāryā yatnena sā gṛhe yasmin gṛhe dvija-śreṣṭha tulasī-mūla-mṛttikā | sarvadā tiṣṭhate dehe devatā na sa mānuṣaḥ tulasī-mṛttikā-lipto yadi prāṇān parityajet | yamena nekṣituṁ śakto yuktaḥ pāpa-śatair api
English translation
recorded in the Skanda Purana, these verses are found) bhu-gatais tulasi-millair mrttikd sparsitd tu yd tlrtha-koti-samd jneyd dhdryd yatnena sd grhe yasmin grhe dvija-srestha tulasi-mula-mrttikd sarvadd tisthate dehe devatd na sa mdnusah tulasi-mrttika-lipto yadi prdndt parityajet yamena neksiturh sakto yuktah pdpa-satair api Know for certain that the clay found where the roots of a tulasi plant have spread is as sanctified as millions of holy places of pilgrimage. One should very carefully keep that clay in his house. One whose body or house is adorned with clay that was taken from the root of a tulasi plant is not to be considered inferior to a demigod. One can escape the wrath of Yamaraja if, at the time of death, his body is smeared with the clay found at the root of a tulasi plant.
HBV 9.185–186
Sourceशिरसि क्रियते यैस् तु तुलसी-मूल-मृत्तिका । विघ्नानि तस्य नश्यन्ति सानुकूला ग्रहास् तथा तुलसी-मृत्तिका यत्र काष्ठꣳ पत्रꣳ च वेश्मनि । तिष्ठते मुनि-शार्दूल निश्चलꣳ वैष्णवꣳ पदम्
śirasi kriyate yais tu tulasī-mūla-mṛttikā | vighnāni tasya naśyanti sānukūlā grahās tathā tulasī-mṛttikā yatra kāṣṭhaṁ patraṁ ca veśmani | tiṣṭhate muni-śārdūla niścalaṁ vaiṣṇavaṁ padam
English translation
O exalted brdhmana, all obstacles and dangers that had befallen a person who touches the clay from the root of a tulasi plant to his head are dispelled, and all the stars and planets become pleased with Him. O great sage, Lord Visnu cannot leave the house where there is clay taken from the root of a tulasi plant, tulasi wood, and tulasi leaves.
HBV 9.187–188
Sourceतत्रैवान्यत्र— मङ्गलार्थꣳ च दोष-घ्नꣳ पवित्रार्थꣳ द्विजोत्तम । तुलसी-मूल-सꣳलग्नाꣳ मृत्तिकाम् आवहेद् बुधः तन्-मूल-मृत्तिकाꣳ यो वै धारयिष्यति मस्तके । तस्य तुष्टो वरान् कामान् प्रददाति जनार्दनः
tatraivānyatra— maṅgalārthaṁ ca doṣa-ghnaṁ pavitrārthaṁ dvijottama | tulasī-mūla-saṁlagnāṁ mṛttikām āvahed budhaḥ tan-mūla-mṛttikāṁ yo vai dhārayiṣyati mastake | tasya tuṣṭo varān kāmān pradadāti janārdanaḥ
English translation
O best of brdhmanas, to achieve auspiciousness and purity, intelligent people smear their bodies with clay from the root of a tulasi plant and touch it to their heads. Lord Janardana, being pleased with them, fulfills all of their desires.
HBV 9.189
Sourceबृहन्-नारदिये गङ्गा-प्रसङ्गे— तुलसी-मूल-सम्भूता हरि-भक्त-पदोद्भवा । गङ्गोद्भवा च मृल्-लेखा नयत्य् अच्युत-रूपताम्
bṛhan-nāradiye gaṅgā-prasaṅge— tulasī-mūla-sambhūtā hari-bhakta-padodbhavā | gaṅgodbhavā ca mṛl-lekhā nayaty acyuta-rūpatām
English translation
One who decorates his body with tilaka made from clay found at the root of a tulasi plant, from the footprint of a Vaisnava, or from the bank of the Ganges, is accepted as non-different from Lord Visnu.
HBV 9.190
Sourceगारुडे-- यद्-गृहे तुलसी-काष्ठम् पत्रꣳ शुष्कम् अथार्द्रकम् । भवते नैव पापꣳ तद्-गृहे सङ्क्रमते कलौ
gāruḍe-- yad-gṛhe tulasī-kāṣṭham patraṁ śuṣkam athārdrakam | bhavate naiva pāpaṁ tad-gṛhe saṅkramate kalau
English translation
Kali has no right to enter the house of a person who keeps dry or green tulasi wood.
HBV 9.191–193
Sourceश्री-प्रह्लाद-सꣳहितायाꣳ तथा विष्णु-धर्मोत्तरे’पि— पत्रꣳ पुष्पꣳ फलꣳ काष्ठꣳ त्वक्-शाखा-पल्लवाङ्कुरम् । तुलसी-सम्भवꣳ मूलꣳ पावनꣳ मृत्तिकाद्य् अपि होमꣳ कुर्वन्ति ये विप्रास् तुलसी-काष्ठ-वह्निना । लवे लवे भवेत् पुण्यम् अग्निष्टोम-शतोद्भवम् नैवेद्यꣳ पचते यस् तु तुलसी-काष्ठ-वह्निना । मेरु-तुल्यꣳ भवेद् अन्नꣳ तद् दत्तꣳ केशवाय हि
śrī-prahlāda-saṁhitāyāṁ tathā viṣṇu-dharmottare’pi— patraṁ puṣpaṁ phalaṁ kāṣṭhaṁ tvak-śākhā-pallavāṅkuram | tulasī-sambhavaṁ mūlaṁ pāvanaṁ mṛttikādy api homaṁ kurvanti ye viprās tulasī-kāṣṭha-vahninā | lave lave bhavet puṇyam agniṣṭoma-śatodbhavam naivedyaṁ pacate yas tu tulasī-kāṣṭha-vahninā | meru-tulyaṁ bhaved annaṁ tad dattaṁ keśavāya hi
English translation
Everything about tulasi is pure, including her leaves, flowers, fruit, wood, bark, branches, twigs, tender leaves, roots, and the clay from her roots. Brahmanas who perform sacrifice with tulasi wood obtain the merit of performing one hundred agnistoma sacrifices with each and every piece of wood offered. The food that is cooked on a tulasi wood fire and offered to Lord Kesava is like the Sumeru mountain. In other words, it is glorious.
HBV 9.194
Sourceशरीरꣳ दह्यते येषाꣳ तुलसी-काष्ठ-वह्निना । न तेषाꣳ पुनर् आवृत्तिर् विष्णु-लोकात् कथञ्चन
śarīraṁ dahyate yeṣāṁ tulasī-kāṣṭha-vahninā | na teṣāṁ punar āvṛttir viṣṇu-lokāt kathañcana
English translation
Those souls whose dead bodies were burnt in a fire of tulasi wood will never return to this world from the abode of Lord Visnu.
HBV 9.195
Sourceग्रस्तो यदि महा-पापैर् अगम्यागमनादिकैः । मृतः शुध्यति दाहेन तुलसी-काष्ठ-वह्निना
grasto yadi mahā-pāpair agamyāgamanādikaiḥ | mṛtaḥ śudhyati dāhena tulasī-kāṣṭha-vahninā
English translation
If the dead body of a sinner who had committed very grave sins, such as having sexual relations with a prohibited partner, is burnt in a tulasi wood fire then he is liberated from all sinful reactions.
HBV 9.196
Sourceतीर्थꣳ यदि न सम्प्राप्तꣳ स्मृतिर् वा कीर्तनम् हरेः । तुलसी-काष्ठ-दग्धस्य मृतस्य न पुनर् भवः
tīrthaṁ yadi na samprāptaṁ smṛtir vā kīrtanam hareḥ | tulasī-kāṣṭha-dagdhasya mṛtasya na punar bhavaḥ
English translation
If the dead body of a person who had never visited a holy place of pilgrimage or chanted the holy names of Lord Hari is burnt in a tulasi wood fire, he will not have to experience birth again in this material world.
HBV 9.197
Sourceयद्य् एकꣳ तुलसी-काष्ठꣳ मध्ये काष्ठ-चयस्य हि । दह-काले भवेन् मुक्तिह् पाप-कोटि-युतस्य च
yady ekaṁ tulasī-kāṣṭhaṁ madhye kāṣṭha-cayasya hi | daha-kāle bhaven muktih pāpa-koṭi-yutasya ca
English translation
Even though one may have committed millions of sinful acts, if his dead body is burnt by a fire ignighted by a single piece of tulasi wood thrown in with heaps of other wood, he is liberated from all sinful reactions.
HBV 9.198
Sourceजन्म-कोटि-सहस्रैस् तु तोषितो यैर् जनार्दनः । दह्यन्ते ते जना लोके तुलसी-काष्ठ-वह्निना
janma-koṭi-sahasrais tu toṣito yair janārdanaḥ | dahyante te janā loke tulasī-kāṣṭha-vahninā
English translation
370 SRI HARI-BHAKTI-VILASA Only the dead bodies of those who have, by good fortune, pleased Lord Janardana, in the course of one hundred million lives, are burnt in a tulasi wood fire.
HBV 9.199
Sourceअगस्त्य-सꣳहितायाम्— यः कुर्यात् तुलसी-काष्ठैर् अक्ष-मालाꣳ सु-रूपिणीम् । कण्ठ-मालाꣳ च यत्नेन कृतꣳ तस्याक्षयꣳ भवेत्
agastya-saṁhitāyām— yaḥ kuryāt tulasī-kāṣṭhair akṣa-mālāṁ su-rūpiṇīm | kaṇṭha-mālāṁ ca yatnena kṛtaṁ tasyākṣayaṁ bhavet
English translation
The worship of the Lord, and other devotional activities, performed by a person who chants on beautiful tulasi beads and wears tulasi neckbeads, awards him unlimited benefit.
HBV 9.200
Sourceस्कान्दे श्री-ब्रह्म-नारद-सꣳवादे— यस्य नाभि-स्थितꣳ पत्रꣳ मुखे शिरसि कर्णयोः । तुलसी-सम्भवꣳ नित्यꣳ तीर्थैस् तस्य मखैश् च किम्
skānde śrī-brahma-nārada-saṁvāde— yasya nābhi-sthitaṁ patraṁ mukhe śirasi karṇayoḥ | tulasī-sambhavaṁ nityaṁ tīrthais tasya makhaiś ca kim
English translation
that is found in the Skanda Purdna it is stated) yasya ndbhi-sthitarh patrarh mukhe sirasi karnayoh tulasi-sambhavarh nityarh tirthais tasya makhais ca kim What is the need of traveling to holy places of pilgrimage or performing sacrifices for a person whose navel, mouth, ears, and head are decorated with tulasi leaves that were offered to the Lord?
HBV 9.201–202
Sourceतत्रैवान्यत्र— शत्रुघ्नꣳ च सुपुण्यꣳ च श्री-करꣳ रोग-नाशनम् । कृत्वा धर्मम् अवाप्नोति शिरसा तुलसी-दलम् यः कश्चिद् वैष्णवो लोके मिथ्याचारो’प्य् अनाश्रमी । पुनाति सकलान् लोकान् शिरसा तुलसीꣳ वहन्
tatraivānyatra— śatrughnaṁ ca supuṇyaṁ ca śrī-karaṁ roga-nāśanam | kṛtvā dharmam avāpnoti śirasā tulasī-dalam yaḥ kaścid vaiṣṇavo loke mithyācāro’py anāśramī | punāti sakalān lokān śirasā tulasīṁ vahan
English translation
Tulasi leaves enhance one's piety, destroy one's enemies, award one good fortune, and cure one's illnesses. By touching tulasi leaves to one's head, one becomes righteous. A Vaisnava, even if he is not following the principles of varnasrama, or even if he is a liar and a cheater, can purify the three worlds by honoring tulasi.
HBV 9.203
Sourceबृहन्-नारदिये श्री-यम-भगीरथ-सꣳवादे— कर्णेन धारयेद् यस् तु तुलसीꣳ सततꣳ नरः । तत्-काष्ठꣳ वापि राजेन्द्र तस्य नास्त्य् उपपातकम्
bṛhan-nāradiye śrī-yama-bhagīratha-saṁvāde— karṇena dhārayed yas tu tulasīṁ satataṁ naraḥ | tat-kāṣṭhaṁ vāpi rājendra tasya nāsty upapātakam
English translation
is found in the Brhan'tidradiya Purdna it is stated) karnena dharayed yas tu tulaslrh satatarh narah tat-kdstham vdpi rdjendra tasya nasty upapdtaham O noble King, all of the sinful reactions of a person who decorates his ears with tulasi leaves or tulasi wood are eliminated.
HBV 9.204
Sourceहरि-भक्ति-सुधोदये वैष्णव-विप्रꣳ प्रति यमदूतनम् उक्तौ— कस्माद् इति न जानीमस् तुलस्या हि प्रियो हरिः । गच्छन्तꣳ तुलसी-हस्तम् रक्षण्न् एवनुगच्छति
hari-bhakti-sudhodaye vaiṣṇava-vipraṁ prati yamadūtanam uktau— kasmād iti na jānīmas tulasyā hi priyo hariḥ | gacchantaṁ tulasī-hastam rakṣaṇn evanugacchati
English translation
Vaisnava, as quoted in the Hari'bhakti'Sudhodaya) kasmdd iti na jdnlmas tulasya hi priyo harih gacchantarh tulasi-hastarh raksann evdnugacchati Tulasi is very dear to Lord Hari. We do not know why but the Lord follows a person who carries tulasi in his hand, just to protect him.
HBV 9.205
Sourceपुराणान्तरे च— यः कृत्वा तुलसी-पत्रम् शिरसा विष्णु-तत्-परः । करोति धर्म-कार्याणि फलम् आप्नोति चाक्षयम्
purāṇāntare ca— yaḥ kṛtvā tulasī-patram śirasā viṣṇu-tat-paraḥ | karoti dharma-kāryāṇi phalam āpnoti cākṣayam
English translation
372 SRI HARI-BHAKTI-VILASA karoti dharma-kdrydni phalam apnoti cdksayam All the religious duties of a devotee who places a tulasi leaf on his head award him inexhaustible benefit.
HBV 9.206–207
Sourceगरुड-पुराणे— मुखे तु तुलसी-पत्रम् दृष्ट्वा शिरसि कर्णयोः । कुरुते भस्करिस् तस्य दुष्कृतस्य तु मार्जनम् त्रि-कालꣳ विनता-पुत्र प्राशयेत् तुलसीꣳ यदि विशिष्यते । काय-शुद्धिश् चान्द्रायण-शतꣳ विना
garuḍa-purāṇe— mukhe tu tulasī-patram dṛṣṭvā śirasi karṇayoḥ | kurute bhaskaris tasya duṣkṛtasya tu mārjanam tri-kālaṁ vinatā-putra prāśayet tulasīṁ yadi viśiṣyate | kāya-śuddhiś cāndrāyaṇa-śataṁ vinā
English translation
garuda-purane (In the Qaruda Purdna it is stated) mukhe tu tulasl-patrarh drstvd sirasi karnayoh kurute bhdskaris tasya duskrtasya tu mdrjanam tri-kdlam vinatd-putra prdsayet tulasirh yadi visisyate kdya-suddhis cdndrdyana-satarh vind Yamaraja forgives all offenses of a person whose head, ears, and mouth are adorned with tulasi leaves. O Garuda! O son of Vinata! By eating tulasi leaves in the morning, at noon, and in the evening, one receives more purification than by performing one hundred cdndrdyana vratas.
HBV 9.208
Sourceस्कान्दे श्री-वशिष्थ-मन्धतृ-सꣳवादे— चान्द्रायणत् तप्त-कृच्छ्रात् ब्रह्म-कूर्चात् कुशोदकात् । विशिष्यते काय-शुद्धिस् तुलसी-पत्र-भक्षणात्
skānde śrī-vaśiṣtha-mandhatṛ-saṁvāde— cāndrāyaṇat tapta-kṛcchrāt brahma-kūrcāt kuśodakāt | viśiṣyate kāya-śuddhis tulasī-patra-bhakṣaṇāt
English translation
is recorded in the Skanda Purdna, this verse is found) cdndrdyandt tapta-krcchrdt brahma-kurchdt kusodakdt visisyate kdya-suddhis tulasl-patra-bhaksanat One's body becomes more purified by eating tulasi leaves than by observing cdndrayana, taptakrccha, brahmakurca and kusodaka vratas.
HBV 9.209
Sourceतथा च तुलसी-पत्र-भक्षणाद् भाव-वर्जितः । पापो’पि सद्-गतिꣳ प्राप्त इत्य् एतद् अपि विश्रुतम्
tathā ca tulasī-patra-bhakṣaṇād bhāva-varjitaḥ | pāpo’pi sad-gatiṁ prāpta ity etad api viśrutam
English translation
It is a well-known fact that by eating tulasl leaves, even a sinful and wreteched person who has no faith at all can achieve the highest destination.
HBV 9.210
Sourceतथा च स्कान्दे श्री-ब्रह्म नारदꣳ प्रति कथिते अमृत-सरोद्धरे लुब्धकोपाख्यानान्ते यमदूतन् प्रति श्री-विष्णुदूतनꣳ वचनꣳ— क्षीराब्धौ मथ्यमाने हि तुलसी काम-रूपिणी । उत्पादिता महा-भाग लोकोद्धारण-हेतवे
tathā ca skānde śrī-brahma nāradaṁ prati kathite amṛta-saroddhare lubdhakopākhyānānte yamadūtan prati śrī-viṣṇudūtanaṁ vacanaṁ— kṣīrābdhau mathyamāne hi tulasī kāma-rūpiṇī | utpāditā mahā-bhāga lokoddhāraṇa-hetave
English translation
and the Visnudutas spoke the same verse to the Yamadutas at the end of the story of Lubdhaka, as described in the Amrta-saroddhara) ksirdbdhau mathyamdne hi tulasl kdma-rupini utpdditd mahd-bhdgd lokoddhdrarxa-hetave Supremely fortunate tulasi, who fulfills all of one's desires, appeared during the churning of the milk ocean for the purpose of delivering all living entities.
HBV 9.211–212
Sourceयस्याः स्मरण-मात्रेण दर्शनात् कीर्तनाद् अपि । विलयꣳ यान्ति पापानि किꣳ पुनर् विष्णु-पूजनात् जात-रूप-मयꣳ पुष्पम् पद्मराग-मयꣳ शुभम् । हित्वा तु रत्न-जातानि गृह्णाति तुलसी-दलम्
yasyāḥ smaraṇa-mātreṇa darśanāt kīrtanād api | vilayaṁ yānti pāpāni kiṁ punar viṣṇu-pūjanāt jāta-rūpa-mayaṁ puṣpam padmarāga-mayaṁ śubham | hitvā tu ratna-jātāni gṛhṇāti tulasī-dalam
English translation
Simply by seeing, remembering, or glorifying tulasi, all of one's sinful reactions are destroyed. What then can be said of the person who offers her
374 SRI HARI-BHAKTI-VILASA in the worship of Lord Visnu? Lord Visnu leaves aside flowers made of gold, coral, or even jewels, to accept tulasl leaves.
HBV 9.213
Sourceभक्षितꣳ लुब्धकेनापि पत्रꣳ तुलसी-सम्भवम् । पश्चाद् दिष्टान्तम् आपन्नो भस्मीभूतꣳ कलेवरम्
bhakṣitaṁ lubdhakenāpi patraṁ tulasī-sambhavam | paścād diṣṭāntam āpanno bhasmībhūtaṁ kalevaram
English translation
If even a hunter gives up his body at the time of death after eating a tulasl leaf then all his sins are burnt to ashes.
HBV 9.214
Sourceसितासितꣳ यथा नीरꣳ सर्व-पाप-क्षयावहम् । तथा च तुलसी-पत्रम् प्राशितꣳ सर्व-काम-दम्
sitāsitaṁ yathā nīraṁ sarva-pāpa-kṣayāvaham | tathā ca tulasī-patram prāśitaṁ sarva-kāma-dam
English translation
Just as all sins are washed away by the water of the Ganga and Yamuna, all of one's ambitions are fulfilled by eating green or black tulasl leaves.
HBV 9.215
Sourceयथा जात-बलो वह्निर् दहते काननादिकम् । प्राशितꣳ तुलसी-पत्रꣳ यथा दहति पातकम्
yathā jāta-balo vahnir dahate kānanādikam | prāśitaṁ tulasī-patraṁ yathā dahati pātakam
English translation
Just as a blazing fire burns to ashes all the trees in a forest, the potency of a tulasl leaf nullifies all the sinful reactions of one who eats it.
HBV 9.216
Sourceयथा भक्ति-रतो नित्यꣳ नरो दहति पातकम् । तुलसी-भक्षणात् तत् तद् दहते पाप-सञ्चयम्
yathā bhakti-rato nityaṁ naro dahati pātakam | tulasī-bhakṣaṇāt tat tad dahate pāpa-sañcayam
English translation
Just as one nullifies his sinful reactions by remaining engaged in the devotional service of Lord Hari, one can burn to ashes all his accumulated sinful reactions simply by eating a tulasl leaf.
NINTH VILAS A 375
HBV 9.217
Sourceचान्द्रायण-सहस्रस्य परकाणाꣳ शतस्य च । न तुल्यꣳ जायते पुण्यꣳ तुलसी-पत्र-भक्षणात्
cāndrāyaṇa-sahasrasya parakāṇāṁ śatasya ca | na tulyaṁ jāyate puṇyaṁ tulasī-patra-bhakṣaṇāt
English translation
The quality of piety one obtains by eating a tulasl leaf cannot be attained even by observing one thousand cdndrdyana vratas and one hundred paraka vratas.
HBV 9.218
Sourceकृत्वा पाप-सहस्राणि पूर्वे वयसि मानवः । तुलसी-भक्षणान् मुच्येत् श्रुतम् एतत् पुरा हरेः
kṛtvā pāpa-sahasrāṇi pūrve vayasi mānavaḥ | tulasī-bhakṣaṇān mucyet śrutam etat purā hareḥ
English translation
Lord Hari has personally declared that even after committing thousands of sinful activities in the early part of his life, if one eats tulasl leaves, he will be freed from the reactions to all his sins.
HBV 9.219
Sourceतावत् तिष्ठन्ति पापानि देहिनाꣳ यम-किङ्कराः । यावन् न तुलसी-पत्रꣳ मुखे शिरसि तिष्ठति
tāvat tiṣṭhanti pāpāni dehināṁ yama-kiṅkarāḥ | yāvan na tulasī-patraṁ mukhe śirasi tiṣṭhati
English translation
O messengers of Yama, until an embodied soul eats or simply touches tulasl leaves to his head, sinful reactions continue to dwell within his body.
HBV 9.220
Sourceअमृताद् उत्थिता धात्री तुलसी विष्णु-वल्लभा । स्मृता सङ्कीर्तिता ध्याता प्राशिता सर्व-काम-दा
amṛtād utthitā dhātrī tulasī viṣṇu-vallabhā | smṛtā saṅkīrtitā dhyātā prāśitā sarva-kāma-dā
English translation
Amalakl has appeared from nectar and tulasl is most dear to Lord Visnu. Therefore, by remembering, glorifying, meditating upon, and eating these two, all of one's desires will be fulfilled.
376 SRI HARI-BHAKTI-VILASA
HBV 9.221
Sourceतत्रैव श्री-यमꣳ प्रति श्री-भगवद्-वक्यꣳ— धात्री-फलꣳ च तुलसी मृत्यु-काले भवेद् यदि । मुखे यस्य शिरे देहे दुर्गतिर् नास्ति तस्य वै
tatraiva śrī-yamaṁ prati śrī-bhagavad-vakyaṁ— dhātrī-phalaṁ ca tulasī mṛtyu-kāle bhaved yadi | mukhe yasya śire dehe durgatir nāsti tasya vai
English translation
to Yamaraja, as recorded in the Skanda Purdna) dhdtri-phalam ca tulasi mrtyu-kdle bhaved yadi mukhe yasya sire dehe durgatir ndsti tasya vai There can never be degradation for a person whose mouth, head, and body are decorated with tulasi leaves, or dmalaki fruit.
HBV 9.222
Sourceयुक्तो यदि महा-पापैः सुकृतꣳ नार्जितꣳ क्वचित् । तथापि दीयते मोक्षस् तुलसी भक्षिता यदि
yukto yadi mahā-pāpaiḥ sukṛtaṁ nārjitaṁ kvacit | tathāpi dīyate mokṣas tulasī bhakṣitā yadi
English translation
If a person who was involved in many grave sinful activities and is without any piety eats tulasi leaves, he attains salvation.
HBV 9.223
Sourceलुब्धकेनात्म-देहेन भक्षितꣳ तुलसी-दलम् । सम्प्राप्तो मत्-पदꣳ नूनꣳ कृत्वा प्राणस्य सꣳक्षयम्
lubdhakenātma-dehena bhakṣitaṁ tulasī-dalam | samprāpto mat-padaṁ nūnaṁ kṛtvā prāṇasya saṁkṣayam
English translation
Know for certain that a hunter attained My supreme abode after giving up his mortal body, with which he had eaten tulasi leaves.
HBV 9.224
Sourceपुराणान्तरे च— उपोष्य द्वादशीꣳ शुद्धाꣳ पराणे तुलसी-दलम् । प्राशयेद् यदि विप्रेन्द्र अश्वमेधाष्टकꣳ लभेत् इति ।
purāṇāntare ca— upoṣya dvādaśīṁ śuddhāṁ parāṇe tulasī-dalam | prāśayed yadi viprendra aśvamedhāṣṭakaṁ labhet iti |
English translation
O exalted brahmana, by fasting on the Dvadasi of the waxing moon and then eating tulasi leaves the day after, one achieves the benefit of performing eight horse sacrifices.
HBV 9.225
Sourceतथैव तुलसी-स्पर्सत् कृष्ण-चक्रेण रक्षितः । ब्रह्म-बन्धुर् इति ख्यातो हरि-भक्ति-सुधोदये
tathaiva tulasī-sparsat kṛṣṇa-cakreṇa rakṣitaḥ | brahma-bandhur iti khyāto hari-bhakti-sudhodaye
English translation
In the Hari'bhakti'Siidhodayd, Lord Krsna has been addressed as the friend of the brahmanas because, as a result of touching a tulasi plant, a certain brdhmana was protected by His Sudarsana cakra.
HBV 9.226
Sourceअत एवोक्तम्— किꣳ चित्रम् अस्याः पतितꣳ तुलस्या दलꣳ जलꣳ वा पतितꣳ पुनीते । लग्नाधिभाल-स्थलम् आलवाल- मृत्स्नापि कृत्स्नाघ-विनाशनाय इति ।
ata evoktam— kiṁ citram asyāḥ patitaṁ tulasyā dalaṁ jalaṁ vā patitaṁ punīte | lagnādhibhāla-sthalam ālavāla- mṛtsnāpi kṛtsnāgha-vināśanāya iti |
English translation
Alas! What can I say about the wonderful glories of tulasi1. Simply by touching her leaves, or putting water containing tulasi leaves and clay from the root of a tulasi plant on one's forehead—all sinful reactions are destroyed.
HBV 9.227
Sourceश्रीमत्-तुलस्याः पत्रस्य माहात्म्यꣳ यद्य् अपीदृशम् । तथापि वैष्णवैस् तन् न ग्राह्यꣳ कृष्णार्पणꣳ विना
śrīmat-tulasyāḥ patrasya māhātmyaṁ yady apīdṛśam | tathāpi vaiṣṇavais tan na grāhyaṁ kṛṣṇārpaṇaṁ vinā
English translation
Although such statements are found in the scriptures, Vaisnavas should never accept tulasi leaves without first offering them to Lord Krsna.
HBV 9.228
Sourceकृष्ण-प्रियत्वात् सर्वत्र श्री-तुलस्याः प्रसङ्गतः । सङ्कीर्त्यमानꣳ धात्र्याश् च माहात्म्यꣳ लिख्यते ऽधुना
kṛṣṇa-priyatvāt sarvatra śrī-tulasyāḥ prasaṅgataḥ | saṅkīrtyamānaṁ dhātryāś ca māhātmyaṁ likhyate 'dhunā
English translation
Just as tulasi is very dear to Lord Krsna, so is dmalaki fruit. Now, I will write about the glories of dmalaki fruit.
378 SRI HARI-BHAKTI-VILASA
HBV 9.229
Sourceअथ धात्री-माहात्म्यꣳ स्कान्दे ब्रह्म-नारद-सꣳवादे— धात्री-च्छायाꣳ समाश्रित्य यो’र्चयेच् चक्र-पाणिनाम् । पुष्पे पुष्पे ऽश्वमेधस्य फलꣳ प्राप्नोति मानवः
atha dhātrī-māhātmyaṁ skānde brahma-nārada-saṁvāde— dhātrī-cchāyāṁ samāśritya yo’rcayec cakra-pāṇinām | puṣpe puṣpe 'śvamedhasya phalaṁ prāpnoti mānavaḥ
English translation
that is found in the Skanda Purana it is stated) dhdtrl-cchdydm samdsritya yo 'rcayec cakra-pdninam puspe puspe 'svamedhasya phalarh prdpnoti mdnavah One who worships the Supreme Lord, who carries a cakra in His hand, while sitting in the shade of an dmalaki tree, obtains the merit of performing a horse sacrifice with each flower he offers to the Lord.
HBV 9.230
Sourceतत्रैवाग्रे— धात्री-च्छायाꣳ तु सꣳस्पृश्य कुर्यात् पिण्डꣳ तु यो मुने । मुक्तिꣳ प्रयान्ति पितरः प्रसादान् माधवस्य च
tatraivāgre— dhātrī-cchāyāṁ tu saṁspṛśya kuryāt piṇḍaṁ tu yo mune | muktiṁ prayānti pitaraḥ prasādān mādhavasya ca
English translation
O great sage, Lord Madhava becomes pleased with a person who offers oblations to the forefathers while sitting in the shade of an dmalaki tree. Indeed, the Lord awards liberation to his forefathers.
HBV 9.231
Sourceमूर्ध्नि घ्राणे मुखे चैव देहे च मुनि-सत्तम । धत्ते धात्री-फलꣳ यस् तु स महात्मा सु-दुर्लभः
mūrdhni ghrāṇe mukhe caiva dehe ca muni-sattama | dhatte dhātrī-phalaṁ yas tu sa mahātmā su-durlabhaḥ
English translation
O exalted sage, such a great soul is very rarely seen who touches dmalaki fruit to his nose, mouth, head, and hands.
HBV 9.232
Sourceधात्री-फल-विलिप्ताङ्गो धात्री-फल-विभूषितः । धात्री-फल-कृताहारो नरो नारायणो भवेत्
dhātrī-phala-viliptāṅgo dhātrī-phala-vibhūṣitaḥ | dhātrī-phala-kṛtāhāro naro nārāyaṇo bhavet
English translation
Devotees can become qualitatively one with Lord Narayana by eating amalaki fruit, by decorating their bodies with amalaki fruit, and by smearing their bodies with the pulp of amalaki fruit.
HBV 9.233
Sourceयः कश्चिद् वैष्णवो लोके धत्ते धात्री-फलꣳ मुने । प्रियो भवति देवानाꣳ मनुष्याणाꣳ तु का कथा
yaḥ kaścid vaiṣṇavo loke dhatte dhātrī-phalaṁ mune | priyo bhavati devānāṁ manuṣyāṇāṁ tu kā kathā
English translation
O noble sage, devotees who honor amalaki fruit become dear to the demigods and so, what to speak of human beings.
HBV 9.234
Sourceयः कश्चिद् वैष्णवो लोके मिथ्याचारो’पि दुष्ट-धीः । पुनाति सकलान् लोकान् धात्री-फल-दलान्वितः
yaḥ kaścid vaiṣṇavo loke mithyācāro’pi duṣṭa-dhīḥ | punāti sakalān lokān dhātrī-phala-dalānvitaḥ
English translation
Even though a devotee may not strictly follow the prescribed code of conduct, or even if he is a wicked person, if he honors amalaki fruit and leaves, he can purify the entire world.
HBV 9.235
Sourceधात्री-फलानि यो नित्यꣳ वहते कर-सम्पुटे । तस्य नारायणो देवो वरम् एकꣳ प्रयच्छति
dhātrī-phalāni yo nityaṁ vahate kara-sampuṭe | tasya nārāyaṇo devo varam ekaṁ prayacchati
English translation
Lord Narayana becomes very pleased with a person who regularly holds an amalaki fruit in his hand and so, He awards him a benediction.
HBV 9.236
Sourceधत्री-फलꣳ च भोक्तव्यꣳ कदाचित् कर-सम्पुटात् । यशः श्रियम् अवाप्नोति प्रसादाच् चक्र-पाणिनः
dhatrī-phalaṁ ca bhoktavyaṁ kadācit kara-sampuṭāt | yaśaḥ śriyam avāpnoti prasādāc cakra-pāṇinaḥ
English translation
380 SRI HARI-BHAKTI-VILASA If a person eats an dmalaki fruit held in his hand, he receives fame and wealth, by the mercy of the Supreme Lord, who holds a cakra in His hand.
HBV 9.237
Sourceधात्री-फलꣳ च तुलसी मृत्तिका द्वारकोद्भवा । सफलꣳ जीवितꣳ तस्य त्रितयꣳ यस्य वेश्मनि
dhātrī-phalaṁ ca tulasī mṛttikā dvārakodbhavā | saphalaṁ jīvitaṁ tasya tritayaṁ yasya veśmani
English translation
The life of a person in whose house clay from Dvaraka (gopi candana), tulasi, and amalah fruit are present, is glorious.
HBV 9.238
Sourceधात्री-फलैस् तु सꣳमिश्रꣳ तुलसी-दल-वासितम् । पिबते वहते यस् तु तीर्थ-कोटि-फलꣳ लभेत्
dhātrī-phalais tu saṁmiśraṁ tulasī-dala-vāsitam | pibate vahate yas tu tīrtha-koṭi-phalaṁ labhet
English translation
A person who drinks water in which the pulp of dmalaki fruit and tulasi leaves have been placed, and carries it in his hand, obtains the benefit of visiting millions of holy places of pilgrimage.
HBV 9.239
Sourceयस्मिन् गृहे भवेत् तोयꣳ तुलसी-दल-वासितम् । धात्री-फलैश् च विप्रेन्द्र गाङ्गेयैः किꣳ प्रयोजनम्
yasmin gṛhe bhavet toyaṁ tulasī-dala-vāsitam | dhātrī-phalaiś ca viprendra gāṅgeyaiḥ kiṁ prayojanam
English translation
O foremost brdhmana, what is the need of Ganga water for a person in whose house there is water in which tulasi leaves and the pulp of dmalaki fruit have been placed?
HBV 9.240
Sourceतुलसी-दल-नैवेद्यꣳ धात्र्या यस्य फलꣳ गृहे । कवचꣳ वैष्णवꣳ तस्य सर्व-पाप-विनाशनम्
tulasī-dala-naivedyaṁ dhātryā yasya phalaṁ gṛhe | kavacaṁ vaiṣṇavaṁ tasya sarva-pāpa-vināśanam
English translation
It is said that food offered to the Lord, along with tulasi leaves and dmalaki fruit, is the destroyer of all sinful reactions and the protector of the Vaisnavas.
HBV 9.241
Sourceब्रह्म-पुराणे च— धात्री-फलानि तुलसी ह्य् अन्त-काले भवेद् यदि । मुखे चैव शिरस्य् अङ्गे पातकꣳ नास्ति तस्य वै
brahma-purāṇe ca— dhātrī-phalāni tulasī hy anta-kāle bhaved yadi | mukhe caiva śirasy aṅge pātakaṁ nāsti tasya vai
English translation
Sin cannot remain in a person whose body, mouth, and head are decorated with tulasl leaves and dmalaki fruit at the time of death.
HBV 9.242
Sourceकृत्वा तु भगवत्-पूजाꣳ न तीर्थꣳ स्नानम् आचरेत् । न च देवालयोपेतास्पृश्य-सꣳस्पर्शनादिना
kṛtvā tu bhagavat-pūjāṁ na tīrthaṁ snānam ācaret | na ca devālayopetāspṛśya-saṁsparśanādinā
English translation
If one comes in contact with low-class people within a temple or after the completion of the Lord's worship, he need not bathe. Because the word ddi is used, it is understood that this rule applies to other places as well.
HBV 9.243
Sourceअथ स्नान-विशेष-कलः स्मृत्य्-अर्थ-सारे— न स्नायाद् उत्सवे तीर्थे माङ्गल्यꣳ विनिवर्त्य च । अनुव्रज्य सुहृद्-बन्धून् अर्चयित्वेष्ट-देवताम्
atha snāna-viśeṣa-kalaḥ smṛty-artha-sāre— na snāyād utsave tīrthe māṅgalyaṁ vinivartya ca | anuvrajya suhṛd-bandhūn arcayitveṣṭa-devatām
English translation
smrty-arthasare (In the Smrti-artha-sdra it is stated) na sndydd utsave tlrthe mangalyam vinivartya ca anuvrajya suhrd-bandhun arcayitvesta-devatdm One should not bathe during a festival at a holy place, after completing some ritualistic activity, after seeing off one's well-wishers and friends, and after worshiping the Supreme Lord.
HBV 9.244–245
Sourceविष्णु-स्मृतौ च— विष्ण्व्-आलय-समीप-स्थान् विष्णु-सेवार्थम् आगतान् । चाण्डालान् पतितान् वापि स्पृष्ट्वा न स्नानम् आचरेत् देव-यत्र-विवाहेषु यज्ञोपकरणेषु च । उत्सवेषु च सर्वेषु स्पृष्टास्पृष्टिर् न विद्यते
viṣṇu-smṛtau ca— viṣṇv-ālaya-samīpa-sthān viṣṇu-sevārtham āgatān | cāṇḍālān patitān vāpi spṛṣṭvā na snānam ācaret deva-yatra-vivāheṣu yajñopakaraṇeṣu ca | utsaveṣu ca sarveṣu spṛṣṭāspṛṣṭir na vidyate
English translation
382 SRI HARI-BHAKTI-VILASA deva-yatra-vivahesu yajnopakaranesu ca utsavesu ca sarvesu sprstasprstir na vidyate There is no need to bathe if one accidentally touches a dog-eater or any other fallen soul who came to the temple of Lord Visnu for the purpose of serving Him. Anything meant for taking the Supreme Lord in procession, for a wedding, or for the performance of sacrifice, if touched by a low-class person—it does not become contaminated.
HBV 9.246
Sourceएवꣳ प्रातः समभ्यर्च्य श्री-कृष्णꣳ तद्-अनन्तरम् । शास्त्राभ्यासꣳ द्विजः शक्त्या कुर्याद् विप्रो विशेषतः
evaṁ prātaḥ samabhyarcya śrī-kṛṣṇaṁ tad-anantaram | śāstrābhyāsaṁ dvijaḥ śaktyā kuryād vipro viśeṣataḥ
English translation
After completing one's worship of Lord Krsna in the morning, those twice-born persons who belong to the three varrias, especially brdhrnanas, should carefully study devotional scriptures. In other words, bathing and worshiping the Lord should be done before studying the scriptures.
HBV 9.247
Sourceयद् उक्तम्— श्रुति-स्मृती उभे नेत्रे विप्राणꣳ परिकीर्तिते । एकेन विकलः काणो द्वाभ्याम् अन्धः प्रकीर्तितः
yad uktam— śruti-smṛtī ubhe netre viprāṇaṁ parikīrtite | ekena vikalaḥ kāṇo dvābhyām andhaḥ prakīrtitaḥ
English translation
Sruti and smrti have been called the two eyes of a brdhmana. Therefore, in the absence of one, a brdhmana is partially blind, and in the absence of both, he is totally blind.
HBV 9.248
Sourceकिꣳ च कौर्मे व्यस-गीतायाम्— यो’न्यत्र कुरुते यत्नꣳ अनाधीत्य श्रुतिꣳ द्विजः । स समूढो न सम्भाष्यो वेद-बाह्यो द्विजातिभिः
kiṁ ca kaurme vyasa-gītāyām— yo’nyatra kurute yatnaṁ anādhītya śrutiṁ dvijaḥ | sa samūḍho na sambhāṣyo veda-bāhyo dvijātibhiḥ
English translation
O brdhmanas, a person who endeavors for something else, rather than studying the Vedas, must certainly be considered a fool and non-Vedic. Indeed, brdhmanas should not even talk to such a person.
HBV 9.249–250
Sourceन वेद-पथ-मात्रेण सन्तुस्येद् एस वै द्विजः । यथोक्ताचार-हिनस् तु पङ्के गौर् इव सिदति यो’धीत्य विधिवद् वेदꣳ वेदार्थꣳ न विचारयेत् । स चान्धः शूद्र-कल्पस् तु पदार्थꣳ न प्रपद्यते इति ।
na veda-patha-mātreṇa santusyed esa vai dvijaḥ | yathoktācāra-hinas tu paṅke gaur iva sidati yo’dhītya vidhivad vedaṁ vedārthaṁ na vicārayet | sa cāndhaḥ śūdra-kalpas tu padārthaṁ na prapadyate iti |
English translation
O brdhmanas, you should not be satisfied to simply study the Vedas. If one does not follow what he studies, he will suffer, just as a cow suffers when she falls into the mire. A person who nicely studied the Vedas but did not understand or discuss the true purport is considered to be blind, or a sudra. Such a person cannot obtain the ultimate goal of life.
HBV 9.251–252
Sourceअतो’धीत्यान्वहꣳ विद्वान् अथाध्याप्य च वैष्णवः । समर्प्य तच् च कृष्णाय यतेत निज-वृत्तये वृत्तौ सत्याꣳ च शृणुयात् साधून् सङ्गत्य सत्-कथाम्
ato’dhītyānvahaṁ vidvān athādhyāpya ca vaiṣṇavaḥ | samarpya tac ca kṛṣṇāya yateta nija-vṛttaye vṛttau satyāṁ ca śṛṇuyāt sādhūn saṅgatya sat-kathām
English translation
One should carefully study the Vedic literature every day and when he becomes expert, he should teach others. For a Vaisnava, it is recommended that he surrender his learning and teaching at the lotus feet of Krsna and have faith that he will earn his livelihood without resorting to any other endeavor. If he finds no difficulty in maintaining himself, a devotee should spend his time hearing and chanting the glories of the Supreme Lord, in the association of saintly persons.
384 SRI HARI-BHAKTI-VILASA
HBV 9.253–255
Sourceसप्तम-स्कन्धे [भ्प् ७.११.१८-२०]— ऋतामृताभ्याꣳ जीवेत मृतेन प्रमृतेन वा । सत्यान्र्ताभ्याम् अपि वा न स्व-वृत्त्या कदाचन ऋतम् उञ्छ-शिलꣳ प्रोक्तꣳ अमृतꣳ स्याद् अयाचितम् । मृतꣳ तु नित्यꣳ याच्ञा स्यात् प्रमृतꣳ कर्षणꣳ स्मृतम् सत्यानृतꣳ तु वाणिज्यꣳ श्व-वृत्तिर् नीच-सेवनम्
saptama-skandhe [BhP 7.11.18-20]— ṛtāmṛtābhyāṁ jīveta mṛtena pramṛtena vā | satyānrtābhyām api vā na sva-vṛttyā kadācana ṛtam uñcha-śilaṁ proktaṁ amṛtaṁ syād ayācitam | mṛtaṁ tu nityaṁ yācñā syāt pramṛtaṁ karṣaṇaṁ smṛtam satyānṛtaṁ tu vāṇijyaṁ śva-vṛttir nīca-sevanam
English translation
In time of emergency, one may accept any of the various types of professions known as rta, amrta, mrta, pramrta and satyanrta, but one should not at any time accept the profession of a dog. The profession of unchasila, collecting grains from the field, is called rta. Collecting without begging is called amrta, begging grains is called mrta, tilling the ground is called pramrta, and trade is called satyanrta. Engaging in the service of low-grade persons, however, is called sva-vrtti, the profession of the dogs. i
HBV 9.256
Sourceआत्मनो नीच-लोकानाꣳ सेवनꣳ वृत्ति-सिद्धये । नितराꣳ निन्द्यते सद्भिर् वैष्णवस्य विशेषतः
ātmano nīca-lokānāṁ sevanaṁ vṛtti-siddhaye | nitarāṁ nindyate sadbhir vaiṣṇavasya viśeṣataḥ
English translation
It is reproachable for a person to engage in the service of those who are lower than himself, for the purpose of earning his livelihood. This is the verdict of saintly persons. This is especially reproachable for Vaisnavas.
HBV 9.257–258
Sourceतद् उक्तꣳ— सेवा श्व-वृत्तिर् यैर् उक्ता न सम्यक् तैर् उदाहृतम् । स्वच्छन्द-चरितः क्व श्वा विक्रीतासुः क्व सेवकः पणी-कृत्यात्मनः प्राणान् ये वर्तन्ते द्विजाधमाः । तेषाꣳ दुरात्मनाम् अन्नꣳ भुक्त्वा चान्द्रायणꣳ चरेत् इति ।
tad uktaṁ— sevā śva-vṛttir yair uktā na samyak tair udāhṛtam | svacchanda-caritaḥ kva śvā vikrītāsuḥ kva sevakaḥ paṇī-kṛtyātmanaḥ prāṇān ye vartante dvijādhamāḥ | teṣāṁ durātmanām annaṁ bhuktvā cāndrāyaṇaṁ caret iti |
English translation
Those who have declared that service to others is the profession of a dog have not spoken correctly. There is a gulf of difference between a freely wandering dog and a servant who has sold his life. After eating food given by sinful, fallen brahmanas who earn their livelihood by serving low-class men, even at the risk of their lives, one must observe the vow of candramrta to purify himself.
HBV 9.259
Sourceशुक्ल-वृत्तेर् असिद्धौ च भोज्यान्नान् शूद्र-वर्गतः । तथैव ग्राह्याग्राह्याणि जानीयाच् छास्त्रतो बुधः
śukla-vṛtter asiddhau ca bhojyānnān śūdra-vargataḥ | tathaiva grāhyāgrāhyāṇi jānīyāc chāstrato budhaḥ
English translation
If one experiences difficulty in earning his livelihood by proper means then he can accept food from sudras under certain circumstances. This acceptance of food from sudras has been authorized by learned personalities.
HBV 9.260–262
Sourceश्री-विष्णु-धर्मोत्तरे त्र्तिय-खण्डे— प्रतिग्रहेण यल् लब्धꣳ यज्यतः शिष्यतस् तथा । गुनान्वितेभ्यो विप्रस्य शुक्लꣳ तत् त्रि-विधꣳ स्मृतम् युद्धोपकाराल् लब्धꣳ च दण्डाच् च व्यवहारतः । क्षत्रियस्य धनꣳ शुक्लꣳ त्रि-विधꣳ परिकीर्तितम् कृषि-वाणिज्य-गो-रक्षः कृत्वा शुक्लꣳ तथा विशः । द्विज-शुश्रूषया लब्धꣳ शुक्लꣳ शूद्रस्य कीर्तितम्
śrī-viṣṇu-dharmottare trtiya-khaṇḍe— pratigraheṇa yal labdhaṁ yajyataḥ śiṣyatas tathā | gunānvitebhyo viprasya śuklaṁ tat tri-vidhaṁ smṛtam yuddhopakārāl labdhaṁ ca daṇḍāc ca vyavahārataḥ | kṣatriyasya dhanaṁ śuklaṁ tri-vidhaṁ parikīrtitam kṛṣi-vāṇijya-go-rakṣaḥ kṛtvā śuklaṁ tathā viśaḥ | dvija-śuśrūṣayā labdhaṁ śuklaṁ śūdrasya kīrtitam
English translation
386 SRI HARI-BHAKTI-VILASA dvija-susrusayd labdham suklam sudrasya kirtitam The proper means of livelihood for a brdhmana is to accept charity from his disciples and from those who are honest and righteous. Wealth earned from victory in battle, by awarding punishment, and by settling disputes within his kingdom—these three are honest means of livelihood for ksatriyas. The proper means for a vaisya to earn his livelihood are farming, trade, and cow protection. A sudra should maintain himself by serving the brdhmarxas.
HBV 9.263
Sourceक्रमागतꣳ प्रीति-दानꣳ प्राप्तꣳ च सह भार्यया । अविशेषेन सर्वेषाꣳ धनꣳ शुक्लꣳ प्रकीर्तितम्
kramāgataṁ prīti-dānaṁ prāptaṁ ca saha bhāryayā | aviśeṣena sarveṣāṁ dhanaṁ śuklaṁ prakīrtitam
English translation
In addition, wealth received as an inheritance, as a donation offered with respect, and as dowry from the bride's parents—these have been ascertained as pure.
HBV 9.264
Sourceकौर्मे तत्रैव— नाद्याच् छूद्रस्य विप्रो’न्नꣳ मोहाद् वा यदि कामतः । न शूद्र-योनिꣳ व्रजति यस् तु भुङ्क्ते ह्य् अनापदि
kaurme tatraiva— nādyāc chūdrasya vipro’nnaṁ mohād vā yadi kāmataḥ | na śūdra-yoniṁ vrajati yas tu bhuṅkte hy anāpadi
English translation
kaurme tatraiva (In the Kurma Purana it is stated) nadydc chudrasya vipro 'nnarh mohdd vd yadi kamatah na sudra-yonim vrajati yas tu bhunkte hy anapadi A brdhmana should not eat food given by a sudra. By eating the food of a sudra, either by mistake, intentionally, or at a time of danger, one's next birth will be in a sudra family.
HBV 9.265
Sourceदुष्कृतꣳ हि मनुष्यस्य सर्वम् अन्ने प्रतिष्ठितम् । यो यस्यान्नꣳ समश्नाति स तस्याश्नाति किल्बिषम्
duṣkṛtaṁ hi manuṣyasya sarvam anne pratiṣṭhitam | yo yasyānnaṁ samaśnāti sa tasyāśnāti kilbiṣam
English translation
For human beings, all types of sins dwell in the food they eat. Therefore, one who eats the food of a particular person will have to accept his sins. In other words, he will have to share the sinful reactions of the person from whom he accepted food.
HBV 9.266–267
Sourceआर्धिकः कुल-मित्रश् च स्व-गोपालश् च नापितः । एते शूद्रेषु भोज्यान्ना दत्त्वा स्वल्प-पणꣳ बुधैः पायसꣳ स्नेह-पक्वꣳ यद् गो-रसꣳ चैव शक्तवः । पिण्याकꣳ चैव तैलꣳ च शूद्राद् ग्राह्यꣳ तथैव च
ārdhikaḥ kula-mitraś ca sva-gopālaś ca nāpitaḥ | ete śūdreṣu bhojyānnā dattvā svalpa-paṇaṁ budhaiḥ pāyasaṁ sneha-pakvaṁ yad go-rasaṁ caiva śaktavaḥ | piṇyākaṁ caiva tailaṁ ca śūdrād grāhyaṁ tathaiva ca
English translation
Among sudras, the food of a farmer, a person whose intentions are honest, a person who takes pleasure in cow protection, and one who is a barber can be accepted. One can pay the proper price and buy sweet rice, ghee, oil, cow's milk, powdered spices, sesame cake, and sesame seeds from sudras and not be adversely affected.
HBV 9.268
Sourceअङ्गिराः— गो-रसꣳ चैव शक्तूꣳश् च तैल-पिण्याकम् एव च । अपूपान् भक्षयेच् छूद्रात् यत् किञ्चित् पयसा कृतम्
aṅgirāḥ— go-rasaṁ caiva śaktūṁś ca taila-piṇyākam eva ca | apūpān bhakṣayec chūdrāt yat kiñcit payasā kṛtam
English translation
One can accept milk, grains, oil, milk cakes, sesame cakes, or any other milk product from a sudra and eat it.
HBV 9.269
Sourceअत्रि-स्मृतौ— स्व-सुतायाश् च यो भुङ्क्ते स भुङ्क्ते पृथिवी-मलम् । नरेन्द्र-भवने भुक्त्वा विष्ठायाꣳ जायते कृमिः
atri-smṛtau— sva-sutāyāś ca yo bhuṅkte sa bhuṅkte pṛthivī-malam | narendra-bhavane bhuktvā viṣṭhāyāṁ jāyate kṛmiḥ
English translation
388 SRI HARI-BHAKTI-VILASA One who eats food that was bought from the earnings of his daughter eats stool. If one eats food given by a king, he will next be born as a worm in stool.
HBV 9.270
Sourceदास-नापित-गोपाल- कुल-मित्रार्ध-सीरिणः । भोज्यान्नाः शूद्र-वर्गे ऽमी तथात्म-विनिवेदकः
dāsa-nāpita-gopāla- kula-mitrārdha-sīriṇaḥ | bhojyānnāḥ śūdra-varge 'mī tathātma-vinivedakaḥ
English translation
Among sudras, one can accept food from a barber, a protector of cows, a friend, a family friend, and a person who distributes his wealth. One can also eat food from a sudras who has surrendered himself to the Lord in devotional service.
HBV 9.271
Sourceमधूदकꣳ फलꣳ मूलम् एधाꣳस्य्-अभय-दक्षिणा । अभ्युद्यतानि त्व् एतानि ग्राह्याण्य् अपि निकृष्टतः
madhūdakaṁ phalaṁ mūlam edhāṁsy-abhaya-dakṣiṇā | abhyudyatāni tv etāni grāhyāṇy api nikṛṣṭataḥ
English translation
If honey, water, fruit, roots, wood, or a gesture of fearlessness come of their own accord, without being solicited, one can accept them, even if offered by a low-class person.
HBV 9.272
Sourceखल-क्षेत्र-गतꣳ धन्यꣳ कूप-वापिसु यज् जलम् । अग्राह्याद् अपि तद्-ग्राह्यꣳ यच् च गोष्ठ-गतꣳ पयः
khala-kṣetra-gataṁ dhanyaṁ kūpa-vāpisu yaj jalam | agrāhyād api tad-grāhyaṁ yac ca goṣṭha-gataṁ payaḥ
English translation
There is no fault in accepting milk from a pasture, water from a well or lake, and rice paddy from a field under cultivation, even if they belong to inferior people.
HBV 9.273
Sourceपानीयꣳ पायसꣳ भक्ष्यꣳ घृतꣳ लवणम् एव च । हस्त-दत्तꣳ न गृह्णीयात् तुल्यꣳ गो-माꣳस-भक्षणैः
pānīyaṁ pāyasaṁ bhakṣyaṁ ghṛtaṁ lavaṇam eva ca | hasta-dattaṁ na gṛhṇīyāt tulyaṁ go-māṁsa-bhakṣaṇaiḥ
English translation
One should not directly accept water, sweet rice, cooked food, ghee, or salt from a sudra. If one does so, he incurs the sin of eating cow's meat. In other words, one should not accept these things directly from the hands of a sudra.
HBV 9.274–276
Sourceमनु-स्मृतौ— समुद्रꣳ सैन्धवꣳ चैव लवणे परमाद्भुते । प्रत्यक्षे अपि तु ग्राह्ये निषेधस् त्व् अन्य-गोचरः आयसेनैव पात्रेण यद् अन्नम् उपनीयते । भोक्ता तद् विट्-समꣳ भुङ्क्ते दाता च नरकꣳ व्रजेत् गो-रक्षकान् वाणिजकान् तथा कारुक-शीलिनः । प्रोष्यान् वार्धूषिकाꣳश् चैव विप्रान् शूद्रवद् आचरेत्
manu-smṛtau— samudraṁ saindhavaṁ caiva lavaṇe paramādbhute | pratyakṣe api tu grāhye niṣedhas tv anya-gocaraḥ āyasenaiva pātreṇa yad annam upanīyate | bhoktā tad viṭ-samaṁ bhuṅkte dātā ca narakaṁ vrajet go-rakṣakān vāṇijakān tathā kāruka-śīlinaḥ | proṣyān vārdhūṣikāṁś caiva viprān śūdravad ācaret
English translation
However, salt made by evaporating ocean water and saindhava salt are always considered pure and can therefore be accepted directly from anyone. Eating food on an iron plate amounts to eating stool and one who gives such a plate of food goes to hell as a result. One should deal with brdhmanas who engage in cow protection, business, weaving, serving others, and earning money by means of investment, just as one deals with sudras.
HBV 9.277–278
Sourceकौर्मे च तत्रैव— तृणꣳ काष्ठꣳ फलꣳ पुष्पꣳ प्रकाशꣳ वै हरेर् बुधः । धर्मार्थꣳ केवलꣳ विप्र ह्य् अन्यथा पतितो भवेत् तिल-मुद्ग-यवादीनाꣳ मुष्टिर् ग्राह्या पथि स्थितैः । क्षुधार्थैर् नान्यथा विप्र धर्म-विद्भिर् इति स्थितिः
kaurme ca tatraiva— tṛṇaṁ kāṣṭhaṁ phalaṁ puṣpaṁ prakāśaṁ vai harer budhaḥ | dharmārthaṁ kevalaṁ vipra hy anyathā patito bhavet tila-mudga-yavādīnāṁ muṣṭir grāhyā pathi sthitaiḥ | kṣudhārthair nānyathā vipra dharma-vidbhir iti sthitiḥ
English translation
390 SRI HARI-BHAKTI-VILASA tila-mudga-yavddlndm mustir grdhya pathi sthitaih ksudharthair ndnyathd vipra dharma-vidbhir iti sthitih A wise person should never hesitate to collect grass, wood, fruit, and flowers for the sake of a religious performance. By avoiding such an activity, one will be considered degraded. O brdhmanas, a hungry traveler should beg sesame seeds, mung gram, barley, and other such food from anyone he happens to meet, but only a handful from each person. This is the arrangement laid down by the compilers of religious principles.
HBV 9.279
Sourceवैष्णवानाꣳ हि भोक्तव्यꣳ प्रार्थ्यान्नꣳ वैष्णवैः सदा । अवैष्णवानाम् अन्नꣳ तु परिवर्ज्यम् अमेध्यवत्
vaiṣṇavānāṁ hi bhoktavyaṁ prārthyānnaṁ vaiṣṇavaiḥ sadā | avaiṣṇavānām annaṁ tu parivarjyam amedhyavat
English translation
However, a Vaisnava can always ask for food from another Vaisnava and eat it without hesitation. On the other hand, he should never ask food from a non-devotee brdhmana, considering it to be abominable.
HBV 9.280
Sourceतथा च पाद्मे देवदूत-विकुण्डल-सꣳवादे— प्रार्थयेद् वैष्णवाद् अन्नꣳ प्रयत्नेन विचक्षणः । सर्व-पाप-विशुध्य्-अर्थꣳ तद्-अभावे जलꣳ पिबेत्
tathā ca pādme devadūta-vikuṇḍala-saṁvāde— prārthayed vaiṣṇavād annaṁ prayatnena vicakṣaṇaḥ | sarva-pāpa-viśudhy-arthaṁ tad-abhāve jalaṁ pibet
English translation
is recorded in the Padma Purana this verse is found) prdrthayed vaisnavdd annam prayatnena vicaksanah sarva-pdpa-visudhy-artham jaiarh pibet To avoid any kind of sinful reaction, a learned person should respectfully beg food from a Vaisnava and eat it. If he cannot get any food in this way, he should at least ask for some water and drink it.
HBV 9.281
Sourceनारदिये— महा-पातक-सꣳयुक्तो व्रजेद् वैष्णव-मन्दिरम् । याचयेद् अन्नम् अमृतꣳ तद्-अभावे जलꣳ पिबेत्
nāradiye— mahā-pātaka-saṁyukto vrajed vaiṣṇava-mandiram | yācayed annam amṛtaṁ tad-abhāve jalaṁ pibet
English translation
Even a most sinful person can go to the house of a Vaisnava and beg nectarean food from him. If he cannot collect any food in this way, he should at least ask for some water and drink it.
HBV 9.282
Sourceविष्णु-स्मृतौ— श्रोत्रियान्नꣳ वैष्णवान्नꣳ हुत-शेषꣳ च यद्-धविः । आनखात् शोधयेत् पापꣳ तुषाग्निः कनकꣳ यथा
viṣṇu-smṛtau— śrotriyānnaṁ vaiṣṇavānnaṁ huta-śeṣaṁ ca yad-dhaviḥ | ānakhāt śodhayet pāpaṁ tuṣāgniḥ kanakaṁ yathā
English translation
just as the fire of burning rice paddy husk purifies gold, food accepted from a person who knows the actual purport of the Vedas, food from a Vaisiava, and ghee that is left over from a fire sacrifice destroys all of one's sinfu reactions when consumed.
HBV 9.283–284
Sourceस्कान्दे मार्कण्डेय-भगीरथ-सꣳवादे— शुद्धꣳ भागवतस्यान्नꣳ शुद्धꣳ भगीरथि-जलम् । शुद्धꣳ विष्णु-परꣳ चित्तꣳ शुद्धम् एकादशी-व्रतम् अवैष्णव-गृहे भुक्त्वा पीत्वा वा जानतो’पि वा । शुद्धिश् चान्द्रायणे प्रोक्त इष्टापूर्तꣳ वृथा सदा
skānde mārkaṇḍeya-bhagīratha-saṁvāde— śuddhaṁ bhāgavatasyānnaṁ śuddhaṁ bhagīrathi-jalam | śuddhaṁ viṣṇu-paraṁ cittaṁ śuddham ekādaśī-vratam avaiṣṇava-gṛhe bhuktvā pītvā vā jānato’pi vā | śuddhiś cāndrāyaṇe prokta iṣṭāpūrtaṁ vṛthā sadā
English translation
recorded in the Skanda Purdna, these verses are found) suddham bhagavatasyannam suddham bhagirathi-jalam suddham visnu-param cittarh suddham ekadasi-vratam avaisnava-grhe bhuktvd pitvd vdjnanato 'pi vd suddhis cdndrdyane proktd iuapurtarh vrtha sadd Ganga water, the heart of a devotee of Lord Visnu, the vow of Ekadasi, and ood given by a devotee of the Lord are always sanctified. If, by mistake, one:ats at the house of a non-devotee, he should purify himself by following
392 SRI HARI-BHAKTI-VILASA the vow of cdndrayana. Otherwise, all of his worship and charity are in vain.
HBV 9.285
Sourceश्री-प्रह्लाद-वाक्ये च— केशवार्चा गृहे यस्य न तिष्ठति मही-पते । तस्यान्नꣳ नैव भोक्तव्यम् अभक्ष्येण समꣳ स्मृतम्
śrī-prahlāda-vākye ca— keśavārcā gṛhe yasya na tiṣṭhati mahī-pate | tasyānnaṁ naiva bhoktavyam abhakṣyeṇa samaṁ smṛtam
English translation
O King, one should never eat food from a person's house where there is no Deity of Lord Krsna. Indeed, such food must be considered uneatable.
HBV 9.286
Sourceकेचिद् वृत्त्य्-अनपेक्षस्य जप-श्रद्धावतः प्रभो । विश्वस्तस्यादिशन्त्य् अस्मिन् काले ऽपि कृतिनो जपम्
kecid vṛtty-anapekṣasya japa-śraddhāvataḥ prabho | viśvastasyādiśanty asmin kāle 'pi kṛtino japam
English translation
Some experienced devotees who are faithful to the chanting of their mantras advise that one should have full faith in the Supreme Lord while endeavoring to earn his livelihood by means of teaching others and continuing to chant the holy names of the Lord.
HBV 9.287
Sourceमध्याह्ने स्नानतः पूर्वꣳ पुष्पाद्य् आहृत्य वा स्वयम् । भृत्यादिना वा सम्पाद्य कुर्यान् मध्याह्निकीः क्रियाः
madhyāhne snānataḥ pūrvaṁ puṣpādy āhṛtya vā svayam | bhṛtyādinā vā sampādya kuryān madhyāhnikīḥ kriyāḥ
English translation
One should collect flowers and other paraphernalia before his noon bath. Either after personally collecting flowers or else engaging someone else to collect them, one should perform his noon duties.
HBV 9.288
Sourceस्नानाशक्तौ च मध्याह्ने स्नानम् आचार्य मान्त्रिकम् । यथोक्तꣳ भगवत्-पूजाꣳ शक्तश् चेत् प्राग्वद् आचरेत्
snānāśaktau ca madhyāhne snānam ācārya māntrikam | yathoktaṁ bhagavat-pūjāṁ śaktaś cet prāgvad ācaret
English translation
If one is unable to bathe at noon, he should do so by chanting mantras, as described earlier. Thereafter, he should engage in the worship of the Supreme Lord, following all the rules and regulations as prescribed for worship that is performed in the morning.
HBV 9.289
Sourceततः कृष्णार्पितेनैव शुद्धेनानेन वैष्णवः । वैश्वदेवादिकꣳ दैवꣳ कर्म पैत्रꣳ च साधयेत्
tataḥ kṛṣṇārpitenaiva śuddhenānena vaiṣṇavaḥ | vaiśvadevādikaṁ daivaṁ karma paitraṁ ca sādhayet
English translation
Thereafter, a Vaisnava should please the demigods, such as Vaisvadeva, and the forefathers, by offering them Krsna's remnants of food.
HBV 9.290–292
Sourceतद् उक्तꣳ षष्ठे दिन-विभागे तु कुर्यात् पञ्च महा-मखान् । दैवो होमेन यज्ञः स्यात् भौतस् तु बलि-दानतह् पैत्रो विप्रान्न-दानेन पैत्रेण बलिनाथवा । किञ्चिद् अन्न-प्रदानाद् वा तर्पणाद् वा चतुर्-विधः नृ-यज्ञो’तिथि-सत्कारात् हन्त-कारेण चाम्बुना । ब्रह्म-यज्ञो वेद-जपात् पुराण-पठनेन वा
tad uktaṁ ṣaṣṭhe dina-vibhāge tu kuryāt pañca mahā-makhān | daivo homena yajñaḥ syāt bhautas tu bali-dānatah paitro viprānna-dānena paitreṇa balināthavā | kiñcid anna-pradānād vā tarpaṇād vā catur-vidhaḥ nṛ-yajño’tithi-satkārāt hanta-kāreṇa cāmbunā | brahma-yajño veda-japāt purāṇa-paṭhanena vā
English translation
In the sixth part of the day, one should perform the five great sacrifices known as deva-yajna, bhuta-yajna, pitr-yajfux, nr-yajna and brahma'yajna. Deva-yajna should be performed with a fire sacrifice, bhuta- yajfia should be performed with the ingredients for worship, pitr- yajha should be performed by feeding brahmanas, nr- yajfia should be performed by honoring guests and
394 SRI HARI-BHAKTI-VILASA distributing water, and brahma- yajna should be performed by studying the Vedas or Purdnas.
HBV 9.293
Sourceकौर्मे— अकृत्वा तु द्विजः पञ्च महा-यज्ञान् द्विजोत्तमः । भुञ्जीत चेत् सु-मूढात्मा तिर्यग्-योनिꣳ स गच्छति
kaurme— akṛtvā tu dvijaḥ pañca mahā-yajñān dvijottamaḥ | bhuñjīta cet su-mūḍhātmā tiryag-yoniṁ sa gacchati
English translation
kaurme (In the Kurma Purana it is stated) akrtvd tu dvijah panca mahd-yajhdn dvijottamah bhufijita cet su-mudhdtmd tiryag-yonirh na gacchati If a twice-born person has his meal without first performing these five kinds of sacrifices, he will next be born an an animal.
HBV 9.294
Sourceप्राप्ते श्राद्ध-दिने ऽपि प्राग् अन्नꣳ भगवते ऽर्पयेत् । तच्-छेषेणैव कुर्वीत श्राद्धꣳ भागवतो नरह्
prāpte śrāddha-dine 'pi prāg annaṁ bhagavate 'rpayet | tac-cheṣeṇaiva kurvīta śrāddhaṁ bhāgavato narah
English translation
On the day of performing the sraddha ceremony, a devotee should first offer food to the Supreme Lord and then perform the sraddha ceremony with the Lord's remnants.
HBV 9.295
Sourceयच् च स्मृतौ— गृहाग्नि-शिषु-देवानाꣳ यतीनाꣳ ब्रह्माचारिणाम् । पितृ-पाको न दातव्यो यावत् पिण्डान् न निर्वपेत् इति ।
yac ca smṛtau— gṛhāgni-śiṣu-devānāṁ yatīnāṁ brahmācāriṇām | pitṛ-pāko na dātavyo yāvat piṇḍān na nirvapet iti |
English translation
Until the oblations are offered to the forefathers, one should not distribute the food that was cooked for them to children, the demigods, renunciates, or brahmacaris.
HBV 9.296
Sourceईदृण् सामान्य-वचनम् विशेष-वचन-व्रजैह् । श्रुति-स्मृति-पुराणादि- वर्त्तिभिर् बाध्यते ध्रुवम्
īdṛṇ sāmānya-vacanam viśeṣa-vacana-vrajaih | śruti-smṛti-purāṇādi- varttibhir bādhyate dhruvam
English translation
General statements regarding the sraddha ceremony are certainly overshadowed by the statements of the Vedas, Smrtis, and Puranas.
HBV 9.297
Sourceतथा च पाद्मे— विष्णोर् निवेदितान्नेन यष्टव्यꣳ देवतान्तरम् । पितृभ्यश् चापि तद् देयम् तद् आनन्त्याय कल्पते
tathā ca pādme— viṣṇor niveditānnena yaṣṭavyaṁ devatāntaram | pitṛbhyaś cāpi tad deyam tad ānantyāya kalpate
English translation
One should use the remnants of Lord Visnu's food to worship others. Regarding the forefathers, the same rule should be applied. By doing so, one can attain unlimited benefit.
HBV 9.298
Sourceमोक्ष-धर्मे नारदोक्तौ— सात्वतꣳ विधिम् आस्थाय प्राण् सूर्य-मुख-निसृतम् । पूजायाम् आस देवेशꣳ तच्-छेषेण पितामहान्
mokṣa-dharme nāradoktau— sātvataṁ vidhim āsthāya prāṇ sūrya-mukha-nisṛtam | pūjāyām āsa deveśaṁ tac-cheṣeṇa pitāmahān
English translation
By following the rules and regulations prescribed by Suryadeva, which are supported of the Vaisnava rules and regulations, one should first worship the Supreme Lord and then worship the forefathers with the Lord's remnants of food.
HBV 9.299
Sourceब्रह्माण्ड-पुराणे— यः श्राद्ध-काले हरि-भुक्त-शेषम् ददाति भक्त्या पितृ-देवतानाम् । तेनैव पिण्डाꣳस् तुलसी-विमिश्रान् आकल्प-कोटिꣳ पितरः सु-तृप्ताः
brahmāṇḍa-purāṇe— yaḥ śrāddha-kāle hari-bhukta-śeṣam dadāti bhaktyā pitṛ-devatānām | tenaiva piṇḍāṁs tulasī-vimiśrān ākalpa-koṭiṁ pitaraḥ su-tṛptāḥ
English translation
While performing the sraddha ceremony, if one offers to the forefathers Lord Hari's maha-prasada with tulasl leaves, they will remain pleased for millions of kalpas.
396 SRI HARI-BHAKTI-VILASA
HBV 9.300–303
Sourceस्कान्दे— देवान् पितॄन् समुद्दिश्य यद् विष्णोर् विनिवेदितम् । तान् उद्दिश्य तथा कुर्यात् प्रदानꣳ तस्य चैव हि प्रयान्ति तृप्तिम् अतुलाꣳ सोदकेन तु तेन वै । मुकुन्द-गात्र-लग्नेन ब्राह्मणानाꣳ विलेपनम् चन्दनेन तु पिण्डनम् कर्तव्यꣳ पितृ-तृप्तये । देवानाꣳ च पितॄणाꣳ च जायते तृप्ति-रक्षया एवꣳ कृते मही-पल मा भवेत् सꣳशयः क्वचित्
skānde— devān pitṝn samuddiśya yad viṣṇor viniveditam | tān uddiśya tathā kuryāt pradānaṁ tasya caiva hi prayānti tṛptim atulāṁ sodakena tu tena vai | mukunda-gātra-lagnena brāhmaṇānāṁ vilepanam candanena tu piṇḍanam kartavyaṁ pitṛ-tṛptaye | devānāṁ ca pitṝṇāṁ ca jāyate tṛpti-rakṣayā evaṁ kṛte mahī-pala mā bhavet saṁśayaḥ kvacit
English translation
Whatever one offers to Lord Visnu for the purpose of satisfying the demigods and forefathers should be offered to them as prasada. The forefathers achieve unlimited satisfaction when one offers them oblations of water that was offered to Lord Visnu. It is the custom to smear sandalwood paste that was offered to Lord Mukunda on the foreheads of brahmanas. To please the forefathers, one should offer the Lord's prasada sandalwood paste, along with the oblations. O King, there is no doubt that by following this procedure, the demigods and the forefathers will achieve unlimited satisfaction.
HBV 9.304–305
Sourceतत्रैव श्री-पुरुसोत्तम-खण्डे— अन्नाद्यꣳ श्राद्ध-काले तु पतिताद्यैर् निरीक्षितम् । तुलसी-दल-मिश्रेण सलिलेनाभिषिञ्चयेत् तद्-अन्नꣳ शुद्धताम् एति विष्णोर् नैवेद्य-मिश्रितम् । विष्णोर् नैवेद्य-शेषꣳ तु तस्माद् देयꣳ द्विजात्मनाम् । पिण्डे चैव विशेषेन पितॄणाꣳ तृप्तिम् इच्छता
tatraiva śrī-purusottama-khaṇḍe— annādyaṁ śrāddha-kāle tu patitādyair nirīkṣitam | tulasī-dala-miśreṇa salilenābhiṣiñcayet tad-annaṁ śuddhatām eti viṣṇor naivedya-miśritam | viṣṇor naivedya-śeṣaṁ tu tasmād deyaṁ dvijātmanām | piṇḍe caiva viśeṣena pitṝṇāṁ tṛptim icchatā
English translation
If food becomes contaminated due to being gazed upon by low-class people during the time of performing the sraddha ceremony, one should purify it by sprinkling water with tulasi leaves. When food is mixed with the remnants of the Lord's food, it becomes sanctified. That is why brdhmanas should always be offered the Lord's remnants of food. If one is serious about pleasing his forefathers, he should offer them oblations of mahd'prasdda.
HBV 9.306
Sourceतत्रैव श्री-ब्रह्म-नारद-सꣳवादे— पितॄन् उद्दिश्य यैः पूजा केशवस्य कृता नरैह् । त्यक्त्वा ते नारकीꣳ पीडाꣳ मुक्तिꣳ यान्ति महा-मुने
tatraiva śrī-brahma-nārada-saṁvāde— pitṝn uddiśya yaiḥ pūjā keśavasya kṛtā naraih | tyaktvā te nārakīṁ pīḍāṁ muktiṁ yānti mahā-mune
English translation
that is found in the same literature it is stated) pitrn uddisya yaih pujd kesavasya krtd naraih tyaktvd te narakim pidarh muktirh ydnti maha-mune O great sage, those who worship Lord Kesava for the purpose of satisfying their forefathers escape the pangs of hellish life and attain liberation.
HBV 9.307–310
Sourceधन्यास् ते मानवा लोके कलि-काले विशेषतह् । ये कुर्वन्ति हरेर् नित्यꣳ पित्र्-अर्थꣳ पूजनꣳ मुने किꣳ दत्तैर् बहुभिर् पिण्डैर् गया-श्राद्धादिभिर् मुने । यैर् अर्चितो हरिर् भक्त्या पित्र्-अर्थꣳ च दिने दिने यम् उद्दिश्य हरेः पूजा क्रियते मुनि-पुङ्गव । उद्धृत्य नरकावासात् तꣳ नयेत् परमꣳ पदम् यो ददाति हरेः स्थानꣳ पितॄन् उद्दिश्य नारद । कर्तव्यꣳ हि पितॄणाꣳ यत् तत् कृतꣳ तेन भो द्विज
dhanyās te mānavā loke kali-kāle viśeṣatah | ye kurvanti harer nityaṁ pitr-arthaṁ pūjanaṁ mune kiṁ dattair bahubhir piṇḍair gayā-śrāddhādibhir mune | yair arcito harir bhaktyā pitr-arthaṁ ca dine dine yam uddiśya hareḥ pūjā kriyate muni-puṅgava | uddhṛtya narakāvāsāt taṁ nayet paramaṁ padam yo dadāti hareḥ sthānaṁ pitṝn uddiśya nārada | kartavyaṁ hi pitṝṇāṁ yat tat kṛtaṁ tena bho dvija
English translation
398 SRI HARI-BHAKTI-VILASA yam uddisya hareh piljd kriyate muni-pungava uddhrtya narakavasat tarn nayet paramarh padam yo daddti hareh sthanarh pitrn uddisya rxdrada kartavyarh hi pitrndm yat tat krtarh terxa bho dvija O exalted sage, glorious are those who, in this age of Kali, worship Lord Hari for the benefit of their forefathers. They need not to go to Gaya and offer oblations to the forefathers as a separate endeavor. If Lord Hari is worshiped for the purpose of benefiting a particular person, that person will be delivered from hellish life and attain the supreme destination. Those who build a temple oi Lord Hari in memory of their forefathers certainly have tulfilled their duty towards them.
HBV 9.311
Sourceश्रुतौ च— एक एव नारायण आसीत्, न ब्रह्मा, नेमे द्यावा-पृथिव्यौ, सर्वे देवाः, सर्वे पितरः, सर्वे मनुस्याः । विष्णुना अशितम् अश्नन्ति विष्णुनाघ्रातꣳ जिघ्रन्ति, विष्णुना पीतꣳ पिबन्ति, तस्माद् विध्वꣳसो विष्णूपाहृतꣳ भक्षयेयुः इति ।
śrutau ca— eka eva nārāyaṇa āsīt, na brahmā, neme dyāvā-pṛthivyau, sarve devāḥ, sarve pitaraḥ, sarve manusyāḥ | viṣṇunā aśitam aśnanti viṣṇunāghrātaṁ jighranti, viṣṇunā pītaṁ pibanti, tasmād vidhvaṁso viṣṇūpāhṛtaṁ bhakṣayeyuḥ iti |
English translation
In the beginning, there was only Lord Narayana and no one else. There was no existence of Brahma, the heavenly planets, or the earth. All of the demigods, human beings, and forefathers subsisted by eating the remnants of Lord Visnu's food. They smelled whatever had been smelled by Lord Visnu and drank whatever had been drunk by Him. Considering this, learned persons should only eat the Lord's remnants of food.
HBV 9.312–313
Sourceअत एवोक्तꣳ श्री-भगवता विष्णु-धर्मे— प्राणेभ्यो जुहुयाद् अन्नꣳ मन्-निवेदितम् उत्तमम् । तृप्यन्ति सर्वदा प्राणा मन्-निवेदित-भक्षणात् तस्मात् सर्व-प्रयत्नेन प्रदेयꣳ मन्-निवेदितम् । ममापि हृदय-स्थस्य पितॄणाꣳ च विशेषतः
ata evoktaṁ śrī-bhagavatā viṣṇu-dharme— prāṇebhyo juhuyād annaṁ man-niveditam uttamam | tṛpyanti sarvadā prāṇā man-nivedita-bhakṣaṇāt tasmāt sarva-prayatnena pradeyaṁ man-niveditam | mamāpi hṛdaya-sthasya pitṝṇāṁ ca viśeṣataḥ
English translation
If one is given nice food that was offered to Me, his life air will always remain satisfied as a result of honoring My prasdda. I am situated within the hearts of all living entities as the Paramatma. Therefore, one should offer My remnants of food to the forefathers.
HBV 9.314–315
Sourceकिꣳ च तत्रैवान्यत्र— भक्ष्यꣳ भोज्यꣳ च यत् किञ्चिद् अनिवेद्याग्र-भोक्तरि । न देयꣳ पितृ-देवेभ्यः प्रायश्चित्ती यतो भवेत् स्वर्गादौ कथितो देवैर् अग्र-भुग् भगवान् हरिः । यज्ञ-भाग-भुजो देवास् ततस् तेन प्रकल्पिताः
kiṁ ca tatraivānyatra— bhakṣyaṁ bhojyaṁ ca yat kiñcid anivedyāgra-bhoktari | na deyaṁ pitṛ-devebhyaḥ prāyaścittī yato bhavet svargādau kathito devair agra-bhug bhagavān hariḥ | yajña-bhāga-bhujo devās tatas tena prakalpitāḥ
English translation
The Supreme Lord is the only enjoyer and so, everything should be offered to Him and then distributed to the forefathers. One will have to atone for his sin if he offers food directly to the forefathers. In the beginning of creation, the demigods ascertained that Lord Visnu is the foremost enjoyer of everything. In turn, the Supreme Lord made arrangement for the demigods to receive their shares of sacrificial offerings.
HBV 9.316–317
Sourceस्कान्दे श्री-मार्कण्डेय-भगीरथ-सꣳवादे— यस् तु विद्या-विनिर्मुक्तꣳ मूर्खꣳ मत्वा तु वैष्णवम् । वेदविद्भ्यो’वदाद् विप्रः श्राद्धꣳ तद् राक्षसꣳ भवेत् सिक्थ-मात्रꣳ तु यद् भुङ्क्ते जलꣳ गण्डूष-मात्रकम् । तद्-अन्नꣳ मेरुणा तुल्यꣳ तज् जलꣳ सागरोपमम्
skānde śrī-mārkaṇḍeya-bhagīratha-saṁvāde— yas tu vidyā-vinirmuktaṁ mūrkhaṁ matvā tu vaiṣṇavam | vedavidbhyo’vadād vipraḥ śrāddhaṁ tad rākṣasaṁ bhavet siktha-mātraṁ tu yad bhuṅkte jalaṁ gaṇḍūṣa-mātrakam | tad-annaṁ meruṇā tulyaṁ taj jalaṁ sāgaropamam
English translation
is recorded in the Skanda Parana, these verses are found)
400 SRI HARI-BHAKTI-VILASA yastu vidydvinirmuktam murkharh matvd tu vaisnavam vedavidbhayo'dadddviprah srdddharh tadrdksasam bhavet siktha mdtrantu yadbhunkte jalarh gandusa mdtrakam tadannarh merund tulyarh tajjalarh sdgaropamam The sraddha ceremony performed by brahmanas who feed the so-called knowers of the Vedas while neglecting the Vaisnavas (who may not be very learned in the Vedic literature), considering them to be foolish, is certainly demoniac. If, during the sraddha ceremony, a Vaisnava takes only a morsel of food and a few drops of water, it is to be understood that the performer has given food equal to Mount Sumeru and water equal to an ocean.
HBV 9.318
Sourceब्रह्म-पुराणे श्री-ब्रह्म-वचनम्— शङ्खाङ्कित-तनुर् विप्रो भुङ्क्ते यस्य च वेश्मनि । तद्-अन्नꣳ स्वयम् अश्नाति पितृभिः सह केशवः
brahma-purāṇe śrī-brahma-vacanam— śaṅkhāṅkita-tanur vipro bhuṅkte yasya ca veśmani | tad-annaṁ svayam aśnāti pitṛbhiḥ saha keśavaḥ
English translation
At a house where a qualified Vaisnava who decorates his body with symbols of the Lord's conch and other weapons eats, Lord Kesava, along with the forefathers, also enjoys food.
HBV 9.319
Sourceस्मृतिश् च— सुराभाण्डस्थ-पीयूषꣳ यथा नश्यति तत्-क्षणात् । चक्राङ्क-रहितꣳ श्राद्धꣳ तथा शातातपो’ब्रवीत्
smṛtiś ca— surābhāṇḍastha-pīyūṣaṁ yathā naśyati tat-kṣaṇāt | cakrāṅka-rahitaṁ śrāddhaṁ tathā śātātapo’bravīt
English translation
The great sage, Satatapa, has said that just as nectar kept in a pot used for storing wine is unfit to be drunk and therefore useless, a sraddha ceremony
without the presence of Vaisnavas who are decorated with symbols of the Lord's cakra and other weapons is totally useless.
HBV 9.320
Sourceकिꣳ च, श्री-विष्णु-रहस्ये— निवेशयेन् नरो मोहाद् अन्य-पङ्क्तौ हरेः प्रियम् । स पतेन् निरये घोरे पङ्क्ति-भेदी नराधमः
kiṁ ca, śrī-viṣṇu-rahasye— niveśayen naro mohād anya-paṅktau hareḥ priyam | sa paten niraye ghore paṅkti-bhedī narādhamaḥ
English translation
If a person, out of ignorance, considers non-devotees to be on a level with devotees, who are very dear to the Lord—that lowest of men will fall down to a hellish condition of life.
HBV 9.321
Sourceनिवेदितꣳ यद् अन्यस्मै तद् उच्छिष्टꣳ हि कथ्यते । अतः कथञ्चिद् अपि तन् न श्री-भगवते’र्पयेत्
niveditaṁ yad anyasmai tad ucchiṣṭaṁ hi kathyate | ataḥ kathañcid api tan na śrī-bhagavate’rpayet
English translation
Remnants refers to that which has been offered to or eaten by someone else. One should never offer others' remnants to the Supreme Lord.
HBV 9.322
Sourceतथा चैकादश-स्कन्धे श्री-भगवद्-उक्तौ [भ्प् ११.११.४०]— अपि दीपावलोकꣳ मे नोपयुञ्ज्यान् निवेदितम्
tathā caikādaśa-skandhe śrī-bhagavad-uktau [BhP 11.11.40]— api dīpāvalokaṁ me nopayuñjyān niveditam
English translation
A ghee lamp that was offered to someone else should not be offered to Me.
HBV 9.323
Sourceनारदीये— पितृ-शेषꣳ तु योउ दद्याद् धरये परमात्मने । रेतोदाः पितरस् तस्य भवन्ति क्लेश-भागिनः
nāradīye— pitṛ-śeṣaṁ tu you dadyād dharaye paramātmane | retodāḥ pitaras tasya bhavanti kleśa-bhāginaḥ
English translation
402 SRI HARI-BHAKTI-VILASA When a person offers to the Supreme Lord the remnants of food that were offered to the forefathers, those forefathers will have to drink their own semen and thus suffer great distress.
HBV 9.324
Sourceश्री- विष्णु-धर्मे— हरि-शेषꣳ हविर् दद्यात् पितॄणाम् अक्षयꣳ भवेत् । न पुनः पितृ-शेषꣳ तु हरेर् ब्रह्मादि-सद्-गुरोः
śrī- viṣṇu-dharme— hari-śeṣaṁ havir dadyāt pitṝṇām akṣayaṁ bhavet | na punaḥ pitṛ-śeṣaṁ tu harer brahmādi-sad-guroḥ
English translation
By offering the remnants of Lord Hari's food to the forefathers, they obtain unlimited satisfaction. Because Lord Hari is the spiritual master of the demigods, headed by Brahma, one should never offer food to Him that was already offered to the forefathers.
HBV 9.325
Sourceअन्यत्र च— दक्षादयश् च पितरो भृत्या इन्द्रादयः सुराः । अतस् तद्-भक्त-शेषꣳ तु विष्णोर् नैव निवेदयेत् इति ।
anyatra ca— dakṣādayaś ca pitaro bhṛtyā indrādayaḥ surāḥ | atas tad-bhakta-śeṣaṁ tu viṣṇor naiva nivedayet iti |
English translation
The demigods, headed by Indra, and the forefathers, headed by Daksa, are all servants of Lord Visnu. Therefore, their remnants of food should never be offered to Lord Visnu.
HBV 9.326
Sourceएवम् आवश्यकꣳ कृत्वा वैष्णवेभ्यो विभज्य च । श्रीमन्-महा-प्रसादान्नꣳ भुञ्जीत सह बन्धुभिः
evam āvaśyakaṁ kṛtvā vaiṣṇavebhyo vibhajya ca | śrīman-mahā-prasādānnaṁ bhuñjīta saha bandhubhiḥ
English translation
After completing all of one's religious and practical duties, one should first distribute the Lord's remnants of food to the Vaisnavas. Then, in the association of his friends and relatives, he can sit down and honor prasdda. This is the standard etiquette.
HBV 9.327
Sourceतथा च प्रह्लाद-पञ्चरात्रे— स्वभावस्थैः कर्म-जडान् वञ्चयन् द्रविणादिभिः । हरेर् नैवेद्य-सम्भारान् वैष्णवेभ्यः समर्पयेत्
tathā ca prahlāda-pañcarātre— svabhāvasthaiḥ karma-jaḍān vañcayan draviṇādibhiḥ | harer naivedya-sambhārān vaiṣṇavebhyaḥ samarpayet
English translation
One should always distribute to the Vaisnavas the food that has been offered to Lord Hari. It is all right to give unoffered food to karmis and non- devotees, if prasdda is unavailable.
HBV 9.328
Sourceअतएव वैष्णव-तन्त्रे— हरेर् निवेदितꣳ किञ्च्चिन् न दद्यात् कर्हिचिद् बुधः । अभक्तेभ्यः सशल्येभ्यो यद् दवन् निरये व्रजेत्
ataeva vaiṣṇava-tantre— harer niveditaṁ kiñccin na dadyāt karhicid budhaḥ | abhaktebhyaḥ saśalyebhyo yad davan niraye vrajet
English translation
Learned devotees should never give Lord Hari's remnants of food to non-Vaisnavas, who are simply attached to ritualistic activities, and who therefore observe fasting with an ulterior motive on an Ekadasi that is contaminated due to overlapping with Dasaml. By doing so, such non- devotees will go to hell.
HBV 9.329
Sourceविष्णु-धर्मोत्तरे— अवैष्णवे देव-धृतꣳ निर्माल्यꣳ न प्रयच्छति । नैवेद्यꣳ वा महाभाग तस्य तुष्यति केशवः इति ।
viṣṇu-dharmottare— avaiṣṇave deva-dhṛtaṁ nirmālyaṁ na prayacchati | naivedyaṁ vā mahābhāga tasya tuṣyati keśavaḥ iti |
English translation
O greatly fortunate one, Lord Kesava is pleased with a person who does not distribute to the nondevotees the remnants of food and flowers that were offered to the demigods.
HBV 9.330
Sourceकथञ्चिद् अपि नाश्नीयाद् अकृत्वा कृष्ण-पूजनम् । न चासमर्प्य गोविन्दे किञ्चिद् भुञ्जीत वैष्णवः
kathañcid api nāśnīyād akṛtvā kṛṣṇa-pūjanam | na cāsamarpya govinde kiñcid bhuñjīta vaiṣṇavaḥ
English translation
404 SRI HARI-BHAKTI-VILASA na cdsamarpya govinde kincid bhunjlta vaisnavah A Vaisnava should not eat anything without first offering it to Lord Krsna. He should not eat even a tiny portion of the food that is meant to be offered to the Lord.
HBV 9.331
Sourceश्री-कूर्म-पुराणे— अनर्चयित्वा गोविन्दꣳ यैर् भुक्तꣳ धर्म-वर्जितैः । श्वान-विष्ठा-समꣳ चान्नꣳ नीरꣳ च सुरया समम्
śrī-kūrma-purāṇe— anarcayitvā govindaṁ yair bhuktaṁ dharma-varjitaiḥ | śvāna-viṣṭhā-samaṁ cānnaṁ nīraṁ ca surayā samam
English translation
Sri kurmapurane (In the Kurma Purana it is stated) anarccayitvd govindarh yairbhuktarh dharmmavarjjitaih svdnavistha samarh cdnnarh nlranca surayd samam For those impious souls who eat without first worshiping Lord Govinda— all of their food is considered as no better than dog's stool, and whatever they drink is considered as no better than wine.
HBV 9.332
Sourceकिꣳ च— यो मोहाद् अथवालस्याद् अकृत्वा देवतार्चनम् । भुङ्क्ते स याति नरकꣳ शूकरेष्व् इह जायते
kiṁ ca— yo mohād athavālasyād akṛtvā devatārcanam | bhuṅkte sa yāti narakaṁ śūkareṣv iha jāyate
English translation
Due to laziness or illusion, if a person eats without first worshiping Lord Hari, he will go to hell and then be born in this world as a pig.
HBV 9.333
Sourceविष्णु-धर्मोत्तरे— एक-कालꣳ द्विकालꣳ वा त्रि-कालꣳ पूजयेद् धरिम् । अपूज्य भोजनꣳ कुर्वन् नरकाणि व्रजेन् नरः
viṣṇu-dharmottare— eka-kālaṁ dvikālaṁ vā tri-kālaṁ pūjayed dharim | apūjya bhojanaṁ kurvan narakāṇi vrajen naraḥ
English translation
It is the duty of a person to worship Lord Hari—either once, twice, or three times a day. By having one's meal without first worshiping the Lord— one paves his way to hell.
HBV 9.334–336
Sourceनारदीये च— प्रातर् मध्यन्दिनꣳ सायꣳ विष्णु-पूजा स्मृता बुधैः । अशक्तो विस्तरेणैव प्रातः सम्पूज्य केशवम् मध्याह्ने चैव सायꣳ च पुष्पाञ्जलिम् अपि क्षिपेत् । मध्याह्ने वा विस्तरेण सꣳक्षेपेणाथवा हरिम् सम्भोज्य भोजनꣳ कुर्याद् अन्यथा नरकꣳ व्रजेत्
nāradīye ca— prātar madhyandinaṁ sāyaṁ viṣṇu-pūjā smṛtā budhaiḥ | aśakto vistareṇaiva prātaḥ sampūjya keśavam madhyāhne caiva sāyaṁ ca puṣpāñjalim api kṣipet | madhyāhne vā vistareṇa saṁkṣepeṇāthavā harim sambhojya bhojanaṁ kuryād anyathā narakaṁ vrajet
English translation
Learned authorities have recommended that one worship Lord Hari in the morning, at noon, and in the evening. If one is unable to worship the Lord elaborately three times a day, he should worship Him properly in the morning and then, simply offer flowers at noon and in the evening. At noon, one should also offer varieties of food to Lord Hari and then partake of the prasdda. By avoiding the worship of the Lord in this way, one degrades himself to a hellish condition of life.
HBV 9.337
Sourceहायशीर्ष-पञ्चरात्रे— न त्व् एवापूज्य भुञ्जीत भगवन्तꣳ जनार्दनम् । न तत् स्वयꣳ समश्नीयात् यद् विष्णौ न निवेदयेत्
hāyaśīrṣa-pañcarātre— na tv evāpūjya bhuñjīta bhagavantaṁ janārdanam | na tat svayaṁ samaśnīyāt yad viṣṇau na nivedayet
English translation
hayaslrsahcardtre (In the Hardsirsd-pancardtra it is stated) na tvevdpujya bhunjlta bhagavantarh jandrddanam na tat svayarh samasniydt yadvisnau na nivedayet It is prohibited to eat without first worshiping the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Hari. One should avoid eating anything that has not been offered to Lord Visnu.
406 SRI HARI-BHAKTI-VILASA
HBV 9.338–339
Sourceब्रह्माण्ड-पुराणे – पत्रꣳ पुष्पꣳ फलꣳ तोयम् अन्न-पानाद्यम् औषधम् । अनिवेद्य च भुञ्जीत यद् आहाराय कल्पितम् अनिवेद्यꣳ तु भुञ्जानः प्रायश्चित्ती भवेन् नरः । तस्मात् सर्वꣳ निवेद्यैव विष्णोर् भुञ्जीत सर्वदा
brahmāṇḍa-purāṇe – patraṁ puṣpaṁ phalaṁ toyam anna-pānādyam auṣadham | anivedya ca bhuñjīta yad āhārāya kalpitam anivedyaṁ tu bhuñjānaḥ prāyaścittī bhaven naraḥ | tasmāt sarvaṁ nivedyaiva viṣṇor bhuñjīta sarvadā
English translation
One should not drink anything—nor should one eat leaves, fruit, flowers, food grains, or even medicinal herbs, without first offering them to Lord Hari. If one eats food that has not been offered to the Lord, he must undergo atonement. Therefore, in all circumstances, one should first offer food to the Lord before eating.
HBV 9.340
Sourceपाद्मे गौतमाम्बरीष-सꣳवादे— अम्बरीष गृहे पक्वꣳ यद् अभीष्टꣳ सदात्मनः । अनिवेद्य हरेर् भुञ्जन् सप्त-कल्पानि नारकी
pādme gautamāmbarīṣa-saṁvāde— ambarīṣa gṛhe pakvaṁ yad abhīṣṭaṁ sadātmanaḥ | anivedya harer bhuñjan sapta-kalpāni nārakī
English translation
that is found in the Padma Purdna it is stated) ambarisa grhe pakvarh yadabhistarh saddtmanah anivedya harer bhunjan saptakalpdni ndrakl O emperor, if one does not offer all the food he cooks to Lord Hari but instead, simply eats it—he will have to suffer the torments of hell for seven ]<alpas.
HBV 9.341
Sourceतत्रैवोत्तर-काण्डे शिवोमा-सꣳवादे (६.२५३.११२)— अवैष्णवानाꣳ यच् चान्नꣳ पतितानाꣳ तथैव च । अनर्पितꣳ तथा विष्णौ श्व-माꣳस-सदृशꣳ भवेत्
tatraivottara-kāṇḍe śivomā-saṁvāde (6.253.112)— avaiṣṇavānāṁ yac cānnaṁ patitānāṁ tathaiva ca | anarpitaṁ tathā viṣṇau śva-māṁsa-sadṛśaṁ bhavet
English translation
in the Padma Purdna, Uttara Khanda, it is stated) avaisnavdndm annahca patitdnarh tathaiva ca
anarpitam tathd visnou svamdsam-sadysam bhavet Food served in the houses of fallen and wretched people, and non- devotees in general, and food that has not been offered to Lord Visnu, are considered to be on a level with dog meat.
HBV 9.342
Sourceविष्णु-स्मृतौ— अनिवेद्य तु यो भुङ्क्ते हरये परमात्मने । मज्जन्ति पितरस् तस्य नरके शाश्वतीः समाः
viṣṇu-smṛtau— anivedya tu yo bhuṅkte haraye paramātmane | majjanti pitaras tasya narake śāśvatīḥ samāḥ
English translation
The forefathers of a person who enjoys his meal without first offering the food to the Supersoul, Lord Hari, perpetually rot in hell.
HBV 9.343
Sourceअतएव गौत्माम्बरीष-सꣳवादे— अम्बरीष नवꣳ वस्त्रꣳ फलम् अन्नꣳ रसादिकम् । कृत्वा विष्णूपभुक्तꣳ तु सदा सेव्यꣳ हि वैष्णवैः
ataeva gautmāmbarīṣa-saṁvāde— ambarīṣa navaṁ vastraṁ phalam annaṁ rasādikam | kṛtvā viṣṇūpabhuktaṁ tu sadā sevyaṁ hi vaiṣṇavaiḥ
English translation
is recorded in the Padma Pur ana, this verse is found) ambarisa navarh vastrarh phalam annarh rasddikam krtvd visnupa bhuktantu sadd sevyarh hi vaisnavaih O Ambarisa Maharaja, Vaisnavas should offer everything, including new clothes, flowers, fruit, cooked food, and drinks to the Supreme Lord and then accept His remnants.
HBV 9.344
Sourceविष्णु-धर्माग्निपुराणयोः— गन्धान्न-वर-भक्ष्याꣳश् च स्रजो वासाꣳसि भूषणम् । दत्त्वा तु देवदेवाय तच्-छेषाण्य् उपभुञ्जते
viṣṇu-dharmāgnipurāṇayoḥ— gandhānna-vara-bhakṣyāṁś ca srajo vāsāṁsi bhūṣaṇam | dattvā tu devadevāya tac-cheṣāṇy upabhuñjate
English translation
408 SRI HARI-BHAKTI-VILASA Saintly persons first offer to Lord Visnu everything they use, including palatable food, sweets, sandalwood paste, flower garlands, clothes, and ornaments, and then honor His remnants.
HBV 9.345
Sourceगारुडे— पादोदकꣳ पिबेन् नित्यꣳ नैवेद्यꣳ भक्षयेद् धरेः । शेषाश् च मस्तके धार्या इति वेदानुशासनम्
gāruḍe— pādodakaṁ piben nityaṁ naivedyaṁ bhakṣayed dhareḥ | śeṣāś ca mastake dhāryā iti vedānuśāsanam
English translation
The Vedic literature has instructed everyone to regularly drink the water that washed the lotus feet of Lord Hari, honor the remnants of Lord Hari's food, and touch to his head the tulasl leaves that were offered to the Lord.
HBV 9.346
Sourceषष्ठ-स्कन्धे पुꣳसवन-व्रत-प्रसङ्गे [भ्प् ६.१९.२०]— उद्वास्य देवꣳ स्वे धाम्नि तन् निवेदितम् अग्रतः । अद्याद् आत्म-विशुद्ध्य्-अर्थꣳ सर्व-कामार्थ-सिद्धये
ṣaṣṭha-skandhe puṁsavana-vrata-prasaṅge [BhP 6.19.20]— udvāsya devaṁ sve dhāmni tan niveditam agrataḥ | adyād ātma-viśuddhy-arthaṁ sarva-kāmārtha-siddhaye
English translation
is found regarding the conception of a child) udvdsya devarh sve dhdmni tan-niveditam agratah adydd dtma-visuddhy-artharh sarva-kdma-samrddhaye Thereafter, Lord Visnu should be laid in His bed, and then one should take prasada. In this way, husband and wife will be purified and will have all their desires fulfilled.
HBV 9.347
Sourceअष्टम-स्कन्धे च पयो-व्रत-प्रसङ्गे [भ्प् ८.१६.४२]— निवेदितꣳ तद्-भक्ताय दद्याद् भुञ्जीत वा स्वयम्
aṣṭama-skandhe ca payo-vrata-prasaṅge [BhP 8.16.42]— niveditaṁ tad-bhaktāya dadyād bhuñjīta vā svayam
English translation
One should offer all the prasada to a Vaisnava or offer him some of the prasada and then take some oneself.
HBV 9.348
Sourceगौतमीय-तन्त्रे— शुक्लोपचार-सम्भारैर् नित्यशो हरिम् अर्चयेत् । निवेद्य कृष्णाय विधिवद् अन्नꣳ भुञ्जीत तत् स्वयम् । अथवा सात्वते दद्याद् यदि लभ्यते भक्तितः
gautamīya-tantre— śuklopacāra-sambhārair nityaśo harim arcayet | nivedya kṛṣṇāya vidhivad annaṁ bhuñjīta tat svayam | athavā sātvate dadyād yadi labhyate bhaktitaḥ
English translation
Every day, one should collect fresh ingredients and then worship Lord Hari. After offering food to Lord Krsna while following the prescribed rules and regulations, one should honor the Lords remnants and distribute them to Vaisnavas or guests, with love and devotion.
HBV 9.349
Sourceशरत्-प्रदीपे च— भक्त-क्षण-क्षणो देवः स्मृतिः सेवा स्व-वेश्मनि । स्व-भोज्यस्यार्पणꣳ दानꣳ फलम् इन्द्रादि-दुर्लभम्
śarat-pradīpe ca— bhakta-kṣaṇa-kṣaṇo devaḥ smṛtiḥ sevā sva-veśmani | sva-bhojyasyārpaṇaṁ dānaṁ phalam indrādi-durlabham
English translation
Festivals celebrated by the devotees are centered around Lord Visnu. One can remain at home and constantly remember the Supreme Lord, engage in His devotional service, and offer Him one's favorite food. Serving the Lord in this way enables one to go to Vaikuntha, which is rarely attained, even by demigods, such as Indra.
HBV 9.350
Sourceदृष्ट्वा महा-प्रसादान्नꣳ तत् प्राङ् नत्वाभिमन्त्रयेत् । स्वेष्ट-नाम्ना ततो मूल-मनुना वार-सप्तकम्
dṛṣṭvā mahā-prasādānnaṁ tat prāṅ natvābhimantrayet | sveṣṭa-nāmnā tato mūla-manunā vāra-saptakam
English translation
410 SRI HARI-BHAKTI-VILASA As soon as one sees mahd-prasdda, he should offer obesiances to it and honor it by chanting the Gdyatri mantra. Then, one should chant the inula- mantra seven times over the mahd-prasada.
HBV 9.351
Sourceधर्मराजादि-भागꣳ चापास्य श्री-चरणामृतम् । तुलसीꣳ चात्र निक्षिप्य श्लोकान् सङ्कीर्तयेद् इमान्
dharmarājādi-bhāgaṁ cāpāsya śrī-caraṇāmṛtam | tulasīṁ cātra nikṣipya ślokān saṅkīrtayed imān
English translation
From the mahd-prasdda, one should take out a portion, and with tulasi leaves and water that washed the Lord's lotus feet, make an offering to Dharmaraja and others, while reciting these verses.
HBV 9.352
Sourceयस्योच्छिष्टꣳ हि वाञ्छन्ति ब्रह्माद्या ऋषयो’मलाः । सिद्धाद्याश् च हरेस् तस्य वयम् उच्छिष्ट-भोजिनः
yasyocchiṣṭaṁ hi vāñchanti brahmādyā ṛṣayo’malāḥ | siddhādyāś ca hares tasya vayam ucchiṣṭa-bhojinaḥ
English translation
We honor Lord Hari's remnants of food, which are sought after with great respect by the maintainers of the living entities, such as the Siddhas and the demigods, headed by Brahma.
HBV 9.353–354
Sourceकिꣳ च— यस्य नाम्ना विनश्यन्ति महापातक-राशयः । तस्य श्री-कृष्ण-देवस्य वयम् उच्छिष्ट-भोजिनः उच्छिष्ट-भोजिनस् तस्य वयम् अद्भुत-कर्मणः । यो बाल्य-लीलया ताꣳस् तान् पूतनादीन् अपातयत्
kiṁ ca— yasya nāmnā vinaśyanti mahāpātaka-rāśayaḥ | tasya śrī-kṛṣṇa-devasya vayam ucchiṣṭa-bhojinaḥ ucchiṣṭa-bhojinas tasya vayam adbhuta-karmaṇaḥ | yo bālya-līlayā tāṁs tān pūtanādīn apātayat
English translation
We honor the remnants of Lord Krsna, whose holy names destroy all sinful reactions. We take great pleasure in relishing the remnants of Lord Krsna, who, in His childhood, had effortlessly killed the witch, Putana, and performed many other wonderful pastimes.
N I N T H VILASA 411
HBV 9.355
Sourceएकादश-स्कन्धे [भ्प् ११.६.४६]— त्वयोपभुक्त-स्रग्-गन्ध-वासोऽलङ्कार-चर्चिताः । उच्छिष्ट-भोजिनो दासास् तव मायाꣳ जयेमहि
ekādaśa-skandhe [BhP 11.6.46]— tvayopabhukta-srag-gandha-vāso'laṅkāra-carcitāḥ | ucchiṣṭa-bhojino dāsās tava māyāṁ jayemahi
English translation
Simply by decorating ourselves with the garlands, fragrant oils, clothes and ornaments that You have already enjoyed, and by eating the remnants of Your meals, we, Your servants, will indeed conquer Your illusory energy.
HBV 9.356
Sourceयतो’मृतोपस्तरणम् असीत्य् उक्त्वा यथा-विधि । पञ्च प्राणाहुतीः कृत्वा भुञ्जीत पुरतः प्रभोः
yato’mṛtopastaraṇam asīty uktvā yathā-vidhi | pañca prāṇāhutīḥ kṛtvā bhuñjīta purataḥ prabhoḥ
English translation
Thereafter, one should offer oblations to the panca-prdna, while reciting the mantra beginning with amrtopastaranamasi and then honor the Lord's remnants outside the Deity room. It is absolutely prohibited to eat anything inside the Deity room.
HBV 9.357
Sourceश्री-विष्णु-पुराणे [विप् ३.११.७७, ७९-८०, ८२-३, ८६-९१, ९५-६, ९८] और्व-सगर-सꣳवादे— प्रशस्त-रत्न-पाणिस् तु भुञ्जीत प्रयतो गृही
śrī-viṣṇu-purāṇe [ViP 3.11.77, 79-80, 82-3, 86-91, 95-6, 98] aurva-sagara-saṁvāde— praśasta-ratna-pāṇis tu bhuñjīta prayato gṛhī
English translation
that is found in the Visnu Purana it is stated) prasasta ratnapdnistu bhunjita prayato grhi A householder should sit down and honor the Lord's remnants of food in a pure and peaceful manner.
HBV 9.358–359
Sourceपुण्य-गन्धौ शस्त-माल्य-धारी चैव नरेश्वर । नैक-वस्त्र-धरो’थार्द्र-पाणि-पादो महीपते विशुद्ध-वदनः प्रीतो भुञ्जीत न विदिङ्-मुखः । प्राङ्-मुखोदङ्-मुखो वापि न चैवान्य-मना नरः
puṇya-gandhau śasta-mālya-dhārī caiva nareśvara | naika-vastra-dharo’thārdra-pāṇi-pādo mahīpate viśuddha-vadanaḥ prīto bhuñjīta na vidiṅ-mukhaḥ | prāṅ-mukhodaṅ-mukho vāpi na caivānya-manā naraḥ
English translation
412 SRIHARI-BHAKTI-VILASA visuddhavadanah prito bhunjita na vidinmukhah prdnmukhodan mukho vdpi na caivdnyamukho narah One should sit down facing either east or north, after washing his hands and feet. He should decorate himself with sandalwood paste and a flower garland before sitting down to take his meal with a peaceful and satisfied heart. One should not eat while wearing only one piece of cloth, facing fire, facing a corner, or looking here and there.
HBV 9.360
Sourceदत्त्वा तु भक्तꣳ शिष्येभ्यः क्षुधितेभ्यस् तथा गृही । प्रशस्त-शुद्ध-पात्रे तु भुञ्जीताकुपितो द्विजः
dattvā tu bhaktaṁ śiṣyebhyaḥ kṣudhitebhyas tathā gṛhī | praśasta-śuddha-pātre tu bhuñjītākupito dvijaḥ
English translation
After distributing food to his disciples, devotees in general, and those who are hungry, a householder should peacefully accept his meal on a suitable plate.
HBV 9.361
Sourceनासन्दि-सꣳस्थिते पात्रे नादेशे च नरेश्वर । नाकाले नातिसङ्कीर्णे दत्त्वाग्रꣳ च नरो’ग्नये । नाशेषꣳ पुरुषो’श्नीयाद् अन्यत्र जगती-पते
nāsandi-saṁsthite pātre nādeśe ca nareśvara | nākāle nātisaṅkīrṇe dattvāgraṁ ca naro’gnaye | nāśeṣaṁ puruṣo’śnīyād anyatra jagatī-pate
English translation
O emperor, one should never eat while keeping his plate on a three-legged wooden table, in a congested or narrow place, or during an inappropriate time, such as the early evening. A small portion of prasdda should first be offered into fire. A man should not eat everything on his plate. Rather, he should leave a small portion of food.
HBV 9.362
Sourceमध्वम्भु-दधि-सर्पिभ्यः सक्तुभ्यश् च विवेकवान् । अश्नीयात् तन्-मयो भूत्वा पूर्वꣳ तु मधुरꣳ रसम्
madhvambhu-dadhi-sarpibhyaḥ saktubhyaś ca vivekavān | aśnīyāt tan-mayo bhūtvā pūrvaṁ tu madhuraṁ rasam
English translation
After scrutinizing all the food on his plate, such as honey, water, yogurt, ghee and grains, one should eat the sweets first.
HBV 9.363–365
Sourceलवणाम्ले तथा मध्ये कटु-तिक्तादिकाꣳस् ततः । प्राग् द्रवꣳ पुरुषो’श्नीयान् मध्ये कठिनाशनम् अन्ते पुनर् द्रवाशी तु बलारोग्ये न मुञ्चति । पञ्च-ग्रासꣳ महा-मौनꣳ प्राणाद्याप्यायनाय तत् भुक्त्वा सम्यग् अथाचम्य प्राङ्-मुखोदङ्मुखो’पि वा । यथावत् पुनर् आचामेत् पाणी प्रक्षाल्य मूलतः
lavaṇāmle tathā madhye kaṭu-tiktādikāṁs tataḥ | prāg dravaṁ puruṣo’śnīyān madhye kaṭhināśanam ante punar dravāśī tu balārogye na muñcati | pañca-grāsaṁ mahā-maunaṁ prāṇādyāpyāyanāya tat bhuktvā samyag athācamya prāṅ-mukhodaṅmukho’pi vā | yathāvat punar ācāmet pāṇī prakṣālya mūlataḥ
English translation
While having his meal, one should eat the salty and sour preparations first, followed by the pungent and bitter preparations. If one first eats some liquid preparation, then eats some solid food, and then once again, at the end, eats some more of the liquid preparation, he will acquire strength and good health. One should first wash his hands and mouth. Then, while sitting facing east or north, he should have his meal while maintaining silence, after offering a small portion of the food to the pahca-prarias. When finished, one should nicely wash his hands and mouth.
HBV 9.366
Sourceस्वस्थः प्रशान्त-चित्तस् तु कृतासन-परिग्रहः । अभीष्ट-देवतानाꣳ तु कुर्वीत स्मरणꣳ नरः
svasthaḥ praśānta-cittas tu kṛtāsana-parigrahaḥ | abhīṣṭa-devatānāṁ tu kurvīta smaraṇaṁ naraḥ
English translation
After eating, one should peacefully relax and meditate on his worshipable Lord.
HBV 9.367
Sourceअगस्तिर् अग्निर् बडवानलश् च भुक्तꣳ मयान्नꣳ जरयत्व् अशेषम् । सुखꣳ च मे तत्-परिणाम-सम्भवꣳ यच्छन्त्व् अरोगो मम चास्तु देहे
agastir agnir baḍavānalaś ca bhuktaṁ mayānnaṁ jarayatv aśeṣam | sukhaṁ ca me tat-pariṇāma-sambhavaṁ yacchantv arogo mama cāstu dehe
English translation
414 SRI HARI-BHAKTI-VILASA sukhanca me tat parindm sambhavarh yacchantva rogarh mama cdstu dehe He should pray: May the three kinds of fire of digestion properly digest my consumed food. May I achieve happiness as a resuir of proper digestion and may my body remain free of disease.
HBV 9.368
Sourceविष्णुः समस्तेन्द्रिय-देह-देही प्रधान-भूतो भगवान् यथैकः । सत्येन तेनात्तम् अशेषम् अन्नम् आरोग्यदꣳ मे परिणामम् एतु
viṣṇuḥ samastendriya-deha-dehī pradhāna-bhūto bhagavān yathaikaḥ | satyena tenāttam aśeṣam annam ārogyadaṁ me pariṇāmam etu
English translation
May the power of my conviction that Lord Visnu is the supreme controller of all senses, bodies, and embodied souls, help digest my food and give me good health.
HBV 9.369
Sourceइत्य् उच्चार्य स्व-हस्तेन परिमृज्य तथोदरम् । अनायास-प्रदायीनि कुर्यात् कर्माण्य् अतन्द्रितः
ity uccārya sva-hastena parimṛjya tathodaram | anāyāsa-pradāyīni kuryāt karmāṇy atandritaḥ
English translation
After reciting these two mantras, one should massage his belly and give up lethargy by engaging in some light work. In other words, one should avoid hard physical labor after eating.
HBV 9.370
Sourceकौर्मे व्यास-गीतायाम्— प्राङ्-मुखो’न्नानि भुञ्जीत सूर्याभिमुखम् एव वा । आसीनः स्वासने सिद्धे भूम्याꣳ पादौ निधाय च
kaurme vyāsa-gītāyām— prāṅ-mukho’nnāni bhuñjīta sūryābhimukham eva vā | āsīnaḥ svāsane siddhe bhūmyāṁ pādau nidhāya ca
English translation
One should sit on a comfortable asana facing the sun, or east, while keeping both legs on the floor as he has his meal.
HBV 9.371
Sourceआयुष्यꣳ प्राङ्-मुखो भुङ्क्ते यशस्यꣳ दक्षिणामुखः । श्रियꣳ प्रत्यङ्-मुखो भुङ्क्ते ऋतꣳ भुङ्क्ते उदङ्-मुखः
āyuṣyaṁ prāṅ-mukho bhuṅkte yaśasyaṁ dakṣiṇāmukhaḥ | śriyaṁ pratyaṅ-mukho bhuṅkte ṛtaṁ bhuṅkte udaṅ-mukhaḥ
English translation
Eating one's meal facing east awards one a long duration of life. Facing south gives one fame, facing west awards wealth, and facing north causes all of one's desires to be fulfilled.
HBV 9.372
Sourceपञ्चार्द्रो भोजनꣳ कुर्याद् भूमौ पात्रꣳ निधाय च । उपवासेन तत् तुल्यꣳ मनुर् आह प्रजापतिः
pañcārdro bhojanaṁ kuryād bhūmau pātraṁ nidhāya ca | upavāsena tat tulyaṁ manur āha prajāpatiḥ
English translation
Prajapati Manu has said that if one has his meal, after washing his hands, feet, and mouth, keeping his plate on the floor—he obtains the benefit of fasting.
HBV 9.373–374
Sourceउपैइप्ते सुचौ देसे प्द्दौ प्रक्स्द्ल्य वै करौ अचम्यर्द्र्द् ननोऽक्रोधह् पन्च्द्र्द्रो भोजनर्ह् चरेत् मह्द् व्य्ध्र्तिभिस् त्वन्नम् परिव्द्र्योदकेन तु अम्र्तोपस्तरनर्ह् असि त्य पोसन्क्रिय्द्र्ह् चरेत्
upaiipte sucau dese pddau praksdlya vai karau acamyardrd nano'krodhah pancdrdro bhojanarh caret mahd vydhrtibhis tvannam parivdryodakena tu amrtopastaranarh asi tya posankriydrh caret
English translation
One should wash his feet, hands, and mouth; sit down in a clean place that was smeared with cow dung and have his meal with a mind that is free from anger. Before eating, one should chant the Gayatri mantra and then sprinkle some water around his plate, while chanting this mantra: amrtopastaranarh asi.
Sanskrit normalized from the complete edition text layer where the Grantha Mandira control has a numbering discontinuity.
HBV 9.375–378
Sourceमहा-व्याहृतिभिस् त्व् अन्नꣳ परिवार्योदकेन तु । अमृतोपस्तरणम् असीत्यपोशान-क्रियाꣳ चरेत् ॥ स्वाहा-प्रणव-सꣳयुक्ताꣳ प्राणायेत्य् आहुतिꣳ ततः । अपानाय ततो हुत्वा व्यानाय तद्-अनन्तरम् उदानाय ततः कुर्यात् समानायेति पञ्चमीम् । विज्ञाय तत्त्वम् एतेषाꣳ जुहुयाद् आत्मनि द्विजाः शेषम् अन्नꣳ यथाकामꣳ भुञ्जीत व्यञ्जनैर् युतम् । ध्यात्वा तन्-मनसा देवम् आत्मानꣳ वै प्रजापतिम् अमृतापिधानम् असीत्य् उपरिष्टाद् अपः पिबेत्
mahā-vyāhṛtibhis tv annaṁ parivāryodakena tu | amṛtopastaraṇam asītyapośāna-kriyāṁ caret || svāhā-praṇava-saṁyuktāṁ prāṇāyety āhutiṁ tataḥ | apānāya tato hutvā vyānāya tad-anantaram udānāya tataḥ kuryāt samānāyeti pañcamīm | vijñāya tattvam eteṣāṁ juhuyād ātmani dvijāḥ śeṣam annaṁ yathākāmaṁ bhuñjīta vyañjanair yutam | dhyātvā tan-manasā devam ātmānaṁ vai prajāpatim amṛtāpidhānam asīty upariṣṭād apaḥ pibet
English translation
416 SRIHARI-BHAKTI-VILASA uddndya tatah kuryydt sama ndyeti pancamlm vijnaya tattvam etesarh juhuydd dtmani dvijdh sesam annarh yathd kdmarh bhunjit vyanjanair yutam dhydtvd tanmanasd devam dtmdnam vai prajdpatim amrtapi dhdnam asi tyu paristddapah pivet Thereafter, one should offer oblations to the five kinds of life air while chanting: om prdndya svdhd, and so on. O brdhmanas, one should also offer oblations to himself after understanding all the intricacies of this science. After doing this, one can enjoy his meal as he likes. After eating, one should fix his mind on the Supreme Lord and then wash his hands and mouth while chanting this mantra: amrtavipadhanam asi.
HBV 9.379–381
Sourceकिꣳ च, तत्रैव— यद् भुङ्क्ते वेष्टित-शिरा यच् च भुङ्क्ते विदिङ्-मुखः । सोपानत्कश् च यद् भुङ्क्ते सर्वꣳ विद्यात् तद् आसुरम् नार्ध-रात्रे न मध्याह्ने नाजीर्णꣳ नार्द्र-वस्त्र-धृक् । न च भिन्नासन-गतो न याने सꣳस्थितो’पि वा न भिन्न-भाजने चैव न भूम्याꣳ न च पाणिषु । अनारोग्यम् अनायुष्यम् अस्वर्ग्यꣳ चातिभोजनम् । अपुण्यꣳ लोक-विद्विष्टꣳ तस्मात् तत् परिवर्जयेत्
kiṁ ca, tatraiva— yad bhuṅkte veṣṭita-śirā yac ca bhuṅkte vidiṅ-mukhaḥ | sopānatkaś ca yad bhuṅkte sarvaṁ vidyāt tad āsuram nārdha-rātre na madhyāhne nājīrṇaṁ nārdra-vastra-dhṛk | na ca bhinnāsana-gato na yāne saṁsthito’pi vā na bhinna-bhājane caiva na bhūmyāṁ na ca pāṇiṣu | anārogyam anāyuṣyam asvargyaṁ cātibhojanam | apuṇyaṁ loka-vidviṣṭaṁ tasmāt tat parivarjayet
English translation
Eating while covering one's head, while facing a corner, or while wearing shoes is considered to be demoniac. One should avoid eating in the middle of the night, at noon, when one is suffering from indigestion, while wearing wet clothes, while sitting on a broken chair, while sitting in a vehicle, on a broken plate, or by placing the food on the ground or in the palms of one's hands. Overeating is a great impediment on the path of good health, it reduces one's duration of life, it hampers one's progress to heaven, it causes one to accumulate sin, and it becomes a cause of public criticism. Therefore, one should refrain from overeating.
HBV 9.382
Sourceकिꣳ च— न वाम-हस्तेनोद्धृत्य पिबेद् वक्त्रेण वा जलम्
kiṁ ca— na vāma-hastenoddhṛtya pibed vaktreṇa vā jalam
English translation
One should not drink water by picking up a glass with his left hand.
HBV 9.383
Sourceविष्णु-स्मृतौ— पिबतः पतते तोयꣳ भाजने मुख-निर्गयम् । अभोज्यꣳ तद् भवेद् अन्नꣳ भुक्त्वा चान्द्रायणꣳ चरेत्
viṣṇu-smṛtau— pibataḥ patate toyaṁ bhājane mukha-nirgayam | abhojyaṁ tad bhaved annaṁ bhuktvā cāndrāyaṇaṁ caret
English translation
If some water falls on one's plate while drinking water, the food on the plate becomes unfit for eating. If one eats that food, he must purify himself by following the vow of candrdyana.
HBV 9.384
Sourceमार्कण्डेये— भुञ्जीतान्नꣳ च तच्-चित्तो ह्य् अन्तर्जासु सदा नरः । उपघाताद् ऋते दोषान्नान्नस्योदीरयेद् बुधः
mārkaṇḍeye— bhuñjītānnaṁ ca tac-citto hy antarjāsu sadā naraḥ | upaghātād ṛte doṣānnānnasyodīrayed budhaḥ
English translation
418 SRI HARI-BHAKTI-VILASA One should sit down, crossing his legs and keeping his plate just in front of him. One should always eat his meal with attention. Learned people find fault in the food that is eaten by crows, cats, or other animals.
HBV 9.385
Sourceअन्यत्र च— हस्तादृते’म्बुनान्येनान् अश्नन् पात्राद् ऋते पिबेत् । दक्षिणꣳ तु परित्यज्य वामे नीरꣳ निघापयेत् । अभोज्यꣳ तद् भवेद् अन्नꣳ पानीयꣳ च सुरा-समम्
anyatra ca— hastādṛte’mbunānyenān aśnan pātrād ṛte pibet | dakṣiṇaṁ tu parityajya vāme nīraṁ nighāpayet | abhojyaṁ tad bhaved annaṁ pānīyaṁ ca surā-samam
English translation
It is prohibited to drink water without a glass or cup, simply by using one's palms. It is also forbidden to drink water directly from a source without holding it with his hand. If one keeps his glass of water to the left of his plate, rather than the right, his water is considered to be on the level of wine and his food unfit for consumption.
HBV 9.386
Sourceतृप्तो दद्याद् धि तद्-अन्नꣳ शेषꣳ दुर्गत-तृप्तये
tṛpto dadyād dhi tad-annaṁ śeṣaṁ durgata-tṛptaye
English translation
Whatever food is left over after a meal should be distributed to distressed people, for their satisfaction.
HBV 9.387–388
Sourceसम्यग् आचम्य दक्षाङ्घ्रेर् अङ्गुष्ठे वारि निक्षिपेत् ततः सꣳस्मृत्य सन्तुष्टः पुष्टिदाम् इष्ट-देवताम् । सन्निकृष्टैर् वृतः शिष्टैर् जपेद् अन्न-पतेर् मनून् । अन्नपते’न्नस्य नो देहि इत्य् आदि ।
samyag ācamya dakṣāṅghrer aṅguṣṭhe vāri nikṣipet tataḥ saṁsmṛtya santuṣṭaḥ puṣṭidām iṣṭa-devatām | sannikṛṣṭair vṛtaḥ śiṣṭair japed anna-pater manūn | annapate’nnasya no dehi ity ādi |
English translation
After properly washing one's hands and mouth, one should sprinkle a few drops of water on his right toe. Then one should happily meditate on the Supreme Lord, who provides him nourishment. Next, while surrounded by
pious people, one should chant the mantra: annapate'nnasya no dehi, which invokes the grace of the Lord.
HBV 9.389
Sourceभक्षयेद् अथ ताम्बूलꣳ प्रसादꣳ वल्लवी-प्रभोः । शिष्टैर् इष्टैर् जपेद् दिव्यꣳ भगवन् नाम-मङ्गलम्
bhakṣayed atha tāmbūlaṁ prasādaṁ vallavī-prabhoḥ | śiṣṭair iṣṭair japed divyaṁ bhagavan nāma-maṅgalam
English translation
One should then chew the betel nuts that were offered to the Lord and sit with the other devotees to chant the most auspicious holy names.
HBV 9.390
Sourceवाराहे— यो ममैवार्चनꣳ कृत्वा तत्र प्रापणम् उत्तमम् । शेषम् अन्नꣳ शम् अश्नाति ततः सौख्यतरꣳ नु किम्
vārāhe— yo mamaivārcanaṁ kṛtvā tatra prāpaṇam uttamam | śeṣam annaṁ śam aśnāti tataḥ saukhyataraṁ nu kim
English translation
Can anyone achieve more happiness than that which is obtained by eating My prasdda after worshiping Me and offering Me very palatable food?
HBV 9.391
Sourceस्कान्दे— तवोपहारꣳ भुक्त्वा यः सेवते यज्ञ-पूरुषम् । सेवितꣳ तेन नियतꣳ पुरोडाशो महाधिया
skānde— tavopahāraṁ bhuktvā yaḥ sevate yajña-pūruṣam | sevitaṁ tena niyataṁ puroḍāśo mahādhiyā
English translation
A great soul who serves the Lord of sacrifice by relishing the remnants of His food lives happily by accepting whatever is allotted to him at the conclusion of sacrificial performances.
HBV 9.392
Sourceकिꣳ च तत्रैव— शङ्खोदकꣳ तीर्थ-वराद् वरिष्ठꣳ पादोदकꣳ तीर्थ-गणाद् गरिष्ठम् । नैवेद्य-शेषꣳ क्रतु-कोटि-पुण्यꣳ निर्माल्य-शेषꣳ व्रत-दान-तुल्यम्
kiṁ ca tatraiva— śaṅkhodakaṁ tīrtha-varād variṣṭhaṁ pādodakaṁ tīrtha-gaṇād gariṣṭham | naivedya-śeṣaṁ kratu-koṭi-puṇyaṁ nirmālya-śeṣaṁ vrata-dāna-tulyam
English translation
420 SRI HARI-BHAKTI-VILASA naivedya sesarh krdtu kotipunyarh nirmmdlya sesarh vrata ddna tulyarh Water from a conch shell is more sanctified than water from a holy place of pilgrimage. Water that washed the lotus feet of the Lord is more sanctified than the combined water of all holy places. The remnants of the Lord's food awards one more benefit than the piety earned by performing ten million sacrifices. The remnants of the Lord's flowers and other offerings award one merit equal to that which is achieved by following vows and giving charity.
HBV 9.393
Sourceनैवेद्य-शेषꣳ तुल-सीवि-मिश्रꣳ विशेषतः पाद-जलेन सिक्तम् । यो’श्नाति नित्यꣳ पुरतो मुरारेः प्राप्नोति यज्ञायुत-कोटि-पुण्यम्
naivedya-śeṣaṁ tula-sīvi-miśraṁ viśeṣataḥ pāda-jalena siktam | yo’śnāti nityaṁ purato murāreḥ prāpnoti yajñāyuta-koṭi-puṇyam
English translation
One who regularly honors Lord Visnu's prasada with tulasi leaves, along with the water that washed His lotus feet, obtains the merit of performing ten thousand million sacrifices.
HBV 9.394
Sourceषड्भिर् मासोपवासैस् तु यत् फलꣳ परिकीर्तितम् । विष्णोर् नैवेद्य-शेषे यत् फलꣳ तद् भुञ्जताꣳ कलौ
ṣaḍbhir māsopavāsais tu yat phalaṁ parikīrtitam | viṣṇor naivedya-śeṣe yat phalaṁ tad bhuñjatāṁ kalau
English translation
In this age of Kali, simply by eating Lord Visnu's remnants of food, one achieves the merit of fasting for six months.
HBV 9.395
Sourceकिꣳ च, तत्र श्री-शालग्राम-शिला-माहात्म्ये— भक्त्या भुनक्ति नैवेद्यꣳ शालग्राम-शिलार्पितम् । कोटिꣳ मखस्य लभते फलꣳ शत-सहस्रशः
kiṁ ca, tatra śrī-śālagrāma-śilā-māhātmye— bhaktyā bhunakti naivedyaṁ śālagrāma-śilārpitam | koṭiṁ makhasya labhate phalaṁ śata-sahasraśaḥ
English translation
connection with the glories of the salagrdma'sild) bhaktyd bhunakti naivedhyarh sdlagrdma sildrpitam kotirh makhasya labhate phalarh satasahasrasah
NINTH VILAS A 421 One who honors the remnants of food offered to the sdlagrama-sila obtains the merit of performing hundreds of thousands of sacrifices.
HBV 9.396–397
Sourceब्रह्म-वारि-गृहस्थैश् च वानप्रस्थैश् च भिक्षुभिः । भोक्तव्यꣳ विष्णु-नैवेद्यꣳ नात्र कार्या विचारणा भुक्त्वान्य-देव-नैवेद्यꣳ द्विजश् चान्द्रायणꣳ चरेत् । भुक्त्वा केशव-नैवेद्यꣳ यज्ञ-कोटि-फलꣳ लभेत्
brahma-vāri-gṛhasthaiś ca vānaprasthaiś ca bhikṣubhiḥ | bhoktavyaṁ viṣṇu-naivedyaṁ nātra kāryā vicāraṇā bhuktvānya-deva-naivedyaṁ dvijaś cāndrāyaṇaṁ caret | bhuktvā keśava-naivedyaṁ yajña-koṭi-phalaṁ labhet
English translation
All members of the four varnas and dsramas should honor Lord Visnu's remnants of food. There is no use in arguing this point. If a brahmana eats the remnants of the demigods' food, he must atone by observing the vow of candrayana, and if he eats the remnants of Lord Visnu's food, he will achieve the merit of performing ten million sacrifices.
HBV 9.398–399
Sourceतत्रैव श्री-ब्रह्म-नारद-सꣳवादे— अग्निष्टोम-सहस्रैस् तु वाजपेय-शतैर् अपि । तत् फलꣳ प्राप्यते नूनꣳ विष्णोर् नैवेद्य-भक्षणात् हृदि रूपꣳ मुखे नाम नैवेद्यम् उदरे हरेः । पादोदकꣳ च निर्माल्यꣳ मस्तके यस्य सो’च्युतः
tatraiva śrī-brahma-nārada-saṁvāde— agniṣṭoma-sahasrais tu vājapeya-śatair api | tat phalaṁ prāpyate nūnaṁ viṣṇor naivedya-bhakṣaṇāt hṛdi rūpaṁ mukhe nāma naivedyam udare hareḥ | pādodakaṁ ca nirmālyaṁ mastake yasya so’cyutaḥ
English translation
recorded in the Skanda Purdna, these statements are found) agnistoma sahasraistu vdjapeya satairapi tat phalarh prdpyate nunam visnor naivedhya bhaksandt hrdi ruparh mukhe nama naivedhyam udhure hareh padodakanca nirmmalyam mastake yasya so'cyutah The merit one obtains by performing one thousand agnistoma sacrifices and one hundred horse sacrifices can undoubtedly be achieved by honoring the remnants of Lord Visnu's food. One whose heart is decorated with the
422 SRI HARI-BHAKTI^VILASA transcendental form of Lord Hari, whose mouth chants the holy name of Lord Hari, whose stomach is filled with the remnants of Lord Hari's food, and whose head is adorned with the remnants of Lord Hari's flower garlands and water that washed His lotus feet, is as glorious as Lord Acyuta Himself.
HBV 9.400
Sourceकिꣳ च— पावनꣳ विष्णु-नैवेद्यꣳ सुर-सिद्धर्षिभिः स्मृतम् । अन्य-देवस्य नैवेद्यꣳ भुवत्त्वाचान्द्रायणꣳ चरेत्
kiṁ ca— pāvanaṁ viṣṇu-naivedyaṁ sura-siddharṣibhiḥ smṛtam | anya-devasya naivedyaṁ bhuvattvācāndrāyaṇaṁ caret
English translation
The remnants of Lord Visnu has been glorified by perfected beings, great sages, and demigods, as most sanctified. They have stated that after eating the remnants of the demigods' food, one should undergo the atonement of performing the candrdyana vow.
HBV 9.401–402
Sourceकोटि-यज्ञैस् तु यत् पुण्यꣳ मासोपोषण-कोटिभिः । तत् फलꣳ प्राप्यते पुम्भिर् विष्णोर् नैवेद्य-भक्षणात् तुलस्याश् च रजो-जुष्टꣳ नैवेद्यस्य च भक्षणम् । निर्माल्यꣳ च धृतꣳ येन महा-पातक-नाशनम्
koṭi-yajñais tu yat puṇyaṁ māsopoṣaṇa-koṭibhiḥ | tat phalaṁ prāpyate pumbhir viṣṇor naivedya-bhakṣaṇāt tulasyāś ca rajo-juṣṭaṁ naivedyasya ca bhakṣaṇam | nirmālyaṁ ca dhṛtaṁ yena mahā-pātaka-nāśanam
English translation
The same merit that is obtained by performing millions of sacrifices and fasting for millions of months can be achieved simply by eating Lord Visnu's remnants of food. By honoring mahd-prasada with tulasi leaves and by accepting the Lord's flower garlands and other things that were offered to Him, all of one's gravest sinful reactions are destroyed.
HBV 9.403–405
Sourceबृहद्-विष्णु-पुराणे -- नैवेद्यꣳ जगदीशस्य अन्न-पानादिकꣳ च यत् । ब्रह्मवन् निर्विकारꣳ हि यथा विष्णुस् तथैव तत् विकारꣳ ये प्रकुर्वन्ति भक्षणे तद् द्विजातयः कुष्ठ-व्याधि-समायुक्ताः पुत्र-दार-विवर्जिताः ॥ निरयꣳ यान्ति ते विप्रा यस्मान् नावर्तते पुनः
bṛhad-viṣṇu-purāṇe -- naivedyaṁ jagadīśasya anna-pānādikaṁ ca yat | brahmavan nirvikāraṁ hi yathā viṣṇus tathaiva tat vikāraṁ ye prakurvanti bhakṣaṇe tad dvijātayaḥ kuṣṭha-vyādhi-samāyuktāḥ putra-dāra-vivarjitāḥ || nirayaṁ yānti te viprā yasmān nāvartate punaḥ
English translation
O brahmanas, know for certain that one should not discriminate, thinking, "This is fit for eating and this is not fit for eating," with regards to Lord Visnu's remnants of food and drink. Mahd-prasada of Lord Visnu is unaffected by any material condition because it is transcendental, like the Lord Himself. Indeed, it is non-different from Lord Visnu. Those who discriminate, or have reservations about honoring Lord Visnu's remnants of food, will suffer from leprosy and reside in hell after losing his wife and children.
HBV 9.406
Sourceविष्णुधर्मोत्तरे— नवम् अन्नꣳ फलꣳ पुष्पꣳ निवेद्य मधुसूदने । पश्चाद् भुङ्क्ते स्वयꣳ यश् च तस्य तुष्यति केशवः
viṣṇudharmottare— navam annaṁ phalaṁ puṣpaṁ nivedya madhusūdane | paścād bhuṅkte svayaṁ yaś ca tasya tuṣyati keśavaḥ
English translation
Lord Kesava, the slayer of the Madhu demon, considers that person very dear to Him who offers Him everything, including rice, fruit, and flowers, and then partakes of the remnants.
HBV 9.407
Sourceब्रह्माण्ड-पुराणे— मुकुन्दाशन-शेषꣳ तु यो हि भुङ्क्ते दिने दिने । सिक्थे सिक्थे भवेत् पुण्यꣳ चान्द्रायण-शताधिकम्
brahmāṇḍa-purāṇe— mukundāśana-śeṣaṁ tu yo hi bhuṅkte dine dine | sikthe sikthe bhavet puṇyaṁ cāndrāyaṇa-śatādhikam
English translation
424 SRI HARI-BHAKTI-VILASA sikthe sikthe bhavet punyarh cdndrdyana satddhikam One who eats Lord Mukunda's remnants of food every day obtains the merit of performing one hundred cdndrdyana vratas with each bite he consumes.
HBV 9.408
Sourceअन्यत्रापि— एकादशी-सहस्रैस् तु मासोपोषण-कोटिभिः । तत् फलꣳ प्राप्यते पुम्भिर् विष्णोर् नैवेद्य-भक्षणात् इति ।
anyatrāpi— ekādaśī-sahasrais tu māsopoṣaṇa-koṭibhiḥ | tat phalaṁ prāpyate pumbhir viṣṇor naivedya-bhakṣaṇāt iti |
English translation
Simply by honoring Lord Visnu's remnants of food, one obtains the merit of observing one thousand Ekadasi vratas and ten million fasts.
HBV 9.409
Sourceततो यथोक्तम् आचम्य ताम्बूलादि विभज्य च । महा-प्रसादꣳ दास्येन गृह्णीयात् प्रयतः स्वयम्
tato yathoktam ācamya tāmbūlādi vibhajya ca | mahā-prasādaṁ dāsyena gṛhṇīyāt prayataḥ svayam
English translation
Thereafter, one should, according to prescribed rules, perform dcamana, offer betel nuts and spices to the Lord, and then, as an obedient servant, accept them as His remnants.
HBV 9.410
Sourceतथा च नवम-स्कन्धे श्रीमद्-अम्बरीष-चरिते [भ्प् ९.४.२०]— कामꣳ च दास्ये न तु काम-काम्यया यथोत्तमश्लोक-जनाश्रया रतिः
tathā ca navama-skandhe śrīmad-ambarīṣa-carite [BhP 9.4.20]— kāmaṁ ca dāsye na tu kāma-kāmyayā yathottamaśloka-janāśrayā ratiḥ
English translation
Indeed, Maharaja Ambarisa never desired anything for his own sense gratification. He engaged all his senses in devotional service, in various engagements related to the Lord. This is the way to increase attachment for the Lord and be completely free from all material desires.
HBV 9.411
Sourceनैवेद्य-भक्षणे यच् च निर्माल्य-ग्रहणे च यत् । माहात्म्यम् आदौ लिखितꣳ ज्ञेयꣳ सर्वम् इहापि तत्
naivedya-bhakṣaṇe yac ca nirmālya-grahaṇe ca yat | māhātmyam ādau likhitaṁ jñeyaṁ sarvam ihāpi tat
English translation
The glories of honoring the Lord's remnants of food and flower garlands are also applicable in this connection.