पञ्चगव्यं च संप्राश्य स्वप्याद्भूमौ विमत्सरः
After consuming pañcagavya, one should sleep on the ground without envy.
अनेन विधिना दद्यान्मासिमासि सदा नरः
A person should give in this manner every month, always.
संवत्सरांते शयनमिक्षुदण्डगुडान्वितम्
At the end of the year, one should give a bed furnished with a sugarcane staff and jaggery.
ताम्रपात्रं तिलप्रस्थं सौवर्णवृषसंयुतम्
A copper vessel, a prastha of sesame, and a golden bull should be given.
अनेन विधिना राजन्कुर्याद्यः शुभसप्तमीम् 4.51.
O King, whoever performs the auspicious Saptamī in this way—
अप्सरोगणगन्धर्वैः पूज्यमानः सुरालये
—is honored in the abode of the gods by hosts of Apsarās and Gandharvas.
स कल्पादवतीर्णस्तु सप्तद्वीपाधिपो भवेत्
He descends at the end of a kalpa and becomes the lord of the seven continents.
नाशङ्करोति पुण्येयं कृता वै शुभसप्तमी
One should not doubt that performing this auspicious Saptamī brings merit.
इमां पठेद्यः शृणुया न्मुहूर्तं वीक्षेत संगादपि दीयमानम्
Whoever recites, hears, or even glances at this for a moment, or receives it from others—
स्नपनसप्तमीव्रतवर्णनम् युधिष्ठिर उवाच मृतवत्सादिकार्येषु दुःस्वप्ने च किमिष्यते
Description of the Snapanasaptamī vow. Yudhiṣṭhira said: What is to be done in cases of a dead child, or after a bad dream?
रोगर्दौर्गत्यरूपेण तथैवेष्टविघातनैः
Through disease, misfortune, or obstacles to desired aims—
तद्विघाताय वक्ष्यामि सदा कल्याणसप्तमीम्
For the removal of those obstacles, I shall always declare the auspicious Saptamī.
बालानां मरणं यत्र क्षीरपानं प्रशस्यते
Where the death of children occurs, drinking milk is praised.
शान्तये तत्र वक्ष्यामि मृतवत्सादिके च यत्
For peace in that situation, I will tell you what should be done in the case of a child who dies like a calf.
वराहकल्पे संप्राप्ते मनोर्वैवस्वतेंऽतरे
When the Varaha Kalpa arrived, in the interval of Manu Vaivasvata,
आसीन्नृपोत्तमः पूर्वं कृतवीर्यः प्रतापवान्
There was formerly a great and powerful king named Kritavirya.
यावद्वर्षसहस्राणि सप्तसप्तति भारत
For seventy-seven thousand years, O Bharata,
यवनस्य तु शापेन विनाशमगमत्पुरा
By the curse of a Yavana, he was destroyed in ancient times.
उपवासव्रतैर्दिव्यैर्वेदसूक्तैश्च भारत 4.52.१
By means of divine fasts, vows, and Vedic hymns, O Bharata,
कृतवीर्येण वै पृष्टः प्रोवाचेदं बृहस्पतिः
When questioned by Kritavirya, Brihaspati spoke these words:
भविष्यति चिरंजीवी किं तु कल्मषनाशनम्
He will live long, but what destroys sin is this:
जातस्य मृतवत्सायाः सप्तमे मासि भूपते
For a child who dies like a calf, in the seventh month, O king,
बालस्य जन्मनक्षत्रं वर्जयेत्तां तिथिं बुधः
A wise man should avoid the birth star and that lunar day of the child.
गोमयेनोपलिप्तायां भूमावेकाग्रचित्तवान्
With focused mind, on earth smeared with cow dung,
निर्वपेत्सूर्यमुद्गाभ्यां मातृभ्योपि विधानतः
One should offer oblations to the Sun and to the mothers, according to rule.
जुहुयाद्रुद्रसूक्तेन तद्वद्रुद्राय भारत
He should make offerings with the Rudra hymn, likewise to Rudra, O Bharata.
यवकृष्णतिलैर्होमः कर्तव्योष्टशतं पुनः
A hundred oblations should again be performed with barley and black sesame.
विप्रेण वेदविदुषा विधिवद्दर्भपाणिना
By a learned Brahmin, skilled in the Vedas, holding darbha grass, and according to rule.
पञ्चमं च पुनर्मध्ये चाक्षतेन विभूषितम् 4.52.
On the fifth day, in the middle, adorned with unbroken rice,
सौरेण तीर्थतोयेन पूर्णचन्द्रमलान्वितम्
With water from a holy place of the Sun, filled with the light of the full moon.