विष्णोर्व्रतमिदं बिभ्रन्न विहन्यात्कथञ्चन । विप्रान् स्त्रियो वीरवती: स्रग्गन्धबलिमण्डनै: । अर्चेदहरहर्भक्त्या देवं नियममास्थिता ॥ १९ ॥ उद्वास्य देवं स्वे धाम्नि तन्निवेदितमग्रत: । अद्यादात्मविशुद्ध्यर्थं सर्वकामसमृद्धये ॥ २० ॥
visnor vratam idam bibhran na vihanyat kathancana vipran striyo viravatih srag-gandha-bali-mandanaih arced ahar-ahar bhaktya devam niyamam asthita udvasya devam sve dhamni tan-niveditam agratah adyad atma-visuddhy-artham sarva-kama-samrddhaye
- visnoh
- of Lord Visnu
- vratam
- vow
- idam
- this
- bibhrat
- executing
- na
- not
- vihanyat
- should break
- kathancana
- for any reason
- vipran
- the brahmanas
- striyah
- women
- vira-vatih
- who have their husband and sons
- srak
- with garlands
- gandha
- sandalwood
- bali
- offerings of food
- mandanaih
- and with ornaments
- arcet
- one should worship
- ahah-ahah
- daily
- bhaktya
- with devotion
- devam
- Lord Visnu
- niyamam
- the regulative principles
- asthita
- following
- udvasya
- placing
- devam
- the Lord
- sve
- in His own
- dhamni
- resting place
- tat
- to Him
- niveditam
- what was offered
- agratah
- after dividing first among the others
- adyat
- one should eat
- atma-visuddhi-artham
- for self-purification
- sarva-kama
- all desires
- samrddhaye
- for fulfilling
One should accept this visnu-vrata, which is a vow in devotional service, and should not deviate from its execution to engage in anything else. By offering the remnants of prasada, flower garlands, sandalwood pulp and ornaments, one should daily worship the brahmanas and worship women who peacefully live with their husbands and children. Every day the wife must continue following the regulative principles to worship Lord Visnu with great devotion. 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.