Matsyapurana 65
English (machine translation) 65
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65.1
The Lord said: / Now I shall speak of another third lunar day that grants all desires, / on which whatever is given, offered in fire, or recited in prayer, all becomes inexhaustible.
65.2
By those who fast on the third lunar day in the bright fortnight of Vaiśākha, / an inexhaustible fruit is attained for every good deed.
65.3
Joined likewise with the Kṛttikā asterism, it is especially well honored; / whatever is given, offered in fire, or recited in prayer then, is all said to be inexhaustible.
65.4
Inexhaustible is his lineage; inexhaustible is the good deed done on it. / Viṣṇu is worshiped with unbroken grains, therefore it is remembered as Akṣayā. / Men, having bathed with unbroken grains and having offered unbroken grains to Viṣṇu,
65.5
and having given those very grains to Brahmins, as well as well-prepared roasted grain-flour, / the fortunate man, eating food according to rule, enjoys an imperishable fruit.
65.6
Even by observing properly a single third lunar day as described, / a man obtains the fruit of all these third lunar days.
65.7
Having fully worshiped Janārdana while fasting on this third lunar day, / he attains the fruit of a Rājasūya sacrifice and reaches the foremost destiny.
Translations (1)
- The Matsya Puranam — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
Linked texts (1)
- Matsyapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit