छिन्नवृत्ताः शिखाः कुर्यान्मृत्युर्धनपरिक्षयः
If the tuft is cut or broken, it brings death or loss of wealth.
एवंविधेषु दोषेषु प्रायश्चित्तं समाचरेत्
For such faults, one should perform expiatory rites.
मूलेनाज्येन जुहुयाज्जुहुयात्पञ्चविंशतिम्
One should offer twenty-five oblations with clarified butter and roots.
यज्ञान्तपूजाविधिवर्णनम् होमावसाने प्रजपेदुपचारांश्च षोडश
At the end of the sacrifice, one should recite the sixteen upacāras and perform the worship accordingly.
दद्यात्समीरणं पश्चात्पीठपूजां समाचरत्
Afterwards, one should offer incense and then perform the worship of the seat.
इष्टं शक्तिस्वस्तिकाभीतिमुच्चैर्दीर्घैर्दोर्भिर्धारयन्तं वरांतम्
One should offer the desired (object), holding the svastika and abhaya gestures high and extended with the arms.
पूर्वादिद्वारदेशेषु कामदेवं शतक्रतुम्
In the eastern and other cardinal directions, invoke Kāma, the god of love, and Śatakratu, the lord of a hundred sacrifices.
आवाह्य स्थापयेत्पश्चादष्टौ मुद्राः प्रदर्शयेत्
Having invoked them, then install them, and display the eight mudrās.
अतः पूर्वादिपात्रेषु यावता च हुताशनम्
Therefore, in the vessels placed in the east and other directions, as well as for the fire to be offered to,
महोदरं महाजिह्वमाकाशत्वेन पूजयेत्
Worship the great-bellied, great-tongued one as the embodiment of space.
तत्रैव जिह्वास्त्रिविधा ध्यायेन्मंत्रपुरःसराः
There, meditate upon the threefold tongue, preceded by mantras.
त्वमादिः सर्वभूतानां संसारार्णवतारकः
You are the origin of all beings, the one who carries them across the ocean of existence.
दद्यादासनमेतेन पुष्पगुच्छत्रयेण तु 2.1.16.
Offer a seat with this cluster of flowers.
वैश्वानर नमस्तेऽस्तु नमस्ते हव्यवाहन
O Vaiśvānara, salutations to you; salutations to you, O carrier of oblations.
नमस्ते भगवन्देव आपोनारायणात्मक
Salutations to you, O blessed Lord, O god whose essence is the waters and Nārāyaṇa.
नारायणपरं धाम ज्योतीरूप सनातन
O eternal one, supreme abode of Nārāyaṇa, form of light.
जगदादित्यरूपेण प्रकाशयति यः सदा
He who always illumines the world in the form of the sun.
धनंजय नमस्तेऽस्तु सर्वपापप्रणाशन
O Dhanañjaya, salutations to you, destroyer of all sins.
हुताशन महाबाहो देवदेव सनातन
O Hutāśana, mighty-armed, god of gods, eternal one.
ज्योतिषां ज्योतीरूपस्त्वमनादिनिधनाच्युत
You are the light of lights, without beginning or end, imperishable.
देवीदेवा मुदं यांति यस्य सम्यक्समागमात्
Gods and goddesses rejoice from proper union with you.
त्वं विष्णुस्त्वं हि ब्रह्मा च ज्योतिषां गतिरीश्वर
You are Viṣṇu, you are indeed Brahmā, the goal of the lights, O Lord.
देवतानां पितॄणां च सुखमेकं सनातनम् 2.1.16.
You are the one eternal happiness of the gods and ancestors.
त्वमेकः सर्वभूतेषु स्थावरेषु चरेषु च
You alone exist in all beings, both stationary and moving.
नमोऽस्तु यज्ञपतये प्रभवे जातवेदसे
Salutations to the Lord of sacrifice, to the mighty Jātavedas.
हुताशन नमस्तुभ्यं नमस्ते रुक्मवाहन
O Hutāśana, salutations to you; salutations to you, O golden-rayed one.
इत्यनेन तु मन्त्रेण दद्याद्दिव्येऽप्यधीतकम्
With this very mantra, one should offer even in a divine recitation.
अग्निवर्णनम् यथावेदानुसारेण यथाग्रहण योजनम्
Description of Agni: According to the Vedic tradition, as is the method of acceptance, so is the application.
शतार्धे वह्निरुद्दिष्टः शतार्धे काश्यपः स्मृतः
In the half-hundred, fire is prescribed; in the half-hundred, Kāśyapa is remembered.
सहस्रे ब्राह्मणो नाम अयुते हरिरुच्यते
In the thousand, he is called Brāhmaṇa; in the ten thousand, he is called Hari.