सदैवाऽयुतहोमोऽयं नवग्रहमखः स्मृतः
This ten-thousand oblation is always regarded as the rite for the nine planets.
विवाहोत्सवयज्ञेषु प्रतिष्ठादिषु कर्मसु
At weddings, festivals, sacrifices, installations, and other rituals—
कथितोऽयुतहोमोऽयं लक्षहोममतः शृणु
This ten-thousand oblation has been described; now hear about the hundred-thousand oblation.
पितॄणां वल्लभो यस्माद्भुक्तिमुक्तिफलप्रदः
Because it is dear to the ancestors, it grants both enjoyment and liberation as fruits.
गृहस्योत्तरपूर्वेण मण्डपं कारयेद्बुधः
A wise person should construct a pavilion to the northeast of the house.
दशहस्तमथाष्टौ वा हस्तान्कुर्याद्विधानतः 4.141.
It should be ten cubits, or eight cubits, in length according to the prescribed method.
प्रागुत्तरं समासाद्य प्रदेशं मंडपस्य तु
Having chosen a place facing east and north for the pavilion—
मानहीनं चाप्रशस्तमनेकभयदं भवेत्
If it lacks proper measurements, it is inauspicious and brings many dangers.
अस्माद्दशगुणः प्रोक्तो लक्षहोमे स्वयंभुवा
The hundred-thousand oblation is said by the self-born to be ten times greater than this.
द्विहस्तविस्तृतं तद्वच्चतुर्हस्तायतं पुनः
It should be two cubits wide and four cubits long, likewise.
संस्थापनाय देवानां वप्रत्रयसमावृतम्
For the installation of the gods, it should be enclosed by three embankments.
अंगुलोच्छ्रयसंयुक्तं वप्रद्वयमथोपरि
Above, there should be two embankments with a finger's height added.
दशांगुलोच्छ्रिता भित्तिः स्थंडिलस्य तथोपरि
The wall above the altar should be raised ten fingers high.
आदित्याभिमुखाः सर्वाः स्थाप्याः प्रत्यधिदेवताः
All subsidiary deities should be placed facing the sun.
गरुत्मानधिकस्तत्र संपूज्यः श्रियमिच्छता
Garuda is to be specially worshipped there by one desiring prosperity.
विषपापहरो नित्यमतः शांतिं प्रयच्छ मे 4.141.१
He is always the remover of poison and sin; therefore, grant me peace.
सहस्राणां शतं हुत्वा समित्संख्यादिकं पुनः
Having offered a hundred thousand oblations, then again according to the number of kindling sticks,
पाठयेत्सूक्तमाग्नेयं वैष्णवं रौद्रमैंदवम्
One should recite the Agneya, Vaishnava, Raudra, and Aindava hymns.
स्नानं तु यजमानस्य पूर्ववन्मन्त्रवाचनम्
The sacrificer should bathe, as before, with the recitation of mantras.
कामक्रोधविहीनेन ऋत्विग्भ्यः शांतचेतसः
Free from desire and anger, with a peaceful mind, the priests should be so as well.
अथ वा ऋत्विजौ शांतौ द्वावेव त्वतिकोविदौ
Alternatively, two priests who are peaceful and highly skilled may perform it.
नवग्रहमखे सर्वं लक्षहोमे दशोत्तरम्
In the Navagraha sacrifice, all is to be done with one hundred thousand and ten oblations.
न कुर्याद्दक्षिणाहीनं वित्तशाठ्येन मानवः 4.141.
A person should not perform a sacrifice without giving the prescribed gifts, out of miserliness.
अन्नदानं यथा शक्त्या दातव्यं भूतिमिच्छता
One desiring prosperity should give food donations according to one's capacity.
राष्ट्रं हन्यादंगहीनो मंत्रहीनस्तु ऋत्विजः
A priest lacking a limb destroys the kingdom; one lacking mantras destroys the priests.
न चाप्यल्पधनः कुर्याल्लक्षहोमं नरः क्वचित्
Nor should a man of little wealth ever perform the lakṣahoma.
तमेव पूजयेद्भक्त्या द्वौ वा त्रीन्वा यथाविधि
He should worship that one (priest) with devotion, or two or three, as prescribed.
दक्षिणाभिः प्रयत्नेन बहू्न्वा बहुवित्तवान्
Or, if he has much wealth, with effort he should give gifts to many.
यतः सर्वानवाप्नोति कुर्वन्कामान्विधानतः
For by doing so according to rule, he attains all desires.
यावत्कल्पशतान्यष्टावथ मोक्षमवाप्नुयात्
For as many as eight hundred kalpas, or else he may attain liberation.