मंत्रदाता गुरुः ख्यातस्सप्तमः परिकीर्तितः
The giver of the mantra is renowned as the seventh teacher.
दृष्टदेवं च यो हित्वा अदृष्टं च निषेवते
He who abandons the visible deity and serves the invisible one,
यथा पिता ज्येष्ठपिता कनीयांश्च तथा द्विजाः 2.1.6.
Just as the father, the elder father, and the younger ones, so are the twice-born.
आचार्यो ब्रह्मणो मूर्तिः पिता मूर्तिः प्रजापतेः
The teacher is the embodiment of Brahmā; the father is the embodiment of Prajāpati.
पिता मेरुर्व शिष्ठः स्याद्धर्ममूर्तिः सनातनः
The father is like Mount Meru, the highest; he is the eternal embodiment of dharma.
पितामहं च पित्रग्रे हव्यकव्यैश्च तर्पयेत्
One should offer oblations to the grandfather before the father, with offerings for ancestors and gods.
तस्य पादोदकस्नानाद्गंगा नार्हति केवलम्
Bathing in the water from his feet surpasses even the Ganges alone.
द्वात्रिं शत्कुंडकशिलास्पर्शने यादृशं फलम्
The result obtained from touching thirty-two sacred stones,
शतमातृवरिष्ठाश्च पितामह्याश्च पोषणे
A hundred mothers of highest excellence and grandmothers in nourishment,
गुरुवर्णनम् श्रवणेपि च धर्मात्मञ्छ्रूयतां यन्मया पुरा
Description of the teacher: Listen to what I once heard concerning dharma.
पृष्टोवोचन्महातेजा विरिंचो भगवान्प्रभुः
When asked, the glorious and mighty Lord Brahmā spoke.
इतिहासपुराणानि श्रुत्वा भक्त्या द्विजोत्तमाः
O best of twice-born, having listened with devotion to the histories and Purāṇas,
सायं प्रातस्तथा रात्रौ शुचिर्भूत्वा शृणोति यः
Whoever, pure in body, hears them in the evening, morning, and at night,
प्रत्यूषे भगवान्ब्रह्मा दिनांते तुष्यते हरिः
At dawn, Lord Brahmā is pleased, and at day's end, Hari is satisfied.
शुक्लवस्त्रधरश्चैव चैलाजिनकुशोत्तरः
Wearing white garments, with cloth, deer skin, and sacred grass above,
दिक्पतिभ्यो नमस्कृत्य ऊँकाराधिष्ठितानपि
Having bowed to the guardians of the directions, and also to those presided over by the syllable 'ū',
पुस्तकं धर्मशास्त्रस्य धर्माधिष्ठानशाश्वतम्
He should place the eternal scripture of dharma, the foundation of righteousness,
जामलानां गणपतिर्डामराणां शतक्रतुः
Among the Jāmalas, Gaṇapati; among the Ḍāmaras, Indra of a hundred sacrifices;
आदित्यो वासुदेवश्च माधवो रामकेशवौ ।। 2.1.7.
Among the Ādityas, Vāsudeva; Mādhava and Rāmakeśava as well.
वनमाली महादेवः सप्तानां सप्तपर्वसु अथ चादिपुराणस्य विरिंचिः परिकीर्तितः
Vanamālī, the great god, is among the seven in the seven divisions; and Brahmā is declared the originator of the Purāṇa.
शुद्धौदनं यवक्षीरं पायसं कृशरं तथा
Pure rice, barley-milk, sweetened rice, and also krishara,
शालिभक्तं सगोधूमं तिलाक्षतविमिश्रितम्
Cooked rice with wheat, mixed with sesame and unbroken grains,
पृथक्पृथक्चैव कांस्ये विन्यसेद्दिक्षु मध्यतः
He should place them separately in bronze vessels, in the directions and in the center.
शीतोदकं मधु क्षीरं सितेक्ष्वोश्च रसो गुडः
Cold water, honey, milk, the juice of white sugarcane, and jaggery,
शालितंडुलप्रस्थं तु तदर्धं वा तदर्धकम्
A prastha of rice, or half of that, or even half of that,
क्षीरं भागाष्टकं ग्राह्यं सप्तभागेन संस्थितम्
Milk should be taken in eight parts, arranged in seven portions.
अशीतिपलमानेन सिद्धमासादयेत्ततः
Then, using a measure of eighty palas, it should be properly prepared.
गुडमिश्रेण यो दद्यात्संपर्को जायते क्वचित् गृहीत्वा याचकः शुद्धः शृणुत द्विजसत्तमाः
Whoever gives with jaggery mixed in, sometimes a connection is formed; the pure petitioner, having received, listen, O best of twice-born.
शृणुते वाधीयानो यो दद्याद्धस्ते च पुस्तकम् 2.1.7.
Whoever listens with devotion, or gives a book into another's hand, attains merit.
पूर्वस्थः श्रावको विप्रो विख्यातस्तस्यदक्षिणे
The listener, a learned Brāhmaṇa, should be seated in front, to the right of the reciter.