[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Polity, Pleasure & Law](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti) › [Law and Social-Religious Duty](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma) › [Legal Digests](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha) › [Great comprehensive digests](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha) › [Smrititattva](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrtitattva) › 1.p2.21 # Smrititattva 1.p2.21 Smṛtitattva 1.p2.21 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.p2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrtitattva.1.p2.21) vā | cāturmāsyavratārambhaṃ kuryyāt karkaṭasaṃkrame || abhāve tu tulārke'pi mantreṇa niyamaṃ vratau | kārttike śukladvādaśyāṃ vidhivattat samāpayet || caturddhāpi hi taccīrṇaṃ cāturmāsyaṃ vrataṃ naraḥ | kārttikyāṃ śuklapakṣe tu dvādaśyāṃ tatsamāpayet” mātsye | “caturo vārṣikān māsān devasyotthāpanāvadhi madhusvaro bhavennityaṃ naro gur̤avivarjanāt || tailasya varjanādeva sundarāṅgaḥ prajāyate | kaṭutailaparityāgāt śatrunāśaḥ prajāyate | labhate santatiṃ dīrghāṃ sthālīpākamabhakṣayan || sadā muniḥ sadā yogī madhumāṃsasya varjanāt | nirādhirnīrurogojasvī viṣṇubhaktaśca jāyate || ekāntaropavāsena viṣṇulokamavāpnuyāt | dhāraṇātnakhalomnāñca gaṅgāsnānaṃ dine dine tāmbūlavarjanādbhogī raktakaṇṭhaśca jāyate || ghṛtatyāgāt sulāvaṇyaṃ sarve snigdhaṃ vapurbhavet | phalatyāgāttu matimān bahuputraśca jāyate” || “namo nārāyaṇāyeti japtānnaśanajaṃ phalam pādābhivandanādviṣṇorlabhedgodānajaṃ phalam | evamādivrataiḥ pārtha ! tuṣṭimāyāti keśavaḥ” || sanatkumāraḥ “idaṃ vrataṃ mayā deva ! gṛhītam puratastava | nirvighnāṃ siddhimāpnotu prapanne tvayi keśava ! | gṛhīte'smin vrate deva ! yadyapūrṇe tvahaṃ striye | tanme bhavatu saṃpūrṇaṃ tvatprasādājjanārdana !” samāptau ca “idaṃ vrataṃ mayā deva ! kṛtaṃ prītau tava prabho ! | nyūnaṃ saṃpūrṇatāṃ yātu tvatprasādājjanārdana !” atraiva yatimadhikṛtya kāṭhakagṛhyam “ekarātraṃ vaset grāme nagare pañcarātrakam | varṣābhyo'nyatra varṣāsu māsāṃśca caturo vaset” || etadaśaktaviṣayam | “ūrddhvaṃ vārṣikābhyāṃ māsābhyāṃ naikasthānavāsau” || iti śaṅkhokteḥ - [Previous: 1.p2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrtitattva.1.p2.20) - [Next: 1.p2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrtitattva.1.p2.22) - [Up: 1.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrtitattva.1.p2) ## Linked texts (1) - [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.64.24) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrtitattva.1.p2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrtitattva.1.p2.21) · Pramāṇa