SB Benediction for Dvadasi

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One of many benedictions offered in Srimad Bhagavatam:

 

paurnamasyam sinivalyam

dvadasyam sravane 'thava

dina-ksaye vyatipate

sankrame 'rkadine 'pi va

sravayec chraddadhananam

tirtha-pada-padasrayah

necchams tatratmanatmanam

santusta iti sidhyati

 

SYNONYMS

 

paurnamasyam -- on the full moon; sinivalyam -- on the dark moon; dvadasyam

-- on the day after Ekadasi; sravane -- during the Sravana star's

appearance; athava -- or; dina-ksaye -- at the end of the tithi; vyatipate

-- a particular day of the name; sankrame -- at the end of the month;

arkadine -- on Sunday; api -- also; va -- or; sravayet -- one should recite;

sraddadhananam -- to a receptive audience; tirtha-pada -- of the Supreme

Personality of Godhead; pada-asrayah -- taken shelter of the lotus feet; na

icchan -- without desiring remuneration; tatra -- there; atmana -- by the

self; atmanam -- the mind; santustah -- pacified; iti -- thus; sidhyati --

becomes perfect.

 

TRANSLATION

 

Persons who have completely taken shelter of the lotus feet of the Lord

should recite this narration of Dhruva Maharaja without taking remuneration.

Specifically, recitation is recommended on the full moon or dark moon day,

on the day after Ekadasi, on the appearance of the Sravana star, at the end

of a particular tithi, or the occasion of Vyatipata, at the end of the

month, or on Sunday. Such recitation should of course be performed before a

favorable audience. When recitation is performed this way, without

professional motive, the reciter and audience become perfect.

 

>>> Ref. VedaBase => SB 4.12.49, SB 4.12.50, SB 4.12.49-50