अनग्निपक्वमश्नाति तृतीयायां तु यो नरः
Whoever eats food not cooked by fire on the third day—
एतद्दृषिव्रतं नाम सर्वमाङ्गल्यकारकम्
This is called the seers' vow, which brings all auspiciousness.
तिलप्रस्थोपरि गतं सितमाल्ययुगान्वितम् तदंते राजराजः स्यादग्निव्रतमिदं स्मृतम्
Whatever is placed upon a prastha of sesame, adorned with a pair of white garlands—at the end, one becomes a king of kings; this is known as the Agni vow.
कृत्वा पलद्वयादूर्ध्वं शय्याभ्यां संयुतं नरः
Having done so, and placing it above two palas in weight, along with two beds—
सत्यलोके वसेत्कल्पं सहस्रमथ भूपतिः
The king dwells in Satyaloka for a thousand kalpas.
मुखवासं परित्यज्य समांते गोप्रदो भवेत्
Having given up residence at the mouth, at the end of the year he becomes a giver of cows.
निशि कृत्वा जले वासं प्रभाते गोप्रदो भवेत् 4.121.
By spending the night in water, in the morning he becomes a giver of cows.
चान्द्रायणं च यः कुर्याद्धैमं चन्द्रं निवेदयेत्
Whoever performs the Chandrayana vow and offers a golden moon attains the result.
ज्येष्ठे पञ्चतपाः सायं हेमधेनुप्रदो दिवम्
In the month of Jyeshtha, one who practices the fivefold austerity in the evening gives a golden cow and attains heaven.
अनुलेपनं यः कुर्यात्तृतीयायां शिवालये
Whoever applies unguent in a Shiva temple on the third lunar day—
माघे निश्यार्द्रवासाः स्यात्सप्तम्यां गोप्रदो भवेत
In the month of Magha, spending the night in wet clothes, on the seventh lunar day, he becomes a giver of cows.
दत्त्वा कृतोपवासस्तु दिवि कल्पशतं वसेत्
Having given and observed a fast, he dwells in heaven for a hundred kalpas.
तद्वत्कल्पद्वयादूर्ध्वं करिभ्यां संयुतं नरः
Likewise, after two kalpas, a man is accompanied by elephants.
त्रिरात्रोपोषितो दद्यात्फाल्गुन्यां भवनं शुभम्
Having fasted for three nights, one should give a beautiful house in the month of Phalguna.
सुरलोकमवाप्नोति धाम व्रतसमन्वितम्
He attains the world of the gods, endowed with the merit of vows.
पौर्णमास्यामवाप्नोति मोक्षमिन्दुव्रतादिह
On the full moon, he attains liberation here through the Indu vow and others.
दत्त्वा सितद्वितीयायामिंदोर्लवणभोजनम् 4.121.
By giving salt food on the white second lunar day of the moon—
समांते गोप्रदो याति विप्राय शिवमंदिरम्
At the end of the year, the giver of cows goes to the auspicious abode of Shiva for a Brahmin.
प्रतिपद्येकभक्ताशी समांते कपिलाप्रदः
On the first lunar day, eating once, at the end of the year he gives a tawny cow.
एकादश्यां माघमासे चतुर्दश्यष्टमीषु च
On the eleventh day, in the month of Magha, and on the fourteenth and eighth lunar days as well—
उपानहौ कंबलांश्च चैत्रे छत्रादिकं ततः
He should give shoes and blankets, and in Chaitra, an umbrella and the like.
ब्राह्मणानां महाराज सोऽश्वमेधफलं लभेत्
O great king, to Brahmins he attains the fruit of an Ashvamedha sacrifice.
दशम्यामेकभक्ताशी समांते दशधेनुदः
On the tenth day, one who eats only once and at the end gives ten cows as a gift—
तिलद्रोणोपरिगतो ब्रह्मांडाधिपतिर्भवेत्
Having placed a measure of sesame, he becomes the lord of the cosmic egg.
संपूज्य सितसप्तम्यां भानुधान्यानि सप्त यः
Whoever, on the bright seventh day, worships and offers seven kinds of grains to the Sun—
स तारयति सप्ताष्टौ कुलान्यात्मानमेव च
He delivers seven or eight generations of his family, as well as himself.
मासोपवासी यो दद्याद्धेनुं विप्राय शोभनाम् 4.121.
Whoever, after fasting for a month, gives a fine cow to a Brahmin—
पक्षोपवासी यो दद्याद्विप्राय कपिलाद्वयम्
Whoever, after fasting for a fortnight, gives two tawny cows to a Brahmin—
दद्यात्त्रिंशत्पलादूर्ध्वं महीं कृत्वा तु कांचनीम्
He should give land weighing thirty palas or more, making it golden.
तिलद्रोणोपरि गतां ब्राह्मणाय कुटुंबिने
He should give to a householder Brahmin land placed upon a measure of sesame.